The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-25 00:00:00

ILUDSOYS BAY Ti BITORY. ACTION BY TEIE BOARD OF ( From the Toronto Glose, Dec. 4.) aADE. We are happy - Loat the Wang suggested for opening up the - north-west territory to Canadian enterprise were started ,7sesterday evening, con siderable spirit, et a meeting of tho Baarj of Trade. We shall refer to the sat ject at length in'day- or two, and meantime beg to call attention to the Proceedings cf the meeting. - _ a”:.nludc A ineating of the 'Board of Trade was held last evening; specially with the view of affording an opportunity to certain gentlemen, long residents cf the Hudson's Bay territory, to cell attention to the advantages of opening a direct commercial intercourse With tea', extensive field of enterprise. A cenviderahle number of our leading citizens were present, showing that the subject is one in which a very general interest is felt. W. P. HowLeND, Eeq , in the - absence of the Presi dent of the Board, wee called to the chair, and briefly explained the object of the meeting. Before this, ho wever, was entered upon, another matter of some importance to the trading community was dis posed of, by a repoert being adopted, fixing the standard for the four leading qualities of flour. The four samples fixed upon the standard were ordered to be sealed np and placed in the hands of the Secretary. It was stated that the standa.ed now fixed upon was ix accordance with that established at Montreal. AL. Manno - sELL, Esq., being then called upon to address the in eel ins, said he was happy to do so, as one of those who bad been principally instrumental in bring ing the posietien of affairs with respect to the Hudson's 13,ey Compeny prominently before the public. That com pany now occupied an immense region of country, from which hitherto we had been shut out. 1t was a matter in which every Canadian was interested. Some might be disposed to look at it chiefly from a commercial point of view, but every inhabitant of the country had an in terest in it in its national aspect. Canada was not now what she was a few years ago—a petty province. Her present extraordinary enterprise, and her extending com mercial relations everywhere pointed to the future time, not, perhaps, vary far distant, when she must exert no inconsiderable influence on the continent of North Ame rica. The peculiar facilities we had for internal commu• nication, and our vast resources for building up a nation ality, were such as perhaps no other nation under heaven possessed, and should induce every Canadian to give to this subject his beat consideration. Mr. Macdonell then pointed to a map, belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company, showing the immense tract of country they possessed, extending from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Pacific. On this map Canada filled but a small space, containing 350,000 square miles. The Hudson's Bay territories comprised 4,000,000 of square miles, in. cluding several vast regions, as large as Canada in extent, and not inferior to her in soil, and in all the requisites for forming a nation. He contended that the whole of that tract of country was properly Canada. It originally was New France or Canada, and was still Canada, having been conveyed as such to England by treaty in 1763. Bat the Hudson's Bay Company now exclusively occu pied it, prohibiting immigration and agriculture, and every attempt to improve it. It was a country, the products of which ought naturally to pass through our hands. At one time its products passed through Canada, and enriched Montreal. This was in the time of the North-West Company, but on the union of the two companies the trade was again diverted, and all the products were made to pass by way of .Hudson's Bay to England. The very furs we purchased here in Toronto were got perhaps only 90 miles hence at Penetangui ' ehene, whence they were sent to Lake Huron, and thence to Hudson's Bay, and so to England, Canadian merchants purchasing them in London, and bringing them back to Toronto. (Hear, hear.) The stockholders in the com pany were amassing a great deal of wealth from the monopoly they usurped. Their trade sales in, London, in March last, amounted to 450,0001. What their sales were elsewhere it was impossible to say, as they were not in the habit of communicating much information about their affairs to the public. The history of the fur trade was coeval with the history of Canada, and it only re quired an acquaintance with it to be satisfied that the company bad no title to the exclusive rights and privi leges they now claimed. While the country was under the dominion of France, a French trading company had certain privileges in the territory which continued till 1763. Charles IL, in 1670, had granted to the Hud son's Bay Company the exclusive right to all those lands within the entrance of Hudson's Bay. That certainly could not include lands situated 1,500 miles to the westward. (Hear, hear.) In 1690, knowing that their title was good for nothing, they petitioned the Imperial Parliament for a confirmation of their charter. Par liament passed an act confirming it for seven years, but no longer. This act had only been published within the last few years, and it appeared by that, in point of fact, the charter of the Hudson's Bay Company expired in 1697. They lead, in fact, no charter whatever at this moment, and yet they were monopolising the whole country. (Hear, hear.) The facilities for opening up a trade by the St. Lawrence from that territory were great, and Toronto was perhaps more in terested in the matter than any other locality, because that trade would pass through Toronto, which would become the mart ; :of the fur trade, instead of London. With 'Jur improved facilities of communication it would be much easier to carry on the trade than it was in the time of the North-West Company. A steamer might be loaded in Montreal and sent to the head of Lake Superior. Thence there w ere some portages between Lake Superior and Lie de P:uie. And then there was navigation the whole way into the Assiniboine country. That country was not inferior to Canada, and would yet be as great and growing a country as ours. It was capable of producing vast quantities of grain, for which at present there was no market. The American.; were at present building a steamer to ran to Lake Winuipeg, and they would .re boo , extend to the Baskatchewau Rie,ie The valley of the Saskatchewan contained 500,000 square nii;e3, that of the Assiniboine 50,000 square miles; the one much larger than Canada, the other cont;ining perhaps, 33 great a quantity of good agricultural land as Canada. The olject, then, which he and others Lad in vie.v was to open no this country, , and claim it as being properly Canada. (Hear, hear.) To obain this by appeaing to the Government might prove a slow and uncertain method. Why should not a com pany be firmed, Elio tae old North-Western, which con against the Hudson's Bty Canipany for years, and were successful in all their operations for a time, until they were led into bloodshed, lost money, and finally united with the Hudson's Bay Company. He did not intend to Fay much with respect to the nalire of the territory, there being tho.e present who knew it in timately, being natives of it. He would jut ?flake one or two remarks on it. Vast beds of coal existed in the valey of the Sasaatchewan. There was there, in fact, one of the greatest coal fields in the world, and a navig able river flowed through it, artirdinc.: every facility for inland navigation and the employment of eteamers. Theo the Hudson's Bay itself lay in, the heart of tae country, presenting, will its Strait?, 3,000 miles of sea coast. There was no other country which had such a nursery for seaman, and it was only 300 miles from Las Superior. It abounded in whales and fish of every de scription. Thies° were a few of the considerations which might indace the tuer:altile roan of Canada to take up the gneatioa heartily, purely pa bark in trade sale of t trktic vie Vg t. ID I her of those Flud: vaigtit lead