The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-23 00:00:00

'sat if been w arts have moat oi tri i t b ° e ai i " A a d to ,:illg li la de d boo' MONEY IVIARKET. CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY. About £107,000 in gold was sent into the B,tok to -day. A general meeting of the shareholders is the Bank of London is convened for Jan. 19. The Liverpool cotton market was steady, with sales to the extent of 8,000 bales. W 0 understand that the tender of the Royal ~, Steam Packet Company for the conveyance of the mails between Southampton and Brazil has b een accepted by government. The new contract is for a period of seven years, and the previous sa tisfactory arrangements will be closely adhered to. The whole of the tenders sent to government for the West Indian mail service are believed to have been rejected. Fresh tenders, however, are expected to b e invited. Advises received, via New York, announce that t he whole of the £200,000 in specie and bullion, as well as the cargo from Greytown, had been saved from the wreck of the Royal Mail steamer Avon. The cargo consisted chiefly of indiarubber, and has Little but trifling injury from the water. " I ' lt Ve hope was entertained of saving the vessel. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have announced 1 / 4 3 1 11ent in due course of the dividend falling due ii °ll lan. 1 on th e V enezue la 3 and 11 per Cent. ° Qs, at the rate of 2 per cent. on the former and , Per cent. per annum on the latter, as agreed to by r , s t he bondh o ld ers at a mee ti ng h e ld a t the London fallin g on the 20th June last; also of the dividend due at the same time on the Venezuela 6 per Cent. Certificates which have been issued for arrears of interest on the 3 and 11 per Cent. Bonds. The commercial advises from New York state that t he financial recommendations of the Committee of 4 3 7 e and Means were expected to be adopted by ( 411 gress with some modifications. The proposal t hat the Government should already retract their P l edge to pay the interest on the national debt in sold was thought likely to be set aside for the mo ment, Mr. Chase having already borrowed from the banks enough to meet the sums on that ac count falling due on the Ist of January — nearly £ BO O,OOO. That the step would be taken before t he next period of heavy payments was consi dered certain. The proposal to limit the circula tion of the various banks throughout the Union by taxation seems to have little chance of success In the face of the influence possessed in Congress those institutions. The reports of the urgent Seed of the Government for means to supply their current liabilities were strong and general, and an immediate issue of additional paper was therefore t hought to be unavoidable. Experienced financiers were preparing for this result, and were a ctin g on t he view that on the passage of the b ill now under .1 I scussion for the purpose the premium on gold will 3 , 1 , 1 4 up to 4,0, with a prospect of a further adv ance th e moment the issues shall actually commence. 4 4 , t the same time great doubts are expressed as to faithfulness of the figures lately prese nted b y „,)," r• Chase o f the total amount of the Government •videbt. Business generally had been dull, and the canals are now closed for the winter. CITY NEWS-THIS DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The enquiry for money continues quiet, and the rates still denote an abundance of money, and a tendency to greater easiness. The final call of £1 is to be paid on the shares I) ! the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon Railway Co. by Lae 29th inst. There is an increase of £897 in the traffic receipts of the Brighton Railway, but a decrease of £1,260 On the South-Eastern for the past week. Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Market during the last day or two has been more active. Sugars have been a little dearer, while coffee, cocoa, rice, and saltpetre have also been at slightly enhanced quotations. Tallow has been in limited request at barely previous quotations, P,Y.C. on the spot and for spring delivery being Marked 455. 3d. and 455. 6d. per cwt. respectively. Two o'CLoCK. The Liverpool cotton market to-day was very strong, and the quantity offering much reduced. There has been no alteration to-day in the Market for the English Funds, which, however, although quiet, are firmly supported. As the members are disposed to take advantage of the ° PPortunity now afforded for suspending operations u ntil next week, very few fresh en g a g ements are o and the market therefore exhibits an in active appearance. Consols are firm at 921 / for Reduc e d and the account. The New Threes and the 4 teduced Annuities have been dealt in at 921 4 ; Bank Stock at 232 234; India 5 per Cents. 1071 I°B 4 ; Enfac e d 5 per Cents. 1 05 1 * ; the 61 p er tents, at 112 2 ; and the 4 per Cent. Debentures 1001; and Exchequer Bills 10s. to 14s. prem. The transactions in the Foreign Market have been Circumscribed, but no important variation has ° ec urred. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, 7 0 1 71 ; ditto, 1862, 714 ; and the Consolides, 40 1 41 ; re ek Bonds are steady at 16k ; the Coupons at I m tl4 Mexican at 321 ; Egyptian have improved to Ne w 95 4; ditto, 2d issue, to 93 1 94 1 ; Portu g uese Lo an i s 48k ; Sp an i s h Deferred,46l ; ditto Cer t. I, lea tee, 8/ ; Venezuelan 3 per Cents. 25 1; a nd the ew Scrip is fiat at 2 11 dis. In the R a il wa y Share Market the dealings con -1,4"d very limited, and prices, in some instances , ; r e a shade lower. Great Westerns, London and ackwall, North British, and North Eastern 'Be rwick) receded 55., and South Easterns, 10s. Great E as t erns , h owever , improved 55., and South " estera s s s . The te Foreign and Colonial lines were without ma tal variation. South Austrian and Lombardo vrenetian remained steady at 231; Bahia and San li, i s r l a teisco at 20 ; Recife and San Francisco brought l e; Grand T ru nk of Canada declined to 221 ; and Ma dras Five per Cents, improved to 10 5 1 106 . . , ° iat-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares e aid 44 ibited no material change in values. London Brazi lian Westminster improved to 801 ; London and brought 311; Ottoman Bank, 331; Union of Australia, 60 ; Australian Agricultural shares al lied 241; and South Anstralian Land, 33. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSINt PRICES. al lk Stock 32331 4 2 a Per Cent. Reduced Annuities - i Neer Cent. Consols Annuities 9 2 iiii4 j 3 Per Cent. Annuities rr Dittoi tt e E 5 ncila Stock ~,l) ? tto 5 per Cent lOBl 71 Ditto :faced Paper, 4 per Cent .. . 5 per Cent per Cent. -bitto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 1001 I e l c, ols for A ccoun t 92/ ehequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent — Ditto £500 " J itto Small l4 10 t r ,.„ I" ,OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ''''"all 5 per Cent D itto 41 pea Cent., 1852-58-60 7 3 Ptian 7 per Cent 944 51 41 6 Q i : t to, Second Issue Dittoper Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 166 Coupons 7 h e '9ean 3 per Cent --, e "itto Account Porto 4 t tanada 2 per Cent .... 13.,,,,1itt,tt00 :. over-duo . Coups.. & Hectares 121 .gilese 3 per Cent., 1853 1 ) 1 4 . 6 3 per Cent , 1862 span • "'crlP, £2O paid -1 pm Ditto 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — 5 per Cent., 1862 9l :1 tril 3 per Cent .„,.tto New Deferred s -Unto Accout.t TP7titsob6Cert. of Coup .. 464 Ditto not funded Il ij iBl - 1 6 per Cent. 1854 . per Cent. 1358 .T.,, account 7Ol 1 *Ditto Paid-up Scrip :ilunt o 7la 1 .j e t z to 4ol, l 3 per Cent ACcount.. '254 5 41 c o.: sitotio6 per Cents,, 1862 (Scrip), ,E 53 pd 2 1 2 A dis 1) Dividend;i n the above payable in London, Dutch 2 1 C il Ex 19 Gu 1- :p l e o e r n r e C v e e n ia t t7Cert . ifiLtes THREE O'CLOCK. 