The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-17 00:00:00

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KgNCA,- 00 ;n a weitr' -w ovf gr. 13e A r iog able a t h .13 i ,1 w an - an hems, / 9/1 r t r )1 A 00 p iog so a r rbis D ot con , d 111 ea 7 AV le 7 q ui t e of the v P <icle o f alO i li i r ollii .„001 o' ) was a$ 17 ;;flit 017 0 the that e he ot e ; sb c3 e t „,bea oe hee l ' 11 3 he w he pot opea for graceful are was iu e cAv in t h oc c aned t " ld rel.° . °I al lu aliss jooer LATEST CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, 4.30 P.M. According to Reuter's telegram this morning the French Rentes were 68f.:77c. Little business. Since two o'clock the English Stock Market has slightly improved, and Consols have closed at 921 f for money and the account, being i t per cent. better. The sum of Z 107,000 has been received at the Bank of England from South America. The following were the closing quotations of some of the principal railway companies shares : Caledonian, 74 to 75 ; Great Eastern, 304 to 311 ; Great Northern, 108 to 110 ; Great Western, 434 to 44 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1234 to 123 i .; Brighton, 504 to 514 ; Metropolitan, 114 to 1144; Midland, 105 to 106 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 994 to 1004 ; and South-Eastern, 661 to 671. Subjoined is Alexander Collie and Co.'s report, dated Manchester, Tuesday, Dec. 17 :—" There is not much change to report in our market to-day Manufacturers of shirting; who are well uncle' contract, demand full rates, while those who arc not so are willing to make some slight concessions to secure orde:s. Printing cloths are in rather better request, and prices for these are firm." Very little change is exhibited in the value of Foreign Stocks. Italian and Mexican have declined 4. Tie closing prices of some of the principal are as follows :—ltalian, 45 4 ; Greek, 124 13 ; Mexican, 154 4 ; Spanish Passive, 264 4 ; the Three per Ceuts.,•3G4 4 ; and Turkish 5 per Ce►,ts., 33h 4. AR - wilt - nu Securities close as follows, viz :--Illi nois, 89 99 ; Erie Shares, 49-1 a ; and United States 5-20 Bonds, 71i -Z. 11.1.1.1ZKHT8--(2his Day.) HAY. SMITHPIELD.—Meadow hay, 55s Od to 81s ; clover, 60s to 105 x; and straw, 30s to 36s par load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 53s Od to 843; clover, GOs to 103 s; and straw, 303 to Ms por load. 'Trade steady. WRITECUABEL.—Meadow hay, 55s to 80s Od ; clover, 60s to 107 s 6d; and straw, 303 to 36s per load. A moderate inquiry. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—Business has remained very quiet, and prices are without change of importance. in the refined market brown lumps are quoted 42s 3d, and prices 33s 6d to 33s 9d per cwt. COFFEE. —Thera has been a very moderate inquiry, and prices generally show a slight downward tendency. RlCE.—Only small transactions have been reported, and there is no change to note in values. COTTON. —The tone of the market is •decidedly firmer and a good bußiness has been done at steady rates. TALLOW.—There has been no alteration in the state of trada in the tallow market, and although more steadiness was shown in the early prrt of the week, prices were not maintained, an the market went back to its orignal posi tion. Advices from St. Petersburg state that the market was rather weak, at 461 silver roubles, with hand money for August delivery. To-day the market is steady, with business do!ng at 425 9d to 43s on the spot ; 435 buyers from January to March; 43s Gd March, April, and June and Beef 42s Gd. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKE7-7'his Day Market opens quieter at yesterday's rates. Sales probably 8,000 bales. DR. LIVINGS7'O.NE AND HIS ROUTE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I have the satisfaction to inform you that the despatches which have been received from her Majesty's Consul at Zanzibar, Mr. Churchill, and the Vice Consul, Dr. Kirk, confirm officially the accounts received respecting Dr. Livingstone read before the Royal Geographical Society at their last meeting on the 9th inst., and published in the newspapers on the 10th inst. _ Through the kindness of Lord Stanley copies of these despatches have been transmitted to the society, and will be laid before their next meeting on the 9th of January, together with the deposi tions of the several natives who were interrogated, all of whom agreed substantially in their state ments. It further appears from the evidence ob• tamed that the member of the caravan to whom the white traveller intrusted letters for the English Con sul at Zanzibar was one of the attendants of Burton and Speke when they formerly travelled to this very Lake Tanganyika, up the west side of which we have now every reason to believe Livingstone is proceeding. The bearer of the letters having been detained for purposes of trade was expected at Zanzibar in the course of a month, and then our anxieties will be set at rest. In the meantime, to cheer us up respecting the fate of our great traveller, I cannot do better than quote the following phrase from Mr. Churchill's despatch :—" To all appearances this enterpris lag traveller is Dr. Livingstone and no other." Again, on his part, Dr. Kirk, after naturally weigh ing the testimony, writes—" We are therefore forced to the conclusion that in all probability we h ave obtained information of Dr. Livingstone." The public ought also to be informed that, ac cording to the route through the African interior pointed out in the written instructions furnished to Livingstone by the Council of the Royal Geographi cal Society, the place where the white traveller has been seen corresponds with the point which Living stone ought to have reached at the time indicated. Your obedient servant, RODERICK I. MURCHISON. Apartments of the Royal Geographical Society, Dec. 14. The Marquis of Lansdowne has arrived at Lans a,mne from Oxford, having completed his studies at that university. The Marchioness of Lansdowne has returned from Paris, after staying with her father, tho Count de Plahault. jilE SON, LONDON, TUESDAY HYMNING ; DECELNIBER 17, 867. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There continues to be a moderate inquiry for ac commodation in the general discount market, and the rates current are fully 1i 2 per cent. On the Stock Exchange the rates demanded for loans at short dates on Government Securities are from Ito 1 per cent. The America, from New York, has brought specie to the amount of 118,400, and the City of Paris about £2,100. The Royal Mail steamer La Plata has arrived off Plymouth, from the West ladies. The amount of specie on board is not yet known. Annexed are the latest quotations of bullion : bar gold, 775. 9id. ; ditto Parting, 783. per ounce tandard. Doubloons, Spanish, 753. 9d. to 765. ; d itto Mexican and South American, 735. 9d. ; L. 5 3 . 30. ; n'ted States Eagles, 765. 3d. per ounce. Bar ditto containing gold (5 grs. and u Pwards), ss. ld. per ounce standard. , Dollars 4 exican, 4s. lOid. ; do. Spanish Carolus, 4s. lOid. Portuguese crowns, 4s. llid. ; 5 franc pieces, 45., 1 41; cake silver, 5s 51d. per ounce. Ihelratfic receipts of the Melbourne and Hob 6011's Bay United Railway from the 26th Septem ber to 17th October, 1867, were £9,345, against £10,230 in the corresponding period of last year. The New Honduras Loan is steady, at 11 to 1i preen. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures remain firm at 22k 234, and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds at 19 194. In the foreign and colonial produce markets, d uring the last few days, there has been very little animation, and prices of most of the principal staples have remained without material alteration. The holders of Spanish Certificates are reminded that the Spanish Financial Commission has noti fied that certificates cannot be admitted for con version after Dec. 18th inst. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Friday, the 20th inst., a special settling day le the English Scrip of the Honduras Railway Loan to be marked in the official list. The Nova Scotia 11 per Cent. Bonds for £225,000 redeemable in 1886 are also ordered to be officially quoted. Messrs. Frubling and Goschen have given notice that the coupons of the Egyptian Government Rail- Ways Debenture Loan, due Ist proximo, will be paid at their offices on and after that date. Messrs. Haden and Sons, iron merchants, of Dudley, have suspended payment, with liabilities to t he amount of £25,000 ; the debts secured are to a much larger amount. Messrs. Cohen, merchants, of Horsefair, Bir mingham, have failed for £30,000, and have offered composition of ss. in the pound. At the meeting held to-day of the Ceylon Com pany, Limited, the accounts presented showed au available balance of £13,773, out of which the pay /1164 of a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. was proposed. Two O'CLOCK. The English Stock Market is still in a very a pathetic state. Business is very restricted in all e Markets, and prices are consequently depressed. uonsols have declined 4, to 924 4 f or transfer, and to 9 21 for the account. The New Threes were 924 # ; Reduced Annui ties, 924 44 ; Exchequer Bills, 265. prem. ; Bank Stock, 240 ; India 5 'per Cents., 1114 1121 ; ditto Per Cents., 1004 4 ; and ditto Bonds, 535. prem. Business in the Foreign department of the Stock ; xehange has been- very inactive. Spanisl.t Passive have declined 4, to 264 ; and the 3 per Cents. have alVanCed 4, to 361 4 ; Italian are unchanged at 451 ; Greek, at 124 13 ; Mexican, at 154 4 ; and Turkish 5 per Cents., at 331. American Sacurities show a decline of 1 in Erie B ,,hrtres, at 484 494; and in Illinois, at 80 90. uilited States 5-20 Bonds are 714 4. la tha Railway S!aare Market the chief feature I :a3 been the fall in Mid:ands, which has amounted °of per cent., consequent upon the demand for additional capital. Most of the other lines have 418 0 exhibited sympathy with the downward move lent. North - Western and South-Eastern have each receded 1 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, ; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, ; Caledonian and Great Eastern, each 1 ; and Great Northern and Great Western, each /. The following are the latest current quotations of M me of the principal shares : —Great Western, 4 11; 44 + Leeds, 1231 125; ; Londons, 1141 115 ; .4-Lidland,lo7l 108 ; Brighton, 51 511 ; Caledonians, 7 .1 5 i ; Chathams, 18119 ; Great Northern, 10 9 1 110 1 ; ",, i tto A Stock, 1111 111/ ; Metropolitan, 1141 ; S outh -Ea s t ern , 674 681; Sheffield, 45! 461; North ,,,,astern (Berwick), 1001001 ; ditto (York), 94 95 ; North British, 331 31; Great Eastern, 311. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without t n Y material variation. South Austrian and Lom bardo-VeLom- b ardo-Venetian are marked 14 ; Grand Trunk of Canada have declined to 151 ; Bombay and Baroda r emain at 1041 1 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, at rloe• Miscellaneous and Finance Shares are in one er two instances a shade firmer. Atlantic Tele- LI A, Old Stock has improved to 40/ 42 ; and W hile the 8 per Cents. Preference have declined to o 7 1 0 88 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam receded s teadily at 57 ; and Royal Mail Steam at 62. Bank Shares have remained very inactive, and Vithout any material alteration in values. Impe rial are dealt in at 181; London and County at London and Westminster at 69; and Union °I London at 364. MINING MARKET. TUESDAT, Two P.M. usiness in the market to-day has remained very ltactive, and scarcely any change can be reported in l ' i l e es• Annexed are the latest quotations : z ast Cara Brea, — ; Chiverton Moor, 51 54 ; Chontales Gold, l 34 31 ; Clifford Amalgamated, 54 6 ; East Basset, 10 East Caradon, 54 54 ; East Lovell, 84 9 ; East Russell, L' - ; Frontino and Bolivia Gold, 17s Od 19s Od; Great 1 . 4 1 / /€7, 174 184 ; Great Retallick, ; Groat Wheal Vor 18 ; Barka Valley, ——; North Crofty, 24 21 ; North Breskerb y, 29 3 31 s Od; P r i noe o f W a l es , 49 s 5 1s; W es t r n as 'set, 2 24 ; S ou th Caradon, —; South Frances, 24 26 ; i tt ueroft, ; West Caradon, 104 114; West Chivcr 11' 65 67; West Soton, —; Wham'. Basset, 724 774; wh eal Gr env ill e , 27 e 29 5; Wh e al Mary Ann, —; ( 7 wh eal Set on , 9193 ; G rea t South Tolgus, 21s 23s Od ; Eact F u4ll is Lake and South Bedford, 35s Od 40s Od ; East I ' o o.l G renv ill e , 14 2 ; Wheal Basset, 721 771 ; West 4 tLees, 9 11 ; Wheal Boller, 17 19. BRITISh FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. a GOVERNMENT FUNDS. Per ()eat. Consols a 1)0 . Ac coun t , 92} leer Cent. Reduced 92 1 1 1 ki:W 8 Cent ll 1 - 1:" 2 1 per Per Cent. Jan. 1894 92 4, °. per Cent. can. 1873 — bpuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — A ° • for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — , Cited Sea Toleh,raph), Au ~ 1908 — — "quer Bills, £l,OOO, .2 &24 per CL D 0 £5OO 26 pm 13. ,Do. £lOO & £2OO 26 pm l I IK of England Stock, 41 per Cent 240 pm 0. 4.ccount Ina i ll) IIZT GOTERNMENT SECURITIES. ti u lt e o c c o k, un i t o4 per Cent., AprillB74 — D O. 6 Per Cent. July, 1580 C. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ~o C ertificates — ;So. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do°' 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 n 5 i - Per Cent., May 1879 — v• 6 per Cent. , Rup. Deb., 1872 ..... 1)° • do. 1877 — Do '-'0 D . do. 188' ) b eb., 5 p er Cent, Aug. 1873 I ) ° . 0. Bonds, 5 per Cont., £l,000 under £l,000 A,. trOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSIN Li PRICES. 44 ( : 11 .. 1:1 ° Republic, 6 per Cont 13%4111,ft:in B s o p n e d r s c ,s en p t er Cent. 1859 — 4 li per Cent., 1852-58-60 I N I) 0 .4,0 , k • 1863 ji ,, . per Cent., 1865 — „u Account 751 4 /311 n. 4100 Bonds 761 5i 6 134,3,, Ayres 6 per Cent ..... o a b ' ti pper Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) S Cent. ~iall 6 per Cent — U°. 9 per Cent • 0 per Cent, B 310:1 1867 . 88?,- 9 1 O ~.•••„. ........ ..... J0 •~ 7 per Cent., 1866 DO ~ Scrip' .4.32 paid .... 82 ' lo taie.n 6 0 ant. r, 11.,,Ettans 3 plr Cont., 1825 .. -'444biall P rin , cipolities, 7 per Cent 64} Do 8 per Cent., 1867 651 61 Equador New Consolidated, 1 por Cent — 6gyptiar, 7 per Cent Do. Second Issue D. £590 Bonds Do. £IOG Bonds B9 Do. 1861 Do. £590 Bonds B6/ 5/ Do. £lOO Bonds - Government Railway Debentures Greek, 5 per Cent., 1821-5, ex Coups Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account .e. ...