The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET. CITY NEWS---THIS DAN . CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Stock Exchange, Corn Exchange, the Mine -I,.ng-lane mar k ets, an d many o f th e p r ivate estab . 11 shments b e i ng c l ose d, ver y littl e business has been tr ansacted in the city today. The arrangements made for the purpose of observing a holiday as much as possible have been successful, and operations will not be actively resumed until Monday. There is less inquiry for discount accommodation r 0 -day, b ecause the i mme di a t e re quirements have alre ady been provided for; the quotations, how "er, are very steadily maintained. Notice h as b een g i v en that the guaranteed inte rest at the rate of 6 per cent. on the Ottoman Rail- I(117 paid up shares will be payable on and after the Ist proximo. An extraordinary meeting of the London dis '°not company has been convened for the 7th Jan. _ call of L 2 10s. has to be paid by the 28th Feb. the shares of the Gray's Chalk Quatries Com- Pany. It BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ...ir. , .-. ua tock 2321 NeePer Cent. Reduced Annuities Cent. Consols Annuities 921 1 / ~ per Cent. Annuities taut Stock 2251 x d for opg. Ditto 5 per Cent lOBl Ditte Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 95 z i tto 5 per Cent Ditlo 5 1per Cent, z 1 "Lo Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 1001 Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 1 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 Dittoßonds £l,OOO 26 D itto unde r £I,OOO Exc hequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent.... 10 9 B r FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. aZilian 5 per Cent BDitto 44 pea Cent., 1852-58-60 uenos Ayres 6 per Cent 9Bl V.Ptian 7 per Cent 951 6 1 G r itto, Second Issue / e e,, x 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupms l6l 1 14 1411 15 per Cect. (Maremmana Railway) 751 6 zican. 3 per Cent 1,. ti•Liato Account I, l) oriah Imperial 5 per Cent 411 vian 41 per Cent. 1 . 30 , Ditto 1862 , l 'ulgliese 3 per Cent., 1853 mitt° 3 per Cent., 1862 1,. , -.Atte Scrip, £2O paid , 4l pm Atinsian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850: 941 s Ditto 5 per Cent„ 1862 94 I Pallia. 3 per Cent (~ D itto Passive Danish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto per Cent. 1858 D i t to Account 7Ol 1 I 'lto Paid-up Scrip eneauela, 3 per Cent D itto'Account. . Dividends on the above payable in London, THREE O'CLOCK. Ditto lots, 921 1 - Mcd 7 Account% Jan 8 SHIPPING----THIS DAY. 1p2, ---01 c, Dec. 26.—Wind thi s day at noon—North 11dy. strong breeze, and fine we ather, but rather FA L iit w ot;TH, Dec. 25.—Wind N.W. —Arrived—Glas- Iro n n from Belize • Forsyth, from New York ; Phoenix, liayanna h. 6 0 4'zzi•rsTowx, Dec. 24.—Arrived —City of Man chester, Nv steamer, faom New York. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAFII.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. t r f i ved, Dec. 25—Crest of the Ocean , from St. Michael's. 41, 1- rived, Dec. 26—Treaty, from Dunk irk ; Furet, Lionne, and Maria Aline, f rom Gravelines. okled—Bonnie Amelia, for Brest. DEAL, Friday Morning. V, 4 Anc hored—Wellington, for Adelaide ; Harmony, for I,„;u l —both from London; Avondha, from the westward, liondon. •ATTRxr d a , --PTED SUICIDE BY A PUBLI CAN.—Yester ze an attempt at suicide was committed by Samuel Wright a Years of age, a licensed victualler, of East Acton, Mid dlesex. A heavy tall was heard in his room, and on the ates entering they found that he had inflicted a fright gash in his throat with a razor, extending nearly from ear to ear. He was removed to St. George's Hospit al, but le litt hopes are entertained of his recovery. No cause is b een for the attempt, but Mr. W ri g ht, it is said, had in a desponding state of mind for some days past. THUNDERBOLT AND MIRACULOUS ESCAPE IN 1 110YDART.—During the violence of the late storm in the 'kegs of Scotland, Mr. Reid, farmer, Inverguserau—one of t he principal tenants on the estate of Knoydart, belonging L° Mr. Baird—had retired to rest, when the house was s truck by thunderbolt, and split from top to bottom. The e 4 on which Mr. Reid was lying was blown to the ceiling, "4 then came to the ground, while the bedroom door was ternfrom its hinges, and dashed against the w indow . Mrs. Reid was in an adjoining apartment, and in a state of the litlaest alarm she hurried to the rescue of her husband , but a stair ever which she had to pass having been riven away ii„ tile lightning, the poor lady fell into the wine cellar e i a agh the opening. Every pane of glass, bottle, and piece i t c rockery about the building was smashed to pieces, aud s 4;:: f ew moments the house became a total wreck. On ne having been procured, it was found, strangest of I,'„, 4at Mr. and Mrs. Reid and the servants had miracu -4f,-"Y escaped w ith a few trifling scratches ; bu t the y had st ' etw ards to flee for shelter and protection t o their relatives ru in the Island of Skye.—Glasgow Herald. In the p r i sons o f Vi enna there are at this moment te ve „ editors—Messrs. Grass, Friedemann, Keipp, Delp fog' a nd undergoing imprisonment of various terms s v r BB offe nces , an d Messrs. Naschelsky and Leskorec ng their t r i a l s . It is to be hoped these gentlemen a r e t 'I subjected to the barbarous treatment to which Max Fad, e ditor of the Wanderer, describes himself as having tes t i re , d ' The account he presents o f his p rison experience alike a p age out o f N ea politan history under Bom be. THE FEDERALS ARE TREATED IN TEXAS. N io " Irouston Telegragh, a Southern journal, writes as lo s k wB ' — " We have been permitted by the Governor to ab oi ."er the a o nis official accounts of the discovery of the secre k j u ,, t ! ti ell orgation in Northern Texas, and the quic sh l ea meted out to the traitors. A jury of twelve good e t , n sse are anspanneled in each county, and the guilty parties sp e r°ll ght before it I , and the evidence taken. tis in Ia case so conclusive that there is no getting around it. Gainesville 22 have been hung. Trials ar e now going in all the counties. ,, t e T he 40th d raw i ng of the 3 per Cent. and 4 p er e 5. Credit F onc i er Bonds has just taken place. No. e 3 ' 65 the first d raw n, gained the premium of 100,000 E; u ,5 ,„ 2 3 0 14 1 50 ,000 f.; 69 , 569, 40,000 f; 175,159, 30,000 f.; 6,029, 4f. 148,602, 10,000 f. ; and Nos. 106,619 ; 31,614 6 13 119 O; • 162,972 ; • 25 ,350; 5,237 ; and 154,241, met eacic : . a Ik i eIIItI STMAS RITES.—The association of kissing tey mistletoe is supposed to come from the Sca ndinavian to kit il i e e t i o ° r• It was with an arrow fashioned o ut of a bough that Loki, the evil one, slew Balder, the hire f Pri gs , t h e b a l e f u l paras it e h av i ng a lone, by its insig 'lee and s eem i ng f ra ilty, escaped the oath which wa s vaeaed on all other things belonging to earth, air, fire, and e i ri not to harm the fair young god. All nature mourne d b st et tte jlY the death of Balder, that Hela consented to re niotL'ira ; and the mistletoe was then consecrated to his moth er in order to prevent its being again used as an in it 'eat of mischief. Friga being the Scandinavian Venus, k elt - i ea sY to se e h ow ki ss i ng u nder the mistletoe came into ail 01 ° 4 . Lest th e occas i o nal scarcity of the plant should at ts se " ee k the popula r ity of the pleasant rite, the maiden s With te make " kissing bunches" of evergreen s, decked veil. ribbons and oranges, which it was said did just as bla re ; • °lir own. days kissing 4, under the rose" see ms 11 favour.—Once a Week. /1 Perthshi re Advertiser records the death of a 4 hnstone, who kept a small shop for a quarter of a Sh„ ll , l Y at Alyth, an d who expired on Tuesday morning. 'led in th e c h a i r i n w hi c h s he rested herself and slept Period o r inlly 20 Years, never having been in a bed for that long COLONY OF VICTORIA.—The Sydney Herald the following telegram from Melbourne : /. 4 4011cl aY, Octob er 20, 8 p.m.—The Melbourne and Mur ."iver R a il way opene d t o Sandhurst to - day. The Three extra and a large number of people were p resent. extra trains were required for excursionists. The t ac ipPa ge of Wittkowski, Brothers, large speculators in to co, is a nnounced. Liabilities £50,000 ster li ng . It is o,"llxed that se cure d cre dit ors w ill g ive bills for 15s. in "•'" Pound, and take assignment." CURISTAIAS -DAY IN LONDON.—The air yesterday 'wa g a s Mild as i n A pr il, an d the sun sh one w ith a l m ost -Ler ma 4 er heat and brilliancy. The streets, however, were , aI 4 :P and dirty. The churches were well attended in the and the thoroughfares wore filled with throngs of lif . P` e . In the forenoon the in-pensioners of Greenwich Pi b ta], nu m b er i ng near l y 2,400, were mustered and in ectA s Pd - y the lieutenant-governor of the institution. After g „ ten "'n Divine service, the veterans p 41 proceeded to the 'ng-halls, each man being provided with 11b. of roast strong etables ad libitum, plum-pudding, and a q uart of al ege. GREENWICH HOSPITAL. —Yesterday morning the 2 Pensioner s o f G reenw i c h Hospital, numbering nearly ' 400 ) Were mustered and inspected by the lieutenant -4,e ruor of th e i ns titution. After attending Divine service the veterans proceeded to the dining-halls, each man being prov i ded with llb. o f roast beef, vegetables ad libitum, plain Pudding, and a quart of strong ale. This feast i s in sl, 41liti °u to the ' u9nal messes of mutton, soup, and pota toes. ordinarySheS quantity of beer was served in this afternoon. 2 4 fr and tobacco wail also furnished to those persons ' 4 O are consumers of such articles, SRA RE MARKET. Share y;. 1 3. 14 pi r ., Wol.; and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A 'rots no diN Do. 13 tilltpc.pau.haS been paid to it I Dublin & Belfast Juno. I Dun.,Perth,& Ab. Juno. I Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk' Ditto A stock Ditto East A %Titan qt GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an 1 W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock; Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Illackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. I Do * shares Nietropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby lEld. Gt. W. of Ireland 8 8 Ei 83 85 115 116 ei 7 6.4.0 - 150. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, Az Dundee 'Nth. Eastern—Berwlok Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.. North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. Yr. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpool Shropshire Union South DeTon South Eastern South Wales S. York, and River Dun Staines, Wok. ,an dWok. Stockton & Darlington 19.16.4 j Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster 12.10 41 43 13 14 86 88 105 107 46 47 43 45 24 25 1241 125, 128 129 135 137 104 106 63 fBi 1084 109 714 72i 118 119 38 89 96i f 7 101 102 40 41 128 8 9I 12b 1 l II llp 96 98 62 53 25 27 99i 100 —d 56 67 88 #Bl 125 127 107 110 P 41 48 d 101 11} 118 120 47i 4811 103 105 .47 49 334 344 88 84 684 494 100 103 7 8 39 40 lot 10,,a p n P 147 149 ' 44 5 r 24 3 p 554 504 24 34 p clf p 87 89 140 145 Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Ws.terford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.Stß West Midland -Oxfordl Do Newport Do Hereford 29 31 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuftS. Cl os ing Business Paid. p r i ce . , done. 1 1151 131 :I i 125 4/ 128 71 8/ 68 7j f k 108 f t i f 711 1 38i 981 1 1011 128} f 1 i p 25i 9)i 56 1 I 87i 88 I PREFERENCE S Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. st 1 Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall, 5 per ant—. Do. , q p. c. gua, perpet. Dun. Perth, Aber.Jun. Do. Ist Class Pref Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. mien S. & 0 Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. I Do No. Do 6 p. c. pref Do. E. Angn A st 5 p.c. Do ...7 p.c. Do, E. Agn. B 6 p. c. pf. Do. do. C 7 do. Do. E. Union, 4 p. c. gua Do 5 p. c. gua Do.Nort'k 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 Do. do. 51 p c, pref. 1547 Do.' p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.c. Redm.lop.c. pm. Do. 4i p. c. do Do.sp.c.ltedmatsp.c.pm Do, Hertford purchase. I Do. Luton do 1,,7.11. &L. pur, 4 p. c. pt Do. Diton pur. 5 p. c.pf Gt. Nh. of Scot. ist pref G. Sn. & W. (Ireland' per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 4i p. et... • Do. redeem. 4 p. Do. irredeem. 4 p. et... • Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm, pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares po. Chester 8 p.e. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pl. she Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.e. stool: Do.Barnel.st-F5 3s ledpc Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4i p. c. (Blackb. par. Lon. &Brig.s wc.gu. No. I Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Da 5 per cent. do—. Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.' Do. 4 p 0. st(div.det lir 65 Lon.Chat.&Dnv. sp,c,pf. Lon. & N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. i Lon. & S.West. 7 p. Cent. Ft., late 3d shares Do. (Portsm'th perpetl anna. of 25. 6d.) Nan. Sh. & Lin. 4 per ct Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent, Do. redeem. 6 per cent Mary - port & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 41 per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk I Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p.c. pref. at. rdem Do. 41 p.c. irredeemable Do. 41 per cent..... —• Do.Leic. andllit4per ct I Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 percent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. she N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41pr. ct redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. prel Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pret. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, R. & S. Purch. Do. Carlisle 41 p. c. • Do. do. 4p.C... • • N. London 41 p. c. £2O pi North Staffordshire Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. C. pref. stock Do•Aberdeen,gua. 6 p c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent South EaLtem(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 41 per cent Do, Fixed 41 per cens South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent Do. do 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 6p. c gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. Alid.-O 2d xf lot guastk Do. do . Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. Perpet.6 p. pf. 1866 Do. c. till 1869 43 45 35 37 94i 35 ARES. 96 OS 24 21& 0 7 1111 113 91 93 [l2 114 [ll 113 29 131 [O5 108 129 111 150 152 117 119 112 114 105 107 [OB 110 08 100 98 100 88 90 89 01 [O2 104 77 79 170 175 101 100 138 140 03 105 16 118 16 118 36 140 16 118 55 160 31 135 80 82 96 97 2s. Gd. 21 3 123 125 A PM ( " 8 i 0 140 142 103 105 95 97 110 112 108 110 1 lipml 93 103 105 98 100 •• •• P # P 100 100 100 all all 23 231 10} 101 24 24i 102 10 102 104 87 89 214 t 9. 284 244 336 34f 334 343 46 47 126 128 11$ 122 101 103 122 124 118 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co. s Price. Done. Birkenhead... Buckingly+mgliire. H Chester & olyhea . d l9O Do 155 57 Do. 51per cent 100 IN. 12 61 128 Do. 5 , 100 I Do. i l nll6l, . Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon. .1103 105 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E,U40./ft G 8 70 E. Lincolnsh. g6pr c. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Gloster & Dean Fores all Gt. West. Gt.Ea , tn. Newmarket &c., 5 per cent lOO Gt.Eastn. Do.E.U.Harwch. 4 p.c 100 D 0....... Do.Wodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c 101 Do ... Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 203 206 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B C per cent Do 41 per cent lOO Do. BB 89 Do. Bromley, 6 per c all D 0........ • • • • Do. New ShlB6l, 41p.c all D 0........ 22 24 Do.Wn. Ext. A, 41p c all Do B2 II London & Greenwic i 100 S. Eastern 64 68 Do. Preferen le 112 117 Lon.,Tilb.&S..nthend 100 Peto & Co. 90 92 Lnd'dr. &Ennis. orig. 100 Do. AI 100 Irish N.- Do. 11 100 Western. , Do. C 100 LoWestoft gua. 4p c I 100 Norfolk .. Do 6 per cent lOO Do. - - 31n0.,8xtn.,& Matlock all LNW& 31 4 41 Mid. Bradford. Prefer ence stock .. . ... .. 100 Midland 96 98 97 Nor.Dev.Rail & Dock. 100 L.&S.W. Do A stock lOO from Ist Do B stock lOO Jan.,1863. Do. Preference lOO Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Gt. Eastn 67 59 Do. 6 per cent .... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 100 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western Not. Gran. Rl. & Cl. 100 a North . 951 961 L&N ) Preston and Wyre. I all 6 , L. i k. i 44 48 Do. 1 shares A. all Do. ••• • ! !• ~ Roystn.Hitch.& Shcp. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 L.&N.W.. 136 137 Do. Do. South Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.W West London, Cis A all W.Ln.Ex Do do B all Ln&N.W. Do do C all &lit.Wst. Wilts and Somers et lOO Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtu 84 9el FREFERENCE HARES AND S'l Di v id en ds contingent on S the Profits of each e a ,GKote inneE.tdlaco Eastern not p. p ci. r: s e c e:L. wa11,4 Lop D ne o dr . ,: ::: l3 . t r 4 i2 i g l t o n . shares Do. do. 4 per et. 1860, Do. do. 40 per ct. 1861, Do. do. 4i per ct. 18611 Ln.Cht'sn.dce. 6p.c.2d pf Do, Metrop. Ext 8,6 p.c. Lon. &S.Wcstern 4i p.c. North British £lO Gua. Shares, 1861... DoEd,Prth,&D'dee,4pe Scottish Central 44 irred. prof S.-Eastern 4i p.c. 1859 Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd ) Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd ) Stkton & Darlgtn. Do. _ do. 102 104 106 10S 100 100 100 3f (00 all 100 P iP 102 103 id ip 103 105 92 96 103 105 10 10 10 25"" 25 20 Pale of Neath 10k 107, 104 106 80 83 10 lo c i lot 10 1.1 1 28i 2911 tot 21i 'OCKS , parate Year. FOREIGN MINEb. 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim all 1 # 5 Brazil Land& Min.Co all 14 24 2 Capula Silver los. td Ipm 40 Cobre Copper all 19 21 191 20 Copiapo .. 16 7 9 81 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail I 1 1 . 3 East Del Ray (Limited) 1 / lip 2 2 Fortuna... 20 General all 21 ?2 2 Gt N. Cop. AS. Austr lt 11 I'd It Kapunda (Limited) 1 t 4 r - 3 Linares all 7 8 5 Lueitanian 2 Ide pr 1 Mariquita all 1 1 2 Mont.A.Braz Gold Min all 2 24 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L I 1 4 ..IF 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... all 14 2i 5 Port Philip 1 l} 11 1 Santaßarbara (41dMine 1 1 ; pro 1 i 1 Scottish Austria. (L.) los. 1 fpm 11 20 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 53 55 55 41 x d 28.2.81 United Mexican .. 1 Worthing (Limiteel) ! all 4 3 YudanamutanaS.A.L d. , all 34 3 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 150 AgradaJnitedServioeli , 60 94 66 100 Alliance B.Ln.&L'pool. 12 64 7p 19 t 40 Australasia all 70 72 70 25 Bank of Egypt all 25 26 100 Ba7k of London 50 British North American all 49 51 20 Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia 10 1 0(d 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &e. all 21 211 25 Cli.Mer. of In. Lon.&Cb. all 41 13 100 City 100 Colonial .. 25 41 43 20'11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Eng., Scot., t Aus. Ch.. all 206 201 201 1 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 100 Ilin'stan,China&Japan 5 24 2 d 100 Imperial Bank Limited 10 pr 1p 100 Lon.& Brazilian (Lim.) 15 5, Alp 301 100 Lon., B.Ayres&R.Plate 4 1 1} 21 1 3 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 26} t 74 x d 50 London and County .. 20 381 394 381 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 36 57 351 100 London & Middlesex.. 2 pr 1p 20 London and S. African.. 18 231 24 p 231 1 100 Londen & Westminster 20 79 80 100 etrop. & Provinl.Bnk. 10 3 34p Xlx 100 at. Prov. of England , 20 o. new . • • . 12 20 o. do X d 56 National Think ..... .. 30 20 New South Wales.-- all 18 50 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 51 15 50 Ottoman Bank 20 Do. new 100 'Provincial of Ireland 10 iDo. new •.• • all 25 ,South Australia .., ... all —.— 25 ,Union of Australia .... all 49 51 50 4 i 100 Union of Ireland, Lim. 7 24 lld 44 50 Unto: , of London ..„ 12 324 334 MISCELLANEOUS. 244 '.:51 I -371S e u t l in t ili u (fi r :T.d a . l l• 1 1191 172 48 2 1:0 0 ' 5 :A B a n u tl hs a ti l ni a t -‘ ce ita c e l na t c . mik i s e z l:l::. i mite d 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 6/ 1 5 Bombay Gas Limited. 1 4 die 113 50 British American Land 40 it B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) 100 38 62 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all —-- 321 Canada Land all 98 162 10 China & Japan Coast & River Steam Navtga. 5 et. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg. all 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent. it. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference it, 1)0. 6 p ct. I'erpet. Deb lOO 113 116 113 10 . Ind. Cotton Agency 24 4d pr 10 E.lndfa & Lon. Ship A. all 10 Do. B. all 3 6 20 E.lndialrrign. & Canal 2 4 d 4pm 1 d it. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New all 5 English & Aus. Copper all 21 24 15 `en. Steam Navigate m 14 27 28 1 • t reat Ship Limited) all 4 1 1 o. 174 p ct Preference all / 2 ndian Carrying (Lim.) 1 20 . talian Irrigation Canal 2 4 d }pr 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) all 4 3 d 4 .G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 14 10 on. & S.lrel.Dt.Tel.L. 2 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 24 24 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 34 4 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all 25 National Dia. Co, (Lim ) 5 21 3 p 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 4 14p 5 Netherlands Lan 0,8p.c. all 4 1 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 10 124 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 1 I riental Gas (Limited). all 11 11 1 Do. New 11) 10 Orintl. In. Steam(Lim ) all 8 84 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited 1 4d pr it. Peelll..Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 53 66 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 69 71 50 Do. New 3O 41 43 41/ 2 10 Quebrada Land,Rail,& Mining (Lim.) l4 4p r 50 Rhymney iron all 19 21 15 Do. New all 6 7 25 Rio J aneiro City Impts. all 284 29 25 Do. do. 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 56 68 56 it. 'cot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 136 1 40 25 south Australian Land all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do all 4 G I 2 Telegraph to India (L 1 1 Id 10 Trust and Agency o • Austrlasia(lim)lst i 1 Id p 2) Tr.& Ln.Co. of 111pr.Can; 5 # 1 at 6 II K'domTel Co. (lim.) 3 ti Vay.Diegken'a Laud. 21 I WESTMINSTEtt. DISGRACEPUL OUTRAGE.—Edward Burke, a tall young man, was charged with being concerned in the following disgraceful outrage : Mr. Joseph Butt, proprietor of the Lord Nelson, Keppel street, Chelsea, said that at twenty-five minutes to ten last night the defendant and three other men rushed into his house, and, all pretending to be much intoxicated, com menced creating a great disturbance. Without the least provocation they threw the furniture about and broke three legs off a table, and then hurled some quart pets and other drinking vessels in different directions. Mr. Arnold—Was there any reason that you know of for such conduct ? Mr, Butt—None that lam aware of. I gave them no provocation of any sort. Mr. Arnold—They did a great deal of mischief ? Mr. Butt—They would have done more but were pre vented. The defendant seized a poker, and was about to smash a looking glass with it, but was prevented by a per son who was in the house. My impression is that their object in creating the confusion was to see whether it did not present an opportunity of stealing something. Mr. Arnold—Did they have anything to drink in your house. Mr. Butt—They had sot; I refused to solve them. _ _ Edward Burrows, a man whowas in the house, said that the moment defendant entered he seized him by the hair of the head, and told him that there was a reward of £5 offered for him or some other man, and he should see if he could not get it. They then cleated the disturbance, and threw the things about as described. They then left, but defendant, as ringleader of the party, was followed and given into custody. Defendant said he was intoxicated, Mr. Arnold said that this was not an ordinary case of drunkenness and disorder, and fined defendant 40s. He was committed for one month in default. Imo_ i Share THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1862. POLICE---THIS DAY. ZRIALS IN FRANCE. tailways Atlantic St Lawrenc, Born.,Barodaez.Cent Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . Buffalo and Laae fluron Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godrieb }6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1672 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta, S. Eastn. (Li n ) Cape Town k Dock Scril Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ot. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua.s p. a... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do, New Do. 6 p.c. '73 witit't opt. Do. 5 p. a. do. '7%-8.... 1 Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 41p. o. Extension De. 4A do .. Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Morig. Newßrunswiok et Cands Class A Capital Share Do. do. B Capital d 0... N.Rl.C'da 6po Ist i bds Scinde .......... Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punj aub • Do. Do. • • • • Do. Indus. S t. Flo.) 1 UJ Elli. d%.lll.werp Rotten:lam. Bah. &S. Fran-Li m. 7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Copiapo •••• •• •• •• Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish Do e .•••• Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Gt. Luzern., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Namur & Liege .... ...• Do. 6 p. a. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ..... N.Rail. of BuenosAyres i Gua. 7 p a., Lim Norwegian Trunk Pref Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aida) Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Orleans Portuguese Rail. Royal Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. ct. Rm..— Riga & Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 54 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lira, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 p et. Southern of France.... Turin and Savona .... West Flanders ........ Do. 54 p c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France Closing Price. 6769 - 106 107 Si 5i 8 8} 77 80 75 78 72 75 105 1(7 107 i 1084 107 1(8 108 ICO 1 lip 6 221 22i P 7+ 76 61 66 35 37 48 52 34 38 34 36 107 1(8 1 p 105 106 13 I3i 71 98 100 90 92 dis 1051 103 i 99,± 100} 24 90 51 53 3 5 3 5 83 85 1064 107,E 104& 1054 fp t .05 107 101 103 711 71 li li 2tp It 7 6 it 1¢ P, 2O tti 14 141 9 91 20 21 401 41i pr } i :36 ii 8 7 d 45 48j 41 43 181 189 14 16 i I Sif 10 10 10i 11 2pm 231 23i 31i 824 3 26d 7 74 10 104 105 214 'OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU Can. Gay.Gay. 6 p.c.Ja &July 1877-S1 . 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. Aug. 100 Do. 6p. c. Mar. do Sept 100 Do. sp. o. Jan.&July. 100 Do. 5 Inscribed stock! 100 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873 100 Do,Ap c 4 Oct. 18801 100 Do. 1890, 100 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 , 100 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c l 100 N.13.G0y. 6 p.e.J a.4July 100 Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p c.,1806' 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwda 100 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling', 1875 lOO IQueensland GOY. 6p. C lOO S. Aus G6p.c.1876.4up lOO Vie.Goy. 6 p.c. Jr-4 July 100 'Do. to 6 no. , 100 IloBi 1091 'lO6 108 106 108 944 100 98 100 10i 110 , 111 113 112 114 114 116 1071 108i1 101-4 1024 1014 1024 101 1014 ! 111 113 1 108 109 112 114 ,111 113 1081 lO9 l BRITISH MINES. Cambrian Con sol. Gold Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Con.. (Tavist East Bassett ( East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea.... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.diSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Helston' Grenville .. Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant Clarke Valley.. Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lira ) New Seton • • North Downs Y. Wh'l Basset (1110 ;an North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Lead Min Tin Crott West Basset (Illol;an) W Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLud, ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) Wheal Union IP 21 23 495 505 52 64 IP 44i 4s 114 12 2.1 Si 14 16 7 74 6 64 4} 41 47 49 21 21 11 11 41 43 8f 9} 4 ds pr 135 145 21 2f 81 5 54 5 6 42 44 380 393 2i 3 874 024 41 13 i I 13 14 13 14 26 t 8 285 290 77i 82} 49 61 7i Si 94 10 18 18 1771 1824 17 18 5g 6} BusineeB done 106 4 i Paid, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT AT A CHRISTMAS ?ARM-Mr. Robert Steel, shoe merchant, 481, Strand, was charged before Mr, Knox with assaulting Mrs. Sarah Connor, a young married woman, and also Jeffrey, 209 C, Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the defence. The evidence which was rather lengthy went to show that the complainant, whose age is 21, is living apart from her husband, whose age is but 18, and that on the previous (Christmas) day she went to No. 6, Nassau-street with her baby, having had a day's holiday from St, James's Work house. She asked for her husband and he was denied to her by his relatives, but, as she had no food to give the child and she heard her husband's voice, she rushed into the room, when the defendant struck her a violent blow in the eye. In answer to Mr. Knox, the complainant said the de fendant was her husband's sister's husband. Jeffrey, 209 C, proved being called to the house to remove the complainant, and seeing the defendant strike her a blow in the eye. On taking the defendant into custody he both struck and kicked him. The defendant was drunk at the time. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate on defendant's behalf, and called two witnesses, who said the complainant had been very annoying all day, that no assault had taken place, and that the police had acted in a violent manner. In Answer to Mr. Knox, one of the witnesses said the defendant was quite sober, as he had only had three or four glasses of grog. Mr. KLOX, after remarking that the strength of the grog had all to do with it, said that no doubt the complainant had annoyed the parties, who were merry•making, her husband being among them, while she was wandering about the streets with her child. But the defendant had assaulted her, the blow not being a slight one. There was, however, no proof of any malice in the defendant's act. He thought it a case where defendant might speak to the complainant. He was not prepared to say the constables had acted im properly, and to show his opinion of their conduct he should fine the defendant ss. The defendant having given the complainant £2, was discharged. Thomas Shall, servant to Mr. Eneas Dallas. of 6, Han over•square, was charged with robbing his master. Mr. Dallas proved leaving money with the prisoner for the payment of tradesmen's accounts. On coming to town he proved the money had not been paid. Dawson, 303 A, deposed that he apprehended prisoner yesterday at Liverpool at nine at night. On telling pri soner the charge, he said it was true, and that he had been a fool ,:that he had got into Union -street with a girl, and that she had robbed him. He found on the prisoner a brush and other articles. Mr. Dallas identified the articles as his property. Mr, Knox remanded the prisoner for a week, the case not being complete. THAMES. A CHRISTMAS Evz SKIRMISH.—John Walsh, an Irish labourer, and Mary Walsh, his wife, were brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with being drunk, disorderly, wilfully breaking two doors, several windows, and assaulting five or six persons. The prisoners were drinking in Bromley-road, Bromley, and were gloriously intoxicated on. Christmas Eve (or, as every witness called it, Saturday night), and they were quarrelling and fighting with their neighbours, some of whom had been sacrificing to Bacchus. They first quarrelled with a man and his wife named Harrington, 'whom they assaulted. The prisoners then made a fierce onslaught on their neighbours' houses in Tavern court, and demolished several windows and doors. Mrs. Ann Butler, of No. 2, Brunswick-road, expostulated with the Walshes, and John Walsh seized her by the hair of her head, tore a bunch of it away, threw her down and jumped on her. A girl, named Margaret Miller, said it was a shame to ill-use a woman in that manner, and he than - went in -doors, brought out a poker and struck her a tremendous blow on the left arm. The girl said it was broken, but Mr. Selfe said the undersigned certificate stated that the arm was sprained. The arm was disabled, and she was severely injured. James Gorman, of No. 9, Tavern-court, was apprehended by John Walsh. Mrs. Walsh struck a woman with two wax candles, and both prisoners compelled others to bite the dust. .... .... .._.. .......... Isaac Acton, No. 03 K, with ..., the exaggeration not un common with some poli cemen, said the peop l e i n W a l s h' s house were all fighti ng t ogether, and all the men i n t h e house were cut to pieces, Mr. Selfe—l am sorry to hear it—cut to pieces, were ? James Gorman, one of the men cut to pieces, was pro duced. He had a severe black eye. Mike Hurley and Jack Sweeney were called by the pri soners, and sail they were drunk on Christmas-eve, and all day yesterday. Mr. Selfe—l can believe you were drunk on Christmas eve and on Christmas•day without your coming here and taking your oath to it. The magistrate then fined John Walsh 205., and his wife 5 3 . The penalties were paid. MARKETS-THIS DAY. MARK-LANE. Imf ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 46s 6d ; barley, 34s 7d ; oats, 20s 6d ; rye, 328 Od ; beans, 37s 2d ; and peas, 398 4d. THE Six WEEKS' AvEith - Wheat, 478 8d ; barley, 358 3d ; oats, 21s id ; rye, 331 lld ; beans, 38s sd; peas, 40s 10d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEN.—Wheat, 80,322; barley, 107,546 ; oats, 16,299 ; rye, 63 ; beans, 4,203 ; peas, 1,739 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was only a limited number of beasts on offer here to •day. Good and prime breeds commanded a steady sale at quite Monday's currency, the best Scots being worth rather over 5s per 81b ; otherwise the beef trade was inactive on former terms. The show of sheep wan trifling, and all breeds moved off freely at very full prices. The best Downs realised quite 5s 10d per 81b. Calves were in short supply and fair request at full quotations. Scarcely any pigs or milch cows were in the market. Per 81b. to sink the offal. s. d. a. d. a. d. a. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 0 5 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 8 5 10 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Largo orse. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 6 0 Prime small do 4 10 5 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 2 Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Second quality do. 444 10 Small porkers 4 64 8 Suckling calves, lOs to 20s; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows 4O Sheep Sheep .. 1,000 Calves Calves 36 Pig s ~.... Pigs. 4O NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is only moderate. Generally speaking, the trade rules firm at our quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. sded Inferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 isliddling do. .. 3 0 3 4 Prime large do. 3 6 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 2 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 edsd ididdlingmutton 3 10 4 4 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Veal Small pork ~ Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in all kinds of hops is exceedingly small. The best qualities support previous quotations; otherwise have a downward tendency. Mid and East Kents 9os to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Kents Sussex Bavarian Belgian American ll5B to 130 s „ The Perthshire Courier states that the Perth, Almond Valley, and Methven Railway have sold their li ne to the Scottish North-Eastern Company, who are to refund to the former company all their outlay. This arrangement takes effect as 80011 as an Aot of parliament can be got, This will not be before 1864, The Imperial Court of Paris has just given judgment in an appeal against a decision of the Tribunal of Correctional Police, in a suit between a Mine. Vernier, patentee of anew kind of spring petticoat, and MM. Tomson and Prevost, also manufacturers of the same description of article. Mine, Vernier charged the defendants with having infringed her patent by making petticoats exactly like hers, eighteen of which were seized on Prevost's premises and a dozen on Tomson's. So far the case appeared clear against the de fendants; but the statement of their counsel gave it a very different aspect. In the first place, he declared that the plaintiff's pretended invention was of no value whatever, and that the present proceedings had no other obj , ct than to give it a factitious importance. no further explained that the petticoats which were seized had virtually been made by the plaintiff's own orders, since her son-in-law, a man named Martin, had taken the models to tLa defendants and ordered them to make a certain number for a M. Gallet, of Troyes and even superintended their execution ; but as soon as the goods were ready for delivery, they were seized in the name li of Mme. Vernier, and it was ascertained that M. Gallet had never given any order of the kind, The Tribunal, how ever, had decided that, however blameable the manoeuvre which had been practised, no instigation could justify an illegal ad, and condemned the defendant to pay a fine, with 501. damages. Against that decision M M. Prevost and Tom son now appealed, and their counsel argued that, as the petticoats had been made by the patentee's orders, the appel lants were blameless, and in support of his argument he cited a decision of the Imperial Court in an exactly similar case, tried in 1858. The Court, adopting this interpreta tion of the law, accordingly quashed the judgment appealed against, ordered the goods seized to be returned, and con demned Mme. Vernier to pay 500 f. damages to each of the defendants, with all costs of suit, The Tribunal of Commerce has just given a judg ment of great importance to tradesmen who are in the habit of transmitting orders by telegraph. M. Souchet, residing at Melle (Doug-Sevres) some time since sent a conditional order for goods to MM. Jeanti and Sons, with a request that if his terms were accepted, an answer should be returned at once by telegraph. MM. Jeanti accepted the offer, and at once handed in tae answer to the telegraph office, but the olerk unfortunately mistook Melle for an abbreviation of Marseilles, and sent the message to the latter city. The error was discovered during the day, and the message was then sent to its proper destination, where it arrived iu the evening. Meanwhile, however, M. Souchet had purchased the goods he wanted of another party and refused to take those of MM. Jeanti. The latter accordingly commenced proceedings against him for breach of contract, and demanded 2,000 fr. damages, on the ground that they had forwarded their answer by the means selected by M. Souchet, and that he alone was re sponsible for the consequences. After hearing counsel for M. Souchet, the Tribunal decided that the telegraph was as much the agent of one party as of the other, and that the responsibility must fall on the person sending the message ; it therefore rejected the plaintiff's demand with coats. The Civil Tribunal of the Seine gave judgment yesterday in an action brought under the following circumstances :—Some years ago M. Renon, prin cipal tenant of the Hotel de Castillo, at the cor ner of the Rue Richelieu and the Boulevard des Italiens, let on lease one of the shops on the boulevard to a Mlle. Maillard, a stationer, for 4,000 fr. a year, with a stipulation that she should not dispose of her lease without his consent, and that she should remain responsible for the rent with the new tenant. Subsequently, Mlle. Millard sold her lease with Renon's consent to a M. Gantry, who was restricted to carry on no other business than those of glover and perfumer. Not long after, M. Gautry ceded the remainder of the lease to M. D3uval, a jeweller, and on this occasion Renon intervened, and autho rised the latter to carry on his business in the shop, on con dition of an increase of 3,500 fr. in the rent, of which Renon was to receive 1,500 fr. and Gautry the rest. Mlle. Mail- lard, deeming this last ce3sion an invasion of her rights, as being made without her consent, and contrary to the terms on which she had transferred her lease to Gautry, cited MM. Gantry, Duval, and Renon before the Tri bunal with a view to recovering possession of the shop. The advocate of M. Renon maintained that his client was fully entitled to act as he had done, and that, as he now relinquished all claim on Mlle. Maillard, as guarantee for the rent, the latter had no longer any interest in the matter. Tho Tribunal, considering that the release offered to the plaintiff by M. Renon put her entirely out of court, rejected her demand with costs. The Correctional Tribunal of the Seine was on Tuesday engaged in the trial of a female, named Pauline Lariviere, charged with victimising several tradespeople at Montmartre, by passing off new and bright sf-pieces. A baker deposed that the prisoner had procured the centime pieces from him by saying that she wanted them as play things for her children, and added that a few days after wards she again called, and, purchasing a loaf, paid for it with what he thought was a 5f piece, but which, after she had left, he discovered to be only one of the centimes. Several other tradespeople whom she had cheated in a simi lar manner appeared against her, and the court condemned her to six months' imprisonment. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION TO CONSTANTINOPLE. —A project has just been set on foot by an engineer, named Dumont, to continue the present railway from Paris as tar as Constantinople. The published proposal says : " It is well known that the present European network of railways extend as far as Bazias, a small port on the D%nubs at 650 kilometres (f of a mile each) distance below Pesth. The line from Paris to Bazias by Strasburg, Munich, Vienna, and Pesth, is about 2,100 kilometres in length, and the journey may be performed in 60 hours. How, then, should this line of railway be extended to the Black Sea and Constantinople ? Two directions are possible : one by Bel grade, Servia, Bulgaria, and Roumelia is the line already surveyed by the English. The other, which we do not hesi tate to prefer, and which we have in a great measure studied on the spot, would be more easy of execution without being much longer. It would reach Constantinople by Roumania, passing by Craiova, Bucharest, Rustchuck, Schumla, and Adrianople, crossing the Balkans at the mast available point, in the neighbourhood of Aidos. From Bazias to the Roumain frontier the banks of the Danube would be fol lowed without great difficulty, and on entering the Rou manian territory large and magnificent plains are met with, where few engineering works would be required, and where the establishment of the line would create an important local traffic. A. branch would run to Cernavoda to join the Kustenje railway. This branch, which might be executed several years before the passage over the Balkans, would have the immense advantage of uniting the European rail ways to the Black Sea, and of abridging, especially in win ter, the journey to Constantinople, Another branch from Bucharest to Galatz would join the principal line to the network of railways projected in Moldavia, and one of which has just been conceded to a company, namely, the line between Lemberg, the extremity of the Gallician lines and Galatz. Lastly, a third branch would proceed to the foot of the Carpathians from Bucharest, to facilitate the working of the mineral wealth which those districts contain, and especially the magnificent mines of roeksalt possessed by the Roumain Government. The total length of the proposed lines would be about 1, iOO kilometres, thus divided :—On the Austrian territory from Bazias to the frontier of Roumania, near Orsova, 125 kilom. ; from Orsova to Rustehuck by Bucharest, 353 kilom. ; from Rustchuck to Constantinople by Sammie, Aidos, and Adrianople, 600 kilom. ; giving a total from Orsova to Constantinople of 1,085 kilom. The branches from Bucha • rest to Brazil and Galatz, and those from Cernavoda to the foot of the Carpathians, would be together about 400 Horn., making a total length of 1,485 kilom." THE CASE OF THERM , . P. APLAUGHLIN.--A note of suspension was presented on Tuesday, with a motion for interim liberation of the prisoner, to Lord Neaves. His Lordship granted interim liberation, on Mr. M'Laughlin finding caution, to the extent of .£25, to return and undergo the remainder of his sentence in event of the suspension being refused. It is understood, says the Morning Journal, that his Lordship was influenced in respect that the Lords of Justiciary are at present scattered, and there being no meeting of these Judges before the 11th January, and as he had no power to refuse the suspension of himself, the term of imprisonment would expire before the hearing. In terim liberation is generally granted as a matter of course when caution is found, and therefore this affords no indi cation of what the ultimate judgment may be. In the Jus ticiary Court there is no Lord Ordinary, and the case can only be heard before the assembled Judges, Lord Neaves' duty last evening being merely to grant a first deliverance on the application, having no power otherwise to dispose of it. FATAL WRECK. —AR express forwarded from Longue to the Custom-house by Mr. Crawford factor at Tongue for the D u k e o f Sutherland, gives the Melancholy tidings of the w rec k of a brig there, g supposed to be the Omega, of D un d ee, from America, with her entire crew. Mr. Crawford states that the vessel came to anchor to the eastward of Rabbit Islands, in the Kyle of Tongue, on Fri day last, during the hurricane, and that during the night she dragged anchors, and struck on the bar of Kyle. The entire crew seem to have perished, two bodies having been taken from the wreck. Neither the captain's nor mate's body was found. 'The two bodies which were discovered on the wreck had each Shipwrecked Mariners' Society medals, which have been preserved with a view to identifi cation. The bodies have been decently interred under Mr. Crawford's superintendence. Little of the cargo (flour and butter), can be saved. The hull is a good deal sanded up, and large quantities of barrels are floating about,—Northern .Ensign. ANOTHER YOUNG LADY BURNT TO DEATH THROUGH CRINOLINE. —Yesterday a most heart-rending accident occurred, which has terminated fatally, to Miss Augusta Bousfield, aged 24 years, who resided in Upper Eaton.street, Belgrave-square, Pimlico. The unfortunate young lady was passing the fireplace, wh en h e r dress of light muslin, which was distended by crinoline, took fire, and she was speedily enveloped in a mass of flames. Her screams drew the attention of the servants to the parlour, and the flames were extinguished as soon as possible. Sur gical assistance was sent for, and the poor young lady was removed to St. George's Hospital, but she expired shortly after her admission; all all 100 (100 ' 100 15 2 , 110 000 HAIL ITll4:ti. ALLEGED POISONING. A protracted inquiry into the cause of the death of an infant has just been closed in the pretty and romantic town of Ten by, Pembrokeshire, and a ver dict of wilful murder has been returned against Ann Thomas, 70 years of age, and her daughter Jane, of 22 years. They lived together, with an old and deerepid man—the husband of the one, father of the other—named William Thomas, alias Canton, in a couple of uncomfortable rooms in a four roomed house in a locality called Chim ney Park. They occupied the second floor, the upper 'portion of the dwelling being rented by a woman named Hannah John, alias Davies, alias Diddle'em, and her family. The place is horribly filthy—scarcely any conveniences there. Two beds are huddled into one small, unventilated room at the back; attached to the house is a pigsty. The approaches to it are in a shocking sanitary condition. The child alleged to have been mur dered was the illegitimate offspring of Jane Thomas, who was delivered of it some two or three months ago. The child became unwell, and it was attended by Mr. Choler, surgeon. On the Ist of November it expired under circumstances which called for a judicial investigation. The contents of the child's stomach were mat to Dr. Herapath, of Bristol, for analysis, and he had given evidence that death had been caused by strychnine. The coroner's jury, after heiring his evidence, returned a verdict of wilful murder against the two women, and they were removed to Haverfordwest to await their trial. Additional interest and importance were attached to the in quiry in consequence of the suspicious circum stances attending the death of three or four chil dren born of daughters of the Thomases during past years. The whole family has lived immorally, and it is feared that the parents have subsisted for a quarter of a century on the profligacy of their daughters. Two of the sons, are, however, re spectable working men. A ROMAN OATHOLTO PRIES 7 CHARGED TVII.II aISSAULI. At the Ballinrobe Petty Sessions on the 16th in stant the Rev. Patrick Lavelle, Roman Catholic clergyman of the parish of Partry, was charged with assaulting John Horan, a parishioner, in his own house at Derreenmore, on the 6th December. There was also a cross summons, the defendant having made a counter charge of assault against the complainant. According to the opening statement of Mr. Grif fin, the agent for the complainant, defendant had on the morning of the day in question celebrated mass at complainant's house, complainant making confession and receiving the Sacrament, and being on the best terms with the defendant. The rev. gentleman, after the fatigue of his sacred duties in the morning, regaled himself as he ought to do, by taking breakfast after a long fast. He left, the poor man's house, leaving his benediction to ar_. - ni all—but again returned in a few minutes charged this man w ith wr i t i ng a lette:r t '!fiter and to his land lord, Sir Robert Blosse. He sal , " You have writ ten a letter to Sir Robert B.:osse, and have intro duced my name." I wrote no letter said the man. " You did," said his, reverence. The defendant then struck him r.in the head, and struck him a se cond time, and he would have fallen only for the bed the, 'was near him. Complainant's brother said, "Do not let him strike you again." The com plainant, having been so assailed by the Rev. Mr. Lavelle, took up the tongs to protect himself, and the Rev. Mr. Lavelle, regaining his prudence, left the house at the solicitation of the Rev. Mr. Geraghty. The assault was not so serious in point of injury to the man's health ; but it was a serious injury to a man of this kind in his humble class in life to be so degraded,end it was a breach of the law which should be checked. The offence was farther aggravated by the defendant's conduct on the follow ing Sunday. On that day,in the house ofGod,he caused his subordinate clergyman, after the mass was finished, then and there to name this man ; and then and there this clergyman, acting under the orders of his superior, called out this poor humble man from the altar—this clergyman denounced him, and invoked the curse of God on him, and likewise in voked the interposition of the holy angels and saints towards its attainment. Mr. Griffin was here in terrupted, but proceeded—Look at the auditory the defendant was in the habit of addressing. He said to them that this poor humble man had attempted to assassinate him the previous day. He cursed the complainant, and called on the saints and angels to invoke the curse of God on him. This was a nice exhortation from the altar of God. Here Mr. Griffin was again interrupted ; and it was ruled that this matter was irrelevant to the case, which then proceeded. Complainant and his brothers gave evidence cor roboratory of the above statement. In defence, and in support of the cross case, the Rev. Mr. Geraghty, R. C. C. Partry, and the de fendant were called, and their account of the matter was that they had been engaged in reconciling a quarrel at complainant's house, and for that pur pose each party was stating his own case. The Rev. Mr. Geraghty said—ln doing this John Horan, the complainant, became boisterous, and on one or two occasions he went over as if to assault another man, Michael Horan. Father Lavelle at this time went over and separated them. He also separated the wives of these parties. After this, John (com plainant) became more boisterous and violent. " We are not deaf," says Father Lavelle, but John Horan continued to speak in such a way that some of the other parties could not be heard; then Father Lavelle went over and gave the man a slap. He retired from Father Lavelle, and then he became a good deal more boisterous and more violent. He said at this time, "You do well to beat me in my own house." Father Lavelle went over to him again —I cannot say whether he struck him or not. Horan stooped down for a weapon—it was the tongs. He said he would not allow Father Lavelle to' strike him. I said to Father Lavelle, " Come away, that man is mad, leave him there." James, his brother, and Thomas, a cousin of his, stood up. I asked them were they going to allow this man to strike the priest. They stood by him. They showed a dis position to strike the priest. We went out. Thomas, John, and James followed us. They continued to speak in this violent manner. I called on them to take John away. I knew he would strike the priest. The Rev. Mr. Lavelle, when asked if he had de nounced complainant from the altar, said he had prayed to God to pardon him afterwards. The decision of the magistratew is then announced —viz., dismissing the cross case with 2s. 6d. costs, and in the other case fining Mr. Lavelle 10s. and costs. The fines were paid. SIR GEORGE AND 7HE DRAGON. (From Punch.) Our patron saint in days of yore Did maul a monster grim, For which his mem'ry we adore, May'at thou resemble him. Thou, who instead of spear dolt wield A pen with facile force, With hanks of red tape for thy shield, And such a hobby horse J Unflinching, clip his felon claws, And resolutely bind The wretch that laughs at human laws, And strikes at human kind. TJink not to melt by tender beef, His heart of Portland stone, Nor that regard as wholesome grief Which weeps at sight of bone. Vain will thy sweetest moreeau be, Thy anodynes and balms, For one of his voracity Whose conscience has no qualms. If he for delicacies sigh, When in thy stringent grip, Stand not on trifles, but apply With skilfulness the whip. Some deem that spices have a charm To soothe the savage beast; 'Tis certain curries do no harm When tanners give the feast. Consult his moral appetite, Feed him on thoughts like Pascal's ; But let none ou thy 'scutcheon write Grey—kattonor of Rascals. 