The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-23 00:00:00

TaKET AND CO4MERCIAL INTELLIGENO3I CITY, TWELVE O'C LOCK. • The idea has been very general t o -d ay, t h at, if the auth or ities of th e B an k o f E ngland desire to -Par t pate to a greater degree in the current dis " 44 b usiness than at present, they will have to Zhconcede further facilities to the commercial public. e quota tions to-day i n th e open market have with eel ' . 5 / 1 i per cent. f or th e b est short-dated bills, -w a tendency to still lower prices, o r about 41-per cent, less than the official minimum. The supply of h rao ne ium y at th e command of bankers and brokers very abundant, but the inquiry for ac ccoMincalation has been very sm a ll. ( ~,a tu There were no bullion operations at th e B an k on ay. The Australasian has arrived from New York "With £111,139. The accounts from the various manufacturing teen de of a m ore satisfactory c h aracter. The woollen' n of Le e d s, Bradford, and Huddersfield, has mo re animated, an d a good business has been tone in spring fabrics. At Manchester moderate 'transactions have taken place in both cloths and Yarns, Chiefl T he y for e x p or t at i o n , at fully late rates. I hain hosiery and lace trad e o f L e i cester and Notting at s hown symptoms o f i mprovement, while thereat Bir mingham, Sh e ffi e l d, and Wolverhampton has xaentbeen more a c ti v it y i n almost all depart s The directors of the Alliance Bank, in their re rt for includete past half-year, state that the gross pro fits, ng £6,580 14s 9d brought forward from the previous six months, amount to £185,896 17s Bd, Ithi ch, after deducting current expenses, interest o n To rre nt and d eposit accounts, and rebate on bill s dis unted, le aves a net balance of £66,731 19s 9d. The Ilninerous and extensive failures of mercantile houses lithlring the l ast three months of the past year pan.t.,ave Pressed w i t h special severity on the corn y, and the losses to be provided for on accounts 11 : ) : in liquidation will absorb the profits of the "year, and a f ur th er sum o f £ 61,737 11s. 5d., eh has been carried from the reserve fund to the 4 profit and loss account. In addition to these losses, ;with" e re are t ransactions not yet matured in connection a he avy account, which may possibly a la rge addi tional loss. The bank, however, entail holds ilecurities which it is hoped may be realised favour 4ly ; but whatever loss may arise will be dealt with rleParately, and written off the reserve fund. The report of the East London Bank, to be pre -Bented on the 26th inst., states the available balance to be £3,841, and recommends a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, which will absorb 42 ,500, and leave £1,341 to be carried forward. The paid-up capital is lioo,opo, and the liabilities on deposits, &c., are £346,196. The directors of the Anglo-Italian Bank have determined to recommend a dividend of 6s. per ?hare, which is equal to rather more than 6 per cent. ot the paid-up capital. A. meeting of the s h are h olders of the Unity Joint-stock Bank has been called for the 30th inst., dishrag consider the conduct of the directors in repu 'ating the acts and powers of the liquidators." 13:1IThe report of the Consolidated Bank, to be pre ecl on the 24th inst., shows the available total, including a Previous balance of £6,976, to be 6 , and recommends a dividend at the rate ,1"; lo Per cent• per annum for the half-year, and a e 13 : 1 1 „ 18 o r ,f 3 8. per share, being an additional 7f per 4-.„.his will absorb £52,500. The sum of thenB is to be appropriated to reserve, which will vill amount to £58,621, and a balance of £1,827 ea ,! e rnain to be carried forward. The paid-up Pi ' l is £600,000, and the deposits held are .3,411,206. • Th e h al , tharehoid.A-Yearly meeting was held to-day of the Th e rep t 4 o f the London Financial Association. deducti. rag Presented for adoption stated that, after Ino4thang the current expenses of the past six f and rebat e of interest at the rate of 6 per cent an lllelid thell-nii, the directors were enabled to recom per c ent Payment of a dividend at the rate of 5 „ b 0.4 . 1, Per ai ni „L'''''' a bonus at the rate of 10 per cent. reloa,:ill , free o f i ncome tax ; there would then to beule bal ance of undividediprofits of £4,063 Bs. 6d. deed a , a , rr i, ed forward to next hall-year. The divi that.e j`t . bonus together amount to £1 2s. 6d. per he tiee ,_ Ll the old, and 18s. 9d, on the new shares— iihare:°llh the distinction between the old and new hei will cease , the same amount (£l5 per share) b ug no Paid At theup on each subscription. th ordinary general meeting to-day of the , areholdersof t 418 so e i ati - he Imperial Mercantile Credit ado °II ' the r ell eport, which was unanimously tx _,_ , st ated that, after payment of the current loaPizaeso,tadtv,in'aigldfor .rebate of interest on bills and contiug__ . making ample provision for all ~,a,u,ountietnegiest, there remained a balance of net profit o £99,217 9s. The directors recom "ended D' • t his sum t o • 'Nem (fre e be appropriated as follows : ward income-tax, of income-tax) of 10s. per share, 4 °,000 ; £1,250 ; balance carried for to next half The rep ort of tilYee...la, U 7,967 ented on the 27th Presented union Banks.of Ireland, to be capital i ,o! £ 7 ,972, in c l uding alest., shows an available total Previous balance of £2,058. £220,000, and the deposits, The paid--up 8CC•1 held are 366,480 s The • Financial Co meeting to-day, The rPoration held its half-yearly 44ted that the e report, which was adopted, Peri od profits the Co he t 8 was during the I,:n triontho is £3_lo_ll had carried on business (about b l d interim dividendlB 6 9s. 9d. After deducting the anag enr , paid 'in July last, expenses of preiiiiii._ ent as far as ascertained, 20 per cent. of the k, the expenses, and the rebate on current bills, T he di; net, surplus amounted to £19,128 58. 10d. of th e t clo t's, having regard to the fact that many 14. ra nsaetion s • ou g h t . m respect of which profits were into the 4 ad th at Present account were not yet matured, de me of the se . t . held Preciated b curi untieshad been much tiarket, desir y the recent pressure on the money abo ve sii _ . ed . to retain a large proportion of the tor s wow ': e l i to ; and they trusted the proprie ineaalnse, `:' with ney concur in this precautionary nudetta,7 a view to the future security of the nets ,„', g• rm- A..m g 1., -,Lie following apportionment of the for a plus ,LFterefore proposed, viz., £4,568 3s. 10d. 10 Per en e lk( for the past half-year, at the rate of 1.0 ilt • Per annumo,,„ on the paid-up caal •b ai ; e y e v to the formation of a reserve fund, a ide th 11 2 4 Of £4,560 2s. to be carried forward to the' -41 account. . 1 1 : Brill' 1 ' r, s Brighton Bath Company has -•lniced, with a capital of £l2O 00 in been an shares of £2 O each. Its object is to purch ' 0 ' 13 ase the well-known a ths at Brighton, and to enlarg th e 0 e e present ac hob:lodation by acquiring some property adjoining. Orti.oll of this property, however, comprising a Ps and houses, will remain, and yield a large 4111nUal rental to the shareholders. The baths have i'viraYs been very popular among the aristocratic tia ra visiting the neighbourhood, and the inten t:ll of the directors is to extend the accommodation vv public generally. The new arrangements too ' Part ly consist o f billi ard, reading, and lounging ,io,,::' com manding a sea v i ew. As business will be toately commenced, the directors are enabled NidgUP?entreeua 5 per ce n t. interest on the capital g the construction of the works. Two o'CLocs. tei4e At Paris, this per according to Mr. Renter's k gisa tili, the 3 per Cent. Renter were 66f. 95c. ‘7. iie g is The En 1 . h Stock Market has been very much :NBecl to-day consequent upon the small amount f:eiita,fs._ieez.negotiated. All the other departments 1,441 l o it e Ise been inanimate and heavy. Consols y are 89i i, and for the account, 89z 4 i. Egg 1\1" Threes and Reduced Annuities are 84+ in,equer Rills, ls. prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 'l7 if ; and Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1021. 1 , 0 -4 1 , . er e has been very little animation in the I,4reilFn. karket, and prices have been rather heavy. ' o Jah 6 per Cents., 1 862, are 701 1 ; do. Con aolid 1 4. La, 4i 50/ ; Mexican, 27=',1 28 ; do. New, 26 1 ) Greek, 231 i ; Spanish Passive, 32+ 33i ; do. E , (Dv tn. 21. Fri De e 11 ; jutess red fr °/11 risWn e ' °' De ) arri ved i onu r° ily the Ln• , j 3ingb pjli Cal°. Queenle yrince. al liigll' a 4 Prine La rov aO . 0 10 prin ee t i , in W ill° Ind° he A reir otb el la . 0 1 cleVe ill. 21. , zeitillv e rl ,o _ Princ.:te vi c tor . i 3 ' and he Oeret; hen t`4 M O triog tb . 6 ;fi t 1 3 :: hos? L011( 1° ,1 a iberaliryol• 4 Wi g t ; yea sses Sio h‘ c ' Mar; i j t e deco the o f zoo, the t o 311 oft 0 ,1 g l3. 01 4 .; yen t , ',01. hs i to C 011 3; 00 ► ,ipl:W 0 ( 1 car to F Certificates, 14+ j ; Confederate, 54 56 ; Italian, 64 i do. New, +II prem. ; Egyptian, 1+ prem. ; Danubian, 1 0+ dis. ; and Montevidean, 34 4+ prem. In the Railway Share Market there has been very little variation, and prices have shown less firmness. South-Eastern, North-Western, and Metropolitan, have each declined ss. ; North Stafford, 10s. ; and Great Western, 15s. Business in the Foreign and Colonial lines re mains very dull, and prices exhibit little variation. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Alli ance have declined to 31/ ; London and County to 804 ; and Consolidated to 111. General Credit and Finance realise 61 71 ; London Financial, 231 2. City of Milan Improvement Company' shares are quoted 31 31 prem.; and Darjeerling Tea Com pany shares, 4 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Feb. 9 894 3 per Cent. Reduced BBl I New 3 per Cent BBl , 1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expi re sth 401885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 1 pin Do. £5OO 1 Do. £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5f per Cent — Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1871 213 16 Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent -- Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51. per Cent.; May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 ... Do. Bonds, £1,000.. Do. under £l,OOO - pm - pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 • Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chili= 6 per Cent lOll Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent., 1864 Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 .Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do £l5 paid — dis Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. Do., Provisional Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue Do. £lOO Bonds Do. 11864 96 51 Do. Scrip, £35 paid — pm Do. Account Greek 5 per C en t s ., 1824-5, ex Coupons -- Do. Account Do. Coupons Do Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do. 1839 a n d 1850 Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent ............ 1864 Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dig Montevidean 5 per Cent., £25 pa i d 4pm Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April, 1864 — Do do Aug., 1856 — Peruvian 42 per Cent. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4i- per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do Ac coun t 47 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do Do 4i per Cent., 1850 1860 . Do 3 per Cent., 1859 . Do 5 per Cent., 1862 . Do 1864 Do Scrip, £O5 paid .... Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 33,4 panish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account 144 Swedish 4 per Cent. Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account - Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per. Cent. 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 Do Account 44 Do. 6 per Cent., 1864 42 Do. 14 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins D Be u l t gi ch an 2 , Do. 4 per Cent. Certifi.....tes 4 41- pe Pe r C r e ce nt n ., t h E x. x l . 2 2s G L uil Ili Ftarenacn 5 per hßen Cent.,tes,3 1861,C Ex.t.2sf. Do. Account ~ 99 8 89 901- 90 -pm 48; 90 i 721 ~ 70 . 1 ~ 70f THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B9l Do. Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Better demand for trade. Sales, probably 6,000 or 7,000 bales. DR. PUSEY is about to publish a collected edition of his " Occasional and University Sermons." THE ITALIAN CAPTIVES IN BOICHARA.---The four Italian gentlemen so long kept in captivity by the Khan of Bokhara have been at length released, and have arrived in safety in their native country. The thanks of the King of Italy have been conveyed to the Viceroy for the cordial co-operation of the British Government in en deavouring to effect the release of the four unfortunate captives ; and it is certain that their escape from a state of extreme peril has been a very narrow one. They have been in captivity in the horrible dungeons of Bokhara for more than a year, exposed to every kind of indignity and privation, and in daily fear of being put to a sudden and painful death.—Homeward Mail. THE FOUNDER OF RUGBY SCHOOL.—Lawrence Sheriff, grocer, of the City of London, and member of the Worshipful Company of Grocers, founded the cele brated Rugby School, and at his death, in 1567, left his parsonage at Brownsover, his mansion at Rugby, and a portion of his estate in Middlesex for the endowment of the school. The land, which then consisted of a green field, is now covered by part of Lamb's Conduit-street. At the time of the bequest it was worth about £lO per year. The present annual revenue from all the property, of which this forms the most valuable portion, is - about £s,ooo.—The Grocer of to-clay. EMIGRATION.—The Governor of the State of New York, in his inaugural Message, delivered on the 2d inst., stated that 182,766 alien immigrants arrived at the port of New York in the course of the year 1864—an in crease of more than 25,000 over the number in 1863, and as large a number as in any year since 1854. With the per capita tax of $2 per alien the Emigratiori Commis sioners are e rec ti ng new hosp i ta l b u ildi ngs, w hi c h are to be ready for occupation in the spring. TIGERS WITH A TASTE FOR :LETTERS. —A letter fnaoim.riachoefhin China mentions that the arrival of letters at 1 7, h rn o Saigon was recently delayed by a singular in troops found the e of him, cident. native who acts as courier being some time overdue ,the commander of the place sent a detachment to fot rolling see what had become th re from when, after an hour's march, of ease d hi gh bamboo unfortunate Indian perched at the top over , While too enormous tigers were at the A NIGHT IN A l his the letter -box. The courier was then uncomfortable position, and enabled to incident occurred continue his journey, Railway station at l a n t RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—A strange tihe London andNorth-Western are two stations at Ingtetton one night last week. There One on the Thornton sid°en'bselparated only by the viaduct ; North-Western, and the Otlieeongillg mrkuto the Midland Company. to the London and London are carried over the Passengers coming by the : l ion and North-Western viaduct and handed over to th e andi North-Western Company, and vice versa by the Lc): travelling in a to the Midland. One night last weekona first-class carriage was brought from the ad n y orth by the 4.30 p.m. train, and taken over in the usual way to the Midln d, P t a intending, as it afterwards tu rne d out, to gotoStldb the rest re b s Y t the 5.30 p.m. Instead, however, of alighting with of the passengers, she seemed to have been wandering in the realms of dreamland; the supposed e mp t y carriages were taken back to the station, at the Thornton side, and then shunted off to a siding to wait till wanted the following morning to go northward again. The lady appears to have slept through all the shunting, and afterwards through the night, for she was not discovered till about 7 o'clock next morning, when having " found" herself, she called out to a porter who was passing, "How soon does the train start for Skipton ?" The astounded porter soon perceived the fair sleeper's position and conducted her over to the Midland station, where she took her ticket and departed by the 7.30 a.ra• train for Skipton.—Kendal Mercury. THE SUN, LONDO SHARE MARKETS—This dav:l ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS: Share! Railways. I p aid. I Closing 1 Business Price. done. Wol. ' & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Brtatel and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall 91 93 1301 131 tf 6, Do. A A. gets no div. Do. B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun,.Perth, & ek b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glas,zow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s,k. Do. E. Ang 1. st No ! Great North of Scotland (Great Norther.] D A siock Do. B o Do. sew. ts. at 23 ptb Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n Ori4inal I) . S. Va'. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newpo t Do. Lane shire &Yorkshire L ndon and Blackwali Lon, Bri , h.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shel., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan Do. New Ind and Do, Birmin & Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. b shares id Kent No, th British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. (i.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. stock. & Darling. D. do. 1855-°8 Do. do. 1850-61 North London . Do. New Do. do. 18e4 North Staffordshire N. it S. W Junction Scottish (Antral Scot. N. Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. st h errs & Welchpool.. Shropshire Union .... iouth Devon - • • -outh E stern ~t aines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C . Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw..l) W.Harllepool Ilan& Do. A irredeemable Do. A. redeemable BRITISH Pi Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda. o Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. le shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff. ,Brant, Sr Goderich 6p. c. bds. Aux. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 _ . Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & S. E., Um a e Town & Dock, gn Demera a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben al, gu , 5 OD East LI dim), gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension Grand Trunkot Canad % Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist i'ref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pr. I. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. d 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 (lira ) gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great W , a. of Canada.. D New . Do. 6 p. c. 13th. pay 1873 Do. 5$ do. pay. 1877-8.. fndian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 46 do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. IMel & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B 1. 8 I.C'da, pc Ist pf. bda Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do. ' a 4. Do. Puniaub 1 Oa Do.lndus St Flo 32 34 18 17 87 8i 107 1 9 451 4V, 74 8, 131 13 , 1 153 b 15i 119 3 90 9: 69 Si 47 49 iOt 101 116 116 814 85i 109 1:0 37 39 121 k 12' 98 9j 611 62 1284 129t1 2 2 1331 1:181 fp 107 119 M 55 t 6 27 1131 114 71 7c 1031 104 38 39 1 12$p Si 10p 122 125 114 12 1 lip 79 8 11 11! 138 142 43 43 '0 6! 52 54 874 83 9 1 160 165 34 4•p 110 113 39 41 75 78 ISIONS. 57 49 100 101 par IP 42 51 75 6) 9 98 75 85 190 102 100 101 101 104 20 21 S 9 91 63 90 58 60 63 65 54 58 51 53 46 48 27 29 28 28 100 101 id p par p 9) 101 81 :91 1' 11d 85 S 0 78 E 2 1 Oo d 99 101 9 , 94 88 9,) 61 63 3 5 82 84 09 100 9) KO d• 1 p 100 1.1 94 97 T SECU 93 95 95 97 95 97 82 81 82 84 103 106 106 108 107 1 9 106 108 102 104 108 110 101 106 105 tO7 108 110 105 107 96 98 97 99 93 95 9s 91 103 105 87 88 98 98 101 102 105 107 10713 104 INES. if I 54 6 32 33 580 00 COLONIAL GOVIMNSIE:i British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31, 1572. Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-4 Do. 6 p. C. Feb & Aug sp. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p 0. Inscribed sk Cape Gr. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do: 1-90-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1691 Ceylon, Nov. 1888, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, f p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. • 5 Natal qov. a per cent N.B.Gov p.c.Ja.& July N. s. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1856 Do. 5 p.c: 18 1 to :876 Do. 5 p.c. 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 Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18 8-1) 1)o.1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, a pril & Oct BRITL ICam Consol. li old, lim Chiverton (Clifford A malgamated I Devon G. Cons. (Tavist IDrakewalls East Bassett (Mogan) East Cara, on as c Cam Brea East G:enville East Love E. W'i Russell (Tavistk Gam & StAubyn(Gwen. Gr at L ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor tlielst , L Grenvil e Rerod's Foot • • • Elingston Downs Margaret •Uny Lelant Marke Valley I , t wyndy Iron Ore, lira Nangl les .. New Se ton ....... . North Downs. North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett flllogan North Whe4 Crotty Prosper united .Pr vidence Uny L dant S. Caradon (St. Cker) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Ptvk Tin Croft 1 1 18 16 3 3 32 114 530 550 2) 25 14i 15, 14 15 74 11 7 8 67 70 200 210 97& 102, 9 11 West itassett W. Caradun IL skeard West Chi►erton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Whea LudoAt Wheal Mary Ann (Dien. Wheal Sawa 1 ! 13 15 195 205 18 20 Wheal TI elawney (Lia. Wheal Uni.,n PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. &c , 4i per cent., 1658, 97 London and South-Western, 41 per cent , 99i LINES LEASED AT FIXED:EENTALS. Midland Bradford Pref. stock, 93 FOREIGP.I RAILWAYS. Central Argentine, I I BANKS. Agra and Misterman's 110 29 Alliance Inn. 314 2 141 Ditto, new, 31 Ditto, issued at .0 pm., of which 10 is pd., 151 16 Bank of Egypt, 32 3 s Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 344 Consolidated Bank, lira., 114 Continental, lira., 2C3 Hindustan, china, and Japan (11m.).: — Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 26 Imperial Ottoman, 164 • London Bank of exi. o and S. America, Ilm., 13;104 London and County, 79 1 804 London Joint Stock, Ditto, new, issued at 30 pm., 47 London and South African, 22 Merchant Bank, Jim , 2. 4 Mercantile and Exchange. Urn., 83 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., '— Ditto (£10), 61 Oriental liana Corporation. 