The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-12 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND fIOMATERor AL ♦---- - TWELVE O'CLOCK. The position of monetary affairs exhibits little alteration. There continues to be an abundant sup ply of capital on offer, and a keen competition is exerted in the open market, where the brokers have in exceptional instances taken the best short dated bills at 74 and 7fr per cent. The Bank of England return contains some im portant and not altogether satisfactory features, as *will be seen by the following particulars : Active Circulation ... ..• ...X21,446,595 ••• Decreas e 329,840 12,887,829 218,354 ••• ... 8.430,363 133,805 ... 3,643,638 3,935,799 ... 16,231.562 ... 1,503.604 ... 454,815 9,383 9,890,950 Other S ecurities No alteration. ... 22,331,194 Decreas e ••• ••• ••• 2,406,293 &tee Unemployed 5,278,245 Increa se ••• 25,005 ••• ••• •• ••• The ret urn i ssued by the Bank of France shows no very enc ourag i ng f eatures. The bullion has been further decreased £BOO,OOO, while the notes ill circulation have received an addition of £250,000. The commercial bills discounted have bee n augmented £680,000, and the current ac e°llllte £205,000. The directors of the Warrant Finance Company (Limited) have resolved to recommend a dividend of 10s• per share f or th e fi rs t h a lf- year, b e i ng, w i t h the ad interim dividend of ss. already paid, 7f per "at. per annum, and leaving £9,496 12s. 10d. to be carried forward. There has been very little activity exhibited in t he mark e t s f or foreign and colonial produce during the l ast few days, and yesterday, owing to the he avy snow storm, operations were partially sus pended, consequent upon the stoppage of telegraphic ekununication with most parts of the country. Bullio n ••• ... Alit Decrease ... ... ••• :: Increase Public Deposits ... ••• ... ••• Decrease ..• ••• Other De D po ••• ::: increase ... ••• S eren D ... ay and Oth er Bills ... ••• Increase Gorernm en t Securities ... ••• ... ••• ... Two O'CLOCK. ~The English Funds have been very buoyant to ‘4lYl Owing to some large purchases on Govern- Ment account. In Consols there has been an im ti.(l.7eroent of per cent., the prices for money 1 . 7 111 g 86k 87, an d f or th e account 874 .. The New eea and Reduced Annuities are 86f f 7 ; Ex chequer Bill s, par ; Bank of England Stock, 246 ; 4 ` ud ja 5 per Cents., 1021 1. co - 11 1 the F ore i gn S tock Market values generally ntinue to tend downward. Turkish 5 per Cents. ar e 41i 42i; Mexican, 221 ; ditto New, 194 20k ; 4,?: ee k, 131 14 ; S pan i s h P ass i ve, 2 5f 1 ; the Cer kmicates, 131 ; Italian, 614 62 ; the Confederate °, at an)ea 6 , 7 ; and Brazilia n S cr ip, I, f, prem. ; U n i te d 5 Government 5-20 Bonds, 641 j; Erie Shares, ; and Illinois, 75i 76. bellueiness in the Railway Share Market has been th ell Very quiet, but in same instances prices have i f st , )/7 ,n an upward movement. Great Western, 6 s'ttaL Western, and South Eastern have improved i e s Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 15s. ; and otrop olitan, £2 ; while Midland have declined ; and North Eastern (Berwick), ss. the Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little tion of importance, with the exception of East f an,an, Which have declined 1 and Great Indian penin sula , t,23.4111E and Miscellaneous Shares are d u ll, an d ce.Quba no great change in values. London and Lh 'tennster are d ea l t i n at 96 96f ; English, Scot "' and Aust ra li an Ch artere d , at 194 20 ; Joint :lc Discou n t , 7 4 8 ; N at i onal Discount Company, 2A 16 1 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Company, 201 (Noe; Lond on Steam Towing Company Shares are d 11 2 prem. , and Charles Lafitte and Com- P4 / 1 3 ') 4 3 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a CinvzRNBLENT FUNDS. ber Cent. Consols Do A 861 71 8 • -eccunt, Feb. 8 B7l t_per Cent. Reduced B6l 1 7 l ieVr 3 per Cent B6l / 7 New 2 i Per Cent. Jan. 1894 npno.iftoier,3o3oyrys.rs, A 0 % 5 Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — expire v sth J an. , 1880 sth April, 1885 l3 11-16 Do (Red Sea t ' e x leg r ra e ph), Aug., 1908 l9 13-16 Bzei, --e quer Bill £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — £5OO 8a ; £5OO It Do .£lOO and £ 200 "kik of England Stock, 5 per Cent ht_ IS IAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1- 7, 4 ''n Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — '0;0 Account i''` ) . 5 per Cent. July, 1870 - 1 1 ° . 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 -r,°. C ertificates - Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — t ° ,.: 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 D c. 5 i per Cent, May 1879 — D ° ~,s 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 9Bl D • ' 5O / I ds, £ l,OOO l3 ° Under £l,OOO &li st . FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 13 1 . P-na Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 D °. arl p er e Cent _ 4i. Cent 1852-58-60 ~ _ Do. 1863 1 ., Do •••• 0 A • 1865 'z e e-aunt 741 1 e.,' erl P, £25 paid kcc unt t)0 ... 0.: A 0 b -ayres 6 per Cent _ Chil i Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) N all 4 1 Per Cent 0 • 3 n • , 01 0 .Per scent tl/2b.,rnbian 6 per Cent. — b 7 1 6 Per Cent. alligl i 0 - b o . per Cent 1825 .7 b e ' 4 x Per Cent., 1863 — bali t ,l,'! Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Do -144 P rincipalities eq 4cconnt New W Consolidated, 1 per Cent — t or:,ti Provisional Land Warrant — 1) (1 ,. 54 7 Per Cent 921 1 13 -, SRcond Issue 9ll 2 ° 410 Bonds D Do. 1864 9ll 1 tit 0 4100 Bonds ... 911 t Lo o . Per Cents, 1824-5, ex Coupons D° 4 ecount a A e uPons tluat,,',Acen, unt I) - ', lB, 5 per Cent. — , .0 0 7.°,,P i d 't•al6 . „ - `l° 9 and 1850 _ b c ;' A o per Cent, 1865 h • AcCOllnt L'°•,,,--,alrarenaniana Railway _ 1..) ° ' cr iP, £671 paid — tie-° 5 Per C _ ''i . sent; 1864 DO. ean 3 p er Cent Account 224 1 ' " _ 11 D n 1864 _ ---.° 6,,,Per Cent. Anglo-French _ 411)- ' r ench Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c _ 410Otevidean 6 per Cent., X3O paid Nish Imperial 5 per Cent enW Qrazada Do 2 Per Cent _ he Deferred _ Do —° Laud Warrants (Hectares) _ • 6 t ) Aeer Cent, 1864 _ Pe,,° ' *.e aranteed, 4 per Cent j;:tneettip4r Cent 1) 0 , A —, _ .11, sPer Cent. (Uribarren) _ Do 1 1 . per Cent., 1862 69 pr 0 ACCOIIIIt _ ))11liglese 3 per Cent., 1853 ' 0 '62 '3, Do 3 per Cent , 1856, '7, '9, 6 ' ' 454 It '''o. Account . ....._ . 118 1) 8 „ i4 2! 5 per Cent., 1822, X St bu It per Cent. 1850 _ 0 4 Per Cent 1860 ...,0 a., ...... I ) Pez Cent. 1859 _ D ° u, Per Cent. 1862 _ lik k is: ''. Per Cent 1864 _ $,, 101 ati 5 per Cent v klish 3 per Cent Ditto aocount .... _ c ' l'rew Deferred 35 ho Acco 00 Passi v e _ b o 251 1 , ,i4i,ceount kB4 C rt f C not funded 0 e• o Coup Tfill, Account ij diB h 4 per Cent. — 4 Do. 4 1 per Cent. 1864 D l' sh 6 Per Cent. 1854 89 84 D 0 Account D o ° 6 per Cent. 1858 69 84 ,(\'o Account r\° tlOO Bonds '6 l ° 6 per Cent. 1862 67i 4 8 13? Account ou,, £lOO Bonds I)" 6 Per Cent., 1863 b ° 6 per Cent. 1865 — Do ° er iP, £35 paid 414 21 2 bo count Veo e ' zi ,'l Per Cent Guaranteed — V D "la 6 per Cent. c' ceount 351 4 4,4 . bividenaB on the above . payable in London. , .., 1 I :_elvi„,,' 4 , •.) 13.3 r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins _.... Vre''",`": 4- i per cent., Ex. 25f. btit:keL jientes 3 per Cent. — b,„', 4 i - l'e" e.nt., Er. 12 Guil It k i,„:' *,,Per Cent. CertiticaGes —.• 1;141 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ° A ccount 04n , e t: " for money ............................... 87. THREE O ' CLO CK. _ i_ (Is' 4ecount ...................•................ B ii i South DI Ski Eastern (Reading Anne., £l.O. Ate, 4i per cent., 93 8 10 80 83 190 200 95 li 0 30 35 3 5 2 6 22 17 18 lAitJab ,6). PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and S.