The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY G' EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1860.

snr siege guns and a large reinforcement of infantry
expected by the French could arrive from Tien-tsin,
they further determined to extend the time within
Which the Prince of Kung must return a positive
answer to their ultimatums to three clear days from
that on which these were forwarded to Pekin.
This was done on the 25th ult., consequently he
must return 'an answer on or before the 29th, or
expect active hostilities to recommence on Sunday,
the 30th. •
During this interval more than one communica-
tion was received from the Prince, but all of an
unsatisfactory character, and shirking the dem nd
58 to the priscuaers. In one received on the 29th
Was enclosed a piece of paper, with Plrkes's name
Written on it-in Chinese and English, in the way he
and Mr. Wilde are in the habit of doing when they
°all on or send to a Chinese dignitary. It was
stated by the Prince to have been sent the day pre-
!leas by Parkes to Hang-kc, formerly Superinten-
dent of Customs at Canton, and therefore well
known to him, requesting an interview, andwas
forwarded as evidence of his being alive and well.
may here mention that, up to this time, we had
never been able to learn anything definite respecting
our missing friends how and when they had been
taken, or where they were confined. This
°aid of Parkes's, therefore, being dated, was
s° far satisfactory, because it showed that
he was alive, but the letter enclosing it
Was as much '.the reverse as usual, and, con-
sequently did not alter the decision that had been
come to to march upon' Pekin should a favourable
reply not be received within the time named. No
such reply came, but the Chinese gained a short
respite, which was probably the means of saving
Song-ko-lin-sib's army from a third disastrous defeat,
°Wing to the..irn-arrival of the reinforcement of
French infant* as soon as was expected, and which
°nly reachedtkii(iirvamp on the morning of the 3d.
Meanwhile our own Commander-in-Chief had not
been idle. Since the 21st our army had been
strengthened by a battalion of the 60th Rifles, the
67th, the Royals, wings of the 99th Queen's, and
Bth Punjabees, together with the siege guns and
several 8-inch mortars. These latter were brought
111) from Tientsin to Tungchau by the river in four
days and a half, and the same means of communi-.
cation was made use of for the purpose of coin-
Ireying the supplies of the army. Immense quanti-'
ties of ammunition, food, and other stores were
oarried along it in salt boats drawing only 10 inches
When laden with two tons each, thus relieving the
Commissariat of a vast amount of labour in the way
Of land transport. The whole of this water con-
`/eyance was in the hands of the navy, and too much
Praise cannot be given to Admiral Hope, who orga-
nised, and Capt. Roderick Dew and the other active
officers who carried out the details of the system
ill a way that left nothing to be desired. At
Tung-hat an :extensive depot was formed by both
•P Conch and English for the reception of Com-
missariat storwand placed under a guard of 400
urines anda corresponding -number of. French
soldiers.

