The Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-07 00:00:00

. - • • . • - . 1 • .. . . . . ._._ .... . . . , GENERAL FREIGHTS. a. d. s. d. 'CORN ' AARkETS.—PRESTON : The trade has \ , Conurarrial Salm . Liverpool to Aden ... -, , ~ Hong Kong ... „ ....,„. ••50oto 0 .0 been 'quiet all week, with prices for all articles, about as t THIS DAY. Ditto fm Wales. (nominal) ', 55 '0 Ms '0 te before. An average supply of farmers' Wheat at the Chusan This Day (Monday), the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the ~ Ceylon: Iron •• • •• (hdthinsil) 40 '0 to 0 0 Corn Exchange this morning. Best , samples "gala Brokers' Office, Exchange-alley North, Chapel-street, „ Bosuisassz Quits • • • • -2C 0t033 0 steadily at former prices ; coarse clifficukt to sell. Vlonr, 250 Barrels ROSIN, 'Ditto from Wales • •• 0 0 to 0 0 ex Paxton, from Charleston : Viotoria Dock. Apply to Messrs, iron from the okyde ... 35 oto 0 0 Oats, and Beans as Wore. Oatmeal fatly as 'dear.--- Jolla S. de Wolf and Co., Merchants; or to „ - 14stez . 43 oto 0 0 THOMAS SILL. Broker. ,p Sydney or £3 12a td register ton. CARLISLE; We had i 4 raoti supply 'of all kinds . of Melbourne grain at utkr market this morning. Ptices Wetk - ; aup On account of whom it may concsrn.—By oraer of the „ King Geor g e ' s Sound, Australia... 40 oto 0 0 33 0 to 0 0 Mem,' Deck Estate. „ Singapore This Day (Monday), the 7th instant, at One o'clock, at the Ditto from Wales Brokers' Saleroom, 111, Chapel-street, „ Galle About 30 Tons RAILWAY IRON SLEEPERS, „ Shanghai 53 oto 0 0 11Ss'i Barley, 16s 6d to 10s 8d ; &re, 14s to 'lss 6c1.-= lying in the Waterloo Wreck Shed , Open for inspection en Ditto from Wales 57 6to 0 0 ThROGREDA , : There was. a small attendance and a poor 14aturday, and the morning of the sale. For Ilirther portico- ~ Calcutta: Salt without consignment 40 oto 0 0 lass apply to DANIEL C. BUCHANAN & CO., Brokers, Ditto with ditto 42 Gto 0 0 supply at market to-day, and no alteration to report ex (Who have room for an Apprentice.) f f Ditto with Locomotives 47 6& 5 prct. ce pt i n O a t s , w hi c h d ec li ne d 6d per barrel on the week. „ Calcutta : Iron, Engines, &c. 42 6to 6 0 ~ This Day (Monday), the 7th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the Commercial Salesman, Temple-court, ~ Ditto, Coals Ascension, from Wales 485 Large Boxes St. Michael's ORANGES, 28 0 to 0 0 ~ ' Madras Ellen. 32s ; White Oats, 15s to 16s 3d; Black Oats, 13 s 6 d to 31 Small „ Of Ditto front Wales .O otu 0 0 14s 6d ; Barley, 118 s to ns.—NEWCAsTLE: The show of Ex Kurrachee, from Wales..„, 93 Cases Messina LEMONS, ex Frankfort. . „ Fernando Po, from Wales 3O 0 to 0 0 50 Boxes Lisbon ONIONS, Wheat tilger and in as goacoridition as we have „ St. Paul de Loando „ 44 Half Chests Port „ Callao, from Wales 35 0 to 0 0 Apply to JAMES ADAM, SON, & CO., Brokers. Valparaiso direct, from Wales 32 6to 0 0 Drifts' of this day week. Coast and foreign Wheat was BO = - • ~ Woosung (nominal) 75 Francs, held firmly at full prices, but the business was only TO-MORROW. r, from 'Wales (nominal) SO Franc ss . Liverpool to Madras; Lon, &e., 40s; Clyde, 42s 6d. moderate. Flour was firm at last week's prices. Malt- Te-morrow (Tuesday), the Bth inst., at Half-past One o'clock. Do. Coals, 33s ing Barley was in fair *demand, and late rates filly sap at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, Do. from Wales 375, American CHEESE, BUTTER, BACON, and HAMS. Liverpool to Valparaiso for orders, to tii.se.harge there or at a ported... • Oats *ere in, quiet demand, bat pekes . steady Apply to WILLIAM GARDNER & CO., Itrokers. Port riot North of Callao, , ts 15d small ships; Beans and Peas quiets —DON'eAstEP.;: The supply Was Swansea to ditt 40. To-Morrow (Tuesday), the Bth inst., at Half-past One o'clock. Tyne to Callao, Coke 50s, Coals 30s ad. - ; moderate of Wheat, and. the 'kat samples sold briskly at the Commercial Saleroom, Temple-court, ' Liverpool to New York, Coals, full cargoes, Ss and per cent., at full prices; for other qualities the 'demand was slow, 300 Firkins American BUTTER, nominal. Together with American CHEESE, HAMS, and BACON. „ Moulinain, 90s, Teak to U.K. ; 0r £72 4 6d on and some rordon remained unsold. Fine Barley was Apply to J. MARQUIS & CO., Brokers. the roand, nominal. fully as dear; grinding not plentiful. Oats and Beaus Akyab, option of Rangoon, Bassein, or Moulmein, to U. K. To-morrow (Tuesday), Bth inst., at Half-past Twelve o'clock, 65s Od, or option of Continent, at the Brokers' O ffi ce, 2, Dale-street, 67a Gd tt , Ts 's , linchanged. nominal. 1,t,00 Bags Bombay LINsEED, CATTLE MARKET. DON TASTER:: 'heir 'was a Calcutta to Liverpool or London, 60s Od. moo , Guzerat RAPESEED. . thin show of Beasts, and flo Sheep. NO tth 'Cows sold Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER. & CO., Brokers. Guano from Chiochas to U. K. or Coottnent, 6,3 s for ships under 900 tons • to Martrithis, 655. at 114 to 118 each. There Was a better supply of Pigs, WEDNESDAY. Bombay to Liverpool or London, ' sos. .; Continent, 555. ; Me di- w terranean, 608 (small skips only). which met a slyly sale for anal kinds, 'at late rates; Pork, • is to 7s Od per stone, . On wedneauly next, the oth instant, at the Broker's Office , We are indebted to Messrs. Taylor, Tipper, and Co., BELFAST , PORK:—There were 390 Pigs it Inalket 32, Exchange-street East, 21 Packs, about 3i Tons, BEESWAX, for the following rates of freight to the United States:— to - day, and prices ranged from as to &Ss 'fid. just landed ex Braganza. Apply to -- New York. Philadelphia ' HENRY GLYNN, Broker. Boston. 3 i-- - s. On Wednesday next, the 9th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. d. S. d. -I)ipvin gatt ,ligence. the Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, Pig Iron, Bare, 112 6... 0 0 5 0... 0 0 0 0 ...15 6 - —- . 375 Bags MYRABOLAMS, Rails, &c.... _..... Wind yesterdays Is. ; 'at Holyhead. B. S.E. ' , 375 Bundles TURMERIC, Chemicals and 8.50 Bags MADDER ROOTS, Fine Iron 0 0...15 0 8 0— 0 0 0 0...1S 0 I ARRIVED. . . 88 „ TINCAL. Salt nominal. nominal. 'nominal. Jan. 4. 15Middlesex .., rely York Sharon, Smith Mobile I . 67 Cases BEES WAX, Dry Goods lO 0 ... 13 0 10 0...17 6 0 .„20 0I E.Z, . Hodges ........New York Progress,; Kirkove St tbes Richard HI New York) ~ M. 0. P. SHELLS Hardware l2 6_ 0 0 0 0...12 6 , 211 o— 0 0 5 „ COLA SHELLS. • Earthenware 0 0... 6 6 0 0... 40 • A 0... 9 0 Rock Light, Hartley _Mobile sk Martin, StewartsFernionbuco ; Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. Passengers £3 15e lid .63 5s toR3 t ski £3 10,' tof.3 15s Jan. 5. Aracan Selkirk Prince of Wales, Morse, -- New oirreoct3 I Gross. Gross. Gross Baltimore. Charleston. New Orleans. Calcutta Norval, Pri de 'Carintile, Elmetsoss, THURSDAY.HaIifax St John, NF Azelea, Wakehairt ....Messina ' Eistracth, Meyer Nantes On Thursday next, the 10th instant, at Ono o'clock, at the a. 'd. a. d. s. d. a. d. s, d. s. d. Sam • Slick Roberta, Western Empire, Soule, ' Brokers' Office, 2, Dale-street, Pig Iron, Bars, I 0 o_ll' 6 15 0... 0 0 0 0...20 0 . St Mttlf - Sci's ; • ! New Orleans 1,500 Bales JUTE. ]talk, stc .... t 0 0...20 0 0 0...17 6' 0 0...H1 0 Wild Ware , 'Costis, Linwood, Penny ...New York Apply to BROWNE, HUNTER, & CO., Brokers. Chemicals and 1 St Michael's Mary;Stone St John, NB Fine Iron . ... ProVtiCritt, - llecock, • ', Abeona St Michael's On Thursday next. the 10th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at the 'Salt .......... ....... nominal. nominal. ; nominal. ' st Michael's i Jan. 6. ' 1 Brokers' Office, Liverpool and London Chambers, Dry Goods. 2O 0... 0 0 0 0...20 0' 12 6... 0 0 • Boadicea, Burwell, IJ C Boynton, Thebbald, 92 Bales American MOSS, Hardwaic 2O 0... 0 0 0 0 ..20 0 ' 0 0,„Ll ' t St Michael's I Sstvannali i now landing ex Excelsior, trem New York. Princes Dock. Earthenware 0 0...10 0 0 0 ... 6 6 0 0.. , 1 0 Ida, Bird Taganrog I Ida Lilly, Sterns ....Charleston Apply to JEFFERSON & TAYLOR, Brokers. Passengers ES Os £5 Os. 04s to £3 lOs i Turia (ss) Barcelona I Clementine, Midler, Santander 1 LIVERPOOL RAG SALES. 1 Nominal. Nominal.. I Gross. Preint.,r, Stevens ~ Barcelona 1 On Thursday next, the 10th Instant, at Two o'clock, at the --- ' ' SAILED. ~ LIVERPOOL RAG SALES. On Thursday next, the 10th Instant, at Two o'clock, at the Brokers' Saleroom. Colonial-buildings, 36, Dale-street, 2.57 Bales Egyptian Cotton RAGS, 4 ~ Italian 99 99 238 „ Bombay „ ~ 1 „ Whito Woollen „ liibe nub. Xrattr "gariat. t Comlttotkise, t &aka, New York Men, !Alter BarcalOna Tan 4. if CoMirtirt,Brdivn Barcelona Adelina, Trenjo: •:'.Miles I Look Out, Twentyman, Emulazione, Esposita....Naples Valparaiso Sicilian (ss),WaleetrAm, Genoa Matilda, Connor ..:Charleston Bontarsanct, Thompson, I Henrietta GreZdon,Riortui%ito Charleston Asia (a), tam; New York Abakaaarrea, Zabano,Matanzas Atlas (ssh Dub)ains Ma.ta Jan. 5. Jan. 6. James Nesmith, Watts, C 'Duncan, Otis... Savannah Now Okie,:ala'S Menzies, lago Rangoon fORED , N PORTS. Gibson Gratig, !tom Bepoor at Bombay Banos li, hence at Rio Janeiro Wade, and Polly, both hence at Rio Gran . Morro (as), hence at St Vincent, and lei': fok• Valliaraiso Fanny, Louisa, and Mary Elilatrettt, al_ 'hence at St Michaels Glendower, Cameronianotod Si‘tiddn, all hence at Bombay Victor and Albert, from Reft'bay at Kurrachee General Hewitt, Eltorald, Miriam, and Ellen, all from Aden at Bombay • Cervantes (bS), Tono, hence at Barcelona Il4atitaret Mitchell, from Galle at Bombay Bedouin, hence at l3eyrout William Brown, from Mauritius at Moulmein It Henderson, and Persia,both from NOV ZettiOnd A 16 babay Cataraqui, from Singapore at Rangoon Olympus (as), hence at Malta, and left tir.Byra - Salweeri,from Rangoon at Moutrdein Inkerman, Crescent City, oh& Sultana, all from Calcutta at Bombay • Bceotia (se), tt'etY. itt Beyrout, and left for Alexandria Dake,of Inlakoff, and Progress, both from Singapore at Moulretirk it Morrison, from Adelaide at Bombay • . Orontes (ss), hence at :Malta, and left for Alnandria Georgetta, and Barizza, both &nee at Malta Araxes (as), Crimean (ss), and •Pactolus (so)y from -Almon"- dria at Malta, and'all cleared for Liverpool Prophete, hence at Cette Tre Fratelli, hence at Genoa Heels (Ns), Itotn Smyrna at Mhltai,`aniil cleared for Liverpool Barbara, and Ivor, both lten'ee at St iiiichael's Gresa, hence at MeMel • Jam 2. Old England. Drlon% Savtinnah (From Messrs. G. P. Martin 4. Co.'s Circular) With respect to the past and present position of the Hide and Leather Market, the year 1860 will ever be memorable in the annals of the trade. In July there occurred a chain of commercial failures, which, on investigation, proved to be the result of the most reckless trading; showing some large firms to have been carrying on business to an enormous extent on false and illegitimate principles. The worst is now over, and we are glad to see that many firms who suffered severely have, with their usual punctuality, met their en gagements, and preserved that name and position that has always characterised the trade, proving the tanning trade of the country to have been generally sound and profitable. The Leather market for some time has not been very brisk, but this may partly be accounted for by the large sales of bankrupt stook; however, we think that agood business, remunerative to the manufacturer, will be done during the present year, there being very little probability of our having any large imports of French Leather. With regard to the future prospects of Salted Hides, the market is now firm, and a very steady business doing, taking into consideration that tanners have been putting but few Hides into work the last few months; we think that present prices will be maintained for same time, but a great deal will depend upon the slaughter in the River Plate, and the Continental demand. 500 Apply to MALCOLM GREAME & BILBROUGH. Brokers. NEXT WEEK. On Friday, the 18th instant, at the Brokers' Saleroom, Dale-street, 1,500 Bales East India, Buenos Ayres, and other WOOL. Apply to JOHN L. BOWES & BROTHER, Wool Brokers. @u ,Sair. ON SALE, PATAGONIAN GUANO. JOHN DAVIER, 8, Lancaster -buildings. Apply to ELLIS & CO.'S ASPHALTE ROOFING FELT, HAIR BOILER FELT, SHIP SHEATHING FELT, SUPERIOR PORTLAND CEMENT, SOLD VIIIOLESALIL AND RETAIL, 14. STRAND-STREET, LIVERPOOL. ON SALE, SEVERAL PARCELS OF SUPERIOR SHERRY WINE, TN WOOD ♦ND BOTTLI, WHICH WE CAN CONFIDENTLY RECOMMEND. HENRY BROTHERS & CO., Foreign Wine Merchants, 7, Dale-street. NIXON'S DUFFRYN SOUTH WALES STEAM COAL. SHIPPED T CARDIFF FOR LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENHEAD. These COALS are worked from the deep Duffryn Colliery, and exclusively from the celebrated .Seam known as the •' Upper Four Feet." One uniform and unmixed quality is thus secured. They are on the English and French Government Lists, and are supplied to the Peninsular and Oriental, Royal Mail, Cunard, Pacific, Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia, Oalway, and other Steam Companies.—Apply to TOWNLEY & MARTIN, 3, India-buildings. OUTPORTS. North Bit i teli (ss), from Portland at Derry. ueenstown, Jan. 6.—Arrived Grace, from Minititlan and 'Savannah ; Columbus. New York i Ausker, Alexandria Tre Broder, Mauritius; Victoria Regia, and Queen 'of England . , Callao; Fortuna, Galvestonfor Liverperol, windtionlid; Fild menta, and Barome, Marianople; { Croisde Mcdor, Oiestonn; Graces, Akyab ; Kelpie, Brass River Air iAirerpool, wind bound ; First Louis Witgenstein,,Pfsagna for Leith ; Albion, Cardiff for Baltimore; Argyle, St John, NF. Wind, S.E. AtAßlTtlff EXTRACTS. LIVERPOOL January 6. The Asia ( s, Lott . sailed from this port, for LIVERPOOL, York, on Saturday., With about £330,000. Ihe Trafalgar (s), from Dublin, ran on Burbo Bank on Saturday morning, and remains ; assistance has been sent to her. (From Messrs. Kt . pling 4- Borneo's Mailar.) In entering upon the present year, there are many circumstances which lead us to think it will be a satisfactory one. The stocks of Leather on hand, particularly of the best descriptions, are by no means heavy, and the diminished manufacture during the last six months, owing to so many tanners having ceased working in Hides, must shortly have some effect on' prices; this parti cularly refers to Butts made from heavy South American Hides. The present quotations for this class of pelt leave the tanner but a very small margin of profit, and no doubt they will purchase as sparingly as possible ; if they pursue this course, they will soon bring Hides and Leather into relative value. We do not see any reason why the consumption of Leather during the pre sent year should not be fully an average, and with restored confidence we look forward to a satisfactory trade. The Prince of Wales, from New Orleans, arriVed here, reports—Dec. 10, in lat. 40, lon. 48, experienced tt terrific hur- ricaxe; from N.N.W., lost bowsprit, foretopthast, main and misen tepgallantmaats, and sprung foremast. The Kate Cleather, from London for Liverpool, at 'Falmouth with sails split. The Chamois, front Catlin for London, at Falinotith with loss of bulwarks, atanchioris, and chain plates: The Truth, loam Antiverp for SantandeiN at Fowey with part of sails split, and other slight damage. The Fortunate has been towed into Sligo, by the Sligo (s). Queenstown, Jan. 6.; The First Louis Wittgenstein, from Pisagua for Leith, put in here with d ec k s s w e pt, l os s of sails, &c. The Albion, from Cardiff for Baltimore, put in l ea ky.— .3 p.m. A large two-masted steamer has .litst passed up the *Channel 'from westward. The Grate-, from Minititlan and Savannah, put in with loss of India, bulwarks, &c. Bombay, Dec. 12 : The Typhoon has been hauled into dock, and the whole of the raidship portion of the main keel found completely shattered from striking near the Skerries, on her passage from —; the damaged portion of the keel has beeh taken out and new fitted ; the bottom has also been stripped, caulked, and re-metalled. The Spirit of the Tants has arrived from China leaky, and must be docked. Cherbourg, Jan. 4 : The AnAlor, froth Manilla for London, is reported wrecked between Jersey and Portbail ; no particu lars known. Jersey t The report krbrn Cherbourg, relative to the loss of the Amoor, is supposed to be incorrect. The It, JaaohS, Robinson, from New toi:k for Liverpool, sprang ft leak in a hurricane Dec. 10, ailid *as abandoned next day in lat. 43, lon. 44, in a sinking state ; crew taken off by the Carnatic, arrived here. The Golconda, l of Sivantea, from Cuba,was on shore Nov. 2s, on Selina Point, Crooked Island Passage, with about twenty and two hAndi•edivreckers around her; it was expected that she wo•afti be got off next evening. ftngoon, Nov. 19: The Amethyst, of Glasgow, from Point tie Galle with coals, is stranded on the Eastern Sands, and it is feared has received considerable damage, but is expected to be got off these springs. The Caroline, from Liverpool, is coming up the river with six feet water in her hold, having grounded about the entrance to the river. The Orion, hence fcir Buenos Ayrea, has put back, after being aground on Arklow Bank. Havre, Jan. 3: The Ohio, ilem NeW York for Liverpool,was spoken Dec. 12, in lat. 43, ion. 42, with head of rudder broken, sundry other damage, and part of cargo thrown overboard, having expelienced much bad weather, but did not require assistance, by the Amity, arrived here. LONDON, SISURDAY EVENING. In the LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE to-day Consols opened very heavy, but afterwards became steady and closed firm in tone. Little or no business was done. The Bank return was more unfavourable than expected. British Railway Shares opened fiat, and declined 4- per cent. upon the highest prices of yesterday, but there was no particular pressure of Shares ; the market closed steady and firm, and in some instances prices im proved upon the lower rates of the morning. Canadas were flat. The market closed at the following prices : THE FUNDS. Consols Money „ Account (Dec.) . . . exchequer Bills 4 dis par Bank Stock Three per Cents, RAILWAYS. Arerrgate, Not., & East, durretion 81 Caledonians 993 Chester and Holyhead s3i Eastern Counties East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow . . . Great Northern „ A. Great Western% 74. tireat Western of Canada . . .10 15-16 11 1-16 Grand Trunk of Canada . . . . 231, Great Southern & Western . . . 11l 13 Lancashire & Yorkshire .. . 