The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET A ND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENcA, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Imperi a l Otto man Bank have given notice to t he bearers of Bonds of the General Five per Cent. Debt of the Ottoman Empire who intend to receive il l Europe the current half-yearly interest that they 1 , 111 1,t declare such i n tention to the agencies of the l alperial Ottoman Batik in London or Paris, or at its correspo n d en t s i n F r ankfort and Amsterdam b , et ween the 25th of December, 1866, and the 3d of j heanuarY 1867, inclusive. This declaration must accompanied by a list of the number of the ceapons intended to be deposited, but not by the e°4 Pons themselves. The repo r t o f th e E as t I n dian Railway Company, t 0 be presented on the 31st inst., is the most im- Pe, dant document of the kind yet issued with regard (13 Indian lines, since it announces for the first time the Payment of a dividend in excess of the 5 per cent. Interest guaranteed by the Government. The sur plus is £108,073, half of which belongs to the India ° vernment, and the remaining half will enable t ' is • ue dividend to be increased from the rate of 5 per be per annu m to 51 per cent., leaving £l,OOO to ue carried forward, after appropriating £9,166 to a res erve fund to meet a probable loss from the failure ()t a concern called the Commercial Transport Asso ciation at Calcutta. The working expenses for the half-pear to the 30th of June last were 4F34 per cen t., against 42.30 per cent. in the corresponding half of the previous year ; the number of passengers 17 : 8 2 ,099,737, against 2,183,319, and the tonnage °' goods was 401,305 tons, against 391,951 tons, and T he net e arn i ngs were £626,218, against £474,083. t he vacancy in the Board caused by the death of th e late C ap t . N a i rne i s t o b e fill e d by the nomina tion of Air. D. I. Noad, the secretary, to be managing director. The interest paid by Government on the East Indian line from its commencement has h ave to over £4,000,000. When this shall 4 1. 41 re been paid off by the division of all earnings abo ve 5 per cent., the whole of the net revenue will 60 to the shareholders. Two O'CLOCK. lu the Discount Market to-day the transactions a re been unimportant, and the attendance in all ue Partments of business are of a nominal character. sold to the amount of £116,000 was taken to the Bank on Saturday—viz., £96,000 in bars, 10,000 rereigns from Australia, and 10,000 sovereigns from Alexandria. The Silver Market is very quiet, and quotations ~.a re as follows :—Bar gold, 77s 9d ; do. parting, 178 1 0id ; Spanish doubloons, 74s 9d ; do. Mexican an d South American, 73s 9d; United States Eagles, dos 21d p er s t an d ar d ounce . Bar silver, 5s 01 id ; °. Contg. gold (5 gr. and upwards), 5s lid ; Me xican dollars, 4s llid ; and English cake silver, t 8 4d per standard ounce. The tea market has closed for the holidays with Ve ry quiet aspect. Messrs. Layton and Co. re port as follows :—The tea market has continued in 'e same dull state as last reported. Dealers have eol afined their purchases to the requirements of the 1401nent, and the trade, as is the case under ordi nary circumstances at this period of the year, has c e e eo generally very restricted. During the past :.w days importers have shown rather less disposi ,4oll to realise, but this has not led to any increase 14 transactions, nor have the low prices current attr acted any general attention to the article. The i ew sales effected privately have not altered quota .lo4 to any extent, but at auction, notwithstand ing the small quantities submitted, great heaviness rtievailed and fine honing Congou showed a d escripti ons d ec li n e, th e common an d m edium `le!eriptions finding buyers at barely previous t l ees• Common red and black leaf congous may e quoted relatively at 11d., and dusty kinds about 48 last advised. Scented teas are freely offered, and sa les of fair extent have been made, both in Canton a M Foochow Pekoes, from the recent arrivals, tlees being rather easier. There is no activity in e demand for green te a . Pi ng S ue y d escr i p ti ons übare been sold on lower terms, and at public sale e( Thamon and medium young hysons of old import l ' f ere also cheaper. The arrivals to this port since °III' last are—Dec. 10th, Valdivia, from Canton; iliChallenger, from Shanghai ; 14th, Napoleon IL, from llankow ; 20th, Philomela, from Foo ell°w• Indian Tea—Sales, comprising 1814 pack ages, commenced commenced on the 11th and concluded the f°lloxving day. De s irable qualities found buy e r s a t , 1111 priees ; common and inferior descriptions were 84 ghtly easier. The biddings were not so brisk as at Previous auctions. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. SATURDAY. a GOVERNMENT FUNDS. Dar Cent. Consols 6 D O. Account, Jan.lo B9l Neer Cent. Reduced • BBl 9 1 4!ct 3 per Cent B9 81 9} ''„ l t 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — IC' 0 . 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — 11Iluities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 D 0 -„ for 30 yrs, expire sth April,BBs — le '° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — 4.cliequer Bills, £ l,OOO, 4 per Cent 6lO pm D o 4500 II 6 10 pm )1, 13° ..•! . I ._. .... £lOO &£2OO , 610 pm ''llk of 'England Stock, 61 per bent ... 1 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. I , C ilatt Stock, 101 per Cent., Apri11874... Ditto for Account — D O. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 DD 0- 0 . 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ~, Certificates — 1,0. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — D 0.5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 1., 1 . 1 - °. 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 — • ~"°. Deb., 5 per Cent, Aug. 1873 '-' 0 - Bond s ,4 p er C en t., £ l,OOO 25 p in "0- under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. SATURDAY. 4 . r gelitine Republic, 6 per Cent 72 irbitrian Bonds,ent 5 per Cent, 1859 _ t ,aZ ilian 5 p er C uo. 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 h Do. 1865 - "„0 Account 7Ol 1 1 It t ,u o - £lOO Bonds 1., °13 . 0 8 Ayros 6 per Cent •'-'O. Acco un t uo 4100 Bonds 0„ D „' 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) "ian 6 per Cent — _ ,°• 3 per Cent. .„'-' 0 - 6 per Cent A lOOl n . " 0 - B 97 ~ . 1, o•lombian, 6 per Cent. b tl ut, 6 per Cent. b 4.,, per Cent., 1825 — - u 0. 5 per Cent., 1864 . 44 ubian Principalities tiJo. Account ilador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — I-) , Provisional Land Warrant 0 ' Defoned Vptiar i 7 per Cent B3f 4 1 43 , 0. , Second Issue B3l I 'o 4100 Bonds Do. • 1864 B4 31 D-£lOO Bonds B4 (24 - Government Railway Debentures B5l I I e ,ek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons ` lO Account (I °o - Coupons jt lanI an 5 1a 5 per Cent. T lan 5 per Cent 1865 DO. Account i l 'Jo. Maremmana Railway o 1 3 per Cent - Account Dn. 1864 — 61 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — I ,o tevidean 6 per Cent. rorish Imperial 5 per Cent °, s w' Granula 1 ;° 3 per Cen D 0 • Deferred '" 0 Land Warr a nts (Hectares) -ti lvian 5 per Cent., 1865 D O Account D 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) ° 4 1 per Cent., 1862 c '-'0 Acco un t h ttH guese 3 per Cent, 1853 i' lz) 3 per Cent, 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 4 --.0- Account Dslan 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 87 D ° 4 1 per Cent. 1850 3 4 1 per Cent., 1860 ° 3 per Cent. 1859 Uo — Per Cent. 1862 DO . 