The Express. — London, England, 1866-12-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING DECEIII3ER 24 1866. ) f en POUGHTON AND THE RECENT COLLIERY FATAL GAS EXPLOSION. LAW INTELLIGENCE. from Hobert', Leadellhall-marhee , to Mr- Smith,.. at MONEY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) 0.-- - EXPLOSIONS. • --.—. Chichester. It was countersigned " Wm. - 4 ,---- r ell cal. --e-- In one Shortly before 6 o'clock on Saturday evening an (THIS DAY.) receiver, Bricklayers' Arms Station." Wi r t ) n w e i rs e' dirna 011/1 0432,001. A „ F r iday afternoon a t meeting wax held held in the explosion of a very _serious character happened in one of see the goods or the waggons in which the prisoner alleged LO esti. 0 next, co ; 31 0, pencefract, offo he_purpoee of on behalf the sufferers fromthe cot e a the densely populated there hfares in the neighbou - Lee organ i sin g hood of Luther-lane, Holbo ug m, which has resulted M the --0--- that he had brought them to the station. The prieener The Stock Exchange is closed to-day, by order 3 Iffiraent ~.r.teciiist4eeesElceions at Barnsley and in Sta ff ordshire. Th death of three , and serious injury to several JUDGES' CHAMBERS. represented himself as Mr. Boberta's carman, and said that of the committee, and we have, therefore, no buai- sha it was all right-he had delivered the goods, and as soon as ~... . pocks .1. shares. Exi tiget od ......--• f Pontefract, who had con vened th e mee ting o th ers . Th e ex pTri. 4laa hap ed in a narrow thorough- THE 0113 V. EVANS.-CHARGE OF ATTEYPTED WEEDER he received the money he left the station. In the co nem ...,, report In a ores the • r e LTia, end briefly stated the object for which they had fare known as Summer's !freer. Byn-street-hill, lying be- or • GAMEKEEPER. of the day the order was discovered to be a forgery, and The demand for money is moderate, and the a tween Little Bath-street and Back-hill, in which several me An application was made to Mr. Justice Mellor on the witness believed that the signature, " Wm. Dunne,"sas in supply large. The rate for choice paper is 3} to 1 1 1 M. r seemble• T h e R Df. Bruer (Vicar of Pontefract) moved the had been employed for some days previously, under the Pare of th e defendant Eva= to admit him to bail on a the priaoner's handwriting, and that the name, " W .e -, of the c oo expressing the heartfelt and deepest sem- Chartered Gas Company, i n l as = d own a woe ma i n i n charge of attempting to murder a gamekeeper named F,dwards," saa also in his handwriting. 3a per cent., but most of the transactiona are at the iri s Tow t e to say ~. of t h e m ettle; with the families of those who, to the the centre of the roadway. The .0 e', gag ed is j a George, in a poaching a ff air. An a ffi davit was produced Mr. Wm. Dunne, receiver of •rods at the Bricklayers' L a tt er fi gure. ; time Prl o r of about 500, had recently perished by the awful aid , left off work on Saturday at about 2 o'clock 'and at °""• ezplosions at Barnsley and in Staffordshire, and a (planer to 6 o'clock the inbitants were etc h by a arid a copy of the deposition& The prisoner was corn- Arms station of the London, Brighton, and South Coast The Council of India will receive tenders on the Witted te take his trial at Radnor at the Spring Assizes, Railway, said it was his duty,when he received goods on rime" 1865, e f t = r e that a fund should be raised in Pontefract and loud explosion, and soon after two of the bowies in and unless he was bailed he would remain several months which there charges, to cowitersign the claim and send t ad prox. for hilt on India to the extent of 1111 cu „„, r h• bourkood for relieving the wants of the bereaved the thoroughfare, Noe. 4 and 5, fell with a crash. The in cenfiee ment • it for payment to the cashier's office. Witness never saw the nee ori ."--• .of the deceased miners. (Applause.) ruins at onco became ignited, and the greatest excitement The solicitor making the application acid the charge primoner on Tuesday last, neither did he receive 200 raw 350,0001, of which not more than . 150,000/. will ttimatee , N was very gbul that that meeting of the was created, the shrieks of the unfortunate persons who herd Heron was denied, and it could be shown that the risoner was • hides for transmission to Chichester, and the signature be drawn on the government of Bomney. nor leer . , not important inhabitants of Pontefract had been called had fallen with the houses being heard by . those around. respectable young man, and was stated to p be a preacher across the order, " Mr. Dunne," wee not in his hand- At the meeting of the proprietors of the London -advised mother. Be was not made aware of the meeting that The first thing done wss to send for the engines, a number at a Baptist chapel. It was not likely that he would writing. Witness knew the pi isoner, but he never sutho- nay, ...?" know ~„- -1 , e hice at Barnsley in the early part of the week, or he of which soon arrived, and the fire was not long in being have been engage d in •• poaching affair. His lord- rued him or any one else to up his name to the document and Greenwich Rail • to be held on the Bth r there. - r houl -- Ilhave thought. it hehis duty to - be there, and not hay- extinguished. The houe No. 4 was at the time of the ship would see by the depositions that only the produced. prom., a dividend of 1/. is. 6d. per cent. or Se. Gd. ~. b ow present nt it, !as glad to join his sympathies occurrence occupted by . Luigi Brazini . , an Italian, who it gamekeeper identified him. There were three other The prisoner denied having preeented the order or re- per share, clear of income tax, for the half-year, IT 9)IL T.....itoi his neighbours in regard to this great ca llaa mity. was stated let out portions of it to his countrymen, some men it stated, and one witness said it a ceiving the money, but as there were other charges of a 35 much It bad ve ry well been said that that disaster had some- of whom were street musicians, but in consequence of the moony ht night , area the other d witness affirmed would rzbleedjcitvehant I t similar nstere against him, . until . will be recommended. tl The magistrate him Friday next. A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum e trial ft says : , dung almost national about ti. It had aroused a consider- explosion happening at so early an hour in the evening . s iki feeling even in the most distant parts of the country, most of his lodgers were from home. The other house w.O to .his clou d y. n uts o e n the e iZh e t e rn question. vee It wu a Bail was refused. has been declared on the paid-up capital stock of !event de. but at the same time he could not help feeling that the tenanted by Joseph Balls, a pipe manufacturer. Two in- serious charge, .and it would be most serious to keep • re- r •••-•'-""-'-=-_ es of the thy and interest connected with the disaster mates of the house No. 4, namely Luigi Seartici, aged 62, spectable man in prizon so long. Two of the magistratestthe Commercial Bank of Canada. oil arillw !prebend. ot o belong to those northern parts of England where and Mrs. Susan Grego, aged 63, fell with the house, the were . in favour of bad, and they recommended the present WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) The sixth ordinary meeting of the Westminster I c years o f AI were familiar with the process of mining, and latter from the lint and the former from the second door, alt 9°B:--...--- Brewery Company is called for the 3rd of January, tae something of the circumstances upon which the and also 115 phew of the occupier named Pietro Brazini, a Mellor 'd he would tsummons for mitr..dustiee. ear to gran t a MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 8 A.M. Ere venue, ti f, o f co ll iers depended. It was not many years ago boy ageyears. At the same time Mrs. Domenico Villa, acl torso to it the te srison d er .t when a dividend will be declared. :he world . a ye the working of such pita se that to which their • married woman, aged 30 ; William Cole, a labourer ; an d be surars on w tl L i a e l ira ' r l of ilre p 1 w z o said o. it would not ,P. Extreme. t Bea, ft T.' w. leo „--- , ---s• W. '&1 to The following are the returns of the Irish Banks eks F; he cone attention was now drawn WU censidered to he &mom- another labourer, named Joseph Ince, fell with oppose d l 1 12 F. D. 1 1 19. of 11114013 for the four I v e n g th elB th DeC new taxes no isd with so much danger, on amount of the fiery the house. The whole of these, after some delay, ____ ,____ - - ---- -- - acid plan ar er scter of the coal, to use the technical expression, that with the exception of the boy Pietro Bruin', COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Nairn 30.04 48 4S.W. 2 8 S.S . W . !c. - 1 i t was not thought possible to work them with anything were soon got out of the ruins, snd at (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) Aberdesa 80.06 46 W.S.W. I 1 W.S.W. 