173 Sainde, Punjaub, and Delhi, 113 South E.stern, lim.. 114 3 Union of London, 534 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Laid and Finance, lira,, 34 Berlin Water Works, Jim., 91 Bo bay Gas, lira., 54 British Indian Tea, 1im.,1121 Ceylon Company, 9, — ' Conimercial Union, Insurance, 8 Continental Union Gas, Bin., 10 Credit Fonder and Mubilkr of England, Ditto, new, 5 1 1 Crystal Palace, 34 Easter Assam Tea, Jim, 14 Ebbw Vale, 3i Eg ypti a n Com and Trading, lim., 53 Electric Telegraph, 112 Financial Corporation, Financial Discount, lim., 91 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 61 74 Hudson's Bay, 15; Imperial Mercantile Credit ASSO., lira., 7; 8 International Contract, 7 International Financial society, lim., 6,1 7 61 7 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cav our), Joint Stock per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 82 4 Joint Stock Discount, Bm.. 13 it Land Securities London Financial Association. Hull 231 4 London and Glasgow Engineeri g and Iron Ship, lim.z3 Lon oa a d Provincial Marine, 3) I National Discount Company, lim., 151 1 National Provincial Marine, 24 North British and Mercantile lusurince, lim., 184 Oriental Commercial, lim., 8 Oriental Financial, lim., 54 Ottoman Financial A ssociation, lira., 74 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements. Mat, Ditto, new (.57), 51 Telegrat h Construe. and Maintenance, 11w., 21 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Um , 7 1 Universal Marine. Insurance, lira,, 1 4 Warrant Finance, lira. , 9 " 100 1G 10 10 100 100 100 all all all 100 100 100 16.13.4 103 100 I GO 10) 100 160 10 100 100 10 100 100 iH M. 2.1.0 2.14.6' 3 4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 9.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 7.8.3 8.13 4.18.0 4.3.0 321 :1.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 118.18.91 30.17.61 3.12.81 MONDAY EV'ENING, MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The country markets held on Saturday were steady as regards the wheat trade, and the small supplies which were for the most part exhibited for sale changed hands a t full quotations. Good and fine barley was in request at extreme rates. Oats moved off steadily at full currencies ; otherwise, the trade was decidedly quiet. The demand for wheat and flour for export at Conti nental and American ports is still much restricted. In the value of produce, however, very little change has taken place since we last wrote. With the exception of flour and malt, the arrivals of English produce up to our market last week were small. The imports from abroad amounted to 1,957 quarters of wheat, 4,346 barley, 11,439 oats, 2,125 rye, 4 beans, 1,044 tares, 5,088 linseed, 388 sundry seeds, and 140 sacks of flour. The amounts of home-grown wheat fresh up to our market to-day were very moderate. Owing to the fog which prevailed in the Metropolis during a portion of bu siness hours business was to some extent interfered with. However there was a tolerably firm feeling in the trade, and the business transacted was at prices quite equal to those current on Monday last. In the quotations, conse quently, there is no alteration to notice. The condition of the supply was tolerably good. The supply of foreign wheat on the stands was but moderate. Good and prime old qualities were in fair aver age request, at full rates ; otherwise the foreign wheat trade ruled quiet on former terms. Floating cargoes of grain changed hands to a moderate extent, and prices ruled firm. The supply of English barley on sale was very moderate and malting qualities—owing to the limited number o samples on the stands—sold readily, at fully late rates. Inferior qualities—the supply of foreign produce on sale being somewhat extensive—were a dull inquiry, and business was transacted as low as 20s per quarter. In malt about an average business was transacted, at late prices. With oats the market was but moderately supplied. Selected qualities moved off steadily, at full currencies ; but for heated produce the trade continued dull. Inferior and heated Scotch descriptions sold as low as 12s per quarter. Beans were in fair supply, and the demand for them ruled inactive, at the late decline in prices. The supply of peas on sale was small. The trade, how ever, was quiet, yet prices ruled stationary. Very litile barrel flour was exhibited for sale. Generally speaking, the flour trade was steady, and the quotations were without change from Monday last. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. Wueat —Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 383 to 41s Ditto, 1861 - Ditto, white, 1863 4lB 451 Ditto, 1864 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 1864 Ditto, 1803 Talavera, 1864 Rye-- Barley—Grinding 22s 258 Malting Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk sss 61s Brown Kingstown and Ware..... Chevalier Oats —Yorkshire and Linuoinsh, Feeding lBs 22s Potato Youghal and Cork, black l7s 21s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding l6s 21s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White 36s 40s Boilers 36s 40s Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stockton and Norfolk 26s 28s American, per barrel l9s 25s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of foreign stock in our markets to-day was very moderate, and sales progressed steadily at very full prices, to, in some instances, a slight advance. - The arrivals of beasts from our own grazing districts were moderately good, and in fair average condition. Generally speaking, however, the quality of the stock was not equal to Monday last. The supply from Scotland was less extensive ; from Ireland, limited. Good and prime breeds moved off freely, on rather higher terms. Other wise the beef trade ruled steady, at full prices. A few very superior Scots and crosses realised ss. 6d. ; but the general top figure was ss. 4d. per 81bs. From Norfolk, Sussex, Essex, and Cambridge we received 2,200 Scots and crosses, from other parts of England 700 various breeds, from Scotland 300 Scots and crosses, and from Ireland 150 oxen and heifers. We were very scantily supplied with sheep, but the quality of each breed was tolerably prime. The mutton trade was by no means active ; nevertheless Downs and half-breds realised rather more money, the extreme quota tion being Gs 2d per 81b. Clipped breeds sold at 4s 10d to 5s per 81bs. Long-woolled sheep were firm in price. Calves, the supply of which was limited, moved off steadily at full quotations. There was a slow sale for pigs at late currencies —viz., 3s 4d to 4s Gd per 81b. Per 81b to sink the offal. s d s d sded Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 6 4 2 Pine crs-wool sheep 5 4 5 b second quality do .. E 4 4 10 Prime o'thuown co 5 10 6 Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 2 La ge coarse ca/ves.4 4 5 0 Prime Scuts, &c.... 5 4 5 6 Prone small do .....5 2 5 6 Crse. and inf. stieep.4 2 4 6 Large hugs .3 4 3 10 second quality do ..4 10 5 2 Small porkers 4 0 4 6 Lambs....os Od to U., Od. F.ualing calves, 16s to 225; and quarter-old store pigs, 20e to 26s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 4 , 1)10 Beasts . 9OO Cs ws Sheep Calves 234 Ca yea 229 Pigs 350 Pigs tO The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 5,695 head. In the corresponding week in 1864, :we received 1,722; in 1863, 2,6963 in 1862, 797; in 1861, 598 ; and in 1860, 2,424 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Antwerp 4O Boulogne 42 Dunkirk Bremen Hamburg Harlingen 5Bl Ostend lO3 Calais ...... Oporto ... ..• ... ... Rotterdam 741 1343 ... 172 406 Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. --- ... ... 95 ... 200 ... 248 ... - ~.321 - ... 113 25 - 70 ... - 916 ... - ... 