The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-02 00:00:00

HONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no material alteration in the general appearance of the Money Market to-day; the demand continues active, and 61 s per cent. are the rates charged for the negociation of first-class bills. About 45,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for exportation. The only alterations in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were a slight decline in the rates on Holland, and an upward movement in those on Austria. In consequence of the greatly increasing require ment of steam communication between London and New York, the British and American Steam Navi gation Company (Limited) have decided upon plac ing the following four first-class steamers, viz., the London, Westminster, Dublin, and New York, of 2,500 torts each, on that line. The first vessel is to leave early in March next, and will be followed by the others at intervals of a fortnight. It has been announced that Mr. Montagu Clengh Wilkinson, lately of Messrs. Remington and Co., of Bombay, has joined the firm of Messrs. Crawford, Colvin, and Co.; also that Mr. Henry Wilson Sey mour, and Mr. Ranier William Elwyn, have been admitted as partners of Mr. George E. Seymour, under the style of Seymour and Co.; also that the firm of Layton, Hulbert, and Co., tea brokers, will in future be carried on by Mr. Charles A. Hulbert, under the name of Hulbert and Co. The English and Irish Bank have made a call of £5 per share, payable on the 25th inst. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £1,031,200, and the exports to £57,394. The directors of the Port Phillip and Colonial Gold Mining Company have received, by telegram from Suez, the following advices, in anticipation of the Australian mail, from their resident director, Mr„ Bland, at Melbourne, giving the result of the operations of the month of October last :—Quantity of quartz crushed, 4,504 tons ; yield per ton, gold, 8 dwts. 10 grs, ; receipts, £3,300; ordinary pay ments, £1,620; profit, £1,680 ; remittance, £l,OOO. Yield much improving, The propectus of the British Nation Fire Insur ance Company has just been issued. The capital is set down at £1,000,000 in 50,000 £25 shares, upon which £1 is to be paid on application, £2 on allot ment, and £2 at an interval of not less than three mon t.hs. The new company has before it the cer tainty of securing a very large and profitable business i❑ consequence of its connection with the British Nation Life Assurance Society,which has an income of £170,000 per annum, and upwards of 3,000 of the agents. The working staff of the Life Com pany will also lend its assistance to the new Fire Company, thus operations will beat once commenced - without the outlay of an immense sum as promotion money. The gentlemen forming the executive are of the highest respectability, and well able to work the new company with success. Two o'CLocK. At the Paris Bourse this morning (according to Mr. Reuter's telegram) the Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 661. 47c. Inanimate. There has been a quiet market for the English Funds, bat sales have been negotiated which in creased the prevailing heaviness. Consols have closed at 901 91 for money and the 7th inst., and 011 for February. The New Threes and the Re duced have been dealt in at 90191,; and Exchequer Bills, 7s. to 2s. die. In the Foreign Market a general downward move ment has taken place, and business is quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 671 68 ; do. Consolides, 471 ; Mexican, 351 ; 36 ; Greek, 231 24; Spanish Passive, 341- 1; Portuguese Scrip, 1 prem. ; and the Confederate Loan, 38 40. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been very restricted, and prices have shown li ttle variation of importance. Midland have da d ined 10s., and Great Eastern ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines show no change, Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in fair re qu eat, at fully previous rates. Alliance Bank have improved 108., and London and Westminster -Zl. Pacific Steam are quoted 2j -a- prem. ; Con tract Corporation, 31 4 prem. ; and Consolidated Discount, 1 14 pram, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. R ank Stock 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9li 1 Ditto Account 9l t 90i 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 3} per Cent. Annuities 5 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1891 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1680.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 7 2 Ditto 1;500 Ditto Small India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pei Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 ... Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 6} per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 991 Bank Stock for Account FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent ... . — Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £45 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Colombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd Cuba, 6 per Cent. — Wuhan 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 per Cent, Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Dutch, 2f per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders Ditto, £lOO Bonds — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent lOll Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. - Ditto Account • • Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .... D;itto Account 36a a 51 Moc.rish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Deterred Ditto Land 'Warrants (Hectares) — __. Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Ditto 3 per Cent. .. Peruvian 3per Cent. .. I )itto Account .... Ditto 4} per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account P iedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account,. Ditto Ac itto 3 percount Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 D Ditto, 1863 _Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid ll 1 Pin ttufil S 921 Dit iall 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St 87 to 4i per Cent 1850 Ditto• — Ditto Ditto 3 lB6O Per Cent • . 1859 5 per ce_nt. 1862 Sardan 5 per ue n t Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account.. Ditto New Defer7r.e.d. Ditto Passive ........... Di tto Account... —............ 34/ i Spanish Cert. of Cou . funded — 1 litt . not o Accountl4l i Sw edish, 4 per Cent Turkish 6 Per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Accou nt.. .. 7Ditto 6 per Cent. . 18G *************** 60 74 I)itto Accou nt .. Ditto £lOO Be a d ** .............. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 .... 1 *********** Ditto Guaratteed, 4 per • Cent. * *** ° Ditt o Debentures, 4 per Ct , Oct„ 1863 Venezuela 3 per Cent. ***** '. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 `— Dividends on the above payable.i.n London. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. )lelgian 4 per Cent., Ex. 2sf. Ditto 4 per C ent. Certificates French lt entes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f loo— l Account.... Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d, paid.... 'ltalian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 Francs.. put Ditto Account... ... , , 67/ LOCK. O'C Consols M oney T W 90/ 1 ditto Account Ditto Feb •••• 90& 1 91A SHARE MARKETS,--This day. ORDINARY SITARES AND STOCh S. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe arid Tyne. Bost.,Sleal.,aunlid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ....• Cork and Bandou Cornwall n o A A gets no dig Do. B till 6p e.p an. has, been paid Po B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. eta 8 84 8 Si 8 1 f 5 1211 122 i 7 7i 37 30 16} 17 97 99 107 109 50 51 47 49 8 8i Ditto A stock__ Ditto East Anglian et , GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blaokwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., aid Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So , ,th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do # shires.. Metropolitan Midland Do New . 1274 1284 133 134 134 136 97 99 66} 66! 11If 1124 72 74 108 110 l i 43y 444 108 i 1081 1014 1024 51 52 111 112 130 i 131 1 ij ) 99 lul Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle orth London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock ii 531 641 25 t 6 104 105 Do Scot. 'Mid. stock ) Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wo k. , an d Wok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 18136 Taff Vale.. ..... Do B ... Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford Railways. I Paid.! Closing Busines,, Price. clone. BRITISH Pi astlways AtlßYltic & St Lawrence flom.,Barodaitc.Cent Ina Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New Do. E. Shares... .. Buffalo and Laice Buren Do. Preference ...... Buffaloßrant,/eGodrich p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187:- 00. do. Juue I, lb;,) Lllcutta.aS.Eastn.e Lee 'Caperrown Dock Seri' Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. e Last Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Fret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d I'. ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lnchaPentn. , ua.sp.o Do. New gua. " s p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. -t. W. of Canada Shares Do. New .. Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. .. Indian. Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4t p. a Extension Do. 4* do Fifth Extension. 111elb.Corp. B p. o. finds. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. Hoeg. Bds. Newttradawtok a Cauda l Class A and B. N.lti.C'daB pc Ist pt bds Soinde Do. Delhi 4.: Do. d 0.......... Do. Punjaub .... Do. Do. ........ Do. Indus. St. Flo. 59 60 91 92 119 121 1 2 p i 78i 791 11 111 122 126 98 100 53 64 33 St 241 96f 98 100 91 9 i 88 38,, 9 10 p P 158 100 5 5/ 21 8 p 83 86 170 175 ,SIONS. Closing Price. 60 (12 104 1(5 P 6 I P 6 di 81 01 102 104 101 103 106 107 Its 106 I. I*p lip 20 21 74 TO 6) 62 68 70 53 5) 60 52 40 42 27 29 23 15 1(6 107 14 ltpl 1031 1* 10 1(4 .1 11 100 92 95 86 88 it ID 106 )07 100 101 co 100 57 59 3 5 82 84 104 105 106 107 I iP 105¢ lu6i 1051 6} 101 103 1' SECU. ,ITIES. 105 107 103 105 IC3 105 93 85 92 94 106 108 109 111 109 111 112 114 110 112 106 108 ItB 110 104 106 100 102 101 102 1011 1021 110 112 105 107 1:1 113 1/1 113 107 109 1 Id9o 11041 1 4d 34 .85 560 670 F 8 60 Id par 27 28 6 64 5 54 8 10 4 44 12 1 3 4 44 87 39 24 3 14 16 51 6i 14 d 90 100 14 11 1 21 3 I 41 si 42 44 415 425 60 85 28 30 18 19 9i 101 18 20 190 200 85 90 221 271 1 1i 114 12 1150 160 21 22 21 21 PREFERENCE SHARES. Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, 2d guaranteed stock, 120 Stockton and Darlington, B 0 per cent., 33i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent, 1161 Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 555 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 9i Wilts and Somerset, 91 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Turin and Savona, Ditto (all), 14} FOREIGN MMES. Cape Copper, Um.. 74 ft Cobre Copper, 32 1 , Fortuna (lim.), Santa Barbara (bold Mine (lim.), I United Mexican (11m;, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Antra and United Service (lim.), 125 i 5 Alliance Bank of Lonaan and Liverpool (Um.), 471 8 71 Ditto, new, 32i 3 Anglo Austrian, 64 7 Australasia, 77 Ditto, new, 47 1 Bank of Egypt, 26/ Bank of utago, lim., 21 1 Bank of London, 154 3 . Bank of Wales, lira., 10 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 8 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 38 1 City, 116 151 Consolidated Bank, lim., 111 101 East London, lim., 71 81 English, Scorch, and Australian Chartered, 231 European Bank, lira., 3/ Hindustan, china, and Japan (urn.), 32/ 11 Imperial Bank (1im.).!241 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London and Brazilian aim.), 54/ 41 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 271 London Joint Stock, :18 London and South African, 271 London and South American, lim., 76 London and South-Western (lim.), 141 London and Westminster, 811 1 Merchant Bank, lim , 7 61 Mercantile and Exchange, lira., 141 National Provincial of England. Ditto, ditto, 311 Oriental Bank Corporation, 55 - 71 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim. 1 , 7 South Australia, 41 Union of Australia, 55/ Union of London, 401 MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea, lira., 38 Ceylon Company, 101 English and Australian Copper, 21 1 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Jim., 0 7 Hudson's Bay, In 4 4 International Financial Society, lim., 101 K. Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavouri, 3k Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 83in Joint •stock Discount, 7 1 7 3 7 - - Ditto, new, f j London Financial Association, Hrn., 241 4:i Mercantile Credit Association, lien, 71 0 ceau Marine (InsuranCe), 19k ,1, COLONIAL GOVER t,aii.(iov. 6 p.c.J a &J uI) 1877-St Do. e p. C. Feb. & Aug. Do. d p. c. Mar.. Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G. Hope, Bp c,1872 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 Do. 1890 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c Mauritius 6 per cent Natal Gov. 6 per cent 6 p.c. J a.&.1 I p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. G ov. 5 18t4 Dv. 5 p. c.,18,1 to 1..:;74 Do. d0.,1888 &upwclc ;New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. B p. c Aus G6p.0.1678.& up ,Vic. Gov. Bp.°. Ja.&July Do. to sox. An.Azoot,. BRITISH MI Cambrian Consol. Gold, ;liilord Amalgamated ()even G. Con.. (Taoist ) East Bassett(lllogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ..... East Carn Brea... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.drSt.Aubyn(Gwen ; Great South 1 coigns—. G. Wheal Vor (lleiston Grenville .. ercxr s-Foot ilingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (limy Lelant Clarke Valley.. Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) New Setun North Downs N.Wh't Basset (Illoz,an North Wheal Crotty .. l'ar Consols (St. Blaze)) erovidenee (Uny Lelia) South Caradon(St.Cleer S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. Wheal Pran. (Illogun Stray Park Lamar SilvA Lead Min fin Crort West Basset (llogan) W Cf radon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) Wheal Ludtott ...... Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal 3eton . . Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 'Wheal Union 215 191 2I 3.1.0 2.6.9 10.6.7 18.18.9' 30.17.6 . 4i 476 5 2.0.6 3.0.8 8 58} 3.17 TIM SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENTING, JANUARY 2, 1864 The Year's Exodus from Liverpool, LIVERPOOL, Friday. The Government Emigration Officers at this port issued to-day their usual annual return of the num ber of emigrants which left Liverpool during the year 1863. According to these returns, the emigra gration from Liverpool, when compared with 1862, is enormous in its increase. The following are the returns of the exodus to the United States, for the quartersending March, June, September, and Decem ber. In the March quarter there sailed to the United States " under the act" 51 ships, with 339 cabin and 16,630 steerage passengers, of which 3,023 were English, 403 Scotch. 