The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-25 00:00:00

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LONDON,
MON EY MARKET AND CIT 1 NEWS. SHARE NARK ET-(1 ESTERDAY). BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
-0_ 4e -- Closing
CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. 'Paid. Price. Business done
As usual on Christmas-day, the Bank, Stock . 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all -
, Closing Business sta c Bom„Baroda&.Cent Lnd -
Exchange, and all other places of business have Share I Railways.loo 984 99/ 100
done. ( Gu. 5 percent..
been closed. I Paid.
._-...._,- 18 Do Do. B all - - d
50 Belfast and Nor. Coun.' all '- 7 201 Buffalo andLaee Huron all 31 41 d
13.14 Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val. all 74 8 206 Do. New - -
munsu FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 25 myth and Tyne I all 1- -, ~,, 10 Do. Preference ...... all 55 64
atlo '
Bristolliost,S laenadt,EanxdeNtleird..e...o 1140101 1 6 54 21 Buffalo,Brant&Godrich Ito ,
YESTERDAY.IOO
6p. ct. gds. Aug. 1, 1872 - -
Bank Stock - -
• 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .......
25.00 t ;Caledonianllcco.:nala `Cornwell......
Bandon..
..
......
_810614 1001 1
10 ;Carmarthen &Cardigan all - - 100 Do. do. .1 une 1, 18:i 100 - -
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities - ) all 41 5
20 ;Cork, fil rock, & Passage all - - 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lima Os. - -
New 3 per Cent. Annuities, ... .
India Stock
10 Do. B 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 16 1 ad:
Ditto 5 per Cent.
all - -
all - • • 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 75 - -
175 Demerara.. .. all - -
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent - A gets no divl
been paid to B. 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c all 191 20 d 20
Mite 5 per Cent.
51 per Cent 25 Dun„Pertle& Ab. June.' all 101 11 20 Do. F Shares Ext..... all - -
I 100 18 19 181 20 Do. Jubbulpore all - -
Ditto. ........... 1021 3 2
Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 98$ st East Anglian
I 100 504 511 514 2 100 Do. 45 pO. Debentrs. all 98 100
Ditto ditto April, 1864 98$ 1 st Eastern Counties
st ,Eastern Union, A stock' 100 47 50 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864.. all 99 101
li:it • Bonds £I,OOO
•) ' under e 1.000 - - stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 18 19 184 19
Consols Sro Account, Jan. 9 . 915 1 1 st East Suffolk , 100 - -
I 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 53 58 56 8
ndia Stock for Account - st Edinburgh & Glasgow.. 100 88 90 100 Do. 2d. Pref. 6 per et.. all 40 50
at Edin., Perth, & Dundee' 100 284 294 29 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 28 32 32
India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent
10 Forth & ClydeJunctionl all - - 100 Do. 7 percent. 1862 .. all 34 38
March. Jun 9. st Furness , 100 - - 100 Do. do. 1867 ~ all 27 60
Exchequer Bills, 1,000 2d.... 912 11 14 pm at Wasps. and S. Western , 100 97 99 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 27 30
Ditto £5OO .. - - 10 GreatNrthn of Scotland all - - stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. 100 995 100.) 101 1001
Ditto Small - - at Greet Northern..
•.. 1 100 1114 1121 113 121 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 10 1 4 d
FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. st Do A stock 1 100 110 11l 1101 stock Gt. &niftiest India(Lim)
at Do Bdo I 100 130 132 guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 984 994
YESTERDAY. st Gt. S. an W. of Ireland 100 101 103 20 Do, all
Brazilian 5 per Cent - at Great Western 1 100 674 681 681 5 2(4 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 81 91 95 5
at Du Str Val gua. stock 100 55 58 201 Do. New .. ....... ... IS 114 114
Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 ... . - -
Buenos .Ayres 6 per Cent - st Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 105/ 1061 104 i 7 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all - -
tlir. to Account -
Mexican, 3 per Cent - st Lon., Bright ,& S. Coast 100 115 116 stock Madras guar., 41 p. c... 100 88 90 21
Ditto Acco nt
.. 275 8744 1 1 at i.on., Chat., and Dover 100 44 46 stock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 984 991 59
* at Lon. & North Western' 100 911 92 921 4 stock Do. 41 p. a. Extension 100 01 93 914
I Peruvian 41 per Cent -
Ditto Account - 0
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. -
25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 911 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bads. 100 - -
20 Newßrunswick & Canda
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, and '6O 46 5 at )tan. , Shef., & Lincoln. 100 441 45 444 55 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7
Sardinian 5 per Cent. .. - 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - - Class A Capital Share
Ditto Account - - .. Do. do. Land d 0........
