The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-25 00:00:00

ON EY MARK ET. As usual on Christmas day a close holiday has been observed in the City. BRITISH. FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. YESTIRDAY. Bank Stock 2321 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 921 a InNew 3 per Cent. A nnu ities Stock Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 95 D tto 5 per Cent Ditto 5i per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 1001 Ditto ditto April, 1864 1004 1 Ditto ditto , Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 D'tt ,, Eonds 121,1al. Ditto limier £l,000 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent lO 9 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent ... . Ditto 41 pea Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent gPptian 7 per Cent 951 6 1 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms l6l 1 II ali an 5 per Cect.(Maremmana Railway) 75/ 6 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 3 21 I 2 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent vAuvian 41 per Cent. Port Ditto P 1862 921 11 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1862 _ Ditto Scrip, £2O p a id R ussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 94 1 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Tur kish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 e o Ae p e e e r u C u e. 1858 t nt 701 1 ....eDitto Paid-up Scrip v nertela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account.. Dividends on the above payable in London, THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account, Jan. 8 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. REDDITCH. The adjourned half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Redditch on Monday, Mr. H. Milward in the chair. The report of the directors and accounts submitted tt, the fleeting of the 27th of October were discussed at conside rable length, and the course adopted by the directors with regard to their dispute with the contractor was opposed by !ome shareholders, and defended by others, which resulted 111 a motion by Mr. Rixow, to the effect that the further co nsideration of the directors' report and accounts be ad journed to the 14th Jan. next. Mr. BOND having seconded this resolution, it was carried, and the !netting adjourned. METROPOLITAN. It is now conclusively settled that the Government In °Neter shall make a final inspection of this line to-morrow or Saturday, and in order to celebrate its opening extensive p r eparations were yesterday commenced for converting the Vic toria-street station near Farringion-street, into a ban queting•hall to accommodate some 1,000 persons on the Occasion. The interior is being fitted up with tables and a ppropriately decorated for the occasion. BERKS AND HANTS. --- It appears that a new route will be opened next month bet ween London and Bristol, tna the Berks and Hants Ex ,elision line, which was opened last month for traffic. It 1 u nderstood that three down and two up trains will run daily by the new route between Paddington and Bristol, and thus remove some complaints respecting the working of the traffic. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. StlA RE MARKELYESTERDAY It is just made known that an accident occurred t o the Irish mail train on its way up from Holy head on the morning between the 18th and 19th inat •P by which the passengers arrived late by nearly five hours in London, having had the nar rowest possible escape from destruction. While r unning at full speed the train ran against an empty coal-truck, standing upon the main up-line, at a Point 3.1 miles west of Chester. The truck was broke n to fragments, and the remains of the body, dislocated from the whole under-carriage and Nvh, els, were projected right across the six-foot and the down line, and without once touching ground hurled into the sunk fence at that side of the line. The engine and almost all the train Were thrown off the rails, and went ploughing and thumping along through ballast and sleepers for a considerable distance. The engine -driver promptly shut off steam. One axle and pair of wheels of the ruined truck had got in under the smoke-box end of the engine—the axle doubled up, one wheel under the boiler and the other ploughing into the ballast and across the bleepers, luckily, nearly midway between the rail. 13 3 7 this accidentally-produced, but powerful break, t litled by large fragments of the iron frame of the 'waggon impacked between the driving-wheels and f raming, &e., of the engine, the train was brought to a standstill at a moment when further forward 1110 vements of even 50 yards would have hurled the °fttriages over the brow close to which they ram, and into a deep siding next the up line. The engine Was greatly shattered, the buffer beam and both e Ylinder and casings knocked to pieces, Bze. That the f ew passengers (not above 12 or 15) should have e sQ aPed with only shakes and bruises was attribut able solely to the small momentum of the nearly empty train, and to the singular chance of the truck axle having got doubled up as described, and become a break. f. °tie of th e p asseng ers from London to Manches ter ` by the 5 o'clock express train on Saturday night, g i ves the f o ll ow i ng accou nt of the accident near St ockport :—" W e were a bout 23 minutes behind time when we left Crewe station, and travelled at What Seemed to me an extraordinary speed to Stock- P o rt, stopping only for a s hort time at Alderley. T he tickets were collected at Stoekport, and the tr ain was quickly in motion again. We had scarcely 'Passed Heaton Norris when we again rolled along at a very great speed ; the carriage which I occu rled began t o osc ill a t e , ran o ff t h e li ne , and fell : t ° a deep trench, l e a n in g with one side towards steep embankment. My travelling companions 1441 myself had not yet moved, when an en gine rushed past us, and we heard immediately afterwards a tremendous crash. On getting " of our compartment we found that out train, ; W hich c ons i ste d o f t h e guar d s ' van (following. .. °lt uediately behind the tender), one second-class a nd three first-class carriages, had been run into a nd brok en by th e pil o t- eng i ne , which had been was c l ose b e hi n d us . My carr i age , w hich w an the last, as well as the last but one, was most Pro videntially quite thrown off the line before the Pilot -engine came up, and we thus escaped, corn tPara ti v , I .y speaking, unhurt. I air sorry to.say h the passengers of the other two carriages met with a 'very different fate. The third first-class carr iage was broken to atoms, as well as the second c_lass carria ge , w ith th e exce pti o n of the compart era nearest th e va n. Th e seats of this partition b Wer e pressed t oge th er , an d two unfortunate pas engers Were Buffeting the most excruciating pains until we succeeded in breaking up the carriage, and rescuing them from their awful Positio n . Thi s t oo k f u lly half an hour, owing to, buspect, a want of a suitable supply of tools. uur engine, tender, and guards' van seemed to ri an to have remained on the rails; anyhow they Were standing quite erect, and had apparently nattered no damage. My impression, as well as that of some of my t rave llin g companions, is that t he last carriage left the metals first, dragged with it the one before it : at all events, the other two carriages or their remains were scattered on the line after the collision. The cause of our running off the rails appears to me to have been that we tra ve%( d with a very light train at too great a speed." On Tuesday morning, shortly after 5 o'clock, as a Passenger train was passing through the Oakshaw Tunnel, on the Cleekheaton line, it was -topped by an obstacle in the form of a quantity of debris, which had fallen from the roof of the tunnel. The sieden S hock caused serious injuries to passengers, nearly 3 0 being more or less cut. The tunnel is about 300 Yards long, and some seven feet had fallen on the tra ck of the metals. The passenger traffic was int errupted during the day, the passengers being landed at each cud at the tunnel and carried on by engines also et each end. 23. Ed, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOufk.S. I mporting tea without colour on the leaf pre °tB the Chinese passing oil inferior leaves as in the usual kinds ilorniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore always good aiaft Sold in packets by 2,280 agents. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEIII3ER 25, 1862. Business don, 104 i i 1081 1 75 4} 65 354 108 7/ 13* * 91i 105 i MR. LINCOLN'S PROCLAMATION 412V13 CONGRESS. (From the Daily News.) The Morning Post of yesterday published the following statement in its second leading article : " A resolution has been carried in the House of Representatives by a vote of 95 to 47, declaring the Emancipation Proclamation to be unconstitutional and unauthorised." This is an extraordinary misapprehension. The very contrary has happened. The telegraphic announcement was that, " in the House of Repre sentatives the resolution condemning President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation as unconsti tutional and unauthorised was laid on the table by a vote of 95 to 47." A motion to " lay on the table" is what is called a " killing motion," and the house, in deciding that this resolution shall be laid on the table, so far from condemning the proclamation, supports it by a majority of two to one. We commend this fast to the journalists, who have been stating that the proclamation was with- drawn. MR. EVERF.T7 01V 7HE DISPUTES 01 ENGLAND Turn - AMERICA. Mr. Everett has just given a curious chapter of diplomatic history in the New York Ledger in re ference to the charge of the limes, that the affair of the Trent was " the last and most intolerable of a series of studied insults offered by the United States to Great Britain," and that "England was treated with much rudeness on the question of the fisheries of Nova Scotia." Mr. Everett says that the . limits of the right of the United States to fish in the waters that wash the coast of the British provinces were prescribed by the treaties of 1783 and 1812, and by the convention of 1818. United States citi zens were constantly seized for alleged violations of the treaty and the convention. Sometimes these seizures were admitted to be unjustifiable by the Bri tish authorities. The matter was disputed by United and British Governments invariably in a friendly spirit. The dispute was whether the United States fishermen should approach within three miles of the shore or within three miles of a line drawn from headlands. The former was the United States interpretation, and the latter the British. In the convention of 1818 the United States renounced the liberty to take, dry, or cure fish within three miles of any of the coastr, bays, creeks, or harbours of the British provinces not included within limits, but they did not consider that this excluded them from such arms of the sea as the Bays of Fundy and Chaleurs. In 1852 a British naval force was ordered to the fishing grounds, and Commodore Perry was sent to protect the United States fishermen. The inter course of the naval officers was amicable, and the affair ended in friendly explanations. The only charge of rudeness ever made during the Nova Scotia fisheries dispute was made by the United States against Great Britain, and the person who made it is one of the pet Southern Confederacy of the Times. Mr. Mason, chairman of the Committee of Foreign Relations in the United States senate in 1852, and now a Confederate agent in England, expressed himself on the subject of the British naval force at the fishery grounds as follow: " I had supposed in this civised age, and between two such countries as Great Britain and the United States, that, were it the purpose of England to re vive ber construction of the convention, and require that it should be enforced, ordinary national cour tesy would have required that notice should have been given of that determination on the part of Great Britain. But, sir, when no such notice is given —when, on the contrary, the first intimation that reaches us is, that Great Britain has ordered into these seas a large naval force, for the purpose of enforcing this alleged right—l know not in what light it may strike senators, for it strikes me as a far higher offence than a breach of national cour tesy—as one of insult and indignity to the whole American people." So deep was the feeling of the patriotic senator on the subjeCt, that he was led to say further : "If there be official or satisfactory information to the executive that this extraordinary naval armament has been ordered by Great Britain into the North American seas, for the purpose of exe cuting instantly the construction which Great Bri tain places on the convention, I say the American people will demand of their executive that all the torte of the home squadron shall be ordered there instantly to protect American fishermen. . . . If I may be told there is danger of collision, I would answer at once there is no danger; but if there were, it becomes the executive immediately to re sent that which can be only looked upon as an in dignity and insult to the nation." In 1841 Mr. Stevenson, the United States Minis ter iu London, addressed a note to Lord Palmer. ston, Foreign Secretary, complaining of the treat ment of United States fishermen. His lordship sent it to the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. That official returned it with a case for the law offi cers, the chief point of which was this query : " Have American citizens the right, under that convention, to enter any of the bays of this province to take fish, if, after they have so entered, they pro secute the fishery more than three marine miles from the shores of such bays, or should the prescribed distance of three marine miles be measured from the headlands, at the entrance of such bays, so as to exclude them ?" Sir John Dodson and Sir Thomas Wilde, the lavr officers, decided that the distance should be measured from the headlands. " Curiously enough," says Mr. Everett, `► the word headlands does not occur in the convention." The Melbourne ministry went• out of office about this time, and Sir Robert Peel came in. Lord Stanley (Earl Derby) was colonial secretary, but he was so dissatisfied with the law officers' opinion that he did not communicate it to the British American provinces for 15 months, and then he told them that no interference of the Im perial Government was required. Soon after this a United States fisherman was seized in the Bay of Fundy. Mr. Everett and Lord Aberdeen, the Foreign Secretary, entered into the most friendly correspondence on the subject, and at length his lordship wrote a most courteous despatch, in which he said that though be considered the British con struction of the convention was the correct one, yet her Majesty's Government were not insensible to the advantages which would accrue to both coun tries from a relaxation of the exercise of their right, and that they were prepared to direct the colonial authorities to allow United States fishermen to fsh in the Bay of Funely ; and trusted that this conces sion would be followed by the reduction of the duty on colonial fish in American ports. Such is the history of the question of the fisheries of Nova Scatia, which, according to the Times, was one of a series of studied insults offered by the United States to Great Britain. Railways, :, Bir., Wol., and Str. Val i Blythe and Tyne. 1 flost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div ; H-jo ' B till 6pe.pan.has, CC been paid to IL; Dublin & Belfast Juno.! Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June.; Edinburgh & Glasgow.i lasg. and S. Western.; OreatEastern, Ord. stk; Ditto A stock Ditto East A n2 - lian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock Do B do I Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an I W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val L'Uft. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire ' London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast; Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do I 5hare5........ l'iretropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares 'Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. R., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. (Stockton & Darlington Do _ Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do IVale of Neath I Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny' West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.,tlt i West Midland-Oxfordi Do Newport Do Herefords PREFERENCE S !iris. & Exet. 4 p. e. st Do. shares Caledon, qr. shrs. No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent.— Do. 4; p. c. gua. perpet. Dun. Perth, & Abel Jun. Do. Ist Class Pref Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares, Da 4 p. c. guar. S. At v Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. 1 Do No. 2 Do 6 p. c. pref Do. E. Angn A st 5 p.c. Do 7 p.c. Do, E. Agn. B 6 p c. pf. Do. do. C 7 do. Do. E. Union, 4 p.c. gua Do 5 p c. gua Do.Norf'k 5 p.C. Ex. 1846 Do. do. 6i p c. pref. 1447 Do. p. c. Wavy. Val, '47 Great Northern, 5 p. 0..1 D 0.5 p.c. Redm.lop.c. pm. Do. 44 p. a do Do.sp.c.Redrr.atsp.apni, Do. Hertford purchase. Do. Luton do Do.H.&L. pur. 4 p. c. pf. Do. Luton pur. 5 p. c.pf. (1 t. Nh. of scot. list pref. Sn. & W. (Ireland 4 per cent Great West. (Berks anal Hants Ist) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. et Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeetn. 4 p. ct Do, 5 p. C. redeem. prel Do. Birm. guar. stock 70. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester. p. - , uar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Lan. & Carl. 4ip,c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stool Do.Barnstst4s 35 10dpe Do. 6 p. c. ( ( East Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. Blackh._pur Lon.&Brisp,l.gu. No.l Do. 5 per c g. ent. do. No 2 Do, g per cent do., Do. 5 per cent, do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk Do, 6 p.c„ do(Vir.E.&C.P.) Do. 4 p Lon.Chat.&Dnv. sp.c.pf. T.on. & N. W., Coy. (1 ,1 Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. oent. Pt., late 3tl shares Do. (Portsm'th perpell anns. of 2e. M.) 'fan. Sh. & Lin. ii per ct Do. X 6 Do. 8 per cent, . Do. redeem r.. per cent Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 41 per cent I Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk Do.Con.BrisAl3ll, sp.e Do. 41 p.c. pref. et. rdem Do. 4a p.c. irredeemable I Do. 41 per cent Do.Leic. andilit.4per ct Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. En. prf. she N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41pr. ct redeemabl. Do. a N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. 'Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 DO. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch. Do. Carlisle 41 p, c. . Do. do. 4 p. c. N. London 4i p. c. £2O pf North Staffordshire cottish North-Eastern p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern (Readin g Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4i per cent Do, Fixed 44 percent South Wales, gua. 4 p. C. Do. 44 pet: cent 1859, Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. a gua Do. 6 p. c. glut Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. Wilted & Kilkny, 6 p. c. Mid.-Oxf Istguastk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf. red Do. Perpet.6 p. o. pf. 186 f Do. till 18691 100 100 100 all all Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 8 8i el 61 83 85 115 116 ei 1154 :115 4i 128 71 81 68 7j 1081 f i i 71i 1 88; 961 I 1011 128k# li P 41 43 13 14 86 88 105 107 48. 47 43 45 24 25 1241 (25: 128 129 135 137 104 106 63 (Si losi tO9 714 724 118 119 38 19 264 417 101 102 40 41 8 9 1283 12611 11 lip 96 98 52 53 25 27 99}100, -d 56 67 88 FBk 125 127 107 110 1 p 41 41 ( 1 10} 111 118 120 47i 484 103 105 47 49 331 341 88 881 681 01 100 103 7 8 39 40 101 101 p 7# 147 149 71p 41 5 28 3 p 551 564 21 31p 87 dip 89 140 145 29 31 43 45 35 37 9411 25} ,HARES. 96 98 204 214 - - 6} 7 1111 113 91 93 112 114 111 113 129 131 105 108 129 131 150 152 117 119 112 114 105 107 108 110 98 100 98 100 [BB 90 89 91 ,102 104 77 79 1",'0 175 104 100 [3B 140 103 105 116 118 116 118 [36 140 118 118 155 160 131 135 BO B 2 96 97 123 1 125 low 1:8 70 iPrn 140 142 103 105 95 97 110 112 108 110 1 lipm 93 - i)5 103 105 98 100 P tP 23 23i 101 10/ 24 24i 102 104 1102 104 87 89 21 tli 28i 29i 334 34 334 34i 45 47 126 128 118 122 101 103 122 124 118 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED ftENTALS. i rad ' L eas i n g Closing Business Railways. Co.s Price. Done. Birkenhead.. Bucking th‘hxre. Chester & Holyhead lOO Do 55 b 7 Do. 54 per cent 100 IDo 126 128 Do. 5 , 100 Do. ll5l ma Clydesdale Junction 100 ) Cledon Colchester, Stour Val. 100 I E.A.T.&G.E 68 70 E. Lincolnsh. gfipr c. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Gloster &Dean Pores all Gt. West. Gt.Ea- tn. Newmarket &c.,5 per cent lO- Gt.Eastn. Do. E. U.Harwch. 4 p.c 100 D 0....... Do.Wodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c 10; Do. —., - Hail and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N.W 203 108 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B e• per cent Do 4i per cent-- 100 Do. BB 89 Do. Bromley, 6 per C. all D 0........ .. .. DaNew ShlB6l, 4 i p.c. all D 0........ 22 24 Do.W n. Ext. A, 44 pc. all Do. .... ... 81 I London & GreenWic 100 S. Eastern 64 86 Do. Preferen A Lon..Tilb.&s, -, mend 100 Peto &Co 9O 92 Lnd'dr. &Ennis. orig. 100 Do. A , 100 Irish N.- Do. BI 100 Western. Do. C 100 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. binc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 4 44 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Nor.Dev.Rail & Dock. 100 L.&S.W. Do A stock lOO from let Do B stock Do. Pr. ference lOO Northn.&Eastn. 5 p.c. all Gt. Eastn 67 69 Do. 6 per cent..... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 100 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western Not. Gran. Rl. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 954 964 L&N. W Preston and Wyre. t all & L. y k. 1 44 40 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. Roystn.Bitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 L.