The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx, The demand for discount accommodation con tinues very moderate, and the rates shows no alte. ration. About £15,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday. The Mooltan, which leaves on the 27th inst. for Bombay, will take out £31,991 in gold and £270,087 in specie. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £353,300, and the exports £99,000. The Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, exhibited a slight advance in the rates on Holland and Hamburgh, but the quotation on Paris was rather lower. A dividend and bonus, together, at the rate of 14 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, have been declared by the directors of the National Bank. At the ensuing meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of Egypt a dividend, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, will be proposed. The suspension has taken place of Messrs_ John Forbes and Co., warehousemen, but for what amount has not yet transpired, although the assets are believed to be considerable. At la meeting of the creditors of Mr. E. Abbott, of the Bow brewery, the liabilities were stated to be £33,989, while:the assets only amount to £6,842. A committee was appointed to investigate the cir cumstances of the sale of the brewery, and to ascertain in what manner the purchase money has been disposed of. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, a fair amount of business was transacted, and prices were steady. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales. The transactions in the Market for Public Securities to-day have been limited, but owing to a few sales, prices slightly tended downwards, but more firmness is now apparent, owing to the rise on the Paris Bourse, Consols being 92193. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 921 4; Exchequer Bills, March, 16s. prem. ; and ditto June, 21s. to 225. prem. ; Bank Stock remained at 241 and 243 ; India 5 per Cent, at 1051 106 ; ditto 4 per Cent., Enfaced Paper, 861 ; ditto 5 per Cent. 1001 ; and ditto 51 per Cent. 10614. In the Foreign Market the dealings have also been on a reduced scale, but prices have continued firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 832 84 ; ditto, 1858, 741 ; Mexican have advanced to 291 4 ; Portuguese, to 46y7 Spanish, to 531 ; Italian are 631; and Vene zuelan, 24. The Moorish Loan is 51 I prem. A limited amount of business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market to-day, and prices have shown rather less firmness. Eastern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North Eastern (Berwick), have declined ss. ; South Wales, how ever, improved 10s., and Brightons, 15s. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets the opera tions were of the most limited character, and prices Were generally unaltered. Dutch Rhenish brought 16 ; Great Luxemburg 91 ; Bahia and San Fran cisco 151 ; Cape Town and Dock 154 ; Great Southern of India 100 ; and Bombay and Baroda 100. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares Were in moderate request, at steady rates. Union of Australia brought 401 ; Union of London 30; London and Westminster 731 741 ; London and County 391 40 ; Electric Telegraph 97 ; and South Australian Land 331. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92/ 143 per Cent. Consols Annuities Blew 3 per Cent. Annuities 92f / India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent B6l Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5} per Cent 23 1061 I Ditto Bonds £l,OO O Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account, Feb. 6 94 March. I June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 16 21 2 Ditto £5OO .. Ditto Small — I • FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto Account Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account - Venezuelan 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent... French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 63± Consols, Money Ditto Account THE PRODUCE MARKETS. (From Toseph Tt AM'S and Sons Weekly Ciieular.) The Produce Markets continue to show great steadiness, and from the increasing supply of money, holders are evi dently every day becoming more confident. The chief event of the week has been the publication of the long looked-for statement of M. Fould, the French Finance Mi nister, and although it produced for the moment some little dismay on the Paris Bourse, from the candour of its reve lations regarding the extent of new taxation requisite to restore the equilibrium of revenue and expenditure, it seems in England to have been regarded with approval. No material attempt is to be made to wipe off or reduce the addition to the public debt, caused during the last three years by the fact of the Government hav ing spent a total of more than 40 millions sterling beyond their receipts; but the European public will be well satisfied if the system of excessive and exhaustive out lay is to be abolished for the future. The proof afforded by the anxiety displayed by the Paris financiers at the scale of taxation already acknowledged to be essential even to maintain solvency under the proposed system of re trenchment which reduces the army to 400,000 men, has been pointed out as a guarantee that the Emperor will en deavour, in his European policy, to avoid, at all events for the present, provoking any resumption of war in Italy or elsewhere ; and it is felt that every year during which France is permitted quietly to develope her commercial resources will have a great effect in weaning the people from the thirst for military domination. Consequently, among the trading classes of the United Kingdom, there is a general disposition to take an improved view of Continental affairs, and to wish M. Fould every success in his creditable efforts. The intimation that among the new imposts to be levied an addition of the duty on sugar figures for the sum of £1,160,000, has attracted attention; but as it appears that unless in case of unexpected necessity it will not be brought into operation until July, 1863, and the amount of the in crease, spread over the immense consumption of France, will not be very appreciable, the measure has not had the sfighest influence on prices either in the French markets or in our own. CONSOLS, WHEAT, AND COTTON. —The funds have been quiet during the week, with a tendency to flatness, which is occasioned by the doubts as to whether the Eng lish and French Governments will not find it necessary, before long, to take formal steps for setting aside what seems to be pretty generally considered the " ficti tious" blockade of the Confederate States by the Federal States of America. The quotation of Consols in our last was 931, and, after having touched 92 k , the prices yester day evening was 93. Wheat has been dull at the decline of last week, and tho cotton market has shown rather less agi tation. A decline of id. per lb. has, however, been sub mitted to. The Judges in the Probate Court yesterday re fused the application of Mies Sheddon for a re-openin of the cause " Sheddon v. Patri c k . " g ASSASSINATION AT PisA.