12,798 Irish, and 406 foreigners. In the June quarter there sailed 87 ships, with 1,875 cabin and 30,902 steerage passengers, of which 9,511 were English, 1,004 Scotch, 27,115 Irish, and 2,214 foreigners. In the September quarter there sailed 83 ships, with 1,018 cabin, and 23,539 steerage passengers, of which 8,891 were English, 934 Scotch, 12,439 Irish, and 1,275 other countries. In the December quarter there sailed 76 ships, with 743 cabin and 18,397 steerage passengers, of which 7,063 were English, 835 Scotch, 8,390 Irish, and 1,529 foreigners. There was no emigration to Canada for the quar ter ending March; but in the June quarter there sailed four ships, with 42 cabin passengers and 938 steerage, of which 727 were English, 159 Irish, and 52 other countries. In the September quarter there sailed 7 ships, with 137 cabin and 933 steerage, of which 723 were English, 21 Scotch, 96 Irish, and 93 other countries. In the December quarter there sailed 5 ships, with 99 cabin and 606 steerage pas sengers, 399 of which were English, 2 Scotch, 66 Irish, and 139 other countries. To New South Wales there was no emigration in the March quarter. In the June quarter there sailed 762 steerage passengers, of which 297 were English, 99 Scotch, and 366 Irish. In the September quarter there was likewise no emi gration, but in December there sailed 3 ships with 1 cabiu.l,3l9 steerage passengers, 177 of which were English, 94 Scotch, 741 Irish, and 4 other countries. To Queensland, in the March quarter, there sailed 4 ships, with 24 cabin and 1,271 steerage passen gers, of which 850 were English, 110 Scotch, 309 Irish, and 2 other countries ; in the January quar ter there sailed 3 ships, with 19 cabin and 1,318 steerage passengers, of which 492 were English, 269 Scotch, and 557 Irish ; in the September quar- ters there sailed 1 ship with 80 steerage passengers, of which 48 were English, 2 Scotch, and 30 Irish ; in the December quarter there sailed 1 ship, with 275 steerage passengers, of which 82 were English, 50 Scotch, 143 Irish. To Victoria there sailed in the March quarter 10 ships, with 155 cabin and 3,583 steerage passengers, of which 1,369 were English, 335 Scotch, 1,788 Irish, and 96 other coun tries ; in the June quarter there were 9 ships, with 56 cabin and 3,947 steerage passengers, of which 1,467 were English, 304 Scotch, 2,015 Irish, and 161 other countries; in the September quarter there sailed 9 ships, with 88 cabin and 3,392 steerage passengers, of which 1,374 were English, 466 Scotch, 1,571 Irish, and 81 other coun tries; in the December quarter there sailed 8 ships, with 147 cabin and 2,582 steerage passen gers, of whom 1,162 were English, 231 Scotch, 1,053 Irish, and 136 other countries. Only one ship sailed during the year to New Zealand, and that was in June. This vessel carried out 406 steerage passengers, of whom 353 were English, 11 Scotch, and 42 Irish, all being distressed cotton operatives. To South America there sailed in the March quarter 1 ship, with 11 cabin and 76 steerage passengers, all of whom were Irish. In the June quarter there sailed 1 ship, with 37 steerage pas sengers, 36 of wham were Irish, and 1 Scotch. There were no sailings in the September quarter, but in the December one there was one ship with 11 cabin and 84 steerage passengers, 5 of whom were English, and the remaining 79 Irish. The ships sailing not under the act were —To the United States, 108 with 5,822 cabin and 2,041 steerage passengers; and to Canada 19 ships, with 950 cabin, and 4,025 steerage pas sengers, to New Brunswick, 7 ships with 32 cabin and 51 steerage ; to Nova Scotia, 9 ships, with 25 cabin and 23 steerage passengers ; to Newfound land, 2 ships and 6 passengers; to Prince Edward's Island, 3 ships and 17 passengers ; to Vancouver's Island, 2 ships, 6 cabin and 23 steerage passengers ; to New South Wales, 11 ships, with 21 cabin and 168 steerage passengers; to Victoria, 11 ships, with 52 cabin and 301 steerage passengers ; to West Indies, 17 ships and 103 cabin passgers ; to South America, 40 ships, with 201 cabin and 213 steerage passengers; to Africa, 12 ships and 293 cabin passen gers; to Cape of Good Hope, 1 ship and 6 passengers; to East Indies, 7 ships and 38 passengers; to Hong Kong, 1 ship and 4 passengers; to Mexico, 4 ships and 15 passengers; to Sandwich Islands, 1 ship and 10 passengers, making a total of ships of 255 ships sailing " not under the Act," 7,595 cabin and 6,850 steerage passengers. The total number of steerage passengers sailing under the act was 119,772, and of cabin passengers 3,765, making a total of 123,537. Added to this there are the passengers carried out in the short ships, which number 14,445, making a grand total of 137,982. When compared with last year there is an increase of 76,668. The immigration was 236 ships, with 10,442 steerage:passengers and 3,149 cabin. The above figures will show—and, indeed, the immi gration officers assert it—that the tide of emigra tion is principally accelerated by the enormous Irish emigration, which appears to increase daily, monthly, and quarterly. It is also a fact that the Irish emigrants are much better clothed, more use fully equipped, and apparently we ilthier than the emigrants whose homes havg been in England or Scotland. This is generally Jttributed to the high pay now being given tat all sorts of labourers in the United States. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 2.—Wind this day at noon—North- East; moderate breeze, and fine weather, with a sharp frost. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. I.—W hid S.E.—Arrived—Beecher Stowe, from Rio Grande for Antwerp. Sailed—Lindeay, for New Zealand. CLYDE, Dec. 31.—Wind W.—Sailed—Margaret Smith, for Demerara. CARDIFF, Dec. 31,—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Shamrock, for Havannah. COWES, Jan. I.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Oscar, from Otago, N.Z. PLYMOUTH, Dee. 31.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Bellona, screw steamer, from llavre for New York—Rienzi, from Shields for Bilboa. HOLYHEAD, Jan. I.—Wind E.—Arrived—Hannibal, for Bombay. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Warren Hastings, from Botta dam—Sea Queen, from Bimbparam. Sailed—Bilboa, steamer, from Bilboa. DEAL, Saturday Morning. No arrivals. THE MOURNING FOR THE LATE PRINCE CON soliz.—As the hatchment of the late Prince Consort bag now been removed from the position which it has occupied during the last two years over George IV.'s Gateway, the period of mourning for the much lamented prince may be considered to have terminated. THE SANDRINGHAM ESTATE.—Tbe park at San dringham House, the sporting Norfolk residence of the Prince of Wales, now contains about GO head of deer and a number of fine Alderney cows. The accommodation for the PrinCe's suite is being.extended, and sleeping rooms are being built over the stables, which are in course of en largement. A spacious mess-room is also being erected. At the principal entrance to the park aro being placed the well known Norwich Gates, which, it will be remembered, were purchased by a county subscription last spring, and presented to the Prince of Wales. The Sandringham and King's Lynn coursing meeting, which was to have taken place next month, will not come off until the Home Farm passes into the hand of the Prince at Michaelmas. NOT IN TUE LEAST LIKE !—Mal apropos to some thing, the Saturday Review has just now remarked—" It is in this way that the Pope has called Victor Emmanuel ' Judas Iscariot,' and the Emperor 'Pontius Pilate.' " Our contemporary bas here got somehow very confused in his recollections. The comparison referred to was once intern perately induLed in by one of the French Bishops—never by the Pope, in whose gentle nature it is not to be in any way thus bitterly sarcastic. THE SCARLET-FACED MONKEY is exceedingly rare, and has bushy whiskers, of a beautiful sandy hue, meeting under the chin, very like the Dundreary ones now worn I BALDNESS AND GREYNESS !—The Editress of the Queen declares that she has seen cases in which the use of the Turkish Bath has restored hair, and others in which it has restored the natural colour to grey hair. ' LITERATURE. A IVoinan , s Ransom, By Frederick William Robinson, author of " Grandmother's Money," &a. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. A mania for excitement has unfortunately seized upon the novel-writers and readers of the day, the extravagant has taken the place of the natural, and horror is regarded as the only legitimate element of interest. To such an amount has this pernicious influence extended, that even those fiction-writers who had already distinguished themselves as truthful painters of domestic life have been carried away by the stream, and like the dog of the:fable who dropped the substance for the shadow, have cast aside the essentials to true success already within their grasp in the hope of realising a shadowy popularity,which, if attained by such means, could only prove evanes cent. Among this number we are sorry to find the author of the popular novel of " Grandmother's Money." His new work, "A Woman's Ransom," has actually been recommended to general admira tion as the Novel of Crime !—such an epithet being undoubtedly in the present day an attractive dis tinction. Those, however, who may in consequence turn to its pages as a delightful stimulant will be also sadly disappointed. According to Lord Byron ( who was well qualified to give an opinion on the matter, being himself a master in the delineation of either character), Scott's Lord Marmion lacked the essential elements of attraction, either good or bad, being " Not half a villain, and but half a knight I " In like manner " A Woman's Ransom," while emu. lating the horrible reputation of some of its con temporaries, does not actually venture to realise its own evil ambition. We hear of the elopement of the wife of the bad hero of the book, but after awhile it appears that the report is a falsehood contrived by the husband himself, who is the murderer of the unfortunate lady. An interest is at length, after long and weary delays, attracted by the supposed discovery of the dead body, when, lo and behold, the lady is alive, and no murder has actually been committed. The character of Herbert Vaughan is a marvellous compound of unnecessary criminality. He is evi dently'prepared to commit every evil under the sun, and gives himself an immense deal of trouble to con coct and carry out schemes of Machiavellian dupli city without any adequate reason for their con trivance. The sister of this evil spirit,Mary Zitman, is a young widow, who is left in possession of her husband's large estates, on condition of her never leaving the estate, or never taking another husband. The brother contrives to enjoy the mastery of this property, and takes every .possible precaution to prevent his sister's second marriage. The situation is so far well contrived, and the question of Mrs. Zairian's emancipation from this state of thraldom, which is preying upon her health, and unsettling her nerves, gives its title to the book— ,, A Woman's Ransom." The character of Mrs. Zitman, which at first promised well, degenerates as the story ad vances, and she becomes feeble and commonplace. Far more interesting is old Mrs. Ray, the covetous sister pf the deceased Mr. Zitman, and who is to inherit the property on the death or marriage of the youthful widow. This old lady is a compound of avarice and cunning, and her character, disagree. able as it is, is cleverly drawn. A powerful scene occurs, when at last her seared conscience is touched with a late remorse ; it is entitled ♦ WINDING SHEET IN 711 E CANDLE. " Let me tell you, Mr. Gear," turning to me, "why came here such an awful night. I was in the house keeper's room counting the plate—l like to count the plate myself, with a candle close at my elbow, 'cause my eyes are bad—and Letty was practisin' her peanner in the drawin'-room—she practises hard enough, now there's a chance of marryin' that Vaughan." "Marrying Vaughan!" exclaimed my mother. "Don't you interrupt people," snapped Mrs. Ray; "that's the tother story, which I haven't given myself the 'fluenz} to come and tell you." " Oh 1" said my mother, completely silenced by this un. complimentary remark. "And I was a-counting and a-counting," Mrs. Ray continued, "and making one silver table short, which was a hard loss, and was trying to recollect who was the big gest thief I'd got in the house, when I noticed—good for —I noticed the awfullest winding-sheet I ever seed in my life. I was friz then, and forgot the silver table, and skreeked out, ' Mary Gear's a-goin' to die, and I haven't told her on my sins yet.' And, oh, sir 1 is she wus I" " Better." The old woman's explanation of her visit had frozen my own blood a little ; "Mary Gear's a-going to die," had been uttered with an awful earnestness. My mother, a shade more pale, too, sat and glared at Mrs. Ray. " She'll be wus—she'll have a relapse—l must see her to-night I" " Impossible." " I've come a long way on a night that few people would ventur out—l've left a winding-sheet at home—l find another here I" " But winding sheets, Mrs. Ray," explained my mother, who seemed well versed in those articles, "only foretell death in the house wherin they are seen first." " Get out 1" said Mrs. Ray, " they tell the death of the one you are thinkin' the most on, and the most troubled about. That's Mary Gear to me—and she's ill and agoing to die. I'm as sure o' that, as I'm a living woman sitting here 1" " It's very wrong to sit there, saying such awful things," reproved my mother, "putting such awful things in my boy's head." " So I couldn't rest," continued Mrs. Ray, deaf to the reproof; "I felt if death was about here, and I must not let an hour go by and not ask your wife to forgive me all my trespasses against her. I tried to think, at fust, that to-morrow would do, that it was an awful night, that I was old, and excitement was bad for me, but the wind said No' to it, and tne rain said No' to it, and God Almighty said ' No' to it, I'm sure I" She held her hand up to prevent all interruption, strug gled with her breath, and then went on again : "So I dressed and came out. I ordered the horses to be put to the carridge, and Miss Ray not to be disturbed at her peanner—and the noise she made herself, drownded any other I—and I came away to see your wife, sir." " I am very sorry, Mrs. Ray, that you have put your self to this unnecessary trouble, but---" "But you'll let me see her ?" " I dare not, for her health's sake." to-night, sir I" she entreated.l do she not were been mercifully spared to me, and I en t er t a i n great hopes " we think t o die there isany fear," I replied ; she has of seeing her well and strong again." "Mr. Gear," sho affirmed, with a persistency that was terribly depressing, " it's the snuff of the candle only brightening up a bit. She'll die, she'll die, I tell you!" " I will pray not." " And I must see her. I must whisper to her that did her harm once, that I planned harm against her, and built upon her death and money. Oh I I must tell her that." " I pledge you my 'word that she will forgive you, Mrs Ray." " It's a weight upon an old woman's soul, and ony she can lift it off me. You're a man who won't be hard upon me, in this late hour, when I've better thoughts F" " In a few days you may see her." - - " Too late!" she affirmed; "I've dreamed all that's coming —I've seen her dead face in my sleep—it's not only the winding-sheet that's brought me here." She continued to plead her cause—l to remain deaf to it. This old woman's excitement was deep and intense, and must arouse Mary's. There was danger to my wife, and I was her guardian to protect her from it. The old lady, however ultimately obtained her object— " I have come, Mary Zitmun," murmured Mrs. Ran:still in the same posture, and bestowing on my wife the old and more familiar title, " I've come before death parts