The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-24 00:00:00

It 0N p y gARKE r" AN!) COAIMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The vain,CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. to exhibit ()I money in the open market continues a declining tendency, and, although the rates for the ne r emain at 51 gotiation of the best commercial bills i - 8 per cent., there is a still easier feel ng discernible. Th e supplies of floating capital are largely in excess of present requirements ; and what . evasions so inactive an inquiry for accommodation Publi c t he keeping back of paper on the part of the l ower ' " the hope th a t th e o ffi c i a l rate may b e ed a the weekly Court on Thursday next. hellgeneral m ee ti ng of shareholders of the Port i li P and Col on i a l Gold Mining Company was of u. t o - day, a n d t h e report recommending a dividend ti ,, lB ' Per s hare, which, to ge th er w ith th e distribu a-;11 last July, i s at the rate of 10 per cent. per ",Thlianl w as unanimously agree d t o. "ere were no bullion operations at the Bank Yeste r d ay. ba h the fo reign and col on i a l p ro d uce mar k e t s dur nt.atinonl g t ke last few days th ere h as no t b een muc h ani ne public sales of tea have concluded th " a ' a ny material c h ange i n t h e rates o b ta i ne d . ZSugar has been in limited request, and in some in ances at rather easier rates. Coffee has been in a (4eta te request, at s t ea d y pr i ces, wh i le r i ce h as trillB 11. been in good d eman d , at fully former quota 2. In tallow there has been a moderate busi 'less reported, at steady prices. Pointed conunittee of the Stock Exchange have ap t7l4ed Thursday, the 26th instant, a special set dinrg-aY in the shares of the undermentioned un t:tansactions -alcin gs :—Baugparah Tea Estates of Assam, for entered into on, and after the 7th of Teeeraber, 1 864, and also in the Northern Assam af e t a Cernpany for transactions entered into on and tube er the of November, 1864, both of which are I tarked on the official lists ; also in the Ouvah a: r tee COnvany for transactions entered into on aft er the 11th November, 1864, which are to be -441.1ted in the twice a-week lists. Two o'CLocx. At . p ate, this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's -...e a l r y. t ii ele--111 ) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 85c. h o rri :, e general h a lf -year l y mee ti ng o f t h e flare 'l . - 7 ,` ters of the Alliance Bank was held to-day, ib '. Daniell in the chair. The report was unam -7°llsl"st 8i -1 Y ad opted. The losses sust a i ne d d ur i ng the ° months prevented any divide n d b e i ng re ecuoulenced. To material alteration has taken place to-day in beltlaell tke t for English Funds. V ery littl e b us i ness has negotiated, and pr i ces, consequently, show V/ptoras of d e p ress i on. Consols for money are 89 i i, and for the account, 891 1. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 88i 89 ; the Annuities, 1 885, 14 7-16ths; Exchequer Bills, 4s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 103 i i ; ditto 4 p er Cent. certificates, 98+ ; and the Bonds, 15 prem. Foreign Stocks exhibit extreme dulness, and Prices do not show any alteration of importance. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70i ; do. Con- Greek, 50i i Mexican, 27 2 . 4 28 ; do. New, 26f i ; ~ te ek) 23i I ; Spanish Passive, 33+ ; do. Certifi iates, 14/ i ; ; Egyptian, Confederate Loan, 55 56 ; New i t , iall, i 4 prem. ; Danubian, 1 Of dis• Rus i n Pem. ; and Montevidean, 3. 1 1- 41 prem. g ained in the Railway Share Market as o r w e .. - - e ailled very quiet ; in one or two" instance,s,rl: ern re ever, prices have slightly Sto c k - • d Great Western, have advanced 10s. , an improved. Great IN o h l'i°,irh-Western, and South -Eastern, little each ss. 11-14 e P°rei gn and Colonial lines exhibit e t all a ge of importance, dull. Alliance ilk and Miscellaneous Shares are t i n _ are dealt i n tal Crys_ on at 29a 30 3 ; London and Wes m i' .„ tels at 97+ ;Union of London at 53 ii; Fina ncial A Stock has improved to 34i 35 ; y,thancial to 23 3 i . Darjeeling Tea Company London "Inures are quoted 31 1 prem.; and City of Milan 4olprovenent Company, i i prem. --Alhance 2 .15 . l oeetib 1 Bank shares, on the result of the g, nave risen to 32 33, or 7 8 prem. _ titITISIi PITIMS—CLOSING PRICES. a il,rki3Ovtnlkoittis-r PuNDs• b`lllt. Cons ........ 891 1 i 4 Per C Feb. .................. 89 pt,r ce,... Reduce , 9 ........................ 9 ~. n 11 -eli , 3 ..'_''' d ........................... 88 ''. Ne w 2 per Cent .... . 88 I 9 1 Abo Per Cent. 'jai; .. l•gi .............................. t 4u . t . Per Cent, Jan. 187 3..... ........... . . Do,ifice%„3o Yrs, expire stba, Jan. 1880 D o f lt i e . '''' Yrs, expire sth April;lBBs.., 14 7-16 txehek d Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908.- b c c l , lle r Ellis, .£l,OOO, 4 per Cent....... 4 pm £5OO .... .... ~ . ........... 4 pm par /3„ 1 1 ?:. Stock,nd .600 .4 pm Do. 4te?lo...glalld 5i per Cen - t ........... 241 , Ix t , / knd• GOVERNMENT SECURITIES I,lati Stock, 101-"per'Cent. 18 .74... 216 1./ 0 A c c'• ' s l.e e "t ... .. . ....... :Apri1 .......... .1) Per Cent • Jly 1870 1031 i ,e• A.ceo • II - ' 1," 4 De ..,, 13 ,-t ..... ... , ................. ..- , o • . C -- ‘"ent., Oct. 1 88 . 8 .. bo.tifiates .......... . ....................... 981 , . 91Iaced. Paper 4 per Cent ............ Do 3' , ? ,. ?. per Cent., Jan. 1872 — .0 ° 4 l Per Ce nt., May 1879;:•........... ........... .01 _per Cent., Ag. 1866 ...... ---- 0 bonds, Xl,OOO ............ 15 pm . utider £l,OOO ......................... .Ault PORLIG .......................... —Pm ri IT Pr-INDS—CLOSING PRICES. l3r a . Tall 13°)a44, 5 Per Cent LI lan 5 per Cent .................... Do. 1 Per Cent., 1862168-:i; ............ 11 nenosl)lyres 6 perlCBL3t ............................. 8-4 1 c,,illkatllp6eper Creonetu. t(Deferred•-•3•••p•e•r•-6•eni.). —36 ,-,oloMbian 6 ................. 1111 Cuba, 6 p er Cent. oPeenrt ..................... .NaD 5 per Cent., 118 — •L' „lus o h 3 per Cent, 25 — 1 ) 0 .. 5 per Cent., 1 864 .. .. ...... ........ - L-,ttliiileiater rienent., 1 . 7 . 73_7 7 ; : t '. 2 ' 'l3la . 0 _1)o 415 ,„... el Pahties ........ quador r id ............ ...... . , ...... , ... .. _ di. b„ , e:w. Consolidated, 1 per cent E g3Ptiu., rro-trisional Land NV" t a n. 7 per Cent.,. arran 974- _O, 5ec0,.... ,55e............. t 4 10 0. 41 00 luonidsu -- • T , D o .° Se ' . 1864 96 5i I), comets paid 864 14 p.m Gre e i 450 ........ ... . ........ . —pm 1I), A Per Cents., 1 824-5, ex. Coupons ):3 'pee°llot Q) . ' .-cniPelis — uaie'tacaZillit .... . Do, 1 83 n ° Per Cent. Italia 0 and 1850 ... 11ex:14151er Cent mare ' rara ... a . n .. a . . El,lfwa • y - i -- - Do, A ce Per Cent. ..................... . — Eobc °tint ... .. . . 271 8 tct tp 6 per Cent. ' 1864 26i rip,PAzglo-Prench :..- dig If...entevrdte,l,lerip, Ex. . 25f ii) ....... Bl dis 410 orish f'' ') Per Cent., £25 paid New Gra-tulerial 5 per Cent bDe 2 a ,Per Cent 0 Def erred ..... 1:1 L and ,0 Warrants (Hectares) ... , "Pept.oo Debentures, 4 per Ct., Aprd, 18 64 — Do do Aug., 1856 vian 41 per Cent. .... . . . ............... 1)0 -Do a per Cent. (Uribarren)................ t, Do 4/ per Cent., 1862 ..................... --.. A.ccount .................................... '-ertuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ............... 471 7 ~1)0 Account ............................ ..... ;.. -- V 0 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62, 3, ue Account R ussian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do4+ per Cent., 1850 1860 E'° 3 per Cent., 1859 b e 5 per Cent., 1862 1864 .. Do s • s_,_,. crtp, £6n paid ,'Licu.nan 5 per Cent,.....,, ''Panish 3 Co' ii, per 891 90 - pm ..._ lent J 0 Acedtint ............................ o_ P,O New Deferred . DoV Account .A.ccount ......................... . ...... • 3_3 Panish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account . . Swedish 4 per Cent. ....................... rPu rltifill 6 per Cent. 1854 1)0 Account .................. . ___- 1) , 0 6 per Cent. 1858 __ . -1-1,4) Account ....... . ........................... ▪ 7`4t Do XlOO Bonds ... . DoDo 6 per Cent. 186.2 Account ................................. 70 i. 1, 1) 1 1 100 Bonds ..,... - 0 6 Per Cent. 1863-* Do Guaranteed, 4 pr Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent — Do. Account IDo. 6 per Cent, 1862 ,21,0 Account 'c'• 6 per Ceut., 1864 Do. 11 per Cent FrencDividends on the above payable in London. h Rentes, 3 per Cent. Italian per Cent., nt., 1861, E. 25f. 64 bo• Account ............... THREE O'CLOCK, Cottanis, I / ................. -89 f Rio ................ 1)0. Account ................................. 89i rar. L . 23. 