The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1862.1

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Ting DAT.—Morning, 3h. 6m.—Afternoon, 3h. 34m,
To-mointow.-Morning, 3h. 57m.—Afternoon, 4h. 20m.

Amidst all the bickerings of public speakers and
diplomatists on both sides the Atlantic, it is heart-
cheering to hear from the Northern cities of Ame-
rica the kindliest language, backed by generous
deeds, towards our suffering fellow-citizens in Lan-
cashire. All the burdens of the war, and they
are already heavy—all the irritating words and
deeds heard from this side the water, and they
have not been few—all the tirades of blind anti-
English fury in New York, and they have been nu-
merous and bitter—all the suffering of American
cotton manufactories from the same cause as stops
our own—all has not availed to chill the feeling of
the North towards the men whom its war for
Republican Empire has starved. The Southern
PRESIDENT savagely drew consolation from the
fact, that if the South suffered from the cotton
blockade, Europeans suffered from it in the propor-
tion of four to one. The North, in a nobler spirit,
says we suffer, indeed, and severely from our own
blockade, but Lancashire suffers more than we do ;
as we unwillingly cause that suffering through the
necessities of war, let us show that it is indeed un-
willingly; and if we cannot let them buy our
enemies' cotton, let us give them of our own abun-

dant crops.
The address of the committee which began this
noble work has just reached us. It is worthy of
the occasion. It is the writing of kind-hearted men
of business. It seems more like the style of
the old country. There is no clap-trap in it ;
no inaendoes ; its reasons for asking contributions
are just what they ought to be and its suggestions
practical: The gratitude with which our QUEEN
" whose virtues illustrate her words," and the
nation, received the gift of food during the Irish
famine ; the innocence of the sufferers who are
called on " to face a more fearful enemy than war;
the abundance of the crop vouchsafed by a bountiful
Providence to America, so that amid all their trials
" unsatisfied hunger has no place ;" their own con-
sciousness under their own trials of the value of
sympathy ; the appropriateness of the act as a
thansgiving offering to Providence for the plenty
of food which they enjoy—such are the kind of
arguments with which the committee appeal to
their fellow countrymen.
They suggest the value, in a case like this, of
prompt action, it being pre-eminently one in which
" he gives twice who gives quickly." Not im-
properly, in pointing out its inapplicability to such
a crisis, they mention their Homestead Act, which
gives to each settler in the West'rn Territories,
without regard to nationality, 160 acres of the
public land, as a " welcome and a home to every
foreigner." Expecting, probably, that the Lan-
cashire operatives would see their address, and we
hope every one will see it, the Committee probably
meant to say, " if want of employment continues,
and any of you are yet able and strong, we offer
you what you most desire, food and independence."
The Committee sees indications of a spirit of charity
like its own in many others cities of the North ; it
advises
organisations to receive the subscriptions
"in
unioZi t
every city, town, and village throughout the
appeals to the clergy especially to unite
in this .I'lll7 national and Christian work ;" to the
railroad companies,
who have been benefited
,and shipmasters on the Lakes,
athby the corn traffic with
England, to contribute their
feir carriage of the corn
offered them ; n
to
the food-producing States, on l
the ground of the market being furnished fomrein
theirrca
produce by the men who have worked
cotton. Besides large contri
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74,000
dollars—.they
tthheelmeshsrasd.
reached by the lest mail
B—they are
able to announce the noble offer cauleb
GRISWOLD of a ship of 1,800 tons burden to carry
over the corn to Liverpool.
The well-known Republican politician, Mr.
THITIMONT 'WEED, with a contribution of a thou-
sand dollars, writes in warmly eulogistic language
of the operatives. No form of suffering, he says,
"appeals with such emphasis to American benevo-
lence." His reasons are two. First, the civil war is
4, the immediate cause, though the blameless cause
of the suffering." But, secondly, these operatives
are the friends of the North. Many of the com-
mercial classes in England, he might have added,
and of the aristocracy, too, sympathise with the
South, but the operatives have resisted all Attempts
to secure their co-operation against blockade add