5 per Cent. 1864 0 . Anglo-Dutcb, 1866, all paid — tht Mini an 5 . do. £lO paid — ~ Cent per — g h 4-10 . Account 1,•Ilieli 3 per Cent to Acc,..,unt l A ° New Deferred '0 Account n ° Passive 8 "0 Acctunt 2Ol 1 Phladsh Cert olua . t of Coup not funded 4 4) Ac Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 41- per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 por Cent. 1854 — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds -- Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 59 / Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account 33 21 Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed 991 Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Dn. 6 per Cent, 1861 Ditto 11 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Aui!risn, 5 pr Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutcit *i4 per Cent. Ex. 12 GO Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates h'rench Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — • Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. 5 per Cent. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Dc. Account, Jan. B9i 90 MARKETS.--..This day. MARK LANE. The country markets held on Saturday wore but scantily supplied with wheat, which moved off slowly, but at full quotations. All kinds of spring corn met a dull inquiry, at previous rates. On the Continent wheat and most other kinds of pro duce have been in moderate request, at about stationary prices. In America prices continue to give way. The imparts of grain, &c., into London last week were 38,491 qrs of wheat, 8,817 barley, 55,491 oats, 4,200 rye, 5,365 beans, 9,242 peas, GO tares, 8,569 linseed, 12,520 rape seed, 5,303 maize, 15 sundries, and 7,075 sacks of flour. The old corn Exchange is closed to-day, but the new Exchange is open, contrary to expectation. The supply of English wheat was trifling in the extreme, and, as very few millers were in attendance, the transac tions were so trifling that prices were almost nominal. In foreign wheat scarcely a transaction took place. Barley was very dull, and, to have forced sales, lower rates must have been submitted to. Malt, oats, beans, peas, and flour were very dull, at nominal currencies. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE Wheat— Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 61s to 64s Do., old s7s 67s Do., white, old s9s 71s Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 01d,,, s3s 67 s Do., new Talavera , 6ss 74a Ryo— Barley—Grinding Malting 4os 56s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Wars Chevalier 7Bs 82 8 Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 24s 31s Potato - 28s 368 Youghal and Cork, black 2lB 25$ Cork, white 22s 268 Scotch, Feeding 24s 31s Beans—Tick . _ - • Pigeons ... 4ss 493 Peas—Grey, Maple White _._ Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Ms 57 s Suffolk 42s 43s - Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 3os 37s French, per sack 4ss 50s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a very scanty show of foreign stock here to day, nevertheless the demand for it was heavy on lower terms. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts wero very limited, whilst those from Ireland and Scotland wore trifling. Very few buyers wore in attend ance, and the demand for all breeds of beasts was heavy, at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday last of fully 2d per 81b. The top figure was 5s 41 per 81b., and the general quality of the supply was good. There were about 350 English, 105 Scotch, and GO Irish beasts in the market. Wo wero very Moderately supplied with sheep, which met a slow sale at 2d per 81b. less money. The best Downs and half breeds were disposed of at 6s 2d per 81b. Calves were in short supply and sluggish request on for mer terms—viz., from 4s 8d to 5s lOd per 81b. In pigs, the supply of which was very limited, so little was doing that the quotations were almost nominal. Per 81b to sink the offal. s d s d Crse dz inf. beasts... 3 6 3 8 Second quality do —1 10 4 6 Prime large oxen .. 8 5 0 Prime S3Jts, &c.... 5 2 5 4 Crse. and Int. sueep.3 6 4 0 Second quality do 2 4 :0 d s d Pmecrs-wool alicep.s 0 5 8 Prime 'tlidown a 0.5 10 6 2 Large coarse calves 4 8 5 4 Prime small do 5 6 5 10 Large hogs ....3 6 4 0 Smallporkera 4 2 4 6 Lamb....OS Od to 0% Od. Sinkling calves, 20s to 23s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 27. t•a 30s each!. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts B4O Beasts Cows. .. C0w5..... sheep and lambs 5,500 Sheep and 1 tmbs Calves 73 Ca ves . 5O l'igs 43 Pigs lO The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 8,935 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 11,703 ; in 1864, 5,406 ; in 1863, 3,251; in 1862, 2,440 ; in 1861, 2,382 ; and in 1860, 2,031. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Antwerp Boulogne 299 ... ... 73 ... 31 ... 584 ... 37 Bremen —•••• ••• ••• ••• 24 .•• 27 Calais 40 eel, 100 ••• ••• 46 Dieppe Cadiz Copenhagen Gottenburg Hamburg 373 ... 647 ... Harlingen 9BO ... 1178 ... Nieu Diep 29 ... 556 ... ... 4 ... ...... Llonfleur ... ... ... ... Ostend 2 ... moo; 54 .. • _ Rotterdam — , .., 214 Trouville Vigo . The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 1238 3,042 ... ... 193 ... 933 1 8 63 NEWGATE AND LEA.DENHALL. There is an enormous quantity of both town and coun try-killed meat on sale here to-day. Although an exten • sive business is doing prices • have a drooping tendency. Last week's imports of foreign meat into London were 650 packages ; 754 baskets front Rotterdam ; 77 packages from Hambro'; 15 packages, 2 cases, 5 sacks from Harlingen ; 2 cases from Antwerp, and 1,277 carcasses from Nieu Dieppe. Per 81b by the caroaee. s d s d sdsd Inferior beef 3 2 3 6 Inferior mtaton....3 4 4 4 Middling do. 3 8 4 2 Middling mutton.. 4 6 4 8 Prime large do t 4 4 6 Prime do ..........4 8 4 10 Prime small do 4 6 4 8 Large pork ........ 3 4 4 0 Veal 4 4 5 4 Small pork. 4 2 4 6 Lamb. Oe Od to Os Od BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. We have nothing of interest to notice in this market. The trade for all kinds of potatoes has, owing to the near approach of Ohristmas, been very quiet at late rates, The imports into London last week consisted of 485 sacks, 147 tons from Dunkirk; 52 tons Dohnet, 14 bags, 6 bales, 5 baskets, Rotterdam ; 118 tons Rouen ; and 6 bags from Antwerp. Regents Scotch Regents Flukes . 100 s to 150 s „ WOOL. Colonial wool since our last 'report has met with very little attention at late rates. The trade for English wool has been very quiet on former terms. The imports into London last week consisted of 364 bales from Sydney, and 1,386 bales from the Cape of Good Cape. Current prices of English wool per lb. ..s d s d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 7/ 1 8i Half-bred do 1 9 1 1 10f Kent fleeces .. 1 8 1 9 South Down ewes and wethers... 