9:ta an d , e golY Ingha m )11. and t r --- e v . rt . p r ince Louis e o Lon, to the in i$ 3° , SINS. al,r.t, )f Cani ) Duc hess tho enblirg"; nigha es- L ord©r " er anibolton end La d i the F"' o f ,he end rikervw ,..otreet, )rd -street, „ t , w a9 lA, The F ds, 31 1 e S ° ..an P ij c j i . •nt, ga d h e Due of ced age [t i n ed s ll . l a ip arfie nk er fr 3011 lOW )1111t ° by the ar t° Le III:, ass c°' 1 1C°6 liffere We 00' sB4,itl'' ,elf o ple ian 1 3° ne „t0 00 ,? Lntr,y , di co n US be • 61- ' o f 01, v ;torn• ~ SHAI MRKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Bir., Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall D A gets no div EL o N: A B j till6p.c.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. et. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Da. A stock Do.Bao 91 03 1301 1311 ti 6.; 32 34 76 17 87 8 107 1 , 9 46 47 74 84 100 100 100 100 ISt 135 154 k 1551 129 ,3, Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Original D . S. VAL Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.— Oxlord 90 92 tOl 8L Do. Newport Do. Hereford..... Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan N 60 47 49 101 10.1 aie 116 81 85 109 110 37 39 1214 122 98 99 614 62 Do. New Mid and 128} 129 2 } 2lp 13S} 1381 107 119 Do, Birmin & Derby Mid. Gt. W.. Ireland Do. 4 shares id Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York • Do. Carlisle . . .. Do. Stock. & Darling. De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18E4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central 54 55 26 27 113 114 71 72 1031 1041 38 39 1 124 p 9i 1 122 1250 p 114 12 1 p 79 8 li o 11 lli 138 142 43 45 Scot. N. E . Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stack.. ~h+ea s & Welchpool.. Shropshire Union .... South Devon •—• • • • South E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W.Hartlepool Har.& R Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable (0 6? 52 54 87& /33 9_ 1 160 165 3i 4ip 110 113 89 41 75 78 BRITISH POSSE I Paid.i Closing I Business Price. done. 9323 155 41 5j 5 801 1 80i 121 i 3 93} 9 62 le 120 i 13Si i 541 B 1131 14 711 103; f 4 53i 3 i 871 i Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, a Cen.ln. . _ gu. 5 per cent Do. N' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff ,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & S. E., lira.. A e Town & Dock, gu. Demera , a, 7 p.c. per. p' East. 8en.2,a1, gu sdo East IL.dian, gu.:s p.c. Do. J Eitaisiori Grand Trunk ot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bond, 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist ;;ref..Bonds.. Do. do. deferred .... Do. 2d Prd. Bonds.. Do. do. deterred .... Do. Zd Pref. stock— . Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pref. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gas. sp.c. o. Gua 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p c.. G t. South of india (lim.) gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great W. s. of Canada.. D. New ...... Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 5, do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension nelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B Q.ltl.C'da, pc Ist pf .bds Scindc ...... Do. Delhi Do. do l 6. Do. Pnniaub Do.lndus St Flo ISIONS. B? 40 100 101 par IP 4f 51 6 94 75 6) 9t3 98 75 85 160 102 100 101 101 103 20 21 M 63 70 58 60 63 65 54 66 51 53 46 98 27 241 26 28 100 101 id p par p 0 101 81 91 lld 85 SO 78 E 2 1 04 d 99 101 9i 94 83 9J 61 83 . 3 5 82 81 99 100 9) 100 ad 100 101ip 94 97 1001 f COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per • • cent„ Dec. 31,1672 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do Gp. c. Feb & Aug lOO 05 97 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10) 95 97 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 82 84 Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk 100 82 84 Capo (*.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 103 106 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 100 103 108 Do. do: 1890-1 100 107 1(.9 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 106 108 • Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. c 100 102 104 Do. 1878, do. 100 108 110 Mauritius, f; p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. 1882, !day t 5, Nov. 16 100 108 110 Natal Llov. 6 per cent lOO 105 107 N.B.Gov 6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 93 98 N. S. W. Gov. 5rc.,1866 •00 98 100 Do. 5 p.c: 18'1 to 1878 100 93 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 90 94 92 New Zealand, 6p. cent ICO 103 105 Do. 6 per cent lOO 87 t 8 Nova So 41a Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 93 98 971 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 101 102 1015 I S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18'8-9 100 -- • Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 105 107 106 k Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.Jra &July 100 Do. do, e pril & Oct lOO 1075 1035 108) 8 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, lim 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 32 83 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 . 580 600 Drakewalls 2.1.0 I 4 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 43 45 East Cara ion 2.14.0 14 15 141 •as t Carn Brea 3.4.0 64 7 -- East Grenville 2.7.0 31 35 East Loved 2.13.6 121 13 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 r4l 41 44 1 Gam .& StAubyn(Gwen. 60) 6 8 4 Great L ixey, limited., all 18 19 Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 21 31 21 & G. Wheal Vor (Heist .0 40 335 34 34 v • Grenville 7.8.3 3 35 Herod's Foot 8.13 Z. , 4 36 tungsten Downs 4.18.0 31 31 Margaret ,Uny Lelant 91 6 8 Marke Valley 4.3.0 5) 6. 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, lim 25 14 0). Nangiles 19 17 19 New Se ton North Downs 3 North Roskear 18 13 N.Wh'l Bassettallogan 3.10.6 9 11 North Wheal Crotty -- Prosper United—. Pr vidence Uny Lelant 10.6.7 32 34 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 530 550 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 20 25 Stray Park 30.17.6 144 154 Tin Croft 9 14: 15 West liassett (Mogan W. Caradun (Lskeard 9 7 g West Chi rerton ll 65 70 West Seton 475 200 210 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 55 975 1021 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 9 11 Whea Ludoott 3.12.8 1 Wheal Mary Ann (Hen. 8 13 15 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 7 18 20 Wheal UnLn 4 4 I • PREFERENCE BRAUER. Great Western, Birmingham gua. stook, 75 North British 5 ler cent., 91 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. &c , 44 per cent., 18 5 8, 98 London, Chatham, &c , 6 per cent. 2dpf., 64 South Eastern 5 per cent.. 1861, 99,1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED:RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 100 FOREJGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 121 South Austrian and Lombardo VonetianZtii Turin anct Savona, Ditto (all), 10 BANKS. (1111 L), 1291 a Hi 1 5 1 Ditto, new, 3 0 Agraaiianacned, t li i l n a . s ) t . e 3 r l m i a a n c 'il Anglo-Italian. Um., 01 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., City, 114 Consolidated Bank, lim., 114 East London, lint., 6i ; 1 .4_ of which 10 18 1 3 .1 Hindustan, Latina, and Japan (1.111•1, '''' Iml Ottoman , 161 Landryortgage Bank of India, litn., s ili London and County Coty, 814 London Joi nt Stock, tO6 London ondon and 1 estminster Nation 974 poal l itan and Provincial Bank, lim., 184 Provincial of England. 156 Provincial flanking Corporation, lim., 4 Union ot London, 53 f t MISCELLANEOUS. l'i Bombay o, Indian Gas, l new, li i I:a} aim, jl3ll;it' Ceylon Company, 9i ihlll7rof England, i'i i i Continental Union Gas , iii m , A , Credit Fonder and DI• -.." nii euunmd. sboenr , s Iron B ay 1 N , Ditto, new, 51 Credit Fender or 3lauritius 1* Crystal Palace, 34t 4 5 , dm., 7/ Discount Corporation, 13/ 14 131 East India Irrigation and c anal : 51 5 Ebbw Vale, 3i / 4 Fore -street red it Warehouse, an Fin an 243 1 0 1 lime, ~ London, um., ei 7 I ro si rks, 2 Imperil Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 7/ 8 International Contract, 7 International Financial Society, 11m., 7 / Joint Stock Discount, lim., 9/ London Financial Association, lim., 231 i London General Omnibus Company, 31 Lon on and Provincial Marine, 31 National Di..count Company, lim., 151 / National Financial, lim., 5/ North British and Mercantile Insurance, lirn., 18 Oceanplarine ;Insurance), 25t Oriental Financial, lim., 5: 5 1 1 Oriental Inland Steam, 2,1 Ottoman Financial A ssociation, lim., Si 91 Ottoman Gas, Bin., 3/ Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 801 E 0 Royal Mail Steam, 95 South Australian Land, 301 - • Thames and Mersey Marine (InsuranCe), lim., 7i i Warrant Finance, lira.; 81 9 rim SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24 LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day)• COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) GAYNOR V. GAYNOR.