in favour of intervention. He justly indeed com-
mends a body of half a million of men, the greater
part of them enduring the severest trials on ac-
count of the war, for refusing to support any pro-
posal to put an end to the war in favour of the
South. We all know here that the real reason for
this is the universal detestation in which slavery is II
held by our working men, and their resolution to
suffer anything rather than afford encouragement to
a republic whose corner-stone is human bondage.
All classes appear to be joining in the good work,
and advocating it in their wonted style of appeal_
At one public meeting, in the Produce Exchange,
we find a kind of American SPURGEON, the Rev.
F. L. CUTLER, pleading with racy humour and
vigour. It is " dividing the big loaf which our
Heavenly Father has given us with our starving
brethren across the water." It is an act of " simple
justice" to friends, since " whatever be the opinions
of kings or of emperors, of statesmen or of aristoerats ;
the labouring masses of Europe are with us in our
death-grapple for popular liberty." When solicited
to petition for breaking the blockade, the noble
fellows replied, " No, America's battle is our battle ;
we will rather starve than hinder a nation that is
fighting for the rights of labour and universal free-
dom"—" shall such men be allowed to suffer ? GOD '
forbid, while our granaries are barsting." He would
have GRISWOLD'S vessel loaded till she would not hold
another sack, send her to Liverpool, lay her along-
side the docks, let her open, not her batteries, but
her butteries, discharging 100 bags of bacon every
hoar; let her fire a broadside of flour barrels, each
barrel aimed at hungry mouths in the abodes of
poverty; and when Liverpool has been thoroughly
sacked with sacks of grain, and bombarded with
barrels of flour, when the golden grain has been
poured oat, without money and without price, then,
if JOHN BULL is not conquered, I shall have no
faith in Gospel gunnery."
England will surely respond as becomes her to
this generous outburst of feeling from the merch-
ants, politicians, and SPURGEONS of America.
"Charity covereth a multitude of sins," and if this
truly generous charity did not do so in our
case, then, indeed, we should be most uncharit-
able. It may well erase all the impressions which
the rant of a CASSIUS CLAY, and the pretentious
bombast of Mr. SEWARD, and the folly of
WILKES'S flatterers may have made. We accept it,
as we did the generous violation of the strict laws
of war, when Commodore TATNALL, exclaiming
that " blood was thicker than water," sent aid
to our distressed crews in the disastrous business
of the Taku Forts. Let us cherish such develop-
ments of the better feelings on both sides, and for-
get our mutual taunts and provocations.

With what a light and delicate hand Mr. LAYARD
touches on all the great questions of the day !
His constituents don't get mach out of him in re-
gard to any one of them it is true—but they do
get something. Ex. gr.—Referring to the anxiety
for some time prevalent as to the precarious state
of our relations with the Chinese—" It was his con-
viction," said Mr. LAYARD, " that we never were
further from a war with the Chinese than at the
present moment." Alluding to the tremendous
civil war still, and so long, raging on the other
side of the Atlantic—" He believed the policy
pursued by the Government on this question,"
quoth Mr. LAYARD, " had pretty well need the
unanimous approval of the country." Comment-
ing upon the great European difficulty thus
spake the hon. member for Norwich to his South-
wark constituency, "He trusted the French occu-
pation of Rome would soon be terminated."
Glancing onwards to the new European difficulty
that has very recently sprung up a little further
away there to the east, the Under-Secretary for
Foreign Affairs thus threw a flood of
light upon that dark portion of our diplo-
macy —" In the affairs of Greece her
Majesty's Government did not wish to inter-
fere." Nay, he went even a little further and
added—[We knew it all perfectly well beforehand,
it is true—but no matter of that ! Here it is all
over again from the lips of the Under-Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, the alter ego or re-
presentative of the Earl RIISSELL]—" They (her
Majesty's Government) had accepted the revolu-
tion, and had gone a step further. If the Greeks
promised to govern themselves as a constitutional
nation, and to respect their engagements, the Eng-
lish Government were willing to give them up
the lonian Islands, but it must be evident that they
could not give them up the lonian Islands while
Greece had been ill-governed." Not a syllable about
Prince ALFRED, observe! But then, it is true, that,
under the circumstances, was by far too important
and delicate a subject to be touching upon even by
so gingerly-stepping an Under Secretary. The
"Dangerous" part of the ice therefore is dexterously
evaded and adroitly skimmed round until the nimble
skater over the frozen topics of European Diplomacy
can feel a more solid congelation under his keen-
shod and mettlesome feet, and can go careering
off in a showy attitude such as that " struck " by
him anent that old familiar theme of diplomatists,
the situation of Turkey in respect to Christendom !
" He did not wish to give the Turk more than the
Christian, but he would give him as much. He did
not think that because a Turk believed in MAILOMET
they should treat him with injustice. They should
maintain the policy of non-intervention in Turkey
as elsewhere." Turning his regard to the past, he
had a flourish of exultation to indulge in iii respect
to the Commercial Treaty with France. Scruti-
nising the present, he eulogised the long-suffering,
famine-threatened artisans of Lancashire. Looking
onward to the future, he evidently cherished the con-
viction at heart of an approaching triumph over all
coming antagonists of the Great Liberal Party, as
now led and championed by our veteran Premier,
Lord PALMERSTON. Altogether the speech delivered
yesterday by Mr. LAYARD, to a large gathering
of his transpontine constituents, was about as super-
ficial and as amusingly evasive of anything bearing
the shadowy semblance of a Ministerial revela-
tion, as a political address could well be. If
constituencies can be so amused by the hour, well
and good—that is purely a matter for their own
Consideration. So think not the electors of RochL
dale and Birmingham, however, judging from the
bold, and earnest, and comprehensive, and search-
ing harrangues addressed to the pick of them re-
cently by their respective representatives.

