The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL i N TELLIGENCt, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Bullion Decreaso Rest Increase Public Deposits ... Increase ... Other Deposits ... ... Decrease ... Seven Day and Other Bills Decrease ... Government Securities ... Other Securities Increase Notes Unemployed Decrease Two o'CLocK. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Jan. 9 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent B 6l i * I New 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. 3 6 3 dis Do. £5OO 6 3 die Do £lOO and £200 Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 99 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO l5 pm Do under £1 000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 Do. Scrip, £25 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. Account — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chilian 41 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid Danubian Principalities Do Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds 921 Do. 1864 914 41 Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account — Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do £B6 paid — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Account Do. Maremmana Railway 694 Do Scrip, £671 paid Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 -- 1)0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l4 it Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 — Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Peruvian 41 per Cent Do. Account — Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 4i per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. A - mount . . . Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 4i per Cent. 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pox Cent. 1859 — Do 5 per Cent. 1862 BB Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Sardinian 5 per Cent .... -, : 421 li 2/- The discount market is active, notwithstanding the advance yesterday in the rates ; and as the brokers show a -disinclination to work under 7 per cent. for the best bills, the applications at the bank have been very numerous. It will be observed by the following analysis of the Bank of England return, that the reserve of notes and gold have been considerably diminished. Active Circulation ....£20,461,835 Increase 100,225 ... 13,403,102 469,307 ••• ... 3,254,074 15,868 • •• .. 8,544,343 , . ... 1,168,488 ... 13,235,938 854,298 ... 402,32 G ... ... 20,129 9,891,100 No alteration. ... 22,507,314 ---..• :879;461 6,877,840 458,895 ... The Bank of France return also shows a consi derable diminution in the bullion, viz., £172,000 ; while the notes in circulation have been increased £810,000; the commercial bills, £1,260,000; and the advances, £20,000. The English Stock Market, after experiencing a decline of * per cent., has recovered the loss. Very little business, however, besides that connected with the settlement of the account is in progress. Con sols are 87* 1 for money, and 871 1 for the ac count. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86* 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 6s. to 3s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 102* 4 ; and the Bonds, 15s. prem. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued dull, but in some instances there is a slight improvement. North Western, Midland, and Lan cashire and Yorkshire have each improved 55., and South Eastern 155., while Great Eastern and Me tropolitan have each declined ss. The inertness of speculative business has pro duced a depressive influence upon Foreign Bonds, as well as almost all securities dealt in at the Stock Exchange. The depreciation has not been of much consequence, and the latest prices of some of the most fancied securities are as follows :—Turkish 5 per Cents. are 41*, 42; Mexican, 23* 24*; the New Loan, 211, 8 ; Greek, 15i 16 ; Spanish Passive, 27 284 ; the Certificates, 15*, ; Italian, 641* ; the Confederate Loan, 6* 71; and Brazilian Scrip, 11 I prem. The Foreign and Colonial lines are dull, with the exception of Grand Trunk of Canada, which have advanced to 351 361. . . Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain without any material change as regards values. British Commercial Bonds of Mexico are quoted 65 70 ; English and American Bank, 14 2 prem. ; Charles Lafitte and Company, 2 2+ prem. ; and London Steam Towing Company, 1k 2 prem. The directors of the Anglo-Italian Bank have made a call of £5 per share, payable on the 27th of January. Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto account Do New Deferred 371 Do Account Do Passive Do Account 271 1 8 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l5l Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 4i per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account • 89 81 Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account 6 91 11 Do £lOO Bonds Do. 11 per Cent Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 7ll Do £lOO Bonds 7ll 1 Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Scrip, £35 paid Do Account Do £l€o Bands Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent . Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 pr Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2/ pe- O'nt., Ex. 12 Guil . Do. 4 per Cent. Certifies,Les French Routes 3 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. THREE O'CLOCK Consols for money Do. Account, SHOCKING DEATH OF A BOY FROM RUM DRlNK MG.—Yesterday an inquest was held in Leman-street, Whitechapel, on the body of Daniel Gurney, aged 12 years. The boy was employed by Messrs. 'Statam, licensed car men, to ride in the back of the van, in order to prevent persons stealing from it, and whilst so engaged on Friday he got access to the contents of a puncheon of rum in the Van and drank a quantity of the liquid. He was found by the driver lying at the bottom of the van in an insensible state, and was conveyed to his father's house, where he expired the next day. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased killed himself by drinking raw spirits. CON. BY A CREDITOR.—Why should every lamp lightor be named William ?—Because Bills run up so quickly.—Fun. BRITISH POSSE, 100 et 20 ~,.011 Atlantio&St.Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, , k Cen.ln. g-u. 5 per cent... Do. E shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant,& Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta dz S. E., lim .;ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Bem;al, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do J Extension Grand Trunkot Canad Do. Equip. 1119rt,Bondsi 1 Chairge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds I Do. do. deterred I Do. 3d Pref. stock.— I 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 gua. 5 per oent D 41 per cent Do Great Wis. of Canada.. Da. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. 1 figgian Branch, limited l Tdras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 40 Do. 44 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. lil.C'da, 6po Ist pf.bs. Scinde .... q Do. Delhi Do. do 56. Do. Puniaub..... 0 "1 ,0 Do.lndus St. Flo 100 100 100 all 100 100 181 ONS, 55 6) 102 103 id ill 0* 6i 10 11 75 80 99 101 65 70 100 103 102 102 103 104 par 4 34 35 81 89 65 53 55 60 56 53 50 55 47 00 42 46 34 36 34 35 103 P 4 1• , P 1014 1026 161 17 4 30, 15 86 67 1 6cl tOlo 1021 93 95 89 91 63 65 82 84 1014 102 1014 102 10, 102 35 5} GI 351 5 i COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British CBlumbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 lOO 96 98 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 94 96 Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 94 96 1)0.5 p. c. Jan. & July 100 82 81 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 81 93 Cape G-.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 101 103 Do.Apl.&Oct, 1890=1900 100 104 106 Do. do: 1880-9 k 100 104 106 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 105 107 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 92 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6pa 100 103 102 Do. 1878, do. 100 1( 6 108 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. Ix7B 1)o. 1882. Ma, Nov. it 10) 1 04 1 06 Do. 1895, Fe b. & Aug 1.90 105 107 Natal , iov. 5 per cent lDu 98 100 100 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.l uly 100 96 98 N. S.W. Gov. 6 p•c., 1866 100 1 0 102 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 100 93 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 8) 81 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 103 105 Do. 5 per cent lOO 84 85 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 101 102 Queensland Gov. 6p. o. 100 162 104 S. Aue.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-0 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1( 0 106 108 Vic,Gov. 6 pm. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, A pril ds Oct lOO 104 106 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Cold, lim.' 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 20 21 Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst 1 575 695 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 18 20 East Caradon 2.14.0 84 94 East Carn Brea 3l 5# East Grenville 2.14.0 3 84 East Gunnislake 8.3.6 1 1 East Loved 3.9.0 14 15 E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 31 Gam.& StAubyn(Gweu. 66 5 7 4 Great L4xey, limited all 20 21 20j Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 14 2 Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 30 G. Wheal Vor (Heist , fl 40 324 ?3/ 33 24 Grenville 8.18.0 3 44 Herod's Foot .... 8.10.0 36 38 Hingston Downs 5.10.6 54 61 Margaret +tiny Lelant 13.17.6 5 7 Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 44 4 m wyndy Iron Ore, 2I 21 JO New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett °Mogan 4.4.0 4 1 North Wheal Crofty 2.13. t 1 1 Prosper 7.1.6 Pr vidence Uny Lvlant 10.6.7 36 38 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 420 440 South Condurrow 3.2.0 if 21 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18 9 20 25 Stray Park . 35.15.6 lu 11 Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and Clogan, lira all 4 6 West liassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Luskeard 9 9 11 West Chiverton ll 8() 85 West Seton 471 190 200 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 95 1(0 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 821 371 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 4 6 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 7 181 191 PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent stock, 91 Great Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 5 per cent. pm., Ditto, 4/1 per cent., redeemable at 10 per cent., IC2I Great Western, 4 per cent irred., 81 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 4¢ per cent. red., 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 113 London Tilbury, and Southend, 100 Midland, Bradford Pref. Stock, 110 i FOREIGN RAILVVA.ICS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 10 Recife and San Francisco (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 13/1 San Paulo, lira., gua. 6 per cent., 161 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, in FOREIGN MIRE& Anglo• Brazilian Gold, limited, par Don Pedro, North Del Rey, / jt Scottish Australian, lim.. 13 St. John del Rey, lim., 49 71 BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, Um., 58 Alliance, Bin.. 291 4 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 131 Anglo-Italian, lira., 11 A us t ralasia, 72 Barned's Bank, lim., 104 Hindustan, China, and Japan, Bro., 171 Imperial Ottoman, 14 131 Lard:Mortgage Bank of India, um., 44 London and Brazilian Jim.), Ditto, new, 71 London and County, 80 London Joint Stock, 51 London and South-Western, lim., Ditto, new. 191 New Zealand Bank Corporation, lim., 1 Oriental Bank Corporation. 5.). Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., 64 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph. 8 per cent. gua., 21 1 Australian Agricultural, 23 Co , lon Company, 10* Ditto,'A shares, 21 City of' Moscow Gas, lim., 3 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 81 Ebbw Vale, )31 Egyptian Com and Trading, lim.." 21 E glish and Australian Copper, 11 Fairb .irn Eng.neering, 6 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim.. 6 i Hudson's Bay. 16) Humber Iron Works, 4i Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 7* Joint Stock Discount, lim., 81 London Financial Association. lim., 101 National Discount i ompany. 17 1 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim.. 211 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, Um., 61 Ithyniney Iron, Ditto, new, 0 Submarine Telegraph, 55 Telegraph ConstruotiLn and Maintenance, Um., Ditto (£ 2), 9 THE JAPANESE COMMISSIONER.—His Excellency the Japanese Commissioner arrived at Plymouth during Tuesday night, on a visit to inspect that port and arsenal, from Southsea. The Imperial Commission charged with the pub lication of the " Correspondence of Napoleon I." has just terminated the 19th volume, which will soon be publialuxt lostal )cto- Ly of 3, or •from urga, 6th, , 9th. 'ckin, ;6th, , Ist, in a is int of frou- )37. tho es be- Tien- • with its in 3, per L-tsin, woks ; ,ecks ; e, and in and docu- Tien pecks mtain versa, its, 25 a Kal- Teas sin to Le par- weigh e upon Poun d in and by the reight, A n or D most 3koned niSgea of the to and vo 1 41 id that every in five fiUR.'"" . Sower' It Pero,' outbsi• he loae ° )eration Led. jONSII - ad rents :-"" gy has ar g . erae pto s for tilt nisei:lo )inted to gent ,e Dne co p, be pr e-, weeks 0 1 Otb ceof tll6 that air nd had uld hav e DatilO te. , D to de had D o no ieti w bora hat . 01 thi nk t Lre to of 0 ° ty d ; . SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Share! Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian ..... Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall . Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.Juno. o.London, t crip Certi. 93 95 127 28 94 96 13 15 41 5i 68 72 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock 112 114 42 13 71 8} 12(ii 127 . 145 147 Do. New. is. at 25 pmt Gt S. and W. of Ireland, Gt. Western -Original Do. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Alid.—Oxford, 92 94 581 49 Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat, and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., She., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New 38 40 33 37 103 1 05 1221 123 9.) 92 102 104 37 39 50 62 1251 126} 95 9 6 62 63 1374 1284 3g l i p 1t 1p 101 103 Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. L 9 Share . 128 123# li I$P 93 95 Birmin.. Sz Derby %lid Kent INorth British _ _ Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwioi Do. G.N:E purohane 57 59 7 29 1101 1111 Do. Leeds . : .... Do. York Do. Carlisle _ _ 72 73 1011 1051 Po. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire .. N. & S. W. Junction .. Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock uo. Scot. Mid. st .)ck Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha 1 West Cornw..ll 54 68 741 75; 49 51 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 86 87 10 Il p 126 128 2 2 p 2 2ip 75 76 11 12 148 15 , 66 68 112 114 8 9 - 1 147 150 1 3 1p 102 104 12T t !26 1451 581 9 8j [221 I'2l 371 126 °; 95 1381 8 1231 3 i 751 6 Closing Busin ess Paid. pri " _ . done. 741 5 4j 51 4/ THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENiNG, DECEMBER 29, 1865. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Murray.) IN RE GLADSTONE AND CO. In this case; which has now been before the Court for some time, the bankrupts were merchants of the City, owing nearly £1,000,000. The accounts are in course of preparation by Messrs. Hart, Brothers, and Co., the well known accountants of Moorgate-strect, who have not yet been able to quite complete them. This morning a private examination was held before the Registrar. East Indian Railway, MEETING THIS DAY. The eighteenth half-yearly general meeting of this company was held to-day, at the London Ta'rern, the chairman of the company (R. W. Crawford, Esq., M.P.) presiding. The report, which appeared in The Sun of the 27th instant, was taken as read. _ _ The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts, said that as usual they were very full and precise, but he thought it would be desirable if he referred briefly to those objects in which all the shareholders were deeply interested. Having adverted in high praise to the exertions of the engineers and other officers of the company en gaged in the construction of the bridge over the Jumna at Allahabad, he said that the completion of that important work would fully establish the railway communication between Calcutta and Delhi, the immense value of which it was impossible to over-estimate. It was to be regretted that the direc tors had not been able to carry out the arrange ments which they proposed with the Great Eastern of India Company, but it was not owing to any defect on their part. He was in a position to state, notwithstanding the danger of prophesying, that that undertaking must eventually prove most productive to the shareholders. The contract of Messrs. Brassey, Wythes, and Perry, which had been ac cepted, was an advantageous one for the com pany, for it fell within the estimate of their own engineer. In pursuance of that con tract, the construction of the chord line was proceeding satisfactorily. As regarded the bridging of the flooghley,lthe establishing of a metropolitan terminus at Calcutta, and the forming of junctions with the Eastern of Bengal and the Calcutta and South-Eastern Railways, the board had very carefully considered the whole subject. Their recommendation, therefore, to the share holders to undertake the works upon the terms of the existing contracts as to land, and the acceptance of the Secretary of State for India, as guarantee of 5 per cent., was the result of their mature judgment. It would be seen by reference to the report that then was an increase in their gross receipts and the net pro fits were considerably increased. The report was adopted, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and board of management. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. The official returns relating to trade and naviga tion, for the 11 months ending the 30th Nov., were published this morning. From these it appears that the declared value of the exports from the United Kingdom during that period has been £150,832,344, against £148,340,865 in the like period of 1864, showing an increase of £2,491,479. The incraese is most perceptible in beer and ale, coals and culm, cotton yarn, cotton manu factures, hardwares and cutlery, linen manufac tures, machineay, sheep and lambs' wool, and woollen and worsted manufactures ; but there was a falling off in linen yarn, iron, and unwrought steel, thrown silk, silk manufactures, ani woollen and worsted yarn. The importations of the principal articles have been larger as regards rum, cotton, raw silk, tallow, sheep and lambs' wool, coffee, pepper, rum, timber and tobacco, but there is a falling off in hemp, petroleum, provisions, rice, cocoa, wheat, flour, brandy, unrefined sugar, tea, and wine. The shipping accounts exhibit a decrease in the amount of tonnage employed, in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom for the entries inwards, but there is a slight increase in the tonnage for the clearances outwards. In the coasting trade the entries inwards and clearances outwards both show a slight increase as compared with the correspond „ing period of the previous year. TROTTING MATCII FOR 501.—Yesterday morning the match between Mr. Hardy's black gelding and Mr. Univin's mare Kitty, to trot two miles in harness for 251. aside, was decided on Wimbledon Common. The mare won cleverly by 100 yards, and accomplished the two miles in seven minutes and three seconds. THE REMOVAL OF TEMPLE BAR.—The site for the new law courts will extend from the west side of Bell yard to St. Clement's-inn. The whole block of houses will be swept away by the erection of the " Palace of Justice." It is anticipated that Temple Bar will be re moved, as the site will reach into Fleet-street. The noted Shire-lane and Newcastle-court will be demolished. CONVICTION OF TWENTY BUTCHERS.—On Tues day 22 persons were charged at Leeds with sending beasts and sheep from some other part of Great Britain into the Skyrack division in contravention of the Order of Council. Twenty of the defendants were fined in penalties Varying from 10s. and costs to 40s. and costs. In two cases the summonses were dismissed. The persons charged were principally butchers from the surrounding villages, who had bought at the Leeds weekly cattle mar ket, and driven their cattle and sheep out of the borough and through parts of the division of Skyrack. THE NEW REFORM BILL.—We understand that it is likely the Ministerial Reform Bill will not deal with the questions either of disfranchisement or re-distribution; but, leaving those parts of the subject for future legisla tion, will deal with suffrage extension only—a plan which has important practicable advantages.—Scotsman. TERRIFIC FIGHT BETWEEN TWO TIGERS.—A very exciting scene took place at Burnley on Tuesday evening last, at Manders' Menagerie. After the close of the last exhibition, when the animals were being fed, two of the largest tigers in the menagerie pounced upon a joint of meat placed in their den ; and after a great deal of struggling for the possession thereof, the ferocious beasts commenced a furious onslaught on each other. The battle raged long and furiously, the animals both being lashed into a state of the utmost rage. Mr. Manders immediately sent a messenger for Maccomo, the lion tamer ; and that intrepid African, without a moment's hesitation, entered the den, and confronted the tigers on their own ground. Armed with a thick iron bar, Maccomo laid on on both the combatants, and in a few seconds terminated what at first glance appeared to be a deadly encounter. Blackburn Standard. A Naples letter announces the death last week of an English gentleman, Mr. Hankey, son of the banker of that name, so well known in England. He had been in Naples nine months, and had remained safe until last Wednesday night, when he was taken ill with cholera, and died the next morning. The malady is, however, so much on the decline in Naples that people are beginning to return. One vast improvement has been made of late years, mainly attributable to the example set by the late lamented Prince Consort, namely, the period of sitting at the table after the ladies have left the room is consider ably curtailed; for in bygone days many a guest almost wished himself in the union workhouse to escape the dull ness of the conversation upon the poor and corn-laws. Let us now proceed to the drawing-rooms, where there is no formality, and where every one amuses himself or herself according to their own fancies. Some stroll into the bil liard-room ; others play at whist, backgammon, or chess ; a few group themselves round the pianoforte in the music room, to listen to the dulcet strains of Rossini, Mozart, and Haydn ; while a large party of the young retire to a long gallery, whore polkas and waltzes are the order of the evening. Generally before midnight the stately butler, accompanied by two footmen, enters the drawing-room, depositing a tray with biscuits, wine, negus, whisky and water, and from that time the party separate according to their own pleasure.