The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-03 00:00:00

'yd ed. to Duff- Life jai in aN :c ac ader- of a four- eavh , Cl in-0 h forj theo l al ofl thel hid assfut rtedlyJ dis dis- s far peke. thatl earn. blics, riti hti bee rabl other them we 3). X3NEY BTABKET AND (JokrztadiA.L INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Business to-day in discount circles has again been very active, and the 'All brokers have required fully 6 per cent. for the negotiation of short-dated paper. The inquiry for accommodation has recently been greatly stimulated by some heavy payments that had to be made in connection with the Egyp tian loan, and this afternoon a large amount of capital will be taken off the market by the North Western Railway. The near approach of the 4.th of the month i s a l so exercising its usual influence by the provision required for meeting the bills which then arrive at maturity. banker s and other floating The balances of ever discount establishments, how great, show an in crease, and there is, therefore,. er willingness to enter into new engagements, and a mor e sat i sfactory feeling apparent. At the Bank yesterday there were no bullion ope rations of importance. During the past week the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have been closed for the Christ mas holidays ; a few dealings, however, have taken place in the private market in several of the princi pal staples at about the rates current at the close of the year. Operations, however, will be actively re sumed to-day. The following communication refers to the Vene 2uelan debt :—Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received advices from their agents at La Guayra, announcing that the recent order of Gen. Guzman Blanco, for the resumption of payment of the 55 per cent. of customs has been rescinded by an order of the Caraccas Government, pending the decision of the Federal Court as to certain alleged claims of Government creditors ; and that they (Messrs. Baring's agents) had been required to re fund a sum of $18,443 45c in payares, received at Puerto Cabello on account of the duties. The General Credit and Finance Company of London are in receipt of advice from their agents, Messrs. H. L. Boulton and Co., dated La Guayra, Dec. 9, 1864, of duties collected as, follows, on ac count of the Venezuela Six per Cent. Loan of 1864 ; Per statement No. 11, from La Guayra, $1,346 37c. ; No. 12, from ditto, $3,927 49c. ; No. 19, from Puerto Cabello, $855 36c. ; total, $6,131 22c. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris to-clay, according to Mr. Reuter's tele gram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes have been 67f. 20c. Firm. No material alteration has been perceptible to-day in the quotations of the principal favourite securi ties of the Stock Exchange, but there has undoubt edly been more business in progress than recently, and a more buoyant feeling has been apparent. Monetary affairs will no doubt in a short time assume an easier appearance, and politically there is nothing to occasion the least disquietude. Under these favourable influences the public may be ex pected to speculate more freely. The English Funds to-day have been maintained at their recent improvement, and Consols for money are, 8981, and 891 a for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 ; Annuities, 1880, 14 5-16ths ; Exchequer Bills, 4s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 1021, 103* ; and Bonds, 10s. prem. There has been a moderate business -in the Foreign Market, and prices have been tolerably steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. (1862) are 694 4 ; ditto Consolides, 481 1 ; Mexican, 281 ; ditto New, 26* 1 ; Greek, 231 1 ; Spanish Passive, 324 1 ; ditto Certificates, 141 1; the Confederate Loan, 52 54 ; the Egyptian, 1+ prem. ; the Danubian, 1 dis. par ; and the Montevidean, 21 4 prem. - In the Railway Share Market business has been moderately active, and prices in several instances are firmer. South-Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln have each advanced 15s. ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, and Midland each ss. •, while South-Eastern have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines are generally a shade firmer. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue at steady rates ; London and Westminster realise 99i ; Union of London 58+ 4 ; London Chartered of Australia, 244 ; Alliance, 33 34 ; Hudson Bay Company, 161 ; London Financial, 23, 1 24 - and Credit Foncier and Mobilier of Engl an d, 81 if. BRITISH FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. __.ilovEitsmENT-FUND S . aper Cent. Consols 89i 4. Do. Account, J an. 1.0 ............ B9l I 3 pet-Cent. Reduced .......................... New 2 per C en t. J an. 1894 881 New 3 t per Cent ... . ...... ..1 88 Do. per Cent. J an. 18 73 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan.,. 1880 14 5-16 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1815 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 p er C ent 4 pm Do. £5OO ............. Do. £ lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent.-- 239 Do. Account — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10 per Cent., April 1874 —Do Account Do. 5 pe r C ent. July, 1870 1 03 1 Do. Ac coun t Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO lO pin Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4-1 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Chißan 6 per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 . Do. 4 per Ce n t., 1863 __ Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 yer Cent tl 6 i Do., Second Issue Do. £lOO Bo n d s —_ Do. 1864 — Do. Scrip, £l5 paid Do. Accou n t Greek 5 p er C ents., 1824-5, ex Coupons pm. Do. Account Do. Coupons Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian an 3 5 per Cent Cent. (Maremmana Railway) Mex per — Do Account 281 Do 1864 , i;i.. Do 6 p er C ent. Anglo-French i— Do Scrip, £5O raid Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c Moorish I mper i al 5 per Cent ` l 's x div New Gra na d a — Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do Debenture; 4 per Ct., Ap r il , 1864 — Do do Aug, 1856 Peruvian 4i. per Cent. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4i por Cent., 1862 Do Account Portu gu ccou 3ese t per Cent., 1853 ............ bo An .... DD° a Per L: ...... . -; 1 7.1 9 '60,... .'3 4(4 o Account.,. ...... ..... ' Russian 5 per Cent., •1822; . ..i . . ii'; .. Do 41 per Cent., 1850 ......... . Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 i 1 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 8 1 iDo 1864 Do Scrip, £65 paid Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account Bl Spanish 3 per C en t Do Account Do New Defer r ed — Do Account 4l Do Passive — Do Account 321 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l4l Swedish 4 per Cent. Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account. — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account 7Ol 1 Do £lOO Bonds -- Do 6 per Cent. 1862 ... 691, 69 i 70 Do Ac coun t Do £lOO B on d s Do 6 per Cent. 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — 'Venezuela 3 per Cent. . — 1 3 ,0. Account ~.,0 6 „ 0 - per Cent, 1862 Do, Account '-'• 6 Per Cent., 1864 — Do. 1 1, per Cet — ividends on the above payable in Loudon. Austrian, 5 - Per Cent., Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 4 i per cent, Ex..25f Dutch 21 per Cent E uil Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates . Frenchnte B , 3 Per Ce t Italian 6 per Cent., 1 86.4 n E x : ....... ... ' Do. Account .............. .. - - ........................ 64 3 1 4f Consols, M TWO O'CLOCK. Do Money TWO 891 . • Account ................................. 89i SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share Railways. 13 1 Bir., Wol., & Str: Val Blyth and Tyne Boatel and Exeter ...• Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall D A u A. gets no div Li.p.c.p.anatas DOB CC been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wcstern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st No. v Great North of Scot land Great Northera DJ. A stock Do. B o Do. New. is. at 23 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland G t. Weste n -Ori2inal D . S. Val. Bail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Ox.ord Do. Ncwpo t Do. lie efor d . . . . Lune ,shire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Brie,h.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover & North Western Lon.-& South Western Man., 4e1., & Lincoln marypo i l and Carlisle DO:* tilhlres Do. 'New Mid and Do, tiirmin . & Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland 100. b shares id Kent No th British Do. Ed., Pth ,'& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G. 11•111 purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. stock. & Darling. De. d 855- 8 Do. do. 1860-61 North Londou Do. New Do. do 18. 4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W Junction Scottish C. utral Scot. N E Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stack 4 h. ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union ... South Devon -ouch E stern itaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neat h 'Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw 01 W.Harilepool Har.&Et Do. A irredeemable 1 Do. A. redeemable 100 100 ICO 100 10 100 10 10 u 100 100 6 7 34 21 16 17 93 92 106 1 8 47 3 / 4 43 76 8, 13i 135 1:, , 5 155 130 3! 93 01 78 78 67 6) 57 59 44 4G ;co 102 llit 115; 89 84 105 106 37 39 118} 119 97 91 63 67 12! 12: 100 100 all all all 100 13 . 11371 105 107 53 57 z 5 27 1 3 111 100 10.13.4 10) 100 all 714 72 103 101 38 39 1i 12p 9 10p 123 124 2p I : p' 79 8 , 101 11 138 112 58 69 4 , 42 85 85 8 9 163 168 34 44p 108 109 38 40 BRITIS H POSSE, 74 77 ORDINARY SHAMES AND STOCKS. 135 k i 1571 7g i , 161 84 * 38}106/ 8 1221 934 9 Bii i 12q I 141 a 86 5 1 IClosing I Business Paid. / Price. done. Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, A Cen. In. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buft,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aux. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June i, 1374 Calcutta & E., ltm.. 'a e Town & Dock, gu. Demera• a, 7 p.c. per. p' East. Ben . al, gu , 5 co East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. J EXCinsion Grand Trunkof Canad Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. Bonds. Do. do. deferred ... Do. 2d Pref. stock... Do. do. defer red ... Do. 4th Pref. stock . Do. do. deterred ... Gt. India Pen. gaa. 6p.e. Do. 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 Wes. of Canada.. Da. New Do. 6 p. c. Bda- pay 1873 Do. 53 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch. limited Madras, pm. 5 p.e Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Alelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel & Hudson's i3ay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B V. I.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scindc .. •. . ..... . Do. Delhi Do do. Do. Pun; aub Do.lndus St lelo COLONIAL GO VERN 3iE IN 'British Columbia„ . 6 per' cent„ Dec. 31,1872. a Can Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-t-1 Do 6 p. c Feb & 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept I 5p c. Jan. & July Do. 5p c. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 'O. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. di 19c-1 Do. Jan. & July, 189* Ceylon, Nuv iB6B, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 . c, 1873, JAI, and Ju Do. 1-78 Do. 1882, May , N0v..8 Natal ov. o per cent.: N.B.Gcv 6 p.c.Ja.& 1 July N. W. Gov. 5 rm., 1866 Do. 5 p.c: 18 1 to .876 Do. 5 p.c. 1883 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 percent Nova So tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 181 8-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. J a & July Do. do, e pril & Oct BRITE Cam Consul. Gold, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. COOS. (Tav,st Drake wal Is East Bassett (Illogan) East Cartvion as t Carn Brea East Grenville Ea-t Love,l E. W'l Russell kTavistk Gam & StAubyn(G - .ven. Great L .xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist )1, Grenvil e Llerod's Foot Hingston Downs Margaret aim/ Lelant Marke Valley viwyndy Iron Ore, lim N angl I es New Se ton North Downs North Roskear N. Wh'l Bassett ' I ilogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr videnee Uny Lqlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan stray Pivk 17 $ 19 2i 3 2i 3 31 36 530 550 2) 25 16 ]8 16 17 73 / 4 8 6 8 6) gs 205 215 90 gs 9 11 Tin 'Croft West iiassett (Mogan W. Caration (L skeard West Chiverton West Seton _ _ Wheal Baseett Wheal Buller (Redruthl Whea Ludoutt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setort Whets Trelawney ads Wheal Uni n ...... i t 13 15 I °s 205 18 20 _ i t FREFEttt ICE SHAKES. GLWestern, Wt. Midland, Oxford lst guarant4 PREFERENCE SHARES AND MT(. London and South-Western, 4i per cent, gg ,eed stook, 125 ocKs. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottngham and Grantham K. & C., 92 roREIGN RA.ILWA YS. Great Luxembourg, 13 12; 131 FOREIGN MINES, _ Cobre Copper, St. John del Rey (Um.), 35 BANKS. Alliance 3i Ditto, issued at 'ZO pm., of which 10 is pd , 18 Bank of utago, lim., 5/ Bank of Queensland (11m). 17/ Bank :,1 ;New lealand, 161 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 101 Hindustan, 'bins, and Japan (limo, 304 Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 27 Ditto, issued a 0 pm., 7' imperial Bank (lim.). 34 imperial Ottoman, 14 3 17 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim.. London Chartered Bank of Australia, 241' London and County, 83 London Joint Stock, Ditto, new, 48l London and NI estminster, PK 9 Scinde, Punjanb, and Delhi, Urn., 114 Union of Australia, Union of London, 681 MISCELLANEOUS. Angla-M e xican Mint, 17, Co..rnercial Union, Insurance, 81 u o n n d e !lee acrr and n3aluorbittilut,sr, lim Ebbw Ebbl an d , 81 f Credit r t i " (42) ' Cr y stal ale, PalCoine,o ) .I„ nrpdo Finance ration V of on i d ni on " , lim., 71 Egyptian Co and Trading, lim., 5i G iri e n n a . Credit and Hudson's Bay, 164 International F inancial ,ociety,iim., International Land Credit. lim., London Central Omnibus Company, 31 London Mercantile Discount, lira. 3 Milwall Iron Works va National Financial, Bal., 44 Peninsula and Oriental Steam. :71 1 Universal Marine, Insurance, urn., 51 Ti le Savannah Republican of the 6th ult. has the following sketch of the skirmishes on Sherman's line of march : " Hardly a day has passed that Wheeler has not en gaged some portion of Sherman's army, and the boaStful Kilpatrick has been whipped by him as often as he has fingers and toes. Besides fighting wherever he could find the enemy, roads have been forewarned, provisions that could not be removed destroyed, and everything else done to embarrass and distract the invaders. In this way Wheeler has rendered most vital service to the cause, for it has given 'us time to complete de fences and bring up our men; 87 89 130 131 sIONS. 58 60 1023 1033 sip r 5 bi 9;, 75 60 93 100 102 103 103 104 20 21 9) 9 ? 70 72 61 6* 63 63 66 58 53 55 47 48 30 31 28 30 103 IC4 i IP par a p 101 103 9 91 lld 83 tO 8) E 2 1 01 d 1621 103 : 06 93 91 93 56 58 3 5 82 84 102 103 102 k 103, fd ip 1023 1,3, 95 97 SECUR: 98 1(0 7 99 97 94 84 86 83 8i) 1U 105 105 107 1(4% 1 , 8 109 142 I 2 304 108 110 ms 107 06 0:10 106 108 101 106 95 100 95 97 95 97 96 96 105 107 89 91 0 P 1 104 106 107 109 106 107 5i 6 32 33 575 595 100 10J 2 all all 10 ) 100 fiuo 2 100 100 100 00 10) 100 100 V 0 100 100 10 100 100 :SH 2.1.0 2.14.6' 3 4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 P. 10.6 60 all 1.1.0 40 7.8.3 8.13 4.18.0 9i 4.3.0 .214 3 32! 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 l -18.18.9 30.17.6 47i 51 10 3.12.8 „ AN0 r-` &Ten 111 HER MAJESTY. OSBOILIsTE, Monday. Her Majesty the Queen, and their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Prince Arthur, and:Prince Leopold at tended Divine service yesterday afternoon at Whipping ham Church, where the Rev. G;Prothero officiated. Her Majesty the Queen will hold a Council at Osborne on Saturday next. The Prince and Princess of Wales SANDRINGHAM, Monday. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Leiningen, Marquis Bow mont, Earl Cowper, Sir Frederick Johnstone, Hon. C. Carrington, and the Hon. Wm. Grey, finished cover shoot ing, at Sandringham, for the present season on Thursday last, the Prince and his distinguished guests having had three excellent days' cover shooting last week. Her Royal Highness the Duchess d'Aumale has arrived on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales. On Friday their Royal Highnesses and their distinguished visitors attended the " meet" of the West Norfolk, at Congham House, it being by far the most bril liant " meet" of the season, and had the pleasure of getting two or three runs. The field, which numbered some three or four hundred horsemen, behaved in a most respectful and decorous manner. Their Royal Highnesses and party arrived shortly after the appointed time, and were received by the esteemed master of the hunt, H. Villebois, Esq. Almost immediately afterwards the plan tation near the house was drawn, and in less than five minutes the hounds " found," and soon Reynard broke, and the welcome "Gone away" put all in their places that in tended to follow. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, and accompanied by the Duchess d'Aumale and the Hon. Mrs. Grey, now returned to Sandringham, but his Royal High ness the Prince and his guests joined the hunt. The fox went away for Merringham Common, which he skirted, and, describing a circle, he brought the whole field back to where they started, and succeeded in getting to earth in the wood from whence he was started, after affording. about half an hour's run. He was dug out and killed, and it being found that he had got another sly old chum in the earth that was started and afforded another short spin over nearly the same ground, only shorter, getting back to the wood. We understand that a third run was subsequently obtained. His Serene Highness Prince Leiningen left Sand,ring ham on the same day. On Saturday the Marquis Bowmont, Earl Cowper, Sir Frederick Johnstone, and the Hon. C. Carrington, termi nated their visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales, and left. Yesterday their Royal Highnesses, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Lieutenant-General Knollys, Captain Grey, Mr. Holzman, and the Hon. William and Mrs. Grey, attended Divine service at Sandringham Church. Their Royal Highnesses the Princo and Princess of Wales, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen and Captain Grey, left Sandringham this morning, on a visit the Earl of Leicester at Holkham. Their Royal Highnesses meet a distinguished circle at Hollcham, and will remain till after the ball on Thursday, returning to Sandringham on Friday. Howlett's cele brated quadrille band are engaged to play each ()Inning at the ball. It is understood that the Prince will join the Lord Lieu tenant for a day or two's shooting over the splendid covers, and will also inspect the most extensive and highly-cul tivated estate in Norfolk. Distribution of Her Majesty's New Year Gifts to the Poor of Windsor. Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, the ceremony of dis tributing her Majesty's new year gifts to the poor of New Windsor and the district took place in the Butchers' Market, beneath the Town Hall, Windsor, in the pre sence of Mr. W. R. Harris (the mayor), the Rev. H. J. Ellson, vicar of Windsor, the Revs. Messrs. Simpson, Rooke, and Stone, of Windsor, the Rev. T. Carter, of Clewer, the Rev. H. Hawtrey, of Holy Trinity, Windsor, &c. The Queen's bounty—which in happier times was given to the poor of Windsor in the presence of her Ma jesty and the late Prince Consort at the Riding School of Windsor Castle—consisted to-day of portions of beef of the finest quality, weighing from 31b. to 71b. (supplied by Messrs Bedborough and Sons, purveyors to the Queen and Prince of Wales, and Messrs. Copeland and Hughes, the principal butchers in Windsor, and quantities of coals of from 1 cwt. to 3 cwt., supplied by Mr. Little, coal mer chant, of the Great Western Railway yard, Windsor. The coals were delivered at the residence of the recipients. The beef was presented in the market, the distribution to several hundred recipients being superintended by Mr Miller, clerk controller of the kitchen at Windsor Castle, assisted by Mr Renwick. The scene presented was a very striking and interesting one. The forms in the market, the avenue leading to which was guarded by the borough po- lice, were loaded with_pieces_ boefilik;ixrg ticketed-with the proper weights. As soon as the gates were opened the market became thronged by those of the poor entitled to partake of her Majesty's bounty, and the distribution of the beef was commenced. Gradually the large red piles of meat were reduced in size as the recipients, with smiling faces, retired with their gifts, and in about 20 minutes all had received the bounty awarded to them. During the distribution the bells of the parish church of St. John rang out a merry peal. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge will return to St. James's Palace on the 9th instant from Kew. ---•- His Excellency the Danish Minister and the Countess de Belli have arrived at Ashburton House, Put- . ney Heath, from a Continental tour. The Earl and Count6Ss of Cardigan have been , entertaining a select party at Deane Park during the past week. Viscount Grey de Wilton, who has been suffering from indisposition for some time past, at his residence at Melton Mowbray, is now, we learn, much better. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived in town from Exeter yesterday afternoon. The Right Hon. Frederick Peel, M.P., and Mrs. Peel are staying.at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, on a visit to Frances, Countess Waldegrave, and the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue. Sir Edward and Lady Caroline Kerrison are entertaining a large party at their sea, Brome Hall, Suffolk. Colonel and Mrs. Farquharson, of Invercauld, have arrived in town from visiting Sir George and Lady Julia Wombwell, at their seat, in Yorkshire. The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce have in vited the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Milner Gibson) to visit Liverpool, in the same week that he will address his constituents at Ashton-under-Lyne. THE DRAINAGE OF WINDSOR CASTLE.—SOMO extensive drainage improvements are now being carried out in connexion with the Castle. Within the last month or two a new sewer for the reception and car rying away of - the Palace sewage has been projected and is now in the course of completion. This new brick sewer is a work of some magnitude, extending as it does from a point close to the gates at the north end of the Long Walk and stretching away across the Home Park in a south-easterly direction, between Frogmore-house and the Castle, towards the south bank of the Thames, into which river the sewage of the Castle, it is said, will flow. A large quantity of bricks has been used by the contrac tors, and the works are being carried out rapidly during the absence of her Majesty at Osborne. Much has been done during the reign of her Majesty within the precincts of the Castle to perfect the drainage, and there now exists a system of daily flushing with a strong force of water, which more than anything else must always tend towards the prevention of the epidemics created by a bad or care less system of drainage. BURNING OF THE SPANISH ADMIRAL'S SHIP AT THE CHINCHAS.—The following is an extract from a letter from a shipmaster, dated Callao, November 29, 1864 :—" On the 26th inst., at 6 p.m., one of the Spanish frigates took fire (accidently starting turpentine)—the main magazine blew up at 3 a.m., As we were starting I sailed to see the wreck. She foundered in 50 fathoms about half a mile distant from us. The officers and crews of the fleet behaved with great pluck. Not a single accident. They saved her treasure, small arms, a quantity of shot and shell, drew the charges of the shotted guns, flooded the magazines, and towed her an equal distance from each ship of the fleet. This is great news for the Peruvians — they have got all their fighting tacks on board just now." TII6 LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT HIGH PARK COLLIERY, NOTTS.