—.. Guatemala 5 per Cent .. — 'till= 5 per Cert., 1865 — Do, Account Do. Marommana Railway., — Ml miciti;. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — De 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — 31ontevidvan i; per Cent. . — Nloorish Imperial 5 per Cent . New Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account Do 41 par Cent. (Urib:trren) Do 4i- per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per et., 1653, '6, '7, '11,'61P,'2,'3 40 1 39/ 40 Bassi= 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B6l Do 4} per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cont, 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds — Do. do. £Bl 13s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 873 8 71 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Sardinian, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Con — Do Accf,unt Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive — Do Accvnnt Do Corn. Cert. of 00Uf. not funded Do Account - urkish 6 per Cent., 1851 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1853 — Do Account ... 601 • Do £lOO Bonds 67 Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 — DJ Account Do 6 per Cont., 1865 521 11 DJ 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrtsn o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil,. — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...., Bll French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Itliian 5 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 45/ 1 1 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money! 921 1 Do. Account 611 i 601 ▪ 611 2f 4 ▪ 52 1 4m The Exploston at the House of Detention. CORONER'S INQUEST.-(THIS DAY.) The Coroner's inquiry into the circumstances connected with the deaths of William Clutton, Sarah Hodgkinson, and Minnie Julia Abbott, com menced this morning, before Mr. Payne, the coroner for the City of London, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. The jury having viewed the holies previous to the opening of the inquiry, The Coroner asked whether there were any of the visiting justices of the prison present, and, on being answered in the negative, said he thought some of them ought to have attended, as they were the parties most interested. He then asked if any person attended who could give any information with respect to the construction of the prison. Inspector Potter said there was a gentleman pre sent who could speak to that matter. The Coroner said he would take the evidence of that person first. Frederick Ilythe Pownall was then called, and said—l am the coun'4 surveyor. lam well ac quainted with the construction of the Rouse. of Detention. On the side of the prison is Corpora tion-lane, a narrow street, the houses forming the northern side of the lane. It fronts towards the prison, the wall of which at that spot is about 20 feet high inside, and five feet less outside. The houses opposite aro much higher than the walls ; base of the wall two bricks and a 1; the middle two bricks, and the top a brick and a half. Inside the wall is the exercising yard of the prison, which is about 20ft. square. I visited the spot of the explo sion last Friday evening, between 7 and 8 o'clock, professionally. I found an opening had been blown in the wall, which was about 60 feet at the top, and considerably less at the bottom. I saw enough clearly to convince me that the wall had been blown dolirn from the outside, as the bricks had !alien into the yard inside. It must have required very'great force to produca the damage done. The skylights on the roof were altogether blown out, which must have been by the concussion. In fact, the glass was more or less damaged in a great many places. The slating of the roof was very much dis turbed, and several of the doors were sprung. The houses opposite the wall in Corporation-lane were far more damaged than the prison. The bricks which had formed the front of those houses had been blown some distance into the yard. The houses are in fact one mass of ruins ; several of the walls which had been left standing had had to be pulled down since the explosion. The windows in the adjoining streets were destroyed to a very groat extent, no doubt by the concussion. I should say from all I have seen the explosion must have oc curred very near the lower part of the breach, which opens about 14 or 15 feet. Coroner—ls there any person now who can speak as to the damage done to the houses ? Inspector Potter, of the G division of police, said —At two minutes before 12 o'clock on the Friday I passed down Corporation-row and Lane, and every thing at the time, including the wall and the houses, was then safe. At a few minutes before four I was at the Clerkenwell Police-station, when I heard the explosion. It is about three quarters of a mile from the prison. It was a very loud report, in fact, it shook the station. As a railway passes beneath the station I despatched men to ascertain the cause In a few minutes after I beard where the disaster had occurred, and I, in company with Superinten dent Gurnon, loft the station in a cab for the prison . On arriving at the wall in Corporation-lane I saw what the last witness has described. Opposite the wall, the front of the house No. 4, Corporation-lane, bad been blown out. I saw a female amidst the ruins in an exhausted state. She was rescued alive, but soon afterwards the body of a female was taken from beneath the ruins quite dead. I did not know her then, but since the occurrence I have ascertained her name to be Hodgkinson. Her body was very black from burning, and her clothes were covered with mortar. The next house, at the corner of St. James's-court, leading into St. James's-buildin gi , had been partially blown down; and to prevent further accident, another portion of it, which was %vas pulled down by direction of the Government surveyor. The body of the woman Ilodgkinson was taken from the ruins of No. 4. I did not see any other bDdies found. A Juror—Have you seen the fragments of a barrel ? Witness—Yes. On the following morning I found three small pieces of a barrel in Rosman street, and a piece—half a stave—was given me by a person who found it on tho roof of No. 4, which smelled very strong of paraffine and gunpowder. Coroner—Do you know enough of chemistry to state that ? Wines—Yes. The pieces I found in Rosoman street smelled the same. On Sunday a whole stave was found in the ruins that also had the same de scription of smell. The fragments are now at Scot land-yard. They have been sent there for some medic 11 gentleman to examine. _ _ A Juror—Can you give any description of the size of the barrel ? Witness—Yes. A cooper, judging from the size of the stave, states it to be a 3G gallon barrel. Coroner—Have you any one here who saw the explosion ? Witness—Yes, sir. Ambrose Sutton, 343 A R, said—About twelve on Friday I was at the corner of St. James's-walk, at the corner in front of the prison gate. I