The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-25 00:00:00

i f 4T. 24. ~ rounds ?rincess Lorning , ss 1 10- v LadY cordon , )raycot, ;ouotess ?rinces3 ;nests of froul by ilia nee au a Shrew's' 3countes3 I f amilY ly to the yn have arrived ed on 3 s d e n, at ►as been iol C. 1 . 1 . r. R. J. Natural pdhaw, in pear erations tained 3 and M r • Science not 00 all clec-.. f 0.0 _ o value of for fiv e s of ag e ' icated in ye ars, •shipal if lualifie d day pos, one the Re v ; 3 sons °' , evon _ • of suf" bout re :3r Exhi ndidato day, th° ; irons 431 ' , ust givo 3SiSt3LICe A To d° ving 0C 0 United - 365 w as ly abov° but als ° re year'' e in tb° ad it was one Y ear the Pr e ; gales °' Noveal.- r- • Of t l3l° he 211°5- , Tanua r Y; dal 6 * seriot lsl /, damaged leo AND IMItIeE.RCIAL This being Christmas-day, business on the Stock Exchange was entirely suspended. BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. YESTERDAY. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ° Per ()enc. Consols , Do. Account, "P'n• Cent. Reduced No w 3 per Cent 92i 1 'Now 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — per Cen i. c an. 1873 — nnuities' 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 18 80 — Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1 885 — ~ Do (Red Sen. Telek,raph), Au„ 1908 — zitchcquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2& 21 per Ct. Lo £5OO — pm ~, Do. £lOO & £2OO —pm auk of England Stock, 41 per Cent — Do. Account 1 — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian stock, 101 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 — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cont.,. May 1879 — Do. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 1882 — Do Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 ....„ 105 k Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £1,000 Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent D. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 76 i 6 Do. £lOO Bonds — Buenos Ayres 6 pr Cent. — Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cuba, 6 per Cent. C,ihan 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent — Do. 6 per Cent, B . Do., 1867 Do., 7 per Cent., 1866 — Do., Scrip' £32 paid C , mbian, 6 per Cent. Danish 3p n - Cent., 1825 3 3 knubian Principalities, 7 per Cent 641 Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — Lluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — egyptia, , , 7 per Cent 864 11(7). SeCnLid Issue — D ~ /25!i0 Ronds Do. £lOO Bonds BB4 Do 1861 Do. .£5 )0 Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds ..•.• GoverniLmit Railway Dolwiltures .... 93 creek, 5 per Cent., 1821-5, ex Coups — Do. Account , .. 12i .Do. Coupons Do. Account - 0- iatemala 3 per Coat .. — It , ;i:c...: 5 per Cc.: t., 1863 — Do, Account . -)o. Maremmana itaiway — 1 1'3XiCat. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 7l Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — Roluovidwau C per Cent. . — tioorish Itnperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Laad Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account 73 21 31. Do 41 por Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cont., 1862 Do Account P•Jrtuguose 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,' 39i 1 Rassian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B6 1- Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds — Do. do. £B4 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds B7l 1 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Sardinian, 5 per Cent 74 Spanish 3 per Cen _ 7 Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — Do Acc*ant Do Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent., 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1838 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Du £lOO Bonds 6.)A -4. Do. 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 331 DJ Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 5ll Da 1 per Cent., Guarantewd Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — DJ Accc;unf, — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cont. 1864 — Dividends on the above payable in Londol. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins 13 01gian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil,, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Itaßau 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 924 Do. Account •.. 924 STATE OF TRADE• MANCHESTER, Dec. 24.—The yarn and cloth market has been exceedingly dull and inactive, with prices a good deal depressed. In shipping yarns there has been very little business, and spinners have found that to effect sales they would have to take lower prices. Yarns suitable to the Continental markets have been in some request, at prices rather below current rates ; but sellers, as a rule, adhere to their own quotations, and but little trade has resulted. For China yarn the market has been languid. Spinners are holding with more steadiness to their quotations for these goods, believing that prices will not go much lower, notwithstanding a decline of *d. to ed. per lb. since the close of last Week in cotton. Cop yarns for the home trade have not been in general demand. Yarns suitable for India shirtings—such as 32's twist and 30's to 40's Weft—have been in fair request, but other descrip tions have been neglected. There has not been much done in cloth. Flat as the cloth market generally is at Christmas it ►s duller and quieter than usual, and there is a tendency to lower prices. The India and China advices are bad, and it transpires that heavy losses have been incurred in these markets, so that merchants here are a good deal discouraged, and refrain from making Offers. Cloths generally are flat, and prices weaker. Alessrs. John Slagg and Co. report of the cloth market :—" We have to report a very quiet week, with a tendency to lower prices ; but as manufac turers are mostly engaged, there is not much pres sure to sell. Usually at this period of the year very little business is transacted, and this may to some extent account for the want of animation which now characterises our market." CARDIFF, 23.—The steam coal proprietors of the district are doing a fair amount of business, prin cipally on foreign account, and, if expectations are realised, requirements will gradually increase from some of the:markets. Advices from the East confirm previous reports that, despite the rather large sup plies sent out there, stocks are by no means heavy. Freights are moderately well maintained, although there is no particular activity evinced, the tonnage offering being equal to the wants of shippers. Coal rates to Aden are quoted 455. per ton ; Bombay, 40 s. ; Mauritius, 325. ; and Alexandria, 16s. 6d. French houses continue large purchasers, Nantes, Marseilles, Rouen, and Havre being among the principal markets. The trade is chiefly carried on iti French vessels, which are able to accept lower r ates than British ships. For the West Indies there is a moderate demand, and to the South 4-tuerican markets the shipments have been about the average. Iu house qualities business is comparatively quiet, and quotations have not 111 Proved. usual dulness is evinced in all b ranches of the iron trade, and at the works em i'LlTri,,nt keeps irregular. Tin plates are selling slowly, and prices show a downward tendency. LEEDS, 21T1L—The markets in the cloth-halls t his morning have been almost of a nominal eharacter. The few buyers present were indis posed to do almost any business, except on ve ry advantageous terms. The market, indeed, w asquite of a holyday character to-day, being the gay before th e grea t Ch r i s tia n holyday of the year l lough there is a quiet feeling throughout the woollen cloth trade of this town and district, there is rather more business doing than we had to re port a m ou th ago, an d a f ee li ng o f hopefulness th at there w ill b e a f urt h er i mprovemen t in the e nsuing month generally prevails. - a SHARE LIST.. - yre Railways, at Bristol and Exeter ' at Caledonian at f..), niurian ore and Bandon 20 1 sorn wall at 1 üblin & Belfast June , st i un„Perth, & Ab. June 1 100 'll London, scrip Ce:n Do. et Glasgow &S. Western at IGreat Eastern,Ord.stk. st Do. E. &ugh at. No. 