The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-09 00:00:00

't.OI\TEY MAItKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is rapidly passing from a condition of stringency to one of comparative ease. An abundant supply of floating capital and its probable increase by the payment of the dividends . at the B ank of England, which are now in progress, ha ve t induced b an k ers an d b ro k ers t o emp l oy th e i r ualances, instead of, as recently, allowing them to accum ulate without much profit. The lowest rate today has been 7f per cen t . , w ith a t en d enc y t o a Still further decline. An amount o f £llB , OOO i n sovere i gns was t a k en from the Bank yesterday afternoon for shipment to the Brazils. The dire c t ors o f t h e N at i ona l Di scount C ompany have resolved to recommend, at their meeting on the 24th inst., a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. l'„ er annum, an d an i ssue to t h e t h en s h are h o ld ers Z 1 % 40 ,000 ne w s h ares at £5 prem i um, th us ma ki ng Paid-up capital £BOO,OOO, with a reserve fund of £500,000. The dire c t ors o f the Port Phili p an d C o l on i a l cold Mining Company have received the following. tel eg'r'am from their president director, Mr. Blind, at Chi nes, giving the results of the month of Octo ber :—Tour weeks' return—Quantity of quartz crushed, 4,850 tons ; yield per ton, 8 dwts. Re ceived ou account of this company's proportion, £1 r 54 0 ; remittance, £BOO. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Frid ay t h e 12 t h i nstant a spec i a l se ttli ng da y in the new s h ares o f t h e I mper i a l Ott oman Ban k, Which a re t o b e mar k e d The committee have ; i also or d ered the new shares ( 4 t h i ssue ) o f t h e e ° , llll3 aY Gas Company and the shares of the v °l43 aial Secu r iti es C ompany t o b e o ffi c i a lly q uoted, tie latter in the twice a week list only. ... t usiness in the F ore i gn an d Colonial Produce farket s d ur i ng the last few days has continue d ver y dull. Sugars have, however, brought steady rat es; coffee and rice have been a shade cheaper, a 3 al5O tallo w , th e opera ti ons f or both present and f rw ard delivery having been on a very moderate scale. Two o'Ctocx. T h 4 , ce °rding to Reuter's telegram the French I.,irra e ° Per C en t. R en t es were quo t e d at 68f. 55c. The Market for English Stocks has been steadily —l3Perted to-day, although the arrangement of the ! cce ant has occup i e d pr i nc i pa l at t en ti on . C on s o ls are 87 for money, and 871 f for February. su Stocks have not varied to any important e 2 l 2 ` en t• Turkish 5 per Cents. are 41i ; Mexican, ; ditto New, 420 • Greek, 15 ; Spanish Pas alVe 4 ) , , I 7 621: " t ; the Certificates, 13i ; Italian, 61* sg,;_ , t . e h Confederate Loan, 6 7; and Brazilian 1 prem. s anited States - 5-20 Bonds are 64k ; Erie Shares, '' ° l 56 ; and Illinois, 86 i• - • 1. „ 11 the Railway Share Market has - been little ration and in most instances a further decline A a f ' a ken place in prices. North-Western and etrePolitan have each receded .105..; and Great Stock E astern, Great Western, South Western, and st"ta Eastern, each ss. ; while Great Northern A ° , l , e h k has advanced 103. ch an ': F oreign and Colonial lines remain without ae of importance. Batik and Miscellaneous Shares remain s to el _ve, at about former rates. London Joint her.e' are dealt in at 51 f ; Oriental, at 51f ; Im- Cr al at 121 ; City Bank, at 111 112 ; 18 1 4 4 Palace Stock, at 35 ; London Financial, at a t e ; '`rational Discount Company, at 161 1 ; 9 ver encl Gurney, and Company, at 20k 21} ; pr e g ni lls .. l _ an dArnericanßank shares are quoted 14- tO 79 7 British Convention Bonds of Mexico, 68} Pre , Lond on S team Tow i ng C ompany, 1f 2 h and Charles Lafitte and Company, 2f 3 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 87 i 6 i a Der Cent. Consols 871 8 Do. Account, Feb 8 864 4 1 , „Per Cent. Reduced 864 1 z ew 3 per Cent 101} 418 ' , v 2i. per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 P e r Cent. Jan. 1873 1880 D° _ er Au •• -v sth Jan., in? . ,) 11111t'os, 3 0 Yr°, ex pi resth April, D° fo r 30 yrs, expire Telegraph), Aug., 1908 6 - 3 tx °‘ (had Sea 17)00 188 a — c.eqUer Bills, , 1 3 per Cent. — Do. ..£5OO 8 1,. 1)° - )13 G , 11 - of CentEngland£Sltoocok,ansdpXer2oo 144ND/A,N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES._ siaii Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 t .1-'0 Account 1024 4 2 Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 _ Po. 4 per Cent , Oct. 1888 _ uo. Certificate; _ Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent _ 1) 1) 13 . 5 per Cent. Jan. Jan. 1872 1084 - I, ° 5 i per Cent. , play 1879 . 0 4 . -... h • lids, ent., Aug. 1866 .... , o 13 b ' .£l,OOO _ 0 under Xl,OOO d ust. ohr i ll ii l : 11 : 33 5 1t0 173, 0 11- 5 en F p t e ljN r Cent, 9 0SING PRICES. i 1)0 . 41 per Cent 1852-58-60 _ Do. ~ 1863 , Do. 1863 4 -Jo Ace° .i. I pm D o. s • 1111 _ aid 1,-°- Ayres 6per Cent Do. ikcco _— C b , tint h i ? - 1 . Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) p l an 'II per Cent 0010°' ,3.Per Cent Cuba, ll lulao 6 per Cent. 6 Pe C Da , „ r Cent. ij o 'sa 3 per Cent., 1825 . 4 n D per Cent., 1863 oa 4o o ' l , ker Cent., 1773-77, £25 pa _ ~,7,18a Principalities tc:1,,," ''-oeount 'l3-'°l' New Consolidated, °., ProVisional Land Warrant 914 24 BYPtiau 1 per Cent _.--- , per Cent 1)01 ..)econcl Issue Do XlOO Bonds 91 D o 1864 Do ' 911 C 4100 Bonds /e):01c. 4eePoeurrl?ents., 1824-5, ex Coupons — l3i to. C oupon s o. t.,li Account aiersala 5 per Cent. t /0 486 p a id Ituii°,;,lB39 and 1850 b r - • . 0 per Cent, 1865 13-' -account pi°. karemmana Railway ~Do el. iP, £671 paid Aiev p s' Per Cont., 1864 1 ) 1-44 3 Per Cent 221 A ccount 20 1 D o 1861 _ 1) 0 n 1) "P e r Cent. Anglo-French 4 0 0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20e . , kr,,soteiridean G per Cent., £3O Pala 931 n'lish li nperial 5 per Cent e l'r Gra A D tia oa -- D o 2 per Cent ID° Deferred b o. 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) pi 6,,Per Cent, 1864 ' ° `luaranteed, 4 per Cent eijiYia. . 11 4 1- per Cent 0 Account , bo O p p Per Cent. (Uribarren) i) er Cent., 1862 69i b Accolult 451 ..°DrNgtleso 3 Per Cent., 1853 '62, ,3 451 1 ,0 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, lai„..-,. Account 89 tal l 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St '9, '6O, _ 83 0 4 4 per Cent. 1850 1 .) 3 4 4 Per Cent., 1860 D 054 0 pet Cent. 1859 884 4 9 b o 0 per. Cent. 1862 934 34, hurd,,,• 5 . Per Cent. 1864 D m 44 11 5 per Cent 0 Account 8 1)4liell per Cent 9,itto account 4,-s'o Account •• ,l'i:ll'ae:irtvi:::: '''''''''''''''''''''' '''' not...****** ""(-.L" 74: ~a0.,,..t **** . s‘,.)°,.Account Vosh 4 per deci.t.. ......... T,, r i' c i 4 1 per Cent 1861 . B — , oo 6 er Cent. 185 1 .. 894 1)0 Account ............................ 1)0 Psr Cunt 1.858 D ACCOUnt .... . 76484 t? •100 Bonds 671 D ° ° Per Cent 1862 6p 8 71 0 A ccount ,zlO ................................. ___ 84 74 0 0 6 0 Bonds 0_ per Cent.,1863 i j ° 5 Per Cent. 1865 s _ D° °r ip, f-35 paid 14 2 1 11 1),,0 tee° t 1111 ........................... 100 u • 4 per Cent Guaranteed "Phl, Dividends on the above payable in London. 2 re- C'Put.,Gull _ It 4 per Cent. C ortifical,es `,.,lart 5 per Cont., 1861, Ex. 25f. 'Jo Account ..... .- j 4 3013 1) 0, f or Inoue. ................ 611 THREE O'CLOCK. .............................. 861 I x d 1.41 - rob. 8 ............................ 87 k x SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ---- • ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. tßrustol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian. Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.June. si.London, scrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s t k. 93 95 127 28 94 96 13 15 44 51 es 70 70 72 111 113 41 13 7t Ei Do. E. Angl: st. No. Great North of Scotland, great Northern D ). A stock .... Do. B stock 121 A 127, 141} 145. E ew, is. at 25 p Gt and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original 0 . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford Do: Newport Do. Ile. eford Lanosshire &Yorkshire Landon and Illackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dovcr 91 93 572 58} 38 40 33 37 102 ‘O4 122 1`,20 89 01 101 103 37 39 iS :0 1241 1231 90 45 61 62 182 133 1 lip 100 102 Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & Nor th Western Lon. .5; South Western Man., Shet., do Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Da Extension Metropolitan District Do du. do. Do. and St. John'alrd Mid , and Do. £9 Share _ 124 123 11 11 94 04 Do, liirnain.. & Derby Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchabt Do. Leeds Do. York Da , . Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. 10. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1804 Do. Li°. 1863 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, ➢iid. st ock Shropshire Union , south Devon ,outit E. steru ;tattles, Wuk., & IVok 'raft' Vale Do. C Vale of Nealh 67 59 7 29 110 111 71 73 101 105 36 37 lo Ii p 121 126 2 2 p 2 2Ap 76 27 11 12 148 15 65 68 112 114 55 47 73 74 Waterford . Kilkenny, Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornw.,./1 Pan C gi s m in . g I Railways. •i.l Busi done. ss ne ERITIS El POSSE Atlantic & St.Lawrenca 60m.,13ar0c1a..t Cen.ln. er S Do. E 1) cent r es Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Freference BufT.,Brant,& Godericli d p.c. 672-3- Calcutta & S. E., ltm , as e Town & Dock, gm I Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p h:ast. Ben :al, gu 5 do, lEast I. gu. 5 p.`'. Do J Extcnston C;rand Trunkot Canadi Do. Equip. Mort, Bondi 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist etef. Bonds Do do. deferred ... Do. 2d PAL Do. do. dehrred Do. ,?d I'ref. stock Do. do. deferred De. 4th fret. stock Do. do. deterred t. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . 4f per cent Do Ircat W. a. of Canada.. Di. New ...... Do. 6 p. c. B. pay 1873 'o. 5, do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. 6pc Istpf.bs. Ccinde Do. Delhi Do. do. Do. PuWaub Do.lndus Sc Flo COLONIAL GO VEIL llriti9h Columbia, 6 pel cent., Dec. 31, 1372.... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-64 Do. 6 p. e. Feb. & Aug 5 p. c. Mar. & Sepi ,o. 5 p. c. Jan. & Jul) Do. 5 p e. Inscribed ais ()ape U.llope, 6 p.c. 187. do.Apl.&Oct .1890-1 M Do. do; 1.80-9 Do. Jan.&July, 169( 1 -9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April'. and 5 Oct., 1100 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 8 p. Do. 1878, do. Ilauritius, F p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1-78 Do. 1882, May ;5, Nov. Do. 1 ,4 05, Feb. St Auz.. a.tal per Cent.. N.B.W. Gov.s p.e.,184; Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 187. Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. Sew Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 4ueensland Gov. 6 p. c i. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18t18-t! Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja, & July Do. do, April & Oct BRITISH M Cam. Consul. Gold, lim I Chiverton Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tay.st Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) r;Nst Cam - ion East Carn Brea I , ,ast Grenville East G unnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. Great L ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville Herod's Foot .... Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Ylwyndy Iron Ore, live New Sewn North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper Pr vidence Uny Leant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Ch gan, lim West hassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L,skeard West Chi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Tzelawney 2.1.0 294 2.14. t 2.14.( 8.3.0 3.y.0 10.8. rItEF ItEN (1E b./lA.IMb, South Devon, Anne., 10s., 10 South Eastern (Reading Anus., £1.0,6), 22 PREFERENCE SNARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per cen't.Zpr., Ditto, 5 per cent pf., 95 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Cirantham R. and C., 90i FOREIGN RAIL WA 1' II Bahia and San Francisco MAL) gua. 7 per oent., 14i 1 Dutch Rhenish, 2:4 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 91 i San Paulo, hut., gua. 6 per cent., 1(1 6 Fi ►ItUIGIS Cape Copper, lira.. 121 Cobre Copper, 20% 20 East dcl Hey, lim. 3i Frontino and tsolivia Gold, Um., 11 St. .John del Rey, lim., 40 Washoe Gold, lim., Ditto (£4), 61 0 BANK'. Agra and M isterman's, lira., 561 7 Alliance, ii."- 291 t 9 Auglo Egyptian, lira., 13 Bank of Egypt, 29* British North American. 461 it City, 112 11 Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 101 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 191 English and Swedish. lira.. 15 Imperial Ottoman, 12* , Lard'Mortgage Bank ul India. lim., 4 London and Brazilian ;lira.), 47 London and River Hate. Ditto, issued at 1; pm., '2} London Joint Stock, 51 6 New Zealand Bank Corporation, lirn., Oriental Bank Corporation, 5'6 l'rovincial Bankliq.; Corporation, Ern., 72 Provincial of Ireland, 83 Union of London, 54 MISCELLANEOUS. Atl..ntic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2i Berlin Water Works, lim., Ceylc n Company, 91 9 Ditto, A shares, Co, mercial Union, lusurance, 1 Credit ieoneler and Mobi lier of t , .ngland, Credit Pow:ler of Mauritius, lim., Crystal Palace, 5 Ebbw Vale, in 17 IQ Egyptian Com, and 'trading, lim., 21 2 Fore-street Warehouse, lira ., Gen.:Credit and Finance of L - moon, Urn.. 5i (him:al Steam Navigation, AI Imperial Mercantile Credit Aseto.,liin., 7 International Contract, 51 I ntern ation al Financial :•ociety. lim., I I nterational .and Credit. lim., 51 Dalian Irrigation (Canal Cav our Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. issued 93, 79 81 loint Stock Discount, lint., 8: 4 London Financial Association. lim National Discount I omiiany. - 161 41 6 New Zealand Trust and Loan, tim., 4 t (iverend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 11 211 I'4nama, New Zealand, and Australian Arai!, lim., 71 Peninsula and Olicintal Steam, Liao, new, 501 Ithymney Iron, 2i Scottish Australian Investment, Bin.. 13 • , ceitte FL:anciere d'Egynte, Jim.. 51 5 Thames and Mersey St arinei Insurance, lim., 8 Trust and Agency of Australasia, 1im.,1•1 1 Universal At arine, Insurance. 4 k Upper Assam Tea (all), lien., 131 8 9 197 150 3 1p 1(2 104 49 51 SIoNS. 5,6) 9) 101 id fr , 6i GI 10 11 75 SO 99 101 60 70 1 , 0 I'o 101 101 102 par 4,) z 5 36 87 8g 67 69 55 60 56 53 52 57 47 50 42 4' 31 36 P 4 35 100 1(2 1- I I 1014 102 16 4 34 , 1 92 i 4 c 6 1 40 91 100 83 95 89 91 f 3 65 82 81 102 1014 102; I 9sfr 99fr ME NT SECU: P 3 1.5 93 1,6 93 96 79 81 73 SO lul 103 IG4 le6 11.4 106 1(5 1(:7 00 92 10 1(2 1.6 ItB 103 1( 5 106 *OB 102 104 105 107 98 iOO 92 i. 4 10 102 91 3 87 88 100 102 81 84 97 99 99} looi 103 105 104 106 :NES. 9 10 20 21 675 595 1 18 2") 8a 94 5f bi 3 3 12 14 3 3, 5 7 20 21 11 2 3., 4 31 4} 30 38 5} 51 5 7 4 4} 21 10:1 40 50 15 17 1 1 26 3S 420 490 20 25 1 , ) 12 19 20 4 6 3 4 9 11 8 ) 85 190 200 95 1.• 32i 37i 3 5 . 215 22 18i IQi TIIE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1866. CENTRAL CEPAIN AI COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. FORGERY. George Cole, a youth aged 19, who pleaded guilty last session of having forged a cheque for £lB7 on Messrs. Bead and Co., silk mercers, was brought up for judgmenk Prisoner was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. STEALING A POST-OFFICE ORDER. Thomas Joseph Manning, who was found guilty last session of stealing a post-office order, was brought up for judgment. Sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. 42 li 127; 141 k 4 1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. ---~ - 531818 BOW-STREET. SHOCKING CHARGE OF THROWING ACETIC ACID. --john Wainwright, a respectably-dressed man, residing at No. 8, Old Quebec-street, described as a "surgeon-dentist," was placed at the bar before Mr. Vaughan charged with felo niously throwing a quantity' of nitric acid in the face of Margaret Sarah Peacock, at Museum-street, on the 6th inst., with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. 