yon and me—sooner than either on us thinks, perhaps—to ask your forgiveness for past sin. I wished you dead once— and I—l tried to kill you 1" " No—no," answered Mary. " You had my brother's money : and I had a miser's love for it. It seemed my right, and I Was poor and wretched. I—l prayed every night that you might die, and leave me rich, when I thought you would not marry agin. It was the one prayer that I taught myself." " Forgiven!" said my wife. Mrs. Ray's excitement was on the increase, and I could see my wife was anxious to abridge the interview, although fearful of an abrupt termination thereto. Janet, with folded arms, stood by my side, intensely watchful. " James Baines—your brother's man—and I had a long talk together at last—in the very room downstairs I've run away from. God forgive me I but—but I promised him a thousand pounds when you were dead, knowing he was a villain who never studied life much. I tempted him, and he watched you—plotted against your life—opened your winder, when you were sleeping, tlat God's air might turn murderer against you, too —he was my tool, and he worked on in the dark." Mary closed her eyes—l could sw the red blood mantling her face and neck. " Janet," I whispered, "this must cease now." " It's a' doon—the warst be oot," muttered Janet. " You dont say, ' Forgiven' unto that I'' Mrs. Ray screamed, with a vehemence that alarmed us all. "You're going to die, and leave me aceursel. Oh, Mary Zitman I that' I/ be on earth and in heaven, too—and I'm sorry for the past—l'd die—to—wipe it—all—away 1" " Forgiven," whispered my wife, opening her eyes again. "The past is over—Canute and I have outlived it, and are hippy in forgetting it. My poor misguided woman, I pray that God will forgive you, as I do." " As you do !" she cried, seizing Mary's hand, and then dropping it, and falling forward suddenly. 'BAs —you— do 1" There was a long silence, broken by Janet making two strides towards Mrs. Ray, leaning over, and then lifting her up in her arms. " Lie doon, Mazy moire, and dinna think ony mair o' this," said she. " She hae fainted, as I kenned she wud lang since. I'll carry her doon, and gio her some coold water. Mrs. (3ear, wull ye stay and sooth the lassie— Mister Canute, I'm thinking yo'd better coom doon a rninit and help me." She bore Mrs. Ray into her own room, in lieu of de scending the stairs. She had placed her on the bed, and was standing on the landing waiting for me, ere my lin gering steps had brought me from the room. " Close that door," she said to me. I closed the room door, and Janet lay her head upon my arm. "Ye can bear a shock—but it's awfu' suddenlike. We maun keep it frae the lassie, for a weel." " Keep what ?" I exclaimed. " She came just in time—Lord be gudo to her I" said Janet, not answering my question, " She's dead." The principal portions of the tale are laid in the most desolate regions of Cumberland, some glimpses of which are very effectively described : A PLEASANT JOURNEY, I had walked ten miles at least, without experiencing the least fatigue ; I was good for the other seven or eight, as though I had just began my morning's walk. The even ings were light till half-past eight o'clock ; I should be in Needlewood long before the daylight flitted away behind the range of mountains. I scaled the first hill, and found another beyond it, shut in, as it were, behind two taller hills or mountains—this was the White Gap, evidently. The path became rather less distinct; once or twice ended abruptly in grass, and began again fifty yards in advance. It was a long, uphill progress to the top, but I was rewarded by looking back at the valley beyond, and the fair expanse of landscape stretching out before me. The cottage at which I had inquired was a speck in the vale below ; there was a stiff breeze on the high land whereon I stood and looked about me—there were some flying clouds coming up over the third hill, which had appeared before me when the second was surmounted. The flying clouds trooped over the hill with remarkable celerity; when I set my face towards the old route, they seemed coming down the hill to meet me, and hiding its summit in a vale of mist. Then, presto I there was a full charge at me; the mist and clout's were driven on me by the wind, the rain came pattering down in heavy drops, the path became dim and indistinct, then vanished altogether —I was shut in on the mountain-path, and getting wet through rapidly. I imagined that the mist would soon clear off if the wind continued, so I plodded along carelessly, and was rewarded for my perseverance by a break of sunshine—finally, by the hill-top becoming once again perceptible. I set forth, then, at a brisker pace ; the advantage of society began to suggest themselves ; I had not so much confidence in my own powers of perspicacity. If I could overtake the stranger journeying in the same direction as myself so much the better. The path was very faintly traced now—presently I felt convinced it would soon cease altogether. The third hill, a sudden dip in the land almost to a valley, and then a fourth hill looking unpleasantly grim and stony. Save the soughing of the wind between the hills—a curious murmur, as of some one in pain, it seemed—all still and solemn and depressing, and no one ahead of me yet. Toil ing up the fourth hill, whereupon, to my satisfaction, the path appeared more strongly marked, and then met again by miet and rain and heavy banks of clouds—suddenly blinded for a while by the flash of lightning which darted past me and lit up the mountains. When the thunder followed this, and seemed leaping from one hill to another, and rolling itself down thew, I sat down, under cover of a huge friendly boulder, and began to shiver. Kennington • road appeared very lovely in the distance then, and Cum berland scenery tell to a discount. Nothing like the bustling London streets, where there was ever life, and comfortable faces, and one could ask the way, and find it too I The rain continued, and I was getting wet through wondrously fast ; I was inclined to collapse with cold and inaction--I had heard of such cases—might be death. On to Nettlewood with a dash, irrespective of the storm—on over the hill, fighting my way to a friendly shelter. The rain kept on, but the storm abated somewhat ; the sky be came less dense, and I could still keep the path in sight. The path had transformed itself into a rivulet by;this time, and it was not difficult to follow if I kept ankle•deep in water. The fourth bill was ascended and descended ; half-way down I caught sight of a green valley beneath, with a river meandering through ire midst. Three quarters of the descent, I became aware of some one toiling up the path to meet me. It was a pleasant sight to encounter a human being then, and I hastened downwards in better spirits. Five minutes afterwards I recognised Mr, Wenford. The hero of the story, Canute Gear, who is also its narrator, is a mere nobody. The principal interest is concentrated upon Herbert Vaughan, who cer tainly is not worthy of the honour. The secondary heroines, Letty Ray and Ellen Gear, are somewhat extravagant creations, and Joseph Gear, the brother of Canute, is miserly and covetous to an inprobable degree. In the creation of this story the author of " Grandmother's Money" has exercised a great deal of ingenuity with very insufficient results. The story which Mr. Thackeray has left un finished naturally excites much curiosity, which the editor of the Cornhill Magazine will gratify, it is to be hoped. Every page that this great writer penned has some touoh of genias, of grace, of humour in it; and, finished or unfinished, his last day's work has another interest beyond its own excellence. A late Lounger in these columns announced that this novel was cast in the age of " the Danes and Saxons." Unluckily, the journalist stumbles on false information sometimes, and it must be confessed that our own Lounger was wrong. The scenes of the story lie near our own time ; and, if it be true that Mr. Thackeray finished four parts be fore his death, a considerable portion of the tale must be writ ten, for he did not propose to go to three-volume length on this occasion, but to write a story of brisk incident which should be completed in seven or eight numbers of the Corn hill. We may, therefore, expect to see, not a mere frag ment (though that would be precious), but a handsome torso from the delicate and mighty hand which ended its work on it.