'bl - . 1 ' the mast Leith '30.19 47 B.W. ,1 5 W./I.W. cm 1- i 1 lite security to life. But science had here applied once removed, some to St. Bartholomew's Hoepital and IN RE W. BIRD. .2 S' , r• 6 ' tour weeks ending u stave 3 • 6 , W. •oct - , 2 1 ability of o se of her mod wonderful and useful inventions, others to the Royal Free Hospital. After the lire had This was a renewed application on behalf of the bank- nr cir r a w d e • • ** 113 , 42 8 . _ >• s. !. '' l l'l \l.l 'i.., Average circulation during pree •- - ! shnort simultaneously di scov ered by M r , Stephenson and been extinguished the search amoopt the ruins was COD' rupt, who lately carried on the business of a public-house aaa so l o 56 8. .4•41 W. co 0.05. 2 t 2,2 i -------- --- ' Sir llomPhreY Davy, by which an instrument was now tinned, an at about midnight the body of the poor lad broker and surveyor, in the New Kent-road. The debts c a p e G am .... - - - i - . -1-1 • • . - -mary for pro duced which could give light with almost perfect semi- Pietro Brazini waa discovered, he being quite dead. The are nearly 5,000/., and substantially there are no assets. Dverpool 30.31 48' S. , 1 3 , s r. o 0 - 08 2 upwards.' 25 : Total. _ i , _ 28 in sup. nitaT Th a t was to say, seem!ity might be consideredperfect body was removed to the dead-house of the pariah, where The application was opposed on behalf of Messrs. Alford sot heed ... 3018 49 S.S.W. 1 2 4 . .R . .W. o o r I : 1 1.5 and 1 side! *I I k I X I Z I reports, so as it WU scum by absolute prudence on the it now remains, awaiting the ooroner's inquest. Inquiry so d c o ., carriage builders, and Mr. Pope, a licensed l'e___ • nssne•• •• • r„.„ 1 4 1 „ 5 „.. ~! 1 , ''. 1 4R S F Ito i - 4 The Bank of Ireland .... 3,733,428 1,681,400, 1,050,775 .2,646,175 .:ystem of Perro n the workmen. Sr ed ey all know how difficult it was last night elicited tbe fact that two of the sufferers who ~.... sun. Lorlent 30.32 37 B.S.W. ;1 I 3 N.& fro I- I 2 The Provincial Bank of victualler, detaining creditors. The claim of M "r"" " ***** ".'" 4 "*" .'' - • " 1 1 ry year g io Nellie this prudence on the part of • very large bode . of were t a ken to the Royal Free Hollpital died yeaterdae. Alford and Co. accrued in respect of the him 'b. a Elocheron... sole 37 E. •3I 4 . N.& .ofl - 2 Ireland meroindwhenthey thought how small &mistake, how trivial one of them named William Cole, a labourer, seed 48, re- brougham, which the bankrupt used in his business. One plymoutb ... 30 35 48 7- ,0 1 E.O. Z. mf 0.03 1 The Belfast Banking Com- I rile of the m accident, might have been the cause . of the whole of ceived a most severe fracture of the nose and skull ; and the l 1 ~.i for the year's hire was paid, but when nearly another year's Weymouth .. 30.38 44 E S.E. 3 i 3E. or I - ft jr , o _ er. _ ftnking 1131,611 169,b93 ses,r4 5:4.368 lkis tremendous calemity, they were led into a contempla. o ther, M rs , Domenico Vi ll a. Cole was . , we were informed , hire wee due the bankrupt pledged the brougham Portsmouth.. 30.36 43 B.3 : _E. !3 • 2 N.E. . cm . 7 . , 2_ •1154.:001:2.1,2 D 'l43 139,4011 3.16,038. 1 47:,,49.1 -- report is . uon of the disproportion of small causes to great events, standing at the door of the house No. 4at the time of for 50/. which, it was alleged, sustained consider- London t i- • • : 5 0 . g:1 N W,, W . 1; 2 5 w •'., 7 *A, pro u :r 1 The l'la w t"e;Bankiug Cow- • _... ..1-.•mk ..eite their wonder et t he processes the ex pl os ion, an d he a t once rushed upstairs to save some able damage whilst deposited at the Bedford se f i b l i nii: 5047 44 W.&W. •i I 2 .W. W. c.- . i racy - --- --e ,- • ......m4Akm • lsot noon reaching the landing he was Pantechnicon : _ , The bankrupt upon being sued by Messrs. ShiAds - 3 The National Bank _ _ O -.1.1t1.._ 623.9:4, az:2w 1.1 , .z.173 - -.;.,.. ~rie on to trial. by which Helder - - - ' - - - ---.---:------- - _ AVERAGE AMOUNT UP COIN MELD DURING TOUR WF.212.3 370,180 AS ABOVE.. ..„ _, Shortly before 6 o'clock on Saturday evening en explosion of a very serious character happened in one of the densely populated thoroughfares in the neighbour hood of Leather-lane, Holborn, which has resulted in the death of three , and serious injury to several others. The exproL as happened in a narrow thorough fare known as Summer's-street, Eyre-street-hill, lying be tween Little Bathatreet and Beck-bill, in which several men had been employed for some days previously, under the Chartered Gas Company, in laying down a pa main in the centre of the roadway. The men so e ng aged, it is said, left off work on Saturday at about 2 o'clock and at a quarter to 6 o'clock the inhabitants were startled by a loud explosion, and soon after two of the houses in the thoroughfare, Noa. 4 and 5, fell with • crash. The ruins at once be came ignited, and the greatest excitement was created, the shrieks of the unfortunate persons who had fallen with the houses being heard by, those around. The first thing done was to send for the engines, a number of which soon arrived, and the fire was not long in being extinguished. The house No. 4 was at the time of the occurrence occupied by Luigi Brezini, an Italian, who it was stated let out portions of it to his countrymen, some of whom were street musicians, but in consequence of the explosion happening at so early an hour in the evening most of his lodgers were from home. The other house was tenanted by Joseph Balls, a pipe manufacturer. Two in mates of the house No. 4, namely Luigi Scartici, aged 62, and Mrs. Susan Grego, aged 63, fell with the house, the latter from the first and the former from the second door, and also • nephew of the occupier, named Pietro Brawini, • boy aged 15 years. At the same ti me Mrs. Domenic& Villa, a married woman, aged 30 ; William Cole, • labourer ; and another labourer, named Joseph Ince, fell with the house. The whole of these, after some delay, with the exception of the boy Pietro Bruin', were soon got out of the ruins, and at once removed, some to St. Bartholomew's Hospital and others to the Royal Free Hospital. After the lire had been extinguished the search amongst the ruins was lad con tinued, and at about midnight t he body of the poor Pietro Brazini was discovered, he being quite dead. There e body was removed to the dead-house of the parish, wh it now remains, awaiting the coroner's inquest. Inquiry last night elicited the fact that two of the sufferers who were taken to the Royal Free Hospital died yesterday. One of them named William Cole, a labourer, aged 48, re ceived a most severe fracture of the nose and skull ; and the other, Mrs. Domenic& Villa. Cole was, we were informed, standing at the door of the house No. 4 at the time of the explosion , and he at once rushed upstairs to save some of the inmates ; but upon reaching the landing he was carried with the falling house, and, as stated, severely in jured. He has left a wife and five young children. The poor woman Villa was severely burned about the cony. The other Buffet:el at the Royal Free Hospisevetarel sJoseph Ince, a labourer, who is su ff ering from injuries to the spine. He lies in • critical condition. Every attention was paid to their case by Mr. H. H. Fsgge, the house surgeon. At St. Bartholomew's Hos pital, Mr. R. V. Moore, the house surgeon, has under his care two sufferers, namely, Luigi Scartim, aged 62, and Susan Grego, aged 63. The latter has received a com pound fracture of the left leg, a fracture of the right foot, and two severe scalp wounds, and is much shaken. She lice in a dangerous condition. It is stated that she was standing on the landing on the first floor of one of the houses at the time of the explosion, and her son, a young man aged about 23, was attempting to save her, when she fell through the flooring into the ruins. The son then took • younger brother in his arms and made his escape with him through the back part of the house and over the house tops. 