1 7 1 8 Leicester do 1 7 1 9 Sorts—Clothing Combing BOROUGH HOP. In consequence of the holidays, and almost the ontiro absence of buyers, business was at a stand still, and prices were nominal. The imports into London last week con sisted of 289 bales from Antwerp, 57 Bremen, 341 Ham burg, 69 Ostend, and 109 bales from Rotterdam. Mid and East Kents Weald of Kent Sussex Yearlings loss to 150 s „ TALLOW. Although very little business is doing the market is firm. P,Y.C. on tho spot is selling at 44s 9d per cwt. THE FOOT GUARDS AND THE SNIDER BREECH LOADER. —The entire division of the Foot Guards is to be armed forthwith with the now broech loader (Snider's) in lieu of the Enfield muzzle-loader. FASHIONABLE VISITORS TO PARIS.—In compliance with a request from the imperial commissioners, the Indian agents for the territories of Dacotah and Idaho have made arrangements to send 50 Indians, "braves," "squaws," and "papooses," to the Paris Exhibition. The noble savages, in full fig of paint and feathers, will be, with their. wigwams, weapons, and utensils, shipped from New York, March 10, 1867, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1866. SIIARE MARKETS. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. sharel Railways. Paid. ) I Closing Business Price. I done. Bristol and Exeter ...: Caledonian Cambrian Jork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc Dun„Perth, & Ab.J unc London, Scrip Certi 85 ST 118 120 40 15 4 6 85 G 8 70 72 _ Do. Glasgow .t S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland !;reat Northern D J. A stock .. Do. B stock 14 !la 27 28 5 6 CO' 117 126 12e Do. sew, Is. at 25 ptp ; GtS, and \V. of Ireland! Gt. NVestezu -Originad D... 6. V,LI. Kaii gu.t.l Do. South Wales ....I Do. W. Mid.—Oxtortli 90 02 54 52j 30 3S 3) 35 Do. Newport 1)0. Ileraord. Lancrishire& Yorkshire London and Blackwalt Lon., S Coasti Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western, Han., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New 1264 f 27 88 87 15i 16; 10 /0 1181 1181 81 83 43 50 124 125 1i 2 p 10 11 84 86 Do. Extension netropolitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John's W'd Kidtand Do. L 9 Share Do, Birinin.. & Derb) Vild Kent . . 121 122 1t 21 , 91 82 North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwies Do. G.IN•E purchase. Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... 35 36 ,4 18 105 1,7 Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Caitral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 1)0. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Statues, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenn) Waterloo & White West Cornwall .... 20 at et 100 BRITISH P A.tlantic&St.Lawrence liom.,Baroda,&Cen.ln. gu. 5 percent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-i Calcutta & B. E., Jat,e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p 1 East. Ben4al, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. Do. J Extension rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.e Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Du. 4th Pref. stook . Do. do. deterred G t. India Yen. gua. sp.c I so. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 4 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent DJ. 41 per cent Do '3reat Wi-s. of Canada.. Do, New Do. 6 p. a Bt.s. pay. 1873 Do. 54 (to. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. 111.C'da, 6pc Ist pf.bs Scinde ....... 4 Do. Delhi Do. do l a. Do. Puniaub.... Do. Indus St.Flot COLONIAL GO VERNME British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec.3l, 1572. ... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.J July 1877-84 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. inscribed ss Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct, 1890-1900 Do. do 1880-9 u Do. Jau.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p.e Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 178 1882, Mayls, Nov.lB Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal ‘lov. 6 per cent N. 8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t) Do. 5 p.c. 1811 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Soutia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. e S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Nrio,G ov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, a pril & Oct BRIT1S: Cain. ConsoL Gold, Um, Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (thogan) East Caradon Last Uarn BrPa 1 Nast Grenville :.. Mast Gunnislake.. East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StAubyn(G wen. Great L:txey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (.11.elst,u Grenville tierod's Foot tlingston Downs lAlarg - aret (Uny Lelant Ilarke Valley Ytwyndy Iron Ore, lira N ew Se ton North Itoskear . WWI Bassett (I Rogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence Uny Lelant S.,Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft...., 7igra and Clogan, West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chi verton West Seton . Wheal Bassett (Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Setou • Wheal 'rrelawney (Lis. 65 G 7 98 9J 34 S 5 9 10 p 116 )20 1 2p 1 2p 70 72 114 118 118 152 42 44 65 65 8 9 150 153 3 41. ,SIONS. 66 68 102 103 id ip 4 4i 7i bi 50 55 101 103 101 IC3 105 106 18 20 85 88 57 59 50 54 50 51 37 tO 23 25 106 107 1 i 1 I , 6 1p 100 102 91 93 111 12} 1: 14 F 8 92 81 84 lt I},ll 102 103' 22 94 85 90 82 85 92 101 97 98 11 98 99 FT SECU . 93 94 90 92 90 V 2 77 78 75 7 7 104 108 103 105 IC2 104 104 100 88 ao ICO 102 104 Ic6 105 107 101 106 105 107 1(6 108 96 100 90 92 90 92 90 95 81 87 98 100 81 85 96 9S 92 94 106 108 103 101 104 31 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. Alfred Hill was charged before Mr. Alderman Hale with stealing a goose value 4s. 6d. Arthur Edwards said that he was employed at a poulte rer's in Leadenhall Market, and about a quarter past six in the afternoon of Saturday the prisoner came into a passage communicating with the shop. He saw the prisoner take a goose (which was produced) off one of the side coun ters, and walk away with it. He followed him and seized hold of him, and he (prisoner) said that ho was going to buy the goose. He had no knowledge of him, and ho gave him in charge. Police-constable 46, of the City division, said that he took the prisoner to the station, and ho repeated his state ment as to his having intended to purchase the goose. lie gave an address at - 5, White-court, George-street, Brick lane, Spitalfields, and it was found on inquiry that his thor was living there, but that he had not lived there for five years. The prisoner's mother described him as a hawker. Ile found 2s. 81d. on the prisoner, but nothing else. The prisoner, who was not known to the police, said he was out of employment, and had a wife and child. Sentence—One month's hard labour. Benjamin Levitt was charged with stealing a barrow. Police-constable Macqueen said that about half-past 8 o'clock on Saturday evening ho saw the prisoner take a two-wheeled barrow from the stall of Mr. Miller, in Leadenhall Market, and he followed him for about 150 yards. He asked the prisoner if the barrow belonged to hire, and at first he said it did, but afterwards that he hired it from a person in Spitalfields, but that ho did not know his name. Ile then took him to the station, and charged him with having the barrow unlawfully in his possession. The prisoner gave no address, and said he had been 20 years out of employment. (A laugh.) The Prisoner—l did not say so. . _ Thomas Saunders said the barrow was the property of his employer, who hired it quarterly to Mr. Miller. The barrow had been taken away shortly before for seven or eight days. The prisoner said he was going "up Leadenhall-street, and a man gave the barrow into his charge just before he he was taken into custody. He bad been at work in Bush-lane for twelve years, and sometimes in summer worked at the Fresh Wharf. The police-constable said that ho had been watching the prisoner for about three-quarters of an hour in consequence of a brothel officer having told him that he saw him handing some canes outside an umbrella-shop in Gracechurch-street. It appeared that the prisoner had been tried at the Old Bailey on a charge of stealing some cloth, but he was acquit ted. Alderman Hale said it was evident that the prisoner was an idle fellow, and sentenced him to two months' bard labour. THAMES. A DRUNKEN BRUTE.