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

,_...- °NEY MARKET! AN• COXIVIERC tAL INTELLIGENCE, ~,~,._- CITY, TWELVE o'CLoca. No alteration kas . been noticeable to-day in the condition of the discount market, either as regards the supply of caraal on offer, or the demand for it on the part of the public. The requirements of the (1111111e rcial class es are j us t now very h eavy, b ut the bankers and brokers have mord than sufficient 34 ° 11 eT at their disposal to meet the calls made upon their resources. The lowest rate charged out of clooxs for the negotiation of the best short dated de scription of bills is 5f per cent., but as this quota tion is only taken in exceptional cases, 51 per cent. is the general rate. The authorities of the Bank of tugland have consequently received numerous ap plicationa for assistance. The b ullion operations at the Bank on Satu r d a y co t° l 3 r . ised an influx of 5,0001. in bar gold, and a vitt '•drawal of 55,000 sovereigns for Alexandria. The Africa, from America, has brought 3,0631. The a ccounts from the manufacturing districts lor the past wee k h ave, in some instances, been of a tuo re satisfact ory character. At Manchester there has been a moderate demand for cloths and yarns, and late p r i ces have in many instances been main i Hud dersfield The wo o ll en t ra d e o f L ee d s , B ra df or d, an d has s h own sym pt oms o f i m p rovemen t, the Principal inquiry having been for spring goods. At Leicester and Nottingham there has been - little change While of importance in the hosiery and lace trades, t he at Birmin g h am , Sheffield, and Wolverhampton 'ne future prospects of business are generally con sidered fe‘vourable. T he, following relate to the Venezuela Loans of 40 64 and 1862, and to the debt of Equador : '` 'Venezuela Six per Cent. Loan, 1864.—The General Credit and Financial Company of London (Limited) are in receipt of advice from their agents, Messrs. H. L. Boulton and Co., dated La Guayra, Dec. 23, 1864, of duties collected f°llo ws, on account of the above loan :—Per statement ' lO . 20, from Puerto Cabello, $2Ol 94c. ; ditto No. 21, 4 81,59 0 91 c . ; di tto, No. 13, from L a Guayra, $2,057 37c. ; L°141 5 $3,850 22c. 4 'Venezuela Debt.—Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co.'s Agents in Venezuela advise that nothing has yet been de cided by the Federal Court regarding the 55 per cent. of ' ut port duties ; consequently, matters remain in the same mate as last reported. " Equador.—The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remittance of 1,291/. Os. Bd. on account of the dividends on the debt of Equador." Two o'CLocs. •At Paris, this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's -te legram, the 3 per Cents. were 67f. 02c. ; firm. There has been a large business negotiated to-day 44 f oreign bonds and all descriptions of shares, par ticularly the new undertakings recently announced. The dealings, however, in English Stocks have been few. The Funds continue fir m , without change, count 90 *. Consol s for m oney bein g , 891 and for thn ac nuities are 888 AQ The New Threes and Reduced An -- ; Exchequer Bills, Cents., 4s. to ss. prem. ; India 5 per Cents , 103/ 104 ; do. 4 per 981 ; and do. Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1021. In the Foreign Market the chief feature has been an improvement in Spanish Passive, viz., to 334 pat, and i n t h e Certificates to 14-1 15. The other 'ides are 501 ; _ secu rities are all fi rm and active. Turkish Congo- Mexican, 278 288; do. New, 261 ; Greek, 24 ; the Confederate Loan, 56 58 ; the Egyptian, 1/ 2 pm. ; the Danubian, 8 dis par ; and the Montevidean, 2 4 1 / prem. 2u the Railway Share Market the operations e been limited, and prices have remained with c-ualige of importance. Great Northern have North 15 s. ; and Great Western ss. ; while -Pr% Western and North-Eastern (Berwick) have declined ss. ,and Metropolitan, 10s. T he Forei gn an d C o l on i a l li nes rema i n w ith ou t , Material change. ni!aulc and Miscellaneous Shares exhibit little 1 -14 ko ati °a• Alliance are steady at 331 34 ; Oriental u° ; Lond on Financial realise 238 ; and City of 58; Imp rovement Company ' s s h ares are quoted t° 34 Prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. R CroVEILNMENT FUNDS. P,,r_ Cent. Consols 90 1 a 4-'e• Account, Feb. 9 Uewer _Oent. Reduced B9 §-1. 89 Si. 4i7,1., 8 per Cent 'll)WO2i, Per Cent. Jan. 1894 41 4 , aiii . i ) , Per Cent. Jan. 1873 t io• 1e,e,,,p yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —__ D o (IT. S e a rs, expire sth April, k zeh ed elegrap Cento -• 4 pm . IZller gills, £l,OOO, 4 per 188 _ D o £5OO 5 Ba t o t o i t £lOO and £2OO 240_ Do, A c llgland Stock, 4 04.. COu4t 51 per Cent ' l ndia/1j alp vzitsibtENT SECunrrIES. . bo Account 10i per Cent., April 1874 21.2 c b o 5 104 al Do. . Per Cent. July, 1870 -,. - Do, .-°i.ceount 981 I:,','' 44 Per Cent' Oct. 1888 80. -enlaced Paper 4 per Cent b o . Per Cent., Jan. 1872 _ D 0. 41 • 0 1 per Cent., May 1879 _ - - - ', O . 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 t ° o . B eds, £l,OOO pm • under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds, II per Cent razilian 5 per Cent '''''' De . 41 per Cent., 1 . 8 2- . 68:64 * ****** B3l Do. 1863 ..................... Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ... CChilian 6 per Cent ... .. •Cbolombian 6 per Cent. a 6 ................... ---- DaniDo 5 per Cent, 1864 .... ...... ............ . ... sh 3 per Cent., 1825 ..................... Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 ............... Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid..'.... Danubian Principalities ..................... Do £l5 paid ................................ .... —dig Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent... %- Do., Provisional Land Warrant.,....... ptian 7 per Cent ............................ 99 81 Second Issue ........................... Do. £lOO Bonds ........................ D D Do. 1.84 ..................... 95f 6 1)uo. Scrip, £35 paid ........................ pm 0. Account ..... -.. - ....... 11 -1 pm Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex. Coupons Do. Account ................................. 241 Do. Coupons ................................. • Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. ~ 80. 1839 and 1850 I talian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent. Do Account 2B Do 1864 , I DD o 6 p er C ent. Anglo-French o Scrip, £53 paid Do F rench-Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c dis dis N lklont evidean 5 per C en t ., £ l5 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent .. ' - ewo 2 Granada .. . D per Cent ....................... Do Def erre d .... . ..... ... . .. .. ......... Do La n d Warrants (Hectares) . ..-. . Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., Ap r il , 1864., — Do do Aug., 1856 Peruvian 41 per Cent. Aug, Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) D Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Portugueseo Account .. .. , . ... 3 per ........ ........ Do Account. - : Do 3 per Cent:, 18ia, i',.'6,•'04, •'6_,•'a, Do Account ............... . Russian 5 per Cenll, *ii:ii, 1 •...... .. Do 41 per Cent, 1850 ................... --..' Do 1860 ..................... Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 i- Do H 64 Do Scrip, £65 p a id Sardinian 5 'per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent — Do Account 4s Do New Deferred — 1 Do Ac coun t 4Ol • Do Passive 1 1 -• Do Account 32 1 1 Spanish Cert. of COup no t f un d e d — Do Account l5 1 141 ,Swedish 4 per Cent. — Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — . Do Account B9l . Do 6 per Cent. 1858 2 Do Ac coun t 721 Do £ l OO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do A ccount 7l 701 Do £lOO Bonds 7l Do 6 per Cent. 