The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-05 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.- 1 Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON. THIS EVENING, THE HUNCHBACK. Mr. T. Ssviubourne, Mr. Walter Montgomery, Mr. 11. Webb, Mr. C. Harcourt, Mr. F. Barsby, and Mr. W. M'lntyre ; Miss Helen Faucit and Mrs. Hermann Vczin. To conclude with the Comedy of KATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO. Petruchio, Mr. T. Swinbourne ; Katha rine, Miss Isabel Adams. Doors open at half-past six; performances commence at Seven o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Euckstene, THIS EVr.NING, A GAME OF t•PECULATION. Messrs. C. Ma hews, Chippendale, Kendal, Rogers, Clark, Braid. ac. ; Mesdames Filzwiiliam, Laws, Wright, Sidney. Followed by ANTONY , AIN D CLEOPATRA. Mr. Chas. Mathew:', Mr. Com s ton, Mr. tiogers, ilr C'ark, &c. ; Mes dames C Mathews, Hill, Wright, Colman. Sidney, tir.e. To coaclude with FISH OUT OF WATE R,. Mr. Compton Commence at Seven. ROYAL LYCEUM TIIENTRE.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. reenter. THIS EVENING, BRUTUS AND C.ESAR. flearade. At a Quarter before 8, the new Driona.aßoucicaulm, in Fout. r Acts, THE LO NG- STRIKE, wri tten by D The Ne Scenery by Mr. T. Greive and assistants. Messrs. S Emery, 11. Wid.licomb, Fitzpatrick, Dalton, D. Evans, Anderson, INewbound. Stanley, Lomas, Moreland, Andrews, Reynolds, and J. C. Cowper. To conclude with TWEEDLETON'S TAIL COAT. Acting Manager, Mr. U. Barnett. Stage Manager, Mr. W :West. Box-oface open daily from Ten till Five. 1,1-lEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TEETS EVENING, at Seven precisely, THE BARONET ABROAD. Aliss Roden. Atter which. at Ei;.;lit, A SISTER'S PENANCE. Miss sate Terry, Allss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt ; Mr. Herman Vezin ; Messrs. Billington, Ashley, J. A. Shaw, Stephenson, ".'burne and It. Homer. To conclude with A PAS DE FASCINATION. Miss Furtado. Miss Emily Pitt. Messrs. Eburne, Ashly, Romer, C. J. Smith. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 8, a Drama, in 4 Acts, founded on the popular tale by Charles Dickens, Esq., entitled BARNABY 11 DUE, adapted to the stage, and expressly for this Theatre, by Messrs. Watts Phillips and Vining. Characters by Mrs. John Wood, Miss Augusta Thomson, Mrs. Henry Vining, Mrs. Chas. liorsman, and Miss Katherine Rodgers; Messrs. S. Calhaem, F. Villiers, J. G. Shore, H. Forrester, Charles Housman, E. Shepherd, H. Mellon, C. 11. Fenton, W. It Chapman, Ste. liCt Ist, The Mystery ;2d, The Re pogaition ; 3d, The Riots; 4th, Caught at Last. Entirely ne Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds, and Music by Mr. Charles Hall. The Drama produced under the stage direction of lir. Vining,. 'receded by THE MISTRESS OF THE MILL. Commence at Seven. THEATRE n..er OsoLleßpN Proprietor n and ton ß i p arr Y y A 1.. THIS EVENING, FAMILY SAKS. Mr.efton Parry ; Miss C. Saunders. After Which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden, Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, ttaym nd. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. N OT ICE. —ln compliance with numerous suggestions THE GOLDEN DUnTMAN will be repeated during the week. THIS EVENING, the ORIGINAL Dramatic Adaptation of Charles Dickens's latest Work, "Our Mutual Friend," as produced by Mr. W. H. C. Nation at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, June 16, 186 ',entitled THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN, with Ne ,v Scenery and Striking Situations. Messrs. Fer nandez, Atkins, W. IL Stephens ; Mesdames F. liwynne and Nelly Nisbett. Concluding with Frank Talfourd's sparkling Burlesque of ATALANTA, with additional Rhyme to suit the Times by W. 11. C. Nation Misses Nelly .Nisbett, roily Marshall, Louise Laidlaw, and Fanny Howard; and the celebrated Children Danseuses, Misses FANNY HIGGS FLORENCE and ANNIE WRIGHT, in their lasCinating dance "'IIIE POWER OF LOVE." Box-office open daily from eleven till four. To prevent disappointment seats should be secured in ad vance. No charge tor bills or booking. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Messrs. Parselle, Belford, and G. Murray ; Misses Swanborough, Johnstone, and Hughes. After which, will be produced a Grand Burlesque of DEA FREISCHUTZ ; or, A Good Cart for a Piece. Messrs. 'Thorne, James, and Robson; Mesdames Swan borough, Raynham, Johnstone, and Hughes. To conclude with BOOTS AT TIIE SWAN. Commence at Seven. THE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught• terrace, Edgware-road, is specially appointed AGEN t' to deliver the LATE EDITIUN of "'TIE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. fie is able to deliver copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the Country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 40 miles by 9 o'clock. Orders by Post punctually attended to. T" "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G. R. GLENIE delivers the LATE EDITION at Chelsea, 7.40 ; Kilburn, 8; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30 ; Uxbridge, 9.20 ; Walford, 8.45. IHE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN." .1. HOLMES begs to inform his friends, and the public zeuerally, thai; he supplies the LATEST EDITIoN di 1211 E nUN " as soon. as published —No. 16, Hampstead r AN.W. fIIIE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied as soon as Published, containing all the CEST INEWS ana 6201 - tTING INTELLIGENCE, by 11. W. HARRIS, Newspaper Agent, 4, Blacktriars-road, London, S. ev z _ _ LONDON WEDNESi)AI, DEC, 5, 186 C. Mr. BRIGHT was in his glory last night, but it is worthy of notice that he kept carefully out of the way of the grand demonstration of Monday. Thi s is strange, if he thought as much about it as he professed he did. His speech last night was cha racterised for that exceeding bitterness of spirit to wards his political opponents which so often dis tinguishes him, and it would seem as if the longer he went on, and the more difficult he found it to get something new for the same topic, the more irritation does he display and the more fierce grows his invectives. In the first place, he addressed him self last night to the point that he had recom mended eight years ago, the adaptation of the Trades Unions to political purposes, and, accordingly, he plumes himself upon it. He found it very convenient to omit all mention of the man ner in which he had himself passed these years, during which he would have us suppose that his words have sunk deeply into the heart of the nation. How he agitated at one time, and then opposed the Conservative Reform Bill, and, moreover,: how zealously he aided Earl RUSSELL in doing another, when he forced himself into power on falsepretences. All this, however, he suppressed. The more we study Mr. BRIGHT'S speeches, and he now makes them so much shorter than he used to do, that it is easier to analyse them, the more are we struck with the oue feeling which p r edo m i na t es over every o th er i n his views of political life—a bitter class prejudice. his hatred and scorn, not to say his contempt, for all the rich and titled is something extraordinary, and he puts no curb on himself while he discourses upon such themes. lle chooses to ignore that these men, whom he regard s as outcasts and Pariahs, are Englishmen, subjects of the same Sovereign, sons of the same soil, and citizens sharing the same free institutions as those wh om he exalts so greatly. If all the -propositions of the most ex treme and extravagant Reformers were carried, we do not see how Mr. BRIGHT or any one else can discern a chance of improvement or of social rege neration, while so many of our countrymen are im bued with the sordid, selfish, and narrow feelings which he imputes to them. There is no argument in this place of his dis course ; all is sweeping condemnation and whole sale censure. This is a sentence in point—" what cau be more clear than this, that the aristocracy of land and of wealth usurp the power in both Houses of Parliament." If we are to take TEE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1866. Miss QPORTING.