—A correspondent in a contemporary says :—A very disast rous incident has just occurred here. Dr. M'Carthy, a physician long resident in this city, much respected and esteemed, WRS returnin g to his home o n Friday last from Leghorn, a n d, on arrivin g at the rail roa d s t a tion, took a carriage for th a t purpose. Two porters or facchinz, as is their custom, accompanied the carriage, and notwithstanding Dr. M'Carthy's repre sentations that he did not require their services, p ers i sted in following him. One of these men insisted on carrying upstairs the small trunk which formed all the Doctor's lug gage, and he paid this man and dismissed him. The other, however, insisted upon payment, and though civilly re monstrated with, would not leave the house, but continued to use the most insolent and abusive language mingled with threats of vengeance. The Doctor, losing patience, at last rushed out to remove him, when the fellow, drawing a stiletto, stabbed him twice in the abdomen, the wound pe netrating to the intestines. After 40 hours of agonizing torture, to which the largest opiates offered no relief, he sank yesterday and expired at 3 o'clock—the victim of a system which has now become popularised in the north as touch as the south of Italy. Of course no one dreams of the punishment of the assassin, nor is there any likelihood that measures of precaution will follow this foul and in famous murder, though meetings of English residents at Pisa mid Leghorn are now convened to address M. Ricasoli on the su bject. SHARE _ZfIARKg T-(THIS DAY). .i Railways. '1 13.14 25 10 st st 50 20 10 10 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bost., Slea Land 'Bristol and Exeter Caledonian C Irk and Bandon Cornwall 'Do A (A gets no div, till 6p c.p an.lia s Do. B been paid to B. 'Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do DoNw A. late E U3ds East Suffolk 'Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee !Glasg. and S. We3tern. GreatNrthn.ot Scotland Great Northern Do A etock Do B do Gt. S. an I W. of Ir2h.rd, Great Western 8 64 7 95 07 104 10441 5 6 42 44 10i It 19 20 54 65 48 52 34 36 91 93 30}31 101 103 100 100 100 100 100 Do Str Val gua. stock, Irish South Eastern .. Lancashire & Yorkshire London and illackwall Lon., Brigat.,& S. Coast, on., Chat., and Dover' Lon. & North Western' 'Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Marypoi t and Carlisle. Do I shares 13fetropoli`an Midland Do New . , 112} 113 tO9 11l 132 134 101 106 68 58! 57 6) 108 108; 58 60 119 121 45 47 90 941 971 9,1 all 100 2.14. 100 6.4.0 9 11 44i 45 Do Birming. & Derby Slid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, &Bos Norfolk North British Nor.Dey.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A rocs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London ,9.16.4 Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction, Not. Gran. Rl. & Cana] Portsmouth Rh 3 mney Scottish Centrsl (Scot. N. E., Aber. stock] Do Solt. Mid. stock Shrews. and Virelchpool Shropshire Union Sitting,bourne Sheer South Devon S. Durham Lanc.Un South Eastern 'South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. (Stockton & Darlington Do • • Do New, 1860. Taff Vale.' Do Pref. No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&ltal Ulster Do Do t Vale of Neath 12.10 IVictoria sta. and Pim. Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class 100 100 100 16.13.4 Ai 7 1321 1331 14 ap 103 lus 0 67 65i 66 ,oli 101! I p 576 4 58 891 891 98 lOU Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Handal, West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 4f 4} d 104 11 92 93 125 12 44 46 100 102 46 48 37 39 781 791 67 69 97 99 8 32f 401 6 16 7 tv p 55i 50 24 3 d ip SS 92 [27/ 134 6 6& 84 86 47 :9 44 46 89 91 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I Closing ' Business Paid. Price. done. 19 5413 f 'O9I } 133} 68 1 1 1 108} 59} 1211 98} 4#} 132 k 13 101 e 1 I 57 61 891 .3 12& 5 1 I LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. P a id . ! Leasing Closing Business Railways. I Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all , Ln.&N.W Birkenhead. Buckin!.,h , •na - tire.. Chester &II ilyhead.. 100 Do 534 544 Do. C 4 per cent 100 Jo 124 126 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E. U.&E.O 64 66 E. Lincolnsh. gApr c. 100 :Gt.North. 135 138 E.Union.HarwichShs all ' E,Counts. 4 44 Do. Woodbrid^fe... . 100 • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest all qt: West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Do. halves Do. quarters • • . • • Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 201 204 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Do . London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen a Lon.,Tilb.&S. - w Vie , 100 IPeto &Co B2 84 Lowestqft gua. I pc.. i 100 (Norfolk Do 6 pier cent ( 100 IDo. 31nc.,8xtn.,& :Matlock all ' LNW& 31 31 44 4 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx } 5. 5.6. E Counts. par 4 p gua. 5 per cent... Northn.&Ea,stn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all iDo . Do. Fixed sp. c.... all !Do. N. Eastn—Elartlepool 1 1 0 IN. E. Ber .. .. North Western Preston and Wyre. { L& .WN 1 all 14t L. y k. 1 44 46 Do. 4 shares A ! all IDo. ••• • _ .. .. Roystn.llitch.& Shep ; 100 Gt. North. 134 137 Shrewsby & Hereford' 100 'T Brassey 120 122 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOOGt. West. 90 92 tz Wimbledn Croydon I all L.&Brg„•tn 84 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. Paid.( Closing I Business Prices. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 all st Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. at 100 92 94 20 Do. shares at Caledon. qr. abrs, No. 2 100 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 v. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 percent all 201 214 61 Dun. Perth, &Aber.Jun all 6 64 10 Do. Ist Class Pref all st E. Angn. Class Asp. c lOO 101 103 at E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 109 111 at Do No. 2 100 108 1“0 at Do. new 6p.c. at lOO 125 127 at Eastern Union. 4p. c— 100 81 83 at Do. sp. c. guar lOO st Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 111 113 at Do. 4p. c. guar. S. & u lOO 90 92 at Furness, 5 per cent lOO st Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c lOO at Great Northern, sp. c lOO 116 118 at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 113 115 at Do. 41 p. c. do lOO 104 106 -• at Do.sp.c.Redrc.atsp.c.pm 100 103 110 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. all at Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 99 50 Great West. (Berks Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 at Do. redeem. 41 p. ct lOO 98 100 991 9 at Do. redeem. 4p. ct lOO 88 90 at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct lOO 59 91 at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref 100 102 104 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares all 91 101 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she all 17 18 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she all 101 11 st Do. Birm. guar. stock lOO 76 78 261 Do. Ches ter guar. shares all 201 205 131 Do. do all 101 101 20 Do. do ail 155 155 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pref 80 at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. ~ tock 100 135 137 at Do.Barnstat£s 2s 10dpe 100 st Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO at Lon.&llrig• at Do. 41 p. (Blackb. par, 100 102 104 .5 No.l 100 114 117 at Do. 5 per cep p.e.gu. t do. No 2 100 114 117 at Do. 6 per cent. ao lOO 138 142 st Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 114 117 st Do. 7 per cent pref. atk 100 153 158 st Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 15 8 132 at Do. 4 p c.st(div.def.llP6s 100 74 76 st Lon.Chat&Dov. sp.c.pf. 100 96 97 st Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 112 114 at Lon. & s.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares at Do. 44 per cent 2s 6d Do. (Prtam. perpL anns of 28 6d 125 Londondy. & Cole. 1 she all 121 Londony. & Ennis. 5 she all 135 14 Et nar. Sh. & Lin. 6 per et. 100 126 128 6 Do. £6 at Do. 35 per cent, 10 Do. redeem. G percent 5 spm 123 Itaryport & Carl. 4 pr. c all .. 121 Do. 41 per cent all at 31idlaiid Con. 6p. o. stk lOO st Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c lOO 134 140 at Do. 41 p.c. pref. at. rdem ,100 103 105 at Do. 44 o.e. irredeomable 100 L 6 Do. 41 per cent. .... . . 111 st Do.Leie. andllit4per ct a 00 93 95 at Norfik. sp. c. Ex. st. 181 ,100 at Do. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 100 st Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lBl7 100 .. at Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 1.11 113 st Do. New gua. per cent. 100 109 111 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. slis. 7 11 15pm 10 Do. e'o. do. all st r th.Dvn.Rail&Dek.Co. 100 .. at N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 .. at Do. 41 pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. at Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. /ref 100 100 102 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 100 98 100 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 3. 13.4 1 dis par 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 l3 .. 