—From the Christmas Number of " Once a Week." The Esperance du Peuple of Nantes has received a first warning from the Prefect of the Loire-Infe rieure, for having published in a late number a letter from Paris giving an account of disturbances at the Ecole Normale and the Ecole des Beaux Arts, which had not taken place, and declaring that there was reason to fear that the same would extend to the academies in the departments. The above intel ligence is declared not only false, but of a nature to trouble the public mind and produce disorder. BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. —H omZeop athto practitioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doctrine of homceopathy was first introduced into this country, there were to be obtained no preparations of cocoa either attrac tive to the taste or acceptal le to the stomach ; the nut was either supplied in the crude state, or so unskilfully manu factured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London, homoeopathic chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn his attention to this subje t, and at length suc:eeded, with the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by the pert , et trituration it receives in the process it passes through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. For general use Epps' cocoa is distill, uished as an invigo rating, grateful breakfast beverage, with a delicious aroma. Dr. Hassell in his work. "Food and its Adulterations," says—" Cocoa contains a great variety of important nutritive principles; every ingredient necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body." Again, "As a nutritive, Cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." Direc tions : —Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured in tin-lined Ob., -ib., and lib. labelled packets, and sold at is. 6d. per by grocers, I)nfectioners, and chemists. THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. The Christmas holidays commenced from last Saturday, and continue for a few days, the business before the court at the present time being of a purely formal character. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) AN IMPORTANT QUESTION UNDER THE NEW ACT.-COOPER V. CROLEY. This was a motion for a decree to compel defendant to conclude the transfer of certain shares in a public company, and to pay over a sum of £54, the calls which the plaintiff had been obliged to pay in consequence of defendant's alleged neglect. The prayer of the bill set forth plaintiff's complaint, but when the case was called on that gentleman did not appear either in person or by counsel. Mr. Harrison, defendant's attorney, stated that his client admitted the allegations in plaintiff's bill, and the only question between the parties was now one of costs. His Honour remarked that he found by the bill defen dant admitted the facts, and the plaintiff did not appear, he would perhaps be entitled to a decree. As regarded the costs, it was clear he had been put to them, and therefore the amount could be settled by the registrar. Mr. Oxford (the registrar) pointed out that the fees had not been paid, and the case was not properly before the Court. His Honour considered that as the defendant did not dispute the complaint of the bill, the Court could decree in the terms of the prayer, reserving the question of costs until defendant had carried out the order. It was here explained that the plaintiff was quite will ing to allow defendant to complete the transfer now, the only question being a few shillings as to costs. His Honour thought the best plan would be to let the case stand over. He did not think he ought to dismiss the bill, as the defendant admitted everything contained in it, and therefore defendant had better complete the transfer, pay over the £54, and the question as to costs could be re served. This was agreed to, and the case stood over. It will be seen that a very important question arises in this matter, and that the plaintiff has obtained an admis sion as to the prayer of his bill, notwithstanding that cer tain fees remain unpaid. The court has virtually decided the subject matter between the parties, although the case was not regularly before it ; and it is not unlikely that upon some future occasion a rule will be laid down in refe rence to the payment of the fees in equity cases before this court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. -+-- WESTMINSTER. RETURNING FROM A CHRISTMAS PARTY. William Mitchell, a man about 30 years of age, of respectable ap pearance, was charged under the following circumstances : Miss Emma Barnsley, the daughter of respectable pa rents, residing at Pimlico, said that at w little after eleven last night she was returning from a juvenile party with another young lady, when the latter, on stopping at her house in Ranelagh-grove, found the defendant sitting upon the steps. She suceeedad in getting in doors without any molestation ; but complainant was shut out. It was raining at the time, and complainant had an umbrella up. She was hastening home when the defendant followed and took the umbrella from her, and in so doing struck her on the shoulder with the handle of it. He afterwards struck her on the left shoulder. A police man came up and took it from him. Mr. Selfe—ls he a stranger to you ? Complainant—Perfectly. Mr. Selfe—Did he hurt you ? Complainant —Not much. He frightened me more. Mr. Selfe—He did not attempt any other liberty with you ? _ _ ...... ... . Complainant —He did not. Mr. Selfe (to dafendant)—What do you say to this ? Defendant—l was drunk, and don't know anything abou Mr. Selfe—What are you ? Defendant—A joiner. Mr. Selfe—What do you earn ? Defendant—Thirty-five shillings per week. Mr. Selfe—l shall fine you 15s for the assault upon this young lady, and if you don't pay it you will be committed for 7 days. THAMES. ANOTHER NUISANCE ON Bow COMMON.—John Stevens and "William Carr Stevens, the occupiers of the premises situate and known as a fish manure manufactory, Weston street, Bow-common, in the parish of Bromley, St. Leo nard, appeared before Mr. Partridge to answer a summons at the instance of Mr. Edward Fulcher, Sanitary Inspector to the Board of Works for the Poplar district, which charged them with carrying on a business which was a nuisance and injurious to the health of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. The defendants were also called upon to show cause why a penalty should not bo inflicted upon them for not having used the best practicable moans for abating the nuisance. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, prosecuted the case for the Poplar Board of Works, and said the works carried on by the defendants were a great nuisance and detrimental to health. He should call several witnesses who would prove that poisonous vapours emanated from the defendants , manufactory, where decomposed fish was converted into manure—a process which might be profitable to the defen dants, and highly useful to farmers, but very inconvenient to the inhabitants. The defendants had already appeared before the court on several occasions, and been once ordered to pay the costs, and on another occasion fined 20s. and costs. Promises were then made that the nuisance should be abated, but that had not been done. He read the 27th section of the Nuisances Removal Act, which applied to this case. The defendants said they objected to the jurisdiction of the magistrate, and referred to the 28th section of the Nuisances Removal Act. Mr. C. Young said the defendants had a perfect right to avail themselves of the 28th section, and he should now call on the defendants to put in bail to answer any pro ceedings that might be instituted against them by the Board of Works, either in law or equity. The defendants said they were prepared to enter into sureties to any amount. Mr. Partridge said he would have some evidence before he called upon the defendants to enter into sureties. Mr. Edward Fulcher, Sanitary Inspector, produced a certificate signed by the chairman of the Poplar Board of Works, authorising the proceedings. Mr. Thomas Ansell, one of the examiners of the society of Apothecaries, and Medical Officer of Health for the northern district of the Poplar Board of Works, said he visited the defendants' works on the 12th of the present month. The effluvia was very noxious. He considered the manufactory to be a nuisance and i njurious to the health of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. If the offensive exhalations were confined to the interior of the premises the manufactory would no longer be a nuisance. Mr. Partridge said he had heard enough to justify him in calling upon the defendants to find bail, themselves in £3OO and two sureties of £lOO each to appear and answer any proceedings to be taken by the Board of Works. The sureties were entered into, and the defendants left the court. Mr. Charles Young said the Board of Works would de cide on Tuesday whether they should apply for an injunc tion in the Court of Chancery or proceed by indictment. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market to-day were but moderate, but the trade ruled quiet at the rates current on Friday last. There was a fair average supply of foreign wheat on the stands, the demand for which was by no means active at late prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand at late rates. The market was well supplied with barley, in which sae progressed slowly on former terms. Malt was in limited request at late prices. Oats were in fair supply and moderate request at late prices. Beans met a slow sale at late rates. Peas moved off slowly at previous quotations. There was a moderato demand for flour at former prices. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch. 680 1610 150 130 610 Irish Forst ,- 3610 1570 21,790 830 sks. 2660 brls. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale aro tolerably large. The trade is dull at the annexed quotations. Per lb by the carcase. sd a d Inferior beef 2 10 3 2 Middling do. 3 4 3 10 Prime : large do 4 0 4 2 Prime small do 4 4 4 6 Large pork 3 10 4 2 Lamb, Os 0, s d Inferior mntton 3 6 4 0 Middling mutton 4 2 4 6 Prime do 4 8 5 0 Veal 3 10 4 6 Small pork 4 4 5 0 ki to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP. The business passing in our market is moderate ; prices, however, of all kinds of hops rule firm. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings 9ss to 135 s „ Liverpool Cotton Market—l'his Day. The market opens very firm. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. BANK OF FRANCE PARIS, DEC. 28. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Dec. 28. fr. c. 182,500,000 Dec. 21. fr. c. 182,500,000 Capital of the Bank Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) Reserve of the Bank 7,044,776 02 7,0.11,776 02 22,105,750 14 and its branches 22,105,750 14 Reserve in landed pro perty 4,000,000 Notes in circulation ... 879,683,575 Banknotes to order and receipts payable at 4,000,000 - 859,417,675 - sight - - Treasury account cur- 7,111,840 14 120,258,385 93 144,012,926 94 27,823,078 - 7,936,127 54 100,806,476 19 164,931,735 93 22,510,983 - rent creditor Current accounts, Paris Do. branch banks Dividends payable Discounts and sundry 730,161 82 14,598,628 75 2,074,992 92 .781;722 75 13,646,026 69 1,427,623 17 752,993 36 9,526,906 38 interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 7,933,839 89 Total 1,419,877,955 55 1,397,388,796 17 CREDITOR. Dec. 28. Der. 21. Cash ill hand and in Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet due Do. branch banks Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures 1). branch banks Do. on Credit Fancier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 1857) Government Stock re serve fr. c. 443,860,475 24 fr. 448,182,963 29 2,971,450 26 307,865,628 79 315,359,500 - 11,266,000 - 333,948 71 323,791,776 52 330,978,670_- 11,308,300 - 8,202,900 - 13,314,700 - 6,836,100 - 30,665,000 - 20,434,480 - 9,506,800 - 13,259,300 - 7;289;000 - 30,276,900 - 19,886,580 - 644,100 - 456,250 - 653,300 - 450,450 - 60,000,000 - 60,000,000 - 12 980 750 14 86,449,737 , 91 100,000,000 - 12,980,750 14 36,449,737 91 Do. disposable Rentes Immobalisees (Law, June 9, 1857) Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed property branches Expenses of manage ment Sundries 100,000,000 - 8,380,667 - 8,361,267 - 2,759,650 78 9,869,518 - 11,237,100 03 Total 1,419,877,955 55 1,397,388,796 17 Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France. (Signed) ROULAND. Commemoration Festival in Westminster Abbey, Yesterday was Childermas Day, or the Festival of the Holy Innocents. It was, moreover, the eight hundredth anniversary of the dedication of the abbey church of St. Peter's, Westminster. On that day eight centuries ago, King Edward the Confessor,. feeling his end to be nigh, signed the charter of the foundation ; and eight days afterwards, on the eve of the Festival of the Epiphany, " Twelfth Day," 1066, he was no more. His body was laid to its long rest in the Abbey which he had founded, and which he lived but just long enough to see brought to completion. There were two full choral services yesterday, in celebration of this festival in the history of the church. At ten o'clock in the morning a large congregation filled the whole of the space avail able for worship, and the first service commenced with the 95th Psalm, " 0 come, let us sing unto the Lord." The anthem after the third collect was Purcell's, the 122 d Psalm ; and the introit was a hymn written by the Ven. C. Wordsworth, D.D., Canon and Archdeacon of Westminster, and taken by his request from the " Holy Year." It may be of interest to some of our readers for us to mention that the tune of this hymn was composed by a niece of the late Rev. Temple Frere, M.A., Canon of Westminster —Mrs. J. J. B. E. Frere. The prayers were sung by the Rev. S. F. Jones, Incumbent of St. Matthew's, Spring-gar dens ; and the Communion office was taken by the Rev. Lord John Thynne. To say that expectation was generally visible in the faces turned towards the pulpit when the Dean of Westminster, the Very Rev. Arthur Penrhyu Stanley, D.D., began his sermon, is no mere com pliment, such as might be carelessly paid to a popular preacher. It was one of the most striking incidents to an observer of the scene, bent on look ing as well as listening, while the solemn festival proceeded. The Dean took for his text the 10th chapter of St. John's Gospel, verses 22 and 23 : " And it was at Jerusalem, the feast of the dedica tion, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch." From this passage in the life of the Redeemer, Dean Stanley drew a sanction for such celebrations as the one which had brought his hearers