92a Ditto, Account, Jan. 8 „, Th e Co ns ti tut i onnel of yesterday contains para to.aph • t o s igned by M. Boniface, stating that it is authorised 1\1.6 a complete denial to the news published by the ion W j ar 7 ( "e, alleging that in a the latter declined to conversat . between M. de i ges and Signor Farini, resume Y goti a ti ons on the Roman question because they were 40 t il kelY to l ea d to any result. The Constitutionnel also I,sanries that the Chevalier (zi Nigra, Italian ambassador at 4 , is, had held s i m il ar l anguage t o M, Drouyn de Lhuys, Was likewise Amerted by the Opinfoie. SHARE MARKET_THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuRS. Railways. Sir.. Wol., and Str. Val Illythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleal.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter . ..., Caledonian 'Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div Do. B till flp c.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,& A b. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gun,. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Illackwall Lon., Bright ,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover. Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western NI an., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. DO y shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birrailig. AL Derby, 3 , 11 d, Gt. W. of IrelandH Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick 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. MM. 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 do Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.kli West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford PREFERENCE S lirls. & Exet. 4 p. c. at Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. Cornwall, 5 per ant... . Do. 41 p. c. gua. perpet. Dun. Perth, Abcr,Jun. Do. Ist Class Pref.. Edin.itGlas.s p.c. shares Do. 4p. c. guar. S. &u Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. 1 Do No. 9 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 IDo.Norf'k 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 Do. do. 51 p c. pref. 1847 Do. r , p. c. wavy. Val. '47 ,Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.c.Rechn.lop..pm. Do. 41 p. c. do I Do.sp.c.Redmatsp.c.pm Do. Hertford purchase. Do. Luton do Do.H./cL. pur. 4 p. c. pf Do. Luton pur. 5 p. c.pf Gt. Nh. of scot. Ist pref Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland' 4 per cent Great West. (Berks any Hants 'Est) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 45 p. ct Doe redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pret Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock• Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. sht. Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. slits Lan. & Carl. 4i p.c. pret Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s lOdpc Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4a p. c. (Blackb. pur Lon. &Brig.sp.e.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. I per bent. d 0... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk Do. p.c. do(W.E.&C.P. , Do. 4 p I Lon.Chat.&Doy. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. tt Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. it., late 3d shares Do. (Portsm'th perpetl anns. of 2s. 6d.) Man. Sh. b. Lin. 6 per et Do. 46 Do. 31 per cent, Do. redeem. 6 per cent Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 46 per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. atk Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.e Do. 46 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 4i p.c. irredeemable Do. 44 per cent..... Do.Leim andHlt4per ct Nort British, 5 per cent. i)o. - Ncw gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs N-East. Cons. pref. 4 pm. Do. 46pr. ct redeemabh Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. ?ref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, 11. & S. Purch Do. Carlisle 46 p. e. Do. do. 4 p. o N. London 46 p. c. £2O pf North Staffordshire Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. C. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,g - ua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10a. Do. Fixed 46 per cent South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 46 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 46 per cent Do. do 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Do. 5 p. c. gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Vraff Vale No. 1 Pref. 'Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. o. W. Idid Do .-Oxf 1 2 st d gua atk . do . Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. Perpet.6 p• c. pf. 1866 Do. 1869 126 k Closing 1 Business Paid'l Price. done 8 8i ei ett 83 S 5 115 115 6j 7 41 43 13 14 86 88 105 107 46 47 43 95 24 25 124; 125! 128 129 135 137 104 MI 63 (8a 1084 109 714 724 118 119 28 39 961 97 101 102 40 41 81 91 1281 1264 1 ci lip 96 98 52 53 25 27 094 100 d 56 67 88 184 125 127 107 1:0 ID 4;1 44 10f 114 118 120 474 484 103 105 47 49 334 344 88 89i 6134 100 10S 7 8 39 40 10 , 1 101 p 7i 7 117 149 p 44 5 r 24 3 p 554 564 24 34 p d p 87 89 190 145 29 31 43 45 35 37 94i 25i 68 1 / 711 118 i gel i I i 1011 11 i p 971 93f d Sit 88} 8 13 i ARES. 96 98 20i 21i Ci 7 111 113 91 93 112 114 111 113 129 131 105 108 '29 131 150 1.52 117 119 112 114 105 107 108 110 98 100 98 100 88 90 89 01 102 104 77 79 170 175 104 100 t3B 140 103 105 116 118 116 118 136 140 116 118 155 16) 131 135 80 82 96 97 21 3 123 125 §orr, c 8 70 fipm 140 142 103 105 95 97 110 112 198 no 1 lapin 93 95 103 105 98 100 •• •• P in 23 23i 100 100 100 all all i; o :a.~ 10i 101 24 24i 102 104 102 104 87 89 21} 111 284 29 33,} 34 32/ 311 45 47 126 128 118 122 101 103 122 124 118 120 LINES LEASED AT FIX ED RENTALS. Railwa s.Leainr, 'Closing Business y Paid. Co. s Price. Done. Birkenhead. Buckingh m‘lii re. lOO Do. Chester & llotyhead.. 103 Do. Do. 51 per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 , C teflon Colchester, Stour Val. 100 IE.U.kG.E (8 70 E. Lincolnah. gapr c. 100 Gt.Nertli. 136 138 Gloster& Dean Pores all Gt. West. G t. Ea , tn. Newmarket • .oc.. 5 per cent lOO Gt.Eastn. Do. E.U. tiarwen. 4 p.t: 100 D 0....... Do.lVodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c log Do Hull and belby all Ik.N. Mid 111 113 Lancaster k Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 203 206 Lon. and Chat. Ext. II 0 i }er cent ... ... Do 4/ per cent-- 100 Do. BB 89 Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Do. ...... .. „ Do. New ShlB6l, Vp.c. all D 0........ 22 24 Do.llTv. Ext. A, 41p c. all Do Bl a London & Greenwie• 100 S. Eastern 64 66 Do. Preferen •o Lon..Tilb.& b.. -t'iend 100 Peto &Co 9O 92 Lnd'dr. &Ennis. orig. 100 Do. 100 'rich N.- • Do. W 100 Western. Do. C 100 Lowestof t gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk — Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Slnc.,Bxtn.,k Matlock all LNIV& Sq 4 41 Slid. Bradford Prefer- CIWC stock Nor.Dev.ltail k Dock. 100 L.&S.W. Do A stock Do B stock D.,. Preference-- 100 Nortlin.kEastn. sp. c. all Gt. Eastn 67 59 68 Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 100 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western Not. Gran. 111. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 951 964 94 Preston and Wyre. all 1`" L.I*.NV k. ! 44 46 Do. 1 shares A. all Do. ••• • . • . • Itoystn.llitch.k Shep. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 L.&N.W.. 136 137 Do. Do. South Staffordshire 100 En.kN.W , West London, Cls A all \V.Ln.Ex Do do 11 all Ln&N.W. D o do C all k Gt.Wst. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West.l 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon' all L.kßrgtn 86 96 _ PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS Dividends continent on the Profits of each separate Year. st Caledon. £lO Gua. Stcki 100 102 101 st (It Eastern sp. c. pref. 100 106 108 , 10 Kent Coast, 6 p.ct. pl. B- 21 p ip st Lon.k 3 kwall,4l p. '.sic 100 1(2 103 6 4 Do. do. 45 do. shares', 46 id 11) et Lond'n, Brig'tti, cto., 44 1 per cent lB5B 100 103 105 st Do. do. 4 per & ISe 100 92 06 st Do. do. V, per ct 1861 100 103 105 5 Do. do. li per et 18611 3 1 at Ln.Cf.t'vn,ate. 6p.c.2d pf, 100 10 Do, Slet rop.Extl3,6 p.c all 106 1 0 1 - 10 1 g' at Lon. &S.lVestern 41 p. c . 