The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-24 00:00:00

E ;.1 K CITY NEWS—YES TERD AY. In the foreign exchanges this afternocn the rates Were generally about the same as on last post day. 100,000 sovereigns were withdraNn from the Bank to-day for transmission to the East. Tile suspension has been announced of the mer cantile house of Messrs. Facchini Brothers, of Bologna, on the 20th inst. The recent demand for bins on London which has prevailed on the Paris Bourse has been occa sioned by large pur.Thases in order to remit the £BOO,OOO which will be required here on the Ist inst. for the bonds of the Victor Emmanuel Rail way, which are then to be paid off. (Irrl.' NEWS-THIS DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The money market was firmer, and there is an active business. Very few bills are now negotiable under the Bank minimum of 3 per cent, Gold is now about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Lon don than in Paris, and about 2-10ths per cent. higher here than in Hamburg. The traffic returns on the Ottoman Railway for the week encing the 7th inst. were £243 against £l5O last year. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets close to -day for the Christmas holidays, and will re open on. the 6th proximo. Two o'CLocK. Towards the close of business yesterday afternoon there was a little heaviness, and the few transac tions that have taken place to-day have rather in creased the tendency towards depression. Consols are now quoted 921 both for money and account. The market has been exceedingly dull, owing to an Inclination on the part of operators to contract rather than to enlarge their engagements. The "New Three per Cents. and the Reduced are sup- Ported at 921 ; Exchequer Bills are flat at 9s. to 10s. Prem. ; Bank Stock is 2221 ; India ditto, 2251 ex div, for opening ; and ditto 5 per ijent. Loan, 1081. The Foreign Market has again presented a quiet aPpearance, but prices have shown buoyancy. .Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, have improved to 701 71 ; the New Loan to 717,- t-; and the Consolides are 404 N, E4yptian have further advanced to 951 96; (lino, 2d issue, to 941 95,1,, and Spanish Certificates are firm at 9 ; Moorish are 96 ; Italian Railway Loan, 751 76. Portuguese Scrip is 41 prem. ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 981; Venezuelan 3 per Cents. 24-'l. In the Railway Share Market business con tinued very inactive, and the few dealings entered into were at slightly reduced rates. Great Easterns and North Easterns (Berwick) declined 55., and Great Westerns, and London and Black wall, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were 'Without material variation. Antwerp and Rotter dam advanced to 71 Z-; Dutch-Rhenish brought 17 1 1 and San Paulo, 224; East Indian receded to 108 4; Great Indian Peninsula brought 108; Bom bay and Baroda, 106 to 1061 ; and Sciudes Delhi Stock, 1051. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares r emained inactive at about pre vious q uotations. Union of Australia improved ss. to 105.; London end Buenos Ayres, ss. ; Crystal Palace Stock b rought 361; and Royal Mail Steam, 56c BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. tatik Stock Per Cent. Reduced Annuities Per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent lOBl Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 95 D tto 5 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 100± Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto under £l,OOO . ... 26 29 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent.... 10 9 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 pea Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Egpptian 7 poi Cent 9sa 6 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent. ; 1824-5, ex-Coupins l6s 1 I al lan 5 per ilect. (Maremmana Railway) 751 6 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account - i i i Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per ;.:lent , 1862 Ditto Scrip, '.?() paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 4 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1562 9l a B Panish 3 per Cent I-. —.lto Passive Panish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 'T M 1 Ditto Paid-up Scrip V enezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account.. Dividends on the above payable in London, TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account, Jan. 8 PRICE OF GOLD The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On I M Parinc,r these rates with the English Mint price of £3 8 . iold, per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 43 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4; per £1 sterling. s t andard gold at the English Mir t price is, therefore, about 2 'lo Ilia per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg coThe course of exchange at New York on London for bills at days sight is lt6 to 1461 per cent., and the premium on goln is to 33 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. MANKETS---TMS DAY. S r ARE MARKET...THIS DAY. (..,RDINAitY SHARE:. AND STOuKS, 65 i 351 7* 71 2tv it 16 71 k all all all all all 7 6 11 1$ p 21/ 14 11i 9 91 20 21 40} 41i pr ip 64 91 8 7 d 45i 464 41 43 In 18 14 16 i 1 91 10 10 10} If 2pm 231 231 311 82f 3 26d 7 7; 10 306 YO6 216 1091 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVgNING, DECE 'MIER - 4 =24, 1862. Business done LAW-THIS DAY. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before the Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) HUDSON V. SIR P. SLADE AND OTHERS. 106 i His lordship this morning commenced summing up the evidence in this extraordinary case, which has now been before the court for sn many days. His lordship devoted a considerable portion of his observations to the contents of the book, which Mr. Hudson had claimed as his private property, and said, one of the questions the jury would have to decide was whether the book was of that private nature in consequence of the correspondence it contained that all examination of the contents was precluded. Mr. Hudson stated that it was of that nature, and that it had always been kept by him in his private drawer. the learned judge then read extracts from several of the letters relating to the Waller Mines Co., and then asked the jury to form their own opinion whether the volume was what it was represented to be. They must also consider how the book came into the pos sion of the parties from whom it had been taken. If they should be of opinion that the book had by unlawful means got into the possession of the benchers, and also that it was what it was represented to be, then the owner of it was per fectly justified in securing it the first time it came into his possession. His lordship then, at some length, proceeded to comment upon various other points of the case. At the conclusion of his lordship's summing up the jury retired to consider their yerdict, and had not returned when we went to press. 