The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-05 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. TELVE O. Tile Money M ar k et continue W s actiye, 'CLOCK notwith tanding the increased value of money. There have been a large number of bills on offer, but the brokers have refused to negotiate any but the best short -dated paper at less than 8 per cent. The return from the Bank of England is very unfavourable, the reserves of bullion and notes h aving been considerably lessened, while the bills discounted have been increased more than two mil lions sterling. Subjoined are the particulars : Active Circulation •• ....£21,776,435 •• Increa se 1,314,600 : ::• • ••• ••• ••• ••• Decrease Rea Bullion ... 13,106,183 ..• 296,919 3,296,558 ... 42,848 7,579,437 ... .969,906 ... 14,727,958 1;492,020 ... 445,432 ... 43,106 ... 9,890,950 . . ... 150 ... 24,731,687 ... 2;22073 In slay. ena and the ho le royal A being dge has ;borough ed to re- Crown received ,enant of 3 rin cesB and and :he Con- cted to visit to nsberry :d Mont vill tako id and Carlton- to tako is Coke, ve lef t enter , Kent. rkeloy- iomas'S 7th left sterday, Iccount m Rail t to that )n. We at, and n which rick-on the train ion of A five was had the ance he ndented od. At outrage, Thy any railway Lnces it 3 appre- rage, in [ origin, private Insti- livered 1. ,, In ions of lecture ve also t expe strings wer e .d they e with vibra- ted, it tt pro much lied to is pro- tran. tudible gth of ivided, ens of leutral ,rating in the cross much telling lunded msin- ion of f brass ,nd the with ropor itudi- ion of by the cknesli imento lucivg cliff& wn to 3 most trans -1 they' )rued Ls ex- ;ates t dU l3 ' 51 the small Publi Increase c Deposits ... D, Decrease Other Deposits ...• Seven D, ncrease ray and Other Bills Increase Government Securities Other Sec u ‘ e r e i t r i e e a : a Inp,. Notes 173 ncrease nemployed ... ... ~, ... 5,253,240 Decrease 1- 624 600 The weekly return of the Bank of France exhibits similar unsatisfactory results to those in operation on this side. The bullion has been reduced Zl,OOOOOO, while the notes in circulation have been increased £2,800,000, the commercial bills, £2,840000, and the advances on stock £40,000. The current accounts have received an addition of 360,000, and the Treasury balance has been les sened £2,040,000. At the bullion department of the Bank of Eng land yesterday afternoon there was a further with drawal of £70,000 for Alexandria. During the past week there has been very little animation in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, and the operations in most of the principal Staples have been of quite a retail character, with out material change as regards values. Two o'CLOCK. The English Stock Market has presented re newed symptoms of a general depreciation in prices. Sales have prevailed, and Consols have fallen to 864 k for money, and to 871 a for the account and next February. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86i ; Exchequer Bills, 2s. dis. ; 13 ank Stock, 246 ; I n di a 5 p er C en t s ., 1024 ; and t he 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 101 k. In the Foreign Stock department a general down- Ward movement has taken place. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 411 ; Mexican, 22i 4 ; ditto New, 20k i ; Greek, 144 151 ; Spanish Passive, 274 28; Certi eates, ; Italian, 62k ; the Confederate Loan, 7 and Brazilian Scrip, 14 prem. Very little change is apparent in the value of Ameri can Securities. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 641 4 ; Erie Shares, 554 561 ; and Illi nois, 764 771 . , T he operati ons i n th e R a il way Sh are M ar k et h ava been limited, and a further decline has taken place values, Great Western and South Eastern have each exceeded 10s., and Great Eastern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Metropolitan, Midland, - and North Eastern (Berwick) each ss. In the F oreign and Colonial lines there is no chan g e of importanc e . For. Bank an d Mi sce ll aneous Sh ares t h ere i s a terY li mited inquiry, and prices ge nera lly rema i n t ea dY. London and County are d ea lt i n a t 801 ; p a nt Joint Sto c k a t 511 ; H u d son ' s B ay Com l'4ll at 151; Charles Lafitte and Co. are quoted 2i 3 preen,; and London Steam Towing Co m p an y, 2 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. . GOVE RNMENT FUNDS. ° Der Cent. Consols a Do. Account, Jan. 9 8686/ I 21 per Cent Reduced N 3 per Cent B6l i I vc, per Cent. Jan Do 1894 — 5 ,-. ' • ... A .. per uent. Jan. 18 i 3 — ‘tooluties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — L (Rd Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — xchequer Bills, £I,OOU, 3 per Cent. 2 did Do. Do £ 5O O 2 dis 2 dis 100nd £2OO Bar'', o f England £ Stock a , 5 per Cent Do Ac count INDIAN GOVERNMEN T SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10f per Cent., April 1874 Shut DO per P?. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 g°. per Cent., Oct. 1888 T T , . Certificates , a- ' O . Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — °loli . Do. per Cent., Jan. 1872 ",, O . 5- } per Cent., May 1879 — '-',O. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 _hue. Bonds, £l,OOO — pm "o• Under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONA O'CLOCK, ki .11.ust r i razilin an Bonds, 5 p er C en t, 1859 er Cent I)°' Lope r r Cent .7 1852-58-60 18(3 , Do 18(5 ... _ • Do Account 74 D o Buenos orip, £25 paid Ayres 6 per Cent — DiDo. Aceo , , unt ch i ,! per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) -, a r , 4i per Cent c ei °°l4i a P il r6Ce e n r t C en t. — Danishper Cent. 3 D.., . Per Cent., 1825 — D o oiabA!:er Cent., 1863 — Da r , ? Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — E 4 P rincialities P - ' 4- oeolint Vador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —l E . 7 Provisional Land Warrant --._ gY P t iao 7 er Cent — I) °•, Se P 921 Do cond Issue 4'o £lOO Bonds DO 4°o Bonds 91* 901 1864 Cirr _ eek 5 per Cents , 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account . _ _ _ Ull-Dpatooe:lll4°:ellica°Psll°44ptser Ceut. _ Po.£B6paid _ iiuo. 1839 and 1850 — D0•11liall per Cent 1865 Account ' BOB(:;,,llarenlmana Railway _ h Scrip, £67i paid _ w,,--'0 sper Cent., 1864 — Bo.s'ec3 per Cent Account _ , Do 1864 _ " 1 -, -) ° 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French R„.•uo French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — ___ ‘l-Lontevidean 6 Cent., £3O paid per ___ koorish Imperial 5 per Cent _ 4e'w Granada ___ ~D 0 2 per Cent Do Deferred DO. 12)0 Land Warrants (Hectares) —°. 6 per Cent, 1864 p 0 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent 'e.r.sruvian 4i- per Cent ' -0 . Account 4- ', O Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds — ''':' 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) p 1 :). qper Cent., 1862 , — ° , r thgues e 3 per Cent., 1803 r-. ° 3 Per Cent, 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3. 4 - 5, 1 '-'O. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St _l 4 „. q pe r C ent. 1850 B9 4- ,-° 1 Per C en t ., 1 860 r, per 3 poi Cent. 1859 , 13 5 per Cent 1862 B 9f 8 4.., 0 5 _ . per Cent. 1864 ardinian De Account. er Cent S panish 3 per C ent Ditt o account _ _ -h p° l'leNv Deferred •'-,0 Account ,00 P assive _ Do Account 27 61 7 1 6 } _ ,vv i' D% i . B .& h e Z%- t of Coup not funded 14 1 ,e(11811 4 per Cent. _rp 4 -',O : 4i per Cent. 1861 14.41811 6 C 18 - 4 — B - h o ce per exit. a 881 , 0 A ount h 6 per Cent. 1858 D .u 0 Account 69 1 6 0 .£l.OO Bonds D— e Per Cent. 1862 'J D o Account ,°o 6 1 00 Bond , 8 .. e . , Par Cent., 1863 ji)1)00., :cpcooruCnetnt. 