The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-05 00:00:00

M AIARKET AND COMMEEOILL NTELLTGII'NOIt, TWELVE O'CLOCK. All the payments of the 4th of the month have been completed in a satisfactory manner, and the rate 3 are about the same as yesterday, ranging as low as 3i per cent. The sum of £lB,OOO in sovereigns was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday for Alexandria. The Secretary of State for India in Council has given notice that the amount fDr which tenders of bills of exchange will be received at the Bank on Wednesday, the 16th, will be 35,00,000 rs., of which not more than 15,00,00 rs. will be drawn on the Government of Bombay. The Union Bank of London have announced that, at th 3 half-yearly meeting on the 9th instant, a dividend will be declared at the rate of 15 per cent. per ann.. - nn, and a bonus of 21 per cent. for the half-year. The return of traffic on the Ottoman Railway for the week ending 16th December last was £9OB ss. 101, against £761 103.7 d. in the corresponding week of the previous year, showing an increase of £146 15s. 3d. The traffic receipts on the East Indian Railway Co., for the week ending the 4th November, amounted to £42,267 16s. 9d. against £41,704 6s. Id., in the corresponding period of 1865, and showing an in crease of £563 10s. Bd. The movements of the precious metals during the week have been on a rather extensive scale as re gards the imports, which have amounted to about £715,948, including £3,300 from America by the Asia, £2,520 by the City of New York, £23,087 by the Ilecla, and £24,800 by the Arago. The Cala bar from the West Coast of Africa has brought £13,000 ; the Sir John Lawrence from Australia, £38,000 ; the Shannon from the West Indies and Pacific, .£321,400 ; and the Douro from the Brazils, £45,425 ; the Pera from Alexandria has arrived with £1,410 ; £12,832 in gold has been received from Portugal, and £32,174 in silver from the con tinent. The exports have been £4,000 to the East Indies by the China ; and there have been remit tances to the continent through private sources estimated at £133,670; the total amounting to £137,670. Two o'CLoca. There has been au advance of 1 per cent. in the value of Consols, the latest prices being 901 / for money and the 10th inst., and at 9 0 / for the February settlement, owing to a few purchases for investment and on speculative account. The New Threes are 891 90, and Reduced Annuities 89i ; ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), 19/ ; Exchequer Bills, 12s. prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 248 ; India 5 per Cents., 1071 1; and ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents , 100/ 1011. In the Foreign Department of the Stock Ex change business is not active, yet an improvement has taken place in several instances. Greek Boucle have advanced 1, to 141 4 ; Spanish Passive, 1 to 21 4 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. 1, to 321 4 ; and Italian 1, to 531 4 ; but Spanish Certificates have declined -1, to 141 ; and Mexican are firm, at 17i 181. The New Russian Loan Scrip has advanced t, to 11 .i. prem. In the Railway Share Market there has been a fair amount of business transacted, and, with a few exceptions, prices have remained steady. Lan cashire and Yorkshire and North Western have each declined ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, ; and Great Northern A Stock, 1 ; while London, Chatham, and Dover have improved 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines are in a few instances rather firmer. Bahia and San Francisco are marked 124 ; Great Luxembourg, 12i ; and South Aus trian and Lombardo-Venetian, 15f f ; East Indian have improved to 1061 I, and Great Indian Penin sula to 105 f. American Securities have slightly improved. United States 5-20 Bonds are 72i 73i ; Erie shares, 4Gi ; and Illinois, 81,1 82. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have declined 1 per cent:, to 52 54, but the Consoli dated Mortgage Bonds remain unaltered at 414 11!1. Bank Shares are quiet, and without any material change in values. Chartered Mercantile of India, London, and China are dealt in at 33k, London and County at 611, London and Westminster at 99k, and Union of Australia at 50. Miscellaneous and Finance Shares have been in fair demand, without any material alteration as regards prices. Credit Foncier of England have improved to 2i 3, Electric Telegraph to 134 135, Ocean Marine Insurance to 20i ; Crystal Palace Stock remaining at 30, Anglo-American Telegraph at 15i 16. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY, Two o'Clock. Less activity has been apparent in the Mining Exchange. Subjoined are the current quotations :-- Chiverton Moor, 5 s}; Chon:ales Gold, 2} 3; Clifford Amalgamate, 9} 10 ; East Basset, 22 24 ; East Caradon, 6} }; East Lovell, 9} 10; East Wheal Grenville, 2} ; Great Retallack, k; Great Wheal Tor, 17 18; Marko Valley, 4-} } ; North C ro f ty, 4 4} ; North Treskerby, 3 1 3 1 ; Prince o f W a l es, 26s Od 28e 6d; Prosper U n it e d , 3 4: i; Providence Mines, 27} 30; South Condurrovr, 121 14s ; South Grenville, 7s Od 9s Od; Tincroft, 14 14} ; West tlaradon, 14 15; West Chiverton, 54 56 ; West Frances, 16 18; West Seton, 125 130; Wheal Buller, 24 2G; Wheal Chiverton, 6; ; Wheal Cr3bor, --s —s ; Wheal Grenville, 29s Od 31s; Wheal Rose, —; Wheal Beton, 135 140 ; Wheal Trelawney, 10 12 ; Wheal Uny, 2 2} ; Cam Camborne, 1 Itl ; Central Miners, —; Cooks' Kitchen, 10 11; East Cara Brea, ; Great Laxey, 17 1 7} ; Great South Tolgus, 12s 6d 17s 6d; South Frances, 22 25 ; St. Ives Consols, —; South Caradon, —; Stray Park, 4 4}; Drakewells, 17s 6d 20s Od; South Darren, 30s 36s ; North Roskear, 61 71. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 oer Cent. Consols 90 90 i Do. Accou n t, Jan. 10 3 per C ent. R educed 85 90 Now 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 A.unuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1 880 Do. fo r 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 l9l Do . ):xeliequer Bills, £l,OO O, 4 per ent l2 pm ................. £5OO l2 11 D 0.......... £lOO & .£2OO „ Pin Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent ... 248 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874.., Shut. Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5 , k per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds,4 per Cent., £l,OOO Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 p er Cent Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 Do Account Do. £lOO Bonds Do. Account 72 1 13 , 1 , 3110 S Ayres 6 per Cent Do 4100 Bonds D 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 . per Cent ) `3,-iiian 6 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent Do. 6 per Cent A ........................... Do. 77 B Colombian, 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 5 per Cent., 1861 Danubian Principalities Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Pt3visional Land Warrant Do fleferted ' . gyptian 7 per Cent Si‘cond Issue 1)o £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 1)o 4100 Howls ' ,-• Aeooillo Do. Governn.eut Railway Debentures. ')o. Account Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupon: — 00. Coupons G ttiternal a 5 per Cent. It , ;ian 5 per Cent 1865 Dr% Account Maremmana Railway Do. .Account i. !; per Cent Ditto for Account 1861 tout Do 6 pe r C ent. Anglo-Freuch i ., ,ovidean 6 per Cent...... Aloorisb. Imperi a l 5 p er Cet ... . . 82i 3 "ow Granada Do $ per Con Do. Deferrad Do Land Warrants (Hectares) 'eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 67 Do 4} per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 4f per Cent. (Uribarren) , 'ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 A.ceount DO 3 - yer Cont., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3. 