The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-26 00:00:00

King, •ming a pan- >f hair ike so out— bones, him ! DUB to r seri- ()ogee; g you rfectly .day. ian of Tohen ;ed the 3terday four in lelena, Prince lour of day. capital This unties, yielded excel- nd the ceeded riving i of and he re- in the ;e and ;uther - LadY rsbury, Lord D , Earl y, and Was motto, shire ;" d the it was e n oh for the uchesS rnoon. pre- rosve ;hfield, , n d the for A lleshall no of Toceed re the r road, t iford- ►n hos il e an- with a wing maul e s heet wer ill ;se d to i s coat e chief crowd ing 11 P m as they eats as .ridors ias no Ens are 3n the ractice ellr" illiant ) beS t Dscope i r case, at the ht rays ad dis le gal - Long 01 postles ion by re and d, an. about/ id th e uttort- rly °II s harp, do of 3 tun e ,ug ht° :t is of 11 '''' t stir, ~~ lONEY MARKET AND COMIVIERO ILL TELLIGEINICX. TWELVE O'CLOCK. More activity prevails in discount circles this morning, but the tone of the market continues easy. The intelligence of the further rise in the Bombay exchange has not produced any material effect as yet, and short dated bills are negotiable at 7+ per cent. The Bank of England return contains several favourable alterations, but the reserves of the esta blishment are yet comparatively' low. Annexed are the particulars : fictive Circulation Decrease ...X20,972,380 433,870 ... 13,070,760 ... 38,926 Bullion Increase Rest . 3 , 509 , 714 PubliC Deposits ... 3,439,945 Other Deposits ... increase •• • ... 169,450 .. . 14. , 130, 091 Decrease • • • . 255, 118 Seven Day and Other Bills 404,815 Decrease •.• ••• ••• ••• 29,944 Government. Securities ... 9, 865,982 Decrease •.• •.• ••• 4,994 Other Securities - 19 , 423 , 205 Decrease 576,396 Notes Unemployed 5 934 835 Increase 507,085 During th e l as t f ew days there has been only a Moderate amount of business transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars, however, fully maintain their value, while coffee has been in fair request at steady rates. Rice has been neglected, and at the public sales of Indian teas previous prices have been generally sustained. Tallow is a shade cheaper both for present and for ward delivery. The majority of the changes which have taken Place in the principal items of the Bank of France return is favohrable. The bullion has been in creased £148,000, while the bills discounted have fallen off £93,400, and the:advances on stock £BB,OOO. The notes in circulation have been augmented £BO,OOO, and tue Treasury balance £56,000. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Electric and International Telegraph Company, held this day, it was resolved to recommend to the proprietors a dividend of /5 per cest. for the,last half-year. Two O'CLOCK. The English Stock Market continues to present a heavy appearance, and another decline of * per cent, has taken place in the Funds. Consols are for money, and 861 87 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 861 87 ; Exchequer Bills, 2s. dis. ; Bank Stock, 245 247 ; India Stock, 211 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 102* 1 ; and ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 100. Foreign Stocks continue to exhibit weakness. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 39* 1; Mexican, 201 21 ; ditto New, 201 21 ; Greek, 13*14 ; Spanish Passive, 251 ; the Certificates, 131 ; Italian, 611 62* ; the Confederate Loan, 6 7 ; Brazilian Scrip, I prem. ; and the Egyptian Railway Loan Scrip, par to 4 prem. United States Government 5-20 `Bonds are 66f I ; Erie Shares, 551 ; and Illinois, The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been limited, and in several instances prices have Slightly given way. South Eastern, North-Eastern (Berwick), Midland, and North Western have each declined 55., Metropolitan 10s., and Lancashire and Yorkshire £1 10s. • In the Foreign and Colonial lines little change of-importance has taken place. East Indian, how ever, have receded about 10s. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive. Alliance are dealt in at 261 ; Imperial Ottoman at 13i ; London Joint Stock, at 48k 49 ; General Credit and Finance at 5i ; London Financial, 16i 17 i ; National Discount Company, 15i 16f; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., 19k 201-; London Steam Towing Company shares are quoted 1i 2 Prem..; Charles Laffitte and Co., 24. 24 prem. ; and Galatz Candle Co., prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. a Der Cent. Consols , DO. A ....Juni, F...1..-Q. 0.7 4 ----- per Cent. Reduced B6l 7 Ne w 3 per Cent B6 7 NT -.6 ,W . 3 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — L, Do (R e d S ea Telegraph), Aug., nos - Ichequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent, — Do. £5OO — D o £lOO and £200 Ban k o; England Stock, 5 per Cent INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, loi. per Cent., AprillB74 2ll Do Account Do. 5 pe r Cent. Jul 1870 D 0.4 per Cent. July, 1870 1021 .1 4 per Cent, lBBB - DO. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do, 5/ per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent, Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO Do under £l,OOO Pm FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 4i. per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 ................ Do. 1865 Do Account Do. Scrip, £25 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do. account Do 1 p er C en t. (D e ft rre d 3 p er C ent .) Ohilian 6 per Cent — Do. 4/- per Cent _ C olombian 6 per Cent. — Chia, 6 per Cent. banish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities ~ D 0 Account — e quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — •‘B."j'ptian 7 per Cent 9' , .00 .' Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 DO £ lO O Bonds NI i (4 , 0 0 k 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 1-,0- Account Do. Coupons 11 1 1 allitoill4 Account esur npCteernt Cent.lB 65 5l Do. Account 77* ti p% blaremmana D Railway n 3 per Cent Account Do 1864 • -Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ~,, D 0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c "'•,,,,ontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid : 00 rish.imperial 5 per Cent " e W Granada D 0 2 per Cent Do Deferred — t PO Land Warrants (Hectares) u r ; 6 per Ce n t, 1864 — p ' - ' 0 thiaranteed, 4 per Cent — e rtrrian 5 per Cent Do. D-. . Account D 0 3 per Cent. (Uribarren). — ° 4 l per Cent., 1862 Account P°l taguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3 — D 0 A D • Account '" o ssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St D o D o 4/ per Cent. 1850 , P 4 l per Cent 1860 ~ i ° 3 pm Cent. 1859 I, o n 5 per Cent. 1862 894 Sardinian per Cent. 1864 931 Do 5 per Cent .4)0 £ICO Bands — D 0 8 •11 per Cent — 134 , 11 i51i 3 per Cent ..,-'-',OOO A N c e c w oun De t ferred — 35} 0 Passive _ is na o D 251 , Account rjush Cert. o f C ou p no t f un d e d _ a 'lO Account We dish 4 p er C en t. — ,„ Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Irlr ish 6 per Cent. 1854 — D 0 121 10 Account 89 1.. n DO - per Cent. 1858 --'0 Account D 0 ,0 £l.OO Bonds — jj r, ° 6 Per Cent. 1862 .-,3 Account 6B - 1 6 ' 0 £lOO Bonds 6Bl 1 D ? 6 per Cent.,1863 _ T,' 5 per Cent. 1865 — DO' -' Se riP, 5 paid Accou t b.. 4 n V et , Per Cent. Guaranteed — ,P 4o ela 3 a per Cent. — ;t° account l5 4., 6 per Cent., 1864 351 1) 1* , ,blvidenas on the above pay a bl e in London. 1),0"..;1, F e ' . ( `ant., Ex. 12 Gail. Per ertifiaL Italian s Cent. 1861, Ex ea 2sf. ..... ...• Do Account. 61i Consols for m oney TWO O'CLOCK. .................. . ............ 