The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-09 00:00:00

RKET A YD !-;OiaItIETiOILL iNTELLIGENCI. TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is considerable easiness in the Money Market to-day, and to illustrate the prevailing plethora of money, it may be mentioned that some choice bills having a few days to run have been negotiated at 2 per cent. There were again no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday. The retirement of Mr. Rhys B. Griffiths has been announced from the firm of Messrs. Ley ton and Co., tea and colonial produce brokers. His department of indigo will henceforth be conducted by Mr. W. Price Stansbury, who has assisted Mr. Griffiths for the last 15 years. The City Offices Company will remove their offices to-morrow to the large block of buildings in Old Broad-street, which they have, just erected, and which are to be known under the title of Palmerston Buildings, in memory of the late eminent statesman. The building is of great extent, has a corridor of stately proportions, running from Old Broad-street to Bishopsgate-street, and the rooms, upwards of 250 in number, are all spacious, well-lighted, and of easy access. It is confidently believed that the tenants will readily be found when the advantages the company can offer are seen and appreciated. It is stated that Mr. W. H. Holyland, the official liquidator of the Commercial Bank Corporation of India and the East, is about to apply to the Court of Chancery to sanction the payment early in February, of a dividend of 6s. 8d in the pound. This dividend would have been 10s. but for the obstacles raised by some of the creditors and share holders at Bombay to the remittance of the funds from thence, which will now have to be made avail able for a second dividend. At a meeting held to-day of the shareholders of the Union Bank of London the report (the 37th) was adopted. The net profits for the six months ending the 31st December last amounted to £139,552145., which, with £79,883165. 9d. brought forward from 30th June last, amount to £219,436 10s. 9d. ; out of which a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent, per annum, and a bonus of 2i per cent, on paid-up capital, being, together, at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum, was declared, leaving a balance of £99,436 10s. 9d. The traffie receipts on the Brighton Railway for the past week have been £19,371, against £19,373 in the corresponding week of last year. On the Mid land they have been £38,064, against £11,155 in 1866 ; on the South-Eastern £18,365, against £19,640 in the like period of the previous year ; and on the Glasgow and South-Western £12,687, against £13,077 in 1866. The following letter relates to the quotation a the Stock Exchange of the shares of the Madras Ir rigation and Canal Company : TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,--I have the pleasure of informing you that the Committee of the Stock Exchange, upon application and proper proof, yesterday ordered that the shares of the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company shall in future be quoted under the head "British Possessions," with the words 4. guaranteed 5 per cent." added.—larn, Sir, yours 4icc., J. WESTWOOD, Secretary. London, Jan. 8, 1867. 'CL. A ccording to Reut er ' s telegram Two from O Par OC is this day, the French Rentes were 70f. 00c. The market for the English Funds has been rather fluctuating to-day, Consols having declined 4, and then recovering, so that the prices are just o same as they were yesterday afternoon, viz., 1 for money and the 10th, and 91 5-16 7-16 February settlement. The New Threes and Re duced Annuities are 90/ 4 ; Exchequer Bills, 9s. prem. ; India Stock, 213 ; do. 5 per Cents, 107 4 ; do. Enfaced 5 per Cents., 101 ; do. 54 per Cents., 1054 ; and do. 4 per Cent. Bonds, 308. prem. Foreign Stocks generally show a decline. Turkish 5 per Cents, have receded 4, to 32 1 ; Mexican 4, to 174 14 ; Greek, 4, to 14 1 . and Italian, 4 53 1 ; but S panish Passive have advanced 1 , to, to 214 4, and the Certificates,' 4, to 141 a. The New Russian A crip remains at 1 f prem. Am erican Securities also are flatter. United States 5-20 Bonds shares, 4, t o 45 have fallen to 724 f ; E r i e 4 4 1 ; -a and Illi no i s, 4 , to 804 811. A. very limited amount of business has been transacted in British Railway Shares, and prices generally show a further slight depression. Lon don, Chatham, and Dover, North Eastern (Ber wick), and South Eastern, have each receded 1; Great W estern, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin co l n, and Midland, each f ; North Western, ; and Great E astern, 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without material change, Grand Trunk of Canada have declined I ; Great Western of Canada, 4 ; E ast Indian, 1 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 4. Bank Shares remain very quiet. Alli ance have London an d Count i mproved to 18a, Imperial Ottoman to 84 94 don to 45 . ; y to 67 /, and U n i on of Lon- Miscellaneous and Finance Shares have in seve ral instances been a shade flatter. Atl an ti c Tele graph 8 per Cen t . have:declined to 70 724 ; Egyp t Trading Co. are marked 44 5 ; Credit Foncier of England, 31 ; General Credit and Discount, 5f ; and Int ernat i onal Financial, 2 Atlantic and Groat Weste 3- 4. rn Railway ebentures have declined 1, t o 53 55, and the Co D nsolidated Mortgage Bonds 4, to 411 414. MINING MARKET. WEDNESDAY, Two o'Clock. The market to-day has been moderately active. Great Rotallack is in demand at 30s. West Chi verton, Prince of Wales, East Lovell, North Crofty, and Trelawney; meet with buyers at quotations. Annexed aro the latest quotations : Chirerton Moor, 5 5} ; chon:ales Gold, 21 8 ; Clifford Atnalgamate, 8f 91 ; East Basset, 21.1 221 ; East Caradon, 6 6 t; East Lovell, 10 101; East Wheal Grenville, 21 1 ; Great Retallack, 30s 355; Great Wheal Y or, 17 18 ; M 3 ; arko Valley, 41. I; North Crofty, 4 ; North T res k er b y, 2/ Prince of Wales, 27s Od 29s Od; Prosper United, 3} 4; Providence Mines, 27 29 ; South Condurrow, 12s 14s ; South Grenville, —s s Od ; Tincroft, 13 14 ; West earadon ——; West Chiverton, 54/ 56 ; West Frances, 17 18; West Seto; ; Wheal Buller, 22 24; Wheal Chiverton, 6i 7f ; Wheal Crabor, --s —8; Wheal Grenville, 27s Oct 295; Wheal Rose, —; Wheal Seton, 135 140 ; Whea 1 l Trol awne Carn Camb y, 10 12 ; Wheal 'Gay —; orne, ; Ce ntral Minora, , f ;reat Lax e y, 17 G Cooks' Kitchen, 10 1 ; East 1 Cam—; Brea, 3 3 18 ; G rea t South Tolgus, 14s Od 16s Od; South Frances, 221 25; St. Ives Consols, 8 9; South Caradon Park, 4 6 ; Drakswells, 15s Oct 208 , —; S tray Od ; South .Darr en , —s ; North R os k ear, 6 8. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUND& , 3 Per Cent. Consols i Do. A ccount, J an. 10 91f 1 f a per C ent. Reduced l 90f I NeW 3 per Cont New. 21 pe r C en t . Jan. 1894 Do. 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 18 80 Do. f or 30 yrs, expire sth April, lB Bs — Do (lied Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 9 pm Do .............. £5OO ..... ' 12 pm Do .. , . .„_ .... ii:Oo & .654 . 7 pin Bank of linghtnd Stock, 6} per ' Cent INDIAN GOVEIUsTSIENT SECURITIES. la(ba n Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 213 12 Do. Account .. ..................... Do. 5 per Cent. Jul.." y, 1880 Do. Certificates _— Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 pe r C ent . , J an. 1872 Do. 61 per Cent., May 1879 losk Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds,4 per Cent., £l,OOO 3O pm Do. under £l,OOO Ar • FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES . gentine epublic, 6 per Cent ...... Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4i Loper Cent., 1852-58-60 Dr Do. 1863 1865 ..... :o Account ...._ Do. £lOO Bonds 711 Do. Account Do 4100 B.ieos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent _ _ DJ 2 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 35 De. iiian 6 p er Cent_.... Do. 3 per Cent _ Do. 6 per Cent A Do. CJlolubian,„ 6 per C en t . l hoish 3 euba, G per Cent. D aub por Cent., 1864 '441114 Prizelpalltios , .... , mi.,. " i k:quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Do., Provisional Land Warrant Do Deferred Eurptian 7 per Cent Do. Account Do., Second Issue Do .£lOO Bonds Do. Account .. Do. 1864 B 2k Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds B2k 3 Do. Account Do. Government Railway Debentures BOl Account Greek 5 per Cents.. 1824-5, ex Coupon- .'o. clotipaus Do. Accoun t G tateinala 5 per Cent. It 'Han 5 per Cent 1865 . Do, Account Do. Mareininana Do. A ccount sl..xicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864. ... 5 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Ilontesridean 6 per Cent. • ••• Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent ‘Tew Granada Do 3 per Con Do. Deferral Dc, Lazid Warrants (Hectares) •6ruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 66 6 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Da Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent. , 18 22, £ St 431 87 61 f Do 4/ per Cent. 1850 Do 4 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B6l Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid B6l -1 Do. do. £lO pa i d • Pin Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do. Account Do Passive Do' Account 2ll 1 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 4/ per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds -- Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do Account 541 5/ Do 6 per Cent, 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 — Do. 5 per Cent. Account — Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account • — Do. 6 per Cent, 1861 — Do. Account .. 2B Ditto 1/ per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 4 1 per cent., Ex. 2sf. Dutch 21 per Out. Ex. 12 Gull „ — Do. 4 per Cr 54} pi ;ent. Certificates .... Do. Account French Renter, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 3 per °Ant. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 53 i 3 THREE O'CLOCK Consols, Money 9l j Do. Account MARKE TS. —This day. MARK LANE. At Mark Lane to-day the trade presented much the same appearance as on Monday. The supplies of English produce were small, but foreign quantities came freely to hand. As regards prices the trade ruled firm, but the transactions were generally of a restricted character. The market was again scantily supplied with English wheat. There was very little business doing in any description, yet, owing to the firmness of factors, Mon day's quotations were well supported. Coastwise, as well as ex-granary, the show of foreign wheat was tolerably good. Fine parcels commanded very full prices, and other sorts were unaltered,in value; the trade, however, was quiet. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair request at full quotations. Fine malting barley was scarce and quite as dear as on Monday. Grinding and distilling sorts moved off slowly at late rates. Malt changed hands to a moderate extent on former terms. The supply of malt was seasonably good. The oat trade ruled quiet, but fine parcels were held at full currencies. Very few transactions took place in banns, yet prices were unaltered. Peas were dull, at previous quotations. The demand for flour was inactive, on former terms SHIP ARRITALS THIS WEEX. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 160 1,70 1,860 --270 Irish — Foreign 12,410 6,020 33,310 1,350 sacks brit; COMPAILATITE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OP GRAIL For the week ending Jan. For tho corresponding week 5, 1867. last year. Qrs. A ver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat ....... 46,674-60 s 2d 'Wheat ......,49, 3 10--16s 3d OBarley ....... ..45,899--43s 6d Barl e y ....... —66,065-32 s 9d Pts .......... 6,595-24 s Id Oats .......... 6,803-238 6d BOROUGH HOP. Great firmness continues to prevail in all branches of the hop trade, and, with decreasing supplies, prices are on the advance. WHITECITAPEL. There is a moderate quantity of meat on offer. The trade is quiet, at the following quotations : Beef Per 81b. b y t h e carcase. Mutton ......... 3s Od to 4 s 8d I Veal ...... 43 Od to 5 s Od ... 3s 2d to 4s 10d Pork ...... 3s 6d to 48 6d ........_______ _ ii verpool Cotton lilarket—This Day. The market opens steady. Sales probably 10,000 bales. The Pico of Gold. The quotation ot the short gold at Paris I s a b out at par, and exchange on London is 25. t7i per £1 sterling. On Comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appeculs that gold is about the lame price in London and Paris. Fite nouree of exchange at New York on London for bills at 80 days' sight is about 104 per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the importalloo of gold from the United Ststr THE EXPENSE OF CLEARING, THE STREETS.—At the meeting of the Board of Works, Highways, and Sewers of St. Pancras held yesterday—Mr. J. Salter in the chair—Mr. W. B. Scott, the chief surve y or reported that in consequence of the heavy fall of snow last Wed nesday, he sent to the several contractors for cleansing the streets orders for the removal of snow from the main t horoughfare; with instructions to employ any number of men and carts day and night. The assistant-surveyors wore also authorised to employ any number of hands, and relays for the night work. It was not attempted to clear away the snow from the whole width of the roads, but mainly for a width of about 10 feet from the kerbs, by which course was also removed all the snow that had been swept from the footways and cast off the roofs of houses, and the channels left open and free for the thaw when it came. The total number of carts employed was 120 daily (nearly half of them being teams), with the assistance of nearly 300 men daily; 7,000 loads were carted away, and nearly 10 miles of roads cleared. Mr. Lawford, in moving that the report be approved, said St. Pancras had set an example to other parishes, and they were greatly indebted to their officers for their energetic services, and also to their chairman. Mr. Eldridge said the expense had been £l,OOO, and £l,OOO wasted. He could not imagine a more extravagant bit of madness; if they had let the snow re main it would all have melted away. Mr. John Taylor lamented the expense to the poor ratepayers. The Humane Society, if they had done their duty, would have locked ep the contractors for bringing out their horses in such weather. Mr. S. Taylor considered the expenditure a great benefit, and they would have been blamed if the frost had continued. The chairman said if they did not do their duty th6y would be set aside for another body who would. The report was adopted, and also a motion acknowledging the services of Mr. Scott, chief engineer, and Mr. Worrell, and also the chairman. THE SHEFFIELD BOY MURDERER. —The respite of the sentence of death passed at the last assizes at Leeds upon Henry Gabbites, aged 16, for the murder of his fellow- Prentiee, Arthur Allen, at Sheffi e ld, h as been followed apprentice, letter from the Home-office, addressed to the Gover nor of the Leeds Borough Gaol, announcing that the capi_ tal punishment has been commuted to penal servitude for life. DARING BURGLARY AT A LICENSED VICTUAL LER'S.—Thi3 morning, about 5 o'clock, three men entered the house of Mr. Hazleton, Coburg Arms, Wobber street, Waterloo-road, and stole a considerable sum of money, jewellery, and clothing. As they were escaping Mr. Hazleton rose from his bed and fired twice after the fellows with a revolver, but without effect, and they got clear off. The entrance 11'48 effected by forcing back a belt at tlac trout door, SHARE This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. 1 Pail ] Closing i Business Prim clone. at lifriiitOcana 'Skater et Caledonian it at Cambrian Cork and Bandon .. 