The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-14 00:00:00

MINING MARKET. FRIDAY, Two o'Clock. a ce Market to-d a y h as b een moderately active. fo,,llee of Wales, North C ro ft y, C h i verton, Clif itl-m) East Basset, and Marke Valley chiefly dealt c h . Annexed are the current q uo t a ti ons: — 0 0 lvertoti Moor, 4?- 5 ; Chon:ales Gold, 21 a ; Carnarvon ti: sci lidated , East Basset, 201 211; Kist Cara- Q 1 • 11 ' 1; East Lovell, 9 91; East Russell, —; East Wheal 2 ; Great Laxey, —; Great South Tol ; Great Wheal Vor, 141 151 ; Marke Valley, Of W -I'4orth Crofty, 2/ 3; North Treskerby, 21 1 ; , Pr d ince tow ! I l es, 21s 25s ; Prosper United, 11 21; South C . on ur -1-„:18 13 s ; West Caradon, 13 131 ; West Chiverton, Art i „, °- ,; Wheal Agar, —s —s ; Wheal Chiverton, 61 ; \V-jae-a' Crebor, —s —s ; Wheal Grenville, 22s 6d 2os S eto n 1271 1321; Clifford Amalgamate, 5/ 6, thITISII FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a berCioeVlLNltzsT FUNDS. ~ 13 0. ei lt• Consols 6 p e .. Account Jan.lo B Bl 1 1 1 88 t 1 i NewVUlellueed B7l 1 2 P r Cent B 7l , 13 0. Per Cent. Jan. 1894 u s) 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 Q -- Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 'achequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 3 7 pm Do £5OO I ' 1 7 - 37 pm Do £lOO & £2OO „ 3 7 pm Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent ... . Ditto for Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Mock, 10/ per Cont., AprillB74 — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 - Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 por Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bouds,4 per Cent., £l,OOO — pm Do under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. krgentine Republic, 6 per Cent -- lu,;trian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1855 r :tz iii, ll; 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-5-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 Do Account 684 Do. £lOO Bonds — Bienos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. A ccouut Do .4:100 Bonds — Di 2 per Coat. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) jLiiian 6 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent. Du. 6 per Cent A — Do. „ B — C ilombian, 6 per Cent. ;ttba, 6 per Cont. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 ea Danubian Principalities 00. Account o:quador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Pr3visional Land Warrant Do befencd g,-yptiau 7 per Cent Do Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 1861 B3l Do £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures B3f 41 Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons _)a Account Jo. Coupons Gaatemala 5 per Cent. — Itilian 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway \lexical: 3 per Cent Do. Account - i D ,-, . 1864 l3 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Nlontevidean 6 per Cent. , 11.00rish Imperial 5 per Cent iew Granada l3l Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Laud viarrants (Hectares) eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 no Account 691 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3 43 Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Da 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1861 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account "Spanish 3 per Cent Do Acc‘:,unt Do Now Deferred Do Account Do Passive — Do Account — Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account — S wedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 4i per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid dis Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 78 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account l7:_ Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 186 - 2 Do Account 00. 6 per Cent, 1864 2B Ditto 14 per Cent. — Dividenas on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutcb:2-:4- per Cent. Ex. 12 Guth, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ... French Relates, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Itaiiati 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. 5 per Cent. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Do. Account, Jan. BB4 i xd it ;coin alked r her in the king. )ur of ester- ) .rillCe Lady -day. have gable id rc )ut of ,r im prin- Her .n the ,rmed The dated Lished a the 1,600 Loxne h has Lord riders nham Duke awry, A ND high- 1. A. The iares, conl - L tree e the old a Lbout Duke ss of ffaigt l a nd, lesses The open r Sir rICeS S seven r u by' d the L Env' couut Nlac- their 7 yeS e left n, of re Icf Dined ig .h at d the ,ess of IgCSt 7 1 a nd Lora :ousal L " by Th e )riOS) ) eaU - .riTONLIZ MARKET '..: , I) NT, 7 , 1E - riJ . `..: ~.. ]l_ ', :: '7. It.,LIJGEN,:IE, TWELVE o'CLocK. In the Discount Market to-day business has been q u iet, and the rates of discount remain unaltered. The return from the Bank of England for the 17eek. ending Dec. 12 has again been of a satisfactory character. There has been an increase in the re serve of note s o f £890 , 720 , an d a l so i n t h e b u lli on Of £314,427 ; while the other secu r itie s , consequen t I 'M an increased demand for money, have been augmented to the extent of £340,997. The public at ld pr:v a t e d epos i ts both showed a considerable ad dition, and there is also a slight augmentation i n th e Government securities. Subjoined are the par ticulars 4'tire Circulation —.X22,093,793 Bullio Decreqso ••• ••• ... . .. 619,380 n 18,551471 ... ••• ••• ••• ••• • 'lest Increaso •.. . ••• ••• ••• 314,427 3,247,639 In- P ubli c ncrease • ••• ••• ••• 8,613 D I " posits 7,388,241 0 Increase ••• ••• 550,458 "lor Deposits 18,425,551 SO Increase 681,684 roll Day and Other Bills ... ... 491,208 o o Decreaso ••• ••• ••• ••• 14028 l'ernraent Securities ... 13,011 , ,22 - 2 Increase ••• ••• ••• ••• 54,953 .Leer Se cur i ties ... 19,636,741 lucreaee 240,997 'es tjnemplosed 10,403,905 Increase 890,720 ••• ••• ••• ••• T he return of the Bank of France for the week : tid ing the 13th inst., shows the following changes c °lla Pared with that of the previous week :—ln ease cash in hand, £525,680 ; bills discounted, £2 66,64 0 ; a d vances, £B , OOO ; T reasury b a l ance, ' B °,ooo ; private accounts, £1,200,000. Decrease .-- "tes, £186,400. T he committee of the Stock Exchange have noti fied that the House will be closed on the 24th inst. It has been announced by the directors of the Irnperial Ottoman Bank that the interim dividend °1 ac count of the profits of the year ending the 31st December, 1866, of 10s. per share (the limit t ,"Ted by th e s t a t u t es ), w ill be payable on and after 'ie Ist January, 1867, on the old and new shares of the bank. the h as b een g i ven b y th e I mper i a l B an k th a t e ge ninth or di nary genera l meet i ng w ill b e h e ld on i e sdaY, the 15th Janua r y, f or the pu r po s e of re ,ving the report of the directors, and to declare a lend. It is announced that Messrs. Grant, Murdock, s il . (l Cu., merchants, of Li v erp o ol, and their firm in ha ve susp en d e d M essrs . Middl e t on, H am ilt on , an d C o ., aye suspended payment. No es timate can be formed at e P r esent of the amount of the liabilities, the lossesAor ing princip a lly ar i sen f rom operations at Singa- T he Bank of P ru s s i a has reduced its rate of dis e °ti nt from 41- to 4 per cent. & t , sum of £2,000 in gold was taken to the B an k of England yesterday. d . The Nati ona l B an k o f A us t ra li a h as d ec l are d a t d