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

ATON EY IIARKET. CITY NEWTS---THIS DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning, Three per Cent. Rentes Opened at 60f. 70c., being se. better than on Wed nesday. The Stock Exchange, Corn Exchange, the Mine- Tug-lane markets, and many of the private estab lathments being closed, very little businus has been transacted 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 Alonday. There is less inquiry for discount accommodation to-day, because the immediate requirements have already been provided for ; the quotations, how e,ver, are very steadily maintained. Notice has been given that the guaranteed inte rest at the rate of 6 per cent. on the Ottoman Rail- Way paid up shares will be payable on and after th e Ist proximo. Att extraordinary meeting of the London dis count company has been convened for the ith Jan. A call of £2 10s. has to be paid by the 28th Feb. 01 1 the shares of the Gray's Chalk QuaLries Com- Pacy. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. B ank 3 3 N 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities eer n eent. Consols Annuities. .. 921 1 a Per Cent. Annuities Nita Stock Ditto 6 per Cent lOBl Ditte Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 95 Ditto 5 per Cent D itto 51 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct,, 1863 1001 Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 1 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 Dittoßonds £l,OOO 26 under £lOOO ' chequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent lO 9 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. trazilian 5 per Cent 11 Ditto 41 pea Cent. , 1852-58-60 I, ll e n OS Ayres 6 per Cent 9Bl ' - gPPtian 7 per Cent 951 6 1 ~.Ditto ee, k 5 Second I per Cent 55 1824-5, ex-Coup ins r,s 1 'ian's per Cect. , (Maremmana Railway) 751 6 •,,exican 3 per Cent , Ditto Account i)Alo..oriF.3h Imperial 5 per Cent tlivtan 41 per Cent. Fort Ditto 1862 rortu , nese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto...it 3 per Cent., 1862 4Bl Scrip, £2O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 94 1 Spanish 3 per Cent ' S Ditto P - __ AM VO m a nlsh Cert. of Coup not funded Aurkith 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 er Cent. 1858 Ditto Account' 7Ol 1 ,Ditto Paid-up Scrip Yenenuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account . . 241 Dividends on the above payable in London, THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account, Jan. 8 SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, Dec. 26.—Wind this day at noon—North esterly ; cloudy, strong breeze, and fine weather, but rat h e r 41340unr , , Dec. 25.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Glas r) from Belize ; Forsyth, from Now York ; Phoenix, Havannah. B : ll :EENszow x , Dcc. 24.—Arrived—City of Manchester, ego steamer, faom New York. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Ar rived, Dec. 25—Crest of the Ocean, from St. Michael's. Rime, rrived, D ec . 26—T rea t y , f rom D un ki r k ; F ure t, Lionne, and Maria Aline, from Gravelines. Amelia, for Brest. DEAL, Friday Morning. A tichered—Wellington, for Adelaide ; Harmony, for ar diff—both f London; Avondha, from the westward, fo r London. rom ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A PUBLlCAN.—Yester day an attempt at suicide was committed by Samuel Wright ' 0 years of age, a licensed victualler, of East Acton, Mid dlesex. A heavy fall was heard in his room, and on the kniates entering they found that he had inflicted a fright ful gash in his throat with a razor, extending nearly from ear to ear. He was removed to St. George's Hospital, but little hopes are entertained of his recovery. No cause is arraigned for the attempt, but Mr. Wright, it is said, had been in a desponding state of mind for some days past. THUNDERBOLT AND MIRACULOUS ESCAPE IN west the violence of the late storm in the west of Scotland, Mr. Reid, farmer, Tnverguseran—ono of th e Principal tenants on the estate of Knoydart, belonging ' 1) Air. Baird—had retired to rest, when the house was ' tack by th un d er b o lt, and split from top to bottom. The s ea ea which M r . R e id was lying was blown to the ceiling, mild then came to the ground, while the bedroom door was , te rn fr om i ts hi nges, and dashed against the window. Mrs. Fel d wa s i n an a dj o ining apartment, and in a state of the Il a tn : m st alarm s h e hurried to the rescue of her husband, but stair over which she had to pass having been riven away h Qe lightning, the poor lady fell into the wine cellar t o r a gh the ope n ing. Every pane of glass, bottle, and piece i ll „ er , c ' e kory about the building was smashed to pieces, aud 1 ,„ - ; l ' e w moments the house became a total wreck. On „ having been procured, it was found, strangest of that Mr. and Mrs. Reid and the servants had miracu i:filiSly escaped with a few trifling scratches ; but they had ,„ at ; I lvards to flee for shelter and protection to their relatives -uroadford, in the Island of Skye.