The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-03 00:00:00

,~°!~.;' BLIC Pan an at public the, at h, was s were he in te, and 1r fifty Mating Love i-town r bene st had I from sanco ; hbour of Sir ane to was of d that iereon, , rial to of the stricts, trds of L-town, npt to . - The ttempt own as s from vestry ralities lied by rights he few hbeur ,nhabi- ;lfares ince of ealthy r ever. nd en- eh was bt this über it ►ortant ► taken rought is with Tues t to the hermo d two result , rfectly the sky y brae id any th the a few nwhile r never ~ even Dnhain, lent of Lorning follow orning ant out larket, 'aisley, nbury, ids for 3astern under many rarimas . The ndered onday, Society Lturing n this, re bold ses re on the on the a much )ersons ay, no agent's not al- H UM- IMONE 1 7 MARKET AND CITY NEWS. ~.~_,~_, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. A small portion, viz., £56,000, of the gold brought from Australia by the Great Britain has been taken into the Bank of England, but the greater part of the remainder has been purchased for exportation to France. The pressure upon the bullion department of the Bank of France will, if continued, probably lead to a further efflux from this country, notwithstanding the recent advance in the minimum rate of discount. At a meeting yesterday of the creditors of Mr. J. Eades, timber merchant, a statement was pre sented showing the liabilities to be £17,261, and the assets £6,676. It was agreed, after some discussion, to accept a composition of 6s. Bd. in the pound, payable by three instalments. A dividend of 6 per cent., together with a bonus of £4 per share, was declared at the annual meet ing of the Alliance Marine Assurance Company yesterday. I he final instalment of 10 per cent. is due on the 15th inst. on the Canadian 5 per cent. Loan of £2,800,000. The Magdalena has arrived from the Brazils with £27,726 in specie. r i The steamer Pera which leaves to-morrow for India, China, &c., will take out £154,376, of which £146,200 is in silver. There is still an active demand for money to-day on commercial aceount, arrangements being made for the engagements which will arrive at maturity to-morrow, the 4th of the month. The new hop duties involving a reduction from £2 6s. to £1 per cwt. came into operation on the Ist inst. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, busi ness was rather dull, but prices were tolerably well supported. The sales did not exceed 7,000 bales. The dispute which has long prevailed among the brokers and dealers in tea, as regards the charge of " lot money," has been amicably arranged. Henceforth lots under the ♦alue of LIS are not to be taxed, the charge having hitherto been im posed on all above £5. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1860. 1859. Great Western North-Western 66,532 72,543 South-Western 15,015 14.452 Brighton Midland South-Eastern Great Northern 31,361 29,245 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter North-Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln North British 5,723 5,911 West Midland Edinburgh and Glasgow 5,756 5,529 Glasgow and South-Western 7,906 7,490 Great Western of Canada These returns show, in most instances, an aug inentation, compared with those of the same period 'in the previous year. On the North-Western, how ever, a large falling off is apparent, owing, in a great measure, to the severe weather that has ob structed traffic on several of the branch lines. On the North-Western there is a decline of £6,011 ; the Great Western :° shows an increase `of £460 ; the South-Western £563 ; the Brighton £1,167 ; the Midland £4,390 ; the Great Northern £2,116 ; the Lancashire ancl Yorkshire £1,257 ; the North- Eastern £4,040; the Edinburgh and Glasgow £227; and the Great Western of Canada £973. The directors of the Bank of England to-day have made no alteration in their discount regula tions. Continued dullness has pervaded the market for Public Securities to-day, but quotations have been maintained, Consols being 92; for the 10th inst. and 921 t for the February account. Very few transactions have been reported. The New Threes and the Reduced remain 'at 92,11 ; Bank Stock has improved to 233 ; Exchequer Bills are flat at 4s. to lc discount. Foreign Securities have been dealt in to a mode rate extent at about previous quotations. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 70; to 71; ditto New 561 to 67 ; Mexican are steady at 21: ; Russian 5 per Cents. at 105; ; ditto 41 per Cents. at 921 93 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents. at 100. A moderate amount of business has been trans acted in the Railway Share Market, but a slight decline has taken place in the rates realised for several of the principal undertakings. Caledonian, Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South-Eastern have receded 55.; and Brighton and North-Western, 10s. ; Great Northern have ad vanced Ll ; and North-Eastern (Berwick), ss. Tho Foreign lines remained very quiet, South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian being dealt in at 121 121, and San Paolo at 3. In the Colonial Market Grand Trunk of Canada have advanced to 231 233, and the 6 per Cents. Preference Bonds declined to 75. Joint Steck Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have continued dull. English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered improved 55., Australian Agricultural BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92} ± New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l6 India Stock. Ditto Bonds £l,OOO .. 10 dis Ditto under £1,000 Consols for Account, Jan. 10 India Stock for Account 219/ ex div Ditto 5 per Cent. for Aocount lOl l Bills, £l,OOO, 10 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Ronda, 5 per Cent 7O Equador New Consolidated Mexican 8 per Cent .. Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 1051 Ditto 41 per Cent 921 3 1 Spanish 3 per Cent.~ :;,, Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded 5l Turkish 6 per Cent , .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Venezuelan 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian 5 per Cent. Ex. 10 Florins 44k Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — Dato Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, ex div. 921 a Ditto February.... WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. THIS DAY, J . Belfast, E. by S.; frost Birmingham,N.E.;fine,clear Brighton, N.E.; frost, fine Bristol, E. ; frost Cambridge, W.S. W ; cloudy CArdiff, S.W. ; frost Carlisle, S.S.E. ; fine C hatham,E.N.E., light; fine E Cork, N.. ; frosty Derby, N.E Deal, E.S.E. moderate- fine 1 , frost Dublin, S. • ' fine Dumfri es , fine Dundee,. N.W.• hard frost Edinburgh, • frost Falmouth, E. c ;2_, Glasgow, sAv . 'um ; dull Gravesend, E.; fine, frosty Harwich, N. 8.; Fl ou d y Rolyhead,N.E., lightbrae ze; clear, frost frost Inverness, W. ; 'IN. 3, 9 A.m. Kingstown, N.W. ; dull Leeds, E. ; very sharp frost Leith, N. ' • fine Limerick, N. ; hard frost Londonderry, N.N.E. ' • frost Milford Haven, N.; frost Newcastle oa Tyne, S.W. ; frost Newmarket, N.E. ; frosty, dull Norwich, E., light; frosty, fine Perth, N. ; fine Peterborough, N. ; frost Port Glasgow, E.S.E. ; frost Southampton, E.N.E. ' • fine Waterford, N. W. ; c o ld Weymouth, E. • hard frost West Hartlepool, S.E. ; frost Whitehaven, S.S.E. ; frost York, N.E. ; frost THE ABOLITION OF THE IRISH VICEROYALTY. The following curious paragraph is from the Cork Examinsr of Monday :—" The intention of the Government to abolish the office of the Viceroy is questioned bya hl it i i t c o i g aentswel. aose authority is of considerable w ei g ht, and an dif ferent solution of the difficulty — at least for the time—is talked of as probable. It is said that the appointment will bo vested in a person of no less importance than the Prince of Wales. It will at once be seen that the present position of his Royal Highness is different from that of the heirs apparent to the throne in many preceding reigns, as hi s rank gives him precedence of his father, who is only Prince Consort. By placing the Prince of Wales in the office of Viceroy of Ireland an awkward situation would, it is said, be got rid of, and a compliment paid to the people of Ireland. We only give the above as the opinion of persons who are Well informed on what we may term political probabilities." Advices from Honduras state that great excite- Lunt existed at Ruatan, Truxillo, and Omoa, in conse quence of the report that a number of men had arrived at Ituatan who were supposed to be Fillibusters. A large steamer, with a schooner in tow, full of men, had also been men off the coast. Trade was entirely neglected in conse quence of these suspicions movements. SEAR,E 2IARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SIIAtIES AND STOCKS. Railways, p a p . Closing Business Price. Done. 50 Beitast and all -- 13.14 Air., Wol , and Str. Val. all 84 8/ stock Birk., La., and Ch June lOO 81 83 25 Blackburn 25 myth and Tyne all I 10 Ao:.t. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all I 61 7 stock Rrtstol and Exeter stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen t Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 cork, Illrock., ,t - Passage all 20 Cornwall 10 Do 8 10 iTo A (A .o - ets no div , until 6pc peran ha sbeen • toB all 50 Dublin & Belfast. June. all 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June. all 8 81 stock East Ano-lian lOO 16 17 stock Eastern Counties lOO 53 54 54 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39 etcoc Do do B do 100 26 28 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds. 135 stock East Suffolk stock F.dinburreh & Glaserow 100 87 89 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 29 291 29 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness . stock Glaser. and S. Western 100 116 118 10 Great Ntlin. of Scotland all stock Great Northern lOO 111 112 1124 f stock Do do A stock stock Do do A do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 111 113 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 01 64 12 Trish Son th-eastern stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1194 1191 419 1 it stock London and Blackwall 100 62 64 02i stock Lou., Itrio - ht.. &S Coast 100 117 119 1174 17 13 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 50 52 51e 1 stock Lond. & Nth. Western 100 1011 1021 101 i stock Lond. & Western lOO 95 96 95 1 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 ',,'derry & EnnisKillen all 810 stock Man. Shef. & T.ineoln 50 Mnryport and Carlisle all 124 Do do 3 shares all 10 Metropolitan stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new stock Do TAirmino% & Derby 100 108 110 50 Nfld. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do shares — 25 Mid Kent. all 10 Do, Cray line 100 Newcastle and Ctrlisle all 10 Newry & Armazh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all stock Norfolk lOO 54 56 50 N'hn. Counties Union.. 35 d stock North British stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.sto& 100 stock D ., A stk ; A revs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 stock Do B stock ... 100 stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 105 1051 =vet t t 25 Dodo, purchase 16134 p 1p stock no Leeds ........ ...... 100 64 45 151 stock Do York shies North London 10 Do new 5 19.16.4 North Staffordshire.... 174 24 24'1 15} 10 N. and S. W. Junction .. all 94 12 Not. &Grantham Rail.. 11 8f 81 10 Peebles all Portsmouth 10 Rhymney all stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 344 341 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 zse stock Shropshire Union lOO i 50 52 10 SittinErbourne & Sheer. all 6 7 stock South Devon stock South Eastern ..... 100 871 884 84 8 stock South Wales 100 62 84 stock S. York. and River Dim 100 78 80 20 Staines, Wok,. an d all 8 B 25 Stockton & Darlino - ton all 424 434 43 25 Do do ll 11 114 p stock Taff Vale .............. 100 j stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO I 25 ThamesUavenDk&Rail 22 50 Ulster " 25 Do 20 2 2 31p 12 10 Do : . • dfp stock Vale of eatii 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 111 11/ stocK Waterford & Kilkenny 100 . 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London all 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class .. stock WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO stock West Midland—Oxford} 100 49 M 494 _ _ _ 12 10 stock stocfc stock stock stock and Rail - West Midland—Oxford no. Newport Do. Hereford 44 51. 42 44 83 85 ,tock PREFERENCE SHARES. Shares Railways. Paid Closing Business Prise. Done. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stook stock stock stock stock stock stock stock Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £st ' Rris. & Exet.4 p.ctstock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 4,1 per cent. Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. C. Cornwall. 5 per cent... Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun.. E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c. Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.... Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... E. Coon. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas.sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. F.dln. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... iGlas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. great Northern, 5 p. ct. o.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 1 Do. 44 p. c. do. do. I Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. prnl 'Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf.! f Gt. Sn. & (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berke and' Rants) Ext. 5 p. ct. o. fiedeetnable, 41. p.et. Do. Redsemable. 4 p. et. Do Irredeemable, do.. . !Do. p.et. Redeem. Pref. Do. Rirm. Pref. Shares. Itlt. W. Ches. 8 p.e.pf.sh. I Do. do. 5 p. et. pref .. Do Ilirmg.guar. stock.. ;Do. Chester gua. sharer , I Do. do. dn. 'Do. do. do. T.an.&York p. c. stock ' IDo.Barnsist.£s3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.gil. No.l, Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 i Do. gua. 6 p. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 1 Do. do. 4), per cen'. Do. do. 44 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.e.S.(div.defttl '651 Lon. Chat. and Dover Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct l,on. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stook Do. 41, per cent . Do. (Prtem. perpl anns of 2s. 6d. Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh. Londony. & Ennis. Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. .£6 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 25.6 d 121 124 stock 6 stock 101 10 stock stock stock ill I 1 oo ,Do. 3} per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent Maryoort & Car., 4 p. Do. 4} per cent. Mid. Con. 6 g a stock Do.Con.Bris. k Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4f p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. ,t; Hit. pref. at.' Norfik 5 p. c. Ex. at. 1846 Do. 5; p. c. Pref. do. 1847 D 0.51% ay. Val.Ex.st.lB47 !North British, 5 p. o Do. New, gua. S p. c Do. Bor. En. g. pt. shs Do. do. do. Nth.Dev.Rail. k Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do ;Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, . Porch North Staffordshire Thymney Guaranteed i IScottish Central, new pll Scottish North-Easterni 34 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c.. Do. 7 p. C. pref. stock, , South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4} per cent.i South Eastern (Reading 8 stock stock stock 10s, 10 1.0.6 stocit stock stock stock stock 14 13; 100 100 100 all all Ann : , 1.0.8) Do. 44 per cent. Do. Fixed lip.c. let is.' , outli Wales, qua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent. 