end at the rate o f 10 pe r c e n t. p er annum. t ivi a PPears the p a id- u p ca pit a l re p resen t s £540,000 , he reserve fund £130,000, and the deposits upwargs Of Zl,OOOOOO. T e l t has been notified by the Anglo-American e g r aPh Company that they have removed their E c ces from 72, Cornhill, to 26, Old Broad-street, Notice has been given that at a meeting of the bard of the City Offices Company a call of Per Share has been made, payable on the 31st 4 , 411 arY next, at the Lo n d on an d C oun ty Bank. d 'l-11 the Foreign and C o l on i a l P r od uce Markets , iir ing th e last few days there has been a moderate : c unt of ac ti v it y. S ugar h as • b een i n f a i r d e - G i ati d, and superior qualities have advanced about a Per cwt. The d ea li ngs i n co ff ee h ave b een t o b r fa ir extent, but owing to the large quantity it i °li ght forward prices have ruled a shade easier. ee has remained at steady prices, while at the Public sales of fruit slightly higher prices have been obtaju ed for superior qualities of raisins, but cur -1.4 ts ' _ have been neglected. Tallow has been in 4 : r e demand, and quotations in all positions show u Pward tendency. T e At the meeting held t o -d a y o f th e E as t ern B enga l a Company, a resolution to wind-up the coin pa tIY voluntarily was unanimously adopted. z A t a meeting held to-d a y of the Panama, New L' Intl,and , and Australian Royal Mail Company, ted, the rep or t o f th e di rec t ors s t a t e d th a t dur feog t he last three months £30,000 had been received 04 ' debentures, making the total amount £82,500, t h e °f the proposed issue of £150,000, and when 41 : halace of £67,500 was subscribed for the pay of the dividend could be arranged. Two O'CLOCK. Acc ording to Reuter's telegram from Paris to '43r the French Rentes were 69f. 70c. Heavy. 4 411 the Stock Exchange markets are exceedingly tii,°Yant, and Co n sol s ha v e ri s en nearly per cent. 13 Shows a co ns id e rable improv e ment within th e g s - : f ew days, Consols are 881 / for money, and i for the account. The New Threes and Re t:ced An nu i t i es are 871 ; Exchequer B i lls, 3s. k prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 1061. ti A fir mer t one i s apparent in the Foreign Stock 1114ticet, p r i ces genera lly s h ow i ng a decided upward ° lrenient. Turkish 5 per Cents. have advanced i1 r , 13 32 i 33 ; Mexican Stock, to 18/ 19 ; G ree k -1- 1 to 132 144 ; Spanish Passive to 201 0; do. Certificates I, to 13/ 14 ; and the Italian of 1861 to 551 The New Russian Loan Scanl l 3 has been in good demand, and has improved 'to li prem. 14 13u siness in the Railway Sh ar e M ar ket has been li „ ci , re animated, but the variations in prices have b een important. A firmer t one , h oweve r, pre- Q . 411 8. r Great Eastern h ave i m p rove d t o 264, an d 4t ea t Western to 481 491 ; North-Western remain 1 11 115 i 116 ; Met ro p o lit an , 120/ 121 ; Midl an d , -119 1 ; and South Eastern, 614 62k. 4et t ne foreign and col on i a l li nes rema i n very i n - I ve and without material change in prices. 6: ea t Luxembourg are marked 14 ; West Flan tits, 7 i ; East Indian, 105,1 106 : 1 ; and Great In '4llPeninsula, 106 i. kAmerican Securities remain inactive. United 7 0 4 , te s 5-20 Bo n d s , h owever , h ave i mprove d 1, to share s Illinois shares declined f, to 77i 78 ; an d E r i e remain at 47k. aaideand Great Western Railway D e b en t ures i ‘' e advanced f, to 56 57 ; an d th e C onso lid ate d crtgage Bonds /, to 42 42k. e ' l Bank Shares the operations have again been 11 inactive. Alliance had improved to 17, 'ra ver; ,„, - at Ottoman to 84 91, South Australian to 251, 4-17 London Chartered of Australia to 22. London 1 1 ,1 W estminster are dealt in at 95, Provincial of 44 e , : a 11d at 82, London Joint-Stock at 414 to 42i, London and County at 63. act.-useellaneous and Finance shares remain in it:e. General Credit and Finance, however, have t o 2 1 : () ved to 3,1 -I, and Credit Foncier of England 7t. International Financial are flat s at ; tiotial glo-American Telegraph steady, at 15f ; Na biscount Company at 14f, and Telegraph Ilqruction and Maintenance at 13i /. PARAGUAY AND BRAZIL. We have been surprised to see Mr. Balcarce, the Argentine Minister at Paris and London, has thought fit to address himself officially to a French journal impugning the correctness of the recently published news from the seat of war in Paraguay —news, be it understood, received mostly from the Allies themselves. In un dertaking this task Mr. Balcarce,',allowing himself t be carried away by an extreme of zeal, has attacked Paraguay and its Government in terms not at all of a di;!lomatic character. This is an unusual proceeding of the Argentine Minister, and it is not the first time he has taken a similar course. The representative of Paraguay is placed under the necessity of showing the false position to which Mr. Balcarce has committed himself. As etiquette will not permit foreign diplomatic agents to enter into controversy in a neutral and friendly country, the following editorial remarks have appeared in the Gazette de France:— " We find ourselves all at once engaged in a cor respondence with the Ministers of South America. The day before yesterday we have published a letter which Mr. Balcarce had directed to us. To-day we receive one from Mr. C. Bareiro, Minister for Paraguay, who thought proper not to let pass without protest the attacks directed against his country by the Minister of the Argentine Re public. Mr. Bareiro, understanding perfectly well that diplomatic agents could not well enter officially into the discussions of newspapers, his pro test is only made as " citizen" of Paraguay. As we have opened our columns to the Argentine Minister, we cannot do less than to open, them also to the Minister of Paraguay. (Signed) "AUBRY FOUCAULD." -_.._ A Mr. le Directeur de la Gazette de France. Paris, le 8 Decembre, 1866. Mousieur,—l have read with much surprise the letter which Mr. Balcarce, in his official character, as Minister Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Confe- deration, has thought proper to direct to yo• for the sake of making France believe that the defeat of the allies at Curupaity was only a very slight repulse, and that Paraguay was a country hermetically closed to foreign commerce and systematically hostile to the European element. Through this open official act it seems Mr. Bale arce wan ted to put the represent ant of Paraguay under the obligation of contradicting his assertion publicly and officially. The represen tative of Paraguay is fully aware that he would act with very little civility if he would enter into a controversy, because he cannot forget that he as well as his colleague are on neutral ground, par taking of the hospitality of a friendly nation, and has therefore to leave the entire responsibility to Mr. Balcarce, as to allegations which the ordinary usages of society will not allow to be treated officially. The representative of Paraguay has nothing to add, as the report speaks clear enough, and will be still clearer yet. I will allow myself only one simple and last question : Because General Mitre has been unlucky on the battle-field, has his representative at a foreign Court the right to forget so far that reserve which his public and official character should oblige him to observe ? The above observations do not emanate from the Paraguayan Legation, but are entirely and per sonally my own. In asking you for the insertion of these few lines, I appeal to your high sense of impartiality, and beg of you to accept, &c.