The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-13 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLTGF,NnE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The minimum rate of discount at the Bank of England continues at 6 per cent. Brokers appear very loth to negotiate business even at the official minimum, rather desiring to hold their capital in reserve and await the result of tomorrow's weekly court. The following has been posted in the Stock Ex change :—Application having been made to the committee to fix a special settling day for transac tions in the shares of the Anglo-Greek Steam Navigation and Trading Company, Limited, and evidence having been heard thereon, it was resolved that a special settlement be refused. Natal Government Six per Cent. Denbentures for £50,000 have been offered to public competition by the Crown Agents for the Colonies._ The bid dings amounted altogether to but £24,000 at rates varying from 91 to 101. The minimum was 97, and the sum allotted at and above that price was £20,000. The balance, it is understood, will be disposed of at the minimum rate. The gold taken from the Bank of England yes terday amounted to £46,000. The Bank of New Zealand have given notice that they pay the January interests on the £1,000,000 New Zealand Government Treasury Pills ; £25,000 Auckland Harbour Bonds ; £BO,OOO Canterbury Loan ; and the £500,000 Otago Loan. Two o'CLoca. According to Reuter's telegram the 3 per Cent. French Rentes were quoted at 69f. 10c. The English Stock Market has been well main tained, and the improvement made just after the official close of business last evening established. Consols are now quoted 86/ for money, and 871 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 861 j ; ditto 21 per Cent. (1894), 69/ ; Annuities (1885), 13 13-16ths ; Exchequer Bills, 2 dis. ; Bank of England 5 per Cent. Stock, 247 ; India 5 per Cent. Stock (1870), 102 1; ditto Enfaced Paper 5i per Cent. (1879), 109. In the Foreign Stock Market prices generally show an improvement. Mexican have risen 1, to 25/ 1 ; the New Loan 1, to 231 ; Spanish Passive, to 27} ; the Certificates 1, to 151 ; and Bra zilian Scrip /, to 11 1 prem.; Greek are 161 ; the Confederate Loan has declined 1, to 71 8 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, 701; ditto £lOO Bonds, 75 ; ditto, 1862, 72 ; ditto, 5 per Cent. paid up Scrip, 1865, 431 ; and Venezuela 6 per Cents., 1864, 36i. . . American securities show firmness. United States 5.20 Bonds are 63k 4 ; Erie shares, 571 k ; and Illinois, 801 k. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been on a moderate scale, and prices generally are a shade firmer. Lancashire and Yorkshire have improved 10s. ; and Great Western, Great Northern A Stock, North WeStern, Midland, and South Eas tern, each ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines are dull, at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet, and generally support rates. Imperial Ottoman are dealt in at 15, and Overend, Gurney, and Co. at 2 4 21. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Con solidated Mortgage Bonds are quoted* dis. +prem. ; Commercial Company of Africa, 4 1 prem. ; Co lonial Company, prem.; the Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England (old) shares, 3} 3 1 prem. ex all ; and the new issue, 31 3f prem. ; the St. Saviour's Wharf Company (Limited)l 1i prem. ; the London Steam Towing Company, 11 14 prem. ; Charles Laffitte and Co., 1i 2 prem. !BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Jan. 9 3 )er Cent. Reduced B6l 4 . n . e Nev 3 per Cent B6l i 1 1 Nev 2f per Cent. Jan. 1894 69 4 Dc 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Anmities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. cor 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs l3 13-16 Do (led Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequir Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 2 4 die Do. £5OO — Do £lOO and £2OO — Bank of Eigland Stock, 5 per Cent Do Accoint INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10/ per Cent., AprillB74 Shut Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5/ per Cent., May 1879 lO9 Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,OOO — pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 Do. Scrip, £25 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent B6 5 Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 35 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 tyador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — egyptian 7 per Cent 921 Do., Second Issue 92} 2 Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 — Do £lOO Bonds Creek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Uliatemala 5 per Cent. Do £B6 paid — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Account Do. Maremmana Railway 671 Do Scrip, £671 paid Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — kexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 22 1)o 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c ~.5 1o ntevidean 64per Cent., £3O paid tloorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) DO.6,Per Cent, 18 64 p D 0 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent ernvien 44 per Cent — D O . Account — Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — 44 per Cent., 1862 1 , , D0 Account 73/ Po rtuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 '-',O 3 per C e nt., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 461 11 VO. Account .4ussia,n 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9/ Do 41. per Cent. 1850 DO,, 4/ per Cent., 1860 . --'° 3 pex Cent. 1859 — Do 5 per Cent. 1862 BB4 9/ t per Cent. 1864 — a rdinian 5 per Cent E i . " 0 Account 13 ,;olish 3 per Cent Ditto account I)0 New Deferred ' lO Account , N 4 -'0 Passive 27/ 1 ''-' 0 Account t quish Cert. of Coup not funded t i 1) 0 Account Irish 4 per Cent. T i , 0 44 per Cent. 1864 ? Account — D o 6 per Cent. 1858 ~0 0 Account — -')._ £lOO Bonds D O per Cent 72 [ l v 6 Cent. 1862 —° Acco unt I N D (?) £lOO Bonds 72 4 11 21 2 1 L I 6 per Cent., 1863 — D°° 5 per Cent. 1865 1;4 criP, £35 paid ,0 Account •v xi ( leoo 0 Bands — Don 1 . e a 3 per Cent. — Account ° goo 1) 0 r C ent., 1862 •Account -,Ll A gs. • D ividends on the above payable in London. D•l'lf, elr,ja n+ 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins ilt' o o-?, 4 4 per cent., Ex. 25f. 1) 0 1 1 Pim °Aut., Ex. 12 Guil -r• F' e • 4 per get. 5 Cent. Certificates — tr z a i " Wes 3 per Cent. 11,71 t o . Per Cent. ,1861, Ex. 25f. Ltecount ~ 44 THREE O'CLOCK Consols for money Do, A ccount, OSSR 100 at I lAtinntic&St.Lawrenee Bom.,Baroda.. , Cen.ln. 100 u. 5 per cent Do. le shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant&Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- -. 1 Calcutta & ti. E., lim ai. e Town dc Dock, gu 1 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p: 1 East. Ben al, gu., 5 do East gu. 5 p.c. Do ..I Ext e nsion ;rand Trunk ot Canada ' Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. nd Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pret. stook . Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. G ua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. Gt. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do - Great W. e. of Canada. Da. New .. ... . . Do. 6 p. C. Bds. pay. 1873 tio. 56 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extensio❑ Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. I.C' da, 6pc Ist pf.bs. Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub.... Do.lndus iuo 100 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 2 100 100 iSIONS. 69 61 102 103 id in 6 6} 10 11 75 80 99 101 05 70 101 103 102 103 IC3 !04 30 31 88 90 68 63 55 60 58 53 50 55 45 48 40 44 32 34 31 33 103 1(4 P P 1011 1024 16} 17 4 30 15 83 1 6d 1014 1024 94 99 89 91 60 102} 101 102 1 1} 3 31j I i 667 324 3 324 1034 i 163 1 64 66 82 84 014 102. 101 i 1024 ia 101. 