The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-01 00:00:00

MUTEY MARKET AND r:OMMERCIAL INTELLIGY,I“:It, CITY, Two O'CLOCK. This being New Year's Day the Stock Exchange is closed, and there is therefore no business to re port in public securities. The demand for money this morning is compara tively quiet, and the rate in Lombard-street is easier, at 1 to 2 per cent. 'The corn market is firm, but quiet. The sum to be devoted to the operations of the Si ,king Fund of the National Debt during the en suing quarter is £228,957. Bar gold and sovereigns to the value of £21,000 were sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The New York is announced with £49,053 in specie for this country, and £100,500 for France from the United States. The following is Messrs. Mocatta and Goldsmicrs report of the bullion market :—" The prices for bar silver and Mexican dollars exhibit no variation since ours of 13th ult., and, though at the present moment the market is not animated, the large amount just received by the West India packet has been taken at these quotations by Continental purchasers, and there appears little indication of any alteration. The prospect of a demand for the East appears to be very remote, especially as large amounts of silver and dollars have been for many months past poured into India and China from the West Coast of South Ame rica and from California. There is still sufficient export inquiry to carry off the large sums in Australian and 'United States' gold which we are now receiving. The importation from America will, however, probably continue on rather a large scale for the present, and it is doubtful whether the Continental demand will be sufficiently strong to absorb the whole quantity. Spanish doubloons are in demand for Havannah, and the price has advanced. A remittance of; Xl,OOO has been received on account of the dividends and sinking fund of the Columbian Loan. ----="" Dividend warrants; for the - tisual interim dividend payable on the Ist January, have been issued by the St. James's Hotel Qompany. The traffic receipts of the Great Luxemburg Rail way Company for the week ending the 29th ult., were £606 12 2d less than for the corresponding period of last year. The following is Messrs E. F Satterthwaite's review of the London market for American securities ending the past fortnight :—" During the fortnight which has elapsed since our last the London market for American securities has been very inactive, but on the continuous decline in gold, and the relatively higher price of United States' Government Stocks in New York, there has been an improvement in quotations, although. the price here still leaves a margin of profit on exportation to America. 5-20's of 1862 leave off 72k to 72k, and the 1865 issue 71k to 71k. Illinois close with little alteration—viz., 89k to 89i, but Eries, at 48 to 49, show a decline of $l. On the uncertainty as to whether the State of Virginia will pay the interest due in January the Bonds have fallen to 29 to 31." The &rectors of the Frontino and Bolivia Soma American Gold Mining Company (Limited), have re ceived advices from their superintendent, Mr. Reuel), dated Medelin, Nov. 15, together with a remittance of gold of the estimated value of £6OO, being the produce from the Ist to the 20th of the month, from the Bolivia mines only. Bolivia, Juan Criollo Mine.— Mr. Rouch states that this mine during the last month produced 155i0z. of gold dust at at cost of £lOO only, and that he is erecting another mill there which he anticipates will be equally productive ; he adds that at this mine considerable hindrance has been caused by the illness of some of the men, and hence a slight fall ing off in the returns, Maria Dama Mine.—Mr. Rouch reports that a violent flood carried away the watercourses, which has caused a very small produce from this mine, but he adds that the damage is now repaired. La Salada Mine.—Mr. Rouch state that the new mills on this mine and a tramway to it will probably be completed by the end of Novem ber, and that then the cost of this portion of the es tablishment will be largely diminished, and the produced increased. Frontino.—With regard to this mine Mr. Ronal informs the directors that the working for the month of October shows a profit, although at present only a small one, and that the gold for that period will be forwarded with the next monthly remittance. BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. (YESTERDAY.) GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Oeut. Consols Do. Account, 8 per Cent. Reduced 9l 2 New 8 per Cent ' 92 11 2 1} Now 2} per Cont. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent..) an. 1873 — Annuities, 'BO yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 P — Do. for 30 yrs, expire.sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telek,raph), Au, ; ., 1908 — E cchoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 Jr 2} per Ct 23 pm Do .£5OO 23 pm Do. £lOO & .£2OO 23 pm Bank of England Stock, 4i per Cent 239 Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ndian Stock, 10k per Cent., AprillB74 — Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B7 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5} per Cent., May 1879 loB} } Do. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 lo3} Do Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. .Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent. — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account n I Do. £lOO Bonds 7sf Buenos Ayr es 6 p er C en t So Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cuba, 6 per Cent. o.4lian 6 per Cent Do. 4i per Cent 00. 6 per Cent., B Do., 1867 Do., 7 per Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip' £32 paid O , i mbiau, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 p-3r Cent., 1825 . ... 87 D nubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — Equador New Uonsolidated, 1 per Cent — 4gyptian, 7 per Cent B4l 5/ Do. Second ISSUE! 842 5i Do. £5lO Bonds Do. .£IOC Bonds .......... D 0 .18 61 .............. . D0..£5 )0 Bowls ....... ! Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 88 Government Railway Debentures ..... 921 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups. — Do. Account Do. Coupons - Do. Account Cho.ternala 5 per Cent .. — liondurasGov.Rail.Loan l 7p. Ct., £l5 pd pin It iiian 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do, Account Do. Marernmana Raiway.. — lisxicaa 3-per Cent — Ditto for Account . ........ l5l Do, 1864 '.., — Do 6 per Cont. :Anglo-Preach Montevidean C per Cent. .. — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent • 99 New Granada ll4 Do 3 per Oen Do. Deferred Do Land War ran ts (H ec t ares ) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 7l} Do Acco un t Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ot., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do a per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent, 1562 Do. Anglo-Dutcb, 1864, £lOO Bonds BB Do. do. £B4 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds... ... .. ... 874 i DO. do. Saminian 5 Th,r Cent.—.