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per edit lOOl Venezuela 3 per Cent. — D 0 Account ' Do. 6 ' Do. Acco perunt Cent, 1862 — Do. 6 per C en t ., 1864 Do. I per C ent 42 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent, Ex. 10 Florins 'Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. butch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. Certifi..utes French Rentes, 3 per Cent. . I talian. 5 per Cent., 1861, E .. 2 . X. 0 . 80. Account ............................ 641 TWO O'CLOCK. Colisols, Money ................................. 891 v ................................ 90 SHARI - MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY sIIARES AND STOCKS. 88 90 131 k 132§ fi 6, 34 21 16 17 87 81 106 1 8 47i 484 74 135 137 155 156 'l3O 32 91 93 to} Si 60 6, 47 49 , O, 10{ 1161 1161 8h 854 108 ICO 07 39 I.l} 122 98 99 61 62 128 129 2i 21 13i i 139 107 119 100 100 all all all 100 55 56 t6i 274 1111 115 i 100 '16.13.4 103 i€O 100 all 7:1 74 105 10341 33 39 1 12q) 9i 14 122 125 1 1 79 8, 11 11i 138 112 (0 6? 49 50 8i 87 160 165 33 4'p 110 113 39 41 75 78 P a i d. / Closing ! Business Price. I done. ISIONS. 57 100 101 par 4p 5 5s rift In 75 69 95 88 75 85 98 100 100 101 101 103 20 21 S 9 91 67 70 57 69 6* 66 55 57 51'. 51 47 50 28 SO 26 28 101 1(2 P par 1 p 97 101 9 9 1 1 6 lld 88 8) F 2 1 06 d 99 101 94 8) 91 60 62 3 5 82 81 10? 103 102 k 103 k Id ip 104 lu3, 91 95 Share! Railways. Bir., Wol„ & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wall Do. A gets no div Do • till6p.c.p.an.has • B been paid to 13 Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A s'ock Do. B o Do. New. is. at 25 pn , Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n I) . S. Vtl. Rail gua. Do, South Wales .... Do W. Mid.— Ox ord o. Ne wpo - . Po. Tie• eford Lane =shire & Yorkshire London and Blaekwali Lon , 8ri2.11.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shei., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares letropolitan. Do. New . Nlid and ... it Do, Itirmin . & Derby. 0 Mid Gt. W.. Ireland! 5 Do. A shares 5 %lid Kent it No th British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchabe Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Car ..... Po. :Stock. & Darling. De. d:•. 1855- 8 Do. do. 1850-61 North Londou Do. New Do. do. 184 north Staffordshire N. & S. W Junction Scottish C. ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. st 'h errs l Welch pool Shropshire Union iouth Devon touth E stern ;tattles, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw W. Hartlepool Hat & R Do. A irredeemable Do. A. redeeniable 13 1 'JUTISH Atlantic St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 percent... Do. I , shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buft,Brant, & Goderich 6p. c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June I, Calcutta & s. E., a e Town & Dock, gu. Demera a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben al, gu , 5 Co ,East I ,diac),gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension . Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bond' I charge 6 p.c Do. let r'ref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. rd Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pret. stook.. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. o. Gua. 5 4er c nt.., Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (Inn ) gua. 5 per cent D . 4} per cent Great VV. a. of CanaclA Ds. New . Do. 6 p. c. Bde. pay 1873 Do. 5, do. pay. 1877-8 fndian Branch, limited 51adras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Filth le.xten eon Helb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can: Class A and B I . l tl.C'da, pc lot 'Abdo Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do ';'s Do. Puni aub Do.lndus St Flo 4.43 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR. 'British Columbia, 6 pert cent„ Dec. 31, 1572: Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 4 Do 6 p. c. Feb & Au 4 D ). 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 1 )0. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p 0. Inscribed sk Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 1)0. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. ' dq 1 , 90-1 •-• Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan.and•July Do. 1-78 Do. 882, May i 5, Nov. 5 Natal qov. b per cent N.B.Gr,v 6 p.c:Ja.& July N. $. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1856 Do. 5 p.c; 18 1 to '876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1891 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So tia Gov. O p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18 8-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, pril & Oct BRITI Cam Consol. ti old, Um Chiverton Clifford A malgamat ed Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara :on as t t 'arn Brea East G:enville Ea.t Love.! E. W't Russell (Tavistk Gam Sr StA übyn(Gwen. Gr at L xcy, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor Helst Grenvil e Herod's Foot Hingston Downs Margaret Uny Lelant Marke Valley wyndy Iron Ore, lira Nangiles . New Sewn North Downs.. North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett Mogan North Whe.,l Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence UnyLilant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheil Fran. (Mogan tray Park . Tin Croft West assett(llogan W. Caradon ( L skeard West Chi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett Illogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Ludo.,tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal T elawney (I.is. Wheal Uni n 93 95 4'5 97 95 97 84 88 83 80 103 105 105 107 106 108 1(9 112 102 104 108 110 105 107 106 'O9 106 108 101 106 93 100 45 97 95 97 96 96 105 107 89 91 99 Irl 101 106 107 10g 107 103 INES. i I 56 8 32 33 575 595_ 47/ 49; 19 20 64 (I 41 5i 144 . 1!)4 4; 5 6 8 18 194 1 )4 32 31 31 44 35 37 31 41 9 41 51 11 Old 20 22 6) 70 17 191 1 a 2a 3 2i 3 32 34 530 550 20 25 to 18 16 17 7 3 / 4 8 6 8 6) 6i 205 kls 90 95 9 11 13 15 195 205 18 20 Great PREFERENCE SHARES. Eastern, E,Counties, Ext. No. 1, 106 Ditto, No.' , 104 i 13 Great. Eastern, E. U., 4 per cent. gua., 83 Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct. 44.30/ North Staffoidshire, 2 ti PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pr., Ditto, new 5 por cent pf., 97 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Midland Pref. stock, 92i Wilts and Somerset, 87 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 21a Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidln), 10 San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 13& Ditto (all), •18 FOItEIGN MINES, Fortuna (11m.)S3i - Yudananiutana of S. Australia, lim., 1 2 BANKS. Vra and tsterman's (Bra.), 133 Albion, 3 An ;1u Bank itrniartni Austrian, 7 n?"4:93l Columbia, 18 Citonn_sioiLid,asteed Bank, ism., 112 ILinaupder::: Tijui n .; pu n ee n t t a ai ma d n. . /, . d nsasiat Japan Australian a ( n uin Chartered,. 3 mperial Ottoin rtgnatgoetrint Ditto Bank 3si . , new, 3 1 4. London * 7 of India, lim., 51 London, London Chartered 11B•uenus Ayres, and S. America, Tim., '0 yf i es, and River Plate. t London 0n d nu and n d Southt London and Count 1 London Joint Stocrt, 11, 221 rolilt,aronvainndciaPiroolvitiacnigailaßi.Blh4Tina., 171 81 Merchant Bank, tin 2, ra, u m, 224 African, 22; Australia 241 Mercantile and Excitant% , a National Ditto, ditto. 45 National dank, Ditto. new,lB3l Oriental Bank Corporation, 18 South E +stern, lint., 11 Union of London,l4 34 MISCELLANEOLTB„ Anglo-Mexican Mint, 181 Australian Mort. Laadand Finance, lint.. 3} Berlin Water Works, Rm.,: 91 9 Ceylon Company, 10 Contract corporation, Bin., 41 Credit Fonder an d:Mobilicr of England,:Bl Ditto, new,:sl a Fore-street Warehouse, 1im.,791 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lim.. 71 Imperi .1 Mercantile Credit A sso., lint., 81 International Financial .ociety, Bin., 7y Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour,, Ditto,l per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 82; London Mercantile Discount, lint., 31 Lon o a l'rovincial Marine, 31 Madras Irrgation and Canal, 42 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 8 1 Societe FinaLciere d'Hgypte, 'OSSE :SH 18.1§ . .91 30.17.6 MARKETS---his Day. MARK-LANE. In the country markets held on Saturday millers pur chased to a limited extent both in red and white home -grown wheats, and prices ruled.in some instances in favour of buyers. For good and fine malting barley the trade ruled firm at full currencies ; otherwise, the demand for spring corn was very inactive at late rates. The flour trade was steady on former terms. Both on the Continent and at New York the demand for wheat and flour for export is much restricted, at about stationary priees. 47/ The arrivals of English produce up to our market last week were very moderate. The imports from abroad 136 155} amounted to 1,658 quarters of wheat, 24,726 barley, 6 ,5 2 9 oats, 2,970 beans, 5 peas, 285 tares, 19,748 linseed, 3,608 oilseed, 500 sundry seeds, 100 sacks, and 3,510 barrels of 81£01} flour. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat were small by water carriage, and very moderate by rail. The condition of the produce was tolerably good . Owing to the limited number of samples on the stands, factors were indisposed to accept less money either for red or white produce. The trade, however, was slow ; never theless, the whole of the supply brought forward changed hands at the prices of Monday last. With most description of foreign wheat the market was moderately supplied. The trade generally was in a slug gish state, for no quotable change took place in prices com pared with Monday last. The amount of business tran sacted was small. 1211 I 9 , 9 63i a 128 I 7i 6 1 i 138; f I 8 Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request at late rates. 115 11/ The supply of barley on sale was moderate. Good and fine malting qualities moved off steadily at full currencies; otherwise, the barley trade ruled quiet on former terms. Malt changed hands to a moderate extent at late rates. 103} 5 49 4 871 f About an average supply of oats was on the stands. The trade, generally speaking, ruled quiet; nevertheless, good and fine samples were firm in price. There was an increased supply of beans on sale, and the trede ruled heavy, at a decline in prices of is per quarter. The supply of peas on sale was small. In prices no alteration took place from Monday last. About an average business was transacted in flour, and prices ruled tolerably firm. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. West—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr. 384 to 41s Ditto, 1861 Ditto, white, 1863 4la 451 Ditto, 1864 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 1864 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, 1864 _ _ Rye.— Barley—Grinding 22s 258 Malting, new 3OO 358 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 63s .._ Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os t3s Chevalier Data —Yorkshire and Limoinsh - ., Feeding l9O 22s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lBs 225 Cork, white los 23s Scotch, Feeding lBs 22, Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey .. 338 36a Maple White.... Boilers 36s 40s Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2BB 308 Stockton and Norfolk .. . 26e 28s American, per barrel l9B 255 bay; 99 Melbourne; 341 Kurt - wile° ; 200 Taganrog; and 29 bales from Oporto. ad a d Fleeces - South Down hor„rgets 2 0 2 it Half-bred do 2 6 2 6 Kent f1eece5......... 2 2 2 2} y outh Down ewes and wetheral 11 2 0 Leicester do 2 1 2 2 Sorts Clothing 1 6 2 Oi Combing 1 8 2 2 METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was very moderately supplied with foreign stock ; nevertheless the demand was heavy, and prices had a drooping tendency. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, were considerably on the increase, and mostly in prime condition. Although the attendance of butchers was somewhat numerous, all breeds of beasts moved off slowly, at a decline in the quotations, compared with Monday last, of 2d per 81b. A very few su perior Scots and crosses sold at 5s 6d, but the general top price was 5s 4d per 81b. • From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 3,000 Scots and crosses; from other parts of Eng land, 800 various breeds : from Scotland, 428 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 197 oxen and heifers. • We were again scantily supplied with sheep, but their quality was tolerably good. The mutton trade was heavy. Prime Downs and half-breds moved off slowly, at barely late rates. Long-woolled sheep declined 2d per 81b. The top quotation was Os per 81b. About 500 clipped sheep were in the market , and they were disposed of at is 2d per 81b beneath those in the wool. Calves, the supply of which was only moderate, sold slowly at 2d per 81b less money. The highest quotation was 5s per 81b. The demand for pigs was ,heavy, yet prices were sup-. ported. The supply was tolerably good. Per 81b to sink the offal. de d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 6 4 2 Second quality do ..1 4 4 8 Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 0 Prime Suat6, dze....5 2 5 4 Crse. and int. sneep.4 2 4 8 uecond quality do_ .4 10 5 2 ads d Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 4 5 8 Prime 611H:town .10.5 10 6 0 La ge coarse calvcs.4 4 5 0 Pr.me Brasil do .....5 2 5 6 Large hogs .3 6 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 8 Lambs....os Cd to el , Od. Suckling calves, 18s to 225; and quarter-old store pigs, 208 to 26s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 4,680 Beasts 1 O7l Sheep .... Calves B5 Ca ved.. Pigs 3 0 Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 4,081 head. In the corresponding week in 1864, ;we received 2,032 ; in 1863, 4,650 ; in 1862, 1,667; in 1861, 306 ; and in 1860, 2,310 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Antwerp lO4 Boulogne 3O ... Dunkirk Bremen — Hamburg -- Harlingen 615 41.3 Ostend 142 ... 602 151 ... Calais... Oporto — Rotterdam ... 488 ... 861 Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. - ... - ... 464 1 ... 2 ~. 17 ... 77 Total 1414 1549 ... ... 267 ... 851 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1864 1863 1862 1861 1860 A ... 288 ... statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the. Great Metropolitan Cattle Market onMonday, January 18, 1864, and this day, Monday, January 16, 1865. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. Jan. 18, Jan. 16, 1864. 1865. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6t03 10 3 6to 4 2 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 410 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 510 6 0 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 0 4 6 4 4 5 0 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 4 2 4 8 Beasts 3,460 Sheep 14,870 Calves - Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, January 19, 1863.—Beasts, 4,130 — sheep, 17,640—calves, 105—pigs, 240. January 20, 1862.—Beasts, 3,36 o—sheep, 17,450—calves, 130—pigs, 370. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are but moderately supplied with most descriptions of meat. Good and prime beef and mutton rule firm, at high currencies ; otherwise, the trade is quiet, but at full quotations. Per 81b by the carcase. ad s - d ailed Inferior beef 3 2 3 8 Inferior mutton.... 3 4 3 10 Middling do.. 3 10 4 4 Middling mutton.. 4 0 4 4 Prime large do 4 6 4 8 Prime do 4 6 4 0 Prime small d0....1 8 4 10 Veal 3 10 4 8 Large pork 3 6 4 4 Small pork. 4 6 4 8 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets are well supplied with home-grown potatoes, blit scantily with foreign produce. For nearly all qualities the trade is dull, at our quotations.• Last week's import was 255 tons from Havre; 125 tons from Dieppe; and 55 tons from St. Malo. Ter ton. Yorkshire Regents Flukes ICOs to 12 Kent and Essex Regents... Bos to 100 s Rocks S':oteh Regents Foreign Bss to •5s SEEDS. There is a steady demand for cloverseed at enhanced rates ; but for other seeds the inquiry is less active Cakes are dull, and the quotations have a drooping ten dency. rurnip,White,p.bus.2 6 s to 22s Swede —s Mustard, Brown —a s White, Tares, Spring...... s 8 New winter, bush 10s Canary, per quarter —s - aye grass .. 24s 28s Clover, Red Eng.,ot. • -8 White Foreign Red --B White —4 —s Trefoil new. Carraway Coriander 216 2515 Hempseed, per qr 4 ) 46a Linsced,Eng.sowing 648 68a Crushing Ws 62a Baltic —s —a Odessa —s —O. Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s, English £lo Os £llss Foreign 4910 s £ll sri Rape Cakes,p ton £5 los £6ss, Rapeseed, new,pr qr 74s 784 WOOL, The demand for English wool is by no means active, yei prices rule firm, and the currency is without material change fr om l ast week. Co l on i a l woo l in the private con tract mark e t i s i n li m i te d reques t, at late rat e s. L as l week's imp or t was 4,6 , 10 bales from Algoa Bay; 301 Bora. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STREET PREACHING.—The Rev: Mr. Hibbs, the person complained of a few days ago by Sir R. Carden for causing an obstruction in the Portland-road on Sunday mornings by preaching to a large crowd of porsons, attended before Mr. Tyrwhitt. The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—l beg to call your worship's atten tion to the report of a case in the papers of last" Wednesday, and to state that I attended here on Thursday and saw your colleague, who desired me to attend here to-day, and to state to yourself what I had to say. Mr. Tyrwhitt—What have I to do with the report ? The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—l wish to know if it is correct. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l shall not answer the question. I again say I have nothing to do with the report: The Rev. Mr. wish to know whether Sir R. Carden accuses me with making it a rule to abuse the rich ? Mr. Tyrwhitt—Who and what are you ? Are you the person who attended as a clergyman preacher in the Port land-road ? The Rev. Mr. llibbs—tes, I am. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l have nothing to do with the press, and the last thing in the world a magistrate thinks of doing is to attempt to control it. Are you,a clergyman ? The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—Yes, of the Church of England. I was ordained at Lincoln Cathedral by Dr. Kaye. [Here the applicant leant forward and threw an envelope with his name upon it towards the magistrate.] Mr. Tyrwhitt—You had better stand in the same place as Sir R. Carden did when he made his statement. You are assuming too much from the position in which you stand. [The applicant then stood.] The Rev. Mr. Hibbs--I wish to know whether Sir R. Carden said, " He makes it a rule to abuse the rich, and frequently points towards Trinity Church," and says " There is a church full of aristocrats." Mr. Tyrwhitt—Something of that kind was stated. I do not keep a register of what is said. You must settle it with the reporters. The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—Will you say what charges were brought against me by Sir R. Carden ? Mr. Tyrwhitt—l will do nothing of the kind. The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—l wish to know whether a clergy man is to be abused in such a manner. It has already done one great injury. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Many extraordinary persons get into the Church of England nowadays. If you have been libelled, you know what to do. There, that will do, I have nothing more to say to you. The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—l wish to state— Mr. Tyrwhitt—l have nothing more to say. The Rev. Mr. Hibbs—All I wish to say is that the state ment in question is false. The rev. gentleman then retired. A person who had accompanied him exclaimed from the back of the court, '• Take out a summons at once against him" (meaning Sir R. W. Carden). 1011 2 12i .rr A ES. BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on sale continues very moderate, and the trade for all qualities rules firm, at full quotations. Last week's imports amounted to 109 bales from Antwerp ; 135 Boulogne ; and 325 bales from Bremen. Mid and East Kent . Weald of Kent Sussex. Yearlings . 11os to 200 s 105 s to 155 s 100 s to 140 s ~, 100 s to lice TALLOW. The tallow trade is quiet to-day, at about previous quotations. New .P.Y.C. is selling at 41s 3d per cwt., on the spot; 42s 3d for March; and 43s 3d to 43s Gd for October to December delivery. hough fat, 2s 11-d per 81bs. Town tallow, 41s Gd net cash. Particulars. Stock this clay_ Price of Y.C. 1 Delivery last week Ditto from June I Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 18(3. 1864. 69 9:70 ; ---- 5 .0 0 53.870 ' 67.699 60601 tokBs Od to 448 dto 42601 •io —6 Od ' 488 61 -a Od —8 01 1.708 1,633 2,368 2 170 5 ,741 88,162 53,1125 47,053 ill 617 • 313 513 101,477 ; 82,831 69, 4 86 76 9 05 I6s 94 Os 9d 164 6d 436 9d 1851. 6.182 141 e 3,1 to —s 01 2,6 4 6n,044 1,242 70, 05 43s 9d THAMES. How SAILORS ARE TREATED IX BLUEGATE-PIELDS.— Christian Anderson, a Norwegian seaman, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself in that horrible place Bluegate fields, Shadwell, where nunierous sailors have been plun dered and ill used. A police constable, No. 158 K, said that he found the prisoner on Saturday night lying on the ground in the street called Bluegate-fields, Shadwell. The unfortunate man was drunk and speechless, and was without his tat, coat, neckerchief, waistcoat, and boots. Mr. Paget—Stripped in a brothel, and turned out into the street. Witness—Yes, sir ; very common there. The prisoner was robbed of his money and all his clothes, except his trousers, and bundled into the street. _ _ Mr. Paget—Have you been able to discover who robbed this poor fellow ? Witness—No, sir. Mr. Paget—Nor the infamous brothel where he has been robbed? Witness—No, sir. Mr. Paget said the improvidence and indiscretion of sailors was proverbial. He was very sorry the prisoner had been plundered of his hard earnings and his clothes, and hoped it would be a warning to him to keep out of the way of the harpies in future. He discharged the prisoner, who had boen provided with clothes by his landlord. At the rent audit of Lady Molesworth, held at Tetcot last week, a sacrifice of some 2,500/. was made as a Christmas present to the tenants. ----- CONVOCATION OF CANTERBURY.—On Saturday the convocation of the prelates and clergy of the province of Canterbury was prorogued by Royal writ until Wednesday, the Bth of February, when the bishops and proctors will assemble in the Jerusalem Chamber for de spatch of business. The question of the constitution of the final court of appeal on ecclesiastical matters will occupy the attention of both houses of convocation, with a view to a representation on the subject being made to Parlia ment. Various notices of motion have been given in the lower house on important questions affecting the interests of the Church. SINGULAR BIGAMY CASE.—At the Preston Police court on Friday was heard a bigamy case, present ing some most extraordinary features. The offender was a man named Henry Greenwood, an engine tenter. Eighteen years ago he was married at Penwortham, near Preston, to a woman, named Sarah Newsham, who had four children to him ; five years since he left her, but had seen her more or less every week since, somewhere in the town ; and on the 4th instant he married another woman named Grace Coward, who had had one child to him during a previous cohabitation. He is also the father of 15 other children— all illegitimate. When apprehended on Wednesday he said he was tired with a second "wife. The charge was preferred by the first wife, and it was stated that when he married on Wednesday his second wife knew quite well that there was another rival in the field. He was com mitted to Lancaster Assizes for trial. NEWSPAPER PRESS PARCELS.—At the Southwark County Court, on Thursday, an action was tried, Weildon v. South-Eastern Railway Company, in which the plaintiff, a contributor to the metropolitan press, sought to recover from the defendants compensation for the loss he had sustained by the non-delivery of certain parcels entrusted by him to the officers of the company, for transmission to London. The plaintiff stated that on the 16th of August he had engaged to forward reports of the regattas to be held at Deal, Dover, and Folkestone, to the Morning Star, to the Standard, and to the Sporting Life, at the rate of 2/. 2s. as remuneration from -each paper ; the copy of the report to be delivered by 12 o'clock on the night of the races. The plaintiff's report of the Folkestone regatta on Aug. 22 was duly received the same night as arranged; the Deal regatta was postponed ; and the plaintiff went on to Dover on the 25th, and, having written his report, took it to the booking-office of the defendants in Dover at a quar ter past 5, and was promised that it should be forwarded by the next train to London. On this promise he paid the booking fee and went away. A messenger was to be in waiting at the London terminus. He had telegraphed in structions to his messenger to be sure and meet the parcel with the Dover regatta report ; but the instructions not being received, through the neglect of the defendants, the Parcel was not met, and the consequence was that the parties in town would not have given, as the plaintiff said, five farthings for it ; inasmuch as the paper he had con tracted for had been enabled to take the report from the Daily Telegraph. The parcels he found lying in the company's office at London-bridge on his arrival in town on Monday. The result was that he had been paid only 10s. 6d. by the Star, 10s. by the Standard, and by the Sport ing Life nothing ; and th‘ plaintiff now sought to recover the difference between these two sums and the amount of his contract, viz., 5/. ss. 6d., and also 1/.ls. for messenger's fees. Mr. Stevens, for the defendants, raised several legal objections to the 'claim, and contended that the articles enclosed for transit in this instance were valueless ex cept as regards the sheets of paper on which they were written ; and also that no notice had been given of the importance of prompt delivery. After a long legal argu ment per contra by Mr. Chipperfield, the case, which had been opened on a former day, was decided by the learned judge (Mr. Whitmore, Q.C.), who gave judgment in favour of the plaintiff, for the difference between what he actually got and what he would have got but for the delay in the transmission, viz., 5/. ss. 6d., with costs ; but the charge of IL Is. for the messenger's fees, the judge said, could not . be sustained. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day)• COURT OP COMMON PLEAS." Before Chief Justice Erie and Justices Williams and Keating.) ROBINSON V. SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said this case was tried last term, but leave was reserved for the defendants to move the court for a rule calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be entered for the defendants. The action was originally brought by the plaintiff against the railway company to recover damages for refusing to carry a horse, but the company denied the demand, and in answer pleaded that they were justified in the course they took. The Act lays down that up to the value of 501 railway companies should carry horses at certain published charger, but that where animals of a much greater value than 501. were sent for transit, then it became necessary for the sender to inform the company of the value . of the horse, in order that the additional per tentage allowed them by Mr. cardwell's Act might be levied. The plaintiff in this instance had purchased a horse (of the value of 1351.), and notice was sent that a horse box, &c., would be required. The company refused to carry the horse while the value of the animal was de clared, and the plaintiff, after some correspondence, brought his action. The company said there was no re . rusal on their part to carry the horse, but that the refusal was oil the part of the plaintiff—viz., that he was not will ing to pay a reasonable charge made by the company. The learned counsel said there were various intricate points that would have to be discussed at the trial to which he would not further allude. The court granted the rule. The cases before the judges of the Courts of Exchequer and Queen's Bench were devoid of interest. LORD MAYOR'S COURT. (Before the Recorder and a Special July,) EXTRAOR.DINARY ACTION AGAINST THE LONDON FIRE BRIGADE -CHETWYN Y. CAPTAIN SHAW. This was an action to recover 501. damages, " for that the defendant so negligently and carelessly managed a certain fire engine then under his care and control, that the plaintiff's horse, then being, as it lawfully might, on the public highway, was frightened and terrified, insomuch that it became by reason unmanageable, and ran against another engine, also under the control of the defendant, and was wounded, and in consequence died." Defendant, pleaded, "Not guilty." . Mr. Francis (instructed by Mr. De Medina) appeared for plaintiff ; Mr. Day and Mr. Pattison (instructed by Messrs. Ashley and Tee) representing the defendant. UpOn the question as to whether any gentleman was a shareholder in a fire office, His lordship said—Lam afraid I am. Mr. Francis—l do not challenge your lordship. The learned counsel then proceeded to state the facts of the case. The plaintiff was a horse dealer of Finsbury, and on the 7th Nov. last plaintiff's son was taking some horses to Kingsland, and when in the Kingsland-road there were two engines near the scene of a fire, one being on one side of the road and the other opposite. They did not appear to be in play ; but just as the plaintiff's son passed the fire man blew off the steam, the engines being steam fire en gines, drawn by horses. Now the noise of the steam blow ing off was so great that one of the horses plunged across the road,:striking itself and inflicting:such a wound that it died. The learned counsel then referred to a plea put in by the defendant that the engine was not under his personal control at the time. Now, this was a plea that should not be put on the record, because it was well known that Capt. Shaw was the head of the fire brigade, and it would be useless to sue the man actually in charge of the engine at the time of the accident. It would be sheWn to the jury that these steam engines had no name upon them, and were really driven in a reckless and dan gerous manner about the streets, and, in addition to the fact that Capt. Shaw was the responsible head of the brigade, it would be seen that he had interested himself very particularly in the matter. In reply to a letter written by plaintiff's instructions, Capt. Shaw stated that the engineer in charge of the engine at the time of the accident was playing at the time, and the plaintiff's son was passing throngh the crowd on a nervous horse without any proper reins. This would be proved to be an error. The crowd had been cleared at the time of the accident, and there were proper reins. This being so, plaintiff was clearly entitled to recover damages. The plaintiff said he had been informed that an accident had happened to one of his horses, and he went to White cross-street fire station. Plaintiff saw three men, but not defendant. Plaintiff subsequently saw defendant at Watling-street, and he said he knew nothing about the matter—that was the first he had heard of it. He added " I'll telegraph if you stop." It, was then agreed that plaintifLshould take a man from the Bishopsgate-street station to look at the horse. A man accompanied plaintiff to see the horse, and afterwards a communication was made to defendant. Mr. Francis—ls Capt. Shaw here ? Plaintiff (looking at the . captain)— Well, that is some thing like him, but I only saw him once. His Lordship ruled that this was not sufficient to bind Captain Shaw. It was new to make the manager of an establishment liable. Mr. Francis—Then I must call Captain Shaw. Mr. Day—l am desired to say that Captain Shaw will not shelter himself under the plea referred to. He is willing to have the case settled upon the merits. Plaintiff (recalled) —I had sold the horse for 231. 10s. I had put a lip-string in the horse's mouth, and the halter made a bridle. There was an iron bit, but the string acted as a gag, and was right round the lower jaw. My son is 19, and has been in a racing stable. Cross-examined—The halter cannot slip, but before a fastening is made it is a common slip halter. The lip string is no part of the halter. By the jury—The lip-string is made of whipcord, but on this occasion it was made of hemp. Cross-examination continued—lt is put behind the horses' fore teeth. There were five horses altogether. A man in my employ had three and my son two. I should think that 34 yards would be the rope length of the halter. All five of the horses had the lip-string. A horse can be pulled up in a second with a lip-string. Plaintiff's son said he was riding one horse and leading the other. As witness passed, the fire appeared to be over, and none of the engines were playing, but the steam was very suddenly blown off. The noise and smoke frightened the horses, and the second horse ran away. The horse witness was riding jumped on to the engine, and the people cried, "Oh, the boy is killed!" The horse had alarge hole in its side, and I put my cap in. Mr Francis—How were you hurt ? Tell us this slowly. Witness—l was not. I jumped off and stuffed my cap in the hole. Then I got some tow, half a quartern of flour, and a tallow candle, and put them all in the hole. (Laughter.) It was a hole sufficiently large for me to put my arm in up to the elbow. The wound was sown up afterwards, but the horse died. • Cross-examined—The horse was quiet. I turned the horse round before he shied, and then I went again. At the first whistle the led horse ran away, and I turned the horse I was on back. As I was walking him back the whistle went off again. I did not put my heels into the horse, but I stuck my knees into his ribs and gave him his head. The led horse got away from me and a man held it for me. The led horse got away from me when the whistle was blowing, and at the time I got up to the engine on the second occasion the horse was not with me. The prisoner kept on blowing the whistle, and I thought it was done on purpose. No one said to me Don't go through that crowd," and no one told me to get off the horse. I only tried to pass. he engine once. I don't let a horse have the better of me in the London streets if I can help it. The horse turned round upon the first occasion and galloped back four or five yards. I turned him round and walked him up to pass the engine. Re-examined—l saw difficulties arising out of steam blowing off. There was plenty of room for me to pass, and the traffic was going on. Lip string acts as a curb, Reins can be formed by tying the end of a halter to a por tion of the lip string. William Seeley, the man with the three horses, deposed to the Whistling, but saw nothing of the accident. Saw nothing to stop the traffic until he got up to where the engines were. The case was proceeding when we went to press. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market steady. Sales, probably 5,000 bales. DEATH OF SIR A. D. CROFT.—The death of Sir Arthur Denman Croft, Bart., one of the justices of the Court of Queen's Bench, is just announced. The de ceased baronet, who was born in 1801, was the second son of the sixth baronet, by the daughter of the late Dr. Thomas Denman. He was called to the bar in 1839, and was appointed to his mastership by Lord Denman. He is succeeded in the baronetcy by his son, Herbert George Denman, who was born in 1838. The mastership in the Court of Queen's Bench, which becomes vacant by his death, is in the gift of Sir Alexander Cockburn, Bart., the Lord Chief Justice. A SECOND CHARING CROSS RAILWAY.--The new railway will commence at a junction with the Hampstead road, pass under the centre of the Chalk-farm-road, under the Regent's Canal, and along High-street, Camden-town, under the North-western and Metropolitan Railway, along Tottenham-court-road to Oxford-street, thence down St. Martin's-lane under the Strand, without altering the level, and so on to a junction on the Hungerford-bridge at the Charing-cross station. The junction with the main line of the London and North-Western will be made near the bridge by which Stanhope-street and Stanhope-Place are carried over that railway. The Charivari publishes a woodcut in which 1864 is giving instructions to 1865, both represented under the guise of young women. In front of them is to be seen a tremendously fat Prussian soldier walking about with hgr eat self-complacency. "If that customer , " sa y s 1864, should call for anything, be sure not to serve him, for ever since I , have been here he has done nothi n g but help himself The Wreck of the Lelia. LIVERPOOL, Monday morning. The survivors from the Lelia, 12 in number, have been landed from the lightship. It appears that the vessel became unmanageable, and was struck by a sea, which broke her up forward. The crew and passengers took to the boats, and reached the lightship, where the one with the passengers cap sized, and all were drowned. Only 12 of the crew in the other boat succeeded in getting on board. Among the lost are Captain Skinner, Captain St. Clair, Mr. Robson, Mr. Cropper, Mr. Miller, &c. There were 30 on board the vessel when she was lost. Collision on the Great Western Railway. -4er- A collision occurred on Saturday morning on the Great Western Railway, but fortunately unaccompanied with loss of life, although attended with serious damage to the company's stock, and causing a delay to the passenger and goods traffic on the line. As far as can be ascertained, it seems that two trucks, one of which was laden, and the other empty, were left on Friday night on the siding of the up line at Wallingford-road Station, and all was safe until between four and five o'clock on Saturday morning, when the gale blew'with such terrific force that it set the trucks in motion, and they continued running as far as the village of Stoke, about a mile and a half distant, midway between Wallingford-road and Goring stations, when they were overtaken by an up narrow-gauge coal train from Wolver hampton, and a collision was the result. It was of course dark at the time, and as the drive r could not s ee the trucks the - train ran into them at full speed, forcing the truck, which was laden with corn, completely off its wheels, and considerably damaging the tender and engine. A pair of wheels belonging to the corn truck became so embedded in the earth that no less than 11 trucks heavily laden with coals were, with the engine and tender, thrown off the line, - and all more or less damaged. The permanent way was torn up for some distance, and a large quantity of coal thrown out of the trucks, and thus both lines were blocked up. Every precaution was taken to prevent the occurrence of an additional casualty, but most unfortu nately the strong wind blew a signal post across the tele graph wires and stopped all communication between Gor ing, Reading, Paddington, and the intermediate stations. Under these circumstances, a message was conveyed to Did cot, from whence a telegram was forwarded to Oxford. A posse of workmen were thereupon sent from Oxford to the scene of the collision, and assistance being also procured from Swindon and Reading, the down line was cleared. The luggage trains, which were stopped in their progress, and presented a scene almost equalling that lately witnessed at Pangbourne, then proceeded on their journey, and the single line was made available for the whole of the traffic. A mes sage was sent to Paddington as quickly as possible, and about 100 men were despatched to the spot, and not a moment lost in getting the engine and trucks on the line, the work being directed by Mr. Tyrell, the superintendent of the line ; Mr. Kelley, the superintendent of the division ; Mr. Craig, Mr. Bailey, of Reading, and Mr. Relton, of Oxford. The telegraphic communication was not resumed until the afternoon, and the line could not be cleared until late in the day. The trains in the morning were delayed, and the railway officials experienced much inconvenience in conse quence of being unable to use the telegraph. It is quite a miracle that the engine-driver and stoker, who were only bruised, were not killed. TESTIMONIAL TO CARDINAL WISE3IAN.—A num ber of gentlemen, including Lord Petre, Lord Fitzalan Howard, Lord Arundel of Wardour, Lord Stafford, the Hon. Charles Langdale, Sir Robert Gerard, Sir George Bowyer, Bart., M.P., Mr. Sergeant Belasis, and others, have combined for the purpose of presenting a testimonial to Cardinal Wiseman on the Bth of June next, being the 25th anniversary of his episcopal consecration. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The performance of the Wizard of the North on Saturday was so successful that it will be repeated daily during the week. The concert room was crowded with visitors. After the performance the great transept and naves were lighted up, and prome nading continued to a late hour, a strange contrast to the boisterous storm which howled round the building. The pantomimic ballet, with other amusements, will also be continued, and the palace will continue to be lighted up at dusk. Lord and Lady Colchester have arrived at their residence in Berkeley-square for the season. The Princess Mathilde visited the Imperial Manu actory of the Gobolins on Saturday, and was present at a Lecture on chemistry given in the establishment. The Poor-Law inquiry at the Holborn Union into the case of Timothy Daly was concluded on Saturday. Mr. Farnall will now report on the evidence to the Poor- Law Board. THE PORTSMOUTH MURDER.--JallleS Piper, who murdered his wife at Fratton, near Portsmouth, last Mon day, was taken before the magistrates on Saturday, and remanded until Tuesday. No evidence was taken. THE SHIRLEY MURDER.—The condition of Bromfield, the Shirley murderer, has improved since his examination before the Hampshire magistrates on Monday, and it is expected that he will be so far recovered in a few days as to permit his removal to Winchester Gaol. Bromfield will be tried at the Lent Assizes for the county of Hants. A murder was committed a few days ago at Marianello, near Naples, under singular circumstances. A man named Mugnano had just entered a guard-house to light his pipe at the fire, when one Chiarolanza, without saying a word, snatched up a musket from the rack, and shot the new corner dead on the spot. The assassin was instantly arrested, but as yet no clue has been found to the motive whichi nduced him to commit the crime. THE LIVERPOOL LIFEBOAT that unfortunately capsized on Saturday last did not belong to the National Lifeboat Institution, but was the property of the Dock Trustees of that town. The boat was not a self-righting one, and was, we repeat, in no way connected with the National Lifeboat Institution. THE DANTE ANNIVERSARY in May next is to be celebrated with great pomp in Florence. A GRAND CONSERVATIVE BANQUET is to be given on the 24th inst. at Reading. MR. SANTLEY, THE - GREAT ENGLISH BASSO.— More than one foreign paper reports the enthusiastic re ception which Mr. Santley has had at the opera-house of Barcelona. COPPER ORE SALES.—At the Cornish ticketing on Thursday 2,308 tons of copper ore fetched 11,4401. Os. Id.. The averages were :--Standard, 1281. 10s. price per ton, 41. 10s. ; produce, 6. Compared with the previous sale the standard is nearly stationary, and with the corresponding monthly sale it is quite stationary. THE LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.— The directors of the London and South-Western Cympany have given instructions for a train of six car riages and two guards'-vans to be fitted with the apparatus for providing telegraphic communication between passen gers and guards, upon the same principle as that which was tested on Saturday last, by Captain Tyler, of the Board of Trade. The train is intended to be worked for the ordinary traffic of the line.—Railway News. HALIFAX WOOL, WORSTED, AND WOOLEN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Business of all sorts has been quiet to-day. With the exception of matchings no sort of wool has been asked for. Rates, however, have ruled firm. The yarn trade continues quiet, little or business having been trans acted. Old orders are sufficient to keep only a portion of the machinery in operation. Tho woollen market has been well attended, but there also business has been flat. IR 0 NMASTE RS' QUARTERLY ME ETING.—D UD LEY, Saturday Evening.—The concluding meeting of the ironmasters of this district for the current quarter was held here this evening ; the attenda'nce was small, and the trans actions were nominal ; indeed, after the feeling exhibited at the meeting at Birmingham on Thursday, and the gene ral indisposition to do business there, it was not to be ex pected that any improvement would be experienced at this meeting, and scarcely any of the principal firms were represented. .A few small transactions in pig-iron were reported, but of finished iron little, if any, was sold ; and the prevailing opinion appeared to b 3 that it is many years 'since the business was on so limited 'a scale as at the series of meetings which closed this even ing. At all the works in this locality they are very mo derately supplied with orders, and unless some reaction takes place speedily, it is as much as the makers of favourite brands will be able to do to obtain the list prices. The notices given to the puddlers and millmen expire this evening ; if they decide not to accept the reductions and turn out, it will have a very bad effect upon the trade in this locality, which has already suffered much from the strikes, a portion of the ordinary trade having been forced into other districts. On the other hand, if the men r a w: steadily—and it is believed that one section of thet i ih millmen) are favourable to that course — it is outthoug itthat the trade will speedily rally. If the men standk storpf a or t wo o of or three days only, it will virtually be a w f e o e r g iron were the works. The reports as to the deman th d o p resent price is most unsatisfactory at this meeting; i t a o t o in lo g w . to rr be hia re q m n u ar n t e e m r- t d i a v y e, settlement of merchants'yaccumanud y prompt. factors' accounts has been generally that two young men The Spanish journals state stocks toe slightly underwent the punishment sentenced to death for andra the late fs e m v a e d re ti rat T h h er e at s4 ü ß e o e n n e t had 1 l a o d d o of l t e h the garotteter ra, in duringthe of one of them, but the quantity of snow spared the life fallen having interrupted the communications, which had province o e ven by electric telegraph, the order for suspending the execution did not arrive until two hours after the man was dead. FRANKFORT, Jan. 13.—The Post Ampt Gazette has received the following telegram from Vienna The Council of Ministers, responding to the de sire of the Finance Committee, has resolved to re commend each Ministry to take into consideration, if possible, the demand for further reducing the amount of the Budget." SPORTING INTELLIGEN, CE—This Day; CITY BETTING. TWO THOVSAND. 6to 1 agst Liddington. (taken and offered) 7to 1 agst Broomielaw (taken) 9to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered-10 to 1 taken) 10 to 1 agst Zambeza (off ered), THE DERE Y. sto 1 agst Liddington. (offered) 15 to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered) • 25 to 1 agst Bedminster (ta ken freely) 40 to 1 agst Congress (offert ‘d-50 to 1 taken) RACING FIXTU JANIT Harrow FEBIU Birmingham l6 Lincoln Spring Dorby Spring 2 Liverpool Spring Shrowsbury Spring 9 Doncaster Spring ll Northampton 4 Croxton Park 7 Newmarket Craven l7 Durham Newmarket Ist Spring 1 Chester 9 York Spring Salisbury lB Manchester Chelmsford 7 Ascot l3 Alexandra Park 2O Hampton 2l Newton JU Newmarket July Carlisle Worcester Pontefract Abingdon Stamford Brighton ............ AUG Brighton Chi! , l - Huntingdon Reading 10 Egham l5 Oxford l7 6EPTE: Leicester Doncaster 12 Brecon lB Richmond 19 Newmarket H 23 Worcester Autumn 3l. IBER. 13 Shrewsbury RES FOR 1865. ARY. .6... 31 — •A R. Nottingham Spring ...... 28 Warwick Spring ..... 21 Chelmsford Spring 28 Barham .... .... IL. Catterick Bridge .., l9 Abergavenny Thirsk 2l Epsom Spring Y. Bath 23 Harpenden 1 Epsom ... 3O Liverpool ... Newcastle _, Odiham ..... Bidbury Stockbridge Hereford Nottingham Winchester lB Southampton l9 Chesterfield Goodwood IUST. York •' Plymouth 24 Lichfield 2B Devon and Exeter 29 Derby Summer 3O Weymouth ' 31 mnzat. Monmouth 2l Manchester Autumn 22 Newmarket Ist Oct. .2G Walsall 27 Northallerton New - market 2d Oct 9 NOTE] STEEPLE CHASE FIXTURES FOR 1865. JANUARY. Aberystwith Hunts, 24, 26 1 Harrow FEBRUARY. . . H arrow I C armar th en shire 7, 9 Datchet l6, 17 MARCH. Liverpool Shrewsbury Scarborough l6, 17 Torquay 2B AP West Somerset 5 RIG. I Abergavenny 20, 21. The Powder-ship at Fort Fisher. A writer in the Morning Post says—lt is strange that amongst the many Germans who now hold high rank in the armies of the Northern States of America none should have thought of a passage in Schiller's " Revolt of the Netherlands," in which a remarkable instance is given of the awful effects of gunpowder when closely confined, by which, as every one knows, the explosive force is highly in creased. Had the idea which occurred to the engi neer of the 16th century been again acted upon, an astounding waste of powder might probably have been prevented, and the Northerners would not have been subjected to the mortification of finding their great scheme turn out to be an utter failure. The occurrence alluded to took place during the long siege to which Antwerp was subjected by the Duke of Parma, who, by building a bridge across the Scheldt, had prevented the besieged from re ceiving supplies, and had thus reduced the garrison and city to the peril of starvation. Giambelli, an Italian engineer, came forward at this crisis and undertook to destroy this bridge by means of two small vessels. His plan of operations I find described as follows : " In the hold of each vessel he built a hollow chamber of freestone, Mt. broad, 3-1 feet high, and 40ft. long. This magazine he filled with GO cwt. of the finest powder, and covered it with as heavy a weight of large slabs and mill stones as the vessel could carry. Over these he also added a roof of similar stones, which ran up to a point and pro jected six feet above the ship's side, besides which he loaded the decks with all kinds of destructive missiles. Several small apertures were left in the chambers for the matches which were to set fire to the mine. Fur greater certainty he had also contrived a piece of mechanism which, after the lapse of a given time, would strike out sparks, and even if the matches failed would set the ship on fire. When the magazine of one of these vessels took fire on reaching the bridge an explosion took place just as if the earth had burst or the vault of heaven given way. The duke and his whole army fell to the ground as dead, and several minutes elapsed before they recovered consciousness. But then what a sight presented itself! The waters of the Scheldt had been divided to its lowest depth and driven with a surge which rose like a wall above the dam that confined it so that all the fortifications on the banks were several feet under water. The earth shook for three miles round. Nearly the whole pier on which the fire-ship had been driven, with a part of the bridge of boats, had been burst and shattered to atoms with all that was upon it—spars, cannon, and men, all blown into the air. Even the enor mous blocks of stone which had covered the mine had, by the force of the explosion, been hurled into the neighbour ing fields, so that many of them were afterwards dug out of the ground at the distance of 1,000 paces from the bridge. Six vessels were buried ; several had gone to pieces." But still more terrible was the carnage which the murderous machine had dealt amongst the soldiers, for it is stated that from 500 to 800 men were killed on the spot, besides an immense number maimed and mutilated. The bridge also was utterly destroyed, all the shore batteries were placed under water, and the besieging army suffered a loss in killed and wounded of over 1,200 fighting men. This devastation was caused, be it observed, by the firing of one vessel, containing only three tons of gunpowder ; but this small quantity was used with the greatest judgment, and was made to do its ter rible work to the uttermost ; while, so far as the ac counts I have read of the explosion at Fort Fisher show, our Northern friends, prodigal of their re sources, seem to have simply stuffed their vessel with as many barrels and bags of the villanons compound as they could get under the hatches, and thus, al though we are told that she contained 215 tons, and • was exploded within 500 feet of the fort, the great gunpowder plot of 1864 failed. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton..... Jan. 18. BrazDilitit n o d , v c i a a p Marseillesnlrerda, b y lcb. 1 2 . British pac. et .......... Fe b Ditto, by British packet . 3. .• ....... Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and :it.. H e lena.• ..Feo. 10. China, Penang, and Siugap,ire, via Sou hampton..Jan 18. Ditto, via Marseilles .................... • . ..... Jan. '. Faikland Islands ........... Jan. --. ... Gibraltar, via Southampton .......... . ........ .• • ...lan. S. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via ScuthampWn.... Jan. 18. Ditto, via 111arzeilles .................... . Jan." 1 8. India (Bombay), via Southampton.. Jan. 26. Ditto, via SI arseides ....................... Jan. 20. Mauritius, via Southampton ........... Feb. 11. Ditto, via Marsell c .... .................... • • •Feb. 5. Newfoundland Jan. 18. Portug 1 .................. • . • • .• • • Feb. 3. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon._ . .... ••••••• tin.ted States and British North America, by Bri tish packet ..... .• • • • ' .'3 an ' is. Ditto, by United St ates packet, via Southarnp- t........ • ....... ............ Ditto, by Canadian pa c k e t, v i a Londonderry. Jan. 20. West Ccast of Africa, Mad e i ra, and Ttneliffe Feb. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Tia C:rk Jon. 28. Mim i : t a t : via New lork. Feb 9. Bermuda, ditto Jan. 18. Cuba and Al.t.xico Jul; iB. King Leopold of Belgium, the Duchess de Bra bant, and the Count de Flandre were present two night back at the first Court Ball of the season given at the Palace in Brussels. About 1,500 persons were invited, be longing to the diplomatic body, the administration, the national guard, the army, &c. Dancing was kept up til one o'clock in the morning, the balls in the Belgium capi tal always terminating early. General Bosco, the last defender of Gaeta, is said to have received a command in the Spanish army of Santo Domingo. . . According to the - Vigie de Cherbourg, there is some question of forming at that port a new naval division, to be placed under the command of Vice-Admiral Le Ron ciere le Noury, and to consist of the ironclad ship of the line Magenta, now in the roadstead, carrying the flag of the vice-admiral, and of the ironclad frigates Flandre, Heroine, and Valeureuse, preparing for sea at Cherbourg, Lorient, and Bochfort. ecl ad 0 [eh the the Rp' th e 5110 ref to , a , ti(e ,n 1 re ps t re rtafr ior If" rof 19 1111 0(0 It t°' 111 j, to ,~r ri• cecl oef- [ea +oa DrA , r tv ° f r og' cotes 20a 20& 100 100 all ,0i 100 { too 2 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Ico 100 100 10 100 100 2.1.0 2.14.6 3 4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 9.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 7.8.3 8.13 4.18.0 4.3.0 32/ 1.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 3.12.81 581 toot 1 1001 93 2i 1021 101 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1865. 1865 . . 1