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

Y DIARKET I\T 1;1 A ND itAMERC!.. t TWELVE O'CLOCK Two o'CLocr. There is a healthy but a quiet tone in the present condition of business at the Stock Exchange. The English Funds are firm, Consols being 90 3-16th 5-16th for money and the present account, and 90 for the account in February. Foreign Stocks for the moment are attracting little atten tion, but more firmness is manifested in the market for Railway and other shares. One of the features of the day is the absence of business in Crystal Palace Shares, which are nominal at the price to which they descended yesterday. Foreign Stocks are a shade flatter. Turkish 5 per Cents.. have declined i f, to 31i 32 ; Spanish Passive, I, to 21i 21. 1 1 ; and the Russian Loan Scrip, to prem., while Greek Bonds have advanced to 14 15 ; Italian 5 per Cents., 1861, are quoted 52i Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, and a further advance has taken place in values. Great Eastern have improved 4; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, I ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and South Eastern, each 1 ; Great Western, i; Middlesex, 14 ; and Metropolitan, 2. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in fair demand. Dutch-Rhenish have improved to 204 ; Northern of France are marked 474 ; Bouth Aus trian and Lombardo- Venetian, 154 Grand Trunk of Canada, 194 ; East Indian, 1044 ; and Great Indian P en i nsu l a, 1034 1044. Miscellaneous and Finance Shares are dull. Crystal Palace Stock has receded to 304 31; Hud son's Bay Company, to 164 4 ; National Discount Company have improved to 15 4, and Peninsular Oriental Steam, to 644. Bank Shares continue in limited demand. Alliance, however, have risen to 194 ; Chartered Mercantile of India, London, and China, to 334 4 ; London and County are steady, at 644 ; and Oriental Bank Corporation, at 424 4. There is very little basin ess in American securities, and the prices remain firm. United States 5-20 Bnds are 724 4; Erie Sh ares, 46 4 ; and Illinois, 4. MINING MARKET. TUESDAY, Two o'Clock. There has been increased activity in the Minin g Excha nge. Annexed are the current quotations : Chiverton Moor, 41 5} ; Ohonzales Gold, 2} 3}; Clifford Amalgamat e 8 9 ; E as t B asset, 21 22 ; East Caradon, 6}; East Lovell, —; East Wheal Grenville, 2-}. Great Retallack, 223 Od 24s Od ; Great Wheal Ver, 15 16; Macke Valley, 4 ; North Crofty, 31 4 ; North Treskerby, 2; 3i ; Prince of Wales, 26s Od 28s Od ; Prosper United, 3 31,-; Providence Mines, 26 28; South Oondurrovr, 3 --8 ; South Grenville, 7s Od 9s Od ; Tincroft, 12 13 ; West Oaradon, —; West Chiverton, 53 55 ; Wes t Frances, 14 16 ; West Seton, 120 5 ; Wheal Buller, 20 22} Wheal Chiverton, 6} 7 ; Wheal Cr3bor, 12s 142; Wheal Grenville, 263 Gd 30s; Wheal Rose, —; Wheal Seton, 135 140 ; Wheal Trelawney, 9 11 ; Wheal Uny, 248 26s ; Cara Camborne, 20s 255; Central Minera, —; Cooks' Kitchen, ——; East Cam Brea, 2i 3 ; Great Laxey, 17 18 ; Great South Tolgus, 10s 15s ; South Frances, 20 22 ; St. Ives Consols, —. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING FRIG GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols .............. 9O 3 Do. Account, Jan. 10 9Ol Nper Cent. Reduced B9+ I I ew 3 per Cent B9l New 2f per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 11 pm Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs Do (Red Sea Telegra E .xche , ph), Aug, 1908 Do e Bills £l,OOO, 4 p er Cent ................. £500......... — Bank of E n Do ............ £lOO do £2OO Bland Sto c k , 6} per 77 Cent — INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Inman Stock, 10f per Cent., April 1874 Ditto for Account .......... . .. Do. 5 p er C ent. July, 1880 DDo. 4 pe r C ent., Oct. 1888 lO7 I o. Certificates — Do. Do. 5 per Enfaced Pap er 4 per Cent 84 Do. 5 Cent., Ja n . 1872 lOOl f per Cent, May 1879 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 25 pm Do. Bonds,,: per Cent., .£l,OOO Do under £l,OOO ................ FORE IGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRIC A rgentine Republi c, 6 per Cent CES. ES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent. Do. 4f per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 ADo. 1865 ccount. Do. £lOO 80nd5..,........................... 71 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 1)0..A ecount Bonds' Do .4:100 .............................. 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ;,,,tan 6 per Cent ................ Do. 3 pe r C en t . 11.. 6 per Cent A Do. „ C 6 per Cent. ;3 , 11,a, 6 per Cent. U:inish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 5 p er Cent., 1861 , Danubian Principalitie s Do. Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do.' Ptovisional L au d W arrant Do Defer' ed Y':gyptian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue Do £I(H Bonds 1861 B4 Do -flu() Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures 79/ - 80 Grr , elc 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons o 3 Account tio. Coupons G tater-unit,. 5 per Cent. It ' , jun 5 per Cent 1865 Po. Account 1,.. Marenimana Railway klex 'car. 3 per Cent Do. Account Do, 1861 D 0 6 per Cent. Anglo-French 1001 971 8 The 31sti, of December—the making-up day of bankers—having passed, the Money Market is already easier, and the supplies are excessive. From present appearance it is quite reasonable that many should incline very strongly to the opiLion that the minimum of the Bank of England will soon be placed at a lower figure. There was an influx at the Bank of England yesterday to the amount of £lO,OOO in bars, and also 3,000 sovereigns from Australia. The Douro has arrived at Southampton with £46,000 in specie, and the Heckla from New York with £23,000. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received, .on account of New Granada dividends,:a remittance of £7,545 7s. Id. from the Custom-house of Santa Marta. . Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have advanced 1, to 51 53, but the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds have declined to 394 401. The London Bank of Mexico and South America (Limited) have received the half-yearly 3 per cent. dividend, and 3i per cent. Amortisation Fund, 31 amounting to the sum of £13,493 Bs. 7d., for account of the holders in this country of their cer tificates for the English Convention Debt of Mexico, 1861. The General Credit and Finance Company of London have just received the following from their agents in La Guayra, Messrs. IL L. Boulton and Co., relative to the Venezuela Loan of 1864 :--" On the 30th ult. Government published a decree an nouncing the reduction of export duties to two thirds of the old rates. Another decree of the same date states that 75 per cent. of the new duties will be applied to the payment of the loan of 1864, and the remaining 25 per cent. will be retained by Go vernment to pay off a domestic loan of $150,000. This arrangement makes it equal to a reduction of just 50 per cent. on what the bondholders formerly re ceived. By this mail we send you two Caracas newspapers, the Federalista and Porvenir, contain ing these decrees, and on this date we have received a communication from Government, under date of the sth inst., confirming the same. Acting upon this communication we applied at the Custom -house ' for the proceeds of the duties, and we are pleased to inform you that at the last moment we received the sum of $2,141.189, being 75 per cent. of the total export duties at this Custom-house for the week ending the Bth inst. We shall remit this amount by next mail ; it is too late to do so by this." The Northern Assam Tea Company, limited, annoupce the payment this day of the usual guaranteed dividend, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for the past half-year, on the A Shares. dontevidean 6 per Cent. kloorish Imperial 5 per Cent nss- Granada Do 3 per Cent — Do. Do. Deferred I,E,Lid Warrants (Hectares) e-uvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Cont. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St Do 4i per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B5 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 B7 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid B6l Do. do. £lO paid lpm Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Acc , .:unt Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 4f per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do .£l.OO Bonds - Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account ........... . Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account . . ................ Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account ..................... no. 6 per Cent, 1864 27i I Ditto 11- per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, — • Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. "OW, 3 per (lent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. 5 per Cent. Account THREE O'CLOCK . 9o} 90f Consols, Money Do. Account, Jan. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day, MANSION HOUSE.' William Clark, described as a baker, living at 29, Surrey street, Blackfriars-road, was charged with stealing seven handkerchiefs, value 175., the property of Mr. Brown, hosier, Cheapside. Alfred Hughes said that about 11 o'clock this morning he saw the prisoner coming out of a shop in Cheapside, and perceived that he was endeavouring to conceal some handkerchief under his coat. He followed him and gave him in charge. James Dunn Parsons, assistant to Mr. Brown, identified the handkerchiefs as being the property of his employer, and said they were in a basket in a lobby leading into the shop. There were several other articles in the basket also. When the prisoner was taked in charge he said that the property had been given him by a little bcy, and that he was out of employment and was looking for some work. He was not known to the police. The prisoner repeated this statement, but admitted that he was endeavouring to make away with the property. Sentenced to 21 day's bard labour. THAMES. A REFRACTORY PAUPER.—SEDUCTION AND ITS CONSE QUENCES.—Margaret ll'Taggert, a young Scotch, with an infant in her arms, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with violently assaulting Mary Groary. Both woman have been for some time inmates of the Stepney Union -house at Bromley, Middlesex. The com plainant was described by Mr. Parker, the master of the house, as a well conducted person, the prisoner was the reverse, and had violated all the rules and regulations of the establishment, was continually quarrelling with the inmates, and doing acts subversive of good order and dis cipline. Mr. Parker's statement was certified by one of the nurses, who said the prisoner was a bad tempered young woman and continually quarrelling with the other females. She would not do her work properly. It appeitred from the evidenceof Geary that the prisoner bad quarrelled with her about. her eleansing, and threatened her. Yesterday the prisoner struck her with a pannikin, and threatened to split her with a pannikin. Mr Partridge asked the master if the other inmates provoked. the prisoner. Mr. Parker believed not. The prisoner was a very ill-tempered morose woman, and quarrelled with any one on the most frivolous pretences. The other women did taunt her occasionally, when she insulted them, with being the mother of two bastards. The prisoner's history was a singular one. She was the daughter of a respectable and enterprising Scotch farmer, settled in the Cape Colony, and he sent her to Glasgow to assist her aunt, and to finish her education in Scotland. On the voyage she was seduced by the captain of the ship, a Scotchman, and became pregnant. She was delivered of a chiid in Glasgow, and her aunt sent her back to the *pa in the same ship that brought her here. The intimacy with the captain was renewed, and she became enciente a second time, and gave birth to the child she was now carrying. She found her way to this country again, settled for three weeks in the dwelling of her seducer, who was a married man. Quarrels took place between the captain's wife and her rival, and the prisoner was turned out of the house and found her way to the Union, whore she had since re mained. The prisoner, in defence, said the complainant calledher names. Mr. Partridge said the prisoner had behaved in a very refractory and violent manner, and sentenced her to one month's imprisonment and hard labour for the assault on Greatly. :AIME TS. --This day. SafrrwprEtro.—HAY. ow hay, £3 O s to £4 4s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 158 Od ad ; and strawlas to 12 4s per load. Trade qu i et. , £1 CumnEßLAirr).ll l eadow hay. £3 O s t o £ 4 4s Od; clover, £4 Os to 15 15s ; and straw, £1 18s to 12 5s per load. De mand inactiv e . WHITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 48 ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 lOs to £2 4s per load. Trade heavy. CO LONIAL. The foreign and colonial produce markets are closed for the Christmas holidays, but business will be resumed to morrow the 2d inst. TALLOW. —There has not been much business doing in the tallow mark the et durin g the past week, b u t pr i ces have instances been been rath on a dvance, 45s b a yi ng i n one or two paid to clear outstanding contracts for the month. The demand from the trade has b.en small, as is usual at this period of the year. At St. Petersburg a few hundred casks have changed hands for A livery at 50f silv er roubles ; the Exchange ugust de- was 311 15-16ths. To-day th e market is steady, with, rather more tallow off er i ng ; 44s 9d is the price atwhich contracts have been closed for the month ; 44s 9d is de manded for January to March; 45s 3d April to June ; and 45s 9d October to December. On the spot new Y.O. is sold at 455. ; old at 445. 6d. South American town tal low fetches 43s 9d nett cash (for March only 455. 3d for Y.C. A CAB SET ON FlRE.—Yesterday morning a cab man, after setting down his fare at Kennington- road, dis covered the cushions and linings of the cab to be on fire, and before it could be extinguished the sides and roof of the cab were burnt off. THE BOROUGII OF ARMAGII.—The representation of Armagh will be vacant in a few days on the appoint ment of Mr. Miller to be judge of the Court of Bankruptcy. Mr. Vance will, we believe, be ieturned without opposi tion.—Dublin Evening Mail. THE SENSITIVE PLANT.