£B4 15s. do — .•• S panish 3 1 per ()en D,,, o Acco u nt ..... .... "0 New Deferred...... Do Account Do Passive 251 1 Do Acc.ant Do Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded — rriuDo Account „ r! ' i ,sh 6 per Cent..........0r t - , ° 4 -ecount ''" 6 per Cefit. - 185 - 8 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — D 0 6 per Cent., 1862 ••• Do Aunt Do .£loC.Bonds ... Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cont., 1865 D , 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Do Account — Do 6 per Cont., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Dividoucts on the above payaole in 1,01.00 s French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — - It.diaa 5 per Cont. 1831, Ex. 2sf. Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money' 92 Do. Acco un t 881 ~ 93 SHALE LIST. Share, Railway& Patd. l Clc ' ein g Price. 82 b 4 7t 7:4 20 30 20 fit 81 tOO 2 4 I 743 75i 70 72 01 07 3UI 111 ! 7 8 6 107 (.1 .01 109 123 Id) 96 98 14 25 30 Y 8 31 ;2? )13 43 41 18 W 113 114 ;5 77 441 15} u 5 117, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 71 § 2} 11 3L 1 i 07 10j. Ut 4 Business done. byiell.ut Caledonian ...... ..... t.lork and Bandon Corn Dublin & Bell:net Juno. Dun„l'erth,& A b.Junc. IB.Lontion, ocrip vo. Glasgow Sc S. Western Great Eastern, Ord,s tk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of 6cothantil Urest Northern A ilLyuk Do. IS stoeK Do. New, is. at 25 pail tit S. and W. 01 Ireland' lit. We,Atern Du. S. V4l. Itail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.---Oatoro Do. Newport tiereford ; Lauc4shire Yorkelort ; London and Blackwali; Lon., Brigla.,a S Cuasi I.on.,t.That., and Dover Do. Aletrop. 1 , 12 t. A Lon. .1; north eatert- Lon. & South Weston Man., Shel., £ Lincoln lAtetropolitan Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do. do. to. 1),;. and St. John's I% 'u tlidiand Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. Derb) Niid Kent . . North British Do. Ed., PM, & Dund th. Eastern—Berwick, Do. G.N*.E purchatikl Do. Le^ds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock.& Darling. No D r o til to . o lg o 6o o -61 Do. do. 186 k 5 . Do. do. 1856 liortli Staffordshire 'N.'& S. W. Junction Scottfsh Central kicot. N. 14; , Aber. stozi• ''. , Uo. Soot, Mid. stack Shropstzfre Union 'oath Devon 4outli Eastern . 'tattles, Wok., & Wok raft Vale Do. C .. V ale of &oath Waterford .& Ki ikenn) Waterloo el Whitelia Wert Cornwall .;01,0S1is.I. GO VEll British Columbia, 6 pe; cent., Dec.3l, 1572. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& Jul, 1877-64 Vo. 6 p. a. Feb. & Aug.. 1),. 5 p. c. Mar. St Sept 00. 5 p. c. Jan. ec July Do. 5 p. c. lnscrioed Yk Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1673 Do.Apl. & Oct 1890-1900 Do. do 1680-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.t Do. 1878, do.. Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873„ Jan. and July ...... Do. 1878 .. " ..••• Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug . • Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. N. B.G ov. 6 p.n.Jaa onl Y N. S.W. Gov. 5 p'c•,1866 Do. 5 p.o. 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 New Zealand, 6 p. Cent Do. 5 per cent.. • • .. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. O. sterling, 1875 ' (.1 am:island Gov. 6 p. c. S. Aus.Gov. 6 p. 0.1868-1) Do. 1878 & upwards., Vlo,Gov. 6 p.o. J a &July Do. do. April & Oct.. BRITISH r Atlantic Le St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. U. 5 per cent... Do. shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Butf.,Braut, &Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 Calcutta & B. E., Wu , Jai,e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. Do. J Extension ti rand Trunk of Caned Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deterred .... Do. 3d Pref. stock.... Do. da. deferred .... Do. 4th Prot stook.. Do. do. deterred t. India I'en. gua. sp.e o. Gua. 5 per cent 1.)o. New gua. 5 p. o t. South of India gua..3 per cent p if per cent Do - 4reat Wes. of Canada.. Do. New .. Do. 6p. a lit:s. pay. 1873 Do. 54 dv. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o D0..41 do Do. la do Do. Filth Extension Alelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. lel .3c liobson's Bay N.Rl.C'da,bpa let pi.ba Scinde ... ..... A • Do. Delhi Do. do c Q. i a Do. Puniaub 1 m Do.lndus St. Flat 4° 102 103 103} 101 72 74 23 35 98 99 5? 61 v 0 92 130 132 113 115 1 10 53 GI 113 115 56 47 42 14 66i G 7 e 4 g) 145 50 67 61 1 AIENT SEULJUITI 102 104 101 Iv 3; 101 131 90 92 89 91 IC2 164 ic6 108 04 106 107 109 05 i -I li_ 114 105 10 106 108 105 107 107 109 1(4 106 1(3 105 98 00 97j 93a - 9g 99 102 104 103 1(5 110 111 110 112 SIOZI S. 63 65 IC4 105 P 34 4 5 6 68 71 I 8 52 99 102 03 IG4 110 1101 17 18 63 65 50 52 40 45 32 84 19i 204 107 108 - 2t. 100 10 t 2 U 4 151 15i 95 97 85 67 I }1 100 102 93 95 89 91 83 85 100 lot icoi 10t h P 0 100 85 87 1031 114 84 i B.RITISIL MUNE& Cam. ConsoL Gold, lina. 1 - - - , 'hiverton - : lifford Amalgamated SO 51 6 3 / 4 - . evon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 4:1) 430 -rake Walls ... . ....... - I , 'alit Bassett allogan) 291 10 12 - 'ant Caradon 2. 14. e. 6 - 'as t tarn Brea 3l 2 2 3 / 4 1 2 - 81ast Grenville ......• • 2.14.0 1 - mast Gunnislake - East Loved 3.0.0 8 9 - E. WI Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 11 2 4 5 - Gam. 84 StAubyn(G wen. 60 4 Great Lasey, limited all 17 18 - Great South Tolgus 0.14. - - - Great Wheal Buy 11.9.0 - - - G. Wheal Vor (Heist. bu 411 17 19 - Grenville . 9.0.6 11 1 4 - Rerod's Foot .... 8.10. 0 35 37 - Uingston Downs 5.10.. 21 21 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 1.3.17; 6 6 Starke Valley . 1,10.0 41 51 4 dwyndy Iron Ore, lini .34 2i 14 - a e-zy S ton . ... . ... - North loskear - N.Wh Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 - - - North Wheal Crotty - Prosper United 8.11.0 2 21 - Providence k Uny Lelan t 10.6.7 29 31 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 390 410 - South Condurrow 5.2.0 i i • - '.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 371 42 3 / 4 - 'tray Park 35.11.0 4 6 - Flu Croft 9 13 ,14 - 7igra and Clogan, dm_ all - - - West Bassett (Mogan - W. Caradon (Liskeard 1: 10 12 - West Chi vertOn ll 66 68 - West Seton 474 195 205 - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 E 5 9'i - Wheal Buller atedruth 16 16 11 - Wheal Slary Ann (Men. 8 18 20 - Wheal Solon - Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 5.17.0 6 8 raII;FXRENtI/N bliAttiGb. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2, Ditto, 6 par cent., t3i Great Western, 5 percent.; rd., E 5 FOREIGN MINES. Chontalea Gold and Silver Mining, lira., 3f Don Pedro, North Del Rey, 2} 3 pm St John del•Rey,llm, 57 BANNS. Australasia, at Bank of .New Zealand, 19 Chartered tler. of lndta, London.:and Chins, 291 Consolidated, lim., 4i liunglish. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 17 Imperial Ot oman, 9_l-16 London and River flate, Ditto, new. 11 London Joint Stock, 35l _ Ditto, issued at £lO pm., 23k London and %1 estminster, 6,4 Ditto, Scrip, 3i DOCKS. East and West India, 125 MISCELLANICOM Anglo American Telegraph,:l9l Atlantic rclegraph, 51 1 Dlt , o, 8 psr anat., 95 3} City of Moscow Gas, lim., 101 City Offices, lira., 6 Credit I'oncicr of England. lim.. 3 * East India Irrigation and Canal. 17* Egyptian 9 per Cent. Viceroy Loan, gua. by Egyp :Govt. Ditto, Scrip% Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 11 11 London District Telegraph 11m., Ditto, Preference. London :Jenerai OrnniDua Company, lira, II Peninsula and Oriental steam, 56 1 Ditto, new, 1667, 5/ ' Rhymney 181 Ditto, ne 51 Submarine Telegraph, Ditto, scrip, # United Kingdom Telegraph Co., lien., 2 13.16 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. AniTod, Dec. 31—Nora, steamer, from Rotterdam. Arrived, Jan. I—Waterloo, steamer, from Rotterdam; Florence, steamer, from Antwerp; Maria Pia, steamer, from Lisbon ; Panther, steamer, from Boulogne ; Cella, steamer, from New York ; Holland, steamer, from Ostend. Sailed.—Neva, steamer, for Dunkirk ; City of Hamburg, steamer, for Boulogne; Poulton, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed, Dec. 30.—Southern Belle, for Kurracheo ; Raby Castle, for Barbadoes ; Express, fur St. Michael's; Zuleika, for Bermuda—all from London. NEW ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—This day the fol owing new acts will take effect :—County Courts Act, Worship Regulation Acf, Factory Act Extension, Agricul tural Gangs Act, Merchant Shipping Act, and Stiles of Reversions Act. THE SUN, •_LOINDUN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1868. EARTHQUAKE IN THE WEST INDIES. Commodore Bissel, of the United States' Navy, has sent the following despatch to Washington, de scribing the effects of the recent earthquake in the West Indies upon the war steamer Monongahela : —" United States' steamship Monongahela, St. Croix, Nov. 21, 1867. Sir,-1 have to state, with deep regret, that the United States' steamship Monongahela, under my command, is now lying on the beach iu front of the town of Frederickstedt, St. Croix, where she was thrown by the most fatal earthquake ever known here. The shock occurred at 3 o'clock p.m. of the 18th instant. Up to that moment the weather was serene, and no indication of a change showed by the barometer, which stood at 30.15. The first indication we had of the earth quake was a violent trembling of the ship, resem bling the blowing off of steam. This lasted some 30 seconds, and immediately afterward the water was observed to be receding rapidly from the beach. In a moment the current was changed, and bore the ship toward the beach, carrying out the entire cable and drawing the bolts from the keelson, without the slightest effect in checking her terrific speed toward the beach. Another anchor was ordered to be let go, but in a few seconds she was in too shoal water for this to avail. When within a few yards of the beach, the reflux of the water checked her speed for a moment, and a light breeze from the land gave me a momentary hope that the jib and foretopmast staysail might pay her head off shore, so that in the reflux of the wave she might reach waters suffi ciently deep to float her, and then be brought up by the other anchor. These sails were immediately set, and she paid off so as to bring her broadside to the beach. When the sea returned, in the form of a wall of water 25ft. or 20ft. high, it carried us over the warehouses into the first street of the town. This wave in receding , took her back towards the beach, and left her nearly perpendicular on the edge of a coral reef, where she. has now keeled over to an angle of 15 degrees. All this was the work of a few moments only, and soon after the waters of the bay subsided into their naturally tranquil state, leaving us high and dry • upon the beach. During her progress toward the beach she struck heavily two or three times. The first lurch carried the rifle gun on the forecastle overboard. Had the ship been carried 10ft. or 15ft. further out she must inevitably have been forced over on her beam-ends, resulting, 1 fear,. in her total destruction, and in the loss of many lives. Pro videntially, only four men were lost. These were in the boats at the time the shock commenced. The boats that were down were all swamped except my gig, which was crushed under the keel, killing my coxswain, a most valuable man. During this terrific scene the officers and men be haved with coolness and subordination. It affords me great pleasure to state that, after a careful ex amination of the position and condition of the ship, I am enabled to report that she has sustained no irreparable damage to her hull. The sternpost is bent, and some 20 feet of her keel partially gone; propeller and shaft uninjured. The lower pintle of the rudder is gone, but.no other damage is sustained by it. No damage is done to her hull more serious than the loss of several sheets of copper torn from her starboard bilge and from her keel. She now lies on the edge of a coral reef, which forms a solid foundation, on which ways may be laid. She can thus be launched in 10 feet of water at 100 feet from the beach. Gentlemen looking at the ship from shore declare that the bottom of the bay was visible where there was before, and is now, 40 fathoms of water. To extricate the ship from her position I respectfully suggest that Mr. J. Hanscom be sent down with suitable material for ways, ready for laying down, and indiarubber camels to buoy her up. 1 think there is no insuperable obstacle to her being put afloat, providing a gang of 10 or 12 good ship carpenters be sent down with the naval constructor, as her boilers and engines appear to have sustained no injury. A valuable ship may thus be saved to the navy, with all her sores and equipments." AUSTRIA. - The following is the full text 6r the Iniperial rescripts addressed by the Emperor of Austria to Baron You Beust and Count Andrassy : " Dear Baron Von Buest,—With the sanction of the law or the Constitution, and, the completion of the compromise between Austria and the countries of my Hungarian Crown on the 21st inst., the period already referred to in my rescript of the 23d June, 1867, has now arrived when, in accordance with the Constitution, your functions as President of the Council of Ministers for the countries represented in the Reichsrath must cease. " Wbile, therefore, I relieve you from your duties as President of the Ministry, I can entirely share the satisfaction with which you must look back upon a period during which you have succeeded by dint of self-sacrificing activity is achieving the settlement of a task the difficulties of which I am fully able to appreciate. " Heartily do I recognise your successful endea vours, and I welcome what has been achieved with the greater satisfaction since you will now be able to dedicate yourself to the still more important tasks before you with undivided activity and devotion. "Consequently you have now to make the requisite preparation that in conformity with Art. 5 of the law of 21st Dec., 1867, relating to the common affairs of all the countries of the Austrian monarchy and the manner in which they are to be arranged, and also in conformity with the Hungarian law on the same subjects, the present Ministries of Foreign Affairs, of War, and of Finance, shall be established as Ministers for the whole empire. At the same time I appoint the former chief of the Ministry of Finance, Frecherr Von Becke, to be the Finance Minister for my whole empire ; and I request you and Lieut.