The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-13 00:00:00

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High: cogrego, left tbe utl t Of t e s 35 11551111 0 has' res , dUP' ha/e re { ° unto ° - not 0' ;p rint• auntie cted t°ll I favour' Cr O f "C to b°lllsl' Dar t ' a t tD e 11.(''„ ionth QaCe D.l or o f the inane "n°foro le in f o r brua r Y, o f lesP , their co that 3 ! the °; o f two' ;urY • or ti ofo , tV.;4 of g er i a 1 C p rio_ o el orr Flu , .dreN )17sP 0 f tb eT o ,rs are 0%0 t he :Los ill a r 500 r fieP' plot , N O ,ffers al '', to a t be lit iu odace g iDO 20W - $ 9 „ r iv ;a ad t di ~allt9 ue oeitliet tort woo cop , 415 , it .m3l o" ofns de n 0021 a yetL, fo il he fo i t , 11 1D11 ,15 42 tt les ile le (b XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL t tiTELLIGENeE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a moderate demand for money in the general market, at rates slightly under the Bank minimum, the current rates being 7} 7/ for first class short dated paper. There were no gold operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. The specie movement during the week has again been on an extreme scale as regards the exports. The imports have been to the extent of about £85,634, while the exports, consequent upon large remittances to Brazil, Bombay, and the Continent have amounted to £811,620. Two o'CLoCK. Early in the day there was more firmness in the market for the English Funds, and Consols Were about per per cent. higher. The closing Prices are 871 for money, and 87/ I for the February Settlement. Affairs generally present a very quiet appearance, but the tone of the various markets is not at all • unsatisfactory. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 864 87 ; Bank of England Sto ck, 2454 ; India 5 per Cents., 1024 4 ; and 54 Per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 108. Foreign Stocks have generally remained steady, 48 Will be seen by the following quotations. Turkish 5 per Cents, are 414 42 ; Mexican, 22 4 ; ditto New, 20 1 Greek, 134 ; Spanish Passive, 251 ; ue Certificates, 131 2 ; and Brazilian Scrip, Prem. B usiness in the Railway Shari Market has been cry dull, and prices in several instances are a shade Great Northern A Stock has declined Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s. ; and Great Western and South Eastern each ss. Tlle Foreig n an d Colonial lines remain without Change of importance. sank and Miscellaneous Shares are inactive, 4t about former rates. London and Westminster are dealt i n at 964 ; London and County, at 821 I ; imperial Ottoman, at 12/ 13 ; Union of London, at 52 Joint-stock Discount, at 74 8 ; tendon Financial, at 184 4 ; and Overend, T titl icY and Company at 201 ; London Steam c ° , i ng Company Shares are quoted 14 2 prem. ; Galati Lafitte and Company, 21 2 prem. ; and Watz Candle Company, 14 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.' a GO VERNMENT FUNDS. ' Der Cent. Consols 874 IsTa , P".6kee n c tr i ß n e t du li ce e d b. 8 i5i,„.,! 3 „ Per Cent B7 64 I I " ‘i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A -°. 5 Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — ]) -44 for,Uitie 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 n% 30 yrs, 'expire sth April, 1:„.'? (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 -- -e'oequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — Do, £5OO — 11 1)0 £lOO and £200 azik of England Stock, 5 per Cent 1b1i5,12310 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. —4, 0 Stock, 104 per Cent., AprillB74 Bo .A.ccount - 1) 1 ) ° . 5 per Cent. July, 1870 -,-,°. 4 per Cent. Oct. Oct. 1888 Do.- , per -p 0,, -,llfaced Paper 4 per Cent — D°,"' ° Per Cent., Jan. 1872 o 54 Per Cent, May 1879 l9B e t Per Cent., Aug. 1866 — b e ' 'eads, £l,OOO —o. under £l,OOO Ansf,,,•rOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. tr"‘Latt Bond; 5 per Cent, 1859 — 5 per Cent Do an 44 . 1 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Lo. 1863 1865 ..., 0 A • -' to ...ccount 744 I3n „ S A IP. £25 paid ' 8 gyres 6 r Cent 1)0 . Ac Pe — bo count Ci i iii s , l- Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 0, - ; 41 4 Per Cent Col - 3 • Per Cent — ei,C'biall 6 _per Cent. — bauf s 'iei . uent „„ - Per Cent, 1825 — D 1)... 4 per Cent., 1863 — a ". 5 per Cent. 1773-77, £25 paid — .D il o nb A ia _ rt e PM . eipa ' lidos -'ke ount tqLVor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — E ~.Provisional Land Warrant — €7;ptia ai 7 per Cent „0., Second Issue — 1 .uo £lOO Bonds , *" 0 £lOO Bonds ~, Do, 1864 9ll 91 'reek 6 t.ll..l.l.el..nateociacuPeoposurniiCtents., 1824-5, ex Coupons —__ Account per Cent. bo £B6 id Italian D m P a Q _ -,..., and 1850 _ 0 r Cent, 1865 19°. Account _ o-°. Maremmana Railway Ile Scrip, £674 paid — 11;,, a ; Per Cent" 1864 — C' e ark per Cent 0. Account ~ D o 1864 194 Lk, 6 )2, Per Cent. Anglo-French Mont e o French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c . 40videan 6 per Cent, £3O paid lie*ell.„811 Imperial 5 per Cent • , ara tad ° 2 a b° ,Per Cent e n T ue ferred D o. " -`444€1 Warrants (Hectares) G on Rer Cent, 1864 — Da`' ?nar anteed, 4 per Cent _ 40 Per Cent 684 ifoAccount b o A3,Per Cent (Uribarren) _ Ptelt Per Cent., 1862 P ort li Z e coont or e s° 3 per Cent., 1853 ks t 0 ath t Per Cet.nt , 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, ..' e eouri Do 4 - ' Per Cent., 1822 , X St 8 94 0,41 P e r Cent 1 850 0 0 i Per Cent., 1860 00 5 1 ' 81 Cent. 1859 0 0 , Per Cent . 1 862 lt t ardi t '. Per Cent 1864 t- 841 it, laD 6 0 411 8 4 3 Per Cent 414 12,' '3o.it Deferred 1:11)..,"'0-itt:ite(tec oNZrlt:iient — —b e A ssiv e B DEnli„ 4 l ,e,., o llnt 1 0 --"' 'den. of Coup not funded 134 13 ° Ac count oup wed iah ,D o , i 4 Per Cent — •reritiZaPer Cent. 1864 Do"' - Per Cent. 1854 B9 b ° Ac count o 6 Do APer Cent. 1 858 694 o e count .... Dog 100 Bond; be I:lPer Cent. 1862 Du Account4l°o Bonds D ° (), , 6 Per Cent., 1863 — Do ,° Per Cent. 1865 — D ' e riP, £35 paid 89, 1 ye,„-= Per Cent. Guaranteed — Do -4e la 6 per Cent. A ccount„ Ai l ~,, 4-dviclenets on the above payable in London. I! blL .-1141 ) 5 psr Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 1, 41. °710,' , ,, 4 1 p - er cent. Ex. 25f. "iztel l '„lte Mos 3 per Cent. . it D o :1 Per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull ai l ,. „*"tPer Cent. Certificates -- -' Per Cent , 1861, Ex. 25f. ° ""ceoUnt . 614 Ooh TWO O'CLOCK. - mole f bp . . °r money 4 .ccou n . tra,-,._ 131 T; ti uts ON AMERICA IN AN ENGLISH UNIVER -011:-Mre Reliry Yates Thompson, scholar of Trinity Ivll-e, Cambridge (the English Cambridge), a gent h ema ire_ Dort go e l the representation in Parliament of t e . 41% Gl ad °llllty of Lancashire at the last election , hav i ng Of 148 i:tohe for his colleague, has laid before the Senat 14 344 .‘.-, iyersity an interesting scheme, in . which Harvard 4 l e , 4 Principal part. Mr. Thompson p roposes to endr a bie j , c r ll . reship at Harvard, its object being the delivery o f of otie -,nial hip of twelve lectures, during a residence Aeli t 7tol at C ambridge in England, on thea nd " History le,tilleal Institutions of the United States of America,' u F e l l I ': fo b e , appointed biennially by the President each and v ic e ° _," s °f Harvard, subject in each case to the veto of the g k-,hsucellor of Cambridge. The President of ztt.vard i s - , r0i . ,, , ready to accept the prop osal , 44,-; as from the University authorities he re. I have S eat ho pes that this will be given. In a letter to the tiee7 Air. Thompson observes . instance " Were an E l'sh rso4 ded of tbe general ignorance of America among ng 1 I b ell ' and of other Universities among Cambridgemen, eve tha t ltill. v . We would find, on polling our present under heard 'ea, that not a fifth of them had ever so much as : l isti o :l the Ilarvard University, although, if we take t h e L eq i 7" of its Professors in science and literature . as a world, its haracter, I believe that no University in the f kb le ` r l ) not Inne our own Cambridge, can show a list o fellwrie4. mentioning Messrs. Agassiz, Lowell, Long ::er.:;:tram:noelmeis, I am not sure that I do not neglect iloja 1 1 - ` halues of equal fame." I may add that Mr. Thomp- V ll4 vinc' I b •n America, and was there during the !altil whic h to eheve, been present on the Federal side, ll 0 ,, ~ he warmly sympathised, at the battle of Chat l'ot°ll r*, 'le fs very much esteemed at his own 'University, ei,,,,,.. -8 tile scholar and as the man.