1031 2 ,1221 331 125 k 4} 5 41 94.3 616 13 21 2 ]j2 9A Mr. L. Lewis, who attended for the prosecution, said the prisoner formerly had been on terms of friendship with Mr. and Mrs. Peacock, but differences had arisen, and some person, whom Mr. Peacock believed to be the prisoner, had made a practice of posting threatening written papers about the shop where the prosecutor was engaged. The police bad found a quantity of paper like that used for the bill at the prisoner's house, and when he (prisoner) was asked to write a copy of the bills from dictation the same misspelling was made in his copy as existed in the original. Ile was not at all qualified for the medical pro fession, although he carried on the profession of a surgeon dentist. liis clothes were found, when he was taken into custody last night, to be marked with acid stains, and from other circumstances ho was accused of the offence, and given into custody. 122 i 110 i 361 7 Mr. Lovis, of Great Marlborough-street, defended the prisoner. Frederick Stephen Peacock said—l am manager to a jeweXer, 477, New Oxford-street. My wife is suffering from the effects of some corrosive acid which had been thrown in her face. I produce a certificate from the doctor attending her. I first heard of the matter on Saturday evening last. I was told that an outrage had been committed on my wife, and I ran towards Museum street, and there I found my wife, who had been carried into a baker's shop. She was suffering dread fully from the effects of some burning acid. She is now blind and cannct attend. Her dress has been completely destroyed by the acid. I and my wife have quarrelled with the prisoner. I found the bills I now pro duce posted on the stall-board of our shop, on the 18th of December, as near as I could guess. They are disgusting libels on my wife; and, suspecting the prisoner to be the party, I went to his house and told him. I showed him some labels attached to some bottles, and I said I believed that the writer of the one wrote the other. He acknowledged writing the labels, but he denied the other. I told him without he wrote at my dictation I should not believe his protestation. He accordingly sat down and wrote as I dictated. I read out the whole of the bill which had been taken from the stall-board. I produce the paper the prisoner wrote on that occasion. The same mis-spelling in the original is' to be found in the other. I have seen some of the other papers that have been posted about the streets, and I believe them to be the same handwriting as the one I have already referred to. 56} 731 On 100 90i 65 i 100 lu 1 351 5 f 5 451 31 i 101 'OOl Police-Sergeant Clifford, E 12, said—About half-past 10 on Saturday night I Was in Oxford-street, near Museum street. I heard some' ono scream, and 1 ran down Museum street, and at a few yards down, at the corner of Brewer street, I saw a woman standing, who was screaming violently. I asked her what was the matter. She said, "Some one has thrown that into my face which is burning me violently." I took out my handkerchief and wiped her face. 161 1 Mr. Vaughan—You saw something on it, then? Witness—Yes ; it smelt very strong of acid. Mr. Vaughan—You smelt it, then ? Witness—Yes. I asked who had done it. She said a tall man. I took her into a baker's shop, got some water washed her face, and then ran for a doctor. As I was going out I saw the prisoner in the baker's shop; he was very much agitated. lle had a dark coat on and a broad brimmed hat. Dr. Ross att,!;nded, and then by his direc tions I took her to University Hospital. Mr.Vaughan—•How do you think the prisoner entered tha 931 I shop ? ITIES. Witness—He followed in. I heard him speak to some per son, but I could not hear what he said. Some person made the remark that it was not acid, but alum and water. I had previously made the observation about some acid being thrown over the female. To the best of my belief the prisoner made use of the expression. 91 6 [The silk handkerchief which witness used to wipe the lady's face was here shown to the magistrate. It was al most entirely destroyed by the burning of the acid.] I ant sure the prisoner is the man I spoke to in the baker's shop. When I was at the hospital I saw some thing on the lady's bonnet, and I took a portion of it off with a quill. I now produce it. The prisoner was here directed to put on his hat, and then witness said he had no doubt about his being tho person whom he spoke to in the baker's shop. Serjeant Franklin, 20 E, said he went last night in com pany with Mr. Peacock and another constable to No. 8, Old Quebec-street, and saw the prisoner in the back parlour. _ _ _ :9!/, 2 87i 991 100 Mr. Vaughan —Does the prisoner live there ? Witness—Yes, sir. Before I spoke Mr. Peacock said I give this man into custody. I said wait a:minute. I told the prisoner I was a sergeant of police, and that he must con sider himself in my custody for throwing some nitric acid on Mrs. Peacock on Saturday evening, near Oxford-street. He said I know nothing about it ; I was not out of the house after half past eight o'clock on Saturday. I was at home, and saw a patient at that time, which the housekeeper will prove. I never left the house. I asked him if he knew anything about bills which had been posted in Oxford-street. He said he did not. I asked him if ho had ever written a letter to Mr. Peacock, and he said he had. I told him I should search his place, and on doing so I found the usual articles found in a chemist's shop. Prisoner rang the bell, and the housekeeper came up, and he said to her, "Don't you recollect I saw a patient on Saturday evening about 8 o'clock ?" to which she said, " I don't remember." He then put another ques tion, asking her if she did not recollect admitting a patient about that time, and she then after some hesitation said, " Oh, yes I do." Prisoner then said, " That's quite right." I asked the housekeeper if she had seen the pri soner after that time. She said she had not, as the prisoner had the keys of the door, and went in and out just as ho pleased, and that he kept himself very close indeed. Sergeant Davis 11 E said—l accompanied the last wit ness to Old Quebec-street. Behind the door in the back parlour I found the Inverness wrapper, and noticing stains on it, it was taken to Dr. Ross. The spots, when I took the coat from the place whore it was hanging, were damp, as if it had been washed on the place where the spots were. 1041 4 Mr. Vaughan—Might the dampness of the coat not have been caused by the rain ? Witness—No, sir ; the coat was quite dry, except on the places I have mentioned. Dr. George Ross said—l reside at 11, Hart-street, Bloomsbury, and am a physician and surgeon. I was called about half-past 10 to see a woman who was said to have had acid thrown over her. I went to a baker's shop in Museum-street. In the place at the back: of the shop I saw a female who was in great agony. On examining her I found a large por tion of her face greatly injured. The eyes were closed, and on opening the eyelids I found a grey discoloura tion in the eyeballs. I have no doubt that the injuries were produced by corrosive acid. She was taken to University Hospital by my instructions. This morning Inspector Garforth, of the E division of police, brought me the Inverness capo found at the prisoner's lodgings, and upon examining it I found a quan tity of acid stains about it—some near the right pocket hole, near the front, and also down the front. Attempts had been made to obliterate somo of the stains. Mr. Vaughan—ln what way ? Witness —By some alkali, I should imagine, as the cloth was discoloured. Mr. Vaughan—Are the stains characteristic of any par ticular acid ? Witness —There is not enough to enable mo to say, but muriatic, sulphuric, or nitric acid would make