20 Cornwall al et Dublin & Belfast June lOl at Dun„l'erth, & A b.J une lO 00 '4l. London, terip Certi al; u. 10 at illaa!!opw &S. Western 10, st Great Eastern, Urd. stk. to, at Do. E. Angl. at. No 2 101 tt Great Northot Scotland tOt at Great Northern st D ). A stock.... 87 0 123 125 40 45 88, 9 U 4 6 10 e 5 69 '0 70 72 hi 1 6 18 10 30 32 10 5 6 )0 120 ,2 )0 130 131 A D 0.13 stock - it; , Do. New, ts. at 25 pm 10 at Gt S, and W. 01 Ireland 10; st ~..; t. Western -Original , lc( at D... S. Vat. Rail gua. lot at Do. South %Vales l+,t st Do. W. Alid.—Oxlora RA at Do. Newport lOl at ut. H ereford at Lane.rahire& Yorkshirt: 101 st London and Blackwalt lot at Lou., Brigh., Az S Coast 10. at Lon., Char., and DJVCI 101 at Do. Metrup. 6x. A lui it Lon. & North Wester', lot at Lon. & South Western 101 st Mau., 6110., & Lincoln tol at metropolitan al 10 Do. New 10 Do. Extension...., it 00 1 3letropolitan District al ( Do. do. do. ii 10 Do. and St. John's W'd 1 at 311diand 9 Do. £9 Share it Do, Birmin.. & Derby 101 t 5 did Kent . at North British it Do. Ed., 1111., & Dun lOl it Nth. Eastern— Berwici lot :5 Do. G.N•E purchase 16.1 it Do. Leeda it Do. York lOl It Do. Carlisle ..... 5 Do. Stock. & Darling al 0 Do. do. 1860-61 1 )0 OO 92 0 C 5. LIS 4) I 34 37 10 32 3 130 132 r 9) 1/2 ,U 17 18 lU 1..) s 0 122 .24 10 85 t 7 10 55 b 7 11 '2B 1284 8i tf 2f, 01(I 1L 11 0-—I ns 125 ii 7 11 11} )0 04 96 )0 f 38 40 /0 4 18 10 109 110 10 I 67 CS )0 103 105 11 35 36 18 10 11 p )1 119 121 9 1 2p 4 1 1p 10 73 75 11 114 118 10 148 152 10 - st North London .... st Do. do. 1804 5 ....., st Do. do. 1866 . Fit North Staffordshire Bt N. do S. W. Junction al 15 Scottish Central at Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 101 LC Do. Scot, Alia. stook lOl at Shropshire Union at South Devon lOl ;t south Eastern :0 Staines, Wok., & Wok at t raff Vale lOl JO 47 49 10 70 72 11 9 10 10 160 a 133 8 3 'I ;. )0 .0 Do. 0 ... It Vale of Neath It Waterford & Kilkenny 10 , 0 Waterloo & 'Whiteha I I It West Cornwall 10( THE SUN, LiOilliON WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1867. BRITISH rosi tOu Atlantic& St. Lawrence a, st Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. in gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. F shares ll 104 Buffalo & Lake Huron al 10 Do. Preference 100 Butt,Brant, &God er ich 6 p.c. 1872-3- 10( at Calcutta •Is S. E., lim lOl st Jai e Town Sz Dock, gu 10( 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p al, 3t East. Bengal, gu., sdo 10( st East lodian, gu. 5 p.o. 10( 20 Do. J Extension at . ] randTrunkotCanada 101 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c al 100 Do. Ist era. Bonds al 100 Do. do deferred ...• al 100 De. 2d Prof. Bonds at 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 3d PreE stook all 100 Do. do. deferred .... al' 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook .. all 100 Do. do. deterred .... all at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 101 'O. Gua. 5 per Cent.. 11 20 Do. New gua. 5 p. 0.. at lit. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent at D 41 per cent lO, at Do 204 Great Wes. of Canada,. all 204 Do. New *OO Do. 6p. o B4s. pay. 1873 all 100 00. 5, do. pay. 1877-8_ all 10 fndian Branch, limited 2 at Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 at Do. 41 do lOO at Do. 44 do . 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension at ilelb. Cor. 6p. c. Budd. lOC 50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. al' st N.Rl.C'da,6pc lstptbs 10 ' st Sclnde ...... . 1 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do at Do. Pun;aub.... st Do.lndus St.Flot , li COLONIAL GO VEll British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1572 10 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lO Do. sp. a. Mar. & Sept 101 1)o. 6 p. c. Jan. & July 101 Do. sp. c. Inscribed ak 101 Cape (*.Hope, 6 p.c. 1573 101 oo.Ap1.&0c1.1890-1900 101 Do. do 1880-9 v 101 Do. Jan.&July, 1890411 101 Do. 5 per Cent. 15 April and IS Vet., 1900 lOl Ca; lon, Nov. 1865, 6 p., 101 Do. 1878, do lOl %turning, f, p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1478 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. Do. 1805, Feb. & Aug lOl Natal Nov. 6 per cent lOl N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul) 101 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186( 10 D 0.5 p.c. 18;1 to 187 t) 101 Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1893 101 ,New Zealand, 6p. cent lot Do. 5 per cent lOl Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 l9l Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOl 5. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 101 Do. 1878 & upwards l .l Vlo,Gov. 6 p.O.Ja & July 11 'Do. do, April & Oct.. 11 BAIT'S MINES. At 64 74 4.) H 6 1 105 416 1.0 4 ;clj 1i 20 14.0 5 8 31 2 3 14.0 2 3 3.0 9.0 9 10 8... 21 21 5 6 11 17 18 14.0 Cam. ConsoL Cold, lim. Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Bl Devon G. Cons. (Tavist I Drake walls 2.1 East Bassett (Illogan) 2l East Caradon 2.1 East Cam Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake .. 8.3 East Loved 3.9 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10. f Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 6( 4 Great L orey, limited al Great South Tolgus O.l Great Wheal Busy 14 ., G. Wheal Vor (Relstnt, 4( Grenville Herod's Foot .... 8.1 ilingston Downs 5.1 Mararet (Uny Lelan 13 1 Slarke Valley 4. 1, 4 M.wyndy Iron Ore, New Seton •••• North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crof ty 21 3. Prosper United 7.1.6 Pr.videnee aTny Lelan 10.6.: 21 26 1 8. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 300 320 South Condurrow 3.2.0 11 'S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 18 22 Stray Park 35.15.6 -- Tin Croft 9 1 2 Vigra and Clogan, lim all 4 10 West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L tskeard 11 12 :4 West Chi verton ll 64 66 West Seton 471 115 125 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 6i 75 Wheal Buller (Itedruth 16 18 20 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 10 12 'Wheal Seton Wlwal Trelawnev (Lie 5 17 . 0 7 9 .9.6 - - 0 IS 18 18.0 11 11 10.0 30 32 10.6 21 131 17.6 2 4 10.6 31 41 SI 2} iltl , 31 35 45 ' 2 4 3.1 g 73JIALCIG.1. YttEFEREN (;rent Western, Orig. 4i per cent., 8 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 110 KU Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 4i per Cent. irred.. North Eastern, York. 11. and Selby:purchase, 10 PRKFERENCE SUARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 44 per cent., 6 London Brighton, dzc., 5 per cent. 1865, 94i London and S.-WestQrn 44 per cent., 92 LINES LEASED AT FIXED KENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 211 London and Blackwall, 81 4 FOREIGN RAIL WAYB. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9i Dutch Ithenish, Dit to (all), 23 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lirn., 9 Yontgibaud Silver, Lead Min. and Smelting, 71 St. John net Rey, lim.. 53f Yudanamutana of South Aualtalia, 11 • BANKb: Alliance, lim. , 18i 4 British North American. 46 e Ch oll a s r o te li r d e a d te tki d e ß r. a o n i k, India, li i ondon, and China, 33i i East London, lim., 3I Imperial Ottoman, lim., Ri 2i lonian, 22i London and Brazilian (lirn.), 22 Loudon and Couhty, 664 71 London Joint Sto c k, 4 4 London and South- IVestern, lim., 17 Oriental itanic Corporation, 4 Provincial Banking Corporation, Lim., 4 ,/ Onion of A ukaralia. 59 Union of London, 45 lo- MISCELLANEOUS. Ann an Telegraph, 151 $7, Atlantic Telegraph, Dit o, 8 per cent., 70 21 Berlin Water Works, lint., Ditto, new. 51 I Bon•bay Gas, lint ., 4/ Ceylon Company, DWo, A shares, 11 City of Moscow Gas, lim , 171 City Offices, Ihn., 6 41 4 Credit r'oncler 01 England, lim.