The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-08 00:00:00

IqOITEY MARKET AND OOMMEROI AL tNTELLIGENCR, TWELVE O'CLOCK. - • - ~T h e Discount Market is very firm, and quieter th an usual, c ons id er i ng th e S a t ur d ay d eman d s , an d ~h e payments well effected in the Oriental trade, intim and China especially. „ e 4, small amount of gold was taken to the Bank "%tingland yesterday, representing £2,000. 1 .jhe Persi a h as arr i ve d w i t h £39 , 800 f rom N ew ork. is An interim dividend of 10 per cent. per annum Proposed by the directors of the Ceylon Coln- P an Y Limited (b e i ng 9 s . 3d. on eac h or i g i na l, an d 2a ' on each A s h are ) paya bl e on t i n 20th instant, free of income tax. The report states that the available profit 'for the half-year, ending 30th ,'ePtenlber lest, is £16,800, which balance dos not 1 0 elude any part of the profit derived from produce the company's own estates, as some of the ae e°llllts could not be m ad e u p in c o ns equence of the L 4 "te arrival of a considerable portion. After pay ill,lt Of the above divide n d there w ill remain a ualance of £3,987 to be carried forward. f i S s ew Zeal an d D e b en t ures f or £250,000 were of 4eLred Yesterday for tender by the Crown agents for t he coloni es . Th e app li cat i ons amoun t e d a l toget h er t £313,300, of which the sum of £70,2J0 was allotted at one a b ove th e m i n i mum, w hi c h was fi xe d - a 90 . It was announced that those who had ten tered below that rate would be afforded the oppor tunity of amending their tenders up to 2 p.m. to 111°rrOW, and that after that hour subscription lists woaLI be open to the public for the balance then re 'naming, if any, at 95. Co nstructi on deputation of the directors of the Telegraph ' e nstructi on and Maintenance Company, and other ageti.tletaen interested in submarine telegraphy, had Intervie w with the Secretary of State for India l e sterday f or th e purpose o f o bt a i n i ng th e assist „,stiee of Gover nm e n t i n i m proving the telegraphic i:,irornunication between England and India. Lord ra uborne received the deputation with great e .. °ttr . tesY, and showed a just appreciation of this hest vestion. he' fficial liquidator of the Bank of London will axe an application to the Court of Chancery next w ee:lt for l eave to d ec l are a f ur th er di v id en d o f s s. 4d . , Which, together with previous dividend, 6s. Bd. paid in August The last, makes a payment of 12s. in. the pound. dividend will be paid as speedily as possible, of th e due notice" will be given, and a statement of Position and liquidation of the Bank up to the Present period will also be published. T he specie movements during the past week have be en on a rather extensive scale as regards the AP or tS, owing to large remittances from New York, t ust ralia, and the West Indies and Pacific ; the t al amounting to £855,335, including £43,412 f ° l r°r ° New York by the New York, £36,694 by the s, ° flia, £13,723 by the Palmyra, £12,300 by the t.i.Lb•o•eL Boston, and £39,800 by the Persia, anounced h morning. The Syria, from Alexandria, has brou ght £3,291 ; the Seine, from the West Indies and Pacific, £481,626 ; the Sir John Lawrence, i t ,T r o Australia, £38,000; and the Norfolk, £ 11 3,0 0 0. e Rackorura, from New Zealand, has also arrived " l th £10,866, and about £25,730 in silver has been received from the Continent. The exports have , 1 £53,485 t o th e E as t I n dies and China, by the Ripen ; and . there have been remittances to the Con v„itlent thro ug h pr i va t e sources es ti m ated at 194,094 th e total amounting to £247,579. s The Societe Generale de L'Empire Ottoman has -° °fied that the coupon of interest No. 2 of the 131 per cent. for the year 1866 on the £8 per share 'llbscribed, amounting to ps. 52 56.00 will be paid at the offices of the company at Constantinople on 4111:1 after the 2d January next. The London Agency °f t he Imperial Ottoman Bank will send coupons t° C onstantinople for collection at the risk and cost , the holder, or purchase them on its own account. a L tr laY be mentioned that 52 piastres represent ~- ' l lt 9 s. 61. This payment is, of course, only on "j e ount of the year's dividend, which is not declared befo re June. tWith regard to the Agra Bank, intelligence has h e n received from each of the three presidencies ba at the resuscitation scheme has been adopted by o e , e ting3 of the shareholders and creditors held at f'raieutta, Bombay, and Madras. The telegram °4l Madras was received this morning. Atl antic and Great Western Railway Debentures a firm at 56 58. and the Consolidated Mortgage °l lds have advanced 1, to 421 42k. Two o'CLocK. A ccording to Renter's telegram from Paris to -4! the French Rentes were 69f. 67c. Firm. 4.1.1 the Stock Exchange almost everything is °lll hlal, and the word applies_to business as well as aido quotations. Consols are 841 for money, New 8 8/ for the account, 10th January. The ink Thre es an d R e d u ced Annuities are 87 7 1, 6 - ' 44 k of England Stock, 67 per cent., 2481; India r , Per Cents., 104 105 ; and ditto Bonds, 4 per "Qs., 255. premium. For a Saturday there has been a fair amount o bu siness. Egyptian, Mexican, Russian, Turkish, and Italian attracting the chief attention of specu lators and investors. Mexican have advanced 1 to 13 4 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. to 321 324 ; Greek i ds 1 to 13i 141 ; and Italian 5 per Cents., 1861, 53i I n the R a il wa y Sh are Market the dealings have b in on a very limited scale, and in a few instances ' ri eee show a further slight decline. Great North °4ll A- Stock, Great Western, London, Chatham an d Dover, and Metropolitan have each receded 1, 44 (1 South Western 1. do he Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia - South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian are m arked 15k, 4 ; Atlantic 31, and Antwerp and etterdam, 81. Great Indian Peninsula are firm., h " 1 0 6 i ; East Indian at 1051, ; and Madras 5 t'vl. Cents. at 1021, I. The shares of the Nicaragua R.tilway Company a re to 1 preen: ,„ 13 alak shares remain very quiet. Imperial Otto :11 have improved to-8k ; Alliance remain at 18 ; h , n den Joint Stock at 41+ 42 ; London and West '"ltlater at 931 ; and Union of London at 441. at about and Finance shares are very quiet " about previous rates. Anglo-American Tele tal)ll are marked 141 15 ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per ti e4 t B ., 714 ; Hudson's Bay Company, 161 ; Na _ dents., Discount CoMpa n y, 14 1 ; and Peninsular 44(1 Oriental Steam, 63 64. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY, Two o'Clock. oi lhe demand to-day has been active for Prince Chiverton, Chiverton Moor, North Crofty, 44 Bassett, and Chontales. Subjoined are the Ctirr ent quotations : Ch ivertou Moor, 41 5 ; Chon:ales Gold, 2 1 ; Clifford 4 .( . 1114 I ganaate, 4i 5; East B asse t, 19 21; East Caradon, 41 East Lovell, 9 91; East Wheal Grenville, 11 2 ; Great th Tolgus, 1; Great Wheal Vor, 15 151 ; Marko . 4118 Y, 31 ; ; North Crofty, 3ak ; North Treskerby, 21 Prince of Wales, 25s 27s ; Prosper United, 112; South e °4 darro w , 12s 14s ; West C ar ad on , 121 131; West io n 7orton, 54 56 ; Wh ea l Chi ver t on , 7 71 ; Wh e al Crebor, 13 . 128 ; Wheal Grenville, 25s 275; Wheal Seton, 130 and Wheal Azar, 31s 335. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. OUTERNMENT FUNDS. a bt?i, Cent. Consols k " 0 . Account, 7an. 10 BB 4or Cent. Reduced B7l I 4 3 W 8 per Cent B7l j 17 0 2 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 • 4, • • 0 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Dnities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 188 0 0 . for 30 yrs, aspire sth April, 1885 — t " ~ e (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 *e quor Bills, £l,OOO, 3 ,St 4 per Cent pm ."° ..................£5OO ,, Pat ' o )1 1 . ..... i . .... £lOO & .£2OO , —Pm ' 4l c. of England Stock, 6} per Cent ... 24 8 } Ditto for Account _ 1, 1 „ 1111 )LA.N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ' 144 0 took, IA per Cent., AprillB74 — 0 0 . 5 0 0 A Per Cent. July, 1870 L I 't per Cent., Oct. 1888 o°. Certificates — °.O Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — u o 5 , per Cent., Jan. 1872 D o ' °I Per Cent., May 1879 — o _. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ............... 24LIcr xiloo.. B u outls,4 nt• o ent., £l,OOO —pm ? 5 pm ... • FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. .argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — iustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — 9razilian 5 per Cent Do. 4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. , 1863. — . Do. 1865 — Do Account Do. £lOO Bonds 6B} Blenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do. .Account Do .ilOO Bonds D) 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Ouilian 6 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent A Do. „ B C Aombiau, 6 per Cent. 3uln.; 6 per Cent. hinish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 5 per Cent., 1801 . liauubian Principalities 00. Account 4.:quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Pi, visional Land 'Warrant Do Deferred ',ryptian 7 per Cent. Do., Secont Issue Do £lOO Bonds . Do. Do £lOO Bonds . 1364. 83} 8514} Do. Govermr.ent Railway Debentures. 841 Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Coupons Do. Account G mtemala 5 per Cent. — It +Han 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway.. -7 viexicar. 3 per Cent Do. Account Dn. 1864 l2i Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French • doutovidaan 6 per Cent. Vloorish Imperial 5 per Cent NTew Granada Do 2 per Cent Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Pe •uvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do Account F'ortoguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cont., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, ' Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Da 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pez Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B5l 61 Do 5 por Cent. 1864 BBl Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — Do Account - 204 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account — Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Curkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds 63 Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 5B 9 Do £lOO Bonds 5Bl Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account - — Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 27 61 Ditto 11 per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 psr Cent, Ex. 10 Florins flolgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — !Mat. 3 per Cont. 1831, Ex. 25f. ..... , — Do. 5 per Cent. Account, TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money BBl 4 Do. Account, Jan. BBl 1 President Jonnson and Congress. LETTER FROM A CABINET OFFICER. The New York Times, of Nov. 13th, contains the following important special despatch from Wash ington : Washington, Nov. 14. The following is a portion of a communication to-. day addressed by a member of the Cabinet to a friend of the Administration in New England, who seemed to be apprehensive that the difficulties between the President and Congress might induce action on the part of the former which would tend to• widen the breach if it did not put important interests in peril. The member of the Cabinet says : " Notwithstanding his long public career, few men seem to be less understood than President Johnson. That he is a man of strong convictions and earnest purposes is evident from the manner in which he advocated and pushed forward important measures in Congress, like the Homestead Bill, and the stand which he- took against secession and in favour of the Government during the late civil war. He believes that the manner in which he pro posed that the Government should deal with the Southern States was not only a mag nanimous one, but the only one likely to re sult in a speedy and hearty reconciliation be tween the sections, and he has felt it to be his duty to sustain his views by the exercise of such powers as the Constitution had clothed him with. But while this has been, and doubtless will continue to be, his course, he will violate:no law, nor fail to per form the duties which are legally devolved upan him. He will veto every bill that he may regard unconstitutional, no matter how unpopular it may be for him to do so ; but he will execute with scru pulous fidelity all laws, and especially those to which he has declined to give his Executive sanction. The apprehension which you seem to feel, and which many others share with you, that Mr. John son will attempt to force Southern representatives into Congress, or do any other imprudent thing by which the public peace will be disturbed, or the public credit be deranged, is utterly unfounded. While he will exercise fearlessly the power which he possesses under the Constitution, in furtherance of the measures which he thinks are best calculated to promote the public weal, he will not quarrel with Congress for pursuing the same independent course. He regrets the disagreement between the Legisla tive and Executive branches of the Government, and would, I doubt not, yield much to effect a re conciliation. He will not, however, sacrifice his principles nor violate the Constitution, according to his interpretation of it, no matter what pressure may be brought to bear upon him. He seems to do right as he understands the right, and will trust to time for the vindication of his course. He will be as true to the Constitution and the Government as President of the United States as he was true and steadfast to the Union in the darkest days of its trials." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Dez. B.—Wind this day at nowt—North- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Verbans, from Varna. PORTSMOUTH, Deo. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Ma jesty's ship Dee, from Plymouth. BELFAST, Dec. 7.—Arrived—Prinoe Patrick, steamer, from Fleetwood. CLYDE, Doe. 7.—Wind S.W-4rrived—Borbico, from Havannah. FALMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W,—Arrived—Witten haze, screw steamer, from the Cape of Good Hope; lef on the sth Nov. BY TELEGRAPH. GRAXEUND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Dec. G.—Jolly, from Mauritius. Arrived, Dec. B.—Taurus, steamer, Forth, steamer, and Julia—all from Antwerp; Fairwater, steamer, from St. Michael's; Albion, steamer, from Ostend ; William and Clara, steamer, from Trouville ; Sarah Ann, from Trinidad. Sailed.—Holland, steamer, for Ostend ; Triton, steamer, for Boulogne. per, Saturday Morning. No arri vale. Sailed.—Desdemona, from London, for Otago ; Maid o; Judah, from London, . for Sydney ; and most of the out ward bound, for the westward. JEREMY CATNACH, OF SEVEN DIALS.—TO him is due the honour of first publishing " songs three yards a penny"; a price which, in former times, was charged for a single ballad. His accumulated stock of songs, last dying speeches, murders, doubtful slanders, & c ., wAs something immense; and prior to retiring from busi ness, he is said to have amassed a fortune of over £lO,OOO. During Queen Caroline's trial he could not produce his sheets, "beautifully illustrated," fast enough to supply the demand. His hand-presses were going day and night, and many a weighty load of "coppers" his journeymen took away with them ; for, as we have been informed by an old journeyman printer, be alWays paid their wages-in coppers.—The Stationer and Fancy Trades' Register. ritErEll.lOl(llG BUARX/3. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent stock, St Great Eaatern, E. Counties Ex., No. 1, 80 i London and N.- Western, Shrewsbury and Welchpool, 85 Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincoln, 6 per cent., Ditto (.£6 , 41 # North Eastern, G.N.E.. 4 per cent. pref., Stockton and Darlington B, C per cent., 31 LINES LEASED A'.o FIXED RENTALS. Great Western, West Mid., nereford, 971 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 82 • Dutch Rhenish,,24l Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 3# South Austrian and Lombardo, Venetian, 16 West Flanders, 7h TOREIGN MINES. Port Philip, I Yudau.tmutaua of South Australia, lim., ii BANKS,. Alliance, lim.. 18 Anglo A ustrian,Vl Australasia. 61 Brazilt in and Portuguese, lim., Chartered Bank of India, Austratia, and China, 15 Imperial Ottoman, lim., el lonian, 23 London and River Plate. Ditto, issued at II pm., Ditto, ditto, 81 London Joint stock, 411 2 London and %1 estmiiaster, 93i Midland Bank, lien.. 171 National Provincial of England. Ditto, d and :id issue, 411 New South Wales, 41$ Provincial of Ireland, 82 Union of London, 141 MISCELLANZOUR: Anglo-American Telegraph, 111 15 Atlantic Telegraph, — Dit o, 8 per cent., 7 1 China Steam :_•111p and Labuan Coal Company, 1 Credit Fonder 01 Englann, lira . 2$ 1 Fore-street Warehouse, lira ., 12L L Gen. Credit and Finance of 'one an. Um.. 31 Hudson's Bay, it Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lim., 2 Land Securities, lim., II London Financial Association, lira., 61 London General Omnibus Company, lint, a_k Midras Irrigation and Canal (4 por oent. guaranteed by In dian Government), Ditto all), 171 National Discount Company, 141 71 Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem., of which 31 18 to pay, 9 1 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lira., e 4 Peninsula and Oriental Steam. Gi 3 Universal Marine. Insurance. lint., 21 Viceroy of Egypt, Mortgage, Loan, 75 A PRINCESS IN A SEWER.—The Princess Mathilde, accompanied by a senator and other persons of distinction, descended two days back by one of the flights of steps in the Place de la Madeleine into the large sewer, which she wont through as far as the point of egress at the Church of Notre Dame de Lorette. The Princess after wards drove to the Place du Chatelet to inspect the sower there which goes to Asnieres. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OP CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart.) RE ALBION BANK. This was a petition by a shareholder for the winding up of this bank, but yesterday his counsel asked that it might stand over until certain persons who had been sum moned to give evidence before the examiner in the case had been heard. The application was opposed by Sir R. Palmer, on the part of the company. The directors had filed an dill davit, which ho said completelymet the case of the petition. His lionohr thought it would ho detrimental to the bank to allow delay in the matter suggested that the petitioner who held ten shares should be relieved of those shares by receiving what he had paid for them, and thus the matter might be settled advantageously for all parties, but that course was not adopted by the petitioner, and the direc tors would have to be examined. Mr. Bacon, who appeared for• the petitioner, still asked for delay. fie said it was but reasonab:o that time should be allowed to answ3r the affidavit that had b3eu put in by the directors. ' llis lionouragain repeated that delay would be extremely inconvenient to a company like the Albion Bank, and he therefore thought it his duty to go on with the case. Mr. Bacon said the petitioner was not present, and therefore it was at that moment perfectly im possible to cross-examine him. All he (Mr. Bacon) required was that time should be given him to answer the affidavit of the directors, and in making that application he .was only asking what the court had never heretofore re fused. His Honour, said if the respondent would agree to that he would not object, but if not common sense and common jast:e3 would compendia (the Vice-Chancellor) to go on with the case. Mr. Bacon said he could not do that in the absence of the petitioner. His Honour said ho ought to have been present, and as he did not appear he should not adjourn the matter but dismiss the petition. Mr. Bacon again urged delay, remarking that a copy of the affidavit of the directors had not been furnished to the petitioner's counsel until late on Wednesday. Sir R. Palmer, for the bank directors, said it had been despatched on Wednesday afternoon, and, according to his opinion, ample time had been given to the petitioner to meet the matters contained therein. His Honour then told Mr. Bacon ho had better go on. The affidavit put in by the directors was then read; it denied the assertions of the petitioner—that the bank was in such a condition that it could not be carried on without profit. Mr. Higgins said he felt he could not, upon the evidence now before the court, go on with success ; but he did not think, therefore, that petitioner ought to be dismissed. The last report of the directors contained various misrepre sentations, and to such an extent did they go that he felt justified in calling it false and delusive. The paid up capital, he denied, was £86,000. More shares had beeie put down as taken than was the case, and he felt that he had a right to ask: that the petition might stand over, and also that he stated enough to justify an inquiry. His Honour said the object of the learned counsel ap peared to be not an inquiry but a stoppage of the Company by winding it up. Mr. Higgins said he was only asking for that which had invariably been the practice of the court. The learned counsel was proceeding to make some very strong obser vations, with respect to the position of the bank and the conduct of the directors, when His Honour interrupted the learned gentleman, asking him whether he had considered the vast amount of injury that might arise from such statements as he was making. There were a class of people prowling about for winding up to the damage and injury of companies in the kingdom. He did not think that such damaging statements ought to be made. In the present case the petitioner would not come forward and face the directors, and therefore he in structed counsel to put the case in the strongest manner. Mr. Higgins said his client was unable to appear. He was in tho country, and could not under any circumstances have arrived in time for examination that day. His Honour, without hearing Sir R. Palmer in reply, said the petition had been presented for winding up the bank, and an affidavit bad been put in by the directors showing that the allegations in the petition were entirely untrue. They denied in the strongest terms that thebank was insolvent and unable to meet its engagements, and in proof of that they pointed to the fact that they had regu larly paid a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. At the last meeting, in consequence of the unsettled state ment of commercial affairs, the directors communicated to the shareholders that it would not be prudent to pay the usual dividend, but that it might be kept in hand to meet any unforeseen circumstance. That, he thought, was the rational and proper mode of con ducting the affairs of the company. The affidavit of the directors stated they wero more than able to pay all demands agairist them, that they were not involved in law proceedings, and that there was no reason whatever for winding up the bank, by which course the greatest loss would accrue to the shareholders. He thought the peti tioner had had ample time to answer the affidavit, and tke court would not be justified in keeping the matter longer in suspense. It appeared to him that if proper inquiries had been made in the proper quarters the present expen sive proceedings might have been avoided. That being the case he ordered the petition to be dismissed with costs. Mr. Bacon —Only one set of costs, your Honour ? Vice-Chancellor Stuart—Your client has brought a great number of persons into court, and therefore he must pay the whole of their expenses. There was an attempt at cheering by the crowd in court, but it was instantly repressed, EnE SUN, LONDON, SAI MIDAY EVENING, 11; CEMBER 8, 1866'.; SHARE MARKETS, - This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. ihdrel Railways. Pa i d ) Closing Price. Bristol anu Exeter Caledonian Cambrian. Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc. London, bcrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Ureat Northern DJ. A stock • • De. B stock 8d S 8 120 122 40 55 13 15 4 8 C 5 83 70 72 117 119 26 27 5 6 114 116 121 123 Do. New, is. at 25 pn. G t S. and W. of Ireland tit. Western -Original. D‘i. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Slid.—Oxtorct 00 42 51 .52 30" 3i 3) 3, Do. Newport Lane ishire k Yorkeh arc London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast. Lon., Chat., and Dave! Do. Metrop. Fix. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan .... Do. New 1235 :24 is tO l i 1131 174 10 20 1161.:171j 80 62 47 48 22 123 1i 2pl 10 11 8S 87 I Do. Extension Sletropofitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John's W'd Nllitand Do. £9 Share t2l 123 1/ 21. i 3 Do, Birmiu.. & DQrb) Kent North British ?5 36 Do. bid., rth., & Dun. Nth. _Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... I 16 104 lu6 65 07 99 10 t Do. Stook.& Darling. 344 35 Do. do. 1860-61 'Sorth Londou Do. do. 1864 5 . 9 - 10 p 116 /20 1 2p I 2p 70 72 111 118 150 154 Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock po. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union south Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok l'aff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall 21 i 111 i 14} 611 1 121 } 104 i 621 3 BRITISH FOSSE, Atlantic & S t. Lawrence nom., Barodaor, Cen. In. gu..5 per cent... Do. F ehares Buffalo & Lake limn Do. Preference Buff.,Brant,&Goderich 8 p.c. 3872-3- Calcutta & B. E., lim ai e Town & Dock, gu i Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p• .;ast. Bengal, gu. 5 du Eastgu.:s p.c. Do. J Eitensiori ;rand Trunkof Do. Equip. Mort, Bond I charge 6 p.o Do. let Pref. Bonds Do. do •deferred De. 2d Pr d. Bonds.., Do. do. deterred .... Do. 3d Pref. stock.... Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Fret. stook Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. 124). Gua. 5 per cent.. ) Do. New gua. 5 p. c G t. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do ;mat Wt s. of Canada. • I Da. New Do. 6 p. o. Bda. pay. 1873 Do. 5; do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Helb. Cor. 6 p. o. Bnds. Mel. Fe. Hudson's Bay N.lll.C'da,6pclatpf.bs Scinde ..... A • Do. Delhi Do. do. . Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St.Flot 43 15 G 3 64 8 9 150 153 26 16 SIONS. 66 68 102 103 Id in 4 44 74 84 50 55 101. 103 10t IG3 105 100 18 20 85 88 57 50 50 54 5, 51 37 (0 23 25 105 107 6 1p 6 1p 100 102 91 93 121 124 1.: 124 f 8 E 2 81 84 it 11.11 IC2 92 H 65 90 82 85 90 101 97 98 1} 1 98 99 1051 i i i COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU: British Columbia, 6 per Cent., Deo. 31, 1572.... Can.Gcrr.6 p.e.Ja.‘t July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. o. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. inscribed sk Gape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do : 1880-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 t Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p., Do. 1878, do Jlauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1478 10. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ,! Do. 1895. Feb. & Aug N atal ~ ov. 6 per cent N. 8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J my N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186b Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. o. S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.o. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct 100 100 100 IGO 100 100 92 94 90 92 90 92 77 78 75 77 IC4 100 103 105 1(2 104 1(4 1(.0 88 ?0 'CO 102 1(4 1,6 105 107 101 108 1(5 (07 1(8 108 i 6 100 90 ;►2 90 92 90 05 8% 4 (8 100 84 85 96 98 92 94 108 108 103 104 Business done. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) SHELLEY AND WIPE V. THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY COMPANY. The present action was brought by Mr. Samuel Shelley, a gentleman farmer, who had two residences, one at 20. Eaton-place, Brighton, and the other at a place called the Oaks, at Balcombe, Sussex, where he farmed some land , to recover compensation f or th e neg ligence of the com pany's servants, by which hi s w if e su stained serious per manent injuries. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and that they wore not liable for the injuries of the female plaintiff. _ _ _ Mrs. Mary Shelley, the female plaintiff, who had to be helped into the witness-box, and who v, as deeply affected several times during her evidence from the pain she was apparently enduring, said she was 57. On the 20th of February last she returned from Bognor to Brighton by a second-class carriage, in which there was no passenger but herself. There had been snow during the day, and it was very dark when the train reached the terminus about half-past 3 o'clock. She heard a porter call out "Brighton," and immediately after the carriage door was thrown open, but the porter went away. There was no porter near the passengers' train, and they all appeared to be engaged at the luggage train, which was at the other end of the plat form. She made no attempt to get out for about 10 minutes, but being anxious. about her luggage sho attempted to alight on what she supposed was the platform, when she fell with great violence against the " turn table," the carriage being some distance from the platform. She screamed out ; some of the porters came to her assistance. She was taken into the waiting-room and conveyed home in a carriage, but she had to be placed in the dining-room as she was in such a condition that she could not be car ried up stairs. From the day of the accident until the middle of May she was unable to leave the room, and she was then conveyed to 13alcombe in an invalid carriage supplied by the company. Previous to the accident she had enjoyed the best health, and was in the habit of walk ing from six to ten miles a day, and driving out by her self. By the accident three or four of her ribs were broken, her loft side from the arm to the foot was in con stant pain. She felt Fan and weakness in her back, a sense of nurabness in the back part of her head, and her left eye was also very weak. She was a continual sufferer Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Holt appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Hannon for the defendants. Mr. Shelly was then examined, and said that before the accident his wife enjoyed such bodily health and spirits as seldom fell to the lot of women. She used to romp with her grandchildren as if she was one of them. She used to assist him in his farming operations, and to accompany him out shooting, and he never knew her to suffer fatigue from bodily exertion. She was uow a helpless cripple, and could not walk 100 yards without falling down, and from the effects . of one of these falls she had been laid up for a month. P e m h y i n s i e c a i a t nssu practising - oufrt.,he injuries of the apf I D Tsßea r hrdli eeg ß t lhpoe o lt a n taor ( nne h , et extent fxmn judge. td n d ra. nDhudar having e ß ner ao u c c eak k un, l n a e nu: summed The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, and assessed the damages at £l,BOO. OUP Stnee's pamphlet upon the M u I E l ta L x• R .— giv i e l s r. t l h V. eaßynaalysis of several samples of ale bought in London, which show a considerable aver age of salting, Jo. The " Ale connors" occupation is in abeyance ; why not revive it ? Here, for instance, at the present moment, is a dispute between the Burton and Edin burgh brewers; tho latter asserting that they sell their ale at .a cheaper rate than the former. This may or may not be so, but why leave it to the inter ested parties themselves to decide ? Why nut have a quarterly return of strengths ? For strength= that is, the amount of malt in a given quantity of beer, can alone determine its value. The price, per se, is no true indication ;—as price must be always taken in tiquality. Sixpenny worth ec of o grog, nthi is, o grogreighed still, whether it con t a i n but connww against, two pennyworth of spirit. So it is with beer, and no true judgment can be arrived at without ascertaining the strength of its legitimate body—MALT. The number of X's on a cask has nothing whatever to do with the ques tion—because one brewer's X X X X may be another brewer's single X. The agitation is one in which the public must profit.--Cavil Service Gazette. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ENDEAVOURING TO OBTAIN GOODS BY FALSE PRETMNCES —Thomas Slack, address refused, servant, was charjed, before Mr. Knox, with endeavouring to obtain by fa.'. Se and fraudulent pretences 900 cigars (CabanasExceptionalesj of the value of £7 10s., at No. 8, New Bond-street, with intent to defraud Mr. Isaac Lewis Levitt (Thompson and Levitt.), tobacconist. Mr. Levitt said the prisoner called upon the previous evening and asked for a box of cigars for Mr. Powell. Ile asked the prisoner whether he meant Mr. Powell, of Market Harboroug - h, and he said he did. lie then asked the prisoner whether he was still in Mr. Powell's service, and he said he was. Ile then told the prisoner that he should have to give him into custody, as Mr. Powell had called upon him and informed him that the prisoner had not limn in his service for some time, and that. two boxes of cigars the prisoner had obtained he had given him no authority to do so. Ho (Mr Levitt) then gave the prisoner into custody, and telegraphed to Mr. Powell, and received the following reply:—' Three Swans Market Harborough.—Sir, I have received your telegram saying that Thos. Slack had called on you for more cigars. He left me in April or May last. I only engaged him for the hunting season, and have had nothing whatever to do with him since. Ho has obtained clothes from Mr. New ton, of Hanover-square, boots from New Bond-street, and he tried to get boxes of clothes from Limmor's Hotel, but failed. Imu glad you have given him into custody, and I hope he will bo punished for his thefts.—Yours truly, HENRY POWELL." Fisher 334 A, proved finding 40 duplicates, principally relating to clothing, on the prisoner. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner for further inquiries, and for the attendance of Mr. Powell. WES TMINS TER. AN INCORRIGIBLE YOUNG FEMALE THlEF.—Harriet Childs, a pretty-looking girl 12 years of ago, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a large bundle of knitting cotton from the shop of Mrs. Augur, 28, St. George's-place, Knightsbridge. The son of the prosecutrix said that in consequence of several pounds of expensive wools having been stolen during the last week, ho kept a watch upon the shop this morning when the prisoner presented herself as the shutters were being taken down, and said she wanted to buy a thimble. Availing herself of the man who was opening the shop turning his back, the prisoner slipped behind the counter and adroitly stole a bundle of cotton, with which she was making off when witness stopped her, and al though the cotton was taken from her she denied the charge. Prisoner—lf you will forgive me this time I will never do anything wrong again. Mr. Selfe•-.ls anything known of this child ? Mr. Augur said that, upon inquiries, he found that although so young she was very old in crime. He had taken her to her mother when she was detected in the com mission of the felony, and she informed him that she was a most incorrigible thief, and that all attempts to reclaim her had been unavailing. Mr. Selfe—ls her mother here ? Tke police observed that sho was not. Sergeant Purchase, 10 B, said that to his knowledge the prisoner had been twice charged at this court with felony during the last few months. Prisoner-1 will never do it again. Mr. Selfo —Yes, you will if you have the opportunity, of which I will endeavour to deprive you. Although so young you are a little practised, hardened thief, and I shall send you for three years to an industrial school. The child's parents are respectable people. THAMES. Henry Candy, aged 30, late of 4, Great Tichfield-street, Marylebone, was brought up on remand before Mr. Part ridge, charged with stealing two bottles of sherry, the property of the London and St. Katherine Dock Company. Mr. Warner Sleigh, barrister, defended the prisoner. The prisoner had been employed for some time as a labourer in the London Dock up to the 27th of lastmonth, when he was directed to act as a watchman on ono of the wine floors to prevent any pilfering or tampering with the casks. On the same evening, a few minutes before five o'clock, he was about to leave the dock, when he was stopped by two of the gatekeepers, named Spencer and Henderson, who asked him if he had anything in his pockets. Ho replied in the negative, on which the officers took him into a lobby and searched him. They found two pint bottles of sherry in his coat pocket, and a wooden spill in another pocket. The spill had been in a wine cask. The prisoner said the wine was his own, and that he brought it into the dock to be used as a gargle for his throat. On the way to the station-house ho said to Spencer and Anderson, " You can square it if you like: , The prisoner's defence before Mr. Partridge on the 28th of November was that the wino had been in his possession four months, that he purchased it of Mr. Ford, in Man chester-street, Manchester-square, for the purpose of making pipsine wine as a gargle for his throat, and that if time were given him ho could produce Mr. Ford and ether witnesses to substantiate his statement. A sample of wine from a cask in the floor in w!iieli the prisoner was stationed was produced, and the officers said it was of the saino description as that taken from the prisoner, but Mr. Partridge, who tasted both, said there was a slight difference. He remanded the prisoner, who was subsequently brought before Mr. Paget, who also tasted the wines, and ho was of opinion the sample taken from a cask and the wino taken from the prisoner were exactly alike. It was the same wine. The prisoner repeated his former defence, with the addition that he was a chemist by profession, and had been at work in a laboratory—that he had been accustomed to manufacture pipsine wine for many years, and intended to convert the sherry he had bought into pipsine wine for sore throats, foul stomachs, and derangement of the gastric juice. He wanted another remand to enable him to call Mr. Ford and others with re gard to the wooden spike—he used it as a tooth-pick. Mr. Paget again remanded prisoner. The witnesses were ably cross-examined by Mr. Warner Sleigh, a rising young barrister, but their evidence was not materially shaken. The learned counsel insisted that the sample bottle of wine pro duced was not the same as that taken from the prisoner. Mr. Partridge was of the sane opinion, and a taster from the dock, on being requested to compare the winos, said there was a slight difference between them. It might have arisen from there being a small quantity of liquor in the bottles taken from the prisoner. Mr. Warner Sleigh called no witnesses, and advised his client to reserve his defence. Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial, with Liberty to put iu bail for his appearance at the sessions. Extraordinary Scene. ,p..-_._.___. On Tuesday evening, what is locally known as a " crowner-in," that is to say, a sudden subsidence of the ground from the coal having been taken away beneath, took place at Newton, four miles from Stourbridge. Sometimes the ground subsides gra dually ever a considerable area; but in the case of a crowner-in a rugged shaft is formed from the old workings to the surface. The sides continue for some time filling in till the shaft is filled to within a greater or less distance from the surface. The crowner-in in question took place about half-past 6 on Tuesday evening. The village of Newton is built on the Earl of Dudley's land, and in the vici nity of an extensive colliery belonging to his lord ship. A person named Matthew Trowman, who kept a public house, some time back had observed that the ground on which his house was built was subsiding, and he took the usual measures, cramp ing the house with iron rods and buttressing it with trees to lessen the damage to the building. All this, however, proved of no avail, for with startling sud denness onTuesday evening a great hole was formed in his back yard. The alarming noise consequent on the formation of the shaft was accompanied by an outgush of a gas known among the colliers as " sul phur," and this having come into contact with fire it at once ignited. The flame shot up from the hole to the height of the house and set fire to the sashes of the back windows. The wind was strong and the fire made head rapidly. A fire engine was sent for to Dudley, and after its arrival the flames were extin guished. Meantime the crowner-in was enlarging itself in the most rapid and alarming manner, and in less than an hour after it was first noticed the back kitchen, a brewhouse, and a cart shed had all disappeared in the ever-widening gulf. In the cel lar beneath the bask kitchen were several bar rels of beer and cider, and with them, of course, descended the household utensils in the upper part of the building. The alarming intelligence soon spread in the populous neighbourhood) around, and there were in a very short sp ace of time I many hundreds of people on the spot. With their assistance Trowipan and his family managed to re move the greater part of their hous ehold furniture, linen, &c., before the back part o f the main b i ner uld; ing went. After i this took place the 4' ow-i did not widen so rapidly, and scores of ready hands commenced to pull down the remainder of the house so as to save the bricks an d timber. OnThursday morning very little of the house was standing. In little wore than 12 hou rs the crowner-in had in creased to a hole 16 or 18 yards across one way, and 10 or 12 yards the other. The depth would be about 10 yards, and the bottom was covered with great masses of rock rent from the rugged sides. The size was then increasing, but only very gradually. It was a fortunate circumstance that the first subsi dence took place in the back yard; as if it had oc curred within the house, several lives would proba bly have been lost. Trowman's family numbers ten persons, and there were several in the house besides. M MIKE TS. —This day. COVENT GARDEN. The market is seasonably well supplied with fruit and vegetables. The trade is steady, at our quotations. FRUIT—Pine apples, 3s to 6s; grapes, 2s Od to Gs ; filberts, 9d to is per lb; apples, is 3d to 3s Od ; pears, 4s Od to 8s Od per half sieve; oranges, Gs to I`2s; lemons, Cs to lOs ; walnuts, is to 3s per 100. YEGETADLES—Cauliflowers, 2s to Gs Od ; cabbages, 1s to 2s Od; horseradish, 2s Gd to 4s Od; celery, Os 9d to is Gd per doz ,heads; turnips, 38 Od to 4s Od; carrots, 4s Od to Gs Od per' dozen bunches; cucumbers, 9d to is each ; onions, 3s to Ps Gd; spinach, 2s to 3s per bushel. BRITISH MINKS. Cam. Consul. Gold, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst Drake walls East Bassett (lllogan) East Caradon East Cam Bra East Grenville East Gunnislake .. East L0ved...... ..... E. W't Russell (Tavisti am. & StAubyn(G wen. tir,at L.ocey limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville Herod's loot •••• Ili ngston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley. liwyndy Iron Ore, 11w Ne v Beton North Romkear . N.Wh'l Ilassettallogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper Pr ,videnee Uny Lelant I S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ISouth Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (11logan stray Park . l'ln Croft. Vigra and Clogan, West :tassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltakeard West Chi►erton West Seton . Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (itedruth Wheal Mary Ann Olen Wheal Seton Wheat Trelawney (Lis 2.1.0 204 2.11. ti 4:1 2.14.1. 3.v.0 10.8. 58 5,17.04 6 3 / 4 7 3 / 4 4 3 / 4 5i 415 425 18 6 20 5 6 2 3 2 3 i i 9 10 2t 2/ 6 6 18 19 15 16 11 11 30 32 21 2 4 31 31 2t IVI 35 45, 2 4, 11 32 24 26 310 330 18 22 9 10 3 5 1 16 13 15 59 60 115 :25 65 75 19 20 10 12 110 150 7 9 16 1 1 116/ 1 17 1161 60 1211 * 111 ,ITIES. 86 51 8} POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s 0,1 to 7s oc,' ; turkey poults, Os Od to Os Od geese, 55 0,1 to 8s: gosling, Os o'l to Os Od; lurks, 2s 0!I to 3s Od ; ducklings, Us to Us tame rabbits, is 31 to is 104: wild do, is to is 4d ; pi geork , "Td• to 10d ; hares, 2s 6d to 3s Gd ; leverets, Os Od to Us Od ; pheasants, 4s Od to 8s Od ; partridges, 2s Od to 3s G,l ; grouse , 2s 6,1 to 4s 01 per brace ; black gams , , Os 041 to Os per brace; Surrey fowls, 5s to 8s ; do. chickens, 4s to Gs Od ; barn-door fowls, Os Od to Os Od per couple. English eggs, 14s Od to ISt 0.1 ; French do., 8s Gd to Os per 100. Fresh butter, is 2,1 to is Gd per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Soles, 1s to 5s 0(1 per pair ; coil, Os 0,1 to 12s ; brill, 2s Gd to lOs 0d; turbot, 4s 0d to 21s each ; whitings, 4s to 12s ; haddocks, Os to 18s per dozen ; herrings, —s to —s per 120; native oysters, 70s to 110 s ; other sorts, 30s to 40s per bushel. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Boof 2s 10d to 4s 4ii 1 Veal 4s Od to 5s Od Mutton 3s 2d to 4s 6d Pork WHITECIIAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef Ss Od to 4s 6d Veal Mutton ... 3s 2d to 45 8d I Pork BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d. to 9d. ; of household ditto, 60. to 70. per llbs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 641bs, 2id to 3d; 64 to 721bs, 3d to Od ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 3id ; 80 to 881bs., 3d to 4d ; 88 to 961b5., 4d to 4-id ;96 to 1041b5., 41c1 to 4id ; 104 to 1121bs, 4id to sd. Iforsehides, 9s to lOs 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s Od to 4s; full, 7s ; polled sheep, lOs to lls 6d; half-brads, is 6d to 8s 6d ; downs, f,s 9d to Gs 9d ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £4 ss; clover, £4 10s to 15 15s Od ; and straw, £1 IGs to £2 4s per load. A moderate demand. CUMBERLANID.—Meadow hay. £3 5s to £4 8s Od; clover, £4 10s to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. Trade steajy. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £4 5s ; clover, £4 lOs to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. A fair inquiry. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. d. Wylam l7 6 Holywell Main l7 0 Walls End Hetton ... 22 6 Tunstall Hetton Lyons ........ 19 6 Walls End Haswell 22 6 West Hartley Ships at market, 22—sold, 22. Suicide in China. There is a well-known Greek story of a penniless man who, going out with a rope in his hand to hang himself, found a purse of money which in duced him to throw the rope away; whereas the owner of the purse coming back to look foi his property, and finding only the rope instead straight way hanged himself. A still more curious tale of a similar kind is told by the China papers. In the native city of Shanghai the parents of a young lady lately married having fallen into distressed circum stances applied to her for assistance, and her hus band allowed her to give them a coat for the pur pose of being pawned. The daughter, however, being anxious to render further aid without her husband's knowledge, secreted $l6 in the pocket of the coat. The old man did not discover this and took it to a pawnbroker, who, noticing the money on unfolding the garment, kept his counsel, and quietly advanced $2. Soon after the husband dis covered that his wife had given the $l6 to her father, and made so much noise about it that the young lady disposed of herself by hanging. In this way the news of the robbery committed by the pawnbroker became known to the parents, and the old mother took the matter so much to heart that she poisoned herself with opium. Lastly, the pawnbroker, getting alarmed on hearing that his dishonesty had already caused two deaths drowned himself in a well. This story is very characteristic of the Chinese feelings in regard to life, and similar incidents not unfrequently occur. Some years ago, for instance, an accomplished young lady at Canton, who had been unfortunately mar ried to a coarse and stupid husband, was bewailing her fate to a party of sisters an.' female cousins, and declared her intention of committing suicide. On this the other young ladies declared that since such was married life, they would die too ; and so the whole bevy joined hands together, and walking into a fish-pond deliberately drowned themselves. Again, three men imprisoned in Hongkong gaol on a charge of piracy determined to make away with themselves rather than have the bother of a trial. At some height in the cell where they were impri soned was a small window guarded by two iron bars and the problem which these worthies had to solve was how the three of them were to be hanged on the two bars. From the positions in which they were found in the morning it would seem that the third man had assisted the two others in hanging them selves from the bars by their tails ; that then he had cut down one of them by g nawing through the tail with his teeth, and, using the dead body as a stool, to be afterwards kicked over, he had contrived to suspend himself. All this, too, was done so quietly as not to attract noticetheithe w of in w.p a d s o ent — rywho was pacing outside bene ath Gazette. LONDON GAZETTE. —Last Evening. FOREIGN;lOartla, pDpErco.v6e of M. Eduard . RoTsehuebQueenConsul leas sbeen e at Malta for the Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Lewis F. linossi as Consul at Gibraltar fur the Republic of I'eru. DEC. 4. Tho Prussian Ambassador has made known to Lord S tan l e y that in consequence of the union with the Prus sian Monarchy of tho Kingdom of Hanover, of the Elec torate of Hesse, and of the Free State of Frankfort-on the-Maine, the Consular posts of the aforesaid coun tries aro abolished and united with the Prussian Consular Service. DEC. G. BRITISH CLAIMS ON MEXICO. The following notice has boon issued from her Majesty's Consulate at Mexico to British subjects having claims on the Mexican Government : jaaNtyo,aticesaibsieheetraebays may y en to such of her Britannic Ara the Mexican Treasury, that they soon as possible, within the te of Majesty's Consulate,f!oin the present date, addressed to hor y order that they may be handed over by that otli re ce t to ,, t d h e e l Commission sitting in this Capital, in the Puente del Espiritu Santo," No. 3, and may ded between in accordance with the Convention c°llc • i n u Mexico, on the British and Mexican Governments, 1. the 26th June, 1866.—Mexico, Oct. 10, 1866 . be t e xamined DOWNING-STREET, D . E n C. ; ow 1 II Alleyne The Queen has been pleased to app Haynes, Esq., to be a Member of the of Barbadoes, and George Blanks t the Coast Settlement of the Legislative Council of E t)% s i q u . n , V ge f tab; Island on the Western Coast of Africa 1 . , MALL, DEC. 7. WAR-OFFICE, FAL Royal Regiment of Horse _ J a mes Baillie to be GuardsLieu -—Major and Brevet- Lieutenant-Colonel Duncan s ; e , jtii% i a B r e o v vv e t e - n e o L I o e n w e i l a Hugh tendt- i3 C a o i l i o li n e e , l w , b h y o p r u e t r i e r h eb a s purchase, with the rank of Williams to be Majo i r, J o the Army, vice D. J. Baillie ; Lieutenant-Colonel n Fitzgerald Rushout Rushout to be ~T i c e Williams ; Cornet Robert Steuart- L ca ie p u t t a e i n a, an b t y C p h u a r r e l h e a s Dalrymple . sarossett-Muirhead to be Lieutenant, ADMIRALTY, DEC. 5. Light Infantry —First Lieutenant Walter Royal Marine . bypurchase, to be First Lieutenant and Quartermaster, Julius . Birket vice Wroot, promoted. vice Rushout. COURSE OF EXCHANGE•--Last Evening. Short. 11 16 11 17 Amste rdam 3 Youths. 11 13 11 19* Ditto Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 40 25 4 5 Brussels Hamburg — 13 8/ 13 9 Paris Short 25 15 25 22 1 Ditt o 3 Months. 25 35 25 42 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 119/ 120 Vienna — 13 20 13 2 i l Trieste — 13 20 13 271 petersburgn Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leg h orn Milan Genoa — 27 20 27 25 Naples — 27 20 27 25 Palermo _ _ _ Messina Lisbon Oporto 5l 511 NOTES :FROM TRAINING DISTRICTS (THIS DAY). NEWMARKET. The Bury Hill was well patronised this morning, and about the earliest out at exercise was D'Es tournel, who followed Leybourno in some smart trotting and cantering, and then went a mile and a quarter gallop. Ravioli galloped about a mile, led by Seabikia. The Rake had a nice steady gallop with Friponnier of over a mile ; and Van Amburgli went for nearly a mile and a half, at a quiet pace though. The Hermit galloped a mile and a bit ; so did Knight of the Garter. Stradbrokc went betty / . than a mile, sharpish. Dragon trotted and e ar , tered, but Enchanter and Imprator had mile gallop at a fair speed. Broomielaw is leading the Hermit. Trocadero trott , J d with Gladiateur. Wild Agnes took Avl : o n , Archimage, and Honesty a mile and a quarter ; and Bonibastes led Julius, Pericles, and Flying Scud a similar gallop. Amongst the other animals in. healthy exercise were the Nailor, Apsley, Nike, La Puce, Vespasian (leading yearlings), Breadalba.ne, Blinkhoolie, King Charles, Pedagogue, Tempest, Assineboine, Beauclerk, Friday, Cecrops, Cyclone, Ettrick, Londesborough, Numa Pompilius, Guy of Warwick, Lord Brownlow, Barrington, Hippia, Janua, Jasper, Falkenstein, Cerf Volante, Long champs, Regalia, Chepstow, Argentel, Star of India, &c., &c. The Begum has left here. Charles Raynor was married to Miss Holland last Wednes day ; but we are sorry to add that though Jemmy Mann is gradually recovering, R. Cotton is seriously indisposed. A report is current here that Jemmy Grimshaw is to be married to one of Joe Saxon'4, daughters in the early part of next year. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market opens steady. Sales probably about 10,000 bales. MALTON. The weather is still unsettled, and the wolds are exceedingly heavy, but Grand Cross, Taraban., Knight of the Grove, and Wild Wind continue to gallop a mile and a quarter each favourable morn ing, led by Knight'of the Crescent. RICHMOND. Plaudit galloped a mile and a-half steadily today with Strathconan, being specially wanted for the Rowley mile encounter. Rose had a similar gallop with Newland. Plaudit's half-brother, the Proctor, progresses most satisfactorily. LAMBOURNE. Marksman was absent from the downs this morn ing; but Summertime, Birdforth, the Cordelia colt, Beanstalk, Stoekmar, Manuella, and Ornament all galloped, and went well. ILSLEY. Achievement followed Gardevisure a mile and a half at a steady pace, and Lord Lyon went the Horse Shoe Gallop. The General and Commis sioner galloped a mile and a quarter. Dunsany and Grisette were schooling the yearlings. STOCKBRIDGE. Vauban, Distin, Uncas, Fairfield, Harpenden, The Duke, Lecturer Ischia, and the rest of the Danebury horses merely trotted and cantered about this morning. Tom Brown's steeplechasers have left for Winchester, where they will be trained in future. It is said that a portion of John Day's string will be located at the Houghton stables in future, under the immediate care of Tom Day. The following appeared in our Third Edition of yester day evening : NEWMARKET. Harlock gave Lord Brownlow, the three Toxophilito colts, and the Barbatus colt out of a West Australian mare, three smart canters; and Peter Price galloped Re galia a mile and three-quarters, Chepstow a mile and a half, and Stradbroke about a mile, Barrington and the rest cantering. Mat Dawson set Julius, Aaron, and Bombastes to gallop a mile steadily, and they went uncommonly strong and free, the Flying Scud, Archimage, and Pericles also acquitting themselves well. From Gilbert's we had D'Eitournel and Ravioli, and the first-mentioned galloped so beautifully tl•at it is a great pity ho is not in the Two Thousand, for ho looks as if he was quite good enough to b 3 dangerous to the cracks therein. The Hermit showed early, and went a mile and a quarter with Knight of the Garter, Blinkboolie, and Pedagogue; Thornby, King Charles, and Tempest being this morning restricted to gentle canters. The Dragon galloped about a mile first rate, as did Eachanteur and Itnperator; Trocadero,Longehamp, and Genf Volante trotting. The Rako had several brisk canters, but did not gallop. Van Amburgh, however, galloped a mile and a quarter, Friponnier leading him. Cecrops and Friday took Guy of Warwick, Numa Pompilius, Londes borough, Ettrick, and Cyclone briskly. Hippia had a nice mile and a quarter gallop with Janus, and Jasper followed Falkenstein a similar distal:me, also quietly. Amongst tho other animals , out we noticed Gladiatour, Vespasian, Mount Palatine, Vandervelde, Star of India, Argentel, Beauclerck, Assineboine, La Puce, The Miss Erskine colt, Apsley, Honesty, Highwood, Littleport, The Arrow colt, &c. ItICHMOND. Plaudit progresses most satisfactorily. He had a beau tiful mile and a quarter spin with Strathconan to-day, and is improving rapidly in appearance. Rose and New land also galloped over a mile. Fat Bob, as usual, did a mile and a half. Most of Lord Zetland's nags are in physic. Pro c t or , Ch e l sea, and the colt out of Vi r id is dam are getting on first rate. Grand Cros s , Tarabanl , it h L e T W ON ild . Wind, and Knight of the Grov e f o ll owe d K n i g h t o f St. Mi c hael in a steady milo and a quarter gallop over Grimston Hill this morning, and the youngsters went splendidly. Knight of the Crescent did a mile and a half. Southminstor led the yearlings in their work, The Viscount in particular going on first class. Amazon and Rondinella again worked together ; and Skysail, Treasure Trove, Urania, Ploughboy, Queen Ellis, Little Treasure, Verity, Progress, Lady Zotland, Q uoen of York, Persuasion, Ilaymarket, ,to., all did a fair amount. The Langton Wolds are very heavy just now. STOCKBRIDGE. Vauban event a mile and a quarter this morning, and Distin about a mile, but Uncas only trotted and cantered, as ' did Red Eiband, Caucasus, and Fairfield. The Duke galloped a mile an d a half at a nice stead y p ace, and Bla ck -Prince, Lecturer, and Julia went a similar distance. On another portion of the downs Alfred Day had eleven work ing, Lochaber and Stolen Kisses being again amongst them. The buke of Hamilton's steeplechasers were at Wong exercise. WRECK OF THE SCOTLAND. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] NEW YORK, Dec. 6. The National Steam Navigation Company's steamer Scotland, which went ashore off Sandy Hook, has broken in two, and will prove a total loss. Wreckers have been contracted with for the salvage at the rate of 25 per cent. The Police Perjury Case. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—As this case is about to enter upon a new phase, I beg that you will kindly allow me to lay before the pub lic, through your columns, a brief explanation in respect to it. u led his oi honesty. character _ After the serious insinuations oast upon my by . the defenders of the police, it may not be improper t state that I have been known as a ratepayer in the parish o in which I now reside for about 20 years, and that I can refer with pride and satisfaction to the antecedentsof family in the same neighbourhood for very nearly my a f from considerable a a c b t le t h t a i t m o e ne a o n f d the ha i two o a lads fid employ, and tilis I cas e,i 3a it known simply him ae e f n o -rt ar y . As to my connect arose en a c cc e attempt ing burglary was in my When I heard of the charge ag, • him against I took a good deal of trouble to a • scertam the grounds for and the I i't , inquired the more ' satisfied I became that, whatever his other errors or follies • might have been, ho was perfectly guiltless of this offence. Thero appeared to be but one course open to me then, and that was to defend and pro tect him. For three months I have laboured in this mat ter with the following results—the two lads have been acquitted; one of their false accusers has been convicted of perjury, after three days' patient investigation ; the other policeman was acquitted, owing to the sudden and macx , pected production of evidence which at th 3 subsequent trial was held to be worthless. In carrying this case to its present stage I have ran dered myself liable for legal expenses to the extent of £250. Towards this the county has contributed £lO, and a few friends £45 ; leaving me still responsible for a ba lance amounting to £165. Those who approve what I have done will, perhaps, deem it a duty to contribute towards meeting the deficiency.—Your obedient servant, RAIN IVORY. 53, College-place, Camden-town, Dec. 7, 1866. IeSS 11 a ; of ord had )yal the let, ugh ing less ept, tor- vial the lace all- for Wl l5 iDg ISt' rev( the Illlf ,als. ,her lici' 00 0 16 a ge. the lair 1 ali S by ou the 0 b° ,tie- A a to aBt D O l io oie , fa ji t ' f Of ems' der' tou st 1021 I 1021 i 103 i 41 1 ~-~-: