14 DECEMBER 1861, page 7

Topics Of The Day. .

THE POSITION OF CANADA IN THE EVENT OF WAR. E NGLISHMEN are a. little too apt to speak of an American war as if it would be confined to the sea, as if the fleet could accomplish......

Births.

On the 4th inst., at Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, the seat of Sir John Stuart- Forbes, Bart., the Hon. Mrs. Trellis's, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at West Park, Elgin, the......

Prices U Rrent.

.-f. -c.. 26; 971 414 211 BRITISH FUND S. (Closing Prices.) Friday. 3 per Cent Consols 3 per Cents Reduced New 3 per Cents Annuities 1880 Annuities 1885 Friday -- 234 -Pm Pm 904......

Money Market.

STOCK EXCHANGE, FRIDAY EVENING. THE demand for Money this week has not exceeded the previous average, although at the Bank the inquiry has been latterly more ex- tensive than......