'S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Stock. Dar. Asp. c Do. B 6 oer cent - Do. C 6 percent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c -Oxf let Gua stk ; Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red., Do.Perpet. a p. c. pt 1868, Do. till 1869, let is. I Do. do. 2d is. stock stock stock stook stock stock 12i 101 103 20 6 4 6 21 1 4 99 101 112 115 106 108 • 110 112 108 110 124 126 'll2 114 90 92 [l6 119 [l2 114 [O4 108 86 88 98 100 I'B 100 89 91 90 92 [Ol 103 91 10 171 18i 191 11 76 78 20 21 10 10; 11 151 137 139 .16 118 ,16 118 [3B 143 [l6 118 LO3 105 [53 156 130 134 09 71 90 92 ;16 118 50 155 13 14 I it 70 72 I il) [37 139 [Ol 103 95 97 12 114 [lO 111 p 93 95 102 104 P iP P il) 23 24 1.23 126 130 133 104 11 23f 241 101 103 101 103 90 92 99 101 85 88 271 281 82 331 32 331 45 48 124 126 123 125 100 102 123 128 115 119 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. i Paid .1 Leasing ,Closingl Business m` - ', Co.'s. I Prioe. ! Done. Iledford and Metchleyl all Ln & ckin , h amshire I 100 Ln & N.W 98 100 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. Do. do. 5i per cent.l 100 Do. 125 127 Do. do. 5 per cent) 100 IDo. ll3 115 Clydesdale Junction..l 100 lealedonin 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all 1E.11.&E CI 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g,.6p.c.l 100 Gt.'North. , l3s 137 E.Union,Harwiph Shs, all lE.Counts.l 4} 4i Do. Woodbridge 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dret.r 100 ;Ca,ledonin Do. New ...... 100 :Do. Gloster& Dean 'Forest; all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dcic.& Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby .. all IYk.N. Md. Do. Shares Do. Shares ....... all Do Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. 100 iLn.&N.W, London & Greenwich! 100 East ! Do. Preference ...... 100 :Do. Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend.! 100 Peto &Co Lowestoft, qua. 4 p.cf.' 100 N , ,rfolk Do. 6 per cent........ i 100 Do. Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk.; all ,L NW&M Mid. Bradford Prefer-I 3k 31 97 99 65 57 ence Stock .....- ...., 100 Midland Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 15. 5 6 E.Counts guaranteed 5 p. c. 5 1 Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c.! all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent ....I all Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent.; all Do. North Western I all Midland Prestos and Wyre. i L& NW 1 all ct L y k. i Do. i Stares A.' all Do. R oystn.Hitch.,& Shep, 100 Gt. North S wl lA vl r mi e t w ebi s am b n r do yL o ll y ; r r i e :y f e a dt r n. d :l 100 T. Bras Bey Do. Do," 1 South Staffordshire .. 1 all M'Clean 1 : 0 11 L.t Gt BrunW es t ITOVIis. 15 15i; '135 137 104 106 P' lot 11* 91 93 7} Bl 105} Shard Dock & stock (.'"onarnereinl .... ..... I 100 took , Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min.' 100 ...... 100 stock I East and West India ' 100 ock {London ... ............ 100 - .3tock :St. Katharine. ... 100 100 1 99 101 2 0 ippl NOW ~..02!.." witiAlot , pAr stock k ;Southampton........ viet0ria.......... c. I 551 7 Paid . I (losing Business Prioe. Done. jlOO j 110 112 207 211 61 63 115 120 1 90 92 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY Ev ENING, JANUARY 3, 1861. 161 1J 7 ! I [32 i ,ITIES. 11o1* i THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE', Six o'clock, [THE QUEEN VICTORIA, WITH TELE GRAPE CABLE, ASHORE. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. The iron screw steamship Queen Victoria, Capt, Lambert, laden with a telegraphic cable, shipped for conveyance to Rangoon, but destined now for connecting Malta with Alexandria, having received instructions to go from Plymouth Sound to Key ham Steamyard for examination and repair, and to have the electric cable submerged, got up steam this morning, and in attempting to pass Stonehouse Point drifted ashore in Barnpool, on Wilderness Point, under Mount Edgecumbe, where she lies, her bow being within 300 feet of the saluting battery, and pointing about N.N.W., with a strong list to port. It was high water at the time, and the pilot in charge, after making the Vanguard or Fair weather buoy, put her helm hard aport, and then at tempted to back her astern, but she had too much way on her, and, there being a strong set of tide down, caused by freshets from the late heavy rains, he could not get her head sufficiently north, and she went ashore. Immediately this occurred a lieutenant from the guardship Impregnable came on board, and was followed by Mr. Hoyle, master of the Queen's Har bourmaster's yacht. Communication having been made with the dockyard, Mr. Brown, Master-At tendant, went on board the steamtug Pike, and 'with about 40 men proceeded to the Queen Vic toria. He at once placed a: heavy lump each side of the stern of the ship to sustain her aft, and sent two others forward to receive the anchor and cables, for the purpose of lightening her. An attempt is to be made this evening to float her, when, if suc cessful, she will be placed at a buoy off the Royal William Victualling-yard. Unfortunately, the tides are decreasing daily. The tide, which was 15 feet 1 inch high this morning, will be only 14 feet 1 inck this evening, 14 feet 6 inches to-morrow morn ing, 13 feet 3 inches on Saturday, It is high water, loeb.l time (17 minutes later than Greenwich), at 9 22 this evening, 9 46 Thursday morning, 10 35 Friday, and 11 29 Saturday. 11 30 P.M. The attempt to float the steamship Queen Vic toria has proved unsuccessful, although very power ful means have been adopted. The starboard chain cable was passed under her fore foot and made taut to the Government lump on the port side forward, and the port cable was fastened to a lump on the starboard side; both lumps were hove down two feet below their ordinary draught. The Admiralty steemtug Confidence was fastened to her starboard quarter, the Zephyr on the port ; both backed astern with full power. The Queen Victoria's pro peller was exexted to the utmost, and two hawsers fastened to a buoy,were strained by her capstan. At high water (10 o'clock) the combined exertions of these forces did not start her one inch. She lies on the sand aft, and on rabble and stones forward. At high water the tidal mark on her stem was 12 feet 11 inches. Her hull seems to have sustained no injury, and she !does not leak. To-morrow (Thursday) part of the cargo will probably be re moved, and during the night another effort to float her may be made. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, 10.30 A.M. All attempts to float the steamship Queen Vic toria, which grounded yesterday in this harbour, have been fruitless. The steamtugs and the dock yard lumps have left her. The cable on board will have to be taken out. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. A 2 - ,ra&UnitedService Bk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London • • Bank of Turkey British North American Chtd.Bank of India, &c.l Ch. Aler. of In. Lon.& Ch.l City 'Colonial .. Com. Bank of Canada.. Commercial of London. Eng., Scot., ct Aus. Ch. .I Gen. Bk .of Switzerland Lon. Char.Bkof Austral, London and County London Joint Stock .. London 5z Westminsterl Nat. Prov. of England . Do. new National Bank ........ New South Wales I Do. new Orient. B. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland . Do. new South Australia Union of Australia Union (::0 London . Unity Mutual... ...... . t 3 F 5 72 74 21 22 50 62 1i 1 224 23 34 36 71 73 39 41 21 22 15 16 23 23i 33 36} 47 48 18i 19 43 95 26 27 - - LONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.4; July Do. 6p. cent. 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6p. c. Feb. lo Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Scrip IN.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.AzJuly I Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwds Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. a sterling, 1875 lOO S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO Via Gov. 6 p.c. Js.&July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 100 100 100 100 100 109 Ili 'lll 1 . 13 'lll 113 1101 1011 1106 107 100 i 1014 1 101 102 94 984 ;106 107 :1074 108 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 1000 25 10 50 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural; i Berlin Water (Limited)! !British American Land B.