saw the man Allen, who is now in custody, in company with a woman named Ann Justice, who is also in cus tody. The female then left him and went into the prison, where she zemained some time. She came out again, and found Allen at the same corner. They stood together for some little time, when an other man joined them—the man Desmond now in custody. All three remained in conversation for some time. Coroner—You did not see where Desmond came from ? Witness—Oh, no. After that another man came up, and only appeared to speak a word or two to them, when he walked down from St. James's-walk to the corner of Short's Buildings, where I was stand ing, and lie rolled against me. He said, as he did so, " I beg your pardon." He walked four or five yards further on, and then returned, and asked me a trifling question. I told him I could give him no information, as I was quite a stranger. Coroner—But what became of the man ? Witness—He walked away, but I should not know him again. I afterwards received instructions from Ranger to watch Desmond and the third man. 1 watched Desmond up Rosoman-street to the cor ner of Bowling-green-lane, opposite the end of Corporation-lane. He crossed into Corporation lane, and I then went to Bowling-green-lane, and there I saw him coming away from a truck which was standing with the handle up, and a bakrel was on the pavement near the prison wail. It ap peared as if the barrel had rolled out of the truck. Desmond left there, and made his way towards to Rosoman-street. Coroner—Leaving the truck and the barrel there ? Witness—Yes; I followed him into Short's building, where I lost sight of him all at once, as I was looking round to see if the women and Allen were standing where I left them, a' the corner of St. James's-walk. They were alum.. I turned back towards Corporation lane to look for Des mond, and when I got half way up Rosoman street the explosion took place, and I was thrown on my back. I got up and ran back and ran into Short's-buildings leading into St. James's Walk, when I saw Justice and Allen running towards Clerkenwell-green. That would be right away from the prison. A person could come down Corpora tion-lane into Rosomon-street, and so into St. James's-walk. I, with Police-constable Ranger, ran after them. I took the woman, and 1 told Ranger to take Allen into custody for being con cerned with others in the explosion. lle made no reply. Ranger was taking him to the prison when I saw Desmond running towards me up St. James's walk. I canght hold of him and told him I should take him into custody,. and I ,;then obtained as - sistance and conveyed both Justice and Desmond to the prison. A juror—Can you describe the barrel? Witness—No, I did not take much notice of it. Police-constable George Ranger, 199 G, said-1 was on duty on Friday under the prison at 10 minutes past 12, when the prisoner Allen came to ~the gate and asked whether any one was admitted to see Casey. The witness told him "No." He went away and stood opposite the prison-gate. At half-past 1.1 the female prisoner, Justice, came to the prison-gate and asked to see Casey. The warder let her in, and asked her whether she was any relation to Casey, to which she replied " Yes, his aunt." About half-past 12 she left. About this time my attention was called by Mr. Worth to Allen. At one o'clock another woman called, Burke's sister ; I watched her. At 10 minutes to 3 I returned to the prison where I saw Justice standing at the corner of St. James's walk in compatiy with Allen. I knocked at the prison-gate and asked for the address given by the woman named Justice. I got it and made the re mark that it was curious these people should be banging about. At 10 minutes past three I missed Allen from where he had been standing with Jus tice, and after that I saw Desmond talking to Jus tice. At half-past 3 I saw Allen again corning out of Strutton's yard, opposite St. 'fall ea's-walk, in company with another man, who is not yet in custody. At this time Alien was talking with Justice. I told Sutton to watch the two men. At 10 minutes before 4 I was at the prison gate, when I heardi,the explosion When Allen and the other man came out of Strut ton's-yard Desmond left and joined the other man not in custody. I saw them both then go towards Ros.omond-street. After the explosion I ran to Sutton and asked to where the two had gone, when I saw Allen and Justice running down St. James's walk towards Clerkenwell-green. I knocked Allen down. (Signs of applause.) The Coroner—We must have no such demonstra tions as those in a court of justice. Examination of witness continued—l told him I should charge him. As I was looking round I saw Desmond run down St. James's-walk, and I told Sutton to follow him. He did so, and he was se cured. When we got them inside the prison Allen said, I have been sent here by Inspector Brennan. At the time the men were taken into custody both wore black hats. On the first day of the examina tion at Bow-street on Saturday I noticed Desmond wore a white " billy-cock." A Juror—You saw nothing of the truck ? Witness—No, nothing. John Goldsmith, 264 G, said—On Friday I was on special duty outside the House of Detention at about a quarter past three. I was standing oppo site the front entrance of the prison. I saw two men and a woman—Allen, Desmond, and Justice— talking together. Seeing they were strangers to me I watched them. They stood conversing together for about fivo or six minutes. Allen then left and walked up Strutton's-yard. After ho had been gone about 10 minutes he returned to the corner of St. James's-walk in company with another man not yet in custody. The four conversed together for about five minutes, when Desmond and the man not in custody left the other two and walked down Short's-buildings in the direction of Corporation lane. I then watched Allen and Justice, and in about ten minutes after that I heard the explosion. I then ran to the prison and asked if it was in the inside, and on being told that it was not, I ran up St. James's-walk towards Clerkenwell-green, and after that saw Allen and Justice both secured. As we were taking them to the prison I saw Desmond running up St. James's-walk, and he was afeer wards apprehended. A Juror—Did,you see anything of the truck. Witness—No, sir. Inspector Thompson—l was at the Ilous3 of Detention on Friday about 3 o'clock. As I went in I saw Allen, Desmond, and Justice near the pri son. Burke and Casey were at that time confined in the 'House of Detention on a charge of treason felony. As I was le tying the prison 1 received a communication from Sutton and Ranger. On coming out of the prison I saw Allen and Jus tice— the second man had gone away. As I left the prison 1 got into a cab sad drove up Roso mond-street, which passes the end of Corporation lane. On arriving within 20 yards of the spot I saw the second man and another run cut of Cor poration-lame: cross Rosomond-street, and go down Bowling-green-lane. On reaching Bowling green-lane I looked out of the cab, but could see nothing of the two, but I saw a fourth man leave the publichouse at the corner and join a fifth. After passing Corporation-lane I looked back and