25 Do. Yolk, 11. &S. Purch 9 20 North Staffordshire lO 1 dis par 10 Ilhymney Guaranteed all 22 23 at Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock ' all at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 .. at Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 10s. South Devon, Ann, 10s. 100 132 136 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent all 10 11 10. 6. South Eastern (Reading all .. Ann., 1.0.6) st Do. 44 per cent at Do, Fixed 43 pei cent 100 102 104 at South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 .. at Do. 41 per cent at Do, do. 1859 lOO at Do. 5 per cent. .. 100 st S. Yorkshire, 4p. C. gua lOO 86 84 2 Do. sp. c. gua l3 15 p 25 5 Stock. & Dar. Asp . c a ll 2 8 29 25 at W Do. B6p. c all 32 34 mi D d. o .o . st Watrf d & liilkn c. 100 42 45 x f t Y6 :u . a pe s • 100 a11 127 3 12 33 9 st Do. at Do. New 2d do lOO 122 125 st Do. Perpet.6 port 5 • • p.c. pf :red. 100 102 103 et Do. p . c. pf. 1866 100 1122 125 till 1869 100 jllB 121 DOCKS. stock Commercial ....... I 100 s tock Do. 4 per Cent.Pretlfin.l 100 stock East and West India • P 2 79 - _4 stook L.olldOn , 100 5 7 59 stock St. 'Catharine stock SouthamptOn lOO Stick I Victoria . ....... 100 s. -- 100 99i 20 iDo , New 2 i 1 d p 1 1 HE SIJN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1 1862. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(This -Day.) A SLAVES SIORY. BOW-STREET. THE POSTMEN AND THEIR CHRISTMAS-BOXES.--TWO letter-carriers, named Pinkney and Cottam, appeared to a summons issued at the request of the Post-office authori ties, charging them with delaying the delivery of their letters. Mr. Peacock, the solicitor to the Post-office, said the two men were letter-carriers, and the latter one of the two (Pinkney), during the last one or two days of Decem ber last, instead of delivering all the letters entrusted to him, gave a number of them to the other defendant, Cot tam, to deliver for him. Cottam, it appears, had engaged with the man to leave the letters at their respective ad dresses, but instead of doing so he got drunk and did not deliver one of them. On the matter becoming known to the Post -office authorities it was thought proper to institute the present proceedings. Pinkney said he had been five years in the Post-office He did not deny giving the letters to Cottam to ,deliver, and the reason he did so was that he had been delayed very much in his usual duties by the collecting of his Chris mas boxee. Cottam was interested in the amount of money collected, and he did not think he would fail in delivering the letters he had entrusted him with. Cottam said he certainly had undertaken to deliver the letters, but he had been to a party the overnight and there having made merry he was soon overcome with the drink that was given to him during the time he was engaged de livering his own letters that he was quite unable to deliver those of Pinkney. Mr. Corrie having been informed that the men had been suspended for the last fortnight, said that being the case he would only fine them 20s. each, but he hoped it would be a warning to them, as it was a very serious thing to delay the delivery of letters. The following is from the correspondence of the Neu, York. Times, dated Hilton Head, South Carolina, 24th December : "In a late visit I madetoDr. Elliott's plantation, onHil ton Head, I found a group of six straight-haired, bright looking mulatto children, seated around the doorstep of one of the negro cabins, eating ravenously the boiled sweet po tatoes which a decrepit old man was distributing among them with apparebtly great solicitude: "The little ones were neatly dressed, which is an excep tion to the rule, and they were otherwise more attractive than any I had yet seen. I inquired into their history, which at once affords an illustration of a slaveholder's morality and his brother's honesty. Oh, no, sah I Dese are massa's children,' said the old man, in reply to my question as to whether he was their grandfather. ' Dere mudder name Rose ; he lib wid her as he wife, and when he die, same time ago, he make her and de children freed Then he told me that Rose had gone over to General V iele's camp to do washing for the officers ; and that she had come with herself and family to the Yankees to escape being sold into slavery by her master's relations. I could not fully understand all that the old man said, but I heard enough to determine me to learn Rose's story from herself, if possible. Yesterday, therefore, I was at General Viele's quarters, and made inquiries after Rose. She was not there, but I was introduced to a young man named Israel, who gave me an intelligible history of Rose and her chil dren. He said that he and Rose belonged to the same mas ter. His name was James Garrard, and his plantation was four and a half miles from Bluffton. It was well stocked with cattle, and some 'fifty head of niggers.' Mr. Garrard, about 11 years since, wanted to marry a fine lady, but she ' kicked him' (Israel's word for rejected), and in spite, he took Rose to live with him. He bought Rose in Savannah, expressly for the purpose. went with him for her in de buggy,' said Israel, and 'fore he pay for she, he bring her home and try if she good cook and make pastry. He find she good, stirrin' woman, and he keep her.' He added, that Garrard had seven children by her—two boys and five girls—the eldest of which, a girl about ten years of age, was then living at Savannah. Over a year ago Garrard died, leaving a will which called for the sale of his entire real Pinkney said it would be a most unfortunate warning for him, for he would most certainly get his discharge. Mr. Corrie said he hoped not as he had, he thought, been punished enough. He hoped Mr. Peacock would represent his wishes to the Postmaster-General. Pinkney expressed his thanks to the magistrate for his kindness. Mr. Corrie said he should not have interfered at all in the matter had it not been that, during the time he had been in the employ of the Post.ofdce, Pinkney had con ducted himself well. Cottam, most certainly, was the most to blame. estate—slaves, cattle, and other property, excepting Rose and his own children, who wore manumitted. Out of the proceeds of the sale of the property a home was to be pur chased for Rose and her young family, and the balance of the funds was to be placed at interest, of which she was to receive 1,000 dols. a year for the support of herself and children, and the remainder was bequeathed to his brother in-law, Elliot Garrard, of Savannah. Another letter carrier, named Walker, was summoned for not delivering his letters. Mr. Peacock said the defendant, instead of delivering a number of his letters, smuggled them back to the Post office, and laid them in such a position as to get them stamped as "late," or "unknown at the addresses." Mr. Rowe, inspector of letter-carriers at the Western District-office, said the defendant was a letter carrier there. His district was Crawford-street and its neighbourhood, and he was on duty on the Bth of the month. He left with his letters about half-past seven, and the time occu pied in their delivery would be about till half-past nine. In the event of his not being able to deliver all of them he ought to have written on them th e cause , an d l e f t t h em toble be stamped aie " not known." O n t h e following day three carriers complained of a number of letters being put in their delivery, which the defendant ought to have delivered the previous evening, The defendant on the following day was told of .the circumstance that 22 letters of his had not been delivered, and he selected about a dozen, and said he could get no answer at the addresses given. Amongst them there was a letter that ought to have been delivered at two on the afternoon of the Bth. Having reason to suspect that he was not speaking the truth, he (witne a) went oTer the ground, and went to the different addresses, and found that nearly all of them were at shops which did not close till 11 o'clock. It was here found that the man was in a state of in toxication, and Mr. Corrio adjourned the hearing of the defendant's explaration for a week. " This disposition of the property did not suit Elliot Garrard's views, and he has interposed obstacles to carry ing out the provisions of the will. Rose, meantime, has been living on the plantation, where matters have re mained comparatively the same as when James Garrard died. After our forces had taken Hilton Head, and when the people of Savannah were in a ' big scare,' Elliot Gar rard went to Rose and wanted her to retreat into the country, somewhere in Barnwell district, but she dreaded he might sell her, and refused to go. Next day she aban doned her home, took her family with her, and sought Yankee protection. lam told by those who knew Rose, that she is a fine-looking, intelligent woman. Sbe is very black, but her figure is perfect, and in her neat mourning dress and bonnet, unless her face is seen, she might be mis taken for as haughty a dame as South Carolina can pro duce. Her chief attraction, however, is her conversation, which is marked by intelligence respecting the objects of the war, and many other subjects connected with it. She speaks understandingly of her own affairs, the injustice of the executors of the will, and her intention of going North, where her children may have a chance in life, as soon as she can get her other child from Savannah. "In speaking to Israel yesterday, I am afraid I made him uncomfortable for the rest of the day. Said I: " ' Do you like stopping here better than on the plants. ion P' " Oh, yes, Sir,' he said, promptly. " What will you do when the soldiers leave here ?' "At this question, the look of surprise which passed over Israel's face was irresistibly droll. Ho finally re plied : " ' I'd go wi"em ;' " But suppose they won't let you ?' I said. " ' Den I jump into de boat ' " Ah I' I answered, 'they might put you out again ' " It was evident that no such contingency had presented itself to his mind before. He simply ejaculated, with great emphasis, as if overwhelmed with astonishment and fear at the bare idea : " Goodness gracious I ' " I asked him what he was afraid of, and he replied, ' If Massa Elliot Garrard catch rae, might as well be dead ; ha kill me certain.' I re-assured him of his safety before we parted." FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Feb. 18 via Marseilles Feb. 13 Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Feb. 3. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Suutharapton Feb. 1. via Marseilles Jan. 27. Falkland Island. Feb. 3. Gibritltar, via Southampton .... Jan. 25. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton, Feb. 1. via Marseilles Jan. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton Jan. 25. via Marseilles Feb. 4. Lisbon Feb. 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 25. via Marseilles Jan. 27. Newfoundland Feb. 5 Oporto and Vigo . Feb. 1. U. S. and British N. Amarica, by Brit. packet.... Jan. 30 by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Jan. —. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Feb. 10. Bahamas, via New York Feb. 13 Mexico ....Jan. 28. All parts of "West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I J ...to California, and British Columbia.. II. 28. ST. THOMAS'S HOSPITAL.—The proceedings of the Charing-cross Railway Company and St. Thomas's Hospital have recently attracted considerable attention. It appears th-,t the amount awarded by Mr. Stewart, of Liver pool-- 4 ;296,000—was paid t• the Accountant- General at the Bank of England on Monday last, a c nsiderable por tion of the money having been lent, as it is said, for that purpose by the Bank of England on some security furnished by the Smith-Eastern Railway Company. Under ordinary circumstances a deposit so made would entitle the railway company to fake possession of the whole hospital at once, and to turn out its occupants, but by a clause in the Char•• ing-cross Railway Act, inserted in the House of Lords, 12 months' delay is interposed to enable the governors of the hospital to make the necessary arrangements for the benefit of the sick poor. The railway company allege that the 12 months have expired. 'I his point, however, is referred to Vice -Chancellor Wood, who has stopped the railway com pany at present by injunction. It is clear the governors of the hospital could not set about buying land and building a new hospital until they were sure of having the means de rived from the sale of the old one, but the money having now been deposited, the railway company ought to receive all reasonable facilities for completing their works. This would probably shut up the great north wing of the hos pital, but it would still leave a large proportion for the pre sent untouched, until proper arrangements could be made. It seems that nothing has 3et been determined as to site. A suggestion of the area of the Surrey-gardens is said, however, to have met with favour. EMBEZZLEMENT OF FIFTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS oN A LEEDS FIE3I.—On Thursday night, Mr. English, chief constable, apprehended at the Wellington Inn, Wel lington-street, Leeds, Mr. Thomas Wilcox, commission agent, a middle-aged married man, residing in Handsworth street, Birmingham, on a charge of embezzling various sums of money, amounting in the aggregate to upwards of £1,500, the property of Messrs. Bateson and Jordan, c;oth merchants, Park Cross-street, Leeds. The defalcations are said to extend over a period of four years, and to have been chiefly caused by losses on the turf. The defendant, it is alleged, has been enabled to carry on these proceedings un discovered by forwarding inaccurate statements of the transactions between various tradesmen in Birmingham and the firm he represented. He was, in accordance with the practice of the firm, in the habit of allowing discount for prompt payments, but in his correspondence with the Messrs. Bateson, it is said he represented that in several transactions a credit of six months had been taken, and in this manner was enabled to withhold cash payments, keep ing up his accounts by the proceeds for other goods sold for immediate cash. Mr. Jordan, one of the firm, at the time Wilcox was apprehended, was in Birmingham taking legal proceedings for the apprehension of the defendant, and a telegraphic message was sent informing him of the capture in Leeds. Wilcox will be removed to Bir mingham to appear before the magistrates, the offence having been committed there, and being consequently not within the jurisdiction of the Leeds bench. A DANUBE STEAMER.—The hubbub of the merry makers follows us to the Szechneyi, and is kept up till late into the night. The Moldavians are naturally a gay, care less, pleasure seeking sociable race, and the European com mission just now among them sends a whole host of agree able travellers up and down the waters about here. So we hear them whispering, and chatting, and flirting, and humming love songs about the cabins, and in the nooks and corners of the ship, or roystering jollily in drinking bouts upon deck, and clinking their glasses together, and smok ing, and telling the most wonderful stories ever heard, till the early summer daylight comes round again, and they fall asleep in their smart clothes and lackered boots—a gipsy company, in all sorts of impossible places, and in the drollest attitudes. These Danube steamers are amazingly entertaining in a general way. There is usually a great deal of good and curious company on board. The Rottman and Hungarian peasants, who join us at the village sta tions, mostly wear the national costume and now and thenthere is a patriotic Boyard or magnate does the same. The ladies dress for these steamers as smartly as for pleasure parties on shore. The captain assembles a chosen half dozen immediately round him, and so we go, a bright• coloured mass of gossiping, flirtin g , l ou d laughing, junket ing humanity, all jumbled into close acquaintanceship for a week together or more, if we have the good fortune to be delayed by f ogs or sand-barks.—Dickens's ddl the Year Bound. BRITISH POSSESSIONS, Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Barodadc.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. .. , Buffalo and Luxe fluronl Do. i'ew Do. ('reference Clcutta.& , .l 4 :astn.(l , ll. Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town Lt Dock Scrii Demerara... Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 44 p c. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Do. 1866-1871 Do. do. G Ext (Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 20 Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872.. ,Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 percent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New ... • . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... nadi 119 guar.. 5 p. 0.4.• Do. 4 p. c. Extension Do. 1 1 d 0... Sielb.Corp. a p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswicx it Cands Ry.ezLand(Llm.)g.6pc Class A Capital Mart Jo. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capitrl do. .. Do. do. Land do. ...... Scinde ........ • • v.: Do. Punjaub ID°. Do. . •• •• E, ce Do. Indus. St. Flo. g m .g Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip—l all fl(g all 100 Closin g Price. Paid. all 100 all all all all 65 - Thb 99 100 4,1 5 d 6i 7'l ei 1 is 99 100 101 102 99 101 In 102 10( 102 104 105 21 22 62 65 50 64 34 37 38 42 32 85 32 84 00 i 10 0 I pr 99 100 9k ll l 95 98 88 02 99 100 92 94 :JO 92 5 7 4 6 101 101 I ii 94 98 (1 FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes .... ......, Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. ICarmeaux Mine & Rail ICopiapo ................ Ditll Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Bus Guar. 6 p. c. Do. no. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. sits... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. o. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares _..... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Parts & 0r1ean5..... ... Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.) gua. 7 p. ct. Urn.- Riga & Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish ....... I.Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse .. Do. 55 per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust &Lomb Venear Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p ct. West Flandero ........ Do. 55 p. a Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. West'rn of Austria.... Wes t,rn of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... Do. 8 per cent Pref.... j Zeale nd . BRTTIS ' :rod C)nsols (PIO /ack)i gritish Iron Clifford Devon G. Cone, (Tavist ; East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ..... E..st Cam Brea E. WI Russel (Tay! 3tk Gam. dtS t.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack 'I. Wheal Vor (llelston' Grenville Herod's-Foot Elingston Dor:as Lady Bertha llark,..tret (tiny Lelar Mar ie Valley.. Myudy Iron Ore (Lim.) North Downs North Frances (Illogan N.Wh'l Basset (Illo.fan;1 North Wheal Crotty ' Par Consols (St. Blazey , Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Ca radon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (I llogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim '.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park ramar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illoom) W. Caradon (Liskeards West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller(ltedruthl Wheel Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)! Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 1 FOREIG MINES. L.'l Lll I} 1, 01 34 36 6 6 8 ail 1 3} 1 4 111 11 21 ill '22 24 1 pr I p 1 1 If p ill 7f 8 2 ad pr ill I 4 id Lll 2 4 I 14 q 1 1Pin 5 65 84 67 8! all I 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim. a' 5 Brazil Land ez Min. Co... al 1 'Clarendon Cons.MiuCo 10 Cobre Copper a , Copiapo .. DunMoun.Cop.Minz Co a 3 East Del Rey (Mmited) 2 'Fortin a. 20 General a 2 IGt N. Cop. of S. Austr 11 Kapunda (Limited) S Linares a 5 i Lusitanian 1 Mariquita a 1 , N.l.thineCopotS.Aus.L 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Minim and Smelt... j a 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 1 1' 20 St. John del Rey (L.) 28.2.81 United Mexican 1 ,Worthing (Limited) 1 lii 67 Ei 1 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. !can.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 107 109 1' st 74 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 Do. 6p. centlBB3-1 100 - I Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. i 100 109 111 I Do. 6p. c.Mar. •fr. Sept.! 100 109 111 I Do. 5 per cent lOO 94 984 98/1 I Do. Inscribed stock 100 97 99 ICape G.Hope, 6p c,lBBO 100 110 112 Do. 1890 100 110 112 - ;Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 1109 111 Ceylon, Nov.lBol, 6p o 100 I Op.c.Ja.&July 100 1044 1054 1014 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 i N. S.W. (3 ov. sp. c., 1866 100 j 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 18761 100 197 98 974 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds, 100 ! 064 974 New Zealand 6p. cent. ICO 105 107 , Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 106 107 S. Au5,G6p.c.1873.•!Z up I 100 - ,Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 'lO2 104 102 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&oo 1 100 1 105 1054 1051 11 41 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 190 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 60 ;85 87 40 Australasia all or - 67 25 Bank of Egypt all 122 23 100 Ba'.ak 0: London 50 British Sorth A mericar all 49 51 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 21 214 25 Ch. Mer. of In. hon.& Ch. all 83 85 100 City , 50 80 84 100 Colonial 20'11 Com. Bank of Canada all 20 Eng., Soot., & Aus. Ch all 19 194 20 Gen. Bk .01 Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 254 26 20 Do. new all 254 251 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Afriean lO pr p 100 Londen & Westminster 20 73 75 74 34 100 Vat. Prov. of England 42 20 Do. new _.. .. ....... • . 12 SO ,National Bank 20 Ne w South Wales—. all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 53 54 531 20 : Ottoman Bank... all 189 194 194 100 I Provincial or Ireland 10 Do. new .. . . all 25 South Australia all 25 , Union of Australia 50 Uniq of London 100 lUnity Mutual i 60 AWE , ;OUS. 14 15 1 2 25 27 61 6 29 32 18 20 9 11 106 108 15 17 31 33 103 1011 101 104 li 01 pr }pm 95 88 3 * 3i I I I I 1 14 2 24 4 5 * td 41 I 10 15 1 11 1} 14 11 14 7 8 49 51 69 71 10 12 181 194 17 191 5 6 50 52 135 140 33 35 4 1 6I de par P r 9 10 3.9.3 2.14.6 3.0.0 7.7.0 :MI 175 d. 15.6 8.12 4.14 1.12. r 4.3.0 2.) 12.3 2.0.0 2.28 1k 10.6.7 1 11 5.11.6 all 18.1q.9 1 2719.1 44 9 13s 6dj Share 100 stk 20i 204 10 17A stock stock 100 100 100 100 1 Business donc MISCEL Awy,lo-Mexican Mint Atlantic li. MI. Stm (Id)' Atlantic Tel. (Limited)' !Australian Agricultural Bahia Steam (Limited). I Berlin Water (Limited) , , British American Land B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) , Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan Islands Tel. (Lim u • ,China & Japan Coast & I River Steam Naviga. Cop.Min.ofFng.&Smitg Do. Pref ii per cent , Crystal Palace I Do. Preference Do. C p et. Perpet. Deb E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 1)o. B E.lndia Irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aus. Copper Gen. Stgam Navigate m Great Slip I,imited) Do. 17i Ty ct Preference Indian Carrying (Lim.) Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) I Do. 8 per cent. pref.. National Die. Co. (Lim.; Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) Netherlands Land Do.S p.c.Pref..iss.atl die N. Br.&NovaScottaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.). ?' r e i ell l, n n. d S .Art l iVi n in ) ) Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4ip.c hymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. do Telegrp ph to India (L.) Trust and Agency or sAustrlasia (llin) let is. Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. U. K'dom Tel. Co. (Um.) 'Van Diemen's Land 1011 1 100 llt f RAILWAYS 6 1 G; 1 r 1 1 loi ni 44 4 , id p x3il 9! 