The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-31 00:00:00

- I Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Gli Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 D 1 per Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. D, , Account. Po 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable iu Lowio, French lientes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. It-Oian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251. Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. .7onsols, Money! 9li 92 Do. Account SHARE LlST.—This Day. - -- tint. INARI SHAPES AND BTU hare' Kail ways rtsf) - .(n.suu hxeter Caledonian Vora and Bandon.— Gernwall !Dublin ez Belfast J tux Dun„ Ab.Junc scrip (Jr:! tha. Glasgow S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. Sik. Do. E. Angl; st. No t Lima North of Scothinbi Urea t Northern DJ. A stock • • Do. B Block Do. New, is. at 25 pm t S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original] Du. S. Va.l. ltail gua.l Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxiord, Do. Newport. Do. Hereford Lano.tshire t Yorkshm , Landon and 131ackwall Lon., Brigh., S Coast' 1-on., tjhat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. unit Weaterfil Lon. 4 South Westert. Man., Shet., f¢ Lineo:o' Aetropolitan.... Do. New Exter.sion..'.... )Tetropot►tan Diatriet. 00. do. do. 10. and St. John's '(:' did iand Do. L'J Shstre Do, dirntiu...t Derb) did Bent NortL British ...... Do. Ed., 1.1 h., & Dun. N th. Nasteru - Ltervrion Do. U.N•E puroliabi Do. Lerc'. s • • Do. York DC.. Car le _ Do. Stook. & Darling Do. do. 1860-0 North London .. Do. do. 1863 5 ..... Do. do. Met North Stallordshire N. & S. W. J unction {Scottish Central licot. N. E , Aber. stoe{ 1./o. Scot, Mid. hitJck Shropiaire Union 6outh Devon Louth E.stern . Staines, Wok., & Wok 'Vail' Vale 110. C V ale to Neath Waterford St Kilkenny Waterloo .4t Whitcha ; West UtiroW4ll Paid) Closing , 82 4 7t 71! 20 30 2 1 714 75i '0 7:: 95 Di 301 311 7 8 15 6 107 09 iOl IU9, 123 16 96 98 44 44, 25 30 29 31 i2l. i /276 48, 4J 18 19 113 )14 ;5 77 441 15) .15 117 101 103 - - 102 10!! 70 72 33 35 98 99 5',1 6 1 90 92 10 132 1221 3f 49} 9 it 113 k 11 761 45, i 114 161 98i 9 1021 31 4 4 113 1 16 1 lip 5) 61 ill/ 112 56 67 42 t 4 • 66 66i b 6 94 145 150 67 61 JOLONIAL VIatNMENT SliCUl{lTii. 'British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dee. 31, 1872 100 Van.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&uly 1877-84 f 100 102 104 1011 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1 0 101 113 Do. sp. c. Mar. & tiepl WU 101 103 00. sp. c. Jan. & Julyi 100 90 92 ;01 Do. sp. 0. Inscribed sti! 100 89 91 Cape G. 'lope, 6 p.c.18731 lOU 102 114 Uo.Apl.&001. 1890-1900 100 1(6 108 Do. do 1880-90 100 104 1(6 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 107 109 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO I's 17 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. t 100 1)0. 1878, do lOO 113 110 1 Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and J uly Do. 1878 . Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. 100 105 107 Do. 18)5, Feb. & Aug lOO 107 109 Natal fiov. 6 per cent lOO 1(4 106 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Julyl 100 11)3 105 N. S.W. Gov.s p - c.,1860! 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 187;i; 100 98 00 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895' 100 971 98 97 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova SoJtia Gov. 6p. o sterling, 1875 l9O 102 104 9tteensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 11)5 1031 Aus.Gov. 6 p,c.1868- - 100 Do. 1878 & upwards l, 0 110 11 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do. April & Oct l 100 110 112 BRITISH rOSSESSIONS. 100 Atlantic& St.Lawrenoe. all i 53 65 at I Bona.,Baroda, Cen.ln.l 100 1(4 105 1 , 24 1 gu. 5 per cent.. •••• 20 Do. F shares lO p 41 zO4 Buffalo & Lake Huron! all 34 4 10 Do. Prelerence ' all 5 6 100 I Bull. Brant, & Goderich tl p.c. 1872-3- 68 71 at Calcutta &S. E., Urn lOO et ;.;a 1 e Town & Dock, gu lOO 18 12 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 90 1(2 at i!..ast. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 (3 1(3 :(31 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 110 1100 1(9 81 20 Do. J Extension at nand Trunkot Canada 100 17 18 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 83 85 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 50 52 100 Do. do deferred 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 40 45 100 Do. do. deterred - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook all 32 54 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Prel. stook 100 Do. do. deterred at Lit. India Pen. gua. sp.e. 100 107 108 10 o. Gus. 5 per cent lB 2pi 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 2 F st lt. South of India gua. 5 per cent 3t Du. 41 per cent lov 92 94 at Do ....... 101 ..reat Wes. of Canada ail 151 154 104 D.,. New .. 100 Jo. 6p. c BL'A. pay. 1873 all 05 f 7 10C Jo. 56 do. pay - . 1877-8.. all 85 r 7 10 Indian Branch, limited 3 I St Aladras, gua. 5 p.c 100 100 102- at Do. 41 do IOU 03 95 at Do. 41 do lOO 89 91 2') Do. Filth Extension 5 Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. 100 50 lel. & llobsou's Bay all at '.B.l.C'da,6pelstpt ha 100 8.5 85 at. 3,•lnde . lOO 100 101 it Do. Delhi 20 Do. do l5 .1 Do. Pun,atto..... mu 90 100 at Do. Indus St. Flo I sot. 85 87 131t1T1513 MEN Cam. Consul. Gold, his, 1 - 'lliverton litford Amalgamated SO 51 6, devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 4,0 430 orake walls 2.1.0 East Bassett 204 10 12 East Caradon 2.13.6 5 6 'East Carn Brea 3/ 2 2 I , :aist Grenville East Gunuislake .. 8.30, blast Love/1 ......... 3.0.0 8 9 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 1 4 2 - Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 4 5 4 Great Laxey, limited.. all 17 18 Great South Tolgus.... - Great Wheal Busy-- 11.9.0 - Wheal Vor to 17 19 .irenvllle lierod's Foot llingston Downs - 3dargaret ( Uny 1853.111007:•06' 2.0 3640 37264 - qarke Valley *.lo.i 41 51 Awyndy Iron Ore, Lim 31 24 1 4 ),e'm S ton _ North loskear . 361 5 7 Bassett(lllogan 4.4.0 - North Wheal Crotty .. 2.13.0 2 3 Prosper United........ 8.11.0 2 21 Pr vvitienoe ,Uny Lelan 1. 10.6.7 29 31 - .S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. 