100 104 106 10 North British A:10 Gurt . Shares, 1861.. ..! - ... all st DoEci,Prtli,&D'dee,4-p c 100 80 83 9t Scottish Central4l P. c. irred. pref 10 S.-Eastern 4 1 p.c. 1859 ll2 — lO 1 - 01 10 Do. p.c. June 1861 (rd ) all 10 i Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd ) all 101 10 19 1 10 8 25 Stkton &D. , rlgtn. D,Pf all 28} 29 - I 25 Do. 60. all a 20 Vale of Neath ~ au ;Si 211 102} { 117} 18 5 1 1 20 28.2.81 THE SUN LON'DON, TETESDAYIEVENING, !DECEMBER 23, 1862. Business done 1061 6 LAW-THIS D.Y. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN. um STRICKLAND. 108 71 8 105 j 6 5j 1061 71 His Honour granted an immediate discharge. TN RE GURNEY. 76 20 191 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. HUDSON V. SIR If. SLADE AND OTHERS. The evidence being concluded. Sergeant Shee proceeded to address the jury in reply. He contended that although the evidence appeared to exculpate Sir F. Slade and others from giving the plaintiff into cus tody, yet it clearly showed that Mr. Bradshaw :was re spons ble for the act, as he accompanied the police to the station-house when the officers were first called into the Parliament-chamber of the Temple. The case will occupy the whole of the day. This was a meeting for last examination and discharge. Mr. Pouk supported, and said that the case had been adjourned for the bankrupt to furnish a goods and defi ciency account, which had been furnished, and he believed that the trade assignees were satisfied, as there had been no objection taken. A clerk of the solicitor to the assignees appeared, but his Honour said that he could not hear him. The solicitor ought to have been in attendance in person ; he was allowed a fee of a guinea, and ss. for his clerk. lie should there fore direct a memorandum to be placed on the proceedings that, on the taxation of costs, the solicitor's fee should not be allowed. Mr. Pook said there was no ground for opposition, and no creditor opposed. This bankrupt was described as a wine merchant, of Upper-road, Islington, and this was a meeting for last exa mination and discharge ; but being stated by Mr. E. Reed, for the assignees, that an arrangement was pending for winding up the matter out of court, an adjournment was taken. The accounts are said to be heavy. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Gu. 5 per cent........ Do. New . . Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preference .. • • • Buffalo,Brant,&Godrieb 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1878 Do. do. June 1, 1674 Clcutta...t S.Eastn. (Lin Cape Town & Dock Solt Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. 1)0. do. G Ext..... Do. do. II do. Grand Trunk of Cana& Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. DO: do. 1872 GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. ot Canada Sharek, Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8 Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. Op. c. Extensioi Dc. 4 , do ID - CI Fifth Extension. Melb.Cory. p. c. Bnd , Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newßruntswick & Canal:! Class A Capital Share Do. do. B Capital do. ..1 N.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist plbds Seinde .......... iDo. Delhi. I 4 ,, Do. do Do. Punjaub .... ,1 4 IDo. Do. .• •• • ..I Do. Indus. St. Flo.) P'OttilAtiA all all 100 (100 100 151 1 2 , 110 Paid all Closing Price. 67 6 - 106 107 5i 5} 8 84 77 SO 75 78 72 75 105 107 1(? 1084 107 108 108 109 1 14p iP 221 22f 71 76 61 C 6 35 37 48 52 34 34 34 36 107 1(8 1 lip Z• IP 105 106 13 13} 74 98 100 90 92 dis 104 10(14 90/ 10041 V 4 96 51 53 tiA I 3 6 83 65 106} 107 i, 104& 105,11 i P t 1 i D 005 107 101 103 Antwerp .a Rotterdam. Bah.ZES.Fran..Lim 7 p.c.l Belgian East. Junction Copiapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ....... Do Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c.l Gt. Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction ...... Namur tt Liege Do. 6 p. o. fret. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ...... N.Rail. of BuenosAyres Gua. 7 p 0., Lim Norwegian Trunk Prel Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris Sc Orleans Portuguese Rail. Royal Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) gua. 7 p. ct. Ihn 1 ftiga Royal Danish.- Royal Swedish • Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre dz Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c S.Aust.lLomb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 p ct. Southern of France Turin and Savona West Fianderii Do. 56 p c. Preference .. W. & N.W. of France Tv A 1 Z., 7g- if 13 7 6 111) 201 tti 14 14 9 91 20 21 401 411 pr ip b 3 SJi 8 7 d 45i 44 41 43 18 18, 14 16 i I 9f 10 10 101 1f 2pm 231 23f 314 32i 3 26d 7 7/ 10 306 206 216 OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU Cau.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja SiJuly l 1877-St Do. 6 p. c. Feb. Aug.& loo 100 Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept., 100 Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July.l 100 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 Do. 18901 100 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c 100 N. B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c., 1866 100 Do. S p. c.,1871 to 1876 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c b. Aus G6p.c.1876.& up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to 6 p.e. BRITIS Cambrian Consol. Gold. Chtiord Amalgamated Devon G. Con, (Tavist , East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ..... East Cam Brea... E. W'illussel (Tavistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (I.lelston ) Grenville Herod's- Foot ilingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny LelanC Marke Valley.. Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun • • North Downs N. WWI Basset (1110 ;an North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (tiny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Illot-rau Stray Park Tamar Silv.ct Leid Min Tin Crott West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Rediuth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLudt ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton wheal Tretawney (Lis.) Wheal Union FOREIGN Australian BonAccordCopper,Lim. Itrazil Land & Capula Silver Cobra Copper coputpo . DunMoun.Cop.Aling.Co East Del Rey (Limited) Fortuna. General Gt N. Cop. S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares LuEitanian Mari qui ca Mont.A.Braz GoLiMin NithineCopoLS.Aus.L Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Alining* and Smelt... Port Philip. Santaßarbara Gld Mine Scottish Austrin. (L.) St. John del Rey (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited) YudanamutanaS.A.Ld Agra&UnitedService B Alliance B.Ln.&L'pool. Australasia . Bank of Egypt Baal( of London British North American Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia Chtd.Bank of India, &e. Chiller. of In. Lon.& Ch. City Colonial .. Corn. Bank of Canada.. Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. Gen. Bk .of Switzerland Ilin'sta n, Chin a &Japan Imperial Bank Limited Lon.& Brazilian (Lim.) Lon., B.Ayres&R. , Plate Lon. Char.Bkof Austra, London and County .. London .Toint Stock .. London & Middlesex... London and S.Alrican.. London & Westminster Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. Nat. Prov. of England Do. new Do. do 'National Bank ..•• •• • Ne w South Wales.