The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-19 00:00:00

tli F. iesday h hap' d o ubt, m alted 1 more olliery n outto i bered , board- lot ex' of the I hig h 3cl seri board- e days hem it plosio n is not l ortion par- )ry en- id COn' peotor, dhou , 80 f ar .osiori 6 s ta ken .nee iQ The ler the ) Boer' n could eer , nto the u ntil the c °l. tun pro• m too , . an d ati gin eer4 neigh' , or to o 0 11 „ AP ° for e' A'MONEY mAnK.ET. CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY About £95,000 in gold was taken to the Bank to day, and 65,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for transmission to the East. Coupled with the present appearance of the foreign exchanges, the Bank return published this evening tends to confirm the expectation that the discount market will remain without fluctuation to the end of the year. The increase of £203,595 in the bul lion must be attributed to the natural reflux of the borne circulation usual at this period. The specie to he taken by the steamer Delta with the India and China trails on the 20th amounts to X 251,540, of which £85,617 is gold and the re mainder is silver. At Liverpool and Manchester it has been resolved to close the cotton markets and suspend business as far r may be practicable from Wednesday, the 24 th , till the following Monday. It is expected also that la London and at other places transactions will be limits, during that period within the narrowest Ithatts, as it is a great convenience to all firms at the close of the year to have a few days free from ex ternal interruption. There are satisfactory symptoms that any renewal of abundance that may take place in the money nutrket is not likely to be followed by any very suc cessful revival of the trade in the creation of new b a nka• Even the most ignorant and incautious per- So ns have now apparently become in some degree ac quainted with the process of their manufacture, and Will scarcely be disposed in the capacity of sub scribers to pay their quota of £lO,OOO or £20,000 to special individuals for labours of " promotion" wi nch could be equally well performed by any other persons having a moderate acquaintance with a number of city traders of ordinary respectability. Although the demand for specie for the Conti nent has subsided, it should be borne in mind that, I " the Continental rates of discount are still in nearly every case higher than our own, any parti cular increase of ease in the London market would s oon be followed by a renewal of withdrawals. Frankfort is the only city where the rate is as low 418 in London. At Paris it is 3-1 ;at Hamburg, 31 ; and at Amsterdam and Brussels, 4 per cent. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The diminished exportation of specie and the im- Provement exhibited in the Bank of England re turn have produced an easier reeling in the Money Market ; but up to the present time no alteration h as taken place in the terms for the negotiation of eurnmercial securities. The Bank of England return for the week endin g W/ ednesday last is of a more satisfactory character than was generally anticipated. The .Tacst important movements are an in i rease in the bullion and th e notes, and a falling off n the circu ti". There is also an augmentation to the other ae curities. Subjoined are the particulars : Active Circulation .. £19,185,780 Decrease .. .. 165,100 Bullion .. 15,031,658 Increase .. 203,595 Best 3,097,523 Increase .. • • 3,999 Tublic Deposits 8 , 507 , 144 Increase .. • • ' ' 16,625 Other Deposits.. .. • . 14,033,994 Increase• . • • • • 4A,505 Seven Day and . other Bills 746,580 Decrease .. 18,343 government Securities 11,084,517 No alteration. Other Securities .. 19,357,846 Increase .. • • • • 87,891 Notes Une m pl o yed 9,524,050 Increase .. 285,475 The Delta, which leaves to•morrow with the India and China mails, will take out £251,540 in Specie. The half-yearly interest on the Victor Emmanuel Railway Bonds will .be paid on and after the Ist proximo. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets there has been rather more animation during the last few days, Sugars have been at slightly en- Lanced prices, while coffee, cocoa, rice, fruit, and spices have fully maintained previous rates. In saltpetre there has been a fair business trans acted at full prices, but tallow has been dull for both present and forward delivery, P.Y.C. on the Spot being quoted 458. 6d., and spring delivery 455. 6d. to 465. per cwt. Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool cotton market to-day dull, and Prices easier ; sales about 2,500 bales. At Paris this morning, Three per Cent. Rentes opened at 69f. 85c., being sc. per cent. lower than Yesterday. The market for the English Funds opened b uoyantly, but some sales afterwards took place an d a declineof -I per cent. ensued, Consols re ceding to 927 for transfer and 921 1 for the account. the New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are firmer at 92 i ; Exchequer Bills, 10s, to 13 s. prem. Bank 'took remains at 233 ; and India 5 per Cent. Loan at 1071 4. T he transactions in the Foreign M a rket have be en moder a t e ly ac ti ve , a nd prices continue firm. B i: cie s Tur ki sh 3 9 ti ; 6 per Cents., 1854, are 84 85 ; ditto, B°B ' 70 I; ditto New Loan 71 ; and the Con- Greek Bonds, 164 1 ; ditto Coupons, 11 6- 4 - .; Italian, 74 ; Buenos Ayres, 97.1 98. Egyptian ave adv ance d to 931 ; ditto, 2d issue, to 921. Mexi c ~a n are b uoyant a t 311 ; Moorish, 95 ; and vet ezuelan 24125. In the Rlilway Share Market the dealings were ver y restricted, but a firmer tone prevailed. Great Westerns,li.,s North-Westerns, Midlands, North Bri tish, and South-Easterns improved ss. The For e i gn an d Colonial lines were in mode rate.v I request, without any material variation in anl es‘ South-Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian realised 23H 1 ; Great Luxembourg, 141 ; Grand Tr unk of C ana d a improved to 221, East Indian bro ught Ii 108 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1071 ; adra s 5 per Cents, 1041 5 ; and Punjaub, 1051. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally maintained previous rates. Metropolitan 4.11(1 Provincial realised 131 ; British North Ame rica, 504; O ttoman B an k, 331 N; Canada Land a"ght 98 . 1; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam "hoed to 69. Stock FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank 233 i WI. Cent. R e d uce d A n nuities W I. Cent, Consols Annuities 021 a 4 - W 3 per Cent. Annuities 921 i a Illinities 30expire sth Jan., 1880 — Indt ' Y rs ' . - 0 for 30 yrs, expire 7th Apri, 1885 l5l a Sto k ' Ditto c b. 0 6 per Cent. 3) 1, 4 0 Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent - V it l to 6 per Cent , jj" ° _ 5 l per Cent. D° " ponds £l,OOO . itto unde r £l,000 ;',„ °ris ols for Account, Jan. 8 K,Xeltequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per Ct. ,h, Ditto £500 - "to Small 1 3:ot:1)a:eel .):in.i:kttot P tt 0:50, AyresßE IG6N per FUNDS—CLOSINGCent PRICES. 98 71 ~e , y ptianA , c 7 c ou nt 931 3 / per Cent. Second Imo 921 2 1 p c e o r u C po e n n s t., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 61 I f isifp'r , 6 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 74 Ipeall, 3 per Cent 14 ate Account .4:°i'ish Imperial 5 per Cent 95 DGrenad a 2 per Cent Land ' Warrants 1 , ito ex over-due Coups. & Hectares .. 121 Vvian 41 per Cent .. . . I , itto 41 New, 1862, A Scrip, £B3 paid .. 1 01 dis 1 : ese 3 per Cent., 1853 .. — Ditto Account Ditto itto 3 per Cent., 1862 Scrip, £2O pd • ••• 3 1 4 i pm I:ian. 5 per Cent 1822 £ St -uzittt,o 41 per Cent., 1850 ... 94 31 th . I ° 5 per Cent., 1862 Ditto4l. ilii allcscountC.e.nt nitt per 811 1 Pa l ii 'll 3 per Cent.. New Deferred 464 S Ditto Passiv e • TPanisli Cert. of Coup. not funded urkich 6 per Cent. 1854 -61 Ito Account tbii.ttttoo . 4i 6 ...c p c e o r u C n e t nt . . — . 1853 .... .. 70 a Ditto £lOO Bonds Zitt ' 25 41 5 177 ) I it tz t t11 0 0° e 6 API a p ac' e ci3d r °l-I) C ieunr e pt n C : ec , nr l it 8 1' 62 . ( . S .O r l l 3 ) , £53 paid 2 4 11 21 die B 4 Dividends . on the above payable in Loudon. _ ll ' ell, 2 i per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull b ittlo2 it ftti ,, 0 4 per Cent. Certificates _ . • • tit u, 5 par Cent., 1861, Ex. 24. to Account 7 1 1 1 4 11 , 018, m THREE 9922 01 1 L0CK. ti.) bit 011ey ACCOII.IIt, Jan, 8 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ll paid Leasing Closing Business . Railways. Co. s Price. Done. Birkenhead. BuckinOt - mAlfire..., 100 Do. Che,ter &II olynead.. 100 Do. 55 17 Do. 54 per cent 100 Do. 126 128 Do. 5 lOO Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon lO3 1 0 5 Colchester, Stour Val.ll 100 E.11.&G.E. (8 70 E. Lincolnsh. gs pr c.l 100 Gt.Nerth. 136 138 Gloster & Dean Fores all Gt. West. Gt.Ea , tn. Newmarket &c., 5 percent lOO Gt.Eastn. Do.E.l3.llarwch. 4 p.o 100 D 0... Do.Wodbr,g. Ex. 4 p.c 106 Do Hail and belby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 203 206 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B Per cent ...... Do 44 per cent lOO Do BB 89 Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Do., Do. New ShlB6l, 44p.c. all Do ..... Do.Wn. Ext. A, 44 pc. all Do Bl a London & Greenwic 100 S. Eastern 64 56 Do. Preferen ;-• , 100 Do. Lon- ~ Tilb.&S— .nendj 100 Peto &Co 9O t 2 Lnd' dr. &Ennis. orig. 100 1 Do. A' 100 Irish N.- Do. BL 100 Western. Do. C. 100 Lowestoft gua. 4p c. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. 11Inc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 4 44 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Nor.Dev.Rail & Dock lOO L.&S.W. Do A stock Do B stock lOO Jan„1863., Pr. ference lOO Nortlin.&Eastn. 5 p.c. all Gt. Eastn 67 59 Do. 6 per cent..... all Do. N. Eastn—Elartlepool 100 N. E. Ber North Western Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 954 964 1 96 Preston and Wyre. I all L . . L yk. W 2, 44 46 Do. >k shares A. all Do. •• • • .. 1 Roystn.llitch.& Shop. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Shrewsby & Hereford{ 100 L.&N.W.. &c. 135 137 Do. Do. South Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.W West London, Cla A all W.Ln.Ex Do do B all Ln&N.W. D o do C all kGt.Wst. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West., 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 84 94, FREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS Dividends continent on the Profits of each separate Year. at Caledon. J.:10 Gua. Stcki 100 102 104 st Gt Eastern sp. c. preti 100 106 10c 10 Kent Coast, 6 p.ct. B 28 P sP 21 st Lon.& ilkwall,44 p. %sk' 100 IC2 103 6 4 Do. do. 44 do. shares 44 P at Lond'n, Brig'tn, &e., per cent....... ... 1858 100 103 105 1034 st Do. do. 4 p e r ct. 1860 100 92 06 ,31t3t DL D n o. o.ll d ,t o t . ,m 4 av i ‘x p . e 6 r p c .c t . . 2 l d B p 6l f 100 100 103 83 8 10 5 5 do. 44 per et. 1861 3 4 D L o o . r. 10 t D.NoorEtdh, Pc.listxertnit,464p.c., 100 0 1l 1001 106 105} s Shares, 1861 ua.' all 814 et Scottish Central,a 4po loo 80 83 irred. pro._ . .. P ' e- i 100 10 S.-Eastern 44 p.c an . 1 o 0 10 Do. 5 p.c. June )861 (rd. 10 Do. 5 p.c. A ug. 1861 (ro.j all 10: 10 25 Stkton & D.orlgtn. Dpf all 01 10 25 Do. do. , all 284 294 all 20 Vale of Neath .. .... a SHARE MARKET_THIS DAY ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share , Railways. Wol., an d Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. ... Bo F;t.,Sleat.,an d !Bristol and Exeter (Caledonian ' ,Cork a:.l Curtis; ll Do A 1 At'etq no (IJV „ ti II fp e.p " " ( been paid to B. !Dublin Belfast June. Ifun.,Perth,& A b. .Tnne. Edinburp:b & Glas2;ow• Giasg. and S. Western., IC rent Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stack__ Dittnl A nrzlian st GreatNorthnt Scotland Great. Northern Do A stock Do 13 do Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an I W. of Ireland Great Western Do Sir Val gua. stock Lancashire ,E 5 Yorkshire London and filackwalL Lon., Bright.,,t S. Coast] Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western l Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., tz Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do A shares Metropollt an Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Ind. Gt. W. of Ireland, Do. y 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. V. Junction Scottish Central Scbt N. E., Aber. stock 3t r'bo Scot 'Mid. stock [ 0 IShrewa. and Welchpool at Shropshire Union ;t !South Devon ;t South Eastern !t 'South Wales ;t S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok :5 Stockton & Darlington 15 Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Han &R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford PREFERENCE 8: Eris. t Exet. 4 p. c. st 1 Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 55. p. c. Cornwall, 5 percent Do. 4; p. C. gua. perpet Dun. Perth, & Abcr.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref Edin.&Glas.s p.c. share , Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & D Glas.& S.West. get. 5 p.,! , Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. 1 Do No. Do 6 p. c. pref Do. E. Angn A st 5 p.c. Do 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. M p c. pref. 1847 Do. t p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.c.Bedm.lop.c.pm. Do. 43 p. c. do Do.sp.c. Redrr.atsp.c.pit , Do. Hertford purchase. Do. Luton do Do.TI ALL. pur. 4 p. c. pf Do. Luton pur. 5 p. c.pf CA. Nh. of scot. Ist pret Sn. & W. (Ireland 4 per cent Great West. (Perks an , ' Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 43 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredecm. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pre! Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. sh are , Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Cheater .c.pf. Lan. & Carl. 43 p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stmt. Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10dpt Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 43 p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.&Brig.sp.e.pu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Da 5 per cent. d 0... , Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent pref. sti; Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.` Do. 4 p T. on. Ch a t. & Dov. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. A . Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent st., late 3d shares Do. (Portsm'th perpetl anns. of 2s. 6d.) sfan. Sh.b. Lin. 4 per ct. Do £6 Do. 33 per cent, Do. redeem. C percent Alarort & Carl. 4 pr. c p Do. 44 per cent..... 'Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 43 p.c. pref. at. rdeni Do. 43 p.c. irredeemably Do. 43 per cent. Do.Leic. andHiL4per ct Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 43pr. ct redeemabl , Do. G. 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. Pura. Do. Carlisle 43 p. c Do. do. 4 p. c. N. London 44 p. c. £2O pi North Staffordshire Scottish North-Eastern 33 p. c. pref. stock 1 Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p ci Do. 7 p. C. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, Ns.' Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 43 per cent Do, Fixed 43 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 43 per cent Do. do 1850 1 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Do. 6 p. c. gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c C 6 p.c Taff Vale No. 1 I'ref. \Vatrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. NV. Mid.-Oxf Istguaetk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pflred Do. Perpet.6p. C. 186 C Do. till 1869 11.14 Paid. Closing Business ' 1 Price. done. 8 8i 83 85 115 116 Gi 7 41 43 13 14 86 88 105 107 46 47 43 45 24i 241 1243- 1251 128 120 135 137 104 106 64 CFI 55 1.7 108/ 109 i 72 71 118 119 :38 30 Pei #6l 101 102 40 41 9 91 1281 124 1 Ilp 97 99 52 521 25 27 100 d 56 67 88 8i 125 127 107 1W 91 41 d 10} 111- 118 120 971- 48/ 103 105 47 49 331 344 88 89 684 $94 99 101 7 8 39 40 10 104 p 7 7i p 146 148 44 5 t , 24 3 p 554 864 24 34 p 4d 4 p 87 89 140 145 29 31 43 44 35 37 94i 254 ARES. 96 98 20i 21& - - Gi 7 111 113 01 93 112 114 111 113 129 131 105 108 129 lit 150 152 117 119 112 114 105 107 108 110 98 100 98 100 88 90 89 91 102 101 77 79 170 175 104 10u 138 140 103 105 116 118 116 118 1136 140 116 118 155 160 1 31 135 80 E 2 96 97 2f 3 123 125 lorn es 70 11)n) 140 142 103 105 A 5 1 , 7 110 112 108 110 _1 lipm 93 95 103 105 98 100 P iP 23 23} tei 101 24 24i 102 104 'lO2 104 87 89 214 elf 28i 29. 313 b 34 3,1 344 45 47 126 128 118 122 101 IC3 122 124 118 120 6.4.0 10.16.4 1 12.10 87f 81 8 1 1081 1 72i 96} 40 $ 9k 9k 128 f i 1/ p 52f f i 561 i 7 58 88k i i i 44 3i THE SUN' LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEII.II3ER 19, 1.862. Business done 1051 i 76 76 11 Ii p It 107 1081 8 1 22a a 74 5 igi 49a 501 1071 4 105 41 i 100 106! 105 105} 141 11 LA W---THIS DAY; COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) FOSTER V. FOSTER AND BERRIDGE. This was a petition presented by the husband, a Major n the Indian Army, for dissolution of his marriage on the ground of adultery committed by the respondent with the co-respondent Berridge, who was manager of Meux's brewery, at the corner of Tottenham-court -road. Damages were laid at £lO,OOO. _ _ _ The respondent denied the adultery, and pleaded cruelty, wilful desertion, and general conduct conducing to the com mittal of adultery. The co-respondent also denied the alle gations to the petition. The respondent, according to the opening statement of counsel, in the year 1856 arrived in this country from India for the benefit of her health, and also for the education of three of her children, and took apartments in Bloomsbury square. Some time after it was alleged she became ac quainted with the co-respondent, and an adulterous inter course took place, the result f which was the birth of a child. A number of witnesses were examined, but their evidence merely proved the marriage, and the terms upon which Major Foster and his wife lived while in India. One of whom, however, a nurse, sa'd she had very frequently seen Mr. Berridge at Mrs. Foster's lodgings. She knew it was that gentleman, because she had before been engaged at a house in Russell street, Bloomsbury, the back windows of which looked into the brewery, and she had frequently seen him going in. The case will last at least two or three days. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Hoiroyd.) IN RE LUMLEY.-HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. This day was. appointed for last examination and dis charge, but the assignees (represented by Messrs. Link later), required further accounts, and an adjournment took place till the 21st January, at three. The cases during the morning were unimportant, POLICE-THIS DAY. BRITISH , POSSESSIONS. Railways Atlantic Ar St Lawrence. Born.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent........ Do. New . • ... Buffalo an!! 7,ak e Huror Do. Preteruuce Butralo,Braut,aGodricl 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1,187 ti Do. do. Junin 1, 187 , 1 Glotif to. (1 rape'rown Dock Seri] Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, au. 5 p. e. : - Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. Ii do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada ])o. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 - do. 1867 .. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndtaPenln.gua.sp.c. Do. New Grua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. IGt. W. of Canada ShareE. Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8 Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. a. Do. 4 3 p. a. Extension Dc. 4; d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. 31,413-Corn. 6 p. 0. 131 ldh Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. Mortg. Bds. Newßr unswick t Can& Class A Capital Shan. Do. do. B Capital d 0... 'N.M.C'da6 pc lst if bds kcinde Do. Delhi.. 1: 1 -.' Do. do ' • Do. Punjaub ... • : s ?..4 Do. Do. ••••• ; ge, c: Do. Indus.St Flo.) all all 100 022 100 15 2 , ico k 100 Paid, all 100 Closing,: Price. 67 69~ 105 tee RA 1 ► 50 50 8 8i 77 SO 75 78 72 75 1(5 107 1074 108? 1161 107# 108 109 1 lip BP 221 220 73 75 64 66 35 87 48 52 34 86 34 86 106 k 107 k lip I 1p 104} 105 i 13k IS' 7$ 4 08 100 90 92 }die 104} 1064 99 3 / 4 10041 94 96 Ith:RiN Antwerp &Rotterdam. Rah. &S.Fran.. Li m 7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Copiapo ...............• Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ....... Do Eastern of France .... 'Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. Gt. Luxem., Con. ahs... Italian Junction ...... Namur & Liege .... Do. 6 p. c. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ..... N.Rail. of BuenosAyres Glt- 7 p 0., Lim Norwzgi an Trunk Pref Ot'mn( Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Orleans Portuguese Rail. Royal Recite Az S. Fran. (Peru.) , gua. 7 p. et. 1im...... Riga Ar Dunaburg...... Royal Danish.- Royal Swedish .. Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, Urn, g. 7 p.c. S.Aust, &Lomb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 p ct. Southern of France.... Turin and Savona .... West Fianderli ........ Do. 54 p a. Preference.. W. & N.W. of Fiance 51 53 3 5 3 83 65 1064 1074, 1044 1054' i 1 t) P 105 t 107 1 101 103 , 7 6 1 li p 201 211, 14 Ha 9 9} 20 21 4oi 41i id 0 86 vi 9 8 d 45 e; 41 43 18 18.! 14 16 i I 10 l P u i t 1} 2pm 231 231 - - 31 32 3 2id 7 if 10 lei 204 214 !OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU Can. Gov. 6 p.c.J a ,ILJ uly 1877-St Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c.3lar..t Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock! Cape G.llope, 8 p 0,1873, Do.Ap & Oct. 1880, Do. 1890! Do. Jan. & July, 1891.) Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p o N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July ijo. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct.! N. S. W. G ov. 5 p c.,18661 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 Do. d0.,1888 dcupwds New Zealand 6 p. cent. l Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. 0 steriing,, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6p. c b. Aus G6p.c.1876.6z, up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.(SzJuly! Do. to 6 p.e. A BRITISI Cambrian Consol. Gold Clittord Amalgamated.. Devon G. Con, (Tavist., East Bassett (I 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. East-Caradon ..... East Cam Brea... W'l Russel (Tavistk2 Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus.... G. Wheal Vor (lielston Grenville Elerod's-Foot Hingstou DORMS Lady Bertha 'Margaret (tiny Lelant 3 , larke Valley.. Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun • • North Downs V.Wh'i Basset (Illozau Forth Wheal Crotty Par Consols (st. Blaze) , Providence (Uny Lelnt.; South Caradon(St.Cleer; S. Cam Brea (Illogan) F.. Wheal Fran. (Mogan, Stray Park Tamar Silv,t Lead Min Tin Croit West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskeard, West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Kitty (li•Lelant) WhealLudrott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) IWheal Seton wheal Treiawney (Lis ) Wheal Union inn 100 lou 100 lon 1108 f IC9i 'lO6 108 106 108 991 91f 97 1 , 9 ;03 110 `lll 113 112 114 ,114 116 1071 ICB 101 i 1024 1014 1024 101 1014' 111 113 1 108 109 !il2 114 ,111 113 3.0.0 7.19.0, 17; 40 5.12 4.17.0 2.06 4.3.0 191 2.4.9 11 5.15.6, 18.1..9 28.9. '(81 109 k 47i 51 5 2.0.8 2.10.8 i ip 21 23 195 505 52 64 (4 45 111 11! 2 21 14 16 7 71 6 61 4k 6 45 47 2i 21 11 40 42 81 91 ds pr 135 145 21 21 81 41 5 5 6 43 375 385 24 3 874 924 41 1:3 I t 13 14 13 14 25 27 285 295 20 65 49 61 74 Si 9 94 144 15,.1 1824 1874 18 17 5i 8 FOItEION MINE!). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. HOUSEBREAKERS DISTURBED.—CharIes Erwood, a well-known convicted thief, was charged before Mr. Knox with loitering in Fitzroy-square for the purpose of com mitting a felony. Outred, a constable of the E division, said that about two that morning he was in Fitzroy-square with another con stable, both being in plain clothes, when he saw the pri soner and another man looking down the areas. Catching sight of them (the officers) they made off down London street, and back again to Fitzroy-square. While standing by the inclosure of the same street he (Outred) heard a crash of glass and saw the prisoner from a doorway, and then went up and secured him. On asking him what he was doing the prisoner replied, " It's all right. You can only make a drag (three months) of it. I have not got the - screws (keys). 'What the others are doing is nothing to me," He (Outred) with the assistance of the officers had examined the houses in the direction of which the prisoner ran, but could not find any appearance of a window having been broken. Police-constable, 41 E, having corroborated the other constable, Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. THE CHARGE OP ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND CAUSING THE DEATH OF A CHILD.—The young woman, Jane Hunt, described as a needlewoman, charged with attempting to commit suicide by drowning herself in the Serpentine, and also with causing the death of her child by drowning, was again brought before Mr. Knox. The prisoner, it may be remembered, was rescued by Parsoas, the chief boatman of the Royal Humane Society, and taken to the receiving-house, and from what she after wards told him he dragged the Serpentine and found the body of a male child. A nurse at St. George's Workhouse said that the pri soner was constantly under her care, and on the first day she was in the house she asked for her baby on two dif ferent occasions. On asking her if she had any friends, she said, " None but her father," and she declined to say who or where he was. She gave the witness to under stand that the baby was dead. She spoke to the prisoner about Cheltenham, and she said she once had an aunt there. On one occasion she told the prisoner there was a child in the dead-house, if she would like to see it, and she said she would not. Mr. Knox remandcd the prisoner that the police might institute inquiries to ascertain the prisoner's parents. THAMES. TEA ROBBERY IN THE LONDON DOCK.—John Page, an occasional labourer in the London Dock, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing 4lbs. of tea from a warehouse in the dock. Yesterday afternoon, a dock watchman named Thomas Slater, noticed the prisoner on the south quay looking very bulky, and felt his coat. At the same time Slater said to the prisoner you have got something, to which the prisoner replied, " I have got some tea." Slater said . you must come with me, on which the prisoner took a bag of tea out of his pocket and th ew it into the dock basin. A man named Henry Hobson immediately procured the drags, and at the first dip secured the bag, which contained 41bs. of tea. John George, a constable in the service of the London Dock Company, said there was a boa in the tea shed which appeared to have been broken open, and three or four lbs. of tea gone from it. The prisoner had been employed in the dock occasionally for some time past. The prisoner admitted he stole the tea. He pleaded poverty, and begged of the magistrate to be merciful. He was very sorry for what he had done. Mr. Selfe—Do you plead guilty, or do you prefer going for trial, The prisoner —I plead guilty, sir. Mr. Selfe said he could not pass over such a serious offence as this with a light punishment. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for three months and kept to hard labour. MARKETS---TIIIS DAY. MARK-LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale here, to-day, was small, and the condition of most samples was by no means satisfactory. Dry qualities changed hands slowly, at late rates ; but damp parcels were very dull, and almost nominal in value. The market was well supplied with foreign wheat. In nearly all descriptions, a moderate retail business was trans acted, on former terms. ---- Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at previous quotations. Good and fine malting barley was firm in price ; other wise, the barley trade ruled inactive, at late rates. The demand for malt was in a sluggish state, at barely late rates. There was a moderate supply of oats on the stands, and the trade ruled inactive for all descriptions, at fully the late decline in prices. Beans were in far from active request, yet their value was supported. sold slowly, a t qu i te the recen t d ec li n e in the quo tations. ieas Barrel flour was less active, and rather cheaper. Other kinds without change from Monday last. ARRIVALS THIS WEEP. Wheat. Barley. Wit. Oats. Flour. English-- 1,310 1 2,320 i 4,220 I 650 1 1,880 sacks Irish - Foreign 10,C40 13,210 1 17,790 50 sacks 10,930 brls NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets continue to be well supplied with meat. Good and prime qualities move off steadily, at full prices; otherwise, the trade is dull, at our quotations : Per 81b. by the carcase. f 5 dad sclosel Inferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 Middlingmutton 3 8 4 2 Middling do. 3 0 3 4 Prime do .. 4 44 6 Prime large do. 3 6 3 10 Veal Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Small pork ~ Large pork .... 3 0 3 8 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a moderate inquiry for hops, chiefly for good and fine English and foreign qualities, at the late decline in prices. Inferior parcels command very little attention. Mid and East Kents 9os to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Kents Sussex Bavarian Belgian AwedUn .. 115 s to 130 s ~ COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been a very limited amount of business transacted, and prices have remained without any material variation. SUGAR.--The market has been more active, and good and fine descriptions have in some instances slightly ad vanced. In the refined market late quotations are well supported. COFFEE.—A fair amount of business has been negotiated in colonial descriptions, at slightly enhanced prices. Ricc.—There has been an average demand for East India, but without any material change to record in prices. SALTPETRE.--Business has been more animated, and prices generally have shown an up war d ten d ency. TALLow.—The market has continued dull, but without any c hange of importance in values, P.Y.C., on the sp o t, b e ing quoted 45s 6d, and spring delivery 45s 6d to 46s per cwt. THE TUsCARORA. The steamship Crusader, which arrived at Liverpool yesterday from Jamaica and Bermuda, reports the arrival at the latter port of the steamer Cornubia, from Fayal. On the voyage the Cor nubia was overhauled by the Federal steamer Tuscarora. A boat's crew was sent on board, her hatches opened, the cargo (coals) put on one side, and the vessel searnhed throughout. The crew of the Tuscarora stated that they were in search of the steamer Pearl, CRIMINAL COURT--THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) STEALING SILK. Fanny Jacobs, aged 44, a married woman, and Michael llozizien, a German, were indicted for stealing 23 yards of satin and 12 yards of silk, the property of Messrs. Robinson and Co,, warehousemen, in the city. • The prisoner Jacobs pleaded guilty, and after the facts were gone into, which have already appeared in The Sun. during the examinations of the prisoners before the police magistrates, the jury found the male prisoner guilty. The Recorder sentenced Jacobs to 18 months, and the other prisoner to 12 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. NEW COUR F. The Common Sergeant was engaged the whole of this morning in trying a case of indecent as %ult. At the termination of the case the business of the ses sion was concluded, and the Court adjourned till the 6th of January. THE _IONIAN ISLANDS. Of these islands, the volume of colonial statistics recently issued by the Board of Trade reports the population, in 1860, to be 232,426, and the area 1,041 square miles ; in round number the six-hundredth part of our possessions, in point of population, and tha three-thousandth part in area. The productions of the islands in 1860 comprised 69,253 barrels of olive oil, worth from 50s. to bss. a barrel; 30,250,89711 m. of currants, worth from five guineas upwards per I,ooolbs. ; and 148,539 barrels of wine, ranging from Hs. to 2 Is. per barrel. Only 67,580 bushels of wheat were grown in the year ; the soil is more favourable to grape cul tivation than to the raising of corn, and indeed corn is the chief import taken. The live stock consisted of 13,171 horses, 10,374 horned cattle, 131,684 sheep, and 111,907 goats, a considerable increase within these few years. The revenue of 1860 was £140,855, the expenditure, £151,187; in the last 12 years the lonian revenue has only on two oc • casions provided the Exchequer with a surplus. The ex port duty on the olive crop forms the standard and maim spring of lonian finance, and the trade being as speculative as the hop trade in England, the revenue is liable to violent fluctuations ; the export duty on oil produced above £BO,OOO in 1858, only £19,000 in 1859, and £27,000 in 1860. More than a third of the revenue of the year was raised from the export duties of 191 per cent. on olive oil and currants, and a still larger proportion from import duties ; only £24,090 by stamp duties and other inland taxation of a trifling cha racter, no article of consumption (save salt and gunpowder) being taxed except on exportation or importation. The re turn of imports and exports is for 1859, a year of bad har vest. The imports amounted to £1,306,303, the exports to only £649,047. The imports from Turkey amounted to £432,980 ; from Greece, £106,311; from Austria, £152,360; from the United Kingdom, £355,050, cotton being the chief item in the export from this country. The entrances and clearances of shipping in 1860 were 5:7,320 tons inwards 525,802 tons outwards. They have shown a large increase within the last two or three years. Wages in 1860 averaged 355. a month for domestic labour, Is. 6d. a day for predial, and 2s. 6d. a day in trade. The lonian peasant is said to be not very provident. There was an abundant harvest in 1858, and the marriages next year were 4,002 ; the harvest in 1859 was defective, and the marriages of 1860 fell to 1,358. The population contains no less than 116 men to every 100 women; and it is singular that for several years the births, marriages, and deaths in Corfu have all been more than in Cephalonia, where the population is greater. SHIPPING---THIS DAY. LONDON, Dec. 19.—Wind this day at noon--North- Westerly; blowing a strong breeze, and fine weather, but rat her cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—lndiana, screw steamer, from Calcutta, short of coals; Admiral Blake, from Rio Grande. NEWPORT, Dec. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Maria, from Frederika, for Jamaica. Sailed—Urania, for St. Thomas. CARDIFF, Dec. 18.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ocean, for Rio Janeiro; Holsatic, for Pernambuco; Helena, for Si. Thomas. SWANSEA, Dec. 18.—Wind W.—Arrived—Dorsefshire, from Cuba. Sailed—Scawfoll, for Shanghai; Zodiac, for Madras. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived Dec. 18—Kate, from St. Michael's ; Jaques Francais, from New York; Gutterus, from St. John's; Princess Charlotte, from Rio Janeiro; Sarnia, from Guern • sey; John Snell, from Guernsey; Marie, from Marans ; Equivalent, from Gothenburg. Arrived, Dec. 19—Dart, from Lisbon. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Fortuno, from New York, for London; Governor M'Clean, from Cape Coast Castle, for London. Anchored—La Bonne Tantio, for Shields, for Bordeaux; Angelina, from Blyth, for Port au Busen •' Rosalie, from London, for Martinique ; Express, from Markworth, for France; Star of the West, from Shields, for Plymouth; Salem, for Menil, for Santander ; Harmony, for Grenada ; Stratmore, for Swan River ; Susan Bayley, for Lagos ; Excelsior, for Colombo—all from London. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tins DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 161 11 17 Antwerp — 25 45 25 50 Brussels — 25 42f 25 50 Hamburgh — 13 61 13 6/ Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine 'Vienna Trieste .. 1181 11 95 11 95 119 12 5 12 5 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn 35 49 49 25 52f 35k 494 494 25 55 Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon 25 55 . 25 55 39i 1191 119± 521 25 60 25 60 39i 1191 1192 52! Oporto — 521 62/ Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons The first Court ball of the season will take place at the Tuileries on the 7th January. There will also be two fancy dress balls and a masked one. The mate of the Alfred Fanny, an English vessel, lying at Havre, named Bienaime, aged 32 years, was found murdered on the quay the night before last. Some person having observed a man running from the spot pur sued him, but on their coming up to him, he turned and menaced them with a knife. Being unarmed, the pursuers could only keep the man in view, until they met with a police officer, who, on being informed of the circumstance, arrested the fugitive. Although his clothes were stained with blood, the man denied any knowlege of the crime. He is a stoker on board the Ville du Havre, named Martin. He resides at Havre, and is married. Another stoker on board the Ville du Havre, named Clorac, has also been ar rested, he having been in company with Martin on the evening of the crime. AFRICAN RIINNERS.—We find the following in teresting account of Arab runners or couriers in an able article by General Dumas, published in this fortnight's Revue Contemporaine. The following sketch of one of them will give an idea of these singular men. Ben-Saydane, about 35 years of age in 1858, was tall, spare but robust, with well-shaped arms and legs. His only raiment was a cotton shirt surmounted by a light burnous ; a few reeds stuck into his belt in front formed a kind of basket in which he carried his provisions. He wore a kind of sandals, which he used to manufacture himself out of camel and goatskin, and a small sheathed knife, with his faithful Kezoola, or stick, completed his equipment. The Arabs main tained that he had received from God the gift of swift ness, the faculty of never losing his way even in the wildest regions, and that of being able to live upon the smallest quantity possible of food. In i 845 he was sent by his chief with a highly important secret message to Abd el-Kader, and starting from a place called El-Had, six leagues from Jelfa, he arrived at Taguedemt, where Abd el-Kader was, on the following morning, having performed 216 kilometres (135 miles) on foot in 2C hours, his food during that time consisting of about ten ounces of flour, and a draught of water whenever he happened to meet with a spring. The Emir and his chiefs would not believe him when he told them so; but his despatch, which was correctly dated, dispelled all doubt on the matter. He is now employed by the French, and is amply paid for his pedestrian services, which have often proved valuable. In order not to lose the habit of walking, he often goes from Jelfa to Laghouat, a distance of 115 kilometres (72 miles) in 14 hours. 'When he was inscribed on the registers of Jelfa as one of the couriers of the French office there, the chief of the office said to him : " Buy a good herse ; you know a tnekhazani (cornier) must be well mounted." Upon which Ben-Saydane burst out laughing, and at length replied : " Humble not thy servant by bidding him buy a horse, whichd eats more than a whole family does, which neighs and leaves the prints of its hoofs behind, prints which most fre quently discover us to our enemies I What am Ito do with a horse ? Be satisfied that thou has a man do more than thy best horses can d o, and willwho Sinceho can never ask thee either for oats or straw or horse-shoes." then he has been as good as his word, and generally beats the mounted couriers in speed, espec iall y in the case of long distances. ELECTION FOR CITY SOLICITOR.—At a Court of Common Council, held y esterda y afternoon, the list of candidates were reduced by a show of hands to two— viz., Mr. Nelson and Mr. Crosby. At the final vote 114 voted for Mr. Nelson and 59 for Mr. Crosby. Mr. Nelson was then declared duly elected. Jmporting tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore always good dab Sold in pa to by 2,280 sputa. 1 MINES. Australian Bon Accord Copper,L im. Brazil Land 46 M1n.C0... Capula Silver Cobre Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Minv.Co East D , A. Rey (Limited) Fortuna... General Gt N. Cop. A S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lueitanian Niariquira Mont.A.Braz Gold Min i N. RhineCopotS.Aus.L Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... Port Philip Santaßarbara UldMinel Scottish Austrin. (L.) St. John del Rey (L.) 1 United Mexican I Worthinv (Limited) YudanamutanaS.A.Ld Agra&UnitedService B. 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The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Wm. Foreyth to the c h urc h an d ['parish of New Luce, in the presbytery of Stranraer, and county of Wigtown, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Wm. Ker to the church and parish of Stair, in the presbytery of Ayr. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEc. 8. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Henry Adrian Churchill, Esq., C. 8., now her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General in Moldavia, to be her Majesty's Con sul-General in Syria. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Robert Alex. Osborne Da!yell. Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Erzeroom, to be her Majesty's Consul at Jassy. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint George Jackson Eldridge, Esq , now her Majesty's Consul at Kertch, to be her Majesty's Consul at Erzeroom. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Robert Charles Clipperton. Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Tbeodosia, to be her Majesty's Consul at Kertch. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Arthur Raby, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Alexan dretta, to be her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Toultcha. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 19. 14th Regiment of Hussars—Lieutenant Lawrence Mac kenzie to be Captain, by purchase, vice Captain and Bre vet Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Need, promoted to an Unattached Majority, by purchase; Cornet Francis John Stuart Hay Newton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mackenzie. 16th Lancers—Henry Mitchell Jones, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Robert Thirkill Maillard promoted. 18th Hussars—Cornet John Groves to be Lieutenant, by purchase,vice Robert Cuninghame:Cuninghame Graham, who retires. Coldstream Guards—Major and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Montague Steele, C. 8., to be Lieutenant -Colonel, with out purchase, vice Brevet -Colonel Spencer Perceval, promoted to be Major-General ; Captain and Lieute nant-Colonel Dudley Wilmot Carleton to be Major (with the rank of Colonel in the Army), without pur chase, vice Brevet-Colonel Steele, C.B. ; Lieutenant and Captain Christopher Edward Blackett to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, without: purchase, vice Carleton; Ensign and Lieutenant Henry Arthur Herbert to be Lieutenant and Captain, without purchase, vice Blackett ; Charles Dashwood Thomas, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Herbert ; Lieutenant and Captain John Fletcher Hathorn, to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant and Captain Blackett, pro. moted. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant!Anthony Rowband,from the 75th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Albert Frederick Twyfor ', who exchanges ; Charles Frederic James,Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bishop, transferred to the 54th Foot. 6th Foot—Lieutenant William Charles Wolseley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Edward Lister Green, appointed Adjutant to a Depot Battalion ; Ensign Arthur Morton to be Lieuteant,hy purchase, vice Wolse ley; James huddle Gibbs, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Morton, 9th Foot—Daniel Dickinson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Arthur Herman Luck, transferred to the 84th Foot. 23d Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Richard White to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Langstaff, appointed to the Staff. 30th Foot --Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Henry Pakenham to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel James Thomas Mauleverer, C. 8., who retires upon half-pay; Captain and Brevet-Major Francis Topping Atcherley to be Major, by purchase, vice Pakenham ; Lieutenant Montague D. Stevenson to be Captain by purchase, vice Atcherley; Ensign 011yett Woodhouse Braine to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Stevenson; Ensign George Edward Cobden, from the 46th foot, to be Ensign, vice Braine. 37th Foot—Major Francis Douglas Grey to be Lieutenant- Colonel without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel E. C. W. M. Milman, promoted to be Major-General ; Captain and Brevet-Major Raymond Richard Pelly to be Major, with out purchase, vice Grey; Lieutenant William Henry Henzell to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet- Major Pelly; Ensign Henry Bullen to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Henzell. 46th Foot—Ensign William Long, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Henry Boscawen Scott, who retires ; John Maxwell Low, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice George Edward Cobden, transferred to the 30th Foot; Charles Dunn Bury, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Long. 49th Foot—Ensign Charles Caesar Welman, to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Thomas Fox Eustace, who retires ; Thomas Sidney, St. Clair t!mith to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Welman. 54th Foot—Lieutenant Joseph William Hughes to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice William E. Freeman O'Brien, who retires; Ensign Michael O'Brien to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hughes; Ensign Edward Barry Bishop, from the 2d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Michael O'Brien; Lieutenant Joshua Gladwyn Jebb to be Adju tant, vice Lieutenant Joseph William Hughes, promoted. 58th Foot—Lieutenant George Edward Perryn to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Hall, appointed Adjutant to a Depot Battalion ; Ensign Leonard James Wilkinson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Perryn; Michael Har mond Daulton Thunder, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Wilkinson. 59th Foot—Ensign Richard Lacy has been superseded, for being absent without leave. 64th Foot—Ensign Henry Fredk. Scobell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice H. E. Couper, promoted to an Unat tached Company, by purchase ; Darcy Lever Rasbotham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purch ase , v i ce S co b e ll . 67th Foot—Ensign Wm. Southby Middleton to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Charles Wm, C rey k e, de ceased ; Ensign Arthur James Poole to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Middleton, whose promotion, by pur chase, in the Gazette of 21st ult., has been cancelled. 71st Foot—Lieutenant Robert Barttalot Aldridge to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Charles Hugh Foyer Callen, who retires ; Ensign Henry Craster to be Lieu tenant, by purchase. vice Aldridge; Ensign Frederick de Sausmarez, from the 96th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Craster. 75th Foot—Lietitenant Albert Frederick Twyford, from the 2d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Anthony Rowband, who exchanges. 83d Foot—Captain Henry do Renzy Pigott to be Major, by purchase, vice Edward Bowen Cooke, who retires' . ; Lieut. Geo. Lightfoot Huyshe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Pigott; Ensign Herbert Grant D. - ivies to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Huyshe ; Arthur Longley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Davies. 84th Foot—Lieut. Francis Nolan, from half-pay, late of the Gold Coast Artillery Corps, to be Lieutenant, vice Andrew Stewart, who retires upon half-pay; Ensign John Gerald Wilson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Francis Nolan, who retires ' • Ensign Arthur H erman Luck, from the 9th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Wilson. 88th Foot—Staff Assistant Surgeon Robert Edward Heath, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Thomas Robert Williams, M. 8., appointed to the Staff. 94th Foot—Lieut. Robert Wingfield Cox to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Goodricke, Peacocke, who retires; Ensign Henry Ferrer to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cox ; Stanford Norman M`Leod Nairne, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ferrer. 95th Foot—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Thos. Michael O'Brien to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Orpen, appointed to the Staff. 96th Foot—John Gillespie, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice F. de Sausmarez, transferred to the 71st Foot. 101st Foot—Lieut. Thomas Adair Butler to be Instructor of Musketry. Ist West India Regiment—Knox Rowan Niven, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice James Fitz Eustace Forster, whose appointment has been cancelled. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ensign Henry Whalley Melliss to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Lynott, who retires ; James Fitz Eustace Forster, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Melliss. CAVALRY DEPOT (MAIDSTONE). he appointment of Capt. Emanuel Bradbury, from the Ist Dragoon Guards, as Adjutant, which a pp eare d i n t h e Gazette of Oct. 21, 1862, has been cancelled. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. To be Staff Assistant-Surgeons. Assistant-Surgeon Theodore Fetherstone Langstaff, from the 28d Foot, vice Page, deceased. Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Herbert Orpen, from the 95th Foot, vice White, appointed to the 23d Foot. Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Robert Williams, M. 8.; from the 98th Foat, vice R. E. Heath, M,D., appointed to the 88th Foot. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Herbert Maxwell, of the 88th Foot, having completed five years' qualifying service as Lieutenant-Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858, to be Colonel, Paymaster Joseph Hely, 73d Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. MEM ORANDU M. Captain William Hartshorn, half-pay Unattached, bas been permitted to retire from tho Service by the sale of his Commission under the conditions of the Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum, 1861. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John Richard Rivett, confectioner, Norwich BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of importance in the Gazette : Daniel Britton, butcher, Thaxted, Essex William Simons Lupton, underwriter, Royal Exchange Jules Ferdinand Vunderstraeten, merchant, Camberwell New-road Jasper Mason, stock broker, City William Brearley, brush maker , Birmingham, Warwick Allen Cooke, commission agent, Salford, Lancaster William H. Glover, professor of music, Brighton Edward Hoffman, oilman, Dalston William Lynn, farmer, Gissing, Notfolk William Hadden, corn dealer, Hammersmith Josiah E. Hinds, grocer, Hensworth-street, Heaton J. Whittingham and M. Denny, coachmakere,Long , acre George F. Burrell, brewer, Shepherds-bush Thomas Stevenson, guide roller, Sedgley, Staffordshire] Joshua Horton, jun., ironfounder, Kingswinford John Madeley, builder, Gnosall, Staffordshire Charles S. Winscom, draper, Bradford William H. Johns, carpenter, Torquay Alexander Hilton, provision dealer, Hollinagreen, Lan cashire Edwin Howell, baker, Southampton Thomas Wood, farmer, Scruton, Yorkshire John Oates, farmer, ddlestown George Marsden, cloth manufacturer, Oesett Owen Lewis, builder, Llangefni William Crook, draper, Colne Ann Ellison, publican, Skipton John Bull, timber dealer, Bradford Frederick Webber, draper, Bensinglon Theresa Creak, draper, Wisbech Jas. Handleyi baker, Lincoln Jas. Donald n Peters, a te n r d s ,leather BFarquharson,sl accok: rc s eHlslperißr, plasterers,iA.txm KGe Aldershotmerchant, athstTagnoptwT, s Perth The British residents at Marseilles have bene volently contributed their service to the fund in aid of the distressed workmen in Lancashire. A collection has been made by Mr. Mark, the Consul ; and the Rev. M. J Mayers, H. B. M.'s Chaplain, preached a sermon on Sun day last. The result has been that the British community in that City will contribute at least £5O. FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, EIGHT O'CLOCK. DECISION THIS DAY IN THE YELVE RTON MARRIAGE CASE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) EDINBURGH, FRIDAY MORNING. COURT OF SESSION -FIRST DIVISION. [FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] The intense interest manifested during the whole of this extraordinary trial seemed to have increased to the highest pitch, in consequence of its having become generally known that their lordships would deliver their deeis . .on in this case to-day. Crowds of persons outside the Parliament House who had not been s uccess f u l i n o btai n in g a d m i ss i on were trying ev er y means in their power to gain entrance, but the dimensions of the Court, even had a tithe of those anxious to be present been admitted, would have been found totally inadequate for their accom modation. So great was the pressure that even those engaged in the case had a difficutly in reach ing their proper places. The judges were the Lord President, Lord Curriehill, and Lord Deas. It will be recollected that the case was, in the month of July last, before Lord Ardmillan, who, at the conclusion of the arguments, pronounced his decision adverse to the Hon. Mrs. Yelverton (nee Longworth). The learned judge was of opinion that no marriage had been established by the plain. tiff (Mrs. Yelverton) according to any of the irre gular modes recognised by the law of Scotland. The decision was appealed against, and was carried by reclaiming petition 'before the First Division of the Court of Cession, and was argued at length during the early part of last month. The Counsel for the pursuer (Mrs. Yelverton) were the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor -General (since raised to the bench); Major Yelverton being represented by Mr. Gordon, Mr. Young (now- Solicitor-General), and Mr. Millar. The statement of the pursuer on that occasion was that the engagement to marry was first entered into at Galata, in September, 1855; was renewed in the Crimea in March, 1856; again renewed in Edinburgh in the spring of 1857 ; that the parties were married at Rosstrevor in August, 1857, and again crane to Scotland, where they lived with each other for some time as husband and wife. It was not till after the Irish ceremony that intercourse took place, and the pursuer consented that the mar riage should be kept a secret from the defender's family, owing to his pecuniary relations with his uncle, who had lent him money, and who wished him not to marry. The marriage, however, was acknowledged by the defender to the pursuer's friends, who consented to keep it secret, and the parties travelled together in the Highlands and. elsewhere as husband and wife. The defender, on the other hand, said there never was any engagement, promise, or contempla tion of marriage on his part, that he entered into the Irish marriage as a device to satisfy the lad3's conscience, and that he had had intercourse with her during the first Edinburgh visit and during the three weeks that elapsed after their meeting at Waterford and marriage at Rosstrevor, when they lived in different hotels together. In the form in which the case was at present raised the questions the Court was asked to decide were two—first, whether there was an interchange of mutual consent to marry proved by written de• clarations or verbal acknowledgments of the de f.odcr ; and, second whether there was a promise of marriage followed by intercourse in faith of that promise. The pursuer maintained the affirma.. tive. The defender the negative of these proposi- tions. The marriage ceremony at Rosstrevor, in Ireland, was not insisted on by the pursuer as a specific ground in the present case, there being in evi dence the opinions of Irish constitutional lawyers to the effect that that ceremony did not constitute marriage, but the point was expressly kept open in order to be raised anew should the question come before the House of Lords, who, being versed in Irish as well as Scotch law, would, of course, set aside legal opinions as evidence, and form their own jadgment on the cause. Reference, however, was made by the pursuer to the Irish ceremony, as throwing light both on the alleged interchange of consent and the alleged promise to marry. The excitement in Court at the moment the Judges took their seats on the bench was intense, in consequence of it having been reported that two of them were in favour of reversing the decision of the Lord Ordinary. The Lord President delivered his judgment in a long elaborate speech, and concluded his remarks by expressing his opinion that the decision of Lord Ardmillan ought not to be reversed. Lord Deas and Lord Curriehill summed up in in her favour. Majority for the Scotch marriage, ONE. immediately the decision in favour of 'Mrs. Yel verton was pronounced, the spectators in court gave vent to their feelings by loud and continuous cheer ing, which all the authority of the Court was for some time unable to suppress. On the result of the trial becoming known outside the court, the same demonstrations of approval took place. The matter, so far as the opinion of the Judges are concerned, both of Ireland and Scotland, having been decided, the expensive proceeding of an appeal to the House of Lords, as the highest Court of Judi cature is the kingdom, is the last step that can be taken in this peculiar and interesting affair. 111 E NAVY. By private advices from Lisbon we hear some further details respecting the behaviour of the iron ships of Rear-Admiral Smart's squadron during their recent cruise between Lisbon and Gibraltar. The weather had been so bad outside that hardly any comparative trial took place except in wearing. All the ships are said to have behaved wonderfully well during the heavy weather they had gone through, and, in the emphatic language of an offi cer serving on board the Revenge, " have proved themselves fit to go anywhere." In comparison with the Revenge they were found to rise and fall with the sea very easily, and it was remarked that no seas were seen to break over them in the roughest part of the voyage. All four—the Warrior, Black Prince, Resistance, and Defence—had proved to be in possession of weatherly qualities beyond expec tation, and requiring very little aftersail. The fleet returned to Lisbon on the 4th inst. As they were running in, with the wind fresh abeam, Tinder double reefed topsails and topgallantsails, signal was made from the flagship to take the latt er in, which was no sooner accomplished than a heavy squall struck the squadron. Topsails we re lo wered , and mainsheets eased off. The W arrior's main tack carried away, and her mainyard went in the qua). ter. The Revenge's foretopmast gave way between the fid-hole and the sheave, but was arrested there, and no further mischief was done. The Admiral appeared determined to test the ships in every pos- Bible way, a nd each ship is d escr ib e d as b e i n g ad mirably handled. The crew of the screw steam frigate Doris, 32, CL. M'Clintock, at Plymouth, will be paid off Sir f F. 0 ion Monday 'next. 2s. 6d. 1,0: 6. 100 100 100 all all 44 f 241, stock stock stock stock St{ 20 et stock Share 100 OM 201 201 10 100 I 100 100 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 204 204 100 100 stock all all all all all 100 all all all 1 5 3 28 9; 235 E 921 4 44 4 114 501 50 90} 21 I 91 1 / 1 9 2i i 19 126 32 } 3