The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-17 00:00:00

NONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The demand for discount accommodation to-day has not been very active ; but as there appears to be a diminution in the amount of capital afloat, the brokers have generally asked higher rates for the a ccommodation they have afforded. First-class bills have not been negotiable in the open market under 74 and 8 per cent., and those having only a few days to run have not been so easily taken at 7 i per cent. as was the case two or three days ago. The twentieth report of the directors of the Bank of London was this morning adopted at the half -yearly meeting. The dividend declared was 10 per cent per annum, with a bonus of £2 10s. for shares amounting together to 20 per cent. free of income tax. The half-yearly meeting of proprietors of the London and Westminster Bank was held to-day. The dividend settled was at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum out of profits, and a bonus of 14 per cent. on the paid-up capital. The prospectus for a new loan of £3,000,000, bearing 7 per cent. interest, has been issued by Messrs. Fruhling and Goschen for the Egyptian Government. The bonds are to be £lOO each, redeemable within eight years, at par, by annual drawings. The price of issue is £92, payable by instalments extending till Ist September. Arrange ments have been made for the regular transmission of the requisite funds for the half-yearly interest and for repayment of the capital to Messrs. Fruhling th and Goschen. The r ece ipt s an d revenues o f all e Egyptian Government railways are appro priated and assigned for the punctual payment of the capital and interests of these bonds, and the Egyptian Government is directly liable in case of any deficiency. The loan is required for the fur ther development of the existing railway system, C omprising the line from Alexandria to Suez, which, by rapidly increasing home and transit traffic, has become insufficient for the require ments both of passengers and goods. The brokers are Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co., and Messrs. Robins, Barber, and Dailey. Two O'CLOCK. The English Stock Market opened with a decline of per cent., but ultimately quotations recovered, and Consols are now 86i 87 for money, and 87i f or the account. The Now Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86i 87 ; Exchequer Bills, ss. to 2s. cli s• ; India Stock, 208 210 j. ; and ditto 5 per Cents., 1021 !- Foreign Stocks have generally been depressed. Turkish 5 per Cents., ex div., 39i ; Mexican, 21 4 a ; ditto New, 191 ; Greek, 13i f ; Sp an i s h Italia n, ras sive, 251 26 ; th e C er tifi cates, 13 i 14f ; 614 621 ; the Confederate Loan, 6 7 ; and Brazilian Scrip, f 1 prem. United States Govern ment , 5-20 B onds, 65 4 66 ; Erie shares, 57i 58 ; d Illinois, 76 The Scrip of the new Egyptian Railway Loan is quoted it e prem. In the Railway Share Market business has been .41 7 dull, and in several instances prices have Tightly given way. Great Eastern, Great Northern (a. Stock), and Metropolitan, have each receded Ss. ; d Lancashire an d Y or k s hi re 1 0s. ; wh i le North Western, South Western, and North Eastern (Ber 'Wick) have each advanced 10s. I n the Foreign and Colonial lines there is little variation of of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain very ac tive. Alliance Bank are dealt in at 27/ ; Lon don and County at 82 ; Oriental Bank at 51 ; Joint 13,teek Discount at 8-1 ; and Overend, G urney, an d ,"- il ) 204 ; the New E g ypti an G overnment way Debenture Loan is quoted 1 prem. ; glish and American Bank, 1 lt '^ - 7 -- seniv ention Bn"- .1"-exic°' s 2 L - Ondan 9;4 4= Towing Co., 11 2 prem.; Charles Lafitte and C 0• , 21 24 prcm. ; and Galatz Candle Co., Prem. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK G ovEitxmysa.,.7.!'szus. 8 per c c .. per annum, in ...,..,... b 7, ,1 7 .NY. ,, „t-3 on the Ist day of January, and the 1 ..,.ew 3 per Guilt ... . .. -.-..'.-.': ......... " c f " ~TI 1 ew 2-1. per Cent. Jan. 1891 Do. o per Cent. J an. 18 73 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 - .1,, D o (Red S ea T e l egraph), Aug., 1908 — 4chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per C en t. 5 2 Do £5OO — D ° £lOO and £2OO Ban k el England Stock, 5 per Cent I INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'll , (li an Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 2OB 101 -1-1,0 Account -- ",,°. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 ",0. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 •uO. Certificates FOREIGN FUNDS—ONA O'CLOCK. ,tistrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 trazilian 5 per Cent _ Do. 4k Per Cent., 1852-58-60 D 0 . . / Do. 1863 Do 1865 — Account _ D e • - . b • Scrip, .£2O paid 'one 1 , 40 s Ayres 6 per Cent — 4-11,0. Account el;,? 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) - ,, 140 6 per Cent — „ .'O. 0- per Cent — ulo 4 Cub n 6 per Cent. — 1 . , 11b al ; 6 per Cent. 4 1 ) 114 3 per Cent., 1825 /)---°' 4 per Cent., 1863 1) -1) . 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — DO' Principalities jo , 1)0 Account -(l,oador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ' O . Pr • ' nal Land Warrant t 7 per . --• Optiat t 7 per Cent 1,-),°., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds — r , Do. 1864 9li i ii ''-'0 £lOO Bonds DO 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons D°-`O. Account . Louons D P 0. Account Guatemala,.., 5 or Cent. ",. ) 0 £B6 paid 1,4-'.O. 1839 and 1850 wdia li Do. per Cent, 1865 ~\-‘'o. Account b"°. Maremmana Railway .h ° Scrip, £671 paid 14 ---° 0 per Cent., 1864 uO. Account b 0 6 1864 l 9l ii ° 6 Per Cent. A ng l o -F renc h D eFrench Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c ltevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid 4 ° wish Imperial 5 per Cent ~Ir Granada l3l .„ 4 "0 2 per Cent .",0 Deferred b c, " o Land Warrants (Hectares) n' 6 Per Cent, 1864 P ~sravianGu aranteed 5 per Cent per Cent — "i\)o.• Account ." 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — - 1 ) 21 0 1 per Cent., 1862 ° l ) xl 'lguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ii ° 3 Per Cent., 185, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 451. '-'O. Account D o A 1 - 'assiat, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B9l I.) -,, per C en t. 1850 41 Ler Cen., 186 o n 2 ° 3 Pe p / Cent. t 1859 ip ° 5 Per Cent. 1862 — t ,°. 5 Per C en t. 1864 ' — aruinian 5 per Cent D 0 Do , X I CO Bands; D itto "' it :'i a r . e9r Cent — "`sh 3 per Cent ut D 0 N eV e D u eferred —Do Account 1 ) as II - ,,,°Account 26 51 6 . 6'4 Cert. of Coup not funded — Sip e o Account l4l (li 'll 4 D O per Celt. - T ri ,, e • 4 } per Cent. 1864 4- ." 8 , 11 per Cent. 1854 — D o Account 1- 1 ° 6 per Cent. 1858 - 0 70 ,o Account t' £lOO Bonds i, r) ( 0 ) A 6 Per Cent. 1862 68 1 fDo £lOO Bonds N° 6 per Cent. , 1863 — .../0 *, ,Dos. per Cent. 186 5 ,crip, £35 paid 13 0 ezi l, ° c ia 6 per Cent. — A count 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. 11,1 3 1 i at ; r1411 ,..5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins D e g 2 } Per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — It a ,.