—Samuel Sullivan, an Irish labourer, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself. A police-constable named Ringrose, of the K division, said that ho found the prisoner with a child, two years old, which he was swinging by the leg in a manner calculated to endanger the life of the child. The prisoner was very drunk and noisy, and for the protection of the man and the infant he took both to the station-house. The child was restored to its mother. Mr. Partridge—Did ho injure the child? Witness—No, sir ; but the infant was very muchfright ened. He swung it about with the head downwards, and it was in groat danger. The Prisoner—The child is my own. Mr. Partridge—ls that any reason you should swing it about in that dangerous manner ? The Prisoner—l am very sorry. I hopo you will not send me to gaol, for I have to appear at the Middlesex Sessions on the 7th of January. Mr. Partridge—For what ? Tho Prisoner—For assaulting a police-constable. I am bound over to appear at the sessions. Mr. Partridge—Your conduct has been very disgraceful indeed. You are fined ss. for being drunk. GAROTTING.—John Lacey, a young man, was charged with assaulting and attempting to rob William Kenny, a labourer. The complainant, a very respectable man, who was wearing a large red and white woollen scarf, stated that ho was passing along the Bow-road last night at half-past 12, and when nearly opposite the Plough, a roadside public house, he met with the prisoner, another young man, and three women. He was walking very fast, his scarf was loose about his neck to keep his throat warm, and he did not anticipate any attack whatever, when all at once the prisoner cams in front of him and rubbed dust and mud into his eyes and face. At the same time the others came iu front of him and pulled his scarf very tightly about his neck and tried to pull him down. He struggled hard, called out police, and got away from his assailants, who all ran away. He pursued the prisoner along the Grove-road and caught him. Ho was soon assisted by a policeman and others, and the prisoner was secured. In answer to Mr. Partridge the witness said his neck was swollen, and very bad, and that he was not robbed of anything but a street-door key. His scarf wao pulled very tightly about his neck. The prisoner said ho was innocent, and that when the prosecutor laid hold of him he struck him on the nose and made it bleed. He was a portmanteau maker by trade. Inspector Griffin, of the K division, said that a medical student and his brother were attacked by garotters in Russell-street, Stepney, on Friday night. The gentleman was robbed of his watch and chain. The student's brother, a lad of 14, was kicked and ill-used by the villains. Mr. Partridge—l shall remand the prisoner for a week for inquires to be made' about him. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DANGEROUS ASSAULT BY AN AUCTIONEER.—John Acton, 20, Great Queen-street, Drury-lane, auctioneer, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Mr. Henry John Capon, beerhouse keeper, of No. 25, Noel-street, Wardour street, and also with breaking a pane of glass of the value of £2 10s. Mr. Capon said—On the 21st of December the prisoner came to my house and asked for half a pint of porter. I served him, and ho laid down a sovereign. I told him I had no change, and he drank the beer and left, and after wards came back and paid me. At nine o'clock the same night the prisoner came again with a friend, and the friend called for a pint cf spiced beer, and asked for it to be boil ing; but on its being supplied to him he could not drink it, and the prisoner, after abusing me, threw the beer into my face, scalding me and nearly blinding me, and he then throw a pot at me, and he took lip a second and threw it with such violence at me that if I had not stooped to avoid it I would have been killed, the measure being doubled up, and making an in dentation in a door it came in contact with. The prisoner then broke a pane of glass of the value of 505., and then he got outside, challenging me to come out and see what he would do. While my wife was gone for a constable the prisoner's friend got him away, and I applied for a warrant and had him apprehended. A witness said—While getting my supper beer I heard the prisoner make use of bad language to Mr. Capon, and then throw the pot of beer in his face and afterwards the pot at him, and then break the window. Mrs. Elizabeth Capon, wife of the complainant, said— Prisoner's friend asked for apint of very hot spiced beer, and paid for it, and because it was too hot the prisoner called my husband a thief, and said "I'll throw this into your face," and he then threw the beer into her husband's face, and then two measures. She went round the coun ter for the purpose of going for a constable, her husband being blinded at the time, and the prisoner then dashed his fist through the window, and made off. There had been a grievance existing before between her husband and the prisoner, but that had been forgotten. Tile prisoner—l told the complainant that it was very shabby of him not to change the sovereign, and that I had a great mind to throw the beer at him, and he said, "Do it," and I did so, and he then threw a pot at me, and I threw one at him. I don't recollect how the window was broken. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner had some former malice against the complainant, and because the complainant did not change his sovereign his bad spirit had revived again. It was a bad assault, and the prisoner might have killed the complainant. He should commit the prisoner for six weeks for the assault, and order him to pay £2 5s for the damage and 2s. 6d. fine, or another month. That perhaps would have the effect of teaching the prisoner that he must not be so cruel to people. WESTMINSTER. IMPRISONMENT OF INNCOCENT PERSONS.—Three young women of creditable appearance, one of whom had an in fant in her arms, were placed before Mr. Selfe in the names of Casey, O'Hara, and Ballard. Sergeant Purchase, of the B division, stepped forward and said—These persons havo been charged wrongly and are innocent. Mr. Selfe—Whero is the prosecutor? Sergeant Purchase—He has not come hero. These women were charged with felony and locked up on Satur day night, but the property alleged to have been stolen was never lost. Mr. Selfe—Then there was no felony committed. The police-sergeant said—The prosecutor charged these women with stealing a silver watch from his person, and they were taken into custody and detained, but yesterday afternoon I received a message from the prosecutor inform ing mo that ho had found his missing watch in a drawer in his own room ; in fact that be had not had it out with him on Saturday. When I heard this, and saw the watch, I immediately set the women free on their own recognizances to appear to-day. The accused were then discharged. REPRIEVE OF THE FOLESHILL MURDERESS.