The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoca The Colonial Produce Markets this week have been very dull, and some of the quotations have tended downwards. Sugar has been in fair request for refining purposes ; coffee has been quiet, but firm ; and in tea no alteration of importance has occurred. Some descriptions of rice have been inquired for at full rates, and spices have continued dull. Cochineal has realised high quotations, and tallow is quiet. Business is now confined to a few Private operations, the markets being now closed for the Christmas holidays. The French trade returns for the month of No- Yetaber have been completed, and they exhibit leme very favourable results. The duties collected on inirorts amounted to 13,000,00 francs against 1 2,500,000 in 1855, and 13,200,00h1 iu 1854. During the eleven months ending Nov. the revenue derived from these imposts was 159,000,000 francs against 1 76,000,000 during the same time last year, when, however, the Exposition attracted unusual supplies Of merchandise. During the month there was an in crease in the receipts of cereals, wines, brandy, coffee, colonial sugar, cotton, oil, steel in bars, Pewter, lead, oleaginous grains, &c., but most other Srticles showed a diminution. There was an aug kentation in the exports of ordinary wine, alco hols, machines, tanned skin, porcelain wares, tool and cotton thread, and woollen, cotton, and %Ilk goods. The shipping statement for the 11 months tlYes the entries at 23,918 vessels of 3,754,779 tons %gainst 21,338 ships and 3,039,460 tons in 1855. The clearances have been 13,378 vessels, of 2,106,408 tons, against 12,729 vessels, with 1,873,834 tons htet year. The resolution passed by the directors of the (treat Northern Railway Company, which was as follows, is considered satisfactory : Resolved—" That the company have not refused to register transfers of stock accompanied by coupons or , 4 ,rtificates officially signed by the registering clerk of L 'Lle company and by the secretary, nor have they any 41 tention to decline to register transfers of stock for Which certificates of due registration in the name of the hiler have been issued by the company, unless there is mound to believe the holder of such stock bag been Party to any fraud in the manner of obtaining it." The resolution passed by the Committee of the stock Exchange, therefore, will not be confirmed 141 Monday next. There is an active demand for money, but the dis. c ontinuance of specie remittances to Ireland has t ended to promote increased confidence. The al. leration in the late stringent discount regulations the Bank of France is also a favourable feature 41 connection with money matters, but the tight !left of the market at Hamburg is severely felt, and 111 other parts of the Continent capital is still very l earce. The Funds are firmer, but business, as might have been expected, is exceedingly limited. 11 :18ols have beon 94 to 94k all the morning. The OW Threes are 944 I, 3 per Cant. Reduced 934 to k. Exchequer Bills are is discount to 2s prem., 411 (1 the Bonds 981. Foreign Securities are also at rather enhanced t l T4 ,tee, and several bargains have been recorded. urkish 6 per Cents. have risen to 954 to 951, and e Four per Cents. to 1024 to 103. Ye i7auelan Active are 38 to 38i, and the eferred 151, being firmer, owing to the 4 , 4o3 tnissioners having agreed to 3 per cent, on the ?ruler in settlement of the Debt. Grenada De :erred 6j ; Mexican 3 per Cents. 214, Gautemala tyer Cents. 574. Buenos Ayres 844, and Spanish d eferred 241. The following are the nomin a l price s o f F ore i gn s tocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; 11 11, 211 ; Peruvian 44 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto per Cents., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 44 per %nts., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42} ; ditto Deferred, 24 24 ; ditto Certificates, 6 6i ; ditt o , 4.4 88i110, 6. 4 , Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that during the Week there has been a good demand for Ameri titri States stock. In railroad securities there has t lao been a fair amount of business, chiefly in the .„, l ids of the Illinois Central and Michigan Central Al kilroad. N. Redeemable. Per Cent. 13„I . '_a. States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...106 107 mtad States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...106 107 4 41 3 STATE SECURITIES. ist sana 5 per Cent 1 1 .1 4 :91and 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) lit: 4 B lllllE . 3tts 6 s per Cen. e l , S t terl i ponl i i 3 s i ) c 1(1, I . 2 na ' CI a PPI per .1841-1871 43 45 11, - ' , Eksippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk. Bonds ... 16 18 11. 4 nitylvania 5 per Cent. Stock Is' i ltsylvanis 5 per Cent. Bonds ..1877... 81 83 t"lllessee 6 per Cent. Bonds tn'inia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 85 87 i ttinia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 84 86 11 00- 1 4 ._ -un 5 per Cent. Bonds LOANS OP CITIES. 1883... 85 87 rewlatrj.l2,6npset6. par Cen t . e ß n -n . Cent. B onds d S e tock lB5B - 1 8 8 6 8 5 3 ..7. 'l 2 B ro RAILROAD tI e L n RO . AD BONDS. pe Il linois Central 7 t I st Mortgage, b,;?ot Convertible 1875... 86 88 "'Ono% Central 6 per Cent. '"Lint s Central 7 per Cent. Freeland 1875.- 82 84 t ni la'o w d c ..... . Central ( S hares), . ii5 ..... i . a 1 9 5 9 1 1 00 6 p ki elliga e n ei C i e r ntral Bp. dent., p Conveit 1860 - ... ...... 1 1 . Do do. do. 1869... 93 95 w. k Y ork Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864 91 93 -. 4 ,,,W York Central 6 per Cent., not ... kuonvertible 1883... 81 83 Convertible York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort -I,ige 1 i ... T o o r i t an an dle7p 7 . Cent. C on vertible 1862... $2 84 per Cent. Sinking t Pund Erie 1875... 85 87 'tiaras 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster p.mig Bonds), not convertible 1859... 90 eottrna 7 per Cent., let Mortgage 1864... 90 92 e "BYlvania Central 6p. Cent., Ist Mort 1880... 90 92 .80 82 ~ 90 92 ~ 98 100 In the Railway Share Market this morning a he ll moderate business has been do ne . P rices ban e, however, in several instances, slightly im lpved, viz., in G rea t Western, Lancashire and °tlishire, North Western, South Western, Midland t ri dli - orfolk, which have improved about ss. to 10s. t t ighten declined about ss. In the Foreign Lines t l 4° tllbardo-Venetian have advanced ss. The Cana -1411 lines are steady, at full quotations. Joint ittock Banks and Miscellaneous Shares are very active, and a decline of fully ss. per share may be °ted in most of the principal securities. 411 .1T1511 FUNDS THIS DAY A.'l' ON -CUP 'A.. ( From the Officia List.) 3 dqns til t 3 °': Cent. Reduced Annuities e 2? 3 per Cent. Annuities '''afiels :or Account 'tchegner F2llls, 24d - 1000 1 2 p 1d 3 p Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent. 9Bi 98i B uenos OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'Cho A yres Bonds, 6 per Cent. trebnitto Account . oaada New Active, 21 per Cent. - O itto Deferred 63 kteraala Bonds, 5 per cent S7A e ti n icati 3 per Cent ` - i ,"Z T3II II Beads, 3 per Cent ... ......... .. ."'ltte Now Deferred, 3 per Cent. ..., .„ D itto Account `tititieh Ronda, 6 per cent v b itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. e llezuela Boards, 4/ per Cent Ditto Aczount Ditto Deferred, 11 per Cent. . .. Dividends 3ri the above .ayable 10 1.0: ,•: TWO O'CLOCK. t e , nB.,le (Money) Ditto Account ~ 94 k 1 0 . 4 , ORET SOCIETIES IN MODENA. — Th e Mess a ggere of ~° , sena publishes a sentence just pronounced by the - ',-„ l ' l tary commission sitting at Massa, condemning one 'llerra to imprisonment in irons for life, another pri ,o!;l6r to twenty years of the same punishment, and a t h ird to fi ve y ears ' h ar d l a bo ur in the g alleys, for having thi rd to a secret society. A fourth is declared un -1°114(1 in mind, and ordered to be shut up in a mad. 0118 e ; and ten more are acquitted for want of proof. About four years ago the communal council of Am b !eteuse resolved, by way of experiment, to lease out abo ut 50 hectare.' of unproductive gro un d in small frac• v f or to various agriculturists at a very l ow p r ice and °r a long term. The Constitutionnel now gives a state- Teat of the results, which are very extraordinary. The 50 hectares, divided into 110 lots, leased at 836 f. eiollectively, produced 19,500 f. in 1854 ; Oren in tares,Bss and 33,000 f. in 1856. Adding thereto the l, and cost of clearage, &c., these 50 hectares are fo und to have produced a total of 102,4581. in three i'ears, But this is not all ; the new impulse thus given i lagrieniture in the commune has led to the erection of le new houses, representing an additional value of " 10 00f,— Octlignani. rHE SUN, LON )ON, FRIDA:V INES LEASED 1 T FIXED RENTALS i rk ~ '~~ RAILWATL, LA0,... • Closing Prices Wednesday. Bustness this day ked ford a..d Clydesela • N. L. . ed, 1. all 100 all 101.