5 ... ... 27 ... . 149 Total 1538 2802 ... 299 ...1056 The yearly comparison of weekly' imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1864 ... 382 50 1863 1862 247 386 • ... 164 ... 1861 309 218 ▪ ... 21 1860 464 1602 ... ... • 357 1 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market onMonday, January 25, 1864, and this day, Monday, January 23, 1865. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. Jan. 25, 1864. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6to 3 10 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. 5 2 5 8 Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 Beasts 4,270 Sheep - - 14,030 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, January 26, 1863.—Beasts, 4,150 — sheep, 16,180—calves, 177—pigs, 310. January 27, 1862.—Beasts, 3 , 2 4 o—sheep, 16,190—calves, 66—pigs, 410. Jan. 23, 1865. 3 6to 4 2 4 4 410 50 5 2 54 5 6 42 4 8 410 5 2 54 5 8 510 6 0 00 0 0 44 5 0 52 5 6 3 4 3 10 40 4 6 BOROUGH HOP. All good and fine hops move off steadily at full prices Inferior qualities are in slow request ; nevertheless previ- . ous quotations are steadily supported. Last week's import was 69 bales from Antwerp, 114 Ostend, 46 Hamburg, 487 Bremen, 98 Boulogne, and 100 bales from New York. Mid and East Kent Weald of Kent loss to 155 s Sussex..... ••• 100 s to 1408 Yearlings 100 s to 1406 Particulars. 1851. 1861 1863. 1864. 18(5. --- Stock this day.... 62 937 49.572 52.218 66.221 52.223 Price of Y.C. 600.1 47531 to 44891 to 4,691 so 41s 9d to 1 —s Od —s od -s Od —s Od 42s Od Delivery lastweek 1.39 i 1,635 2,4'.7 2,5.8 2,417 Ditto from June 1 , 60,014 89,897 t 6,332 43,421 :62,464 Arrivals last week 4,4c0 247 805 990 464 Ditto from June 1 105,877 82,7.8 70,291 77.895 70,669 Price of Town .... 6 s 941 48s 61 46s 6d 43s 9d 144 s 3d POLICE INTELLIGENCE, — This Day. BOW-STREET . _ PICKING POCKETS IT DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—A rough looking fellow, named William Harris, was placed at the bar charged with being concerned, with a woman not in custody, with stealing a purse from a person unknown, at the entrance of the Drury-lane Theatre. Sergeant Ackrill, of the F division of police, stated that about a quarter before seven on Saturday night he was on duty at the entrance of Drury-lane Theatre, and saw the prisonar and a woman in conversation there. Having seen them on the preceding evening he watched them, and he then saw them push against a gentleman who was entering the theatre. The woman put her hand into the gentle man's waistcoat pocket, and took from it a purse, which she handed to the prisoner. She then entered the theatre, and the prisoner turned to go away when he (witness) stopped him, and sent another officer after the woman. The woman, however, eluded capture, and then, with the assistance of another constable, he conveyed the prisoner to the station house, but whilst in the road the prisoner attempted to re move the money, about 10s, from the purse. The prisoner was remanded. William Hill, a powerful-looking labourer, was placed at the bar charged with picking pockets. Col. W. M. S. IPMurdo said he was walking in the en closure of St. James-park this morning, when he like others had his attention attracted to the accidents which were frequently occurring on the ice. He felt a tug at his pocket, and then found his handkerchief had been stolen. He turned round, and suspecting the prisoner he watched him until he got clear of the crowd, when he seized him and accused him of the robbery. A violent struggle en sued for over 30 yards, and, although there were a great number of persons collected around him and the prisoner, not one, he regretted to say, would give him the slightest assistance. He, however, overpowered the prisoner, and then he took him to one of the park-keepers, into whose custody he gave him. On being searched three other handkerchiefs were found. The prisoner pleaded guilty. . . Mr. FloWer said it was much to be regretted that re spectable people seeing a gentleman struggling with a thief should be not ready to render assistance. The prisoner had met with rather a stronger gentleman than he expected. It was a very bad case, especially as three other handker chiefs had been found upon him, and he doubted much whether he ought not to send him for trial. However, he would give him another chance, but for the offence to which he had pleaded guilty he should send him to prison for six months with hard labour. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets are tolerably well supplied with potatoes. Selected qualities are in request, and at full prices; other wise the trade is quiet at our quotations. Last week's im port was only three casks from Rotterdam. Per ton. Yorkshire Regents Flukes .. . . Kent and Essex Regents... .......... 80s to 100 s Rocks ........ ..... 70s to 80s S-otoh Regents Foreign . .........••••• SEEDS Cloverseed is in steady request, and late rates are fully maintained. For other seeds, however, the demand is inactive at about previous currencies. Cakes are quiet on former terms. rurnlp,White,p.bus.2 6B to 22s Swede —8 —8 Mustard, Brown —s —s White, Tares, Spring.... • New winter, bush 9s 108 Canary, per quarter 41s 50s Rye grass . 245 28$ Clover, Red Eng.,et. 56s 1( 8s White „ Foreign Red 43s 65s White s6s 78s Trefoil Carraway 33s 33 Coriander l2s 24 llempseed, per qr 4OB 43 Linseed,Eng.sowing 7Js 72 Crushing Baltic — 9 Odessa Rapeseed, new,pr —8 Linseed Cake, p ton --8 English £lo Os £llO Foreign X 9 10s.£11 0 Rape Cakes,p ton .£5 Os £510 9 qr 74s 780 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderate Aupplieo of town and country killed meet are 134 :55 131 30 E O 4l 49 102} 09 I 1211 i i i 9) 621 124 9 f Sf 61. 13q f f 55 4i 114 131 7 i 2 104 526 3 87; i 58 1001 $ 2 100 4 101 4 100 i i 7i 8 [OOl 1} sat 100 ITIES. 151 15 .11r.osi. ANIJARY 22, 1865: on sale at these markets. Generally speaking, the trade is slow at our quotations. Per 81b by the carcase. s d s d a d fnferlor beef Middling do. . Prime large do Prime small do , Large pork ..3 0 3 ..3 8 4 ..4 4 4 .4 8 5 .3 6 4 Inferior mutton 3 6 3 10 Middling mutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Veal 3 10 4 8 Small pork. 4 4 4 8 WOOL Scarcely any change has taken place in the value of wool since our last report. For home-grown qualities the trade is decidedly quiet at about previous quotations. Co lonial wool, by private contract, is in limited request at late rates. The import into London last week was confined to 100 bales from Continental ports. Current prices of English wool per lb, s d 2 13/4 Fleeces - South Down hoggets ....2 0 Had do 2 5 Kent fleeces ou , h Down ewes and wethersl Leice ter do 2 Sorts Clothing 1 6 lombing 1 8 TALLOW. The tallow trade is firm to-day, and prices have improved . New P.Y.C. is now quoted at 41s 9d to 42s per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow commands 41s 9d net cash. Rough fat has advanced to 2s 2d per lb. The Weather and the Parks. The thick fog which enveloped the metropolis and its suburbs during the whole of Saturday—to the great hindrance of business, and the inconvenience of all those whose occupations 'called them out of doors—towards the evening grew more intense, un til at 6 o'clock all carriage locomotion became, if not impossible, extremely dangerous, and that of pedes trians extremely difficult. With very few excep tions, the omnibuses ceased running, and the cabs were taken home by the drivers, and to the almost entire cessation of carriage traffic may be attributed the absence of any fatal accident ; for, although several casualties occurred, none have been reported of a serious description. Here and there a solitary cab might be dimly seen crawling stealthily along, the driver holding a lighted link in his hand. On the closing of the theatres the scarcity of cab accommodation caused a considerable amount of inconvenience, and the very few in attendance were at a high premium, the, drivers making their own terms with those who were fortunate to become hirers of the vehicles. In the poorer dis tricts of the metropolis, where the necessities of the inhabitants compelled them to make their usual Saturday marketings, several very ludicrous scenes occurred ; awkward collisions took place, and a large number of petty robberies were committed both from the person and from the provision shops. Soon after eleven o'clock the fog began gradually to clear away, and the early morning set in with a hard frost. The thermometer at Hyde-park Receiving house stood on Saturday morning at 25 deg., at noon 30 deg., and at midnight 21 deg., or 9 deg. below freezing-point. _ _ Yesterday morning set in clear and frosty, and the weather during the day continued fine and con genial for the season. In the afternoon the various parks were crowded with people evidently attracted there by the impression that the waters would be frozen sufficiently strong to allow of the usual sports on the ice. This, however, was not the case. On the ornamental water in the Regent's park the ice was about half an inch in thickness, and a few persons ventured upon it for a short time; but two or three immersions taking place, it soon became cleared—this practical warning appearing to be more efficacious than the printed notices posted about, that " the ice was in a dangerous state," or the advice of the icemen. In Kensington-gardens, also, a few persons ventured upon the ice, but an immersion or two soon drove them off. The Ser pentine was entirely frozen over, the ice being about half an inch thick, but no one was seen upon it during the day, the icemen, park keepers, and the police on duty strictly prevent ing any one who attempted to do so. The water in the St. James's-park enclosure was also entirely frozen over, but the icemen had taken the precaution to break the ice along the edge of the bank, thus preventing any access to it from the shore. At the western end of the water, however, opposite Buckingham Palace, about 50 lads and boys managed to land themselves on the ice, being tempted thereto by the people bowling oranges and half pence on it. In the scramble for these several im mersions took place, but, as the water at this part is very shallow, nothing serious occurred beyond the ducking. This and the floundering about in the water, in the struggle to regain the shore, appeared to afford infinite amusement to those who had thoughtlessly tempted the youngsters to place themselves in' so uncomfortable a position. The ice on the water in the Vic toria-park was much stronger than on that in the other parks, and a large number of persons were there enabled to enjoy their favourite pastimes of skating and sliding. This was also the case upon the ponds scattered about in the suburbs of the me tropolis. In anticipation of the fog of Saturday night con tinuing during yesterday, the managers of the river steamboats had issued notices late in the evening that the boats would not run on Sunday, and the various crews had a holiday given to them. The day turning out so different to what was expected, great disappointment and inconvenience was ex perienced by that large portion of the public who patronise the " silent highway." The thermometer yesterday at the Receiving house in Hyde-park stood in the morning at 24, at noon 30, and at six o'clock last evening at 27, with indications of falling still lower. This morning, although the ornamental water in the public parks was not frozen an inch thick, a great many boys, and not a few men, were fool hardy enough to venture on the ice for the purpose of either skating or sliding. In the Enclosure, St. James's-park, the attendance was, perhaps, the largest, and, although the icemen of the Royal Humane Society did their utmost to pre vent persons going on the ice, at about two o'clock there could not have been less than 300 persons thereon. At one time in the afternoon every bed in the tent erected by the Royal Humane Society was occupied, and in some instances with rather serious cases, arising from contusions and concussions re ceived in addition,to the dangers of immersion. Owing to the exertions of the attendants no fatal case occurred during the early part of the day, although in one or two instances serious doubts were at one time entertained. The thermometer, at two p.m. this day, stood at 38 deg., being 6 above freezing point. THE FOG. The metropolis, the east end more especially, was again this morning enveloped in a thick fog. About two p.m. the appearance of the Strand was very peculiar. Towards Temple-bar a dense black fog—_a regular "London particular "—entirely obstructed everything from view, whilst towards Charing-cross the atmosphere was more than ordinarily clear, and the sun shining most brilliantly. The dense vapour could be clearly seen steadily advancing westwards, and at about half-past two the use of gas became general for business pur poses. Towards three o'clock the fog to some extent cleared off, but at the time of going to press the atmosphere was anything but clear. Sir Arthur Buller addressed a meeting of his con stituents at bevonport, on Friday evening. The main topic of discourse was the foreign policy of the Govern ment, which ho zealously defended. Ile regretted the mis management of the Church-rate question, but did not despair of the ultimate triumph of the abolitionists. He ob jected to the proposal for constituting the bishops a final court of ecclesiastical appeal; and concerning reform, contended that it was the people and not the Liberal party in Parliament by whom apathy had been shown. Mr. Brassey, the forthcoming Liberal candidate, gave ex pression to his views on the leading domestic q uestions of the day. Votes of confidence in both gentlemen were passed. s d MARLBOROUGH-STREET. FURIOUS DRIVING DURING THE FOG.—Thomas Wallis Atkinson, a cab driver, badge 13,033, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with furious driving. Police-constable Charles Bluett, 170 C, said that on Sa urday night, about half-past 11 o'clock, during a dense fog, he saw the defendant driving his horse, attached to a Hansom cab, at a gallop through Berkeley-square. The defendant was stopped by a gentleman, and on going up to him he (Bluett) found that the defendant was very drunk. The defendant said that he had a fare, and had been en gaged for three hours in leading his horse through the fog. The fare thanked him for his care, and then gave him a thumping glass of whisky, and told him it would do him good, but instead of that it completely got him over. Mr. Tyrwhitt said if ever there was a day when a man ought to be careful in driving it was Saturday last. He should fine the defendant 7s. 6d., or 14 days. The defendant paid the fine. . _ _ A CANDID DEFENCE.—James White, a strong healthy looking young man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with destroying his own clothing, and also some furnished him by the authorities of St. George's Workhouse. Robert Plowright, the porter of St. George's Workhouse, said that on Saturday night last the prisoner was admitted into the casual ward of the workhouse, and yesterday morning it was found that he had destroyed his clothes. Some others were furnished him, and these he also destroyed, The prisoner said he tore up his clothes, a man telling him that he had only to go to St. George's Workhouse to get a tidy suit. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for 21 days. WESTMINSTER. CAUTION TO TAVERN-KEEPERS. Moore Blakeley, a young man, was charged with wilfully breaking two panes of plate glass, value 50s. ' Mr. Charles Woodward, proprietor of the Fulham-bridge Tavern, Knightsbridge, said that at a quarter to 10 on Sa turday night the defendant came to his house, and shortly afterwards entered the coffee-room, where a number of gentlemen were seated. The coffee-room was not a proper place for persons of defendant's grade of life, and he had no business to be there. He was very insulting to gentle men in the coffeeroom, and complainant considered it his duty to remove him. When he did so defendant wilfully broke two large panes of glass. Mr. Selfe—Was he drunk ? Complainant—He was not sober. Mr. Selfe—Had he any drink in your house? Complainant—l believe he had. I asked him to go out several times before I touched him. Mr. Selfe—Was the window broken intentionally ? Complainant—He had to strike tho glass hard three times with his fist before he broke it. Defendant—l am very sorry. I don't remember any thing about it. I have offered to pay it by instalments. Mr. Selfe—Will you take it? Complainant—l would rather that you would settle it. Mr. Selfe—He got drunk in your house. He came to my house drunk. Some one gave him a glass of drink there. Mr. Selfe—lt was that glass that did it. It's the last straw that breaks the camel's back. I shall not give the full value of your glass, because the man had liquor. I shall fine him 55., with £1 for the glass, or in default seven days. THAMES. I WANT TO GET MARRIED.—A very comfortable-looking woman, of the fat-fair-and-forty class, entered the witness box and said, " I want to get married." Mr. Paget—Well, I cannot marry you, my good woman. The applicant said that her husband left her 14 years ago, and that she had not seen him or heard of him for eight years. She wished to get married again, and wanted to know if she could do so legally. Mr. Paget would explain what the law was on that point. If a woman had not seen her husband or heard of him for seven years, and might reasonably conclude he was not in existence, she would not be liable to a prosecution for bigamy if she got married again; but if her first husband made his appearance, or proved to be alive when the second marriage was contracted, the children by the second hus band would be illegitimate. The applicant, without saying another word, left the witness-box and hastily departed from the court. DRUNK, NOISY, AND MiscHtevous.—Ann Brian, a woman about forty years of age, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with being drunk, disorderly, and committing a violent assault on Mr. William King, the landlord of the Angel public-house, in Broad-street, Rateliff. There was another charge against her for throwing a quart pot through a pane of glass in the window of the public-house. The pot fell in the bar, upset a candle, and broke a decan ter filled with wine. The affair occurred on Saturday night. After hearing the evidence, Mr. Paget said the publican's own account of the trans action was that he allowed to be drunk beer and spirits in his house from 7 to 11 o'clock on Saturday night ; that he drank rum and water with her husband and allowed her to become intoxicated in his house. The publican brought all the mischief on himself, and his conduct was very much to be reprehended. lie was very much surprised that a man of the publican's apparent respectability should encourage a woman to get drunk in his house, and to drink with her husband, a labourer. The publican had been in jured, and he admitted he pushed the woman down. Both were in fault, and he should discharge the prisoner. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Jan. 23.—Wind this day at noon—South-West; light breeze and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 22.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Her Ma jesty's ship Aurora, from the West Indies; her Majestys ship Cadmus, ditto, QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 22.—Arrived—Queen of the Lakes, from the Clyde for Bombay, with bowsprit started and other damage. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, Monday, 10.45 a.m. Her Majesty's corvette Cadmus, which left Plymouth yesterday afternoon for the West Indies, has just returned to the Sound, having in tow the bark Maynard, from New York, with tea, butter, &c., for London ; the two came in collision last evening at five o'clock. The bows of the barque are stove in. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND Monday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 22—Charles Bolton, fromAalborg; Gazelle, from Helsingborg ; Maria, from Landscrona ; Elizabeth and Mary Ann,. from Algiers Douglas, from G 110111603, ; Argo, from, Helsmgborg ; Theodore Baring, from Dantsie. Arrived, Jan. 23.—Providence, from Gravelines ; Arrow and Johannes, from Helsingborg . DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed—Chanaral, for Madras ; Rover's Bride, for Nassau; England's Beauty, for Cardiff—all from London. Asman, i c ha o r d at s Elston,m ' o FATAL GLTN AC CIDENT NEAR NEWAR K. — At a shootingyomuna;clL a n few named days R ag n ear Newark , pigeon a Newark, havi n g loaded his p iece, ask ed a companion, Ed ward Warriner, to give him a cap. w are mer, who also had a gun, put his hand in his pocket to get one, and at the stone instant the wind blew his coat on the trigger of his gun, which he held in his hand, causing it to go off. Tho muzzle was pointing , direct at Asman, who stood not many feet distant. The contents shattered his hand, knocked off the hamm er o f wound in his left his gun, and inflicted a fearful next day. breast , from the effects of which he died THIRD EDITION. SUN OFEICE, 7 O'CLOCK. TATT ERSALL'S.—This Evening. TWO THOUSAND. 100 to 15 on The Field (offered) 7to 1 agst Broomielaw (taken a►nd °tiered) 10 to 1 agst Zambezi (offered) 10 to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered) THE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Liddington (offered) 9 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Duke (offered) 500 to 30 agst Chattanooga (taken) 20 to 1 agst Bedminster (offered) 22 to 1 agst Broomielaw (taken freely) 33 to 1 agst Oppressor (taken) 40 to 1 agst Buck (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brahma (taken) 40 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken) • 40 to 1 agst Longdown (off) 50 to 1 agst Friday (taken) 50 to 1 agst Congress (taken and off) Broomielaw was in great force for both events. Friday would have been backed to win £lO,OOO at 66 to 1. "BLACKHEATH, Monday.—These steeplechases are post poned till Thursday and Friday next. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865. JANUARY. Harrow . FEBRUARY. Birmingham l6 I Nottingham Spring 2B Lincoln Spring 2l KA Derby Sprin 2 Liverpool Spring 7 Shrewsbury Spring Doncaster Spring Warwick Spring Chelmsford Spring 2B Lichfield Spring Barham 3O Lewes Spring 3O Northampton AP: 4 Croxton Park 7 Newmarket Craven l7 Durham Knighton Cattelick Bridge l9 Abergavenny 2O Thirsk 2l Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring 1 Chester 9 York Spring Salisbury lB Bath 23 Harpenden 26 Epsom 3O Manchester 7 Chelmsford 7 Ascot l3 Beverley, Hull, and East Biding l4 Liverpool Alexandra Park 2O Hampton 2l Newton Newcastle Odiham Bidbury Stockbridge ... 29 JULY. Newmarket July Carlisle Worcester Pontefract Abingdon Stamford l3 Goodwood AUGUST. Brighton -- - 1- Brighton Club 3 Knutsford 3 Huntingdon 8 Wolverhampton 8 Reading 10 Egham l5 Oxford l7 York 22 Plymouth 24 Lichfield 2B Devon and Exeter 29 Derby Summor 3O Weymouth 3l THE CONVICT KOHL.