1865 — OS e • , . 11 1), £.30 paid 411 1:, ICO Bands — Ve tt °. 4 Per Cent Guaranteed — 0 . ~.a, 3 Per Cent. 1 - , Per Cent — Dtlteb ,u.,ividenas on the above payable in London. 13 — per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail — 0 4 p er Cent. e'ertificates I tali a —0 4 5 Per Cent, 1861, Ex. 25f. 0 Account 621 • K. TWO 0 CLOC clot sol3 for 86i i• 1-,_ . . c., money .y .) 0 0. 4, count 861 I I ebr uarY Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. ' , he ton e steady. " 3 41 e of the market is rather rather s Probably 8 ,000 bales. SHARE MARKETS,--This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share ) Railways. 1," 4 ,, I Closing I Business "f Price. done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian. Cork and 8and0n...... Corn wall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.June Nl.London, scrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. Great North of Scotland Treat Northprn D ). A stock 93 95 28 29 94 96 13 15 44 54 68 72 70 72 112 111 42 13 71 61 '214 27 143 i 144 Do. B stock Do. hem, is. at 25 pa, GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste:n -OriOnal D. S. Val. Raiff gua.' Do. South Wales ....I Do. W. Mid.— Ox:ordl 92 94 571 58i Do. Newport Do. Hereford... Lane shire & Yorkshire Lindon and Blackwall Lon., Brig - h., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln ttetropolitan. Do. New Do Extension Metropolitan District Do do. do. 38 40 33 37 02 1 04 ;22 9J 12 102 101 37 3'4 125 325 1 , 9,i 154' 61 63 131 135 3 Z 1 lip 101 103 Do. and St. John'sW' d Mid and Do. £9 Share 123 123; 93 i/5 Do, I3irmin Derb} %lid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purcha,t Do. Leeds Do. York De. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. dO. 1865 North Staffordshire 57 59 7 29 1101 1116 72 73 1011 1056 36 37 10 It p 126 128 2 2 p 2 2i p 76 77 11 12 148 15 66 68 112 114 N. ez S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E ,Aber. stock , o. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon 'outh E. stern 54 56 74 75 8 9 147 150 Staines, Wok., SE Wok ,Taff Vale Do. C Vale o► Meath 3 1,1., 102 104 Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornw4ll 49 61 BRITISH POSSK lAtlantic&St.Lawrenee Bom.,Baroda, •e Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. E shares Buffalo it Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Go derich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & S. E., lien ~.ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. 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. deterred Do. Pd Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c 'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do great Wes. of Canada.. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. di Hudson's say C'da, 6pc lst pf. be cinde ...... - Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Pun iaub Eh. Do.lndus COLONIAL GO PER; British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1572. ... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja..iz July 1877-s4 - Do. 6 p. 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 , IS9O-1900 Do. do: IsBo-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9. Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 1 )0. 188!, May 15, Nov.:! Do. Isls, Feb. & Aug vatal ~o v. o per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July N. s. W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1864, Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187. Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So .tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18n8-14 Do. 1878 & upwards 'Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct BRITI ISIONS. 55 st) 100 101 id tp 6i 6i 10 11 75 80 99 101 65 70 100 103 102 102 103 104 par 4P 35 36 87 89 65 68 55 60 58 58 50 55 47 50 42 46 3i 36 34 35 103 104 P 2 P 1016 104 16} 17 4 Sid N 3 15 83 67 1 0 1011 102 93 95 89 91 63 65 82 84 tqi 102 1015 104 I 9Si 99& T SECUR: 93 95 94 96 94 96 79 81 81 S 3 101 193 194 106 IC4 105 195 107 0 92 lu 112 Itti 103 1(5 106 iOB 104 106 105 107 98 100 96 03 1 0 102 93 95 87 88 103 105 84 85 (0) 102 102 104 106 108 104 106 Cam. Conaol. Cold, lira Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East earn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen.' Great L,xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Helst. , ❑ Grenville Herod's Foot .... LTing - aton Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Starke Valley ►lwyndy Iron Ore, lim New Se ton North Roskear V.Wh' 1 Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper Pr• vidence Uny ',dant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, West Bassett (Mogan .. W. Caradon (I,:skeardl West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton 'Wheal Trelawney (Lis. II MINES. 9 10 20 21 575 05 i 1 18 20 8i 94 53 5f 3_ 36 2.1.0 294 2.14. n 31 2.14.0 8.10 3.9.0 10.8.0 14 15 3 3i 5 7 20 21 14 2 3i 4 31 4} 35 38 5} 51 6 7 4 44- 24 10d 40 60 15 17 1 S 6 38 420 440 20 25 10 12 19 20 4 6 3 4 9 11 8J 85 190 200 95 1 , 0 324 3741 4 6 2121 2224 184 19i rttEFEEENCE bklAttES. Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pf., 99 Mt Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct., 891 91 North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, B 5 per cent., 32 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Metropolitan 5 per cent.,:los 14'OREl GN RAIL WAYS Bahia and San Francisco ( 11. n.) gua. 7 per cent., 141 Dutch Rhenish, 22; (great Luxembourg, 151 Sambre and Meuse, St San Paulo, lira., gua. 6 per cent., 16i East and West India, 132 DOCKS. BANKS, Albion, Alliance, liui.. 29 Awzio Austrian, 61 Consolidated Bank, lim., 10i Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., 101 European Bank, lira., l2} Imperial Bank, lira.. 29 Imperial Ottoman. 121 London and Brazilian (Rm.), 47 4 London and River Plate. Ditto, issued at 14 pm., 13} London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 London and County, 80 London Joint Stock, 51} Union of London, 54, 4 MISCELLANEOUS. Credit Fonder and Mob!lier of gngland, 81 1 Ditto, issued at - a prem., of which £2 is to pay, 51 1 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lira., 61 Egyptian Corn and Trading, lim., 21 1 English and Foreign Credit, 5 Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 111 Gen. Credit and Finance oi L.indon, 11w., 6 51 / Hudson's Bay, 151 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., Urn.. 71 International Financial lim., 51 1 Joint Stock Discount. Um., 82 London Financial Association. lim , 19 National Discount ompany. Overend, Gurney, and Co., lira., 111 1 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, 11m., 71 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 73} 4 Royal Mail steam, 109 t Thames and Mersey Marine) Insurance, Universal Marine. Insurance, litn., 44 THE MURDERER FORWARD.—At the last weekly meeting of the Ramsgate Local Board of Health, Mr. Livick, superintendent of police, said he had received a reply from Sir George Grey to the letter forwarded by the clerk of the board as to his clear claini for the reward offered by Government for the apprehension of the mur derer of the three children at Starr's Coffee-house, Hol born. The clerk read the communication, from which it appeared that Sir G. Grey did not consider that Mr.Livick was entitled to the reward, as Forward was apprehended at Ramsgate for murdering his wife and child, although it turned out that he was the murderer of the children at Holborn. Mr. Livick thanked the board for the trouble they had taken on his behalf, and said he was of opinion that he was entitled to the reward, as ho might have con voyed Forward to London on a charge of murdering his three children instead of taking him before the local magis trates. 'MEN' THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, HO. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. Two fashionably dressed men, named Henry Dodd and John Paterson, the former of whom said he was a gasfitter, residing in Kennington-lane, and the latter a shoemaker, residing at 11, York-street, Lambeth, were placed before Mr. Vaughan, on remand, charged with felohiously loiter ing about a part of Drury-lane Theatre, with intent to pick pockets. _ _ From the evidence of Sergeant Coathorp, of the detec tive police, it appeared that he saw the prisoners standing opposite the theatre on the night of the 28th ult., about a quarter past eleven o'clock, and just at the time the audience were leaving the theatre, they crossed over, and commenced " testing" the pockets of the ladies as they were waiting for their carriages. Coathorp said he distinctly saw the hands of Dodd twice disappear in the pockets of some ladies, and, obtaining the assistance of a sergeant of the A division of police, who was engaged on duty inside the theatre, he took the prisoners into custody and charged them with attempting to commit a felony. They were remanded, but beyond the fact that ono of the prisoners had been convicted, and the other was known to be the associate of thieves, nothing further was known. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate for both prisoners. He said it would be exceedingly bard if the two men were sent to prison on the uncorroborated evidence of the police. One of the men had been unfortunately previously con victed, but that was no reason why he should bo hunted down by the police. With respect to the other, he was a person who had accidentally met his companion, and, hav ing spent a few hours together, ho was going home in his company, without the slightest knowledge that he had ever been convicted. It was too much, he thought, to ask every person who had been in prison to hang a ticket i ound his neck showing the date and length of a sentence he might have undergone. let such would have to be done to prevent persons being taken up who, with the roost innocent in tentions, accidentally entered into conversation with per sons of whom they had no previous acquaintance. He hoped that, as the prisoners had given their correct ad dresses, the magistrate would discharge them. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, JAN. 4. The following is the return of the Bank of Fiance for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Jan. 4. fr. c. 182,500,000 Dec. 28. Capital of the Bank._ Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of the Bank and its branches Reserve in landed pro perty • 4,000,000 Notes in circulation ... 918,145,275 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur- 182,500,000 - 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 4,000,000 - 879,683,575 - 8,434,215 99 7,111,840 14 rent creditor Current accounts, Paris Do. branch banks Dividends payable Discounts and sundry 69,302,700 78 146,861,853 03 34.117,872 - 11,573,343 75 14,884,848 94 2,074,992 92 120,258,385 93 144,012,926 94 27,823,078 - 730,161 82 14,598,628 75 1,427,623 17 interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 24,555,123 33 7,933,839 89 Total CREDITOR. Jan. 4. Dec. 28. fr. c. fr. Cash in hand and in Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis- 443,860,475 24 333,948 71 counted, not yet due Do. branch banks Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public 362,227,619 39 361,517,983 7,711,500 - 9,022,200 - 323,791,776 52 330,978,670 - 11,308,300 - 8,202,900 - Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures D. branch banks Do. on Credit Fencier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, Juno 10, 1857) Government Stock re serve Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees 13,427,000 - 7,378,700 - 30,817,900 - 20,981,580 - 661,400 - 458,850 - 13,314,700 - 6,836,100 - 30,665,000 - 6,836,100 - 644,100 - 456,250 - 60,000,000 - 12,980,750 14 36,449,737 91 60,000,000 - 12,980,750 14 36,449,737 91 100,000,000 - (Law, June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches 8,374,755 Expenses of manage ment 5,860 Sundries 8,380,667 - 11,237,100 03 The late Fatal Collision in the Channel. At eleven o'clock yesterday morning the court constituted by the Board of Trade to inquire into the collision between the mail-packet Samphire and the barque Fanny Buck reassembled at the Town- hall, Dover. His worship the Mayor presided, Dr. Astley sitting as a magistrate, and Captains Harris and Baker as nautical assessors. The same solici tors appeared for the respective parties concerned. The court was engaged until two o'clock in hear ing the evidence of witnesses, taken at their several examinations on previous days, read over to them before receiving their signatures. Alexander Harley (examined by Mr. O'Dowd) said—l was on board at the time of the colliSion, and immediately afterwards I saw a dim green light on board the barque. Considering that the vessel was going down, as her bows were under water and the sea was washing against the casing of the boilers ou deck, I assisted in lowering a boat, and saved my self and my daughter by lowering myself down a rope with my child on my shoulder. The boat was so crowded that no search could be made for the plug. One lady was in a state of semi-hysteria. There were no sailors in the boat to manage it. We had not started long from the steamer be fore it was suggested that we should unship the rudder, because there were two oars on one side and one on the other. We could not keep our head to the shore lights. One of the passengers said-- " I've just thrown the rudder overboard." One of our oars also broke, and I have no doubt that was thrown overboard too. Arrived at the Lord Warden Hotel, I beg to say that I never received such attention at any hotel in my life, both for myself and daughter, much more attention being paid than I had a right to expect under the circum stances. There was a plentiful supply of necessaries and comforts. Within a few minutes of coming ashore two of the men who had helped to get us ashore were going round, cap in hand, asking for money ; and another man on the pier, in the employ of the railway company, who had lent me a coat on landing, pressed his claim upon me fo r a gra t u ity. _ _ Mr. Vaughan said that if he had had the slightest doubt in the case he should have been inclined to share in the opinion of Mr. Lewis, but unfortunately such was not the case. The evidence was of the clearest description. The constable sees the men opposite the theatre previous to the termination of the performance, and immediately the audience begin to leave they aro seen to cross over the road, mix with the crowd, and put their hands in the pockets of the ladies waiting for their carriages. It was true that Paterson was not seen to do this, but then he put himself in front of Dodd, whilst he carried out his object. It was also true that an honest man might occa sionally be seen in the company of a convicted thief, and yet be perfectly innocent of bad intentions ; yet he did not think it was at all probable that a man could habi tually be in the company of thieves without becoming aware of the fact. The police were positive as to their knowledge of one of the prisoners, and he could not think that his companion was altogether ignorant of his character. He should therefore deal with both prisoners under the Vagrant Act, and sond them each to prison for three months, with hard labour. The prisoners were then locked up. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A THIEF CAUGHT NAPPING.—Charles Mobs, a lad, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing a picture, some gas-fittings, and other articles, the property of Mr. W. H. Davis, solicitor,of 10, Golden-square. Mr. Davis said that in consequence of what he was told by his servant, he went down stairs and found the prisoner asleep on the stairs, and near him a bundle containing a picture and other articles, done up ready for removal. The prisoner said he had got into the house, being out of employment, for the sake of a night's lodging, and in a moment of temptation took the things. Mr. Knox observed that it was an odd thing that the prisoner should take the articles and then sit down by the side of them and go to sleep. Was the prisoner asleep or simulating sleep ? Mr. Davis said he was fast asleep. The prisoner had formerly been a lodger of his housekeeper, who had a room to spare. The prisoner had entered the house at half-past 7 in the evening, and as at 11 o'clock he (Mr. Davis) saw the place all secure, he must have secreted himself. He suspected the prisoner was waiting till the fire escape-man, whose post was close by, left, and then intended to go, but was overtaken by sleep. Mr. Knox said he would remand the prisoner that in quiries might be made respecting him. A LAD'S FAILURE TO BECOME A SOLDIER INDUCES HIM TO BECOME A THIEF.-A respectable-looking lad, who gave the name of George Harvey, but said his real name was Biddle, was charged with stealing some cigars at the shop of Mr. Arbeb, tobacconist, Ann-street, Piccadilly. Mr. Arbeb said that on the previous night he heard a smash at his window, saw the prisoner trying to take out a box of cigars, and he ran out and secured him. Police-constable Boley, 300 A, said that on going to Mr. Arbeb's he found him holding the prisoner and some cigars on the ground. The prisoner said he did it from want, that he had tried to enlist as a soldier iu Charles-street, Westminster, but failing to do so, he had broken the window with the intention of stealing the cigars. The prisoner said that being out of work, and having no home, he tried to enlist. He passed the doctor, but was rejected by the colonel, through being half au inch below the standard. Mr. Knox inquired what part of the country ho came from ? The prisoner said from Midhurst, Sussex. Mr. Knox said he could understand a person in want stealing, but not cigars. He would not decide the case till he heard something more of the prisoner, and would remand him. MARYLEBONE. SHOCKING CRUELTY TO A HORSE.-FULL PENALTY IN rosED.—John Porter was charged at the instance of Mr. Love, of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with cruelly allowing a horse to be worked in an unfit state. George Young, an officer of the Society, said he was in the Chalk-farm-road when his attention was called to a horse in a coal-waggon, containing three tons of coals. It was shivering and working in a very restless manner. He examined it, and found on lifting up the saddle an ex tensive old wound on the offside, and which was discharg ing a quantity of humour. The saddle was pressing into it and was covered with the discharge. It was blow ing and panting very much. It was broken-winded and in great pain, and quite unfit for work. On looking at the other horse in the waggon, there was found an old raw wound on the shoulder. The horses belonged to Mr. `'Dooley, the contractor, and prisoner, who had charge of all his horses, said he did not know that the back was quite so bad. He, however, said he was aware it was hardly fit fcr work. Defendant said he was not aware that the horse was so bad. Mr. Mansfield fined him 40s. and costs, or, in default, to be imprisoned for one month. THAMES. ROBBERY IN THE LONDON Docx.--Frederick Fether stone, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing a pint of red wine and a quart of Barcelona nuts from the ship John in the London dock. Edward Ellis, a dock constable, said the prisoner was leaving the London dock at the principal gateway. Yes terday afternoon he looked very bulky. He searched the prisoner and found under the waistband a square bottle containing a pint of Tarragona wine, and in his pockets a quart of Barcelona nuts. He asked the prisoner where he obtained the property, and he replied that a sailor on board the ship John gave him the wine and nuts. Ho went on board the John, and ascertained that the prisoner had been at work on board, and was engaged by the captain for two days. A cask of wine on board had been pierced and a gallon of wine taken from it. Part of the cargo of the John consisted of nuts. The prisoner, in defence, said that a sailor on board the John gave him the wino and nuts. Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two months and kept to hard labour. The prisoner implored of the magistrato to inflict a fine which he could pay, and not send him to a prison. He had a wife and large family. Mr. Paget -II can't help that. A distinct robbery has been committed. I cannot doubt it at all. If your story is true, you must have known that sailors have no right to give away property. I have had a great many of these cases, and I wish it to be known that I shall not inflict fines fur the unlawful possession of property in the dock ; for that you are charged with, but commit to prison for a long terms all offenders, or else commit them for trial. These petty robberies are very numerous, and in the aggre gate much valuable property is taken out of the docks. The Prisoner—Make me pay a fine, sir. Mr. Paget—No. I should be wanting in my duty to the public if I passed over these cases with fines. The sen tence is two months' imprisonment and hard labour. SUICIDE OF A BANK OF ENGLAND CLERK.— Information has been received at the Bank of England of the determined suicide of Mr. Needham, one of principal clerks in the New Three per Cents. Office. Tho melancholy oocurrenoe took place on 'Wednesday at the deceased's rosidene in Stoke Newington. The unhappy man inflicted a serious wound in his throat. Ho was at the Bank in the early part of the week. No cause can be assigned for the act. An inquest was held yesterday, and the verdict of the jury was temporary insanity. CURIOUS TWELFTH-DAY C U STOM. —Few Londoners may be aware that to-morrow, the Feast of the Epiphany, a curious and unique ceremonial is to he wit nessed by any one who will go to the Chapel Royal, St. James's, at noon—the offering in the Queen's name on the altar of gold, frankincense, and myrrh—commemorative of a similar offering 1870 years ago by the " wise men of the East," who thus did homage to the Holy Child of Beth lehem. Total 1 , 462,603,751 90 1,419,877,955 55 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) Ro ULAN)). Cotton Supply Association. _ —4-__ At the meeting of the Executive Committee of this As sociation, on Tuesday, a letter was read from Sao Paulo, stating that the seed forwarded by the Association to that province has been distributed under the direction of Senhor Commendator Prates and the superintendent if the Sao Paulo Railway. Much eagerness was manifested by the growers to obtain the seed, and wherever it has been planted it has come up in a very promising condition, so that good results are looker for next harvest. The public press of Sao Paulo has doze excellent service in inducing the farmers of the province to take up the culture of cotton. The superintendent of the railway has for several years been zealously_ and successfully endeavouring to excite an interest in the cultivation of cotton. A letter was also received from Ste Paulo proposing the forma tion of a joint-stock company for the purpose of receiv ing the cotton grown in the interior of the province and transmitting it to England. It is calculated that should the present rate of progress continuo for two years longer there will be something like half a million of arrobas (7,143 tons) of cotton produced annually. In the districts towards the south, such as Itu, Porto Felix, Pira porado Curuca, San Roque, Sorocaba, &c., and in those towards Minas, where the soil is of a quality that will scarcely admit of the growth of coffee, though well suited for cotton, there is the utmost eagerness for the new cul tivation. At present tle cotton is shipped in Santos for Rio, and the charges amount to five per cent., at least, so that a great saving world be effected by the establishment of a depot at Sao Paulo, from which the produce would bo conveyed by railway to Santos and embarked at once. It is believed that a company, with agents to communicate with the planters, and receive their produce, would be a success, and give increased impetus to the cultivation of cotton. Previously to the American war, and for the first two years of the struggle, not a pcund of cotton was sent down to San tos to be shipped for a foreign market, but this year's crop will probably exceed 200,000 arrobas, or 2,857 tons. A let ter received from the 3onsular agent at Guanaxuato, Mexico, entered minutely into details of the remarkable cotton growing capabilities d the Gulf sea coast, especially that portion which lies between the small port of Tuxpan and that of Soto-de-la-Marina, including about the centre of the line, the rather important port of Tampico. Although the cotton plant is almost indigenous to Mexico, its culti vation is only of recent date ; even in 1848, when the writer first became acquainted with the country, it was entirely unknown. In various parts of the interior the growth of cotton his been attempted, but often with only poor success, owing to the general want of irrigation and the early frosts, which cut off the plants before the yield has been fully obtained. Nevertheless, in the State of Du rango, cotton has been grown in sufficient quantity to be come a lucrative breach of industry. The section of the country indicated is said to be well adapted for the growth of cotton, and were proper means employed a vast quantity could be easily produced. The state of Tamauli pas, at the extreme southern end of which is the town of Tampico, extends northwards to the banks of the Rio Bravo, and is estimated to contain an area of 100,500 square miles, with a population of about 100,000. On either bank of the two noble rivers, the Tamesi and Panuco, at the confluence of which the town of Tampico is situated, there are virgin or partially cultivated lands upon which cotton might be grown to almost any extent. The writer's atten tion to this section of the country was first attracted in 1847-8 by the observations of the officers and soldiers of the American army then occupying Tampico, who, being natives of Louisiana and Alabama, were struck with the admirable qualities of the soil, and the colour and staple of such cotton as was produced by stray plants or was found in private gardens. The writer's investigations have been recently renewed in consequence of the publications and appeals of the association, and he now reports that this dis trict contains an enormous area of uncultivated land espe cially fitted for the growth of cotton; that it has two navig able rivers for the transport of produce to the vessel's side ; that there is a safe anchorage, and the voyage to England can be performed in as short time as from the United States; that freights would probably be somewhat lower, as ships to Tampico gain a handsome outward freight, whilst those to New Orleans go out in ballast, and require a higher rate to compensate for the extra outlay ; and that the climate is as healthy as a tropical one well can be. The formation of an English company is advocated, for which special concessions could be obtained from Government, and under the management of experienced cotton growers from the Southern States success is confidently antici pated. It is also recommended that a supply of labour should be sought amongst the recently emancipated ne groes of the United States, who would at once become citi zens and obtain abundant employment. A letter was read from Black River, Jamaica, enclosing a sample of the first picking from a field of cotton planted the last week in July, and stating that the writer believes he shall fully realise the expectations he had formed. He has been urging the small settlers to plant cotton, and has been the means of origi nating an association which he hopes will , ontributo to a further extension of the cultivation. Any small quanti ties of cotton are purchased, and a respectable consign ment will before long be made. Further details in illustration of the progress now making are promised. A letter was received, stating the writer's conviction that Antigua will shortly abandon sugar on many estates for cotton, and there are some estates now out of cultivation which would make the fortune in cotton at Bd. of any en terprising man. The writer has five estates in the island, which are as much as he can attend to, and he is fully per suaded that there was a necessity for the recent act to pre vent cotton stealing, which some have supposed would by its stringency interrupt the progress now making in the cultivation of the staple ; the thieves and the receivers will be checked in their future operations. A letter was read from the Foreign Office, expressing the readiness of the Earl of Clarendon to instruct her Majesty's consuls in cotton-growing countries to continue to forward all parti culars which they can obtain respecting the growth of cotton in their several districts. A letter was received from the President of the Royal Commission, Naples, grate fully acknowledging the resolution of the association to offer medals for the best samples of Italian grown cotton at the forthcoming Neapolitan Exhibition, and stating that due publicity has been given to this generous determina tion.—There was no other business of public interest. THE KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER.—The assistants of Sir C. G. Young, Garter Principal King of Arms, have just placed the arms, banner, and insignia of Earl Cowpor, one ne newly-created knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, within the Chapel Royal of St. George, Windsor Castle. The helmet, sword, and mantle were placed over th" knight's stall on the prince's side of the choir, at the end nearest the royal closet, that being the position assigned to the junior knight. The coat of arms, beautifully enamelled upon an ormolu plate as usual, was affixed to the back of the stall, and beneath the heraldic device wore the words, "Du tree noble et puissant seigneur —Francois Thomas do Grey, Comte Cowper, Vicomte Fordwich, Baron Cowpor et Baronet, Prince de l'Empire Remain, &c." The rest of the witness's evidence related to the boats and to the whistle of the steamer's engine, which he thought was not shrill enough, but Mr. Churchward said the Samphire's whistle was the same as that of a locomotive, and could be heard from 20 to 25 miles off. William Pulsford France, a Government contrac tor, said—l saw the passengers and others lowering the small boats. One of them did not go down freely from the davits. First one went down and then the other. After the two boats swinging were lowered, I noticed two other boats on deck aft, but there was nothing to lower them with. I heard passengers ask where the captain was to give orders. A man with a lamp, represented as the engineer, pointed the captain out to me. The captain then slipped down the ropes into the water to save a passenger. After that I saw the captain at the wheel. The passengers then asked the captain to tell them in what position they were, as he was bound to do so. The captain replied that the steamer had not made any more water for the last hour or more, and that if the partition stood she would ride till morning, but that if the partition gave way she would go down head foremost. The captain said he expected help from Dover in the course of half an hour. The passen gers then suggested the making of a raft, when the captain replied that all his crew had deserted him. We said we would make a raft if he could find us a saw, but the captain said he could not find one, the carpenter having left. We asked him if he had any rockets, blue lights, or powder, and the captain re plied that they were all in the fore cabin, which was then under water. I asked for some pitch to set a light for a signal, but could not get it. There were only two lights on deck, lanterns being carried about. I took the engineer's light and went on the paddle-box, and stood there until I saw the light of the Belgian steamer which was coming to our assistance. By the Mayor—l was on the paddle-box a quar ter of an hour. Our boats had then left a long time. By Mr. O'Dowd—l cannot say how the quarier boats were lowered : there were no ropes by which to lower them. By Capt. Harris—The boat is lifted on the rail of the steamer ; the keel of the boat was on the rail. Some passengers got in before it was lowered. The ' ladies were pulled out by Mr. Drummond, a gentle man of our embassy at St. Petersburg, as they risked being thrown over in lowering the boat. I saw no lowering tackle. The boat did go into the water, but capsized, but how this happened I do not know. It appeared to slip over by the keel, the stern going down and the bow hanging up. Three gentlemen went overboard after this boat capsized. One I saw get in, another swam from the paddle, and the third was drowned. I saw the captain fasten ropes round the waists of the first and last of the three. Mr. Fox—You spoke of pitch ; did the captain not have a bucket of tar ? Witness—No ; my intention was, if I bad got some pitch, to put it in a pail and set it alight on the paddle-box. Mr. Fox—You did not think of asking him for Pharaoh's serpents, I suppose ? (Laughter.) By Mr. Fox—l should say that the captain was more competent to decide upon the course of action to be adopted than the passengers. After the colli sion I heard no more orders given by the captain. I do not think the first boat was got into the water in less than 10 minutes from the time of the collision. After being knocked down by the collision I went aft. As near as I can tell it took six or seven mi nutes to lower the boat. During thattime people were rushing about the deck, some holloaing, some cry ing—all in a state of alarm. I heard none of the offi cers of the ship endeavouring to allay the alarm. Mr. Drummond did so ; he was the most collected of !us all. I do not think lam confounding the lowering of the first and second boats. The pas sengers on deck called out for lights. I saw only two, but I saw lights in the cabin. By Captain Harris—l went down into the cabin, but I did not bring up any light. All I know is that passengers on deck were calling out for lights. I do not say lights were not there. Captain Baker—l dare say they would each have liked to have a light. By Mr. Edwards—lt was not a foggy or hazy night ; it was dark, but clear. Ido not know that it is customary to burn a tar-barrel as a signal of distress. By Captain Baker—Had I been on tho look-out that night I think I could have seen the hull of the barque, without lights, five minutes or a quarter of a mile off, but I cannot speak positively as to distance. It was nearly six o'clock, when the court again adjourned until to-day. NATIONAL PORTRAIT EXHIBITION, SOUTH KEN SINGTON.—The committee are continuing their in quiries for authentic pictures, and would be glad to receive information respecting portraits of the following persons : —Edmund Dudley, statesman (1462-1510) ; Sir Richard Empson, favourite of Henry VII. (1510) ; Sir E. Poynings, author of " Poynings' Law" (1512) ; John Stow, anti quary (1525-1605) ; Guy Fawkes, conspirator (1606); Giles Fletcher, poet (1588-1623); Phineas Fletcher, poet (1584- 1650) ; President Bradshaw (1586-1659) ; Archbishop Bramhall (1593-1663); Robert Herrick, poet (1591-1674) ; Denzil Holies, statesman (1597-1680) ; and William Prynne, lawyer and writer (1600-1699). STEPHEN MAssErr, universally known through out America, California, Australia, and India, as Jeems Pipes, of Pipeville, and whose fame in the United States is equal to the Charles Dickens of our own country, is expected to arrive by the next steamer from New York, and will shortly givo his most successful entertainment, entitled " Drifting About." The merits of this artiste are spoken of by the American press in terms of the highest commendation. The Morning Call, of San Francisco, says : —" His narrative and descriptions were racy and interest ing, and interspersed with imitations of peculiar people, met-while passing through the world, which were very amusing. His imitation of Madame Anna Bishop was ex cellent, inimitable, and, as well as his 'Forest in Hamlet,' was loudly applauded. The gems of the evening were the touching poems of Beautiful Snow,' and the Vaga bonds,' which he read with extreme pathos. While re peating the ' Vagabonds,' and speaking as if to the beg gar's dog Roger, we saw numbers of the audience rise to catch a sight of the imaginary dog, the acting and reading were so natural. There was much variety in the lecture, and none of it was long enough to tire, while, as a whole, it was a great success." In reviewing the past twelve months one is struck by two prominent facts : the enormous amount of tin which has changed hands, and the extraordinary proportion of it which has been borne by Straits. This description of tin has in fact so improved in quality, and is now so much more uniform than for merly, that in many trades it has taken the place of English, of which, during the latter period of the year, there has been rather a deficiency in the supply, and almost superseded Banca in this country, the extra quality of which is not equal to the extra price. Consumers have con fidence in using it, and large speculative transac tions are daily taking place in it, which would be almost impossible in any other description. We propose therefore to take Straits as our standard, for there is no doubt both English and Banca are ruled by the fluctuations in the price of Straits, and, by following the variation in its prices, to give as clearly as we can the course of the tin trade during the past year. At the commencement of the year Straits stood at £9O cash, with a good business do ing, and at £92 with full prompt; but large ship ments continuing from Penang and Singapore pro duced an unfavourable change, and the market fell to £B6 10s. cash. At the end of the month, how ever, the announcement by the Dutch Trading Company that they would not hold their sale in March gave a little strength to the market, and prices re covered again to about £9O cash. Early in Feb ruary rumours