The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-04 00:00:00

INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Mr. Commissioner Holroyd and Mr. Commie sioner Fon blanque were the Commissioners on the rota, but in con sequence of their illness the cases were heard before the Registrars.) IN UE GOVER.. This bankrupt was described as of Newgate-street, sta tioner, and this day had been appointed for his last ex amination, but in consequence of the inability of the bank • rapt to attend, Mr. March, the accountant, had been un able to complete the balance-sheet. Mr. gook, from the office of Mr. Richies, Coleman-street, assented to an adjournment for one month. IN RE MASON. This bankrupt was described as of Bryan-street, Caledo nian-road, wholesale stationer, and to-day was appointed for choice of assignees. Mr. Buchanan, of Basinghall-street, appeared for the petitioning creditor, and was appointed solicitor .to the estate. The debts are about £2,800, and the assets £6OO. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) STEALING A POST-OFFICE ORDER. James Jukes, a recruit in the Royal Horse Artillery, was indicted fo; stealing a Post-office order for the payment of 10s., the property of John Himes. The prisoner was also indicted with forging the name of the prosecutor. He pleaded not guilty. John Himes said—l am in the Royal Artillery. The pri soner is a recruit. He occupied part of the same room. My sergeant, on the 21st December, read a letter for me, which I had that morning received by post. It contained an order for 10s. The prisoner heard the contents of the letter. I went out to drill, but before doing so I put the letter under my bed. When I returned I found the letter had been stolen, and shortly afterwards I met the prisoner returning to the barracks from the direction of the Post office. Suspicion fell upon the prisoner, and he was given into custody. Mr. Woodley, a clerk in the Post-office at Woolwich, said—On the 21st of December a Post-office order was brought for the payment of 10s. I paid it. The prisoner, to the best of my belief, is the person who presented the order. I made no particular remarks to the prisoner at the time, but when he was brought back to the Post-office, a short time after he had received the money, I recognised him directly. The order he brought bore the signature of " John llimes." I have no doubt the prisoner is the man, but I will not swear positively as to his identity. Sergeant Taylor, of the Royal Horse Artillery, said—l read the latter containing the money-order. The prisoner was very near at the time. Suspicion fell upon him, and he was taken before the commanding officer, but he declared he knew nothing about it. The prisoner, who was undefended, said he knew nothing of the robbery. Two other soldiers were in the room at the time the prosecutor put the letter under his bed. The Recorder re-called Himes, and asked who was pre sent besides the prisoner when he put the letter under his bed, and he replied nobody. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty. The Recorder, before passing sentence, asked the ser geant how long the prisoner had been in the regiment ? The Sergeant said he had only enlisted a short time. On doing so he gave the name of Long. It had since been ascertained that his name was Jukes, and that he had re ceived a blank discharge from the regiment a few months ago. The Recorder said the prisoner had been convicted of a very seri4s offence, which was aggravated by the fact that the pers9n robbed was a comrade in the same mess and in the sade room. The learned gentlemen then sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for fifteen months. William Sullivan, 35, labourer was indicted with forging and uttering an order for the payment of 10s. with intent to defraud. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner, in the month of December last, entered the prosecutor's office, who is a wharfinger on the Surrey side of the water, and pre sented an order, bearing the name of Walsh, for the pay men of 10s. He represented he had been employed by the foreman to work for the prosecutor, and the sum demanded was for wages. The prosecutor's foreman said the prisoner was never employed by him, and amongst the hands em ployed there was no person of the name of Walsh. The jury without hesitation found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment with hard labour. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) _ _ The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in disposing of Mint prosecutions, none of which possessed the slightest interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OP LINEN.—AN IMPUDENT THIEF.—John Smith, alias M'Carthy, alias Leadbitter, was charged with attempting to steal a basket of linen from a cart in Tottenham-court-road. Gordon, 336 A, said that about 10 o'clock on the previ ous night, while in Oxford-street, - he saw the prisoner and another lad together, and knowing him to be the constant companion of thieves, and also to have been convicted, he followed them, and when at the corner of Tottenham-court road he saw the prisoner go up to a cart containing baskets of linen, and while the other lad kept behind him, and the cart was going slowly along, he unfastened the cord which secured one of the baskets, evidently with the intention of making off with it. He then seized the prisoner, but the other managed to get away and ran down Church-lane. The prisoner said he was crossing the end of Oxford street, and his foot happening to slip he of course put his hand on the basket to prevent himself falling. He did not know what the constable meant by saying he was a thief. He should like to know whether he knew him as a thief. Gordon said he did, and that he had been convicted in the name of M'Carthy and Leadbitter. He had been convicted at Bow-street for picking pockets, and also charged at this court. The prisoner said if the officer knew it he had better prove it in the usual way, as it was not true. Committed for three months with hard labour. THIS DAY S 21IARICETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2lss to £t lOs ; clover, do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 Gs. to £1 10s. per load. A slow trade for boZh hay and straw, at late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 10s; clover do., £t Os to £5 Os. ; and straw, £1 Os to £1 105 per lead. Supplica moderate, and trade dell. WITITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to .E 1 lOs ; clover, do., £4 Os to Li ss. ; and straw, £1 Os to £1 12s per load. A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market is dull, but prices continue firm. Common congou is quoted llid per lb.. SUGAR.—In the Private Contract Market the inquiries have been confined to strong refining qualities, which have realised fully late rates. The Refined Market is dull, but previous prices have been sustained. COFFEE.—No transactions of importance have been re ported. Native Ceylon, of good quality, meets a ready sale at former rates. RlCE.—There is little change to report. The market continues very inactive. SALTPETE.E.—A considerable quantity is advertised for public sale, and prices are quite nominal. INDIGO.—The next public sales are fixed to commence on the Bth February. Prices at present are looking upward, although there is not much business doing. TALLOW.—The market continues very flat. P.Y.C., on the spot,:sls to 51s 3d, and March delivery 51s 3d to .51s 6d per cwt. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 4. Wind this day at noon, W. ; light and hazy. FALMOUTH, Jan. 2.—Wind N.—Arrived—Rex, from Alexandria. Sailed—Ost, for Melbourne ; Thames, for River Plate; Pioneer, for Calcutta. HOLYHEAD, Jan.3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Transit, to q Quebec. Sailed—Elias, for Manilla. PANAMA, Dec. 9.—Two wrecks have been lost during last month at the mouth of the Goatzacoalcos River, one Swedish brig on the 15th Dee., and the other an English brig from St. Thomas to Menatilland—names unknown ; no lives lost. (BY ELECTRTC TELEGRAPH SouTnamrrow, Tuesday Morning. Wind calm, frost. Arrived.—Argyll, steamer, from Carentan ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre; Wonder, steamer, from Jersey. Sailed.—Valiant, for Sunderland, Havre, steamer, for steamers, for Je rse y ; Havre; At a l a nta and Dispatch, La Plata,-steamer, for St. Thomas. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.'N.W Arrived, Jan. 3.--Elizabeth, from New Orleans; Urchin, from Prince Edward's Island. Arrived, Jan. 4.—Kieb. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind W. ; tide, 11 hour's flood ; wea th er c l o udy. Arrived, Jan. 3- 2 -kadacia, from Gottenberg. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind W., moderate and foggy. Anchored.—Condor, for Cardiff; Eagle, for Newport— both from London. Skimmer of the Seas, for Algoa Bay, and Weasel, for Falmouth, got on shore last night during thick fog, near St. Margaret's Bay ; both came off on the flood, with as sistance, and anchored. Passed.—Lfly, from Shields, for Havre ; Chandor, from Newcastle, for Plymouth. MR. COMMISSIONER HOLROYD.—We are happy to state that this gentleman, who has been seriously indis posed, is in a fair way of recovery, although he will not be able to :o his seat in courtfor:sOme time. SAN FRANCISCO AND THE TEHUAN- TEPEC ROUTE. (From the Daily Hews' Correspondent.) SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19. On my arrival at Acapulco I found the steamer Oregon (the pioneer boat on the Pacific side of the Tehuantepec route) already waiting sixty hours there for the up-mail boat from Panama to take on her passengers, and carrying seven days' later European and American news. Successful as the first trip has been, there is no doubt whatever but that it will be eclipsed for the future when the orga nisation a:iong the route is completed. In fact it was merely a trial trip made in anticipation of the regular opening of the line, and the long delays which occurred at the different stages of the journey will be most materially curtailed when the contemplated arrangements are all carried into effect. The opening of this route is hailed here as an established practical and most gratifying fact, and one that must recommend itself to every settler or dweller on the_ Northern Pacific coast, whether living under the protection of the stars and stripes, the union jack, or the Russian eagle —for it not only will be the speediest mail route, but will afford the most expeditious line of transit for passengers. As to the transit of mer chandise, however, I fear the shoal and open nature of the harbours on the one side and the other will debar it from being employed in that respect, save for those classes of valuable and portable goods which can bear the imposition of heavy freights. Passen gers for California or British Columbia can leave New Orleans five days after the sailing of the mail steamer from New York for Panama, and catch the connecting boat on the Pacific side at Acapulco ; but when the Tehuantepec Company get their own boats round they will also achieve a further gain in time thence to San Francisco or Victoria of three days more, making together a total of eight days, or about one-third the contract time by the present United States mail route. Under these circum stances, of course, the British mails for British Columbia, instead of going down to Panama, will be carried by the intercolonial boat of the oyal Mail Steam Packet Company's service taking Havannah, Vera Cruz, and Tampico line, when, with a very inconsiderable extension of her trig, she can touch at the mouth of the Coatzacoalcos River (the entrance of the Tehuantepec route), de liver her bags there, and thus come in for all the advantages of the new route. One of the passengers who joined us at Acapulco, a man of exceedini , intelligence, gave a most alluring description of the Isthmus trip, describing the country as most 'pie. turesque and inconceivably rich in agricultural resources. The British consul at Acapulco, who went down to Manatitlan (twenty miles up the river) to witness the inauguration of the line, received English news there only sixteen days old, it having been telegraphed down to New Orleans after the arrival of the Cunard steamer at New York. The Tehuantepec Company are about lay ing wires across that Isthmus ; and in order to protect them from the hostile interference of the natives—who are all Roman Catholics—they intend having all the posts made in imitation of a cross, an experiment which was found to answer admirably in the southern portion of the Californian state, where the jealous and inimical Mexican inhabitants would have otherwise torn them all down ; but not only did the device protect the telegraph, but it tended to spread about an improved idea and opin ion of the forms of Christianity entertained by the ruthless American invader, who was previously re garded as little better than a mere heathen barba rian. The time, under all the disadvantages in the experimental trip, was as follows : New Orleans to Manatitlan (20 miles up the Coatzacoalcos) Manatitlan to Suehil (at the head of the riv,r navigation) Suehil to Ventosa (tin harbouronthe Pacific) 55 „ 147 „ but when coal is supplied for the river steamer in stead of green wood, it is estimated that the trip up can be easily made in 12 hours, and the down one in seven, while the overland space can be readily compassed in 24 hours as soon as the road is sufficiently graded for carriage travel, a consum mation which may be looked for in a few months ; but when the contemplated railway is constructed, space and time will be proportionately annihilated. This communication will go by the new route. Such was the feeling in favour of it in this city imme diately on the arrival of the late mail, that all the places the agent could venture to dispose of were secured in a few hours. I send you an extract, which clearly exhibits in facts and figures the relative and respective merits of the various competing lines which can be relied on, and will no doubt be of interest in the present and prospective state of our relations with the Northern Pacific, both on its eastern and western shores. As to telegraphic com munication, less than 12 months will bring San Francisco and Victoria within 24 hours of Europe, for within that period the wires will have been laid across the plains, and it is to be hoped we shall ere then have the Atlantizt cable of a permanent and utilitarian character at fall and constant work. " The table shows various distances correctly estimated on the shortest lines, i.e., great circles of tne globe, or when lend intervenes from Cape to Cape on the coasts. The whole is expressed in nau tical miles, and the distances on the Atlantic side include also the land travel across either isthmus quite to the Pacific shore, and accountis also taken of the distance down the Mississippi from New Orleans. " The day's run of a steamer is taken at 230 miles, and in estimating the time, allowance is made for coaling on the long voyages, and for transhipment at either Isthmus, according to its advantages, when the plan of improvement is completed. " With these explanations, the table is herewith given, and following the table, some remarks on the present condition and use, and projected improve ments of the three great lines, and their capacity for improvement, not only by the works of each Isthmus itself, but in the approaches to it : ON THE ATLANTIC SIDE. Miles. Days. From New Orleans across Isthmus of Tehu- antepec to Ventosa From New Orleans across Isthmus of Nica- 956 41 ragaa to San Juan del Sad 1,430 7 From New Orleans across the Isthmus of Panama to Panama 1,453 61 From New York v;a Tehuantepec to Ve-Itosa 2,053 91 From New York via Nicaragua to San Juan del Sud _ 2,182 101 From New York via Panama to Panama 2,015 91 ON TIIE PACIFIC SIDE. From Ventosa ; Isthmus of Tehuantepcc, to San Francisco From San Juan del Sud, Isthmus of Nica ragua, to San Francisco _ _ 2,115 91 2,670 111 From - Panama, Isthmus of Panama, to San Fancisco 3,210 14 " From the above table we can combine distances, of the Atlantic and Paciqc routes, and thus obtain distances and times between the Atlantic and Pacific stations named, by way of either Isthmus. We will. give some of the most important. PROM NEW YORK. Miles. Days. To San Francisco, N4l. Tehuantepec 4,168 181 To San Francisco, via Nicarvlda To San Francisco, v:a Pana - ra 5,255 23 FROM NEW ORLEANS. To San Francisco, via Tehuantepec 3,071 14 To San Francisco, via Nicara,gua 4,100 19 To San Francisco, via Panama 4,668 21 FROM LAND'S END, ENGLAND To San Francisco, via Tehuantepec 6,303 CO To San Francisco, via Nica-agua ... 7,252 32 To San Francisco, via Pauama " The crossing of the Isthmus, on the Panama route is made by a railroad which has been several years in use, and no material improvement can be made by which to shorten the time, either. on the Isthmus itself, or in aid of the voyages by which it is approached. " On the Tehuantepec route the ocean steamers run up the Coatzacoalcos river 25 miles to Mana titian. Here the transit begins by steamboat and "coaches to Ventosa, on the Pacific, the time of tran sit being, as at Nicaragua, about two days. Pas sengers pass directly from the ocean steamer to the river boat and from that to the coaches, the distance on the river being 79 miles, and by land-113, the whole through a fine healthy country. The pre sent mode of transit, however, is regarded but as the forerunner of a railroad which the charter re quires to be begun promptly, and which, when com pleted, will reduce the time of transit to six hours. This route has the peculiar advantage of lying directly in the line of benefit of all improve ments in the United States which have a southern connexion. For instance, we may travel by railroad now from New York to New Orleans in four days (soon to be reduced-to three and a half), whence to the Isthmus requires but three and a half more, a saving of over two days in the time re quired in sailing to the Isthmus directly from New York. All our interior railroad lines west of the Alleghenies may be considered as feeders to the Tehuantepec route ; for instance, when the Missis sippi Central Railroad is completg, which it will be within a year, it will, in connexion with the Illinois Central Railroad, give a complete line all down the Mississippi Valley from the northern boundary of he United States. For sea voyages, either from New York or from England, the completion of the rail road across Florida, now building, will save 300 miles of navigation ; and it may be remarked here that vessels from England for Tehuantepec find their shortest route in crossing the banks of New foundland, and thence all down the American coast, sailing parallel to it, and at no great distance, so that they can touch with little loss of time, instead of stopping at Jamaica as they now do on their way to Panama—the route from England to that isthmus being in mid-ocean or but little north of the Azores. It may be said further in favour of the Tehuantepec THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1859, route, that inasmuch as New Orleans may be reached from California in so short a time, intelligence may be sent to the whole country .by telegraph in advance of the arrival of passengers, an advan tage possed by no other route. When the Tehuantepec works are as far advanced as the works at Panama now are, that is, when the rail road is complete and steamers run in connection with it at either end capable of making 300 miles a day (and steamers often make more than this), we may expect to travel from New York to San Francis in 15 days, or from New Orleans to San Francisco in 11 days.. This can be shown thus, beginning at San Francisco : From San Francisco to Ventosa, 2,115 miles 7 days. Across Isthmus to Manatitlan, 166 miles Manatitlan to New Orleans, 810 miles Time lost at both ends of the Isthmus 1 day. Total from San Francisco to New Orleans 11 days. Time in New Orleans, say day. New Orleans to New York Total from San Franciso to New York .... 15 days. "Without doubt there will be special occasions when all things work favourably together, that a day may be saved from even this short time, and this whole result is of inestimable importance. " In the Pacific we observe further that in start- ing from Panama for San Francisco, or for the Sandwich Islands, or for Hon,g.Kong or Shanghae, the direct route passes so close to Tehuantepec that, by starting from the latter place, the whole distance between Panama and Tehuante- pec, over 1,100 miles, is saved in the voyage. We see also, in regard to the position of San Fran cisco, that whether we start for any of the places named above, from either Panama or Tehuantepec, we may touch at San Francisco, and still lose but a few miles from our direct course, and that in sailing from San Francisco for Sydney the Sandwich Islands lie nearly in the direct course. This shows very favourably for San Francisco in regard to her prospects as the great commercial city of the Pacific, and, at the same time, gives additional im- portance both for her and for the Atlantic commer cial States, that all means and the best means should be taken to establish close co mexion." I found this city wonderfully altered after an absence of seven years. Its area is immensely ex tended, the character of its buildings altogether changed, and its streets considerably grade, but still terrifically steep for European contemplation. In fact Clay-street, one of the principal thorough fares, appears in some places—as a new comer re marked—" not only to be right up and down, but to lean a little over," and as I saw a water cart ap proaching one of those acclivities I thought it was any odds against the ascent. However, the Irish driver made light of the affair, assuring me "it was as azy as anything by taking it in turpentine manner," meaning, as I suppose, serpentine. This street from the wharf is fully a mile long, and at its elevated end commands a magnificent view of the bay, the city, and its environs, but I am really serious in declaring that many nervous men would quail on contemplating the scene, agitated with that feeling of giddiness which unsettles one on the edge of a precipice, for to use Yankee imagery, it looked to me as if a alse step would cause you to fall right into the bay, unless some friendly chimney inter cepted the descent. Looking up from the beach, the detached residences appear to be most perilously perched on the precipitous hill sides, suggesting a new order of architecture, which I hristened the unapproachable—for on climbing up to dinner at a friend's eyrie, I found myself considerably more ex hausted than in achieving the feat of entering the ball of St. Paul's. Inviting an asthmatic acquaint ance to dine at your little place at the top of Clay street, or others that I could name, would be on a par withithe equivocal assurance " that you would be most nappy to see. your friend passing by at dinner time," if he was of the pedestrian class. But while on the subject of dinners, hospitality, and general kindness, I must add my grateful testimony to the high character which Francisco bears in all these respects. The city is said to be lit with gas,but the corporation aid the citizens have had a long standing "difficulty." There are few streets which ' can boast more than corner lights, and the intersec tions are generally far distant from e-ch other, the intermediate spaces are as dask as tl e heavens will permit them to be after the places Of business close for the nioht. The municipal body is also sadly remiss in its con ervation of the streets and the drainage. Most o':the plankways in the solid Dart of the city are loose and worn through, rattling spasmodically as carriages pass over them,while in its water-covered quarter there are chasms large enough to engulf a waggon, which are permitted to be yawning for months together, even in the very busiest throughfares. From the aspect of the streets of a morning one would suppose there are no lay stalls, for all Bests of refuse and garbage are thrown in promiscuous heaps in their centres, and cat aracts of slops, neither sightly nor savoury, rush down in filthy foam 04 either side. But Americans in those respects resemble the modern painters, not being particular io a shade or two on semndasy matters, while trade can go a-head "any how," or the almighty dollars find means to increase and multiply ; and certainly in these respects there are few cities, be they old or new, which can transcend Francisco, all things considered. At present every thing here wears a cheerilil aspect—money is cheap and abundant, the up-country cities and settlements are calling for large supplies, and sending down in return large quantities of the great staple of this new and thriving state. It was remarked even when the Frazer River excitement was in its zenith, substractin g,it was supposed, fully 40,000 people from this country, principally from amongst the mining community, that the gold yield here was in nowise abated ; but this seeming anomaly is susceptible of explanation, from the fact that the emigrating crowds were for the most part loafers, rowdies, and hangers-on who never engaged in pursuits of a legitimate character. This explanation will also account for the smallness of the results as compared with the numbers supposed to be employed in digging at Fraser's River, as well as or the loud and wide-spread cry of denunciation propagated by those disappointed prowlers, who, it is well known, went up to the new goldfield in quest of victims rather than with any idea of digging. The opinion I here state is further fortified by the criminal sta tistics here during the mania, for as