The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-10 00:00:00

NONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL ENTELLIGENIIt TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market continues to present indica tions of in creas i ng ease. Th e b ro k ers have an abun dant supply of capital at command, and they are now willing to employ it in the bills brought for ward at per cent. under the official minimum, which is 8 per cent. The Crown Agents for the Colonies disposed of £lOO,OOO. Mauritius Government 6 per cent. Debentures, by public tender at their offices yes terday afternoon. The biddings amounted alto gether to £177,400 at prices varying from 80 to 102. Tenders for £85,000 at 101 and upwards, and for £15,000 between 1004 and 101, were accepted. The minimum fixed before the opening was 100. Two O'CLOCK. Accordi ng t o R euter ' s telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68f. 37c. Flat. Very little business has been negotiated to-day in the Market for English Stocks. Indeed the Public find it more profitable to place their money temporarily on deposit accounts than to invest in stock and share property while the rate of discount continues at its present high value. Consols re main at 86* 87 for money, and 874- for the ac count. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 8 ; Exchequer Bills, 2s. dis. ; Ba n k o f England St oc k , 246 947 ; Ind i a 5 per Cents., 1024 ; . 4- • per Cent., 97 ; and do. Bonds, ss. prem. Sales of secu r iti es con ti nue t o b e ma d e i n th e Foreig n Stock Market, and quotations consequently tend downwards. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 41f ; Mexican ex all Bonds, 21i ; ditto New, 19 1 ; ; Greek, 13 14 ; Spanish Passive, 25i 26f ; the Cer tificates, 131 4 ; Italian, 614 62 ; Confederate Loan, 7 ; Brazilian Scrip, * f prem. ; United States 5-20 Bonds, 641 4 ; Erie Shares, 56 ; and Illinois, 76 I. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been to a moderate extent, and prices in several instances exhibit more firmness. Great Northern A Stock and South Eastern have each unproved 55., Midland, 10s., and Metropolitan, £1; w hile Great Eastern, Lancashire and Yorks-hire, and South Western each receded ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines generally sup- Port previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain Inactive. Imperial Alliance are dealt in at 121 ; Alliance have declined to 28f 4 ; and London and County have improved to 82f. Joint-Stock Dis count remaik at 8f ; National Discount, at 16 f ; and Ove ren d , Gurney, and Company, at 201 ; E nglish and American Bank shares are quoted f 11 t Pren a• ; British C onven ti on B on d s o f M ex i co, 68/ pr; London Steam Towing Company, 11 2 Prem ; and Ch ar l es L a fi tte an d C ompany, 21 3 BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK G OVERNSIENT FUNDs. 3 Der Cent. Consols 86 7 64 7 6 3 Account Feb. 8 B7l _Per Cent. N• -- Redu ce d B6l i „„ -.B 'w 3 per Cent 86 ±4 4 i4 il evir 2i , per C en t . J an. 1894 — A 1)° . per Cent. Jan. 1873 — ainuities, 30 yrs, ex pi re sth J an., 1880 —1)0 . for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — ' 0 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — . Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 2 dis Do, £500 ea Do £lOO and £200 , ,-- of England Stock, 5 per Cent ,--, ', kTO VERNMENT SECURITIES. India n N - Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 — n 0 Account '-' ,-,°- 4 5 per C ent. July, 1870 lo2± Hit DO. 0. Cer per tificate; Cent , Oct. 1888 ,I)0. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — D O °. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 . 5 i- per Cet. May 1879 — DOOO 4 per Cent., ' Aug. 1866 DO.. Bonds, £l,OOO 5 pm under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUN DS —ONE O'CLOCK. ilrazilian ustrian Bonds, 5 p er C ent, 1859 5 per cent _ DO. 4i c, per Cent., 1852-58-60 Lo 1863 _ Do. 1865 _ Do Account 74 Do. i Bueuos Ag es 620 paid Do. A.cc ount , __ _ per Cent — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) _— Chilian 4± per Cent 1)0 . 3 per Cent Colotubian 6 per Cent. Lana) 6 per Cent. D°—aUis per Cent., 1825 4 per Cent., 1863 — I) °. 5 ian per Ceni t.,alities 1773-77, £25 paid — D o anubrinc A p t Account cl n ila dor New C onso lid ate d , 1 per Cent — t —o'2,Pro-visional Land Warrant — ?1 ) "au 7 per Cent '°., Second Issue — •C4O £lOO Bonds — Do 1864 9Ol I D o ' cir XlOO Bonds n eek 5 Per Cents 1824-5, ex Coupons Bo. — Account " Do ,0 l.:, upons t., Account n a ' eul ala per Cent. — —0 486 p a id 11 0 i„., 'tali a ' 4 -'0 and 1850 — B 5 per Cent, 1865 8 0. , un D o alarenunana Railway — B 0 , er iP, £67± paid _ klexi " Per Cent., 1864 _ 1) ea 4 Per Cent D o 19± 1 D o 6 1864 D o ~Per Cent. Anglo-French 941 bloat 4 e °° .: i e ta2 :vh i l i le l l l en u ate an a e e 6B r n i cP t a - rlei per Cent., C p Ee e nx r i Cent .paid'2sl32ooc b 0 -- b eer 130.1 Land Warrants (Hectares) B o ,per Cent, 1864 — P et `.-Tuaranteed, 4 per Cent —l) Ir iall 1 per Cent D e. 4c count B 0 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) jj? 1 Per Cent, 1862 D p° A ccount o li guese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do. 3 Per Cent., 1856, '7; '9, '6O, '62, '3, 4,,_ Account IL A ' - ‘, J per Cent., 1822, £ St — B 3" '1 - Per Cent 1850 .6 4 ± per Cent., 1860 B ° 3 Pei Cent. 1859 b ° 5 per Cent 1862 54 891 9 44, 11i er Cent. 1864 I), A u 4n—'lo' 5 per Cent ipa, , .count jPtto 4, 3 per C ent l a , bo ccount opoo 41ipeeevvoiDuetferred to assrve 26 i i s i] 1 Bb a ,,•, AC t eisu Cart. of Coup not funded A ccount l3l 'e(lsh 4 _ I), „ per Cent. , T ur v,ll per Cent. 1864 D° Act 6 per Cent 1854 — 0613 Account 0e Apr Cent. 1858 b o ount -DSOO Bonds ;'u per Cent 1862 0 Account 671 1 8 ° 4100 Bonds Do s Per Cent ...... 68 7f ~ 1863 _ Do Pe r C ent 8 . 1865 c D, A _ r I P, £35 paid b a ceount • b la e h , bivid enas on the a b ove paya bl e i n L on d on . L ' 4 . t . _ , 13 0. 4 Cent, Ex. 12 Gull 4tali a „ per Cent Certificaues 96 ...... .I], " 0 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ° 4 ccount 62 11 eekB olB f bp A or Money TW O B ( 6 7 7LOCK. ''"ecolult 87-1- i ---- A AlacittAX TRYING TO CARRY . OFF His OWN WIFE.— Qork ire 14 gentleman residing in the vicinity of hut 1 ,, a td, Were married in the early part of last year, lad f % ;13.°41e Months past have not lived together, the il l on r-s ' i ng With her father, and the gentleman occupying s a ll y, is e t his own. A suit for divorce, instituted by tho %lis Pending. days be and on Friday last the husband adopted a t ore 4 ar inethod of defeating it. Fora couple of t a livery tore he had a carriage and pair in readiness a ha 4 b 5 ', 44(1 On the day in question the carriage,. with the . h°lll4ll it, and several men . in a . car behind started rea,,i , a ". l c, ?nd shortly after getting into the . Blackrock- Ivarth, ,earriage was seen in advance. In this, as it after frieia; Lurted out, was the gentleman's wife and a female .e st oh _,", soot for a drive. They were overtaken, their carriage ol,tr, the doors opened, and the lady sought to be taken Niraf, st opped husband. Her friend, soon after the carriage l'en io , - PPM, got out, but she herself defied all efforts to had co her• While the struggle continued, the men that cn keia 'ale in the car after the gentleman held the lady s 4 04 , i r , e aa and the horse ; but finding after over half an get tit ad elapsed that it was useless to continue trying to 411 0 2 l adY out, the gentleman retired, and his wife was n'ed to return to her father's residence. Share Railways. I p aid 1 Clos ing Business ' Price. I dere. .. _----~ ear. 