102 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1572 100 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 lOO 96 98 96} - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug l t ,o £4 96 - Ds. sp. c. Mar. &- Sept 103 94 96 - Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 62 8* 8/ f - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 81 93 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 104 106 Do.Apl.&Oct. 1890-1900 100 104 106 - Do. do: 1880-9 100 104 105 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 105 107 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and IS Oct., 1900 lOO 90 92 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. c 100 10) 102 - Do. 1878, do. 100 1(6 108 - Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. IR7B . . ;00 106 108 00. 1882, May i 5, Nov. 1 10 1 104 106 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug le 1. 6 104 - Natal , •ov. 6 per cent lOO 96 99 - N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&Jul,) 100 90 18 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv.,1866 100 1 0 162 - Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187 t, 100 93 e 5 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 100 90 01 90} 1 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 103 105 - Do. 5 per cent lOO 84 85 Nova So tie Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 l9O 10 , 102 - 4ueensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 104 - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-ti 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 106 108 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - - Do. do, e pril & Oct lOO 105 106 185} BRITISH MINES. 2 cant. Consul. hold, lira 1 - Chiverton Clifford amalgamated. 30 21 23 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 675 695 - urakewalls 2.1.0 ; - East Bassett (Illogan) 214 18 20 - Nast Caradon 2.14.6 9 10 - EasL Carn Brea 3l 54 6 5f - mast Grenville - East Gunnislake ..... 8.3.0 - Eaet Loved 3.9.0 13 i 5 - E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk 10.8.. 3 - Gam. & StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 Gnat L ;xey, limited all 2 L 22 21f - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 14 2 Great Wheal - G. Wheal Vor Heist 4() i 4 5 34f - Grenville 8.18.0 ;if 4i - Herod's Foot 8.10.0 38 38 . - Hingston Downs 5.10.6 5} 51 - Margaret , Uny Lelant -13.17.6 8 7 Marie Valley 4.10.6 44 4 nwyndy Iron Ore, liw %, 2t ltd - New Se ton - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan 4.4.0 I 1} North Wheal Crotty - Prosper United 7.1.6 - - - Pr vidence Uny L.lant 10.6.7 38 40 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l} 420 440 - South Condurrow 3.2.0 t 4 } S.Wheal Iran. (Mogan 18.189 20 25 - Stray Park . 35 15.6 1 ,, 14 - Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and CI gan, Jim_ all 5 7 - West iiassett (Mogan - W. Caradon ( L uskeard 9 9 11 - West Chi verton ll 77 82 - West Seton 474 190 200 - Wheal Bassett (Mogan 54 95 100 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 25 27 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 4 6 - Wheal Seton -. Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 19 20 PREFERENCE SHARES. PREFERENCE 811 ARES. Great Western Orig. per cent pf., 91} North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto 4i per cent., rd., 991 100 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Caledonian 4i per cent. gua. stk., 98 London, Brighton, stc., 5 per cent. 1865, 107 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL S Royston, Hitch., and Shep., 127 FOREIGN KA[LWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco slim.) gua. 7 per cent., 14 Sambre and Meuse, 71- South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, lei 17 FOREIGN MIN Eti, St. John del Rey, Urn., 50 49 Washoe Gold, Um., BANKS. Agra and 31 asterman's, lira., 561 6 Alliance, lint.. 291 1 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 25 is paid., 29 Anglo Egyptian, lira., 131 Australasia, Bank of New Zealand, 161 1 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 231 Colonial, Um. 411 2 Consolidated:Bana, Um., 10 1 Engiish Joint Stock, lira., 11 European Bank, lira., 1.4 Imperial Bank, lira., 28 Imperial Ottoman, 15 London Bank of uexieo and S. America, lira., 14i London and Brazilian r 481 Loudon and County, 782 London Joint 5t0ck,,514 London and estminster, 971 61 Merchant Bank, lint 27 Scinde, PunjauD, and Delhi, Um., 511 South Australia, 351 Union of Australia, 541 Union of London, 54 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gun., 21 f Berlin Water Works, lim., 101 Bo bay Gas, lim., 51 f City of Lonuon Real Property, Um., 41 City offices, Bra., 71 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of Enirlana, Ditto, issued at a prem., of which £2 is to pay, 24 Egyptian Com and Trading, lira., 21 „ Financial Discount, lim., 9 Gen. credit and Fiusnze of London. Inn., 61 6 Imperil Mercantile Credit ABBO., lim., 71 f Indian Carrying, lira., 1 International Financial society, lim., 51 1 Interational ...and Credit. Um., 6 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour, Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. It7o, issued 90, 821 Joint Stock Discount. lim., 9} London Financial Association, lim 201 ntliwail Freehold Land and Dock, 6s National Discount • ompany, 1. 17 Ocean arine Insurance), 24 Otago and Southland Investment, if Ottoman Financial .A sauctation, lim., 251 overend, Gurney, and Co., Jim., V]; 1 201 1 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mai!, DM., t Thames and Mersey Marine) Insurance, lira.4B/ Upper Assam Tea (all), lim., Ditto (aIl),•.14 Warrant Finance, lira., 7 The quotation 01 gold at Paris is about 1 per mile pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.15 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 2-ICtbs per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. ay. A the Dry of elaide dished m the Id not A our ed, as Vords, itions, verses ;uch a ;. Its as one rd - of ,• tressed listrict erwick 1, and I, and Many 3 Ber- r seen. e office about at, we 1, that ent to 'aat she y knew vas re- it, and :ed the , re real verness narks vel beauty 0 W. GO t he vening, donian-reesi 0, a t thef t fellows hip ' by the ee,, O co ndoleac u th e late r: s t that ca w Ars ' 0 4 wse lf reel n ) the lette,, Ir. Gor dell° P sl4 o n his or. s o unflio . rh o readloe' n d f 11) O r ' ° • 3roie, 1 1 lied with a l 00 produe°,,,,r of firs't•• rae ; at the se than that o ; theatre thu a burles c e , e tt w Bell ° is laid e ne ,„, t1 033 ' )ri& o 010 o ther , Le 1 11 1 30. 'fbe be, that Ling 00- their r DY Call gB olf le i s too _.,, e for t s for sa':ie ss, but j w i t ch Sets° , il w u to t be „. ! 3 of sa itpe r - 0 : 0 ; played 3 : not neat d°o" SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. Share' Railways, Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian.. ••••• Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth,& A b.Junc. &London, scrip Certi. 93 95 124 25 94 96 13 15 4i 5i 68 72 71 73 Do. Glasgow & S. Western 'Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 112 114 42 13 7 8 Do. E. An ;l. st. No. 1 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D,,. A stock , 27 128 146 147 Do. B stock Do. New. is. at 25 pn. GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Uri inal D.. S. Val. Rail gua Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Ii ereford ... L an c,,sh ire & Yorkshire London and Itlackwall Lon., S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New 92 94 601 61 601 61 41 43 40 .04 'O4 1211 121 88 90 103 101 36 38 50 12 125 1251 96 97 614 63 186 137 3 lip 1* 11 103 k 104 Do. Extension... Metropolitan District ' Do do. do Do. and r. , .t.John'sW'd Mid.and Do. £9 Share 100 31 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 122 1231 11 93 05 , Do, Birmin.. & Derby NI id Kent North British 18 59 Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Stock.& Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. dr S. W. Junction Scottish C,ntral Scot. N. E Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon ,oath E stern itaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornwall itRITIS El P ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 43 21 3} 604 1 6 a 101 A 374 7 12 54 1! 5j 6 62 3 120 j 1.1 ,U 3 711 104 I 77 et Paid.l Closing Business Price, done. 12413 21 31 21 5 7 29 110 111 701 714 , 103 104 36 37 10 11 p 126 128 2 2 p 2 2,p 73i 141 11 12 148 15. 66 68 112 114 55 67 761 761 8 . 9 148 150 3 1 p 101 104 49 51 1211 I HIE SUN, LONICON, WEDNESDAY EVEiNING, DECEMBER 13, lEEE. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day• • COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) WEBB V. RENNIE AND ANOTHER. This was an action by the plaintiff, Chas. Webb, a labourer, to recover compensation for injuries sustained while in the employment of the defen dants, the Messrs. Rennie, the celebrated iron ship builders at Greenwich. Mr. Bingham Daly and Mr. Thomas appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Chambers and another gentle man for the defendants. From the opening statement of counsel it appeared that the defendants had been engaged in building a large iron steamer for the TurkisCGovernment, for which purpose it was necessary to construct a de scription of scaffolding composed of very tall and heavy poles. The vessel having been launched, the scaffolding was being removed, when, owing to the rotten state of one of the poles, it broke, killing one man and severely injuring the plaintiff. There was an apparatus employed in the Government docks, and in most private dockyards, by which accidents like the present were provided against, but they were not adopted by the defendants. The plaintiff received an injury to the spine, which con fined him for 11 days in the hospital, and he was an out-patient for 11 weeks, and was not yet en tirely recovered. Last March the plaintiff appealed to the defendants for compensation, which they re fused, but offered him employment. The case is not expected to conclude before to morrow. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, GUILDHALL. (Before Lord Chief Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) GRAVES V. ASHFORD AND ANOTHER. This was an action by Mr. Graves, the eminent copperplate publisher, Pall Mall, for an infringe ment of the copyright of three engravings, entitled " My Ain Fireside," " Daddy is Coming," and " The Highland Nurses." The defendants are photographers in Newgate-street, and the alleged infringement consisted of photographing the above well-known engravings the property of the plaintiff. The Solicitor-General, Mr. Prentice, and Mr. Montague Williams were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Row for the defendants. Mr. Henry Graves (plaintiff) - said that he had purchased the right to engrave the pictures in ques tion, and paid for " Daddy's Coming" 50 guineas to the artist, and 250 guineas to Mr. Simpson for engraving it. For Sir Edwin Landseer's " High land Nurses" he paid a large sum for the right to engrave, and 400 guineas to Mr. T. Landseer for engraving it. The publication line was always employed on the engravings when they were first published. He never gave the defendants per mission to photograph his engravings, nor was he asked to do so. The effect of photographing en gravings would be to diminish their sale. He had seriously suffered from the infringement of his copyright, and 70 plates which he had three or four years ago were now reduced to 35, and he believed they would have still further to be reduced. In the course of the witness's direct examination there was a discussion between counsel as to whether the defendants were liable for the injury which the plaintiff sustained, in consequence of the extent to which the photography of the engravings had been carried on generally, but the learned judge decided that the defendant was liable only for the detriment caused by his own photograph. The witness, in cross-examination, said that he had a partner who was interested in his business. He was the " Co." as Dickens expressed it, and invested his property without appearing in the business. He purchased the right of engrav ing the prints for eight years. Unfortunately some of the photographs were half as large as the engravings. He did not care much about the use of the publication lines, until photographing became so extensive. Mr. H. Graves, son of the plaintiff, and assistant in his business, and Mr. Fraser, also an assistant, proved to having purchased at the defendant's shop and elsewhere photographs of the engravings for 6d. each. Mrs. Jackson was next called, but refused to give her evidence until she received her expenses, and stoutly adhered to her determination, amid much laughter, until the amount to which she was legally entitled was handed to her. She said she was a stationer at Leamington, and she believed that one of the photographs produced was sold at her esta blishment. She would not swear that she had more than two of the photographs in her possession. She had dealings with the defendants. M. Joubert, 30, Porchester-terrace, Bayswater, said that he was an engraver and photographic artist, and proved that the " Highland Nurses" was photographed from the engraving. He gave tech nical reasons to show that he could depose to the fact he had stated with certainty. After some further evidence the learned judge summed up, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, and assessed the damages at 40s. for the infringements in each case. MARKETS—This Day. MIRK-LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale at Mark Lane to-. day was very moderate, and the condition of the samples exhibited a slight improvement. The trade, on the whole, was steady, and prices ruled firm. With foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied. The demand ruled far from active, nevertheless a moderate quantity of produce changed hands at full quotations. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request at full prices. The supply of barley on sale was tolerably large. The trade for nearly all qualities was in a sluggish state at late rates. Malt sold slowly at previous quotations. The supply of oats on sale was somewhat extensive. For most qualities there was a steady demand and prices ruled firm. Beans and peas moved off steadily at fully late rates. In flour about an average business was transacted at late prices. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch. 620 1830 350 10 240 Irish Foreign 8530 4970 49,110 340 sks. 1420 brls. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending Dec. For the corresponding week 9, 1865. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 72,986-46s 5d Wheat 79,671-38s 5d Barley 81,030-33 s 2d Barley 93,924-29 s 2d Oats POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SCENE AT DUBOURG'S IN THE HAYMARKET.