of an intended interview between the late President Lincoln and the Southern commis sioners, with the object of terminating the war, gave a further impulse to the market, and £9l was freely paid, but holders having little confidence in the article were eager to reduce'their stocks, and pressed sales, so that before the month closed a reaction had set in, and Straits was difficult to dispose of even at £BB per ton. March opened very quietly, the pres sure to realise continuing. Advices, also, of large shipments of Straits were received, and as the arrivals of Banca in Holland were heavy, in the middle of the month the lowest price during the whole of the year was touched, viz., £B5 10s. for Straits, and £9O for Banca. Some large speculative orders, however, being executed at this time, gave a firmer tone, and before the month closed £B7 was freely offered, with but few sellers at the price. In April the greatest fluctuations during the whole of the year took place, Straits advancing from £B7 to £96 cash, brought about by the steady purchase of con sumers, exporters, and speculators. Up to about £9l the advance was quite gradual, but when the news of the cessation of hostilities in America was telegraphed the market advanced to £96 cash, at which it remained very firm. On the 17th the news of the assassination of President Lincoln became known, when an immediate fall of £4 took place, but the market gaining some support, closed firmly at £94. May opened with little other business than that for immediate consumption and export, but at tention began to be given to the approaching sales, and as the supply of Straits was large, and the ar rivals of Banca towards the sale showed an increase, prices could not long be maintained, and quotations gave way to about £9O cash. On the 24th the Dutch Trading Company announced their sale for the 29th of June, causing a further slight de cline, and the month closed with sellers at £9l cash, and £92 with full prompt Early in June prices tended further in buyers' favour, for £9O and even £B9 10s. was accepted for immediate cash; some important purchases were then made, and prices again advanced to about £93 cash and £94 afloat. The Dutch sale took place on the 28th,when, to the surprise of some, the whole 167,800 slabs found buyers at £56, equal to about £95 10s. laid down here. Strange to say the price realised did not in fluence our market in any way. During the whole of July the market was very flat, and in consequence of pressing offers from Holland of Banca under the sale price, Straits fell here to £9O cash in spite of a good export demand. During August the decline still continued, owing to the large supplies which were advised from the East, and in spite of the greatly increased export demand both to America and France, the price gradually dropped to £B7 10s. cash, from which, however, the market recovered before the end of the month to £B9. Early in Sep tember holders again lost courage, and although large purchases were made every day for export to America, the market receded about a pound per ton. When, however, it was found that the quantities bought for the United States were actually shipped, the market gradually recovered, and September closed with steady buyers at £92 cash, and £93 10s. with full prompt. Once more, at the beginning of October, the price fell to £9O, caused mainly by the advance in the rate of discount, but this being soon! counteracted by large purchases of all kinds of tin for export, the market became very strong again, and a large amount of business continued to be done during the whole of the month, until £96 and £9B full prompt was freely paid. During the whole of November the market remained uniformly strong, there being no greater fluctuation in prices than 10s. a ton. We commenced December with buyers at £96 10s. cash, which price continued to be paid till just before the holidays, when a slight tendency in buyers' favour was observable, and we closed the year with buyers at £95 per ton. Having so far reviewed the fluctuations in the prices of Straits, we would draw attention to some of the more remarkable features in this trade. The arrivals of Straits have been larger than they have ever been known before, and judging from the quantity now afloat to Great Britain, there does not seem to be any prospect of their falling off. This, too, we must remember, is in the face of far lower prices than the average of the last ten years. Again, if we look towards Holland, we shall find that the arrivals of Banca are over the average of former years, and those of Billiton more than they have been ever known ; all of which facts can lead us to no other conclusion than the producing power of the tin mines of the East is far greater than was ever anticipated ; that even now they may be only developing, and that lower prices, instead of checking, may only increase production. In our own mines in Cornwall the case is reversod ; durmg the last six months all efforts to keep the supply . of ores up to the first six mon ths of 1865 have led. Some have attributed it t o the miners keeping back their ores, in anticipation of obtaining higher prices, but we believe this to be erroneous. The tin hase l not e been raised, and a great many of the mines are less productive than they were a few years ago. Ag a i n, the working of some of the mines has been a t an actual loss for some time, and it is not unnatural to suppose that they will have to be abandoned in the course of time. What, however, we lose in the pro duction of English, we shall find made up in the supply of foreign tin, and may con c l u d e that the supply of all kinds of tin for thenext 12 months will be fully up to those of the past year. Th ere i s no doubt that the greatest portion of the tin imported during the first six months of the year must have left little or no profit to importers, but we do not hear any complaint from them about their operations during the last six months. We have further to notice that the consumption of foreign tin in this country has been larger than it has ever been known before, and amounts to fully 3,000 tons against about 2,000 tons in 1864, the same in 1863, 1,825 tons in 1862, and 950 tons in 1861. The export of foreign tin has also been unp' recedenteclly large, and estimated at fully 2,000 tons, against 1,350 tons in 1864, 1,130 tons in 1863, 1,080 tons in 1862, and 508 tons in 1861. The export of English tin this year has been much in excess of former years. The Government returns are only made up to the end of November, but taking the export during December on an average of former years, we find the total export of English tin during 1865 has been 5,250 tons against 4,500 in 1864, 4,380 in 1863, and 4,090 in 1862. In looking at the available stock here and in Holland, and what is now afloat for this country, we think those interested in the trade will agree with us that it looks most formidable and much in excess of former years. That we must give up sanguine hopes of,those prices which ruled a few years ago is plain ; but it must not be overlooked at the same time, that although the available supply of foreign tin is very large, there is at present a decidedly small supply of English, with a total exhaustion of second-hand parcels, and there is no telling how far the production of home-made tiu may be curtailed during this year—that there are no stocks in the hands of consumers ; that the tin plate trade is in a most flourishing condition ; that the consumption of all kinds of tin must necessarily be large ; that in France and Germany no stocks are kept ; and that America will have to draw many a ton of tin away from here before their stocks reach the figures at which they stood before the war ; and, lastly, that prices are by no means high at present. All these favourable features go far to counterbalance the heavy stocks on hand, and though they do not warrant us in looking for much higher prices, strengthen us in the opinion that there will not be a heavy fall.—(Front the Circular of Messrs. von Dadelszen and North.) 42i I 43, 4 573 8 7i 122 li 2} ti 2 3} li2l/ 61; 58 95i gIA 1341 22} I 1101 1 73 21 31 3 i ICII 35} 5 1 101 i 1 ITIES. 991 10"} 991 104}f } Annual Trade Reports. TIN. SILK. The position of the silk market at the commence ment of the past year apparently rendered great caution necessary in all branches from the relatively high range of prices and the unsettled aspect of external influences, so that even with the knowledge of the limited supply of Asiatic silk that could reach us for the following six months, there was but a moderate business, with nominal fluctua tions in prices till the spring, when the American struggle came to an end, and our stocks having be come much reduced, a considerable advance was established, which was strengthened by the unfavour able progress of the Raccolta in Europe, till at the end of June our quotations were 25 per cent. above those of January—then ensued a reaction, as the telegrams from China indieated a good crop and a large quantity sent forward at reasonable opening rates. The fall, however, did not exceed 10 per cent., as the proportion of good and chop silk proved to be small as the arrivals came in, and as they were again and again inferior in quality, it was evident that anticipations of abundance would not be realised, prices in China having advanced considerably. In September consumers came freely into the market, and the stock of manufactured goods being nearly exhausted, great confidence in the future was mani fested, and prices again steadily advanced upon a firm basis, unshaken by the increasing rate of money, and are now upon a level with the high rates of Juno last, at which for some time they appear likely to remain till something can be known of the next European crops and the success of the Japan seed which is being brought over this season in large quantities; doubtless every effort will be made to procure a good result. With regard to Japan silk it was expected that a much increased supply would have been attracted by the high prices and the re moval of all impediments to commerce ; such has not been the case, but on the contrary by the last ad vices the native consumption had intercepted much that would have come on, especially of the re-reeled and coarser sorts.--(From the Circular of Messrs. Hunt and King.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• RACING FIXTI "RES FOR 1866. TARY. Lincoln FEBR2O Nottingham Spring 27 CH. Croxton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B Derby Spring _. 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring Ne wmarket Craven 2 Durham 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Chelmsford Spring 10 'RIL. 1 T hirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring IG Chester I Curragh 2l AY. I Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester I 23 Ascot Summer 29 Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring JU Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Jul Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading AUG Brighton Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham 14 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPT] Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester 6 Doncaster Canterbury lB OCTI Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragb. Newmarket Houghton Worcester NOVE Lincoln Liverpool IBER. Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt ll BAILY'S TURF GUIDE (winter edition) now ready, price 2s. 6d. post free, acknowledged to be the best of its kind, contains a record of past years' racing, English and foreign ; the nominations for 1866 ; entries for 1867 ; with a mass of information essential to racing men.—Baily and Co., Cornhill; and G. R. Glenie, 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, W. Bank of England Returns.•--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1866. IMBUE DEP •JITMENT. Notes Issued Government Debt nl.olsjco Other Securities .. 3.634,v00 Gold Coin Si Bullion 12,370,653 Silver Bullion £27 G 29,675; RANKIN() DEPARTMENT. £27,029,675 toprietors' CaIA . , - 14.553.00 tai 3296,558 Rest . . ......... • Public Deposita (In cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks. Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ao- Government Secu rities _Onehiding W Dead eight A nnuity) k9,590,050 Other Securities Notes 5, 53,240 Gold and Silver 720,508 Coin counts) 7,579,437 Other Deposits 14,. 27,958 Seven Day and other Bills £10,602,185 £40,602,355 r . BULLER, Chief Cashier. Jan. 4, 1865. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Jan. s.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 4.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Nova Scotian, screw steamer, for Portland, U.S. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Simoda, from Newport for St. Thomas; Anna Augusta, from St. John's, Newfoundland. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Alex andra, from Callao for Cowes. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Henry, from Baltimore for Antworp. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 4.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Hansa steamer, for New York. GREENOCK, Jan. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—The Echo, from Charleston, for Liverpool, leaky, and with other damage. FALMOUTH, Jan. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Holbrindia, From Newcastle for Singapore. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Morning Star, from New Calabar for Liverpcol, with sails rent and other damage. PENZANCE, Jan. s.—Wind Camyngs, from St. Ives for Naples, with loss of sails, and other damage. KINGROAD, Jan. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Coburga, in distress. CALINGFORD, Jan 3.—Wind W.—Arrived—LA.lY have lock, from Dublin for --. TORBAY, Jan. S.W.—Arrived—gamer from Rio Janeiro. LEY ELECTRIC T ELEOBA£H' I GRAvros p, Friday Morning. Arrived, Jan. s—Maria Pia, steamer, from Lisbon Panther, steamer, from Boulogne. DEAL, Friday 3/oruing. No arrivals. NEW RULE ON THE CO3IMON-LAW STAMPS, Yesterday the following new rule on the common-law stamps was promulgated at the Judges' Chambers : "Every affidavit intended to be filed, used, or referred to rt at the Judges' C hambers, must have the nece ssary stamp affixed on the outside, and cancelled befo re the same can be filed or in a n y manner used before the judge." A scale s been issued, u e stamps an the d to ne h N e v u ru se i d es o i n iareb v e a e r n i o framed an i e d o documents carry has out the act to abolish fees except by t s amps in the common-law offices. ENE. ILiverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich - 2 l 2l Hungerford Newcastle on -Tyne 26 Curragh 1 Worcester LY. Down Royal Corp lB Stamford l9 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon UST. York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter 28 Tun bridge 2B Derby Summer 2B Weymouth 3O :MBER. Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn 24 Newmarket Ist October 26 Walsall 2 IB ER. 24 3() cow illus nice' eta ° such R."' ,{ OP F) ''t 0..e 1-- ibe rs reNj.- kOi 10 100 luo 100 100 all 100 100 100 10(, 2 100 100 94 3 871 8