14 399 410 South Condurrow 1.2.0 # 4 I.S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 374 426 , stray Park Pin Vigra and Clogan, lim all - West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard 11 10 12 West Chiverton ll 63 68 West 5et0n....... 471 195 2(5 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 ES 05 %Vheal Buller (ftedrutli 16 16 Wheal Ilary Ann (Men. 8 18 29 Wheal Scion Whea, Tr:.llaWiley (Ls 5.17.0 0 8 Bueinent d'ne. THE SUN, LOlsworv. TUESoAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL TNTELLIGENCE, Two O'CLOCK. The English Funds are flatter upon political ap prehensions and the neglect of investors ; but rail way socks have advanced. Many adverse opera tors have closed their accounts by purchases, and the market being thus relieved has naturally re covered. The advance in Midland stocks amounts to 18 per cent., and in some others to 1 per cent., whilst the general recovery is about 1 per cent. A partial recovery has also taken place in the Foreign markets. But of new business; there is little or nothing. The Stock Exchange will be closed tc-morrow the LA Jan. Consols remain flat at yesterday's decline, at 91i to 92 for money and account. New and Reduced 3 per Cents., 91k to 92 ; India Five per Cents., 111 to 1111 ; Bank stock, 239 to 211 ; Exchequer Bills, 255. to 28s. prem. `With the exception of a relapse of a in New Spanish, which have declined to 331, Foreign Stocks have improved Ito + per cent. Mexican Bonds are now 15 to 151 ; Greek, 12 to 121 ; Passives, 25 to 251 ; Turkish (1861), 321 to 321 ; Italian (1861), 44-4. to 441 ; New Portuguese, Ito prem, and Old, 39 to 391. The demand for money is less active than it was yesterday, but rates are quite as firm. Nothing is taken under 1/ per cent., and the quotation is 1/ to 2 per cent. The New Honduras Loan is steady, at li to 1! prem. American Securities are heavy :—United States' Five-twenty Bonds are dull, at 721 to 72i ; Erie Shares lower, at 48 to 49 ; and Illinois I, at 89 to 90. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have risen I, to 21 22, and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds remain firm, at 18 19. English Railways are much firmer. There is a rise of 1i in Midland, at 1031 to 1041 ; of 1 in Lon don and South Western, at 76 to 78 ; of I in Metropolitan, at 116 to 116 f ; of f iu Great Northern, at 107 to 108 ;of in Brighton, at 49 to 49f ;of in Sheffield, at 45 to 45f ;in Great Eastern, at 31 to 31i ; in Great Northern (A), at 108} to 109 f ; and in South Eastern, at 66i to 66 ; and in London and North-Western, at 113 k to 114 ; in Great Western, at 44 to 44f ; and in Caledonian, at 71 to 72. Lancashire and York shire are steady, at 122 to 122 k. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Twelve thousand sovereigns, received from Por lkil, were sent into the Bank yesterday. To-morrow (Wednesday) will be a strict holiday in Stock Exchange. The Liverpool cotton market Till be closed on both Wednesday and Thursday. Messrs. Barings have received a further sum ofs3b ti account of New Granada dividends. The Dutch Rhenish Railway Company have made cal! of 24 florins per share, payable by the Ist of rebruary. There are again reports from Paris of a French :loan, in order to bring the floating debt of the inpire to its normal proportions "on the eve of vents which will demand great elasticity on the part if the Treasury." The proposals are expected to be nade early in the year. The following circular has been issued :—" Old sank, Leeds, Christmas, 1867. Sir,—Referring to he announcement already made to you by Messrs. Cooke and Co , that we have agreed to amalgamate `heir bank with ours from the Ist of January next, we take leave to express to you the gratification it will afford us if the connection which has hitherto subsisted between you and Messrs. Cooke and Co. should be extended to the united firm ; and, with the assurance that we shall have pleasure in placing our best services at your disposal, we are, sir, your most obedient servants, BECKETT AND Co. N.B.—The forms of cheque on Messrs. Cooke and Co. may con tinue to be used as heretofore." The half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New South Wales was held at Sydney on the 30th of October. The report showed the divisible profits for the half year ending the 30th of September, to amount to £91,564 43 3d, which was disposed of as follows : £75,000 for a 15 per cent. dividend, £12,500 for a 2i per cent. bonus, making in all 174 fr per cent. per annum, and leaving £4,064 4 s 3d t o be carried for ward to the new account. The dividend on the shares on the London register will be payable on and after the 3d of January next. Tie half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New Zealand was held at Auckland on the 30th October last, when the report was presented to the share holders. The total profits for division to the 30th September amounted to £58,618 Gs 4d, and a divi dend of 10 per cent. and a bonus of 7s per share, equal to 17 per cent. per annum, were declared. This amounted to £42,500, leaving £16,118 Gs 4d to be carried to the new profit and loss account. The report was adopted. The dividend on the shares on the London register is payable on the 341 January next. BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 psr Ueut. Consols Do. Account, 8 per Cent. Reduced 92/ } 1 2/ New 3 per Cent 92/ 1/ New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telek s raph), Au,..., 19418_ E ccho Do quer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 &2/ per Ct 23 ppmm £5OO Do. £lOO & £2OO — pm Bank of England Stock, 4/ per Cent 239 Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ndiau 7tock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 — Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent B7 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5?,- por Cent., May 1879 lOB 1 Do. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 — Do. do. 1877 lO3/ Do. do. 1882..__ Do Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 .__ _ Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent 99i Do. 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Da. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account — Do. £lOO Bonds Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) C iba, 6 per Cent. Cut . Han 6 per Cent lOll Do. 4/ per Cent — ido. 6 per Cent., B . Do., 1867 Do., 7 per Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip' £32 paid C 0 mbian, 6 per (Tent. ....• Danish . 3 p3r Cent., 1825 D nubian Principalities, 7 per Cent 631 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 Ecuador New Consolidated, 1 par Cent — N4y ptiar, 7 per Cent !1(). Second Issue — D '..5 1 10 Bonds Do. £loe Bonds — Do. 1864 Do. £s.io Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 86+ i Gov.rnment Railway Debentu res .... 921 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups. Do. Account , . 12/ Do. Coupons Do. Account Cl- latemala 5 per Cent .. lionduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 7p. Ct., £l5 pd 11 pm ItAiiau 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do, Account .• Do. Maremmana Raiway Alexicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 6/ Dv 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — Hontevidoau 6 per Cent. . — Moorish imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada lli Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do :Laud Warrants (Hectares) Perur.at 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Acco un t 73 - D 0 4} per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4-1 per Cent.. 1862 Do Account Portal ;uese 3 per Ct., 1853,'6, '7, '9,'60,'2,' 391- I Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 4} per Cent. 1850 Do if per Cent., 1860 Dr) 3 per Cont., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds — I )0 . do. £B4 15s. do — De., 1866, £lOO Bonds... .. B7} Vie. do. £B4 15s do — Sardinian, 5 pia. Cent Spanish 3 per Cen — Do Account 'BB Do New Deferreu Do Account Do P ass i ve 25/ 114 13 0 Account ~W, Do Corn. pert. of Coup. n o t funded ...Do Account 1-)0 urkish 6 per Cent., 1 . 