1081 SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Joyce.) SERVINTGALISM-THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION. NORVAL 'V, DAWSON. This was an action to recover wages and compensation, plaintiff being a domestic servant, and defendant a mer chant, of Brabant-court, Philpot-lane. Plaintiff said she was so very roughly used by Mrs. Dawson that she had to call a policeman in to assist her, and as a protection against Mrs. Dawson's violence. Mrs. Dawson—She behaved very badly during Mr. Dawson's absence, and she wanted to go away, and I was determined she should not, and I locked her up. His Honour (indignantly)—But pray what right had you to do that. This is a free country. Mrs. Dawson—l did not want her to go away before Mr. Dawson came home. POLICE-THIS DAY. MANSION HO USE. FORGERY.—Two lads were placed before the Lord Mayor charged with forgery. _ _ Mr. (irierson, cashier at Hankey's bank, said—The three cheques produced, respectively for £lO, £2O, and £25, were paid at their counter. He paid the cheque for £25 to the prisoner Lloyd. He gave him a £lO note, numbered 70,319, and two £5 notes, numbered respectively 69,785-6 and five sovereigns. The detective officer who took Lloyd into custody, said, when he did so, he told him he had given the money he had got for the cheques to a companion named Nash. One of the assistants of Messrs. Moses said the prisoner Nash, a short time ago purchased a suit of clothes at their house and paid for them with a £5 note, numbered 69,785. Mr. Robert Frank said he was a partner in the firm of Frank and Smith, 147, F enchurch-street. The prisoner Lloyd was formerly in their service as clerk, and he used a key, or bunch of keys to open some small boxes in the offiee. lie (witness) afterwards discovered that one of the ke}•s opened the drawer in which the cheque book was kept. The signature to the three cheques, to the best of his belief, was in the handwriting of Lloyd. When was taken into cus tody he denied all knowledge of the robbery. A lad in the employ of an optician, said, about a fort night ago Lloyd purchased a magic lantern at his master's house, and as he had not sufficient money to pay for it, he (witness) accompanied him to a house in Bush-lane, where he received the 10s. that were required to pay fur the goods from a person very like Nash. Mr. Lewis, on the part of Nash, said, at the time his client paid away the note to Messrs. Moses he did not know the money had been improperly obtained. Both prisoners were fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BIGAMY. 'William Owen Taylor was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with intermarrying with Sarah Ellen Holton, his first wife being at the time and now alive. Charles Butcher, 137 C, produced an extract from the registrar's book of marriages of St. George's, Hanover square. Tho extract was a true copy of the entry of the marriage between Mr. Taylor and Hannah Green in Sept. 1852. His Honour—You had no right to lock her up in this free country. It is scandalous that people should behave so to servants. If she had misconducted herself you might have turned her out ; but you must not lock up people without the intervention of the law. It was a false imprisonment. Mrs. Christiana Green, of Charlotte-street, Old Kent road, said she was present at the marriage of the prisoner and her niece, Hannah Green, and signed the register. Her niece was in court that day. Mrs. Dawson-1 am very sorry, and I will not do so any more. I wish to say that I missed a handkerchief. His Honour—Now, this is too bad. You first imprison the girl, and then you libel her. You must pay this claim forthwith, with costs. Sarah Ellen Holton, a respectable looking young woman, living at 4, Stanhope-street, Mayfair, said that she was married to the prisoner on August 18, 1862, at High Wy combe Church, Buckinghamshire. The prisoner always represented himself to her as a single man. It I 'l' I H; Emma Holton, sister of the last witness, deposed to being present at the marriage of the prisoner and her sister, and signing the registry. The prisoner was committed for trial. It appears that he was taken into custody this morning on leaving the House of Correction, where he had been con fined for one month for assaulting his second wife, he being at the time in the service of Lady Carteret, as coachman. His conduct to both females has been of the most brutal nature. -A week after he was married to his first wife he assaulted her, and his conduct became so intolerable that she was obliged, with her child, to leave him. He followed her to her friends and prevailed on her to live with him again, and she consented to do so, only to be worse treated than before, and at last he left her with the child dependent upon her. His conduct to his second wife was of such a nature that at last she was compelled to give him into cus • tody, and he waQ, as above stated, committed for a month with hard labour. MARK-LANE. A very small stipply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market. Dry samples we r e ta ken, off steadily, at fuil prices ; otherwise, the trade was t-11111 , at Monday's currency, The show of samples of foreign wheat, ex granary, was moderate. In most descriptions, but chiefly American, a lair retail business transacted, at late rates. F loating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, on former tetras Malting barley sold steadily, at full prices. Grinding a nd distilling sorts wore in slow request, at Monday's eUrr eney. The business transacted in malt was only moderate, at ' l ' e roils quotations. The supply of oats was somewhat restricted. Fine corn realised an improvement of 6d per quarter, compared with Monday, and the value of other kinds was fully supported. the moved off steadily, at full prices. The supply on 1.4 stand s was very moderate. f,, l , e as, however, were in fair supply, and slow request, at ""Y Monday's d e cline in the currency. T flour trade was steady, and the quotations were well supported. . ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. X n'l' ' W 'leat Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Ir.' 18 1 1 •••... 210 16') + 1,070 l3O sack,, t o p„, ...... .. •... 5,220 1,570 1 I 4,390 BOROUGH HOP. 41 1 kinds of hops are a dull inquiry. The best samples a~r'Y maintain their previous value, but to effect sales in 111 "i°r parcels lower prices must be taken. WHITECILAPEL. supply of meat is moderate, and the trade rules heavy 414 foil • °WS : as aeef, from 2 s 4d t o 3 s 10d ; m utton, 2s 8d to 48 2d ; veal, c arcase to 4s 8 , and pork,3sto4s TWO LEEDS GAROTTERS CAUGHT IN THE ACT. .--I.esterdav, at the Leeds Town-hall, two coalminers, Il vo a ; 11'ed 'n Wood and John Hides, were charged - , th a arui The prosecutor, an old man, as earotto robbery. n ' e d Samuel Pullen, residing at Copley-hill, Wortley ,eue said that on M on i a y a fte r noon he was at th e Swan t oc , T wo Necks Inn, Hunslet-lane, Leeds, and there par lk.,ot tw o pints of beer. In the taproom where he was ti tlg were th e two prisoners, who several times drank N'.tl i ' s hi ni• About a quarter to five o'clock he left the house ''W'lB Way t o Leeds g but he had only got about 200 yards a y When he was overtaken by the prisoners, opposite to th cks 'ilft , Field. W oo d, who was behind him, ', put on t r , ' , ' l ug," and threw him down ; and Hides, after te left hand pocket in vain, turned Pullan's right '1:1111d Pocket inside out, and took about 3s. 6d. away with \ C i : • just at this moment up came Mrs. Greenwoo d , the housee l the landlord o f t h e S wan with Two Necks (in w hi c h se had a short time previously left the prosecutor arid the prisoners), and she, on hearing Pallan's cry for a" wa P, boldl y crossed the road, d was o n th e s p o t prec isely as ih c , b_., n were r e bbi ng hi m . Sh e distinctly recognised pris oners, who, on seeing her, jumped over the wall t° Ja ckson's fi e ld, and made off. Th e men were s h or tl y afterwa rds appr e h en d e d . Th e pr i soners were committed trial at the mazes. 