—In a letter of Dr. Siger son's to the Athenzum, he states that the folioles of the Sensitive Plant were touched by him with a non-con ductor, and exhibited no movement. The sensitive plant is a common weed here, and is at present, as in his expe riments, in flower. I touched it with glass, sealing wax, iron, and the hand, and in all cases found the usual move ment, which also took place when the plant was gently blown on with the breath. No such difference as, on Any electrical hypothesis, we should expect, existed between the sensitiveness of the ends and middles of the folioles. Another fact about the sensitive plant, which the electrical theory does not explain, is the closing of the leaves at night. Perhaps the more hopeful question would be not " why do they shut ?' but " why do they open ?" And I may be permitted to guess that the solar rays in the morning, or th e so l ar dif fused light, t h rows th© moleles of th e f o li o l es into some new condition, the cu result of which is theiring., that such a molecular condition is destroyed bye the v and ibra tion caused by to uc h . What this molecular condition is Perhaps we shall never know, or, if ever, through micro scopic analysis. Dr. Sigerson's observation, that children affect the sensitive plant more than adults, I confirmed by comparing the effects of my own touch with that of a child of seven years' old, who affected the plant more Powerfully than I could do.—W. E. HAMILTON.— Greytown, Nicaragua, Nov. 15, 180. Mr. CHARLES DICKENS will give a public reading of " Barbox Brothers, and " The Boy at Mugby," at Leeds, in the course of a week or two. The Exaniiner, we are interested to remark, on announcing that its index for 1866 will be given with the number for the 12th of January, 1867, takes occasion to add that after this week more room will be made for cur rent criticism on books, plays, music, and pictures, by a change or two in the plan of its news columns. - itailwayb. Paid. ;xeter • • • • .anstol ana et Caledonian. et....... k;ork and BAULIJiI ZO Cornwall. at Dublin & Belfast June. at Dun„Perth, & nb.June. 100 lt.London, bcrip Certt. Do. st Glasgow &S. Western at Great Eastern, Ord. 8 Lk. st Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 et Great North of Scotland at Great Northern st Do. A stock at Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 pn at GtS. and W. of Ireland st Gt. Western -Original at Do. S. Val. Rail. gua. at Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.—Oxford at Do. Newport et Do. Hereibrd at Lancashire & Yorkshire at London and Blackwall at Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast' at Lon., Chat., and Dover at Do. Metrop. Ex. A at Lon. & North Western at Lon. & South Western at Man., She., k Lincoln at Metropolitan 10 Do. New 10 Do. Extension 10 Metropolitan District Do. du. do. 10 Do. and St. John'sW'd It Midland 9 Do. £9 Share it Do, Birmin.. & Derb) :5 %lid Kent . it North British ...... it Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. it Nth. Eastern—Berwick t 5 Do. (G.N•E purohast it Do. Leeds . it Do. York it DG. Carlisle . . .. 15 Po. Stock. & Darling tO Do. do. 1860-61 it North London . . it Do. do. 1864 5 st Do. do. 1866 9t North Staflordshire st N. &S. W. Junction 15 Scottish Central st Scot. N. E ,Aber. stock 10 Do. Scot, Mid. stack it Shropshire Union it South Devon it South Eastern ;0 Staines, Wok., da Wok it rail' Vale 10 Do. C it Vale ot Neath it Waterford & Kilkenny LO Waterloo & Whitella it West Cornwall SAARE MARKF.I I 6. This day. )KDINARY SHAKES AND STOCKS. Closing Busineoe ', Price. , done. ;iRITISH 1' tuu Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda. Cen.ln. gu. 5 percent... 30 Do. F shares "..01 Buffalo & Lake Huron 10 Do. Preference 100 (• Buff.,Brant,&tioderich G p.c. 1872-3- st Calcutta &S. E., Mt .al :e Town & Dock, gu. 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p .3t East. 11cnal, gu., sdo it East ludiau, gu. 5 p.u. 40 Do. .1 Extension , irand rruuk of Canada :!t , Do. Equip. Mort, lloud6 1 charge 6 p.c iOu Do. Ist i'ref. Bonds 100 Do. do deferred ... 100 De. 2d Pr. f. Bonds 100 Du. do. deterred 00 Do. 3d Pref. s to.* .... [OO Do. do. deferred .... [OO Do. 4th Frei. stook.. [OO Do. do. deterred .... st Gt. I udia Pen. gua. sp.c. 1 ) o. G ua. 5 per cent.. £0 Do. New gua.:, p. 0.. st Sow h of ludia gua. 5 per cent st D . 4$ per cent st Do 20i Great Wes. of Canada , 20i Do. New ...... 00 Do. 6p. c Bt.s. pay 1873 00 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 10 Indian Branch, limited st Madras, gua. 5 p.o et Do. 4f do at Do. 43 do 10 Do. Fifth Bxtensiou at Melb. Con 6p. c. Bnds. 10 Mel. & Hudson's Bay at N. RI. C'da, tSpc let pf. be it Scinde it Do. Delhi 10 Do. do . . it Do. Punjaub.... ca.t, it Do.lndus St.Flot COLONIAL 00 VEX - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug - Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept - 5 p. c. Jan. & July - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk - Cape C. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl. &Oct. 1890-1900 - Do. do 1880-9 u - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 i • Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 • Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.t • Do. 187 d, do • Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July • Do. 1878 • Do. 1882. Mayls, Nov. :5 . Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal qov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.l3p.c.Ja. &J uly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1860 Do. 5 p.c. 183 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So.,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 Iva 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 pa Ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oct.. BRITIS 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, lint. Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Bra East Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 4 Great L •xey, limited Great South Tolgus - Great Wheal Busy. G. Wheal Vor (lielst , u Grenville llerod's Foot .... - Hingston Downs Margaret ( Uny Lelant Marke Valley 4 ,V 1 wyndy iron Ore, link w e - .v Seton North Roskear N. Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty - Prosper United vidence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (111ogan Stray Park yin Croft..... 5 Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard l West Chi rerton West 5et0n...... . Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (nedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men., Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lie II MINES. 2.1.0 2U4 2.14.6 2.14:0 8.3.0 3.9.0 10.8. all 0.14.6 H. 9.61 8.18.0 8.10.0 5.10. G 13-17.6 381 4.4.0 2.13. t 7.1.6 10.6.; 64 74 54 54 405 415 18 20 5 6 2 3 2 3 9 10 21 21 5 6 17 18 15 16 11 11 30 32 21 Si 2 4 3i 4 1 2} 116 35 45 2 4 21 3} 1} 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 21 26 300 320 18 22 1 2 9 10 it 14 12 14 54 56 115 125 65 75 18 20 10 12 135 145 7 9 584 5.17.0, _PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2, 79 Great r• orthern, 5 per cent., 110 1 North Eastern. Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 44 per cent., rd., Sit North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail,. 801 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RZNTALB. London and Blackwall, 814 1 FOREIGN RAILWAY& A ntwerp and Rotterdam, £3l West Flanders, 71 FOREIGN MINES. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining. 