421 Do. Account Russian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St -- Do 4i per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cont., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid B6l I Do. do. £lO paid ll 1. i pm 3ardiniau 3 per Cent t)o. Account ,l auish 3 per Cent . _ Do .Acc ,- ,unt Do New Deferred — Do Passive — Do A;ITiVlt 2l i Sp;tEnsn Cert. of Uo up not iunaqi — Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 4i per Cent. 18(i4 Do. Scrip, .£6O paid Turkish 6 per Cont. 1854 — Do. Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 53 1; Do £lOO Bonds Do Account Do 6 por Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cont. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditto 11 por Cont. Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Es. 10 Florins Belgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. 5 per Cont. Account Dutch 1/s per Cent. Ex. 12 GO, • Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... . French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — . _ TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9o} t Do. Account, J an. 9O Do. February 9oi Mr. W. D. SeythOur, M.P., on Strikes. Mr. William Digby Seymour, Q. C., in his charge to the grand jury at the Newcastle quarter- sessions on Wednesday, said the year just closed had been characterised by depression and stagnation, and what had been the cause—what the black spot which would make the past year have a miserable notoriety in the years that had preceded it—at all events, in the memory of most of them ? The last year had been a year of strikes. Certainly it was remarkable when they looked over the several trades, and saw the number of strikes and disturbances between the ordinary relations of capital and industry which had unfortunately sprung up in various parts of this district. The axe of the shipwright, the hammer of the ironworker, the chisel of the joiner, the trowel of the mason, and the implements of mechanism of various other cognate trades in this locality, had been more or less suspended during the last twelve months. Among all these unhappy disturbances none had been attended with such great and serious results as the strike in the iron trade. It would be very foreign to his duty to speculate upon the causes which led to the step that was taken by the masters in the reduction of the wages of their men, whether arising from the necessary results of foreign com petition or any local circumstances affecting it. That step was taken, but when they looked at the misery that had followed the course adopted by the men on strike, it was impossible to pass over without comment the extraordinary results which were now held up to the light of day. Some 10,000 or 12,000 men had been on strike during the 19 weeks which be gan on the 16th of July, and ended at the close of November. Now, to gauge the amount of misery and suffering which had affected families and house holds, and those more or less dependent on the trade, would be impossible for him and wearisome for them. But there were figures which could not lie, and which pointed amoral and told a very sad and dis tressing tale. Among the 10,000 or 12,000 men who had bean on strike, it might 1:”. taken as a very moderate estimate to assert that the total loss in wages value had been £300,000 ; and what had they got to sustain them in the battle which they had waged against their employers ? The whole contributions from the various union sources had only amounted to something like £lO,OOO, divided amongst about three thousand men. What a small percentage of the absolute loss in wages—wages which not only affected the men themselves, but the small shopkeepers or other tradesmen who were de pendent for their custom on the operatives con nected with the iron districts ! But the loss was not merely to be measured by the loss in wages, but it had been calculated, and calculated as consider ably within the mark, that the loss to the trade itself—the money value of this strike, had amounted to no less a sum than £1,250,000. So here they had figures to show the terrible consequences of those unhappy disputes between masters and men. !Ile could not help saying this—that trade was governed by laws which were inexorable in their incidence. It did not depend on the mere calcu lations of masters here or men there. It was governed by general printiples, exactly as the rising and falling of the tides of the ocean; and until the' men were taught the general and elementary les sons of political economy those strikes would con tinue—these miserable disturbances would exist. They had had a great deal of eloquence expended in talking about men's political rights by the cham pions of their political emancipation. It was well to discuss these matters, and right that political justice should be done to the operative classes of the people ; but for his part, till a better under standing was brought about among the people of those elementary lessons which governed the laws of supply and demand, and the relations between capital and labour, he could not help thinking that one argument—the strongest and the soundest that could be urged—in favour of the admission of the operative classes to a further enjoyment of the exercise of the franchise would be wanting to the friends and advocates of popular emancipation. He hoped the year on which they had now entered would not be attended with the miserable circumstances of the past, and that they wou!d see a better feeling permeating the masses of the people. As surely as the loss of employment led to poverty, and degradation led to crime, so surely the strikes and disturbances which bad affected the labour market of 1866 would more or less affect the calen dar of the present and future years. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. LONDON, Jan. s.—Wind this day at noon—Easterly ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with very hard frost. PLYMOUTH, Jun. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Diedrich Lohose, from Bremen for Porto Rico, with loss of anchor in the Downs. Sw4.NsnA, Jan. 4.—Wind B.W—Sailed—Annie Morse, for Baltimore. (13T TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Jan. 5. No arrivals. DEAL, Jan. 5. Anchored—Lochiel, for Sydney; Elgin, for Philade' pbia ; Counakyle, for Shangbae ; Robena, for New York all from London. MODERN NESTORS.—From a list of fellows of the Royal Society, it appears that the eldest members of it are Lord Brougham, late Lord High Chancellor; Sir Henry Ellis, late librarian of the British Museum ; and Mr. Wil liam Lawrence, late president of the Royal College of Sur geons, the youngest of whom is in his 84th year, having been born in July, 1783. THE STORM IN NORTHUMBERLAND. —The weather was intensely cold on the Northumberland coast on Thurs day night, and the upper roaches of the rivers were being covered with ice. A great quantity of snow. had falbu, but the storm appeared to be over, and the wind having got round to the NAV. the sea was falling and vessels were proceeding from the Tyne to sea. The Resolution, from Aalborg, reached the Tyno ou Thursday, having the crew of the Danish bark Ellerslie, from Helsingbourg for Lon don, with oats, on board, the vessel having been struck by a sea and thrown on to her beam ends, which caused the pumps to choke. The screw steamer Brunette put into the Tyno on Thursday, short of fuel and with her master very ill. The Brunette was bound from Havre for Gotte n _ burg, and had encountered fearfully heavy weather. THE SUN, LONLON, SATUROAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1867. SHARE MARKETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 'Bristol and gseter Ca1ed0nian...........'