1 3. 14 I.aliwaye. NVol., and Str. Vai and Tyne. ißri , itol and Exi.. - er Caledonian Cort, Corn wal fin A 1 A. 'J.cts div , • , 16 pc.n an.has Do. P been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Pertli,& Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glaszow. IGlasg. and S. Western. l Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East A no:Ban st flreatNorthot Scotland IGreat Northern Do A stock Doßdo Do. £5 shares st IGt. S. an W. of Ireland st 'Great. Western at Do Str Val eon. stock st ,Lancashire & Yorkshire at 'London and BlackwalT st !Lon., Bright. 4 S. Coast at Lon., Chat., and Dover st ;Lou. & North Western st !Lon. & South Western st IMan., Shet., S. Lincoln. 50 'Maryport and Carlisle. I2i ! Do 5hare5........ 10 !Metropolitan st Midland 6 0 4 . 0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 50 ',Md. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. k shares 2 5 Mid Kent 1 0 Do Cray Line at North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee st iNth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase at ! Do Lecds at Do York st Do Carlisle at !North London 10 Do New 1916.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction st ;Scottish Central at !Scot N. E., Aber. stock at Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 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 iUlster. Do Do !Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim I !Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Fiar.&R West Midland Oxford 1/0 Newpor • I Do Herefords Vaid Closing i Business Price. I done. I . all 100 lo:+ all all all 8 Si 6 1 - 83 ?5 115 116 0 7 41 43 13 14 86 88 105 107 46 47 43 45 24 25 124} 125 E 128 129 135 137 104 106 64 (81 1084 109 714 724 118 119 :_- 1 8 39 f. 61. 87 101 102 40 41 81 9 ! 1281 12,51 ltp 96 98 52 53 25 27 99i 100 56 57 88 181 125 127 107 110 p 41 4* d 10f 11/ 118 120 47i 486 103 105 47 19 33434:4 SS S9i 684 694 100 103 7 B 39 40 101 101 p 74 7 1 0' 147 149 44 5 y 26 3 p 55} 564 24 34p 0:14p 87 S 9 140 145 29 31 115: 46i 1 125 128 7,1 84 68 7f I lon f 71i 1 33; 9 f 128 i i P 931 561 87i 127 43 45 35 37 944 354 A RES. 96 98 204 214 64 7 111 113 91 93 1112 114 1111 113 129 131 1105 108 '29 131 150 152 117 119 'll2 114 105 107 108 110 98 100 98 100 88 90 89 91 102 104 77 79 170 175 101 10u 133 140 103 105 116 118 116 118 136 140 116 118 155 100 131 135 80 82 96 97 28. 6cl. 21 3 123 125 (8 70 trim 140 142 103 105 95 P 7 110 112 108 110 1 lipm 93 95 103 105 98 100 P iP 10s. 10 23 233 lei 101 24 24i 102 104 1102 104 87 89 214 111 25 29 338 34 31 344 45 47 125 128 118 122 101 103 122 124 118 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 1 Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co. s Price. Done. --- --- Birkenhead. . Iluckingh m4lli.re l 100 Do. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do 55 57 1126 128 Do. 54per cent 100 I Do. Do. 5 , 100 IDo. ,11 51 .16 Clydesdale Junet ' ion 100 iCledon lO3 105 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 11 , 11.1.&G.E C 8 70 E. Lincolnsh. g6pr c. 100 Gt.Nerth. 136 138 GlosLer &Dean Fores all Gt. West G t. Ea- on. Newmarket &c., 5 per cent lOO Gt.Eastn. -- Do.E.l.T.Harwch. 4 p.c 100 D 0... •• • • D o.Wodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c 101 l Do . Rail and t_selby all YIL.N.MicI 111 111 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 203 206 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B .'• ,er cent ...... 1 Do Si per cent. ..• . 100 Do BB 59 Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Do. • • •.• • _ .. Do. New ShlB6l, 44p.c. all Do 22 24 VA Wn. Ext. A, 44 pc. all Do ..... London & Greenwic 100 S. Eastern 64 06 Do. Preferen . Lon.,Tilb.& b.. 'tt l iend 100 Peto &Co 9O 12 Lnd'dr. &Ennis. orig. A . 100 . Do. . 100 Irish N.- Do. B, 100 Western. Do. C, 100 L ow estoft gua. 4p c. . 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent ...... 100 Do. IVlnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LINTWLio 31 4 41 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock . ...... . 100 Midland 96 98 97 Nor.Dev.Rail & Dock. 100 L.&S.W. Do A stock ........ 100 from Ist Do B stock .......• ,00 Jan.,1863., D. , . Pr , fereace..... 100 Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Gt. Eastn 67 59 Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. , N. Eastn—Hartlepool 100 N. E. Ber • • .• North Western L&N.W I, Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 - Gt.Nortli. 951 961 , 1 Preston and Wyre. I all a, L. 17k. j 1 44 46 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • , • • • • • Roystn.llitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 L.&N.W.. 136 137 Do. I)o. S o uth Staffordshire .• 100 Ln.&N.IN ' Westtondon, Cis A all W.Ln•Ex Do do B all Ln&N.W. Do do C , all &tit.Wst.l Wilts and Somerset,. 100 Gt. West.' 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 84 94 ____ FREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS Dividends Coptingellt on the Profits of each separate Year. —,-.7- -- , st Caledon. £ lO Gus. Slot 10 0 102 104 st GO Eastern sp. c. pref.! 100 106 10': 1071 10 Kont Coast. 6p 4 .ct. p pl. T 3 24 P 41) : 102 4ci 11 p i 64s Lon. ilo & . i o k . n .i •a l l d l, o 4 sh .;s kloo res. 41 st Lon d'n, Brig'tn, &c.,4.4 per cent, lB5B 100 103 105 st Do. do. 4 per ct 186t0 100 92 065 9t Do. do. 44 per ct 1861' 100 103 105 5 Do. do. 44 per et 1861 St -- st Ln.Cht•tri,&e. 6p.c 2d pf 100 10 Do, Metroo.Ext 11,6 p.c.' all 10i- 101 st Lon. &S.Western 41 p.c. 100 104 106 10 North British £lO Gua Shares, 1861 st DoEd,Prth,&D'dee,4p c ! . ( 1 , . 0 1 . 83 s t icottish Cent . r . a . l . 4 . ! 100 I irred. pref.. 10 ~-Eastern 44 p.c. 1859 all N 10 10 Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd ) all 10 3 10i 10 D 0.5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd ) all NI 14 25 Stkton &D , trigon. D , Pf all ff - 125 Do. ao. all 284 294 —. 20 Yale of Neath .... 4 2(1214 100 1 110000 7 is. Az Fxet.. p. c. "t • • Do. shares _ teflon. qr. shrs, t:ork & Bandon, 51 p. c. cornwall. 5 per c( rt.... Do. 4;. p. C. gua. perpet. I tun. Perth, & Abo. Jun. Do. Ist Class Fret. Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & • ?.. S.West. gu. 5 Gt. Ea stn, E. Conn. Ex. 1 1)0 No. p. c. pref Do E. Angn A et 5 p.c. Do.. 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 t,.c. Ex. 1846 Do. do. 5s p c. pref. 1,4% Do. p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 Great Northern, f, p. e.. 00.5 p.c. Redm.lop.c.pm. Do. 41 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Reeirr.aMp.c.pn , Do. Hertford purchase. Do. T,nton do Do.H.IcL. pur. 4 p. c. pt Do. Luton pur. 5 p. c.pf , It. NIL of 'cot. Ist pret. Gf. Sn. & W. (Ireland 4 per cent Great West. (Berks any Hants I , lx t) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 46 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pret Do. Birm. guar. stock 70. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. share, Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5.c. shs Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pref & York. 6 p.c. stoef Do.Barnsl.st£ s 38 10dp Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan. ) . • Do. 41 p. c. (Black!). pur. L0n.&8rig.5p. , ....gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do R per cent. d 0... . Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stl: Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.' D 0.4 p c.st.(div.deLliP6t . 1. on.Ch at. &Hoy. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Cov. Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent et., late 3d shares Do. (Portsm'thyerpet) . . anus. of 2s. 6d.) Man. Sh. do Lin. fl per et Do. £6 Do. 3 per cent. . Do. redeem. 6 percent... Maryport Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 41 per cent ........ Midland Con. O p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.k. Bir. 6 p.c Do. 4,4 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 4i p.c. irredeemable Do. 4i per cent..... . Do.Leic. and Hit.lper ct rt British, sper cent. I to. New oua. 5 percent Do:Bor. ITn. g. prf. sits -Fast. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41pr ct redeemabl Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. prel Do. Berwick 4 p. c. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Ito. York, U. ,t S. Purch. Do. Carlisle 4} p. c. Do. do. 4 p. c. N. London 4 p. c. £2O pi North Staffordshire.... scortisit North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.e Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock - 4 outh Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cen i Do, Fixed 14 per cent south Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do 1859 Do. 5 per cent. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. sp. C. gua. Stock. & Dar. A p. c... , Do. B 6 p. c...' bCy] C 6 P. e... 'Paff Vale No. 1 Pref.... ‘N'atrtd Kilkny, 6p. c. W. Mid.-Oxf Ist guaatl; Do. 2d do . Do. Newport 5 p.e.pf.red Do. Perpet.6 p. e. pf. l 1 8 69 Do. tilB PREFERENCE Si 100 100 100 all all BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Paid. Closing Price. _ 67 69 106 167 2 ti; ail 100 100 100 100 100 51 53 all all 100 (100 ' 100 2 15 ICO 000 ItAIL Ai 5i 54 8 Si 77 SO 75 78 72 75 105 107 1071 1086 1(7 108 108 109 1 lip I IP 22} 221 74 76 61 CO 35 37 48 52 34 30 34 SG 107 1(8 1 1} p, 105 106 13 ISt 74 7i 98 100 90 02 IC5i 1064 901 1004 94 96 3 5 3 t, 83 65 104 1074 1041 1051 I t 1 13D 005 107 101 103 dallways Atlantic & St Lawrene, Ftorn.,Bstroda&.Cent Gu. 5 per cent.. Do. New 'kaiak) and Laae Huron Do. Preterunee B p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, Do. do. July 1, 187 . , Do. do. June 1, Izi7l Cleutta..t S. East n. (1e Cape Town &Dock herd Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. '_`l)o. do. G Ext..... Do. do. II do. .. rand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 Do. January, 1g62 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sham t Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 41 p. o. Extension De. 44 do Do. Fifth Extension. 11elb.Coro. p. o. Bo& Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. /Ms., Newßrunswick t CEnth Class A Capital Share Do. do. B Capital d 0... I.N.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist t bds !Scinde .......... IDo. Delhi. 1 pl IDo. do . 7 DO. Punjaub . . . 'Do. Do. ...... •• • _,.., Do. Indus. St. Flo.) () NTS Antwerp & itottentam. Bah. &S. Fran.. Lim 7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Copiapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish Do .... Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. sha... Italian Junction. ...... Namur it Liege Do. 6 p. o. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares N.Rail. of BuenosAyres Gua. 7 p c., Lim Norwegian Trunk Pref OPmn(Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Orleans Portuguese Rail. Royal Recite az S. Fran. (Fern.) glt. 7 p. ct. 1im......1 Riga Az Dunaburg...... lloyar Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... 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His Honour— And you let her go away without paying that. You have not eren paid the money into court. I shall find for plaintiff. Defendant wished to appeal, but of course could not. Verdict for plaintiff, and costs. SECONDARIES' COURT. (Before Mr Potter and a Jury.) BRUCE V. GRANT-ACTION FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT AGAINST AN CFFICER BY A STOCKBROKER. This was a suit of inquiry to assess the damages, laid at £lO,OOO, and it was sent down from the Court of Common Pleas, defendant having suffered judgment to go by de fault. Mr. H. James, for plaintiff, called his client, Mr. Bruce, who said—l was employed by defendant to speculate in consols, and I endeavoured to induce him not to speculate heavily. In March last there was a very heavy debt standing against him. In March I saw Captain Grant, and he drew a note for £l,OOO. (Note read.) He said he had some houses is Rangoon. He instructed me to sell them. I found I could not get the note discounted, and on 14th March I went back with it to Captain Grant at his club. After a great deal of discussion, he said, "`Nell, if you can't get the money, you may fill in four or six months." Again I could not get it discounted, and I re turned it to Mr. Gran:, who had it three days. After he had the note I saw tefendant with a Mr. Mortimer and another gentleman. I told the gentlemen that I could not pay the money I omed on behalf of Mr. Grant, but I produced Mr. Grant's note. Captain Grant had brought it with him. I rememler Mr. Mortimer using the words "three months." The result was that the note should be kept by Mortimer, ant I agreed to accept the note in full satisfaction. There was no application to me to give up the note while it was running, and it was dishonoured when due, I was arrested . )3 , a policeman soon after it was dis honoured, and locked up all night in a police cell. I was searched and taken bflare Alderman Carden, and kept in the dock. I was kept in a cell below. Ido not know who was in the cell witl, me. Defendant was examined, and the bank prosecutor appeared. Directly Mr. Mortimer was examined I was discharged, and the Alderman expressed his opinion at the tine. I have received no apology from that time to this, aad I have since found my business in the Stock Exchange fallen off very much. The learned Secondary said no one appeared for the de fendant, and the onl+ question was one of amount, Plaintiff—Mr. Grant gave me assurances as to his meane, and he is an officer of the Indian army. Mr. Mortimer fully corroborated the plaintiff, and stated positively that Captain Grant saw the date on the note. Mr. Mr. B r it u o c u e ' g s i ar alsoposition had confirmedbeen t muchhe previousi injured by a b ti y , this naon y affair. as to s t t he e Asia rt sßafi ser s a tisfied interviewßrett toof (detective ehe i t etexhcaa !en, ;tha tCarden wit nesswas evidence as to the interview at the club was false. ce T o h_e i w a h rr o e l s e te o d f p C l a a p in ta ti i ff n Grant's eo i:n ft : o ble im n e a n ture Sir or th al e te c r ase a warrant. Captain Grant gave him into custody. He was examined at the H ansion-house about four o'clock the next day. Mr. Curson produced the charge-sheet, by which it ap peared that plaintiff was a stockbroker, and the charge waa " forging and uttering a note for £l,OOO, with intent to cheat and defraud," &c. The learned Secoadary—This is a most unaccountable case, and I fully agile with all that has been said on behalf of the plaintiff. Tle defendant does not appear, and you will say what damages you award. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and on their return assessed the damages at £l,OOO. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, Dec. 24.—Wind this day at noon--North- Westerly; light breeze, and mild weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship tieyser, from Sheerness; Riddesdale, from Shields, for Matanzas, with cargo shifted. CARDIFF, Dec. 23.—Wind S.W.—Sailed--Marie Anna, for Monte Video. SWANSEA, Dec. 23 .—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Ville, for Rio Janeiro. CLYDE, Dec. 23 . —Wind W.—Sailed—Harvest Home, for Kurrachee. SUNDERLAND, Dec. 23.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Queen of the Age, for Hong Kong. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. No arrivalA. Sailed—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne; Belgium, for Ostend. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Ocean, of Whitby, from London, for Dieppe, has been supplied with an anchor and chain to replace others lost. GAROTTING AT PRESTON.—Within the past week or two garotting has made its appearance in Preston. The latest case occurred yesterday morning. Between one and two o'clock. Mr. J. Morgan, a tradesman, was proceed ing down Friargate towards home. When opposite the end of Union-etreet, a dark narrow passage from Back Lane to Friargate, he was accosted by a woman, who, in a most impudent manner, seized his gold watch guard. Mr. Morgan, perceiving this, shouted out " Police," but in a moment afterwards a man, who had evidently been lurking behind, seized him by the shoulders, threw him upon his back, stole his watch and guard, and ran away. On recovering himself Mr. Morgan gave informa tion of the robbery, and from the description he gave of the woman and the man who seized him, a private in the 41st Regiment, stationed at Fulwood Barracks, named John Dyson, and a woman, named Jane Young, were appre hended at a dramshop in Church-street. Dyson, when searched, was found to have the watch and chain in his possession. He said that the woman "led him into the robbery ;" but she said that she knew nothing at all about it. Yesterday both prisoners were brought up at the Police court, and remanded until to-day. HOW A BURGLAR IS REFORMED BY PUNISH limit —Yesterday, at the Leeds Town-hall,: Timothy Canty was brought up on two charges of felony. When tho prisoner's carpet bag was searched at the police office it was found to contain a scientifically -formed " jemmy," a dark lantern, several bunches of desk and office keys, the key of a beer barrel, and other implements; and was also found in p ossess i on o f a c l othes brush and c l o th cap which h e had sto l en from two shop s i n Kirkgate. On referring to the antecedents of the it was discovered that h e was on ly dis c h arged from Castle on the 6th inst., aft er serv ing 12 m ont h s for a b urg l a ry a t Patrington, in th e N or th Riding, on the 6th Dec., 1861. On that occasion his plunder amounted t o and other va luables. He has been rather more than a fort night out of prison , and y et p y r o is r o k n c er a , st trade with which to r esume his occ u p a ti on . H e Was committed for trial at the aeseiguo. he is f oun d fully equipp e d w i t h a stock in WESTMINSTER. THE BEGINNING OF CRlME.—James Garratt, aged 12, and William Burden, aged 10, were placed at the bar, charged with stealing a half-quartern loaf. Mrs. Eliza Busmer, of 27, Radley-street, Smith's-ter race, Chelsea, stated that last evening she saw Garratt enter her shop and take the loaf, which he handed to the other prisoner, who was on the door-step. Police-constable Charles Rapper, 323 B, said when he took the prisoners their excuse for taking the bread was that they had nothing to eat all day. Mr. Arnold inquired whether the parents of the boys before him had been informed of their present position ? The police replied that they had. Mr. Arnold asked whether they were now in attendance. The police said that the mother of Garratt was present, but the mother of Burden was not. Mr. Arnold inquired whether she said anything about her son? The constable replied that she said she did not care much about him, as he was going on against her will. Mr. Arnold asked Mrs. Garratt what she had to say 1, Mrs. Garrett said that her husband was a painter. There was plenty of food for her son at home, but there was no keeping him there. He would run the 'streets, and was forming bad associations from which she should like to see him rescued. Mr. Arnold observed that the only way to rescue these poor boys would be to send them to a reformatory, but their parents must contribute towards their support. Mrs. Garratt said willingly. Prisoners were remanded. THAMES. DETERMINED STREET Row. A tall and powerful young man, who gave the name of William Taylor, and who called himself Hodgson, last night was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with being drunk, disorderly, and assaulting Susannah Sarah Wilson. The complainant said that she was the landlady of a coffee-house, in Three Colt-street, Limehouse. Yesterday evening, the 23d inst., the prisoner came into her house and was supplied, at his request, with bread and butter and coffee. After he had consumed it he commenced singing very uproariously. She begged him to be quiet or leave the place. He said he would do neither and was determined upon a row, it was Christmas time, and a row and a jolly one he would have. Her husband went in quest of a policeman, and while he was gene the prisoner continued to sing and roar loudly. A young man named Charles Fuller, a lodger, came into the house and turned out the prisoner, who plunged, kicked, and made use of very fcul language. He forced his way into the house again and struck her, and threatened to kill her. Mr. Woolrych—And left the mark I now see on your face. Mrs. Wilson—Yes, sir, and he kicked at me. His con duct was of the most singular description—he shouted, roared, and screamed like a madman. A police-constable said the prisoner made a similar dis turbance in a beershop an hour before he went to the com plainant's coffee-house. The prisoner in his defence said he was most terribly mauled last night, and his watch was breken to pieces. He produced the remains of his timekeeper, and said, Am I not to have compensation for this? Mr. Woolrych—That is cool certainly. Your watch was broken in the scuffle. You have acted in a most dis orderly manner, and assaulted Mrs Wilson. You are fined 155., and in default six days'_ imprisonment. APPLICATION OF SPECTRUM ANALYSIS.