The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-25 00:00:00

nce of his clared to w ho •isonmenz s each, 0 MAY )Ec. 24. . nrimerail up with D close of ad which ;ontractor I. I have ntil now, a internal tffairs did before the give rise on of the made the Councils, Lnd legal over ail ,e it would known in s with M• the latter e very ex sly advan they con k rupture, lon or on informed ; was made amount Of 30,000 and demanded. 1 whole or in charges, ced in the is issued to Instruction• peared, but him. The a merely de to settle through, 'eriere, v altogether tter having Beers of the dement mai :s, it should edings that e d'lnstruc- Council of sed in pre ;ome of the authorities, the regular rrangement it in France ho quashed t the effect en he never The Mini' to prejudge put of defer ar course of ma was come he day after parties had, and let it be KI to an eX. mpelled, in facts which e and other I very high of the Crown !ding farther n before the among those staying pro , Tan gement* er—the first a seat in the ce, and both er of Publics )ther Cabinet at unable to m is said to of the kind intervention 1, which held ended on the olenoe, and $ mankind 1 0 n particular ; anything too 1 care. It 1 0 1 can pick 6 No one is A tun ately, the 3 lot is cast 1 0 and his corn' nevolence, or Lemes to the vent. If the ect (and it 10 sk his Minis uence which rthing before the whisper irs and rauv and on the in the ante . very Council deliberate. repeat what the remarks ibourg. He luence which 3ryone quail , ' used to pro- of ono is in• ect or speell: herwise, an ie Emperor'. iil before the fore him• I Legislativ e .s should not check them' nent and the e lowered 11 ! e Morny a l3° ,, f the 24th 0 I are resolve d f that denre ° , ress treat of but domestic asive enoug . ll , mation 1 01 ' .n which the and comma: Dr in sever e t ` )f course, ne what passe: i saying WI sessions, vil` so long a° en under th e ne his apothZ just demon ° of the lilt ° il, from thos e , la te action al e Chambers, VIII. did no t the Coun t the Nations , er, the Doke has not ifir eceived fr° ll l .e has been ,siness tray s .i at the ret 3i t it. The I 6l e unfavoura b :, atoms' dutie; ent year 1 , ars, is 131— • 3101 ' -FY MARKET AND CITY .NEJVI. Ibis day 'being a holiday, no business was transacted on the Stock Exchange. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. %Cr Stock (SATURDAY.) 235 3 1q1):Cient-• Redm•ed LLIIIII Ann 9, 4 . .uities 92 : 1 a Spur Cent. At'eS Ardistock. ''''''' Ditto •• Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. - , of per C en t. 4) :4oBonds £l,OOO '' t , )itto under £l,OOO .. 5 8 dis bolsols f or A ccount, Jan. 10 43Achequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. r lan 5 Cent 13 2, • (SATURDAY.) RA Il j pertt o 4f per Cent. 1860 861 4 ' 41 % 1 1 3 per Cent bitt o A t , it account 4 ° '13 11 .88, 3 per Cent.. 185? LISSA .. b. 5 Per Cent. 1822, £St itte 4f C t per en . 1 1 111 . i lh 3 per Cent uitto Le c w oun De t ferred — Ditto42l SmashT,,_. Cert. of Coup. not funded 6i su i,V lll l 6 per Cent .. Ditt o New Loan 'Mt* A.ecount bividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, ex div. . 92i 93 TURKISH TREASURY BONDS. that announcenaent from Constantinople to - day , 11 default will take place in the payment of the 4. 00 0,000 of Hazine Tavilis or Treasury Bonds , l eh Were issed a few years back with a rigorous Bargde that they should be redeemed in speci e th e Positi on the present month, is calculated to damage e Position of the Turkish Government, while , at the B erne time, it appears to indicate that the ne gotiation of the :New Loan, of which professedly the ol3 Payment of these bonds was one of its mai n tha t is considered a failure. The statement is o a t an arbitrary renewal for three years has been ! re ed upon the holders, and that a great fall has k e , 4B equently 'occurred in their market value. Cont two mouths back, when there seemed no n e Pe of Turkey getting fresh financial aid fr om an y 11,4tter, these obligations were to be bought at i 2, on the assertions thatM. Mires, with the cou n t e - 114 ace of the Emperor Napoleon, had engaged to O PPIy a loan of £16,000, 000 , and that the Turkish e l r ernment would thus be relieved from impend ing bankruptcy, they rapidly went to 82, and m an y 8 eeenlative transactions occurred. The public, it,ever, were warned at the time not to rely too b s .i e ngly that the payment would be provide d for, the accuray of the caution thus given is now B.4 dem onstrated. The affair must have a bad appear insee under any circumstances, but it might s eem or ! disag reea bl e if all suspicion could be removed its having been, from the beginning to the end, co t leoeted for special purposes. stock stocl stool stock 6.4.0. stock TILE WEATHER IN TILE NORTH. 1 !II Sunday, ACHESTER.—There was a further fall of snow se of r?,anday, but it was not nearly so heavy a s that Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. As first of w hat fell earlier in the week remained o n the ground, trodden hard and slippery , most of the st veu_lPaths and roads were on Sunday evenin g in a et unpleasant, or even dangerous state. OZEDs.—The weather during the last few days 0 7 been extremely cold—not so cold as during one es ,two severe days last winter , but c old more con- , 84:7 1 0usly, and attended with more snow t han for I e years back. The lowest point registered by th ‘aernaometer at Headingley, twenty feet a bove 32e,greund, has been during the night of the 15th, uegs. ; of the 16th, 28 degs. ; of the 17th, 26 o igs- ; of the 18th, 25 degs. ; of the 19 th , 18 1 degs. •, is the 20th, 23 degs. ; of the 21st, 22-1- degs. ; of s' t he 22d, 19 degs. ; and of the 23d, 15 degs. fell AND DIIRITAIL—The snow o p in heavy showers during Saturday and Sunday bYrning in the counties of Durham and Northum -4:lland ; and heavy showers came up from N.N.E. intervals during the whole of Sunday. The s i'L l ad blew a stiff breeze most of Sunday ; and the Es fr i° ll sense mass of snow that had been accumulating 8 ., 1 , ea stern Wednesday drifted very considerably in the 131 . I stern parts of those two counties. If the wind s s , " t tould have blown strong last (Sunday) night the 81 tj_,4fße in those counties will have been very con 2oerehly impeded. Saturday was a bitter night 8 ' 1 the sea •, and as the winds are adverse, it is very Probabl e th a t a large fleet of light colliers , w ith their crews , on their passage to the north , w ill s h eir ? detained in Bridlington Bay, and other road 'LLe,,,ads, over the holidays. No steam sh i p s have . 1 left the Tyne since Sunday week for Lond on, and st t he goods trade between London and the north is 1 greatly obstructed by the long - contin ued bad " Veather. NEWCASTLE.—In Newcastle, snow fell during 0 the greater part of Sunday, and towa rds evenin g _ strong frost set in, accompanied by intense cold. LDespite the severity of the storm, the trains have st 1 11 a with wonderful regularity, the only exception st b eing those on the south line, which in some cases st, have been considerably detained by the snow, EDINBURGH.—The frost has been keen for the st 4 , 4 , 8 t two days, and on Saturday the ice on Dud- et ulngston Loch was sufficiently strong to admit of sti °,kating. It was not generally known that the se I , o ela was bearing, bat several hundreds were on the se sty I° o in the afternoon. No accidents occurred, ‘lthough a number ventured frequently on a p art °f the ice which was not considered quite safe, and st: : W as enclosed with ropes. Most of the curling 2 8 , OndS were bearing, and the players turned out in great strength. Between Saturday night and Sunday morning there was another slight fall of st( s now, which served to increas e the discomforts and st , ''angers of street pedestrian 3. The mail from the louthyesterday morning was late several hours, but the lines are now, we believe, pretty clear, and trains may be expected to arrive with gre ater regu stc larity should there be no new fall of snow. Pester- st( day (Sunday) the sun shone brightly, and last St( tight was clear and frosty, with no indications of a et(( Change. The barometer has, however, fallen con sty - siderably since Saturday, and now stands at 29 i n. st( GLASGOW.