The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-18 00:00:00

DI 0 iIY MARKET AND COMMERCIAI INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a decidedly firmer tone in the discount market to-day, and few if any bills of three months, date have been negotiated under 3 per cent. A further withdrawal of gold took place at the B ank of England yesterday, amounting to £141,000, viz., £41,000 in bars and 100,000 sove reigns for France. The La Pl a t a was report e d yesterday afternoon, with specie to the amount of about £260,000, from the West Indies. Areport has been issued by the directors of the National Discount Company, to be presented at the forthcoming meeting. It states that by the pay `,mt, on the Ist of September last, of the second instalment of £2 10s. per share on the new shares, created in February, 1866, the paid-up capital on t he 31st December amounted to £698,940, and the reserve fund to £398,910. Notwithstanding, the accounts show a gross profit of £120,232, and after providing for the current expenditure, directors and auditors' remuneration, bad and doubtful de bts, and £42,174 for rebate of interest on bills Lot due, there remains an available balance of £77,722, including the sum of £3,633 from the Previous half-year. The directors therefore pro- Pose the payment of a dividend at the rate of 20 Per cent., free of income-tax, and to carry forward £ 9 ,527 to the next account. The dividend will be Payable on and after the Ist February. It has been announced that the directors of the London and Provincial Marine Insurance Company, at the forthcoming ordinary general meeting, will recommend the payment of a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. At a meeting to-day of the London and Brazilian Bank, the directors' report, which was adopted, re commended the payment of a dividend for the half- Year of 225. 6d. per old share, and of 3s. 9d. per n ew share, leaving a sum of £20,155 16s. 10d. to be carried forward. The return from the Bank of France for the Past week shows an increase of £66,640 on the advances, and of £832,000 on the notes; while th ere is a decrease 0f,1106,640 in the cash in hand, of £20,000 in the Treasury balances of £1,280,000 on the private accounts, and of £560,000 on the bills discounted. The Bank of England return completed to the 16 th inst. is of a rather unfavourable character. The bullion has been decreased by £158,017, While the reserve of notes has also been reduced to the extent of £175,650. The other securities, however, are smaller by £1,751,260, and there is I , t , decrease in the private balance of £1,984,882. 6 ....utioined are the particulars : Public De Deposits ... £4,467,001 Increase... £22,533 ther Deposits 'll 064,710 Decrease... 1,984,882 ltes ' '" ••• ' 3,497048 Increase... 39,099 On the other side of the account : Government Securities £13,111,068 No alteration. uther Securities 19 999 788 Decrease... 1,751260 Notes unemployed 9,972,225 Decrease... 175 ,6 50 :The amount of notes in circulation is £23,300,420, being a decrease of £13,390 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £19,280,845, show ing a d ecrease of £158,017 when compare d w i t h t h e fernier return. Iu the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets "ling the last few days there has been a moderate am ount of activity. Sugar has fully maintained f ha ve values, while superior descriptions of coffee 'ave sold readily at full prices. Rice has been in L ai r request, a t s t ea d y ra t es , b u t on l y li m it e d deal gB have been reported in tallow at about former quotations. Two O'CLOCK. Speculators at about noon appeared disposed to P O2 B sales o f S toc k an d Sh ares, an d th e mar k e t f or the m oment became dull, but an improvement set ill a nd values a r e n o w generally higher. Consols are 9O i for money and the account, a rise of i rer cent. -• 'e New Chilian Scrip has given rise to a con- FlAderable amount of business. Sales were forced early in the day, and the premium put down to Ik, but it has since rallied to 4 per cent. The appli cations are enormous, and the allottees must expect to obtain a very small proportion of the amount for which they have subscribed. In the other Foreign Stocks several instances are exhibited of firmness. Greek Bonds have advanced t a to 141; S pan i sh Passive *, to 21/ 22 ; ditto Cer- nctes k, to 141 1 ; the Italian 5 per Cents., 1861, 5 31 541; and the Russian Loan Scrip I, to 4 1 II; Mexican Stock, however, has declined *, to 171 1 8. A. heavy tone has prevailed in the Railway Share Market, and prices generally show an aggregate decline of Ito 1 per cent. Lance shire and York- Shire and Brighton have each receded 1 ; Great Eastern, Great Western, Metropolitan, Midland, and South Eastern, each f ; and Great Northern A Stock, The Foreign and Colonial undertakings are in moderate request. Antwerp and Rotterdam have receded to 91 ; Grand Trunk of Canada to 21 ; and Great Indian Peninsula to 1051. American securities are in very moderate de mand, without material alteration in values. United States 5-20 Bonds are quoted 721 1 ; Erie shares, 431 44 ; and Illinois shares, 801 811. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain very in active, but quotations generally show no material alteration. Alliance are marked 17; ; Crystal Palace btock, 30 ; and National Discount Co., 141. MINING MARKET. FRIDAY, Two o'Clock. There has been rather a quiet market, but prices generally remain steady.. The shares chiefly in request are Prince of Wales, Great Retallack, b ralowells, West Chiverton, East Lovell, and North Crofty. Annexed are the latest quotations: — Cara Camborne, 21 23 ; Carn Brea, —; Central 4in gtat _,—; Cooks' Kitchen, 11 12 ; E as t C arn Brett, „, ; Drakewells, 18s Od 20s Od ; Great Laxity, Chiverton Moor, 01 ; Chon:ales Gold, 2} ; Clifford 4nAlgamate, 9 9} ; East Basset, 23 25 ; East Caradon, 6 8 i; East Lovell, 10 1 ; East Wheal Grenville, 2 21; Great Retallack, 40 8 45 8; G rea t Wh eal Tor, :17 18 ; Malic e 4i ; North Crofty, 41 5 ; North Treskerby, ; Prince of Wales, 30a Od 32s 6d; Prosper United, t; Providence Mines, 30 31; South Condurrow, 15a 20 a0d ; South Grenville, Os Od Os Od ; Tincroft, 141 15 ; West Caradon, 121 131; West Chiverton, 58 60; West Prances, 0 0; West Seton, ; Wheal Buller, 23,25; Wheal Chiverton, 00 ; Wheal Crabor, s —s; Wheal Gr nville, —8 Od —s ; Whe a l R oso , ; Wh ea l Seton, 125 18 0 ; Wheal Trelawney, 101 111; Wheal Uny, 2i 3 ; Great South Tolgus, 15s 05 17a 6d; South Frances, —; St. Ives Console, 8 9 ; South Caradon, ——; Stray Park, —8 —a ; North Roskear, 7 8 ; North Downs, 0 0 ; South Darren, 0 0 ; Wheal Basset, 0 0; Agar, 25s 30s. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, F e b . 7 9Ol 3 per C en t . R educed B9l i New 3 per Cent B9/ t 90 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1 880 Do. fo r 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent Do £5OO n 13 pm Do £lOO dr £2OO 13 pm. Bank of England Stock, 6} per Cent ... INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874... 215 Do. 5 per Cont. Jtily, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Dob., 5 per Cent, Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds,4 per Cont., £l,OOO 3O pm Do. under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per C en t, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. q per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. Account .. Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 724 1 i Do. £lOO Bonds — Do. Acc oun t D J .o..tenos A 6 per Cent 79 I 2 per r Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 80 il_tlian 6 per Cent — Be. 3 per Cent. Uo• 6 per Cent A Do, n B — Colombian, 6 per Cent. Ouba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 .... D ►nubian Principalities Do. Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., P r ovisional Land Warrant Do Deferred E vptian 7 per Cent Do. Account Do. ' Second Issue th £lOO Bonds Do. Account .. Do. 1864 B3} Do. Account: Du IRO Bonds I in. Account Do. Government llailway Debentures SI 1 Vu. Account Ur?ek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupon wo. Coupons Do. Account Gl:item:dn. 5 per Cent. It .;iau 5 per Cent 1865 Do. Account I o. Mareinnlana Railway 561 Do. account M xieai: 3 per Cent Ditto for Account 1864 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — lontevidean 6 per Cent Aoorish Imperial 5 per Cent \Tem- Granada l— Do 3 per Cen 36 Do. Doferrad Do Laud Warrants (Hectares) nruvia,n 5 por Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do Account - Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) • Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portugueso3 per Ct., 1853 '6,'7,'9,'60,'2, '3, 43} Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., .1822, £ St Do 41 per Cont. 1850 ' B7/ I Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 BB Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid B7 Do. do. £lO paid lf I prn. Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account ipanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do. Account Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account S wedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do .