3 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Min. and Smelting, 74 Scottish Australian, St. John del Key, litre., 5(1- Indanamutana of South Australia, lina.. 11 BANE fi e Agra and Masterman's, li m ., 8i 4 Alliance, 11w.. 19 Australasia, 64 Bank of New Zealand, 18a Chartered iter. of India, London, and China, 331 City, 14} 15 Colonial, 40} East London, lim.. 3 English and American, lion., 5} 6 English and Swedish, lim.. It Imperial Ottoman, Urn., 84 8 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim. , Do. 5 per cent. Debentures, 1801, for 30 years, 82 London Chartered bang of Australia, 20 London Joint Stock, 43; London and South African, 13 London and 11 estminster, 984 Metropolitan and Provinciai Bank, lim., lti 12} Oriental Bank Corporation, 42 i:f Union of London, 45 CKS. London and St. KatharinDe, O 674 8} NEOUS.ISCELLA An glo - American Te M legraph, 151 Anglo-Mexican Mint, 151 Atlantic 'Telegrapn, Dit 0, 8 per cvnt., 724 Berlin Water Works, him. 11; B. and I. MatAtetie Telegraph, lim., 921 Ceylon Company, Dal, A shares. 1 City Dis ° count, liru, 14 2 City of Moscow Gas, lira., 174 Coutinental Union Gas, lim., 91 Credit louder 01 Engianu, Ihn . 2 1 4 Crystal Palace, Si 306 1 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lim., 2 1 Egypt Egyptian Corn, anti Trading, * ian and Australian Copper I* Pore -street Warehouse, Bin., 12* Gen. Credit and Finance of Lonti2n. lira.. 4 Hudson's Bay, If 16 Imperial Land Company or Marseilles, Um., 2* General Steam Navigation, lim., 264 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour„ 61 Land Securities, lim., 24 London Financial Association, lim,. 10 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 3* Midras Irrigation and Canal (4 per cent. guaranteed by dian Government), Ditto all), 1, Nr , tional Discount Company, 14L Panama. New Zealand, and Aus. It. Mail, 71 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 181 13outli Australian Land. al 86 88 122 124 4i) la 4 6 65 OS 70 72 1.6 118 28 5 6 118 120 127 12e. 9U 02 541 bli 32 3i 32 35 1281 129 , 85 87 15k 16 1 10 tO 12)k 321 82 lit 52 53 i 26 127 ti 2 1/ 10 11 84 86 123 1231 I 2.4.) 92 84 37 38 4 18 IU7 1t.9 66 67 100 102 34 86 9 10 p 116 120 1 2p 1 2p ➢0 72 114 118 148 152 46 18 67 68 8 9 150 253 3 4; ISIONS. 68 68 102 103 id ip 4 44 74 t 4 60 55 10; 103 101 IC3 105 106 18 20 85 sa 57 59 50 54 50 54 37 10 23 25 106 LO 4 1 i 4 1% 100 102 91 93 111 12} 14 121 i`B 82 81_ d 4 11 11 I 102 103 92 H 85 90 82 85 99 101 97 98 1/ & ii 96 99 :T SECUR 93 94 90 92 90 V 2 77 78 73 77 104 106 103 105 IG2 104 104 116 88 ?0 ILO IC2 lu4 1 t 6 105 107 164 108 105 107 ICB 108 98 100 90 92 90 92 90 95 8S 87 98 100 81 86 96 99 92 94 106 108 103 104 !sa ;123 21 tvzei THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1867. The Fire at the Crystal Palace. A cause of the fire has been suggested as probable. It is supposed to have originated in a place used as a paint and store-room in the north-east corner of the building, and near the water tower. Adjoining that room the boiler of a powerful steam engine used in pumping water was housed, a slight wall separating the two. After the fire a hole was found in the partition, and the firebox of the boiler had been driven from its place in the direction of the wall. The theory is that some one in charge of the • boiler may have banked up his fire, closed the door of the furnace and left the place. The effect of a fire so banked up might be to generate gas, for it would act like a retort ; but still the gas, if gene rated, would simply burn, and not explode, unless mixed with atmospheric air. It is further suggested that the damper connected with the boiler may have admitted sufficient air to cause an explosion, and that the firebox, driven from its position against the wall, may have made the breach which was afterwards found in it, and set the paint room on fire. The directors, with Mr. Bowley, the manager, and Mr. Grove, the secretary, had a meeting at the Palace yesterday, at which they instituted an in quiry as to the cause of the disaster, but the result, if any, did not transpire. They are understood to have expressed themselves in grateful terms to Captain Shaw for the energy and discretion shown by him in the emergency. On arriving at the scene of the fire the whole of the northern transept had fallen in, and he directed all the means and ap pliances at his disposal to prevent its spreading beyond th e screen separating the rest of the nave from th e tropical department, in which he was happily the buildin g was saved from entire destruction. successful, and by that means, prob a bly, While he was so engaged he was much urged by strangers and others to detach some of the men of the brigade and engines to operate on the water tower, which was on fire in several places ; but he resisted all such importunity, knowing that the tower was then completely isolated, and not likely to be the means of communicating fire to any other part of the Palace, and he employed all his energies and those of the brigade to confine the fire to the tropical end. That achieved, he applied himself to extinguish the fire in the water tower, in which he also succeeded. There were upwards of 8,000 visitors at the Palace yesterday. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. Information was broughthereVl East e o v n e D n , in F g ri d da u y ri . n g a violent gale of wind that nine workmen, who had been employed on the Dogger Sand Bank for the Wexford llarbour Commissioners, were endeavour ing to reach the shore in their own boat. As they thereby ran a great risk of losing their lives, the lifeboat Civil Service, of the National Lifeboat In stitution, was launched to their assistance, and was fortunately the means of .rescuing the men, who were much exhausted when taken into the lifeboat. CA ISTOR, Saturday. A vessel was seen to stop last night, near the shoal of the Barber Sand, and soon showed signal lights of distress. The Birmingham No. 2 lifeboat, be longing to the National Lifeboat Institution, was at once launched, and on arriving alongside the vessel she was found to be the brig Kelpie, of London, laden with coals from Shields, and she was found The lifeboat re . n sistance of a imanaargioneute getting re aground gb o yi: t ire h or e ffa, sand,and, night,veirt yh and t le h a e k a y s u ltimately succeeded steam tug, she and the crew were safely taken this morn ing into Yarmouth harbour. PENARTII, Saturday. During heavy squalls last eveni ng several flash lightsnwere the shown west from end ef a Cardiffves Sands. The s apparently in life boatdis- tress of the National Lifeboat Institution was there upon launched, and proceeded in that direction. On arriving alongside the vessel she was found to be the bark Cedea of Bremen, bound from that port to Cardiff, in ballast, and that she was not in distress, but was signalling for her own boat, IN hich was on shore with the master. After remonstrating with the crew for showing distress signals unnecessarily, the lifeboat returned to the shore. SINGULAR CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.—On Thursday evening last three ladies and a gentleman wore in a car riage on their way to Hams Hall, to attend the annual ball given by the 'tight Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P., and the lion. Mrs. Add e rl e y. When the carri age arrived at Forge Mills the two white gates which span th e roa d were open, and the driver was proceeding on his way, when suddenly the gates were blown inwards with great violence. The gates coming into contact with the hind wheels of the carriage tore them both off, and the carriage was upset, but the driver was unhurt. The occupants of the carriage also fortunately escaped injury. THE AVRETcii !