—This convict, awaiting sentence of death in Springfield Gaol, Chelmsford, continues to protest his innocence. The convict had an interview, in the course of last week with his wife and sister-in law. The wife, a respectable young woman, was deeply affected, indeed she fainted twice during the painful meeting. The conversation which passed related chiefly to family matters. The convict expressed himself highly pleased at seeing his wife, and offered up an earnest prayer for her future well-being. The sentence of the law will be carried out on Thursday. THE NAPOLEONS IN THE IRISH COURTS.—The Lord Chancellor pronounced a decree yesterday on the petition of Mr. Napoleon A. Bonaparte Wyse, eldest son of the late Sir Thomas Wyse, praying for a specific performance of certain marriage articles on the occasion of the marriage of the deceased, at Paris, with Madame Letitia Bonaparte. The object of the petitioner was to esta blish his right to the estates of his father in the Queen's county and the county of Waterford. There is another suit pending as to the amount of jointure to which Madame Wyse is entitled, but that is not affected by the decree. THE RECENT GALE.—The Royal National Life boat Institution, having had its attention drawn to the want of a liteboat station somewhere on the embayed line of coast between Selsea Bill and Poitsmouth harbour by the account of the wreck of the schooner Ocean on the dangerous shoals off Hayling Island, which appeared in The Sun of the 16th inst., has already taken the prelimi nary steps for the establishment of a lifeboat station on ,he island, and has commenced for that purpose, through _ • the secretary of the institution, Mr. Richard Lewes, a correspondence with the Rev. Charles Hardy, vicar of Hayling. Mr. Hardy has been resident 30 years on the island, and his long experience will therefore necessarily render him a valuable coadjutor in the good work taken in hand by the National Lifeboat Institution. Previous to the communication from the institution having been received, Mr. Hardy had appealed through the local press for aid to 'assist in the establishment of a lifeboat on the island, and the offer of aid from the National Lifeboat Institution came, therefore, very opportunely for the perfection and completion of a scheme for the saving of human life which has been a well-known matter of necessity since lifeboat stations were first established on our coasts. The close vicinity of the harbour and dockyard of Portsmouth has, perhaps, by the false feeling of " help always at hand " which their near neighbourhood has somewhat naturally inspired, prevented the placing of a lifeboat at any previous time on this part of the coast ; but the recent wreck of the Ocean, and the proved inability of the dock yard authorities to render any aid, even with the smallest of their tug steamers, have at length brought action as well as conviction, and a certain means of help will now always be at the service of shipwrecked seamen, and provided from a legitimate and never-failing source. There appears to bo an excellent site for the boathouse on the beach, which there will not be much difficulty in obtaining for the pur pose ; there are a . sufficient number of fishermen within hail always to man the boat ; and last, but not the least important fact, a very unanimous and excellent spirit is prevailing among the resident inhabitants on the subject. DESERTIONS.—A correspondent of the New York Times writes in an article at the close of the year as follows :—" We hear of the President calling for a force of several hundred thousand men. The papers tell us gleefully of the rapidity with which enrolments are taking place. Presently we hear every town and village boasting that it has filled up its quota ; but where are the soldiers ? As an illustration of how some disappear, here is therecord of ono single regiment among those that have come to my notice. Of three detachments of substitutes sent from Concord, New Hampshire, to join the sth New Hampshire Volunteers, amounting to 625 men, 137 deserted on the passage, leaving only 488 to arrive at the regiment. Of the 488 who got to the regiment and were consigned to companies, 82 deserted to the enemy from picket line, 36 deserted to the rear, fourhavo been discharged as utterly worthless, their physical incapa city being so glaring and of such long standing that it must have been known at the time of enlistment ; five have been sent back to Concord to have their cases of enlist ment investigated by order of the War Department ; and two have been discharged by order of the War Depart ment. Thus, out of 625 of these bounty-tempted warriors sent to one regiment only since August last, there are only 359 left, and, as these have come to the army through the same venal influences, and probably gone through the same loose or fraudulent examination, it is impossible to tell how many more may follow suit, in spite of the death penalty b of fore . them. I use the term fraudulent advisedly , for ono out the four discharged as utterly worthless, one man had d hernia, leg several inches shorter than the other; one . and the two that had made him a cripple for many Y e that ' any imbecile others were such impracticable imbeciles 1:1 1 ( 1 3 t s o t f h a a n v y e d se u e t a y atwi t a h g o l u a t n o ce ne t p h a a rt t i t c h le ey of w m or e e di These are shameful revela tions, mental or phy us abuses the sooner do we the ethigeb.set 2,856 6 cipal rectified." c. children, of whom them D t s i ta on n s, d baucthanthecesoofonseeerinthgespicUbllic are made acquainted with owilcaedpg: HEALTH OF SCOTLAND. -- D uring istered ing the month of fem 11.0 births, The the existence of such monstrous abuses legitimate Dec. ,swn9 slowerefB 6 a4t Eight Scotland2he e B s h r s 3 et waweretandsellhundredo' birthswsr illegitimate , e4 e g atni ncif indicating a proportion of one illegitimate in every e proportion of t i ofcolk,uhrwhere. i g t e w s as we 4 i iB e illegitimate o' per cent., while in Aberdeen 18.3 per cent. of the births were illegitimate. registered ih the eight towns during y the month, being by far the highest number registered in December during g th y e nine previous years. The deaths of 2,411 persons were registered. Allowing for increase of population, the deaths N ould be th e exact average of the corresponding period during the nine preceding years. Forty-four per cent. of the deaths were of children under five years of age. In Aber deen the proportion was 10 per cent. below this average and in Dundee the average was exceeded by seven per cent The zymotic class of diseases proved fatal to 756 persons, ct 31 per cent. of the deaths. Typhus fever was the most fatal epidemic ; it caused 244 deaths, or 104 per cant. of the whole deaths. In Glasgow the proportion of deaths from typhus was 11.7 per cent. ; in Paisley, 12.5 ; and in Greenock, 20.1 per cent. This is the most severe epidemic of typhus fever experienced in Scotland for many years. Scarlatina caused 153 deaths ; measles, 102 ; hooping-cough, 89; small pox, 15 ; diarrhoaa and dysentery, 31; diphtheria, 30 ; croup, 47 ; metria, 9 ; erysipelas, 13 ; apoplexy, 23 ; para lysis, 52 ; diseases of the heart, 92 ; inflammatory affections of the respiratory organs, 202 ; bronchitis, 276 ; consump tion, 222. Seven of the persons who died (one male and six females) had exceeded the age of 95 years; the tv‘ eldest (females) were aged 95 years respectively. 20a 10 1001 1(0 100 ISSK 100 I too 2 100 no Si 9 6)