The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-03 00:00:00

,1 z,T ~r y MARKET AND !NTI 7 a,LIGENCR, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Biddings for bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of England. The proportions allotted were--to Calcutta, 19.86.300 rs. (£198,630) ;to Madras, 13.700 rs. (£1,370) ; and to Bombay, 1 5.38.500 rs. (£153,850). The minimum price was fixed at is. 11d. on all the presidencies. Tenders on Calcutta and Madras at Is. 104 d. will receive about 65 per cent., those above in full, and on B Jrnbay at Is. 10;14 and upwards in full. The Green Fruit Market has been dull since Christmas, and prices for oranges lower ; some par cels of St. Michael's, Terceira, Valencia, and Sicily, soil by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at easier rates. Lemons of good quality support their value, stock being lighter than usual. Nuts of all kinds in moderate demand, without alteration in price. Seville sours have arrived, for which there is some inquiry. Business was resumed yesterday in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets after the Christmas holidays, but the unfavourable weather caused a very limited attendance, and the operations in most of the principal staples were of a very restricted character. Sugar was in steady request at full values, while moderate transactions were effected in coffee at previous rates. Tea and rice, however, were neglected, and quotations were nominally un altered. For cotton there was a better demand, but tallow remained inactive, and quotations gene rally tended downwards in all positions. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures arc firm at 50 52, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds at 40 41. Tho last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are iu round figures as under :- 1866. 1865. Great Western 62,304 60,878 North Western 111,002 106,385 South Western 22,484 18,883 Brighton i Hand 23,(;61 22,133 G South East ern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 46,378 42,202 Bristol and Exeter 5,691 5,243 North Easte rn 70,209 70,132 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln '22,587 21,564 Great Eastern London, Chatham, and Doter 9,428 8,206 These returns, when compares with those of the corresponding week in the previous year, are gene rally of a very satisfactory character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £1,426 ; North Western, £4,617 ; South Western, £3,601 ; Brigh ton, £3,857; South Eastern, £1,025 Great North ern, £2,357 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, £4,176 ; Bristol and Exeter, £448 ; North Eastern, £77 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £1,023 ; Great Eastern, £2,502 ; and London, Chatham, and Dover, £1,222. On the Midland there is a decrease of £1,805. Two oCLocx. Very little bu s i ness h as taken place in ' the Stock Exchange markets, but sales having been pressed, the movement is unfavourable. Railways espe cially have been depressed. Foreign bonds are lower, and English Government securities are rather less buoyant ; Consols, however, are still 90i f for money and the 10th inst. For the Feb ruary settlement the present price is 911 -1, a de. cline off per cent. in the rates of continuation. The New Threes are 89i ; Reduced Annuities, 89f Bank of England Stock, 248- ; India 5 per Cents., 107 f ; and dittnEnfaced 5 per Cents., 101. In the Foreign Market the changes have been merely fractional. Greek have declined I, to 14i ,1-; Spanish Passive, to 204 21 ; the Certificates, 1, to 14 1; and Turkish 5 per Cents., 4, to 32 1 1. while Mexican advanced to 17i 18f ; and Italian, to 52' 1 53. The New Russian Loan is still firm at s 1 prem. American Securities are steady. United States 5-20 Bonds are 73/ ; Erie, 46 ; and Illinois, 82 In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been to a fair extent. Great Eastern, Great Northern A Stock, Lancashire and Yorkshire. London, Chatham, and Dover and Midland have each improved 4 ; while Great Western, North 'Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, have declined and Brighton, The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without material alteration. Bahia and San Francisco are marked 13 ; Great Luxembourg 12i. ; San P au l o , 131 ; East Indian, 1041 105 ; and Grand Tru n k o f Canada, at 191 201. Bank Shares continue dull. Alliance a re d ea l t have declined t o 8 1 in at 191 ; City Bank at 15i ; Imperi a l Ott oman ; and Union of L ou d on im proved t o 441 451. Miscellaneous and Finance shares are in fair re quest, and generally at steady rates. Anglo-Ameri can.Telegraph are marked 151 16 ; City of Moscow. Gas, 17:1 18 ; Hudson's Bay Company, 16! ; Na tional Discount Company, 14i 15 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 65i; aud CrystalPalaceSthek, 3031. MINING MARKET. Business in theTHURSDAY, T wo o ' Clock. Mining Ex c h ange has continued ` very animated, an tend upwards.d prices generally ' The shares chiefly in re quest are West Chiverto n , Grenville, Ti n y, West Frances, Great Trelm R ny e W tallack, G renville, East , Ti ncroft, P rov id ence, North Roske ar , Cooks' Kitchen, and North C ro f ty. Subjoined are th e annexed current quotatio : Chiverton Moor, 41 ; Chon:ales Gold, 21 3 ;ns Clifford Amalgamate, 81 91 ; East Basset, 21 22 ; East Caradon, 41 6; East Lovell, 81 91 ; East Wheal Grenville, 2f Groat RAallack, 23 s 05 26s Od ; Great Wheal Vor, 17 17 1; Marko V a ll ey, 4f 1; North Croft 4; North 21 3 ; P r i nce of Wale; 26s Od y, ; Treskerby, 27s 6d ; Prosper United, 31: 1; Providence Mines, 28 30 ; South Condurrovr, 12s • 14s; South Grenville, 7s Od 98 Od; Tincroft, 14 15; West Caradon, 121 131; West Chiverton, 54 56 ; West Prances, 13 171; West Seton, 125 30; Wheal Buller, 221 23; Wheal Chiverton, 61 7 ; Wheal Cr3bor, --s —8 ; Wheal Grenville, 28s Od 30s; Wheal Rose, ; Wheal Seton, 140 143 ; Wheal Trelawney, 10 12 ; Wheal U ny, 2 2 f ; Care Camborne, 11 11 ; C entral Minera, ——; Cooks' Kitchen, 10 11 ; East Carn Brea, 21 3 ; Great Lazey, 17 1 i1; Great South Tolgus, 12s 6d 17s 6d 21 23; St. I ves Consol ;South P rances, Park, 2f 3. ; —; South Caradon, —; Stray BRITISH FUNDS—ONK O'CLOCK. OCTERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Der Cont. Consols - ........................... 90/ Do. Account, Jan. 10 ........................ 90/ 3 per Cent. Reduced ........................... 894 New 3 per Cent .............................. 894 Now 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 .................. Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 .................. Nunuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 • Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs... Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908... xehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent ...... pm Do .................. £5OO ......... Do ............ £lOO & „ £2OO 7 p Bank of E ngland Stock, 61 per ' Cent 2481 m INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. nqta it Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874 Shut. Ditto for Account — DDu. 5 per Cent. July, Leso Do. o. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Certificates Do. Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 101 Do. 5} per Cent., M ay 1879..... Do. DBoneb., 5 per Cent., A ug. 1873 • ds,4£l, per 000 Cent., £I,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS -0/%7E O'CLOCK, A rgoutiue Republic, 6 per Cent ....... .lustrian Bonds, per Cent, 1.859 Bra Do . zilian 5 per Cent 4 per Cent., 18 ...52-58-60 1, ............ 1863 ..................... Do. 1865 ..................... Account Do. £lOO 130nd.s 131, , :e K , Ayres 6 per Cent Du .6100 Bonds . D) 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Lilian 6 per C en t 100 Do. 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent A Do, C )!onibian, 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 p er C ent. Dani s h 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 5 per Cent., 861 Danubian Principalities Do. Account Filuador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent., — Do. PlovisiJn a l Land W arran t Do Dofer te d Esyptian 7 per Cout Do., Second _lssue Do XI 00 Bonds 86 Do. 1864 Do .