Spanish 3 per Cent .. - 10 Metropolitan 17564 6 61 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. all 4 6
.. Do. do. Land do. - ....
Ditto Account
6.4.0 Do New , .126. 127 128 7 8
alti I
1 2.14. If 31p p - Oude (Limited) ........ - - -
Ditto New Deferred
at Do Birming. & Derby, 100 97 99 stock Scinde .......... .0..: 100 1001 1014; 1014 2
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded - - 20 Do. Punjaub .... Li E, 15 4d 1 d
Turkish 6 per Cent. - 25 Do. 4 shares - - 20 Do. Do. ........
„,i2 ci all - -.f
Ditto Account - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. 5,,2.1 100 95 100
Ditto New Loan - - 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1$ i d
Ditto Account - - FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Newry & Armagh, d f 9 - -
de f.
Ditto £lOO Bonds - - 20 Algerian - -
Ditto Guaranteed. 4 per Cent.
l' enezuelan 3 per Cent - -p
Dividends on the above payable in London. st Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 - - 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 15 4 d 141 5
Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861
till 6 pc. has been pdß 100 - - 5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 4
20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all -
THREE O'CLOCK. at Do B stock lOO - - Carmeaux Mine at Rail 80 104 114
Consols, Money - -
Ditto Account
st Do Leeds lOO 55 56 564 4 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 1 4 154 4
st Do York
st Noeth London llOO 94 86
THE YANKEE ,SID KOF THE QUESTION. 10 Do new 5 - - 20 Grand Ens Guar. 6p. a all - -
20 Do. do. all - -
-----40--. 19.16.4 North Staffordshire - -
Scene : The Coffee-room of Radley's Adelphi Hotel, Liver- 10 N. and S• W. Junction• all 101 101 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. sirs... all 81 9 84 9
at Not. Gran. Rt. & Canal 100 88 DO 20 Italian Junction . ..... all - -
pool. 10 Peebles all - - 20 Llerre & Turnhout .... all - -
Mr. Nahum Q. Bounce, a Citizen of the Modern 20 Portsmouth - - 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all - -
10 Rhymney - -
Republic. st -coltish Central
20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 20 21
Mr. Brown, a Briton. st s'eot N. E., Aber. stock' 100 37 39 16 Northern of France.... all 38 39
at Do Sc t. Mid. stock ' 100 95 97
-
Brown-So you really believe that Lincoln will refuse to 10 Shrews.' and Welchpool all - 16 Do. New Shares ..... 15 - -
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 7 9
give up Slidell and Mason? at Shropshire Union
10,
South Devon
& Sheer, all - 20 t'aris,Lyons, & Mediter. ell 39 40 40
Bounce-Yes, sir ; unless they're hanged afore Russell's
al, south Devon 100 36 39 20 Parts & 0r1ean5........ all 50 52 52
20 Recife &S. Fran. (Perm)
despatch reaches Lyons, in which event, perhaps, our Pre- 25 S. Durham & Lana Un. all - -
' sident may tell your Ambassador to say, with his compli-
Batt
sSgulltthh
Wales
100 751 751
100 C 5 67 ;rue. 7p. et. Urn...-. 17 54 44 f
20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 18.8. - -
meats to the British Government, that they're welcome to at S. York. and River Dun 100 95 97 20 Royal Danish .......... all 11 13
5 Royal Swedish ....., .. all - -
the rebels' corpses, if they'd like them. 20 staines,Wok„andWok. all 54 6 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - -
25 Stockton & Darlington all 36 88
Brown-Come you're joking. We have suffered a gross 25 Do l3 78 p 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 64 7
10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... all 81 94
outrage, and ask for simple redress. Is it possible that the 25 Do New, 1860
aa
tt Taff Vale.
. 100 - -....
President of the United States will persist wilfully and
Do Pref. No. 1 - - 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetia 16 i I
knowingly in wrong ? 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 26 Southern of France.... all 255 265
20 S. East Po:dare-al 7 p ct. 4 - --
Bounce-Guess our President can't do no wrong. We 50 Ulster
25 Do 2O 24 34 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference.. all 91 10
won't let him. 12.10 Do
Brown-Why, he must if he adopts the wrong done by at Vale of Neath , 100 80 65 20 Westsrn of Austria.... 6 - -
Victoria sta. and Pim 1 100 - -
-
his officer. 20 Western of Switzerland all --
st Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 - - 6 Wiesbaden . - -
Bounce-What officer and what wrong ? 50 Waterford & Limerick. I all - -
6 Do. 8 per cent Pref all - -
1 Brown-What wrong and what offic r ? Why, Wilkes, 20 West Cornwall all 54 6i 20 Zealand . all - -
20 West London - -
and his monstrous act of piracy. The idea of taking envoys, 10 Do Ist class - - BRITISH. MINES.
accredited to our neutral Government, out of our own neu- 20 Do 2d class - - - Alfred Coneols (Philack)-3.2.10 4 1
i tral vessel, bound from one neutral port to another. Why at W. Hartlepool Hat&R , 100 - -
st West Midland Oscsord; 100 46 47 20 British Iron
- Clifford nil 32 35
the Confederates might just as well seize Mr. Adams or Mr. at Do Newpor I 100 43 45 43 - Devon G. Cone. (Taoist ) 1 360 370