—lllustrated Times, Jan. 2, 1864. NOBLE-HEARTED DR. THACKERAY !—Latterly, fortune and fame enabled the author of " Vanity Fair" to visit Imperial Paris in imperial style, and W. M. Thackeray put up generally at the Hotel Bristol, in the Place Vendome. Never was increase of fortune more gracefully worn or more generously employed. The strug gling artist and small man of letters, whom he was sure to find at home or abroad, was pretty safe to be assisted if he learnt their wants. I know of many a kind act. One morn ing, on entering Mr. Thackeray's bedroom, I found him placing some Napoleons in a pill-box, on which was writ ten, " Ono to be taken occasionally." " What are you doing ?" " Well," he replied, " there is an old person here who says she is very ill and in distress, and 1 strongly suspect that this is the sort' of medicine she wants. Dr. Thackeray intends to leave it on her himself. Let us walk out together." Thackeray used to say that he came to Paris for a holiday awn° revive his rceollections of French cooking, But he generally worked, especially when edit ing the Cornhiti Inge:sine. And so the grand head and the big heart are lost and gone I No, only dead.—. Paris Correspondent of the Morning Post. COLONIAL PHOTOGRAPHY.—Kyneton, during the last few weeks, has been favoured with a visit from a party of Ballarat blacks. The party numbered seven— three men, with their lubras, and a boy. One of the men, Jamie, spoke English very well, and seemed an intelligent man for an aboriginal. He is a fine specimen of the Aus tralian savage, evidently proud of his personal appearance, as he called it at the photographic studio of Mr. Gleny, and reversed the order of things by asking him, "How much you give mo to take my likeness ?" The photographer took the gentleman's carte de visite, who, on seeing the nega tive, fairly rolled off his chair, convulsed with laughter at the whiteness of the appearance, the action of the sun bang just the reverse of what it would have been with a white man, A group of four were afterwards taken in the open air.—Kyneton Guardian. WHISKERS.—It has been asked, Who does not recollect the pathetic scene described in Punch, where the smooth-checked young gentleman tremulously asks the barber what hopes there are of whiskers ? where the barber, with a candour unusual in his race (so hope ful are they generally of the propagation of hair), gives absolutely none; where the whiekerlesa rejoins with a whine of despair, " but my pa has lots of whiskers ;" and when the sympathising barber, with a flash of inspiration adds, ",but perhaps, sir, you take arter your ma ?" LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.—Monday.—Entomological, at 7 ; Architects, at 8. Tuesday.—Anthropological, at 4 (anni versary); Photographic, at 8 ; Royal Institution, at 5, " Electricity in Rest and in Motion," Professor Tyndall (juvenile lectures). lVednesday.—Geological, at 8, " Re cent Geological Changes, Somersetshiro," Mr. Poole; " Beds superior to the Eocene in Suffolk and Essex," Mr. Wool, jun.; Society of Literature, at Bi. Thursday.— Royal Academy, at 8, " Architecture," Professor Smirke; Royal, at 81, letter from Dr. Otto Torell to General Sabine, " Hourly Observations of Magnetic Declination at Port Kennedy, Arctic Sea, 1858.59," General Sabine ; Royal Institution, at 3, " Electricity at Rest and in Motion," Professor Tyndall (juvenile lectures). Friday.— Archwological Institute, at 4 ; Astronomical, at S.— Atheneeum. STEAM ENGINES EXPORTED.—In eleven months ended November last, the value of steam engines exported was £1,426,628, being an increase on tormer yoare. 502 ft 66 0 1081 1 a 8 102 511 1111 1301 961 I Business don• 991 100 6iii THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE MAILS, (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 2. The Royal Mail Company s steamship Parana has arrived here with the above mails, 76 passengers, £2,300 in specie, 14 packages of diamonds, and a general cargo. The Pat ana brings five prisoners, part of the crew of the ship Flowery Land, accused of murder, piracy, and rob bery, also two of the crew as witnesses. The re maining prisoners and witnesses left Montevideo in the steamer Uruguay, four days before the English mail. The bark Great Britain, of London, was lost on the Bth ult., when she struck on a rock at the north-west end of St. Jago, and went to pieces. Capt. Bannister, her commander, and 17 of her crew and passengers have arrived by the Parana. It was rumoured that Flores had defeated the Go vernment troops, and was advancing upon Monte Video. The country had suffered much from drought. Great mortality prevailed among the sheep. At Buenos Ayres the Congress had closed. The National Debt Bill had passed, foreign claims being adjudicated. The nation was at peace. The new wool crop was in the market. The cotton crops were in a promising condition. Busi ness was good. President Mitres Government was well sup ported. CHRISTMAS AT ROME. A communication from Rome of Dec. 26 contains tha following :—" The Christmas festivities yester day were favoured with great splendour in the Church of St. Peter's, where the Holy Father solemnly officiated at the morning mass. Formerly the Popes presided personally at each of the three masses which are celebrated on this day. At mid night they went to perform the service at Santa- Maria-Maggiore, where the portion of the manger of our Saviour is kept, and were present at matins. From Santa-Maria-Maggiore they repaired at day break to Santa-Anastasia to celebrate the morning mass; and thence they proceeded in great pomp to the Church of St. Peter's for the grand mass of the day. Before the tomb of the Holy Apostles, the 1,362 tapers of the famous silver candelabra were lit up. The Pope is now present on his throne at mid night, and only celebrates in public day the mass. The number of the faithful who filled the vast Church of St. Peter's at the papal mass was immense. Foreigners flocked there by thousands, and invaded all points from which could be seen the altar of the Confession, the throne of the Holy Father, and the chairs on which are seated the cardinals, patriarchs, archbishops, and prelates of the Roman Court, wear ing their splendid ornaments. The reserved seats were filled with ladies of distinction, the superior functionaries of the different administrations, and the generals and officers of the army and navy. The Diplomatic Body occupied its post of honour, and in the prince's tribune were seen the King of Naples, the Queen Dowager, and the princes and princesses, her children. The Holy Father, after having put on the pontifical ornaments in the Piety Chapel, took his seat on the ' sedia gestatoria,' the tiara on his head, and then commenced that magnificent proces sion of bishops, archbishops, and cardinals, which gives to the festivals at Rome that ail• of dignity, majesty, and grandeur of which those who have not been spectators can form no idea. Before the Pope stood two dignitaries of the Pontifical Court bearing the stocco' and berrettone' which bad been blessed during the night. The 'stem,' as is well known, is a superb sword, and the barrettone' a kind of cap or helmet, both of which are studded with pre cious stones ; these two obj€cts are presented by the Pontiffs to the princes who have gained the greatest victories or rendered the most important services to the Catholic religion. For some time past the Holy See has not met with an occasion for giving these precious testimonies of its gratitude. The mass terminated with the solemn benediction of the Holy Father from the great altar and the granting of the plenary indulgence. During the evening the car dinals proceeded to Santa-Maria-Maggiore to hold a chapel of that body for the second vespers. The Libernian basilica was splendidly illuminated, and upon the great altar, in the midst of torches and tapers, the sacred wood of the manger was exposed to the pious veneration of the faithful, placed in a magnificent urn of rock crystal ornamented with a setting of the finest gold and studded with splendid diamonds." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipte.- \ 1863. 1862. 1863. 1862 2,302 2,036 752 600 1,1t , 4 1,292 6,071 5,c , 13 18,724 16,756 308 291 388 - 265 223 178 411 288 1,640 1,352 225 197 1,434 1,448 1,460 1,418 190 123 2,609 1,981 7,556 6,833 2,478 2,613 8,442 7,880 36,012 31,646 31,929 26,626 1,542 1,715 487 818 7A7 7,657 63,594 54,594 1,015 911 1,057 - 1,613 1,103 37,970 32,363 137 135 97 108 470 429 95,587 85,619 1,778 1,718 25,100 21,096 18,105 17,981 5,780 3 752 1,100 250 1,077 980 16,959 14,437 1,4G8 1,177 1,369 1.176 2,323 - 48,438 43,538 4,186 3,923 1,674 1,577 2,417 1,800 Railways. Belfast and N. Counties 136 Belfast and County Down 49 Blyth and Tyne 2B Bristol and Exeter l2l Caledonian Cockermouth & Workington 64 Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blackrock, & Passage :1 Cork and Youghal .. 32 Cornwall 6 Deeside , l7 Dublin & Bell ast Junction 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath 121 k 234 i Dub. & Wicklow and Weald 9l} Edinburgh and Qr lasgow l69} Furness, &o 5O Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union 663 Great Northern 353 Great North of Scotland 5B Cit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 9t.Southn. Sr Westn.(lrlhd.) 373¢ Great Western 10513i _ ._ _ 48 169 i 5) 198 614 851 71t 329 10324 861 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 86* Inverness & Perth Junction 119 i Irish North-Western 145 Lancashire & Yorkshire 402 Limerick and Ennis... 241 Limerick and Foynes 266 Llanelly 461 London & North-Western London and Blackwell of London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 261 London, Chatham, & Dover 72 Do. Metropolitan Extension 10 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheflleld,& Lincolnsh 239 Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9l Maryport and Carlisle 2B Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western).. 641 Midland Gt.Westn. of hind... 259} Monkland Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl lOO5 North London 9 North Staffordshire 254 Oswestry and Newton 5O Rhymney l9 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 62 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset 66 6143 192 71i 44 410 i 12,118 11.199 10771 55,827 50,6i3 3,200 3,067 8,918 7,982 1,057 820 899 711 1,837 1,815 6,012 4,663 5,015 4,730 603 338 3.981 8,416 23,202 21,481 6,192 4,434 2,239 1,710 133 119 2,134 1.742 261 217 1,094 970 780 648 3,421 2,794 South Devon ...... 74 South-Eastern 306 Taff Vale Ulster Vale or Clwyd . Vale of Neath 32} Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 West Cornwall 27} W.lla.rtlepool IlarbrAltaiL 52 Nrhaven,Cleator o t Egrmut 7 Whitehaven Junction l3 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. 61& Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 Austrian B2B Belgian Eastern Junction 26 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. Indite 185 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish lO4 Eastern Bengal Eastorn oi France 1167 East Indian 9331 52 1,195 920 828 35,139 34,832 201 283 275 164 2,320 2,137 1614 2,%92 1,620 189 5,574 0,308 1084 3,1147 3,704 1081 ;39 Grand Trunk of Canada 10:10 Great Indian Peninsula 5:1,.,4 Great Luxembourg 134 lOtiO Great Southern orindia .... 79 Great Western of Canada.... 345 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant.. 659 Northern of Canada ...... .• •• 94 Northern of France . 697 Norwegian Trunk ~ Ottoman .. ...... 48i Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn.... 1805 Paris and Orleans 1614 Pernambuco 77 g Royal Danish 69 Sambre and Meuse 6B 54,418 99,873 9,161 7,247 3,710 3,714 489 902 12,396 12,730 16,095 18,332 I,OFB 1,531 57,00 E 53,980 888 89 381 255 South Austrian 30 Southern of France .... 770 Victorian lilo IVelland 41 West Flanders 75 W. and N.W. of France 65,011 57,032 69 901 485 " 1,333 1,425 1315 li 0,992 49,777 680 27,279 23,512 151 - - 25 933 596 75 930 t. 45 813 33,331 39,614 Lady Wodehouse arrived in town on Thursday from Kimberley Park, Norfolk. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey has arrived in town from his Hat, Follodon, Northumberland. The Right Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson, M.P., has arrived in town from Cowes, Isle of Wight. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. DENMARK. -O. COPENHAGEN, Dec. I.—The hlinisteriai crisis is terminated. Bishop Monrad is named President of the Council and Minister of Finance; ho will also retain provisionally the office of Foreign Affairs• The Ministers of Justice and War remain in their posts. The King has left for the army. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. _ MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ANNOYING THE CLERGY AND THREATENING THI: CLERK OF. THE WARWICK-STREET CHAPEL.—Nary O'Keefe, au old Irishwoman, was charged before Mr. Knox, with unlawfully ringing the bell at No. 24, Golden- square (the private residence of the Rev. Mr. Hearn and the clergy attached to Warwick-street Chapel), and also with being drunk, &c. Joseph Collins, the clerk of the chapel, said that on the previous evening the prisoner entered the chapel in a state of intoxication, and on attempting to eject her she became very abusive and threatened to kill him in the chapel. He at last got her to leave and saw her at the end of War wick-street, but on his return he found that she had got round Golden-square to No. 24, the residence of the Rev. Mr. Hearn and the clergy of the chapel, and there set to ringing the bell. He then gave her into custody, and while on the way to the station and also at the station in Vi ne s treet, in the presence of the inspector, she tried to strike him. Jonathan Reeves, 31 C, said the prisoner was most abusive, calling Mr. Collins and others liars. She was very drunk. Some of the officers of the court said the prisoner was well-known as a disorderly character. Mr. Knox fined her 205,, or, in default, 14 days. THAMES. A CLEVER AMATEUR DETECTIVE.