The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL IN TWELVE O'CLOCK. The money market presents no new feature of interest. There is a general belief that a further large withdrawal of gOld will take place to-day at the Bank, and the brokers, who expect an advance will be made to-morrow in the Bank rate, are dis inclined to negotiate bills at current rates. At the bullion department of the Bank of Eng land yesterday afternoon, there was a further with drawal of £75,000. The Committee of the Stock Exchange, Liver- Pool, have granted a special settlement to the Bir kenhead Amalgamated Brewery Company to pass through current accounts (Dec. 28), and also offi cial quotation. _ _ Notice has been given that the interest payable by the contractors on the shares and scrip of the East London Railway Company, for the half year ending Dec. 28 inst., will be paid on and after Riau. 5. The interest warrants will be forwarded to the registered proprietors, but the holders of Scrip will be required to lodge their certificates, ac companied by receipts for payments thereon, with the registrar, at the offices of the company, three clear days prior to payment. _ The directors of the St. John del Rey Mining Company (Limited) have received, per Guienne, the following report, dated Morro Velho, Nov. 17 : Produce for October, 48,509 oitavas ; yield, do., 9,541 per ton ; cost for d0.,9 £,935 ; profit for do., £8,769 ; produce, 12 days (including two holidays and one pay-day) of November, 14,198 oitavas; Yield, 7,686 oitavas per ton. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram the 3 per Cent. French Rentes were quoted at 68f. 30c. Inanimate. The English Stock Market has been dull, and at one time further depressed. A recovery, how ever, has subsequently taken place, and Consols are quoted 871 1 for money, and 871 1 for the ac count. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 864 87 ; Exchequer Bills, 6s. to 2s. dis. ; Bank Stock, 246 ; India 5 per Cents., 1021 4 ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 102 ; ditto Bonds, 14s. 18s. prem. . Foreign Stocks have been steadily supported. Mexican, ex all, have improved to 251; ditto, New Loan, to 221 ; Greek are 15 1 ; Spanish Passive, 2 71 28 ; the Certificates, 151 ; Italian, 641 651 ; Confederate Loan, 7 8 ; and Brazilian Scrip,..ll prem. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, 72* j. ; ditto, 1 863, 67 ; ditto, paid up Scrip, 1865, 43 *; ditto guaranteed, 100. The scrip of the new Turkish loan is to 1 prem. _ _ Most of the American Securities have been sup- Ported at steady quotations. United States 5-20 Bonds are 65/ 1 ; and Illinois, 82 I. In the Railway Share Market there has been very little animation ; prices, however, are firmer. South-Eastern have improved £1; Great Northern A Stock and Great Western, each 15s. ; and Midland, ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain very quiet, without any material alteration in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Al liance are dealt in at 28 291 ; London and County at 721 ; Imperial Bank at 291 ; London Joint-stock at b 11; Hudson Bay Company at 171 ; National Discount Company at 161 178 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co. at 211 ; British Convention Bonds of Mexico are quoted 65 70 ; English and American Bank, 21 21 prem.; Colonial Company, 11 prem. ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway Consolidated Bonds, 1 11 prem. ; London Steam 'rowing Company, 11 2 prem. ; and Charles Laffitte and Co., 1 2 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, Jan. 9 B per Cent. Reduced B6k ' New 3 per Cent B6k 7 New 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. fo r 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs — , Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Lxchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 2 dig Do. £5OO 2 die Do £lOO and £200 Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account . INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10/ per Cent., Apri11874... Shut Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. si. per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE 0 CLOCK. „Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 D o . 1863 Do. 1865 „ Do. Scrip, £25 paid ouenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chili= 6 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — „ Do. per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid "anubian Principalities Do Account — oquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Yptian 7 per Cent — 1 , 0 0., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds , Do. 1864 Do o £lOO Bonds Creek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons ~ Do. Account uuatemala 5 per Cent. -- Do £B6 paid — , Do. 1839 and 1850 — 44 ,1ia1l 5 per Cent, 1865 vo. Account DO. Maremmana Railway Do Scrip, £67/ paid — „Do 5 p er C en t., 1864 — 41 • exican 3 per Cent Do• Account • 25 Do 1864 22} i)o 6 per Cent. Anglo-French l eo French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c • I, 4 °ll tevidean 6,per Cent., £3O paid " - Lo rish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada , -1 -' 0 2 per Cent L. r .;o Deferred b o -uo Land arrants (Hectares) ' 6 per Ce W nt, 1864 — Q Do Guaranteed., 4 per Cent e .„tuvin 41 per Cent 4 . 10 . Account D 0 Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — P 4l per Cent., 1862 , — el nguese 3 per Cent., 1853 r-, D ° 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, I t Account ttB h eian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9O "0 4k per Cent. 1850 Do 4/ per Cent, 1860 ' — DO 3 pei Cent. 1859 — 5 Per Cent. 1862 BBl k i 13,, .? 5 per Cent. 1864 — -I ‘linian 5 per Cent Spam 1)0 Account ~,sh 3 per Cent Ditto account — " -)0 New Deferred — DO, Account " 0 Pas • -,, Passive Account - 8 D ° 27k 4 1 '''---- funded — - Cert. of Coup not - El Do Account W.,s e dish 4 p er C en t. ..1, u O . q pe r Cent. 1864 nrkish 6 per Cent. 1854 1 . / 0 Account -:° 6 per Cent. 1858 1-1,0 Account ',..0 £l.OO Bonds .- 1 10 7 4 per Cent — — 7-N ° 6 per Cent. 1862 — ,"0 A.ccount 7_2l 4-'l,O £lOO Bonds E" e 6 per Cent., 1863 67 ° 0 per Cent. 1865 — D°o R • "' e rg), £35 paid D° Account .h £ICO Bands — Vj - " G • 4 per Cent. Guaranteed lOO rsilezuela 3 r Cent. .uo Account , ,)() 6 per Cent., 1862 4'o. Account Atte • bi'vidends on the above payable in London. D el I ' n, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins b1it',7,44 per cent., Ex. 25f. IS''' *. ‘t re" (`Ant., Ex. 12 Guil ___ _ p ise o . 4 per Cent. Certificates _ It a il l ,, e h Rentes 3 per Cent. _" 4 5 per Cent 'lB6l Ex. 25f. 00118ols for money .7. 7 TWO O'CLOCK 87 I I 9, 4490Unt, ,7 :7 771777 ~... a 4,- 1 - 'II,NrIORMN , North British 5 rer cent., No.: (IN bliAltEb. ,:1, _ Ditto, No 2,102 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., t itto, 4 s per cent:red.. , e 9 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 80i South Devon, Anna 10s., PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Metropolitan 5 per cent.,:losi LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS Lancaster and Carlisle, 217 .6i FORE] GN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9& Dutch Rhenish, 23i Great Luxembourg, i 6 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., tf Sambre and Meuse, 84 San Paulo, Rm., gua. 6 per cent., 171 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 17 IFORICIGN MINE S. Cape Copper, Rm. 13 D.)n Pedro, North Del Rey, Fortuna (lim.), 3 Frontino and Bolivia V old. Scottish Australian, lint.. St. John del Rey, lint., 501 Washoe Gold, lint., Ditto, (£4), 61 Yuadananitutna of S. Australia, lint., DOCKS. East and West India. 1324 2 London and St. Katharine, 8 / BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, Um., 561 7/ Alliance. lim.. 19 8k Anglo Austrian, 61 Australasia, 7 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 24/ European Bank, Um., 11; Imperial Bank, Urn.. 291 Imperial Ottoman, 141 Land:Mortgage Bank of India, lim.. 41 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, Urn., 141 London and County. 