'l, et Great North of Suotlan4 at Great Northern at Du. A stock .. st Do. B stock at Do. New, is. at 25 pm at iGt S, and W. of Ireland at IGt. Western -Original at Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. st Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.—OXlOrd at Do. Newport at Do. Hereford at Lancashire r Yorkshire st Condon and Blackwall at 11 1 k .0n., Brigh., & S Coast at -on., Chat., and Dover at Do. Metrop. Ex. A at Lod, It North Western at Lon. & South Western at Man., She)., & Lincoln st Metropolitan ..... at Do. New st Do. Extension at I Metropolitan District. 20 t Do. do. do. 10 Do. and St. John's W 'cl at Midland Do. L 9 Share at Do, Birmin.. & Derby _... Ll ' Aid Kent .. 3t North British 9t Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 15 Do. (.1.1.4•1; purohast . 3t Do. Leeds st Do. York s t D&. Carlisle st Do. tock. & Darling. 25 Do. do. 1860-61 st North London Do. do. 1861 5 . 10 Do. do. 1866 . st North Staffordshire st cl. &S. W. Junction t pcottish Central - ,Bcut. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. titUCK tt Shropshire Union st 6outh Devon st iSoutti Eastern 20 'Staines, Wok., & Wok st rad' Vale 10 Do. C - -- ale of Neath Wateriord jiilkenuy 10 Waterloo ..S6 Wintella Nest iCJI Alil - ,dAibLES AND sTuer. Cloeiag Prix. SI - 83T 73 73i 20 30 2 4 74 76 76 72 95 07 3ii 31; 7 8 15 6 10/ 63 110 111 123 145 96 96 11 14 25 30 20 31 121 122 BO 41 18 19 1131 1111 7& 77 44 151 115 117 44 i 1 105 105 - - I 102 1021, 70 72 33 35 984 94 61 VO )2 130 132 113 115- 1 lip 5) 61 110 112 L 6 47 42 14 67 671 Si 9} 145 :50 West 1 ;ornw,,,, I BRITISII MINES. Cam. Consol. uold, ilia. 1 5 5 Chi ver ton A.;iiiTord Amalg-amated 3O 51 6 4 ;Devon G. CODS. (Tavist 1 4.0 430 - I.irake walls East Bassett (Illogan) 291 10 12 East Caradon 2.14.6 b. 6 East Carn Brea 3l 2 24 East Grenville ..... 2.14. 0 1 j 2 East Gunnislake 5.3. t, a 4 East Love/1 3.0.0 8 9 A"1 Eassell Cravistl: 11.7.6 11 2 StAubyu(G weu.l u 6 4 5 4 ~treat LAxey, Ihnit,A i all 17 15 Great South I'olgus 1 0.11.0 Great Wheal du.sy 1 s. Wheal Vor (heist .51 i 0 17 19 • i1.1.6 11 14 derod's loot; 5.10.0 35 37 llingston Downs •;.10.6 21 2/ Aargaret (Uny Le1ant,13.17.6 6 b ilarke Valley. I 4.10.6 41 51 4 Ilwyndy Iron Ore, 31 21 1/ _.A e - .v S ton ...... 5(1/ 6q 73 North loekear .4.W11 Bassettallogan 1.4.0 .tiorth Wheal Crotty l'rosper United 8.11.0 2 21 Prividenoe ,UnyLelant 10.6.7 29 31 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 390 410 South Condurrow 1.2.0 1 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 371 424 ,itray Park . 35.15.6 4 6 Pin Croft..... .......•• 9 13 14 Vigra and Clog - an, lim all - West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Llskeard 1: 10 .2 West Chiverton ll 66 08 West Wheal Bassett (Illog - an, 51 85 95 Wheal Buller (Itedruth l 16 16 1-9 Wheal glary Ann (Men.' 8 18 20 Wheal Seton Wheal TrelaWuey (Lis. 5.17.0 6 8 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 19., lAt l an tio&St.Lawreneel all 53 65 1 llom.,Baroda, &Cen.ln.l 100 1(.4 1(5 t, gu. 5 per cent... 40 Do. F shares lO p 1p ,04 Buffalo & Lake Huron all 34 4 10 Do. Preference too 1 Butl.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. i 872-3-1 luo 68 71 st Calcutta &S. E., Um lOO et ,:at e Town & Dock, gu. 100 18 52 Ou Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 99 102 3t t , :ast. Bengal, gu., sdo 10U (3 10 4 st East Lillian, gu. 5 p.e. 100 110 1104 1114 1 4 20 Do. J Extension st .rand Tr uuk oi Can ad , 100 17 18 100 Du. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge ( 1 p.c all e 3 85 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 5o 52 100 Do. do deferred ... ail too De. 2d Pref. Bonds., all tO 45 100 Do. do. deterred - too Do. 3d Pref. stock all 32 34 100 Do. do. deterred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deterred st .'4t. India Pen. gua. sp.e. 100 107 108 109} 4 93 0. Gua. 5 per cent lB 2j , 20 00. New gua. sp. c 6 2 0 st ti t. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent st D-,. 41 per cent lOu 92 94 st Do 204 .;reat Wes. of Canada all 154 154 11 17 204 Do. New .. 100 Do. op. c 1.145. pay. 1873 all 95 97 100 Do. 56 do. pay. 1877-8.. all 85 87 10 Indian Branch, limited 3 t id st Madras, gua. 5 p.o .... 100 100 102' at Do. 48 do lOO 93 95 st Do. 43 do lOO 89 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 st Xelb. Cor. 6p. c. Ends. 100 50 , lel. & llobaon's Bay all et .111.C'da,6poletpf.bs 100 83 85 st Scinde 100 100 101 104 st Do. Delhi 1 g 0; . 100 1004 1014 20 DO. do ice.' (ls * }p st I Do. Pun;aub p-s i 100 99 IUU at i Do.lndus St.Flo' e 4 1 10 85 87 .o LoSIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITiE. , 7.----Britiab Columbia, 6 purl Icent., Deo. 3 1 , 1872 . ...I 109 oan.Uov.6 p.c.Ja.&Julyi 1877-84 - o. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug 'l , 0 101 103 103 o. sp. 0. Mar. & Sept' 100 101 103 11)o. sp. o. Jan. & July, 100 90 92 91 IDo. sp. c. Inscribed tall 100 89 91 1 10 0 8 4 ' Cape oo.A p (ii . .. li st °J o e l. , 6 18 p 9 . 0 c 1 1 19 87 0 3 0 H 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 c 2 0 Do. do 1880-90 100 104 106 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 107 109 Do. 5 per Dent. 15 April, and 15 Oct., 1900 1 100 05 ?,7 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p i 100 - Do. 1878, do lOO 11) 1104 Mauritius, 6p. fa, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov.lB lOu 105 107 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 107 109 Natal , iov. 6 per cent lOO IC4 106 N.B.GovAp.c.Ja.&July I 100 103 105 N. S.W. Gov.s p•c.,18661 100 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 98 99 93! , DO. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 100 974 934 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p.c. sterling, 1875 l9O 102 1048 ueensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 103 1(6 104 .Aus.Gov. 6 px.1868-9 100 DO. 1878 & upwards lOO 110 ill Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. & July 100 _ Do. do, April & Oot lOO 110 112 111 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 94 riCSFEILENUE SHAKES. rare at Eastern, E. Counties EL, No. 2, 75 Gr eat Northern, s;per cent. rd. at 10 per cent. pm., 105, PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and North-Western, 5 per cent., 10:4 South Eastern, 5 per mut. Charing-cross, 1883, 92 FOLULJGN LiALLWAY:. Dutch Rhenish, 201 Ditto, 24 1 Ditto, new, 21 Great. Luxembourg'. 8; Mexican, lim,, 4 1-16 FOREIGN MINES, Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, f Don Pedro, Numb. Del 'Rey, 21 pni Port Phillip, 11 Rossa Grande, 6 Yudanamutana of South Australia, lira.. 1 ' BANSEI; Agra, lim., A, Australasia, 61 Bank of ,tago, lira., 5} 4 Imperial Ottoman, 91 London and River Plate,— . Ditto, new, 11 London Chartered Bank. of Australia, 232 London Joint Stock, 35 Ditto, new, 23 London and ,1 estminster, 6.34:1 Midland Bank, Urn., 191 4 New South Wales, 4'? 51 Union of Australia, 514 Anglo American Telegraph, 19 k g - i.- .rlexican Stint, 16 Atlantic leleL;raph, o, S par cent., Sit Bombay Gas, lim., Ditto, ue N, 2i Cre lit ~ o rteier at En , rlann. lirn . 3 3-16 I , :bbw Vale, tO, 1,1, 3 7 1)tiarl 9 per Cent, Viceroy Loan, gua. by Egypt. Gay., 9 _ . Ditto, Serip, 1k Credit and Discount, lint.. 5 1-16 nternatioual rinancal society, iim., 2 11-16 Peninsula and Oriental Stcont, 5j 5 Ditto, new, 1867,51 Royal ALAI,' Steam. 