The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-02 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Two o'CLocK. A ccording to R eu t er ' s t e l egram t h e French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68c. 12c. Flat. The English Stock Market opened this morning, after having been closed since Saturday, with a steady appearance. The dealings, however, were not numerous, and prices have not been subjected to Sny important fl uctuat i on. Consols for money are ; and for the account, 871 1. The New Threes and Red uce d Annuities are 86 ; Exchequer 13 ills, 6s. 3s. dis. ; Bank Stock, 2461; India 5 per Cents., 1021 1 ; and do. 51 per Cent. Enfaced per, 1081. In the Foreign Stocks there have been very few transactions. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 411 421; Mexican ex all Bonds, 2211, less the dividend ; and t he new, 201, less the dividend ; Greek Bonds are 144 151; Spanish Passive, 271 ; Certificates, 141 1i; Itali an , 62 1 1, less the dividend; the new, c , 76 i 77 ; Conf e d era t e L oan , 7 8 ; an d t h e Brazilian mrip, 11 1 prem. American Securities are rather flat: United States 5-20 Bonds are 6511; Illinois Shares, 781 1 ; and Erie, 571 58. be she ope ra ti ons i n the Railway Share Market have on a limited scale, an d a s li g h t d ec li ne has taken place in several of the principal lines. Great Easte rn, Midland, an d N ort h E astern (Berwick) politan, £ 1 s s. ; have each receded ss. ; South Eastern, 15s. ; Metro- L 1 lo s. and Great North ern A St oc k The Foreign and Colonial lines are dull at about Previous rates. B ank and Miscellaneous Shares remain very quiet, and without material alteration in values, Alliance U d ealt in at 291 ; L ondon and County at 80 801; la n i i°ll Of London at 45 ; London Financial at 19 4 7 and O verend, Gurney, and Co. at 211 ; British Convention Bonds of Mexico are quoted _, 5 70 ; Eng Charles lish and American B an k, 1 prem. ; sjharles Lafitte and Company 21 3 prem. ; Lon don Steam Towing Company, 11 2 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 1 31 DVXI3• N UENT FUNDS. 5 'Der Cent. Consols o. Account, Jan. 9 8 Par a en t Reduced New 861 per Cent B6l 1 New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — D 0,5 Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April,BBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Au 1908 Blellequer Bills, 4 100, 3 per Cent. 6 3 Do. 4500 6 Do Bank o f E n £ l OO and £2OO g la nd Stock, 5 p er C en t La ~ IN thDIAN GOVERNUENT SECURITIES. D o Account an Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 — 4 o. D 5 per Cent. J uly, 1870 Do. per C ent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates lO2/ 1 i De. E n l aced Pa ..... ...... per 4 pe r C ent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 18 72 Do, 5} per C en t ., May 1879 108} Do. 4 per Cent., A ug. 1866 1)0 - under 00. Bonds, 41 £1 0,00000 Pm AustrianiTottt, IGN u FUNDS -ONE ctocx Br azilian 5 per CeSnpter cent, 1859 - Do. Lope Cent, 1852-58-60 . 1863 . r , Do. 1865 — 75 4„'o Account D - uo• Scrip, £25 paid 'lenos Ayres 6 per Cent O,Do Account Dol 41 per Cent 0 . 3 per Cent Colombia' n 6 per Cent. .. üba, 6 per Ce t banish 3 per C ent., 1825 — 1) ,a• 4 per Cent., 1863 — D '''°. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — azalbian Priam alities Do Account . • P .• , .... .. ... . kkluader New :O ..... Cent — „, Du Provisional Land Warrant — I:agYPtian 7 per Cent 93 n a., Seco Boossue Do £ lOO ds Do, Gr D e e 410 0 Bo n d s 1864 9l 2 k n 5 Ae eollllt per Cent s . ' - 1824 5 ' e 9l 1 x Coupons ▪ °' ▪ 15 1 D . r.,..._ us 0 . `i 1" c c a 0 1 DI , Cluat emaja r pe t. r C en t ................ _Do 486 paid ▪ ..,_ a Do. 183 9 ant•iff.wii.). ............... ..... 14 _Han 5 per Cent 1865 1)% Account ... '. — 671 D o iir , • --oreninaana Railway 1 ) '? Scrip, 467} paid m " 5 Per Cent., 1864 — -,•exican per Cnt D°, Account Do 20 1864 ' 13 0 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French Monte o French Scrip, E. 25f 20c — oovidean 6 Per Cent., £3O paid ew Granada Dobo 0 per __et _— f __U s _ t .................. G Do 'orr ci ........... z_ Land Warrants (Hectares) u• 6 DPI. Cent, 1864 _ D o - p uaranteed, 4 per Cent — eravian 4 }per Cen t D o. A 1), o"•ccaunt " L'eriP, £45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent (Uribarren) — r.,, 1) 2 4 per Cent., 1862 ","aguese 3 per Cent., 1853 , r ,'"'° per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, It' 4 " o . Ace t ORR ........................... assian 5 per Cent ~• 1822, 4St B9l 90 1 , 1) ° 4} per Cent. I'Bso P"'-'3 4} per Cent, 1860 ..... o 3 p er C ent. 1859 4 - 1 0 5 per C en t. 1862 ....................... ............... 5 4' . 89 81 '-'0 5 per Cent. 1864 ............... a,rdinian 5 per Cent 0 Account `'Panish 3 per Cent Do D itto account iiew Deferred •°0 Account DoPassive 6r," Account ...................... . Aaish Cert of Cou p not funded — ' - ' 0 de co . 15 ant 74 4 Per Cent. — .. t „ ~. 4 -1 per Cent. 1864 ..„rrash 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do 6Apcceoraidt ........ : .................. ‘ • 88 + D ° A ent. 1808 ° -`xecaunt . 68+ 70 691 bo £t op _ 00 Bonds D o 1 , 0 . .4 -,-,..,. Cent Dor Cent. 1862 ~," lec'o:t:nt... 68 +Jo xi oo , _ ........................ .___ 1 71 DDo 6 -w alcls .. . . o 6 Per Cent., 1.863 Do „ 1. C ent. 1865 — D°1)0 Aei.% X 35 paid ' Unt 42 11 21 , 41( 11 , , L 'a• 4 -uallds ~.... ,-... .............. voriezuera',.„‘Jent, Guaranteed — Div - i ° ,l l ,? er ,_9ent. Austri.n. 5 -4 '3 0 11 the above payable in Loudon. r, el gia:, "4..} per Ce nt., Ex. 10 Florins D utch ,•-it• 1,2';,,r c ent., Ex. 25f. 1)0 . 4 i ) 4 "" ' c 'at., Ex. 12 Gull FreDeh -o_r °eat C ertifietp.tes Italian i•-•enteki ' Co Per per -e at., 1864 En. 25f. , TWO O'CLOCK. 3-80°.Zor money 87 1 `L'aat, ...... - 871 1 I-deut-0 - bef ore th olenel Markham on Saturday appeared charge 0-.6. Magistrates at Aberford, havi ag se g n 't t last William Hick, his . under-gardener, o or to prefer a . .1, 4" 41 ' 8 . kaarl,"4°nYclous letter threatening co t lo s e h el oo li t a h r i k m_ -4131 rec,ivea r• About two years ago but ti le Aol' a similar letter in the same band *tTinegn, bl %th s le° were unable to discover the author. C°lo ner a° a second letter, abusing the members of the sent toccbti Other ta°aehold, was received, and shortly afterwardsere Colonel th e do also of an offensive character, w II; ;4 'll e sties. ' • Lieutenant- On the 10th ultimo, Whos e c ak r ceived the letter in question, and Hick, °ndset had • and admitted that excited suspicion, rehended, tor tri a l. 11° WEI 43 the writer. Hweavaapspcommitted TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is slightly easier, owing to a larger amount of capital afloat. The applications, too, for assistance are less numerous than yesterday, but there is, nevertheless, a disinclination manifested by brokers to negotiate bills under 7 per cent. At the bullion department of the Bank of Eng land yesterday afternoon there were no operations of public importance. The Mexican dollars brought by the last West Indian packet have been sold for China at 6s. 0+ d. per ounce, showing no change compared with the price previously obtained. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets to day re -opened after the Christmas holidays, and there has been a fair demand for sugar at about Previous rates. Tallow, however, is inactive, and quotations for both present and forward delivery are a shade lower. P.Y.C. on the spot is 48s. to 48s. 3d. • March 48s. 3d. ; and October to Decem ber 50s. per cwt. tccompanied , chess pro ninutke of a E BOYS' These two ecustomed he tastes of d for in the Boys' Own abr. onday. ;., accom ; Leopold ince and of Hohen- Countess Claridge's >eon on a has :eft ;al have Marshall, s illness. y Royal, remains -as taken . another I, but up ;Ding on Lnd and ;hton. arter is i IL of coed to with the he name 1 of ba- member ears. lding Impor- Tavern of the tion of in lieu y, pre -01 that away arience work main ce was eneral Ling of )osses- Ls any )f the olders i and iy, as to the which is not pany, Lty to that this le to lared pany ders. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. Share' Railways, 'Bristol and it !Caledonian. baeter .. 93 95 '27 128 94 96 13 15 4i 5i 68 72 70 72 50 Cambrian ..... z „ Cork and Bandon at Cornwall at Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„Perth, b.Junc L" h. London,.,trip Certi 1)0. at Glasgow &S. Western st Great Eastern, Ord. st k. st Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 at Great North of Scotland st Great Northern at a,. A stock st Do. B stock 112 111 42 13 71 8 124 i 127 145 147 st Do. \ew, ts. at 25 pm et Gt S, and W. of Ireland, st Gt. Western -Original' at . S. Val. Rail gua. at Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.—Oxtord at Do. Newport at Do. 11 ei eford ..... st Lanc 'shire &Yorkshire at L ndon and Blackwall at Lon., 13rig - h.,& S Coast at Lon., 'hat., and Dove r at Do. Metrop. r.x. A at Lon. & North Western at Lou. & South Western at Han., Shet., & Lincoln at Metropolitan. 10 Do. New 0 Do. Extension 10 Metropolitan District ( Do do. do. .0 Do. and St. John'sW'd It Mid and 92 94 531 59 38 40 33 37 03 'O5 122; 22 102 104 37 3,/ 50 , $2 125 12 61 25 46 62 63 137 k 1 9 8, 3f Ifp 1t lip 101 103 9 Do. X 9 Share it Do, tiirmin.. & Derby ;5 mid Kent It North British a Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun It Nth. Eastern—Berwick :5 Do. G.IN•E purch.m. It Do. Leeds 10:) 100 100 100 100 all 100 . all 100 100 100 18,13.4 100 100 100 all 123 123, 1 3 Isi 93 95 67 59 Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 7 29 1101 1111 72 73 104 105 It !North London . Do. do. 1864 10 Do. .to. 1865 st North Staffordshire 10 N. &S. W. Junction st Scottish Central • st Scot. N. E ,Aber. stock st , o. Scot, Mid. stook st Shropshire Union st South Devon st z.outh E_stern N Staines, Wok., & Wok st Taff Vale 38 97 10 11 p 126 128 2 2p 2 2dp 75 76 11 12 148 15 66 68 112 114 Do. C _ 2 . .. .. it Vale ot Meath It Waterford & Kilkenny 0 Waterloo & Whiteha it Weet Cornwall 54 56 74& 751 8 9 147 150 3 1 p le2 104 'OSSK 49 51 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 423 2 f 127 i 7441 4 123 91 104 102 126 i 954 1 138 Of 7} 12} 2 23j 4 31 57; 1101 & 76 f Hi i &I Paid. ' Closing i Business Price. done. ItHITIS H P lOu Atlantic & St. Lawrence st Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. E shares A l t Buffalo & Lake Huron 10 Do. Preference .. 00 1 Buff.,Bran t, & Goderich p.c. 872-3- • at Calcutta &S. E., lim at ,ape Town & Dock, go 00 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. PI it East. Ben,xl, gu., sdo it East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. 20 Do. .1 Extension at Grand Trunkof Canada 00 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c DO Do. Ist .'ref. Bonds DO Do. do. deferred DO Do. 2d Pr f. Bonds DO Do. do. deferred DO Do. 3d Pref. stock )0 Do. do. deferred )0 Do. 4th Pref. stook )0 Do. do. deferred .... it Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. !CD • o. Gua. 5 per cent :0 Do. New gua. 6p. c.. it Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cea s 1 t DD o . 41 per cent 8 204 Great Wt.s. of Canada 204 Do. New .. 00 Do. 6p. a. Bds. pay. 1873 1 00 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877_8„ i 10 Indian Branch, limited at Stadras, gua. 5 p.c st Do. .11 do st Do. 44 do N Do. Fifth Extensiou st Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. SO Mel. & Hudson's Bay it N. I.C' da, 6pc latpf.bs it Scinde it Do. Delhi • !O Do. do A Do. Punjaub it Do.lndus St. Flo COLONIAL GO VER. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug -- Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept - 00. sp. c. Jan. & July - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk - Cape U. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct, 1890-1900 - Do. do; 1880-9 i - Do. Jan. &July, 1890-9 , - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p. t - Do. 1878, do - Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1 , 78 .. 1882, May is, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug '.atal o per cent N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.lc.lul) N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1860 Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 187 t - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 - New Zealand, 6p. cent - Do. 5 per cent.... Nova &Ala Gov. 6 p. C sterling, 1875 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c - Do. 1878 & upwards - Vic,Uov. 6 p.c. Ja & July - Do. do, April & Oct BRITIS Cam. Consol. hold, lim : Chiverton Clifford a malgamated. 3( Devon G. Cons. (Taviat. 1 Drakewalls . 2.1 East Bassett (Mogan ).. 2! Nast Cara.lon ... 2.1 EasL Carn Brea mast Grenville East Gunnislake .. 8.3 East Loved 3.t - E. W'i Russell (Tavistk 10.1 Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. 61 4 Great L.xey, limited., al Great South Tolgus O.l Great Wheal Busy l4.i G. Wheal Vor (Heist .0 41 Grenvilie B. Herod's Foot .... 8.1 Hingston Downs 5 1 Margaret .Uny Lelant 13.1 - Marke Valley 4.1 4 %I wyndy Iron Ore, lin New Seton North Roskear .v.Wh'l Bassett (Illo,gan +.4, North Wheal Crofty • Prosper 7,1, Pr vidence tiny IMant 10. S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18; - stray Park 35. Tin Croft 5 Vigra and Clogan, ]fin,, a West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard West Chi verton ....... . 1 West Seton 4 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan f Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Ids 33 21 •KEFERENCIC bli/11Mb Caledonian Quarters, No. 2,105 i Great Western, 4 per cent irred 81 North Easter,,, Stockton and Darlington, B 5 per cent., 3'e PREFERENCE 8:IA/LES AND 6TOcIC-, Great Eastern 4i per cent. pr., Ditto, 5 per cent pf., 95 Ditto, new 5 per cent., 91 FOREIGN HAIL WAY Bahia and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 141 Central Argentine, 3) reat Luxembourg, 16 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, ,71 Foitmlois MIN Kt. Cape Copper, lim.. 12j Frontino and Bolivia G01d,;11m.,721 If General, 2,f St. John del Rey, lim., 48 9 Washoe Gold, lira., 71 BAN KS. Alliance, lirn. . 291 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 25 is paid., 29 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 14 Australasia. 72 11 Bank of New Zealand, 161 Consolidated liana, lira., 101 European Bank, lim. ' 12i Imperial Bank, lim.. 29 Imperial Ottoman, 131 London B.,nk of Aexi_o and S. America, Ilm., 14 London and Brazilian tlim.), Ditto, new, 71 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 London and County, 801 London and South-Western, Bin., Ditto, new. in London and i% estminster, 97 61 al etropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 1E Oriental Bans Corporation, 52 Union of London, 55 MISCELLANEOLIK Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2 1 Australian Agricultural, 2.ei Ceylon Company, 10 City of Lou. on Real Property, lim., 4i City of Moscow Gas, Um., 5i City offices, lim., Commercial Union, Insurance, Credit Fonder and Mobiiier of I !.ngland, Crystal Palace, qisi East Indian Land Credit and Finance, 1im.,17 ltbbw Vale, 3f Egyptian Com and Trading, lim., 2i Pore -street Warehouse, lim., 11i Gen. Credit and Finance 01 L melon, lim.. 6 - 1 Hudson's Bay, 16i Humber Iron Works, Imperial .Mercantile Credit Asso., lim.. 71 International Financial society, lim., 6 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour„ 10 Joint Stock Discount, lim., Land Securities, lim., 3 London Financial Association, Urn , 191 London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Ship, li m ., 14 Lon ou aud:Provincial Marine, 2/ M idras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto, new, 18 North British Australasian, 57 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 21i Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, lim., 01 Ditto (all), 41 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 74 Trust and Agency of Australasia, lim., 21 Universal 'Marine. Insurance. Rm., 4f Warrant Finance, lim., Anglo • Brazilian u old, limited, par Don Pedro, North Del Rey, Bcottieh Australian, link., ISSIONS, 5s 6) 102 103 fcl fp 61 45f 10 11 75 80 99 101 65 70 100 103 102 102 103 104 par 6o 34 35 87 89 68 68 55 60 56 58 50 55 47 50 42 46 34 86 34 35 103 IC4 P t 2 P 1014 1024 161 17 4 30 15 8i 1 ed 104 1026 93 95 89 91 63 45 82 84 , 14 102- 1.01. 1024 I 4 ,1 XI/ 102 T SECUIi 96 98 94 96 94 96 82 8t 81 93 101 103 104 106 104 105 105 107 90 92 10 102 1(6 SOS 103 105 106 1.08 104 106 105 , 07 98 100 96 88 1 0 102 93 85 8) 91 103 105 84 85 101 102 IC2 104 106 108 IC4 106 MINES. 74 9 10 tO 20 21 1 575 595 1.0 f 1 :96 18 20 14. c 81 9 31 sf• bf 14.0 3 36 3 6 I I 9.0 14 15 8.0 3 31 5 7 Li 20 21 14.6 2 .9.8 3* EU 32& •3i 18.0 31 4} 10.0 35 38 10.6 5} 17.8 6 7 10.6 4 4} 2 2} 14c1 3 40 50 84 15 17 1.0 13. t 1 .6.7 36 35 11 420 490 2.0 :2 .18.9 20 25 .1&6 lu 12 9 19 20 %11 4 6 14 3 4 9 9 11 Ll 89 85 171 190 200 51 95 . Ico 16 321 871 8 4 - 8 - in 12121 22241 7 18i 19i 'MEN' WESTMINSTER. BURGLARY.—Henry Goodwin, a - desperate-looking fel low, well dressed, was charged with breaking into the house, 27, Markham-street, Chelsea, and stealing various valuable articles. Inspector Prescott, T division, having explained that the prosecutor was not in town, Mary Anne Finch, servant to Mr. Bellamy, 27, Mark ham-street, Chelsea, said—Last night I went out, and left the house alone. There is only one servant. I left between six and seven, and came back at eight, and found that the house had been broken open. I could not let myself in, and found the police there. They got over the wall and opened the house at the back. When I got into the house, I found the boxes turned out and the place ransacked, all the rooms except the kitchen. The street door was fastened with a large key. The jewellery produced is my master's property. It was in a bedroom. The jacket and coat pro duced were in the bedroom. I don't know the prisoner. Mr. James Williams, blind maker, Jubilee-place, King's road—At half-past 7 last night my workpeople told me there were men on the roof. I went out and saw this man getting off the roof of my factory. Mr. Bellamy's premises join mine. I asked prisoner what he did there, and he said it was merely a freak of his. The prisoner got off the roof and attempted to escape. I stopped him, and as I did so a policeman appeared. I struck this prisoner to disable him for fear another man should come to his assist ance. There was another man concerned in it. My work people saw him. George Bennett, 23, Markham-street, King's-road, an intelligent little boy, said—l saw the prisoner and another man in front of Mrs. Bellamy's house at 5 o'clock, and afterwards saw them try the door. I went on an errand, and saw them enter the house as I returned. I told my mother, and we watched the house. I saw a light struck up stairs, and a man's hand passing along the mantelpiece and dressing-table. The police were sent for. Police-constable 281 B—l took the prisoner from Mr. Williams, and found the jewellery produced in his pocket; that jemmy also. The street door had been broken open with that jemmy, but the drawers andboxes with a smaller one. Other evidence was given, and the prisoner was re manded fora week. THAMES. THE POOR-BOX FUND.—Up wards of one thousand per sons, chiefly women, and all of them very poor, and the greater portion of them thinly clad, assembled in the street opposite the court for relief. Some put in the printed forms issued by order of the magistrates. They were signed by the clergy of all denominations or by respect able persons residing in the district, who recommended the applicants as fit and proper objects for the bounty of the public who have contributed to the poor fund. Mr. Livingston, the chief usher, said the cupboard was already full of similar forms, and that it would take him several days to examine them and inquire into their authenticity. No more forms would be issued until next fortnight. The crowd then quietly dispersed. Mr. Partridge and Mr. Paget were closeted together from 10 till half-past 11, and considering as to the best means of relieving this enor mous amount of distress, for which the funds at their dis posal are quite inadequate. The applicants for relief in the course of the last three weeks amount to more than ten thousand. OBSTRUCTIONS AT THE FlRE.—Albert Mould aged 24, of No. 1, Bedford-buildings, Park-road, Clapham, Henry York, clerk, 18, of No. 18, Walcot-square, Kennington road, and Henry Lewick, clerk, 17, of No. 18, Nelson square, Blackfriars-road, were brought before Mr. Part ridge (who commenced business at half-past 11 o'clock), charged with being disorderly, and obstructing police constables at 10 o'clock this morning, while the great fire was raging in the St. Katherine Dock. Mr. Partridge said the defendant; were very properly locked up, and as persons of education and apparent re spectability must be aware of the arduous duties imposed on the police and the fire brigade. They ought to have obeyed the directions of the police or assisted them, and not obstructed the authorities at such a time and place. He discharged the prisoners. William Herbert, a young man, was charged with wantonly striking a gentleman, named Powell, opposite the dock. The complainant was looking at tho fire, and his hat was knocked over his face. He took hold of a man near him. The prisoner immediately struck him a violent blow on the nose, which bled profusely. Mr. Partridge said there were a great number of persons at the fire who disgraced themselves by obstructing the police or assaulting unoffending persons. The prisoner had committed a wanton and brutal assault, for which he fined him 20s. Extraordinary Case. veb- --- Yesterday morning the adjourned inquest as to the death of Harriet White, who had lost her life through an operation, was resumed by Mr. Carter, at the Unity Tavern, York-road, Battersea. After the examination of a number of witnesses, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter. This morning Samuel Elijah Hardinge, aged 54, an herbalist, of 18, Dorset -crescent, East-road, City-road, was brought up at the Wandsworth Police-court, charged with feloniously performing the operation. The only evidence produced against the prisoner was a piece of paper with his address on it, which had been given by the deceased to Mr. Richardson, a surgeon, who attended her ; but the police had searched the prisoner's house, and found a number' of pecular instruments, one of which Mr. Richard son said was " illegitimate," and would cause such a wound as had produced death. The prisoner was remanded for a week. MARKETS—This Day. HAY SurrurrELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 ss; clover, £5 5s to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 5s Od; clover, .£5 Eis to £6 lOs Od; and straw, £1 17s to £2 2s per load. Trade inactive. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 Os to .£5 5s Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 108 Od; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. A quiet_trade. This day, price 2d., is published, with a short preface, the second edition of Mr. W. Ray Smee's pamph let, " The Malt Tax." Mann Nephews, Cornhill. REPORT OF SECRETARY HARLAN.