—Three rough and morose-looking fellows, who gave the names of John Griffiths, Henry May, and James Henley, the first 23, the others each 18 years of age, were brought before Mr. Pr,rt• ridge charged with stealing 100 yards of linsey cloth, the property of Mr. Daniel Thomas, linen draper, in Crisp street, Poplar. The apprehension of the prisoners was entirely owing 'to the intelligence and tact of a man named William s, who has within three weeks been instrumental in bringit tg to justice seven notorious thieves, four of whom have be en convicted at the Sessions. The first two were charged with stealing a witney coat from the shop of Mr. N, Dawson, in Crisp street, and he followed the thieves after theyhad stolen the ooat, saw one of them pnt it on, and when ho met with a police-constable pounced upon them and gave them into cu.;- tody. In a second case two fellows stole alot of goods from a linen-draper's door in Poplar, and he followed them, germ them into custody, and recovered the property. In other cases "Williams has prevented robberies and done good ser vice to the public. He stated that yesterday evening at five o'clock ho saw the three prisoners in company. They separated, and while Griffiths remained on the kerb, stood three yards from the door of Mr. Thomas, May went to the shop and removed two rolls of linsey cloth from a pile in the doorway, and handed them to Henley, who was in waiting in a narrow turning close by. Tho rolls of cloth were put into a black bag, and they all proceeded in a westerly direction. He followed them until he saw a police sergeant at the corner of Salmon-lane, Limehouse, He spoke to the sergeant, and assisted him in capturing the prisoners and securing the stolen property. Mr. Partridge—Where was the property before it was stolen ? Williams—lbwas half in and half out of the doorway, Mr. Partridge—This is the third case of the kind you hove brought before me in three weeks. Williams—Yes, sir. Mr. Partridge—Are you too old for the police ? Williams—! am not fit for the police force. _ _ _ Mr. Partridge—l think you ;re. You have behaved remarkably well. You are a wheelwright, and sometimes a shoemaker. Williams—Yes, sir. Mr. Partridge—And a good amateur detective. The Linsey was identified by Mr. Andrew Alexander assistant to Mr. Thomas. The value of it was £5. Police-sergeant, No. 20 K, asked for a remand, and said all the prisoners had given their address in Lambeth. Ha believed they had all been in custody before. Mr. Partridge—Certainly. The prisoners are remanded for a week. MARKETS—This Day. -*- COVENT GARDEN. The show of fruit and vegetables at our market to-day was seasonably good. There was an average business doing at the following rates : FRUIT. 8. d. 8. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 01 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 01 Grapes,per lb 5 0 to 10 0 Foreign do 1 0 to 2 0 I Melons . Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 01 Apples, per ht-sv. 2 o to 4 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..3 6 to 8 0 1 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries hi sveo 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 o to 0 0 e. d. e d Mulberries,prpt..o oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 0 9to 1 6 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 Peaches.. Currants, per 1.1.5 v 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per dc~. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greene, dz bunch 4 oto a 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 1 oto 1 4 Horseradi s h, ipseh, p u 1 0 to 2 per lb . 0 0 to 0 0 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 3 to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 0 o to 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 0 to 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 o to 0 0 Mushrooms,p ptl. 0 0 to 0 0 Artichokes, each 0 0 to 0 0 Cos lett, score .. 0 0 to 0 0 Mint and savory,.o 0 to 0 0 Endive, per score 0 0 to 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 0 to 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 0 to 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 0 to 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 0 to 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 0 to 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 0 to 0 6 Seakale, per bun. 1 3 to 2 6 ltsd ditto . - 1 oso 2 6 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 10 to 1 6 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to '2 6 Brocoli, per bus. 0 oto 0 0 PotatoCs,per ton 60 0 to 110 0 New ditto, pr lb ..0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 0 to 2 6 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Green peas,ll.-sv. 0 oto 6 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 6to 2 6 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach 0 oto 0 0 Turnip radishes 0 oto 0 0 lIAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay,7£3 Os to £4 lOs Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw, £1 Os to £1 10s per load. Trade inactive. C UMBERLANDe—Meft4OV7 hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £l 6s to £1 108 per load. Supply moderate. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 108 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 12s Gd ; and straw, £1 Ga to £1 ]Os per load; Trade dull. POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to 20s Od ; geese, 6s Od to Ils Od each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s 6d to 2s Od ; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each; Surrey fowls, lOs Od to 168 Od; chickens, 8s Od to 9s Od; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to Os Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Gd to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pheasants, 3s Gd to 4s Od ; partridges, is 6d to 2s 6d ; woodcocks, Os to 3s Gd; snipes, Os to is Od; teal, Is 3d to Os Od ; wild ducks, 2s Od to Os Od ; widgeons, is Gd to Os Od; plovers, Os 9d to Os Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os 00 each; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, Is 2d to is 6crper lb ; English eggs, 148 Od to 15s Od ; French do., lOs Od to 1 Is 3d per 100 ; leverets, Os Od to 3s Od ; grouse, Os Od to 2s 3d. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Od to Os : eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Gd per lb. ; turbots, 58 Od to 20s; cod, is Od to 15s Od ; brills, 2s Od to Gs Od ; dorevs, fis Od to Gs Od ; mullets, Os Gd to is 6d ; lobsters, is to 3s Od; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnet s, Od to Os Od each; soles, is to 4s Od per pair ; common oysters, 10s to 25s ; natives, 65s to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to 5s ; haddocks, 9s to 18s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100; bloaters, Os to Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6(1, mutton, 38 8d to 4s Gd ; lamb, 08 Od to Os Od; veal, 4s 4d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3a Gd to 4s Gd per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s Gd; veal, 4s 2d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s Gd per bibs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61d to 7d , of h ouse h o ld d o ., 5d t o 6 d per 41b HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2/d to 31d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d. to 34d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 34d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3 /d to 3:1c1 ; 881 b to 961 b, 3:4 to 4d; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 4fd ; 101Ib to 1121 b, —d to —d. Horse hides, Os Od to lOs Gd ; calf ekins, light, 28 Od to 3 s Od ; f u ll, 7, Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 10s Od to 12s Gd ; half-breds, Ss Gd to lOs (Id ; Downs, Os Gd to Ss 3d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; sheatlings, Os Od to 63 Od. Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Itotterdstio — 11 19 Antwerp .. 25 (i 5 Brussels — 25 65 Hum burgh — 13 72 Paris Ditto _ _ _.. 11 17 1 1 9 11 19 25 72 25 72 13 8 25 34, 25 72 25 75 119! 12 40 12 40 33 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz . • • --48 471 Leghorn — 47,- 25 85 , o 0 Milan --25 85 25 90 Genoa "— 25 85 25 90 Naes Palermo ..— 2 5 871 25 90 Messina -25 87± 25 90 Lisbon —52 a Oport 0..- Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0r.... .£3 17 0 Mexican Dollars , (1 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublona.« . 25 70 119; 12 30 12 30 t Share 13.14. 6.4.0 ►9.16.41 12.10 h sr, 100 Sk 10 100 ioo 100 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stook stock stook stook 20 stook 50 100 stork stock s'ook ME. SSE Pald. all 100 (100 ' 100 2 all 1 IUO k 100 100 100 100 100 100 74} 5 1061 7 1041 94