— Wm. Saunders, of 5, East India-avenue, Leaden hall-market, clerk, was charged with assaulting Rose Herbert, by cutting her hand with a knife. The prosecutrix, a stylishly -dressed female, said she was at Dubourg's, in the Haymarket, taking supper with a gentleman, a friend of hers, and the prisoner was there taking coffee, having a large dog with him. She made a laughing re mark about the dog, stating that she was fond of dogs, and the prisoner then made an offensive re mark towards her, and pushed her, on which she fell. The prisoner then took a knife off the table and jobbed at her with it while she was on the floor, but she put up her hand and protected her face, but her hand was cut. She was after wards taken from the prisoner. Police-constable Williams, 129 C, said the prose cutrix told him she had been stabbed with a knife at Mr. Dubourg's, in the Haymarket. He knocked at the door and the keeper of the place refused to admit her, but subsequently, on the inspector com itt', up, did so. The prisoner, however, was not to be found, but was subsequently let out by another door. The prosecutrix's hand was then bleeding, and she gave the prisoner into custody. The prisoner said that the prosecutrix insulted him, and he pushed her, but never used a knife. Mr. Bacon, of Winchester-street, Pimlico, tra veller, said the prisoner spoke to the young lady (the prosecutrix) and then knocked her down, only a few words having occurred. He went to the prosecutrix's rescue, when he was collared by a lot of Germans, calling themselves gentlemen. He heard no quarrel between the prisoner and the prosecutrix. She was engaged paying his bill. There was a scene of great confusion, and a knife was passing about. He did not see the prisoner cut the prose cutrix, but she complained directly after being cut. The prisoner acted like a ruffian. The waiter col lared him (witness) and he was obliged to claim the constable's protection. He refused to let the police in for a long time, and prisoner could not be . seen, but while talking to the inspector, telling him how he had been treated, the prisoner came out of the house. The waiter was offended with him because he said he was overcharged. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would remand the prisoner till Wednesday next, but would take bail in £2O each for his re-appearance. Mr. Bacon applied for a summons against a person at Dubourg's for assaulting him, and it was granted. Kelly's Post-office London Directory for 1866 The Mammoth Directory is again true to its own gigantic programme, and is in every essential respect worthy of being still relied upon as at once the key to the mystery and the clue through the labyrinth of our stupendous metropolis. A city having hundreds of miles of streets, and peopled with over three millions of inhabitants, must needs require for the mere enumeration of the names of the heads of houses'among those inhabitants, and of the nos. of houses in those miles upon miles of streets, squares, crescents, lanes, terraces, places, rows, and what not—a catalogue of enormous dimensions. Such a catalogue it has, in point of fact, long possessed, thanks to the indefatigable exertions and the untiring assiduity of the Messrs. Kelly, the projec tors, proprietors, revisers, editors (and all the rest of it rolled into one firm) of The Post-office London Directory. That Directory, in truth, is to a nicety exactly of the same age as the century. The present issue of it—for 1866—is marked upon its title-page as " The Sixty-seventh annual publication." Look ing back to what it was at the outset, and regarding it as it has now for some years past come to be, we have all of us long become accustomed to note in its regard how literally it has grown with the growth of the vast city it more than anything else that we could name, has helped the most vividly to realise in its full immensity to the popular ima gination. Mapping out the contents of this enor mous accumulation of towns, villages, parishes, &c., called as a huge whole LONDON—the compilers of Kelly's Directory have enabled the world at large to form some adequate idea of the Brobdingnagian dimensions of this the largest and most populous capital upon the surface of the globe, by means of its various important and comprehensive subdivi sions. Here, for example, is the monstrous sub division, or section, or department of the Directory dedicated exclusively to the alphabetical, house by house enumeration, of the STREETS—beginning with Abbey Gardens, St. John's Wood, and ending with Young Street, Kensington ! Here, again, is the CO3DIERCIAL portion of the work, alphabetically arranged, like all the other portions, and—so arranged--leading off with Aaris and Company, stock and sharebrokers, and closing the long round of names with one Zweifel, a silk mercer. Fol lowing immediately upon this we have the TRADES, under their several heads, comprehensively enumerated marshalled by Academies and tailing off with Zinc-merchants. " Law" and " Court"—" City" and " Conveyance"—" Postal" and " Parliamentary"—" Banking" and " As surance"—Here, too, are other departments of the Directory, each of immense importance, and all of them preceded, as by right in the order of precedence, by the division of divisions in regard to London as the metropolis of the British Empire, the su preme division, so to speak, coming under the significant title of--OFFICIAL ! In other words, the list of the whole mass of our administrators. together with a duly subdivided record of the various de partments of the whole Governmental organization. Here it is that in this alphabetical list of persons holding situations of every kind under the Crown in public offices, of any and every denomination, our administrative workers are led off in this purely arbitrary alphabetical arrangement, by Abbiss, an Alderman, to be closed up by Zwinger, a Bank of England clerk unattached. Chaoti cally confused together in a world of dingy streets, jumbled together anyhow, though London itself appears to be to every wayfarer pass ing through it—a guidebook as thoroughly well organised and systematised and parcelled out, name by name, house by house, like this same wonderful Post-office Directory, annually issuing from Bos well-court, St. Clement Danes, draws to light order out of this otherwise bewildering confusion and con ducts us, clear-eyed and sure-footed, to any person or to any locality we may be in search of among all these stony-hearted worlds of London streets, and among all these three millions and more making up this a wful aggregate of the London population. As the responsibilities devolving upon the compilers of the work unceasingly increase and multiply from year to year, in proportion with the steadily progressive increase of London itself, and the equally steadily progressive multiplication of its inhabitants—so do their Cyclopian labours increase quite manifestly in their ever-advancing and accumulating toil of revi sion. The corrections, besides being minute and in almost microscopic detail, are brought down to the latest possible period before publica tiod. Accuracy above all things being aimed at evidently as the one paramount and most eagerly desired excellence, constantly held in view for attain ment by the compilers, at any cost or at any labour. The result is as close an approximation to perfect accuracy as is in any way practicable in the midst of such an amazing mass of materials and materials, moreover, that are more or less perpetually in fluctua tion. Altogether, this huge tome is a triumph of inge nuity, and one that is achieved only year after year by the most diligent research, guided at every step by a system of the most elaborate organization. It is the hand-book of a giant city, and, naturally enough, therefore, appears to be a book solely suited, in its dimensions, for the hand of a giant. BOROUGH HOP. The amount of business passing in our market is very moderate. In prices no quotable change has taken place. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and tho trade rules firm, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 40d to 5s 4d veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. Liverpool Cotton Market—This ray. Market very strong. Sales probably 15,000 or 20,000 bales. GOVERNOR EYRE AND MR. GORDON.