86 1 -'O. Account .................................... I,INES LEASED Al London Tilbury, and Southen, ! FIXED RENTALb ii, 98i LtALL WAYS. rAlithiGiN A ntwerp and Rotterdam, it Rebut and San Francisco , gua. 7 per cent., 151 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), Q Recite and San Francisco (lim.), grua. 7 per cent., 131 Sambre and Meuse, 5) per cent. pt., 9 San Paulo, lim., ~ua. 6 per cent., 16 I - - F ktz. Chontales Gold and Silver alining, Si. John aet Itey, aim., 47 8 DOCKS. East and west India. 1301 BANKS Alliance ' Urn.. 261 • Anglo A ustrian, 61 k Australasia. 7 Brazil' in and Portuguese, Rm.. 81 olonial, Bin.. 424 Consolidated Bans, lim., 101 Imperiai ottoman, 13f Ditto, new. 12k London Chartered Bank of Australia, 22k London and County, 784 London Joint Stock, 49 Sf London and South African, 16 Midland Bank, Urn., 'riental Banx Corporation. 50k I Standard of British South Africa, 14f Union of Australia, 494 Union of London. 51} 1 1111SCELLANE0115. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lira, 5 1 Consolidated Discount. lira , 2 Credit r oncler and Mobilier of England, 81 Crystal Palace, 354 44 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Um., 41 glish and Australian Copper, 1 English and Foreign Credit, 4f Gen. credii and Wiusnoe of Loudon, RM. 541 Hudson's Bay, isf Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., Lim. 7 61 International Financial -ociety, Rm., 51 f Joint Stock Discount, Jim., London Financial Association, lira 17} 161 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 54 6 National Discount • ompany, 164 15/ New Zealand Trust and Loan, dm., 21 North British Australasian, 511 (►verend, Gurney, and Co.. Jim., 204 19; Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, Um., 61 Peninsula and Oriental steam, itto, new, 5) Royal Mail Stearn, 109 I Thames and Mersey Marine) Insurance, Jim,,, Universal Marine. Insurance. lim., 3/ THE LOSS OF THE LONDON STEAMER.---The inquiry directed by the Board of Trade to be instituted into the circumstances attending the terrible loss of the Lon don steamer, in the Bay of Biscay, is fixed to take place on Monday at the Greenwich police-court. Mr. Traill, the magistrate of the district, will preside ; Captains H. Harris and Baker acting as nautical assessors. Mr. O'Dowd will attend to conduct the case on behalf of the Board of Trade. The surviving passengers and most of the crew who suc ceeded in saving themselves in the boat have been sum moned to give evidence; and other facts will be gone into as to the equipment of the steamer, the character and number of her boats, and the nature and extent of her cargo. The proceedings are likely to occupy several days. SHARE MARKETS, —This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. paid.! Closing Mirthless 'I Price. dens. 'Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian.. ••••• Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & b.Junc NI.Lon don, ..crap Certi DO. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, ()rd. stk. Do. E. Angl. at N 0. ., Great II orth of Scotland Great Northern D A stock Do. B stock Do. ew, is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n Original ) . s. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Slid.—Oxford Do. Newpo, t Do. He, eford „ 93 95 128 129 94 96 13 15 4i 5i 68 70 70 72 114 116 38 JO 7 8 t 27 128 145 146 91 93 58i 58. 39 41 34 37 tOI 121; 121 f 49 91 101 103 36 38 48 -o 125} 125! 93 95 62 63 134 136 2! 3 p 1 lip 100 101 Lane'ishire&Yorkshii4 L:ndon and Black wait Lon., Brigh.,&S Coast Lon., hat., and Dover. Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lou. & orth Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Do Extension 'Metropolitan District Uo d do. Do. and -t. John aW'd Hid and Do. £9 Share 123 124 11 It , 93 95 Do, tiirmin . & Derby id Kent . North British Do Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern— Berwiow Do. G.N 'E puroh.st Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Po. h took. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 58 59 7 28 111 112 7t 73 105 106 36 37 10 it p, 121 126 ' 2 2.p 2 21p 75 77 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 Do. io. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish 0 ntral scot. N. E.. Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. st.,ck Shropshire Union ,outh Devon -outh E stern .. 55 57 74 75 8 9 145-150 "tames, Wok., do Wok Taff Vale Do. C .. Vale ot Neath 3 I p 101 103 Waterford fir Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornw iii 5 -, 52 'R/TISH At I antic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. IP shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, at Goderich 6_ p.c. Calcutta Sc E., lim— ai e Town & Dock, gu.i i)emerara, 7 p.c. per. p; Kan. Ben al, gu., 5 do East I; gu. 5 p.c. Do .1 Extension i;rand Trunk at Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds l charge 6 p.c Do. ist , ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prtf. Bonds. Do. do. deterred ... Do. :Id Pref. stook... Do.do. deferred ... Do. 4th Pret. stook . Do do. deterred ... Gt. India Pen. gua sp.a o. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. Gt. South of India ...... gun. 5 per cent D . if per cent., Do great W, a. of Canada.. D New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 18731 1 , 0. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extensiou Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. Ii 1. C' da, 6pc Ist pf. be Scinde Do. Delhi 1 g d Do. do ti Do. Puniaub Do.lndus '34 COLONIAL GO VERNDIE British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872.; ICan.Gov.6 p.c. — ja.6b July 1877-4 Uo p. c. Feb. & Aug D sp. c. Mar. & Sept ko. 5 p. e. Jan. & July Do. 5 p inscribed sk Cape (*.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 1 )0,41. &Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do: Its U-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 I Do. 5 per cent. 15 April I and i 5 Oct., Ceylon, Nov. tilos, &I Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 8 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1,78 ko. .86 , , !flay 5, Nov. DO. 1595, Feb. .15 Aug Na t al .OV. o per cent N.B.Gov 6 p.c.Ja. &July N. s. W. Gov. 5 p a. , 188r 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 Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868 Do. 1878 & upwards ov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, epril & Oct ;81ONS 55 60 0 10 10 ei 61 to 11 75 80 96 98 60 7U 100 102 100 101 10t 103 - - 36 37 87 89 67 69 57 62 57 59 •52 57 46 50 42 46 31 36 33 35 101 1(3. P 94 100 91 93 164 . 6t 44 44'1 92 04 84 4 6 1 01 94 100 90 42 86 88 64 A 6 8 t 2 98 99 98 99 i 4 98 99 IT SECU. 93 95 93 1,6 93 96 79 81 78 SO 101 163 104 106 104 106 101 103 90 92 lid. _lO3 104 It 7 101 103 103 ,05 102 104 103 05 99 ,01 93 15 1 0 102 92 u 4 87 88 100 102 St 84 97 99 1000 104 1( 6 105 106 190 100 100 10 100 100 BRITISH HINES. 2 Cam Consul. 1A old, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 30 18 20 Devon G. Como. (Tavist. 1 57- 59J Drake wal ls 2.1.0 I 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 18 21 Nast Cara.] on 2.14.e 84 91 Eas, Cain Brea 3l 54 51 6,ast Grenville East Gunnislake 1 East Love.' 3.9.0 114 .24 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8. , 3 34 Gam. & StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Gr. at L .xey, limited., all 20 21 Great South Tolgus O. 14.6 14 2 Great Wheal rsu.y 14.3.6 34 G. Wheal Vor (Heist 40 31 , 3 Grenville 8.18.0 31 31 Herod's Foot .... 8.10.0 40 42 Elingston Downs 5.116.6 6 4 la Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 5 7 - Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 44 4 vi wyndy Iron Ore, Hu, 21 14d New Sewn - North Roskear s.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan +.4.0 North Wheal Crotty 2.13.; - Prosper United....... 7.1, 0 --Pr vidence Uny lant 10.6.7 87 39 S . Caradon (St. Cleer) l} 410 43J South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. ,!Hog s.n 18.18 9 8 22 —. stray Park Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and Cl. gan, lim all 4 6 West t assett (Mogan W. Caradun (Lcskeard 9 * 8 10 West Chiverton ll 80 83 West Seton 474 190 2uu Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Si 95 1(0 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 27 3 , 4 Wheal Mary Ann (Men . 8 3 5 Wheal Seton -- Wheal Ttelawney Lis 7 (7. 18 3868 121120 j 125; 1 } 6! 135 1 i i 1231 21 llif * 722 100 100 100 100 100 all Si 54 73i I OSSE 100 991 1 21 I} 35# 104 It 931 8f ITIES. 100 100 100 100 100 100 THE SUN, LONDON, 141110AY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. LORD MAYOR'S COURT. (Before Mr. Forsyth and a Common Jury.) WHIT THEY DRINK AT THE RAGLAN MUSIC ItAT:L- WRETTON V. - This was an action to recover the value of some brandy, warrant for which was lodged with the defendant, who is the proprietor of the Raglan Music Hall. Mr. Francis appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Little repre senting defendant. Plaintiff deposed that he had lodged the warrant with defendant, and received upon it an advance of £2 10s. When he went to redeem it, he was told that the warrant had been lost. Ho found that it had been taken out of bond, and then called upon the defendant, who said he had had a good deal of trouble in the matter, and gave him half a sovereign. Defendant was called, and said that he advanced £7 10s. on the !malady, and he had offered it back if the duty was paid back to him, Cross-examined —There were forty-four gallons of the brandy, but it was not worth having. He would much rather have British brandy. (Laughter.) He did not sell it as brandy at the Raglan, because it would not go down. Did not retail it at the usual 6d. per glass. He had mired it with rum before he could sell it. Ho had a sample of the stuff which the learned counsel could taste if he liked. His Lordship—You can taste it, Mr. Francis. (Laughter.) Mr. Francis—l can only repeat the old saying—" It is too eftrly in the morning." A witness.was called, who said he had seen defendant advance pieces of gold to the plaintiff. The learned counsel on each side having addressed the jury, his lordship was about to sum up when the foreman said that they had made up their minds, and unanimously found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. Verdict for the plaintiff. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE ASH, STEWART, AND BAILLIE. These bankrupts Were shipbuilders, of Blackwall, and to-day came up on the adjourned order of discharge. The debts are £BO,OOO, and assets but trifling. A further ad journment was ordered so that the figures might be fully considered, and the various matters connected with the bankruptcy investigated by the assignees. POLIC.E INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE RESULT OF PAYING A NIGHT VISIT TO ST. JAMES'S WORKHOUSE.-Mr. David Greenhall, harness maker, of No. 43, Rupert-street, was charged before Mr Knox with applying for and obtaining relief at St. James's Workhouse, he having money and other valuable property in his possession, and not giving a correct account of himself. Charles Densham, superintendent of the casual ward at St. James's Workhouse, said—Last night, about a quarter past 9 o'clock the defendant applied for relief, and was ad mitted to the casual ward. I gave him the usual allowance, and showed him his berth. I afterwards searched him, and found . upon him 6s. 91c1 and other property. The de fendant then said that he was a respectable man, and asked to be allowed to leave. I told the defendant that I could not permit that. The defendant was afterwards given into the custody of a constable (Cox, 177 C). Defendant—•l had had a little more to drink than I ough to have had. The Superintendent—The defendant was quite sober, His only excuse was that he wished to see the place. Mr. Knox (to defendant)—What are you ? Defendant—l am an army accoutrement maker in Rupert street, and have been there many years. The Superintendent—Ho said he had slept at Green wich workhouse the previous night. Mr. Knox (to defendant)—What is your name ? Defendant.—Greenhall. Sergeant Stephens, acting inspector—That is the case His name is in the Directory, and he is known to the super intendent and one of the inspectors. Defendant—lt was a drunken frolic. Mr. Knox—Did the defendant consume any of the bread and gruel ? The Superintendent—Ho ate some of the bread and tasted the gruel. He then offered me his card, and asked to be allowed to go, saying it was only a drunken frolic. Mr. Knox—Then the defendant is really a tradesman in Rupert-street ? Sergeant Stephens—He is, sir. Mr. Knox—lt is a very dangerous frolic. Do you know that you are liable to be sent to prison for a month with hard labour. Defendant—l am aware it was very stupid of me. Mr. Knox—lt is the first case of the kind that has been brought before me. I consider it is a serious offence that persons of decent position should go to a workhou:e and make a mockery of applying for relief, and if it is done by them it will be done by others. I do not wish to do that which may be of serious injury to you, and therefore I do not choose to send you to prison aye I think that would-be too groat punicinn ant. I think the publicity the matter is likely to obtain, and the trouble you have been put to, sufficient punishment. 1 shall dis charge you, seriously cautioning you against repeating the act. A Neat Sample of Translation. ---.40,-.---.-- (DICKENS "DONE" INTO FRENCH !) " Traduttore, traditore," says the Italian proverb. It probably originated with some unlucky wight, either smarting under recent injuries inflicted on the offspring of his brain by traditori, or gifted with the power to foresee the dire calamities to be inflicted by them on his brotherhood in future generations. One would suppose that two qualifications are essential to constitute a good translator A thorough acquaintance with the resources of the language used for the reproduction, being the first; and the second, a not less intimate knowledge 401 g idiom destined to be reproduced. We will submit, as a rather remarkable instance of the absence of both these qualifications in a translator—or rather, in a trauslatress, for the wonderful offender to be presented is announced as lady—a few extracts from a surprising mystification which appeared a few months ago in the columns of L' Opinion Nationale, a French daily paper, well known for its very liberal tendencies, and for that, or some other reason, one of the most popular aid generally read in Paris. The editors had announced some time beforehand the appearance of a transla tion of " Our Mutual Friend ;" and the lovers of feuilleton, whose name is Legion in France, were on the tiptoe of expectation. At last it came, bear ing the title L'Ami Commun. It came to grief, and that as deservedly as speedily; for the subscribers to the above -named journal take common sense for their guide, and, like Mrs. Merdle, pride themselves upon having no nonsense about them. So, after having groped about in the dark during six fuille tons of Mutual Friends, in the hope of things brightening, though ever so little, they protested en masse after the appearance of the seventh, and de manded with a loud cry, not to be resisted, the expla nation of the dark euigma, or its immediate withdrawal. For self-evident reasons, the Sphinx remained silent, and suppression was the righteous conse quence. From the outset, a sort of moral stand-up fight was engaged in between the translatress and Mr. Twemlow as to which should the most effectually demolish the other. All the other characters yet developed in the book suffered more or less from the horrible punishment administered by the lady ; but Twemlow, the special object of her attention, suf fered the most severely of all. The inoffensive little gentleman being likewise made the instrument of inflicting such acute mental torture on all who should attempt to unravel the complicated mysteries of his identity, as to render consequent insanity probable. Witness the following introduction of Mr. Twem low to the French reader : "Ii y a dans le guar tier Saint-James, oil quand it ne sort pas, it est remise au-dess d'una donne de Duke-street, un meuble de salle a manger, meuble innocent, chausse de larger sonhirs de castor" (the underlined being a rather free translation of the word castors in the English text), " pour qui les Veneering sont un sujet d'inquietude parpetuelle. Cousin germain de lord Snigsworth ce meuble inoffensif, qu'on appelle Twemlow, represents dans maintes families la table a manger a, Petat normal. " Mister et Missis Veneering, par exemple, organisant un diner, prennent Twemlow pour base, et lui mettent des rallonges, c'est-h-dire lui ajoutent des convives. Parfois la table se compose de Twem low et de six personnes ; parfois on la tire jusqu'aux dernieres limites du possible, et Twemlow a vingt rallonges. " Dans ces grander occasions, Mister et Missis Veneering, places au milieu de la table, se font vis h-vis h distance de Twemlow ; car plus celui-ci est deploys, plus it est loin du centre et se rapproche du buffet ou des rideaux de la fenetre." Is it surprising, after this magnificent heap o . . nonsense,. in which common sense, good language, the merest elementary principles of grammar, are most grossly outraged, that the subject of it should become henceforth an object of general fear and execration ? The very stops themselves seem to have gone mad, and to be, like so many ill-disposed policemen off duty, taking alittle relaxation by join ing in a public disturbance on their own account. Twemlow and the table, the table and Twemlow, commas, colons, and semi -colons, inextricably mixed up together, in stark staring raving madness. IWere it not for the total absence of any vestige of the comic element, and divers other reasons, social and political, the recent alliance, and so forth. one might sup pose that the author of this extraordinary specimen of literary reproduction had been bribed by our enemies to travesty our author, and with him the manners and customs of his nation comprehensively. She leads her countrymen to suppose that the English " garb of woe" is the colour of pea-soup, by representing Boffin, Boffin in deep mourning for his master, as wearing a paletot purée de pois 1 (This is the translation of a peajacket.) And a little further on, the lady changes the dissolving view of beads on Podsnap's forehead into a row of indiscreet buttons on his abdomen ! If she really considered them so indiscreet, why did she not (being, as translatress, mistress of the situation) dispose of the indiscreet buttons on other parts of his Person—on his gaiters, for instance r But the word bouton, signifying either a button or a pimple, according to circumstances—there be ing but one and the same term in French for the two objects —we shudder to think that she may have had a darker meaning still, and, by this ambiguous interpretation, may have intended to authorise maliciously disposed foreigners to believe that we English adopt for occasions of social festivity and others the light costume of the Red Skins: which fact could alone render such a detail possible! Once more, take a specimen of Twemlow shrouded in more impenetrable mystery than ever. "La premiere foi que Twemlow h rencontrejVeneering, c'etat aiu club, oh ledit Veneering ne connaissait personne, excepts l'individu qui le prdsentait. Cat individu lui-meme ne connaissait le nouveau membre que depuis deux jours et paraissait etre son ami le plus intime. Une rouelle de veau, scdlSratement accomodee par le cuisinier du club, crimenta leur union sdance tenante." - Are the two last original lines high praise of the Eng lish art of cooking, or the contrary ? They contain a most positive affirmation that the cooks of the London clubs have a particular manner of dressing fillets of veal, which dish, partaken of by individuals desirous of uniting in the bonds of friendship, immediately cements the bonds then and there for evermore ! Is it wonderful, when such astounding incompetency as that of this translatress can find its way into a Parisian newspaper conducted with intelligence and enterprise, that we in England sometimes hear intelligent Frenchmen—at the disadvantage of not being able to judge for themselves in the original, and therefore left at the mercy of those who profess to make them acquainted with English literature —denounce Shakspere as a villanous hypochondriac, re velling in blooashed and all descriptions of crime, and em phatically declaring the creations of Byron to be all bosh! on the ground that the last-named poet had a cloven foot, and the weakness to desire to hide it ? Handed over to . such intolerable translators, what benefit are they likely to derive from the reading of Hamlet or Childe Harold ? . _ —Charles Dickens's All the Year Round. CHARLES KNIGHT'S ENGLISH CYCLOP/EDIA we see with pleasure is announced for early publication, in a popular re-issue, in cheap weekly numbers. It is to commence with the division of "Arts and Sciences," and will be followed immediately by "Biography," " Geo graphy," and " Natural History," all increased in value by means of Supplements now preparing. This excellent oppor tunity for possessing so valuable a book is well alluded to in the Prospectus : " To the members of Mechanics' and Literary and Scientific Institutions, Working Men's Clubs, and other associations for the purchase and common use of otherwise inaccessible works of research and reference, this mode of re-issue seems particularly well adapted y whilst there are doubtless many individuals who, unable to pay large sums at once, would gladly ava il th emse l ves of the opportunity, by easy payments a t s h or t i n t erva l s, o f possessing so useful and extensive a work as ' The Eng lish Cyclopeedia.' " THE FOXHOUNDS AND THE CATTLE PLAGUE.—It is a somewhat significant fact that at Nantwich, a district that has perhaps suffered more from cattle plague than any other in the country, the Board of Guardians have passed a resolution asking Lord Grosvenor and the gentlemen of the Cheshire Hunt not to give up the sport, as they are of opinion that the hounds do not convey the disease from farm to farm so much as batchers' and other dogs that prowl about the infected spots at night seeking after car rion. The motion was moved by Mr. Wright, of Minshull, and seconded by Mr. Goulbourn, of Wicksley, the latter one of the largest sufferers by rinderpest in the country, having lost 175 head of stock since September. On the other hand, some of the Shropshire farmers, of the Wem and Whitchurch • district, have expressed a strong wish that hunting should be given up for the present, and Sir Watkins W. Wynn stated at the mayor's dinner at Oswes try on Friday that, of course, hunting must depend upon what the farmers felt, and he intended to abide by the de cision arrived at by Lord Grosvenor, who was about to consult the Cheshire farmers on the subject.—Qswestry Advertiser. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BELGIAN. NEW YORK, Jan. 13, Evening. A band of outlaws have captured the steamer Lily, laden with 1,000 bales of cotton, on the Alabama River, and have taken her up Tombigbee River. It is reported that the letter signed Stephens, confirming O'Mahony's appointment, is a forgery. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money abundant. Gold, 1391. Exchange on London, 1501; on Paris, 3f. 74c. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Central, 94k ; Illinois, 127 ; Erie, 911; Five-Twenty Bonds, 103-1. Cotton slightly firmer—middling upland, Mc. Flour depressed. Wheat heavy. Corn and provisions declining. Coffee slightly firmer. Sugar steady. Molasses heave•. Petroleum steady—crude, 36e. ; refined, 58c. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12. Cotton slightly firmer—middling upland, 48e. to 49c. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday. The Hamburg-American Company's screw steamship Bavaria, Captain H. Taube, sailed for New York last night, with German, French, and English mails, a full comple ment of cabin and steerage passengers, 40,868 f. value from Havre, and a large cargo. The Borussia, Captain H. F. Schwensen, with mails from New York of the 20th inst., is due off Cowes, en route for Hamburg, on Wednesday next. The Allemannia, Captain H. N. Trautmann, is appointed to leave this port for New York on Wednesday, the 7th of February, with mails, passengers, and cargo. The paddle wheel steamship Valetta, which has been sold to the Egyptian Government by the Peninsular and Oriental Company, left to-day for Alexandria. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 25. The National Steam Navigation Company's steamship Helvetia, from Liverpool, arrived here at 4 45 p.m. to-day, and having embarked passengers and latest despatches, proceeded for New York at 6 30 p.m.; all well. FALMOUTH, Jan. 25. The New York and Havre Company's American mail steamer Fulton, from Havro yesterday, called here to-day to embark passengers, and proceeded this afternoon for New York. She takes out 11 passengers, the mail, and a large general cargo, and landed here seven passengers from Havro. The Jamaica Insurrection. ARREST AND TRIAL OP GORDON. The following is an authentic account of the court-martial by which G. W. Gordon was con- demned : At a court-martial assembled by order of Brigadier Ge neral Nelson at Dlora,nt Bay, on the 21st day of October, 1865: Present—Lieutenant C. A. Brand, R.N., president ; Lieutenant Errington, R.N., member ; Ensign P. Kelly, 4th West India Regiment, member, proceeded to try George W. Gordon, charged with— " For, that before the time of the insurrection at Morant Bay, on the 11th day of October, 1865, when the rebels massacred the custos, the Baron von Ketelholt, and divers other persons, being justices of the peace, or other occupa tions, assembled in vestry on such day, the said George William Gordon did, in furtherance of the said massacre, at divers periods previous to the same, incite and advise, with certain of the insurgents there, by his influence tend ing to cause the riot, whereby many of her most gracious Majesty's subjects lost their lives when assembled in law ful consideration of parochial and other matters—the said George William Gordon is arraigned:— " First—On the charge of high treason against her Ma jesty Queen Victoria. " Second—With having complicity with certain parties who were engaged in the rebellion, riot, or insurrection at Morant Bay, on the 11th day of October, 1865." The Court having been duly sworn, the prisoner pleaded Not Guilty. John Anderson, sworn—The last timethe prisoner went up to Stoney Gut he came to the Chapel Highland Castle at Stoney Gut. Ile says to Paul Bogle, " They are going to hold a public meeting. We must get up some men for to go to Morant Bay to seek about the back land, and if we don't get the back lands all the buckra they will die ;" and after that Paul Bogle asked me if I would join them. I tell him "No, I would not join it, because when all buckra dead how we are going to manage ?" and he said, "If I don't join it they will kill you." I was forced to travel away to Leith-hall Barracks. Paul Bogle got M'Laren to go up the mountain to look for hands and to come to Morant Bay. Prisoner—On what day did you see me at Stoney Gut ? Witness—Sunday. In what month and in what year P—This year, I know. June or July, I believe, but I did not date it down. Was there any other person there besides Bogle and my self ? •- Plenty more. Did I say that publicly in the presence of all ?—Yes. What time of the day was it ?—After chapel was over. About this time, 3 p.m. You know me ?—Yes. James Gordon, sworn, said—Mr. Gordon sent that all the people must gather up money and send it to him that ho might pay it for the letter to go home to the Queen, and if tho letter won't go he will go himself to see the Queen face to face, and when we tell the man we not able to do that, if it is the Queen sent we will do so, and he said we must try endeavour, and if we got the money we must send it in a letter, and send it to a post-office, and direct it " G. W. Gordon," at the back, and ho will receive it anywhere at all. (Written documents were produced and read in court marked A, and attached.) Prisoner—How do you know the letter came frome me ? Witness—Because it was signed by Geo. W. Gordon. Do you know my signature ?—No. Gordon Ramsay, being duly sworn—l produce a depo sition of Thomas Johnson, made on his death-bed. He is since dead. The Court —Did the dying man say that they were Mr. Gordon's friends at Stoney Gut, or did he mean to say he heard they were ? Witness—He said, Gordon's friends. Gordon teach them. Hero was read document C, then D, then E, then F, hen one of G, being one of many of G. W. Gordon's papers found in his portmanteau.) Mrs. Gough, postmistress of Morant Bay, sworn, stated — There was a correspondence between Mr. Gordon and cer tain parties—George M'lntosh, William Grant, the saddler, William uhisholm, James M‘Laren. I have seen a letter for Paul Bogle from the prisoner. The Court—You can swear to the handwriting ? Witness -- Yes : I know his handwriting Well. Look at that and tell if you know it.—That came in two packages, one to Chisholm, one to Paul Bogle, addressed by Mr. Gordon in his writing. (Here was shown a placard headed " State of the Island ;" Chisholm's letter, too.) Are those in Gordon's handwriting ?—They are. Was it not customary for the prisoner to attend all vestry meetings ?—Yes. And was it not an exceptional instance his missing the very day of the slaughter 2—lt was. Everybody thought it very strange. Have you seen or hoard of the meetings here —I never heard of them. Were they kept secret ?—I do not know. Are you aware that I have been corresponding for years with Bogle ?—I only remember one letter about some sugar. When was my last letter to Bogle ?—Cannot say. Was it more or less than two months?—l cannot recol lect the exact time. Are you not aware that Chisholm is an old servant of mine, and that I have always been in correspondence with him, more or less ?—I was not aware that he was then a servant of yours. Then I will make it friend ? —When prisoner comes late into the bay he .always says he will get his grass from Chisholm—that is all I know. Did a letter come through the post for Mr. M'lntosh lately ?—There was a paper with a penny stamp on it for M'lntosh. What induced you to take that placard out of the cover or wrapper ?—lt was a habit at the post-office to take out papers, read them, and return them. Was the seal off, or how did you get out ?—A book par cel, with both ends clear. Did you know I was suffering from indisposition ?—I never heard. James M'Laren sworn, said—l know Mr. Gordon was a member of the House of Assembly. The Court—Do you know Mr. Gordon has something to do with the rebellion ? Witness—That I don't know of. Did you ever hear of Mr. Gordon being connected with Paul Bogle ?—Paul Bogle always voted for him. Do you know James Gordon know several James Gordons. Prisoner—Did I over send you up to the mountains to raise money, or in any way to tell the people not to pay for land, or anything improper ? Witness—No. Mr. Ramsey here produced another letter from the pri soner to E. C. Smith, marked "private," checked I. The prisoner admitted the letter to be his writing. This was the case for the Crown. The pri soner's defence has already appeared in The Sun, at the conclusion of which he was sentenced to death. Brigadier Nelson added the following minute to the record of the proceedings and the sentence of the court : Approved and confirmed. Moreover, I fully concur in the sentence awarded, such being fully borne out by the evidence. The prisoner to be hung on Monday next, the 23d of October, 1865 ; to-morrow, the 22d, being Sunday, and the state of this part of the country not rendering it necessary to inflict the punishment on the Sabbath-day. A. A. NELSON, Brigadier-General, Com manding Field Forces. 'Morant Bay, Oct. 21, 1865, 8 p.m. WESTMINSTER. UNGRATEFUL RETURN.—Martha Clarke, a flauntingly dressed girl, was charged with stealing a silk gown skirt, under the following circumstances : Mrs. Margaret Reed, the wife of a groom living at 8, Hasper's-court, Knightsbridge, said that on the 29th ult. the prisoner came to her house to see a lodger in the upper part of it. Addressing prosecutrix, who was standing at her parlour-door, she said she wished to avoid her friend's husband, who was coming downstairs in order to prevent a disturbance. Prosecutrix said she was welcome to step into her parlour for a minute or two, and she did so. Prosecutrix went down the passage for a minute, and when she re turned the prisoner was gone, and with her the skirt of a silk dress which had been hanging behind the door. On the Thursday after prosecutrix was going up the Hay market when she met the prisoner and accused her with the robbery. She admitted that she had taken the dress and pawned it, but declared that she would restore it the following Saturday, but she failed, and prosecutrix meet ing her last night gave her into custody. Mr. Selfe —I am afraid you have compromised this by not giving prisoner in charge when you first met her. , Prosecutrix—l thought her a respectable person, and that in her situation in life if I gave her into custody it would ruin her character, and deprive her of the means of getting her bread. Mr. Selfe—What situation of life was she in ? Proseentrix—A servant then ; but she has altered her station in life for worse. Prisoner-1 am very sorry. I was distressed. Mr. Solfe—So you robbed this good-natured woman. You are remanded for a week. MARKETS,---This Day. MARK-LANE. The supply of English wheat received fresh up to our market to-day was but moderate. For good and fine dry samples, there was a fair demand, and prices ruled firm, but damp produce was a dull inquiry on former terms. The market was fairly supplied with foreign wheat, in which a moderate amount of business was transacted at late rates. Floating cargoes of grain were in but moderate request. Nevertheless, prices ruled firm. The supply of barley on sale was moderate. The trade was quiet for all descriptions at the prices of Monday. In malt a limited business was transacted at late rates. The supply of oats on sale was very moderate. The trade, in consequence, was firm at very full prices. Beans and peas met a slow sale at late quotations. Flour moved off slowly at late prices. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 860 2110 3900 1710 1110 Irish Foreign 630 750 650 2650 sks. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are were well supplied with meat, and ;he trade rules heavy at the annexed quotations : Yer 81b by the carcase. a d a d 8d a d Inferior beef 2 8 3 2 Inferior mutton.... 3 6 3 10 Middling do. 3 4 3 8 Middling mutton..l 0 4 4 Prime large do 3 10 4 0 Prime do .......... 4 6 4 le Prime small do 4 2 4 4 Veal 4 4 5 4 Large pork 3 6 4 2 Small pork. ........ 1 4 4 8 Lamb, Cs Od to Oa Od. BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on sale is moderate for the time of year. The trade, on the whole, is steady, but without activity, the inquiry being chiefly for good and fine quali ties of produce. Prices are unaltered from our last report. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents 11 New Sussex Yearlings COLONIAL. TEk.—There is very little business passing, but prices generally are well supported. SUGAR. - Holders do not feel disposed to press sales, and there have been no public auctions in the public market There is a fair inquiry, and superior qualities of West India maintain full values. Refined goods are at steady prices. COFFEE. —Only small parcels have been sold at public auction at fully previous quotations. RTOE. -Thedemand has been limited, and prices gene rally are unaltered. TALLOW.—The market is dull, and quotations a shade lower. P.Y.C., on the spot, is marked 465. 9d. ; March delivery, 465. 6d. ; and last 6 months, 48s. 6d. to 495. per cwt. Liverpool Cotton Market—fikis Day. Market rather quiet. Snles probably 6,000 bales. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY. The following appeared in a late edition of The Sun of last evening : A special general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held at the London Tavern to-day at noon, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Committee of Investigation, and for the election of directors. There was a numerous attendance. Mr. G. Goodson occupied the chair. The substance of the report has been already published. Mr. C. H. TURNER moved that the report of the com mittee be adopted. Mr. CYPRUS LEGGE seconded the motion. Mr. SINIPSON, a, director, thought they should let bygones be bygones. (No, no.) Ho must remind them that it was the custom of Englishmen to furnish persons charged with anything with a bill of indictment. That had not been done in this case. To ask him to resign without placing before him what he was charged with was not constitu tional. Ho impressed upon them to unite together to re trieve their position, instead of going into personal con tentions. A wise arrangement with other companies would be very beneficial. A stormy discussion ensued as to the conduct of the directors amid occasional cheers and hisses. In the opinion of one gentleman the directors had spent their time in en couraging projects prejudicial to the interests of the share holders, and were deserving of twelve months on the Mr. FILES hoped the report would not be adopted, so far as it would be a repudiation of the agreement entered into between the Great Eastern and the Great Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railways. If they repudiated that agreement they would destroy those bright hopes which the committee of investigation referred to. Mr. SHAW supplemented the observations of the previ ous speakers. Mr. HARTRIDGE asked if the directors had any objection to publish the evidence adduced to the committee. The CHAIRMAN said the evidence of the committee had not been laid before them. After a short pause, Mr. HARTRIDGE said—l understand the committee are willing to give us the evidence to-day. That being the case I am prepared to move that they be elected in place of the present directors. (Cheers.) Mr. LOVE, a director, said he had considerable experi ence in the affairs of the company. (A voice, In cooking the accounts, and uproar.) The speaker hoped they would not allow him to be hounded down by a man who had not £lO in the company. He proceeded at some length to de fend the conduct of the company, amid cries of "time" and alternate hisses and applause. He hoped, in conclusion, that the report would be simply received. Mr. WILKINSON said he entered the room prepared to adopt the report, but since then certain grave statements had been made, and he asked the company to pause before they did anything to prejudice their property by any intem perate action. In the present circumstances the election of the committee to the directorship could not give entire sa tisfaction. The shareholders should be acquainted with the particulars of the evidence. A SHAREHOLDER said if the directors wished to answer the allegations brought against them, the meeting should adjourn for a month. (Hisses, and cries for Turner.) Mr. TURNER said, with regard to not publishing the evi dence, it would be a gratification for him to do it, but the committee did not feel that they ought to publish the evi dence until they knew what effect it might have upon their property. It was not a wish to screen the directors, but if , the shareholders said they wished the committee to gratify their curiosity, then on the shareholders would rest the re sponsibility, and not on the committee. (Applause.) He was not there to say anything in d4aragement of the pro perty of the company. God knew it was bad enough. (Out with it.) Ho told them the company was in a bad state—deplorably bad, but not hopelessly. He liked the principle of the alliance with the Northern Company, but he hated the terms. Mr. Turner entered into some parti culars to show that the Great Eastern would lose con _ siderably if the agreement were carried out. The CHAIRMAN said that the decision of the board was that the vacancies should be filled up, and they expected at the same time the permission would be given to them to issue a reply to the circular of the committee of inves tigation. A SHAREHOLDER-lf this report is adopted, what is the use of a reply. Mr. SHAW—After you have received the report you can elect the directors and adjourn the meeting. The reason for the adjournment is that we may have an opportunity to reply to the committee's statement. Mr. BEAVIS, a member of the committee, said a more reckless set of men than the directors he never came in con tact with in his life. (Laughter and applause.) If the meeting had confidence in the committee they should adopt the report as it was. Somo might say, " Oh, it is one set of rascals turning out another." (Great laughter, which was continued for some time.) If Mr. Love had anything more to do with this company it would not be worth a brass farthing. (Laughter, hisses, and applause.) He hoped they would adopt the report in its entirety. After some discussion, Mr. TURNOR intimated that he bad been authorised in behalf of the committee to state that they agreed to the amendment, if the Chairman assured them that there was nothing " on the back of it." The CHAIRMAN said he was quite willing to give the assurance. The amendment was then put to the meeting, and una nimously approved ef. The amendment, as carried, was as follows :--‘• That the report of the commiitee of investigation, under date 19th inst., be received and entered in the minutes." A vote of thanks was then awarded to the committee of investigation. The meeting thereafter proceeded to the election of directors, in the course of which Mr. LEGGE asked Mr. Maynard, the solicitor to the company, if it was true, as had been alleged, that ques tions conducted with the Eastern Union affairs would place Captain Jervis and Mr. Jocelyn in direct antagonism to the interests of the Great Eastern Company ? Mr. MATNARD said such questions did exist, and he believed very large sums would accrue to the company by a proper investigation into the affairs. Mr. LEGGE then moved that in view of the official state ment made by Mr. Maynard, Captain Jervis, and Mr. Jocelyn be censured and no longer retain the confidence of the shareholders. (Hisses.) Captain JERVIS repudiated in the most firm and distinct language every won d said by Mr. Maynard and Mr. Lege. (Oh, oh, hisses, and cries of "Sit down.") It was not true that Mr. Jocelyn and himself refused to retire, (Why do not you retire. Will you retire to-day? Put him out.) After some explanations Captain Jervis stated that the reason this attack had been made upon him was because he had moved at a board meeting that Mr• M - aynardshould receive a yearly salary from the company instead of fees. He had no objection to the printing of the evidence. Mr. JOCELYN said he would take the opportunity of put ting in print his reply to the charges made against him. The motion of Mr. Legg censuring the two directors "who had set at defiance the resolution of the special general meeting," was then put to the meeting and carried, nearly all the gentlemen in• the room holding up their hands in its favour. Mr. COBBOLD demanded a poll. The resolution relieving the committee from the publi cation of the evidence was then carried. The filling up of the vacancies was then proceeded with. The following were the directors who went out from office: —Josiah Smith Wells, Esq., J. T. Norris, Esq, H. Love, Esq., James Puke, Esq and John Alexander Thompson Smith. The following gentlemen were unanimously elected directors in their stead :—Charles Henry Turner, Esq., Litchurch, Derby; George Beavis, Esq., Ottery villa, 11, London-road, St. John's-wood; George Smith, Esq., 57 Conduit-street ; and Arthur Ballantyne, Esq., 4, Austin friars. For the fifth vacancy three candidates were pro posed, namely, Viscount Bury, J. Love, Esq., and George Gamble, Esq. On the vote being taken the latter was chosen to office by an overwhelming majority. Mr. COBBOLD, at this stage, intimated that he withdrew his demand for a poll. The proceedings, which throughout had been of a very recriminating and noisy description, were then brought t o a close, the meeting having lasted four hours. Bank of England Returns,•--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to t] cap. 32, for the week ending VOWS DEI Notes issued .......X26,907,2151 lie Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 1866. PLIITMENT. Government Debt 411,015,100 Other Securitici .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin &Bullion 12,:57,215 Silver Bullion .... £26 907,2151 £26,907,215 BAN K Ll.l 0 D ,PARTMENT. eroprietors' Capi tal .C 14.553.00 [test Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis mission ers of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ao- Government Secu rities (including Dead VVeightA,n nutty) .. t9,P6i,982 Other Secu ri tie s„ 19,423,233 Notes ............ 5,93 ', 35 Gold and Silver 8.3,545 Coln ........... counts) 3,439,9i Other Deposits.— 14,130,091 Seven Day and other Bina 404,815 £36.037,565 £36,037,565 -. MILLER, Chief Cashier. Jan. 25, 1865, SUSPICIOUS CASE.