The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22,-1866.

'ROYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta.
blished A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo-
place, Londun,

ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary.
Agents wanted in towns not yet represented.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE AbSURANCE SOCIETY.
13, St. James's-square, Loudon, S.W.
Es abli,lied 1824..

Preahletit—The ARCUBISHOr Or CANTERBURY.
Chairman—Right lion. John Robert Mowbray, M.P.
Deputy-Chairmen ardAainlarlßesorocaoncic,E;st.t.r,ltri:S.

Financial results of the Society's operations.

The Annual Income, steadily increasing, exceeds.... £2(7,000
The Assurance Fun.l, safely invested, b: over £1,191,000
The New Policies in the last year were 498, assuring .1.:337,L,73
The New Annual Premiums were .£1.1.329
The Bonus added to Policies at the last Division was £275,077
The Total Claims by Death paid amount to ........£2,096,149

The following are among the distinctive features of the
Society :

CREDIT SYSTEM.—On any Policy for the whole of Life,
where the age does not exceel 60, one-half of the Annual
Premiums during the first five years may remain on credit,
and may either continua as a debt on the Policy, or be paid
off at any time.
LOW RATES of PREM.IUSI for YOUNG LIVES, with
early participation in Profits.

ENDOWMENT ASSURANCES may be effected, without
Profits, by which the Sum Assured becomes payable on the
attainment of a specified age, or at death, whiche% er event
shall first happen.
INVALID LIVES may be assured at rates proportioned
to the increased risk.
PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—Claims paid
thirty days after proof of death.

QT OD AR E. -THE HOLIDAYS.-
1,0 THEA FEE OF MYSTERY, EGYPTIAN HALL

MARVELS in MAGIC and VENTRILOQUISM, as per-
formed by command before her Majesty tue Queen and
the Royal Family at Windsor Castle, Tuesday Evenink.
Nov. 21, 1865. The marvellous SPHINX, the BIRTH of
FLOWER TREES, and STODARE'S cnlebrated INDIAN
BASKET FEAT, as only performed by him.

Every evening at 8; Wednesday and Saturday at 3. Stalls
at Mitchell's. Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian
Bali. Admission, ls. and 25.; stalls, 3s.
"Almost miraculous."—Vide Times, April 18, 1865.

T HE 0 X F ORD,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (Limited).
THIS EVENING, and during the Week, EXTRA
PERFORMANCES by all the available talent. Opera,
Burlesque, Pantomime, Ballet, and Comedy Every
Evening,' performed by the entire company, including
Misses Russell, Fitz Henry, Barrie ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn,
W. Williams, Spagnoli, &c. TAU, HUNGARIANS in
their new entertainment, Messrs. Duriah and Davies's
illustrations of Negro Life ; Herr Preskow, the wondrous
posturer, from the Grand Theatre, St. Petersburg ; the
D'Aubans; Herr Berrani and his talented family ' • the
ENCHANTED HASH, eleven characters performed by Mr.
E. Marshall (his first appearance here),T the entertainment
written expressly for him by Mr. W. . Vandervell ; and
a host of other talent, for which see programme and small
biIIs.—EVERY EVENING.

Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, Is.; private
boxes, 10s. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL.
RI-FUM ! TI-FUM.

During the IVeek will be performed the above most
extraordinary Entertainment, containing all the novel-
ties now in this country, and including the services of
Les Montagnards, their first appearance ; Mr. E. Mar-
shall, Mrs. and *lr. W. Randall, the renowned Talliott,
Les Freres d'Etoile, Signor Tescano, a la Donato; Les
Tableaux d'Amour, illuminated by the Magnesium Light ;
Fairy Orchestra, designed and painted by Mr. T. Burgess
and Mr. W. Gowrie ; and Grand Ballet of upwards of one
hundred ballerines. The whole written and composed
expressly for this establishment by William Vandervell,
Esq. In addition to the vocal and instrumental entertain-
ment. EVERY EVENING.

Admission—Area, 6d; stalls and balcony, ls.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
Baker-street

NEW ADDITIONS.—In the Chamber of Horrors are
full-length Portrait Models, taken from Life, of CHAR-
LOTTE WINSOR and STEPHEN FORWOOD, alias
ERNEST SOUTHEY.

Open from 11 dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Children under 10, half-price ;
Extra Rooms, Sixpence.

ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET,
Piccadilly.
Musical Director and Conductor, M. LUIGI CURTL
Principal cornet-a-Piston, M. M'Eleney. Euphonion. the
ccicbrated Signor Luigi Mosca.
PI °gramme this Evening and during the Week—Grand
Selection., IL TROV ATORE and IL LUCIA. Solo vio-
loncello, M. Sloman, jun. L'AFRICAIN VALSE and
ECLIPSE GALOP.
Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock. Admission, Is.
3lansger, M. GRENET.

WINSLOW lIALL, Winslow, Bucks, having
been recently opened and fitted with requisites for
the clre and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr.
BOISRAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab-
lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence,
easil7 accessible, and distant from Condon about an hour
and a-halt by the London and North-Western hne, and fifty
minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on
a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing
prospect, ire garden, me ,cow, plantation, and recreation
grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the
proprietor.

MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY.
THE NEW SEASON NOTICE.
All the BEST BOOKS of the SEASON and of the past
twenty years are in circulation at
MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY.
FIRST CLASS SUBSCRIPTION.
ONE GUINEA PER ANNUM.
Commencing at any date.
Book Cubs supplied on liberal terms.
Prospectuses on application.
MUDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY, Limited,
NEW OXFORD-STREET.
City Office, 4, KING-STREET, CIIEAPSIDE.

JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price is. 6d.—Bull Wharf, Rotherhithe, Lon-
don.

STARCH MANUFACTURERS
TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OP WALES.
ILENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
Used in the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862.
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &c.

DENTAL NOTICE.—Mr. ESKELL, Surgeon-
Dentist, of 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street, having
announced for a considerable period that " be is NOT con-
wcted with any one of the name, and that. he has NOT RE-
MOVED, and does not intend doing so," begs respectfully to
state that as he considers the general public are now suffi-
ciently well aware of the facts he will cease to make this or
any other professional statement in the public papers on and
alter the 28th of February next.

DR. CULVERWELL'S GRAND TURKISH
BATHS,
3, Great Marlborough-street, 3 doors from Poland-street,
Ladies every Monday.
Gentlemen all other days, 2s. each ; 15, One Guinea.
Also opposite the Post-office, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand.

DEAFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER, and
Invisible Voice Conductor. It fits into the ear, not
perceptible; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in
the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief
to deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at
church and public assemblies. Every other kind of hear-
ing instrument. Messrs, SOLOMON, 89, Albermarle-
street, Piccadilly.

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE:—The greatest and
most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELLA.
Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Bull Wharf' Ito-
therhithe, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect.
fully offer to the public, this truly marvellous fluid, which
gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue- -no
matter at what age. The Agna Amarella has none of the
properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the
system, and when the hair is once restored one application
per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per
bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 83. Testimonials from artistes
of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re-
spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John
Gunnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales.

DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BTLIOTJS
PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.--Pre-
nired without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
~00tt, of Bromley, :ikent, will be found invaluable to all who
-tiller from bilious and liver nomplaints, inilgestion, wind.
f_ittsms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, dco. For habitual
ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tion and gratefill to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. ltd., and three
times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the
stamp.

ffJ. mil D. NICOLL, Tailors to the
• Queen, Royal Family, and Courts of Europe.—
For GENTLEMEN the F.ASHIONS for th© SEASONS,
for the promenade or demi-dress—Superfine frock coats,
with rich silk breast facings, or morning coats of superfine
Melton cloths, the charge for the former being 3/ to 4t
guineas; for the latter 21 to 31 guineas. For neglige
purposes, morning coats with pocket flaps at the waist,
also the neglige jackets ; these are of Melton, fancy coat-
ings, Angola and Cheviots, the prices from 255. to 4
guineas. The Angolas and Cheviots are also made in
suits, at prices from 2 to 4 guineas; evening dress, black
cloth of the finest quality. For Overcoats—Melton,
Beaver, and Witney cloths, from 2 to 8 guineas. For
young gentlemen from eight years of age—The morning
coat and negligd jacket ; also suits of Angola and Cheviot,
the prices according to size, commencing at 31s. 6d. the
suit. For boys from four years of age—The Knicker-
bocker and Highland costume of black velvet, or fine
cloth for dress, and of Angolas and Cheviots for morning,
the price of the first size Knickerbocker, 1 guinea the suit.
For Overcoats—Melton, Beaver, and Witney cloths, from
Ito 2 guineas each. Foreigners and visitors to London,
Manchester, and Liverpool will find at Messrs. Nicholl's
garments ready for immediate use, or made at a few hours'
notice.—H. J. and D. Nicoll, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-
street; 22, Cornhill, London; 10, Mosley-street: Man-
chester ; and 50, Bold-street, Liverpool.