* Col. Stour V y. E Lin. g. 6 pc. E. Un. H. S. (lit.. Barr. & Neils. Diiec•t Do. New, Glstr.6 Dn fer Hrtlpl. Dk Railway... Hull & Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do.Preferen , e Lott., Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct Manch. Brtn and Ma , !o k Middiee-7 Roth..g 6 p.c. Hicild. Newmarket Bury E. 61.5pe N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds pc Prest. &V , yr ' Do.. Shra. A Roystn.& Hit, Shef.Roth.an Gooleg.s p. c Shrews.&Hcr S. Stalfordsh. Wear Valleygi 6 per cent._ Do E. &E.O Gt. 1 , 1 n E. Count. Caldoni , • 3t. Do . at. Wes: rt Yk. Now. At Berw. Y. St N M Do S. Mutt,. Do . j 97 99 98 102 11 13 133 138 4 .. 4} Peto k Co Do Norfolk , Do L.& N. Vt 7. Stekt , .E. Midlan 11(:8 .09 12' - 13 22i 23i 112 - 114 l pt 'En. Conn. E. Count.. D 0......... 2j 21 all all all 154 D 0.., L.&N.W Do Qt Northn Lancash Yorksh. T. Brassey M.MCiean Stoat. & Dar:insrt Do. Wiltsk!ornrst latWostn. 91 93 56 58 St. 20 St. 1 1.)n 100 100 .11 132 135 33 - 34 89 91 PREFERENCE SHARE.• 1,)0 100 100 100 BlythandTyne lOpet C. prof. (issd.a.ts( , / Bris. k Ex. 4 p. c. ST Do. 4 p. c. Shares Calodn. £lO 4i p.o. ' ilium. 81 (To. (411. 5, ~t Do. do. Pref. 5 per c. Cork ckßandon6lp. , . Dna.Prth .41 Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Si Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. Do. do Cis. C 7 p. Mss. Co. spe N^ Do. No. 2.... Do. New 6 p. o. • Bast Un., G. 6 p. c . Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Dely , ntr.Si Do. do. 4 per cent East Lanoa- • h 6p. ot g. tzW. York. J. sth. Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. eh Prth.k.Than 4 p. Fun:legs, 5 p. c. all 10! 100 100 100 100 & p.e ireat Northn. 5 p. ,o. 5 p. o. Redoom at 10 p. c. prem Dn. 4,# p.c D 0.5 p. c., Red. at L P.C. pm. ••• tot. N. of Scot.lst ';t. S. W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. Prot. kit. tll. Do. con. red. 4i p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. Irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. o. red. pref Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester S p. o. P Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gus. Sti• Do. Oboe. Gus.. Sb Do. do. do Do. do. de An. &York. F J. 20 no. 6 p. c. Stool &B. 0.5pc.N0.1 I . Do. P., spr St.No.2 De. New Gnar.s Do. do. 5 p. e.,Ne.4 [,on. &N. W.. (4 •Tun«)aton 5 p. nz lim.St S 3. W. 7 per ct 95 - 100 4i 5 6 - 6i 1/19 113 10 , - 108 2 126 17 119 09 ill 102 IC4 62 - 64 9i - 104 t. St. 7 it. fa } 100 100 100 100 100 late 3d Shares L ady.& Sh Londy.St Ennis. .1 L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. Lb Do. do. 34 per cent. Warypt Carl. 4 p a Du. 4# per °Aut , .., Do. do. 6 95 97 N 88 99 101 10 104 16f 17 , 10 104 73 15 194 20 9 - 104 14/ 15 139 Consol.6 p.o.St )0. Con.Br. - Sir. 5 p Do. 4i p. c. Pref. t Ditto L. & H. Pref. St New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. e. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. eh Do. Prof. 5 p. a. St Do. 5 pa. Ext.,1846 Do. 5i per c pf ,1847 Do. Wv. V.5p0.,1847 North British Do 71. Preferenoe N. 1?,. I , erw, p.c. P. Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.e .No.l Do. do. Q,r Do.YorkH.& r• r. North Staffordshire. Ox, Wo,W., 5 pc... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. ,Saot. Cent. ,New Prof Sc .N. E. Aber. g 6 pe Do. do., 7 p. 0, pf. et. D0.d0., 3, p.c. pf. et South Devon Do. flxed,4i per cent S. Eastern (Heading Jinn.) of £1 Os. 6d, Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c eh S Wales Gna. 4p. o 0 do. 4i p. e.... S.Yorksh.4p.o.Guar itockda Dar., 5 p. o Do. do. do Stook. & Hartl. g. 5 p. o. till July 1, '56 Waterfd.& Kilk.6pc 'BB. '.Os dl Luigi° Californian • :/..; /I.ustralian l4 1 411 Baden (Gd.Dnohy of) - io a ll Bl ienar. Iron & 41oni ••• • ••• 20 14 British I ron 7 - • 8 35 266 Brazilianlmp.(iesned at Ll:5 pm.) - 2 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab - 4 10 1.5 Do. St. John Dens. ;15 - 17 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Cc.. of Jamaica p 40 all Oobre Copper - 59 5 14 001011iAl Gold ....... a al ll l C D o o pp p e r r of M . p o f . c E e n n g t 3 25 0 - 7 , . 21 1c Copispo - 15 I all Fortuna 1 - id 20 I all Gent:al - P o lgooth. - 1 United 4 - 5 5 all Gt Wheal Vor •-• iall Liliares. ............. • _ 41 all Gre:tuggetVeinßeg I a a l l l l G L t ib . arty .............. • 4 Now Granada I - 6 a l all i ll 5 - 8 P 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 2 all Pontgi.Sil. Le. Min 9 11 S 'Port Philip all Quartz Rock i 0 all Rhymney Iron 23 25 15 all Do. Now 7 30 151 Santiago de Cuba-- 24 21 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. Ifi - 1i 1i 1 all South Australian 1 all Do. Scrip ..• 1 all Do. 10 per cent Pref ... 46 Tarn. S. & L.Min. Co. -- 1 10 9 rin Croft 3l 31 281 all United Mexican 36 4 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa - 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia huscELLumous. 25 19 k nstralian Agrlenit. 24 - 25 10 .1 Australn. Royal Mail ... - 10 all terlin Water Worlr. 46 • 5 5 0 40 irit. American Land 40 45 42 100 3 6 Canada . l2B - 132 S s t t. t 0 . , ;) 0 '. 0 (4: 6 ).6 p1 , c ,.., 34 ..T a a r nj se n p ly t 1 2 1 4 31 1 St 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug - 5 .11 rysta) Palace...-. • 2 24 5 all Do. Preference 54 54 4 a I irystal Pal, of Franc , 1 A Ruston Iron 0re...-. ••• 20 1.56 East ern Steam ..... St. 100 Electric Telegraph.,. 91 93 1 all Electric Teleg. of Tr. 15 5 14 all AS:f:an•C"Na7gar.:. 14 ----- 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lim.) • 11 all 4enoral Screw St eilkl 6 -- 64 20 5 London Discount - P 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 3i - 3 i 3 I 20 10 *agdalena St. Ns's., - 10 all Alediteran. Elec. Tel. '3; le 10 all 'dexican&S.Amerion. 31 - 25 5 Nat. Discount Co.. 1- -- lip 25 1 Do. New ....... z 10 5 - Nletherlands Land , 1 1 4 v 10 all Do. Do. 34 4i 5 3 Do. BpcPissatld 1 -.... 3 5 1 Do. Do aP ' 7 106 New B. di N.S. Land 18 4P 22 N.S.W. Gov. sp.c.D. .1 %II N. E A.nstratasutu... . 20 171 lirth.of EuropeSte,.m 3A 26d 1 all )riental Gas. ll - 1 2s. Pm 6 all Peel Kr. Ld. & 24 Do. "New Shares " p 04 - all Peninsular& Orions 66 68 50 16 Do. New 4 Sr 100 it Royal Mail Steam t 6 68 1 I Scot. Austral. Invest i I 1 E 1 all 4)itto New l4 14 , 25 South Austral...L:4 , d 36 38 1 el. Snbmar. Tel. Sail).- 4 1 1 1) Registered 1 20 1.00 ‘B4 Van Diemen's Land 1 6 18 d V.6 l ).6p.c.Jan&Jull ott SHARE MARKETS —(This Day. ) • W ;hr-. :,1:',x9.. ~a. Wedneada:. n'aginesg done this tiiy bg No_: 411 , 1 3iasEr.. Jun •;,,1 fast '& Bally:Tx t. Rirminz. virolve V. 41 86 9 194 204 )74 18 136 14 r 27'i r► al 25 al 'Thos;,.. 4s a t Blackburn . . Istyt. 6. A 25 (issd. at L 4 Bristol and Facto,. It. 1100 it. 1100 St. 100 ;,. 93 95 63 37 39 TN !Cork, Bisok, As Par. Cornwull ......... 11 Do. A 8 Do. B 41 ; Dablin&Belfaßt•Tnrc do' al 10 I a] RBA Etotert , 0.4110 , tBt. 4 41 By., B. Stook New 0 at St. 100 It. I 1 I 8 25 1 it. 1;N VI a 10 it. 10t, 10 9. it. I a' St. 1 Of 1. ;8!c 19 9h 38 40 26 28 7 East Kent 7 - 5 90 92 1 East Suffolk Edin 41as;s 5± 55 Edinb. and Feebler. lEdin.Prtt &Dund. 611 I F'orth & Clyde Jun )0 [Furne55.....,._.... )0 Glasgow &S. Westrn 11 Great N. of Scotlngi F. Great Northam Do., A. 5t0ck..... . )0 1), , B. Stock__ C Gt. sth. &West. , In . ) Great Western..... D t , Stour Val Re! Qua. ....... , 11 Irish South-Eastern 11 !Ancestor & Oarlißit 44 Do Thirds 36 36, Do. New Thirds__ Larteash.audYork, Win, aiding Trn ill Do. Southi ort 6 11 ho , ,don Rlahkwr4 1 )i) Lona. Bright &S.Cmi K; Loud. an•l N. vir,.o - Flitha , 54,D0.101.5h.,. If& (. ?4 Do. Eighths . LOO London =dß. We-37.;,. ilI I...ududrry s - voter,. .udndrr: , , & Erni Unoh.Sheldi ' ifetropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement... u. .(1411d.G. West. LH .5. Half Share , .2vroaatle k ll `rwpt.Aberg. &Art ,every & Enniski tsWry Warre rtc , nt nd ii:oetrevor nrfolk ; • orthn.Conntief North British... ~ t h Devo,. Bali, Dock Stock A Stock , )0 , B Stock Jrastern—Berm k do. Rate:min ►. i„do. G.N. R. op , - lio. Leeds 4 41 York.. forth Lori for, Wette.„ r.. stoad, 8.0 City StatTordshi. , ortn Westeru.,, ,& . it 7 Ore., rtn 125 112 69-1 74 64 64 974 1121 106 21 I 104 1 Ig7i -- •••t par 82 56 - 40i • 84!, 41 74 81, 3d 6 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i lAL. ..i i : ii 113 - 115 2 201 ni - 22 12 -13 i 80 85 21f 22i Iflip 24 -.4. 