— Orient. B. Corporation . Ottoman Bank ... ••• . • • Do. new Provincial of Ireland Do. gouth a_usirm _ Union of Australia Union of Ireland, Lim. Union of London . JOINT-STOCK B MISCEL Ari2,l9-M..xican Mint Atlantic R. MI. Stm (Id) Australian Agricultural Bahia Steam (Limited). [Berlin 'Water (Limited' 'Bombay Gas Limited. British American Land I B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim ) Canada Land China & Japan Coast & River Steam Navlga. Cop. Min.ofEng.&Smltg, Do. Pref. 7i per cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb E. Ind. Cot ton Agency E.lndia & Lon. Ship A. Do. B. Fl.lndialrrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aus. Copper (. en. Steam Navigati mi Great Slip Limited) Do 17i p ct Preference Indian Carrying (Lim.) Italian Irrigation Canal Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Lon. & S.lrel.Dt.Tel.L. Madras I rr. and Canal Red. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) Do. 8 per cent, pref National Dis. Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&lron f Lim ) Netherlands Lantl,Bp.e N. Br.&NovaScoti a Land N.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Orintl. in. Steam (Lim ) Ottoman Gas, Limited Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) ['en. & Oriental Steam Do. New Quebrada Land,Rail,& Mining (Lim.) hymney Iron Do. New...— io Janeiro City lmpts Do. do. Soyal Mail Steam cot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) south Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. do Telegraph to India (L ) Trust and Agency or Austriasia(lim)ist is. Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can.l K'dom Tel Co. (lim.) , VaD.DienVaf s L, Id. .108 i 109 i. 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This bankrupt was described as of Alma-road, Bow, common painter, and this was a meeting for last examina tion and discharge. IN RE BARBER. Mr. T. Beard appeared for the bankrupt. Mr. Aldridge did not appear, and the order of discharge was granted. IN RE CIIONVIIURST. This bankrupt was described as of Dartford, wheel wright, and this was a meeting for choice of assignees. Mr. W. R. Buchanan appeared in support of the petition, and assignees were chosen. IN RE OATIVAY. This bankrupt was described as a printer, carrying on business in the Strand. This was the first meeting, and Mr. David Nixon, manager to Marr and Co., typefounders, (successors to Wilson and Sinclair, of Edinburgh), was ap pointed trade assignee. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) ISIETRIORDINARY COLLISION OASE-PORDHA.M Y. CHAPLIN AND HORNE. This was an action to recover £l4 for damage to plain tiff's chaise, through the alleged negligence of one of de fendants' drivers. Mr. Kemp (instructed by Mr. Beard) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Merry for defendants. This was a running down case, but a singular fact was stated. Plaintiff said he was driving his four-wheel chaise, his three daughters being in it, one evening about 9 o'clock, in the month of July, near the Hampstead-road. A van belonging to defendants came across the road at a rapid pace, and the pole struck the splash-board of the chaise, completely separating the fore carriage from the hind. The horse went off with one part of the chaise, and the other dropped into the road with plaintiff and his family. (Laughter.) Plaintiff retained his hold of the reins and was dragged about two yards. His Honour observed that it was a most extraordinary accident, and the only parallel he could remember was that related by Baron Munchausen, whose horse, being cut in two by a falling portcullis, one half remained behind, while the fore part tore off to the fountain. (Great laughter.) After some conflicting evidence the Judge nonsuited plaintiff. Nonsuit: POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. OUTRAGEOUS ATTACK ON A YOUNG FEMALE.—Henry Farron, a porter, living in Blue Cross-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt as follows : Edith Burnett, a respectable looking young female, stay ing with some friends in Soho, said—This morning about one o'clock I was returning with a friend from the house of some friends where I had been visiting. (The witness het e became so nervous that she could not go on with her evi dence, and Mr. Tyrwhitt told her to sit down, and said he would hear the next witness.) Isaac Wharte, a young man living in Old Compton street, said—l was returning from a friend's house this morning at halt past one in company with the last witness, and on turning into Gerrard. street we were reet by the pri soner and several other lads, who pushed against us. I asked them why they did so, and the prisoner, who was the ringleader, immediately thrust his hands under the young woman's clothes, and most indecently assaulted her. She struggled with the prisoner as well as she could in her own defence. I tried to take her part and to prevent her from being subjected to any further indignity, when I was attacked by the whole of the fellows, my umbrella, of the value of 10s. 6d. was snatched from my hand and passed to one of the fellows, my friend's cloak was torn from her back by one of the gang who went off with it. A constable then coming up soma of the fellows ran off, dropping the eloalr, but my friend keeping tight hold of the prisoner ho was secured. The cloak was afterwards picked up. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l hope you gave the prisoner in charge ? Witness—l did, sir. The first witness was then examined, and in a state of great nervousness said—The prisoner was the first who assaulted me. All my friend has said is true. Prisoner stole the cloak off my back. He, then seeing the constable approach, threw the cloak away and tried to escape, but I held him till the constable came. Luke Jeffrey, 209 C—On prosecutor giving the prisoner in charge he denied stealing the cloak and umbrella. I saw the prisoner's companions running away. Prisoner, who made no defence, was remanded. WESTMINSTER. TICKET-OF-LEAVE MEN. —James Naven, a determined looking fello w , was charged with the following disgraceful conduct :-- Mr. George Robens proprietor of the Two Brewers Tavern, Strutton-ground, sa i d that th e pr i soner came i n t o his house l as t n i g h t drunk, and created a great disturbance , by getting up a fight there. The uproar and confusion was so great by the defendant's misconduct that he was obliged to get the police to clear the house, and the accused was expelled with the others, but immediately afterwards, after kicking violently at the door, forced his way in, and seizing complainant by the throat in the same way as the garotte operation is performed, dragged him to the ground. He was then surrounded by others and ill-treated. Francis Fishey, 112 B, said that when he first entered fho house to clear it, he found the defendant fighting with some women. After the house was cleared, and when he went in a second time, he found the defendant with his hands round the prosecutor's throat. Witness seized the defendant, and, notwithstanding his resistance, brought him into the street, but there accused's companions rescued him, and he escaped. Police constable 267 B said he afterwards found the de fendant in a state of nudity engaged in another disturbance in Duck-lane. Mr. Paynter asked what was known of the defendant. Inspector Caplin replied that ne has put been re leased from a long imprisonment. Mr. Paynter—ls he a ticket-of-leave man Inspector Caplin—He is, I believe, sir. Mr. Paynter—Then, under that circumstance, I shall certainly not dispose of the case myself. I shall send it for trial. Another fellow, named Donnelly, was charged with being concerned in the rescue of Naven, which was clearly proved. Mr. Poynter—ls he known ? The police—He is the common associate of thieves. Mr. Caplin—lf remanded with the other prisoner w should be able to let the Court know more about them. They were remanded. MARKETS-THIS DAY. COLONIAL. TEA—There has been a fair demand for most descrip tions, and full rates are current for the better qualities. Su GAR—The market has been dull, but prices have con tinued firm, and holders do not press rates. In the refined market dried goods fully sustain former rates. COFFEE—OnIy limited dealings have been entered into, and prices have remained without change of importance. RICE—The demand has slightly improved, an d f u ll rates ar e realised for good and superior descriptions. S AL TPETRE— Business has been more animated, and enhanced prices are current for most qualities. TALLOW.