-Western 41 per cent., 97 4 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS Nottingham and drantham It. and G, 90 FOREIGN RAIL WA Xs ntwerp and Rotterdam, 101 Dutch Rhenish, 24 Great Luxembourg, 15 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 04 Sambre and Meuse, 84 San Paulo, lim., gua. ti per cent., 164 ifsEIGN MIN EP. Alamillos, limited, 14 Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 24 4 Fortuna (11m.), 3 Frontino and Bolivia Gold. Hra., 1 BANK:, Agra and Mtsterman's, lim., 57 6 Albion, 94 Anglo Egyptian, I'm., 124 Bank of London. 1484 8 74 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 234 3 Chartered Alen of India, London, and China, 444 Consolidated Bank, lim., 104 Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., 104 11 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 20 19/ English and Swedish. Jim., 15 European Bank, lim.. 124 12 Imperial Ottoman. 121 Ditto, new. 6i 1 Lsr d'Mortgage Bank of India, 11m., 44:4 London add River Plate, 51 London and County, 82 London Joint Stock, 516 London and ‘‘ estminster. 961 6 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Jim.. 174 New Zealand Bank orporation. lim., 1 Ot Oriental Commercial Bank, lim., late N. F., 24 3 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., Ditto, B. of W., 7.1 • Standard of British South, Africa, 15 Union of London. 53 4 24 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 24 Australian Mort. Lard and Finance. Jim. , 5 Bo bay Gas, litll., 5, 6 City Offices, Jim. 61 Credit Wonder qi\ d Mobilier of England, 84 Ditto, issued at a prem.. of which £2 is to pay, 51 Egyptian Corn and Trading, lim.. 24 E glish and Australian Copper, 14 Fore-st,. et Warehouse, lim., 114 Gellivera, Jim., 4 'en. Credit and Finance of London, lim.. 54 6 Hudson's Bay. i 56 Humber Iron Works, 34 Import -1 .Mercantile Credit Ass°., Mu.. 74 International Financial 'ociety, Jim ., 51 Joint Stock Discount, Rm., 74 8 71 London Financial Association. Jim , If 4 1 19 181 National oiscount • ompany, 16 National Provincialplariue, 14 2 • Northern Assam Tea, Jim , Ditto, B, 1 Overend, Gurney, and Co.. Jim., VI Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 714 Thames and Mersey arine) Insurance, Um., 71 United Kingdom Telegraph Co., lim., 3 file quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 26.171 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of tR t 7s. loid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-16th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. !yU~'~' ;day 5s ger' )sborne iorning caoli a ' po' 00' sdaY.. ing all portion tess °f zl vol t ' Fop' iN i a jor , Do e vaiont, „ w ore, uffiel d ' ADI H ilton , rd an d Coke , Triacn i t en soa, al and joined d-fosv` ich li" 1 we re l e cr ess ,ei , st ;y the t he ace (3f oo 80' SHARE MARK ORDINARY 114 laLtway b. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian .., Cork and Bandon..., Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & b.Junc. E.London, c.crip Certi. DO. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 't Great North of Scotland Great Northern A stock Do. B stock Do. sew. is. at 25 pn Gt S. and %V. of Ireland' Gt. Neste n Original I) ..s. Vf.. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newpoi t. Do. He; Lancishire& Yorkshire L ndon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., ('hat„ and Dover Do. Metrop. r.x. A Lou. & Moth Western Lon. & South Western Man., SheL, & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do Extension Metropolitan District. llo_ du. do Do. and John'aW'd Mid and Do. £9 Share Do, tiirrnia Derb, Wid Kent . North British Do. Ed., Pth ' & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwich Do. (.4.N•E purch.f.k Do. Leeds Do. York Dc. Carlisle Do. ~, t oelc.& Darling. Do. sio. 0360-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. .to. 186.1 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock t o. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E stern -ftaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale o , Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West CornwAll BRITISEI R Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. E shares Buffalo & Lake. Huron Uo l'relerence ButL,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & S. E., lim al e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p Nast. Ben al, gu., 5 do East I diau, gu. 5 Do .1 Extension , ixand Trunkot Canada Do. Equip Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. at 'ref. Bonds Do do. deferred . Do. 2d Pr, t. Do. do. dett.rred I •'. d Pref. stock Do. do. defer red Du. 4th Pret. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. Sour h of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent.... Do . rest W. s. of Canad A.. New Do. 6 p. c. fid, pay 18731 •o. 5- do. pay. 1877-s.. Indian Brand), limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 44 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Meib. Cor. 6 p. c. finds. Mel. & Hudson's nay N. it 1. C' da, 6pc Ist pf. be Scinde p Do. Delhi Do. do ti Do. Pun iaub Do.lndus St. Flo COLONIAL GO VER British Columbia, 6 per __ cent., Dec. 31,1672... . Can.G,iv.6 p.c.ja.& July 1877-4 Do. 6 p. a Feb. & Aug 11,. sp. c. Mar. & Sept >o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p c. Inscribed sk Cape (I.llope. 6 p.c. 1873 1 uo.Apl. &Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 Do. Jan. &July, 1890-9, Do. s . per cent. 15 April an cfls Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.< Do. 1878, do Ilauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 )o. 1882, May .5, Nov. Do. 181)5, Feb. & Aug.. fatal '4ov. o per cent.. N.8.G0v.6 p.c.J a. Az.l ul) N. S.W. Gov.s p.c.,185t , Do. •5p 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 o. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-y Do. 1878 & upwards "VicMov. 6 p.c. Ja & J uly Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITI, Cam. Consul. ti old, Um IChiverton Clifford A malgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogani East Cara lon Eas Cam Brea . East Gunnislake East Love 1 E. W'i Russell (Tavistk Wm.& StAubyn(G WU. Gr• at L xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal siusy G. Wheal Vor Heist • Grenvil.e Herod's Foot Hingston .;owns Margaret Uny Lelant Marke Valley ‘vvyudy Iron ore, lim New Set.,n North Roskear . • Wh'l Bassett (I dogs n North Whe-J Crotty Prosper United Pr videnoe Uny L.lant S. Caradon St. Cleer) South Coudurrow ;.Wheal Fran. t illogan stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and CL gan, West hassett (Mogan W. Caradon iL , skeard West Chi rerton West Beton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton IWhe.l Tielawney TS,—This Day. tES AND STOCK, Closing I Buisine Price. done. 93 95 126 12 7 94 96 13 15 4i 5i 68 70 70 72 111 113 41 E 2 7 Ek 123 k 127 145 146 At 93 58 5841 38 10 1 :33 37 01 031 121 f Ik2l 89 BI 100 102 36 38 18 .0 1241 3251, Of 15 I 62 113 13.3 1 5 21 2p 1 100 102 122 i 123 11 11 t 92 14 67 59 7 29 110 11l 71 73 101 105 36 37 10 1! p 123 :26 2 2 •p 2 24p 76 77 11 12 145 148 66 68 112 114 55 57 73 74 8 9 47 150 3 p ,01 103 49 51 ISIONS, 55 69 99 10 , id ip 64 61 10 11 75 80 96 98 60 7u 100 102 100 101 1(,0 :02 par 4., 35 36 8' 89 67 59 57 62 58 60 52 57 46 50 42 i 6 31 36 23 35 100 1(2 ti 104 1024 14 , 03/1 4 341 2 04 84 6 1 6d 93 100 83 95 89 91 63 65 S 3 E 5 1 , 14 102, 101, 1024 96 99 'T SECUE ITIES. 92 94 93 96 93 96 78 80 78 SO 101 IC3 104 106 IC4 106 105 107 90 92 10., 1(.2 104 .I‘7 103 les 106 108 102 104 103 107 98 .00 92 I 4 1 0 102 91 ti 3 87 88 100 102 81 84 97 99 99k No; 103 105 104 106 9 10 20 21 57'.► 590 i 1 18 20 8i 94 53 51 3 1 12 4 3 3j 5 7 20 21 14 2 3, 4 3 40 4z 5} 51 7 4 44 2! 103 40 60 13 15 6 1 I 1 :7 39 410 2 8 0 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 32 li i Paid.i 100 5 100 all 100 ;00 100 16.13.4 100 'OSSR ME N' SII MINES. 3.2.0 18189 35.15.6 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEAING, JANUARY 12, lE€6. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. s COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood.) KNOB V. GYE—THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. This was another phase in this complicated case. The plaintiff in the first instance instituted pro ceedings against Mr. Frederick Gye, the lessee of theßoyal Italian Opera, Covent-garden, with whom it was stated a partnership exist e d w ith respect to the management of the theatre, for a statement of the profits of the undertaking. The parties were executors of the late Mr. Thistlethwaite, who was an officer in the army, and who was killed in the Crimea, and who, previous to his departure from England, was interested in the theatre. The Vice-Chancellor, after hearing counsel at great length declared against Col. Knox, but directed that a certain sum of money should be paid him under a bond, which was then in existence. The case was then taken before the Lords Justices on appeal, and their lordships refused to alter the decision of the Vice-Chancellor. The present proceedings were now commenced by Col. Knox, as executor of the late Mr. Thistlethwaite, against Mr. Gye for a full inquiry into the expenses and profits of the theatre, and also for payment of the money directed by the Vice-Chancellor. The suit was opposed by Mr. Gye one of the pleas being that the time. that had ex pired since the death of Mr. Thistlewaite, had put a barrier to all further proceedings by Col. Knox. The case seemed to occupy the Court over the whole day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Mr. Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Lush.) SWARBRICK V. WLLLIAMS, AND OTHERS. Mr. Brett moved for leave to enter the verdict in this case for defendants. The case was tried at Liverpool, and was instituted by the plaintiff, Mrs. Mary Swarbriek against the defendants, who were the trustees of the second St. Andrew's Perpetual Building Society, for the recovery of £lO7 profit and interest, the amount the plaintiff had deposited with the society. It was stated in the rules that a member not having executed a mortgage, and being desirous of withdrawing, should be enabled to do so by giv ing a month's notice. This being the position of the plaintiff she wished. for the repayment of her deposits, and gave the requisite notice, but the de fendants said the money of the society was invested in mortgages, and therefore they were not in a posi tion at the time she applied to return the money, but that it would be paid her in the order of rotation, as other persons had given notice of withdrawal, all of whom would be paid as soon as the money from the mortgages turned into the society. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, but reserved leave to defendant to move. The Court granted a rule to show cause. Mr. Selfe—What property have you, then, to be protected ? Applicant—Furniture. Selfe—Have you got it since your husband left you, or is it what you• had with your husband ? Applicant—lt is the furniture that we had toge ther, but it was s eized for rent. Some ladies and gentlemen have redeemed it for me, and I should not like my husb and to come back and take it away. Nobody will do anything more for me unless you grant me a protection order. Mr. Selfe—T he law says the order must be for property acquired after the desertion. This furni niture was sei zed. You may take the order for what it is worth. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. 'Before Chief Baron Pollock and Barons Bramwell, Martin, and Piggot.) WILSON V. JONES. Mr. Brett in this case moved for leave to enter the verdict for the defendants. The action was heard at Liverpool, and was instituted by the plain tiff to recover the value of a policy of £2OO effected with the defendant upon his interest in the Atlantic cable, he being a shareholder in the company. The cable was shipped on board the Great Eastern, and the vessel sailed, but after more than half of the cable had been laid, it will be re collected, the cable parted, and the plaintiff then called for the payment of his policy. For the de fendants it was alleged that they were only liable for the amount under certain circumstances. It could not, they alleged, be called a peril of the sea that caused the cable to break, because the ocean was calm at the time, and, also. that it was not un likely that the part of the cable now submerged would be recovered and used for telegraphic pur poses. The court granted a rule to show cause. PIERCE v. BROOKS. Mr. M. Chambers moved in this case for a new trial. The action was originally brought against the defendant for the recovery of the price of a brougham purchased of them. At the trial it was alleged that the brougham was supplied for the purposes of display, and there were other matters in the case which induced the jury to give a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Chambers said the jury had taken upon themselves to judge of the character of the lady using the brougham, and therefore they had gone beyond their province, and on that ground he felt he was entitled to the rule. The Court said it would take time to consider. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) DAVIS V. REES.-CURIOUS WILL CASE. This was a suit promoted by the plaintiff, as exe cutor, to prove in solemn form the will of Enoch Rees, farmer, formerly of Morgdunchary Lllanarth, Cardiganshire, which was disputed by the defen dant, the next of kin of the deceased, on the ground of;undue execution. Dr. Spinks was for the plaintiff, and Dr. Swabey for the defendant. It appeared that the testator at the time he made the will was suffering from smallpox, and was blind. He affixed his signature to the will, but not in the presence of the attesting witnesses, who signed the document in an adjoining room. The two attesting witnesses were examined, after which the learned judge pronounced against the will, but allowed the costs of the litigants out of the deceased. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Hagitt.) IN RE NORRIS (LATE M.P. FOR ABINGDON). This bankrupt was described as a printer, of Aldersgate-street, and he came up to-day to pass his last examination and for the order of discharge. It may be remembered that at the time of the adjudi cation considerable surprise was expressed at the failure, as Mr. Norris was supposed to be a man of property. He was M.P. for Abingdon up to the time of the dissolution of Parliament, and, in addition, was a common councilman of the City of London. When the case was called on this morning, the re gistrar remarked that there must be an adjournment as no accounts had been filed. Mr. Reed, for a creditor stated that he should have on next occasion to put some questions to Mr. Norris as to certain property which had not been handed over to the creditors, and the learned counsel would add that the inquiry might be of a somewhat painf u l c h arac t er , in the event of the property not being handed over. He made these remarks, and based his observations upon letters which had been written by the bankrupt, who would do well to communicate with the as signees before the next hearing. Mr. Norris said he had nothing to conceal. Mr. Beswick, who appeared for a number of corn positors, urged that they were entitled to a fort night's notice in accordance with the rules of the trade. The Registrar referred the matter to the bank rupt's manager, and generally adjourned the case for two months. (Before Mr. Registrar Pepys.) IN RE WOOD. This bankrupt was described as the secretary to a number of Irish railways, and to-day he came up to pass his last examination and for the order of discharge. The debts are about £74,000, and the assets £4,000. Mr. Lawrence, for the assigness, did not oppose, and the order was granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SAD CASE.