The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-16 00:00:00

n 19- 11ARKET AN 0 COIAMEROIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. No alteration has !been noticeable to-day in the condition of the discount market, either as regards the su pply of capital on offer, or the demand for it on the part of the public. The requirements of the cennn ercial classes a re j us t now very h eavy, b u t t h e b ankers and brokers have more than sufficient m oney at their disposal to meet the calls made upon their resources. The lowest rate charged out of doors for the negotiation of the best short dated de 13eription of bills is 52. per cent., but as this quota is I.onis only taken in exce pti ona l cases , 5i p er cen t . the gener a l ra t e. Th e author i t i es of the Bank of '-'llgla'ad have consequently received numerous ap- Pwations for assistance. The b u lli on operations at the Bank on Saturday feen Trised an influx of 5,000/. in bar gold, and a Withi adrawal of 55,000 sovereigns for Alexandria. The Africa, from America, has brought 3,0631. Th e accounts from the manufacturing districts for the past week have, in some instances, been of a amore , satisfacto r y c h arac t er. . At M anc h ester th ere bas been a moderate demand for cloths and yarns, ai . d late prices have in many instances been main ta-,,lned• The woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Z e i ddersfield h as s h own symptoms of improvement, Principal inquiry having been for spring goods. -az Leicester and Nottingham there has been little ofMang e importance in the hosiery and lace trades, 7 11 wle at Bi rm i ngham, Sheff i eld, and W olver h ampton e f uture prospects of business are generally con sidered favourable. The following relate to the Venezuela Loans of 186 4 and 1862, and to the debt of Equador : V enezuela Six per Cent. Loan, 1864.—The General Credit and Financial Company of London (Limited) are in 6c eipt of advice from their agents, Messrs. H. L. Boulton ~4 114 Co, dated La Guayra, Dec. 23, 1864b0f duties collected follows, on account of the above loan :—Per statement t , ° * ~.,2 ° , from Puerto Cabello, $2Ol 94c. ; ditto No. 21, "m 0 91c. ; di tto, N o. 13, f rom L a G uayra , $2 , 057 3 7c. ; "" 141 , $3,850 22 c . `` Venezuel a D e bt.—M essrs . B ar i ng B ro th ers an d C o. ' s a geuts in Venezuela advise that nothing has yet been de cided by th e Federal Court regarding the 55 per cent. o f ' 4 l:`°rt duties ; consequently, matters remain in the same state as last reported. E quador.—The mail from Guayaquil has brought a I: ll.li itance of 4291/. Os. Bd. on account of the dividends on 'Ate debt of Equador." Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's tel egram the 3 per Cents. were 67f. 02c. ; firm. There has been a large business negotiated to-day t for eign bonds a n d a ll d escr i pt i ons of shares, par cularly the new undertakings recently announces. The dealings, however, in English Stocks have been few. The Funds continue firm, without change, Consols for mon ey bein g , 891 -I, and for the ac mint 94 The New Th rees an d R e d uce d An are are 888 8 9 ; Exchequer Bills, 4s. to ss. prem. ; I ndia 5 Per Cents., 1034 104 ; do. 4 per Cents., 981 ; and d o . E n f aced 5 per Cents., 1021. I n the Foreign Market the chief feature has been an improvement in Spanish Passive, viz., to 331 P t ni., and in the Certificates to 144 15. The other lieec i ties are all firm and active. Turkish Congo deB a re 5 01 ; Me x i can , 278 28* ; d o . N ew , 261 the Greek, 24 ; the Confederate Loan, 56 58 ; ;Yptian, 2 pm. ; the Danubian, I dis par ; an the Montevidean, 21 prem. 1 1 t he Railway Share Market the operations avflute b een limited, and prices have remained with ellange of importance. Great Northern have pro i ve d 15s. ; and Great Western ss. ; while ' l4 - Western and North-Eastern (Berwick) have declined ss. ; and Metropolitan, 10s. a T he For e i gn and Colonial l i nes rema i n w i t h out ktri material change. aa6 ll , k , and Miscellaneous Shares exhibit little at . —.4l4 °n• Alliance are steady at 338 34 ; Oriental 04.'.; London Financial realise 238 ; and City .vnlau Improvement Company's shares are quoted t° 3 1 Prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 portERNMENT FUNDS. 891 Do. nt. Consols 8 Per 6t•ecelint, Feb. 9 9O f 89 8i Ne w 3 ellt• Reduced 89 8i 9 Ilea, 2 P e r Cent e b e.. t per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ Anti t . Per Cent. Jan. 1873 1), /16800 Yrs, expire sth Jan., ~.1 30 41 0 Yrs, expire sth April, iieh ". Sea T 1 h), Cent9oB.- ,lier 14 n e egraP 188 p- _.... 4 pm fan D 0• -ills, xl,OOO, 4 per £5OO 5 -4,1* of t„ , £lOO and £2OO 240 .1-10. Asee'glaald Stock, 51 per Cent h tx °lint Inctiatt,`? GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. DO Stock, 10 per Cent., April 1874 212 t _ . . oun 104 3/ 4 1, °0 °A per Cent. July, 1870 i;o: Account D o 4,Per Cent, Oct. 1888 1)•!.. -,,, placedil Paper 4 per Cent Do ' 0 ent, Jan. 1872 C t i ,` - .. 1 * 5 i Per Cent., May 1879 _ •-• .„u. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 4-1,0. Bonds, £l,OOO ... pm 4-'O. under £l,OOO Austrian Bo FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PR ICES. d- ' n Centor Cent . Ilrazilian 5 per. . ..-. .. . • .. Do. 4i per Cent., 18.52-58260. -831 • , , Do. 1863 .......... zuenos Ayres 6 per Cent Chilian 6 per Cent Colombian 6 iper Cent. ..................... ---- Cuba, 6 per Cent. ......................................... DDo 5 per Cent., 1864 ........................ anish 3 per Cent., 1825 ..................... Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 .................... Do. 5 per Cent., 17 73-7'7, £25 paid ...... Danubian Principalities ....... . ............. Do £ls_paid ............ ....................... dis •Nuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent... , Do., Provisional Land Warrant ......... - 'g,Ptian 7 per Cent ............................ 99 8 D Second Issue ................... ........ Do. £lOO Bonds ......................... SDo. 1864 ........................ 931 6 crip, .0§ paid • ........................ pm Do:Account ................................. li• I pm ree k 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do' C oupons 24 1 , Do Ac count ` - ' ll aternala 5 per Cent. Ita ue. 18 39 and 1850 lian 5 per er Cen Centt plaremana Railway) Mexican 3 . rn 0 c0unt.......... 1864 28 D , Do J- 3 0 6 per Cent. An g l o -F rench o Scrip French p Scrip, E x . 25f 20e £53 paid o ont evidean 5 per C en t. , £ l5 paid dis Pm Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent ............................. . DoDo Deferred Warrants DO Debentures, 4 per Ct., April, 1864 — Peruvian Do do Aug., 1856 EDo 3 per Cent. ("Uribarren) el 4 lieuriaCentr, 1862 t.. •,• ... •.. •• ,•_. Portuguese 3 per Cent., ..... -___ Do Account .......................... Do 3 per Cent., 1856, ''i, '6, 'iiii, '6, '6, Do Account 47 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 4} per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 , Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 Do Scrip, £65 paid . Sardinian 5 per Cent... 4.- - - 55 901 891 - Pm 'Parish 3 per Cent De Account Do New Deferred — De Acc oun t 4O-i Do Passive — 1 I i t Do A z knish ccount 32 i Cert. of Coup no t f un d e d — 15 i 14i Turkishl) o Account . 4 per Cent. — 6 , to Acc,om Cent. 1854 89 Do Account D 0 £lOO B onds 721 2 701 D o 6 per Cent. 1862 71 70f I) 0 Account 71 D o 1)0 £ l OO Bond s 69 6 per Cent. ran 1863 1001 ,D 0 G uateed, 4 per Cent —.v eneruela 3 r Cent. D O 0. Accountpe D 0.6 pe r C ent, 1862 Do. Acc D 0.4 ount 6 per Cent., 1864 per C en t ... .. the above pay.........ab1e in Lond on. _ Dividend s on on. Austrian 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins elgian, '4f per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2f per Cent., E. 12 Guil to. 4 per Cent. Certifi-4tes French Rent es, 3 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. D°. Account ~, ......... , HREECoUsoIs, Money ....... , ...... , ........ , .... T f 15°. 44°44 mimmilimut imiti p lum 90 i SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY ,•HARES AND STOCItS. Wol., & str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristtl and Exeter Ualedonhn Cork and Bandon Corn wall Do A gets no d iv. . Do B ttll6p.c.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & t b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. WE stern Great Eastern, Ord. si k. Do. E. Angl. st. No. '? Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A stock Do. B o Do. Yew. Is. at 25 Gt S. and W. of Ireland, Gt. Weste n -Original' I) . s. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do W. Mid.—Ox ord Do. Newpo Do. Be eford. Lane shire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon , BrL h. , & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dyer Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shel., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan. Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin & Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Po. shares mid Kent ... No th British Do. Ed., Pth Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. Gr.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & De. d 1855- 8 Do. do. 1860-61 North Londou Do. New Do. do. 1814 ... North Staffordshire N. & S. W . Ju❑ction Scottish U.ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock I o. Scot, Mid. st :ck ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union (South Devon youth E stern Staines, Wok., 85 Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Corny, 01 W.Hartlepool Har.&R Do. A irredeemable • Do. A redeemable PETTISH Pi Railways. 'p a i d. ' Closing I Business Price. done. Atlantic& St.Lawrenct 80m.,8ar0da..% Cen.ln gu. 5 per cent....... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Godericl 6 p.c. bds. Aux. 1, 87 Do. do. July 1,187:: Do. do. June 1, 1674 Calcutta & s. E., lira a e Town & Dock, gu Demera a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben <al, gu sco East I .than , gu. 5 p.c. Do .1 Extension qrand Trunkof Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bond I charge 6 p.c Do. ist vref. Bonds Do do. dcferred Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. rd Pref. stock DO: Do. 9th Pret. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gee. sp.c o. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim , gua. 5 per cent D . per cent.... Do Grea t W. s. of Canada.. D• New. ...... Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 `o. 5. do. ray. 1877-s.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extensio, Ntelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B c. itl.C'da, pc lstpf bds Scinde ...... Do. Delhi Do. do d. Do. Pun iaub Do.lndus St Flo I COLONIAL GO VERNME N British Columbia, 8 per cent„ Dee. 31, 1872. ... Can.Gov.B p.e.Ja.Jz July 1877-84 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb & Aug" Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape (il-.Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 1)0. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do: 1890-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1691 Ceylon, Nov. 1888, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ,5 1 Natal qov. a per cent N.B.Gov 6 p.c.Ja.& luly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c.,18e,6 Do. 5 p.c: 18 1 to 1876 Vb. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189? New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent Nova So ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 18'8-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, a pril & Oct BRITI Cam Consol. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake vval I s East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara !on as c Cam Brea East G:enville East Love .1 E. W'l Russell Tavistk Gam & StA übyn(Gwea. Gr.-at L xcy, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist Greuvil e Herod's Foot Hingston Cowns Margaret cllny Lelant Marke Valley viwyudy Iron Ore, liw Nangiles New Se ton North Downs. North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett!lllogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper linited Pr vidence UnyLvlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan ,tray Park Tin Croft West assett(lllozan W. Caradon ( L skeard West Chi rerton West Seton Wheal Basrett Illogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Whea Ludo-tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seto a Wheal elawney (Ms Wheal Uni • PREFERENCE SHARES. great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 106 Ditto, No. 101 6 treat. Eastern, E. U., 4 per cent. gua., 83 Bitdland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per 0t.,:..01 North Staffot dshire, 2 PREPErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pi., Ditto, new 5 p.r cent pf., 97 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland Pref. stock, 92} NVilts and Homers. t, 87 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish. 21R Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 10 San Pa.ulo ;ll►n.), gua. 7 per cent., 13 1 Ditto (all), 18 FOREIGN MINES, Fortuna (lim.),':3i Yudauatuutana of S. Australia, UM., 111 2 Consolidated _ an t i;1 u au :s Tn t id r t BANKS. &C"ra and AI isterman's (11m.), 133 Albion, o pi us0:1341171),, - Italian, t;a, I.lln33 C 7l ;lu : m 3l bia. 18 Hind m ' a C h d i n 9l . a. s : laan Australian (ui Ch mo a , r 3 te ,, red, 21 d Land Mortngskgoetlin Imperial Bank Ditto new, 3; '1" 356 Bank of India, lim., 51 mperial Ottoruatt" London, Buenos A exico and S. America, 11m., 10 Ayres, and River Plate, tt Bank 01 Australia, 241 # London B 4 London Chartered London and Count London Joint Stock, t,4 London and South African, 22 London and Suuth-W Merchant Bank, iim es tern 224 Mercantile and Exchange. 1 1m., g Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, f 174 g} National Provincial of England, la m " Ditto, ditto, 45 6 • 'ational Bank, Ditto. new,:B3l Oriental Banx Corporation, 58 South E istern, lim., Union of London, 04 34 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 184 Australian Mort. Lar.d and Finance, Um., st ilerlin Water Works, lim.,; 94 9 Ceylon Company, 10 Contract corporation, lim., 41 Credit Fonder and:Mubilitr of England,P/1 Ditto, new:A- 6 Fore-street Warehouse, Gen. Credit and Finance of London. Um.. 71 ImperiA Mercantile Credit A sso., lira., 8 International Financial society, lim., 74 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour, 91 Ditto,tl per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 82; London Mercantile Discount, Jim., 31 Lon o i Provincial Marine, 3k Madras Irr'gation and Canal, 41 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 81 Royal Mail Steam, 96 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), 11M., 7j 89 91 1311 132‘ ti 6 34 2S 16 17 87 B.► 106 1 8 47i 49, 74 84 135 137 155 156 130 3? 91 93 tOi SC 60 6. 47 49 ,0! 10t 116# 116 8h Sic 108 110 37 39 1 14 121 98 99 61 62 128 129 2 22 138} 119 107 1.(9 55 56 z6i 271 1141 1151 73 71 105 104 33 39 1 12ip 9i lop 122 125 2p 1 14) 79 8.) 11 113 138 142 FO 61 19 50 8 1 ri 9 - 1 - 160 165 3 4: p 110 113 3 41 75 78 ;SIONS. 57 49 100 101 par ip 5 5 8i 9, 75 8) 93 N 75 85 98 100 10) 101 101 103 20 21 19 91 67 70 57 59 6t 66 55 57 53 5+ 47 50 28 SO 26 28 101 1 . 62 P par 3 p 93 101 9 91 lld 88 8) E 2 1 Oi d 99 101 9 ! 94 8) 91 60 62 3 5 82 81 102 103 1021 103 id 1p 102 i 103 93 91 IT SECUR 93 95 c 5 97 95 07 83 85 83 85 103 105 105 107 106 108 109 112 102 104 108 110 105 107 106 iO9 106 10R 105 107 93 98 97 99 93 95 9: 94 105 107 89 91 99 161 101 106 107 109 107 108 INES. 100 10 10 10 100 'OSSK :Sli M. li 18.18.9 30.17.6 54 6 32 33 575 595 47 49 19 20 ei 4i 5 14 ly: 4; 5' 6 8 18} 19 1 ),} 32 31 31 41 37 31 4; S 9 41 5i 12 Old 20 22 0) 70 17t 191 1 '4 24 3' 2i 3 32 :14 530 550 2) 25 16 18 16 17 74 8 6 8 6) 65 205 215 90 95 9 11 3.12.81 13 * 15 195 205 18 20 • I THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1865. MARKETS—This Day. bay ; 99 Melbourne ; 341 Surraehee ; 200 Taganrog ; and 29 bales from Oporto. sd s d Fleeces -South Down hoggets ...... 2 0 2 16 Half -bred do 2 5 2 6 Kent fleeces .2 2 2 21 outh Down ewes and wetheral 1t 2 0 Leice,ter do 2 1 2 2 Sorts Clothing 1 6 2 01 Combing 1 8 2 2 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Keating.) ROBINSON V. SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. -CHETWYN V. CAPTAIN SHAW. Mr. Francis—Then I must call Captain Shaw. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day)• (Before Chief Justice Erie and Justices Williams and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said this case was tried last term, but leave was reserved for the defendants to move the court for a rule calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for the defendants. The action was originally brought by the plaintiff against the railway company to recover damages for refusing to carry a horse, but the company denied the demand, and in answer pleaded that they were justified in the course they took. The Act lays down that up to the value of 501 railway companies should carry horses at certain published charger, but that where animals of a much greater value than 501. were sent for transit, then it became necessary for the sender to inform the company of the value of the horse, in order that the additional par centage allowed them by Mr. Cardwell's Act might be levied. The plaintiff in this instance had purchased a horse (of the value of 1351.), and notice was sent that a horse box, &c., would be required. The company refused to carry the horse while the value of the animal was de clared, and the plaintiff, after some correspondence, brought his action. The company said there was no re fusal on their part to carry the horse, but that the refusal was on the part of the plaintiff—viz., that he was not will ing to pay a reasonable charge made by the company. The learned counsel said there were various intricate points that would have to be discussed at the trial to which he would not further allude. The court granted the rule. The cases before the judges of the Courts of Exchequer and Queen's Bench were devoid of interest. LORD MAYOR'S COURT. (Before the Recorder and a Special July.) EXTRAORDINARY ACTION AGAINST THE LONDON FIRE BRIGADE This was an action to recover 501. damages, " for that the defendant so negligently and carelessly managed a certain fire engine then under his care and control, that the plaintiff's horse, then being, as it lawfully might, on the public highway, was frightened and terrified, insomuch that it became by reason unmanageable, and ran against another engine, also under the control of the defendant, and was wounded, and in consequence died." Defendant pleaded " Not guilty." Mr. Francis (instructed by Mr. De Medina) appeared for plaintiff ; Mr. Day and Mr. Pattison (instructed by Messrs. Ashley and Tee) representing the defendant. Upon the question as to whether any gentleman was a shareholder in a fire office, His lordship said—l am afraid I am. Mr. Francis—l do not challenge your lordship. The learned counsel then proceeded to state the facts of the case. The plaintiff was a horse dealer of Finsbury, and on the 7th Nov. last plaintiff's son was taking some horses to Kingsland, and when in the Kingsland-road there were two engines near the scene of . a fire, one being on one side of the road and the other opposite. They did not appear to be in play ; but just as the plaintiff's son passed the fire man blew off the steam, the engines being steam fire en gines, drawn by horses. Now the noise of the steam blow ing off was so great that one of the horses plunged across the road,;striking itself and inflicting such a wound that it died. The learned counsel then referred to a plea put in by the defendant that the engine was not under his personal control at the time. Now, this was a plea that should not be put on the record, because it was well known that Capt. Shaw was the head of the fire brigade, and it would be useless to sue the man actually in charge of the engine at the time of the accident. It would be shown to the jury that these steam engines had no name upon them, and were really driven in a reckless and dan gerous manner about the streets, and, in addition to the fact that Capt. Shaw was the responsible head of the brigade, it would be seen that he had interested himself very particularly in the matter. In reply to a letter written by plaintiff's instructions, Capt. Shaw stated that the engineer in charge of the engine at the time of the accident was playing at the time, and the plaintiff's son was passing throngh the crowd on a nervous horso without any proper reins. This would be proved to be an error. The crowd had been cleared at the time of the accident, and there were proper reins. This being so, plaintiff was clearly entitled to recover damages. _ _ . The plaintiff said he had been informed that an accident had happened to one of his horses, and he went to White cross-street fire station. Plaintiff saw three men, but not defendant. Plaintiff subsequently saw defendant at Watling-street, and he said he knew nothing about the matter—that was the first he had heard of it. He added " I'll telegraph if you stop." It was then agreed that plaintiff„ should take a man from the Bishopsgate-street station to look at the horse. A man accompanied plaintiff to see the horse, and afterwards a communication was made to defendant. Mr. Francis—ls Capt. Shaw here ? Plaintiff (looking at the captain)— Well, that is some thing like him,' but I only saw him once. His Lordship ruled that this was not sufficient to bind Captain Shaw. It was new to make the manager of an establishment liable. Mr. Day—l am desired to say that Captain Shaw will not shelter himself under the plea referred to. He is willing to have the case settled upon the merits. Plaintiff (recalled)—l had sold the horse for 231. 10s. I had put a lip-string in the horse's mouth, and the halter made a bridle. There was an iron bit, but the string acted as a gag, and was right round the lower jaw. My son is 19, and has been in a racing stable. Cross-examined—The halter cannot slip, but before a fastening is made it is a common slip halter. The lip string is no part of the halter. By the jury—The lip-string is made of whipcord, but on this occasion it was made of hemp. Cross-examination continued—lt is put behind the horses' fore teeth. There were five horses altogether. A man in my employ had three and my son two. I should think that 31 yards would be the rope length of the halter. All five of the horses had the lip-string. A horse can be pulled up in a second with a lip-string. Plaintiff's son said he was riding one horse and leading the other. As witness passed, the fire appeared to be over, and none of the engines were playing, but the steam was very suddenly blown off. The noise and smoke frightened the horses, and the second horse ran away. The horse witness was riding jumped on to the engine, and the people cried, " Oh, the boy is killed!" The horse had alarge hole in its side, and I put my cap in. Mr Francis—How were you hurt ? Tell us this slowly. Witness—l was not. I jumped off and stuffed my cap in the hole. Then I got some tow, half a quarters of flour, 1 and a tallow candle, and put them all in the hole. (Laughter.) • It was a hole sufficiently large for me to put my arm in up to the elbow. The wound was sown up afterwards, but the horse died. Cross-examined—The horse was quiet. I turned the horse round before he shied, and then I went again. At the first whistle the led horse ran away, and I turned the horse I was on back. As I was walking him back the whistle went off again. I did not put my heels into the horse, but I stuck my knees into his ribs and gave him his head. The led horse got away from me and a man held it for me. The led horse got away from me when the whistle was blowing, and at the time I got up to the engine on the second occasion the horse was not with me. The prisoner kept on blowing the whistle, and I thought it was done on purpose. No one said to me " Don't go through that crowd," and no one told me to get off the horse. I only tried to pass the engine once. I don't let a horse have the better of me in the London streets if I can help it. The horse turned round upon the first occasion and galloped back four or five yards. I turned him round and walked him up to pass the engine. Re-examined—l saw difficulties arising out of steam blowing off. There was plenty of room for me to pass, and the traffic was going on. Lip string acts as a curb, Reins can be formed by tying the end of a halter to a por tion of the lip string. William Seeley, the man with the three horses, deposed to the whistling, but saw nothing of the accident. Saw nothing to stop the traffic until he got up to where the engines were. The case was proceeding when we went to press. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market steady. Saks, probably 5,000 bales. DEATH OF SIR A. D. CROFT.—The death of Sir Arthur Denman Croft, Bart., one of the justices of the Court of Queen's Bench, is just announced. The de ceased baronet, who was born in 1801, was the second son of the sixth baronet, by the daughter of tho late Dr. Thomas Denman. He was called to the bar in 1839, and .was appointed to his mastership by Lord Denman. He is succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Herbert George Denman, who was born in 1838. The mastership in the Court of Queen's Bench, which becomes vacant by his death, is in the gift of Sir Alexander Cockburn, Bart., the Lord Chief Justice. A SECOND CHARING CROSS RAILWAY.--The new railway will commence at a junction with the Hampstead road, pass under the centre of the Chalk-farm-road, under the Regent's Canal, and along High-street, Camden-town, under the North-western and Metropolitan Railway, along Tottenham-court-road to Oxford-street, thence down St. Martin's-lane under the Strand, without altering the level, and so on to a junction on the Hungerford-bridge at the Charing-cross station. The junction with the main line of the London and North-Western will be made near the bridge by which Stanhope-street and Stanhope-place are carried over that railway. The Charivari publishes a woodcut in which 1864 is giving instructions to 1865, both represented under the guise of young women. In front of them is to be seen tremendously fat Prussian soldier wal kin g about with great self-complacency. " If that customer," says 1864, " should call for anything, be sure not to serve him, for ever since I haire been here he has done nothing but help himself." MARK-LANE. In the country markets held on Saturday millers pur chased to a limited extent both in red and white home grown wheats, and prices ruled in some instances in favour of buyers. For good and fine malting barley the trade ruled firm at full currencies ; otherwise, the demand for spring corn was very inactive at late rates. The flour trade was steady on former terms. Both on the Continent and at New York the demand for wheat and flour for export is much restricted, at about stationary priees. The arrivals of English produce up to our market last week were very moderate. The imports from abroad amounted to 1,658 quarters of wheat, 24,726 barley, 6,529 oats, 2,970 beans, 5 peas, 285 tares, 19,748 linseed, 3,608 oilseed, 500 sundry seeds, 100 sacks, and 3,510 barrels of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat were small by water carriage, and very moderate by rail. The condition of the produce was tolerably good. Owing to the limited number of samples on the stands, factors were indisposed to accept less money either for red or white produce. The trade, however, was slow; never theless, the whole of the supply brought forward changed hands at the prices of Monday last. With most description of foreign wheat the market was moderately supplied. The trade generally was in a slug gish state, for no quotable change took place in prices com pared with Monday last. The amount of business tran sacted was small. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was moderate. Good and fine malting qualities moved off steadily at full currencies; otherwise, the barley trade ruled quiet on former terms. Malt changed hands to a moderate extent at late rates. About an average supply of oats was on the stands. The trade, generally speaking, ruled quiet ; nevertheless, good and fine samples were firm in price. There was an increased supply of beans on sale, and the trede ruled heavy, at a decline in prices of is per quarter. The supply of peas on sale was small. In prices no alteration took place from Monday last. About an average business was transacted in flour, and prices ruled tolerably firm. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. Wawa—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 38s to Ils Ditto, 1861 Ditto, white, 1863 415 45i Ditto, 1864 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 1864 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, 1864 .. 46s 52s Rye-- Barley—Grinding 22s 25s Malting, new, 3os 355 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 63s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os (3s Chevalier 64s C 55 Oats —Yorkshire and Line°lush., Feeding. 19s 22s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lB5 228 Cork, white Scotch, Feeding lBs 224 Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey 335 38s Maple White 36s 4Us Boilers 36s 40s Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 285 30s Stockton and Norfolk 26s 28s American, per barrel 195 25s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was very moderately supplied with foreign stock ; nevertheless the demand was heavy, and prices had a drooping tendency. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, were considerably on the increase, and mostly in prime condition. Although the attendance of butchers was somewhat numerous, all breeds of beasts moved off slowly, at a decline in the quotations, compared with Monday last, of 2d per 81b. A very few su perior Scots and crosses sold at Os 6d, but the general top price was 5s 4d per 81b. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 3,000 Scots and crosses; from other parts of Eng land, 800 various breeds : from Scotland, 428 Scots and crosses;. and from Ireland, 197 oxen and heifers. We were again scantily supplied with sheep, but their quality was tolerably good. The mutton trade was heavy. Prime Downs and half-breds moved off slowly, at barely late rates. Long-woolled sheep declined 2d per 81b. The top quotation was 6s per 81b. About 500 clipped sheep were in the market , and they were disposed of at is 2d per 81b beneath those in the wool. Calves, the supply of which was only moderate, sold slowly at 2d per 81b less money. The highest quotation was 5s per 81b. The demand for pigs was :heavy, yet prices were sup ported. The supply was tolerably good. Per . 81b to sink the offal. s d s d s ds d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 6 4 2 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 4 5 8 Second quality do .. 4 4 4 8 Prime s'thdown "0 .5 10 8 0 Prime large oxen ..1 10 5 0 La go coarse calvcs.4 4 5 0 Prime Scots, 2 5 4 Pratte small do .....5 2 5 6 Crse. and inf. sneep.4 2 4 8 Large hugs .3 6 4 0 Second quality do ..4 10 5 2 Small porkers 4 2 4 8 Lambs....os Cd to 0, Od. Fuckling calves, 18s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 208 to 268 each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Beasts Foreign supply. 1,071 Cows Sheep Ca ves 79 Pigs Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 4,081 head. In the corresponding week in 1864, :we received 2,032 ; in 1863, 4,650 ; in 1862, 1,667; in 1861, 306 ; and in 1860, 2,310 head. 4,880 Beasts C ws — Sheep.... .. Calves B5 30 IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Antwerp lO4 -,.. Boulogne 3O ... Dunkirk Bremen — ... Hamburg Harlingen. ...... Ostend 142 ... Calais ...... Oporto . Rotterdam 4BB ... 861 ... 86 ... - 602 ... - ~ 464 296 1 ... 2 151 ... - - ... 12 17 77 Total 1414 1549 267 ... 851 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1864 1863 1862 1861 1860 439 ... 1583 ... 288 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market onMonday, January 18, 1864, and this day, Monday, January 16, 1865. _ _ Per Sibs. to sink the offal. Coarse and inferior beasts Second quality do. Prime large oxen Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do Prime Southdown do Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs - Neat small porkers Beasts Jan. 18, Jan. 16, 1864. 1865. 3 6to 3 10 3 6to 4 2 4044 4 4 4 8 4 6 4 8 410 5 0 410 5 0 5 2 5 4 310 4 4 4 2 4 8 4 6 5 0 410 5 2 5258 5 4 5 8 510 6 0 510 6 0 0000 0 0 0 0 4 o 4 6 4 4 5 0 4852 5 2 5 6 3640 3 6 4 0 4246 4 2 4 8 3,460 14,870 Sheep Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, January 19, 1863.—Beasts, 4,130 — sheep, 17,640—calves, 105—pigs, 240. January 20, 1862.—Beasts, 3,360 —sheep, 17,450—calves, 130—pigs, 370. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are but moderately supplied with most descriptions of meat. Good and prime beef and mutton rule firm, at high currencies ; otherwise, the trade is quiet, but at full quotations. Per 81b by the carom. stied sded Inferior beef 3 2 3 8 Inferior mutton.... 3 4 3 10 Middling do 3 10 4 4 Middling mutton.. 4 0 4 4 Prime large d0.....4 6 4 8 Prime do 4 6 4 0 Prime small d0....1 8 4 10 Veal 3 10 4 8 Large pork 3 6 4 4 Small pork. 4 6 4 8 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets are well . supplied with home-grown potatoes, but scantily with foreign produce. For nearly all qualities the trade is dull, at our quotations. Last week's import was 255 tons from Havre; 125 tons from Dieppe; and 55 tons from St. Malo. Per toa. Yorkshire Regents ..., B^B to LOOs Flukes. ICOs to 12 g Kent and Essex Regents .. 80s to 1008 Rooks .. . 70s to 80s Scotch Regents Foreign • 558 to 658 SEEDS. There is a steady demand for cloverseed at enhanced rates ; but for other seeds the inquiry is less active. Cakes are dull, and the quotations have a drooping ten dency. furnip,Whlte,p.bus.2G—s to — 22 B s Swede 8 Mustard, Brown White, Tares, Spring . . s a New winter, bush 10s ils Chnary, per quarter —s - 6 Rye grass • .. 24s 28s Clover, Red Eng., ot - a —s White Foreign Red —9 —s White —a —0 Trefoil new —s Carraway 34s 359 Coriander 2lB 258 Hempseed, per qr 4!B 468 Linseed,Eng.sowing 618 688 Crushing 598 G2s Baltic —8 —s Odessa —s —8 Linseed Cake, p ton —8 —s English £loos £ll Is FoFeign £9 lOs Xll 5s Rape Cakes,p ton £slos £6ss Rapeseed, new,pr qr 74s 78s WOOL, The demand for English wool is by no means active, yet prices rule firm, and the currency is without material change from last week. Colonial wool in the private con tract market is in limited request, at late rates. Last week's import was 4,615 hales from Algoa Bay; 301 BOln- BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on sale continues very moderate, and the trade for all qualities rules firm, at full quotations. Last week's imports amounted to 109 bales from Antwerp ; 135 Boulogne ; and 325 bales from Bremen. Mid and East Kent ..... llOB to 2008 Weald of Kent loss to 155 s Sussex. loos to 1403 Yearlings 100 s to lies TALLOW. The tallow trade is quiet to-day, at about previous quotations. New P.Y.C. is selling at 41s 3d per cwt., on the spot; 42s 3d for March; and 43s 3d to 43s 6d for October to December delivery. Rough fat, 2s lid per 81bs. Town tallow, 41s 6d net cash. Particulars. Stock this aay.... Price of Y.C. Delivery lastweek Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June l Price of Town .... 1851. 69 930 I 5 .0 0 60E01 :ohlBsul to —6 Od 4BB 61 1 708 1,633 5 ,741 88,162 - ►ll 617 101,177 82.831. 6s 91 50s 91 18B! 1803. 1884. 63.870 ( 67.699 14s d tol2sol to - s )—s 01 2,368 } 2 170 63,925 47,0.53 313 V 3 89,486 7d 935 463 6d , 43s 9d 4 18C5, a 8.182 41s 3,1 to —s 01 2,0 4 v,044 1,242 70,.05 43s 9d POLICE INTEL LIGENCE.— This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STREET PREACHING.-ThQ Rev. Mr. Hibbs, the person complained of a few days ago by Sir R. Carden for causing an obstruction in the Portland-road on Sunday mornings by preaching to a largo crowd of persons, attended before Mr. Tyrwhitt. The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—l beg to call your worship's atten tion to the report of a case in the papers of last Wednesday, and to state that I attended here on Thursday and saw your colleague, who desired me to attend here to-day, and to state to yourself what I had to say. Mr. Tyrwhitt—What have I to dO with the report ? The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—l wish to know if it is correct. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l shall not answer the question. I again say I have nothing to do with the report. The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—l wish to know whether Sir R. Carden accuses me with making it a rule to abuse the rich ? Mr. Tyrwhitt—Who and what are you? Are you the person who attended as a clergyman preacher in the Port land-road ? The Rev. Mr. Hibbs— 'es, I am. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l have nothing to do with the press, and the last thing in the world a magistrate thinks of doing is to attempt to control it. Are you a clergyman ? The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—Yes, of the Church of England. I was ordained at Lincoln Cathedral by Dr. Kaye. [Here the applicant leant forward and threw an envelope with his name upon it towards the magistrate.] Mr. Tyrwhitt—You had better stand in the same place as Sir R. Carden did when he made his statement. You are assuming too much from the position in which you stand. LThe applicant then stood.] The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—l wish to know whether Sir R. Carden said, " He makes it a rule to abus3 the rich, and frequently points towards Trinity Church," and says " There is a church full of aristocrats." Mr. Tynvhitt—Something of that kind was stated. I do not keep a register of what is said. You must settle it with the reporters. The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—Will you say what charges were broUght against me by Sir R. Carden ? Mr. Tyrwhitt—l will do nothing of the kind. The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—l wish to know whether a clergy man is to be abused in such a manner. It has already done one great injury. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Many extraordinary persons get into the Church of England nowadays. If you have been libelled, you know what to do. There, that will do, I have nothing more to say to you. The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—l wish to state— Mr. Tyrwhitt—l have nothing more to say. The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—All I wish to say is that the state ment in question is false. The rev. gentleman then retired. A person who had accompanied him exclaimed from the back of the court, " Take out a sumnions at once against him" (meaning Sir R. W. Carden). THAMES. How SAILORS ARE TREATED IN BLUEGATE-FLELDS.— Christian Anderson, a Norwegian seaman, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself in that horrible place Bluegate fields, Shadwell, where numerous sailors have been plun dered and ill used. A police constable, No. 158 K, said that he found the prisoner on Saturday night lying on the ground in the street called Bluegato-fields, Shadwell. The unfortunate man was drunk and speechless, and was without his hat, coat, neckerchief, waistcoat, and boots. Mr. Paget—Stripped in a brothel, and turned out into the street. Witness—Yes, sir ; very common there. The prisoner was robbed of his money and all his clothes, except his trousers, and bundled into the street. Mr. Paget—Have you been able to discover who robbed this poor fellow ? Witness—No, sir. Mr. Paget—Nor the infamous brothel where he has been robbed ? Witness—No, sir. Mr. Paget said the improvidence and indiscretion of sailors was proverbial. He was very sorry the prisoner had been plundered of his hard earnings and his clothes, and hoped it would be a warning to him to keep out of the way of the harpies in future. He discharged the prisoner, who had been provided with clothes by his landlord. At the rent audit of Lady Molesworth, held at Tetcot last week, a sacrifice of some 2,5001. was made as a Christmas present to the tenants. CONVOCATION OF CANTERBURY.—On Saturday the convocation of the prelates and clergy of the province of Canterbury was prorogued by Royal writ until Wednesday, the Bth of February, when the bishops and proctors will assemble in the Jerusalem Chamber for de spatch of business. The question of the constitution of the final court of appeal on ecclesiastical matters will occupy the attention of both houses of convocation, with a view to a representation on the subject being made to Parlia ment. Various notices of motion have been given in the lower house on important questions affecting the interests of the Church. SINGULAR BIGAMY CASE.—At the Preston Police court on Friday was heard a bigamy case, present ing some most extraordinary features. The offender was a man named Henry Greenwood, an engine tenter. Eighteen years ago he was married at Penwortham, near Preston, to a woman, named Sarah Newsham, who had four children to him ; five years since he left her, but had seen her more or less every week since, somewhere in the town ; and on the 4th instant he married another woman named Grace Coward, who had had one child to him during a previous cohabitation. He is also the father of 15 other children— all illegitimate. ' When apprehended on Wednesday he said he was tired with a second wife. The charge was preferred by the first wife, and it was stated that when he married on Wednesday his second wife knew quite well that there was another rival in the field. He was com mitted to Lancaster Assizes for trial. NEWSPAPER PRESS PARCELS.—At the Southwark County Court, on Thursday, an action was tried, Welldon v. South-Eastern Railway Company, in which the plaintiff, a contributor to the metropolitan press, sought to recover from the defendants compensation for the loss he had sustained by the non-delivery of certain parcels entrusted by him to the officers of the company, for transmission to London. The plaintiff stated that on the 16th of August he had engaged to forward reports of the regattas to be held at Deal, Dover, and Folkestone, to the Morning Star, to the Standard, and to the Sporting Life, at the rate of 2/. 2s. as remuneration from each paper ; the copy of the report to be delivered by 12 o'clock on the night of the races. The plaintiff's report of the Folkestone regatta on Aug. 22 was duly received the same night as arranged ; the Deal regatta was postponed ; and the plaintiff went on to Dover on the 25th, and, having written his report, took it to the booking-office of the defendants in Dover at a quar ter past 5, and was promised that it should be forwarded by the next train to London. On this promise he paid the booking fee and went away. A messenger was to be in waiting at the London terminus. He_had telegraphed in structions to his messenger to be sure and meet the Parcel with the Dover regatta report ; but the instructions not being received, through the neglect of the defendants, the parcel was not met, and the consequence was that the parties in town would not have given, as the plaintiff said, five farthings for it ; inasmuch as the paper he had con tracted for had been enabled to take the report from the Daily Telegraph. The parcels he found lying in the company's office at London-bridge on his arrival in town on Monday. The result was that he had been paid only 10s. 6d. by the Star, 10s. by the Standard, and by the Sport ing Life nothing ; and the plaintiff now sought to recover the difference between these two sums and the amount of his contract, viz., W. ss. 6d., and also 11.1 s. for messenger's fees. Mr. Stevens, for the defendants, raised several legal objections to the claim, and contended that the articles enclosed for transit in this instance were valueless ex cept as regards the sheets of paper on which they were written ; and also that no notice had been given of the importance of prompt delivery. After a long legal argu ment per contra by Mr. Chipperfield, the case, which had been opened on a former day, was decided by the learned judge (Mr. Whitmore, Q.C.), who gave judgment in favour of the plaintiff, for the difference between what he actually got and what he would have got but for the delay in the transmission, viz., 5/. ss. 6d., with costs ; but the charge of 1/. ls. for the messenger's fees, the judge said, could not he sustained. 136 1531 5 i 81 £Ol ; I 43 11 104 :16} 109 Et 121 i 931 9 03i 128 i } 7; I 1 fa 1 : 38 1 t i 8 1 551 261 115 11/ 104 5 494 871 1 IQ ITIES. 93 2k 81 The Wreck of the Lelia. LIVERPOOL, Monday morning. The survivors from the Lelia, 12 in number, have been landed from the lightship. It appears that the vessel became unmanageable, and was struck by a sea, which broke her up forward. The crew and passengers took to the boats, and reached the lightship, where the one with the passengers cap sized, and all were drowned. Only 12 of the crew In the other boat succeeded in getting on board. Among the lost are Captain Skinner, Captain St. Clair, Mr. Robson, Mr. Cropper, Mr. Miller, &c. There were 30 on board the vessel when she was lost. Collision on the Great Western Railway. -do- A collision occurred on Saturday morning on the Great Western Railway, but fortunately unaccompanied with loss of life, although attended with serious damage to the company's stock, and causing a delay to the passenger and goods traffic on the line. As far as can be ascertained, it seems that two trucks, one of which was laden, and the other empty, were left on Friday night on the siding of the up line at Wallingford-road Station, and all was safe until between four and five o'clock on Saturday morning, when the gale blew with such terrific force that it set the trucks in motion, and they continued running as far as the village of Stoke, about a mile and a half distant, midway between Wallingford-road and Goring stations, when they were I overtaken by an up narrow-gauge coal train from Wolver hampton, and a collision was the result. It was of course dark at the time, and as the driver could not see the trucks the train ran into them at full speed, forcing the truck, which was laden with corn, completely off its wheels, and considerably damaging the tender and engine. A pair of wheels belonging to the corn truck became so embedded in the earth that no less than 11 trucks heavily laden with coals were, with the engine and tender, thrown off the line, and all more or less damaged. The permanent way was torn up for some distance, and a large quantity of coal thrown out of the trucks, and thus both lines were blocked up. Every precaution was taken to prevent the occurrence of an additional casualty, but most unfortu nately the strong wind blew a signal post across the tele graph wires and stopped all communication between Gor ing, Reading, Paddington, and the intermediate stations• Under these circumstances, a message was conveyed to Did cot, from whence a telegram was forwarded to Oxford. A posse of workmen were thereupon sent from Oxford to the scene of the collision, and assistance being also procured from Swindon and Reading, the down line was cleared. The luggage trains, which were stopped in their progress, and presented a scene almost equalling that lately witnessed at Pangbourne, then proceeded ontheir journey, and the single line was made available for the whole of the traffic. A mes sage was sent to Paddington as quickly as possible, and about 100 men were despatched to the spot, and not a moment lost in getting the engine and trucks on the line, the work being directed by Mr. Tyrell, the superintendent of the line ; Mr. Kelley, the superintendent of the division ; Mr. Craig, Mr. Bailey, of Reading, and Mr. Relton, of Oxford. The telegraphic communication was not resumed until the afternoon, and the line could not be cleared until late in the day. The trains in the morning were delayed, and the railway officials experienced much inconvenience in conse quence of being unable to use the telegraph. It is quite a miracle that the engine-driver and stoker, who were only bruised, were not killed. TESTIMONIAL TO CARDINAL WISEMAN.