8 5 i Account D 0 t) • per Cent. ltSi. - 4 — lt;1\l;.15; LI A Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stook, Dirt°, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 46 per cent. rd., 95 FOttlilMN MIN Ks. Chontales Gold and SilTer lim., Pedro, Nor,h Del itcy, 21 3 p St John del Rey, lim , 57 t3Ai H 8. Australasia, 51 Bank ut New Zealand, 19 Chartered 'lcr. 01 lndta, London,:and China, 291 Consolidated, Ihn., 41 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 17 1 Imperial Ot oman, 9 . 1-15 London and ttiver Plate, Ditto, new, 11 I,ondott Joint Stuck. 333 Ditto, lamed al £l.O pm., 231 London and 1, 4 estininster, 61:1 Ditto, Scrip, 3i lIISCELLANEJUb. Ang'o American Telegraph, 19 8- Atlantic I elegraph, fs 7 Da 0, 8 wr....ent., 921 A 5 City of Moscow Gas, lim., 101 Cre lit r'oncier ut Engtauti, lim.. 31 1 Ebbw Vale, Ili Egyptian 9 per Cent, Viceroy Loan, gua. by Egyp Govt. Ditto, Scrip, Nyyptian mom , aid Trading, lim., London District Telegraph lim., Prtierence, 1/ London tieuerai omnibus Company, lim , lf Peninsula and Oriental Stearn, 55 A Ditto, new, 1567, 5f Rhymney Iron, Isl Ditto, nen, 5A Submarine Telegraph, -- Ditto, Scrip, United Kingdom Telegraph Co., lim., 2 3--0 STOPPAGE IN THE IRONTRADE.--We (Bir mingham Gazette) aro informed that Messrs. Metley and Co., of the Russell's Hall Furnaces, Dudley, have ceased operations. The liabilities will be but trifling, the typ saving been so short a time iu existence. POLICE I NTELLIGENOE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A CONSTABLE.—Thomas Hamilton, a chairmaker, residing at No. IA, Upper Rathbone-place, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being disorderly and violently assaulting Police constable Walter Grigsby, 66 E, by striking him on the head with a hatchet. Grigsby said—About 3 o'clock this morning I was on duty in Upper R.athbone-place and saw the prisoner standing at his door abusing his wife, who was in the street. The wife said she had been in the street all night, apd was afraid to go in doors. She asked me if I would protect her, and I said I would. I spoke to the prisoner, and tried .to get them to go in together. The prisoner went in doors, and again came out into the street, and began again making use of very bad language. I told him that I should lock him up, and went up to him to take him into custo'iy, when I received a blow from a hatchet which came on the briM of my helmet and cut it through, and cut my forehead just over the left temple. lie then dropped the hatchet and ran away through the passage into the yard. I then broke the door open and pulled him out and took him to the station and had my head dressed. Mr. Tyrwhitt—llid he say anything to you? Grigsby—He was offended with me for interfer fering with him, and said be would kill his wife if he was hanged for it. Had it not been for the hatchet taking a slanting direction I should have been seriously injured. Alexander Sim, of Frances-street, Tottenham coUrt-road, said—l was returning home this morn ing from a ball, when I heard a disturbance in Upper Rathbone-place. The prisoner was using bad language towards his wife from the first floor window. The prisoner then came down to the door and went in again, and came to the door a second time, and struck at the constable with something, but I cannot say what - with; saying something at the Bathe time, but I was not near enough to hear what. The prisoner's wife was in the street at the time. The constable told me that the prisoner hal struck him with a hatchet, and the constable had blood running down his face. I afterwards saw the hatchet in the constable's hand. Thomas Austin, residing in the same house, said, I live in the same house as the prisoner. Some persons in the house told me that they had heard the prisoner say that he would have his wife's life if he was hanged for it. The prisoner made a great disturbance, and my wife was confined while it was going on. My wife's nurse heard the prisoner threaten to kill his wife. I saw nothing of the assault, but thought it to be my duty to come for ward and state what I have done. Mr. Tyrwhitt—You have done quite right. Mr. Charles P. Sk.rimshere, assistant to Dr. Ross, 1, Hart-street, Bloomsbury, the medical officer of the E division of Police, said—l was called this morning to the police station to see the constable, and found he had a wound two inches in length on the left temple, and it was such a wound as might have been inflicted with the hatchet produced. I attended to the wound, which was not a very deep one. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Do you, prisoner, wish to say anything? You can do so or not, just as you please, but what you say will be taken down and may be used in evidence against you. Prisoner—Thepoliceman hit me first, and knocked me down twice before I struck him. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did you do so? Grigsby—No, sir. I knocked him down after he struck me. Committed for trial. TIIAAIES. ALL AGROUND.—Captain Innes M'Pherson, the master of a merchant ship, was brought before Mr. Benson charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself. Gully, a police constable of the K division, said that at one o'clock this morning he saw the prisoner on To;ve't•hill very drunk, incapable, and noisy, and surrounded by a lot of roughs, who would have soon stripped him if he had not interfered. A friend of the-prisoner tried to get him into a cab and drive him borne, but the prisoner was obstinate and would not go, and he was compelled to take him into custody. _ _ _ Mr. Benson—Here is the captain of a ship, a grave-looking, sedate, elderly man, drunk and in capable of taking care of himself—how very dis graceful. _ _ _ Captain M'Pherson—l was all aground last night, and brought up all standing. I had been tasting wine in the dock. Mr. Benson—Drinking wine you mean. What a pity you did not go home.in a cab and save this ex posure. You are fined ss. for being drunk and in capable. WIGGINS THE MURDERER.—Mr. George Wiggins, a lighterman, who is well known on the river and in the eastern part of London as a man of good re putation and honesty, came before Mr. Benson, and said that, since the execution of his son for the murder of Agnes Oakes, his life had been a misery to him. He was 72 years of age, feeble and labour ing under infirmities and great mental depression. A woman, named Flick, had abused him, and called him a murdering old rascal in his own house. Mr. Benson was very sorry that any one could be so dastardly and wicked as to torment_ a poor old man because his son had committed crime. It made his blood run cold to think that any one should be so perverse, so infamous as to taunt the old man with the crime of his son, who had suffered the extreme penalty of the law. He inquired when and where the woman had abused Wiggins. Applicant—lu my own house. Mr. Benson said he had no power to interfere. Ile would seriously advise the old man to remove to a locality where he was not known, and where the reminiscences of his son's crime would not be talked about. The applicant said his bread laid here, and he had lived in the East all his life. The same woman had abused him in the street, and said he ought to be hanged like his son. Mr. Benson—lt is very cruel and very shocking. Have you any witnesses that the woman cf whom you complain insulted you in the street ? The applicant believed there were witnesses to the outrage in the street. Mr. Benson—You shall have a summons. Wiggins then said that, in the sight of God and map, he would distinctly say his son was innocent of the murder for which he was most unjustly hanged. Mr. Benson said he could not entertain that sub ject, and must beg of the applicant not to talk about the matter in that court. Wiggins then left the court, declaiming vehe mently that his sou was unjustly sacrificed. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Doc. 30.—Mary Ann, from Dunkirk; Capella, steamer, from Hamburg.. Sailed, Dec. 31- Belgium, steamer, for Ostend ; Seine, steamer, for Boulogne ; B. E. Braharn, for Antwerp; Anglo Dane, steamer, for Copenhagen. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. No arrivalq. 111:112KETS—(2 his Day.) HAY. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 55s Od to 85s ; clover, GOs to 105 s ; and straw, 30s to 3Gs per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 55s to 908 Od ; clover, 60s to 105 s Od; and straw, 308 to 36s per load. A steady do viand. WIIITECHAPEL. — isioa.dow hay, 55s to 81s Oa ; Clover, 60s to .107 s 6d ; and straw, 30s to 36s per load. A firm inquiry. COAL A Price per Ton s d Tunst all l7 0 Hutton Lyons Cando° l7 6 East Hartl-pool l9 0 Braucepoth Cannel lB 6 Russell's Hutton... 17 3 South Durham l7 3 ARKET. at the Close, s d OriginalH.ardepool 19 9 Kelloe Bradyell'slietton lB 3 Hettou Eden Main Tanfield Moor Butes 15 6 Hollywell Main... 19 THE TEA TRADE, Dtc. 30.—The deliveries in London made for the week aro 553,4351 b., being a do crease of 457,011 b, as compared with the proyious_week• RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MEXICAN (LIMITLD). The fifth ordinary general meeting of this com pany was held yesterday at the offices, New Broad street ; Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., i❑ the chair. Mr. W. Roscoe, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report, an ab stract of which appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the proceedings taken by the board in respect of the concession were related in the re port, and the result could not be considered unsatis factory. He had just received a copy of the con cession granted to the company by the Government of Mexico. It was id. Spanish, and he had not had time to go through it carefully, but on glancing over it he thought it more favourable to the company• than the original concession. During the greater part of the time, from March to June inclusive, the cities of Mexico and Vera Cruz were iu a state of siege, and the line itself was in the hands of national forces. The company had not been subjected to any unfair obstruction from those forces. The special powers forwarded to Mr. E. Barron, the company's resident director in Mexico, authorising him to make arrange ments with the Government, did not arrive in Mexico until after the decease of that lamented gentleman. But the principal points had been fully discussed by Mr. Barron with the members of the Mexican Go vernment prior to his illness ; and it only remained for Mr. Kirkpatrick, the agent of the company, to give formal effect to the conclusions arrived at on the part of the company and the Government. Mr. Crawley, the contractor, had also rendered great assistance. It was gratifying for the proprietors to know that the concession recently granted was in every respect superior to that granted by Maximi lian. The Government considered all the arrange ments under the Empire tt.s of no effect, and started from the concession granted in 1861, havingamended it in several particulars to the advantage of the railway company, an9l, they amended it in very few instances against their advantage. (Hear, hear.) They would see that the traffic on the line be tween Mexico and Apixaco from January to June had produced them, or they had been allowed, £7,068 for the use of 'the line. The traffic for the mouth of July, when peace was restored, amounted to £7,734, for August to £9,933, and for.the month of September to £7,625. At the other end of the line, from Vera Cruz to Paso del Macho, from March to the end of June they had no control over this portion of the line, as it was occupied by the military forces. Neither had they over the line from Apixaco to Mexico, and he thought they were fortunate to get £7,000 for working the latter up to July last. The receipts he had just mentioned were entirely for local traffic and averaged from £2O to £26 per mile per week. The population of Apixaco was 100,000, and of Mexico about 500,000. The population was considered wealthy, and the people were in the habit of expending money. Large supplies of food were brought by the railway to Mexico and Apixaco, so that they had a good local traffic. The section of the line at Vera Cruz depended on foreign traffic, and there fore he did not suppose it produced much while occupied by the military, although in the month of January it bad a traffic of £6O per mile per week, in February of £55 per mile per week, and in the first week in March £59 per mile for the week. They were not in a position to recommend any particular policy •at present. The traffic did not indicate what the receipts would have been under more favourable circumstances. He thought their policy should be to. extend the line from Vera Cruz into the interior, and also from Apixaco towards Del Macho— The present difficulty was as to obtaining the means to carry out the un dertaking, and from their improved position under the new concession, he thought they could give very adequate security for what they required, but he did not wish to discuss that iiiat er at present. The directors would as soon as jossible consider the whole question, and, when matured, would take the opinion of the shareholders at j -a special meeting to be convened for the purpose, l and which would be held .at. no distant period.. They had pressed share holders for calls in arrear, and found that some could pay and others could not, but they had received between £6,000 and £7,000 on that account during the year. He thought the great advantages of the new concession and the fair prospects before them would induce those in arrear to pay up, and enable them to raise the requisite capital. In reply to Mr. Moxon, it was stated that the calls in arrear amounted to £68,073, exclusive of 4,000 shares that had been cancelled. The Government of Mexico were to pay them womo, being the interest of $6,000,000 of bonds granted to the com pany. The Imperial Government had paid them up to June on that account VOO,OOO. The present Government had extended the concession for 25 years further. The original concession was for 25 years, and the Government renewed it. The com pany were in receipt of 15 per cent. of certain duties which they were allowed in a very direct way, which would be found to work well. There would be no objection to print the concession and circulate it among the shareholders. Part of the calls in are rear were due in Mexico. A SHAREHOLDER thought the time had come when those in arrear should be presed to pay up the calls due. The report was unanimously adopted, and the proceedings terminated. NA V A-L AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE' • VALETTA, Dee. 24.