„ 31 3 Crystal Palace, 201 84 East India Irrigation and Canal, 10 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Ilm., 5 4/ Electric Telegraph, 133 Fore -street Warehouse, lim., 14 Gen. Credit and Discount, lim.. General Steam Navigation, lint., 20 Hudson's Bay, 101 International Financial Society, Jim. Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour). 71 6 ir London County Land and Building, Ma, 1 Londo n General Omnibus C ompany, li m, 31 Mediterranean Extension Telegraph, 4 Naional Discount Lompany, 14/ Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem.. of which 21 Is to pay, 111 Peel River Land and Mineral, 36 Peninsula and Orenial Steam, 6 7 66 Ditto, new, 63 Scottish Australian Investment, lim., 126 _ Tele graph Construction and Maintenance, lim., 7,2 Ditto (£1.5), 13 Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lim. 6} :Croat And Loan C ompany of Upper Canada,,li_i ;ESSIONS. 66 88 )0 ICO 101 0 id ip 11 4 44 '1 74 bi 10 60 55 11 101 103 10 101 163 10 105 107 5 - - )0 I 21 22 Ll 85 88 3 57 59 11 53 54 .11 62 51 11 - - li I 37 40 I I 23 25 0 106 IC6 8 1 i 6 4 1a 10 1 100 102 kr 91 93 121 131 1 1: 124 F 8 92 81 84 li lid 100 102 92 H 65 90 100 97 100 97 10 1 00 91 MENT SECURITI 10 96 98 ,0 97 99 ►0 97 yg )0 79 81 10 78 80 )0 101 103 10 104 106 )0 103 105 10 101 103 10 88 ?c) i 0 ILO 102 0 lu4 ILO 10 102 .0 IG3 1 0 102 10 105 107 lo 116 100 L4lO 9B 10 go 02 10 I 0 100 10 81 86 10 94 96 10 92 P 8 10 -- 0 103 105 00 106 107 961 971 81 801 Share] ;es, I LAW IN TE. I.—This Day. COURT OF B;iNKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Roche.) IN RE ROLDEN...EXTENSIVE FAILURE OF A RAILWAY CONTRACTOR. This bankrupt was described as a railway contractor, and contractor f3r public works, of Queen-street, Cheap side, and to-day was appointed for the proof of debts. No accounts aro yet filed, but the liabilities are estimated at £BOO,OOO, with assots not yet stated. Mr. Chidley was solicitor to the petition. MARYLEBONE COUNTY COURT. (Before Sir J. E. E. Wilmot, Bart.) FLOWEItS V. 'WINDHAM. The final hearing of this case occurred this morning The action was brought by Mr. Henry William Flowers, proprietor of the Red Lion Tavern, Harrow-road, to re • cover from Mrs. Agnes Windham, of 3A, Westbourne terrace, Paddington, the sum of .£2O 145., the balance of an account delivered. Mr. Scaife, solicitor, appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Edward Lewis, for defendant. One curious item in the bill was .£7 Bs. for 587 pints of ale supplied to 587 men emplOyed at the Great Western railway terminus, at Paddington, on the day Mrs. Wind ham gave birth to a son and heir, and this was done at the express order of Mrs. Windham given some days previously. Another formidable item was for a large quantity of Raid's double best stout," to a nurse who attended the baby alluded to. It appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff supplied defendant with wines, spirits, and beer to the amount of £BO, and since then she had paid him nearly £6O. Tho defence was a plea of coverture, which was put in, and it stated that defendant was married to Mr.Windhava in 1859, and that Mr. Windham died in February, 1866. Mr. Scaife stigmatised the plea as being, in a measure a dishonest one, and urged the fact that in 1864 defendant was separated from her husband, and that at the present time she was living in grand style. Mr. Lewis called Miss Rogers (defendant's sister), and other evidence, whose- testimony went to show that in 1864 Mr. Windham occasionally visited his wife, and that he had borrowed money from plaintiff the same year. His Honour said he thought there were sufficient assets from Mr. Windham's estate to pay all creditors ;- at a ll events he thought the plea must prevail.: Mr. Scaife said if that was his Honour's opinion lie would elect to be nonsuited. Nonsuited accordingly, without costs. POLICE IN TELLIGEACE.— This Day, MANSION-HOUSE. EMBEZZLEMEST.—WaIter Sheldon Jewitt was charged before the Lord Mayor with embezzling divers sums of money to the extent of £l6O, the property of his employers, Messrs. Allen, Murray, and Co., tea dealers, B illiter-square. The Lord Mayor said that the case was very clear. The prosecutors were satisfied to get their money, and did not wish to ruin the prisoner, and therefore entered into the negotiation in question. Under the circumstances the case became a civil one, and could not be dealt with crimi nally. He must, .therefore, dismiss the charge. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Sergeant Stevens, 24 C, said that on taking the prisoner into custody ho said he received the cheque for £9 from Mr. Baiing, of Berkeley-square, and that he changed it at Glyn's bank, in Lombard-street. On searching the pri soner, who denied putting the shirt whet o found—in the drawer of a washstand—he found upon him .£l2 in gold and u s, in silver. Ou making inquiries at Mr. Baring's, he was informed that the prisoner was a servant to Mr. Baring some time ago, that no such cheque had been given for six months, and that Mr. Baring banked at Farquhar's. Subsequently the prisoner said that he did not cash the cheque at Glyn's, but at Farquhar's. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was an excessively suspicious case and it was made more so by the story the prisoner had told about the cheque. Ho would remand the prisoner. WESTMINSTER. MAGISTERIAL REPROOF OF POLICE MALPRACTICES.— Clara Harris, a married woman, about 30 years of ago, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a greatcoat from the shop of Mr. Slone, 8, Leader-street, Chelsea. Mrs. Slone said that the prosecutor came there on Mon day, and, telling her a long story of distress, asked her to buy an umbrella, which she brought with her, and prose cutrix was at length persuaded to do so. Yesterday the prisoner again came and offered a box for sale, which she refused to bay, and, turning her back for a moment in the shop, her husband's greatcoat disappeared from the coun ter, and with it the prisoner. James Strathlee, 225 B, said he was called last night to take the prisoner into custody. He found her at her lodg ings, when she denied that she had been to Mr. Harris's that day. Witness hero produced.a awn ber of duplicates and photographs,which he had brought from the accused's husband's room. Mr. Arnold—What can these things have to do with the charge. Is there anything relating to the property stolen ? Policeman—Nothing but the ticket of a coat. Mr. Arnold —You were justified in taking that, but had no right whatever to take the other things. The police are getting to exceed their authority very much. It is most absurd to bring these duplicates and photographs here. You might as well have stripped the man and woman's house. It is a gross excess of your duty. Take the things back to the husband. Prisoner was remanded. THAMES. THE HYDROPATHIC SYSTEM—STEALING WET LINEN.-- George Smith and John Tribe, each about 19 years of age, were brought before Mr. Paget, charged with being con cerned with another in stealing a quantity of wet linen. Yesterday evening two officers of-the K division, named Bride') and Venables, met the prisoners in the Globe-road, Mile-end, with a third man. Tribe had a bundle under his arm, and Briden seized it, and said to him, " That c on t a i ns wet linen," to which Tribe replied, "No, it ain't, it's calico." Briden opened the bundle, which consisted of two bed gowns, a shirt, and other articles, quite wet. The articles had been recently taken off a line. Briden searched the prisoner at the station hoUse, and found two large table cloths and a wet bed gown fastened round his body. Venables took. Smith into custody and searched him. There was a wet chemise and a wet pinafore fastened round his body. The prisoners alleged they were under the treatment of a professor of hydropathy, but this was a fallacy. They adopted the hydropathic treatment to con ceal the linen, which the officers bad no doubt had been stolen out of a yard or garden. This system of robbery had been carried on to a considerable extent in the suburbs. Mr. Paget inquired if an owner had been found for the property. Briden—No, sir, we have not had time to do so yet. Mi. Paget remanded tho prisoners for a week to enable the police to trace the owner of the property. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—Wo are pleased to find hat the attractions at the far-famed wax-work ex- hibition, in Baker-street, continue to meet with their full share of patronage during their prese n t f est i ve season. The hall of kings, which contains the series of life-size effigies of the monarchs of this country, from the Norman conquest to that of her present Majesty, as also those of most of the present royal family, as well as the greatest of the European statesmen - , appear to bo hi g hl y attractive to the hosts of visitors who daily throng the magnificent galleries of the exhibition. GREAT FLOODS.—The sudden thaw and the sub sequent rain have greatly swollen the waters of the Thames at Windsor, Maidenhead, and Staines. At Windsor the water rose very rapidly, the rise being estimated at about two inches an hour, and by yesterday morning the river was quite 2ft. higher. A strong westerly wind has boon blowing, accompanied by showers of rain, and as a large volume of water has yet to come down from the Oxford shire hills it is not unlikely that the inundation of last year may be repeated. In the north of England the streams have been also much swollen by the thaw. Yesterday by noon the rivers Rye, Riccal, Hodge, Seven, Costa, and Derwent, with all the tributary streams, were in flood. At 3 p.m. they had overflowed, and, as the rivers were still rising, a far larger flood than any of the four preced ing ones which hay@ gpeurred since midsummer is looked for. Farnim rip dr ' iv'ing their stock trpm We lands in • danger, SINGULAR CHARGE OF STEALING BANK NOTES.—George Stephenson, a servant out of place, living in Mason's-yard, Duke-street, St. James's, .was charged before Mr. Tyr whitt with stealing three £5 bank -notes and a shirt, the property of John Ward, a servant lodging in the same house. The prosecutor said that he lodged in Masan's-yard, and the prisoner occupied the next room. On Thursday last he . placed a£s note along with two others which were in his pocketbook, and ho placed his pocketbook in his port manteau, leaving it unlocked, and on going yesterday to take out a .£5 note ha missed the three notes. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the prosecutor what caused him to suspect the prisoner. The prosecutor said the prisoner had been laid up with rheumatics for a fortnight, and had not been out of the house during that time, and had been borrowing money, having none of his own ; but on Friday last he said that he was going to the City to cash a cheque for £9, and went out, and on his return he paid for his board and lodging. Thinking the prisoner's conduct very sus picious, he got a policeman yesterday, and then asked the prisoner to let him search his room, and on doing so he found in a drawer a shirt belonging to him, and which had been taken off the top of the clothes in the port manteau, from which the notes had been taken. The prisoner said he knew nothing of the shirt, and that he had not placed it where it was found. He said that ho received the cheque from Mr. Baring, and that ho cashed h at Glyn's, in Lombard-street ; but ho ',prosecutor) bad ascertained that no such cheque had been cashed at the bank, and when the prisoner was searched nearly £l3 were found upon him. 301 133; 58 5 :30# # 90 122 i 1.64 84 88 Li 8 124 I 10; 11 YO ; t9I 11;124; 4 111; 881 I lief 9 67/ I 1041 701 1 1 701 1071 7 201 & 841 851 / 941-i 1061 6 f CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. Mr. Capper, in his examination, said he was a member of the firm of Capper, Lescombe, and Lawson, and they had dealings with Mr. Wilkinson in buying and robuying shares. They never borrowed on the 16th of August £4,000 from the Joint Stock Discount Company as a loan. A sum of the account was received from Mr. Wilkinson, and credited to his account. On the 28th of August we never borrowed a sum of £B6O, or did we pay interest or give security for the account. That sum wasalso received as a payment for certain share transactions, and certainly not as a loan. In cross-examination, by Sergeant Ballantine, he said he transacted nearly the whole of the transactions of the firm. When they were ordered to buy shares they inva riably go either to the jobber, or broker, and a contract is made with either of them by word of mouth, never by a contract note. They enter the transaction in their books, and it is checked the next morning. They don't assume that the persons with whom they had the transaction had the shares in their possession. They never assumed any thing. They are looked upon to produce the value of shares, if the seller demanded it, on the settling-day. It depended upon credit whether the buyer was called upon to pay for the shares. They never bad a black account, that would require loans to enable them to meet demands. It was part of their business to borrow money at one amount of interest and lend it if possible at a higher. He used generally to see Mr. Wilkinson at the bank every morning for chatting and business purposes. John Ramsay, clerk to Messrs. Capper, said, he recollected taking over 377 shares t• Mr. Hill at the joint Stock Dis count Company. He askled Mr. Hill for the cheque, but as ho did not get it he communicated with his principals, and he went again and then he received the £4,000 from Mr. Hill, the assistant manager. He could not recollect the form of the cheque the same day that he received it; he paid various cheques into Messrs. Masterman's, and in the credit slip of the monies so paid in he saw a £4,000 cheque. A number of bankers' clerks were examined to trace the destination of the two cheques, at the termination of which the further proceeding with the trial was adjourned until ,o-morrow morning. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Shee.) CHARGE OP ARSON. Frderick Bicknell was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a certain dwelling house and shop, with intent to defraud. The premises were situate at the east end of the town, viz., Queen's-terrace, Commercial-road, and on the alarm of fire being raised the engines attended, and the firemen entering, the premises were found to be burning at two dis tinct places very rapidly. The fire was extinguished, and an examination of the premises being made the calling and different parts of the shop were found to be wet with paraf f in. A board in the first floor seemed to have been raised, and oil or grease seemed to have been thrown be neath it. From all appearance the fire seemed to have been wilfully caused. At six o'clock the learned Judge commenced summing up the evidence, and at the hour of going to press the jury had not returned their verdict. THIRD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Thomas Conner and Margaret Cooper were indicted for robbing Francis Burn of 18s. The jury found both prisoners guilty. On the officers being asked whether anything wasknown of the prisoners, no less than 18 former convictions were proved against Conner, and two against Cooper. The Recorder said the prisoner was a most dangerous person, and as former punishment seemed to have no effect, he should in this instance sentence him to eight years penal servitude. Cooper he should sentence to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour. James Garrett Yates, a traveller, lately in the service of Messrs. i3ellville, mustard dealers, and who was yesterday convicted and sentenced to five years penal servitude, was again placed before the learned Recorder this morning, when his sentence was altered to 18 months' imprisonment. INTERNATIONAL ROWING REGATTA.