791 London Joint 5t0ck,7,511 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., I€l Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. Um., 6 Union of London, 54 I MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 . Australian Mort. Lar.d and Finance, lira., 31 1 80., bay Gas, lira., 51 China Steam ship and Labuan Coal Company, 2 1 City Offices, lira., 71 1 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England. 8/ Ditto, issued at a prem., of which £2 is to pay, 31 Crystal Palace, Ma Egyptian Gout and Trading, 1 Electric Telegraph, 1344 7 Fore-street Warehouse, Um. 111 Gen. Credit and Finals,* of 1:011don. lira., Hong Kong and China Gas, 11/ 12 Hudson's Bay, 174 1 .7 Imperial Mercantile Credit ASSO., lim.. International Financial society, lim., • Joint Stook Discount, lim., 81 2 Land Securities, Dm., 34 8 London Financial Association, lira, 201 g .dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 81 Mauritius Land, Credit. and Agency, lim., 1/ National Viscount • ompany. 16; 171 North British and Mercantile insurance, 201 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lint, 2143 Royal Mail Steam, 1104 91 Union Marine, Liverpool, lim., 4 1 0111 ea Co t pro add ° SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Railways. it tbrl4tol andgxeter at Caledonian 50 Cambrian ••••• ZO Cork and 8and0n...... at Cornwall at Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc CO E.London, bcrip Certi Do. at Glasgow &S. Western at Great Eastern, Ord. stk. st Do. E. Angl. st. No. at Great North of Scotland st Great Northern et D.,. A stock • • at Do. B stock st Do. _New, is. at 25 pm at Gt S. and W. of Ireland at Gt. Western -Original at D . S. Val. Rail gua. st Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.— Oxtord at Do. Newport at Do. Hereford st Lano rehire & Yorkshire at London and Blackwall st Lon., Brigh., & S Coast at Lon., Chat., and Dover at Do. Metrop. itx. A et Lou. & North Western st Lon. & South Western st Man., She)., & Lincoln et Metropolitan 10 Do. New 93 95 1 1234 24i 94 96 13 15 4i 54 68 72 71 734 113 115 42 43 7t Si !2,4 127 i 145 145 92 94 574 Mi 4 60i 61 41 43 33 37 , 05 1211 :221 89 91 102 101 36 38 50 E 2 1241 12 51 25j 96/ 1 61 , 63 '371 I• 8a 3 lip 11 at , 103 101 0 Do Extension.. Metropolitan District. Do do. do. _ LO Do. and St. John'sW'd St Mid:and 9 Do. £9 Share at Do, Birmin.. & Derby 1211 124 11 li vi 93 951 m id Kent it North British it Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun it Nth. Eastern—Berwick 5 Do. G.N*E purchase it Do. Leeds ..... it Do. York it Do. Carlisle .... 25 8 7 29 110} 114 70} 713 103 104 N. Stock. & Darling. 5 Do. do. 1860-61 it North London . 0 Do. do. 1864 .0 Do. do. 1865 it North Staffordshire LO N. &S. W. Junction it Scottish Central it Scot. N. E , Aber. stock it uo. Scot, Mid. stack. It Shropshire Union ... ;t South Devon It South E .stern ... 20 36 37 10 It p 126 128 2 2 , p 2 Up 74 75 11 12 148 15; 66 68 112 114 55 67 73 74 S 9 147 150 3 1 p 101 104 Staines, Wok., & Wok it Taff Vale 0 Do. C it Vale of Neath it Waterford & Kilkenny .0 Waterloo & Whiteha I it West Cornwall 49 51 BRITISH P 00 Atlantic & St. Lawrence st I Bom.,Baroda„ Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. r shares 'i Buffalo & Lake Huron 10 Do. Preference 00 1 Buff.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- st Calcutta &8. E., lim st :ape Town & Dock, gtt 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. V A East. gn., sdo A East ledian gu. 5 p.c. 20 Do. J Extension .. t 'Grand Trunk of Canada 05 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds' 1 charge 6 p.c )0 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds )0 Do. do. deferred )0 Do. 2d Pr, t. Bonds )0 Do. do. deterred OSSK 10 Do. 3d Pref. stock.... 10 Do. do. deferred .... )0 Do. 4th Pref. stock 10 Do. do. deterred ....I 3t Gt. India Pen. gua. 5 p.c. !O I o. Gua. 5 per cent.. !O Do. New gua. 6 p. c.. it Gt. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent st D 41 per cent st Do 204 Great W , R. of Canada.. 204 Do. New 00 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay 1873 00 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 10 Indian Branch, limited st Madras, gua. 5 p.c st Do. 41 do st Do. 44 do 20 Do. Fifth Extension it Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. .0 Mel. & Hudson's tray.. it N. it I.C'da, 6pc lst pf.bs. it Scinde A it Do. Delhi :0 Do. do :4 st Do. Puniaub st Do.lndus St. Flo '''D ,SIONS. 59 61 102 103 id tp 6 6i 10 11 luO 100 100 all 100 100 75 80 99 101 65 70 100 103 102 112 1(3 104 par 6 P 32 33 88 90 68 68 55 60 56 58 50 55 45 48 40 44 32 34 31 33 103 IC4 I 1 .) 104 102 i 154 17 4 30 05 85 87 1 4d tOti 102 i 93 95 89 91 , 63 65 82 84 t .1i 102. 101 i 102. I I 10, 102 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 421 2 1221 2 00 i _. ._. lu3i 2i 125 k I 5 96 IZB i 121! 2 5 1031 33i 103} 17 } i Paid. Closing 1 Business . 1 Price. done. 5 71 i COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR: British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug IN. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. Apl. & Oct 1890-1900 Do. do; 1880-9, Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April l and i 5 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, fi p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1,78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. Do_is►)s. Feb. & Aug Natal •7ov. 6 per cent N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6p. cent Do. 5 per cent - Nova So )tia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-41 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oct 190 100 100 1(0 100 100 96 98 94 96 94 96 S 2 8I 81 33 104 106 104 106 1(4 106 105 107 90 92 10i 162 106 168 103 105 106 108 104 106 6 304 96 99 96 P 8 1 0 102 93 95 8) 01 103 105 81 85 10) 102 103 104 108 10S 103 i 4 1031 1051 105 106 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. C old, lira. I - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O 22 234 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 575 695 - Drake walls 2.1.0 4 14 - East Bassett (Illogan) 294 18 20 - East Caradon 2.14.8 84 94 - East Cam Brea 3l 54 54 - East Grenville 2.14.0 3 34 - East Gunnislake 8.3.6 4 1 - East Loved 3.9.0 14 15 - E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 3t - Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great L,ocey, limited all 20 21 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 14 2 - Great Wheal Busy 14.9.6 34 4 - G. Wheal Vor 41., 34 35 - Grenville 8.18.0 34 4 - Elerod's Foot 8.10.0 38 38 - Hingaton Downs 5.10.6 54 51 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 5 7 Starke Valley 4.10.6 4 44 4 11wyndy Iron Ore, lira 24 21 11d - New Se ton - North Roskear v.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 4 1 North Wheal Crotty - - Prosper United 7.1.6 - - - Pr vidence UnyLt.lant 10.6.7 38 40 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 420 440 - South Condurrow 3.2.0 I .S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 20 25 - Stray Park 35.15.6 lu 12 - Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and CIL gan, lira all 5 7 West Bassett (Mogan - W. caradon (Liskeard 9 9 11 - West Chiverton ll 73 821 - West Seton 474 190 20u - Wheal Bassett (Mogan 54 95 110 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 3: 374 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 4 6 - Wheal Seem 5Bl 224 2221 -. Wheal Tielawney (Lis. 7 81 194 THE SUN, LONDON, 'WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20 1865. THE FIVE-FOLD MURDER. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) MAIDSTONE, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The prisoner Southey was brought up this morn ing at 9.30, and wanted to speak, but Mr. Justice Mellor said the case must be left to counsel. It was, therefore, postponed to 1 o'clock this day. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. -- COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. HILL V. FINNEY. The hearing of this case was resumed this morning by the examination of Dr. Steele as to the condition of Capt. Hill. Mrs. Hill was also examined, but her evidence was a repetition of matter quite unsuited to the columns of a newspaper. W hen a verdict Ivill be delivered seems very uncertain. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUR r---This Day OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) THE RUSSIAN NOTE FORGERIES. The court was occupied the whole of the day with the trial of Berrans, Holchester, Silbermann, Davis, Brawn, and Bayer, the six persons charged with being found in possession of an immense quantity of forged Russian five rouble notes of the Imperial Bank of Russia. The last named prisoner (Bayer) pleaded guilty. The facts of the case were published at great length in the columns of The Sun, on the apprehension and examina tion of the prisoners at the Lambeth-street police-court. The trial will, it is expected, extend over two days. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) William George Head, 18, cloy k, pleaded guilty to an indictment for forging and uttering a cheque for £620, with intent to defraud. Mr. R. Williams, who appeared for the prisoner, said the circumstances attending the offence of his client were somewhat peculiar. He had been a clerk to the prosecu tor, Mr. Elliott, a solicitor, and the cheque had been taken from the cheque-book of his employer, who used to leave it in a drawer unlocked. The prisoner was well connected, and his father had died upon the coast of Africa, and the prisoner, who was very fond of reading accounts of travels and adventures, had expressed a wish to travel and live alone in the woods of Africa. He also thought that his father was still alive. As soon as he had obtained the pro duce of the cheque he bought several rifles and other things that he would require for such travelling as he con templated. His father had held an important official situa tion, and died when the prisoner was very young—about eight years of age—and it had always strangely affected his mind. After the robbery he had fitted himself out and he took his passage for Oporto, and from thence he went to Vigo, where Huggett, the City detective, who had gone in pursuit, took him into custody. Mr. Sleigh, for the prosecution, said the officer who took the prisoner found £530 upon him when he apprehended him. The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to 12 months' im prisonment, with hard labour. Tho indictments against John Medlock, aged 16, who had been a student of the lives of Jack Sheppard, Blue skin, Claude Duval, and other literature of the same de scription, for feloLiously firing and discharging a certain pistol, loaded with gunpowder and shot at Michael Collins, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm, was ig nored by the grand jury, and the prisoner was discharged. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant,) James Williams, a soldier, was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Chas. Allen, and stealing therefrom one £5 Bank of England note and a sovereign, and other moneys. The jury found him guilty, and the learned judge sen tenced him to 18 months' imprisonment. Henry Kilham, goldbeater, was indicted for feloniously receiving a quantity of gold and other articles, the pro perty of John Law, well knowing the same to have been stolen. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen tenced to six months' imprisonment. John Norrington, Henry Williams, and William Tom kins, pleaded guilty to an indictment, charging them with feloniously breaking and entering the warehouse of Fre derick Eden Waddington, and others, with intent to steal therein. Williams was also indicted for having been Previously convicted. The prisoners wore caught in the premises by the police, and therefore they all pleaded guilty to the indictment. The Common Sergeant asked whether anything was known about the prisoners. Lockerby, one of the warders of the Middlesex House of Correction, proved no less than six convictions against Williams, commencing in the year 1844 down to 1862, when he was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. A warder from Holloway prison proved a previous con viction against Tomkins for two years' imprisonment with hard labour. Nothing was known about Norrington. The Common Sergeant sentenced Williams to 10 years' penal servitude ; Tomkins to 7 years' penal servitude ; and Norrington to 18 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. The learned judge ordered a reward of £3 each for the courageous conduct of the police-constables Kilby, Oliver, and Fisher. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Air EXPENSIIM AMUSEMENT.—Henry Dawson, a printer, residing in Queen-street, Seven Dials, was charged with ringing the bells at different houses in Cranbourne-street. Allwood, 186 C, said that between 1 and 2 that morning a person came to him in Cranboume-street, and complained that his bell had been violently rung. Ile went after the defendant, who was with some other young men, and saw him ring three bells, and he took him into custody. The defendant said he had been drinking, and did not remember what had occurred. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a mischievous and dangerous practice to ring persons' bells in the middle of the night, as there might be persons ill, and who might be seriously affected by it. He well knew there was a certain class of persons who did not care what mischief they did. He should fine the defendant 405., or in default 14 days' impri sonment. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Dec. 20.—Wind this day at noon—Sonth- Westerly ; moderato breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 19.—Wind S.W._Saied—Her Ma jesty's ship Industry, from Woolwich. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 19.—Wind N.E.—Arrived.—Affigo, from Liverpool for Ghent. BRISTOL, Dec. 18.—Wind W.—Arrived—Lord Londes borough, from Mauritius. FALMOUTH, Dec. 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Posendon. from Rio Grande. OFT PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— Kensington, from London for Boston. LRY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 19.—Furet, from Gravelines. Arrived, Dec. 20. Sylph, from St. Michael's ; Fulton, steamer, from Dunkirk ; Leo, steamer, from Antwerp;; Cologne, steamer, Maas, steamer, and Batavier, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Scotia, steam tug, from Flushing Hol land, steamer, and Belgium steamer, from Ostend; Wil liam and Clara, steamer, from Dordt ; Panther steamer, from Boulogne ; Vigilant, steamer, from Calais. DEAL, Wednesday Morning.. No arrivals. CAPTURE OF THREE ENGLISHMEN.—Three Eng lishmen, fellow-commoners of Trinity, Lord A. Hervey, the Hon. Mr. Strutt, and Mr. Coors, have just been captured by brigands in Greece. The ransom de manded for their release is £l,OOO each. Lord A. Hervey and Mr. Strutt have been set at liberty—Mr. Coore being retained in captivity as security for the payment of the money. THE CASE OF HOMICIDE BY A JOCKEY.--An inquest was held yesterday, at Richmond, on the body cf Robert Roberts, the man who was recently killed by a jockey at Mr. Watson's training stables, Belleisle, Rich mond, Yorkshire. It appeared that the deceased requested , Lawrence, the jockey, to go and fill a boiler, and, as it was alleged, this request was refused. Lawrence running away, Roberts pursued him, and Lawrence took the fork from theplace where it was hanging and threw it at deceased. Lawrence admitted having thrown the fork, but asserts that he never intended to hit his victim. The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of manslaughter. NAGASAKI.