" Down in Dorsetshire"—all among the farmers
—at Blandford, a borough to be sure, for the sake
of his Grace the Marlborough, but one much easier
for the traveller to find on his map, than on the land
itself,—in this out of the world place and county,
politicians have been talking polities. 01 eunrce
the two county members the Hon. W. H. PORT-
MANI and Mr. H. KER SEYMER, were the chief
performers. The well known 5.G.0., however, took
a tart, and our district also contributed the poli-
tical dessert in the shape of another PORTMAN, the
member for East Middlesex. It was of course a
meeting of the Blandford Agricultural Society, and
great coats, to the number it is said of one hundred
were distributed to the men who had been great
at ploughing, mowing, thatching, and other peace-
ful" pursuits of agriculture. Some of the coats, we
tairwe„ Welleialsotold th,waetre premiums for long servi-
mr.
wAymits
Was not there to

prove that neither master nor man merited a pre-
mium for sticking to each other, if the one paid
well and the other worked well. Perhaps the man
who best deserves a prize for "long servitude" is
the man who has a bad-tempered master, and yet
contents himself to serve him patiently and well.
Should not the complement to a testimonial for this
prize be another testimonial to the character of the
master ? Good service under difficulties is that
which surely ought to gain the first prize.
Mr. COBDEN does not appear to have delivered
his admirable address at Midhurst in vain; it was
meant as an elementary lesson on the North and
its manufacturers to the Midhurst rustics of high
and low degree there, and is incomparably the best
little hand-book we have yet seen for the agricul-
tural mind. The member for Dorsetshire had
learned from it that the great body of manufacturers
were not in a position to do more than they had
done. It is now easily understood why the mill-
owners cannot afford the rates themselves which
they have to pay. It is by this time apparent to
even county members, that a manufacturer whose
property is almost wholly invested in mills and ma-
chinery, can have nothing to spare when those mills
produce him less than nothing ; being, in fact, in
the position of a farm which had to pay rent, rates,
and tithes, although it might have been smitten
with complete barrenness. It is pleasing to see
that Dorsetshire and Manchester, at last, are likely
to understand each other, and not less so that the
understanding is to be one begun by the benevo-
lence of the South towards the distressed of the
North.