--It appears from the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office that during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865, public lands were disposed of as follows :—Acres sold for cash, 557,212; acres located with military warrants, 343,660; acres located with agricultural scrip, 460,130; acres selected under agricultural college grant, 808,358; acres approved to tho States as swamp lands, 571,429 ; acres approved to the States for railroads, 607,415 ; acres taken under the homestead law, 1,160,532 ; total, 4,513,738. During the quarter ending September 30, 1865, the aggre gate quantity taken for the same purposes was 880,591; making, during five quarters, the total number of acres, 5,394,329. The cash receipts from sales, homestead, and location fees for the same five quarters, ending September 30, 1865, were $1,038,400. The cash sales for the year ending Juue 30, 1865, amounted to $748,427, an excess of $70,420 over the sum received from the same source the previous year. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865, 4,161,778 acres of public lands were surveyed. The aggregate quantity of surveyed public lands undisposed of September 30, 1865, was 132,285,085 acres. THE JAMAICA COMMISSION. —Mr. T. Horne Payne, of the Home Circuit, has been specially retained by . Messrs. Sham and Roscoe, solicitors, for the Jamaica com mittee, and leaves to-day in the Atrato. The only other counsel from England is Mr. Gorrie, advocate of the Scotch bar, practising in the House of Lords and Privy Council. Mr. Phillippo, a member of the English bar practising in Jamaica, is retained by Mr. Underhill. Mr. William Henry Oakes Warren, who was charged on Saturday with stealing an overcoat from the Westminster Palace Hotel, was brought up again at the police -court yesterday. It was shown that the pri soner was most respectably connected ; but it was also shown that he had been in the habit of going to various hotels and leaving without paying his bilk. He was com mitted for trial, ICO 991 10 I 1 361 7 6i 3676 356 4) I.ol* * ITIhS. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEININ6, JANUARY 2, lE€6. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. .This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SURGEON CHARGED WITH BEINCt DRUNK AND FURI OUSLY DRIVING.-Mr. Edwin Alexander, surgeon, of Hyde Park-terrace, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and furiously driving a horse and phaeton in Picca dilly, to the danger of the passengers. Police-constable Thomas Kaywood, 212 B, said that about half-past twelve the previous night, or rather that morning, he saw the defendant driving a horse and phaeton from Knightsbridge towards Piccadilly. A minute afterwards he heard a smash, and on crossing the road found the defendant, who had been thrown out of his phaeton, being carried to the St. George's Hospital. Two females had also been thrown out of the phaeton, and were taken to the same hospital, and he believed one of them was so much injured that she was obliged to remain there. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt the constable said the de fendant was drunk. The defendant (who seemed to have met with some in jury to his back) said it was simply an ordinary accident. There had been no reckless driving. He had a friend with him, and she was trying to take the reins from him while he was driving and he was trying to keep them, and be tween them they got on a post. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was impossible to pass over an offence of the sort, so dangerous not only to the persons themselves but to the public. He should fine the de fendant 205.,,0r, in default, seven days' imprisonment. The fine was paid. GREAT FIRE. Yesterday a disastrous fire occurred in the Lon don and St. Katherine Docks, destroying in a few hours bonded commodities of incalculable value, stored in an immense pile of warehouses, and a great part of the building which contained them. By a singular coincidence the calamity, one of the most destructive of the kind that has happened for some years, took place on the very day on which the whole London Fire Brigade, with all its material, was handed over to the Metropolitan Board of Works, under the provisions of a recent Act of Parliament. The damage done to the building alone in which the fire originated is estimated at from £lO,OOO to £12,000, but that is small in comparison with the value of the materials, principally jute, which have perished. Strange to say, so recently as the end of October last, a fire broke out in a warehouse in the same pile of buildings stored with jute, large quantities of which commodity it con sumed, and did damage to the structure itself to the amount of about £4,000. The particular stack of warehouses in which the fire of yesterday originated lined the whole one side of the eastern basin of the docks, with a frontage towards it, and the back overlooking East Smithfield, which lies between the upper end of Ratcliff Highway and the Mint. The building has six stories, and in it were vast masses of valuable goods ; but chiefly tal low and jute, in bond, the tallow being stored in the lower floors and vaults, and the jute, which is an ex tremely inflammable substance, on the floors above. The fire occurred in the upper part of what are called the F and H warehouses, which con tained, besides jute, large quantities of kindred ma terialsknown as coir-yarn, Manila hemp, and Italian tow. It was first discovered about 11 o'clock in the morning, and shortly afterwards nearly the whole of the London Fire Brigade were on their way to the spot from various parts, the alarm having been first carried to the bead-quarters of the Brigade in Watlin-street, and thence telegraphed to all the subsidiary stations. The large steam floating en gine usually moored off Southwark-bridge was also speedily under way and making towards the scene, Captain Shaw, the chief of the brigade, personally directing the brigade's operations. Besides the float ing engine there were eight land steamers, and altogether about 70 or 80 men. By the time they arrived and got to work the fire was raging furi ously. It had then spread to the fourth and fifth floors and to the sixth or attic story, and appeared to be working downwards. At first for a conside rable time the great difficulty with which Captain Shaw and his men had to contend lay in the dense volumes of smoke which the burning jute emitted. They were driven back again and again, but always returned to the q,harge, taking advantage of the momentary intervals in which the clouds cleared away to point their hose in the directions in which it was most wanted. Conspicuous among the officers and servants of .the company who rendered aid in the emergency was Mr. Collett, one of their secre taries, who worked with commendable zeal through out the whole day, and often at great peril to him self. Mr. Graves, the company's superintendent, and Mr. Stephens, their clerk of works, also did signal service in directing the removal of valuable materials to places of safety and in other respects. The available hands at the disposal of the company on the occasion, mostly warehousemen, were like wise greatly reinforced by the men of Messrs. Cubitt and Co., the builders, now engaged in restoring the warehouse in the docks destroyed in the fire in Oct. last, about 70 in number, headed by their foreman, Alfred Bush. With this combination of men and appliances the fire was eventually brought under control, but not until it had raged upwards of six hours and destroyed nearly the whole of the com modities stored in the three upper floors, and very seriously damaged those in the third, wholly con suming at the same time the roof and the upper part of the building. The pile of warehouses in which it originated was divided into a number of bays, each about 90 feet by 50 feet, separated by strong party walls, running from basement to roof, and communicating