own, SERVICE OF INDIA.-OPEN COIVI-
k) PETITION of 1866.—The EXAMINATION will com-
mence on March 19. Applications from Candidates, who
must be natural born subjects of her Majesty, and between
the ages of 17 and 21, will be received until February 1. A
copy of the regulations may be obtained from the Secretary,
Civil Service Commission, Dean's-yard, London, S.W.

GEOLOGY.—RING'S COLLEGE, London.—
Professor TM NNANT, F. G.B , will co,nmence a
COURSE of WEDNESDAY EVENING LECTURES on
GEOLOGY, from Bto 9. Firmt Lecture, Jan. 24, 1866. Fee,
£1 Is. And a more extended,„COUlt-41 on WEDNESDAY
and FRIDAY MORNINGS; horn 9 to 10. First Lecture,
Friday, Jan 26. This Course will be continued till May.
Text-book, "Lyell's Elements of Geology."
R. W. JELF, D D., Principal.

DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.
The medical prole -.llion for Thirty years have approved
of this pure solution of Ma fiesta as the best remedy for Aci-
dity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Gout, and Indigestion; and
as a mild aperient it is esr ecially adapted for ladies and
children. Prepared by
DINNEFOIM and CO., Chemists, &0.,

172, New Bond-street, London ;
And sold throughcut the world by all respectable Chemists,
CAUTION.—See i hat " Dinnetord and Co." is on each bottle
and red label over the cork.

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY
Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and
SONS, Dentists,
30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand,
Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station.

Their painless artificial teeth are unequalled for economy,
durability, comfort, and all purposes of articulation and mas-
tication. Operations of every kind being unnecessary, the
most nervous patient can be supplied without fear of pain or
inconvenience. _ _

Consultation free. Teeth from ss, Sets from 5 to 25 gm.
warranted.

F
For theefficacy, utility, and success of their system, vide
Lancet."

Daily attendance at 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and
448, Strand, London ; 15, Whitefriargate,illull ; 10, Norfolk-
street, Sheffield; 4, East-parade, Leeds; and 14, St. Nicholas-
s treat, Scarbro'.

Obs'erve—Established 1830. No connection with any of the
same neme.

AMERICA.

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)

The Cunard steamer Australasian, from New York, on
the 10th inst., arrived at Liverpool on Saturday. She
passed Queenstown at six o'clock on Friday night, but,
owing to a strong south-west gale and a heavy sea and
rain, did not consider it prudent to call there.
The following message was received in the House of
Representatives on the 9th inst. :

"To the House of Representatives—ln compliance with
the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th
ult., respecting information in regard to steps taken by the
so-called Emperor of Mexico, or by a European Power, to
obtain from the United Statesa recognition of the so-called
Empire of Mexico, and what action has been taken in the
premises by the Government of the United States, I trans-
mit a report from tho Acting-Secretary of State, and the
papers by which it was accompanied.

"ANDREW JOHNSON.

" Washington, Jan. 5,186 G."

The first of these papers is a communication from Senor
Arroyo to Mr. dorwen, dated March 2, 1865, in which he
desired to see Mr. Seward extra-officiallY, and to ascertain
whether the recognition of our consul's can be obtained,
because of the embarrassments which exist in consequence
of their non-habitation, while in Mexico. the exercise of
their functions has been continued without embarrassment
to the American consuls, and stating that the Government
which was that of Don Benito Juarez does not exist either
de facto or de jure.
A memorandum by Mr. Seward notes that the Marquis
do Montholon on 17th July called at tho Department of
State, saying that a special agent had arrived from Mexico,
bearing a letter from Maximilian to the United States, with
papers making certain explanations relative to transactions
on the Rio Grande upon which the United States Govern-
ment had made representations to the Imperial Govern-
ment of France.

The Secretary on the 18th, after conference with the
President, returned the letter to Montholon, saying that
the United States was in friendly communication with the
Republican Government of Mexico, and therefore that the
President declined to receive the letter or to hold inter-
course with the agent who brought it.
Xugust I.—Minister Romero informs Acting-Secretary
Hunter that Don Louis Arroyo assumes to act as commer-
cial agent in New York, -without an exequatur or other re-
cognition by the United Stater Government, and asks
whether the Government recognised the right of Maximi-
lian to make such appointment, or whether, as he believes
the case, this Government only sees in the Republic of
Mexico a war between it and France, without recognising
Maximilian even as a government de facto. The charge, he
intimates, may seem to show that the Government of the
United States tacitly recognises French intervention in
Mexico.

Mr. Seward replies (Aug. 9) that no law of the United
States prevents a person from advertising himself as con-
sul, but that his Government, in all its official correspon-
dence, has recognised no other Government in Mexico than
that of Juarez, and assures him that such a commercial
agent can perform no consular act relating to the affairs of
his countrymen in the United States. To prohibit him
from attesting invoices and manifests, says the Secretary,
would be tantamount to an interdiction of trade between
the United States and those Mexican ports which are not
in possession of the Republican Government of that coun-
try. The consuls of the United States in Mexico who have
their exequatur from the Government, only themselves dis-
charge duties as commercial agents in the ports which are
not under the control of that Government, in all respects
like those which the person Arroyo, in the same way and
to the same extent claims to do in New York in respect to
said ports.

Senor Romero on the 17th complaims that no positive
answer is given to his inquiries, and notifies Mr. Seward
that he has submitted the correspondence to his Govern-
ment, and will wait for instructions ; of which communi-
cation Mr. Sewaxd makes a formal acknowledgment, with-
out further explanation.

Nov. G.—The Secretary of State addressed Minister Bige-
low, and represents that the presence and operations of a
French army in Mexico, and its maintenance of an autho-
rity there, is a cause of serious concern to the United
States. Nevertheless the objection of the United States
is still broader and includes the authority itself which the
French army is maintaining. That authority is in direct
antagonism to the policy of this Government, and the
principle on which it is founded. Every day's experience
of its operation only adds some new confirmation of the
justice of the views which this Government expressed at
the time the attempt to institute that authority first be-
came known.

The United States have hitherto practised the utmost
frankness on that subject. They still regard the attempt
to establish permanently a foreign and Imperial Govern-
ment in Mexico as disallowable and impracticable. For
the reasons that they could not now agree to compromise
the position they have heretofore assumed, they are not
prepared to recognise any political institutions in Mexico
which aro in opposition to the Republican Government
with which we have so long and so constantly maintained
relations of amity and friendship. He says, in closing,
that it is hardly necessary to say that we should not be
dwelling so earnestly upon this branch of political rela-
tions, if it had not been our conviction that these relations
at the present moment supersede those of commerce in the
consideration of the American people.
Mr. Bigelow, under date of Nov. 30, reports reading the
despatch of Mr. Seward to M. Drouyn de Lhuys, who
thanked him, though he felt obliged to say that he derived
neither pleasure nor satisfaction from its contents.
Mr. Seward, on Dec. 16, says :—lt is the President's
purpose that France should be respectfully informed upon
two points : that the United States earnestly desire to cul-
tivate sincere friendship with France ; second, that this
policy would be brought into jeopardy unless France could
deem it consistent with her interest and honour to desist
from the prosecution of armed intervention in Mexico to
overthrow the domestic Republican Government existing
there, and to establish upori its ruins the foreign monarchy
which has been attempted to be established in the capital
of that country; and, in conclusion, he says that the United
States will not recognise Maximilian even if the French
troops should be withdrawn from Mexico.

The papers submitted include a confidential letter from
M. Drouyn do Lhuys to the Marquis do Montholon, dated
Paris, Oct. 18, 1865, saying that he had renewed the as-
surance of the strong desire of the French Government to
withdraw its auxiliary corps so soon as circumstances
would allow it. The French Government would have been
ready to adopt, without a minute's delay, the basis of an

; understanding with the Government of Washington. What
• it asked of the United States was, to be assured that it is
not their intention to impede the consolidation of the new
order of things found in Mexico, and the best guarantee the
French Government could desire would be the recognition
of the Emperor Maximilian by the Federal Government.
Secretary Seward, under date of Dec. 6, 1865, writes a
letter to the Marquis de Montholon, in which he says,
" After a review of all the facts, the President is gratified
with the assurance you give of the Emperor's good dispo-
sition. I regret, however, to be obliged to say the condi-
tion which the Emperor presents is one which seems to be
impracticable."
The Senate has adopted a. resolution, asking the Presi-
dent for information regarding the military order forbid-
ding the exportatiOn of arms over the Californian frontier,
and whether the order was not a violation of neutrality
towards Mexico. The House of Representatives has passed
a resolution, asking the President for the correspondence
in regard to the kidnapping of a child of an American lady,
in the City of Mexico, by the usurper of that Republic,
called Emperor, under the pretence of making such child a
prince ; whether the United States has been asked to inter-
fere, with the view of having the child restored to its
parents; and what action has been taken upon the subject.
The resolution refers to a child of Madame Iturbide. The
House has also passed a resolution, declaring that the mili-
tary forces should not be withdrawn from the late rebel-
lious States until Congress shall declare their further pre-
sence unnecessary. The House has asked for the particu-
lars of the delivery of the Shenandoah to the Government.
A bill has been reported to Congress from the committee of
ways and means, authorising the issue of 40-year gold-
bonds, for the purpose of funding the floating debt. Tho
interest is to be at the rate of 5 per cent. if made payable
in Europe, and 6 per cont. if in America. The bill also
provides that interest - bearing notes shall cease to be a
legal tender at maturity.
Thirty captains of vessels destroyed by the Alabama
have been summoned to appear at Capt. Semmes' trial.
A. public meeting has been held at the Cooper's Institute,
under the auspices of Gen. Rosecranz and others, to de-
nounce the Spanish aggression on Chili, and the French
assaults on Mexico. The attendance was large, and several
members of Congress made speeches. Owing to the absence
of numerous intending speakers, it was decided to hold
another meeting in ten days. The Chilian envoy addressed
the meeting, expressing the sympathy of Chili with the
United States, and denouncing the conduct of Spain towards
Chili. Resolutions were passed declaring that the United
States, by constantly, endorsing the Monroe doctrine, had
assumed a responsibility to sister Republics, and obliga-
tions to protect them, which it would be cowardly and
dishonourable to neglect and repudiate.

Intense cold has prevailed throughout the country since
Sunday, the thermometer in New York falling 15 deg
below zero ; in other parts of the country to 28 deg. Admi-
ral Baldwin, RN., has died at Toronto. The Canada has
arrived at Halifax. The St. David has also put in there
short of coal.

The report of Major-Gen. Howard, chief commissioner
of the Freedmen's Bureau, was on the Bth inst. laid before
the House of Representatives in response to a resolution of
that body asking for information in regard to the aban-
doned and confiscated estates at the South. , The report
states that in South Carolina and Georgia the freedmen
were assigned a few plantations as homesteads under the
orders of Gen. Sherman, and that they have not since been
dispossessed of them; but that many other plantations tem-
porarily occupied and cultivated by freedmen under con-
tingent orders have been restored to their former owners
under recent orders from the Government ; that the Bureau
has been deprived of the greater part of such property it
formerly held, and is, by the consequent reduction of its
revenue, no longer a self-sustaining branch of the Go-
vernment. Previous orders for the settlement of freed-
men on abandoned estates have lately in most cases been
countermanded. It is understood that the national
authorities are about to adopt some importan't changes in
the administration of Freedmen's affairs, it being found
that the present system does not work advantageously.
The Fenian Congress appears at length to have come to
something decisive. They have spent five days in delibe-
ration, and after thoroughly investigating all points
brought before them, they have solemnly denounced Mr.
Roberts and his Senate.

The following resolution was brought forward in the
Convention on the 6th inst., and after considerable debate,
unanimously end enthusiastically adopted :
" Whereas this House, formed in view of the present

Lfficulties of the Fenian Brotherhood for the purpose of

-finally and irrevocably as a court of last resortdeiermin-
ing them, is composed of 500 delegates of circles in good
standing, and being the largest ever before assembled"; and
whereas all the circles of the Fenian Brotherhood in Ame-
rica have been invited to attend hereat ; and whereas
many circles have not come, desiring in good faith to abide
the action of the Convention of their brothers, cognizant
of facts :

" It is hereby ordained beyond further question, that
whoever does not, being a delegate, recognise this House
in the character stated, or whoever, now being a Fenian,
does not submit his judgment to its decision, ceases, ipso
facto, to be a Fenian, and for his contumacy shall be cut
off from the Brotherhood."

It is stated that this resolution is at present endorsed by
five hundred out of the six hundred circles representing
the organisation. '

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money abundont. Gold, 139. Exchange on London
151, on Paris 3.731. Stocks declining—New York Centrals
944, Illinois 126, Erie 96, Five-Twenty Bonds 1031.
Cotton dull—middling Upland 50 to 51. Flour heavy.
Wheat dull. Corn declining. Provisions and coffee quiet.
Sugar slightly firmer. Molasses steady. Petroleum very
dull -crude 85k, refined 57 to 58.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 6.—Cotton dull—middling upland
49 to 50.

(From the New York Journal of Commerce.)
The money market is easy, and the principal demand is
for temporary use until after the opening of the new year.
Stockbrokers find no difficulty in supplying their wants
on acceptable collaterals at 6 per cent. There is no change
in the rate of discounts for business paper. The best
signatures at short date pass at 7 to 10 per cent. annum.
Gold opened at 145, touched 144, and then declined to
144 k.

Silver is in good supply. The demand is limited at 5
to 6 per cent. below the prico of gold.

The steamship America, from this port to-day for
Europe, took out $222,900, and the Etna took out $22,400
in specie.

Stocks were steady on the street this morning and at the
early session of the open Board. At the. regular Board
prices were firm on the first call. The market generally
showed increased spirit. Pittsburgh and Rock Island were
the most active. Government's were steady. Old 5-20's
are fn demand for remittance abroad at improved rates.
The closing prices at the First Board show the changes
as compared with the latest previous sales. The following
advanced :—United States' Sixes 'Bl coupons, 11 ; United
States' Sixes, 5-20 coupons, '62, I ; Treasury 7 3-10, Ist
I; Treasury 7 3-10, 3d, I ; New York States 7's Bounty,
Loan, ; Ohio and Mississippi Certificates, ; Canton
Company 1 ; Delaware and Hudson Canal, 1; Cumberland
Coal Preference, I.
The transactions for the week at the Custom-house and
Sub-Treasury have been as follows :
Dec. 26 $209,501 23 $7,950,193 1 $1,025,488 84
„ 27 184,496 1 526,466 12 1,239,826 61
77 28 360,363 17 403,434 72 1,771,782 93
71 29 513,188 25 1,619,277 51 3,007,876 95
71 30 382,326 81. 9,317,853 84 11,351,121 86

Total $1,654,875 47 $19,817,205 20 $18,386,097 24
Balance in Sub-Treasury on morning of
Dec. 23 77,416,949 04

$95,813,346.28
Deduct payments during the week 19,817,205 20

Balance on Saturday evening $75,995,841 8
Decrease during the week 1,421,107 96
Total amount of gold certificates issued, $1,329,980.
included in the receipts of Customs are $544,000 in gold.
The following will show the exports of specie from the
port of New York for the week ending December 30
1865 :

Dec. 29.—Steamer Havannah.
For Rio Janeiro.—American gold ... $1,004
Ditto American gold 1,000
For Para.—American gold ... 5,000
Ditto American gold ... 3,600
For St. Thomas.—American gold ~. ... 8,000
Dec. 30.—Steamer America.

For Bremen.—German Silver ... ... ... 1,000
For Southampton.—Gold bars ... ... ... 214,300
Ditto Foreign gold ... ... 2,600
Ditto American gold ... ... 5,000
Dec. 30.—Steamer Etna. - - - - -

For Liverpool.—American gold ... ... 22,400

Total for the week ... ...
Previously reported ... ...

$263,004.
29,682,842

Total since January 1, 1865 ... $29,953,746
The imports continue very large, both in dry goods and
general merchandise. Foreign imports at Now York :-
1863. 1864. 1865.
Dry Goods $1,326,826 $497,073 $2,507,734
General merchandise 1,754,869 1,878,367 3,220,444

Total for week $3,081,695 $2,375,430 $5,728,178
Previously reported .181,514,696 203,415,128 212,080,149

Since January 1 $181,596,386 205,860,558 217,808,327
Including in the imports of general merchandise for the
week are $8,099 in china, $5,739 in earthenware, $9,519
in glass plate, $8,262 in camphor, $15,738 in cochineal,
$16,001 in gums crude, $7,511 in ditto arabic, $16,650 in
indigo, $8,125 in lic paste, $55,504 in madder, $6,929 in