—A num ber of gentlemen, including Lord Petre, Lord Fitzalan Howard, Lord Arundel of Wardour, Lord Stafford, the Hon. Charles Langdale, Sir Robert Gerard, Sir George Bowyer, Bart., M.P., Mr. Sergeant Belasis, and others, have combined for the purpose of presenting a testimonial to Cardinal Wiseman on the Bth of June next, being the 25th anniversary of his episcopal consecration. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The performance of the Wizard of the North on Saturday was so successful that it will be repeated daily during the week. The concert room was crowded with visitors. After the performance the great transept and naves were lighted up, and prome nading continued to a late hour, a strange contrast to the boisterous storm which howled round the building. The pantomimic ballet, with other amusements, will also be continued, and the palace will continue to be lighted up at dusk, Lord and Lady Colchester have arrived at their residence in Berkeley-square for the season. The Princess Mathilde visited the Imperial Mann actory of the Gobelins on Saturday, and was present at a Lecture on chemistry given in the establishment. The Poor-Law inquiry at the Holborn Union into the case of Timothy Daly was concluded on Saturday. Mr. Farnall will now report on the evidence to the Poor- Law Board. TIIE PORTSMOUTH MURDER.—James Piper, who murdered his wife at Fratton; near Portsmouth, last Mon day, was taken before the magistrates on Saturday, and remanded until Tuesday. No evidence was taken. THE SHIRLEY MURDER.—The condition• of Bromfield, the Shirley murderer, has improved since his examination before the Hampshire magistrates on Monday, and it is expected that ho will be so far recovered in a few days as to permit his removal to Winchester Gaol. Bromfield will be tried at the Lent Assizes for the county of Hants. A murder was committed a few days ago at Marianello, near Naples, under singular-circumstances. A man named Mugnano had just entered a guard-house to light his pipe at the fire, when one Chiarolanza, without saying a word, snatched up a musket from the rack, and shot the new comer dead on the spot. The assassin was instantly arrested, but as yet no clue has been found to the motive whichi nduced him to commit the crime. THE LIVERPOOL LIFEBOAT that unfortunately capsized on Saturday last did not belong to the National Lifeboat Institution, but was the property of the Dock Trustees of that town. The boat was not a self-righting one, and was, we repeat, in no way connected with the National Lifeboat Institution. THE DANTE ANNIVERSARY in May next is to be celebrated with great pomp in Florence. A GRAND CONSERVATIVE BANQUET is to be given on the 24th inst. at Reading. MR. SANTLEY, THE GREAT ENGLISH BASSO. — More than one foreign paper reports the enthusiastic re ception which Mr. Santley has had at the opera-house of Barcelona. ----- COPPER ORE SALES.—At the Cornish ticketing on Thursday 2,308 tons of copper ore fetched 11,4401. Os. Id. The averages were :—Standard, 1281. 10s. price per ton, 41. 10s. ; produce, 6. Compared with the previous sale the standard is nearly stationary, and with the corresponding monthly sale it is quito stationary. THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. — The directors of the London and South-Western Company have given instructions for a train of six car riages and two guards'-vans to be fitted with the apparatus for providing telegraphic communication between passen gers and guards, upon the same principle as that which was 'tested on Saturday last, by Captain Tyler, of the Board of Trade. The train is intended to be worked for the ordinary traffic of the line.—Railway News. HALIFAX WOOL, WORSTED, AND WOOLEN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Business of all sorts has been quiet to-day. With the exception of matchings no sort of wool has been asked for. Rates, however, have ruled firm. The yarn trade continues quiet, little or business having been trans acted. Old orders are sufficient to keep only a portion of the machinery in operation. The woollen market has been well attended, but there also business has been fiat. IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING.—DUDLEY, Saturday Evening.—The conducing meeting of the ironmasters of this district for the current quarter was held here this evening ; the attendance was small, and the trans actions were nominal ; indeed, after the feeling exhibited at the meeting at Birmingham on Thursday, and the gene ral indisposition to do business there, it was not to be ex pected that any improvement would be experienced at this meeting, and scarcely any of the principal firms were represented. A few small transactions in pig-iron were reported, but of finished iron little, if any, was sold ; and the prevailing opinion appeared to b 3 that it is many years since the business was on so limited a scale as at the series of meetings which closed this even ing. At all the works in this locality they are very mo derately supplied with orders, and unless some reaction takes place speedily, it is as much as the makers of favourite brands will be able to do to obtain the list prices. The notices given to the puddlers and millmen expire this evening ; if they decide not to accept the reductions and turn out, it will have a very bad effect upon the trade in this locality, which has already suffered much from the strikes, a portion of the ordinary trade having been forced into other districts. On the other hand, if the men go on steadily—and it is believed that one section Of them (the millmen) are favourable to that course—it is thought that two the trade will speedily rally. If the men stand out of or three days only, it will virtually be a week' s . stoppager"were the works. The reports as to the demand forrepset g nt price is most unsatisfactory at this meeting ; and t of merchants' lating. This quarter -day settlemen om t. too low to be remunerative, and stocks are the slightly accumu factors' accounts has been generally pr p the sentenced to death for murder underwentpunishment severe weather at Bonetillo The Spanish journals state that two young men of the garotte during the The Queen had the life of one of them, but the quantity of snow de la Sierra, in the provincaeteof Madrid. Th spared having interrupted the commuuicati which had fallen ons, • ' tele To 11- the order by electric.* g p , for suspending eventhe execution did not arrive until two hours after the man was dead. A cc ording to the Vigie d e Ch er b ourg, t h ere i s some question of forming at that port a new naval division, to be placed under the command of Vice-Admiral Le Ron ciere le Noury, and to consist of the ironclad ship of the line Magenta, now in the roadstead, carrying the flag of the vice-admiral, and of the ironclad frigates Flandre, Heroine, and Valeureuse, preparing for spa at Cherbourg, Lorient, and Rochfort, Newmarket July 4 Carlisle Worcester Pontefract Abingdon Stamford 3l OCTO] IHereford l3 Nottingham Winchester lB iSouthampton l9 Chesterfield Goodwood IBER. Northallerton Newmarket 2d Oct 9 I Newmarket II 23 Worcester Autumn 3l The Powder-ship at Fort Fisher. A writer in the Morning Post says—lt is strange that amongst the many Germans who now hold high rank in the armies of the Northern States of America none should have thought of a passage in Schiller's " Revolt of the Netherlands,v in which a remarkable instance is given of the awful effects of gunpowder when closely confined, by which, as every one knows, the explosive force is highly in creased. Had the idea which occurred to the engi neer of the 16th century been again acted upon, an astounding waste of powder might probably have been prevented, and the Northerners would not have been subjected to the mortification of finding their great scheme turn out to be an utter failure. The - occurrence alluded to took place during the long siege to which Antwerp was subjected by the Duke of Parma, who, by building a bridge across the Scheldt, had prevented the besieged from re ceiving supplies, and had thus reduced the garrison and city to the peril of starvation. Giambelli, an Italian engineer, came forward at this crisis and undertook to destroy this bridge by means of two small vessels. His plan of operations I find described as follows : " In the hold of each vessel he built a hollow chamber of freestone, sft. broad, 3i feet high, and 40ft. long. This magazine he filled_ with 60 cwt. of the finest powder, and covered it with as heavy a weight of large slabs and mill stones as the vessel could carry. Over these ho also added a roof of similar stones, which ran up to a point and pro jected six feet above the ship's side, besides which he loaded the decks with all kinds of destructive missiles. Several small apertures were left in the chambers for the matches which were to set fire to the mine. For greater certainty he had also contrived a piece of mechanism which, after the lapse of a given time, would strike out sparks, and even if the matches failed would set the ship on fire. When the magazine of one of these vessels took fire on reaching the bridge an explosion took place just as if the earth had burst or the vault of heaven given way. The duke and his whole army fell to the ground as dead, and several minutes elapsed before they recovered consciousness. But then what a sight presented itself! The waters of the Scheldt had been divided to its lowest depth and driven with a surge which rose like a wall above the dam that confined it so that all the fortifications on the banks were several feet under water. The earth • shook for three miles round. Nearly the whole pier on which the fire-ship had been driven, with a part of the bridge of boats, had been burst and shattered to atoms with all that was upon it—spars, cannon, and men, all blown into the air. Even the enor mous blocks of stone which had covered the mine had, by the force of the explosion, been hurled into the neighbour ing fields, so that many of them were afterwards dug out of the ground at the distance of 1,000 paces from the I bridge. Six vessels were buried ; several had gone to pieces." But still more terrible was the carnage which the murderous machine had dealt amongst the soldiers, for it is stated that from 500 to 800 men were killed on the spot, besides an immense number maimed and mutilated. The bridge also was utterly destroyed, all the shore batteries were placed under water, and the besieging army suffered a loss killed and wounded of over 1,200 fighting men. This devastation was caused, be it observed, by the firing of one vessel, containing only three tons of gunpowder ; but this small quantity was used with the greatest judgment, and was made to do its ter rible work to the uttermost ; while, so far as the ac counts I have read of the explosion at Fort Fisher show, our Northern friends, prodigal of their re sources, seem to have simply stuffed their vessel with. as many barrels and bags of the villanous compound as they could get under the hatches, and thus, al though we are told that she contained 215 was exploded within 500 feet of the fort , the great gunpowder plot of 1864 failed. t on s, and Foreign Mail Packet List• - - -*----- Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton •Jan. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 12. ud Et. llelena Brazil and Cape Verde, by British pao.et• ••• • • • •Ftb. 3. Ditto, by British • Jan. 2:„ Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, Feb, lg. China, Penang - , and Singapore, via Sou hamptOn, „T an ~.. packet.........` Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. n . Falkland Islands .................................. Jan . Gibraltar, via Southampton ..... --, India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, vi a .. • • • ..Jan Southam t * 38* Ditto, via Mar,eilles p on.... Jan. 18. ......... I n dia (Bombay), via Southampton. .. .. ••• ..... Jan.:2(3. Ditto, via siarseilles . ............... Jan. 26. Mauritius, via Southampton ............ . • •* Jan• 20 . Feb. 11. Ditto, via Marseil e t... Newfoundland ....... . —Feb. 5. Poring 1 ................................ Jan. 18. Ditto, by private • . Feb. 3. ship to L united btates and Lisbon... . tish packet..... British North America, by Bri- Ditt....... 0, by United S t.n .. tates packet, via Southamp ..... • • ....... , • • Ditto, via C Ak Iv Ditto, by Canad i an packet, via Londonderry Jan. 20. est Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Ttneriffe Feb. I v , West Indies and Pacific (except Bahaa,as, Cuba, and Mexico Jan. 28. Bahamas, via New fork. Feb. 9. Bermuda, ditto Cuba and Mexico . Jan. 28. King Leopold of Belgium, the Duchess de Bra. bant, and the Count do Flandre were present two night back at the first Court Ball of the season given at the Palace in Brussels. About 1,500 persons were invited, be longing to the diplomatic body, the administration, the national guard, the army, &c. Dancing was kept up til one o'clock in the morning, the balls in the Belgium capi tal always terminating early. General Bosco, the last defender of Gaeta, is said to have received a command in the Spanish army Domingo. of Santo THIRD EDITION. SUN OFF.JCE, 7 O'CLOCK. TAT TERSALL'S.--Thie Evening. T WO!TIIOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 1 agst Liddington (offered) 7to 1 agst Broomielaw (taken) 9to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) 10 to 1 agst Zambezi (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Don Basialio (taken) THE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Liddington (taken) 9to 1 agst Breads.lbane (taken) 11 to 1 agst The Duke (offered) 100 to 7 agst Chattanooga (taken) 20 to 1 agst Broomielaw (taken) 22 to 1 agst Bedminster (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Rifle (taken) 25 to 1 agst Oppressor (offered) 30 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken) 40 to 1 agst Ariel (taken) 40 to 1 agst Zambezi (taken) 50 to 1 agst Congress (taken) 66 to 1 agst Friday (taken) 100 to 1 agst Pepper's Ghost SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Days CITY BETTING. TWO THOUSAND. 6to 1 agst Liddington (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Broomielaw (taken) 9to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered-10 to 1 taken) 10 to 1 agst Zambeza (offered), THE DERBY. sto 1 agst Liddington (offered) 15 to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered) 25 to 1 agst Bedminster (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Congress (offered-50 to 1 taken) RACING FIXTIT JRES FOR 1865. ARY. Harrow . FEBR' Birmingham l6 Lincoln Spring 2l 31 JARY. Nottingham Spring 2B MAE Derby Spring . 2 I Liverpool Spruig 7 Shrewsbury Spring 9 1 D on caster Spring l4 1 iitem. Warwick Spring Chelmsford Spring 2B. 30 1 Barham AP) Northampton 4 Croxton Park 7 Newmarket Craven l7 Durham asp Newmarket Ist Spring 1 Chester 9 York Spring Salisbury lB Catterick Bridge 1 9 Abergavenny ' . II Thirsk 2l E psont Spring AT. Bath 23 Harpenden 26 Epsom 3O Manchester 7 Chelmsford 7 Ascot l3 Alexandra Park 2O Hampton 2l Newton Liverpool Newcastle Odiham Bidbury Stockbridge JULY. ,f 1......,,, V / ~~ For tr° 111 1 ' Le LOW rCli tb B Mlt rz-, raN 0 ;0 ts ,a tat' Di ,te r 11 0111 C°lll Of: ii,,,14 tOl if ..„e3 rt , ~ [otoe Share j 13 1 st Bt st 50 20 204 20¢ 100 100 100 Iwo 2 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 I'o 100 100 10 100 100 2.1.0 2.14.6 3 4.0 2.7.0 2.13.8 9.10.6 001 all 1.1.0 7.8 - .3 8.13 4.3.0 21i 3 321 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 581 1001 1 1011 2 12} 1001 831 4 10 - 4