st Do Hereford 100 89 91
Thurlow 'Weed, or any other Federal diplomatist or am- - East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 55 60 54 24
East Caradon '2.11.6 281 :Si 281 9
basssador, under just the same circumstances and on the LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. -E. WI Russel (Taviatk ) 7.4.0 24 34
same pretence. - Gam.&StAubyn(Gwene 551 18 20
- Great South Tolgus l7s 31 41
B ounce-Wal ? Paid. Leasing Closing Business
Railways. - G.Wheal Alice (PhilaclO - -
Brown-Well ? What would you expect us to do if they Co. s Price. Done. -G. Wheal Vor (IIelston) 40 6 7
refused to surrender them ? - - Grenville 6.8.6 11 11
Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.Wi . .. - Herod's-Foot 8.12 37 39
Bounce-Avenge the insult offered to the British flag Birkenhead lOO De.s,G.w z,4 86 - Hingaton Downs 4.11.6 31 4
right slick. Histe the Union Jack alongside of the Stars Buckinghamshire.... 100 Do. - Lady Bertha
Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do 53 54 •-• Margaret (tJny Lelant) 91 40 42
and Stripes, and proclaim war to the bowie-knife with Jeff
Do. 51 per cent 100 Do.
Davis. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. - North Frances (Mogan; 111 2 1
Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 - N.Wh'i Basset(Illo ;an) 1.14.0 21 31
Brown-Yes, but suppose we were already at war with
Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 - North Wheal Crotty .. 9.18.9 It 21
Abe Lincoln. E. Lincolnsh. gepr c. 100 G'.North. 133 136 - Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 7 8
Bounce-Wal, then you'd have North and South upon E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 45 20 Providence (Uny Leine) 10.6.7 38 40
Do. Woodbridge.... 100 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 1 1
you at once ; you'd be in a double-barrelled difficulty, and Gls.Barr.&Neils:Drct. 100 Cale.don. • : • . : - South Caradon(StCleer). 11 310 120
would have to fight your way out of the fix on both sides, or Do. new
• - S. Cahn Brea (Illogan)..I 5.9.6 4 41
else knock under and cave right and left, Gloster Dean Forest all Gt. West .. .. 1 ;S. Dev.lron &Gen.,Lim.; all 1 1
Hull and eelby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 - IS.
Fran. (Illogan)118.1ses 974 1024 110
Brown-In the meantime our flag has been insulted by Do. halves - Stray Park
the North only. Haven't we as much right to demand reps- Do. quarters
Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 193 198 10 Tin Croft I 9 71 85
ration from the North as you own we should from the South? - Vale of Towey (Carm ),130 eel 1 4
Loudon & Greenwich 100 S. Easter', 61 63 61
Bounce-No doubt on it. You've a right to demand what Do. Preference - i West Basset (Illogan)..1 14 14 15
you please. What you're like to get's another concern. Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 Peto; &C 08385 81 5 - IW. Caradon (Liskeard)l 54860 48
- I West Scion
Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolkl .. .. ..
Brown-Well, but, my good sir, what do you call Slidell Do 0 per cent lOO Do. ....... .. - Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 85 90:
and Alison ? Belligerents or rebels ? Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& -Si 31 31 - Wheal Buller(ftedruth) 5 I 75 85
Bounce-Whichever you please, Sirree. Mid. Bradford Prefer- - Wheal Edward (Cats.) 71 24 3
ence stock - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelantal 1.7.2 i 41 55
Brown-Then let us say they are belligerents. They are Newmarkt, BuryE )
per cent... - Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)' 8 16 17
5. 5. 6. E Counts. par 1 p - Wheal Treiawney (Lis)! 7 16 17
therefore, as regards us, just what French enjoys would be Nrtr tns..tEa,tn. sp. c. all Do. - FO le le 1 SIN MINES.
with respect to you in case England were at war with France. Do. 6 per cent..... all Do.
Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do.
Bounce-That's a fact. .. ..
N. Eastn-Hartlepool li 0 N. E. Ber. .. .. 1 Son Accord Copper,Lim. 17.6 td fel 4 f
Brown-Now then suppose a United States packet, Eng- North Western
land and France being at war, sails, having two French Preston and Wyre. 1 all Lasie W
& L.ils. I 43 45 5 DaLand and aleningCo. all 11 11
1 Clarendon Cons.MbiCo. I - if ii+.
ambassadors on board, for New York, stsrting from some Do. 4 shares A. all Do. •-••.. . • • • 10 Cobre Copper all 35 S 7
Roystn.Hitch.& Shop. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 Copiapo l6 6 8
other equally neutral port, say Leghorn or Genoa ? 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 11 15
Bounce-Ge- ahead. Shrewsby & Hereford MO T Brassey 118 122
Do. Do.
20 General I all 23 24
Brown-The Frenchmen are under the protection of the South Staffordshire .. 100 Ln.&N.W .. . •
Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. 92 94 924 35 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr.' 1 4 4 p 14
I American flag, are they not?