° • t Per Cent. Certificates — - t;" 5 Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. 4-'0 Account 62 Co TWO O'CLOCK. 1 i 3° : 18 for money 86k 7 !"'" Accouut ~ „ 871 4.1 ........ 1; ............ imm n in a [elena, nn of lay. tended ) from eneral High ls the ace of 1, and very onour ass :-- I rcorge T. do ace of Lord Lord moat, and, enced idge, Homo moon les. left All at high for 1 of •rived )orne, the SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share I Railways. I Paid.' Closing Business I Price. I done. • ristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian .••• •• Cork and Bandon.. Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, Sc A b.Junc. E.London, acrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock Do. B stock .100 100 F 0 all all 100 1(0 93 95 126 127 94 96 13 15 4i 5a 68 70 70 72 111 113 41 E 2 71 6ii 1214 127 145 146 Do. New, is. at 25 pm GAS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original, D S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire L.?ndon and Blackwell' Lon., S Coast. Lon., ('hat., and Dover Do. Metrop. I x. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan.. Do. New Do. Extension_ _ Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid!and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derb' Hid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth & Nth. Eastern— Berwick Do. G.N•E pureliatst Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 : Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. 1 , Aber. stock' vo. Scot, Mid. stJek Shropshire Union .... ISouth Devon. , ouch E.stern . itainea, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha 1, West Cornwall BRITISH P Atlantic St. Lawrence S Born.,l3aroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. E shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich I 6 p.c. 872-3-I Calcutta ,k S. E., Um a4..e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt East. Ben2al, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c I'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. Gt.. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Wee. of Canada.. Do. New . Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 00.54 do. pay. 1877-8.. [radian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 42 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. It I. C' da, 6pc let pf. bs Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub 1 Do.lndus St.FlO COLONIAL GO VER British Columbia, 6 per' cent Dec. 31, 1872.... Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 00. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. sp. Inscribed el( Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do; 1? , 80-9. , Do. Jan.&July, 1690-91 Do. syer cent. 15 Aprils and i 5 Oct., 1000 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 I Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. tBB ?, May 15, Nov. !, 1t5,15 Feb. & Aug Alum ;ov. o per cent N.B.G ov. 6 p.c.Ja. &J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c. , 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 187 n Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. e New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18684! Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Grov. 6 p.C. Ja &July Do. do, April & Oct BRITI Cam. Consol. Cold, lim IChiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great I. ixey. limited Great South Tolg - us Great Wheal ilusy G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville Elerod's Foot .... Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, lin, New Se ton North Roskear N. Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Providence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Illog,an Stray Park Tin - Croft Vigra and Clogan, West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard' West Chi verton West Seton ..... ... Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men ,Wheal Seton Arheal Trelawney (Lis, FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Bahia and San Francisco .11. a.) gua. 7 per cent., 14 Recite and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 13 San Paulo, lien., gua. 6 per cent., 161 FOREIGN MINES. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 3 4 rrontino and Bolivia Gold, lim., If, i BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, lim., 565 Alliance. Rm.. 27L8 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 25 is paid., 275 Bank of New Zealand. It - 1 17 East London, Um.. 4f Eng ish Joint Stock, hm., 11 Imperial Bank, lira.. 281 Imperial Ottoman, 135 London and County, tit London Joint Stock, St Oriental Commercial Bank, lice., late N. IT., 3 Provincial of Ireland, 82 Standard of British South Africa, 15 Union of Australia, 515 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Australian Agricultural, 2t Berlin Water Works, Rm., 114 Ceylon Company, Ditto, A shares, 21 Credit Fancier and Monier of England, 81 1 Ditto, issued at a prem.. of which £2 is to pay, 51 Egyptian Com and Trading, Um., 44 Electric Telegraph. 131 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lim. 6 Imperial Mercantile Credit ABBO., UM., 74 4 International Financial eoclety , lice., 54 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 8 National Discount Company, 164 Ocean Marine Insurance), 22} Overend, Gurney, and Co., Urn., 204 1 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 71 Royal Mail Stearn, 1074 6 Thames and Mersey (Marine) Insurance, lice ., 74 Universal Marine, Insurance, lim., 34 Warrant Finance, lim., 71 COURSE OF EXCHANGE —Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 171 Ditto 3 Months. 12 2 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 50 Brussels Hamburg Paris ... Short 25 12i Ditto Marseilles 25 50 Frankfort on the Maine 120-a Vienna — 10 86 Trieste — 10 80 Petersburgh Madrid 461 Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa linA o 4mtuTtninimmu w 25 07 91 93 58 58, 38 40 34 37 101 1 (3 1221 122 89 91 100 102 36 38 4S 'o 1.5} 1261 94 95 (2 E 3 134 I's 2fp 1 111, 100 102 123 f 124 la gz 14 57 58 7 28 110 111 72 73 101 105 36 37 10 II p 12:3 126 2 21 .1 2 2,1 76 77 11 12 145 148 66 68 112 114 55 57 73 74 8 9 147 150 3 1 p 101 103 49 51 ,SIONS. 51 60 0 10) d 6} 6i 1U 11 75 80 96 N 60 70 100 102 100 101 110 102 35 36 87 89 67 69 57 62 57 59 52 57 46 50 42 46 34 36 33 35 100 102 l I tP • P 94 100 91 93 16} 16i 4 3i , 1 12 14 N /6 1 4d 91 100 90 92 86 88 63 65 8 , t,)14 102. 1014 1024 a 4 , 98 99 fT SECUR. 92 94 93 96 93 96 77 80 77 SO 101 103 104 106 104 105 101 103 90 92 10..) 102 104 J(7 101 1(3 102 104 102 104 103 105 Ut. 100 92 134 1 0 102 92 ir3 87 88 100 102 8: 84 97 99 9911 10.:4 103 105 ITIES. 104 106 9 10 20 21 570 590 1 18 20 8i 9t 5# 5.1 3 . Si 12 14 3 3; 5 7 20 21 2 3i 31 , •3 1- 31 40 4z 5} 5} 5 7 4 4i 2i 10 40 50 13 15 i 2 I I 37 39 410 13..) 2 If 8 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 80 83 190 200 95 1(0 30 35 3 25 22' 17 18 2 1 I9f 'OSSE SII MINES. li 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) EMERY 7. JEWETT. This was an action brought by Mr. Samuel Emery, the comedian, against the printer and publisher o.7,the Gloworm, for a false and malicious libel published on the 7th of THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EV ENIN(xI, JANUARY 17, 1866. Palestine Exploration Fund. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. November. Tho defendants pleaded justification. Tho libel complained of was, that the gentleman, in writing the notice of the " Watch Cry" had passed beyond the pale of fair criticism in stating that " the part of Mr. Emery was effectively spoken by the prompter." _ _ Mr. Emory was called, and said—O n the evening of the 6th of November, he appeared at the Lyceum Theatre in new drama called the " Watch Cry." Ile went through the part without the slightest assistance from the prompter . He was continually on the stage throughout the per formance. The part was an exceedingly difficult one Ile attended every rehearsal, and at night he went through the piece in a perfect /manner. Ile should have been liable to fine had he gone on the stage imperfect in his part. Mr. Mayhew, the prompter, said he recollected well the first performance of the " Watch Cry." The plaintiff went through his part without the slightest assistance from him during the entire representation. Had he been prompted he must have heard him. Never heard the under prompter (Mr. Craven) assisting Mr. Emery while the piece was going on. He never knew a first piece go off so perfectly as the " Watch Cry." Mr. foreman said he was an actor, and performed in the "Watch Cry." The character ho represented was that of the cousin to that sustained by Mr. Emery. lie was continually on the stage with Mr. Emory during the per formance of the piece, and he never heard him prompted. Mr. Widdicombe said he was a member of the Lyceum company. lie perfectly recollected the first representation of the " Watch Cry." He played a part in it. He never heard Mr. Emery prompted during the performance. His part was called by the critic a well-dressed scoundrel. (Laughter.) Sergeant Parry—Such a part as Benjamin Bowbells, in the " Illustrious Stranger," suits you much better ? 111r.Widdicome—Oh,,yes ; very much better. (Laughter.) Sergeant Parry then handed in a letter written to the defendant after the criticism had been published, which was read as follows: " Sir,—l have boon consulted by Mr. S. A. Emory with reference to a paragraph concerning him in your notice of the new piece at the Lyceum, produced on the 7th inst., to which his attention has just been called. It is there stated, that the part of Mr. Emery was effectively spoken by the prompter. The meaning of this is quite clear, and as it conveys to the public and theatrical profession the false impression that Mr. Emery was incapable of playing the part assigned him, it is calculated to do him considerable injury in his profession. I have, there fore, on his behalf, to call upon you to publicly withdraw this false statement, and publish in your columns of your next journal an apology for misrepre senting the fact.—l am, sir, yours " EDWARD JOHNSON." The letter was published in the newspaper with a foot note attached to the following effect :—" Our publication of the above letter is its best answer. We may add that intimidation will never cause us to forgot the duty we owe to our readers." We will give the conclusion of the case in a later edition. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) COOKE V. COOKE. This was a suit promoted by Eliza Cooke for restitution of conjugal rights, to which her husband pleaded adultery and cruelty on her part, but did not appear by counsel. Mr. Stavely Hill was for the petitioner. From the evidence of the petitioner, who was the only witness examined, it appeared that the parties were mar ried at Gateshead, on the 9th Merck, 1839, and that there were seven children issuo of the marriage. In 1853 the respondent accused his wife of adultery with a person named Bonnet and others, but they continued to cohabit. In March, 1861, the parties agreed to separate, and the re spondent allowed his wife £175 for some time, but he be came a bankrupt, and ehe was at present on parochial relief, although the respondent had relieved his position, and was again in business. The learned Judon niiim_tbe ',alio/ of the Court. His lordship was engaged a portion of the day in hear ing the case of Taverner, falsely called Dichfield v. Dich field, in camera. THE PADDINGTON WIPE MURDER. INQUEST THIS DAY. Tho adjourned inquiry touching the death of Grace Ringwood, who was stabbed by her husband, was held this morning before Dr. Lankester at the Hall Arms, Edgware road. A great deal of interest was manifested in the pro ceedings, a large crowd surrounding the house where the inquest was held. The accused, George Ringwood, was present in custody, having been brought up under an order from the Home-office. Mr. T. Willing, solicitor, of 17, Titchborno-street, ap peared for the prisoner. The Coroner read over tho depositions taken at the first inquiry, comprising the evidence of Mrs. Juson, of the Greyhound beorhouse, Louis Marcki, a lodger there, who witnessed the murder, and Mr. Hammonds, surgeon. Mrs. Juson was re-examined, and, in answer to Mr. Wilding, said—l have known deceased and her husband more than a twelvemonth. I have seen her during that time frequently the worse for drink. On the evening in question the prisoner first sat with his back to the door near a table. He was not sitting nearer to the table on which the knife and fork lay when Marcki came into the room. The prisoner was not eating any bread out of his hand, nor had he the knife in his hand. The whole affair was done in a moment, and I am certain Ringwood did not intend what he did. They both appeared to be on the best of terms, and Ringwood even joined the deceased in a chorus a few seconds before the unfortunate circumstance took place. When I came back, after leaving the room, Ringwood was supporting the deceased in his arms. Louis Marcki was recalled, and said he saw the bottle) thrown. It would have seriously hurt the accused if it had hit him. When the deceased called Ringwood "a - thief " she had her back to the sofa, and the accused had shifted closer to the table where the knife and fork lay. The whole thing was done in a minute and in the height of passion. By a Juror—Ringwood had not the knife in his hand for any time before he struck the blow, but took it up on the moment. By tho Coroner—l think it was in self-defence ho took up the knife, as she was so violent. I never knew Ring wcod to ill-treat his wife. Mr. R. Stephens, who was called by Mrs. Juson after the occurrence, deposed that she said to him, "For God's sake come into my house—there is murder." When witness went into the room ho saw Ringwood and his wife. Ring wood said, " For God's sake, do not all desert me. I did a rash act in a moment of passion ; but don't desert me— . for God's sake don't leave me." He had both his hands pressing his wife's wounds, endeavouring to stop the blood Ringwood said, " For God's sake, Stephens, run for a doc tor—get ono at any price." Witness fetched a doctor. By Mr. Willing—The accused appeared to be in a, most distressed state of mind. By a Juror—l saw James Ringwood in a butcher's shop buying a piece of meat, and he told me about a contract he had taken that day, and said what a blessing it was for his little family. He was perfectly sober, but she smelled strongly of drink. They both appeared most happy. The inquiry was not concluded when we wont to press. THORNTON-LE-MOORS (GITESTER) COURSING MEETING. Judge, Mr. Warwick ; starter, Mr. Chapman. This meeting was held yesterday. Hares were rather scarce, owing to the severity of the weather. The courses, generally four miles in length, on the meadows, afforded excellent trials. We give the result : The Thornton Cup.