On the morning of the 2d Wade received a note
'ern Parkes, written in Chinese, stating that be
and Loch were together, and well treated, but in
°mat of clothes; which they had, however, received
Permission to have sent in to them, and would- be
thtd to have. It then went on to speak in-high
terms of the Prince of Kung's talents and kind-
-465•
s, but in a curiously_constrdined manner, show-
bag that it had been written under some sort of
restraint. This was clearly proved by a postscript
44 aindostanee lit English character put by Loch
4110'
re his signateere• saying that the letter had been
Britten by order of the Government. An answer
'tits written to Parkes by Wade, both in Chinese
'MEnglish, neither of which could do any harm
:` Inspected by the authorities. Some clothes were
sent in at the same time, and in order to let them
0W if possible what steps were about to. be
taken in their behalf, one of Mr. Stuart Wortlefs
Sildkerchiefs was put into Loch's bundle to attract
418 attention, with a sentence in Hindostanee
rated in • English characters round the em-
vt.oidered initials to the effect that in three days
,14.. e heavy guns would open on the city, and knock
tlnyta, the wall... The same sentence was worked on
One of hiseshirts- in a part likely to.be noticed by
here
but not •conspicuous to the -public. These
e,re all despatched on the evening of the 2d.
T•
he French being encamped some little distance
the line of march towards Pekin, it was arranged
that the English army should move forward on the
to a point somewhat in advance of our allies,
htltant only about four miles from the camp at Pa-
Zehisto ; and that after remaining there a day the
olnbined armies should advance towards the north-
-4,43t angle'of Pekin, and if there was time attack the
;attar and Mongblian forces under Sang-ko-lin-
-441, which was supposed to be encamped to the
:rth of the city, on the same day. As soon as this
is posed of, it was intendea to'bring up the
to Re guns and commence operations against the
without an hour's delay.
In pursuance of. this plan the English army,
O'er 6,000 strong, marched from Pa-li-chiao to the
Itigned position on the morning of the 3d, Lord
gin accompanying them with a numerous follow
PIRI and putting up with Sir Hope Grant's and the
ead-quarter staff in a fine old mosque appropriatea
-7this purpose for the occasion. About 2 o'clock
theand Loch,
day letters were received from Parkes
the
Loch, this time written in English, confirming
eprevious statement that they were well, but
they
that it was only since the 29th that
had been well treated. This took us all by
itlrprise, the Prince of Kung's letters having
tiN'ariably stated that.all the prisoners were well
treated, and we
_having no reason to doubt their
reuracy in this respect. It was evident from the
etters that these two were confined apart from the
Others,ll as they only spoke of themselves, and did
their
ask for anything but what they required for
„ own use. Answers and some few things, in
addition to thew sent in two days before, were
s2tWarded in the afternoon. - Every one, now that
'"Q time was drawing so near, began to feel doubly
Vll,cious respecting the fate of those confined in
could
e"in, should we have to attack the:city. There
be no question but that they would be in a
rclsition of great danger—not so much from the
.Thabitants, or even the authorities, but from the
defeated and demoralised hordes of Tartar troops,
with which we were given to understand the town
,git garrisoned to the number of some 60,000 men,
of whoia had their wives and families with them
tlere, and consequently might be expected, if ever
they would do so, to make something like a good
stand.
At daylight o£ the &th, the allied armies, num-
bering over 10,000 fighting men, started OR the
March that was to bring them in sight of Pekin,
taking three days rations with them, but leaving
their tents and baggage behind. It was a bright,
cold, autumnal morning, such as one has in these
latitudes at this season of the year, followed by hot
days, and it was a beautiful and stirring sight to
*etch the army as it gradually wound its way on-
bard through the well-wooded and here really
Pretty country,--bounded on the north and west by
4 noble range of mountains, which looked in the
elear atmosphere'ds if they were only 10 instead of
nearly 30 mileg Way. After marching about six
miles we came in sight of some of the remains of
1/hat was once a great earthwork, running along the
1/hole eastern face of the city, and distant from it
nearly three-quarters of a mile. It is now no longer
eetitinuous, but broken up into a series of large
,zuounds and, cantering, to the top of one of these,
,
t."? had our first look at Pekin, which was cer-
Zt'lly somewhat disappointing, as it lies low, and
e Were unable to,get any extensive view of it; we
'wereFall,
only able to see distinctly a portion of the
an, the top of ,one of the gate towers, and an
iuz-
Tense tower at the north-east angle of the walls.
he General had' made up his mind to rest his
for
°l3B here, and let them get their breakfast corn-
i.tably; after which there would still be plenty of
:1110 to look up, and destroy the Tartar camp. when
General
was brought to him from the French
, saying that his troops, who had certainly
it'd to march some miles further than ours, were
tititigned, and that he would prefer waiting until
ke next day before advancing any further. Sit
°Pe Grant made a merit of necessity, and the
troops
encamped where they were.
It had been ascertained from a very accurate map
othe city thij.,p,. continulus line of old intrench-
enteran as iewere,:in prolongation of the east and
,w
west walls for about a mile northwards, where they
paere joined together by a similar line running
tjellel to the north wall. It was somewhere within
enclosure which formed a parallelogram about
four miles long by onebroad, and was covered with
Ao7td,B and small villages, with the exception of one
krolett: reserved as a parade ground by the Etn-
,ne..e, that Sangkolinsin's army was supposed to be
tw.'lnped, probably towards the western end. The
th,'"ention was to move forward, at first parallel to
left, e?-stern entrenchment, and afterwards to the
along the northern one, until the enemy was
thZisil ,e,d. It was found, however, early in the day,
encmY-Was in no great force outside the

city, and Sir Hope Grant pushed on towards the
position we now occupy. On his way he saw a con-
siderable body of cavalry falling back Wore him,
but did not get up to them, as he had only infantry
with him, and the cavalry were away on the right.
About the same time, he sent a message to the French.
General, saying that he was moving forward some-
what to the right, and asking him to follow and do
the same. General de Montauban went more de-
cidedly to the right than was intended, crossed the
rear of our nrmy, and, after marching till 7 at night,
always under the impression that he was behind us,
came suddenly on the Emperor's great summer
palace of :Yuen-Ming-Yuen, some of the principal
buildings of which he immediately occupied after a
trifling resistance. He found it entirely abandoned,
,except by about 400 eunuchs, who attempted no
resistance, and were made prisoners.
Meanwhile, Sir Hope Grant, with the two infan-
tiy divisions, came upon a small picket of Tartars in
a village situate just outside the gap in the intrench-
ment through which the great northern road runs,
which leads from the North Gate up into Tartary.
They were soon driven in, and joining a larger body
of horsemen, retired along the road towards the city
Gate. The army then encamped just inside the
northern earthwork intrenchment already alluded
to, it being evident that there was' no enemy left
outside the city, at all events on the north side..
There was some speculation during che afternoon
(we reached this place as early as 1 o'clock) as to
what could possibly have become of the French and
our own cavalry, neither of whom had made their
appearance; bat when night came en, and there
was still no sign of them, a pretty correct guess
was made as to their whereabouts, and it turned out
afterwards that the cavalry, as well as the French,
had come up to the Summer Palace, and bivouacked
for the night in its neighbourhood.
During the same afternoon, Major Greathed, of
the Bengal Engineers, A.D.C. to Sir R. Napier,,
made a reconnaissance, accompanied by a small party
of infantry; and succeeded in getting within 180
yards of the North-gate,and 80 yards of the wall more
to the eastward. He found the former closed, and
people in the inside evidently on the alert, though
they did not fire on him. He then went round by
the suburbs to get a good sight of the wall and
ditch in which he was quite successful. Ho de-
scribes the wall as about 40 feet high, of which
about eight would be knocked off by the first fire,
and the ditch =as being apparently quite dry. , It.
could be quite possible to bring the heavy guns up
under cover;to within 100 yards of the wall., ~
The next morning Wade received • letter from
Parkes dated the day before, at three o'clock in the
afternoon, enclosed in one from the- Prince of
Kung, written from the Palace of Yuen-Ning-Yuen,
which he had only just time tb escape from before
the arrival of the French, which gave us the
welcome news that the authorities had at last made
up their minds to release all those confined in Pekin
the next day but one, so that we might then look
for them the very next day. Wade immediately
arranged to have an interview with Hang-ke, who
is now one of the Ministers of the Household and
Assistant-Conimissioner with the Prince of