—The Impe rial Commission for the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867 has announced to her Majesty's Commissioners that it is intended during the Exhibition to hold an interna tional rowing regatta on the Seine, in which they invite this country to take part. Her Majesty's Commissioners have accordingly appointed the following committee to make the necessary arrangements on the part of Great Britain :—The Duke of Sutherland, the Marquis of Drogheda, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Granard, Earl Vane, Lord Alfred Paget, the Hon. G. Denman, M.P., Mr. T. E. Chitty, Mr. J. Macgregor, Mr. Allan Morrison, Mr. J. White, and Mr. C. Wylde (secretary). The Imperial Commission has appropriated a sum of £BOO for prizes at the regatta, and contributions have also been promised by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, his Royal High ness the Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke of Marlborough, Sir J. Pakington, M.P., the Hon. G. Denman, M.P., &c. The committee has recommended that the regatta should be held in the second week of July, and that it should comprise races for boats of all classes, from sculling boats and canoes up to eight oars. Boats duly entered for the races will be convoyed from London to Paris and back again free of expense. During the past year there sailed for the United States of steerage passengers, who are classed under nationalities, 30,125 English, 2,605 Scotch, 41,283 Irish, and 18,002 foreigners. The greatest emigra tion was in the June quarter. The total to the United States for the year was 92,224 ; to Canada, 6,058 ; to Nova Scotia, 634 ; to New South Wales, 358 ; to Queensland, 1,826 ; to Victoria, 5,587 (principally Irish) ; and to South America, 72 ; total, 106,759. There were also 5,922 cabin pas sengers in ships under the Act who were not classi fied, and 9,712 passengers in " short" ships, which raised the total of the year's emigration to 122,393, being 1,337 hi excess of the previous year. A VKGETARIAN FESTIVAL.—A rather remark able festival was held at Blennerhasset, Cumber land, on Christmas-day, upon the farm of Mr. William Lawson, son of Sir Wilfred Lawson, of Brayton. The farm is conducted upon the 'co operate principle—a tithe of the profits being divided among the workers, and Mr. William Law son and his servants are vegetarians. All the people of the district who chose to write beforehand for free tickets or to pay 4d. on Christmas-day were invited. Musicians were requested to take their instruments with them, and it was added " those who like may bring their own spoons." About 1,000 people attended. The farm buildings were decorated, and in the large rooms singing and dancing, and lecturing on phrenology, co-operation, vegetarianism, and physiology went forward at intervals during the day. At noon a meal of grain, fruit, and vegetables was given, which rather sur prised some of the beef-eating peasantry who had assembled to take part in the festival. There were raw turnips, boiled cabbages, boiled wheat, boiled barley, shelled peas (half a ton of each of these three last-named) ; oatmeal gruel, with chopped carrots, turnips, and cabbage in it ; boiled horse beans, boiled potatoes ; salads, made of chopped carrots, turnips, cabbages, parsley, &c., over which was poured linseed boiled to a jelly. As there were no condiments of any kind, either upon the extra ordinary messes or the table, and all being cold except the potatoes, it may be imagined that the guests did not sit down with much relish to their vegetarian fare. Each one had an apple and a biscuit presented on rising from the table. In the course of the afternoon Mr. Lawson's two steam engines, called by him " Cain" and " Abel," set off with steam up and whistles screaming to lead a procession over the farm, but they did not get very far, and the procession was rather a straggling one. Good order was maintained all day, the farm servants of the establishment acting as officers, and Mr. W. Lawson himself performing the duty of special constable, a fact which was announced by Ti laparcig posted up on the farm buildings, bearingt he 0i—. 7. 1.t William Lawson, awQria cowitablo," OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Pigott.) CHARGE AGAINST A DISCOUNT COMPANY MANAGER. James Freeling Wilkinson was indicted for that ho, being a director of the Joint Stock Discount Company (Limited), unlawfully did take, and apply to his own use, certain pro perty of the said company—to wit, two bankers' cheques for the payment of £4,000 and £BOO respectively, • The facts of the case have been repeatedly published, azid, briefly related, they were as follows :—ln the month of August last Messrs. Capper, stockbrokers, bought 520 shares in the Joint-Stock Discount Company (limited) for Wilkinson, and on tho 16th of that month 377 of them were delivered, and £l,OOO was naked on account. Wil kinson said he could not pay for that sum in cash at that moment, but that he would give a cheque on the Joint- Stock Discount Company for the amount, and he would pay it to the Discount Company through a third party. The remainder of the shares were delivered on the 28th of August, when Messrs. Capper received another cheque for £B6O, being the balanco . of that duo on the shares. They were appointed the liquidators of the Joint-Stock Discount which stopped in 1866, respecting the £B6O which the firm offered, was in payment made by the defendant on his personal account, and not on the sum due by their firm, ler a loan, an entry to which effect had been made in the books of the Company. The £4,000 defendant alleged also that he had given in loan to a Mr. Cleland, who was not to be found. Doncaster Eccentrics. impression did not last long. Tho well-dressed, finely curled, highly-scented, richly-jewelled strangers, saunter ing among the better known aristocracy, commenced k series of predatory cp3rations which speedily brought them within the fastness of the town gaol. No one who saw them there a day or two later, after seeing them on the course, will ever forget the sight and the strange con trast. Stripped of their finery, closely cropped, and clad in coarse flannel dresses, they might be seen seated at a board, with a hot lump cf stony-looking rice before them for dinner. "Altogether, there was occasionally a very mixed society on and about the course —atnoug the so-to-speak profes sional habituds, men who made a business of the pursuit there —who were actors rather than spectators, and all of whom have disappeared without leaving a successor in his peculiar line—we may mention the old Duke of Leeds, redolent of port ; the white-faced Duke of Cleveland, ' the Jesuit of the Ring;' P. W. Ridsale, ex-footman, then mil lionnairo, finally pauper ; blacksmith Richardson, who shaking his head at ' Leeds,' would remark of himself, that sobriety alone had saved him from being hanged ; Mr. Beardswortb, who had been originally a hackney-coach man, then sporting his crimson liveries ; Mr. Crook, who commenced life with a fish-basket ; and the well-known son of the ostler at the Black Swan, in York, wearing diamond rings and pine, betting his thousands, and look ing as cool the while as if he not only largely used the _ _ _ waters of Pactolus, but owned half the gold-dust on its banks. "The two extremes of the official men as regarded rank were, perhaps, Lord George Bentinck and Mr. Gully, the ex-pugilist. The former introduced, at Doncaster, the signal-flag to regulate the ' starts,' and he founded the Bentinck Fund (with the money subscribed for a testimonial to himself) for the relief of decayed jockeys _ - and trainers. The two men were equals in one respect, the coolness vith which they either won or lost. They who remember the year when Petro's Matilda beat Gully's Mameluke, and who witnessed the event and its results, speak yet with a sort of pride of Gully's conduct. He had lost immensely; but he was the first man who ap- peared in the betting-rooms to pay any one who had a be registered against him ; and he Vas the last man to leave, not retiring till ho was satisfied that there did not remain a single claimant. He paid away a grand total on that occasion, which, properly invested, would have set all the poor in Doncaster at ease for ever. PRIVATE BILL LEGISLATION.