—First Ties. Mr. Ellis's Ringkeeper beat Mr. Hughes's Happy Lass. Mr. Smith's Nelson beat It f. Johnson nd Greudon. Mr. Griffith's Romp beat Mr. Dorthwiek nd Bird's Nest. Mr. Voller's General Hopo.beat Mr. Tz.),icri-w.-v..t.../2:- - Second Ties.—Nelson beat Ringkeepor, General Hope beat Romp, and Gipsy Girl ran a bye. Third Ties.—Gipsy Girl beat Nelson, and General Hope ran a bye. Deciding Course.—Gipsy Girl beat General Hope, and won. The Inco Puppy Stakes.—First Ties. Mr. Bul.mer's Bounce beat Mr. Voller's Vilotta. Mr. Booth's Pinwire beat Mr. Hughes's Honeymoon. Mr. Wilkinson's Busy Bee beat Mr. Kendall's Kangaroo. Mr. Denton's Regular beat Mr. Wright's Prince's Feather Second Ties.—Pinwire beat Bounce, and Busy 800 beat Regular. Deciding Coui•sc.—Busy Bee, by Beacon Light—Polly, beat Pinwire, by Cunaradza—Sister to Sampler, and won. The Elton Stakes.—First Ties. Mr. Hughes's Hydraulic beat Mr. Jones's General Jackson. Mr. Booth's Alice beat Mr. Voller's Blink Bonny. Mr. Denton's Caller Ou beat Mr. Kendrick nd Tippler. Mr. Knight's Nancy beat Mr. Kendall's Kleptomania. Second Ties.—Hydraulic beat Alice, and Nancy beat Caller Ou. The stakes wore divided. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Tay. The market opens with a slightly better demand. Sales probably 4,000 or 5,000 bales. A NOBLE LIFE. By the author of " John Hali fax, Gentleman," "Christian's Mistake," &c. 2 vols.— " This is another of those pleasant tales in which the author of John Halifax' speaks, out of a generous heart, the purest truths of life. Of the mere skeleton of the story there would not be much to tell, but in the clothing of it with warm flesh and blood the author uses her own magic arts. The chief of them are her sympathy with all that is right and kind in human intercourse, and her habi, tual solution of all problems of life by reference only to the highest grounds of action."—Examiner. ME. JOHN BRIGHT AND THE ROOIIPALE NEW TOWN HALL.—At the request of the General Purposes Committee of the Rochdale Town Council, Mr. John Bright has deferred his visit for the purpose of laying the corner stone of the new Town Hall, which was arranged to take place on the 24. th inst., to the 31st of March, on account of the unpropitious state of the weather. 11 18i ANECDOTE OF TILE PRINCE lIIPERIAL.—One of 12 2* the Zouaves of the Imperial Guard some days back received 12 2 1,500 f. on re-engaging himself, and was about to send the 25 55 money to his mother, when by some unfortunate chance 25 55 he lost the notes. The j ourna l s p u bli s hed an accoun t o f gthe circumstance, but the man never recovered the money. 25 52 His comrades, who knew him to be an excellent, well-con -25 55 ducted soldier, made a subscription for him, but the amount 121 k was very far horn making up the sum lost. At the end of 10 10 85 85 last week the company of th e p oor vo lti geur was on duty 30 at the Tuilerie s , w h en th e P r i nce I mper i a l sen t f or the 6 28f officer in command, and handed him 1,500 f., with a re -461 quest that the sum might be given to the soldier. " I have 47k heard," said his highness, "of the loss, and of the use for 25 12 which the money was destined. Have the kindness to give 25 72 25 72 him this from me—it is a little present from a grenadier to 28 72 A voltigeur." Sir,—As numerous persons have expressed a desire for more detailed information on the route and objects of the first expedition of this association, a short report of which you were kind enough to in sert in the Times of the 6th inst., I now take leave to make the following statement on the subject : The expedition is under the charge of Capt. C. IV. Wilson, Royal Engineers, who conducted with so much ability and tact the Ordnance survey of Jeru salem in 1863 and 1864. Capt. Wilson has under his orders Lieutenant Anderson, R.E., an officer, like himself, of much experience in surveying and observing, and a corporal of En,: ineers, who is afirst rate photographer. They are well provided with chronometers, barometers, and other meteorological and surveying instruments, in regard to which the fund is indebted to the kind offices of General Sabine, President of the Royal Society ; m r . Glaisher, F.R.S.; Rev. Charles Pritchard, P.R.A.S.; Mr. Gassiot, F.R.S. ; Mr. Charles Frodsham, and others. They are also furnished with every re quisite for making and preserving collections in botany, natural history, geology, &c. Few private expeditions have probably gone out to any country better provided. At the request of Earl Russell (one of the committee of the fund) the Sultan has issued a firman to the authorities of Syria empower ing Captain Wilson to make all necessary explora tions and excavations. The object of the expedition is in the main ten tative, to ascertain what special lines of explora tion may be followed out in a more detailed and leisurely manner by future parties. At the same time there are many things which this party will be able to effect with certainty. They will ascer tain with precision the position of many places not yet ascertained, and the uncertainty of which keeps the maps of the Holy Land in constant incorrect ness. They will endeavour to record correctly the main features of some districts which up to this time are in confusion on the maps. They will make di rect explorations of many spots important in their bearing on the historical geography of the country, but which have not yet been explored by parties possessing the leisure or special knowledge possessed by Captain Wilson and his associates. This will become more evident as I enumerate the more prominent points of the route generally laid down for the party. At Beyrout they are instructed to examine the sculptures of Sennacherib, Rameses, &c., at the Dog River. Near Damascus is an arti ficial mound of considerable size, which is reported by Porter and others to be of Assyrian character. This will be excavated, and the cylinders, slabs, or other objects (should such be found) will be pre served. Harran el-Awamid, a village east of Damascus, has been lately brought into sudden prominence as a representative of the Haran of the Scriptures, in place of the Harran in Mesopotamia, hitherto believed to be that spot. This will be examined and excavated if necessary, and plans and photographs taken. At Banias the sources of the Jordan will be investigated, and an attempt made to discover the Lake Phiala of Josephus, the pre sent identification of which (Birketzer-Ram) is more than doubtful. Descending the Jordan, Kedes— the Kedesh of the story of Sisera—will be explored, an attempt made to discover the site of Hazor, which played so important a part in the troubles at the time of the conquest. The first serious halt of the party will be at the upper end of the Lake of Galilee, where an endea vour will be made by careful examination of the ruins at Tell Hain, and by exploration and excavation at Khan-Minyeh and at Ain-el-Maawara (the round fountain) to elucidate the situati2nsi„cogyiet. It seems more than possible that among the extensive remains of architectural fragments which strew the ground at Tell Ham, some inscriptions may be found to throw a new light on this vexed and hitherto hopeless question, of such deep interest to all readers of the Gospel narrative. While here explorations will be made on the eastern side of the lake, with the view of reconciling the curious discrepancies pointed out by the Dean of "Westminster (Sinai and Palestine, chap. 10), and thus throwing light on the spot where the healing of the domoniacs and the destruction of the swine took place. The level of the lake above the Mediterranean will also be taken, the existing observations on which vary no less than 300 ft. South of the lake Beisan will be visited. This is the ancient Bethshean, one of the oldest Canaanite towns in the country, and for long the seat of a peculiar idolatry. It contains also very extensive and interesting Roman remains. At Zerin, the ancient Jezreel, explorations will be made in the hope—faint, it must be allowed—of finding some traces of the city of Ahab and Jezebel. Nablus (the ancient Shechem) will be the second halting place. Here the ruins on Mount Gerizim, both those already known and those which are either little known or only as yet suspected, the reported existence of Luz, or Luzah, on the moun tain Mount Ebol, the Samaritan Pentateuch, &c., will give ample opportunity for exploration and record. Not far from Nablus is Sebastiyeh (Sebaste, Samaria), which as the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, the favourite residence of Herod, and the site of a remarkable Christian church, built over the presumed tomb of John the Baptist, is full of promise. From this point excursions will be made to Kefr Saba (Anti patris), an Herodian city, described by Josephus as abounding in fine buildings, with streams and trees, but which now exhibits not a vestige of either above the sand, and to Cesarea Athlit, Tantura (ancient Dor), and other places on the coast. While at Nablus a reconnoissance will be made of the coun try lying between it and the Jordan, the structure of which is very complicated, and cannot be recon ciled on the present maps ; Salim, east of Nablus, said to contain great springs of water, and Ain-Un near it, candidates for the Salem and 2lnon of S John the Baptist, will be visited, and an attempt made to fix the exact latitude of the embouchure of the Wady Zerka (Jabbok) and Wady Obeideh on the further side of Jordan, hitherto the despair of the map-makers. Proceeding southward from Nablus several places of promise will be explored. Seiluun (Shiloh), so long a sanctuary and a seat of the Tabernacle; Tibneh, probably Timnath-Serah, the burial-place of Joshua, containing extensive and elaborate tombs, hitherto only cursorily examined by M. de Sanley, but promising to be both interesting and important, Beitin (Bethel), abounding in ruins. In the neigh bourhood of Jerusalem Wady Bittir (possibly the ancient Bether), and the Frank Mountain, the Herodium, or fortress of Herod, will be explored At Jerusalem itself what can be done will depend much on circumstances, and must be left mainly to the judgment of Captain Wilson, even if it can be touched at all on the present occasion. It is estimated that the route just described, if properly carried out, will occupy the pa r ty till _ _ _ April, when it will become too hot to work with safety, and when it is intended that they shall re I must not forget to say that regular meteorolo gical observations will be taken throughout, and that specimens of natural history, botany, &c., will be collected, and photographs and sketches made with care, and in large numbers. Whether the object of the next expedition will be something arising out of the present preliminary party, or be devoted to a thorough examination of the geology of the country, must depend on circumstances. Meantimo funds are urgently re- .., .. quired. The subscriptions hitherto promised amount to over £3,000, of which £5OO has been already expended in the survey of Jerusalem ; £2,000 was voted for the present expedition, but, owing to the cattle plague still raging in Syria, and the recent visitation of locusts, the price of all requisites for travelling has so much increased that it is not im possible that that sum may have to be exceeded. The names of the committee and officers of the fund will be found in your advertising columns of this day, and I shall be happy to forward a detailed statement of the objects of the association, and a full report of the meeting at Willis's Rooms, with a list of subscriptions to the present time, to any one interested in the object who will communicate with ine.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, G. GROVE ? Hon. Secretary. Sydenham, S,E., Jan. 16. 4C li 1 101 } leo 35 } 4f 10} 1J SPORTING INTELLIGENCE MANCHESTER BETTING-YESTERDAY. DERBY. 15 to 2 agst Rustic (taken and wanted) 8 to 1 agst Lord Lyon (offered) 11 to 1 agst Student (offered) 20 to 1 82;ot R2dan (taken) 20 to 1 agst Janitor (offered —take 22) 40 to 1 agst Bribery colt (offered) 50 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken) 1000 to 16 agst Magician (taken) GG to 1 agst Wolsey taken) 1000 to 12 agst The Rector (taken) JRES FOR 1866. VARY. FEBR Lincoln MA. Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lowos Spring AP: Newmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring MA Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton Odiham l3ibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 JU: Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB AUG Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham 14 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPT] Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB _ _ OCT( Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh HOVE Lincoln Liverpool 'HIE WATERLOO (COI7E.SING) CET. 25 to 1 agst Lord Sefton's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Jardine's nomination (taken)lß 25 to 1 agst Mr. Heywood's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Spinks's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bland's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Knowles's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lord Stair's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's nomination (taken) 45 to 1 agst Mr. Bake's nomination (taken) 45 to 1 agst Mr. Dean's nomination (taken) RACING FIXTU Nottingham Spring 27 Crox ton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 24 Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer 29 —; Liverpool 130verley 2O Ipswich ilungerforil Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 26 Worcester FLY. Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l UST. York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O ;AMER. Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall BER. Newmarket Houghton Worcester DIBER. Shrewsbury 1 Leamington Hunt l9 STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Jan. 16. Our market has been very quiet to-day for shipping yarns, and to make sales spinners have had to submit to a decline of id. per lb. from this day week. At this decline, how ever, a very fair business has been done to-day. The market closes tamely, with less disposition to business even than prevailed last week. In the mar ket for home trade yarns there has been quite a pause, and prices have been fully fel. to Id. per lb. in favour of buyers. Manufacturers, who are among the principal buyers generally of these yarns, are holding aloof, and even at this decline there has been very little business. Spinners, manufacturers, and merchants came to market to-day with no great expectation of much business, but hardly anticipat ing and certainly unprepared for the dulness and de cline in prices which have marked the proceedings. The cloth-market has been as dull as any depart ment. The quietness almost amounts to stagnation. Prices are weaker in all descriptions of goods, and there has been an amount of uncertainty and un easiness exhibited by buyers sufficient to preclude the expectation of any operations of magnitude. The actual business done has been on a very small scale—indeed, too small to enable any one to form a very accurate estimate of the decline in prices. The sales made have generally been more or less in favour of the buyer. The Indian advices to hand yesterday were more satisfactory, but there is nothing in them co offer any inducement for buyers at the present rate of prices in this market. Messrs John Slagg and Co. report of this day's cloth-market as follows :—" Our market is very flat to-day, and prices present a decidedly weaker aspect. Buyers, although freely inquiring, keep aloof from any but the most limited operations. The business of to day has been small, and at rates slightly in favour of buyers." LEEDS, 16th.—The morning being damp and murky, there were fewer buyers in the cloth-halls than there otherwise would have been. Operations were not very brisk, but at the close of the markets a fair amount of goods having met with purchasers were removed from the halls. Meltons and tweeds, particularly the latter, continue to keep in good re quest, and for such goods orders for early delivery are employing many of the manufacturers. Though the woollen manufacturers generally are well em ployed, some of the dressing-mills are not quite so busy as we lately had to report them. There is not much activity in the local wool trade, but prices are firm, as are also those of woollen yarns and woollen goods generally. NOTTINGHAM, 16th.—At our Exchange-hall to day there was a good attendance of merchants and manufacturers. The demand for lace yarns assumed a steady tone, and sales were effected at the full rates of last week. The inquiry for hosiery yarns continues fair, and recent rates were supported. Silks are firm, but there was not much doing. Spun silks the turn dearer. There was not much demand for brown nets. For fine qualities prices were rather higher ; in coarse ditto there was no material change to report. ROCHDALE, 16th.—There has been a better at tendance of buyers in the flannel market to-day than for seine weeks past, and more disposition to purchase was shown. The chief demand continues to be for fancy goods, the manufacturers of which arAvell stocked with orders, so that the quantity j offered in public market is not large. The better class of white goods is in no great demand, nor in deed are other kinds of white. There is no improve ment in the demand for Yorkshire goods, and the lower qualities of such are bad to sell. Wools, though mannfacturers are not purchasing freely, arc firm in price, 22 30 urn. The Cattle Plague. Yesterday, at a meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers, held at Guildhall, Dr. Letheby presented a very voluminous and important report upon the cattle plague. He commences by saying that the most. remarkable event of the year 1865 had been the prevalence of a frightfully fatal disease among cattle, and that the malady was first seen in the filthy cow-sheds of LOndon, where, if it was not ac tually generated, it was so intensified that its force became irresistible, and it spread in all directions. Hardly six months have elapsed since it appeared in the metropolis, and yet it has reached the remotest districts of Great Britain, and has travelled into Holland, Belgium, and France. In this country alone not less than 60,000 animals have been at tacked by it, and of these about 45,000 have died or have been killed. It is the fatal murrain from the steppes of Russia, and its proper home is in the grassy steppes of Central Asia, where it is a coin - mon endemic disease. The origin of the present outbreak in England is most obscure, for although it may be conceded that the disease is of a specific origin, and has been imported into this country, it is by no means certain how or when it came among us ; and those who declare that it came here with a cargo from Revel, in May last, have disregarded a great number of very important facts which tend to show that there is nothing to connect it with that cargo. A probable source of the malady is with the cattle imported from Holland, for it was 44 Dutch cattle from the Metropolitan Cattle Market which took the plague into Norfolk as early as the Ist of July, and it was five Dutch cows from the same market which infected Lord Granville's farm at Child's-hill. But, let it have come to us whence it may, it evidently found the cattle of this country in a fit state to receive it, and no doubt it gained strength in the unnatural condition of the cows in the London dairies, for there it has been remarkably fatal. Out of a total of about 16,000 cows in the 1,300 sheds of London there have been about 7,300 attacked, and of these about 3,300 have died, and 3,100 have been killed. According to the return of the East London Cowkeepers' Association in November last there had been 1,185 cows destroyed out of a total of 4,873, and 2,749 had been sold at a large sacri fice. These numbers show that about 20 per cent. of all the cows kept in London have actually died from the disease, and nearly the same proportion have been killed. There has, therefore, been a total destruction of about 40 per cent. of all the cows in London, and perhaps not less than 50 per cent. have been sold for slaughter, either to avoid the disease, or with the first symptoms of it in them. In all England the returns from the Veterinary Depart ment of the Privy Council-office to the end of December were as follows :—Attacked, 73,549 ; died, 41,491 ; killed, 13,931 ; recovered, 7,045 ; remaining, 11,082. The extent of its future pro gress can hardly be estimated, for with the present mode of dealing with the disease it may remain with us for years. At the last visitation, in 1745, it stayed in the country for 12 years, and it destroyed at least 200,000 animals, 160,000 of which died and the rest were killed. The prospect before us, there fore, is not encouraging, and it is high time we should review the knowledge we have gained and apply it to the future. Remembering that it is an imported disease, we are in constant danger of a similar visitation, and the utmost vigilance should be exercised at our places of import, the number of which should be reduced to - one or two, having a sufficient staff of skilful inspectors to supervise all imported animals. All steppe cattle, or cattle from suspected districts, should