—Correspondent o f Me ..V° Tr ibne, ,r. R. R. Share/ Railways. Closing l Paid.' price Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian ..... Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Jane Dun„Perth, & A b.Juno , ii. London, bcrip Certi 93 95 !26 12 7 94 96 13 15 4i 54 68 70 70 72 Do. - Glasgow ct S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Da. A stock Do. B stock 111 113 41 42 71 6} 124 127 145 146 Do. New, Is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D. S. Val. Rail gua. 91 93 58 184 Do. South Wales-. Do. W. Mid.—OxiCaCi Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire &Yorkshir LDndon and Blackwal Lon., Brigh., & S Coax Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan ..... Do. New 38 40 33 87 101 103 1212 1222 89 91 100 102 36 38 iS t o 1241 1251 91 45 62 63 133 V 5 21 22p 1 12p 100 102 Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share 124 123 II lf T , 94 14 Do, Birmin.. & Derby %lid Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick' Do. (.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle _ , G 7 59 • 7 29 110 111 Po. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. JO. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock 1)0. Scot, Mid. stAk Shropshire Union South Devon South E..stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornw.lll BRITISH P Atlantic & St.Lawrenee Bom.,Baroda, fi Cen.ln., gu. .5 percent... Do. E shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- t. & S. E., Um .;ape Town & Dock, gu 1 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. VI Nast. Ben:al, gu., 5 do, East Indian , gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr&f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. 6p.c o Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gtia. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 42 per cent Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Da. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 42 do Do. 411 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. Rl.C'da, 6pc lst pf.bs. Scinde Da Delhi d Do. do ti Do. Punjaub Do. Indus St. Flo COLONIAL GO VER: British Columbia, 8 per cent., Dec. 31,1672.... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.et July 1877-84 Do. 6 g. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept, Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July, Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct . 1890-1900 Do. do; 1e3.)-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9' Do. s s pey cent. 15 April and t 5 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. t Do. 1878, do ilituritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 ,2 78 100. 1882, Mayls, Nov. 0 Do. 1895, Feb. & Auz Natal qov. 6 per cent v.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&.July N. S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 186 t, Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to iB7t Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 . New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Soya Bc , .tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. a p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18684 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. )I a &July Do. do, April & Oct BRITI Cam. Consol. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake wal Is East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea r.ast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StAubyn(G weu. Great Ldxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor Grenville Herod's Foot .... Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, lim New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper United Pr videnee Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chi verton West Seton—ms, (Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton NVheal Trelawney (Ida 71 73 101 105 36 37 10 Il p 123 126. 2 Zipi 2 Up , 76 77 11 12, 145 148 66 68 112 114 , 55 S 7 1 73 74 8 9' 147 150 3 I p 101 103 49 51 101 100, 1251 41 5 91 3 / 4 82 1331 IKONS. 58 60 99 10) p 6 1 10 11 75 60 96 98 60 70 100 102 100 101 lto 102 par ip 35 36 87 89 67 69 57 62 58 69 62 57 46 60 42 Oft 34 36 a 35 100 102 ft i ii) 1014 1021 161 IQ 4 30 12 14 81 d 6 1 4d 9) 100 93 • 95 89 91 63 65 83 fb 1014 102 , 1014 1024 ' 93 99 T SECUR: 92 94 93 96 93 96 78 80 73 SO 101 103 104 106 104 106 1(5 1(7 00 92 10) 1) 2 104 IC7 103 I('s 106 108 102 104 105 111 98 100 92 r 4 1 0 102 91 13 87 88 100 102 81! 84 97 99 996 100; 103 105 IC4 106 INES. 9 10 20 21 670 590 1 18 20 81 91 53 bt 3 $6 1 1 12 14 3 32 5 7 20 21 11 2 31 31 33 3} 31 40 42 51 51 b 7 4 4} 21 14d 40 60 18 15 1 1 1 37 39 410 930 2 Yi 38 22 9 11 19 20 4 8 3 4 8 10 80 83 190 200 95 IC.O SO 35 3 6 2i5 22) 17 18 ['REFERENCE SHARKS. Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per et, 90 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, ha., Metro?. Ext. B, 6 per cent., 92} Metropolitan 5 per cent., 105 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 216 London Tilbury,•and Southend,9S FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 221 Great Luxembourg, 151 /- Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 91 / Sambre and Meuse, 8k FOREIGN MINEF. Frontino and Bolivia Gold, Bra., 1 i Washoe Gold, lim., Ditto (X 4), 6} BANKS: Albion, 91 Alliance, lim.. t7l 7 Anglo ustrian, oil Anglo Egyptian, 1im.,2121 Australasia, 711 a Bank of Britisu Columbia, 211 English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 19} Imperial Bank, Dm., 281 Imperial Ottoman. 12} 13 Ditto. new, 61 a London B.ink of uexico and S. America, lim., 12/ 13 London .and County, 82} London and 1% estminster. 961 New Zealand Bank Corporation, 11w., 1 Union of London, 52 MISCELLANEOIIIS. Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 82 f Crystal Palace, F 4 East India Irrigation and Canal, Fl Egyptian Com and Trading, lira., 21 fibre-street Warehouse, lim., 111 lieu. Credit and linanJe of LDndon, lim.. 6 51 Hudson's Bay, 15i Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim.. 7 International Financial society, Um., 5} Joint Stock Discount, Urn., 71 8 London Financial Association, lim , 182 f M dras Irrigation and Canal, 1 f Ditto, new, 171 North British Austr,lasian, 51 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., £(1 1 1 South African Mortgage and Investment, Um., 2 LORD RoMILLY AND THE STATE PAPERS.—The elevation of the Master of the Rolls to the peerage, what ever may be said of it by lawyers and politicians, is a fact most welcome to scholars and men of letters. Lord Romilly's reign of the Rolls has been distinguished by the opening of our national archives to historical inquirers, in a manner unknown to our fathers, by the arrangement and calendaring of our state papers, by the publication of our ancient chronicles, and by the preparation of a splendid catalogue of the materials of our history. Our public papers are the highest in Europe, and have no rivals for copious ness and completeness anywhere, except in the United States. Lord Romilly had the happy genius to imagine, and the resolute courage to carry out, a magnificent scheme for making these documents the common property of all students and writers. In connection with our literary history his name will be gratefully recalled long after his fame as a lawyer may have become a thing of the past. Such services as his do not easily die out of remembrance. —Atheneum. 'OSSE SIT M TIM SUN, LONCON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, IFIG. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Bay. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Mr. Justices Mellor, Blackburn, and Lush.) LLOYD V. LITTLE. Mr. Sergeant Atkinson, for the defendant, moved in this case for a new trial. The case was origi nally heard before Mr. Justice Blackburn at Guild hall, and resulted in a verdict being returned for plaintiff, the defendant being absent when he was called upon to give evidence. The learnedsergeant said the defendant was absent from accieThnt, and had he been examined a different version would have been presented. The action was brought for the recovery of the price of a quantity of gold quartz, iron ore, and wine, which the plaintiff alleged he sold to defendant quite as a matter of speculation. The mineral, if it proved to be gold quartz, would be worth twenty times the value paid for it ; but if not, it would be comparatively worthless. This latter circumstance turned out to be the case, but the defendant said such was not the arrangement. The money alleged to be due had been paid into court, and, under all the circumstances of the case, he submitted there ought to be a new trial. The Court granted the application. (Sittings at Guildhall.) (Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) SPORTING, INTELLIGENOE. TURF NEWS FROM NEWMARKET. - --P. Price has pur chased Kat for the foreign market, and she has left for Germany. Flowery Land, by Promised Land out of Adu lation, who had been turned out of training for a few weeks, is now at work again. At the Brick Kiln Paddocks, Mr. W. Martin's Lucenia, by Lord of the Isles, slipped a foal by Ace of Clubs. At Messrs. Barrow's Paddocks, on the 10th inst., Olitipa, a colt foal bySt. Albans. Several more of Lord Glasgow's 2-yr-olds are shortly expected to join Godding's string. A heavy fall of snow on Wednesday night has put a stop to training operations for the present. KIDDERMINSTER HUNT STEEPLECHASES.—This now popular local meeting is fixed to come off on Monday, the 12th of March, under the stewardship of Walter do S. Blount, Esq., Captain Foster, Alfred Grant, Esq., M.P. ; W. C. Hemming, Esq.; the Hon. P. Lygon, M.P. ; the wor shipful the Mayor (Alfred Talbot, Esq.); J. Watson, Esq. ; C. Wikstead, Esq., and Sir T. E. Winnington, Bait, M.P. EGIIAM RACES.--The manufacture of the Prince Alfred Cup, to be run for at the next meeting, has been entrusted to the well-known firm of Garrard. As this piece of plate is to be of the value of 200 gs., they will be able to produce a work of art worth competing for. THE LIVERPOOL HUNT CLUB. —The spring meeting of this exclusive club is fixed for April 20 and 21. Llangollen has changed hands, and is . now the property of Mr. Blunt. Ho still remains in T. Roado's stable at Lewes. Blackheath and Woolwich Races will take place on Easter Monday and Tuesday, April 2 and 3. YORK SPRING MEETING.—Mr. MGeorge has been ap pointed starter for this meeting. The five-year-old Sister to The Drake has been named " Pintail." No Name, five years, has been renamed " Skiff." RACING FIXT RES FOR 1866. lARY. FEBR" Lincoln Nottingham Spring 27 Cli. MA. Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring Croxton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B AP: Newmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring T hirsk lO Epsom Spring Newinarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 24 MA Ascot Spring' 3 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer JU Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 26 Worcester .Y. Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon. Goodwood 3l JU Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB AUG Brighton Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham 14 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l _ SEPT] Warwick September 4 CtuTagh Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB NOVE Lincoln Liverpool York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield - 27 Devon and Exeter . ...... Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O ;MBER. Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 21 Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall IBER. Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 The arrangements for the appointment of Mr. Giischen were completed on Thursday afternoon, and the right hon. gentleman joins the Cabinet as the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. THE FIRST ALL ENGLAND PLOUGHING MATCH of 1866.—The first match of this year took place on Tuesday last at Turner's Hill, near East Grinstead, in Sussex. Thole were nine competitors in the All England Class, and the Champion and three other prizes in this class were won with Ransoms and Simes's ploughs. This firm had six ploughs competing at this match, every one of which gained a prize. MIDDLE-CLASS EDUCATION IN THE CITT.—A meeting was held at the Mansion House yesterday, in furtherance of the movement for establishing middle class schools in the City. The committee, appointed at the meeting held for the same purpose some time ago, pre sented a report of what they had done. They think that a school in which 800 or 1,000 children may receive edu cation at a rate of payment not exceeding £1 per annum, should bo erected in Finsbury. For this £50,000 would be required; but the committee resolved to raise a fund of XlOO,OOO, and for that purpose asked the bankers, mer chants, and public bodies of London to subscribe sums of Xl,OOO or X5OO each. In answer to their appeal 33 sub scriptions of £l,OOO each, and seven of £5OO each have been promised, besides several smaller sums. The report of the committee was adopted, and resolutions passed urging the active prosecution of the work. THE FUNERAL OF SIR CHARLES EASTLAKE.—On the 47th of December we were at the beautiful extramural Campo Santo, beyond Porta S. Gallo, to attend an occasion when British residents had been invited, by public notice, to show their respect for the illustrious dead —the funeral of Sir Charles Eastlake, which took place at noon, many English visitors being present besides the im mediate mourners, among whom Lady Eastlake had the fortitude to take her honoured place. It was a clear, frosty, and beautiful day ; the villa-studded heights of Fiesole rose distinct in view beyond the cypress avenues and marble tombs; no scene could have worn an aspect of more sooth ing and sunny loveliness, yet at the same time harmonious in its bright repose, with the solemnity of death. On this day we saw, for the first time, the monument of Mrs. Browning, reminding us of her funeral, which took place on a summer evening here.—Builder. ROBBERY OF £875 FROM A MAIL TRAIN.—A most extensive robbery has taken place in connection with the postal delivery in the north of Scotland. The letter bags in the mail train, which leaves Aberdeen in the morn ing for the south, were on Thursday found to hare had abstracted from them the sum of £875 in mixed notes. We have been unable to learn at what part of the journey the robbery took place. The police authorities in Edin burgh were apprised of the fact by telegram from Aber deen, and measures are being taken for the detection of the thief.—Caledonian Mercury. COURT-MARTIAL ON THE OFFICERS OF H.M.S. BULLDOG.—The court-martial upon Captain Wake and the officers late of H.M.S. Bulldog for the loss of that ship will be opened on board the port admiral's ship, the Royal Adelaide, at Devonport, on Monday next. The evidence is to be strictly limited to the nautical circumstances con nected with the losing of the ship. An investigation into the alleged breach of the orders of Admiral Sir James Hope, G.C.8., that no hostile movement was to bo com menced without his express sanction, has not been ordered by the Admiralty. THE MURDER SEAR ABERDARE.—On Thursday the coroner's jury proceeded with the inquest on the body of the young man found dead in a wood near Aberdare a few days ago. A verdict of wilful murder was returned against the accused, Robert Coe. ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT DERBY.—At the Derby Borough Police-court yesterday, before Mr. R. Pegg, Wil liam Smith, joiner, Stockbrook-street, aged 30, a married man with a family, was charged with stabbing, with intent to murder, Mr. Thomas Winfield, corn-factor, Crompton street. Smith was removing some goods from a house the property of Mr. Winfield, who put a bailiff in possession. At the request of Smith tho bailiff called Mr. Winfield back, when the prisoner ran at him with a large knife, and said " Take that, you--." The instrument penetrated two thicknesses of a top-coat, through the trousers, and entered the lower part of the body. THE ALLEGED POISONING AT BACUP.