--C, BAREIRO, Citizen of Paraguay. M. PEAK ON POLITICAT, DEMONSTRATIONS. —The Moderate party in iTtingary, wishing to manifest its sym pathy for Ms Dettk, that statesman declined the demonstra tion, and explained his reason in the following language : "It is not seemly to manage public affairs in the streets. Those manifestations might be admissible when public life was at a deadlock, but they aro useless when the represen tatives of the country are deliberating." THE WAR OFFICE CLERKS' WIDOWS' FUND.— We hear that it is in contemplation at the War-office, where there are numerous grades, to establish a widows' fund, on equitable principles, such as will provide a decent c3mpetency for the widows of clerks who may require such aid. The Civil Service Superannuation Fund, for which a small percentage is deducted from every clerk's salary in the Civil Service, does not include widows or orphans, only providing for the superannuation of civil servants on retirement from ill-health or old age. nailwayb. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... 'Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth,& Ab. June E.London, zerip Certi 1)0. GiafigOW & S. Western reat Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Aug]. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland reat Northern ~ A stock Do. 13. stock Do. i'N - ew, is. at' 5 pa , t S, and %V. of Ireland ' , it. Western -Original .fr S. Val. Rail gut.' Do. South \Vales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., I.lrigh.,& S Coast, Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lou. & South Western Man., 8110., & Lincoln 1 Metropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension...... Metropolitan Dit3trict. 1)0 do. do. Do. aad St. John'alrd Slid and Do. .£9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derb) vtid Kent . INorth British .... Do. Ed., & Dun. :Nth. Eastern—Lerwick Do. G.IN•E purehast Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... ho. Stock. di Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 - North London .. Do. do. 1861 5 . . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E . Aber. stock iJo. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union South Devon South astern Staines, Wok., Az Wok Tall' Vale Do. C ! Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha Wet Cornwall THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1866. SHARE MA RKE T S.— This Day. ORDINARY 3IIARES AND STOCKS. Paid. ISSE. 100 100 100 all 100 100 11E N' 190 100 100 1.0 100 100 II MINES. 2.1.0 29i 2.11.6 31 2. t 1.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 58i 5.17.0 BRITISH I' Atlantic, St. Lawrence llom.,Baroda, ,tc Cen:ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo Lake Iluron Do. Preference Butf.,Brant,&Goderich, 6 p.c. Calcutta & S. E., lim ale Town & Dock, g - u 1 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p• I East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian , gu.s p.o. Do. J Elaensioti Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pret. stock Do. do. deterred t. India Pen. gua. sp.c t o. GuiL 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c (It. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do reat W 4 s. of Canads.. DJ. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i.do Do. 1 ilth Extension ilelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. it Hudson's Bay.. N. it 1. C'da, 6pc ldtlabs Scinde A • Do. Delhi Do. do .l ts' Do. Pun iaub.... F ,3 Do.lndus St.Flot COLONIAL GOYIM British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... ICan.GOv.6 p.c.Ja.SbJul, 1877- - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 1)0. 5 p. 0. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. 0. inscribed Cape C. Elope, 6 p.c. 187:i Do. Apl.&Uct 1890-1900 Do. do 1880-9 ,, Do. Jan. &J uly, 11390-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 - (le, lon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. Do. 1878, do.. Ntattritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. Is7B )o. 1882, May i 5, Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal 'iov. 6 per cent N. B.G ov. 6 p.c.J a.&.1 ul) N. S. V . Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to ►B7es Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... . • Nova So Ala Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. a. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards.. Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, 9pril & Oct.. BRITIS Cam. Consol. Gold, Una IChiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam BrPa ti;ast Grenville East Uunnislake .. East Loved E. Nri _Russell (Tavlstk (Jam. & StAubyn(G wen.' Great L txey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy. G. Wheal Vor renville erod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke vtwyndr !tun Ore, fin, N err Se ton North Roskear N. Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Fr ,videnee Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Iran. killogan stray Park Tin Cr0tt....0 Vigra and Clogan, lim West vassett (Mogan W. Caradon (14,skeard West Chi verton . West Seton. Wheal Bassett 'Mogan IVheal Buller (Itedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Scion Wheal Trelawney (Lis Closing Price. 85 S 7 114 L 6 40 46 4 6 C 5 0 70 72 1 0 :18 254 26 5 6 1:2 11 1:22 123 90 42 48 4 30 35 3) 3) 123 k 231 79 81 151 151 10 20 1151 1151 80 tiz 44 45 119 121 1 2 p 10 11 83 85 1194 119 11 21% 9U J 2 35 36 :4 18 103 1i 4 6t 0 97 9) 34 35 9 10 p 116 120 1 2p 1 2p 69 71 114 118 148 152 42 44 60 62 8 9 153 253 3 4; SIONS. 66 58 102 103 id ip 4 46 76 Ni 50 55 101 103 101 IC3 105 106 18 20 85 88 57 59 50 54 59 54 37 40 23 25 lOti 107 i 1 p i 1v 100 102 91 93 121 12i 1: 14 F 8 92 81 84 n 1.11 IC2 103 U 2 94 b 5 90 82 85 99 101 97 98 1i 1d 98 99 T SECURITIEIi 93 94 90 92 90 02 77 78 75 77 lt4 1:,13 103 105 1( 2 104 It 4 1(6 88 ?0 ICO 102 114 ILO 105 107 101 106 105 fO7 ICG 108 26 100 9:) 92 90 92 90 95 SY. /57 18 100 al 65 96 98 92 Pi 106 108 26i 6 5! 123& 804 70} 151 4 84 j 3 62 11 106 51 61 PO 102; 3 Business clone. 1134 13 1231 2, 4-i 9 81 9i 8 11:f 16 :5) 45 51 12ii 1 2 2 19; 110 i i 20 19 I 103 101 66 7 6 41 54 415 425 18 20 6 0 2 3 2 3 a 6 9 10 21 21 5 6 17 18 14 16 11 14 30 32 3 t 61 4 51 41 2/ 35 45 2 4 11 if 21 26 300 320 P 11 3 5 14 12 14 51 55 115 125 83 75 18 10 10 12 133 141 7 9 ,;1G tl kiAlt E PILEFEREN great. Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 1, 79) Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., Ditto (~C6 , 91 PREFERENCE SLIARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. &c , 41 per cent., 1858, Ditto, new 5 per cent., 1865, 10 Midland A and B pf, 103 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire. - 9I 89i Chester and Ilolyhead, London and Blackwall, 80 Mid. Illeadtord,'pt. stock 89i 90 Wilts and Somerset, FOREI UN RAILWAYS, clreat Luxembourg', 116 Namur and Liege, gust. 6 per cent. pl., 18a San Paulo. L.,ua. 6 per cent., 14 West Flanders, 71 FOREIGN KIN Mt, Chontales Gold and Silver Mining„ 21 .Fortuna (urn.), 2 11 it. John del !toy, Urn., 43 Yudanamutana of South Australia, ulna., 11 BANS.Ii. Alliance, Urn.. 174 17 Australasia, 621 2 3 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and Mina. 15 Chartered !ler. of India. London, and China, 34 Consolidated Bank, lim., 4} imperial Ottoman, lim., 9 ti 9k London and County, 6 4 London Joint Stock, 421 11 Loudon and i estminster, 95 lietropolitan and Provincial Bank. lim., 101 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., 31 Provincial of Ireland, 8Z South Australia. 