The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-14 00:00:00

ItiONEY ISARKET ANT• COMMERC LAI INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The discount market presents rather an active appearance. There is a very large demand for dis count accommodation, owing, no doubt, to the considerable number of bills recently held over be ing now brought out for negociation. The sup * of capital, however, is abundant for all re quirements, and the rates for the best bills are firm *1 5 i per cent. The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday compris e d an i nflux of 44,0001. in bar gold, and a wi thdrawal of 15,000 sovereigns for Smyrna. There was no material alteration in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. Since Monday last the imports of specie have ainlounted to 506,2001., and the imports to 444,0001. , At a meeti ng o f th e N at i ona l B an k o f Austra lasia, h e ld at Melbourne on Ist November last, the -half-yearly report was adopted, showing an available balance of 30,3871., w hi c h was appropr i ate d as fol io`" :---To dividend at rate of 10 per cent. per ann um, 20,000/. ; t o reserve f un d ( now i ncrease d to 45, ° 00 0, 9,000/. ; to balance carried forward, 1,387/. Two o'CLocK. The Stock Exchange markets have closed very steadily, but with a quiet appearance, speculators, as usual on Saturday, showing little inclination to el!g age in fresh tr an sactions. They nevertheless t4tlll appear to entertain a favourable opinion with l 'egarcl to the future tendencies of values, owing to bluuetary prospects and the absence of any political :uietude. At th e same ti me , h owever , th e in r 18qd uction of new lo ans an d com p an ies is c o nside re d ely to divert attention from all established in :es,tlP-eute. Consols are firm at 8/ 90 for money, 11 s ' l3 90 i for the account. Iu the Forei gn M ar k e t the r e has not been much g lisl uees, but p r i ces h ave te n ded upwards. Turkish 6 Per Cents., 1862, are 70i 71 ; do. Consolides, 1; Mexican, 271 281; do. New, 261 ; Greek, 4i I ; Spanish Passive, 321 33 ; do. Certificates, ; Italian, 641 1 ; the Confederate Loan, 56 ; the Egyptian, 11 1; the Danubian, 13r era• ; and the Montevidean, 2 prem. In the Railway Share Market business has been inactive, and prices have, in most instances, shown e 8 firmness. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull, Without any material change in values. City of lan Improvements shares are 21 prem. BRITISH F UNDS —CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols . . 9O 894 89i• Do. Account, Feb. i • 90f 8 per Cent. Reduced ............. New 2 3 per Cent ... . .... :: . : 894 9 ▪ 89 4 9 New 4 per Cent. Jai .. 4 . 189 . ....... Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — , Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — •totchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 7. — Do. £5OO B an k £lOO and £2OO — 00 . Account of England Stock, 54 per Cent 242 Ihlllytno GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ..,( lan Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 212 1)-1,0 Account 103 i I 4 ,-,°. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 ,4-'0• Account -,',.-',O. 4 per Cent. Oct. Oct. 1888 D o -.V.10. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent —l3. 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 ___ D ° per 5 4 Per Cent., 981 May 1879 1)0 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 ~ O. 1300 4, £l,OOO — Pm under £l,OOO Aust • F OR EIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilianpo 5 Bond ; 5 per Cent Pa per Cent 834 • 4 D oper Cent 1852-58-60 834 ~ 1863 tllen • °S Ayres 6 per Cent ~_,01,41 6 per Cent 'el_ I ' l l' i arl 6 per Cent. Cubs .- per Cent. * Do Danish Per Cent., 1864 3 per Cent., 1825 — D° 4 , Per Cent., 1863 Da l , .? Per Cent., 1773=77, £25 paid — D o libian Pr incipalities --- dis a" .z 1.5 paid . ................ .......... .......... Cent . 1),., , 1 , oew Consolidated, J. per • • e , ,,,i,_ lir yisional Land Warrant 98i 6!'.a7 per Cent D e 0). ,Secnd Issue 984 9 ~0 Bonds 951 4 4 o:e c • 1864 Pm pc..-4elP, £35 paid 11 pm Gre e k 6 oluit Coupons Do. •Atelft Cents , 1824-5, ex Coup 241 i Do. 0 0 °llll t • .t ) ~ 'Tol ls Gate ° A ccount xc ak , r Do. 18 ' '' Per Cent. It a l ia , 39 and 1850 k w 0 '-' per Cent (Maremmana Railway) r , 'eat 3 per Cent. 2B •uo Account 2B . i ., r k , 1864 264 i i ...., 0 6 Do per Cent. Anglo-French dis D 0 Frenchs3 paid. dis b . 0 Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c -fiforttevidean 5 - _ . Ato or i..., ~ per Cent., £l5 paid li- e _ .9 imperial 5 per Cent -Do 2 per Cent — ne Deferred Do Land Warrant s (H ec t ares ) 61 —. Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April, 1864 — L ., Do do Aug., 1856 — 4 ernvian 41 per Cent. Do 3 per Cent. (tiribarren) Do 4i per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account -- Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do Account 47 Russian 5 per C en t., 1822, £ St., Do 4 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 ~, p, S ardinian SDo Scri £65 per C ent paid pm Pz "Va,, Do Account 791 nish 3 per Cent Do Account 4B Do New Deferred — 10 0 Passive — ( c D a ne"Nsh Cert. of Coup not funded — e. Do Account — 4Q6,vvedish 4 per Cent. — 4. nrkash 6 per Cent. 1854 — B 0 Account 9O Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account 721 Bo £ l OO Bonds Bo Do 6 per Cent. 1862 70 1 701 Account i Do £lOO Bonds 7l Do 6 'Ni per Cent. 18d3 — B 0 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent ✓e nezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 Do. Account - 47/ Do. 6 per Cent., 1864 43 2 Do. %per Cent. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ividends on the above payable in London. Austrian 'i 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent E. 25f. Dutch 21 pe r Cent. 12 Guil •••••••••••• Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates *********** French Rentes, 3 per Cent. ****************** .... —. Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f....... .. — Do. Account 4 I T IVO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B9* 90 Do. Account THE CONVICT REDPATH.—The Perth Inquirer (Western Australia) of the 28th September, reports that the notorious Redpath, who for a length of time has enjoyed a ticket-of-leave, has been returned to th e convict establishment for twelve months,and he in e°4Bequence of insolenc e t o th e R ev. Mr. Bostock , rie4l Y deserves th e p un i s h ment. This fellow, who is con- Nta ntly ref erre d to i n all discussions relative to the convict is'stem in Western Australia, as having been treated with .d Alndue leniency, seems never to have fully appreciate 1 , is proper position, but has behaved in all respects as if he Were Past a free m an o f un b lem i shed character, without a to deplore or a future to achieve. The ca.to which tresulted in his panishment was a very flagrant one. Mr. w st °ek had interested himself in the formation of the orking Men's Ass oc i a ti on at Freemantle, of which society ' w as presid ent, and it was in connection with its affairs niat th e circ umstances arose whi c h eventually led to the 3ne s l'eceipt by th e reverend gentleman of a highly insulting rsident s age from R e d path, who was one of the members. The e magistr a t e at Freemantle recommended that some 1 14.tice sho u ld be taken of the matter, and his recommenda -1'3?1 'Was backed by the C omptroller-General, the result u eleg th a t t h e Governor ordered Redpath's return to the Penal establishment for one year as a hard-labour prisoner. , POISONOUS HERBAGE. —Specimens have been Drought to Sydney of the poisonous bush that has proved 6) de structive to sheep passing through the desert to the Korth ' Messrs. Devlin and Simspson lost no less than 2,200 li)birto,etetPyires.ihnrhehaing this bush. Mr. Devlin describes it as a about 4ft. high with a bright scarlet pea dud it The botanical name is Gastrolobium Grandifiorum, '''''.l it i ' ? " fi mt discovered by Btliart ill Arn , litint's Lend. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways. p a i ß. l Closing I Rosiness Price. done. Bir., Wok, & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A 4. gets no diva B till6p.c.p.an.has been paid to Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun,.Perth, & n b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow S: S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st No. 'e Great worth of Scotland Great Norther- , D A stock Do. B o Do. .INew, Is. at 25 pm G-tS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Original D . S. Val. Ilail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.—Ox ord! Do. Ne wpo. t Do. Fle-eford Lane shire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali' Lon., Briz,h., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western, Man., Shet., & Lincoln. A.tayyport and Carlisle Do. # shares Metropolitan Do. New Mid and it Do, Birmin & Derby 0 Hid Gt. W., Ireland Do. shares viid Kent . it No th British Do. Ed., Pth ,e& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick. Do. G.N.E purchabe l l Do. Leeds I Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. ;!ztock. & Darling.' De. '855-'8 Do. do. 1860-61 Sorth Londou Do. New Do. do. 18 , 4 North Staffordshire N. Sr S. W. Junction Scottish C. ntral Scot. N E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stock • 4 h ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon - 2outh E stern S . taineS, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw tll W. Hartlepool liar. & Do. A Irredeemable Do. A redeemable BRITISH PI 13 1 88 90 1811 1321 f 6; 34 2i 16 17 87 B.' 106 1 8 474 44' 74 8a 135 137 155 156 130 3! 91 93 zOi tit 60 6. 47 49 ;Ot 101 116} 116 8U Sid 108 IC9 17 39 1 :14 122 93 9'3 61 62 128 129 2 2 13i 1 i 139 107 1(9 55 56 01 278 1141 1151 73 71 105 1051 33 39 , 1 124)1 91 10p' 122 125 14 2p 1 1' p 79 8 11 114 138 142 r 0 IP 49 50 81 .i7"} 9 -- 1 -- 160 165 3i 110 113 39 41 75 78 'OSSE Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, .t Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. N' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do PrefereiiCe --- Buff. ,Brant, & Goderich 8 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 87 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1674 Calcutta & S. E., Urn.. 201 20k 100 100 a e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben gu , 5 Co East gu. 5 p.c. Do. Extension Grand Trunk of Caned s Do. Equip. Mort, Bond i charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr% f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. Zd Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c t'o. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim ) gua. 5 per cent D • 41 per cent Do. Great W. s. of CanadA D ‘. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 5 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4f do Do. 4; do Do. Filth Extension Arelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B g. R 1. C'da, pc Ist pi.bds Scinde Do. Delhi d Do. do Do. Puniaub....} Do.lndus St Flo Huai 100 {lOO 2 100 100 ISIONS. 57 59 100 101 par p 5 5. NI 9, 75 69 93 98 75 85 93 100 105 101 101 103 20 2L S 9 91 67 70 57 59 6t 66 55 b 7 5: 54 47 50 28 80 26 28 101 162 i I P par !P 9) 101 9 9i 1t lld 88 4.0 8) n 1 04 d 99 101 9: 94 8) 91 60 62 1011 2} 102 11 3 5 82 81 102 103 102 k 103 Id 1p 102 i lu3. 93 95 • • • COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec.3l, 1872. 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-4 Do. 6p. c. Feb & Aug 1( 0 15 9 7 11 , . sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10) 95 97 1)0. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 84 86 Do. 5 p Inscribed sk 100 85 89 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 103 103 105 1 , 0. April & Oct. 1880-4 100 105 107 Do. do: 1',90-1 100 106 108 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 109 112 Ceylon, Nov. 1848, 6p. c 100 tu2 104 Do. 1878, do. 100 108 110 Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1,78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. 100 106 108 N s . a ß t sG I • o ; v v. c. o o 6 . p p . j e a r . cent n Julyt. 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 4 1 10 00 6 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p*c.,1866 00 95 97 Do. 5 p.c, 18 Ito 1876 100 95 • 97 6 p o . c l e B n 9 t 2 1 1c 0 0 0 1 9 05 6 10 9 7 6 921 New Do . Z Se tnd, 1888 t o Do as Do. 6 o p e t r i aGcenot v.p.c. .. . 6 . v 120 99 101 sterling, 1875 1 Q S . u A e c u n t, s . G l a o n v d . 6 G p o , v e . 1 6 8 p 8 . 100 00 I_o4_ 1 7. 06 Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 107 109 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja & July 100 Do. do, a pril & Oct lOO 107 108 108 73 8 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam Consul. Gold, lira 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 32 33 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 575 595 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 47 49 East Caradon 2.14.6 19 20 134 1 as t Cam Brea 3 4.0 68 61 7 East Grenville 2.7.0 4* 58 East Love,' 2.13.6 148 151 G Gr aTat&LS., E. WI Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 4 7 5 601 1 6 88 1 8 4 94 t x A e u y y li n m ( t w e d e n. all Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 1 18 G. Wheal Vor (Heist 40 32 34 Grenville 7.8.3 31 41. Herod's Foot 8.13 35 37' Elingston Downs 4.18.0 3-1 44 Margaret Uny Lelant 94 8 - Marke .. . 4 Ilwyndy Iron Ore, fin 2B 4- 5- - Nanglles New Se ton .. 2O 22 North D0wn5...... 4 • • 21 6) 70 North Roskear . . N.Wh'l Bassett 'lllogan 3.10.6 North Whe a l Crotty 2.8.0 2 - 8 - Prosper United.... • . 7.1.6 21 8 Pr vidence Unylalant 10.6.7 32 34 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 530 550 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 20 25 stray Park 3 0 .1 7.6 16 18 Tin Croft 9 16 17 West Kassett 11 74 8 W. Caradon 1L skeard 9 6 8 West Chirerton ll 61 65 West Seton 478 205 215 Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 54 90 95 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 9 11 Whea LudoAt 3.12.8 1 Wheal Mary Ann (Dien. 8 13 15 Wheal Seton Wheal Tr elawney (Lis 7 18 20 Wheal Uni n.......• PREFERENCE SHARES. Caledonian Quarters, No. 2, 109 Ureat Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 2,. — Ditto, 6 per cent. pf, tzl Great Western, 4 per cent. irred.. 861 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. kin. stock, No. 1, 113 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 4i per cent. rd., 89 PREFEttENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pi., 100 FORE) GS RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 211 Turin and Savona, —; Ditto (all), 9; j FOREIGN MINES, Cobre Copper, 28 Fortuna (lirn.), Port Philip, 11 Yudanan,utana of S. Australia, Ern., BANKS. Alliance (Urn.). 3 3} 4 An. ,.p k i , t A to u , s i t s r s i v a e n d , a 7 t pm., of which 10 is pd ,18} Bank of British Columbia, 18 hank of Vi ctoria. Australia, 39 Bruin -an and Portugues., 11w., 11} Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 35 City, 1 4 Consolidated Bank, Urn., I Eur opean Bank, lim. Rindustan, na, an, 11$ d Japan (11m.), Imperial Bank aim.). 36 imperial Ottoman, 17 16} Land Mortgage Bank of India, 11m. London and Comity, 83 4 , 51 London and 11 estminster, 99 Merchant Bank, Jim., 281 Mercantile and Exchange. 0) Um., ok Metropo o( litan and Provincial Bank, 11rn., Ditt£ ,7 a Oriental Nation B P a r n o u n c o i r a p l o o r f a t E io n n g , l s a 7 n d 154 South E astern, Union of London, 54 31 DOCKS. General Floating Doak, 4 MISCELLANEOUS, City of London Real Property, lim., 3 Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Contract corporation, lim., Crystal Palace, 33 2} Egyptian Corn and Trading, lim., Electric Telegraph, 11l Fore-street Warehouse, lim.,'9a Gellivera, Um., Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11m., 71 General Steam Navigation, 26i Hudson's Bay, lei International Financial Society, lim., 71 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cayour!, 9} Ditto,6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 8 3 Joint Stock Discount, Rm., 94 London Financial Association, lim., Ditto, new, 231 Milwall Iron Works, 4} National Financial, lim., 4 Oriental Inland Steam, I Submarine Telegraph, 50 Trust, and Agency of Australasia, lim., I A Warrant .FiwpCe, 91 100 10 1. 