—A Doctor's wife attempted to move him by her tears. "Ah !" said he, " tears are use less. I have analysed them. They.contain a little phos phate of limo, somo chlorate of sodium, and water." It was not until the return of daylight yesterday _ that the havoc caused by the fire at the Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon was completely die . closed. The whole of the northern end of the build ing has been destroyed, except a part of the low narrow wing extending towards the east into the grounds, at a right angle with the fabric, and used chiefly as an orangery. The spaca between the water tower and the screen which separated the tropical department from the rest of the nave, about a couple of acres in extent, is now strewn with blackened masses of the fallen roof and other ma terials, presenting a deplorable spectacle. All that remains of the northern transept are a few broken outlines of the arches, and toWering.frotu amongthe general wreck are still to be seen the two colossal Egyptian figures copied from the temple of Rameses the Great at Aboo &label, in Nubia, but now sadly defaced by the action of the fire. They were 65ft. high, and reached to the roof of the transept. Of the Alhambra Court, on the west side of tho tropical part of the nave, and also of the Byzantine and Romanesque Court, facing it on the opposite side, little is left but the bare walls ; the Queen's apart ments and the library and reading-room have perished, as have also the extensive collection of Indian curiosities and products, the Gallery of Naval Architecture, the Aviary, and the whole of the tropical plants. The remains of the stupendous tree brought from the Sierra Nevada, iu California, and which, when growing, is said to have been 400 feet high, have shared the same fate. The fire ap pears to have originated in the north-eastern wing, from which it spread rapidly towards the main body of the building, along the flooring and other wood work, which in the tropical end had become exceed ingly inflammable. It afterwards extended to the great water tower, the floors of which, at different -stortes, and the gallery were for several hours burning at the same time. It was first discovered by a police-constable on duty, and he gave an alarm to a fireman in the company's service within the building, and the only one who happened to be there. Ordinarily there are three of the company's firemen ou duty in the Palace, but only one on Sundays. On receiving the alarm the fireman screwed on a hose to one of the nume rous hydrants in the building, which are said to be always charged at high pressure. That he gave to the policeman to hold, while he screwed on another, and, so equipped, they appear to have tried for some time, but in vain, to cope with the fire. Being Sunday there was some difficulty in collecting the workmen belonging to the Palace to render assist ance in the emergency. The remains of the young hippopotamus are said to have been found among the ruins yesterday, but to have been scarcely distinguishable. At present it is impossible, with any approach to accuracy, to estimate the amount of the damage done to the building, but the company are said to be insured to the amount of £BO,OOO upon the whole fabric, £20,000 of which was apportioned to that part of it which has been affected by the fire. During the fire, and when it was not certain what turn it might take, the flooring along part of the nave on the south side of the screen was ripped up in places to prevent it spreading in that direction. That pre caution having, fortunately, become unnecessary, the flooring was reinstated in the course of the fol lowing night, and yesterday the Palace was open to the public as usual. Reopening of Cattle Markets. Yesterday, there was a lengthened sittting of tht justices of Buckinghamshire, at the quarter sessions at Aylesbury, under the presidency of Lord Caring ton, there being also present, amongst others, till Duke of Grafton, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir H. Verney, M.P., Major Han mer, Sir T. F. Fremantle, &c. Amongst the many subjects under consideration, the report of the cattle plague finance committee was presented, showing that there had been already expended by the county on account of the cattle plague a sum of not less than £25,000, which would in all probability be raised to £30,000, when all the bills were received' and paid. The report was adopted. The vexata questio of the reopening of the cattle markets was also mooted. It appeared that the clerk of the peace, Mr. Tindal, had received applica tions from the inhabitants of Winslow, Stony Strat ford, Wolverton, &c., to sign the licences for the holding of cattle markets at those places, and this has been delayed on account of the clerk of the peace not considering that the order in council placed that responsibility on his shoulders, especially as a letter from Col. Harness to Mr. Neale, of Wins low, stated that applications for licences were to be made only by clerks of the peace, under the direc tion of the local authorities, the divisional commit tees, or the mayors of boroughs. Mr. DuNcAN said he must enter his protest against the reopening of markets at present. He be lieved most farmers—indeed, all whom he had con sulted--desired them to remain closed ; and it was only the dealers and public-house keepers who wished the contrary. The country was free from the disease, and he hoped the Court would not make it run the risk of having to spend another £25,000. The Rev. Dr. BOOTH said as they had gone to the cost of nearly £30,000 in order to suppress the disease, and as the experience of twelve months proved that medical science throughout Europe had not made a single step in advance towards ob taining anything like a cure of the disease, and the only mode of suppressing it was by what is called stamping it out, the court would be acting reck lessly were they now to reopen the markets. Hav ing got rid of the disease,as they hoped, they should give some further time to test whether it was actu ally suppressed or whether it was, as it were, only smouldering in the county. He seconded Mr. Dun can's motion for the markets being closed. Major HANMER said there were only six cases of rinderpest in the kingdom last week. lie did not see why, under certain restrictions, the markets could not be reopened. At Leighton Buzzard, which was just outside of Bucks, the farmers wanted the markets reopened. Mr. CARSON reminded the court that the disease as still very bad in Holland, and he firmly believed that if the markets were reopened the drovers wuuld bring in foreign stock, and with it the disease. The _Rev. G. PIIILLIMORE thought the Court would be exercising a very grave responsibility if they permitted that risk. The county had already had painful experience, and what it did should be done in caution. If the stringent measures which were put in force had been adopted earlier, the cattle plague would have been almost unknown iu this county. It was the dealers, and not the far mers, who wanted the re-opening of the markets. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER explained ,hat the requirement of the signatures of clerks of ;he peace to the applications, and the reference to the courts of quarter session for their observations on the :desirability or otherwise of reopening the markets, was a course taken by the Privy Council by way of precaution. It was done merely "to check a weak cause," and in accordance with that spirit of precaution which had characterised the operations of the authorities. The question, after some further discussion, was put, with this result :—For the reopening of the markets, two (Major Hamer and Sir H. Verney, M.P.); against the reopening, 17. The decision was announced amidst evident signs of satisfaction from several agriculturists who were present in the court. The Eastern Question. Gen. Garibaldi has addressed the following letter upon the Eastern question to a friend near London : " Caprera, Dec. 18, 1866. " That I love. England with the affection of a son you cannot doubt, a n d th a t it i s ever t h e d es i re o f A MARTYR WANTED.—The f o ll ow i n g very comica b u y t n genuine at t h e g l ett er ael h was ere a f c r t o u m a l liylohe tßoberts , received the by pr e theside President the my heart to see her i n th e fi rs t ran k among nations L is equally certain, but to caress the errors of her Fenian organisation :—" New York, Nov. 30, 18G6. Ministers—to that I cannot lend myself. I repeat, Robert Bloss Lynch, Esq., Toronto Gaol.—Sir,—Your therefore, to your statesmen that which I have letter requesting me to send to Washington affidavits of stated to our own—Do well, and you will receive your non-military connection with the Irish Republican praise ; but to l a vi s h p ra i se on th ose w h o d o ev il i s army has been rec e i ve d an d th e reques t comp li e d w ith, i n Captain sub F . itzratr l ick, a t nd th l t will il write th to t General servile adulation, and I never flatter. In the war of O'Neil careof on the giants waged by England against the First Empe- not going to be ha j nged. S e o gr g e reat a crime Yu upon a 3 a reaare non ror, I search in the pages of those histories of your combatant like yourself would make every Irishman tu country which narrate it for one single expression of America a Fenian, and furnish our exchequer with the condemnation at the expenditure of millions of lives necessary means to clear Canada of English authority in and millions of money:sacrificed to combat one de- short order—a consummation devoutly to be wished— and, therefore, I say I regret that you will not be hanged. spotism, indeed, but certainly to sustai n another R would be a glorious death for you ; and a life not less exacting. Who, however, on the other that would otherwise pass away unknown, in a few hand, will not confess, with me, that the services years, at most, would become an honoured portion of the rendered by England to the cause of human progress history of our race and of the times. But whatever be have been immense ? And lin particular bear tes- your fate, pray God that you will act a brave, dauntless timony to the benefits received f rom y ou by Italy part to the last. Remember that you not alone represent wcountry i n a in 1860, without which we should no t now b e ex- your ow but n k yourea nation, the y e position t r i o n n e e in als w h . hi a c h h d y t o h u ou ar gh e placed, ulting in the embrace of every member of the Italian much I regret that you are in the power of blood-thirsty family. But when I see the Government of this my foes, I still trust and hope that, under any and all circum adopted country allied with Austria and with Tur- stances, you will make your countrymen proud of you, aid key, I must tell you the truth—namely, that I inhale your name honoured.—l remain, yours sincerely, W. R. the fumes of a charnel-house, which all the national ROBERTS, President F. B." The match of this production vitality may be unable to dispel, if Great Britain friend d d h b h e d er hardse sentence h fi c e n find. death Only with fancy great a regret 'ra t a that he i nwriting t o a s places herself in contact with th ese dead corpses. not to be hanged, and coolly giving as a reason for this I would rather see her using her power and her in- regret that his execution would bring a pile of money into fluence to support those oppressed nationalities the Fenian exchequer. It reminds one of Artemus Ward's at present going to decay in the putrid atmo- patriotism during the late war, in determining to shed the sphere of despotism, but who, remaining constant blood of all his wife's able-bodied male relations Glb before he to their desire of elevating themselves, must certainly woll: o 7 y e 3 t i h o e u lj s n y o n u ' R th N tl A r L st is ti s l f )."—l'9 r e o Wh up."—Toronto Press. Dec . as . rise one day or another to their natural places in the first started, the squibs of briefless barristers were often fraternity of free nations. attributed to Bulwer. Readers of " Pendennis " will re " Let us leave Austria, whose Emperor ought to member the reputed parentage of some of Captain Shan receive the fate of his brother Emperor of Mexico, don's articles in the Pall Mall Gasette. Mr. Lewes himself, and which exists only through the dissensions of the 1 in his " Life of Goethe, " tells us that in the lioren, the nationalities checkmating each other's efforts to- ' periodical started by Goethe and Schiller, arti c les by the wards emancipation. poorest writers were attributed to the greatest. Now, we would ask Mr. Lewes what would have been the result if " Let us travel to Turkey, cosmopolitan as I am, , these articles had been signed by the real names of their ' and a believer in that God who desires not factions authors ? The mystery would have been at an end, and and discords, but, on the contrary, that men should with the mystery the interest would have departed. love each other as brethren (which fraternisation LATEST PEASE OF RITUALISM. —The more ad can only be possible, however, when we send the vanced section of the Ritualistic party have lately Dervish to the spade and the Romish priest to I introduced amongst themselves two very Ox the the mattock). Believing fully all this, I can make fordties in au th , 7 A. E n ng h l ca ish h Cmhiussrac4h;, which They publishinga c r o e htahathe at order of no difference between the natives of the plains of , the Communion g Service, without any portion of the , Tartary and my countrymen born on the sunny hills , Liturgy, and is illuminated as well as divided into parts, of Rome. lin exact imitation of the Roman Catholic Missal. Nor is "D. BUREAN, this part of the Anglican Prayer-book ever spoken of by the Ritualists as other than " the Mass." " I have been to high mass," or " I am going to hear low mass," is now as common a way of speaking amongst the worshippers of St. Mary Magdalene, Munster-square ; St. Alban's, Bald win's-gardens: or St. Matthias, Stoke Now:ngton, as it is with the members of any congregation that is under Dr. Manning's jurisdiction. Another curious fashion some of the Ritualists have adopted is that of speaking to or of the clergymen who adopt these views as " Father John," " Father James," or whatever the reverend clergyman's Christian name may be, instead of calling him Mr. Smith, Brown, or Jones. • A MUNIFICENT GIFT.—Wo are informed that a member of the legal profession has set aside .£2;),000 for the benefit of London hospitals. The name of this muni ficent donor is known to us , but, in accordance with his wish, it is not to appear in print. The circumstances which led to this gift aro said to be as follows :—The gentleman in question is a member of the legal profession, and suc ceeded recently in recovering a sum of £150,000 for a pen sioner of the metropolitan police. He made it a condition that, in case of success, his client should set apart £25,000 for his poor relations, and that he should place in his hands £25,000 for distribution to hospitals. Both conditions, we understand, are being realised ; and, remembering how often fortunes thus suddenly acquired have been squan dered in such a manner as to prove a curse rather than a blessing, there is very great reason to admire the prudence and the nobility of the proviso."—Solicitors' Journal. " But have you any idea what this despotism of the Turks protested against by you really is? I will give you an example. " One day, in the port of Olivieri, in the island of Mitylene, I inquired of a Greek peasant the rea son why he did not gather up the olives, instead of permitting them to perish on the ground. Be cause,' he answered, ' the Pasha buys up all the olives, and we are compelled to deliver them to him at such a low price that it would not pay the ex pense of gathering them in.' " Behold how the interest of this poor remnant of Christians is neglected in temporal matters ; and for the rest, and for all that concerns the prostitution of the body and of the soul, how am I to relate it to you, who have so kind a heart and who have a sou and daughters? It is most horrible. And if I do not speak of it, oh ! forgive me.; it is for the sake of decency, and from the respect which I owe you, that I cannot detail to you such brutalities. " Well, now I have laid before you the condition of the Christians under Islam, and Britain—the classic ground of human rights, the protectress of the oppressed, the emancipatress of the slave—per sists in upholding these fruits of a despotism the most inhuman and the most monstrous. "In 1827 England, France, and Russia, in one of those outbursts of generosity which God some times excites in great minds, accomplished one of those facts which in the history of nations are fol lowed by universal gratitude. Let them complete the sublime task, let them spare to humanity a fresh torrent of blood, and they will receive from her a thousand benedictions. HARROW SCROOL.—Harrovians will be interested to learn that valuable prizesof £3O a year for the encourage ment of the study of Modern Historyand English Literature have reclmtly been founded by John Edward Bourchier, who was head of the school in 1862-3. Ile died of consump tion at Bournemouth, on the 23d inst., aged '22 years. The Morning Herald announces, with regret, that the new Conservative weekly paper, the Monitor, which was to have appeared with the Now Year, is un avoidably postponed for the present. " G. GARIBALDI." MEN' 24 91 9 120 129 4 55 i i i 130 I 37 Si 16 i 1211 i 2 53 127 Ili 121 E 1 69 i 1011 31 ITlli . - Important Proclamation of the Empa'or Maximilian. The following proclamation was promulgate, the city of Mexico on the sth inst. : " OrizAba, Dee. " Mexicans,---Circumstances of great magi relating to the welfare of our country, an.l wcrcases in strength by our domestic': (little, have produced in our mind the conviction th • VlO ought to recon s id er th e power confidod to u 5 .44.4 Our Council of Ministers, by us convened, has given us their opinion that the welfare of Mexico still re quires our presence at the head of affairs, and we have considered it our.duty to accede to their re quest, announcing at the same time our intentions to convoke a national congress on a most ample and liberal basis, where all political parties can participate, and this congress shall decide whether the empire shall continue in future, and, in case of assent, shall assist in framing fundamental laws to consolidate the publie institutions of the country. To obtain this result our counsellors are at present engaged in devising the necessary means, and at the same time arrange matters in such a manner that all parties may assist iu an arrange ment on that basis. "In the meantime, Mexicans, counting upon you all without excluding any political class, we shall continue the work of regeneration with courage and constancy, having been placed in charge of your countrymen. (Signed) " MAximILIAN." Advices from Mexico, in the Liberti, say : " MazAtlan was certainly evacuated by the French on the 13th November. Despatches from San Fran cisco, dated the 12th December, relate what took place nearly as follows :-.' For several days the Juarist generaloccupied Presidio, at a short distance from, the town. His advance posts had even ap proached near enough to exchange musket shots. At eleven in the forenoon the French squadron, composed of three vessels, the Rhine, the Marne, and the Talisman, left their moorings. That act was the signal for general confusion among both the soldiers and people. It was feared that, on the ono hand, Corona would attack the town during the embarkation -of the troops, and, on the other, that the squadron might bombard it in retaliation. The American Consul immediately took steps to induce Corona to allow the French to leave unmolested ; but without success. The Mexican gen:xal declared' that he felt it to be his duty to inflict all the injury he could upon the enemy. In the evening the Liberals made an attack upon the French lines, but without achieving anything. The next day a more vigorous assault was delivered ; the struggle was a fierce one, and the defenders of the position lost a considerable number of men andsome officers. Early on the 13th the French Admiral proposed a truce to Corona, which was accepted. The place was imme diately evacuated by the French. In the afternoon the Liberals entered the city iu good order and were well received by the inhabitants.'" The Political Prefect of Vera Cruz has published the following : " Dec. 1 " Inhabitants of Vera Cruz,—One of the most acceptable events to all true Mexicans has just taken place in the nation. His Majesty the Emperor, who has made so many sacrifices for the welfare and felicity of our beloved country, has given the greatest proof of the regard which it deserves. While bowed down by the natural emotions which agitated and are still agitating his mind, in consequence of the illness of his august and noble spouse, our beloved Empress, it was for a momentbelieved that he would abandon the country temporarily, to dedicate him- self to her, and to comply with the sacred duties of affording his worthy consort those attentions she stands so much in need of in her present delicate state of health ; but the Emperor still sacrifices him self for us, placing his duties as a man after those of his honour as a monarch, and in the present cri tical moment, while he is traversing the country, declares solemnly that he will remain at the front and will struggle without rest until he has shed the last drop of his blood in defence of the nation. Vera Cruzians, let us congratulate ourselves and give thanks to Providence fot having saved the integrity of our land, and let us salute with all the ardour of our hearts the day of the resurrection of our nation ality on the eve of its disappearance. 