—On Wed nesday the adjourned inquest on tho body of Alice Tow, a native of Stockport, who, it was supposed, had been poisoned with white precipitate of mercury by a young married man called Henry Heap, was held at Bacup before Mr. Hargreaves. Dr. C. Calvert, of Manchester, analytical chemist, said ho had examined the stomach, liver, and in testines sent to him, but had not been able to find the pre sence of any mercurial poison. The coroner hAving summed up, a verdict of death from natural causes was re turned. Manchester Courier. STRANGE VISITORS TO ALDERSHOT.—A peculiar and unpleasant race has lately made its appearance at Aldershot Camp, and in such force that its existence and presence has had to be taken official military notice of. The army there has been daringly invaded by immense numbers of rats, and the depredations of those obnoxious foragers have become so great that it has been considered necessary to adopt stringent measures to ensure their de struction. On Monday and Tuesday, in no less than eight battalions or lines of huts, poison was deposited, and a cautionary notice to that effect issued by the assistant-ad jutant-general, Colonel Newdegate. DEATH IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.--OH the arri val of a train at the Paris terminus of the Northern Rail way yesterday morning, a passenger was found in a crouch ing position in a third class carriage quite dead, apparently from a :fit of apoplexy. He had taken the train at St. Quentin, and on his person was found the sum of 6,000 f., as well as a letter addressed to M. Boncelina, pig dealer, at Contesson, but no papers to prove his identity. The body was removed to the Morgue, and an inquiry has been Corn meßced to discover his family.—Galignam. Railwa_y,ftn!l other Companies. NORTH LONDON. In the account of the proceedings at a meeting of this company which appeared in The Sun of Thurs day it was stated that Mr. Hartridge called the attention of the directors to the delays that fre quently occurred in working the traffic on their line between Broad-street and Bow, it should have been between Camden-station and Bow. Travel lers between Camden and Bow stations and the Great Eastern and Blackwall Railways now had to make a detour to Dalston, there alight, pass over a bridge, and proceed by the next train ; instead of as formerly, travelling in one carriage throughout. The working of the traffic as between Broad-street and Bow was deemed satisfactory. HILL V. FINNEY. The hearing of this extraordinary and protracted case was resumed. Mr. Karslake, Q.C., on the part of the defendant, concluded his summing up yesterday. Mr. Coleridge replied on the whole case this morning. He contended that the medical testimony advanced on behalf of the defendant, in support of the alleged cruelty of the plaintiff to his wife, had entirely failed, and the facts upon which his client founded the present suit were fully established. The learned counsel then went through the evidence in detail, laying great stress on the portions of the statement of the plaintiff which had been corrobo rated both by the testimony heard before the court viva voce as well as that taken by commission. The case will not, at the earliest, conclude before Monday. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the Lord Chief Baron, and Barons Martin, Channell, and Piggott.) BOUILLON V. VALENTIN. Their lordships gave judgment in this case, which %vas originally tried at Westminster, and, it will be recollected occupied the court for many days. It was an action to recover the value of certain shares, and the jury gave a verdict in favour of the de fendant, Madame Valentin, whose case has so often been before the judges, and with which the public are fully acquainted. Their lordships this morning decided against Madame Valentin, and directed the rule to be made absolute for a new trial. The case will therefore have to be retried. CAVE V. FIELDSON. Sergeant Parry moved in this case for a new trial on the ground of misdirection, surprise, and verdict against evidence. The action was brought by the plaintiff, Mr. Cave, the lessee of the Mary lebone Theatre, against the defendant, the editor of one of the local journals published in the borough of Marylebone, for damages for assault. The assault complained of arose at a public dinner, which was given to celebrate the return of Mr. Chambers as one of the members for Marylebone at the last gene ral election. A number of the supporters of the un successful candidate and late member, Lord Fermoy, were present, and when certain toasts were proposed a disturbance was created, and the plaintiff feeling some interest in the matter took part in the discus sion. The contention became so great that the convenience of the general company was inter fered with, and the plaintiff was threatened to be removed from the room if he did not become quiet. He questioned the right of any persons to re move him from the place, but four of the company made short work of that matter, as they took up M r . Cave and carried him from the room and literally, as Sergeat Parry said, threw him into the gutter. The plaintiff alleged he had been treated with great violence, and he accordingly brought his action against the defendant as one of the persons who had been active in the matter. For the defence it was contended that the plaintiff had conducted himself in a very objectionable manner, and that he was in consequence removed. The jury found a verdict for the defendant, and this decision the plaintiff was anxious to have reconsidered on the grounds stated. The Court was unanimously of opinion that there should be no rule in the case, and the learned sergeant's application was refused. COURT OF COMMON FLEAS. BERRY V. DA COSTA-BREACH OF PROMISE. Mr. lluddlestone moved in this case, on the part of the defendant, for a new trial on the ground that the damages were excessive and misdirection. It will be recollected that the action was originally tried before Chief Justice Erle in November last, and a verdict was given for the plaintiff for £2,500. This amount, the learned counsel contended, was excessive and quite beyond the justice of the case. The learned gentleman then read an affidavit by the defendant, which stated that his income had been greatly overstated—that h chad not seduced plaintiff —that the first time he met her was in Oxford-street, and that the relationship which existed between them had been continued entirely with the consent of the plaintiff. If this was the case, the learned gentleman said it was not surprising that defendant should wish to break off the intimacy, and thus he sent the letter to the plaintiff, referring her to his solicitor, relative to a settlement of any demand she might have upon him. The evidence respecting the defendant's means was greatly exaggerated, as in his affidavit he stated also b he had only £6OO per annum. Mr. Justice Smith remarked that that was the income of defendant at the time of action. Mr. Huddleston proceeded to argue strongly in support of his application, and contended that the means of the defendant must be taken at the time the intimacy existed, and not upon his prospective position. Rule refused. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. WESTMINSTER. Henrietta Griffin, a woman aged 35, was charged with begging of the Marquis of Townshend. The prisoner said she had got no home and was desti tute ; but the gaoler said she had been at the Court before, and she was put back for the attendance of the parish officers. THAMES. Ellen Macarthy, a low dissipated woman, was charged with biting off the nose of Ann Swann. Mr. Partridge, the magistrate, to :mark his opinion of the brutality, at once committed the prisoner for trial. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The market was scantily supplied with vegetables, and the show of fruit was moderately good. Most kinds met a steady sale, as fellows : FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; hot house grapes, 5s Od to lOs ; foreign do, 9d to 2s Od ; filberts, 1s Gd to 2s Od per lb ; apples, 1s 9d to 4s Od per half sieve ; oranges, 4s Od to 8s ; lemons, 3s 6d to 8s; walnuts, is to 2s per 100. VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, is 6d to 3s Od; white do., 8d to is 3d; Savoys, 8d to is 3d; celery, 8d to 1s 9d; horseradish, Os 9d to 2s Od per doz heads ; greens, 3s to 4s Od ; turnips, is Gd to 2s Od ; carrots, 3s 6d to 4s Gd ; onions, 1s Gd to 2s per doz bunches ; brocoli, 6d to 8d ; forced rhubard, is Od to is Gd per bundle ; Brussels sprouts, is 6d to 2s Od per half sieve ; seakale, 1s 3d to 2s 6d ; and mushrooms, 8 to is 3d per punnet. POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to 15s Od ; geese, 5s to 7s 6d ; ducks, 2s Gd to 3s Gd ; tame rabbits, is to is 9d ; wild do., is to is 4d ; pigeons, 9d to is 3d; pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; partridges, is 9d to 2s 6d hares, 3s 6d to 4s 6d each ; Surrey fowls, 8s to 12s Od ; do. chickens, 5s to 8s Od ; barn door fowls, 4s 6d to 7s Od per couple. English eggs, 146 to 15s ; French do., 12s Od to 128 6d per 120 ; Ostend fresh butter, is 2d to is 5d ; English is 4d to is 8d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. • Salmon, 3s Od per lb; soles, is to 4s Od per pair; cod, 2s 6d to 15s ; brill, 2s to 10s; mullets, is to 4s Od ; doreys, 2s to lOs each ; turbot, 2s 6d to 20s each ; whitings, 4s to 12s; haddocks, bs to 20s per dozen; fresh herrings, 8s to 12s; mackerel, 60s per 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, as 2d to 5s 2d ; veal, 4s 01 to 53 Od; and pork, 48 Od to 5s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 5s 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Gd per Blbs. byt the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d. to Bd. ; of household ditto, Sid. to 61d. per 41bs. loaf. HIDES AN!) SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 21d to 3d. ; 64 to 72 lbs, 3d to 31d ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 3id ; 80 to 881bs., 3d to 3id ; 88 to 961b5., 3id to 4d ; 96 to 1041b5., '4d. to 4id. ; 104 to 1121b5., Od to Od. Horse hides, 9s to 10s Od ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s; full, 6s Gd ; polled sheep, lOs Gd to 13s Od ; half-bred; 9s 6d to 11s Od ; downs, 7s to 8s Od. HAY SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 10s; clover. £5 Os to .£6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 12s Od; clove; £5 5s to £6 12s Gcl ; and straw, £1 17s to £2 2s per load. Trade heavy. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 Os to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 Os to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. Demand inactive. VICTORIA STATION AND PIMLICO. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this com pany was held at the offices,Westminster-chambers, Victoria-street ; Mr. W. Lee, M.P., in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN remarked that the brevity of the report might be taken as an indication of the pro sperity of the company. It was stated in the re port that the revenue account showed a balance of £8,946, admitting of the same dividend as last half year—viz., 3+ per cent. ; that during the current year the receipts would provide a dividend of 7i per cent., and in 1867 the dividend would reach its maximum of 9 and a fraction per cent. He wished to correct this statement, as in 1867 the dividend would reach its maximum of 9 per cent., with an occasional bonus. He then moved the adop tion of the report, whiCh was seconded by Mr. Blyth, and carried unanimously. Messrs. G. Witt and P. P. Blyth were re-elected directors, and Mr. J. Ball as auditor. The dividend of £3 ss. per cent. for the half-year was declared. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. MIDLAND AND GREAT WESTERN JUNCTION. It appears that the bill for this line has been withdrawn. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN. An affiance has been formed between this com pany and the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company for mutual traffic facilities, by which the Atlantic and Great Western Company will obtain access to Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company access to the West. DANUBE AND BLACK SEA. A special general meeting of this company was held on Thursday at the offices, Abingdon-street, Westminster—Mr. Liddell in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been con vened for the pu - zpose of obtaining the sanction of the proprietors to a convention with the Imperial Ottoman Government, by which the company pro posed to transfer the nominal ownership of the har bour of Kustendjie, on the Black Sea. The company were to receive £7,500 a year in lieu of the dues, and £2,500 for the maintenance of the harbour and quays. In consequence of the difficulty experienced with ambassadors and sea captains as to the levying of dues a deputation waited upon Earl Russell, who warmly took up the views of the company, and wrote a despatch requesting the English Ambassador to bring his influence to bear on the matter. 'Eventu ally the convention passed, owing in a great mea sure to the exertions of Lord Lyons, and it now only awaited the ratification of the Sultan. In reply to questions, the CHAIRMAN said he be lieved the payment by the Turks would be good for some years, and in default of their receiving £lO,OOO a year as stipulated, the company could still work as usual, owing to the receipts for grain and other traffic. A resolution pledging the sanction of the share holders to the convention was then agreed to unani mously, and a vote of thanks to the chairman con cluded the proceedings. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Mlles Opened. Receipts. Railways. 18C5 1864 Belfast and N. Counties 9ll Belfast and County Down 441 Blyth and Tyne . 30 Brecon and Merthyr ........ 6i Bristol and Exeter l2ll Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB Cambrian 133 go 4, 36 6t 1211 408 Cockermouth K & I'enrlth .. 311 Cockermouth and Wurkin 9 Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l Cork and Youghal Cornwall 651 Deeside l7 Do Extension Dublin & Belfast J unction B3 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Weald lO6 Forth and Clyde Junction .. SO X 2,825 1 736 573 5:6 1,'56 1.01 1,193 816 5,5 8 5,414 27,455 21,9.6 1,931 1,730 19.1 i 315 111 133 341 (5) 1,414 1.391 2)5 31,5 1 2 93 1,370 1.307 1.400 1.311 3 0 241 2,954 2,717 269 2CB 3,2 ii 2 816 50 Furness, &o Glasgow & South-Western 240 5.43 12,827 11,472 Gt. Eastern,Nrtk.,&E. Union 72l i 663 27.509 29 (20 Great Northern 4Ol 365 33,103 33,364 Great North of Scotland 5B 53 1,801 1.. 91 Do Branches 42 4! 1,169 1, 98 Gt. Nortiin. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 439 142 i lt.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrind.) 3871 2871 6.159 5.836 Great Western l2BO 1270 62 58J 60,34) Hull & Hornsea Highland Irish North-Western 145 145 1,466 1,457 Lancashire & Yorkshire 4.-3 403 4J,709 31,i80 Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 157 179 Limerick and Foynes 261 26-i 84 98 Llanelly 461 461 547 486 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &B. Coast 2931 2671 19,373 17;439 London, Chatham, & Dover; ( 134 127 1 7,729 6.563 all Metropolitan Extension /12 111 $ 2,300 1,60) Do. Kent toast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend 61an.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9l 91 1,620 1,415 Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,3.8 1.4":6 Metropolitan 3l Bi 3.717 2,517 Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 6511 41,156 38,888 Midland Gt.Westn. of' Irind 2601 2601 2,796 2,998 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,385 2,517 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1208 y 11601 69.181 65,8 8 North London ll 9 4,233 8,273 North Staffordshire 258 Pembroke and Tenby li i lihymney l9f Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon 9B South-Eastern 315 Taff Vale 6l Ulster lO5l Vale of Clwyd. Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO Whitehaven Junction l3 Whitehaven & F urnessJun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. 7,656 6.925 96 67 1,003 917 6,618 5,096 1,083 782 8.740 3,318 19,640 18.220 5,519 5,624 2,748 2.498 126 142 380 453 1,2.12 1,316 630 609 - - Austrian B2B 823 50,482 41,626 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern Junction 266 261 4e9 443 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 1851 8,587 2,184 Detroit and Milwaukic lB9 189 4,842 6.139 Dutch Rhenish lOB2 1( 8) 5,051 4,133 Eastern of France Eastern Bengal East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 25,463 22,916 Great Central of Belgium 285 261 Great Indian Peninsula 590 553 34,639 12,748 Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,487 ;3.880 Great Southern of India Great 'Western of Canada 346 315 13,263 13,160 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 778 713 19;841 17,178 Northern of Canada .. Northern of France ...... Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 2OOB 197 J 115,342 139,643 Paris and Orleans lB2l 1618 78,314 69,289 Recife and San Francisco. &c 77i 77 4 } 3,018 785 Scinde ll5 105 1.451 2,342 Do. Punjab, to ' 253 45 1,452 451 South Austrian, &c ...... Southern of France 863 823 31,312 27,799 Victoria Welland. 25 25 125 65 West & of France .. 1155 1016 60,9J1 41,359 A BULL IN A QUANDARY.—A valuable bull, be longing to the celebrated Warlaby herd, and said to be worth £l,OOO, was despatched by rail the other day from Catterick, in Yorkshire, to a farm in Northumberland. The necessary license was obtained, but the station-master at Catterick would not book the bull farther than New castle. It was, therefore, necessary to obtain a fresh license at that place, and as no farmers could be found who had a 28 days' knowledge of the beast, it can neither go north nor south, but is kept in the truck at the New castle Station. INEXHAUSTIBLE IVORY.—New Siberia ark the Isle of Lackon are, for the most part, only an agglomeration of sand, ice, and elephants' teeth. At every tempest the sea casts ashore fresh heaps of mammoths tusks, and the inhabitants are able to drive a profitable trade in the fossil ivory thrown up by the waves. Dur ing summer innumerable fishermen's barks direct their course to this isle of bones; and in winter immense car-u vans take the same route, all the convoys drawn by dogs, returning charged with the tusks of the mammoth, weigh ing each from 150 to 200 pounds. The fossil ivory thus obtained from the frozen north is imported into China and Europe, where it is employed for the same purposes as ordinary ivory—which is furnished, as wo know, by the elephant and hippopotamus of Africa and Asia. The isle of bones has served as a quarry of this valuable material for export to China for 500 years ; and ithas been exported to Europe for upwards of 100. But the supply from these strange mines remains undiminished. What a number of accumulated generationS does not this profusion of bones and tusks imply.—. Dickens's " Air the Year Round." Business done. 101 ICO4 ,ITIES. 901 111 UST. 1805. 1864. TB Uti) ON SUN OFFICE, 6 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day CITY BETTING—Tnis DAY. DERBY. 15 to 2 agst Rustic (taken) Bto 1 agst Lord Lyon (offered) 9to 1 agst Student (taken) 20 to 1 agst Augusto (offered) 25 to 1 agst Janitor (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken) 50 to 1 agst Knight of the' Crescent (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst Student (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 30 to lon the field (offered) Malta and Alexandria Telegraph Line. A telegram has been received from Malta, dated Jan. 12, 5.25 p.m., announcing the restoration of the Malta and Alexandria line, which is conse quently reopened for the transmission of messages to Egypt, india, Australia, and other places in pos tal communication with Suez. The Negro Insurrection in America. Christmas passed over without any sign of the negro "insurrection," which it was stated awhile ago had been fixed for that period. A local disturbance at Alexandria, Virginia, caused, it would seem, by ex-Confederate sol diers, is thus reported in the Washington Chronicle of Doc. 27 : "A serious disturbance occurred in Alexandria on Christ mas-day, which came near resulting fatally to a number of coloured men, and indeed may yet so result. It ap pears that a large number of men, as nearly as we can learn chiefly ex - Confederate soldier; took it into their heads to celebrate Christmas by a general onslaught on the negroes. They commenced by imbibing freely of those beverages usually indulged in largely at this parti cular season of the year, and having attained a very high pitch of Dutch courage,' resolved themselves into a sort of volunteer patrol organisation, and started out on a general reconnaissance around the city, many of them armed with pistols and other weapons, and wherever they met a man with a darker skin than their own instantly declared war against him. These rowdies, for some time during the forenoon, had matters very much their own way, going about the streets singly or in squads, freely display ing their weapons and boldly hallooing for Jeff. Davis, Gen. Lee, and other leading rebels. Three coloured sol diers, belonging to Battery Rogers, while standing at the corner of Prince and Fairfax streets, were set upon by a party of these ruffians and badly beaten. Another party broke into Chappell Hall, corner of Duke and Washington streets, where the coloured people were holding a meeting, broke up the assembly, and inaugurated a general melee. The coloured men 'defended themselves, and shots wore freely exchanged, a white man named Mitchell receiving a severe wound in the head, which it is thought will prove fatal. The firing of pistols was heard in streets in diffe rent parts of the city all through the day, and a number Of coloured men were assaulted and beaten, besides several wounded with pistol shots. Among the latter were John Anderson, shot in the head, and Robert E. Sanders, skull fractured. They were both removed to the hospital, but are not expected to recover. The riot having become serious, about 1 pm. Mayor Ware applied to the military for assistance. A telegraphic despatch was sent to General Augur, who sent instructions to use as many troops as were necessary to restore order and preserve the peace. In pursuance of these instructions three companies of the Bth Regiment, Hancock's corps, were called out, and some threescore or more of the more conspicuous among the rioters were arrested and sent to the slave pan. The affair seems to have been arranged beforehand, if we may judge from the accounts that have reached us, as it has every ap pearance of having been deliberately entered upon, and the men appear to have come out in the morning fully prepared for it, many of them wearing grey uniforms and carrying pistols, as before stated. We could scarcely have believed it possible that such madness could have existed almost within the shadow of the capitol. The ruffians who thus gave vent to their blind rage and prejudice against the coloured race are the worst enemies the South now has. It is to be hoped they will meet the punishment they so richly merit, and be taught a lesson on this subject which will not soon fade from their memories. Every man convicted of participating in this disgraceful affair should suffer the full penalty prescribed by law. It may be that further information will place the matter in a less unfavourable light; but so far as we can judge at pre sent, the disturbance was entirely the work of the white men, and from no provocation whatever, but, on the other hand, had every appearance of being premeditated and pre concerted. The President's Message. The New York Times of the 30th ult. has the following article upon the President's Message : The treatment of foreign affairs by President Johnson, 1 in his annual message, has been received with as general favour abroad as was accorded in this country to his treat ment of domestic affairs. Its dignified, moderate, and statesmanlike character is recognised, and its pacific tone is pointed out and warmly praised. It is evident there was an expectation that the message would have assumed somewhat of a belligerent style in its discussion of our English and French relations ; but neither with regard to claims against England, nor Mexican intervention, can a threatening phrase be found. President Johnson, as one of the journals remarks, has been denounced in Europe as a violent, sanguinary, restless demagogue, only eager for a cause of quarrel with other nations ; but though no better cause is likely to present itself than has been within his reach, he exhibits no eagerness to plunge into war. Tho Star philosophically sets forth a principle which we have from time to time attempted of late to enforce, when it says that the President " has apparently arrived at the con clusion that the refusal of national demands does not neces sarily require an immediate appeal to arms; that nations may differ, even about important questions, without hurl ing their armies to mutual destruction, and striving to crimson the sea with blood." The few sentences devoted to Mexico in the message were of course scanned with the most eager interest ; for this was the question, above all others, on which the opinions of the American people were known to bo at once unanimous and decided, and the question upon which several high military and civil officials had expressed themselves with most vigour. What the President said on this subject was found less easy of exposition than other parts of the mes sage ; but the London writers do not regard it as in auy way menacing. It would of course be more interesting to know what is thought on the subject in France ; but our dates from Paris do not reach to the time at which the message was there received. It is.gratifying to see by the general scope of the European press for the last few months how rapidly the impression is passing away there that we are a quarrelsome and bullying people. We do not wish the idea removed that the Americans are a high-mettled people, ready to defend the national honour against any assailant, and we do not fancy there is any danger of this being called into account anywhere ; but far as this spirit differs from that of the bra ggar t, so f ar wou ld we h ave our policy differ from that which has been so generally attributed to us in Europe. The change abroad may bo attributed to two causes—firstly, a better knowled g e and estimate of Ameri can. character; secondly, t o th e better tone of our public documents and the public press. There has been a thou sand times more int e lli gence circulated inEurope about America during the last five years than during the whole . of the previous period of our national existence ; and tilt simple.. It is our fortune circumstance will contribute much to . th n e e. ma l i v n e te h n a a v n e ce few of mutual respect and of our pacific relate) demands to make of the Governments of Europe.. Our or to or . to have any antagonisms re lationsnotto bewitnthtethreeemtedshionutldhobire dvyein•yasties, e lshire the despotism of some be capable of withtrenching h their r °n their interests. b nations or the manners of others, we do not propose to at oulnfdiarycli, tempt the overthrow of the one or the reform of the other. dealings All we ask of them iu their with us is the merest justice ; and while they concede this there is no danger whatever of our insulting them, or seeking for a war with any ono of them. In another article the same pap er says : The eminently conservative and conciliatory first annual message of President Johnson to Congress had been received and published in England only one business day preceding that on which the Australasian left Liverpool for this port. Yet it was so favourably int erpreted, and so generally re garded as "highly satisfacto ry " on all the important issues of which it so clearly and cogently treats, that a prompt and marked increase of or d ers for American securities in London and Frankfort, and a 'decided improvement in prices, were the im me di ate results. This sudden revival of the foreign demand for our public funds found the prin cipal sources of supply abroad inadequately provided with the favourite stock, the original issue of the Five-twenties, which private letters from London to the latest dates quote up to 65 and 651 on a steadily advancing market. When the news reached Wall-street yesterday government bonds and notes stiffened up sharply, and few largo parcels were obtainable at even the improved figures, partly because the floating supplies had recently been much reduced by pur chases for home investment, and partly because the lead ing holders anticipated a further decided rise in prices, both at home and abroad. An effort to execute the fresh orders in season to make shipments by this day's outward bound steamers led to an appreciation of 1 to 11 per cent, in the market value of the Five-twenties of 1862 and of s to 1 per cent, in the latter issues of the same . class of bonds, all of which were quite scarce in the open market. The Six per Cents. of 1881, and Ten-Forty-Five per Cents. also par ticipated in the improvement, though rather less noticeably. Seven-Thirties were in very brisk request, and decidedly dearer. Some two weeks since, on the revival of the demand for these notes, which were then s e lli ng as low as 96 to 96f we predicted that they would app rox i mate par before the close of the year. The sales of yesterday were on the basis of 981 to 98i, and the firm closing quotations were 981 to 99, the first series leading, of course. As the inquirygains rapidly on the supply, prices tend strongly upward. Compound inte rest legal tender notes were in active request and quoted on the advance —the older issues being now very rarely offered in the open market, at any price. The growing ease in the money line fosters the disposition to invest in thelucrative and reliable national leans. The January dividends on Government stock, bank and railroad shares, and other in terest bearing and paying investments, will be unusually heavy, and at the opening of the new year will be seeking profitable employment. It is anticipated that a very liberal portion of them will be re-invested in the public bonds and notes, as these afford the safest and—all things considered —most liberal income. With the assurance of an active home and foreign cmpetition for the national stocks, of a rigidly economical administration of the national Anances, and of judicious legislative action on revenue and other measures—our people can look forward with confidence to the future of the public credit, to maintain which, without stain or blemish, has been their steady aim, and uniform purpose, from the foundation of the Government, as now "by law established." Burning of the Ship Maranoa at Sea. The long list of casualties in connection with Bombay shipping during the present year is now increased by the burning of the ill-fated ship Maranoa nine days after leav ing Bombay, but fortunately unaccompanied by tho circum stances of distress usually attendant upon the burning of a ship at sea. The Maranoa, Captain Birch, left Bombay on Nov. 6, with a cargo of coals for Aden. She experienced fine weather and a fair wind until the 14th, up to which time all wont well. On this date the wind dropped and a calm en sued, the heat of the weather being excessive. During the day steam was observed coming up the hatches, when an immediate examination of the cargo was made, but nothing was discovered to lead to the conclusion that the coal was on fire ; all appeared perfectly safe, and the hold was quite cool. ' At 4 a.m. the next morning, the 15th, it was noticed that very little steam was coming up the hatches, but at daylight it was observed that the- steam began to assume the appearance of smoke, and about the same time a mo derate breeze sprang up. At six o'clock it was ascertained beyond doubt that it was smoke coming up from below, and the terrible reality broke upon them that the cargo was on fire. In order to be prepared for any emer gency that m;ght arise, two water casks on the deck were immediately filled with fresh water. Shortly after wards the