—For many years we have not experi- s t ! anted colder weather than now prevails, and seldom have we been able to state that snow has lain on 4 t 4 s th e s treets of Glasgow for so many days in succes- stt: sion. On Tuesday night a very heavy fall of snow took place, and that was in no way removed— except by the shovel and cart of the scavenger — When early yesterday morning another fall of snow took place. The frost also retains its power, and Yesterday was one of the keenest, coldest days this s 1 season. This (Monday) morning, at one o'clock, st , the thermometer stood at 10 deg., showing no less se than 22 deg. of frost. On Saturday it sank to 6 deg., 8 deg. lower than on the previous day, which 1. showed 18 deg. of frost. Yesterday, however, was a very pleasant day, the sun shining brightly for 8 8 1: som e hours, the fog of the previous night having eta quite cleared away. The footp aths of the streets stt 'were in a very slippery state ; but, except a num ber of falls, in which the parties were little hurt, no accident occurred. We trust the police will exert st : themselves to put a stop to the th ou g htless folly as of sliding on the pavements — a pra ctice indulged sr,' in, not only by children, but by lads who ought to know better. The Clyde was frozen across yester day between the bridges, as were also all the sheets of water in the neighbourhood, so that, doubtless, if the frost continues for a day or two longer skaters and bowlers will have plenty of oppor tunities for sport. Another proof of the severity of the frost last night was shown in the street lamps, mest of which burnt with a dim light, and others were extinguished, doubtless by the water which has collected in the pipes having frozen. HAWICK.—A considerable quantity of snow has fallen here, though the storm has not been so severe as it appears to have been on the east coast. It now lies two or three inches deep on the hills, however, and the frost on Saturday night was very keen. Yesterday the cold was intense. CRIEFF.—In this locality the fall of snow last 'week is perhaps scantier than any other district in Scotland, for the snow does not exceed two inches in depth ; but to the north and north-east the fall is much greater, and in the upland districts the snow is drifted into deep wreaths, and the hills which were green with pasture eight days ago, have been again mantled with snow, causing sheep farmers to feed their flock. Early on Thursday morning, while snow was falling, several peals of thunder were heard in the north-east, and numer ous vivid flashes of lightning continued to illumine the horizon for several hours. The snow has been acc o mpanied with severe frost, which has put a stop to out-door labour, and labouring men, who were so long idle with wet weather, have at present to battle with the rigours of winter. STIRLING. —In the neighbourhood of Stirling and Bridge of Allan the late snow storm was not cha racterised by such severity as in many other dis tricts. The Ochil ranges have, however, been rather deeply covered with snow. On Saturday a numerous company assembled on Airthrey Loch, at the seat of Lord Abercromby, where curling and skating were enjoyed with great spirit during th e whole day. In most of the districts around, the lovers of "the channelstane" were active on the various lochs at their fa''ourite and healthy Pastime. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5 l stk Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 20 IDo. do. do. Shares l, ock Caledon £10,41 percent' ock 1)o. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. N) :Cornwall. 5 per cent I Dun.P e rth&Aber.Jun )ck E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c. )ck Do. do. Class B 6 p.c ,ek Do. do. Class C 7 p.c , ck E. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No.l ck Do. do. No. 2 ck Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. ck Eastern Union, 4 per ct. ck Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. 5p.0. shares k Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. k Edin. Perth& Pun. 4 p.c. ,ck Furness, 5 per cent .... ,cock Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. stock!Greet Northern, 5 p. ct. ;took Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Mock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. 5 , 1).c. R edm. 5 p.c. pm 10 Gt. IN h. of Scotld. lst pf. ock Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. stock 10 Great West. (Perks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct. )ck Co. Redeemable,4l p.ct. )ck Do. Redeemable. 4 p. ct. )ck Do Irredeemable, do )ck Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Prof. 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref )ck Do Birmg.guar. stock 163 Do. Chester gua. shares 13A Do. do. do. lO Do. do. do. )ck Lan.&York 6p. c. stock )ck Do.Tlarnsl.st£s 3s 10d po >etc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) )ck Lon. & Brig. 5 pc. gn. No.l >ck Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 )ck Do. MM. 6p. c. )ck Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 )ck (Do. do. ft per cen''. 5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares )ck Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock )ck Do. Cp.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) )ck Do.4p.c.S.(div.def. til '65) )ck Lon. Chat. and Dover )ck Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct )ck Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock )ck Do. 41 per cent 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d 121 Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh. 121 Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh. )ck Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 6 Do. £6 )ck Do. 31 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent (2 ".laryport & Car., 4p. c 124 Do. 41 per cent. )ck Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock )ck Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. )ck Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 18 )ck Do. Laic. & Hit. pref. st. )ck Norfik sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 )ck Do. 51 p. C. Pref. do. 1847 )ck Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB 4 7 ock North British, 5 p. o. Del: Do. New, gna. 5 p. e.... 101 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. its 10 Do. do. do. ock Nth. D ev.ll ail. & Dck.Co. ock N-East.Cons.Pref. ock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pre(f.: 17 Do. do. do ............ ' 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 121 1)0. do. Quarters, 1848.. 15 Do. York, .& S. Purch. N North Staffordshire.... 10 Rhymney Guarantee 81 Scottish Central, new p ock Scottish North-Easter 31 p. c. pref. stock.... ock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. ock Do. 7p. c. pret. stock 10s, South Devon, Ann. 10s.1 10 1)o. Fixed 41 per cent.) .0.6 South Eastern (Reading' Ann., 1.0.6) )ek Do. 41 per cent )ck Do. Fixed 1 1 p.c. Ist is; )ck , outh Wales, gua. 4p. )ek Do. 4/ per cent„ „ 'ck S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. o. gua. 5 Stock. & Dar. Asp, a. 5 Do. B 6 ner cent I Do. C 6 per cent • Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. • W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stir, .ck Do. 24 do ,cock .Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red.l stock Do.Perpet. 6p. o. pf 1866' stock Do. till 1869, Ist is. 121 Do. do. 2d is.. 96 98 all 1100 stock I Do. Bereyora. PREFERENCE SHARES. BRITISH MINES. Closing Business I Closing Business Share) Railways. ,Paid Price Done. Sharol Mines. p aid. ! Price. Done i 2 210 220 410 420 120 125 104 11 11i tlf 27 29 9 9. 1 11 2.11.10 i 34 I Alfred Consols (fhilack) 20 British Iron 'Clifford ; Devon G. Cons. (Tavist )) I East Bassett (Illogan) 'East Caradon ...... , - 'E• WI Russel (Tavistk.), i Gam &St.Aubyn(Gwen.)l [ • Great South Tolgus ! G . Wheal Alfa. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville ;Herod's-Foot Hingsbou Downs 'Lady Bertha • ; Margaret (Uny Lelant) l , 'North Downs - I North Frances (Mogan); N.Wh'l Basset (1110 ,an)i North Wheal Crof ty Par Consols (St. Blazey)l 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer), S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 1 1 ;S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.; ;S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) ; Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Mind 10 : Tin Croit ;Vale of Towey (Carm ) 'West Basset (Illogan) 1 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 'West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) ! !Wheal Edward (Cals.); !Wheal Bitty (ll.Lelant), Wheal MaryAnn(Men.)i • Wheal Treiawney (Lis.} FOREIGN MINES. 9.14.6 7.4.0 17i 12.13.91 94 5.14 M 8.12 4.10.5 1.8.6 15i 9.18.9 all 124.18.01 3 31 If It 32 34 1 3 3f 11 If 54 56 i3s 6di 20 Australian I 1 Bon Accord Copper,Lim., 35 I Brazil. Imp. (is. at p. 20 I D0.5t..1 Andel Rey,L mi 5 Do. Land and 111iningCo. 1 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. 40 robrc Copper Copiapo .. 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co 2 N 4} 4 4 5 10 11 94 11 45 47 1 300 310 2 3} 115 155 49 51 24 21 5i Si 17 i 18 Fortuna. 9 General 2 ,Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr, IKapunda (Limited)._ Linares 5 iLusitanian, 1 iMarlquita 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L ' EO irontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining' and Smelt 6 1 Port Yhilip 1 'Scottish Austrin, (10. • 28'2 . 81 United Mexican ,„, 1 ;Worthing (Limited) 1 Do. 76 78 350 370 !120 125 :135 145 1 17 18 20 22 17 19 1.7.2 ci 1 2 ti 281 29 die. 43 45 8 10 t 2 2k 21 23 par kp 1k p 94 10k P AP ad 6 6 i I 1) l 1 1101 los 201 211 6 6} 99 101 111 113 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 80 82 112 114 90 92 117 119 112 114 104 108 86 68 98 100 100 102 91 93 92 94 103 105 9i 10 17} 18} 10} 11 76 78 20 21 10 104 15} 151 137 139 118 118 143 118 105 53 156 [3O 134 69 71 90 92 [l6 118 150 155 2 14 I IP 70 72 I IP, [37 139 [Ol 103 96 96 At 113 109 111 11 93 25 102 104 P iP 23 24 122 124 130 133 101 11 231 21 3 / 4 101 103 101 103 90 92 99 101 85 88 271 28 32 MI 32 33 3 / 4 45 48 124 128 123 125 108 102 123 128 118 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. liediTird and Bletchley Thickingh einshi re 1 Chester & Holyhead P p o o .. d d o o .. 5 5 1 p p e e r r c o e e n n t t: l Clydesdale Junction.., C o l c h e ster, Stour Val.; 14: Li nco ln shire,g,.o p.c.l i.Union,Harwich Shs, Do. Woodbridge• • • Gl D s. o ßrr . a Ne . ( I t v Gloster& Dean Forest; Hartlpool.Dek.& Hull and Selby .• • • • • Do. A Shares ..... Do. Shares ... •• • • Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p. 0.1 London & Greenwich ( Do. Preference • • Lon.,Tilhy.& Soutend. , Lowestoft, prua. 4 p.ct.l Do. 0 per cent.. Mane.,Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt.,BwryEx 1 guaranteed 5 p. e. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p,c. Do. do. 6 per oent Do. Fixed 5 per cent. North West-ern ...... Preston and Wyre. Do. Stares A ,I Roystu.rlitch., & Shepl Skrewsbry& Hereford Do. _ _ Do. 100 100 100 100 all 100 all 100 100 Ca A lellonia 100 1)o. all Gt. West. all lYk.N.ltlar all Yk.N. Md., all 11)0. all 100 n.drN.W 1 1 11 a O O OOO O lO O OOl i e o ris z E ir. 0f1 a .. 0: 8 . t. k&C . 11.0. 100 Midland 5. 5 6 &Counts all Do. all 41)0 all Do. ... ._ all Midland all " 111 1 I& L.Yk. all ;Do 100 ,Gt. North 100 T.Brassey 1 all M'Clean 100 Gt. West. . all L.& Bre-tit _____ South Staffordshire ..I Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon a Croydn. Share Docks. I Paid. p aid \ Leasing Closing 1 Business '! Co.'s. Price. Done. all Lug 100 ILn &NAV 98 100 IDo. D 0....,, 125 127 Do, ll3 115 lCaledonia 102 104 C 16 17 .Gt. North. 136 137 E.Counts.i 4i 4i I 110 112 SHARE 31ARK_ET.-(SATURDAY.) ORDINARY SI3Ad•ES AND STOCKS. 115%11War. 1 Paid. Tliast. and Ballymea4 , and Str. Val. Neg., La., and Cii June Blackburn Fi 81 81 83 111 12i Myth and Tyne Bird. Sl , a.f. and Mid. Co. 13ri idol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen R, Cardigan, Cork and Bandon Cork, !Brock., k.Passage l ' Cornwall (A. gets no div 1 Do A until peran Co B hasheen d. toB Dublin (t Belfast. -.lune. Dun., Perth, ctAb.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stack Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds. East Suffolk Edinburgh fi Glasgow Edin. Perth, tsz Dundee Forth t Clyde Junction Furness .... Glas!T. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland Great Northern Do do A stock Ci 7 99 101 98 981 Do do B do Gt. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western .. Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon.. Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lend. &Nth. Western Lon d. & Sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & EnnisKillen Man. Shef. & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do do shares Metropolitan Midland Do new Do 'Arming. h Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do 1, shares Mid• • • • • • Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry & Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. 8; Ros Norfolk hn. Counties Union North British.. Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stack D A stk ; A recs no d. until Bpch as beenpd.B Do Tt stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do , G.N E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. & Grantham Rail Feehles ... • . • • Portsmouth Rhymney.... • - .. • • • • • • Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union ~ Sittingbourne & Sheer. South Devon .• •• •• • • South Eastern .. • • • • South Wales ........ S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do do Taff Vale ........ • • • • • • Do Pref. No 1 ThamesHavenDkeznall Ulster .... Do .....• •• • • ...... • • D 0.... ...... Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall .....• • • West London ...... Do Ist class •. • • • • Do 2d class .• • • West -Hartlepool Harter and Rail West Midland—Oxford ) Do. Newport Do. Hereford all 100 3 100 100 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 5 174 all Closing Business ?rice. Done. 1001 I I 7$ 6 0 8 85 165 175 535 545 37 39 26 28 88 90 291 29 116 118 'llO 111 'lO5 106 132 131 111 113 741 711 61 64 1201 1201 62 64 117 119 51 33 101/ 101 95 96 8 10 55 56 3i Zid 135} 1351 107 109 7 6d 55 57 65 65i 106 1051 ! 13. 64 c o 91i 951 101 103 2 2!1 81 81 115 117 34 341 87 89 50 52 6 7 42} f3i 87# 88 62 64 78 80 6 8 42i 44 11 11i p 551 56i 2 3ip 70 ip 68 llf .6 61 THE GRAN CHACO. Closingric: ' ;ulnas done Share l ! Railways. 1 _ Paid. - 100 Mantic & STh-wrence! all 77 80 stk c Boin.,Baroda&.Cent Indl 100 95 06 t. I Gu. 5 per cent. 118 Do, Do. it 16 11 1 d 204 Buffitlo and Labe Huron all 45 5 d 20/ Do. New 10 Do. Preference ...... all 61 7 iQ , 1 B 1 00 uffalo,Brant.&Godt•leli 7 5 BCI '" sp. et. lids. Aug. 1, 1872, 100 Do. do. July 1, 1,373 100 67 72 100 Do. 110. .11111 i. I. 1871 100 65 70 5 Cleutta.s S. Eastn. (Lim) 3 id pr 20 Cape,Eastn.l'rov. (Lim. , 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 5 14 14 , 29 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 7l li I d 171 Demerara all 20 Eastn. Bengal go. sp. c 10 11 11 d stock East Indian, go. sp. c . 100 1001 1011 1014 1 20 Do. F Shares Ext.__ all d pr 20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 984 995 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1861_ all ICOS 1015 20 Geelong & Melbourne all stock Geelong Corporation percent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 23 24 231 3 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 78 80 78 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 48 62 48 100 • Do. 7 per cent. 1862. all 57 60 60 100 Do. do. 1867., all 50 54 I 100 Do. do. 1372 all 48 52 stock Gt.lndial'enin.gua.sp.e lOO 971 985 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 8 1d 3 d 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. all 2 lid 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 11 11% 11 201 Do. New - 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with ° 13 koti , 73 tillll'6O 100 Do. .., &:I . ::.... .. . . a a l l l l 0 9 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 93 96 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 03 stock Madras, guar., 45 p. c.. 100 85 87 stock Do. do. 5 per cent. lOO 951 061 stock Do. 4 0 p. c. Extension 100 881 891 20 Do. Fourth do l5 15 14 4 20 Do. d 0..... . , all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnd 1 20 Newßrunswick k Canda I . . D o R . Y d . o tt . L L a a l I n d d ( L d o l m Do. do. B Capital . .. ). d 4 .... 6 . P. o. c 20 1 all 5 7 Class A Capital Share D all 5 7 o. do. Land do. •• • . 20 Oude (Limited) .. stock Scinde ... .......' 