—A " Model Bill," as entitled, has recently been printed, under the direction of the Private Bill-office, for adoption in the forthcoming Session of Parliament. it contains 35 clauses and a supple ment of special powers required in some private Bills. BELGIAN SMUGGLERS.—Some mounted smugglers from Belgium, each carrying about 100 kilogrammes of tobacco, snuff, and cigars, some days since passed the French frontier in a dexterous manner. Leaving Blandain they followed the line of railway as far as Baisieux, where a French custom-house officer gave the alarm respecting the arrival of this novel kind of train ; but the smugglers put spurs to their horses, and, throwing a packet of snuff to the pfficial with a "Good evening !" succeeded in getting Qf• LICENSING PUBLIC-HOUSES AND BEER-SHOPS.— We understand that a conferenee, under the presidency of the Earl of Shaftesbury, is to be held at the end of the pre sent month in St. Martin's Hall for the purpose of institut ing a searching discussion into the present system of licens ing public-houses and beer-shops. The Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Lichfield, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Leigh, Mr. A. IL Layard, M.P., Mr. Hugh Owen, of the Poor-law Board, and the Roy. 11. Solly are among the principal supporters of the conference. DESERTED DOCTORS' COMMONS.--IVs are in Doc tors' Commons, and lawyers themselves will be r s a ti l i t r y tle c d o utort,letahrenotlhdatptrheeroogladtiAverccheosurCtiotuhret, otlhdecooldnsAisdtomryi- Court, the old harbour for delegates, chancellors, vicar generals, commissaries, prothonotanes, cursitors, seal keepers, sergeants-at-mace, doctors, deans, apparitors, proc tors, and what not, is being applied to such useful purposes now. Let the reader leave the bustle of St.:Paul's-church yard, and, turning under the archway where a noble army of whito-aproned touters formerly stood, cross Knight Rider street and enter the Commons. The square itself is a me morial of the mptability of human affairs. Its big sombre houses are closed. Tho well-known names of the learned doctors who formerly practised in the adjacent courts are still on the doors, but have, in each instance, " All letters and parcels to be a dd resse d" B e l grav i a or to one of the western inns of court as their accompaniment. Tho one court in which ecclesiastical, testamentary, and mari time law was triedalternately, and which, as we have seen, is now ending its days shabbily, but usefully, is through ,;the further archway to the left. Here the smack Henry and Betsy would bring its action for salvage against the schooner Mary Jane ; hero a favoured gentleman was oc casionally "admitted a proctor exercent by 'rirtue of a re script ;" here, as we l earn t w ith awe , procee di ngs for divorce were " carried on in pcenam," an d " th e l earned judge, without entering into facts, declared himself quite satisfied with the evidence, and pronounced fox the separation ;" and here th e D ean o f P ecu li ars settled his differences with the eccentrics, who I presume, wore under his cha rge , an d t o w h om h e owe d h i s title. Alteration in the law has dispersed the merry brood ; alterations in London have th rown th e i r d eser t e d l ega l eyrie into the hands of tho Metropolitan Board of Works; and, until the ground adjacent is filled by the new thorough fare, Mansion House-street, the old court-house and Com mons' grounds will remain at the disposal of Capt. Shaw and tho 'iro Brigade.— Dickens's "Ali the Year Round," We extract the following from Hr. Timbs's new work, " English Eccentrics and Eccentricities :" "Among the visitors to Doncaster racecourse are many of the lower grade, some of whom have contrived to get hanged. Such was the case some half-century since with Daniel Dawson, who employed himself, or was employed by others, in poisoning with arsenic the drinking-water of horses whose success in the future race was not desirable to Daniel or his patrons. Several steeds perished in this way at the hands of Daniel, in the north as well as at Newmarket. Ultiniately a ease from the latter locality was proved against him, through the treachery of a con federate, and Daniel suffered for it et Cambridge. Had he been a martyr in a gaol cause, he could not h Ivo (lied with more becomingness. Daniel complained of no one, did not even reproach himself ; and expressed his satisfactory conviction that ho should certainly ascend to Heaven from the drop.' Brutal as his offence was, it seems ill-mea sured justice that takes a man's life for that of a beast. "Dawson is beyond our own recollection; but we can remember a more singular and a much more honest fellow, whose appearance on the Doncaster course was as confi dently looked for and as ardently desired, as that of any of the Lords-Lieutenant of the various Ridings. We allude to the once famous Jemmy Hirst, the Rawcliffo tanner, whose last of about fifty visits to the 'Sillinger ' and Coop' contests was made when he was hard upon ninety years of age. When Jemmy retired from the tanning business with means to set up as a gentleman, the first ob ject he purchased was not a carriage, but a coffin, deposit ing therein some of the means whereby he kept himself alive, namely, his provisions. ' The walls of the room in which this lugubrious sideboard was erected were hung round:with all sorts of rustyagricultural implements. This lord of a strange household retained a valet and a female ' general servant.' His stud consisted of mules, dogs, and a bull, mounted on which he is said to have bunted with the Badsworth hounds. His most familiar friends were a tame fox and otter. He certainly rode the bull when he went out shooting, and was then accompanied by pigs as pointers. In fair-time Hirst used to take this bull and a couple of its fellows to be baited, sitting proudly by himself while his valet wont about collecting the coppers.' His waiscoat was a glossy garment made of the neck feathers of the drake, from the pocket of which he would issue his own bank-notes,bearing responsibilities of payment to the amount of 'Five half-pence.' "His carriage was a sort of palanquin, carried aloft by high wheels, and its peculiarity was that there was not a nail about it. This vehicle was really bettor known at Doncaster than the stately carriage of Lord Fitzwilliam himself. It was the boast of the proud and dirty gentle man who sat enthroned there that he had never paid and never would pay any sort of tax to the King ; and how ho managed to shoot, as he did, without paying a licence, was best known to himself. He was the most popular man on the course, and, unlike very many who began rich and ended poor, Jemmy increased in wealth year by year. He was wont to contrast himself with ' the Prince's friend,' Col. Mellish, who inherited an immense property, won two Lagers in two consecutive years, 1804-5, and finally died almost a pauper. Jemmy had undoubtedly, in his view of things, done better than Col. Mellish ; but the tanner, through life, never thought of the welfare but of one human being—that of James Hirst. He was as selfish as the butcher-churchwarden of Doncaster, who ruined the grand old tower of the church by placing a hideous clock face in it, which was so constructed that no ono could see the time by it except from the butcher's own door! "We should hardly render Hirst justice, however, if we omitted to state how such a great man departed from this earth. The folding door of his old coffin was closed upon him. Eight, buxom widows carried his corpse for a hono rarium of half-a-crown each. Jemmy had expressed a desire to have eight old maids to undertake this service, bequeathing half-a-guinea to each as hire. But the ladies in question were not forthcoming. So the widows were engaged in their place ; but why the fee was lowered we cannot tell, unless it was to pay for the bagpipe and fiddle which headed the procession. All the countryround flocked in to do Jemmy honour or to enjoy the holiday; and for many a year afterwards might the sorrowing comment be heard on Doncaster Course : 'Nay, lad ! t'Coop-day seems nought-like wi'out Jemmy !' and the mourners took out his 'Fihaw-pence notes,' and compared their own touching respective memories of the departed glory of Doncaster. " At the close of Jemmy's career the wonderfully dressed 'swell mob' was busiest, if not brightest. The latter was only short-lived. A party of them really dazzled common 1151 k by the splendour of their turn-out, both as regarded themselves and their equipage. People took them for foreign princes, or native nobility returned from foreign climes, and not yet familiarly known to the public. The • THIRD EDITIT9Ii-. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day; ....__ CITY BETTING —THIS DAY. Owing to the inclement state of the weather there were very few members present at either the Victoria or Albert Clubs. The general topic of discussion was the entries fofi the Spring Handicaps. Soveral bets were made on Vie weights that would be apportioned to several of the hots, s entered, but not a blow was struck on either the Two Thousand or Derby. Tho weights for the various hart diwps are expected to be published next week, when no doubt thirty or forty horses will find their way into the betting for the Chester Cup and City and. Suburban Handicaps. SPORPING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASE MEETING. On the authority of the Electric Telegraph Company, we inserted in the Sun of yesterday an announce,— ?tient to the effect that this•meeting would take place on Friday and Saturday next. We are requested by W.. S. Lambert, clerk of :he course, to correct this mistake ; the meeting has been postponed to Friday and Saturday, the 25th and 26th of January. Several stakes will have to be re-opened, particulars of which will be published in duck course. RACING. FIXT FEBE URES FOR 1867. ,lIARY. Lincoln Spring 19 Harrow 2l Nottingham 26 011 Derby MA Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 West Drayton l9 Bromley Epsom Spring 26 Lewes Spring 2B Croxton Park . 29 AP: Northampton Windsor Spring 4 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Newmarket Craven 8 Curragh Thirsk Durham .. 22 Newmarket Ist Spring 22 Catterick Cheater BO AY. M. Chester (continued) 1 'York Spring 7 Salisbury 9 Doncaster Spring Bath JII. Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury Club lB Harpenden Epsom Summor Newton 2l 29 Croydon Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Newcastle .. 25 Curragh Worcester S utnmer Ipswich 27 ay. Carlisle 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 10 Ilungerford Nottingham July Down Royal Corporatn l7 Stamford Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton Gaod wood AUG Goodwood (continued) 1 Ripon Brighton . • 6 Brighton Club 8 Lewes Egham ..... l3 Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford ..... 15 Hastings SEPT] Warwick Margate Curragh Leicester Abingdon Doncaster York August Dover West Drayton 22 Plymouth . .. 23 Canterbury _ 27 Lichfield Derby Summer Weymouth Tunbridge :MBER. Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn Newmarket Ist October Walsall OCTOBER. Northampton Autumn. 1 Curragh Edinburgh Autumn ... 2 Newmarket Houghton Newmarket 2d October. 7 Worcester Autumn Cheltenham l5 NOV MBE& Liverpool Autumn 5 Leamington Hunt Shrewsbury ll STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. - Carmarthen 5 Harrow Spring I Birmingham l2 Derby Windsor MARCH. Liverp00l Spring Grand Military Chertsey Malton . 13 C OURS ING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. JANUARY, 1867. Name. Judge. Days of funning Coole, co. Cork (Open) Third S. Lancashire, (South port (Open) Mr. Westropp 9, 10, 11 Spelthorne Club Border Union (Longtown) Cumberland Mr. Warwick l3, 16 Barton-on-Humber, Lincoln. Mr. Spafford Altcar Club, Lancashire - Wigtonsh. Club (St ranraer ) M r. B ou lt on Little Crosby Mr. Welding County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spafford Ridgway Club, Lytham - BO, &c. FEBRUARY. 9, &c. Rufford, Lancashire - Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick l4, 15 Waterloo, Lancashire - Tamworth, Staffordshire ... Mr. Warwick 26, &c. MARCH. Irish Grand National (Open), county Loutn Ardrossan, Sharphill South Lancashire (South port) Champion Mr. Westropp l4, 15, &o Leinster (Open) Courtown... Mr. H. Springall l9, 20 Scottish Open, Lanarkshire - 26, &c. APRIL. 17 I Kildare Hunt 25 6, 7 7, &c. York S e venoaks SEPTEMBER. Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick ' OCTOBER. Ancastor and Willoughby, WLincolnshire Mr. Spafford COITIISE OF EXCILINGS.—Lasc Evening. Amsterdam Short. Ditto 3 Mouths, Rotterdam Antwerp Brussels Hamburg Paris Ditto.... Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine Vienna,.... 11 15 11 18 11 18 25 35 11 161 11 19 11 19 23 42f 25 40 13 8} 25 20 25 40 25 40 119} 13 4 2} 13 40 81} 6...3k 25 35 13 8 25 15 25 37} 25 40 Short 3 Months. 119 f 13 85 13 85 Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa 6 25 47 481. 27 10 27 10 27 10 27 10 27 10 27 10 51i 511 Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon • . Oporto 471 4$ 27 12. 27 12i 27 15 27 12} 27 129 27 12} 51t 51} In the cotton market the price of fair Surat, which was about 17d. per pound on the Ist January, 1866, was on the Ist January, 1867, after many fluctua tions, about 12id. The cattle plague returns, issued on Thursday night, show that although the disease has not com pletely disappeared, it remains confined to the South Holderness petty sessional division of the East Riding. Nine new attacks were reported, all in that locality. Mr. Bennett having announced that he holds hilnself in readiness to accept any challenge from English yachtmen, the Duke of Edinburgh has agreed to sail him round the Isle of Wight in August next for £lOO, the Duke to sail his own yacht. DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN PAUPER.-OR New Year's-day —her own birthday—there died in Shrewsbury workhouse Mary Galligall, aged 102 years. Mrs. Galligall, who knew herself best and was better known as " granny," was, up to the very hour of her death, a singularly shrewd and lively old lady, and, propped up in her comfortable bed, held her regular receptions, and was wont to crack jokes and bandy repartee with her visitors, in which en counters she did not always come off second best. Although her body was wasted away till her arm was not thicker than a man's forefinger, her animal spirits never seemed to flag, and her senses and intellect were in a remarkable state of preservation. By the kindness of Dr. Kate, the house surgeon, she had many privileges not usually no corded to paupers, among which were her lunch, her glas s of gin, and her pipe, which were duly provided at eleven o'clock each morning. On New Year's-day she finished her gin and smoked her pipe as usual, and then quietly lay back and died, without a struggle or sign of pain. No doubt can exist as to "granny's" precise age, the parish authorities having sought out the register of her birth and verified it. A young fellow once offered to kiss a Quakeress. " Friend," said she, " thee must not do it." " Oh, byJovo, but 1 must," said the youth. "Well, friend, as thou bust sworn, thee may do it, but then must not wake a praotio . . ~F it UST. in ng ;h I . 101} Isj f in i 9) 1