119 i k Lombardo -Venetian London & North-Western . London & S ou th-W es t ern . . Lewis imNyooai drrnictleh:lNNendsoretsire:trtilco Newcastle, th n l ee,ff . Lincolnshire 18 5 6 0 38 5 5 75 1 6 61 South-Eastern t k h a N ts o t e r r: M Bc i l: sla l n 'e d er"" . ek . •. The following appeared in our 1 1 a 90 t 66 e i r editions of In Saturday rn : i; consols rose per cent. Lat e i n th e however, a sudden relapse occurred, owi ng t o afternoon, a rumour that an Indian Government loan of £3,000,000 will probably be announced int t. a few days; the funds thereupon left off a w t as a n r o e t duc ion . of -4 per cent. The active.de man d for No moneybu s ti e n l g ow asg e yet still n'e,s s was done pre r a lc v e mini mum.been The due on t i‘ h r e ett 4 s th ci a ty pp df ea r r tic t l o e. satisfactorily v - vas a fair demand for money at the Bank, but 'there no Part,acular pressure, although it was th e 4t h of the in°rt,ti. In the discount market the tendency seemed tiAvards confidence. The English funds improved in the morning, but relapsed in the afternoon, and after regular hours a further tendency to depression was manifested. There were no gold operations at the Bank. In the foreign exchanges the rates on Amsterdam and Hamburg were a shade lower, and that on Paris slightly higher than last post; the principal change, however, is a rise of about 3 per cent. in the quotations for Vienna and Trieste, the movement being adverse to the Austrian currency. Not much doing in the railway market. The traffic return for the United Kingdom, for the week ending December 29th, shows an increase of £l7,B3s.—Times City Article. The rates for money on the continent continue much lower than in England. In Paris, although the Bank rate is 53 per cent., there is a good supply at 5 per cent. At Brussels it has just been raised to 4 per cent., and at Hamburg, Amsterdam, and Frankfort it is only 3 per cent. In the city yesterday it was thought likely that the steamer Asia, for New York direct this day, would take out £200,000 or £250,000 in gold. A part of this sum will be on French account. It is now certain that there will not be any native loan in India t 1: v, ;tr, but a London loan of £3,000,000 is expected to he lirought out shortly. One report says on Wednesday. Another failure is announced in the sugar trade. The house in question is that of Messrs. Haddow and Son, described as colonial sugar and drug merchants. In the LONDON COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET to-day there was nothing new passing, everything being extremely quiet. Yesterday afternoon 3,000 bags Madras Rice sold at 11s The LONDON TALLOW MARKET to-day was steady, at 60s 3d to 60s Gd on the spot, 60s 6d for March, 59s for April to June, and 57s 6d for the last three months. In the BOROUGH Hor MARKET to-day there was a stead y business done in most kinds , at ful l quotations. PROVINCIAL, &c., MARKETS, SATURDAY. MANCHESTER SHARES.—Leeds, 1191 , N ; Midlands, 1371, Z-; London, 1011 ; Dovers, 261, ; Sheffields, 661, 6. GLASGOW IRON.—Market quiet. No. 1,49 s 3d to 49s 9d; Warrants, 603 Od to 606 41d; No. 3,48 s oa to 485 6d. COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY EVENING. Ett Caftan Rjarket. In the Liverpool Cotton Market to-day a more cheerful feeling prevailed, and a moderate busi ness was transacted, at steady prices. The sales —including 160 Pernambuco at Eiid to 91d, 50 Maranham at 8-l i d to Bad, 150 Egyptian at nd to 10d, and 250 Surat at 47,-d to kid—amounted to 8 ,000 bale of which 1,000 were on speculation and for exPrt. tb..e start Band. The Liverpool Share Market to-day remained quiet, with but little business done. The transac tions included—Birkenhead, 82 ; Great Western, 744; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1191 ; London and North-Western, 1011 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 56, 5i ; Midland, 1371 ; North- Eastern, Berwick Capital Stock, 1061, 1; South- Eastern, 261, 7-16, 1 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 5 1546, 8 ; New York and Lake Erie, 351. 1 iThe market closed at the following prices:— Sales after 1 Itsilways, Closing Prices. o'clock. Birkenhead&Cheshire dn. 82 821 Caledonian 971 981 lasstern Counties . lO 11-16 10 13-16 Great Northern ll2 113 Great Westerns Lancashire klrorkahire 1194 1191 London &North Wes tern 1011 101 1 Manchester, She, & Lin. 561 66 Midland Stock Ditto new shares 2 1-16 2b North British. North Staffordshire 21 — 2 1 d North Eastern—Berwick .1061 106,1 Do. York and N. Midland 96i 968 Do. Leeds Northern South Eastern 26 7-16 26 9-16 Oxford, W.& Wolverhptn.49 —49 i Dutch Rhenish 6 2 1 it 12 11 6; 16d _— Great Luxembourg Grand Trunk of Canada 5 1346 6 11-16 Gt. W. of Canada ll 111 Illinois Central Buffalo and Lake Huron.. 5 5 Great St , ' Tharpbs, t Mersey M. Co 1 3-16-- 1 s_l6p_ , z-on. T•vusll., 11341. LORdon ...... 15th & 30th I Liverpool.... 15th & 30th PAT DAYS —Liverpool, 17th Jan. and Ist Feb. DAYS FOR BUYING -IN FOR TAE ACCOUNT, the 27th Der.. Scrip ....3 1 . st , Dec. Transfer.. 7th Jan. LAST DAY FOR 10TH JAN. ACCOUNT... 14th lan. Wig Vroin sifan %trkti, The Liverpool (St. John's) Provisions Market rated as follows : s. d. s. d. 8eef............ lb 0 6 0 0 9 Mutton ...... ~ 0 7 ~ 0 9 Veal ......... ~ 0 0 0 Lamb, ......... ~ „ 0 0 ~ fors qr 0 0 0 0 , hind qr 00„ 0 0 7;esh Pork • •, 0 6i,, 0 7 Salmon ...... ~ 0 0 „ 0 0 Cod Fish ... „ 0 4 „ 0 . Soles ......... ~ 0 8 ~ 0 :0 Bret ......... ~ 0 6 ~ 0 7 Turbot ...... „ 1 6 ,, 1 6 Haddocks ... ~ 0 4 ,, 5 0 Fresh Butter „ 1 3 „ 1 6 Salt ditto ... „ 0 10 „ 1 3 Filbertla ... ~ 1 0 ~ 1 3 Grapes, for. ~ 2 0 „ 0 0 Do. Eng. ~ 6 0 „ 8 0 Cherries ...... „ 0 0 „ 0 0 Eggs 11124 86„ 9 0 Strawberries,* qt 0 0„ 0 0 Gooseberries, „ 0 0 „ 0 0 Damsons...... ~ 0 0,, 0 0 e. d. s. 6. Currants,blk,p.qt 0 0 „ 0 0 Do., red Sc wt. „ 0 0 „ 0 0 Potatoes, 41 peck 1 0„ 1 4 Peas, PI 0 0„ 0 0 Fowls, IP couple 3 0„ 3 6 Ducks, ~ 3 0„ 4 0 Rabbits, ~ 2 0„ 0 0 Pigeons, „ 1 0„ 0 0 Grouse, iP brace 0 0„ 0 0 Partridges „ 2 0„ 0 0 Black Game ~ 0 0„ 0 0 Pheasants, ~ 8 0„ 0 0 Geese each 3 6 „ 7 0 Turkeys „ 40„ 8 0 Wild Ducks 1 6 „ 1 9 Snipes Hares Lobsters... „ 0 8„ 1 2 Cucumbers, „ 0 0„ 0 0 Apricots, Pines, for., ~ 0 0„ 0 0 Do. Eng lb. 7 0 „ 8 0 Asparagus, 100 0 0 „ 0 0 4. gtt Agrirttiturat liratruct At arh,,,,t. The Liverpool Agricultural Produce :dlerket to-day ruled as follows :- 2. Ray, old Ditto, new 4 4 9 9 ... . 0 5 0 0 Ditto, clover 1 0 ... 1 1 De. - whit Green Clover 0 0 ... 0 0 P 'J, Salchows 0 0 ... 0 0 Vetches 0 0 ... 0 0 Do. 13eldrums. 0 0 ... 0 0 Straw, wheat Ditto, oat ...... 0 7 ... 0 8 Turnips 21 0 ...30 0 Ditto, barley.. 0 8 ... 0 7 Carrots Oats, straw. 0 0 0 0 Mangelwurzel 0 0 ... 0 0 Potaaos. flukes 5 4., .., 5 5 Manure 5 0 ... 7 0 lets of InigDf. Frei g hts to India and China are steady, with rather an upward tendency, but the business has been small this week, owing to the interruptions caused by the holidays. Homeward Freights are firm, and merchants show more disposition to take ships; £3 per ton, with favourable limits to cargo, has been paid from Calcutta to Liverpool or London. To U.S. Ports we have no improve ment to note since our last, our inland navigation being still closed by ice. RAILS—BRISTOL CHANNEL. ' To Galveston ... (nominal) 25s and 5 per cent. To Mobile (nominal) To New York 18s Od. Ir To New Orleans 18s Od and 5 per cent. To Charleston lBs Od and 5 per cent. vitro Pernambuco (nominal) 26s Od and 5 per cent. al) ~....,To Fernandina (Florida) do . 37s Od. To Portsmouth ( To Savannah (nominal ) To Hannah (nominal) ) 25s .........r 0 Alexandria ... (nominal; 7 25; OL 0 ., 11._ To Cape of Gest Hope ' ' 3 iii• ed. BIRKENHEAD. COAL : FROM LITERpo Ta s. d. s. d. • Lisbon ............12 0 ... 0 0 Stoops . s. d. e . d . Malta ............... 15 0 ••• 0 0 Ancona .......... 14 0 ..'. i; II 17 6 ... ~ ~ Trieste ............ 17 0 ... 0 0 0a,: .. 1 0 ... t , ~ Corfu ................ !..? 0 ... 00 , V .;, : , ; ,, ,,: t .' 1; 0 ... is o Smyrna ........... ID U V ............ nomina l . Naples nom. 16 0 ... 17 0 ......... 0 Riols 0 .•. 0 0 Rhodes Gibraltar 0 0 St Thos.fmWales 17 0 ... 0 0 Leghorn... nom. 15 0 ... . Janeiro 0 0 Athens . - ......... 16 0 ... 0 0 Ditto frm. Wales 30 0 3l 0 Hay h ......... 14 0 ... 0 , .. . 15 0 ... 0 0 Bahia 2, 0 ... 0 0 Cardenas Monte Video j small) 40 0 Pernambuco 2B 0 ._.• 0 0 Buenos Ayres 1 ships Rails 25 0& 5 c Constantinople.. 15 0 • . 16 0 Galve ston. WI 18 0 p Salonica l6 0 •:. 17 0 Alexandnafm s ... 0 0 Wales 17 0 0 0 Trobisonde,now. 14 0 „. 15 0 Alioantefm ... DfPRO MIEN T 1H G ENTLEJLEY 8 HATS. TITHERARN-STREET, LIVERPOOL. GENTLEMEN —I have given your Patent Easy-fitting Hat a fair trial, and I must say it is the most comfortable hat I ever wore, particularly when crossing the water in a windy day, when with the old style of hat I invariably had a headache, which with your new style is not the case. I can, therefore, safely recommend it to any one, particularly to those subject to headache.—l am, gentlemen, yours truly. I have worn for some time one of the Patented Easy-fitting Hats sold by Mr. - and I can testify to the advantage derived from the :Ibsen et of that unpleasant pressure, particu larly on the forehead, usually felt from the hats generally worn. House, Cheltenham. (Signed) —. This letter is from a first-rate English admiral. The name is not lerVen for obvious reasons. NwricE.—Fire Pounds Reward upon conviction of an in fringrment of nay Patent. Simpson's Patent Easy-fitting Hats are oik.y had in Liverpool at No. 6, St. George's-crescent (two doors from the top of Lord-street), and at 9, Dale-street (opposite Royal Bank Buildings), and in upwards of one hundred other towns, a list of which would make this advertisement too long. The Agents in each place make themselves known. F . ENLARGEMENT OF PREMISES. w . ip . 