—Gover nor Eyre had no authority to send Mr. Gordon to Morant Bay for trial; the brigadier and his militia officers had no authority to try him ; and consequently neither the Governor nor the so-called court had any authority to hang him. Mr. Gordon had been slain in violation of the law. He may have been guilty of all that is charged against him—of that we know nothing ; but Governor Eyre and Brigadier Nelson have been guilty of a crime quite as great as that imputed to Gordon—they have taken life by an illegal process; they have, in the name of the Queen, and by misusing the powers entrusted to them by the Queen, committed a judicial murder. Unless these men are called to a sti ict account, it will be impossible to say that any man is safe in any British possession, or even in Great Britain itself. The way in which Mr. Gordon was treated by his political opponents throws a painful glare of light into the very heart of the system adopted to suppress this "rebellion," and reveals the fact that it was a mere work of vengeance. Governor Eyre in his despatch states, first, that Mr. Gordon was the chief cause of the rebellion ; and, next, that it was "in a great degree due to Dr. Underhill's letter and the meetings held in connection therewith ;" and in another part of his speech he asserts "that it is absolutely necessary, for the future security of Jamaica, that condign punishment should be inflicted upon those through whose seditious acts and language the rebel lion has been originated." He has executed Mr. Gordon for his seditious language, and one is surprised to find he did not request Mr. Cardwell to transport Dr. Underhill to Morant Bay for trial by court-martial and execution by the hangman. Into all these bloody transactions—the record of which has sent a shudder through the States, and has lowered the name of Englishmen before the world —and into the condition of Jamaica, and the real causes both of this atrocious " rebellion " and its equally atrocious suppression, there must be a strict inquiry by authority of Parliament. Governor Eyre is a man of undoubted courage and a man of honour. " The whole responsibility of what has been done rests upon me," he writes. Let the responsibility be felt. Governor Eyre ought to be re called; and those officers who, by their own showing did flagrantly illegal acts, should be directed to report to the Horse Guards. The public conscience demands satisfac tion, and will have it.—Fortnightly Review. The first contract for British army supplies ever awarded to Canadian bidders has just gone to an extensive pork-packing establishment in Hamilton. THAMES. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Dennis Manning, aged 28 years, Thomas Donovan, 32, and Margaret Hames, 18, were charged with highway robbery and violence. The victim of the prisoners, who belong to a dangerous class of thieves, was Charles Quantrick, a seaman. He was passing along Cannon-street road, St. George-in-the-East, last night at half-past 9 o'clock, on his way to the Sailors' Home in Well street, when Manning came up on one side of him and Donovan on the other. Manning said to him, in a familar tone, " How are you ; how do you get on ?" The sailor replied " Very well." Manning said, " You don't know a person ; you don't recol lect my taking you to the Sailors' Home ?" He was then attacked by the three prisoners and much ill-used. The prisoners, who were well-known thieves, were committed for trial. Mr. Galt, Finance Minister of Canada, said at the M`Gee dinner that if Canada would 6e annexed to the United States $300,000,000 would be its share of debt, and he added that, with such a sum the people of Canada could build the Intercolonial Railway, buy the whole of the North-west Territory, and build the Pacific Railroad, besides enlarging the canals, &c. THE UNITED STATES MONITOR MONADNOCK.— A correspondent of the London Standard, writing from St. Thomas, gives a description of the monitor Monadnock, one of the United States Pacific squadron. The writer says: —" As this monitor is the first of her class which has made a long sea voyage, it may not be uninteresting to your readers to have a short description of her. As she now lies in the harbour with her low, rusty sides, about eighteen inches out of the water, funnel and two turrets, she certainly does present a most curious appearance, and one cannot but admire the ingenuity of the Yankees for inventing such a ship, but also must allow them credit for the pluck they display in trusting themselves on board of her for a voyage of some 15,000 miles. She is about 250 feet long, 1,200 tons register, and has engines of about 250-horse power. She has stowage-room for. 350 tons of coal, of which, when steaming full speed at a rate of about eight knots an hour, she burns from 22 to 25 tons per day. I was informed that she has two screws. On going on board you are most courteously received by the officers, and al lowed to go over the whole ship, when the first thing that strikes ono is the immense solidity of the whole concern. You at once perceive that you are on board a war vessel, which would not be easily destroyed either by the new system of 'ramming,' or by good-sized guns. All along the deck holes about 6 in. in diameter, covered with thick glass, serve to give light down below, and some can be opened when in harbour fdr the sake of air. The Monadnock has two revolving turrets, each con taining two 20-ton 15-inch guns, which throw a solid steel or iron shot of 5001 b. three miles with an immense charge. They are muzzle-loaders and not rifled. The car riage of each one weighs eight tons. They are certainly fine pieces of ordnance. When in action the guns are loaded inside the turrents, the rammers and sponges being constructed on the telescopic principle; then run outside the porthole and fired. The gun at once recoils, and a piece of solid iron, the same thickness as the turret, in stantly fills up the porthole, which both prevents the smoke getting inside and keeps the shot and shell of the enemy from entering. The turrets revolve, one in every three minutes, and the tops of them are covered with gratings of the strongest iron in order that any smoke may escape that way. The inside of the turrets is lined with a thick padding covered with canvas, so that no con cussion may be felt from shot striking it outside. I was told on board that when the turret is struck by a ball the concussion is so great that if any one is touching the iron work he is at once thrown down. On the top of the turrets are placed the pilot-houses, from which the Captain issues his orders and fights the ship. These houses are of a great thickness, eleven inches I was informed, and have small holes - all round, through which the commander takes his observations. It is so arranged that the monitor's anchor is weighed on the main deck, in order that at no time may any of the crew be exposed to an enemy's fire. I noticed that the ship was constructed of 1-inch iron plates, the sides of these being composed of six of these plates rivetted together. She bears the marks of her late engage ment at Fort Fisher, Wilmington, ono 10-inch shot having struck her, just at the top of her side, making a good dent in the plates ; another struck her forward. After going all over her, and seeing what an enormous mass of iron and wood she is composed of, one cannot really help being convinced that the Monadnock is an ugly customer, and a vessel that would do great destruc tion amongst a fleet of wooden vessels ; at the same time I must acknowledge that she is not the ship one would choose to make a Transatlantic passage in." THE LIVERPOOL AND NEW ORLEANS STEAMSHIP COMPANY.