-Field Marshal Von John to continue to conduct as Ministers for the whole empire the offices hitherto entrusted to your charge. "FRANZ JOSEPH. " Vienna, Dec. 24, 1867." " Dear Count Andrassy,—Having on the 21st of this month sanctioned the bill on.the Constitution' for the kingdoms orscountries represented in the Reichsrath, and also on the completion of the com promise between Austria and Hungary, I have re lieved my Chancellor Frei Herr' Von Beust from the Duties of President of the Council'of Ministers hitherto existing, and have directed hiin to take the requisite steps in order that the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, of War, and of Finance should be lestablished as Ministries for the whole e mp i re i n conformity with the article of the Hungarian law relating to the common affairs of all countries of the Austrian empire and the manner of their arrangement, and also in conformity with the law of delegations of Dec. 21, 1867. . . _ "At the same time I have appointed Frecherr von Beck e, hitherto the Minister of Finance; to be my Minister of Finance for the whole empire, and have also directed Baron von Beust and Lieutenant Field Marshal von John to retain as Ministers for the whole empire the offices they have hitherto filled. " While thus acquainting you with these arrange ments 1. take the opportunity, with pleasure, of ex pressing to you my recognition of your successful co-operation in the accomplishment of the compro mise between Hungary and Austria, and for the powerful support you have afforded in the solution of a difficult and important question. " Vienna, Dec. 24, 1867." " FRANZ JOSEPH. PRESENTS TO SUIT EVERY PURPOSE, TASTE, AND :NCR= AT PARKINS AND GOTTO'S.—Photographic Albums a choice of 3,000; despatch boxes, writing cases, dressing eases, travelling bags, envelope cases, blotting books, ink stands, desks, book slides, work boxes, tea caddies, hand bags and reticules, card cases, purses, stationery cabinets, scent bottles, albums for postage stamps, crests, &c.; cigar cases, card baskets, pocket books, electro-gilt and elegantly mounted articles. Bibles, Prayer-books, and Church Ser vices, in every type. Parkins and Gotto, 25, Oxford street. Thousands of the above articles, all perfectly new and fresh, consequent upon a rapid sale.—(ADvx.) COLLISION AT SEA.—The brig Isabella Thurlbeek, of Sunderland, Borrows, master, from Galatz, arrived at Penzance on Saturday evening in a very disabled condition, having been in collision off the Land's-end with a bark, name unknown, which is believed to have sustained oven more serious damage than l'he Isabella Thuribeek. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Dec. 30.—1 n shipping yarns sellers report a much more eheerful market to-day, and a good active business has been done at Tuesday's prices. In home trade yarns there has also been a steady business, but the least attempt to advance prices has checked operations. In cloth, up to yes terday, the depression in prices continued without abatement. The trade here has been so accustomed to find, when the annual stock-taking cif cotton at Liverpool came, a heavy surplus beyond the week to-week returns had given, that to-day they have been taken rather by surprise that there is a defi ciency of 18,030 bales, instead of a surplus. Eigh teen thousand bal.s are not many (a third of a week's consumption) at a time when the cable from New York reperts 98,000 for the last week's r,_- ceipts, against 72,000'" same time last year, and a shipment hither of 73,000 bales, against 32,000 for the same week last year; but still the surprise has had a certain effect. Cotton has advanced ? i d. per lb., and in yarns and cloths sellers have made seri ous attempts to improve values. Manufacturers have shown a decided disposition to withhold their stocks, but it has simply made sales difficult, so that there has only been a limited business. Buyers will not operate at even a shade of advance. At the lowest prices of last week, and which were quoted yesterday, a large business could have been done. The advices from India and China continue dis couraging—indeed, very bad—and it is only at very low rates merchants can be induced to operate. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report of this day's cloth market :—" During the week a fair business was done, especially in goods from stock, but the prices obtained were on the lowest scale. The re ported deficiency in the stock of cotton in this coun try has imparted some steadiness to our market to day, but we do not find buyers much influenced by it, and close with a very limited business." CARDIf, 30th.—'there is no altera.tiou of im portance ‘ to, report t in the demand for steam coal, business being tolerably good, and prospects are of a reassuring character. For a week or two about Christmas time the collieries are as a rule only par tially employed, and this year has been no excep tion from the usual Custom, the result of which has been that in many instances vessels have been de tained, and some inconvenience and loss have neces sarily followed. France, the Mediterranean ports, and the mailpacket stations are taking about an average quantity, the purchases of the mail com panies being slightly on the increase. In the house coal trade, quietness continues to prevail, and the demand from the West of England and Irish mar kets is not such as to keep the collieries in regular employ. The prices obtained are comparatively low, and it is not improbable that the reduction at the ironworks will be followed by a like movement in the coal trade, for it is generally agreed that the proportion between wages and prices is much less at the present time than a few years ago. There is no improvement in the tin-plate trade, and the order-books are rather bare. In all branches of iron manufacture dulness prevails, and the works at Merthyr and Aberdare are indifferently employed. Stocks have not decreased, but it is fully expected that early next year there will be a revival in the trade. LEEDS, 31st.--The closing markets of the year 1867 in the cloth-halls of this town have to-day been quite as active as could be expected, considering the depression which has more or less characterised the trade for the greater part of the year. There was only a limited number of buyers, but fully as many as last Tuesday, and among them were repre sentatives of both Manchester and Yorkshire houses. Thera was rather mor3 inquiry for spring fabrics than yet observed in the public markets, and a hopeful feeling was generally entertained that the dulness of the woollen trade of this district, which has for so long prevailed, is lessening. The goods chiefly in demand to-day were fancy coatings, meltons, and tweeds. The purchases were in several instances only by the way of samples, and therefore were small. No great bulk of any kind of goods changed hands , ; but this is a common feature of the public market, it now becoming more and more the practice of merchants to give orders for goods accoriling to . pattern. There was no marked change in paces, which are now steadier than we lately had to note them, when the prices of colonial wool appeared to be declining to such an extent as was likely to have an effect on the prices of cloth. Wools, too; are steady, but there is not much business doing. ROCHDALE, 30th.—There was a poor attendance of buyers in the flannel market to-day, and the same quietness prevailed as last week. The tone of the market was firm as to prices, and there was a general feeling expressed that trade will improve as soon as stock-taking is over and yearly accounts are balanced. There was little done in Yorkshire goods and wools, and the prices of both are nomi nally the same as last week. CHANGES IN THE LEGISLATURE DURING THE YEAR. - a During the year 1867 20 members of the House of Peers have been removed by death. Their names and ages are as follows :—The Duke of Northum berland, 89 ; the Marquis of Exeter, 71 ; the Earl of Mayo (Irish representative) 70 ; Earl of Moray, 70 ; the Earl of Kingston, 69 ; the Earl of Rosso (Irish representative), 67 ; the Earl of Camper down, 54 ; Earl Pomfret, 42 ; Earl Brownlow, 24 ; the Bishop of Lichfield, 79 ; tho Bishop of Roches ter, 69 ; Lord Fitzhardinge, 7 9 ; Lord King s d own , 73 ; Lord Aveland, 72 ; Lord Colchester, 69 ; Lord Feversham, 69 ; Lord Wrottesley, 69 ; Lord Gray of Gray (Scotch representative), 68 ; Lord Pol warth (Scotch representative), 66 ; Lord Llanover, 64. Of these peerages the earldom of Pomfret and the baronies of Kingsdown and Llanover have be come extinct. On the other hand two new peer ages have been created by the elevation of the Right Hon. Duncan M'Neill and Sir Hugh Cairns, and Lord Rivers became entitled to take his seat on the decease of his nephew, a, minor. The elections to the representative peerages have been those of the Earl of Lauderdale and Lord Elphiustone in Scotland, and the Earl of Annesley and Lord Dunboyne in Ireland. During the y9ar no peer has become en titled to take his seat - ty right of majority, but in 1868 no few than six noble lords' will come of. age, viz.—..the DUke of N'c r ifolk,". December 27 ; the Marquis of Bute, September 12.; the Marquis of Huntley, March 5 ; the Earl of Ellesmere, April 6 ; Earl Ferrers, January 24 ; and the Earl of Ilches ter, September 13. The changes in the Commons may be thus briefly summarised :—At Andover, early in the Session, Sir John Karslake, then re cently appointed Solicitor-General, was elected in the room of Mr. Humphrey, resigned. At Birming ham Mr. Dixon was returned in succession to Mr. Scholefield, who died at the age of 58. At Boston Mr. Parry was elected, vice Mr. Staniland, resigned. At Bradford Mr. M. W. Thompson succeeded Mr. Wickham, who died at the age of 67. At Colchester Mr. E. K. Karslake, Q.C., has taken the place of Mr. Taverner Miller, who resigned through ill health. In Cork county, Mr. Smith Barry was re turned in the room of Mr. G. R. Barry, who died at the age of 41. At Coventry, Mr. Henry Jackson was elected in succession to Mr. Treherne, who died at the age of 64. At Dowupatrick Mr. Keown has replaced Mr. Tier, resigned. Dublin University has had two now members in the year—Mr. Chat terton, now Vice-Chancellor of Ireland, and the Right Hon. R. R. Warren, the present Irish At torney-General. In the representation of Galway borough Mr. George Morris succeeded his brother, the Right Hon. Michael Morris, now a judge in the Irish Court of Common Pleas. In Galway county Viscount .Canning-Burke has taken the seat, previously held by his brother, Lord Dun kellin, who died at the age of 40. In West Glou cestershire Colonel E. A. Somerset was returned vice Sir John Rolt, now Lord Justice of Appeal in Chancery. Iu South Leicestershire, Mr. T. T. Paget has succeeded Mr. C. W. Puke, who died at the age of 75. At Manchester Mr. Jacob Bright is the sitting member in succession to Mr. Edward James, Q C., who died at the age of 60. In Middle sex, Mr. H. Labouchere was returned in the room of Mr. Hanbury, who died at the age of 43. In Rutland Mr. G. Finch succeeded the Ton, Gilbert Heathcote; now Lord Aveland. • In North North amptonshire, Mr. S. Stopford was elected, vice Lord Burghley, now Marquis of Exeter. In North'Salop, Viscount Newport has succeeded the Hon. A. W. Cust, now Earl Brownlow. At Stroud, on the re signation of Mr.Poulett Scrope, the seat w as taken by Mr. Winterbotham. in East Suffolk, t.Mr. Cor rance was returned in succession to Sir 1?.. C. Ker rison, resigned. In Sutherlandshire, Lord Ronald Leverson-Gower succeeded Sir David Dundas, re signed. At Weymouth, Mr. Henry Edwarde. vas elected in the place of Capt. Gridley, resigned. At Thetforl the Lord Advocate of Scotland stieeeeded Mr. A. 11. B tiring, resigned. It the North Riding of Yorkshire the lion. o.ktvins Dancomlnfills the seat previously occupied by the Hon. W. E. Dan combo, now Lor I FevershAm. There are two seats now vacant—Westmoreland, in consequence of the de.ith of Col. the lion. H. C. Lowther, at the age of 77 ; and Kirkcudsright, through the death of Mr. Mackie, at the age of 46. `fhe result of the year's Parliamentary changes has beep that, the Liberals have made a net gain of one seat. They displaced Conservatives at Coventry and in South Leicester, while, on the other hand, a Conservative has succeeded the Hon. G. Heathcote, a moderate Liberal, in the representation of the county of Rutland. The average age of the peers who have died is 66 ; of members of the House of Coin mons, 58. POLICE INTELLIGENGE.—This Day. WESTMINSTER. FORTUNATE DEtECTION OF ROBBERS.—An active looking fellow, who gave the name of William Powsay, was placed at the bar, charged with being found aiding and abetting in the commission of a burglary. James Orr, of 11, Moreton-place, Pimlico, ,said, " I was sitting at a little before..lo, o'clock „last night, in the kitchen down stairs, when I heard "'click," resembling the removal - of= the latch of the 'street door. I suspected that: there Was something wrong, and went up stairs. When I got to the passage I found the street door wide , open, and prisoner stand ing on the steps. He must have seen or heard me, for when I got into the passage he gave a signal to some one, which was answered by another man running out of the front parlour with his arms full of clothes. I gave an alarm and followed the pri soner and the other man, who ran together down a number of streets into Warwick-square, where I charged them with the robbery. The other man escaped. Mr. Arnold—What became of the arm fnll of clothes ? Witness—The man threw them down before they began running. Mr. Arnold—Was the latch of the door left fastened ? Mr. Dunham (the landlord)—lt was. Prisoner—l don't know anything about it. Remanded till Monday. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. NIGHT MARAUDERS. —IV in larn Lee, Alfred Sher wood, Catherine Guinard, and Susannah Cullen were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with loitering in Oxford-street for the purpose of committing a B. Webb, a plain clothes officer of the C saw the prisoners in Oxford-street, and sus pecting them he followed them about for a consi derable time, and watched them, and saw the fe male prisoners stop several gentlemen, the male prisoners being before them and sometimes behind them, and occasionally standing on the opposite side of the way waiting for them, and ready to receive anything from the female prisoners. Sherwood said that he was ou his way home from the Victoria Theatre when he met the prisoners, and was going with them to have a cup of coffee when they were taken into custody. The female prisoners said they met the men, and they were invited to have some coffee, and they were going to have it when they were stopped by the constable. They !icier, spoke to any gentle men. JosePli'Lane, 216 D, said that Lee had been con victed 'Of larceny, and was a constant associate of thieves, 'and walked the streets all night. Several of Lee's companions had been convicted, and he knew Sherwood as a companion of Lee. Lee said he was never locked up in his life. Lane said that Lee had been convicted ten times for assaults on the police, the last time on Monday last, when he was fined 40s. at Marylebone Police court. Patrick Geraghty, 26 D, gave similar evidence to Lane, and said that Lee was the worst character be knew, and was in the habit of prowling about the streets all night with bad characters, trying to fall across drunken men. He had seen Sherwood in custody at Marylebone, and had cautioned the female prisoners several times. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he had no doubt the female prisoners were hunting for drunken men to rob them, and the male prisoners lying in ambush in case their services were required. He should com mit the male prisoners for three months each, and the females for a month each. TIIAMES. DARING BURGLARY AND R 0 nßEßY.—George Ellis, aged 23 years, and Matilda Wright, also called Ellis, 25, describing themselves as hawkers, were brought before Mr. Benson charged with feloniously and burglariously breaking and entering the •dwelling house of Mr. James Nathan Salmon, oil and colour man, of No. 4, Whitehouse-lane, Stepney, and stealing a large quantity of property therefrom. On the afternoon of Thursday last Mr. Salmon locked up his house and pren...ises and left the key with a neighbour. Ho returned at half-past two the following morning and discovered that his house had been forcibly entered, and a large quantity of property stolen, including 12 white aprons, two white flannel shirts, eight linen sheets, 12 cotton shirts, two pairs of calico drawers, 6 pairs of socks, fonr handkerchiefs, two coats, four vests, three pairs of trousers, one jacket, three blankets, four linen sheets, four pillow cases, a counterpane, three window blinds, two tablecloths, and a silver guard-chain--in fact, everything portable had been taken from the prosecutor's dwelling-house: The liedroon window, which the prosecutor httd fas tened inside with two wedges, had been forced open, and there were marks of footsteps out-tide. All the linen in the house was t tken away, a silver chain removed from the mantel-shelf, and every other thing. The thief or thieves, after effecting an entrance, opened the back door from the inside, and their egress was then easy. The prisoners were at once suspected when the police received information of the burglary. Ellis, has been convicted several times, and is a despe rate and daring burglar. Wright has also been in custody, and she has long cohabited with Ellis. James Briden, police-sergeant No. 4 K, and Thos. Venables, police-constable No. 141 K, took the prisoners into custody last night at No. 16, Regent-street, Mile-end. No portion of the stolen property was found upon them. Briden and Venables entered into circumstances of suspicion against the prisoners, and John Richard Lilley, a cabman of No. 17, Friendly-place, White Horse lane, was called, who gave very important evidence. He saw the prisoners near the prosecutor's house on Thursday, and saw them bringing in bundles of property into the dwelling of Ellis's father, a short distance from the oil and colour shop. The female prisoner entered the house of her paramour's father twice, and each time with a bundle. She came from the direction of Mr. Salmon's premises. The officers asked for a remand. _ _ Mr. Benson—Certainly. I shall remand the pri soners until Monday next for inquiries and addi tional evidence!. THE AGRICULTURAL GANG ACT.—This act comes into operation to-morrow. The act prohibits the employ ment of children under eight years of age in agricultural labour, and also enforces a separation of the sexes in field work. Gang masters and gang mistresses are to be licensed, applications for licences at ls. each baing granted at the discretion of two justices of the peace, with right to appeal to the Quarter Sessions in case of the refusal of ap plications. Penalties are prescribed in case of non-com pliance with the act. 121 31 491 9 i 1131 11 ;13i 45, 1151 16j 15 :104 31 / 4 3/ 73 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, PROGRAMME OF THE DONINGTON HUNT MEETING.—Tau itSDAY The Trent Bank Stakes of 5 sovs each, for horses which have been and are now regularly hunted with any esta blished paek.of hounds; list 71b each; thoroughbreds 11th extra; and which have never won any flat race, steeplechase, or hurdle race of the value of 100 sovs including their own stakes (matches excepted); a win ner once 71b, twice 14Ib extra; maidens at staring allowed 51b; gentlemen riders only; about four miles. The Farmers' hunt Cup value 50 sovs ; three year olds. dOst, four list, five list 71b, six and upwards 12st ; half-breds allowed 7lb ; to ha ridden by farmers or their sons, who have never ridd,u for hire, and have been regularly hunted with the Quern, Atherstone, Mr. M. Masters's, or Mr. Tailby's Hounds ; Trent Bank Stakes Course. The Donington Park Hurdl each, 2 ft (to the hrl), miles, over hurdles. 19 su Age st lb Pearl Div.‘r... Moose •1 11 0 Fan ..