—The departure of the French steamer Gyptis'enables me to announce the arrival yesterday at 2 pin. of her Majesty's ironclad frigate Lord Clyde, - 23 guns, Capt. Roderick Dew, C. 8., from Lisbon 16 days, and Gibraltar six. She brought as passenger Capt. Graham Ogle, R.N. The Lord Warden arrived at Gibraltar from Lisbon on the 16th inst., on her way to Malta. Her Ma jesty's Indian troopship Serapis, Captain J. C. Soady, arrived this morning with troops from Ports mouth, which place she left on the 14th inst., on her way to Alexandria. She is not to leave till Fri-, day, to let the men pass Christmas in port. Her Majesty's screw gunboat Trinculo, 1, Lieut.-Com. V. de Sanders, arrived to-day from Patras i for the purpose of refi+ting. 'The English screw steamer Hawk, Capt. Halpin, returned to-day from Sicily, where she has been engaged repairing the electric telegraph cable connecting that island with the Italian peninsula. The weather ,up to yesterday has been very severe in the Malta Channel and this part of the Mediterranean. The French brig Trois, Jean Baptiste, which left Oran fur Girgente iu bal last, foundered at 3 p.m. on the Bth inst., about 110 miles distant from Zante. Her master, Captain Jacomin, and the crew, seven in number, arrived here on the 22d inst. iu the Italian bark Italia. Her Majesty's Indian troopship Serapis arrived at Alexandria ou the 28th inst. with the Bth Bri gade Royal Artillery, and other troops destined to proceed from Suez to Bombay in the Euphrates. It was yesterday announ2ed at Chatham that Mr. E. J. Reed, Chief Constructor of the Navy, who recently met with the severe railway accident in France, has so far recovered as to be able to resume his duties at the Admiralty, the official documents received at the dockyard yesterday from his depart ment being signed by him. At 11a - if-past 4 yesterday afternoon the Lords-of. the Admiralty telegraphed to the Port-Admiral at Plymouth orders for the embarkation to-day, at 9 a.m.., of a detachment of Royal Marines on board' the troopship Himalaya, 2, Capt. Shute B. Piers, which has been several dayS lying in the Sound ready for sea. The detachment consists of Capts. Spratt, Leslie, Farmar, and West ; Lieuts. Stevens, L. P. Smith, A. B. Liardet, Luxmoore, E. A. M. Liardet, and Seager ; 12 sergeants, 12 corporals, and ;392 privates. The Danae, 6, screw corvette, 300 horse power, Captain Sir Malcolm M‘Gregor, left Spithead yes terday morning at daybreak for the Channel. On her return to Spithead she is ordered to make two more trials of her speed over the measured mile in Stoke's Bay, each trial being made under fixed con ditions of trim. Her Majesty's paddle yacht Osborne, Commander John D'Arcy, dismantling and clearing out at Ports mouth preparatory to undergoing a course of thorough repairs, will be paid out of commission on Thursday next. Mr. Henry D. Sarratt, her int.ster, is appointed master of the Megwra, screw troopship, commissioned at Woolwich by Staff-Commander Jab ez Loane. The appointment of assistant-master shipwright at Portsmouth dockyard, vacant by the retirement, on superannuation, of Mr. W. H. Brain, has been conferred by the Admiralty on Mr. Morgan, one of the foremen of Chatham dockyard, who is employed on special duty at the Admiralty, during which the duties of assistant-master shipwright at Portsmouth will be discharged by Mr. Owen, foreman at Chat ham dockyard. By direction of the Duke of Cambridge, the following officers of Royal Engineers have been struck off the strength of the Royal Engineer esta blishment, Chatham, for special service —viz., Lieut. S. L. Jacob, Lieut. C. F. C. Beresford, and Lieut. Napoleon Arnott. Capt. A. Parnell has been appointed to the command of the 40th depot com pany of Royal Engineers, at head-quarters, Brompton barracks, Chatham. By airection of Major-General F. Murray, the .military guard on duty within Chatham dockyard bas been augmented, and the troops retained within the establishment the whole of the night, instead of leaving the dockyard at sunset, as has hitherto been ,the practice. At the Chatham convict prison, St. Mary's, the military convict guard remains oik duty the whole night, and additional sentries have been posted around the prison walls. Colonel E. Y. W. Henderson, the Inspector-General of Prisons, has been engaged on a special visit of inspection at the Chatham convict establishment for several days, for the purpose of ascertaining that every precau tionary measure is adopted for the safe custody of the large number of convicts confined within the Chatham Prison. Within the last few days a strong military guard has been posted within Fort Amherst, at Chatham, and the guardhouse re moved within the fort, for the protection of the stores of Snider cartridges and other small arm ammunition stared in the magazines at the fort, a line of sentries communicating from the heights on which the magazine is built with the garrison both by day and night. The military guard at Hampton Court, as was expected, has been increased at the Royal Palace. A full company of the 56th Foot has arrived from Portland, and has taken up its quarters there. ale detachment of the Hussars, supplied from the head quarters at Hounslow, was not sufficiently strong, in numbers to provide the number of sentries re quired, so the infantry have come to help. The cavalry keep to their old posts, the 56th doing extra duty. The " specials," whose employment we noticed last week, are still kept on ; the men are all armed with a stout cudgel at night, and are changed every two hours. The day watching is principally left to the civilians, but at night. san tries are placed all round the Royal Palace, and in all the approaches. After dark no one is allowed to pass without giving the sign, and if not known, is not allowed to proceed without a guard with him. Even in Frog-walk, facing the green, passengers are challenged, and have to come forward to the light so that they may be seen. That part of the Palace which faces the river is most carefully guarded, and heavy iron gratings have been placed over the mouths of the sewer. The watchmen and sentries are so arranged that there is a complete cordon round the whole place, and no one is left unsupported. Precautions are still taken by the military autho rities at Woolwich to provide against the threatened attack of the Fenians on the Government estab lishments. The garrison orders issued last night directed the reinforcement in the Royal Arsenal of the guard stationed during the day, in command of Lieut. Le Breton, Royal Marine Light Infantry, to post sentries along the gun-wharfs and the outlying positions adjoining the open marsh, in conjunction with the police, who do duty in couples. Precau tions, as on former nights in the latter portion of the week, are also to be observed in the barracks, where detachments of the mounted batteries of Royal Artillery are equipped for immediate service. A demand was made at the dockyard police station during .the night of Sunday for hasty assistance to the police at Erith, as rumours of an intended attack on the powder magazine there had been conveyed to the officials of that establishment. The constables of Woolwich dockyard relieved from their day's duty were aroused from their beds, and were despatched to meet the emergency ; but no thing occurred to demand their aid. On Saturday Col. Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson, General Arbuckle, Captain Robertson, county magistrates, and Com modore Edmonstone, in his capacity of Superin tendent of the Dockyard, assembled in the official department of the yard, and administered oaths to upwards of 3,000 of the artificers and la bourers of the establishment, who were sworn in as special constables for . the preservation of the peace. The men, whose names had previously been registered for that purpose, mustered on the parade in groups of 50 each, in charge of officers appointed, and took the necessary oaths. The num- Ws sworn in were as follows-1,600 from the shipwrights' department, and about the same num ber from the smitberies and factory. The proceed ings commenced shortly after ten, and terminated at half-past two, when the men were released from further work for the day, with Admiralty sanction, and on leaving the dockyard they gave three rounds of lusty cheers. A detachment of the Scots Fusilier Guards ar rived at Portsmouth yesterday by the first morning train from London, and proceeded to Cowes, to join the detachment now on duty at Osborne. The total strength of the detachment at Osborne is now up wards of 180 of all ranks. It was announced at the headquarters of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, on Satur day, that all leave to officers and passes and fur loughs to the non-commissioned officers and men are stopped, the whole of the officers and men beingre quired to be on duty in case of their services being suddenly wanted. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty : —Lieuts. G. W. Hand, Archibald- L. Douglas, and Lynedock . L. Moncrieff, to the Excellent, for study ; Lieut. A. P. Black, to the Siam= ; Sub-Lieuts. Hugh G. Gough and C. S. Donner, to the Achilles; D. L. Dickson and C. Sherard, midshipmen, to the Achilles ; Edwin 11. Richard, midshipman, to the Dee ; David Duncan, surg., additional,"to the Achilles ; David B. Thomas, assist.-surg., to the naval hospital at Bermuda ; Navigating-Lieut.W. J. Cunningham to the Indus, additional, for the Liverpool ; Wm. Crawford, sur geon, to the Revenge ; William Miller, engineer, to the Indus, for the Flirt ; John G. Cox, engineer, to the Indus, for the Fly ; and Thomas Ponton, -first-class assistant-engineer, to the Dauntless, for tenders. ERIE. The traffic rec3ipts on this company's line for the month of November amounted to $1,421,881, and for Nov., 1866, to $1,416,001, showing an increase of $5,880. LAW FOR SPECIAL CONSTABLES. -+-- The Law Journal explains some points of law as to the functions of special constables. The question has been asked in some quarters whether a special constable is invested with the peculiar powers at tached to members of the metropolitan police force. The answer must clearly be in the negative. Special constables must not attempt to arrest persons for furious driving, blowing horns, ringing door-bells, making slides, orfor any other of thei7 sets of offences named in the 54th section of the Metropolitan Police Act; 1839. The special constable has, how ever, one considerable advantage over the police. While the penalty for assaulting a policeman is £5, in the case of a special the maximum fine is £2O. A special constable is a conservator of the peace, and may for treason-ielony, breach of the peace, and some misdemeanours less than felony, committed in his view, apprehend the supposed offender without warrant. He may, upon his own view, interpose to prevent a breach of the peace, and all persons assisting him at his request are protected. He may not without warrant arrest on a charge of breach of the peace after the affray is over. But during the affray, or where an offence is threat ened in his presence to be committed, he may, to avoid a continuance of the breach of the peace, or prevent the offence, arrest the affrayer or party menacing. If he is preventing a breach of the peace, and any person stand in the way to hinder him, he may take such person into custody, but not give him a blow. He may remove a person from church for disturbing the congregation, but he must not detain the party in order to take Lim before a magistrate. If a landlord turn a disorderly person out of a public-house and the landlord be assaulted, the constable may on view arrest the offender. He may also arrest without warrant for felony upon a reasonable information and charge made by others. Where a constable acts without warrant by virtue of his office, he should, unless the party be pre viously acquainted with it, notify that he is con stable, or that he arrests in the Queen's name, and for what. It will be sufficient, however, if from the circumstances the offender may collect that he is constable ; and it is enough if he show his staff. THE CONSOLIDATED FUND.—The first act of the present S esnion, which is the third Session of the 19th Par liament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire land, was to apply the sum of two millions out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending the 31st of Hardt last. THE CLEE.KENWELL OUTRAGE. EXAMINATION OF THE ACCUSED FENIANS. (Continued from our first edition of yesterday.) William Qtartly, 214 G, said—l was on duty at the House of Detention on the 13th. I saw Allen and Justice together about half-past three in front of the prison gates. Justice was walking up and down with her hands under her shawl. There was a cab at the prison gate. .I heard the explosion. I was at the time in Clerkenwell-close i and I then-ran towards Clerkeuwell-green. I met Ranger and Sutton near the prison wall near the posts in Short's buildings. I believe•they had loclgid - the prisoners at this time. I, Ranger, and Sutton then went up by the prison wall towards Corporation-lane. On arriving at the lane I found the wall and several houses had been blown down. I saw Constable Moriarty. He was standing up, but the lower part of- his great coat was blown away. His face was covered with blood, and he was all over dirt. I took him to the doctor's in Middleton-street, and I went back to Corporation-lane and kept the public back whilst the ruins were being searched. Allen—Are you positive you saw me standing there at a quarter past three ? Witness—Yes, positive. _ Henry Bird—l reside at 67, Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell, and am a dairyman. On the 13th inst., shortly before 4 o'clock, I was ser\ring a Mrs. Parr with milk, at 6, Corporation-lane. I saw a truck, drawn by two or three men—l believe, the latter—coming up the lane. Two men were draw ing it, but I can't say whether a third was pushing it. I was coming from the direction of Bowling green-lane. I saw it go up near St. James's passage, where they turned the truck half round, when it ran back into the gutter, and as the truck stood up I saw a barrel on the pavement, but I cannot say whether they turned it out or whether they lifted it. One of the men took a tarpaulin from the truck, another man twisted the barrel round, so that one head want near to the prison wall, and then the tarpaulin was thrown over it. I should think the head of the barrel was about two or three feet from the prison wall. One of the men took the truck away in the same direction as I had seen it come. I think the other two men went towards St. James's-buildings. I then saw a man of gentlemanly appearance standing on the pave ment near the wall. He seemed to take no notice of the men who were with the barrel; neither did he speak to them. He crossed the road, went down to the barrel, examined the head of it, and then I saw him take either a fusee or a match and strike a light, which he applied to the head of the barrel, pulled the tarpaulin over the head of the barrel after he had lit it, and then crossed the road to St. James's-place. Sir T. Henry—Why did you not seize the man ? Witness—Why did I not seize him? Why, I be came frightened like the rest. I did't know how long it would be before it went off. Cross-examined—lt was 'about two or three minutes after I had first sden the man at the barrel that I saw Constable Moriarty. I told him I had seen a gentleman put a light to a, barrel, and that it looked very suspicious. I could see up Corporation lane very well at this time. Sir T. Henry—To where the barrel was 2 tn e,ss —Yes. Examination continued---I then went to my horse and cart, and as we were going to Coburg-street the explosion took place. It might be a minute be tween the time I mentioned the matter to the policeman and the explosion. He had time to get down to the barrel if he liked. _ _ Sir T. Henry—Did he walk or run towards the barrel ? _ _ Witness—He walked rather lazified to it ; be neither ran nor walked. Examination continued—Mr. Young was not standing at his door when I first saw the man put the light to the barrel. Mr. Giffard—Look at the prisoners— : do you re cognise any of them ? Witness—That man (Timothy Desmond) seems to me very like one of the men who pulled the truck, and that one (William Desmond) looks very like the man IN ho . put the light to the barrel. his beard and hair are the same colour. I believe him to be the man, although he wore different clothes. I should not like to swear to the man, as I only saw him side face. Sir T. Henry—Have you any belief on the sub ject one way or the other? Witness—l cannot say more than I have. Sir 'l'. Henry—What do you wish to have taken down as your answer ? Witness—He appears to be the same sort of man. He is the height, and his pair of whiskers corres pond with that of the man who did the deed. But if he is the man, he is now dressed very differently. He had another coloured coat on, and appeared not so stout as he is now. I should not like to swear to him as being the man who put the light to the barrel. Sir T. Henry—You are not asked to swear to him. What is your belief ? Witness—Well, as far as I can say, from the side view I had of the man, he looks very much like him, but I can't swear that he is. By Mr. Harper—l only saw one match lit. The man who did it was about sft. 9in. in height. He had a long beard and whiskers, and one of the men who pulled the truck spoke with a rough voice. George Richardson, 239 G--I assisted in taking out the bodies from the ruins in Corporation-lane. I took out the body of S irate Hodgkinson from the ruins of No. 3 house. She was quite dead. Witness having proved the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Evans, and the other unfortunatei killed by the explosion, Mr. Poland said that was as far as he proposed carrying the case that day, and he therefore had to ask for a further remand. The prisoners were then formally remanded for a week. William Desmond, Nicholas English, Mulvany, and O'Keefe were then placed at the bar charged with treason-felony. Sergeant Bunco was recalled. He said—l had for weeks been watching the French Horn publichouse, and had often seen 'William Desmond and the ether prisoners there from time to time. I 'had seen English there nightly during the whole of the time I was on the watch. I have seen a man named Macarthy there in company with English. About the 7th of December English came with three young men. He introduced them to the people in the room at Kavanagh's, saying these are three brave Irishmen and brave fellows. Macarthy spoke to them, and told them he had been in the 6th Dra goons. He had a long pipe in his hand, with which he showed them the cuts and guards of the sword exercise. He said he would give the the upper cut, and take off their heads to the tune o "St. Patrick's Day in the Morning.!' English was standing, bat 1 could not hear what he said. On the 9th of December, two nights after, three young, men came to the French Horn and asked for Eng lish. He met them at the door, shook hands with them, and then introduced them to the rest of the company. He said " These are three of our brave brothers," upon which the company shook hands with them, and then conversation ensued, which was carried on in a low tone, when English called them on one side and said ".If you want anything else you can go to No. 5, James-street, Commer cial road, and mention my name ; you can get any thing that you want." That is all that took place in my hearing. I have not been to see what sort of a place 5, James's-street is. On the 13th of Dec. I was again at the house. I saw O'Keefe and English there. Macarthy, and two of the younger brothers of the prisoner Casey were also there. I heard O'Keefe say to two men, " I saw the stop by the public-house. I then felt afraid and ran away." I did not hear any more on that - occasion, or did I that night. On Sunday morning I took O'Keefe into custody—it-was on a charge of being concerned in the explosion. I arrested him in Great Windmill-street. I found the cards pro duced- upon his person. O'Keefe was liberated froth the charge about half-past one, but Sutton; the officer, bad previously seen ihim and identi fied him as one of - the people he had seen loiter ing about the house of Detention, previous to the explosion. He was liberated by Superintendent Gernon. O'Keefe said he could account for his time between 4 and 5 o'clock, and I made certain inquiries, reported to my superior officer, and then O'Keefe was liberated. O'Keefe, previous to leav- 7 ing; said the Clerkenwell affair would crush the. Fenian movement, as it was never intended to take innocent blood. I have an opportunity of going to Egypt, and. I shall certainly embrace it." On Thimdiy, the 19th inst, I went with Sergeant Cole to the French horn publichouso. Muivauy, - Eng lish, and about 14 other persons were there. Cot_e told Thilvany he had a warrant for his ap-preb.