€lOO Bonds Do. Governnetit Al WM' Debentures. G...-ek 5 per Cents., 1824:5, ex Coupons 791 ' )u. U"Pons ................................. 5* ----- Guatemala 5 per Cent. ' It3;ian 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway — &lexical; 3 per Cent Do. Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — ilontevidean 6 per Cent. 06 kloorish Imperial 5 per Cent \low Granada l3i Do 3 per Gen Do. Deferral -- Do Land Warrants (Hectares) 'eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do 41.- per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account' 671 Thrtnguese 3 per Cent., 1853 4 - 2/- Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, , , ,'9 '6O '62 '3. Do. Account dussiau 5 per• Cent., 182 42 2, X St B6i Do 41- per Cent. 1830 D 3 41 per Cent., 1860 • Do 3 per Cent. 1839 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Do. Anglo-Dut c h, 1866 , a ll pail B6i Do. do. £lO paid Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account . Spanish 3 per Cent Do Accoun t — Do Now Deferred Do Account - Do Passive Do Account . . 1 21 i Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Acc0unt........... Swedish 4 per Cent......_. Do. 4; per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid l'urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — dis Do. Account Do 6 per C en t.. 1858 .1 Do. Account ............. Do £lOO Bond s . - Do 6 per Ce n t. 1862 Do Account 521 Do £lOO Bonds ........... DO Account ' Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 186 - ) Do Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditto 11. per Cent. Divideucts on the above payable in Lowto... Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 44 per cent. Ex. 25f. Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, F. 25f. Do. 5 per Cent. Account ... s2i 3} TWO O'CLOCK, Consols, Roney 1)0. A ccount, J an. Do. Febr uary 904 Is A. ................... 53 , merican Commerce t) be Extinguished • Under th e above heading the New York Times of Dec. 17 writes as follows : " One of th e most striking passages in the report of the Secretary of the Treasury is that in which he demonstrates the effect of high duties upon raw material in diminishing and almost destroying our once important business of ship and steamer building. He shows that though formerly a first class commercial Power, and apparently destined soon to lead the commerce of the world, we have during the last six years been steadily falling behind Great Britain, and if the diminution of our ship.. building and carrying trade goes on at the present rates (of some 50 per cent. in six years) we shall before long cease to be a commercial Power of any importance. These serious facts are confirmed by figures showing the decrease in American tonnage from this country, and the increase in English em ployed in our port, such as the following tonnage of American vessels engaged in the foreign carrying trade which entered United States' ports was--in 1860, 5,921,285 tons; in 1865, 2,943,661 tons ; in 1866, 3,372,060 tons. The tonnage of such vessels which were cleared from the United States was —in 1860, 6,165,924 tons ;in 1865, 3,025,134 tons; in 1866, 3,383,176 tons. The tonnage of foreign vessels which entered our ports was —in 1860, 2,353,911. tons ;in 1865, 3,216,967 tons ;in 1866, 4,410,424 tons. The tonnage of foreign vessels which were cleared was —in 1860, 2 ,624,005 tons ; in 1865, 3,595,123 tons; in 1866, 4 , 4 38,384 tons. These statements have been strengthened by a fact which has called forth some public remark within a day or two—the approach ing sales of two steamers of the Havre line, they being apparently the last American steamers on any great line between New York and Europe- So ends our expected great commerce in American built ocean steamers. Great Britain has a vast fleet of iron commercial steamers plying over every sea, built so cheaply and ingeniously as to drive out all competition. In the grand business struggle of nearly a century to get possession of or to lead the com merce of the ocean, the United States, that seemed once on the point of victory, must now own to defeat. She is not only a commercial Power, second to Great Britain, but she seems destined to still fur ther inferiority, and to be almost driven from the seas. The explanation of this mortifying defeat is not to be found alone in cheap labour, for labour was cheaper in Great Britain 25 years ago than now, and the difference between what wages will buy in the two countries is not so great as it was a few years since. The difficulty is the same as that which is gradually taking our machine manufacture from us, so that machines for South America, for instance, which used to be ordered in New York, are now made in England. It is said that even river steamboats will soon be plying on our waters which were manufactured in Great Britain, because with all the duties they can be made so much cheaper there. This, as Mr. M'Culloch wisely remarks, is a direct effect of the high protective system, especially as applied to raw material. It must be remembered that such a tariff as we have now weighs upon every article which the manufacturer uses —his iron, brass, steel, wood, coal, and tools ; and he not only has to compete with the cheaper labour of England, which he might do with the aid of ingenuity, but he has to work on raw pro ducts which are all far dearer than in England, owing to our exorbitant duties. More than this, the effect of such a high yas the present tariff of the raw bount y offers, is to encourao-e' with the A mer i can producers material, aearelessness, extravagance, and want of business prudence and saving which gradually render their production There is nothing more expensive. which stimulates economy, inge nuity, invention, and care like open competition. The moment Government comes in to back up an interest with excessive duties it becomes wasteful, and soon loses the watchful care which before made it successful. We have no doubt there is something of this effect of very high duties even on our rnanufa,c turers as well as our producers of coal and iron. It must be borne in mind also that the expenses of the labourers are greater under the high duties upon raw materials, and of course their wages must be greater, and thus the cost of manufacturing be increased. Our ingenuity, even under a revenue tariff, enabled us formerly with dearer labour to compete with Great Britain in shipbuilding and in many articles of manufacture. It will again, if the immoderately heavy duties on raw materials be removed, and pro duction of manufactures be thus cheapened, and in dividual expenses so be diminished. This country is especially adapted to be a great commercial country. Its forests of pines and oak, its mines of iron and coal, its countless. bays and harbours, the hardy men on the coasts trained to the sea, its connection in trade with so many countries, and the new link now forming between the East and Eu rope over California and the Isthmus all show that if no false system be adopted, we shall become annodw } gradually and naturally the great carrier of the world's loßl p lua r tn o produce, c ioi e r , alat a i n ioe d n coe take the place which Venice , he a r nd han G d r , e o a u t r ß e r o i n t l a m in er h ce ol b d se destroyed by our own suicidal policy, by a fatal mistake in political economy, we may in our youth lose that which ewe can never re gain in our pass out o f maturity, and th e trade of the world our hands, and b ecome merely a wealthy China, where agriculture alone shall be the profitable pursuit, and manuf ac t ures and commerce be left to foreign hand s . Commerce is the great libe raliser and civili ser o f a peop l e. It brings a na tion in contact with foreigners ; it is the best school for a navy ; it prepares us for what is our only danger in the future—a naval war. We must always export our raw produce largely and import luxuries, and we ought not to lose the vast profits of the carriage. The American commerce of a century to come may depend on the revenue and protective system we now establish. Let Congress sec to it that it be a wine and liberal QIIQ. r)1 u an. 2. ;hristian y after- I family ttentleJ t! istluaS L11(1, for Isborne, ck, and l family 1 a pre- weeded ributed abering rtained owagcr of the her on !nt the aranco Year's id foot are at Faculty shops, , and to at- ; see is are, which corned .nown there keep day antive dolls, tume, latter , ith a orna- s, th© ng to and pro dolls ages, , 3h as mate 3 not THE SUN, LONLON, THURSDA Y E V ENING, JANUARY 3, 181,7. This day. 1.