—A public dinner was recently given in New Orleans to Capt. J. Glover, of the steamer Alabama, of the Liverpool and New Orleans line. In response to the toast, " The British Steamship Company," the host, Mr. Stone, said "That the merchants of Liverpool and London, remark able fora sagacity to which England is indebted for much of her prosperity, should at this time, so soon after that ter rible civil commotion which we have lately experienced, consummate so long-delayed an enterprise, evinces a con fidence in the stability of our ,Government and the pros perity of our country, notwithstanding our changed system of labor ; and, I may further add, of the practicability and wisdom of the reorganising policy of our noble and magna nimous chief magistrate, which we are pleased to recog nise as the very highest compliment that could possibly be paid to our Republican system. Yet, to England, more than to any other nation, is the civilised world indebted for its civilisation. Commerce not only developes the resources of nations, but is a humaniser, adjusting the differences, and as our lamented Lincoln would have said, hewing the rough edge and rounding the corners,' of conflicting systems of government to man's necessities, ennobling his nature and benefiting the *mid. This enter prise, the subject of this occasion, dill do much to en courage the arts of peace, which, by God's sanction, let us hope may never again be disturbed, and in a few short years when old differences shall be forgotten, and old pre judices obliterated, the ' Crescent City,' now under a cloud, shall merge brighter than a star in the firmament, and become, as nature has destined she shall become, second to no other on the American continent. May Captain Glover live long and maks many trips, and may Mr. Hunter enjoy in green old age a rich harvest, of which this is but the breaking of the soil." AN ENGLISH COTTON COMPANY FOR AMERICA. —A Washington correspondent states that a number of Eng lish merchants and bankers are looking to the organisation of a National Cotton Company. English capitalists who have been trying to produce cotton in Egypt are making constant inquiry as to the movements of the freedmen and the cultivation of cotton lands in the South, evidently desiring to invest their money where they can realize better profits than they do in other lands. Mr. CONWAY, late of the Freedmen's Bureau in Louisiana, has been re quested to proceed to Liverpool and London for the pur pose of giving such information as will securo the invest ment of English capital, and the employment of Southern freedmen in their cultivation of cotton. General HOWARD favors this project, and thinks that by turning capital into the South much can be done to settle difficulties now en countered in the operations of the Freedmen's Bureau. The General will either assign Mr. CONWAY to the charge of freedmen's schools in Kentucky and Tennessee, or permit him to accept the mission to England. Letts' Diaries for 1866. A whole cluster of Diaries—big and little—bulky volumes for the desk and miniature pocket com panions—some of them diaries beautifully finished, some of them mere rough-and-ready scribb ling journals interleaved with blotting-paper—annually issue from the press at the close of the Old Year and the approach of the New, under their well known generic title as " Letts's Diaries." In this way, from one and the same establishment, that of the Messrs. Letts, Son, and Company, come yearly clusters of diaries, in the external getting up and the internal arrangement of which every taste is con sulted. The man of business and the man of pleasure --the gentleman at large and the tradesman in little—the flaneur and the hard-working man of letters—the ever idle and the ever busy—alike, can select his own peculiar and favourite remembrancer from the diversity of diaries, almanacks, calendars, and journals issued thus, in all sizes and at all prices, from the same indefatigable and enterprising establishment. BLACKWOOD'S SHILLING SCRIBBLING DIARY FOR 1866—0 f lesser size and lesser price than Letts'—has again, as usual, made its appearance early in the month of December. A DINNER AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE WITH WILLIAM IV.—The King and Queen sat oppo site each other, on each side, at the middle part of the table ; Prince George on the left hand of the Queen, the Marquis of Winchester on her right ; then the maid of honour, and then the Doctor. The Queen, to use Dr. Sleath's expression, " was very quiet," and addressed her conversation chiefly to Prince George, but only talked a little during her stay at the table. The King " was very pleasant." No dishes were set upon the table — nothing in the shape of eatables appeared there. The entire space was covered with an immense variety of ornamental articles, curiously and elaborately constructed, to which a striking effect was communicated by the softened lights of the numerous wax candles that clus tered above the board. Ten servants in superb liveries assisted during the dinner, and behind the King's chair stood a gentleman in black, who gave his Majesty wine. To descant on the various succession of appetising viands would be superfluous. Even princes are restricted to the enjoyment of the same objects of food participated by their subjects as ordinary delicacies. Thus, cod-fish, soles, white soup, turtle soup, roast beef, fowls, cutlets, patties, game of all kinds, and sweet-dishes of every conceivable variety, wore handed about to the guests with that prompt and skilful attention peculiar to highly trained servitors in our best houses. Soon after the fish was distributed the King said to Dr. Sleath—" Remember you preach to us on Sun day ; and will you do us the honour to take wine ? What do you do with yourself these holidays ? " Sire, Igo into Warwickshire, where I was born, to see all my friends." "Ah, well ! Amherst, fill your glass— you are a Warwick shire boy. Here's to the health of tho Warwickshire lads and lasses !" at which they all laughed and drank the toast. After the dinner a magnificent dessert was put upon the table, the coup d ceil of which was a spectacular treat to be ever afterwards recalled with a feeling of unabated ad miration. The men stayed to change the ice plates, and then left. After a rather brief interval the Queen nodded to the King, who immediately said aloud—" Door ?" which was opened by the man in black ; all the gentlemen stood up; and then the Queen arose, and her two ladies, and left the room. The gentlemen sat till 11 o'clock, the King " very pleasant ;" he left the table alone, and the rest a quarter of an hour after.— Once a Week,. The New Governor of Jamaica. (From the Gazette of last night.) DOWNING -STREET, Dec. 12. At the Council, held at Windsor, on Monday, the 11th instant, her Majesty was pleased to approve of the subjoined draft of a commission for the tempo rary appointment of Sir Henry Knight Storks, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., as Governor of the Island of Jamaica, during the prosecution of certain inquiries therein mentioned. Draft of a commission to be passed under the Great Seal appointing Sir Henry Knight Storks, G.C.8., G. C.M. G., to be Captain-General and G overn or in-Chief in and over the Island of Jamaica and the territories depending thereon. Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, De fender of the Faith : To our trusty and well-be loved Sir Henry Knight Storks, Knight Grand Cross of our most Honourable Order of the Bath, Knight Grand Cross of our most distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Gover nor and Commander-in-Chief of our island of Malta and its dependencies, a Major-General in our army, having the local rank of Lieutenant- General while in command of our troops in Malta and its dependencies, greeting, I. Whereas we did, by our Commission under the Great Seal of our United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the 29th day of July, 1864, in the 28th year of our reign, constitute and appoint our trusty and well beloved Edward John Eyre, Esq., to be our Captain- General and Governor-in -Chief in and over our island of Jamaica, and the territories depending thereon, during our will and pleasure, as by the said recited Commission, relation being thereunto had may more fully and at large appear : And we did by our said Commission make provision for the government of our said island in the event of the death, incapacity, or absence of him, the said John Eyre, but no provision was therein made for the government of our said island by any other person than the said Edward John Eyre during his pre sence there : And whereas it is alleged that great disaffection hath prevailed in our said island, and that sundry evil-disposed persons