&N.W.. 136 137 Do. Do. South Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.%V Wes tLondon, Cis A all W.Ln.Ex Do do B all Ln&N.W. Do do C all & Gt.Wst. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 91 Wimbledn & Croydon all LABratn 84 94 FREFERENCE SHARES A Dividends contingent on the Profits of AND STOCKS If each separate Year. C ------ T G a t l = l :i n 0 5 t p 3 . 0 c. a. p b r t e e f k . iient Coast, 6 p.et. pl. B Lon.& I;kwall.4i Do. do. 4k do. share& Lond'n, Do. do. 4 per et. 11883808 Do. do. 46 per ct. 1861 Do. do. 4} per ct. 1861 per cent.... ...... 6p.C. 2 ' Pt Do, Metrop. Ext 13,6 p.C. on. &S. Western p.c- North 13ritish £lO Elihadarsretesrr'tnlllB'4l4ll:de 1e8'45P9.e: D s. o: iun ug e . 1 1 8 8 6 6 1 1 (rd.) Scottish Central V I p.c. ref (rd.)' Stkton & Darlgtn. D,pf Do. do. Vale of Neath ........ 100 100 2a 100 102 101 108 109 P in 1(2 103 id ip 103 105 92 06 103 105 -•- 101 101 104 106 80 83 10 101 101 10 101 10 28i 294 201 211 5 1 1 1 20 100 100 100 31 100 all 100 33RITISH: Railways Atlantic & St Lawreno. Beir..,Baroda&.Cent Ina Gu. 5 per cent....... Do. New . Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godricli 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do do. .Inly 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 16:4 Clcutta. & S. E astn. Cape Town & Dock Seri} Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 P. c Bast Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. ,Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debenti. Do. "7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. DO: do. 1872.. Gt.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. Januiiry, 142 .. Gt. South.of Indla(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Share, Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't npt. Do. 5i p. c. dn. '77-5.... Indian Branch Limited 'ladria guar., 5 p. o. Do. p. o. Extensiot. Dc. 4+ d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Nielb.Corp. 8 p. o. Bnds Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Hoeg. Bdw. Newßrunswick Cand, I Class A Capital Share I Do. do. B Capital d 0... IN.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist i l bds. Scinde .......... Do. Delhi . ri•-' Do. do as E Do. - Punj aub .... :a e Do. Do. —••• • • • g 2 Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 100 (100 100 2 15 ICO ttA I Paid, alf ion Cloning Price. 67 69 106 107 5i 51 8 8i 77 80 75 78 72 75 105 107 161 1081 1(1 116 108 119 1 Ifp 6 IP 221 22f 74 76 60 66 35 87 48 52 34 36 34 86 107 1(8 1 14p ; IP 105 106 13 18f 74 7} 98 100 90 92 I }die 1051 1064 99i 1001 94 96 51 53 3 5 3 5 83 65 1064 1074 IC4I 1054 U 10 107 101 103 NY)l.lL'lliiN Antwerp Rotterdam. Bah. &S. Fran.. Li m 7 p.c.l Belgian East. Junction' COpiapo ........... Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish . Do Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. e.l Gt. Luxem., Con. kis..., Italian Junction ...... Namur & Liege Do. 0 p. o. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ..... N.Rail. of BuenosAyres Gua. 7 p c., Lim Norw.gian Trunk Pref Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, tz Medi ter 1 Paris & Orleans Portuguese Rail. Royall cecite az S. Fran. (Peru.) qua 7 p. ct. lim Riga Royal Danish.. Royal Swedish ....... Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lira, g. 7p. c S.Aust.StLomb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 p ct. Southern of France Turin and Savona West Islander!) Do. 54 p c. Preference W. & N. W. of France 7k 71 11 7 6 N 20i tti 14 14i 9 91 20 21 401 41i pr ip gi 8 7 d 45e (q 41 43 181 181 14 16 i 1 9 10 10 101 If 2pm 23a 231 311 .121 3 26d 7 71 10 )06 206 216 !OLONIAL GOVERNMENT St CO Can. Gov. 6 p.c.J a &J uly 1877-S 1 Do. 6 p. c. Feb.. Aug. 100 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 Do. 5 p. C. Jan.&.July.' 100 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 Cape G.Hope, 6p, 0,1873 100 Do.Ap & Oct 1880, 100 Do. 1890 100 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c 100 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&J my l 100 Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p c.,18661, 100 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwda 100 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 !Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c , I sterling, 1875 1 100 Queensland Gov. 6p. c 100 b. Aus G6p.c.187&& up 100 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 Do. to ci p.c. iko.AcOnt . 100 'loBi 109} 106 108 106 108 991 100 98 100 10 110 111 113 112 114 114 116 1071 10811 1011 10241 1014 10241 101 1014' 111 113 108 109 Itl2 114 ,111 113 toss topa BRITISH MI Cambrian Consol. Gold Clitiord Amalgamated Devon G. Con.. (Tavist , East Bassett (Tilogall) l East Clogau Gold Ltd [ East Caradon East Cam Brea... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Helston` Grenville .. 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New Quebrada Land,Rail,d; Mining (Lim.) hymney Iron Do. New.... Rio Janeiro City Inipts, Do. do. Royal Mail Steam bcot. Ar.stln. Inv.(Lim. fluth Australian' Land Submarine Tel Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. do Telegraph to India (L ) Trust and Agency or Austriasia(liro)lst is. V.& Lu. Co. of Upr.Can: U. IV dora Tel Co. (lim.) sirav:Diemen's 'ES. IP 21 23 495 505 52 64 444 IP 414 116 (2 2/ 34 14 16 7 74 6 64 41 4/ 47 49 24 21 14 11 41 43 81 91 di pr 135 115 21 $ 2/ 81 b 54 5 6 t 2 44 380 399 2i 3 873 023 41 13 t 13 11 13 14 25 58 285 290 77} 82i 49 51 7i 8i 91 101 15 18 1776 1821 17 18 51 6} SPORTING IN7 BLLIGEN CB. RACING FIXTU FEBRI Lincoln Nottingham Spring 3 Derby Spring Liverpool Spring lO Shrewsbury l2 Newmarket Craven 6 Durham . 6 Catterick. Bridge„ 8 Thirsk Chester M. Bath 12 Marlborough l4 Jr Ascot 2 Newton lO Hampton ..10 Odiham 16 Bibury Club ... • • .17 WOrCeBt Al" - . 2 Newmarket July .. 7 Abingdon 14 Hungerford l6 Brightcn Brighton Club 6 Lewes Reading Derby Summer Licisiteid Leicester lO Doncaster 15 Newmarket S. 0 ..12 Lincoln Autumn 21 Nova' Worcester 3 [RES FOR 1863. UARY. 25 D oncaster Spring l7 Warwick Spring 17 Northampton 24 Croaton Park 27 Epsom Spring 16 Newmarket F. S ..20 York Spring 28 Salisbury LY. Harpenden l5 Epsom l9 Manchester 27 [E. Stockbridge lB Chelmsford 23 Newcastle 23 Carlisle Nottingham 21 Winchester 2l Goodwood 28 York August . . lB Devon and Exeter l9 Egham 25 , lIST. :BER. SEPT: OCZ Brecon ..... 21 Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn 26 Newmarket Ist Oct. 29 PEER. Newmarket Houghton ..26 EMBER. I Shrewsbury Autumn....l7 EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT. At the Clerkenwell Police Court yesterday (Wednesday), John Eaton, aged 34, a dirty •looking fellow, described as a brickmaker, was charged with stealing a coat and a large quantity of other articles, the property of Jonathan Rowland, a pig feeder, of Hornsey Farmhouse, Hornsey road. The complainant, a man who had not the most blight appearance, said—The prisoner is a scoundrel, and eloped with my wife on Saturday night. She was a very kind wife, but she went away with him and took all my things, and I have since get back a cart load. The prisoner has lodged with me since last Whitsuntide. Although my wife went away with him on Saturday night, he forced her away, saying he would kill her if she did not go. My dear wife has told me all about it, and it is a bad job, for she would not have gone had he not been a bad fellow, and forced her. Prisoner—Why, she would have gone away with me three months ago, if I would have taken her. You have used her badly, and not behaved as a man towards her, and that's why she liked me. She loves my little finger better than your whole body, and you know it. You never gave her half enough to eat, and all you are fit for is to feed the pigs. (A. laugh ) _ _ Prosecutor—My wife is now in Court, and loves me. (A laugh.) ... . . . Mr. Mould (Chief Clerk)—She appears to be a very nice wife. Prosecutor—She was always a good wife to me until three months ago. She always stuck to me until that fellow there (pointing to the prisoner) came to my house, and was very kind and good. . . The police here stated that the prisoner slept in the same room with the prosecutor and his wife, and that the pri soner did not go out of a morning until some hours after the prosecutor went to work. Mr. Mould (to the prosecutor)—You were good enough to let the prisoner sleep in the same room as your wife. You ought to be ashamed of yourself, and old enough to know better. The Prosecutor—My room is a large room, and I did not think it was any harm for us all to sleep there. The coat produced is my property. _ _ . _ Mr. Samuel Dyer, in the employ of Mr. Bryant, pawn broker, produced a coat pawned by the prisoner on the 15th inst., and stated that the prisoner had pawned other articles belonging to the prosecutor. Other evidence having been given, The prisoner said he was not guilty. Ho was cohabiting with the prosecutor's wife, and she had given them to him to pawn. The prisoner was fully committed for trial, and bail re fused. WAYLAYING, AND RESCUE BY A BISHOP.—The system of waylaying obnoxious persons and administering a severe beating to them was never more general than now in Ireland. Every other day some person is treated in this way in the provinces, the police having rendered the old form of retaliation in faction fights nearly impossible. The other day as Dr. Gillooly, the Roman Catholic bishop, was driving home near Ballisodare, he passed several carters, who soon after were assailed by a number of men lying in wait for them and severely beaten. Immediately on hear ing the cries of the men, his lordship alighted from his carriage, and was quickly in the midst of the party. To the imminent risk of his own life, it being then completely dark, he rushed from one group to another, rescuing the unfortunate fellows who lay at the feet of the attacking party. As soon as it was discovered that it was a bishop who had come to the rescue, the assailants fled. One of the carters was so severely bruised and cut that the bishop had to take him in his carriage to the infirmary. GENERAL GARIBALDI AND HIS GLASGOW SYM FATHISERS.—The subjoined important communications have just been received by Mr. M'Tear, at Glasgow, from General Garibaldi :—" Pisa, 18th December, 1862. Robt. M'Tear, Esq., Secretary to the Garibaldi Committee, Glas gow. My dear Sir,—l exceedingly regret that the state of my health has prevented my sooner acknowledging the re ceipt of your favour containing an account of the meeting which you did me the honour to hold at Glasgow on the 23d September last. Your expressions of kindness and sym pathy are most' valuable. I truly appreciate them ; and beg you' o assure' your fellow-countrymen of my lasting gratitude for remembering me at a period when your sym .pathy wag' doubly welcome to my heart. I trust to be per- Milted at some future time to enjoy the privilege of visit- fug Glasgow, that I may have the opportunity of exprees ing, in person, my deep sense of the kindness I have re ceived from her worthy citizens.---I am, my dear sir, your friend, G. GARIBALDI."--" Pisa, Dec. 18, 1862.—My dear Sir,—l fear, from what I have lately heard, that no ac knowledgment has been received from me regarding the valuable Bibles which were so kindly presented to my family and self from Glasgow. Pray accept my sincere apologies for the long delay, and believe how exceedingly we appreciate the offering. The Bibles will be carefully preserved by my children and myself, in testimony of our gratitude for the repeated proofs of affectionate friendship which we have received from your noble city.—l am, my dear sir, your friend, G. GARIBALDL—Robert M'Tear, Esq." IRON-CLAD BATTERY.—The Whitney battery Keokuk has been launched at New York. This vessel has siin. of wood on her decks, but the beams and other por tions of the craft are metal. Ilie shape is represented as peculiar. She has been compared to several familiar things —to an egg, and to half an mange. The theory on which she is built is that a comparatively light armour is as effec tive, when put on in a certain way, as a much heavier one, on the general plan. Instead of presenting an almost even side to a shot, the Keokuk's armour slants all round, so that projectiles can hardly strike her squarely in any place. It is believed that they will glance and fly off. There are two turrets on the vessel, which also present a sloping surface, being wider at the bottom than at the top. Large openings can be conveniently and expeditiously made at the lower part of these turrets, through which pure air can be ad mitted, and foul air expelled when desirable. Each turret has one llin. gun. A ram, sft. long and very strongly built, protrudes from her bow. The vessel is moved by two engines of 500-horse power, and two propellers, which enable her to move backwards and forward, at the option of the " skipper." There aro two bulkheads, ono forward and one aft, which can bo filled with water in 15 minutes, to settle the hull in the water while fighting. These bulk heads can be emptied in 40 minutes. The length of the vessel, including ram, is 159 ft. Gin. ; the probable draught of water, 13ft. Gin. She could not be moved off the stocks without the aid of a steamboat. We read in Galignani :—"lt is with much plea sure that we are able to announce that Mr. Charles Dickens kindly intends during the course of next month to give one of his readings gratuitously for the benefit of the British Charitable Fund, the finances of which ate now in a posi tion very inadequate to meet the demands daily made on them. Earl Cowley, with his constant desire to assist so useful an institution, has granted the use of the Embassy for the purpose." AN INTERVIEW WITH A SNAKE.—The fences made by the Raffles, and consisting of small roughly made wattled hurdles, were favourite resorts of snakes, and once, when climbing over one of these, I narrowly escaped the dart of a cobra. The fence was about four feet in height, and was so constructed that when any person trod on the upper portion, he unavoidably compressed the various branches and sticks beneath him. It happened that a cobra was either crawling through this fence, or had located him self in it at the time of my climbing to the summit, and thus my weight caused the sticks to squeeze the body of the reptile. Fortunately, I was looking down, and just in time I saw the head of the snake shoot out from the hurdle. 1 sprang, as may be imagined, quickly and far, and was well out of reach when the head of the monster was thrown over the top of the hurdle, just at the spot where an instant be fore my feet had been placed. The cobra did not approve of having his body pinched, but still less he must have liked the penetration of his head by a broad-bladed Zulu assagy, a fate that quickly followed his attempt upon my life. — St. James's _Magazine. The Association of Sugar Manufacturers and Refiners of Picardy, whose members meet at St. Quentin, is preparing a petition to the Emperor praying for the assi milation of native sugar to foreign, for exportation, as well •a other advantages. SUL 20 [ 20i 10 100 100 100 FOREION MIN N i. 14 24 id ;pm 19 21 7 9 4 k lip 3/ 4j 21 '2 13 d it 7 8 j de pr 5 1- 2 24 .8 M 11 21 11 4 I Prn IPIT , 53 55 4 1 9 31 31 AN KS 94 06 67 7p 70 72 25. -20 97 09 49 _-61 0 41 21 214 41 43 91 93 41 43 2o# 20 2i 2 d P ip s t r 6IP 1 1f 261 1 !71 384 394 38 37 pr 4p 23i 24 p 70 80 3 3.. p 18 60 54 45 33 34 Si 6 p 49 51 21 11d 324 834 178 2 4 6i 7 dis jp 38 62 98 102 10 ? 3 86 8 7 112 115 113 110 Id pr 3 6 }diem 98 100 2 11 27 1 28 1 d ipr 4 3 d it 14 2} 2i 34 4 i2l li 3 p p I to . IN 1# ti I iP 8 8 4 id pr 53 55 69 71 ill 43 i pr 19 21 5 7 28e 29 58 38 138 140 32 34 4 1 g i Fr id' id p I 1 p iP Ili 11 7t i 2 Ft[TIEN 1 It 15 44 z d 51 2/ 301 1 3 3d ;K ti ,ANEUUS. 1100 x d STATE Of TRADE. DUNDEE, Dec. 23.—The market was well attended to day, and a good disposition nnnifested for business. Since last report some considerable transactions have been done in flax, and to-day a number of sales were made, all at about previous prices. Tow is unchmged in value, and fine qua- lities are in moderate request but common is neglected. The advance on juts is maintained, but there was rather less inquiry to-day than last 'week, many spinners being for the moment supplied. Yarns continue in good demand at firm prices for flax and tow civilities, and at a small addi tional rise for jute sorts, whicl are much wanted. Linens are as active as ever, manufacttrers being all full of orders, some of which extend into Match. It is also impossible to get a piece of any sort of goods to buy for immediate de livery, and sackings, which hare been long dull, are now all bought up. The foreign advices to hand since last re port are of a cheering character for linens, and hold out the promise of continued good dement LEICESTER, Dec. 24th,—Thereis a full average amount of business doing in general hosiery goods, and business generally is in a hoalthyand satisiactory state for the time of the year. In the rural listricts business is quiet. Manu facturers have been engaged executing goods to order, and there are no stocks on head. There is no important change in the price of yarns, butrates continue very high, and the market is firm. Wools ice making late prices. NOTTINGHAM, Dec. 24th.--Considering the late period of the year, there has been a fair amount of business doing in some descriptions of lice goods. Plain stiff nets and cotton quillings have been in tolerable demand, considering the high prices that are paid for them. A few home and foreign orders are in the market, and there is every pro • bability that after Christwaslhere will be more doing both in silk and cotton goods. There is a little improvement in the demand for black laces and narrow edgings. There are no stocks of any kind of goods on hand. The hosiery trade continues as active as could be expected considering this high price of yarns THE MODERN CURFEW , — We want a little more common sense in the magistraty. When the streets are so unsafe, and ruffianly assaults Ipon women so rife, what is to be thought of Mr. Commiasoner Kerr's dictum at the Criminal Court, that no girls laving respect for themselves would be out after 8 o'clock ? Why, how many thousands of virtuous girls are obliged b be out after that hour by the conditions of the servict by which they gain their bread? How many servant glis are out on errands; how many shop-girls also, and retuning home from their day's work; how many dressmakers who have been kept at their Y fours to finish some heavy monotonous labour for man order ? And Mr. Commissiont Kerr encourages the treat ment of these poor helpless matures as loose women, by the preposterous dictum we hare quoted. It passed, how ever, upon a stupid jury who a:quitted a couple of fellows who had assailed two girls in t i very suspicious way, and who, whether with felonious intsnt or not, had treated them with indecent violence. "We lave nothing to be robbed of," cried one of the girls with tluching simplicity ; but in the defence an attempt was ma'e to rob them of their only little possession--their characteh. And it might have suc ceeded upon the strength of thejudieial dictum that virtue does not go out after eight, if dlcisive testimony to good re pute had not fortunately been forthcoming,--Examiner. A sum of £l3l 10s. 3d. raised by subscription among the British residents in 3ordeaux and some other persons, has been transmitted by H B. M. Consul of that city to the Lord Mayor of Londea toward s th e re lief of the . distressed operatives in the cotton manufacturing districts. Heavy gales still prevail on the Channel coast, causing loss both of life and property. The day before yes terday the schooner Isabelina, boind from Seville to Havre, with a cargo of or anges, was btally lost at the mouth of the Eure. The crew were brongit on shore by means of lines thrown to the vessel from the cliffs, but two of the men died in about two hours aft.r from cold and fatigue. A part of the cargo will, it is apected, be saved. The Alliance steamer attempted to leave Havre for Cherbourg, but was compelled to put back The French merchant vessel Charles Dupin, which . had left Havre for Rio Janeiro on the 18 th , was also otaged to return, and, in get ting into the port of Havre wasiriven with v i o l ence aga i ns t the jetty, and stove in part of ler bulwarks, During the gale a small house belonging p M. Toutain, near the bat tery at Havre, was blown down, and another near it damaged considerably. At !ecamp the gale blew with tremendous violence, and the L ea ran so high that the jetty and the stockade which defeated the port on the western side were washed away ; sericas fears being felt for the fate of the southern jetty, and of the breakwater which runs from it. An impudent robbery leis committed in Decem ber of last year, at a jewellerofshop at Havre, by two men named Dubeis and Dltainealt, Both succeeded in escaping but were condemned by detach, each to three years' im prisonment and five years' surveillance of the police. Two-, police officers were passing the day before yesterday in the Rue de la Fontaine, at Havre, when they met a man who appeared to thera to be Dubos, He was invited to follow them to the police office, where he formally denied that he was the person alleged. Oa his being searched, however, a discharge from the 3d regiarent of artillery, bearing his name, rendered further denial useless. He was immediately sent to prison to undergo his sentence. Do l u ' d h e e Echo ment, fo Yv to t residing nTo s e t ( s tu te e s that viiie.B a farmer enarviiie2 named was some days since found burnt to death by his fireside, and it was soncluded that ho had faller into the fire in a fit of apo plexy. Two days afterwards, however, the police were in formed that the deceased, Bente time ago, had made a will, leaving his property to a youag man named Legentil, who had formerly been in his service, and had given the will to the young man himself, witnesses also came forward who stated that they had heard legentil make the remark that Doudement, who was accustomed to sit sleeping by the fireside, might some day fall into it, and thus put him (Le gentil) in possession of the property sooner than might be expected. This statement excited suspicion against Legen til, and other circumstances corroborating it having since been discovered, ho has been arrested, and thettffair is now under investigation. It is stated that the prisoner's mother burnt the will some time back, for fear her son might be accused of Doudement's death, but whether she did so be fore or after that event is uncertain. MSS. OF THE POET BURNS.