—The market has continued dull, and but little business has been done, either for pre sen t or forward i d e livery. P.Y.C., on the spot, s quoted 45s 301 ; and spring delivery, 45s 3d THE UPPER CANON ON THE FRASER RIVER. gArsanldh. aLveoosakiidn,gtuhpe vbieetwwebeenfotrheeepnrteecriinpgitothues Ij c I i p ll p s e , r t the w n ° a n t e i r s is sees rushing through them at fearfal speed. I hardly know which was more grand, the view from this spot or that farther on, as we got well into the canon, in which in some places the trail led up crags so steep that we had to clamber up them with our.hands and feet, until we arrived breathless at the top of a projecting ledge, on which we were glad to halt a few minutes to draw breath and gaze with wonder on the scene. Before and behind, peak after peak rose 1,000 or more feet above u s , a l t h oug h we were probably 600 o while beneath, the riv er , w hit e withfoam, whirled along, gurgling and eddying, it s w ild reverberations continued in endless echoes.—Commander Jilayne kritish coltanbfa anc(Vanotfor Maw?. with 8 n OO feet t above e othert the river, ; and d than the LONDON GAZETTE.—This Evening. WHITEHALL, DEc. 22. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, appointing the Right Hon. Henry, Earl Grey; the Right Hon. Richard Southwell Bourke (commonly called Lord Naas) ; the Right Hon. Robert Monsey, Baron Cranworth ; the Right Hon. Fre deric, Baron Chelmsford : the Right Hon. sir John Somer set Pakington, Bart., G.C,B. ; the Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole; the Right Hon. Joseph Warner Hen ley • the Right Hon. Edward Pleydell Bouverie ; the Right Hon, Sir Alexander James Edmund Cockburn, Bart., Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench ; Horatio Waddington, Esq. ; Russell Gurney, Esq., Re corder of the city of London • Charles Owen O'Conor, Esq. (commonly called the O'Conor Don) ; and Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, Esq. ; to be her Majesty's Com missimers to inquire into the operation of acts relating to transportation and penal servitude, and into the manner in which sentences of transportation and of penal servitude have been and are carried into effect, under the provisions of the said acts, or any of them. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 20. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Boorough of Andover—William Cubbitt, of Penton Lodge, in the county of Southampton, Esq., in the room of Henry Beaumont Coles, Esq., deceased. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of importance in the Gazette : George Henry Pain, ironmonger, Brighton William T. Frewer, builder, Holland-street, Blackfriars George B. Ratho, saw maker, Nottingham John S. Moore, cabinetmaker, Hoxton Edward cheppard, baker, Rotherhithe John Taylor, publican, Warwick Wm. T. Hodge, farmer, Perranzabuloe, Cornwall Thomas F. Anderson, attorney-at-law, Liverpool Thomas Dickins, baker, Stewkley, Buckingham John Thomas Leedham, tailor, Sedgley, Staffordshire Robert Blezard, fismonger, Preston George Bremham, mason, Wath-upon-Dearnee, York John Fieldhouse, builder, Yeadon, Leeds Charles V. Clark, stock-broker, Threadneedle street Richard Nicholls, jun., dealer in mining shares, Ham mersmith John Gottlieb Ulrich, watchmaker, Wellclose-square John H. Bray, builder, Hoxton SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Rodger, joiner, Overtown, deceased Thomas Anderson, farmer, Muirloch, Perthshire John M'Minn Inglis, merchant, Hamilton Alexander Fenton, commission merchant, Leith William Forbes, hotelkeeper, Gourock COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tars DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16f 11 164 Antwerp.. Brussels — 25 45 25 50 Ilamburgh — 13 6} 13 61 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 1181 119 _ _ Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — Berlin - Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan G enoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto &14.6 3.0.0 7.19.0, 17i 40 6.15. c 8.12 4.17.0 2.0, 6 9i 4.3.0 191 21 8.17.0 2.4.9 1* 10.6.7 11 5.15.6 I 28.9. 2.0.6 2.10.8 niiii 9 ; 10 91 ; 231 HUES. 100 991 98 9 100 100 100 100 100 5 xd 31 i 2; 261 x d 6o 80 i xn 184 Rd 361 1 7 7041 42 1 51 X d 12 10 12 10 491 25 60 25 GO 25 60 • 391 119$ 119± 521 52i Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz.. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons 0 0 0 SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, Dec. 23.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; light breeze, and cloudy weather. OFF HURST CASTLE, Dec. 23,—Arrived—Pera, steamer, from Alexandria. GLOUCESTER, Dec. 22.—Sailed—Undaunted, for St. John's. DOTER, Dec. 22.—Wind N.--A , rived —Antelope, from Curacoa, for Amsterdam, with loss of an anchor and chain. TOREA.Y, Dec. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Princess Alice, from Tayforth, for Havannah. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Golden Horn, screw steamer, from London, for Melbourne ' having lost both anchors and chains off the North Foreland. Sailed —Minerva, for the African Coast. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 22.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Dromedary, for Ascension; General Caul field, for Madras. SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning, Arrived-- New York, steamer, from Bremen; Tartar, steamer, from Lisbon; Havre and Alliance, steamers, from Havre; Pera, steamer, from Alexandria; Dispatch, steamer, from Jersey. Sailed—Alliance, steamer, for Havre. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning, Arrived, Dec. 22—Sara, from Aarhuus ; Sea Flower, from Guernsey, Arrived, Dec. 23—Cock o' the Walk, from St. Michael's ; Sir E. Banks, from Calais. . 'DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passsed, Dec. 22—Fairlie, for Sydney; Porchester, for Calcutta—both from London. SUNRISE FROM MOUNT' ETNA. In the Diary of the Duke of Buckingham, just published, is the following rietnrosquo bit of dc.oription:----" Behind me rose the giant cone (Etna), looking pale and streaky and snowy through the uncertain light. By degrees the streaks of purple, which are the first avaunt couriers of the sun, began to spread themselves over the heavens and the bosom of the sea, which lay, like a vast mass of uncertain gloom, I know not how far before me. Almost in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, shoots of vivid red ran up from the edge of the sea to the zenith, filling the sky with masses of crimson shot with golden threads ; and after I had con sidered this extraordinary spectacle for perhaps two or three minutes, the streaks of golden light getting momentarily more intense and vivid, giving the effect more of a golden aurora-borealis than anything else, a speck of dazzling bril liance became visible on the surface of the sea; and, break• ing an awful silence which had lasted from the moment we had gained the crest of the mountain, my guide exclaimed, in a low tone, as if in fear, ' Ecco it Soles ' Many men have sat down in their studios after having seen this great sight, and have contrived to put together phrases to describe it. I shall not make the attempt. The only idea which I think goes near to express anything like a similitud e to it, is to suppose that ono could have been a solitary being standing upon chaos when God said 'Let there be light I '—and there was light ! I have been told by those who have seen the sun rise amidst the higher Alps, that the scene is grander there, but they have exclaimed their meaning to be that the sun has risen on Alps crowned by Alps in almost endless succession of vista, gradually developing each sunny peak,and lighting up each glittering glacier. It may be so; but so, during the first period of his early course, the sun appears to rise like a bene ficent Deity upon a new and beautiful creation. Man does not appear, and his cities are lost in the haze—nothing to be seen but the immense expanse of the sea, and of a beautiful world below. Gradually the mist rises, and the objects de velop themselves byslow degrees; forests show their colours, mountains their moving shadows, rivers their silver courses, and at last, best of all, the habitations of man their dimi nutive white cupolas, spires, and fronts." A POLISH SALT MINE. We came suddenly upon one group of workmen, under a shelving ledge, who were occupied in detaching masses of crystallised salt from a cleft in which they worked. They were naked to the middle, having nothing on but coarse trousers and boots, and wrought with their crowbars and picks by the light of a few grease lamps held by grimy little boys, with shaggy heads—members, no doubt, of the same subterranean family. Some of the men were lying on their backs punching away with tremendous toil at . the rugged masses of salt overhead—theieheads,faces,and bodies glitter ing with the showers of salt grit that fell upon them; while sthers stood up to their armpits in dark holes delving into the lower crevices. Seeing our lights they stopped to game at us. Was it possible they were human beings, these bearded, shaggy, grimy -looking monsters ? Surely, if so, they well represent the infernal character of the place. Never upon earth (the surface of it I mean) had I seen such a monstrous group; shocks of hair all powdered with salt; glaring eyeballs overhung by white lashes flashing in the fit ful blaze of lamps ; brawny forms glittering with crystal powder, and marked by dark currents of sweat f No wonder I stared at them with something akin to distrust. They might be monsters in reality, and take a sudden notion to hurl me into one of their infernal pits by way of pastime,in which case the only consolation would be that, where there was such an abundance of salt, there would be no difficulty about the preservation of my remains. After all, there was something sad in the condition of these poor wretches—shut out from the glorious daylight, immured in deep dark pits hundreds of feet under ground, rooting, as it were, for life, in the bowels of the earth. Surely the salt with which other men flavour their food is gathered with infinite toil and mingled with bitter sweat !--/Roper's Monthly Magazine. ACCIDENT TO A RIVER STEAMER.—This morning an accident happened to one of the Iron Steam Boat Com pany's vessels Citizen H, which at one time appeared rather alarming. The boat had scarcely proceeded 100 yards from Waterloo-bridge pier when she struck upon something lying at the bottom of the river, which made a hole in her side. The water instantly cleared the cabin of its passen gers, some of whom were very much frightened. Another vessel belonging to the same company came to their assist ance, and all were taken off the injured boat without acci dent. Tho captain ran the vessel ashore ; but as the tide was running up, the afterpart of the boat and engine -room were, at one o'clock, entirely under water, Efforts are being made to move her further hallow, 12 0 12 0 49 25 55] 25 55 25 55 391 119! lin 52! 52a G.RSSHA3I LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING—(THIS DAY.) The ordinary annual meeting of this society was held this afternoon at the Head Office, 37, Old Jewry. W. Tabor, Esq., chairman of;the board of directors, pre sided. The following is a copy of the annual report submitted to the meeting :—. "The following statement comprises the chief elements of the society's transactions during the financial year end ing July 31st, 1862, and constitutes the report of the direc tors, for such year, to the general meeting. " The proposals offered have been exceedingly numerous, being 2,678 in number, for asurances amounting to £1,207,101, making an amount of no less than twenty thousand proposals, for ten millions of insurance since the commencement of the society. The number for which the directors have accepted and issued policies is 2,135, for as surances of £1,076,040; in respect of which £30,373 2s. 10d. has been added as new premiums f or th e year. i " The general premium ncome, after bonus red uc ti ons , has been £123,409 Gs. 10d., exclusive of interest upon in vestments and annuities. "'The deaths, with the bonuses attached to the policies constituting claims, have amounted to £47,409 16s. 11d., thus completing a total of more than a quarter of a million distributed by the society among the families of deceased members. "At the close of the year, after allowance for tie various items of expenditure, and atter exclusion of the share capi tal and deposits, the remaining funds actually accumulated and invested at interest, amounted to £290,847 Bs. ld. " The accounts for the year, with the various details, have been monthly investigated by the auditors ; and being cer tified by them to be correct, have already been circulated, and are now submitted for approval and adoption. " During the past year, the directors have had various methods for the extension of business under their notice, but, as on former occasions, have not extended their agencies beyond the limits of Europe, so as not to include any case or class of cases that cannot be rigidly investigated from week to week, personally by the board. The usual exaction, by the assured, of so many days of grace, for the option of paying or not paying their premiums, will always prevent the premium account from being purely in a cash state, but as every ap proach to a clear apprehension o f th e real financial result is to be desired, the efforts of the directors will be ever exerted in such direction. The system now adopted consists in not taking credit as a manner of account for all the new busi ness, transacted in the gross, but in writing off the main charges and carrying forward, as new premiums, such re. maining portion only as may be fairly representative of the moneyed result. " During the year the Joint Stock Companies' Act of 1862 has come into operation, rendering it necessary that a new registration of companies should take /Acme with the distinction of unlimited companies, limited companies, or companies limited by a guarantee. After taking all the circumstances into consideration, and the particular nature of the society's transactions, the directors determined that the Gresham Life Assurance Society should be registered without any limit, otherwise than by its own contracts, and have so registered it accordingly, " The directors re+iring on the present oeeasion are John Beadoell, George Lowe, F.R.S , and Joseph Williams, Esqs., who, being re-eligible, offer themselves, and are recommended by the board as the list for election. " Messrs. G. H. Ladbury, Wm. Webb Venn, and Wm. Whitelock, are the three auditors who retire, and again offer themselves for election. " In conclusion, the directors conceive there is ample reason to be satisfied with the manifestprogress the Gresham Life Assurance Society has made, and will never cease, by every means in their power, to uphold the high character it has already obtained, and to extend it usefulness upon every occasion that may legitimately present itself." The CHAIRMAN explained the object of the meeting, drawing attention to the very great amount of business transacted, and moved the adoption of the report with some confidence, as being the best he had to offer them since his accession to the chair, now 14 years ago. Mr. SMEE, in seconding the report, said he had particu lar pleasure in doing so, feeling as he did the very great results that had been achieved—results not only exceeding the most sanguine expectations of the founders of the society, but results which would bear advantageous com parison with any that had been achieved by other soeieties. The secret of the success of the Gresham was in its own organisation. While other societies, in seeking to extend their business, had recourse to amalgamation, and other evidences of labour already excited by others, the Gresham avoided this sort of mixture, and exacted that every case should come singly, be dealt with singly, and go upon the books as an independent unit. It was the combination of such destine live elements that constituted the real value of statistical operations—totals built up one by one, and not by the ag gregation of mass to mass, defying anything like a real per ception of the inherent qualities. On a former occasion he had promised greater results than had then as 3et been achieved; and, knowing the resources of the institution, he still predicted the same. He most heartily seconded the adoption of the report. The motion for the adoption of the report was then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. The retiring directors and auditors having been re •elected, A cordial vote of thanks to the chairman and actuary (E. J. Farren, Esq.) terminated the proceedings. 17AL1AN AFFAIRS. TURIN, DEO. 19. People heard yesterday with pleasure, bat without sur prise, of the acquittal of the naval commanders Giraud and Avogadro, of the frigates Duca di Genova and Vittorio Emanuele, charged with allowing Garibaldi, in August last, to leave Catania and land in Calabria. After the re velations made by Gen. Cugia in the Chamber during the discussion which overthrew Rattazzi, and the publication of numerous ministerial orders and despatches, the public was prepared to hear that the two commanders would be acquitted. It was impossible, in fact, to pretend that they could have divined the wishes of the Ministers; the utmost they could have divined was that the Cabinet wished to throw upon them a responsibility it did not not like to assume itself. The acquittal is thus a posthumous censure of the Rattazzi Ministry. It must not be supposed, how ever, that the sentence was dictated by sympathy for Garibaldi and his expedition. No such sympathy in fluenced the naval council of war. It was the evident confusion of the orders given and the ambiguous tone of the despatches, together with the significance of previous occurrences, which produced the sentence, It was not very difficult for the defendant's counsel to show how indefinite and ridiculous were such instructions given to the commanders when they asked how they were to act " Act solely in the interests of the King and the constitu tion." The Chamber of Deputies is closed, and the next session is to open at the 'commencement of February. The new ministry, it is obvious, has a large majority, and accord ingly it will not be necessary to dissolve the house and ap peal to the country, as was reported. The Senate, too, is finishing its work, so that a sort of drowsy calm is succeed ing the storm of the last few weeks. The Sardinian Rail way Bill was carried by 68 to 30. At the head of its oppo nents was the engineer and ex-minister, Sig. Paleocapa. There is no doubt the state is going to a great expense in order to save the island from our "magnanimous ally." No clue has yet been obtained to the robbery of 25,000 f. belonging to the Rothschilds on board the Naples steamer. It is thought that the captain and chief mate will be ar rested, for it does not seem that the money was taken by any of the passengers. .RAILWAY 7RAINS. At all hours of the day and night, in all directions, and at all points, the railway continues its wonderful and inces sant labours. Thus, last year, 1,902,069 passenger trains, travelling 44,694,359 miles, and 1,222,617 goods trains, tra velling 42,973,849 miles, were run in England and Wales; 275,825 passenger trains, travelling 5,044,655 miles, and 276,152 goods trains, travelling 6,558,777 miles, were run in Scotland ; and 174,445 passenger trains, travelling 4,416,462 miles, and 30,882 goods trains, travelling 1,553,338 miles, were run in Ireland. We thus arrive at the amazing aggregate of 105,141,440 miles as the railway work of the British islands for 12 months. Astronomical calculations indicate that the earth is 95,000,000 miles from the sun, and the unwearied locomotives accomplished this immense distance with an odd 10,000,000 miles to spare. Further, it would appear, that they traversed nearly 31 miles in every second which elapsed during the year. This prodi gious activity was not, however, attained without a great effort, and taking every item of working expenses into ac count, it appears that every mile traversed involved an out lay of 2s. 7td. The 12 great companies contributed to the year's labour as follows :—The Caledonian ran 38,489 pas senger trains, which travel sed 1,043,858 miles, and 104,689 goods trains, which traversed 2,342,663 miles—or 3,286,621 miles in all; the Great Eastern ran 118,680 passenger train's, which traversed 2,951,069 miles, and 52,312 goods trains, which traversed 2,286,719 miles, or 6,237,788 miles in all; the Great Northern ran 17,306 passenger trains, which tra versed 2,715,124 miles, and 28,446 goods trains, which tra versed 3,605,505 miles, or 6,320,629 miles in all; the Great Western (including the South Walesand %Vest Midland) ran 190,787 passenger trains, which traversed 5,498,132 miles, and 52,360 goods trains, which tro.vcraed 4,141,129 miles. or 9,639,261 miles in all ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire ran 181,896 passenger trains, which traversed 3,415,300 miles, and 120,402 goods trains which traversed 3,001,020 miles, or 6,416,320 miles in all; the London, Brighton and South Coast ran 136,956 passenger trains which traversed 2,364,091 miles, and 23,210 goods trains, which traversed 407,026 miles, or 2,771,117 miles in all ; the London and North-Western ran 228,036 passenger trains, which traversed 7,959,484 miles, and 195,888 goods trains, which traversed 7,724,804 miles, or 15,684,288 miles in all ; the London and South. Western ran 174,653 passenger trains, which traversed 3,113,898 miles, and 55,152 goods trains, which traversed 1,297,899 miles, or 4,411,797 miles in all; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire ran 55,301 passenger trains, which traversed 1,296,008 miles, and 33,376 goods trains, which traversed 1,375,810 miles, or 2,671,811 miles in all; the Midland ran 132,941 passenger trains, which traversed 3,487,256 miles, and 151,933 goods trains, which traversed 5,398,190 miles, or 8,885,446 miles in all; the North-East ern ran 141,956 passenger trains, which traversed 3,313,154 miles, and 119,854 goods trains, which traversed 6,329,233 miles, or 9,642,387 miles in all ; and the South-Eastern ran 102,649 passenger trains, which traversed 2,300,500 miles, and 9,392 goods trains, which traversed 691,217 miles, or 2,991,717 miles in all. A. consideration which adds to the interest of these wonderful figures is the fact that the work performed goes on incessantly from day to day, 100 miles having been run upon a fresh account while the reader, himself snugly ensconced perhaps in cushioned carriage, has been conning over this somewhat bewildering paragraph, AMERICA'S DAY OF RE7RIBUTION. The following is an extract of a sermon preached on Thanksgiving-day, by the Rev. P. G. Clark, in the Presbyterian Chureh,Twenty-t bird-street, New York :—" The substance of the strife, as everybody knows, is slavery. Settle this question and our battles end. Over this vast problem we are fighting the most desperate war the world ever saw. The questions to be decided are too profound for mortal solution. No man has yet risen up to tell us what to do with this institution, or, if once rid of it,what