the rush out ward increased it was found that crime of all kinds decreased most remarkably, while with the return ing tide it revived in its due proportion. It was fellows of this desciiptiou who trumpeted about the untrue and unfavourable accounts of the auriferous resources of British Columbia; and from the assiduous manner in which they go about ditsemi nating their false news, particularly amongst new arrivals, one would suppose they were regularly employed as touters to expatiate on the golden re. - sources of this country, comparing them won drously with those of our new colony. I remember having encountered some of these fellows working in their vocation at Panama, and again at Acapulco, and I really am inclined to believe they are actuated by some considerations beyond mere honest prejudice or love of country. However, all the respectable, impartial citizens and really practical miners who have been up at Fraser River, admit the wide-spread and abundant existence of gold there, and prophecy a large emigration thither as soon as the first warm breath of spring begins to soften the rigour of the severe northern winter. Many mining parties who went up with the proper means and appliances, taking with them, too, sufficient capital, have re mained and are doing well, and I have had many interviews with shrewd, discerning, experienced miners who were despatched by their part ners here to explore and prospect the new goldfield, and they severally expressed their convic tions that it was bound to be a great country . , qua lifying their commendations, however, with the drawback of climate, which forms a leading feature in a Californian's estimate, accustomed as he . is to the genial and delightful temperature of this fa voured state. As to the great water difficulty, it will turn out no difficulty at all, but rather a most prominent advantage, so soon as the dry diggings are discovered ; for while Australians and Califor nians are constrained to strike work for the want of that indispensable element in the summer season —the Columbians are in full spin, with the option of resorting in the winter to bar washing, when the rivers arc nipped in their volume by the frost at their mountain sources. I therefore repeat, that so far from being a drawback, the abounding water supply in British Columbia will prove itself to be the resource next in importance to the gold itself. Amongst the many experienced and scientific gentlemen who went up from here to see and exa mine with their own eyes the character and pros pects of the Fraser River districts, was Mr. M'Grc gor, the watchmaker and jeweller, of this city, an American citizen of high standing, whose feelings and interests are bound up and identified with the stars and stripes—a gentleman, too, who has distin guished himself in gold mining pursuits by obtain ing a patent for a quartz crushing and amalgamat ing machine of his own invention. He paid a lengthened visit to our new colony, confining his researches entirely to its golden resources, and he admitted to me that, whether on the main or on the island, on the sea beach or in the interior, on the hill top or on the river bank, wherever he dug and washed he always found more or less of the precious metal, and in many cases considers the re turns good as compared with the nature of his ex. periments. He also informed me that in examining with a powerful glass the red sandstone cliffs which hem the river into its rapids he could distinctly ob serve them profusely impregnated with fine gold. I saw a specimen myself, and couldreadily perceive the flour-like dust with which it was incorporated. However, the Frazer river resources are placed upon some better foundation than mere surmise by a State return which has just been officially issued, showing " that the amount of gold from that district deposited in the United States Mint of this city from the 19th May to the 19th Nov. inclusive, was, before melting, 9,092.86 oz. ; after melting, 8,333.56 oz. ; the loss in melting being 759.30 oz., or 8.35 per cent., 5.14 per cent. more than the average loss in Californian gold. , The total value of this lot was 146,380.35 dols. When to this return is addedthe great amounts purchased by the agents of the Hudson's Bay Company and by merchants at Victoria. which are remitted direct to England, as well as the large quantities carried down by private hands and returning miners, we arrive at an aggregate which must effectually silence all gainsaying about the auriferous resources of British Columbia, especially when computed in com parison with the fitful labours of scattered bands of adventurers without proper instruments and bent on prospecting . rather than on steady work. I know I am a sanguine man, but allowing for a liberal degree of phlebotomy in that respect, I maintain that su'fi cient proof has been elicited to give the new colony a most alluring character as a gold-producing country. As a specimen of further outside proof, I may mention that the captains of the steamers engaged in that trade declare they never carried diggers on any other line who seemed so padded with gold, which was displayed in heaps as they sat in groups gam bling on the decks. I was recent myself on the 15th ult. at one of the district courts, where a re turned Frazerite was had up for drunkenness, with 1,760 dols. worth of gold in his belt, which caused his worship to remark, when inflicting the usual fine, " that he might set himself down as a con siderable lucky fellow in bring picked up by a policeman, instead of by a prostitute." It is not to be expected, however, even should her resources prove equal to either, that British Columbia will rise with the rocket-like rapidity of California or Victoria, for this simple reason, that there does not now exist the same surplus population in the old countries as in 1848 or 1851. The teeming mil lions of Ireland have been thinned down to a fair working average, the redundancy in Great Britain - ias also been reduced to the reacting standard. France is not holding her own, deaths are bating procreation, and it is said that even the German States, so prolific in princes and people, taking the alarm at the progress of emigration, are about to repress it by legislative restrictions. So that no matter how great soever may be the mineral wealth of the new colony, she must go through the olden process of creeping before walking erect, unlike her precursors in the golden strife, who emerged from their swaddling clothes into tailed coats and Wel lingtons. I have only further to remark about the depreciatory and conflicting accounts concerning the new gold country, that precisely the same was the case with respect to this State, even two years after its start, for in 1649, when I wrote a long letter home to the Times, the majority of the public marvelled at the credulity of that paper not only in publishing it, but in calling special attention to it in a leader, while the great preponderance of private communications designated the Californian diggings as an American hoax. It is tolerably clear that the private despatches of Governor Douglass must have been both positive and conclusive when Government, in the midst of the busiest session on record, brought in a special bill calling the new colony into existence, even in anticipation of the extirpation of the charter, send ing troops and engineers there too, with two great wars on hand in the East, and establish; lig a Go vernment bank in the new capital besides. .Such energetic proceedings, so much at varianc^, too, with the usual pace of Downing-street busine..,s, must have had their proper warrant. But the curious part of the matter is, that while the Go vernor's home despatches were blazon-El in characters of gold, his local sayings and writings were of a hesitating, almost discouraging tendency. The only explanal 'on of the riddle that I can arrive at is that he wanted to excite rapid emigration from home, and to repress the wholesale inclusions of his filibustering neigh bours over the frontier, until, at least, he could se cure a counterbalancing British element to keep them in order. I will close this long letter with an agreeable and reliable bit of information, to the effect that the Plumper, surveying vessel, has discovered a channel over the bar of the Frazer River through which vessels drawing 25 feet can pass. Capt. Provost, of the Satellite, says he can take his vessel to Fort Langly with ease, and she draws over 21 feet. This discovery settles the question as to the site of the future capital, which under these circumstances must be on the main—an inevitable conclusion, which must prove rather disastrous to those specu lative folks who invested largely in town lots, at fabulous prices, in and abort Victoria and Esqui mault. I learn that we are soon to have steamers out of great power and light draught to stem the Frazer River rapids, but I would make two sug gestions to the company—first, to fit them with high-pressure engines ; and, second, to have them propelled by a stern wheel paddle; because, in the first place, one in that position would be less likely to come in contact with snags or floafng timber than two at the sides ;- and, again, because while side wheels revolving in the same direction with a rapid current would lose much of their usual effect, that at the stern, working in comparatively still water, would have nearly its full propelling ,ower. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Jan. 3. GUILDHA LL.—A NEW LEAF FOR THE NEW YEAR.—Mr. Alderman Humphery, the magistrate on the rota for the current week, took his seat on the bench at the usual hour, and inquired what charges were on the list. Mr. Martin, the chief clerk, said there was not a single person in custody for any offence whatever. Alderman Humphrey expressed the utmost sur prise on fi-td'ng a blank list, or as it would be termed on circuit, " a maiden session," and remarked that it was the only instance, to his knowledge, of ever having a blank day at this court on a Monday, and it was the more surprising coming as it did . o soon a f.ler New Year'.-day, a day of such general . . . rejoicing. Mr. Martin said it had always been customary on days when there were no cha , •ges, to present the presiding magistrate with a pair of white kid gloves. - Alderman Humphery said the circumstance was so remarkable that he certainly should claim the gloves. It- was very graOfying indeed, in such a densely-populated distiict, at a season of the year when even the poorest were often tempted into excesses, to find that not a single charge, even of drunken or disorderly conduct, was registered against any one. WESTMINSTER. —,RIVAL " WAITS."—Thos. Oliver charged John Connolly with assaulting him.- Both parties are wandering minstrels. Complainant. according to his account, had long been in possession of a large field of operations at Chelsea, where he (the violin), accompanied by a harp and cornet-a-piston, claimed the privilege, under the appellation of " waits," of nightly sere nading the sleepers of the neighbourhood at Christ mas. They were engaged at two in the morning of Christmas-day in the execution of " Ever of thee," when, to their dismay, a rival band of violin, harp, and flute, headed by the defendant, drummer in a militia corps, struck up something very much resembling, " Don't you wish you may get it P" Complainant and his party " moved on," and think ing themselves secure in another street, tried " Kiss me quick and let me go," but found there was no getting away from their rivals, who, ranging them seh es opposite them, gave vent to " Don't believe them Norah, darling." So from place to place the defendant's band followed the complainant's, and, trying to outdo the other in dulcet strains, defen dant thought of a mode of putting a completAx tinguisher upon his rival. This was no other than resorting to what complainant described as " a big, brass, braying, bass band instrument, which so drowned the sound of everything else, and created such an uproar, that the police interfered to restore order," after which defendant struck complainant a.blow, but not hard enough to knock him down, which was the assault complained of. In answer to this, on the part of the defendant, it was alleged that the other party were the ag gressors, preventing the accused and his friends following , professional avocations. Defendant ad mitted bringing out "this big, brass, braying, bass band instrument,' but said it was not till com plainant, in allusion to his being a soldier, had said something about a man " taking a shilling per day to be shot at," and in compliment to him hall played " the rogue's march." He declared the assault was a mere push. Witnesses on both sides having been examined, Mr. Arnold thought it must have been very dis agreeable to the inhabitants to be disturbed by the conflict between the bands, and ordered defendant to pay the costs, and enter into his recognisances to keep the peace for a twelvemonth, as that would extend over next Christmas-day. DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—AmeIia Rudd, a woman of about 35 years of age, whose husband vends vegetables and coke at Vine-street, Westminster, was charged with a determined attempt to drown herself. Between nine and ten on Saturday night defen dant, who was under the influence of liquor, had a quarrel with her husband, and while so engaged declared she would drown herself, and rushed out of the shop. The shop boy, who had over heard the avowal of her intention, followed her at a rapid rate, and without stopping in her course she ran into the water at the Horseferry, a few hundred yards from the shop. The boy's cries brought police-constable Relf, 210 B, to the spot, who carageciusly entered the water, nearly up to his shoulders, and succeeded in bringing safely to land the defendant, who was insensible, and must have sunk in a few moments. Having been con veyed to a chemist's near at hand'she came to, and was then taken to the hospital, and after being discharged thence was placed in the dock on the charge of attempting to commit suicide. Prisoner's defence was that her husband had been guilty of infidelity towards her, and that under excitement she had quarrelled with him and at tempted to destroy herself. The husband, a respectable-looking man, applied that she might be given over to his care, as she was subject to fits. Mr. Arnold said she would be well taken care of, and remanded her till Monday. MARYLEBONE.— FEMALE SHOPLIFTERS. Mary Lundy and Ellen Dunn, respectably dressed young women, were placed at the bar before . Mr. Broughton, charged with having stolen forty-three yards of ribbon, the property of Mr. Ingold, draper, &e., Hampstead-road. James Collins deposed that on Saturday night last he was looking through the shop window of prosecutor, and saw Dunn take from the counter some pieces of ribbon ; she and the other prisoner who was with her hastily quitted the place and were followed by witness, wno, upon seeing two police constables, gave them information of the robbery : they went in pursuit of the prisoners, in whose progress along -witness ob,erved Dunn fl; ig away something which she had taken from beneath her cape ; she and Lundy were speedily captured. Other evidence was gone into by Sergeant Beard, 23, and Collings, 452 S, by whom the stolen goods were produced. The property was identified by Mr. Ingold. Sergeant Beard applied for a remand upon the ground that upon a future occasion other charges of robbery would, he had no doubt, be brought for ward against the prisoners. Mr. Broughton remanded them for a week. WILFUL DAMAGE BY A FoREIGNEr..--Carl Hart, a Dutchman, was cl•arged with the following act of wilful damage at the house of Mr. Biggs, a Berlin•wool dealer, carrying on business at 28, Edgware-road. The evidence showed that, on Saturday night last, the prisoner was seen to thrust his hand through a pane of plate-glass at the shop above named, and that for the offence ho was taken into custody by Everest, 209 D, to whom, on the way to the station, he said he did it to get a lodging at the expense of the county. In default of paying £3 for the mischief he had done, he was committed for two months. CHARGE OF STEALING A WATCH.—William Fitzpatrick and James Berry . were charged on re mand with having, on the night of the 24th ult., stolen a watch, value £5, from the person of Samuel Wootton, in the Hampstead-road. Particulars of the previous inquiry have appeared. Mr. Lewis, jun.. now attended for Fitzpatrick. Sergeant Holmes, 29, and police-constable 222 S, gave some additional evidence, to the effect that upon another day it would be•shown that there had been a previous conviction against one of the pri soners. The watch alleged to have been stolen had not been found. The prisoners were remanded till Monday next CHAftGE OF DRUNKEN NESS AND ASSAULT A well-dressed young man, who gave his rame John Seymour, and said that he was a gentleman living in Camden Town, was charged with drunken ness, creating a disturbance, and assaulting police constable Valentine, 417 S. The charge was clearly proved, and the prisoner, who had admitted that he had indulged too freely in wine, and said that he had no recollection of having acted in the way sworn to; was fined 40s. or a month. The penalty was paid. WINDOW SMASHING AT A LICENSED VICTUAL LER'S.—Five men, who had been remanded on the charge of riotous conduct at the house of Mr. Palmer, landlord of the Royal Champion, East street, Lisson-grove, and smashing canes of glass and doing other damage to a considerable amount, were again brought up. Mr. Keene now attended for the accused parties, when, after some farther proceedings, they were remanded till to-morrow (Wednesday). CLERKENWELL. UTTERING FICTITIOUS BILLS OF EXCHANGE.--.CAUTION TO THE COM MERCIAL WORLD.—James Saunders, of 22, Lough borough-road, Brixton, alias Lionel de Goldsmid, of Parliament-street, alias J. H. Montefion, of 22, Queen-street, Mayfair, alias Dr. Sampson, of 1, Alfred-place, Mayfair, alias Woolf Levy, alias James Wood, was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged with uttering at 70, St. John-st.-eet, Clerkenwell, a bill for the purpose . of defrauding Mr. John Whitnee of the sum of £2OB 16s. Mr. Charles Dod, solicitor to the London Society for the Protection of Trade, attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Lewis for the defence. Mr. Dod in opening the case said the prisoner was charged with uttering a bill with intent to defraud, the acceptance being a forgery, but whether that could be substantiated or not, or whether the charge would not resolve itself into one of attempting to obtain goods, be could not at present say. The person who had accepted the bill did not reside at the place stated, and hE should be able to prove that no such person had resided there for the last five years. There was a peculiarity about the signa:ure of the person drawing the bill and the person accepting it, and he had no doubt that they had ball been written by the same per son. The prisoner was well known to the officers of the society for which he (Mr. Dod) appeared, and had been fcr some time victimising the trades men of the metropolis in various names. He should ask for a remand to enable him to complete other cases against the prisoner. He then called— Mr. John Whitnee. of No. 70, St. John-street, Clerkenwell, mill-maker and machinist, who said, on the Saturday prior to the Wednesday on which the prisoner came to my place of business, he ha ing previously called upon me, I waited upon him at his residence at Brixton, to see if.' I could serve him with some goods. I saw him, his wife, and a friend, and an appointment was made for the fol lowing Wednesday. Precisely at the time appoint ed, the prizorer attended and gave orders for plated goods and ironmongery to the extent of £6O. Be fore the prisoner left; me he said he had a bill in his possession which his agent had transmitted to him, that bill being for hay sold to a neghbouring farmer. On the next day (Thursday) the prisoner came and said he had not then brought the bill of exchange, but would bring it on the morrow. The next day the prisoner brought the bill of ex change of which the following is a copy, and handed it to me .—" £2OB, 16s. Od. London, 18th of December 1858.—Two months after date pay to me or my order the sum of £203, 165., value re ceived. W. J. Saunders. To Mr. William Scott Grimwood, Rookery Farm, Westhorpe, Suffolk." It was crossed, " Accepted—payable at Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., London. W. S. Grim ' wood." I gave the prisoner a receipt for the bill, and said if the bill was approved he would receive my check for the difference, and the goods should be delivered the same evening. In consequence of communications I received from Suffolk I did not let him have the goods, and on the Sunday follow ing I gave him into the custody of police sergeant Harvey, 9 G. Cross-examined—l volunteered to go to various houses to get goods for him, but were to charge him. I took him to Taylor's, of Fleet-street, and various other tradesmen. I did not say that the prisoner had better give me the bill, as I would see the other tradesmen paid, and that of course would save dis count. I spoke to the prisoner about accommodation bills. All the goods had been ordered and agreed upon on the Wednesday, and I saw the bill on the Friday, when I promised that the goods should be delivered unconditionally. There was a conversation referring simply to the giving a cheque for the the balance. The goods had been promised, but there was no intention to allow them to go. I did not say I should like the bill, as I had but a small balance at my banker's, and wanted £4O for work men's wages. The prisoner endorsed the bill in my presence, but did not make any remark about my making inquiries. There was a talk about discount ing the bill at my bankers if approved, and the prisoner was told that it would be left there for them to inquire into before the cheque for the ba lance would be given. He told me the bill was given for hay which his agent had sold, as he (pri soner) left the management of the farm to him, he being a much better farmer than he was. Robt. Wade, of Westhorpe, Suffolk, said he knew Rookery Farm there. Mr. Robt. Hearn ey, merchant, now occupies it, and has done so for the last five years. That is the only farm of that name in the neighbourhood. There is no one of the name of Grimwood lives in the parish. He knew a Mr. Grimwood who resided there, but that was five years ago, and he had not seen him since. Mr. Thos. Clinch said—l am a livery stable keeper at Koppel-mews North, Russell square. I know the prisoner by his coming to my stables and hiring a brougham of me for a month. He then lived at 1, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, and went by the name of Dr. Sampson. Mr. Lewis—You lent your brougham. and got it back ? Witness—Yew. Mr. Lewis—You should think yourself lucky. Witness—So I do, I can assure you. (A laugh.) Henry Hawkes said—l am shopman to Col. Colt, ,14, Pall-mall, manufacturer of fire-arms. In come- quence of some letters I received, I took to 35, Par• liament-street two rifles and four pistols, the whole being of the value of L7O, for the approval of a Mr. De Goldsmid. When I took them I did not see the prisoner, nor have we seen the fire-arms since. Mr. Waterlow said the prisoner had obtained some goods of them under the name of Goldsmid. Mr. Pod said that was all the evidence he had to adduce to-day, and asked for a remand. Mr. Lewis thought there was no case, and asked that the prisoner should be discharged. Mr. Corrie said he should certainly send the first case for trial, but would grant a remand. WATCH ROBBERY AT SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. —Thos. Grogan, an associate of the worst of thieves residing in the neighbourhood of Golden-lane, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a watch from the person of Mr. G. A. Bottgen, a watch maker, of Clerkenwell. The prosecutor was at the entrance of Sadler's Wells Theatre, endeavouring to get in, there being a great crowd, when he felt a tug at his watch, and upon looking down,found it was gone. He also saw the prisoner take hishand from the front of his (pro secutor's) waistcoat and pass something to one of his companions. Prisoner was then given into the custody of police-constable 50 G, who ascertained that he had not done any work for the past eight months. The watch had not been found. Sergeant Evans, 22 G, said the prisoner had done no work for some time, and was the associate of the worst of characters and convicted thieves. Mr. Corrie sentenced him to three months' im prisonment and hard labour in the House of Cor rection. SOUTHWARK. On Monday, the 27th ult., a well-dressed French man, who gave the name of Henry Brown, but who pretended to be carrying on business as a shipper and general merchant, styling himself Barry, Nor ton, and Co., at 12, Moorgate-street, City ; and for merly Henry Herreman, Cooper and Co., Lee and Co., Cushion-court ; Franks, Manning, and Co., &c., was examined before Mr. Burcham, and remanded, for fraudulently obtaining a large quantity of blue of considerable value from Messrs. Levert and Co. of Dunkirk. It was stated by M. Napoleon, the in teipreter, that the prisoner had carried on a whole sale system of swindling all over the Continent, more especially in Paris. It appeared that he took offices in different parts of the metropolis, and sent orders to different mer chants and manufacturers abroad for goods to be supplied to him, under the fictitious firms which he adopted, and when at 1, Trinity-square, Southwark, he obtained goods from Mr. 