£lOO Bonds Do. Account • • Do 6 per Cont. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1865 Do. 5 per Cent. Account 29 Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed lOl Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 304 1 11 Do. Account .. Ditto 11 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent, Ex. 10 Florins 4 1 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch iA per Cent. Ex. 12 Gui! Do. 4 per Cont. Certificates ..... — French 'lentos, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 3 per Cent. 1851, Ex. 251. Do. Account 534 4 44 4 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 904 Do. Account A YEAR'S RAILWAY ACCIDENTs.—There are upon an average at least four persons killed in a week upon the railways in the United Kingdom. The total in the year 1865 was 221, and the variation in the annual number of late has been very small. There were 216 in 1862, 184 in 1863, 222 in 1864. Still more striking is the regularity in the number of passengers killed ; in every one of the four years it was either 35 or 36 —one to every ten days. The number of passengers injured has varied greatly; it was 536 in 1862, 401 in 1863, 706 in 1864, 1,039 in 1865, a few accidents in 1865 having affected a large number of persons—one at Col uey llatch, causing injuries (the greater number very slight) to 250 passengers, one at Wemyss bay hurting 75, and four others injuring some 40 or more passengers in each instanc.?. There were killed on our railways in the year 1865 36 passengers, 122 servants of companies or contractors (an incomplete return), 9 persons at level crossings, 46 trespassers, and 8 other persons. Of the 221 deaths, only 49 were occasioned by the accidents which occurred to trains in the course of the year, 30 by accidents occurring to passenger trains, and 19 by accidents to goods trains; 13 passengers lost their lives by their own fault ; almost twice as many (23) were killed by accidents beyond their own control ; 21 of the 23 were killed through pas senger trains getting off the rails. Of the 1,039 passengers injured in 1865—the largest number ever recorded—only five brought it upon themselves by their want of caution; 802 were injured in 65 colli sions of trains, 74 in 11 trains getting - off the rails, 71 in seven trains turned wrong at points, 12 from breakage of parts of carriages or engines, 75 from a train running into a station at too great a speed. One passenger was killed through falling while rashly getting over buffers of carriages in motion at a station ; five lost their lives in getting out of trains while in motion ; two in attempting to get into trains in motion ; and five in incautiously crossing the line at stations. These are the 13 pas sengers returned as killed by their own want of care. A boy, not a passenger, lost his life through attempting to ride on the foot-board of a carriage before the train had stopped ; and a girl who had come to meet some friends who were passengers was run over and killed while crossing the line with them. This danger cf crossing, or partially cross ing, is forced upon the public in some instances even at busy and confusing stations. Four passen gmeor t s i own r a e nd injured on en in i ti g c e a t u t i t n i o g u s o l u y t l o n a f noirn gintoout t r o a f i ns in win dow near a tunnel. A passenger on a n I r i s h li ne was killed by leani ng out of a carriage window as the train was leaving a station, his head coming in con tact with the pillar of an arch, which was then (not now) only 5k inches from the windov, ; this is set down as death occurring from a cause beyond the passenger's control. A person riding on the step of a carriage to speak to a passenger fell off and had his leg crushed. One accident, which occurred in the night on the Midland Great Western of Ireland, is expressly distinguished as caused by malice ; a rail had been unscrewed and displaced ; one person, a passenger, was injured on this occasion. Ten other accidents resulted from passenger trains getting off the rails, but the cause is not stated. In one collision trains met on a single line—a passenger train and a coal train ; three persons were killed and fifteen injured. Of the nine per sons killed on public level crossings, three were a child, a deaf boy, and a farm servant driving sheep across the line. In the course of the year three persons placed themselves before approaching trains, and wilfully ended their lives by submitting to be run over. In the six years, 1860-65, 1,382 persons were killed and 4,460 injured on the rail ways of the United Kingdom. The directors of the Bank of England have not