we shall do with the race thus emancipated. The fruit of slavery has fattened the nation. It has be• come the most influential thing in the land, because the most profitable. We found it first a foundling on our door stone. It grew up to rule the house., We baptised it and called it Christian. We canonised it, and called it Saint. We deified it and served it as God. God waited, but did not forget. If God is just, so huge a wrong can never die ts, natural death. The day of reckoning has come. What we have been hearing for a year is only the rumbling of the world's great clock before it strikes the hour of God's full time. God has taken this great question out of the hands of States and states men, and politicians. He decreed that it should not be adjusted; and this because he is just. We are powerless now. We can fight and die, but we cats decide nothing. Why did we not conquer at Bull Run ? Our General never failed before. Our sup plies, our troops, our courage, were enough for vic tory. Why then a defeat I' We would have conquered a hundred times, but God is not ready. His retributions are incomplete. He is holding everything in suspense until the world shall pause to give attention. He has sublime work to do. The retributions now falling due are rising like a tide, and running into all the coves and fissures of society. Our land is more and more finding out what God means. God is just. Nations must remember their sins. God is doing a thing in the earth which all nations will see and remember. Let us pray God to do this work thoroughly, if we can bear it. May he settle our troubles on the principles of truth and justice. Better have the gold in the furnace twenty times than have it come out aught else than gold. To God we commit, with i m pli c i t fait'd, our bleeding coun try. " Our soul waitetk for the Lord : he is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in him because we have trusted in his holy name. AMERICAN PA2RIO7IC The Rev. Dr. S. Tyng, of New York, who is known by report to a large nannber of Englishmen, preached the sermon at St. George's Church on Thanksgiving -day. In the progress of his discourse he said—No class, no form of human government, in its institutions and its promises, ever attained to an exaltation like this. lam grateful, under God, to those venerable and elevated men, the fathers of the generation past, who humbly and solemnly said, " We owe it all to the grace and beneficence of God. The people are the rulers by their elected represen tatives. They devise, enact, proclaim the laws, by their elective commissioned magistrates; they com mand their laws to be justly executed and enforced by their own appointed judges; they interpret and decide the particular application of their laws, as occasions demand, and having thus, in the majesty of their power and the right of their control, under God, from whose beneficence they confess the right to proceed to establish their authority, they claim, and rightly claim, that it shall be thoroughly and properly administered for their good ; and having thus settled its authority in every :lepartment of execution of their sovereign will, they, as volun tary subjects of their own law, submit themselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake whether it be the king, as supreme, or to go vernors as unto them that are sent by them for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of them that do well ; for so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men. The justice of our ruler is a righteousness in the fear of God. It is not our theory merely to restrain, but to uproot the crimes of the wicked. Our inherited, adopted view of plfolic justice is the protection of the innocent, the secured welfare of the deserving —the education of the ignorant—and the destroying those who destroy the earth. This has been the great positive scheme which the beneficence of God permitted our fathers to inaugurate for us, and have transmitted to us as our dearest inheritance. It has established a system of free public education, constantly im proving—proclaimed laws for the faithful honour ing of the Lord's Day, which have made, as the eminent Duponceau declared, the American Sabbath to be the chief distinction and honour of the nation. It has constantly restrained and limited, and in some highly favoured sections of our country abso lutely prohibited, the sale of intoxicating liquors, the direct instrument in 40 years past of consign ing to a grave more than 1,000,000 of the men of our land. It has regularly compressed the power, denied the claims and testified against the wicked ness of African slavery, until it has realised the dawn, and given the promise of a universal eman cipation. It has solemnly testified for the validity and authority of pn.blic law, of majestic national sovereignty, over ell inferior dissent, and against every aspect of individual and sectional rebellion, until it has evr.,n risked the issues of a war of un precedented extent, and of terrific inflictions of individual suffering and cast, rather than yield to any rebellion that national sovereignty and integ rity which is the only foundation of individual security. It has raised up a spirit of energy transmit ted from father to son which will stop at no sacrifice, and flinch from no danger, in defending and main taining a national unity so justly dear. Can you suppose that a nation so educated will yield ? It is impossible. Its going forth in its high progress is as sure as the dawn of morning. Clouds may come over it—l have unbounded hopes for the glorious advancement of my nation, and I have no abiding or overwhelming fears. No internal re. bellion can break it down. No outward assaults in whatever combination can overthrow. ASSENECAL POISONING. A very serious case of poisoning is being investi gated at Revesley, about eight miles from Boston, in Lincolnshire. The body of an elderly woman, named lemima Garner, has been exhumed, and the stomach, &c., forwarded to 1)r. Alfred Swaine Taylor, who in his report states that he discovered arsenic in the stomach, intestines, liver, and heart of the deceased, partly in a soluble and partly in an insoluble form, s.e., as orpiment or yellow arsenic. Patches of colour were observed on the stomach, bowels, and spine, produced probably by a chemical change in the white arsenic contained in the stomach and bowels at the time of death. Yellow stains found on the spine were produced by arsenic escaping through the coats of the stomach after death, and yellow stains on the mesentery were caused by arsenic escaping through the coats of the intestines. The quantity of arsenic found in tho body would probably be a fatal dose to a human being. This result was disclosed after only one-third of the viscera had been experimented upon. The body of the poor old woman was in terred so long since as December, 1861. John Garner, her son, and Elizabeth Garner, his wife, have been apprehended, and it appears they were both in the habit of behaving cruelly to the deceased, who resided with them. Thus, when the deceased was suffering from dreadful pain and sickness on her death-bed, she was refused brandy by her son, who said to her, "You've been torturing me with your dying th e s e l as t 30 y ears; you ' re a f r aid of dying ; it's your W es leya n i sm giving way. ,, He then left the room, and did not see his mother again, although sent for twice. On another occa sion he had been seen to beat and kick his mother. The female prisoner was also in the habit of swear ingd and calling at the deceased. The i nques t, which has been c ommenced, has been adjourned until after Christmas. — Manchester Examiner. The Special Services at St. Paul's Cathedral will commence with the New Year. Preachers :—Jan. 4, the Lord Bishop of London; Jan. 11, the Very Rev. the Dean of Canterbury ; Jan. 18, the Rev. J. 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