The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-20 00:00:00

1110 EY 211 (-1 AND WTI NEIVS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets dur ing the last few days have been moderately active, I,nd full prices have been obtained for most of the principal staples. Tea has been in demand, the better qualities showing a slight improvement. Per sugar there has been an active inquiry, British West India descriptions having advanced in price. The demand for coffee has been brisk, and full rates have been obtained for plantatioa Ceylon. Rum has been more inquired for in consequence of the Go vernment wanting tenders for 100,000 gallons for the navy. A steady business has been trans acted in rice and saltpetre ; the latter article, how ever, exhibited an advance. For tallow the demand has not been quite so active either for consumption or on speculative account. Prices, however, re main steady. _ _ Account; from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market, yesterday, closed quietly, and 7,000 bales were disposed of at previous rates. In the Railway Share Market rather more activity prevailed, and prices had an upward tendency. The Stock Exchange will be closed on Monday, the 26th inst., by order of the committee, and arrangements are being made so that a general holiday may be observed. Lloyd's will probably be closed at 2 o'clock, and at the various banks the attendance of clerks will be reduced as much as possible. Nearly all the private establishments 'will be shut. The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have re ceived, by way of the United States, advices from G. S. Whitehead, dated Mexico, the 19th ult. Senor 11rbano Tovar had been named Minister of Finance. The Government papers contain a long and laboured defence by General Marquez of his conduct in seiz ing the conducta. His plea is merely the necessity of paying his troops, in order to tarry out operations against Colima and Tepic, both occupied by the Constitutionalists. Mr. Mathew had taken .up the question most strongly, demanding immediate restitution and damages. But although the greater part of the funds was the property of French and Spanish sub jects (the latter under the French protection), the French Minister in Mexico had declined to join in this demand, on the ground that Gen. Marquez had written to him direct on the subject. After the ar rival of the letters by the New Orleans steamer, on the 9th, it was also reported that the French Go vernment had disapproved the conduct of Admiral Renaud in not having carried out the instructions of the French Minister in Mexico, against the Go vernment in Vera Cruz, and that another squadron Was on the way out which would be under the direct orders of the Minister. Such at least was the current report. The complete defeat of Dellogado by Mira mon at Queretaro, on the 14th ult. as well as the taking of Zacotecas, by Woll ; and of Oajaca, by Cobos, are confirmed. It had lately been whispered that overtures had been mede by the more mode rate of the contending parties, intended to lead to an arrangement of the questions in dispute, but on the 19th ult. it was stated positively that General Miramon had utterly rejected all these overtures." A steady business is reported in the discount market, although there is less activity in the gene ral inquiry for accommodation. Previous rates, however, are firmly maintained, as the discount houses are not disposed to part with their money on easier terms, when there is a probability of re newed activity during the next two or three weeks. At 21 per cent., however, first-class bills are readily negotiated, and on the Stock Exchange loans can still be obtained on teems ranging as low as 2 per cent. The Stock Exchange markets closed yesterday afternoon with a very depressed appearance, owing to some speculative sales, and the receipt of lower prices from the Paris Bourse. This morning con tinued flatness was apparent, but the Funds now show a recovery of about 1 per cent. Business is very much curtailed, and the market is easily influ enced by a few sales or purchases. Consols are 9 51 t. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced have receded to 951 1, and Exchequer Bills to 28s. 31s. prem. ; India Debentures (1858) are steady at 97; ; ditto (1859), at 971 ; ditto Loan Stock, for account, is 104 1; and ditto Enfaced Paper, 961. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is inac tive, and prices exhibit no alteration of importance. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 761 to 771 ; ditto Now, 631 to 64 : 1. Rassian 3 per Cents. have receded to 651. Dutch 4 per Cents. are firm at 100. Danish 3 per Cents. are marked 84, and Equador 131. The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares are 1 I premium. The settling day in these secu rities is fixed for the 23d inst. The Universal ditto are j 1 prem. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been limited, and but few variations of im portance have taken place in values. Eastern Counties, Brighton, North Western, and Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln advanced ss. South Western declined 10s. ; Caledonian, Great Western, and Midland realised former rates. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings are flat. Lombardo-Venetian have declined ss. ; Grand Trunk of Canada; 10s. to 155.; Great Western of Canada, ss. ; and East Indian, 10s. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares' .have shown no particular variation. London Joint Stock declined about 53. ; and Bank of Egypt, 55.; Electric Telegraph, Red Sea Telegraph, London Discount Company, and National Discount Com pany brought previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. 3 tor Cent. Reduced Annuities 9sk 1 I aa New 3 per Cent. Annuities ......... 95 1.1 i Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860.... Ditto for 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 171 i India Stock Ditto 6 per Cent. — Ditto Enfaced Paper Ditto Debentures, 1858 Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto nnder £l,OOO ' ousels for Account (Jan. 10) India Stock for Acounnt — Ditto, 1869, 5 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 2B 31 Ditto £SOO Ditto Small, 11d . FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. 1852 Ditto 41 per Cent. 185 S 1 Chilian, 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per cent Danish 3 per Cent., 1825, Equador New Consolidated Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 41 per Cent. Ditto, 3 per Cent., 1859 6sk 6/ Spanish 3 per Cent hDitto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Venezuelan 21 per Cent 29 Ditto Accoant .. Dividends on the above payable , in London. D itch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent... Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. ........ 100 THREE O'CLOCK Consols, Money — Ditto Account (Jan. 10) According to a Post-office notice, issued yesterday, th.ila mails will be made up in the General Post -offico for Lisbon, Capo de \rads, Pernambuco, Bahia, and Rio do Ja neiro, to b e sen t to the steamer Brazil, which is appointed to leave Milford Haven on the 24th inst. Also fur Lisbon, Cadiz, and islogadore, 'to be sent by the steamer Amazon, which is appointed to leave Gravesend on the 9th proximo. A Paris correspondent of the Independence Beige States that a young girl, a descendant of Racine, has been brought up at the expense of the Dramatic - Authors' Society of that city ; but the cost of providing a fitting career for her being too groat for the funds of the society, they have determined to open a national subscription in her behalf. T he Emperor has subscribed 1 0,000 francs, the Empress 6 .000, and the Prince Imperial 1,000. The girl's name is Naomi Trochu. ABOMINABLE OUTRAGE ON A YOUNG GIRL =4n LEEDS.—About six o'clock on Saturday evening, a Vrl, 12 years of age, named Catherine Lcng, daughter of Mr. Wm. Long, of Chapel Town, near Leeds, was met in the high road,near the police station, by a dastardly scoun drel, who seized her and asked her if she had got any money. She said she had not, upon which he told her she would have to accompany him. She said she would not , and be g an to cry. The ruffian then drew a knife from his pocket, and saying if she made a noise he would kill her, he dragged her ia across the road, p as t th e po li ce s t a tion, to the end of Back lane, and the re cut off all her hair with a pair of scissors. H 0 was villain enoug-h also to take her hair pads. The man, who is described as being of middle height and of gentlemanly appearance, with moustache and beard, then Made off in the direction of Leeds, Ile . can be identified. * -- Aianchester .Examiner. Share; 13.14 Stow], Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock stock StoCk Stock Stock Stock 12 Stock Stockl Stock Stock stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 10 Stock Stock iIi,IRKETS.-( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways: fi 64 8 Ri 78 79 lli 12j 64 7 102 104 03 P3l ei .7 8 84 71 81 14 15 52i 69i 39 41 27 29 8! 83 30 301 99 100 106 107 94 96 133 135 111 113 69} 091 60 62 202 206 161 174131 16 174 90 100 65 67 114 115 134 144 98} 081 1 I d 9I a 0 8 84 9 391 38 109 1094 86 89 10 11 all 100 31 100 100 59 61 34 I d 82 614 941 951 14 1 d 48} 481 784 70 10 4 7 1 3f d 13.4 94 35 37 103 04 3 lag i 69 1 i i Closing Business Paid. Price. 58& 9 81 i 100 9 1 9f / P f 05, 114 1 1 i 1 14i 131 14 9i 98 11i 98 71 81 74 384 4 9 84 4 1094 4 9 Amberz., Not,t infr. -Bost and Eastern Junction, lac.lfaAt and Baliymena ! Bir., Wol., and Val ! and Ch. Juno ! Blackburn !Myth and Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Conn.! Bristol and Excter ! !Caledonian iCork and Bandon ! i C ar marthen & Cardigan Cork, Blkrock4Passag,e Cornwall A roves. no div until6p.c.per an ! Do. A Do. B hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin andßelfast June. iDun.,Perth,&Abr.Junc East Anglian !Eastern Counties !Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw. A. (I te. E.U3d s) East Suffolk Do ,Edinburg and Glasgow ! Ed in., Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow& South Westn IGreat North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South. & Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.ltail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. Lon.,Brighton 4r, S.Coast Lond. Chat. and Dover London & North Westn' Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd; Newry & Armagh (oef.) Newry, Warpt., & Roe Norfolk North. Counties Union North British ,Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.—Aree.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenp dB Do. B Stock North -E tistn.—Tierwiek Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London North Staffordshire No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sitthwbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&ltiv.Dun Staines, Wok., & Wek Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale !Do. Preference, No. 1 Thameslia.venDk&ltall Ulster Do. I Do. Vale of Neath Victoria Station & Pim Waterford & Kilkenny (Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall AV-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class PRIEFEREN Share ) Railways. Paid. Blythe and Tyne 1C per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon 210, 41 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. leork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent Dun. Perth,& Aber. Jun E.Angn. Class A 7& spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent .... &S West. a. 5 pc. I Great Northern, 5 p. et. Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.e. Redm.,s pc. pm Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf G t.Sn.& W (Ireland)4 p. et. pref. Stock 'Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 41 pct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. et. prof Do Binning. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do. Barn sl. St .£5 3sledpc Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. 0. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. et Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. do. 41 per c. shares ILond. Chat. and Dover Lon.& N.W.Cov.&Nun enton, 5 p. et. Lon.&S. W, 7 p. et. stock, late ad shares Londondy & Cole, 1 shs Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh llan.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 31 ner cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. Niaryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Stock 12.10 8 tocV 50 Stock , Stock' Stock Stock to ' Stock' Stool Stool Stoc: Stool Stool Stool Stock Stook 12i 12 1 Stock 6 Stock 10 12i, 12IT Stock Stock Stock, 6 Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock! Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock all I 100 Do. Slid. Con. 6p. c. Stock 1 Do. Con, Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. 1 Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock 1 Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & llit.pref. st. 1 Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s 1 p. c. redeem, at 5 p. a. n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh ares Do. 5 p.c. Ext.Stock,lB46 1 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 1 I Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 l North British, 5 per cent I Do. New, gua. 5 per cent l Ntli.Dev.Rall.& Date°. I N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. I Do. Consol. Pref. 4p. c. I Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. ' Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Po. York, H.& S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. Redeem., 2d gua Do. Irredeem., 2.1 gua. Rhymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pt Scottish North-Eastern 31 pore. pref. stock.... Do. Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do .41 per cent De. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is iic,uth Wales, gua. 4 p.o Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 'Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e Do. 11 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent.. 8k Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.0. Stock' stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock 100 100 100 100 100 7 81 14 16 117 119 29 30 83 86 47 49 34 24 d 43i 444 83 64 72 74 62 64 6 8 354 364 551 d 24 i 31pp t 33 643 6 61 95 i 41 151 15 i 83 i I i i rARIII - 8. Closing Price. 96 98 102 104 or) 102 .12 115 105 108 Ll 4 116 Ll 3 115 128 180 84 86 110 112 90 02 76 77 .15 117 [lB 120 [l2 114 [O6 108 86 88 98 99 98 100 89 91 91 93 102 103 18 10i 17 18 101 101 75 78 20 21 10 104 15 154 439 141 10 11 .25 130 88 i 70 1 it IP [39 141 [O2 104 95 I 96 n, 10 10, 11 113 10 112 91 93 97 99 1 pi 23 24 125 127 125 130 117 120 73 75 120 122 10 I 24 247 103 104 102 104 84 87 285 294 33 34 3'41 33i 56 59 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. I p aid. l Leasing Closing Businsis Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchlei Buckinghamshire Chester & Holyhead ! Do. do. 5i p. ct. Do. do. 5 p. ct. Clydesdale Junction , Colchester, Stour Val E Union,ll arwichShs Do. Woodbridge Gll.Barr.&Neils,Drct. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dok.&Rail. Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lon don SiG reenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Lowestoft, rue. 4p. ct Do. 0 per cent Manc.,ltuxtn. :Matti Mid. Brad ford Prefer ence Stock Newroarkt..lluryEx gnarantce 1 5 p. c. NorthnA Eastn. 5 p.c Do. do. 6 per cent.— Pb. Pixed 5 per cent. North Western Preston and Wyre. I Do. shares ......A., Roys tn,l I itch.,& Shep Shr , :w3bry& 11, , reforil Do. Do. Sonib Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Share Dooka. Stock ICommercial Stock I Do 4 pQxCent.Prei Stock I En.gt and West India Stock London Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock Victoria w 110 New api•emeasaass.t Ln& N.W Ln& N.W ,Do. Do. Do. Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt. North. E. Counts. IC al edotiin ' ;Do. ;Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Norfolk Do LN W&M 2f 2; Midland . E.Counts Do. j Do. j Do. Midland Lle N ~icL.Yk.j Do. (3 t.Nort h Brassoy 9S 100 P 57 69 14 14i 137 139 103 105 P lO4l l i 104 11 p 93 95 71 84 51‘Clcan Gt. West ll,.&Brgtn ICKS. Paid Closing Business Pa"' Price. Done. 104 _166 99 100 , 50 51 123 125 ,114 116 103 105 16 17 139 141 41 110 112 64 (Iti 1115 120 1 95 97 TUE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, i 8694 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. >hare Railways. raid. l Closing I p r i ce. Zulus'; doss 100 S tk Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. Boin.,Baroda& Cent.lnd all 100 86 88 go. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and L ake Huron Do. New 94 1004 17t lt d par 41 bid 100 1 100 Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874' Clcutta. S.S. E as trn. Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, qu. 5 p. c Do. I` Shares Ext all all all }lOO 100 1. 3 0. 17i 20 Stuck Do. Jubbulpore D 0.45 p.c. Bd s. pay. '5O Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs. G eelong& Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Prof Do. 6 percent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 Do. do. 1567 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. New, gua.s per cent Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. ''/3 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar. 45 p. c Do. do. guar., cent. Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Do. do. . Sto. I Stock' Stook Stook Ale11)1 Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.share.. Do. do. Land d 0... Do. do. B. Capital do. Do. do. Land d 0... !28. 6d. all all all }lOO all 100 I 1R 11 18 se. all 15 5 } all 18 Oude (Limited) 'cinde Do. New ,:: , Do. Punjaub o. Indus. St. Flo 4.7 t. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 51 61 par i p 1i 1 d id I il 1021 1031 par i p par }p AIL" 20 20 id 1 p # #d id 1 p 87 i 84 71 8 71 891 id ip 103} 21 3 'AYS. 421 11 3 96 bk 73} k 8 85 751 5 73 4 1011 k 1 131 11 101 FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Balt.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graiseessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Grand Rue. Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France GL Luxem., Con. shy Italian Junction Lake Constance & gals Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Lieze Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Paris, Lyons, and Medit Paris and Orleans Etecife& S. Fran. (Pere.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Ri&Ta and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse. Do. 5} per cent. Pref Southern of France ' West Flanders Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. dr N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand COLONIAL GOVE Securities. `an.Clov.tsp.c Ja.& July Do. 6 p.c.ra.&Aug. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. N.11.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct N. S.W. Goy. sp. c. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up ovaScobiaGor.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 .Aus.Gt.6 pc.Jau&July ict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. MISCELL. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . `Berlin Water Works British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C Canada Land Chan.lslauds Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.otEng.&Smltg Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Do. f, p. c. Perpet. Deb Electric Telegraph Do. New English k Auct. Copper Gen. Steam Navigation. Great Ship (Limited) Indian & Aust. Telegr London District Telegr London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg. kied. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount C.. retterl an del Land lo 8 p.e.Pref.,iss.at ldis. I.ltr.&NoraSeotiaLandi f.B.Australasian(Lim.y Iriental Gas )o. New Shares irientl. In. Steam, A Ditto B Ditto C Peel River Land & Min. Pen. & Oriental Steam. Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot.Austrin.lny.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip. Do, do Registered T r. & of Upr. Can. Van Diemen's Land 100 101 19 21 41 43 95 96 73 74 85 87 75 77 73 75 1001 1041 d par 4d 13% 13% 7% 6j d 98 102 98 102 98 102 92 95 91 93 100 102 90 94 f I d i 41 41 I v y ,1 22 21 1 i f d 41 4} 111 251 26i 7 71 22 3pi 8 8 1 . t 20t 38 39 9 10 . 37 374 55 67 &d 2d 6& 7 9 9} 21 22 5, 51 94 10 22i 23i SECUR: Closing Prices. 116 i iiii 114 116 114 110 111} 112} 1011 102 101 102 101 1C42 111 113 113 116 bol t 111 no; It [l4 15 180 210 33 34 9} b 35 37 19 21 13 16 [O7 110 8 9 236 24 16 1 51 5 101 103 105 97 parl l 111 It I 1 d C it f 1 4 5' 1 1 - _ i 1 d ll 50 54 78 80 11 13 PI 22 2 4 i 6 7 50 52 125 135 36 38 1 1 1 12 13 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TRIS DAY.) SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) RENDER V. MAXWELL-SINGULAR ACTION ET A PRINTER. Plaintiff is a printer, and defendant an advertising agent, and proprietor of the Welcome Guest, Town Ted/c, and The Family Friend and Economist. Mr. 0. B. C. Harrison, as counsel for the plaintiff, said that the present claim was £lO for a scrap-book, supplied to the defendant under the following circumstances : Plaintiff Ind from, time to time fora number of years col lected scraps from various newspapers, and, after classify ing, had arranged them in the form of an interesting book. There wore history, biography, facetire, and matters of public interest relating to Ireland and Scotland. For instance, there was " Peel's First Attempt at Oratory ;" " The Death of Miss Biffin," a celebrated portrait painter. Mr. Phillips (defenda.n't counsel)—l thought she was a lady who was celebrated for her want of arms. His Honour—Did she paint ? I thought she wrote with her toes. (Laughter.) Mr. Harrison—She painted miniature portraits, and very well, too. His Honour , —l dare say a great deal better than they paint them now. Mr. Harrison—Then here's a wife costs but a trifle, and yet she often turns out a little dear. Now defendant, knowing that plaintiff was posgessed of this vary useful col lection, applied to him, and plaintiff sent it, an agreement being made that it should be either returned in a week or purchased. After many applications for the return of the book, plaintiff wrote that he should consider defendant had purchased it.. - His Honour—l am of opinion that you cannot go on as the summons now stands. There was no contract to buy, and you can't thrust tho book on to tho defendant, and say if you don't return it by a certain time you must keep it. Mr. Harrison—Your Honour will hear that the book has been used by defendant, and that certain pages of matter havo been abstracted. Many letters were read, and in one plaintiff had demanded his book by a certain time. Seven weeks afterwards it was sent home, and defendant had expressed his 'egret for keep ing it so long. Mr. Maxwell was called by his honour, and said that he never told Mr. Reader to make the collection. Ho received the book in the ordinary course of his business, and took it home with him. He never used a line in any of the periodicals under his control, and had not cut out any of the paragraphs. . Plaintiff said that defendant did ask him to make the collection, and that the book had been mutilated since it had been in defendant's possession. _ _ His Honour thought that the book could not be looked upon as copyright. It was a collection from periodicals, and perhaps there might be something from one of defen dant's own papers. Mr. Harrison said that the book had boon detained a long time. Mr. Phillips—lt would be very hard upon Mr. Maxwell, as editor of a periodical, and one who receives a hundred packages in a day, to bind him down in this way. His Honour—lie is in the position of any other editor, and if he uses must pay for it. He thought that plaintiff could not claim £lO for the damage, but the matter would be put as one of special damage, and as defendant had kept the book for seven weeks beyond the time that plaintiff urged him to return it, he must pay 75., or ls. per week damage. Mr. Maxwell—lt is very hard. His Honour—You must stick up in some conspicuous place, "Manuscripts will not be returned, being left at the author's risk." POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(TBIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGII-STREET. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A WlFE.—Francis Imberti, a tall man of respectable appearance, an interpreter at the Hotel de Provence, Leicester-square, was placed at the bar be fore Mr. Boadon, charged with attempting to murder his wife, Louisa Imberti, a respectable-looking female. Louisa Imberti, the wife, said she lived with the prisoner at 3, Blue Cross-street, Leicester-square, and last night about nine tho prisoner came home, having been drinking, and asked her for money, but seeing he had been drinking, she refused to give him any. He then took a pair of razors in a case fro►n a drawer, threw her on the bed, held her down, and swore ho would " mark her." She struggled desperately with him, and ho then struck her a violent blow in the eye, several others about different parts of the body, and gave her such a severe kick in the private parts that she could scarcely walk from the pain.. She then called for help, and some of the lodgers and the police came to her assistance. lie was always very violent when under the influence of drink, and she was sorry to have to appear against him. Mr. Hazen, the landlord of the house, 3, Blue Cross street, said he hoard screams of " murder" proceed from the prisoner's room, and• went for a constable, being afraid to enter the room without ono. Tho wife produced the razor, and said the prisoner had attempted to murder her. He saw marks of violenco on the wife's face, and under stood she had marks on different parts of hor person. The room was in the greatest confusion, the bedstead being broken and the other furniture also. in answer to Mr. Boadon, the witness said they had only lodged with him seven weeks, and this was the third oc curronco of the sort. He fully expected in his passion that he would kill the woman. Luke Jeffery, 49 C, said ho heard cries of "police" and "murder," and on going to the house found the place as described by the last witness. Tho prosecutrix gave the prisoner into custody for attempting to murder her with a razor. He dared him to enter the room, but seeing he was resolved on doing so, and that a second constable had then arrived, he wont quietly to the station. He saw the mark on the woman's eye, and she complained of having been otherwise ill used. The wifo said be had been at the court before for another assault. The prisoner's defence was that she would not give him any money, and that sho was too extravagant, and that she was not his wife. Mr. Boadon said here was violence committed, and cries of " Murder" having brought the whole of the people in the house up to the prisoner's room. Tho woman has marks on her face. She says you not only strike her about the face, but on parts of her body that could not be soon, in addition to which you kick her on her private parts. You think that by saying that she is not your wife that that will go in mitigation, and that being so she has no remedy, but if that is even the case, she is more in your power, and must be protected. Committed for two months, with hard labour. THAMES. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—A most incorrigible thief, Jane Griawood, a stout, dissipated woman, about 37 years of ago, was charged before Mr. Yardley with stealing a large and valuable swing looking-glass, with marble stand, from the shop of Mr. Joseph Harris, broker and furniture dealer, No. 41, New-road, St. George-in-the-East. The prosecutor, a foreigner, who is very heard of hear ing, said that he opened his shop this morning at 9 o'clock, and after he had done so he went to the parlour at the back of his shop to warm his hands. He did not hear any one enter his shop, because he was rather deaf, but he heard a gentleman calling out to him, and upon going into the shop he was informed that a woman had just left it with a look ing-glass. He missed one, and went after the prisoner, and overtook her in Denmark-street with the glass now pro duced in her possession. The prisoner said she did not steal the glass. A woman wont into the shop and took it and gave it to her to carry. Mr. Yardley—That only shows you had a confederate. You come from York-street, Marylobono. What brought you here ? Inspector Dendy, of the H division, and Inspector Beare, of the K division, said the prisoner had given a false ad dress, and was an incorrigible thief. She was in the practioo of going into houses and stealing anything sho could lay her hands upon. Sergeant Cox, 45 C, said the prisoner had been twice summarily convicted of larceny, and was once sentencod to one month's imprisonment, and once to two months' imprisonment. There wore also other summary convictions against her. Mr. Yardley.—Has she been convicted by a jury? Cox—l believe not, your Worship. The prisoner, after many evasions, said she was guilty of stealing the glass. Mr. Yardley—l now convict you of larcony,l are ever brought hero again I will c omm it you for trial. I now sentence you to six months' impri s onment and hard labour. and if you GREAT FIRE IN DUBLIN. —A most destructive fire broke out about four o'clock yesterday morning at the Hibernian or old gas works, in Dublin, and was still burn ing at nine o'clock. Some of the hands were then missing. The cause of the calamity was not known. FATAL OCCURRENCE AT BILLING SG ATE.—Yester day afternoon a melancholy accident occurred to Jas. Hen ley, a fellowship porter, by which he met with an instan taneous death. The unfortunate man was unloading a vessel laden with sprats, and was walking along the gang-board with a load, the board being covered with ice owing to the constant dripping from the wet fish, when he slippt.d, and pitched head foremost into the hold of a vessel that was empty, falling heavily upon his head. Assistance being at hand he was immediately taken on shore to the Antigalli can Arms, Darkhouse-lane, where a surgeon was promptly in attendance, but life was extinct. Information was for warded to the coroner of the melancholy event. ATROCIOUS ATTEMPT TO DESTROY TILE LIFE OF A CILILD.—On Wednesday evening, about 6 o'clock, a woman, were proceeding rifleman, u i t n h s company e i a t h n d a y m o , h u n e n g near the Sandbank, op positeattracted by the cries of a child. Upon making search, they discovered a female infant child apparently about twelve months old, lying on tho beach. The tide no doubt would have carried it away, had it not been for this fortunate dis covery. The inhuman parent had left it exposed to the inclement weather without anything to protect it except a small chemise and a napkin. The poor child was conveyed to Mr. Eastman's house, where it soon recovered under the kind treatment bestowed upon it. The police, under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Chase, are endeavouring to discover tho perpotratu gf this atrocious act. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven e'Clock. THE HON. HUGH BOTIrEr AND EIS LATE WIFE. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OP PERJURY. At the Westminster Police Court, this day, the late wife of the Hon. Hugh Rowley again appeared in compliance with a summons granted on the application of Mr. Rowley, calling upon her to answer to a charge of per jury alleged to have been committed by her in the recent case in the Divorce Court, in which she sought and ob- tained a decree granting a dissolution of marriage on the ground of cruelty Mr. Metcalfe appeared on behalf of the lady, and Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Orridge for the Hon. Hugh Rowley. The lion. Hugh Rowley was 'then called, and further examined by Mr. Orridge. He said—speaking of the journey from Frankfort to Mayence—l never threatened Mrs. fLowley, during the journey by railway, with personal violence. I never pinched her ; it is utterly untrue to say I did. I never kicked her or struck her at all during the journey. I never, while we were at Boulogne, where the hair was alleged to have been cut, threw a loaf of bread at Mrs. Rowley. During 1853 I think Mrs. Rowley was staying with Lady Langford. I cannot be sure of the date. 1 never used personal violence towards her. It was after our visit to Ryde that we went to Ireland. It was in 1853. 4110 We went to Dublin, and from there to Dun dalk. I left Mrs. Rowley for three days with her sister, while I went to the latter place. I returned, and then took her with me to Dundalk. When I took her there she was free to go out, as my brother offi cers can testify. Mr. Metcalfe—You had betternot mention them, without you mean to call them. Witness—l mean to do so. T never beat my wife at Dun dalk. It is utterly false to say I prohibited her going out while we were at Dundalk. She told me she was constantly annoyed by Col. Smythe making love to her. She said she was much displeased:with him, as hewas such a gay old man. There was no court-martial held on my conduct, or any such thing as a sham one. I wish to explain. Miss Rosa Bishop, my wife's sister, came over to stop with us in Ireland. She used to walk with one or two officers of my regiment. Mr. Julius Sartoris was one of the gentle• men who used to walk with her perpetually. In conse quence of something that occurred I became aware that my wife had stated that I had been in the habit of boating her. I was afterwards called up to a room in which there wore 10 or 12 officers, and Captain Heaviside was sitting at the head of them. Captain Heaviside said, " Rowley, we hear that you have been beating your wife." I told him it was untrue, and said if he did not believe it he had bettor seelMrs. Rowley ; he did so, and Mrs. Rowley denied it. Magistrate—Were you present when she did ? Witness—No ; Captain Heaviside told me she had denied it. J then remonstrated with Miss Rosa Bishop for the rumours about my beating my wife, and she left our house the next morning. The letter put into my hand is in Mrs. Rowley's handwriting. [The letter was here read (with out date) ; it was from Mrs. Rowley to Lady Langford, and having informed her ladyship of [several unimportant items, went on to allude to a circumstance which " Dear Z ooy " would explain.] I did not leave the army in consequence of anything arising out of that so-called court-martial. I left in consequence of pecuniary difficulties. From Ireland I went to Rottingdean, and from thence to the continent. Mrs. Rowley joined me at Brussels. I never ill-treated or beat Mrs. Rowley. I swear I did not most decidedly. At Brussels we stayed at the Hotel Bellevue, and we also took a house and kept our own servants. Mrs. Rowley had the same maid-servant with her the whole of tho time we were in Brussels. I never confined her to her room. I never prevented her communicating with her maid or her friends in London. I state mist distinctly that I never dictated tho letters Mrs. Rowley wrote from Brussels. On our return from Brussels we went to my mother's house, and from there to Torquay. My servant had left, but Mrs. Rowley had the same maid. We stopped at Torquay about six weeks, and from there we went to Dawlish. While we wire at either of those places I never beat or locked her up. I never prevented Mrs. Rowley writing to her friends, although she has stated that I did so. At Dawlish I had borrowed a sum of monoy of one of her sisters, Miss Mary Ann Bishop, now Mrs. Turner, and I was served with a writ for that money. I had bor rowed that money before I became of age. It was to be paid out of my money in the Court of Chancery. I came to London to attend to the writ, and was there informed that Mrs. Rowley was packing up the whole of her things to come to London. I wont to the railway station, and there I found• that she had come;te London from thence in the guard's van with her maid. I asked her why she had come to town, and she said she had had an invitation from her mother. I said, " How jolly for you." I asked if she had brought up my things ; she said yes, at the same time showing mo a very small portmanteau. I asked her to call at Lady Langford's and take tea; she reluctantly consented, and I thorn unpacked the portmanteau, and found she had left half my things behind. . - _ By the Magistrate—l heard from a person at Dawlish that my wife was coming to London. That was in 1855. Witness--While we were at Dawlish we wore in lodg ings. There was no reason for her coming to London. I did not leave her without money. We lodged at Beech House. Mr. Metcalfe—Be kind enough to fix the time when you came from Dawlish to Sloane-street. Witness—l can't say. I know it was cold weather. Mr. Rowley was at 69, Sloane-street twice, but I was there only once. I read the writ I have alluded to then, and I accused mylwife of giving the information where I was to be found. Mrs. Rowley told me her mother had invited her, but— Mr. Metcalfe—We must have the mother if you want to know that. Witness—When I went to Mrs. Bishop's, the servant said, " Lor ! Mr. Rowley," and my wife said " hush." I did not, while my wife was living in Upper Berkeley-street, push her down, when she struck her head against the fen der. I most distinctly say such a statement is untrue. She was sitting at the piano playing, when I remarked, " You are playing false," in an angry tone. An altercation arose. Mrs. Rowley flew into a violent passion and struck me with something on the arm. I cannot say whether it wasa pistol, but I perfectly recollect hor saying, " Ilwish the pistol was loaded that I might shoot you, you brute." Sho then went into one of her violent fits, and fell—l don't know where. Captain Lambert was sitting near the fen der, and I know he had to walk two or throe steps to pick her up, so I can't see how she coull have struck her head against the fender. _Mr. Sleigh—Don't argue ; only answer the question. Witness—During the whole of the time I was away from my wife she received money—my money—from my mother Lady Langford. _ Mr. Orridge—Do you know that she received the money ? Mr. Metcalf:—Lady Langford will be the bet person to speak to that. A receipt for £3O from Mrs. Rowley, through her solidi tor, was then put in and read. Witness—l never, during the quarrel I have just spoken about, once touched or pushed her in the slightest manner. A short time after this Mrs. Rowley came to me at my lodgings, 42, Clarges-street. She used to stop two or three hours. I used to take her out to theatres. 1 used to take her home, remain at her lodgings all night, and then re turn to Clarges-street. In May, 1856, a deed of separation was talked of. A letter, dated May 22, was here read from Mrs. Rowley, declining the offer of £l.ooo as the terms of separation. Witness—l had nothing to do with drawing up the deed of separation. It was drawn up by a solicitor, and I certainly named the sum of £l,OOO, but Mrs. Rowley refused any thing under £3,000. During the whole time I was living with Mrs. Rowley, I state most decidedly I never beat or ill-treated her in any way. I supplied her with money, through my mother, Lady Langford. After we agreed to sep s arate in 1856, I paid no more money. I know £1,400 was paid to the trustees of Mrs. Rowley of money belong ing to me in January, 1858. Mr. Metcalfe—The raoney she had a right to by an arrangement before the marriage, in consequence of your being a minor when the wedding took place. You tried all you could to prevent it. Tho money was in Chancery, and you resorted to law proceedings to prevent her getting it. Mrs. Rowley got the £1,400, but you had had £2,000 of hers, which you spent; so after all, she only got £1,400 for her £2,000. Mr. Orridge (to witness)—ls it true that you were pre sent in the Court of Probate, peeping through a curtain while tho proceedings relative to the petition of Mrs. Row ley for a dissolution of marriage were going on. Witness—No, certainly not. I arrived at Westminster hall a quarter of an hour before the decree was made in the Divorce Court. I told Mr. Gustard I wanted to go in as I had heard the nature of the charges made that day by Mrs. Rowley. I wanted to go in and deny them. Mr. Gustard advised me not to do so, as he said there would be a scene in court, as Mrs. Rowley would throw herself into hysterics, and then there would be no divorce. I went into the court certainly for a short time, but I did not remain peeping through a curtain. Mr. Metcalfe—l wish my learned friend would fix upon the letters he intends to use in this case, and then let me have them, as it would most certainly shorten my cross examination if I know upon which of these letters he re- lied. Mr. Orridge—lt has already been intimated that the letters can be road by the learned gentleman who appears for Mrs. Rowley. Mr. Metcalfe-Yes, quite so; but I should like to have the originals in my possession for a short time. Mr. Orridge—Wo will furnish you with copies. Mr. Metcalfe—l think my request for the letters ought not to be refused, the more so as one of the reporters had some of them in his possession to copy. There is a consi derable number, and it will take up a great deal of time to do as my learned friend proposes. Mr. Paynter—lt is very wrong that letters, after they have been made evidence, should bo handed over to a re porter. It is irregular, and I request it may not occur again. The letters certainly cannot be all copied by to- morrow. Mr. Rowley—l cannot attend to-morrow. Mr. Sleigh—We had better, then, say Thursday for go ing on with the case. The further hearing of the summons was then adjourned till Thursday, by which day Mr. Metcalfe, the counsel for Mrs. Rowley, will be furnished with copies of the letters. The Court was crowded to excess during the whole of the proceedihgs. LONDON GAZkIT.E-(THIS EVENING). FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George Henry Leavenworth as Consul at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, for the United States of America. The "Gazette" of this evening contains the Speaker's warrant for the election of a Member of Parliament for the borough 'of Reading, in the room of Sir Henry Singer Keating ; and for the city of Durham, in the room of Wil liam Atherton, Esq., at the end of fourteen days after the insertion of this notice. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DM 20. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Surgeon Donald Sin clair, from the Staff; to be Surgeon, vice Moline, who exchanges. 7th Light Dragoons—Captain Alfred Eastfield Wilkinson, from the 9th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Bul keley, who exchanges; Lieutenant James Giles, from the 14th Light Dragoons, to be Lieut., vioo Viscount Roy ston, appointed to the 11th Light Dragoons. Bth Light Dragoons—Captain Robert Dunmore Napier, from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Mon tagu, who exchanges ; Cornet Walter Tuckfield Golds worthy to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Haymes, deceased. 9th Light Dragoons—Captain Robert Stanley Williams Bulkeley, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Captain vice Wilkinson, who exchanges. 11th Light Dragoons—Captain Horace Montagu, from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Napier, whe exchanges. Military Train—Captain Henry Miller, from half-pay late Land Transport Corps, to be Captain ; Captain Joseph Harris, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain ; Lieu tenant J. Watson, from half-pay late Land Transport Corps,. to be Lieutenant ; Lieutenant George James, from half-pay late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieu tenant ; Lieutenant James Pettigrew, from half-pay late Land Transport Corps, to be .Lieutenant; Lieutenant James Malley, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieu tenant ; John Matthew Benthall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Neville, who retires ; Lieutenant Isaac Cummin to be Adjutant. Tho commission of Lieutenant John Taylor, as Adjutant, to be antedated to the 4th November, 1859. Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet- Major George, Lord Bingham, to be Captain and Lieu tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Burdett, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant Edward Strelley Pegge Burnell to be Lieutenant' and Captain, by purchase, vice Lord Bingham ; the Honourable Vesey Dawson to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Burnell. 15th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Eccles Dick son to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robinson, who retires ; Ensign George Luck to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Dickson. 18th Foot—Lieutenant 11. G. A. Vicars, from the 61st Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hallowes, transferred to the 25th Foot. 25th Foot—Lieutenant A. C. Young, from the 61st Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. 29th Foot—Ensign William Boycott to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gordon, promoted ; Ernest Augustus Prideaux Brune, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Boycott. 36th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Maunsell Le Mesurier to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Hill, promoted. 58th Foot—Ensign Thomas Egerton Jones to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Hingeston, promoted. 59th Foot—Ensign James Dillon Macnamara to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Statham, who retires. 60th Foot—Ensign Charles Louis Constantine de Robeck, from the Bth Foot, to be t nsign, vice Trotman, pro moted. 61st Foot—Ensign Frederick John Fane to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Gordon, promoted in the 25th Foot. 64th Foot Quartermaster-Sergeant Alexander Ross to be Quartermaster, vice Sears, who retires upon half-pay. 76th Foot—Cornet John Packwood, from half-pay late Land Transport Corps, to bo Quartermaster, vice Coghlan, appointed to a Depot Battalion. 81st Foot—Brevet-Major J. B. Flanagan to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-C Aonel Allan, promoted in the 25th Foot; Lieutenant Stanley John Lowe to be Captain, without purchase, vice Flanagan ; Ensign William Henry Warren to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charlton, promoted. 100th Foot—Lieutenant George Bell Coulson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lake, who retires ; Ensign Constan tine McDougall Moorsom to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coulson. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant John Belamy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Scott, who retires. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Brevet-Major William Charles Vanderspar to be Major, by purchase, vice Campsie, who retires; Lieutenant Thomas George O'Donoghuo Hervey, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Vanderspar; Ensign Charles Mesham to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hervey. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Edward Vanrenen, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Randell, promoted. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment —Ensign Arthur Bare brick Mitchell, from the Royal Newfoundland Companies, to be Lieutenant, vice Ansell, cashiered by sentence of a General Court Martial. Royal Newfoundland Companies—Sergeant-Major Wil liam Cavanagh to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mitchell, promoted to the Royal Canadian Rifle Regi ment. INVALID DEPOT (Chatham)—,Captain James Fitzller bort De Teissior, from half-pay, 6th Foot, to be Captain, vice James Pope, who exchanges. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon James Pritchard Moline, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Surgeon, vice Smith, who exchanges. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. The promotion of the undermentioned Veterinary Sur geons of the First Class to be Staff Veterinary Surgeons, to be dated Nov. 4, and net July 1, 1859, as stated in the " Gazette" of the 4th ult. : J. W. Gloag, from the Military Train. Matthew Poett, from the Military Train. James George Philips, from the 10th Light Dragoons. Thomas Hurford, from the 12th Light Dragoons. PURVEYORS' DEPARTMENT.—Purveyor's Clerk, First Class, George W. Rippon to be Purveyor to the Forces, vice Teller, who reverts to the grade of first-class clerk. BREVET. Major-General Sir Wm. Mansfield, K.C.8., to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General in China. Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. Friend Hopkihs, C. 8., of the Royal Marines, to be Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the Army. Lieutenant-Colonel George Walkup Congdon, retired full-pay Royal Marines, to have the honorary tank of Colonel, under her Majesty's Order in Council of Nov. 13, 1858. Brevet-Major'John Augustus Todd, of the 14th Ligh Dragoons, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Major Henry W. Evans, of the 9th Bombay Native In , fantry, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Major G. S. Montgomery, of the 14th Bombay Native Infantry to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Captain James Fitz Herbert De Teissier, Invalid Depot at Chatham, to be Major in the Army. Brevet-Major James Fitzllerbert De Teissier, Invalid Depot at Chatham, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Captain Joseph P. H. Crowe, of the 10th Foot, to be Major in the Army. Captain C. W. Bannister, of the 2d Bombay Light Cavalry, to be Major in the Army. Captain Frederick Macgowan, of the 10th Bombay Na tive Infantry, to be Major in the Army. Capt. M. J. Soppitt, of the 12th Bombay Native Infan try to be Major in the Army. Capt. Henry Birch, of the 31st Bombay Native Infantry, to be Major in the Army. Quartermaster John Sears, 64th Foot, having retired upon half-pay, to have the honorary rank of Captain, un der the Royal Warrant of Dec. 17, 1855. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the death of Lieut.-General Nicholas Hamilton, Colonel of the 82d Regiment, on the 12th December, 1859 : Major-General Sir James Charles Chatterton, Bart., Colonel of the sth Light Dragoons, to be Lieut.-General. Brevet-Colonel Arthur Cunliffe Van Noiten Pole, In specting Field Officer of a Recruiting District, to bo Major General. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel William Robert Halliday, Major 36th Foot, to be Colonel. Brevet-Major Honourable Fenton John Evans Froke, Captain en half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain William Bayly, ith Foot, to be Major. The Commissions of the undermentioned Officers of Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces to bear date as follows : Lieutenant-General Joseph Harris, Bengal Infantry. Aug. 29, 1859. Lieutenant-General John Tulloeh, C. 8., Bengal Infantry, Sept. 11, 1859. Major-Gen. Thomas David Carpenter, Madras Infantry. August 29, 1859. Major-General Thomas Alexander Augustus Munsey, Madras Cavalry. Sept. 11, 1859. The undermentioned promotions to take place in her Ma jesty's Indian Forces consequent on the death of Lieut.- General James Morse, Bombay Infantry, Sept. 20 ; Lieut.- General James Kennedy, C. 8., Bengal Cavalry, Sept. 26; Major-General Thomas Dickinson, Bengal Infantry, Oct. 24; and of Major-General John Graham, Bengal Infantry, Nov. 27 : Major-General Richard Powney, Bengal Artillery, to be Lieut.-General. Major-General George Edward Gowan, C. 8., Bengal Artilery, to be Lieutenant -General. Colonel Robert Thorpe, Madras Infantry, to be Major- General. Colonel James Scott, Bombay Infantry, to be Major- General. Generale.l Ch ar lton Holl, Madras Infantry, to be Major jorC-Goloonneeral undermentioned Hewetson, Madras Inf antr y , to be Ma hn o radian Military Forces retired ao. The underentioned 00affifeuller-sp:yf, h to er ha l‘ ; l e nj a .es s t t y op 's of ld rary rank as follows : Colonel James Templeton Brett, Madras Cavalry, to be Major-General. Lieut.-Colonel Archibald Robert John Swinton, Bengal Infantry, to be Colonel. Lieut.-Colonel John Butler, Bengal Infantry, to be Colonel. Lieut.-Colonel Henry Adelphns Shuckburgh, Bengal Infantry. Lieut. -Colonel Jasper Higginson Bell, Madras Engi neers, to be Colonel. Major John Campbell, Madras Infantry, to bo Lieut.- Colonel. Major Alfred Thomas, Bombay to b Infantry, e Lieute nant-Colonel. Captain William Edmund Hay, Bengal Infantry, to be Major. Captain Lawrence Johnston, Madras Infantry, to be Major. Captain Henry John Manley, Madras Infantry, to be Ma or. The name of the officer of the Bengal Engineers, pro moted to the rank of Major, in ;the Gazette of Nov. 18, 1859 is Gulliver, and not Gullwer, as then stated. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. County of Salop—William Layton Lowndes, Esq,, .to be Deputy-Lieutenant; John Ralph Ormsby Gore, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. Oxford University Rifle Volunteer Corps—Mr. Frede rick Symonds, Oxford, to be Surgeon. City of Bristol Rifle Volunteer Corps—John Selwyn Payne, Esq., late 14th Regiment, to be Major, vice Savile, resigned. 2d or Eastern Regi►nant of Norfolk Militia—Lieute nant Robert Arthur Rising to be Captain, vice Wood, re signed. 2d Sussex Pada Volunteers—Warden Sergison, to be Lieutenant. 6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Henry Richards Gent to be Lieutenant. Ist Lancashirs Artillery Volunteers—Daniel Rowlinsgn Ratcliff, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 2d Lancashire Artillery Volunteers—Samuel Sharman, Esq., to be Captain; Charles Jones, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. 4th Company of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers—Edmund Whitaker, N. 8., to be Honorary Surgeon. 13ANKRTJPTCY ANNULLED. John Louis Grosse and James 'Thomas Biaidley, mer ♦hants, Moorgate-street, City. BANKRUPTS. Charles Muston, watch case maker, Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell, to surrender Dec. 30, and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joseph Benjamin Latchford, hosier and glover, Fleet street, City, Dec. 28 and Jan. 26, at one, at thz Court of Bankruptcy. Thonias ° Buss, chemi,t, Market Harborough, Leicester shire, Jan. 12 and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Samuel Mason, lace maker, Basford, Nottinghamshire, Dec. 30 and Jan. 24, at half-past eleven, at the shire Hall, Nottingham. John Cartwright, innkeeper, Nottingham, Doc. 30 and Jan. 24, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Eliza Parry, timber dealer, Liverpool, Jan. 5 and 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. William Douglas, wool merchant, Glasgow. James Wood, draper, Brechin. Neilson, King, and Company, malleable iron manufac turers, Port Dundas, Glasgow. Alexander Cameron, commission agent, Glasgow. Archibald Kelso, farmer, South Thunderguy, Isle of Arran. Robert Nicol, brewer, Dundee. Alexander Mackay, merchant, Milton, Ross shire. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tuts DAY. Amsterdam ' Short. 11 13 11 13 Ditto Rotterdam — 11 151 11 15 Antwerp Brussels — '25 25 2.5 30 Hamburgh. Paris Short. 25 •71 25 15 Ditto Marseilles — 25 321 25 37/ Frankfort on Maine — 117 1171 Vienna Triesto Petereburgh — , 341 34 Madrid — 49 49/ Cadiz — 49 50 Leghorn — 30 /71 30 32} Genoa — 25 421 25 47 Naples Palermo — 121 121 Messina — 1211 1211 Lisbon - 5 2 Oporto Rio Janeiro • • Foreign Gold i n B ars (St an d ar d) :...per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) fl 0 5 2 South American Doublons 21118 DArs MARKIS2'S. HAY MARKETS. SurrnnEtn.—Meadow hay, £2 103 to £4 4a ; clover, £3 10s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 108 per load. Supplies moderate; trade steady. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 4s ; clover, £3 10s to £5 53 ; :and straw, £1 5s to £1 108 per lead. A slow demand. WILITECRAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 4a; clove), £3 15s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. Trade dull. 13; ltt Business Done. Share! Stock Stock BRITISH MINES. -- Share Mines. Paid. Closing Basilicas Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 49 61 20 British Iron Clifford — 290 300 Devon a Cons. (Tavist ) 1 440 450 "" East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 1174 1224 C— East Caradon E. WI Russl (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 13 131 14 131 GamASLAubyti(Gwen ) 549 61 ' 63 Great South Tolgus.. 17s 14 141 G.Wheal Alfd.( Phil:wiz . ) 12.4.2 1 14 —G. Wheal Vor(Heleton) 91 4 Grenville 5 39 4 Herod's-Foot B. 22 23 Hingstori Downs 4.3.6 44 5 41 1 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) 9l 50 55 North Downs North France s Rogan) 10 5 51 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 9 10 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 5 6 6 Par Consols (St. Blazy). 11 11 12 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 45 47 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. lOs I SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 14 250 266 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 35 c- S .Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 165 175 Stray Park 18.18.0 201 211 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l 21 31 3 10 Tin Croft 9 41- f 51 Vale of Towel , (Carm ) 12s 6d d 9 West Basset (Illogan) 1 171 18 171 West Seton W. Caradon (Liskeard) lO 72 75 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 55 175 185 •e - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 105 110 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 6 11 11 . Wheal Kitty(U. Lelant) 1.7.2 121 131 Wh'lMaryA nn Oreille) 8 34 36 WWI Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 29 30 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 15s d par 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 271 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 19 20 191 5 Do.L and and Miningeo. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... # d 40 Cobra Copper all 48 49 Coplapo l6 74 84 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming,.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 25 26 3 Linares all 104 111 5 Lusitani an 1 Mariquita all 4 1 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10s. par p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 5 7 5 Port Philip 1 4 I 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 108 id 4 p 28.2.81 United Mexican JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing I Business r Share Joint-Stock Banks. !Paid. Ti Oe. Done. 100 !A gr a&Un Ite dS ervioeßk 50 40 ,Australasia all 81 83 25 :Bank of Egypt all 221 231 221 4 100 'Tank of London 6O 50 52 40 :Brit. Col. Itk..t LoanCo all 60 British North American all - 20 IChtd. Bank of India, be 18 191 201 25 ,cll.lll - er.ol In. Lon.&Ch: all --- 191 20 100 City 5O 65 66 100 Colonial 25 20.11 ,Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 iCommercial of L.ndon 2O 194 204 191 20:191 20 End Scot., & Aus. Ch all 171 18 20 Gen Ilk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.llk.ofAustral. all 224 234 224 50 London and County - 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Westminster 2O 50 100 Nat. Prov. of England 35 I 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .11k. Corporation all 384 304 394 # 20 iOtteman Bank all 171 181 100 'Provinci a l o f I reland 10 'Do. New 25 'Sollth Australia 25 Union of Australia all 504 4 50 Union of London l2 284 291 29 100 Unity Mutual .. \ GO .... —1, 124 3 4 ITII4B. Business Done. 102 1& 1005 i .54 COLONIAL. TEl.—There has been more activity in the demand, and prices have tended upwards. Good black leaf Congou realises is 5.1 d to 1s 71d per lb. SuoAn.—The market remains firm, previous rates being current for all the better qualities. The transactions, how ever, have not been extensive. In the refined market a fair amount of business has, been done in the common descriptions. COFPEE.—A rather active inquiry has been experienced for most descriptions, and good and fine Plantation Ceylon has slightly advanced in value. Rum.—Owing to the issue of a Government contract for 100,000 gallons, there has been more inquiry for Leeward Island, the price of which has slightly advanced. RlCE.—There has been a fair inquiry for East Indian qualities, at fully former prices. SALTPETRE.—The market is steady, previous quotations being fully maintained. TALLOW.—A moderate business has been transacted for home consumption, but speculative business has been dull. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 58s, and spring delivery 57s 6d per cwt. COAL MARK' (Prices of Coal per Ton at 5. d. I ET—DEC. 19. the dose of th• market.) Walls End. Byass's Bebside West Hartley . .15 9 Grey's West Hartley— 15 8 Buddlo's'West Hartleyls 9 Davison's West Hart- v. d. Keiwr Grange 2O 3 Henri Hall 19 6 Kelloe 2O 3 Framwellgate l9 6 South Hutton 20 9 South Hartlepool. 19 9 Whitworth 15 6 Barton Byron 2O 6 Russell's Hetton 20 3 Tees. Hutton.... Benson 18 6 Cassop Trimdon Thomley 18 0 43—Sold, 30. ley .15 9 Clark's West Hartley-15 9 Wylam ' l5 9 West Wylam l4 6 West Hartley 15 9 Bower's West Hartley 15 9 Hastings Hartley 15 II Holywell 15 9 Walls End. Belmont . lB $ Ships at mark, THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 20.—Wind this day at noon, Light breeze from S. to S.E. The frost continues. PLYmount,lDec. 19. Wind, E.—Arrived—El Mun dens, from Cuba to Bremen, with damage from collision in the Start; H.M.S. Nile, from Queenstown; H.M.S. Eme rald, from Deal ; Triton, from Sunderland for Hong Kong, to stop a leak. Sailed—Elizabeth, for Gambia. POUTSMOUTII, Dec. 19. Wind, S.S.W. to S.W.— Sailed—H.M.S. Prometheus, for Portland. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, Tuesday Morning. A large paddlo-wheel steamship has just anchored in the Sound. She is painted black, with white topgallant bul warks, has two funnels, and a white bird figurehead. The ship shows a white flag, with diagonal red cross, and a coat of arms in the centre, and is supposed to belong to the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company. SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived.—Oak, from Montrose; Gazelle, from PlymoUtik; Ceylon, steamer, from Alexandria ' • Three Sisters, from Guernsey; Wonder, steamer, from Jersey; Valelia, from Shields; Transit, United, and David Legg, from Sunder land; Calumet, and Water Witch, from Soaham ; Char lotte, from Guernsey. Sailed.—Havre, steamer, for Havre ; Courier and Ata lanta, steamers, for Jersey. LivEurooL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S. Arrived, Dec. 19—Scotland, from Buenos Ayros ; Lent., from Newfoundland; Turia, screw steamer, from Barce- Lona. Sailed—Lady Havelock, for Savannah ; Salopean, for Barbados ; Olinda, for Gibraltar. Arrived, Dec. 20—Bald Eagle, from Shanghai; Hardy, from Demerara ; Niagara and Delfthaven, from New Or leans ; Noemie, from Chmleston ; Montreal, from Quebec ; Sea King, from New Orleans. Sailed—Sandusky, for Savannah; British Queen, screw steamer, for Havre; Pelican, screw steamer, for Dunkirk; Hamburg, screw steamer, for Bordeaux. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPII.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.; tide, last hour's flood;' weather clear and frosty. Arrived, Dec. 19—Rubin, from Moulmein ; Providence, from Gravelines. Arrived, Dec. 20—Sophia, from Wendersborg. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind W.S.W. ; moderate. Passed—lt. C. Dyer, schooner. from South Carolina, for London. Anchored—Brothers, for Cardiff; Dominica, for Domini ca—both from London. ; Providence, from Lisbon, for Domi nica; Eugenia, from Sheerness, for Naples. Put back—City of Delhi, with the rest of the outward bound that sailed yesterday. A letter from St. Petersburg states that the Em peror of Russia has ordered the establishment of six schools in six different places in the Caucasus, and has decided that the Russian language, writing, arithmetic, geography, histOry, and drawing shall be taught in them. He has also decided that in each school there shall be 420 Pupils -245 of them to be maintained at the expense of the State, and 150 of those 245 to be natives, the remainder children of Russian functionaries. DISABILITY OF WITNESSES.—The Massachusetts Senat3 has adopted an amendment to the laws which re moves the disability to receive the testimony of atheists in its courts ot law. The amendment provides that " every person not a believer in a religion shall be required to testify truly under pains and penalties of perjury." To this an amendment was adopted as follows :—" And the evidence of such person's disbelief in the existence of God may be re ceived to affect their credibility as witnesses." The latter clause of the amendment was adopted by a vote of 10 to 7. The vote upon the amendment, as amended, was 13 to 13, and it was adopted by the casting vote of the president The traffic on the South Coast Railway between Brighton and Portsmouth was entirely suspended all the forepart of yesterday in consequence of a. very severe fall of snow, which took place on Sun day night between Arundel and Chichester. It was near the Ford station that the greatest depth was met with, where it was a little over 4 feet ; and it required the united exertions of about 100 of the company's servants to free the up and down lines in order to restore the communication between the sta. % tions mentioned, which was not effected till the afternoon. The first up -train from Portsmouth west due at Brighton at half-past 8 o'clock in the morn— ing, and some anxiety was felt respecting its delay till a telegraphic message from Arundel explained the cause. Snow has fallen very thick at Worthing and the neighbourhood, and can be plainly sten from the cliff at Brighton ; but at the latter plate, where the cold has been very severe during the past few days, not a flake has descended. Heavy looking clouds are flying over the tow' a , and accounts from almost every quarter around tr .ention that the ground is covered with snow. IGI 100 100 li 100 all all all all all '/ 12; [Ol 2 76 i I 14] 1031 1251 Stock 6 took 100 Stock all all all all all all all all all all MEN' Paid.l 100 all all all 6 28} Si 5 121 & 1171 111 114 11 1 of