. Cd.iobrian , _;ork and 8and0n......' Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc Dun„l'erth, & Ab.Junc ' s'..London, berip Certi 86 88 123 126 40 16 4 6 05 63 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Western, Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2, Great orth of Scotland Great Northern D. A stock Do. 13 stock 116 ,18 SO 31 5 119 121 t 27 12e. Do. N ew, is. at 25 pmt GtS, arid W. or Ireland, i4t. Western Do. S. V4l. [tail gua. Do. South Wales .... ito 921 511 Gill Do. W. Mid.—Oxtor& Do. N:;wpor t Do. Ilereford Lanegam re a or r 4,1 ,Laudon and lilackwaill !Lon., Rri;h.,&•S Uoakii Won., Chat., and Dover' Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lou. & North Western Loa. & South Western Man., SW., 451 Lincoln Metropolitan..... Do. New 32 33 32 3, 134 :3: 87 90 15j 161 10 10 122 122 83 85 54 55 i 26 127 2 i 2 ti ) 10 11 84 86 j Do Extension Jletropofitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd 31ithand Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby +lid Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. ti.N•E purchast. Do. Leeds Do. York Dn. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-5 l North London Do. do. 1864 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central E .Aber. stock 123 124 It 2 .P ,2 37 38 4 18 147 1(.9 66 G 7 100 102 34 SO 9 10 1 , 118 i2O 1 2p 1 2p 70 72 114 118 148 152 uo. Scot, kid. atJok Ilropallire Union 'south Devon south Eastern . .itaines, Wok., dz Wok calf Vale 46 48 67 08 8 150 153 3 4; Do.'C .. • Vale of Neath Watertprd & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitel►a 1 ►tiest Cornwall BILITISa Railways. I raid. Closing Baldn p r i m den ess e. ISIONS. Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, s Cen.ln. gu. 5 per oent.. . . Do. F dilates Buffalo Az . Lake Huron Do. rreterence Butt., Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. i872-3-' Oalcutta & S. E., Urn a. e Town & Duck, gu ./enierars., 7 p.c. per. p, e.aet. Bengal, gu., 5 do, East gu . p.c.' Do. J ExVusio ‘, rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bond ,, 1 charge 6 p.c Do. let Pref. Bonds Do. do deterred De. 2d Pr. t. Bonds Do. do. deterred • • Do. 3d Pref. stock.. Do. do. deferred .. : Do. 4th Fret. stook Do. do. deterred Gt. India Yen. gua. 6p.c , SSK 56 58 102 103 id p 3 44 7* $a 1(10 100 100 all 100 100 50 55 10i IU3 101 IG3 105 106 o. Gua. 5 iercent.. Do. New gua. 5 2. c , it. South of India gua. 5 per oent D 4f per cent Do . great Will. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. e BUS. pay 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.., Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.O .... Do. 4} do Do. 43 do Do. Filth Extension nelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Hudson's Bay N. Rl.C'ds, 6pc Ist pt. bs, Soinde • ..... Do. Delhi Do. do ..I'a A. Do. Pun;aub.... Do.lndas St.Flot `"' 18 20 85 88 57 69 50 5i 50 51t 37 10 23 25 106 to i 1 f , i li' 100 102 91 93 111 121 LI 121 8 42 81 64 11 11,11 102 1031 92 94 85 90 82 85 99 101 97 98 11 1 , • 98 99 100 i 1061 ' .051 I C')LONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIEs. - IBritish Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1572 100 - - Can.Gov.6 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug l,O 90 92 - Do. sp. c. Mar. A Sept 100 90 92 1 - Uo, sp. c. Jan. & July 100 77 78 84 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 75 77 - Cape G.[lope, 6 p.C. 1873 100 104 106 • Da.Apl.&Oct , 1800-1900 100 103 105 - Do. do 18.80-9- 100 102 104 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 100 104 106 - Do. 5 per Cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 88.20 - Ces lon, Nov. 1868, 6p. 100 100 102 Do. 1.878, do. tOO 104 1.k.6 51aurItius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and J ;Ay - Do. 1 , 78 - 1882, Mayls, Nov. 100 105 107 • - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 11.6 108 Natal 6 per cent lOO 06 100 - S.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&J uly 100 90 92 - N. s. W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1866 100 90 92 - Do. 5 p.c. 183 to 1876 100 90 95 - Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1893 100 8: 87 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 VS 100 - Do. 5 per cent.... -• Nova &Ala Uov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 l9O 96 98 - 4ueensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 92 94 , - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c. 1868-9 100 -- - Do. 1878 & upwards l, 0 106 108 - Vio,Gov. 6 p.O. Je. &July 100 - - - Do. do, d pril & 001 r loo* 103 104 BRITISH MINES. & Cam. Consol. told, ling Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O 54 6 , - Devon G. Cons. (Taoist. 1 405 415 - Drake walls 2.1.0 - East Bassett (Illogan) 204 18 20 - East Caradon 2.14.0 -6 6 - East Carn Bran 3l 2 3 - East Grenville - East. Gunnislake . 1 4 - East Loved 3.9.0 9 10 - E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 24 21 - Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 6 4 Great L ocal, limited all 17 18 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 - - Great Wheal Busy-- 14.9.6 - 'l. Wheal Vor (Heist .0 40 15 16 - .1 renyille 8.18.0 1} 14 - lierod's Foot 8.10.0 30 32 - tlingston Downs 5.10.6 24 54 - Margaret t Uny Lelan - 13.17.6 2 4 -slarke Valley 4.10.6 3f 44 4 tiiwyndy Iron Ore, lint 3} 2} 110 - New Se ton - North Roskear - Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 - - North Wheal Crotty - Prosper United 7.1.6 - - - Pr ,vidence UnyLelant 10.6.7 21 26 - I S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 300 320 - South Condurrow 3.2.0 1 1} S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 18 22 -- Stray Park 35.15.0 - ,Tin Croft 9 1 2 - Vigra and Clogan, Rm all 9 lu - West Bassett (Mogan - W. Caradon (Ltskeard 13 12 14 - West Chiyerton ll 54 56 - West Seton. - Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 51 65 75 - Wheal Buller (ltedruth 16 18 20 25 -- Wheal Nlary Ann (Men. 8 10 12 - Wheal Seton - Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 7 9 SIIAKEs. North Eastern, York, H. and Selby:purchase, 9; North Eastern, G.N.E., 4 per cent. pref., Stockton and Darlington B, 6:per cent., 31 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham It. and C, 91 FaitEluN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 1 Dutch Rhenish., 2' Sambre and Meuse, 71 San Paulo, Rm., gua, 6 per cent., 131 South Austrian add Lombardo Venetian, 15; FOliklIGN MINES. General, 21 BANES. Anglo Egyptian, lim., llf Australasia. 631 Chartered Her. of India, London, and Chlna,l33l Consolidated Bank, aim., 41 Ditto, new, 21 English and American, lim., 6 Imperial Ottoman, lim., Land Mortgaee Bank of India, lim., 21 London and laver Plate, Ditto, issued at 11 pm., 11 London and Couuty, 611 London and ‘1 estmlneter, Standard of British South Airica, lim., 13 Unionof Australia. 50 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 16 15k Berlin Water Works. lim.. Ditto, new. 5/ Ceylon Company, 9 * City of Moscow Gas, lim., 171 Credit rOlaCier of Englana, Aim. 2/ 3 Crystal Palace, 20 East India Irrigation and Canal. 101 Etlyptian Cm. and Trading, lim., 4; Electric Telegraph, 131 5 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 12/ Hudson's Bay, IC 1 t.ondon General Omnibus Company. 11m, 3 1 3 M .dras Irrigation and Canal (4 per cent. guaranteed_ by dian Government), Ditto aul). 1 * Nr.tional Discount ompany, 15 Ocean +I arine Insurance), 20/ Thames and Mersey Marine. insurance, lim., Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. dustralia and New Zealand, via Southamptoa Jan. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. i 3. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British paoket Feb. 4. Ditto, by French packet Jan. 22 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Do. 28. China, Penang, and Singapore. via Southampton Jan 19. Ditto, viailarseilles Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via ooutbacopton India (C.l.loutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan 3. . .....Jan. 13 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Ditto, via Vim-self les - Jan. 7 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 13. Ditto, via Marseilles...". Jan 7 Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Manville); ..Jan. 19, POLIO E INZELLIGENOE.--This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. George Wilson and Harriet George, man and wife, were charged, the former with stealing a musical box, value between and £7, the property of Messrs. Le Maitre and Bergmen, 24, Cannon-street, and the latter with receiving the same, knowing it to be stolen. George Thalhausen, a porter, in the employment of the prosecutors, said he knew the male prisoner as a customer, and that he came to the warehouse yesterday about 5 in the afternoon. He was shown upstairs, and purchased a timepiece for 155., which was given to the witness to pack up. He afterwards saw the male prisoner leave the shop taking with him a brown ppmr parcel, which ho gave to the female prisoner, who was waiting outside. He returned and told witness that he cam n. for the clock and invoice, and on biing asked whit was in the parcel, he denied having taken it. Afterwards, however, he said if the wit ness came out with him he would got it from the woman. He did so, and they want as far as Bread-street, and the woman not being seen in the neighbourhood, the prisoner asked him to let him go, and that he would find the woman, who was his wife. He refused to do so, and took him back to the warehouse, and sent for a policeman, who took him in charge. Ile after= wards accompanied the policeman to an address in Vero-street, Clare-market, and ho then identified the property which the woman had brought in. From the evidence of the police-constable, it appeared that the prisoner made the same statement that he had done to the previous witness, but the invoice and a half penny were found in his inside coat pocket, and there were 52 duplicates found at his lodgings. Although he gave the name of Wilson that was not his real name, and the female prisoner had shown him the marriage certificate. The prisoner said nothing in his defence, but he asserted that his wife was quite innocent, a statement which she reiterated. Partridge, the gaolor, said that he believed the prisoner had been before the court previously. The Lord Mayor discharged the female prisoner, and remanded the other. prisoner. CAUTION TO BOYS SLIDING IN TILE STREETS.—A young lad, named Workin, was charged with being discovered sliding yesterday afternoon in Earl-street, Can non-street, with some other-boys. 1 * ''The Lord Mayor .fined the prisoner 55., and having commented on the dangerous practice of sliding in the street, said that the police had orders to take into custody every person discovered so offending. - THAMES. IMPORTANT TO CONSUMERS OF COAL.—J. Moore, a car man, aged 47, was brought up on remand before Mr. Par tridge, charged with stealing three sacks and 181bs. weight of .coals, the property of Mr. John Plume, coal merchant, of 91, St. John's-road, Clerkenwell. The prisoner was for some time in the service of Mr. George Tilley, hose and cart cmtractor, of 19, Suffolk street, King's-cross, who was in the practice of delivering coals to Mr. Plume's customers. A few days since the pri soner received two tons of coals at the Groat Northern Railway Station to be delivered to Messrs. Yearslay and Spooner, in Dock-street, Whitechapel. The prisoner stopped his horses and waggon opposite the Red Lion publichouse at the corner of Leman-street and High-street, Whitechapel, took a lump of coal, weighing 181bs., out of one of the sacks and gave it to a woman. Hudson, 78 H, who saw the robbery committed, pursued the woman, who ran into the public-house by one door, made her escape by another, and left the coal behind ono of the doors. The prisoner was taken to tho station house. On Hudson's return to the waggon he found three empty sacks on the top of the full ones, of which there were only 17. The prisoner had 20 full sacks of coal at the railway station. Mr. C. Young, solicitor, on the part of the prisoner, said there was no proof that the three sacks of coals were stolen before the prisoner's apprehension. The horses and wag gon were left in the oare of a young man, and could have been removed in the absence of the prisoner. Mr. Partridge was disposed to take this view of the case, and said there was no daubt the prisoner had stolen the lump of coal produced. Mr. Young could not resist a conviction. The prisoner, who would plead guilty, had given a lump of coal to a poor woman, and would admit he had no right to do so. The prisoner was a man of good character, and regretted what he had done. Mr. Tilly complained that waggoners wore in the prac tice of stealing coals in transit, by which coal merchants and contractors fell into undeserved odium. Ho gave the prisoner very good wages. Hudson said the prisoner was intrusted with two tons of coals, to deliver to Mr. Oxley, in Church-street, Shore ditch, on the 10th of last month, and there was a deficiency of 6cwt. 2 quarters 171 b. Mr. Partridge—More than three sacks deficient out of twenty, and here is another case of a similar descrip tion. I can only convict the prisoner of stealing 181 b. of coals, but 1 am by no means disposed to treat this as a light case. A wholesale system of robbery of coals in transit is carried on by which re spectable coal merchants are defrauded, consumers injured, and waggoners encouraged in dishonesty, and drunken ness. I cannot accept the plea of intoxication set up for the prisoner. It was a very bad case indeed. The steal ing of coals in transit is carried on to a great extent, and consumers should look to it. 1 sentence the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for three months. WESTMINSTER. DRUNKENNESS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.—Thomas Em berson, carpenter, was charged with being drunk and riotous. Charles Stevens, 153 B, said, on Friday night, at half past eight, he saw a crowd of people in Douglas-street Westminster, and the prisoner leaning against the railing of a house, and making a great noise. He was told to go away several times, but refused to move. He threw wit ness down, but fell undermost ; con stables to got hi m to the station. He was abusive and violent. an d it took other Prisoner said he was exceedingly sorry, but having no food in his st omac h d r i n k overcame him. Mr. Arnold or d ere d hi m t o pay 55., or ba imprisoned for four days. The fine was soon pa id . There were also two cases of drunk and incapable ; in the first Jane Russell was found drunk at three on the pre vious afternoon, turned out of a public-house. Webb, 233 B, the constable, said he had taken her to the station on a stretcher. She hoped the magistrate would bo as lenient as pos sible, and was fined 2s. 6d. Tho other case, John Gipsoy, a middle-aged man, was found by 43 B, who said had he bean left another half hour ho would have been frozen to death. The man said he was very sorry, and Mr. Arnold, after warning him of the ill effects of drink, especially at this inclement season, when ho might be frozen to death, fined him Is. Several poor men and women were relieved by the magistrate, who kindly gave them from 7s. to 10s. each. MARICETS.—This day. COVENT GARDEN. In consequence of the inclemency of the weather, and the great difficulty experienced in getting supplies up to this market, the show of both fruit and vegetables is small, and most kinds of produce are disposed of at very full prices. The trade, however, is quiet. FRUIT—Pine apples, Gs to 8s ;'grapes, 4s Od to 8s Od , filberts, Od to Os per lb ; app l e d , 4s Od to 8s Od ; pears 2s Od to Gs Od per dozen ; oranges, 2s Gd to 7s ; lemons, 4s to 8s per 100. VEGETABLES — Cauliflowers, 2s to 6s Od ; cabbages, is to 2s Od; horseradish, 28 Gd to 4s Od; celery, Os 9d to is Gd per doz heads; turnips, 8s Od to 4s Od ; carrots, 4s Od to Gs Od per dozen bunches; cucumbers, 9d to is each ; onions, 30 to 3s Gd; spinach, Os to Os per bushel. POULTRY. l g s ee o s Pto 2s O 4; wild do, is 5s Od to 9s ; ducks to is 4d ; pigeons , 8d to 10d ; bare s, 2 s Gd to 3 s Gd ; 6 4 d s ; O t d ara to e lOs a bb O i d ts ; , S urr ey fowls, 8s to 12s ; do. chickens 6s to 8s Od barn door2s T6durtkoey3ss, fowls, Os Od to Os Od per couple ; English eggs, 15s to Os Od ; French do. , Os 6d to lls p e r 100 . Fresh butter, is to is 7d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Soles, 2r 6 d to 7 s p er p air ; cod, Gs Od t o 18 s ; brill, 53 to h l2 a s da Gd ocks ;an, 6s to 8 7sdturbo l t, spe 6d to dozen ; herrings, too2zles whitings,cach;ri,—s 7s to 15s ; to —s per 120 ; native oysters, 70 s to 110 s; other sorts, 30s to 400 per bushel. NEWPORT. Por 81b. by the carcass. Beef 3s 6d to 5s Od I Veal ..... 4s Od to 5s Od Mutton 3s 8d to bs 2d I Pork ....... 38 8d to 4s 4d WHITECHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s 6d to 58 Od Veal ...... 4s Od to 5s 2d Mutton 3s 8d to 5s 2d I Pork ...... 36 10d to 48 6d HIDES AN!) SKINS. Market hides, 5G to 641bs, 21d to Od ; 64 to 721bs 2/d to 3d ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 3/d ; 80 to 881bs., 3d to 3}d; 88 to 961b5., 3/d to 3 1d ; 96 to 1041b5., Od to Od ; 104 to 1121bs, Od to Od. Horsehides, 98 to lOs Gd ; calf skies (light), 2s Od to 4s; full, is; polled sheep, lOs to 12s Od; half-bred; 8s 6d to 9s 6d ; downs, 6s Od to 75.3 d ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; s h ea rlings, H ol y od . to Os Od. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. Trade quiet. CUMBEHLAND.-31000P715s Berl, £4 Os to £5 15s ; and straw, -a 18s to £2 5s p load. Next to nothing doing. WHITECRAPEL.-3feaclow hay, £3 Os to £4 15s ; clove', £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. Demand heavy. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. s. d. s. d. Hetton Lyons ........ 20 9 Original Hartlepool 20 6 Walls End Hetton ... 23 0 Tees South Hetton West Hartley . ... .. Lambert's W.Hartley 16 9 Pittingtou 2O 0 South Hartlepool...... 21 9 Wharncliffe Hartlepool blips at market, 29--Sold, 19. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS TIMES.—A case is coming beforethe Home Secre tary which should be not only well-considered by the Government, but carefully watched by the pub lic. It is but a short time since Acts of Parliament were passed for the protection of the Salmon Fisheries of the country from utter ruin. A commission of inquiry had proved that practices long permitted to prevail were destroying a wholesome and palat able article of food, and a source, in its way, of national wealth. Nothing could be more wanton or gratuitous than the waste which was thus revealed. The British rivers constitute the finest salmon grounds in the world, and the culture of salmon costs nothing but forbearance. If we will but abstain from killing the fish when they are unfit for food, and driving them away from streams which they are disposed to frequent, they will find their own pastures, do their own fattening, and come back to us in prodigious numbers of their own accord at the proper season for taking them. The whole question was made so plain, the evil was so manifest, and the remedy so clear, that the Salmon Acts were passed with the full approval of the pub lic, and, as the event proved, with true and timely wisdom. Seldom has legislation been more directly successful. The multiplication of fish commenced at once with the protection of the fisheries; salmon became more plentiful, of better quality, and even cheaper than before, while other articles of food were rising in price. The result was a clear public gain; but there is a certain county, it appears, in which the law is openly defied under circumstances of no common character or import. One of the best of our salmon rivers is the picturesque and de lightful Wye, and its fisheries haire been taken under the protection of a board duly constituted according to the terms of the Act. At this season of the year English salmon are unfit for food, and cannot legally be even exposed for sale. It seems, however, that in Radnorshire certain people living on the banks of the Wye are bent upon killing salmon at Christmas, in defiance both of law and nature, insomuch that the conservators of the river have been at the pains of maintaining a force of watchers for the security of the fish. The poachers, as they were termed, made no secret of their intention to overpower all resist ance, and they-did actuallymuster for their lawless and. savage work - in such numbers that it was not until the close of last month that the police were strong enough to interfere. On the night of the 22d ult., however, the watchers, reinforced by the game keepers from a neighbouring estate, came upon a body of men engaged in spearing salmon by torch light. The scene will remind the reader of the fa miliar descriptions in " Redgauntlet" and " Guy Mannering ;" but the end was a desperate fight, which resulted in the defeat of the offenders, and the capture of four of their number. It is at this point that the story acquires more than ordinary interest. Of the four persons seized by the police two were found to be sons of one of the wealthiest farmers in the neighbourhood, and it was " well known," we are told, that the majority of the whole poaching gang were men of good circumstances and position in life. The offence had not been committed by needy men for the sake of sustenance or gain ; it was the work of persons well to do in the world, without the excuse of either ignorance or temptation. We are left, in short, to infer that the farmers of Radnorshire regard the laws of the Imperial Parliament as of no effect in their country or over their households. They assert, we are told, their natural right to kill salmon when and how they please, any statute to the contrary notwith standing. If they are interfered with in the gratifi cation of their will, they intend to fight and put down all control with the strong hand. These ideas, too, appear to have been illustrated at the trial of the offenders before the magistrates at the sessions. Threats are said to have been used very freely, and a' belief was expressed that in the event of a convic tion an attack would be made upon magistrates, watchers, and policemen together. That there was some foundation, too, for this opinion we should infer from the speech of the .magistrate, who actually thought it advisable to tell the audience present in the court that the sitting authorities were but the representatives of the law, and that the law could not be killed by the adnorshire farmers, though the county