'Levert, of Dunkirk, in the name of Brown. He removed from there as soon as he got the goods in his possession, and was, after considerable trouble, traced to 12, Moorgate street, where he went under the name of Barry, Norton, and Co., shiprers and'general merchants. Yesterday afternoon, M. Napoleon, attended by Sergeant Rogers, 6 C, and several foreigners, waited on his worship, and stated that since the last ex amination he had communicated by telegraph with Mr. Levert, of Dunkirk, informing him of the pri soner being in custody, and he had just received an answer from that gentleman, setting forth that he had been swindled by the prisoner, but that it would be impossible for him to come to London to prose cute. It was his wish, therefore, that the pri soner should be liberated, as far his charge went. (The letter was here handed in.) Mr. Burcham, on perusing it, observed that from its tenor he had no doubt the prisoner had swindled Mr. Leve'rt to a considerable extent, but his urgent business at Dunkirk prevented him from coming to London to prosecute. Were there any, other charges? Sergeans Rcgers replied that publicity of his last examination had been given in some of the news papers, and he had instituted inquiries, but he could not find any charge of swindling in this country. Most of the offences had been committed by him personally in Paris. He gave his orders there, and had them ttansmitted to London under the names of the various firms enumerated. Witness here produced a roll of letters proving these facts. M. Napoleon here informed his worship that of course the prisoner was not amenable to the law of England for these offences. if true, but, as far as regarded Mr. Levert, his loss was not more than £lOO, and he considered that his expenses in com ing to London and his loss of time would much exceed that. He thought the friends of the pri soner had satisfied him to some extent. Mr. Burcham said he understood M. Napoleon to say, on the last occasion, that there would be 30 or 40 cases brought against him, if remanded. M. Napoleon said that was quite true, but they were all committed in Paris and other places on the Continent. He had seen the excellent report of this case in the papers respecting the last ex amination, but notbi - ig had been discovered against him in this country. Mr. Burcham told him there had been only one case before him, and that was for obtaining goods from Mr. Levert, of Dunkirk. That offence had been clearly committed in this country, as he had written the - order for them in Trinity-rquare, South wark, and transmitted it from thence. M. Napoleon said there could be no doubt of that, but Mr. Levert declined to come over to prosecute. Mr. Burcham here asked the sergeant whether he had communicated with the police in France. Sergeant Rogers replied that he hod, and had, in reply, received numerous . letters, all complaining of persons being swindled by the prisoner under the fictitious names. One of the letters contained a dishonoured bill of exchange of Lee and Co. His worship would see that that was in the prisoner's handwriting. There were also other letters in his handwriting ordering all sorts of valuable goods some of which he had obtained. Mr. Burcham perused those letters, and ex pressed his opinion that they were in the prisoner's handwriting. The prisoner would be brought be fore him to-morrow (this day), when he should be able to judge what further proceedings could be taken against him, and at present he should not dis charge him. The parties then withdrew, promising to attend to-morrow (this day), when the prisoner will be - I further- examined. v- HAMMERSMITH.—BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—CHARGE OF FRAUD.—A tall, respect ably-attired young man, who gave the name of John Ward, and stated that he was a servant out of place, was brought before Mr. Ingham ' charged with obtaining £lB from a servant, under false pre tences. Sarah Hughes, cook, in the service of a gentle man named Annesley, residing at No. 19, Queen's gardens, Paddington, deposed that the prisoner was formerly in service, next door to her master's house, and an intimacy sprang up between them. He promised her marriage, and represented that he intended taking the Plough publichouse, at Clap ham, and a3kedher to become the landlady, which she agreed to do. He also said that he had £2OO worth of furniture at Norfolk, and that he required some money to get it up to London. On the 6th of September last she drew out of the bank the sum of £l6, which she gave the prisoner, upon the under standing that it was for the purpose of getting the furniture to London. He had other money after that time, amounting in the whole to £lB. The last time she saw him he represented that be had taken the Plough, but she had since found it was untrue. She had not seen him for twelve weeks until Saturday last, when he came to the area gate. He then held up his hand as if he beckoned to her, and when she went out he ran away. She followed him without her shawl and bonnet, and then gave him into custody. On the 24th August he borrowed her gold watch for a short time, until he obtained his own from the watchmaker's. He had since pledged it, and had sent the ticket, in a letter, to her. Mr. Ingham—Did he pawn the watch with your consent? Witness—No, sir, I only lent it him for a few days. I have got the watch out of pawn, and here it is. Mr. Ingham—Did he have any more money from you ? Witness—l lent him a sovereign on the Ist Sep tember, as he said he wanted a day's shooting. The Prisoner—Did I not say to you on Satur day, " Sally, I owe you the money, and I want to know how you will take it?" Witness—No, you did not. I said you had behaved shamefully to me, and you wanted mo to get my bonnet and shawl and go with you, and I would not. The Prisoner—Did I not say that I would pay you back by instalments. Witness—You said something about that. Mr. Ingham—l shall remand you until Thurs day for the constable to produce the pawnbroker. The prisoner was then locked up. Professor William Thomson, of Glasgow Uni versity, is to be entertained to a public dinner in that city on the 20th inst., for his prominent services in the laying of the Atlantic cable. _ _ [ADVERTISEMENTI—Rarey' 8 Horse and Cattle Improv ing Food is equally adapted to i mprove the stamina of ill conditioned Horses, Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. It causes no extra expense, as it contains far more and better nourishment than its cost of lid:per feed sup plies in corn and hay; hence ensures an actual saving in the keep. But its principal advantages are a great im provement in the digestive functions, the stamina and general condition of horses enabling them to perform far more labour without getting distressed. It imparts new vigour to sick, debilitated, or old apparently worn-out horses, and it puts rapidly the finest flesh on cattle gene rally, and improves the milk in cows, as it enables them to extract the entire nourishment out of everything they feed on. Rarey and Co., 77, Reg.ent's Quadrant, Piccadilly, London. Packed in tins of about 99 feeds, Hs. ' • in casks of about 450 feeds, 50s. ; of about 1,00 0 feeds, a, b e i ng lid. per feed, ALARMING OCCURRENCE ON THE NORTH LONDON RAIL OVA E On Saturday an accident took place on the line of the North London Railway, near Camden station, • by which an engine and train were thrown off the line. It appears that the down train from Fen church-street left that station at its usual time, five o'clock, on Saturday evening, drawn by No. 17 engine, driven by John Savage, an old and experi c"ced driver. The train proceeded as usual until alter its arrival at the Caledonian-road station, on , the western side of which is situated the cattle sidings and layers for cattle brought up to the New Cattle-market. At the time the train had reached this point a very fine heifer belonging to one of the salesmen escaped and made its way down the line towards the Camden station. The darkness of the night prevented the driver seeing any great dis tance, and on the arrival of the train within about seventy or eighty yards of the bridge which crosses the King's-road at St. Paul's-terrace the engine came into collision with the animal, dashing it 4 to the ground, and the engine and train passing over it, cut-it in pieces. The result of the shock was to throw the engine and tender off the line, and although the steam had been shut off it dashed along some 40 or 50 yards, and, fortunately, when within about 30 feet from the bridge referred to, dashed down the embankment some 16 or 17 feet, followed by two of the cariages, and become most fortunately