—At the Shire-hall, Nottingham, on Saturday, Ichabod Woolley, Joel Walters, and Samuel Walters, under viewers in High Park Colliery, belonging to Messrs. Barber and Walker, were charged with a breach of the Mining Act in allowing men to work in the colliery where firedamp was present without sufficient precautions being taken to insure their safety. The case arose out of the unfortunate and fatal accident which took place a short time ago in the High. Park Colliery, by which three colliers lost their lives from the firedamp being "buffeted" on to naked candles which they were carrying, and the above named men were charged, being under-viewers in the col liery and having discovered the presence of firedamp in the pit, that they allowed the men to work with naked candles, in contravention of the 28th section of the Act, which enacts that no one shall be allowed to work in a pit until all danger from the dabip is removed. The bench convicted all the defendants, Woolley in a penalty of 20s, and the two Walters in penalties of 40s each, or a month's mprisonment. IT [ES. 844 f 841 1 71 7 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET EXTINGUISHINn THE GAS AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN A THEATRE.—Edwin Henry Crump, a clerk, living in Stephen-street, Tottenham Court-road, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with disorderly conduct at the Queen's Theatre, Tottenham-street, Tottenham Court-road, and also with extinguishing the gas in the box-passage. Wm. Francis, box-keeper at the. Queen's Theatre, said the defendant and some companions, young men, were at the theatre last evening, and behaved in a very disorderly manner, clapping their hands and applauding when all the other persons in the theatre were perfectly quiet. At the same time, one of the gaslights was put out by some per son. After the defendant and his companions had been expostulated with, they tarere quiet,, but as the audience were leaving the theatre he saw the defendant first look for the gas tap, with the view of turning off the gas, but failing in finding it he blew the light out. The defendant said he blew the light, but did not think it would go out. Mr Tyrwhitt said if the defendant wanted to play his monkey tricks, he should go to a penny theatre. Extin guishing the lights in a theatre was a most mischievous thing, and aided robberies. The defendant said he was very sorry for what he had done, but he had no improper object. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should require the defendant to find one bail for his good behaviour for three months'. The required bail was put in, and the defendant liberated. MARYLEBONE. CONDEMNATION OF A THIEF TRAP.—William Pickleford was charged with stealing thive coloured shirts, under the following circumstances. Edward Quarthy said—l am assistant to Mr. Lewis Bill, draper, of 7, Edgware-road. Mr Yardley—Do you hang things outside your shop ? Witness—We do, - sir. Mr. Yardley—Go on with your evidence. Witness—About 8 o'clock last evening I had just got into the shop when I heard the bell ring. Mr. Yardley—What bell ? _ . . Witness—We have all the goods outside connected by a string to a bell, and as soon as things are touched the boll rings. On going outside I saw the prisoner with the three shirts, valued at lOs 6d, in poSsession. • • • Mr. Yardley—You had, in fact, a thief trap ready baited. Witness—Yes, sir. Mr. Yardley—You have this thief trap ready baited to lead persons into temptation. Why do you hang your things out ? I wish the law would allow me to punish you . I would apply it with great felicity. George Adams, 882 A, deposed to taking the prisoner into custody. Prisoner expressed his sorrow. Mr. Yardley sentenced him to three months' hard labour. WESTMINSTER. ROBBING BARGES IN THE THAMES.—Henry Calcott, a youth, 18 years of age, was placed at the bar charged with stealing some coals. Police-constable James Garratt, 132 V, said that he was on duty in Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, last night at a quarter to 11 when he saw the prisoner come from the shore with a bag on his shoulder containing coals. He said in reply to an enquiry from the witness that he had got them honestly ; he had found them on the shore where they had dropped in the unloading of barges ; but as he was certain that that account was untrue he took him into custody. Prisoner—What I told him was quite truo, your worship. I was down on the shore and picked up the coals as the tide left them there. Police constable—There have been of late a great many complaints of extensive robberies of coal barges moored off Chelsea, and the police have had directions to keep a sharp look out, in order to detect the offenders. Had these coals ever been dropped and found, as described by the prisoner, they would have been covered with dirt and wet, but they were perfectly clean and dry. Prisoner—They are little lumps that have been inside of others that he had broken. Mr. Selle—ls the prisoner known ? Dennis, the gaoler—He is a well known thief, and has been convicted both here and at Hammersmith. He has not long been out of custody. Mr. Selfe—What have you to say to that ? Prisoner —Nothing. Mr. Selfe—l have no doubt that you stole these coals amounting to nearly a hundred weight, from a barge. I shall commit you for one month to hard labour in the House of Correction. THAMES. REMOVAL OF IRISH PAITPERS.-Mr. Jeffreys, ono of the relieving officers of the Poplar Union, came before Mr. Partridge, with Mary Hayes, aged 37, and John Hayes, her brother, aged 12, and requested him to sign an order for their removal to Limerick, their native place. Mr. Partridge said the laW prohibited the removal of Irish paupers as deck passengers during the winter season. Mr. Jeffreys said the two paupers before the bench would be forwarded to Limerick as cabin passeng,ers in a stcaanship, which would leave the river to-moi row morn ing. The Guardians had contracted to pay 10s. extra for each pauper sent to Ireland during the winter months. Mr Partridge said that a case had been lately investi gated by his colleague, Mr. Paget, where it appeared that the guardians of the Greenwich Union had sent paupers to Cork as deck passengers in the month of December, 1864, and one of them was a young woman who had been con fined a month only. He could not boo strongly condemn such a state of things. He asked if the two paupers for whom orders of removal were asked were in good health ? Mr. Jeffreys—Yes, sir. Mr. Partridge—And able to undortake the voyage to Limerick ? Mr Jeffreys—Yes, sir, and willing to go. The woman, who did not look pore than 20, and her brother were then sworn to the place of their legal settle ment, and the magistrate signed tlo order for their re moval, ou being assured that proper care would be taken of them on the voyage. CHAPEL ROYAL, SAVOY.—Bast evening a most agreeable entertainment was given to the juvenile portion of the parishioners of the precincts of the Savoy, in the theatre of King's College, Strand. Spacious as the good-humoured faces, accompanied in many cases by elder theatre is it was filled with young people, with the most branches of their families. The 'choristers for the day threw off their surplices and dressed themselves up in all sorts of grotesque attire, singing, heciting, tumbling, and playing all manner of tricks for the amusement of their friends. The Rev. Henry White, the chaplain of the Savoy, in a few general words, said his object had simply been to provide a Christmas entertainment for the young people he was in the habit of meeting on more serious terms during the year, and there was to be no attempt to instruct anybody. It was intended to be a meeting then entered into the amusements 9f the e vening with the for pure fun and enjoyment, nothing more nor less. He greatest possible zest, playing on the piano while the chil dren sang, exhibiting magic lanterns and chromotropes in every conceivable form, and cheering on the young people to enjoyment with wonderful success. One youth gave a capital parody of speeches too often beard—in the capacity of an emissary from the " Cat's Friend Society ;" another (or perhaps it was the same, for his face was blackened) was an excellent representative of a stump orator. Aiother was tied up a la Darneport, and tied, too, by people who, never having seen anything of the sort before, were deter mined to have no nonsense. So they tied him up in a very barbarous fashion, and so thoroughly that the poor fellow had to be carried behind a screen, where he was left to himself. In less than a minute he returned and exult ingly held up his ropes in his hand, a feat which brought down thunders of applause. He then in less than a minute and a half tied himself up, and it took the stalwart porter of the college nearly half an hour to untie him. It would be impossible to describe the varied amusements of the evening, with which the rapid progress of time alone in terfered, for there was enough in the programme to have lasted several hours longer. When Mr. White announced that on account of the lateness of the hour the amusements must cease, and give them all 4. New Year's greeting, the young people rose in a body and thanked him in a succes sion of hearty cheers. A similar compliment was paid to Dr. Jell, principal of the college, who placed the theatre at Mr. White's disposal for the entertainment, and who has also granted him the use of the college chapel on Sunday evening until the church of the Savoy, some time since burned down, is restored. THE HUNTERIAN ORATION.—Mr. Partridge, of King's College, has consented to deliver the oration in honour of John Hunter, at the Royal College of Surgeons, on the 14th of February. DEATH OF LADY DE DUNSTANVILLE.—Harriet, Lady De Dunstanville and Basset, relict of Baron De Dun stanville, expired on Friday last at her residence in Charles street, Berkeley-square, in her 89th year. At the death of Baron De Dunstanville in 1835 that title became extinct, but his barony of Basset passed to his only daughter by his first wife, who died 20 years after her father, and with her the title also became extinct. VY ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—A new step has been taken by this society. They have instituted a weekly show of whatever flowers (common or rare) may be at their-best on each successive Saturday. They have a band of music every Saturday—Weippert's Quadrille Band—and by the constant recurrence of the shows every Saturday they secure the exhibition of many plants which from their flowering at a time when no great show was held, would not have been exhibited at all. One advantage of this step is that whoever is fond of flowers or music will now find the best of both at the Horticultural Society's Garden on Saturday. Monday has been fixed as the people's day at a low charge of admission, and these weekly shows are to be carried over ,from Saturday to Monday for this express purpose. We see also that prizes for window gar dening are in contemplation. Frightful Accident at Dundee. EDINBURGH, Monday Night. A frightful accident is reported from Dundee to night. An exhibition of gymnastic performances was to have taken place in a large hall there under a Dissenting place of worship, to which the entrance is by a descending staircase of 13 steps. A large crowd had assembled outside to obtain admittance, and pressed against the door. One half of it was opened ; the other half was forced in by the crowd, and those who stood in front were thrown headlong to the bottom of the stairs, where they fell over each other. Those further back continued to pour in, only to increase the mass of prostrate bodies within the building. Above half an hour elapsed before the space could be cleared, and then ten men and nine women were taken out dead. A great many others were seriously injured. SNIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. -~- LONDON, Jan. 3.—Wind this day at noon—North-West ; moderate breeze and hazy. BRISTOL, Jan. 2.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Gettysburg, from Bangor ; Albion, from Callao ; Venus, from Deme- rara. lIOLYHEAD, Jan. 2.—Wind S.E•—Put back—Dolora, for Bilboa. FALMOUTH, Jan. 2.—Arrived—Wanderer, from Bermuda; Gearemy Belly, from Bermuda. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 2.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Prince Albert, from Jamaica. • SWANSEA, Jan. 2.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Kenilworth, for Singapore. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—lndiana, from Kurrachee ; Donna Maria, from Cuba ; John, from London for Trinidad. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 2.—Sailed—Seine, steamer, for the West Indies. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) • GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 2—Napoleon, from Gravelines. Arrived, Jan. 3—Little Reaper, from St. Michael's. DEAL, TUESDAY Morning. Put back—Maldon, for the Clyde. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market opened quiet. Sales, 5,000 bales. A PARAGRAPH FOR SMOKERS.—It may not be generally known that the greater portion of the Havannah cigars imported to this country, and also largo importations for the French Government, are now brought to Southampton by the Royal Mail Company's steamers. The Seine, which arrived at that port on Saturday morn ing, brought 882 cases of cigars from the Havannah, of which number 530 cases were for the French Government. Most of the cases for France contain 10,000 cigars each. • AMONG THE NAILERS.—" Hales Owen," says Mr. J. E. White, reporting to the Royal Commis sion on the Employments of Children and Young Persons the evidence collected by him, assistant-commissioner, on the metal manufactures of the Birmingham district, " Hales Owen is the only town on the direct road from Birmingham to Stouxbridge. The principal employment of the place is the:wrought-nail manufacture, carried on in small forges ad.. joining the homes of the greater part of the cottagers, and to a great extent by women and children. While I was in a cottage where I found a boy with a bare foot bandaged up, lamed by a burn, a sound of many voices singing swelled gradually near, and the boy, limping on his stick to the door, cried, Oh, mother ! there's the nailers com ing ;' and there passed by a crowd of several hundred men, women, and children, singing a hymn, of which two lines, contrasting strangely with their look and errand, were— " ' And not a wave of trouble roll " Across my peaceful breast.' They were coming from the villages near Dudley to hold a meeting in Hales Owen, to see if they could get out' the nailers who were working against' them there, their strike having already lasted eleven weeks. It's heart breaking work' said the woman. Among the many chil dren in the crowd were two little boys, apparently six years old or not much more, dragged along by the hand by a woman, propably their mother, footsore and lame from their march. To see such infants made to take part in a strike, and march miles to swell a meeting to spread it, was a sight which gave but a poor idea of the consideration they were likely to meet with in their work at home A nailer at Hales Owen said to me, ' The parents carry them on into the night as long as their strength lasts when the work is wanted quick—it's no use beyond, but, as far as they can, they are partly obligated to work. I should not like my little boy there, now five, to begin before nine, and he shan't if I can help it, but if I am any ways obligated he must. He is but a little mossel, and if I were to get that little creature to work I should have to get a scaffold for him to stand on to reach, and with that it would be like murder-work, as you may say. It don't agree with children at first, the work being always hot. In summer the little ones, being afore the fire all the time, sweat so till it runs down theirfaces like anything. Then they fre more WWI the lemm ing and sweativaro---fretiyouderfnlly -111 . 1 i tt L nesite. Mid so myself ' when a little one, and even *len a big ono (grown person) frets, he's bound to bo warm - and sweat. Then the young ones often burn themselves, perhaps a time or two in a week. Four years ago, my boy, then 10, got two pieces of the iron in at file top of his trousers, and before they could be got out they dropped and cached his leg, burning two wounds as big as a crown-piece, and the scars are there now and always will be. He played nine weeks for that, and cost me a Sovereign for doctoring, besides losing his work. The young ones should not work so long as they do. My son there, now 14, has to work hard from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. to make 84d. to 9d. It's many hours to be stiving up in a hot shop.' The son looked delicate. He can read; his sister aged 17, who works as a nailor, can read but little. I got these answers from a lad of 13, a nailer, in the same town Heard about Jesus Christ at the Church school, but it's so long since that I've forgot about Him. Do not know whether He did miracles or wonderful things, or how He was killed, and have not heard of Noah and the flood. Jesus made the world in six days. The Queen has a name it is Prince.' A resident magistrate stated to As a class, the nailers are more ignorant than the miners. They are not wanting in intelligence, but are rough and untaught. Large numbers of adults cannot read, and few can write. The children begin nailing very young. I have seen some at work apparently of not above 7, others 8, and many at 10. The parents work late at the end of the week, but I do not think, as a rule, the children work so late, because they could not stand it, and their work is of little value.'" A company has recently been formed in New York, styled " The American and British West India Cotton Company," which has leased for a term of years 2,000 acres of land on Long Island, one of the group of Bahamas.—New York Paper. THE BOTTLE CONJUROR.—The following copy of the original advertisement of this celebrated hoax taken from the Daily Advertiser of Wednesday, January 11, 1749, may not be without interest at the present moment, when the performances of the Davenport Brothers are ex citing so much interest and controversy :—" At the New Theatre in the Hay-Market, on Monday next, the 16th inst., is to be seen a person who performs the several most surprising Things following, viz., First, he takes a com mon Walking Cane from any of the Spectators, and thereon plays the Musick of every instrument now in use, and likewise sings to surprising Perfection. Secondly, he presents you with a common Wine Bottle, which any of the Spectators may first examine ; the bottle is placed on a Table in the , Middle of the Stage, and he, without any Equivocation, goes into it in the sight of all the Spectators and Sings in it. During his Stay in the Bottle any Person may handle it, and see plainly that it does not exceed a common Tavernßottle. Those on the Stage or in the Boxes may come in masked Habits, if agreeable to them, and the Performer, if desired, will inform them who they are. Stage, 7s. 6d. ; boxes, ss. ; pit, 3s. ; gallery, 2s. Tickets to be had at the Theatre. To begin a half an Hour after Six o'Clock. The performance continues about two Hours and k half. Note. If any Gentlemen or Ladies (after the above Performance), either single or in Company, in or out of Mask, is desirous of seeing a Representation of any deceased Person, such as Husband or Wife, Sister or Brother, or any intimate Friend of either Sex (upon mak ing a Gratuity to the Performer) shall be gratified by seeing and conversing with them for some Minutes as if alive; likewise, if desired, he will tell you your most secret Thoughts in your past Life, and give you a full View of Persons who have injured you, whether dead or alive. For those Gentlemen and Ladies who are desirous of see ing this last Part, there is a private Room provided. These Performances have been seen by most of the crown'd Heads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, and never appeared publick any where at once, but will wait on any at their Houses, and perform as above for five Pounds each time.—Notes and Queries. LINCOLN CATHEDRAL.—A prebendal stall and a minor canonry in the cathedral church of Lincoln have be come vacant by the death of the Rev. George Davenport Whitehead, M.A., fotmerly of Queen's College, Oxford. By Mr. Whitehead's death the rectory of Hainton, near Wragby, has become vacant. It is worth £260 a year, and is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE.—Advices by the Canada report that the Banshee had arrived at Nassau, from Wilmington, with 1,270 bales of cotton ; and the Colonel Lamb at Wilmington, from Nassau. The quotation of gold a t Paris is about 3 per mine pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per LI sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 as. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-I.Gth spec cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advic; s from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per .£1 standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about i-loth per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The (course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is abut 263 per cent., and the premium on gold is 141 per cent. At these rates there is a small profit on the importation of go:d from the United States. MARKETS—This Day, HAY MARKETS. SMITHPLELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s ; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s ; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. A fair demand. _ • WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, £4 4s to £5 5s ; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Trade firm. COAL MAR. s. d. Bowers West Hartley 18 3 Byass's West Hartley 18 3 Cowpen Hartley Hastings Hartley lB 3 Holywell Main lB 6 'Howard's Hartley Lambert's Hartley Tanfield Moor Butes 17 0 Walker Primrose l5 9. West Hartley West Wylam Wylam lB 3 Walls End Acorn 2l 3 Walls End Byron Walls End Gosforth 21 0 Walls End Harton Walls End Riddell Walls End Wharneliff 21 3 Eden Main Walls End Belmont 2l 0 Braddylls Hetton 22 0 :ET, JAN. 2. s. d. Walls End Haswell 23 0 Walls End Hetton 23 0 Pensher Primrose 22 0 Rusgel's Hetton South Hetton Ste wart's Sunderland Tunstall West Lambtou 22 0 Cassop Caradoe Hartlepool Heugh Hall 22 3 Kelloe East Hartlepool South Hartlepool 2l 9 South Durham 2l 6 South Kelloe Whitworth Evenwood lB 6 TIIE BItITISII MINISTER TO MEXICO.—The Hon. P. Campbell . Scarlett, the newly appointed Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Mexico, left London yesterday to enter on his newly-appointed duties. Mr. Middleton goes out as first secretary, and Mr. 11. Le Strange as second secretary. THACKERAY'S SCHOOL-DAYS.—It was when he was between the ages of thirteen and fifteen and a half or sixteen that I knew Thackeray best. He was then a rosy-faced boy with dark curling hair, and a quick, in telligent eye, ever twinkling with humour, and good humour. He was stout and broad-set, and gave no pro mise of the stature which he afterwards reached. It was during a short but severe illness, just before he left school, that he grew rapidly, leaving his sick-bed certainly a good many inches taller than he was when he entered it, and heading at once all his contemporaries. No man ever owed :more of his mental growth to time and exercise, and less of his bodily stature. For the usual school boy sports and games Thackeray had no taste or passion whatever, any more than in after-life for those field-sports which seem to have been the delight of his schoolfellow and fellow-humourist, Leech. Such amuse ments would have come probably next to Euclid and al gebra in his list of dislikes. But he was by no means what a good many men of genius are said to have been in their youth—disposed to isolation or solitary musing. For a non-playing boy he was wonderfully social, full of viva city and enjoyment of life. His happy insouciance was constant. Never was any lad at once so jovial, so healthy, and so sedentary. Good spirits and merriment seemed to enable him to dispense with the glow of cricket or foot-ball ; and if in his still earlier days he ever " fagged out," it must have been most bitterly against his will. We were now and then, indeed, out together in small fishing parties, but it was for the talking, and the change, and the green fields, and the tea abroad instead of at home—cakes, &c., accompanying (for he was always rather' gustative, never greedy)—that Thackeray liked these expeditions. . . . He was eminently good-tempered to all, especially the younger boys, and no thing of a tyrant or a bully. Instead of a blow or a threat, I can just hear him saying to one of them, "Hooky" (a sobriquet of a son of the late Bishop Carr, of Bombay), "go up and fetch me a volume of "Ivanhoe" out of my drawer, that's a good fellow; in the same drawer you will, perhaps, find a penny, which you may take for yourseli." The penny was, indeed, rather problematical, but still realised suffi ciently often to produce excitement in the mind of the youth thus addressed, and to make the service a t willing one. When disappointed, it was more than proMble that the victim would call Thackeray a " great snob" for mis leading him, a title for which the only vengeance would be a humorous and benignant smile. In the two or three years that I am recording, I scarcely ever saw Thackeray seriously angry, or even his brow wrinkled with a frown. He has been called a cynic ; it is doubtful whether a real cynic could ever be manufactured out of a boy who had such powers as he had of sarcasm.—"Cornhill Magazine" for January. ALLEGED MURDER.—Mr. Richard Smith, a re tired surgeon, living at the quiet little town of Winchcomb, Glocestershire, was on Friday committed to Glocester county gaol on the coroner's warrant, charged with the murder of his wife by shooting her through the head with a gun. Mr. Smith formerly practised as a surgeon, but had retired for some years, and lived with his wife alone, without a servant, in North-street, Winchcomb. He was very eccentric in his manner, but his eccentricities were not considered by his friends great enough to warrant them in placing him under restraint. On Tuesday night a shot was heard in his house, and ti neighbour who heard it listened at 'the window aid hearing Mr. Smith moving about the room and talking she thought no more of it. „Next morning the prisoner went• to.his brother, who lives in the same neighbourhood (the prisoner's son living with. him), and told' his sons that their mother was dead ; hittribrycriFerirtnl — Wl.en ASWeiria anerrite - shovbin g was accidental, he said the "gun was pointed at her and went off," but ho would not say whether it was accidental or not. The sons ran to their father's house, and there they found their mother lying in her blood, cold and stiff, in the sitting-room. In a room adjoining was found a double-bar relled gun, one barrel of which was loaded, and this, there could be no doubt, was the weapon with which the deceased woman was shot. After telling his sons of their mother's death the father was proceeding to Gloucester, when he was overtaken by the police and apprehended. The inquest was held at Winchcomb before Mr. Lovegrover, coroner for Glocestershire, when Mr. James Adolphus Smith, son of the deceased, deposed that his mother was 52 years of age, and that she and his father lived comfortably toge ther. The gun belonged to witness, and had been left by him at his father's on the previous Saturday. Witness slept at his uncle's on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday morning his father came there and said his mother was dead, and also said something about a gun, but witness was too agitated to understand him. He fetched his brother William, who was in the same house, and then asked his father, " Did you shoot her ?" He replied, " The gun went off." The witness added that his father had been labouring under delusions. He was under the impression that his sons would be kidnapped and sent to America. William Alexander Smith corroborated his brother's testi mony. He last saw his mother alive about three hours be fore the gunshot was heard. His father was at home, and they appeared to be on good terms with each other. Next morning on hearing from his father that his mother was dead he ran to the house, andaccompanied by a man named Payne wont into the parlour, where they found the de ceased lying on the floor on her side. She was dressed asks had seen her on the previous evening. Corroborative evi dence was given in support of the above by Joseph Payne and another of deceased's sons. Mrs. Greenhalf, who lived next door to the house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Smith, deposed that about 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening, hearing the report of a gun in Mr. Smith's parlour, she went to the parlour shutter and listened. She heard some one move the chairs about, and Mr. Smith spoke, but no one answered. Hearing Mr. Smith afterwards go into the hall witness went' away. Mr. Newman, surgeon, Winch comb was called in to see the deceased on Wed nesday. She had fallen close to a chair, on which her right hand and arm rested. There was blood on the floor, and she was dead, cold, and stiff. There was a gunshot wound in the upper and back part of the neck. The spine was fractured, and death must have been in stantaneous. He found 16 shots in the wound, and these, on being compared with the shot found in the double barrelled gun, proved to be of the same size. There could, of course, be no doubt as to the cause of death. Most of the witnesses bore testimony to the fact that the prisoner was of unsound mind. The policeman who apprehended him said he considered he had been in an unsound state of mind for the last five years. At times he had been in such an excited state as to call for his interference. A juryman stated that ho had seen him with a fishing-rod fishing in the turnpike road. Mr. New man (the surgeon) said that ever since he had known the prisoner, twenty years, he had considered him in an unsound state of mind. The jury found a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against Richard Smith, and wished to append to their verdict an opinion of his insanity, but the Coroner said that must be left to another court. The prisoner was accordingly committed for trial at the next Gloucestershire spring assizes. SCHOLASTIC REGISTRATION.—The general com mittee, encouraged by the success which has attended the movement in favour of scholastic registration, has re solved to convene a public meeting of schoolmasters and others interested in education, to consider the best means of bringing the question before the Legislature and the public. The meeting will be held on Thursday, the sth of January, at two p.m., at the rooms of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi. The hon. secretary will read a report of the progress of the movement to this date, and will give an outline of the Medical Act, which has suggested the proposed Act, on a somewhat analogous plan, for the Registration of School masters and Teachers. Several gentlemen of influence will take part in the meeting, and it is earnestly hoped that all promoters of educational reform will endeavour to attend, and co-operate with those whose ob j ect is to obtain for the e fe s° p ln ro ep s r s o io te n thection ageinst incompetent educators, for and to which it s c h aracter ' public Lan d m im es p s : s rta . n ß c a o r e in nt g itl ß e it. -- th Ed ers uca a ti n on d ai c T o im remittances ereceived G ail ren th a e d on Grenada dividends :-- From Santa e N nt ew m Marta, £ 1,971 14s. 2d. • a7co th u e nt pr o es f , from Cartagena, £642 ; and from Sabanilla, £4OB I.ls. 6d total •---- , £3,022 4s. Bd. The mil fr om Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of £1,769 3s. 3d. on account of the dividends on the debt of Equador. AMERICA. The Royal Mail steamship Canada, from Boston and Halifax, arrived at Que.( .nstown at 11 a.m. to day (Jan. 2.) She bringt =53 passengers and $56,622. She landed all the mails and seven pas. sengers, and proceeded at 11.'30 a.m. All well. She was detained one day at Boston by a snow storm. NEW YORK, DEC. 20, Evening. President Lincoln has ordered a draft of 300,000 men. She r man reports on the v3th inst. f rom O ss ib an Sound that he had captured Fort 'Al'Allist cr , opene d communication with the fleet , destroyed the railroad leading to Savannah, and i nvested the city. His left rested on the Savannah ri ver, three miles above the city, and his right on the Ogeechee river at King's Bridge. • He had had an agreeable and unmolested march. His army was in splendid order, and amply supplied with provisions. He estimates the garrison of Sa vannah at 15,000 men, under Hardee. He de stroyed 200 miles of railroad. He regards Savannah as already gained. Hardee's army is reported to be cut off from escape. Secure communication has been opened between Sherman's and Foster's armies. Richmond papers, of the 16th inst., state that _Hardee had refused a demand to surrender the city. Contradictory acounts of fighting having taken place have been received. Trains have ceased running between Charleston and Savannah. Thomas continued vigorously to pursue Hood on the 17th and 18th inst. beyond Franklin. Hood's army is said to be demoralised, having lost many prisoners, and nearly all his artillery. Thomas has reached the Duck River, and is keeping up the pursuit. In Friday's battle Johnston's entire Con federate division, with all the brigade commanders, was captured. It is reported that Stoneman has defeated Breckenridge in East Tennessee, with the loss of most of his artillery. A resolution has been introduced in Congress, and referred to the Committee for Foreign Affairs authorising an expenditure of $10,000,000 for fortifications and floating batteries for the protec tion of the lakes and frontier against expeditions organised in British provinces by the enemies of the United States. DEC. 20, EVENING. Admiral Porter's fleet of 100 vessels, including 65 war vessels, amongst which are the most power ful in the Federal navy, was spoken 40 miles south ward of Hatteras, bound south, it is supposed for Wilmington or Charleston. Thirty companies of Canadian volunteers have been ordered to the frontier. It is reported that the money taken by the St. Alban's raiders is now in the hands of the Confederate agent in Montreal, and will be returned to the proper authorities. The HoUse of Representatives has passed a reso lution that Congress has the right to declare a foreign policy, and the recognition of new Powers. The executive department is bound to respect this policy in diplomatic relations. . . Mr. Seward has ordered that persons coming to the United States, except emigrants, must have passports. This regulation applies specially to persons coming from the British provinces. The Cuba has arrived out. Hood is reported to have raised the siege of Nashville and commenced to retire southward on the 13th. Thomas reports that he had pursued him to Spring-hill, south of the Franklin, on the 18th, making daily captures of men and artillery. The Confederate losses are, however, believed to be greatly exaggerated, and it is asserted that, with the exception of the battle of the 16th, in which Thomas admits a loss to himself of 3,000, the engagements have been confined to skirmishing with Forrest's cavalry, acting as rear guard to Hood's main army. Southern papers contain the following despatch from General Bragg : " Augusta, Monday, Dec. 6. "About midnight on the 3d Wheeler's cavalry attacked enemy on the Savannah Railroad, a few miles below Waynesborough. Follawing up their defeated cavalry, he came-upon a heavy force of infantry tearing up the rail road—at daylight a very heavy force of cavalry, infantry, and artillery, before which he retired, fighting, to Brier Creek, inflicting a heavy loss on the enemy. This morning it is ascertained they have moved rapidly towards Savannah, our cavalry pressing their rear. All our available means should be concentrated at Savannah and Grahamville, and the people of the country should tear up and blockade all roads leading across the Savannah River below the mouth of the Brier Brook " BRAXTON BRAGG. " To Governor M. L. Bonham." The Richmond Examiner of the 14th ult. says : " The only definite information from Georgia is the ap pearance of Sherman's army in the vicinity of Savannah. The Yankee papers informed us that he had accomplished this march alulost a week ago, but of course their statement was based upon what they deemed the probability of the situation. Up to yesterday forenoon no fighting had taken place between Sherman's army and the Confederate troops in the defence of Savannah. Gen. Hardee commands the latter. A contemporary paper speaks of Savannah as in vested. This is not the case. Savannah is no more invested than Richmond, and we have no evidence that it stands in the least danger either from assault or siege. An official despatch of yesterday mentions that Sherman had developed his army near the town, but that does not signify that he will go into trenches. Savannah has a triple line of de- fences." The Augusta Chronicle of the Bth ult. asserts that the only effect of Sherman's march has been to de velope the latent strength of the Confederacy. " It has," it says,— " Brought out another formidable army, which, doubt less, to Sherman's great surprise, now confronts him on the coast. It is truly a wonderful and gratifying fact that while the armies of Tennessee and Virginia are hurling defiance at the foe in those States, the energy and patriotism of the people of Georgia and South Carolina are creating a third army of the Cumberland—the victor of Donelson, of Vicksburgh, and Missionary Ridge. The truth is the people of the South are just finding out their own strength. The present extraordinary efforts of the enemy only serve to develope it. Sherman is the greatest recruiting officer we have ever had among us. He has effected what no con script law could have accomplished." The Richmond Examiner of the 13th ult. holds that no strategical object can be gained by Sherman : "Whatever he may do now will have little effect on the fortunes of this war. His campaign may yet furnish some additional material for Yankee brag, but has attained no strategical object beyond the ruin of a belt of country a couple of miles wide, between Atlanta and the sea, and his presence on the seacoast is far less injurious and dangerous than either at Chattanooga or Atlanta." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, DEC. 20 (Evening). Gold has fluctuated since yesterday between 211 and 227, closing to-day at 224 Exchange on London, 243 ; Paris, 2.10 2.15 ; Stocks dull ; New York Central, 1151; Illinois, 126} ; Erie, 91 ; 5.20 Bonds, 109. TAT A ERSALL'S.---Last Evening, THE DERBY. sto 1 agst Liddington (offered) 9 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken and offered) 15 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) 25 to 1 agst Brother to Minie (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Bedminster (offered) 25 to 1 agst Oppressor (offered) 30 to 1 agst Broomielaw 40 to 1 agst Brick (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Ariel (taken and offered) 45 to 1 agst Longdown (taken) 66 to 1 agst Friday (taken) 66 to 1 agst Congress (taken) EALING STEEPLECHASES. These steeplechases have been postponed until Thursday and Friday next. • MANCHESTER NEW YEAR'S MEETING.—This meeting, comprising steeplechasing, hurdle, and flat racing, and which was to have taken place yesterday (Monday), is postponed to Saturday next, January 7, in consequence of the severe frost. Now ready, G. SHELTON'S Derby Guide, ls. G. R. Glenie, Sporting Library, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park ; Sunday Times Office, Fleet-street ; and all agents-. PRICE ONE SHlLLlNG.—Nimrod's (Editor of the " Turf") " Analysis of the Derby, Two Thousand, and Oaks ; ' together with a copious index of dates of the most re markable occurrences.—" Turf" Office, 3, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street ; and Glenie's Sporting Library, Connaught terrace, Hyde-park, W. - ~~, f re. from but 1014 . ' .ace -the mail ball LS /al om(0 tter ing-J •oadl verd ivesl eing )ut all le de-N waifi y of re; )me era ier our the as rlie .are nO 201 201 100 100 102 } 1014 THE SION, LONDON, • TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1865 1