be subjected to o c i l nro"n , tine or slaughtered u a ti n , elE --instead of the living animals would be sent to the city markets. The disease is frightfully contagious. The nature of the infectious matter is not yet discovered, but it is, to use the words of the Royal Commissioners, subtle, volatile, and prolific in the highest degree. It is living germinal matter, so minute that its particles are pro bably less than one hundred thousandth of an inch in diameter. A single infected animal placed in a public market, or permitted to travel along the highway, may be the means of unlimited contagion. As many as 200 diseased bullocks have been exposed for sale at one time in the city market, mixing with from 6,000 to 7,000 beasts, besides from 30,000 to 40,000 sheep, and many hundreds of calves and pigs ; whereas, if the disease is to be checked, all traffic in live stock should be stopped, all diseased animals isolated, and all infected sites and vehicles disinfected. As regards the symptoms of the disease, it is thought that the longest period of incubation is nine days, and that a quarantine of ten days is absolutely safe. In some cases of great malignity the animals have died in from 12 to 14 hours after the commencement of the attack, but in most cases the disease is protracted to the fifth or I sixth day, and occasionally to the eighth and ninth. In some places, where the nature of the disease was not recognised, and the animals were let alone, the mortality was only 50 per cent. This was so in the outbreak among the Dutch cattle at Mr. Leed's farm in Norfolk, where out of 26 cows that were attacked 13 recovered. During the first two months of the visitation of the disease in Holland, 3,319 animals were infected, and of these 1,169 died and 674 were slaughtered. This is at the rate of 55 per cent. In 1862 the number of cattle attacked by the plague in the Austrian dominions was 296,000, of which 152,000 died. This is only about 51 per cent. Again, in the year 1863, when the disease invaded Galicia and overran the whole kingdom of Hungary and its dependencies, 14 per cent. of the cattle took the disease, but the average mortality in Hungary was not above 65 per cent. In Russia, also, during the year 1864, 159,476 cattle were attacked, and 104,714 died or were killed. This, also, is only at the rate of 66 per cent. ; but in London, where the mortality has been great, and the slaughter still greater, the loss has been raised to 87 per cent., while in all England the death's have only been 56 per cent., and the total loss 75 per cent. There is no actual cure for the malady; but there are means of assisting nature in the progress of the disease and of supporting the vital powers. These are the ex pectant measures of rational medicine. They only operate as defensive agents against the weakening influences of the disease, but they may turn the hesitating scale and give victory to nature, and they arc best applied in the early stages of the disorder, when the system has not been much weakened by the attack. A warm stable, with good ventilation and nourishing drinks, are the first among the palliative remedies. Dry foods are especially to be avoided. Diluted alcoholic drinks and the prepara tions of ether and ammonia are reco mmended. e l naddition to this the action of the skin should b pro 'noted by warmth, by brisk rubt wel g,a s i nd n b t y h t e h e e a u rl s y e of mild diaphoretics. As the stage of the disorder are somewhat constipated, a gentle laxative, as sulpburorfolrinstehede oil, play be advantageously given, and diarrhoea the best remedyls a desirecilalkanmo and Lastly, when the animal shows reaflO.oo Dr.opium. Lastly, should be cautiously fe d on easil y di gestible sub • • stancesLeatshebboy appears iled to coincide the opinion of carr ots, or turnips, or f presents the analogy strongest to smallpox, aid that, as small pox in the Dr. subjectMurchhisuolonang,aynthat di t ismseaadsee less severe by at also it may be p oss ib le to induce a milder cin formiothe cattle pl ague by passing it vaccination, so of through the system of another animal. He thinks it very probable that in the early stage of the dis order, before the more decided symptoms of fever have shown themselves, the flesh of the diseased animal may not be unfit for human food, but he is of opinion that it would be very dangerous to permit the unrestricted use of such meat in all Stages of the disease. He then proceeds to show that in almost every part of the world the regu lations for the sale of meat, the inspection of cattle, and the management of markets and slaugh ter-houses, are far more stringent and precise than they are in London, and he expresses a hope that the experience gained by the present outbreak of disease will lead to reformation in most of these par ,. , titulars. He strongly advocates the pressingne cessity which exists for the removal of all the slaughterhouses from the city. There are 58 of these slaughterhouses iu the city, and they receive about 5,400 sheep, 1,800 beasts, 420 pigs, and4oo calves every week. All theseanimalsmustbedriven ;hrough the crowded streets, and the dung, and blood, --------. andoffal must afterwards be carried away. Ivithi n the last five years the officers of the Commissioners of Sewers have condemned 946,9441 b., or rather more than 420 tons of diseased and putrid meat. This consisted of 4,289 sheep, 1,445 pigs, 272 calves, 6,074 quarters of beef, and 11,424 joints of meat, besides 1,917 head of game, and 13,748 head of poultry. Last year the amount of meat con demned in the city markets was 247,8271 b., and of this 126,6141 b. were from animals that had died from natural causes. A large proportion of this was condemned during the last quarter, and it con sisted for the most part of meat from animals affected with the plague. ESSEX. At the last sittings of the Chelmsford magistrates several applications were made for certificates for removing fat beasts for the purposes of slaughter, most of which were granted. The disease has broken out in the Halstead district, hitherto almost free from its ravages. One bullock has been con demned at Barrett-hall; Great Maplestead, Mr. J. Cooper's ; three at Mr. Moss's farm in the same parish, and one at Mr. J. Brewster's, Dean'sgiall, Little Maplestead. Several others are attacked. HUNTINGDONSHIRE AND ISLE OF ELY. The disease has broken out on the farm of Mr. Longland Ekins, at Colne, and also among the herds of Mr. W. Hempstead, Mr. Daintree, and Mr. Asher, of Pidley. At Somersham it is making great progress among the herds of Mr. J. Moseley, Mr. Wilson, and others, 30 or 40 cattle having fallen in a short time. At Bluntisham and Earith great losses have been sustained ; Mr. Wormsley has lost nearly all his stock, Mr. J. Brown 12 beasts, and Mr. Johnson 30. At Fenstanton the disease has been spreading among Mr. Gunnell's herd ; at lloly well several beasts have died belonging to Mr. Prior ; at Needingworth Mr. Manor has lost 18 out of 21, and Messrs. Sharpe, Sandiford, Bennet, and Hunnybun have also been sufferers. The disease has also appeared at Dry Drayton, Longstanton, Oakington, and Boxworth, where in a few days more than 20 died. Losses of cattle have also been sustained at Great Staughton, Kimbolton, Wistow, Warboys, Raveley, &e. At Sutton, in the Isle of Ely, about 120 deaths have now been recorded. At Chatteris there were 12 deaths last week. About 20 deaths are also reported from March, Dodding ton, and Wimblington. LONDON GAZETTE.