-JUDGMENT. His Lordship in delivering judgment in this case, said that this was an application on behalf of the petitioner re specting a policy of life assurance settled on his wife, the respondent, at the time of the marriage, and the object was to revoke the settlement. For the respondent it was contended that she was desti- tute, and that under the circumstances the petitioner was bound to make her some provision. He had read over his notes of the case, and it appeared that the respondent was living with another man in Italy, by whom she had two children, and she had made no affidavit that she was desti tute. He did not accede to the doctrine that the husband was bound to prove that his wife was without provision before he obtained his order. The application of the petitioner was accordingly granted. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.. (Before Mr. Registrar Winslow.)' IN RE ARTHUR ROOK WILBRAHAM. This bankrupt was described as an ensign, of Brook street, formerly in the Coldstream Guards. This was an application for order of discharge upon account, showing— Debtor to creditors unsecured, £7,093 19s. 6d. ; ditto hold ing security, £3,313 6s. Bd. ; total, £10,407 6s. 2cl. Credit, by property in hands of creditors, £4,450 ; debts, £35 3s. ; deficiency, £5,922 3s. 2d. ; total, £10,407 6s. 2d. The per sonal expenditure has been stated at £2,695 for the past year, and £2,000 per annum for the years previously, and it will be remembered that a short time ago criminal pro ceedings wore instituted against him by a jeweller at the West-end. Mr. C. E. Lewis, for the assignees, said that the accounts required some amendment, as Mr. Emmanuel, who had been described as a creditor for £3,500, had been settled with. Mr. Hancock's claim of £l,lOO had also been dis charged, and thus the unsecured creditors had been reduced to £2,200. Many of the other creditors were money lenders, and the rest were satisfied that their claims would be dis charged eventually, as a near rejative of the bankrupt had pledged himself to it. His Honour asked how the personal expenditure could be justified. Mr. Sargood (for the bankrupt) said his client, who was only 22, had anticipated being married. His Honour did not consider the pledge to pay the tradesmtm by the bankrupt's father sufficient, and as there was no security offered, the order of discharge Would be suspended for one year with protection. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. BOW-STREET. A FEMALE BURGLAR.—EIIen Smith, a dissipated-look ing young woman, was placed at the bar, on remand, charged with stealing a travelling-rug from a gentleman's carriage. The prisoner refused to say anything in reference to the charge, and the magistrate fully committed her for trial. Another charge, that of burglary, was preferred against the prisoner, namely, that of stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel from a charitable institution of which she had been an inmate. Mrs. Sarah Musgrave, of 48, Church-street, Stoke New ington, said the prisoner was an inmate of the Home for the Rescue of Young Women and Children, which place she left on the 3d of January, having been there 12 days. On the Thursday following the back door of the house was found opened. There were no marks of violence, but from the fact of some traces being found under a table near the kitchen window it appeared that the house had been entered by that means, and that the parties had left by the back door. Some footmarks were traced through the passage to the laundry. The footprints were those of a woman, and, from the peculiar shape of the prisoner's foot, she was suspected. The large bundle of linen wearing apparel produced formed a portion of the property that was stolen from the laundry on the occasion of the robbery. A police-constable proved the finding of a large quan- tity of the property at the prisoner's lodgings, and also re ceiving a number of duplicates relating to the stolen pro perty, which the prisoner had entrusted to various persons. Barbara Hatchell, the wife of a labouring man, said the prisoner came to her apartments and asked her to pawn several articles. The prisoner introduced herself as a ser vant out of place, and the witness further said—" She looked like one, as she wore a nice white apron, and was quite the thing." Another female gave similar evidence. A gentleman from the society said the prisoner had been sent with an application for admission to the Home by Mr. Rowe, of the Guildhall Police-court. She had just come out of prison, to which she had been sent for concealing the birth of a child. She was taken in purely out of charity. The prisoner, having been cautioned, was asked what she had to say, and making no reply, The Magistrate committed her for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON A MOTHER.—William Fitz gerald, a young man described as a tailor, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting his mother, Hannah Fitzgerald, by striking her on the head with a pan. He was also charged with assaulting his father and brother. The prisoner was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt about a fortnight ago, but in consequence of the injuries his mother had received she was unable to attend. She now attended and gave her evidence seated. Her head was enveloped in surgical bandages. She said—l reside in Tudor-place, Tottenham-court-road. The prisoner is my son, but does not reside with me. This day fortnight, at two o'clock in the morning, the prisoner came to my place, having quar relled with his wife. He was very excited, and jumped out of a second floor window. He was then taken to the hospital. 1 came back to see the doctor, who gave him some medicine, and told me to watch him. He laid on the bed and became quiet, but cried a good deal, and was under the delusion that he was to be buried alive, and that the coffin was at the door, and he asked me to pray for him. About 6 o'clock he said he would go down stairs and get some water, but fearing he might do some mischief, I said I would go. I then sat by the room door on a chair with the view of preventing him from going. I fell asleep. I then felt a violent blow on my head from a - pan, I believe, and fell. I received another blow on my shoulder. Ido not know who gave meths blows, as I had a cloak over my head at the time. A cab was brought to take me to the hospital, but feeling very faint and sinking, and thinking I was dying, I asked them to let me die at home. I have been at home ever since and attended by the parish doctor. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did he ever quarrel with you before? Prosecutrix—Oh, no. He has always been very respect ful to me, sir. Prisoner—There has not been a more dutiful son than I have been. I've no recollection of striking my mother. I had been drinking hard, and must have got the delirium tremens. Patrick Fitzgerald, father of the prisoner, said—l was awoke by hearing a blow and my wife moaning. The pri soner had a poker in his hand, and said "I won't hurt you, father," but directly after grasped me tightly by the throat and nearly strangled me— Mr. Tyrwhitt—Had he been drinking ? The Father—l believe so, but I had not seen him since the previous Tuesday. He jumped out of a window a second time on to some water closets, and then got on the top of the houses, but was afterwards taken by the police. Rogers, 87 E—On going to the house I found the mother, father, and brother all bleeding from injuries caused by the prisoner, who was given into custody by the father. Prisoner (crying)—lt was the delirium tremens. Mr. Tyrwhitt—The prisoner had been drinking, and the effect of is that he commits a series of assaults on his mother, father, and brother. He must find one bail in £lO to keep the peace for six months. A CASE FOR TREAIVORCE COURT.—THREATENING TO MURDER A WIFE.