on each floor by fireproof iron doors. Of two of these bays the three upper floors have been entirely destroyed, with the roof, and present now only a mass of blackened walls, ready to topple over. In what particular floor, or how the fire origi nated, is at present a mystery, but the circumstance of its following so closely upon that of October last, and in spite of all the precautions enjoined by the company upon their workmen in the treatment of a material so intensely inflammable as jute, has be. gun already to excite suspicion. Until these two happening so near to each other, a fire had been o rare occurrence. The use of gas, we believe, is un known in the London and St. Katharine's Docks in warehouses appropriated to the storage of similar commodities, and every other kind of artificial light, except such as is carried in the hand and locked, is prohibited. The necessary work is all done in day light, the men employed in the warehouses com mencing operations at half-past Bin the morning at this time of year, and leaving off at 4, and the greatest care being enforced. At half-past 7 last evening a telegraphic message was received by Captain Shaw, at the chief station in Watling-street, that the fire had extended to another warehouse, and fresh exertions were made to prevent its spreading. At that time almost the whole of the available men and engines of the brigade from the various stations were engaged in watching and extinguishing the fire at the docks, and the West-end of the town was in peril, more or less, so far as any adequate assistance could have been rendered by the firemen in extin guishing a fire had it occurred in that part of the metropolis. As the evening advanced, the fire, which had broken out anew, continued to acquire fresh vigour, in spite of the efforts of the firemen to restrain it, reinforced though they were as far as practicable. At intervals the flames were shooting high into the air, and lighting up the whole eastern part of Lon don. The night was fine,and moonlight besides, and numbers of people, attracted by the spectacle, had congregated upon the bridges and near the docks. There was a light breeze, and fortunately from the south-west, away from the shipping both in the docks and on the Thames, which was therefore in no danger. Captain Shaw, who had been superintend ing the operations of the brigade during the whole day, and had suffered much, especially from inhaling smoke, returned to the spot in the evening with as many more men as he could muster, on receiving the message that the fire had broken out afresh, and continued to direct their energies. Long after mid night the fire was still raging, and had the appear ance of lasting through the night. LATEST PARTICULARS—THIS DAY. Tuesday Morning. The fire still continues to burn with unabated fury. The whole of the seven floors of the eastern division of the D warehouse are one mass of black ened and burning merchandise. The calamity has been greatly increased, from the fact that the fire has penetrated the lowest floors in which thousand of tons of Russian tallow were stored. At two o'clock this afternoon no less than seven land steam engines and the great river float were throwing torrents of water, on the burning warehouse but with little apparent effect. The fire has made a clean sweep from the middle compart ment of the D warehouse to the extreme end of the eastern compartment, and not a vestige except the upright walls remain standing. The flow of the melted tallow from the lower warehouse is extraor dinary, and many of the firemen are now standing half way up their legs in the hot oil and fat that is rushing in streams from the burning premises across the pathway of the dock into theriver. A great num ber of men are now engaged in endeavouring to keep flowing the hot stream of fat in one direc tion, but frequently their efforts failed, as it con tinued to rush forth in uncontrollable quantities. The surface of the water in the large basins in the dock presents an extraordinary appearance from its being covered with tallow eight or nine inches in thickness. The whole of the vessels within the inclosure have the appearance of being frost-bound— the cooled tallow on the surface of the water giving it all the appearance of old and discouloured ice. The effluvia arising from the burning tallow, .oil, and jute, is at times nearly over-powering; but notwihstanding this the firemen gallantly maintain their position in front of the conflagration with undaunted courage. At a short distance from the burning warehouse, although the brave fellows had been at work the: whole of the night, we saw a party of men at work at one of the manual engines, all of whom were singing as they were working, standing at the time in eight inches of hot tallow. The safety of the tobacco warehouse, which directly faces the E warehouse, seems quite assured, the only possibility being the extension of the fire towards the western end of the warehouse, and this circumstance, fortunately, seems highly im probable, and the ex tension building is built iu three compartments, the western end is so com pletely cut off from the middle and eastern that no fears as to that eventuality are entertained. For some hundreds of yards the footway of the dock in the direction of the conflagration is a perfect river of palm oil water, and the only way of strangers reaching the scene of destruction is by walking along a plank about 10 inches wide, the slightest deviation from which plunges the unlucky voyager nearly up to his knees in the costly mix ture. The police have throughout the whole of the conflagration acted with the greatest discretion. The following is a copy of Captain Shaw's official report of the damage, up to one o'clock this day, already done : " January 1, 1866.—A fire broke out in the St. Katherine's Docks, the property of the St. Kathe rine's Dock Company. The cause of fire unknown. Insurances unknown at present. " DAMAGES. " Warehouses of D. Stack, containing hemp, jute, coir, tallow, &c. F, H, and I divisions and attics burned out and roof off. The third, fourth, and fifth floors severely damaged by fire, and the remaining floors and contents by water. " K division, warehouses burned out from the roof to the first floor, and the remainder likely to be destroyed. Fire still burning." There is no doubt but the official report of the damage will have to be amended, as it is impossible to tell how long the fire may last. Naval and Military Intelligence. --- 4 The Minotaur, iron frigate, had her fires lit yes terday morning, preparatory to steaming out of Portsmouth harbour for Spithead and Portland, on her experimental gun-carriage testing cruise. Sud denly, however, on the steam reaching about 121 b. pressure in the boilers, one of the condensers was discovered to be seriously cracked. Steam was then let down, and, for some days at least, the Minotaur cruise must be deferred. Let the damage be less or greater than is now anticipated, it is not improbable that the Minotaur may now be despatched on this cruse at all, as with the accident to one condenser an examination will necessarly follow into the con dition of both, and this may lead to the substitution of another vessel, especially as there happens to be a very suitable one in the Bellerophon, Capt.E.Tat ham, ordered round to Portsmouth from the Med way to complete her trials of speed at the measured mile in Stoke's Bay. The accident to the Minotaur's condenser is just one of those accidents likely to oc cur to a ship's machinery which no ordinary precau tions would apparently have prevented, and for which, therefore, no person or department can now well be blamed. In addition to the three 12i-ton guns mounted on their competitive carriages, the Minotaur has also received since our notice of the ship, with