Dorsetshire appears to be orthodox on the Greek
question, its faith was expounded with applause by
one of its members ; it is that we feel very much
complimented by the wish of the Greeks to have
our Prince, but that he is far better off " as mid-
shipman on board one of his mother's ships than he
would be as King of GREECE." Poor Mr. BRIGHT
came in for severe censure, tempered, however, with
the pity all Englishmen feel for a disap-
pointed man. He had had the misfortune
to see his pet land of Democracy overwhelmed by
the crash of its institutions, hence he must be for-
given for indulging in the Pickwickian pleasure of
letting them know a bit of his mind about aristo-
cratic institutions, patronage, State churches, and
all the old world inequalities and grievances. His
American hobby had broken down, and poor Mr.
BRIGHT had lost his temper. We may safely leave
it to Mr. BRIGHT to put himself right with the
hon. members for Dorsetshire next session. They
may look out for a hard backhander.
Mr. KER SEYMER has been travelling in Italy,
and told the sons of the soil somewhat of his expe-
rience there. He seemed anxious to justify him-
self, as a Conservative, for supporting revolu-
tion in Italy. But he did so, very efficiently,
she wing that Italy, after a sleep •of cen-
turies was only awakening to demand those
liberties which Conservatives here would be the last
to surrender. Mr. SEYMER was surprised to find
that the inhabitants perfectly understood the ques-
tion of the " temporal power ;" and that while
warmly attached to their religion, they considered
the POPE'S temporal power an injury rather
than a benefit to it. They contended earnestly
for his spiritual power, but "saw no reason
why he should misgovern some hundred of thou-
sands of Italians." Perhaps Mr. KER SEYMER
Will now appreciate the clear understanding which
English Dissenters have on the subject of the tem-
poral power" of the English Church. He may
cease to wonder that they can clearly distinguish
between Bishops as spiritual persons, and their
mischievous power as Legislators, on any liberal
question on which they think it worth while to
give their votes. There are, we can assure him,
" temporalities" in England, quite as objectionable
to half his fellow Englishmen, as the POPE'S tem-
poralities are to the Italians.

TEE AMERICAN BLOCKADE.—NEW YORK, Dec. 9.
—The schooners Emma Tuttle, Levi Rowe, J. C. Roker,
and Brilliant, of Nassau, were captured by the blockading
squadron, off Wilmington, on the 3d inst. The schooner
Ariel, of Boston, and the Anna Maria, of Nassau, in at-
tempting to run the blockade, were run ashore off Little
Run, South Carolina, to prevent them from falling into
the hands of the Federals. The Memphis (steamer), cap-
tured on the 31st June, and the Elizabeth (steamer), cap-
tured on the 31st May, off Charleston harbour, have been
condemned and their cargoes forfeited.

EAST KENT ELECTION.—Sir Norton Knatchbull,
Bart., addressed a meeting of the electors at the Town-hall,
Dover, yesterday afternoon. He replied to the principal
arguments levied against him by Sir Ed. Dering at meetings
throughout the country, professed his adherence to Church
and State, and the Queen's Government, as distinguished
from that termed Lord Palmerston's; his advocacy of the
national expenditure for sterling worth and progressive im-
provement, and his deep sympathy with the Lancashire dis-
tress, and admiration of Lord Derby's conduct as compared
with Lord Palmerston's. The only question put was re-
specting the Maynooth grant, for which he would vote the
abolition. A vote of confidence was accorded, with one dis-
sentient, on the motion of S. Wood, Esq.

ANOTHER CRINOLINE FATALITY. Yesterday
morning a young woman named Caroline Evans, residing
in Bermondsey-street, had just lighted the firo, and was
turning round, when her dress, which was extended by
crinoline, came in contact with the flames, and was ignited.
Her screams brought assistance, but in spite of it the whole
of her dress was consumed, and her person fearfully burned.
She was conveyed to Guy's Hospital, but expired shortly
after her admission.

POSTMAN DROWNED.—On Friday morning the
body of Wm. Howell, postman from St. John's to Alfrick,
was found drowned in the river Teme at Powick Mill. The
deceased was on duty as usual on Thursday, and about a
quarter to 7 o'clock he called at Mr. Willis's, of Wick, on
his return journey, but not reaching home at the usual
time inquiries were instituted, and on the following morn-
ing his hat was found in the river, On a further search
being made his body, with the mail-bags strapped to it,
was discovered in the mill pond. It is supposed that the
unfortunate man, through the darkness of the night,missed
his way, fell into the river, and was drowned.—Birming-
ham Gazette.

r EFFECTS OF THE WAR.—In Southern Indiana,
Southern and Central Illinois, the greater portion of lowa,
and all of Missouri, agricultural' produce is worth next to
nothing; while all over the West, the prices of cloth, of
sugar, of molasses, of salt, of iron—all the great necessaries
of farm and household economy, save only breadstuffa and
meat for man and food for animals—have in some cases
doubled, inothers quadrupled in price. In the localities that
we have mentioned a bushel and a half of corn will buy but
a pound of sugar, and three bushels of corn, or a bushel
of wheat, only equal in market -value a pound of common
coffee. Cotton cloths and coarse woollen fabrics—articles
wholly indispensable among farmers—are sold at enormous
figures. In large districts of the country the bushel of
wheat that would once buy six yards of coarse muslin is
now paid for a yard and a half of the same goods. While
this is true of merchandise, the prices of labour have in-
creased so enormously that on thousands of farms the grown
corn crop is not worth the bare cost of gathering and pre-
paring it for a market. And, in addition to these disabilities
under which the farmers labour, increased taxes are a cer-
tainty that no power can ward off.—Chicago Tribune.
DEATH OF THE EARL OF GIFFORD.—We have to
record the death of the Earl of Gifford, which took place
yesterday morning at Dufferin-lodge, Highgate, after a
protracted illness.