—We hear that a practical application is likely to be made of the beautiful results of spectrum analysis in an important de partment of our national manufactures—that is, in the cast ing of steel. In the new process of melting the metal it is important to know the exact moment at which to shut down the cover of the furnace ; time must be allowed for the escape of the gaseous products which are injurious to the steel, but if that time be prolonged an injurious effect of another kind is produced. To meet this contingency it has been pro posed to test the gases as they fly off by means of the spec troscope ; and as soon as the particular colour is observed peculiar to the gas which begins to escape at the moment the molten metal is in proper condition, the manufacturer will then have an infallible sign of the proper moment for closing the furnace. It is impossible not to wish success to this ingenious application of a philosophical experiment to practical uses in the wholesale preparation of the material of hardware.—Athenteton. HUNGER AND SELF-RESPECT IN LANC They are wonderful these Lancashire people. They ere no beggars. I almost think that if we were so wicked as to leave them to starve, they would just do so, without a word. There is no truckling and cringing on the one hand, there is no insolence or coldness on the other. They are independent. Their self-respect is not injured by the relief they receive ; yet for that relief they are most obviously and undisgnisedly grateful. If a college of wise men, wise in manners, arbitrators in matters of taste, had assembled in committee to decide how a community should bear itself under such circumstances as these which now affect this cotton community, they could never have hit out anything half so complete, and so delicately fine, as these people have hit out unconsciously with their own unaided but unerring instinct. As long as hope and energy are left to these suffering people the case is not at its worst, and these seem rarely or never to have deserted the workmen whom trouble has thus overtaken for the first time. It is widely diffe rent with the habitual pauper : the man long accustomed to penury and dependence. This last makes no attempt to face his antagonist, Want. He has ceased to strive against misfortune. He has lost pride, self-respect, every sustaining quality.—All the Year Round. A FAITHFUL DOG.—The widow of Lieut. Pfieff, of Illinois, was enabled to find her husband's grave at Pitts. burg Landing by seeing a dog which had accompanied the lieutenant to the war. The dog approached her with the most intense manifestations of joy, and immediately indi cated to her as well as he was able his desire that she should follow him. She did so, and he led the way to a distant part of the field, and stopped before a single grave. She caused it to be opened, and there found the body of her dead husband. It appears, from the statement of some of the soldiers, that when Lieut. Pfieff fell, his dog was by his side, and thus re. inahied, licking his wounds, until he was taken from the field and buried. He then took his station by the grave, and nothing could induce him to abandon it but for a sufficient length of time each day to satisfy his hunger, until by some means be was made aware of the presence of his mistress. Thus had he watched for twelve days by the grave of his slain master,--American Paper 9.14.6 3.0.0 7.19.0 17i 40 6.15. tl 8.12 2.0.6 4.3.0 191 23 2.17.0 2.4.9 1 10.0.7 14 5.15.6 18.1 .9 28.9. 474 51 5 2.0.6 2.10.8 55 41 x d ;It ti 301 2; 1 3 1 100 x d CONVICT DISCIPLINE. Tne following memorial has been forwarded to Sir George Grey by the Bristol Association for obtaining an alteration in convict discipline To the Right Honourable Sir George Grey, Bart., her Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home De partment. The respectful memorial of the association formed in Bris tol for promoting an improved administration of convict discipline in England. We have observed with the greatest concern the condi tion of discharged convicts in this country, very many of whom are found to return to crime, without the slightest good effect to themselves from their punishment. We believe that means, much better than those at present employed, might be used to prepare for freedom the 1,600 or 2,000 convicts annually discharged, and to afford such a test of the preparation as might be satisfactory to the em ployers of labour, and not leave the discharged criminals to crime as their only means of living. We find that as to those who are discharged on condi tional license or ticket of leave, the conditions indorsed on the license are not enforced, nor aro any sufficient means taken to ascertain their fulfilment. Experience shows that it is possible to provide a system of treatment during imprisonment, an immediate prepara tion for discharge, and a wholesome supervision during the remainder of the sentence, which might prevent the pre sent frightful condition and practices of the convicts, qualify them, in a considerable proportion of the cases, to be taken again into society, and furnish to the employers of labour the necessary test of &nes.. We think that Ireland (under the operation A the same statutes as England) and other countries have furnished such experience. Discharged convicts are shown to be not necessarily a nuisance and terror to their neighbourhood, but they may gain a position as honest and industrious workmen. We most earnestly entreat that means may bo taken for greatly altering and improv ng the present discipline of con victs in England by a very different and a better adminis tration of the law ; and that every convict now on ticket of-leave, who can be ascertained to have infringed the terms of his license, may be returned to prison ; and that as to those who may for the future be at liberty on license (which, according to the regulations, will now embrace every con vict reported to be well conducted), the conditions of the license may be enforced with proper supervision. Signed by the President, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Committee, on behalf of the Assobiation. President, Right Hon. Earl Ducie, Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and Bristol ; Chairman, M. D. Hill, Esq., Q.C., Recorder of Birmingham ; Hon. Secretary, James Livett, Esq., Cotham, Bristol. 