magistrates might be. It happened, though we do not exactly see how, that the prisoners were discharged, but the Fishery Board has resolved to bring the matter before Government, and all the circumstances of the trans action will, no doubt, be made the subject of in quiry. It seems impossible, however, even with our present information, to affect any uncertainty about the character of these proceedings. The offence was as bad and inexcusable, as it could be. Poaching is too mild a term for it, for even pbachers do not kill pheasants in June. These offenders were men who,- even if the fish had been fit for eating, were not in want of food. They were perfectly compeOnt to understand ou what principles. ,the, Fisher Acts had been based, and what objects they were intended to promote. They were not acting. under the pressure of necessity or for the sake of gain. Even the love of sport, which sometimes perhaps goes half-way to make a poacher, cannot be pleaded in this case, for all sportsmen know-when game is out of season ; and, besides, this is hardly the time of year when standing knee-deep in a river at midnight would be an attractive pas time. These Radnorshire farmers, unless the story can be contradicted, must have deliberately defied the law out of pure impatience of control, and a re solution to have their own way in spite of it. The magistrate compared the people he was addressing to the native ponies of the country, which were allowed to run wild so long that, when they were caught and bridled, they were naturally restive and unruly. The illustration was not complimentary to the edu cation or intelligence of the Welsh, but it was per haps appropriately used, and the warning by which it was accompanied will not, we should hope, have been lost on those who heard it. Radnorshire is not so remote as to be out of reach of law, nor should its people be so rude as to believe as much. There is no popular grievance in this case to ex plain their agitation, nor even the " sentimental" grievance which is sometimes thought to attach to the Game Laws. It is for the benefit of the whole country and all classes, Radnorshire and Radnor shire farmers included, that a supply of good and useful food should not be wantonly destroyed. With the several rights of fishing in the Wye, however they may be distributed, we need not here concern ourselves, for they can have no bearing on the' question at issue. No person, whatever may be his claim to take salmon at the proper season, can be entitled to take it at a season when the act is forbidden by law. The object of the law is simply to improve the Wye fisheries, and to increase the number of salmon in the river for the benefit of the owners or commoners, whoever they may be. These Radnorshire offenders were attacking the interests of the whole public, and de fying an enactment which bad been framed expressly for the common good. If they have any special right or title to the salmon in the Wye, they must be specially interested by that very fact in the main tenance of the law. They are without excuse of any kind for their outrageous lawlessness, and if they can reckon upon sympathy in their own county, they may depend on it they will find none among the public at large. The Bank Returns. The BankereWaga,zine furnishes tho returns of the cir culation of the private and joint-stock banks in Engliiad and Wales for the four weeks ending the Bth -of Dec. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England, for the_ four weeks ended 'the nearest date furnished by their :he following results of the circulation ed Kingdom when compared with the the sth of Dec. ( returns), will give t of notes in the Unit previous month :-- " Nov. 10, Dec. 8. • 1866. 1866. Increase. Decrease Bank of England 23,79 3 , 9951 22,855,27. 0.18,721 Private Banks . 2,8 8 1 ,4- 2 , i 66,12. 115,322 Joint-stock Banks:: 2,91 1 ,9 18 2 , 334,13 577,8 0 6 1 Total in England. 129.587,331 27,955,530,1 1,6 3 , 651 I Scotland... 4, 6 !5,301 4,967,1631 £341,686 Ireland ....,.. 1 6,552,621 6,452,0301 100,521 —,---- ---- __ .. . .__ lAn .11M *no Q 0 *7l 72. fr --. 1,39 4 ,57 5 _ Ited King& Share sok I I 130 j 33 v} i 130 i BO 901 1 17 161 13 1221 i i i 115 i 41 5 148 9 124 i 10i 94¢ 3$ 1091 70 I 40,765,3031 39,t+74,7281 And as compared with the month ending the 9th of Dec., 1865, the above returns show an increase of .£1,385,349 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of .£1,209,327 in tho circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the, above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation: — The English private banks are below their fixed issue . •.. •,. . The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue ••• 8464,878 Total below fixed issue in England £2,113,368 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 2,217,897 Tho Irish banks are below their fixed issue 97,536 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the sth of Dec. was £17,827, 534 , being an increase of £1,296,053 as compared with the previous month, and an increase of £3,517,360 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the Bth of Dec.:— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks .£2,765,830 24 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks ... 2,520,1 £5,285,951 Being an increase of £210,472 as compared with the pre vious roturn, and a decrease of £82,877 when compared with tho corresponding period last year. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE SOILED DOVE CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—OR the subject of Soiled Dove, permit me to cor rect an error. I had imagined that, owing to this filly being trained in Belgium, she was foaled out of the . United Kingdom. Of this fact there is no proof. My remark, therefore, that the " 15th Rule demands a certificate" may be misplaced. The Keeper of the Match Book objected to receive Mr. R. Boyce's entry of Soiled Dove in the Maiden Two Year Old Plate, First Spring meeting, "out of a mare, pedigree unknown," without further identification ;but he accepted the nomination in the Selling Stakes, with the addition of " bought of Mr. R. Arnold, of Rugby." I am bound to make this explanation in justice to Mr. Weatherby. I am, sir, yours truly, 1.1. J. Rots. Jan. 2, 1867. P.S.—ln my last letter, " purchase" was a misprint. It meant Purchase, by Vedette. THE LATE WESTBURY STEEPLECHASES. —An objection to Mr. Wallace's The . Thane, who came in first for the Longleat Chase at this meeting, was formally preferred at the scale on Friday week, but as the precise nature of the complaint had not transpired when the telegram was de spatched, we were unable to print it in our last. The ob jection, we have since been informed, is, first, for wrong description. At Hoylake the horse ran as The Thane, then at Doningtou as bay gelding by Rocket, and next at Westbury he again appeared in the entries originally pub liShed as The Thane. In the card, however, at the latter place the animal was described as "The Thane, late Rocket gelding, dam's pedigree unknown," the addition having been - forwarded to the secretary just previous to the day of the race. Secpndly, that the certificate did not set forth that The Thane had been hunted three times since the Ist of November last, as required by the condi tions of the race. Notice has been served to withhold the stakes, the race having been referred for the opinion of the Grand National Committee by the owner of Jack o' New bury (second). MALTON SPRING STEEPLECHASES.—These steeplechases are fixed for Wednesday, March 13, over as fine a grass country as can be found in England, with no ditches, and all natural fences. The day's sport will consist of three races, and in all probability a selling race will be added to the programme. The principal race will consist of the Malton Grand Open Steeplechase of 10 sovs each, h. ft., with 100 added, about three miles. There will also be the North - and East Riding' Steeplechase of 8 says each, with 50 added,. for horses having been regularly hunted with Lord Middleton's, Holderness, York and Ainsty, Bedalo, and Mr. Johnstone's Hounds, about two miles and a half ; and the Farmers' Hunters Steeplechase, a handsome tea and coffee service, value 40 gs., for horses bona fide the property of farmers and tradesmen within 30 miles of Mal ton, about two miles. The principal race closes on Feb. 20. Mr. Johnson, of York, is the judge and handicapper ; and Mr. Elliott starter. Full particulars will shortly be advertised. PRESENTATION TO MR. 11. V. DRAPER, OF NORWICH. —Those who attend the race meetings at Newmarket, and occasionally avail themselves of the mediums for telegraph ing will doubtless bear testimony to the general efficiency of the Electric Company's employes, and the courtesy of Mr. Draper. To the last named gentleman many members of the press have many little kindnesses to be grateful for, and they have recently presented to him a little New Year's gift, consisting of a case of cutlery, table spoons, &c., and a silver salver, the latter bearing the follow ing inscription:—" Presented, with a ease of cutlery, to Mr. H. V. Draper, of Norwich, by several gentlemen con nected with the sporting press, for his courtesy, business tact, and expedition, whilst officiating as chief clerk at the Electric Telegraph Company's offices, :Newmarket, during the races.—Jan. 1, 1867." NEWMARKET COUNTY COURT.—SKIN V. THE EARL OF WiNcimsEa.--Action for £lO ss. for hire of carriages, con veyances, lodging, &c.—The judge had received a letter from the defendant, complaining that he had been over charged £1 ls., and enclosing a check for £9 45., which was of course returned. His honour said he could not re cognise a letter written to him respecting a matter he was to hear and try. — Mr. Elkin proved that the earl had en rses and gaged a carriage for four days, at £1 ss. per day, with hoand that which the amount of lodgings was £3, , servants, made up the amount of his claim.—Mr. W. 0. Kitchener appeared for the plaintiff, and in explaining the case hinted that the earl could have no reasonable grounds for objecting, especially as he had paid the same charge at previous meetings.—lmmediate payment. BEVERLEY, HULL, AND EAST RIDING RACES.—These races are fixed for Wednesday and Thursday, the 19th and 20th of June. This fixture unfortunately clashes with Stockbridge, but it could not be avoided, as the Beverley committee will not fix their meeting for any other month, the course not being obtainable previous to Juno. THE SOFTER SEX AND THE Drltay.--,--The following is a list of the fillies engaged in this year's Derby :—Aerolite, Hawthorn Bloom, Ines, Janus, La Puce, Minster Bell, Moleskin, Nell. Gwynne, Plantago, Ravioli, Regentess, Second Hand, Skysail, Sunuylocks, and the daughter of --Thormanby and Sunflower. YORK STEEPLECHASES.—These chases are brought for ward to the 10th of April, the day before the Thirsk Meeting, as the committee would not be able to secure some portion of the course at a later period than the 10th of April. SETTLING AT TATTERSALL'S.—A notico having been posted on the boards at Tattersall's last Monday respect ing the settlement of Mr. Percival's account, Admiral Rous ordered it to be taken down, Mr. P. not being a member of the room. BLAIR ATHOL—This celebrated stallion was lately taken suddenly ill, and Mr. Holmes, V.S., of Beverley, was telegraph&l for immediately. We are happy, however, to say that the horse is fast recovering. A promising two-year-old filly by the Flying Dutch man out of Leila Rookh's dam, the property of Mr. Mont gomery, is about to join Fobert's string. General Blood, who was such a severe sufferer by the failure of Agra and Masterman's Bank, is, we regret to hear, in such a state of mental aberration as to preclude all hope of recovery. Leases, for whom there was no bid at the recent sale of Mr. Ten Broeck's horses, has changed hands for a bagatelle, and gone into P. Price's stable at Newmarket. Aberystwith Spring Meeting will take place in the first week in April, when, in addition to last year's programme, there will be a stake open to the Principality of Wales for bona fine hunters. Mr. Notley, of Clatford, near Danebury, died suddenly a short time back of a diseased heart. His racing stud have been disposed of by auction. The Duke of Boaufort and the Marquis of Hastings paid a visit to Danebury, on Saturday last, to silo the yearlings gallop before the January entries. The Marquis of Exeter, we regret to learn, lies in a state of prostration, from which there is no hope of recovery. Mr. Edwards is fast recovering from the severe fall he met with at Ealing. T. Brown has left Stockbridge, and taken the Palace Stables at Winchester. Norwich Steeple Chases are arranged for March 15, and an excellent course, nearly all grass, has been secured. Candle Steeple Chases are fixed for February 8, and an attractive programme will shortly be issued. Jollity, 4 yrs, is now the property of Mr. G. Angell, and remains under the care of J. Godding. Mr. F. Rowlands has been appointed "master of the horse" to Mr. Reginald Herbert, who has left England on a Continental tour. Great Yaiinouth. Races will take place on August 27 and 28. BILLIARDS. TffE TOU RNAMENT AT Sr. JAMES'S HALL. Dufton's Great Billiard Tournament will take place at St. Jaines's Hall, 69, Regent-street, on Monday, January 14, and four 'following days, when sixteen of the best players in the world will contend for a service of plate weighing no less than 100 ounces of silver. Heats of 400 up. ACCEPTANCES. John Roberts (of Londo n ) , Champion, owe 100. C. Hughes (London) ...... 10, G. Mulberry ( 70 Twicken- J. Bennett (London) ...... 10 ham) J. Hurst (I t iverpool) ...... 10 F. S y mes(Loudon),win- J. Roberts, Jun. (London) 251 ner of Philharmonic W. Dufton (London) ...... 701 Handicap H. Evans (London) ...... 7011 V. ?doss (Manchester) 110 T. Morris (Paddington) 70 ' T. Ottaway (London) l3O G. Davis (London) .... 70 130 A. Hughes (London) ... 70 i IC,. Ade (London) Digges(London) 135 _____ RACING FIXTIEBR F Li n coln Spring l9 Harrow... 2l MA Liverpool Spring 5 Chelmsford Spring l2 West Drayton ..........•• 19 Bromley -- --, - AP Northampton Windsor Spring 4 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Newmarket. Craven B BCurragh M. Chester (continued) York Spring 7 Salisbury 9 Doncaster Spring Bath JU Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury Club lB Carlisle 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 10 Hungerford Nottingham July 'RES FOR 181 ,lIARY. Nottingham Derby Epsom Spring 4.. Lewes Spring Crorton Park 'RIL. Thirsk I Durham Newmarket lst Spring Catterick Chester Harpenden Epsom Summer , Newton Croydon Stockbridge Chelmsford Newcastle ... Curragh Worcester Summer Ipswich JY. Down Royal Corporatn Stamford Huntingdon Winchester Southampton Goodwood AUG Goodwood (continued) 1 Ripon Brighton Brighton Club 8 Lewes Egham .... l3 Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford Hastings York August Dover West Drayton.... Plymouth . Canterbury Lichfield Derby Summer Weymouth Tunbridge SEPTIhrBER. WarwiCk Margate Curragh Leicester Abingdon 5 Newmarket Ist October 24 Doncaster . OCTOBER. 1 I Curragh 2 I Newmarket liouplop ' Worcester Autumn Northampton Autumn. Bliaburgn Autumn Newmarket 2d October Cheltenham NOVEMBER. Liverpool Autumu 5 1 Leainiugton Hunt ...... 