HIGHLAND BURYING PLACES.—An English ar-
tist writing about the Highlands describes a lonely church-
yard in an island on Loch-Awe. The island, he says, had
been inhabited before, long ago, by a convent of
Cistercian nuns. They were turned out at the Reformation,
and their poor little chapel has been left for the winds to
sing in nvnr since. Not many stones are left of it now, and
its fundations lie low amongst the moss-covered tombs of the
old chieftains. But the people brine their dead here yet, and
lay them under the shadow of their broken walls, so that
the island is a land of death, of utter repose and peace. Was
it not well in barbarous mutineers to bury their dead in
lonely isles, where the foot of the marauder trampled not the
grass on the grave, and where living came not, save in sor-
row, and reverentially ? The mainland was for the living to
fight upon, to hunt upon, and to dwell upon ; but this green
isle was the Silent Land, the Island of the Blest. Hither
the chieftains came, generation after generation, borne
solemnly across the waters from their castled isles ; hither
they came to this defenceless one, where they still sleep
securely, when their strongholds are roofless ruins; their
claymores dissolved in rust; their broadlands that they
fought for all their lives, sold and resold; and their de-
scendants sent into mile to make a desert for English
grottse-btmtcp

THEATRE ROYAL WESTMINSTER.

Mr. Boucicault having renamed and remodelled the
once famous Astley's Amphitheatre, commenced his mana-
gerial campaign last evening.

He may be said to have done away with the boxes, a re-
form long wanted. In their stead ho gives a splendid
balcony, which sweeps completely round the house, pro-
jecting from the old circle, so as to abridge considerably the
huge space formerly occupied by the circus and the pit.
Handsome and capacious chairs of cerese-coloured silk,
three deep, with a broad moulding or cushion of velvet, give
a magnificent contour to what Mr. Boucicault has named
the " auditorium," or audience portion of the theatre. The
ground-floor is occupied by a spacious and handsome
orchestra, a parterre filled with chairs, and the pit seats in
the rear. Above the balcony are side galleries, and a most
capacious one facing the stage, divided into upper and
lower.

The general decoration is of an exceedingly chaste and
elegant design, with a kind of French classicality, but per-
fectly devoid of any pictorial and of all sculptural ornament,
with the exception of very small cariatides that support a
slight moulding and ornamental border. The general effect
is exceedingly tasteful, and, with the upholstery colours,
produces a rich and gorgeous ensemble. The stage must
also have been altered, and the scenery and machinery
which works it are entirely new. The proscenium is archi-
tectural, and effectually marks the division of the real and
the illusive portion of the theatre.

The pieces selected for the night, were Tom Taylor's
comic dzama "To Parents and Guardians," in which Mr.
Boucicault played Mon. Tourbillon, the French usher, and
Mrs. Boucicault Bob Nettles ; Mr. D. Leeson enacting the
low comedy Master Waddilove, and Mr. Mellon the peda-
gogue. Miss Rose Leclercq also appeared as Virginie.
" The Siege of Lucknow," with the caste as played at
Drury-lane, has been transplanted here, but of course with
new scenery, dresses, and appointments.

The audience appeared highly pleased with the arrange-
ments that had been made for their co mfort.

ADELPHI 7HEAT.RE.

The veteran favourite Paul Bedford took his benefit at
this house last night, and was enthusiastically received by
a crowded audience.

The pieces played were "The Pretty Horsebreaker," a
farce in which Mr. Toole gives a most amusing and finished
caricature of a Cockney gent ; Mr. Benjamin Webster's
little drama, called " One Touch of Nature," in which tha
author plays witi, ate fits arustic force; 06 Th. Lithe Trea-
sure," and "The Ticket of Leave." Mr. Sothern, of the
Haymarket, appeared in " The Little Treasure," in con-
junction with Miss Marie Wilton, playing the part of
Captain Maidenblush, which, though belonging to light
comedy, was originally played by Mr. Buckstone. It was
a highly successful performance, and elicited unbounded
applause.

LAT ES r NE WS

PARIS, DEC. 23,

The llioniteur of this morning says :
" A rumour was current yesterday that a diffe-
rence had arisen between the French and Spanish
Governments, in consequence of the speech of
Senor Calderon Collantes, in the Senate at Madrid.
But the explanation given by Spain having been
satisfactory, this diplomatic incident has had no
further consequence."

ATHENS, DEC. 22.

The President of the Synod has opened the As-
sembly with prayers and exhortations. Eighty
members were present, who took the oath.

PARIS, DEC. 22.

The Paris evening journals mention the report
that the French Government has demanded expla-
nations at Madrid respecting the official statements
made by the Spanish Government to the Cortes on
the Mexican question, without, however, stating
the result of this request on the part of the French
Ambassador.

La France says:—
"We have reason to believe that Prince Louis of
Hesse has refused the Crown of Greece."
The Patrie says :
" England is said to have made the cession of the
louian Islands dependent on the condition that
Greece should maintain the monarchical form of
Government, and respect the treaties which regulate
the extension of the Kingdom of Greece."

TURIN, DEC. 22.

A body of French and Italian troops, commanded
by Major T.aoholli, hao made an expedition on the
Roman frontier, and dispersed the remainder of
Tristany's band of brigands.
In to-day's sitting of the Senate and Chamber of.
Deputies a Royal decree was read, proroguing the
session.

The Official Gazette will shortly publish the
decree closing Parliament.
Baron Ricasoli has refused to become a member
of the committee deputed to inquire into the causes
of the brigandage in Naples.

MADRID, DEC. 20, EVENING.

To-day, in the Senate, General Prim stated that
he did not receive orders to advance to the city of
Mexico, and that if he had received such orders he
should have gone. He eulogised the character of
Juarez and repelled the accusation that he was the
cause of the rupture with the French representa-
tive. Senor Monte expressed his belief that the
French would attain their object in Mexico, and
thought that Juarez would do better to withdraw
and avoid a war.

SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 23.

The screw steamship Tartar, from Lisbon. on
the 17th inst., arrived here this morning with 28
passengers, £2,540 in specie, and a large cargo of
fruit.

She encountered a terrible northerly gale in the
Bay of Biscay, and shipped heavy seas ; her sails
and part of the rigging were carried away, and
27 bullocks killed out of 32 on board.

LISBON, DEC, 23.

It is said that the Emerald frigate brought to
Dom Fernando an autograph letter from the Queen
of England, which is reported to contain an offer
of the throne of Greece, a distinction that Dom
Fernando is said to have promptly declined.

The restrictive measures in the custom-house
continue, and cause much annoyance to the mer-
cantile community.
Her Majesty's ships Warrior, Black Prince, Re-
sistance, Defense, Trinculo, and Revenge will leave
shortly on a cruise for Madeira.

Her Majesty's ship Doris arrived here on the
10th, and sailed the same day.

The Magdalena sailed for the BrazilP, on the 11th.
The steamer Ruby left for Madeira on the 14th
inst.

Two Russian frigates and the American ship St
Louis are lying in the harbour.

The King and Queen are residing at the Palace
of Ajuda.

The results of the last vintage are very satisfac
tory both in the quality and quantity of the wine.
The weather is very cold.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Trade is very dull. The high price of Manches-
ter goods has a depressing effect upon the market.
Exchange on London, 90 days, 534; on Paris,
5.30; on Hamburg, 48k; on Genoa, 5.25. Three
per Cent. Bonds, 471 to 48.

SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 23.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Pera, Captain Jameson, with the heavy portion of
the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 32
passengers, and 729 packages cargo.

The Pera experienced a heavy northerly gale,
with a terrific sea, across the Bay of Biscay.
On the 17th she spoke the steamer Ceylon, steer-
ing eastward.

The Dutch schooner Johanne, bound from Leg•
horn to Bristol, with a general cargo, foundered at
sea on the 24th ult.

GIBRALTAR, DEC. 16.

Exchange on London, 80 days, 50 to 50 5-16ths ;
Paris, 527 ; Marseilles, 528; Genoa, 529 ; Madrid,
eight days' sight, premium.
Freights unaltered.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 23, 1862.