'The Italian Scartici, wound and several con this hospital, has received a scalp tusions, and is much shaken. o n Friday afternoon a meeting was held in the Pontefract, for the purpose of organising a °D W on behalf of the sufferers from the late col °-.altolosions at Barnsley and in Staffordshire. The pry P o ntefract, who bad convened the meeting r , ptai-o an d d, briefly stated the object for whic h the y had gialab led. le Re. Dr. B i scay (Vicar of Pontefract) moved the he resolution, expressing the heartfelt and deepest sym thy of the neetisl4 with the families of those who, to the P a 6 a c of about , had recently perished by the awful stun opuinrplosions at Barnsley and . in Staffordshire, and that a fund should be ra ised in Pontefract and airairh o od for relieving the wants of the bereaved ;„jWass of the deceased m iners. (A pp lause.) L c ed BOUGHTON was very gbul that that meeting of the or a important inhabitants of Pontefract had been called Sher. He was not made aware of the meeting that toe • , wo e place at Barnsley in the early pert of the week, or he mould have thought it his duty to be there, and not hay • ;„. b o o present at it, he was glad to jo in his sympathies ong with his neighbours in regard to this great ca la mity. It had very well been said that that disaster had some along almost national about it. It bad aroused a consider ago *beg even in the most distant parts of the country, but at the same time he could not help feeling that the gys is sympathy those terest connected with the disaster o at belong to northern parts of England where a n were familiar with the process of mining, and guew something of the circumstances upon which the gi • of colliers depended. It was not many years ago w are the working of such pita es that to which their assist was now drawn was considered to he &mom onaild with so much danger, on account of the fier y rriaracter of the coal, to use the tech nical expression, that it was not thought possible to work them with anything au security to life. But science had here applied one of her most wonderful and useful inventions, sewn s imultaneously discovered by Mr. Stephenson and Sir Humphrey Davy, by which an instrument was now pro duced which could give light with almost perfect sec ec ui That say, =t accom i t/ 5. 3 by absolute ht p n tdence on the part the workmen. he all know bow difficult it was to secure this prudence on the part of a very large body of em, end when they thought how small s mistake, how trivial accident, might have b e en the cauas of the whole of , O s tremendous calamity, they were led lute a contempla ban of the disproportion of small causes to great events, nth as might almost excite their wonder bathe processes a f providence in this world. It might ppen—it pro bably . bad happened—that one of the workmen, striking his pick inadvertently aginnst the wire of his lamp, and thus producing an almost invisible, at least an unnotice able aperture, might have been the cause of this tremen icon calamity. At the same time there seemed littledou rge bt t h a t the miners engaged in this pit bad come upon a la seumulation of noxious vapour, probably secreted in some chamber underground for unknown ages of time. The effect of this vapour coming in contact with the Same of one single lamp would have been sufficient ao ignite a large poi tion of the mine and to produce a sous vapour of such intensity as to destroysdes life at eau a it cdsted in the pit. h thus a amble calamity—a calamity to those who were destroyed by the explosion, and a calamity to those who were killed by the vapour. They might hope, indeed it was—if the pie could be used in connection with such a calamity—a matter for congratulation that there had been very little human suffering on the part of those who were killed. A certain number of those rescued had been wounded by fire, an d were at the presen t time in great misery ; some of them, especially. the younger portion of them, had died. It vas difficult in a calamity of this kind to elicit any ex pression which at all came up to what all felt, and to what ill were conscious of in the matter. It bad been said very appropriately that some lesser calamity, some smaller com f o rts of life, were better subjects for poetry of , for rhetoric, and for oratory than thi nature. Words totally failed them ; their ordinary ex of sympathy seemed lost and wasted on the extent of this great sorrow. They were inclined to leave the gnat disaster itself, and rather let their minds dwell upon . particular incidents which touched them with a peculiar effect, and excited within them feelings of admiration at the heroism that had been topdislayed. (Hear, hear.) The heroism which'they were led admire on the present occasion was remarkable for the entire simplicity with which it was performed. No man seemed to have come forward with any ostentation ; all was done quietly an d bravely ; and it might be said that from Mr. t and Dymood, the proprietor of the noire, down to the very lowes poorest, probably the most drunken workman, ev e ery ma n se emed to have done his best. (Applaus.) f those who volunteered to go down some of them were end men whose characters were of a very desperate depraved nature, men whom the world cared little about, men who themselves cared very little or nothing for public opinion, yet these men had ventured themselves at so great a risk with entire simplicity, and the difficulty was not to procure men, but to prevent more going down than were wanted. (Hear, hear, and applause.) He did not think M r . he could say more with regard to the accident itself. Mr. Dymond had written to him that morning, stating that the engineers were still sitting discussing the subject, and that no satisfactory result had been obtained as to the probable cause of the disaster. g ut aid there was neglected seem any reason for believing that any pn which would have mitigated its severity. He visited the Oaks pit two days ago; instead of the noisy, confused scene of labour, there was nothing visible but some few men working hard at filling up with earth those shafts down which the unhappy men had descended. The gene ral silence and gloom which overhung the place was per haps more solemn than H ea r .) b the expression of any amount of sympathy. (Hear.) Just below there was a little yaw with rows of houses such as colliers inhabited, and in the whole of which there was only to be found cue single woman who had not lost some one who was near and dear to her. That single woman, when he saw her, was engaged in attending at the bedside of a poor edi mal l who had been burnt absolutely all over, but whom mca skill promised to keep alive. The whole of the rest of the women in that village were either fatherless, husbandless, o. brotherleas, and the whole of the children were either orphans or had lost some one in the relation of guardian. The extent of the disaster, however, did not end there ; it bad spread over many other villages, a nd besides incud ing a large mass of the wor kin g cla sses, had carried d so ing. r row into many homes of a higher social stan (Hear, bear.) He was afraid that they could not hope that for the future calamities of this kind could be alto gether avoided. They knew how widely the system of mining for coal was extending in this country. With that ex tension there would be always some cases of imprudence. and there would be always some mines opened the working of which was peculiarly d angero us. So long as the present intense competition existed new mines would be opened, and it must be remembered that the community were practical gainers by that competition , the price of coal being considerably reduced. There had been a gnat dis cussion going on as to whether, not in their time, notren in 's their children's time, probably n ot in their grandchild time, but in a time which might almost be calculated, the supply of coal in this country might be considered so seriously diminished as to affect the national wealth and proeperity • and, therefore, if there was some littleal stop put to this severe competitio n in producing co, he did not know that great harm could be done. But where men were wanted, they would always be found ready to inn risks of this description, and therefore he was afraid that they could not hope to be entirely free from the recurrence of disasters of this kind. They must con sider that the charity they were called on to exercise for on occasions like the present was a sort of rate they paid the comparative facility soul cheapness with which they procured this most valuable domestic material. When they were sitting by their own Bresides, surrounded with domestic comfort, they would almost feel a little warmer than they did before, if they had done their duty by assist ing towards the relief of the distress caused by this great calamity. (Applause.) He had great pleasure in stating that Sir John ltamsden, whilst expressing his regret that be could not be present at the meeting, desired him to put his name down for 100 /. towa rds the fund. (Ap plause.) The resolution was unanimously adopted, and a com mittee was appointed to distribute the fund—the mayor agreeing to act as treasurer. A vote of thanks to his worship for presiding brought the meeting to a close. IN RE W. BIRD. This was a renewed application on behalf of the bank rupt, who lately carried on the business of a public-house broker and surveyor, in the New Kent-mad. The debts are nearly 5,0001., and substantially there are no assets. The application was opposed on behalf of Messrs. Alford and Co., carriage builders, and Mr. Pope, a licensed victualler, detaining creditors. Th e claim of Messrs. Alton' and Co. accrued in respect of the hire of a brougham, which the bankrupt used in his business. One year's hire was paid, but when nearly another year's hire was due the bankrupt pledged the brougham for 50/. which, it was alleged, sustained consider able damage whilst deposited at the Bedford Pantechnicon. The bankrupt upon being sued by Meer ch s. Alford defended the action nearl y u p to trial, by whi much additional expense was incurred. The complaint of Mr. Pope was that the bankrupt having been employed as broker in the " change "of the Red Lion public-house in the Strand had, after deducting his charges, retained the balance of the deposit, nearly 501., ins tead of pay ing over the same to Mr. Pope. Mr. Pope was persuaded to take an acceptance for the amount, but it was dishonoured at maturity and legal proceedings had to be taken for recovery of the amount. On behalf of both the detaining creditors, it Ws con tended that the bankrupt had b een guilty of a speci of fraud. After hearing Mr. Lucas who supported and who men tioned that the bankrupt had been already one month in prison, The Commissioner said that although the bankrupt might possibly escape if indicted criminally, that was no re..son why this court should interfere on his behalf. His conduct h..d been of a very gross description, and no benefit could possibly accrue to the creditors by the bankrupt being released. Abankrupt who chimed the assistance of the court ought to come before it with clean hands, and that not being the case here, the application would be c.mary for vs in sup. t reports, ..ystem of ry yeez • ate of the for the report is, , g budget • the arrest , once is ex r f instruc triers, and t all. The criminal inslate—of r inateti in 22 remain the charge t , :usation to tar without It was ounials did trosecution 1,, were all lied, and it ' several 232.4511 371.C16 & 067 63.9L2, 568.200 I.I•rz.ILS AVIRAGI kaIOUNT OP COIN um) nuitmc FOUR REELS ENDING AS ABOVE. Gold:—sll;eTT—T.4—ia-7 REMARKS. In the north and west of the British isles bar.ineters are un steady. and in the south they hare frdlen slightly. Thete. winds a re chiefly southerly and we sterl y , light to modera In Englaud and Ireland the sky Is o ver...sat, with fog and rain in places. Temperature has risen considerably on the north coast of Scotland. 421,134 55.223 470.361 35..042 40.761 ; 392,793 ; 31b,7d6 2.1.%1 i 34'2,708 2 45.574 la, 979 37 4 493 , .291,70 ; 402.372 .1 550 : 853 62,506 ; 6.49,340 The Bank et Ireland The Provincial Bank of Ireland The Belfast &inking Company The Northern Banking Company . The hater Banking Company The National Bank HEALTH OF THE BISHOPS. —Three of the bishops were unable to hold their ordinations yesterday on account of ill health, namely, the Bishop of London. for whom Bishop Anderson o ffi ciated ; the Bishop of Exeter, for whom the Bishop of Newfoundland acted ; and the Bishop of Hereford, whose duties were discharged by . the Bishop of Worcester. The Bishop of Bath and Wells is recovering from his late serious illness. DEATH OF THE HON. H. SUDDEN.—The death is announced of the lion. Henry Stirlen, eldest son of Lord St. Leonards. The deceased, wee was burn in ISII, was educated at Eton and Harrow, after which he proceeded to St. Alban Hall, Oxford, there he took his B.A. degree in 1834 when he was fourth class in mathematics. He was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of Lincol inn in 1837, and was made Registrar of the Court of Chancery in Ireland in 1846, during the time Lord St. Leonard/ was Lord Chancellor of Ireland. lie was married in 1844 to the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Cookson, of Neasham-hall, Durham. EXETER-HALL. —The Messiah will be performed this evening by the National Choral Society, cond u ctcted by Mr. G. W. Martin. The solo parts will be Miss Louisa Tyne, Miss Franklein, Mr. Kedge, and Mr. Santley. CHRISTMAS DAY.—The Very Rec. the Dean of Westminster (Dr. Stanley) will preach in rosierWestmter Abbey on the morning of Christmas Day. Divine s will commence at 10 o'clock. "THE WILD MEN OF JESSO."—A correspon dence has taken place betwee n the Aboriginr a Protection Society and Mr. Walpole, the Home Secretary,in reference to an exhibition now travelling the proinces of so-called " wild men of Jesse." R e p nature of the brutalising nature of this exhibition have been made to the society, and their interference has been repeatedly invited. They have done what they could in the matter, but hitherto without any practical result. It has been their chief obiect to ascertain, by verbal communication with the uu.or tunate creatures themselves, whether they were detained against their will ; but although they employed a highly intelligent Japanese gentleman, he was unable to under stand them, or to make himself understood. It is, how ever, the society thinks, impossible to believe that these wild men —of whose Asiatic engin, at all events, there can be no doubt would willingly. permit themselves to be confined in a den like dure the wretchedness wild of be lets, and voluntarily en perpetual imprisonme nt behind iron bars, if they had the alternative of personal freedom, or of res toration to their o wn country fairly presented to them. They sugg est the Home Secretary that it is legitimately within his pro s nce to put an end to an exhibition which is felt by all who have witnessed it to be • grave public scandal. In reply Mr. Walpole states that the matter has been in quired iuto ; and that there appears to be good reason for supposing that the public are deceived as to these supposed savages, and that the Aborigines Protection Society, if it should make further researches, will probably find that there is not in reality any such restraint put upon these so called " wild men" as they apprehend to be the cam. THE SOILED Dove C ASE.—This case, which has gated created souch excitement in turf circles, was investi at a vi agneral meeting of the Jockey Club, held at Messrs. path folio on Friday last. After hearing the evidence, the followiug decision was arrived at : • The stewards of the Jockey Club, at the instance of the stewanli at Warwick, having made the neceseary inquiries respecting Soiled Dove, and having had her examined, are of opinion that she is now a three year old, instead of a two year old, as represented. The stewards of the Jockey Club further decide that according to Rule 17 she is qualified for all races which she has won during the past season. The stewards will make further inquiries in order, .if _p9ssible, to disco v e r the author of the fraud. (Signed) W. G. CRAVEN, H. J. ROCS , BEAUFoRT." THE HOP TRADE IN EAST KENT.—On Saturday two important meetings were held in Canterbury in refer ence to the hop trade in East Kent. One was a meeting of planters, held in the Royal Fountain Hotel, at which Sir Brook Bridges, M.P., propcsed " That a committee be forced to draw up a report with the view of putting an rm end to the unsatisfactory mode of conducting the sale of hops which prevails at present." Mr. Robert Lake, of Milton Chapel, seconded the motion. Mr. Thomas Kingsnorth thought that if one-half the cultivators would agree the work would be accomplished. ere The at the whole a ffair was a gigantic juggle—the growers w mercy of the agent, the factor, and the customer, hat and hap be- tween them they were swindled that was really w pened. Mr. Kingsnorth then spoke at c so e inme length on the propriety of establishing a mart a on Canterbury as the best cure for the evil, as it would have the effect of bringing the grower and the consumer face to f ace, t ace and of thus establishing a good un d ers t an ding betwhem. Mr. T. Carter and Mr. Dombrain addressed the meeting, after which the motion was put and carried unanimously. A second resolution, nominating a committee, with power to add to their number, was then passed. and the meeting separated. The second meeting . was held at the Common hall, for the purpose of promoting the establishment of a hop mart under the auspices of the corporation, the mayor presiding. Mr. Hamilton (of the Inland Revenue office) detailed the mode of procedure adopted in Wor cester, where such a mart had been instituted. The motion was unanimously carried, as was also the appointment of a committee to assist the corporation, and to confer with the hop-growers on the subject. STAFFORDSHIRE. —A meeting of owners andlord- oc cupiers of land , con vened b y the Ear l of Lichfield, li e utenant of the county, was held at the Shire id -h e all, Sta thf ford, on Saturday , for the purpose of considering propriety of establishing a Chamber of G. icu ri ltnre for e St a ffordshire. The Earl of Harrowby, K., Agr Lord Hather ton, Viscount Bandon, Mr. Pell, chairman of the Central Chamber of Commerce, several landowners, and e was a number o f tenant farmers, were present. A ap pointed to draw up rules and to consider the terms on which the proposed local chamber might be represented in the Central Chamber of Agriculture in London. Both Lord Lichfield and Lord Harrowby took exception to small fanners' clubs being represented at the Central Chamber on the same terms as county tations chambers, and Mr. Pell promised to submit to that bodyany represen the committee might make on that point. THIRST.—There is no harm in drinking whole some fluids to allay the thirst produced by perspiration. 11 The water of the blood has been thrown off during the violent muscular efforts, to relieve the circulation on ; after the work is over, the blood is deficient in its water, and thirst is the consequence. If the atmospheie be moist, this water may be re-absorbed by the skin. and if we get into a warm bath, our thirst will soon be quenched in this way but if the air be hot and dry, and we do not immerse our akin in water, we must take it into the cirulation by the stomach, and it is mere cruelty to animals to withhold it. The latter method should not be adopted, however, till the rowing or running is ended. The sudden pouring in upon the stomach of a quantity of cold water will not benefit respiratory efforts, if they are to be made shortly after. To allay thirst, it is important that the fluids be appro priate • for many, as beer, will surely increaae it, as will sweet 'fruit or ices, however grateful to the month they may be. It is often found that the frequent drinking even of water will increase thirst, and that a pebble held in the mouth, Is something chewed to stimulate the salivary organs, more efficacious,—Coraltill Magazine for January. Mr. Kimmel is as active as ever in the supply of novelties for Christmas presents, the designs for his scent eases, toilet sets, fans, s howing a pleasant and exuberant fancy. •• following: e from Vera has resolved the French, cide whether In case the the Emperor ,resident, and the steamer to Austria, o should have his intention THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH -STREET. DANGENOUB ASSAULT BY AN AUCTIONEER. John Acton, 29, Great Queen-street, Drury-lane, auc tioneer, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with, assaulting Mr. Henry John Capon, beerhouse keeper, of No. 25, Noel-street, Wardourstreet, and also with breaking a pane of glass, of the value of 2/. 10s. Mr. Capon said—On the' Ist of December the prisoner came to my house and asked for half a pint of porter. I served him, and he laid down a sove reign. I told him that I bad no change, and he drank the beer and left and afterwards came back and paid me. At 9 o'clock the same night the prisoner came again with a friend, and the friend called for apint of spiced beer, and asked for it to be boiling, but on p being supplied to him he villa not drink it, and the pri soner, after abusing me, threw the beer into my face, scald ing me, and nearly blinding me, and he then threw a pot at me, and he took up a second, and threw it with suc I no h vio lence at me that if I had not stooped to avoid it doubt would have been killed, the measure being douhled up, and a door it cam e in contact with having an indents , tion. The prisoner then broke a pane of glass of the value of 505., and when be got outside challenged me to come out and see what he would do. While my wife was gone for a constable the prisoner's friend got him away, and I applied for a warrant and had him app she I ded. ard A witness said—While getting my supper beer he the prisoner make use of bad language to Mr. Capon, and saw him then throw the hot beer in his face ; he threw afterwards the pot at him, and then broke the window. Mrs. Elizabeth Capon, wife of the complainant, saidced The prisoner's friend asked for a pint of very hot sp i beer, and paid for it, end because it was too hot the pri soner called her husband a thief," a and said he , "then throw this into your face, threw the beer into her husband's face, and then two measures. She went round the counter for the purpose of going for a constable, her husband being blinded at the time, and the prisoner then dashed his fiat throug h the window, and made o ff . There had been a grievance ex isting before between her husband and the prisoner, but that had been forgotten. The prisoner—l told the complainant that t i t had t was shabby of him not to change the sovereign, and that a great mind to throw the beer at him, and be said, " Do it," and I did so, and he then threw a pot at me, and I threw one at him. I don't recollect how the window was broker.. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner had some former malice against the complainant, and because the complainant did not change his sovereign his bad spirit had revived again. It was a bad assault, and the prisoner might have killed the complainant. He should commit the prisoner for for s he we eks for the assault and o rder him to pay 2i. rm. the ps damage and 2s. tine or another mouth. That perha would have the e ff ect , of teaching the prisoner that lie must not be so cruel to people. WORSHIP-STREET. be true, can tin a confir rut that the !ter's designs, yitradicting filers had been i clad division nly no such I Isl . surviving rn, and closed r account, at laintained the oeated falls of than 35c. .• _ _ _ THE CIIIII , TMAA EVE. Mr. Newton was engaged for a lung time after taking his seat on the bench in bearing applications for assistance from the poor-box, and disposing of charges against the incapably drunk and the drunk and disorderly ; the greater number of the applicants were relieved, proper inquiries having been made into each separate case, and most of the offenders being transg,ressurs of Saturday last, locked in durance vile during the Sabbath and manifestly' fearful of being in prison on Christmas day, attempted all sorts of excuses for their mith isbehaviour. In moat instances the y were discharged, w the cau tion, " Don't come here again." One dirty-looking fellow was sent to prison for 14 days, for assaulting two sisters in the p ublic streets, under the privi leges of the mistletoe in the first instance, and then because resistance was offered striking one of the girls with such violence that she fell,and fainted. Another fellow was charged with cheating the unwary by doing the three card trick on a stool, placed in the highway of Iffle end. Great difficulty was experienced in getting at this sharper,in consequence of the numberof confederatesabout him who gave the office immediately on the appearance of the police, when the candle was instantly extinguished. A " plain clothes man," however, at length got near to see some man lose a sovereign, and took the fellow into cus tody. Mr. Newton sent him to prison for seven days. WESTMINSTER. IMPRISONMENT OF INNOCENT PERSONA. Three young women of creditable appearance. on e of whom had an infant in her arms, were placed before Mr. Selfe in the names of Civic, O'Hara, and Bullard. Sergeant Purchase, of the B division, stepped forward and said—fhese persons have been charged wrongly and are innocent.* Mr. Selfe--Where is the prosecutor! Sergeant Purchase--Ile has not come here. These women were charged with felony, and locked up on Saturday night ; but the property alleged to have been stolen was never lost. Mr. Selfe—Then there was no felony committed. Sergeant Purchase--None. The prosecutor charged these women with stealing a silver watch from his person, an d they were taken i nto custod y and detained, hut yesterday afternoon I received a message the prosecutor informing me that he had found his missing watch in a drawer in his own room ; in fact, set that he had not had it out with him on Saturday. When I hrd tis, and saw the watch, I immediately the women free on their own recognisances to appear here to day. The accused were discharged. SOUTHWAICE. FORGERY AND FRAUD [PON A RAILWAY COMPANY. tody Jana Ben ca rman, was brought tip in aus charged with obtaining the suns of 11. 