19 Shrewsbury ll STEEPLECIUSE FIXTURES FOR 1867. TANUARY. Manchester• . FEBRUARY. Carmarthen Birmingham l2 Darby Windsor MARCH. Liverp00l Spring Grand Military Chertsey Mallon COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. JANUARY, 1867. Judge. Name. Coole, co. Cork (Open) Third S. Lancashire, (South- Days of Runnin g 9, dm port (Open) Mr. Westropp 9, 10, n Spelthorne Club Mr. Warwick 9, 10, 11 Border Union (Longtown) Cumberland Mr. Warwick ...... 15, 1G Barton-on-Humber, Lincoln Mr. Spafford Altcox Club, Lancashire - Wigtonsh. Club (Strauraer) Mr. Boulton Little Crosby Mr. Welding County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spafford Ridgway Club, Lytham FEBRUARY. Rufford, Lancashire Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick Waterloo, Lancashire Tamworth, Staffordshire ... Mr. Warwick MARCH. Irish Grand National (Open), , county Loutn Ardrossan, Sharphlll South Lancashire (South port) Champion Mr. Weetropp l4, 15, &c Leinster (Open) Courtown... Mr. H. Spring°.ll_ 19, 20 Scottish Open, Lanarkshire - 26, &c. 6, 7 7, &c. APRIL. York l7 I Kildare Hunt Se venoaks SEPTEMBER. Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, I'VLincolnshire Mr. Spafford VICTORIA moss: (From the Gazette of last Evening.) WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 4. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the undermentioned private soldier, whose claim to the same has been submitted for her Majesty's approval, for his gallant conduct at the siege and capture of Tubabeco long, Gan'bia River, as recorded against his name, viz. : Private Samuel Hodge, 4th West India Regiment—For his bravery at the storming and capture of the stockaded town of Tubabecolong, in the kingdom of Barra, River Gambia, on the evening of the 80th of June last. Colonel D'Arcy, of the Gambia Volunteers, states that this man and another, who was afterwards killed—pio neers in the 4th West India Regiment —answered his call for volunteers, with axes in hand, to hew down the s ockade. Colonel D'Arcy having effected an entrance, Private Hodge followed him through the town, opening with his axe two gates from the inside, which were barri caded, so allowing the supports to enter, who carried the place from east to west at the point of the bayonet. On issuing to the glade through the west gate, Private Hodge was presented by Colonel D'Arcy to his comrades, as the bravest soldier in their regiment, a fact which they acknow ledged with loud acclamations. LONDON GAZE t.LE —Last Evening. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 1. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Bev. Wil liam Henry Brookfield, Honorary Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty, to be one of the Chaplains in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of the Very ROY. Edward Meyrick Goulburn, D.D., Dean of Norwich. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Stop ford Augustus Brooke to be one of the Honorary Chap, lain in Ordinary to her Majesty. CROWN OFFICE, J. 3. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Waterford—Edward De La Poer, of Gnrteen, in the county of Waterford, Esq. in the room of Henry De La Poor Beresford(commonly called Earl of Tyrone), a Peer of the United Kingdom. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, J.s.N. 3. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received a notification to the effect that in consequence of the appearance of cholera in the Island of St. Thomas, the Board of Health at Bar badoes have passed a resolution recommending that a quarantine of 21 days should be imposed on every vessel arriving from St. Thomas, or any other infected port. COURSE OF EXCII9.NUE.--Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 15 11 IGI Ditto 3 Months. 11 1 8 * 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 37f 25 45 Brussels — 25 37* 25 45 Hamburg — 13 8 13 81 Paris Short 25 15 25 22* Ditto 3 Months. 25 374 25 42* Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 119 13 120 0 Vienna 13 33 1 13 40 Trieste — 13 35 13 40 Petersburgn - 31 324 Berlin Madrid — 471 4 74 • Cadiz - 4 8* 81 Leghorn 27 27 2200 Milan Genoa — 27 10 2 7 20 Naples — 27 10 2 7 20 27 10 27 20 Palermo 27 10 27 20 Et f Messina Lisbon • • rrto ........... ST. PANCRAS WORKHOUSE.--An inquiry of a somewhat extraordinary character is being now conducted by a special committee of investigation of the guardians of this parish relative to the manage ment of this workhouse. A short time since Mr. Streeten, the poor-law auditor, called the attention of the guardians to the fact that the quantity of sheets, &c., used in the house was greatly in excess of what it should be as com pared with previous years, and marked his opinion of the irregularities committed in this respect by threatening to surcharge the master in the amount. The committee pri marily intended to inquire into this matter alone, but in the examination of the Iliffetent officers so many other irregularities came to light, that at the last meeting of the board of directors the committee requested that they should be empowered to examine into the whole subject of the management of their workhouse. In explanation of the motive which prompted this request, Mr. Henry North, the chairman of the committee of investigation, stated that so thoroughly disorganised was the state of things in the workhouse, and so apprehensive were som e parties lest the truth should be known, that wit nesses had already told the committee that they had been intimidated previously to giving evidence. It had been shown clearly that there was scandalous robbery of parish property going on in the house, and that there was connivance. It was also shown that some directors — he should not then meation names—were in the habit of going in and out not only in the daytime, but at all hours of the night, and that the gate porter was specially " or dered" not to enter the names on the book. What these parties wanted at late hours by surreptitiously gaining en trance ho could not then explain, as the evidence was not complete, but it was shown to have gone on for the past eighteen months. So very anxious wore cer tain parties to have their curiosity gratified, that the com mittee had to sit with locked doors, and even then there were eavesdroppers planted to hear what IN as said. Their clerk was directed by them to keep the minutes of evidence locked up, and only to produce them to the committee. Having the interest of 2,000 inmates at heart, and recollecting the heavy burdens imposed upon the parishioners in the support of the workhouse, he hoped the committee would have the extended powers granted them without further explanations being asked. The scandalous revelations already made to the committee was their apology for seeking an enlarge ment of the reference. Messrs. Watkins and Jenkins, as members of the committee of investigation, corroborated the statements of their cha irman. The board, after a sharp discussion, gave the increased powers sought for by the committee, but several guardians expressed their convic tion that it would bo better to have the matter openly in vestigated by the Poor-law Board than by a secret com mitee, who were not able to obtain evidence on oath. ARABIAN COLLEGIANS. —Seventy-six native Alge rians haVe just been admitted into the French-Arabian College at Algiers. Many of them belong to wealthy families in the province of Constantia ; others, received without payment, have been chosen from among the most promising pupils of the elementary schools, 17 21 29 2S' UST. 0 10 IGO