--The convict, Sarah Campton, who was condemned to death by Mr. Justice Byles at the Warwick assizes for the wilful murder of her illegitimate child, Joseph Campton, at Poles kill, on the 28th Aug., has been reprieved. It is rumoured that further legal changes are contemplated, and that Mr. Karslake may be raised to the Bench. In that case Mr: Garth, who has succeeded Lord Chief Justice Bovill in the representation of Guildford, will, it is belieied, be appointed Solicitor-General. How THE METEORS WERE PREDICTED.—Profes sor Newton, of America, who has investigated the phe nomena of the November meteors, found, by comparing together thirteen historic star-showers, occurring between the years 902 and 1833, that a common shower existed on November 13, which roturned with especial intensity about every thirty-three years. We have thus two types. In one case, meteors arc seen every year; in the other case, in certain years only. How are these phenomena to be explained ? By supposing that there are independent zones or rings of meteors cir culating round the sun, but incli-ed to the earth's path, through which zones the earth in its annual course succes sively passes. But although this explains the return of meteors every year, it does not explain the thirty-three years' period of the November shower. A simple modifi cation, however, will suffice; for imagine that, instead of the meteors being uniformly distributed throughout the ring, they are gathered together more towards particular parts of the ring; and suppose that the time of revolution of the ring differs from that of the earth, then in some year the earth will pass through that part of the ring containing many meteors ; in tho next year, it will pass through a part in which there aro fewer, and may continue' to pass through a thin part of the ring, until the difference between the times of revolution of the earth and ring amounting to a whole revolution, will bring the earth and thick part of the ring again together, and the display of some years previous will be again repeated. Now, this supposed case is the fact, as Professor Newton has found from investigation of the phenomena of the November me teors ; and he having ascertained the precise period be tween the successive returns of maximum intensity of the November display, was enabled with confidence to predict for the morning of Nov. 14, 1866, and accurately within a few hours, the return of a period of maximum intensity.— Chambers's Journal. CLAIM AGAINST FRENCH SHIPBUILDERS.—The American Government has just made an applica tion, as plaintiff, before the Civil Tribunal of the Seine, to claim the condemnation of several French shipbuilders to repay a sum of 2,800,000 f. The purport of the citation delivered to the latter n the name of President Johnson may be thus summed up. It commences by referring to the note inserted in the Moniteur of the 30th of June, 1861, by which the French Government, while recognis ing the Seceded States as belligerents, had, never theless, formally prohibited French citizens from aiding in any manner whatever iu the equipment and armament of any vessel of war for either of the parties, and enjoined them to abstain from every act which could be considered contrary to strict neutrality. In spite of this declaration, an associa tion was formed in France with the object of fur nishing vessels to the Southern States ; and by a deed of agreement of the 15th of April, 1863, M. Arman contracted with M. Bullock, the Confede rate agent, to construct for him four vessels of war, with the assistance of other shipbuilders--MM. Voruz, Joliet, Babin, Mazeline, and Dubigeon. The cost of each was to be 180,000,000 f., payable at the time. The necessary authorisation for send ing out this war material was obtained upon affirma tion made to the Minister of Marine that the ships n question were ordered by a foreign shipowner, who intended them for mercantile service in the waters of the extreme East, while at the same time reserving the right of selling them as ships of war to the Chinese or Japanese Governments. But in October, 1863, the Minister of Marine having been informed of the real destina tion of the . vessels, hastened to withdraw the authorisation granted in June. However the builders in the interval received a fresh payment on account. A sum of 2,800,000 f. appears to have been paid them through the house of Erlanger, which was in Paris the financial intermediary of the agents of the Secessionist chief. At present, that the war has terminated, the United Stags' Government claims from the tuilders restitution of all the moneys which they may have thus received. It affirms, in support of its demand, that to it alone belongs this right, as the only recognised and regu lar Government of that country; that, in any case, the agreement entered into was fraudulent, as being contrary to the laws of neutrality, and that on this ground also it has a right to the reimbursement claimed, if it were only as damages for the wrong which M. Armful and colleagues has caused it in facilitating to the Secessionists the means of pro longing their rebellion. Such is, in its main out lines, the demand brought by President Johnson against the French shipbuilders. Thelatter, invoking the benefit accorded by the law of France against foreign plaintiffs, demanded that the complainant in this case should give security for costs, and that the amount should be fixed at 150,000 f. The tribunal having heard M. Lacan for M. Arman and the other defendants, and M. Moreau for President Johnson, admitted the exception claimed, and or dered the plaintiff to lodge the 150,000 f. as required. Galignani's Messenger. Judge—Two-and-a-kick. Counsel—Half-a-crown, my Lud ; two-and-sixpence. A kick, in the language of persons of the witness's station in life, means sixpence. Judge—Sixpence. Oh ! Sixpence. A kick—sixpence. Counsel—lt also signifies, your Ludship, that part of a glass bottle which a French Minister described by saying that the bottom entered the interior. But sixpence is the witness's meaning. Judge—l understand. Counsel (to Witness)--When the prisoner said he was good for two-and-a-kick, did he do anything ? Witness—He put down the money. Counsel—He put down the money. Was any observation made in the prisoner's hearing ? Witness—Bill said, "Who stole the moke ?" Judge--Stole the what? Stole the bloko—the man? How could he steal the bloke ? Counsel—Hoke, my Lud, not bloke. A moke is what costormongers call a donkey. Judge—Really the language of that class of persons is very extraordinary. _ _ When the case has been completed, and the Judge sums up, he is pretty sure to make some remark on the strange expressions which ho has heard, speaking of them as though they had occurred to his ear for the first time. As thu,: " And then, gentlemen, the witness, as you heard, used certain words, which perhaps may be new to you. Hs spoke of a bloke, and he mentioned a moke. New, gentlemen, bloke and moke are words that sound very much alike, but you must know they are not convertible toxins; that is to say, they don't mean the same thing; for bloke, as we are informed by the learned counsel, whose explanation of the terms is, I have no doubt, as correct as it is clear, signifies man, and moke donkey. Not but that some men may be termed donkeys in a certain sense ; but that is not the sense in which the witness used the word moke. Well ; and then, the phrase two-and-a-kick, gentlemen, means, as you heard, not anything involving a peculiar assault, but a sum of money—the sum of—eh. brother Gabbles ?—two shillings and sixpence." Whether the learned judges whom such words and phrases as those above instanced apparently puzzle never possessed any knowledge of them at all, or have simply unlearned them, is a question that may be asked. There is somewhat pleasing in the thought that the purity of the ermine exerts ou its wearer a mysterious impulse that expels from the memory every word of a grotesque and undignified character which it may have been charged with during its experience at the bar. A certain propriety, too, appears in a judge's innocence of thieves' Latin. BILLIARDS —EXCITING CONTEST BETWEEN HURST AND BENNETT FOR .£2OO SECOND MATCH. OR Wednes day J. Hurst,of Liverpool, and J. Bennett, of London (late of Leeds), two of the most celebrated provincial players of the day, had a match of 1,000 up for £2OO, which, it will be remembered, although the odds were much in favour of the Livorpoolian at starting, was eventually won by Ben nett by 239, the play "all round" of the latter being of a first-rate character. Tho match arose out of the great bil liard handicap during the Cattle-show week, and, although Bennett was the victor, so confident were the Liverpool party of the abilities of their champion that a fresh match was made for another £2OO, which took place on Saturday evening last at Messrs. Dalton and Davis's saloon, Phil harmonic Hall, Islington, the room being crowded by the first players, professional and amateur. The match was played on the fine table of Burroughes and Watts, the same excellent accommodation and ma nagement being afforded as on the previous occasion. At a quarter past six they strung for the lead, which was gained by Bennett; they made two misses each, when Hurst made 15, and was 17 to 2 ; a break of 31 brought him to 48 to 21; and another fine run of 33, and he was 81 to Bennott's 43, the betting .£l5 to £lO on Hurst. The latter by a 55 brought his figures 18G to 83, and Hurst was 277 to 158. Bennett was now thought to come out in his ex pected good form, but broke down at 21, his number being 228 to Hurst's 309. The latter by a brilliant 62 brought his number to 444 to 262 ; a 29 and ho was 490 to 299 ; and, by a 52, 513 to 305. Bennett next placed 50 to his account, and his number was 394 to 612. Again did Hurst get in, an d with as fine a 64 break as was ever seen made numberhis ; 715 to 417. Once more Bennett raised the hopes of his friends by a well-played 40, and with minor numbers reduced his opponent's load, being 514 to 750. Flom this time the game may bo said to have boon over, for another 61 by Hurst, and ho was 885 to 599 ; a 34, and he ors 930 to 628. Bennett made his score 659, but Hurst came to 973 ; beyond his 659, Bennett did r.ot further scorn, whoa Ilurst played out, winning by 311. There was an interval of 20 minutes. The game finished at '2O minutes past 10 o'clock. " SEELY'S PIGS."—We are informed that Sir Daniel Gooch and Mr. Watkin, M.P., have made All offer to take from the Admiralty, at a cost of £lOO,OOO, the iron ballast with which some of our admirals and captains superintendent have paved her Majesty's Dockyards, and which is now familiarly known under the name of " Mr. Seely's pigs." The iron is said to be of a very fine cold blast quality.—Army and Nary Gazette. MR. ALDERMAN SALOMONS, M.P.—This gentle man has announced his intention of holding three public meetings during the ensuing month, to address his consti tuents at Greenwich, Deptford, and Woolwich. KENSINGTON PALACE.—We are glad.to announce that her Majesty has made arrangements by which suitable apartments in Kensington Palace will be provided for the permanent residence of MIMI. the Princess Mary Adelaide and the Prince de Tock.—Sunday Gazette. The receipts from the working of the At:antic telegraph up to the present time have averaged £Bl3 a day, including Sundays and 40 days of the stoppage of the land lines. Sine Nov. 1., however, when the price of the mes sage was reduced from £2O to £lO, the average receipts have been £874, or at the rate of £205,133 per year.— Obderver. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 22. Mr. Robert Williams, 8.A., and late junior student of Christ Church ; Mr. Mandell Creighton, 8.A., and post master of Brasenose, wore this day elected Fellows of Mer ton. Mr. Williams obtained a classical first and mathe matical second in the "Moderations" examination of Easter Term, 1862, and a classical first-class in the final examina tion of Easter Term, 1864. Mr. Creighton obtained a classical first at the " Moderation " of Easter, 1864, and a classical first-class in Trinity Term of the present year. Mr. Ileinold obtained the junior mathematical scholarship in 1835, a mathematical first at " Moderations " in the same year, awl a mathematical first-c]ess at the recent final examinations. In a convocation hell this day at two o'clock the Rev. William Yates, M.A., Fellw and tutor of Brasenose was ad tnitted to the office of Proctor, in the place of the Bev. James John Hereby, ros!gued. Mr. Yates nominated to the office of Pro-Proctor (which he vacated by becoming Proctor) the Rev. R. S. Wilson, M.A., Fellow of Brasenose. Mr. C. Mayo, M.A., Fellow of New College, took the oaths and was admitted to the office of University coroner. CAMBRIDGE, DEC 20. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Chancellor of the University, being pleased to give annually a Gold Medal for the encouragement of English poetry, the Vice-Chancellor gives notice that the prize will be given this year to such resident Undergraduate as shall compose the best poem on the Atlantic Telegraph Cables, 1866. The exercises are to be sent in tothe Vice-Chancellor on or before April 1, 1867, and are not to exceed 200 lines in length. The representatives in Parliament for the University being pleased to give annually (1) two prizes of 15 guineas each for the encouragement of Latis prose composition, to be open tc all Bachlors of Arts, without distinction of years, who are not of sufficient standing to take the degree of Master of Arts; (2), and Iwo other prizes of 15 guineas each, to be open to all Undergraduates who shall have re sided not less than seven term at the time when the exer cises aro to be sent in, the subjects for the present year are : (1), for the Bachelors, " Quemnam in portum C. J. Caesar, Brittannium, invasurus, naves sues, adpulerit ; (2), for the Undergraduates, "Utrum paucm civitates eredemque mag ma an plures eredernque parva© bonis moribus et paci magis faveant." The exercises are to be sent in on or before April 1, 1867. Sir Wm. Browne's three gold medals of the value of five guineas each are given to such resident Undergraduates as shall compose (1), the best exercise in Greek verse, the metro being either hexameter, elegiac, or lyric ; (2), the best Latin ode in imitation of Horace ; (3), the best Greek epigram after the model of the Anthologia, and the best Latin epigram after the model of Martial. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Dec. 24.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; light breeze, and cloudy weather, with a slight fog. SWANSEA, Dec. 22.