The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-02 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL kiN.TELLIGENuh. The Foreign and Colonial lines are dull at about previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain very quiet, and without material alteration in values. Alliance are dealt in at 29i ; London and County at 80 801 ; -U nion of L on d on at 45 ; London Financial at 19 19 1 and O verend, Gurney, and Co. at 218 1 ; Britsh Convention Bonds of Mexico are quoted 65 70 ; English and American Bank, 1 1.1 prem. ; u , Ch arl e 8 Lafitte a n d C ompany 21 3 prem. ; Lon on Steam Towing Company, 11 2 prem. BRI TISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. u OVRRNMENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, Jan. 9 • Iper1 per gent. R e d uced B6l ew per Cent B6l New 2 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 DoD for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — (Red Sea Telegraphl Aug., 1908 — Do.rarcheuer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent...— 6 3 £5OO 6 £lO and £2OO Bank o f England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Acc ount Ind . INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. n Stock, 101 Do Acc ount per Cent., April 1874 — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 _ DDo. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 o. Certificates ..... . ...... - ... . Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — 1)0 . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 4 Bonds,per Cent, Aug. 1866 _ _ o. o. under £l,OOO F OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING OSING PRICES. A us trian Bond s , 5 per Cent, 1859 .... " r a k Zilian 5 1 0 . 4i pe r r Cent. Cen t, 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 _ _ , Do. 1865 75 "0 Account ~ Do. Scrip, £25 paid iaueoos Ayres 6 per Cent Do. Account t ., , Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Do'llilla 41 per Cent C olo . 3 per Cent rnbian. 6 iaer Cent. — Cub a , 6 „,.. r apish km Cent 1) 3 per Cent., 1825 It 1 per Cent., 1863 — D ' • 5 per Cent, 1773-77, £25 paid — 4,llllbiaß Pere " Ace() t 741 Eua nn ......................... Vodor New C onsolidated, 1 per Cont En...._." •,.rl Land Warrant — e...yptiao arc , 93 Do B„n' ~, end " lame "0, £lOO Bonds 911 3 Do. 9 1 / 4 'l Do £lOO Bonds 1864 811 21 Oreek 5 e- Do. Account an ts., 1 824-5, ex Coupons 1 D o. 00,,.t. ................................ 51 D O . .A.eco7in'7 - —: lotapli%lBs3rearliCdelnat4l.B-6.5.............. 13oDo. Account ' ............... . lllareinnian'a"iar-a-3. ... 671 7 1) ° B°l '4; £ 67 1 paid — ... o 3 per Cent , 1864 — alezica4 3 Per Cent Do. Account ........... . 221 Do ..................... 1864 2cri 20 1 1 2° 6 Per Cent. Ago-French Mont Fretlch Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — .I';‘_-'ootevidean 6.per Cent., £3O paid Dlsr‘u'u Moorish I mPerial 5 per Cent "e Granada Doo 2 per , e 1 :. .......... ~ Deferred 2; t .................... _ 1)0 b o , Etud Warrants (Hectares) ~' ° Per Cent, 1864 u o G _ p e . uaranteedi 4 per Cent _ PN'tati 41 per Cent 1-10 . A DO 4-C .COUnt . ........... • • .... • on . s , • n S crip, £45 paid, paid in * Bonds ,",.,0 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) 1 , "0 4i per Cent., 1862 °,lloguese 3 per Cent., 1853 " 3 per Cent , 1856, '7', '9, '6O, '62, '3, . Do. Account . 1111 ,,ssian 5 per c *e'ili : ~. i'i i'i :.2 . gi ............. 89 90 .„ - '-'0 41 per Cent. 1850 ..................... 87-} ' - ',, 3 41 per Cent, 1860 ..................... _ ~.."o 3 pei Cent. 1859 ........................ 541 1 . "- m ° 5 Per Cent. 1862 B9 81- B --'° 5 Per Cent. 1864 — a,,rdiniau 5 per Cent ~ "0. Accouit 7 9 °Patusli 3 per C ent Ditto account -,,D0 Nevr Deferred "n° Account ... Do'-'0 Passive . 4.cc0.. _ ... z bani sh 'tat ............................... zi i D Cert. of Coup not funded — DoB ° 4c oount .. • 15 1 Ivor': „,, ail 4 per de..u..t.. v Turl.iti Per Cent. 1864 i 11A 6 per Cent. 1854 Do - 'E'ee°llllt to A per Cent. 185 8 — , D o -4-ceount ... .. ~ .ElOO bonds ... Tl oo. 11 per Ce_,. IS? Iper c out u . Li zi6 2 . .................. _— Dto' 4?F‘ount po 6 (u° Ilonds Do 5 Der Cent , 1863 ... ............. —__ Do 8 Pet C ent.. -r 1 erip , _ 1865 '''' 0 Ace () 4 ` 3 paad. D o xi co liq .. 42 li 21 i t .. . ............................. tr . 43. 4 per Can ............. —...... , e... , ............... me zuela 3 oa-,,• kxuaranteed Divic s'r. Cent Auetri, 4 ell cts on the above payable in London. Belgi:s.l%; per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Dutohll'l Per cent., Ex. • , t t s„,.. c, nt., Ex. 25f. • " 0 . 4 - ' - ' ''ut Guil 6l l' eneh t e r o e4 t. a - • 96 ertificaies Italian otee 3 r co /Iso Per 0 p e tB6l, E Cent. °a x. 25f. THREE O'CLOCK. la f or o. A - Dunt ITlOney ..... -....c::, ............................. B7i. ..i. x d before L iut --....._______________________ . C olonel M arkham on Saturday appeared ehar: the Magistrates at Aberford, to daner, of laiiviaB, saetiaat William Rick, his under gar hoot him ' ta d krs, 1,1 aa,_,a4°ll3rnious letter threatening to 6 prefer a Colonel Mark- e • ati(aaul- About two years ago bet the Aped a similar letter in the same handwriting, Ten niertthet'oca Ware unabl e to discover the author. of the Colonel' 1, 8. aeeond letter , abusing the members ft, 8 `‘allaell la • and shortly afterwards other Com ma . e-, Was received, were se nt to the eicatiotla also of an offensive character,.tenan,- ii e domestics. On the 10th ultimo, Lieud Hick, Nthe.... Mark -barn received the letter in question, an .e conduct had • • • aa apprehended, atd ad •excited suspicion, w • f nutted that h muutted co -or try , he was the writer. he w as TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is slightly easier, owing to a larger amount of capital afloat. The applications, too, for assistance are less numerous than yesterday, but there is, nevertheless, a disinclination manifested by brokers to negotiate bills under 7 per cent. At the bullion department of the Bank of Eng land yesterday afternoon there were no operations of public importance. The Mexican dollars brought by the last West Indian packet have been sold for China at ss. Old. per ounce, showing no change compared with the price previously obtained. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets to day re-opened after the Christmas holidays, and there has been a fair demand for sugar at about previous rates. Tallow, however, is inactive, and quotations for both present and forward delivery are a shade lower. P.Y.C. on the spot is 48s. to 48s• 3d. ; March 48s. 3d. ; and October to Decem ber 50s. per cwt. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68c. 12c. Plat. The English Stock Market opened this morning, after having been closed since Saturday, with a steady appearance. The dealings, however, were not numerous, and prices have not been subjected to any important fluctuation. Consols for money are 87 * ; and for the account, 87* +. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86 a ; Exchequer Bills, 6s. 3s. dis. ; Bank Stock, 246 f ; India 5 per Cents., 1021 j ; and do. Si per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 108 f. In the Foreign Stocks there have been very few transactions. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 41i 42i ; Mexican ex all Bonds, 221 1, less the dividend ; and the new, 24, less the dividend ; Greek Bonds are 14 i - 1 5+ ; Spanish Passive, 271 k ; Certificates, 141 ; Italian, 62+ f, less the dividend; the new, 7 c , 6 fr 7 7 ; Confederate Lo an , 7 8 ; an d the Brazilian ° clip, 11 1 prem. American Securities are rather flat. United States 5-20 Bonds are 65+7f ; Illinois Shares, 78+ a ; and Erie, 57f 58. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been on a limited scale, and a sli g ht d ec li ne h as taken place in several of the principal lines. Great' Eastern, Midland, and North Eastern (Berwick) h ave each receded ss. ; South Eastern, 15s. ; Metro politan, ss. ; and Great Northern A Stock 4 1 10e. )mpanied Less pro utite of 3 BOYS' ese two istomed tastes of )r in the )ys' Own ~~: icopold 3e and Hohen- DunteSS tridge'S on a as left have irshall, lines& Royal, mains taken nother but up ing on I and ter is [l. of ed to ith the name of ba ember apor wern f the on of i lieu SHARE AT&IIKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCK.. Share i Closing Busine Railways. I Pald 'i e. Price. done. .1, 'Bristol and Exeter .. et Caledonian 50 Cambrian 41) Cork and Bandon.-- al st Cornwall al, et Dublin & Belfast June, 10( „ Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. lt( Pv S.London, scrip Certi. 2( Do. li it Glasgow &S. Western 101 et Great Eastern, Ord. stk. ice it Do. E. Angl. st. 101 it Great North of Scotland 101 st Great Northern lOl tt D.,. A stock lOl st Do. B stock et Do. N ew, is. at 25 pn , 10 et GtS, and W. of Ireland 101 st Gt. Weste.n -Original 1 1 at D. S. Vat. Rail gua. 101 it Do. South Wales it Do. W. slid. Oxiord 101 st 1)0. Newpo. t lOl st Do. Hei eford at Lanc,shire &Yorkaliire 10 at London and Blackwall It st Lon., Brig - h.,& S Coast 10 st Lon., Chat., and Day, r 101 st Do. Mctrop. ttx. A lOl at Lon. & North Western lot st Lon. & South Western 101 it Man., Shet., & Lincoln FY t Metropolitan a' 10 Do. New 10 Do Extension 00 Metropolitan District al, ( Do do. do. 11 10 Do. and St. John'sW'd at Mid and 9 Do. £9 Share it Do, Birmin.. & Derby 'lt 25 Slid Kent ..... st North British it Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun lOl st Nth. Eastern —Berwick 101 25 Do. G.II•E purchase 16.1 at Do. Leeds ..... st Do. York lO at Do. Carlisle ..... 25 Do. Stock. & Darling al 25 Do. do. 1860-61 et North London 10 Do. do. 1804 10 Do. do. 1865 at North Staffordshire 10 N. &S. W. Junction at Scottish G ntral at Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 101 it tit,. Scot, Mid. stock lOl at Shropshire Union at South Devon lOl it -outh E stern 10 Staines, Wok., & Wok al it Taff Vale lOl .0 Do. C It Vale 0 , Neath it Waterford & Kilkenny 10 .0 Waterloo & Whiteha It West Cornw i 11... 11i0 0 11 11 43 95 !29 .30 94 96 13 15 4i 51, 68 72 70 72 )0 112 114 )0 42 i 3 !(‘), 7/ 61 )0 ,2li 127 10 114 /95 )0 I 92 94 0 53) b 9 )0 38 40 )0 33 37 /0 )03 05 10 122 j 1',3 1)0 - 9J f 2 ) I 102 MI 0 I 37 34 10 50 62 10 1251 :25 10 95 98 10 62 63 11. 1964 137, 7 31 lip 6 It lit., 101 103 )0 123 123 31 11 11 )0 93 95 57 59 7 29 110} 1111 72 73 101 i la! 11 36 37 16 10 li p )) 126 128 5 2 2p i 5 2 2tp , .00 75 76 11 11 12 10 148 16f 10 66 68 10 112 114 )0 54 56 0 741 751 11 8 9 )0 147 150 3 3 f p 10 102 104 10 I 49 51 I tRITISH PO; 100 Atlantic& St• Lawrence a, st Born.,Baroda, Cen.ln. 10 , gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. E shares 20i Buffalo & Lake Huron al 10 Do. Preference al 100 I Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 2-3- st Calcutta & 87 s. E., lim lO st at e Town & Dock, gu lOl 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. tv al A last. Bengal, gu., sdo 101 t East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. 101 20 Do. J Extension st Grand Trunkof Canada 101 100 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c al 100 Do. Ist . - ref. Bonds al 100 Do. do. deferred .... at 100 Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds al 100 Do. do. deferred al, ,00 Do. Id Pref. stock al .00 Do. do. deferred .00 Do. 4th Pref. stock 00 Do. do. deterred .. • • al st Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. tOt 20 o. Gus. 5 per cent.. ,e 0 Do. New gua. r, p, c.. st Gt. Soul hof India gua. 5 per oent st D .41 per cent lOl 81 Do 204 Great W, R. of Canada.. al 20& D,). New 00 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 al 00 00. 5) do. pay. 1877-8.. al 10 Indian Branch, limited ' st Madras, gu a . 5 p .o • • IC st Do. 41 do if st Do. 44 do 1 tO Do. Fifth fOltension st Meib. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. it 50 Mel. az Hudson's Bay al 5t N. RI. C'da, 6pc letpf. bs lO, 5t &Ind° 11 51 Do. Delhi 'a d l' 0 Do. do 4. at Do. Punjaub....l ~,„Li C I It Do.lndus St. Flo. COLONIAL GOVERN . - British Columbia, 6 per cent, Deo. 31, 1372 10 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-64 - Do. 6p. c. Feb.& Aug - D. sp. c. Mar.• & Sept 10 - Do. sp. c. Jan. & July l - Do. 5 p c. Inscribed sk 1_ - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 10 I , o.Apl.BtOct .1890-1900 10 - Do. do: • 1680-9 10 - Do. Jan. &July, 1890.9 , 101 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and i 5 Oct., 1900 lO - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 10 , - Do. 1878, do. IC - Slauritins, Rp. o, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. 1.78 - Do. tBBz, May IS. Nov. 10 - Do. 1895, Feb. ac Aug l2 - Natal ‘iov. ° per cent lO - N. B.Gov. 6 p.o.Ja.&.luly 10 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1866 10 - Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1871 , 10 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189! 101 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 101 - Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 l9 - Queensland Gov. 6p. c lO - 6. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-t lO - Do. 1878 & upwards l' - Vic,(irov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 10 - Do. do, April & Oct lO, BRITIS Cam. Consol. bold, lira 1 - - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O 20 21 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 575 595 - Drake walls 2.1.0 I 1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 294 18 20 - bast Caration 2.14.0 Si 9i - East. earn Brea 3f 5f bf - r,ast Grenville 2.14.0 3 1 - East Gunnislake - 8.3.0 4 1 - EaNt Love.l 3.9.0 14 15 - E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk 10.8... 3 31 - Gam.dc StA übyri(G wen. 6i 4 Great L .xey, limited al, - Great South Tolgus 0.1 - Great Wheal Busy l4.' - G. Wheal Vor (Heist .o 41 - Grenville - Herod's Foot - El ingston Downs 5.1 , - Margaret .Uny Lelant 13.1 - Marke Valley 4.lr 4 vtwyndy Iron Ore, liw - New Se wn - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassettallogan 4.4 North Wheal Crofty Prosper 7.1. - Pr vidence Uny Lulant 10. - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 1 - South Condurrow 3.2 S.Wheal Fran. k Hogan IS. i - stray Park . 35.1 - Tin Croft I 5 Vigra and Cl gan, Jim,. a] - West liassett (Mogan .. - W. Caradon (Liskeard I - West Chiverton ....... . 1 - West Seton ... 4: - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan - Wheal Buller (Redrutb - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. - Wheal Seton ▪ Wheal Trelawney (Lis. 5 7 1 20 21 4.6 14 2 .9.6 3s U 324 .`3I 'B.O :it 4} 10.0 36 38 0.6 51 5t 17.6 5 7 0.6 4 4i :11 2, ltd 40 60 8.1 15 17 1.0 # 1 13. , # I l.ri .6.7 P 6 33 li 420 410 18.9 20 25 15.6 1 ,, 12 9 19 20 al 4 6 14 3 4 9 9 11 II 81 65 174 190 200 54 95 1 , 0 16 324 374 8 4 6 184 2124 2224 7 181 194 2)} f 33 21 r REP' RENssiss bIiAI4 b. Caledonian Quarters, No. 2, 1051 Great Western, 4 per cent irred . 81 North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, B 5 per cent., 3 1 PREFERENCE STARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per cent. pr., Ditto, 5 por cent pf., 95 Ditto, new 5 per cent., 91 I , OIIEI GN ttAILWAYS lattia and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 141 Central Argentine, 3, rear Lux.•uibour g , 10 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 171 FOREIGN MINEIS, Cape Copper, Urn.. 12i Frontino and Isolivia ti old, Jim.,:2l if General, 2.1 St. John del Rey, Urn., 48 9 Washoe Gold, Urn., 71 _ _ BANFCs. Agra and Misterman's, lim., 574 291 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 25 is paid., 29 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 131 A untralasia. 