—lnspector Harrison, of the C divi sion, accompanied by a young man, named John Carnal, waited upon Mr. Knox this morning, when the inspector stated that the young man had saved up with the intention of commencing business as a fishmonger the sum of £l7 13s. lie deposited the money in a box, in which there was also a quantity of clothes and other articles, and left the box in his room, while ho went out to find an eligible situation to open a shop. On his returning to his room, after being absent some hours, he found that some persons had entered the room, and carried. away the box and its contents. The police had been using every endeavour to trace the property and the thieves, but up to the present time had not succeeded in doing so. In reply to Mr. Knox, the inspector said he had not the slightest doubt as to the truth of the young man's story. Mr. Knox, after remarking that it was a cruel robbery, ordered the young man £2 out of the poor box, for which he seemed thankful. WESTMINSTER. MATRIMONIAL CA USES ACT. -- PROTECTION ORDERS IN HUMBLE LIFE.—A poor but cleanly looking woman, appeared before Mr. Selfe, and asked him to grant her a protection order. Mr. Selfe—What are you ? Applicant—A charwoman. I get my living en tirely by going out to work at ladies' and gentle men's houses. Mr. Selfe—How long has your husband leftyou? Applicant—He went away in the morning of last Christmas-day twelvemonth, sir. Mr. Selfe—Has he done anything towards your maintenance since ? Applicant—Nothing. He left me under very cruel circumstances. I have three children to maintain, and being left by my husband in such distress I was obliged to go into the workhouse with my little ones. THAMES. BROTHER AND SISTER.—Mrs. Susannah Emmer son, a very respectable matron, of No. 22, Buros's street, St. George-in -the-East, appeared to answer a summons which charged her with assaulting Mr. Joseph IVoodley, ginger-beer maker. The complainant, a tall, strong, and hearty man, said--I live at .No. 4, Hope Cottage, Church-lane, Limehouse. I was in the house of my sister. I went there to ask for a few things belonging to me. She flew into a violent rage and struck me over the head and stunned me. The complainant, having thus briefly delivered himself, was about to leave the witness-box when Charles Young, who appeared for the defendant, said " Stop, Mr. Woodley ; I have a good deal to say to you." He subjected the defendant to a long and searching cross-examination. He said he was not inebriated when he called on the defendant. He asked her for a white sheet, and she said she had it away. He did not say to her " Your husband frightened me so much as to force me to bed." He might have said she was a liar. He did not make a hole in the wall with his fist. He did not break a lamp. Mr: Charles Young said this was a most un founded charge. The complainant, who was a " great hulking brute and a coward," went to the house of his sister and abused her. He slapped her face twice, and then made a blow at her with his fist, but fortunately he missed her, and 'sent his fist through the lath and plaster division of her sitting room. He also kicked at her. To prevent the complainant preferring a charge of assault, he had preferred a charge himself. The defence was completely proved by witnesses, and the summons was at once dismissed. POOR-BOX RELIEF.—The principal city companies, noblemen, gentlemen, and tradesmen having placed at the disposal of the magistrates (Mr. Partridge and Mr. Paget) large sums of money for the relief of the poor a large amount of good has been effected. This morning upwards of 500 destitute persons, mostly aged females, thinly clad, and poor widows with families, who had been recommended by the clergy and respectable ratepayers known to the officers of the court, were relieved with money and tickets for coals, grocery, and bread. Mr. Living ston, the chief usher, who had made all the neces sary inquiries to prevent imposition, distributed the cash and tickets, and he was assisted by his son and Mr. Charles Young, the solicitor, who entered heart and soul into the good cause. People having business in the court were put to some inconvenience by the assemblage of so many persons opposite to, and in the passage of, the court, but this was counterbalanced by the gratification of so many of our necessitous fellow creatures being relieved at this inclement season of the year. Great numbers asked for printed forms, and were informed that no more would be issued by the magistrates this year, and that those whose forms had not been already filled up, and whose cases had not been investigated, would be relieved on Friday morning next. After that relief would only be afforded in cases of well-known and urgent distress arising out of investigations in open court. Mr. Paget disposed of the urgent charges (only five) at 11 o'clock, heard a summons, and adjourned the court for an hour. THE GREAT SNOW STORff. LATEST PARTICULARS—(THIS DAY.) The most deplorable accounts were received this morning from all parts of the metropolis and suburbs of the devastating effects of the extraordi nary snow storm of yesterday. The damage done to chimneys, roofs of houses, and gardens in every part of the metropolis, with few exceptions, and the damage done in the suburban districts, is at present incalcuable. Many accidents have been this morning returned, some of a serious character although not fatal. Great Fire near Kilburn. —(This Day.) This morning (Friday), shortly before 5 o'clock, a fire was discovered in the newly-erected premises at the corner of Bolton and Albert-roads, near Kil burn. In spite of every endeavour on the part of the firemen, the flames were not extinguished be fore 10 o'clock. The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPRING HANDICAPS. .THERM HANDICAP. Age Monitor ...3 Fitzroy ... 3 Cranmore 3 Lady Durham ... ... 4 Zenobia ... 4 Hawkswell G by Van Cialen— Vacuna 3 Cathedral 5 Duty Free... ... ... 3 Miss Haworth ... 3 Treasure Trove ... ... 3 Windham Bonaparte Regalia ... ... 4 Aldcroft 3 Harry Brailsford 4 The Czar ... 3 Miss Williams 3 School Girl . 4 Dark Agnes a Salpinctes ... 4 Lochiel ... 3 Gong ... ... 3 *Auditor ... ... 4 Dolan ... ... 3 vithout the knowledge of his t at the time prescribed, un in. LIRE lIANDICAP. Age. William Pitt 3 Historian 5 Crauford 3 Dulcimer ... 4 The Duke... 4 Pantaloon 4 Kangaroo ... 4 Catalogue ... 4 Advance 4 Haphazard Knight of Snowdon 5 Musician 3 Hurrah Little Gentleman... ...• 5 Valiant Vixen • 4 Perfumer 5 Mail Train ... 5 Basquine ... 4 East Lynn Hasketon Maid 3 Miss Emma ti , Dart ... 3 Miss Haworth ... 3 Pink ... 4 Dermot Asthore 5 Lozenge 4 Begum ... ••• 3 Nizam ••• 3 Minnette • 4 Treasure Trove ... 3 Miss Williams ... ••• 3 Caithness ... ••• 3 Exceller ••• 4 Wetsail a Arabia 4 *Master Richard ... 5 Wel beck • • 5 FORWOOD'S PHRENOL OGY. There is a class of persons, and by no means a small one, who are born with unsound constitu tions, made of sickly material, with delicate fibres, delicate all over, incapable of really healthy diges tion and assimilation, and, of course, incapable of making good wholesome blood. Such persons favourably circumstanced as to air, occupation, diet, and education often improve and hold on for many years without becoming victims to any particular disease. The brain, however distinct its functions, bodily or mental, may be from the functions of the organs in the trunk, is nevertheless in close associa tion with the organs. From these it has to receive its constant supply, through the blood, of food wherewik hto repair its waste of fibre. Originally partaking of the constitution of the rest of the system, its aliment in such cases as are here alluded to is liable to be of a very unwholesome kind, and thus its natural delicacy and liability to diseased action is continually aggravated more or less ac cording to circumstances. In many instances a scrofulous diathesis is at the root of this kind of constitution. This state may not be indicated by the ordinary glandular signs but it is discernible in the form and position of the the teeth, their early decay, the size, form, and consistency of the nails, the texture and colour of the skin, the hair, the mode of breathing, the clear and watery eye, and other minute indications known only to keen and practical observers of such signs and tokens. But too many medical men are unacquainted with