0 10 100 THE 'SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEMNG, JANUARY 14, 1865. Total Destruction of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, by Fire. GREAT LOSS OF LIFE EDINBURGH, Friday Evening, 11 o'Clock. A terrible calamity has this evening occurred in Edinburgh—about 4 o'clock the Theatre Royal took fire, and within two hours was utterly destroyed. From what is known it appears that the gasman in lighting the gas on the stage previous to the evening performance, by some accident the " borders," viz., the hanging draperies across the stage accidentally took fire. The mate rial being of a highly inflammable nature, in a few minutes the whole of the upper part of the theatre above the stage was in a blaze, and all attempts to extinguish it utterly useless. The fire spread with fearful rapidity ; and in a few moments after the first accident occurred, the flames burst through the roof of the theatre to the great alarm of the whole of the city. The cry of " Fire ! fiire ! " at the top of Leith-walk, had the effect of very speedily bring ing the fire-engines to the blazing building. but by this time all hope of saving any portion of it was at an end, as the edifice was one mass of flame from front to rear. In a few minutes after the outbreak of the fire, the roof fell, and for an instant the glare of the fire deadened, but the next instant the flames rose to an alarming height, causing the utmost terror to the whole of the inhabitants of that part of the city near the theatre. Another cause of fear was created by the immense concourse of people collected at every point at which a view of the terrific conflagration could be had. The police exerted themselve sto the utmost to prevent accidents, but unfortunately without success. The embers caught several houses in the district, but they were saved by the exertions of the firemen. About 5 o'clock two men were struck down in the cloister abutting St. Mary's Catholic Church by the fall of a chimney through the cupola. One was killed on the spot, but the other survived some time ; and while a body of men were, notwithstanding warnings to the. contrary, engaged in their endea vour to rescue him, a large portion of the north wall of the theatre fell and overwhelmed seven or eight persons in the ruins, including Mr. George Lorimer, Dean of Guild. The exact loss of life has not yet been ascertained, and workmen are still engaged in the extrication of the bodies. Mr. Windham, the lessee of the theatre, was in London at the time of the news of the outbreak of the fire and the entire destruction of the theatre, and a message was at once forwarded to him by telegraph. The loss of lifeis most unfortunate and deeply tobe deplored. Mr. Windham's property within the theatre is fully insured, and so are also the trustees of the building. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARKETS—This Day, MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 38s 2d ; barley, 27s 10d ; oats, 19s 3d ; rye, —s to —s ; beans, —s —d ; peas, —s —d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER.—Wheat, 63,806 ; barley, 64,062 ; oats, 7,941; rye, —s to —s. Metropolitan Board of Works. The ordinary weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works took place yesterday, at their offices, Spring gardens—Mr. John. Thwaites in the chair. The cash statement showed that the balances in the hands of the treasurer were—on current accounts, 22,8181. 14s. sd. ; on deposit accounts, 110,800/. ; and on govern ment securities, 51,371/. 10s. Iod. Mr. RICHARDSON moved that the annual report up to July, 1864, should be printed, and copies sent to the Sec retary of State of the Home Department, to the General Board of Health, to the Lord Mayor, to the vestries of the metropolis, and to the members of the Board. Mr. COLLINSON seconded the motion, and it was then duly approved. iir.nICHARDSON brought up a report from the Finance Committee apportioning the sums to be assessed upon the different districts of the metropolis for the expenses of the board for the year 1865. He moved that precepts be issued for the following amounts :-City of London, 11,1221.75. ; St. Marylebone, 10,0061. 19s. 4d. ; St. Pancras, 8,5951. 2s. 10d.; Lambeth, 8,8771. 2s. 10d.; St. George's, Hanover square, 10,1211. 16s. ; Islington, 6,8651. 10s. Bd. ; Shore ditch, 3,4461. 14s. 2d. ; Paddington, 6,7221. 10s. ld.; St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, 1,9161. 3s. 4d. ; Newington, 3,3831. 19s. 10d. ; Camberwell, 3,6271. 2s. Bd. ; St. James, Westminster, 4,3251. 3s. 4d. ; Clerkenwell, 2,2281. 14s. 6d.; Chelsea, 2,7491. 18s. 6d. ; Kensing ton, 4,6181. 38. Bd. ; St. Luke's, Middlesex, 1,7111 ls. Bd. ; St. George, Southwark, 2,1261. 3s. 4d. ; Ber mondsey, 2,2111. 2s. sd. ; St. George's-in-the East, 2,0531 15s. 10d. ; St. Martin's in the Fields, 2,4381. 12s. 3d. Mile-end Old Town, 2,0561. 19s. ; Woolwich, 681/. Os. 6d. Ealing, 561. 3s. 3d. ; extra parochial, 201. 13s. Bd. Hornsey, 181. Os. 2d. ; Chiswick, 354/. 4s. 7d. Rotherhithe, 1,1611. 13s. 7d. ; Hampstead, 1,3131. 13s. sd. , Westminster district, 3,165/. 7s. 11d.; Whitechapel, 2,9541. Bs. 3d. ; Greenwich, 3,9711. ls. sd. ; Wandsworth, 4,578/. 9s. Bd. ; Hackney, 3,744/. 15s. 9d. ; St. Giles, 2,6171. 3s. 9d.; Holborn, 1,8611. 3s. 11d. ; Strand, 2,6281. 14s. 11d. ; Fulham, 2,763/. Bs. 10d. ; Limehouse, 2,3751. 13s. 4d. ; Poplar, 3,085/. 13s. 4d. ; St. Saviour's, 2,544/. 9s. 4d. ;\ Plumstead, 1,661/. 3s. 9d. ; Lewisham, 3,048/. 9s. 7d. ; St. Olave, 1,628/. 145.; the Charterhouse, 18/. 2s. 10d.; Gray's-inn, 124/. Bd. ; Willesden, 25/.125. 4d. ; Acton, 2021. lls. 11d.; Croydon, 431. 12s. Bd. ; Richmond, 173/.175. 9d. Total, 141,001/. 6s. 4d. He moved that precepts be issued for these amounts, and that copies of them be sent to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, the President of the Poor-law Board, the General Board of Health, the Lord Mayor, the district boards, and every member of this board. Mr. DIFFAN(3ER seconded the motion, which was put and unanimously Carried. The Finance Committee having agreed to the report of the proceedings of the board for the last year, it was brought up and ordered to be printed and circulated. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SYSTEMATIC ROBBERIES AT THE APPOLONICON Rooms. — Thomas Leigh Barnard, a respectably-dressed young man, who gave the address 131, Regent-street, and described himself as an assistant photographer, was charged before Mr. Knox, with the following robberies : Charles Butcher, 137 C, said—Yesterday evening, at half past six o'clock, I went to 101, St. Martin's-lane, the Appo lonicon Rooms, where gymnastics are carried , on and volun teers meet. I went into a back room used as a dressing room, where the young men hung up their coats. I con cealed myself behind some boxes, and at a little after eight o'clock the prisoner entered the room. Shortly after several young men came into the room and took off their coats, &c., and hung them up. I then saw the pri soner, when the room was clear, go up to the coats and feel the pockets outside.' I then saw him go up to a coat, put his hand into the pocket, and take out a purse. He then took the money out of the purse—two or three half crowns —and put the money into his own pocket and the purse back into the pocket of the coat. The prisoner then left the room for a short time, and went into the large room where the performances were going on, and about half an hour after returned to the room. He then went up to the coats again, and felt the pockets the same as before. He then put his hand into the pocket of a coat, and took out a purse and took some silver money from it, but a person coming into the room, he put both purse and money into his pocket. The prisoner then put on his hat and coat and left the room. I remained there for some time, and the gentleman managing the rooms coming in I made a communication to him, and, on the young gentleman coming into the room, they missed the money from their pockets. I then left the place where I had been secreted, and found that the prisoner had loft the building. I then told the young gentleman who had been robbed to go to Vine-street, and I went to 131, Regent-street, and asked if the prisoner had come in, and was told by the servant that he had not. I then waited a few minutes and saw the prisoner come up. I then followed him into the house and told him I was a police office; and that I was going to take him into custody for stealing money from coat pockets at 101, St. Martin's-lane. The prisoner said he knew nothing of the matte; and he had no money ; but on taking him to Vine-street I found four half-crowns in his possession, and he subsequently said he had thrown away the purse. On the way to the court that morning the prisoner said it was a very clear case, and he could not attempt to deny it. He also asked me what he had better do, but I told him I could not advise him. Mr. Knox—He is a member of the rooms ? Butcher—Yes, sir. Mr. Henry Wm. Hemsley, of 34, Newman-street, Oxford street, and Mr. Henry Brook, of 55, Gray's-inn-road, proved missing from their pockets money. Mr. Spencer, the manager of the Appolonicon Rooms, said within the past six weeks, during which time the prisoner has been a frequenter of the rooms, property to the amount of 601. has been taken away, and in conse quence, for the protection of the members, the officer was employed to detect the thief. Mr. Knox—lt is a serious case. I think the best thing I can do will be to remand the prisoner till Thursday next, and probably by that time the officer—the robberies being of a serious nature—may find out something else. The prisoner was remanded. THAMES. BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A TOLL COLLECTOR.—WiIIiam Merrymore, a seaman, aged 32, and John Preston, sailor's boarding-house keeper, both of 89, Sutton-street, St. George in the East, were brought before Mr. Partridge, the former charged with violently assaulting William Brinkman, toll collector, on the Commercial-road trust. The complainant, a very respectable and quiet man, said that he was at the Limehouse gate at fifteen minutes past twelve this morning, when a horse and cab drove up and stopped. He asked the prisoners, who were inside the cab, for 3d. toll, on which Merrymore said he would not pay a - farthing, and made use of abusive language. Preston also said he would pay no toll, and applied bad epithets to wards him. He reasoned with the prisoners and explained the law to them, and said the fare in a cab must pay the legal toll. The prisoners would not pay, and got out of the cab. Merrymore pushed against him roughly and wanted to fight him. He declined the challenge, on which the prisoner made a blow at him. It missed him. but a second blow delivered with great force fell upon his ear, half stunned him, and he felt the effects of it now Merrymore then used very bad language, and was given into custody. The toll was not paid. The cab was driven away. _ . Robert Marks, 349 K, confirmed the statement of Brink man, and said he was taking Merrymore to the station when Preston called out " Don't go," and endeavoured to rescue him. Preston also used threats, got Merrymore down, and was guilty of great violence. Both prisoners were intoxicated. Preston, on being called on for his defence, said—Guilty, sir. Meny, wore—Guilty, my lord. Mr. Partridge ascertained from Merrymore that ho re ceived 161. yesterday when his ship was paid off, and fined him 3/. Preston was fined 40s. The money was paid. NEW SOUTH WALES BUSHRANGERS.—On the 16th of November the Gundagai mail was " stuck up" by Hall, Gilbert, and Dunn. The mail coach was under the escort of sub-inspector O'Neill and Sergeant Parry, who saw the bushrangers on the top of a hill near Black Springs. between Jugiong and Gundagai. The police approached the bushrangers, who retreated, then suddenly turned round and fired on the police. Shots were exchanged until Parry had discharged his revolvers, when Gilbert called upon him to surrender. Parry said he would die first, and was taking off his rifle to fire when Gilbert shot him dead, the ball en tering his right and passing out of his left side. Sub inspector O'Neill, after firing all his ammunition, struck Hall with the empty weapon. A constable who was armed and in the coach, bolted, it is said, in a most cowardly man ner. The bushrangers hada number of teamsters and others bailed up, and those who had the opportunity of witnessing ;he affray say that O'Neill and Parry acted most courage ously, and the bushrangers, who were literally belted with revolvers, fought desperately, and eventually took every valuable enclosure from the mail bags—Sydney Morning Herald. y CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Friday. —Admissions on payment, 3,206 ; ditto by season tickets, 1,808. Total Visitors, 4,604. COVENT GARDEN. Our market is fairly supplied with fruit and vegetables. On the whole, the trade was firm, at the annexed rates : FRUIT. s. d. a. d. s. d. s Pine apples 8 oto 10 0 Illu'berries,pr pt 0 oto 0 0 Foreign do., each 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 6 Grapes,per lb 6 0 to 10 0 Foreign ditto, pun() oto 0 0 b`oreig - n do 0 oto 0 o Filberts, per lb .. 0 9to 1 0 nelons Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 , Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 oto 3 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do - oto 5 0 Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0 Oranges, per 100..4 oto 8 0 Peaches, per d 0... 0 .0 to 0 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6to 7 0 Currants, per lx.sv 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberries hi Bye. , oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 Damsons, pr d 0... 0 oto 0 0 YEGET.ABLES. amens, dz bunch 4 oto 5 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 6 Cabbages, pr doz 1 3to 2 0 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 2 ^..d ditto 2 oto 3 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 c Savoy do., pr dz 1 oto 2 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto t 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 3to 3 0 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli 0 10 to 1.3 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 60 0 to 00 0 Small salad. p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr cwt 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms. p pt. 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0 , Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 n Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6) Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 "„ Cucumbers 0 uto 0 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 ' Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz finds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 0 to o 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Wrench beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 , Onions, doz. ba.. 2 oto 2 6 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 A New Do., dz bun 2 6to 4 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 0 Spinach . . 0 0 too U Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Brussels sprouts 1 3to 3 0 Seakale, per bun. 2 oto 3 6 POULTRY , Turkeys, 4s Od to 10s Od ; geese, 4s Od to 7s 6d each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od ; rabbits, is Od to is 10d each ; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 4d to Os 9d each ; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 13s Od ; chickens, 6s Od to 8s Od ; barn door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Od to 3s 3d ; ptarmigan, is Od to is 3d each ; pheasants, 3s Od to 3s Gd ; partridges, is Od to is 9d; woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s Od; snipes, Os 9d to is Od ; teal, is 6d to Os Od ; wild ducks, 2s Od to Os Od ; widgeons, is 3d to is 6d ; plovers, Os 6d to Os 9d each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter ' 1s 2d to is 4d ; English, is 4d to 1s 6d per lb ; English eggs, 12s Od to 15s Od ; French do., 8s 3d to lls Od per 100 ; leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Os Od ; eels, Os 8d to is Od ; prawns, Os Od ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and hali but, 6d per lb ; turbots, 5s Od to 25s Od ; cod, .5s Od to 21s Od ; brills, 2s 6d to 6s Od ; doreys, is Od to 7s Od ; mul lets, is Od to 1s 6d ; lobsters, 2s Od to 5s Od ; crabs, 2s Od to 4s 6d ; plaice and garnets, Os Od to Os Od each ; soles, Os 3d to is 6d per pair; common oysters, 18s Od to 60s Od:; natives, 90s Od to —s Od pet bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 6s Od ; haddocks, 4s 6d to 12s Od ; smelts Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os Od to Os Od per 120 ; fresh herrings, 8s Od to Os Od per 120 ; bloaters, Os Od to Os Od yer 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os Od per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, frem 3s Od to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 10d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. BREAD. • The price of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 614 to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Maiket hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2ld to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to nd ; 801 b to 881 b, 34d to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4id ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 9s 6d to 10s 6d ; calf-skins, light, 2s Gd to 4s Od ; full, is Gd to Os Od ; polled sheep, lOs 6d to 14s Od ; half-breds, 9s 6d to 11s Od ; Downs, 7s 3d to 9s Od; lambs, Os Od to Os Od. _ _ HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, ,24 4s to £5 8s ; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s ; and .straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 8s Od ; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s • and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. An active demand. WHITECHAPEL. — Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 8s ; clover, £5 5s- to £6 6s ; and straw, £ 1 8 s to £ 1 12 s per load. Trade firm. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. „...-....______„.„---.....--. 1864. 1863. 1864. 1863. £ .6 Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 2,016 1.938 Belfast and County Down 49 49 696 675 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 1,530 1,763 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 5,414 5,185 Caledonian Cambrian 9l lit 1,646 1,364 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 3.5 381 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 64 18 129 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 65) 651 1,391 1.288 Deeside ~ 17 17 305 239 Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63 1,307 1. 68 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,?51 1.349 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 914 911 2,2; 2 2.808 Furness, &c 5O 5 I 2,776 3,207 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrlk.,&ll.l.lufon Great Northern 287 253 31.806 29,337 Great North of Scotland 9) 99 2,908 2.541 lit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7 ll 71 2 312 330 '4 t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3874 873} 5,8 , 6 6,488 Great Western 1225 128 4 53,t 78 54,588 Hull and Hornsea l3 - 91 - Inverness & Aberdeen Juno ll7l 106/ 1,159 1,115 Inverness & Perth Junction 1194 1191 1,388 968 Irish North-Western 145 145 1,457 1319 Kent Coast 27 27 410 245 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 402 35,683 35,410 Limerick and Ennis.. 241 241 177 111 Limerick and Foynes 261 26 1 98 131 Llanelly 461 461 480 435 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 5/ 1,805 1,574 London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast London, Chatham, & Dover 72 721 4,00 4,077 Do. Metropolitan Extension 111 101 1,500 81.0 Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Han„Sheffielct& Lincoinsh Blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham.. 9f 04 1,416 1,a21 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (inch N.-Western) 6634 611 38,883 39,092 Midland GtWestn. of bind- 262 2591 2,993 3,641 Monkland 7ll 711 1, , 54 1,261 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,517 2,365 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Dark 1095 1095 51,497 46, 155 North London g 9 3,273 2,817 North Staffordshire 254 25 t 7,237 6.821 Rhymuey 19.1 191 917 828 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B 128 5,t30 4,842 Somerset and Dorset 6O 63 782 632 South Devon South-Eastern 3(B 306 18,220 17,411 Taff Yale 57 67 5,624 5,151 Ulster Vale of Clwyd. Vale of Neath 431 131 2,3-5 2.340 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 458 310 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,346 1.252 West Cornwall 271 271 687 643 W. II artlepool /I arbr. & Rail 524 524 4.349 4.1.02 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 600 503 Whitehaven J unction l3 13 1,008 970 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 966 Li 7 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian s2B Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 264 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 185 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish lOB/ Eastern of France Eastern Bengal - .. 110 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1577 Great Central of Belgium 2 21 Great Indian Peninsula 553 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Southern of India - 79 Great Western of Canada 345 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Aiicant (80 Northern of Canada ... ..... Northern of France.. ..... Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lOO7 Paris and Orleans 1616 Pernambuco ...... 771 Scinde lO5 Do. Punjab, &o 32 South Austrian Southern of France ........ Victoria Welland 25 West & N- Westn of France lO3l 828 45,955 34,355 761 6 7 26} 272 227 185} 2,802 3;429 ISS 6,131 4,* 62 1081 4,118 34 4 1428 60,282 54,388 110 1,758 1,341 037 27 6,5 23,785 1335 21,916 21,491 220 t,157 5,416 638} 13.718 7,856 134 3,880 3.307 79 6.7 522 3.5 13,160 1),8 9 448 7,4i6 6.197 650 17,059 18,523 • 91 890 1,210 697 56,144 51,473 481 638 15 1781 133,342 124,510 1611 61,322 64,202 77 765 501 105 - -- 32 1505 5",r20 50,993 770 25,991 18,891 196 8, 30 9,2 8 25 - - 93l t,9,150 38,054 COURSE OF EXCHANGE--Last Evening. Amsterdam 3 3si o Short. uths. 1 11 1 1 1 4 71, . i l i l 15 18 Ditto Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 474 25 521 Brussels Hamburgh — 13 71 13 4 Paris Short. 25 171 25 22f Ditto 3 Months. 25 471 25 52 Marseilles ...... . Frankfort on the Maine 1194 1191 Vienna - 80 Trieste ..... !. Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz - Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palenno ..................... 25 70 25 75 Messina ..................... 25 70 25 75 Lisbon ........................ 514 51 Oporto ....... . ... . .......... —51 f Foreign Gold in bars (standard).....£3).76. per oz. SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This clay. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Belgium, steamer, from Ostend; Refuge, from Moulmein. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Anchored—Eugenia, from London, for Salcombe; David Scott, from the north, fer the west; Blue Bell, from Har tlepool, for Shoreham (and run into by a brig while at anchor, name unknown). OUTRAGEOUS ROBBERY.—AS Miss Sly, 13, Lamb's Conduit-street, was closing her shop on Tuesday night, two men- entered the place, threw her down, and, after gagging their victim, stabbed her in the temple. This done, the ruffians carried off a considerable amount of property. LORD ROBERT MONTAGU'S COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD, A report was brought up from the Main Drainage Com mittee on the evidence given before Lord Robt. Montagu's committee, and on the statements made in the public ves tries relating thereto. This report formed a thick pamphlet, and was a voluminous vindication of the course taken by the board with respect to the main drainage and Thames Embankment contracts. Considerable discussion took place on the motion for the adoption of the report, and ultimately the subject was adjourned. Mr. DOULTON, M.P., moved that a copy of the bill for the enclosure of Wimbledon-common be forwarded to each member of the board, and said, on a future day, he should call the attention of the board to its provisions. The motion was put and agreed to. Some routine matters were then disposed of, and the board adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, PETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 100 to 7 agst Lord Uffington's nomination (off ) 16 to 1 agst Mr. J. Jardine's nomination (t) 22 to 1 agst Mr. Haywood's nomination (t) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Richardson's nomination (t) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Stocker's nomination (t) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Jones's nomination (t and off ) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Hornby's nomination (off) 35 to 1 agst Mr. Bake's nomination (t) TWO THOUSAND Bto 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) THE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Liddington (taken) 100 to 9 agst The Duke (offered) 40 to 1 agst The Buck (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865. JANUARY. Harrow 3l FEBRUARY. Birmingham l6 I Nottingham Spring 2B Lincoln Spring 2l MA: Derby Spring 2 Liverpool Spring 7 Shrewsbury Spring 9 Doncaster spring l4 Warwick Spring Chelmsford Spring 2B Barham 3O Northampton 4 Croxton Park 7 Newmarket Craven l7 Durham Catterick Bridge l9 Abergavenny 2O Thirsk 2l Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring... 1 Chester York Spring Salisbury lB Bath 23 Harpenden 26 Epsom 3O Manchester 7 Chelmsford 7 13 Ascot Alexandra Park 2O 21 Hampton 21 Newton Liverpool Newcastle Odiham Bidbury Stockbridge JU Newmarket July Carlisle Worcester Pontefract Abingdon Stamford 3l ,Y. Hereford l3 Nottingham Winchester lB Southampton l9 Chesterfield Goodwood AUG' Brighton Brighton Club 3 Huntingdon 8 Reading ' Egham l5 Oxford l7 York 22 Plymouth 24 Lichfield 2B Devon and Exeter 29 Derby Summer 3O Weymouth 3l SEPTEMBER. Leicester Doncaster 12 Brecon lB Richmond 19 Monmouth 2l Manchester Autumn 22 Newmarket Ist Oct. 26 Walsall 27 OCTOBER. Northallerton Newmarket 2d Oct 9 Worcester Autumn 3l [BER. . 13 IXTURES FOR 1865. UARY. HaiTow Harrow I Carmarthenshire 7, 9 Datchet l6, 17 Now ready, G. SHELTON'S Derby Guide, is. G. R. Glenie, Sporting Library, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park ; Sunday Times Office, Fleet-street ; and all agents. APPREHENSION OF THE SHREWSBURY " SHAM DE TECTIVE " IN LIVERPOOL.—The man who, under the name of John Morgan, executed an ingenious and novel swindling operation at an hotel in Shrewsbury about ten days ago, by representing himself to be a detective from Carmarthen, and obtaining the assistance of the Shrewsbury police in apprehending, searching, and robbing a Manches ter gentleman named Ashworth, was yesterday appre hended in Liverpool. It appears that his real :name is Thomas Ellis, and that ho is the son of a butcher living in Baker-street, Everton (Liverpool). His father was for 20 years a superintendent of police, and he himself was for some time assistant magistrate's clerk at Holyhead. He was recently employed by Mr. W. Avis, shipwright, Bridgewater-street, Liverpool, and since then has been roaming about the country without any known means of livelihood. It is stated that since his exploit at Shrewsbury and within the past week, he attempted a similar feat at Old Swan, near Liverpool. Ho went to the cattle market there, and presented what appeared to be a warrant to a cattle dealer, telling the latter he was authorised to appre hend him. Upon this pretence he took him to the police station at the Old Swan, but when he proposed to search him there the local officers refused to allow it. He then said he should have to telegraph to his superior, left the station, and never returned. The cattle dealer was of course set at liberty. Yesterday morning Ellis was brought to the detectives' office, at Liverpool, by his father, at whose house he had presented himself. A notice had previously been issued offering 101. reward for his apprehension. He expressed the utmost contempt for the Shrewsbury green horns, and said he could not for his life understand how they came to believe he was a detective. A telegraphic message was sent to Shrewsbury yesterday, and it was ex pected that an officer from that place would arrive in Liver pool last night, and take him to Shrewsbury for examina tion. The gold watch of which Ellis robbed Mr. Ashworth Jie afterwards exchanged with Mr. Cohen, jeweller, of Liverpool, for a silver lever and 255. THE DISPUTE IN THE BUILDING TRADE.—Meet ings of operatives in the building trade continue to be held in the provinces to express disapprobation of the " dis charge note," introduced by the masters, and both at Shef field and Stourport resolutions strongly condemnatory of that document have been adopted—the men pledging them selves to resist to the utmost of their power. THE YELVERTON CASE AGAIN.—The action of libel brought by Miss Long-worth against the pro prietors of the Saturday Review came before the Outer House of the Court of Session on Thursday, for debate on the question whether, by the arrestment of certain funds had in the hands of publishers in Edinburgh the defendersfsea been made amenable to the jurisdiction of the Court o d sion. The Solicitor-General, for the defender" f ro r p e ose the that the record should be made up and clo h se e d L t d o Ordi question of jurisdiction was discussed , nary accordingly appointed parties to ;eat the pleadings LAW INfELIGENCE—(This Day)• COURT OiThHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) SIMPSON V. HOLLIDAY.-JUDGMENT. His Lordship, this morning, gave judgment in this case, which involved the validity of a patent for analine dyes. The case was in the first instance argued before Vice- Chancellor Wood, from whose decision an appeal was made to the Court of Chancery. His Lordship went at great length into the details of the question, and finally reversed the order of the Vice-Chancellor, thus deciding against the validity of the patent. Sir F. Kelly, on the part of the plaintiff, was about to make some obserations, when His Lordship said it was idle to occupy the time of the Court with arguments to show the infringement of a patent which he (the Lord Chancellor) had just decided did not exist. 48 7; 1361 51 1554 5 81 801 109 8 121 f 9. oif 1 1284 71 81 8 in 81 73 1051 i 80 191 87 NOVE] Shrewsbury STEEPLE CHASE F. JAN Aborystwith Hunts, 24, 26 I FEBR I rARY. CAMILLE V. DONATO, The, attention of his Lordship was again called this morning to the contention between Mr. Morton, of the Canterbury and Oxford Music Halls, and the Royal English Opera, for the services of the celebrated one-legged dancer, Donato. The point decided this morning was merely one of form and practice. The question, in the first instance, arose with respect to the decision of Vice- Chancellor Wood, from whose decision an appeal was made to the Lord Chancellor. His Lordship decided that the English Opera Company (Limited) were necessarily parties to the suit, and that the costs of the application as to that part of the case were to be paid by the plaintiff. Upon the question of appeal, a great deal of evidence was gone into, and it now came before his lordship to decide whether the costs of that evidence were properly the costs of the appeal. The Lord Chancellor decided that they were not costs in the motion, and therefore not to be included in the costs of the appeal. COURT 'OF DIVORCE. (Before the Lord Ordinary and a Special Jury.) CHETWYND V. CHETWYND. This morning the Court proceeded with the rebutting testimony on behalf of the petitioner. Evidence was given by the manager of the Queen's Hotel, Birmingham, to show that Mr. Nicholls slept alone in their room No. 29, on the night of the 23d of December last ; but the witness could not identify Mr. Nicholls as the gen tleman. Other evidence was given by the landlady and servants of the Temperance Hotel, 49 and 50, Paradise-street, Bir mingham, to show that Mrs. Chetwynd slept alone in their room, No. 5, on the night of the 23d of December. Mrs. Chetwynd was identified by the witnesses as the lady. She was like a former servant at the hotel, and this was re marked at the time by the witnesses, and an old gentleman, a regular customer, whom one of the witnesses thought she could identify also, only he was dead. Mary Elchorne, examined by Sergeant Ballantine, said —On the 10th of August, 1863, she went into Mrs. Chet wynd's service, and remanded till February, 1864. She was housemaid. She first saw Mr. Nicholls when the Misses Mott was at Longdon Hall. They lunched there with some other persons. Mr. Nicholls called for a stick he had left in the phaeton, but Mr. Chetwynd said he should keep it, and he did not get it. Mrs. Chetwynd was dressin g f or dinner when Mr. Nicholls called for his stick, and spoke to him for about two minutes in the library. She accompanied Mrs. Chetwynd to Stafford on the night of