—JOIIN ROBERTS supplies the L - 7 LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN" as soon as pub ished. —4, Bath-street, City-road, E.C. THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every Evening, by . ALEXANDER (late BROOKS), Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendisti- itrtet, Oxford-street. FOR THE LATEST POLITICAL and SPORTING INTELLIGENCE see the Late Edition. " The Sun" at Mr. Blake's, Queen's Head, Windsor street, Uxbridge. LATEST INTELLIGENCE.- Samuel SMITE!, late of Chelsea, now of the White Dart, Acton, Middlesex, begs to inform his friends and neighbours that the Latest Ildition of "The Sun" can be eecii at his house as above. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. j'HIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 50 m. — Afternoon, lh. 12m. , To-moßnow. - morning, lh. 30m.—Afternoon, lh. 50m. Mr. BRIGHT as our guide through the intricate maze of the Parliamentary labyrinth, we should arrive at the conclusion that the representa tive system, as we have hitherto carried it on, is bad in the extreme, and that we should have been much better without it. He says, indeed, himself that the sort of Parliament we now have is safe for nothing so much as the " commission of evil," and it is not a fair " representation of the intelligence, and virtue, and the opinions of the people of the realm." All this is, however, mere matter of opinion; but the worst part of the speech is yet uncon sidered, and perhaps we do not exaggerate when we say that, taking all things into consideration, the remarks made last night by Mr. BRIGHT were the most uncalled for and the most mischievous that he has ever yet uttered. We consider it to have been an insult to the assembly he last night ad dressed for him to have told them that they would resort to extreme measures if all their demands were not granted. The intelligent and far-sighted among his audience know that they dared not do so, but if they did they would show themselves completely unworthy of the privileges they claimed and the rights they contended for. We pass over the utter ruin Mr. BRIGHT causes to his own reputation as an honest statesman and a patriotic citizen, and the injustice he renders to the Parliament and the Government, in our indignation at his presuming to consider the people of England as his puppets. He goes on as if they waited his beck and call to come forward and overwhelm the recusant and un faithful aristocracy, and a perverse and prejudiced Parliament. If he had nothing better to say than this he had better have kept silent. " And now this Parliament of landlords and of rich men, either were ignorant of or despised the great national opinion, and they resist up to this moment, and for aught I know they may possibly resist it when they meet at the beginning of next February, until the dis- content which is now so general shall become universal, and that which is now only a great exhibition of opinion may become necessarily and inevitably a great and menacing ex hibition of force." Is this the language of a well wisher to his country, who aims at establishing the rights of the people, or is it the clamour of an agitator who is wild at the thought of his political opponents doing the work which he desires to have the glory of—of a politician whose views are so narrow, and his prejudices so bitter, that he would rather suffer injustice than take good things from a class he abhors ? Mr. BRIGHT is not ignorant of the opinions that are formed of his violence ; and he thinks the time has arrived to put down such impertinent interference. Last night he came out very strong on this point. He said that " those opponents of ours, many of them in Parliament openly, and some of them secretly in the Press, charge us with being the promoters of a dangerous excitement ; they say that we are the source of the danger which threatens, and they absolutely have the effrontery to charge me with being a friend of public disorder." In the first place, we venture to suggest that if Mr. BRIGHT has a right to criticise every one, surely others have an equal right to pass judgment upon him ; and in the next, we consider the manner in which he presumes to talk of the Press as perfectly ridiculous. He is always insinuating that he has hidden foes among it, who dare not face him. He goes on, however, to say that he is " one of the people." This we deny, in the sense in which he means it. He is deficient in all those qualities which have made this country great, mad kept her glorious, and rendered the English people safe alike from the anarchy which afflicts the domi nions of tyrants, and the disorder that reigns in the councils of Republicans. In the first place, Mr. BRIGHT ignores fair-play, and next, he is unwilling to see anything good in those who differ from him. He is impatient to an extraordinary degree, and un derstands neither the magnanimity nor endurance of his countrymen. To knock down an opponent is an easy way of answering his argument, but it is a course more characteristic of an American rowdy than suited to the demeanour of an English workman. Whether we have Reform or not this next ses sion there is no occasion for revolution, and if Mr. BRIGHT thinks it clever to say otherwise he is to be pitied for his infatuation. He calls himself a wise counsellor to the people and their rulers ; but he is, on the contrary, one who takes advantage of his half-way position to misrepresent one to the other. While he denounces the one class as op pressors, he makes out the others to be ungoverned in their passions, and unrestrained in their actions. It is no exaggeration to say that no individual is so dangerous to the interests of society than one who goes about trying to make the straight crooked, and to a give a false impression of the evants that are passing around, as it seems to be Mr. BRIGHT'S ambition to be of this class. The annual Message of the PRESIDENT of the United States has this year been looked for with unusual interest ; and the matter of the speech, and the manner of its conveyance, are alike remarkable. On Monday, December 3rd, Congress was opened ; on Tuesday, December 4th, we had the summary of the Message in London. Little now remains for science to achieve in annihilating time and space, since the wonder-working wires place Washington and London completely en rapport. Whatever be the will at subsequent hist ory of the Congress of 1866, it v least have one m emorable incident associated Ni with it which will preserve its recollection in the records of science, if not of politics. Of the Message it se lf we have as yet, of