---Ths Day. SHARE ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. at (Bristol and Exeter lO at Caledonian l O, at Cork and Bandon 20 Corn w4ll st Dublin & Belfast June lO st Dun„Perth,& Ab.Junc lO 100 tt:. London, ocrip Certi al Do. le , st tllaetiow &S. Western 10 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 10 st Do. E. Aug. at. No. 21 10 et Great North ot Seotlandl 10 st Great Northern lOl st D., A stock... 86 S 8 :0 122 124 0 40 35 4 6 G 5 6S 70 72 1 6 .18 23 20 5 5 O I 1;8 120 10 i 27 12:1 st Du. 13 stock fl , i Do. New, is. at 25 10 st (itS, and W. 01 lrelandi 10( at Gt. Western -Original! lit st I) . S. VO. Rail gua. lie at Do. South Wales l. at Do. IV. Mid. —Oxtord, at Do. Newport at tio. II ereford 101 at Lanc:rahire.ir Yorlimliirvl 101 at Liudon and Blackwalili its st Lou., 13righ., S Coast 10 , at Lon., Chat., and Wye! 101 at Do. Metrop. Ex. A lOl at Lyn. 4t North Western 10 , at Lou. 8r South Western 10 at Man., Shel., t Lincoln, 10 at Metropolitan al 10 Do. New 10 Do. Extension.... 00 j Metropolitan District. al. ( Do. do. do. 10 10 Do. and St. John's 6 at Midland o I 90 02 0 311 oil, ;0 32 3 )0 32 3 10 112 n 1291 U I 85 87 154 163 lu 10 12)i 121 82 tit 52 53 25 127 2 1 2? .0 11 , 84 tid 9 Do. £9 Share st Do, Birmin.. & Derby 10, 25 Hid Kent . st North British st Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun lO st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 10 45 Do. bI.N'E purchase 16.1 et Do. Leeds .....10 sr Do. York JO , 81 Do. Carlisle ..... 10 , 25 Do. 6tock. & Darling - . al 10 Do. do. 1800-61. st North London .... it Do. do. 1864 5 .. 4 Do. to. 1866 3t North Staflorcishire ;t N. &S. W. Junction :5 Scottish Central it Scot. N. E Aber. stock 101 , 10. Scot, Mia. stJck for it Shropshire Union 101 It South Devon lOl it , outti E. , stern .. 0 staines, Wok., & Wok al it I'alf Vale 10 Do. C ....... io ........ st Vale ot Neath.. ....... 10. Waterford & Kilkenny 10 10 Waterloo Whitella . I st West Corn .. . ..... 10( ;;itITISti t'OS Atiantic&St.Lawrence al ' Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. 10 gu. 5 per cent 0 Do. 1' shares 1 '..04 Buffalo t Lake liuron al 10 Do. Preference al 1 0 0 Butt.,Brant,&Gode r i c h 6 p.c. 1872-3- DJ+ st Calcutta & S. E., lira lOl st a ; e Town & Dock, gu lO, 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p al it East. Ben4al, gu., sdo 101 , t East l u di au, gu.s p.c. 101 20 Do. J Extension at ;raudTrunkotCanadY 101 oc; Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c al. 100 Do. Ist ?ref. Bonds al' ;.0. , Do. do deferred at 100 De. 2d Pr, t. Bonds al 100 Do. do. deterred 1 03 Do. :3d Pref. stock al 100 Do. do. deferred ... • al LUO Do. 4th Pref. stock .. al 00 Do. do, deterred .... a! at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. tot t o. Gua, 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New gua. sp. c.., et vt.Southof India... gu,!. 5 per cent 11 8i .0 1 I:SSIONS. 66 5S )0 102 103 0 6d ip 11 4 4 11 76 84 10 50 55 11 101 103 10 101 10 10 105 100 5 - - 10 1 18 20 [1 85 88 1 57 59 1 50 54 1 50 54 .11 - Li I 37 to I 23 25 J 0 106 107 8 h 1 6 h li. 100 102 91 93 2 - 111 i2i 1 lt 120 11 i*B 22 AI 81 84 2 If 'OO at D .4 per cent.— 10, 6T Do. . ; reat Arc a. of Canada al 20i Do. New .. .. all .00 Do. 6p. c Btis. pay. 1873 al 00 Jo. 51 do. pay. 1877-8_ al 10 Indian Branch, limited st Aladras, gua. 5 p.o .... I -at Do. 41 do st Do. 4j do 20 Do. Filth Extcusioc st it - )0 82 85 ,00 9) 101 100 97 98 5 100 98 v 0 00 - 102 lO3 10 92 14 IP 65 90 1 '.lfelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds" 101 )0 Mel. .k Hudson's Bay.. al st N.lll.C'da,6pcletpt.b B 1O st Scinde . I 11 st Do. Delhi 20 Do. do ti ai• st Do. Puniaub....l :1. I , st Doindus St.Flot ' 4O li Closing Business Railways. ) Paid. Price. 1 done. 89 7 124 201 1 8 30 130 a 130 Si 74 1211 2} 836 4s 614 31. 7 1 121 i 11 19 1 I 1002 104 4 201 19J COLONIAL GOVERN British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1572 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.,it July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug - ,, 1 0 5 p. c. Mar. ic Sept lou I)o.5 p. c. Jan. .t July 100 Do. 5 p. c. inscribed sk 100 Cape U. Elope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 Du.Apl.&Oct. 1890-1000 100 Do. do 1880-9 u 100 Du. Jau.&July, 1890-Ui 100 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and .5 Oct., 1000 IOC Cej tun, Nov. 1808, o p in uo. 1878, 101 3lituritiurs, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Du. 1-78 )o. 188), May i 5, Nov. !, 10. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug ICI Natal .iov. 5 per cent lOl N.l l .Gov.6p.c.Ja.&.luly 101 N. S.W. Gov. 5 Ire., 1866 101 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 101 New Zealand, 6p. cent 101 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sc , tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 l9l queensland Gov, 6p. c lOl n. Aue.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 101 Do. 1878 & upwards 1 N r ic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 101 Do. do, April & Oct.. 101 BRITIS 2 Cain. Consol. Uold, lira. - Chi verton - Clifford Amalgamated 3 -- Devon G. Cons. (Tavist -- Drake walls 2,1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 2! - East Caradon 2.1 - East Carn Brea 1 - sst Grenville 2. t - East Gunnislake .. 8.3 - East Loved 3.9 - E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10. f - :lam& StAubyn(G - Nen. 6( lrLat L txey, limited al - _,lreat South Tolgus O.l tireat Wheal Busy l4; - q. Wheal Vor 41 - drenyilie B. - tierod's Foot - Uingston Downs 5.1 - Margaret ( Uny Lelanli 13 1 - Starke Valley 3.1 4 wyndy Iron Ore, llw - New Se ton - North Roskear - Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crotty 2.1: - t'rosper United 7.1, vidence Uny ',dant 10., - I S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 1 - South Condurrow 3.2, S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1 Stray Park 'l5 1 - fin 5 '7igra and Clugan, lim al - West ;tassett (Mogan - W. Caradon (L4keard 1 - WestChiverton - West Seton. 4: - Wheal Bassett ',Mogan 5 - Wheal Buller (Redruth 14 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. f - Wheal Setou Wheat Trelawney (Lis 5.1 riIEFEREN 1E HAUKS. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent stock. 8t Great Western, Orig. 44 per cent., 8 to Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di. to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 4i per cent. st. rd., 91_ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, - • Ditto, 5 per cent.. 112 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. treat Luxembourg, 12i San Paulo, liin ., gua. 6 per cent.. 1 4 FOREIGN MINES. Panulcillo Copper. Rm. 21 at. John dellicy, lira., '5l BANKS. Bank of Victoria, Australia, 38i a Last London, lira.. 31 3 Imperial ottoman, limn., Si Oriental Bang Corporatiou, 42 ondon and St. Katharine,DOC KS CS 7j MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Teleg - rapb, A ngto-Mexican Mint, 15} Arial:mu Telegrapn, Dit o, 5 per cent., 76 City Discount, lim, 21 City of Moscow bias, lim., 171 credit runcier 01 Engiau.i, urn . i Crystal Palace, 30t E .glish and Australian Copper Gdn. Credit and Finanze 01 L'nu,n, Iludson'a Bay, )t if d I Imperial Laud Company or Marseilles, 2i u t ern 14 t lona I Financial ~ ociety, Lim., 22- Land Securities, I:m., 21 London uenerai Omnibus Company, lirn, 3j 3 Nrtional Discount t. ompany, 11i Peniusula and Orenial steam, 115 THE TEETOTALLER'S RELAPSE.