similar stains. Mr. Lewis—Can you say the duration of time the stains might have existed ? Witness—l cannot. The witness Davis was hero recalled, and said the coat upon which the stains were found, and which was now in court, was in the same state as when he gave it to Inspec tor Garforth, excepting that the spots were a litte dryer. Mr. Lewis- -Don't you know it rained on the morning of the day you found the coat ? Witness--Yes. Mr. Lewis—l must now ask another question. Was the dampness of the coat, Dr. Ross, caused by rain ? Dr. Ross—lt was not. Mr. Lewis—That is the length I propose to go to-day. The prosecutrix is at this moment completely blind and quite unable to attend. I am afraid that, from what the medical gentlemen who have Mrs. Peacock at present un der their care have said, it will be some time before she will be able to attend. Mr. Vaughan—Then the next examination will be merely formal if the lady is not able to attend. Mr. Lewis applied to admit prisoner to bail. Mr. Vaughan said, as the case at present stood, he did not think he could refuse to assent to such a course, but the bail would be heavy. He shmild require the prisoner to enter into his own security for £l,OOO, and find two securities in .£&00 each for his next appearance. Tho prisoner was then removed from the bar. MARLBOROUGH-S TREE T. KICKING A MAN DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.—Walter Walters, a butcher, living at No. 7, Little St. Andrew street, Seven Dials, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting Mr. Daniel Lewis, lead, oil, and colour merchant, of Nos. 23 and 24, Little Earl-street. The injured man was unable to attend, and a certificate to that effect was handed in. Mr. Joseph Lewis, brother of the complainant, said that about 11 o'clock last night, having been informed that his brother had been kicked down stairs, he went round to his house and found him lying on a sofa in an exhausted state. Hearing that the prisoner had assaulted his brother, ho gave him into custody. Mrs. Sarah Lewis, wife of the complainant, said that on Saturday night there was a disturbance between the pri soner and his ° wife, who were their lodgers. Last night, hearing a noise, she went out to ascertain the cause, when the prisoner struck her husband, who was coming up the stairs, a violent blow in the side, knocking him against the wall. Her husband having been suffering for some time from bronchitis, and fearing the prisoner might do him some further mischief, he went for a constable, but re turned to the house in consequence of hearing cries of " Murder," when she found her husband lying at the bot tom of the stairs, the prisoner having, after Bho left the house, kicked him down. The prisoner denied the kicking. Mr. Tyrwhitt said ho should remand the prisoner till complainant was able to attend. PAYING Pon A LARK.—George Turner, described as a mechanical dentist, of No. 60, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with knocking at doors in Oxford-street. Police-constable Lanahin, 41 E, said that at half-past one that morning he saw the defendant and three or four companions in Oxford-street. The prisoner knocked at the shutters of several houses with a stick, and then seized a knocker and knocked at a door. He then went on till he got to a ladder in front of a jeweller's house, when ho ran up it as far as the first floor window, and on coming down he (the constable) took him into custody. After going a short distance the defendant made off at the top of his speed, and but for the circumstance of his running down a place where there was no thoroughfare would have got away. • The defendant said lie felc.jolly. His friends wera sing ing a song, and he certainly did knock at the shutters by way of beating time. On" getting . to the ladder a compa nion made a bet that he would not go up, so up he went. The defendant called a witness, who however only cor roborated the constable. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 10s. or seven days. The Piracy on Board the Scotland. -~- - EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONERS (THIS DAY). The six seamen, named. James Liffin, Thomas Carr, James Dickson, Charles Tupper, Phillip Pillage, and Joseph Hales, alias Matthews, were again brought before the chief magiStrate, Sir Thomas Henry, this morning in custody of Superintendent Evans, of the -Thames Police, on a warrant charging them that "on or before the Ist of August last they did unlawfully, piratically, and feloniously endeavour to make a revolt on board the British ship Scot land on the high seas, and within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, near the coast of Bengal." Mr. Hudson, who attended on the part of the Treasury, said—Sir Thomas, as I have received no information as to the arrival of the ship in London, I have therefore to ask for the remand of the prisoners for another week. Sir Thomas—Where was the ship when you last heard of her ? Mr. Ifudson—ln Dingle Bay. • Sir Thomas—And safe, because there was a report that she had gone to pieces. Mr. Hudson—She has been dismantled by bad weather, but that is all the damage she has sustained that I am aware of. Mr. Evans—The state of the weather has been such that I am sure it will be several days before the ship can arrive. Sir Thomas—Very well. You hear what has been said, so I shall have to again remand you for a week. Two Vessels Blown Up. Late on Friday evening last a terrific explosion took place in Hartlepool dock, which spread con sternation throughout the neighbourhood. The brig Euphemia, Capt. Bayfield, of West Hartlepool, was lying in the Victoria Dock ready to put to sea. She had taken in a cargo of Shotton gas coal for France, and the hatches were all battened down. In conse quence, however, of the absence of one of the crew, the arrangements that had been made for her depar ture were unavailing, and she had to be moored in the tier again. In order to do this' two of the crew got into the boat with a rope, while the rest were engaged at the after-part of the vessel with another warp, with the exception of an apprentice, named Alexander Kean, who was standing amidships. The captain, Mr. Win. Bayfield, was in the cabin lock ing all up, as he purposed going ashore. At this juncture the Euphemia blew up. her decks from one end to the other were torn up, and portions of them blown over the topmasts. The yards were covered with indentations made by the broken tim ber, and the shower of coal which followed the explo sion. All the crew who were aft escaped without any injury, but the captain and Kean were not so for turnate. Kean was blown into an adjoining vessel, and was severely burnt about the face, forehead, arms, and hands. He was immediately taken to a surgeon, who dressed his injuries, and he was after wards removed to the hospital. He has since suf fered very much, but there are hopes of his ultimate recovery. The captain was thrown down by the force of the explosion, and the cabin was filled with flame, which escaped by forcing out the cabin skylights. The injuries the captain received were not so serious as those of the boy, althoughhe is badly enough burnt about all the exposed parts of the body. The vessel herself, as far as the deck is concerned, is a total wreck. On Saturday afternoon the steamtug Blue Bon net, of Sunderland, was blown up at Blyth. She had come round to the latter port for the purpose of towing a wherry laden with iron from the Bedling ton Ironworks to Sunderland, and was lying at the quay, where her boiler suddenly exploded. The master and the fireman were scalded, the latter very severely. Assistance was at once afforded, but the poor fellows were inhumanly refused admit tance at two or three public-houses. At length they were taken in by Mrs. James Watson, lodg ing-house keeper (whose mother lost her life in the exercise of the same kindly sympathy, whilst nursing cholera patients), and their wants imme diately attended to. It is supposed that the explo sion was caused by the weakness of one of the boiler-plates. Little or no damage is done to the vessel. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN AND MIDLAND JUNCTION. It appears that negotiations are in progress re specting this scheme, and that there is a prospect of its being carried out. As compared with the high level bridge, it is stated that a saving of six miles in toll to London from the South Wales coal fields can be effected ; that by means of the Forest of Dean central line the new scheme will effect a saving of 12 miles in the distance between Liverpool and Bristol. Mr. Lane and Mr. Owen, on the part of the Great Western, and Mr. Crossley and another gentleman, on the part of the Midland, met at Lydney on Saturday last, in order to prepare a re port to their respective Boards on the project. A South African Judge in Difficulty. The South African Mail gives the following ac count of an accident on circuit, by which the valu able life of Mr. Justice Connor was nearly lost, and others placed in immediate peril : "It appears that the learned judge, attended by his registrar and interpreter, left Cradock for Queen's Town, in the eastern provinces during a violent storm. Between the two places runs the river Turkac, and the drift or ford called Flek Poort, by which it is crossed, like the majority of drifts in South African rivers afterheavy rain, dan gerous alike to life and limb. At the time when the judge reached the spbt the river was rushing down with a rapidity which inspired the whole party with symptoms of considerable uneasiness ; but meeting with a Hottentot, who had not long crossed the drift, and who asserted that the stream was passable, his lordship determined to make a bold attempt. His own waggon, drawn by eight horses in the usual Cape style, took precedence. At first all went well. Terrible as was the force of the stream, the horses breasted the current bravely, though they shivered as the rushing water threat ened, in its wild strength, to carry them off - their feet. To the delight of the anxious spectators on the opposite bank, however, all happened as it should have happened, till the leaders got within a few yards of the shore; and then, just as all concerned were congratulating themselves that the danger was over, the danger came. The two leaders had nearly reached the other side of the drift when they were seen to stagger wildly, to fight for their footing, to struggle madly for the land. The next moment their heads turned down stream, horses and harness were mixed up in inextricable confusion, and both waggon and judge were whirled away, as it seemed to the terrified spectators, to swift and almost sure destruction. There are important crises in the lives of men when hesitation is not possible, and action becomes a sort of instinct. It fortu nately'happens that both the registrar and inter preter can swim, and swim well ; and no sooner did they see the danger of the judge than they plunged into the stream, and, knife in hand, made for the waggon, in order to cut the traces, the horses be ing perfectly unmanageable, and some of them al ready drowning. When they got into mid-stream, the force of the current made the two gentlemen, who thus bravely risked their lives, reel and stagger. Then they lost their footing, and the next instant were swept away down the river. Fortunately, both caught at a large bush, and were saved ; and in a position to render most important service, for the waggon brought up at nearly the same place, and they were thus able very quickly to cut the traces, so releasing the occupants of the waggon from immediate peril. It was a pitiable sight to see the poor horses drown—to watch them struggle and shiver—to hear them shriek and snort in their fear and death agony- -to see them sink, one by one, and note their convulsive quiverings as the waters roared around their prey. The contest did not last long, however. In a very few minutes five horses were drowned, and three managed to make the shore. There now remained to be accomplished two somewhat difficult tasks. In the first place it was necessary to rescue Mr. Justice Connor and the servants who were in the waggon ; and next, it was desirable, if possible, to get the waggon itself to the bank, lest the torrent increasing should carry both waggon and records away. Accordingly a ropewas fastened to a tree on shore, and then taken over to the waggon, and made fast to the top of that conveyance. Then all necessary precautions having been taken to ensure a safe passage, the judge was directed to grasp the rope, and come ashore hand over hand. The coolness and self-possession of the learned gentleman never deserted him, though for a time himself " condemned to swing" and being up to his middle in the treacherous waters. " Mr. Connor soon reached the shore in safety, and in due time driver and baggage, law books and records, were extricated from the destruction which had threatened them. The plan adopted to recover the waggon was less successful. An ingenious gen tleman, whose zeal was not tempered with discre tion, hit upon the notable expedient of fastening a span of oxen to one wheel of the waggon and then setting the span in motion, whereby the vehicle, which had hitherto retained its proper position, was immediately thrown over on its side. After much delay, however, the unwieldly conveyance, which is sacred to her Majesty's judges, was raised and brought to land with but little injury." Extraordinary Escape from Carmarthen Gaol On Thursday morning the governor and officials were in a state of great consternation at finding that at an early hour a daring escape from the county gaol in Carmarthen had been made by two uncon victed felons, namely, Charles Williams, committed for trial at the next assizes, on three distinctcharges of burglary, and John Reed, who would be ar raigned at the quarter sessions at Llandilo on a charge of housebreaking had he not managed to make his exit from the prison in so unexpected a manner. The proper name of Williams, who is well known as the modern Jack Sheppard, is Owen Prit chard ; he is now on ticket of leave, having been transported from Ruthin. He has already broken out of gaol twice, once out of a lock-up house, and is a notorious character. Reed is of Irish extraction, born in Scotland, but nothing is known of him. In describing the plan of the escape s we may mention that the unconvicted felons are imprisoned in the portion of the prison termed the Trebanda, a build ing two stories high, in which are several cells, four being on the top storey, and having a large paved yard surrounded with high stone walls, and sur mounted with chevaux de frise in front. In two of these cells, which by the way were originally one cell, but which was some years since divided into two, by a single brick partition, were confined the two prisoners, and at half-past one o'clock on Thursday morning the warder visited them, and found everything all right. After this operations must have been commenced by Reed tearing down some of the brickwork of the partition, which enabled him to get into Williams' cell ad joining. They, then, it appears, raised a part of the flooring, which was also of brick, close to the flue, running up from the room beneath, designated the " day room," where prisoners are placed at periods of the,day, and then in that hole made an opening into the chimney with the aid of a small piece of oak firewood, which they had become pos sessed of. This wall was supposed to be thoroughly secure, no one ever dreaming that it was only a single brick thick. The work, though cunningly and effectually performed, was exceedingly clumsy, and such as might be effected by a piece of tough wood, used as a sort of wedge to remove the brick work. The prisoners then forced their bodies through the hole into the chimney and descended into the day room, which was not secured. Having got to terra firma the next thing was to get over the walls, and the way in which this feat was ac complished was as follows :—They tore their bed ticks into strong shreds, and joined them tightly together with towels and a shirt until they bad two ropes, each about 25 feet long ; to the end of each they secured a pillow case half filled with can as purchase for them to scale the walls. Having flung one of these ropes over the wall of the Trebandi, the bag of cuim being safely entangled in the chevaux de . frise, they ascended and got down safely the other side in the same manner. They then stealthily crept past the governor's house, and thing the other rope over the co t nparatively low wall of the Castle Green, which th e y easily got over, and thus effected their escape. All this was done between half-past one and five a.m., and the ingenuity employed was marvellous, although on an inspection the means cf escape proved simple in the extreme. The Trebanda is supposed to have been built in 1790, and no one knew but the prisoners, who managed to find it out, that the flues were only one brick in thickness.