0 m 0 L I , 30 AND 32, CHURCII-STREET, (OPPOSITE PARKER-STREET,) LIVERPOOL ' Flatters himself that his many kind friends and patrons will be glad to learn that, having added to his own the extensive and commodious premises lately in the occupation of Messrs. Willmer and Smith, he has been enabled to INCREASE HIS LARGE STOCK with a further splendid Assortment of GEM GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. BROOCHES, BRACELETS, NECKLETS, CHAINS, and every variety of JEWELLERY, from the most trifling to the most important and expensive Articles. GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, of the best Home-made and Foreign Manufacture. CLOCKS, MUSICAL BOXES, AND BRONZES, DRESSING CASES AND WORK BOXES, SILVER AND ELECTRO-PLATE, And a very large quantity of useful and ornamental Articles much too numerous to mention ; also the Largest Collection of MECHANICAL AND OTHER TOYS, GAMES, &c., &c., in Liverpool, both of English and Foreign Manufacture, which he is determined to let his Customers have at Ten per Cent. over the Cost Price ; and as he only intends keeping the Toys, &c., during the Holidays for the convenience of his Customers, he will feel greatly obliged ky an early selection. F. W. P. takes this :opportunity of again returning his best thanks for the kindness which has been hitherto shown him, and looks forward with confidence to a further increased encouragement and support. Be good enough to notice the Address— F. W. PROMOLI, 30 Axr. 32, CHURCH-STREET, (OPPOSITE PAILICEiI-STREET,) LIVERPOOL. ENLARGEMENT OF PREMISES. JEWELLERY, PLATE, &c. W. TT n • 1 0 0 K E, SUCCESSOR TO F. L. HAUSBURG, Having completed the selection of his Stock for the season, in which will be found all the greatest novelties in fashion and design, solicits an inspection of the same, comprising an extensive collection of DIAMOND AND GEM WORK. LONDON AND OTHER JEWELLERY of the vcry best quality. SILVER AND PLATED GOODS, of the newest styles and designs, from the first makers. ENGLISH WATCHES, combining all the latest improvements, and guaranteed to perform with the greatest accuracy. GENEVA WATCHES, from the first manufacturers. w. ir.T. would direct attention to his former connection with the WHOLESALE AND MANUFACTURING BRANCHES, and likewise to the fact of his making all his payments for PROMPT CASH, by which he is enabled and determined to submit his goods at SUCH JIODERATE PRICES that no other house can offer such advantageous terms. OLD POSTOFFICE-BUILDINGS, LIU POOL. THE BUTTERMAN'S CIERIBTITIS CAROL ! Rite -"WIDOW MACIIREE." ELLY, my jewel, just listen tl me— Och, hone! Reny, machree! \Vl..e I tell you what mighty quare things I did see, O r ch. honel Kelly > machree I As I could not expect You your shop to negleet, I went out to inspect, (My own time being free - And what eights met my view deacritie‘ilow to you, Och, hone ) . Kelly, machree! From home then I started on last Saturday, Och, hone 1 Kelly, machree I And first to the markets I wended my way, Och, hone! Kelly, nuchree! I ne v er saw such a lot Of quare things in one not ; Halt their names I've forgot, Few they 'Otte blithered me ; Swan I can tlo, is to speak of a few, Och, hone ! Kelly, machree To describe such a sight, faith I have not got words, Och. hone! Kelly, machree ! There was dead beef and mutton, and'all kinds of birds, Oen, hone? Kelly, machree ! Och ! 'twas odd tO tee these Things all hung up in rows, Like do many sem ecroWs On a branch of a tree; There was every fowl, From the lark to the owl s ; Och, hone? Kelly, machree I • They'd pigeon, and widgeon, and paynocks, and snipe, Och, bone ! Kelly, machreo And on some of the stalls I saw illigant tripe, Och,. hone ! Kelly, muchree ! They'd raisins and figs, • And eels they call snigs, ' 'And nate sucking pigs As I ever did see, And lobsters, and crabs, Periwinkles, and dabs, Och, hone! Kelly, machree ! The animals looked very purty when dead, OCh, hone! Kelly, machree! Cards were on them to tell where they'd been " bred and fed,' Och, hone ! Kelly, machree ! There were apples and pears, There were rabbits and hares, And other small wares, Such as oysthe:s and tea, Wax candles and coffee, And Ever ton toffee, Och, hone ! Kelly, machrco After that, I went off to the great BUTTER PLACE, Och, hone ! Kelly machree To have left that unseen would have been a, disgrace, Och, hone ! Kelly machree. Och l the bust you'd got there, In my whole life I ne'er ) In a fancy Baatar, Such a threature did see, 'Tis yourself's wide awake, Let me now my leave take. Och, hone! Kelly machree 1. THE DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1861. CHANDELIERS, LAMPS &cc, - Ty 11 2 . k , I gik'CESt-OR TO . - r: L 1 HAUSISiTIIG, Ilespeettally Invites attention to the extcnste STOCK Of . 1 CHANDELIER S', Of Glass and Metal . ; LANTERNS, BRACXEVS, LtSTRES, of 311 descriptions, ~- • . PATENT VEftIBULE AND OTHER LAMPS, ISCLUDING THE CELEBRATED AUREOLE LAMP. Public Buildings and Private Residences fitted for Gas. Experienced Gasfitters employed on the Premises, and all kinds of repairs carefully attended to in the Manufactory, 24, CHURCH-STREET. Crepy's Foreign Relined COLEA 011, espetially adapteil for the Aur6ole Lamps. A large A:4sotttrent oY, TABLE AND POCKET Cs - jTLERY, . at the lotwest The Stack cif • PAPIER MACHE 'doObs Includes a Tit:) , extensirm asiortmtuit or Articles selected from the prodtctions of the most eminent Manufacturers in the Kingdom, 'ensuring the greatest durability, exquisite finish, &c. . OLD POSTOFFICE-BUIIOINdS, VERNYO PRESENTS VOft . 0111tiSTMAS AND THE NEW YEArt. W - IL rtiOo c E f succg,aem. 4:6 IiA.USBURG, In presenting Otto 'Usual address at this Season, begs to return Mr, first thanks for the kind and liberal patronage conferred Upon him during the past year. To his extensive and unrivalled gollectien ri BRITISH , AND FOREIGN :MANUFACTURES has beet elided every ENGLISH AND FOREIGN NOVELTY, And tht gteatest care has been exercised in the SELECTION or the t3OODS,, to SECURE TELE BEST QUALrry at t i tle very Lomeest Prices. Especial attention is requested to th i littb Assortment of • FANS 1 4 . - ARTICLES, including PARISIAN NOVELTIES, FANS, CASKETS, SOUVENIRS, BOUQUET HOLDERS, and the NEW STYLE of • BEAD - 0 ItN A'M E N T in the greatest variet. AN EXTENSfVE STOCK OF • FRENCH REPORATED ALABASTER FIVUREB, • TIARiAN DITTO. A !Splendid STOCK or EOItIEIIIIA, ENGLISH, AND FRENCH GLASS VASES, LUSTRES, &e. The unequalled Stdcloa l f DRESSING-CASES, DESESy WORK -BOXES, BAGATELLE TABLES, &c., iliNnufadtiiiiidtin the premises, will be found complete in all its branches. The assortment of . :ENGWSIii AND FOREIGN TOYS ) tAgES, DISSECTIOYS, • Sec.i is replete with everyroN.'ettY, and includes a great variety of ORNAMENTS, FOR CIIRISTMAS TREES. W. H. TOOKE hopes, by his unceasing personal attention, to secure the continuance of that confidence and support which have hitherto been so kindly extended to him. OLD POSTOFFICE'7I3UILDIS) Ll\`F:ltrooL 'OVERCOATS koR, VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS. AVING made it an object of special study, the undersigned has succeeded in producing -A REALLY GOOD AND DEEM% REGULATION OVERCOAT, WITII FULL CAPE, AT Tl'[E LOW PRICE O . • .W •G CT NE A Antk respectfollY invitee Of'keertratid Members of Rifle ' t *ifs to inopeas the same. • E. BURDEN, No. 17, CHURCII-STREET, LIVERPOOL. TO CORRESPONDENTS. LE CYGNE NOIR has not given us his name. 11IGII W4TER, THIS DAY, AT LIVERPOOL. Hour. Ifeiyht. MonNiNn 7h. 35m. ) 1311. lin. EVENING Bh. 12m. Ely pi* (CiIIICS. MONDAY, JANUARY, 7, 1861. NEWS OF THE DAY. Most important news has arrived from Amtrica. South Carolina has formally seceded from the Union, and the Southern States seem preparing, for actual hostilities. Extraordinary excitement has also been caused in consequence of the discovery of enormous defal cations in the Treasury departments of the Government. The fuller details will be looked for with great interest. The latest news from India, received on Saturday night by the Bombay express mail, a summary of which will be found in another column, and which was anticipated by a brief telegram which appeared in our last, is not of a re-assuring character. Serious riots had occurred in relation to the income-tax—a tax which appears to be most distasteful to the Ilindoo and Mohammedan mind; and it appears, moreover; that a detachment of British troops have been defeated at Shikkim, with the loss of one gun and several men. The present moment has been selected as a suitable one for the publication of a proclamation by General Garibaldi, dated the 11th November last, to the Neapo litans, in which the ex-Dictator recommends them to rally round Victor Emmanuel, not to waste their time in complaints of the trifling inconvenience which they may suffer under the new state of things, and not to clamour for his return. Ile says :—" Allow me to rest for a few months. You are free, and have no right to complain. There are Italians at this moment still in bondage. Let me rest awhile, then, as I have fresh labours and great fatigue and' suffering before me. Let me recruit my strength to meet the impending storm. Rome and Venice claim my aid. Do not forget that they, too, form part of Italy, and that they still groan under the thraldom s of the Austrians, and of the French. * * * * Adieu! at the end of March I will be with you once more." Else where will be found an analysis given by the Journal des _Data,' of a programme which has been circulated throughout Italy by thousands, and which proceeds from what is called the "party of action." The authors of it protest their devotion to the King, so long as he is the defender and representative of unity, and is firm in the design of giving Rome and Venice to Italy. They are for engaging volunteers for the next campaign of Garibaldi ; for the preparation of addresses urging the departure of the French troops from Rome; for the formation of a vast association and the recruiting of members, particularly amongst soldiers and work men, each member paying a monthly contribution of a franc. The object of the simultaneous circulation of both these documents, seems to be to strengthen the ex pectations of a war in the Spring, as the sole means not only of resolving the knotty problem of the Veaetian question, but, also, of accomplishing still further the humiliation of Austria, by striking at her through Hungary. Some interesting details will be found in our Paris letter as to the means which are being actively pursued by this "party ofaction"—ltalian and Hungarian —to introduce arms and ammunition into Hungary, by way of the Danubian Principalities, and to the measures which have been adopted for putting a stop to suoh practices. Every hour is precious to Austria; and if she be w; the will lose, not a moment in consolidating her power, and in giving the inhabitants of her eastern provinces, who are not all members of "the adVanced party," strong interest iii the prese'r'vation off puce: it is still 'quite 'possible tor tke Effiperor Joseph to do this, and to `iketnn4e the machinations of the Mazzinist faction, so far as Thingary is concerned, by listening to the counsels and acting upon the advice of such men as Von Schmer ling. Hungary was formerly a country pre-eminently loyal, and loyalty is far from extinct amongst the Hun garians of this . day. Let a really liberal constitution be offered to the inhabitant; and 'their loyalty and devotion will not be long of being oifered to the House of Haps burg in return. Meanwhile, strong and general as is the desire fot peke at all hands, there is ne use in shut ting one's 'eyes to the fact that causes are studiously and designedly kept in operation *hi& h&n t tilted ten dency to lead to war in the allying ; and unle, - :s, there %re, Austria arall herself of this precious interval to ti.K:hre her position, .by, founding in Central Europe, whilst she has the Means and The pa*er of doing so, a thoroughly constitutional state, , plindiples of Ideal •SelfloVernnient 'thq iitiministrative independence, Rua *ill ll'ieVitably'forfcle her rank as a great power, and the various heterogeneous State's of Which her empire consists, will rapidly separate themselvei 'jute their original disjanetire etementft, neVni• again to be united under out.; wine sceptre. Above all, however, 'Mkt: Vetere all, Venetia must be surrendered. The hour and the occasion for making this sacrifice have arrived. If not taken advantage of before " the spring," they will never again occur. , . The Pope, liku the ttpthi off. ale PrenCh, has also had nFke* ear's reception. General Goyon, obedient to orders, Made no political allusion ; but his Holiness took occasion to express la approval of the expeditions to Syria and China; and ,to applaiid the eldest soli of the Chula" 'foi 'continuing to keep his feet e,t btl.eta. These amicable thay Possible be due to the Which is said to be reported in French official circles, that his Majesty has written an autograph letter to the Pope, notifying the appointment of the six bishops recently named, but for whose enthronisa tion the Papal aveguatur is still withheld. In this letter his Majesty points oat that the names of the prelates he has selected to fill the vacant, sees is n t±rt'afOf oncilia ttont he itstAttch the Mibrilices•he is making in behalf of the CatifOlic religion by sending an army of occupa tion to; Syria, and keeping it there,• notwithstanding the disapproval of other Italian Powers; and donchxdes by expressing •a hop that hiS Holiness ill I•atify his episcopal nomination, and gratit his blessing to his duti fill son, th rumour that negotiations for an armistice at Gaeta had beeti entered upon, is repeated in-another form. It would seem, at all events', that the oitailahts and the assailed, as they at ',tetra gtatid towards each ether, ire 6.ltreiy equally matched; and that neither party has yet succeeded in inflicting much damage upon the other. Ie „Mae, the Roman Catholic organ in Paris, talk ing of the probability of a schism, says—" Almost all the journals would be' favourable to a schism all the manufacturing and financial notabilities wmild readily support one. 'the danger, therefore; is There Wohld 'result fl'oi'A it; not. ) perhaps, a real schism, but a great Veithrhatioli for the Church of France. But What reassures Christians is, that all the Bishops of France would be faithful ,to their duty, and that no apostacy is to be feared, as in the sixteenth century. It is proposed by the friends and admirers of the late lamented Marquis of Dalhousie, both in this cduntry and in India, to establish at Calcutta a memorial of his name and commetnomtioii of his Merit, and in appreciation of his pUblic career as an Indian diplomatist AO states- Maw,. Thu usual form of a public statue will not for this purpose bo adopted, but the memorial will take the shape of an Athenaeum, or literary institute, worthy of the seat of government. The structure is to consist of a central hall, for the reception of etattes and busts, and suitable for public Meetings and concerts, with lectui* rectitht rooms, library, orchestra, and organ, together with miscellaneous meeting and accommodation rooms. The building will be located on a plot of ground to the eastward of the government house gardens. The design's are , open to architects both in England and India, and the competition in connection with which prizes are offered ; will be open until the end of March. Recent returns respecting the shipbuilding trade of the Clyde are highly favourable. Last year eighty eight iron vessels were turned out by the 'Clyde builders, the gross tonnage being 47,700 tons ; and there are now on the stocks forty-six vessels, with a tonnage of 44,900 tons. The death is announced of Mr. J. Wood, a gentleman who did much in the course of an active business career, extending over fifty years, to raise the reputation of the Clyde in connection with the construc tion of steam vessels. Mr. Wood, who latterly became a partner in the firm of Messrs. J. Reid and Co., built the James Watt, which was the first seagoing steamer. A code, of regulations for the government of the Volunteer forces is stated to be in course of preparation by the authorities. The Volunteers, we may state, now muster 140,000 man, of which number 20,000 have joined since the Ist of August last. It is announced that the North Atlantic telegraph is about to be proceeded with,. under the auspices of Sir C. Bright, C. 2., who earned his knighthood by his con nection with the laying of the afterwards unfortunate Atlantic telegraph, the directors .of which,' it is also stated, haie not yet abandoned their undertaking, what ever they may do or not do in respect to the line already laid. The . fluctuations of the funds during the past year have not been by.any means, so remarkable, as in many previous years. Throughout the whole period of twelve months the extreme range of Consols *as 31 per cent., that of the preceding yeat hating been 81, while in 1868 it was 6 per cent. The highest price, 94 1 , was touched on the 4th of January, and tin lowest, 92k, on the Ist of December. The difference between the opening . and closing quotations of the year shows a decline of 3 . 2. In railway shares the average range Of fluctuation has been about 15 per cent., While, instead of a decline being established, as in Consols, there has been an average improvement of about 10 per cent. As regards the Bank bullion, its amount at the begin ning was £16,460,824 it readied .M 6,682,080 on the 27th of tune, and declieed to £12,798,119, its lowest point, at the end of the year. At the Bank of France the total at the commencement was £23,200,000, while it is now £17,300,000, showing a lass of £5,900,000 during the year. On the Paris Bourse the fall in French Itentes has been 1! per cent. With respect to the declared value of our exportations the Board of Trade tables thus far, which comprise only 11 months of the year, show a tbtal of 2128,714,276 against £119,618,185 in the corresponEng period of 1.860 2 being an increase of £4,101,091, or 3j per cent., while it exceeds by 71- per cent. the total of 1857, the great year of inflation. The changes in the Bank rate of discount, which were five in number in 1859, have been 11. On the Ist of January the rate *as 21 pet cent., whente it was gradually advanced to g per cent. It then went back to 4 per cent., but reached 6 per cent. on the 15th November, and is now again at that point, after a temporary reduction to 5 per cent.. We are sorry to announce another and more serious accident, which occurred at a late hour last. Friday night on the London and North-Western Railway, which re sulted in the death of one first-class passenger, and serious injury to two or three others. The train left Liverpool at 5.15 p.m., and reached the ticket platform at Carndentown soon after eleven, There it was dis covered seine of the carriages were missing. An engine was despatched, and about forty yards on the London side of rrimrose-hill tunnel the disconnected carriages, two in number, were discovered, smashed and turned completely over. Particulars will be found elsewhere. Boulton and Watt, of Birmingham, have contracted to coin 1,800 tons of the new bronze money in the next two years and a half, which involves the striking of 400,000 pieces per day on an average during the whole time. ELEVATION OF THE SECRETARY-AT•WAR TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS. TILE Right Honourable SIDNEY HERBERT, M.P. for South Wiltshire, is about to be summoned by the Queen to the Upper House by the name, style, and title of Lord HERBERT OF LEA, in the County of Wilts, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. For the long period of twenty-eight years Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT has occupied a seat in the House of Commons; and it is not to be denied that he has well earned the honourable distinction now about to be ccnferred upon him. He leaves the scene of his active legislative labours at the mature age of fifty, in good health, we believe, but yet confessing that he now feels his strength not equal to the heavy duties of the Lower House. The career of this able and assi duous member of the Commons, and the circum stances under which he retires from the House, are full of important suggestions. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT is the son of the eleventh Earl of PEMBROKE, by a second wife ; and is half brother and heir -presumptive to the present Earl of PEMBROKE, who is now seventy years of age ; so that the whole extent of the favour conferred upon the right hon. gentleman by his immediate elevation is that he obtains a release from his heavier duties below, and a seat in the }louse above, a little before the time when he 'Would, in the ordinary course of nature, sue,ceed to that Peerage. But' if, f rom any cause , A be it that publicly assigned or othei7;iFe, the change should be felt by the new P• eer a cause of thankfulness to the Mi-• _.aster who has been instrumental in effeP' . ,„ c ipg it, it is not difficult . to perceive that there exist many shtewd political reasons for the step:' This leads us td .re6ollect that, although Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT has acted With the Coali tion Ministry, ,he is IV no fneanS at heart a Whig, and there are certain events looming in the distance of the coming session which might take a turn likely to ,try rather severely the continued adherence to the present mongrel ministry of Mich meinbers as Mr. SIDNEY HER bEnt. Originally a sound Conservative, his first ethineetion with official life Was undei Sir ROBERT PEEL'S Government ; in 1841, When he was appointed. Becittary to the Admiralty ; the duties of which office he discharged until February, 1845, when he became Secretary for War. In that department he continued until Sub-, 1846, *hen Lord took the place of Sir Rbßhiti PEEL at the helm of affairs. Again, in December, 1852, Mr. lIERBEtirr returned to the War-office, undei the late Earl of Aberdeen; an office in which he rehlaitied until the disruption of that Coalition Ministry. After holding for a few weeks the office of Colonial Secretary, he was appointed to the position he has since held as Minister of War, under the present Whig-Radical Administration: lit tinizitbtibli With these ante ebablitS; boiisidek the Ostioti ilia pFo§i)tbts at the present Coalition: Mr. & HERBERT, as a " lieelite,' , is no doubt a constant admirer of Mr. GLADSTONE. It is notorious that there is an entire want of syrdpathi bei*een such nieniberg of the existing dabinet as Messrs. eit,ADstort and if and those who have been nefariously trading upon the cries of last session about Reform, Church-rates, and the like. In all probability these party topics will still continue to be thurns in Lord PALMERSTON'S side; and there is no saying What coiirse Mr. SIDNEY lIERBERT might ultimately have taken, in concert with Mr. GLADSTONE, upon these and other vexed dons; on which herd PABitittoN and Mr. GLADSTONE differ; had he continued a member of the Lower House'. It has been deeined the safest plan to remote Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT out of hania's Way; and transplant him to another region, where it may be hoped a sense of grati tude will bind him irrevocably to• the fortunes of the party to whom he owes his elevation.. More over, the ranks of the Whig peerage have of late been considerably thinned by death, and they stand much in want of being reeruitedL There is thus a double object attained by this attenipt to Bolder tip the tottering Weakness of " the administration of many talents." Here we have an excellent and highly charaCteristic illustration of the truckling adroitness of Lord PALMERSTON in propping up his rickety and anomalous govern ment. Another observation seems unavoid'able while vie hapiien to he engaged in the conteMplation of Mr. SIDNEY HERBET'S removal from the House of Commons. It has been remarked, somewhat sar castically, that in tendering his thankS to the elec:- tors of South Wilts) for having so long returned him as their representative, he performed a mere act of grace, since he really owes them nothing for a position said to have been secured to him by our " aristocratic " constitution—his seat for South Wilts, say sneering Radicals, having been as much his by birth as the reversion of the Earldom of Pembroke, Of • course, this is meant as a quiet kick at our present representa tive system. Now, we think a more unfortunate occasion could scarcely have been selected for indulging in adverse criticism on that part of the system which, to many, appears its most objec tionable point, We are willing to assume, for the moment, that young SIDNEY HERBERT first obtained admission to Parliament as the nominee of a dominant family influence. Nay, we will go further, and take for granted that he has not always truly represented the opinions of his con stituents, although his seat may have been always secure. What, then P Has the country lost or gained by these supposed facts? Is it not admitted on all hands that he has, with infinite credit to himself, and benefit to the nation, devoted himself with . unmeasured zeal to the public service F Are not men of all parties wil ling to acknowledge the justice of his claim, when ho says t " I have never made a toy or a pastime of my position, but have laboured con stantly, assiduously, and to the utmost of my ability, so to discharge its duties as best to 'ensure what appeared to me to be the public good," The heir to a wealthy earldom did not require, for any paltry, personal consideration, to spend his health and strength in constant and assiduous labour for the public good. If the system, th-ough which alone he could so early, if ever, have entered the public service, is, according to Radical theory, defective, will it be denied that, its practically working is sometimes, at least, fraught with ines timable blessings ? To attempt to recapitulate Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT'S leading services would of itself fill a column. His efforts in behalf of our soldiers in the Crimea ought never to be forgotten. In the cause of emigration he has been not less eminently useful to the working classes. The Volunteer Movement, in a great measure, owes to him its practical value and importance. His fore sight and energy in the conduct of the recently concluded Chinese war have marked him as a Minister far superior to the class of men with whom, in these latter days, he has been tempo rarily associated, For the future career of Lord HERBERT we confidently entertain high hopes. We believe that the trickery and cajolery of Lord PALMERSTON will fall short of its object, and that the new peer will, sooner, or later, return to his first love as a sincere and consistent supporter of the Throne and the Constitution. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHING FOR THE MILLION. To ask a friend to accept a trifling present in the shape of a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus, or an elephant, were scarcely more ridiculous, according to our very recent notions of things, than to ask him kindly to receive a gift of an Electic Tele graph—and yet it requires but a few words of explanation and a little foresiglA to be convinced that, by and by, the presentation of an entire Electric Telegraph will not be so astonishing an event as the announcement of the gift of a " sewing machine " would have appeared some few years ago, and, perhaps, as commonplace as the donation of a writing desk at the present day. This may seem startling, wonderful, and incredible ; but, let us see. Recent experiments have proved that, by a very simple and effective plan, an illimitably increased amount of electric communication may be established everywhere, not only between distant towns, but from street to street, house to house, and room to room. In the first place, as to what is called the insulating medium—that covering in of the wire that prevents the escape of the fluid—it has been found that a thin film of india-rubber—so thin, indeed, as to be almost transparent—is perfectly sufficient forth° purpose of insulation. This extraordinary commodity, india-rubber, is capable of being drawn out to the thinness of tissue paper, and yet retains its effici ency. Is it not strange that so fine and clear a film should suffice to chain the most powerful influence in creation ? In the second place, as to the conducting medium, it has been demonstrated that a thread of copper wire, no thicker than a piece of fine thread, is perfectly adequate for the passage of electric messages over a distance of at least twenty miles. This fine wire-thread is sus ceptible of an equally fine coating of india-rubber, and thus we have an insulated medium of com munication no grosser than the thread used in fine