altered their minimum rate of discount, and the money market generally is at present in the same condition as before. To-day there has been a meeting of the Alliance Bank, Limited. The directors' report, which was adopted, stated that the net profits of the bank for Spain, and Russia still labour? Upon the whole, 1866, although in itself a year of calamity and gloom, a year of tempests and shipwreck, a year of grievous disasters in the commercial world, a year of tremen dous strife in Europe and of changes unprecedented since Waterloo, yet may probably be looked back upon in days to come as a year beyond all others pregnant with the blessings of peace, prosperity, and freedom not only to Europe, but to mankind. The screw frigate Forte, 29, 2,364 tons, 400- power, unarmoured, is in the hands of the ship.. wrights and engineers belonging to the master ship wright and factory departments at Sheerness dock yard, who are bringing her forward for commission early in the present year. There is still a deal of work remaining to be completed on board, and it will be some time before she is ready for the pennant. THE SUN, LONLON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1867. SHARE MARKETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. p aid. ' Closing Business Price. dune. at Bristol and Exeter lOO 87 49 $l4 at Caledonian lOO 121 123 . at •Ja.nibrian 'ork and Bandon — 20 'ornwall all 4 6 at Dublin & Belfast June 100 C 5 63 st Dun„Perth, & Ab. June. 100 70 72 100 E.London, scrip Certi. all Do. 100 st Glasgow aS. Western 100 P 7 !19 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk. l 100 34 35 311 1 at Do. E. Anal. at. No. 21 100 4 3 at Great North of Scotland' 100 at Great Northern lOO +2l 123 st Do. A 5t0ck...... 100 134 134 1321 14 at Do. B stock — Do. New, is. at 25 po , 10 st GtS, and W. of Ireland; 100 90 12 at tit. Western -Original; 100 31 56 611 4 at Du. S. Val. Rail giro) 100 et Do. South Wales ... 100 at Do. W. Mid.— Oxtor 100 34 37 at Do. Newport at Do. 11 eref0rd........ 100 at Lancashire a Yorkshire 100 132 .33 1311 1 st London and Blackwal 100 at Lon., 8r1gh.,3; S Coos 100 89 91 tO 841 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 18 20 181 1 st Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. 100 1 to st Lou. a North Westert. 100 i 23 .25 124 31 at Lon. a South Wester', 100 67 14 at Man., Shet., d; Limo!. 100 56 65 511 st Metropolitan ..... all 132 133 1104 11 304 10 Do. New 10 Do. Extension lO 11 111 114 100 Metropolitan District. all $9 Do. do. do. 10 10 Do. and St. John'aW'd 6 at Midland 9 Do. £9 Share 7 11 Ili at Do, Birmin.. Derb 100 4i 97 25 slid Kent at orth British at Do. Ed., I'th., & Dun lOO 4 18 at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 108 110 lel 15 Do. G-.N•E purchase 16.13.4 at Do. Leeds ..... 100 6$ 69 t Do. York lOO 101 105 at Do. Carlisle . . ... 100 25 Po. Stock. & Darling. all 35 16 10 Do. do. 1860-0 lB 10 11 p at North London at Do. do. 1861 5 . lO 1 2p et Do. do. 1866 at North Staffordshire at N. &S. W. Junction 25 Scottish Central et Scot. N. E . Aber. stock 100 10 Do. Scot, Mid. stock lOO at Shropshire Union at South Devon lOO 47 49 at South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., a Wok all 4 10 at fall' Vale lOO 160 153 10 Do. C . at Vale of Neath at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 -- 10 Waterloo & Whiteha 6 at West Cornwall lOO , BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 Atlantic 3; S LLs.wrenoe all 36 38 at 1 liont.,Barods.,4Cen.ln. 100 100 101 101} 1 gu. 5 per cent... 20 Do. 1 0 shares lO Id }p B ran, Preference G '4Ol Buffalo a Lake Huron all 4 4 1 10 D oderich all 71 ei too B uir o „ . 6p c. 1872-3-1........ 100 st Calcutta .3; S. E., lim.„ 100 at 'ale Town a Dock, gu. 100 50 55 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p. all 10 t 103 it Nast. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 101 103 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. 100 106 107 1071 40 Do. J Extension .. 15 at ',rand Trunkof Canada 100 21 22 21 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.o all 85 88 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 57 19 62 100 Do. do deferred 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 52 64 100 Du. do. deferred all 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock all 37 Iv 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Prat. 'stook 100 Do. do. deterred at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.e lOO .106 106 lOf6 4} D I'o. Gua. 5 per cent lB 6 1 P 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 6 4 1 1 , at tit. South of India gua. 5 per cent at D 41 per cent lou 91 93 st Do 204 gre at Wt s. of Canada all 121 0} 11} 1 204 Do. New .. 