6.; 100 100 101 20 Do. Punjcub . .... I Es. g 1 d l4d 11 I 20 Do. Do. all tarok I Do. Indus. St. Flo. r c g , 100 ,94 96 20 'St.Andrews & Quebec A 18 i 10 I Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip ; 1 I 4 4dj FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 5 0 51 20 klrdennes.... ...... 20 ah.&S.Fran.lim.7 p.c lO 15 154 5 ;Belgian East. Junction all 3 1 20 Bezters to Graissessac all 6 Car - neaux Mine & Rail all 10 11 100 Copiapo ........& all 10 Ditto Extension ..:• all 3 214 _ i 2O 'Dutch Rhenish 20 !Eastern of France 20 'Grand Ros. Guar. 6p. c 6 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of Franc • all 20 Gt. 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Pref all 20 ;Zealand Of all the tracts of wild territory existing in South America, and known by the different appel lations of Pampas, Paramos, Campos Parexis, the Puna, the Pajenal, Lianos, and Montanas, there is none possessed of a greater interest than that of Ei Gran Chaco--perhaps not one that equals it in this respect. It is interesting, not only from having a peculiar soil, climate, and productions, but quite as much from the character and history of its inhabitants—both of which present 119 with traits and episodes truly romantic. The " Gran Chaco" is 200,000 square miles in extent, or twice the size of the British isles. Its eastern boundary is well de fined, being the Paraguay river, and its continua-. tion the Parana, down to the point where the latter receives one of its great western tributaries—the Salado ; and this last is usually regarded as the southern and western boundary of the Chaco. North ward its limits are scarcely so definite, though the highlands of Bolivia and the old missionary pro vinca of Chiquitos forming the water-shed between the rivers of the La Plata and the Amazonian ba sins—may be geographically regarded as the termi - nation of the Chaco in that direction. North and South it extends through eleven degrees of lati tude; east and west is of unequal breadth—some times expanding, sometimes contracting, according to the ability of the white settlers along its borders to maintain their frontier. On its eastern side, ac already stated, the frontier is definite, and termi nates on the banks of the Paraguay and Parana. For a thousand miles up and down the two races, Europeans and Americans, hold the opposite banks of this great stream. They gaze across at each other : the one from the portico of his well-built mansion, or perhaps from the street of the town ; the other, standing by his humble " toldo," or mat coloured tent—more probably upon the back of his half-wild horse, reined up for a moment on some projecting promontory that commands a view of the river. And thus have these two races gaped at each other for three centuries, with little other intercourse passing between them than that of a deadly hostility. The surface of the Gran Chaco is throughout of a champaign charac ter. It may be described as a vast plain, It is not, however, a continuation of the Pampas—since the two are separated by a more broken tract of country, in which lie the sierras of Cordova and San Luis, with the Argentine settlements already mentioned. Besides, these two great plains differ essentially in their character, even to a greater ex tent than do the Pampas themselves from the desert steppes of Patagonia. Only a few of the animal and vegetable productions of the Gran Chaco are identical with those of the Pampas, and its Indian inhabitants are altogether unlike the sanguinary savages of the more southern plain. The Chaco, approaching many degrees nearer to the equa tor, is more tropical in its character ; in fact, the northern portion of it is truly so—lying as it does within the torrid zone, and presenting the aspect of a tropical vegetation. Every inch of the Chaco is within the palm region ; but in its northern half these beautiful trees abound in num berless species, yet unknown to the botanist, and forming the characteristic features of the landscape. Some grow in forests of many miles in extent, others only in " clumps," with open grass-covered plains between, while still other species mingle their graceful fronds with the leaves and branches of dicotyledonous trees, or, clasped in the embrace of luxuriant llianas and parisitical climbers, form groves of most variegated verdure and fantastic outlines. With such groves the whole surface of the Chaco country is enamelled; the intervals between occupied' by plains of rich waving grass, now and then tracts of morass covered with tall and elegant reeds, a few arid spots brist ling with singular forms of algarobia and cactus, and, in some places, isolated rocky mounds, of dome or conical shape, rising above the general level of the plains, as it' intended to be used as wtetch towers for their guardianship and safety. Such are the landscapes which the Gran Chaco presents to the eye —far different from the bald and uniform monotony exhibited in the aspect of either Prairie or Pampa; far grander and lovelier than eithe r —i n p o i n t o f scenic loveliness, perhaps, unequalled on earth. No wonder, then, that the Indian of South America esteems it as an earthly Elysi um ; no wonder that the Spaniard dreams of it as such —though to the Spanish priest and the Spanish soldier it has ever proved more of a purgatory that a Paradise. Both have entered upon its borders, but neither has been able to dwell within its domain ; and the attempts at its conquest, by sword and cross, have been alike ur,. successful—equally and fatally repulsed, thre-„, g h. out a period of more than 300 years. At t l- 4 . 1s hour, as at the time of the Peruvian conquer', —as on the day when the ships of Mendoza sail of the Parana—the Gran Chad, 'it up the waters is an unconquered country, owned by its abor,ginal inhabitants, and by them alone. It is tr Spaniard and Port,-lib that it is claimed both by nation alities. B .eese • and by no less than four separate claim P :ats belonging to these two 'azil and Bolivia. Paraguay and the Ar gT4tlP:s Confederation, all assert their title to a of this earthly paradise; and even quarrel as to how their boundary lines should intersect - it!— I Odd People, by ( aptain Mayne Reid. 50 52 43 45 83 85 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CITY BETTING—(YESTERDAY.) TWO THOUSAND OtINEAS. 6to 1 agst Kettledrum (t,) 7to 1 agst Diophantus (off) Bto 1 agst Russley (off) 9to 1 agst Klarikoff 9to 1 agst Matador 10 to 1 agst any other THE DERBY. sto 1 agst Dundee (t) 13 to 1 agst Big Ben (off) 15 to 1 agst Diophantus (t) 20 to 1 agst Kettledrum 20 to 1 agst Klarikoff 25 to 1 agst Matador (off) 50 to 1 agst Overton (t) 50 to 1 agst East Stanley (t) SUICIDE BY A FEMALE SElNANT.—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Barrack Tavern, Woolwich, on the body of Mary Ann M'Gowen; aged 18, a young woman in the service of Major-General Sir Richard Dacres, K.C.8., who committed suicide by taking poison on the previous Saturday night. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was the daughter of Joseph M‘Gowen, a gunner of Royal Artillery, and had formed an acquaintance with a young man belonging to the regi ment, which her parents did not approve. On the previous Saturday night she was observed to become suddenly ill, and staggered and fell. Dr. Evans, of the Royal Ordnance Hospital, was promptly in attendance, but life was found to be extinct ; and upon searching the deceased, a small bottle was found in her pocket which had contained cyanide of potassium—a poison used for renovating gold lace—and to which the deceased had access. The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased committed suicide by taking poison whilst labouring under temporary insanity." FROZEN TO DEATH AT AN OYSTER STALL.