621 Telegraph Construct. and Mal itenance, lira., 15 Thames awl Alersey Nlarino, insurance, 11 n., 41 United Kingdom Telegraph Co., am., si Upper Aseani rea, hill , 1, PRESENTS TO SUIT EVERY PURPOSE, TASTE, AND POCKET AT PARKINS AND GOTTo'B.—Photographic Albums a choice of 3,000 ; despatch boxes, writing cases, dressing eases, travelling bags, envelope cases, blotting books, ink stands, desks, book slides, work boxes, tea caddies, hand bags and reticules, card cases, purses, stationery cabinets, scent bottles, albums for postage stamps, crests, Svc.; oigar oases, card baskets, pocket books, electro-gilt and elegantly mounted articles. Bibles, Prayer-books, and Church Ser vices, in every type. Parkins and Gotta, 25, Oxford /Amt. Thousands of the above articles, all perfectly new and fresh, consequent upon a rapid sale.-14iDrr.) trates will attend at the following times and places SPECIAL CONSTABLES. for the purpose of swearing in - such special con stables, viz. :—At the Magistrates'•room, Crooms hill, Greenwich, on Friday and Saturday next, from 5 to 7 p.m. ; at the Sydenham Police-station on Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. ; at the District Board of Works, Lewisham, on Saturday, from 5 to 7 p.m. ; at the Police-station, High-road, Lee, on Friday and Saturday, from 5 to 7 p.m. ; and on Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday next, at the Town-hall, Woolwich, from 7to 8.30 p.m. Yesterday after noon 100 artisans from Doptford dock and victual ling yards attended at the Greenwich Police-court and were sworn, this being the first portion of some 300 or 400 who will be sworn in from the same It is now estimated that upwards of 30,000 spe cial constables have been sworn in throughout the metropolis. In Marylebone the numbers exceed 3,000, in St. Pancras they are nearly 4,000, and in Paddington close upon 2,000 have enrolled them selves. An aggregate meeting of the special con stables enrolled for St. Pancras took place on Mon day evening at St. Pancras Vestry-hall, for the purpose of selecting officers and organisation. Mr. Francis Healey, J.P., chairman of the bench, and many of the local magistrates were present, and the spacious vestry-hall, calculated to accommo date 2,000 people, was densely crowded. Mr. Healey, J.P., was called to the chair, and Mr. Jonathan Salter, the chairman of the Committee of Works, having been appointed chief superinten dent for the whole parish, it was resolved to divide it into five districts, each having a police station as its centre—viz., for Kentish-town, the police station in Kentish-town-road ; for Highgate, the police station at Highgate ; Regent's Park district, police station, Albany-street; Brunswick-square district, police station, Hunter-street ; Somers town, police station, Platt-street. A neat white riband and buckle, with the initial letters " St. P. P. M." (St. Pancras parish, Middlesex), in old English capitals, were then served out together with the staves. Mr. Salter and Mr. Wyatt, J.P., addressed the meeting, and a resolution was unanimously adopted, amid loud and voci ferous cheering, denouncing the attempt of the aider and abettor of Fenianism, Finlan, and his accomplices, to hold a meeting on Sunday at Clerkenwell-green, lauding the Government for preventing the meeting, and pledging all present to support them in a determination to uphold the law and put down with a strong arm the sedition which such gatherings were calculated to produce. As a conclusion of the proceedings, the whole assembly, as if by one sudden impulse, after giving three cheers for the Queen, simultaneously sang in ex cellent time and emphasis " God Save the Queen," and at its conclusion again gave three ringing cheers for her Majesty. Sir James Hamilton, J.P., yesterday swore in at the Stafford-street School rooms 400 specials for the district of Christ Church, Marylebone, and strongly denounced Fenianism, for which he was much applauded. Mr. Wadeson, of St. Pancras, also swore in the whole of the employes of the Imperial Gasworks at King's-cross. Up to last evening about 2,700 persons in all had been sworn in at Guildhall to act as special con stables for the city of London, the oath having been administered to upwards of 1,000 during yesterday alone. At 9 o'clock in the morning Alderman Sir establishments during the next few days. Mr. Paget has been engaged for the last two days in swearing in special constables for the metropoli tan police district. Large numbers of respectable tradesmen and others from Ratcliff, Mile-end Old- ,own, Limebouse, Bromley by Bow, Shadwell, Wapping, Aldgate, St. George's-in-the-East have been enrolled. The Rev. Mr. Kingsford, rector of Shadwell, who was accompanied by many of his parishioners and by Mr. Mellish, the vestry clerk, was sworn in on Monday. Yesterday evening a tradesman named Cox and all his workmen pre sented themselves before Mr. Benson, and requested his worship to swear them in as special constables. Mr. Benson saidahe would do so immediately, and complimented both master and men on their patrio tic spirit. On Monday evening the 7th Tower Hamlets Rifles, under the command of Captain Donald Muuro, marched to the court, preceded by their band, to be sworn in, and while the names and addresses of the men were being taken down he band played several patriotic tunes, terminat . _ ing with " God Save the Queen," which was fol lowed by the most enthusiastic cheers from the populace, mixed with cries of " Down with the Fenians !" Silence having been restored, the swear ing in of the men, who were in their ordinary dress was proceeded with in court, and each Volunteer was provided with a warrant and a staff. Upwards of 300 well-disciplined men were sworn in. Capt. Munro then addressed the magistrate, and said he had to tender an apology for detaining him to so late an hour. Many of the Volunteers were me- chanics, whose work did not terminate until 7 and 8 o'clock, and they could not attend at an earlier hour. All the men belonging to his corps wished to show their loyalty and desired to preserve the peace of the country, and would attend to their duties as special constables at any time their ser vices were required. Mr. Paget said it would ill become him to complain of any amount of time and labour which he could give to the assistance of her Majesty's Government at this critical juncture, while tradesmen, mechanics, and others were com ing forward in such overwhelming numbers to pre serve the peace of the country. The Volunteers must recollect that the duties of special constAbles were purely civil, and not to be confounded with the military duties of the Volunteers. The habits of regularity, discipline, and self-reliance formed by the Volunteer discipline would make them useful auxiliaries if their services were required as special constables. He thanked Capt. Mouro for his attend ance, and he was sure the country would hear with great satisfaction of the loyalty and patriotism of the corps under his command. The Volunteers, each armed with a truncheon, were again formed in marching order, and proceeded with their comman der through Stepney and Limehouse to their head-quarters. The people on the line of march, believing the7th Tower Hamlets Rifles were actually on their way to meet the Fenians, cheered them loudly, and there were cries from all quarters of " Down with the Fenians ; don't spare them ; drive them into the river." Yesterday evening two county magistrates attended at the Town-hall, Limehouse, to sw ear in special constables. A large and enthusiastic meeting of special con stables was held on Monday evening at the Red Lion Hotel, Putney, for the purpose of electing a supe rintendent and deputy superintendents for that parish. Mr. A. F. Jackson, churchwarden, and a loyal Irishman, was in the chair. Mr. Jackson, who is a lieutenant in the 7th Surrey Rifles, was unanimously elected superintendent; Mr. Aubrey Paul, deputy superintendent at