—Last Evening. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 3. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Geo. Brackenbury, now her Majesty's Consul in the Philippine Islands, to be her Majesty Consul at Lisbon. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Frederick John Cridland, Esq., now Acting British Consul at Mobile, to be her-Majesty's Consul at Mobile. JAN' 15. The appointments, which were notified in the Gazettes of October 31 and November 3 of last year, of George Buckley Mathew, Esq., to be her Majesty's Minister Pleni potentiary to the United States of Columbia, and of Robt. Bunch, Esq., to be her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the Republics of Central America, aro cancelled, and, instead thereof, Mr. George Buckley Mathew has been re-appointed as her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Central American Republics, and Mr. Robert Bunch has been appointed her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires and Consul-General to the United States of Columbia, whose appointments respectively are to tako effect from this date. WHITEHALL, JAN. 16. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Wm Henry Fremantle, 31. A., to the district re gimof o 1 91 11 1=1 in the par ishgfAt t Acton void by the cession of the Rov. Charles Dallas Marston. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 15. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Puerto Rico, reporting that the ports of Arecibo, Aquadilla, and Naquabo, in that island, will be closed to foreign commerce after the 18th February next. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 16. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Rome, reporting that all vessels enter ing the harbours and Navigable channels of the Pontifical States, are subject to the following light dues :—Roman ♦assels engaged in the Coasting trade, 1 bajocco per ton ; Roman and Foreign vessels not engaged in the coasting trade, 2 bajoccos per ton. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 16. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Leipzig, stating the duty of 20 thalers per centner is now charged by the Leipzig Custom-house on all woollen goods in which the run of the thread can be discerned on one side, such stuffs being classed as "not fulled," whether they have undergone the process of fulling or not. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, TAN. 16. 18th Regiment of Hussars—Riding-Master George Ray ment, from Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Riding-Master, vice Herbert James Fairlie, who resigns. 21st Foot - Quartermaster Richard Erwin, from 29th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Patrick Francis Foley, de ceased. 32d Foot—Lieutenant Cornelius Francis Clery to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Adam Perry, who retires ; En sign William James Alexander to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Clery ; Ensign Francis Anthony Garden, from the 37th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Alexander; Lieutenant Charles E. Le M. Cherry to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Clery, promoted. 37th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Robert Beckett, from the Royal Military College, to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Garden, transferred to 325 Foot. 50th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas M. B. Eden to be Captain, by purchase, vice Richard Moore Barnes, who retires ; Ensign David Lyall Grant to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Eden ; Gentleman Cadet Montagu Wyn yard, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grant. filth Foot—Lieut. Henry V. Brooko to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Charles Thompson, who je Griersonll to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alexander Chas. H. T ovey, retires ; Ensign Edward Joseph Jekyll to_be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brooke; John Baskeroyle Glegg, 70t G h e i n o t. o , t t_o L be ic E ut n e s n i a g u n t , J by oh i n ur F. chase, Augustusvice ky who retires; Ensign Leyland Hornby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Grierson ; Patrick Henry Coghili Plunket, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Hornby. 75th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Prevost, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Joseph N. FitaMathew, who retires. HALF-PAY—Lieutenant Robert P. Fox, from 24th Foot, to to be Captain, without purchase. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 12. William Hance Reeves, Esq., Paymaster, R.N., has this day been promoted to the rank of Paymaster-in-Chief on the Retired List. JAN. 13. The Reverend Willi am Braddell McCheane has been this day appointed a Chaplain in her Majesty's Fleet. The following promotions have this day taken place:— To be Acting Engineers—Messrs John Miller and Alex. Smart. To be Engineers—Messrs. Robert Widdicome, Win. Philip Ward, James Gordon Bain, Thomas Barker, 11. Jas. Wilson, Thos. Cross, A. Smart, and John Phillips. Mr. James Shore has this day been promoted to the rank of First Class Assistant Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of Jan. 12, 180. A POPULAR " LIFE OF Tom SAYERS "—Capi tally well written by the author of " Pugilistica," and published for the nominal sum of " a bob," by S. 0. Beeton, is a Dttle volume really worthy of preservation. It is the record of as genuine pluck as ever brave man manifested. The career of Tom Sayers extended altogether over less than forty years, dating from his birth in the July of 1826, at Pimlico, in Brighton, to his death in the November of 1865, at No. 257, High-street, Camden-town. His indomitable courage, coupled with his honestly self-restrained mode of life, for a prize fighter, up to the period .of his final retire ment from the Ring, when he unhappily for him self appears to have given loose to his love of ease and pleasure, lent a sort of respectability to Pugilism. He was the most popular of all the winners of the Belt, since the Belt was first won by the Champion of England—and for the dogged valour of the man, for his daring pluck and unconquerable good humour under punishment, he nobly merited his popularity. In the week that ended on Saturday, January 13 , the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 3,995 ; the deaths registered 3,453. The annual rate of mortality was 29 per 1,006 persons living. In London the births of 967 boys and 961 girls, in all 1,928 children, were registered in the week. In the corre sponding weeks of 10 years 1856-65 the average Dumber, corrected for increase of population, was 2,045. ~~. clay. rived roke r the ham- tho rY, in Rus ke of Night or of n. T. tight the con- lex von, lay, and •ed, her on, hip of ills 1 7/ ad 201 10 DlOO 2.1.0 294 3f 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 100 100 100 all 100 100 MEN 190 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 221 4 100 4 125 i 6 L,4 133: i 1231 i 111 4 091 2