— Last evening Dr. Challice, the deputy coroner for East Middlesex, held an inquest at the Marquis of Cornwallis public •house, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, relative to the death of Agnes Edgell, aged 73 years, who died from exposure to the weather, under the following circumstances :—lt ap peared from the evidence that the deceased had kept an oyster stall at the corner of Charles-street, Pitfield-street, and on Saturday night last she was seen sitting on a chair by her stall. When her daughter and a lodger called upon her and asked her if she wanted anything, she replied, " Yes, I am very cold." The daughter went for some tea and bread and butter, but about half-past 11 o'clock the deceased suddenly became ill, and died in her chair before medical assistance could be got. The deceased had been in charge of the stall about 30 years, and was a decent woman, much noticed by her neighbours for her cleanly and sober habits. Mr. John G. Blackall, surgeon, of Pitfield-street, Hoxton, stated that the deceased was dead when he was called. Life had been extinct five minutes, and he found her dead in a chair. He had mode a post mortem examination of the body and found that the various organs were healthy and free from disease. The heart and lungs were congested, and the immediate cause of death was cold and exposure to the severity of the weather. On the night in question the deceased complained of the cold, and had once had some warm rum and water, although she was an abstemious wo man. The jury returned a verdict that " the deceased died from congestion of the heart and lungs brought on by ex posure to the cold and inclemency of the weather while sitting at a public stall." Mr. E. Waller, the officer, said the deceased was well known among the inhabitants for her eccentric habits. A TERROR TO EVIL-DOERS.—Our contempo rary, the Invergordon limes, makes a terrible assault this week on one of the vices of the day. He says—" .. We have ourselves been considerably victimised by some advertising Medical Swindlers in London, whom we shall have n• hesi tation in denouncing by name if they do not forthwith remit us the amount of their respective bills. The villany prac tised by those impostors upon country journalists, at a dis tance from the scene of their nefarious practices, is beyond conception."—lnverness Courier. THE ABORIGINES OP NORTH AMERICA.—The United States Commissioner for Indian Affairs, in his report, states that during the year the Indians had enjoyed uninterrupted health ; peace and plenteousness having led to that result. During the calendar year 2,924,069 dols. 65c. had been paid to various tribes in money, goods, and provisions. Since 1857 nearly 31,000,000 acres had been obtained by treaty from the Indians at a cost of 3,726,880 dole., exclusive of 632,400 acres sold in trust for the respec tive Indians. Some of the tribes were improving in civili aation,•but others were insubordinate and dissatisfied• THE SIMI, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING., DECEMBER 25, 1860. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE BOROUGH COURT AT .BOLTO.Y. On Saturday last a most extraordinary scene took place at the Bolton Borough Court, on the occasion of the examination of seven persons for intimidating the work-people of Messrs. Hargreaves. Mr. Richardson, solicitor, appeared for the pro secution ; Mr. W. P. Ro l oerts for the defence. John Clayton, of Blackburn-road, Little Bolton, was charged with assaulting Elijah Thwaites, one of the newly-engaged w orkpeople, and the bench, considering the case frilly proved, committed the defendant to prison for one month. Mr. Roberts, however, gave notice of appeal, and bail was 1 accepted for defendant's appearance at the March sessions. Samuel Entwistle, the secretary to the Weavers' Association, with several others, were then charged with intimidating Mary Thwaites, by burning an effigy, and a mob of persons surrounding her house, and breaking several panes of glass in the windows. They were all bound over to appear at the sessions. Samuel Entwistle was then charged with strik ing Esther Austerberry. The complainant deposed to being struck on the head vidlently by Entwistle, when she was leaving the mill on Thursday night. She said she knew the defendant, and therefore could not be mistaken. Mr. Roberts said the statement of the witness eould not be true, as he had in his possession a t e l egram from Blackburn, requiring Entwistle's presence at Blackburn on that day, and a witness swore that defendant left Bolton at three in the afizernoon for Blackburn, and did not leave the latter. place until after eight at night, and the assault complained of was committed at six o'clock. Under these circumstances the magistrates dismissed the case, believing that the complainant might be mistaken. Mr. Richardson hating made some remarks to the effect that the wit-nesses for the defence had conspired together and committed perjury in the first case, Mr. Roberts commented in most severe terms on the bench's decision in that case, observ ing that he he.d learnt what very little amount of evidence Wa'S necessary to convict a working man where one of the wealthier classes was the prose cutor—and all the working classes must be guilty of perjury whenever Mr Hargreaves prosecuted them ; that they had dreadful work to contend with in a manufacturing town, and it was a hard measure when the working man was left to the tender mercies of a bench of magistrates; that such a decision es the bench had that day given was enough to justify violence and make rebellion lawful. Alderman Heywood, one of the magistrates, protested against the advocate's inflammatory lan guage, as calculated to engender bitter animosities between the employer and employed, and it was grossly insulting to the bench. Mr. Roberts then uttered a loudly defiant " Yah !" and turning reund to the people in court, addressed some further Temarks to them, who gave him their approval. He then commenced gesticulating vio lently, calling frequently upon the name of the " great God." 'Alderman Heywood resented the remarks of Mr. Roberts as unjust, but was interrupted before he could conclude. Mr. Heywood then said—Will you be silent, or we will commit you ; to which observation " Yoh I" succeeded, more violent than before. The Mayor then remarked that it was wrong to charge the bench with dishonesty: Alderman Wolfenden also protested against the conduct of Mr. Roberts. Mr. Winder, magistrates' clerk, said—Mr. Roberts, you cannot be allowed to go on in this way ; and received the reply, " Hold your tongue, sir; you are not a magistrate, and never likely to be." Mr. Harris, superintendent of police, then inter fered, and said such browbeating could not be allowed ; 9.nd Mr. Winder said the only way would be to re move the browbeater. Mr. Roberts uttered an indescribable sound, more like a screech or howl, and in a fierce manner exclaimed to Mr. Winder, " Who the deuce cares for what you say ?" The bench then rose, threatening to break up the sitting if tr.ore becoming conduct was not observed, Mr . Heywood quitting the bench, declaring In would not sit to be so insulted. After barther remonstrance Mr. Roberts cooled down, and the business proceeded, occasional sar castic allusions being made by him to what had already transpired. Manchester Guardian. TILE SCREW PROPELLER,—Her Majesty's screw vessel Cygnet has just completed at Portsmouth a series of highly interesting and important experimental trials with the Griffiths propeller, testing some suggested improvements in its form by the patentee. These trials which have ex tended over a period of several weekS, have been conducted under the supervision of Mr. Lynn, of the Dockyard Steam Factory, Mr. Eames, Engineer of the Victoria, 131, screw, and the patentee, Mr. Griffiths. It has always been a great object with engineers to obtain greater propelling power from the screw, without, at the same time, increasing its size, in order that screw ships with full power might be constructed with a light draught of water, and at the same time have the screw well immersed. The present trial in the Cygnet is the nearest approach to this yet attained, and a fair hope may be now entertained that, after having puzzled scientific men during the past 20 years, the marine screw propeller may for the future be more fullyunderstood. It is now upwards of 10 years since Mr. Griffiths brought forward his theory of the screw, namely, that the centre part of the screw, equal to one-third its diameter, should be filled up, and the screw blades should be * wide at the root, and tapering towards their extre mities, in contradistinction to the generally-received rule and the form of the Admiralty pattern. The improvements suggested by Mr. Griffiths on the form of his own screw, and which have now been tested in the Cygnet with the greatest success, consist of an addition of an an gular surface at the after edges of the screw blades, spring ing from their widest part, and increasing the width of the angulated portion as it proceeds outwards to