—The Bogatyr and other Russian men of war were leaving Nagasaki. Six Japanese officers leave for Russia in the Bogatyr. The Dutch barque W. Kemptner has been wrecked off Cape Gotto. She was lost during the severe gale on the 9th of September, and out of the whole crew only one man was saved. He contrived to take hold of a piece of timber, by the aid of which he was enabled to reach the land. He subsequently arrived at Nagasaki in her Majesty's gunboat Bustard. The bodies of the captain, mate, and two men were washed ashore, and buried by Captain Adams, of the Bustard. When the news of the sad occurrence reached Nagasaki M. Bauduin, the Netherlands consul, immediately raised a subscription for the relief of the relations of those who were drowned, most of whom had wives and families. A large sum was subscribed by the foreign residents and masters of vessels in harbour, and M. Bauduin himself headed the list with a handsome donation.—London and China Telegraph. THROWING A DOG INTO A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.— A young man named John Humphrey, a groom, was charged yesterday, before the Bromley magistrates, with throwing a living dog into an express train on the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, and injuring Wm. Wells, one of the guards. It appeared that as the 8 30 p.m. express train from Ludgate-hill to Dover passed the Brom ley station the window of the guard's van was broken and Wells was struck and cut with the glass and knocked backwards. He became insensible. On recovering, he found the body of a terrier lying in the break-van, which had been thrown at the train as it was travelling at a speed of about 30 miles an hour. The dog was then dead, the van being covered with marks of its blood. Inquiries were made at Bromley, and the dog was identified as having been in the possession of the accused up to within a short time of the train passing Bromley, he having offered it for sale for a trifling sum to some men in a beerhouse. The prisoner denied the offence alleged against him, and said that he left the dog sitting on the step of a linendraper's shop door while he went in to make a purchase, and that on coming out he missed it. The magistrates remanded the prisoner, accepting bail for his future appearances Explosion in the City.—Three Lives Lost. I Mr. Mill, M.P., on Municipalities for the Metropolis. A fearful occurrence, resulting from explosion and fire, produced by the ignition of a quantity of Mephisto Chinese fire (a new invention for the amusement of juveniles), took place yesterday fore noon at the premises in the occupation of Mrs. Simmons, situate in Mitre-court, Mitre-square, Aldgate, by which three individuals unfortunately lost their lives. It appears that the upper part of the premises in question were let by Mrs. Simmons to lodgers. The back room on the first floor was taken for an office about a month ago by two parties of the name of Larsen and Chone, who described themselves as cigarette-makers and exporters, and one of them occupied an adjacent bed-room at night. Mrs. Sim mons was in the habit of attending upon them and was frequently in their room, but never saw any thing in the place to excite her curiosity or appre hension that there was anything dangerous in the room beyond what seemed to be a few reams of thin white paper, which; as she imagined, the cigarettes were made of. But on Saturday last she saw brought into the house by them a box filled with small pack ages known as " Moor's. Mephisto Chinese Fire" (a magical light). This was placed in their room, and yesterday morning one of them told her they ex pected a customer would call to purchase some of the fire, and wished she would open the door when there was a knock. A few minutes before 12, hearing a knock, she went for that purpose, but the door was opened by Chone, who con ducted the customer up stairs, and they had not been in their room long before she was startled by a loud explosion overhead. She rushed into the passage with an intention of going up stairs, to learn the cause, when she was met by vivid bright flames, which appeared to fill the house, forcing her to run out immediately into the street. At this moment a sweep, who was engaged at the next house, looked out at the back, and there saw a man lying in the back yard of Mrs. Simmons's house with his clothes on fire. Flames were also issuing from the window of the first-floor back room. The sweep directly got over the wall to the unfortunate man's assistance, and put out the fire about his clothes. He was, however, dreadfully burnt about the face and body and was insensible. Whether he was blown out of the window by the force of the explosion, or jumped out to escape the flames, is a matter of conjecture. As soon as possible a stretcher was obtained from the police-station, and the poor fellow was forthwith conveyed to the Lon don Hospital. While this was going on at the back a number of people had gathered in front, and hearing that several persons were in the house an effort was made to get at them, but this was beyond all human power, as the whole of the interior of the upper part of the house was in a blaze. The police gave immediate information of the fire to different brigade stations in the City, and several engines were quickly on the scene playing into the burning premises. By considerable exertion the firemen managed to confine the ravages of the fire to the back part of the house, although it had extended up the staircase to the upper rooms and roof, yet the place is not entirely destroyed. As soon as the fire had been extinguished, and the smoke and steam had dearel off, the bodies of the two other unfortunate nen were at once seen among the black burnt debris of the back room. It was a hideous spectacle to the firemen who made the discovery. In one corner of the room was the body of one of them in a sitting posture, with the flesh burnt off his head, face, and legs. It was supposed he had been blown into the corner by the force of the explosion. The other body was found stretched on the floor, and was also shockingly burnt and disfigured. The former, by means of a pocket-book which the firemen found in his coat, proved to be Mr. Heyman, of 36, Herbert street, New North-road, Islington, who had offices at 4, Berwick-court, St. Mary-axe. This was the customer, as represented to Mrs. Simmons. The other body was that of Mr. Chone. He had evidently been thrown down on his face. Both bodies were subsequently deposited in shells and taken to the dead-house of the parish to await a coroner's in quest. The sufferer who was taken to the London Hospital proved to be the partner Larsea. He died shortly after his admission to the hospital. He is described to be about 60 years of age. Mr. Heyman was 37 years of age and Mr. Chone about 40. The police, from the inquiries they have insti tuted, have every reason to believe that the room was taken by the unfortunate deceased for the os. tensible purpose of trafficking in the new inven tion, " Chinese fire," which is now in great demand, and that their representation that they were cigarette-makers was merely a ruse on their part to get possession of the place. Health of the Metropolis. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.) In the week that ended on Saturday, Decemberl6th, the births registered in London and ten other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,130 ; the deaths registered 3,090. The annual rate of mortality was 28 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births 0f,',1,096 boys and 1,002 girls, in all 2,098 children, were registered in the week. In the corre sponding weeks of 'ten years 1855-64 the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,026. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,440. It was the 50th weok of the year; and the average number of deaths for that week is, with a correction for in crease of population, 1,450. The deaths in the present re turn are a little under the estimated amount. No case of cholera was registered in the week; 27 deaths occurred from diarrhoea. Typhus was fatal in 94 cases ;5' deaths from typhus occurred in the sub-district of Mile-end New Town; 49 deaths were caused by measles, 48 by scar latina, 13 by diphtheria, 52 by whooping-cough, and 15 by smallpox Smallpox is reported as raging in the sub-dis trict of Spitalfields ; 3 deaths from it were registered in the sub-district. A bootmaker, aged 48 years, died on the 7th of December at Guy's Hospital from hydrophobia. The daughter of a shoemaker, aged 11 years, died on the 11th of December at St. George's Hospital from hydro phobia (3 days). Tho wife of a woodcutter, aged 40 years, died on the 11th of December at 27, Clarendon-street, Southwark, from suffocation caused by an escape of gas from themain of the Phoenix Company. The daughter of a clerk in holy orders, aged 23 years, died on the 11th of December of broken heart from acute mental distress ; she lost a sister five weeks previous to her death. The following fatal carriage accidents were registered in the week :—A labourer, aged 18 years, fell from a van ; died on the 29th of November atthe Poplar Hospital. A shop man, aged 63, was run over by a cart ; died on the 3d Dec. at Middlesex Hospital. A carman, aged 19, was run over in Oxford-street ; died on the 10th Dec. at Middlesex Hos pital. A coal porter, aged 60 years, was struck against an arch while riding on a van ; died on the 9th Dec. at 8, Bond-street, Lambeth. A sailor, aged 47, was run over; died on the 13th Dec. at the London Hospital. Since the beginning of the present year 221 persons of various ages have been killed by horse conveyances in the streets of London. _ _ The annual rate of mortality last week was 25 per 1,000 in London, 26 in Edinburgh, and 31 in Dublin ; 43 in Liverpool, 31 in Manchester, 45 in Salford, 28 in Birming ham, 29 in Leeds, 26 in Bristol, 34 in Hull, and 27 in Glas gow. The rate in Vienna was 25 per 1,000 during the week ending the 9th inst., when the temperature was 8.6 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in the same week in London, where the rate was 25 per 1,000. In Liverpool the births in the week were 393, the deaths 394; in Manchester the births 242, the deaths 212 ; in Sal ford the births 85, the deaths 96 ; in Birmingham the births 303, the deaths 179 ; in Leeds the births 216, the deaths 123 ; in Bristol the births 120, the deaths 81; in Hull the births 68, the deaths 68 ; in Edinburgh the births 116, the deaths 88 ; in Glasgow the births 324, the deaths 222 ; and in Dublin the births 165, the deaths 187. There were 269 deaths in Vienna during the week ending the 9th inst. SouthamPton.—Among the population of this borough (estimated to the middle of the present year at 53,001), 19 deaths were registered during the week ending last Satur day ; of those, six were again referred to scarlatina. The annual rate of mortality during the week was 19 per 1,000 persons living. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.444 in. Tho barometri cal reading increasedfrom 30.28 in. on Thursday, to 30-61 in. on Friday ; a higher rate than any since January, 1859, when the reading was 30.61 in. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 39.7 deg., which is 0.8 deg. below the average of tho same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 46.9 on Monday ; the lowest night temperature was 29.9 deg. on Saturday. The entire range of temperature in the week was therefore 17.0 deg. The mean of the highest tempera tures of the water of the Thames was 45.1 deg. ; that of the lowest was 43.9 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 4.3 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 85, complete saturation being represented by 100. No rain fell during the week. The general direction of the wind was N.E. and N. The following letter from Mr. J. S. Mill, M.f'., was read before the Parliamentary Committee of St. James's Vestry, yesterday : Dec. 13, 1865. Dear Sir,—l have seen with great pleasure in the newspapers the movement which the St. James's Vestry has originated at your suggestion for the union of all London into one. body for municipal purposes, with smaller bodies of the same sort for purposes special to each of the Parliamentary divi sions. I have long wished that an effort in this direction should be made. All the more important town interests are common to the whole town, and can only be properly attended to by a body repre sentative of the whole ; and I quite agree with you that there should be but one such body, and that the functions (for instance) of the Board of Trade should merge into those of the united municipality. I also go on entirely along with the proposal to abo lish the jurisdiction of the Middlesex magistrates in the metropolis, and to have none but stipendiary magistrates. The only point on which Ido not agree with the scheme as reported is the choice of magistrates by the citizens or the municipal body. The proposed corporation ought of course to have powers equal to those of other municipal corpora , tions ; but it seems to me the choice of judicial offi cers is best placed, not with any corporation, but with a Minister or great public functionary, who can be held responsible for making a proper choice. As a geneial rule skilled professional officers are hardly ever well chosen by numbers ; some one person must make it his business to find them and judge of their qualifications. I do not know if this view of the question has been under your consideration, or that of the b vestry; efore bpt as I hope to aid in bringing your plan Parliament, 1 am glad to begin already an inter change of sentiment with you on the subject.—l am,Sdear sir, very truly yours, James Beal, Esq. (Signed) J. S. MILL. The Charge Against Madame Rachel, MARLBOROUGH POLICE COURT. Tho following appeared in a late edition of The Sun of last eTenln g Rachel Leverson, the celebrated "enameller" of Bond street, appeared by her solicitor to answer a summons taken out against her by Aurora Knight for unlawfully obtaining from her £33 and a diamond ring, value £2O, the property of George Knight, with intent to defraud. It will be recollected that the summons was originally taken out by a person calling herself the wife of an Ame rican consul, who had come to England expressly to em ploy the skill of Madame Rachel to make her " beautiful for ever." She further alleged that Madame Rachel had extorted from her the money and ring mentioned in the summons without doing that which she had engaged to do, viz., the removal of marks left on her face by smallpox. On the summons being called on the plaintiff, Aurora Knight, did not appear. Mr. Sayers said he quite anticipated such a result, and he would now'say that a more fraudulent and scandalous charge had never been made against any person. He begged it would be clearly und ers t oo d th at M a d ame R ac h e l had made no attempt to prevent th e plaintiff from believed,appear ing,or had she taken any steps to get her ou t o f th e way . It was a false and malicious charge, made,intiff for the purpose of extortion ; and ho c o uld no t but regret that the suggestion that had been made for the postponement of the publication in the daily papers until the summons was heard was not adopted. With respect to the woman making the charge, he called her an impostress—one put forward by other parties toin jure Madame Rachel, and one who, finding her scandalous charge had had effect, now studiously kept out of the way. He had seen this person, who said she had been made the dupe of Madame Rachel, and so far from being lady, he was in a position to prove she was one of the lowest class. The great wonder to him was that Madame Rachel had been so imposed upon as to have be lieved that she was the wife of an American consul. The woman was well known at the Cafe de Leon, and she had at one time called herself Lady Jones, Aurora Knight, and the sister to Dr. Hunter, whose name had been so much before the public of late. Instead of a lady, this woman occupied, he believed, a second floor back room in ono of the streets in the Strand, and when Madame Rachel went to her she found her taking her tea in her poor apartment in the dark. She said she would give Madame Rachel £lOO to make her beautiful, but how such a person was to pay such a sum was a circumstance he would not stop fo inquire. Madame Rachel, however, attended her ten days, and she then ordered her baths ; but as 'the woman said she had been suffering fzom small-pox, she of course would not allow her to use the baths at her establishment, but advised her to go to those in Argyll-street. Instead of doing so, he was in a position to prove that this Ame rican lady, as she called herself, went to the baths in Endell-street, and there complied with the directions of Madame Rachel by the outlay of twopence. (Laughter.) This woman said she had given Madame Rachel £3O, and a diamond ring of the value of £2O, but that was the greatest untruth that was ever uttered, and could only have been said to serve some malicious purpose. All the money Madame Rachel had ever received from the woman Knight was four napoleons and a 10-franc piece, and instead of getting from her any more the person mak ing the charge actually borrowed 7s. from his client. Madame Rachel on becoming aware of the charge made against her went to the residence of the woman, and there Knight told her she was under a mistake, as she had not taken out a summons against her, or had she ever been to Marlborough-street Police-court at all. On being told that such, however, was the case, she said she would go with Madame Rachel to Marlborough-street, but without waiting for the defendant she put on her bonnet and left her residence for this court. Mr. Tyrwhitt—That must have been when she came here and said Madame Rachel had restored her ring. Mr. Sayers said there was no more truth in that than in her first statement, and he could only say, in addition to the observations he had addressed to the bench, that he challenged the plaintiff to come forward, and, if pos sible, make out her case against Madame Rachel. That she knew was impossible, and therefore she wisely ab stained from making her appearance in court. Mr. Tyrwhitt said, , with respect to the proceedings of that court appearing in the newspapers, he had nothing to do. The persons who bad to collect the news of the day had a duty to perform, and the wonder was how it was so well executed. With respect to the summons, that, of course, would be dismissed, which circumstance, he felt certain, would be made as public as the application to him in the first instance. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. WHITEHALL, DEC. 19. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right Hon. Sir John Romily, Knt., Master or Keeper of the Rolls and Records in Chancery, and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Romilly, of Barry, in the county of Glamorgan. The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land to theßight Hon. Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, Bart., and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Northbrook, of Stratton, in the county of Southampton. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 19. 4th Regiment of Hussars—Edward Fox, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Isaac Burnley, whose ap pointment has been cancelled ; Frank Gooch, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice A. B. Corrie, who has retired. 11th Hussars—Assistant-Surgeon Oliver Barnett, from the 12th Lancers, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice W. H. Mus champ, who exchanges. 12th Lancers—Assistant-Surgeon William Henry Mus champ, from the 11th Hussars, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice 0. Barnett, who exchanges. 9th Regiment of Foot—Colour-Sergeant Thos. Sterritt to be Quartermaster, vice Patrick Boylan, deceased. 30th Foot—Charles Benjamin Charlewood, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice W. H. Lee, transferred to the 65th Foot. 39th Foot —Major Robert Hamilton Currie to be Lieutenant Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel William Munro, C. 8., who retires upon half-pay ; Captain and Brevet-Major Charles Denison Pedder to be Major, without purchase, vice Currie ; Lieutenant Ed ward Gatty to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major Pedder, Ensign Charles Napier Milner Hamilton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gatty ; Frederic Edward Lyster, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henry Alfred Austen, whose appointment on the 10th of October, has been cancelled. 42d Foot—Ensign Walker Aitken to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Jones, who tetires ; Andrew KennediMacpherson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Aitken. 60th Foot —Lieut.Clifford Fortescue Borrer to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. W. G. Turle, who resigns.that appointment. 65th Foot—Lieut. Robert Mitchell, from half-pay, 28th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice A. B. Toker, promoted to a Half-pay Company, without purchase ; Ensign Alfred Harper Toulmin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Robert Mitchell, who retires ; Ensign William Han fling Lee, from the 30th Foot, to be Ensign, vices Toulmin. Rifle Brigade—Ensign Alfred Mordaunt Egerton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Richard Winstanley Or merod, who retires ; the Hon. Algernon H. Grosvenor to be Ensign by purchase, vice E g erton. 3d West India Ensign, Samuel Thos. Atkinson abe Majority, antoo d without o th u o t Dunn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice E. D. Jones, promotion of Brevet-Colonel Evelyn who has retired; Ensign Walter Roberts, to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice, J. Dooley, who has retired. . eo ir d i Fi 2c ll B k l i t I : P j o u c n k e l , i ugto 1864,n to to 18th June, 1861, but such antedate is not to carry back pay. purchase, HenryHA L F F BREVET. _ _ Brevet-Colonel George Jackson Carey, C.B. Major, 18th Foot, to have the temporary rank of Brigallier-General while in command of a Brigade in the Australian Colonies. _ _ - . l lWundermentioned promotions and alteration of rank to take place in her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, con sequent on the death of Lieut.-Gen.Heury Sargent, Madras Infantry, on Nov. 19, 1865; and Major-Gen. St. George Daniel Showers, C. 8., Bengal Infantry, on the 9th of October, 1862 ; Major-General John Kynaston Luard, C. 8., Madras Infantry, to be Lieutenant-General ; Major-General Hubert Marshall, Madras Infantry, to take rank from 10th October, 1865 ; Colonel John Liddell, C. 8., Bombay Infantry, to be Major-General ; Colonel Edward Darvall, Bengal Infantry, to be Major-General. The undermentioned officer, who has retired upon full pay, to have a step of honorary ra nk as follows : --Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals W B om bay Establishment, to be Inspectr ch General om:-duke, A f , _ _ _ Hospitals. MEMoRANDUM.—Captain and Brevet-Colonel Hamlet Cooke Wade, C. 8., half-pay Ist Dragoon Guards, has been permittd to retire from the service by the sale of his Commission under the conditions of the Ci rcu l ar M emoran d um , dated Horse Guards, Feb. 15, 1861. ADMIR ALTY, DEC. 16. g i e s, l3oria. Robertse, WilliamM Manse), n sel, F le e s - Commanders Arthur Thomas Thrupp, Michael Culme Seymour, Thomas Hutchinson Mangles Martin, Willi am _j ame es m D ea il di lon u C eo u i rt . Fitzherbert Ruston, and Charles Bayley Oulinady Dent, to be Captains. Stevenson Twysden, Henry Berkeley, Thomas Borr tt, Sir John Swinburne, Bart., William lJerenzy Donaldson dSeerlibcYJ' ojhentsn,GaenedrgDavid Boyle, to be Commanders. Lieutenants L i eu t e nant Robert Hen D ry Ee g •u rre Molyneux to be Com mander. GENERAL SCHOFIELD AND THE AMERICAN BoND-. HOLDERS.—The report that appeared last week in the Paris papers that General Schofiold was in that city on a special mission created quite a commotion among the Continental holders of United States securities. At Frankfort-on-the-Maine the opinion prevailed among the timid that the General was instructed to demand the immediate withdrawal of the French troops from Mexico, and that, in the event of refusal, war would ensue. There were many personal visits of Ban kers and other interested Fran parties to the United State s Consul-Goneral, at k-- fort, to ascertain if he had any official news respecting General Schofield's visit to Paris. His reply that the General was on a visit of pleasure only quieted their fears for a time. A day or two later it was ascertained that the General had visited the United States Legation at Paris, and this simple fact created another excitement, which caused a decline of one per cent. in United Statel securitiea, 74k 4 I 31 4; ITIES, WESTMINSTER. IMPUDENT STREET ROBBERY. —A woman, between 30 and 40 years of age, giving the name of Emma Leach, who has been often charged at this court, was charged with robbing Richard Harris, a groom, of a silver watch, value £5. _ _ . Prosecutor said he was walking up Grosvenor-place last night, when the prisoner came up to him and spoke to him, and remained by his side addressing him for two or three minutes, and then left him. He had only proceeded a few yards farther when he discovered that his watch, which he had worn in his waistcoat pocket, had been cut from his guard, and was gone. He went in the direction the prisoner had taken, accompanied by a policeman, and overtook her with two other women. He recognised and charged her wits taking his watch, which she denied, but the policeman suddenly seized her hand, and witness then heard the crashing of glass. Police-constable Wilson, 42 B, said that he was told of he robbery, and, suddenly seizing the prisoner's hand, took the watch from her, the glass of which was broken. On her being searched at the station a handsome gold pin with a green stone set in its head was discovered in her possession. Prisoner—l say nothing about the watch, but he gave it me, and the gold pin belongs to my husband that ought to be and aint. Prisoner was remanded until Wednesday. THAMES. "GATHERING THE SNOW."-- 7 jOhn Grant, an old offender, who has been a thief several years, and is not more than 20 years of age, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing a bundle of linen, the property of Mr. William Theodore, of No. 3, South-Grove, Mile-end. Joseph Simmonds, a police-constable, No. 127 IC, stated that he met the prisoner yesterday evening, in the Mile end-road, with a bundle. He stopped him, and demanded of him what he had got in the bundle, and to whom the property belonged. The prisoner said " It's linen ; it be longs to me." He took the prisoner into custody, and found the bundle to contain a shirt, night-dress, a pair of drawers, a chemise, and other pieces of linen, all wet. Mrs. Grace Humphreys Theodore, the wife of the prose cutor, said the whole of the articles produced wore the property of her husband, and were taken off the lines in her garden yesterday evening between five and six o'clock, and in her absence from home. The prisoner made no defence, and Mr. Paget com mitted him for trial. Simmons stated that the prisoner was convicted and sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour for being in a garden in which there was a large quantity of wet linen hanging on lines to be dried. Mr. Paget—You will not fail to mention that to the judge upon the trial. Ax Aws.wenn AccrnElT•—Robert Higgins, aged 60, landlord of the Gosseth Arms, Gosseth-street, Bethnal green, and Alfred Shirley, aged 36, barman, of No. 40, Gosseth-street, were brought before Mr. Paget, charged with being drunk while in charge of a pony and chaise last night in the Commercial-road. Henry Pratt, N 0.277 K, said that both prisoners tumbled out of a chaise, and were lying on the ground intoxicated. Shirley said the pony he was driving stopped suddenly, and he was thrown upon his head. Higgins, who appeared to be very ill, said ho was not altogether himself. Mr. Paget—You are not yourself by your own intempe rance. It is most disgraceful for persons, in a state of in toxication, to be driving horses and vehicles about the streets of London. This is the cause of many accidents. People are run down and maimed or killed by drunken people. You have brought upon yourselves a larger punishment than the law can inflict upon you. You are each fined ss. for being drunk and incapable of taking care of yourselves. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The fresh supply of English wheat brought forward to day was limited, and the total supply on the stands very moderate. The trade, however, ruled quiet, both for red and white qualities, at Monday's quotations. Tho market was fairly supplied with most descriptions of foreign wheat. The demand was in a sluggish state for all descriptions, but without leading to any quotable change in prices from Monday. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at late rates. Barley was in good supply, and slow request, at Mon day's prices. The malt trade was dull, at about previous rates. Oats—of which there was a fair supply on offer—sold steadily, at full prices. Beans and peas were dull, at the late declino in the quotations. Flour was in fair demand, at Monday's currency. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 620 2640 660 2160 490 Irish Foreign _ - 3810 - 3,120 150 sks. 310 brLs. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending Dec. For the corresponding week 16, 1865. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 91,844-46s 8d Wheat 78,07 4 38s 4d Barley 81,970-32 s 9d Barley 84,273-28 s 8d Oats BOROUGH HOP. Our market is firm, at full prices. The supply of hops on sale is seasonably large. WHIT ECHAPEL. •• -------- The supply of meat on sale is tolerably large, and the trade is slow, at the annexed quotations : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 2d; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. ENTERTAINMENT OF THE INMATES OF ST. JAMES'S OBXHOUSE.—Yesterday evening, through the kindness of the governors and directors of the poor of St. James's, Westminster, the inmates of the workhouse in Poland street were entertained with a lecture on the " Life of Christ," illustrated by some beautiful dissolving views by Messrs. Farmer and Passingham of the City Mission, the dining-hall of the building, in which a temporary stage and gallery (for the directors and their friends) had been erected, being used for the occasion. About 400 of the in mates, male and female, were present, many of them being very old and infirm—some so much so that they had to bo assisted or carried into the hall ; and they testi fied the delight the entertainment afforded them by frequently applauding the lecturer. The band of the St. James's-Industrial School, consisting of 19 boys, attired in a uniform similar to the Westminster Rifle Volunteers, during the evening performed a selection of sacred music ; their excellent playir g being much appreciated, and reflect great credit on their bandmaster, Mr. Lawson, of the Royal Artillery, several of whose pupils from the same school have joined the bands of different regiments. The perfor- Mance of the " National Anthem" by the band brought the evening's entertainment to a conclusion. Enthusiastic cheers ware given for the governors, Mr. and Mrs. Mackay (the master and matron—the cheers for the matron being proposed by one of the female inmates), Messrs. Farmer and Passingham, and Mr. Lawson. Our readers will no doubt be glad to have the opportunity of perusing the following list of novelties which Mr. Chappuis, of 69, Fleet-street, has prepared for Christmas presents, among which will be found scientific tcys and amusements for all ages, namely : —New pocket i magnesium lamp, with wire, 6s. 6d.; pris matic humming-top, 4s. 6d. ; magic lanterns and 12 slides, guaranteed, 75., 10s., 155., or 255. ; a box of novelties in harmless fireworks, for drawing-rooms and gardens, viz., Japanese pleiades, feu follet, surprise-matches, Bengal fires, Pharaoh's serpents, magnesium wire and garden drops, for Gs. 6d. ; the novel patent bulliere, or bubble-amusement, scientifically applied, complete, with geometric frames, &c., Bs. Gd. ; polyoramas, with six artistic views and novel effects, 95., 125., or 21s. ; an open stereoscope, with 12 excellent slides assorted, 10s. 6d. ; ditto, superior, with reflector and 12 slides, 19s. ; artistic sets-20 scraps, photographic gems, from album size to 6 by 8 inches, 125.; 12 charming cartes for album, scenery, celebrated paint ings, for ss. 6d. ; 12 album celebrities, at choice, from life, free 12s. 2d. ; useful articles for 6s.—one pair registered whist-markers, one stampholder, and one reading magni fying glass ; the leather whistmarker, 3s. Bd. ; 3 pretty ar ticles with scent; saucy China girl, a Pekin puzzle, and a Sezame-purse, 6s. ; a pair of capital puzzles, with surprise, ss. 6d. ; for 6s. 6d.—a basket of fragrant grapes, a savings' bank, with scent and perfumery, also a surprise devised puzzle; the toll-tale mirror, to see within apartments passers-by in streets, complete, 21s. ; the reader's reflector, for the bedridden in daytime, 325. ; the Dreadnought illu minator, for reading in bed at night without danger, 355.; also a variety of useful articles connected with the reflec tion of light, and for amusing, scientific, and domestic purposes. These prices include packing ready for rail, &c. Early orders are solicited to insure execution before L Christmas. N-B. Remittances in stamps, etc., to accom pany order. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Tay. Market quiet but steady. Sales probably 8,000 bales. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. ..----^,O-- - Amsterdam Short. 11 17f Ditto 3 Months. 12 1; Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 50 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 10 Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 Marseilles Frankforl on the Maine 12 40 Vienna, — 10 8U Trieste — 10 85 Petersburgh Berlin 11 18 12 1; 12 2 25 55 25 55 13 94 25 17f 25 45 25 45 1204 10 90 10 90 30k 6 28i 464 48 25 65 25 65 25 65 25 65 25 65 25 65 6 28 Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina 46 47 25 60 25 60 25 60 25 60 25 60 25 60 Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Dec. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet Jan. 4. Ditto, by French packet .. Dec. 24 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.... Dec. 22 China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.. Dec. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 27. Faikland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles .. ..... Jan. 27 India (Bombay), via Southampton.. Dtc. 27. Ditto, via Marseilles Deo. 21 Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil:e 3 Jan. 5. Newfoundland • .% , Jan. 17. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United btates and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp- ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Deo. 1 22. Vest Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 10. %Vest Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, and Mexico Cuba and Mexico Dec. 2 ) Dco. 29. Bahamas, via New York. ... .Jan. 11. Bermuda: ditto Jan. 17 The Price of Gold. --~-- the quotation of gold at Paris is about per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.121 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of L:i 7s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-lithe per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advic:s from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per marl and the short exchange on London is 13.4} per £1 stcrlin Standard gold at the EngliOf Mint price is, therefore, at about the same price in London and Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about IC9 per cent. At these rates there is no profit on the importation of goad Irvin the United States. RACING FIXT' JANI HIES FOR 1866. ARY. Manchester FEBR Lincoln 2O MAI ARY. Nottingham Spring ,CH. Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring - Croxton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B Newmark - et Craven 2 Durham Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Chelmsford Spring Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring ___ Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham 13 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 JU Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract • 9 Abingdon Reading . -„ AUG Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Chester Curragh 24 .Y. Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer 29 'E. Liverpool ... l9 Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle-on-Tyne 26 Curragh 26 Worcester GY. 1 Down Royal Corp lB Stamford l9 1 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon UST. York August Plymouth 23 Lichfield Devon and Exeter 2B T u nbridge 2B Derby Summer 2B Weymouth 3O Brighton Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham 14 Wolverhampton ........•••• Stockton l5 Oxford Hastings SEPTEMBER. 18 Warwick Septembe r 4 I Richmond Curragh ..................... 4 M onmou th , 2O L e i c ester ..................... 6 1 Manchester Autumn 24 D o ncaster ................. 11 Newmarket Ist Octobe r 26 C a nterbury ................ 18 Walsall OCTOBER. 29 Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh -- - --- NOVE: Lincoln Liverpool Newmarket Houghton 22 Worcester MBER. I Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt ll [ADVER T 'BEMENT.] Dyspepsia (indigestion), constipa t ion, debility, consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stomach, and liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and accelerated by drugs of every description, but perfectly cur able, by Du Barry's health-ret o ring Revalenta Ambles lood, as proved by thousands of cases which h ad been con sidered hopeless, such as - cough, asthma, also diarrhea', haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, levers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout, im purities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irrit 4bility, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in preg nancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness ot the chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shou'ders, &c. We quote a few :—Cure No. 16,276. Illr Janie! Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley , S urre y , of 30 years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, and p ar tial dcatness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobi, of ex treme nervousness, indigestion, gather ;n g s; low spir.its, and nervous fancies. —Cure No. 1,771. Lor d Stuart de Deems, lord lieut. ot Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia. —No. 49,832. Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting—Maria Job , —Cure No. 51,816. The Rev, James T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, of indigestion and torpid ity ot the liver, which had resisted all medical treatment.— In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21 b. , 4s. 6d ; l is. 225. ; 2.11 b. 40s.—Barry au Barry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, tea dealers, s, King William-street ; likewi s e at 61, Grace churc h- s treet ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, Bishopsgate ; 330, Strand strett Within ; 63, 150, and ; 98, Oxford-street 54, Upper Baker-street ; 03, Tottenham-court-road ; 96, Upper-etreet, Islington, N. ; Harvey, Notting-hill ; Close Brothers, 65, [sigh-street; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wcod, London ; and all respectable grooms and che miets.—Dewigo 91 BVOIIOI.IB imitations, RIL. ~ t , t~~, , ,: ;oil, ;19• 3 . of L in eta' 1035