these nice symptoms, and do not see the insidious evil that they indicate. When persons with this kind of constitution happen to have sufficiently large and fairly formed brains, not primarily attacked by scrofulous action, they may ride through life's voyage unwrecked, circumstances favouring them, though they are even in danger of attacks of acute disease, whether of body or mind. Such attacks may not produce common in sanity, but only some of the various eccentric no tions on moral, religious, or other subjects, call them "hobby riding," ruling passions," or " darling ideas" of one class or another. Infelicitously or ganised in brain, such constitutions of body or mind usually tell their story early in life, and at a more or less rapid pace arrive at a tragic terminus —best when this is the cemetery. Of this class of constitutions was Forwood, exe cuted on the 11th inst. at Maidstone, for the mur der of his three children by poison in London, and of his wife and one child at Ramsgate. I did not see him alive, but I could discern some of the more obscure signs of a scrofulous diathesis. His teeth were for the most part decayed, his nails small, short, and brittle, his head partially bald, though he was only 35 years old, and on his chin, at one side, there was an obvious scar, indicative of a lanced abscess long gone by. He was, if not very ill made, of a typeless figure. His feet were flat and much turned outwards. Like many persons of scrofulous habits he was a heavy feeder, and a great bread eater. But his head was by no means of any of the types exhibited in the numerous casts of the heads of criminals in the phrenological collections. He seems to have had a smattering of phrenology, as of several subjects, and he requested of the Gover nor of Maidstone gad that a cast of his head might be taken, a report thereon had from a competent phrenologist, and also that his brains might be ex tracted and submitted to surgical analysis. The second request was not complied with ; the first was, and the work of taking the last and reporting thereon has devolvedon me. A minute analysis of his mental organisation, as bearing on his life, his crimes, and his conduct since his apprehension and conviction, your space would not permit me to enter into. In another form such analysis may appear. It is a very interesting case in a psychological, a medical, and a judicial point of view. Forwood's head, I repeat, cannot be classed with any of the generally known criminal types. It bears no resemblance to that of Rush, Greenacre, Courvoisier, Palmer, Bellingham, Patch, Corder, Burke, Bishop, Hare. In form it is proportionate, and though it lacks coronal height as compared with its width, there is nothing uneven nor obtrusive in its general outline, nor any irregularity in the de velopment of its individual organs. Less than half an inch more of height in the moral region would have made the head positively handsome. The basilar or animal region of the brain—posterior and lateral —is by no means coarsely developed. The coro nal region does not show meagre conscientiousness, neither " Self-Esteem" nor' Love of Approbation " has a predominating organ, and of " Firmness" there is a good development. I mention " Hope," " Sympathy," and the other organs of the class moral, are fairly developed. The intellectual re gion, or forehead, though by no means of a superior type, as regards the higher spheres of thought, is far from being of a meagre and cramped type. All the perceptive organs are excellently developed— giving a more than ordinary power to acquire a large share of practical and varied knowledge—had education come to fertilise and utilise so competent a congeries of capabilities. But such was not For wood's lot. He was probably exposed at an early age, as many like him are, to most unfavourable influences. He had little or no literary education, yet he learned to write well, and to:express himself in a fairly correct and grammatical way. He had words at will, and was most fluent in speech, and had evidently tried at reading works on subjects which his limited education en abled him only to acquire a smattering comprehen sion of. Probably Forwood found his way early into the billiard-room. He would readily have become a good player, and soon learn to do a bit of picking up in order to keep himself in pocket-money. No matter with what stock of native honesty he may have matriculated in this college, he could not have proceeded far without finding that he could not afford to keep on billiard-playing and " keep a con science ;" and so he, no doubt, took the several de- grees, independently of his troublesome companion and impediment, and became in no brier time a master in this smooth and gentlemanly art of be coming a confirmed and unscrupulous swindler, and a clever picker up. The dice-box and pack of cards are seldom far:from the board of green cloth—drops of brandy come at call, and the maker of " can- nons" and "hazards" " to a dead certainty" has, in ninety-nine cases in a hundred, cannoned and stranded himself into thorough swindlerism, and become " Outcast to virtue, peace, and fame, His country's curse, his children's shame." When Forwood had risen, or sunk, to the office of marker his education had been pretty well com pleted, and his onward career accelerated to a rat tling pace. Are our magistrates acting wisely in licensing unlimitedly the billiard " guilt gardens," where young clerks and " gents" of all classes are to be seen in crowds every night pacing more or less rapidly the road to ruin. Formerly one or two tables were licensed in a house, now ten or a dozen or more are under one roof—the haunts of smooth sharks on the watch for prey of all sizes, from a green shcpboy to a groggy country customer or other novice, drunk or sober. As regards For wood's sanity, the question has been legally disposed of by a fair trial, and, I think, properly. _ _ At the same time, I by no means question either the motive or the judgment of whoever endeavoured to save Forwood's life on the plea of his mental unsoundness. Ido not think that came within the class mad ; and I should not call him sound minded. As to his ostentatious, stilted, and wordy decla rations on the subject of religious belief, they were in harmony with the rest o f hi s conduct since his condemnation. As to the motiireheas signed for murdering his children and wife, I am disposed to view them merely as after thoughts, and not improbably impostures on himself. He was full of vanity, and the kind of craftiness that is apt to blind the cunning, not alone to exter nal truth, but to cheat, most of all, and betray him in whom it dominates. I am, Sir, Yours truly, and in pressure of time, C. DONOVAN, School of Phrenology, 111, Strand. Jan. 12, 186 G. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. WHITEHALL, JAN. 10. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, unto the undermentioned gentlemen, and the respec tive heirs male of their bodies lawfully begotten, viz. : Edward Mauningham-Buller, of Dilhorn Hall, in the county of Stafford, Esq. ; Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, of Belgrave-square, in the county of Middlesex, K.C.8., Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom ; William Fergusson, of S p i t tl e h a ugh, in the county of Peebles, and of George-street, in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., one of her Majesty's Surgeons Extraordinary. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 30. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. Julian Henry Charles Fane, now Secretary to her Majesty's Embassy at Vienna, to be Secretary to her Ma jesty's Embassy at Paris. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Alfred Guthrie Graham Bonar, Esq., now Secretary to her Ma jesty's Legation at Munich, to be Secretary to her Ma jesty's Embassy at Vienna. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Edwin Corbett, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Le- }~~~~~ 5S i I 122 k VO 80i 1(1 00 371 1251 5 5 9' 62i 1331 41 3f 22_ 92 sag}gg~ 1.; , f j 1 001 30:1 ENTRIES FOR THE 1 THE GREAT NOR' Age Vandervelde Privateer Ghillie Callum Copenhagen St. Magnus El Cid ... Cambuscan Esca Brown Bread Pintail Bradamante S taghound East Lancashire ... Redcap ... Black Prince ... Watchbox Valiant ... Moulsey Raglan ... Friday Success Lion Buckfoot Dalby Dubiety .. Vanguard ... Cannonade * This horse was entered owner, and will be struck ou less specially ordered to bo lei THE .LiscoLxsit Age. ' George ... Idler ... Sidewind Lady Sophia (Merton Rufford Grapeshot ... King Charming Tusculanum Oracle Gordian Knot •.• Lord Douglas Sancho Lord Conyngham Twilight Copenhagen Claxton Gulnara Tina ... Lucky Star Gamma Thalassius •.• Filbert Mephistopheles ... Junius ... Stockinger Wild Bee ... Voigtlander Proviso ... Tambourine ... Elastic ... Donnybrook Skirmish Saccbarometer Delight Wellesley ... Papoose Heliotrope... ... Kingfisher ••• ... 5 ... 5 ... 3 ... 4 -. 3 ... 5 -. 5 -. 3 ... 4 -. 3 ... 4 ... 4 -. 4 ... 8 ... 5 ... 5 ... 4 ... 4 ... 3 ...6 Lord Proby, Lord A. Lennox, and Mr. A. H. Summers are subscribers, but did not name. * This horse has been entered without the knowledge of his owner, and will be struck out at the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. THE NOTTINGHAM SPRING HANDICAP. Privateer ••• Polly Perkins ... Sidewind ... Lady Sophia ... Lord Douglas ... Lord Conyngham Aline ... ~. Twilight ... ... Little Goy ••• Sandford •.• Wildman ••• Retrousse ... Juliet ... ... Tina ... ... Age Jupon Genuna. Filk4ert Junius ... Mephistopheles ... Stockinger Skiff Signalman ~, Delight Pantaloon The Grinder Kangaroo Catalogue 610 ... a Age Lizard ... 4 Advance ... ... 4 Dulcimer ... •• • •• • 3 Treasure Trove ... ... 3 Newcastle Shakespeare ... •• • 5 Lytham ... 5 Dean Swift ... 5 Caprice 3 Fantail 6 Venture ... 3 Vixen ... 4 Arabia ... 4 Miss Williams ... 3 Gordian not ... ... 5 Empress of India 5 Gayous 5 Minnette ... ... 4 Pelios 5 Helen 5 Copenhagen ... 5 Fan ... ... ... 4 Buckfoot Welbeck .„ 5 Crossbow ... 4 Wellesley „. ... 3 EPSOM SPRING MEETING.—Mr. SayerS'S Olivia and Mr. Williams's Defy should have been included in the nomina tions to the Metropolitan Handicap. gation at Frankfort, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Lega tion at Munich. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Robert Burnett David Morier, Esq., now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation at Athens, to be Secretary to her Ma jesty's Legation at Frankfort. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL—JAN. 12. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Major-General William Bell to be Colonel-Commandant, vice General Sir E. C. Whinyates, K.C.8., deceased. 3d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. Joseph William Fitzgerald to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alfred Hen derson White, who retires ; Cornet Henry Howard Arthur to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fitzgerald ; Arthur Sandys Brooke Forster, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Arthur. 7th Hussars —Surgeon Henry Kendall, M.D., having com pleted 20 years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon-Mejor. 10th Hussars—Surgeon Thomas Fraser, M.D., having completed 20 years' full-service, to be Surgeon-Major. 13th Hussars—Lieutenant William Mitchell Innes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robert Macneill, who retires; Cornet Joseph Mills to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Innes. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Evan Maberly, C. 8., to be Colonel, vi ce N e dh am , re moved as a General Officer; Captain and Brevet-Major Leopold Grimston Paget to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Maberly; Secund Captain Leonard Sumner Joyce to be Captain, vice Cecil Brooke Le Mesurier, removed to the Supernumerary List ; Second Capt. Ralph Gore to b© Captain, vice Brevet-Major Paget ; Lieut. Arthur S. Macartney to be Second Captain, vice Joyce; Lieut. Robert Emmett Cane to be Second Captain, vice Gore ; Second Captain Robert Sandham to be Ad jutant, vice Pearse, who resigns the Adjutancy only. The following Gentlemen Cadets, from the Royal Mili tary Academy, to be Lieutenants, viz. :—Kenneth Howard, vice F. Schack, deceased ; . Killaly Gamble, vice Bowes L. Forster, promoted ; John George Uppleby, vice J. Robertson, promoted ; Arthur Radford, vice V. F. Tufnell, resigned ; Francis Newell Innes, vice E. A. Slessor, promoted ; James Plomer Freeth, vice S. Penny, promoted ;;Edmund Robert St.:George Holbrook, vice L. C. A. de Cetto, promoted ; Geo. Burges Allen, vice J. W. Macdougall, removed to the Madras Staff Corps ; Samuel Gardiner Smyth, vice M. M. Bowie, removed to the Madras Staff Corps ; Charles Bell, vice E. G. M. Donnithorno, resigned ; Henry George Newcome, vice G. P. Al s t on, deceased ; William Campbell Black, vice H. C. Brown, promoted ; Henry Arthur Taylor Cus vice T. C. Fletcher, promoted ; Henry Humphreys Crookenden, v i ce H. Anderson, promoted ; Charles Arthur Cresswell, vice C. Trench, promoted ; James Robert Silver Oliver Hewitt, vice H. C. Lewis promoted; James Anson Francis Nutt, vice Hon. R. Hare, promoted; Arthur Bouverie Stopford, vice H. J. Thornton, pro moted; Francis Horace French, vice K. J. L. Mackenzie, removed to the Madras Corps ; Alfred Gordon Alexan der, vice G. H. Traver, removed to the Madras Staff Corps ; Arthur Henry Armytage, vice A. S. Maeartney, pro moted; Alfred Lionel Pringle, vice R. E. Cane, pro moted ; Surgeon George Frederick Bone, M.D., havingi completed twenty years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon- Major. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign John de Stuteville Isaac son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Stewart Thorburn, who retires ; William Henry McCausoland, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Isaacson ; As sistant-Surgeon Mathew Lawrence White; from the Royal Artillery, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Edward Brock, appointed to the Staff. 9th Foot—Surgeon George Saunders, having completed 20 years' full-p a y serv i ce , t o b e S urgeon -Major. 11th Foot—Staff-Surgeon John Henry West, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice William Thomas Black, appointed to the Staff. 13th Foot—Lieut. Mathew John Bell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Captain and Brevet-Major Fred. Van Straabenzee, promoted ; Ensign Richard John Wood house to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bell; Charles George Brind, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Woodhouse. 17th Foot—Captain George Walker, from half-pay, late 47th Foot, to be Captain, vice John Hunter, who retires on half-pay, on being appointed Staff Officer of Pen sioners; Lieut. Edward Mason to be Captain, by pur chase, vice George Walker, who retires; Ensign Frede rick Travers Blackley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mason ; Morgan John J. P. O'Connell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blackley. 18th Foot—Lieut. George Denis Sampson, from 76th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Butler, who exchanges ; Ensign Alfred Robert Alfred Robert Hale Swindley, from the 65th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Fife, who exchanges. 23d Foot—Lieutenant A. Mitchell Molyneux to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lorenzo George Lysons, who retires ; Ensign Compton Norman to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Molyneux ; Ensign Charles Edward Pater son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice George Wildes t who retires; Ensign John Grant Anderson, from the 24th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Norman ; the Hon. Denis John de Moleyns, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Paterson. 