The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-18 00:00:00

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There is little demand for discount accommoda tion to-day, and although the capital on offer shows a Blight increase, bankers and brokers are still re luctant to negotiate even first-class, bills under 6 per cent. An amount of gold representing /36,000 was taken from the Bank on Saturday. Atlantic and Great Western Railway, New York Division, First Mortgage Bonds ; Pennsylvania Division, Ohio Division, Second Mortgage Bonds. The coupons from these bonds will be paid on Monday, Ist January, at the rate of 4s. to the dollar, at the Consolidated Bank. The accounts from the manufacturing districts for the past week have continued satisfactory. The Woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddehfield has shown more animation consequent upon a good demand for spring goods. Business in both cloths and yarns at Manchester has been seasonably active at slightly enhanced rates. At Leicester and Not tingham the hosiery and lace trades have been Steady, while increased activity has prevailed in most departments of business at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton. Two o'CLocK. According to Reuter's telegram the 3 per Cent. French Renter were quoted at 68f. 57c. Firm. The English Stock Market, after exhibiting buoyancy at the commencement of business, has since shown a slight relapse. Consols are again 8 71 4 for money, and 87k a for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86k 871 ; Exchequer Bills, 6 3 dis. ; ditto, £lOO and £2OO 2 dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 103/. Foreign Stocks show no material change in prices. Turkish Consolides are 471 1 ; Mexican, ex all, 2 44 ; ditto New, 221 8 ; Greek, 141 15 ; Spanish Passive, 271 28 ; Certificates, 15; ; Confederate Loan, 7 8 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 1} 4 prem. American Securities are firm. United States Go vernment 5-20 Bonds are 65 1 1 66k; Erie Shares, 581 59 ; and Illinois, 814 824. ' Business in the Railway Share Market has been dull, and prices generally exhibit less firmness. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares also are very dull, and barely maintain former rates. British Convention Bonds of Mexico are quoted 65 70 ; Colonial Company, 1. 2 prem. ; Commer cial Company of Africa, 41f prem. ; CreditFoncier and Mobilier of England (old) shares, 3i 4i prem. ex all ; and the new issue, 3i .3 8 prem. ; the London Steam Towing Company, 1i 2 prem. ; Charles Laffitte and Co., 2 21 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols Do. Account; Jan. 9 3, per Cent. Reduced 864 74 New 3 per Cent ~ B6f 74 6 New 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880, Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 6 3 dis Do. * £soo — Do £lOO and £200 Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent — Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — 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. 54 per Cent., May 1879 lOBl Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 Do. Scrip, £25 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 36 Chilian 44 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid "anubian Principalities Do Account — tquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ~,, Do., Provisional Land Warrant — 4 gyptian 7 per Cent 921 4 Do., Second Issue 93 Do £lOO Bonds - 93 Do. 1864 914 2 14 Do £lOO Bonds creek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account untitemala 5 per Cent. — Do £B6 paid — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Account Do. Maremmana Railway Do Scrip, £671 paid ~,Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — ' , Lexicon 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — kordevidean 6,per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent N ew Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred „Do La n d War ra nts (Hectar e s) ' O . 6 per Cent, 1864 — , Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — ' eruvian 44 per Cent Do. Account Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — b Do 44 per Cent., 1862 ' ortaguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 par Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, b Do. Account ' 4ll ssian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 894 Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Db 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Lie 5 per Cent. 1862 BB 1 I -1 - ) 0 5 per Cent. 1864 93 ±4 S ardinian 5 per Cent Do Account • S panish 3 per Cent Ditto account — DO New Deferred — t "0 Account b anish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account l5 4 Sw edish 4 per Cent. — T uO. 44 per Cent. 1864 br,„kish 6 per Cent. 1854 — ".„,0 Account ",..0 6 per Cent. 1858 .-0 Account "„ 0 £lOO Bonds 744 O. 11 per Cent 1) — , 0 per Cent. 1862 t" 0 Account 721 f o £lOO Bonds 724 2 DO6 per Cent., 1863 — ° 5 per Cent. 1865 D° Scrip, £35 paid D 0 Account 1) 0 XICO Bands VCent. Guaranteed — e ll hezuela 3 per Cent. •u 0 • bu _ Account . b 6 per Cent" 1862 0 . Account .4, 44 Dividends on the above payable in London. F e w•rian, 5 psr Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Bi l tln rs , 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. b e „u re*l2 Gail 624 "* 4 per Cent. Certificaies — Consols THREE O'CLOCK. fer money ' O . Account, - Ziverpool Cotton Market—This ray. 1 44 , 1 ‘ ie l arket rather steady. Sales probably 10,000 Foreign Mail Packet List. 4 % , • MAILS DUE. ‘ralla and New Zealand, via Southampton.. Dec. 19. Bra bitto, via Marseilles Dec. 13. zil Jan. 4. a uet Cape Verds. by British pac.et Nli)itto, by French packet tlai e ° I Good Hope, Ascension, and at. Helena Dec. 2 1 2 9 44 ' 't na .• and Singapore , via Sou. hampton Dcc. . b itte nb ' • 40 4 • via 'Marseilles Dec. 13 G ibe kil t' Islands i 4,4. tar, via Southampton liji(,leutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Dec. 19 lia t i lit Fitt cotta), via Marseilles ....•• • .Dec. 13 It 1 4 11 , 4a baY), via Southampton.. Dec. 27. - ta ti l t - i `°, Via Marseilles Dec. 21. b it r: via Southampton hewl,„ ° v ialiarseillei • Jan. 5. 0rt 1 ,,: al ' • 4 diand Jan 4. V . ' ...... .. ....... 1.3 . itt_ ........... . • IP• • • 41. 41 "bY private ship to Lisbon t jah State® and British North America, by Bd.. I) l 4 4 cket ...Dec. 20 ... . , ° by United States packet, via Southamp ,..co ,'"itt n . ... .. • • ** •Ditt," I ; i a Cork tlt Q„ytt • Y Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Des. 22. st of Af rica.. Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 10.. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Share! Railways. niiitol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian.... ..... Cork and 8and0n...... Corn wall . Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. NI. London, ,:.grip Certi. 110. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern F 3 95 23 24 94 96 13 15 4i 5 es 7 2 71 73i 113 115 1 42 13 1 71 Sij 127 128 144} 145 DJ. A stock • • Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South %Vales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 92 94 576 681 - - 601 61 41 43 33 37 , 05 1219 1221 89 91 103 101 36 38 50 32 125 12 51 96 97 611 63 136 137 3 qp 11 11 1 , 1031 104 I Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh S Coast I Lon., Chat., and Dover Doi Metrop. Mx. A Lon. & North Western, Lon. .35 South Westerh Man., Shei., ,S; Lincoln. Metropolitan. Do. New Do Extension ' Metropolitan District Do (1,. .do Do. and :•t.John'sW'd Mid and Do. £9 Share 100 3) 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 122 124 11,d 93 93 Do, Birmin.. & Derby %i id Kent North British t 8 59 Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. (.4.N •E purchase' Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling.l Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire .. N. & S. W. Junction .. Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock , o. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon south E .stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Meath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornwill ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 124 31 421 1 31} 122 I i 122 j i 2 1101 11 72 It 21 105 Pat(l°l Closing I Business Price. done. 1461 51 i 4} 9 71, 8 125/ 5 1 I 96 137 61 7f f 1 55 4} 73 1 4 1 3 1 i BRITISH POSSE Atlantic& St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, ,, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. le shares Buffalo Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 87-3- Calcutta Sy S. E., lien.. ape Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi Nast. Ben _al, gu., 5 do East Ibliftn, gu. 5 p.c. Do J Eitinsiori Grand Trunk of Canada) Do. Equip. Mort. Bondy i 1 charge 43 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds i Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, t. Bonds Do. do. deterred .. Do. :3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pret. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. Gt. South of India gun. 5 per cent D . ii per cent... Do •Treat W , R. of Canada. Do. New . Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay 187 3 1 I /0.51 do. pay. 1877-8.. 1 Indian Branch, limited] Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Kxtensiou Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bride. Mel. St Hudson's tray N. 111.C'da, 6pc Ist pf.bs Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do c.! . . Do. Pun ittub....l 0,0 Do.lndus St Flo 41° COLONIAL GO VER] British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31, 1572.... Can. G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-64 - Do. 6 g. c. Feb. & Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 00. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 t )o.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 1680-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and i 5 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78-00.188?, May 5, Nov. f' Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. Natal ~ov. a per cent.. N. B. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..t.l uly N. 8. W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t, Do. 5 p.c. 18 :, 1 to iB7t, Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent Nova Sc ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. s. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-8 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.la &July Do. do, A pril & Oct 7 29 110 111 70, 71ij 103 104 1 36 37 10 11 p 126 128 2 2•p 2 24p 7311 741 11 12 148 15 , 66 68 112 114 55 67 76 76) 8 9' 148 150 3 t l 101 10 41 49 61 ,SIONS. 59 61 102 103 tp 6 6} 10 11 75 80 99 101 65 70 101 103 102 to: 103 104 I tp 30 31 88 90 68 63 53 6O 58 53 50 55 45 48 40 44 32 31 31 33 103 1(4 P 1011 10211 15y 17 4 30 t 3 15 8,1 67 1 ed 1014 1021 94 96 89 91 64 66 82 84 102, 1011 102 i 4 1u 101 102 [T SECU. 96 98 94 94 94 96 82 8r 81 93 104 106 104 106 104 105 105 107 90 92 lu, 102 1(6 108 103 1(5 106 tOB 104 (08 1. 6 i 0 ,3 98 99 96 88 1 0 102 93 95 8) 91 103 105 84 85 10) 102 103 104 106 108 105 106 BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Uold, Rm Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) Mast Caradon Easy, Carn Brea r, aet Grenville East Gunnislake:. East Loved. E. W'i Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StAubyn(G wen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal may G. Wheal Vor (Heist .0 Grenville Herod's Foot .... Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Nlwyndy Iron Ore, lim New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper llnited Pr vidence UnyLalant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Cl.gan, lira.. West l,assett alioga . W. Caradon (L , skeard West C hi rer ton West Seton. Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton ; Wheal Trelawney 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.&6 3.9.0 10.8.0 9 10 22 23) 575 695 ; 1 1 18 20 8i 93 5t 51 3 3) i 1 14 15 3 3) 6 7 24 21i lb 2 3) 4 34 35 2* 4i 36 38 5i 5i 6 7 4 4} 23 led 40 50 15 17 11 1 14 38 40 420 440 20 25 1. , 12 19 20 5 7 3 4 9 11 73 826 190 200 95 1(0 3?. 376 4 6 - 2 2i 2224 8 ) IVi rttliaeEktiCNCE SHAKES Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2, Ditto, 6 par cent pf., 119 Great Northern, 46 per cen't., rd. at 10 per cent pm., ion North Eastern, We.t Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 81f South Eastern (Heading Anne., £1.0.6), Ditto, 44 per cent., 89 Watertord and Kilkenny, 6 per cent, 501 PREFERENCE BBARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern per cent. pr., 86 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS Buckinghamshire, 90 FOLtEIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim.. 13 London and Gfreenwich, Ditto, Preference. ill Manchester, Buxton, and,Matlock, 4} Preston and Wyre, 43 ; POREJGIN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, - Ditto (all), 29; Sambre and Meuse, 8 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 17; West Flanders, 7; Cobre Copper, 23 Don Pedro, North Del Rey, ; I Fortuna (Um.), 31 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 83 BANK -. Alliance, lim.. 28} 9 8/ Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 25 is paid., 281 8 Australasia, 70 i Chartered of India, London, and China, 47 East London. lim.. 4/ Engish Joint Stock, lim., 10/ English. Scotch. and Australian Chartered, 201 English and Swedish, Um., 15 Imperial Bank, lim.. 29 Imperial Ottoman, 144 Lard:Mortgage Bank of India. lim., 11 London and Brazilian 49 London and County, 79/ London Joint Stock. sot London and Scuth-Western, lim., 19/ New South Wales, 44i New Zealand Bank Corporation. lim., 1 oriental Bank Corporation, 5i4 1 Union of London, 54 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Lar.d and Finance, lim.,' Ceylon Company, 10i Credit Foncier and Alobilier of England. 8119 Ditto, issued at a prem., of . which £2 is to pay, 3/ CrystarValace, 854 Egyptian Com and Trading, lira., 21 Electric Telegraph, 134 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. Bra., 64 Hudson's Bay, lei 7 Imperial Mercantile Credit Am., lim., 7} Iternational Contract, 54 International Financial ,aciety, Um., 6,} 6 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. WO, issued 90, 83 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 94 London Financial Association, lim , 201 London General Omnibus Company, Um., 34 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 61 Milwall Iron Works. 