• 6 10 10 Helen 1 10 10 Beadle Endsloigh Fox holes Ace of Hearts Caprice Skirmish The Ladies' Plate, by subscription of - 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; three year olds lOst 21b, four list, five list 51b, six and aged list 101 b; mares and geldings allowed 51b; winners once 71b, twice 10Ib extra (matches ex cepted), 101 b the extreme penalty ; maidens allowed 51b. Three miles on the flat. 3 RICO Handicap of 5 BOYS with 25 sovs added. Two Ago st lb Stiff ' 6 9 10 Alonitress Dick Turpin a 9 2 Elegance 'Triumpher Heurlys a. 9 1 Wilford Spurgeon 0 Joker 6 8 12 A Steeplechase (Ilandicap) of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, with 40 added, for horses that have been regularly hunted ; gentlemen riders ; those never having ridden the winner in a stake value 100 soya allowed 71b; two miles. A Plate (pony race), by subscription of 1 Bei each, with 15 added, and s'to the second, for ponies of all ages up to 14 hands 3 inches high ; lOst 71b each; weight for inches below that height ; one mile on the fiat. FRIDAY. The Visitors' Plate of 30 sovs, for horses the property of fsrmers or their sons only, which have never won any steeplechase, hurdle race, or flat race of any description ; to be ridden by farmers er their sons only, and who hays never ridden for hire, and which have been regularly hunted ; weights the same as for the Hunt Cup ; the second to receive 5 sovs out of the stakes; Trent Bank Stakes Course. The Willesley Stakes of 3 sous each, with 30 added ; three year olds lOst, four list, five list 71k, six and aged 12st winners of any steeplechase, hurdle race, or flat race (matches excepted) 71b, twice 141 b extra; gentlemen riders, professionals 71b extra; the second to save his stake; four miles. The Danebury Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; thorough breds 141 b extra; weights the same as for the Hunt Cup. One mile and a half on the flat. The Stand Open Selling Steeplechase Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 25 added ; three year olds 11st, four 12st, five 12st 71b, six and upwards 13st ; the winner to be sold for 150 cove; if for 100" sous allowed 71b, 60 141 b 40121 b. Two miles. The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sovs each, with a Cup, value 30 gs, added, for horses that have been regularly hunted; four year olds list, five list 101 b, six and aged 12st; no winner of a flat race allowed to start, or of a steeplechase value 100 sovs; winners of any steeple chase 71b; twice 101 b extra; gentlemen riders, profes sionals 71b extra ; those never having ridden the win ner of a race value 100 sovs allowed 71b. Two miles and a half, on the flat. _ _ _ The Donington Hunt Open Steeplechase Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, 3 only if declared one week before the day of running, with 100 added ; the second to save his stake; winners after Dec. 20 (at nine a.m.) once 51b, twice 101 b extra, 101 b the extreme penalty; about four miles; 22 subs. Age st Benazet a 12 7 Sir Bobby ... a 12 3 Fan 6 11 9 Sprite a 11 7 Lisbryan a 11 6 Forest Lass (h b)... a 11 4 Tally-ho a 11 4 Mouse ... a 11 -2 Northern Light ... a 11 2 Gurus..all 0 Spatcheock a 11 0 Age st lb Bridegroom ... a 11 0 Colleen ... a 10 12 Badminton ... 6 10 12 Lady Newark ... alO 12 The Lamb... 6 10 7 Imogene ... a 10 7 Meerschaum a 10 3 o.tpt. Crosstree a 10 0 Kiug Arthur ... a 10 0 Atalanta ... 6 10 0 Arundel . , ... 4 (pd) IUCINU FIXTURES'FOR 1868. JANITStiY. MAnchoster.. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring I Nottingham Spring .... 25 Harrow - 20 , Dortry "M.A.RCII. Liverpool Spring M.... 3 ltlargat, " ' - ' 4 23 Chelmsford Spring M. 10 Epsoui Spring Touting.. 21. Shrewsbury Spring . ... 10 Croxtou Park West Drayton l2 Northampton Warwick Spring AP. Northampton (continued) 1 ' Bromley Aldershot Durham Hendon l3 Newcastle Spring Newmarket Craven RIL. Knighton l4 Abergavenny Catterick Lewes Spring Thirsk Curragh April 2l Newmarket Ist spring 27 AY. Newmarket Ist Spring (continued) Chester 5 Winchester York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury l4 Bath Croydon Ist Summer Harpenden Epsom Summer West Drayton Croydon 2d Summer 2 Ascot Summer 9 Windsor Summer Newton IHampton Bibury Club 23 Curragh June Stockbridge I Alexandra Park 3O LY. Alexandra Park (con.) 1 Chelmsford Worcester Summer 2 Carlisle Newmarket July 7 Reading Oldham l6 Liverpool Stamford Huntingdon 2l Nottingham July Southampton Goodwood AUG Brighton Brighton Club Lewos Summor Wolvarhampton l 7l I Stockton Plymouth Windsor Egham Hastings SEPTI Warwick September 1 Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster September 8 Richmond Kelso l5 Hampton Autumn l5 OCT( Rol al Caledonian Hunt and Ayr (continued)... 1 Bedford 1 Bromley Newmarket 2d October 5 NOVI Shrewsbury Autumn Leamington and War STEEPL J ANUA Manchester Hopgrove (York) 1 Donlogton Hunt FEBR . Carmarthen Birmingham 11,12 Lincoln l9 Harrow 2O Boston MA. Liverpool Spring 3 Shrewsbury Spring-- 10 Grand Military l6, 17 War wick l7 C bertsey 2O Grant National Hunt (Bedford) 2 Roy.Artillery(Woolwich) 3 Bromley Aldershot 13 Hendon York August Oxford Scarborough • 24 Derby Summer Canterbury Weymouth Lichfield Tunbridge Margate 3l IMBER. Hendon l7 Monmouth .. l7 Newmarket Ist Octobar 22 West Drayton 29 Royal Caledonian Hunt and Ayr 3O Chelmsford Autumn l3 Cheltenham l3 Ealing Newmarket Houghton J 9 Worcester 'UBE I UST. BER. -ickehiro 11tmt...... 17 rOIIASES. tY, 1868. Reading Monmouth Hunt lu ARY. Windsor Grand Military and Open . Derby Spring Baschurch 2B EtCH. Margate 23 West Somerset 24 Cheltenham ... ... ..••• 26 Southdown Hunt Cambridge lIL. Knighton Abergavenny ' 16 Hambledon Kildare Hunt , l6 Croydon Spring Rothbury OCTOBER. Bromley ..................... 1 I Ealing l5 DECEMBER. St. Albans 1 I ' Ealing Kingsbury 8 SUNDAY AT THE CRYSTAL PAL ACE.—Th e ballot on the amendment moved by Mr. Lidiard at the recent general meeting of the Crystal Palac-3 Company, viz.— " That no free admissions be granted to admit non-share holders to the Palace and grounds on Sundays," was taken at the Palace yesterday. The result was as follows :—lu favour of the amendment, 289 voters, 20,087 votes ; against the amendment, 255 voters, 4,853 votes—majority for the amendment, 34 voters, 15,234 votes. TECIINICAL EDUCATION. —The annual distribu tion of prizes awarded to pupils in the Leeds School of Art took place in the Mechanics' Institution in that town on Monday night, under the presidency of Mr Baines, .M.P. In addressing the audience the chairman spoke upon the comparative deficiency of technical education, and advocated the establishment of schools for art and scientific instruction, with a view to their application to manufactures in the large centres of popu lation, and the provision of a central college in the metropolis. 131.ARKETS—(2his Day.) MIRK LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of wheat from Essex and Kent wore very limited, and the quality of the samples was generally inferior. Fine parcels met a ready sale, at fully Monday's advance in the quotations, but inferior sorts were.neglected. In foreign wheat, of which the show was es'ensive, a fair business was transacted at Very fair prices. Barley was in steady request at late rates for both malting and grinding qualilics. There Was vary little inquiry fir any kind of pro:ince afloat, and valuL,.s we•re rather easior. Tito nrdt tn►do was dull at drooping curroLcies. There was a large quantity 0.1 salt•. oAts wero in plentiful styply, and good sound cora sjld ,teeth t} at Minday's cuireucies. Maize was held for extreme rates. Beans wt ro steady on former terms.. For peas there was very littlo iuqury, but tho quota tions were unaltered. Linseed cud raly!seed were dull and droopin g . New eleverseed cerninaoded little attoutioa. 12n:foils and taros ;old ou former terms. The flour trade was heavy, but uo change took place is he value of any descript on. ARRITALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 690 31 1,380 50 1,210 Irish Foreign 9,520 1,150 33,160 100 sks. Maize, qrs 2,810 brla COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES Of GRAIN. For the week ending Dec.. For the corresponding . week 28, 1867. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 49,929-67s 4d', Wheat 57,145-60s Od Barley 80,742-41 s 9d Barley 53,467-44s Od Oats 10,459-253 3d Oats WHITEGHAPEL. Beef Mutton 3 2 tot 8 Pork Per 81b by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The demand for all descriptions continues very inactive, and prices are altogether nominaL A slight increase is reported to have taken place in values on the Continent, but the inquiry is not active Mid and East Keats £6 15s to £lO lOs per cwt. Weald of Kent 11 Sussex... 6 Os to 6 15s If Farnham BOs to 10 Os 71 Bavarian 4 lOs to 7 Os, Belgians 3 15s. to 4 15s „ Yearlings THE VIC 2 ORIA CROSS. (From he Gazette of last Evening.) WAR-OFFICE, Dec. 31. The Queen has been pleased to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the under mentioned Officers, whose claims to the same have been submitted for her Majesty's approval, for their gallant conduct in Bhootan, as recorded against their names, viz.: - Royal (late Bengal) Engineers—Major William Spottis woods Trevor and Lieutenant James Dundas, for their gallant conduct at the attack on the Block-house at Dewaa- Girl, in Bhootan, on the 30th of April, 1865. Major-Gen. Tombs, C. 8., V.C., the officer in command at the time re ports that a party of the enemy, from 180 to 200 in number, had barricaded themselves in the Block-house in question, which they continued to defend after the rest of the position had been carried, and the main body was in retreat. The Block-house, which was loop-holed, was the key of the enemy's position. Seeing no officer of the storming party near him, and being anxious that the place should be taken immediately, as any protracted resistance might have caused the main body of the Bhooteas to rally, the British force having been fighting in a broiling sun on very stoop and difficult ground for upwards of three hours, the General in command ordered these two officers to show the way into the Block-house. They had to climb up a wall which was I.4ft high, and then to enter a house, occupied by some 200 desperate men, head foremost through an opening not more than two foot wide between. the top of the wall and the roof of the Block-house Major-General Tombs states that on speaking to the Sikh soldiers around him, and tolling them in Hindoosiani to swarm up the wall, none of them responded to the call, until these two officers had shown them the way, when they followed with the greatest alacrity. Both of them were wow:Lied. LONDON GAL f rE.-LAST EVE NIITCk. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Dix. 9. 'The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Harvey Hayward, Esq., now British Vice4.)onsul at Madeira, to be her llajosty's Consul in the Island of Madeiri. Dix. 28, . , The Queen Ins been pleased to. apprOVe of Dou Manuel Zaniniit as Consul in the Island of Malta for her Majesty the Queen ut Spain. The Queen has also b3en pleased to approve of Sonor Ralph Nunez as Consul in the Island of Jamaica fur :,he United States of Venezuela. ST. JAIIES'S PALACE, DEC. 31E The Queen has been pleased to appoint Mr. Peter Wyatt Squire to be Ohemist and Druggist upon the Establish ment in Ordinary to her Majesty, jointly with his father, Mr. Peter Squire. COURSE OF EXOHANLiE.--Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18k Ditto 3 Months.l2 11 19 12 1 12 1 25 40 25 40 13 101 25 20: 1 25 35; 25 35 Rotterdam Antwerp Brussels Hamburg Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine Vienna 12 O 2f: 35 - 25 35 13 91 Short 25 12fr 3 Months. 25 3U 25 30 120 f 12 4U 120 f 12 45 12 45 Trieste Petersburgn Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa 12 40 31i 6 26i 48i 48f . 28 8c 28 85 28 8i: Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto .. 28 85 28 85 28 85 Foreign fait Packot List. ;MAILS DUE._ 32} 6 27 29 OA 29 U 29 0 29 0 29 1 0 29 0 511 51f Australia and Ncw Zealand, vts t a oathanaptoa......Tan. Ditto, via Marseilles .........jaa. 13. Ditto, via Panama . .8. flazii, BawlJo A.yres, and Aoate Video Jaa 5 Ditto, by frenon paokot :Jape Verda. by Brazil paolLot ayr: of Good five. Aazansion. and ,t. thdena ...Jan. 7 >Dna, Penang, and iiug spore, via Sonthampt.m.. Jan. 3 Ditto, via tdaratllles „ ..• • Jaa. 11 Paklaud Islands.. dibraltar, via Southa:n.ptGa . Jan. 5. Jan. India.via Southampton Dltto,vls Marseil es Jan 3 Halts, 6gypt, ,t 3. Dita: Marseilles 14n. 7 Hauritius, Cape of Wad II :dud Natal. via, Soutliampton :Jart.l.l DM), Mar Lei lee J •tn. 13 Newfoundla La . Jan. 13 rJrtu,;al 5 Ditto, by pr 10 ship to OporLo Ditto i .tto to Lisbon United States, antda, California, &c., by British packet ...... Jaa. 9 Ditto, by L r ited .tates packet Ditto ditto (New York) Ditto ditto Nt.w York) Ditto ditty ( Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian p.lcket West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 3 West Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha- Jan. )3. ...Jetn. 2 i. mug) . Cub .+ and Mexico B ahamas, via New York Jan. S. Bermuda, via Halifax We understand that Mr. George Lawson has been appointed private secretary to Sir H. K. Storks, the new Controller-in-Chief at the War-office, and that Mr. Francis Grantham Faithfull will succeed Mr. Lawson as assistant private secretary to Sir John Pakington, the Secre•ary of State for War. CHANCERY REFORMS.—At the Chambers of Vice- Chancellor Malius yesterday Mr. Buckley, the chief clerk, disposed of some CO applications for time to answer, tima to complete evidence, &c. The summonses were necessi tated by the time expiring in the recess. It has been suggested that a general order would prevent the present inconvenience and expense by carrying on the short vaca tions to the period of the sittings of the Chambers of rack Court, and not allowing the time to lapse iu the recess. The cases wore yesterday printed—a course adopted at the Rolls' Chambers, and, if duly carried out at all the Cham bers, would be a real Chancery reform to the profession. A CHILD STAIIVe.D TO DEATH.—On Saturday morning a man found a child, named Emily Mellor, three years of age, the daughter of a signalman, lying on the ground frozen and dead, about a mile and a half from Dewsbury. The poor child had been missing since the morning of Christmas Day. MR. TENNYSON.—It may be interesting to many of Mr. Tennyson's friends and others to know that the reports about his leaving the Isle of Wight as a permanent residence are erroneous. Ho would do so on no account, but intends to spend winter and other times at Farring ford, and to seek his newly-erected house " for a change," RS we say. A telegram to the following effect has this day been received front Queenstown, Ireland :—" Her Ma jesty's ship Columbine arrived last night from the Pacific Station, having pat into this port for coal."—Admiralty, leatinuary, 1.868. too tut{ 20i 10 too et 190 100 100 11.0 100 100 , SSK 100 100 all 100 100 100 1100 15* 100 10u 981 9 I(2k ~,}t. J