7HE NEGRO AND THE WAR. The following is the concluding portion of Mr. Secretary Stanton's report to the President of the United States : With this presentation of the past operations and the pre sent condition of the War Department, the duty required of me by the act of Congress to make an annual report is in a great measure fulfilled. It is seen that a force has been placed by the people of the United States at the command of the government to maintain its authority more mighty in all the elements, of warlike power than was ever before arrayed under one banner. How shall that force be em ployed ? To smite the enemy on every hand, to attack his armies and strongholds, to occupy his ports, clear the great rivers of the West of his obstructions, and pause not until he is subdued, is our plain duty. Above all, it is our duty to disdain no legitimate aid that may save the lives of our gallant soldiers, diminish their labours, provide for their wants, and lessen the burdens of our people. No aphorism is more universally received than that "the sole object of a just war is to make the enemy feel the evils of his in justice, and by his sufferings amend his ways; he must, therefore, be attacked in his mot accessible quarter. The power of the rebels rests upon their peculiar system of labour, which keeps labourers on their plantations to sup port owners who are devoting their time and strength to destroy our armies and destroy ourgovernment. Whenever that system is in hostility to the government, it is, in my opinion, the duty of those conducting the war to strike down the system and turn against the rebels the productive power that upholds the insurrection. Rightly organised in the recovered territory, the labourers of the rebel states will not only aid in holding fortified positions, but their labour will, as in India, free the white soldier from the most un wholesome exposure of the South. They will cultivate the corn and forage, which will feed our cavalry artillery horses, and save the country a portion of the enormous burden now attending their purchase and transport from the North. This cultivation would have been of greater advantage to us on the southeastern coast than even that of the great staple of the Sea Islands. Probably the people who remained upon these islands, within protection of our armies, could, under wise control, have supplied all the forage needed this year by the forces in the department of the South. The full ration for a horse weighs 261 b., that of a soldier 31b. An army well organised and equipped for active operations, with a due proportion of cavalry, artillery and baggage trains, will not have less than one horse or mule to every four sot. diera ; so that the weight of food for the animals is more than double that of the rations for the men. How important an aid, how great an economy, in a long contest, therefore, would there be in raising by this cheap labour the greater part of the forage alone for the Southern department, thus, for a greater portion of our wants, transferring the bare of supplies now at New York to Hilton Head or New Orleans. The department has found it difficult to transfer this labour from one part of the seat of war to another. Local and family ties seem to be very strong with these people, and with all their faith in the power and goodwill of our mili tary commanders, it was found difficult to get volunteer la bourers to leave Port Royal for other depots. A population of four millions true to the interests of the Union, with slight assistance from the army, will, under proper regula - tion and government, be of the greatest assistance in hold ing the territory once recovered. The principal staples of the South are the product exclusively of their labour. If protected upon the lands they have hitherto cultivated,with some organisation, and with support from small detachments of loyal troops, they would not only produce much of what is needed to feed our armies and their trains, but they would for ever cut off from the rebellion the resources of a coun try thus occupied. The rebel armies move with ease through portions of the border statee,living upon the country in which oar commanders find no supplies. The people bring forth their hoards and offer them to the rebels for sale or gift. Protect the labouring population, who are the majority in the greater part of the South, in the possession of the land and its products, and this great advantage will, for what ever portion of the country we occupy, be transferred to us. As soon as the coast is thoroughly occupied, and the people organized, trade will revive. Cotton, rice, sugar, and other products will be exchanged by the producer for what he needs. Their wants will be supplied direst from the northern factories, and the cultivation of the great staples will enable them to pay for what they use. A perfectly free trade may thus again grow up between the North and the South, and with greater or less rapidity it will spread over the whole country as our forces succeed in meeting and dispersing the rebel armies. Tho greater part of the whole country which formerly produced the Sea Island cotton is now thoroughly restored to the Union. The labourers are there —the soil and climate. It needs only assurance of protec tion to revive the cultivation of the staple, as well as to pro duce vast quantities of corn and forage for our troops. Since this war must be conducted by marches, and battles, and sieges, why neglect the best means to make them successful and their results permanent ? It is worthy of notice that thus far the portions of territory which, once recovered, we have most firmly held, are precisely those in which the greatest proportion of coloured men are found. By their assistance our armies will be able permanently to operate in and occupy the country ; and in labour for the army, in raising its and their'own supplies, full occupation can be given them, and with this there will be neither occasion ' nor temptation to thdm to emigrate to a northern and less congenial climate. Judging by experience, no coloured man will leave his home in the South, if protected in that home. All possibility of competitionfrom negro labour in the North is avoided in giving coloured men protection and employ ment upon the soil which they have thus far cultivated, and the right to which has been vacated by the original proprietors, deeply involved in the crimes of treason and rebellion. No great territory has been permanently re duced without depriving the leaders of its people of their lands and property. It is these that give power and in fluence. Few men have commanding genius and talent to exercise dangerous influence over their fellow-man with out the adventitious aid of money and property. By striking down this system of compulsory labour which enables the leaders of the rebellion to control the resources of the people the rebellion would die of itself. Under no circumstances has any disposition to servile insurrection been exhibited by the coloured population in any Southern State, while a strong loyalty to the Federal Government has been dis played on every occasion, and against every discourage ment. By the means suggested rebellion may be disarmed and subdued swiftly and effectually, and the lives of our own people saved from slaughter on the battle-field. By the occupation of all their forts on the Mississippi and the sea coast, a market will be opened in every rebel State for the industry of our people to supply the wants of the army, and also of a loyal population, in exchange for the valuable prodnc s ts et o tl f e t . h e e n ir ta l aubpoounr. the A Another point gove r n o m f eattack lands is by n armed Florida and Texas. Thousands in the Northern and Western States are impatiently waiting the signal of war movements to plant their homes in the best territory on this continent, and bring it back to the Union, as loyal States. So far from the Southern States being invincible, no enemy was ever so vulnerable, if the means at hand are employed against them. If your proposition for com pensated emancipation and a voluntary return to loyalty be blindly rejected, still the proper application of the means at command of the Government cannot fail to ac complish the suppression of the rebellion and a restoration I of those peaceful relations which were designed to be este blished for ever on this continent by the Union of the States. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War, I To the President. The Gibraltar committee for the relief of the distressed operatives in Lancashire have collected a sum of 2,000 dollars, GRESHA2II LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY The ordinary annual meeting of this society was held yesterday 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 assurances 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 is,ued 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 for the year. " The general premium income, after bonus reductions, has been £123,409 6s. 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 the various items of expenditure, and after exclusion of the share capi tal and deposits, the remaining funds actually accumulated and invest e d a t i n t erest, amoun t e d to L'29D,847 Bs. " 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, bat as every ap proach to a clear apprehension of the 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 mai n 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' Aet of 1862 has come into operation, rendering it necessary that a new registration of companies should take place with the distinction of unlimited companies, limited companies, or companies limited by a guarantee. After taking all the circumstances into consideration, and the particul a r nature of the society' s t ransactions, 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 retiring on the present occasion are John Beadnell, George Lowe, F. It.S , and Joseph Williams, Esqs., who, being re-eligible, o ff er t h emselves, and are recommended by the board as the list for election. " Messrs. G. H. Ladbury, Wm. Webb Tenn, 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 manifest progress 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 its 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 acces-ion 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 cascading 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 societies. 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 upP,n the books as an independent unit. It was the combination of such destine tire elements that constituted the real value of statistical operations—tbtals 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 `et 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. Parren, Esq.) terminated the proceedings. FROM 7IrE GAZETTE Off LAST EVENING. WHITEHALL, DEC. 22. The Queen has been pleased to direct J etters patent to be pissed under the Great Seal, appointing the Right Hon. Henry, Earl Grey; the Right Pion. Richard Southwell Bourke (commonly called Luna Naas) ; the Right Hon. Robert Mousey, Baron Crar.worth ; 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 th e O'C onor D on ) ; and Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, Esq.; to be her Majesty's Corn missi,ners to inquire into the operation of acts relating to transportation and penal servitude, and i n t o th e manner in which sentences of transportation and of penal servitude have been and are carried into effect, under tho provisions of the said acts, or any of them. CRO WN-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, Blackfriaril George B. Ratho, saw maker, Natingham John S. Moore, cabinetmaker, Hoxton Edward . - _-heppard, baker, Rotherhithe John Taylor, publican, Warwick Wm. I'. 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 I‘l'Minn Inglis, merchant, Hamilton Alexander Fenton, commission merchant, Leith William Forbes, hotelkeeper, Gourock COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—TZSTBEDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 163 11 161 Antwerp.. - 25 45 25 50 Brussels — 25 45 25 50 Hainburgh — 13 61 13 61 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 118; 119 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 35 351 Berlin - - Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — 25 55 25 60 Milan — 25 55 25 GO Genoa — 25 55 25 60 Naples Palermo —119 k Messina .. 119 f 1191 Lisbon 62/ 52/ Oporto — 521 52k Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz.. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars . .. 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons 0 0 0 SLAVERY DOOMED.—Whether the North or the South be the victor, this is clear —that slavery is doomed, Supposing the North to win, the time has passed when any compromise with the "domestic institution" would have been possible, and abolition must be forced upon the Go vernment whether they like it or not. Supposing the South to win, abolition will then only be a matter of time. The Fugitive Slave Law is already repealed, and any slave making his way into Northern territory is declared to be free, instead of being restored to his master as before the war. The independence of the South established, this law would most certainly not be revived. It may be taken for granted that the Northerns will do everything in their power to harass and impoverish their former brethren; and, as far as slavery is concerned, they will succeed. The repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law, alone, will be felt, when peace is once restored, as a severe blow, against which the system can scarcely stand. It will cause an immediate depreciation in the value of slave property, will render the slave a burden instead of a profit to his master, and will have a most de• pressing effect upon the cotton cultivation. Anticipating, perhaps, the time when her monopoly of the market must cease, and bent upon supplying her prese n t wan t s as w ell, the South has even now, it is stated, l a id d own h a lf h er cot ton lands for the g rowth of corn —a measure which already reduces to a considerable extent the value of the slave—who is required in ordinary times mainly for the cultivation of articles of export. Let the slave become still less valuable, and the South fail to regain her former place in the cotton market—which she must do unless England be insane enough to neglect her opportunities of getting supplies from other quarters—and slavery cannot hold cut.---slit the Year Round. the r of ath, our ter the ourt o es' Woes Ibers task being )egaU with ,ental f the been D . the Luitecl , g 0 of ? eious [ a bas )eace le na- Bra vo ed 0 3 ly de „o of 1, and or to aye a 4034 ssiort; liS ill on, 94 er the or the 3y ad' „ a d. by fferent which ed for• ties to h s vf° 0 004 ostry3 of tb° 100 11 ; ;0 111° shA" ' a olies 1 utr ; 01 6 co sa y St for y °ill )f and .0 said poll ° e,,, 1 1 0 ', a Ow rob bed M erl/ refi t' .tiaCil‘ $ l. share Share' 100 Stk 20 10 100# stock stock stock 100 NO 100 100 100 100 stock stock 204 204 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock 60 100 stock st 20 et stock a 1 1 20 28.2.51 100 100 /.0 . 1 I 58 62 lOti 23 i$ 33i t a 5O } 41 411 2 ME