to that hallowed place. He described in vivid language the dedication of the Abbey, by the Confessor, one of the most cherished objects of whose reign was the erection of a Church and Abbey of St. Peter, in such a form of architectural grandeur as had not yet been known to England. The earliest foundation of Westminster Abbey was, indeed, an event of far greater antiquity than the period of Edward's ex istence. Far back in Saxon times, quite in the beginning of the seventh century, when Sebert was King of the East Saxons, must search be made for the Abbey's true origin ; but the first foundation of any part part of the present building, and the first establishment of that building on the peculiar foot ing, both national and ecclesiastical, which it has borne ever since, dates from the reign of the last hereditary King of England before the Norman Con quest—Edward the Confessor. Dismissing anti quarian and architectural considerations, and taking on this occasion the religious aspects of the event, Dean Stanley showed, first, how the growth of the Abbey out of the act of Edward the Confessor bore witness to the power of simple, childlike faith. Touching on points of character incongruous with our modern notions, the preacher eloquently en larged on the one point of enduring permanent in terest—Edward's artless piety. There were buried in that Abbey many who, in their lives had shown themselves to be great, but not good. He, the founder, was a signal instance of the contrary_; he was good, not great. Entering upon a second division of his theme, Dean Stanley reviewed the condition of England at the eve of the Conquest, of which event he considered King Edward himself as the harbinger. There was his Norman habits ; there, too, was the Abbey, plainly indicating, in its Norman style and dimensions, a vast change. Founded in the hope of future greatness, the Abbey has, in its long and changeful history, justified that hope ; it comprehends memorials of all characters, parties, churches, and sects, and it is the home of all England. Founded as a place of worship, and, through all its danger, still continuing, it has been by turns in the service of every branch of Christian faith. Roman Catholic, Independent, Church of England services have been celebrated within its walls. On its character as a home of worship all its other historical interests depend. The idea of Christian worship, of its permanence and value, was then evoked by Dean Stanley from the series of pictures he had drawn ; and the end of his dis course—a homily and a brilliant historical essay in one—Was thanksgiving and prayer ; thanksgiving for the mercies connected wity the day, and prayer for the fulfilment of the duties rising out of it. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.--Yederday the Lord Chancellor attended at the House of Lords, for the purpose of proroguing Parliament. There were no peers present, and there was not the usual official visit on the part of the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod to, the House of Commons, the whole of the proceedings being con ducted in the House of Lords. The new Parliament will, on Thursday, the lst of February next, assemble for the despatch of business. In anticipation of the opening of Parliament by her Majesty in person the House of Lords is undergoing a thorough cleansing, and workmen. are and will be actively engaged, not only in the great chamber but in all the approaches to it, peers' rooms, tommittee rooms, and the various offices. The House 'o Commons, too, is being made as smart as it is capable of; being made for the reception of its new occupants. DEATH OF MRS. DILLON, THE ACTRESS.—Mrs. Charles Dillon, wife of the well-known English actor, died in New York on the 13th inst. Mrs. Dillon arrived with her husband from Australka a few days prorious, and was seeking an engagemetit. Fight between a Terrier and a Cormorant. An old sportsman writes as follows from Australia : —" I was engaged, in company with a friend, in my garden, when my attention was attracted to a little bitch of mine, by name Topsy, who made for the brink of a cutting some 10 or 12 feet deep. Upon looking down I saw a cormorant in the water. My little dog showing great anxiety I encouraged her, ' when, after finding a convenient place to descend, she at once took the water, and made for the bird. Upon approaching it the bird at once dived ; Topsy vainly looking for it. At length it rose, and the bitch again made for it, when down goes the bird again. This was repeated some ten or a dozen times, when at length the bird came up stem on to the bitch, to about a foot from her head. The little canine at once snapped at the bird, but missed, re ceiving in return for her attempt a very smart blow straight between the eyes, which so astonished her that she turned tail and made for the shore, the bird, ad interim, having gone to the depths below. But no sooner did Topsy catch sight of it than in she was again, and the same diving and sinking con tinued as before. At length the bird rose close to the bitch, but, as before, she failed in her kind in tentions. But not so the cormorant. He seized the little animal by the side of the ear and thrust her head under water, and dived with her, as near as I can judge, to the depth of a foot or 18 inches. This he repeated three times, my little Topsy appearing, as I fancied, half drowned. I was about to rush to the rescue, when I stayed my interference upon ob serving she had seized the cormorant by the pinion. And now began the tug of war. Round and round they went like a teetootum, now this way, now that, the bitch trying all she knew to get the bird to the shore, and the bird as knowingly trying to avoid it, but unable to dive, the bitch sticking to her like Tom Sayers did to Heenan. Now you could see the bitch was getting the best of it ; in spite of all the bird could do, she was gradually and nearly approaching the shore. At length, having descended, I took the bird by the neck, and so exhausted was it, that it died in my hand without a struggle ; Topsy also was much spent. The combat lasted, as nearly as I can judge, a good half hour. The bird was weighed by a storekeeper immediately after, and weighed four pounds less an ounce ; Topsy weighs ten pounds and a half. I must state, as my friend and I stood di rectly above the combatants, we could distinctly see every motion. Neither bird nor dog ever let go their hold after once taken. The breed of Topsy—dam Skye terrier ; sire not known. " Rocky Lead, Sept. 5." Letter from Mrs. Lincoln. Mr. Carpenter, the artist, who has been publishing in the Independent his personal recollections of President Lincoln, gives in his last contribution the following extra& of a letter from Mrs. Lincoln : " Truly," writes Mrs. Lincoln, "no sorrow has been like unto mine. lam as broken-hearted over this over whelming affliction as when the terrible tragedy first oc curred, and, of course, realise it far more. I have lost the most loving and devoted of husbands, and my dear boys the best father that sons were ever blessed with. Until God's love shall place me by his side again,' I shall know no peace, or alleviation of my grief. Knowing him as you did, I am sure you can pardon and appreciate a wife's great sorrow over so untimely a loss. " How I wish you could have been with my dear hus band the last three weeks of his life. Having a realising sense that the unnatural rebellion was near its close, and being most of the time away from Washington, where he had passed through such conflicts of mind during the last four years —feeling so encouraged, he freely gave vent to his cheerfulness. Down the Potomac, he