Bounce-I calculate they air situated beneath the tootes Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 81 91 11 Kapunda (Limited) I 1 II p
3 Linares all 7 8
lary shade of the Star-spangled Banner. PREFERENCE SHARES. ;Lusitanian
i llilariquica 1 2 e pr
I all 1 4 4
Brown- Suppose, then, that Captain Snooks of the Royal
Navy boards your ship, and takes them from under that Miami Railways. , Paid. Closing Business
Prices. Done. 20 ;Pontoibaud Silver,Leadl
,
I Mining and Smelt... all 2 4
same bit of hunting. Is it a parallel case ? 5 'Port Philip 1 1 11 11 11 5 4
Bounce-On all fours. Just cut on, old hoar. * 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) , 10s. 4 fpm
I Brown-If you will have it that the Southern Envoys 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c.
prof. issued at £5 .... all - - 38.2114 United Mexican ; ail 71 8 81 1
1 Worthing (Limited) ' all 4 4
are rebels, is rot their case exactly the same as that of st Bris. & Exet. 4p. c. st.. 100 93 95 I Do. . -
20 Do. shares
14 - -
Smith O'Brien and Meagher would have been, if Meagher
at Caledon. £lO, 45 p. cent. 100 - -
and Smith O'Brien, during the Irish insurrection that st Do. quar. shares, No. 2 100 - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
ended in the cabbage garden, had been seized by a British 6% Cork & Bandon, 5/ p. c. all - - - Can. Gov. 6 p.c..Ja. &J ulyi
20 Cornwall. 5 percent all 204 211 - 1877-9 I 100 105 108 1 106 74
cruis r, on board of one of your vessels which they had em- 61 Dun.Perthot Aber.Jun. allall -6
-61 •
- Do 6p. cent, 100 - -
barked in from Havre, carrying despatches from the Pro- 10 Do. Ist Class Pref - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-41 100 - -
st E. Angn. Class Asp. c lOO 101 103
•
visional Government of Ballingarry to the Cabinet of- Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Ansel 100 104 107
st Do. Class B 6 per cent lOO 112 117 - Do. 6p. c.Mar. & Sept.; 100 104 107
Washington? at Do. Class C 7 per cent lOO 110 115 - Do. 5 per cent : 100 94 06 954 764 C
Bounce-Quite so. Wal? st K. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. I 100 10S 110 -- Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,IBBOI 100 106 108
at Do No. 2 100 106 108 - Do. 18901 100 106 108
Brown-I say, what would your Government have done st Do. new 6p.c. st lOO 123 125 124 -N. B.G ov. 6 p.c. J a.&July I 100 102 101
if one of cur officers had seized either the French bellige- at' Eastern Union, 4p. c- 100 81 83 - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct., 100 - -
St Do. sp. c. guar lOO - -
rents or the Irish rebels ? - N. S.W. G oce sp. c., 1866, 100 98 100
st Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 111 113 - Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876' 100 97 99
1 ounce-Done ? Jerusalem ! What would they have at Do. 4p. c. guar. S.& - Do. p.c., 1888 &upwdel 100 96 93 98 71
done? Snakes I Laid an embargo on every British yes- sat Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c We - - - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. a
t Furness 5 per cent lOO - - ster'ln', 1875
- -..... Sv. A.O .
Gu so,
vG (61 pp. ca. 1. B.l7a3Luupt i 1
1100°0°0 10_73 105= 105
sel in the American ports. Swept the British flag cuff the st Gias.& S'.West gu. 5 p.c. 100 - -
st Great Northern, 5 p c.. 100 115 116
ocean. Bombarded Portsmouth, and then steamed up the
at D 0.5 p.c.ltedm.lop.c. pm. 100 110 112 - Do. do. 6 p.c. ApetOct 1 100 102 104 1031 21 31
Thames and laid London in ashes. Then, artsr havin' st Do. 41 p. c. do lOO 102 101
vindicated cur honour, granted peace on condition Palmer- st . Do,ep.c.Redrr.atsp.c.pm 100 107 109
ston begged for it on his marrowbones, consented to pay us 10
6t Gt. 6. Nh. of e cot. Ist pref. all - - stock ;Commercial I 100
t Sn. &W. (Ireland) -
-
double the cost of the war, and cede Canada, Australia, and 4 per cent lOO 27 99 stock I Do. 4 per CentPref.Mine 100
Ind r,.'y. 50 Great West. (Barks and stock i East and West India .. ' 100 123 125
stock (London ....1 100 58 61 59
Hants Ext) 3 per cent 6 - -
Brown-And why, then, shouldn't we do the like of all at Do. redeem. 44 p. et.... 100 08 100 100 stock ISt. Katharine...
stock I Southampton I 100 59 62
100 -
this to you? at Do. redeem. 4 p. et.... 100 88 90 stock 'Victoria .. ....... -. 100 198 100 98
st Do. irredeem. 4p. ct.... 100 89 91
Bounce-Because you can't. 20 1Do• New .__ - - -.1 2 118 pr
st Do. sp. a redeem. pref. 100 102 101
Brown-You might experience a correspondingdifficulty. 8 `So. Birm. pref. shares.. all 94 10 JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
But do you seriously hold that might is right ? 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. sirs all 17 18
10 Do. Chester p c pf. shs all 101 11 100 Agra&UnitedService Bit 50 - - I
pounce-We air a serious people. We air a thinkin' st Do. Birm. guar.. *ram's: 100 75 77 40 ;Australasia all I- -
/woe. There ain't no right as we owns to but what is 261 Do. Chester guar. shares all 20 20 25 I Bank of Egypt all 201 211
131 Do. do all 10 10 100 Beek of London 5O 62 64