— A respectable young man named George Crouch, aged 16, living with his parents at Lisson-grove, met with his death yes terday morning under the following circumstances :—The deceased, who has for some time past been a member of the Marylebone Temperance Society, went on Tuesday with some companions to Drury-lane Theatre. After the performance the party adjourned to a public-house, and whilst there deceased was prevailed upon to take some beer and spirits. Subsequently they went to several other public houses, and ultimately arrived at a hairdresser's shop in Great James-street, Marylebone, kept by a man named Bryant, and here deceased got so drunk that his companions Were afraid to send him home, so they put him in a back room and locked the doer. Half an hour after this (at three o'clock in the morning) a loud crash was heard which pro ceeded from the rear of the house, and on the party going there they found that deceased bad opened the back window and thrown himself on the pavement below, thus severely fracturing his skull. Ho was at once taken to St. Mary's nospital, when it was found that he was quite dead. 53 2 POLICE INTELLIGENCE, MANSION-HOUSE. OBTAINING UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF GOODEL—Joseph Cohen, who is an assistant to his father, a rag merchant in the neighbourhood of Commercial-road East, was brought up on remand beforo the Lord Mayor, charged with un lawfully obtaining possession of three bales of wool, the property of Messrs. Gooch and Cousens, of Aldgate East.: Mr. Vallence, solicitor, attended for the prosecutors, and Mr. C. Sleigh, barrister, for the prisoner. From the evidence, it appeared that about the middle of November the prisoner came to the premises of a car pro prietor, named Harris, in Bishopsgate-street, and hired a cab, and went with the driver to Houndsditch. He desired him to stop near Alilgato Church. He sent him away for some time, and when he (the driver) returned he found the bags of wool in the car. The prisoner drove away so rapidly that he could not pack them, and when they came to Commercial-street the prisoner took him into a public house and gave him Some beer, the hire of the car, and sixpence for himself. In the insantime the wool had been removed. There were two other charges against the prisoner of having had other bags of wool from the prosecutors; and in one case he told the driver of the car to drive to Corn• rnercial-street and wait for him there, and that if anybody asked him what he had got, to say he did not know. The prisoner overtook him, and told Lim to drive to Went worth-street, and he stepped at a house there by his direction. Ile saw the wool removed to a ware house underground, and the prisoner told him not to say anything about the matter. The whole property obtained by the prisoner amounted to 14 bags of wool, and at the dates when he got posses sion of them the prosecutor's had not received any orders to supply them to any of their customers. Mr. Valiance asked for a remand, in order to procure further evidence. Mr. Sleigh did not oppose the remand, but applied to his lordship to admit the prisoner to bail, on responsible security. The possession of the property by the prisoner was not denied, but there was no evidence upon which a jury could convict him of felony. His Lordship refused the application, and the prisoner was remanded till to-morrow week. THAMES. A TREMENDOUS row.—ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.—SOme Scotchmen, named Andrew Graham, also called Captain Graham, John Aitkin, Archibald Shore, and Hugh Fer guson, were brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with being drunk and disorderly this morning, at 2 o'clock, in 3road-street, Rateliff, and with violently assaulting three police-constables, named Slingsby, Thearing, and Webster, of the K division. It appeared that the prisoners were intoxicated and making a noise in Broad-street, and were desired by Slingsby to go home. They refused to do so, and he at tempted to remove them. They made a violent resistance, and Shore struck the constable on the mouth and caused it to bleed. Graham, who was the ringleader, instigated Aitkin and Shore to attack the policeman, and they did so. Slingsby threw off his cape and pursued Shore, who ran some distance and was overtaken at the bottom of Gould's hill, Shadwell, when ho throw the constable. Another constable, namod Thearing, came to the aid of Slingsby, and was knocked down by Ferguson. An up and down fight took place between Thearing and Ferguson. The S .otchtnau used his fists and legs pretty,, freely, and knocked down the constable three times. Thearing re turned the blows with his staff, and broke Ferguson's head. There was a large surgical piaster on Ferguson's head ; there was no doubt he had suffered much. Webster 441 K, saw Ferguson and Thearing rolling in the snow, the former under, and they looked very much like ghosts when they were separated. Robert Nash, watchman at a coal wharf in Ratcliff, went to the assistaLce of the police, andj the prisoners were all captured. Nash was asked by the magistrate if the police had used any unnecessary violence, and ho answered in the negative. The police-constables wore severely beaten by three of the prisoners. Mr. Partridge—What are these men ? Inspector Griffin—They are all seamen, I believe, and have been recently paid off. - - Mr. Partridge had no doubt about this case, and he should make no distinction with the prisoners. Graham was a captain, and aiding and abetting the others and instigating them to beat the police. As to Ferguson, he believed all ho bad received he richly deserved. He fined the pri soners .£5 each. The penalties were paid. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. VIOLENT ASSAULT.—A NOVEL WEAPON. —Johannah Collins, the wife of a greengrocer in Grosvenor-mews, was charged with violently assaulting Benjamin Jones, a respectable-l Joking man, residing in Little Grosvenor street. r The complainant said that ho went into the Hereford Arms, Little Grosvenor-street, where the defendant came in, and called him a "- Welshman." In return he called her "Irish," and she then abused him and followed him into the parlour, knocked iiim 4own under the grate, took up a spittoon and struck him on the head severely,' cutting it, and causing him to lose a great deal of blood, and she fell on the top of him and tried to bite his nose. She stated that it was all through her husband, the fact being that he had once protected him from her violence, she being a most violent woman, and having turned her husband and children out of the house. A young man, named James Harwood, gave similar evidence, adding that the complainant's head was badly cut, and bled a great deal, and that on going to St. George's Hospital with the complainant to have his head dressed, the'surgeon said his head was dangerously cut. The defendant was known as a violent woman. The magistrate said he had no doubt the defendant was a violent and brutal woman. He should order her to find two sureties in £3O, and keep the peace for six months, and perhaps that would have the effect of controlling her temper. MARKETS.—This day. -•,--- METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a very poor show of boasts on sale hero to day. Although the demand was not to say active, the extreme prices of Monday were realised in every instance. The supply of sheep was limited, and sales progressed steadily on former terms. The best downs and half-breed realised Gs 4d per Blbs. The quality of the sheep was good. Calves sold at very full prices, with a limited num ber on offer. Pigs commanded rather more attention, at full quotation; to a slight advance. Per 81b to sink the offal. ci d s s d Crse & inf. beasts... 3 8 3 ..0 Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 0 5 8 Second quality do ..4 0 4 8 Prime o'tlitiown do 5 :0 6 4 Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 2 Large coarse oalYcB.4 6 5 4 Prime Scots, &c.... 5 4 5 6 Prime small d0......5 6 5 6 Crse. and int. stieep.3 6 4 0 Large hogs .3 6 4 0 Second quality d o .. 4 24i0 i Smal! porkers 42 4 6 • Lamh....08 Od to 0 Od. Suckling calves, 19s to 22s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 21e to 26s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. '1 Beasts 212 C0w5.......... Sheep anti I..mbs Ca ves .. 56 Pigs 2O Beasts ................ 712 Cows. ......... Sheep and lambs„.... 2,c00 Ca1ve5............ 91 eigs ........... . ...... 3,0 MEAT. NEWOATE AND LEA DENHALL.—Owing to the severity of the weather very little moat has arrived fresh up to-day The trade is inactive, yet high prices are demanded Beef, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s Gd to 5s Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; and'pork, 3s Gd to 4s 8d per 81b by the carcase. HAY. SUITHFIELD.—Mondow hay, £3 5s to £4 ss; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. Supply limited. CIIMBERLAND.—Moadow hay, £3 5s to £4 8s Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 12s ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 43 per load. Very little doing either in hay or straw. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £4 5s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £1 168 to .£2 4s per load. A short supply. COLONIAL. TEA.—Tho market is very quiet, and prices remain un altered. suamt. —A small amount of business has been done in West India, at full prices. COFFEE.—There was a moderato inquiry for superior descriptions, but the dealings were only to a limited extent, at fully previous rates. RICE.—No business of importance has been done. Quo tations, however, remain steady. TALLOW.—Tho Market is flat. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted—now, 44s 6d ; March 44s 3d ; and April to June, 44s 9d 55s per cwt. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the closo of the market. s. d. ________ s. d Walls End Haswell... 22 0 Barton l9 3 lletton Lyons ........ 19 3 Wylatn Kelloe Walls End llettou ... 22 0 Penslier Primrose East Ilartlepol Eden Main Ships at market, 5 8—sold, 40. THE LATE TRADES' REFORM DEMONSTRATION.— On Tuesday evening a special meeting of the Executive Council of the Working Men's Association was hold—Mr. G. Potter in the chair—to consider the propriety of taking legal proceedings against the lessee of the Ashburnham Grounds for breach of contract and special damages, con sequent upon his refusal to allow the reform meeting to be hold on the above ground on the 3d December last. It was unanimously resolved that the solicitor of the association be instructed to commence an action forthwith, and to claim special damages. A resolution was also adopted, to be submitted to the next trades' delegate meeting, for keeping the present trades' organisation intact pending the coming session of Parliament. The committee then ad journed. Mi. Bright and the "Fortnightly Review." HENRY D. SEYMOUR tion. Earnestly hoping that you may so temper your acts and speeches as to render it possible for moderate men to agree with and support you.—l remain, yours truly, HENRY D. SEYMOUR. J. Bright, Esq. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—May I beg you to insert the following le ter, which, I may add, was written and despatched before I was aware that the previous correspondence was already before the public?-=Yours obediently, 193, Piccadilly, W., Jan. 2. J. MORLEY. My dear Sir—l have been out of town, so I hope you will acquit me of any discourtesy in neglecting your let ters. The letter for the writer of the article shall be for warded as you desire. The writer declines to acknowledge our right to know his name, but, in ordei to show that he is not desirous to shelter himself behind the shield of ano nymity, he has written a letter to Mr. John Bright himself —a letter which I am forwarding to the Reform Club by this post.—Believe me, dear Sir, yours very truly, Jacob Bright, Esq. J mix MORLEY. FEES IN THE HOUSE OF Commoxs,The fee on filing a petition or other document or private bill in the House of Commons is £5, and £l5 on each of the three readings, as also on the report of the committee. Out of the 317 bills for next session one house has 74. CATTLE AND SHEEP.—According to an agricul tural document just issued there were in the year 1866 in the United Kingdom a stock of cattle in number 8,716,276, and of sheep, 26,375,993. Sir Henry Paulet and Mr. John Alorant are can didates for the office of verderer of the New Forest, vacant by the death of Mr. H. C. Compton. The election takes place at Winchester. The voters are freeholders of Hamp shire, and the poll may be kept open 14 days. SIR WALTER Scorr AND HIS A.D3IIRERS.—When Sir Walter was first known to be in money troubles, it was remarked that if every ono who had taken pleasure in his writings would but give him sixpence he would be the richest man in England. REFORM DEBATE IN EDINBURGII.—The discus sion between Professor Blackie and Mr. Ernest Jones is appointed to take place in Edinburgh on the evenings of the 3d and 4th proximo. - TROUT FISHING.—In the dark water by the side of the rock must be my first cast. With a lift of the arm and a turn of the wrist, the top of the rod bends slightly behind me ; the long line makes a circle through the air, flies forward, unfolding its long length as it de scends, and the red-tail fly drops like thistle-down upon the water. It hardly alights before it goes down, down, down, and then the line runs rapidly, cutting the water up the stream. I have hooked a trout now, and no mistake. The resistance which followed when I struck, the fly taken down under the water, and now the mad violence with which he rushes away, show me that he is a good one. Now everything depends upon the manner in which he is hooked, the temper of the Limerick hook, the strength of the gut, and—the skill of the fisherman. If you doubt the latter, look at that tyro, with all his neat, expensive, and scientific appointments. Look at him where he stands, with his eyes open and " rabbit mouth agape," beholding his line float back to him again, minus flies, casting line, and a fathom off its point, as with a rush and a swirl that big fish, which was his quasi-captive for a miuute, breaks away unharmed. "Bad line, sir ! rotten gut ! I barely touched him, that is all." Very possibly, sir, but that may not be all. We know the old proverb of a workman and his tools. Do not think me cynical ; it has happened to myself before now ; but be satisfied that a large trout will not be caught if he can help it. But I have had this one on long enough to understand that he is hooked well and firmly ; at all events, long enough to know that there is nothing wrong with the line or collar. They would have gone when I first struck if they meant to go; and now he is swimming deep in the middle of the rapids, with his head up the stream. That will never do. He will swim on there for half an hour that way and be none the worse. It is his natural direction; so 1 wheel up my line slowly, with my rod nearly bent double, drawing him to the edge of the stream, and turning his head round as .1 draw, get him into smoother water, and immediately he is off and down he rushes, making the reel whiz again as he carries out the line. The instant that I dare I give him a check, for he is drawing near the fall, and if he once goes, good-bye top of the rod and line and trout. It is only just in time, he runs back again, and I wheel up again as fast as I can, for a slack line would be fatal. Will it be ? He will try directly, after a rush or turn up and down, making less distance and rising higher in the water every time, so that I get an occasional glimpse of his great tail and dark track above the surface ; he fairly leaps clean out of it, and shows the goodly dimensions of a two-pound trout, if ever I saw one, and now unless my line is slack he breaks it, for he throws himself right upon the top of it as he comes down. Yes, but I was up to that dodge, and as ho sprang up out of the water, down went the top of my rod into it, and the heavy fish fait upon the loosened bight. Up ho is, and into the air again 3, down goes the top into the water, and then he makes another furious rush up the stream, turns again, and I bring him easily back this time upon his side. I think that I can land him ; no, ho 'sees me as I steal my left hand down with the short landing uet towards him, and makes another struggle for liberty—nearly succeeds this time, for I did not think that there was arun left in him, and he is only just turned in time. Then ho gives in ; a few short lengths run out and easily wheeled up, and I draw him towards me with his nose out of the water, my butt pointed towards it, my line tight, my elbow bent and wrist slightly turned back, left hand below the winch, . _ _ right hand upon the handle, slowly and warily, till he lies motionless close beside the gravel bank, and I slip the net under him, and ho is mine. Nearly two pounds and a half, beautifully spotted, with a belly as yellow as gold.— Fraser. NEW NATIONAL GALLERY.—We are requested to state that Foreign Ministers, members of the two Houses of Parliament, Royal Academicians, and the com- peting architects, will, on presentation of their cards at the entrance door by the Victoria Tower in the new Palace at Westminster, be admitted on Monday and Tuesday, the 7th and Bth inst., between 10 and 4, to view the designs for the now National Gallery, in the Royal Gallery ; and that the public will be admitted on Wednesday, the 9th inst., and the three following days, and also on the last four days of each of the two succeeding weeks. THE OLD ENGLISH NAME OF HOLLY•waS "Holm," or " Holm Oak," and in many parts cf England it is still known by these names ; and Holmsdale, in Surrey, and other villages whose names commence with Holm, have been derived from the abundance of hollies which once grew in their vicinities. It Las been thought that the "Greenwood-tree," familiarised in the story of Robin Hood and other old English ballads of forest life, was identical with the holly. It grew in great abundance at Sherwood and other places in the central and northern counties.—Once a Week. What must be done to conduct a newspaper right ? Write. . . What is necessary to a farmer to assist him ? System. What would give a blind man the greatest de light ? Light. What is the best piece of counsel given by a jus tice of the peace ? Peace. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Since my arrival in town this afternoon I have seen the correspondence headed "Mr. Bright and the Fortnightly Review," published in The Sun of to-day, and I should be obliged if you would insert at your earliest convenience the following letter relating to it.—Your obedient servant, P.S. I never heard of Mr. Jacob Bright's letter of the 19th of December till the 29th of December, and I wrote my letter to Mr. Bright and sent it to the editor of the Fortnightly Review on the 30th of December. Athenaeum Club, Jan. 2. Knoyle, Salisbury, Dec. 80, 180. My dear Blight,—As lam informed that your brother, Mr. Jacob Bright, has been writing to Mr. Morley, the editor of the Fortnightly Review, complaining of an inaccu racy in an article in which one of your speeches was mis quoted, and requiring to know the author's name, I write this letter to inform you that I wrote that portion of the article which relates to English affairs, and in which the error complained of was made. lam always prepared to accept the responsibility of what I write, and had you expressed a wish to know the name of. the writer of the article in question, no doubt Mr. Morley would, after consultation with me, have sent it to you without delay. As Mr. Jacob Bright had no kind of right to ask for it I think Mr. Morley acted properly in refusing it. I don't know whether you yourself ever saw the article in ques tion, and I will, therefore, mention that it is the Public Affairs article of Nov. 1. An apology has been inserted in the January number of the Review, and 1 have directed a number of it to b 3 sent to you at the Reform Club. I beg again to apologise for the mistake, and to assure you that you were not intentionally misquoted. At the same time, I must say that I beliwie your statement, that half the land in England and Scotland is in the hands of 150 and 12 proprietors respectively, is incorrect, but as yougive no authority for so important a declaration it is impossible to point out where the error lies. That there should have been any mistake I deeply regret, although it did not affect my argument,..- . I am one of the many members of the Li beral party who, admiring your oratorical genius, and fully admitting the public benefits which you have in many re spects conferred on the country during your long career, must respectfully beg to differ from you as to the sudden and sweeping changes which, to judge from - your speeches, you would wish to introduce into our laws and constitu- AQUATICS. LETTER FROM HAMILL. The Newcastle Chronicle prints a letter which has been received by Mr. Brown, of the Blenheim, Newcastle. Though emanating from and signed by both, it is written by John, in that free, open, and candid manner so charac teristic of him, and which won him so many friends when here. The latter will-be glad to hear that both brothers are doing well, and that John has now fairly settled down to work again, after the excitement attending their visit to England. By letters and papers kindly forwarded to them by Mr. Brown, they were informed of the victory of Cham bers in his recent race with Sadler, which, as may readily be imagined, set the whole family rejoicing. In fact, we may say that nearly all Pittsburg, where Bob's name has now become as " familiar as a hous.thold word," was in a state of jubilancy on the receipt of the news. So elated, indeed, was family, that their sister met John at the gate of their house, as he was coining in from work, and shouted ":iurrah for Chambers !" by which, John says, he knew that all was right, and that Bob had won. lie seems to have anticipated the decision come to by Chambers subsequent to the ma:ch in question, for he hopes now that we havogot the champ inionship once more on the Tyne; Bob will not go from home again, but that, should he row again, ho will insist that any one wanting to compete for the supremacy should come to the Tyne to measure blades with him. James Hamill, it appears, has not done anything in the rowing way since he wont home,• but he has accepted a challenge from Walter Brown, who recently beat Joshua Ward (J am es's old 'antagonist), and was in turn beaten by him, to row in the spring ; and then it further appears that the said Walter Brown intends challenging the winner of the race on the Thames, which of course means Chambers, and by the tenour of the letter it would seem that he wishes Chambers to go to America for that purpose. In the event of either Bob or any other man going from the Tyne to America to row, John hopes they will decide upon going to Pittsburg, whore they will guarantee them a fair race, and they will also have an opportunity, he says, of repaying some of the kindness they received while in Newcastle. The letter concludes with kind regards to all their friends in Newcastle, includ ing, of course, Bob Chambers, Harry and Jack Clasper, Messrs. W. Oldham, J. Wilkinson, W. Blakey, T. French, Bannister, J. Leithead, and a host of others whose friend ship they enjoyed and reciprocated while here. Share r )0 I /23 /23 7 I 1} )0 92 37 38 4 18 107 IL9 13.4 - - )u 65 )0 100 102 11 34 36 8 9 10 p Y../ 116 i2O 9 1 2p , 4 1 2p' 10 .0 72 11 114 118 10 148 152 10 - )0 46 48 ,0 67 68 11 8 9 tu 150 151 3 _ 4 'KENT SECUR 93 94 90 92 90 V 2 77 78 75 7 7 104 106 103 105 1(,2 101 104 100 88 ?O , 0 Ito ive 10 IU4 ILO )0 105 )0 164 In 105 IGB )0 90 )0 90 )0 B'4 lo I st 10 98 98 10 I 42 p I 0 I tos los )0 1 103 104 MINES. 1 - 81 64 74 30 54 84 1 405 415 1.0 4 :96 18 20 14.0 5 6 31 2 3 14.0 2 3 3.0 4 9.0 9 10 8.0 2} 21 f 5 6 1 17 18 15 16 18.0 11 11 10,0 30 32 10.6 21 S 1 17.6 2 4 0.6 31 41 31 21 11d ta. 35 45 2 4 ,3,c1 21 31 .6."‘ 24 26 la 300 320 la 18.9 18 22 15.6 9 1 2 tll 9 1) 1) a la 12 A 1 54 56 k7a 115 125 5a 6.5 75 16 18 20 8 10 12 iSi 135 145 17.0 7 9 , ITIES. 107 LOB tO7 108 100 8f 3$ THE CROYDON STEE?LEOHASE tides," as to charge that quiet, game-looking little rider, Mr. Crawshaw, with " cruelty to his horse which broke its back at the steeplechase at Croydon." The magnates and Inagistrates and the thousands of peo ple of all classes whom Isaw crowding the stands and con gregated on each side of the water-jump were all more or less guilty of the cruel expectation, bordering on hope, or seeing some of the horses and riders souse into the water or roll along the turf, but no saint on earth or angel in heaven, instead of wishing to break Vuightlander's back, could more ardently desire that he should land safely than, of course, the man who rode him. As the oourse was not only over stiff clay, but was un- usually wet, it was what sportsmencall "severe"—in plain English, cruel to the weakest of the horses that went twice round it. But Voightlander, the horse selected by the so ciety, shortly after starting, fell in going over the water jump the first time. The jump, as regards breadth, any ordinary hunter would, without the smallest extra exertion, have traversed in his stride ; and as on the off-side it was not 6 inches deep, if the green grass for the 13 feet, instead of being flooded with a layer of water, had been white washed, the horses reaching it at full speed would all have jumped it quite as well, and with no less danger. The fault of the fence was that the furze in front of the water had been placed upright, instead of sloping outwards. Voightlander fell, therefore, not because he was ex hausted by cruel riding, but because, being too fresh and joyful, he jumped only for height, and thereby throwing himself out of gear for jumping breadth, his feet, pasterns, and body landed on the turf in a false position, and so, greatly to the grief and disappointment of his gallant little rider, down he came, and for a few minutes remained pros trate, with Mr. Crawshaw's leg underneath him. Poor, noble animal ! As I rode home I passed him with his head dangling downwards from a knackers cart. Only a few days before I had happened to pass a horse in the agonies of death from having fallen at a trot on a turnpike road.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, Croy don, Jan. 1. F. B. HEAD. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southamptoa Jan. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 13. Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet. ..... Jan. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Dao. 28. China, Penang. and Singapore, via Sou,hampton Jan 3. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan 11 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Jan. 3. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan 3 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Jan. 13 Ditto, via Marseilles .Jan. 7 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 3. Ditto, via Marseilles JaC. 7. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseille 3. Jan. '9. Newfoundland ... , Jan. 2. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon .. United btates and British North America, by Bri tish packet. Jut. ft Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via Cork Ditto, oy Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Jan. 4 treat CoaNt of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriire „.. Jan. 3 Vest Indies and Pact do (except Bahamas and _ Iloadurai) Jan. Bahanr.4, via New York. Jau Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market opens with a fair demand. Sales pro bably 15,000 bales. Scornsa HOSPITAL.—A general quarterly tour of this corporation was held yesterday at the hall in Crane-court. Dr. Ramsay in the chair. The minutes of the former court, with the school reports, were con firmed. The secretary read letters from his Grace the Duke of Bucclouch, accepting the appointment of vice-pre sident (with others); from the Archdeacon Sinclair, ac cepting the office of one of the chaplains of the corpora tion ; and from the Rev. Dr. Hamilton to the like effect. A letter was read from the Rev. Dr. Cumming, dated Dec. 4, declining to accept the office of chaplain, and requesting that the nomination should be cancelled. Mr. Webster moved and Mr. Lang seconded the motion that the resig nation of Dr. Cumming be accepted. Professor Donald son interposed, and suggested that it was only due to Dr. Cumming that the court should offer their most cordial thanks to him for his unwearied zeal and exertions on be half of the institution for the long period of 21 years. (Hear.) He therefore proposed, "That the rev, gentle man be admitted to the extra privileges attaching to a go vernor of 50 guineas." Mr. Lang seconded the motion, and passed a high eulogium on the Rev. Dr. Cumming. Five members of the family of the rev. gentleman contri buted to the funds of the institution. (Hear, hear.) The motion was carried unanimously ; and so was that of the acceptance of the resignation of Dr. Cumming as chaplain. On the motion of Mr. F. Morris, a_ resolution was passed unanimously, expressing sympathy for the family of the late Mr. William Kirk, who for a great many years had been a governor. The secretary announced another dona tion from Robert Hannay, Esq., of 100 guineas. Ordered to be entered on the minutes. The balance-sheet of the Kinloch Bequest in trust to the Scottish Hospital, from St. Andrew's-day, 1865, to St. Andrew's-day, 1866, was con sidered ; and some conversation arose on matters of detail, the report of the committee of management to S t. Andrew's day, 1866, being confirmed. On the motion of Mr. Laing, a vote of thanks to the chairman was carried with accla mation, and the court adjourned. Sir Francis B. Head writes in a contemporary as fo: lows : Sir,—ln your account this day of the Croydon Steeple chase it is stated by your report that " among those pre sent was the Duke of Hamilton and Sir Francis Head, author of "The Horse and his Rider," who was there to give evidence, if needed, for the defence. As I have always considered steeplechasing to be, as re gards both horses and riders, an unsportsmanlike exhibi tion of "valour without discretion," and as I am an ardent supporter of the Society for the Suppression of Cruelty to Animals, I shall feel exceedingly obliged if you will be so good as to allow me to state that shortly after the Croydon Steeplechase, which I had attended to see Meanwood, a favourite horse that had belonged to me, run, I declined to give evidence on the forthcoming trial, which was then announced to me. On Saturday morning last, not knowing it was to take place in a, few minutes, I walked into Croydon, and on again being earnestly solicited to appear as evidence, I replied, "I will not come forward as a volunteer, but as I should like to hear the trial I will go into court, and then if either side think proper to notice my presence I will reply to any questions that may be put to me." On the motion of the secretary for the prosecution, all persons who were to give evidence were ordered to leave the court. For nearly three blessed hours was I therefore shut up in a little dungeon, not 10ft. square, with witnesses of all castes, until a policeman, opening the door, said, "you may all come out now; the case is dismissed." So mueh for my having been during the trial present in court. With respect to the case itself permit me to state that, with the most benevolent intentions, the prosecutors made a great mistake. For really the society might as well stig matise the six noble-hearted Americans, lately swept into eternity from the deck of the yacht Fleetwing, as " sui- ~x r i I , ' t. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. " Wary as the trainer himself tatty be, however keen eyed his assistants, and let the surrounding points of van tage be scanned and examined as keenly as they may, it ix wonierful how frequently the result of a trial is seen and spread abroad. Some years ago a three years old was un dergoing a preparation on a high northern training ground. In his early days he had performed very mode rately. lle vt as not fashionably- bred, and had died ou. - ;, of the memory of the public altogether. The colt was, how ever, so good that, if treated with any degree of leniency by the adjuster of weights, one or both of the great autumn handicaps at Newmarket were nearly certain to fall to hie lot. Towards the close of the summer, it was determined that his merits should be severely tested, and very er.rly one morning before aught was astir on the moor., anu with no discernible witnesses save or ner and treir.er, the colt was asked a question.' He answered it in. a manner so unexpectedly clever that those interested is him hugged themselves at the bright prospect of gain. which opened out before them. As their exultation was at boiling-piteli a ragged, dishevelled form rose above the crest of a neir s h_ bouring hollow, and approached the party. ConsternAtion pictured on their faces, they gazed upon the uuwelcrAn e i n _ truder. It's only Fond Jemmy,' exclaimed one of them, with a sigh of relief, as the poor addle-pated creature, walk ing up to them, displayed a large basket of mushrooms which, he had collected in the neighbouringpastures. 'Jemmy,ll,l6 continued, in a seductive tone, bast thou seen aught? We're nobbut giving t'horses a bit of a gallop. Nay,' said Jemmy, carefully avoiding the speaker's eye, and •Aaring fixedly into vacancy. Ah hevn't. Mebbe yell want a few misherums.' A glance was exchanged by the two principal conspirators, and Jemmy was directed to hand over his succulent burden then and there ; and with a bright half-crown clasped tightly in his dusky fist, he moved hurriedly away towards the town. Luckless and mistaken liberality ! Had the reward been confined to the shilling which usually repaid the mushroom-gatherer's exertions, all would have been well. Half-a-crown was too much for Jemmy to carry unbroached. An early visit to the Black Lion was the natural consequence. One three-penn'orth was consumed ; a second ; and when a third dram of un sweetened Nicholson had been despatched, he grew talka tive. It chanced that one acute member of the brotherhood of touts was taking his 'morning' in the same establish,_ meet ; and, pricking up Ifis ears ftt the disjointed sentences uttered by the weak-headed tippler, he soon extracted front him the secret of the trial at early dawn. Jemmy ; it ap peared, had seen the spin, and, notwithstanding leis infir mity,' retained sufficient Yorkshire cunning to deny the fact when first taxed with it on the moor. Now that his tongue was loosened he described with such accuracy to his tempter how the short-legged bay, who carried his head so low, had beaten the others to a stand-still, that the shrewd listener—himself a great believer in the prowess of Le Medecin'—putting this and that together, was able to place the information, within a few hours, at the disposal of hie London employer. The latter quietly took advantage of it. Owing to an extraordinary and unprecedented blunder the good thing did not come off. Had it done so, the dis burser of the half-crown and his allies would have disco-- vered that the amount which they had backed their colt to win was considerably less than the great stake for which he was stood by the Metropolitan bookmaker, who had ac quired his information through the tipsy babbling of Fond Jemmy.'" RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring Harrow 2l MA. Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 West Drayton l9 Bromley Nottingham 26 D erby Epsom Spring 26 Lewes Spring Croxton Park 29 Northampton Windsor Spring Edinburgh Sp. Meeting Newmarket Craven Curragh IThirsk I Durham .. 22 1 Newmarket Ist Sprin g 22 Catterick Chester 3O AY. Chester (continued) I York Spring 7 Salisbury 9 Doncaster Spring Bath JU. Harpenden Epsom Summer Newton Croydon Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer 12 Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury Club lB Stockbridge: l9 I Chelmsford Newcastle Curragh Worcester Summer , )7 IpswiCh , 0 - ~.. LY. varliste 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 10 Hun,gerford Nottingham July Down Royal Corporatn l7 Stamford Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton (.13odwukx 1 AUG Goodwood (continued) Ripon Brighton Brighton Club 8 La wes Egham .. . l3 Wolverhamptou l3 Stockton Oxford Hastings SEPT.P.MBER. Warwick Margate Curragh Leicester Abingdon 5 Newmarket Ist October 24 Doncaster OCTOBER -- - York August Dovor %Vest Drayton 22 Plymouth. . Cauterbury Lichfield Derby Summer Weymouth Tunbridge Northampton Autumn. 1 v Curragh Edinburgh Autumn ... 2 Newmarket Houghton Newmarket 2d October. 7 Worcester Autumn 29 Cheltenham l5 NOVEMBER. Liverpool Autumn 5 I Leamington Hunt Shrewsbury ll I STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867. T A NUARY. Manchester. FEBR 1 GARY. Harrow Spring Derby Oarmarthen Birmingham... l`2. 12. Windsor • 15 MA: Liverpool Spring Grand Military Chertaey Malton ..... 13 Croydon Spring Cheltenham Grand An 2l Bromley COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. JANUARY, 1867. Name. . Judge. Days of Running Huntingdon Club Mr. Warwick l, 2, Lincolnshire, Ho'beach .Mr. Spafford Coole, co. Cork (Open) Third S. Lancashire, (South- 9, &c. port (Open) Mr. Westropp 9, 10, 11 Spelthorne Club Mr. Warwick Border Union (Longtown) Cumberland ' Mr. Warwick Barton-on-Humber, Lincoln. Mr. Spafford Altcar Club, Lancashire - Wigtonsh. Club (Stranraer) Mr. Boulton Little Crosby Mr. Welding County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spafford Ridgway Club, Lytham - - 3 O, 3O, &c. ROW THE TRIAL GOT WIND. The following episode is extracted from a pleasant ar ticle headed "Town and Moor" in Bailys Magazine for January FEBRUARY. Rufford, Lancashire Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick Waterloo, Lancashire Tamworth, Staffordshire Mr. Warwick MARCH. Irish Grand National (Open), county Loutn Ardrossan, Sharphill South Lancashire (South port) Champion Mr. Westropp l4, 15, &c Leinster (Open) Courtown... Mr. IL Springall l9, 20 Scottish Open, Lanarkshire - APRIL. York l7 I Kildare aunt Sevenoaks 3, 7 7, ezc. Brampton, Cumberland SEPTEMBER _ Mr. Warwick O Ancaster and Willoughby OBER. WLincolnshire Mr. Spafford SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.—Tuesday being New Year's-day, the whole of the patients in the Consumption Hospital, Brompton, were plentifully regaled with champagne, as they had been also on Christmas-day, Mr. Tod-Heatly having with considerate kindness for warded no less than twenty-one dozen of excellent cham pagne for the use of the inmates. The treat was very gratefully appreciated; and the patients drank to the health of the Queen, Mr. Tod-Neatly, and of the Committee of Management. This Christmas-tido another kind friend, Mr. Abel Smith, has contributed to the enjoyment of the Brompton invalids, by a gift of sixty pheasants, in addi tion to many former acceptable presents of game. The bountiful supply of evergreens sent up as usual by the chairman provided for the decoration of the chapel and the corridors (which had a very pretty appearance), besides affording cheering and interesting occupation to the patients. The various proofs of sympathy on the part of those in the outer world, which are thus constantly r e culling, cannot fail to touch the hearts of the poor sufferers at Brompton, and help them to bear their lot with patience and cheerfulness. Sir Roger Tichborne, the long-lost heir to the baronetcy and estates of Tichborne, near Alresford, in Hampshire, has arrived at Tichborno from A - ustralia. lie was immediately on his arrival recognised and acknow ledged by his tenantry and by the inhabitants of the neighbourhood. UST, &CH. ,ssas , the r u aS )iana on of nois ; if e of wins ions ; ;titer , be s do ming long you- wet.- and rgcd wed Aion th a ten With oral tioa ;hey mai ;sed 'e'tes 1051