The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-26 00:00:00

MONEY 11ARKET AND COMMEROia INTELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. As usual at the end of the week there has been less inquiry for money, and in fact the discount business transacted has been of almost nominal amount. It is difficult to conceive a more intense degree of listlessness than that which now prevails, but this inactivity, it may be hoped, is the prelude of that revival of enterprise which generally charac terises the early spring, when confidence is felt in home politics, and when also there is little of a disturbing nature in the relations of foreign Governments. There is a superabundance of floating capital, and the sooner it is forced into safe and remunera tive employment the more beneficial it will be in the interests of our industry and commerce. The the lowest terms in the general discount market are 21. 3 per cent., and daily loans on Govern- Mental securities in the Stock Exchange are offered at exceptional rates. Gold, to the amount of £B,OOO, was taken from the Bank of England yesterday. A report of the directors of the East London Bank, just issued, states that the available balance for distribution amounts to £4,009, and recommends the Payment of a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax. The Anglo-American Telegraph Company pro pose to make the dividend of £1 per share payable on the 29th inst. The letters of allotment of the Chilian Loan were sent out last night. The first instalment of 10 per cent, is made payable at the London Joint-Stock sank on Tuesday, the 29th inst., as notified in the prospectus ; no reply has been returned to those applicants to whom it has been found impossible to Make any allotment. A report has been issued by the Universal Marine Insurance Company, embracing the whole of the t ransactions of the company to the 31st December. It states that the net premiums received during the Year, after deducting returns of premium, cost of r e - insurances, brokerage, and discount, amounted to £ 2 25,887 17s. 2d., and the payments for losses and claims on account of the same period have been £ 1 05,504 103. Bd., leaving £120,383 6s. 61 at the credit of the underwriting account of 1866 ; and although the disasters at sea have been unusually severe during the past year, the directors have every reason to hope that it will yield a satisfactory result. The heavy losses against which the Company has had to contend were (as is well known to the share holders) incurred in 1860 and 1861, since which time the balance to the credit of each year's under writing account stands as follows :—For the year 1862, £18,551 Os. 4d. ; 1863, £42,035 18s. 10d. ; 186 4 (Calcutta cyclone year), £lB,lOB 17s. ; 1865, £ 5 1,427 12s. 3d. ; making a total of £130,123 B s. 5d., which, however, is subject to a deduction of £36,372 13s. 9d. for expenses, bad debts, &c. It will, therefore, be seen that since the change made in the underwriting department at the close of 1861. every year's business has left a profit to the company. In view of these facts, showing the gradual and steady progress made by the coin- Pally in retrieving the disastrous losses sustained during the first two years of its existence, the 4itectors deem the time to have arrived at which the shareholders may fairly expect a distribution out of the interest that has accrued from the se curities in which the funds of the company have been invested, and they recommend that a pay kent of 2s. 6d. per share (free from income tax), w hich will absorb £6,250, should be made out of t he sum of £9,392 Bs. 9d. standing at the credit of the interest account. Specie representing £79,264, has arrived by the Ilansa, from New York ; and the Sussex, from Port Phillip, has brought gold to the value of 4 117,000 . The specie movements during the past week have not been of a very extensive character as regards th e n imports, which have amounted to about £26B,l92—including £53,000 from New York, by the Allemannia ; £2,940, by the City of Baltimore ; an d £79,264, by the Hansa. The Sussex, from Australia has arrived with £117,048, and about £ 15 ,940 has been received in silver from the Con .tti4ent. The exp or t s h ave b een £5 , 855 to t h e E ast Indies and China, by the Pera, and there have been remittances to the Continent through private sources estimated at £529,320; the total amounting to £535,175. With regard to the tea trade, Messrs. Halbert and Co., in their bi-monthly circular, state as follows : " The feature of the past fortnight has been the Increasing firmness of holders, and as is usually the e ase, this has tended to materially restrict opera tions, which, from the nature of the inquiry and from the biddings made by dealers, might otherwise have been extensive. The contracts passing since the 10th jest., confirm the advance then described in the value of fine to finest classes of congou tea ranging from is. 10d. to 2s. 6d. per lb., immediate descriptions fully supporting old quotations, while many parcels are held for Id. to 2d. more money. As to common and fair black and red-leafs, prices show an improve ment of about id. per lb., ruling now from Is. Ofd. to ls. 1 1 11. per lb. ; dusty to leafy gra d es are fetching fro m 61d . to 10d. per lb. ; at the moment they are in liberal supply. Newake congous are saleable from is. 3fd. to Is. 7d. per lb. Two O'CLOCK. A further improvement has taken place to-d ay in the market for Consols, which have advanced per cent. to 901 for money and the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities were 90i I Annuities, 2i per cent., 1894, 73 ; Bank of Eng land Stock, 249 f ; India 5 peryents, 107 ; ditto ttlfaced 5 per Cents, 107 ; and ditto Debentures, 1.02. Foreign Stocks generally are slightly improved. Greek have advanced 1, to 14 I a ; Turkish 5 per eertts. i t, to 2981 ; Sp an i s h Passive to 22 ; the C ificate s 1, to 141 f ; whik :ylexican have de elieed,l, to 171 8. The New Chitiatt Loan has declined I, to 1 + The Russian Loan Scrip continues firm at 1+ 1 ),..14tre was littl e an i mat i on in the Railway Share "'"trket to-day, but in a few instances prices were 4 shade firmer. Great Northern A Stock, Mid ea .4,4 d, and South-E as t ern, each improved + ; xrt Eastern l'l 4 it e , ; and Lancashi re an d Y orkshire, I ; Great Western and Metropolitan, each de- The Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit little vari ation. Great Luxembourg are /naked 121 ; Bahia 21,a* d San F rancisco, 12+ ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 41 i ; Great W es t ern of Canada, 141 +; East i kt Indian 105. 1 061, 107 ; a n d G rea t I n di an Peninsula, American Securities are without change. United States 5-20 Bonds at 721 ; Erie Share s a t 43+ ; ee d Illinoi s at 8 0 81. At lantic and G rea t W estern Railway Debentures ha ve..,.. adva nce d 2 to 44 46 ; and the Consolidated tiortgage Bonds to 33 34. Miscellaneous and finance shares are very quiet. Anglo-American Telegraph have improved to 151 ; Imperial Land Company of Marseilles to 1 ; Credit Foncier of England were firm, at 32. ; and Crystal Palace stock at 27 291. Bank Shares are dealt in to a fair extent, and steady rates are current. Alliance are marked 17 171 ; I mper i al Ottoman, 81 ; London J o i n t- Stock, 441 1 ; London and Westminster, 971; and Union of London, 451 1. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY, Two Clock. diThe dealing s to-day were not quite so o' animated. ces, how ever, remained steady. The shares efly in request were Great Retallick, Prince of Wales, Chiverton, West Chiverton Redmoor, Drake_ Falls, North Crofty, and East Russell. Annexed are the latest quotations : Care Camborne, 22s Od 248 ; Cam litres, —; Central )dinera, -- ; Cooks' Kitchen, 10 11; East Cam Brea, 3 c l: k ; Drakewells, 25s Od 27s G(i ; Great Laxey, 17 18 ; A liiver toll Moor, G 61- • Chonzales Gold, 21 I; Clifford 111al gartiate, 8 8i ; East ' Basset, 21 26; East Caradon, 51 Gi East Lovell 10 10i ; East Wheal Grenville, 2 2k; Great Retallack, 44s Od 469; Great *heal Vor, 17 18 ; Marko Valley, 4 41; North Crofty, 51 i; North Treskerby, 2 1 1 I ; Prince of Wales, 34s Od 35s Od; Prosper United, 81 1; Providence Mines, —; South Condurrow, —s —d ; South Grenville, Os Od Os Od; Tinoroft, 141 15; West Caradon, 111 12k; West Chiverton, 621 65; West Frances, —; West Seton, 125 130; Wheal Buller, 221 25; Wheal Chiverton, 8/ 9 ; Wheal Crabor, s —s; Wheal Grenville, 20a Od 245; Wheal Rose, ; Wheal Seton, 120 125 ; Wheal Trelawney, 111 121 ; Wheal Uny, 21 1 ; Great :South Tolgus, 17s 6d 19s Od; South Frances, 18 20; St. Ives Consols, 00; South Caradon, —; Stray Park, —s —0 ; North Roskear, 0 0 ; North Downs, 0 0; South Darren, 0 0 ; Wheal Basset, 0 0. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Feb. 7 9o} } 3 per Cont. Roducod 9o,t- 1 gew 3 per Cent 9O • 4- ,- New 2i por Cent. Jan. 1894 73 } Do. 5 per Cont. Jan. 1873 — Annuities ' 30 yrs, expire sth J a n., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, aspire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — »Ixchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent — pm Do £509 If ..-- Pia Do £lOO & £2OO I Bank of England Stock, 6} per Cent ... 2-49 r INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874... Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cont., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5f per Cent., May 1879 lO7 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds,4 por Cent., £l,OOO — Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 4f per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 721 1 Mo. A 94 Boads Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 7 Bf Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 33 C.Alian 6 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent. sio. 6 per Cent A — Do. „ B — Colombian, 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent, 1825 — Do. 5 per Cent, 1864 . Danubian Principalities Do. Account Niquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Do Deferred — Emptian 7 per Cent — Do. Account Do., Second Issue B3i 3 Do £lOO Bonds Bsf Do. 1864 =_ Do £lOO Bonds 834 Do. Government Railway Debentures BOl 4 80 iio. Account Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons .)o. Coupons Do. Account Gatternala 5 per Cent. Mimi 5 per Cut 1865 Do, Account . Do. Maremmana Railway — 2d , xicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — ilontevidean 6 per Cent. .. — lloorish Imperial 5 per Cent , iew Granada — Do 3 per Cen 3 9' i Do. Deferred Do Land •farrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do Account 651 Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853 '6,'7, '9,'60, '2, '3, 434 1 Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St BB Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B6l 1 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 B9 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid B7 4 Do. do. £lO paid ll put Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account ipanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do. Account 1 Passive Do Do Account 221 Spanish Cort. of Coup not funded Do Account S wedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 por Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, .£6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do. Account • • Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do 4100 Bonds no. 6 per Cent, 18E2 241 Ditto 11 per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 psr Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...., B9l French Rentos, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italia). 8 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251. Do. Account 54 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 904 4 Do. Account UREA r DESTRLT rioN OF PRO °ER rY. THIS DAY. This morning, at a few minutes past 5 o'clock, tho greatest excitement was caused in the neighbourhood of Clay-corner, Shoreditch, more especially among the nume rous inmates of the Model Lodging-house, situate at that spot. A fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Thorp, walking-stick manufacturer. The discoltery was made by a police-constable of the M division, who gave the necessary alarm ) and sent off for proper assistance. In the course of a few minutes Conductors Kidson and Hayward arrived with two of the Royal Society's eseapet; whoa the conductors rushed into the model lodging-house and aroused about 50 pereods- --, '-th1313, women, and children —who happily etkettecied in effecting a rapid ret rea t. Numerous %Warners by Shand, Mason, and Co. having tossiVeti, under the direction of Mr. Gatehouse, the super intendent of the district, and a powerful body of fits:nowt; and the London Salvage Corps, with lir. warton, the chief superintendent, they Set to work immediately, a plentiful supply of eater having been obtained ; but during the brief interval the fire had seized upon the whole of the immense range of premise; and nearly a million fancy canes, sticks, &c., showing up a light that could bee Ali over the metropolis. The first thing the &onion sought to accomplish was the protection of the lodging -house and the candle works. The ladder expedient was crowned With success, both buildings being saved, but nothing could be saved in Mr. Thorp's premises except his books, which were fortunately deposited in one of tb• patent re liance fire-proof safes. The loss of property will reaeh to some thousand pounds sterling. Five other fires took place during the "night, but they were not of a serious character. SHIPPING. INTELLIGENCE—This Day. (BY TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Sattirda.y Morning. Arrived, Jan. 26—Promise and Cordele, from Guern sey; Oriental, from the Cape; Dagmar, steamer, from St. Michael's ; Malvern, from Pondicherry ; Lady Bowen, from Sydney ; John Paul, from Shanghia. Sailed, Jan. 26—Holland, steamer, front Ostetid Panther, steamer, for Boulogne; Triton, Steamer, for DEAL, Saturday Morning. Anchored.—North Star, from London, for Philadelphia. Passed.—Albion, from London for Berkice ; Osbert, "roin London, for Demerara; Mangerton, from London, 'or Barbados. Passed (in ttlV)—White Rose, from Molbouz,9, for Louden. THE VICTORIA CROSS.—The Lohil &azette of yesterday contains a nctite dated Jan. 25, to the effect " that the Q netn has been pleased, by an instrument under her royal sign manual, to direct that the decoration of the Victoria Cross may be conferred on persons serving in the local forces of the colony of New Zealand, or who may hereafter be employed in the local forces raised or VrhiCh may be raised in the colonies and their dependencies generally." FOOLS AND FIREARMS. —A boy named Scott took up a supposed unloaded gun at the house of Mrs. Lee, Bury, on Wednesday, and, putting a cap on it, snapped it in joke at two men. The gun was unfortunately loaded, and went off, and both men were injured about the face with the shot. LA PLATA.---SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—ln accord.. ance with the instructions received last night from the Lords of the Privy Council, the passengers who arrived on the 17th inst. in the West India mail steamer La Plata, and were transferred to the company'p steamer Parana, wore released from quarantine to-day, and landed in the docks. The crow, who have been located on board her Majesty's steamship ./Eolus, at the Motherbank, are to be released to-morrow. DIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1867. SHARE MARKETS.—This day. I share' Railways. i " 'Bristol sou limner .... lCaledonian • :anibrlan 87 811 118 120 40 46 20 tit et 100 Jork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dan„l'erth,& Ab.Junc E.London, bcrip Certi I Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland' Great Northern Do. A stock • • • Do. B stock.... Do. New, Is. at 25 pin UtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original! Do. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales • Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Laimishire & Yorkshire ,L.indon and Blackwall lton., Brig - h., & S Coasi\ Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Mctrop. Ex. A , Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., She., & Lincoln, Aletropolitan. 4 8 65 83 70 72 116 118 34 36 6 8 120 12: 13t 133 in OS 61 66 Do. New Do. Extension Hetropolitan District 00. do. dd. and St. John'slif'dl .IlicLand Do. £9 Share Do, t3irwin.. & Derbyl Kent . . pTorth British ...... Do. lid., Pth., & Dun' th. Eastern—Berwick' Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. Yorx Do. Carlisle ..... no. Stock. & Darling Do. do. 1860-61 North Londou Do. do. 1864 5 Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire v. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central 'Scot. N. E Aber. stool vo. Scot, Mid. stdok. Shropshire Union South Devon south Eastern itaines, Wok., & Wok Fair Vale Do. C Vale of heath Waterford do Kilkenn, Waterloo & Whlteha West Cornwall ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 3i 9/ 5/ 7 133} 01 4; 51 19 74 8 181 123 z. 1, 31 511 1311 2 1 1-10 125 1 4} 106 i 6 71 i 3 4* I 1 Closing I Business Paid. Prise. done. BRITISH l' Atlantic St. Lawrence Born., Buroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. F dhares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Butt,Brant, &Goderich 6 p. c. 1872-3-t Calcutta & S. E., lim e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p: East. Bengal, gu., 5 do • ast Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension • rand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I,charge 6 p.c Dd. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gulu 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c 't. South of India gua. 5 per cent 1) . 41 per cent Do ;teat Wes. of Canada D. New .. . ...... Do. 6 p. e •Bt.s. pay. 1873 Do. 5i do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. la do Do. Filth Extension 31e1b. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Iludson'a nay.. N. Rl.C'da,6po lot pt. be; Scinde . Do. Delhi Do. do . ) Do. Puniaub.... Do.lndueSt.Flot Co COLONIAL GOVER, British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 Can.Gov.6 p.aJa.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 1)0. 5 p. c. Jan. t July Do. 5 p. c. inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oot, 1890-1900 Do. do 1880-90 Do. Jan.&July, 1810-9 • Do. 5 per cent. 15 April ana i 5 Oct., 1900 lon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. Do. 1878, do klauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.478 )o. 1882, Mayls, N0v.15 o. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal qov. 6 per cent .8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&J Cl) . S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,1861i Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 187 s Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 ew Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c. 1868:9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vlo,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July •Do. do, A pH! & Oot BRIMS Cam. Consol. Gold, Um ehtverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) east Caradon East Cam BrPa ast Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Love.l h. W'l ltussell (Tavistk StAubyn(G wen. Great Laxey, Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Helst ,, e Grenville Derod's Foot •••• llingston Downs Margaret ,tiny 'Mara Starke Valley 11wyndy Iron Ore, llin N ew Se ton North Roskear 1 N. W h'l Bassett (I llogan North Wheal Crotty ['romper IJtqlodl;.. ;: 1.1 A - 13616e Uny L elan t S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan stray Park Tin Croft Vig - ra and Clogan s lim SVeet Itamsett tcyrom W. eithltioa (Ltskeard West Chi rerton West Seton . Wheal Bassett (Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelav!nty_o4. X 2.1.0 224 3f 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.0.0 10.8. all 0.14.6 14.9.6 li 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 584 5.17:9 171 17 ae~va~,. ----- Alliance, lim.. 17 1 17 Australasia, 65, 6 . hank of Egypt, 361 Chartered ter. of India, London, and China, 33_ 1 City, 141 Consolidated Bank, lint., 4; 5 English, Scotch, and Austral Cluttered; ISI Imperial Ottonian, 81 1 Lard Mortg,kge Batik di India, Itm., 21 London ilantk di Sidki:.o and S. America, 11M., 13 London and Brazilian ;limb 3 3 London and River Plate, —3 Ditto, issued at 11 pm., ii London Joint Stock, 4i, London and 1% estminster, 971 Midland Bank, lim., 18 Oriental Bank Corporation, 411 1 Union of London, 451 1 11ta9'Ckttiniii18. Ailed-American Telegrapb, 151 E A ngl3-31exican Mint, 151 Atlantic Telegraph, 28: Dit o, 8 per cent., 65 Ceylon Company, 91 City Offices, lint., 3h Continental Union Gee; Credit ' , minim' of =Vann. Cryttal Palace, 291 9 • East India Irrigation and Canal, 121 Ebbw Vale, Ili Fairb iirn Engineering, 51 Fore-street Warehouse, lint., 131 Gcn. Credit and Discount Lim _fl Imperial Land. Pon4pikn.y ~ be , ies, lim., 11 Intarnatinnal rinancial Society, lint., •44 Land Securities. lim., 2, NzK E. LANDSEER'S LOX Co__"r.uMm 4ont ilq4 " h c "V o!s 1)1 114 l‘Aig eien accustomed for years to hear itai time to time complaints about the delays attendant on the completion of the monument to England's great admiral, the public will gladly learn that "IA litsr one of the long-promised litqtd hai been p.aoed at the foot of the Nelson oOidtan In Trafalgar -spate. ' 1 2:. ? 