— Carmarthen Journal. LADTERTISEMENt] -Holloway's Pills.—Bilious affec tions and .tomach complaints induced by a too liberal diet, if not early checked, are often attended with serious con sequences. When any one lid& his ideas less clear than usual, his eyesight dimmed, and his head dizzy, while ho is indisposed for all exertion, physical Tor mental, he may be quite sure that ho is in immediate need .of some cooling and purifying medicine. Let him - send - at once fora box of Holloway's pills, after a few doses of which his head will be clear again, his spirits be elevated, and all his ener gies be restored. Printed directions for the guidance of patients in the use of this admirable medicine are affixed to every box. The Mexican Question in the United States Congress. The extraordinary proceedings of Congress with regard to Mexico the first days of the session cannot fail to pro duce a startling effect on the other side of the Atlantic. Maximilian, too, as well as his master, will find in them matter for serious thought. Our correspondent in Mexico says that the appointment of General Logan as Minister to the Juarez Government, and the emphatic words of General Grant against the French-Austrian occupation of that neighbouring republic, "produced a profound sensa tion." If these mutterings of the storm had such an effect, what effect will the action of Congress have both in Mexico and France ? The President's appointment of Logan was full of meaning. None of our prominent military men have spoken more earnestly against the usurpation iu Mexico. Then lie was appointed after a long interval in which we had no Minister residing there, and at the very time when the fortunes of Juarez were represented to be at the lowest ebb. It was a broad hint, conveyed in the mildest manner possible, of the fixed policy of this coun try as understood by the Monroe doctrine. It was a notice to the Emperors Napoleon and Maximilian to leave the territory of our sister republic, in order to avoid trouble with the United States. The language of our re ticent but frank General-in-Chief, referred to as having produced a profound sensation, was in response to the following, uttered at a public meeting at which he was present : " European ambition had striven to establish another em pire over a sister republic. Maximilian, by strange arms, has been forced upon her brave and unwilling people. Fouler wrongs never outraged human rights than the present occupation of Mexico by the French. We sympathise with our sister republic in her hour of need, and firmly believe in her coming deliverance." General Grant's reply was : " I hope that you will excuse me from doing anything more than thanking you ; but there is one sentiment uttered that is mine, and that is the one touching the future of Mexico." We might refer to the President's Message, which, though moderate in tone is very decided as to the prin ciple of American policy; and we might notice the una nimity with which the Press, public speakers, and the people everywhere express themselves on this subject. But the movement in Congress is the most important of any, and calls for special attention. On the 11th of last month Mr. Wade, of Ohio, intro duced the following preamble and resolutions in the Senate, and Mr. Schenk, of the same State, in the House:— " Whereas in a letter of instructions dated July 3, 1862, directed to General Forey, commanding the French forces in Mexico, the EmpeTior of the French indicated the policy concerning the affairs on this continent by declaring that it was his intention to establish a monarchy in Mexico, which would restore to the Latin race on this side of the Atlantic all their strength and prestige, guarantee security to the French West India colonies and those of Spain, secure the interests and establish the influence of France in the centre of America, and prevent the people of the United States from taking possession of the Gulf of Mexico, from which they would command the Antilles and South America, and so become the only dispensers of the products of the New World; and whereas, in pur suance of said policy, anattempt has been made to establish a monarchy iu Mexico, contrary to the wishes of the people, and to support Maximilian in his usurpation by Euiopean soldiers ; and whereas, among other acts con trary to the spirit of the age and humanity, the so-called Emperor of Mexico by a decree and regulation dated September 5, 1865, practically re-established slavery iu his dominions, and by a decree dated October 3, 1865, has vio lated the usages of civilized warfare by denying to the Mexican Republican troops the rights of belligerents, and ordering their execution wherever found within twenty-four hours after capture; therefore be it " Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled—First, That we contemplate the present condition of affairs iu the re public of Mexico with the most profound solicitude. Second, That the attempt to subvert one of the Republi can Governments of this continent by a foreign power, and . to establish on its ruins a monarchy, sustained solely by European bayonets, is opposed to the declared policy of the United States Government, offensive to our people, and contrary to the spirit of our institutions. Third, That the President of the United States be requested to take such steps concerning this grave matter as will vindicate the recognised policy and protect the honour and inte rests of our Government." The matter was referred to the Committees of the Senate and House on Foreign Affairs. Other resolutions were submitted by Senators and members to the same effect, all of which were well received. In truth, there appears to be but ono opinion. These gentlemen have a keen per ception of the way the popular current runs. We suppose the resolutions asking the President for information re specting Mexico will be responded to immediately after the adjournment, and we have no doubt the resolutions referred to the Committees on Foreign Affairs will soon be acted upon. Congress is reticent with regard to England. Members seem to think we can afford to wait awhile for a settlement of the Alabama claims and ot'.er outstanding questions, but not so about Mexico. They evidently act upon the impression that this affair requires an early solution. This earnestness on the part of Con gress, taken in connection with public sentiment and the emphatic declarations of our great generals, must create a sensation in Europe and make the Emperor Napoleon very uneasy. There is one feature in this Mexican movement in Congress worthy of serious notice. The men who take a lead in it are nearly all extreme Radicals. They are em phatically the war party. They made so much money out of our civil war, and acquired so much power in the country, that they are ready to plunge us into another war. Their immense contracts are ended by the suppres sion of the rebellion. They will not give up these spoils if they can hold on