saw those two persons moving away. The Coroner i The fourth and fifth men ? Witness—Yes. The cab had proceeded about 50 yards down Rosamond-street when the explo sion took place. I passed out and ran back. Coroner—Did you see anything of it ? Witness—No, sir ; but I should know two of the men I saw—viz., the second and fourth. A Juror—l heard witness say he had a know ledge of what was going on. Now, sir, don't you think something ought to have been communicated to the authorities ? Witness—Such was done ; the Governor was in formed of the matter. The information was only received on Thursday, and although of a very vague character, certain portions of it were acted on at once. John Bird said—On Friday afternoon at half past three I observed a truck being drawn up Cor poration-lane in the direction from Bowling-green lane. It was being drawn by two men. 1 saw them turn the truck partly round, and then I saw the barrel on the pavement. It seemed to me as if it had fallen out of the truck. One of the men caught hold of it and turned one end of it to the pri son wall and the other to the houses. They took either a tarpauling or matting from the truck and covered it over the barrel. • And then one man went away with the truck towards Bowling green-lane, where I lost sight of it. There was a a gentleman standing on the pavement at the same time, but quite away from the people who drew the truck. He stood about five or seven yards from the barrel. He crossed the road opposite the barrel to the, houses side of the way. He then recrossed from the houses to the, barrel, and looked at the head of it as, if he was:searching for a name or num ber on it. He then took something from his pocket and lit it ; he then drew the tarpauling over the head of the barrel and then went away towards St. James's —buildings. Coroner —What did he do with the light ? Witness—He put it to the head of the barrel. Coroner—Was that before he drew the tarpauling over it ? Wit n ess—Yes. Coroner—Which end did he put the light to ? Witness —The end next the wall. I was talking to a woman, a customer of mine, when she, seeing what was being done, said, " For God's sake, what's that man a-doing, we shall all be blown up." I told a constable of what I had seen going on about the barrel, and he walked in the direction I have indicated very leisurely. Coroner—Should you know the man who put the light to the barrel if you saw him again? Witness —Yes. I should if I saw him in the same clothes he wore on Friday. Coroner—Have you seen the men in custody ? Witness —Yes ; but neither of th em i s that per son. Coroner--Did you see the man put the light to the barrel? witness—Yes; I was told h e wen t twice to the barrel, but I don't know that. It was about five minutes after I saw the man put the light to the barrel that I heard the report. Mrs. Mary Jarvis—l have a great objection to my address being published further than that it is in Skinner-street. I had occasion to be in the di rection of Corporation-lane on Friday after noon, about four o'clock, where I saw a barrel near the prison wall. It was partly covered over. As I got near it I noticed a piece of twisted paper placed in the head of the barrel nearest the houses. I also saw two men, one at the corner of St. James's-place, and the other near the' barrel, I saw the man near the barrel take something from his 'Pocket and light it. He put the light to the pager sticking out of the barrel. I then went up St. James's. place, thinking it would not be safe to go past the barrel, as I saw the light on it. I went to the top of St. James's-place as fast as I could, where the two men overtook me, and then I heard the explosion. The men ran very fast in the direc tion. of Rosamon-street, and turned to the left. I saw no more of them again. A Juror—Should you know the men again ? Witne.ss—Yes, certainly. Coroner—Have you seen the (women in custom; at Dow-street? Witness—No. At the suggestion of the Coroner the witue4a war ;akeu to see Allen and Desmond. Elizabeth Parr—l live in Corporation-lane. In the afternoon of Friday, a little after three, I went up to the second floor window to see the prisoners out exercising is the yard of the prison. They were not out, and then I went to the street door, where Mr. Bird came up to serve me with the milk. This would be about ten minutes to four. I saw the barrel at that time lying against the wall of the prison. Four men came across from St. James's-buildings. They lifted up the cover and put a light under it. I suppose it did not light—at least so I suppose— for I went upstairs, opened the window, and on looking out I saw the same man running across the road with a light in his hand like a com mon lucifer, and set a light to something on the barrel which burnt like fireworks, and then I be came insensible. I neither heard nor saw anything of the explosion. I became, I suppose insensible through fright. I saw a second man standing at the end of the lane. That is all I know of the matter. Henry Abbott—l live at 5, Corporation-lane. The child, Minnie Julia Abbott, is my daughter. She was seven years of age. I know nothing as to how her death was occasioned. Thomas Young--I live at 5, Corporation-lane. I saw the whole of the matter connected with the barrel. I was standing at the door at the time the deceased child was near me. She asked me what was being done. I told her I didn't know, and then 1 looked on a little longer. The barrel was opposite No. 2 house. I saw a man take a match from his pocket, strike it, and then put it to the squib, which was sticking from the barrel. It did not go off, and then a man threw him a box of lucifers, out of which he took one, and then lit the blue paper of the squib, immediately it began to work the man run away. A policeman then ran towards me, but the explosion took place, and all became confusion. I got my wife and mother out of the ruins, and then I ran back and got out the child. Coroner—How far was the policeman off the bar rel when it exploded ? Witness—Not far. Just past my place. Coroner—Did the policeman see the men run away after they had lit the birrel, or did he run after the men or to save himself ? Witness—l should say to save himself. Eliza Clutton—The deceased man is my husband. He wits a brass-finisher, and 47 years of age. He was found dead in the timber-yard, just opposite where the explosion took place. I had seen him in good health and strength but 10 minutes before. Mrs. Edith Bright—l reside at 41, W hiskin street. Sarah Ann Hodgkinson is my sister. I saw nothing of the explosion. _ _ Mr. M'Lean, hOuse-sarg,eon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital— The three bodies lying in the dead-house all came by their deaths from one cause—bruises caused by bricks and burns by explosive matter. The ribs of the man were stove in. The woman td died from a wound under th 3 ear, which divided the carotid art.u.y. The child's death was occa sioned by a punctured wound near the cellar bone. At this pint the inquiry was adjourned until Friday morning. The Russian Arnbassnlor at Paris has been granted le ve of ti3 , senee ; and it has boat unth!rstood that the step is connected with the position taken by his Go vernment ou the Conference question. After having ap parcd at first rather und,eid ,d, Russia has unmistakably joined the dissidents, and the informal retirement of her ropresontative for a time is construed to imply that there is no important business for him to transact in Pari3 just BABY-FARMING IN SCOTLAND.—The very Ties tionablo practice of baby-farming, to which public attention has lately been directed, in consequence of disclosures made at certain recent inquests, appears to have become a regular institution in the Scottish metropolis as well as in London. In an Edinburgh paper of Monday last the fol lowing advertisements appear in the columns devoted to servants in want of situations :—" Child to bring up wanted by a respectable married woman. Homo comfort able." "Child wanted to adopt by highly respectable married couple. Terms, 430. Good home." " Child wanted to adopt by a married couple is the country. Home comfort able. State terms." "Child wanted to wet nurse or adopt by a respectable married woman. Terms moderate." Now, we cannot say that anything wrong is intended in any of these four proposals. The advertisers may all be "highly-respectable" married people, with comfortable homes, and that peculiar cranial development which, ac cording to Dr. Spurzhuim an•d George Combe, denotes excessive love of children. But we have no guarantee on this head; and as "poor larnanity" is very weak when exposed togreat temptation, it would be well for the babies who aro to be dealt with in this questionable manner if some system of careful registration and supervision were devised by which the chance of perpetrating such dark deeds as aro now moro than suspected eould be effectually prevented.— Landon Scotsman. VALUE OF PROPERTY IN WESTIONSTER.—At the Guildhall, Westminster, in a compensation case yesterday " Milns and Company v. the Metropolitan District Rail way," which occupied the day, some evidence was given as to the value of property at Westminster and the contem plated demolition of houses in King-street and Parliament st.eet for further improvements. The claimants are wholesale hosiers, ctc., in the Broadway, supplying prisons and institutions by contract. Mr. Milus had been obliged to remove from Bridge-street in 1861. on account of the ap proach to Westminster-bridge, and had got his present premises at £BO a year, which the surveyor described as "absurdly low," and they put the rental at £lBO Similar premises wore not to be obtained at Westminster and every house pulled down increased the value of busi ness property in the locality. On one side nearly £6,000 was asked, and on the other side £9OO was put for ward as ample compensation. The: jury awarded £l,BOO The Hon. Mr. Denman and the Hon. Mr. Thesiger were for the claimants; Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Bidder for the company. THE DUCHY OF SAXE-COBURG.—The Duke of Saxo-Coburg-Gotha has withdrawn the proposal which he had presented to the Diets of the Duchies to unit. their territories under a single Government. This last resolu tion has been decided on by the duke in consequence of the present momont not appearing altogether opportune for the change. SUDDEN DEATH IN THE HUNTING FIELD.-0e Monday forenoon the Brighton harriers met at the fourth milestone from Brighton on the London-road. The 4untors took the field in the direction of Pangdean, and during a halt near that village Mr. H. P. Tamplin, of Brighton, who was taking part in the sport, got off his horse and was conversing with one of the whips and other bystanders. Whilst criticising a horse standing near, Mr. Tamplin sud denly reeled and fell forward, dying almost immediately. The sport was at once stopped and medical aid summoned, but to no avail. Mr. Tamplin occupied a prominent posi tion amongst the residents of Brighton, and was much re spected. He served the office of high constable prior to the incorporation of the borough. ACCIDENT WITH LORD MIDDLETON'S HOUNDS.— On Friday the meet was at Heslerton, and a numerous field assembled. Mr. Robinson, of York, lost a valuable hunter. Ho was ridden by Mr. John Bower, and in fencing fell and was staked. A veterinary surgeon was among the field, who forthwith cut the horse's throat. The hunter cost £2OO only a few days ago. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—The Council of University College have app',i!lted Dr. Bastian to the professorship of pathological anatomy in the college, and to be assistant physician of the hospital in connection with it. " Every mother and housekeeper must often net as family physician in the numerous illnesses and accidents that occur among children and servants. For many of these cases I have used Davis's Pain Killer, and consider it an indispensable article in the medicine box. In diar rhcoa it has been always effectual, while for cuts and bruises it is invaluable."—New York, Examiner. " Gentle men,— I was severely injured last March, by a fall which bruised and lamed my back. I tried your Pain Killer, taking it inwardly and applying it outwardly ; and before 1 had used oue bottle 1 found myself a new man. It was worth its weight in gold to me.—Yours obediently, JOHN GREEN, Temple-street, Bilston, 1859. To P. Davis and Son, 17, Southampton-row, Holborn (W. 0)." Every bottle of the genuine has the words PAIN KILLER ou the CiQYQlllr4Olit 1340 P. 59141 by all eheulists.—(A.DYT.) TIMID EDITiON• SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. KINGSBURY RACES—THIS DAY. UXENDON HANDICAP. The Uxendor. Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft (to the fund) with 40 added ; winners after Dec. 6 (at three p.m.) 71b extra; three miles. Nabocklish 1 Kingfisher,. 2 Three ran. KINGSBURY CUP. The Kingsbury:Cup (Handicap), value 100 sous, by sul , - scription of 10 aovs each, with 50 added ; winners aftrr 11.1% 6 (at 3 p.m.) 71b extra; about two miles and a half. 11 subs. Northern Light liir Bobby Four ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. A Selling Steeplechase Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 25 added; the winner to be sold for 30 sovs; winners after Dec. 6 (at three p.m.) 71b extra. About two miles. 6 subs. Love in a Mist . . 1 Rapture , 2 Bandoline Four ran. MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE. The Maiden Steeplechase of 30 sovs, for all ages, Stc.; list 7!b each ; half breds allowed ilb; about two miles, not over the brook. 23 subs. Merry Horne Walkerstown Black S wan Four ran. PROGRAMME OF THE METROPOLITAN (KINGS BURY) GRAND STEEPLECHASES. WEDNESDAY. Tho Metropolitan Handicap of 10 sovs each, 3 ft (to the fund), with 100 added; winners after December . 2 (at 6 p.m.) of the value of 50 soya 51b, or two of 100 sovs 101 b extra.; weights not accumulative; three miles. Ago st lb ... a 12 10 ... a 12 8 ... a 12 8 5 11 6 ... a 11 6 ... 5 11 4 .., 6 11 4 Comberton Benazut Daisy ... Age st lb Portland a 10 4 The Lamb... ... 5 10 4 Clansman ... ... 5 10 4 Greenland... ... 6 10 2 Fairy Mount ~. 5 10 2 Harcourt ... 6 10 2 Hippolyte ... a 10 2 Jassy ... ... 5 10 0 Faustus ... 6 10 0 Polestar ... ... 5 10 0 Topthorne... ... a 10 0 Sylph ... 