— , ver Kerby, clerk, of No. 24, Dean street, Soho, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt by Davey, one of the warrant officers, charged with threatening to murder his wife, Isabella Kerby. Mr. Edward Dillon Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the complainant, a respectable looking female, and in opening the case said the defendant, formerly super intendent of the Essex police, had frequently been charged with ill-treating his wife. On Saturday morning last the complainant begged the defendant not to sell the last article of any value in the place—the bed—and the defendant then declared that if it were not for the law he would murder' her. He (Mr. Lewis) applied to Mr. Knox for a summons against the defendant, but Mr. Knox, knowing the cha racter of the defendant, thought it a fit case for a warrant. The defendant in April last was charged at this court with assaulting his wife, and was ordered to find two sureties in £lOO each for six months ; but his wife, after he had been in prison for two months, forgave him and got him out. As the wife's kindness had been met with such an ill return, he (Mr. Lewis) must now ask that the defendant be put under such bail as would have the effect of preventing his repeating his acts. Mrs. Kerby then deposed to the defendant's ill-treatment and his threats, and said that she was in the habit of working for shops in Regent-street, and kept the defendant, who had lost good situations through his intemperate habits She had once 'charged the defendant with assaulting her, and he was ordered to find bail, but at .. her request Mr. Knox let him off. The defendant said his mother, a woman of fortune, helped to keep him, and that his wife was always exciting him to commit a breach of the peace. The complainant denied this, and said she had to leave 42 residences through the defendant's conduct. The defendant said if his wife wanted a separation she could have a legal one. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a pity a man should throw himself and his home away through his bad habits. He considered the complainant had been very badly used, and he should order the defendant to find two sureties in .£3O each to keep the peace for fix months, and he did that] 40 much for the defendant's sake as for the complainant's, as he would be murdering her or something of that kind. 1865 The Weather and the Parks. it would be almost impossible to describe with anything like accuracy the scenes that took place yesterday in the various Royal parks. One continuous round of excitement lasted from an early hour in the morning until late at night, and how it was that so many lives were saved may be as cribed principally to the improved apparatus just brought out by the Royal Humane Society, and used for the first time to any extent yesterday. The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's receiving house, by Negretti and Zambra, registered on Sunday night 21, being 11 d eg . of frost ; at 9 yesterday morning the glass stood at 25, showing 7 deg. of frost, but at noon, when the sun was shining, the quicksilver rose no higher than 35 deg. The barometer was 29.75 deg. The wind was W. by W.N.W. The weather was fine and hazy, and, strange as it may appear, at one time of the day, when vehicles could scarcely pass along Fleet-street or Holborn on account of the.density of the fog, the parks at the West-end were comparatively free from that vapour. Last night the thermometerbegan rapidly to descend again, but the barometer also falling, although one indicated a continuance of the frost, the other led to the inference that a change was likely to take place. As usual, St. James's Park came in for an immense num ber of patrons, there being upon the ice on the ornamen tal sheet of water between the ends, Buckingham Palace and the Horse Guards, about 2,000 sliders and skaters. The banks of the river were also crowded by many thousand persons, and so great was the pressure at the society's marquee, that to avoid the crowd forcing it down the police were obliged to be sent for, and upon their arrival the popu lace was kept back, so that those who became immersed could be passed into the temporary hospital. During the early part of the day not fewer than 50 persons, chiefly lads, broke through the ice, and it was with difficulty that they could be rescued by the icemen, under Deputy Superintendent Perry. They were, however, taken to the tent and placed in hot water baths, and afterwards in hot beds. At one time there were four persons lying together in one bed. Six persons were also taken to the tents in this park who had received concussions by falling upon the ice. Their wounds were dressed, and they were able to return home. The most serious accidents in this park during the early part of the day happened to John Carroll, aged 10 years, of Marsham-street, Westminster; Michael Kennedy, aged 12, of Pye-street, Westminster (these were two very dangerous cases); John Walter, butcher, of New port-market ; and Mr. Reid, living near the Marble-arch. The most exciting part of the proceedings in this park took place about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, which caused many persons standing upon the banks to actually shudder at what they saw. About two or three dozen mere chil dren had strolled upon the ice, and some unprincipled persons, at the risk of drowning the children, amused themselves by throwing halfpence, oranges, and other things upon the ice, which, as might be supposed, caused the children to rush en masse towards the spot. Deputy- Superintendent Perry cautioned the persons who were so risking the lives of the children, and he ordered them off ; but it was of no use, for as long as the money kept falling upon the ice so long would the children continue to scramble after the coin. All of a sudden the ice parted asunder to a considerable extent, when not fewer than ten of the unfortunate children fell into the water, some floating under the perfect ice, and others struggling in the water in order to save their lives. Perry, his nephew, Iceman Maskell, and other officers, rushed to their assistance with hand ropes, breaker ladders, and boats, but so treacherous was the ice that it would not bear the weight of the men, and breaking, they also became immersed. At one time nothing less than a fearful loss of life could be anticipated, as it took nearly half an hour before they could be all got out of the water, and it is hardly necessary to state that they were all in a very exhausted state. They were taken to the marquee, and Dr. M'Cann, of Parlia ment-street, promptly attended, and did all that humanity or surgical skill could devise for the poor sufferers ; but the l i ten remained in bed at the time the enclosure gates were about to be closed. It is expected that, owing to the surgi cal treatment they received, they will recover. The Round Pond in Kensington Gardens had about 3,000 skaters and sliders, and several very serious accidents oc curred, one to a clergyman living at Kensington, but who refused his name. He broke through the ice, but was rescued by Deputy-Superintendent Higginbottom and his brother. The deputy, in getting him out, also broke through the ice, and in his endeavours to, get him out, was so badly cut by the sharp edges of the ice that one of his legs was actually skinned. A lad named George Callaghan, aged 13, broke through the ice at one o'clock. He became immersed in six feet of water, and had it not been for the exertions of the icemen, must in another minute have perished, as he had disap peared two or three times before he could be extricated. He was taken to the Royal Humane Society's receiving house, and under the directions of Mr. Lambert Young, the secre tary, and Mr. Williams, the superintendent, he was placed in a warm bath, and afterwards put to bed, but a long time elapsed before he could be brought round. About half-past 11 o'clock Mr. Lowinse, of 15, Claren ' don-road, Kensington, fell through the frozen surface into deep water. For a few minutes it was feared that he was drowned, but the two Higginbottoms went with the ap , paratus to his assistance, when the ice gave way beneath them, and they likewise became immersed. The excitement amongst those near was intense, but the brave fellows managed to get him out at the risk of losing their own lives. Mr. Richard Simpson, of 2, Perkins'-cottages, Westmin ster, Mr. W. Simpson, of 5, Shaftesbury-villas, Kensington, and Mr. H. Knott, of 2, Bloomfield-cottages, Kensal New Town, were likewise immersed, and were in the water until they were nearly exhausted, but they were extricated by the icemen. A man named William See, who was in a state of intoxi cation, also broke through into deep water, and was unable to get out for over ten minutes, when he was rescued by Joseph Knight and John Green, the resident boatmen, and taken to the receiving -house. THE SERPENTINE.—From one end to the other this great piece of water presented an immense sheet of ice, as smooth as glass, but only 1 inches thick, and in consequence Mr. Young had printed placards posted round the banks an nouncing that the ice was in a very dangerous state ; but in spite of the precautions taken, about 500 persons insisted upon venturing their lives upon the frozen surface, and shortly after going upon the river, Thomas Shields, of 27, Barrett's-court, Marylebone, and Henry Toombs, of 2, Gray street, Marylebone, broke through at the east end of the river, and - were rescued by means of the ice boat just as they were sinking for the last time. They were taken to the society's house, and promptly attended to by Mr. Young and Mr. Williams, and they recovered. Several minor cases of immersion took place during the day, but not of a serious character. It is, however, expected by the officials of the society that if the frost should continue for a day or two longer, the grand pyrotechnic displays, prevously an nounced, will be able to be carried out with safety. THE rONGWATER, KENSINGTON-GARDENS.