'uesday lied in the ?moon her ,trice and and dined les at 'tiesday. the 10] ,, ieir Roya l Wales Fill strictly ill not be have been. ed yester' Tnised th e t y engin e ' on. T. P C Board of ['he objec t ,ate of th e we had to consider' i highness y Captain the Duk e > of Bow' )untess of Dunt Suffield, . eye t-Generai n Stephell ,dcroft.. out wi th ers on the ho aris, 5 , , s Lodg e : Jarnac, i , ht 11°11 ; ;; France- cenhani. DUel le to France, or Irelan ui will gill , ' 5 arrived at 'ing, frosa at their 7 ()venial :ng P3ll :xchequo' eft Lang WO h al t e r hich to o t c attack much CHILL.." died 00 H er lady : Church dh gh, Ivb °l3l rased 13,dia ifton, II , n. Georg ° the 11013" Lockholol I Brerae r : 'as boro P al vearsll3: The Pre , id a Europe a ,l i nd visit the East . th e rmin e, Aria WV ° )0. LIE °' orrn as 131 tbe for T ies s gall, 1 4 )13. EgA sol' of N ei l; n aserig , lechao o with the BeWi er ' ' ja dolh fra , o llatiou the 31d at itted. 11:1 . 4 ef cal" itgolner'. to •ectec l sbytero.ll Bor d house d in " wore d, /1 1° Solon: nod U/ tent (4) ; fror# to tr ilo V V°st' Lt 0 f of 6°' s t Lst s et' - o f out a )übli slie t f WO / vo 3660, t°4, us do on , 50 0 eh be° , iay i '": 1 ht P°6 ° l , g v) ] t 0 1° 1r 9 : a i r Ite e P ttoo" no 111 '1 ; wary a 0 6 5 s offer'? 3 50. -, SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I,Sriatol and Exeter Caledonian Ca rn brian . Cork and Bandon. Cornwall. Dublin & Belfast June. .Dun„Perth, & A b.,1 unc. E.Lonclon, trip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s k. Do. E. Angl. st. No. •? Great North of Scotland, Great Northern D ). A stock • • Do. B stock Do. dew, N. at 25 pm, Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste. n Uri inaf Rail gua. - - Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid. —Oxlord Do. Newpo, t Do. He , eford ILanc y shire . Yorkshire , L.indon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., char., and Dover Do. Metrop. Kx. A Lon. & orth Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do Extension...... Metropolitan District, Do do. do Do. and John'slV'd Mid and Do. £9 Share. Do, Birmin.. & Derby slid Kent ... North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. (i.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 ..... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central IScot. N. E , Aber. stock) uo. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union south Devon South E,stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C ..... Vale or Weath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall BUITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, gu. 5 per cent.. Do. E shares Buffalo & Lake lluron l l Do Preference Buff.,Brant,& Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & S. E., Rm ate Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p 1 East. Benial, gu. 5 do East lodian gu. p.e. Do .J Extension Grand Trunkot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bond I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds.. Do. do. deft rred Do. Pref. stock.... Do. do. deferred .... Du. 4th Pret. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gus. 5 per Cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. Gt. South of India ...... g - ua. 5 per cent ll . 4i per cent Do reat W , s. of Canada.. • Do. New .. Do. 6 p. c. lids. pay 1873 ;o. 5, do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Exteneion 3felb. Cor. 6 p. c. finds. Mel & Hudson's Bay.. N. El I.C'da, 6pc lstpf.bs. Scinde . . !Do. Delhi Do. do wo " Do. Punjaub.... Do.lndus St.FlO COLONIAL GO VER: British Columbia, 6 per' _ cent., Dec. 31, 1872.....1 ICan.G6v.6 p.c.ia.dz July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. &Aug'. Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. tt Julyi Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 1 Do.Apl.Bzocl , 1890-1900 Do. do; 1880-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July D. *Pro Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ,5 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal ' ov. is per cent N.B.Gov.6p.e.Ja.&luly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 186 t Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 187( Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards 'Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct BRITI, Carn. Consol. ()old, lint IChiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caraoon East Cam Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk am. & StA übyn(G wen., Gr, at L ocey, limited ', Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor ,Ilelst , t, Grenvibe Herod's Foot 'Hingston Downs Marg•aret (Uny Lelant Malice Valley tlwy ndy Iron Ore, lin, New Sewn North Itoskear . N.Wh'l Bassettallogan North Whe d Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence Uny ',dant Caradon (St. Cleer) Suuth Con durrow S.Wheal k'ran. tillogan i 'tray Park Tin - Croft • '' - iigrra and Cl-g . an, Urn • 1 .. West hassett(lllogan W. Caradon (L•skeard West Clilrerton West Seton. ..... ..: Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. W heal Setou Wheal T 1 eiawney 93 95 127 28 94 96 13 15 4i 5i 68 70 70 72 - -d 111 113 41 i 3 Ei 12;,; 1 27 : 1411 7451 91 93 571 581 38 40 33 37 102 ;04 122 89 91 101 103 1 , 37 34 .046 1241 123} 9r 95 61 62 132 ¶33 23 23.;) 1 ltp 100 102 1224 123 1i 11 9z 94 57 59 7 29 110 111 71 73 101 105 36 97 10 I/ p 123 126 2 2 .p 2 24p 76 77 11 12 148 15 , 65 68 112 114 55 47 73 74 8 9 147 150 3 4p 102 104 49 51 145} i 5 ,SIONS. 55 60 99 101 id 6I to 10 11 75 80 99 101 60 70 100 102 100 101 101 102 par 6u 35 36 87 89 67 69 55 60 56 58 52 57 47 5U 42 46 34 86 34 35 100 102 tpl i i 1) 1011 1026 16 161 4 30 92 14 84 e 6 1 AU 93 100 93 95 89 91 63 65 82 84 15 102 101. 102! II 985 995 T SECUR: 93 95 93 116 93 96 79 81 78 SO 101 103 104 106 104 106 105 107 90 92 10J 11 , 2 1(6 IGB 103 105 102 104 105 107 98 100 92 14 0 102 91 v 3 87 88 100 102 81 84 97 99 99i 1006 103 105 104 101 9 10 20 21 575 595 I 18 20 Si 94 5* a 3 36 12 '4 3 3t 5 7 20 21 1i 2 3.* 32a 3i 3f 4i 3(1 38 51. 51 5 7 4 4} 2i lod 40 50 15 17 1 38 420 440 zi 20 25 I , ' 12 19 20 4 6 3 4 9 11 8 85 190 200 U 5 1. 0 3.4 374 3' 5 • 215 22 iBi 194 i 1041 31 II MINES. Ettf:let , ;l(NiN , Midland, Leicester and Hitch LINES LEASED AT FIXED ItNNTALS. Wlits and Somerset, 83i !!!: in 4 per ct., 891 rOREJGN RAILWAYS Antwerp and Rotterdam, 10 Bahia and San Franctsco ,11.... gua. 7 per cent.. 141 f)ttoman (Smyrna to Aidin), San Paulo, 6 per cent., 161 F 4 lit/U(4N M IN KS , . Frontino and Bolivia Gold, lim., 11 i ( i 1 Panulcillo Copper, lim., 4} Scottish Australian, lim., I Yorke Peninsula, Um., k DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 80 79} BANlio Alliance, Um.. 28f Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 25 is paid., 297} Anglo Egyptian, lim., 13 121 City, 112 11 Consolidated Bank, lim., 100 Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 114 European Bank, lim., I.} Imperial Ottoman, 12 London and County, 82 t oriental Banx Corporation, 52 Oriental Commercial Bank, lim., late N. F., 3 Union of London, 53 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Ceylon Company, Credit Fonder and Mob'lier of England, 81 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lien., 21 Gen.:Credit and Finance of Landon, lim.