head-quarters; and eight other gentlemen, deputy superintendents for rallying points. The interest of the meeting was greatly enhanced by the arrival of Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., who was elected, amid loud cheers, one of the deputy superintendents ; and he, in moving a vote of thanks to the chairman, took the opportunity of stating his deep abhorrence and de testation of Fenianism, and the means by which it is attempted to make it successful. Mr. Seymour stated that that morning he had received two letters threatening his life for the appeal which he had re cently made to all loyal Irishmen in the daily newspapers. At the close of the meeting three ring ing cheers were given for Mr. Seymour and all loyal Irishmen. The expenses incurred in providing staves and other necessary articles--for example, armlets—for special constables will be defrayed out of the county rate, in pursuance of an order of justices in special sessions (Ist and 2d of William IV., c. 41, sec tion 13). It may be as well to add that the justices' clerks within any part of the metropolitan police district for which a police-court has been esta blished are prohibited from taking fees for swearing in constables or otherwise by 2d and 3d of Victoria, cap. 71, and it does not appear that any remunera tion has been made by the Treasury to them for performing their duty in that respect. The organisation of snecial constables is proceed ing most satisfactorily, and the public will be glad to hear that general officers have come forward and undertaken James'sthe parishesduties o f of St. supGeeroinrgteen,sde(nit ins n o vtehre (Westminster), and St. Mar . garet and St. John's (Westminster.) Robert Carden and Alderman Causton, accom panied by Mr. Oke, the Chief Clerk at the Mansion House, attended by appointment at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, and swore in upwards of 300 men employed in the establishment in addition to between 400 and 500 to whom the oath bad been previously administered. All the available staff of the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany at their city office were also sworn in during the day, as also the officers and clerks in the London a nd County Bank, and the men employed in many of the large wholesale warehouses, including those of Leaf and Sons, Old 'Change; Brown, Davis, and Co. Pawson and Co., St. Paul's-churchyard ; Taplin and Co., Gresham-street; Ellis, Howell, and Co., St. Paul's-churchyard ; Northcote and Co., Ever ington and Co., Cook and Co., and others. Besides Sir Robert Carden and Alderman Causton, Sir William Rose, Sir Benjamin Phillips, Alderman Gibbons, and Alderman Lawrence alfended as ma gistrates at Guildhall and assisted in the swearing in. Yesterday more of the general public presented themselves at Guildhall for appointment than on any previous day. It has been a subject of remark there that comparatively few persons connected with the Bank of England or with the great banking houses have as yet tendered their services. The magistrates will again sit at Guildhall to-morrow (Thursday), and also on Friday and Saturday, be tweeze the hours of 12 and 3 each cliy, for the pur pose of administering the oath to such of the citizens as may present themselves. It may save inconve nience to state that all persons under the age of 21 are inadmissible. At a numerous meeting of special constables held to elect their officers at the vestry hall, Piccadilly, on Monday evening, the following appointments and arrangements were made :—General superin tendent, Lieutenant-General Frederick Johnston, Albany, Piccadilly; deputy general superintendent Captain George Blane, R.N., Army and Navy Club Pall-mall; superintendent of the constables in Pall mall ward, Captain M'Neill, R.N., 43, Pall-mall— rallying point, Waterloo-place ; superintendent of the constables in Church ward, Mr. Robert Ruth ven Pyrn, Bank of England, Burlington-gardens rallying point, St. James's-churchyard, Piccadilly ; superintendent of the constables in Golden-square ward, Captain J. T. Wimperis, St. George's Rifle Volunteers, 25, Sackville-street—rallyiug point, Golden-square ; superintendent of constables in Great Marlborough ward, Colour Sergeant George Griffiths, Queen's (Westminster) Rifle Volunteers, 28, King-street, Golden-square--rally ing point, Broad-street, Golden-square ; secretary, J. Oldfeld Phippard, orderly sergeant of the St. James's company of the Queen's (Westminster) Rifle Volunteers, Vestry-hall, Piccadilly. On the call of General Johnston, three hearty cheers were given for the Queen. At the Vestry-offices, St. Paul's, Covent-garden (late Old Hummums Hotel), the swearing-in of special constables was continued throughout yester day, from 10 to 4. Mr. Henry White was in the chair the whole time, Mr. J. G. Stilwell, Mr. E. Antrobus, and Sir John Thwaites also attended. 591 have been sworn in up to the present time, and arrangements have been made for the same magis trates to sit at the above place from 11 to 4 on Friday. The whole have been subdivided into divi sions and sections ; deputy superintendents an assistant superintendents have been appointed to each ; and their names and addresses, as also those of the special constables in their respective divisions, have been returned to Lieut.-Colonel Ewart, the Government officer appointed to organise the special constables. Yesterday Mr. Henry Pownall and Mr. J. F. W. de Salis, two of the magistrates f94.the county of Middlesex, attended, by request of 'the authorities, at the British Museum, and administered the oath to between 300 and 400 of the members of the establishment, workmen, bookbinders, and labourers, who will be fully prepared to act in the event of any emergency requiring their services. Yesterday a Bench of magistrates, Mr. R Tubbs, chairman, met at the Vestry-hall, Ken sington, and with the assistance of Mr. R. Green, the vestry clerk, swore in, during the day, about 150 persons as special constables, many of them being the more influential inhabitants of the pa rish. It has been arranged for two magistrates to meet in the National Schools at Brompton, on Tuesday afternoon next, and also in the evening, at the Vestry-hall, for the purpose of swearing in other persons. After the swearing in on Tues day evening, a general meeting of the special con stables will be held for the purpose of appointing the officers. It has also been arranged that two magistrates shall meet at Broadway House, Ham mersmith, on Friday and Saturday next, for the purpose of swearing in all well-disposed persons who may wish to serve as special constables. During the last three days the magistrates at the Hammer smith Police Court have sworn in a number of persons ir. batches during the sittings, Mr. Roberts, the vestry clerk of Hammersmith, rendering valu able assistance in the filling up of the forms. Yes terday and on Monday Mr. Dayman sat at the National Schools, Chiswick, and swore in a number of the inhabitants of Acton and Chiswick as special constables. All through the district the movement is met with favour, and the various officials have shown every desire to carry out the recommenda tions of the Home Secretary of State. Yesterday an official intimation was received at the Greenwich Police-court from Mr. C. A. Smith, clerk to the county justices for the division of Black heath, that in order to suit the convenience of per sons residing at a distance who are unable to attend during the usual hours of the sitting at the Green wich and Woolwich Police-courts, the county magis- NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The dockyard and other public establishments at Portsmouth will remain closed for the Christmas holidays from last evening until Friday morning. There is a very considerable amount of work going on at Portsmouth dockyard just at the present time, although none of it may appear to give that dignity to the work of the yard which was one of its most marked characteristics when two and three decked screw steamships occupied its building-slips, docks, and basins. Six out of the 11 docks of the yard are now occupied. No. 2 contains the screw un armoured frigate Curaqoa, of 1,571 tons and 360- horse power, undergoing a thorough repair to hull and machinery, at a minimum estimated cost of £12,000, as a seagoing training screw frigate for naval cadets. No. 3 holds the unarmoured screw frigate Glasgow, of 3,037 tons and 600-horse power, a new frigate now under repairs in the sub stitution of sound for rotten planking, and a vessel that has maintained this state of things as her nor mal condition since about three months after her launch. In No. 4 dock lies the mere shell of an iron vessel from deck line tokeel,stripped of every thing except the engine-room bulkheads. This is all that now remains of the once beautiful iron screw yacht Fairy, for many years the favourite steam yacht of her Majesty and the Royal family. In No. 7 dock the Ringdove, twin-screw guuvessel, 666 tons, and 160-horse power, is fixing her two three-bladed screws on the ends of her screw shafts, , having supporting brackets fixed on the latter under each of the ship's quarters, and otherwise generally completing her fittings and equipment as anew vessel for commission. In No. 10 dock (the Warrior dock) the armoured wood-built screw frigate Royal Oak, 4,056 tons, 800-horse power, Capt. llillyard, has sent everything down from aloft to her lowermasts, has all her gunport shutters stripped off her hull, and is generally in a dismantled state in her pro gress towards a thorough refit. In No. 11 (the Minotaur dock) lies the Hector, armoured iron frigate, 4,039 tons, 800-horse power, that has gone through one commission, and is now being almost reconstructed for another. The most important of • the alterations now being made on board consists • of the enlargement of the gunports, the port and deck fittings for her new armament according to • the Duke of Somerset's Admiralty minute of June, • 1866, and the construction of a double-ported THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1867. armour-plated bulkhead on the extreme after-part THE FENIAN .OUTRAGES. of the upper deck. This latter arrangement will enable two 6!,--ton 7-inch rifled guns to be fought i ' over the ship's stern bohiad an iron-plated battery, The Government has been Obliged to issue proclama tions to prevent funeral processions which had been and firing in a line with her keel. The ship basin arranged to come off in Bantry and Tralec on Sunday, of the yard contains at present but three vessels— ' notwithstanding the suppression of all that had been pre the Waterwitch, armoured, iron, hydraulic propelled viously announced. Rage and disappointment were gunvessel, 777 tons, 167-horse power, Commander e.- .sea by. the sympathising patriots, who consoled Philip R. Sharpe; the Bee, paddle steamer, 42 mselves by ostentatiouiliOnlaying crape and green tons, 10-horse power ; and the Laurel, hulk. The ribands: i and parading the streets as nearly as po-siblein were t ia in e o to f e Fenianism uforc tb Water witch is undergoinga course of alterations and marching order. Some arrests arcmarchingord '' Military son a broughtrg e repairs, including the shifting of her coalboxes fur h) een made at Michelstow n , coun t y C or k, an d o th ers ther aft, &c., and will be finished and ready again for av we're expected. sea in about six weeks' time. The - little Bee is a tender Penny collections for the relief of the families of the of the Excellent, as an instruction vessel for officers ig n who. were executed in Manchester were made in the studying steam, and a very small amount of instruc- various Roman Catholic churches in Cork on Sunday. tion sho must be capable of giving. The Laurel Although sufficient notice had not been given, the 'is a hulk, well known to the seamen of her following sums were contributed :—Cathedral, £l5; s an t d Au Paul's, Majesty's ships in dock at Portsmouth as a vessel S_t_. F s Bidinnßarr's, £9 Gs L sSS* B Peter 9 where they can wash their clothes, and where they " ei s, £l3 2s. 4d. ; St. Mary's, £7 7s. 4d . ; ; St. Patrick's,; sgu i s are also very often made the victims of experi- tin St.i• Francis, £5 103. ; Holy Trinity, £5 153. 4d. ; mental cooking schemes. It is a remarkable fact St. Vincent's, £5 9s. The money will be sent forward to that no sooner does one of her Majesty's ships find Mr. John Martin, who has originated the latest form of itself in dock, or alongside the dock, or alongside Fenian sympathy. While this movement is going for the dockyard, at Portsmouth than down is sure to ward no response whatever has been made to the sugges come an order from the Admiralty for the trial of tion that a declaration of sympathy with the sufferers(' the Clerkenwell outrage should be made. The Penr collection shews the bent of the popular mind in Cork, but it is right to add that there are no accosts of similar collections in any other county. A local paper in advert ing to the matter notices— ,die4 " The zeal displayed by the coTectors, both ladies ana gentlemen, who attended patiently at the church doors through all the services, from seven o'clock in the morning till noon, braving the rigour of the day, which was very inclement, and remaining to the very last hour, the ladies displaying the same devotion in the cause of charity that they had before so admirably shewn in honouring the memory of the dead." The journal in which this appears expresses the utmost surprise and vexation that a prejudice against Irishmen should exist in England. Yesterday the Master Attendant proceeded in the paddle-wheel steam-tug Avon to every ship in harbour, and impressed on the commanding officers the necessity for extra vigilance at this season. All seamen are under arms. The portion of the watch not on active duty lie down in their clothes. The gunboat Redwing, with additional marines, has been moored near the floating store of live shell in St. Germans river. The waste land forming the northern portion of Keyham Steam-yard is now guarded by the military. Bags of sand have been laid near all those parts of the dockyard most exposed to attack by Greek fire. Yesterday a town's meeting was held at Norwich, the Mayor (Mr. J. J. Colman) presiding, to express abhor rence of the atrocious Fenian outrage committed iu Cler kenwell. Mr. F. E. Watson, deputy mayor, moved an address to the Queen, to the effect that the citizens of Norwich had heard with indignation that a band of con spirators, under the name of the Fenian Brotherhood, had perpetrated deeds of violence, attended with loss of life and property, in the two chief cities of the realm, and that the meeting believed that any steps which might be adopted by her Majesty's Government to repress such outrages would be cordially supported by all classes of her Majesty's subjects. The Bishop of Norwich, in support ing the adoption of the address, said he thought all present wculd agree that there were occasions when it was only due to those wbo were entrusted with the execution of the law that the voice of the people should be given itt support of them when they were called upon to put the law in force against those who sought, either by secret conspiracy or open violence, to resist and overthrow it. He believed the present was one of those occasions, and that it was nothing less than our duty to give expres sion to our unabated loyalty to the Throne and Con stitution, and our abhorrence of the treasonable de signs of those who under the name of the Fenian Bro therhood sought to dismember the kingdom, and still more our abhorrence of the abominable and wicked means which they had employed for the accomplishment of those designs. If Ireland had its wrongs and its grievances, let them be inquired into, and if they were found to be real let them be redressed. But Ireland could make her voice heard in both Houses of the Legislature, and let her there plead her cause. The address having been read in extenso by the Mayor, was adopted unanimously, after having been supported by Mr. R. J. H. Harvey, M.P. On the motion of the Sheriff (Mr. R. Fitch), it was fur ther agreed that the Mayor should sign the address on behalf of the meeting, and should then transmit it to the Home Secretary for presentation to her Majesty. Last evening a public meeting of the parishioners of St. Andrew's, Holborn, was held at the Court-house, Hol born, for the purpose of denouncing the late Fenian out rage, and to express sympathy for the sufferers. The Rev. Mr. Blunt, the rector of St. Andrew's, occupied the chair. He said there was an unanimous feeling of indignation at the atrocious outrage at Clerkenwell. They would not rest satisfied till peace was restored to the metropolis. It was high time that every man should ex press his loyalty to the Government, and aid in repres sing the outrages of these miserable traitors. It had, how ever, one good effect, it had united all classes of English men. Sir James Duke moved, "That this meeting desires to express its abhorrence of the Fenian outrage perpetrated at Clerkenwell, and its deep sympathy with those who have been the victims of the explosion." The motion was unanimously carried. Mr. Churchwarden Webb moved. " That this meeting desires to express its readiness to co-operate in all necessary measures for the maintenance of the good order and peace of the metropolis." Mr. Wagstaff seconded the motion. He said that even if Fenianism were successful it would do more harm to Irishmen than to Englishmen. The resolution was carried. It was announced that the Lord Mayor would attend at the Court-house on Tuesday, at two o'clock, to swear in special constables. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. some new scheme of cooking, to carry out which it is necessary to take the dinners of a certain number of men from the ship. In nine cases out of ten the invention utterly fails, and the men lose their dinners or eat them half cooked. The steam basin, which since its construction, now some years since, has been the principal working basin of the yard, contains in it afloat the Resistance, armoured, iron screw frigate, 3,710 tons, 600 horse power, the Royal paddle yacht Osborne, 1,034 tons, 430 horse power ; the Pan dora, 3, unarmoured, screw gunvessel, 426 tons, 80 horse power ; the Avon, unarmoured, composite built, screw gunvessel, 464 tons, 120 horse power the Cracker, unarmoured, composite-built, screw gunvessel, 464 tons, 120 horse power ; and two old and dismantled gunboats that are not worth notice The Resistance is about to be taken in hand for re pairs to hull and machinery, and to refit for another term of commission. We have before alluded to the thinness of this ship's skin and the weakness of her teeth. She will prove a very unsatisfactory kind of vessel to lay out much money upon ; but we do not know what is the sum approved (if there is a sum yet fixed) on her estimates. The Royal Yacht Osborne is to be paid out of commis sion, as her defects of hull are of a very extensive character under her boilers and midships generally, and they will take some time for their repairs. The machinery of the Osborne is being taken out preparatory to her being placed in dock. To keep her crew together, for it must be evident to every one that the crew of a Royal yacht is composed of a special class of men, and are subject to a rather dif ferent training than is experienced on board an ordinary man-of-war, the Admiralty might turn the officers and crew over from the Osborne to the Royal Sovereign, and send the famous turret ship on guard duty in the Solent during the stay of the Queen and the Royal family at the Isle of Wight. The Pandora is an unarmoured, single-screw gunvessel of 426 tons, 80 horse power, and three guns. She has been completed in a thorough repair to hull and engines, after serv ing a term of foreign service, and is now complet ing her outfit and rig for a fresh commission. With her 80-horse power engines she is, of course, any thing but a fast vessel under steam. The Avon is a composite-built, twin-screw gunvessel, of 464 tons, 120-horse power, and two guns ; the Cracker is a twin-screw gunvessel of similar tonnage and engine-power to the Avon, but is built entirely of wood, as is the Ringdove, in No. 7 dock. All three vessels have been very handsomely and efficiently rigged as three-masted schooners, and all three will be 11-knot vessels under steam on their trials. They have been constructed from the designs of the prerent Chief Constructor of the Navy. On the building-slips of the yard there are only small vessels, wood and composite unar moured vessels —the Sirius, the Magpie, the Llk, and another small gun-vessel. The Sirius is a sister vessel to the Danae, put through her trials over the measured mile at Portsmouth last week. She has a tonnage of 1,268, and will be fitted with single-screw engines of a nominal power of 360- horse. She will make a mean speed over the mea sured mile, at her load line dranght of water, of 131- knots with full-boiler power, and of 114 knots with half-boiler power. She is like all the other vessels on the slips, building from designs by the Chief Constructor, Mr. E. J. Reed. The Magpie is a single screw gunvessel of 663 tons and 160-horse power, wood-built throughout. The . Elk is a twin screw gunvessel, composite built, of 464 tons and 120-horse power. Both will have good speed. The work going on in the various workshops of the yard, the steam factory, iron and brass foundries, smitheries, joiners and pattern, shops, wood and saw mills, stores, &c., is, of courie, of h very ex tensive character, more especially in the steam fac tory, where the machinery taken out of the different ships is all taken in hand for repairs, but any at tempted description of this portion of the work going on in the various shops and stores of the yard would be much too lengthy, nor indeed would it be necessary, for our present brief notice of the doings inside the walls of Portsmouth Dockyard. The measures taken to guard Portsmouth dock yard and the shipping afloat in its harbour, toge ther with the several public establishments in the part and garrison, are of fully as stringent a cha racter as those referred to in The Sun of Monday last as having been adopted at Devonport. Indeed, similar regulations are understood to have been adopted by order in every seaport, garrison, and other national establishments throughout the United Kingdom. The Fox, screw storeship, Staff Commander Luke, is alongside Portsmouth dockyard shipping the stores and fittings returned from the Buffalo, steamship, No. 17, of the Abyssinian mule transport flotilla. The Simoom, screw transport, Capt. J. B. Lethbridge, is lying off in the harbour, alongside her hulk, and is again ready for sea. A naval court-martial assembled yesterday on board her Majesty's ship Victory at Portsmouth for the trial of prisoners. The court was under the presidency of Captain F. B. Seymour, C.8.,A.D.C., to the Queen, of her Majesty's ship Victory. Mr. James M'Master, engineer, serving on board her Majesty's ship Warrior, was placed on his trial on charges of having absented himself from the War rior at Lisbon on one occasion, and of having been drunk and incapable of performing his duty on another occasion. The Court found both charges proved, and sentenced the prisoner only, out of con sideration of his previous good character, to' be severely reprimanded, and to lose all his former services. James Granton, seaman, serving on board the Minotaur, was next placed on his trial on a charge of striking a corporal of the police of the same ship. The prisoner pleaded guilty, but said that he did it under great provocation. The Court sentenced the prisoner to receive 48 lashes and to be afterwards imprisoned for two years in Lewes gaol. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Sub-Lieut. Hon. F. C. Las celles, to the Research, as supernumerary ; C. J. Barlow, 11. H. Barnard, and F. H. Barnet*, mid shipmen, to the Pylades ; Thomas Hockings, pay master, to the St. Vincent ; Henry Wm. Arlidge, paymaster, to the Dasher; J. W. Ozzard, paymaster, to the Irresistible ; NV. J. R. Hall, paymaster, to the Excellent ; James Towell, paymaster, to the Cumberland ; C. M. B. Whyte, assistant-clerk, to the Zealous, additional, for disposal ; Owen Douglas and William Green, first-class assist.-engineers, to the Rattlesnake, for disposal ; and W. C. Amos, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, additional, for service in the Vivid. THE FERNDALE EXPLOSION.—After an inquiry, extending over eleven days, the coroner's jury have re turned the following verdict :—" We have come to the con clusion that the deceased met their deaths by an explosion of gas in the Ferndale Colliery on N9v. 8. We believe the explosion took place in consequenc(of a great accumula tion of gas in certain workings of the colliery, and this accumulation we attribute to the neglect of Mr. Williams, the manager, and his subordinate officers, and by this gas being fired by one or more of the colliers carelessly taking off the tops of their lamps and working with naked lights. We' n t ch regret that the proprietors of the colliery did t permit the' deputation from the Miners' National Assoc tion to go into the pit, especially as the coroner gave them a letter of recommendation, with a view of their being allowed to go down. We are of opinion that the inspection of collieries, as hitherto practised, has entirely failed as a preventative to accidents of this kind, and we recommend that all collieries should be henceforth inspected .by a competent person at least once in every three months. We further recommend that all col lieries should be provided with scientific instruments for measuring the quantity and quality of the air passing through the colliery, and that a daily record should be kept of the same. Also that a register of the daily report of the firemen be kept in the office of each colliery, and that a register of the names of every person who de scends into the pit be also kept." The coroner expressed his concurrence with the terms of the verdict, which he thought entirely met the circumstances of the case. He asked whether the negligence should be considered ordi nary or criminal. If the latter, it would amount to man slaughter. The jury thought that as the manager was dead they wished it to be considered " ordinary." AN UNREPORTED RAILWAY ACCIDENT . Mr. Maurice Grant writes to the Times :—" I left London on Saturday last with my family by the 2.45 express train from Euston for Manchester, and when we had arrived within a short distance of Bletchley Junction we suddenly experienced a severe jerk, and the train came to a standstill. On jumping out I found we had come into collision with a goods train, which, instead of being turned on to the branch line, through some blundering had been run on to the down-rails, thus placing in extreme jeopardy the lives of hundreds of passengers. Fortu- nately no mischief happened to them beyond a severe shaking and some bruises—l presume, owing to the drivers of the trains (who had to jump off to save their lives) hav ing discovered what had happened in time to reduce greatly the speed of their trains ; but, even as it was, the heavy goods engine was thrown over the embankment like a toy, many of the cattle-trucks were smashed, and a large number of sheep killed. My first thought was to find some of the train officials to run on the line with fog signals and lamps (it was getting dusk) to stop any train following in our wake ; but, so far as I could dis cover, they had neither lamps nor fog signals, so that, if it had not been that we were quite close to the junction (whence I presume they telegraphed back, and so stopped the traffic), it is clear it would have been impossible to prevent a double accident occurring. Happily neither my family nor myself are irj aced ; but for the sake of others I think it right to trouble you with these lines, so that in future no trains may be allowed to leave, even in the daytime and in clear weather, without a proper supply of signal apparatus. I would also sug gest that every train should be provided with a small pocket battery which the guard might affix to the nearest wire, and so telegraph up and down the line, which would be found of the greatest service, and would no doubt be the means of preventing many accidents, besides saving AMP'. Itua:l4 TIIE DUNKELD MURDER.—Oa Monday the Lord Provost of Edinburgh received from the Home office a respito for Charles 11`Donald, the tinker, who was convicted the previous week at Edinburgh of the murder of his wife, on the public road near Dunkeld, on the 27th of September. By a majority of one in the jury of 15 M'Donald was convicted of murder, the minoritylpropos ing to return a verdict of culpable homicide. lie was unanimously recommended to the mercy of the Crown on the ground of want of premeditation, or "malice afore thought." The respite was immediately forwarded to the Lord Proyost of Perth. `f , Businer±, done. 81/ 71i 4 3i 121 21 2 50 i ki i 1131 i 14 13i 76 11165 tl6 1 1055 65 6 1011 21 2 1 93 9k 671 7 1 FOit v-Athog.- _ - In Anaralia there mast exist very sanguine hotionA to the physical capabilities of the Duke of Edinburgh. Here is the programme arrlnged for his three weeks' stay at Adelaide. It forms a heavy punishment for his temerity in visiting South Australia, but no doubt he will be equal to it :—" Official programme for the Reception and Enter taininent of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred at Ade laide.—lf her Majesty's steamship Galatea is sighted by day the S.A. Surveying schooner Beatrice will hoist white ensign at m.aintopmasthead. If sighted at night, the Beatrice will send off rockets at five minutes' inter. vale - nntil answered from shore look-out ; then two rockets in succession, and two bluelights—when anchored, one rocket and bluelight. When sighted, nine guns will be fired in quick succession on the South Park Lands, allow ing intervals of three minutes between each three guns. Itoyal salute in town, and at Port Adelaide, when the Galatea casts anchor. Bonfires at 7.30 p.m., on Mount Lofty and other places along the Ranges. His Royal Highness will be invited to land at Glenelg, at 2 o'clock p.m. On the day following his arrival. In' the evening— general illumination. Second Day.—A levee at noon at GOvernment House ; addresses to be presented, copies of which must be forwarded to the executive committee; Royal salutes at noon ; laying foundation-stone of the Victoria Tower, New General Post Office ; torchlight pr o. cession and address in the evening. Third Day . — Gene ral holiday. Review at 11 a.m. ; athletic sports, cricket match between civilians and crew of Galatea ; subscrip tion ball in the evening, magnesium light at the Town Hall. Fourth Day (if it is not Saturday or Monday).— Agricultural show at the Exhibition Building ; laying foundation-stone of the Alfred College, Kent Town ; civic banquet ; electric light, Town Hall. Fifth Day.— Milang and the lakes, sleeping on the "Peninsula, corrob boree in the evening. In tents. Sixth Day.—Travelling on the Murray ; shooting, hunting, and fishing. In tents. Seventh Day.—Travelling on the Murray. Shoot ing, hunting, and fishing. Steam up to Welling. ton. Eighth Day.—Returning to town via Mount Barker, Woodside, Mount Torrens, Blumberg, and Gumeracha. Ninth Day.—Northern tip. Tenth Day.— Northern trip.—Eleventh Day.—Picnic at Mount Lofty ; returning by way of Norton's Summit. Twelfth Day. —Southern trip. Going via Willunga and Square Waterhole, Goolwa, and Victor Harbour. Thirteenth Day. Southern trip. Returning via Bull's Creek Road, Clarendon, and Coromandel Valley, Four teenth Day.—Kangaroo hunt on Yorke's Penin sula. Fifteenth Day.--Riding party and Assem bly Ball. Sixteenth Day.—Wallarea and Moonta. Seventeenth Day. Wallaroo and Moonta. Eighteenth Day.—Pienie at Government Farm. Nineteenth Day.— Ride about the suburbs. Governor's ball in the evening, or on such other evening as his Royal Highness and his Excellency may determine. Twentieth Day.—Embarka tion at Port Adelaide. Programme as under :—llis Royal Highness to proceed by road to the port, direct to the M`Laren wharf. Tho goods shed on the wharf to be de. corated with flags and flowers ; the floors to be matted ; a raised platform, with seats for the Prince and his atten dants. The presentation of an address from the corpora tion. Port Ai tillery to fire royal salute—to be stationed on the North Parade. Boat races immediately after the presentation of address. Government boat to be in atten dance. Launch of the new lifeboat. Laying foundation stone of Seamen's Hospital." SUSSEX MEMBERS ON FENLINLSM. The annual dinner acconr_ , anyin,g the Christmas exhi bition of fat stock at Lewes was held at the Star Hotel in that town. In the course of the evening, in responding ft the toast of " The Members for East Sussex," Mr. DonsoN referred to Fenianism in the following terms :—There was one point on which he believed every person in that' room, and, indeed, every loyal subject of the Quetn, 'vould be agreed, that throughout the United Kingdom the supremacy of the law ought to be maintained, and that, God willing, it shall be maintained. (Cheers). In no civilised country had any cause, even if it were ever so just a cause, been forwarded by assassination and incendiarism ; and there was, perhaps, less excuse for such deeds in this country than in any other, seeing how largely all men enjoyed the privilege of speaking and writing, and expressing ideas, and endeavouring to convince other people respecting them. He said that no cause, however just, prospered in any country by incendiarism and assas sination. (Hear, hear.) They had had instances of this in their own and other countries in modern times. The cause of the Jacobites was not promoted by the attempts to murder William 111. The cause of Italy never prospered so long as it was confined to indi vidual attempts to stab Austrian sentinels at their posts. The cause of the Southern States of America became the more hopeless when the assassination of Abraham Lincoln was perpetrated. There was an absurd pretext, of the most flimsy character, put forward on behalf of those who had been guilty of c:•iininal acts in this country, that they were belligerents c:.rrying on war against the Government of this country ; but the very essence of war, as he understood it, was that those who were enemies were acting under the sanctionof some known and responsible body. There was no such responsi e body known in the case of these Fenian outrages. T essence of war was that the persons attacked should ow who his enemy was, and where to look for his centre quarters. He might, according to the legitimate tactics of war, be exposed to sudden surprises and attacks, but he had this advantage—he knew who were the persons carry ing on the war and who were responsible. In the case of the Fenians this was not so ; crimes had been com mitted—even if they were not individual crimes, they were crimes perpetrated at the bidding or by the connivance of some secret, or not known and irresponsible body. (Hear, hear.) Therefore they could not shelter themselves under the assumption oftlissisdsgillg belligerents, any more than the burglar who went about in the daytime in the garb of an honest man, but who in the dark took up his crowbar and dark lantern wherewith to ply his nefarious trade. (Loud cheers.) He sincerely trusted that the attachment which they all felt for the law would be sufficient, in a short time, to put an end to these criminal_ outrages. (Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. H. Blum), in responding to the toast of "The Borough Members," also referred to the Fenian move ment. He believed that movement was set on foot mainly not by British subjects. (Hear.) It might be indeed true that here and there theymight find unhappily a certain number of their impulsive fellow -subjects, the Irish, follow ing the movement, but he believed that the leading agents in it were aliens, and not subjects of the British Crown. He believed they were rowdies—outcasts from the United States, men who served in the civil war in America, and whose lives were lives of violence. Being, as it were, out of employment on the termination of that war, they were now levying war on England. There could be no question about it, that these men were entitled to no mercy, and should have none. (Loud cheers.) Lord PELHAM responded to the same toast, and in the course of his speech remarked : Notwithstanding what had been already said as to the Fenian movement, he desired to add his testimony to that of others. All members of Parliament, on whichever side of the House they sat, would, ho was certain, give to any Government their earnest support-for the purpose of putting a stop to these attacks of murderous ruffians and bringing them to justice. (Hear, hear.) And if any member should be so false to his country as to attempt to make political capital by praying for false clemency for such desperadoes, he (Lord Pelham) could only recommend him to the tender mercies of his constituents.. (Loud cheers.) Film IN KENTISH TOWN.—At about a quarter past eleven o'clock on Tuesday night a fire broke out in one of the arches situated under the Kentish Town Sta tion of the North London Railway. As soon as the flames attracted attention large numbers of people collected in the Grafton-road and the several approaches thereto. The long tongues of flame issued from the mouth of the arch and licked up the wooden supports and the flooring of that part of the station which was immediately above them, when it began to be feared that the neighbouring arches and the station itself would be destroyed. At length, however, the fire-engines arriving, the great bulk of the station was preserved, and the adjoining arches were to a large extent secured from damage. When the flames had in some degree subsided, a long and heavy lug gage train passed in safety over the still burning arches, thus shewing that, to the permanent way at least, no serious injury had happened. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. —Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended by Sir W. Knollys, Major G. H. Grey. Mr. Fisher, and the Hon. Mrs. W. Grey, returned to Sandringham Hall on Monday afternoon at the conclusion of the day's hunting with the West Norfolk hounds. The hounds hunted well throughout the day, considering how indifferent the scent was. No fewer than four brace of foxes were seen, thereby de monstrating the possibility of foxes and pheasants being preserved on the same estate. If the scent had been sharper, several good runs would doubtless have been obtained. There was a large sprinkling of the aristocracy and landed gentry present. On Tuesday morning his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was engaged, with Mr. E. Beck, his agent, inspecting the various works of improvement that are in progress, and giving directions for the demolition of old buildings at West Newton. This part of the estate, which commands a splendid view of the park, is becoming very picturesque. Large presents of Christmas beef, &c., were distributed on Tuesday after noon by her Royal Highness. ~v> ,~; 1 ~'