deeply imbedded in the earth. The two carriages immediately following the engine were much snattered, and the former had one end completely thrown up into the air. It is stated that there but two men passengers in this first carriage, and they were much contused. In the second carriage there were several women and one with a child in her arms, who were much shaken while the other passengers were more or less con tused and bruised. The down express, which leaves Fenchurch-street at a quarter-past five, • was due within two minutes at the Camden town station. Pitt, the guard of the disabled train, ran back w ith all speed to place fog signals cn the line, and the telegraph had only just time to . communicate what had happened to the Caledonian road station, when the express arrived and was stopped. Information of the occurrence was at once telegraphed to the Camden station of the Lon don and North-Western Company, and Mr. Henry Chubb, the sceretary, Mr. Adamson, locomotive superintendent, and other officials of the North- Western and North Lo-idon Companies, with large numbers of engineers and workmen, were speedily on the spot. It was then found that the rails of the down line were torn up for a considerable dis tance. The passengers having been got out the men set to work to remove the embedded engine and carriages. The carriages were got up on the line during the night, but the engine and tender, all in one, weighing some 25 tons, had become so deeply embedded in the earth, and so low down the bank, that it was not until about four o'clock yesterday afternoon that, with the additional aid of two powerful engines, it was got up on to a siding. COUNTRY MARKETS. YORK—JAN. 1. To-day the show of wheat was tolerably fair, and , sales were made at is to 2s per qr advance on last weele o prices. Fine barley in fair request. A moderate show of oats, and as dear. Beans came scantily to hand, and were as high in price Wheat —Ms to 40s Oats.... 26s to 3 05 Whit e .41-s to 48s Beans 44s to 46 5 Barley .40s to 42s Malt.. —s to --4 NORTHAMPTON--TAR. 1 There have been limited supplies of wheat and barld to-day. Sales active, at about last week's prices. • Wheat 38s to 42s Oats.. 2Bs to 3 34 White do 38s to 42s Besns, new 44s to 4 645 Barley 3Bs to —s Ditto, old .44s to 48,4 LEICESTER—JAN. 1. The wheat trade is very firm to-day, and for dry reP last week's prices are in some cases exceeded by ls. N o material change in other articles. White wheat, new, 44s to 45s Barley, grinding-28s to 3_9, 6 , Red do. 396 to 42s Oats, old, .. 2Bs to ;v. Old white 4os to 49s New do 23s to 28 4 Red do. 378 to 429 49s to 50 0 Barley, malting.— 38s to 42s I Beans Peas ....—s to —4 COLCHESTER-JAN. 1. To-day's market was thinly attended, and in the trans' actions wbicn occurred the turn in value favoured the buyer. Wheat, white 42s to 48s Beans, Mazagan.. 32s to 385 red 36s to 42s I Middle & small 40s to 4 43 Barley 3os to 425 White peas 42s to ?..14 O a ts 235 to 30s Grey 40s to 420 I RIPON—Dm. 33. There has been a fair supply of grain at market to-dal' —"White wheat, 5s 6d to 6s Od per bushel ; red, 4s 3d to 0 ° 6d ; barley, 28s to 348 per qr. ; oats, is to 245. KIRKCALDY—JAN. 1. There was a moderate supply, and generally a stead market for wheat, but the prices remained without mu change. Barley &al, and oats in good demand. Whet (0). I Barley (0). First.... •---s Od —s Od Second.. —s Od —s Od Third .. —s Oct I —s Od Wheat (N). Barley (N). First.... 34s Od 24s Od Second .. 42s Od 308 Od Third .. 44s Od 33s Od Oats (0). —s Od —s Od —s Od Oats (N). 18s Od 22s Od 24s Od COAL MAR. :ET--JAN the close of 3. the market.) (Prices of Coal per Ton at s. d. Davison's WestHai i,leyl4 9 Wylam l5 6 Byass's Bebside West Hartley .14 9 Hastings Hartley 14 9 Hartlepool W. Hartleyl4 6 Tanfield Moor 12 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 12 0 Lambert's W. Hartley.l4 9 Walls End. 14. ( 1, Russell's Hetton 1 8 0 A Montague Garesfield l2 Cassop lB 17 9 Heugh Hall Whitworth.. 15 s Nixon's Dl:l l '7n 21 Powell' s Duffryn Steam 21 0 Nixon's Merthyr 21 6 Walker Primrose l3 Walls End. I Hartlepool. ..13 9 Slaps at marks, M—Sold, 24. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—JAN. 3. The market was very good most of the day, but late il l the afternoon gave way i to 1 per cent. ; this fall, howeve l l was nearly regained before the close. Birkenheads, 671 , Leeds Northrn, 50—Dovers, 22 13-16—Berw icks, 95e, —North British, 62 —York and North Midland, 7 , 1 7 9- " t Eastern Counties, 12 5-16—Midland, 103;, I—Chet i , and Holyheads, 47 71—Caledonians, 881 —Lancasb pnd Yorkshire, 991—London and North-Westerns, 07 V East Lancashire, 96 97—Dutch Rhenish, 4 31- dis! Grand Trunk of Canada, 9 5.-16—Great Western, 51 Great Wester aof Canada, 161 —Blackburns, 11 5-16. MANCHESTER—JAN. 3. The market was rather firm to-day, but closed weake n Midlands, 1031— Sheffields, 40h—Londons, 98 , --Leew' 991—Boyers, 221—East Lancashire, 964. BIRMINGHAM-JAN. 3. The transactions to-day were limited, but the pric e° , were firm. North Staffords, 4 d—London and No r Westerns, 97I —Birmingham and Stour Valleys, 8 to 811 Midland, 1031 i—Great Western, 58—Birmingham all Terbys, 77 79. OLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OlNTMENT.]—Temperaturg, —When the heated body is suddenly exposed to cold, 1$ the skin and respiratory organs become affected. and inilan y matory action is induced—hence in - winter pulmobil diseases and fever are man's relentless foes—atmosph ell a variations exert morbid influences over the vasculor an nervous systems, and set up scarlet fever, typhus, raeaslol influenza, &c. The simples and compounds of the Pharos' copceia are feeble in comparison with Holloway's medie'll e in arresting the progress of these diseases, and reconductia the sufferer back to health. In the early stages, unde f Holloway's treatment, a favourable issue can invariably bet secured ; at more advanced periods they control the woro symptoms, while nature, that good and safe physicialh raises the prostrate patient. BIRTHS. LICHFIELD.—On the 29th ult., at the Marquis of Aber: corn's, Baronscourt, Ireland, the Countess of Lichfield► of a son. LINDSAY.—On the 24th ult., at 21, Berkeley-square, the Lady Lindsay, of a daughter. MASON.—On the 2d inst., at 11, Pembridge-place, Pena' bridge Villas, Bayswater, the wife of Alfred Mason, Es 1" of a son. MARcET.—On the 3d inst., at 36, Chapel-street, Belgraire ° square, the wife of Dr. Marcet, F.R.S.. of a son. Scoi3ELL.—On the 2d inst., at 26, Upper Grosvenor-stree t, the wife of Henry Scobell, Esq., of the Abbey, Pershoret of a son. MARRIAGES. SALTER - BLITNT.---011 the Ist inst., at Lytchett Maitre' vers, Dr. Hyde Salter, 6, Montagu-street, Russell sper..e.,/ to Henrietta Laura, eldest daughter of the Rev. E. x' Blunt, incumbent of Lytchett Minster, Dorset. SAMPSON—BARNETT.--On the Ist inst., at St. George% Hanover-square, Lieut. H. A. Sampson, eldest son of the Rev. H. Sampson, Esq., of Cambridge-street, Hyde' park-square, to Olivia, only daughter of Josh. Barnett? Esq., of Remenham-hill, Berks. DEATHS. CARNAC.—On the 2d inst., at 37, Devonshire-place, Port" land-place, Anna Maria, relict of the late Sir James Carnac, Bart., aged 69. ERSKINE.—On the Ist inst., at the Vicarage, Beightatt Derbyshire, the Hon. and Rev. Thos. Erskine, young son of the late John Francis, Earl of Mar, aged 74. HOLDEN.—On the 2d inst., at 62, Warwick-street, Lieut.' Colonel Charles Holden, aged 49. HOLT.—On the 3d inst., Mr. Henry Holt, of RadleY'° Hotel, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, aged 42. PRIOR.—On the Ist inst., at Brighton, Samuel Prior, Estl• of Blackheath, aged 72' WATSON.—On the Ist just at 65, South Audley-stree t s Mr. John Watson, late of 5.4-, Haymarket, aged 59. YouNG.—On the 31st ult., at Camden-town, Chas. Young , Esq., aged 87. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Suez Office, No. 101 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county 0 ' Middlesex, Tuesday, January 4, 1869. "1 188 ) f it demi !nand ject to May 111 tart' terest don, th counta ~ iacetn e follows " 13.2 terest it of a n alp advertis and oft] Honour. the nay( being in except s anted b' 1 . . force in Will be 15. I note, an S • n) "Witl ICo. htil Mined 1 gister J°Yed b , liubserif iu tram transfer have th, 61 1bScrit of the g securiti, Goverm (h tion W of this Dei of Eas i t n In tel math, al l tention i ° ,ll for Qldore Q n ised in 4 -"Y ~:! Ist i°44-251 18-28_2,2nd 1 3 4 1832_ rd 33 4th 1 sth 4 Doan 5 1 "Int Th 5 Pei instA Prox CO T 1 "VOI 6th 43i Mee, Itsthi o.xf( nev e diari AN] wet best any tern strei