sewing. The third point is this—that so many as thirty of these insulated copper wire threads may be coiled and twisted into a cable not thicker than one's finger, and but little heavier than a rope of the same dimensions, along which ; thirty different communications may simultaneously pass without collision or confusion. The fourth and last, yet by no means the least important part of these discoveries, lies in the fact that the wire-threads of these electric cables can easily be made available for private use, and just as in the case of gas or water, any person may have a Wire laid on for his private and special convenience. All private offices ; it is expected, will hate the Wires laid on, Mlt. REUTER has already connected his offices in raisbury-square and the Royal Exchange by these wires, and applications have been made to the inventors by a large number of the merchants in Glasgow and Liverpool for being stipplied vvith these private electric telegraphs between their different estab lishments: Not only may any person haft a telegraph of his own, but by this new plan he can work it as accurately as he can write, though, of course, not quite so rapidly. No batteries charged with cor rosive acids are required for the generation of the electric fluid. The extremities of the wire are attached to copper and zinc, buried in the earth, and these; With the Wires coiled in connection with the Magnet, dit all that is required to pro duce the necessary electro-inagnetisitt for working the telegraph; In order to excite the magnets, a small handle attached to the apparatus is turned, aiid this piitS in Motion biindles or cores of soft iron, around wiiicil is coiled sortie hundred yards or more of the fine insulated Witt i like fine silk upon a bobbin. The machinery, which is simply that of turning round a small handle, might be wrought by a chili The apparatus for working it is not larger than a lady's Orditiaty *oilbok: When acettstnifted to its use, as many as a hundred letters of the alphabet may be transmitted in a minute: Sneh an instrument, we believe; 'fig used by the Freiich ill the late Italian Canipaign ; and at Solferino it rendered them most important service. The invention is one of the happiest yet made to popularise the electric telegraph. There, can be little doubt, therefore, that before long every merchant's office will send and receive its own telegrams. Nay more, may we not expect that large private establishments, hotels and the like, will 'have their internal telegrams just as they now have their bellttires and gutty, percha tithes for com munication frOiti one apartment to another. Having got thus far, by way Of '4O eil-founded anticipation, we dare not set any limits to the ultimate triumphs of the electric wire-thread cable. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. VRAXCE: (VRcsi btJR OWN cbßAEsijotitiEis't.) PAufB, Jan. 4, 18611 rt he news from Italy is of a Very gloomy de scription. M. de Cavour, who is seriously ill, appears to be even more in danger as regards his government and policy. This illustrious states man becomes every day more afraid of seeing himself and all his moderate plans entirely upset in the spring by the re-appearance of Garibaldi on the scene, at the head of an overwhelming war party; and as the French Government is entirely opposed to any further active hostilities being initiated by Victor Emmanuel, Count Cavour, who does not wish to break with France, sees no alternative before him but to withdraw alto gether for a time from the direction of affitirs. In these circumstances it is generally supposed that M. Ratazzi, instead of accepting a subordi nate position in the present Ministry, will, if the opposition comes into office, be named Prime Minister. So long as the Piedmontese troops are engaged in contending against the last dying struggles of the Bourbon Dynasty in the Two Sicilies, there is little chance of any successful attack being made by them upon Venetia ; so that Napoleon 111., by thus contributing to prolong the siege of Gaeta, is actually, though not intentionally, rendering no small service to the new Italian Monarchy, and giving time for negotiations as to Venetia. It is, perhaps, for the same reason that the unsatisfactory news which has reached this from the French squadron as to the little progress made by the Piedmontese in the siege operations, is not regarded in so unfavourable a light as would otherwise have been the case. In fact, according to the testimony of eye-witnesses, the Piedmontese artillery has, up to the present time, produced very little effect indeed on the defences of Gaeta, and the labours of the besiegers, unless they obtain the command of the sea, may last quite as long as the siege of Sebastopol itself, for it is now declared that even if the French squadron was withdrawn, the place could only be taken by a famine, caused by want of the requi site supplies. It is asserted that the Count Gropello, the Sar dinian Chargé d'Affaires, was present at the reception at the Tuileries, notwithstanding the interruption of diplomatic relations between his government and that of France. It was announced, and afterwards contradicted, that the young Queen of Naples has gone to Rome. It is now said that her Majesty, yielding to the urgent entreaties of her husband, had actually set off for that capital. The vessel in which she sailed was compelled to return by stress of weather. There is rt wrll-1-nown sa3ina, that "it never rains, but it pours." This seems to be the case with "constitutions" at present. Not long ago, as we all know, Francis 11. (but, unfortunately for himself, rather too late in the day) made a present of some very liberal articles of this description to his justly enraged subjects. The Bey of Tunis did the same in the case of his African subjects. The Emperor Joseph has gone considerably further in the same direction than the Emperor Napoleon, and now the talk is of a constitution or charter of some kind which is about to be bestowed on his Polish subjects by the Emperor of Russia. The news which has reached Paris on this latter subject has transpired through some diplomatic channel. The Poles residing in Saxony, and especially in Dresden, have, it is said, taken the unanimous resolution to quit the country, so as in that way to protest against the act, so universally repro bated, of which Count Teleki was the victim, — and also to preserve their own persons against similar outrages. The affair of the seizure of the Sardinian ves sels which were attempting to introduce arms and ammunition into the Danubian Principalities is not yet terminated. It appears that Russia has inter fered in the matter. Some rifled cannon, but of small calibre, had been purchased in England, avowedly on account of the Russian Government, and information of the fact was given by the Russian Legation in London to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg ; but great was the astonishment when it was announced from St. Petersburg that no order had been given for any such commo dities. It was subsequently ascertained that some cannon had arrived in Hungary, and had been landed by some merchant vessels sailing under the English flag. Since then it has been ascertained that a vessel of a very large size had arrived at Naples, laden with 750 tons of powder of English manufacture, and a whole cargo of revolvers of the largest calibre. The entire ship load of war material was transferred on board two Sardinian vessels. At the same time a number of chests were made by some well-known tradesmen of Naples, to contain the rifled muskets which had been left in a store there by Garibaldi, and made over to Colonel Turr. These chests were designed to contain only twelve rifles each, so that they and their contents might be easily carried by two men. The moment all these facts had been elicited from the inquiries set on foot on the subject, Prince Labanoff, the Russian Minister at Con stantinople, was instructed to support the claims of Austria upon the Turkish Govermnent to pro hibit the further transport of contraband of war through the territories under its jurisdiction, and to give all the support in his power to the Turkish Ministry in carrying out the necessary steps for this purpose. The successful conclusion of a home loan by the Russian Government has caused no small surprise in financial circles here, where it was thought that the Czar would have had difficulty in raising so large a sum as £16,000,000 sterling in all the capitals of Europe put together. It is however, said that a considerable portion of the amount has been taken by some Amsterdam houses. The Empress is to be present on Monday at a grand dinner given by the Emperor to the mem bers of the Imperial family, and on the 17th at a banquet given by their Majesties to the Ministers, their wives, and families. It is said that ere very long M. de Persigny is sure to he Foreign Minister, and his present office of Minister of the Interior will be conferred on M. Laitz. The theatres continue to enjoy the same pros perity which marked their career throughout last year. The share of each of the riareholdere of the ComMie Prangaise for the whole of the year 1880, was 8,000 f., of which 4,060 f. werbi according to custom, appropriated to the reserve+ fund, and 4,000 f. were paid over to those entitled to the amount. A military medal is to be given for the Chinese expedition. Although there is very little animation at the Bourse the downward movement seems to have been arrested. Bentes closed at 67f. 40c., and 41- 96f. 73c. INDIA. DISTURBANCES IN THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY. The Overland Express Mail from Bombay, which arrived last Saturday night, has brought dates from Bombay to Dec. 12, and from Calcutta to Dec. 3. The Bombay Gazette of Dec. 12 gives the fol lowing general summary : PROGRESS OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL TO CEN TRAL INDIA.