24th Foot—Lovett Holt Bennett, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Anderson, transferred to the 23d Foot. 39th Poot—Lieutenant John Sharples to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Edward Gatty, promoted. 44th Foot—Major John Geddes, from 76th Foot, to be Major, vice Brevet Lieut.-Colonel John Hackett, who exchanges. 47th Foot—Ensign John Arthur Smith to be Lieutenant. by purchase, vice Lionel Wentworth Atkinson, who retires. Ensign Harry Cooper, from the 98th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Smith. 63d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arnold Francis Yarker, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice William David Maxwell Borthwick, who retires. 65th Foot—Ensign John Cookson Fife, from the 18th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Swindley, who exchanges. 71st Foot—George Augustus Aldridge, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Francis Arkwright, whose _ . transfer from the 160th Fuot on 21st November, 1865, has been cancelled. 75th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Romer Pigott, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Robert Fenwick Fenwick, who retires. 76th Foot—Major and• Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Hackett, from 44th Foot, to be Major, vice John Geddes, who exchanges; Lieutenant Charles Crawford Yates Butler, from 18th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Sampson, who exchanges. 82d Foot—Surgeon Henry Day Fowler, having completed 20 years' full-pay service ; to be Surgeon-Major. 87th Foot—Major Thom as Casey Lyons to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Col. Alexander Murray, deceased ; Capt. and Brevet Li eu t.-C o l. L ou i s H. Hamilton, to be Major, without pur c h ase , v i ce L yons; Lieut. Walter Carr Mackinnon to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieut.-Col. Hamilton; Ensign Win. Marsden to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mackin non; Gentleman Cadet A.D. Young, from the Royal Military Cullege, to be &Sign, without purchase, vice Marsden. 94th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Bruce, with her Majesty's approval, assumed the surname of Basset in- ' stead of Bruce. 98th Foot—Ensign George Carew Fenwick, from the 100th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Harry Cooper, transferred to the Tith Foot. 109th Foot—Captain Edward Valintine to be Major, vice William Augustus Armstrong, deceased ; Lieutenant Cearles Pulteney Forbes to be Captain, vice Valentine ; Ensign Thos. Viret Shepherd to be Lieut.,;vice Forbes ; Gentleman Cadet Wm. Harry Salmon, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Shepherd. 4th West India Regiment—Salusbury Davenport Crooken den, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice F. E. Lin doe, transferred to the Ist 'West India Regiment. BREVET. Major Richard Young, half-pay Depot Battalion, late Assistant Inspector of Volunteers, to be Lieutenant- Colonel. The following promotions to take place consequent on the death of General Sir Edward Charles Whinyates, K.C.B. Lieutenant-General Sir Wm. Macbean Geotge Cole brooke, C. 8., Royal Artillery, to be General. Major-General Thomas Gordon Rigging, Royal Artil lery, to be Lieutenant-General. Colonel William Robert Nedham, from Royal Altillery, to be Major-General. Major William Bellairs, half-pay, Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, ADMIRALTY, Jan. 9. Sub-Lieutenant Robert William Evans to be Lieuten ant; Sub-Lieutenant Crauford Caffin to be Lieutenant. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—ViIe Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 19 Ditto 3 Months. 12 2j 12 2f Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 474 25 55 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 12f 25 174 Ditto 3 Months. 25 471 25 524 Marseilles Frankforl on the Maine —120 k Vienna — 10 85 10 90 Trieste — 10 85 10 924 Petersburgh - 29; 30 Berlin 5 28 k 6 281 a Madrid 46 46 47f 47.3 2 Cadiz 25 67i 25 724 Leghorn Milan 25 674 -- 25 671 25 724 Gonoa Naples — 25 671. 25 72i- Palermo ....per oz., £3 17 9 _ 25 671 Messina _ Lisbon 514 '''' Oporto 5ll Foreign Gold .... . Bars . .jtandard)..... Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Jan. 13. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 12. Feb. 4. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Ditto, by French packet .......... Jan. 22. Cape of Good Hope , Ascension, and St . Ilelena Jan. 21. China. Penang. and Singapor e , Via Southampton Jan. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 27. Falkland Islands ................ . _ __ - - ..... Gibraltar, via SOlitliaMPtOrl ...... .. Jan. 27. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton— Jan. 18 Ditto, via Marseilles........ Jan. 27 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Jan. 11. Ditto, via !ilarseilles .. Jan. 20 Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via lilarseil'e+. Feb. 7. Newfoundland Portugal ............... to Lisbon.-- . - .....Feb 4. Ditto, by pri vate ship United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Jan. 17. TIIE LATE JOSEPII LOCKE.—A statue to the memory of Joseph Locke, the eminent engineer, has for some time past been on its pedestal in the Locke-park, Barnsley, awaiting the ceremony of unveiling. The day for that purpose is now officially fixed for the 18th inst., and Lord A. Paget has undertaken the task. At a meet ing of the Barnsley Local Board of Health, on Tuesday, it was recommended that the entire battalion of the rifle corps should be present, and that all public bodies and societies in the town should be invited to take part in the proceed ings, which was agreed to. It was further suggested that a public dinner should take place after the ceremony, at which Mr. W. S. Stanhope should be asked to preside, and Mr. E. Taylor to take the vice-chair. This suggestion was also agreed to. A local holiday will mark the interesting ovent.—Sherborne Journal. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OP THE CUBA. Via Roches Poin. NEW YORK, JAN. 4 (Evening). The following are the heads of the news brought by the Cuba : A semi-official Washington despatch states that Mr. Seward's trip to the South Atlantic has no political object, and he will be absent three weeks. The Washington correspondent of the Courier des Etats Unis positively asserts that Mr. Seward will visit Vera Cruz. The Governor of Ohio has strongly denounced the Monroe doctrine. The public debt on the Ist of January, 186 G, amounted to 2,800 million dollars. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Jan 4.—Money abundant. Gold 1421. Exchange on London, 1559 ; on Paris, 3621. Stocks dull. New York Centrals, 971 ; Illinois, 1301 ; Erie, 961; 5-20 Bonds, 1051. Cotton steady ; Upland, 52. Flour and wheat declining. Corn flat. Provisions declining. Coffeo dull. Sugar steady. Molasses quiet. Petroleum dull. Crude, 38 ; refined, 62 ; middling, 51. The Fenian squabble still continues to fill many columns of the New York Herald. An address to the Fenian Sis terhood appears in the same paper, and runs as follows : To ALL BRANCHES OF THE FENIAN SISTERHOOD, GREET ING:—My Sisters—For years have we listened with an guish, as some breeze has floated round us laden with tears and moans of agony, wrung from the hearts of our poor people at home. But now we hear no moans ; we see no tears ; a silence almost ominous announces that the storm at hand. Steadily advancing, by "the patient dint," which it has taken years to accomplish, by " the powder shock," which will soon be felt across the waters, we know that the hour is nigh to give us back our mourn ing Erin, our " crownless queen." Two hundred thou sand men at home in Ireland, stung to madness by injury and oppression, have resolved to drive the tyrant from their inheritance or perish in the attempt. Self sacrificing and noble, they gave their all proudly, thankfully ; but as the majority of these revolutionists are poor men, even their all is inadequate to the great work before them. Thus is it that they call upon their friends in America for