5 10 0 Nabocklish a 10 0 Lawrenco a 10 0 Love in a Mist ... alO 0 Bandoline ... a 10 0 Captain Crosstree... a 10 0 Elsie Penner ... a 10 0 Badminton ... 5 (paid) Mother of Pearl ... 4 (paid) Sir Bobby ... Musketeer ... King Alfred Patience ... a 11. 2 Bishopten 5 11. 2 Foxholes ... 5 11 0 Soatchcock a 11 0 Arlescott a 10 12 He ... 6 10 12 Pensioner ... 6 10 10 Cabin 80y... ... a 10 8 Wings of the Wind 5 10 6 Northern Light a 10 6 Vindicator... ... 5 10 6 Monitress ... 4 10 6 Corkscrew... 5 10 6 L.S.D. ... a 10 6 A. Selling Plate of 23 SOW, ad each, for three year olds ani sold for 30 sovs ; winners of 61b extra; about two miles. The Hyde Plate (Handicap) of 40 soya; the winner of the Kingsbury Cup or Metropolitan Handicap 10Ib, or of any other race 71b extra ; about two miles and a half. Med to a Handicap of 3 sovs id upwards; the winner to be fter publication of the weights Age st lb Flyilsher ... a 13 0 Sir Bobby a 12 0 Patience (h b) ... a 11 7 Red Rose ... 5 11 0 Age st lb Camillus ... 5 10 4 Savannah ... a 10 2 Wellesley ... 4 10 0 Itiek ... 5 10 0 Signal ... ... 6 10 0 Sylph ... 5 10 0 Love in a Mist a 10 0 Faint Heart 4 10 0 Marmora ... a 10 0 Torpedo 5 10 0 Stiff 6 11 0 The Guide... 5 11 0 Helico 6 11 0 Gorsehawk ... a 11 0 Peignoir ... a 10 4 Wedding Peal ... 510 4 Krouberg .... 5 10 4 The Huuters' Steel lazhaso Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 30 addod ; four year olds list 71b, five 12st 41b, six and aged 12st 71b; mares allowed 31b, and maidens having run twice :lb winners of a flat race, hurdle race, or steeplechase, in the preseut year once 61b, twice 101 b extra ; professional jockeys Sib extra. About three miles. 20 subs. Kennet 6 yrs, Bedlamito 3, The 801 l 6, Tom Bowline aged, Goosestep .6, Reginald aged, Waterperry aged, Fleetwing (h b) 6, Badminton 5, King Tout aged, Morris Dancer (h b) aged, Bicester (It b) aged, Father O'Leary aged, Sensatioi. 6, Nell Gwyune, Waterstown (h b) 5, Italia 4, b g by Stockwell out of Waverley's dam 4, Laura (11 b), 6, and Corkscrew (h b) 5. A Selling Steeplechase Stalces of 3 sovs each, with 25 added ; four year olds lOst 71b, five llst 31b, six and ag...d 11A 71b; the winner to be sobl for 59 FUN'S ; if entered for 30 sovs allowed 71b. About two miles, not over the b ook. RACING FIXTI FEBR URES FOR 18C8 UAI Lincoln lB Harrow 2O MA Nottingham Spring 23 I Derby Spring Liverpool Spring M 3 Chelmsford Spin M 10 West Drayton l2 AP: Epsom Spring Meeting 21 Northampton Durham Hendon l3 Newmarket Craven 'RIL. ILewes Spring Newmarket Ist Spring 27 Chester 5 Wiachester York Spring Salisbury JU Bath Croydon Ist Summer 21 Harpenden Epsom Summer NE. West Drayton 1 Croydon 21 Sunimer Ascot Sumner 9 Windsor Summer JU I Bibury Club 23 Sto.ikbridge Chelmsford Summer Alexaudra Park 3O LY. Worcester Summer 2 Newmarket July Reading Liverpool l6 AUO Huntingdon 2l Nottingham July Goodwood Brighton Brighton Club Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll Stockton Windsor Egham lB llastiLgs SEPT] Warwick Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster 8 Richmond OCT Bedford Newmarket 2d October 5 Cheltenham l3 NOYE Shrewsbury UST. York l9 Oxford Canterbury Derby Summer Weymouth Lichfield Tuubridge riIIIER. Kelso l5 Hendon l7 Monmouth . 17 Newmarket let October 22 West Drayton 29 ,BER. Newmarket Houghton 19 Worcester MBE ft, 10 .. WEST INDIA MAIL. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) rLY3IOUTII, Dec. 17. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Comrany's ship La Plata, from the West Indies, arrived here at 10.30 a.m. to-day, with 71 passengers, including. Lady Herbert, of Lea. $851,000 in specie, inclu ding $306,035 in gold bullion, $37,151 in gold coin, $323,771 in silver bullion, $176,257 in silver coin. Jewelry, value $3,500, pearls, $5,200, 169 serons of indigo, 303 cases of cigars, 102 bales of tobacco, 162 bales sarsaparilla, 29 casks of lime juice, 20 live turtle, 191 bales of bark, 168 bales of indiarubber, and 107 packages of sundries. She has lost an anchor and will be detained until about three p.m. to -day to procure another. She passed the Tasmanian with the outward mail of the 18th Nov. off St. Thomas on the 2d inst. Pratique has been allowed. The La Plata brings full particulars of the earth quakes that have occurred at St. Thomas and the neighbourhood since the 18th November, and also of the volcanic eruption near that place. The St. Thomas acting-consul reports under date Saturday afternoon Nov. 30: The last mail conveyed parti culars of:a terrific hurricane, which had devastated our island on the 29th ultimo. I have now to advise a more sad calamity, which, has no parallel in the annals of St. Thomas. On :the afternoon of the 18th instant, about three p.m., a very severe earthqu 'ice was experienced here, followed in about five minutes by another shock not quite so violent in strength and duratian, but which, com bined, destroyed a number of houses, and cracked nearly every building in the business part of the town. Many are so badly damaged as to render them unsafe, and already the Government have ordered several to be pulled down. Shortly after the earthquakes a fearful sea wave rolled in upon us, appearing suddenly from the ocean like a w all, and at one moment it was feared that the island would be swept. Fortunately the sea broke upon the outer bays of the island, and when it came into the harbour only the lower part of the town was under water, flood ing the stores which are built near the shore, and doing considerable damage. Many had from four to five feet of water in them, and our main street filled with water had the appearance of a canal with boats and other articles floating in it. Several people were drowned and the shipping in the port sustained some damage. The sea rose over 14 feet perpendicularly above its usual level, and alarmed everyone. The Liverpool and West India Company's 'wharfs ----- a costly iron structure, which weathered the hurri cane, was totally demolished. It was supposed that the sea wave was caused by a submarine eruption about two miles outside of the harbour. From the 18zh inst. to the present moment there have been at intervals a succession of severe earthquake shocks, from twenty to thirty daily, but they are gradually becoming fewer and less violent, which makes me hope they wll soon cease. The oscillations have been, and are, from south to north. The bulk of the inha bitants deserted their houses, and for safety fled to the hills, living under. tents for several days. It is I op .d that confidence may soon be restored, as every one has been unnerved, and business has been entirely suspetidtd. With even the shocks in the last 21 hours the buildings rock to and fro, endangering life. The destruction to property here has been awful, and the scene we have passed throu:di can ncv.r be forgotten. The diiaster has not been confined to this island, Having extended in a lesser degree to Porto Itico, Viequis, St. Croing, Tortola, at.d other adjacent islands. The misfortunes, have been so great that many merchants have resolved on liquidating and leaving for a more favoured Owe. The La Plata ha 1 a narrow escape. She was