-en sion, signed by Sir Thomas Henry, for treason felony. English was standing a short distance away from him, • and he told him the same. I took English and told him I was 'a* polies sergeant, and that there were two officers present in uniform, and that they need have no doubt about the matter. Englitsh became extremely vio lent, and exclaimed " Warrant, or no warrant, Pin not going." He began to plunge about with his arms, and got hold of me by my neckerchief. He struggled very much, and two of his companions had hold of me by the necktie, each pushing the re verse way. I forced him towards the door, when he exclaimed, " Now, boys, for your revolvers," and whilst I was struggling with him I drew my Staff and knocked him down. Ho fell outwards, towards the doorway. I fell on the top of him, and two or three, of his companions fell on the top of me. I had a body of police waiting outside, and after some further resistance we got to the station. I then searched his lodgings, but found nothing there relating to the charge. I apprehended O'Keefe the same night, but he did not offer any resistance. Thomas Hallcut, 181 —I have been engaged watching the publichou;;e kept by Kavanagh for about three months. I have seen English, Mul vany, 07Keefe, Timothy Desmond, and occasion ally William Desmond visit the house. Some of them came to it nightly. English and Alulvany were the most constant . visitors. have on many occasions seen the whole of the pH- Boners now present. I was with Sergeant Cole when he arrested English. He was very violent, and before he could get him out Bunce had to strike English with his staff. By Mr. Lewis—l have heard that the house was used by the tailors during the strike. Sir T. Henry—The strike was all over at this time. By Mr. Harper—l have never been in the house except on the occasion of the arrest of English. I have frequently spoken to English during the time I have been engaged watching, but I never talked to him about Fenianism. I heard some oue cry out Now, boys, for the revolvers, but I can't say it was by English. I don't know that the police in that neighbourhood carried revolvers. I did not do so, neither did any of the constables that I know of. M.r. Poland —That, sir, is as far as I propose to go to-day, and I now have to ask for another remand. Sir T. Henry—Certainly. The prisoners are remanded for a week. Mr. Lewis applied that Alulvany might be ad mitted to bail, but his request was at once refused. PALESTINE EXPLORATION FUND. The Dean of Westminster preached on Saturday afternoon at the church of St. Lawrence, Jewry, to a crowded and attentive congregation, in aid of the Palestine Exploration Fund. The Dean chose his text from Isaiah li. 1—" Look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and the hole of the pit whence ye are digged." After referring to the earliest exploration of Jerusalem, which had taken place shortly after this prophecy first appeared--that by Nehemiah, when he arrived from Babylonia, and in the dead of the night had gone through the ruins of the city and the Temple—the Dean' spoke of the charac teristic tendency of the age to investigate and probe everything to the bottom, to go down to the. native rock, and reach the living source of history, tradition, or topography, a tendency of which the present exploration of Palestine was the natural and inevitable result. Much as the Holy Laud had been visited from the West, its accurate investiga tion was a thing of very recent •existence: It had begun, in fact, only with that lamented member of the American churches, Dr. Rubinson, who was the first to travel there with his eyes open to what ever there was to see and hear, in connection with sacred topography, and of whose labours, we may add in passing, so brilliant and profitable a use has been made by Dr. Stanley himself. What had been done already for the upper surface and the general aspect of the country it was now intended to do for its original soil, long buried beneath the accumula tions of so many ages, races, and generations—to do, in fact, what has already been done at Pompeii, Rome, Egypt, and Nineveh. Of such investiga tions Jerusalem was the natural centre, and here the Dean mentioned three results which he thought might reasonably be hoped from the present un dertaking :-1. A monument of the Old Testa ment of peculiar and special interest, the catacomb containing the tombs of David and the Kings of Judah, the prototype of the royal tombs of the mo dern world. It alone of all tombs was permitted to be within the walls of the city. In it, around the central cell of the founder, were grouped nearly all the kings of his line—his wise son Solomon, his great successors Asa and Jehoshaphat, with the High Priest Jehoiaaa, the one personage of hum bler rank who had been allowed a place there. Apart from anything that might be found in 'the tombs, its discovery would be of immense value as fixing the position of the " City of David." The last time it was seen was when Herod the Great broke into it in search of treasure ; but there could be no reasonable doubt that it was still buried beneath the rubbish, and still recoverable. 2. Another monument was the " Holy Sepulchre." The church in which this was shown had been the centre of pilgrimage and crusade for many a century, but latterly the feeling had very much cooled to wards it. Many considerations tended to throw doubt on the present position, and the question ought to be cleared up, which it would only be by excavation of the course of the walls. 3. There were the natural features of the old Jerusalem, and here the Dean spoke of the discovery which had been already made by the Palestine Exploration Fund, by which the enormous depth of those sacred walls had been for the first time revealed, the accuracy of Josephus substantiated, and a new force given to the narrative of the temptation of Christ. The Dean then went on to urge the importance of proceeding with the undertaking. The men were there. They were practised in their work and alive to all the bear ings on the subject. The Imperial Government of the East was favourable ; everything encouraging. Let the opportunity slip and it might never return, or if it did the whole trouble and cost incurred would have to be repeated. Never let it be said that in this Bible-loving country a work had been relin quished that bore so closely on that Book which was called in the Coronation service " the most valuable thing which the world contains." " Let us show a hundredth part of the spirit of our fore fathers in this matter, and we shall possess the Holy Land in a far truer sense than they did. We are, not fulfilling the mission of our age as long as' we allow hole or corner of that land or city to remain unexplored." The Dean concluded an eloquent and forcible appeal by a touching reference to the late Duke de Luynes, a nobleman who by his own unassisted efforts had done more for the elucida tion of the geography of Palestine than all the con tributions of this country. OYSTERS.—OId custom h.ts prescribed the trans • mission of a barrel of oysters by the London agent to each of his country clients on Christmas-day. We doubt if it can be continued, at least it will impose a very grievous burden upon the giver. Oysters are scarce, and their price almost prohibitory. The barrel formerly charged at 5s is now 215. In such circumstances the country solicitors will excuse their agents if the package should not arrive as usual. A turkey would be literally sending coals to Newcastle. Is there nothing else ? Yes. The grocer will supply the most tasteful baskets of dried fruits, and that would be no unwelcome substitute.—Lew Times. ST. ALBANS OPEN STEEPLECHASE. —Chimuoy Sweep was struck out of this race at 11.35 a.m., and Northern Light at 1 p.m., on Friday last. CRYSTAL PALACE. —One Shilling Day, Monday, Dec. 30. 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