& I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.), 'Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) , Do. C. (Limited) 32i 10 stock 25 stock stock ;Canada Land 1 Chan Islands Tel. (Lim )I Cop.Min.ofEng&Smltg iDo. Pref. 74 per cent. Crystal Palace I Do. Preference stook 'Do. 6 p. c. Pei ?et. Deben. stock 'Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New 5 English & Aus. Copper 15 Gen. Steam Navigati 1 Great Ship I halted) 1 Do. 17i pet Preference 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 20 London Discount (Lim.) 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 10 IMediter. Electric Teleg 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim. 25 ;National Dia. Co. (Lim. 20 iNerbu.Coal&lron (Lim 10 , Netherlands Land 5 'Do.B p.c.Pref.iss.atl dis 100 IN.Br.&NovaScotiaLan 1 , N.B.Australasian (Lim. 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). 1 i 'Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 10 1 0rintl.In.Steam(Lim.)A 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C stock Peellt.Lud.&Min.(Lim 50 Pen. & Oriental steam 50 Do. New 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4-ip.e 50 Rhymney Iron 15 I Do. New 100 Royal Mail Steam stock] Scot. Austin. Thy. (Lim 25 youth Australian Lan 1 übmarine TeL Scrip 1 Po. do. Registered, 10 I Do. do. , 20 !Fr.Ln. Co of Upr.Can 100: Van Diemen's Land all all 100 all all all all 13 14 29 31 41 5 35 37 18 20 13 15 110 113 23i 241 31 32 101 L 3 107 109 93 90 22 1 2; 3 ti p rl 1 47 59 71 73 12 14 17 18 p 17 19 5 6 47 49 136 141 34 36 1071 ; ; 5 I 7 1 311 i 1 I 9 10 72 i BRITISH PttYSSESSIO?7,Ig: --- Share Railways. Paid Closin Prim.- g. neiness done _ _____ 100 Atlantic &Rt Lawrence ,7fi 71 77 711 stk { Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 921 931 94 Gil. 5 per cent........ 18 Do, Do. B 16 14 14 201 : uffalo and LaKe Huron all 44 5 201 Do. New - - 10 Do. Preference .... - all 61 7 J Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 100 75 80 I i p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187 100 , O o. do. July 1, 187.. 100 67 72 100 Do. do. June 1, 187' 100 61 79 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim 3 d pr 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. 2s. - - 81 1 20 'apeTown & Dock Scrip 5 14 14 20 eylon Guarantd. 6p. c 74 11 4 171 , I emerara - - 20 astn. Bengal gu. sp, c 10 24 I; d stock East Indian, go, sp. c. 100 98 99 20 Do. F Shares Ext all - - 20 Do. Jubbulpore all - 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 981 991 981 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1861 all 1001 1014 20 Geelong & Melbourne all - - stock Geelong Corporation s per cent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 23 24 231 1 4 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pr e f., all 75 80, 75 4 5 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 46 so 944 6 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 50 54 100 Do. do. 1872 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp - 100 95 96 20 Do. New gua. S P. c 8 14d ; d 20 Gt. South.oflnina-(Lim) guarantee y's per cent. all 21 lid, 201 Gt. IV, of Canada Shares all 11 114 201 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O. all 95 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 93 96 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 08 stock Madras, guar.. 41 p. c lOO 83 85 stock Do. do. 5 per cent stock Do. •tt- p. c. Extension 100 88 87 20 Do. Fourth do l5 14 14 i, 1 20 Do. d 0..... - - - B stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. nds. 100 - - 20 T ewßrunswick & Canda Ry. &Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Sharel Do. do. Land do 1 20 o. do. B Capital do. 1 all , 5 7 .. o. do. Land do. - ..... 20 Oude (Limited) - - stock Scinde - ........ e 6 _a 100 971 984 20 1:Do. Punjaub .... 1a z 10 211 14.1 54 20 Do. Do. ........ t 5. all - -d 1 stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. „ 4, 6 0 , 100 92 9I 20 St. Andrews I Quebec A 18 - - 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip 1 4 4 d FOREIGN RAT.LWAYS. 10 ,Antwerp & Rotterdam) 'all , 54 51 20 rdennes ........ • ..• all - -pj 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c.. 10 11 144 5 ,Belgian East. Junction all 4 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all - 8 Car - neaux Mins & Rail all 104 114 100 Copiapo & all - - 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France .. • • 5...11 23 24 20 Grand Rue. Guar. 6p. e 6 - 20 Do. do. sill - - 20 Great Central of Prance all - - 20 Gt. Luxem., Cmi. sits.- all 64 7 20 Italian Junetion - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all - - 120 Lierre & Turnhout •••• all - - 20 Lyons & Geneva ... - - 334 Maria Antonia .... •. . all - - 10 Do, New . - - 20 INamur & Liege 20 Do. 6p. a. Pref all 191 201 16 Northern of Fra n ce.- all 881 39/ I 16 Do. New Shares - - 10 ,Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 74 51 20 aris,Lyons, & Mediter: all 351 361 20 Faris & Orleans .. - . ... all 54 56 20 Recife & S. Fran. (Perm) 1 20'gua. 7p. et. 1im...... 13 34 24d ,Riga & Dunaburg...... 14 - - 10 .Rome & Frascati ...... all - - 20 'Royal Dani5h.......... all - 5 'Royal Swedish ........ all - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 54 6 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... all 81 Al 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 2 1 1d 3 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Veneti n 12 11 11 d 124 4 20 Southern of France.... all 20 2t 84 'West Flanders ...... .. all 54 61 10 IDo. 54 p. c. Preference.. all 91 9 20 W. &NAV. of France .. all 214 221 20 Western of Austria.... 6 - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - - 6 `Wiesbaden - 6 i 3.0. 8 per cent. Pref all - - 20 Zealand - TATTERSALL'S-(THIS EVENING). There were only about twelve members present. The following transactions took plwe THE DEIBT. 50 to 1 agst The Dragor (taken) 50 to 1 agst York Minster (taken) 6,000 to 50 agst The Drake 'taken) 5,000 to 50 agst King of Keit (taken) POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE—(Th4 Day). MARLBOROUGII-STREET. A CLERGYMAN CHARGED WITH ROBBERY.—William Osborne, Ternlam-road, St. Allan's, Wesleyan minister, was charged before Mr. Tyrwh tt with stealing a silver wreath at the Cafe Regence, the property of a young female named Alice Elizabeth Coker, of 18, Shaftesbury-terrace, Prosecutrix said she was at the Cafe Regence that morn ing about 3 o'clock, and placed a silver wreath on the table and asked the waiter to take care of it for her. The pri soner had been sitting at an adjoining table haying supper. As she was leaving the plasm) the wreath was missed from the table. Luke Jeffrey, 49 C, said the pr)secutrix came up to him and told him she had lost her wreath. He asked her if she suspected any one, and she said, " Yes, that person," meaning the prisoner. The prisoner was then outside, and he asked him if he had it. He denied it. He then searched a rug he had on his arm, but could not find it. The pro secutrix still persevering in her belief that he had it, he (Jeffrey) asked the prisoner to take cff his hat, and on his doing so he there found the wreath. Prisoner said that he went into the place to take some refreshment, ling perfectly sober at the time. The lady and others were taking supper, and an altercation arose between some foreigners and others, and there was a talk of a challenge, and of pistols and swords. He tried to' quell it ; to throw oil on the troubled waters, and thrust the wreath, in the confusion, in his hat. As soon as he left the house the lady charged him with stealing the wreath. He took it up with no idea of stealing it. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he could not understand why it was put into his hat. The prisoner said it was done in trying to stop the dis turbance. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he did not explain how it was, when the constable looked under his rug, that he did not say it was in his hat. Jeffrey said the prisoner was quite sober, as also was the prose c utrix. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a strange place and time for the prisoner to be there. Prisoner said ho was at the cafe simply to see what ho could see. He could give a satisfactory proof of who he was. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he must again say it was rather an odd place to be in. However, as he could, if he was what he represented, have no difficnity in doing it, he would take one bail in £5 for his reappearance that day week, and the wreath should be detained. TIIIS DAYS 11AREETS. CORN EXCHANGE. IMIEIIIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 54s Od ; barley, 39s 7d ; oats, 22s 6d ; rye, s4s 7d ; beans, 44s 10d ; and peas, 46s 7d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGER. - Wheat, 5314 7d ; barley, 39s 5d ; oats, 22s 5d ; rye, 34s 9d ; beans, 46s 10d ; peas, 45s 7d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 70,203 ; barley, 91,277 ; oats, 13,474 ; rye, 145; beans, 2,315 ; peas, 959 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with beasts, and all breeds sold readily, at fully Monday's advance in the quotations. The show of sheep was limited, aid the mutton trade was active, at extreme currencies. The best Downs were worth quite 6s. per 81bs. The few calves on offer were readily disposed of at quite Monday's prices. Pigs were very firm; but the demand for mulch cows was rather heavy. Per Sibs to sink th• offal. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots &c. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. ;heap 3 10 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 8 P. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 5 0 6 8 Pme. S' thdown d . 5 10 6 0 Largo arse. calves 4 4 4 10 Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Small porkers 4 8 5 2 Id to Os Od. - - Lambs, osl Suckling calves, 19s to 22s 23s to 30s. and quarter •eld store pigs. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 735 Sheep and lambs 2,241 Calves Pigs POUIGN 11117 PLY Beasts Sheep Calves 'Pigs , — MEAT MARKETS. NnwoaTrs AID Lne.nuxuALL.-3upplies of meat are limited, and the demand is steady, at very full prices Beef, from 3e Od to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 53 2d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 43 Od to 5s Od ; pork, 4s Od to 5s 4d per Blbe. by the carcase. SOUTI/XLL, Jan. 2.—There was a limited supply of stock on offer here to-day, and the trade ruled steady, at very full prices :—Beef from 3s 4d to 6s Od , mutton, 38 10d to 5s 10d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 4. Od to 5s Od per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Jan. 2. There was a good consumptive dtmand to-day for each kind of fat stock, as follows : —Beef, from 31 2d to 5s Od ; Inutton, 33 8d to 6s Od ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81138 ; suckling calves, 14s to 18s ; quarter old store pigs, 22, to 29s each; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB Os each. BRITISH MINES. share Ilinee. Alfred Consols( •hh 20 I British Iron ,Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) , East Bassett (Illogan) 'East Caradon - E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack)' ,G. Wheal \Tor (Helston)l Grenville Herod's- F00t....„, Hingsboa Downs ILady Bertha , j Margaret (P.,ny Lelant) North De,wns 'North ?ratline (Illogan) ) !N.Nrh'l Basest (1110 ;an) 'North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) • Provldenee (Uny Lelnt.) 'Sortridze Cons. Min. Co. ',South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Ge n ., Lira.i i S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv..t Lead Min ITin Crort Vale of Towey (Carm )1 West Basset (Illogan) ; :W. Caradon (Liskeard)l West Seton ...... ;wheal Basset (Illogan), Wheal Buller (Redruth !Wheal Edward (Cals. Wheal Kitty (C.Lelant Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Treiawney (Lis. Paid. Closing Business Price. Done 34 4 1 2 205 215 410 420 114 118 11 111 10 111 25 28 71 81 1 11 3 34 14 11 32 34 s 1 i 58 11 51 31 41 4 5 4 5 10 11 94 11 45 47 1 11 800 310 * 2t 31 115 155 49 51 21 2/ 0 0 18 19 77 79 1 355 BC3 1115 120 1160 170 1 l 1 1 1 4 4 154/ 18 19 ; 17 19 2.11.101 ~~ 11 1 d 1 11 11 21 2 4 1 li , 3 2I }# 1 i 1 HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £slos Od ; clover do., £3 Os to £5 155 ; and straw, £1 103 to £1.16s per load. A steady demand. CIIMBERLAND.— Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 12s ; clover, £3 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 10s to Ll 18s per load. Trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 10s Od ; ()levet, £3 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £llOB to £1 161 per load. A fair trade. T.HIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 3.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly ; fresh breeze, and fine clear weather, with sharp frost. Grwasnr ROADS, Jan. 2.—Wind N.E.--Arrived—Safe guard, from Quebec for Yarmouth. CLYDE, Jan. I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Scottish Maid, from Callao ; Prima Donna, from New York. Sailed — White Sea, for Now York ; William Vail, for St. John's, New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. I.—Wind N.E., fresh breeze.— Arrived—Broadwater ' fenm Foo-chow-foo for London, Sailed—Ethereal, for Hong Kong. BRISTOL CiriairinL ' Jan. 2.—Wind N.—Arrived — Orion, from Now York. KINGROAD, Jan. 2.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Dandy Jim, from Montreal for Gloucester. LEITM, Jan. I.—The London, of Scarborough, was aban doned off St. Abb's Head, and sank; crew arrived here in the Bomraerise. BERWICK, Jan. 2.—The Hanoverian vessel, which came on shore at Beadwell yesterday, was laden with coals ; the crow are supposed to be drowned. GIUMS/SY, Jan. 2.—The pilot reports having seen a three-masted schooner strike on the Sand Hill, last night at dusk, when she went to pieces ; we believe the crew were all drowned. NEW ROMNEY, Jan. 2.—The Elizaboth Ann Cicely, of and from Guernsey for London, with cargo of stone, came en shore in a very dangerous position ; the cargo will probably be saved, (ITY BLECTILIC TBLEGILIPE.) EOIiTHANIPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind N.E. ; frosty, Arrived, Jan. 2.—Ann, from Saundersfort ; Soutbamp ton, steamer, from Jersey ; Ceres, steamer, from Dublin. Arrived, Jan. 3.—Magdalcna, from Brazils. Sailed, Jan. 2.—Waterwitch, Valiant. and Ally, for Sunderland; Atrato, steamer, for St. Thomas : Ceres, steamer, for London ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre. DT SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TBLICGRAPII. GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind E. ; fine, and frosty. Arrived, Jan. 2.—Plymouth Rock, from New York. Arrived, Jan. 3.—Secret, for Denia. Sailed, Jan. 2.—Elinor, for Kurrachee. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind E.S.E., moderate; fine. No arrivals, Passed (in tow).—Milford Haven, screw steamer, for the river. Sailed—All the homeward bound. TILE FATAL EXPLOSION AT LEEDS.—Yesterday Mr. Blackburn, the ooroner for the borough of Leeds. and the jury summoned to inquire into the cause of the fatal boiler explosion which happened on Christmas-day, at the house of Mr. William Lengley, builder, met at the Town hall, Leeds, but the inquest was further adjourned for a fortnight. The three surviving sufferers are progressing as favourably as can be expected, but none of them were yet able to attend the inquest, and it was considered desirable that Mr. Hetherington, C.E., and Mr. Lord, who have exa mined the boiler, should hear the evidence of Mr. Longley and the servant before making their report. The year just begun is the 6,574 th of the Julian period, the first of the 660th Olympiad, and the 2,614 th since the foundation of Rome. Tho Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian 218 years ago. The 1,277 th year of the Hegira will fall on the 20th of July next. Accounts from Toulon state that the detachments of the 101st and 102 d Regiments of lafantry, which were under orders for China, are to be sent to Beyrout to rein. force the sth and 13th Regiments, forming part of the French army of occupation in Syria. It is now stated that the French squadron at Gaeta will continue to occupy its present positipn, till the early part of February, THE NAVY. The Megmra, screw troopship, Commander Hen derson, sailed yesterday from Portsmouth for the Channel Islands. She had been prevented sailing the day previous owing to the violence of the weather. The Immortalite, 51, screw, Captain Hancock, commenced the adjustment of her compasses in Portsmouth Harbour yesterday. The Cockatrice, new class gunboat, has been taken into the steam basin at Portsmouth to fit for the first-class steam reserve. Letters received by our Portsmouth correspondent from Madeira announce the arrival there of the Ariel, 9, screw, Commander Alexander, on the 18th December, all well. She had made the passage out from Plymouth Sound under sail alone. During the first six days of her passage she encountered very boisterous weather ; gales from the N.W., W., and S.W., with the barometer down to 28.81. Part of the head berthing and the bowports were washed away by the heavy seas. The ship is reported to have proved a good sailer and sea boat, stiff under her canvass, and steered easily. 'the Charybdis and Miranda, screws, arrived at Madeira on the 20th December. The Gorgon, 6, paddle, and the Swift coal depot, both en route for the Cape, were also lying there at that date. _ The screw steamship St. George, 91, Capt. the Hon. F. Egerton, in Plymouth Sound, crossed royal yards and ran up her blue peter yesterday morn ing, preparatory to sailing for Spithead. The screw steam gunvesael Flying Fish, 6, Com mander Hope, having completed her lading of coal in Hamoazo yesterday morning, is now at her moorings. The - paddlewheel steam sloop Spiteful, Com mander Wilson, from Pembroke, where she towel the coal depot Alarm, returned to Plymouth yester day. She brought back Commander Paul, of her Majesty's Dockyard, Devonport, and the division of riggers who took charge of the Alarm on the pas sage round. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. T. T. Bullock, to the Colussus ; Lieut. W. H. Heaton, to the Nar cissus ; Daniel Ponder, master, to the Hecate ; W. B. Dalby, surgeon, to the Narcissus ; J. C. Inglis, surgeon, to the Ariadne ; and Martin Magill, assist.- surgeon, to the Sanspareil. The undermentioned gentlemen, naval cadets, were yesterday appointed to the ships specified after their names :—E. J. P. Wade, H. W. Hill, J. L. Crawley, Philip Francis, and C. C. Drury, to the Marlborough, for disposal ; C. T. Mandeville, E. W. Burt, J. A. Fraser, and R. F. Ward, to the Nile, for disposal; B. W. Walker, J. N. Callender, the Hon. C. I. Cadogan, F. T. W. Passey, and W. F. S. Mann, to.the Narcissus ; N. J. W. Do Courcy, G. A. J. Macdonell, and T. A. Watkins, to the Royal Albert; C. J. St. J. Hough, A. W. Gilbert, A. H; Campbell, C. R. Wood, H. W. A. Littledale, and G. L. Poe, to the Immortalite ; H. M. Tyler, to the Hannibal ; M. J, Harrison, to the Neptune ; E. J. Jeffreys, to the Melpomene ; C. H. Greenway, to the Curagoa; F. E. Wilmot and J. H. Corfe, to the Conqueror ; John R. Aylen, to the Edgar ; P. W. Ranking, to the Algiers; C. W. Herbert, E. Payne, and F. H. Haggarth, to the Sanspareil. TILE ARMY. The Bth (King's Own) Regiment, stationed at Gosport, have been supplied with the new experi mental greatcoat, which it is in contemplation to serve out to the whole of the infantry. It is very superior in quality and colour to the coat at present in use, compared with which it is, in fact, a really handsome and soldierly garment. It has no cape, but is double over the shoulders and partly down the back, as also in the sleeves to below the elbows. It is fitted with two capacious pockets behind, with the edges piped with red, a band, also piped with red, confines the coat to the wearer's back at his pleasure. Shoulderstraps for the belts, also piped with red. The forepart of the skirts are made to loop back to the waist when on tho march. Alto gether it bears the appearance of being the greatest improvement made in the soldiers' clothing for many years. The Bth are also furnished with the new shako, which has a light snug look with it, and must be far more comfortable than the old pat tern, but it does not carry so .military an appear ance with it as the new greatcoat. After a considerable interval , tho punishment of the lash has again been resorted to at Chatham garrison, the culprit being a private of the Ist Bat talion of the 19th Regiment, named Frauds Brady, a man of incorrigible and abandon ed character. About a fortnight since the prisoner \ has tried by district court-martiAl at ChatliMll on a Q 1141,130 Of -... 1.7.2 FOREIGN MINES. Australian BonAccord Copper,Lim.l Brazil. Imp. (is. at X 5 p.)j Do.St.Jolindelßey,Lim Do. Land and Mmingi2o.l Clarendon Cons.MinCo., Cobre Copper kCopiapo Dunafoun.Cop.Aling.Co; iFortuna. General Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lusitanian,. ~.. 'Mariquita .% N. RhineCopotS,'Aus.L , j Pontgibaud Silver,Leadi Minir:g and Smelt 1 5 Port Philip 1 'Scottish Austrin. (L.) ' 28.2.8) United Mexican 1 'Worthing (Limited) all 1 10s. all all 191% 15s. all [28.6c1. i 1 i d 2 2} 281 29 43 45 8 10 I I 2 24 21 23 par ip 9i 10 4 * *d iP 5_ 6 110 1 7.4.0 17i 11t.13.0' 5.14.6 8.12 I 4.10.6 , 1.8.6 I 15; 9.18.9 1015.7 all ;18.1 , .! 124.19.1 i3s 6tt 71# striking Sergeant Tanner, a non-commissioned officer of his regiment, while in the execution of his duty. On the occasion of his trial the prisoner behaved in the most outrageous manner, assailing the president and members of the Court with the foules language and the most horrible oaths. In consideration of the bad character he bore in the regiment, the Court sentenced him to be impri soned in the Military Prison at Rochester for two years, leaving his conduct before the Court to form the subject of another trial. The prisoner, after his sentence, was heard to make use of the most fearful threats, and shortly after his admission into the prison at Fort Clarence he carried his threats into execution by making a murderous attack on one of the warders of that establishment, named Cockaday, whom he struck over the head with a metal vessel used in the cell, in the most savage manner. A board of field cfficers was directed to assemble to investigate the case, and at the close of the inquiry they sentenced the prisoner to receive 50 lashes, and to be imprisoned for a further period of six months. The prisoners hav ing accordingly been drawn up in the prison yard, Brady, who behaved with the greatest bravado, was fastened to the triangle, and the corporal punish ment administered. After 25 lashes had been inflicted he was observed to faint away, when the surgeon, who is always present on these occasions, immediately ordered the punishment to be stopped, and the prisoner was at once released an conveyed to the prison infirmary, where he shortly afterwards recovered. The remainder of the corporal punish ment will, under the circumstances, be remitted, but he will undergo his full term of two years and six months' imprisonment, and be again tried for his conduct before the court martial. TIE UNITED STATES. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) NEW YORK, DEC. 19, 1860. I do not see how secession is now to be avoided. In making this statement, however, it is important to define what secession is. It is easier to say what it is not than what it is. It is not order and good government. It is not submission to the law, and accepting a President elected in the manner pro vided by the Constitution and the laws. It is not a regard for the right of others. It is nothing, in fact, which law-abiding Englishmen are taught to respect and observe. On the other hand, t ‘ lse first step of secession, the paper separation, which is all that is yet meant by the word, it is not necessarily a dissolution of the Federal Government. The National Constitution and the traditions and forms of the National Government may yet remain for the States which are willing to submit to law and observe its forms. For these Mr. Lincoln will still remain the President, chosen in the regular con stitutional way. Nor does it even imply neces sarily a dissolution of the Federal Union, as, after the seceding States have voted themselves out, of the Union, they may be brought back in two ways —either by negotiation or by force, provided in the first case, the negotiators are willing to concede all the rebellious States demand; or, in the other alternative, that the remaining States are strong enough and sufficiently united to authorise a resort to force. With the exception of four, or, at most six of the cotton States, there is, in my opinion, no preference in the South for disunion ; and if the other Southern States temporarily secede—which from my information I am inclined to think will be the case—it will be because they are forced into it, and because they hope to induce negotiations which, prolonged, may result in re-establishing the Union. That several of the cotton States will secede in the course of the next month I have little doubt. They believe that they can force the border States to follow them; and it is the general opinion at Washington, among those best able to judge, that unless immediate concessions are made by the North, the border States will be forced to follow, and that the reconstruction of the Federation on a modified basis will be thus assured. Thus, in the eyes of such politicians, the union of the entire Slave States in the movement, so far from implying an ultimate dissolution of the Union, will ensure its speedy reunion, with such guarantees as will ensure its continuance. Some politicians aim at the absolute expulsion, in any event, of contuma cious anti-slavery New England; but those who are now countenancing a united co-operative Southern action look to an early reconstruction of the Union in some form. They forget that it is easier to destroy than to create, and they are will ing to hazard the destruction of a noble Confedera tion, under which the nation has prospered beyond example in history, the rule of which has been a gentle one, almost unfelt at home, and the flag, of which is respected abroad to the most remote corner of the globe—they are willing to hazard this, and plunge the country possibly in a civil war, for the chance of uniting the Slave States, and gaining a further political advantage for property in slaves. In the present excited state of the public mind it is absolutely impossible to predict even the immediate future. It is subject at any moment to be directed into the course of violence by the will of passionate men, orby the chances of an accident. And although I have decided views as to the probabilities of the success of disunion, I feel that, instead of occupying your columns with speculations that any unforeseen accident may falsify, I shall do better by giving you, as before, a scissors and paste letter, made up of extracts from private letters and other matters, thus enabling you to form your own judgment from the materials we have to form ours. And first, as the State of South Carolina leads in this matter, and has already her Convention in session, and may perhaps, before the Asia sails, have seceded, I will give you au extract from a letter from a gentleman who is a member of the Convention : " I think you • make a great mistake in attribut ing the present state of things to the politicians, instead of to the people. It is a great sponta neous uprising of the people, irrespective of and regardless of the politicians. It is the universal sentiment of the whole Southern people that they can no longer remain in the present Union in peace, honour, and safety ; and they have, after long re flection, resolved to separate and form a separate Union of their own ; and nothing can prevent it. Ido not want to thrust my opinions on you. Ido not waut you to attach any undue importance to whit I now say, but leave it to time and the course of events to speak their own results ; but I would, with due deference, suggest to you to predicate no business calculations or business arrangements upon any adjustment of the difficulty between the North and South. The people so far, in my humble opinion, show no disposition for compromise, but desire to withdraw peaceably and quietly from the present Union, and it seems to me that it will be worse than useless for the genefal Government, or the Black _Republican party, to attempt to prevent it by force. On the contrary, it were better for both parties to come to an amicable . sepa ration, and go on and trade together quietly and peaceably. If coercion is attempted, however, war will come, and in the deadliest form. I leave to night for Columbus. I go to preserve peace and induce the Convention to act with deliberation and wisdom and with due regard to the interests, rights, and feelings of all parties concerned, so far as my judgment and efforts are available. I shall ü but ppo?_ all violence, or rashn ess, or precipitancy, .w 11,! advocate South Carolina seceding from the Unioota My next extract shall be from the l e tter t on, was h i ng Southern Union gentlem an, now at _ e sits who can see little hop e in the future. 11 the He States " The President thinks that I don't know what hings look badly will go out of the Union,. buto a k ct g.aay l , and it is said he he expects from such here. Wade is to P s - t e h a e States. He is a firm, bold will go for coercing E his anti-slavery sentiments too man, and nlaY; P far. The Presidentregrets the madness of the South, gloomythe as is represented. I:do not but it is of European press will have not so think the view s any ehffect in South Carolina. Georgia is the State i n which the Union party have the best chance. T o mbs is said to have A ritten a letter which speaks of giving time to the North to acts f disposed d no to do so. The time is passing away, signs of movements at the North that can strengthen the Union men at the South. The great effort must be now to have the separation without bloodshed that the parties may have time to cool off, and, setting aside the politicians, the people may re unite. Will England send back our stocks, or will what we seem disposed she send money to buy up to throw away I' I leave the answer to the last pertinent and sug gestive question in my friend's letter to be made from the o th er aide of the Atlantic. THE LONDON TEA TR.II).E. For some time past the amicable relations of the wholesale tea trade, in which an immense amount of capital is employed and many of the most eminent mercantile firms of the city of London are engaged, have been considerably disturbed by a general discontent at the compulsoly payment of a charge on purchase, known in the trade as lot-money, amounting to about Id. per chest, which has been exacted by the teabrokers as against the buyers for upwards of 25 years, although its existence is said to be unknown in any of the outports, and its payment long since successfully resisted by the second buyers. fn the autumn of last year several of the most eminent firms engaged in the wholesale trade inet at the London Tavern, and resolved to decline future payment of this impost, alleging that no corresponding service was rendered for the charge, and that the brokers, receiving at the rate of about is. 4d. per chest from the sellers of the tea and Bd. per chest from the buyers, were amply remunerated. The brokers declined tea relinquish the charge, but offered a compromise by which it would have been abandoned on about one-fifth of the import. This the aggrieved party declined, and early in Decem ber issued a declaration, signed by 14 of the prin cipal firms in the trade, refusing to purchase any tette during that month upon which the obnoxious charge was insisted. This brought business almost to a stand, but did not settle the dispute, and at the close of the year the same influential firms ren ewe d their resolution not to buy tea bearing lot-money during the first 14 days in the present month, nor to attend the public auctions advertised to take place yesterday (Wednesday). This being the state of things, yesterday, prior to the commencement of the public auction in the Exchange in Mincing lane, the subject underwert discussion. The trade, in point of numbers, was pretty largely represented, though none of the members of the 14 protesting firms, who include those most extensively engaged in it, were present. Mr. Layton, the chairman of the Teabrokers' Society, mooted the question in a short speech, in the course of which be stated that the brokers had offered to compromise the matter by abandoning the charge of lot-money on all lots of tea below the value of £l5. (Until now the charge has accrued on lots of the value of £5 and upwards.) He exp r e sse d a h ope e h at t hi s would concession to be a satisfactory the buyers, and ap pealed to the whole body to adopt it as a liberal proposal, calculated to restore harmony between the importers, tne dealers, and the b ro k ers . M r. Richard Twining, not wishing to arrogate to himself any right to speak on behalf of the trad e , but representing only the views of his own house, which had long been deeply interested in it, advised, in a temperate speech, acceptance of the offer made on the part of the brokers. The charge of lot-money, he added, had been sanc tioned nearly, if not quite, a quarter of a cen tury, which he regarded as a strong point in its favour. On the other hand, the trade had been subject to various mutations in the course of time, and was now carried on under the pressure of a com petition unknown to those of their forefathers who were engaged in it. He thought the trade had not urged on it an unreasonable manner the repeal of the charge which it was now proposed to modify, and that the question was one which might be settled by mutual concession. Mr. Archibald Travers, Mr. Brown, Mr. Rowe, Mr. W. S. Shuttle worth, and Mr. Lowcock also took part in the dis cussion ; and eventually, on the motion of Mr. Twining, seconded by Mr. Potts, it was unani mously resolved That this meeting, having heard from Mr. Layton, the chairman of the Brokers' Society, the modified charge they have made for lot-money, accept the same as, under the circum stances, a satisfactory compromise of the question." The auctions then proceeded, showing a consider able decline in some descriptions of tea. This dif ference, it is said, happens very unfortunately and inopportunely for the importers, as the absence of competition of course tends to depress prices and seriously to affect the value of the large imports of tea lately arrived, and now waiting a market. EMIGRATIO2V FROM TEE MERSET IN 1860. The official returns of the emigration trade of the port of Liverpool for the year just concluded have been completed at the Government Emigra tion-office, and through the courtesy of Capt. Prior, R.N., emigration agent at Liverpool, and the obliging officials, we are enabled to present the anneal resume of the 'emigration trade of that port. When contrasted with the returns of the year 1859, the present exhibit little change in the aggregate numbers which took their departure from the Mersey. " Under the Act" during the past year 255 vessels, of an aggregate tonnage of 381,650 tons, and manned by 13,868 seamen, were "cleared" by the Government officers, and these conveyed 68,285 passengers (2,796 cabin and 65.487 steer age) ; of the latter 15 896 English, 3,551 Scotch, 42,918 Irish, and 3,122 foreigners; against in the previous year 68,131 passengers (2,185 cabin and 65,946 steerage), 19,060 English, 3,811 Scotch, 40,454 Irish, and 2,421 natives of other countries. These numbers are independent of ships "not under the. Act," which are not subject to the provisions of the Passenger Act of 1855-passengers by Royal Mail steamships (Cunard, Canadian, and African), and in vessels carrying not less than 50 passengers. To the United States and Canada the emigration from the Mersey for the year 1860 has been brisk, and shows an improvement of upwards of 4,000 souls when compared with the previous year, the num bers to the United States in 1860 being 2,115 cabin and 52,765 steerage, against, in 1859, 1,561 cabin and 47,137 steerage passengers. The second, or June quarter of the year, was, as usual, the briskest in the passenger trade to the Western Continent. In that quarter 526 cabin and 24,899 steerage passengers sailed. The last three months of the year were, as usual, the most quiet. Only 457 cabin and 7,291 steerage during that period. The largest monthly emigration was in April-197 cabin and 9,795 steerage ; and the smallest in the opening month of January, when only 97 cabin and 9,795 steerage passengers took their departure. Of the emigrants to the United States during the year 47,203 were Irish, 11,305 English, 1,925 Scotch, and 2,622 foreigners. Of the latter 400 were German Mormons, shipped in the William Taps cott for New York, with 371 English and Scotch Mormons, in May. To the Canadian provinces " under the Act," 113 cabin and 720 steerage passengers took their departure, 194 of whom were English, 67 Scotch, 323 Irish, and 32 foreigners. The number conveyed last year was 544 steerage passengers. The reason of the pau city of Canadian is owing to the weekly steamships, which are not classed " under the Act," carrying the majority of the passengers to those colonies. To the Australian colonies the passenger trade has been very dull, and exhibits a falling off of 5,000 when compared with the returns for 1859. This, however, is attributable in a great measure to the comparative cessation of Government emigration to South Australia and New South Wales. To Victoria 31 ships carried 536 cabin and 8,299 steerage passengers-3,537 English, 1,113 Scotch, 3,201 Irish, and 456 foreigners against 508 cabin and 9,883 steerage in 1859. July was the busiest month in emigration to Melbourne, 111 cabin d and 1,170 steerage passengers having saile_ ! and the dullest was March, when only Pi To cabin and 252 steerage were despatcheg. Eizierraytiino carrying New South Wales the Government, Commissioners despatched four vessels, Pcotch, and 1,572 passengers-486 English, 1 atched. To South previousl year 3,480 919 Irish emigrants. In the l sel sailed during Government passengers wereuede4 'Australia (Adelaide) on o lv e o rn andNGe New Zealand a t g h a e i r n e s ti was n 1 0 8 n 5 1 y 9 •,• 7 ment emigrants -145 the year with 360 English, 167 Scotch, the year with 9 cabin and 1,053 emigrants. To 82 English, 38 Scotoh, i g n e . g r s - reign ers. In 1859 104 cabin o 4l n i e ll v rs e its s e s he e ,r l aagned sailed p2so d s f a eon r a nd 1,317 steerage passengers sailed from the f u r New Zealand. It should be stated, merseY however, that several of the Melbourne clip. pers also took passengers to New Zealand. To South America 10 cabin and 32 steerage passengers (all Irish) were conveyed to Buenoli Ayres, and to the Cape of Good Hope 10 cabin and 12 steerage -11 English and 1 Scotch. To the East Indies two troopships, one of them the ill-fated Conway, wrecked off the Island of Madeira, all on board saved, sailed with 565 souls-336 English, 90 Scotch, and 134 Irish. In " short ships" 8,254 cabin and 7,287 steerage passengers, total 15,491 souls, sailed from the Mersey, against 7,918 cabin and 4,806 steerage ; total, 12,724, in 1859-an increase during the past year of 2,767 souls. These passengers were chiefly conveyed by mail steamers to New York, Portland, Boston, Quebec, and Africa (West Coast). To the United., States the numbers were 5,806 cabin and 3,789 steerage; to Canada 1,522 cabin and 3,051 steerage ; to New Brunswick 20 cabin and 30 steerage ; to Nova Scotia 6 steerage ; to New South Walefi 9 cabin; to Victoria 50 cabin and 568 steerage; to Jamaica 24 cabir ; to British Guiana 42 cabin-, and other West India settlements 32 cabin; to South China America 4 cabin o cabin s e a n n g d o r 9 s. l T steeragehe nationality f W p e a, s li t ; Africa. 0 r 4 t 46 s h c i a p b s i n ” • i s t o n t o h t e ra C e a fi p n e C se o n a g s e t rs of in Af , r , Hope 9 cabin ; to the East Indies 44 cabin ; and to under the Act, or not under the ; Act, amounts e d of . G : o e tt d _ aggregate total of passengers, therefore, in ve7 L" 83,676 souls in 1860, against 1(30,855 in 185 v. v• inarease of 2,821 upon last yg: , ,jdo returns. • -" ~, I ;, I NM rapt. 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