course, but a mere outline ; but the first few words are all significant. " President Jomisox in his Message adheres to his former policy, and urges Congress to adopt it." So that the conjectures and rumours which have been industriously circulated as to the change or modification of the PRESIDENT'S plans are completely at fault. We have been confidently assured that, startled and disappointed by the re sult of the elections, he had resolved to accept the Constitutional Amendment proposed by the Radicals, and intended to recommend its adoption to the several Legislatures of the Southern States. There was little doubt that such a course had been actually recommended by many of his Democratic friends and advisers, who thought that if Mr. JOHNSON consented to the Amendment it would deprive the Radicals of any plea for dis affection, and would force them to fall back upon the unpopular doctrine of negro suffrage. The PRESIDENT has certainly failed to obtain that sup port from the country which he looked for, a failure which some persons ascribe to his own intemperance of conduct and language during his tour, and some to the ingenious machinations of the Radicals. He is threatened with impeachment by a party who are not too scrupulous, and who would be very glad to get him out of their way ; and he is certain, if matters do not proceed so far, to meet with constant and harassing opposition. Mr. JOHNSON, however, is not the man to be turned from the course which he has resolved upon by threats or entreaties. He firmly believes the con ciliatory policy which he has adoptel towards the Southern people to be the best calculated to restore prosperity and unity to the whole nation, and, therefore, he ifs resolved to abide by it. He d claims any desire for a renewal of his authority, - and, therefore, has no personal object to attain by concessions which he believes misplaced and dangerous. What course the Radicals will adopt remains to be seen. If they pri ovoke an open collision between the Exe cutive ant 1 the Legislature the people of North and South wit l have just reason to complain. America has before her the choice between internal prosperity and union, and the further development of her natural capacities and the marvellous energies of her people, or a renewal of those scenes of discord and desolation from which trade, and commerce, and social progress in every respect have suffered so heavily. Surely she has statesmen and legislators and councillors wise enough, and patriotic enough, to avert the danger ! With regard to foreign affairs the PRESIDENT says that " foreign nations have shown a more just consideration for the national character and rights." France has announced her intention of postponing the withdrawal of her troops from Mexico till the spring, but the States have remonstrated, and Mr. JOHNSON hopes that France will fulfil her previous engagements and withdraw at the time originally appointed. The Alabama claims are still under discussion, though the PRESIDENT hopes great things from the friendly temper of the English Government, and is anxious for an early settlement of the ques tion. The financial part of the news is satisfactory, the Treasury receipts for the year ending June exceeding the expenditure by $158,000,000. Almost simultaneously with the receipt of the telegraphic news comes the intelligence brought by the City of Boston, of some nine days earlier date. She left New York on the 24th ult., when it was reported that some prominent Radicals had held a caucus at Philadelphia, at which they drew up ar ticles of impeachment against President JourtsoN, which they intended to submit to a Republican Congressional caucus after the assembly of Con gress. There is a rumour from Montreal that despatches have been received by the Canadian Government from the Home Government hinting at the possibility of trouble with the United States, and advising increased vigilance. This statement must be accepted with reserve, for it is likely enough that parties interested in fomenting a difference be tween Engled and the United States have set it in circulation, or at least improved upon a caution re specting the Fenians. These worthies seem likely to be troublesome enough at home as well as abroad, for a last appeal for arms and money has been made from the headquarters of Fenianism in New York to assist in striking a blow in Ireland this year. England and Canada both may therefore very well employ extra exertion in discovering and frustrat- ing their plans. There aro elements of mischief at work on the Continent of America as well as in the time-worn despotisms of Europe, and it will need a clear head and a firm hand to steer the great Re public unbroken through the storms. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Tuesday Evening. The following id from the bulletin of the Mon !eur : " The Minister of War of the Kingdom of Italy, General Cugia, has just appointed a military com mission to study matters connected with the re cruitment and organisation of the army. " The Minister of Finance of the Netherlands has presented the budget for 1867, which does not differ materially from that of last year. " We have correspondence from Mogador, which states that the Mecca pilgrims have not yet re turned. The losses, the sufferings, the difficulties of the voyage, and the fear of cholera which raged in Arabia at the period of the religious fetes, so diminished the number that in 1866 only 73 pil grims embarked at Mogador, although generally they assemble in hundreds and thousands. The rebellion of the Chieks of the Orad Nourn is not yet terminated. They still demand as the condition of their submission that the privileges they formally enjoyed shall be restored to them." The Constitutionnel, in noticing the arrival of M. Bismark at Berlin, says that it will no doubt give fresh impetus to the political labours of the Cham bers. In spite of the concessions made (adds the Constitutionnel) the Opposition has not abdicated, and indeed several members of it are as. hostile to the 11inistcy as they were before the war. On Saturday a deputation from the French Demo- crats were received by M. Bigelow, at the American Legation, to present a gold medal offered by them to the widow of Abraham Lincoln. It is a beauti ful medal, struck at Geneva, artistically engraved by M. Franky Magniadas. With the medal the committee handed a letter to Mrs. Lincoln, signed by them, and couched as follows:—" Madam, — We are charged to offer you this medal which has been struck in honour of the great, honest man whose name you bear. The medal was struck by more than 40,000 French citizens, desirous to mani fest their sympathy for the American Union in the person of one of its most illustrious and the purest of its representatives. If France were possessed of the liberties which are enjoyed by the American Republic, it would not be by thousands, but by millions, who would be reckoned with us, the ad mirers of Lincoln and the partizans of opinions to which he devoted his life and consecrated by his death. Receive, madam, the homage of our pro found respect." M. Albert, who handed the letter and medal to M. Bigelow, made a speech, in which he said that the medal was as a homage to the memory of the illustrious President, and a testimony of admiration for the man who had immortalised himself in the service of the United