'rCi,al 1'444 arrived before too l 4.;;;;Wte'rd#. in 'b. Watieti. four kaa #tb:s to his pedestal without i5.41„Y ittiid+Afti accident. Ile is placed at the south-western tomer of the monument, and frowns majestically across Cockspur-streot, or will doubtless do so as soon as the White cloth which now covers him shall have been removed. Despite this covering, however, enough of the contour of the animal is perceptible to produce a fine effect, and to enable the beholder to form some judgment as to the ulti mate grandeur of the monument when completed, as it no doubt will be ere long. The outline of the lion is very effective as seen from Charing-cross, though the appear ance of 'white marble which the covering suggests does not harmonise well with tho surroundings. What is seen gives good reason to expect that, when the four guardians of the monument have been placed on their pedestals, the public will acknowledge with satisfaction that they wore worth waiting for, and that, long as the delay Las been since they were taken in band, the time occupied by Sir Edwin Landseer in thus perfecting his work bas been well . LAW INTEL LIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF CHANCERY. GARDNER V. THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY COMPANY -DRAWBRIDGE V. SAME-GARDNER (NO. 2) V. SAME -THE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (LIMITED) v. SAME. The court gave judgment in these four suits. The first suit was instituted by Mr. Gardner, on behalf of himself and all the other mortgages of what is known as the "General Undertaking" of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, against the company, for the purpose of realising his and their securities. The second and third suits are of a similar nature. In thefourth suit the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association (Limited) seek to establish an equitable chtuge to the amount of £185,000 upon the proceeds of the sale of the superfluous lands of the "Metropolitan Extension" of the railway company. Their lordships were of opinion that in the case of Gard nor and Drawbridge the order ought not to apply to the sale of lands or the surplus rents of the company, and in the Imperial Mercantile Credit suit there ought to be a receiver, but perhaps to save expense some officer of the company would act gratuitously. The costs in the cases to be costs in the cause. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice Byles and a Common Jury.) BARNES V. SCHOFIELD. Mr. Robert Barnes, the plaintiff in this case, is an iron monger, and resides at Barnes, in Surrey, and the action Is as brought to recover compensation in damages for an alleged assault on the part of certain porters in the employ of the defendant, who is an auctioneer in business at Vincent-square, Westminster. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Pearce were counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Digby Seymour, Q.C., and Mr. Laxton for the defendant. The plaintiff, in his evidence, said that early last Sep tember he wont to the auction rooms of the defendant and obtained a catalogue, which detailed, amongst other articles of sale, a hogshead of sherry. He wont to the yard where it was placed for the purpose of tasting it, and found three persons whom he un derstood to be parties on the establishment around. He was supplied with the bottom of a bottle to taste the wine, but, without tasting it, he at once discoveied it con sisted of the lees of wine bottles, and he made some obser vations in respect of it to the porters. The defendant came down the yard and asked what was the matter, and one of the porters said he had been drinking wino, upon which the defendant said, "Put him out," at the same time calling some other porters. He was then soizsd by three men, and dragged from the yard into the auction room, when they fell over some shovels or spades, he being under them. If he had not caught hold of the shirt of one of the men he would have been severely hurt by falling against one of the shovels. He was then dragged out into the street, and thrown with violence on his back, and his hat, which had fallen off, was thrown out after him. He went to the nearest police station, and acting on the advice he received there he returned to the auction-room; and asked for the names and addresses of the men who assaulted him. He said, "If you do not hold your noise I shall order you to . be served in the same way again." He suf fered very severely from the violent treatment to which he had been subjected, and was a fortnight under the care of his medical attendant. The witness was cross-examined at some length by Mr. Digby Seymour, and denied most positively that he had tasted the wine. He identified one of the partes in court as one of those who assaulted him. He was not talking particularly loud when the defendant came up the yard. There was . no outcry on the part of the persons assembled in tho auction room to turn him out, and he was making no noise when he was assaulted. The evidence was very conflicting, it being deposed on the part of the defence that the plaintiff created a disturb ance in the auction room at the time the sale was going ou, which rendered his expulsion necessary. At the conclusion of the evidence, the Jury found a ver dict for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGESCE.—This Day. WESTMINSTER. IMPUDENT FEMALE R OBB ERY. —Margaret Revel, a re spectably-dressed young woman, was charged with the following impudent robbery. Mr. John Barnes, linendraper and mercer, 101, Lupus street, Pimlico, said that on Friday afternoon a large roll of coloured flannel shirting was at his door. Part of the roll was exposed at the end for show outside, but the roll was inside the door, fastened by a wire. Prosecutor was standing inside his shop, wren he saw the prisoner and another woman come up to tha door together and examine the flannel. After looking about them, to satisfy them selves that they were not observed, the prisoner stepped inside, and having unfastened the wire, rolled her shawl round the flannel and crossed the road with it. Ho has tened out of the shop and followed the two women, who, seeing him, separated, the , prisoner throwing down the roll of flannel, which was worth above £2. Prosecutor got a person to pick up the flannel, and followed the pri soner. The latter resisted very violently, but was at length taken into custody. Mr. Selfe—Did she say anything? Prosecutor—Yes, denied the robbery. Prosecutor—She got away. Prisoner said she had got no home, and was wandering about from place to place, and had slept the night before last at Paddington. She would admit that she took the flannel, but it was entirely through distress. Prosecutor said that she had had another woman, but she did not know anything about her. ' That was a mistake. Mr. Selfo asked her whether she wanted him to dispose of the case or desired to be sent to the Sessions ? Prisoner said that as she had stolen it she would rather tho magistrate dealt with her at once. Mr. Selfo said ho should commit her for three months to hard labour in the House of Correction. THAMES. SHOCKING CRUELTY TO DONKEYS.