The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-15 00:00:00

ONE IiARKET AND CO:LUEROIU INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In discount circles the supplies of bills on offer ~ r e very mo d erate, and money is superabundant. rhe rates consequently remain in a very easy posi tion. As withdrawal of £14,000 in gold took place at the Batik of England yesterdly fur transmission to In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, ( Inri-)g - the last few days, there has been a moderate ameaut of animation. Sugars have been in good deunind at full values. Superior qualities of coffee have also been in request, while moderate trans actions have been reported in rice at about previous rates. 'fallow has been in rather less demand, but quotations for both present and forward delivery are well maintained. There has been a meeting to-day of the English and Swedish Bank, at which the directors reported that they had received in reply to the circular issued by them on the Ist November answers from the holders of 15,391 shares in the bank. Taking all 'natters into consideration, the directors do not feel that they would be justified in recom mending a liquidation of the bank in opposition to the wishes of solarge a proportion of the shareholders. The meeting was held to • enable the Board to inform the proprietary of the particulars of the result of the negotiations which have taken place between them and the Scandinavian Credit Share C ompany. More than half the shareholders ex pressed their opinion that the company should be dissolved, but no resolution on the subject was passed. At the meeting of the City Bank, held this day, the report, which was agreed to, recommended a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per an num, and a bonus of 4s. per share, together equal to 10 per cent. per annum. The losses f rom the crisis have proved larger than was anti cipated, and in order to extinguish them entirely t he BUM of £61,644 is to be written off the reserve fu nd, which will thus be reduced to £78,356. The amount of liabilities on deposit accounts, accept ances, &c., is £3,926,622. The report of the directors of the Alliance Bank (limited) to be presented at the general meeting on t he 17th inst., states that the net profits of the bank fo r the last half-year, after making all the necessary deductions for interest, current expenses, bad debts, and rebate on bills not yet due, amount to £23,698, W hich, with £1,012 from the previous account, gives total of £24,711 to be disposed of. The directors therefore recommend a dividend of 10s. per share, or 4 per cent, per annum, for the last six months be d eclared, that £660 be written off preliminary ex penses, and £15,000 from building and furniture account, carrying forward a balance of £2,756. A. meeting has a l so b een h e ld t o -d ay o f th e Im ptariai Bank. The directors gave a account of heir proceedings for the past half-year. After ring the current expenses, making provision for and doubtful debts, and allowing rebate of Interest on bills discounted not yet due, there re mained a disposable balance of £26,223. Of this dividend for the half-year at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum f ree o f i ncome-tax ; to transfer £4,000 ..6 th e reserve fund, which will then stand at &' 4 ' ooo ; and carry forward £4,223 to the credit of Profit and loss new account. The report was a greed to. Two o'CL 0 ca. French to Reuter's telegram this day the Rentes were 69c. 571. Heavy. t There i s an improvement in Consols amounting per Cent., the p r i ces b e i ng 91 for money, and for quietthe account. Business continues very Ia the Foreign Market there have been very few t n e t i , n gs• Turkish 5 per Cents. have advanced 1 6 3 ex div. ; G ree k , I to 14 ; I ta li an, ato 13 4 , 11 .; The Russi an L oan S cr i p rema i ns stea d y at 4 '1- Pretn. Iv Consid e rable activity has prevailed i n the Rail creased Share Market, and prices generally show in firmness. Great Eastern have advanced ; Labe firmness. and Yorkshire, a ; North Eastern (Ber a,i,el'„), ; North Western, and London, Chatham, l and -Dover, each 1 ; and Great Northern and Mid -40 • each ; while Great 'Western have im ved - t . I le Foreign and Colonial li nes s h ow littl e varia ,°n• Bahia an d S an F ranc i sco are marked 13a ; `,\'rreat Luxemb ourg, 13 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 41 i ; G reat Western of Canada, 141 ; and East In dian have improved to 108. America n S ecur i t i es are a shade flatter. United States 5-20 Bonds have declined to 72f ; and Erie Shares, 1 to 441 451. tank shares are in moderate favour and generally support previous quotations. Consolidated are dealt in at 41 5, London Joint Stock at 431 44 ; Londo n and Westminster at 98, and British North American at 46. In the Miscellaneous Market there has been little variation. Anglo-American Telegraph are firm at 164 ; Hudson's Bay Company haveimproved to 16i ; National Discount Company to 141, and Royal kali Steam to 107. MINING MARKET. TUESDAT, Two o'Clock. Business in the Mining Exchange has continued active. The shares chi e fly in demand are P r i nce , 'Wales and Great Retallack, at enhanced rates. Tincroft, West Chiverton, North Cr of and Cooks' Kitchen are also in demand. Ann exed. are the latest quotations : I,.ara Camborne, —; Carn Brea, 7, —; Central alluera, ; Cooks' Kitchen, 11 12 ; East Cam Brea, 0,3.1• Drakewells 15s Od 20s Od ; Great Laxey, ; uivertou Moor, ' 5l 6 ; Uhon:ales Gold, 21 ; Clifford An tal arn Gl g ate, 81 9 ; East Basset, 22 23 ; East Caradon, rot Retallack, 36s 38s ; Great Wheal Yor, 17 18 ; 21 r3ke Valley, 41 I; North Crofty, 41 ; North Treskerby, 1 1 : Pri nee of Wales, 32s Od 33s Od; Prosper United, 17 w P rOVidOn CO Mines, 30 32; South Condurrow, 15s s es Gd ; South Grenville, Os Od Os Od ; Tincroft, 14 141; 't lances, ea o o rad . ", 121 131 ; W es t Chiverton, 56 58 ; West Wheal Chi , est Seton, "Wheal Buller, 22125 ; Grenvill e vertoWn, ; Wheal Cr3bor, --s — e; Wh ea l 26 s Od 288; Wheal Ros e , —; Wh ea l S eton, Great 135 Wheal Trelawney, 11 12 ;Wheal Uny, 22; ; StTolgus, 18s Od 20 s Od; South Francos, Park ; St. Ives Cons o l s , 8 9 ; S out h C aradon, —; Stray ; North Roskear, —; North Downs, 0 0; E3onth Darren, 0 0 ; Wheal Basset, 0 0. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GCVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 nlr Cent. Consols , Do. Account, Feb. 7 9l 3 1 Z,(ll,xer Cent. Reduced 9Ol { i N ett/ 7 3 per Cent 9o} 1 i e ,-;° 2 ) - Per Cont. Jan. 1894 72} A -0 . 0 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Q-Lnuities 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 DO. for ' 3O yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (R ed Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — E acheque r Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per C ent l2 9pm Do £5OO --- DO . £l oo & £2OO ft „ P m hank o f E ng l an d Stock, 64 per Cent ... 248 94 INDIAN GOVERNME NT S ECURITIES. 111,/au Stock, 104 per Cent., AprillB74.„ Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent.,- Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Eufaced Paper 4 par Cent — Do. 5 per C en t., J an . 1872 Do. 5 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb. 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds,4 per Cent., £l,OOO 25 30 pin Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Arp;ontine Republic, 6 per Cent — ttl!.ustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 r azilian 5 p er C ent — „ D o. 4.4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 iio. Account . — Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent. 1865 A 724 / 1 , .) a.,:connt 72 1 -' ,-1.,)o. £lOO Bonds i II D_ 0. Account -',,,,n108 Ayres 6 per Cent — .r,l-'0 £lOO Bonds .T, L u ? 2 ser Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) • niati 6 Per Cent — "°„°' 3 Per Cent. '''-'• 0 P"r Cen t A lOl3 b o. - qi, -I,,oinbian,'6' per Gent. 151 - ' 1 a, per Cent. i i sli 3 per Cent., 1823 "u O . 6 per Cent., 1864 . — Danubian Principalities Do. Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Do., Provisional Land Warrant Do Deferred E . Typtian 7 per Cent B4 Do. Account Do., Second Issue B4 Do £lOO Bonds B6 Do. Account .. DO. 1864 B2l 3 Do. Account Do 1:100 Bonds tio. Account Do. Govertr.ent Railway Debentures Bl Do. Account `.4r,A•i 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons )0. C0111)011S Do. Account (I.l,twriala :5 per Cont. It 'Jan 5 por Cent 1865 Account Do. Marommaria 1:ail way Do. .Accottut ‘'!f , xic,:tr. 3 per Coot. Ditto fur Aceourt 1861 l2l 12 Do. Account DJ 6 per Cent. A tigto-Freucti ,lontevideam 6 per Cent. qoorish Imperial 5 per Cent , :ow Granada Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferral Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) P.,-uvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Portuguese 3 per Cont., 1853 Da account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, '62, '3, 431 Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B7f Do 4k per Cent. 1850 Do 4} per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B6f Do 5 per Cent. 1864 B B3 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid B7* Do. do. £lO paid li ii pm Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do. Account Do Passive 22i Do Account — Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account S wedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 41 per Cent. 186-1 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1851 — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do. Account • • — Do 6 per Cont. 1862 Do Account 541 Do £lOO Bonds 541 31 Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1863 . — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 — Do. 5 per Cent. Account — Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1861 3l/ Do. Account .. — Ditto 14 per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins — • Belgian. 44 per cent., Ex. 2M. Dutch '4 per Ckut. Ex. 12 Gull . — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates`..... B9 French 'lentos, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. — Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251. Do. Account 531 4 T iMEE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9 Do. Account • • 91 1 I The Loss of Mr. Cameron's Blood Stock. (From Wilkes's Spirit of the Times.) The loss of so many of the valuable thorough-bred horses purchased by Mr. Cameron at a great expense in England, and shipped for this country by the Helvetia, is very much to be deplored. The brood mares were calculated to add immensely to the productive capacities of our breeding studs, and there were several horses in training of good reputation, with young ones of high breeding, good looks, and great promise. There were 39 shipped in good order and health at Liverpool. The five following—Biiague, bay gelding, by Newminster out of The Jewess, 4 yrs ; a bay , or brown colt foal by Oulston out of Volucris ; a brown filly foal by Old Calabar out of Juniper; a bay filly foal by Macaroni out of Elfrida ; a bay filly foal by Old Cala bar out of Veronica—are the only survivors. Mr. James Weatherby wont down from London to see them all right on board, so as to give certificates under the warrant of the England " Stud Book." The horses were placed in the between-deck, and every possible precaution was taken for their safety. It was found, however, that some of the rails to which the slinging apparatus was attached worked out of the mortices in the posts. The battensnailed to the deck to give them foothold when the vessel rolled also became loose. These battens were long strips running fore and aft, and it is believed that short battens for each horse would have been better. But the cause of the deaths of the horses was the terrible rolling of the ship for ten consecutive days, which wore them completely out, so that they died of exhaustion. It was Mr. Cameron's intention to have Lad them shipped much earlier in the season. In June he sent over William Hays, a very capable and painstaking man, to come out with them as superintendent. Last year Hays brought out for Mr. Cameron Warminster, four brood mares, Hampton Court, Maid of Honour, and a riding-horse. They all landed here well, after a voyage of nearly two months ; but it was much earlier in the year, and in a sail ing vessel. The screw steamers roll and wallop about so much in a sea-way that the horses are soon en tirely upset, and, if bad weather should continue, their distress increases hourly, and their danger becomes groat. The principal reason why the shipping of the stock was so long deferred was the difficulty of obtaining suitable ac commodation. When the cholera was prevailing, more or less, no room could be had. In regard to the brood mares, the delay was particularly unfortunate,for they were getting far gone with foal, and 23 of them slipped foals before they died. The loss of some of these mares is peculiarly unfor tunate. They were a fine-looking lot, selected with great care and good judgment. We have had an interview with Wm. Hays, and hoard with sorrowful interest his account of the unfortunate voyage. They sailed on Thursday from Liverpool, and had pleasant weather that day and night. Having been pro vided with everything that experience suggested and money a ce p u r l o d sp pu er r o c u h s as v e o f yg o a rt e ra hec n omfort of the horses, their hope of high. They naturally expected some loss and damage, but not much. On the second day when they were b e l ow H olyhead, it came on to blow, and the sea began to run high as it rolled on up the Channel. We have had some experience of the cross-seas about Tuskar Light, and know what they are. The ship rolled terribly, and the horses were much distressed. They would not eat, and from that time took no nourishment but a little gruel fed with a spoon, and such like. The weather got worse as they breasted the big seas, rolling into the chops of the Channel from the westward, and on Sunday White Rose of York slipped her foal and died of exhaustion, bathed in sweat as though a bucket'of water had been poured over her. They wore all suffering much that night, and at 1 en the morning of Monday Antipades, the colt by Young Melbourne, died. Peeress had been very bad from the first. She was a great favourite with all, and the lads knew that she was highly prized by Mr. Cameron, who had been offered 2,000 guineas for her and refused it A lad was at her head all the time, and Hays exerted all his efforts to relieve her. But it was in vain, and at 4 o'clock on Monday afternoon she died. Then the deaths followed in quick succession. It blow a gale. The ship laboured and rolled and shipped such seas that tons of water earn° down into the between decks whore the horses were. The mares all died before the land was made. The yearling colt by Marionette out of Bapta out lasted all the brood mares, but ho died before the storm was spent. He was a very fine yearling, Hays'says, and for a long time they had hopes that they should save him. The last that died was the flower of the flock—the yearling colt by St. Albans out of Jerusalem. He stood it so long that their hopes were encouraged about him, and, though he plainly got weaker, they believed ashe neared the land that ho would pull through. His pluck was uncommon, and he fought with such savage determination against the slings that they could notkoep him in them. His endurance was also immense, but the trial was too much. He would not be slung, but stood up till tho last, and when the ship arrived off Sandy Hook, and the haven was almost reached slid d lids under power he broke out i n t o th e f ata l sweat, and dropping, died as he f l. Poor t hin theirfollow of land, a firw l sta-s H elta e hses had all the poi n t s as we l l as the breeding greatest blow an d of his a t d o e a n t h a , y s r right the t him. Theto rendercaptain to assistanceand crew of Haysithe lads, Helvetia d a lads, but it was all of no avail. This great misfortune and sore loss must be a warning to future shippers, to put their stock into a good, stout sailing vessel, which, being deep in the hull and c arry i ng no top-hamper but her spars, will not roll so excessively. Moreover, the shipment should be so timed that the vessel may be looked for here between July 1 and September 10. We esteemed it a great misfor tune when Cockahoop was lost in coming to this country, but that was a mere nothing to what we have now to de plore. Tho loss of Juniper, a Bay Middleton mare out of The Fawn, inbred to Waxy, Walton, and Williamson's Ditto, can hardly be replaced; that of Peeress, who was the last of the Mainbrace family, is also very grave ; and in that of the yearling colts, whose pluck and endurance was manifest to their last gasp, we have missed the exhi bition of much racing quality. ACCIDENT AT THE EXHIBITION BUILDING, PARIS. —During the gale which prevailed in Paris on Saturday a a pavilion, four storeys high, in course of erection in the Champ-de-Mars, intended for the exhibition of the pro:- ducts of Holland, was blown down. None of the wcrk mon were hurt. ettNIEILEN(4I Lnd, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per cent., 86 11;Listern, G.N.E., 4 per cent. pref., ;ockton and Darlington B, 6:per cent., 31i , Midlai North FOREIGN RA IL WAYS. t'allia and San Francisco. gua. 7 per cent., 13} (Irear. Luxembourg, 13 Sambre and Meuse, 7j BANE& Alliance, Ntn., 18 a 18 Ail& Egyptian, lim., 121 a Australasia, 65 • British North American. 45 Chartered Bank 01 India, Australia, and China, 18 a City, 14 1 vonsolidated Bank. lim., 4f 5 imperial Ottoman, Jim., 9 l En u g pe li r s i h al S lran te k h ; lonian. 22 r and n. Australian 2s Chartered, 171 Ditto, new, 21 London Chartered tanK of Australia, 221 London and County, 64 London Joint Stock. 42; London and South African, tf London and W estminster, 98 Merchant Bank, lim 161 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 12 National Bank. 686 Union of Australia, 47} Union of London, 43} MISCICLLANEOUB; Anglo-American Telegraph, 16 151 AnglJ-Mexican Mint, 151 Atlantic lelegrapti, Dit o, S per cent., 721 5 Australian Agricultural, 181 .serlin Water Works. lim.. 12j City of Moscow Gas, lim., Credit Foncier of Englanu. ltm .3 Crystal Palace, 2, Ditto, Prcierence, 162 East India Irrigation and Canal. 101 Ebbw Vale, iY g ocean 3iarine Insurance), 211 Peninsula and Orenial steam, 70 601 Royal M dl Stearn, 107 Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lim., 51 Pore-streetgyptian o m m ra . r a e n h d ou T se r . ad i Am., 5 a Gen. Credit and Discount, tim.. 5f 11 tidson's Bay. 161 International Financial Society, Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour;, 51 tdras Irrigation and Canal (guarante:d 5 per cent. byrn: dian Government), Di ) tto all, 1 Milwall Iron Wor ol ks, 11 Nritional viscount Company. 141 North British Australasian, 44 6 North British and Mercantile Insurance, 16 DESTRUCTION OF POULTRY BY FOXES IN SURREY. — During the last two years there has been an extended preservation of foxes in this country, and many coverts and brakes aro overstocked. But since the fall of snow the rabbits, which form an essential meal to foxes, have gone to ground, and Reynard has been driven by hunger to the farm-yards in search of fciod, and around - Crawley, Grinstead, and llerley foxes have made great havoc among the pew and ducks. THE SUN, LONI. ON, TUESDA Y E vENIN S HARE MARKETS.—This day. ISSE 100 100 100 all 100 100 741 4 1 81 Si} 1011 1 1610 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Justices.) MAXWELL V. HOGG-HOGG V. MAXWELL-TIIE RIVAL BELGRAVIAS." Mr. Dickinson having concluded his argument in favour of tho plaintiff Maxwell, asking for a stoppage of the "Belgravia" published by the defendant, Mr.Swanston followed on the same side, and contended that the expense incurred by the plaintiff, and the notice to publish, which must have come to his knowledge, constituted a right on the part of Mr. Maxwell, to the in junction asked f or. Lord-Justice Turner, without calling upon Mr. Green to open the arguments for Mr. Hogg, said the court was quite prepared to give its decision on the matter before it. The bill b..fore them, tiled by the plaintiff stated lie extensively advertised a work in July 1866, up to Oct. in the same year and that he had expended a large sum of money in secur ing authors and artists to contribute to a certain work, but that. in September another person published. under the title of "Belgravia," which he had selected as the title for his bock or magazine. The plaintiff asked the Court to grant an injunction against the defendant to restrain the second publisher frain selling, issuing, or offering for sale a magazine under the title of "Belgravia." The case was altogether new, and therefore the Court thought the plain tiff must show some property or right in the subject of his claim,w bother the ladvertisements or expenditure had created such a sight as to entitle the plaintiff to maintain his right in that court to the extent of calling upon it to restrain a person from publishing a work of the nature in question. On the ground of expenditure the Court did not think that because a person expended a large amount of money on a publication which had never been given to the world, that therefore he had a right to come forward and ask the Court to restrain a person from doing that which the person seeking the aid of the court had not done himself. If the circumstances of expenditure would not do, the court would next pro ceed to consider whether the publication of the advertise ments announcing the appearance of the magazine had constituted the right. The advertisements he (Lord Justice Turner) thought were nothing more than a publication of the intention of the plaintiff to publish a work of a cer tain name, and nothing more. He did not think that circumstances could be consideied as constituting any title to the name under which the work was to be published. If so the consequences would become very serious, as he might come to that court and say he (plaintiff) had adver tised a work ; and he, therefore, called upon the Court to prevent every other person from doing the same thing until he had an opportunity of giving his book to the world. Tho publication of advertisements gave no obligations to complete the work, and the Court would, therefore, not feel disposed to give the plaintiff the powerof preventing others from doing that which he was under an obligation to do himself. The present case was not one where advertisements were fol lowed by publication, but of advertisements alone. Enter taining the bill of the plaintiff the Court thought would be fraught with the most serious consequences. By such a bill anybody might appropriate a name of the most valu able description for the title of some intended publication, or it might sanction the taking of the name of an eminent firm, which might be of the greatest value, and then the person doing so might come into that court and ask it to issue an injunction to restrain other persons from doing the same. Looking at the extreme injustice that might arise from entertaining suoh a proposition, he was of opi nion that there was no principle or authority upon s hich the bill could be maintained. It must, therefore, in his opinion, be dismissed. Lord Justice Cairns said they had not heard any part of Hogg's case. That which had been before the Court con sisted solely of that of Maxwell, and therefore he should only speak of that. He stated that he had secured the services of a lady of great celebrity as an authoress to edits a new magazine to be called "Belgravia," that he had incurred great expense in collecting materials for the pub lication, but all this woe 'done before the publication of the magazine. Before that was done, another person an ticipated Maxwell, and put into the market a shil ling magazine of the same name as that of the plaintiff, and he then came to this court to ask for an injunction. The question for the Court was, not the loss that would be sustained if such a book was allowed to remainin circulation, but whether the plaintiff had shown his right in the property to be so protected. Could a property bo acquired in a name before the veritable article had been put upon the market for sale. Lord Westbury had decided a case that bore upon the matter under the consideration of the Court; he had stated that there .could be no property in a certain word or name, but immediately that name was stamped on a stick of liquorice it became the property or trade mark of the person using it. But here the matter was could a right be acquired before the veritable article had been put on the market. The plain tiff contended that he had established his right by the publication of advertisements and the outlay of a large sum of money. The advertisements only wont the length of saying that a certain thing was intended to be done, but they implied no obligation, and with respect to expedition he thought that equally fallacious. The mere intention to use a certain name doos not allow a pei-son to acquire a right, and therefore he thought Oto bill must be dismissed. Mr. Green then opened the case of Hogg v. Maxwell. He said that so long ago as Oct. 12, 1866, that Hogg in tended to publish a certain magazine, and registered the title of it as Belgravia, when the defendant some time after appropriated it. Lord Justice Cairns remarked that the matter just settled by the court gave the plaintiff in the present case the right to use it. Mr. Groen contended that his client had a right and title by copyright previous to that of the defendant, but if he had not, he thought the court would hold that the actual publication of the magazine entitled Belgravia by Mr. Hogg on Sept. 24 gave him a right to the title as a trade mark. Ho had also acted in conformity with all the acts of Parliament, and on that ground, if not on the other, he maintained he had the solo right and title to publish the work. At the conclusion of the learned gentleman's argu- ments, Lord Justice Cairns, without calling upon Mr. Dickin son to reply, said the bill must be dismissed. Lord Justice Turner was of the same opinion. The result of this decision is that both parties stand in the same position they did bolero legal proceedings com menced, each having to pay his own costs. --- COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Baron and Barons --- ----- Martin, Channel!, and Pigott.) GIBSON V. VESEY. Mr. Powell, Q.C., on behalf of the plaintiff in this case moved for a rule to sot aside a nonsuit, which had been entered al a trial before the Lord Chief Baron at Guildhall, at the sittings after last term, and for a new trial. The plaintiff was a farmer. lie had land in the neighbourhood of Huntingdon, where the defendants, Messrs. Vesey, were bankers. Towards the close of last year the plain tiff became embarrassed, and sold his property by auction, out of the proceeds of which ho paid his landlord, and placed the remainder in the hands of his solicitor for the i benefit of his creditors. On the affidavit of two per sons named Richardson and Waine, the latter of whom swore that the plaintiff told him that he intended to go to Jersey for the purpose of avoiding his creditors and that he would take his money with him, a capias was issued for his arrest at tho suit of one of his creditors. However, the plaintiff paid the debt into court, and the capias was discharged. A few days afterwards an attorney named Reynolds, in Lincoln's-inn-fields, received a tele gram, fcllowed by a letter from the country soli citors of the defendants, instructing him to issue another capias against the plaintiff, which was accordingly done. The only ground on which this latter capias was obtained .was.•an affidavit of Mr. Reynolds, stating his belief that the plaintiff was about to leave the country, which was founded on the affidavit of Messrs. Richardson and Waine. The learned counsel said that this was a malicious proceeding within the meaning of the law, as Mr. Reynolds should have informed himself of the fact to which he deposed instead of depending entirely on the first affidavits. The Lord Chief Baron said that he directed a nonsuit, because he thought there was no case to go to a jury. If it had been shown at the trial that Mr. Reynolds had made an affidavit, knowing that what ho averred was false, the case would have been different, and then a claim of action would lie against the defendants for the act of their agent, but there was no reason to suspect that he did not fully believe what he swore to. The other learned Judges concurred with his lordship, and the rule was accordingly refused. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing ilusiness Paid.' p r i ce. I dene. 8/ S'J 122 121 40 16 123 f 4 6 CS 68 70 72 1 7 19 34 33 4 6 121 123 13k /135 90 42 56 L? 34 37 ; . 3 38 t 32 :33 9) 92 1S 20 1:) t 0 i 24 :25 26 48 55 bil :Z2 133 2 21„ 12 , 3} 126} 11 lit 95 97 30 41 4 18 108 110 311 1 5 4j 22 li 21 1 130 1:41 } 6 it it 6 i In f go 1 1i)1 10 1241 bi Si 1 3 41 2 1 2 0 89 127 ili 401 40 Railways. iitiatl and Exeter .... Caledonian ...... Cain Udall . Cork and Bandon.— Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June ' Dun„Perth, & Ab. Juno E.Loudon, scrip Certi Do. llasfrow & S. NV'esterJ Great Eastern, ord. stk.! Do. E. Ang - I. at. No. 21 rz,st, North of S2atlam d I Gren t Northern Di. A stool' D. 13 stock Do. New, is. at 25 p t S, and W. of Irelandl Gt. Wedern Vri; inns 1),. ii. V:►t. Icail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. M.O. —Oki - art Do. Newport Do. !I ereford LancAshire & Yorkshire Laudon and 13laekwal• & S (30a6 Lou., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. lix. A Lon. & irarth Western Lou. & South Westert, 'Alan., Shet., & Lincoln .11t tropolitau. Do. New Do. Extension.— .11etropolitan District. Do. do. Jo. O and at. John'alY \lid and Do. £9 Share Do, Biro:lin...it Dori); slid Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. N th. Eastern—Berwick Do. Cr.l.sl•E purchaat Do. Leeds Do. York DG. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. 10. 18t30-61 'north London .. Do. do. 1864 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire v. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union outh Devon . 'oath RI stern 'twines, Wok., dz Wok fair Vale Do. C Vale oY Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Corn wall BR ITIS II I' Nasalfie& St.r.awrcnce Rom.,fiaroda,.t ,gu. 5 per cent... Do. F hares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference B MI., Brant, & Goderich 6 p c. 1872-3-1 ........ Calcutta Si S. E., Jai,e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p: Nast. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension .. irand"crunkot Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds 1)o. do deferred De. 2d Prcf. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pret. stook Do. do. deterred G t. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent., Do. New °ma. 5 p. t. South of india gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do litreat Wes. of Can9.da.., Da. New Do. 6 p. c 11( s. pay. 1873 Do. 5, do. pay. 1877-8.. 1 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extensiou llelb. Cor. 6 p. C. Buds. Mel. do Hudson's Bay N. It I. C'da, 6pc lat pf. bs Seinde ..... . Do. Delhi Do. do ..) 4 Do. Pun;aub.... Do.lndus St. Flo t 63 69 104 105 35 s 10 11 p 119 121 1 2p 1 2p ;4 ;6 114 118 148 152 47 49 73 7k V 10 150 153 3 4 ; ISIONS. 66 58 100 101 4 4i ip 76 Si 50 55 101 103 101 IGS 106 107 21 22 85 88 57 59 53 54 52 51 37 (0 23 25 106 106 i 1 p i 1 c 100 102 91 93 121 Oil 1a 12. F 8 82 81 84 - If 1& 100 102 92 114 85 90 100 {lOO 10 100 100 82 85 97 99 97 98 1 t 97 98 14 I 101 i 1 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.J uly 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1 0 97 99 —. Do. sp. c. Mar. .Ir, Sept luu 97 09 o. sp. C. Jan. St July 100 79 81 'Do. sp. e. Inscribed ak 100 78 80 -Cape G.Hope. 6 p.c. 1873 100 101 103 uv.Apl.&Oct, 1890-1900 1(10 104 106 Do. do 1880-9 e 100 103 105 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 101 103 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April . 'and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 88 no 92 'Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.& 100 100 102 Do. 1878, do. 100 104 1,01 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. IS7B .. lOO 103 iO5 1882, Mayls, Nov..! 100 102 105 'Do. 1895, Feb. lz Atm lOO 105 107 Natal ,( 4ov. 6 per cent lOO 96 100 N.8.G0v.6p.c.Ja.,2.1u1y 100 14 96 N. S.W. Gov.s wc.,1866, 100 90 92 Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1876 100 Do. 5 ;Lc: 1888 to 1893 100 84 /.5 85 'ew Zealand, 6 P. cent 100 98 100 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia GCv. 6p. c sterling*, 1875 l9O 94 96 Queensland Goy. 6p. c lOO 92 93 S. Aus.GoV.. 6 p,c 1868-9 100 Do. 1878 ,SE uwards 1( 0 103 105 Vio,Gov. 6 p.c:Ja &July 100 Do. do, April & Oct lOO 106 107 1(71 BRITISH MINES. E& Cam. Consol. Gold, lint. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 30 8 it Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 400 410 Drakewalls 2.1.0 / 1 East Bassett (IllOgan) 291 22 21 East Caradon 2.14.1' 6 7 East Cam 8rea..,.. East Grenville 2.14.0 2 3 East Gunnislake. East Loved ....... , . 3.9.0 9 10 E. W'l Russell (TaVistk 10.8.0 21 21 StA übyn(G wen. 66 5 6 4 Great Laxey, limited all 17 18 Great South Tolgus 0.14.0 Great Wheal Busy, 14.9.6 G. Wheal Vor (Helst , n 40 LS 16 Grenville Herod's Foot 8.10.0 30 32 lliugston D0wn5...... 5.10.6 2/ 31 Margaret (Uny LelanNl3.l7.o 2 4 Maxim Valley Q.tu.O 31 41 4 Uwyndy Iron Ore, 11w S 1 21 lid N e'.v Se ton North Itoskear Bassettallogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty Prosper 7.1.6 i'6 vidence Ully Lelant. 21 26 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 300 520 South Condurrow'• 3.2.0 I 11 S. Wheal Fran. (illogan 18.18.9 18 :e2 stray Park 35.15.6 • - Pin Croft. 9 1 2 71gra and Clogan, lim all 9 10 West Ilassett(lllogau W. Caradon (Liekeard 12 12 .4 WestChirerton ll 54 56 West Seton. Wheal Bassett ;Mogan 51 63 75 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 18 20 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 10 12 Iti heal Seton What Trelawnev (his 5 17.0 7 9 SLADE V. SLADE. This important case, which promises to occupy the court several days, and in which the right of the present holder of the Slade baronetcy is disputed, was set down for hearing on the 2Gth April, on the application of the Solicitor-General, Sir J. Kerslake, and with the consent of both sides. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) A REFORM PANNBE. AND ITS HISTORY-THICKDILOOM Y. TROUF, SQVIRE, AND THOMAS. This was an action to recover £lO upon a cheque which had been given by defendants, members of the London Working Men's Association, to a person named Staples, in part payment of a certain banner to have been used in the Reform Demonstration. Mr. Buchanan appeared for the plaintiff, and said that his client was the innocent holder of a cheque which had boon stopped by the defendants, and it appeared that one of the branches of the Working Men's Reform Associa tion required a banner for the great Reform Demon stration. Tho committee consulted a person named Staples, who said ho could get a very good one made for £25. Ho was employed, and went to Mr. Edginton, who agreed to make the banner, it being alleged that he represented himself to Edginton as a member of the association. Ile received £5 on account, and- paid .£3 to Edginton. When the banner was finished it was taken to the office of the association, and the Dearer had to Wait Share JANUARY 15, 1.867. a very long time, but Staples said ho would got the bill paid. He received £lO in a cheque from the association, and handed the cheque to plaintiff who cashed it, but hold it for a longer time than was reasonable. Meanwhile, the committee of the association heard something that induc,d thorn to go to tho bankers and stop the payment of th o cheque. The three defendants attended to-day, and said that the banner gave great dissatisfaction, and the mottoes were in bad French, and equally bad Latin. His Honour ruled that the plaintiff could not recover, because ho had held the cheque for two days before pre senting it for payment. Defendants asked for costS, which were allowed. Verdict for the defendants. It was stated that the defendants still had the banner. POLI CE IN TELL This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISPOSING OF WORKHOUSE CLOTIIING.—AN Inoitnr- GIME `WOMAN.—AIen Coleman, who hns several times been convicted of disposing of workhouse clothing, the property of the Guardians of St. James's parish, was again brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with a similar offence. The prisoner has several times been charge,l in this court, and convicted, for disposing of herclothing, it being her practice every time she is allowed to go out of the workhouse" to return without some of her articles of clothing, she having disposed of them, and to such an extent has she done so that the authorities of the work house have been compelled to brand all her clothing with the words "St. James's Workhouse (stop it)," with the object of preventing her doing it. Mr. Trywhitt committed her for 14 days with hard labour. Ann Connell, another inmate of St. James's work house, was also charged with disposing of her clothing, and she was also committed for 14 days with hard labour. A. B. (City) has sent 2s. in postage stamps for the poor man Long, whose boys wero charged with begging before Mr. Knox, on Saturday last, when he explained that the poor man had been ill for a long time, and ho had only just left his bed, and that his wife was in a dying state. MARYLEBONE. THE POOR AT THE WEST-END.- This morning there were about 100 able-bodied labourers waiting outsido the police-court, at the magistrate's entrance. On the arrival of Mr. D'Eyncourt, the spokesman of the party said be had been to the Marylehono Workhouse for relief, and wag re fused. In reply to hie worship, and to Mr. Tubbs, assistant over seer, the applicant said ho did not apply himself—it was another man. Ho could only oarn 7d. a day at stone-break ing, and that would not keep his family. Mr. Tubbs said if they were willing to work they could all be supplied with stone-tickets, by which they could darn ls. 3d. a day. Applicant said they were not allowed to earn even so much as that. Even if they could that would not support a family. Mr. Tubbs—They are allowed to earn the ls. 3d. In deed experienced hands can earn as much as .