The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-31 00:00:00

MAY.

Ist—News of the destruction by earthquake of the city of
Mendoza, in the Argentine Republic, with the loss of 11,000
lives in the course of a few seconds.

6th—New Zealand Six per Cent. Loan of £150,000. Ten-
ders invited for the 20th, but only £18,400 taken, the mini-
mum fixed being 1014.
16th—Bank of England discount advanced from 5 to 6
per cent.

24th—Notice given that June Exchequer Bills would be
renewed at 31 per cent, per annum, instead of £3 Os 10d, or
2d per day. The new bills to be issued with coupons for
five years, payable at the Bank of England, and to be re-
ceivable for duties six months after date.

27th—Intelligence of gold discoveries in Halifax, Nova
Scotia.

JUNE.

6th—Calcutta advices, with Mr. Laing's budget, show-
ing probable surplus of £200,000.
6th—Death of Count Cavour.
20th—Sale of the East India-house for .£165,000.
22d—Great fire at London-bridge. Estimated loss,
£1,500,000, including 8,800 casks of tallow, worth £200,000.
26th—News of the death of the Sultan of Turkey.
JULY.

lst—New Indian Five per Cent. Loan of £4,000,000 an-
nounced. Contract completed on the 12th, when there were
tenders for £21,000,000. The minimum price was 98k, and
the lowest tender accepted in full was at £93 18s. 6d.
15th—Stoppage of the Bank of Deposit, with liabilities
for £362,597, followed by the absconding of Mr. Peter
Morrison, its managing director.

25th—Further issue of £1,000,000 Victoria Six per Cent.
Government Railway Debentures. The minimum fixed
was 1051, and the whole was taken at a fraction above that
point.

Italian Five per Cent. Loan of £20,000,000 issued in
Turin and Paris at 70k.

AUGUST.

Ist—Bank of England discount reduced from 6 to 5 per
cent.

sth—News from America of the battle of Bull's Run and
rout of the Federal forces on the 21st of July.
6th—New Bankruptcy Bill came into operation.
15th—Bank of England discount reduced from 5 to 4}
per cent.

29th—Do. do. from 4} to 4 per cent., owing to influx of
bullion and satisfactory results of the harvest.
News of the English and French Ministers having broken
off diplomatic relations with the Mexican Government.

SEPTEMBER.

19th—Bank of England discount reduced from 4 to 31
per cent.

26th—Bank of France rate advanced from 5 to 51 per
cent., owing to drain of bullion to pay for large wheat im-
portations.

Intended expedition of England, France, and Spain
against Mexico announced.

OCTOBER.
Ist—Commercial Treaty with France came into full
operation.

2d—Great excitement on the Paris Bourse, the Bank of
France having borrowed £1,000,000 on stock.
Bth—Arrangement effected by the Bank of France with
Rothschilds and Barings, fora credit of £2,000,000 on Lon.
don.

16th—Issue of £250,000 Seven per Cent. Bonds of Havan-
nah and Matanzas Railway at 95.

21st—Issue of £lOO,OOO Six per Cent. Ceylon Deben-
tures ; contract completed on the sth Noy, at terms ranging
from £lO4 2s. 9d. to £lO6. The minimum fixed was 1031.

NOVEMBER.

7th—Bank of England discount reduced from 3i to 3 par
cent.

Bth—lssue proposed of £200,000 Cape of Good Hope Six
m Ceut, Debenturee. Toutlen IT coiveci 911 the24so, wh9ii

28th—News from India of Government resolution to sell
waste lands at 5s per acre for jungle, and lOs per acre for
cleared land.

DECEMBER.
2d—Demand for surrender of Messrs. Mason and Slidell
despatched by Cunard steamer.
4 th—S tgtement published showing the average reduction
of employment in the Lancashire cotton mills to be about
34 per cent.
Oth--£296,000 awarded to be paid for St. Thomas's Hos-
pital by the Charing-cross Railway.
21st—News from Paris of France having announced to
the European Powers that she had informed the 'Ws shing-
ton Cabinet that the Trent outrage was a violation of inter-
national law.