'I EDITION . SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. sroaTING INIELLIGENCE—Ths Bay. MANCHESTER RACES—THIS DAY. These races have been Postponed in consequence of the frost. Nu time has as yet ly.eu fixed for their coming off. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. (From the Laudon Gazette qf this Evening.) BY THE QUEEN—A PROCLAMATION. Victoria, R.—Whereas Our Parliament stands prorogued to Tuesday, the fifteenth day of Ja nuary next, We, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said fifteenth day of January next to Tuesday, the fifth day of February next; and We have given order to Our Chancellor of that part of Our Unites Kingdom called Great Britain to prepare a Commission for proroguing the same accord ingly ; and We do hereby further, with the ad vice aforesaid, declare Our Royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said Thursday, the fifth day of February next, assemble and be holden. for the dispatch of divers urgent anl important affairs ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said Tuesday, the fifty day of February next. Given at Our Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, this twenty-eighth day of Decem ber, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and in the thir tieth year of our reign. God save the Queen. WAR 1N PARAGUAY. To day's mail, per Douro, has brought us the Paraguayan account of the famous battle of Curu paity, and which we subjoin in abbreviation : " The fight raged with fury for nine hours, dur ing which the allied loss was enormous ; at length victory decided in our favour, and our scat.; tered enemies retreated in confusion, whilst our heroes rent the air with their vic torious shouts. 1 do not now pretend, in fact it would be impossible, to give you here the full de tails of a day that must ever be regarded by uur country as the one on which was achieved the most glorious victory of our arms. The little fortress of Curupaity, which must now be ever memorable, is well defended by nature and art. From personal observation, and the accounts of prisoners, the assailing force consisted of twelve battalions of Argentine and twelve of Brazalian in fantry, a proportionate cavalry force, and a small park of artillery, which they bad conveniently planted behind a hastily formed breastwork of sand bags. To divert our attention from the real point of attack, a small cavalry and infantry force opened the day by an assault on the extreme left of our position, while at the same time the battery on the island of Curapi in Lake Pirus opened fire ; our batteries replied to all this, and with such vigour that at times our whole line appeared as in a blaze. As soon as the ironclads engaged our batteries the Brazilian and Argentine Generals harangued their men, saying that the road was now open, and they had only to march up and take the trenches. The columns of infantry rushed forward to assault our right and centre, protected by a fire from their bat teries. The vigorous and galling fire of our artillery had a terrible effect on them. The Argentines ad vanced on the centre, and the Brazilians on the right, seeking protection from the fleet. The first at tacking columns were completely shattered ; a se cond and third time the enemy pushed up obsti nately to our lines, whence a shower of shot and shell poured destruction among their ranks ; the slaughter of their officers and men at the verge of the fosse was something horrible. They had faggots of wood, scaling-ladders, &c., but their ranks were converted into piles of wood before they had time to use these appliances ; five men contrived to get into the fosse. On the right the Brazilians held out longer, under cover of the fleet and a close thicket, but our howitzers had so awful an effect that whole battalions remained dead on the field, the piles of corpses obstructing the only practicable passage. They tried every means to outflank our batteries, some advancing under the barranca on the river, hut we had a trusty force there to give good account of them. At 4 p.m: the enemy were repulsed at all points, and of the attacking columns nothing remained but a few hundred stragglers dragging some of their wounded after them : in fact the forces of Mitre and Port Alegre were annihilated. The ironclads seeing the disaster on land hastened to get out of range of our batteries. It will hardly be believed that we have barely 50 men hors de combat, thanks to our advantage ous position and the visible protection of Divine Providence. The battle of Curupaity is, beyond question, the most brilliant that has yet crowned our victorious arms. Never before did the Triple Alliance sustain such an overthrow, and the loss of the allies is wholly irreparable. Our reverse at Curuzu has been amply revenged, and the victory of Sept. 22d has surpassed all our anticipations in the magnitude and splendour of its results. Curupaity will form the brightest page in our annals, and its very name will inspire terror and confusion among our invaders. We tried to avoid such bloodshed, but Mitre and his allies in their insane idea of conquering Paraguay have poured out the blood of thousands of their men, and all to no pur- pose. Heaven chastises their pride and confounds their wicked councils. With us the time for peace is past. Officers and men are justly irritated at the conduct of the in- vaders, and can now only be satisfied by their utter extermination. " Fortune favours the brave," and now, after 18 months' fighting, we find ourselves in a better con- dition than when wo began. Since the glorious victory of Curupaity the utmost enthusiasm prevails throughout the country, and large contingents are daily arriving to share the glories of the campaign. A grateful shower of rain has succeeded the long drought, and all our ditches are full. Arvid the thousand joyful emotions of victory I have not the coolness requisite to give you further details. LONDON GAZETTE —This Evening. OSBORNE, DEC. 28. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on John Burgess Kerslake, Esq., her Ma jesty's Solicitor-General. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on Benjamin Samuel Phillips, Esq., Alderman, and late Lord Mayor of the City of Loudon. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 15f Ditto 3 Afonths. 11 18f Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 35 Brussels Hamburg — 13 8} Paris Short 25 15 Ditto 3 Mouths. 25 37} Marseilles Frankforl on the Maine —119 f Vienna — 13 3.1 Trieste — 13 35 Petersburgti - 30} Berlin Madrid 971 Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa — 27 10 27 10 Naples alermo 27 10 511 51} 11 16i 11 19 11 19t 23 42f 23 42t _ _ 13 8i 25 25 25 421 25 45 120 13 40 13 40 301 6 1 6 47 48 27 20 27 20 27 20 27 20 27 20 27 20 511 bit Messi ua Lisbon Oporto THE REDUCTION OF NVAGLS IN SOLJTII WALES. Ou Saturday the notices for a reduction in wages expire at some of the leading ironworks of South Wales, and in each case the men havo expressed their willingness to go on at the reduced rate. I L'esS Out tta. by ,yal tnd ;"i -'ha by ?t- SSE, 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 100 5 100 100 190 100 100 11Q 100 100 57 1001 100 loie lfl I 71 i