have concerted the destruction of other our subjects resident therein. And whereas grievous disturbances have broken out in our said island, and have been suppressed, and the said disturbances and suppression have been at tended with great loss of life, and it is alleged that excessive and unlawful severity has been used in such suppression : And whereas it greatly concerns us that full and impartial inquiry should be made into the origin, nature, and circumstances of the said disturbances, and with respect to the measures adopted for the suppression of the same : And whereas it may be advisable that the said Edward John Eyre should be present in our said island dur ing the whole, or part, of the said inquiry, but it is requisite for the sufficiency of the said inquiry that the powers vested in him:las Governor of our said island should not be exercised by him while so pre sent therein, but should, during the prosecution of the said inquiry, and for such further time as may 1 1 seem to us requisite, be vested in such other person as we may think fit ; now know you that we have revoked and determined, and by these presents do revoke and determine from and after the time when public notice hereof shall be given by proclamation or otherwise in our said island, and thenceforth until we shall think fit to determine the presents, so much of the said recited Commission as did consti tute and appoint the said Edward John Eyre to be our Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief over our said island of Jamaica and its dependencies : Ind further you know that we, reposing especial trust and confidence in the prudence, courage, and loyalty of you the said Henry Knight Storks, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, have thought fit to constitute and appoint, and do by these presents constitute and appoint, you to be our Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over our said island of Jamaica, and the territories depending thereon, and also of all forts and garri sons erected and established, or which shall be erected and established, within the same, for, and during our pleasure. And we do hereby authorise, empower, and command you, while these presents shall remain in force, to do and execute all things in due manner that shall belong to your said command, and to the trust we have reposed in you, according to the several powers apd authori ties granted or appointed to him the said Edward John Eyre by , our aforesaid Commission, and by mu- instructions under our sign-manual and signet therewith given him, and according to such further powers, directions, and authorities as have been or shall at any time hereafter be granted or ap pointed him or you under our sign-manual and signet, or by our order in our Privy Coun cil, or by us, through one of our principal Secre taries of State, and according to such reasonable laws and statutes as are now in force, or as shall be hereafter made and agreed upon by you, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis lative Council and Assembly of our said island. And we declare our pleasure to be that, except in respect to the appointment of the said Edward John Eyre, the afore-mentioned commission, and all in structions heretofore issued to the said Edward John Eyre, under our sign-manual and signet, or by our order in Council, or by us through one of our prin cipal Secretaries of State, and all appointments, nominations, and dispositions, made by or by virtue of such commission or instructions, shall remain in full force and effect. 11. And we do hereby require and command all officers, ministers, civil and military, and all other the inhabitants of our said island, and the territories depending thereon, to be obedient, aiding and assist ing unto you or to the officer administering the Go vernment for the time being in the execution of this our commission, and of the powers and authorities herein contained. SOUTHERN RECONSTRUCTION. Among the important causes at work to re-unite the Southern and Northern people, and to firmly establish the Re public, we notice particularly the eagerness with which the old landed proprietors of the South seek Northern capital to restore and work their plantations, and the readi ness with which that capital is flowing to the South. In former times Northern people, as a general thing, were not welcomed in the South. They were looked upon with suspicion or jealousy, and were often sneered at as a plodding, scheming, and inferior people. Now the Southerners want not only the capital of the North, but they are calling out to our citizens to come also. The very chivalry extend the hand of invitation to the people they formerly despised. A mighty revolution has been effected and is still going on in this respect, and it is the best augury for the future. The South is just commencing its reconstruction, and that will have an important bearing the upon its political rehabilitation. Generals of the rebel army, members of the rebel Congress, the foremostsecessionists and proudest men of the South, are not only accepting its social v an er d d i i n ct du of st t l h ia e l wbaearriinnga, they political havesense, resolvedb ut,s t e o e seeing pa g t and adapt themselves to the actual state of things. Many of these very men are now at the North endeavoring to stimulate enterprise in and emigration n to the South. Capitalists are inv es ti ng money to aid restoring the railroad s , an d for other purposes manytino' in are purchasing farms, plantations, mines and mill sites right out; and a number of emigrant laborers of different classes are going both from the North and Europe. It may be remarked here that this emigration from Europe to the South, which appears to be just setting in, and which is but the beginning of a tide, probably is a new thing, and may be attributed to the abolition of slavery. Let the people of the Southern States exercise their common sense, as they appear to be doing to some extent, and, for getting the past, conform promptly to the requirements of the Government, and they will see their beautiful and pro lific country blossom like the rose. In a few years they will rejoice at the change that has taken place, and wonder at their folly in resisting it. What are the gold and silver mines of the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, or the oil regions of Pennsylvania and other parts of the country, to the productions of the South ? Valuable as they are they are not comparable to cotton, tobacco, sugar, rice, wool, stock, and other pro ductions of the South ? The laws of nature will operate to carry an immense immigration and a vast amount of capital and enterprise to such a magnificent country and genial climate, now that the people and the domestic institutions there are not inimical, and as the facilities are inviting. This, then, is the mostpromising kind of recon struction which is just beginning — t h e i ndustrial recon struction ; and if the politicians w ill let it go on it will pro duce a groat political and soc i al change, tending to strengthen and perpetuate the Republic. New York herald. _ _ _ Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher is now acting Governor of Montana Territory in absence of Governor Edgerton. Great Eastern Eailway Company, MEETING THIS DAY. A special general meeting of the directors and shareholders of the Great Eastern Railway was held this day at the London Tavern, for the purpose of further increasing the borrowing powers of the Company by raising a large amount of money for extensions and other purposes. The CIIAIIMA.N having read a detailed statement of the various sums the Company proposed to borrow, said, with respect to the committee of in vestigation, the board had a full answer to all the allegations which they would make public at the proper moment. He concluded by moving the first resolution, which was the raising of £200,000 by way of mortgage, authorised by their Act of 1862. Mr. LEVI said before the meeting proceeded any further he begged to say that the company had already exceeded their borrowing powers—(hear, hear, and cries of " That's true," and uproar)--by the amount of £300,000. (Uproar.) The meeting had been called, therefore, for an illegal purpose, or for giving its sanction to the continuance of an illegal act. Under these circumstances he trusted the meeting would at once refuse to give its ap r • proval to everything submitted to it. The CHAIRMAN said it, was a mistake to say the parliamentary powers of the company had been exceeded. (Uproar.) A SHAREIIOI:DER hoped the meeting would give the directors a patient hearing, but he could not but think that the preliminary report issued by the com mittee had done more harm than good. (No, no, and uproar.) He thought the time had now arrived when some alteration in the conduct of their business should be made. (Cries of " Turn out the directors.) That could not be done at the present moment, but he thought if if they had any honcur amongst them they would resign in a body. He thought the secretary had failed in his duty in not at once refusing his assent to the illegal proceedings of the board. The time had passed for the controlling influence of secretary and engineers—(hear, hear) —and he thought the directors would bow to public opinion, but instead of that he believed they in tended to use proxies on the present occasion to carry out their object. Here the confusion became so great that the effect was perfectly deafening. On the one side were en raged shareholders shouting " Turn 'em out," and on the other gentlemen with stentorian lungs en deavouring to address the meeting, but none seemed fortunate enough to get beyond the words " Mr. Chairman." At length one gentleman called out in a piercing voice, " What is the amount of your temporary loans ?" to which Mr. Turner, the chair man of the investigation committee, replied, " £798,000, and the interest was put down at I per cent. above the Bank rate, whatever that might be." This announcement created, if possible, still greater uproar, and so matters went on for over four hours. At length it became known that the committee of investigation were favourable to the proposals for the sanction of which the directors had called the shareholders together. The power to raise the several sums was then given by the meeting, which, however, had in a great measure been already spent by the directors. Mr. SEGG moved a resolution calling upon the directors, in consequence of the ruinous condition into which they had allowed the company to drift, to resign. The motion was carried amidst the most vocife rous cheering. Another resolution adjourning the meeting for six weeks, in order to allow the directors time to make any defence they felt disposed previous to their resignation, was carried. The meeting, which hal been of the most " lively" description then broke up, after four hours and a half's " hard work." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Dec. 13 Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 13.—Wind steamer, for Alexandria. FALMOUTH, Dec. 12.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Ocean Tra veller, for Rio Janeiro. LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 1 GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 13.—Bleikam, from Helsingborg ; Mars_ done, from Holy Island; Ellen, from Dunkirk; Alabama, from Wyborg. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed, Dec. 12—Squehna, screw steamer, from London, for Malta; City of Foo-Chow, from London for Glasgow Express, from Shields for Genoa. A prospectus has been published announcing the formation of a company, under the title of the Anglo-Romano Water Company, with a capital of £200,000, in shares of £2O each, for the purpose of supplying Rome with the water of the never-failing springs at Arsoli, known as the "Aqua Marcia" and " Regina Aquarum" of the ancient Romans. When it is considered that for some months in the year, owing to its almost tropical climate, water is consi dered a luxury in Rome, the scheme of making the supply as general as that of the great metropolis of London seems to be productive of but one result— viz., a large profit to those engaged in the under taking. The most favourable terms have been secured from the Pontifical Government, and the utmost care has been taken to place the works in the hands of responsible parties. Judging from the other Anglo-Roman works now in operation, the proposed Water Company seems well calculated to equal, if not exceed, them in a profitable return for the capital expended. The Halberstadt Gazette states that the trichine disease continues its ravages at Hadersleben (Prussia). Several persons who had partially recovered have had a relapse and have died suddenly of pulmonary paralysis. The deaths from this disease at H a d ers l e b en and its en virons now amount to 65. In the workmen's barracks, out of 27 patients, 24 died. Physicians have arrived from all quarters to study this new and terrible distemper. Ex-Governor Clarke, of Mississippi, having been invited by the State Legislature to visit that body, de clined, on the ground that he was a prisoner of State on parole. He expressed the hope soon to see the State en joying its old rights under the flag of the Union, adding— " With all of you I marched under that flag in a foreign land, and it was victorious. With all of you I marched against it, and it was victorious. It again waves over us, is our flag and may it ever be victorious." SUICIDE OF S TO RER.—SALISBURY, Dec. 12. About half-past two o'clock this afternoon Storer committed suicide at the county gaol, Salisbury, by drown ing himself in a warm bath. He had succeeded in tying his hands behind him, and was found, five minutes after his having been left by the warder to bathe himself, quite dead, with his face in tho water. Medical assistance was qu i c kly obtained. The Marshall Hall and Sylvester me thods and other means were used without avail. A FENIAN FIRE-EATER.-O'MAIIONEY 7 the Iri s h Head Centre or President of the Fenians in the United States, has recently called upon the Hon. HENRY w. R Ay _ MOND, the Editor of the New York Times, for a "retrac tion" of charges contained in a leading article which de nounced the Fenian leaders as impostors. Mr. RAYMOND has declined to retract, and subsequently also declined to fight. The following is the article in question : "Fenian Imposture.—Hundreds, and probably thousands, of poor, honest, unsuspecting Irish, living in unsophisticated sections of this country, have been cajoled into making remittances to the managers of the Order here and elsewhere - not one tithe of which, they may depend on it, are used for any other purpose than maintaining a set of scamps in idleness. Stories come to us of remittances of Fenian funds to Ire land. Most of these stories are doubtless intended to show that the contributions received are actually, expended for some revolutionary end. Even if an honest share of the funds were sent to Ireland, the result would apparently be merely to send a few more ill-advised young people to jail. But we do not believe that the money is used for any other purpose than getting notoriety and patent leather. boots s e I t the iis r u e n a l s l o y o t i i i i s ti t e i oa t h t e a d t people in the rural distr icts as to the real nature of the are in a he cri el m e e rg t y o , bolsteron wh whose t fo h r ose a s w et h o o f a in po t s h i i t s ion c o t u o u t a r d y v . ca is ,i T is chiefly depend, a r e Iri probably doing their be st to sto p the s windle. But every n d , l e e s vt h h e en o u d s h o a s A o jm . okee l ri t Feniant ieco administrations ns erin one who wishes well to Ireland and her people should lend a hand in exposing what is really an unmitigated imposture." THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. 11: