The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL 119 . TELLIGENcTI TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is rapidly passing from a condition of stringency to one of comparative ease. An abundant supply of floating capital and its probable increase by the payment of the dividends at the Bank of England, which are now in progress, have induced hankers and brokers to employ their balances, instead of, as recently, allowing them to accumulate without much profit. The lowest rate to-day has been 7,1 per cent., with a tendency to a still further decline. An amount of £llB,OOO in sovereigns was taken from the Bank yesterday afternoon for shipment to the Brazils. The directors of the National Discount Company have resolved to recommend, at their meeting on the 24th inst., a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum, and an issue to the then shareholders of 40,000 new shares at £5 premium, thus making the paid-up capital £BOO,OOO, with a reserve fund of £5OO , 000. The directors of the Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Company have received the following telegram from their president director, Mr. Blind, at Clunes, giving the results of the month of Octo ber :—Four weeks' return—Quantity of quartz crushed, 4,850 tons ; yield per ton, 8 dwts. Re ceived on account of this company's proportion, £1,540; remittance, £BOO. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap- Pointed Friday the 12th instant a special settling day in 'the new shares of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, which are to be marked The committee have also ordered the new shares (4th issue) of the Bombay Gas Company and the shares of the Colonial Securities Company to be officially quoted, the latter in the twice a week list only. Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days has continued very dull. Sugars have, however, brought steady rates; coffee and rice have been a shade cheaper, as alsb tallow, the operations for both present and forward delivery having been on a very moderate Scale. Two o'CLocK. According to Reuter's telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68f. 550. The Market for English Stocks has been steadily supported to-day, although the arrangement of the account has occupied principal attention. Consols are 87 * for money, and 871 1 for February. Foreign Stocks have not varied to any important extent. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 411* ; Mexican, 22 ; ditto New, 20 1 ; Greek, 15 1; Spanish Pas sive, 264. 1 ; the Certificates, 131 j. ; Italian, 61i 6 0 2 i ; the Confede r ate Lo an , 6 7 ; an d B raz ili an ' je t), 1 prem. United States 5-20 Bonds are 64f 4. ; Erie Shares, 55 4 56; and Illinois, 86 1. 11 1 the Railway Share Market has been little animation, and in most instances a further decline 1 .."8 tak en p l ace i n pr i ces. N ort h - W estern and Metropolitan have each receded 10s. ; and Great Xastern, Great Western, South Western, and South Eastern, each ss. ; while Great Norther9:4 Stock has advanced 10s. • The Foreign and Colonial lines remain wi*hout ch ange of importance. • Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain (~i nact ive, at about former rates. Lo n d on J o i n t- Stock are are dealt in at 51 ; Oriental, at 511 ; Im 12erial Ottoman, at 121 j. ; City Bank, at 111 112 ; Cr ystal Palace Stock, at 35 ; London Financial, at 83 an S ; National Discount Company, at 161 j; Overend, Gurney, and Company, at 201 21* ; English and American Bank shares are quoted 4 11 Pre m• ; British Convention Bonds of Mexico, 684. 72 ; London Steam Towing Company, 11 2 ' re m ; and Charles Lafitte and Company, 24. 3 Prem. 211LITISII FUNDS—ONE OVLOCK. G ovz RisatENT Furms. 0 Der Cent. Consols Do, 87 1 61 3 Account, Feb. 8 B7l 1 3 er Cent. Ref lijl 4 3 ....educed i 861 1 ND, per Cent B6i f i I 02. per C en t . Jan. 1894 — .`"° 6 Per Cent. Jan. 1873 gnuuities, ao yrs, expire sth Jan., 118E0 toll Do. f or 3 0 yrs, axpire sth April, BS 5 i — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Zeheq uer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 6 3 Do. £5OO — A Do £lOO and X2OO -a l* of England Stock, 5 per Cent t 111131 -A-N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. .11dian Stock, IA per Cent., AprillB74 — Do. Account r 1 6 per Cent. Oct 1870 _ `',°- 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 _ 4-1,0. Certificates . i .,'-'O. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — D°.°. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ( 1 r Cent May 1879 lOBl '-' O . 4 Per Cent., l Aug. 1866 n ° • Bonds, £l,OOO — " 0 . iuider 1, 000 FO REIGN TIINDS-01111 O'ULOOK 4118triall Bonds, 5 per C en t, 1859 — D a a _ urazilia n 5 Per Cent . °' -1 Per Cent 1852-58-60 bo 1 1863 Do. 1865 — bo Acco t 74 0 . l in 80 04 , 5 . s °, ll Ps .£25 paid D " Ayre nt s 6 per Cent )30. Accouo 1 Chi li Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 1 )0 41 4 1- per Cent s.. 004,4 3 Per Cent C b - "" 411 6 c per Cent. 1.1 EL 6 I)E tia i' h ,Per ent. DO. , 0 per Cent. 1825 , D o l Per Cent., 1863 — Do„,„ ‘ s , Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Do "ylaat B rincialities on,,Aceount — ' 15 0 4 ' ° ,-. 1. New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — E„,„ .i..erovisional Land Warrant — i t 7 ,41 4 , 0. 7 per Cent D 0 oeeolld issue — G 4100 Bonds Do .1) 0 • 1864 r .ClOO Bonds Deeok. Acs Percents., 1824-5, ex Coupons , 4 - 1 0. C oll b o POUS r, , • Account ' 130 £86 p a l& D o !t a l i • 183 9 and 1850 — D o all 5 Per Cent, 1865 ' A O OO t ~, Accou n t D°. b Juar e nunana Railway e n erip, X 671 pa id — it e , 0 per Ce n t. , 1 864 — D o , 3 per Cent °. Accou nt D o 1) 0 R 1864 20:1 1) ;Per Cent. Anglo-French tioh° F rench Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c t1 0 „ - , t evide an 6 per Cent., £3O paid . 'sh Du rial 5 per Cent el v Gra r Do 2 lia a Per Cent 1)--$3,, De nal e d o.D ;" .-44 Warrants (Hectares) Do ' Per Cent, 1864 G Peril uaranteed, 4 per Cent _ 3) 0 °14 4 41- per Cent — Dot . Account 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — n o 4 4 per Cent., 1862 b ACCOIUlt •• ort up ,„, D o r est ' 3 Per Cent., 1853 1)- Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 45/ 1 I,_ u. Account ...ussi, D o A ll a per Cent., 1822, X St B9 b, *,i Per Cent. 1850 D o li Per Cent., 1860 —... D° 3 pex Cent. 1859 1- .) ° o 5 , Per Cent. 1862 B Bl 1 ar c i ; ,.., u . Per Cent. 1864 93i 4 ~,,a , _ D o A c " Per Cent 1813,,,tii,. count • 42} '. liBl l 3 P;;Uent .Ditto Per —N 1.,-b° New Deferred — Do Account 'Jo Pas • sive 26i i 13 Account t'1,441811 Cert. of Coup not funded -"° Ace t tiv r , , v , cuu -- - e ' 418, 1 4 per Cent. D o a i T k i - - 3 1, Per Cent. 1864 ü b t 0 8 ;- , 6 per Cent. 1854 D o -account .. , .... . .. . ................ i 6 per Cent 11158 D Account ... 1 ................. _ £lOO Bonds — 6 6 7 1 8 71 D o V h 6 p 0 r Cent 1862 o > A_c_ count . . 67 8} .-,' 4.40 Bonds _ -',° 6 Per Cent.,1863 tc 5 Per Cent 1865 ..... Do ° SeziP, 435 paid ii 21 Account .... . 4 Per Cent. Guaranteed butc— 4 Dividends on th e above payable in London. 1, re,: N., ut Ex. 12 G u il / t _ ''',°. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..._ Itali an 5 4,0 per •I Cent 1861, Ex. 25f. Aee° .'llllt TWO O'CLOCK. f 1)0. or count , Feb Irione ............................. B _7_l_ e• ..8.1 .......................... 87 1 1 SHARE MARKETS,--This Day. Share' Railways, Briitol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian .... ,Cork and 8and0n..... 93 95 127 29 94 96 13 15 4i 5i 68 72 70 72 Cornwall & Belfast June ,Dun„Pertb, & A b.Junc &London, ~trip Certi , Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland] Great Northern D., A stock • • Do. B stock 111 113 42 13 71 ISk 12 , 1 A 127 143& 1441. Do. New. is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 91 93 571 58j 1)0. Newport 38 40 33 37 102 .c 4 122 122 9i 1 , 2 101 Ic3 37 39 4 0 1241 125} 94 154 61 $2 132 '33 21 21. : , 1 Iv , 100 102 I .o. Her eford ........ Lano4shire&Yorkshire L indon and Blackwell Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & orth Western Lon. & South Western Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan.. Do. New Do Extension...... Metropolitan District. Do do. do . Do. and :•-t. John sW'd Nlid and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin . Derby id Kent ... 12 4 123 11 11 9.1 14 Not th British ... Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. 61. N •E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ...... Do. .Stock.& Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 18e4 57 59 7 29 110 ili 72 73 101 105 36 37 10 It p 123 /27 - 2 2;p 2 Up 76 77 11 12 148 t 5 66 68 112 114 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. tic S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock , o. Scot, Mid. st.)ck 1 Shropshire Union South Devon , outli E stern . 55 57 73 74 8 9 147 150 Staines, Wok., tt Wok 'raff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo dr Whiteha 1, West Cornwtll ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 42 J 1411 4 I MI 8 i 8 363 7 56 1 734 i Pail!Closing I Business Price. , done. 125} 41 941 6th f 113 2 2 11 9h 6 1 a BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. E shares Buffalo t Lake Huron' Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.o. 872-3- Calcutta & 8. E., ape Town & Dock, gu. Demerara., 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben_ al, gu., 5 do East L•dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist *'ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d PrLf. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c • o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . if per cent.... Do Great W , R. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4, do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. az Hudson's Bay N. itl.C'da,6pc Ist/A.l3s Seinde ...... A Do. Delhi Do. do gi Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St. Flo COLONIAL GONER: British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31, 1872 .... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 1)o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk Cape. G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 uo.Apl.&001 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9 Do. .Tan. &July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and , 5 Oct. ' 1900 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.( Do. 1878, do Mauritius, F. p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 90. 1882, May .5, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. at Aug :Natal • ov. 0 per cent N.B.Gov. p.c.Ja.d.,l ul) N. S.W. Gov. 5 wc.,lBCt Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 187. Do. 5 PAL 1888 to 189_ New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... .. Nova So tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c s. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July I Do. do, 23 pril & Oct BRIT! 3 t p IC2 104 49 51 ISIONS. 5,6) 92 101 fd 6i 6f lu 11 75 80 99 101 60 70 100 102 100 101 101 102 par 40 35 36 87 89 67 69 55 60 58 58 52 57 47 50 42 46 31 36 34 35 101 102 p 1014 1021 16i 161 4 30 92 14 84 06 1 yd 90 100 93 95 89 91 63 65 82 84 .14 102 101_s 102.1 98& 99} IT SECUR 93 ¶ 5 93 15 93 05 79 Si 78 sO 101 )03 104 106 104 106 105 107 90 92 10 , IC2 103 105 106 1.08 102 104 105 107 ' 98 iOO 92 4 1 0 102 83 95 87 88 100 102 81 84 97 99 99A 100 103 105 104 106 Cam. Conaol. bold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. Great L xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist t• Grenville lierod's Foot •••• Elingston Downs Margaret fUny Lelant Marie Valley Itwyndy Iron Ore, lira New Se con North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan l North Wheal Crofty I Prosper Pr vidence Uny Lwlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. tlllogan stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clugan, West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradun (Luskeard West C hi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney { H MINES, 9 10 20 21 575 595 i 1 18 20 84 94 5# 51 3 3i 2.1.0 296 2.14.6 3t 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.. 14 15 3 3t 5 7 20 21 2 3h 32& '3i 3* 4} 36 38 51 5t 5 7 4 4i 2E lad 40 50 15 17 t 36 38 420 440 20 25 U) It 19 20 4 6 3 4' 9 11 ED 85 190 200 95 11 - 0 324 37i _ 3 215 22 104 ,1E SEAREb , 'KEFERION South Devon, Anna., 10s., 10 South Eastern (Heading Anus., £1.0,6), 22 1041 4 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS Great Eastern 4} per oent.lpr., Ditto, 5 pa cent pf., 95 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALH Nottingham and Clrantham IL and C., 901 FOREIGN RAILWAYS Bahia and San Francisco , 11. n.) gua. 7 per cent., 19i I Dutch Rhenish, 22 ontoman (Smyrna to Aidin), Pi i San Paulo, lion., gua. 6 per cent., 161 6 F 4 ►itEIGN .111INEF. Cape Copper. Bra.. 121 Cobre Copper, 204 20 East del Rey; lira. 31 Frontiuo and Bolivia Gold, lira., 11 St. John del Rey, Bin., 46 Washoe Gold, Um., Ditto (£4), 6} 6 BA.N&B. Alliance, lirn.. 291' Bank of Egypt, 294 British North American, 46) City, 112 11 Eng ish Joint Stock, Urn., 101 English and Swedish, I'm., 15 Imperial Ottoman, 121 Lar d'Mortgage Bank of India, hm., 4 London and Brazilian dim.), 47 London and River Plate. issued at 1# pm., 12/ London Joint Stock, 51 1 New Zealand Bank 4, orporation, lim., I )riental Banif Corporation. 5 i Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., 71 Provincial of Ireland, 83 Union of London, 54 MISCELLANEOUS: Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 f Berlin Water Works, Um., 101 Ceylon Company, id Commercial Union, Insurance, 7 Credit Foncier and Mobi Her of i.ngland, 81 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lim„ 71 Crystal Palace, 35 Ebbw Vale, 131 Egyptian Corn and Trading, Um. 21 2 Fore-street Warehouse, lint., 11l 1 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., Um., 7 International Financial :-.ociety, Um., 51 f Joint Stock Discount, Um., 81 London Financial Association. lim , 181:1 National Discount tompany. 161 4 # e New Zealand Trust and Loan, lim., 4 Overend, Gurney, and Co. lim., Si/ 201 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mall„lim., Rhymney Iron, 2) Thames and Mersey (Marine) Insurance, lint., 71 Universal Marine. Insurance, lira., 41 EXAMINERS ON PRIVATE BILLS.--The 18th inst., and not the 22d, as erroneously stated, is the first day on which Messrs. Frere and W. Smith, the examiners of Private Bills, will proceed with the local bills in Parliament. The number is 633. His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador has returned to Chandos House from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of LangloYne, at Boned Park, Wilts. 'OSSE MEN' THE SUN S LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1866. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. FORGERY. George Cole, a youth aged 19, who pleaded guilty last session of having forged a cheque for £lB7 on Messrs. Read and Co., silk mercers, was brought up for judgment. Prisoner was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. STEALING A POST-OFFICE ORDER. Thomas Joseph Manning, who was found guilty last session of stealing a post-office order, was brought up for judgment. Sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. --r __ __ BOW-STREET. SHOCKING CHARGE OF THROWING ACETIC ACID.—John Wainwright, a respectably-dressed man, residing at No. 8, Old Quebec-street, described as a "surgeon-dentist," was placed at the bar before Mr. Vaughan charged with felo niously throwing a quantity of nitric acid in the face of Margaret Sarah Peacock, at Museum-street, on the 6th inst., with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. Mr. L. Lewis, who attended for the prosecution, said the prisoner formerly had been on terms of friendship with Mr. and Mrs. Peacock, but differences had arisen, and some person, whom Mr. Peacock believed to be the prisoner, had made a practice of posting threatening written papers about the shop where theprosecutor was engaged. The police had found a quantity of paper like that used for the bill at the prisoner's house, and when he (prisoner) was asked to write a copy of the bills from dictation the same misspelling was made in his copy as existed in the original. He was not at all qualified for the medical pro fession, although he carried on the profession of a surgeon dentist. His clothes were found, when he was taken into custody last night, to be marked with acid stains, and from other circumstanees he was accused of the offence, and given into custody. Mr. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, defended the prisoner. Frederick Stephen Peacock said—l am manager to a jeweller, 477, Now Oxford-street. my wife is suffering from the effects of some corrosive acid which had been thrown in her face. I produce a certificate from the doctor attending her. I first heard of the matter on Saturday evening last. I was told that an outrage had been committed on my wife, and I ran towards Museum street, and the,re I found my wife, who had been carried into a baker's shop. She was suffering dread - fully from the effects of some burning acid. She is now blind and cannot attend. Her dress has been completely destroyed by the acid. I and my wife have quarrelled with the prisoner. I found the bills I now pro duce posted on the stall-board of our shop, on the 18th of December, as near as I could guess. They are disgusting libels on my wife; and, suspecting the prisoner to be the party, I went to his house and told him. I showed him some labels attached to some bottles, and I said I believed that the writer of the one wrote the other. He acknowledged writing the labels, but he denied the other. I told him without he wrote at my dictation I should not believe his protestation. He accordingly sat down and wrote as I dictated. I read out the whole of the bill which had been taken from the stall-board. I produce the paper the prisoner wrote on that occasion. The same mis-spelling in the original is to be found in the other. I have seen some of the other papers that have been posted about the streets, and I believe them to be the same handwriting as the one I have already referred to. Police-Sergeant Clifford, E 12, said—About half-past 10 on Saturday night I was in Oxford-street, near Museum street. I heard some one scream, and I ran down Museum street, and at a few yards down, at the corner of Brewer street, I saw a woman standing, who was screaming violently. I asked her what was the matter. She said, "Some one has thrown that into nay face which is burning me violently." I took out my handkerchief and wiped her face. Mr. Vaughan—You saw something on it, then ? Witness—Yes ; it smelt very strong of acid. Mr. Vaughan—You smelt it, then ? Witness—Yes. I asked who had done it. She said a tall man. I took her into a baker's shop, got some water washed her face, and then ran for a doctor. As I was going out I saw the prisoner in the baker's shop; he was very much agitated. He had a dark coat on and a broad brimmed hat. Dr. Ross attended, and then by his direc tions I took her to University Hospital. Mr.Vaughan—How do you think the prisoner entered the shop ? Witness—He followed in. I heard him speak to some per son, but I could not hear what he said. Some person made the remark that it was not acid, but alum and water. I had previously made the observation about some acid being thrown over the female. To the best of my belief the prisoner made use of the expression. [The silk handkerchief which witness used to wipe the lady's face was here shown to the magistrate. It was al most entirely destroyed by the burning of the acid.] I am sure the prisoner is the man I spoke to in the baker's shop. When I was at the hospital I saw some thing on the lady's bonnet, and I took a portion of it off with a quill. I now produce it. The prisoner was here directed to put on his hat, and then witness said he had no doubt about his being the person whom he spoke to in the baker's shop. Serjeant Franklin, 20 E, said he went last night in com pany with Mr. Peacock and another constable to No. 8, Old Quebec-street, and saw the prisoner in the back parlour. Mr. Vaughan—Does the prisoner live there ? Witness—Yes, sir. Before I spoke Mr. Peacock said I give this man into custody. I said wait a:minute. I told the prisoner I was a sergeant of police, and that he must con sider himself in my custody for throwing some nitric acid on Mrs. Peacock on Saturday evening, near Oxford-street. He said I know nothing about it ; I was not out of the house after half past eight o'clock on Saturday. I was at home, and saw a patient at that time, which the housekeeper will prdve. I never left the house. I asked him if he knew anything about bills which had been posted in Oxford-street. He said he did not. I asked him if he had ever written a letter to Mr. Peacock, and he said he had. I told him I should search his place, and on doing so I found the usual articles found in a chemist's shop. Prisoner rang the bell, and the housekeeper came up, and ho said to her, "Don't you recollect I saw a patient on Saturday evening about 8 o'clock ?" to which she said, " I don't remember." He then put another ques tion, asking her if she did not recollect admitting a patient about that time, and sho then after some hesitation said, " Oh, yes I do." Prisoner then said, " That's quite right." I asked the housekeeper if she had seen the pri soner after that time. She said she had not, as the prisoner had the keys of the door, and went in and out just as ho pleased, and that he kept himself very close indeed. Sergeant Davis 11 E said—l accompanied the last wit ness to Old Quebec-street. Behind the door in the back parlour I found the Inverness wrapper, and noticing stains on it, it was taken to Dr. Ross. The spots, when I took the coat from the place where it was hanging, wore damp, as if it had been washed on the place where the spots were. Mr. Vaughan—Might the dampness of the coat not have been caused by the rain ? Witness—No, sir ; the coat was quite dry, except on the places I have mentioned. Dr. George Ross said—l reside at 11, Hart-street, Bloomsbury, and am a physician and surgeon. I was called about half-past 10 to see a woman who was said to have had acid thrown over her. I went to a baker's shop in Museum-street. In the place at the back' of the shop I saw a female who was in great agony. On examining her I found a large por tion of her face greatly injured. The eyes were closed, and on opening the eyelids I found a grey discoloura tion in the eyeballs. I have no doubt that the injuries were produced by corrosive acid. She was taken to University Hospital by my instructions. This morning Inspector Garforth, of the E division of police, brought me the Inverness cape found at the prisoner's lodgings, and upon examining it I found a quan tity of acid stains about it—some near the right pocket hole, near the front, and also down the front. Attempts had been made to obliterate some of the stains. Mr. Vaughan—ln what way ? Witness—By some alkali, I should imagine, as the cloth was discoloured. Mr. Vaughan—Are the stains characteristic of any par ticular acid ? Witness—There is not enough to enable me to say, but muriatic, sulphuric, or nitric acid would make similar stains. Mr. Lewis—Can you say the duration of time the stains might have existed ? Witness—l cannot. The witness Davis was here recalled, and said the coat upon which the stains were found, and which was now in court, was in the same state as when he gave it to Inspec tor Garforth, excepting that the spots were a litte dryer. Mr. Lewis—Don't you know It rained on the morning of the day you found the coat ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Lewis--i must now ask another question. Was the dampness of the coat, Dr. Ross, caused by rain? Dr. Ross—lt was not. Mr. Lewis—That is the length I propose to go to-day. The prosecutrix is at this moment completely blind and quite unable to attend. I am afraid that, from what the medical gentlemen who have Mrs. Peacock at present un der their care have said, it will be some time before she will be able to attend. Mr. Vaughan—Then the next examination will be merely formal if the lady is not able to attend. Mr. Lewis applied to-admit prisoner to bail. Mr. Vaughan said, as the case at present stood, he did not think he could refuse to assent to such a course, but the bail would be heavy. lie should require the prisoner to enter into his own security for £l,OOO, and find two securities in £5OO each for his next appearance. The prisoner was then removed from the bar. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. KICKING A MAN DOWN A FLIGHT OP STims.—Walter Walters, a butcher, living at No. 7, Little St. Andrew street, Seven Dials, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting Mr. Daniel Lewis, lead, oil, and colour merchant, of Nos. 23 and 24, Little Earl-street. The injured man was unable to attend, and a certificate to that effect was handed in. Mr. Joseph Lewis, brother of the complainant, said that about 11 o'clock last night, having been informed that his brother had been kicked down stairs, he went round to his houso and found him lying on a sofa in an exhausted state. Hearing that the prisoner had assaulted his brother, he gave him into custody. Mrs. Sarah Lewis, wife of the complainant, said that on Saturday night there was a disturbance between the pri soner and his wife, who were their lodgers. Last night, hearing a noise, she went out to ascertain the cause, when the prisoner struck her husband, who was coming up the stairs, a violent blow in the side, knocking him against the wall. Her husband having been suffering for some time from bronchitis, and fearing the prisoner might do him .some further mischief, he went for a constable, but re turned to the house in consequence of hearing cries of " Murder," when she found her husband lying at the bot tom of the stairs, the prisoner having, after she left the house, kicked him down. The prisoner denied the kicking. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should remand the prisoner till complainant was able to attend. PAYING FOR A LARK.—George Turner, described as a mechanical dentist, of No. 60, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy square, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with knocking at doors in Oxford-street. Police-constable Lanahin, 41 E, said that at half-past one that morning he saw the defendant and three or four companions in Oxford-street. The prisoner knocked at the shutters of several houses with a stick, and then seized a knocker and knocked at a door. He then went on till he got to a ladder in front of a jeweller's house, when he ran up it as far as the first floor window, and on coming down he (the constable) took him into custody. After going a short distance the defendant made off at the top of his speed, and but for the circumstance of his running down a place where there was no thoroughfare would have got away. The defendant said he felt jolly. His friends were sing ing a song, and he certainly did knock at the shutters by way of beating time. On getting to the ladder a compa nion made a bet that he would not go up, so up he went. The defendant called a witness, who however only cor roborated tho constable. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 10s. or seven days. The Piracy on Board the Scotland. -- t -- EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONERS (THIS DAY). The six seamen, named James Liffin, Thomas Carr, James Dickson, Charles Tupper, Phillip Pillage, and Joseph Hallos, alias Matthews, were again brought before the chief magistrate, Sir Thomas Henry, this morning in custody of Superintendent Evans, of the Thames Police, on a warrant charging them that "on or before the Ist of August last they did unlawfully, piratically, and feloniously endeavour to make a revolt on board the British ship Scot land on the high seas, and within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, near the coast of Bengal." Mr. Hudson, who attended on the part of the Treasury, said—Sir Thomas, as I have received no information as to the arrival of the ship in London, I have therefore to ask for the remand of the prisoners for another week. Sir Thomas—Where was the ship when you last heard of her ? Mr. Hudson—ln Dingle Bay. Sir Thomas—And safe, because there was a report that she had gone to pieces. Mr. Hudson—She has been dismantled by bad weather, but that is all the damage she has sustained that I am aware of. Mr. Evans—The state of the weather has been such that I am sure it will be several days before the ship can arrive. Sir Thomas—Very well. You hear what has been said, so I shall have to again remand you for a week. Two Vessels Blown Up. Late on Friday evening last a terrific explosion took place in Hartlepool dock, which spread con-, sternation throughout the neighbourhood. The brig Euphemia, Capt. Bayfield, of West Hartlepool, was lying in the Victoria Dock ready to put to sea. She had taken in a cargo of Shotton gas coal for France, and the hatches were all battened down. In conse quence, however, of the absence of one of the crew, the arrangements that had been made for her depar ture were unavailing, and she had to be moored in the tier again. In order to do this two of the crew got into the boat with a rope, while the .rest were engaged at the after-part of the vessel with another warp, with the exception of an apprentice, named Alexander Kean, who was standing amidships. The captain, Mr. Wm. Bayfield, was in the cabin lock ing all up, as he purposed going ashore. At this juncture the Euphemia blew up. Her decks from one end to the other were torn up, and portions of them blown over the topmasts. The yards were covered with indentations made by the broken tim ber, and the shower of coal which followed the explo sion. All the crew who were aft escaped without any injury, but the captain and Kean were not so for turnate. Kean was blown into an adjoining vessel, and was severely burnt about the face, forehead, arms, and hands. He was immediately taken to a surgeon, who dressed his injuries, and he was after wards removed to the hospital. He has since suf fered very much, but there are hopes of his ultimate recovery. The captain was thrown down by the force of the explosion, and the cabin was filled with flame, which escaped by forcing out the cabin skylights. The injuries the captain received were not so serious as those of the boy, although he is badly enough burnt about all the exposed parts of the body. The vessel herself, as far as the deck is concerned, is a total wreck. On Saturday afternoon the steamtug Blue Bon net, of Sunderland, was blown up at Blyth. She had come round to the latter port for the purpose of towing a wherry laden with iron from the Bedling ton Ironworks to Sunderland, and was lying at the quay, where her boiler suddenly exploded. The master and the fireman were scalded, the latter very severely. Assistance was at once afforded, but the poor fellows were inhumanly refused admit tance at two or three public-houses. At length they were taken in by Mrs. James Watson, lodg ing -house keeper (whose mother lost her life in the exercise of the same kindly sympathy, whilst nursing cholera patients), and their wants imme diately attended to. It is supposed that the explo sion was caused by the weakness of one of the boiler-plates. Little or no damage is done to the vessel. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. • GREAT WESTERN AND MIDLAND JUNCTION. It appears that negotiations are in progress re specting this scheme, and that there is a prospect of its being carried out. 'As compared with the high level bridge, it is stated that a saving of six miles in toll to London from the South Wales coal fields can be effected ; that by means of the Forest of Dean central line the new scheme will effect a saving of 12 miles in the distance between Liverpool and Bristol. Mr. Lane and Mr. Owen, on the part of the Great Western, and Mr. Crossley and another gentleman, on the part of the Midland, met at Lydney on Saturday last, in order to prepare a re port to their respective Boards on the project. A South African Judge in Difficulty. The South African Mail gives the following ac count of an accident on circuit, by which the valu able life of Mr. Justice Connor was nearly lost, and others placed in immediate peril : "It appears that the learned judge, attended by his registrar and interpreter, left Cradock for Queen's Town, in the eastern provinces during a violent storm. Between the two places runs the river Turkac, and the drift or ford called Flek Poort, by which it is crossed, like the majority of drifts in South African rivers after:heavy rain, dan gerous alike to life and limb. At the time when the judge reached the spot the river was rushing down with a rapidity which inspired the whole party with symptoms of considerable uneasiness ; but meeting with a Hottentot, who had not long crossed the drift, and who asserted that the stream was passable, his lordship determined to make a bold attempt. His own waggon, drawn by eight horses in the usual Cape style, took precedence. At first all went well. Terrible as was the force of the stream, the horses breasted the current bravely, though they shivered as the rushing water threat ened, in its wild strength, to carry them off their feet. To the delight of the anxious spectators on the opposite bank, however, all happened as it should have happened, till the leaders got within a few yards of the shore; and then, just as all concerned were congratulating themselves that the danger was over, the danger came. The two leaders had nearly reached the other side of the drift when they were seen to stagger wildly, to fight for their footing, to struggle madly for the land. The next moment their heads turned down stream, horses and harness were mixed up in inextricable confusion, and both waggon and judge were whirled away, as it seemed to the terrified spectators, to swift and almost sure destruction. There are important crises in the lives of men when hesitation is not possible, and action becomes a sort of instinct. It fortu nately happens that both the registrar and inter preter can swim, and swim well ; and no sooner did they see the danger of the judge than they plunged into the stream, and, knife in hand, made for the waggon, in order to cut the traces, the horses be ing perfectly unmanageable, and some of them al ready drowning. When they got into mid-stream, the force of the current made the two gentlemen, who thus bravely risked their lives, reel and stagger. Then they lost their footing, and the next instant were swept away down the river. Fortunately, both caught at a large bush, and were saved ; and in a position to render most important service, for the waggon brought up at nearly the same place, and they were thus able very quickly to cut the traces, so releasing the occupants of the waggon from immediate peril. It was a pitiable sight to see the poor horses drown—to watch them struggle and shiver—to hear them shriek and snort in their fear and death agony--to see them sink, one by one, and note their convulsive quiverings as the waters roared around their prey. The contest did not last long, however. In a very few minutes five horses were drowned, and three managed to make the shore. There now remained to be accomplished two somewhat difficult tasks. In the first place it was necessary to rescue Mr. Justice Connor and the servants who were in the waggon ; and next, it was desirable, if possible, to get the waggon itself to the bank, lest the torrent increasing should carryboth waggon and records away. Accordingly a ropewas fastened to a tree on shore, and then taken over to the waggon, and made fast to the top of that conveyance. Then all necessary precautions having been taken to ensure a safe passage, the judge was directed to grasp the rope, and come ashore hand over hand. The coolness and self-possession of the learned gentleman never deserted him, though for a time himself " condemned to swing" and being up to his middle in the treacherous waters. " Mr. Connor soon reached the shore in safety, and in due time driver and baggage, law books and records, were extricated from the destruction which had threatened them. The plan adopted to recover the waggon was less successful. An ingenious gen tleman, whose zeal was not tempered with discre tion, hit upon the notable expedient of fastening a span of oxen to one wheel of the waggon and then setting the span in motion, whereby the vehicle, which had hitherto retained its proper position, was immediately thrown over on its side. After much delay, however, the unwieldly conveyance, which is sacred to her Majesty's judges, was raised and brought to land with but little injury." Extraordinary Escape from Carmarthen Gaol On Thursday morning the governor and officials were in a state of great consternation at finding that at an early hour a daring escape from the county gaol in Carmarthen had been made by two uncon victed felons, namely, Charles Williams, committed for trial at the next assizes, on three distinct charges of burglary, and John Reed, who would be ar raigned at the quarter sessions at Llandilo on a charge of housebreaking had he not managed to make his exit from the prison in so unexpected a manner. The proper name of Williams, who is well known as the modern Jack Sheppard, is Owen Prit chard ; he is now on ticket of leave, having been transported from Ruthin. He has already broken out of gaol twice, once out of a lock-up house, and is a notorious character. Reed is of Irish extraction, born in Scotland, but nothing is known of him. In describing the plan of the escape we may mention that the unconvicted felons are imprisoned in the portion of the prison termed the Trebanda, a build ing two stories high, in which are several cells, four being on the top storey, and having a large paved yard surrounded with high stone walls, and sur mounted with chevaux de frise in front. In two of these Cells, which by the way were originally one cell, but which was some years since divided into two, by a single brick partition, were confined the two prisoners, and at half-past one o'clock on Thursday morning the warder visited them, and found everything all right. After this operations must have been commenced by Reed tearing down some of the brickwork of the partition, which enabled him to get into Williams' cell ad joining. They, then, it appears, raised a part of the flooring, which was also of brick, close to the flue, running up from the room beneath, designated the " day room," where prisoners are placed at periods of the day, and then in that hole made an opening into the chimney with the aid of a small piece of oak firewood, which they had become pos sessed of. This wall was supposed to be thoroughly secure, no one ever dreaming that it was only a single brick thick. The work, though cunningly and effectually performed, was exceedingly clumsy, and such as might be effected by a piece of tough wood, used as a sort of wedge to remove the brick work. The prisoners then forced their bodies through the hole into the chimney and descended into the day room, which was not secured. Having got to terra firma the next thing was to get over the walls, and the way in which this feat was ac complished was as follows :—They tore their bed ticks into strong shreds, and joined them tightly together with towels and a shirt until they had two ropes, each about 25 feet long ; to the end of each they secured a pillow case half filled with culm as purchase for them to scale the walls. Having flung one of these ropes over the wall of the Trebanda, the bag of culm being safely entangled in the chevaux de . frise, they ascended and got down safely the other side in the same manner. They then stealthily crept past the governor's house, and flung the other rope over the comparatively low wall of the Castle Green, which they easily got over, and thus effected their escape. All this was done between half-past one and five a.m., and the ingenuity employed was marvellous, although on an inspection the means of escape proved simple in the extreme. The Trebanda is supposed to have been built in 1790, and no one knew but the prisoners, who managed to find it out, that the flues were only one brick in thickness.— Carmarthen Journal. - _ - [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.—Bilious affec tions and .tomach complaints induced by a too liberal diet, if not early checked, are often attended with serious con sequences. •Whon any one finds his ideas less clear than usual, his eyesight dimmed, and his head dizzy, while he is indisposed for all exertion, physical or mental, he may be quite sure that he is in immediate need of some cooling and purifying medicine. Let him send at once for a box of Holloway's pills, after a few doses of which his head will be clear again, his• spirits be elevated, and all his ener gies be restored. Printed directions for the guidance of patients in the use of this admirable medicine are affixed to every box. The Mexican Question in the United States Congress. The extraordinary proceedings of Congress with regard to Mexico the first days of the session cannot fail to pro duce a startling effect on the other side of the Atlantic. Maximilian, too, as well as his master, will find in them matter for serious thought. Our correspondent in Mexico says that the appointment of General Logan as Minister to the Juarez Government, and the emphatic words of General Grant against the French-Austrian occupation of that neighbouring republic, "produced a profound sensa tion." If these mutterings of the storm had such an effect, what effect will the action of Congress have both in Mexico and - France ? The President's appointment of Logan was full of meaning. None of our prominent military men have spoken more earnestly against the usurpation in Mexico. Then he was appointed after a long interval in which we had no Minister residing there, and at the very time when the fortunes of Juarez were represented to be at the lowest ebb. It was a broad hint, conveyed in the mildest manner possible, of the fixed policy of this coun try as understood by the Monroe doctrine. It was a notice to the Emperors Napoleon and Maximilian to leave the territory of our sister republic, in order to avoid trouble with the United States. The language of our re ticent but frank General-in-Chief, referred to as having produced a profound sensation, was in response to the following, uttered at a public meeting at which he was present : "European ambition had striven to establish another em pire over a sister republic. Maximilian, by strange arms, has been forced upon her brave and unwilling people. Fouler wrongs never outraged human rights than the present occupation of Mexico by the French. We sympathise with our sister republic in her hour of need, and firmly believe in her coming deliverance." General Grant's reply was : " I hope that you will excuse me from doing anything more than thanking you ; but there is one sentiment uttered that is mine, and that is the one touching the future of Mexico." We might refer to the President's Message, which, though moderate in tone is very decided as to the prin ciple of American policy ; and we might notice the una nimity with which the Press, public speakers, and the people everywhere express themselves on this subject. But the movement in Congress is the most important of any, and calls for special attention. Ou the 11th of last month Mr. Wade, of Ohio, intro duced the following preanible and resolutions iu the Senate, and Mr. Schenk, of the same State, in the House : " Whereas in a letter of instructions dated July 3, 1862, directed to General Forey, commanding the French forces in Mexico, the Emperor of the French indicated the policy concerning the affairs on this continent by declaring that it was his intention to establish a monarchy in Mexico, which would restore to the Latin race on this side of the Atlantic all their strength and prestige, guarantee securi4 to the French West India colonies and those of Spain, secure the interests and establish the influence of France in the centre of America, and prevent the people of the United States from taking possession of the Gulf of Mexico, from which they would command the Antilles and South America, and so become the only dispensers of the products of the New World; and whereas, in pur suance of said policy, an attempt has been made to establish a monarchy in Mexico, contrary to the wishes of the people, and to support Maximilian in his usurpation by European soldiers ; and whereas, among other acts con trary to the spirit of the age and humanity, the so-called Emperor of Mexico by a decree and regulation dated September 5, 1865, practically re-established slavery in his dominions, and by a decree dated October 3, 1865, has vio lated the usages of civilized warfare by denying to the Mexican Republican troops the rights of belligerents, and ordering their execution wherever found within twenty-four hours after capture; therefore be it " Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled—First, That we contemplate the present condition of affairs in the re public of Mexico with the most profound solicitude. Second, That the attempt to subvert one of the Republi can Governments of this continent by a foreign power, and to establish on its ruins a monarchy, sustained solely by European bayonets, is opposed to the declared policy of the United States Government, offensive to our people, and contrary to the spirit of our institutions. Third, That the President of the United States be requested to take such steps concerning this grave matter as will vindicate the recognised policy and ,protect the honour and inte rests of our Government." The matter was referred to the Committees 'of the Senate and House on Foreign Affairs. Other resolutions were submitted by Senators and members to the same effect, all of which were well received. In truth, there appears to be but one opinion. These gentlemen have a keen per ception of the way the popular current runs. We suppose the resolutions asking the President for information re specting Mexico will be responded to immediately after the adjournment, and we have no doubt the resolutions referred to the Committees on Foreign Affairs will soon be acted upon. Congress is reticent with regard to England. Members seem to think we can afford to wait awhile for a settlement of the Alabama claims and other outstanding questions, but not so about Mexico. They evidently act upon the impression that this affair requires an early solution. This earnestness on the part of Con gress, taken in connection with public sentiment and the emphatic declarations of our great generals, must create a sensation in Europe and make the Emperor Napoleon very uneasy. There is one feature in this Mexican movement in Congress worthy of serious notice. The men who take a lead in it are nearly all extreme Radicals. They are em phatically the war party. They made so much money out of our civil war, and acquired so much power in the country, that they are ready to plunge us into another war. Their immense contracts are ended by the suppres sion of the rebellion. They will not give up these spoils if they can hold on to them. They know, too, that with the restoration of peace their political power wanes. The Jacobins of the French Revolution plunged France into a war with all Europe for the purpose of holding power, and to cover up their treacherous crimes. They dreaded the reaction that peace would bring, and consequently kept the country in a continual state of war. Human nature is the same throughout all times, and history is being constantly repeated. Our American Jacobins have the same character as those of France, and if they were not restrained would do deeds as infamous as their proto types. The Sumners, Wades, and Stevensos are the Robespierres, Couthons, Marats of this revolutionary period in America. It will require all the modification and firmness of President Johnson to prevent us from being precipitated into a great foreign war by this class of men, who want great contracts, and to secure a long lease of poli tical power. There is no denying the fact that a very ticklish state of affairs exists on the Rio Grande border. A spark, an accident, may light up the flames of war. But, as we said before, we have confidence in the moderation, firmness, and sagacity of the President to carry us through the difficulty. _ _ What then, it may be asked, shall we abandon Mexico and the Monroe doctrine ? By .no means. The French and the Austrian archduke must leave. Their occupation of Mexico under false pretences is a standing insult to this country. A great people like the Americans cannot live under such a menace—under such a defiance to our long established and cherished policy. In reality, French in tervention is a part of the war, as General Sheridan ex pressed it, and the war will not be properly closed up while the French and Austrians remain on this continent. But we think our purpose can be accomplished without a war. If not, we are ready for it, and have no fear of the result. We know our own resources are equal to any emergency. We have no fear of England. She would be too glad to see France and the United States at war, for she would profit by it. The most effective way of solving the difficulty would be to get a non-intercourse act with France. If Napoleon contin ues to send troops to Mexico —nay if he will not give o ur Government to understand that he will withdraw w ithin a reasonable time, a non intercourse act ought to be passed. This immense m ar _ ket for French goods being closed, the Emperor would soon feel the pressure upon the working and commercial classes. It would be a positive benefit to us by cutting off a vast amount o f extravagance and stim ulating our own ma nufactures. This would prove an earthquake under the feet of t he imperial dynasty, We rather sus pect the shrewd Emperor would abandon his ridiculous theories about the Latin race on this continent, and take away to L s a a t id in rterposoaptsedtolyputthadtowitn a r p e p v e o a l r u e t d i c mt o a t u s h o t m h a e t . Mexico would be the Moscow to the third Napoleon. Looking at the signs of the times, we are persuaded it will be so unless he withdraws within. a short time from America. —New York Herald. PRESIDENT JOHNSON. —It is almost needless to s ay that, like Mr. Lincoln, he was and is proud of his origin, and fond of reverting to it. An anecdote is often told which humorously • illustrates his peculiarly American pride of origin. While Governor of Tennessee, Mr. Johnson, betaking himself for a season to the exercise of his old craft, turned out a splendid suit of clothing in the latest fashion, which he sent as a present to his friend Governor M'Goffin, of Kentucky. The Kentucky Gover nor, who had once been a blacksmith of no mean skill, at once returned the compliment by forging with his own hands and sending to Mr. Johnson a very serviceable shovel and pair of tongs, which he hoped would serve to keep alive the flame of their old friendship. Mr. Johnson has always paid marked attention to men of his own trade, and can hardly pass a tailor's shop without going in and exchanging compliments with the knights of the goose and needle with whom he once wrought. In the heat of a hard-fought political campaign a friend asked him what he should do if by chance be were defeated. ' Open a tailor's shop and go to work,' was the prompt reply. . In person Mr. Johnson. is a little above the average height, compactly framed, and capable of great and protracted exertion, 'either of mind or body. He is abstemious in his personal habits, and indifferent to the pleasures of the senses. The first impression his presence gives is that his extraction is plebeian, and that he is largely endowed with rugged and hardy sense.—Life of President John son. Northampton Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh NOVE: Lincoln Liverpool Newmarket Houghton 22 Worcester IBER. Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt ll MARKETS—This Day. HAY SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to 15 8s; clover, £5 Os to 16 lOs Od ; and straw, 11 lOs to £1 16s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £slos Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 17s 6d; and straw, £1 12s to £1 18s per load. Trade quiet. WHlTEcnApEL.—Meadow hay £4 Os to £5 8s Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 10s to £1 16s per load. A slow trade. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has remained very dull, and prices are unchanged. A small quantity of Indian, viz., 1,995 pack ages, will be offered at public sale to-day. SIMAR.—The market has been inactive, and the few dealings entered into have been at about previous -rates. In the refined market there is also little change of im portance. COFFEE.—There has been a very moderate amount of business transacted, at about late rates, for both plantation and native Ceylon. IticE.—The demand has been limited without any ma terial change to report in value. TALLOW.—Business has remained inactive, and owing to a large quantity being in the market, prices are depressed. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 47s Gd ; March, 48s 3d to 48s 6d ; April to June, 48s ; and last three months, 49s 3d per cwt. Arrest of Captain Semmes of the Alabama. The arrest of Raphael Semmes, late admiral in the Con federate navy, and commander of the celebrated cruiser Alabama, has already been announced. We give below the charge preferred against him, as also Capt. Semmes' pro test, which we find in the Mobile Daily Times. That paper prefaces the publication of these documents as follows: "It is with a profound feeling of shame, as citizens of the great republic, that the Times has to lay before its readers the sad intelligence of the unexpected arrest and immediate transfer to a Northern gaol of the brave, good, and chivalric Raphael Semmes, formerly the commander of the Confederate man of war Alabama, on the ground of having, during his most unequal fight with the Kearsage, raised a white flag and then escaped under cover of the cessation of hostilities. When the commander of the Kear sage made on the Confederate agent at Cherbourg the rather strange demand of surrendering the Confederates who 119 d actually swam ashore and were then under the protection of the French flag, he was coldly referred by that semi-official personage to the maritime prefect of that French port for all information regarding those men, and there the demand was dropped. And to-day, tho Go vernment whose fleets are swarming on every sea, whose gigantic armies shake the earth as they move that Government snatches almost by surprise from among his family the unprotected, helpless, and over-confident commander of a ship which, after having skilfully baffled the efforts of the whole Federal navy, finally came out, like a true-born American sailor, gave battle to a superior enemy, and gallantly sunk sooner than give up his ship'." The following are the charge and specification brought against Admiral Semmes : Charge and specification of a charge preferred by the Sec rotary of the Navy against Raphael Semmes, late com mander of the rebel steamer Alabama. Charge—Violating the usages of war. Specification-4 this, that on or about the 19th day of Juno, 1864, off the entrance of the port of Cherbourg, France, the said Raphael Semmes, being then in command of the rebel steamer known as the Alabama, and an engage ment having taken place between the said steamer and the db United States steamer Searsarge , ordered or permitted a s se_ white flag to be hoisted on board the said rebel steamer, and i:n took the opportunity of the cessat i o n thereby caused the escape engagement, from t dhe sa o i f d t r h e e be t i ru s t s e t a r m ep er o ,i s fu e o d erurt i h n e him, , uran ad s bi to make i ing the actual surrender o f hi s person as a prisoner of w ar, and the responsibilities thereby incurred, of avoid quently, without having been exchanged as a prisoner, engage in hostilities against the United States. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy. Navy Department, Nov. 25, 1865. Against which arrest Admiral Semmes entered the fol lowing protest :—" Sir,—on the 26th day of April, 1865, I was at Greensboro', N.C., in command of a naval brigade forming part of the army of General Joseph E. Johnson, and participated in the capitulation between Gen. Johnston and Major-General W. T. Sherman, commanding United States army of North Carolina. The condition of said ca pitulation on the part of General Johnston was that the army under his command should cease all acts of war from the date of the capitulation, April 26 aforesaid. In consi deration of which condition thus entered into by General Johnston, General Sherman stipulated that the officers and men comprising the army of General Johnston should re turn to their homes, and there remain unmolested by the United States authorities so long as they observed the ob ligation they had entered into, and obeyed the lama: en forced where they resided. I have this day been arra sted by order of the Secretary of the Navy, had a guard placed Over my house, and have been informed that I am to pro ceed to Washington, in custody, there to answer a charge preferred against me, predicated upon facts which took place anterior to the capitulation between Gen. Johnston and Gen. Sherman. This being a violation of the capitu lation on the part of Gen. Sherman, I respectfully retake this my protest against said arrest.—(Signed) "Mobile, Ala., Dec. 15, 1865." R. Smorra. THE YEAR'S EMIGRATION FROM THE MERSEY". -- The Government Emigration Agent has just completed the yearly emigration returns for the port of Liverpool. It appears that during the past year there have sailed from the Mersey, under the Act, for the United States 264 ships, conveying 4,969 cabin and 89,475 steerage passengers. Of the latter 24,200 were English, 2,258 Scotch, 42,357 Irish, and 26,680 other countries. For Canada, 32 ships, with 1,114 cabin, and 7,570 steerage passengers, of whom 3,289 were English, 1,671 Irish, and 2,105 other countries; to New South Wales 2 ships, with 2 cabin and 1,281 steerage passengers; to Queensland, 6 ships, with 49 cahin and 2,193 steerage passengers ; to Victoria, 25 ships, with 316 cabin and 6,344 steerage passengers ; and to South Ame rica, 3 ships, with 10 cabin and 284 steerage passengers. Total sailing under the Act, 8 33 s hips, conveying 6 ,460 cabin and 107,147 steerage passe n g ers ; of whom 31,819 were English, 3,051 Scotch, 49,401 Irish, and 22,576 other countries. During the same period 74 " abort ships" sailed to the United States with 4,106 cabin and 1,258 steerage passengers ; and to South America, 51 ships, with 585 cabin and 366 steerage passengers. Several ships sailed to various other countries —the " short ship " passengers. emi he total emi gra ti on for gration representing a total of 202, ships, with 5,391 ca bi n fore 121,046 against 125,445 i n 186 4, t a h n e d y 2, e o a 4 r B i s s te et therefore re e showing a decrease of 4,399 on the year. The emigration for the past month of December showed a total of 27 ships Act, or 2 0 2 r 5 ,, ca sh b e i rt n , r 16 - usenndgeerrsthztA4 c472y3i.ngN4o,3t9uBnsateerertahgee ships and 752 passengers. Total emigration for the month, 5,375 passengers against 4,175 in the corresponding month of 1864—increase, 1,200. MIDLAND. The directors of the Midland Railway Company have recently invited designs for their metropolitan terminus and hotel from a limited list of architects, with a view to securing the finest architectural ele vation that can be obtained to represent them before the public. Designs were submitted by Messrs. G. G. Scott, R.A., E. M. Barry, Owen Jones, H. Darbishire, T. C. Sorby, G. Somers Clarke, and F. P. Cockerell, of London ; and from Messrs. E. Walters, Lockwood and Manson, Hine and Evans, and W. Lloyd, of the provinces. After much deliberation, a Gothic design by Mr. Scott has been selected for execution, at a cost of about £300,000. This design recalls many points noticed in his original design for the Government offices. Premiums have:been awarded to Messrs. G. Somers Clarke, F. M. Barry, and T. C. Sorby, as ranking next in the order of merit. The site for the build ing fronts the Euston-road, between Brewer-street on the east to the Old St. Pancras-road to the west. DEPOSITS ON PRIVATE BlLLS.—Saturday next is the last day for the eight per cent. deposits on railway and other local acts in the Court of Chan cery. The 14th of January is the day fixed by the Standing Orders, which falling this year on a Sun day the deposits must be concluded on the preced ing day. 99& 100 an 5 1 451 31! 1 101 J 100} ITIES. TAT TERSALLS'--Last Evening RACING FIXT FEBR Lincoln MAI Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring AP: Ne wmarket Craven 2 Durham Catterick Bridge Abergavenuy 5 Chelmsford Spring Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury • 3 Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 JU: Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading UARY AUG Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham 1 4 Wolverhampton 1 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l 1 SEPT] Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester 6 Doncaster Canterbury lB DERBY. 7to 1 agst Rustic (taken) Bto 1 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 20 to 1 agst Redan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken) 25 to 1 agst Janitor (taken) 66 to 1 agst Wolsey (taken) 66 to 1 agst Westwick (taken) 100 to 1 agst Laneret (taken) Rustic in great demand. 'RES FOR 1866. Nottingham Spring ',C IL Croxton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Chester Curragh Y. Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer 29 Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Huugerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 26 Worcester ,Y. Down Royal Corp lB Stamford l9 Winchester 24 1 Southampton 25 Huntingdon UST. York August 2l Plymouth Li - ehfield Devon and Exeter Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 2B Weymouth 3O MBER. Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn 24 Newmarket Ist October 26 Walsall 2 OCTOBER. -r-~-t= - _...,0 ...,t- ..d icos a g e d was )f it ° yell 05 eteo cur e 01' lii gree b 0 aso rep lble ~111 joa ,001 Li o" ov a 041! , :or o tOu et 20 201 10 100 luO 100 100 all 100 100 190 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 65 i 100 li+l 4 1611