cook, who was going aft towards the captain's cabin, perceived flames coming up the after ventilator, which he immediately reported to the captain, who had remained on deck nearly the whole night from apprehen sions of danger. The captain immediately ordered the hatches to be battened down, in order if possible to stifle the flames, and assembled the entire crew to acquaint them with their position. Ho then divided them into gangs. The first was placed under the orders of Mr. Cowell, the Ist officer, who was directed to get the boats out; the second gang, under the direction of the steward, was ap pointed to gel provisions and water in readiness for the boats ; while another was employed in passing water on to the alter hatch, it having burned through a few minutes after being battened down. It was then found necessary to place all the spare sails over the hatch in order to get the boats off the skids, which were directly over the after hatch. Tho fourth gang was occupied, under the direction of the fourth officer, in getting the topgallant studding sails out of the tops to make sails for the boats. By half-past 9 the chronometer, compasses, the crew's kit, and a supply of provisions had been passed into the boats. Having only a limited quantity of fresh water, an attempt was now made to get a supply from below. The head pump pipe was cut away as far down as possible, when the Ist officer and a seaman named James Roach volunteered to proceed below and place the end in a water cask, which they succeeded in doing, although the smoke was most dense at the time At that moment the hatches blew up with a loud explo sion, when flames and dense volumes of smoke issued from all the hatches. The crew were then called aft, and held in readiness to get into the boats. By noon flames were breaking out all over the ship, and the masts and sails then caught fire. The crew immediately took to the boats ; the flames in the meantime were found breaking out of the ship's side within a foot of the water-line. At half-past twelve the boats were compelled tä cast off from the ship in order to avoid being swamped by the falling masts and spars. Ten minutes afterwards the main mast fell by the board, the boats meanwhile lying on their oars to watch the progress of the flames. Au hour afterwards the mizenmast fell over, the side, and at three o'clock the foremast fell, taking with it the jibboom. As nothing was to be gained by staying lover by the burning vessel, the captain considered how best to provide for the safety of the crew. They were then in lat. 15.41 N., and long. 58.34 E., or about 700 miles from Bombay. To have returned to the latter place would have been im possible, owing to head winds, and it was therefore de cided to steer for Aden (about 900 miles.) Sails were at cnco rigged, and in order to keep together, all the boats were taken in tow of the long boat. At nine o'clock the same evening it was found necessary to cast adrift the second cutter, it being leaky, and three men being found insufficient to keep it afloat. At midnight the ship had burnt down to the water's edge, and at four o'clock tho flames suddenly disappearing, it was then known that she must have gone down. At daylight no traces of her could be seen. During the whole day the boats continued their course without a vessel appearing in sight. No vessel was seen either on the following day ; the boats continued in tow of the long boat ; the provisions were served out at regular hours, but it was found necessary to restrict the water to one quart for each man per day. On the 18th they ex perienced v, moderate E.N.E. wind, but no sail appeared in sight. At daylight on the 19th they sighted Rast Fertak, bearing N.N.W., and about 40 miles distant. It was found necessary to still further restrict the supply of fresh water to one pint and a half per day for each min. On the even ing of the 19th the breeze freshened and the sea rose, during which the stern of the gig was dragged out, and her provisions and crew had to be transferred to the other boats, the injured boat being cast adrift. This day and the next were both passed without any vessels being sighted, but on the morning of the 21st a vessel its ob served bearing south. They trimmed sails and put out all the oars to overtake her, which they accomplished in two hours, when she proved to be a native bungalow. They obtained a supply of water, and parted company at nine o'clock, being then abreast of Macullait, and made all sail again for Aden. No other vessels were seen during the remainder of the day, and at daylight the next morning (the 22d) land was seen a long way off. During the day several birds alighted on the toat and remained. At noon the smoke from a steamer was observed, bearing S. W. by S. 'Sails were trimmed in order to ap proach her, and the oars got out to assist their progress. The ensign was also placed at the ma sthead of the Union" down as a signal o f dis tress.was now intense, b u t it wasl o ng - soon b e The a lon g -boat,relieved, anxiety with for e of the crew by the steame r c h ang i ng its course and bearing down for the boats it was known that their a si l g on n g al si o d f e w dis h t a r t es a s pp h e ad are b d e t e o n b o o b s t e h rv e P ed en . in ty I lar .2 a o nd th o ey rie w n e t r a e l Company's mail steamer Malta. The captain of thellaranoa, probably thinking it hopeless to expect so many to be taken on board the mail steamer, merelyasked to be supplied with water, and to be allowed to continuo their voyage to Aden. This, however, Capt. Hyde of the Malta would not listen to. It appears that before reaching the boats they had ar rived at the conclusion that their services would be required, and after consulting Captain Black it was decided to bring all the crew on to Bombay. The preparations had already been made, and tackle for raising the boats prepared ; and before Captain Birch had time to express regret that his boats would have to be cast adrift, they were hauled on deck, and the mail steamer was again proceeding on her voyage, but little more than two hours having elapsed since the steamer was first sighted. The crew of the Maranoa, numbering in all 31, had thus been more than a week in open boats, during which they had proceeded over 800 miles, and had arrived within 160 miles of Aden. During this time the whole of the crew behaved most courageously, not a murmur having escaped any of them. They aro loud in their praises of the kindness shown them by the crow and passengers of the Malta. The men of the Maranoa were fortunate in saving all their kit, but the captatn has been a heavy loser by the dreadful calamity which has overtaken his ship. A sub scription was raised on board the Malta for the relief of the sufferers. The idea was suggested by Captain Hyde, and so warmly commanded the sympathy of Mrs. Black, that Rs. 700 were collected, the list being headed by his Ex cellency Sir Robert Napier. Of this sum it is proposed to give Captain Birch Rs. 200, owing to his heavy losses, the remainder to be delivered among the crew. At dinner on Wednesday evening a letter was read from the captain acknowledging, on behalf of himself and crew, the great kindness and liberality shown by the passengers and officers of the Malta. • The cause of the burning of the Maranon, appears to have been spontaneous combustion. The vessel was owned by Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., of Liverpool, the Bom bay agents being Messrs. Wallace and Co. She was insured for £16,000, and had been chartered, as above stated, to convey 2,000 tons of coal to Aden for the use of the i Bom bay and Bengal Steamship Company, which cargo s also insured. COURSE OF EXCHANGE —Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 19 Ditto 3 Mouths. 12 21 12 21 Rotterdam Antwerp — 23 47 25 55 Brussels Hamburg Paris — 13 91 13 Short 25 12 i , DI ••25 17 Ditto ........................ 3 Months. 25 50 471 , 25 52 Marseilles .................. 25 25 55 Frankfort on the Maine 12 03... 121 Vienna — 10 85 10 90 Trieste Petersburgh Berlin 10. 6 20 6 28i 10 921 30 6 28! 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