lying at Water Isl tud, three miles from St. Thom tv.i, when at 2.45 a.m. of Nov. 18 a severe shock of au earthquake took plac... Captain Revell states that the shock had not long subsided when the water began to recede from the shores and bays, and re turned in about ten minutes in an enormous sea, over 20 feet in height, which, with resistless fury, threaten to overwhelm the ship. Fortunately where she was lying the sea was broken by the porpoise rocks before it reached her, but it stove in her star_ board bulwarks, carried away her boats, daNits, and coal hulks, from alongside, and caused the ship to swing round several times about 250 degrees. After the earthquake a strong sulpunrous smell pervaded the ship. Cries of " Fire," and "the ship is smoking" were raised by the terror-stricken negroes on board coaling. Some of them succeeded in attempting to lower a boat, and attempted to escape in it ou shore, bius the boat was stove in and all in her drowned. The passengers were landda for safety at Water Island, and sent round to St. Thomas's, where the La Plata subsequently had to proceed for repairs and to coal. The negroes there struck work, and the crew of the La Plata had to coal her. A complimentary address has sincg :been presented to Captain Raved by the passengers for his conduct, and that of his crew, under the trying circumstances they were placed in. THE VICTORIA CROSS. (From the London Gazette of this evening.) WAR OFFICE, Dec. 17, 1867. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned officer and private soldiers of her Majesty's Army, whose claims for the same have been submitted for her Majesty's approval, for their gallant conduct at the Little Andaman Island : 2d Battalion, 24th Regiment—Assistant-Surgeon Campbell Millis Douglas, M.D. ; Privates Thomas Murphy, James Cooper, David Bell, and William Griffiths. LONDON G&ZETTE.-THIS EVENING• WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC, 11• Tho Queen was this (lay pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on Major John Paul Hopkins, K. 11., Governor of the Military Knights of Windsor. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Cooke, Lieutenant of her Majesty's Body Guard of Yeomen of the Guard. FOREIGN OFFICE, Dm. 16. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Sir Charles Lennox Wyke, K.C.8., to be her :Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Denmark. The Queen has been pleased to approvo of Mr. James Thomas Mulisou as Consul for the Island of Ceylon, to re side at Colombo, for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. DECEMBER 13. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. Sir Charles Augustus Murray, 5.C.8., now her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary to the King of Denmark. to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Kiug of Portugal. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL Dm. 17. Gt.h Regiment of Dra'goons—Lieuten'ant John Carter Scots Fusilier Guards —Frodorick Robinson, M.D. sth Foot—Captain Clifforl Wilson, to be Captain. 6th Foot— Quartermaster James Darkor, to bo Qnarter- master. 7th Foot—tioutennnt Robert Fowler Butler to be Cap ta;:i ; Eusi , , , ,n Pr:scotl Helmer to be Lieu- tenant. 12th Foot -Ensign Harman Knox, from the 7Cd Foot, to be Ensign; Ensign Ernie E‘trriung Money to be Ensign. 14th Foot—Major Edward Kent Jones, from the 97th Foot, to be Major; Ensign William Barn° to ba Lieu tenant ; Erulo Money to bo Ensign ; Lieutenant Henry Williams to be Instructor of Musketry. 18th Foot—Lieutenant George Poole to be Captain ; En sign George Mncdonnell to be Lieutenant. 21st Foot—Ensign Alexander Falls to be Ensign. 22d Foot—Lieutenant Henry James Oliver to be Captain ; Ensign Charles Carstairs to bo Lieutenant. 25th Foot—Sergeant-Major Edward Murray to be En sign. 27th Foot—Henry Phillipps to be Lieutenant. 15C1a Foot—Ensign James Skinner to be Ensign. 47th Foot—Ensign Henry Smith to be Lieutenant; Chas. Talbot Davenport to be Ensigb. 51st Foot—Edward Cumbeilege, Gent., to be Ensign. 56th Foot--Alexander Lawrence Falls, Gent., to be En- sign. 59th Foot Colour-Sergeant William Small, to be Ensign. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Astley Fellowcs Terry to be Captain ; Ensign jamos Dick Cunyngham to be Lieu tenant; Henry Featherstondaugh to be Ensign. 72d Foot - Lieutenant Albert Tanner to be Captain ; Ensign Thomas Barstow t. ba Lieutenant; floberi Murray, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase. 77th Fout—Staff-Assistant Surgeon William Francis Bur- nett to be Assistant-Surgeou: 88th Foot—Ensign Spencer Acklom to be Lieutenant. 9lth Foot—Captain Samuel Richards, from the sth Foot, to bo Captain. 96th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Croagh, from the GtIL Dragoons, to be Lieutenant ; Liuut. William Ncwbig ging to be Adjutant. 97th Foot—Major Martin Petri() to bo Rifle Brigade—Ensign Francis Acland to bo Instructor of Musketry. 33 West India B;?giment—Ensign King to be Lieutenant; George L. 11. Starr, Gent., to be Ensign. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.— This Eve . ing. Amsterdam Short. 11 18f Ditto 3 Months. 12 Of Rotterdam Antwerp —2 Z-. 321 Brussels — 23 32f llamburg — 13 Of Paris Short 25 10 Ditto 3 Months. 25 30 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1201 Vienne .. 12 3; Trieste — 12 3Z Petersburgti Berlin Madrid C 4i`}i Cadiz —48 i Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples — 28 70 Palermo • 28 70 Messina Lisbon Oporto --: 511 11 19 12 1 12 1 25 40 25 40 13 10 25 20 25 35 25 35 120 f 12 40 12 40 6 27 28 80 28 80 28 80 28 80 28 80 28 80 511 511 saIPPING INTELLIGENJ. —rais Day (By Telegraph.) URATESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived.— Pass By and Dryad, from St. Michael's ; Agnes and Eliza Hunter, from Montreal ; Condor, steamer, from Bremen. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchorcd.—Lady Frankland, from Sunderland, for Alexandria. Passed, Dec. 16.—Murillo, screw steamer, from London for Santander; Ilighflyer, schooner, from West, for London. Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS DUE. austral.% and New Zealand, via Bonthamptna.....Deo. 20. Ditto, via Marseilles Ditto, via r+laUlla Bueir.)* A.yrs.l, and Monte Video .. lan. b. Ditto, by Freoch packet Cape ',cads, by Brazil pack ,, t l. in. 3. :ape of Good A.,utiiiion, and St. ileicua De; ;dina, retying. and Slag &pure, via ;3:whatnot:a—lice. 2') Ditto, via alarfttlics . Dee. 11 raikland Islands lib:altar, via z'iou.thanapton .......... .• Dee 11. India via Southampton Ditto, vla Marseil es D 0. 28. nalta, Egypt, De; 20 Ditto, Marseilles Dec. 11. faurltlus, Cape of Good 1.1 ipe, and .Natal, via Southampton Deo. 0. Ditt t , Ilar,el.les Deo. 11. ewlouudlai.o icrtugal . 5 Ditto, by pr le ship to Oporto Ditto .tto to Lisbon United States. t anbda, California, &c., British :tact Ditto, by i i itcd ztates packet Ditto ditto 'New York : Ditto ditto N• w York) Ditto ditti (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet Dec 13. West Coast of Atritt,, Madeira, and Tenerifre..• Deo. 17 West Indite and razific (except Mexico and Baha mas) .Des. 16 -~~-~~- ~_ ~,