the periphery or circumference of the blade. These angular surfaces stand at an inclination to the after face of the blades, and conse quently as they rotate the water, which has been acted on and put in motion by the fore part of the blade, is again struck by this after, or angulated portion, thus making the blades double acting, whereby, it is stated by Mr. Griffiths, smaller diameter of screw propeller may be used without decreasing the power employed or given by the larger diameter in the old form, the theory of this being that the front of the blade travels at the rate of 3,000 ft. per minute, while the root, or wider portion of the blade, only moves at the rate of 1,500. The water, being struck with the higher rate of velocity at the point of the blade, recedes off, and the after, or angulated portion, catching the same body of water, strikes it a second time. In the first trials the Cygnet's screw was 9ft. diameter, with a 12ft. pitch, the engines in this instance making 114 revolutions per minute. With the same screw reduced to 7ft. Gin. diame ter, and 12ft. pitch, with the angulated addition made to the blades, the revolutions of the engines were 108, while the speed of the ship was the same on both trials, the 7ft. Gin. screw thus doing an equal amount of work with the 9ft. screw, and with less revolutions. The screw was after wards reduced to a 7-ft. diameter, with the same pitch as before. The result gave 111 revolutions, but the ship loot a quarter knot in speed. The sternposts of the Cygnet are 12 inches in width, and as a matter of course produced a greater deteriorating influence upon the small screw than upon the larger one. The sphere in the smaller screw was ,also of the same size as in the larger one. Both these causes, therefore, militated much more against the smaller screw, notwithstanding its success, than is shown by the figures. It is a singular fact that the recent trials of the French authorities is their endeavours to obtain the same results which have now been achieved by these trials were conducted on the opposite principle, and have failed. It is very probable that the Lords of the Admiralty may carry out the experiments still further with a vessel of a larger class and power than the Cygnet. THE WINLATON AND URPETH MURDERERS.- colonel kindly shared his loaf with us. A :itt7e incident worthy to be mentioned of the man bas just been brought under my notice. A little time before starting for Calvi he bloke a bioed vesse l, which caused great weakness, but finding one o our company a cripple, having run a spike nail into his foot, and limping much, he insisted upon his mounting his horse, and for a distance of .( .ght miles he marched on foot with us. I merely men tion this to show of what material the man is made in comparison with the colonel of the English Legion. On Sunday morning, the 21st, at daybreak, we marched back to St. Angelo with the main body. We were just in front of the geheral and his staff, which sfflrded him a good opportunity of judging the 40 British boys of the English artillery. On arriving at the bridge over the Volturno we found it had again given way on the side just repaired by the Piedmontese artillery. This occasioned a halt of some hours, and enabled us to get a swim in the i iver, but prevented our getting any rations until the next morning ; therefore, turn in, was the word, on straw and an empty stomach. Our battery at Situ Angelo, rising some hundred feet above the vest plain in front covered r ith beautiful vineyards and dotted with farm-hoases, encircled by the Apennines, and commanding a splendidview of the city of Capua, and of the position occu pied by our besieging troops, at once impresses the , aind with the contrast between the beauties of nature and the desolations of war. For several days we witnessed the dashing exploits of the Garibala dians on the plain before Capua, as they repulsed thevigorous and oft-repeated sorties of the royalists. Jur general, quickly tiring of this waste of time, resolved upon bringing the siege to.an issue,, and, much against his inclination, as he was loth to in jure the property and endanger the lives .of the peaceful inhabitants, gave them 24 hours to capitu late, or the option of 1,200 shells being thrown into the town ; but from the repeated firing of one o f their largest guns, which we had Christened " Tom Sayers," we could easily imagine that they had - no inclination to adopt the more merciful proposal of our general, or, in other words, " Tom Sayers" backers would not throw up the sponge without another round or two. At 4 p.m. on the fst of Nov., the 24 hours having expired, the signal to eom mence the bombardment was given by the hoisting of a red flag on the heights above us: Then fol lowed a scene novel to me, and of which the impres sion will be indelible. From all sides our guns opened with a roar upon the city famed for having for months defied the efforts of two of the l world's most renowned generals. As the evening closed the scene improved in grandeur. The passage of the shells through the air was plainly discernible as they converged from the different points of attack upon Capua. The result of each shell was made perceptible by the explosion throwing its towers in strong relief against the darkened sky. A garden battery to our right received some severe hitting and frequent visits from the shells of " Sayers." A mor tar battery to our left nearly silenced by the well directed.: shells of another gun of heavy calibre, which we christened " Jack Heenan." Away to the S.W. the Sardinian gunners played upon the town with good effect. At half-past twelve a blue light appeared to the S.W. point of the city, which we were unable to interpret, but which was intended by the enemy tail ndicate a cessation of hostilities and confirmed at day-break by a white flag floating from one of the principal towers. This day the terms of capitulation were agreed to. On the fol lowing morning we were among the first t. t the gates, and witnessed the marching out and piling arms of 9,000 Neapolitan prisoners, as well as the entrance of our troops. Immediately after I strolled through the city and viewed the destruction com mitted by our shells, one of which passed through the roof of the principal chapel, elaborately painted and decorated with gilded images. The town has nothing to recommend itself save its chapels and hospitals, the latter being ill-ventilated and filthy ; but as to the fortifications I cannot speak in too high terms, and if manned by British troops would hold out against. united Italy. On our return we took a stroll over the ground, viewed the farm house of the memorable 19th October; its front was one mass of ruins, and all around the ground lay strewn with bullets, round shot, and large pieces of 12 and 18 inch shell, and at, short distances graves where our cnnrades had been buried in a hurried manner during the engagement. Bearing away to our right other farm houses presented to our sight the de struction committed by the enemy's fire. Now let us draw a veil over the past and speak of the sunny side of the picture. Directly after the cessation of hostilities it was pleasing to behold the return of the peaceful inhabitants to their cottages, so recently occupied by rude soldiers, who had left traces of their destructive propensities on the walls, furni ture, and roofs, find everything comeatable in the shape of wood, and as far as the eye could reach they might be seen tilling their small farms and trimming their vines, working early and late. We likewise turned our attent ion to peaceful avocations diggingby the little garden in front of our villa, 2nd laying in a stock of fire wood for the winter. Having heath that a beautiful view was to be obtained from the top of a mountain directly above San Angelo, I, accompanied by three coairades, started at an early hour and accomplished the ascent alter three hours' arduous exertion, and was• repaid tenfold on arriving at the summit by the view obtained. Several thousand feet below us lay Capua, amidst vineyards and gardens lovely to behold. Extending our view the sea met the eye covered with sails, and encir cling the islanduol Ischia and Capri. Turning to the right might be seen the Apennines covered with snow and sparkling in the midday sun, and the Yolturno meandering through the vast plain lying at their base. In the back ground might be Santa Maria, Cassinova, and Caserta, 'with its beautiful palace and gardens. To complete the picture, Vesuvius in the far distance emitted its never-ending volumes of smoke, and at its feet lay Naples and its lovely bay; and now descending on the other side of the mountain through intricate passes and thick underwood, I arrived at our villa as the rays of the setting sun gilded the distant peaks of the mountains before Gaeta, the last stronghold of the tyrannical Bomba. Enclosed is a rose plucked by my hand from the garden where poor Tucker is buried. We visited his grave just now, and were pleased to find that due respect is paid to it. I got leave to go to the front for a little sport a few days before the lit November. 