was almost boyish in his mirth, and reminded me of his original nature, as I remembered him in our own home, free from care, surrounded by those he loved. "That terrible Friday, I never saw him so supre mely cheerful. His manner was even playful. At three o'clock he drove cut with me in the open carriage. In starting, I asked him if any o..te should accompany us ? He immediately replied No, I prefer to ride by our selves to-day.' During the drive ho was so gay that I said to him, laughingly, 'Dear husband, you almost startle me by your great cheerfulness.' He replied, And well may I feel so, Mary, for I consider this day the war has come to a close,' and then added, We must both be more cheerful in the future. Between the war and the loss of our darling Willie we have been very miserable.' Every word he then uttered is deeply engraved on my poor, broken heart. In the evening his mind was fixed upon having some relaxation. "I firmly believe that if he had remained in the White House on that night of darkness, when the fiends pre vailed, he would have been horribly cut to pieces. Those fiends had too long contemplated this inhuman murder to have allowed him to escape." TRIAL AND CONVICTION FOR MURDRR AT GLAS GOW.—At the Circuit Court of Justiciary, Glasgow, on Wednesday, John Jamieson was charged with murder ing Isabella M'Kinnon, or Gallagher, in that city, on the 30th of September last. The prisoner is a hamcurer, awl is forty years of age, and the victim of the shocking crime was a widow, aged forty-five years. The parties had oc casionally cohabited together, and on the afternoon in question they had, accompanied by other two men, been drinking in a spirit shop in the city. While they were thus passing their time a quarrel arose, and Jamieson, in censed, it is believed, by a spirit of jealousy respecting the woman, proceeded to his lodgings a short distance off, and having procured a razor, ho returned to the public house. Shortly afterwards, in the presence of the two men, he rose as if to embrace his paramour, but in doing so he rapidly drew the razor across the left side of the neck of the poor woman, the frightful gash commencing At the spinal column, and extending to the windpipe, the dreadful act being perpetrated before it was possible to check the man in his mad design. Blood, of course, flowed copiously, and death ensued in a few minutes. Jamieson, on seeing what he had done, coolly said — "Bella, I loved you, and will die for you." The fellow was apprehended the same evening, and on being after wards charged with the murder of WKinnon, he stated that ho should die happy, knowing she was dead. The prisoner afterwards attempted to commit suicide, but was deterred from completing the perpetration of the rash act. The facts of the murder having been deposed to in evi dence, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, and sentence of death was passed upon the prisoner. SHOCKING DEATH OF A POACHER.—An inquest was held in Morley, near Leeds, on Tuesday, be fore Mr. Jewison, coroner, on the body of Thomas Hirst, of that village. It was elicited that the deceased, who had been serving a term of three months' imprisonment in Wakefield House of Correction for poaching, was return ing home from gaol, and had been indulging his penchant for shooting, when he met with his death. As he neared home he put his gun in the inner pockets of his shooting coat (having previously separated stock from barrel), and walked forward with a friend. The barrel was loaded and capped. On approaching his home a large lurcher dog, which belonged to the deceased, espied him, and Jumped up at his breast fawningly, and the dog's caresses by some means caused the barrel to fall to the ground, and as the cap struck the pavement, the piece was discharged, and the deceased wounded in a most shocking manner in the lower part of his person. The unfortunate man was car ried home, and surgical aid called in, but he died in a few hours. The jury found that the occurrence had been ac cidental, and returned a verdict to that effect. EXTRAORDINARY TROTTING MATCH FOR £lOO. Yesterday a match which excited considerable inte rest among the elite of the trott in g world , in which Mr. Wright undertook to drive his mare Peggy sixteen miles within an hour for £5O aside, was decided over four miles of level road near Croydon. Preliminaries arranged, the start was made at a strong pace, the mare sailed over two miles in eight minutes and four seconds, and turned four miles in sixteen minutes and two seconds, and made back to the starting point, which was reached in fifteen minutes and six seconds, and completed half the distance (eight miles) in thirty-one minutes and eight seconds, and again started quite fresh on her journey, finishing the next four miles in fourteen minutes and thirty seconds, and turned for the goal. The mare was now pulling hard at the reins, and her driver, who had judiciously reserved the mare for the finish, gave Peggy her head, and she knocked off the next three miles in ton minutes and thirty-one seconds, and having nearly four minutes foi the last mile the driver considered winning " a perfect moral," brought his mare in at ease and won by nineteen seconds, accomplishing 16 miles of road in fifty-nine minutes and forty-ono seconds. A shepherd boy named Millon, only 12 years of age, a foundling from the hospital of Marseilles, was tried last week by the Court of Assizes of the Basses-Alpes on a charge of having, at St. Etienne, on 10th November last, murdered, by blows with a stick, another shepherd boy named Boniface, two years his junior, for the sake of recovering a two-sous piece which he had given to the latter to mind his sheep while he played with some other boys. The evidence having established that the prisoner had committed the crime, well knowing what he was about, the jury found him guilty of murder with discernment, and the Court—applying the law relative to murder committed under such circumstances by boys under 15 years of age—con demned him to 12 years' imprisonment. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. --e- ~. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 26. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. George J. Helfand as Consul at Hong Kong for his Majesty the King of Denmark. • WHITEHALL, DEC. 27. The Quecu has been pleased to present the Rev. James Fleming to the church and parish of Glenisla, iu the pres bytery of Meigle, and county of Forfar, vacant by the death of the Rev. Peter Cameron. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 29. Royal Horse Guards—Cornet David Milne Home to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Ernest Paget, who retires ; Gilbert Stirling, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Home. Bth Regiment of Foot --Lieutenant Charles Dudley Byder Madden to be Captain, by purchase, vice John William Hughes, who retires • Ensign Arthur Fawkes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Madden ; Walter Bell Marley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fawkes. 9th Foot—Ensign Richardson Mounteney Jephson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ellsworth Furedon, deceased ; Gentleman Cadet George Michell Seaton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jephson. 12th Foot—James Montgomery Williamson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rhenins, transferred to the 76th Foot. 16th Foot—Captain William Charles Bancroft to be Major by purchase, vice Patrick William Sydenham Ross, who retires ; Lieutenant Cecil Godwin to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Bancroft; Ensign Henry Jenkins Croft to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Godwin; Arthur George Duberly, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Croft. 