—Wind S.W—Arrived—Favourito, from Prince Edward's Island. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 23.—Wind variable.—Sailed—Ro bert Jones, for the Canary Islands ; Willem Jacobus, for S urinam. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived.— Norseman, screw steamer, from the Cape of Good Hope. (Br TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH, Monday Morning. Her Majesty's screw steamship Gibraltar, 81, Captain Rabert Coote, from the Meditterranean, arrived in the Sound this morning. Her crew will be paid off, and she will be paid out of commission. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 23—Haabet, from Yetod ; Marsdon, from Cronstadt ; Ida; from St. Valery ; Result from Guernsey. Arrived, Dec. 24—North of Scotland, from Hernosand ; Jean Bort, from Gravelines ; Catherine, from Christiania ; Planet, steamer, from Hamburg ; Thetis, steamer, from Lisbon; Maas, steamer, from Hamburg ; Seine et Tamlse, steamer, from Paris; Dolphin, steamer, from Antwerp; Lion, steamer, from Dantzic. DEAL, Monday Morning. No arrivals. The Duke of Beaufort's Salmon Fisheries. IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE FISHERY COMMISSIONERS. CHEPSTOW, Saturday. To-day the special commissioners for inquiring into the legality of fixed nets and other engines on the salmon rivers of England delivered their judgment on the claims made by the Duke of Beaufort to certain cribs and stopping-nets on the river Wye, between Monmouth and• Chepstow, which had been argued before them on the previous day. Mr. Hughes, barrister, of the South Wales circuit, supported the duke's claim. Tho Chairman of the commission, James Paterson, Esq., in delivering judgment, described the nature of the engines olaitned. A crib is an artificial bank of stone, projecting into the river, for the sole purpose of cre..ting b current, within which is placed a stopping-net s (held byr back men with poles in a boat), and a boat fixed to the soil with stakes. They had uo doubt that the whole of these things taken together constituted a fixed engine, while the crib taken by itself was a weir, and as such came within the things prohibited in navigable rivers by the statute of 25 Edward 111. The direct evidence of antiquity required could seldom or never be produced, but there must at least be evidence of such a continuous modern use that the prior existence of the thing might be reasonably inferred from what had followed. In the present case the claimant had produced in most of the instances not only evidence of user during living memory, but had fortified his case with docu ments of title of the most extensive kind. Letters patent of 6 Charles 1., relating to the manor of Monmouth, ex pressly mentioned weirs, banks, fisheries, and fishings. The document of title relating to the other manors were also of the widest description, and they formed such a basis for the modern user that the two things coupled together made up a chain of title which might reasonably be presumed to reach back as far as the time of Edward L In the numer ous claims made by his grace they had carefully considered all the evidence of user during living memory, and wherein that had been satisfactorily established they had come to the conclusion that such crib or stop-net existed from be fore the reign of Edward 1., and was now legal. Accord ingly, going through the list of his grace's claims in the several fisheries of Monmouth Fshery, Redbrook Fishery, and Upper Fishery, extending along the Wye from Mon mouth to Chepstow Bridge, the commissioners declared legal the greater part of the cribs and stopping-nets claizned, abolishing those only in respect of which the proof of user according to the rules laid down above was not satisfactory. They, however, declared that the number of stop-nets and boats to be used at one time at all the, places named must be limited to 13. JUDGES ALWAYS AT FAULT. (From Punch.) The report of an assault case which occurred in the Court of Common Pleas, before Lord Chief Justice Bovil and a special jury, the other day, contains the subjoined passage, commencing with a statement given in evidonce: " The defendant would not let the cabman into the house, saying, Don't put your foot insido my door, or you will have to pay fifty bob.' (Laughter.) "The Lord Chief Justice—Fifty "What ? " Mr. Stratton (examining counsel) it means shillings, my lord." _ _ There is one particular wherein the learning of learned judges appears to be commonly at fault. Their lordships in general evince a remarkable unacquaintanee with those synonyms which, amongst the masses, are usually substi tuted for words which have a place in "Johnson's Die ' tionary. ,, In short, no judge ever seems to understand slang. As, for instance, when a witness is undergoing an examination, and there ensues a colloquy of this sort :-- Counsel—And then you said, what ? Witness—And then I said, " Here's me and a ßill agin you two and that other bloke." Judge—What does he say, Brother Gabbles ? Counsel —Bloke, my Lud ; a word in use among the humbler classes. It means man. Judgo—Homo or rir? Counsel (griming) Vi r my Lud. Judge—Very well ; go on. Counsel (to witness)—And then you said, " Here's me and Bill agin you two and that other bloke." Well, and what did the prisoner say? Witness—He said I'm good for two-and-a•kick. 384 5.17.0 64 74 54 61 405 415 ls 20 5 6 2 3 2 3 1 9 10 24 2} 5 6 17 13 15 16 11 16 30 32 2t 51 2 4 3/ 41 21 lid 35 43 2 4 2I 3i 21: 26 300 320 f If 18 22 1 2 9 lu it 14 12 k. 4 54 Id 115 125 65 75 18 20 10 12 133 145 7 9 t'ItIGIERENCE B HARM,. south Eastern (Reading Arms., £1.0.6), Ditto, Fixed 4h per cent., 911 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. &0., 4i per cent., 1858, 121 London, Chatham, &c., 6 per Cent. 2d pt., 27f LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent.. 112 Preston and Wyre, 421 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Belgian Eastern Junction, 11 Great Luxembourg, 1.1 1 1 Namur and Liege, ,qua. 6 per cent. pl., 18i Recite and San Francisco, Rm., gua. 7 per cent., 10 Royal Swedish, 1 South Austrian add Lombardo Venetian, 151 FOREIGN MINES. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 21 Cobre Copper, t lon Pedro, North Del Rey, dis par Port Philip, / St. John del Rey, Um., 40E8 91 DOC'S& London and St. Katharine, 67 BANKS. Albion, 4i Alliance, Jim., 18 Anglo Egyptian, lira., 11:12 • Chartered tiler. of India, London, and China, 34 City, 14j 15 Consolidated Bank, Um., 41 a English and American, lira., 5 Imperial Bank, lira.. 25 Imperial Ottoman, lira., Lard Mortgage Bank of India, Urn., 21 a London and Inver Plate, Ditto, issued at la pin., Ditto, dittolgi: London Chartered ['Ain't of Australia, 20 a London and County, 64 31 London Joint Stock, 42/ 31 London and %1 estminster, 951 5 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 11} Midland Bank, lira., 17i National Provincial of England. Ditto, d and ;d issue, 31 9 National Sank. 67 a New South Wales, 41} Oriental Bank Corporation. 42 a Provincial Banking Corporation, Iin:LAS! Union of Australia, 44 Union of Loudon ) 44 a MISCELLANEOUS; Anglo-American Telegraph, 10 * Atlantic Telegraph, Dit o, 8 per cent., 80 City of Moscow Gas, Bra . 14/ Coamtercial Union, Insurance, 5 Credit Fonder of Englann, lira.. 31 1 1 Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 12/ Gen. Credit and Finance of Lond2n, lira., 1 1 Hudson's Bay, l International Financial Society.lim., 3 National Discount (.;ompany. , .l4l Panama. New Zealand, and Aus. R. Mail, 7 1 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 6.31 Itio de Janeiro City Improvements. 