'Whilst firing alongside one of my friends, a Bersaglieri, I was struck in the thi g h by a spent bullet, and a likeness which I carried in my pocket was smashed which prevented its doing injury. We had sharp work on th a t d a y, and lost over 300 killed and wounded. We lose more men than has ever been known. Upon second thoughts I would not send this letter, because, if not approved of, it is a ques tion if the editor would return it, and as I have kept no diary, I should like a copy of the incidents at some future day, and should therefore suggest, if you are going to London, for you to take this letter with you and leave it with them to extract, or, better than all, if not too much trouble , to make a copy from where 1 mark. EXTRAORD.IN.4.RY lIIEDDLIAG 0. ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST. The guardians of the, Cardiff Poor law Union devoted a considerable part of their Saturday's meeting to the investigation of a singular charge of meddling with paupers brought against a Roman Catholic priest named Perrin. The inquiry origi_ nated in the complaint of a wo man named Mar garet Collins, who stated that the priest h a d struck her with a cane for not going to the rosary, been no one of the services of his church. She admitted, however, that it was a mere touch, and a letter appearance f had been received from the Rev. Dr. Gastaldi, the principal priest, stating that' there had Lake earelo or guard any intention to inflict chastisement, expressing regret P itter. The most othoroatptihaienrte, sahoodusladyibnegehveenwaonni would against any repetition of the remarkable statement was that of a g i r l nam ed nary Jane Lege r, w ho is an inmate of the Refuge. She said she was ill in bed, . ‘, and reading a book she had picked up, when he asked her her that book to read, had given it , 1 j to n h e, e ie r T , but she had who be t d n g o iv o l n up herself. u pon which he said, h ho a o s k be w e a n s ordered to Do‘b‘eburnttold him.tthua taken know tha t the book you .....„ had so ordered it, andom Cabin.''sail to be burnt. He further by the rope • The bring any Ha said the Pope such rubbish ought that a id that it was enough to O be w en en e , of hypocrisyA woman named Louisa one to damnation, as it contained a lot and lias. is no w employed as a sort of ownvheortheads, and drmerly led a loose life, b u t h as amon gst females of abandoned female mi ss ionary was a Baptist. She Tar suits ; was called before the board, and. in answer to e f u ge, and heard the priest say that was in the ,4 Uncle Tom's Cabin" ought to be burnt, and so questions said ship ought the per son who be l on g ed to it. He maid i her (Owen) that he hoped she was not damn to i ng herself by interfering with the Catholics. In the discussion which ensued the guardians wierallyiexpressed surprise that such an intoler mit g condemnation of a work so moral and even r eli gious in its teachings should be possible in tihis nineteenth century. A resolution was also adopt ed directing the priests to be admitted to the union when their presence was required by an3f of the inmates. SKATING AND THE PARKS.—The severity of the weather has given increased stability to the ice in the pe .rks —but at all parts it is not equally strong. Yesterda, y a man imprudently passed beyond the limit marked as a afe, and lost hia life by his temerity. His name was not known. 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Registered 10 Do. d all 5 7 1" V oLind es. 26 9 10 sa i r r. a Lu, Co. 21J.Tr o :- .. :j a) ;l 5 911 DiCa/el' .... .... 185 73 117 1 271 8 2 i I THE BIUTISII LEGION. The guilty men Smith and Lockey, who are now lying under sentence of death for the above murders in Durham County Gaol, were apprised yesterday that the law is to be left to take its coarse in both their cases. Mr. Justice Keat ing merely forwarded the recommendation of Smith to mercy, by the jury by whom he was tried, to the Home Secretary without adding any comment of his own. Both the convicts have been informed that Thursday next is the day fixed for their ex,seution. Lockey, the Urpeth mur derer, has been visited by his son and daughter during the last week, but he has shown during his interviews with them an amount of callous heartlessness that is almost &- credible. This apparent unconcern as to his fate has charac terised his conduct throughout. In his youth he exce lled in athletic exercises, r end he spends a great portion of his time now in recounting: his past achievements, and in going through such exercises us are allowed by the prison autho rities. Smith, the murderer of Baty, at Winlaton, appears to be quite destitute oi! friends, and he has been visited by none of his old associates since his condemnation. He feels very acutely his terribl B position, and he suffers as much in his body as mentally. The Bishop of Durham preached in the chapel prison on S;unday week, and after the service had private interviews with both the convicts in the chap lain's room. DEATH FROM D eSTITUTION.—A deaf and dumb man, living in Hedgo-cottages, Chapel street, Edgware road, was found yesterday by one of his neighbours to be in dying state, apparenAly from the want oathe. necessarieA of life. He had only an old jac ket and ragg pair of trousers to cover him, and lookod as if he had not had food for days. ' He was taken upon a I xtretcher to the MiFylfbone Work house, and properly at tended to, but he died in an hour or two after his admission. His name was Robert Hussey, and he was about 45 years old. METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DEVONSIIIRE . SQUARE, CITY. — The agg re g ate number of patients relieved during the week endirng December 22 was—medical, 846, surgical, 354—total, 1,200, of which 272 wore new cases, (EXTRACT FROM A PRIVATE LETTER.) BATTERY AT ST. ANGELO, BEFORE CAPUA, Nov. 14, 1860. We landed at Naples on the 15th of October, one month to-morrow (which appears more like as many years), left for and arrived at Caserta about 7 o'clock in the morning of the 16th drawn up lo line, and the brave general rode down our front ; from here we were marched to our quarters, a win g o f t h e ex King Bomba's palace, four times the Size of Buck ingham Palace—a magnificent edifice. Oar quarters for sleeping consisted of straw on stone floors. The garden attached to the palace is the second in the world, and of which I will give you a glowing de scription when next I see you. Breakfast at quality hours, varying from 11 a.m. till 3 and 4 p.m., consisting of half a pint of sour wine and bread—exCeedingly fattening. Left Caserta, of little importance (filled with military),on the morn ing, at daybreak, of the 17th, for Santa Maria, a distance of three miles, another town filled with military. It was here that we beheld the town of Capua, a distance of two miles and a-half from the heights of an old amphitheatre, the head-quarters of the famed Hannibal ; on the morning of the 19th, at 4 a.m., for the front, after marching for some distance, till we arrived abreast of San Angelo ; we branched off across ploughed fields under cultiva tion, and beautiful vineyards, until we arrived at farmhouse ; there took up our position behind a good English hedge, enclosing a vineyard and orchard ; after a short stay we received orders to march forward as supports to 4th and 7th com panies, the 2d supporting us, and the Grenadiers to the right to defend a battery, the Bth, 9th, and 6th being to the extreme left,and relieved us about 7 p.m., when, positioned behind a farmhouse, well to the front, and where we lost all our men. After marching from the