States, and of the gratitude of the defenders of Democracy and liberty all over the world. M. Bigelow, in elo quent terms, thanked the deputation for their sympathy. The system of railway communication progresses in Switzerland as well as elsewhere. Twelve com panies work the Swiss railways at the present time. The total length of the lines conceded is 1,588,653 metres. The length cf the lines in actual operation is 1,310,716 metres. The most important lines are those of the Union Swisse, the Central, the North East, and the North West. The North East has paid 7 per cent., and the Central 6 per cent., includ ing interest and dividend. The new lines in course of construction are those of the canton of Argovie, Orm ( Fri bour - Lausanne-Berne), Jougne, in the Canton deVaud, and those for establishing commu nications over the Jura mountains. Railways im prove every year in Switzerland, and the number of travellers increases. The Turin Gazette states that Cardinal de Ville court, who is at Rome, is so dangerously ill as to preclude any hope of his recovery. The Cardinal, cashier of the wliTohweatsrbiaolrnofatLLaymoirnasn, d is e, ne t a h rly ela B t o. e Bank of Poitiers, commenced yesterday, before the Court of Assize for the department of Vinne, held at the former town. The evidence is so volumi nous that the trial will last several days. It is stated that the council for the defence, previously to enter ing upon the facts, intend to take a technical objec tion to the progress of the indictment on the ground that the prisoner was illegally arrested in Canada. The prisoner is a man of 37. He was born at Chatellerault. In England such an objection would be taken before the reading of the indictment, but yesterday the Clerk of the Court read it without any observation being made by the counsel for the prisoner. He, however, took the objection after wards. The assizes of Digne will not be held this quarter for the simple but satisfactory reason that there is no case for trial, a circumstance which has occurred several times in the department of the Basses Alpes within a few years. Destructive fires seem very frequent just now in France. There has been a fire at Elbeuf in a manufactory, and the damage is estimated at 160,000 f. Elbeuf is celebrated for its cloth manu facture. The Tribunal of Riom has decided that to call a woman a " female" is an insult punishable by fine and imprisonment. The Charivari says :—" Bismark has returned to Berlin. Flourish trumpets ! beat drums ! 'We are assured that he found in his antechamber 1,200 applicants. They are inventors, who came to sub mit to the Minister 1,200 new systems of needle guns." Dr. P. Lorin has given an account, in the Aca demy of Medicine, of a marvellous cure of cholera which took place under his direction. The patient, a stout, vigorous young man, was taken to the Hos pital St. Antoine with all the symptoms of cholera. Indeed rigidity had commenced, and the doctors said that death was imminent. In further prosecu tion of experiments which Dr. Lorin had made with rabbits, he opened a vein in one of the patient's arms and injected about four-fifths of a pound of lukewarm water. The patient, who had been in a dying state, rallied almost instantly. The pulsa tion of the heart was quicker, and before the ope ration was finished he asked for drink, and anima tion was restored. About two hours afterwards he fell asleep, and the next morning he was able to get up without assistance, and sit upon a chair. Within a week afterwards he left the hospital perfectly cured. Perhaps, after all, Dr. Sangrado was not quite wrong in recommending his hot-water system. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ROME AND ITALY. FLORENCE, Dec. 5 The Gazetta di Firenze announces that Signor Vegezzi has declined to undertake the projected mission to Rome on account of ill health, and that the Italian Government have entrusted the mission to Signor Okello, Councillor of State, and Advocate Maurizio, who has held the post of secretary to Signor Vegezzi. THE CANDIAN INSURRECTION. CONSTANTINOPLE, NOY. 26. The latest private advices received here report a defeat of the Imperial troops in Crete. The Tur kish Government are despatching frest reinforce ments of troops to the island. No new cases of cholera have occurred in this capital. BERLIN, Dec. 5. The Spenersche Zeitung of to-day says :—" We learn that the ex-King of Hanover has yielded to the representations of England, and released the officers of the former Hanoverian Army from their oath of allegiance." AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. The Inman steamer City of Boston, from New York on the 24th ult., arrived at Queenstown at 7.20 p.m. yesterday (Dec. 4), with 322 passengers and $61,500 in specie. She landed 64 passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 7.45 p.n. ARRIVAL OF THE SAXONIA. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 5. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Saxonia, from New York on the 24th ult., has arrived here with 98 passengers for this port, llavre, and Hamburg ; $184,469 in specie for England, $227,552 in specie for France, $2,000 for Hamburg, 1,100 tons of cargo, and 19 bags of mails. On the 2d inst. she spoke the steamer Bavaria bound west, and the English schooner Willy, from Prince Edwards Island, steering east ; on the 4th the Hamburg bark Altmark, off Start Point, bound west. The Saxonia was detained in the West Channel owing to a heavy south-westerly gale and thick weather. INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN MAILS. MARSEILLES, Dec. 4. The Messageries Imperiales steamer Peluse arrived here to-day, at 3.45 p.m., with the home ward mails. She has on board 139 passengers and 3,900 packages of merchandise. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENOIT. (Before the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Specia: Jury.) THE QUEEN V. HALL. This case, which arose out of the extraordinary pro ceedings connected with Madame Valentine, was set down for hearing this morning. The jury having been sworn separately for the prosecu tion, the criminal, the defendant, who was brought up in custody of one of the officers of the court, was placed in front of the bar. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., said that ho appeared on behalf of defendant,who had surrendered himself to the jurisdiction of the court, to meet the charges preferred against him, and the attorney of Madam Valentine had been duly informed that his (Mr. Coleridge's) client would appear to-day. Tho jury, under the direction of his lordship, found a verdict for the defendant. There wore two other charges of misdemeanour agains tha defendant, but in those cases also there was no prose. cution, and the defendant was accordingly acquitted. FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 5. this Cre m te or b n as ing terminated, but nativeThesays :--,‘The adventurers from all nations, partly recruited in insurrectionilfoni t e ro f n Greece and partly from among members of Gari baldian bands, have imported fresh elements of agitation into Candia. These adventurers have established themselves in positions in the mountain ous districts, and carry on a guerrilla warfare against the Turkish troops. It is to be hoped that the fereign bands will relinquish a struggle the issue of which cannot be doubtful, and that the Ottoman authorities will continue the system of moderation which they have hitherto pursued. The Moniteur also says Orders have been given in the military ports to make all necessary preparations for the return of the troops from Mexico. No trustworthy intelligence has been re ceived from Mexico later than the advices brought by the Seine. The Emperor Maximilian was at Orizaba on the Ist Nov., and up to that date had given no indication of his future intentions. Gen. Sedgwick intended to occupy Matamoras, but was prevented from so doing and censured by - General ' Sheridan. The action of the latter was approved by President Johnson." BOURSE, Dec. 4.—Two o'clock.—There is a lull in all transactions. The market is unimportant, as is usually the case on the day following the settle ment ; agents and spectators are busy with their ac counts. Quotations, with few exceptions, indicate no change. French Threes and Italian Fives have varied in opposite directions ; the former having declined 10c. —to 691. 62ic., whilst the latter have advanced 10c. --to 56f. 35c. Credit Mobilier have declined 3f. (taking the deport into account)—to 585 f., and Comptoir d'Escompte 4f. 55c. (on the same calculation)—to 870 f. Railway Shares are quoted merely nominal, Austrian and Lombard are each 3fr. lower--at 408 f. 75c. and 390 f. Three o'Clock.—The market has closed dull, with the following quotations: 4i per Cent 5......... 97 90 Do. end month -- 3 per Cents. 69 70 Do. end month 69 65 _ _ Bank Shares 3610 Italian Loan 56 45 Do. end month 56 40 Mexican Loan Credit Mobilier ... 586 25 Do. end month ... 582 50 Bonds Spanish Threes — Home Debt Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1382 50 Deferred - AlrB. __. . For Account. Orleans Northern llB7 50 Lyons and Mediterranean 9OO Southern 582 50 Western 567 50 Eastern Sardinian. — Austrian Lombard 3BB 75 North of Spain — S aragosea l4O Ditto to Barcelona Roman. 65 - PROFESSOR MAURICE'S INAUGURAL LECTURE AT CAMBRIDGE. —The inaugural lecture of the Rev. Professor Fred. Denison Maurice, the recently-elected Professor of Moral Theology or Cauistry, was delivered yesterday in the Senate House, Cambridge, which was literally cram -1 med. On the floor the whole of the resident university men were represented by the vice-chancellor, professors, heads of houses, and all who, as members of the senate, exercised their privilege on this occasion. The galleries were crowded by undergraduates, and the highest compli ment was paid to the professor by the absence of noise or interruption. ROSE V. KITCHEN. In this caso the plaintiff brought an action for damages for false imprisonment. There was a similar action, " Spotty v. Kitchen," tried yesterday, and both cases arose out of the same transaction. It appeared that the parties resided at Broadwall-on-the-Sea, in Essex, and that Spotty had sold Rose a boat. The defendant, revenue officer, charged them with having felonious possession of some rigging, the property of Government, and they were both in custody from Saturday until Tuesday, when they were discharged by the magistrate. The jury yesterday found a verdict for Spetty, and to-day awarded £2O to Kitchen, the ver dict in both cases being subject to the opinion of the court above. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before Chief Baron Kelly and a Special Jury.) SETCHWORTH V. LORD RANELAGII. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover the sum of £94 from the defendant for work and labour done. The plaintiff stated that he was engaged to act as an ►gent for Viscount Ranelagh on the occasion of him lord ship becoming a candidate for a seat in Parliament for Middlesex, and he went to work with the greatest as siduity. His name appeared on the electioneering posters as Lord Ranelagh's agent, and ho acted during the whole of the time he was so engaged in that capacity.. Although ho had no understanding that his lordshtp was to pay his ex penses, ho believed that ho was engaged to act for him in a bona fide manner. At the conclusion of his services ho sent in his bill for payment, and then it was that his ap pointment as agent was called in question. The defendant denied his liability, and refused to pay the expenses he had incurred on his behalf. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount claimed. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) COOKS AT CLUB-HOUSES -MOORE V. PAP WORTH. This was an action brought by the proprietor of the " Baltic" against his late chief cook, to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by defendant's leaving the service without giving due and proper notice. Mr. Jones appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Thomas Beard representing defendant. The plaintiff said that defendant had been in his service as chief cook, at a salary of 455. per week. Ife left without giving duo notice, and plaintiff was put to considerablo trouble and expense before he could find a substitute. In cross-examination plaintiff said that he employed a large number of hands, and in order to enforce regularity he was compelled to have a system of fining those who did not attend in proper time. The defendant kept very bad time after the second week. Mr. Beard called his client, who deposed that he gave the plaintiff notice that he should leave. Ho could not submit to the system of fines. Plaintiff called a witness, who said that Papworth did give notice, but after ho had given it he came back and said, "I shall not come in the morning." _ _ His Honour—ls it customary for cooks to give a week's notice ? Plaintiff—lt is. Defendant—He sends away his servants at a moment's notice. His Honour ruled that defendant had quitted the ser vice without giving such a notice as that to which the plaintiff was entitled, and, therefore, the plaintiff would have a verdict for damages claimed. Verdict for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. 130 W-S TREET. ROBBERY AT DRBRY-LANE THEATRE.—John Carter and Mary Carter were placed at the bar, charged with stealing a cloak. From the evidence of the superintendent of the cloak department of the theatre, it appeared that, in con sequence of a number of robberies having been committed in various parts of the theatre, the lessee had determined, if possible, to discover the thieves, and additional police officers had been placed in various parts of the house. Last night the prisoner was observed leaving the theatre, and banging some inches beneath his light over coat a portion of some other garment was observed by the wit ness. Suspecting the prisoner had stolen something from the balcony, he directed the attention. of the police to the circumstance, and ho was followed outside the theatre, where the female prisoner joined him. Ho was then taken into custody, and, on searching him, the garment ho had concealed beneath his coat was discovered to be a lady's cloak, which, on inquiry, it was found had been . stolen from a young lady from Leeds. The prisoner on boing taking into custody said the cloak be longed to his wife, the female prisoner, and she also said the article was hers. The constable asked her to describe the property, when she said it was a black cloth cloak without trimming ; but the description did not agree with the article in question, which was a brown sealskin cloak and fully trimmed. The female prisoner was discharged, but the man was remanded for a week, in order, as he refused to give his address, that the police might have an opportunity of making inquiries relative to him. THAMES. ROBBERY IN THE EAST INDIA DOCK.—William Brown, 27 years of age, labourer, with no fixed abode, was brought before ➢ir. Paget, charged with stealing a file, a gouge, an auger, and a chisel. Thomas Cook, dock constable, said ho stopped the pri soner as ho was leaving the dock, and, on searching him, found the four tools in his stockings. Mr. Paget—The stockings on his legs? Cook—Yes, sir. The prisoner said that a carpenter gave him the tools to carry out of the dock. I believe they have been stolen out of a carpenter's tool-chest on board ship. The prisoner had no defence to make or any account to give relating to his possession of the tools, and Mr. Paget sentenced him to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. A DESPERATE WOMAN. — Catherine Shine, alias Sheehan, an Irish woman, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with breaking the head of her countryman, James Buck ley, of No. 24, Dunn's-buildings, Mile-end-road. The complainant, whose broken head was bandaged, and who had lost a good deal of blood, said that the prisoner was his wife's sister, and a very intemperate and violent woman. She came to his house intoxicated yesterday morning, made a disturbance, and tore up a child's petti coat. Last night, in consequence of what his wife said, he went for a police-constable, and upon his return to his own door he saw the prisoner, who was very drunk and riotous. He got her away from his house, and she wont into another one, brought out a pair of tongs and struck him on the head with it. His head was cut open ; it was a frightful gash, and he lost a large quan tity of blood. The complainant, in cross-examination by the prisoner, vehemently denied that he had called her any names what ever, and she as vehemently asserted he had called her foul names. Other evidence was given in confirmation of tho first witness. There was blood on a pair of tongs produced by a police• constable named Dovo, and the magistrate being satisfied that whatever provocation might have been given the prisoner had committed a very savage and atro cious assault, sentenced her to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two calendar months. WESTMINSTER. POLICE NOTIONS OP MATRIMONIAL PRIVILEGES.—John Cogan, a tall, powerful young man, was charged with being drunk and disorderly. Police -constable 335 B said that last night be heard a disturbance at a public-house, near Coburg-row, and on going there found the defendant and a woman. As witness approached defendant rushed at the woman and struck her in the face. Then ho endeavoured again to persuade the defendant to go home, but he would not. Mr. Arnold—Did it not suggest itself to you when you saw this man assault a woman that it was your duty to take him into custody ? Constable—lt was his wife. Mi. Arnold—His wife? What has that to do with it? This is an extraordinary police notion. It seems to be supposed that if a woman is married she has a right to be knocked about as long as any brutal husband pleases. It was your duty to take this man into custody when ycu saw him commit an assault in your presence, and to pre vent a further breach of the peace. It is most absurd to suppose that a man has a right to boat his wife with im punity, and I am astonished that you should have refrained from doing your duty. The Constable went on to state that finding ho could not get rid of defendant, he locked him up. Defendant said he came home, and missing his wife went to a public-house and found her drinking. Mr. Arnold—l suppose you thought that very bad ? Defendant—Certainly. Mr. Arnold—So in order to teach her that she was act ing very improperly you got drunk yourself, and while in that state considered you were entitled to administer cor rection in the shape of a beating ? Defendant—l don't know that I beat her much. Mr. Arnold—Beat her much! You are fined 40s. or committed for a month, and you will enter into recog thalweg t 9 keep the peace to your w4O DA9l2thfi. - 14z4.• ; 0, 344;v: • -- ;,‘!-• *4.47 t.yo a tt-:: • 'LQnrt Oa; 2 , v e. HER MATESTY, &C. WINDSOR CASTLE, Tuesday. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Louise, drove out in a carriage and four yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, with their Royal Highnesses Princess Christian and the Princess Teck, drove out this morning. Princess Beatrice also went out. His Royal Highness Prince Henry, second. son of their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia, and grandson of the Queen, has arrived on a visit to her Majesty, and will remain in England with the Queen for the winter. his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, attended by Lieut. Haig, arrived at the Castle yester day. His Serene Highness and her Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Teck also arrived, and dined with the Queen and the Royal Family. Her Majesty's private band played in the drawing room after dinner before the Royal Family-, where the Ladies and Gentlemen-in-Waiting had the honour of joining the Royal Family. The Dean of Windsor and the Hon. Mrs. Welles ley were honoured with invitations. The band played the following selection of music, under the direction of Mr. G. Anderson : Overture, "Los Chaperone Blanes" Auber. Selection, " Faust" Gounod. Coro, "11 Crociato'' Meyerbeor Airs de Ballet, " Stradella" Flotow. Selection, " Athalie" Mendelssohn. Marsch -- - The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Christian, the Prince of Teck, and Count Gleichen went outshoot ing, attended by Major-General F. 11. Seymour. Lord Bagot, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. C. H. Lindsay, and Major-General F. 11. Seymour have succeeded Lord Crofton, the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, and Lord Alfred Paget as Lord, Groom, and Equerry in Waiting. His Royal Highness the Prince of Waies is expected to arrive from the Continent on Friday night or early on Saturday morning. His royal highness will leave for Sandringham on Saturday. The Prince and Princess de Teck left Windsor Castle for Kew yesterday, at the conclusion of their visit to the Queen and royal family. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have left town for Chatsworth, on a visit to the Duke of Devonshire, The Earl of Clonmell has arrived i n L on d on roti - i Paris. • The Countess of Airlie has arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Scotland. Lord and Lady Londesborough will receive :a distinguished party next week at Grimston, near Tad caster. Lord John Hay left town on Monday on a visit o the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth. Mr. and Lady Isabella Stewart have arrived at 42, Upper Grosvonor-stroet, from Ards, county Donegal. The death is announced of Lady Davenport, widow of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Sainsbury Davenport, C. 8., who died in 1845. Her ladyship was the daughter of Mr. William Davenport, of Bramhall. We have to announce the death of Baroness Ferdinand de Rothschild, who died at half-past twelve yes terday afternoon at her residence on the Terrace, Picca dilly. The lamented baroness died in childbed. Tho Baroness de Rothschild was with her daughter at her de cease. The late Baroness Ferdinand de Rothschild was married to her husband in April last year. MISS RUSSELL.