2/ 1 2sp 99 - 100 115 1 20 115 - 120 •08 110 20 -- 20 -22 i 1 i, t r IS) 21 Zip 1 2 pi 5i 31 3! - A2i 9 -10 - P 4 4i , 5 51 - 6a 9 3 log 71 8' 181 19i 371 37i 84. 8/ 541 54i 51 53 i - i P 7 20 1 - 9 - 9 81 9i 44 4i 94 10 33 34 4 - Ht A .hrK 98 100 A #( 62 - 64 1 67 69 17~IS 19i 20. 19j- 19! A - IP. 47 48 38 39 li lid 35 37 65 - 67 7 - 9 ;a1 6 id, 9 I Ritymney . 0tt , ... e ) Scot. N E.Abrdo St, Do. boot. Aut. St 2 SitingbournekSheer, att. J.•vo& iouth Eastern .. ,uth Wales vrirgh. ?sr • 11 r . 4 a nes, S ookton & Dar ing 2. do., Mt 3 Do., do., 1855 ;to Aden & ►iartle r a ff Vale ...... )0. Pref., No. 1 2 Phameg Hey. D.Sr Xll Vale of Neath... Weterfd. & Kilkenn 1. WAterford dt !Amer d 1 Weet Cornwall...., ill Vest End of London and Crystal Palace ill Do. A 111 Do. B West London. ill Do. Fiist Class ~ dl Do. Second Class I) rlrovinn COLD: flon.ind a, g 5 p. c 18 all Do. 20 108. Ceylon A sharos 20 1 Do. B. do 174 al• 20 2s. Eastern Bengal Al 4 a ? "ast t whoa. A and B, g• 5 p -5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c Do. do. D, go. 5 p. c. 11 D 0.44 p.c.8nd5.,7,7 ,11 40. io. do., '59, . .11 Geelong Melbourne guar. 5 per cent ,11 :M. Trunk of Canada ll )0. Cert. of Deben, oon. into Stk. USW b. Comp. 6 p. 0., do. .4t In. Pen. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c ,* it. Wequirit of Can% ,, 8 Do. New , ) 0 . &is., payable '5 A Do. do., '76, p. '6O 1 1)o. do., '73 de. 11 Do. do., '73, withou option.. ill !Wm, gaar. 4 t p.c ill Do. do., sp. C. [0 Do. 4i p. c. Exton 5 Do. 8d Ex., g. sp. c 5 Sciudo, guar. sp. c. ill D 0... St. Andrew's and Qeebec LOO I al U:0 Al oe I s] 20 I all tool 2061 1110 100 a•. 100 • 100 •1 'LO a, 30 al 20 10 20 l• I q' ?() 8 20 i 1 A. ► 1 20 I! ►f I 20 21 10 1( lo 1 1 iC I al 20 6 5 e F 33 fl al t t; I •1 1.6 I al t.O al 20 al 20 ion; 5 I al 20 1 al 10 . 20 11: 6 I Al 40 al 5 1: 4 lat. L Itwer •Akt .tt ru m 61 ( 1 ' an Ardennesll as" ****** * • 6 ;orient to Oraissess TL e k . Toulouse r t Y CR ? au . :o fil t a:l } 4: l a l uL t iri es and Ry, 61 64 ;astern of Franc. 19 %.T !R. Euphrates Valley Os. Eur, 8 4t Ceutrai of Prat, e 16 treat Loromboorg,., 4 Italian Junction ..... dl Lak, cow,. & tiasl .11 Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca Pist. sp. c.p. 5 Lyons and Gen , ,vs al hyons is Mediterrao ill Maria Antonio dl Do. do. New vamnr & Liege al Do. do., 6p. c. Pref i ll Northern of France. i i NorwegianTrunkPref a Paris and Lyons Il Pari9 and Orleans. ~ 6 Recife & San. Fran., (Perham.) g. 7 p. c. 1 Rome and Frascati ' Royal Daniel, ...... ill Royal Swedish ai Sambre and Meuse_ 161111 Aouthern of France Do. 6i p. cent. Pref Vest Flanders Do. . &N. "%V. of irrauct 6A per a. Prof 6 Western of Austria Nest. of Switzerland .11 Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent. Pref. :11 iZes.butd .........1 Anti 11 . •qtralav,;,. . „ liank of Egypt it , Bank of London di CoL ;tlz.,MLn. d v.ritish N. American 5 Chartd„ Bank of Agin 6 ohrtd, Bnk. of Indio, Anstraiia, & City 5 'Colonial 0 'Commercial of Lord II Eng.S co t. Ana. Cht 11 Loud. Mart Bk of &introits.. ..... 11 liitto New 1) London and County 0 Lud. &E. Bnk g. Corp 0 London Joint Stock i 0 Load. St Weetminett‘T National Pro.cf Eng .0 Do. Naw GO 122 National Bank ..... . 10061 50 11 100 2 100 3, 20 11 dl New South Wales__ 31 Oriental Bk. Corp 25 ♦1 20 1 100 t .5 Ottoman Bank ;o Provincial of Ireland' 61l Do. Now 1 R Ana B &Go Im Bouth Australia .11 17121(011 of Anstnlia . 2 Do. 10 f :,,,• 50 Ituty Mutual Weeteru Bk cf Lcnd 50 ci! a t. 1. t. 1( 4t. it , t. 1, 1 A 1 it. I'i , t 1I 261‘i it. II t. st.o st.ll it. 1, It .' 4t I St. !ci 25 1 25 20 I al 2C ‘i 2 to al 10 al 20 al Ult., 100 100 2C 10050 I 11 100 36} 6 112 694 70 56 56 97 114 1054 20.) 101 :43k ' 1111 105 f i 65i Wie 7 61 10 284 13} 13 139 142 117 119 - 159 60 70 137 - 139 98 - 100 89 - rl 1 - li .0• ''. 40. 1162 -104 92 94 I I 1 # idi ... ... •. ••• id P 107 - 108 114 1111 105 - 110 17 - IS 23 - 24 1 102 - 105 1 10k -- 101 ... -- ... 2 - 3p ••• -- 4.4 3 - 31 EVENIN G, DECEMBER 26 1856 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) ',3:'&l aria Dial,tary MARLBOROUGH•STREE C. Her Majesty's steam vessel Oberon, 3, Lieut. Jack son commanding, arrived at Spithead on Wednesday evening from the Mediterranean. She made a 10n,.; pas sage, having left Malta on Nov. 26, Gibraltar Dec. 15, and Cape Finisterre on the 21st. She experienced heavy weather from Gibraltar to Cape Finisterre, where she put in for shelter from a bard gale on the 19th, and sailed on the 21st. Her voyage from Malta to the Rock was extremely boisterous. After leaving Cape Finisterre she had fine weather. She brought home seven naval invalids from Malta, eight naval supernumeraries, 17 discharged men from various ships on the Mediterra nean station, and one private of the 46th Regiment. She will now be paid off and refitted. Her Majesty's screw blockship Pembroke, 60, com missioned for coastguard servic,, was taken out of Ports mouth harbour to Spithead on W,,ines.lay, and out to the Nab Light to try her engines, after which she re turned to moorings off Gosport. Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Satellite, 21, Captain Prevost, sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday for the Pacific. She conveys Dean Howard to the island of Madeira, and takes to the Straits of Magellan a quan tity of flour for the missionary station there. The cr.w of the screw steamship Cornwallis, 60, at Devonport, got up lower yards and topmasts on Wed nesday. BURGLARIES ON CHRISTMAS DAY.—George Stevens, a well-dressed man, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with being found in the house No. 113, Great Tichfield-Areet, for the purpose of committing a felony. Mr. Francis Kellar said that he occupied the above premises, and that about seven o'clock on the previous night he bad occasion to go into the yard, when his at tention wa , , attracted to a light on the landing of the staircase. He went and looked through the window, and saw two men go into the parlour. He calle,l out " Police," and on the arrival of a constable the premises were searched and the prisoner was found behind the door. The other man effected his escape. When taken into custody the prisoner said he was no thief ; he merely went into the house to assist in capturing the thief. Witness added that the prisoner was one of the two men he saw in the first in stance trying the doors, and openin.; the parlour. Draper, 226 A, proved taking the prisoner into cus tody and conveying him to the station-house, where he was searched, and a number of skeleton keys found upon him. He subsequently searched prosecutor's premises, aid on the floor in the parlour found five skeleton keys. The cupboard doors , had been forced open, and the place was in great disorder. _ The Afrjcan mail steamship Niger, Commander C )rbett, sailed from Plymouth on Wednesday for Sierra Leone and the We.t Coast of Africa. Three other charges having been brought against the prisoner, who is supposed t) be a ticket-of-leave man, Mr. Bingham remanded him for a week. ARTILLERY EXPERIMENTS ON WHITLEY SANDS.—CoI. Wilmot, the chief officer of the gun department at Wool with, visited this neighbourhood last week for the pur pose of inspecting experiments on Whitley Sands with the rifled gun, which for a considerable time has been engaging the attention of Mr. W. G. Armstrong, already so well known in connection with the successful applica tion of hydraulic machinery. Two targets 9 feet square, and a solid block of elm timber 3 feet thick, were fired at from distances of 1.500 and 2,000 yards, and the results exhibited the extraordinary accuracy and power of this gun. After the range had been tested by a few tr►al shots, the timber block, which was only 5 feet in breadth, was struck at every succeedi❑g discharge, and although the weight of the bullets was only 51b., they always either went entirely through the block, or lodged within a few inches of the opposite side. The targets were fired at with shells at the distance of 1,500 yards. The shells were projected horizontally, like the bullets, and exploded by impact. Only one shell failed to take effect upon the targets, which after a few shots were so perforated as to require repair. At the conclusion they presented a completely riddled appearance, and the ground was strewed with chips. At 2,000 yards the fir in was equally remarkable, but the failure of daylight prevented it being continued. We believe that nothing approaching these results has hitherto been realised in the practice of gunnery.—Newcastle Chronicle. THE AUSTEAIIAN EXPLORING EXPEDITION. never yet peopled by man, or undergoing the gradual pro -ea- me of preparation. Dup ing the whole of the ascent we (Prom the Colombo Observer) did not see one native, though a few came down one day We are indebted to one of the officers for the following and set on the river bank abreast of the anchorage of the interesting particulars of the voyage of her Meiesty'e ship Torch. Pei nips they avoided us, as dreading a renewal Torch, in search of the North Australian Exploring Expo- of the crusade kp - up against them by the exploring patty. dition, between the months of J une ari d S e pt e mber, 185'. The tides are fear fully rapid up this river, and in the Cam- It is extremely gratifying to learn that the exploring party bridge Golf, rising to the height of 20 to 25 feet. On the was safe, notwithstanding the gener a l apprehension that it Torch attempting to leave the river she grounded on a had fared the melancholy fate of Leichardt, Kennedy, and spot where in 1811 there were three fathoms of water, and others : at low water her keel was seven feet above low water mark. " Ever since the colonisation of Australia, great desire though the next tide she floated again This peculiarity has naturally been evince' for correct information concern- will always render this river impracticable for sailing ing the interior of the continent ; the whole of which inn- ships, as nothing but a steamer should attempt its ascent. mouse space being, even at the present time, an unknown The Tom Tough dragged for 28 days over the rocks about region, abounding in imaginary dangers in which specula- half way up, and had to be h ove down and caul ked , and tion has placed all climates and capabilities. Numerous the Torch broke one anchor fluke, and the tides once took expeditions have been fitted out from time te time with the out laity fathoms of chain before ae could bring up. laudable view of throwing open these unknown lands, but These circumstances, together with the absence of land all from a variety of causes have proved failures or partial adapted for agricultural pursuits, and the great heat, corn_ failures, and for all useful purposes the interior of the bine to make the Victoria River worthless for the British continent remains as much a terra incognita as when Cook colonist, and indeed all who are capable of judging concur first saw the coast line in 1770 from his ship Endeavour. in the opinion that the whole of North Australia above the One of the most celebrated and lamented explorers, Dr. latitude of 20 S. will never be made to yield soil capable Ludwig Leichardt, a German, left Moreton Bay, on the of cultivation. During the time we lay at anchor in the N. E. coast, in 18 43 , intending to traverse the whole brervit It Victoria River the thermometer stood at 130 deg. in the of the continent and strike Swan River on the west coast. sun; and when the soutu-east trades blew, which prevail He anticipated being away 21 years, and the last time he here during three-fourths of the year, the wind, coming was heard of was by letter, dated 4th April, 1848, from a over such a vast extent of heated and arid country, was so sheep station at Mr. M‘Pherson's, beyond Mount Abunee dry and parching as completely to throw all our meteoro. ance ; he left there in good spirits, and from his precious logical instruments into disorder. The difference between success in exploring and intimate acquaintance with the the wet and dry thermometer, or, in other words, the interior and the habits of the native tribes, great results amount of evaporation in the atmosphere, was as 16 deg. were naturally looked for, and much anxiety was evinced The usual average is about 5 deg. ' sometimes it reaches in Sydney and the colony for news of his arrival at Swan 6'7 deg., but here we had it to such an extent that almost River. But time went on ;no news came. People began everything in the ship became as dry as a chip. The box- to suspect ; and the result is, that from the 4th of April to wood of the thermometer warped one-eighth of an inch in the present time no news or even the faintest trace of him four, 60 as nearly to crack the glass tube, and book backs has ever reached the civilised world. Whether he per ished curled up. The hot air made the nose and eyes exceed by the natives, or from starvation in the great central iugly sore. desert supposed to exist, is of course matter of conjecture On reaching Coupang we heard that the Tom Tough had A search was instituted after him, under Mr. Hovendon left for Sourabaya, where we accordingly proceeded and i there found her lying; she had beau condemned as nnsea- Hely, which left in 1851, but brought back no news, and since then rumour has been silent on his fate. Several worthy and was sold; the Messenger of Sydney, a well other explorers have shared the same lot, and in July, built schooner, being chartered and despatched in her 1353, Mr. A. C. Gregory and a party of 2 0 men , with six p lace to proceed at once to the Albert River and meet Mr. months' stores of provisions, were despatched from Sydn e y GI Ei4OrY ou his arrival there, which ere this we hope she in a small vessel on an exploring expedition by the dire, has done. The Torch Wes sold iu Sourabaya. As all has tion and at the expense of the home government. They been done that was suggested for the relief of Mr. Gregory, celled at Moreton Bay for cattle, Ste., inal left there on it now only remains to await with interest the news of the 12th August for the Victoria River, and by a letter from ! fulfilment of his anxiously cherished projects. Mr. Gregory, dated 24th September, 18 the last news ' received from him, were all well, and intending to com mence operations for a journey overland to the heads of the Albert River at the end of October following Their small vessel, the Tom Tough, was then to leave the Vic tons River and return to the mouths of the Albert River, and there wait Mr. Gregory's arrival. Since Mr. Gregory's letter, dated 24th September, no news of him had reached the Colonial Government, though nine months had elapsed, and he calculated on being away only four, and fears being entertained that some accident had happened to his vestal, the Torch steamer was chartered by Government, and placed under the command of Lieutenant W. Chitnino, R.N., a competent and experience officer, who ha I been despatched from England for the purpose, and who was ordered to search the mouths of the rivers, and. in case of need, relieve the party from their difficulties. The Torch sailed - from Sydney June 19, 1856, calling at Newcastle for coals, from whence she sailed on the 25th following, and commenced her voyage to Torres Straits. Lieutenant Chimmo preferring the inner route, the Torch entered the Great Barrier Reef at Break Sea Spit. and after a passage of 24 days reached Booby lelan I, Torres Straits. We found the much decried inner route to be safe and practizable for steam or sailing vessels at most seasons of the year; the water is always smooth, the dangers prominent, and with care easily guarded eg dust, and we fully concur in the opinion that it will ultimately be the route of a line of mail steamers from Singapore to Syd ney, which will find its waters a smooth and speedy high way. Query, is not the great Barrier Reef a mighty breakwater formed by the Almighty for the beneficent purpose of facilitating the navigation of these dangerous seas ? DR. LITTIIVGSIOA 'S DIzCOVERIE.I. Dr. Livingston has traced the river Leeambye down to the Zambeze ; a wonderful feat, if we consider the distance and the character of the regions traversed. To geographers his discovery is one of extraordinary interest, since it makes known an immense river, sio peculiar in earth. And whew the m er character as to be without any parallel on the face of the to s e a doubt a bt i ,, i t t h ,, h a m e t r a h t l o l i i t s o egir ms st that, eetn extent ftentertained, discoveries justify for it proportion of the waters of the Leeambye reach the sea-coast. This great river falls like the Abyssinian Nile through a Vetsaltic cleft which reduces its breenth from 1,000 to 20 yards. Above these falls, tne great river, or system of rivers, spreads out perweically into a great sea, and fills hut dreds of lateral canals. Below the falls it is a broad but tranquil stream, of a totally different character. That the waters of the Leeambye have lass influence in the Zambeze than the meet of the maritime region may be inferred from woat we know of the latter river, which as a channel of communication with the interior is of little va'ue. No rigeel vessel, great or small, ever enters the Zimbeze, the mouths of which seem to be closing rapidly. Tne Luabo, the southernmost mouth of the Cuama—as the river is called in the lowlands— was navigable when the Portuguese first appeared on t coast, hut it has long ceased to be practicable. The Quilimaee river, or most northern mouth, has closed of Ise, years to such a degree that for six !months in the year (from July to February) it is impassable even fur a canoe. The traveller up the river at that season must go two days' journey by land to the head of the delta, before he embarks for Sena. From Sena the navigation of the river up to Tete is never at tempted in the dry season, and the journey by land to the latter place takes a month in a tipola or a palanquin along tortuous paths, through an intricate hilly country. A couple of days' journey above Tete the river is then easby fordable, and armed parties of natives frequently march across it. A little higher up we find cataracts which interrupt the navigation at all seasons, and as cending the stream again beyond the falls, we arrive at Zumbo, an island at the mouth of the Aruangoa, which in the flourishing days of Tete was the higaest point ever reached by the Portuguese in light canoes, and for their going no further ne more probable reason can be amsigeed than that they could not. Tne river of the maritime region (the Zambeze) in its periodic changes, or the rise and fail of its waters, pre cedes by three or four months the great river of the inte rior. Since these rivers form one stream a week might be thought to suffice, with a moderate current, to carry its waters trim Seshake to Tete ; yet it is March and April, when the Leeambye is lowest, that the Zeinbeze pours down its enormous floods; and it is in July, when tie river of Quilimaue ceases to be navigable for a canoe, that .he Lesetorbye spreads out like a sea over hundreds of square miles. To the 'menet ,bility of the river must be added the political state of the aujecent country. The trade of Tete with the nomad' s to the south Red west has, in the pre cent century, cea-ed totally. Na Portuguese agent or save dealer dares to moose in those directions. Hard pres‘ed by the watcidul hostiniy of the natives, Tete has for some years struggled for its v ery exi-tense. On the northern ban K of time river the Portuguese have some ter r.tory, occupy estates, and c.r rey on a little trade with the natives to the north and nor th• west, but from the w e ,. tern interior they are and base been for years completely cut off by the chief elite led Gingamera, whose fame, as we learn from the marginal notes on Dr. Livingston's first map, bas pe.etraed to the interior. The Portu guese trade which reaches that interior proceeds wholly from Delagoa Bay. Tee natives of the Bay are easily distinguished by certain peculiarities of their scanty covering, and we know on good authority that in that way they have been recognised in the viilages on the Leeambye. Permit me to add, that whine so much had been said, right or wrong, of Livingston's discoveries, no notice se-ins to have been taken of that particular in which he stand unrivalled and alone. He has furni-hed a singu lar, I might, perhaps, say a sublime, example of the n e has ascendancy and moral p (4f civilised but He not merely made remarkable journeys, the has gone forth, unarmed, without a single Euro p ean com• pardon, surrounded by a baad of those whom certain traveller: (s ich as Captaie, aft erwards Sir William Corn. 18 al s w H. ) would b u t who, under his ca ll savages, words, the far distant control, proved ,pnr,:pvtebdy uthnerfidwirrneelytesttralicetae,blbeutane et d ivl f el ar without i h td t h u i effi l . e3t uf H le2t y e . laud of rbe Wisemen (this is the original sense of Wag e throughout southern Africa, in one form nngo, Klein teeing prudent a d n d t w i thout essunsel s w a i n s and a' gentle °ve r r i r mgr otter, to white wen), e here they saw the great oc an, great ships, and houses hardly less wonderful. Though there caressed and honoured, he did not desert his humble followers, but led them back triumphantly to , heir homes, and then set off again to the eastern " We found that the cave on Booby Island contained a large store of provisions ; we repaired the post-office, which was in a very dilapidated condition, ant wi h the south east trade-wind blowing pretty strong, made the best of our way down the Gulf of Carpentaria to the Albert River. On Bountiful Island we found immense quantities of turtle, and on Sweer's Island we opened the wall dug by Captain Stokes in 1841, where we obtained a supply of fresh water, and on the Ist August anchored within five miles of the mouth of the Albert River in two fathoms water ; the immense mud flats preienting a nearer ap proach. The next morning Lieutenant Chimmo, with two boats, commenced ascending the river, and after penetrat ing to its source in the Plains of Promise of Stokes, were disappointed in not finding any traces of the expedition. On the tongue of land at the fork of the river, fifty miles from the mouth, we left substantial indications of our having been there, on the larger trees, and enclosed fall particulars in a bottle suspended from a branch, and during the descent of the river several bottles containing similar notices were affixed to trees, in conspicuous positions. On the 7th we regained the ship, having been absent six d Lys. Of the Albert river and the country through which it flows, it would be but misleading to speak in favourable terms. Till just upon its source we found no fresh water, and when 50 miles from the sea the water was at high tide as salt as at the mouth. A much more appropriate term would be a malt-water creek than a river, and during its whole course we could not discover on either bank a single fresh-water stream running into it. The country a few yards from the bank is barren and parched up ; and, from the scarcity of variety in the vegetable productions, cannot at any time pi esent a very much improved ap pearance. The soil bears no evidence of being rich, and the firm conviction that we all arrived at was that the country round here would never be of use for the purposes of colonisation, and in this view Lieut. Chimmo joined. Independently of its being ill adapted for agricultural un dertakings, the climate is, we believe, utterly prejudicial to the health of Europeans. During three quarters of the year not a drop of rain falls, and the heat is excessive, with no wind. The thermometer ranged with us about 1,0 Fah., and during the other three months, while the north west monsoon blows, this country seems to be the sport of gales of wind and deluges of rain, judging from the enor mous ravines and gullies which everywhere run down to the river, choked with immense trees end whole masses of earth and stone." One of these ravines gives you an idea of the ravages of an earthquake or a tornado. Deep as these immense gul lies had worn themselves into the earth, they were com pletely choked by large trees, yards in girth, and from the smallness of those on the banks of the river, some of them must have been transported miles in a torrent of wind and rain. They were lying tossed and tumbled about in all con ceivable positions, mixed with huge boulders of earth, and es the burning sun had evidently been pouring down upon them for months, perhaps years, they were as dry as tinder and as soft as touchwood, and, in their curious positions, and the havoc which they pictured, contrasted solemnly with the silence and repose in which they were then lying. Surely no settlement could be made on the banks of a river where you were liable to have the very foundations carried from under you. Of natives we saw but very fow and the coun try seemed thinly peopled. Alligators aboun:led, birds were scarce, herons and curlews being almost the only ones visi ble, and in a river never but once before traversed by Eu ropeans we did not see sufficient animals to supply a single fresh mess. On leaving the mouth of the Albert river we were delayed by light winds, and were several days in reach ing Bountiful and Sweer'slelands, on which we left similar notices to those deposited in the river. Strong winds again favoured us, and we made a rapid run to the Wessel Islands, which we reached August 20th. We were now clear of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and stood away westward. for the Victoria River. As the centre of the Grlf of Carpentaria had never before been traversed by a ship, and nothing whatever being known of it, we looked forward with some interest in hopes of making some discoveries. Both in as; cending and descending the gulf we passed down the middle of it, our tracks crossing in the centre ; but, beyond obtaining soundings, we could not di scover any land f rom though a man was constantly on the l ook-out aloft. From the nature of the soundings obtained, which, mud flats which line the shores , increased with arith metical precision to about 40 fathoms in the centre, we augured that so gradually - deep enin g a