Kung, in order that he might let him know
what the Commanders-in-Chief proposed as
regarded Pekin, and ascertain what probability
there was of having the prisoners not in Pekin sent
in as well ,as the others. Hang-ke, when. first
informed that it was a sine qul, non that one of the
gates of Pekin should be put in possession of the
allied troops, affected to say it was a thing not to
be thought of, but be soon calmed down and ended
by saying.he thought it was a thing which after all
it might be"possible to agree it. The negotiation
.respecting this is not entirely concluded at the time
I am writing this, but I feel no doubt from what .1
hear that the point will be yielded and the getq,given.
up. Respecting the prisoners not in Pekip,he had,.
fox the reasons I have already explainedip44-44,
giving
part of this letter, some difficulty in a posi-
tive undertaking that they should be given,up,.but
he promised that he would do his best, and to-day
he expressed his firm belief that before three days
had passed we should see them all here. As he
has kept perfect faith in all respects with Parkes,
I have tnq doubt it will be as he says. -

•
He expressed great concern at the occupation of
the Emperor's palace, and the way in which it had
been pillaged in the first instance by the French
alone, and subsequently with the consent of both
commanders. This seemed, indeed, to have pro-

duced a greater impression on him than any other
event that had occurred during the war. - The
looting of it has undoubtedly been most com-
plete; the French officers made scarcely an effort
to prevent the most indiscriminate destruction.
The English have certainly succeeded in getting
a large amount of valuables, and lam told nearly
£20,000 of treasure set apart for division in cer-
tain proportions among the army at large—so far
the one body have behaved better than the other,
but when this is said all is said
.that :can be urged
in favour of • any in connection with the terrible
mismanagement that seems to have guided
every step taken in reference to the occupa-
tion, destruction, and abandonment of what was,
four days ago, by far the most magnificent series of
edifices in China) and certainly one of the most
remarkable sights I over saw. I cannot
attempt to give any account of it in this letter but
may possibly do so on some future occasion.
I have made the summary of our proceedings
since last mail so much larger than I anticipated
that I fear I must abridge more than I could have
wished the account I have received from the late
prisoners of the way in which they were taken and
of their treatment by the Chinese during their con-
finement. Until the return of Parkes and Loch
yesterday we were in entire ignorance on both these
points except to the extent that we had been able
to extract most unsatisfactory and unreliable infor-
mation from the Chinese authorities at Tung-chau
who invariably protested, and I am now. disposed to
think truly enough, that they really could not tell
us what we wished to know, for the best of all rea-
sons, that they did not know it themselves.
It appears that when Loch, accompanied by Capt.
Brabazon of the Artillery and two Sowers, with a
flag of truce, started on the morning of the 18th
for Tung•chau to desire Parkes and the other Eng-
lishmen then there to return at once to Head
Quarters, they reached that town without encoun-
tering any difficulty, except in passing through the
Tartar lines, which was soon got over, and found,
on arriving at the Temple, where Parkes, Loch, and
the others had spent the night, that the former had,
on his return to Tung-chau, desired the Sowars to
be ready to start at a moment's notice, and left
a note for De Norman and Bowlby, who had
gone out for a walk, to wait his return ; after doing
which he proceeded in search of the Prince of I and
his fellow Commissioners. He had some difficulty
in finding them, but at last, with the assistance
of the Prefect, he did discover where they were.
On inquiring of the Prince whether he was aware
of what was likely to occur on the other side of
Chan-keia-wan if the Chinese armyremained where
it was, and ss bother it was by his instructions or
with his knowledge they ever occupied the
position they did ; he • answered him in a half
Jeering, half insolent tone, very different from any
that he had hitherto used in the conversations they
had had together, reminding him that one point
had always remained unsettled, viz., that as to
whether Lord Elgin should have an audience with
the Emperor or not. Parkes replied that.this was
not one of the points involving peace or war, and
have never been so considered, having always been
looked on as one which could be reserved for discus-
sion after the more important points had been agreed
to ; that the Prince must have quite understood'
this the day before; and he again asked him
what he meant to do ? The Prince again replied in
the same tone as before, and after some, further
discussion, leading to no result, Parkes left him with
the firm conviction on his mind that the whole was
a preconceived plan between the Prince and Sanga
ko lin-sin consequent upon their having made up
their minds to try the issue of another battle. He
met Loch, looking for him ; they returned to their
temple together, found the whole party assembled,
and started off at a brisk canter for the British
Camp. They had passed through Chang-keia-Wan,
and were withiu half a mile of our troops, when
the guns opened, and almost at the sanie moment
large ;bbdi'es of Mongol cavalry began Closing in on
either flank of their small force, blowing their
matches, and prepared to fire. As the pace at
which they were then
as going looked very mach
if they
were running away, which they did not
'wish to be supposed, the case, as they had a flag of
truce, they slackened their pace to consult as to
issliat they should do. They were immediately al-
most surrounded by troops, and told civilly enough.
that they could
had begun, without t • the 'on
Laving express permission
of be allowed to pass, as the action
of the General. In reply to a question from Parkes
they said he was close by, and they thought it better
before making an attempt to cut their way through
to see if they could not obtain permission to pass out.
Accordingly Parkes, Loch, and 'one of Probyn's
Sowers, flag of truce, went to see the
General, carrying,tel
telling the
eothers that they would be soon
huh* .
ngwhich They had to pass round a field of tall
4anou
millet, completely shut them out
from h
~
sight of their companions and escort,' and
icarcetlyehad they turned the qproner when they
matchlock's,:
nota t c hoelsi prevented
found theniSaves in face of some hundred infantry,
firedwho pifreasenn
them. • Ile-
-o.ancl .`woultlliave
yond tliee they saw several officers is h •
, 012e,0 vt, DUI
was Sang-ko-lin-sin himself. Parkes requested
loge etrh hadeir
that an 'order might be given to albs*, them' to
Pass, but after a very short conversation he saw
This was net to be granted, and that they were to
he made prisciners. They were hustled off their
horses, stripped of their arms, and pushed befoie
, : ~ _ , ~ . • ...•
.. • _ . . ~

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whets they were forced op to their
knees, and every one who could, seising beard,
hair, or whisker rubbed and bumped their heads
upon the Found before him. I must be very brief
in my remaining account and give you the details
in my next. They saw no more of their friends,
and to this hour are ignorant of how they were
captured, .they listened for but heard no firing.
Thcy themselves were conveyed to Pekin, confined
in separate felons' prisons with every description
of criminal in the same place, and heavily chained
until the 29th ult., when they were again brought
together and removed to a comfortable temple and
treated with every consideration until they were
released yesterday.

MONEY MA/ .E2' AND CITY .NETV.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

The Bank of England return, completed to 12th
December, is of a rather satisfactory character.
The extensive shipments of coin to the United
States, however, has caused a diminution in the
stock of the precious metals' of nearly a quarter of
a million ; a favourable feature, however, is a small
reduction in the other securities, while the reserve
of notes has continued at a steady point. There is
a large increase in the public deposits, and the
private deposits consequently share a diminution.
An addition of £50,000 has also been made to the
Government Securities. In the other items of the
balance sheet there is no change of importance—
they will be seen in the subjoined table :
Active Circulation .. $19,921,940
Decrease .. .. 285,149
Bullion 13,447,105
Decrease .. 218,561
Rest .. 3,177,771
Increase, .. .• • • .. 8,937
Public Deposits 7,029,111
Increase .. .. 411,626
Other Deposits .. .. 12,104,219
Decrease .. 368,129
Seven Day and other Bills .. 663,525
Decrease .. 62,993
Government Securities 9,540,273
Increase .. 50,000
Other Securities .. 19,987)188
Decrease .. ,• 117,147
Notes Unemployed .. 7,197,475
Decrease .. 611

• The only alteration- in the Foreign Exchanges
yesterday afterAoon was a slight decline is the rate
on Hambur#4.

Abouk£Bo,ooo,ingold was sent into theßankof
_England yesterday, but 120,000 sovereigns were
withdrawn for America.

It was announced yesterday that Messrs. Holds-
worth and Co., sugar refiners, had suspended. The
liabilities are estimated at about 120,000.
The failure was also reported of Mr. H. Bate-
man, timber merchant, but it is expected that the
composition will be about 16s. in the pound.
To-day the following railway calls become due,
viz., 20 per cent. on the Great Northern Deben-
ture Stock ; £4 per share or 415,254 on the Sit-
tingbourne and Sheerness
.Preference; 15 or
£125,000 on the Great Southern of India; and
;2105., amounting to £13,100, on the Eden Valley
In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there
was a good demand for all description at previous
rates. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales.
The Directors of the, Copiapo Mining Company
have announced a diyidend of ss. per share, pay-
able on:sthe Ist proxirii9;

Since Mopday,last the imports of specie baye heat
about .E69.25,3-Ql3, and the exports £682,000.

The- ifteatlistliti-: C.‘ anadik; hich-:left
to-day tot New York, took out £202,000, exclusive
of the above total.

There has been very little animation in the
English Stock Market to-day, but a further advance
of 1 per cent. has taken place, Consols being
921'9310t the Xan. account. This buoyancy has
been caused by a few speculative purchases: The
New Threes and the Reduced improved to 92Z-11;
Bank Stock to 234 ; India Debentures are steady
at 961 ;' and Exchequer Bills at ss. to 2s. dis.
Foreign Securities: have been rather actively
dealt in, and prices generally exhibited increased
firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 711 to 721 ;
ditto New, 571 tO 58 ; ditto £lOO Bonds 591
and ditto 4 per Cents., 1021 ; Mexican improved to
211 ; Peruvian to 961; Russian 41 per Cents. to
941 95 ; Spanish to 511 ; ditto Deferred to 42 ;
ditto. Certificates to 61 4; and Dutch 41 per Cents.
to 1001; Brazilian are flat at 99.
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have
been rather active, and a further improvement has
taken place in prices. Caledonians and Lancashire
and Yorkshire have advanced ss. ; North British
and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s.; Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincoln, 15s. ; Great Western,
Brighton, South Eastern, and Great Northerns,
£1 to £1 ss.
In the Foreign Market there has been no change
of importance. Great Luxemburg, however, have
improved ss.
The Colonial lines have been firm. Grand Trunk
of Canada advanced to 251 ; and Great Western of
Canada realised 111. Great Indian Peninsular
advanced to 971.

Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were
in moclerhte request, at . fully previous values.
Oriental Bank advanced ss. ; Union of London, 55.;
and Crystal Palace Stock, 10s.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 921 i
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock .. .• —
OW° Debentures, 1858 96
. Ditto 1859 ...... 9611
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO lO dis
Colas°ls for Account, Jan. 10
India Stock for Account
Ditto 5 per Cent
Ditto Account
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, litl
D r til £.500 5 2 dis
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 4i per Cent, 1860 .. .. 89
Nlexican 3 per Cont • ..
i)itto Account
Peruvian. 41 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St ..
Ditto 41 per Cent.., 95 41 • •
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 -
4panish 3 per Cent
Ditto 'Account , . 54 •
Ditto New Deferred '
Ditto Account
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded 6} 1
Turkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto Now Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto £lOO Bonds
Ditto GUarantoed, 4 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Belgian, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f ... 93
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2,4 per Cent...
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.
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CHRISTMAS PLEASIJRES.—Meantime, every day
is full of pleasures, which we enjoy through tho bright
faces which are about us. There are not a few which
please our own taste also. We like going into the woods
for holly, and finding mistletoe for ourselves, instead of
condescending to buy it. We like burning fir cones, and
choosing the greenest masses of moss for cushioning the
pots of bulbs at home. We are never tired of the icicles
which glitter everywhere ; and on Christmas-day we help
to count thb kinds of flowers in bloom within our own gates.
Once, I remember, we found among us, 33 kinds. Lhad
rather find fewer, for I like a seasonable Christmas; and
when one can make a bouquet of 33 diverseblooms one might
almost as well be passing Christmas-day in Australia, fanning
one's self, and sipping cooling cordials. On ,the whole, I
believe we relish the Waits. Their music is very bad, cer-
tainly; but there is something moving in the associations
of a lifetime, awakened in the darkness and silence of night,
and seizing upon us in the impressionable moment of
waking from sleep. I own that, even now, that music plays
upon my heartstrings.— Once a Week.
oOff
aCaussethsamtnsghtahveealistseureedd
daumttiensueten
wonintehae, saunbdjetchteorfetghue
THE NEW WINE DUTIES.—The Commissioners
imatoiedne
to be observed on their importation after the Ist of January
llext; which is to the effect that wines may be warehoused,
or entered for exportation, without the rate of duty to
-Which they are liable being first ascertained ; the duties on
those intended for home consumption, or to be removed to
the outports, are to be ascertained by testing the contents
of one cask in eight (should there be so many in the parcel)
by distillation, and, these are to be recorded in the official
document under - separate heads, as follows :—Class A—
Wines containing less than 13 degrees of proof spirits ; B--
wines under 26 degrees ; C—wines under 40 degrees ; D—
wines under 45 degrees ;—wines containing 45 pdr cent.
and upwards of proof spirits. will be considered " mixed
spirits," and charged with the duty on such. The Board
do not deem if necessary to impose any restriction as -,to the
parts, of . importation for wine in bottles. Such wine will
, be charged the duty of 2s. 6d. per gallon under class C, un-
less the officerh have reason to suspect that the strength
thereof amounts to 40 per cent., in which cash it must be
ports in. England, four in Ireland, and
four
have been approved of for the importation
tested.
in T
Scotlandl ii r ty- two
'of wines in casks; but the operation of testing will be in
the meantime confined to the ports of London, Bristol,
Volkstone, Gloucester, Hull, Liverpool, Newcastle, Ply-
outh, 3outhantpton, Glasgow, Leith, and Dublin,
le.

SHARE .31ARKET.-(THIS DAY.)
_ .

- -
ORDINARY SHAJIES AND STOCKS_

fib are Railway,. (Paid. Closing Business
Prloe. Done.

Belfast and Ballymena
Bir., Wol , and Slr. Vat
Birk., La., and Ch June
Blackburn
Blyth and Tyne
Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co '
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Carmarthen & Cardigan
Cork and Bandon
fork, Blrock., trassage
Cornwall ....
Do A (A frets no div.
Do B , hasbeepcn per d. toB
until 6 an.
Dublin dr Belfast. Juno.
Dun., Perth, IzAb. Juno.
Eakt Anglian.
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union, A stock
Do do B do

Do NW A. iateDds
East Suffolk
Edinburgh t Glasgow
Edin. Perth, & Dundee
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness
Glasg.. and S. Western
Great Ntlin. of Scotland
Great Northern
Po do A stock

Do do B do
Gt. S. tt W. of Ireland
Great Western

Do Str Val gun. stock
Trish South-eastern
Lancashire & Yorkshire
London and Blackwall
Lon., Brizht.. & S Coast
Lond., Chat., and Dover
Lond. &Nth. Western
Lond. & ,-.411. Western
L'derry & Coleraine
L'derry & Enniskillen
Man. Shef. & Lincoln
Maryport and Carlisle:
Do do # shares
Metropolitan
Midland
Do new
Do llirming. & Derby
Mid. Gt. W, of Ireland
Do 4 shares
Mid ICent
Do, Cray:Line
Newcastle and Carlisle
Newry & Arm azh, def
Newry, Warnpt. & Ron
Norfolk
Nthn. Counties Union ..
North British . ...
'cor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stozk
D Astk;Arecsno4.

until 6peli2is been pd.B

Do B ;took ....:.-
Nth. Eagtern—Berwick
Dodo, G.N.E. purchase
no Leeds .....
Do York
North London

all
100
Si
100
100

100
100
100
16 13 4
100
100
100
5
174
all

Do new
North Staffordshire ...
N. and S. W. Junction
Not. ez Grantham Rail
fzebl es
Portsmouth
Rhvmney.....- • -
Scottish Central
Scot N. E., Aber. stock
Do Scot. Mid. stock
Shropshire Union ...• • •
Sittingbourne & Sheer.
South Devon ...
South Eastern
South Wales
S. York. and River Dun
Staines, Wok,. and Wok
Stockton ez Darlington

Do do
Taff Val 6

Do Pref. No 1
ThameslEfavenDk(tßail
Ulster

Vale of Neath
Victoria Sta. and Pim
Waterford & Kilkenny
Waterford & Limerick
West Cornwall
West London

Do Ist class

Do 24 class ..
WestHartlepool Harbr

and Rail
West Midland—Oxford
no. , Newport
Do, Hereford

PREFER'ENI

'CB' SHARES.

Share' Railways. !raid

8181 8
83
111 12&

64 7
v t; 109
98} OD,

6 ai

7/ 81
16 17
62 83
36 38
26 28

87 89
20 291

7 Bd,

54 56

Blythe 111:1ti Tyne 10 per
-c. preft (issued at £s°
(Iris. & Exet.4 p.ctstock
Do. do. do.. Shares
Caledon £10,44 percent
Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2.
Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c.
Cornwall. 5 per cent."
Dun.Perth&Aber..Tnn
E. A.ngn.Class A 7 &sp.c
Do. do. Class B 6 p.c
Do. do., Class C 7 p.c
Coun,Ex. c. No. 1
Do. do. No. 2
Do. New 6 pei of stock.
Eastern Union, 4 per et.
Db.. 5 per cent. gnat..
Edin.&Glas:sp.c. shares
p. S. &D.
Edin. Perth& Dim. 4 p.c.
Furness, s.per cent ....
Glas.& S. Westg.a. 5 p.c.
Great Northern, 5 p. ct.
Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm
Do. 41 p. c. do. do.
Do. AP.C. Redm. 5 p.c. pm
t. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pt.
Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4
p. et. pref. stock
Great West, (Perks and
llants4ExtllS p. ct.
ro. Itedecmable,4lp.ct.
Do. Red'aernable, 4 p. ct.
Do Irredeemable, do
Do. 5 p.ct-Redeem. Pref
Do. Mtn, .Pref„ Shares
(4t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh
Do. do. 5.T. et. pref
Do Birmg.ffuar. stook
Do. Chester gua. shares
Do. do. do.
• Do. do: do.

644 654

104} 105
P ila
64i 65&
031 °'l
101 103

all
1 100

T,an.&York 6p. c. stock. I
Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc I
Do. 6 per c. (Fl. Lan.) ..
Lon.& Brig.s pawl. No.l
Do. 5 p. c. No. 2
Do. gna. 6 p.
Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4
Do. do. 4/ per cell*.
Do. do. 41 p. o. shares •
Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock
Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P )
Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '65)
Lon. Chat, and Dover
Lon. and N.W. Coy. and
Nuneaton, 5 p. et
Lon. & S.W, 7 p. et. stock
Do. 4/ per cent.
Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns.
of 2s. 6d. . .
Londondy. & Cole. / sh.
Londony. & Ennis. / sh.
:Iran. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et.
Do. £6
Do. 31 per cent
Do. redeem. 6 percent
-.Tarynort & Car., 4p. c
Do. 4.12 per cent.
Mid. Con. 6 p. o. stook
Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.e
Do. 4n p. c. pref. stock
Do. with option till 1860
Do. Lei°. & Hit pref. at.
Norilk 5 p. c. Ex. 5t.1846
Do. 5, p. c. Pref. do. 1847
Do.sWay.Val.Ex.stlBl7
North British, 5 p. o
Do. New, gua. 5 p. c
Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she
Do. do. do.
Nt h. Dev.Ttail. AsDelc.Co.
N-Enst,Cons.Pref. 4 p. c.
Do. Berwick, 4 p.o. Pref.
Do. do. do
Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. I
Do. do. Quarters, 1848
Do. York, •. &S. Punk
North Staffordshire
Ehymney Guaranteed.
Scottish Central, new pf
Scottish North-Eastern,
3/ p. c pref. stock :
Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p c.
Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock
South Devon, Ann. 10s.
Do. Fixed 4/ per cent.
(South Eastern (Reading
Ann., 1.0.6)
Do. 41 per cent.
Do. Fixed let is.
south Wales, g,ua.4 p.c.
Do. 4i per cent.
S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua.
Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c
Do. B 6 ner cent
Do. C 6 percent
Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c
[W.Mid -Oxf let Gua stk
Do. • 26 do

stock
stock
stock
stock
stock
stock
12i

rt 5 p.c.ptred.
Do.Perpet 6p. c. pi 1R66
Do. till 1869, Ist is.
Do. do. 2d Is.

21 211
.0;
81,1 81

114 116
3311 34
87 89
49 51
6 7
42 43
85 854
62 64
77 79
6 8
42 43
10i lip,

.62 3
.
51 5I
d p
p,
63 70
111 11/

6 6i

47 48
42 44
83 85

LINES LEASED A
Paid.

Railways.

99 81 1

52j 2j

112 111 1
1061 7 8
1121
74}3/ 41

12.1 1 1
63

117 4
1024 4

501 50 i

135 U

Bedford and Bletchley
Buckinghamshire ....
Chester & Holyhead..
Do. do. 5i per cent.
Do. do. 5 per cent.
Clydesdale Junction..
Colchester, Stour VaL
E.Lincolnehire,g.6 p.c.
E.Union,Harwich fibs'
Do. Woodbridge
Gls.Barr..% Neils,Drct.

Do. New ...
Gloater& Dean Forest
Hartlpool.DcicA Rail
Hull and Selby

65116

105 i 41 51
64 i
NI 1
102 1i

1141
331

861 1 1
62

100
100
100
all
all

I Closing I Business
Price. Done.

95. 97

136 138
102 103

90i

95 96

Do. Sharei .......
Do. Shares ...... •
Lanc.& Carl. gna.s p.c.
London & Greenwich
Do. Preference .. • • • •
Lon.,Tilby. Souten d.
Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct.
Do. 6 per cent.. ... • • •
Manc.,Buxtn..t Matk.
Mid. Bradford Prefer-
ence Stock • • • •
Newmarkt.,BuryEx I
guaranteed 5 p. c. S
Nortlin.k, Eastn. 5 p.c.
Do. do. 6 per cent ....
Do. Fixed 5 per cent.
North Western ...,...
Preston and Wyre.
Do. 3 Stares .......A.
Roystn•Hitch., & Shep
Shrewsbrylo Hereford
Do. Do.
South Staffordshire ..
Wilts and Somerset..
Wimbledon.% Croy dn.

111 113
,109 111
I I P

93 95
102 104
P ip

Share

P n
23 21

122 124
130 133

23f 241
102 103
102 .103
90 92
99 101
85 88
271 28
S 2. 33J
82 33
45 48
124 126
123 125
93 101
123 125
115 120

T FIXED RENTALS.

Leasing Closing Business
' Co.'s. Price. Done.

Ln&KW .•
Ln&N.W 0S 100
Do. 53 53i
Do 125 127
Do. 113 115
Caledonin'lo2 104
E.U.&E C, 16 17
Gt.Tiorth.;l3s 137
E.Couuts.l 4i 4}

Csi,ledonin
Do. ..
Gt. West
Yk.N.ttßr
Tk.N. Md.
Do.
Do.
Ln.&N.W
S.
(Do.

Peto & Co.
Norfolk ..
Do.
IL NW,kM

Midland
E.Counts
Do.
Do.
Do.
!Midland
IL& NW 1
L.Yk. j
Do.
Gt. North.
T.Brasseyj

Share'

31. 31

97 -99
iP
55 57

15 15i

itTlean ..1
Gt. West.
Brgin

1135 137
104 105
10* 1I
11P
93 95
I 71 8i

Docks.

paid Going
Irice.

stock Commercial ..... , • ~.-.1 100 _
stock Do. 4 per. ptut:Pret.3llll,; IN
stock East and West India ..' I`3 _
stock London .... . ........... ' 100 ,-...
stock St. Katharine... ....... 1 100 _
stock 50uthampt0n........... 100 _
stock Vietsria . ... . ..... ...... 10Q. 101 103
WO OW Now ~...fnissOls' I i #4l

1000

Business
Done.

• •
Share Railways. Paid. Closing
Price.
Bu a
nnssdone
_
100 Atlantic &St LawreiCei all 79 81 /10
Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ins)
stk 100 95 96 952
Gu. 5 per cent..
18 Do, Do. B 16 16 1 d
204 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 44 s}d
201 Do. New
10 Do. Preference .... all 61 7
100 Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich. 100 75 80
t 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
100 Do. do. July 1, 1872 100 67 72
100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 65 70
5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim' 3 id pr
20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (T,im.' Is.
20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 5 11 1f el
2,,' Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 71 15 5 d
174 Int -nerara all
20 Eastn. rtengal gu. sp, c 10 11 11 d
stock East India' gruhZtl.t.c: 100 101 I(i2
20 Do. F Shares all d pr
20 Do. Jubbulpore.. •• • all d pr
all 985 ' 991
100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs. ^ll 1004 1014
100 Do. sp. c. Deb., mai
20 ;Geelong & Melbourne all
stock 'Geelong Corporation 6
per cent. Bonds lOO -:••
~,, a 5
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 241 2.5; —4
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 77 79 801792 804 1
100 Do. riper et. Dcbentr all 51 53 ..b3
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862
100 Do. do. 1867 all 52 55
100 Do. do. 1872
stock Gt.lncliaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 971 981 974
20 Do. New gua. sp. c 8 1 d 4 d
20 Gt. South.of India (Lim)
guaranteed 5 per cent. all 2 14d
201 !Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 11} 114 111
201 Do. New
100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with
opt, till '6O
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 95 100
100 Do. do. '73 without opt all ga 96
100 Do. 55 p. C. do. '77 do.
stock Madras, guar., 41 p. C lOO 85 87
stock Do. de;. 5 per cent lOO 951 944 Hi
stock Do. 45 p. C. Extension 100 88 89
15 11 11 d
20 Do. Fourth de; •••• -• •• all
20 Do. d 0... • • .• V.:: ,An
stock Melb.Corp. 6 p. C. Bnds., '""
20 Newßrunswick & Canclai
Ry.&Land(Lim.lg.6pcl of 5 7
Class A Capital Share
Do. do. Land d 0.......•
20 Do. do. B Capital. do.
. . I Do. do. Land do. I
20 !Dude (Limited) . ... ss.
stock ;Scinde ..
f
20 ;Do. Punjaub .... 1a e, 10 14 d 11
20 IDo. Do. ....... ,u, all d
atoll( Do. Indus:St. Flo. Fig.; 100 9i 96
20 'St.Andrews & Quebec:A! 18
~:
10 ;Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip..; 1 f 3-d
______.„---.
FOREIGN RAILWAYS. .
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 51 5f ISI 4
20 ?Ardennes— —. ...... .. all —p
20 ,Bah.&S.Fran...Lim.7 p.c. 10 11 11.1, 84
5 Belp-Jan East. Junction • all 2 1
20 ;Beziers to Graisseasac.., all
1
6 ,Ca”-neaux Mine '& Rail all 10 11
100 'Copiapo ........&...... all
10 1 Ditto Extension .—. all. 3 21,1
20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 21 • 211
20 rEastern of Fiance .... all 234 244
20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6 P—
20 I Do. do. all
20 Great Central of France all
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 60 64 64 7
20 lltaliate Junction .. ... all
20 Lake Constance & Bale. all
I
20 Lierre & Turnhout . ... all
20 ;Lyons & Geneva ... ... all
331 ,Maria Antonia .... ~.. all ,
10 IDo. New ,_.... • • ...... all
20 'Namur & Liege ........ all 75 72
20 ;Do. 6p. c. Pref.
16 yNorthern of France.... all 881 391
16 IDo. New Shares ..... 15
10 INorwe,9,lan Trunk Pref.. all 71 54
20 I Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 351 361
20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 54 50
20 flßecife & S. Fran. (Pero.}i
g•ua. 7p. ct. lira.— 13 3 21(1 f. 1.0/
20 Riga & Dunaburg ...... 14
10 i Rome &, Frascati — all
20 Royal Danish .•• • • • .... all
5 Royal Swedish •••.. • • • • all
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pre. •• ~ all
20 Sambre & Meuse .......I all 51 5;
10 iDo. 54 per cent. Pref..... all 8} 84 64
20 San Paulo, Rim, g. 7p. c. 2 11 44 31
20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 , 4d 4 (1,:.
20 Southern of France.... all 20 2t
81 West Flanders
10 Do. 51 p. c. Preferenca.. all 91 94
20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 211 224
23 IWestern of Austria....
all
20 Western of Switzerland ale •
6 ;Wiesbaden ....... ..... all
6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref. .. all
20 ;Zealand ...... ........ . all -- •

.g*ItTTISII MINES.

Mines.

Paid.! Cplorsicine.g Business
Done

A I treo Consols (Philack) 2.11.10
British Iron
Clifford nil
Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1
East Bassett (Illogan) 3O
East Ca radon 0,14.6
E. WI Rugsel (Tavistk ), 7.4.0
Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ), 54,
Great South Tolgus I 17s
G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) 12.13.9
G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91
Grenville 5.14.6
Herod's- Foot 8.12
Hingston Downs 4.10.6
Lady Bertha
Margaret (Uny Lelant)
North Downs 2
North Frances (Illogan) 111
N.Wh'i Basset (Mogan) 158
North Wheal Crotty
Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11
Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7
Surtridge Cons. Min. Co. 149
South Caradon(St.Cleer) 1/
S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 3
S. Dcv. Iron .1/G en., Lim. all
&Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18. S
Stray Park 24.18.0
Tamar Silv.dic Lead Min 4+
Tin Crort 9
Vale of Towey (Carm ) As 6d
West Basset (111o.sran) l+
W. Caradon (Liskeard) .
West Seton
Wheal Basset (Illogap){

teal Basset (Illegal,
Wheal Buller(Redruth)! 6
Wheal Edward (Cals.); 12
Wheal Kitty (U.Lelanty 1.7.2
Wheal lkiaryAnn(Men.), 8
IWheal Treiawney (Lis.)t 5i

FOREIGN MINES.

20
I Australian
1 BonAccordCopper,Lim lss d 1
35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at Li p ) 274 ' 24
20 Do.StJohndel Rey,Lim 15 284 29
5 Do. Land and Mining,Co. all
1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. dlB.
40 'Cobre Copper all 43 45
Copiapo l6 8 10
1 Dun3lonn.Cop.Ming Co all 1
2 Fortuna... all 2 24
20 General all 21 23
2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 par f p 11
1} Kapunda (Limited) 1 il4 Isp; 2
8 Linares all 93/4 104
5 Lusitanian 2 pip
1 Mariquita all 1 #
1 N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L 125.6 d. 4 1d 4
20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leadi
Mining and Smelt all 5 6
5 Port Philip 1 a
1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 1 d
28114# United Mexican . ail 11 2 23 4
IWorthing (Limited).... all
I 1
1 Do 198.
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 82 84
40 Australasia —
25 Bank of Egypt all 191 20
100 Bank of London 5O i6O 52
20 Bank of Turkey
50 British North American all 57 59
20 Chtd.Bank of i ndia, &c. all 224 223 221
25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 34 36
100 City ... 50 70 72
100 ,Colonial
201.1 ;Com. Bank of Canada.. all
100 'Commercial of London . 20 21 22
20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 141 154
20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all
20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 254 26 251 4 6
50 London and County .. 20 II
50 London Joint Stock .. 10
100 London & Westminster 20
100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42
20 Do. new . .... ......... 12
69 National Bank
20 New South Wa1e5...... all
20 I Do, new
25 Orient. B. Corporation
20 Ottoman Bank all 18 19 182
100 Provincial of Ireland
10 Do. new
25 South Australia
25 Union of Australia
50 Union o London l2 263 1
100 Unity Mutual 6O
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 100 1112 117
Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 ;
Do. 6p. cent 1880 100 -
- Do. 6p. cent 1882 100 -
- Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 111 113
Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 141 113
Do. 5 per cent lOO 1034 104 1011 3;
t Do. Scrip B2
N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1084 1094
Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100
N. S. W. G0v.5p.x,1866. 100 1004 1014
Do. sp. e.,1871 to 1876 100 1004 101 f
Do. 5 p.c.,188S & upwds 100 1004 10 i 1001
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.
sterling, 1875 lOO 1108 109
S.Aug.Gt. Gp.c.1878 &up. 100 108 110
Vie. Gov, 6 p.c. Ja.&Julz 100
c.
- Do. do. 6p. Ap.&oe 100 1074 108 106

32
10
stock
25
stock
stock
stock
stock

stock

tao
stock

11074 108

li 1 cf

1 11

2 4 ,
1:1 lid'
3 2d
1
pr
1

50 53
73 75
13 14
17 18 p
17 19
5 6
46 48
130 135
33 35

5 1{

9 10