aid. That aid will be given promptly. The harvests in Ireland were never more luxuriant or plentiful than now ; the men are fearless and determined, but they are not all armed. Yes, those brave, glorious men of ours sigh not for "foreign aid," but they will call upon their friends and kindred for arms. And it behoves every man, woman, and child who cherishes a spark of affection for the old land to see to it that their aid, however trifling, be given in a cause holy and pure— the freedom of our people—the driving out from •' Holy Ireland" of the slimy serpent which has crept in among the heath and shamrocks, desecrating even our fathers, graves. Ireland shall be free, and by our efforts. Blessed thought ; how it quickens the pulse; how it gives fresh energy to the fainting heart ! And now, my sisters, what will you do t This is the last opportunity you may ever have to evince your devotion to the land you love so well. Pray unceasingly, but at the same time work energetically. Do not wait to have the way pointed out. A soiree, fes tival, or fair might prove a source of profit to our funds. These are only suggestions, however. Different branches will take the matter into practical consideration. Let no true-hearted sister shrink aside in this crisis of our fate. We are not raising money for a church, or a school-house, but we are aiding to sustain a revolution that will free our country. In the meantime preparations might be made to swell the funds by outside contributions, such as those suggested. Each branch, however small, can ac complish something, if the true spirit exists among its members; if they are worthy soldiers in our sacred army. Ireland shall be free. Ah, think of this. Her smiling valleys, her green hills, her lonely mountains shall be the abodes of freedom and happiness. The banner of terror shall float no more over her woe; but from " Bendearg to Cape Clear" our glorious "Sunburst" shall flash out from its olden setting, pure and unspotted as when "Brien smote down the Dane." Surely, surely, this object is one for which we may well work with super human strength. Surely the time has come when our services are needed—when we may prove to the world the object for which we organised 20 months ago. For this object we have borne contempt, have brooked contumely and insult from many who should have counselled and aided' us. But this is a time to "forgive and forget," and all who clasp hands for Erin now are our friends. As for us, we will vie with one another to lay rich offerings on the shrine of our common country. We cannot do too much we must not do too little. For her sake, for our sake, we will pluck at least one thorn from her lacerated brow.— Faithfully, your sister in the cause, ELLEN A. MAHONEY, H. D. F. S. Governor Worth, of North Carolina, has announced his assumption of office in the following telegram to Mr. Seward:— Raleigh, N.C., Dec. 28, 1865. Hon. W. H. Seward.—Sir,---fn pursuance of your de spatch of the 23rd instant, communicating to me a copy of a communication addressed by order of the President to W. W. Holden, Provisional Governor, whereby he is re lieved of the trust heretofore reposed in him, I have this day entered upon my duties as Civil Governor of the State, having been heretofore qualified before both branches •f the General Assembly. I desire, through you, to assure the President of my earnest desire to co-operate with him in all measures tending to the complete restoration of harmonious relations between North Carolina and the United States.— I have the honour to be, with great respect, your obedient servant, JONATHAN WORTH. The following general order has just been issued by General Grant : • War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, Washington, Dec. 28, 1865. General Orders, No. 169, from the Adjut ant-General's office, dated the 11th inst., is hereby revoked, and the fol lowing is substituted :—" Military division and department commanders will reduce the civilian employes in the seve ral corps and staff departments of the army within their respective commands to the lowest possible number. At all posts, stations, and places where troops are on duty in sufficient numbers to furnish details to take the places of civilian employes without injuriously affecting the efficiency of the troops for the strictly military duty required of them, the civil employes, except clerks, will be discharged, and extra duty men substituted for them. When civilians are retained, preference will be given to person s who have been honourably discharged from the military service, those disabled by wounds being first preferred. All civi lian employes who have not been in the military service will bo discharged as fast as they can be replaced by those to whom preference is given in this order. Department commanders will see that no unusual or unnecessary num ber•perlyaraenrdeteaffiinceidetly guarding and protecting the publi c , n and that every facility is given for pro property.—By command of Lieut.-General Grant. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate. There was a great want of activity in the demand for all qualities, and the business done was at quite Monday's decline in the quotations. There was a fair average supply of foreign wheat on the stands. The demand generally ruled inactive, at about previous quotations. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. Barley was in moderate supply. Most qualities were in slow request, at late rates. Malt sold heavily, at about stationary prices. The supply of oats on sale was very moderate. The trade was Arm, and prices were rather on the advance. Beans and peas were very dull, at fully the late decline in their value. There was a slow demand for flour, at late prices. OHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 1120 1710 3,320 1080 Irish Foreign 1420 320 170 -- - 7,990 1550 sks. brls. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale are moderate. The trade is steady, at our quotations. Per 81b by the carcase. s d s d s d s d Inferior beef 2 10 3 4 Inferior mutton.. •.3 10 4 4 Middling do. 3 6 4 0 Middling mutton.. 4 6 5 0 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime do 5 2 5 4 Prime small d0....4 4 4 6 Veal 4 0 5 0 Large pork 4 0 5 0 Small pork. 6 2 5 6 Lamb, Cs Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in hops is chiefly confined to the sale of small parcels. In prices no change has taken place and the market, as regards good and fine parcels, may be considered firm : New Mid and East Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents Now Sussex Yearlings 9ss to 135 s ~ COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has remained very q uiet, and there is no change to report in prices. SUGAR. A very limited quantity has been disposed of at public sale, and in the private market the displays have been of quite a retail character at about former rates. COFFEE.—The dealings in both Plantation and Native Ceylon have been on a very limited scale without any material change in values. and, accepted RICE.—Tho operations have been confined to a few parcels of cleaned, whic h have barel y su pp orte d former rates. s t a S n A c L e Ts,PEsTI slight -; ti si reduced n rates e shas been have dull,be n n in some in); holders. • •• —The market continues d u ll , a l t h ough quota tioTnsAllmforbvo.th present and forward delivery remain steady, P.Y.C. on the spot being 475. 6d. ; March, 475. 3d. ; and last throo months, 495. 6d. per cwt. at aa the t 110 1 k .; inten d andm9 Still in yins Nn 011 ceiv ed )uo bl° IS coil' rr I°e. sriv ed , e pro -10 de tie volt' , Fu ca , C• 000 "" 16 X5O 14 )00 175 !1. 5 99 ;0 0 0 13 0 1 3 0 1" 43 94 o 92 . 2 3 51 "- 4. 0 63 11 0 4 I 1 9 63 00 00 - 00 50' 00 '' '0 14 d 4 31 ' 00 / 55 60 ‘ ,l 4 1 51 96 ace. I,th " ace ly. A' Share 190 100 100 10 100 100 2.1.0 29i 2.110 3} 2. 4.0 8.3. t 3.q.0 10.8. all 0.14.6 14.4.6 8. , 8.10.08.0 510.6' 13.17.6 4.4.6 2.13. 10.6.7 luo 100 100 all 100 iOO all all all all all 73.1 i 34 I IC} I 88 71 143 i