bottom was proof of no land being in the intermediate space, and such was the regularity of the soundings over this immense gulf, that, knowing our position, we could at any time give a good idea of the depth of water. In the bottom of the gulf squalls and calms were fr equent. Higher up the trades blow with regularity. From the pecu.iarity of weather in the bottom of the gulf a sailing vessel will always find great difficulty in working up to the Albee t River, and it was the conviction of all on board, that had we not been on board a steamer we might have been de layed weeks, perhaps months, as the prevailing wind, S.E., is right ahead : this will be another difficulty in the way of settling there, should such a proposal be ever enter tained. We reached the mouth of the Victoria River, Cam bridge Gulf, on the 26th August, and the Torch steamed 50 miles up the river, to Holdfast Reach, so named by Stokes, who moored the Beagle here while surveying in 1810. On Entrance Island we found notices left by the Tom Tough, which for the first time enabled us to learn something of the expedition of which we were in search. From these notices it appeared that the schooner had sailed a short time previous to our arrival for Coupang (Timor,) for a fresh supply of provisions, and that the party who had started overland for the Albert River had left in good health and spirits. All doubt was now at an end, and the object of our cruise seemed accomplished, but as the no- 1 tice stated that letters had been left at the camp ferm e e e t t to ascend in the boats and obtain them, which by Gregory at the head of the river, we deemedwieet weithegureat energy Tom Tough, we learnt that Mr. Gregory, excursions in the parccoudrd ingly done From these notices and th p at of the interior from the camp, 90 miles and judgment, had already as far as 21 degrees river, in one of which he madefrotmwotheexeu mouth i of the little was learnt from him of existed in his ' south nature direction. ef t h eAlth ocountry ,ugh water and pas- 1 , mind, and a country h we gleaned that a impress ion f aa v h o e u e ra e b d l i e ng . iefreBh eached. On the 2d June, turage was said to have es! to make across the country for the head 1856, he left the camp wi n th r seven men and forty-five horses, intending of the Albert River, where ere this, we trust, he has arrived in safety, and on communicating with the ship sent to afford him assistance it was his intention to again start and onetry eapneedkeremacohst h P i o g r n t ly C o u f rt h is is oark skill i o a r n e d t o e n ne ß r a g y v, This was not at all contempt ated in the original plee- Bay. start every Y uld he attempt what has hitherto been tried in lie a b n u d t e s v h may not ' share the fate of Leichardt or Renn T ed h y, in vain, it will be the warmest wish it had never been visited by the 2... June, and we with e ine a b m u pt August, live w a i to receive the honour that will await him. 7of isi e te v d ery it one ( a t b u a r i n: g o abandoned which h n the ie tar v el e 1 natives. Old clothes, shoes, and about, and the hats standing, sleeping places just as they had been implementsthe were lying learnt from the people of the Tom Tough party and th e ..._ .e. not left. We afterwards which would no doubt account warfare had existed between the that a , rude tablesw sarddi cunatives, visiting the camp. One of the for their s tiT. l (!ly se l o " f his casualty. picturesque than a shores tholeor e e o o f f 1 arm from a spear wound ; but ir the only piaoria River are bolder the water's edge, and in their outline. Abe le e of hills come down to he the t A lizll l ie b sil e vi r had t as ' b wel being g l a b r ti e n: ; i much m r ful glimpses were obtained of ystriking scenery; vast ranges , of mountains, taking th • rise at the river bank, swep back into the country, their revealing the ant horizon tall , sterility of the jaed summits, s at every in .the stream beauti- ' ee ien:less and peaks and cloudy and from the wilt direction were evidently though, of volcanic origin, rocks re- . of rook tossed up in every both here and at the Albert, we saw no several old diggers South Australia, and sembling the gold ranges of ng our crew gave it am l u d be found. Though as their opinionthat no gold would hundred miles from the mouth of we penetrated to one hort distance of its rise, we the river, and to within a s . who were found no fresh wate r air of sterility ean— and though allig,tors wermerous there was tbe same except in a spring at Gregory's Camp; e d ugh A n a an absence of animal life, roug which makes tams =mere look like portions of a continent OC n. Such as the expedition of Hercules to the western bounds of Europe, or of Bacchus to India, seemed to the early Greeks, i.tich must Livingston's journeys appear in the eyes of the Biltalolo, but far more wonderful and impressive, not uuly as being more real and distinctly seen, but also because, being performed without force or stratagem, they are of a character miraculously ori ginal. Toe absolute sway exercised over these rud e tribes, whose confidence is complete;y won by the mis. sionaries, Dr. Livingston and his father-inp-elarfi,rintehda. worthy Moffatt, redounds to the credit of themselves, their country, and their calling. Moffatt's long -c on . tinued labours among the Bachuanas have borne the best fruit, in a ► t reat and goud work completely From such men statesmen might learn how t, estimate and deal with uncivilised tribes.—W. DESBOROUGH Coo• LET.--•Athenceum. 6, ALL TBE SA AMEENCE A _HUNDRED YEARS H." To study the cycles of years is to discover many curious coiroc.dences. In the matter of the seasons this s tudy is highly instructive. I. 1857 b e as like 1757, 38 the present year has been like 1756, we shalt ha ve a warm summer and good harve 4. I'be broken wea ther of this year, which marred the g ithering of the crops so d e trimentally, was an exact reetition or th e weather a century before. And not onl pas the weat her the same. Politics nod foreign affairs were Y hut little different. In step," of Admiral Na - his fail ure in the Baltic to api er an dispute about, „ Ur had Admiral Byng. g rwtather 9 et of duty in They raised a great O r n ' tcr ab9ut his negle the Mediterranean. He faredy worse than our Charley; he was tried, and shot. Bat croons nals wh o , com - sentenced t.) deat h, , bbers of thi h the ga rotting r ) pared %Alt fared worse. A gal iey, hardly deserv-d puriishrot vlt r ,.. ick, and the assizes 1 iws was kept standing '' ‘ 'L eek ' to hang the weavers were condnued from week to the w hardware men of Bir . of C .vetitry, Non'at n, and dear bread. I:Qinghai!), for riouti,.: aboutt " publishei the year follow- In Smith's " e'r" 1 I.' is s' described in words which ing'', the harvest 1756ofurHall Maxwell's recently issued hanly var.? from ' . t moo was extremely unfav ourable."Ttu. last se report of 1856 • of grain perished by the rain ities Great quta:!ft whatremained proved def ct.i%e and wind, 50d n" d substance by its nut duly ripen both in quantity an ink (1756) the magistrates met the public I n B.linburgh and prices, at least t about bakers extortionate disconteov t prices t h en alleged a s n ow o p p dis re ortioned to the price of wheat, by the folio of be be regulations Large Bread, to pay in money, for a loaf weighing 6 pounits—l'. finest ; fl .ur • 90. s e cond fl iur ; 7d. third flour. Weighing 4 p ands-8 1 finest ; 41. second ;5d third Weiguing 3 p . ounds-6d finest ; 41d. second ; 3i third. Small bread, to weigh as ftlloAs :-11b. 80r.., fine-t ; 111). Uiz. 15,1 r., s• coed ; 21b. 9 z. 2dr., third. The twopenny loaf to weigh llb , fines - ; llb 4,2, 10 dr., second ; llb. 11 oz. 74., thir . Toe penny loaf to weigh 8 ,, z., ti.est ; 10.2 5 Ir., second ; 13oz. ildr., third. The halfpenny loaf to weigh 4 z, finest; soz. 29.1 r , ,econd ; 6 iz. 13dr , third. • N.B. The hearts sr- to affix the initial letters of their nwoes on the top .1 eleh of their loam. s' w i t h letters th seribm: the quality of the flour, v i zi , F. fir finest, %V. for wheaten or second sort, and H. lot household or third sort, and figures denoting the weight of the 6, 4, and 3 pound loaves. The price of wheat was then —at rate per quarter —from 46'r. to 50s. In Fet mars, Match, and April, 1757, it rose to 675. The masters of post-uffices through out the kirkdoin were called on by the Secretary of S a'o to C 011( et , ni r t:nnla.ioa ~,,o transmit it to London f,r the information of his M a jesty as to the probable am , unt ,f ci rn in their respective towns and distticts. I Thus agricultural statistics were eyen then held to be of value.—Caledonian NercurY. SOUTHWARK. ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.