voted Bitch by the majority of our free and independent 20 Do. do all 15 15 20 Bank of Turkey 3 * pr
citizens in Cacus and Congress. We air the only free and 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pref 60 - - 50 , British North American all - -
independent citizens on airth. Our will is law-inter- st Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 136 138 136
at Do.Barnal.st£s 2810 d e 100 - 20 IChtd.Bank of India, &c. all 194 20
25 I Ch. Mer. of In. Lon./z Ch. all 11 33
national law and all other. Captain Wilkes is the great in • st Do. ap. c. (East Lane.. 100 - -
terpreter of international law. Slidell and Mason had to st Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur. 100 101 103 100 Colonial ..
et I.on.mßrig.sp.c.gu.No.i 100 112 115
be took, right or wrong, and he took 'em. We say he was, st Do. 5 per cent Jlo,_ No 2 100 112 115a5221001 7=-2 -7-- -4
20
right. We sir an almighty nation-an everlastin' people. at Do. 6 per cent. no 3OO 136 133
st Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 112 115 20 'Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - -
Don't preach consistency to Bitch as we. Our supreme at Do. 41 per cent. do lOO - - 20 Lon. Char.llkof Austral all 234 24
democracy ain't agoin' to be slaves to their own laws-don't Do. 41 p. c. pref. shares all - -
at Do. 7 per cent prof. etk 100 152 153
you think it. st Do, 6 p.c. do(W.E &C.F.) 100 127 130
Brown -Well, you don't think small beer of yourselves, st D 0.4 p c.st(div.def.lll'6s 100 73 75
et Do. 4 per cent. pref .... 100 - -
• And so, of cour,e, you consider war inevitable? ell
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at Lon.Chat&Dov.sp.c.pf. 100 90 92 91 100 fat. Prov. of England 12 • I
Bounce-No, I don't. Your Government may lO Do. West. Ex., B, 6p. a all - - 20 'Do. new
50 :National Benk ........ 25 - -
and eat dirt. I ehouldn't wonder if it was to. It won't be it Ira Metrop. Ex. ti, e p.c. 34 - -
a Lon. &S. W., Coy. & 26 iNe s South Wa1e5...... all - -
the first time, I realise. Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 25 , Orient. B. Corporation . all 49 SO 50 1
u think? st Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. 20 , Otto non Bank ... .. ... all 17 18 174
Brown-England will swallow any insult, yo
at., late 3d shares .... 100 - 100 \ Provincial of Ireland... 25 - -
Bounce-Rather than fight amost, I speculate. You at Do. 44 per cent - -
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I Britishers du set a considerable valley on your lives ; your 2s 6d Do. (Prism. perpl. anns.
of 2s 66 all - -
sojers' and sailors' lives as well as your own. You don't
121 Londondy. & Cole. 1 shs all - - 50 Ifni . of London . l2 275 281 271
like riskin' them without you're forced to, slid you ain't at 124 Londony. & Ennis.istis all 131 14
. at Man. Sh. & Lin. S per ct. 100 124 126
10001 AA
nt,;4al:t"-iel ' •
all fond of losin' your money. Your aristocracy and cap
6 Do. £6
25 Aut isatnr at 'lei &int . Agricultural xican Mint .. al. 13e 141
44 1 11m1
talists has to vote your war taxes as well as to pay 'ere. at Do. 31 per cent.
5010 Berlin Water (Limited) aalll9ll 2155
22575
British American Land 40
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iScutmltu(lrdal)l 1 ..
The majority of our virtuous citizens votes our wars, and 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent... 5 4 fpm
50 BALMag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all
lays our taxes upon others as can afford 'em. We don't 125 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. all .. „
124 Do. 45 per cent. ... ..... all .. „
think nothin' of throwin' away millions of dollars or mil- st Midland Con. 6p C. stk. 100 .. „
,• st Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. 100 137 139 ,
lions of men. We know there'll be plenty of men left and
82152.4 CanadaDoo Pref.
el t,7.ainpdpe
er
pr - -
29 32
20 Do. 11,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all
plenty of dollars, and each on us ex; sets to be amongst the st Do. 41- p. c. pref. stock.. 100 102 104
6 Do. 45 per cent.
20 Do. C. (Limited)
st Do.l,eic. andHit4Per et. 100 92 94 925
men, and to have his share of the dollars. Our molter is,
at N.;rflk. sp. a Ex. 5t.1846 100 .• „all 102 103
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100 Copiapo
30 Ditto Extension
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20 Eastern of France
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20 Do. do. all
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20 Llerre & Turnhout
20 Lyons 45 Geneva,
20 Namur & Liege ....
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16 Do. New Shares l5 -
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26 Southern of France all 251 265
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Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 I 75 85
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Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U. &E.O 83 65
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Wimbledn & Croydon, all L.&Brgtn 84 911