—This place was the centre of attraction for the nobility and gentry, who flocked in large numbers, both male and female, to witness the graceful evolutions of the members of the Skating Club and about 2,000 others who disported themselves upon the ice. The members of the club had erected on the bank on the north side one of Benjamin Edgington's beautifully appointed pavilions. Towards the close of the evening no less than ten persons broke through the ice, but they were rescued after being in the water for periods averaging from five to eight minutes. They were removed to the society's receiving house, and were attended by Mr. Secretary Young and Mr. Superintendent Williams. Two cases brought in were of a very dangerous character, and it required great care to restore them. TiE REGENT'S PAnx.—Only about 300 persons, owing to the instructions given by the Royal Humane Society's men, ventured upon the ice in this park during the day. The ice here is even of a more dangerous character than in the other parks. The casualties were of a trifling character. BATTERSEA PARK.—Some fine skating took place in this park during the day, the public knowing that if the ice should give way, the sliders and skaters would only get knee deep in water. They therefore disported themselves without fear, but several persons were badly injured on the head by being tripped up by the skaters. Hampstead and Highgate Ponds, the Victoria Park, and the Grand Surrey Canal were all frozen, and, with the ex ception of the latter, some thousands amused themselves during the day ; but the ice in the latter place was being rapidly broken up and carted away to supply the ice-cellars in the City and at the West-end. • MASTER COACHBUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITU TION.—The ninth annual meeting of the subscribers and friends of this institution was held yesterday at the Carriage Bazaar, Baker-street, Portman-square, to receive the general and financial reports, to elect three new pen sioners, and to appoint officers for the year ensuing. In the unavoidable absence of the president (the Marquis of Lansdowne), Mr. Holmes, of Derby, was unanimously called to the chair. The general report, read by Mr. G. N. Hooper, the vice-chairman, and unanimously agreed to, expressed congratulation on the continued prosperity of the institution, to which there had been obtained a consi derable accession of new subscribers (several from the pro vinces). The Worshipful Company of Coach and Coach Harness Makers had contributed to their funds a donation of £5O; It was intended to hold a festival during the year, which it was hoped would be attended with similaf bene ficial results as previously. The amount expended in annual pensions during the year had been £351 55., and in temporary relief £92. The additional stock invested had been £3OO, making the total funded stock £4,850. The report concluded by expressing regret at losing one of their most efficient officers (who was also one of the founders of the institution), Mr. G. A. Thrupp, the treasurer (who had resigned), and thanking him for the valuable services he had rendered during the past nine years. The treasurer's report, also adopted, showed that, with the previous balance of £lOO 2s. ld., the total receipts had been £796 lls. Gd., of which a balance remained of £l2l ss. 3d. A legacy of £lOO had been received fr. - 3m the executors of the late Mr. T. Peters of Kilburn. The result of the poll having been announced, the various officer' were elected, including Mr. Black, jun., i n the roonalst oft. Thrupp as treasurer. Thanks were awarded to til p. cers, &c., and the proceedings conclude d with thanks to the chairman. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. LONDON GAZET 2E—This Evening• FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 20. VENEZUELA AND GUAYANA-RAISING OF BLOCKADE. It is hereby notified that Earl Russell, K.G.. her Ma jesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Caracas, a despatch, transmitting o.:...communication which he had received from the Foreign Office of the Venezuelan (3 o vernment, announcing that the blockade of the ports and coasts from the mouth of the Vagres to Navios, the canals formed by the Delta of the Orinoco, and the banks of that river to Ciudad Bolivar, had been raised, and also trans nutting a copy and translation of a decree of the Venezue lan Government, raising the blockade of the said ports and places. JAN. 14. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Gerald Raoul Perry, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Para, to be her Majesty's Consul at Rio Grande de Sul. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Luis de Arias as Consul at Cardiff for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 24. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet Charles Gandy to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas Armstrong Gough, who retires—Gentleman Cadet Morgan George Lloyd, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Gandy. 3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Alfred IL White to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fowell Buxton Johnston, who retires—Cornet Henry Langtry to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice White—Daniel A. Grant, Gerkt-, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Langtry. 6th Dragoon Guards—Staff Assistant-Surgeon James Landale, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Charles James Davenport, M.D., appointed to the Staff. 11th Hussars—Lieutenant John George Annesley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Samuel Hill Lawrence, who retires—Cornet Charles Francis Arnold Howard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Annesley— Cornet William Gerrard Walmesley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Llewellyn Traherne Bassett Saunder son, who retires—Chetwood Hamilton, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Howard John Algeo Thompson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Walmesley. 21st Hussars—Cornet Robert Claude Smith has been per mitted to retire from the service by the resignation of his Commission. Royal Artillery—Second Captain Charles Raikes to be Captain, vice George Gunning John Campbell, deceased —Lieutenant Horatio Powys Lane to be Second Cap tain, vice Raikes—Lieutenant Charles Stewart Vardon Wilson, to be Second Captain, vice Arthur Lister Kaye, who resigns—Second Captain William Henry Mew come to be Adjutant, vice Second Captain Vilbart, pro moted—Staff-Surgeon James Hannan to be Surgeon— Assistant-Surgeon John Greig, M. 8., from the 23d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice George Davidson Milne, M.D., placed upon half-pay. Royal Engineers—Captain John Marshall Grant to be Lieut.-Lolonel, vice Gray, deceased—Second Captain Francis Edward Pratt to be Captain, vice Grant—Lieu tenant Herbert Locock to be Second Captain, vice Pratt —Lieutenant Frederick Hime to be Second Captain, vice Stokes, who retires upon temporary half-pay. Military Train—Gentleman Cadet William Frederick Rudman, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice George Matthew Richmond, transferred to the 36th Foot. _ _ Grenadier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant the Hon. Ed ward George Percy Littleton to be Lieutenant and Cap tain, by purchase,•vice Alexander Louis Ricardo, who retires—Noel Charles Allix, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Frederick William Duncombe, promoted—Charles Seymour Corkran, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Littleton —William John Farrer, Esq., to be Solicitor, vice Ed ward White, deceased. 2d Regiment of Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Douglas King-Harman, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bernard B. H. Popham, deceased. sth Foot—Ensign John Love Vincent to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gersham Herrick, who retires—Gen tleman Cadet Arthur McKellar Wix, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vin cent. _ _ _ 6tllPoot—Lient. Gaorge Gandy to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Thomas Ffolliott Powell, who retires—En sign Henry Marvin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gandy—Gentleman Cadet Mascie Henry Taylor, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Marvin. 7th Foot—Lieutenant Fitzmaurice Beauchamp to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Alfred John Tuke, who retires— Ensign John Pothom to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Beauchamp—Gentleman Cadet Alfred Bligh Par nell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Potham. 9th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Chas. Henry Danvers Butler, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Augustus Keith Abbott, transferred to the 98th Foot. 10th Foot—Lieutenant John Dickson Power to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Percy Beale, who retires—En sign Charles Knatchbull to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Power—Ensign George.) William Truscott Martin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William John Byde Martin, who retires—Gentleman Cadet Edward Amys Tuck, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Knatchbull—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Christian-Ta,wke, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice G. W. T. Martin—Lieute nant John Caruthers Little to bo Adjutant, vice Lieu tenant Martin, who retires. 11th Foot—Ensign Richard Cumberlege to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Thomas Auchinleck, who retires— Gentleman Cadet Carbery Egan, from the Royal Mili tary College, to be Ensign, by . purchase, vice Cumber lege. 12th Foot—Captain Hugh Pearce Pearson, from the 52nd Foot, to be Captain, vice Parry, who exchanges. 15th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Hume Norman Locke, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dyce, transferred to the 77th Foot. 16th Foot—Ensign Samuel John Pullin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Richard Pino Coffin, who retires —Gentleman Cadet Sir James Liston Foulis, Bart., from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pullin. 23d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur John Hutchinson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Thomas Lefroy Courtenay, deceased— Staff Assistant Surgeon Thomas Samuel Barrow, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice John Greig, ap . pointed to the Royal Artillery. 25th Foot—Lieutenant Jerome O'Brien, from the 28th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Farnall, who exchanges. 26th Foot—Captain George John Hamilton, from the 31st Foot, to be Captain, vice Appleby, who exchanges. 28th Foot—Captain Edward O'Neill, from the 45th Foot, to be Captain, vice Adams, who exchanges—Lieutenant Elliott Christie Charles Parnell, from the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice ho exchanges. 31st Foot—Captain George O'Brien , Vlalton Appleby, from the 26th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hamilton, who exchanges. 35th Foot—Lieutenant Woodford W. Sherlock to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mars Mourier Rohle, who retires—Ensign Charles Semple to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Frederick Bowdler Gipps, who retires— Ensign Jules Robert Bowen Buscarlet to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sherlock—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Philip Hawthorn, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Semple—Richard Albert Watkin Bayly, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Buscarlet. 37th Foot—Lieut. Douglas Alleyne to be Captain, by purchas, vice Samuel Hawkes, who retires—Ensign Henry S. Howard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Alleyne—Gentleman Cadet Walter Fdward Gilbert, from the Royal Military. College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Howard—Gentleman Cadet Thos. Edward Verner, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Augustus Charles Frederick Fitz Gorge, trans ferred to the Rifle Brigade. 38th Foot—Capt. and Brevet-Major the Hon. Chas. John Addington to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.- Col. Gloster, promoted by purchase in the 97th Foot— Lieut. John Alexander Caldecott to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Brevet Major the Hon. C. J. Addington— Ensign Lionel Wm. Leo to be Lieutenant, by perchase, vice Caldecott—Ensign Robert Charles Nicholetts. from 81st Foot, to be Ensign, vice Ditmas, who exchanges— Gentleman Cadet Thomas George Cuthall, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lee. 44th Foot—Captain James Henry Linton, from 76th Foot, to be Captain, vice Franklin, who exchanges. 45th Foot—Captaiu Thomas Edmund Adams, from the 28th Foot, to be Captain, vice O'Neill, who exchanges—Lieut. Henry Nicholas Bayley, from the 03d Foot, to be Lieu tenant, vice G. S. Treflry, who exchanges. 46th Foot—Liout. Thomas Murphy to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. Andrew Whitten, who has joined the Depot. 52nd Foot—Captain Legh Richmond Parry, from 12th Foiit, to be Captain, vice Pearson, who exchanges. 60th Foot—Captain Alfred John Fitz Gerald to be Major, by purchase, vice Henry Christopher Marriott, who re tires—Lieut. George Hatchell to be Captain, by pur chase, vice FitzGerald—Ensign Geoage T. Whitaker to be /Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hatchell—Gentleman Cadet Alexander Ferdinand Henry Mitchell-Innes, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Whitaker. 63d Foot—Lieut. George Steel Treffry, from the 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Bayley, who exchanges. 66th Foot—Quartermaster Thomas Glover Gilby, from the 108th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Hammond, who exchanges. 71st Foot—Lieut. Robert James Isacke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Windsor Charles Carey Elves, who re lires—Ensign Francis Brodie to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Isacke.—Gentleman Cadet Harris Nicolas Pinnock, ftbm the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brodie. 72d Foot—Quartermaster Peter Murray, from the 91st Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Munro, who exchanges. 76th Foot—Captain William Franklin, from 44th Foot, to be Captain, vice Linton, who oxehanges—Captaiu Francis Graham Dunn, from the 3 d West Ind ia Regi ment, to be Captain, vice Marshall, who exc hang • e o s m the 77th Foot—Ensign George Hugh Coles Dy e s , 15th Foot. 81st Foot, no. to be Ensign:vice Hurloek, trimsfeerred to the 81st Foot—Ensign Edward Ditmas, fro m 38th Foot, Shaw Ensign, vice Nicholetts, who exehni4l7os.Lioutenaut, by to be 86th Foot—Ensign Donald Saw who retires — purchase, vice Sydenham Lott l Pas a rchase, vice Shaw. .il I ck, from 77th Francis ur o Gentleman Cadet Fergus Grab u, from tho Royal Mili nsi- • Henry iee Jonas Austin Dolmage, who 87 ta F th o r ot, y Fo C o o t_ lle r ge, to be be Ensign, by Do i n c ti e ld kin 3 rra lunr n o w , hfio•oni. exchanges. 72d retires. b° Ensign' v Foot, to be Qtu 1 - g e ni o o : y r e • e William Hawkins, Cadet Claud Currie Budd, from 9 9 4 1s th t Edwardt he FF Ro : l t 7—a3:l3:ol:nuliptaoi : g ilt ' ° cue : i t el h ; l a n spa e sa r:o ts t e n t v i e l :o r : 1 t e e 3: d B s . th Foot, to b °ince ' 11 e to e p b t o inni E au n sn s t i and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel 97th Foot— Edward Gloster, from e Geutiema c e Lieutenant- Thomas Colone who retires. 104th F oo t—Lieutenant Clement Pig ou t o b e Captain, vice Julius Joseph Hockley, who retires on pension—Es'gn n WilliamTenry Curtis Smith t o b e Lieutenant, vice Pigoui- Foot—Staffto be Ensi s gn u , rg vice eo _E ns i g n William Ge orge C ra i gie Halkett, from the 105th Smith. 107 F tohot,Woods to be Surgeon. 108th Foot—Quartermaster Henry Hammond, from the 66th Foot, to ba Quartermaster, vice Gilby, who exchanges. Rifle Brigade—En s i gn Henry Arthur Luoeeibiw to be Lieu- RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, after hearing the evidence of the promoters and opponents of the following bills, the Examiner de clared the Standing Orders to have been complied with in the following cases : MIDLAND.—For conferring additional powers on this company for the construction of works, for the making of numerous branch railways in connexion with their system, and for the taking of lands and houses ; power to raise £1.000,000 and to borrow X 300,000. The company's second bill is to enable them to construct railways from Mansfield to Southwell, and from Mansfield to Worksop, with a branch to Staveley ; capital £500,000, and to borrow £166,000. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST.—To make railways from St. Leonard's to their Ouse Valley and Ton bridge Wells and Eastbourne lines, and deviations in those lines; capital £300;000, and power to borrow £lOO,OOO. ACTON AND TWICKENHAM (NORTH AND SOUTH JUNC TION).—For new lines between those points ; capital £200,000, and power to borrow £66,000. LAUNCESTON, BODMIN, AND WADEBRMGE.—For an ex tension at Ruthern-bridge to the Cornwall Railway at Truro; to raise £320,000 and to borrow £106,000. OKEHAMPTON.—To make extensions to Devonport and Plymouth, and to raise £600,000 and to borrow £200,000. CARNARYON AND LLANDERIS.—For new lines, and to raise £130,000 and to borrow £46,000. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE (ADDITIONAL POWERS). — For the construction of branch railways and works and acquisition of land; to raise £140,000 and to borrow £46,000. DEE AND MERSEY JUNCTION.—For a railway from Connah's-quay to join the Hoylake Railway, near Birken head; capital, £225,000 ; loan, £200,000. CENTRAL WALES AND STAFFORDSHIRE JUNCTION.—To construct railways between Craven Arms, Wenlock, Dud ley; Stourbridge and Wolverhampton ; capital, £600,000 ; loan, £200,000. ABERYSTWITH AND WELSH COAST.—To establish steam boat communication between Aberystwith, Aberdovey, Barmouth, Portmadoc, Pwllhi, Porthdynnlleyn, and other places on the Welsh coast; capital, £250,000; loan, £83,000. NANTLLE.—To widen and extend the line ; capital, £213,000; loan, £71,000. Among the non-compliances on certain points and alle- gations were the following : LONDON, CHA'THAM, AND DOVER.—TO ma ke connecting railways and widen parts of their existing ra ilways in Sr rey. To form junction lines, and to tak e lands for station accommodation in St. Anne's, Bla ckfriars ; St. Martin's, Ludgate ; St. Bride and St. Sepulchre, Christchurch, New ington, Clapham, and Camberwell sk to Newport ; capital, . EAST USK.—For a lino from U £600,000 ; loan, £200,000. The Bills of the Launceston and Holdsworthy, an d of the Beaminster Railway, were withdrawn, and the consi deration of those of the Loudon and South-Western Rail way was further adjourned. ---------- Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. The market opens with a fair inquiry, at firm prices. Sales about 5,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. -♦ - LONDON, Jan. 24.—Wi nd this day at noon —N or th- Westerly; cloudy. light breeze and fi n e weather, but •a little PLYMOUTH, Jan. 23.—Wind N.E.—Put back—ller Ma jest Y's ship Cadmus, for West Indies. TROON, Jan, 24.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Clyde, from Londonderry. QVEENSTOWN, Jan. 22.—Arrived—Queen of the Lakes, from the Clyde for Bombay, with bowsprit started and other damage. KINGROAD, Jan. 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Ajax, steamer, from Nassau. (BY ),I.AGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning: Arrived, Jan. 23.—Christian, from Lattdscrona ; from Dantzic. Arrived, Jan. 24—Surprise, Caroline Santly, Promise, Young Louise, Stratton, Rover, Esk, steamer—all from. Guernsey. Dna., Tuesday Morning`• .."Nv too too WESTMINSTER. EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES OP SHOPKEEPERS BY SERVANTS. —Henry Wakeling, a man in the employment of Mr. Wel ham Cornell, of 3, Warwick-street, Pimlico, and 157, Edgware-road, cheesemonger, &c., was placed at the bar charged with robbing his master. Mr. Cornell said—This man has been in my service at my shop in the Edgware-road, where I had occasion a short time ago to prosecute a man for robbing me. I enter tained very little doubt at the time that the prisoner at the bar was concerned in that robbery, and in order to have him more closely under my own observation, I removed him from the Edgware-road to the shop in Warwick-street. Prisoner was " window-man," and had no business what ever behind the counter. On Saturday he was seen there with his hand in the till, hut, as I could not prove anything then, it was no use charging him. Between three and four yesterday afternoon I sent him down to dinner, and while he was gone I marked some shillings and sixpences. I then called him up, and having taken my station in the counting-house, where I was unseen, but could command a perfect view of the shop, I watched the prisoner. After a short time he came behind the counter under pretence of putting some waste paper into a drawer by the till, and I distinctly saw him put his hand in the till and take out some silver. I immediately quitted the counting-house as he left the till, and we met in the middle of the shop. His hand was still closed and I seized it, saying, " I have caught you at last ; open your hand," and I took the ss. 6d. I now produce from his hand. It is all marked. A policeman proved taking the prisoner to the station. Mr. Cornell—l hope your worship will punish this man severely. He has been robbing me for a long time. Trades men in our business are liable to be very much plundered by our men. Prisoner was remanded. THAMES. TAX ON DRUNKARDS. —John Turner, a master baker, of Peckham, was brought before Mr. Salle, charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself. Simon Ralph, a police-constable, No. 244 K, stated that he found the prisoner this Morning in Cross-street, St. George-in-the-East. The• prisoner was lying on his back in the scow which was falling at tho time. Mr. Selfe—ln the snow! That's cool. _ Ralph—He was dead drunk. Mr. Selfe—You are fined 55., Mr. Turner. Prisoenr—Oh don't do that, sir, I have been robbed. Mr. Selfe—You had a good deal of money left. You have been saved by the police. You are the salvage of the wreck Prisoner—But I have been already punished for my ,ransgression. _ . . Mr. Salfe—But not legitimately. I think the ss. tax on drunkards is a very proper one indeed, and I shall enforce it. Pay 55., Mr. Turner. The prisoner paid the tax very reluctantly, and took his departure for Peckham. A REGULAR TORMENT.—Jane Dixon, a woman about 30 years of age, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with assaulting Mr. James Astor, the landlord of the Sun and Sawyers public-house, in High-street, Poplar. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, said the prisoner was a regular torment to the prosecutor, who was her brother in-law. She was a confirmed drunkard, and a very noisy, disorderly, and violent woman. She had frequently an noyed and disturbed Mr. Aster, and had been .held to bail to keep the peace for six months. Her sister, Mrs. Aster, was bed-ridden, and had been so for three years, and she took advantage of that to annoy her sister and her sister's husband. On the night of Wednesday, the 16th of November last, the prisoner went to the Sim and Sawyers, as Mr. Aster was closing the house, and demanded a glass of ale. She was intoxicated, and her brother-in-law refused to supply her with anything. She then made use of dreadful language and threatened him. Burgess, a police constable, removed her, and she came again in half an hour and repeated the disturbance. A summons was applied for and granted, to which she did not appear. A warrant was then applied for, and it was executed last night. The case was made out, and the magistrate fined the prisoner 10s. and 4s. costs. The Spanish Congress. MADRID, Jan. 19. To-day, in the Congress, Senor Barzanallana read the following bill for a forced advance of 600,000,000 reals " Art. 1. The Government is authorised to proceed to the distribution of 600,000,000 reals, in hypothecated notes, created by the law of 26th June last, among the taxpayers paying upon landed property, agricultural produce, cattle, or upon trades or commerce, an annual contribution of . 40 reals or more ; the distribution to be effected according to the taxing lists for the current financial year. "Art. 2. Nominal lists of distribution will bo drawn up, augmenting by a three months' contribution—that is, by 25 per cent.—the annual quotas due to the Treasury fixed in the schedules of the 'property, agricultural, and cattle tax, and in the lists of trading and commercial taxpayers, and also increasing the necessary fraction, in order to make up the sum apportioned to each taxpayer. Payment of the latter will be obligatory at six equal periods, viz., on the 15th Feb., April, June, August, October, and December of the current year. " Art. 3. In conformity with the law of the 26th of June Last, the hypothecated notes now remaining available from the issue already made by the Bank of Spain will imme diately be delivered into the Bank of Deposits, as well as those from the issue which by virtue of Art. 1 of the said law may still be made. The Bank of Deposits will also re ceive those that may be indispensable to complete the sum of GOO millions of reals, or that which may finally be rea lised in consequence of the present law. " Art. 4. The Bank of Deposits, at the periods stated in Art. 2, will receive the sums to be made up by the tax payers, delivering to them special ,receipt notes, bearing interest at 6 per cent. per annum, transferable by endorse ment and admissible in exchange for hypothecated notes. The anticipated periods will enjoy a bonus corresponding to the time elapsing between the day of payment and the day upon which payment is due, with regard to the interest of 6 per cent. per annum. " Art. 5. The Bank of Deposits, providing for the mutual liquidation of interest, will, on delivery, change the special receipts it had issued for hypothecated notes of the Bank of Spain, provided always that one or several receipts make up the amount of 2,000 reals, the present representative value of each note, or the lesser