—John Butler, a short thick-set young fellow, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with assaulting Grace Gardner, an old lady, with intent to rob her. The prosecutrix stated that on the previous night she was going home with her son-in-law and two daughters along the Grange-road, Bermondsey. They were in advance of her a little way, and as she was attempting to pass the prisoner be put out one of his legs and caused her to fall down. While on the ground he fell on her, and she believed at the time that bad not her son come up he meant to have robbed her. Witness was so frightened at the time owing to the numerous garotte robberies in the Borough that she did not recollect what afterwards occurred. Mr. Combe asked her whether she lost anything in the scale ? She replied that she did not ; but had not her son and daughter been with her he might have stolen property from her of considerable value. John Whitehead said he was with his mother-in law (last witness) in the Grange•road when he heard her scream out. He turned roand and saw his mother on the ground with the prisoner rolling over her. He seized hold of him, and with some difficulty prevented him from committing acts of further violence. Mr. Combe asked him whether he thought it was the prisoner's intention to rob the old lady ? Witness replied that he could not tell. When he was searched at the station-house, a publican's gin glass was found in his pocket, ai.d he was extremely violent. _ In answer to the charge, tie prisoner said he was stoker at a fact ry in the Grange-road, and had been out drinking with some friends, when he fell against the old lady. He had no idea of robbing her. Mr. Combe said that according to what he heard, he did not think there was sufficient evidence as to the attempted robbery. He should, however, fine him 404. for the assault, and, in default of payment, commit him to the House of Correction for one month. MARKET tsjEwS. 'ay , CORN E/u LIANGE. Very moderate supplies of English wheat have come to hand this week, coastwise and by land carriage, but we had a large number of Monday's unsold samples here to day. As this was a holiday market very few millers were in attendance, and so little was doing in home-grown wheats that prices were nominally unaltered. Over 14,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come in. Scarcely any sales took place, at nominal quotations. There was a fair demand for barley and malt, on former terms. The supply of oats was on the increase, and the demand ruled inactive, at late rates. Beans, peas, and flour were dull, but not cheaper. •R,RIVALS TIM WRIM. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. 1,830 2,650 1,690 990 Irish .• • • 6,980 Foreign 1 14,110 il2 mk5.,720 18,290 11200 brl. Wheat. 1,920 EngHeti .. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CO!CN For the week ended Doc. 26,1866, made up from the Returns of e inspectors in the differeat Cities and Towns in England and W3les per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. EMMET. OATS. 1 RTE. BEANS. I PEAS 6011 Si I 43s 101 25s 6 1 40s 21 4ts 81 40s 9d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. • WHEAT. I BALLET. I OATS. BEANS. I PEA,. 61s 10i 44s 8d 125 s Id 40a 10i 44s lld 42, , 3d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 108,643 ; Barley, 105,03 S ; Oats, 20,440; Rye, 336 ; Bean-, 6,716 Peas, 3,617 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. This being a holiday market very few beasts were on sale, and so little business was doing that prices were nomi nally unaltered. The supply of sheep was ♦ery limited, and the mutton trade ruled dull, at nominal quotations. The few calves in the market sold briskly, at fully Mon day's currencies. Pigs were dull. There were no sales effected in milch cows. Per 81be to Milk the offals. s. d. s. d.II s. d. s. Interior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 &Prime Sonthdown 5 4 5 6 Second quality.... 3 8 4 0 Lorge tree. calves 310 4 8 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Prime small do 41c 5 6 Prime Soots, &a. 410 5 0' Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...4 0 4 4 Small porkers Second quality . .. 4 6 410 Suckling calves-24 030 0 Prime orse.-wlled.s 0 5 2,Quarter old pigs. 23 0 28 0 TOTAL lIIIIPPLL I FOREIGN SOPPLi Beasts •••• . •• •• •••• •• 300 8ea5t5........ •• ••.. . Sheep ........ 7 i Sheep .. Calves .....•• •••• e.• •• 56 Calves.— •• •• •••• •••••• •• figs •• •• .• •• •. 40 j Pig 5.......... NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies were moderate, and the trade dull. Per 81be by the carcase e. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 4 ! Mutton, Inferior 3 8 4 0 Do., middling 3 6 4 0( Do. , middling ..... 4 2 4 4 Do. prime large 4 2 4 4 I Do., prime 4 6 4 10 Do., do. small .... 4 6 4 8 Veal 4 0 5 0 Pork, large 3 8 4 4 1 Pork, small 4 8 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. Our market is but moderately supplied with both new and yearling hops, and the demand for them is steady, at full prices. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 5s to 51 15s ; Weald of Kent, 3/ 5s to 41 14s ; Sussex, 31 Os to 31 ISs. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Dec. 26.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W.; light breeze and fine frosty weather. PORTSMOUTII, Dec. 25.—Wind E. to N.E.—Sailed— Alma, for Mauritius. _ _ PLYMOUTH, Dec. 25. Arried.—Boomerang, from Per nambuco. COWES, Dec. 25.—Arrived—Jules and Mary, from Cherbourg, for Brest, with loss of mainmast and other da mage, from collision with the Joseph Somes, from London to Melbourne ; Lucie, from Antwerp, for Rio Janeiro. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 25.—Sailed—Celt (a.) and Tentonia, for the Brazils, F The A.riitOsounT,H ofDee g. . ryport, o 2s.—Arrived.—Rapid, mLiverpoo f Liverpool, fo r r ous Havana. Barbadoes foundered on the 15th inst., in 46 N. 1 W. ; crew, except one man, saved and landed here. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 25.—The Lielias, for Savannah, laden with coals ready for sea in the Stanley Dock was struck by lightning yesterday and caught fire, by which part of the stores, mizenmast, sails, &c., were burnt ; the fire was extinguished in about two hours. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 24.—The Majestic, from Prince Edward's Island to Liverpool, was spoken, waterlogged, steering east, with crew on board, on the 20th inst., in 52 1 N. 18 W., by the Canton, arrived here. WATERFORD, Dec. 24.—The Johanna Kirwad, of Dun garvon, is leaky, having struck on a rock. MARSEILLES, Deo. 23.—An English barque has been wrecked on the north coast of Mahon ; six men saved. She left here on the 13th Dec., for Havana, with a crew of 13, of whom five were British. It is feared this vessel / is the Competitor, of Shields, which sailed from Mar seilles on the 13th inst., bound for Cuba, with a orew of 13 men. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGIiAI'd.i SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. The West India steamer Dee, from St. Thomas, coming home for repairs, is telegraphed as having passed Hurst Station at 9.15 a.m. All well. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind N.N.E Sailed.—Athens, screw steamer, for Constantinople. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 24. Wind N.W. _ . _ Arrived—Canton, from Apalachicola ; Swift, Jersey ; Canopus, Gaspe ; Catharine, Galatz ; Qaeen Esther, Harbour•Grace. DuBLIN, Deo. 24. Wind NW. Arrived—Alice Williams, from Rotterdam. (BY IIDB)LARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.47 son. Wind W. by N. ; tide, half flood; weather light. Arrived, Deo. 25—Swift, from Terceira. Sailed—Heroes of Alma, for Wellington; Telegraph, steamer, for Antwerp. DEAL, Friday, 9.37 a.m. Wind N. • light. - Passed, Dec. 25—Reaper, from St. Domingo, for Lon don • Admiral Graf van Heiden, from London, for Cadiz ; WA Wave, brig, from London, for Newport; her Ma jesty's ship Buffalo, from the river, for westward. TRH BURGLARY NEAR SHEFFIELD.