„ 61 Hudson's Bay, 151 1 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lim.. 7 International Financial society. lim., 5/11 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 8 7i London Financial Association, lim., 181 Lon ou and Provincial Marine, 4 M sdras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto, new, 171 National Discount Company, 161 16 National Provincial Marine, 11 Overend, Gurney, and Co.. Jim., 20/ 1 Scottish Australian Investment, Um.. 128 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. FEBR ARY. Lincoln - -- 20 Derby Spring --- i Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring Newmarket Craven 2 Durham Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Chelmsford Spring Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Nottingham Spring 27 CII. Croxton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B T hirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring.., 16 Chester Curragh 24 .Y. : Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer ~,, 29 OSSE, 38i 4.4.0 2.13.( 7.1.6 10.6.7 3.2.0 18.18 9 35.15.6 9 all MA THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY' EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1866. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Mellor.) THE RUSSIAN ROUBLE NOTE FORGERY. Philip Brann was indicted for feloniously and, without authority of the Russian Government, engraving and making documents purporting to be five rouble notes, being equal to about 12s. 6d. English. The prisoner, it will be recollected, was tried with Holchester, Beyer, Berens, Davis, and Silvermann, who were indicted for forging such notes, and that the five prisoners above-named were con bricted, but Bran) was acquitted. He was, how ever, detained on other indictments, and one of these was preferred against him this morning. Sergeant Ballantine, for the prosecution, said the offence in the case before the court was a simple one, as the prisoner had never denied his con nection with the five men who had been convicted. He also admitted having engraved the plate, but urged that he had no guilty intention, and that he, like Liban, who was the principal witness on the oc casion of the first trial, was acting in the interest of the Russian Government in bringing the guilty parties to justice. The question submitted by the prosecution to the jury was whether, the prisoner engraved the plates in complicity with the men found guilty last session, or whether he was acting in such a manner as to further the ends of justice. _ _ _ Liban, Inspector 'Thompson, and Sergeant Alul vany repeated the evidence given at the former trial, as far as it affected the prisoner, the effect of which was to show that ho constantly acted with the other men. Inspector Hamilton, however, in his evidence, said the prisoner came to him at the City police station, and told him certain matters relative to steps that were going on with respect to the forgery of the note, and said that he told him to go on with his inquiries, and that the City police would give him every assistance in bringing the forgers to justice. A witness from the office of the Russian Consu late also gave evidence that the prisoner came there and made certain communications, and that he was directed to proceed with his exertions. He knew that the practice of the Consulate was only to reward parties where their exertions were crowned with success. The learned Judge thought that the evidence against the prisoner, as it at present stood, "as in sufficient to convict the prisoner, because it was clear he had been to the Russian Consulate, and that he had been referred by the authorities there to the police, and that more than a year ago he had gone to the City detectives and made them acquainted with the matter. Mr. GIFFARD said that if there was any doubt in his lordship's mind, he had no desire to press the case against the prisoner further. A verdict of acquittal was then returned. SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO MURDER. William Shirley, lampmaker, was indicted for feloniously shooting at Henry Hus, with intent to murder him. There were other counts against the prisoner. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. It will be recollected the prosecutor was a lamp maker living in Roupell-street, Lambeth, and that the prisoner was formerly an apprentice of his. On the 2d of December last year be proceeded to the factory, and had an interview with M. Huis, and a somewhat lengthy conversation ensued, the prisoner claiming a written certificate of character and dis charge. Mr. Huis refused to do anything beyond giving him a character in the usual manner, and words then ensued, the prisoner telling Mr. Huis that had he been apprenticed to any other man, he (prisoner) would have been a good mechanic instead of a sailor. The conversation ended, and as the prisoner was leaving, a shot was fired, which took effect on the person of Mr. Huis, a struggle ensued, and the pistol, a revolver, was again discharged, the shot taking effect in Mr. Iluis's hand. The prisoner was also shot during the affray, and when assistance arrived the prisoner said that he was the party aggrieved. The pistol, however, was taken from the prisoner's hand, and Mr. Huis stated that it belonged to him, and had been missing from his factory since last August, at which time the prisoner was working for Mr. Huis. The prosecutor, in his evidence, said the prisoner had ten years ago been his apprentice, and had since that time occasionally worked upto about 18 months ago. On the 2d of December last year the prisoner called and told him he was about to enter the em ployment of a railway, and he wanted a written cha racter. He said he would give him a character in the usual manner, but that he would not write it. He further told him that if it was true that he was about to enter the service of a railway company he (pro secutor) would be furnished with a printed form to fill up. He (witness) then went to wash his hands preparatory to leaving the premises, m hen the pri soner followed him, and began talking angrily, say ing that had he been apprenticed to any other man but a foreigner he would have been a good mechanic instead of a man to a great extent destitute of a trade. He again asked him to give him a written character, but he refused, and as he was leaving the factory the prisoner shot him in the neck. He called the prisoner by his name, and said " William, what are you doing ?" The prisoner then fired another shot, which did not take effect, and then he closed with him to get possession of the revolver, when the prisoner discharged the pistol again and the shot took effect in his hand. He continued to struggle with the prisoner until he got the pistol out of his hand ; at this time both were on the ground. When he got the pistol he (prosecutor) discharged it twice at the prisoner in self-defence, the struggle, however, continuing all the time. He (prosecutor) dropped the pistol on the ground which the prisoner picked up, and the next circumstance he recollected was seeing the prisoner in company with a lot of other persons. He gave the prisoner in charge for at tempting to murder him, and on looking at the pistol he discovered it to be a revolver, which had been taken away from the factory by some person in August last. The prisoner was in his employ when the pistol was missed. Cross-examined by Mr. Metcalf—He told the prisoner that the pistol had been stolen, and he (witness) accused a person named Ch adder of having taken it. He had been on terms of intimacy with the sister of the prisoner. He bad been very intimate with her, but he did not know she had complained of his cruelty. He knew the girl had been to the doctor for an injury to her wrist, but he was not the cause of it. He never took up a soldering iron and threatened to kill the prisoner with it. He had never on any occasion threatened to shoot a policeman. He had resided in Princes - street, Stamford - street, previous to " going to Roupell street. He left there in consequence of a fire con suming his place. He was insured in the West minster Fire-office, and got £5OO as the amount of the policy. He had never quarrelled with the prisoner in consequence of his threatening to go to the fire-office to tell them about the fire. He had never threatened to shoot the prisoner's sister. He had never struggled with her. He might have pushed her, but he never treated her cruelly. She said he was a bad temper, but he did not think he was. The pistol was loaded with ball when it was lost. He kept it for the protection of his premises. (We shall give the conclusion in a later edition.) THE FAMILIES OF THE FENIAN CONVICTS.--Mrs. Stephens, wife of the escaped head centre, has given a number of articles of ladies' ornamental attire to be raffled for, in aid of the wives and families of the Fenian convicts, and the sale of the tickets for the " drawing" throughout all parts of the country has attracted some attention. It is supposed that the further circulation of these lottery tickets (which are in themselves 'illegal, irre spective of any political significance they may be supposed to possess) will be prevented. A SAJLOR'S LEAP FROM A TRAIN.—On Monday a sailor named Williams was charged before the Liverpool county magistrates with an infraction of the bye-laws, by leaping from a railway train, on the Liverpool and Garston line, on Saturday evening. The train was going at full speed towards Garston, when Williams, who was intoxi cated, in spite of the opposition and efforts of some pas sengers, opened the carriage door and jumped out. It was dark, and no one could tell what became of him, but when the train arrived at Garston a messenger was despatched along the line, and Williams was discovered lying in a ditch at the bottom of the embankment. Not a bone was broken, and he had not even been bruised. He was fined 20s. and cots. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A FORGIVING WIFE.-Mr. Charles John Martin, a master plumber and glazier, of No. 33 A, Dean-street, Soho, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, on a warrant, by O'Shaugh nessy, one of the warrant officers, charged with assaulting his wife, Louisa Martin, a certified accoucheuse. Mr. E. D. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the complainant, and stated that the parties had been married a number of years, but for some time past the de fendant had given way to habits of dissipation, and had frequently assaulted the complainant. On the previous night he came home in a state of intoxication, and as soon as he entered the house he seized the complainant by the hair, scratched her throat, struck her in the face—the re sult of the blows being apparent, she having a pair of black eyes—and also kicked her in the lower part of her person. He should call the complainant, and, after hearing her evi dence, should ask his worship to deal with the case as one coming under the Aggravated Assaults Act. The complainant, whose countenance was much dis figured by a pair of bad black eyes, then gave evidence fully bearing out Mr. Lewis's statement, and sail that in consequence of the scenes of violence which took place she had a daughter, about 14 years of age, lying very ill. She wanted nothing from her husband, as she was able to maintain herself by her profession, but peace. The defendant said his wife first assaulted him. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the defendant for 21 days, at the same time remarking that the defendant's conduct was very cruel. The complainant appealed to the magistrate to impose a fine, offering at the same time to pay it. Mr. Tyrwhitt said ho had no doubt if ho imposed a fine the complainant would distress herself to pay it, and he therefore would not alter his decision. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market, to-day, the arrivals of wheat were but moderate. The trade for all qualities ruled heavy, and the business done was at quite Monday's decline in the quotations. The market was moderately supplied with foreign wheat. Tho demand for all descriptions was somewhat restricted, yet prices ruled stationary. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate demand, at late rates. Barley was in fair supply, and heavy request, on former terms. Malt sold slowly, at late rates. Oats were in very moderato supply, and the trade ruled firm, with a slight upward tendency in prices. Beans wore dull, at fully Monday's decline in the quota- tions. Peas were in slow request, at the recent fall in their value. In flour sales progressed slowly, on former terms. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 720 1110 2,350 690 Irish - Foreign 1420 320 1.440 110 sks. brls. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending Jan. For the corresponding week 6, 1865. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 49,310-46s 3d Wheat 63,806-38s 2d Barley 60,005-32 s 9d Barley 64,062-27 s 10d Oats BOROUGH HOP. The demand is chiefly for retail parcels, at stationary prices. WHITECIIAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, The trade is steady, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 4d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 6d per Blbs. by the carcase. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS• (Fronz the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.) Weekly returns are now published of the births, deaths, rate of mortality, and meteorology in 12 large towns of theUnitedKingdom, besides London, Sheffield and Newcastle-upon-Tynebeing now added for the first time. The population of the 13 towns in the middle of the present year is estimated at 6,122,894, and they stand upon an area of 177,817 acres, nearly equal to 278 square mile's. In the week that ended on Saturday, Jan. 6, the births re gistered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,353 ; the deathsregistered, 3,490. The annual rate of mortality was 30 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,127 boys and 1,125 girls, in all 2,252 chil dren, were registered in the week. In the cor responding week of 10 years, 1856-65, the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,085. The deaths reaistered in London during the week were 1,520. It was the first week of the year, and the average number for that week is, with a cor rection for increase of population, 1,585. The deaths in the present return are less by 65 than the esti mated amount, and less by 83 than the number re gistered in the preceding week. Eighty-four deaths occurred from fever, 57 from whooping-cough, 34 from scarlatina, 15 from small-pox, and 49 from measles. The registrar of the sub-district of St. Giles North reports that measles is very prevalent ; 6 deaths from this disease were registered by him during the week. An attendant at the British Mu seum, aged 22 years, died on Dec. 30, at 145, Sey mour-street, Pancras, of cholera. A female servant, aged 25 years, died on Dec. 27, at the workhouse, Marylebone, of consumption, accelerated by want and exposure. One hundred and sixty-three persons died from phthisis, 219 from bronchitis, 104 from pneumonia, and 73 from diseases of the heart. The following deaths were reported as resulting from carriage accidents :—A cab proprietor, aged 49 years, died on Dec. 25, at St. Mary's Hospital. Run over by an omnibus. A coachman, aged 37 years, died on Dec. 26, at Middlesex Hospital. Run over by a cab. A cowkeeper, aged 29 years, died Dec. 29, at 16, Elizabeth-place, Kennington. Thrown from a cart by collision with a brougham. A carman, aged 31, died Dec. 26, at Guy's Hospital. Run over by a van in Bermondsey. The son of a labourer, aged 3 years, was killed on Dec. 27, in Bermondsey, by a van passing over him. The annual rate of mortality last week was 26 per 1,000 in London, 25 in Edinburgh, and 29 in Dublin ; 45 in Liverpool, 35 in Manchester, 36 in Salford, 29 in Birmingham, 33 in Leeds, 34 in Sheffield, 32 in Bristol, 36 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, 30 in Hull, and 31 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 32 per 1,000 during the week ending the 30th ult., when the tem perature was 24.0 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in London, where the rate was 28 per 1,000. The highest rate of mortality during the week occurred in Liverpool ; during last quarter the annual rate of mortality in this town was 33 per 1,000, and the deaths from typhus averaged 47 weekly ; during last week, of the 417 deaths (at the annual rate of 45 per 1,000) 48 were referred to typhus, 26 to measles, 12 to scarlatina, and 19 wero inquest cases. Whooping-cough was very fatal last week in some parts of Manchester and Birmingham. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.685 in. The barometrical reading increased from 29.31 in. on Wednesday to 29.95 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 43.2 deg., which is 6.5 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 51.8 deg. on Thursday. The lowest night temperature was 32.2 deg. or, Saturday. The entire range of temperature in the week was, therefore, 19.6 deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 42.7 deg. ; that of the lowest was 41.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 84, complete saturation being represented by 100. Rain fell to the amount of 0.52 in. The general direc tion of the wind was south-west. Charles Christopher Robinson was hung yester day at Stafford. He was convicted at the recent assizes of the murder of a young girl named Seagor, whose throat he cut. He was in the 19th year of his age, and had, it seems, led a dissipated life. There was a dense crowd to see the poor wretch executed. Before his death he professed penitence. An inquest was held yesterday in the gaol at Leeds on the body of Eli Sykes, the Batley murderer. It will be remembered that soon after his conviction ho threw himself over the rails of some stairs in the prison, and from the injuries he received he died last Saturday. The jury returned a verdict of fele de se, and Sykes' body was interred within the precincts of the gaol last evening. MURDER OF A BISHOP IN CHlNA.—Recent ac counts from Shanghae state that a Christian village north-west of Pekin had been burned down, and that the Catholic bishop who resided there had been assassinated. On learning this melancholy intelligence, the representa tive of France at Pekin addressed an energetic note to the Chinese Government, which promised that measures should be immediately taken to punish the authors of p those crimes. The Murderer Southey. MAIDSTONE, Tuesday. To-day, at a numerously attended general session meeting of the county magistrates, held at the sessions -house, a letter was read from Mr. Omerod, praying for an investigation into Southey's state of mind. The Rev. Shirley 'Woolmer also had an in terview with the magistrates, who consented that Southey should be examined by Dr. Kirkman, sur geon to the Barming Lunatic Asylum. Dr. Kirk man was accordingly closeted with Southey this afternoon for two hours, and the conclusion he came to was made known to the magistrates. A resolu tion was carried that Major Bannister, the governor of Maidstone Gaol, should proceed with a sealed packet to the Home Secretary by the first train in the morning. The contents of the packet, of course, are unknown ; but it is generally believed that a respite for a commission of inquiry is asked for. Messrs. Gold and Son, under the advice of Mr. E. T. Smith and Mr. R. Blake Steele, who were Southey's counsel, have filed an affidavit of certain facts, with a view of inducing the Attorney-General to issue his fiat for an appeal to the Court for Crown Cases Reserved, but no reply has been re ceived from the Crown-office. Messrs. Gold and Son have received the follow• ing reply to a communication of theirs on behalf o. the convict : " Whitehall, January 8, 1866. " Gentlemen,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th inst., and I am to acquaint you, in reply, that he must de cline to hear counsel upon the question of the sanity of Stephen Forward alias Southey. As to the other point mentioned by you, I am to state that it cannot be enter tained by the Court of Criminal Appeal, unless reserved by the judge at the trial, who would in that case have himself respited the execution.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " H. WADDINGTON. "Messrs. Gold and Son, solicitors, 1, Sorjeant's-inn, Chancery-lane." LATEST PARTICULARS THIS DAY. The authorities at the Home-office have not up to the present time granted any respite to the con- vict. The Last New Disease. (From the Lancet.) We have lately had to refer more than once to the prevalence of parasitic disease in Germany, arising from eating pork infested with the newly observed trichina spiralis. Dr. Thudichum addresses us with the following particulars of the outbreak at Hedersleben Reliable accounts of the epidemic of trichiniasis at Heclersleben, in Prussian Saxony, show it to have been the most extensive and fatal of all outbreaks hitherto recorded. 'While the llettstadt outbreak caused severe sickness to upwards of 150 persons, and the death of 28 out of this number, the epi demic at Hedersleben has already (up to Dec. 21, 1865) produced upwards of 90 deaths. From these figures we may fairly conclude that the total num ber of persons attacked amounts to several hundreds. All this havoc has been caused by one trichinous pig ! The butcher, having recognised the abnormal appearance of the meat of this pig, had carefully disguised it by mixing it with the meat of two healthy pigs, or added it in small pieces to larger joints of pork to make up weight. He made this confession shortly before his death, which was caused by trichiniasis contracted from his own meat. His wife also died of the disease. The most lamentable part of the history of this outbreak is, however, the circumstance that the practitioner resident at Hedersleben failed to diag nose the disease in the early stages of the first cases, when there would have been time to seize and destroy much of the fatal pork then exhibiting in the butcher's shop. The sudden and simultaneous seizure of many persons with vomiting and purging, spasm, and collapse, effectually simulated a com mencing epidemic of cholera, and opium was used freely to arrest the symptoms. When the course and fatality of the outbreak at last led to a correct appreciation of its nature, the time for prevention, mitigation, or palliation had passed by. Many physicians from all parts of Germany have gone to Hederslehon to 'study tho disease. The public have been roused once more to a sense of the danger. Panic impels to unreasonable propositions, and reasonable measures are neglected. Ignorance and folly form a grotesque background. At Berlin, a meeting of town councillors, butchers, doctors, and a sprinkling of the general public was held shortly before Christmas. Professor Virchow addressed the meeting, and urged the necessity of instituting a microscopical examination of all pork. At the conclusion of his speech, he handed to the president a piece of smoked sausage and a piece of meat from a pig which had been recognised as trichinous. Thereupon a veterinary practitioner named Urban rose and combated all that science has acquired during the last five years as an un founded illusion. " Trichinae," he said, " are the most harmless animals in the world. It is only doctors without practice who make a noise about them, in order to create some occupation for them selves," &c. (Great interruption ; the president is obliged to stop the veterinarian.) Drs. Virchow and Mason demand an apology from M. Urban. Dr. Mason challenges Urban to eat some of the sausage on the president's table. (Great applause.) Urban wishes to explain. The meeting calls upon him to eat. "He had not spoken of Berlin doctors —(Eat, eat !)—but of those at lledersleben. (Eat !) Ile would first see whether the sausage contained trichinae." (Great laughter, and continued shouts of "Eat, eat, eat !") Whereupon M. Urban sud denly seizes the sausage on the president's table, bites of a piece, cats it, and leaves the hall forth with, amid the applause and laughter of the assembly. About five days later (on December 23) the Oelkszeitung reported that the veterinarian Urban was ill. He was confined to his bed, and his arms and legs were paralysed. A hope was expressed that the illness was not caused by trichinae con tained in the sausage of which he had been bad gered to swallow a piece. Vain hope ! The Berlin butchers, finding their trade extin guished, held a meeting on the 30th of December, and resolved, with 200 votes against nine, to make arrangements for the miscroscopic examination of all pork. They have petitioned for the co-opera tion of the municipality, and desire to make the examination obligatory upon all. The butchers in the exporting towns of North Germany also instituted miscroscopic examinations. Thus we learn that a butcher of Flensburg, in Schleswig, who kills 15,000 pigs per annum, the meat of which is mostly exported to England, has adopted this measure of precaution. This is laud able, but no one should rely upon such examination exclusively. All pork should be most carefully cooked before use. Trichinae in man are prevented with certainty only by careful and thorough cooking. Some say, " We in England do not eat raw meat, and therefore the danger of trichiniasis does not affect us." This is an error. In at least one county the agricultural labourers do eat raw bacon. But the strongest proof of the possibility of trichiniasis breaking out among us at any time is the circum stance that the common tapeworm from pork, Tienia solium, is always infesting a number of persons throughout the kingdom. Now if measles survive salting, smoking, and cooking (so-called), and after ingestion, become tapeworms, a fortiori it is clear that trichina 3 will survive these processes, because they are much better protected against their influ ence than measles. The trichina has been discovered in this country ; cases of trichiniasis have unques tionably been observed, and instances of encapsuled trichinas are constantly being discovered in our, anatomical theatres. Only last year a subject with millions of trichinae in its flesh was dissected in the Middlesex Hospital. Why, therefore, disguise or deny the danger ? Let us prevent it. Let' us be ready to meet it at all stages. Let us search for the source whence the pig receives the trichina, and endeavour to close it up. Mr. MASON JONES, who recently fought two losing battles in the Liberai cause at Coventry, was pre sented with a testimonial at that place last evening. There was a densely crowded meeting in the Corn Exchange, and the proceedings were of an enthusiastic character. Ethnological Society. An ordinary meeting of this society was held yes terday evening—the president, Mr. Crauford, in the chair—when three papers were read. The first was by Mr. Campbell, consisting of some notes on the Lapps, made at the request of Mr. Crauford, during a journey in the autumn of last year along the western and northern coasts of Nor way. Mr. Campbell's attention was particularly directed to the stature of the Lapps, of whom he took several measurements, which proved that they are much more diminutive than other European races. Some of the women were not taller than 4ft. Gin., and the men 4ft. 10in. The average of 12 measurements was sft. lin., which is about six inches less than the average stature of Englishmen. Mr. Campbell exhibited numerous sketches taken during his journey, which represented the men and women to be very good looking and remarkably intelligent. In the discussion on the paper, Sir Edward Bel cher, Dr. King, and lir. Campbell took part. The two former pointed out some general characteristics in the manners of the Lapps which resembled those of the Esquimaux, though the latter differ from them greatly in stature. Dr. King expressed the opinion that the inhabitants of the northern por tions of the globe diminish in size proceeding east ward from the western part of North America to Lapland. The next paper, contributed by Colonel Phayre, chief commissioner of British Barmah, was " On the Ethnology of Indo-Chinese Nations." The object of the paper was to give an epitome of " The Burmese Chronicle of Kings," a work preserved with reverential care. The author of the paper criticised the narrative, and came to the conclusion that there was some historical basis for portions of the legendary work. The third paper, " On the Characters of the South Sclavonic Maces," contributed by Miss Irby, gave a highly favourable description of the Bulgarians and Servians, and contrasted them with the Greeks, greatly to the disadvantage of the latter in their moral and industrialqualifications, in the following terms :—The Greek is ambitious and irascible—the Bulgarian only tenacious of his own, and not easily roused to anger. In quickness, acuteness, and subtlety of intellect, the Greek is his superior; while the Bulgarian is strong in common sense, steadiness, and perseverance. Unlike the Greek, he is devoid of brag, vanity, or pretentiousness of any kind. The Bulgarian is more industrious and painstaking than any of his neighbours, and espe cially addicted to the cultivation of the soil. Even in Servia Bulgarians carry on a great part of such agriculture as there is. The superior cleanliness and neatness of their houses is one of the charac teristics which first strike the eye of the tra veller from Greece. They are fond of flowers, and cultivate their little gardens carefully. A Bulgarian maiden, to complete her holiday garb, places a flower behind her ear, and twines flowers in the long plait of hair which hangs down her back. One striking difference in the moral character of Greek and Sclav is the honest simplicity of the latter. Truthfulness the Greek rarely pos sesses as an instinct of his nature, though education and habit may teach him the practice of truth. He is sharp enough to know that honesty is the best policy, and clever enough to practise honesty when the standard of society requires it. With Servians or Bulgarians Englishmen have unfortunately little intercourse. Those who have had any perceive in them a truth and sincerity of nature which wins respect and confidence. The Rev. Mr. DENTIN, who had been for some time in Servia, fully confirmed Miss Irby's favour able description of the people. He said they have made great advances in civilisation during the last three years, and were it not for their exclusion from free communication with other parts of Europe they would occupy an important position. The people generally are better educated than those of any other country, the Government having provided schools for giving education of a high class to those boys who exhibit indications of superior intellect. The mineral resources of the country he represented to be rich and abundant. The copper and iron are of the best quality, and there is great promise of find ing gold, from the striking resemblance of the physical and mineralogical features of the country to the gold-bearing district of Australia. Mr. Dentin also spoke highly of the Montenegrins, who, though very poor, owing to the mountainous character of their country, are considered the aristocracy of Servia, and closely resemble in character the High landers of Scotland. The meeting then adjourned. THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE AMERICAN MAIL DESPATCH FROM LIVERPOOL—The proposal to change the despatch from Saturday to Friday was again brought up at the council meeting of the Liverpool Cham ber of Commerce yesterday. Mr. Rathbone (chairman) said a communication had been received from the American Chamber of Commerce, who declined to follow up the sub ject, though Mr. Rathbone said he believed the American merchants individually were friendly to the change. Mr. Prange said that so far as his inquiries had extended this was not the case, and he believed that even if the change were made competition would cause a despatch by some other lines than the present on Saturdays. He (Dlr.Prange) had been informed by Messrs. M'lver, of the Cunard Com pany, that they could not get their steamers ready for a Friday's despatch without coaling on the Sunday. The chairman said that, with one exception, all the chambers of commerce in the country were friendly to the change. NEW LIFEBOATS FOR NORTHUMBERLAND.—Two fine new lifeboats, each 34 feet long, and built of solid mahogany, accompanied by transporting carriages, have j'ist been sent by the National Lifeboat Institution to Hauxley and Newbiggin, on the coast of Northumberland. Their self-righting qualities were fully and satisfactorily tested a few days since in the Regent's Canal Dock. The transporting carriages of the boats were also tried on the occasion, and were found to answer admirably. The cost of the Hauxley lifeboat was presented to the institution by Eleanor, Duchess of Northumberland, and it is called the Algernon and Eleanor. The Newbiggin lifeboat is also the gift of a benevolent lady, named Miss Hopkinson, of Brighouse, Yorkshire, through W. Anderson Ogg, Esq., of Cheapside. The lifeboat is named the William Hopkin son, of Brighouse, after the donor's late brother of that name. These two lifeboat establishments will, we trust, long remain monuments of the two philanthropic ladies. The Hauxley lifeboat was publicly launched to-day ; th e Newbiggin lifeboat is to undergo the same ceremony on Saturday next. The National Lifeboat Institution has now 153 lifeboats in connectio n with it. Of these 23 are stationed on the north - east coast, namely:—North umberland, Berwick-on-Tweed, Holy Island, North Sun derland, Boulmer, Alnmouth, Hauxley,Ne w biggie, Culler- Upgang, Scar coates, Tynemouth No. 1 , Ty nemouth No. 2, Durham, LIFEBOAT. —Wears rnWhitabnyd, Withernsea. Whitburn, Sunderland, Seaton Carew i a . Mid dlesborough, RedcarSaltb i ui sea, rn o , borough, Filey, Bridlington, ACCIDENT TO THE MAR GATE L requested to state that the lifeboat to which the ac cident on the 7th inst. at occurred Margate was a private one, belonging to the boatmen of that town, and was in no way connected with the National Lifeboat Institution ; in fact, it is a boat used for the salvage of property as well as of life. The secondlifeboat in that town, which is used exclusively for the saving of life, is a self-righting boat, and is the property of the National Lifeboat Institution. A BODY FOUND IN THE T Y d HAMES.— ester ay afternoon, while the men at work on the Thames Embankment were excavating in one of the caissons oppo site the dry arch of Somerset House, they found an almost complete skeleton buried many feet in the mud. The skull bore marks of fracture. There was also a complete set of false teeth set in gold with spring sides, and also double gold eye-glasses, proving the body to be that of some one well to do. The clothes were almost entirely destroyed, with the exception of one Wellington boot, of fashionable make, and part of, apparently, a top coat, there being two halfpenny pieces in the side pocket; but no papers are dis coverable. The t ee th are o f recent f as hi on, an d t h e b o d y, with the other things found, are in the safe custody of Mr. Bell, the officer to the Coroner of the Duchy of Lancaster, Mr. J. W. Payne, by whom an inquest will be held, should it be deemed necessary. The great fire in the St. Katharine's Docks ware houses is not yet wholly extinguished. Workmen are employed in the removal of vast quantities of damaged property, and powerful fire-engines are throwing water on the places where the fire is still burning. It is likely to be several days before all danger is past. CAMBRIDGE HOUSE, PICCADILLY.—There was an auction yesterday at the residence of the late Lord Palmer ston. By some strange wording of the advertisement it led many to suppose that the effects of the late illustrious statesman were to be disposed of. There was not the re motest foundation for the supposition. All the late Lord Palmerston's effects had been removed from the house, and all that was left there belonged to the owner of the house, Sir John Sutton. 1241 5 95 4} 1321 2 / 31 1221 1 61 ff 9 9 1 i i lee! 1 35. 341 1031 104 ,ITIES. BILLIARDS. ROBERTS (THE CHAMPION) AND W. DI7FTON. The announced intention of Mr. Roberts being about to visit America at the end of the present week, and that his last match previous to departure would be with Mr. W. Dufton at the St. James's Hall last evening, caused the minor hall to be densely crowded, not alone to witness his play, but also to give him a parting cheer. On Monday evening he met Charles Hitchen at the Oval, at Kenning ton, and in giving 400 out of 1,000 Hitchen won, having made up his score with the 400 given when Roberts had only reached 826, although the latter in his number accom plished the finest break ever witnessed, 175, out of which there were 23 spot hazards. Yesterday W. Dufton and Roberts met, the latter allow ing his opponent 350 out of 1,000, and notwithstanding the defeat of the Champion on the previous evening he was still the favourite. The game was played on the fine table erected by Burroughes and Watts, made of oak, instead of mahogany, as is mostly the case. They slung for the cue, which Roberts won, and as usual each gave a miss. Roberts scored 16 to Dufton's 362 ; and when he had marked 100 to 403 (allowing for the 350 given) 10 to 2 was offered upon the Champion. Roberts was 222 to 478, 303 to 531, and 401 to 558, with any odds upon him ; but when, on the ad journment for refreshments, Roberts was 500 to Dufton's 649 ; the latter had made no great breaks up to this time, those of most note by Roberts being a 42, 44, and a 95. On resuming play at half-past ten, Roberts had the balls. Gradually, from 500 to 649, the champion gained on his opponent, and made break after break, until Roberts passed Dufton, and amidst loud cheers the game was called, the champion 790 to 789. It was Roberts 855 to 857, 901 to 870, and 922 to Dufton's 876. When Roberts had scored 971 to Dufton's 921, the latter gradually drew up, and came to 971 to 974. Dufton next went away, and was 992 to 975 ; ho was 981 to the champion's 976, and immense excitement ensued ; 98 all in the last hundred was called. An aggravating miss by Dufton gave Roberts the victory the latter being 1,001 to 998. Harry Evans called and marked the game in a most creditable manner. The health of Mr. Roberts was proposed, and good suc cess expressed for his voyage to America, and also to his good return to his native land. The table played upon was a most difficult ono, and capable of testing the powers of the first of players, even the champion himself. It is of pollard oak, and does great credit to Messrs. Burroug - hea and Watts, of Soho-square. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Robert Burnett David Morior, &q., Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Athens, and Louis Mallet, Esq., to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. DOWNING STREET, JAN. 6. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Kelso Martin, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Antigua and Henry Berkeley, Esq., to be Treasurer for the aforesaid Island. CROWN OFFICE, JAN. 9. The Queen has been pleased by letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to constitute and ap point Henry Hopley White, of the Middle Temple, Lon don, Esq. ; the Hon. Anthony John Ashley, of the Inner Temple, London ; Henry William Cripps, of the Middle Temple, London, Esq. ; John Robert Davison, of the Middle Temple, London, Esq. ; and William George Gran ville Venables Vernon Harcourt, of the Inner Temple, London, Esq., to be of her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening,: Amsterdam Short. 11 18 Ditto 3 Months. 12 2f Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 52k Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 15 Ditto 3 Months. 25 47f Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 120} Vienna — 10 9U Trieste — 10 85 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid —46 k Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa — 25 70 11 19 12 3 12 3 25 57k 25 57f 13 10i 25 22f 25 55 25 55 121 10 95 10 95 30 6 281 464 47 25 75 25 75 25 75 25 75 25 75 Naples Palermo Messina 25 70 25 70 25 70 25 75 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Jan. 10.—Wind this day at noon—South. Westerly; strong breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 9.—Wind S.W.—Put back—Vidsarle, from River Plate. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 9. —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Principe, from Adine. BRISTOL, Jan B.—Wind N.W.—The Reform, of this port, was picked up this morning off CleTedon, abandoned, full of water. FALMOUTH, Jan. O.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Baroness, from Taganrog. YARMOUTH, Jan. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Maria, from Middlesborough. RAMSGATE, Jan. S.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Siger, from London for Landernau, with loss of anchor and chain, bulwarks and stancheons, and port for rigging, having been in collision. HAnwicH, Jan. O.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mary Ida, from Taganrog. LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 1 GP.AVEGEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 10—Leo, steamer, from Antwerp ; Holland, steamer, from Ostend. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed, in tow, dismasted—Rio Grande, from Jamaica for London. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.171 per £1 sterling. Oti comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 17s. 100. per ounce ibr standard gold, it appe.a's that gold is about 1-11th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advicc s from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 stcrlin . Standard gold at the linglich Mint price is, therefore, at about the same price in London and Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1(9,t to Ic9q per cent. At these rates there is a trifling profit on the importation of go'd from the United States. NEW STAMPS FOR THE DIVORCE AND PROBATE COURTS.—The fees in the Divorce and Probate Courts are now paid by stamps under the new act, and regulations have been made on the subject. NEW RULES FOR THE PROBATE COURT.—New rules for the Probate Court have been made, and will take effect to-morrow. They are in addition to the rules for the Divorce Court mentioned in The Sun on Monday. HILARY TERm.--The courts will sit at 10 o'clock to-morrow (Thursday), on the commencement of Hilary Term. There are eight registration appeals to be decided in the term by the Court of Common Pleas. WILLIAM CARLETON, the great Irish writer, is suffering, we regret to learn, under severe physical infirmity, which totally precludes the further exercise of his literary powers. In his 71st year, the author of the " Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry," his faculties obscured and his sight , all but lost, is struggling to main tain himself and a large family 0n.C150 a year, the residuum of his pension of £2OO a year, after paying the premium on the policy of insurance effected for the benefit of his survivors. Feeling that his time will be but short, and wishing to give him a short respite from pressing care before he passes away, some of his friends in Dublin have commenced a movement for having an increase of a third made to his pension during the brief balance of his life ; and it is hoped that those in the North of Irelandlwho are influential will not be slow to use their influence on behalf of William Carleton, a North of Ireland man.—Northern Whig. THE HABEAS CORPUS AND GEN. HOOKER.—Art impor tant case, involving the writ of Habeas Corpus, is now before the Supreme Court of New York, sitting in New York City. On the 27th of November last orders were issued by the War Department for the transfer of Robert Martin, one of the New York ,noted incendiaries from Louisville, Kentucky, to New York, to be delivered by Major-General Hooker for trial before a military commis sion, which was duly carried into effect. Since then the order suspending the writ of Habeas Corpus in New York and other States has been revoked by the President. Taking advantage of this circumstance, the counsel for the prisoner moved for a writ of Habeas Corpus in the Supreme Court of New York, requiring Martin to be brought before that Court for a hearing. The request was com plied with and a writ issued, but afterward withdrawn, proper service not having been made on General Hooker. Another writ was served on General Hooker, but th e prisoner was not produced. A. re turn, how ever ! was made by General Hooker, setting forth that the prisoner Presi dent heldotn the United t e authority States f for rf the ee purpose s a e. n d of o being the e ing ed by the proper military tribunal now existing the City of New York, on the charge of mcen iansm and being . a spy ; and further, that at the time of the arrest of Martin the writ of Habeas Corpus was suspended throughout the United States. For th ese reasons he declined to produce the prisoner. Mr. Samuel G. Courtney, on b e h a lf of G enera l Hooker, cite d various cases to show that his return was sufficient, and that he was not bound to produce mustthe p r i p s r o o n d e u r c , e b u t t h e t h p e judgensoner or r e c b i d e e h d el t d h f a o t r Gal p hik t, o o an e d r , at the request of Martin's counsel, issued an order re quiring General Hooker to produce the prisoner, or be attached for contempt. General Hooker has produced the prisoner. , 20 ' ali 100 100 100 all 100 100 ME 2.1.0 294 2.14.0 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 40 8.18.0 8.10.0 51 0 . f, 13.17.6 4.10.0 43 53 a 38 9 1041 78h 9 1001