the guns and carriages, in The Sun of the 12th ult., one 6i-ton Tin. rifled wrought-iron muzzle loading gun, mounted on a wooden carriage and slide of the ordinary Admiralty pattern, for experi mental firing. A report upon it will be drawn up by Capt. A. C. Key, C. 8., altogether independent of his report on the competitive 12i-ton competitive gun-carriages. This 6i-ton gun is the weapon known a short time since as the Frederick gun, we presume as a compliment to Rear-Admiral Frederick. It is, however, in fact, the Woolwich manufactured wrought iron coil gun fitted with a seven-inch steel tube, rifled on what is known as the IVooly, ich system. It has been adopted by the Admiralty as the gun of minimum calibre for the broadsides of our ironclads under the new system of arma ment, as the 12k-ton gun is at present fixed upon as the maremum weight for broadsides. In accordance with the-Je arrangements the Warrior will carry 32 of the 6f-ton guns, but none of the 12k-ton guns ; the Royal Alfred her formid able complement of ten of 12i tons and four of 12i tons. The Minotaur, according to present arrangements, will only carry four of the 12i ton guns on her broadsides, the remainder of her armament being composed of the 6i-ton guns. This apparent disproportion between the armaments of the converted wooden ship Royal Alfred and the massively iron-built Minotaur is owing to the fact that the broadside ports of the latter are only built to carry four of the larger guns, the remainder having been constructed for the smaller, and a re construction of the poi is could only now be effected at immense cost and sacrifice of time. The Salamis, paddlewheel despatch vessel, Com mander F. G. Suttie, was formally paid out of com mission yesterday at Portsmouth, and immediately recommissioned by Commander Suttie for service in China and Japan. All the officers belong'ing to the Salamis in her late commission have volunteered to continue on board under their old commander, and accompany him to China. They will conse quently be reappointed to their ship. The Scorpion, 4, turret-ship, Capt. Commerell, V.C., was paid out of commission at Portsmouth yesterday, and entered afterwards upon the Reserve list for alterations, repairs, and refit at the hands of the dockyard authorities. The estimated sum re quired fer the work is said to be very large. The Dart, 5, screw gunvessel, Commander Richards, recently arrived at Portsmouth from the West Coast of Africa, was yesterday dismasted alongside the dockyard, and will be paid out of commission the sth inst. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam vessel Vi%id, Commander Timothy Sulivan, tender to the flag ship Fisgard at Woolwich, was yesterday ordered by an Admiralty telegram to prepare for special service. In pursuance of further instructions Commander Sulivan sailed in the evening for Os tend under orders to await the arrival there of the Prince and Princess Hohenlohe-Langenburg and suite, who are expected to embark on the sth inst and sail for Dover, on a 'sit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The screw steam frigate Galatea, 26, Captain R. Maguire, which left Ralifax on Dec. 11, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Sunday eveni n g. Sh e em b ar k e d _ _ at Port Royal, on Nov. 19, 350 officers and men, being the left wing of the 17th Reg . ment, called at Bermuda on Dec. 6, left on the 12th, and arrived at Halifax on the 15th, where the 17th was disem- barked. She then embarked for England the crew of the Bulldog, with several naval prisoners, inva lids, and others, including Mr. Sta r li ng , l a t e ass i s t.- _ _ paymaster of the Duncan, sentenced by cout ;; mar tial to be d'am'ssed the service and imprisoned for embezzlement of mess-money. On the passage home the frigate excountered very heavy gales, veering 'min south-west to north-west. On Dec. 21 her 'oreyard went in two pieces, and several of her sails were blown away in succession. Heavy seas broke - _ over the ship and earned away a quay ter-boat. Dur ing the whole gale her screw was on deck repairing, and she was hove to under fore and main storm try- sails. On Saturday, at 9 p.m., when about . lB w!!es from the Lizard Point, before sighting it the wand freshened, and the ship was put under fore and main close-reefed topsails Cat 4 a.m. the maintopsail was blown away by a squall. The crew of the Galatea will probably be paid off at Devonport. She left at Jamaica the Duncan, Wolverine, Fawn, Cordelia, Sphinx, Niger, and Lily; at Barbadoes, the Buzzard ; at Bermuda, the Aurora ; and at Halifax, the Pylades. His Netherlands Majesty's screw steamer De Wa tergens, Commander Essher, of 6 guns, 115 men, and 289-horse power, from the Texel for the East Indies, put into Falmouth on Saturday afternoon, owing to stress of weather, partial leak, and several of the crew invalided, She had encountered most severe weather in the Channel, and had been at sea ten days. Orders have been received at Chatham-garrison directing 67 non-commissioned officers and gunners :p- ^ ''~' of the 2d Division of the Depot Brigade, Royal Ar tillery, to be transferred to the Ist Division Depot Brigade, the latter being below its complement. Capt. Forgit, 2d Battalion King's Own Borderers Regiment, has received orders to proceed from Chatham to Ceylon to join the service companies of his regiment. The deaths of the following military officers have been reported at the War-office since the Ist Dec. : —Field-Marshal his Majesty the King of the Bel gians, K.G., G.C.8., G.C.H. ; Gen. Sir E. Whin yates, K.C.8., Colonel-Commandant, Royal Ar tillery ; Lieut.-Dens. G. E. Gowan, C. 8., Colonel- Commandant Royal Artillery ; J. A. Phillips, Royal Marines, and J. M'Haffie, 60th Rifles ; Major-Gen. J. Fitzmaurice, K.H. ; Cols. A. Murray, 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers ; and C. J. Gibb, Royal Engineers ; Majors W. A. Armstrong, 109th Bombay Infantry; and R. Jellicoe, Paymaster ; Capts. H. R. Brown low, Royal Artillery; F. Fowke, Royal Engineers ; R. P. Henry, Royal Marines ; E. S. Charlton, J. Bennet, and C. Grant (Quartermaster). Lieuts.—E. Fursdon, 2d Battalion 9th Regt. ; T. Pepper, 3d Dragoon Guards ; J. M. Fortescue, 103 d Royal Bombay Fusiliers ; and H. W. Desbarres. Ensign R. L. Haydon. Quartermasters—P. Boylau, 2d Battalion 9th Regiment ; and C. Kettyles, 2d Bat talion, 25th King's Own Borderers. Assist.-Sur geons—J. Rutherford, M. 8., Staff ; and J. H. N. Bracken. Staff Vet.-Surg.—E. H. Steed. The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the Admiralty since the 20th of September :—Admirals W. J. Mingaye, J. 0. Brien, and H. Stanhope. Vice-Admirals Sir. H. T. Austin, K.C.B. ; th e H on. G . J . C aven di sh, and Sir T. R. T. Thompson ; Rear-Admirals E. R. P. Mainwaring, C. Reele, and H. W. Kitchen ; Capts. R. H. Risk, M. Donellan, M. H. Sweney, T. R. Sullivan, R. H. H. Pigot, A. F. Elphinstone, C. Greene, J. Sykes, G. Dougal, Lord F. C. P. Beau clerk, W. Robson, T. C. Gaussen, E. Robinson, J. Karslake, J. Dewar, J. Bulkeley, W. H. Cooke, R. S. Simmons, J. B. Boultbee, G. E. Patey, R. Davis, W. Crellin, J. E. Pasco, C. March, C. Ackerley, J. Stewart, and W. Lord. Lieuts. H. G. Hale, J. G. G. M'Hardy, H. F. Campbell, 0. T. Lang, and S. M. Weston; Sub-Lieuts. W. E. Ewbank and R. B. Evans; Master C. Albert ; Chaplains, Revs. J. Cooper and T. Ferris, M.A. ; Deputy-Inspector -General of Hospitals, S. Irvine, M.D. ; Surgs. A. M'Clure, M.A., A. Telker, H. Gamble, M.D., T. Johnson, M.D., B. Bynoe, T. J. Lawton, C. Roberts, M.D., and C. G. Wolfenden ; Assist.-Surgs. J. Wyse and J. Stott ; Paymasters J. Singleton, C. Beaumont, B. Fenn, and J. M. Hope ; Assist.-Paymasters F. A. Pountney and S. Sugden ; Second Master R. Godden. Royal Marines Light Infantry—Lieut.