many to eat 'oned-alraady that the last i's Bay Cameany, at London, the son of 450.0001. ; and these were tof the Reeky Mountains. He saw a statement the other day that $1,400,000 worth had been sold at Nev York, aiming from United States and Russian territories. Thia if a direct communica tion wore once opened up, would* also pass through Canada. (Hear, hear.) He believed they would fiud the whole country ready to combine with any now company against the Hudson's Bay Company. He would mention an instance which occurred only in March last. An Indian chief came to Fort Garrie with some 300 carts of furs. An emissary, from Pem bina on the American side, met him and said, "You had better come to us." "No," he said, "I will go to the Fort." There the Hudson's Bay agents disputed with him about a matter of 10 donna?, and, as usual, treated him raughly, not knowing he hag'another market. He took his fors to Pembina, and the Hudson's Bay Com pany had lost that man and hundreds of others, while the Americans were picking up the trade which the Canadians ought to puosess. The people there were be ginning to understand that the rights of the company were not such as they were cl a i me d t o b e , an d th a t h e had no absolute right to compel them to trade here or and it they f oun d o th ers w illi ng t o there as it please!.; take their furs, they would ga and trade with them. li, would not be long with the Hudson's Bay Company as formerly, when they gave deeds of land, with conditions attached to which no free man should ever have sub scribed, and when they put in force the most arbitrary rules against others trading in the territory. If any man was found trading his furs were taken from him, and sometimes the articles lie possessed, which he meant to trade off for furs. All that was now done away with, and means were provided to these men to trade with the Americans. As he had said, the company had no charter, and could not pne'vent any one going in a•id trading. When the North-West Company there, the Hudson's Bay Company did not venture to enter a c o u r t of law to try the validity of their charter, but bribed the other company by offering them a share of the plunder. He would not detain the meeting longer, as Captain Kennedy, a native of the country (and who had recently returned from the search for Sir -John Franklin), was now to speak, and would be able to give a great deal of information about the territory and its capabilities. (Applause.) Captain KENNEDY said he had been for 25 y e a s in the territory in qaestion, 12 of them during his infa icy, and the remainder in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. The first five years he was in their service was spent on the Ottawa ; subsequently he was on the Lalorddor coast, as far as Hudson's Bay, and during the whole of that period he had correspondence from the various sections of the country as far as Vancouver's Island and Mackenzie's River, and that he had become familiar with every part of the territory, indepeadently of what he bad seen himself, and from what he had heard ; and so far as his own observation went, he was well assured that what Mr. Macdonell had stated was perfectly correct. Some eight or nine years ago he had ventured on the then unappreciated subject of the Hud son Bay Company's territories, by publishing several letters in the newspapers of this country, and particu larly had addressed t wo l e tt ers t o th e G overnor -G enera l, Lord Elgin,vinshing to direct the attention of C ana dians to the propriety of their asserting their right to the vast section of this continent occupied by the company. The movement then appeared to be premature, a large sec tion of the Canadian press having been artfully inveigled into supporting the other aide. But great progress has been made since then in railways and public works, and another aspect . was given t o th e su bj ec t. Canadians now say that tne comparatively email frag- fetched for Ski all from ts© region ea.:, sent of this continent which they occupied would soon both too narrow and too short for them—too field cn which to exercise and develope their new iergios. It was the most notable work for the laps of the present day to undertake, to bring .;this the pale of civilisation the larger half of tho North American continent, a country containing 270 millions of acres. A little while ago it was the prevailing idea that the territory was only fit for the rearing of the fur-bearing animals for the sole benefit of the Hudson's Bay Company. At the coat of much labour, research, and painstaking, Assiniboine, Huron, and others, bad done much to remove this impression. But Canadians would not fully realise the importance of the subject if they rested satisfied with merely knowing that there was so vast an area in existence. They bad a duty to perform in regard to it, and in fact it might be said that they only required to go up to possess it. If they remained inactive that territory would pass out of their hands, which they might regard as almost theirs. Capt. Kennedy proceeded to speak of the tyranny exercised by the company in the territory, and the inefficient administration of justice under their management. He alluded also to the at temptthey were now making to obtain from the Cana dian Government as much of the best lands along the shores of Huron and Superior as they could. They had made a similar attempt a few years ago to monopolise the lumber trade of Canada, as well as the fur trade, by taking out timber licences for vast sections of country on the St. Lawrence and the Ottawa. They Only attempted to lumber on the Ottawa, but in the end were obliged to relinquish the trade to the original owners, and sr - all. a horn e Caw , d , to submit, moreover, to an invasion of their territory which they bad so long protected by holding up an extinct charter, the legality of which might well have been questioned. He explained the two titles under which the Hudson's Bay Company held the country, one portion being chartered territory, and the other licensed territory, the latter under a lease for 21 years, expiring in 1859. The last time the lease was to expire, the company, three or four years beforehand, suddenly threw it up, and the Imperial Government, not knowing well what to do with t.. 0 vast a territory thus thrown on their hands, and being without any sort of government to provide for it, were glad to renew the lease. The Canadian Government ought to see that they were not forestallelby a similar manceuvre'at the pre sent time. Capt Kennedy then gave some additional information to that communicated by Mr. Macdonell, in regard to the resources and capabilities of the country. On the coast of the portion of the territory where he has lived for eight years, whales, or rather p3rpoises, were so abundant that they could be caught by thousands. Smaller whales were also to be captured, and sealskins and other furs could, be got in abundance. Coal and plumbago abounded in Hogarth's Inlet, so much so that they could be picked up on the sea shore. So numerou3 were the reindeer that those familiar with the narrative Of Dr. Rae would remember how he and his party were able to sustain themselves with their guns without hav- ing recouree to the assistance of the natives. He (Capt K.) had himself, with a party of 12 men, killed 216 reindeer in two hours. He had seen as many as 10,000 or 12,000 of them at one view. But the fur trade was a secondary consideration. The entire country, ex tending 400 miles from the boundary line to the north, was capable of cultivation of the same kind as was car ried on in Canada. Particularly flax, tallow, and hides, which it was now necessary to procure from Russia, could just as easily be raised on those prairies. The country was as fertile as it could possibly be. The Red River settlers were now opening up a communication with St. Paul's, and occasionally resorted to that city in a caravan of as many as 600 carts—taking their produce there and getting American produce in exchange, as they found that more advantageous than trading with the Hudson's Bay Coinpany, who 'had done everything in their power, resorting to a variety of expedients, to obstruct the progress of the settlement. The whole ter ritory was larger than Europe, and as fertile, and it pos sessed as many facilities for commerce, both in the west and the east. Gold in great quantities was found on Van conver's Island. He had in his possession a specimen ofgold quartz from GovernorDonglas' , garden. He had one also from Queen Charlotte's Island ; and it was reported that the company had bribed a man to silence who had found the same meta! on the Red River, knowing that so soon as the tide of emigration should set into that region their trade and power was gone. In the Red River set tlement the season commenced to be severe about the let Nov. Farming operations began about the lst May. He believed meteorological tables would show that the cli mate at Red River was not severer than at Toronto, taking the mean temperature of the whole year. Snow only lay in the wooded valleys, In the prairies it was so thin that the buffaloes did not migrate south, but grazed on them the whole winter. In reply to questions from Mr. Brunekill, Mr. Jas. Browne, jun., Mr. Rice Lewis, Mr. Maclear, and other gentlemen, Capt. KENNEDY said the'country itself was favourable for the construction of railroads. The distance between Lake Superior and Lake Winnipeg, in a direct line, was 200 miles, and the country, generally speaking, was level. The navigation was not so difficult—many of the rapids could be easily improved by blasting a few of the rocks. There were such a number of portages on Lake Superior and Rainy Lake that the use of boats would involve a loss of time—canoes would be the thing to use. The number of white inhabitants in the Red River settlement was very small. The population was a mingled one, and had been variously estimated at from 8,000 to 10,000. The people were not very industrious, but this could not be a matter of surprise to anyone acquainted with the manner in which their energies were cramped. Not only were they isolated, but every effort which they put forth to better their condition, and render them independent, was thwarted by the Hudson's Bay company. The policy adopted by the company, whenever any body of men en tered the territory for the purpose of engaging in traffic, was to provoke that body to the shedding of blood. They were then enabled to say that, so long as they were left alone, the country continued in peace. There was an abundance of coal along the banks of the Mackenzie and other rivers. It, indeed, fairly cropped the banks; and mineral tar was to be obtained there in such quantities that the company never made use of any other than this for their beats. Copper was also abundant, and in such a pure state-that it might be chiselled out rather than mined from the beds. The entire sea coast abounds with marine animals, and probably ere long the disco very would be made by the people of San Francisco, who would send out expeditions to gather them. The new Siberian country abounds with fossil as well as natural ivory. He (Capt. Kennedy) had a brother residing on the Red River, and he had requested him to convene a meeting of the inhabitants of the settlement to.express their views and opinions as to the country under whose jurisdiction they would like to be. It he had not misunderstood him, the people were very desirous of being under some other jurisdiction than that of the Hudson's Bay Company, and seemed to prefer that of Canada. It was very likely that the views of the people would be embodied in a petition, which would be Beet dow❑ to the Legislature of this country in the next session. We should then bavo an oppor tunity of knowing whether the Provincial Government would be more attentive to the wants of their fellow. sutjects than the Imperial Government. At this season of tee year it would take from CO to 25 days to go to the Red River. In summer the distance might be accom plished in less time, but not much less than 20 days. The administration of the law was entirely under the control of the Hudson's Bay Company. The Govern ment professed to appoint a civil governor of the colony, but the macistrates were appointed exclusively by the c neipany. Under the governor was an offieial who acted jointly as a recorder and a judge. Formerly there was a sort of militia, and over them was a person called the warden of the plains, generally a half breed, who pos sessed extensive influence over the settlers of the country, and pi-obably over the tribes of Indians in that immedi ate neighbourhood. The last warden was an energetic, bold, and enterprising man named Grant, to whom the company thought it necessary to pay a high salary with a view to secure his interest in case of emergency. There was no garrison. But a few years ago—in all likelihood at the time when the rebellion took place in Cinada—a number of pensioners were introduced, leader the pretence of being prepared to defend the country in the event of an invasion by the Americans, but it was more than suspected with a view to protect the company from the settlers. They did not, however, remain long in the country ; they took a dislike to it and returned. Tile settlers were at present on the most friendly terms with the Indians. There. was a time when the Indians were in the habit of attacking parties as they went from the Red River settlement to the City of St. Paul's ; but the American Government had garrisons which _bad proved sufficiently powerful to quell them. There was no newspaper at present in the settlement. Mr. Was; C.E. and P.L.S., Prescott, also made a statement descriptive of the interesting country now monopolised by the Hudson's Bay Company, and of the various sources of traffic connected therewith, with the view of corroborating what had fallen from Mr. Mac dollen and Capt. Kennedy. It was made up chiefly of extracts of a letter which he had addressed to Lord Elgin in the year 1.847. Mr. It. Litwis then submitted a resolution. It was to the effect that the thanks of the meeting were due and were tendered to A. Maedonell, Esq., and W. Ken nedy, Esq., for the full and interesting accounts which they had given of the Hudson's Bay territory—a country which, at no distant day, in the opinion of the meeting, would be thrown open to commercial enterprise. Mr. T. BRUNSKALL seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. F. H. HEWARD then proposed "That the claim of the Hudson's Bay Company to exclusive right of trade over a large portion of British North America is injuri ous to the interests of the country so monopolised, and in contravention of the rights of the people of the British North American Province." Seconded by Mr. W. J. MAcDoNELL, and unani mously adopted. Mr. J. BROWN, jun., proposed "That a petition from the Board of Trade be preparedand presented to the three branches of the Canadian Legislature, praying that steps be taken to ascertain what arethe legal rights of the Hud son's Bay Company to the territory and exclusive trade claimed by that company in the northern part of this continent, and to pray them to adopt such measures as may be necessary to protect the rights of this province. Mr. G. A PYPER seconded the motion, which, like the former, was unanimously agreed to. The meeting then broke up. IRONMASTERS' MEETING.—WOLVEREIAMTTON, Wed• nesday.—The largest meeting of the trade which has cc curred for some years took place at the Swan Hotel to day. Mr. P. Williams, the Chairman of the Ironmas• tern' Association presided. After much discussion it was resolved to maintain the prices of the last quarter, and to declare no alteration in the wages of their col liers. We believe that the decision in both instances was all but unanimous, and there is no doubt that it will be firmly supported during the ensuing quarterly meetings. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS SENT VIA FRANCE. On the Ist January, 1557, and thengeforward, the following reduced rates of postage fcr letters forwarded from the United Kingdom in the mails to France, whether by packet or by private ship, will be substituted f)r those now levied : 1. France and Algeria—not exceeding oz., 4d. ; above I oz. and not exceeding oz., Bd. ; above oz. and not exceeding oz., is. ; above cz. and not ex.' ceeding loz , is. 4d. Letters for the places aforemen tioned may be prepaid to their destination. 1. 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The postage upon letters for Spain, Portugal, Syria, and Egypt (the places at which France maintains post offices excepted), Salonica, Tunis, and Tangiers, or for foreign countries beyond sea, and upon letters intended to be sent via Austria to the lonian Islands must be paid in advance. Letters for the other countries speci fied may either be paid in advance or forwarded unpaid at the option of the sender. If unpaid, however, letters for France or Algeria, or for the places in Turkey, Syria, or Egypt, at which France maintains post-offices, will be caarged with a higher rate as already stated. Registered Letters.-Letters addressed to all those countries and places to which, according to the foregoing, the entire postage to destination can be paid in advance, may be registered at the desire of the senders, and in such case the postage must be so prepaid, and at double ,he rates of postage chargeable for ordinary letters. By command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. 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The following scale of charges will apply sent to Malta, Egypt, the possessions of the Ears: India Company ; Java, Borneo, Labuan, Sumatra, the Molue- Ca?, the Philippine Islands (when specially addressed via ; Ceylon, Mauritius, Bourbon (Reunion), Hong-Kong and China. Letters forwarded to Malta by the French Mediter. ranean packets will also be liable to the same rates. Upon letters addressed to the lonian Islands, via Marseilles, the following combined rates will be charge. able : Not exceeding oz. Above oz., and not exceeding 4 0z.....- is. 6d. Above t oz., and net exceeding oz •••••• 2s. 9d. Above a oz., and not exceeding loz 3s. 01. Above 1 oz., and not exceeding 11 oz. 58 . Above 11 oz., and not exceeding 1 1 oz 5 3. "". Above Ft oz., and not exceeding Li oz ss. 9d. Above 14 oz., and not exceeding 2oz 6s. Od. The postage on letters for any place in Egypt (excert Alexandria), or for any place in China (except Hong Kong), for the lonian Islands, or for Java, B3urbob, Borneo, Labuan, Sumatra, the Moluccas, or the Philip pine Islands must be paid in advance. Letters for the other places specified above may either be paid in advance or posted unpaid, at the option of the sender. By command of the Postmrster-Genera l, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Poet-office, Dec. 20. LETTERS FOR DIEPPE MAY BE FORWARDED --___--- VIA NEWHAVEN. On the Ist of January nest, and thenceforward, letters, as well as newspapers or other printed papers, addressed to Dieppe, may be for warded by the private steamers sailing from Newhaven, provided they a re specially di rected is via Newhaven ;" but letters, &0-• not so di rected, will continua to be forwarded by way of Calais and Paris. The postage chargeable upon these letters , newspapers, and printed papers, will be the same by whichever route they are transmitted. By command of the Postmaster General, ROWLAND HILL, Searethry. General Post-office, Dec. 20. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Du Barry's delicious Revaleuta Ambles Food cures indigestion (dyspepsia), const i pa tion, and diar rhoea, dysentery, nervousness, biliousnes s, and liver coin. p a lpitation of the heart, nervous headaches, hysteria , neuralgia, noises in the head and ears, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, erysipelas, eruptions of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrof ula, cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea sic and kness during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea , low spts, spasms, cramps, epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, inquietude, is sleeplessness, involuntary blushing, paralysis, tremors, d d elu like to society, unfitness for study, lo ss of memor elancholyy, - sions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, na, groundless fear, indecision, wretche d ne ss. It is , more over, the best food for infants and invalids generalinly , as it never turns acid on the wea kest stomach nor, terferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores tho faculty of diges tion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of mDr. c is a t m ry pb D ei r l . ; ADndr.reGwatUtirkee;r ;Dr. Shorlancl ; Dr. Harvey ; D r . Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, afterall other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed for all climates, with full instructions. In canisters, lib., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d.; 51bs., lls. ; 121b5., 225.; super-refined, 11b., 6s. ; 2lbs., lls. ; Bibs., 225.; 101bs. 335. The 101bs. and 121bs. carriage free,7 on receipt of post'-ofilee order. Barry du Barry and C 0.,, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Graceehurch-street ; 33.) and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; t • Cornhill ; 49, Bishops gate-street; 65, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL. ENGINEERS. At the annual general meeting of the institution of civil en7ineers—G. B. Bidder, Esq., in the chair—the report of the council for the past session, which was read, stated, that since the corresponding period of the last year, though political tranquillity had been restbred, the monetary crisis consequently upon the large public expenditure, occasioned by a state of warfare, bad re tarded the resumption of works of public and private enterprise. Same few of the foreign works in progress were then noticed ; mentioning particularly the successful opening and the extension of the East India Railway, under Mr. Rendel, the late distinguished past-president of the institution. In connection with this subject, it was stated that the honour of knighthood had been confer. red upon Mr. Macdonald Stephenson, Assoc. Inst. C.E , who originally proposed, and had carried out the first portions of the vast network of railways, which was destined to work such a revolution in the Indian empire. A similar distinction was, at the same time, conferred upon Dr. O'Sbaughnessy, the energetic projector, and constructor of a system of electric telegraphs extending over nearly 4,000 miles, through dense jungle, or over the vast plains, rivers, and mountains of India. The Indian Peninsular Railway, construct• ing by Mr. James Berkley, M. Inst., C.E., under the direction of Mr. R. Stephenson, M.P., presi• dent, had now about 100 miles open, and the great work of extension up to Sholapoor, and through the Bhore Ghaut, was now fast progressing; whilst the execution of SHARE MARKETS—(rhis Day.) k Shr. iTaid . ) itanwAte. Ciosine Price yesterday. eOlt: sll ‘ntwerpdfitctt rd. in 10 Ardennes all lelgian Ectu. Juno 16 Resters to Grxi mess' c 10:4 Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. ail Canneaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and. Ry. 12 I hitch Rhenish ....... all gastern of FranOW 19 ►o. New 2a. Euphrates Valley ... 10a. Eur. 8 it. Central o? Fran. e 16 irlat LTI X emboarq... 4 Italian Junction...... all tak. Count. k Basin all Licrre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca di Pist. sp. e.p. 15 Lyons and Geneve all Lyons ag lifediterrari.l a n %aria Antonia all ')o. do. Now el , %Tamar & Liege all Do. do., Cp. c. Prof all !lorthern of France. all gorwegianTrunkPre' all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 5 Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. 7i Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all 4ambre and Meuse_ all Do. 5i p. cent. Ptef. all southern of Francs tal Nest Flanders all Do. 5A per c. Prof all 'V. et N. W. of France 6 Western of Austria all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden . all Do. Bper cent. Pref. all Zealand ....... ........ IUINT•B`+' all I Amstrahlaata RtudoeAs done yesterd sy- 18 Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London all iiri. Cal. Bk.&Ln. C. all British N. American 5 Chr,rtd. Bank of Asia 6 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & 50 City 25 20 Commercial of Loud all Eng. Scot. &malt all - Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia .. all nitto New 20 London and County 50 Lnd.&E. Bnkg. Corp 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Pro.ot Ens 10 Do. Naw 22/ National Bank all New Scuth Wales all Oriental Ek. Corp 15 Ottoman Bank 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. Now 1 Et Ens B & Im Cc all :loath Anstralis, all illniGa of Aller,P* 2 i Do. 147 , [Ol ,••• •'• 50 lUnity Mutual 5Q Western 13k iJoul the north-eastern extension, across the Tbull Ghaut to. wards Nagpore and Jubbulpore, and the Berar cotton fields, would soon be commenced. The Madras, the Bombay and Baroda, and the Scinde Railways were being vigorously prosecuted, and several other lines were pro jected, among which was that from Seleucia, on the Mediterranean, to Jabr Castle, on the Euphrates, which river it was proposed to navigate by means of steam vessels of shallow draught of water. This recent project had been entrusted to Sir J. Macneill, M. Inst. C. E. Since the kingdom of Oude had become a part of .the British possessions, arrangements had been made for affording tit•the benefit of participation in the railway system, which would be commenced by the construction of a line of 50 miles in length, between Cawnpore and Lucknow, whence branches would extend to the most important districts, and be connected with the East Indian Railway. Other lines were also proposed for Gorruckpore, Tirhoot, and Purneab, all contributing to the completion of the internal communications in India. The Pernambuco railway, in the prosecution of which the late Mr. M. A: Borthwick, M. Inst. C.E., lost his life, had been placed in the charge of Mr. W. M. Penis ton, M. Inst. C.E., and was making satisfactory pro gress. The Dom Pedro, the second railway, starting from Rio de Janeiro, and passing up the "Serra," into the val ley of the Parahiba, and through the principal coffee producing districts, would be about 200 miles in length. The first section of 40 miles was commenced in 1855, and would be completed by about the middle of next year. The survey was made amidst a dense primeval forest, and in many places through water 5 or 6*feet deep, and great difficulty was encountered in executing the earthworks with slave labour and inadequate tools. By degrees, however, European methods were intro duced by Mr. E. Price, Assoc. Inst. C. E., the oontrac for ; and under the superintendence of Mr. C. B. Lane, M. Inst. C. E., engineer-in -chief to the Home De partment of the Brazilian Government, the railway pro mised to become a fine enterprise. Mr. Charles Neate, Assoc. Inst. C.E., was also engaged under the Brazilian Government, iu constructing important hydraulic works at Rio de Janeiro. They consisted of quay-walls along the sea front of the city, with piers and jetties, formed of granite masonry, set in lies mortar, for which the lime stone was sent from England. In Canada the railway undertaken by Messrs. Peto, Brassey, Bette, and Jackson might be said to be complete, with the exception of the link to be formed by the Victoria Tubular bridge, across the river St. Lawrence, which was now in progress. On the continent gradual extensions of all the main lines were being made. The Lombardo-Venetian eye tern had been transferred to a powerful company, now preparing to act with great energy in the prosecution of their plans. The " Victor Emmanuel " line, under the direction of Mr. Bartlett, M. Inst. C. E., acting for Mr. Brassoy, Assoc. Inst. C. E., the contractor, was approaching the chain of the Alps, for the traversing of which preparations were being made, and experiments upon the machinery for the work of tunnelling on a large scale were being tried. That portion of the line from Aix-les-Bains, passing through Chambery to St. Jean de Maurienne, upwards of 55 miles in length, was opened for public traffic last October. The works were originally laid out by, and to a great extent exe cuted under, the direction of Mr. Nieurnann, who was succeeded, last year, by Mr. Rtcceo, under whose super vision they were now carried on. In Turkey, and in Russia, extensive projects both for railways and steam navigation were being agitated ; whilst in Egypt, H. H., the energetic SaidPacha, wag completing the railway communication between Cairo and Suez, spanning the Nile by a vast iron bridge at Kaffre Azzayat, and had confided to Mougel Bey the construction of the preliminary works for the canal across the Isthmus of Suez, advocated by M. Ferdi nand de Lesseps ; whilst he had authorised the estab lishment, upon the Nile and Matirnoudieh Canal, of a complete system of steam towing vessels and barges, now in course of construction in this country. One of the most important, as well as most int,rest ing, projects of the period was the submarine electric telegraph cable proposed to bo laid from Valentia, on the west coast of Ireland, to St. John's, Newfoundland, a distance of 1,600 miles, along the bank, or plateau, discovered by Lieutenant Maury, over which the greatest depth of the ocean did not exceed 2,070 fathoms. By a new method of enclosing the insulated conducting wires within a covering of ropes, composed of small wires laid in an opposite direction to that of the general " lay" of the cable, a light and flexible cable was formed, which was stated to be capable of bearing the strain of deposit ing in extreme depths, and having no tendency to twist or " kink " during the process. This ingedious modification of the urinal construction of cable was ad vised by Mr. Brunel, V.P., whose co-operation was sought by Mr. Cyrus Field and Mr. J. W. Brett, the projectors, under the advice of Professor Morse. The successful result of this daring project for cennecting the old with the new world would be more effectual than any efforts of diplomacy, in cementing that intimate union, so desirable for the true interests of the two 5 ) 4t St. countries. The vital questions of the metropolitan sewerage, the new streets, and the bridges, remained as undecided as at the period of the last report. The principal papers read during the session were then noticed, mention being particularly made of the oral addresses by Mr. Bidder, V. P. Inst. C.E., "On Men tal Calculation," the object of which was to demonstrate that the system could be taught to children, and be acquired with less irksomeness and greater facility than ordinary arithmetic. Special notics was also taken of the paper by Mr. John Murray, M. Inst. C. E., on the " Sunderland D oc k s ," w hi c h, as an example of dock engineering, stood almost unrivalled in this country. inhaienbo T rTrnn,a h oohr r e juey honorary members rdycwee cdchmideceases haseuitsomiloeoduebi t Chisholm, member were hrsbteei Messrs. strongly ehebem ieseatr anissngmembers.maintained. The urgedltfor t o reference continue n t do con sultationp r e sent copies of scientific and proessional works to the y , e nAh d . d . ü BR r o i e t g h wt Dr.ee k year Ja .c k Bren ner, arlel were tud C. Rommel!, J. M. Rendel, T. 8.. Statham, F. Whishaw, and T. J. Wood house, members ; and Lient.-Gen. D. M'Leod, Messrs. J. Beatty, T. Cubitt, D. M'lntosh, J. F. Miller, and R. Wilkins, associates. The memoirs of these gentle men were given in the appendix to the report. The resignations of one member and two associates were an nounced, and it was stated that the effective increase (after deducting the deceases and resignations) during the year amounted to 14, whilst the total number on the books was 802 members of all classes. The statement of the receipts and expenditure showed that there was a balance of upwards of 7001. in the hands of the treasurer; and that the financial position was very satisfactory, so that not only wou.d the current expenses be easily met, but a balance would remain to bring up any arrears of publication, or to provide for contingen cies. During the year the second parts of volumes 11, 12, and 14 of the Minutes of Proceedings had been pub lished and issued, and the whole of volume 15. There now only remained to complete the series of 15 volumes, extending over 20 years, the second parts of volumes 7, and 10, and the whole of volume 13. After the reading of the report, Telford medals were presented to Messrs. J. Murray, J. M. Heppe!, H. Robinson, C. R. Drysdale, and F. M. Kelley ; and council premiums of books to Messrs J. Murray, G. Herbert, Evan Hopkins, J. W. Reinke, J. Baillie, and W. K. Hall. The thanks of the institution were unanimously voted to the president, for his attention to the duties of his office ; to the vice-presidents and other members and associates of council, for their co-operation with the president; and constant attendance at the meetings ; as also to the auditors of the accounts and the scrutineers of the ballot, for their services. Special votes of thanks were accorded to Mr. Bidder for his addresses on " Men tal Calculation," and to Mr. C. Manby, secretary, for the manner in which he had performed the duties of his office, and his constant attention to the individual wishes of the members. The following gentlemen were elected to fill the seve ral offices on the Council for the ensuing year :—Robt. Stephenson, M.P., President ' • G. P. Bidder, I. K. Bru nel, J. Hawkshaw, and J. Locke, M.P., Vice-Presi dents ; W. G. Armstrong, J. Cubitt, J. E. Errington, J. Fowler, C. H. Gregory, T. Hawksley, J. R. M'Clean, J. S. Russell, J. Whitworth, and N. Wood, members ; and R. W. Kennard and Sir M. Stephenson, ,associates. The meeting was then adjourned until Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1857, when it was announced that the monthly ballot for members would take place, and the following paper would be read, "On Submarine Electric Tele graphs," by Mr. F. R. Window, Assoc. Inst. C. E. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. —Tuesdays Jan. 13, 1857, at 8 p.m., "On Submarine Electric Tele graphs." By Mr. F. R. Window, Assoo. Inst. C. E. The Pays explains that the publication in the Moni teur of M. Fonld's report is called for by "false asset.. tione," repeatedly made in foreign jeurnalv, to the effect that the Emperor's civil list was burdened with debt, and that he had even dipped iot ) the public treasury to provide for his liberalities. The Pays insists that according to well-established rules for keeping the public accounts, it is quite impossib l e that an y malver sation of public money can take place in France. 4 - 4 12 2 91 imbg. No;tug. Boot and &+A°. Jun A. 50 " 01 lolffot & Titsllyrorna Gil al Miming. Wolve;h. ~ Stour Valley ..... 11 all Hirkeohd. Lance , e Cheshire June._ 27i .0 ' Do. Chesh. & Birk.. 22 all ao., do. ..... ..... .... 25 all Blackburn 45 all Myth F i Tyaeorlgila. £25 (issd. at £4: - ,100 Bristol and Kzetoi .. 100 „„ Caledonian. 100 ' ," Chester & Holyhead i all Cork and Eand.on , all Cork, Black, es Pase I all Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 45 Dubiin&Belfastiunc ail Dun. P. & Aher. Jnc 100 East Anglian " ' F.astern Counties , 100 east. anion, Al Sti 10': E ® ., B. 5t0ck,... ,, 8 1 A Do., New A 17I.! East Kent 10 0 I .v,ast LAneashire al East Suffolk 4 I Do. 100 I Edinburgh Glasgo 1 all i Edinb. and Peebles l- n 0 Bdin.Prth diDnndo ' all j Forth & Clyde Jun 100 ;Furness 1 100 Glasgow &S. Westrn all (Great N. of Scotlnd. 100 IGreat Northern...... 1100 'Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. 5t0ck........ 1)0 i Gt. r3th. &West.(lre.) 1 100 ;Great Western 100 IDo. Stour Val. Rai I Gus. Stk all llrish South-Eastern all Lancaster & (Neigh 14i Do., Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds 11. 1 - 00 L. neash.andYorksh. 1 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Do. Southr ort all L ou don Ix Blackwall 100 1 Lond.Bright &S.Cst 1 1 00 I Loud. and N. Westn 16 !Do. Fifths 5A ,D3.1.01.5h.,11&8...C1 2 I Do. Eighths,. 1 0 0 London ann. Westn. all Lndndrry&Colerain. all lAudndrry. & Ennisk .00 +fanch.Shef.& Limb 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 00 ifidland ,00 )o. Birmng. & Der b all . ..DM& G.West.(lra, all Jo. Half Shares all iewcastle & Carlisle. all Nwpt.Aberg. tz Ilrfd 81 Yewry &Tinniskille' all NTewry, Warronpoini and Rostrevor .00 i orfolk 3i 4 orthn.Countieslln 100 Korth British 1.00 Ala. Devon Rail & Dock Stock ......... 100 1)o., A. Stock 100 Do., B Stock 100 Y. Eastern—Berwh k 231 )o. do. Extension . 16i Do.do.G.N.E. IPtiroh 9i 20 74 —18 e, .3i • 14t 93 95 6 63i 37 39 .. -'' •.• •• . "..... ... 0} - 18* - 19! 9i 9i 38 !- 40 26 - 2e - 5 90 92 51 - 55 (1 Cl Do. Leeds t. 'OO Do. York t. 100 North London ~ .AT,S.Wstru.,llaml• st3ad, and. City Jn.. 0 1.7 t Borth Staffordshire., 0 al iorth Westorn , 0 all &S. Westrn.June br., Wore., k Wolv. 14 •orternouth 0 9 Rhymney It. . ottish (,ontral ;t. 1.0) Scot. N E.Abrdn St. 5 . :Ols Do. Scot. Mid. St 00 • •••••Nnshire ITni • .0 2 SitinabournekSheer. Iv a' , f , ntn Devon It. I i 44ath Eastern It. LOO oath Wales 0 1 Vrksh. 4 Riv. On T-0.. . ..... all 4 &nes, 'Wok. kW.." Stockton & Darting 12 Do., do., 1154 3 Do., do., 1855 l' i t4lrzkt ,- )n & Hr.rtlel , i '2‘ff Vale.. . lW' 7 o . Pref., No. 1 7 2 shames Hat. D.& R all Vole of Neath all gaterfd. St Kilkenn3 all VaterforddaLimerio 3 all West Cornwall. all Vest End of Londor and Crystal Palace.. all Do. A...... all Do. B al i ATeat London all Do. Filst Class— . all Do. Second Class._ .ii ximblpiti. IzOroyann COLONIAL. 9 pi , Anbay, tsAroda, .n(; Can.lt Zia, g. 5 - p. c, o'l Do. 20 20 17h 20 I.OFLICeylon A shares 1 1 Do. B. do all )ernerara 2s. Eastern Bengal all q4ast Indian A and B, 3. E. 1). 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c all Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all D 0.46 p. c. Bnds. ,'57 all i)o. do. do., '59, do all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent all Gd. Trunk of Canad a all 70. Cert. of Deben. 20 1.(X) too 100 tOO con. into Stk. all )o. Comp. 6p. c., do. all It. In. Pen. g. sp. c. 2 Do Now, guar. sp. c all Gt. Western of Canadr, 8 Do. Now 411 Jo. Bds., payable 's' all Do. do., '76, p. '6O r)o. do., '73 do. all Do. do., '73, withou. option all Nfadras, guar. p.c all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 44 p. c. Exton 5 Do. 3d Es., g. sp. c 5 icindo, guar. sp. c. all D 0... 18 St. Andrew's and Quebeo (Al :GB - 36 94 - 96 7 - 8)1i 89 75 77 L2O 125 110 112 69 70 - 74 5t - 64 5i 6i 97 4 97 ••• '''''.. - 7 1113 112 105 - 106 20i - 21 10} - 10 - g 1:16i • ".. • • • ••• 831 - 34 d par I 82 82 51 -- 56 ' ••• M •••• •• • 2 ill ";) - 521 3i Sid 40 „„ 40i I._ Nll 834 - 811 4 3 / 4 - 4 a 3 24 18f —lB3' 59 3 / 4 60 3 / 4 96 —99 6 - 7 10 - 11 2N - 29 ... - .05 - 108 264 - 274' 70 72 48 49 ... 1 174 73 74 804 5 3 d 2 1 14 16 37 - 39 19i ... - . ... . . •• • .."" • 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 5. ... :".^ w . 9 1 - li ... - ... li - lA 113 - 115 2 • ... ••• ... 214 - 22 12 - 134 80 - 85 21 -22 A 1$ - 24 - - 2sp 99 - 100 115 120 115 - 120 108 110 20 - 20 22} -22 i a a r 1 lip 2} - 2ip fi 1 1 2 p 1 4p fik 5q 3t i - 321 i 9 - 10 i- i P - 4i 5 5t 5 8 _ API 93 - 103 I 71 8i 18i 191 37f 37/ 54 8 t 8i 1 5q 51. - 53 i - i P 1$ - 26 1 - 14 9 - 9i 8t - 94 4i - 4i AO - 10 33 - 34 4 - lip kt NIE 9 gloo - d 62 64 ••• ... ...... .., 1 1 ' a 67 -- 69 r.. --• ... iii : 18 I9i -- 20 194 -19 i 1 - 3p es .."" •... ••• ..... • 1.. • s. .• 47 - 48 38 - 39 - 1d - 37 65 - 67 - 9 ...d 6 ;;; 4d Bedford and 1 Blet.'hley Buckgham..sll. Clyclesdalo. l .. Col. Stour Vy. R. Lin. g. S pc. 1 E. Un. li. Sh. Was. Barr. & Nails. Direct Do. Glstr.ez Du Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway St. St. St. t. Bt. 5 St. 25 10 1.0.4 St. 20 25 25 Llast:t o:nP London t! Wo:,t. E p U &E.O IGt.Nrtial. ;E. Count. CaldontAu. 1D0.... ..... 10t. NC'estr. Y" . m. Nov. Berw. y.&11-51 ....... Do ......... 8. Easter Do. ..... . Peto Co . & IDo ....... Hull & Seib) Do. i Share: Do. i Shares. Lon. & Greerm Do. Preference 1 Lou., 111., A? Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft g , . 4 per cent Do. 6 per at. Manch. Bst.t. and Matlo,l Middles' -, r , ' .; Red.c.g 6 p.c. MOIL tired. Newmarket Bury E. G.spe N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & lAr Yr Do. t Shin. A Roystn.tz, Hit. Shef.Roth.au Gooleg. 5 p.c. Shrews.&lier S. Stat!ordsb. Wear Valloygr 6 per cent_ Norfoi.a. D 0..... . • L.&N. W & Stektnn Darlingt. Midland.. En. Conn. E. Count. Do Do L. & N.W Do GtNorthn I Lane:tab& Yorksh. T. Brassoy 31.MClean ,Stockt. k Darlingt. Do GtWeatn. Do Wiltse•orarst 97 - 99 98 102 11 - 13 - 135 4 ... 4i tO9 101 ... ... .•• - ••• 121 - 13 224 - 23 112 • 114 i 1p 2i ii. : 93 r i 58 --58 .., -- - 132 135 7 -ii 33 89 • PREFERENCE SHARES. all BlythandTyne lope c. pref. (issd.%t 501 100 Bris. It Ex. 4p.c. St 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares ion Caledn. £lO 4i p.c. 100 '`hoe. to ae.Gn. 51 pt 1100 Do. do. Pref. 5 per c. all Cork &Bandonbne.c. al , Dun.Prth 2 E. Anglian Cis. ASh 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. e• 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c all ERS. C0.1.1x, 50 No. all Do. No. 2. all Do. New , 6 p. c. St all East Un., G. 6p. c all Do. 51., 10 per cent all Do. 101. Dobentr.Sh. all Do, do. 4 per cent.. 100 East Lancash.6p.ets all E. °LW. York. J. sth , 4 Edit'. & (11. 5 p.c. sh 100 Ed.Prth.ArDun.4p.c 100 Furness, sp. c., 1.00 Glas. & NV •G. 5 p.c 100 Great Northn. sp. e 100 Do. sp. e. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem. 1 06 Do. Ilp. c 60 Do. 51) c., Red. at p. c• pm. •• • ••• • all Gt.N..of Scot.l.6tYr• 100 Gt. S. -% W. (Ireland 14 Do. 4per c. Pr:f. S 6 Gt. W.(B. ktll.2x3pe 100 Do.con. red. 4t p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. 100 Do. irrecl. 4p. c. 1 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref all Do. firm. Prof. Sh all Do. Chester Bp. c. all Do. do. 5 p. c. do 100 Do. Birm. Gus. SO all Do. Ches. Gun. Sh. all Do. do. do all Do. do. do. 6 Lan. &York. P. 20 10.., Do. 6p. c. Stock 100 Lon.&B. G.spc No.l 100 Do. P., spe. St.No.2 ;100 Do. Ilew Guar.fi i. ,100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 1011 Lon. &N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. et. 100 Len.& S. W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... all L nay. & Color. Sh. all Londy.& 10 , ,5.,& L. 6p. Cent Do. do. do. £5 „. 100 Do. do. 34 per cent. all Nfarypt.&Carl.4p o all Do. 4 per cent .. 10 Do. do. 100 Aid. Consol,6 p.o gt 100 ,"o. 6pf 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. t 100 Ditto L.& H. Prof. si an INew,, Aber., &c., pr. p. e. red. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Pcrpct. 6 pct, with optn. till '6O all lorfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh 100 Do. Pref. sp. c. St. ‘• 100 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1814 100 D(.. 5,i per c.pf ,1847 100 D0.Wv.V. 5 t , c,1847 100 North British 3 Do 71. Preference Its. 1. E. 1 e.-w. 4 p.c. Y. 83 Da. do, d 0..... 13 Do Lads 6 p.c .1 . 4n.1 1 9 Do. do. Qre.,1848... 10 Do.Yorkllaz Vnr. all North Staffordshire. 100 1nx,w0,kw.,qp , ...i It. 100 ;Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. all iSc..ot. ,New P ro f 100 Sc.N.E. Abor.gG pe all Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. st. 100 D0.d0., 3 p.c. pf. st all South Devon all Do. fixed,4 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 41 per cent all DO. Fixed 4i p c sh 100 3 Wales Gua.4 p. e ,100 Do. do. 4. p. o all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stock.& Dar., sp. c 15 Do. do. do all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p.c. till July 1, '.sr all Waterfd.& Kilk.6 pc 3 -- 31 95 - 100 4; - 5 6 - 63/4 LO9 - 113 ot 103 iP OP ) 124 se a '''" .• , es ''''' • ' ••• .... .. • .. •" ••. ,•• .. ..• ••• 751 , -•• 76 ji - 119 ..00 - 111 102 - IC4 62 - 64 9 - 10; 900 .... •• 6 - 95 - 97 R 6 88 99 101 10 - 10§ 164 - 171 10 10 73 - 75 19. - 20 94 - 10; 144 - 15. 167 139 139 142 117 - 119 .57 - 159 6o - I - 70 . - ••• a'... 112} 82 Iq7 - 1 39 98 - 100 89 - 1 - li ••• ..... • v. ... .... .. !C2 -104 92 —94 - id ••• "". id p 1107 - 108 ... ~. 114 - 116 105 - 110 17 - 18 23 - 21 102 - 105 10k - 101 ••• ' ••• m'. 27i ..7. 281 2- 3 P MINES. LOs all 'Angle Californian •.. - 4 . 1 20 7 Australian 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy - 50 all Blom:. Iron SD i•on , ••• - 7 8 20 14 British Iron 35 264 Bra Z illAililrip.(iEtillOd at 25 pro.) 15 1 7 151 20 30 a l l 5 l D D o o S e t o . c j r. o e h ? D e o u t i n e 3O a b - 4 1 4 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of p 40 all C•bro Copper •57- 59 5 14 Colonial Gold ••• •• it " all all CI DO P . P ;r r of!7 I 74 . p of . o ß e n o ' + ' 3 1 2 ( g ) i 5 57 . 1€ Copiapo 2 I all Fortuna.... - 1d 20 all Gencial - 1 all Gt.NuggetVoinß,.g 4 - 44 all Great Polgnoth 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unite 4 - 5 1 I all Liberty 3 all Linares 8 - 84 5 14 Lusitanian ld - 1 all Mariquita a - 1 all New Granada - 6 1 all Nonvean Monde... 2 i all IPontgl.sil.& Le•Zn 9 .. 11 6 I 'Port Philip ..• 1 all Jnart2 Rock ....... .• • ••• 50 all ahymney 1r0n..... 23 25 15 all Do. New 7 9 30 151 Santiago tie Cuha. 21 2i • 6s. Sort. Cons. Min, Co. 1 5 - a 1 1 14 1 all South Australian 1 all , Do. Scrip •• 1 all Do. 10 per cent P ... 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 1 10 9 fin Cr0ft.........., 31 3 i 281 all United Mexican 31 4 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa 12s. Worthing Minin . g . o' Australia MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agrieu,t 24 - 25 10 ‘i Australn. Royal Mal 10 all •lerlin Water Work , 44 - 5 44 50 40 Brit. American Lam. 40 - 45 100 3 4 Canada l2B - 132 180 St. << O. Go.Bp.c..Tank.laly 113 114 1134 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug ••• ••• • St. 100 Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept ... - 5 all Crystal Palace 2 - 21 5 all Do. Preference 54 *- 5 6 4 all Crystal Pal. of France - 1 a Duston Iron Ore 20 154 Eastern Steam St. 100 . Electric Telegraph._ 91 - 93 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 14 - 11 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (Um.) - 14 Gon. Steam Navigat. - 11 all General Screw Steam 6 - 64 61 20 5 London Discount - p 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 38 - 34 31 20 10 Magdalena St. 14 avi.. 10 all liediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 - 10 10 all Nexicau&S.Amerien. 3/ - :•i 25 5 Nat. Discount Co - 1A; 25 1 Do. New 10 5 Nethorlands Land 1 - 4 10 all Do. Do. - 41 5 3 Do. 8p c P iss at 1 d ip 5 1 Do. Do Ex; 80 New B. &N. S. Land 18 - .2 N.S.W. Gov. sp. c. D. ‘ D N. B. Australasia: fi 20 17i Nr . o l . ol7 "r°l )4 •'''-'" , tm 3, 206 1 .11 Oriental t 3 as 1 2s. D o . "New Shares" p t , Inn 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mina 24 - 1 56 all POttillStiar& Oriental 66 - 68 66 7 50 10 Do. Now 4 - 5 t 100 60 Royal Mail Steszn 66 -68 1 ~.11 Scot. Austral. Invest. 1 - it 1 all Ditto Now ll - 14. .2 5 all South Anstral.io,r,l 36 38 1 20 ernens Land .6 100 '64 Van Di 'lB a d \ V Jan& 634 331 71 I 9 36} 89 8i 9 76 49i i B 1.7 i 97 6i 61 112 1051 20i 101 7i 82h 13 51 84 3i 191 601 6gi 113 131 214 4 4 131 12i 13 82 1 2i 241 f 14 19i 20 32 31 40i i 19i 9 i i I St. St il'o all 13411.00 5 1 all St. 1,1.00 t. 'l.OO 5 I r.ll 0 all all 5 all L2il s►U 0 111 st;100 10 I 3i it. 100 itituo 1.00 61 51 i 0 1 all 5 all 2! all A. WO :5 If 3 10 all i 2 10 '4 all all 1,100 Closing Prices yesterday. RAJLIVAITS. 131 5 Country Markets. EDINBURAIII RAY AND STRAW MARKET- DEC. 23. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 10s 6d to 13s Od per keinplo of 16 etc nee trot ) ; wheat do., Ps Od to 12s 01; barley do.. Ss Od. to 101 s Od. Hay from 12d to ls. 2d. EDINBURGH ME AL—DEC. 23. There were in the market to-day 27 sacks oatmeal, el 2h weighing 2SOlb imperial, which sold at 378 and —O. DALKEITH :ARKET-DEC. 22; There were in the market to-.lay 11 bags ofkoatmeaT, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready. Oatmeal, per sack of 2SUlbs First. Second. drd. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto --s Od )—s Od - —a Od I s Od Flour, new, per ditto l—aOdl—s Od I - -^ 6 ld Pot -barley, new, per ditto —s Od. s Od - KIRKCALD Y -DEC. 20. We had a fair supply of wheat, but small of barl s v and oats. Sales quick. Best wheat is per qr. daa,rer 03 P' generally is per qr. higher. Barley was also the to rn in favour of sellers. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Be aus° I First Second Third 305 Od I 30s 01 20s ud I 1 V 4" Oatmeal, 36s to 3S, per bag of 2801 b. DUBLIN, DEC. 23. There was a small supply and a firm market at ou r cor n exchange to-day. The currencies of Friday last wer supported for every description of grain. There will 70 8 second market held here this week. White wriest, 31s GI to 34$ 6d , red ditto, 30s Od a' 328 6cl ditto new, —s ; barley, malting, 16s to 243 6d ; gl 113 10 ; lug, 15s to 20s Od ; oats, old, —s to —s ; ditto, De w, Od to 14s 6d , oatmeal, 143 to 15s ; bare, new, 16s to 188 0.1 ; rapes , ' d, 30s Oct to 32s Oct per brl; Irak. rs' no' ar, 2°B Oct to 263 6d per cwt; Indiau corn, 32s 01 to 363 O. Per 1 480 lbs. GOAL MAR: BT.—DE c. 24. Prices of Coil per ton at the close of the markl L Welland, So 0 , a Braddyll . .. •3 8 0 3 7 0 Pe n s her ''l,9 0 Stewart's ''.- .3-6 6 Evenwood l7 0 0 Acorn Close 17 'Wharneliffe 0 Rotten Caradoe. . -1 1 ! Cassop .1 7 6 H ar tl e pool .ll 1 3 I Sold s. d. Bebside's Hartley 16 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 16 3 Longridge's Wst Hartley 16 0 Walker 'Primrose .. l5 0 fanfold Moor 35 3 North Percy Harty —l5 6 Wallsend, &c. Gosforth l7 () Eden Main l7 6 1 Lawson l6 6 :hips at market...ll LOCAL SHARE MARKETR. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 24. ing STOCK ExCHANGE.—The Market is dull to-day, cl however, firmly. Blackburn, 7— East Lancashire, 1)—; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97—Ditto, Liverpool, C , a nd Southport, 181—London and North Western, 10 slf ids, _Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 33I—Mid "aid. 82— South Eastern, 22—Grand Trunk of Canada is 3d —Great Western of Canada, new sharer, 2 i 1 " . Luxembourg constitxted, 101 . 1 83 9d dis. MANCHESTER, DEC. 24. ess Sr )0K EXCHANGE_. —There was a moderate (l"' l i itto and prices were firmer. E!ts',, Lancashire, 22 13-16-- ji Pref. (sths); p.—Leeds, 97—London, 105—She,--", v rs, 33a —M;dland, 82I—Great Northern A , ier 22 1-16—Electric Telegraph, 237—Manchester and 1 3 / 1 1,3 ham C. Quarters, 10i. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. w 24. STOOK EXORANGE. — This market as w eaker tO and prices the turn lower. London and North West+ closed at 105: to a —Midlands. 81 i — L ondon and oSg* Westerns, 102—Chester and Holy head s, 38. )rtib SEABORNE MAILS. [When the date for m :king up a mail falls on a Sun.:jai, tb erridl4 remains open until the day lollowli , g ; t-xcept in the c.. se of tbil mail, via Southampton , w hich, on such occasions, is m ade evening previous.] mail, via Southampton, which, on sucn °cu...., -- .....----" e vening previous.] __....- • FOB ____....., ..------ h at -------- BY °- Made up at iN hence By what When vessel. th • des- Vessel. expe cts ° Post • Office . patched '- ....° ll.° —.-- ..........--- -- -- Lisbon 70,17tb, &} South- 2 l."l's Spain • M 27th of the Madrid Dec. - Gibralt it Gibraltar 1 ..) • i Malta •• • • ! d r 4th an. .....011: ou Egypt •••• • • i 4th & 20th 20th oh rgr- Ceylon • • a- Colombo t he India . • . • • • month. I mo nth- 1 1 Mauritius ! fylaCeylon) JSW ° China - Co'omho Ja n. Penang ampton it Singapore s J Ol4 Australia(via 3 the Cape) • • M lan. 12 ...1 Cape of Good a S m ou p i t h a - a Co um" Dec ,.._ Inf le° Hope ...• .• Dart- W.S. Jan. . 2 ' . 6 Ei Mauritius Ceylon India Lisbon 1 Madeira CapedeVerds 1 South- n o m Jan. 12 /ti ll° I Brazil M Jan. 9.. • • ampton BuenosAyres Falkland Is- I lands 'West Indies (except Ha vana and let and Honduras). 2d and 17th Sou th- Magda- IGth of nr i .100 Venezu-la . • Dr of the a mpton lena the '' Grey Town.• month. I month. New Granada Chili .•• • • • Peru • • .... i ) a S m ou p t t h on - .. ...... 16 ( t h il : r • -'''''' California •• J H o nduras • • 110 .lan. 17 ..} Nassau •• • • South- Magda- mj:117111. #9 ampton lens 01 11 I3Le Havana .• •: •: : ' M Ia n . 2•• . . } Madeira .... CO P° ly " Gambia Jan. 6 mo...th Liver- . lan. 23 ..} P Twence.raifffAafrie. a . E British North ~ n A r4blS America .. SE Every Fri.l Liver- _Asia Dec. ;. - United States United States Tan. 6 and l i • AA l3° ti 4 Blitinsh North E alternate atlantic Jan. 1 America United States An 4° British North :-111 Dec. 31 .. South- Wash- Dec. 26 America .. S ampton ington Canada .... 1 E !an. 27 ..1 Liver- g. Arne-Jan. 7 ti_.---" Al'gi:; 3 pool rlcar_i__________---- - ' M— Morning. E —Evening. oshuwoffiepioal,ifirnuetrla• De e c ri . A 2 llG_E ..., OF MURDERING A POLTCEMAN." —I J IS;I a ; ceased ,s ci , a h g u r , to. Last evening an inquest was held bY, got cg.n' man, attempted at Birkenhead, on the body of a poli-0' pies named Vaughan. It appeared that early that m ot ~ ON inathdetoocpkta,:ilkeaelbsoohufri Ling ennetatomdcetiodsotroTs d,hywo.rnb se a nco a .t 7'1: :: t a b r ; inedi a a t te it ly mg ; a t 10 1 and m stabbed done ; I'm a u d g o b n a e u 1 , I ; D i ;:_,! . - s a l i i e e d a , S f mk t m e n H u r i or t we c d d h exclaimed k ar e : t er o d d w w safterwards. s k n An d n if o e‘ t i h l er officer came up ° 3 :d th e , I , A W 0 , surrender,returned w n V Vla Withi a c 1: hisalii n e sstti refused chkim , Ataondir.au.r:iot 01 committed CO trial. So oa r STEAM MMUNICATIO N WITH THE BELZILE."--,0 ampton, Wednes&y.—The Union Screw Cafr°,2llBll steamer Celt sailed to morning with a cargo of . 11- ', 13 '10 0 and French goods for Pernambuco, Baba, 1 03 "., t to Janeiro ; and the company's ship Dane is fitting "'we take her departure on the 231 of January for tbe,.,,.. destination. The Hamburg and Brazilian Steam -Li:4,11. gation Company's fine vessel the Teutonia, CAP•,,„O chin , sailed this afternoon for Lisbon, Peratu"'"4 Bahia, and Rig Janeiro, with 60 passengers and °4 tons of German, French, an British manuactul% g oods. Twelve or tbiAeen of the disbanded Italian -110 gion were sent out to Lisbon by thieamer by ebb W ar -office. The Teutonia took out all the letters Wilt°, arrive , ' by this afternoon's poet. The next vessel of tbw line Isla be the Petropolis. -................................... BIRTHS. OF A DAUGHTER. O n the 23d 'lust., A 4, On Ramsgate, tb° wife of Lient.-Col. Wm. Hunter. On the 20th inst., at Kenapt o n-r ark, the wife of o'9°' Barnett, Esq. 07 A 50L tbs On the 21st inst. , th e wife of J. H. Murchison, shi scl' On the 21st int., at Barthornley Rectory, Chere, wife of the Rev. s Hastings Gordon—stillborn. MARRIED. is C ell. On the 24th inst., at Silsoe Church, BedfordshirAeurge Webster, of Peckham -rye, surgeon, second on of ' t he Webster, Esq., M.D., of Dulwich, Surrey, toPrieleurf, second daughter of Win. P. Squire, Esq., of Pe Silsoe. tain James Hastie, of the 2d European Light ~,ho On the 23d inst., at the parish church of ileollfts°l32tVC:ri Annie Maria Gardner, only daughter of the late ov Pelcher, Esq., of Stockwell, Surrey, D I E D. ,_.town' On the 23/1 inst., reps Fortess-terrace, Sentifii.essro- Frsncis Eeles E-q., a sentative of the firni o.nore, Huggins and Co., brewers, Broad-street, Goldeu aged 35. rg ate' On the 23d inst., Mr. John Lomas, of 19, Aid e i street, aged 50. On the 23d inst., Thomas J. Marthani, ru 6e l e" D 4 41310 road, Maida - h ill, a g ed 59. Of , for 4 On the 22 d inst., at 13, Millman-street, Bed Mrs. Ann Wells, aged 77. ~,re, On the 22 I inst., at ChsrleF•street, Grosvenor -01, 7,0 a Robert Corbett, Esq., fourth sou of the we A r ebou Corbet, of Logoor Hal, Salop, aged 60. a l' ij ' e k ' On the 7th inst., at Malta, Lieut. ' James Nis the ttsc-- artney, 57th Regt., aged 20. He was present at the ' of the Roden and capture of Szbastopol. Vi; 8 Or° On the 20th inst., at Cecil-strect, Strand, .1"-'8 Morgan, aged 32. _—.....--- _.---•'-.--"-''' i-6141KjIz : aati 1)1;:)1i,',AL,1 :',i.CIZDO (31"..;:c. :":"-,• A t fiii; Sn , P , 4. ; u siti tkt Lun rraciuci oi 6revuy, of Dliddhsoz, Tivirolny, Decoml,er 25, 1F56 Business yesterdaf THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1856, tOO 100 100 20 20