orchard, a distance of say 1,100 yards, we received orders to halt, this being a small thinly-timbered bit of ground at the edge of a small plain ; it was here the enemy first espied our red coats; being a conspicuous target they opened very heavy upon us from their batteries to the right, half-face, and from their Rifl emen (Swiss and Bava rians, between 3,000 and 4,000 strong) in front, we caught it very sharp here, the trees being but little protection, none more.than twelve inches in diameter ; every minute sh e ll flew and burst around us, splintering the trees and uprooting the ground, and the bullets whizzed past us as if it were a hail shower. Well, Harry, I thought, you are in for it now, hot and strong ; of course I felt ner vous, being my first time under fire, and frightfully weak, with severe dysentery. After remaining here some 20 minutes, advance was the word, across the plain, at the double (having to cross tvbeauti , ful limpid stream), exposed fearfully to the enemy's shell, round shot and bullets, up the hill to a farmhouse, when an awful sight met our gaze, poor Tucker, the correspondent of the Illustrated Lon don News, being carried to the rear by four com rades, a bullet having passed through his left temple, and Mitchell laying dead under the wall, his breast literally covered with blood from a wound below the heart, and several wounded were lying around. and not a doctor on the ground. We (No. 1) were now extended to the right and left in skirmishing order (accompanied by the Bersaglieri Rifles, splendid fellows, and as cool as snow) ; we took up our position behind trees of from 5 to 11 inches in diameter, which was poor covering, especially wearing our scarlet uniform. However, we went to work at the royalists eagerly, and got it very hot from their shell and bullets in return ; more or less now fell killed and wounded, some most hor ribly from pieces of shell. We kept it up in good style until seven o'clock, when we fell in and were relieved for the night. The firing had now slackened materially, and we left the ground for a farmhousein the rear, cooked some coffee, and eat some bread about eight o'clock, being our first taste for 29 hours, not having had anything from three o'clock on the 18th. After breakfast at night we buried poor Tucker in the adjoining garden, all the men forming a square round the grave ; two drummers, one at each end of the grave with a long candle, the adjutant at the head of the grave, and Colonel Peard behind him ; and the officers around made the scene a solemn and imposing one, and many were the moans and tears which . dropped from the lips and eyes of hie companions in arms. We planted slips of rose trees, &c., around, covering in his grave, and placing a suitable inscription OA the head-stone : it He fought and died for Italian liberty." At nine o'clock we rolled ourselves up in our blankets on the straw in the farmyard ; the enemy not know ing our position did not throw their shell in amongst us, but sent them whizzing over heads all night at short intervals. At three o'clock next morning, the 20th, I volunteered, with 39 others, to man an English battery, all picked men. From this date we have had nothing to do whatever with the English battalion, and Colonel Peard, and the complaints laid against them. The colonel we have to do with is Bowline., a true bit of British pluck. He is well worthy of his name, and cannot be spoken of in too great terms. He has done every thing for our comfort since we joined the artillery. We marched to Caserta to get our guns. 1.0-ft for Volturno on the 24th to throw a bridge across the river ; accomplished the task in eight hours; very heavy work, and up to our armpits in water. We have received great praise for this piece of work, and took the first artillery guns across. The whole of Garibaldi's army, and Sardinians attached to him, crossed during the night and following day, it being the only bridge placed over the Volturno. The following are the names of the British artil lery who built the bridge across the Volturno, a distance of 120 yards, not, as the Times has it, be tween 20 and 30 yards. The part of the bridge which broke down twice was not built by us at all ; we had nothing to do with it only to clear away the wreck for the Piedmontese artillery to rebuild a distance of not more than 20 yards at the outside : Dowling, Colonel : Edenborough, Henry, Cap tain and Adjutant, Kensington, London; Kendall, Richard, of Newcastle; Blackett, Frederic, of Leeds; Hill, John Munro, of Edinburgh ; Hill, Henry George, of Bristol; Sirrelle, Nicholas llolder, of Hereford ; Leader, Leonard, of County Cork ; Wrixon, Nicholas, of County Cork ; Eyre, J. Mack lin, of Newcastle; Dunbar, C. S., of Portsmouth ; Morton, George P., ditto ; Brown, Josiah Wayman, of Clifton, Bristol ; Hinton, John, of Manchester ; James, John Rees, of Chiselhurst ; Dormiston, Thomas, of Newcastle ;. Hoare, Edward, of Ciren cester ; Flocton, Squire, of Romford ; Flocton, Webster, of Rumford ; Aldridge, John, of London ; Branscombe, Charles Coles, of Surrey ; Jamieso n, Th o mas, of Queenstown; M‘Donald, John, ditto; Aitkenhead, Alexander, of Glasgow ; Burns, James, ditto; Geneste, Louis, ditto; Adam, Alfred, ditto; Calder, Frederic John, ditto ; Seeley, James, ditto. The following have since left and been replaced by others : Williamson, Adamson, Bradbury, Nuttall, Jones, Phillips, Burleigh, King, Keating, Rushborough, Ramsden, Jackson. After the completion of the bridge at 10 p m. we sat on the opposite bank of the Volturno, eating our bread and drinking our wine, admiring with true English sang froid the novel spectacle presented to our view. The moon, as if to honour the occasion, threw her beams more brilliantly than usual upon the scene. The rapid waters of the Volturno reflected her rays like a sheet of silver, and played upon the bayonets of the troops as they wended their way across with a silent and measured tread. It was truly a magnificent spectacle. Looking down the river towards Capua, the ruins of a Roman bridge stood out in dark relief. Acrass the river stood the remnants of a ferry-house, its walls and battered roof showing a stern memorial of the celebrated Ist of October ; it was taken and retaken five different times before the Garibaldians obtained final possession of it. On the right of this were the remains of a sand•bag battery, which had been completed to cover us while building the bridge, so nobly defended by our gallant colonel on that da is- y. On the left another half finished battery, ind tinctly discerned. The camp fires around us whizzed and crackled ; the hum of voices an steady tread of troops could not fail . to impress pending upon us that something great w Oa the 26th, at sunset, we receivaes"Borders to. march immediately for Calvi, a d distance r oad. On f twelve miles, over a very v. r.a a gg e e two guides arriving at a deserted 11 over lg such roads and awaited us, and led the through such passes as cvaanllnvvcdasfoartt h i ts ex f u p l r l s andsion s t h o e f great surprise. Themoroed with snow, did not fail distant Apennines, coy! to strike the imaginatiodneutrl.aat I t v he e s a c r e r n i e v r e y d around was was of extreme gran bridge at Calvi about 12 o clock, tired, and w ere only too glad to lie down on our bed of straw in a stable. On the fo owing morning the general and his staff halted at our door, and quenched their The general ware his usual dress—a red thirst. shirt, with handkerchief tied round the nec k and hanging loosely down his back. It was here I had a good opportunity of judging the man. He appears everything that has been said of him, and was as affable with us as if we were his most intimate friends. His appearance bore strong marks oft h h ar assing duties he has had to contend with. Le re in the morning the King Victor Emmanuel passed our quarters, with a few of his staff. He is a fin a e i : looking fellow, and I should say every in bout die: At night, whilst I was on dutv t , h a t he cry p.m., one of our cavalry rode past me h w e A woru, and of " Neapolitan cavalry !" I passed att their posts, our men were ready in two minutesa and prepared to sw ee p the roads °e alar of 11 corners ;bu t we were not troubled , it being a for rat ions. Our m. Whilt t quartered here we sere driven u f Isp T.tiv.?!c! 50 13.14- 25 stool stool stool ~~ 4 ; I