—On Tuesday six men were brought up before the Sheffield bench of magistrates on suspicion of being concerned in a rlaring burglary at Manor Oakq, the residence of nr. W. Bradley, brewer, particulars of which appeardd in our columns on the 10 , h instant. Mr. Bradley, with Mrs. prisoners in c ß o r m ad p l a e n y y and of a t n h u e m b s e e r r v o a f n t t:th h e a r d m s e e n en in t prison yard, but they could only identify two of thec,—Dickinson and Gledall. The others were set at large, but Gledall and Dickinson were remanded, COURT-MARTIAL AT ALDERSHOT. The proceedings of a general court-martial appointed to try Ensign Charles Jacquet, 23d Fusiliers, on charges preferred again t him by his late commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Bunbury, have just been brought to a close at Aldershot. The charges were, " for in famous and scandalous conduct unbecoming the charac ter of an officer and a gentleman—first, in having, on the 26th of August, 1856, made a false report in writ ing to his commanding officer, to :be effect that certain claims against him were paid, which he knew had not been paid ; secondly, in having committed a breach of military discipline in absenting himself from duty during the month of September, 1856 ; and, tnirdly, for having falsely reported himself as too ill to comply with an order calling upon him to rejoin the depot of his regiment." The prosecution extended over three days, and the defence, in which the prisoner was assisted by Ser geant Ballantine (specially retained), occupied two days. The case was very simple, and would have attracted no more attention than ordinary instances of breach of discipline, but from the fact that Ensign Jacquet, who is not yet 19 years of age, had obtained his commission in the 23d Fusiliers as a mark of good conduct while in the Royal Elthorne Mid dlesex Militia ; and that Mr. Jacquet, senior, had alleged his son bad not been fairly treated by Col. Bunbury, in a correspondence which had taken place with the Horse Guards in reference to the prisoner. Col. Wellesley, 7th Fusiliers, acted as president of the court ; Captain Marriott, 82d Regiment, was the deputy judge-advocate ; and Major Bruce, commanding the 23d Fusiliers, appeared as she nominal prosecutor. Colonel Bunbury and 14 other witnesses were exa mined for the prosecution. The facts proved against the prisoner were, that having incurrred two debts, one with a tradeswoman at Farnham, amounting to 2/. 9s. while an officer of the militia stationed at Alderehot ; and another of 41. for pipes and cigars with a Jew pedlar of the name of Salmon, he neglected to pay the first, and gave a cheque on Messrs. Cox and Co , which was dis honoured, for the second ; that having been called upon by Colonel Banbury to discharge these claims, be stated in writing, under date August 26, 1856, that both debts were paid ; that at that date neither of the parties to whom prisoner was indebted had received the moseys due to them; that having obtained leave of absence from the depot of his regiment, at Newport, in Monmouth shire, he absented himself for five weeks, residing during this period at Brighton ; that he travelled three times between Brighton and London while so absent without leave ; at the same time he addressed a letter to Captain Bathurst, commanding the depot of his regi ment, informing him he was unable to return to quar ter owing to serious sypsylitic indisposition, enclosing a civilian doctor's certificate to this effect, and that in the opinion of the military surgeons, who examined the pri soner at Brighton, such illness did not disqualify him from being able to travel at the period referred to. One of the witnesses created some amusement by the candid admission that her visit to Aldershot, when she came to demand payment of the bill of 2/. 95., was not made specially to Mr. Jacquet, but to refresh the memories of several ether officers in camp, who had forgotten their pecuniary obligations to her mistress. The prisoner, in his defence, declared himself wholly guiltless of any intentional misstatement. With regard to the claim of the Farnham shopkeeper, he had actu ally obtained a post-office order at Newport for the amount, on the 25th of August, 1856, one day previously to his allegation that the amount had been paid, and that an accidental omission to send the counterpart of the order was the reason the money had not been re-, ceived. That with regard to the dishonoured cheque, he had drawn it under the belief that his father had pro vided funds at Messrs. Cox's ; that when in the middle of August he found it had not been paid, he sxplained the matter to his brother, who was on a visit to him at Newport, and received his assurance that the matter should be settled on his return to London ; that when he made the statement to his commanding officer he believed it bad been so settled. With regard to his absence without leave, the prisoner threw himself on the merciful considee ation of the Court, alleging that he was most seriously ill during the whole period of such absence ; that while he admitted having acted with great indiscretion and folly, he had no intention of disobeying the laws of the service to which he had the honour to belong. The defence was supported by the evidence of the Farnham postmaster, who produced a post-office order dated Newport, Aug 25, taken out by the prisoner in favour of Anne Cottle, of Farnham ; of the prisoner's elder brother, who admitted having undertaken to pay the dishonoured cheque, and who really calied at Sal mon's house with that object. The cheque was never, however, forthcoming, and the evidence on this great point drew from the court an emphatic observation on the manner in which the draft had been handed back wards and forwards between Colonel Bunbury and Captain Bathurst, while it was carefully kept from those who would probably have paid it. With regard to the prisoner's absence from duty, Mr. H. J. Johnson, late surgeon of the Lock Hospital, proved that from the present condition of Ensign Jacquet's health, he could not possibly have been in a fit state to travel during September and October last. In answer to the court, Mr. Johnson said had he known Ensign Jacquet was absent from his regiment without leave, in his then state of health, though, as a friend, he might have advised him to risk making a journey, as a medical attendant, he should certainly have forbade such a step. Major Bruce, on the part of the prosec ution, read a rejoinder to the defence, in which he e xplained to the court that the words " infamous and scandalous," were not his, but had been introduced into the charges against the prisoner at the Horse Guards. He added, that the circumstances of extenuation disclosed by the defence had not previously been made known to the prosecution—a fact which would explain away any appearance of harsh ness against the prisoner on the part of Colonel Bun bury ; and, lastly, he contended, that the military medical testimony as to Ensign Jeep:let's ability to tra vel outweighed what had been deposed to by Mr. John son, of the Lock Hospital. The Court having heard the rejoinder read, subse quently determined it had been irregularly put in, and could not be received. The President, before closing the court to deliberate upon the finding, animadverted in stron g terms upafter , presence of Capt. Bathurst in the room witnesses on both sides had been specially desired to hd _ as a proceeding which, he said , could only be deli hated nated wilful defiance of the orders laid down by th e c ourt. The decision of the court will not be made after it has been submitted to the Horse Guards.known until —srs Erfscoren LIBERALITY. —The Lord Bishop of Glou cester aroi Bristol provided lodgings, at his own expen se, for every candidate for the recent ordination, an d addi rected tbat all their ne eds should be promptly liberally supplied. The want of a palace at Bristol has thus not been held by the right rev. prelate to be an ex cuse for neglecting the rit's of hospitality. ARRIVAL OF THE CANDIA.—The Peninsular and Ori. ental Company's steamer Candia, Captain H. W. Po, which left Malta on the 10th inst., arrived at Southamp ton yesterday. This vessel brings no passengers, those who embarked in her at Alexandria having arrived two or three weeks since overland, via Marseilles. The Candia ha , made the voyage from Malta (not calling at Gibraltar) to the Needles in 14 days and 11 hours, with one engine, and against strong head winds two-thirds the voyage. She experienced strong north-westerly gales in ihe Mediterranean ; north-easterly winds from Gibraltar to Lisbon ; off Lis bon a very heavy northely gale ; across the Bay of Biscay e asterly inds and h r azy weather ; up Channel no rtn-westerly wind and ke hazy weather. Dec. 2 4 , at 2 p in., off the Lizard, spo Dutch brig Bantam ; asked to be reported. The cargo brought by the Candia consists of two packages o t ape cie (value not stated), 50 cases of gum, 15 boxes shawls, 62 barrels of dates, 2 bags of coffe , , 5 cases of tortoise ehell, 25 cases of bilk, 2 bags of rice, 320 bales of silk, 76 bales of flax, 2 bales of wool, 3 cases of opium, 146 packages of elephants' teeth, 8 casks of wine, 1 packag, , .. of cigars, 1 package of dried fruits, and 117 packages of general merchandise, 10 I al St. II St. 11 5 I a] 5 I a] 174 73 :GN - 108 I 27i 72 49 llf i 61i 14