—Some highly curi ous letters of Burns the poet have just been disposed of in a sale by auction at Messrs. Puttick and Simpson's, Leicester square. They consisted of upwards of 20 autograph letters, with some poetry and a common-place book. The letters have all, more or less, been used by Dr. Currie in his edition of Burns' Correspondene,e, but the originals, just sold, con tained many unpublished passages . highly illustrative of the genius, peculiarities and eccentricities of the writer, as well as numerous particulars of the personal history of the poet and family. Divided into 26 lots they produced over £lOO. The following interesting items also occurred in the cata logue, and sold at the prices annexed. Lot 154, a short letter of Alex. Pope, £3 10s ; lot 170, a letter of Roubiliac, the sculptor, £3 15s ; lots 353 and 354, letters of the poet Cowper, £3 14s and £3 17s ; lot 377, a letter of the gas conading Baron Munchausen, whom nine-tenths of our readers have no doubt considered as apocryphal in person as are his narratives, produced £1 7s. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CONQUEROR.—A pri vate letter from Rum Cay, Bahamas, at which place it will be remembered the fine new ship. of-the-line Conqueror was totally wrecked last Christmas Eve, states that the wreckers are still working at the remains of the unfortunate vessel; but, owing to the bad position in which she lies, in the most exposed and roughest portion of the surf, very little had yet been saved. The screw had not been recovered, though a considerable quantity of copper and other metal had been saved from the fragments scattered over the bottom and along the shore. No part of the hull is visible above water, although the divers say that a great portion of the lower deck and bottom still remains intact on the spot where the ship first struck. All attempts to blow her up by sub marine explosion had proved ineffectual from want of pro sei. of e pro per apparatus or competent persons. yearsWThheins to d ay co , m ship since e war had been there it had been too rough for them to r en d er much assists ce, and it, was thought the w rec k wou l d fur nis,hrnE HON.occupation i‘ t i o u th s. e y wr t e i c ,y ke H r it s some T fo o r N. the rm judgmenting her o f b t Firsth ieo e nwha ath ttehrel Divisionodgn publicg o sa f li tmnh almost Court au o w u n r fi ov t re o dr f ,sB a Session, lHlyobteel lieves ,`.9T to be, the wife of th e H on. M a j or Y elverton, has had a perfect George-street. From Znorning till night she is surrounded zver, i ttig Lord Ardmillan's by visitors who sympathise wttchhhaerracin.ierres:ti hmtaoutethhaheaesresshhiadedehnnaceos endured, and congratulate her on her success in so per sistently vindicating her r ihts. It t mav y be an m d. e . n e t ff i e o e n t e iv d e a ly s t e r r t e h r e e s a t r i a n g o f fe t a h t feature re d e o e f is l i t o e u r an interesting than she proceeded right . judgment, !al thanks, ouquet. i presented handsome fought the gehnt t e L hd o e rr to oc a A she d i,e v a o nl c o a dr t ,d e , swhil vv ivi h le o a very Caledonian Atercury. tendering had s bher cordial CAPTAIN ACKERLEY'S GRIEVANCES. At the Marlborough-street Police-court yester day, John Turner, James Dalton, and Ellen Turner, of No. 5, Swallow-street, appeared to answer to three summonses for assaults taken out by Captain Charles Ackerley. Captain Ackerley, who appeared throughout greatly excited, said he lodged in the house of the defendants, His complaint was that he was denied access to his coal-cellar, that a bread-basket had been thrown at him, and that a little dog had been set upon him wilfully. The defendants denied the first two allegations ; and Mrs. Turner said the little dog, no doubt, barked and snapped because the captain went about the house in a state of nudity. Captain Ackerley would admit that the upper part of his person was iu the state iu which he was born, but he wore a petticoat. He was aware they called him the " naked captain," because his desire was to approach a state of nature as closely as pos sible, merely attiring himself in a toga, or copying the dress of Eastern climes. Mrs. Turner said the captain had not stated all the truth ; he did not wear even a toga. The dog was a very small one. Captain Ackerley said, small as it was, his style of costume enabled it to bite with unpleasant effect. Besides, there was the affair of the bread-basket. Mrs. Tnrner denied that she threw the basket. After a good deal more questioning, and warm altercation, Mr. Tyr whitt decided on dismissing the summons on payment of costs. SELLING A WIFE IN A MARKET-PLACE. --A novel and ludicrous scene was enacted a few days ago by a farm servant named Holmes, residing in the neighbourhood of Newland, a short distance from Selby, e West Riding of Yorkshire. It appears that Holmes wife, about two years ago, left him, and took up her abode with another man, -vial whom, until very rec entl y , she had cohabited. From some unknown cause the unfaithful spouse a few days since visited her husband, and tried to persuade hi m to accept her again, bu t, instead of an amicable arrangement being made between them, they quarrelled and blows were struck. The wife summoned her husband Selby, to an swer the charge of assaulting her, and the defendant was fined ss. and costs. S oon afterwards he w as heard to ex pressftpaukbinligclhyold of his selling his wife. He bought wife, placed it round a hors h e' i s s h ia a t l e te n r t , i° a u nd o, her neck. In this manner he took her up to the cross in the Market-Place, and having mounted the steps, offered her for sale, and ultimately sold her to her old paramour for a pint of ale. A largo concourse of people assembled to witness the proceedings, which caused no little amusement , —Plymouth Journal. IRELAND. DUBLIN, DEC. 24. The County Kerry has responded to the appeal made to it at the recent meeting to limit its charity and make it sectarian, by remitting £4OO to the Lord Mayor of Dublin, as a first instalment to the Lancashire fund, which was acknowledged at y'es terday's meeting of the Mansion-house Committee.. The 36th Regiment, now stationed in Ship-street Barracks, in this city, have subscribed £3B for the relief of Lancashire distress. Every officer in the regiment contributed a day's pay, which amounted to £l6 13s. The remainder is made up of the sub scriptions cf 641 non-commissioned officers and men. A. private subscription bail held in the Rotunda has produced £4O. The Presbyterian congregation at. Rathgar have contributed £3O for the same object. A Lancashire Relief Association at Sandymouth has sent in £5O as its first instalment. The Right Rev. Dr. Gillooly, Roman Catholic Bishop at Sligo, has written to the Lord Mayor of Dublin, express ing his admiration of the humane exertions of the Lancashire Committee, and wishing them -the largest amount of success, but regretting that he is unable to send any contributions, owing to the overwhelming distress which prevails among his own people in that part of the country, crushed with the accumulated debts of the last three years. Lord Piunket has enclosed to Mr. Napier a cheque for £456 165., the amount of collections made in his united dioceses, with donations. -He states that in Connemara and Erris the people are very poor, and have been during the last three years in much distress. When the circumstances of the district; are considered, it must be admitted that the com paratively small population of Protestants have given according to their means, and in some reasonable proportion to the necessity of the oase. It is right to observe here that the Bishop of Tuam was the first bishop in Ireland to suggest congregational contributions for the relief of the sufferers in Lancashire, as an expression of grati tude for the liberality of the English in the time of the Irish famine. Mr. Henry Todd, in handing ie the contribution from the Presbyterian Church, Rathgar, stated that arrangements had been entered into that would produce from that church £4O a month for the next four months. Mr. Todd, who. is the head of one of the largest establishments in Dublin, and has been in the habit of sending clothes free of cost to Manchester, stated that he had re ceived information to the effect that they were received by the people with the utmost gratitude. The committee passed a vote of thanks to Mr Crosbie, high sheriff of Kerry, for the remittance of £4OO from that county. Upwards of £5,000 has been received by this committee during the lest 15 days, and the twelfth thousand has been remitted to Manchester. The new Lord Mayor, " having found it impos sible" to accommodate the committee with a room in the Mansion-house which has hitherto been a sort of home to those public charities, several gen tlemen eagrly offered apartments to the evicted committee, including Mr. Justice Fitzgerald, Mr. Gresham, and Mr. Parker. The committee have accepted the offer of the Ouzel Gallery Society, whose arbitration-rooms in the Commercial-build ings have been placed at their service. A meeting of persons interested in the corn trade was held at the Corn-exchange yesterday to con sider the Weights and Measures Act, which is to come into operation immediately. The meeting re solved nem. con. to adopt the hundredweight of 112 pounds, and to recommend that the country towns should adopt the same in order to secure uniformity, which would be a great convenience to the farmer, and would prevent much confusion in weighing and measuring. The speakers were Mr. W. Haughton, Mr. Leathern, Mr. Macken, Mr. Tottrell, and Mr. Sheeleton. The interesting ceremony of distributing the Crimean prizes in the Royal Hibernian Military School took place yesterday. They are money prizes, amounting to £3O a year, the interest of £l,lOO stock, the remnant of the Crimean Banquet fund, and this annual sum is divided into rewards vary ing from 30e. to £B. On this occasion the boys were strictly examined by Dr. Newell, of the National Board. The Lord-Lieutenant, as usua4 distributed the prizes. There was a large number of distinguished visitors to witness the ceremony', The hall wee adorned with flags, arms wrought into curious devices, trophies from Sebastopol and elsewhere, evergreens, mottoes, and decorations of various kinds. The boys looked healthy, checrful, and:happy. Colonel Wynyard, the commandact, made a statement givicg a very satisfactory account os the boys, who number nearly 400; they are dis ciplined like a regiment el soldiers, and their con duct seemed to be admirable. Colonel Wynyard said he would not desire to hare a more dutiful or honourable set of boys under his goutrol. Major- General Ridley observed that he had often seen the boys going into town and coming out, :tnd he had never noticed the least impropriety in their cOnduet• Lord Cbrlisle spoke in eloquent terms on the advantage of having such an asylum for the orphert sons of our brave soldiers. He bore emphatic testi mony to the excellence of the education given in the school, and wished that in the seminaries of the wealthier classes the teaching was always half es good. He also spoke highly of the commandant's fatherly care, and expressed his satisfaction that the establishment was under such careful, kind, and effective management. It was stated that 755 of the pupils educated in the school have joined the army, and of these seven are commissioned officers and 68 non-commissioned officers. A greai number of the Hibernian boys have distinguished themselves in the field, and have won, at least, their share of medals. The boys bore a pleasing part in the per formances yesterday by singing a number of melo , dies in a manner which showed that great atteilltion is paid to this part of their education. On Monday night, about half-past 9 o'clock, the Glen Flour Mills, at Old Park, near Belfast, were discovered to be on fire. At 11 o'clock the roof and fib rs of the main building fell in with a crash, and all the machinery, including millstones, be sides corn and flour stored on the lofts, dropped to the ground floors. The walls were then left quite bare. The flames by this time had extended to the kiln, which is attached to the floor mill, and is only two stories in height. Tho kiln escaped with only receiving a comparatively small amount of damage, but the premises are so much injured by the falling of the roof of the other building and other causes that it may be said to be now entirely useless. The conduct of the work people present was disgraceful, they having refused to give any assistance to ex tinguish the fire. Superintendent Reilly frequently appealed to these people to aid the firemen at the pumps, but the answer in the majority of the cases was a distinct refusal. At half-past 3 o'clock the only things remaining were the bare walls of the mill. There was a large stock of wheat in the mills at the time, and a quantity of Indian corn was also in store. It is believed the entire property destroyed will amount to nearly £5,000. The property is in sured for £4,000 in the Imperial and Mercantile Insurance offices. The salary of the Mayor of Cork has been raised from £6OO to £9OO a year. Mr. Maguire, the pl e. sent mayor, had nothing to do with the proceeding. During the last two years ho found that be was, in a pecuniary point of view, the worse for the office, and he declared that he never put a shilling of the salary into his private purse. The Lord-Lieutenant has distributed blankets and warm clothing to 400 poor persona of the rural d's (riots adjacent to the V;ceregal Lodge, who were recommended by the clergy, without religious dis. tiriction. FATAL ACCIDENT ON LONDON BRIDGE.--Of Tuesday morning Mr. Payne, the City coroner, held an in quiry at Guy's Hospital respecting the death of John Her vey, aged 38, an omnibus conductor, who was killed on Lon bridge under the following circumstances :—Wm. Lambert said ho was the driver of one of Wood's omnibuses, plying between Hackney-road and Camberwell-gate. On Friday evening last, as they were on the crown of the bridge com ing towards Southwark, one of the horses fell. The har ness was taken off and the horse was got up, Deceased stooped down to get up the harness when some one struck the animal, which kicked out and struck the deceased on the forehead and under the ear. The horse was a very quiet one, but was nervous, and would have kicked only if hit by one of the crowd. The conductor was carried to the hospi tal, but died before his admission, the injuries ho receive being very groat. The coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." 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