—James Townley, a coke dealer, of Joy cottage, Well-street, Poplar, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with cruelty for tortur ing two donkeys by Wo r ki ng thew in an unfit state in the public streets. Inspector Beare, of the K division, said his attention was called to the prisoner yesterday afternoon. He was driving two donkeys yoked to a cart laden with coke. The animals were the moat wretched ones ho ever saw, and there was a general feeling of indignation at the prisoner's cruelty. The smallest of the two donkeys had wounds, from which an offensive discharge was issuing, on the tail; Witherg, acid shoulders. ft was alsd mangy. The poor animal fell down from weakness, and he had much difficulty in raising it again The larger donkey had a wound on the off shoulder, which was raw, and in a very offensive state. This animal was also in a poor ec n di t i oli generally. A clumsy attempt had been ihade tti nOnticial thd V,Ontids faint the gtinnii df the tail to the back, b y covering them with black grease, which added to their sufferings. The prisoner, who ap peared in as wretched a plight as his donkey, said ho was a very poor man, and having no work to do as an iron shipbuilder; bought_ L key belonged td bat* *ell:strent; POP Ile gave a donkey rind eta: The larger don the small doutay a "hot mash" of bran on Friday morning. Inspector Beare was of opinion the two donkeys ought to be killed. They could never be worked with safety again. It would be torture of the worst kind to attempt to work them or yoke them to a cart to their present con dition: Mr. Net hit:4(W at the ttnithalsc and *its baits dis gusted and indignalit at their miserable aud disfigured ap pearance. He never saw animals in a more wretched condition. _ It was disgraceful to .work them at all: He should issue a summons against Parit adjourti the case fdi l iifeek: The prisoner might go at large on his own per sonal recognisance, but if he dared to work either of the doukeys until this case was disposed of he would be surely MARYLEBONE. poor, dirty-looking named Jeremiah Moriarty, aged 9, of 14, Gray's buildings, Marylebone, was charged with bogging. yrs or TowNsmIND.—A . Cavendish-square, and 1 7T yEM m A t irq RQ iiiii Of ,1161 I h Ilelid ii td —On, iii 4 Rtiqthis outside a confectioner's andin Ii other are-streetlada , shop, begging. There are always a number of juveniles saw afternoont 13 i-w prisoner as about the sill !ra ll iW:i! 4. r : 1 1 .4 1, ? ; 1 ?oy Ao „the„ police_ station'., am b i tr ed Li= 1 eliecra his mother sends him out to beg, and she is in the habit of begging herself. In reply to Mr. Mansfield the child said it was true he was begging. '• ' • Mr. Mansfielli, ren iancled him; with D. vifiw to get him bald ag litativii-ictiai: The Marquis thanked his worship and retired. George Miller, of no home, who said he was sailor, was committed for trial for assaulting a roomnamed, Henry WillittiM gegiht itca 011Yer *atnoli in t he Edgotkiare=roac, at, i,o ; chieh hu the iiierning. Ilt A . t t ectin l i o) the boliniaee of the 'Shipwrecked Mariners' Society yesterday --Captain the Hon. Francis Maude, R.N., in the chair— the secretary, Mr. Lean, presonted 111 cases for relief arising out of the late g 3 WidoWS and 88 allipkVroateti 6a,finels, for atiielatite to teplate their clothes lost b ship Wreck. After*aicip tiie biittithittee proceeded to inVestie.ii3 the Ciaims of 808 widows of drowtiod mariners, who, having orphan children, though relieved at the time of the death of their husbands, are allowed to apply annually for ftirther relief - while their children are young, say for five or six years, when they are struck off the list to make room for others. The whole of these were relieved at a cost of £949 ss. 9d. TICE VALUE OF AN ATTORNEY.— An attorney in Dublin having died exceedingly poor, a shilling subscrip- TN ti o o ol n rebr w u: a y. s . set on foot to pay the expenses of his funeral. Most of the attorneys and barristers having subscribed, one of them applied to Toler, afterwards Lord Chief Justice . 4, "tiv ` . p `O r ;ly_ a a gu s i ti e l o li , n g g o t a o na bu b r u y ry a o n ne at a T d ne o y „ !; ty sa ,o id f them.' Mr. Seely, M.P., on Admiralty Mismanagement. Mr. Seely, M.P., and Mr. Heneage, M.P., ad dressed a meeting of their constituents in Lincoln on Wednesday night. The latter gentleman, who was subjected to some interruptions and allusions to " the Cave," defended his votes during the last ses sion of Parliament, and showed that he had sup ported Mr. Gladstone's Reform Bill in principle, although he had voted against it in the detail raised by Lord Dunkellin's motion. In concluding his remarks, amidst cheers mingled with groans and hisses, the hon. gentleman hoped the Liberal party would again become united, aAd that Mr. Gladstone would remain the leader. Mr. SEELY, M.P., addressed his auditors in a speech of great length, stating that he was and ever had been an advocate for household suffrage, and was not the least afraid of the bugbear called the "working man." Having taken some pains to show that there was not the slightest reason to fear that under an extended suffrage the working classes would all vote one way, the hon. gentleman proceeded to a demonstration of the proposition that there was abundance of room for improvement in the Legisla tion and Government of the country. He confined his remarks on this head chiefly to Admiralty mis management and the shortcomings of Parliament in dealing with that mismanagement, going over in his statement much of the ground traversed by him in his speeches on the subject during the last session of Parliament. The following are extracts from his remarks :—On examination of Royal dockyard ac counts, I found that in four years, from 1863 to 1866 inclusive, there were £2,000,000 not accounted for. The Frederick William cost —adding the items which a private shipbuilder would have to charge—the sum of £281,691 in repairing. She could have been built for £134,453, so that the loss on that transaction was £147,138. (Laughter.) I have picked out five ships, and the repairs, adding the items I have re ferred to, amounted to £230,090, and the vessels could have been built new for £152,148, so that you actually repaired five old vessels at a cost of £79,942, more than you could build them new for. (Laughter.) Now, the Admiralty have never dis puted my figures with regard to the cost of ships, or, if they have, they have afterwards had to admit that I was correct. Of course they did not like it. (Laughter.) Besides this, I pointed out that in one dockyard an article was produced for 14s. 3d.— these figures aro taken from their own published accounts—and that in another yard the same article cost £1 lls. 9.0. I pointed out that in one yard they made more offal timber than they ought to have done, according to their own authorities, which caused a loss to the country of £35,126. I showed that they manufactured sheet lead at a cost of . 355., when they could have bought it for ss. (Shame.) One boat cost £35, which ought to have been only £lO 10s. ; another cost £3O, instead of £9 165.; another £2B, instead of £7 10s. ; and so on. I pointed out that for some cause or other—l cannot tell what —a particular firm, Brown, Lennox, and Co., had since the year 1842 supplied the Go vernment with anchors, and that the cost of those anchors during that period had been about £170,000 more than the market price. I charged this upon the Government in the session before last, and, as a matter of course, one of the officials—l think it was Lord Clarence Paget, now gone to the Medi terranean as Admiral of the Fleet—with his usual audacity, said, " Yes, but we must take care of the lives of our seamen ; we cannot have bad anchors." Well, who wants them to have bad anchors ? We want them to have the very best anchors possible. But it so happened that the anchors which were supplied to the navy by Brown, Lennox, and Co. are anchors of a par ticular pattern, which was condemned by a com mittee appointed by the Admiralty, I think in the year 1852, as being the wort of seven anchors which were submitted to the committee. I further pointed out that there was some iron ballast, familiarly called pigs—(laughter)—and I think it is probable that these pigs will give a squeak when Parliament meets again. (Laughter.) At a most moderate estimate, there is £150,000 or £lBO,OOO wasted in this atrocious manner. Of course, some of my statements have been disputed, but the matter cannot rest here. I have endeavoured, to the best of my ability, not to discredit my constituents by ever making statements that I could not maintain. (Hear, hear.) I assure you I have no wish whatever to gain notoriety by making statements which I cannot substantiate. I simply want " the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," and so long as I am favoured with your confidence, so long shall I endeavour to elicit the truth in the House of Commons. (Applause.) The proceedings closed by the passing of a vote of confidence in both hon. gentlemen. IRELAND. DUBLIN, Jan. 25. A ceremony of a very novel character took place in the Mansion-house yesterday. The Lord Mayor received in State at the 'Mansion-house a deputation from the tenants of Lord Annaly, in the county of Clare, who presented an address to Lis Lordship and the Lady Mayoress, with a beautiful and costly servica of plate, as an expression of their gratitude for his conduct as Lord Annaly's agent, and his efforts to promote their welfare in various ways, as well as of their personal regard and esteem, and their hearty congratulation on the high position to which Mr. Lane Joynt had attained. The address having been read by Mr. M. Kelly, tin Rev. Mr. Quaid, parish priest of O'Callaghan Mills, county of Clare, who accompanied the deputation, said he endorsed every word of the address, and paid a high tribute to the public usefulness and private worth of the Lord Mayors His lordship delivered a lengthened reply, which contained some fat's worthy of notice. He ascribed the chief merit of what he had done to the landlord, who has extensive estates in the counties of Clare, Limerick, Longford, Meath; and Publin; He declared that Lord Annaly never turned out a tenant, and that he Wished every farmer on his property should have an interest in his holding, should be secure in his improvements, and encourage I to increase the produce of the land, so as to gratify the honest desire of every tenant to be able to hand down to his children, with increased valtie, the place where his children grew up around him ; which the dearest aisOCiations of youth and manhood had hallowedr=the, home to which he clings with all detotioo of mi Ii sli heart: The Lord Mayor continued : These are noble and honest feelings. They are making their ly , t , o,th9.acceptance of all great thinkers and states ''~6L: 21:6 lie long therm , et disregard the the statesmen whose ambition is to rule the country nizo and embody them in law; they are founded in justice, they will be enforced by justice also; they aro recommended by the oi,.pritett 17:que,r1'sitgrel l tlley are recommended to the plainest understandings of there geEtccitttedi as I am, with the working of the Irish land system. I do nO . i: ce liove in the proposed plans of buying up properties and sell ingthop in small lots to tenant occupiers. I believe the tene.rt-farniet.s rant thAt, Most, if not all, prefer to got their land at a fair rani—.'or secured by a 31 years' lease; and I believe with you, under such circumstances, the value of tho agricultural produce of Ireland wold be doubled even sooner than the period you • menacn-7_ etirs. o§t to:irii.eri would e.vect from their capital a greater return than 4or 5 per emit., ! - !.c'et di the good landlords of Ireland—and I believe they aro more numerous than is usually believed'—can afford to purchase lands itpd let OW I:ten/ore moderately than the small class of purchasers which the not;;sitgi - ei 2 :l . : t•:t‘'nOtMett woo . . hi re 7nerate the country. Now, you know that the ttbilant farmail of ri-oti:tid fearpi ns , ;9 much as that of the sm al capitalist who bfi s a iiY^ li Ti.ot 61 laud, and as I have known in many cases, trebles, flak, ritiadriipleo; tin the occupying tenant the rent before Ito has been sin Months its owner. I could qtitite IhStaii6en of this fli dlarei but I it odd not; you are too familiar with them. I trust, therefore, in the inte rest Of the landlords themselves; many of whom do not know their true int erest, a bill rimy be prepared and brought in during the coining session to settle the land question. There is no insuperable difficulty about it, and if her Ma jesty's Government will not settle the question they must give place to a Government who will. Gentlemen, you have alluded to emigration. It is the hemorrhage which drains the life-blood of Ireland away, and I deeply regret that a noble lord of hereditary talents, of groat parts and accomplishments, should have re-animated the Sangrado prescription of more bloodletting and hot warewatr. Ireland has too much of that already. I fear to the future, when ono half million of our population is to be reduced. I fear to face the deep and untold misery to thousandas - the quelched f i res, the household gods scattered, adi clauses in the towu6 ptill further reduced and ruined, and 32 35 34 37 - - 13) 131 87 Si 18 19 10 10 123 124 87 69 63 64 ISO 131 2 3 ip It 11i 04, 125 11 11}, 93 95 , 39 49 4 18 106 107 tlO ' 67 101 103 35 S 6 10 11 pl 120 /22 I 1 2p 1 2p 74 76 114 118 148 152 48 60 73 71 9 10 150 163 3 4; ISIONS. 50 58 100 101 p 4 4i 731 tih•i 50 55 101 103 101 IC3 106 107 21 22 85 88 57 59 53 54 52 54 37 40 23 25 106 106 it 1 1 1 il 1p 100 102 91 93 12k 1311 14 12. F 8 82 81 84 11 11d1 ICO 102 1 92 94 85 90 82 615 97 9.► 97 98 1 Ir, 97 98 1 41 5 T SECURITIES. N 100 99 101 99 101 82 8+ 82 84 10! 104 104 108 103 105 101 103 DO ?2 101 103 106 ItB 10 2 104 103 105 103 106 105 107 99 'Ol 95 07 90 93 85 AG 9) 101 81 85 90 98 91. 93 104 106 107 108 7 76 8 9 103 410 i 1 22 24 6 7 2 3 2 3 1 9 10 21 2} 5 6 17 18 15 10 1i 14 30 32 - 2 4 31 4} 23 1 . 4,1 35 45 2 4 8,1 24 26 300 320 f ii 18 22 1 2 13 14 12 14 54 56 113 :25 05 25 18 20 10 12 135 145 the professional and middle classes feeling the want of that life-blood which it is the duty of true statesmen to keep in the b - dy politic, and, above all, arrest its continual flow. I rejoice to say that on Lord Annaly's estates I have never evicted a tenant; that not ono compulsory ejectment ever drove a family from old Ireland ; that all the while Lord Annaly's rents have been well paid, and his tenants daily growing more prosperous and contented. Some are large and prosperous farmers, occupying his lordship's lands and enjoying their own fee simple estates; others are not so affluent; but I rejoice to say his lordship has many small tenant-farmers ; they pay their rents well, are industrious and contented, and, above all, secure in their holdings. It is a fatal folly to drive such men and their families from Ireland—all the more fatal when men like the noble lord I have referred to propound such theories. The Lord Mayor entertained the members of the deputation, with a number of ladies