72 Bank of New Zealand, 16 Consolidated Bana, lint. 104 9 luropean Bank, lim. 121 Imperial Bank, lim., 29 Imperial Ottoman, 134 London Bank of slexioa and S. America, lim., 14 London and Brazilian (Rm.), Ditto, new, 74 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 London and County, bO4 London and South-Western, lim., Ditto, new. 20 London and estminster, 07 61 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 114 )riental Banx Corporation, 54 Union of London, 55 MISCELLANEO Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., Australian Agricultural, 2.4 80. , bay Gas, lim., Ceylon Company, 10 Ditto, A slut; es, 14 City of London Beal Property, Um., 4 City offices, lim., 74 Commercial Union, Insurance, 74 a Credit Fonder and Mobilier of I ,mgland. 8 1 1 Ditto, issued at a prem., of which £2 is to pay, 84 • Crystal Palace, , 54 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim.,' 7 • - h. bbw Vale, :4 Fore-street Warehouse, lim. ' 114 t tien. Credit and Fivan o 1 Lincton. 11w.. 64 lumber Iron Works, 3E:4 Imperl,l Mercantile Credit Asso.,lim., International Contract, 54 4 ..% International Financial :r•oeiety, lim., 5; 6, Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavoun, 104 to Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1: 7u, issued 90, 79 Joint Stock Discount, lim., S 4 Land Securities, I'm., 3 London Financial Association, lien , 19E3 London General Omnibus Company, lint, 84 London and Glasgow Engineering and Iron Ship, lira., 14 Lon on aud;Provineial Marine, 4 Al idraß Irrigation and Canal, Ditto, new, 18 National Discount I ompany, 164 North British A ustr ,, lasian, 57 Overend, Gurney, and Co. lim., 214 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, lim., C,l Ditto (all), 4} Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 74 Trust and Agency ot Australasia, lim., 24' Universal Marine. Insurance, lim., 44 Warrant Finance, lim. , 71 , ESSIONS. II 1 53 6) 10 102 103 6 id tp 11 61 6i tl 10 11 75 80 )0 99 101 )0 65 ;o 11 100 103 10 102 102 )0 1(,3 104 [5 par 4o )0 34 35 1 87 89 II 65 68 11 55 60 ll 56 58 11 50 55 11 47 50 11 42 46 11 34 36 11 34 35 )0 103 104 [4 p 4 4 I p 10 11011 1021 ll 16i )7 .8 4 30 11 t)3 15 11 81 e 7 2 1 4 d 00 1011 1024 93 - 85 , 0 I 69 91 11 63 65 lo 82 81 .00 i ili 102, 00 101 i 102 A 2 f 11 100 10, 102 00 -- KZIT SECU 03 96 98 ;0 94 06 0 94 96 JO S 2 8 tOO 81 S 3 10 1 101 103 ►0 IC4 106 )0 11,4 105 lu 105 167 )0 90 92 10 10 I It 2 6 Its 103 105 0 I led ,og I 104 106 10 lO5 107 10 98 100 0 96 18 1 0 102 10 1 93 95 10 8) Al )0 103 105 10 84 85 10 to+ 102 10 IC2 104 0 1 105 108 10 11C4 106 MINES. 42, 2f 1 127 i 1441 4 i 53i 9 81 123 24 91 102 126 f bi 95t i 6i 2i 138 GI 71 7} 1 2i 2 li 231 4 31 57/ 1101 / WESTMINSTER. BURGLARY.—henry Goodwin, a desperate-looking fel low, well dressed, was charged with breaking into the house, 27, Markham-street, Chelsea, and stealing various valuable articles. Inspector Prescott, T division, having explained that the prosecutor was not in town, Mary Anne Finch, servant to Mr. Bellamy, 27, Mark ham-street, Chelsea, said—Last night I went out, and left the house alone. There is only one servant. I left between six and seven, and came back at eight, and found that the house had been broken open. I could not let myself in, and found the police there. They got over the wall and opened the house at the back. When I got into the house, I found the boxes turned out and the place ransacked, all the rooms except the kitchen. The street door was fastened with a large key. The jewellery produced is my master's property. It was in a bedroom. The jacket and coat pro duced were in the bedroom. I don't know the prisoner. Mr. James Williams, blind maker, Jubilee-place, King's road—At half-past 7 last night my workpeople told me there were men on the roof. I went out and saw this man getting off the roof of my factory. Mr. Bellamy's premises join mine. I asked prisoner what he did there, and he said it was merely a freak of his. The prisoner got off the roof and attempted to escape. I stopped him, and as I did so a policeman appeared. I struck this prisoner to disable him for fear another man should come to his assist ance. There was another man concerned in it. My work people saw him. George Bennett, 23, Markham-street, King's-road, an intelligent little boy, said —I saw the prisoner and another man in front of Mrs. Bellamy's house at 5 o'clock, and afterwards saw them try the door. I went on an errand, and saw them enter the house as I returned. I told my mother, and we watched the house. I saw a light struck up stairs, and a man's hand passing along the mantelpiece and dressing-table. The police were sent for. Police-constable 281 B—l took the prisoner from Mr. Williams, and found the jewellery produced in his pocket; that jemmy also. The street door had been broken open with that jemmy, but the drawers and boxes with a smaller one. Other evidence was given, and the prisoner was re mended for a week. THAMES. THE PQOR-BOX FUND.—Upwards of one thousand-per sons, chiefly women, and all of them very poor, and the greater portion of them thinly clad, assembled in the street opposite the court for relief. Some put in the printed forms issued by order of the magistrates. They were signed by the clergy of all denominations or by respect able persons residing in the district, who recommended the applicants as fit and proper objects for the bounty of the public who hays contributed to the poor fund. Mr. Livingston, the chief usher, said the cupboard was already full of similai• forms, and that it would take him severs 1 days to examine them and inquire into their authenticity. No more forms would be issued until next fortnight. The crowd then quietly dispersed. Mr. Partridge and Mr. Paget were closeted together from 10 till half-past 11, and considering as to the best means of relieving this enor mous amount of distress, for which the funds at their dis posal are quite inadequate. The applicants for relief in the course of the last three weeks amount to more than ten thousand. OBSTRUCTIONS AT THE FlRE.—Albert Mould aged 24, of No. 1, Bedford-buildings, Park-road, Clapham, Henry York, clerk, 18, of No. 18, Walcot-square, Kennington road, and Henry Lewick, clerk, 17, of No. 18, Nelson square, Blackfriars-road, were brought before Mr. Part ridge (who commenced business at half-past 11 o'clock), charged with being disorderly, and obstructing police constables at 10 o'clock this morning, while the great fire was raging in the St. Katherine Dock. Mr. Partridge said the defendauts were very properly locked up, and as persons of education and apparent re spectability must be aware of the arduous duties imposed on the police and the fire brigade. They ought to have obeyed the directions of the police or assisted them, and not obstructed the authorities at such a time and place. He discharged the prisoners. William Herbert, a young man, was charged with wantonly striking a gentleman, named Powell, opposite the dock. The complainant was looking at the fire, and his hat was knocked over his face. He took hold of a man near him. The prisoner immediately struck him a violent blow on the nose, which bled profusely. Mr. Partridge said there were a great number of persons at the fire who disgraced themselves by obstructing the police or assaulting unoffending persons. The prisoner had committed a wanton and brutal assault, for which ho fined him 20s. Extraordinary Case. -,..-- Yesterday morning the adjourned inquest as to the death of Harriet White, who had lost her life through an operation, was resumed by Mr. Carter, at the Unity Tavern, York-road, Battersea. After the examination of a number of witnesses, the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter. This morning Samuel Elijah Hardinge, aged 54, an herbalist, of 18, Dorset-crescent, East-road, City-road, was brought up at the Wandsworth Police-court, charged with feloniously performing the operation. The only evidence produced against the prisoner was a piece of paper with his address on it, which had been given by the deceased to Mr. Richardson, a surgeon, who attended her ; but the police had searched the prisoner's house, and found a number of pecular instruments, one of which Mr. Richard son said was " illegitimate," and would cause such a wound as had produced death. The prisoner was remanded for a week. MARKETS—This Day. HAY SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 ss; clover, £5 5s to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 5s Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 lOs Od; and straw, £1 17s to £2 2s per load. Trade inactive. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 Os to £5 5s Od; clover, ..£5 5s to £6 lOs Od; and straw, £1 Hs to .£2 Os per load. A quiet trade. This day, price 2d., is published, with a short preface, the second edition of Mr. W. Ray Smee's pamph let, " The Malt Tax." Mann Nephews, Cornhill. REPORT OF SECRETARY HARLAN.--It appears from the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office that during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865, public lands were disposed of as follows :—Acres sold for cash, 557,212; acres located with military warrants, 343,660 ; acres located with agricultural scrip, 460,130 ; acres selected under agricultural college grant, 808,358; acres approved to the States as swamp lands, 571,429 ; acres approved to the States for railroads, 607,415 ; acres taken under the homestead law, 1,160,532 ; total, 4,513,738. During the quarter ending September 30, 1865, the aggre gate quantity taken for the same purposes was 880,591 ; making, during five quarters, the total number of acres, 5,394,329. The cash receipts from sales, homestead, and location fees for the same five quarters, ending September 30, 1865, were $1,038,400. The cash sales for the year ending June 30, 1865, amounted to $748,427, an excess of $70,420 over the sum received from the same source the previous year. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1865, 4,161,778 acres of public lands were surveyed. The aggregate quantity of surveyed public lands undisposed of September 30. 1865, was 132,285,085 acres. THE JAMAICA COMMISSION.—Mr. T. Horne Payne, of the Home Circuit, has been specially retained by Messrs. Shaen and Roscoe, solicitors, for the Jamaica com mittee, and leaves to-day in the Atrato. The only other counsel from England is Mr. Gorrie, advocate of the Scotch bar, practising in the House of Lords and Privy Council. Mr. Phillippo, a member of the English bar practising in Jamaica, is retained by Mr. Underhill. _ _ Mr. William Henry Oakes Warren, who was charged on Saturday with stealing an overcoat from the Westminster Palace Hotel, was brought up again at the police-court yesterday. It was shown that the pri soner was most respectably connected ; but it was also shown that he had been in the habit of going to various hotels and leaving without paying his bills. He was corn - milted for trial. 76 i 741 i St 1(.0 99} 10 I 1 3131 7 6k 38 7 81 356 II ;ITIES. THE SUNK, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEINING, JANUARY 2, lE€6. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. -• MARLBOROUGH-S TREET. A SURGEON CHARGED WITH BEIN DRUNK AND FURI OUSLY DRIVING.-Mr. Edwin Alexander, surgeon, of Hyde Park-terrace, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and furiously driving a horse and phaeton in Picca dilly, to the danger of the passengers. Police-constable Thomas Kaywood, 212 B, said that about half-past twelve the previous night, or rather that morning, he saw the defendant driving a horse and phaeton from Knightsbridge towards Piccadilly. A minute afterwards he heard a smash, and on crossing the road found the defendant, who had been thrown out of his phaeton, being carried to the St. George's Hospital. Two females had also been thrown out of the phaeton, and were taken to the same hospital, and he believed ono of them was so much injured that she was obliged to remain there. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt the constable said the de fendant was drunk. Tho defendant (who seemed to have met with some in jury to his back) said it was simply an ordinary accident. There had been no reckless driving. He had a friend with him, and she was trying to take the reins from him while he was driving and he was trying to keep them, and be tween them they got on a post. _ _ _ Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was impossible to pass over an offence of the sort, so dangerous not only to the persons themselves but to the public. He should fine the de fendant 205.; or, in default, seven days' imprisonment. The fine was paid. GREAT FIRE. Yesterday a disastrous fire occurred in the Lon don and St. Katherine Docks, destroying in a few hours bonded commodities of incalculable value, stored in an immense pile of warehouses, and a great part of the building which contained them. By a singular coincidence the calamity, one of the most destructive of the kind that has happened for some years, took place on the very day on which the whole London Fire Brigade; with all its material, was handed over to the Metropolitan Board of Works, under the provisions of a recent Act of Parliament. The damage done to the building alone in which the fire originated is estimated at from £lO,OOO to £12,000, but that is small in comparison with the value of the materials, principally jute, which have perished. Strange to say, so recently as the end of October last, a fire broke out in a warehouse in the same pile of buildings stored with jute, large quantities of which commodity it con sumed, and did damage to the structure itself to the amount of about £4,000. The particular stack of warehouses in which the fire of yesterday originated lined the whole one side of the eastern basin of the docks, with a frontage towards it, and the back overlooking East Smithfield, which lies between the upper end of Ratcliff Highway and the Mint. The building has six stories, and in it were vast masses of valuable goods ; but chiefly tal low and jute, in bond, the tallow being stored in the lower floors and vaults, and the jute, which is an ex tremely inflammable substance, on the floors above. The fire occurred in the upper part of what are called the F and II warehouses, which con tained, besides jute, large quantities of kindred ma terials kn own as coir-yarn,Manilla hemp, and Italian tow. It was first discovered about 11 o'clock in the morning, and shortly afterwards nearly the whole of the London Fire Brigade were on their way to the spot from various parts, the alarm having been first carried to the head-quarters of the Brigade in Watlin-street, and thence telegraphed to all the subsidiary stations. The large steam floating en gine usually moored off Southwark-bridge was also speedily under way and making towards the scene, Captain Shaw, the chief of the brigade, personally directing the brigade's operations. Besides the float ing engine there were eight land steamers, and altogether about 70 or 80 men. By the time they arrived and got to work the fire was raging furi ously. It had then spread to the fourth and fifth floors and to the sixth or attic story, and appeared to be working downwards. At first for a conside rable time the great difficulty with which Captain Shaw and his men had to contend lay in the dense volumes of smoke which the burning jute emitted. They were driven back again and again, but always returned to the charge, taking advantage of the momentary intervals in which the clouds cleared away to point their hose in the directions in which it was most wanted. Conspicuous among the officers and servants of the company who rendered aid in the emergency was Mr. Collett, one of their secre taries,who worked with commendable zeal through out the whole day, and often at great peril to him self. Mr. Graves, the company's superintendent, and Mr. Stephens, their clerk of works, also did signal service in directing the removal of valuable materials to places of safety and in other respects. The available hands at the disposal of the company on the occasion, mostly warehousemen, were like wise greatly reinforced by the men of Messrs. Cubitt and Co., the builders, now engaged in restoring the warehouse in the docks destroyed in the fire in Oct. last, about 70 in number, headed by their foreman, Alfred Bush. With this combination of men and appliances the fire was eventually brought under control, but not until it had raged upwards of six hours and destroyed nearly the whole of the com modities stored in the three upper floors, and very seriously damaged those in the third, wholly con suming at the same time the roof and the upper part of the building. The pile of warehouses in which it originated was divided into a number of bays, each about 90 feet by 50 feet, separated by strong party walls, running from basement to roof, and communicating on each floor by fireproof iron doors. Of two of these bays the three upper floors have been entirely destroyed, with the roof, and present now only a mass of blackened walls, ready to topple over. In what particular floor, or how the fire origi nated, is at present a mystery, but the circumstance of its following so closely upon that of October last, and in spite of all the precautions enjoined by the company upon their workmen in the treatment o: a material so intensely inflammable as jute, has be. gun already to excite suspicion. Until these two, happening so near to each other, a fire had been 0- rare occurrence. The use of gas, we believe, is un known in the London and St. Katharine's Docks in warehouses appropriated to the storage of similar commodities, and every other kind of artificial light, except such as is carried M the hand and locked, is prohibited. The necessary work is all done in day light, the men employed in the warehouses com- mencing operations at half-past Bin the morning at this time of year, and le . aving off at 4, and the greatest care being enforced. At half-past 7 last evening a telegraphic message was received by Captain Shaw, at the chief station in Watling-street, that the fire had extended to another warehouse, and fresh exertions were made to - prevent its spreading. At that time almost the whole of the available men and engines of the brigade from the various stations were engaged in watching and extinguishing the fire at the docks, and the West-end of the town was in peril, more or less, so far as any adequate assistance could have been rendered by the firemen in extin guishing a fire had it occurred in that part of the metropolis. As the evening advanced, the fire, which had broken out anew, continued to acquire fresh vigour, in spite of the efforts of the firemen to restrain it, reinforced though they were as far as practicable. At intervals the flames were shooting high into the air, and lighting up the whole eastern part of Lon don. The night was fine,and moonlight besides, and numbers of people, attracted by the spectacle, had congregated upon the bridges and near the docks. There was a light breeze, and' fortunately from the south-west, away from the shipping both in the docks and on the Thames, which was therefore in no danger. Captain Shaw, who had been superintend ing the operations of the brigade during the whole day, and had suffered much, especially from inhaling smoke, returned to the spot in the evening with as many more men as he could muster, on receiving the message that the fire had broken out afresh, and continued to direct their energies. Long after mid night the fire was still raging, and had the appear ance of lasting through the night. LATEST PARTICULARS —THIS DAY. Tuesday Morning. The fire still continues to burn with unabated fury. The whole of the seven floors of the eastern division of the D warehouse are one mass of black ened and burning merchandise. The calamity has been greatly increased, from the fact that the fire has penetrated the lowest floors in which thousand of tons of Russian tallow were stored. At two o'clock this afternoon no less than seven 'land steam engines and the great river float were throwing torrents of water, on the burning warehouse but with little apparent effect. The fire has made a clean sweep from the middle compart ment of the D warehouse to the extreme end of the eastern compartment, and not a vestige except the upright walls remain standing. The flow of the melted tallow from the lower warehouse is extraor dinary, and many of the firemen are now standing half way up their legs in the hot oil and fat that is rushing in streams from the burning premises across the pathway of the dock into the river. A great num ber of men are now engaged in endeavouring to keep flowing the hot stream of fat in one direc tion, but frequently their efforts failed, as it con tinued to rush forth in uncontrollable quantities. The surface of the water in the large basins in the dock presents an extraordinary appearance from its being covered with tallow eight or nine inches in thickness. The whole of the vessels within the inclosure have the appearance of being frost-bound— the cooled tallow on the surface of the water giving it all the appearance of old and discouloured ice. The effluvia arising from the burning tallow, oil, and jute, is at times nearly over-powering; but notwihstanding this the firemen gallantly maintain their position in front of the conflagration with undaunted courage. At a short distance from the burning warehouse, although the brave fellows had been at work the: whole of the night, we saw a party of men at work at one of the manual engines, all of whom were singing as they were working, standing at the time in eight inches of hot tallow. The safety of the tobacco warehouse, which directly faces the E warehouse, seems quite assured, the only possibility being the extension of the fire towards the western end of the warehouse, and this circumstance, fortunately, seems highly im probable, and the extension building is built in three compartments, the western end is so com pletely cut off from the middle and eastern that no fears as to that eventuality are entertained. For some hundreds of yards the footway of the dock in the direction of 'the conflagration is a perfect river of palm oil water, and the only way of strangers reaching the scene of destruction is by walking along a plank about 10 inches wide, the slightest deviation from which plunges the unlucky voyager nearly up to his knees in the costly mix ture. The police have throughout the whole of . the conflagration acted with the greatest discretion. The following is a copy of Captain Shaw's official report of the damage, up to one o'clock this day, already done : " January 1, 1866.—A fire broke out in the St. Katherine's Docks, the property of the St. Kathe rine's Dock Company. The cause of fire unknown. Insurances unknown at present. " DAMAGES. " Warehouses of D. Stack, containing hemp, jute, coir, tallow, &c. F, H, and I divisions and attics burned out and roof off. The third, fourth, and fifth floors severely damaged by fire, and the remaining floors and contents by water. " K division, warehouses burned out from the roof to the first floor, and the remainder likely to be destroyed. Fire still burning." There is no doubt but the official report of the damage will have to be amended, as it is impossible to tell how long the fire may last. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Minotaur, iron frigate, had her fires lit yes ,erday morning, preparatory to steaming out of Portsmouth harbour for Spithead and Portland, on her experimental gun-carriage testing cruise. Sud denly, however, on the steam reaching about 121 b. pressure in the boilers, one of the condensers was discovered to be seriously cracked. Steam was then let down, and, for some days at least, the Minotaur cruise must be deferred. Let the damage be less or greater than is now anticipated, it is not improbable that the Minotaur may now be despatched on this cruise at all, as with the accident to one condenser an examination will necessarily follow into the con dition of both, and this may lead to the substitution of another vessel, especially as there happens to be a very suitable one in the Bellerophon, Capt.E.Tat ham, ordered round to Portsmouth from the Med way to complete her trials of speed at the measured mile in Stoke's Bay. The accident to the Minotaur's condenser is just one of those accidents likely to oc cur to a ship's machinery which no ordinary precau-- tions would apparently have prevented, and for which, therefore, no person or department can now well be blamed. In addition to the three 12i-ton guns mounted on their competitive carriages, the Minotaur has also received since our notice of the ship, with the guns and carriages, in The Sun of the 12th ult., one 6k-ton 7in. rifled wrought-iron muzzle loading gun, mounted on ,a wooden carriage and slide of the ordinary Admiralty pattern, for experi mental firing. A report upon it will be drawn up by Capt. A. C. Key, C. 8., altogether independent of his report on the Competitive 12k-ton competitive gun-carriages. This 6b--ton gun is the weapon known a short time since as the Frederick gun, we presume as a compliment to Rear-Admiral Frederick. It is, however, in fact, the Woolwich manufactured wrought iron coil gun fitted with a seven-inch steel tube, rifled on what is known as the Woolwich system. It has been adopted by the Admiralty as the gun of minimum calibre for the broadsides of our ironclads under the new system of arma ment, as the 123--ton gun is at present fixed upon as the maximum weight for broadsides. In accordance- with these arrangements the Warrior will carry 32 of the 6f-ton guns, but none of the 12f-ton guns ; the Royal Alfred her formid able complement of ten of 12i- tons and four of 12i- tons. The Minotaur, according to present arrangements, will only carry four of the 14- ton guns on her broadsides, the remainder of her armament being composed of the 6i-ton guns. This apparent disproportion between the armaments of the converted wooden ship Royal Alfred and the massively iron-built Minotaur is owing to the fact that the broadside ports of the latter are only built to carry four of the larger guns, the remainder having been constructed for the smaller, and a re construction of the ports could only now be effected at immense cost and sacrifice of time. The Salamis, paddlewheel despatch vessel, Com mander F. G. Suttie, was formally paid out of com mission yesterday at Portsmouth, and immediately recommissioned by Commander Suttie for service in China and Japan. All the officers belonging to the Salamis in her late commission have volunteered to continue on board under their old commander, and accompany him to China. They will conse quently be reappointed to their ship. The Scorpion, 4, turret-ship, Capt. Commerell, V.C., was paid out of commission at Portsmouth yesterday, and entered afterwards upon the Reserve list for alterations, repairs, and refit at the hands of the dockyard authorities. The estimated sum re quired for the work is said to be very large. The Dart, 5, screw gunvessel, Commander Richards, recently arrived at Portsmouth from the West Coast of Africa, was yesterday dismasted alongside the dockyard, and will be paid out of commission the sth inst. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam vessel Vivid, Commander Timothy Sulivan, tender to the flag ship Fisgard at Woolwich, was yesterday ordered by an Admiralty telegram to prepare for special service. In pursuance of further instructions Commander Sulivan sailed in the evening for Os tend under orders to await the . arrival there of the Prince and Princess Hohenlohe-Langenburg and suite, who are expected to embark on the sth inst. and sail for Dover, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The screw steam frigate Galatea, 26, Captain R. Maguire, which left Halifax on Dec. 11, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Sunday evening. She embarked at Port Royal, on Nov. 19, 350 officers and men, being the left wing of the 17th Regiment, called at Bermuda on Dec. 6, left on the 12th, and arrived at Halifax on the 15th, where the 17th was disem barked. She then embarked for England the crew of the Bulldog, with several naval prisoners, inva lids, and others, including Mr. Starling, late assist.- paymaster of the Duncan, sentenced by court mar tial to be dismissed the service and imprisoned for embezzlement of mess-money. On the passage home the frigate encountered very heavy gales, veering . 10M south-west to north-west. On Dec. 21 her 'oreyard went in two pieces, and several of her sails were blown away in succession. Heavy seas broke over the ship and carried away a quarter-boat. Dur- ing the whole gale her screw was on deck repairing, and she was hove to under fore and main storm try- sails. On Saturday, at 9 p.m., when about 18 miles from the Lizard Point, before sighting it the wind freshened, and the ship was put under fore and main close-reefed topsails; at 4 a.m. the maintopsail was blown away by a squall. The crew of the Galatea will probably be paid off at Devonport. She left at Jamaica the Duncan, Wolverine, Fawn, Cordelia, Sphinx, Niger, and Lily; at Barba does, the Buzzard; at Bermuda, the Aurora ; and at Halifax, the Pylades. His Netherlands Majesty's screw steamer De Wa tergens, Commander Essher, of 6 gun,i, 115 men, and 289-horse power, from the Texel for the East Indies, put into num' outh on Saturday a fternoon, owing to stress of weather, partial leak, anc; several of the crew invalided, She had encounter& most severe weather in the Channel, and had been at sea ten days. Orders have been received at Chatham-gaTrison directing 67 non-commissioned officers and gunnerft The deaths of the following military officers have been reported at the War-office since the Ist Dec. : —Field-Marshal his Majesty the King of the Bel gians, G.C.8., G.C.H. ; Gen. Sir E. Whin yates, K.C.8., Colonel-Commandant, Royal Ar tillery ; Lieut.-Gene. G. E. Gowan, C. 8., Colonel- Commandant Royal Artillery ; J. A. Phillips, Royal Marines, and J. M‘lla,ffie, 60th Rifles ; Major-Gen: J. Fitzmaurice, K. H. ; Cols. A. Murray, 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers ; and C. J. Gibb, Royal Engineers ; Majors W. A. Armstrong, 109th Bombay Infantry; and R. Jellicoe, Paymaster ; Capts. 11. R. Brown low, Royal Artillery ; F. Fowke, Royal Engineers ; R. P. Henry, Royal Marines; E. S. Charlton, J. Bennet, and C. Grant (Quartermaster). Lieuts.—E. Fursdon, 2d Battalion 9th Regt. ; T. Pepper, 3d Dragoon Guards ; J. M. Fortescue, 103 d Royal Bombay Fusiliers ; and 11. W. Desbarres. Ensign R. L. Haydon. Quartermasters—P. Boylau, 2d Battalion 9th Regiment ; and C. Kettyles, 2d Bat talion, 25th King's Own Borderers. Assist.-Sur geons—J. Rutherford, M. 8., Staff; and J. H. N. Bracken. Staff Vet.-Surg.--E. H. Steed. The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the Admiralty since the 20th of September :—Admirals W. J. Mingaye, J. 0. Brien, and H. Stanhope. Vice-Admirals Sir H. T. Austin, 1C.C.8. ; the Hon. G. J. Cavendish, and Sir T. R. T. Thompson ; Rear-Admirals E. R. P Mainwaring, C. lieele, and 11. W. Kitchen ; Capts R. 11. Risk, M. Donellan, M. H. Sweney, T. R, Sullivan, R. H. H. Pigot, A. F. Elphinstone, C, Greene, J. Sykes, G. Dougal, Lord F. C. P. Beau clerk, W. Robson, T. C. Gaussen, E. Robinson, J. Karslake, J. Dewar, J. Bulkeley, W. 11. Cooke, R. S. Simmons, J. B. Boultbee, G. E. Patey, R. Davis, W. Crellin, J. E. Pasco, C. March, C. Ackerley, J. Stewart, and W. Lord. Lieuts. H. G. Hale, J. G. G. M‘Hardy, H. F. Campbell, 0. T. Lang, and S. M. Weston ; Sub-Lieuts. W. E. Ewbank and R. B. Evans; Master C. Albert; Chaplains, Revs. J. Cooper and T. Ferris, M.A. ; Deputy-Inspector-General of Hospitals, S. Irvine, M.D. ; Surgs. A. M'Clure, M.A., A. Telker, H. Gamble, M.D., T. Johnson, M.D., B. Bynoe, T. J. Lawton, C. Roberts, M.D., and C. G. Wolfenden ; Assist.-Surgs. J. Wyse and J. Stott ; Paymasters J. Singleton, C. Beaumont, B. Fenn, and J. M. Hope ; Assist.-Paymasters F. A. Pountney and S. Sugden ; Second Master R. Godden. Royal Marines Light Infantry—Lieut.-Gen. J. A. Phillips ; Capts. R. P. Henry, T. L. Wells, F. A. P. Wood and A. Higman ; Second Lieuts. G. Pliillipps and W. Hammond. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—W. P. Braund, master, to the Irresistible, vice Balliston, whose period of service has expired ; Charles T. S. Keveron, staff surgeon, to be staff surgeon of Devonport Dockyard, vice Dr. Frazer, retired ; John Hill, Henry Coad Jones, and Frederick Lewis, engineers, to the Duncan, additional for disposal ; Thomas G. Woodfield, David A. Campbell, and David Anderson, first class assistant-engineers, to the Duncan, additional for disposal. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Jan. 18 Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 12 Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet Jan. 4. Ditto, by French packet Jan. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 21. China. Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton Jan. 2. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Jan. 2 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton.. Jan. 11. Ditto, via garseilles J an. 5 Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil e 3 Jan. 5. ewfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United btates and British North America, by Bri tish packet .. ...Jan. 3 Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via C. Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Jan. 5 . Vest Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Tcneritfe ..Jan. 10. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Jan. Cuba and Mexico Jan. Bahamas, via New Y ork Jan. 11. Bermuda, ditto Jan. 17 IMPOVERISHED CONDITION OF THE SOUTH.- The Times' correspondent, writing from Charleston, South Carolina, paints the following doleful picture of destitution in South Carolina :—" Although 1 have little expectation that the account which I have given you from time to time of the impoverished con dition of these States will be 'credited by any one who has not seen the country, still the truth must be told that poverty—nay, absolute destitution, outside the large towns —is the prevailing state of life throughout Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The country is swept clean of everything useful to man. The traveller may pass over hundreds of miles of cleared and cultivated land without seeing a horse, or sheep, or cow. "On what, then, are the people subsisting 2" it may be asked. They live on what they can get from day to day, and any one wh .- cils travelling in the South at the present time will find that this dietary arrangeMent is a very bad ono to do hard work upon. Nobody who attaches any importance to sleeping in a bed or getting a good meal, say once in 24 hours, ought to come to the South at present. A stray "cracker," or dish of hominy (a hateful mess, as mixed in dirty hovels), is all that can be looked forward to with any certainty in the country districts. The inhabitants, how ever, have now time and attention to turn to the game, which abounds in incredible profusion, owing to the four years' immunity which all descriptions have enjoyed. Tho sportsmen of the South had other work for their rifles and shot, and now within twenty miles of this city herds of deer may not unfrequently be seen running across the roads. People, however, who are accustomed to sit down to a good dinner every day may as well give up the attempt to understand how the Southerners lived during the war, or how they are living now. Upon the theory that regular food is necessary to support life, the Southern States ought now to be nearly depopulated. Until a man is driven very hard indeed he has no idea how very little w ill keep life in him, and even now the South is a most favorable field for any one desiring to make experiments in that direction. But it is a land of luxury compared with its condition during I the war." Immigration from abroad is the favorite hope of the South Carolinians, according to the same correspon_ dent :-- ,4 A hundred miles away from the coast white labor might, apparently be tried with fair promise of success in almost all of the Southern States. So say some authori ties, while many planters to whom. I have put questions on this subject would exclude Louisiana and Alabama from the list of States in which white labor might be made serviceable. Certainly, every ho:p and encouragement would be given to emigrants from Europe, and there are many who would have less to dread from the heat of the South than from the extreme changes and severe winters of the Northern and Western States. As I stated in my letter to you from the Shenandoah Valley, a finer field than Virginia for English emigrants could not be desired ; but it would be as well for them to wait until some arrangements for receiving them have been made. The stream has been flowing north too long for the interests of emigrants them selves, and it would boa benefit to them and to the country generally if it were now turned southward. The Vir giniani would be glad to have them, and they would be sure of good employment now that they have not slave labour to compete with. The planters in North and South Carolina are afraid that bla'ck and white could never be induced to work together, but emigrants fresh from abroad are not found to have that uncompromising aversion to tho negro which is common among the laboring classes in the North. In Virginia black labour could be dispensed with altogether without much trouble; but there must always be a large admixture of it in the other States, although the planters would fain do without a class which they hold to be improvident and untrustworthy if they could. Certainly there is no part of the world where English emigrants, above all others, would find a heartier welcome and better prospects opening before them than at Virginia, notably in the Valley. Former letters will, per haps, have contained sufficient information on this subject, and I recur to it now only because of its great importance to the South. It wants new blood, and it would like to get it straight from the motherland if it could. DEATH OF VICE-ADMIRAL HERRINGHAM.—The death is announced of Vice-Admiral William Allan Her ringhafn, which occurred on the 27th ult., at the age of 75 years. Ile was one of the few surviving officers who took part in the glorious battle of Trafalgar, having been at the time only two years in the navy. THE NORTH RIDING ELECTION EXPENSES.—A county contest in an election is no trifling matter, espe cially if that contest be in a large county. The expenses incurred in that at North Riding have just been published, and they are, to use Dominie Sampson's word, "prodi gious." The expenses of the two Conservative candidates aro set down in the sheriff's return at £14,684; those of their opponent, Mr. Milbank, at £13,289. Thus, in one election only, no less a sum than £27,973 were expended. of the 2d Division of the Depot Brigade, Royal Ar tillery, to be transferred to the Ist Division Depot Brigade, the latter being below its complement. Capt. Forgit, 2d Battalion King's Own Borderers Regiment, has received orders to proceed from Chatham to Ceylon to join the service companies of his regiment. THIRD EDITION. :SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. THE POPE AND THE FRENCH ARMY. ROME, JAN. a. The Pope, on receiving the congratulations of the French officers, presented to his Holiness by General .111ontebello, ,expressed his fatherly affection and gratitude towards the French army in Rome, and added, ." This: year especially I must express my thankfulness, it, being, r erhaps, the last in which I can bestow my Liming on them." Holiness, in conclusion, said that after the departure of the Frencli army the enemies of the Church and of the Holy See would, perhaps, tome to Rome, but remembering the example of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, the Pope would pray for the French army and the Imperial family and the whole of France, and even for poo;.. afflicted by so many evils. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 29. • • The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. ,J3l. Bailey as Consul at Glasgow, for the United Statetof America. ' ' • . 0 DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 2. The Queen has been pleased to appoi n t llajelfdtifferal Sir Henry' Knight - Storks, G.C.8., G.C.M.G. Bussell Gurney, Esq., Queen's Counsel, Recorder of the City of London ; and John Blossett Maule r Esq., Barrister-at- Law, Recorder of the town' of Leeds, to be her Majesity's Commissioners for the purpose of inquiring respecting certain disturbancrs in the Island of Jamaica; and the niea sur es taken in the course of their suppression. • - Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Charles Savile Bounden, Esq., Barrister-at Law, to be Secretary to, the aforesaid Commissioners. WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, J. 2. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Hugh F. A. Brodie has bee permitted to resign his Commission. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Wolsten holme Ward, from the Supernumerary List, to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice A. O'D. Grattan, retired on full pay. The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets from the Royal Military Academy to be Lieutenants, with tem porary rank :—Sydney Long Jacob, Charles Frederick Cobbe Beresford, John Simpson Nicholson, Napoleon. Arnott, George Robert Walker, Robert Charles Thorn ton Hildyard, George Dashwood Goldie Taubman, Duncan M'Netl Campbell, Charles Claude Clifton Bar low, and William Robert Purchas. 13th Regiment of Foot—Major Peter Macdonald to bo Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet- Colonel Lord Mark Ker, C. 8., who retires upon half pay ; Captain and Brevet-Major Frederick Van Strau benzee to be Major, without purchase, vice Macdonald. BREVET. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Henry Augustus Powell, Royal Artillery, to have the honoary rank of Major. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 17} Ditto 3 Months. 12 14 Rotterdam _ /. Antwerp — 25 47,± Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 121 Ditto 3 Months. 25 42* Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine —120 f Vienna — 10 80 Trieste — 10 80 Petersburgh - 29} Berlin Madrid —46 i Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples — 25 62* Palermo Messina SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 11 18i 12 2t 12 2i 25 5 25 55 13 91_, 25 29 471 25 471 1201- 10 85 10 85 3 6 01 47 481 25 67} 25 67 25 G7l. 25 67, 1 - 2 25 67* 25 6 MANCHESTER RACES-MONDAY. The Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, with 25 added. About two miles. Twenty-nine subs. Mr. W. Copeland's Queen of Trumps, 6 yrs, 94:71b J. Knott) 1 Mr. W. Coburn's Vanquisher, 5 yrs, 9st 91b (W. Lomas) 2 Capt. Chaunor's Acolyte, 5 yrs, lOst (J. James) 3 Mr. T. Price's Turcos, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b (Owner) 4 Mr. C. Smith's Abbot, 5 yrs, 9st 71b (Gregory) 5 Betting-5 to 4on Queen of Trumps and 3to 1 agst Acolyte. Won by four lengths ; a length between second and third. The City Steeplechase (Handicap), of 5 sous each, 1 ft, with 50 added. About three miles and a half. Mr. A. W. Clayton's CrUsade, aged, list 21b (Jones) 1 Mr. A. W. Clayton's Lightheart, aged 12st 41b (Mr. Blake) 2 The following also ran :—Dick Turpin, Lurline, Fly-by- Night, Mountain Boy, Stella, and The Rogue. Betting-2 to 1 agst Lurline, 3to 1 agst The Rogue, 4 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night, and 6to 1 agst Crusade. Tho Rogue came in first by two lengths, but was objected to for missing a hurdle, and the race was awarded to Crusade. Lightheart was placed second. Lurline and Fly-by-Night fell. The Trial Handicap of 3 sovs each, 1 ft, with 20 added. About one mile on the flat. Mr. Dobson's Moorgame, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Sleigh) 1 Mr. Phillip's Diana, 4 yrs, Bst (Tomlinson) 2 Mr. Clayton's Professor Milne, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Key) 3 Mr. Lyon ns Oulton Lowe, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Barlow) 4 The following also ran :—Tilt, The Abbot, Malvern, Hopbine filly, Eastern Lass, and Indulgence. Betting-6 to 4 agst Tilt, 3to 1 agst Hopbine filly, sto 1 agst Moorgame, 8 to 1 agst Oulton Lowe, 11 to lagst Malvern. Won by a length ; a neck between second and third ; a length between third and fourth. The Hunters' Steeplechase of 3 sovs each, with 20 added. Two miles and a half. Blue Light, 12st 71b (Newton) 1 Little Fox," 12st 71b (K. Price) 2 Young Harkaway (Pollitt) 3 Betting —6 to 4 on Little Fox, 7 to 4 agst Blue Light. Won by a neck ; Young Harkaway did not pass the post. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1860. FEBRUARY. 20 I Nottingham Spring 27 MARCIf. Lincoln . Derby Spring 1 I Croxton Park l6 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring ........ . 22 Doncaster 13 Newcastle 5pring,,,,,,,,, 28 Lewes Spring 15 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day. LONDON, Jan. 2 .—Wind this day at noon—South. Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. FALMOUTH, Jan. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Antonio, from Sulina. LIVERPOOL, Jan. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived —Porten o, from Monte Video ; Constance, from Pernumbuco ; Mary Ann, from Nassau for Havre, with loss of sails and other damage. PLYmounr, Jan. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Nile, from Rouen for Liverpool. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 31.—Wind from Liverpool for Africa. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Caroline, from London for New York. MILFORD, - Dec. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Queen of the Mersey, from Liverpool for Melbourne, leaky, and with other damage. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Simoda, from Newport for St. Thomas; Anna Augusta, from St. John's, Newfoundland. WATERFORD, Dec. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Restif, from Sulina. SWANSEA, Dec. 31.—Wind S.Wp—Arrived—Hope, from Liverpool, with topmast carried away; Jos. Thomp son, from Caldera. CALINGFORD, Jan I.—Wind W.—Arrived—Lady Have lock, from Dublin for --. DARTMOUTH, Jan. 11.—Wind W.—Arrived—lndleboro, from Quebec for Hull. CARDIFF, Dec. SO.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Frankfort, screw steamer, for Charente. LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Jan. I—Alida, from Rio Grande ; Salvador°, from Terceira; Queen of the West, from St. Michael's; Leah, from Prince Edward's Island. Arrived, Jau. 2.—Julia, from Guernsey ; Cornwallis, from Sydney ; South America, from City Point ; Rhine, from New York ; Metropolitan, from Hamburg. Sailed—Early Bird, for St. Kitt's; Savalls, for Dunkirk. D E AL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored, Jan. I.—Bilboa (screw steamer), for Bilboa ; Emanuel, for Lisbon; Henry Woolley, for Swansea; John Harley, for Cardiff—all from London. Passed, Jan. I.—Just (schooner), from Africa; Clymere, from Calcutta—both for London. a s DEATH OF SIR FRANCIS L. HoLYIDAKE-Goop mrt cKE, Ea.r.—On Friday la st the above-named ba ronet de di :d e a a s t e d h is baronet seat S w h a e s rb b o o r z I N T o o u v e, 13 3 , 1 / 1 11 7 ‘ 9 ' e 7 m W nd ell. The ,married, Aug. 2, 1827, Elizabeth Martha, daughter of Mr. George Payne, of Selby Hall, Northamptonshire. The late baro net, whose name was "Holyoake," took the additional name of Goodriske on inheriting the late Sir Harry Good ricke's estates. He was M.P. for Stafford from February to May, 1855, and from South Stafford from May 1835, to 1837; and in 1834 he was high sheriff of Warwickshire. Sir Francis was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1819 B.A. He is succeeded in the baronetcy and estates by his eldest son, Captain Harry , Holyoake-Goodricke, of the 90th Foot, who served•through out the Crimean war, and was severely wounded at the Redan. ~~ ~- day. .ing pre that may ience rork main was to red any ers. ffe ons Pere wo- On ,m -li- [se ing irs, 16 I I )31