—Glasgow Herald. % 111 the prisons of Vienna there are at this moment e ditors—Messrs. Gress, Friedemann, Keipp, Delp f Tkalac, undergoing imprisonment of various terms It °l. ,, P i r „ ess offences, and Messrs. Naschelsky and Leskorec 1 1 , 1v t ."ag their trials. It is to be hoped these gentlemen are mmiectea to the barbarous treatment to which Max ail " f iu:, editor of the W anderer, describes . him . self as having re A re & The account he presents of his prison experience sus like a page out of Neapolitan history under Bomba. 11 }, ° 117. THE FEDERALS ARE TREATED IN TEXAS. f oi T o - e liouston Telegragh, a Southern journal, writes as to lo ws ''" We have been permitted by the Governor to 4 , - " ever the official accounts of the discovery of the secret I : o 4 l , iti on organisation in Northern Texas, and the quick ta t ' l ee Meted out to the traitors. A jury of twelve good a r , e4 b ar e empanneled in each county, and the guilty parties br ought before it, and the evidence taken. It is in case so conclusive that there is no getting around it. os. G. ain esville 22 have been hung. Trials are now go in g 111 all the counties." e e ll ie 4 0th drawing of the 3 per Cent. and 4 per 133 1 1! Credit Foncier Bonds has just taken place. No. 1°55 , the first G 5,029, 20 on „ , 50,000 f. ; 69,569, 40,000 f; 175,159, 30,000 f. ; 13, q : 4. -; 148,602, 10,000 f. ; and Nos. 106,619 ; 31,642 ; 5„,„`" ) ; 134 , i95; wear. each. 162,972; » CHRISTMAS RITES.—The association of kissing am 113 Mist letoe is supposed to come from the Scandinavian mythology, It was w ith an arrow fashioned out of a totstofletee bough that Loki, the evil one, slew Balder, the f -u'riga, the baleful parasite having alone, by its insig lz4a, ace and seeming frailty, escaped the oath which was Nv a ' t "ti en all other things belonging to earth, air, fire, and atotobeirCtenrcl' bitterly t t e h h e artn the fair young god. All nature mourned death of Balder, that Hela consented to re- M a t t e h _ hi .m ; and the mistletoe was then consecrated to his h.uniel. in order to prevent its being again used as an in it of muchief. Friga being the Scandinavian Venus, ta a C as Y to se e h ow ki ss i ng un d er th e m i s tletoe came into 411 6 1°4 ' Lest th e occas i ona l scarc ity o f th e plant should at Itsed -e f el( the popularity of the pleasant rite, the maidens With make "kissing bunches" of evergreens, decked ve i ribbons and oranges, which it was said did just as k or • 111 our own days kissing " under the rose" seems 111 fttvour.—Once a Week. 1,13,e Perthshire Advertiser records the death o f a ee J o hnstone who kept a small shop for a quarter of a 51i,, 11 ,7 at Myth, and who expired on Tuesday morning. f the chair in which she rested herself and slept c't f 111 1 37 20 Peri od. years , never having been in a bed for that long TR Dlibiish E COLONY OF VICTORIA.—The Sydney Herald 14 ed the following telegram from Melbourne : ra v aY, October 20, 8 p.m.—The Melbourne and Mur ci".._e-"ver Railway opened to Sandhurst to , day. The 11 ° Y flier and a large number of people were present. , to r ee extra trains were required for excursionists. The ba c ip eo Pa ge of Wittko ws ki, B r others, large speculat ors in to- N i . cl i s announ ce d. Li a bilities £50,000 sterling. It i s the ' 5140 that secured creditors will give bills for 15s. in pound, and take assignment." l AL WRECK.—ran express forwarded from PAT l ongue to the Customhouse by Mr. Crawford, factor at tid ?lgue for the Duke of Sutherland, gives the melancholy 'll gs O rt of the wrec k o f a b r i g th ere , su pposed to be the ega' of Dundee, from America, with her entire crew. waCrawford t that the vessel came to anchor to the eas tward es yward of Rabbit Islands, in the Kyle of Tongue, on drag ged during the hurricane, and that during the night `tir e crew d anchors, and struck OD the bar of Kyle. The i ` t ire crew seem to have perished, two bodies having been b a ,,, / en f rom the wreck. Neither the captain's nor mate's e'y was found. 'the two bodies which were discovered Use the wreck had each Shipwrecked Mariners' Society dals, which have been preserved with a view to identiti eeatiea. The bodies have been decently inferred under Mr. butter), superintendence. Little of the cargo (flour and a nd larg e can be saved. The hull is a good deal sanded up, I.arge quantities of barrels are floating about,—.Ni SCARE MARKET. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOTIS. Share is xliwayq. 