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Sharei Railways. Paid. Closing Business Prices.
Prices. Done.

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Do. 1890 100 106 108
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Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct., 100
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Do. p.c., 1888 & upwcl9l 100 96 93 98 7i
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DOCKS.
ittnnir I nmmprPial lOO I I

THE I:SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECENtI3ER 25, 1861.

vessels are generally at anchor, and where the mor-
ter vessels built during the Russian war now lie
moored. Considerable difficulties have been expe-
rienced in preparing the foundations for the works
on Bishop's-marsh, but the works in connexion with
this battery will be finished and fully armed within
two years. Up to the present time very little
has been done towards the erection of the fort on
Folly-point, but now that the most difficult portion
of the operations have been accomplished, no time
will be lost iu proceeding with the Folly-point
battery.

The Hannibal, 90, screw, Capt. A. Farquhar, was
paid out of commission at Portsmouth yesterday.
Her crew, the greater part of whom are continuous
service men, have been granted a week's leave on
shore.

The Edgar, 89, screw, flagship of Rear-Admiral
S. C. Dacres, C. 8., under orders for Lisbon, was de-
tained yesterday at Spithead by a court-martial held
on board the Victory on one of the Edgar's petty
officers, the particulars of which were of no public
interest. Sne is expected to sail to-morrow.
The Sutlej, 51, screw, fitting for commission at
Portsmouth, has received her armament, and is now
completing the equipment of her Armstrong battery.
Her rigging is ratlined down, and her hull is re-
ceiving its final coat of outside paint. She is
drawing now 20 feet water aft, and from her ap-
pearance as she lies in the steam basin, promises to
be the handsomest auxiliary screw frigate in her
Majesty's Navy. Her sails and provisions have
yet to be put on board, and a good deal yet remains
to be done in her internal stowage.
The Severn, 51, 500 horse-power, screw frigate,
is to be furnished with the proper armament from
the stores at Chatham :—One 100 pounder Arm-
strong pivot gun, six 40-pounder Armstrongs, and
fourteen 32-pounders, on her upper deck; and four
70-pounder Armstrongs, eight 8-inch guns each of
58 cwt., and eighteen 32-pounders on her main
deck.

The wooden model of Capt. C. Coles's cupola, de-
signed to prove the feasibility of working two guns
within the interior of one cupola of a certain area,
is being fixed by shipwrights (,n the deck of the
Hazard, old sailing sleep, in the steam basin of
Portsmouth dockyard.

The steam transport Mauritius, having shipped
her stores and passengers from Woolwich for Ame-
rica, as detailed in The Sun, went down the river
by last night's tide for Greenhithe to adjust
compasses for sea. A gang of seamen riggers
were ordered to-go down from the dockyard this
morning to assist in swinging the vessel so as to
hasten her departure. Col, Low and Major Mayne,
of the 4th Light Dragoons, will embark at Green-
hithe, and proceed in the Mauritius, having been
appointed to organise the Canadian Militia. Capt.
Shakerley, R.A., will also go on board at Green-
hithe, to join his battery,ordered to embark at Cork.
In shipping the war stores care was taken to place
the battery of Armstrong guns uppermost, so as to
be available should any event occur during the voy-
age out to require their being called into action.
Messrs. Clement Royds, Pierce G. Evans, and H.
Bingham Wynyard have been nominated to naval
cadetships. . .

The Orlando, 50, screw-frigate, Captain Francis
Scott, C. 8., left Plymouth Sound on Tuesday morn-
ing for the North American and West India station.
It is said that she will call at Gibraltar.

An additional number of workmen have been
employed upon the Caledonia, iron-cased screw-
frigate, now building at Woolwieh, and which is in
a forward state for launching.

The following appointments were made at the Admiralty
last evening:—
Master—John Phillips, to the Vigilant, vice Mongan
Samuel Braddon, to the Phoebe, vice Veitch.
Engineer—F. Brockton, to the Vigilant.
Assistant-Engineers—C. Jackson, acting first class, W.
Hammond, second class, and J. Jenkins, acting second
class, to the Vigilant.
_ _ _

The Vigilant, screw steam-sloop, Commander
Pike, shipped her screw propeller yesterday. She
will be ready to be undocked about Friday next.
A number of meta have already joined her.

The barge Defiance, of Chester, waB yesterday
brought alongside the anchor wharf at Chatham,
and commenced discharging about 70 tons of angle
iron, intended for the immense iron frigate Achilles,
building in No. 2 dock. The iron was from the
factory of Messrs. Mare and Co., of Blackwall.
The Lee, 5, screw dispatch gun vessel, 80 horse-
power, having failed very signally in both her
recent trial trips to the Maplin Sands, is ordered

to be docked at Sheerness, in order to enable the
officials to ascertain in what her defects consist,
after which she is again to be taken out and
tried. At her former trial trip scarcely nine
knots an hour could be got out of her under the
most favourable circumstanoes.

The Snipe, 5, screw gun vessel, is ordered to
be furnished with two 20-pounder Armstrongs in
lieu of two 24-pounder howitzers.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
have ordered the recall of all the men who have
had one month's leave of absence, to join the
Formidable, commanded by Capt. W.'G. Luard.

Her Majesty's steam sloop Rapid, 11 guns, in
basin at Woolwich under fitment for North A me-
riea, got her masts on an end and was partially
rigged yesterday afternoon. A demand was made
for her warrant officers.

Naval Cadets nominated—Clement Royda Pierce, Ger-
vais Evans, and Henry Bingham C. Wynyard.

THE ARM V.

One hundred and twenty non-commissioned offi-
cers and men of the Chatham division of Royal
Marines, detached for duty at DPptford dock and
victualling yards, were yesterday ordered to return
to the headquarters of their division to replace the
detachment despatched to Mexico.
A detachment of Royal Engineers, non commis-
sioned officers and privates. are under orders to
embark on Saturday on board the screw steamer
Victoria for Canada, where they will be employed
in laying out 400 miles of telegraph for military
purposes.
The London Rifle Brigade has forwarded toMajor-
General Eyre, commanding the Chatham district, a
donation of £lO for distribution among the troops
of that garrison.

The detachment of non-commissioned officers and
men of the Army Hospital Corps who have been
placed under orders to hold themselves in readiness
for embarkation for Canada have been medically in •
speeted, and it is expected will leave Chatham about
Friday next.

The steam store ships Rhadamanthus and Dee ar-
rived at Woolwich yesterday from Portsmouth, con-
veying victualling stores for Deptford, and the
launch, pinnace, and other boats for the Defence.
The Rhadamanthus entered the fitting basin to
land her stores last night.
The Lyra, 7, screw, Commander Alexander, ar-
rived at Spithead on Monday morning from the
Cape of Good Hope, last from Portland Roads,where
she put in for shelter from the prevailing north-east
gales on Wednesday evening, as already reported in
The Sun. She is ordered to the eastward to be paid
off, bat will be unable to proceed until the present
breezes have greatly moderated.
The Pandora, 6, screw, in the first-class reserve at
Portsmouth, has been brought down the harbour
and berthed alongside the dockyard, to complete her
armament, &c., for sea. She is ordered to proceed
round to Liverpool, and will be stationed in the
Mersey for the protection of the port.
The Devastation, 6, paddle, Commander M'Crea,
' arrived at Spithead feeate•?day morning &-i her way
to the Pacific. The order for her further shipment
of Armstrung guns at Spithead is cancelled.
The Chanticleer 17, screw, Commander C. Stirling,
remains on special duty, anchored off Osborne.
The new temporary tiller for the Warrior iron
frigate at Portsmouth was got aboard on Monday
from the smiths' shop. It weighs 2 tons 5 cwt. The
stated time for the completion of the Warrior's work
at present has received a further extension, the end
of the year being now named as the time. The
clang and preparation for war are increasing daily
in the dockyard, but the lion's share of the work is,
to all appearance, taken by the Warrior and Black
Prince, on which a couple of hundred men make
but little perceptible progress. It will be an excel-
lent thing for the other work in the yard when both
ships are got fairly away to sea.
The gunboats in the first-class reserve at Ports-
mouth are ordered away to the following stations,
for the protection of the coasts and harbours, in the
event of war with America :—The Highlander, to
Kingstown; Escort, Blazer, and Rose, to the coast
of Ireland ; and the Amelia and Raven to Greenock.
They will be commanded by lieutenants from her
Majesty's ships Victory, Asia, St. Vincent, and Ex-
cellent, and manned bv crews told off from the same
ships—all of whom have been named for service in
the boats for some time past under the " gunboat
flotilla" regulations. The second•class gunboats at
Portsmouth have been taken in hand to be brought
forward as first-class reserve at the port.
Operations for completing the chain of fortifica-
tions and batteries now being constructed on either
side of the entrance to the Medway, near its con-
fluence with the Thames, for the better protection
of the two important naval establishments at Chat-
ham and Sheerness, still continue to be carried on
with the utmost vigour. Notwithstanding the nu-
merous difficulties experienced in the progress of
the undertaking, in consequence of the treacherous
and shifting nature of the soil on which the princi-
pal fortifications are to be erected, these have now
been entirely surmounted*, and the piles on which
the substructure will be wised have been securely
driven to the required depth. The greatest pro-
gress has, however, been made with the massive
semi-circular battery at Garrison-point, the founda-
tion of which is now almost entirely completed.
This battery is, perhaps, the most important of the
entire series intended to be erected between the
Nore and Chatham, as no ship attempting to enter
the Medway will be able to escape its range of
fire. As the heavy granite walls which will pro-
tect this battery are now about to be erected the
- whole may fairly be expected to be completed
during the ensuing year. According to the pre-
sent plan this formidable tower—for such it really
will be—will mount a powerful armament of 65
guns, chiefly Armstrongs, of the very heaviest
calibre, ranging between the 40-pounders, 70-
pounders, 100-pounders, and even 200-pounders, if
those of the latter description are finished for use
by the time the fort is completed. Nearly opposite
Garrison-point but rather higher up the river, on
the opposite shore, two other equally formidable
batteries are beginning to rise on the Isle of Grain.
These batteries, the erection of which is bang
pushed forward with the greatest energy, will
mount as formidable an armament as those on
the opposite side of the river. The batteries now
building, in conjunction with those already exist-
ing, will securely guard the entire approach to the
Medway, which will be protected by the two bat-
teries on the Isle of Grain, on the north ; the bastions
and batteries now existing at Sheerness, on the
south; and Vie almost impregnable fort at Garrison
Point. Slidaid, however, a hostile ship succeed in
accomplishing the almost impossible feat of passing
the guns of the batteries named, it would still have
to encounter after rounding the headland of Darnet-
ness the batteries of Folly-point, and Bishop's-
marsh, a short distance below Chatham dockyard,
the guns of which will be so mounted as by their
fire to rake the ship fore and aft. The selection of
the headland at Bishop's-marsh for a battery is most
judicious, the position effectually protecting the
entrance to Yantlett-creek, in which a squadron of