25) Standard of British South Africa, lim., 121 Union of A ustralin. 49} Union of Loudon, 41 31 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, MI a- City of Moscow Gas, lim., 16 151 Credit Foneler of England, lim , Crystal Palace, -- Ditto, Preference, iOSI Egyptian Coin, and Trading, Ilm., Fore -street IVarehouse, lim., Gm. Credit and Finance of I. , )na Ini Jim.. 3 i I Hudson's Bay, 161 International Financial Society, lirn..72i Dalian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 54 5 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. k7O, issued 90, 53 London Financial Association, lim., 51 61 London General Omnibus Company, Din. 3* Al +elms Irrigation and Canal (4 per cent, guarantord by In. dian Government), Ditto all), 174 National Discount Company, I 1 Northern Assam Tea, lim.. B, 21 Rio de Janeiro Gas, 201 Itoyal Mail Steam, P 7 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, lira., Ditto (£1:)), Di Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lim., 51 Viceroy of Egypt, Mortgage, Loan, 731 Warrant Finance gm., 2 11 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Nisi Prius Sittings at CTuildhall, before Lord Chief Justice Bovill and a Special Jury.) ItICKSMA.N V. WAGNER. Mr. Prentice, Q.C., and Mr. M'Leod wore counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Philbrick for the defendant. From the opening statement of counsel it appeared that the plaintiff, Mr. Lewis Ricksman, is a hop factor, and that the defendants (better known as the Messrs. Humphreys) are the proprietors of 'Jaye's wharf, Tooley-street, Borough. The action was brought to recover £3BO for damage through the alleged miscon duct of the defendants, who placed different pleas on the record. In 1862 the plaintiff, who carries on business, purchased 1,000 bales of American hops, which were en trusted to the care of the defendants, and by them placed in the upper part of the premises, so as to secure them from damp, and for the warehousing the plaintiff had double the ordinary amount In 1865 ho sold 231) of the bales, and it was then discovered that they had been removed to the lower part of the premises, and were placJd over a cellar, subject to currents of air, damp, and the attacks of rats and mice. He remonstrated with the defendants, who removed the hops into another part of the premises, but which still was not suited for such a delicate article as hops. The plaintiff afterwards sold 360 bales to a gentleman named Richardson, but when the latter examined them they were in such a damaged condition that ho would not take them. Up to that time the defendants had received between £7OO and £BOO for warehousing the hops. The plaintiff offered to refer the subject of damage to competent persons in the trade, but the defendants would not consent, and the present action was brought merely to indemnify the plain tiff for his loss. The defendants, amongst their other pleas, said that some of the bales were sea-damaged, but that was only true in regard to a small portion of them, which had been so slightly injured that they had been sold at the time. Mr. Coleridge said that tho defendants did not under stand tho offer made in the light of a reference. The Lord Chief Justice said ho was satisfied that the Messrs. Humphreys would not allowitheir names to be talked of in connection with any dishonest transaction, and he suggested that the matter should bo referred, as the subject was one Which a jury wero not competent to decide. Ultimately a verdict was taken for the plaintiff, subject to the reference. SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) UNSTAMPED RECEIPTS GIVEN BY TILE NEWGATE-MARKET SALESMEN.-ANDRALE V. COLES. This was an action to recover a sum of money for meat sold to defendant, plaintiff being a salesman of Newgato market, and defendant a butcher, of the Borough. Plaintiff's brother was called, and he proved the sale of the meat, denying that he had been paid for it. Mr. Edwards, who represented the defendant, said he had a receipt for the money, and defendant swore that he had paid the money. Mr. Edwards produced a receipt, and wished his Honour to look at it. _ His Honour—ls it stamped ! Mr. Edwards —lt is not, nor is it actually accepted, but it is in the hand crating of the plaintiff's witness. His Honour—lt is not stamped ; I cannot look at it. Defendant—l can swear I paid the money, and the wit ness for the plaintiff received it. Plaintiff's witness—l can swear, to the best of my be lief, that I did not receive the money. His Honour said that the receipt was not stamped, and he could not look at it. If butchers would take those re ceipts they must also put up with the result. He should find for the plaintiff, as there was no evidence that the money had been paid. Mr. Edwards applied that the judgment should be allowed to stand over until a month, as ho should prefer an indict ment at the sessions against plaintiff's witness. His Honour consented to this course, and found a ver dict for the plaintiff, allowing the order to stand over for a month. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—DERBY, Dec. 13. (Before Mr. BaronCliannell.) Daniel Marsh, aged 26, nailor, was charged with killing and slaying Alfred Gibson on the 22d Octo ber last, at Belper ; also with wilfully and of his malice aforethought killing and murdering Alfred Gibson, on the 21st October last, at Duffield. Mr. Mellor, with whom was Mr. Horace S:nith, appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Buzzard (in structed by Mr. Borough) for the defence. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. On the application of Mr. Buzzard the witnesses on both sides were ordered out of court. Mr. Mellor opened the case with some prelimi nary observations upon the distinctions drawn be tween the crimes of murder and manslaughter, and proceeded to give the history of the case, which has been twice placed before our readers. He said that the medical testimony would be that the gun must have been held a foot or 18 inches from the body, the wound being a roundish one, but the shots were somewhat scattered in the body. The question to be considered was whether the prisoner had the in tention of causing the death of Gibson, whether the death was an ac c id en t , or w hether sufficient provocation had been rece i ve d b y th e prisoner to re duce his offence to manslaughter. Now, a woman seeing the prisoner with the gun pointed, came up, and threw her arms round him, and said, " Don't," thereby proving that she had a fear of his intention. The gun, which would be produced, would be shown to have a stiff lock —one which would not go off on half-cock—and it would, therefore, be the in ference that it was discharged by the act of the prisoner. The jury would observe that strong prci:- vocation indeed must be necessary to induce them to say that a man could thus take away the life of a human being. After a long trial, the prisoner was found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to fifteen years' penal servitude. WARWICK, DEC. 13. Mr. Justice Byles took his seat in the Crown Court at half-past nine o'clock this morning, and proceeded with the trials of prisoners. MANSLAUGHTER AT BIRMINGHAM. Thomas Graley, 24, labourer, and Catherine Graley, his wife, were indicted for the manslaughter of William Francis Sullivan, at Birmingham, on the 22d of September last. Mr. C. R. Kennedy and Mr. Yatman appeared for the prosecution; and Mr. Fitzjames Stephens defended the accused. From the evidence it appeared that on the night in question a row arose in Chapel-street, Birming ham, in which some 15 or 20 persons were engaged. Several pugilistic encounters took place, and in the course of the quarrel the deceased received a severe blow with a poker, and another with a stone said to have been thrown by the female prisoner. lie was conveyed to the hospital, but subsequently died from the effects of the injuries received. The learned Judge having summed up, the jury re turned a verdict of guilty against Thomas Graley, and a verdict of not guilty against his wife. The male prisoner was then sentenced to ten years! penal servitude. GRAND PIGEON SHOW. —The members of the National Culumbarian Society held their ninth annual show of pigeons in the grand hall of the Free niasons' 'Tavern yesterday. The exhibition was largely attended. The exhibitors, who were all gentlemen " fan ciers," comprised 27 members of the society resident in London and the provinces, some of the birds having been forwarded long:distances. The varieties comprised Jaco bins, Barbs, Carriers, Mottles, Almonds, Fantails, Pouters, Antwerps, &c. Among the more noticeable features of the exhibition wore a superb collection of 100 dun and black Carriers, sent by Mr. Faith. Mr. Date showed 15 Carriers, ono pen of which contained six extremely choice birds, value-I at ..£6O. Amongst the Carriers contributed by Mr. Iledley was a splendid dun cock, which had recently taken the prize at the Birmingham show, and which was sold during the day for 20 guineas. Mr. Corker's 7 Carriers wale also much admired. Mr. Volckmau exhibited a splendid collection of Pouters of rare and choice breeds and form ; one of the white cocks amongst them measured 20k inches in length. Mr. Ford's show of Almonds was much com mended, one pair of these birds recently taking tho prize at Birmingham. Mr. Jayne also contributed an extremely choice pen of 43 Almonds, which Were universally ad mired, and valued at 5200. Mr. Jones's show of Barbs was noted for their eiCellendO, the shortness (in fact almost ab sence) of beak, the broad skull and large coral eye being brought to the highest pitch of perfection yet attained. Mr. itudson's eollettion of nearly 100 cplendid Antwerps wore elloico speeinielae Of thole birds, Which are toted for their "homeing" propensities, many of those exhibited having made long flights, extending, in fact, from London to Antwerp, a distance of nearly 300 miles. A specimen of the Triangular Spotted Pigeon, from the West Coast of Africa, was much admired, and in fact whore all were so excellent it would appear almost invidious to particularise the general feeling expressed by the visitors, consisting of hearty approval and unqualified praise of the various kinds submitted for their inspection. As an illustration of the value attached to the feathered denizens of the exhibition, we may state that above GOO birds, valued at upwards of .£4,000, were exhibited. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. BOW-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY 17HOIX THE EARL OF DERBY.—Patrick Arthy was examined before the chief magistrate, Sir Thomas Henry, charged with obtaining, by false representations, the sum of £lOO from the Earl of Derby. The prisoner was brought on a habeas, he at the present time undergoing a sentence in Maidstone prison for obtaining goods by false pretences. The mode pursued by the prisoner was that he wrote to the Earl of Derby in the name of Mrs. Chisholm, asked for certain assistance from the Government out of the Royal Bounty Fund ; that £lOO was sent to the Queen's Hotel, at Clifton, and by certain means he obtained possession of a letter by false representations, and then appropriated the contents to his own private pur poses. The money was sent in two £5O notes, and wit nesses were examined to show that during the time the prisoner was residing at Bristol he changed the two notes, which were regularly numbered 90,916 and 7. Mr. Noland, landlord of the Adam and Eve, Wine-street. Bristol, said the prisoner lodgoi at his house, from 20th of July to the 21st of August. He gave the name of Capt. Hartley Chichester Hay ; about a fortnight after ho told me he was promoted to the rank of Major, in the Bengal Horse Artillery, that his mother was a lady of title, residing at Portland House, Ton bridge-wells, Kent, and that his father was a clergyman of the Church of England ; but in consequence of, a very great difference of religion they could not live together. On the 7th August his daughter went to the Queen's Hotel and got a letter, after which a fifty-pound note was given him, which he got changed at Mr. Topp, at Mr. Todd's shop. He gave me the change in Bank of England notes. He could not say the number of the note, as it did not belong to him, or he should have backed it. The writing in the notes now placed in his hands wa°, to the best of his belief, in the prisoner's handwriting. Mr. Thomas Topp said he lived at the Pershore-road, and was a commercial traveller. At the time spoken of by Mr. Nolan he was in Mr. Todd's shop, and changed the £5O note, 90,997, for him. The address at the back of the note was in his handwriting. Mr. Henry Lambert, of College-green, Bristol, jeweller, said on the 17th of August the prisoner came to his shop and purchased a gold chain for £l5, and a pencil-case to be attached.to it. He -paid for the articles with a £5O note, numbered 90,996. He noticed the mark of the Messrs. Grindley at the back of the note. Mrs. Julia Bentall, of 17, Victor-place, Sheerness, said—On the 11th of September the prisoner came to lodge at her house, and gave the name Commander Dashwood, son of Admiral Dashwool, and said he was trying to obtain the appointment of comman der-superintendent. He did not bring any luggage with him. The day after he arrived he gave her a letter to post addressed to the Earl of Derby, remarking that he was expecting some money, about £lOO, and that he had had already £lOO from the bounty fund. He further said that ho expected a note in answer from the Earl's secretary in a few days. He read the letter he received, but instead of reading Mrs. Chisholm's name as written, he substituted his own. He was taken into custody at Sheerness on the 18th of September upon another charge, and on clearing out the sitting room he had occupied the pieces of the let ter now produced were found. Constable Nokes said ho took the prisoner into custody on the 18th of September in Sheerness on a charge of ob taining goods under false pretences in the name of Henry Philip Dashwood Arthey, He received the pieces of paper from the last witness and on putting them together it was found to be a letter from his lordship's secretary, the Hon. G. Barrington. Mrs. Catherine Chisholm said she resided at Liverpool, and that she returned from Australia on the 23d of Sap tember last, and never authorised the prisoner to write to the Earl of Derby. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was then removed in custody, to undergo the first imprisonment, which ex pires in January next, when he will bo brought up and formally committed for trial on the first charge. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SBLF-ACCUSATION AND ROBBERY.—Thomas Webster, about 18 years of age, respectably dressed, and who lives at Brompton, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a Cashmere shawl of the value of 3s. 6d., from the shop of Mr. Win. Shaper, hosier, 229, Piccadilly. Mr. Win. Shayer, jun., said that on the previous even ing the prisoner was brought into his father's shop by a eonstable, the prisoner having told the constable that he had stolen a shawl from the shop. Tho shawl was the property of his father. Police-constable Adams, 135 C, said that on the pre vious evening the prisoner gave himself up to him, stating that he had stolen a shawl, at the same time handing it to him. He asked the prisoner where he had stolen it from, and ho said he would show him, and took him to Mr. Shayer's, where the shawl was identified. He took the prisoner to the station, and on searching him only found a knife and.poeket book upon him. The prisoner refused his address. Mr. Shayer said the prisoner stated that he had done it through want. n answer to the charge, tho prisoner stated that he took the shawl but not with a dishonest feeling. Ho wanted to get into the police station and did not know how to get in, so he took the shawl and then gave himself up. Mr. Knox asked the prisoner whether he was willing to give any account of himself. The prisoner merely said he resided at Brompton. Mr. Knox remanded him that the police might make inquiries respecting him. THAMES. STEALING BREAD.—Three boys, who gave the names of James Ling, Thos. Beer, and Joseph Brown, were brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with stealing a 21b. loaf of bread. Matilda Fenn, of 35, Minories, said the prisoner Brown came into her master's shop last night, reached over the brass guard in front of the window board, and took away the loaf produced. On leaving the shop he was joined by the other boys. They were pursued by three City police constables, who overtook them. A loaf was taken from Brown. Mr. W. W. Ruckstone, baker, said he had lost hundreds of loaves. The boys put him at defiance. They mounted the counter, leant over the brass guard, and carried away the bread with impunity. He was determined to prose cute every boy who was detected. He should be obliged to shut.up shop if this system of plunder was not checked. The City police-constables, who gave chase to the pri soners,lwere severally called and gave evidence of the cap ture. The prisoners were searched, and 6d. was found on Ling—nothing on the other prisoners. Ling—The 6d. was my lodging money. The prisoners all pleaded distress, and said they wanted bread. Mr. Partridge —You should have gone to the parish officers if you were in distress. They aro bound to re lieve you. None of you appear to be in distress, and 6d. was found upon one of you. All the prisoners said they were above 16 years of age, and Mr. Partridge said they should not come out of prison at one time. He sentenced Brown to nine days, Beer to 10 days, and Ling to 14 deys' imprisonment with hard labour. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market quiet, but firm. Sales probably 10,000 or 12,000 bales. THE MAN KILLED FOR BEING A TEETOTALLER. — The Secretary of State has offered a reward of .£lOO for the apprelictiion of the men concerned in killing Henry Eb worth, whose death Was reported a few days ago in these columns under the above heading. It appears that the offer of the reward was the result of the action of the com mittee of the National Temperance League. EXPERIMENTS WITII " FENIAN FlRE."—Experi meats were made yesterday, at the Liverpool Fire Police Station, for the purpose of testing the qualities of the so called "Fenian (or Greek) fire A bottle of it was in the first instance flung against the wall, and a loud explo sion immediately followed. Next t quantity of the liquid was thrown upon cotton in a wet and dry Mate. In each case the cotton instantly ignited, but the fire was quickly extinguished by water poured upon it from an engine. ITHE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES.—We (Exeter Gazette) understand that a letter has been received from one of the Abyssinian prisoners, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Fox, of this city, addressed to his relatives in London. The letter, dated September, states that they are well treated by King Theodorus, but that Mr. Rassam hiirself, and another, are severally chained by the ancle to prevent their attempting to escape. They are very weary of reading their few books over and over, and of constantly playing at whist. He writes, on the whole, in good spirits; but as the letter has evidently ,been written with great caution, and has no doubt been examined, it is impossible to tell the exact state of affairs. THE WORKING. OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. — An illustration of the revolution which the Atlantic cable is working in the business relations of the country is afforded by the fact that English orders upon the Sau Fran cisco market for the fine wheats of California have passed through this city by Atlantic cable, and hence by over land telegraph. We are informed that " these orders were promptly executed, and considerably within limits, and advice of purchase returned to and received by the Lon don merchant who sent the orders in the morning on the evening of the same day."—New York Tribune. CENTRAL CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE.—We yesterday published a series of suggestions which had boon agreed to by the council of this infant and promising in stitution as the basis of a permanent arrangement for pre venting the further introduction and spread of contagious and infectious diseases. The fourth suggestion included the wilful exposure of animals suffering from " foot and mouth disease" in the category of offences to be punished with a fine or imprisonment ; but on this being submitted to the Chamber the words quoted were struck out, and, so amended, the reeolutiene of the o=4 wore confirmed. ANOTHER APPALLING COLLIERY EXPLOSION. HANLEY, NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE, Thursday Night. An explosion of fire-damp occurred at noon to day in a pit at Talk o' the Hill, belonging to the North Staffordshire Coal and Iron Company. Two hundred men went down the pit this morning, and of these only 50 escaped unhurt. Up to 8.30 p.m. 36 dead bodies have been recovered. Thirteen per sons have been rescued alive, but more or less severely injured. The whole of the rest are still in the pit and believed to be dead. Efforts are being made to restore ventilation, with a view to recovery of the bodies. The explosion produced a shock like an earthquake, and was felt for a mile around. Great excitement prevails in the neighbourhood. MARKETS.--This day. MARK. LAM,. There was only a moderate supply of English wheat in to-day's market. As regards prices the trade was tolerably firm, but tho amount of business transacted was by no means extensive. The market was well supplied with foreign wheat. Mil lers showed but little disposition to operate ; nevertheless, the prices realised were about equal to Monday. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly on former terms. Barley ruled quiet, at Mondays decline in prices. The quantity offered was large. Malt changed hands to , a limited extent, at full cur rencies. In consequence of the large imports from abroad, the de in and for oats fell off, and inferior sorts were rather easier to purchase. Beans and peas wore dull, but not cheaper. Flour moved off slowly, on former terms. mu' ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 1,010 1,170 1,820 30 650 Irish Foreign 28,070 12,430 51,520 4,680 sacks 6,600 brls. NEWGATE AND LEADENBAJL. Fair average supplies of meat are on sale at these mar kets. On the whole the trade is quiet, at our quotations:— Per 81b by the carcase. a d s d tided Inferior beef 3 4 3 8 Inferior mutton.... 3 6 3 10 Middling do. 3 10 4 0 ?diddling mutton-4 0 4 2 Prime large do 1 2 4 4 Prime do 4 4 4 6 Prime small d0....4 4 4 6 Large pork 3 6 4 0 Veal 4 4 5 4 Small pork. 4 2 4 6 Lamb. Os Od to Os Od BOROUGH HOP. The hop market is without alteration. The trade for all kinds is steady, and prices are well supported. On the Continent, as well as in America, the demand rules firm, at quite late rates. Mid and East Keats 168 s to 231 s per cwt Weald of Rents 150 s to 180 a „ Sussex 150 s to 168 s „ Yearlings 105 s to 150 s „ Farnham and country —s to —s COLONIAL. SUGAR.—Thore has been a good demand for West Indfa, and late prices are steadily supported. In refined goods the dealings have been to a moderate extent at full rates. COFFEE.—Rather large supplies have been brought for ward, andjprices consequently have ruled in buyers' favour. Ceylon descriptions, however, are well competed f or . . . RlCE.—Cleaned descriptions have been in moderate re quest at steady prices, but in other qualities there has been no change. FRUIT. —Only a small quantity has been brought for ward. Valencia raisins sold at full rates, while currants were dull, and inferior qualities a shade cheaper. TALLOW.—The market has been more animated, and fair business has been done both for consumption and speculation. P.Y.C. on the spot is marked 445. ; spring delivery 445., and March only 445. 9d., per cwt. GREEN FRUlT.—Market well supplied, and demand good, which will continue until the Christmas holidays. Some cargoes of oranges from St. Michael, Terceira, Fayal, Valencia, and Sicily, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at an improvement in price. Lemons sustain their value. Nuts of all kinds are in request, without alteration iu price. Almeria, grapes dull, buyers having supplied themselves with stock, but any of good quality will sell. Para nuts cleared off the market. Bank of England Returns.•-Last Evening. An Account s pursuant, to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1866. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ..,..£32,497,700 Governmt. DebLZll,Ol5,lOO Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion £32,497,700 Silver Bullion ..., £32,497,700 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) £13,011,222 Other Securities 19,636,741 Notes 10,403,905 Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest 8,247,639 Public Deposits (including Ex chequer, Sav ings' Janks, Commissioners of National. Debt, and Div Accounts) 7,388,241 Other Deposits 18,425,551 Seven Day and other bills . . Gold and Silver Coin ~. 1,053,771 .Z 44,105,639 £44,103,639 SHIPPING .INTELLIGENCE —This Day. (in TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 14.—Napoleon 111., from Shanghai ; Irene, from Oporto ; Perseverance, from Caen. Sailed—Lord J. Bussell,:steamer, for Dunkirk; Mowe, steamer, for Bremen. DEAL, Friday Morning. No arrivals. THE CONVICTED FENIANS. —The principal grounds of the motion for a new trial of the Fenians convicted at Toronto appear to be these :—That the Court was not duly constituted under the provincial Act of last Session ; that the prisoners were indicted under a statute relating to citizens of foreign States, and that (as they allege) there was no evidence that they were such; that they insist that there was no evidence of their intention to levy war against the Queen, and that some evidence came upon them by surprise and could be answered on a new tri a l ; th a t th e Judge misdirected the jury when he told them that the law cast upon the prisoner the duty of preventing a breach of the laws or of retiring when he found they were going to be violated. On behalf of the priest it is urged that the Judge misdirected the jury in telling them that if the pri soner came to minister the consolations of religion to per sons engaged in an unlawful expedition he committed an offence under the statute. A GENTLIS HINT. —There is rather a good story current just now abeut the Bishop of Oxford. The story goes that not long since the Bishop of Oxford and Lord Derby were together, and that the former began to com pliment the latter upon his translation of Homer, and to express surprise that the noble earl should have found time for so arduous a task. The Conservative leader replied that it was nothing ; that he looked upon it only as the pastime of his leisure hours. Whereupon the bishop said, " I hope, my lord, that when you next take your pastime you will translate Samuel." TESTIMONIAL TO MR. 11. R. FORSTER.—Tues day evening a large party of the friends of Mr. Henry Rumsey Forster, lately manager in Loudon for the well known firm of S. Allsopp and Sons, of Burton-on- Trent dined together at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate street, to fzesent Mr. Forster with a valuable gold watch dages, together with a purse of 200 and massive ape-nand experienced his unvarying the esteem regard felt for him h k a i: d j iine o of nature, with integ guineas, "in token of . ham filled the chair, r ir e V a i s n u t r e e r r b , o l f c b o y u r t m e a s n y y friends manner Ileginbot wahnod tom facing the chairman. After partaking of a7Oll-served r a i n il d `conduct. secretary Mr. T ah eo d s t . dinner, the chairman in an exceedingly complimontary address proposed the health of Mr. Forster, and handed him the testimonial of his friends' esteem amidst great ap plause. Mr. Forster, in reply, thanked the company for the kind manner in which they had marked their appre ciation of his conduct whilst carrying out business rela tions with them, and said he trusted that in his new capa city the good esteem which he had acquired would be pre served and increased. FISH IN COLD WATER.—Waters too salt are ad verse to the fattening and thriftiness of fish, probably also to their increase —witness the pitting of oysters and mussels, the ascent of rivers by fish to deposit their spawn, and a score of other familiar facts. Warm seas produce but poor-fleshed fish. Maury even tells us that the fish of the sea afford, perhaps, the best indication as to the cold cur rents in it, The Atlantic cities and towns of America owe their excellent fish-market to the stream of cold water from the north, which runs along the coast. The tempera ture of the Mediterranean four or five degrees above the ocean temperature of the same latitude ; and the fish there are mostly indifferent. On the other hand, the tempera ture along the American coast is several degrees below that of the ocean, and from Maine to Florida tables are supplied with the most excellent of fish. The sheep's-head of this cold current, so much esteemed in Virginia and the Caro linas, loses its flavour and is considered worthless when taken on the warm coral banks of the Bahamas. The same is the case with other fish. In the cold water of that coast they are delicious ; in the warm water on the other edge of the Gulf Stream, their flesh is soft and unfit for table. —Dickens's " 4 al Year Bound." TMRD EDITIOAT. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. NOTES :FROM TRAINING DISTRICTS. (THIS DAY). NEWMARKET. Exercise was not commenced until late this morning, but we had a large number of horses out. Harlock g ave ' Lord Brownlow and the Barbatus colt out of a West Aus tralian mare three smart canters; and Peter Price gal, loped Regalia a mile and -three quarters, Chepstow and Caitness a mile and a half, and Stradbroke about a t u ll e , Barrington and the rest of his team cantering. Mat Daw_ son set Julius, Avron, and Bombastes to gallop a mile steadily, and they went uncommonly well and free, the Flying Scud, Archimage, and Pericles also acquitting themselves well. From Gilberes wo had D'Estour nel and Ravioli ; and the first mentioned gal loped so beautifully that he must make the admirers of The Rake, The Hermit, and Plaudit feel very uncomfortable. He is not, however, bathe Two Thou sand. The Hermit went a mile with Broomielaw, Bertie leading Knight of the Garter, Blinkhoolie, and the strap ping Pedagogue. Thornbv, King Charles, and Tempest were restricted to gentle canters. Dragon galloped a mile first rate, but very quietly, as did Euchanteur. The latter goes on remarkably well. Imperator, Trocadero, Loug_ champs, and Cerf Volante trotted. The Rake had several brisk canters, but did not gallop. Van Amburgh, however, galloped a mile and a quarter-, and the shifty Friponuier was following him. Oecrops and Friday took Guy of Warwick, Numa Pompilius, Londesborough, Ettrick, and Cyclone along briskly, Hippia had a nice mile and a quarter gallop with Janua, and Jasper accompanied Falkenstein. The following were also working :—Antipodes, Aladdin, Flamingo, Star of India, Argentel, Sunnylocks, La Puce, BeuNevis, the colt by Rataplan out of Amanda, Nutbourne Lad, Dutch' Ad-- miral,Cheltenham, Rue inUrbe, Nine Elms, Ivanhoe, Oa. , Dunblaue, Bandmaster, Pieman, Land Tax, Scipi o , R e d Cross Knight, Roquefort, Ravioli, Moleskin, Rhymer, Highwood, Alcazar, Verulam, Littlefort, Little Rover, Opoponax, Novice, Scour de Charitie, Narino, Camilla, La Dauphine, Sweet Home, Dovetail. &c. RICHMOND. Plaudit continues to keep healthy and to go in splendid form, and it is all fudge about his bad feet, round joints, and such like idle objections, being impediments to Wat son properly preparing him. He gives his trainer no un easiness ; on the contrary, the Belle Isle establishment already set the Two Thousand and the Derby down as foregone conclusions. Strathconan led the Derby pet a mile and a quarter rattling this morning ; and Rose re sumed work with Newland, she, too, moving freely. Lozenge led Elvire, Louisa, and Blairgowrie in similar exercise; and Dagmar schooled virtue. Fat Bob galloped a mile and a half ; he does the fastest work of all. Zenobia is cantering. LAMBOURNE. Our Two Thousand and Derby horses continue to do well. Marksman was galloping a mile and a quarter pretty fast this morning; and Waugh also gave Birdforth, the Cordelia colt, and Summertime a good gallop. Knight galloped Beanstalk and Stockmar about a mile, and they move nicely. Manuella and Ornament did a fair amount of work. The old horses continue healthy, and exercise freely. Our yearlings, too, are getting very forward: Knight of Downe galloped a mile ; and Lady Craven cantered twice, smartly. MALTON. We had a goodly muster on the Langton Wo lde. Knight of St. Michael again did duty for Knight of the Grove, Grand Cross, Taraban, and Wild Wind, giving them a couple of brisk canters, and then a gentle mile gallop. Southminster was schooling the Viscount and other promising yearlings. Knight of the Crescent gal loped by himself over the Griinstone hill. Amazon and Rondinella did a fair amount. Shepherd held out Sky sail, Treasure Trove, Ploughboy, Urania, Queen Ellis , Little Treasure, Verity, Progress, Lady Zetland, Q ueen o f York, Percussion, Haymaker, ,te., but they did not do so much. Neither did those at Peck's or I'Anson's. STOCKBRIDGE. Uncas and Distin had a steady mile gallop. Caucasus, Vauban, and Fairfield took a couple of smart canters and long walking exercise. The Duke, Ischia, Lecturer, Red. cap, Harpenden, Black Prince, Seville, Red Riband, and some twenty others trotted and cantered briskly; the yearlings being again led by Copenhagen and Pantaloon. LONDON GAZA Evening. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 14. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT -Ensign Frederick Henry Bridgman, from 74th Foot, Acting Deputy-Assistant Com missary -General, to be Deputy-Assistant Commissary- General ; Ensign Charles W. B. liPlienzie, from 71st Foot, Acting Deputy-Assistant Commissary-General, to be De puty-Assistant Commissary-General. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. George Ruggles Fisher, M.A., Chaplain of the Fourth Class, from half-pay) to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class. ADMIRALTY, DEc. 13. Mr. Duncan M'Vean has this day been promoted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 4th December, 1866. WINDSOR OASTLE, DEC. 12. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon William Hackett, Esq., Recorder of Prince of Wales's Island. CROWN OFFICE, Dm. 13. The Queen has been pleased by letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to constitute and ap point Thomas Spink, Doctor of Civil Laws, Joseph Triggo Schombcrg, Harris Prendergast, George Morley Dowdes well, George Grevile Prideaux, Benjamin Hardy, George Little, Henry Thoma s Cole, John Pearson, Francis Rox burgh, Thomas J ames Clark, Henry Cotton, Edward Kent Karslake, George Druce, Edward Ebenezer Kay, Thomas Kingdon Kingdon, to be her Majesty's council learned in the law. USE OF EXCHANGE--This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 16 , 11 17 Ditto R ll 19i otterdam 3 Months. a_ 1111 1919 11 199 Antwerp — 25 35 25 45 Brussels Hamburg — 13 81 13 gi Paris Short 25 171 '25 25 } Ditto 3 Months. 25 35 25 40 Marseilles .... .... - Frankfort on the Maine 119} 25 421 1201 Vienna ........................ 13 274 13 321 Trieste ........................ 13 30 13 35 Petersburgn 6 261 Madridßer 471 47 Cadiz ............... ! ........ 481 Leghorn 27 25 27 30 Milan 27 25 Genoa 27 25 Naples 27 35 27 25 Palermo 30 Paler 27 25 27 30 Messina 27 25 27 30 Lisbon • • _ 511 51. Oporto 51i bli COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. DECEMBER. Name. Judge. Days of Running Elm, Cambridgeshire Mr. Spafford Sundorne & Hordley (Salop) Mr. Warwick Cockerinouth, Cumberland Mr. Warwick lB, 19 Leinster Club Kenilworth, Warwickshire Mr. Spafford Amicable Club, AshdownPk Mr. Warwick Ludham, Norfolk Ince Blundell, Lancashire - 2 O, 2O, 21 Aston, Cheshire Mr. Warwick ...... 24 Corrie, Lockerbie ... Mr. Warwick ...... 27, 28 JANUARY, 1867. Huntingdon Club Mr. Warwick l, 2, Lincolnshire, Ilo!beach ...... Mr. Spafford Coole, co. Cork (Open) ...... --- Third S. Lancashire, (South port (Open) .................. Mr. Westropp 9 , 1 0, 11 Spelthorne Club ............... Mr. Warwick Border Union (Longtowu) Cumberland Liston- on-Humber, ton on -Il um ber, Lincoln Mr. Spafford ~_,, r - 16, 17 Alt&r Club, Lancashire - ...... 17, 17, 18 Wigtout32 l . Club (St rauraer ) Mr. Boulton 2 4 ...... -, Stu. Little Crosky Mr. Welding County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spafford Ridgway Club, Ly /ham __ 0 o 23, &o.c • --- -- ar FEBRUARY.- Burford, Lancashire • - Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick Waterloo, Lancashire - Tainveorth, Staffordshire ... Mr. Warwick MARCH. Irish Grand National (Open), 6, 7 7, arc. county Louta Ardrossan, Sharphlll South Lancashire (South port) Champion Mr. W estro pp ...... 14, 15, Sc Leinster (Open) Courtown Mr. Springall... 19, 20 Scottish Open, Lanarkshire SEPTEMBER. Brampton, Cumberland ...... Mr. Warwick OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Li nco l n shire .................. Mr. Spafford WRECK OF AN ENGLISH SCHOONER NEAR Botr- LOGNE.—BouLoGNE, Dec. 13.—The schoner Gazelle, from Plymouth to London, laden with granite, was - wrecked this morning•near Cape Grisnez. Who crew were wed, h ire ' 20 et et 100 zoi to 100