181 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, lira., Ditto (£l5), 13e Trust and Agency of Australasia, lira., 111 Univers& Marine. Insurance. lira., 2 Viceroy of Egypt, Mortgage, Loan, 74 Ii MINES. 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 &3.6 3.9.0 10.8. u 271 8} 117 126 71 8.1 51 112 11 il27j 1 4 6 7 CI 161 152 119 181- 191 81 2i 3 1241 1 I 1211 22 12 2 8& 105 a 61 f36i 994 9 10f 1 83i 0 36 i 65 1 i i i 81 ITIES. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HORSES STRUCK OUT OP THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. Dec. 17, at 9 a.m., Jack o' Newbury, out of Grand An nual Steeplechase at Ealing., and Savernake Forest Han dicap, at Westbury. Dec. 18, at 9 a.m , Daisy and Flyfisher, out of Ealing and Westbury engagements. Dec. 2i, at 2.60 p.m., Cockfighter and Orontes, out of Ealing engagements. • NOMENCLATURE. The following naines have been given : Mr. R. Ten. Broeck's. BI yearling fby Dundee—Balmeria ... Dinah. B yearling cby Lord Albemarle, out of Amazonian.— Veto. Ch yearling f by Duudee, out of Cossack Maid ... ... ... B filly-foal by Trumpeter—Silkstouo Mr. Alwyu's. Yearling f (sister to Bonnie Deco) by Dundee, out of Mountain Maid ... Mr. A. Harrison's. ... Sorrel. ... Clia ntress. ... Heather Bell. Gr yeurling f by Vultigeur—Spinster Perseverance. Mr. R. Porter's Yearling's. BI c by Musjid, out of Miss Clifton ... Banio. B f by King of Diamonds, out of Star of the Vale Splendour. BI f by Weatherbit, out of Interduca Storm Signal ‘ B f by iThunderbolt, dam by Snowdon Dunhill, out of Spouse... ... Spitfire. Bf by Promised Land, out of Scandal ... Sneerwell. Lord Zetland's Yearlings. B f by Carbineer, out of Tib Tacket Molinara. B f by Barnton, or Carbineer, out of Cas tanotte ... Hermosa. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. 'JANUARY. Manchester: FEBR 1 VARY. Lincoln Spring Harrow Nottingham 26 Derby ,CH. MA: Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 West Drayton l9 Bromley Epsom Spring tc Lewes Spring 2B Croxton Park 29 Thirsk Durham .. 22 Newmarket lst Spring 22 Catterick Chester BO MAY. Northampton Windsor Spring 4 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Newmarket Craven 8 Curragh Chester (continued) 1 York Spring 7 Salisbury 9 Doncaster Spring _ . Bath - 14 Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury CM) lB Harpenden Epsom Summer Newton 29 Croydon Carlisle 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading • • ••• 9 Liverpool July Meeting 10 Hungerford Nottingham July - --- I St o ckbridge l9 Chelmsford I Newcastle .. 25 i Curragh Worcester Summer 2Z I Ipswich 2? "LY. AUG Goodwood (continued) 1 Ripon Brighton .. 6 Brighton Club 8 Lewes Egham ... . l3 Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford .... 15 Hastings Down Royal Corporatn, 17 Stamford Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton Goodwood York August Dover West Drayton 22 Plymouth . Canterbury Lichfield Derby Summer, Weymouth Tunbridge SEP TII3IBER. Warwick Margate Curragh Leicester Abingdon 5 Newmarket Ist October 24 Doncaster OCTOBER. Northampton Autumn. 1 Curragh Edinburgh Autumn ... 2 Newmarket Houghton Newmarket 2d October. 7 Worcester Autumn Cheltenham l5 STEEPLECHASE F. JANI Manchester XTURES FOR 1867. ARY. FEBR Carmarthen 5 Birmingham l2 Windsor MA] Liverpool Spring Grand Military Chertsey Mahon l3 Croydon Spring Cheltenham Grand An 2l Bromley AP. York l7 Sevonoaks IL. Kildare Hunt Aston, Cheshire Mr. Warwick COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. DECEMBER. Name. Judge. Days of Running Conie, Lockenbie Mr. Warwick JANUARY, 1867. Huntingdon Club Mr. Warwick l, 2, Lincolnshire, Ho'beach Mr. Spofford Cook, co. Cork (Open) - Third S. Lancashire, (South- _ port (Open) Mr. Westropp 9, 10, 11 Spelthorne Club Mr. Warwick Border Union (Longtown) Cumberland Barton-on-Humber, Lincoln. Mr. Spafford Altcar Club, Lancashire Wigtonsh. Club (Stranraer) Mr. Boulton ...... 22, &c. Little Crosby County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spafford Ridgway Club, Lytham - 3O, &C. FEBRUARY• Rufford, Lancashire ~ - Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick Waterloo, Lancashire......... - Tamworth, Staffordshire ... Mr. Warwick 26, &c. MARCH. Irish Grand National (Open), county Louta South h osstr a ir , n S ca li s a b rph e ll l ( South port) Champion Mr. Westropp l4, 15, &o (Open) C ourtown ... M r . H. Springall l9 20 Scottish Open, Lauarkshiro SEPTEMBER. 6, 7 7, &c. Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick OCTOBER. Ancastor and Willoughby, Lincolnshire Mr. Spofford State of Trade. BRADFORD, Dec. 20.—There has been rather more doing in wool since Monday, and though it cannot be said there is animation, yet there is a much bet ter tone prevailing. The smallness of the stocks in hand enables staplers to be extremely firm in their quotations, and the hardening tendency continues. In worsted yarns spinners have their frames well engaged on contracts previously entered into. The demand on the part of the shipping houses has slack ened, but still some sorts are inquired for, especially in lustre yarns, single 40's, and twofold 40's. There is rather more doing for home sorts. Carded yarns are also in better request. Spinners who have re cently disposed of their stocks are necessarily much firmer in their quotations in consequence of their altered position. There is a slight improvement in the tone of the piece market. Both the home and foreign trades are exceedingly restricted. Owing to the firmness in wool and cotton prices are stiff. A Phris correspondent informs us that on Wed nesday evening a complimentary dinner was given at the Gramd Hotel to his Excellency Join Bigelow, United States Minister, where he was welcomed by a party of upwards of 300 ladies and gentlemen. It is said that the Hotel des Invalids will be open during the Exhibition to receive foreign military men, and more particularly the Militia of New York, among whom the 7th National Guard are fully expected to visit the French capital during that period. The Emperor is stated to have given orders on the subject The practice of making presents at Christmas having now Income so universal, Messrs. Parkins and Gotto have been induced this season to collect in their spacious show-rooms by far the largest assortmen t of articles in England, especially adapted for Christmas pre sents, at extremely moderate prices, comprising portrait albums, travelling writing cases, dressing cases : dressing bags, despatch boxes, envelope cases, and blotting books, card trays, work boxes, glove and trinket boxes, inkstands, desks, stationery cabinets, purses, pocket books, ponci cases, cigar cases, reticules, opera glasses, scent casos r smelling bottles, ormolu and elegantly mounted orna mental articles for the drawing-room, library, &c. ; bibles, prayer-books, and Church services in every variety of typo and binding ; in fact, an endless variety of articles to suit every taste, purpose, and pocket. A new department for billiard tables, bagatelle-tables, in-door croquet, and an immense variety of other winter games ; musical boxes & c , parkins watt Gotto, 21 and 25, Oxford-greet, ,UARY. 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