—Our readers will be sorry to learn that Miss Russell, the prima donna of the Oxford, is seriously indisposed, and we are afraid it will be some time before this lady is enabled to resume her professional duties. The loss of this magnificent soprana will be severely felt in the hitherto unrivalled selections produced at the Oxford, under the direction of Mr. Jongmans ; and we feel certain that a hearty welcome from the patrons of this establishment will await her return to the stage. We understand that his Excellency Mr. Edward John Eyre, late governor of this island, is engaged in writing a " History of the Jamaica insurrection," and that a list has been opened at the establishment of Messrs. M. De Cordova, M'Dougall, and Co., of this city, for tho reception of subscribers' names.—Jamaica Gleaner. BREAKFAST TO THE ItiEFORM DELEGATES.—Yes terday morning about fifty delegates who came from various parts of England to be present at the Reform demonstration were entertained at breakfast at St. James's Hall. Mr. Potter said the meeting was arranged to enable the delegates to give expression to their opinions as to the proceedings of the previous day. He thought they would be satisfied. (Cheers.) Judging from the newspaper re ports, the management of the procession had given great satisfaction, the only complaint being that the numbers had not been so great as was expected. Ho felt, however, it was a most important and imposing d emons t ra ti on . Mr. Alderman Carter pointed out that ho knew instances in which persons were kept away from Beaufort House by the inclemency of the weather, and that accounted in a large degree for the comparative smallness of the procession. Alderman Laney (of Dublin) referred to demonstrations in the time of O'Connell, none of which he said were so im posing or important as that of the previous day. After some discussion, Mr. Price, of Manchester, moved a reso- lution thanking the Working Men's Trades' Association of London for the demonstration, and fur their reception of the delegates that day. The compliment was acknow ledged by Mr. Potter, and the proceedings terminated. Mr. H. A. BRUCE AT MERTIIIII.—On Monday Mr. H. A. Bruce addressed a meeting of the electors and non-electors of Merthyr. The right hon. gentleman re viewed the principal political events of the year, and dwelt at some length on the question of Parliamentary Reform. He observed that there seemed to be, and he hoped that there was, a growing desire for the extension of the suf . _ _ frage, and that the present Ministry would, therefore, have to introduce a Reform Bill into Parliament, or else there would be a trial of strength in the House of Commons, to be followed by an appeal to the country. If the Ministers introduced a Reform Bill ; they would have many advan tages which the Liberal Ministry had not, and if their measure was a fair one it would meet with the support of a large portion of the Liberal party, who were anxious to see the question settled, at least for a time. To propose anything but a fair measure would be worse than bringing for ward none at all. SIGNOR VEGEZZI'S MISSION.—The Opinione of the Ist says :—" Signor Vegezzi, after conferences with the Ministers on the subject of the renewal of negotiations with Rome, has returned to Turin on urgent business. He has neither accepted nor refused the offer made to him to go to Rome on a mission, but it is believed that, allowing considerations of public interest to prevail over personal considerations, he will accede to the invitation of the Go vernment. In that case he will be back in Florence in a few clays." THE TELEGRAPH TO AUSTRALIA.—We are now within 20 days' communication with London, and it is ap parent on the face of things that before many years elapse we shall reckon the time, not by days, but by hours. Cape York will soon be connected with the system of telegraph which now joins Brisbane to Sydney, Melbourne, and Ade laide ; and it would be as easy to deny the communica tion which does exist as to doubt that ere long a tele graphic cable will unite the northern coasts of Australia with the wires which already stretch out between Batavia and Singapore, and which will speedily place the latter port in direct communication with England.—Melbourne Argus. THE INUNDATION FUND.—A benefit in aid of the Manchester and Salford Inundation Fund took place at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, the other evening, under the patronage of the Mayors of Manchester and Salford. Tho performances consisted of Lord Lytton's play of "Richelieu," the character of the Cardinal being admirably portrayed by Mr. Clarance Holt, whose reception wasmost enthusiastic. Mrs. C. Holt was much applauded as Julio de Mortemar. The part of Francois was played with great grace and spirit by Miss May Holt. Messrs. Everill, Righton, and Ward contributed to the success of the piece. The afterpiece was Mr. Mark Lemon's burletta, " The Ladies' Club." Wo aro glad to know that the charity benefited largely by the performance, the entire proceeds without deduction having been handed over to the fund for the relief of the sufferers from the recent disastrous inundations. OVEREND, GURNEY, AND Co.'s ESTATES.—Some little curiosity has been evinced by capitalists and others with reference to the Surrey estates lately sold by the liquidators, and we have gathered what we believe to be the actual facts, showing very high prices and largo profits on the original outlay. The Nutfield property fetched nearly £150,000. The mansion and park, with Little Cormongers, about 162 acres, was bought by Mr. Jas. Watney, of Haling-park, for £40,500, with the timber at a valuation. Tho Holmesdale property, about 50 acres, with the houses and stabling, fetched £19,500, the timber to be at a valuation. Court Lodge, nine acres and a house, fetched £5,500 ; two farms fetched £12,600 ; Court Lodge Farm and Fuller's Earth Works, and others, in all 148 acres, sold for £15,000. Tho whole of these lots were bought by Mr. Pattison, the Actuary to the Commercial Union Fire and Life Insurance Company. The cottage property sold well to local purchasers. The model farm fetched upwards of £20,000,; and was bought by Mr. • Ldwarde, NrOitt MARKET AND COMMEROIEL.L INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. To-day the Discount Market has been very easy, at the same rates. At the Bank of England yesterday there was 3 withdrawal of 10,000 sovereigns for Alexandria. The Egyptian Commercial and Trading Cow' pany, Limited, have announced that the third ordi nary general meeting of shareholders will be held on the 31st instant, and that, in addition to the ordinary business, a resolution will be p r oposed authorising the council to return to and divide rateably among such of the shareholders as hav e paid: i the amount:of the call of per share, made on the 17th May, 1866. The public sales of colonial wool during the past week have continued to progress, with a fair amount of animation. Superior descriptions of Australia have generally maintained the rates established at the opening of the series, but Cape of Good Hope produce has, in some instances, sold at a slight decline, consequent upon the large quantity offered. The sales are expected to close on the 10th inst. The half-yearly meeting was held to-day of the Bahia Steam Navigation Company. The accounts presented showed that the traffic receipts for the six months ending 30th June last, exclusive of sub sidies, had exceeded the expenditure by £2,421. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have declined f, to 56 57, but the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds remain steady at 41 41k. The following notification had been issued PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO3I - STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH BO W° VIA EGYPT. The directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Na' vigation Company have arranged to run two steamer every month between Bombay and Suez, as an experimental line, in addition to the existing fortnightly mail service, thus increasing the communication with Bombay to four times a month. Those extra steamers will ma to and from Stles in eonjunction with the Calcutta, China, and Australian mail packets in the Mediterranean. The first departure will take place by the steamer of the 20th Jan. from South ampton, and on the 28th Jan. from Marseilles, and the de partures and arrivals will continue until further notice, in regular order, in correspondence wi t h th e C a l cu tt a mails., The capital account of the company now exceeds the value of paid-up shares and debentures issued, by no less a sum than £22,047 15s. 6d., which bas been entirely paid out of revenue. In addition to the above sum paid out of revenue to capital account , there has been divided amongst the shareholder s during the four years ending June, 1866, the 0 0 of £22,769 14s. 3d. in payment of various dividends declared from June, 1862, to this date. At a meeting, held to-day, of the African Steam Ship Company, the report stated that in making ll l 3 the accounts the directors have discharged all the expenses of navigating and maintaining the ships, the cost of insurance and repairs, and have mad e the authorised rese rve f or d eprec i a ti on. Th e B o ard recommend the payment of the usual dividend of Bs. per share, free of income tax, for the half-yea r ending 31st October last. Two o'CLoCK• Several transactions have taken place in Consol 4 to-day, and their effect upon the market has been a decline of per cent., the latest prices being 88+ -a, less dividend, for money and to-morrow and 88 for January. The prevailing dullness is principally caused by the timidity of the investing and speculative classes. Every confidence is es pressed in the situaiion of home politics under the present Administration, and the spirit of Fenianisin is negatived by the amicable policy of the United States Government towards this country. Nesc Threes and Reduced are steady ; East India Stock is marked 215 ; ditto s.per Cents., 1031 ; Enfaeed Fives, 101; and 4 per Cent. Bonds, £l,OOO, and under 20s. prem. To-day there has been less activity in the marke t for Foreign Stocks, and, in most cases, there has been an improvement. The Russian Loan Scrip remains very firm a t 1 1 1-8 premium, and the inclination is to purchase rather than to sell on speculative account. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain very in active, without, however, any material change ill values. American Securities are firm. United States 5-20 Bonds are 703 : I-, an advance of 3 - ; Illinois at 774 4 7 an advance of I ; and Erie Shares 46} 47. Mexican Bonds are steady at 18f I ; ditto NO , at 131;1 ; Turkish Fives have advanced k to 32i 1' Greek 1, to 131 14 ; Spanish Passive, 4, to 201 ; the Certificates, to 134 ; and Italian, to 551 1. The business officially recorded is Brazilia n 5 per ,Cents., 94 ; ditto, 1865, 68f 69 ; EgyPti al ; 7 per Cents, 1864, 83f ; ditto £lOO Bonds, 83 * 841 ; ditto Governmental Railway Debentures, 8 4 1/ 85, 83, 841; Moorish 5 per Cents., 93 ; Peruvian 5 per Cents., 1865, 691 ; Russian 3 per Cents. , 1859,1521; ditto 5 per Cents., 1862, 861 851 ; nn j Venezuelan 6 per Cents., 1864, 271. Business in the Railway Share Market has mained very quiet, and in a few instances prices exhibit a further slight decline. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and Midland have each de clined 1; and Great Western and North Western, each f. Bank shares are neglected. London Joint-stockt however, have improved to 41i Anglo-Austri a° are marked 61 ; New South Wales, 44k Union of London, 44. Miscellaneous and finance shares remain ex ceedingly dull, and the little business transact' has been at about previous rates. Anglo-Americ a ' Telegraph have improved to 1411 15, and Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cents. to 72i; Egyptian Trading Company are steady at 4# ; National Disco -lII' Company, at 14a ; and Universal Marine Insur ance Company, at 2 .. MINING MARKET. WEDNESDAY, Two o'Clook• Annexed is a report from the New Tamer Silver Lead Mine :—The lode iu the ten driving south 10 improved in character, the ore in the same hav ing become more concentrated, and the leaders conse quently more solid. It is at present worth 8 0 ' of rich silver lead ore per fathom. In the present end it is from lift. to 2ft. wide. l'r el t , week I propose putting two men to ra ise and stop in back of its level, as by t hiS means we shall be enabled to form a communica tion with the deep ladit, and consequently ventilate the whole of the mine. We should also at the san e time raise some very good silver-lead ore, and the° be in a position to go into the market with a ge °6l , parcel of the same in a ‘ very short time. About Sv fathoms south of the present end we have sunk a 0 a depth of 30 fathoms, on the back of its lode from which we have raised some beautiful stones of white and blue lead. The character of the 1 0d° is very good, and from the indicators seen at this point there can be no doubt but that at a fair depth we shall meet with good deposits of silver-lead ore' British Mining Shares on the Stock Exchaog ° remained very inactive, the only business officially marked being in Marke Valley at 3i. The Foreign and Colonial adventures were also dull. Cobre copper were marked -11-, and St. efe hil del Rey 51i g. The subjoined report is from the captain of t he North Downs Mine, December 3 I am nOW u t from underground. lam glad to say the 40 on the South Lode is looking better, worth two too° of good ore per fathom. The slope in the bottoni of this level is also looking better." Annexed is a report from the Prince of iif3l e 0 `Y al Mine :—Thc cross-cut north at the 55 is now 'll feet in favourable ground, and letting out rotic.„, water, which indicates that we are not far fre 'l a lode. The cross-cut south at the same le ° , is now in 22i fathoms, in a very eongeo i r o killas for copper ore, showing iron in tli© joints very similar to what we have around the cours of ore in the level above, and most of 0, sh oul d water in the mine is coming from this end, sh o the lode continue in the same dip to the 55 as shoW t in the 45, and we think it will. We expect to the lode by Christmas, and from present in dicatio ! we have every reason to believe good cours of will be met with. In the 45 W. the lode is 'l f ~ wide, of a very promising character wor th At leas atan c , t ha ve and t' touch 4rg eui Allstri; ara z u Do. %I gia "'ltch D o. • tljia D o. Do. ..0.1.. Week With Shall cetirs eery Will / Prid a riese our r busi❑ valu e differ tress offer ( Prices meut a vei hold e . Estto•st 13 108 It 4; No of Wa durr oN ton , 6i Ed 2os