ROYAL ARTILLERY FOR CANADA.—Major 7, C.
Child's 7th battery of the 10th Brigade Royal Ar-
tillery, with Second Captain Brown, Lieutenants
Harman, King, F. Galloway, and C. J. M. Pro-
thers, are under orders to leave the garrison on
Friday next, and proceed by rail tvay to Liver-
pool, for embarkation on board the steamship
Canada, for Halifax. The H battery of the 4th
Brigade is under orders to embark at the Royal
Arsenal-pier for Canada during the present week.
The battery comprises the following officers.viz. :
Captain H. A. Smith, Second Captain W. J. Hall,
Lieutenants E. H. Wickham, A. H. Maclean, and
E. Clayton.

A WINTER CAMPAIGN IN THE CON.

FEDERATE ,NTATES.

A Southern journal, the Richmond Enquirer, of
the 2d inst., has the following timely remarks on
the prospects of a winter campaign in the Confede-

rate States:—

One of the greatest of popular delusions is that
of supposing winter campaigning at the South to
be a feasible thing. The North have had to aban-

don many fallacious notions and to sustain many
chastening disappointments since the beginning of
the war ; but this idea of making long marches
through the South in midwinter is one which they
still cling to with great fondness, and which is des-

tined to lead them into much grief. It has been
said that "going into winter quarters" is an obso•
lete and exploded idea in Europe, and perhaps it is
so in these modern times, when the roads over that
whole continent have come to excel the best streets
of American cities in fineness and excellence. Per-

haps it is so in densely populated Europe, where
every square mile of territory has provisions for a
regiment, and where a thorough system of agricul-
ture can supply a moderate army with provisions at
every step of its progress. The necessity of " going
into winter quarters" has ceased in Europe only be-
cause their roads have been brought to perfection,
their population has become denser, and their agri-
culture has rendered every acre of surface prolific
of human and animal food. But very different is
the case on this continent.

A winter campaign in the North would be far
more practicable than at the South ; compared with
those of Europe, their roads are indifferent ; but
the continual frost of winter renders them as firm
as a pavement. The winter, too, is more intensely
cold than at the South ; but the low temperature is
continuous, and there is the constant dryness of
atmosphere, which freezing weather produces ; con-
tinuous ice and frost are far more propitious to
army health and transportation than alternate rains,
snows, thaws, and freezes, &c. Invasion of the
North in Nk inter, therefore, would be comparatively
a feasible performance, rendered more so by the
more dense population and the more general distri-
bution of food and supplies over the whole surface
of territory. In all these respects the case of the
South is different.

The Northerners are destined to encounter much

more in a Southern winter campaign than they
dream of in their philosophy. The agricultural in-
dustry- of our section is employed in the production
of food to but a partial extent. Our great staples
of cotton and tobacco employ two-thirds of our
labour. Few planters are in the habit of raising more
than their own consumption of food, except in the
districts unadapted to cotton and tobacco. Take the
South as a whole, leaving Kentucky and Missouri,
I and it does not more than produce its own food.
To invade the South is not, therefore, to invade a
country dotted all over with magazines of provi-
sions. The invading army must bring along and
carry with its entire supplies both of rations and
forage. What the difficulty of doing this in a coun-
try where the weather is always soft, and almost
constant rains keep the roads in a state more fit for
navigation than travel, was experienced by the
English during the Crimean war, when, at a dis-
tance of only 30 miles from abundantly stored ma-
gazines on the Black Sea, their army was starving.
The invasion of the South must be made, if at all,
by land, over the deep limestone mud in Western
Virginia and Kentucky, or the bottomless loams of
the Mississippi Valley. In no part of those regions
of country are the roods passable in rainy weather
after the waggons and artillery of a single brigade
have gone over them. The tort a and city residents
of the North, who speak so flippantly of invading
the Southern States, have little idea of the
obstacles which bad country roads interpose
against the movements of an army. In no part
of the South, except where Southern treachery
has let them in, have the enemy succeeded in pene•
trating 25 miles into oar borders with their
armies during eight months of the driest weather
and best roads of the year. We think it hardly
probable that they will do much better during the
season of rains and mud, when the highways are
absolutely impassable. But the deep, boggy roads
are not the only obstacles to oppose an invader.
The climate of the South during winter is greatly
more unfavourable to the health of green troops
than even during the fever months of summer. The