amount at which they may in future be issued. The receipts remaining unchanged will be placed on the same as the whole of the abovementioned receipts at the time of interest falling due every six months and at the reimbursement of the proportional part of the advance. "Art. 6. The proportion of contributions which in conformity with those mentioned for the tax upon landed property, agriculture, and cattle, fixed in Art. 2, corres ponding to the provinces of Alva, Guipuzcoa, Navarra, and Viscaya, will be directly made up by the respective depu ties at the periods fixed by the said article. As the delive ries take place, the deputies will receive the equivalent hypothecated notes, being authorised for their distribution in the form that may be considered expedient. "Art. 7. The Minister of Finance will take the neces sary measures for the execution of the present law, ,4 MANupj, GARCIA BARZANALLANA, the Minister of Finance. " Madrid, Jan. 18, 1865." The New York correspondent of the Boston Jour nal communicates the following piece of informa tion :—" Brooklyn is the city of churches and the paradise of ministers. Here are found the largest congregations, the fattest salaries, and the hugest presents. I mentioned some time ago that one of the pastors of Brooklyn realised a fortune of $BO,OOO by a liltle speculation in stocks. Another pastor in the same city has been more fortunate. He has struck ile' He has sent down to tho oil region $5,000 by an officer of his church. The officer returned with $250,000 as the result of his investment. Grateful for his sudden wealth, ho has offered to his denomination $40,000 for theological instruction." DOUBTFUL SYMPATHY.—One of the Republican papers of New York, after speaking of General Butler's quarrels with Gilmore and others, remarks: — "The. public do not so much censure General Butler for - the:failures which have invariably attended him, from Big Bethel to Fort Fisher, as the authorities who have kept himin the field." AN'AMERICAN BIGAMIST.—A woman at Detroit, Michigan, is in gaol, charged with bigamy. First she married a man, had six children, and was left a widow. Then she married another man. He went away for work, and when he came home found his wife with a new hus band. Presently she left her third husband, and married a fourth one. She left him, and was on the point of mar 'tying the fifth time when she was arrested. Her three forsaken husbands appeared in court against her.—New York TVorld. THE SALMON IN AUSTRALIA.--By the last mail we have very favourable accounts of the progress of the parr hatched from the ova introduced into Tasmania. The parr at the breeding establishment on the river Plenty have now found their way into the large pond prepared for their reception below the hatching boxes. During the last fortnight they had fed eagerly and perceptibly increased in size, though their growth, up to that time, has not been so rapid as that of the trout. For the latter, a serpentine pond 70 yards long, varying from 10ft. to 12ft. in width and leading into a round clearing pond, has been constructed. The upper part of this serpentine pond consists of a series of shallow gravelly rapids, with hero and there a few larger stones. Many of them were from two to three inches in length, and, as they had ample room, they could be kept where they were until they had become old enough to spawn, probably nehr thy autumn of 1860.--. Australian and New Zealand Gazette. tenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. Charles North, who retires—Ensign Augustus Charles Frederick Fitz- George, from the 37th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Las celles. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Thomas Macmillan Fogo has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his commission—Gentleman Cadet John Angus Lushington Hamilton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Harcourt James Lees, whose appointment on the sth August, 1864, has been cancelled. 3d West India Regiment—Captain Charles B. Marshall, from the 76th Foot, to be Capt a i n, v i ce Dunn, who ex changes—Gentleman Cadet Jahleel Brenton Carey, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Ernest Theodore Evans, transferred to the Ceylon Rifle Regiment. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Ann strong Fox, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, without purchase, vice John William Arrowsmith, promoted, without purchase. in the 4th West India Re giment. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Assistant -Surgeon Charles James Davenport, M.D., from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Thomas Pattison Flynn, deceased. UNATTACRED.—Captaiu and Brevet-Colonel Edmund Roche, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Major, without purchase—Lieutenant William Thompson, fro m the Military Train, to be Captain, without purchase. STAFF.—Captain and Brevet-Major Balcarres Dalrymple Ramsay, half-pay, Unattached, to be Fort-Major at Edin burgh Castle, vice Brevet-Major Alexander James John Macdonald, who resigns that appointment. BREVET. Lietenant-Colonel George Lambrick, Royal Marines, to bo Aide-do-Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel. Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Charles Downie Morrison, Royal Marines, on retired full-pay, to have the honorary rank of Colonel, under the Order in Council of 13th November, 1858. • Major George Samuel Young, half-pay, late 80th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Baker Creed Russell, 13th Hussars, to be Major. Captain Owen Tudor Burne, half-pay, late 20th Foot, to be Major. Captain Julius Joseph Hookley, 104th Foot, who retires on a pension, to have the honorary rank of Major. Captain Frederick Edward Budd, retired full-pay, Royal Marine, to have the honorary rank of Major, under the provisions of the Order in Council of 13th November, 1858. .The undermentioned promotions to take place conse quent on the decease of General William Lovelace Walton, Colonel, sth Foot, on 11th January, 1865 : Lieutenant-General Beaumont, Lord Hotham, Lieu tenant-Colonel, on half-pay; Unattached, to have the rank of General. Lieutenant-General Sir William Robert Clayton, Bart., Lieutenant-Colonel on half-pay, Unattached, to have the rank of General. Lieutenant-General John Spink, Colonel 214 Foot to be General. Major-General Sir Edward Lugsrd, K.C.8., Colonel 31st Foot, to be Lieutenenant-General. Lieut-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel William O'Grady Haly, C. 8., from 88th Foot, to be Major-General. Major Joseph Jordan, 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant- Colonel. Captain William Alfred Garner Wright, Royal Marines, to be Major. Ehe undermentioned promotions to take place conse quent on the decease of Lieutenant-General Matthew Combs Paul, Bengal Infantry, on 7th January, 1865 : Major-General James Bell, Madras Infantry, to be Lieutenant-General. Major-General. Colonel ljo r GWenilleriaa.ml Ferguson Beatson, Bengal Infantry, to be The undermentioned officers have completed the quali fying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonels, under the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858 : Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Augustus Fyers, P. 8., Rifle Brigade. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Cun ningham Robertson, Bth Foot. Captain and Brevet leutenant-Colonel James Frankfort Manners Browne, C. 8., Royal Engineers. Lieutenant -Colonel Alastair Mclan Macdonald, Depot Battalion. The undermentioned officers, who have retired on full pay, to have a step of honorary rank, as follows : Colonel Saunders Alexius Abbott, Bengal Infantry, to be Major-General. Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Charles Coley, Bombay in fantry to be Colonel. Major Christopher Buckle, Bombay Staff Corps, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain Richard Francis Grindall, Bengal Infantry, to be Major. MEmonioroum.—Major and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Le Marchant, unattached, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission under the condi tions of the Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum of 15th February, 1861. BANKRUPTS, That portion of the Gazette containing the Bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam 11 15 11 18 11 18 25 54 25 52,1 t Short. 11 14 3 Months. 11 171 ,„ 11 174 25 47i 25 47i 13 7 Short. 25 15 3 Mouths. 25 15 25 47i 119 k 11 80 11 80 Antwerp Brussels llamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid — 461 46! Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples — 25 571 25 65 Palermo Messina Lisbon — 511 51f Oporto — 51 51f Foreign Gold in bars (standard).....£3 17s. 9d. per oz. 13 7 25 22i 25 50 25 52! 119.11 8 11 85 30t il3 o ‘ • • Share 13 1 et at st 50 20 100 at I 20 100 { 100 2 100 100 100 f 1