—The Viceroy has left Calcutta on his journey to Central India, having prefaced his departure with another act of clemency, namely, the pardon of all except the most bloodstained and refractory of the con vict mutineers. Great indignation was expressed that "•., Away Thakoor, who was indirectly, at least, guilty of the murder 0 : Captain Monck Mason. should lie res tored to his power and estate., without any security for his futtire good eonduct, It is won u:: ed, that, if the murder of a officer he thus easily com:.2"d' we should not lie surrised at iblielliott and massacre be 1 0.5 lightly estbeined dy the pedpi6: THE PENAL CCDE OF INDlA.—the tegisiatiVe Coiiiieii has resumed its labours. The most important measure to be brought under its consideration is the Penal Code, which is already the laughing-stock of the country. Some of its provisions are absurdly severe, others quite unintelligible. But it is consolatory to find that the attempt to impose a Black Act on the Europeans o India is now altogether abandoned. INCOME-Tax RIOTS.—We regret to report some dis turbances in the Bombay Presidency on account of the income-tat. At Surat, on the 29th ult., the people assembled in thotisands in att opah part of the city, and began to clamour against the. taX, dedaring . that they would shut up their shops and cease all busin6es the act was repealed. The magistrate, Mr. Li: Ravenscroft, behaved with great promptitude and decision. Colletting a body of police, horse and foot, he quickly dispersed the Mob, arrested thirty of the ringleaders, and condemned twenty-file to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, the other fife tting acquitted for want of evidence. Mr. Ravenscrofes energetic action was successful in at once restoring order. All thought of opposition ceased; and the returns of income are now rent in with praiseworthy regularity. At Bassein the pepillaf discontent has assumed an even mote ifiadierit farm: The deptity , niandgef, Mr. ittniter f was assaulted While sitting in his office; and with dift. culty made his way through a crowd of tiotets to the pier, where he jumped into a boat and escaped to 'Nom& Very numerous arrests have since been made at Bassein, and it is to be hoped that some signal punishment will mark the sense that Government entertain of the gravity of the offence committed. If this be not done, it is certain that the life of every civilian in an up country station will be endangered. In Bombay there is no change worthy of notice in the position of affairs. The native merchants, having been convinced by some heavy fines of the folly of refusing to send in their retutns have now changed their tactics. The assessors have no longer any reason to complain of disregard of the law—though ; *lien the collection of the tai itself comes to be made, some further ol)p'ositien may be expected. But, with a determihatidn and unity that no one anticipated, the natives continue td abstain from all dealings in English goods, and the European tiierebants are becoming seriously alarmed at the combinatioi: There is no doubt, however, that in the natural course of things self-interest will force on the natives the aban donment of this plan of striking work. THE VOLUNTEERS.—The Bombay Volunteer Corps, under its commanding officer, Lieut.-Colonel North, now numbers nearly one hundred members, and its popularity continually increases. Drill will be com menced immediately, the povernment having given its cordial approbation to the istablishment of the corps. LORD BROUGHAM AND AMERICAN SLAVERY. To a curious letter from Boston (U.S.), inviting him to a convention on the anniversary of the death of Captain Brown, Lord Brougham has returned the following reply : BROUGHAM, Nov. 20. SIR,—I feel honoured by the invitation to attend the Boston Convention, and to give my opinion upon the question " How can American slavery be abolished ?" I consider the application is made to me as conceiving mo to represent the anti-slavery body in this country; and I believe that I speak their sentiments as well as my own in expressing the widest difference of opinion with you upon the merits of those who promoted the Harper's Ferry ex• pedition, and upon the fate of those who suffered for their conduct in it. No one will doubt my earnest desire to see slavery extinguished ; but that desire can only be gratified by lawful means—a strict regard to the rights of property, or what the law declares to be property, and a constant repugnance to the shedding of blood. No man can be considered a martyr unless he not only suffers, but is witness to the truth; and he does not bear this testimony who seeks a lawful object by illegal means. Any other course taken for the abolition of slavery can only delay the consummation we so devoutly wish, besides exposing the community to the hazard of an insurrection, perhaps less hurtful to tl a ~ ..ter than the slave. When the British emancipation was finally carried it was accomplished by steps, and five years elapsed between the commencement of the measure in 1833 and its completion in 1838. The declaration of the law which pronounced a slave free as soon as he touched British ground (erroneously ascribed to the English courts under Lord Mansfield, but really made by the judges in Scotland), may seem to be inconsistent with the principle now laid down. But I am bound to express my doubts if such a decision would have been given had Jamaica touched upon the coasts of this country. It is certain that the judges did not intend to declare that all property in slaves should instantly cease, and yet such would have been the in evitable effect of their judgment in the case supposed, which somewhat resembles that of America. In the elevation of your new president all friends of America, of its continued union, of the final extinction of slavery by peaceful means, and of the utter immediate extinction of the execrable slave trade—all friends of the human race must heartily rejoice. They will, let us hope, find in him a powerful ally, as his country may expect to find an able, a consistent, and an honest ruler. I have the honour to be your faithful servant, BROUGHAM. James Redpath, Esq., Boston, United States. THE WEATHER.—For the last few days the weather has been severe and changeable. Up to Saturday morn ing there was an intense frost, and in the afternoon. decided symptoms of thaw set in. The atmosphere was low and thick. Sunday was sunshining, and in the evening there was a sharp frost. CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Ou Saturday, the Coroner held the following inquests :—On the body of a child, named Jane Flynn, eight months old, that was suffo cated in bed in a court off Banastre-street, in the usual way, by overlying by the mother. Verdict accordingly. On the body of a child that died in consequence of injuries by scalding. Verdict accordingly. MINDERS'S GREAT MENAGERIE.—This extensive and wonderful collection arrived in town on Friday, and was opened on Saturday evening to delighted thousands. It is one of the most extraordinary collections ever seen in Liverpool, and the exhibition is most attractive. We have to-day only time to allude to the e xhibition briefly; but we cannot help saying that the Lion-hunt, and other astonishing representations with live animals, possess more interest than we have seen heretofore. This great exhibition cannot fail to prove most attractive to all lovers of natural history, and to the entire public. THE MAYOR AT ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCII.—The anni versary sermon on behalf of the Liverpool Church of England Sunday-school Society was preached yesterday in St. Michael's Church, Pitt -street. In accordance with a custom which has prevailed for some time in this town, ,his Worship the Mayor (S. R. Graves, Esq.) honoured the occasion with his presence. He was attended by a large number of Town Councillors and by about 300 members of the first Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, under command of Lieut.-Colouel William Brown, who, having expressed a wish to show their re spect for our much-esteemed chief magistrate by accom panying him in procession to the church, were permitted to do so. The procession, composed of the Mayor, his office bearers, the members of the Town Council, the Volunteers, and a number of the Fire Brigade, formed outside the Town-hall at half-past ten o'clock, from which it started at fifteen minutes before eleven, and marched to the church. The central seats in the body were allotted to the procession, and the galleries and other parts of the spacious edifice were well filled with a respectable con gregation. Prayers were read by the Rev. A. Lawson, after which the Rev. 11. Carpenter (incumbent of the church) ascended the pulpit, and preached from the 4th chapter of Deuteronomy, selecting the 7th, Bth, and 9th verses as his text. Towards the close of his discourse he enlarged upon the special claims which the Church of England Sunday-school Society had upon the public of Liverpool. After the sermon a collection was made, which amounted to £25,