19th Foot—Lieutenant William Wookey, from half-pay late Turkish Contingent, to be Lieutenant, vice William Read, who retires upon temporary half-pay ; Ensign George Oakes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wil liam Wookey, who retires ; Ensign Charles Garling Drury, from the 48d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Oakes. 31st Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major James Burnie Lind, from the 46th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major A. Gammell, who exchanges. 43d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Garling: Drury, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice O'Brien promoted; Charles Clifford Pease, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice C. G. Drury, transferred to the 19th Foot. 45th Foot—Lieut. Frederick Theophilus Goad, from the 72d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice R. Garnett, who ex changes. 46th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Andrew Gammell, from the 31st Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major J. B. Lind, who exchanges. 72d Foot—Lieut. Reginald Garnett, from the 45th Foot s , to be Lieutenant, vice F. T. Goad, who exchanges. COURSE OF EXCHANGE--This Evening. Amsterdam Ditto 8 Months. 12 1' Rotterdam , 1 ... 14 Antwerp — 25 471 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 10 Ditto 3 Months. 25 421 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1204 Vienna, — 10 75 Trieste — 10 75 Petersburgh - 29i Berlin 11 18-} 12 2± 12 24 25 55 25 55 13 91 25 173- '25 471 25 471- 120 i 10 80 10 80 30t -6 283- Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina 464 • 471 25 621 25 60 25 60 25 62f 28 60 25 60 25 671 25 66 25 65 25 671 25 65 25 65 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day. LONDON, Dec. 29.—Wind this day at noon—South. Westerly ; rather strong breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 28.--Arrived—Borussia, steamer, from New York. FALMOUTH, Dec. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Theodore Voss, from Taganrog. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 28.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Renshaw, from London for Cape Coast Castle ; Alpine, from Shields for San Francisco ; Medusa, from London fcr Calcutta. MILFORD, Dec. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Ocean, from London. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Venus, from Buenos Ayres. SUNDERLAND, Dec. 27.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Jane Frances, for Kingston. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Nova Scotian, screw steamer, from Portland, U.S. ; Elizabeth Cameron, from Pomeron. Sailed—North American, screw steamer, for Poitland, U.S. DUNDEE, Dec. from Monte Video. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Victor, CARDIFF, Dec. 28.—Wind W.—Arrived—Ellen Stuart, from St. Nazairo. Sailed—Speraver, for St. Thomas ; Albion, for Gibraltar. COWES, Dec. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Belle, from London for Mauritius. FOWEY, Doc. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jano and Ann, from Smyrna. _ _ _ g KINGROAD, Dec. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mary Fry, from Calcutta. jBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.I GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 28—Frederick William, from Guernsey; Ellen, from Nicoloff ; Ontaria, from Calcutta. DEAL, Friday Morning. No arrivals. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Jan. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet Jan. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena... Jan. 21. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Jan. 2. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 27. Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta). and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Jan. 2 Ditto, via Marseilles . Jan. 27 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Jan. 11. Ditto, via Marseilles .. Jan. 5 Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseilles. Jan. 5. Newfoundland ... Jan. 17. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet .. Jan. 3. Ditto,. by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Des. 29. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 10. West India and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico ............. ........... ........... Dec. 2). ............. Cuba and Mexico Bahamas, via New York. Jan. 11. Bermuda, ditto = Jan. 17. Loss OF A LARGE LIVERPOOL SHIP.—NOBLE LIFEBOAT SERVICE.—AnKLOW, IRELAND, Dee. 27th.—I have to report (says Dr. L'Estrange) the loss of the ship Tenasserim, of Liverpool, Captain Hewson, bound from Liverpool to Calcutta. She stranded on Arklow Banks on the 25th inst., but owing to a fog she was not seen until yesterday morning, when the lifeboat Arthur Vonables, of the National Lifeboat Institution, was at once launched, and was happily the means, under Provi dence, of rescuing 31 poor fellows who had taken to the forelopsail yard for safety. Before the arrival of the life boat two sailors had unhappily been washed overboard and drowned. THE ABANDONMENT OF THE WEST INDIA TRADER JAMES LAMB.—The ship Queen of the South, Captain Wilkin, which has arrived in St. Katherine's Docks from Algoa Bay, reports having fallen in with a valuable prize at sea, the British bark James Lamb, bound to Liver pool from Demerara, with a cargo of rum, sugar, cotton, and merchandise valued at many thousand pounds, which had been abandoned by the crow. Great anxiety, how ever, is felt for the safety of the chief officer and six of the hands of the Queen of tho South, who volunteered to go on board the abandoned ship with a view of bringing her on to England. The James Lamb was sighted on the 4th instant, her position being more than 1,000 miles from the chops of the Channel. On a boat's crew from the Queen of the South boarding her it was found that the hands had left her, and the ship was nearly half full of water. She appeared, how ever, in ve►y good condition, and after some consideration the chief officer and five of the crew of the Queen of the South volunteered to take charge of the abandoned vessel for the purpose of navigating her home. They accordingly took possession of the vessel and made sail, the Queen of the South keeping company as long as possible. Towards midnight a heavy gale came on from the S.W., with a very heavy sea. The weather continued to increase in severity, and by the morning the Queen of the South had lost sight of her prize. She hove to for some time, but nothing could be seen of the James Lamb. It is hoped, however, that she succeeded in weathering the gale. Should she be got safely into port the six brave hands on board of her, as also others of the crow of the Queen of the South, and the owners, will be entitled to a handsome amount of salvage. The crew of the James Lamb were taken off by a passing ship, and have since arrived. SUICIDE OF A SEA CAPTAIN.-011 Saturday an inquest was held in High-street, Whitechapel, on the body of Captain William Sandey, aged 50 years. Ou Tuesday deceased was found lying on tho floor of his bedroom, in a coffee-house in nigh-street, his throat dread fully cut, and quite dead. For some days previously ho had manifested signs of insanity, consequent, it was thought, on heavy losses in speculation. The jury returned a verdict of suicide while of unsound mind. 'tn., I ion .for the [nay is to per. life well ale," It of final " be !3. ) in- COM LI by a the lostal Or de both