44 National Discount ompany, 174 Ocean Ai arine Insurance), 244 Overend, Gurney, and Co., Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Alai!, lim., 61 Peel River Land and Mineral, 45 Union Marine, Liverpool, lim., 34 Universal Marine, Insurance, lim., 41 ,ITIES. 90 891 94 Per 81b by the earoage. d s d sd s d Inferior beef 3 2 3 6 Inferior mutton.— 3 8 4 2 Middling do. 3 8 3 2 Middling mutton.. 4 4 4 10 Prime large do 4 4 4 0 Prime do 5 0 5 4 Prime small d0....4 8 4 8 Veal 3 10 4 8 Large pork 3 10 5 0 Small pork. 5 2 5 8 Lamb, Os Od to Os Od. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day, COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. After Term Nisi Prius sittings at Guildhall.. (Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) HILL V. FINNEY This was an action of negligence against an attorney relative to an extraordinary suit in the Dirorce Court. The defendant pleaded not guilty, a general denial of the circumstance, and that the plaintiff had 110 good answer to his wife's petition for a judicial separation. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., Mr. Maule, and Dr. Tris tram were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Karslake, Q.C., and Mr. Watkin Williams were counsel for the defendant. The case was commenced on Saturday, and this morning was resumed, but the evidence is totally unfit for publication. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A NICE SERVANT.—Maria Elizabeth Simmonds, a young woman, was charged with robbing her em ployer. Mr. John Waters, printer, of Macclesfield-street, Soho said the prisoner had only been in his service a week, and he had ascertained that she had begun robbing him immediately on entering his service. On Saturday afternoon, in consequence of what a boy told him, he stopped the prisoner as she was coming down stairs and asked her what property of his she had about her. She denied having anything, but on his insisting upon her turning out her pockets, she produced three silk tassels, his property, and subsequently she dropped from under her dress a black velvet mantle. On being searched after she was taken to the station two duplicates, one relating to a pair of boots and the other to a new blanket, were found upon her, and since he (Mr. Waters) had found that two drawers had been forced open and their contents abstracted. A pair of boots and a blanket were produced by an assistant to Mr. Brown, of Cranbourne-street, pawnbroker, and they were identified by the pro secutor. A. boy named Love proved seeing the prisoner leave one of the prosecutor's rooms on Saturday afternocn, and secrete the mantles under her dress. He then gave information to the prosecutor. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner with the view of tracing the other missing property. THAMES. FATHER AND SON.--FEROCIOUS ASSAULT.— Thomas Wall, a stout powerful young man, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with seriously wounding his father, Michael Wall, an Irishman, of No. 1, Love-lane, Shadwell. The prisoner was sentenced to 14 days' imprison ment and hard labour for violently assaulting his father. He is a turbulent and desperate fellow. The old man, who was in a very weakly condition, with difficulty stated that the prisoner lived in the same house, and that he had repeatedly warned him to quit his lodgings, but he would not go. On Satur day night, soon after 12 o'cicck, he came down stairs and struck him on the head, and then went upstairs in a most unconcerned manner. - His son came down stairs soon afterwards, and beat and kicked him iu a savage manner. Three of his ribs were broken, and he could scarcely walk or breathe. Mr. Paget— Do you mean to say your ribs are broken ? Witness—They are, sir. _ . Mr. Paget—Let a surgeon be sent for to give evidence of the injuries received by the prosecutor, and I will complete the case this afternoon. THE BROTHER AND SlSTER.—William Hazen, aged 23 years, was brought before Mr. Paget charged -with assaulting Mary Ann Hazell, his sister. The complainant, who was sobbing and greatly agitated, said she was a beer seller and landlady of the Coopers' Arms, ale and beer house in Sidney street, Mile-end. Her brother had been in the public line, and he might do well if he attended to his business. He preferred a life of idleness and dissipation. He had lived on her industry and earnings for a long time. He had frequently abused her and struck her. Mr. Paget—What, this fellow, 23 years of age, threaten you and beat you ? Witness—Yes, sir. Last night he was extremely violent, and abused me and threatened me. I be came frightened of him, and he struck me in the presence of the constable. - John Blanks, 72 K, was called into the Coopeis' Arms last night, and saw the prisoner strike his sister and knock her down. The Prisoner—l have nothing to say. I know nothing about it. Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. The American Congress on Mexico. The Hon. Mr. Colfax, in his late lecture at Philadelphia on Brigham Young and Mormon polygamy, in touching upon the approaching Congress, truly said that it will be " the most important Congress ever assembled at Wash ington." It will mark a new epoch in our national his tory—a new epoch in our domestic and foreign affairs— and wo hope the results may be eminently conducive to the harmonious restoration of the South and the prosperity and stability of the republic. From the disturbed and threatening condition of things on the Rio Grande, from the strong indications that Louis Napoleon has been deluded by the past forbearance of our Government, from the well-known views of President Johnson, and from the universal public sentiment and ex pectations of the country, we look for early and decisive work from this new Congress upon the Mexican question. " One war at a time " was the inflexible and sagacious maxim of President Lincoln during those long years of our late dreadful domestic struggle, when England and France labored so zealously to entangle us in a supple mental war with themselves for the benefit of Jeff. Davis. Hence the late Administration submitted to numerous affronts both from France and England, which, under other circumstances, would not have been given, or, if given, would have been reduced to a speedy settlement. Most conspicuous among these insults stands Louis Napoleon's usurpation and attempted subjugation of the Republic of Mexico under a prince of the Imperial house of. Austria. General Logan, in a recent speech, aptly de scribed this Mexican usurpation as an outgrowth and fruit of the rebellion. Therein lies the offence for which there is no atonement but the removal of Maximilian, and that atonement must be made. There is no other question upon which there is such unanimity in the public opinion of this country as upon this. There is no Anti-Monroe doctrine party in the United States, nor will there be any such party in the coming Congress. The Monroe resolu tion, which passed the last House of Representatives with out a dissenting voice, but which, for prudential reasons, was suffocated in the Senate, will, we guess, meet with different treatment in the Senate this winter. If Mr. Seward's late remarks at Auburn concerning Mexico mean anything they mean that the day of temporizing and apo logising has passed away, and that the day of settlement is at hand. Accepting this interpretation, we anticipate from the President's Message such representations and suggestions in relation to Mexico as will materially shorten the diplo matic labors of Mr. Seward in the way of protestations and explanations. Congress is the war-making power. A posi tive notice to Maximilian to quit Mexico would necessarily involve the alternative of war. This notice, therefore, has doubtless been withheld by the Executive for the conside ration of Congress. What, then, is the prospect ? 