10 81 #1 20 21 881 391 8 10 84 74 414 424 52 61 3 3d 12 15 ri 8 4 91 9 f p 264 L74Z 71 71 10 101 21 12 i 1 2 28 SO 385 395 51 53 29} 30 10) 11 2 3 16 18 3 4 51 61 1 2 39 41 21 3 43 15 91 10} 320 830 3i 4 110 120 29 31 1i 2 7 84 47& 2,R5 51- 90: 5 75 7# 11 1.7.2 8 8 14i 7 17 95 85 2} 9 154 18 all all all. all all 21 all all 100 100 100 all 'all all all 100 all 100 all all a:I all MARLBOROUGII-STREET. THE WORKS FOR TILE SEWERS IN OXFORD-STREET.. Mr. Ladd, bootmaker, of Oxford- s t reet, accompanied by another tradesman residing i n the same street, attended before Mr. Yardley yesterday. Mr. Ladd said the contractor (Mr. Brassey) for the sewers, under the Metropolitan Board of Works, had for the purposes of the works erected a scaffolding in front of his house, and he had to complain that h e h a d on t h e erec tion placed large boards which had be en l et to a bill-sticker for the purpose of posting bills. The boards prevented persons on the opposite side of the street seeing his shop, obstructed his light, and were detrimental to his business. He had spoken to the bill-sticker, who said he had as much right to the place as he (Mr. Ladd) had to his house, as it was let to him. The second tradesman residing nearly opposite the end of Marylebone-lane, said he had also to complain of a similar nuisance, the boards erected for advertising pur poses obstructing his light, so that he was compelled to bunt gas in his kitchen all day, and his shop was hidden from view. Both applicants said they did not, of course, object to the erections necessary for the works, although they were sources of great annoyance, because, being mostly poles, the light was not obstructed, but the boards were a different matter. Mr. Yardley said he did not see how he could interfere, but if the light in either case was obstructed the remedy was by action: - lie thought, however, an appeal to Mr. Brassey's feelings might be attended with a good result. The applicants then withdrew. SWALLOWING A PINT POT I—John Forty and Eliza beth Forty, husband and wife, were charged with stealing a pint pot at the Angel, High -street. The barmaid at the Angel, High-street, St. Giles's, said the man and woman were is the house for some time, and directly after they left she missed a pint pot. The female prisoner was brought back, and on her asking where the pot was, she replied " I swallowed it," and though a strict search had been made it could not be found. John Rogers, 87 E, said he took the prisoners into cus tody, and the female prisoner told him that she had " swallowed the pot." Mr. Tynvhitt remanded the woman, and said he would :ake the man's recognisance to appear on Monday next. THAMES. ROGUES IN TIIE BAKEHOUSE:JR . ITRAORDINARY CASE. —William Jolliffe, aged 25; George John Nash, 24; and William Townsend, 30, journeymen bakers, were brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing four sacks of flour, the property of Mr. James Tozer, master baker, carrying on business at No. 1, St. Anne's-road, Bow 'common, Stepney. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, conducted the prosecution, and said that Mr. Tozer's business was a most extensive one, and his losses by dishonest servants had been very great. It appeared that about 10 or 11 days ago Mr. Tozer missed a quantity of flour, and on Saturday, the 18th inst., Jolliffe left the premises and Nash took his place. On Thursday night last the prosecutor was in his loft over the bakehouse and heard a conversation between Nash and a foreman recently employed by the prosecutor. Nash said, "We have had a b---y game here; we have taken four sacks of flour in a fortnight. It's a wonder the b—y barrow did not break down." He then made pro posals to the new foreman to continue the depredations, whioh the foreman, an honest and respectable man, refused to comply with, and communicated all he had heard to his master. The prisoners were subsequently apprehended. Nash was taken into custody on his master's premises by police-sergeant Poole, No. 23 K. On his way to the station house Nash said, " I will not split on my mate, if I get three months for it." Poole afterwards arrested Joliffe in his own house, No. 10, China-place, Back-road, and there found a flour sack. It was one of those taken away from Mr. Tozer's! promisor. William Cadling, foreman, to the prosecutor, said that Nash told him he and Jolliffe had taken flour away from the loft over the bakehouse. a basket and a sack at a time, and sold it to a German baker in Stepney. The evidence against Townsend was that he was in the employ of Mr. Tozer until a fortnight ago, and that on his being apprehended by a constable, a promise was held out to him by his master under the very stupid policeman's advice, and he then made a confession. _ _ Mr. Selfe said he could not even hear the confession made under a promise, and the police-constable had no right to question a person or extort confessions from him by threats or promises. After some further evidence affecting Nash and Jolliffe, they were remanded for a week, and Townsend was dis • charged. _ . _ Mr. Stoddart, by the advice of the magistrate, said he should have made a witness of Townsend. A BLIND MAN'S PERSETERANCE REWARDED.— About four years ago Thome? Scholefield undertook the arduous task, though stone-blind, of Walking from Man chester to London, and accomplished the journey. The poor fellow's object was to seek to get int o th e Bli n d S c h oo l, and acquire a knowledge of some industri a l t ra d e b y w hi c h toghaoinpeas were livel ihood. On reachingith e metropolis, however, hisfrustrated, for his age an d o th er circum stances rendered him totally in eligible for the benefits of an admission into the London Blind Scho o l. M r. Elli ott, t h e magistrate at Lambeth Police - court, ordered him a sove reign from the poor-box en t he case bei ng b roug h t b e f ore him, but the particulars of his application and his remark able journey having obtained publicity, no less than £l3B , was subscribed by different benevolent individuals for his benefit. With this he returned to his native place, learned skipmaking, and commenced business. H e su b sequent l j invented a gauge with which he c ou ld make skips more perfect, as he said, than "see ing men.,, In the beginning of 1859 he was called upon by two of the Governors of Hen shaw's Blind Asylum, Manchester, and became a teacher of skipmaking in that institution. When, some years ago, he was an inmate of the asylum, he with others agitated for the establishment of an outdoor system of employment. This resulted in their being treated as malcontents and dismissed from the asylum. Scholefield returned to Ath er t on , and was in the workhouse there for six months, and then undertook his remarkable walk to London. About Midsummer last, the Governors of Henshaw's Asylum, having inaugurated a system of outdoor employment, installed Scholefield as first superintendent of the department, at a salary of £65 a year, rooms,attendance, &e, He h as now £157 in, the savings-bank.; AMERICA. On the same subject the Portland Advertiser says: On Thursday a despatch was received from Secre tary Seward, addressed to the United States Marshal and all Federal officers in this city, directing the agents of the British Government to have all proper facilities for landing and conveying to Canada or elsewhere troops and munitions of war of every kind, without exception or reservation. This is in striking contrast with the refusal of our neighbours across the water to allow the arms purchased by the State of Indiana to be shipped, though paid for and ready to be forwarded, and the refusal to allow one of our war steamships to coal at a British port. Secretary Seward is possessed of great suavity of manners that govern both his private and public life; and that always makes a favourable impres sion upon his enemies. We have great faith in the English people, and doubt not that their second sober thoughts will give signs of a peaceful solution of the Trent affair by the next arrival. In regard to an engagement reported to have taken place at Bath, Virginia, a late Washington telegram of the 11th inst. says : The skirmish of Captain Russell at Bath was a brilliant affair. He had been detailed from Gen. Kelly's command with two regiments of infantry and two squadrons of cavalry, and was stationed at Bath. On the approach of Gen. Jackson in com- mand of 6,000 or 8,000 rebels, his scouts gave him . _ notice. He was six miles from the Potomac river, and took the infantry out about two miles and posted them as skirmishers in a dense wood. The cavalry was left to engage the advance of the enemy. An exchange of shots was the consEquence, and the 7 enemy's advance came on and fell into the ambus cade. Captain Russell lost seven horses, captured 13 of the enemy's, and retired with his whole force across the Potomac, with the less of only two men, who were drowned in crossing. This is considered one of the most brilliant manoeuvres of the war. THE BOMBAY AND MEDITERRANEAN AWLS: SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 24. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam £hip Delta, Captain Field, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived. She brings 27 passengers, two packages of specie, value £1,430, also 10 cases shawls, 114 boxes oranges, 59 pack ages sundries, and 1,056 bales raw silk, value £90,000 sterling. The Delta sailed from Alexandria on the 10th; Malta, 14th; and Gibraltar the 18th inst. On the 13th she spoke the steamer Pera, steering south east; 18th, her Majesty's ship Queen, steering east to Malta; 19th, her Majesty's ship Scourge, stand ing northwest; and 20th, steamship Demetrius, steering to southward and westward. From Gibral tar to Southampton the Delta experienced strong gales, with rain and high sea. The usual Egyptian fleet, his Imperial Majesty's transport Mayenne and steamship Gomer, Russian corvette Actpell, and English steamers Morocco and Corinthian, were in the harbour of Alexandria. Her Majesty's ships Marlborough, Neptune, Lon don, Surprise, Foxhound, and Firefly were at Malta. At Gibraltar--+Her Majesty's ships Am phion, Scylla, Alacrity, Firebrand, Procris, and Cuckoo. The Doris, Queen, and Algiers left Gib raltar on the 18th for Malta. The Confederate steamer Sumter arrived at Gib raltar at 7,45 p.m. onithe 18th, reporting that she had sunk one vessel and put a prize crew on board another ship belonging to the Northern States. The Sumter entered the harbour without showing any lights. A part of the cargo of the British brig Sappho, wrecked near Saffi on the 27th ult., had been saved, and every means taken to secure the interests of the underwriters. Her Majesty's ships at Gibraltar had received orders to proceed to the Mediterranean. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 18th says The final settlement of the Spanish-Moorish dis pute by the actual payment of the money due as war indemnity by Morocco to Spain seems close at hand. The loan raised in London, added to a further sum to be paid over to Spanish agents at such of the Morocco ports as the Sultan's Govern ment may designate, will complete the first half of the war indemnity, upon payment of which and the fixing of the new limits at Melilla, it is stipulated that Spain shall evacuate Tetuan." We have not yet heard the result of the joint labours of the Moorish dignitary and the Spanish engineer officers who went to Melilla for the pur pose of fixing the new boundary. The chieftains of the Riff, it is thought, are men likely to turn a deaf ear to all persuasions of their own Sultan to surrender territory to Spain. Their objection may, however, be overcome by the Sultan first buying the land himself, and then handing it over to Spain ; and it is probable that his envoy i s e mpowered to give compensation for the soil which an extension of the Spanish frontier will take from its former masters. The Madrid journals publish the text of the treaty of commerce between Spain and Morocco. It consists of 64 articles, and is substantially the same as that concluded about two years ago between Great Britain and Morocco. T Chronicle of the 16 t h save the Cadiz papers Gibraltarpape rse cnfirm the fact of a protest having been made by the United States consul against the assistance given to the Sumter. The authorities considered themselves bound to afford such aid as was indispensable. The Sumter was inspected by Spanish official surveyors, when it was found that she had strung a leak near the screw. The safety of the vessel would have b een compromised by her proceeding to sea Without stopping the leak, and the Sumter has been permitted to effect " indis pensable repairs" in the arsenal of Carraca. The three vessels destroyed at sea by the Sumter a short time since, are the ship Vigilant, bound from New York to the Pacific for guano; bark, Eben Dodge (whaler); schooner, Arcadia, bound to the Windward Islands. The British ships brigantine Arcadian, 52 days from Liverpool, steamer Ellora, four-and-a-half days from Southampton, and steamer Ann, eight LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. The Canadian screw steamer Norwegian, Captain M‘Master, from Portland (Maine) on the 11th inst., via Londonderry, arrived in the Mersey about 8 o'clock this morning. The news by this arrival has been generally anticipated. The Portland Argus of the 11th, in an editorial on the rumour that the Washington Government had agreed to let English troops pass through the State of Maine en route to Canada, says:— We therefore hope the tender has been made, and we feel sure that our fellow-citizens, upon a moment's reflection will come to the conclusion that such an act would not only be becoming in one great nation towards another, but that it may be of vast conse quence in soothing tempers already irritated by false impressions, and in allaying the growing bitterness of feeling that has been so unfortunately fostered by indiscreet short-sighted persons on b )th sides of the Atlantic. In a postscript to this at iicle the Argus says— After the above was in type, we L -r3 - from perfectly reliable source, the fact that pet mi has been given for the Hibernian, the next steamer due at this port, and which has English troops on board, to enter our harbour, and for the troops which she brings to pass over the Grank Trunk Railway to Canada. We learn also that the tender of per mission has been made in terms so courteous and unreserved as in themselves to carry an assurance that the Administration has the utmost confidence that the peaceful relations of the two countries will not be interrupted. The Hibernian is under instructions to come to this port, land her mails and passengers, and then return to St. John, New Brunswick. As at the time she sailed the state of things in this country could not have been known, the commander of the troops probably has no instructions in regard to availing himself of the courtesy tendered, permitting him to pass through our territory, and may not, there fore, feel at liberty to accept it. But whether he does or not, we are quite sure that the friendly courtesy will be duly appreciated by our English cousins. O' BRIE ship your part, as time and distanet, the interest in the afithr s your communication, and I have L,. to complain that you gave it to the press . reach my hands. The subject is not private, but a pug, one. You had a right to suppose that, if the advice yot felt constrained to give was wise, it ought to be publicly known ; while if, from want of recent knowledge of Ame rican affairs, or any other cause, it was unwise, the intelli gent masses in Europe and America, whose consideration it should receive, would be able to discern the error. " You would hardly expect me, even if official restraints were removed, to discuss with you the questions you have raised. I the rather send you a copy of such public papers as I have had occasion to write recently upon the condition of affairs in the United States. You will find therein the reasons which explain my own position, which is in important respects so different from your own, namely that society on this continent could encounter no reverse o its progress so disastrous as the division of the American Union. It would be war henceforth, continually, and for ever. So also I think that society in Europe has no evils before it equal to what would result from a revival of am bitions on the part of European States for dominion across the Atlantic. You view the dangers of war very differently from myself. While I believe war waged without neces sity and without motive, is not only a calamity, but a crime, I think also that the State which is just, equal, and tolerant in its government, as the United States, by force of their political constitution and their set tled convictions and habits, must always be, can and must bear with wars unnecessarily forced upon it by sedition within its jurisdiction. We shall never, with my consent, make a war unnecessarily or unjustly against any foreign state. Standing always, not only in the right, but upon the defensive, we shall, while our virtue lasts, be ade quate to defend, maintain, and preserve institutions, the subversion of which could not increase the freedom or the happiness of one human being in the world, either in this generation or in any that are to come. "No, my dear air, if you would promote the cause of America, of Ireland, of Great Britain, of humanity itself, speak and act in every case, and without qualification, for the American Union. " I do, indeed, know that too many of my countrymen, heated by passion, think and feel differently ; but for me, who have not only seen but felt, in every hour of my life, and in every condition, the inspiring and elevating influ ences of such a political constitution and such a country, without seeing a single act of injustice committed on any one, or suffering a single injury myself, there can be but one loyal wish —namely, that I may die, as I have lived, a citizen of the unbroken American Union, and may leave to those who come after me, as we received from those who went before us, all its honoured institutions, unimpaired and reinvigorated.