The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-05 00:00:00

(From the Official List.)

Business done.

Bank Stock
3)per Cent. Reduced Annuities lol'
New 34 per Cent. Annuities lO4l d .
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860.....
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 .... 6A 3-16
India Bonds, £lOOO — I
Ditto, under £lOOO B3
Consols for Opening 18th January
Exchequer Bills lid. March. June.
£1000
__
£5OO — .
Small 69 72
BRITISH. FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY,
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ..........••••••.. _
Ditto Small .. ... . ........................... 103
981 i
Ditto New, 1.852, 4i per Cent
... 108
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent
Grenada Bonds, Deferred,
Mexican 3 per Cent...
Peruvian 6 per Cent.
Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent 644
Portuguese 4 per Cent. 491 40
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto 4i,, per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent x d
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 231 x d
fun Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not f 41
p c
Dutch Exchange 2.4 per Cent 67
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates..,.. 99
HALI-PAST TWO.
Consols for Opening 18th January
.4 ex 'l.

LONDON, TILBURY, AND SOUTHEND.-011 Monday a
compensation case was decided by a special jury, at
Chelmsford. It appeared that 5,455/. was- the original
claim, which was afterwards reduced to 2,6001., for two
pieces of land, one containing 1 rood 34 perches, and the
other 24 perches. The jury decided on a verdict of 2501.
for the 1 rood 34 perches, 1001. compensation for da-
mage, and 301. for the 24. perches—making together
3801.

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—In addition to
the Ealing rectory estate, this society has just purchased
another estate in Middlesex, close to the Hounslow sta-
tion on the South-Western Windsor line. At the meet-
ing of the Excecutive Committee on Tuesday, the 4th
inst., Viscount Ranelagh and Colonel Brownlow Knox,
M.P., were re-elected chairman and vice-chairman of the
society for the present year.
DETERMINED SUlClDE.—Yesterday evening a long in-
quiry was gone into before Mr. Brent, deputy coroner,
and a respectable jury, at the Devonshire Arms, Devon-
shire-street, Portland-place, on view of the body of Mr.
Jno. Cane, aged 50, collector, in the service of the Im-
perial Gas Company, who committed suicide by cutting
his throat with a razor, at No. 43, Devonshire-street,
where he was residing with his family. Evidence having
been given, showing that about 8 o'clock on Monday
morning the deceased was found in the kitchen laying
on the floor, by his daughter, and that a razor, with
which he had inflicted a deep gash across his throat, was
by his side. The jury returned a verdict of "Temporary
Insanity,"
THE .M.EDITERRANEAN.—SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 4.—The
Sultan, Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship,
commanded by Captain Brooks, from Constantinople,
arrived at half-past 12 o'clock p.m. She had fine weather
generally throughout the voyage home. Her dates of
sailing were—Constantinople, 18th ult.; Smyrna, 21st;
Malta, 25th; Gibraltar, 30th. She brought 12 passengers,
and the following cargo ;—Specie to the amount of
25,0001., 10 barrels of skins, 2,027 boxes of raisins, 9,587
drums of figs, 104 bags of yellow berries, 96 cases of
opium, 23 cases of gum, 11 cases of scammony, 208
bales of silks, 920 bales of goats hair, 79 bales of sheep's
wool, 100 cases of sponge, 470 black fruit, 17 cases of
otto of roses, and a large number of packages of sun-
dries. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Ripon, Captain Moresby arrived at Gibraltar on
the 26th ult., and left for Malta, &c., the same day.
Admiral Dundas's fleet was still at Gibraltar.

SCOTTISH LAW APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. Moncreiff is, of
course, again Lord Advocate, and is before his consti-
tuents for re-election. There has not yet been any for-
mal arrangement as to the Solicitor-Generalship ' • but
there is no room to doubt the reappointment of Mr.
Deas. Mr. J. C. Brodie has been re-appointed to the
office of Crown Agent. The Depute-Advocates will
also be the same as under Lord John Russell's late Mi-
nistry, viz. Messrs. George Young, Thomas Cleghorn,
George Dingwall Fordyce, and A. R. Clark. We be-
lieve also that Mr. James Donaldson will be, as before,
Advocate-Depute for the Sheriff Court and Exchequer.
--Scotsman

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC.
(EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
_PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The United States Mail Steamship Arctic, Capt.
Luce, has just entered the Mersey, direct from
New York. She left that port on Saturday the
25th ult.

By this arrival we have three days later intelli-
gence than that brought by the Niagara, on Mon,-
day last, from Canada and the United States.

Her mails will leave this to night at nine o'clock,
for first delivery on Thursday morning ; those for
the Continent will cross Channel at Dover by the
mid-day mail.

We hastily select the following items from the
New York papers just landed :

The newly elected Vice-President, Hon. W. R.
King, is reported better.

The papers state that the occup'ation of Samano
by the French is confirmed.

In the United States Senate, on the 22d ult., a
bill was introduced with the view of establishing a
railroad to the Pacific Ocean, and also the adoption
of post routes throughout the entire line ; its in-,
troduction was favourably received.

In the Senate a motion had been made for copies
of the correspondence which had passed between
the Governments of England, France, and the
United States, relative to the guarantee that Spain
should continue to hold possession of Cuba.
Intelligence from Havannah to the 19th of Decem-
ber had reached New York, stating that the British
frigate Vista had just arrived there with three slave
ships as prizes, in consequence of which great ex-
citement prevailed in that island.