'Unless the Government shall have received assurances from Louis Napoleon of his intended relinciishment of Mexico within a short time, we expect a formal notice to this effect from Congress. It is possible that there may be a sort of understanding be tween the two Governments involving the withdrawal of Maximilian and his Imperial establishment in some way and at some reasonable time agreed upon ; but such a sup position can hardly be reconciled with Maximilian's present savage course of warfare against the Mexican Liberals. If he were possessed of instructions from Napoleon com prehending an early retirement he would hardly be shoot ing as outlaws the officers and soldiers of the Liberal cause as fast as they are captured. No such barbarous extremi ties of war would be deemed necessary for his temporary security. His evident purpose is to establish himself and his dynasty in Mexico permanently, and it is difficult to imagine that he is acting in these outrages without the advice of his Imperial master. In any event we look for a satisfactory presentation from the President's Message of this Mexican problem, and for a satisfactory settlement from this Congress, without involving any very tedious or protracted negotiations and without war. We expect, in a word, an early re-estab lishment of the Republic of the city of Mexico, and that the old General Santa Anna, sent away by the French, will return with Juarez, the fast and abiding friend of the United States, never to be exiled again. —New York Herald. EXPLOSION OF A LOCOMOTIVE.—A locomotive ex ploded on the Blyth and Tyne Railway at Newcastle-on- Tyne on Friday forenoon, which killed two men. It was standing near to the New-bridge station when the boiler burst. The engine itself was completely turned round by the explosion, pitched upon its side, and nearly destroyed. The rails in the immediate neighbourhood were wrenched from their chairs, and a deal of mischief was done. The fireman of the engine, Robson Heppell, was thrown across' the rails against some empty waggons, which were standing there. The guard, George Hudspeth, was pitched on to a manure heap, and the engine-man, James Whitehead, was badly scalded. The engine-man and fireman died during the course of Friday night, but the guard, who was not so much hurt, is recovering. A frightful attack of neuralgia in the face and mouth cured by a few doses of MonisoN's PILLS, the vege table universal medicine of the British College of' Health, Euston-road, London, after other means had failed. Sold by the hygeian:agente and all medicine vendors._ BOROUGH HOP. The amount of business passing in our market is very moderate ; prices, however, rule firm, and fine samples, owing to the limited supply now on offer, are held at en hanced rates. Several parcels have recently been taken for export to America. Last week's imports amounted to 48 bales from Rotterdam, 181 Boulogne, 148 Dunkirk, 20 Hamburg, 117 Antwerp, 10 Bremen, and 25 Ghent. New Mid and East Bents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings 9ss to 135 s „ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Fair average supplies of potatoes are on sale. Most de scriptions of produce are in fair demand, at about last week's currency. Last week's import was about 60 tons. Kent and Essex regents 6os to 80s per ton. Scotch do. Yorkshire do 6os to 80s „ „ Flukes Bos to 11.0 s „ „ Rocks 50s to 70s „ WOOL. We have to report a quiet trade for all descriptions of English wool; the market, however, must be considered firm, and last week's currency is steadily supported. Colo nial wool, in the private contract market, moves off slowly, but at full prices. Last week's import was confined to about 2,000 bales. Current prices of English wool per lb. s d Fleeces—South Down hogets 1 9} Half-bred do 1 11 Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethers 1 8 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing s d 1 10 2 Oi 2 Of 1 tif 2 0 1 11 2 0 SEEDS. Linseed was in fair request, but the demand for rapeseed was by no means active—prices, however, ruled firm. The trade for most agricultural seeds was very quiet, at about stationary currencies. Cakes met a steady sale, at enhanced quotations. TALLOW. The tallow trado is very quiet to-day, and prices are lower than on Monday last. The quotation for P.Y.C. is 495. per cwt. on the spot; town tallow, 495. nott cash; rough fat, 2s. 6id. per 81bs. Particulars. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. Stock this day - 55,435 71,348 60,847 51,074 _l4ss 3d to 40s 9d 41s Od 49s Od to Price of Y.C. 1 456_6d 31s Od —s Od —B_od Delivery last week - 1,823 2,429 2,698 2,723 Ditto from June 1 47,558 40,588 50,813 49,619 Arrival last week 8,109 3,676 1,171 1,912 Ditto from June 1 64,684 73,889 66,639 83,510 Price of Town HANDEL'S " SEMELE " has lately been given at one of the Gurzenich Concerts, in Cologne, under Herr Hiller's direction. rtrE SUN, LONDON, MONOA Y EVENING, DECEMBER 18, lEEE. MARKETS—This Day. M ARK-LANE. The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday ruled quiet. Good and fine samples were firm in price, whilst inferior produce sold at late rates. The demand for spring corn ruled somewhat inactive, but with out leading to any quotable change in prices from the pre vious week. The flour trade was steady on former terms. On the Continent the corn trade generally is quiet, at about stationary prices. At New York the trade - for wheat, flour, and maize has ruled heavy on rather easier terms. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASVRE. Wheat—Essexand Kent, red, new, per qr. 30s to 46s Do., old Do., white, old Do, new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s Do., new Talavera, new s2s Rye— Barley—Grinding . 2Bs Malting 33s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and Ware • Cheyalier 66s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 20s Potato Youghal and Cork, black l9a Cork, white 2ls Scotch, Feeding 2os Beans—Tick Pigeons ... 438 Peas—Grey, new Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b 43s Suffolk 32s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 26s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a moderate supply of foreign beasts on sale here to-day. The show of sheep was large, but the general quality of the stock was only middling. Sales progressed heavily on lower terms. Considering that the great market was held here on Monday last, the number of English beasts exhibited here to-day was large, and in prime condition. All breeds were vary dull, and 2d per 81bs. lower than last week, and at which a clearance was not effected. The top figures for Scots and crosses were 5s to 5s 2d per 81bs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received 2,000 shorthorns, &c. ; from Norfolk, 200 Scots, &c. ; from other parts of England, 1,200 various breeds; from Scotland, 500 crosses ; and from Ireland, 300 oxen and heifers. There was a full average number of sheep in the pens, in, generally speaking, middling condition. Good and "prime breeds moved off slowly, at 2d per 81bs less money. Inferior breeds sold at reduced but irregular quotations. We have to report a dull sale for calves—the supply of which was limited—on easier terms. The top price was 5s per 81bs. _ _ We had a full supply of pigs on offer. The demand was very inactive, on easier terms. Lord Spencer's ox, which took a prize in the Agricul tural-hall, was exhibited by Mr. Duckworth. The price demanded for it was £5O. Messrs. Lintott and Son bad on sale some of the Duke of Richmond's, originally for show in the cattle yard. No market will be held here on Monday next. It will, however, be open on Tuesday. Per 81b to sink the offal. sdsd s d a d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 4 3 8 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 6 o Second quality do ..3 1. 4 4 Prime s'thaown .30.6 2 6 6 Prime large oxen ..4 6 4 10 La ge coarse calvcs.4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c.... 5 0 5 2 Prime small do. .....4 8 5 0 Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 10 4 6 Large hogs ....4 t 4 6 Second quality do ..4 8 5 4 Small porkers 4 8 5 2 Lamb....os od to 0 Od. Suckling calves, lOs to 215 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 28s to 32s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Beasts Foreign suppl y. 1,170 Beasts . ... 5,090 Cows .. Cows Sheep 24, 4 Sheep 1,870 Calves 5lO Ca ves 490 rigs 560 Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 18,637 head. In the corresponding week in 1864, we received 10,361; :in 1863, 6,793 ; in 1862, 3,767 ; in 1861, 3,641; in 1860, 3,456 ; and in 1859, 8374 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Amsterdam ••• ••• Antwerp 349 4802 ... ... 197 84 Boulogne 257 612 333 Bremen 136 ... Copenhagen . Dordt. Calais.. ••• Dunkirk ... Gothenburg...... •.. Hamburg.......... 143 ... 2200 Harlingen 419 ... 760 ••• Medemblik 24 ... 2160 Ostend Rotterdam 472 3177 Tonning Stockholm 506 ... - 200 ... - 200 ... - 5 ~. ~ 507 ... 279 Total 2094 ...15,036 ... 714 ... 793 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1864 1863 1862 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Dec. 19, 1864, and this day, Monday, Dec. 18, 1865. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. Dec. 12, 1864. Dec. 11, 1865. sd s d Coarse and inferior beasts 3 Bto 4 4 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 5 2 5 4 Prime Scot; &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. 5 4 5 8 Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 Lambs s d 8 d. 3 4t o 3 8 3 10 4 4 4 6 4 10 50 5 2 310 4 6 48 5 4 56 6 0 62 6 6 00 0 0 Large coarse calves 4 2 410 4 0 4 6 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 6 410 4 8 5 2 Beasts 3,163 7,530 Sheep 15,350 24,810 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Dec. 21, 1863.—Beasts, 2,490 — sheep, 9,slo—calves, 112—pigs, 220. -- Dec. 22, 1862—Beasts, I,67o—sheep, 7,o3o—calves, 32 —pigs, 220. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale are somewhat extensive. For most descriptions there is a fair demand, at the annexed quotations : The Fatal Collision off Dover. ADJOURNED INQUEST. The inquiry was resumed at Dover on Saturday last, before the borough coroner, on the bodies of Miss !Meta Baines, _Mille. Koenig, and M. Frede rique M. Derrocq, three of the unfortunate five who were drowned through the collision between the mail packet Samphire and the American barque Fanny Buck, off Dover, on Wednesday night. Thomas John Northover deposed,--I am an ordi nary seaman of the Samphire. On Wednesday . - night, when she left Dover for Calais, I was sta tioned on the forecas le to look out for any sails or lights near the ship's course. The captain told me to keep a good look out, and the mate did likewise. About 20 minutes after leaving the pier I sighted a sail 10 yards off, bearing on to the Samphire's portbow, and I reported it. The captain answered, and called out, " Hard-a-port." Seeing the vessel close on us, I jumped down from the forecastle co save my life, and the barque directly struck us, and I was knocked down. I assisted in lowering the boats, one of which upset from the passengers crowd ing in. We picked up till the passengers except one ; he was a very heavy man, and wore a thick cloak. We threw a line to him several times, and he grasped it, but as we were hauling him in he let go and fell into the water. Capt. Bennett - jumped overboard and tied a line round his waist, but that gave way and the man was drowned. I heard no voices on board the barque, and saw no one. The barque had a very dim, small, green light, but our lights were burning brightly, and might have been seen ten miles off. Robert Malpas deposed,—l am an able seaman on board the Samphire. On Wednesday night I was placed on the bridge to look out. The weather was dark and misty. I kept a good look out. I saw a dim light off our portbow, and before I had time to cross the bridge to report it to the captain the vessel struck us. The sail was at the same moment reported by the forward watch. By the captain's order the steamer was stopped. I then went aft to help to lower the boats. Several passengers crowded in as we lowered it ; but the foremast runner hung up, the boat half filled with water. I rowed after the bark to come back immediately, but found it had gone on without stopping to save our lives. We then took our passengers to the shore. I have been in the service six months. Previous to that I was in the Royal Navy, and was on board the Bombay when she caught fire and was destroyed by the an niversary of this very day. I heard no one hail from the bark. The bark's light was very small. Henry George Boyce ain an able seaman of the Samphire, and was at the helm on the night in question after the steamer had cleared the pier. In about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour the cap tain called out " Hard-a-port, hard-a-port," and I put the helm hard-a-port. In a minute or so the bark struck us, the collision knocking me and the second mate over the wheel. I helped to lower the " dingy," but it was upset by the passengers crowding into it. I and others were sent under water. The " dingy" was lost, and on getting on board again I lowered the second " dingy." The passengers crowded into it and several fell over board. Captain Bennett ordered me to come with the boat and pick up the passengers in the water ; but those in the boat prevented me, fearing they would capsize the boat. We then rowed for the shore, having just thrown a lifebuoy to ono man in the water. Captain Bennett gave orders for one boat'to be reserved for the ladies; but the gentle men crowdedin and prevented thoir doing so. John D. Lordlohle, a Belgian, sworn, deposed-- I am an over-sea pilot, and I shipped on board the Fanny Buck on the 10th inst., at Helvoetsluys pilot station, to pilot her from Rotterdam to Car diff. We passed down Channel on Wednesday night, at 10 o'clock, the South Foreland light. The wind was northerly, and it was middling clear. The bark had every sail set, and a green starboard light and a red light on the port. The bark had three men on the look-out in the forecastle. The watch reported a light on the starboard bow about an hour afterwards. We still kept our course, but the watch hailed the steamer. In a few minutes the steamer ran into us on our starboard bow, and the bark heeled round on the port-side. Finding that the bark was stove in close to the water's edge I steered for land. I heard screams from the steamer; but we did not heave to, as we feared our own ves sel was going down. By Mr. Edwards—l have been at sea 50 years. The bark's lights were not of a large size. I saw our lights up after the steamer was reported. The reason why we kept our course is that as we were on the starboard tack it was the duty of the steamer to keep clear of us. At the time of the collision there were seven men on deck. By Mr. Knocks—l am not a certificated pilot. The captain was sick, and down below ; but the mate was on deck. I could see the North and South Foreland lights, but not the Dunkirque and Calais lights. I saw the chief mate take the lights, one after the other, into the pantry and trim them. I also saw them filled with oil at sunset. We had two small boats, but did not launch them. We reserved them for ourselves in case we wanted them. Five minutes after the collision the barque had made no water, but in half an hour she had made 18 inches. She now only makes five inches an hour. By Mr. Fox—The moment before the collision I was on the poop. lam certain that lights were ex hibited outside the bark, and that the green light was not the binnacle. I did not take any precautions to avoid the collision, although I saw it was inevit able, because if I had altered my course I should have been responsible for damage done. I thought the steamer would sink, as I heard screams, and from the damage she appeared to have sustained ; but I did not heave to, nor send a boat to their help. One of the crew of the bark was tendered as a witness to corroborate the pilot's evidence, but he was not examined. The jury, after about an hour and a half's delibe ration, returned the following verdict :—" The jury find that the deaths of the three persons in ques tion was accidental ; but that the accident in ques tion might have been avoided if the bark had shown a better light. In recording this verdict the jury could not separate without expressing their admira tion of the conduct of Capt. Bennett and the crew of the Samphire for the coolness and intrepidity displayed by them in their trying position, which, under God's providence, was the means of rescuing so many lives ; also, that great praise was due to Capt. lloet, of the Belgian steamer, for his ready assistance." The collision, we understand, will form the sub ject of a Board of Trade inquiry as to who shall pay for the Samphire's damage. CHURCH OF NOTRE DAME OF FRANCE, LEICESTER SQUARE.—Service was held in this recently-opened Roman Catholic church last evening, and was numerously attended. The Rev. Father Faure gave a discourse in French. COLLEGE OF PRECEPTORS.—At a meeting of the council of this corporation, on the 16th inst., the following were elected members of the college :—Mr. John F. Dows well, Pershore, Worcestershire ; Mr. Crawford Duncan, Commercial College, Stoke Newington ; Mr. John Brett Eminson, Plas Machynlleth ; Mr. Jabcz Moden, Park House Academy, Wellington-street, Gloucester ; Mr. 11. J. Moore, British School, Cheltenham ; Miss E. Palmer Groat Coram-street ; and Mr. John Robson, 8.A., Univer sity College. THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ARTS CLUB took place the other evening. Mr. Charles Dickens was in the chair, and gave the toast, " Success and Prosperity to the Arts Club," in his usual happy manner. Mr. Leighton, Mr. Henry Leslie, and Mr. Digby Wyatt also spoke. The rooms were decorated with paintings lent by members of the club. NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—The next trien nial musical festival at Norwich is to be held in September, 1866. Mr. Benedict is to be again secured as conductor, if possible. It is said that the Prince and Princess of Wales will probably honour the festival with their presence. THE NEW PEERS.—" Sir John Romilly, Bart., who is about to be raised to the peerage, will," says the Observer, "take the name of himself and of his distin guished father. It has been usual to place the Master of the Rolls in the House of Peers, the predecessor of Lord Romilly—Lord Langdale— being one of the latest examples. Sir Francis T. Baring, Bart., will succeed to the peerage as Lord Northbrook, in the county of Hants, after 30 or 40 yea'ts' service in the House of Commons, and holding some of the highest offices of the state." INDIA AND CHINA. CALCUTTA, Nov. 11. Calcutta has been the victim of a stock-jobbing hoax, which has delayed the departure of the mail for four days. Just as the outward-bound Mooltan was about to leave, and the Simla with the mails of the 10th October was expected, the announcement was made that the only navigable passage in the river Hooghly had silted up, owing to the ground.. ing of a ship near it. The place was the Rungafullak channel, where the mail steamer Nemesis lately grounded. The marine authorities at once credited the statement, the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany advertised that the Mooltan's departure was indefinitely postponed, and the Post-office authori ties put off the mail. Meanwhile Port Canning shares, each valued at £lOO at par, ran up rapidly on the 9th to £5O premium. But, in spite of tug steamers and a surveying brig sent down to look for another channel, a ship, drawing more water than the steamer came up, and the Simla herself fol lowed in due course. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's agent publishes an indignant letter, the Post-office blame the marine authorities, and they join the chorus, though they ought, as the respon sible parties, to have been at once able to declare the truth. It turns out that there has never been any change in the channel, traffic goes on as usual, the Port Canning Shares have returned to their normal state of £3O premium, and the mail goes four days after the proper time. Bad as the hoax is—and the public set the report down to such a cause—it has shown how little faith can be placed in the permanently free navigation of the Hooghly, and the importance of using other chan nels like the Mutlah estuary, to which there is a guaranteed railway. The Deb Rajah of Bhootan has finally agreed to our terms of submission. Colonel Bruce, C. 8., the Civil Commissioner of the Dooars, has, I believe, been instructed to promise a continuance of not only the payment of £2,500 a year, but to raise the sum to £5,000 if necessary. We keep not only the Dooars proper, but such a zig-zag line of hill country from Darjeeling to Assam as will add largely to the former settlement, including posts on the hills which our soldiers may occupy in health, and intermediate stretches of marshy terai on the plains which it will not be necessary to defend, or even watch, except by a few police. The Deb Rajah has asked two months within which to persuade or coerce the Tongso Penlow. If he fails we are then to be at liberty to do that work for ourselves. " Coercion" consists in inducing him to restore the the two Armstrong guns abandoned in the Dewan giri rout, and to abstain from attacks on our fron tier. It would be useless to conceal that we have in reality, as well as in the eyes of our native subjects and Central Asia, the worst of it. Almost all the extra expense of equipping a force of £7,000 men for hill warfare has been already undergone, and for that we have no return, to Mr. Massey's great grief. The humiliation has not been atoned for ; on the contrary, our payment for the Dooars will be regarded as tribute due from a conquered foe. And what shall we say of the loss of life—English officers and numerous Sepoys ? Nothing can pay for that, certainly not the belief that it was folly in us to station troops on the plains at all, at a time when not a Bhootea dares to face the miasma of the terai. On the other hand, while political defeat is confessed, there are these two considerations—the annexed territory will soon far more than pay its expenses, and afford a security to Darjeeling, and Sanitaria to the numerous settlers in Assam, which have long been wanted ; and it is seriously believed that without our blackmail of £5,000 a year the Bhootan officials could not exist This certainly is a fact, that the Deb Rajah has written a begging letter to us beseeching a slice of the Dooars to keep him in existence when his term of office expires. The Dooars are certainly the granary of the hills, but it would be a good thing to force the hun dreds of lazy lamas and officials who oppress the indigenous population to earn an honest liveli hood by cultivating such extensive plains as that of Paro, and by developing the mineral and commercial resources of the hills and valleys. All this, however, must be received with some caution. The Bhooteas have hitherto proved to be such liars, the central Government is so weak, and Tongso Penlow so barbarously unreasonable, that there may be war after all, and the stipulation for two months within which to bring Tongso to reason may only be a repetition of a former ruse for gaining time till it shall be too late for a campaign. The wisest course is to believe nothing more about these Indo-Chinese savages than one would about a maniac who deludes his keeper with the occasional symptoms of returning reason. The Allahabad Board of Revenue has collected accurate information regarding the growing crop of cotton in the North-Western Provinces. The esti mated produce of the crop this year is 825,540 maunds of 801 b. each, against 1,957,738 maunds estimated, and 1,659,917 actual, last year. Not only is the area some 50 per cent. less than last year, but the estimated out-turn is less than in any of the four years of the American war. In 1861 the area sown with cotton was 953,076 acres. It rose in 1862 to 985,578 acres, in 1863 to 1,135,688 acres, and in 1864 to 1,730,634 acres. But the sudden fall caused by the unexpected close of the war ruined so many native traders that for the sowings of this year no advances were made to the peasantry. The im mediate result of this was a renewal of native weav ing to the same point as before the war. The Col lector of Mozuffurnuggur states that, when prices fell, a native weaver, with a wife and four children, was quite content if he made 4i-d. a day. All the people wear native cloth except the Mahomedan landholders, officials, and clerks, and Hindoo land holders on such sacred days as when the brotherhood meet to celebrate some festivity. The Collector of Meerut reports that the cotton raised in that dis trict was so fine and well cleansed as to surprise the merchants, but the failures have checked all this. In Agra, the Collector says : " It was too great a shock for the villager's mind to find that the field of cotton on which all his hopes centred, and which he had in the morning valued at from £2O to £3O, was by evening almost unsaleable on account of some news which had arriTed by the Bijli Dak (telegraph—gightning post '), the purport of which he was utterly unable to com prehend." So he will henceforth sow only as much as will sell in the neighbouring market, as his fathers did be fore him. what hope is there for such a people but in the spread of intelligence developed by edu cation, and the increase of English settlers who will give a security and permanence to trade at present unknown ? _ Still no rain has fallen. It would be too late to save the autumn rice crops ; but it is sorely wanted for the sowing of the spring crops. Prices in half of Lower Bengal are still 100 per cent. higher than usual. Bhaugulpore and the Sonthal country, almost midway between the high lands of Behar and the low delta near Calcutta, have always been a rice-exporting district ; but if exportation con tinues for one week longer they too will be destitute. As it is, in some places the people are reduced to starvation. In Monghyr, for instance, where nearly three-fourths of the crop have gone, the poorest classes pick up leaves as food. One magistrate writes that " the bestowul of only a handful of grain soaked in water to each man invites hundreds of the poor " to the door of a certain shopkeeper. The rotting grain which has been used to make spirit sells as food to those who have money, and those who are penniless beg for the refuse seeds from which oil has been pressed. Such is the want of water even in the Gangetic delta. Round Calcutta the peasantry fight for such puddles of water are still left, wherewith to keep their rice alive. Their Excellencies the Viceroy and Lady Law rence will hold a levee and drawing-room on the Ist of December. Opium continues high. At the monthly sale yes terday it fetched £llB a chest, or £33 above the Budget estimate. The price is likely to be main tained. On Evacuation Day the traditionary " green flag" of Ireland was hoisted over the capitol of the " Irish Republic," in Fourteenth-street, New York. This building has been hired for the moderato rent of 512,000 a year, for the use of the government of the " Irish Republic." TAT rERSALLS'—iIis Evening TWG THOUSAND. 7to 2 agst Student (offered) 7 to 2 agst Lcrd Lyon (offered) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Rustic (taken freely) Bto 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken and offered) 9to 1 agst Student (taken) 22 to 1 agst Redan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Janitor (taken) 28 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken) 30 to 1 agst Sfabber (taken) 33 to 1 agst Bribery colt (taken) 50 to 1 agst Maravedis (taken) 66 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken and oft) GG to 1 agst Tom King (taken) 100 to 1 agst Boralice colt (taken) Tho Subscription Rooms will not be:opened:again until the Ist January next. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE, Dec. 18. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] THE MURDERER SOUTHEY. The Judge this morning merely alluded to Southey. No true bill yet. Inspector Tanner has arrived. THE RAMSGATE MURDER. (From our own Reporter.) MAIDSTONE, Monday morning. CROWN COURT. At ten o'clock this morning Mr. Justice Mellor took his seat on the bench for the purpose of dis posing of the cases which stood for trial at the pre sent winter assizes for the county of Kent. The principal charge in the calendar was the indictment against Stephen Forward alias Ernest Southey, who stood charged with the wilful murder of his wife Mary Ann Jemima and his daughter Emily S. Frances Forward at Ramsgate, on the 10th of August last. The circumstance that such an unparalleled cri minal was about to undergo his trial did not ap pear to create much curiosity, as the court was very far from full. The grand jury, of which Earl Brecknock was the foreman, having been empannelled, the Queen's proclamation against vice and immorality having been read, his Lordship proceeded with his charge. Having referred to several cases in the calendar, his lordship went on to say that one of the most serious indictments that would have to be disposed of was that against Stephen Forward, who is charged with the murder of his wife and child, at Ramsgate. The facts were extremely simple. He was seen almost to commit the crime, and as the evidence was so clear on the point, he did not feel called upon to refer further to the case, as the facts to be laid before them would be so precise that there would be no difficulty in finding a true bill against him. His lordship having con cluded his remarks, the grand jury retired to their room. The grand jury found a true bill on both indict ments. The trial will take place on Wednesday. RECENT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (From the Illustrated London News.) The will of Thomas Rowley, wholesale teadealer, of Cannon-street, and of Norwood Lodge, Surrey, was proved in London under £40,000 personalty, the executors being Mrs. Rowley, the relict ; Thos. Howse, of St. Paul's-churchyard, woollen draper ; and Francis Nash, of Horsleydown, wharfinger. To the two last-named executors he leaves a legacy of £2OO. To his wife he leaves an immediate legacy of £5OO, an annuity of £5OO, and his leasehold re sidence at Norwood ; to his daughter Mary Selina he leaves his freehold estates in Biddulph, Stafford shire, and in Buglawton, Cheshire ; also a sum of £B,OOO, and a moiety of the residue of his property. The other moiety he leaves to his daughter Frances Jane, to whom he leaves his freehold in the City, together with his leasehold residence, on the decease of his widow. The plate presented to him by the City Lands Commissioners, consisting of a silver tankard, he leaves to his daughter Mary ; and the silver teakettle, by the Walbrook Ward Club, he leaves to his daughter Frances. The household fur niture, musical instruments, and ether effects, on the decease of his relict, are to be divided between his two daughters. There are legacies to his ser vants. The inheritor of his estates in the coun ties of Stafford and Chester is to take and use the surname of Rowley. The will of Edward Wheler Mills, Esq., banker, 6T, Lombard-street, and of Bryanston-square, and BrunsWick-terrace, Brighton, was proved in Lon don, on the 21st of November, by the executors, George Grenfell Glyn and St. Leger Richard Glyn, Esqrs., both of 67, Lombard-street ; and Frederick Nathaniel Micklethwait, Esq., barrister at-law, Inner Temple ; and Charles Henry Mills, Esq., the testator's nephew. The personalty was sworn under £250,000. The will was made in 1856, and a codicil Dec. 8, 1863 ; the latter was signed on behalf of the testator by Wm. Murray, M.P., in testator's presence, and by his direction, and in pre sence of two witnesses. He leaves to each of his executors a legacy of £5OO ; to George Payne, Esq., of John-street, Berkeley-square, £lO,OOO ; to his niece, Miss Charlotte Elizabeth Wingfield, an an nuity of £3OO. Legacies and annuities are left to his servants. He directs his real and leasehold estates to be sold and the proceeds held in trust for his daughter and only child, to whom he bequeaths the same, leaving to her also his plate, furniture, books, and other effects. The will of Admiral Henry Stanhope, late of Southwick, Hants, formerly of Banstead, Surrey, was proved in the London Court, on the 22d of Nov., by his relict, the sole executrix. The per sonalty was sworn under £12,000. The will is dated April 10, 1845, and a codicil May 7, 1849, which were executed whilst gall h a e nt w o as fac P e o r s w t- a C s a ra p i t s a e i d n to in a the Admiralßoyal N a i y un . e ni 2s, s lB62, and died Oct. 21, 1865. He has bequeathed to his wife the whole of his property, including that under settlement on marriage, which he leaves to her absolutely, in the event of their be ing no issue. United States Government Securities. (From Thompson's Bank-Note Reporter) Until the Government shall shape its financial policy we do not wish to write on the subject, for whatever the Secretary of the Treasury desires done, we shall, to the best of our ability, assist in doing, knowing that his measures will be well matured. We, therefore, this week explain the Bonds and Treasury Notes now on the market. The 7-30 Treasury Notes have three years to run front their dates. The first series is dated August 15, 1864 ; the second series, June 15, 1865 ; and the third series, July, 15, 1865. When due these notes are payable in money, or they aro fundable into a 55-20-year bond bearing s i x per cent. in gold. It is optional with th e holders of the notes whether to fund them or t a k e the money. Tho interest is payable every six months from the date of the notes. The amount of the different dates or series is as follows : Aug. 15, Ist series 300,000,000 June 15, 2nd series July 15, 3rd series Total the interest on th e J uno no t es i s p a y a ble Dec.lsth;CseclutlY Consequently nthe July notes, Jan. 15th ; and the August notes, Feb. 15th. The 5-20 year Six-per Cent. Bonds are of three issues, payable after five years from their date. The Government has the option to pay them off or to let them run to maturity, which is 20 years from their date. Observe that the Government can act at any time on this option after the first five years from date. It is this feature of the bonds that gives the name of 5-20 s. They all bear six per cent interest in gold, payable May and November : First series (old), dated 1862 1864 ... 100,514,00 0, 780, 000 500 Third series (newest), dated 1865 ... 55,000,000 Second series (now), dated From the conditions above set forth it is plain that the " new" and "newest" issues are the most desirable bonds. The " old" issues aro bought to fill foreign orders with, and this is the only reason why they bring a better price. Tho Bonds 1881 have till that year to run, with no power on the part of the Government to pay them off before they mature. They bear six per cent. interest in gold, payable Jan. and July. The total of these bonds is $198,746,400. 111.111 D EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocs. ;~~ 100 et 20 208 10 100 luo 100 100 all 100 100 IEN 190 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 31i 2 103 a 1021 TO 2 1 3f j 331 3 1031 3 16) I