23d—Funeral of the Prince Consort. Business entirely
suspended.
30th—News of intense excitement at New York on know
ledge of the British demand for surrender of Messrs. Mason
and Slidell. Consols 90i.
Annexed is a list of the new companies brought forward
in 1861. A considerable proportion of them failed to raise
their capital :

Company. Capital.
Amman Colliery .. £lOO,OOO
Atlas Coal .. 10,000
Asphaltum .. 200,000
Bahia Steam .. 160,000
Corsican and Mediterranean Gas .. 25,000
Commercial Copper Smelting 1,000,000
China and Japan Steam Navigation 300,000
China River Steam .. 200,000
Compressed Coal .. 100,000
Chesterfield and Midland Silkstone
Colliery 40,000
Canadian Land and Emigration 250,000
Cannock Chase and Ogley Land .. 100,000
Economic Omnibus .. 50,000
Elbe Colliery .. 15,000
East del Rey Mining .. 75,000
General Tramroad 200,000
General Telegraphic Works 50,000
Hindostan (Singboom) Copper .. 120,000
Hated Lead Mining 50,000
Indian Carrying 100,000
Liverpool and New Orleans Steam 200,000
Llanmorlaise Colliery .. 20,000
London and Burton Brewery .. 120,000
London Suffrance Wharf Company 250,000
London and Provincial Discount 250,000
London and Provincial Agricultural 100,000
Lambeth Bridge .. .. 40,000
Montes Aureos Gold .. .. 200,000
Mwyndy Iron .. 160,000
Metropolitan Consumers' Coal .. 50,000
Metrop litan Rifle Range .. 60,000
Mercantile Joint-Stock Bank 1,000,000
Metropolitan and Provincial Bank 1,100,000
Malta and Mediterranean Gas 60,000
National Horse Exchange .. 50,000
National Marine Insurance .. 1,000,000
National Credit .. 500,000
Natal Land .. .. 225,600
Natal Cotton .. 50,000
National Boat Building .. .. 200,000
Oriental and General Marine Insur-
ance 1,000,000
Patent Bitumenised Pipe .. 30,000
Patent Waterproof Glue .. 20,000
Patent screwed Boot and Shoe .. 40,000
Paris Land .. 100,000
Queensland Cotton .. .. 50,000
Roodee Iron .. 100,000
River Salado Steam .. 240,000
Thames Valley Railway .. .; 250,000
Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway 10,000
Seend Iron .. 100,000
Slate Mountain .. 30,000
Trust and Agency of Australasia .. 500,000
Universal Private Telegraph .. 100,000
Venezuela Cotton .. .. 200,000
Zamora Tin .. .. 12,000
The following list comprises most of the firms
whose failure has been announced during the year
in London. It also includes five provincial banks,
some of which have suspended for large amounts.
In the previous year the chief disasters were in the
leather trade, and this year there have been sus-
pensions of nearly equal magnitude among the
Levant houses, but with the difference that a very
considerable number of the latter have shown large
assets, and have paid in full,while the stoppages of
1860 were mostly of a discreditable character :-
Actual or Estimated
Debts. Assets.
W. H. Gurridge, wholesale cheesemonger £40,121 £26,078
Whistler, Dawson, and King, colonial pro-
duce agents .. .. 19,170 11,003
Fras. Ede, Son, and Cc., Levant merchants 156,343 57,840
Ede and Co., ditto .. .. 20,058 23,200
L. Rodoconachi and Co., ditto .. 101,937 134,993
E. Wackerbath and Co., sugar refiners .. 26,440 21,688
A. Psichari, Levant merchant
D. Navone, ditto .. .. 31,400 5,900
P. C. Salvago and Co., ditto .. 46,721 11,988
S. P. Zizinias, ditto .. 66,036 10,254
E. Vitalis, ditto .. 25,124 25,124
Ledgard and Sons, Poole Bank .. .. -
O'Halloran and Co,, East India and Ceylon

.. .. 20,541 27,939
.. 52,253 107,578

merchants .. GO
Marco Adutt, Levant merchant
F. Whittall and Co., ditto
Lutrari and Co., ditto ..
Armstrong, Pelton, and Co., ditto
T. Guess, ditto ..
Schilizzi and Vuros, ditto .. .. 34,000 17,009
S. Roberts and Co., drapers 10,778 5,380
R. Brandt, Russia merchant .. .. 115,320 30,481
T. and R. Raikes and Co., Hull Bank .. 70,000
Pietroni and,Draper, Levant merchants.. 20,822 7,155
James Crichton, flax merchant .. 80,000 12,000
Bello, Brothers, Levant merchants .. 131,445 53,102
J. G. Behrends and Co., E. I. merchants. 25,668 11,709
Phineas Abraham, West India merchant. 49,528 32,291
Cuppa, Brothers, & Co., Levant merchants 70,000
B. do Cuadra, Spanish merchant.. .. 110,263 110,263
C. A. and F. Ferguson, block manufact'rs. 21,684 9,718
Pedder and Co., Preston Old Bank 638,827 543,003
Barnes, Medley, and Co, Faringdon and
Wantage Bank .. .. 45,500 22,500
Cook and Greenwood, wine merchants .. 14,850 6,837
Burrell and Geary, corn merchants 8,680 4,425
P. Hava and Co., Levant merchants .. 66,905 68,286
Lascaridi and Co., ditto 242,184 133,433
Theodore Ralli, Sons, and Co., ditto 74,786 98,646
Scott & Wright, woollen warehousemen.. 43,000 28,000
York and Co., Peterborough Bank 164,000 41,000
Nicholson and Stone, warehousemen 34,926 22,519
Alexiadi, Delta, & Co., Levant merchants 84,447 123,534
T. Dowling, timber merchant .. 38,797 14,917
Mackay and Reed, commission merchants 16,150 4,040
James Grieves, Australian merchant .. 54,777 38,890
Rocca Brothers, Italian merchants .. - -
Coster, Beater, and Co., warehousemen 216,863 -
J. and H. Miller, Australian merchants.. 14,487 7,994
F. Harrison and Co., woollen merchants. 45,000
Alexander Thomas Gordon, contractor ..
Braum and Kortoske, wholesale hat ma-
nufacturers ..
Kesteven Brothers, woollen warehouse-

• • •• ...

• • 1•••• •--

men ..
Ford, Hale, and Jones, wine merchants..
Barnard, Rosenthal, and Co., braid ma-
nufacturers 70,000
William Harryman, hop factor .. 40,000
Sowerby, 'fatten, and Co, mercers .. 42,150 13,267
Amott Brothers, ditto .. 20,792 16,348
Joseph Pickering contractor .. 78,076 78,076
Benoliel Brothers, merchants .. .. 40,000
Fairhead and Son, seedsmen 12,556 6,160
Westgarth and Co., Australian merchants 25,000 12,000

(IA most extraordinary " run " with Lord
Jiiddleton's hounds in the East Riding of Yorkshire is
chronicled. The hounds ran after the fox for a distance of
40 miles, crossing in their progress three railways and three
rivers. All the horsemen were beaten off, but the hounds
carried on their game into the night, and were only picked
up by the huntsmen the morning after the hunt.
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The Black Prince, 40, will leave the steam basin
at Portsmouth this day, and go into dock, where
her bilge pieces will be put on, together with her
valves, pumps, &c. There are now 150 artisans
employed on the various fittings of this ship. These
men merely work the ordinary hours. Blacksmiths
are working overtime. The engine department
is complete with the exception of the ventilating
apparatus and auxiliary engine, to be used in case
of fire for pumping water in the ship, for the fan,
cupola, and general purposes. The Black Prince is
ordered to be completed by the last day of April,
but with a full complement of artisans she could
be got ready for sea in little more than a month.
The engine department could be made ready for
sea in two days.
The Warrior, 40, iron-cased screw steam-frigate,
Captain the Hon. A. Cochrane, lit fires to-day. She
will be out of the hands of the dockyard authorities
to-night, and will leave the harbour to-morrow
morning for a trial trip. Admirals Eden and Ro-
binson are expected to accompany the usual officials
on this occasion.