-Gen. J. A. Phillips ; Capts R. P. Henry, T. L. Wells, F. A. P. Wood and A, Higman ; Second Lieuts. G. Phillipps and W. Hammond. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—W. P. Braund, master, to the Irresistible, vice Balliston, whose period of service has expired ; Charles T. S. Keveron, staff surgeon, to be staff surgeon of Devonport Dockyard, vice Dr. Frazer, retired ; John Hill, Henry Coad Jones, and Frederick Lewis, engineers, to the Duncan, additional for disposal ; Thomas G. Woodfield, David A. Campbell, and David Anderson, first class assistant-engineers, to the Duncan, additional for disposal. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Jan. 18 Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Jan. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 21. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou thampton Jan. 2. Ditto, via Marseilles . Jan. 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan. 27. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Jan. 2 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Jan. 11. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 5 Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles. .Jan. 5. tstewfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet ....Jan. 3 Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp- ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Jan. 5 . West Coabt of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe ..Jan. 10. West Indies and Pacifio (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Jan. Cuba and Mexico Jan. Bahamas, via New 'York. Jan. 11. Bermuda, ditto Jan. 17 IMPOVERISHED CONDITION OF THE S u TH.— The Times' correspondent, writing from Charleston, South Carolina, paints the following doleful picture of destitution in South Carolina :—" Although 1 have little expectation that the account which I have given you from time to time of the impoverished con dition of these States will bo credited by any one 'who has not seen the country, still the truth must be told that poverty—nay, absolute destitution, outside the large towns —is the prevailing state of life throughout Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The country is swept clean of everything useful to man. The traveller may pass over hundreds of miles of cleared and cultivated land without seeing a horse, or sheep, or cow. "On what, then, are the people subsisting ?" it may be asked. They live on what they can get from day to day, and any one who is travelling in the South at the present time will find that this dietary arrangement is a very bad one to do hard work upon. Nobody who attaches any importance to sleeping in a bed or getting a good meal, say once in 24 hours, ought to come to the South at present. A stray "cracker," or dish of hominy (a hateful mess, as mixed in dirty hovels), is all that can be looked forward to with any certainty in the country districts. The inhabitants, how ever, have now time and attention to turn to the game, which abounds in incredible profusion, owing to the four years' immunity which all descriptions have enjoyed. The sportsmen of the South had other work for their rifles and shot, and now within twenty miles of this city herds of deer may not unfrequently be seen running across the roads. People, however, who are accustomed to sit down to a good dinner every day may as well give up the attempt to understand how the Southerners lived during the war, or how they are living now. Upon the theory that regular food is necessary to support life, the Southern States ought now to be nearly depopulated. Until a man is driven very hard indeed he has no idea how very little will keep life in him, and even now the South is a most favorable field for any one desiring to make experiments in that direction, But it is a land of luxury compared with its condition during the war." Immigration from abroad is the favorite hope of the South Carolinians, according to the same correspon dent :—" A hundred miles away from the coast white labor might, apparently be tried with fair promise of success in almost all of the Southern States. So say some authori ties, while many planters to whom I have put questions on this subject would exclude Louisiana and Alabama from the list of States in which whit e la bor might be made serviceable. Certainly, every help and e ncouragement would be given to emigrants from Europe, and there are many who would have less to dread from the heat of the South than from the extreme changes and severe winters of the Northern and Western States. As I stated in my letter to you from the Shena nd oah Valley, a finer field th an VirginiaEnglish o r emigrants could n o t b e desired; but t would them to wait until some arrangements i be for as well for for receiving them have been mad 3. The stream has been flowing north too long for the interests of emigrants them selves, and it would be a benefit to them and to the country generally if it were now turned southward. The Vir ginians would be glad to have them, and they would be sure of good employment now that they have not slave labour to compete with. The planters in North and South Carolina are afraid that black and white could never be induced to work together, but emigrants fresh from abroad are not found to have that uncompromising aversion to the negro which is common among the laboring classes in the North. In Virginia black labour could be dispensed with altogether without much trouble; but there must always be a large admixture of it in the other States, although the planters would fain do without a class which they hold to be improvident and untrustworthy if they could. Certainly there is no part of the world where English emigrants, above all others, would find a heartier welcome and better prospects opening before them than at Virginia, notably in the Valley. Former letters will, per haps, have contained sufficient information on this subject, and I recur to it now only because of its great importance to the South. It wants new blood, and it would like to get it straight from the motherland if it could. DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL HERRINGHAM. —The death is announced of Vice-Admiral William Allan Her ringham, which occurred on the 27th ult., at the age of 75 years. Ho was one of the few surviving officers who took part in the glorious battle of Trafalgar, having been at the time only two years in the navy. THE NORTH RIDING ELECTION EXPENSES.—A county contest in an election is no trifling matter, espe cially if that contest be in a large county. The expenses incurred in that at North Riding have just been published, and they are, to use Dominic, Sampson's word, " prodi gious." The expenses of the two Conservative candidates are set down in the sheriff's return at £14,684; those of their opponent, Mr. Milbank, at £13,289. Thus, in ono election only, no less a sum than £27,973 were expended. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER RACES-MONDAY. The Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, With 25 added. About two miles. Twenty-nine hubs. Mr. W. Copeland's Queen of Trumps, 6 yrs, 94,71 b (J. Knott) 1 Mr. W. Coburn's V anqu i s h er, 5 yrs, 9 s t 91b (W . Lomas) 2 Capt. Chauner's Acolyte, 5 y:s, lOst (J. James) 3 Mr. T. l'ilee's Turc os, 5 y rs , 9st 121 b (Owner) 4 Mr. C. Smith's Abbot, 5 yrs, 9st 71b (Gregory) 5 Betting-5 to 4on Queen of Trumps and 3to 1 agst Acolyte. Won by four lengths; a length between second and third. The City Stopleehase (Handicap), of 5 sovs each, 1 rt, w:th 50 added. About three miles and a half. • _ Mr. A: W. Clayton's Crusade, aged, list 21b ...... (Jones) 1 Mr. A. W. Clayton's Lightheati, aged 12st 41b (Mr. Blake) '2 The following also ran :—Dick Turpie, Lurline, Flyby_ Night, Mountain Boy, Stella., and The Rogue. Betting-2 to 1 agst Lu-liue, 3to 1 agst The Rogue, A to 1 agst Fly-by-Night, and Gto 1 agst Crusade. Th e Rogue came in first by two lengths, but was objected to for missing a hurdle, and the racy was awarded to Crusade. Lightheart was placed second. Lurline and Fly-by-Night fell. The Trial Handicap of 3 soya each, 1 ft, with 20 added. About ono mile on tbe'flai. Mr. Dobson's Moorgame, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Sleigh) 1 Mr. Phillip's Diana, 4 yrs, Bst (Tomlinson) 2 Mr. Clayton's Professor Mil ne , 4 yrs, 7 st 8 1 b (Key) 3 Mr. Lyon ns Oulton Lowe ; 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Barlow) 4 The following also ran :—Tilt, The Abbot, Malvern, Hopbine filly, Eastern Lass, and Indulgence. Betting-6 to 4 agst Tilt, 3to 1 agst Hopbine filly, sto 1 agst Moorgame, 8 to 1 agst Oulton Lowe, 11 to lagst Malvern. Won by a length ; a neck between second and third ; a length between third and fourth. The Hunters' Steeplechase of 3 sovs each, with 20 added., Tw• miles and a half. Blue Light, 12st 71b (Newton) 1 Little Fox, 12st 71b (K. Price) 2 Young Harkaway(Pollitt) 3 Betting —6 to 4 on Little Fox, 7 to 4 ag-st Blue Light. Won by a neck ; Young Harkaway did not pass the post. TATTERSALL'S-LAST EVENING. DERBY. 15 to 2 agst Rustic (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken) 66 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent RACING FIXT JANI JRES FOR 1866. ARY. Manchester.. FE BR Lincoln 2O rARY. MA . Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring AP. Newmarket Craven 2 Durham 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Chelmsford Spring M Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Windsor Summer Newton Hampton Odiham Bibury Stockbridge Chelmsford Carlisle Newmarket July 3 Pontefract 9 Abingdon Reading AUG Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham l4 1 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford IG Hastings 2l York August 2l. Plymouth Lichfield Devon add Exeter 2B Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 2B Weymouth 'ill SEPT] Warwick September 4 Curragh .. . 4 Leicester 6 Doncaster Canterbury lB ;MBER. Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l NeWmarket Ist October 26 Walsall 2 'OBER. OCT Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh Newmarket Houghton 22 Worcester NO VE. :BER. Lincoln Liverpool Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt... SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Jan. 2.—Wind this day at noon—South. Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. FALMOUTH, Jan. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Antonio, :rom Sulina. LIVERPOOL, Jan. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Porteno, from Monte Video; Constance, from Pernumbuco ; Mary Ann, from Nassau for Havre, with loss of sails and other damage. PLYMOUTH, Jan. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Nile, front Rouen for Liverpool. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 31.—Wind S.Vir.—Arrived—Hindoo, from Liverpcol for Africa. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Caroline, From London for New York. MILFORD, , Dec. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.--Queen of the Mersey, from Liverpool for Melbourne, leaky, and with other damage. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Simoda, from Newport for St. Thomas; Anna Augusta, from St. John's, Newfoundland. WATERFORD, Dec. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Restif, from Sulina. SWA.NSEA, Dec. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hope, from Liverpool, with topmast carried away ; Jos. Thomp son, from Caldera. CALINGFORD, Jan I.—Wind W.—Arrived—Lady Have lock, from Dublin for --. DARTMOUTH, Jan. 11.—Wind W.—Arrived—lndleboro, from Quebec for Hull. CARDIFF, Dec. SO.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Frankfort, screw stoamor, for Charente. LBy ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Jan. I—Alida, from Rio Grande ; Salvadore, from Terceira; Queen of the West, from St. Michael's; Leah, from Prince Edward's Island. Arrived, Jan. 2.—Julia, from Guernsey ; Cornwallis, from Sydney; South America, from City Point; Rhine, from New York ; Metropolitan, from Hamburg. Sailed—Early Bird, for St. Mitt's; Savalls, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored, Jan. I.—Bilboa (screw steamer), for Bilboa ; Emanuel, for Lisbon; Henry Woolley, for Swansea ; John Harley, for Cardiff—all from London. Passed, Jan. I.—Just (schooner), from Africa; Clymer°, from Calcutta--both for London. THE MANHATTAN CLUB.—The New York corre spondent of the Mobile Tribune, in his letter of Nov. 15, writes : —The new political club—the Manhattan—will soon become as widely known as the Union or the Loyal League, judging by the character of its members and the importance of their influence in State and National politics. Such men as Charles O'Connor, George Ticknor Curtis, Dean Richmond, John Van Buren, Augustus Schell, August Belmont, and other members of the Manhattan Club, can wield a powerful influence in political affairs, and under their leadership it is to be hoped the Demo cratic party will be redeemed from the uses to which it has been put by unprincipled demagogues. It sadly needs reformation-1 refer to that portion of it familiar to Gothamites—and these are about the best men to take it in hand and lift it to respectability again. Man-- ton Marble, editor of the World, is secretary of the club, and John Van Buren is president. The former gentleman is one of the ablest writers on the metropolitan press ; though young, has already become a power in his party. His articles are not always clear to the masses, but they bristle with logic and prove very troublesome to his oppo nents. The admission fee to the club is 150 dollars, and the yearly dues 50 dollars. The machinery is so arranged that disreputable politicians will be excluded. Neill Brothers and Co., prominent cotton brokerS to tw o at New Orleans, estimate the amount of cotton still to come forward at 960,000 bales. The to tal of t he old and new crops they estimate at from two millions million one hundred thousand bales. DEATH OF SIR FRANCIS L. HOLYOAKE-GOOD RICKE, BART.—On Friday last the above -named baronet died at his seat, Sherburne House, Malvern Wells. The deceased baronet was born Nov. 13, 1797, and married, Aug. 2, 1827, Elizabeth M artha, dau g hter of Mr. Ge o r ge "';ebruary Y Good riPayne, of Selby Hall, N ortham p tonshire. The late bero ailee , s estates.f G net w h ose name was " Holyo ake, " took th e additional n rig H ke e o w n aeil inheriting i.p . for the Stafford late S i f r ro H m a to May, 185 5 , and f rom South Stafford from M a y 1835 , to 1837; and in 1834 he was hi g h sheriff of Warwickshire. o d Sir Francis was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1819 B.A. He is succeeded in the baronetcy and estates by his oldest son, Captain Harry Holyoake-Goodricke, of the 90th Foot, who served through out the Crimean war, and was severely wounded at the Redan. Never did we have to note a more dreary and inactive opening of the racing season than that which, in a racing point of view, ushered in the year 1866. Scarcely two dozen members were present at one time during the after noon at " the Gate," and the following scanty list of quota tions comprised all the business done : Nottingham Spring 27 'H. Croxton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Chester Curragh 24 AY. Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer ILiverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 26 I Worcester SLY. IDown Royal Corp la Stamford l9 Winchester 24 I Southampton 25 Huntingdon .UST. liffe tions were pro- —On tam- Edin years sup-- o the mB9- .ning fairs, pri - SOMO the near t so nted not hical Liars hip. clge was L by lc of 100 100 100 all 100 100 161 I '3!