to them. They know, too, that with the restoration of peace their political power wanes. The Jacobins of the French Revolution plunged France into a war with all Europe for the purpose of holding power, and to cover up their treacherous crimes. They dreaded the reaction that peace would bring, and consequently kept the country in a continual state of war. Human nature is the same throughout all times, and history is being constantly repeated. Our American Jacobins have the same character as those of France, and if they were not restrained would do deeds as infamous as their proto types. The Sumners, Wades, and Stevenses are the Robespierres, Couthons, Marats of this revolutionary period in America. It will require all the modification and firmness of President Johnson to prevent us from being precipitated into a great foreign war by this class of men, who want great contracts, and to secure a long lease of poli tical power. There is no denying the fact that a very ticklish state of affairs exists on the Rio Grande border. A spark, an accident, may light up the flames of war. But, as we said before, we have confidence in the moderation, firmness, and sagacity of the President to carry us through the difficulty. What then, it may be asked, shall we abandon Mexico and the Monroe doctrine ? By ne means. Tho French and the Austrian archduke must leave. Their occupation of Mexico under false pretences is a standing insult to this country. A great people like the Americans cannot live under such a menace—under such a defiance to our long established and cherished policy. In reality, French in tervention is a part of tho wax, as General Sheridan ex pressed it, and the war will not hoproperly closed up while the French and Austrians remain on this continent. But we think our purpose can be accomplished without a war. If not, wo are ready for it, and have no fear of the result. We know our own resources are equal to any emergency. We have no fear of England. She at ar w w ould f b o e r, too glad to see France and th e United Status she would profit by it. The most effective way of solving the difficulty would be to get a n on-intercourse act with France. If Napoleon continues to send troops to Mexico —nay if he will not give our Government to understand that he will withdraw within a reasonable time, a non _ intercourse act ought to be passed. This immense mar ket for French goods being closed, the Emperor would soon feel the pressure upon the working and commercial classes. It would be a positive benefit to us by cutting off a vast amount of extravagance and stimulating our own manufactures. This would prove We rather an earthquake uakeunder the feet of the im p erial d y nast y . sus pect the shrewd Emperor would abandon his ridiculous theories about the Latin race on this continent, and take a way his Latin troops to put down revolution at home. We have said repeatedly that it appeared to us that Mexico would be the Moscow to the third Napoleon. Looking at the signs of the times, we are persuaded it will be so unless he withdraws within a short time from America.—New York Herald. PRESIDENT JOIINSON.—It is almost needless to say that, like Mr. Lincoln, he was and is proud of his origin, and fond of reverting to it. An anecdote is often told which humorously illustrates Lis peculiarly American pride of origin. While Governor of Tennessee, Mr. Johnson, betaking himself for a season to the exercise of Lis old craft, turned out a splendid suit of clothing in the latest fashion, which ho sent as a present to his friend Governor M‘Goffin, of Kentucky. The Kentucky Gover nor, who had once been a blacksmith of no mean skill, at once returned the compliment by forging with his own hands and sending to Mr. Johnson a very serviceable shovel and pair of tongs, which he hoped would serve to keep alive the flame of their old friendship. Mr. Johnson has always paid marked attention to men of his own trade, and can hardly pass a tailor's shop 'without going in and exchanging compliments with the knights of the goose and needle with whom ho once wrought. In the heat of a hard-fought political campaign a friend asked him what he should do if by chance he were defeated. Open a tailor's shop and go to work,' was the prompt reply. In person Mr. Johnson is a little above the average height, compactly framed, and capable- of great and protracted .exertion, either of mind - or body. - Ile is abstemious in his personal habits, and indifferent to the pietist' , es of the senses. The first impression his presence gives is that his extraction is plebeian, and that he is large!y endowed with rugged and hardy cause.—Life of President John son. F Till MM EDITION. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. J. The Queen has been graciously pleasod to give orders for the appointment of Robert Burnett David Morier, Dq., Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Athens, and Louis Mallet, Esq., to be Ordinary Membres of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. DOWNING STREET, JAN. 6. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Kelso Martin, Esq., to be a Member of the LegislatiVe Council of the Island of Antigua and Henry Berkeley, Esq., to be Treasurer for the aforesaid Island. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocx. MIDLAND. The directors of the Midland Railway Company have recently invited designs for their metropolitan terminus and hotel from a limited list of architects, with a view to securing the finest architectural ele vation that can be obtained to represent them before the public. Designs were submitted by Messrs. G. G. Scott, R.A., E. M. Barry, Owen Jones, 11. Darbishire, T. C. Sorby, G. Somers Clarke, and F. P. Cockerel', of London ; and from Messrs. E. Walters, Lockwood and Manson, lline and Evans, and W. Lloyd, of the provinces. After much deliberation, a Gothic design by Mr. Scott has been selected for execution, at a cost of about £300,000. This design recalls many points noticed in his original design for the Government offices. Premiums havelbeen awarded to Messrs. G. Somers Clarke, F. M. Barry, and T. C. Sorby, as ranking next in the order of merit. The site for the build ing fronts the Euston-road, between Brewer-street on the east to the Old St. Pancras-road to the west. DEPOSITS ON PRIVATE BlLLS.—Saturday next is the last day for the eight per cent. deposits on railway and other local acts in the Cpurt of Chan cery. The 14th of January is the day fixed by the Standing Orders, which falling this year on a Sun day the deposits must be concluded on the preced ing day. CROWN OFFICE, JAN. 9 The Queen has been pleased by letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom to constitute and ap point Henry Hopley White, of the Middle Temple, Lon don, Esq. ; the Hon. Anthony John Ashley, of the Inner Temple, London ; Henry William Cripps, of the Middle Temple, London, Esq. ; John Robert Davison, of the Middle Temple, London, Esq.; and William George Gran ville Venables Vernon Harcourt, of the Inner Temple, London, Esq., to be of her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 19 Ditto 3 Months. 12 21 12 3 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 521 25 57} Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 15 25 221 Ditto 3 Months. 25 47k 25 55 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1201. 121 Vienna — 10 9u 10 95 Trieste — 10 85 10 95 Petersburgh - 281. 30 Berlin Madrid Cadiz .. Leghorn ••• 47 1 4 - 25 70 25 75 Milan , Genoa Naples Palermo Messina - 25 70 25 75 - 25 70 25 75 - 25 70 25 75 - .25 70 25 75 - 25 70 25 75 MARKETS—This Day. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—A.Ioadow bay, £4 4s to £5 Ss; clover, £5 Os to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 16s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 ris 6d; and straw, £1 12s to £1 18s per load. Trade quiet. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 Os to £5 8s Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 16s per load. A. slow trade. COLONIAL. TEL—Business has remained very dull, and prices aro unchanged. A small quantity of Indian, viz., 1,995 pack ages, will be offered at public sale to-day. ST:GAM—Tim market has been inactive, and the few dealings entered into have been at about previous rates. In the refined market there is also little change of im portance. COFFEE. There has been a very moderate amount of business transacted, at about late rates, for both plantation and native Ceylon. RICE.—The demand has been limited without any ma terial change to report in value. TALLOW.—Business has remained inactive, and owing to a large quantity being in the market, prices are depressed. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 47s Gd ; March, 48s 3d to 48s Gd ; April to June, 48s ; and last three mouths, 495-3 d per cwt. Arrest of Captain Semme of tte Alabama. The arrest of Raphael Semmes, late admiral in the Con federate navy, and commander of the celebrated cruiser Alabama, has already been announced. We give below the charge preferred against him, as also Capt. Semmes' pro test, which we find in the Mobile Daily Times. That paper prefaces the publication of these documents as follows: "It is with a profound feeling of shame, as citizens of the great republic, that the Times has to lay before its readers the sad intelligence of the unexpected arrest and immediate transfer to a Northern gaol of the bravo, good, and chivalric Raphael Semmes, formerly the commander of the Confederate man of war Alabama, on the ground of having, during his most unequal fight with the Kearsage, raised a white flag and then escaped under coter of the cessation of hostilities. When the commander of the Kear- sage made on the Confederate agent at Cherbourg the rather strange demand of surrendering the Confederates who had actually swam ashore and ware then under the protection of the French flag, he was coldly referred by that semi-official personage to the maritime prefect of that French port for all information regarding those men, and there the demand was dropped. And to-day, the Go vernment whose fleets are swarming on every sea, whose gigantic armies shake the\ earth as they rnovei that Government snatches almoSt by surprise from among his family the unprotected, helpless, and over-confident commander of a ship which, after having skilfully baffled the efforts of the whole Federal navy, finally came out, like a true-born American sailor, gave battle to a superior enemy, and gallantly sunk sooner than 'give up his ship'." The following are the charge and specification brought against Admiral Semmes : Charge and specification of a charge preferred by the Sec retary of the Navy against Raphael Semmes, late com- mauder of the rebel steamer Alabama. Charge—Violating the usages of war. Specification—ln this, that on or about the 19th day of June, 1864, off the entrance of the port of Cherbourg, France, the said Raphael Semmes, being then in command of the rebel steamer known as the Alabama, and an engage ment having taken place between the said steamer and the United States steamer Kearsarge, ordered or permitted a white flag to be hoisted on board the said rebel steamer, and took the opportunity of the cessation thereby caused in the engagement, and of the trust reposed in him, to make his escape from the saidrebel steamer, fortho purpose of avoid ing the actual surrender of his person as a prisoner of war, and the responsibilities thereby incurred, and did subse quently, without having been exchanged as a prisoner, engage in hostilities against the United States. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy. Navy Department, Nov. 25, 1865. Against which arrest Admiral Semmes entered the fol lowing protest :—" Sir,—on the 26th day of April, 1865, I was at Greensboro', N.C., in command of a naval brigade fGenen b t e l tw Jo ee s n ep G h e E n. . J J o o h h n n s s t o o n n , commanding Unit e d t e a s af onn t r a ddm t ai s na a rgit : ip m e ; Major-General o et f en° If N e ri o :nth i l h lhaVen D C . capitulation a ll r y o . l oS i Carolina. r m T a l h , e condition of said ca pitulation on the part of General Johnston was that the army under his command should cease all acts of war from the date of the capitulation, April 2G aforesaid. In consi deration of which condition thus entered into by General Johnston, General Sherman stipulated that the officers and ri a a r m tnieda y tsh o o f elroe G n e rg n em e as ra ati l hn J e o yu h no n mb s so t e o lre n vste s e h dd o t u ibl l ye d t r h e i t ra u n e r n i n t e t c d o om s t a e r t i i r e s h n a g o umtt the s e o , ob ligation they had entered into, and obeyed the laws en forced where they resided. I have this day been arrested by order of the Secretary of the Navy, had a guard placed over my house, and have been informed that I am to pro ceed to Washington, in custody, there to answer a charge preferred against me, predicated upon facts which tcok place anterior to the capitulation between Gen. Johnston and Gen. Sherman. This being a violation of tho capitu lation on the part of Gen. Sherman, I respectfully make this my protest against said arrest.— (Signed) R. SEMMES. "Mobile, Ala., Dec. 15, 1865." EXECUTION AT STAFFORD.—Robinson, who it will be recollected was found guilty of murdering his sweetheart, was this morning executed in front of Stafford gaol.. He died hard. EXAMINERS ON PRIVATE BILLS.—The 18th inst., and not the 22d, as erroneously stated, is the first day on which Messrs. Frere and W. Smith, the examiners of Private Bills, will proceed with the local bills in Parliament. The number is 633. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador has returned to Chandos House from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, at Bowood Park, Wilts. THE YEAR'S EMIGRATION FROM THE MERSEY.— The Government Emigration Agent has just completed the yearly emigration returns for the port of Liverpool. It appears that during the past year there have sailed from the Mersey, under the Act, for the United States 264 ships, conveying 4,969 cabin and 89,475 steerage passengers. Of the latter 24,200 were English, 2,258 Scotch, 42,357 Irish, and 26,680 other countries. For Canada, 32 ships, with 1,114 cabin, and 7,570 steerage passengers, of whom 3,289 were English, 1,671 Irish, and 2,105 other cou ntries; to New South Wales 2 ships, with 2 cabin cud 1,281 steerage passengers; to Queensland, 6 ships, w i t h 49 cabin and 2,193 steerage passengers; to Victoria, 25 ships, with 31 G cabin and 6,341 steerage passengers; and to South Ame rica, 3 strips, with 10 cabin and 284 steerage passengers. Total sailing under the Act, 333 ships, conveying 6,464: cabin and 107,147 steerage Passengers; of whom 31,819 o 1 74 "short ships" were English, 3,051 Scotch, 43,401 .Irish, and 22,576 other countries. During the s ame p,-!rt sailed to the United States with 4,106 cabin and 1,258 steerage passengers ; and to South America, 51 ships, with 585 cabin and 366 steerage passengers. Several ships sailed to various oth er countries—the " short slip" emi gration representing 121,046 agayinsrt. 12 Thes,4 45 in emigration 1864 a total of 202 ships, with 5,391 ca bi n and 2,048 steer a g e p assengers. The total emi g ration for the year is therefor©res showing a decrease for the past m onth of December showed a t o t a l of 27 ships a.e 39 9on the year. of 4, under the Act, carrying 4,398 steerage and 225 cabin pas sengers- total, 4,623. Not under the Act, or "short," 16 ships and 752 passengers. Total emigration for the mouth, 5,375 passengers against 4,175 in the corresponding month of 1861—increase, 1,2G0. uceS 3 nded was ndLd ) f its was r his frica to- I, the and the raw pre- Pre- read incS 3 r his they Ire- last Eng' e in they d to it of same the the shim rneY7 y re" upon' 10.) with dis t the „flea iring king , ers.) ks utrp• s ide, 3 cted, )cure acte d g e in ,nd a one° their r the an d ) . 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