13.14 Col , and Str. Va I I and 'Fyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 1 nl,l Bandon tolowal! 8 8i 83 65 115 116 q 7 A (A t4 - et ,, (1 1\ iiu ill Gp c.p " 0. " been paid to 11. Dublin & Belfast June. I 11 , Perth.&Ab. June. 'Edinburgh & GlasP;ow. Wasp:. and S. Western. 'GreatEastern, Ord. stk I Ditto A stock Ditto East Arlo:Han et. GreatNorthof Scotland I Great Do A stock j Do 13 do Do. £5 shares IGt. S. an i W. of Ireland 'Great Western ..... . Do Str Val gun. stock. Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., ds Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do I shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. •c. Derby Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line 'North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwicl: Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do __ Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. ... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&ll l West Midland -Oxford Do Newport] Do Hereford 41 43 13 14 86 88 105 107 40 47 43 45 24 25 1241 1254 128 129 135 137 104 1013 63 CB5 108 109 71 72i 118 119 38 SO 00 07 101 102 40 41 8f 9 1281 12,5 1 111 lip 95 98 52 53 25 27 994 100 —d 56 67 88 84 125 127 107 110 4 1 - 44 d p 101 114 118 120 474 484 103 105 47 49 336 344 88 €B6 686 596 100 103 7 8 39 40 106 101 p 74 71 p 197 149 46 5 1 24 3 p 556 566 26 34 p *di p 87 89 140 145 29 31 115: 46i I 44} 125 41 128 7 81 33i Vii I Nit 251 934 56j i 87i 88 I raid . 1 Closing I Business Price. done. 687 f E f 108 f I f I 7lf 1 12S i a 3a p Vc A 1 76 71 1i 4p 16 16 all all all all all 7 6 1 1 ii a 20} 2! 14 14 9 91 20 21 44 41i pr ip 86 vi 8 7 d 45i fei 41 43 18} 181 14 16 i I Of 10 10 lot 1/ 2pm 231 231 7 1 mi 824 3 24d 7 71 10 )04 204 214 lo}} 91 10 !OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC IrRITIES. PREFERENCE S. I & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. Cornwall, 5 percent Do. 4.; p. c. gua. perpet Dun. Perth, &Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref Edin.&Glas.s p.o. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. I Do No. ' Do 6 p. c. pref Do. E. Ang,n A st 5 p.c. Do 7 p.c. Do, E. Agn. B 6 p c. pf. Do. do. C 7 do. Do. E. Union, 4 p.c. gua Do 5 p. c. gua Do.Norf'k 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 Do. do. 55 p.c. pref. 1847 Do. 5 p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.c. R edm.lop.c. pm. Do. 45 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redtr.atsp.c.pre Do. Hertford purchase. Do. Luton do Do.H.&L. pur. 4 p. c. pt Do. Luton pur. 5 p. c.pf Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref Sn. & W. (Ireland' 4 per cent Great West. (Berks Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 45 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. C. redeem. pref Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.o. pf. shs Do. Chester 5.c. pf. shs Lan. & Carl. 45 P.C. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stocl. Do.Barnsl.stLs 3510dpe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.l Do. 45 p. c. (Blackb. pur Lon.&Brig.sp.c.ga. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 5 per cent. d 0... , 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 c. st. (di v. detlil Lon.Chat.&Dov.sp.c.pf. lon. & N. W., Coy. t Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lou.& S.West. 7p. cent. st., late 3d shares Do. (Portam'thyerpetli snits. of 2s. 6d) NTan. Sli. & Lin. 6 per ct Do. £6 Do. 3,-; per cent, Do. redeem. 6percent Ilaryport & Carl. 4 pr. C Do. 46 per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk Do.Con.Bris.,t Bir. 6 p.c Do. 46 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 46 p.c. irredeemable Do. 46 per cent... .. Do.Leic. and liit4per of Sort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 46pr. ct redeemabl , Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pret Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, Q. & S. Pura Do. Carlisle 46 p. c. Do. do. 4 p. N. London 46 p. c. £2O pt North Staffordshire.. Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 46 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann.,1.0.6) Do. 4i per Cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do 1859 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 6 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c... 'Do• B 6 p. c... Do. C6p. o Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. Watrfd & Kilkny. 6 p. c W. Mid.-Oxf let guastk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 186 r, Do. till 1860 43 45 35 37 9471 25} ARES. 96 98 204 214 - - 6i 7 1111 113 91 93 1112 114 1111 113 129 131 105 108 129 13t• no In 117 119 112 114 105 107 108 110 98 100 98 100 88 90 89 01 102 104 77 79 170 175 104 10u 138 140 103 105 116 118 116 118 136 140 116 118 155 160 131 135 80 82 96 97 2/ 3 123 It!s Fm (.8 70 fpm 140 142 103 105 P 7 110 112 108 110 _1 03 i 45 103 105 98 100 .. .. P iP -- - 23 23i 101 lot 24 i4i 102 104 102 104 87 80 21} 211 254 29 334 34 31 34 45 47 126 128 118 122 101 103 122 124 118 120 5 1 1 1 20 28.2.81 1 3 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railway/. ,nia 1 i Leasing 'Closing Business 12 * Co. s I Price. Done. Birkenhead.~,, Buckingh • ms:iire. Chester & Holyhead lOO Do •, 55 87 Do. 51per cent 100 'Do, 1126 128 Do. 5 „ 100 'Do. '1151161 Clydesdale Junction 100 i Cledon 1103 105 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 1E.1.T.&G.E f 8 70 E. Lincolnah. e: Bpr c. 100 Gt.Nerth, 136 138 Gloster& Dean Force all Gt. West. Gt.Eas 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 Lou. and Chat. Ext. B 1 0, ner cent ... all Lon.&Clit 111 12 Do 41 per cent..... 100 Do Do. Bromley, 8 per c. all D 0... _ .. Da.New ShlB6l, 4ip.c. all Do 22 24 Do.Wn. I_ , :xt. A, 41p c. all Do. .... London & Greenwic lOO S. Eastern 64 66 Do. Preferen ,-. Lon.,Tilb.& S.. -, tliend 100 Peto &Co 90 02 Lnd' dr. &Ennis. orig. 100 Do. AI 100 Irish N.- Do. B 100 Western. Do. C, 100 Lowestoft gua. I p c.. 1 100 Norfolk — Do 6 per cent lOO Do. — .• Dlnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LN Wik M 4 41 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Nor.Dev.Rail & Dock lOO L.&S.W. Do A stock lOO from Ist Do B stock lOO Jan.,1863. Do. Preference-- 100 Northn.&Eastn. 5 p.c. ' all Gt. Eastn 67 59 Do. 6 per cent.....a1l Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 100 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 951 96 Preston and Wyre. I all L&N.W & L. y k. ) 44 46 Do. 1 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. t . Roystn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 L.&N.W.. 136 137 Do. Do. South Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.W West London, Cls A all W.Ln.Ex Do do B all Ln&N.W. Do do C all & Gt.Wst. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 1 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtnt 81 9ii PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS n;‘,..;,,,—,1 ~.,•,e;••,ent on the Profits of each separate Yea] F REFERENt Dividends continq;en' ,E Si t on th, OCKS )arate Year. Caledon. .£l9 Gua. Stc!(. G a t e n t Eastern co a s t Lon.& kwa11,44 p•'!•sk• Do. do. 44 do. shares 6 5 p P .. et. pt. B c. pret., Lond'n, Brig'tn, tc., 4 41 per cent 1858, Do. do. 4 per et 1860, Do. do. 44 p er ct 1861, Do. do. 44 per et 1861 6p.e 2d pfi Do, Metrop.Ext 11,6 p.c. Lou. R:S.Western 44 p.n. North British £lO Gua. Shares, 1861 ~_, Do Ed,Prth,& dee,4p Scottish Central 4i p.c. irred. pret S.-Eastern 44 p.c. 1859 Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd ) Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd ) Stkton & Darlgtu. D,Pf Do. do. 100 100 100 102 104 108 108 P iP IC2 103 id ip 103 105 92 96 103 105 lot 101 104 106 80 83 10 10 10 1 10 lot 10 28i 281 Pale of Neatl 5... get 211 1074 100 100 100 3/ (00 all 100 10 10 10 25"', 25 20 Share , 100 atk 20 204 10 100 100 100 stock stock THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1862. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. • Railways ktlantie & St Lawrenet Boin.,Barodatt.Cent Jti Gu. 5 per cent ...... Do. New . Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Pretcronee ....... Buttalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 18% Do. do. July 1, Do. do. J tine 1, 15; Alleutta.& 'S. Ea tu. Cape Town k Dock Serif Flastn. Bengal go. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. 'Do. do. G I Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref..' Do. 2d l'ref. 6 per et.. Do. 6 per et. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. e... Do. January, 1562 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 8 percent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. 0. .. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Dc.44 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Mclb.Corp. a p. o. Buds 3lelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newßrunswick a Candy Class A Capital Share Do. do. B Capital d 0... N.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist It bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do , d t Do. Punjaub .... r y Do. Do. —.••• • • . 5,42' Do. Tndns.St. Flo.) FOICEItiN Antwerp 6t Rotterdam. Bah.&S.Fran..Lini.7p.c. Beigian East. Junction Copiapo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Do Eastern of France ... 'Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. Italian Junction ...... Namur & Liege .... Do. 6 p. o. Pref. ....... Northern of Franoe... Do. New Shares N.Rail. of BuenosA.Yre;i l Gua. 7 p e., Lim Norwegian Trunk Fret Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, z Medi ter. Paris & Orleans , 'Portuguese Rail.