2HE DEFENCES Or 2HE ISLE OF WlOll7. The old fort in Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight,which was chiefly distinguished for its local traditions and the miserably isolated aspect it bore in the eyes of the majority of visitors to that fashionable watering place, is now all but razed to the ground, and its place supplied by a new fort, springing up about 150 yards further eastward on the line of beach, of a very different character, both in its offensive and de fensive powers. The old foie was a mere crumbling ruin for years and years, having a few light guns, which it would be unsafe to discharge, on rotten old wooden carriages, and standing on a terrepletne that would probably have fallen to a level with the beach nad it been possible to fire the few guns in the fort at one and the same time. As this old work was all but level with the ground from decay, old age, and neglect, the authorities have excluded it altogether from the general plan for the defence of the bay, and are erecting another work to supply its place, and which from its strength and position will be the key of the line of defences which extend from the Barrack battery, west of Sandown, to Redcliff battery, situate on the verge of the overhanging sand cliff at the junction of the coloured cliffs with the chalk cliffs of Culver or Bembridge Down. The new Sandown fort is a most formidable work. Its right and. left front faces have each a length of 156 feet, with right and left faces of 116 feet each, and right and left flanks of 160 feet each. The gorge, 240 feet in length, is closed by quarters for officers, &c., and the whole surrounded by a wide and deep ditch, having stout revetments. The front and right and left faces are faced with 9ft. thickness of Pen rhyn granite, banded with iron hooping. The plans, of the work provide for covering this granite fle e t with 10in, of iron plating,and with iron embrasures on the Thornycroft system, having each a width of 2tt, 6in., and giving the guns in the casemates a training of 35 deg. The final decision as to the iron 10-inch plating and embrasures will have to e b b ra e taisounr esBc made, hf for Ear s welt teh ne ef next tr a t s cs o u om p n e o sp n bo t re h tf e iron dr fore w o t n hn k wn e h e oe p un s s et a ho n ef d fo e r n t a i Com mons.e The casemates for the guns of the new fort 12 on the front faces and three on ite right and left faces, will be capable of mount;.ng guns of extra ordinary weight and calibre. The work will have good command on either flank over the low ground on which it stands, while the top of the work will be well traversed for rifle fire. The roomy case mates in rear of the guns contain ample accommode, Lion for 100 men. Underneath bombproof arches in the centre of the parade ground has been con structed a tank, fitted with filtering apparatus, ea pable of holding 10,000 gallons of water for the use of the garri son . T he water will be collected from what falls withi n t b of the office rs ' area of the fort, f rom th e roo f quarters and the terre-pleine of the work. Tlie main magazine has brick walls 4 feet in thi o ;mess, laid in cement, the outer layer of . oricks having glazed surfaces, to prevent damp by contact with the earth covering. It has hollow ventilating openings round the wall, &e., and will contain 2,000 eases of powder. The cost of the work, without the iron plating or embrasures, is about £30,000. The con struction has been attended with an unusual amount of labour, all the heaviest of the materials, includ ing the blocks of granite, which weigh from 1,1 to 6 tons each, having to be landed in Beading har bour, and thence conveyed overland, via Bembridge Down, to where the fort is being built. Right and left of the new fort of Sandown the line of cliffs on the sea-beach rise to a considerable height above high-water mark, culminating the bold head land of Dunnose, at the western extremity of the bay, and in the Culver Cliffs, at the eastern end. On the highest part of the sandstone cliff westward of Sandown is the western point of the defensive position—the Barrack battery. The work is of a triangular form, having three guns on its left face and two en cavalier on its right face, the base of the triangle being closed by a loopholed wall with a building for quarters connected with the entrance gateway, and a dry ditch surrounding the whole. Situated on the top of a high cliff, this fort is in accessible from the beach, which it sweeps with its guns, and covers by those on its left face the left flank and front of the chief work in the hollow of the bay ; while the guns on the cavalier bastions command the beach to the right, and the waters of the bay in front of Shanklin and Luccambe. The next supporting work to the new work is Yaver lane, occupying a commanding position on the cliffs eastward. It is an earthwork, having a front at an obtuse angle,mounting six guns firing through embrasures, and two guns on cavalier bastions. In support to the chief work, the stone-fronted fort in the hollow below, is of a similar nature to that afforded by the Barrack battery to the west ward, commanding the sea to the front, and sweeping the line of beach on the front and left flank of the fort. Its gorge is close lby a building for officers' and men's quarters on the left, and a high loopholed wall on the right connected by the entrance gateway, which =saes a deep and wide ditch, the cuttings of which, as at the Barrack battery and Redchff, end on the cliff overhanging the sea beach. The last of the works erected along the line of cliffs eastward is Redcliff, which stands on a somewhat higher eleva tion than Yaverland, and at the junction of the red and brown sandstone with the chalk of the Culvers and Bembridge Down. It is a strong earthern work of irregular form, mounting three guns, firing through embrasures, and one gun on a cavalier bas tion. its gorge is closed by a loopholed wall, with entrance gateway, &c., and, like Yaverland and the Barrack batteries, is perfectly inaccessible from the beach, although untenable, as the whole line of works would be, if the higher lands east and west of the line werein possession ofan enemy. The situa tion of the Redcliff battery is much objected to, owing to its being placed on the verge of an over hanging cliff of a peculiarly friable sandy nature. It is said that if the weight of the work itself does not cause the overhanging part of the cliff to detach itself, and tumble the whole on to the beach some hundred feet below, such a catastrophe is certain to occur the first time its guns are fired, as the cliff could never support the great weight of the work under the concussion which would be caused by the firing. The weakness of the Sandown line of defences, it will be seen, are the high lands which dominate them at either extremity, but particularly at Beni bridge Down, the holder of which, friend or enemy, command the whole of the works described, the ap proaches to Sandown Bay from the sea, from Brad ing harbour, and part of the eastern entrance to Spithead. To render the whole design as complete as possible, the construction of a citadel has been commenced on the topmost orest of the down, the central part of the excavations being where the monument stood that was erected to the memory of Lord Yarborough, many years Commodore of the Royal Yacht squadron. Nothing has yet been don e to this work beyond the excavations, the chalk f r om which, deposited on the side of the lofty dow n , is visible for miles on either aide, by land and by sea. It is intended to make this work perfectly impreg nableEystemof attack whi c h could b e b roug h t to bear u a pon it, giving it th e same prom i nence i n eheg ony general eral plan of defence of the island at its east ern extremity as is held by the work on Golden hill at its western end. - THE CRIMINALS UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH.— The winter assize has been very heavy especially in murder cases, and there are no less than five executions pending, the wretched man Cox having already paid the fearful penalty of his crime. The foreigner, Ferdinand Petreana, who was convicted at Winchester of the murder of the mate of the Winthrop, a British ship, on the Sth of October last, on the high seas, will be executed on Tuesday, the 30th inst., unless the learned judge who heard the case should reserve a legal point rased at the trial for the court for the consideration of Crown cases reserved. Wm. Ockold, an old man of 70 years, who was convicted at Worcester of the murder of his wife, aged 74, at Oldbury, on the Bth of November, will be hanged at Worcester on the 2d Janu ary. Thomas Edwards, who was convicted at Liverpool of the murder of Isabella Tongue, an abandoned woman, with whom the murderer cohabited, will be executed at Kirk dale on the 3d of January, unless the recommendation to mercy which accompanied the verdict of the jur) should induce the Home Secretary to respite the sentence. 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