The Chanticleer, 17, screw sloop, now lying off
Osborne House, Isle of Wight, will be inspected
this morning by Captain Harris, of the Lritannia,
who will proceed to her in the Sprightly. The
Chanticleer will be employed in convoying a troop
ship to Canada. We understand that all troop
ships will in future be convoyed by ships of war.
The Vigilant will relieve the Chanticleer off
Osborne.
The Galatea, 26, 800 horse power, fitting at
Chatham, is ordered to be supplied with the follow-
ing large quantity of shot and shell, viz. :-140
common and 100 segment 100-pounder Armstrong
shells, 800 10-inch shells, 9 24-pounder and 6 12-
pounder diaphragm shells, 25 12-pounder Armstrong
shells, 1,200 10-inch solid and empty shot, 100 24-
pounder shot, 100 12-pounder segment shells, and
50 12-pounder Armstrong solid shot. In addition
to the above, she will be supplied with 412 of Dell's
whole cases, and 32 metal-lined half cases of powder.
A large number of mechanics and labourerslwere
yesterday engaged in the various departments of
Woolwich Arsenal to replace those who had forfeited
their engagements through intemperance and loss of

time during the Christmas week. 104 were taken on
in the Royal gun factories, about the same number
at the Laboratory, and from 50 to 80 in the other
departments. On account of the present urgent
claims on the establishment the usual privilege of
closing the departments on the 26th, and working
up the day in overtime, was not accorded, which
was a source of great annoyance, and the work was
but partially carried on from the lack of hands.
Many absentees were checked on following days and
dismissed.

Under the new regulations recently laid down al

the Marine-office, the detachments of Royal Marines
serving on board the various ships in harbour at
Chatham will in future be relieved yearly, instead
of once in three years, as formerly. In accord-
ance with this arrangement, the Royal Marines
serving on board the Wellesley, 72, Captain Fan-
shawe, guard-ship at Chatham, will be landed
today, when a fresh party will be sent on board
that Tessel. The Royal Marines serving on board
the various ships at the several harbours are to be
landed on periodical occasions for a few days' drill
with their battalions.

The workmen at the dockyard at Pembroke are
most actively employed in pushing forward the
construction of the various men-of-war now
on the slips. The Blenheim, GO guns, gnard-
ship, stationed off the yard, has received orders to
be ready for any emergency, and to be able to put
to sea at the shortest notice. The various defences
have been almost denuded of artillery in consequence
of the 15th Brigade having been sent off to Canada.

The St. Andrew still retains her berth on Wool-
wich pier, awaiting orders to commence shipment.
She is well supplied with troops' fittings, saloon
cabins, and a capacious hold capable of stowing up-
wards of 1,000 tons of cargo.
No. 8 steam transport Calcutta, with troops and
war stores for Canada, as enumerated in The Sun
of yesterday, left Woolwich pier yesterday morn-
ing at 10, having previously shipped in addition 46
troop horses, which, by the superior arrangement
afforded by the hydraulic cranes, are now hoisted
on board and berthed without danger or inconve-
nience. Thirty snow sledges were also shipped, a
similar allotment having been supplied to each for-
mer battery now on the voyage.

The following appointments were made at the Admi-
ralty last evening :
Master—Bernard B. Dowling to the Cumberland, for
the Racehorse.

Assistant-Surgeon G. A. Campbell confirmed in the
Algiers.

Engineers—John Snell, to the Indus, for the Royalist ;
William Farquharson, to the Revenge.
Assistant• Engineers—A. Borthwick (first-class) to the
Asia, for Highlander; J. C. Weeks (first-class) to the
Cornwallis; Henry Benbow to:Cornwallis, for the Fly ;
11. Vatcher (second class) confirmed in the Surprise ; G. F.
Gossage (second class), confirmed in Miranda ; C. Gregory
(second class), confirmed in the Indus (lent to Avon) ; T.
Stewart (second class), confirmed in the Defence.