and gentlemen, at dinner in the Oak-room in the evening. The Lord-Lieutenant will be present at the in auguration dinner. The Marchioness of Abercoru has also accepted the invitation of the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress. About 200 ladies will be in vited on the occasion. A public meeting was held at Cork on Wednes day, presided over by the Mayor, to .petition for re form in the Irish railway system. The Mayor, Mr. N. 1). Murphy, M.P., Mr. J. N. Murphy, Alder man Scott, the City High Sheriff, Mr. W. J. 4liaw, and Mr. T. Mahony were among the speakers. Re solutions were passed unanimously in favour of a general reduction of rates and fares on Irish lines, the present charges being greatly in excess of those on Continental railways. A resolution was also adopted, Messrs. Mahony and Shaw dissenting, call ing on the Government to purchase and undertake the management of the present lines, and to make such extensions as should be considered necessary to complete the railway system of the country. A petit tion to the Government on the subject was adopted, and a deputAtion, including the Mayor, High Sheriff, and city members, appointed to present it. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Urgent, screw iron troopship, Capt. E. H. Henderson, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday at 10 a.m. for China with a large number of naval officers, seamen, and Marines on board, for service in the gunboats and other of her Majesty's ships now serving in the Chinese and Japanese seas. The list of naval officers going out in the Urgent for this service includes Capt. Hickley, R.N. ; Cameron, Rose, Anson, Kent, Grenfell, Griffith, Crosbie, and Broxham ; Master John Tulley, Pay master J. M. Blyth ; Second-Masters Hedden, Packer, Fox, and Ridden ; Assist.• Surgs. H. R. Ryall, R. Nelson, E. W. Lesly, H. Hansford, Eugene Van Meru, and C. G. Wodeworth ; Chief Engineer E. M. Avoy ; Engineers Young, Foster, Cohan), Sanders, Murray, and Green ; 25 assistant engineers, 8 warrant officers, and upwards of 50 seamen and Marines. The Urgent will call in at Plymouth Sound on her way down Channel ; and at Loando, the Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Singa pore, and Ceylon, during the outward voyage. The machinery of the ship since her arrival at Portsmouth from foreign service in August of last year has undergone considerable repairs, and im portant modifications have been made in the over head arrangements of the boiler-room and stoke hole. The engines have had new condensers and air-pump, and a general overhaul and repair of all other parts. New boilers were also required, and a set which had been lying in the dockyard for some time, marked " Furious," were appropriated for the purpose, the said Furious being now a coal bulk converted from a once formidable paddle steamer. In putting the new boilers on board the Urgent, the Steam Factory engineer officers im proved upon the old arrangement with one funnel, where the uptake covered in more than one-third of the entire length of the boiler-room, substituting two funnels placed athwartships, and each with its own separate uptake from the boilers on that side of the ship. By this new arrangement the ventila tion has been vastly improved, there being now a free opening to the upper deck from the stokehole throughout its entire length, much to the health and comfort of the men in charge of the fires. On the ship making her trial over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, a few days since, six thermometers were hung in the stokehole from for ward to aft, and between the sets of boilers, at about the height of a man's shoulders, from which readings of the temperature were taken each mile. The temperatures on the second, fourth, and sixth miles may be considered as most correctly represent ing the true heat of the stokehole at an exceptional time, such as the trial of speed, when the furnaces are made to burn all the coal they can, and on the day of the Urgent's trial the returnsfrom her stoke hole thermometers were as follows, commencing from forward, and ending aft :—Second 48, 80 (middle of stokehole), 82, and 62 deg. ; fourth mile-66, 52, 84 (middle of stokehole), 92, and 74 deg. ; sixth mile-64, 52, 85 (middle of stokehole), 95, and 75 deg. A special report on the rearrangement of the Urgent's boiler-room, and the results so far obtained, might possibly be valuable even to "My Lords" for future reference and guidance. The Industry, screw storeship, Staff-Commander Youell, arrived at Spithead early on Friday morn ing from Ascension, and sailed again in the after noon for Woolwich. A few invalids brought home by the Industry from Ascension were landed at Portsmouth. The Speedy, screw gunboat, tender to the Dasher, sailed from Portsmouth yester6y for the Channel Islands. The Tamar, screw iron troopship, Capt. Francis W. Sullivan, C. 8., will sail from Portsmouth on Monday for Kingstown, Ireland, with a detachment of the 84th Regiment and a few naval supernu meraries. From Kingstown the Tamar will pro ceed to Malta with the 64th Regiment and the de tachment of the 84th, landing there the 64th, and proceeding thence to Jamaica with the 84th Regiment, which now forms part of Malta garrison. From Jamaica the Tamar will return to Queens town, Ireland, with the 6th Regiment of Foot. The Medusa, paddle steamer, Staff-Commander Thos. Potter ; sailed from Portsmouth yesterday for Sheerness with supernumeraries for the unarmoured screw line-of-battle ship Rodney, now fitting as the flagship of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Kep pel, K.C.8., the appointed successor of the present Commander-in-Chief a her Majesty's Fleets in India, China, and Japan. By the death of Gen. Sir J. Freeth, K.C,13:, Lieut.-Gen. E. F. Gascoigne, Colonel of the 69th Regiment ! becomes full General ; Major-Gen. C. C. Hay, Inspector-Gen. of Musketry, becomes a Lieut.- Gen. ; A,nd Col. li. Hope Graham, C. 8., Inspecting Field Officer of the London Recruiting District, a i‘lajol•-: Oen i!ral ; The following aiitiolnitoente were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. G. IC re 6115, to the St. Vincent, additional for service in the Mania tender, -ntt Fittmaurice, promoted, the appointment of Lieut. W. L. .E, IYrlsh having been cancelled ; Lieut. Seymour Spencer Smith W be Flag-Lieut.. to Rear-Admiral We llesle y , C.B. ; Sub -petit, An and Sub-Lieut. Keppel Sub-Lieut. G . R. C. Eyres, Sub. tPovst Jfingseote , 11. V. S. .Dorrien, . L G i a e m u n t i . e r if , Fellowes, lion . A. G. Curzon Howe and G, Neville, ° t h o il th il e . G n al ti ale7 ; reiMipttreni to the Galatea ; li. A. W. o nz i owl naval cadet, id fki Pa.,lfsteft ) H. 0. Pray, clerk, additional, to the Royal Alfred. The undermentioned gentlemen have ball Polni intteti raval cadets :—Patrick Black and Herbert M. licath6ate, __ The Prince of Wales and Prince de Teck left Sandringham on Thursday afternoon for a couple of days' shooting at General Hall's box, Six Mile Bottom, near Newmarket. SOLUTION OF THE HUNGARIAN QUESTION.- According to information, received from a source which we have reason to regard as perfectly reliable, the long-pending differences between Hungary and the Court of Vienna hare been satisfactorily adjusted. A separate Hungarian Ministry has been conceded, and the nomina tion of its members is almost complete. The now Ministers will enter upon their functions as soon as the Reichsrath Extraordinary is assembled. It will then depend on the wisdom and moderation of that body and the Diet for Hungary to make the understanding arrived at complete. In view of this much-to-be-desired result it is of paramount importance that the G erman party, as well as the Centralists, should renounce their assumed attitude of opposition, and resolve upon taking part in the election of representatives to the recoutly-convoked iteicherath, THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK. THE BOMBAY MAILS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 26. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ripon with the a b ove mails arrived here to day with 50 passengers, £320 i n specie, and a gene ral cargo. She experienced a succession of heavy gales from Malta to the Channel. The British barque Sea Wave, from London for Batavia, was spoken on the 11th by the ship Negotiator 30 miles west of Lindsay Island, with a signal of distress flying. The Sea Wave had lost her rudder and sustained other damages, and asked for assistance. The Negotiator attempted to tow her, but the hawser breaking, was compelled to abandon her on account of the weather. The British barque Prince Albert, of London, sprung a leak, and was aban doned by her crew the same day. The British ship Anne Buckle, of Newcastle, was wrecked on the Barbary coast on the 15th, and it was reported at Tangiers that she had broken up on the 17th, and the crew were drowned. A heavy gale visited Gibraltar on the 17th, and several vessels were driven ashore, including the British ships Sweden, Berbice, Jane and Rosalie, and the Fanny. Exchange on London at Gibraltar, 491; Paris, sf. 16c. SPORTING IN rELLIGENCE. —This Day. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THIs DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 15 to 1 agst Batthyany (taken) 20 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken) 25 to 1 agst Yandervelde (taken) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Moulsey (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Bracken (offered) 40 to 1 agst Miss Harriette (taken) 40 to 1 agst Weather Star (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst John Davies (offered) 50 to 1 agst Tormentor (taken freely) 50 to 1 agst Duko (offered) 50 to 1 agst Gomora (offered) 50 to 1 agst Redcap (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 9to 2 agst Plaudit (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Julius (taken) 66 to 1 agst General (taken) DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Plaudit (offered) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. Wost Drayton Derby Lincoln Spring Harrow Spring ... 2l Nottingham 26 MA . Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 Margate... .RCH. Bromley Epsom Spring 2 Lewes Spring 2B Croxton Park 'RI L. Warwick Spring l9 AP: Cardiff Northampton Windsor Spring 4 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Newmarket Craven 8 Abergavenny Ascot Spring York Spring 7 Doncaster Spring 9 Salisbury 9 Bath JU Thirsk Newmarket Ist Spring 22 Durham .. O2 Catterick Chester 3O Harpenden Epsom Croydon . 29 Newton Ascot Summer.... Windsor Summer 'NE. Beverley Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Summer Newcastle .. 25 Ipswich 27 Worcester Summer 27 LY. Manchester Summer 12 Hampton l3 Odiham.. Bibury Club lB Carlisle ~ Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Down Royal Corporatn l7 Stamford Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton Goodwood Reading Liverin'ol July Meeting 10 llungerford Nottingham. AUG Ripon Brighton .• 6 Brighton Chu) 8 Lewes Egham ... . Wolverhampton Stockton Oxford ~ Hastings York August SEPT: Margate Warwick Spring 3 Abingdon 5 Leicester Doncaster Brecon OCTI Northampton Autumn 1 Edinburgh Newmarket 2d October 7 NOV] Liverpool Autumn 5 Shrewsbury Autumn ll UST. Donor West Drayton 22 Plymouth . . 23 Canterbury Derby Lichfield Weymouth Tunbridgo Baden Baden MBER. Richmond l7 Hendon l9 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket Ist October 24 )BER. Bedford — Cheltenham l5 Newmarket Houghton MBE R. ILeamington Hunt 19 STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. Carmarthen 5 Harrow Spring Birmingham l2 Derby Windsor MARCH. Liverpool Spring Grand Military Chertsey Malton 13 COURSING• COURSING MEETINGS TO COMB. JANUARY, 1867. Name. Judge. Days of Running County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spafford Ridgway Club, Lytham FEBRUARY. Rufford, Lancashire - Cardiff Club Mr. 'Warwick Waterloo, Lancashire - Tatuworth, Staffordshire ... Mr. Warwick 26, &o. MARCIE. Irish Grand National (Open). county Loutn Ardrossan, Sharphill South Lancashire (South- Mr. IVestropp l4, 15, Sro por t) Champion Leinster (Open ) Courtown Mr. 11. Springall,„ 19, 20 Scottish pen, Lanarkshire - 6, 7 7, &o. APRIL. York l7 I Kildare Hunt Sovenoaka SEPTEMBER. Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick _ . OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire Mr. Spofford Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. i 3. Brazil t a t 1 . . ....... F e b . 2 1. Cape of Good Hope, Asoension, and St. Helena.. • .F r b. 27. 7, by Cape rrenoh DilVerde. packet by British packet. ......... Feb. 4. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton.. Feb Ditto, via Marseilles . . ...... J a n. 27 Falkland Islands GMT/Mar, via Southampton Jan. 28. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 28 Ditto, yin Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan 27 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 24. Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 27. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Hanellle;. .Feb 3 Newfoundland Portuga) LAW REFORMS FOR THE SESSION.—We learn that the Government is actively engaged in .the propara t.on of important measures of law reform which will be intr6tl , .9ge4 to Parliament early in the ensuing session. Foremost among them is a reconstruction of the law of bankruptcy. The /ay?' of master and servant is to be amended. The merchant shipping law will be revised and improved. Considerable changes will bo proposed in the administration of the poor law. Tho law of landlord and tenant in Ireland will give to the latter better security for positive improvements. Some amendments suggested by the recent experience of its working IN ill be made in the law of joint stock companies. The provisions of the Fac tories' Acts aro to be ext ended to the protection of women and children in all other employs. A bill will embody the principal recommendations of the Capital Punishment Commission. The p romise is magnificent, but experience proves how far short of it performance usually falls. It is one thing for a government to produce an imposing army of good measures ; it is another thing to carry them through the multiplied obstacles that thwart their passage through the Legislature. Least of all is it permitted to us to be sanguine now that reform threatens to engross the attention of Parliament, whether adopted by the Govern ment or used fur its overthrow.—Law Times, 'SSE 100. 100 100 all 100 100 'MEN' 190 100 100 ICO 100 100 58 1601 107 6j 8i 3 10(1 8 5 ii 107 i