4a. and other moneys from James Bickerton, by means of forged orders, thereby defrauding the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company. It appeared from the evidence of James B station oficke rt th on Loa he wan assistant cashier at the goods e don, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, in Bricklheir ay em ers' Arms. lie knew the prisoner as having been t ploy as carrier about two years ago. On Tuesday after noon last the prisoner came into his office, and handed him an order to pay him the sum of I/. 4s. • He said he had brought two hundred wet bides for transmiasion to Chichester and that the SUM on the order was the champs thereon. nes s examined the orde r, and believing it to be genuine, he paid him the 11.4.. The order set forth 200 raw bides LORD Sr. LEONARDS.—We are authorised to contradict the announcement of the death of Lord St. Leman's, which appeared in the e v e nin g papers on Satur day, having been published in the Dublin Evening Mail. The noble and learned lord is in possession of his usual health at his residence, Boyle Farm, near Thames Ditton. It was his eldest son, the Hun. Henry Sugden, who died on Thursday at Staple-house, Nantwicb, Cheshire*. The Bilhop of Illinois, at the request of the Bishop of London, v. at preach and celebrate the Holy Communion, on Chri s t m as -day, in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. We believe that this is the first time an American bishop has been invited to undertake this duty. We are glad to announce (says the Sunday Gazette) that her Majesty has made arrangements by which suitable apartments in Kensington Palace will be pros idea for the permanent residence of her Royal Highness the Princess Karl Adelaide and the l'rince de Tech. STEAK POWER ON HIGHLAND ROADS.—MeSSTS. Richard Cornion and Co., shipowners azidwood merchan ofts, Aberdeen, are determined to ma ke the experiment bringing the produce of a large extent of the overgrown forekt of Invercauld, of which they had become purchasers, to the railway by means of ste am along the turnpike. Securing a fine 10-horse power traction engine, they:corn- Inencol their experiment on Monday, and have contiziue : d it everyday since, and the re sult is decided success. Within half an hour of starting, the engine, which has been very aPpropriately named the Forester, ascended the hill-road of Cmigendarroch, an ascent of lin 16, with a burden of about ten tons, with the utmost ease at a rate of 27s miles per hour. On the level road the journey of 15 miles Wall made at a speed of from four to five miles per boar, not • hitch occurring the whole way. It is a fact that until now this firm could import timber all the way from Ame rica attest cost as to carriage than they could bring! it from Braemar. The Forester, it is calculated, will easily draw loads of 25 to :10 tons at a time. The half monthly settlement in shares and foreign stocks will begin on Wednesday next (" Continua tion day") and end on Friday. With reference to the Ottoman General Five per Cent. Debt, the Imperial Ottoman Bank have given notice to the holders of bonds who intend to receive in Europe the current half-yearly interest, that they will have to declare such intention at the agencies of the Imperial Ottoman Bank in London or Paris, or at its correspondent s in Frankfort and Amsterdam, between the 25th inst. and the 3rd o f January inclusive. The official notification will be found in another column. About 106,000/. in gold was sent into the Bank ou Saturday, while 10,0001. was withdrawn for Egypt. The amount purchased since the date of the last return is as much as 421,0001. In the Rolls Chambers on Saturday, Mr. Church, the chief clerk, gave his decision with reference to the application for snaking a call of 401. per share on the shareholders of Barned's Banking Company (Limited). According to the liquidators, the probable yield of the call would be 500,0001. ; the liabilities of the bank are 1,800,0001. ; and the nominal assets t 170,000/. ; but the chief clerk de clared his belief that the value of these asse.s must be reduced by a sum of not less than 300,0001. " The result is," he remarks, " that, during the eight months of its trading, the bank incurred losses to tlie extent of at least 1,600,000/. ; that is to say, at the rate of 200,0001. a month." The chief clerk said he did not think he should be exercising proper caution and care if he were to make the call before the list of creditors is brought in. He I I accordingly decided to let the sununons stand over, and to let the liquidators bring in the list of cre ditors at the earliest possible moment. This deci sion not meeting the views of the solicitor to the official liquidators, it was arranged that the ques tion shall come before the judge himself on the first Saturday after term. The fortieth report of the directors of the East Incl;an Railway Company, to be submitted at the half-yearly meeting on the 31st inst., states the gross traffic earnings for the half-year ended the 30th Junl at 1,067,5421., against 821,6761. in the corresponding half-year, and the net earnings at 626,2181., ascompared with 474,0831. The board express their gratification utbeing enabled to recom mend the payment in January of a dividend for the six months ending the 31st instant in addition to the guaranteed interest at the rate of one-half per cent. per annum, free of income tax. Thesum ba lance to be carried forward is 10,000 rs. A of 9,1661. is carried to the credit of a reserve fund for bad and doubtful debts. A call of 21. is to be paid on the 181. inconverti ble Five per Cent. preference shares of the Mid land Railway Company by the 15th Jan. A sixth call is to be paid on the shares of the Netherlands India Railway Company by the 10th January, when the half-yearly guaranteed interest will be payable to the shareholders. An extraordinary general meeting of the Atlan ed tic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company (Limit " ) LS called by the li q uidator for the 24th Jan., to consider an account which will be submitted to the meeting, showing the manner in which the wind ing up of the affairs of the company has been con ducted and the property of the company disposed of." The receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada fur the week ending the Ist inst. were 29,117'. sterling, being 2,e 151. leas than in the corresponding week of last year. The Great Western of Canada Railway traffic return for the week ending Dec. 7 shows a decrease of 2,-1 9 4!., compared with the corresponding period of 1865. Creditors of the Dartford Creek Paper Mill Com pany (Limited) are required to send the particulars of their claims to Mr. Frederick Maynard, the liquidator, by the 2nd Jan. Creditors of the Freehold Land and Brick -making Company (Limited) are required to send the parti culars of their claims to Mr. George Scott, the official liquidator , b y the 18th January, the Btcatinh F e bruary having been appointed for adjudicating upon them. The Great Luxembourg Company announ ce that a list of the obligations drawn at Brussels on the 6th inst. for reimb ursement may be obtaine d from heat on application. SATIIIDAT EVEITNG. Consols which closed yesterday at m 95 to 90, ex at div. , for the 10th January, opened this orning the same quotation, and closed at S 9 to /. For money the last price was 89:: to 2. The official business repo rt, is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 892, 90, 892, 90; ditto, for account, 891 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, Three per Cents., 89, 81, 9/. India Five per Cent. Stock, 1072, 2, 2 ; ditto Bonds, 255. prem. The India Five per Cent. stock was steady at the late improvement. Exchequer Bills were firm at ss. to 105. prem. The foreign stock market was rather firm. Bra zilian Bonds were inquired for, and improved 1 per cent. Portuguese also advanced 2, and Spanish Passive and Turkish of 1865, / ; Spanish Certifi cates were slightly better. Turkish of 1858 and Italian of 1 861 , h owever, declined 1 and / perl, ce 1/ nt. respectively. R ussian scrip was steady at to prem. Bank shares wer e firm. The only movement s were a rise of 1/. in Colonial, and 10s. in Chartedecline red o f India, Australia , and China, and a of 11. in National. Th e re were fewer transactions in the s h a res of the financial companies, and prices closed about the same as yesterday , bein g as follows :—lnter national Financial, 2i to 2 dis. •, General Credit, 1$ to 14 dis. ; London Financial, 17 to 16 die. ; and Credit Fonder of England, 4t to 41 dia. HOPE. )rseman, Cap iuth yesterday St. Helena on with 86 pas ;. large colonial ,a throughout. Al by the same sves during the tpe the season of all kinds, .veil abundant. there are en ets. Fernier' late difficulties. at present, the certain. Owing : tion in business lung time pre- . r rom being bn'k :aprovementw ai :, when lola- ensive, and had e dean and his I ,:cting the clergy , grounding his and elected in C• iera, the Rev. toc'ese of Orford E A meeting et . been held in the t‘rainst this of lect,- eiiplainingthe ip Mauritius had and could not sunken rock off - irs. The rock is , 11'November. amship Karais . 27th November. , a , rra gut will next i•: steam .CreW ship at largest ArneTiella • ial Empire, 16 roil' •vw line between San ,t Now York on De ;;r,ft. long, en d 54:4* ".. A . al t o four water-VS," . for this line, LW • four in all, are now •i 1 subsidy from 'be l'Acific Mail StessoshiP • r 30, 1860 219, 80 • • EuroPsio :rol a vanon • ived ( luring the whole ment between the, set of the late Federa. ping, on condition et: a State. The Libra/ h the Frankfort imago t longing to it must iy be of the states. be. historical curiosities: t Frankfort are to Wt . • established I/ a socielF L 1 is not yet determined; 3 of the form er Federal'. .lAROOS. — T heGeedoll. lre slaughter of Wolff" in Viet ria took 01 0 r. Whitehead, neara"" rfew ladies assess 're the kangaroos to 1 beforehand. In killed." THE BARNSLEY COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. Another victim haabeen added tothe already long list of killed. On Saturday forenoon ahoy, named Thomas Ilardcastle, died from the effects of burns sustained in the Oaks Colliery on the day of the calamity. Of the 18 persons recovered alive, only three or four are still living, and one of these is not expected to survive long. A young man, named Keithley, is in a very precarious condition, and not expected to live. Up to Saturday evenitg there was nothing new to report as to any pro ceedings at the colliery. All was quiet, but there was still a strong smell of after-damp coming up No. 2 shaft. The Barnsley subscription list up to Saturday evening amounts to nearly 5,000/. Barnsley, Sunday Evening. The work of filling up the cupola and No. 1 shaft has now been completed, and everything at the colliery re mains quiet. About 2,350 tons of spoil was put down the cupola, and 1.100 tons down the other one, and that was supplemented by a top dressing of puddled clay, five yards in depth. Nothing more can now be done for a considerable time, is it would be very dangerous to do an ything which could introduce the least air into ery the pit, as there cannot be the slightest doubt that a v considerable portion of the coalbed is on fire. The engineers are very sanguine that the measures which have been adopted for extinguishing the fire will prove effectual, more especially as there have been no explo sions since Tuesday last. There is, therefore, everyhat pros pect that the last and m ost expensive mode—tof tilling the pit with water—will not be had recourse to. Indeed, to do so could not be otherwise than ruin u 5,900 , as the getting out of the water from workings some 1 yards in the dip would entail enormous expense, and in all probability the sinking another shaft. The report to-day states that since yesterday the stuff in the furnace draft had sunk three yards, and that in the No. 1 shaft lather snore than one yard. Everything is proceeding so far satisfactorily, and nothing can be done until the mining engineer into whose hands the management of the colliery is now entrusted shall be satisfied that the fire is ex tinguished, and order it to be opened. That time, how ever, is remote, and months will most likely elapse before any attempt will be made to unseal the colliery and recover the bodies, as it was evident that the fire had got a very firm hold. To-day, indeed, that fact was apparent, for the choke-damp on the pit top was almost overpower ing. The pit bank remains in the same state in which it has been since the explosion. The men who were brought out alive after the first explosion are fast succumbing to the injuries they received. To-day four more were buried in Ardsley churchyard. THE HAMPSTEAD TUNNEL OF THE MIDLAND RAILWAT.—The extensive works at this tunnel, which have been carried on night and day without intermission for the last eighteen menthe, are now approaching com pletion. On Saturday last they were so far advanced that communication was for the first time opened out from end to end. This communication at present is very imperfect and irregular, but it was sufficient to enable a small party of gentlemen, consisting of Mr. Frederic Campion, the resident engineer ; Mr. Ralph Firbank, re presenting Mears. Firbank and Co., the contractor', for the works; and a single visitor to pan through. The tunnel, which is more than a mile long, commences inower the n orthern part of Kentish-town, passes under the l part of Hampstead, and emerges in the New Finchleproad, just beyond the Swiss Cottage. Entering it at that ex tremity the brickwork is entirely complete formany yards, and there is accordingly no difficulty in proceeding. Further , on, however, the only communication is b narrow passages cut through the earth and shored up wi h t v ery solid timber. The ordinary height of these passages is about six feet, and the width about more five. But in one ease the opening was not than three feet by three for a distance of more than fifty yards, and the three explorers were necessarily compelled to crawl along it on their hands and knees, by the dim light of candles, which the strong current of air threatened every moment to extinguish. At another point where two sections of the works joined which were being carried on at different levels, the only mode of proceeding from the lower to the upper was by climbing a timber support, technically called a " raker," thirty-four feet in leugtb, with thin stripe of wood nailed upon it as steps, and placed diagonally at a very abrupt inclination. As the steps were covered with slippery clay from the feet of the workmen, the ascent, as may be imagined, was not very easy or pleasant. Owing to the peculiar nature of the soil, through which the tunnel passes the London clay, great difficulty has been experienced in carrying out the work. It was found that solid brickwork three feet thick would not➢stand, and brickwork six feet thick has accordingly been substituted. In n the narrow passage - . too, or `wordings" already mentioned, the timber supports though ore than a foot in thickness, frequently split, and have to be bound withiron or renewed. It is expected that the whole of the works of the tunnel will be complete in about four months. EARL GROSVENOR ON CUIJRCH ETTENSION.—On Saturday last, the first stone of a new church, to be called St. Pete at Birkenhead, was bad by Earl Grosvenor, in the presence o ft Lad Constance Grosvenor, Mr. John P., Archdeacon Jones, and a large number of spectators, The church is in:ended to acoommodate nearly 700 people, and will be entirely free and unappro priated. The incumbent will be the Rev. Mr. Fenton, who has been labour ing for five years in a district of 7,000 people, part of an ecclesiastical district with a population of 22,000, and 2 , 40 church. The site will cost 8751., the building 2,400 f., and the endowment and repair funds 1,4101. The Bishop of Chester will be the patron, and an endoffinent is expected from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. A handsome trowel was presented to the noble earl by Mr. Laird, who remarked that he believed no district in the country had more need of a new church than that, the northern district (Holy Trinity) of Birkenhead. The noble earl expressed his satisfaction in the awakened interest taken by churchmen in the necessi ties of such districts, and their willingness to consider the claims of the church and of large populations upon them. There was a great deal still to be done, especially in Lon don, where the church accommodation was not nearly equal to the necessities of the population. Ile had the greater pleasure in laying this stone because the seats were to be free. Lady Constance took part in the layins of the A rne, and the Rem A. Knox and Fenton, with the Ven. Archdeacon Jones, took Lart in the proceedings. GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, CALEDONIAN-ROAD , Dminorow.—Number of patients for the week ending Dec. V, 935, of width 253 were sew oases. 3 71 MIIVEI3.-(THIS DAY.) thrz o'CLoca. No transactions have occurred to-day in mining shares, both the Sto ck Exchange and Mining Exchange being shut. RAILWAYS. The Stock Exchange is shut to-day, and no deal ings have been recorded in British railway se curities. COMMERCIAL AND MARKET& MARK-LAND.—(THIS DAY.) The old Corn Exchange was closed today, but the new market is open for business, as usual. Scarcely any English wheat was brought forward, yet a , as the attendance of buyers was very limited, the demnd was heavy, at nominal currencies. In foreign wheat scarcely anything was doing, at Ws rates. Barley and mah comma nded scarcely any attention, and prices were, with difficulty, support Inferior oats were rather cheaper but good dry parade ruled steady. Beans, peas, and flour were heavy. In weds, very little was passing, at last week's prices. For floating cargoez of wheat off Falmouth and queens. town there was a steady, but by no means animated demand, and prices remained unaltered. Ghirka Odessa, arrived, 535. to Ws. 3d.; Taganrog, 53.. to 565. 6d. ; Nice laieff , 605.; Yeisk, !Wm. 91.; Berdianaki , 60s. 6tL ;Siding , 61a. per 4921b5.; Moldavian, bss. per 48011 as. Ohirka Odessa, on passage, 595. per 4921b5. In maize the transactions were of an insignificant character, at a further decline Is. per. (Ir. Barbary, arrived, 36a. per 48Olbs. Barley counnan te n rather more attention, and prices had an upward dency. Danubian, arrived, 30a. ; Toulch, 515.; Nims laieff, on passage. 295. per 400Ibs. Bye moved off slowly, at somewlutt lees money. Montreal, sr prirod, 355 . ; Black Sea, to be shippe d, i ts.f,d ; Azoff, 1. a. 6a. per 4801bs. In beans very little was doing. arrived,(49s. per 480Ibs. The trade for linseed was very quiet, at as. lid. for ordinary Calcutta, ex ship. The f ollowin g are the quantities et . linseed estimate! admit from the East Indies for this country : 1866. 1865. Qi d. Q**- Calcutta to T. ,rulon Calcutta to Liverpool dl,lr.r2 ... 7.037 Calcutta to Hull Bombay t, Lordm Bombay to 1.i , ...100l . 373 ... 1,461 Rapeseed was oull, nevertheless prime were fairly sup ported. East Indian. shipping or to be ahipped, 475. per 5 manna'. • Annexed an. the quantities of rapeseed attest from the East Indies fur this country. 1:66. 1865. Qrs. Qra. Calcutta to Lor.d.r.l .. 05,804 ... s7,roi Calcutta to Liverpool 9.961 ... 2,0543 Bombay to Len,:on lloutbay to LiveiToo' Linseed cakes wet.: disposed of at extreme rates, although the demand for them wa, by no ineausactive. For cot tonseed the trade ru1.2,1 k ICAtiV, at full currencies. ARRIVAL 0•r sr rms. English —Linseed, 40; rapeseed, 65 ; and sundry, 6.5; qr 4. Foreign—Tares, 60 ; Linseed, s , 50,5 ; rapeseed, 12,520 ; maize, 5,30 s ; and sundry, 15 qrs. EXPORTS. —Oats, 3, 150 ; oilseed, 6,127 qrs.; and flour, 37 cwt, Ter Qr. OATS. I. I. Scotch potato 3o to 36 lrialt, Wick i to 2.$ white W 32 •• BZAN.. Mang= Tick 4l to 44 to 48 .......... . 4 4 4 1, to 6S !trey :W to Mr • W aite :W to 41 White to CURRENT PRICK& ENGLISH. Per Qr. 1 WHZAT. I I. I Eases, Kent, red, nUi 55 to 66; 5 white, n ue l7l 59 t t t ° o new 5•:. to 58 Norfolk and Lincoln [ red, new 60 to G 5 fIRL6i. Ss to 55 3: t. 44 ::1 to :.L5 Grinding MALT I..sex. Norfolk and Nitlf"lk 7 to 7o kingbtou and W.oe 7.1 Ilruwo bi to 03 ra A. New 34 to 34 FLOCK. Town made: ju.1 :1 366 he. lionselndd Country Nurl.lll and Suttulic, es slap OATS. Enelikteed Scach,te:P WIINAT : Dantzte an;II 32 to 46 2. to 31 91 Per Qr. I. a. Per Qr. 61 to 74 Danish and Iswe,nah 3s to 30 Bunion BEANS. . 40 U 3 a Vt.r4; itottock & hteck:eu• In burg 54 V. 00 f2Uauish to 57 Russian, hard .i 4.. ft American, not white • BARLEY Mullett Egyptian . • 11.45. 11174 ......... I: It itII4AN Ct,Kit te 30 to SP Gnnrling Nanning Malting . White 1 1 0 to 31, Yellow 3'l to 39 Flora. 42 to 42' French, per a,:k.... 44 to 60 out , . ,Manlsh „ .... 46 to 60 Dutch lorewin; feeding ARRIVALS OF 81RM N, dr INTO LONDON, ` t •LiNll AND WATER CARRIADE, Yltbi t DkA. 17 TI) II•2'. ..c.1., 1N- CiISIVK — 4lint : lari qm .i .. _ Malt. Oats. lieala ions, Floirr—: um Wit. 1. Wll. ! 4.011. IiTA , 11116 ftekS. EllgtiSh .. :•1•./4 ; 3•;74 22ICS, 2660 12'22 elf, .. Inllll- 4 2 Irish ....I .. , ,-. ' - •• . 174. •• • 1 Foreign ..' 3,1 O 1 ail , ' : I 45241 f3GS • 0141 . 7076 --1,-- --:--,-- ---- -- Total .. I 43'164 j 12672 • 22245 52355 &S 7 10060 . 10501 111INCING-LANE.—(TIIIS DAY.) The public marlicts are c 1 ed for tin) holidays ; And by private contr.mt not much business has bteu tra Rns acted. The sales include plaritttioa Ceylon and io coffee, at full prices. :SO bags of saltpitse, at bid week's currency. About 1,U() bales of jute, for arrival, at 13/. 15s. and I 1,:. ; and Or cases of shellac, orange, at 'Ns.; native ditto, Zos. ; ; ; ;ss.i gut net, ssa. is I The tallow in...rket is fore no icport t.) ,ke under this head. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MAEKET. (THIS DAY.) Being an near to rhsidnias-day this is merely a holiday market. The Lomber of beasts much exceeds the demand ; au •! altl,,ugh the supply of sheep is not large, they cannot an be sold. The amount of business trausacted is very inconsiderable, and at lower rates than of late. Our f•d,..ign supply e.ousists of ii2o beasts, 2,100 sheep, 94 calve , and i',. - , pigv. Scotland, his beagte ; Ire land, 120 ; Norfolk and Suffolk, 110 ; and Iss from the northern and midland counties. Yer stone of ell e, ad.a d. Per ',tone of 511.). R. d. 4. d. Be)t. Scot., Berei Is. r• o F. 2 Beet Dusk 11118148 h 0 0 0 0 Best Short .. 48 5 0 Best L0ng.w001).... 52 0 4 Calved qua. beasts n 8 4 0 1)o. do. Shore.... 0 0• • Calves ............ 2 s 8 Ewes & eecoud qua/ 42 4• Pigs .......... ... 3 0 4 6 Do. do. Shorn.... 00 0 0 nest Pus dl.nre.i# 5 8 6 0 I Unite ............ 0 0 0 0 Beasts at market, 1,140 ; sheep and lauds, 3;dhl) , ufilveS, id 11111;11. -------_ BOROUGH HOP ItIARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Mows. l'atten:!en and Smith report that the market remains firm all descriptions, the general opinion being that prices will ,ule dearer after ehriatutaa. TALLOW M lIKET. (THlSand DAY. ) there closed tellayt we lntve tOVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS. - - ___....- LltraisOot, Dar. 22.-Sales today: Great Eastern, 274 525 11 -Great Wevtern, 52! 2 21 15 2; 5 1 2.5 5 a 3 ti-Linichaliire aio Yoitshire, 127a1 - London and Nortb Western, 11e5 11, 161 lvi 4 a 111 Poi 19 -11ancliester. Sheffield, and Lineolnvhire, 414 r.O 51. -Metropolitan, it:. 55-511.11 and, it'll-North hrit!vh, 36 n 5 4.- - y o ra c a pital r:t rdt. 1w1 --soutli Eastern, 1:1;!, Ii 1 !--Orand Trunk 01 l'autdb. Dili Y-Five- Twenties, 725-dit4t, list\ 75t ' Great LuXeini.eir;:, 11 ....ie.-Mercantile and Exchange hank, b ti. - !Avert.. 101 awl London and Globe, 5 P --Quora Inwiranee Cull . pally. 5-10 5 p.--Abglo-ArneriCan Telegraph, Atlantis Tell , S I.er C.I.A. . 3 11-li: 5-National Steam Navigation Coll pany, 14 cl. 111 amens:Mtn, Dar. 22.--There was a good busine,s. at im proved prices Anglo-American Telegraph (Limited., Ma-At lantic Telegraph Pref. a per cent., 731-Eries, 475 7-Great Emden , . 271 15 1 5 5--Great per. A. 127/ a-Great Western, 53 5-Illinola, 70-Lancashire and Yorkshire. 1275 4-isniden and North Western, 1114-Manchester, Sheffield, and LislColl4 491 11 50 491 50--Ditto, 6 per cent.. pref., 11a Metropolitan, 1241 5 5-Midland, 1225-North British, 38 55 G-areath Eastern, 6e4 5 I 51 -Thames and Mersey Marine I nsuran ce .Litnited 35 p, - U n ited States i - t ) Year's Bonds, 725 5-Whit e haNeu and - rur new.. 311. iaMORAM, DEr. t2.-The sales to-day were in Birmingham Rankine t ompy Shares Limited., at par : Eirminghbal and -Whine Gas E5O Shares, at nti ; and Metropolitan Railway ' Carriage and Wagon shares, at 95. Closing prites , ( Treat' w e stern, West 31idland t)xford Railway, 905, versa 'bu Great Western. hirminglisun Gnaranteed ‘ 35 per cent., 7e, sellers; Birmingham Joint Stock Bank (Limited , . 33 to 34 .. BirmMaltam Town and District, 91, tidier , ; Midland Financial Limited). la to 11 Ms.: British and Foreign Railway Plant ,Limitetl), 95 to Si die .. Munt7S Metal Limited'. II to 15 d i DOll.lll, Ole. ?2.-Three per Cent. 0616016, 90i-New Three ner Cent. Stock, Sall-Ditto for account, Rah January, Sae 5- Vlibernisn Bank (e, - 2.5 paid!, 38 --National Bank ;£.50 ea 5- National of Liverpool ,Limited' £lO paid•., 15 p Cork and 1- Bandon 4.soprild'.. 12-Dublin and Belfast Junction ClOO palC, , 671-ImbliWielalow, and Wexford .LlOO paid , for aceount. 3.5 . -Dublin, Wicklow, and Wexford, 8 per cent. ,1• 1 440 . redeem able ISfla ..E5O paid'. 445-Great Southern and Western, 4 pee cent very. iLIOO paid., 925. THE "OLDEST lauABITANT.'"—Mr• William Cole, the" oldest inhabitant" of Chippenham, Cambridge- - shire, has just died. He had attained the advanced age of 102 yean. I ~~;