The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-30 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the discount market to-day there has not been much animation, but fully late rates are demanded. The operations on the English Funds have been limited, and a slight depression is apparent. Foreign Securities are flat, and exhibit little ani mation. A sum of £48,000 was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday. Bonds of £256,000 for the second half yearly sinking fund of the Consolidated 5 per Cent. Peru vian Loan of 1865, to be paid off at par, will be drawn on the 2nd proximo at the office of Mr. L. H. Haselwood. The list for the application for shares in the Tre castle Coal Company will close on Friday next for London, and on Saturday for the country. The bullion movement during the past week has again been of a rather extensive character, as re gards the receipts, owing to large arrivals from America, the West Indies, and Pacific. The im ports.have amounted to about £607,240, while the exports have been confined to remittances to the Continent through private 4ources, estimated at about £975,340. Two O'CLOCK. As Monday will be a holiday at the Stock Exchange, there has been an increased disposition to close outstanding accounts, and sales, with this object, have caused a depreciation. This afternoon Consols are 87 to 87* for money, and 87 * to 87i for the account, being * lower than on the previous evening. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 861 8 ; .Exchequer Bills, 6s. to 3s. dis. ; 5 per Cent. India Stock, 102 f 1; 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 102 1 • .. Debentures, 98g. 4 1 Business in the Foreign Stock Market has been very quiet, and no material change has occurred in prices. Brazilian 5 per Cents. are at 75 . 751 ; the Danubian Loan at 75 ; Spanish Passive at 281 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, at 711 4 ; and ditto 5 per Cent. Loan, 1865, at 414 42i. In the Railway Share Market there has been very little animation, although prices are a shade firmer. Great Northern A Stock have improved 55., West Midland 10s., Midland 10s., and North Western 155., while South Eastern declined 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines are in fair de mand at fully previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are quiet, and without material change as regards values. Charles Lafitte and Company are quoted 3 prem. ; Lon don Steam Towing Company, 1i 2 prem. ; British Convention Bonds of Mexico, 65 70 ; and English and American Bank, 1 1} prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Jan. 9 3 per Cent. Reduced 864 New 3 per Cent B6l 1 New 21 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, £1,000,3 per Cent. 6 3 Do. £5OO 6 3 Do £lOO and £2OO 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. si. per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 9Bl Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — pm Do. under £l. 000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 — Do Account 741 51 Do. Scrip, £25 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chilian 41 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do Account 75 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent... . 7. Do Provisional Land Warrant _ _ ---• Egyptian 7 per Cent — Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 1864 914 Do £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do £B6 paid — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Account Do. Maremmana Railway — Do Scrip, £674 paid — Do 5 per Cent, 1864 — Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred — Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 — Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Peruvian 44 per Cent Dc. Account — Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B9 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Sardinian 5 per Cent — Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto account — Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — Do Account 284 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account — Swedish 4 per Cent. , Do. 44 per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 s. — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account — Do .ClOO Bonds — • Do. 14 per Cent Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account — Do £lOO Bonds 7 14 I i Ft. Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Scrip, £35 paid Do Account Do £ICO Bands — Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrien, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch zi per Omit., Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates — French Rentes 3 per Cent. — Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. — TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for money • Do. Account, PROGRESS OF THE GEORGIA CENTRAL RAILROAD. -In conversation with General Superintendent Adams, Sys the Macon Messenger of the 23d instant, we learn that 8 1 miles of the road from Savannah are now in operation. Th e cars are running to station No. 6. Thirty-five miles of the branch from Augusta are completed, and it is hoped the whole distance between Augusta and Savannah (of Which 29 miles now remain to bo built) will be finished in the course of a month. The calculation is to have the Whole road in operation some time next spring. But the d ifficulties in the way of rapid progress are unprecedented a nd appalling. THE RATIFYING STATES.—The following is a corrected list of the States which have ratified the Con etitutional Amendment abolishing Slavery, with the dates respectively : —lllinois, Feb. 1; Rhode Island, Feb. 2 ; New York, Feb. 3 ; Maryland, Feb. 3 ; Massachusetts, Feb. 3 ; Pe nnsylvania, Feb. 3 ; West Virginia, Feb. 3 ; Michigan, Feb., 3 ; Maine, Feb. 7 ; Ohi o , F e b. 8 ; K ansas , Feb. 8 ; Minnesota, Feb. 8 ; Virginia, Feb. 9 ; Indiana, Feb. 13:; I ‘ l atla, Feb. 16 ; L ou i s i a n a , F e b . 17 ; Mi ssour i , F e b . 24 ; Wi sconsin, Feb. 22 ; Vermont, March 9 ; Tennessee, ) 4 : it'll]. 5 ; Arkans as , A pr il —; Connect i cut, May 4 ; New Ca rolina, June 30 ; S ou th Carolina, Nov. 13 ; North ' a rolina, - Dec. 1; Alabam a , D ec . 2 ; Georgia, Dec. 6. Business . Share Railways. Closingpfd.!done. et 'Bristol and Exeter lOO li3 95 st Caledonian lOO 127 123 128. 50 Cambrian •• • 1 0 94 96 20 Cork and Bandon -- all 13 15 st Cornwall all 4i 54 st Dublin & Belfast June 100 68 72 ,„ Dun„Perth,& A b.Junc. ICO 70 72 1" N.London, bcrip Certi. 20 Do. 10 d st Glasgow &S. Western 100 112 114 et Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 100 42 13 421 st Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 100 71 61 st Great North of Scotland 100 et Great Northern lOO , 231 1 127 st Do. A stock • 100 145 i 47 1 ,451 st Do. B stock 1,4) et Do. New, Is..at 25 pm 10 st GAS, and W. of Ireland 100 92 94 st Gt. Western -Original 1 0 53) 59 59 st 1) S. Val. Rail gua. 100 -- st Do. South Wales et Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 100 38 40 39) st Do. Newport lOO 33 37 st Do. Hereford. lOO 01 05 et Lanc +shire & Yorkshire 100 122; 11:3 123 st L indon and Blackwall 100 9) 52 st Lon., Brigh., & S Coast 101 102 101 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 37 39 st Do. Metrop. r:x. A lOO 50 52 at Lon. & North Western 100 125} 1261 126 4 st Lon. & South Western 100 95 9 6 954 st Man., Shet., & Lincoln 100 61 63 624 st Metropolitan all- 1371 11-8 1381 4 8 10 Do. New 7 31 34p 10 Do Extension.... 6 14 Ilp 100 Metropolitan District. all 101 103 ( Do (1.). do 10 - 10 Do. and rt. John'sW'd 4 at Mid and 9 Do. £9 Share 3) 14 14 1 st Do, 13irmin & Derby 100 93 95 94 34 25 ‘1 id Kent at North British at Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. 100 7 29 st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1101 1111 110/ 11 25 Do. G.N •E purchase 16.13.4 et Do. Leeds ...... at Do. York *oo 1014 1051 1i54 st Do. Carlisle .. .. 100 25 Do. Stock. & Darling. all 36 37 25 Do. do. 1860-61 l6 10 II p et North London 10 Do. do. 1864 ... 5 2 2 p 10 Do. do. 1865. 5 2 2tp st North Staffordshire 10 N. &S. W. Junction at Scottish C,ntral st Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 66 68 st o. Scot, Mid. st.xik lOO 112 114 et Shropshire Union - et South Devon OO 64 56 5 9 St south E stern 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 8 9 st Taff Vale lOO 147 150 10 Do. C . st Vale of Neath st Waterford & Kilkenny 10 • - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha I 2 st West Cornwell ...... TIRITISH P 'OSSESSIONs SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. too et I 20 100 1 Atlantic& St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda,, , Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. E shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do ['reference Buff.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & 8. E., lim :ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p! Nast. Ben, al, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. let Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pra. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o • Grua. 5 per cent.. ~ ~ ~~1 Do. New crna. 5 p. o Gt. South of India gut!. 5 per cent i AP I 104 102 i D . it per cent.... Do Great Wes. of Canada.. Da. New Do. 6 p. a. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Eu i dian Branch, limited Mdras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 4i do 16} 17 4 30 i 3 15 8; e 7 1 4d 1011 1024 93 85 59 91 Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. Ea C' da, 6pcist pf. be Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub 1 Do.lndus St.Flo_ '4" 63 65 100 {lOO 2 100 100 82 81 102• 1014 102; U 10i 102 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1972 100 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-54 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lt 0 94 96 - Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10) 94 96 - 1)0. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 82 St - Do. 5p o. Inscribed .sk 100 81 83 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 101 103 yo.Ap1.&001, 1890-1900 100 104 106 - Do. do: IsBo-9 100 114 105 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 105 107 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and.' 5 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 92 - Ceylon, Nov. 1888, 6p. t 100 10' 102 - Do. 1878, do. tOO 116 108 - Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1 , 78 - Do. 1882, May :5. Nov. I 10 1 104 106 - Do. Itt9s, Feb. & Auz lOO • 106 07 - atal o per cent l .Ol 98 100 100 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.lo.luly 100 96 e 8 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 pv., 1864 100 1 0 102 - Do. 5 p.c. 18. Ito 1874 100 93 95 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189, 100 8) 01 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 103 105 - Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sc ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 101 102 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 1(2 104 - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1808-ii 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards l lO 106 108 - Vic,tiov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - - Do. do, N pril & Oct lOO 164 106 BRITISH MINES. cam. Consol. hold, lim 1 - Chiverton Clifford A malgamated. 30 20 21 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 175 695 - )rake walls 2.1.0 1 1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 204 18 2 ) - East Caradon 2.14.0 81 91 - East Carn Brea 34 54 54 - east Grenville 2.14.0 3 36 - East Gunnislake 8.3.6 1 1 - East Lovett 3.9.0 14 15 - E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 3 34 - Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Gr,at L 4xey, limited all 20 21 204 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 15 2 - Great Wheal tsusy 14.9.6 30 4 - G. Wheal Vor (Heist t 10 321 31 33 25 - Grenville 8.18.0 34 41 - Herod's Foot - Hingston Downs 5.10.6 51 64 - Margaret luny Lelant 13.17.6 5 7 Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 11 4 Vlwyndy Iron Ore, lim 21 25 ltd - New Se ton - North Roskear .Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 1 1 North Wheal Crotty Prosper United 7.1.6 - - - Pr vidence UnyLslant 10.6.7 16 33 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 420 4so - South Condurrow 3.2.0 .11 i.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18 9 20 25 - Stray Park 35.15.6 to 12 - Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim, all 4 6 - West Isassett (IL logan 11 3 4 - W. Caradon (L.skeard 9 9 11 - West Chiverton ll 8) 85 - West Seton 474 190 200 - Wheal Bassett (Mogan 51 95 110 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 325 375 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 4 6 - Wheal Seton 5Bl 2125 2225 -- Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 181 19 PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent stock, 91 great Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 5 per cent. pm., Ditto, 4} per cent, redeemable at i 0 per cent., IG2} Great Western, 4 per cent irred.; 81 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 41 per cent. red., 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 p r cent., 113 London Tilbury, and Southend, 103 Midland, Bradford Pref. stock, 110 i ietiliElGN RAILWAYS Central Argentine, 31 Dutch Rhenish, 231 • Ditto (all), 28i G - eat , Luxembourg, 16 Imperial Mexican, Um., 5i Recite and San Francisco (lien.), gua. 7 per cent., 151 FOR.EI(Th MINED. Anglo-Brazilian bold, limited, par Don Pedro, North tJel Rey. 11 Scottish Australian, lim.. I St. John del Rey, Um., 49 74 BANK , . Ara and Masterman's, lim., 58 71 Alit once, lim. 291 1 Anglo-Italian, Bin., • 0 Bank of British Columbia, 22 Bank of tago, lim., 61 City, 108 9, Colonial, lim.„ 44 Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., 11 Imperial Bank, lim.. 29j Imperial Ottoman, 131 Lard:Mortgage Bank of India. Um., 41 London and River Nate. Ditto, issued at 11 pm., ilk London Chartered Bank of Australia, 231 London and South-Western, lim., Ditto, new, 20 Midland Bank, Um., 201 New Zealand Bank corporation. lim., oriental Bana Corporation. 52 &hide, Punjauh, and Delhi. lim., 61 Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 1111 1 Union ul Loudon, t4l MISC ELLANEOI ts. Atl ntic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2a, k Australian Agricultural, 24 • Ceylcn Company, 10* City of Moscow Gas, lim., 5} City 'laces, lim,, ;* Credit Voncier end Mubilier of England, 8f Crystal Palace, Fs* Egyptian Com and Trading, lim.;_2k Fore-street Warehouse, lim., Ilk Hudson's Bay, 161 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 7i International Financial .7 , ociety, lim., 6 Joint Stock Discount, lira., 89 London Financial Association, Um , 191 North British A ustr ,lasian, 57 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 2lk Panama, New Zealand, and Australlan.Mail, lim., 01 Ditto (all), 4} Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 74 Trust and Agency of Australasia, lim., 2k Universal Marine. Insurance, lim., 4• Warrant Finance, Jim. , 74 MORE SHIPPING DISASTERS.—The Ship Annie Semball, arrived in the Mersey yesterday, brings part of the crew of the ship Harry of the West, from New Orleans to Liverpool, which had been burnt at sea, and also the crew of the ship Himalaya, abandoned at sea. 51 6) 102 103 ad }p 6} 6i 10 11 75 80 99 101 65 70 100 103 104 102 113 104 par 6 o 34 35 87 89 65 68 55 60 56 58 50 55 47 50 42 46 34 36 34 35 103 IG4 100 100 100 all 100 100 10: I 361 i 7 6k 36i I 51 61 SS 101} THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, ISt5. THE JAMAICA INSURRECTION. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) (From the Jamaica Guardian of Dec.ll) The late George W. Gordon, the principal mover to the bloody massacre in St. Thomas in the East, was a coloured man. His father, who is still living in Jamaica, was formerly the custos of the parish of St. Andrew, the owner, in his own right or that of his wife, of a considerable amount of landed pro perty, and was besides - a large planting attorney. His son, George, who was intelligent and enter prising, picked up the rudiments of a fair English education, was assisted to commence business, suc ceeded, and became a merchant of some standing in the community. When the great depreciation in Jamaica property commenced in 1840, Geo. Gordon then and subsequently bought a large number of estates in various parishes of the island, in which purchases, we believe, he was greatly assisted by respectable merchants of London, Messrs. Grant and Kemshead, and Messrs. Hanketel and Dubuis r3on. He was not a successful planter. Cultiva tion rarely succeeded under his management, so that in time almost the whole of his sugar estates were dismantled and some converted into grazing pens for horned cattle, while others were allowed to grow in ruinate. His business as a merchant also declined, and Mr. Gordon became, to all appear ance, a poor man, having judgments for debts re corded against him to the extent of thirty or forty thousand pounds, besides owing large sums to parties, who knew it would be of little use to press their claims against him. He was married in a re spectable family, and we believe took good care to settle a large amount of property on his wife, who survives him. Gordon was always regarded as an eccentric man, but exceedingly shrewd in business, and close in the disbursement of money. He was for several years professedly a very religious man, but must have been a great hypocrite, for we know that by his profession of religion and friendship he wormed himself into the confidence of men—got obligations from them in accommodation papers, which were discounted at the Bank, and yet left them to lift them, when he had other assets which he might have appropriated to this purpose. As one proof of his eccentricity, some years ago, he closed his store for several days, leaving a placard on the door to the following effect : " In the name of the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob, this store is closed for three (or four days), for the purpose of the owner thereof engaging in fasting and prayer for the sins of the laud." 'This was followed by a verse from Jeremiah, 9th chap. and Ist verse. " Oh, that mine head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people 1" Few in Kingston, who knew Mr. Gordon, be lieved in the sincerity of his fasting and prayers, and all looked upon the act as Pharisaical in the extreme, indicating clearly that either Gordon was a great hypocrite who wished to parade his good ness before the world, or he was a monomaniac in some matters of religion. It was well known in Jamaica that there was not a worse paymaster on estates than Gordon—fre quently his people could not get their wages—which should have been paid weekly—for two or three months, and when he did pay, it was generally only in part. Up till within the last few years he had pretty extensive transactions with the Kingston banks, and was noted there for not retiring the discounted drafts on him when mature. He had, however, a very plausible way with him—an infinite amount of brass, and effrontery, and a wonderful command of temper, so that it was a most difficult matter to refuse, irritate, or insult him. He had been brought up in the Estab lished Church of England, but left it and became a Presbyterian, next he connected himself with the Independents, and about four years ago got bap tised by the Rev. J. M. Phillippo of Spanish Town. Immediately after his baptism he commenced to preach, in a temporary place, owned by him in Kingston, the " Tabernacle," and when he went to St. Thomas in the East, where he owned property, he preached there in some of the native Baptist chapels, and we believe, baptised, administered the communion, and went the length of ordaining men to preach and to baptise. During the so-called re vival in Jamaica, while passing through Morant Bay, Gordon one day was heard to cry out at the top of his voice " Fire, fire, fire," and when the alarmed people ran out to see where the fire was, they found him on his knees in the street praying that he and others might be saved from the fire of hell. Had Gordon been an honest man, we might have regarded him only as a religious fanatic ; but as we, and many in the community, knew him to be grossly dishonest, he was considered by these as a knavish hypocrite, who used religion as a cloak to cover his bad traits of character and impose on the credulous. It is said that in recent transactions with his own father, as regards Fontabelle estate, he strove to defraud him, and even went the length of lifting his hand against the old man, as was proved before the magistrates. And yet after these things he would, by the road-side or in the house, take out his Bible and read it with apparent devotion, and then engage in prayer and preaching. Owning property in many parishes, Gordon was made a magistrate in six or seven of them. Some three or four years ago he complained to Governor Eyre about the condition of the lock-up at Morant Bay, and in course of the correspondence with his Excellency so committed himself that his Excellency deprived him of all commissions of the peace. Rector Cooke, of St. Thomas in the East, and the late Baron Von Ketelhodt, the custos, with several magistrates of the parish, opposed Gordon in this matter of the lock-up ; and since then Gordon was violently opposed to Governor Eyre, Rector Cooke and his family, the Baron Von Ketelhodt, and all those who had crossed his path. Gordon, about four years ago, got elected as one of the Representatives of St. Thomas in the East, for the House of Assembly, and was also elected a churchwarden for the parish, though the law distinctly stated that none but members of the Established Church could act in this capacity. Rector Cooke and others brought this case before the Circuit Court, when Judge Cargill decided that Gordon was disqualified as churchwarden, as he was not a member of the Church of England. This was shortly after his getting baptised by Mr. Phillippo; but in spite of the decision Gordon persisted in re taining his office as churchwarden, and when the custos, presiding at the vestry, refused to allow him to sit and vote at the board, Gordon insisted on speaking and acting as churchwarden. The custos therefore ordered the police to remove him from the board, which was done in a gentle manner. Gordon subsequently brought an action against the baron for assault and false imprisonment, which was twice tried before special juries in Kingston, and in each case decided against Gordon. He was, however, a most obstinate and determined rnan—a kind of mulish, knavish fanatic—and he, before the late rebellion, again moved in the Supreme Court for another trial in the case, which application had been granted by the court. When ejeaed as churchwarden, he got elected as a vestryman, and was the head of a party of the Vestry, violently opposed to the Rector, the Custos, Baron von Kettlehodt, and the magistrates and vestrymen, who would not join him. Although Gordon regularly attended the quarterly meetings of the Vestries, yet it is a most significant and con demning fact, taken in connection with the brutal massacre which commenced in St. Thomas-in-the- East on the last 'Vestry day, that neither he nor any of his supporters in the Vestry, were present on that fatal day. But we believe there is plenty of evi dence, in Gordon's own handwriting, to prove that he suggested, if he did not plan, the brutal massa cre, which has so disgraced the country. In the Underhill controversy, about the alleged poverty and distress of the peasantry of Jamaica, Gordon was a stout and determined champion of Dr. Underhill, and of the Baptist missionaries. He went about from place to place, organising and presiding at mass meetings of the peasantry, in support of Dr. Underhill's incorrect statements, and of course exciting, whereTer he went, the ignorant peasan. try against the Governor, the Custodes of parishes, the clergy, and others who had proved Dr. Underhill's statements to be incorrect. He presided at meetings in St. Ann's, in St. Thomas in-the-East, in Kingston, and in Vere, and in this parish he used language, strong enough to lung , twenty men, when the language is so closely fol lowed by acts of the kind suggested. His words were to the effect, " That the governor, the magi strates, and the clergy had written lies to the Queen about them, the peasantry of Jamaica, that the planters did not treat the people fairly—that they, the people, would have to make a second Hayti of Jamaica—that the planters and authorities hated them now, but then they would hate them far more." This language was reported to us and published, and we called the attention of the Attorney-General to it ; but it seemed to him, as coming from Gordon, a man known to be eccentric and ultra in his statements, not deserving of prose cution,; and not till the bloody and savage doings, enacted a few weeks after at Morant Bay, did the import of such seditious language carry conviction of premeditated guilt to the minds of the constituted authorities. These words, used by Gor don at the Vere mass meeting, were sworn to before a magistrate, and were part of the evidence against him at his trial; but besides this testimony there were his own letters to Lawrence, his late overseer on the Rhine estate on St. Thomas-in-the-East, stating that certain persons, the Baron, Rector Cooke, and others must be got rid of. One person who was to be disposed of was the proprietor of this paper, because we had from the first and through out opposed Dr. Underhill's statement as incorrect and grossly exaggerated, and maintained that where there was suffering among the able-bodied peasantry in the country parishes, it was owing either to partial causes, such as drought, or to their own idleness, vice, and prodigality. We had also for years op posed the hypocritical pretensions of George W. Gordon, as we knew' , " hini to be outrageously dis honest, and these were offences against the religious fanatic, only to be wiped out by " getting rid of " i.e., by murdering us. We wonder often at the credulity and perverted humanity of many of the English people. Let a black man, if he only be plausible enough to get up a good tale of suffering and distress, be introduced to a few of the Exeter Hall School, and he is soon petted and lionised till the poor fellow is ruined for life. He is generally found out to be a hypocrite and a liar ; but he is then sent off to the colonies, with recommendations from some good people, and there he practices afresh that deception which was so long successful in England. Let any credulous missionary or stipendiary magistrate send home to the Morning Star a letter regarding an arrant hypocrite and blood-thirsty demon like G. W. Gordon, and behold he is painted as a saint and a martyr to freedom and religious liberty. Let any lying tale about the white men and planters of Jamaica be got up, and they are held up as devils incarnate, not fit to live, much less to own property and employ black men in cultivating it. Now the white men and planters of Jamaica are not without some faults and many shortcomings, as is the case, we suppose, with many manufacturers, merchants, and noblemen of England, Scotland, and Ireland; but this we say, after living in Jamaica nearly 29 years, and know ing intimately the country and all classes of its in habitants, that there was no cause whatever for the late bloody, savage butchery of the property classes in St. Thomas in the East ; and that, while we are not prepared to justify every act of the military in the suppression of the rebellion, the very cir cumstances in which the community were placed --having but a handful of troops to hundreds of thousands of , semi-savages, demanded that the punishment for the atrocities committed should be quick and severe. It was not merely the mas sacre at Morant Bay which alarmed the constituted authorities and the white and coloured classes, but it was the demoniac acts of murder and plunder which so quickly spread throughout all the district, and which could not, humanly speaking, then have been suppressed had the rebellion extended to other districts. We believe that the retribution has been too severe—that many innocent, or comparatively innocent, people have suffered—while there are not a few deep-dyed villains, whose hands have been imbrued in innocent blood, who have not been punished—but let not those at a distance from the rebellion, even distant from it in Jamaica, rashly condemn the severity of the punishment inflicted. That severity may have been mercy to the other districts of the island, for as we were then situated with only a handful of troops, and no good volunteer organisation, the greater part of the respectable people, and their property throughout the country, might have been destroyed, had the authorities not acted with promptitude, determina tion, and severity. As for letting loose the Maroons to shoot down whoever they met, this is a gross fiction. Between St. Thomas in the East and Portland, the adjoining parish, there are a range of mountains covered with almost impenetrable wood, where the feet of the white man has rarely trod. The Maroons live on the north side of ale moun tains, and regularly hunt the wild hog and other game in the adjacent woods and fastnesses. Hence they know them and their caves and passes better than any other class of men, and as many of the greatest rebels took refuge in those fastnesses—the " Cunha-cunha mountains"—the Maroons were ordered to scour them, and capture and bring to trial the runaway rebels wherever they found them. They may have shot some per ' sons who, instead of surrendering, attempted to run away ; but how could this be avoided, for the regular soldiers could not, without the greatest risk, penetrate such places. Besides, there was other work for them to do, in scouring the plains, cap turing rebels, and bringing them to justice, and therefore the employment of the Maroons was a necessity, insuring their loyalty, by giving them work which they only could, in the emergency, efficiently perform. _ . It is utterly impossible for men in England, or in the Northern States of America, where there are so much intelligence and physical and moral force to fall back on, in the suppression of a rebellion, to judge of what should be done in Jamaica Under the cir cumstances in which we were placed. By all means let an English commission be appointed to inquire into the causes of the late rebellion, as far as they can be traced, and into the conduct of the authori ties in its suppression. We have little fear of the result. It will, in our opinion, be proved that while not a few acts may be censured, that the Commis sioners will declare that wholesome severity was imperatively needed, and was the most merciful course to follow. As the Morning Star of. England and some of its contributors appear to be so ignorant of the real character and antecedents of the late George W. Gordon, the chief promoter of the rebellion in St. Thomas in the East, we have thought it right to give a sketch of his past public life as we have known it, in the hope of convincing some of the anti-slavery party in England that George W. Gor don was not the man they took him to be. As Mr. Gordon was so respectably connected in Jamaica, and as it was well known in certain circles that we had just cause of grievance against him, we refrained, after his apprehension, from any comment on his public conduct. In the article which we have written we have kept back many things which we know of Mr. Gordon, which would have told seriously against his character ; but should our statements be called in question here, where he was best known, we are prepared not only to prove what we have written, but to publish many other particulars corroborative of what we have said of him and his doings. KINGSTON, Dec. 11. The topic of greatest interest in the colony dur ing the past fortnight has been the bill of the Go vernment to alter and amend the political constitu tion of the country. There was ra, fierce fight over it in the House of Assembly, but the bill ultimately passed.by a large majority. The following bills have been assented to by his Excellency the Governor : An act to provide for the expenses of extinguish ing the rebellion. An act for the forfeiture of real and personal pro perty of persons convicted of felony duringthe recent rebellion. An act to amend the Oyer and Terminer Bill. An act to prevent the training of persons to the use of arms and practice of military evolutions and exercises. An act to prevent the unlawful administration and taking of oaths. An act to amend the act authorising the inflict ing of corporal punishment in certain cases, &c. The Alien Bill. The bill for the trial and punishment of offences committed during martial law. The bill to alter and amend the political consti tution of the country. His Excellency, the Governor, having suggested to the Legislature that a searching investigation should be made into the cause or causes of the late outbreak in St. Thomas in the East—a very strong feeling prevails in all quarters that hon. members should set about such au inquiry. Nothing, how ever, has been hinted of the existence of any such intention, and we learn that the business of the Legislature will soon be brought to a close. The political prisoners continue at Morant Bay. It has not transpired when they will be brought to trial. They will be tried by a special commission and a county jury. There are 65 rebels at Morant Bay awaiting trial. These are persons who were engaged in acts of re bellion on the day of the St. Thomas-in-the-East outbreak. Resolutions of thanks have been presented to his Excellency Major-General O'Connor, C. 8., Sir Leopold M'Clintock, Brigadier-General Nelson, Colonel Hobbs, and Captain D'Horsey. Grants of money have been made for the purchase of testimo nials to the three last named officers. His Excellency, Major-General O'Connor, C. 8., has made a tour of inspection of the island. The Major-General and suite were cordially received everywhere; in the parish of Manchester particu larly the reception was quite an ovation. The following message from the Governor, and its enclosures, were laid before the Legislative Council on the 23d inst. by the Hon. Dr. Hamilton: " E. EYRE, Governor.—The Governor transmits to the honourable the Legislative Council an ex tract from a communication from Colonel Whitfield, commanding the western division of the Jamaica forces. " This important statement, from an officer of Colonel Whitfield's high rank and acknowledged ability and experience, will afford the Legislature a further proof that the Governor had good grounds for asserting in his opening address that ' a mighty danger threatens the land.' "It must be remembered, too, that Colonel Whitfield's statement is written some time after he assumed the command of the western districts, and after having personally visited all the districts where military outposts are established. " The Governor is anxious not to create unneces sary alarm, but it is his duty to express his opinion that the Legislature and the country ought not to be lulled into a fancied security, which the informa tion reaching the Government does not afford ground for entertaining at present. "E. E." Certified extract from a letter addressed by Colonel Whitfield to Governor Eyre, dated 21st November, 1865 : " My dear Governor, —I did not like to answer your letter of the 13th inst. until I had visited all the detachments in my district, and seen enough of the people to give an opinion. I quite agree with you in thinking that a seditious and disloyal spirit pervades the entire island, and that in all probability the negroes would rise if it were not for the presence of the military. " I think that a considerable amount of inter communication has and is taking place between the disaffected in the different parishes, for I observe men of sullen and dissatisfied looks riding about the country in all" directions. About one-half the negroes look happy and contented—the remainder as if they would take much pleasure in cutting our throats. I think the same feeling exists among the women, but I do not think this feeling is confined to this district between Savanna-la-Mar and Mon tego Bay, but everywhere. " I must now remark on the police of this colony: They are in every district I have seen a most ineffi cient body of men, in many cases old and infirm. They are badly clothed and look badly fed. I should say if their services were required, they would be next to useless. They are inferior to those in Bar badoes, St. Vincent, and Demerara, and I at tribute this entirely to the force being located in their own parishes. I should suggest that the whole police be under the command of a chief, an active and intelligent young military officer, and the present inspectors under his orders. They should be frequently moved from one part of the island to another. They should be properly armed and drilled, and a portion should be properly mounted and attached to each station for the pur pose of carrying despatches, and making rapid movements in any direction requiring escorts, &c. * * * * * " Believe me, &c. " W. W. WHITFIELD." SOUTH AMERICA—CHILI. • VALPARAISO, Nov. 18. During the fortnight little or no change can be noticed as having taken place in the state of affairs between Chili and Spain, but every day the people are drawn more closely together to do and suffer, if need be, to the utmost for the honour of their coun try against Spain. It is generally believed that Commodore Harvey was the means of having effected the restriction that Pareja, the Spanish admiral, had limited the block ade to six principal ports, viz. : Valparaiso, where are the Villa de Madrid, of 50 guns, and the Resolucion, 42 guns. Coquimbo, where is stationed the Berenguela, 42 guns. Caldera, with the Blanca, also of 42 guns. Tome and Talcahuano, south of Valparaiso, which are watched by the Resolucion. But Chili has still some 54 open ports, and one of these 40 miles from Valparaiso, with which it will be immediately connected by a good road. Imme diately on the receipt of information from Commo dore Harvey that the blockade was restricted to the' ports ^ined, the Pacific Steam Navigation Com . 2. new itinerary, and placed some of pang prepares n the route to embrace the their largest steamers d export trade will opened ports,' and the impoi:!' an, id even greater be carried out with all its usual activity. Admiral Pareja evidently was not prepareul for the reception he has met with in Chili; he can not land any body of men along all the coast, nor can he procure at any price fresh provisions, the people feel an utter contempt of him, his nation and his ships, while all the time Government is not idle with measures which will, in due time, rid them of their pretentious enemy. The working classes who are the greatest sufferers hitherto by being thrown out of employment, have borne patiently and calmly any loss—the criminal records even show less crime since this affair broke out,and altogether the people of the Republic seem to be animated with a zeal for their country's honour and a hatred of the power, so much their superior in brute strength though it be, that time will soon bring out victory and freedom for ever from Spanish aggression. Of course nothing can be mentioned particularly of the state of trade and general business at Valpa raiso in these days. The foreign merchants, Eng lish and American principally, are suffering heavily from the closing of the principal ports of the country, and not knowing how long the present state of affairs may continue. The foreign men-of-war in Valparaiso are her Britannic Majesty's steamer Leander and corvette Columbine ; United States sloop St. Marys, and slimmer Mohongo, lately arrived from Rio ; French ship Pallas, and transport Euridice ; and Italian frigate, Principe Humberto. Her Slajesty's ships Duncan, Aboukir, Niger, Cordelia, Fawn, Rosario, Nimble, Onyx, Netley, and Delight were at Port Royal, Jamaica. • Martinique continues free of cholera, and strict quarantine regulations were enforced against vessels from Guadaloupe and Dominica. A subscription list was opened at St. Pierre for sending medicines and food to the cholera-stricken inhabitants of the sister colony. On the 2d instant the subscription reached 5,000 francs. At Guadaloupe the cholera continued to rage severely. The rate of mortality amounted to 80 persons daily. Poor and rich fell victims to the scourge, which extended everywhere throughout the PERU. CALLAO, Nov 28. When the mail of the 13th left Canseco was in full power, and had begun to take needful measures for the restoration of public order in the capital and in Callao. In the early part of this fortnight he had been occupied in making new appointments in all public . officeS, surrounding himself on all sides with the partisans of the revolution, which had so unexpectedly triumphed. Ex-President Pezet was branded as a " traitor and assassin," and a note Ni as passed to Her Britannic Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in Lima, to request his being given up from under theßritish flag, that he might be brought to condign punishment. H.M.S. Mutine, however, had sailed the evening before the note was dispatched. MEXICO. A report reached Vera Cruz, just'before the de parture of the mail, that an engagement had taken place at Matamoras between the allied Mexican and French troops and the Republican party. It was stated that Gen. Mejia had captured 160 prisoners, whom he shot. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This ray. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) WILSON T. JACKSON. This was an action to recover a sum of money due upon a promissory note, and plaintiff deposed that he saw defen dant sign the document. _ _ His Honour, upon referring to the summons, found that the plaintiff lived in Lambeth and the defendant in White chapel. He could not understand how it was that process had been issued from this court. Plaintiff said that the cause of action arose in the city. His Honour was of opinion that plaintiff should have sued defendant in the district wherein he resided. Plaintiff—But the note was signed in the city. His Honour—Where was the note signed ? Was it in a public-house? Plain tiff—Yes. His Honour—That will not bo sufficient to, give this court jurisdiction. Plaintiff—l was under the impression that if the notes were signed in the city this court would have jurisdiction in the case, and your honour will remember that the cause of action really did arise here, and not in the districts in which either I or defendant reside. His Honour considered that it was never intended this court should exercise its power in such a case as the pre sent. He was clearly of opinion that the mere making of a note in a public-house, when both parties resided out of the jurisdiction of the court, was not sufficient to entitle plaintiff to recover in the city. Plaintiff must seek his remedy in his own district or in that in which the defen dant resided, and in the present proceedings must be non suited. Plaintiff non-suited. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW-STREET. This morning, to the surprise of the magistrate and officials attached to this court, only one charge was en tered on the police-sheet, and that was a female who had been seeing some friend, and was " overtook" on the road home. She was discharged, and, but for this, the proceed ings at the court would have been nil. The district of the court is very wide, extending into the A, F, and E divisions of police. That the denizens of Seven Dials should have so quietly celebrated their Christmas festivities is a matter of great congratulation. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT A PHYSICIAN'S.— John Keefe, described as a "labourer—no home," was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing, at No. 11, Queen-street, Mayfair, a clock of the value of .£l5, the property of Dr. W. Emanuel Page, physician. From the evidence it appeared that in the early part of September the prisoner, who was then in the employ of Mr. Thorn, builder, was at work in the house of Dr. Page. The prisoner did not go to work at the usual hour, but went while the other men were at breakfast, and was admitted by Lydia Pryor, the cook, who left him at work, or pretending to do so, on the staircase. About two hours afterwards the clock was missed from its stand, and the prisoner had absconded. The matter was placed in the hands of Dawson, 301 A, but nothing was heard of the prisoner till yesterday, when he was taken into custody at the Victoria Station by Watts, 253 B. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. THAMES. How PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND MAIMED IN THE PUBLIC STREETS.—Joseph Dryor, a cab-driver, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with being drunk and incapable of driving his horse and vehicle in the Commercial-road, opposite the Duke of Clarence public-house. Philip Bendley, police-constable, 59 H, said the prisoner was helplessly drunk, and was on his box with his head hanging down and the reins out of his hands. He put the prisoner into the cab and drove him to the station-house in Lenan-stroet. The prisoner said ho was very sorry for being tipsy. He was not accustomed to strong drinks, a little took effect upon him. Mr. Partridge—You are accustomed to strong drinks. Your licence is endorsed with another conviction at tho Worship-street police-court for drunkenness. You are fined 205., and I shall endorse your licence again. James Morris, aged 27, a carman, was charged by police constable 174 K with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself and his horse and cart in the Commercial road. The prisoner made no defence. Mr. Partridge said it was very dangerous for people to get intoxicated while in charge of horses and vehicles. He fined the prisoner 405., which he paid. Jas. W. Pearson, builder, was charged with a similar offence. Wm. Robinson, 666 A, said the prisoner was drunk and incapable, and was thrown out of his cart. Several persons narrowly escaped being run down. Mr. Partridge— This is how people are killed in the public streets. Drunken people run over passengers. I shall also fine this person 40s. The penalty was paid. MARKETS —This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Fair average supplies of fruit and vegetables are on sale here. The trade is steady, as fellows : FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; hot house grapes, 2s 6d to 16s ; foreign do, is to 2s Od ; filberts, is Gd to 2s Od per lb ; apples, 2s Gd to 4s Od per half sieve ; oranges, 4s Od to 8s ; lemons, 3s Gd to 7s ; walnuts, is to 2s per 100. VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, is 6d to 3s Od; white do., 8d to is 3d ; Savoys, 8d to is 3d ; celery, 10d to is 9d. ; horseradish, is 6d to 2s 6d per doz heads ; greens, 3s to 48 Od ; turnips, is 6d to 2s Od • carrots, 3s Gd to 4s 6d • onions, is 6d to 2s per doz bunches ; Brussels sprouts, is Gd to 2s Od per half sieve ; seakale, is to 2s Gd per punnet ; brocoli, Gd to 10d ; and forced rhubard, is Od to is Gd per bundle. _ _ POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to 158 Od; geese, 5s to lOs Od; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ducklings, 2s to 3s 6d ; tame rabbits, is to 2s Od ; pheasants, 3s Od to 4 s Od ; partridges, ls 6d to 2s 6d; hares, 4s Od to 4s 6d each; Surrey fowls, lOs to 14s Od ; do. chickens, 7s to 10s Od ; barn door fowls, 45 to 8s Od per couple. English eggs, 13s 14s ; French do., lOs Od to 12s Od per 100 ; Ostend fresh butter, is 2d to ;9 sd; English is 4d to is 7d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. ss , 4 . 4 per lb; soles, 6d to 3s 6d per pair; cod, 2s S O a d lni to on lss ' • brill, 1s to 7s; mullets, 6d t o 2s Od ; doreys, is to 10s each turbot, ; 2s 6d to 20 s eac h ; w hiti ng s, 38 to 10s • haddocks, 4 s to lOs per dozen; fresh herrings, Bs.; mackerel, 50s per 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; muttOn , 3s 4d to 5s Od ; veal, 4s oi to 4s 6d; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Gd ; mutton, 8s 4d to 5s Od; veal, 4s Od to 4s Gd ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per 81b6; by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d. to Bd. ; of household ditto, bid. to 611 per 4lbs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 2/d to 3d. ; 64 to 72 lbs, 3d to 3,-fcl ;72 to 801bs, 3d to 3id ; 80 to 881bs., 3i-d to 4d ; 88 to 961b5., 4d to 4id ; 96 to 1041b5., 4d. to 4p. ; 104 to 1121b5., 41c1 to sd. Horse hides, 9s to 10s Od ; calf skins (light), 2s to 48; full, 6s 6d ; polled sheep, lls Od to 13s Od ; half-breds, lOs to lls 6d ; downs, 7s to 8s 6d. HAY SmmirrELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 ss; clover, £5 Os to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £ 2 Os per load. Trade steady. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £ 5 l Os Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od; and straw, £1 18s to £2 2s per load. Deniand inactive. WIIITECTIAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 Os to £5 7s Gd; clover, £5 5s to £6 lOs Od; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. Trado slow. POPULATION OF ILLINOIS. —The census returns ftom the seventy-six counties in the State show an aggre gate population of 1,677,174; a gain of 350,508 since 1860. Twenty-six counties remain to be heard from. If they show the same comparative gain as those reported, the total population of the State will be 2,163,000 ; a gain of 450,000 since 1860. The Murderer Southey. It would appear, notwithstanding the coolness that was exhibited by the prisoner at the time of his conviction, that he was very much disappointed at the result of the trial, and that he entertained a somewhat confident notion that the defence of in sanity would have been successful. After the sen tence had been passed and he had been taken back to his cell, he addressed one of the warders, and said he was glad it was over, and he appeared then to be fully convinced that he had no chance of escape. A rather extraordinary fact has, however, transpired in reference to the culprit, which is that the chaplain of the gaol at aaidstone, the Rev: S. Woolmer, entertained a strong opinion, in opposi tion to that given by the medical men connected with Maidstone and Sandwich gaols, and the governors of these establishments, that the prisoner is not' of sound mind ; and it is said that he will feel it to. be his duty to communicate this opinion to the Home Secretary. Dr. Fry, a surgeon of large practice at Maidstone, and who, it will be remembered, gave evidence at the trial in support of the plea of in sanity, appears still to be of the same opinion with regard to the condition of the prisoner's mind, and if a formal application should be made to the Secre tary of State for the respite of the prisoner upon the ground that he is insane, it is possible that some delay might take place in carrying out the sentence. It will be remembered that a somewhat similar pro ceeding took place in the case of the prisoner Townley, a few years ago, and that after he had been sentenced to be executed the sentence was re spited upon the certificate of two medical men that he was insane, and he was removed to a lunatic asylum. In consequence of the feeling which was created in the public mind by the proceed ing, however, the prisoner was subsequently re moved to a convict prison to undergo a sentence of penal servitude for life, and he destroyed him self while he was undergoing that sentence. The matter was taken up by Parliament, and the Horne Secretary has now no longer the power at once to direct the respite of a prisoner un der sentence of death, upon the certificate of two medical men that he is insane, but, if the facts should appear to warrant it, he may direct an in quiry to take place as to the state of mind of the prisoner, and he would act according to the result of such inquiry. At present it may be stated that nothing has been officially done in the matter, but it may he stated that the solicitor for the prisoner, Mr. Gold, is in communication with some of the witnesses who were examined at the trial, and it is not at all improbable that an application may yet be made to the Home Secretary, upon the grounds above alluded to, for the respite of the prisoner. Fight between a Terrier and a Cormorant. An old sportsman writes as follows from Australia : —" I was engaged, in company with a friend, in my garden, when my attention was attracted to a little bitch of mine, by name Topsy, who made for the brin k of a cutting some 10 or 12 feet deep. Upon looking down I saw a cormorant in the water. My little dog showing great anxiety I encouraged her, when, after finding a convenient place to descend, she at once took the water, and made for the bird. Upon approaching it the bird at once dived ; Topsy vainly looking for it. At length it rose, and the bitch again made for it, when down goes the bird again. This was repeated some ten or a dozen times, when at length the bird came up stem on . to the bitch, to about a foot from her head. The little canine at once snapped at the bird, but missed, re ceiving in return for her attempt a very smart blow straight between the eyes, which so astonished her that she turned tail and made for the shore, the bird, ad interim, having gone to the depths below. But no sooner did Topsy catch sight of it than in she was again, and the same diving and sinking con tinued as before. At length the bird rose close to the bitch, but, as before, she failed in her kind in tentions. But not so the cormorant. He seized the little animal by the side of the ear and thrust her head under water, and dived with her, as near as I can judge, to the depth of a foot or 18 inches. This he repeated three times, my little Topsy appearing, as I fancied, half drowned. I was about to rush . to the rescue, when I stayed my interference upon ob serving she had seized the cormorant by the pinion. And now began the tug of war. Round and round they went like a teetootum, now this way, now that, the bitch trying all she knew to get the bird to the shore, and the bird as knowingly trying to avoid it, but unable to dive, the bitch sticking to her like Tom Sayers did to Heeuan. Now you could see the bitch was getting the best of it ; in spite of all the bird could do, she was gradually and nearly approaching the shore. At length, having descended, I took the bird by the neck, and so exhausted was it, that it died in my hand without a struggle ; Topsy also was much spent. The combat lasted, as nearly as I can judge, a good half hour. The bird was weighed by a storekeeper immediately after, and weighed four pounds less an ounce ; Topsy weighs ten pounds and a half. I must state, as my friend and I stood di rectly above the combatants, we could distinctly see every motion. Neither bird nor dog ever let go their hold after once taken. The breed of Topsy—dam Skye terrier ; sire not known. " Rocky Lead, Sept. 5." LONDON GAZETfE—Last Evening. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 26. The Queen has been pleased to 'approve of Mr. George J. Holland as Consul at Hong Kong for his Majesty the King of Denmark. WHITEHALL, DEC. 27. _ _ _ The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. James Fleming to the church and parish of Glenisla„ in the pres bytery of Meigle, and county of Forfar, vacant by the death of the Rev. Peter Cameron. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 29. Royal Horse Guards—Cornet David Milne Home to be Lieutenant, by purchase, v i c e George Ernest Paget,, who retiresi Gilbert Stirling, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Home. Bth Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Charles Dudley Ryder Madden to be Captain, by purchase, vice John William Hughes, who retires • Ensign Arthur Fawkes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Madden ; Walter Bell Marley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fawkes. 9th Foot—Ensign Richardson Mounteney Jephson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Ellsworth Fursdon, deceased ; Gentleman Cadet George Michell Seaton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jephson. 4! 12th Foot—James Montgomery Williamson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice lthenins, transferred to the 76th Foot. 16th Foot—Captain William Charles Bancroft to be Major by purchase, vice Patrick William Sydeuham Ross, who retires ; Lieutenant Cecil Godwin to be Captain,'by pur chase, vice Bancroft; Ensign Henry Jenkins Croft to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Godwin; Arthur George Duberly, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Croft. 19th Foot—Lieutenant William Wookey, from half-pay late Turkish Contingent, to be Lieutenant, vice William Read, who retires upon temporary half-pay ; Ensign George Oakes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wil liam Wookey, who retires; Ensign Charles Garling Drury, from the 43d Foot, to be Ensign, vice Oakes. 31st Foot —Captain and Brevet-Major James Burnie Lind, from the 46th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major A. Gammell, who exchanges. 43d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Garling Drury, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice O'Brien promoted; Charles Clifford Pease, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice C. G. Drury, transferred to the 19th Foot. 45th Foot—Lieut. Frederick Theophilus Goad, from the 72d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice R. Garnett, who ex changes. 46th Foot—Captain and Brevet-Major Andrew Gazinaell, from the 31st Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major J. B. Lind, who exchanges. 72d Foot—Lieut. Reginald Garnett, from the 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice F. T. Goad, who exchanges. COURSE OF EXCHANGE--Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 17i 11 181 Ditto 3 Months. 12. 1 12 2 ± 4)i Rotterdam - 1 12 2- Antwerp — 25 47i 25 55' Brussels Hamburg 4) 7 Paris Ditto ... Short 25 10 25 .I."‘ ... 3 Months. 25 42i25 47i Marseilles _ 25 42i- 25 47i Frankfort on the Maine 10 10 8 120 f 12 Vienna — 75 oi o Trieste — 10 75 10 80 Petersburgh - 291 30 1 B er li n Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan ...................... : — 25 60 25 65 Genoa Naples — 25 62} 25 67} 25 60 _ 25 65 Palermo ' Messina —'2 s 60 25 65 THE LITTLE GRAND DUCHY of Baden is one of the States tha t t has profited by the American war. It has taken to cultivate tobacco, andthe quantity raised this year will be 50 per cent. more than that of two or three years ago. cess 1 by oily this nse- can >me. than ;are 'heir heir )eeii that ered ere- [ear. 00M :e is )oli gree )een higs cely ;ter, Aso- Ldon Icier are each Nlay ator iety )ked ton- ace, nity r in zes's very her the 3. on ;ut.- aill, ;or's %tor wate tele- the line who be that and once eefs Lent ions bids sely L an ebel And no and was had 3aSe pro e%- 011 3ted arty ited 1 i