~Royal 'fedi e & S. }ran. (Peru.) g•ua. 7p. ct. Riga Az Royal Danish .......... Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. o. S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 p ct. Southern of France.... Turin and Savona .... 1 West Flandern Do. 5i p c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of Prance .. Paid., Closing Price. i 67 69- 106 107 51 5 8 Si 77 80 75 78 72 75 105 107 107 i lc Si 107 1( 108 109 1 lip 4 fp 221 22i 74 76 61 C 6 35 37 48 52 34 36 34 36 107 108 1 11p 105 106 13 13} 7.1 71 98 100 90 02 die 1054 1064 994 1004 94 96 all alt 100 (100 1 100 'Co 10(", liA I I 51 53 3 5 3 6 83 85 1054 107 i 1044 1051 P t tO5 107 101 103 1081 1 75 4} 65 i 354 , Cau.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 1877-81 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.l Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept.l Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. I Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,1873 Do.Ap &Oct 1880 Do. 1890 1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,1866 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 Do. 4°oBBB &upwds New Zealand 6 p. centi Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 1 Queensland Gov. 6p. c S. Aus 06p.c.1878.& up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to 6 p.c. Ap.Aoot BMT I S !Cambrian Con sol. Gold Cliilord Amalgamated Devon G. Con.,. (Tavist , East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon East Carn Brea... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.), Gam.JzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.)l Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (lIelston; Grenville . Herod's- Foot I lingston Downs Lady Bertha Nrargaret (tiny Lelant; Nlarke Valley.. Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun North Downs N.WIVI Basset (111o4an North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lel nt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Card Brea (Illogan) 77.Witeai Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.ct Lead Min Tin Croit West Basset (I1logva)..1 W Caradon (Liskeard)l West Seto:► Wheal Baseet (Mogan), Wheal Buller (Redruth): Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLucl, ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton w h eal TrelaAvney (Lis ) Wheal Union ! 13 11 13 14 26 18 285 290 774 824 49 81 7i 1;11 16 16 1774 1824 17 18 52 64 Business done 106 a a POLICE-THIS DAY. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE,—EdwarI Burke, a tall young man, was charged with being concerned in the following disgraccfal outs age : 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 opprtunity of stealing something. Mr. Arnold—Did they have anything to drink in your house. Mr. Butt---They had not; I refused to serve them. Edward Burrows, a man who was 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 created 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. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT AT A CHRISTMAS PARTY.-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 ruched 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. KTIOX, 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 merrymaking, 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 defend ant 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 acccunts, 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 nigh*. 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 tho 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 EVE SIEIRMISH.—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 Welshes, and John Walsh seized her by the hair of her head, tore a bunch of it away, throw 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 filmi the arm was sprained. The arm was disabled, and she was severely inju re d. J ames G orman , of N o . 9, Tavern-court, was app re h ended by John W a l s h . M rs. Walsh struck a woman with two wax candles, and both prisoners compelled others to bite the dust. Isaac Acton, No. 493 vvi h th er. th a e nd ex a a l g l g t e h r e ati m on en no in t un commonthe with some poli cemen, said the people in Walsh ' s house were all fighting toget house were cut to pieces. Mr. Selfe—l am sorry to hear it—cut to pieces, were they ? James Gorman, oue of the men cut to pieces, was pro duced. Ho had a severe black eye. Nike 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 wero 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 ss. The penalties were paid. MARKETS-THIS DAY. MARK-LANE. !Mt ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 46s 5d ; barley, 34s 7d ; oats, 20s 6d ; rye, 325 Od ; beans, 37s 2d ; and peas, 39s 4d, THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 47s 8d ; barley, 35s 3d ; oats, 21s ld ; rye, 33s Ild ; beans, 38s 5d ; peas, 40s 10d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—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 Atty. Good and prime breeds commanded a steady sale at quite Moflday's currency, the best Scots being worth rather over 5s per Blb ; otherwise the beef trade was inactive on former terms. The show of sheep was 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 mulch cows were in the market. Per 81b. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 1 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 0 6 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 j Pme. S'thdowndo.s 8 5 10 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Large orse. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, 61. - c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small d 0... 4 10 5 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 2 Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Second quality do. 4 4 4 101 Small porkers , 4 6 4 8 . _ Suckling calves, lOs to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows 4O Sheep Sheep Calves • • • 36 Pigs Pigs 4O NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is only moderate. Generally speaking, the trade rules firm at our quotations. Per Slb. by the carcase. stied sdsd Inferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 Middlingmutton 3 10 4 4 Isliddling do. .. 3 0 3 4 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Prime largo do. 3 6 4 0 Veal Do. small d 0... 4 2 4 4 Small pork ~ .. 4 0 4 6 Large pork .... 3 2 3 10 Lamb .... 0 0 0 0 Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in all kinds of hops is excee di ng l y small. The support previous quotations; otherwisetendency. 90s to 180 s per cw t. Weald of Kents Sussex rr . lid and East Kents Bavarian .. 100 S to 130 s „ Belgian American .. 115 s to 130 s „ The Perthshire Courier states that the Perth, Almond Valley, and Methven Railway have sold their line to the Scottish North-Eastern Company, who are to refund to the former company all their outlay. This arrangement takes effect as soon as an Act of Parliament can be got. This will not be before 1864. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZETTE.—This Evening. CROWN AND HANAPER OFFICE, DUBLIN. In Pursuance of an Act :passed in the fortieth year of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act to regulate the mode by which the Lords Spiri tual and Temporal, and the Commons, to serve in the Par liament of the United Kingdom, on the part of Ireland, shall be summoned and returned to the said Parliament, I do hereby give notce that the Right Hon. Cornwallis, Viscount Hawarden, has been chosen, by a majority of votes, to be the Peer to sit in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, in the roam of the Right Hon, Arthur, Viscount Dungannon, deceased. Dated the 2d day of December, 1862. RALPH SMITH CUSACK, Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 20. Royal Marine Light Infantry—Second Lieutenant Henry Arthur Thomas to be First Lieutenant, vice Brand, re signed. LUCKNOW PRIZE MONEY. Notice is hereby given, that Prize Rolls for the under mentioned corps, on account of the first distribution of prize-money for the operations and capture of Lucknow in 1858, have been received at this Hospital ; containing the names of those whose shares have been • remitted to the Commissioners of this Hospital by the Government of India; and that distribution of such shares will commence at my office, on the 2d January next, and will be continued on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, during the hours from 1 L to 2 o'clock. The following are the Rolls which have been received, viz :—Royal Artillery present at the capture, viz—Horse Brigade—E. Battery'F. Battery. Foot Artillery-8 Com pany, 2 Battalion-6 Company, 11 Battalion-5 Company, 12 and 13 Battalions-6 Company, 13 Battalion-3 Com pany, 14 Battalion-4 Company, 14 Battalion. Royal Engineers-7th Hussars-9th Lancers-sth Foot, 1 Bat talion-Bth Foot, 1 Battalion-10th Foot, 1 Battalion-20th Foot, 1 Battalion-23d Foot, 1 Battalion-32d-34th-38th —42d-53d-75th 79 th-80 th-82d-88th-90 th —97th— Rifle Brigade, 2 and 3 Battalions. BANKRUPTS. That portion of the Gazette oontaining the bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. 1 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16 11 17 Antwerp .. 25 42} 25 471 Brussels — 25 421 25 47 Hamburgh — 13 6 13 6f Paris 5 4 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 1181 119 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin .— Madrid Cadia Leghorn — 25 55 25 60 Milan — 25 55 25 60 Genoa — 25 55 25 60 Naples Palermo — 1191 1191 Messina Lisbon — 521 521 Oporto — 52/ 521 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons 0 0 0 BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 24th day of Dec., 1862: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. totes issued ........X28,687,740 Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 14,037,740 Silver Bullion £28,637,740 BANKING DE PART3IENT. I't oprletors' Capi- Government Secu tal £14.553,000 rities (including Rest Public Deposits (in- nuity) £11,134,517 eluding Exche- Other Securities 20,115,214 quer, Savincrs' Notes Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver 833,055 missioners of Na- Coin tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 3,654,09 Other Deposits 14,306,07 Seven Day and other Biils 651,503 £23 637,740 £41,271,631 W. £41,271,631 MILLER, Deputy Cashier. Dec. 26, 1862. CIHRISTMAS•DAY IN LONDON.—The air yesterday was as mild as in April, and the sun shone with almost summer heat and brilliancy. The streets, however, were damp and dirty. The churches were well attended in the morning, and the thoroughfares were filled with throngs of people. In the forenoon the in-pensioners of Greenwich Hospital, numbering nearly 2,10'), were mustered and in spected by the lieutenant-governor of the institution. After attending Divine service. the veterans proceeded to the dining-halls, each man being provided with llb. of roast beef, vegetables ad libitum, plum-pudding, and a quart of strong ale. GREENWICH HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday morning the inkpensioners of Greenwich Hospital, numbering nearly 2,400, were mustered and inspected by the lieutenant governor of the institution. After attending Divine service the veterans proceeded to the dining-halls, each man being provided with 11b. of roast beef, vegetables ad libitum, plum pudding, and a quart of strong ale. This feast is in addition to the usnal messes of mutton, soup, and potatoes. The ordinary quantity of beer was served in this afternoon. Snuff and tobacco was also furnished to those persons who are consumers of such articles. 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 Danube at 650 kilometres (t of a mile each) distance below Pesth. Thu lino 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 lino 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 I contain, and especially the magnificent mines of rocksalt possessed by the Roumain Government. The total length of the proposed lines would be about 1,500 kilometres, thus divided :—On the Austrian territory from Bazias to the frontier of Roumania, near Orsova, 125 kilom. ; from Orsova to Rustchuck by Bucharest, 353 kilom. ; from Rustchuck to Constantinople by Schumla, 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 kilom., making a total length of 1,485 kilom." THE CASE OF THEREV. P. NPLAUGHLIN.—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. 111‘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 .Tournal, 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. ANOTHER YOUNG LADY BURNT TO DEATH TLIROUGIL CRlNowNE.—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, when her 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. 17i 40 M 5. 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Two beds are huddled into one small, unventilated room at the back; attached to the house is a pigsty. The approaches to it are i❑ a shocking sanitary condition. The child alleged to have been mur dered was the illegitimate offspring of Jane 1 Thomas, who was delivered of it some two or three months ao. The child became unwell, and it was attended by Mr. Chater, surgeon. On the Ist of November it expired under circumstances which called for a judicial investigation. The contents of the child's stomach were sent to Dr. Herapath, of Bristol, for analysis, and he had given evidence that death had been caused by strychnine. The coroner's jury, after hearing his evidence, returned a verdict of wilful murder against the two women, and they were remt,ved to Haverfordwest to await their trial. Additional interest and importance were attached to the in- I 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 CATHOLIC PRIES 7 CHARGED WITH ASSAULI. 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 them all—but again returned in a few minutes after and charged this man with writing a letter to his land lord, Sir Robert Blosse. He said "You have writ ten a letter to Sir Robert Blosse, and have intro duced my name." I wrote no letter said the man. " You did," said his reverence. The defendant then struck him on the head, and struck him a se cond time, and he would have fallen only for the bed that 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,and 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 pool. humble man from the altar—this clergy man 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. Grifii❑ 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. Iu defence, and in support of the cross case, the Rev. Mr. Geraghty, It. 