—l remain, my dear sir, yours, &c., " W " To Smith O'B r i en, Esq., Killiney , lLLlAM H. SEWAR D . co. Dublin, Ireland." A SERGEANT -MAJOR'S ACCOUNT OP THE VOYAGE OF TEE GUARDS. We (Plymouth. Journal) have received the fol lowing letter from a sergeant-major Ist Battalion Grenadier Guards, on board the Adriatic, to a friend in Devonport, which will, no doubt, prove interest ing to our readers : " Halifax, Nova Scotia, 3d Jan., 1862. r " Dear Old Friend, —After encountering the dan gers of the deep for eleven days and nights, I find myself in Halifax. People in the Old Country (Yankeeism) say, Go to Halifax f and to Halifax I have gone. Oh, —, were you ever sea sick ? If you were not I hope you never will. I suffered frightfully, and, I am afraid, not with the stoicism of an Indian. We had 1,400 men on board, stowed away something like pigs, all on top of each other. Then the rations were anything but inviting. Tea! God forgive me for calling things by their wrong names, for I verily believe it was nothing more nor less than a tar rope suspended in a boiler of water, with a small portion of sugar in it. The chocolate I can say nothing about for not one in ten drank it. The pea soup, the first day, was something awful ; some companies got all peas, and the others a hind of liquor. The soldiers on board (like the Persian army, under Darius, which drank the rivers dry) attacked the water barrels immediately after in good force. The adjutant, after they had emptied one barrel, ordered them away from the second; they would not go, but were mutinous enough to cry out, ' Throw him overboard' They then brought the hose to play on them, which soon cleared the ways. They were raging mad with thirst. The cooking, altogether, was abominable ; not suf fleient boilers. The duff,' commonly called pud ding, which was supposed to be for dinner, was generally boiled during the night, and issued out before breakfast ; it so stuck to the teeth you could not get them cleaned for an hour after. I was tolerably well up to Christmas Eve, when it com menced to blow a gale. The gale continued the whole of that and Christmas Day, and the day fol lowing. A more miserable Christmas I never passe lt d s .N ho o u t g a h pat ; Belagot a sniff of a enteredmy lips goose for from he the three t days, saloon. Then I thought of Home, sweet Home. The voyage, altogether,asilay in w bed,aslon t e h ly si I Ishtohuoludglhike to thought the other morning, hear a baby cry, just for novelty's sake. On Sunday last we were on the banks of Newfoundland, and intended putting in the following morning at Syd ney, Cape Breton Island, for coaling, then, if possi ble, up the St. Lawrence, only we chanced, most fortunately, to meet the Persia (which had taken out the Ist Battalion 16th Regiment) returning from the St, Lawrence. She made her way as far as a place called Bic, and commenced landing her troops. Nine companies were safely on shore, when the ice drifted down in such masses that she was driven from her moorings and obliged to make out to sea, with the company and all the baggage o n board. She left behind six of the ship's boats and twenty of her crew. Hearing this, we gave up the thoughts of trying to ascend the St. Lawrence, and, in company with the Persia, arrived safely in Halifax Harbour on Tuesday last. It appeared in h Chronicle of to d ay, that the Parana te was lost at the mouth of the St. Lawrence, h av i ng on board the Scots F us ili er Guards, and o ther troops, but it turned out to be false. They are now at Sydney. We are now taking in coal, and expect to leave on Monday for St. John's, New Brunswick, then ove r l an d to Quebce, upwards of 300 miles, part by marching and part by sleighing. Each officer will have carried for him 401bs. of baggage only. It i s f r i g h t f ully cold here ; you can see nothing but ice and snow, and sledges flying from one part of th e t own to another, each drawn by one miserable animal ca ll e d a h orse,w i t h a couple of bellsjingling round his neck to give notice of his approach. Thi ngs are genera ll y very cheap, meat particularly-21d. per lb. ; lobsters, Id. each ; sugar, 10d, per lb. ; rum, 6s. per gallon ; elothes very dear. The ladies appear in monster crinolines. The wea ther is so severe that I dread the journey, but I hope to be there by the end of the month, with a letter from you awaiting my arrival.—Ever yours, " Ist Battalion Grenadier Guards." A deputation from the Associated Societies (Metropolitan and Provincial) of the Beer and Wine Trade, introduced by W. Scholefield, Esq., M.P., had a long in terview yesterday with Sir G. Grey on the equalisation of the licensing system. THE SHORT TIME MOVEMENT IN LANCASHIRE. -- The Manchester papers publish elaborate returns of the short time movement in Lancashire, of which the follow ing is a summary : —The returns embrace almost the whole of the districts in which th e c otton man ufacture is carried on in the north of Engl an d, including Manchester. The number of mills and factories is 1,17 4 , employing 25 7,392 average ar number of 3 or fully Si operatives. There are, in round num bers, ab ove 69 ,000 working full time, 161,600 working s hort tim e, and 27,000 hoursentirely worked without by thoseemployment. o short i s days per week. The proportion of operat ives working full e a time is very much greater in M anchester and Bolt on th an in any other place. Excluding these two towns the num ber of hands in full employment in all the other districts would stand at 45,000, instead of 69;000. Dividing tho total number of hours worked during the week by the tot al number of hands, employed and unemployed, the average would be about 381-3 hours to each per week. days from Cardiff, had severally arrived out at Gibraltar since the 15th inst. Gibraltar exchanges were quoted on the 18th : London, 90 days' date, 49 to 49Z ; Paris, sf. 25c. ; Marseilles, sf. 26e. ; Genoa, of. 29c. ; Madrid, eight days' sight, par ; Cadiz, dis ; Malaga, k pin. ; Seville, dis ; Alicante, dis ; Valencia, pm. ; Barcelona, pm. ; Spanish pillared dollars (Fer dinand), 211 per cent pm., no demand ; ditto (Caro lus), 22 per cent pm., in demand ; silver five franc pieces, k per cent pm.; Mexican dollars 3 per cent pm. Freights without change. SETVARD'S REPLY TO MR. 62111771 The following letter has been received by Mr. Smith O'Brien, from the Hon. Mr. Seward, the American Secretary of State. Mr. O'Brien, in for warding the communication to a Dublin journal, expresses his belief that it has been written with a view to produce an impression on the public mind of this country, amt on that account he does not feel himself at liberty to withhold it from publi cation : " Washington, Dec. 28. "My dear Sir,—l have received your letter of the 2d "tuber. It is a pleasant circumstance, in these and anxiety, to know that the generous friend -s so long ago formed between us has on my ~w n, survived the accidents of moreover, for rr,-nnted •11 = N -"" t t ;~ -.~:.: ~ stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 20i 20 100 100 stock stock stc A stock stook stock P