the ball. Mrs. Chetwynd was to have slept at Col. Hogg's that night, and her luggage was taken there, but she slept at Miss Edward's, and witness slept with her. Mr. Nicholls came home and sat up after they had gone to bed. Mr. Chetwynd got up between eight and nine o'clock, and had breakfast. They had done breakfast before Mr. Nicholls came down. (The witness gave the same account of the "meet," and Mr. Nicholls' portmanteau which was given by previous witnesses.) When Mrs. Chetwynd went to Birmingham she wore a black hat with a pheasant's feather. She had a fall which made it look like a bonnet. She wore a violet dress. Cross-examined by Mr. Kennealy—lt was in the begin ning of December that Mr. Nicholls first came to lunch at Longdon Hall. The Stafford ball was on the 18th of De cember. He left about four o'clock. She did not know that Mr. Chetwynd refused to admit Mr. Nicholls to his house Mr. Nicholls brought Mrs. Chetwynd home from the Stafford ball, and had tea with Mrs. Chetwynd. A bed was not prepared for Mr. Nicholls at Longdon Hall on the night of the ball. Harriet Anne Edwards, of 3, Market-square, Stafford, said she kept a fancy repository, and let apartments. Dur ing the last 20 years gentlemen of the Bar had taken her lodgings during the sessions and assizes ; amongst others, Justice Pigott, Justice Keating, Sir W. Alexander, Mr. Huddlestone, and Mr. Powell. She knew Mrs. Chetwynd before her marriage ; she had only known Mr. Matthews since 1861. He was lodging with her during the summer assizes of 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Chetwynd called upon him. Mrs. Chetwynd asked her to go to New Brighton, but she did not know whether it was at that time. She did not think Mr. Chetwynd was present when Mrs. Chetwynd spoke about New Brighton. She followed Mrs. Chetwynd there in August 1862, and remained there until Mrs. Chetwynd left, and was constantly with her. She knew all the per sons who came to the house. Mr. Matthews called the day after witness arrived there. He lodged at an hotel on the sands. Ho paid one or two visits, and witness was in their company. Sho never knew Mrs. Chetwynd go out alone with Mr. Matthews. Once Mr. Matthews and Mrs. Chet wynd went to a Roman Catholic Church together at Liver pool. Witness was asked to accompany them, but she was unwell. She remembered the Stafford ball in 1863. She had not known Mr. Nicholls before that. -He came that night and engaged a bed at her house. Mrs. Chetwynd and her maid arrived at half-past ten. (The witness described the events of the evening as Mary Elchorne did.) Mrs. Chetwynd was not alone with Mr. Nicholls one minute during the time they were in her house. Mr. Matthews and Mrs. Chetwynd had been occa sionally alone together in the sitting-room of her house. It was not true that Mr. Matthews and Mrs. Chetwynd sat up late together, and that Mrs. Chetwynd was IN out by the servant. Witness always sat up. She had never seen any impropriety or undue familiarity between Mr. Matthews and Mrs. Chetwynd. Cross-examined by Mr. Kennealy—lt was quite by acci dent that she went to New Brighton on the day when Mr. Chetwynd left. They met Mr. Matthews on the sands. Mrs. Chetwynd had beautifully waving hair, and she had never seen Mr. Matthews put his fingers through her hair when she came from bathing. When Mr. Matthews and Mrs. Chetwynd went to Liverpool to church, she could not swear that Mrs. Chetwynd came back to New Brighton the same evening. Sho did not recollect letters having passed between Mr. Matthews and Mrs. Chetwynd. She was not aware that Mrs. Chetwynd carried a likeness of Mr. Matthews about with her. She did not remember Mrs. Chetwynd going out in a brougham with Mr. Matthews. She did not know that Mr. Matthews lent her books. She did not make any inquiries of Mr. Nicholls when he applied for the bed. Mr. Chetwynd had spoken to her about a gentleman coming from Lichfield, and Mr Nicholls said he came from Lichfield. Re-examined by Sir R. Phillimore—lf Mrs. Chetwynd had not come back on the Sunday afternoon, when she went to church with Mr. Matthews, it would have made an impression on her mind. She had no doubt Mrs. Chetwynd did come back in the afternoon. Mr. Chetwynd used to come to her house frequently, and was on friendly terms with Mr. Matthews. Sir R Phillimore said ho had no other witnesses to examine unless they should be necessary by Mr. Matthews' evidence. Mr. Matthews was absent on a commission, and would return to-day or to-morrow, so that he could be examined on the next sitting of the Court. After some conversation, in the course of which the judge said they were trying four causes at least in one, and remarked that there was no probability of the case closing in less than two or three days more, the further considera tion of the case was adjourned until Wednesday. . COURT OP BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Winslow.) IN RE EURIPIDI.-THE LAW AS TO RELEASE. The bankrupt was a merchant of France, and to-day he applied for his release from custody. It was stated that he had come to this country in the hopo of arranging his affairs with his creditors. In this he, to some extent, failed, and he was arrested upon a writ of capias. An application was made to a judge at Cham bers for an order of release, but the judge declined to inter fere. The present application was resisted on the ground that if the bankrupt was released he would in all proba bility leave the country. Upon the question also of bail, the detaining creditor objected strongly, and urged that bail would not be a sufficient security. His Honour said that he felt bound to decline to interfere until assignees should be chosen. Application refused. THE CASE OF TIMOTHY DALY.—yesterday Mr. Farmll, the commissioner appointed by the Poor Law Board, resumed his inquiry into the circumstances at tending the death of Timothy Daly. The investigation took place in the board room of the Holborn Union Workhouse. Mr. Shuter, hon. sec. of the Farringdon Dispensary, was examined at great length, and detailed his experience of the case and the action which he took the witness believed, a house upon it. Mrs. Fitzgerald, the landlady of No. 2, Union- Kweoyrs,khinouNsVeooind-costnrefeoti;hiatyd wreitmhohviesd ownh court, where Daly died, described the circumstances of th lodge in he removal of deceased from the workhouse to and durin told witness that the deceased was not house. Mrs Daly, who was, wh m ui a ss i hb d .a atn husband hh fromee C h r a o dt s h s e Daly was in witness's house Mrs. to want for anything, she t t h o e ug n h i : e for da t y he s for wine and other things Daly paid her 30s. sick man. Mr. Lowne, the surgeon, e every day excepting on the s came to see him ever y afternoon excepting t Sunday, and Mrs. Daly came milk, arrowroot, and muttonwo.The deceased had eggs, him as well port wine, half chops every day, and she gave tum bler ; the wine a-quartem at a time, in a tum cost Bd. - sometimes once and rr quartem ;h© had the wine and more than half sometimes more frequently every day, a pint of beer daily. The inquiry was adjourned. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE', 6 O'CLOCK. AUSTRIA. FRANKFORT, Jan. 13 . —The Post Ampt Gazette has received the following telegram from Vienna:— " The Council of Ministers, responding to the de sire of the Finance Committee, has resolved to re commend each Ministry to take into consideration, if possible, the demand for further reducing the amount of the Budget." International and Maritime Law, Yesterday a lecture on the above subject was de livered by Mr. Leone Levi, LL.D., in Lincoln's-inn. Hall, in presence of a large audience of members of the legal profession. In the absence of the Attor ney-General, Sir Edward Ryan took the chair. The lecturer commenced by pointing out the importance of a well understood international and maritime law to a country like England, with its 38,000 mer chant vessels of 6,500,000 tons burden. Having glanced at the first establisthment of maritime law in the Mediterranean by the Rhodians, he gave a. summary of its history during the palmy commer cial days of Genoa, Venice, and Barcelona, and from thence down to modern times. From the peace trived o v t h l.B s l. o s na theh difficulty gre a t p t o o w p e r r s e s e of r v e E tranquillity u n R u t s i s l a n lB w s a 4 r , r when t h t e h g e u e s commencement o n f al l t a h w e and the rights of neutrals to primary importance were the agreat Congress After the of w war came e th th e ere re solutions advance of Paris, o n sub ject, and the United States had subsequently to regret that they had not given in their adhesion to the resolutions of that congress. The Trent affair especially showed the importance of a clearly defined and well understood international code. Mr. Levi here quoted at length the works, French, English, and German, which modern times had produced on the subject, but regretted that the subject had all through been left to the lawyers and philo sophers, and the nations had in time of war shown very little respect for international obli gations. However, the promulgation of sound principles had done something in making civi lised peoples ashamed of what under other circum stances might have been subjects of national glorifi cation. Positive politics, they must recollect, were always ruled by expediency, and expediency must have regard to the existing state of public morality and public opinion. The lecturer next deplored the uncertainty that existed respecting what was, and what was not, international law, quoting Sir J. Mackintosh, Grotius, and the late Sir G. C. Lewis, for definitions. He complimented the Emperor of the French for his suggestion of an European con gress, and regretted that his Majesty's proposal had not assumed a more definite form. What they wanted was a certain law, and its general diffusion and ac ceptance all over the world of commerce. Steam, the telegraph, iron ships, rifled ordnance, and other modern inventions, had rendered much of the old law of the sea obsolete, and what was wanted was, the great principles of international and. maritime law adapted to modern contingencies, and. accepted by common consent by all the civilised nations of the world. For example, formerly the range of a cannon shot was fixed at three miles, whereas now it might be taken as six or seven. The great questions of freedom of the seas, of free ships, free goods, &c., were all exhausted, but that of the limit of belligerent rights were as important as ever. The claims of neutrals were more troublesome than of old in consequence of the increased number of nations that now engaged in trade, and it was therefore all the more necessary that the maritime and international law should be universally under stood and adopted. The learned professor con cluded with an eloquent peroration on behalf of peace, progress, and civilisation, amid the general applause of the audience. A vote of thanks was put from the chair, and carried by acclamation. ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER AT BATH.—At Bath, on Monday, a young man, named Geo. Preston, was charged with attempting to murder his wife, a domestic servant, living at Harley House, the residence of Mr. Alderman Cook. Elizabeth Preston said—At nine o'clock yesterday morning, I heard the knock of the postman and went to the door. As I opened it the prisoner rushed in upon me, and caught me by the throat, saying, " thee, I'll do for thee. He pressed me against the wall, and held me tightly by the throat and the hair of the head. He released his hands from my throat and knocked me down on the floor, when he got upon me, and again took me by the throat and the hair of the head. I have no recollection of anything that took place afterwards, until I was pulled away from him. He came to me on the 21st of last month from Southampton, and asked if I would live with him. I told him I would upon the condition that he treated me better than he did before, and would work and maintain me. He came to the house on Saturday, but I refused to see him, as I was afraid of him.—James Barnes, a postman, deposed—l was at Harley House with some letters yesterday morning, and after I had knocked Mrs. Preston came to the door. Before she could take the letters from me, the prisoner rushed ,by and said, " Here, my hearty, I want to speak to you." At the same time he seized the prosecutrix by the hair of the head, and kept continually working his hand up towards her throat and face, as if to strangle her. This he did until he had forced her back against the wall, when in the struggle Mrs. Preston fell upon her back in the passage, and the prisoner on the top of her. I then stepped into the hall and hallooed out, " You rascal, what are you about here ?" He made no answer, but kept working his hand into his wife's throat. My hallooing brought up one of the servants, who pushed the prisoner's arm away from his wife's throat, and assisted in removing her. The pri soner then ran out of the house. The prisoner, who assumed a very insolent demeanour, said, in his defence, that when he saw his wife on the 21st Dec. she promised to live with him, and on the platform of the railway station he left her with that understanding. When at Southampton, a day or two afterwards, he received a notice from his wife, threatening to have him punished for things which he knew nothing at all about. He came to Bath on Satur-: day, and went to Harley House for the purpose of seeing his wife, but she refused to hold any communication with him. To prevent any disturbance he applied at the police station that an officer might accompany him, and be present at the interview, but did not succeed. His wife had been living at Mr. Cook's as a single woman, al though they had been married five years. Six months after their marriage she was delivered of an illegitimate child, and in consequence of that they separated ; but ho loved her dearly, and as she promised to live with him and be make him happy he was glad to recon ciled to her. n r l 3 e i was sentenced to six months' hard labour. The.p rise on being removed from the dock, said to his wj do something for you, my lady, when I c ome back; my fingers upon you." ALFRED TENNYSON.—It is now more than "thirty years (says the Reader) s i nce the Quarterly Review attempted to extinguish a young poet who had then pub lished the second of two thin volumes. He was treated in in highestvalueliterary by y it ts the loftiest tone of contempt, and not the slightest token of distinction appreciation was suffered to qualify the ironical praise and total scorn which breathed through the article. Since the o bestow on a year 1833, more than the time allotted to a generation of men has elapsed, and the poet whose first efforts Were thus having been which it is in . the power of the Sovereign enhanced enjoythe s r u e b ee je i c v t_t ed 1: borne by his two immediate predecessors laurea t e —and to find himself the di es s l t i i v n e c d tio t n o in the post of most a ll classes known in Englandsince popular poet among a small circle of admirers, h e the days of Pope. From all who speak the language has gained for his audience mastery, and . of which he possesses such of it. which has been ennobled by his employmen A HOARD, --A New York paper states that a man named Colley, who died recently at Lockport in that State kept his money in an old boiler buried in the cellars, and among the deposits in this vault were found 50,000 three, cent pieces. THE NEW SCOTCH JUDGE.—On Thursday, Mr. David Mure, advocate, late M.P. for Bute, pre sented to the Lord President and Judges of the Court of Sessions her Majesty's letter of appointment of him as ono of the judges of the court, to fill up the vacancy in their number caused by the resignation of Lord Mackenzie. The Royal Commission having been recorded, Mr. Mare was directed to fulfil the customary probation by hearing cases in both departments of the court, and for the rest of the day he sat as Lord Probationer, with Lord Jerviswoode, in the outer house. After hearing a case in the inner house next day, and reporting the cases with his opinion to the Lord President, the judge-elect was to take his seat upon the bench under the title of Lord Mure. Mr. Mure, who was a younger brother of the late learned Col. Mure, of Caldwell, Renfrewshire, was called to the bar in 183 1 , and for several years was sheriff of the county of Perth. For .. short period during Lord Derby's last administration, Mr. Mure `S•as Lord-Advocate of Scotland. tir for oe4