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 Raid—ln doing this Sohn 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 Ile 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 magistrate WAS 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 711 E DRAGON. (From Punch.) Our patron saint in days of yore Did maul a monster grim, For which his mem'ry we adore, May'st 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 I Unflinching, clip his felon claws, And resolutely bind The wretch that laughs at human laws, And strikes at human kind. Think 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 morceau be, Thy anodynes and balms, For one of his voracity Whose conscience has no qualms. If he for delicacies sigh, not in on th t y r stringent a g p r p i WithStalVndhen 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 °rep—Fattener of Rascals. 711 E DEFENCES OF 2HE ISLE OF TVIGH7 . The od fort in Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight,whieh 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 rwatesia place, is new all but razed to the gtouod, and iag , place suppli e d b y a new lot l,spi i eg i ng up about 15g ' yards further eastward on the line of beach, of a very different character, both in its offensive and de fensive powers. The old fort 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 had 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 strengtil 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 166 feet, with right and left faces of 116 feet each, and right and left flanks of 150 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 front with 10in. of iron plating,and with iron embrasures on the Thornycroft system, having each a width of 21t. 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 be made, as well as upon the iron keeps and em • brasures for the forts on Portsdown, when the forti cation scheme next comes before the House of Com mons. The casemates for the guns of the new fort, 12 on the front faces and three on its right and left faces, will be capable of mounting 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 accommoda tion for 100 men. Underneath bombproof arches in the centre of the parade ground has been con structed a tank, fitted with filtering apparatus, ca pable of holding 10,000 gallons of water for the use of the garrison. The water will be collected. from what falls within the area of the fort, from the roof of the officers' quarters and the terre-pleine of the work. The main magazine has brick walls 4 feet in thickness, laid in cement, the outer layer of bricks having glazed surfaces, to prevent damp by contact with the earth covering. It has hollow ventilating openings round the wall, Sze., 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 to 6 tons each, having to be landed in Braiding har bour, and thence conveyed overland, via Bembridge Down, to where the fort is being built. Right and left of the new fort of Sundown the line of cliffs on the sea-beach rise to a considerable height above high-water mark, culminating in 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 Luecombo. The next supporting work to the new work is Yavez 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 fert. - _ Its gorge is close I by a building for officers' and men's quarters on the left, and a high loopholed wall on the right connected by the entracte gateway, which crosses a deep and wide ditch, the cuttings of which, as at. the Barrack battery and Redcliff, 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 baa 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 were in 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 Bena 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 crest 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 done to this work beyond the excavations, the chalk from which, deposited on the side of the lofty down, is visible for miles on either side, by land and by sea. It is intended to make this work perfectly impreg nable to any system of attack which could be brought to bear upon it, giving it the same prominence in the general plan of def ence o f the i slan d at i ts 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 3f 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 Bth 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 Sth 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, au 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 jur3 should induce the Home Secretary to respite the sentence. 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