—On Tuesday afternoon the lower part of the body of a man was found floating in 'he Forth and Clyde Canal, Glasgow. The head and arms were gone, but were afterwards found half a mile west from the spot where the trunk and legs were seen. A dreadful gash appeared in the left side of the head, and the skull was extensively fractured. A girl who happened to bo standing on the canal bank saw a coasting boat pass, and heard the steersman say to another man on board, "I will let you see before we go far." Some distance farther up the canal, and after a proper lapse of time, a smith heard cries of distress, and a sound as of a man chopping on wood with an axe. The body will undergo a post-mortem examination. The case is being investigated by the autho rities. Another Great Robbery by a Confidential Clerk. MANSION-HOUSE-THIS DAY. This morning John Loosemore, of No. 1, Park. crescent, Regent's-park, until yesterday a confiden tial clerk in the employ of Piere Tinarde and Co., provision merchants, of 17, Gracechurch-street, was placed at the bar before Alderman Carden, charged with stealing a bill of exchange for £2,500, the pro perty of his employer. The prosecutor said that the prisoner had been in his service for 13 years as clerk, and in him was re posed the utmost confidence ; and also the respon sibility of managing his (witness's) London esta blishment devolved upon him, he himself being more frequently in Paris than in London. In August last he handed the prisoner a bill of exchange of £2,500, drawn by the Merchants' Bank of Mauritius on the Merchants' Bark in. London. It was accepted, and he handed it to the prisoner to pay it into his account in the Bank of England, he having endorsed it for that purpose. Yesterday, on looking into his pass-book, he saw among the various items this bill of exchange for £2,500 entered in the prisoner's handwriting, and not in that of the clerks of the Bank of England. This excited his suspicion, and he went to the Bank, and there discovered that the bill had never been paid in. He taxed the prisuner t who at once admitted stealing the bill, and said he had converted it to his own use, and lost the whole of the money in speculation. A clerk from the Bank of England proved that the bill had never passed through that establishment, and also that the entry in the pass-book was fictitious. Alderman Carden remanded the prisoner for a week. London and St. Katherine's Dock Company. MEETING THIS DAY. The ordinary general meeting of the proprietors was held this day at the Dock House, Tower-hill. In moving the adoption of the report, which was of a highly favourabl© character, the Chair man alluded to the late great fire that had taken place in St. Katherine's Dock. He said he had no doubt that it was the general desire that he should state the amount of loss the calamity would occasion the company. (Hear, hear.) He had the greatest satisfaction in informing them that the loss would be almost insignificant, as the pre mises were well and fully insured. The loss to the company would not exceed £l,ooo—in fact, he thought that about £7OO would be the sum. There would be no loss as far as reinstating the building was concerned ; the loss would arise from want of stowage room. Messrs. Cubitt had undertaken the rebuilding, and the whole was to be rebuilt within ten weeks. There had been a rigid inquiry into the casues of the fire by both their solicitor and the person deputed to attend by Sir R. Mayne, and he felt gratified to say that there was no one point in either of these gentlemen's reports to show tho fire was wilfully done through malice. The best feeling, he assured the meeting, existed between the directors and the hands em ployed in the docks. The statement of the chairman appeared to gi7e great satisfaction. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-THURSDAY. CHESTER CUP. 33 to 1 agst Blithfield (taken freely) THE DERBY. 7to 1 agst Rustic (taken and wanted) 11 to 1 agst Student (taken) 100 to 6 agst Janitor (offered, take 20 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Bribery colt (taken) WATERLOO (COURSING),Ctr. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bartholomew's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Jardine's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Spinks's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Brocklebank's nomination (offered, take 40) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Clark's nomination (taken) BANK OF FitANCE. PARIS, JAN. 25. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Jan. 25. fr. c. Capital of the Bank.... 182,500, 000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 Notes in circulation ... 972,811,075 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 136,879,090 54 136,033,195 79 Do. branch banks Dividends payable 3,455,863 75 4,469,584 75 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries • 7,496,373 38 Jan. 18. 182,500,000 -: 4,000,000 - 970,736,975 - 7,758,618 43 2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92 10,493,046 61 12,827,220 38 Total CREDITOR. Jan. 25. Jan. 18. Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c. Branch banks Commercial bills over- due Commercial bills dis- 270,465 72 290,403 73 connted, not yet due 381,547,592 99 380,746,508 06 Do. branch banks 359,885,538 362,227,137 —. Advances on deposit of bullion 6,058,500 1)o. branch banks 8,631,000 Do. on French Public Securities 12,186,000 Do.on by branch ba s n h k a s r . e . s 7,128,100 Do. and debentures 30,075,200 D. branch banks 20,436,880 Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con-. vention, June 10, 1857) Government Stock re- 7,216,700 8,619,000 - 12,658,400 7,413,000 - 31,037,900 20,877,080 - 637,700 - 455,800 - 648,700 - 466,700 60,000,00 - 60,000,000 - serve Do. disposable ......... Routes Immobalis6es (Law, June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches ... Expenses of manage ment .... 5undrie5................. .................. 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 36,449,737 91_ 36,449,737 91 8,398,169 - 8,382,613 - 48,676 57 33,164 95 11,915,515 18 11,654,528 84 Total 1,447,692,548 82 1,449,311,634 A• 2 Cortified by the Senator-Governor of the 13ank of Prance. (Signed) ROULAND. POLLUTION OF RIVERS' COMMISSION.--This com mission (so far as the River Thames is concerned) is n ow this river will be presented to her Majesty before the meet ing of Parliament. The commissioners will then proceed to the North of England and resume their inquiry there. THE HEALTH OF MR. J. GIBSON, THE SCULPTOR. —We have been favoured with the following lettPr from one of the physicians in attendance on Mr. Gibson: —"107, Via del Babuino, Rome, Jan. 19—I am happy to inform you that the state of Mr. Gibson's health is gradu ally improving, and that during the last two.days sensation has been returning in the paralysed arm. He has been fres from pain during the whole of his illness, and his mental faculties have bean quite clear. We have now, I think, reasonable hopes of his recovery." We are authorised to state that the Anthropolo gical Society of London will hold an extraordinary meeting at St. James's Hall on Thursday, February Ist, a t 8 p.m., to read and discuss a paper by Captain Bedford Pau, R.N., entitled " The Negro at Home and Abroad." We believe that the paper will have especial reference to the negro of Jamaica, and the causes of the late insurrec tion in that island. ROBBERY BY A CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. — To - day an elderly man, named William Chadwick, lately ' a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Taylor, the extensive mustard and cocoa manufacturers of Whitechapel, was placed before the magistrate at Worship-street Police Court, charged with robbing his employers. The prisoner was looked upon as a man of undoubted honesty, and had been in the employ of the firm for over seven years, and his salary at the time of the robbery was £3OO a year. Chad wick having taken a day's holiday, his accounts werelooked into by another clerk, and it was then found that, although the entries in the book were correct, the totals were falsi fied. When the prisoner was accused of robbery, he indig anmanotulyntdedentioe d n e t a h r e l y v charge ,,ooo b h u e t awdhmeintt teodldtakhiinsgdtehfealmcaotnioenys, alleging the insufficiency of his salary. He was remanded for a week. fl• 'son. Shan 100 100 100 all 100 100 99 98) 9 931 00i 361 7