£3 per week. Mr. D'Eyncourt said no doubt if they wore willing to work for relief they would get it, but it appeared they wanted relief without giving any labour in return. It was a hardship upon the ratepayers. Mr. Tubbs said they would all be supplied with work if they only applied. _ _ Mr. D'Eyncourt—lt had come to his knowledge that when the snow was on the ground about 800 able-bodied labourers applied at this workhouse for relief, and they were offered half-a-crown a-day to sweep away the snow. Out of that large number only G 3 accepted the offer, and were supplied with tickets ; and even of this latter number all did not go. He then advised all to go to the workhouse, as ho could not assist them. WESTMINSTER. DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—Jane Simmonds, a very respectable-looking woman, who is exceedingly well connected, was charged with attempting to drown herself at Battersea-bridge. James Dewar, 136 F, said that, at half-past 10 last night, he was on duty at Battersea-bridge, when a gentleman called his attention to the defendant, and told him some thing which induced himto watch her. Directly after this witness saw her in the act of getting over the rails of the bridge to throw herself into the Thames. He rushed forward, and seizing her when she was half over, dragged her back on to the bridge. By a quick movement she suddenly extricated herself from his grasp, and running to the other side of the bridge got partly over the rails and was again prevented doing any mischief. Witness then walked across the bridge with her, and considering from what she said that she would surely destroy herself unless restrained he took her to the sta tion and locked her up. Mr. Arnold asked if any of her friends were present ? The police replied in the negative. The poor woman on baing asked whether she wished to say anything burst into tears. Mr. Arnold, consulting her safety, ordered her to be remanded for a week. MARKE TS. —1 his d ~,g. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s ; clover, £4 105 to .£5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 188 to £2 6s por load. Trade quiet, but firm. Cumnrauarrn.—Moadow hay, £2 5s to £4 15s ; clover, .£4 108 to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 188 to £2 5s per load. Prices firm. _ _ WurrzenerEL.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £4 15$ ; clovet, £4 lOs to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load• Trade quiet. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has remained quiet, only a small quantity is announced for public sale to day, and prices are not expectsd to vary to any considerable extent. SUGAL—A good business has been done in West India, and prices are well maintained. The fog yesterday, how ever, in some measure interrupted business operations, the stock on hand, compared with that of the corresponding period of last year, exhibits an increase of 2,282 tons. COFFEE.—The demand for colouring descriptions of plantation Ceylon continues good, and prices generally aro firmly maintained. RlCE.—There continues to be a fair inquiry for cleaned descriptions, which fully support former quotations. SALTPETRE.—No sales have been reported in Bengal but a small parcel of common Bombay has been sold at 13s. 6d. per cwt. LIVERPOJL COTTON MARKET. (This Day.) Market opens quiet. Sales, probably, 5,000 bales. REAL ENJOYMENT.—As the rocks grew higher and nearer, and the sun more hot, so the breeze also in creased, until we scudded away at a famous pace, while I stretched at full length, with my head leaning back on the adjustable back-board (the comfort of one's life in a canoe), and my feet spread out on deck, and bright clear waves lapping my hands now and then, or daringly kissing my cheek. The luxury of this rest in motion, after the hard tugs against the east wind last week, will always be re membered by the passengers of the canoe. To vary the amusement, I bent my course here and there, into this bay on tho right, and round that cape on the left, now chasing a duck that kept diving and diving before me, and again running close to some little village, where all the folks came out, but I managed to pass through them without even once allowing my face to be seen. Their account of the phantom craft that passed them I should very much like to hear. The work of a long summer's day, even with its rests and detours and many stoppages, had brought me thirty miles on my route, and as the sun drooped, so died away the wind ; but the water closing now to the breadth of a river, with a steady cur rent, still carried us on through the Bjorno Sje, the Lake of the Bears. Over the waving weeds, fast by the dipping bushes, great rocks above us, and health and peace within, it was all in a mellow light of gloaming, such as that picture shows us, " With the Stream." I fished the while —as comfortable in my boat as you are on your sofa— use makes it so. At last I was lazy, and so were the fish, for they jumped only half way to the fly, and seemed to lollop about for play, and did not " mean business." We were all so pleasant and comfortable—the canoe, the fisher man, and the fish—that by consent it was agreed to "make believe," on all sides, until, I do believe, our coxswain nodded in the sultry air, and then he fell fast asleep. At this time the Rob Roy was born on the smooth current, stern-foremost, side-foremost, any way ; all discipline was unloosed, and no one was on the watch, as we drifted in among the long stakes, which were loaning down as they bent to the stream, and murmuring at the pressure with an audible thrill. Suddenly I was aroused by a tremendous tug at my fishing-line. In an instant it was " all hands on deck," and a rattling of paddles and spars and a clattering of shoes. What a huge salmon it must be we are catching. It has pulled the whole boat round! Haul away cheerily. Ah ! my hook had caught a tree ! —The Rob Roy on the Baltic. By .1. Macgregor, M. PUBLIC COMPANIES IN CIIANCERI.—There was another long list of public companies under the Winding-up Acts before the Chief Clerks yesterday in Chancery. The case of Barned's Bank again figured in the paper, and the app li ca tion was by another sh areholder to vary the list. The matter stood over until after the accounts were filed.: REFORM SOIREE AT HANLEY.—We learn, by tele graph, that the local members of the Reform League held a soiree last night in the Lecture-hall of the Mechanics' Institution, Hanley. Resolutions in favour of the pro gramme of the Reform League—registered residential manhood suffrage and vote by ballot—were carried with acclamation, and an address was delivered. At the same time a soiree was hold at the Town-hall at Stoke, under the auspices of the National Reform Union. The resolu tions passed at this meeting ware in favour of the Kan , cheater programme. Royal Geographical Society. Three papers were discussed yesterday, at the evening meeting of this society, at Burlington House —Sir R. I. Murchison, president, in the chair. The first was an account of a journey, performed in 1862, to Kano from the Niger Bay, by the late W. B. Baikie. The account was derived from various extracts from the doctor's journal, in the possession of the Foreign Office. In Dec., 1861, Dr. Baikie left the settlement he had formed at the confluence of the Niger and Ilinuwe and went to Bids, the capital of Nupe, a town of groat size, to the north c of the Kwora, f-otn which i is distant about 16 miles. It was not tlf2 month of April that a rangements for the journey were completed, pack oxen bought, and the jealousy of the native traders I overcome. On the 12th April, 1862, Dr. Baikie set out in company with Ibrahim, a native of Zariya, then returning with presents from King Massaba to his chief. The first was a short march of nine miles to Kpakpagd over level wooded country. Next day many towns of considerable size were passed, and the boundary of the kingdom of Nupe crossed. The party slept at Lemu, inhabited by •Gbari, a heathen race, who, on the arrival of the travellers, were cele brating a Pagan festival. On the 14th they came to Teije, which overlooks the valley of the river Kaduna, the country passed consisting of low undu lating plains with sandstone ranges, covered with grass, bush, and forest. The meadow in front was clothed with grass and a few large trees scattered here and there, in which the people had placed bee hives made of basket-work. On the 16th they crossed the alluvial valley and reached Gbogi, and spent the night at a town of the Bassa people, from which an extensive view was obtained over a fiat mono tonous landscape. These Bassa are part of a wild, turbulent race, living in isolated communities. At the foot of a sandstone ridge on which the town was built lay a pool of water full of crocodiles, fed and worshipped by the Pagan inhabitants of the place. After crossing several sandstone ridges clothed with bush and trees, among which were the fleshy eu phorbia, they made a steady ascent to GarouGobez. On one of the ridges before coming to Gumna there are several prominent peaks of semi-vitrified rock. Gumna is built between iwo rocky hills which rise from a well-cultivated plain. It is the chief town of this portion of Bassa, and contained 3,000 mixed population. Leaving Gumna they crossed a low ridge of granite, and entered a rocky defile with perpen dicular faces 200 feet high, on which were native villages, whose inhabitants aro an industrious race, cultivating the rich lands below. Tegyina, which they came to next, contains as many inhabitants as Gumna, chiefly Karnuko. Although inferior in rank to that place, it is a town of greater importance. In the market milk and butter were cheap and plenti ful, as also were vegetables—but guinea worm is very prevalent among the people. On the 21st April they came to a detached rock named Ungwoi Ka rami, which rises 500 feet out of the plain. Here is a barrier of thorns, at which toll is demanded of all caravans at the rate of five cowries each man. Being the King's guest this toll was not demanded, but a present given instead. After passing the second of these barriers the rocks retire to the west, leaving an open - valley and a huge rock standing in front at a small village. While huts were being prepared, the party sat down under a baobab tree. Behind was a perpendicular face of rock, and near it some women were rubbing down grain into meal under the shade of euphorbia which grew from one of the crevices. The green valley in front, dotted with trees, pools of water, and herds of cattle, seemed like an English park. The chief's daughter, a lady of mature age, brought water to drink ; she was dressed with only a few leaves hung in front from a cord round the waist ; the men had a leather apron behind. Yet this independent, rude people are kind and intelligent. From Unuwoi they pro ceeded successively to Kamuko and Wassaba ; the last a walled town, built at the foot of a conical hill of granite, from halfway up which a general view of the country was obtained, but Dr.Baikie was prevented ascending, its summit being held sacred by the natives. Inside the town walls were borassus, hyphaene, and date palms ; by the river sides in the surrounding districts the raphea and wild date-palms are abundant. Their path was next through dense jungle, with open glades in which herds of cattle were grazing.. The rhea-butter tree attains an unusual size, and ripens its fruit in June. The people were busy collecting fruit of the locust tree. On passing Gideon Magaja they left Kamuko and entered again among the Gbari, sleeping in the town of Karsi, beautifully situated in a valley. Many smelting furnaces were seen, and iron-ore is abundant. At Ruku the papan tree was seen in cultivation, and on the 28th April they entered the country of the Zariya, and crossed a dense forest full of wild animals on the banks of the Karsi. The deleb palm forms a marked feature in the landscape with its tall swollen stems. On the 30th they were before Zariya, one of the centres of commerce in Ilaussa, and frequented by merchants from Bornu, Adamawa, and Nupe. The silk cotton trees which surround the town distinguish it in the plain ;, of these there are upwards of 1,000, varying from 50 to 70 feet high. When close to the city a small stream is crossed, and the ground rises to the walls, which are ten miles in circumference, and from 1G to 18 feet high, pierced by eight gates, the ninth having been closed after the entrance of 111allam Musa. At a former time the space in cluded by the wall was much greater, and included the Kufena Hills to the north-west, 700 feet high, and from which the only general view of the city is to be had. The general height of the plain of Zariya is about 200 ft above the sea. The King was absent, engaged in war, but messengers went to inform him of Dr. Baikie's arrival. The slave market here has diminished of late years, not more than 300 daily being usually found, whilst three years previously as many as 4,000 might have been seen. The mosque is a large building, 120 feet long, with two domes and a square tower. Dr. Baikie joined the King, and numerous incidents were detailed. On July 25 he reached Kano ; returning from thence he got back to Gumna Sept. 25, and finally reached hiS own station on the confluence of the Kwora and Niger in December. The second paper, " Oa the North-east Province of Madagascar," was by the Bishop of Mauritius ; and a third, "A Diary of a Hill Trip in 13arma,h," was by Lieut. Lewin. Til1111) EDITIof\ SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT THE REGENT'S-PARR THIS AFTERNOON. TREMENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE. It is our melancholy duty to record one of the, most frightful and fatal accidents that has ever taken place at the crnamen!al waters of the Re gent's-park. The park was crowded at the thne of the accident with tlionar.ds of well-dressed ladies and gentlemen who were disi , orting themselves upo n. the ice, when shortly More 4 o'clock a large r.or tion of it gave way, precipitating nearly 200 iii4, o water. In fact it is impossible, at the 1 4.rae of writing to form any idea of the exact -number who were immersed. The screams of t'ae unfortu nate skaters were beyond all description ; but those of their wives, daughters, and friends, who lined the banks of the water in thousands, were of the most heartrending description. The services of the Royal Humane Society's men were immediately called into requisition, and they worked with a will which does them great eredit, as they were the means of saving nearly 40 lives. One gentleman saved the lives of two little girls when all hope was nearly gone. Numbers were rescued and carried off by their friends. It is estimated that not less than 50 lives have been lost. At the time of writing about 20 bodies have bee.n recovered, and it is supposed that there are 'still about 30 under water. The utmost excitement pre vails, and it is impossible for the police to keep the large crowds in order who are gathered at the scene of the accident, as they are getting denser and denser every hour by the assembling of mothers and fathers to look after their lost relatives. THE 1 3 2,USSIAN CHA MBER, OF DE P ("TIES. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) BERLIN, Jan. 15. Iu to-day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, Herr Twesten put a question to the Minister of Justice relative to the arrest of Herr Sountag, Hanoverian merchant, known to be hostile to the Prussian annexation, who has been confined in the fortress of Minden. The Minister of Justice replied that Herr Sountag was the soul of the agitation against Prussian rule in Hanover, and that an inquiry had been ordered into his acts. The Go vernment, added the Minister, will continue to apply exceptional measures in exceptional cases. Such questions as those put by llerr Twesten have only the effect of sustaining agitation. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southamptoa Jan. 19. Ditto, via J!.larseillos Feb. 13. Brasil and Cape Verds. by British packet. ..... Feb. 4. Ditto, by Frenoh packet . ............ Jan. 22 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. lielena....Deo. 28. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Soul h a mpton.. Jan Jan 19. Ditto, via .sEaraeilles ........................... .27 Falkland Islands .................................. Gibraltar, via Southampton .................... Jan. 10 India (Calcutta), and C e y lon, via Southampton.... Jan. Jan 19. Ditto, via b l arse illes ........ . ......... 21 India (Bombay), via Southampton. • Jan. 19 Ditto, via alareeilles ..................... ...Jan. 22 Mita, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton .. Jan. 19. Ditto, via liar seilles Jan. Jan. 22. Ilauritius, via Sout ham p ton l9. Ditto, via Slarseil.w..... Jan. 19 . Newfoun dl a nd ...................... .....•. . Feb. 13. Portuga) ............... Ditto, by pr i va te ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet. Ditto, by United Stat e s p acket, via Southanip. • ton Ditto, via Cark Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londoudorry .. Jan, . - West Coast of Africa, 51adeira, and 'remain ....Feb. 3. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) ............. ........... Jan. 14 Bahama, via New Y ork. Jan I'. Cuba and Mexico Bermuda, via Halifax ... Feb. 13. We read in the Diritto of the 12th :—" Yester day the Duke of Argyll, Mr. Gladstone, and other English statesmen were present at the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, and occupied places in the tribune of the diplo matic body." A CLERGYMAN WASHED OVERBOARD.—An un fortunate catastrophe occurred on board the Peter Denny on the 11th ult., while on her passage from London to Shanghai. It appears that the Rev. David Mason, while on the forecastle of the ship, with some other passengers, in the heavy weather which she experienced during the latter part of her passage, was washed overboard. A high sea running at the time, and there being no signs of the unfortunate gentleman after he was seen to sink, the life boat was not 19worod. LONDON GAZETTE--This Evening. FOREIGN OFFICE, JAR. 14. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Senher Miguel Suarez Guanes as Consul at Sierra Leone for his Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Augustus Charles Gumpert as Consul at Bombay for his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway. WAR OFFICE, JAN. 15. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders 'or the appointment of Morgan Hugh Foster, Esq., Assis ant Paymaster-General, to be au Ordinary Member of ,he Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of ,he Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 15. 30th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Charles Ashmore to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Thos. Wright, C B deceased. Royal Artillery—Captain and Brevet-Major Colin Cook worthy to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Henry Hamilton Maxwell ; Second Captain H. Murray to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Cookworthy ; Lieut. Francis Wm. Ward to be Second Captain, vice Murray; Lieut. F. B. Roberts to be Second Captain, vice Arthur T. B. Stevenson, deceased ; Lieut. A. M. Boner to be Second Captain, vice Charles Lenox Tredcroft, re signed ; Lieut. H. J. F. Shea to be Second Captain, vice F. S. Stoney-, removed to the Supernumerary List. The following Gentlemen Cadets from the Royal Military Academy to be Lieutenants, Commissions to bear date 15th January, 1867, viz.: —The Hon. Frederick William John Shore, vice F. A. Hand, resi bi o.nud ; Walter Neil Jervis, vice A. 11. Gorges, deceased ; David North, vice E. 'l'. Warry, promoted ; William Butterworth Cooke, vice B. H. Ryan, promoted ; Graham Moore Lloyd, vice A. T.B. Stevenson, ; A. C. Talbot, vice M. H. C. B. Stein- . , man, promoted; F. L. Archer, vice C. A. Baylay, pro moted ; 11. J. L. Turnbull, vice C. D. Gordon, deceasod ; Edward Walsh, vice P. B. Bikes, promoted; Charles John Blake, vice E. G. Battiscombe promoted; William Whitmore Smith, vice St. John le Shawe, deceased; Edmond Roche Elles, vice E. T. Ouchterlony, promoted; Henry Robert Grogan Craufurd, vice A. C. Gardner, ap pointed to the 11th Hussars; Hugh Percy Russell, vice H. Bond, promoted; De Courcy Daniell, vice W. M. B Walton, promoted ; Henry Wykeham Brook Tunstal. Havel-field, vice C. A. Gorham, promoted; Philip Leigh ton MacGregor Skinner, vice T. H. Ouchterlony, pro moted; Robert Hunt King Ross, vice R. T. Hamond promoted; Wm. Aitken, vice W. 11. Graham, promoted Charles H. Aitchison, vice A. W. Duncan, promoted Robert Turing Bruce, vice G. F. S. Chambers, pro moted; Charles Brownrigg Fyers Wainwright, vice W. S. Curzon, promoted ; William John Mackintosh, vice R. J. Saunders, resigned; William Martin, vice C. E. Pritchard promoted •Charles Scudamore Burr, vice C. E. Arnistong, promoted : George Frederick Wilson, vice S. Dunlop, promoted; George Barber Power, vice E. Lyons, promoted ; Arthur Maurice Pinley, vice H. E. Baines, deceased ' • Walter Riddle, vice C. M. Proth er , deceased ; Fletcher Hayes Grant Craickshunk, vice W. M. Witter, promoted ' • Frederick Charles Clark, vice R. T. Farquhar, resigned. Corps of Royal Engineers - -Lieut. Robt. Mitchell Campbell has been permitted to resign his Commission. COURSE OF EXCHA.,:4I.ix:.- This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 15f 11 161 Ditto 3 Months. 11 18k 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 371 25 42} B russe ls - Hamburg — 13 8f 13 8 Paris Short 25 10 25 271 Ditto 3 Months. 25 321 25 40 Marseilles Frankforton the Maine —119 f Vienna, — 13 45 13 55 Trieste — 13 45 13 57/ r e tersburgn - 30f 31f Berlin . Madrid Cadiz - 27 0 27 10 Leghorn Milan Genoa, Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon • • 27 0 27 10 27 0 '27 15 27 0 27 15 27 0 27 10 `27 0 27 10 511 52 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXT FEBR' Lincoln Spring 21 Harrow MA: Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 West Drayton l9 Bromley Northampton,.: 2 Windsor Spring 4 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Newmarket Craven 8 Curragh M Chester (continued) 1 York Spring 7 Salisbury 9 Doncaster Spring Bath Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchestor Summer 12 Hampton l3 Odiha,m l7 Bibury Club lB Carlisle 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 10 ft ungerford Nottingham July AUG Goodwood (continued) 1 Ripon Brighton . — 6 Brighton Oluu 8 Lewes Egham ..... l3 Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford Hastings SEPT] Warwick 3 Margate 8 Curragh 3 Leicester Abingdon Doncaster OOTC Northampton Autumn. 1 Edinburgh Autumn ... 2 Newmarket 2d October. 7 Oheltenham RES FOR 1867. 'ARY. Nottingham 26 Derby Epsom Spring 26 Lewos Spring 2B Oroiton Park 29 T hirsk Durham . 22 Newmarket Ist Spring.. 22 Catterick Chester 3O Y. Harpenden Epsom Summer Newton 29 Croydon Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Newcastle Curragh Worcester S aunner 27 Ipswich 27 EX. ' Down Royal Oorporat n l7 Stamford Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southnmptou G.)odwood tJST. 21. York August 22 Dover 22 West Drayton 23 Plymouth.. 97 Canterbury 27 Lichfield Derby Summer 28 28 Weymouth 29 Tunbridge IMBER. Richmond l7 llendon l9 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket Ist October 24 Walsall 25 BEFt. Gurragh Newmarket Houghton Worcester Autumn I 20 st st 100 too 100 1 l ,j. , I