100 Do. 6p. o Bt.s. pay. 1873 all 58 92 100 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. all 81 84 10 Indian Branch, limited 2 11 I}'l at Madras, gua. 5 p.o .... 100 100 102 101 / at Do. 41 do lOO 92 94 et Do. 41 do lOO 85 90 20 Do. Fifth Extension I 5 at Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100 50 Mel. a Hudson's Bay all et N.Rl.C'da,6pclatpf.bsq 100 82 85 at Scinde ..... 100 97 93 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do ./ 4, le 1/.1 91 at Do. Punlaub.... :1. 100 97 98 961 at Do.lndus St-Flot 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31,1372 100 sci Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6p. a Feb. & Aug l.O 97 97 Do. sp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 97 99 00. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 79 81 82 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 78 80 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 101 103 - Do.Apl.BLOct , 1890-1900 100 , 104 106 Do. do 1880-9 , lOO IE3 105 Do. Jan.&July. 1890-9 i 100 101 103 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and i 5 Oct., 1900 lOO 88 ;0 Ceylon. Nov. 1868, 6 p., 100 ILO 1(2 Do. 1878, do. 100 10 4 1%13 Ilauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. IN7B Po. 1882, Mayls, Nov.,:, 100 102 105 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO tO5 107 Natal 'iov. 6 per cent lOO 96 100 N. 8.G0v.6 100 04 96 96 v. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t, 100 90 92 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 100 84 b , 5 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 98 100 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sa)tia Gov. 6p. o. sterling, 1875 lOO 94 96 queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 92 93 921 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 186841 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards l ,O 103 105 - Viatiov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - Do. do, April & Oct lOO 106 107 1071 1 BRITISII Cam. Consol. Gold, lira I Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 8 9 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 401 410 Urakewalls 2.1.0 4 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 291 22 24 East Caradon 2.14.0 6 7 East Cara BrPa 3l 2 3 34 East Grenville 2.14.0 2 3 East Gunnislake 8.3.6 1 4 East Loved 3.9.0 9 10 E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8.0 24 21 Gam.& StAubyn(Gvven. 66 5 6 4 Great L txey, limited.. all 17 13 Great South Tolgus.... 0.14. e Great NVheal 8u5y..... 14.9.6 - - G. Wheal Vor 40 15 16 IS Grenville 8.18.0 11 11 llcrod's Foot .. 8.10.0 30 32 llingston Downs .. . ... 5.10.6 24 a Margaret (Uny Lelant 1117.4 2 4 Marke Va11ey........... 4.10.6 31 41 4 ‘lwyndy iron Ore, lim 31 21 11,1 N czy Se ton - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassettallogan 4.4.0 North Wheal Crotty 2.13. t 21 31 Prosper United 7.1.6 t'r.videuce UnyLeslaut 10.6.7 24 26 S. Caradon (St. Clear) ll 300 320 South Condurrow 3.2.0 14 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 18 22 -- Stray Park 35.15.4 Tin Croft 9 1 2 'Vigra and Clogan, lira , all West Itassett (Mogan Caradon (Liskeard 12 12 14 West Chi verton ll 54 56 West Seton. Wheal Bassett (Mogan 51 65 75 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 18 20 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 19 12 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.9 7 9 PREFERENCE sa. RES AND STOULo. Great N . or thern, 5 per cent., 191 101 Great Western, 4 per cent irred 70 South Eastern (Reading At.ns., £1.0.6), 221 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham R. and C, 9'l FORM GbT RAIL WA IS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 9 Dutch Rhenish, -- Ditto (all), 24j Recite and San Prancisca, Rm., gua. 7 per cent., iii Sambre and Meuse. 79 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 1(9 West Flanders, 7i FOREIGN NUNES. Don Pedro, North Del Rey, i I Panulcillo Copper, lim., '4I St. John del itey, Um., 524 BANAB, Alliance, lim.. 171 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 12} Australasia, 614 5 Bank of Egypt, 3 ;4 City, 14i 14 • Consolidated Bank, Ilm., 5 4/ ti n p g e l i r a l h a S O C° t ;Om !' Land Mortgage Bank of India. 11m.. _ _ 81 L o p t' o d . ,aann.dlimA u.,str9atiiian Chartered, IS Loudon and County, 68 7/ 0 5 n p a c n r d cent . ve a e D z e u b i ae lim.,tires. l4 lB6l. !or 30 you r , i London Joint Stock, 44 4f London and South-Western, Um., 17 4 London and %1 estminster, 97/ Ditto, issued at 6 pm., ti lIISCELLAN I COUIL Anglo-American Telegraph, 15/ Atlantic Telegraph, DU o, 8 per cent., 724 Berlin Water Works, 11w., 124 Ditto, new. 5i City of Moscow Gas, lim., 18/ / Company of African Merchants, lim., Ceylon Company, 91 4 Continental Union Gas, lim. 94 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, 7 Ditto, 6 per cent. perpeti. deb.. 112 Credit Foncier of Englaua. lint. 3 24 Crystal Palace, 30 East India Irrigation and Canal, 10/ Ebbw Vale, ill Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 5/ 5 Fairbiirn Engneering, 5 Fore-str,et Warehouse, lim., 134 Gen. Credit and Di s o oun t , Ibi International Financial society, tam., 24 International Land Credit. lim., 44 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. Ib7o, issued 90, 53 London and Provincial Marine, 14 London General Omnibus Company, lim. 3 4 11 'dras Irrigation and Canal (guaranteed 5 per cent. by In. dian Government), 191 Milwall Iron Works, lirillwall Freehold Land and Dock, 8 4 Nr.tional Discount t.ompany, 14} 11 North Brinell Australasian, 'l4 6 North British and Mercantile Insurance, 16 Ocean , Itarine Insurance), zii Peninsula and Orenial a teatu, 70 Ditto, new. 70 Royal M Steam, 103 10 Submarine Telegraph, 40 and Mersey Iltarinc, Insurance, llm., 54 Breeding Establishments and Stud Farms in Fiance. Nearly the only haras in the immediate neighbourhood of Chantilly is that of Mr. T. Carter, situated about one mile from his training stable at Chantilly, and which has been occupied by him about four years as a stud farm. For many years previously Mr. Carter lived at La Morlaye, where his great reputation for breeding and training was principally acquired. Mr. Carter has been very successful as a trainer. Ho has trained six winners of the Derby, and once had a dead heat for it ; three of the winners, viz., Mendon, Experience, and Celebrity were bred at his pad docks at La Diorlaye. On commencing the tour of the establishment, accompanied by T. Carter, jun., the sou of the owner, who has the management of the hares, and to whose attention I am muck indebted, I was first shown the brood mares, commencing with Grande Datne and Nobility, two very superior mares, and worth going almost any distance to see. Grande Daum is a perfect picture to look at, possessing strength, quality, and symmetry enough to satisfy any critic. She has particularly good shoulders and neck, and very good back and quarters, is about 15h. 3in. high, and strong enough to carry 13st. to hounds, and her 1 .gs as fno as when she was foaled. Her owner has several times refused 1,000 sovs for her; she won her last race at Careassone inNovembor last, and is in foal to Tumbler. In the next box was an other chestnut mare, also by the Baron, viz., Nobility, who has won her owner rather more than 3,600 sous; she is a low, lengthy mare, with great quality, about 15h. 2in. high, and is in foal to Muscovite. Annexion, by The Baron—Annette, by Gladiator, is a good shaped, short legged mare ; also Minouche, a fine roomy mare, by The Baron ; and Lily of the Valley, Nice, and Anxiety were all particularly deserving of notice ; the latter is the darn of Alexandra and Bountiful. Another mare of which men tion shou:d be made is Chore Petite, by Flatcatcher—Wee Pet; she was bought by Mr. Carter at the King of Italy's sale in Paris ; this mare, when in the King's stud in Italy, produced Refraction, by Stradbally, who ran seven times and won seven. Two others of her stock, viz., Prosody and Chiffionier, both by Stradbally, and now four and three years old, have not been trained; her last foal was a colt called Savoyard, by Stradbally, who was foaled on the road from Italy to France, at - St. Miche,hand died, when a year ling, at Chantilly. Below will be found a list of the brood mares at the haras, showing their pedigree, age, and the horses by which they are in foal : Foaled in Annetta, by Ibraham— Miss Annetto, by Reveller 18$9 The Squaw, by Robert de Gorham—Mary, by Elis (in foal to Gustave or Empire) 1848 Grand Dame, by the Baron—Annetta (in foal to Tumbler) ... ••• ••• 1860 Nobility, by Tho Baron—Effie Deans (in foal to Muscovite) ••• ••• ••• ... 1860 Annexion, by The Baron—Annette, by Gladiator (in foal to Muscovite) ... 1858 Minouche, by The Baron —Ficti on (in • foal to Muscovite)... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Madilo. de la Romanerie, by The Baron—Warplot 1856 (in foal to Muscovite) ... 1860 Lily of the Valley, by Wild Dayrell—Blemish, by Emilius (in foal to Muscovite) _ 1858 Maxance, by The Prime Warden—Creusa, by Priam (in foal to Muscovite) 1855 Nice, by lon—lllustration, by Gladiator (in foal to Muscovite) ... ••• ••• •.• ••• Anxiety, by Lanercost—Security (in foal to Era- 1858 1858 • Magnanimity, by Inheritor—Jessie (slipped twins to Empire) ... ••• ••• 1819 Eracas, by the Flying Dutchman—Emeuto (in foal to Empire) ... ••• ••• ... 1853 Integrity, by Y. Einilius—Aspasie ... 1850 Illusion, by Bay Middleton—Eiotique (in foal to Empire) .. • • • • " • ". • " Flower of the Forest, by Y. Emilius—Aspasie (in foal to Empire) ... •,, Quality, by Inheritor —Margarita (in foal to nim bler)... ... ..• ." ••• 1849 Fear, by Alarm— Cowslip (in,foal to Empire) ••• 1849 llonesty, by Gladiator —Effie Deans (Nobility's 1850 1849 ... 1830 Picciola, by Sylvio—Clomatite (in foal to Tum bler)... ••• 1851 Jessamine, by Parragone - Jessy, by Jerry (in foal to Empire) ... ••• ••• ••• Chore Petite, by Flatcatcher—Wee Pet Eclair, by logo—Balaclava... Archduchess, by Dirk liatterick—Ellen Lorraine (in foal to Tumbler) ..• 1857 Phoebe, by Lanercest—Diane (in foal to Empire) 1857 Conversion, by Allez-y-Gaiement—Aganisia (As trolabe's dam) (in foal to Muscovite) ... 1861 Aunt Judy, by Doctor O'Toole—Sphinx... ... 1861 Brevetde, by Cossack —Honesty (in foal to Mus covite) ••• ••• ••• Eva, by Allea-y-Gaiement — Junction (in foal to (Muscovite) ... ••• •••• Cottbn Velvet, by Stockwell-Plush (in foal to Tumbler) ... .d. •• Calipygo, by The Flying • Dutchman—Alice (in foal to Muscovite)... ... 1862 Obligation,:by The Baron—Effie Deans ... 1861 Emilie, by West Australian—Elfride (in foal to Muscovite) ... 1862 Negerine, by Elthiron—Naphtha 1854 Sarcolle, by the Flying Dutchman—Cuckoo (in foal to Tumbler) 1860 Annex, by Empire—Nice (in foal to Muscovite) 1863 Diane de Poitiers, by The Flying Dutchman— lodine (in foal to Muscovite) ... ••• ••• Forlorn Hope, by Charles I.ll.—Baleine (in foal to Muscovite) ... 1848 Runaway, by Bolingbroke—Elopement 1862 Of the above 39 mares, 15 are in foal to Muscovite. In a paddock adjoining were several yearlings!, and of the colts I preferred a brown colt, by Tumbler, out of Lily of the Valley, and a brown colt, by Muscovite, out of Fracas. Of the fillies I particularly noticed a roan filly, by Muscovite, out of Forlorn Hope, with good shoulders and a nice clean head and neck well set on ; this filly very much resembles her sire. Also in the same box a racing-like looking filly, by Tumbler, out of Chore Petite, with a white neas fore and hind leg, and a chestnut, by Empire, out of Brevity. In the next compartment were three two-year olds, viz., Boundaway, by Tumbler; Eclair, a very neat racing-like filly, with capital shoulders and blood-like head and neck ; a filly, by Tumbler, out of Anxiety; and a brown filly, by Empire, out of Nice, which have every appearance of turning out well. Of the eight threo-year-olds bred at this haras and now in training, only Bountiful has appeared in public, and she fell in the Prix de Morny last year at Deauville, and broke her jockey's arm (Mr. Carter) ; she is a good-looking filly, with good action. Of the others, Briar, engaged in the French Dozby, and Declamation, aro the best looking. This extensive establishment consists of 39 brood mares ; — Stallions now at the hares, 4; horses in ... 1851 .1859 1858 1859 1861 1862 1862 training—Druse, 5 yrs,Closceßoi, 4 yrs, Rule Britannia, 4 yrs ; three-year-olds, now in training, bred at the haras, 8 ; two-year-olds, now in training, bred at the haras, 10 ; yearlings, now at the haras, 12 ; total, 76. In addition to l be 76 above named, Mr. Carter has now in training five horses belonging to Baron Rothschild; five of M. Mossel man's, two of Viscount Darn's, two of Count Bethune's, and two of M. S. Cheri's • this, with a couple of hacks, makes the entire number of horses at the haras and the training stable amount to 94. _ _ _ TILE STALLIONS. Tumbler, bred in England in 1853, by The Nob—Prema ture, by Touchstone, is well deserving the attention of breeders, both from his appearance and the good form he showed on the turf ; he only ran four times, and three out of these were winning races. He broke down at Ascot, in the Cup, the last race he ran. Mr. Carter bought him at the sale of the King of Italy's horses, in Paris, about two years mince, He is the sire of Tippler, winner of several ratios in Fingland; and of Traitor, winner of the Derby in Italy in 1865 ; he has twice travelled from Italy to France and back, via Mont Canis, :which is 500 miles each way. He broke his off hind fetlock-joint in Italy, from which he is lame, and whic h causes his quarters to appear light, o therwise he shows ple nt y of bone and muscle. He is a stock arestanding rather over 15h . 3i n. hi g h , an d hi s ver y promising ; h e had 80 mares last season. Empire, a chestnu t horse, foale d in 1856 , by The Baron A ta byls Drabcon, out of Miss Annette, by Reveller ; standsh an ds Bin. high, an d i s a s h ort- l egge d , —Annetta, et about, powerful horse, with a very good back, combining a great deal of quality. His owner thinks him one of the best horses he ever trained; he never ran, as he met with an accident in his Derby preparations in 1859. He is also a very good tempered horse, as I have frequently seen him cantering in front of yearling fillies at Chantilly. Alexandria and Bountiful aro the only two of his stack that have run, and the former has won twice this year. He had 30 mares last season, and is advertised to stand at this hares this season, thorough-bred mares at 5 sous. each, and half-breds at half price. Chief Baron, by The Baron—Caladenia, by Bay Middle ton, her dam by Oakley, out of Britannia, by Sheet Anchor, is a dark brown horse ; was foaled in 1861 ; stands 16h. high, with very good back and loins. He ran five times, and won twice the same day at Amions, in 1864. This horse, from his fashionable blood, is well deserving the at tention of breeders, and if not let will cover at this hares this season at 5 save. each; half-breds, half price. Muscovite, bred in England in 1849, by Hetman Platoff, dam by Camel—Lady Elizabeth, is a magnificent bay horse, standing about 16h. lin., with good length, very powerful, a flue head and neck, and well set on ; has very powerful quarters and good hocks. He ran until his seventh year, and his performances were good ; his best race being in the Cesarewitch in 1854, which he won when five years old with Bst 31b on. In the year 1856 he was put to the stud, and the next season was located at the stud farm at Euxton Hall in Lancashire, the property of Mr. W. An derton, who much regrets that this horse ever loft him. His principal winners in England have been—lvanhoff, Siberia, Todleben, Bunch, and Vauban ; and in 1866 Mus covite's stock . won in England 3,375 sous. Mr. Carter bought Muscovite in the spring of 1865 at Tattersall's, on very reasonable terms, and has since been frequen tly offered a good Frio for him. lie corned 36 imtreo luot year, and will be located at this haras during next season at 12 sofa each mare. • This haras consists of about 400 acres of land, including some fields at La Morlaye, and about 27 acres close to Chantilly, along the side of the Canal St. Jean, which runs between Chantilly and the village of Vineuil. There is not a more popular owner and breeder of race-horses on the Continent than Mr. T. Carter, and it is to be hoped that the coming season may prove a most prosperous one for his extensive establishment, which indeed requires a good return to be remunerative. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring Harrow ZOIL Epsom Spring 26 L011%13 Spring Croxton Park 29 Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 West Drayton l9 Bromley AP Northampton Win Isar Spring Edinburgh Sp. Meeting Newmarket Craven Curragh Chester (continued) 1 York Spring 7 Salisbury Doncaster Spring ...... 9 Bath Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer 12 Hampton l3 Odiha m lbury B Club lB [ZI L. Thirsk Dm-haat .. 22 Newmarket Ist Spring 22 Catteriek Chester 3O Harpenden Epsom Summer Newton 29 Croydon Carlisle 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading • . ••• 9 Liverpool July Meeting 10 Hungerford Nottingham July Goodwood (continued) 1 Ripon Brighton • • 6 Brighton Glut) • 8 Lewes Egham ..... l3 Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Ozford ls Hastings SEPT. Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Newcastle .. 25 C urragh Worcester Summer 27 , Ipswich 27 'LY. Down Royal Corporate l7 Stamford Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton Goodwood Warwick Margate Curragh Leicester Abingdon Doncaster OCTI Northampton Autumn. 1 Edinburgh Autumn 2 Newmarket 2d October 7 Cheltenham l5 NOV Liverpool Autumn 5 Shrewsbury ll York August Dover West Drayton 22 Plymouth ..... 23 Canterbury Lichfield Derby Summer Weymouth Tunbridge :MBER. Richmond l7 Hendon l9 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket Ist October 24 Walsall 25 )BER. - Ourragh Newmarket Houghton Worcester Autumn 29 ]MBE [Z. Leamington Hunt STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. Carmarthen S Harrow Spring Birmingham l2 Derby Windsor MARCH. Liverp00l Spring Grand Military Chertsey Malton UST. COURSING• COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. JANUARY, 1867. Name. Judge. Days of Running Wigtonsh. Club (Stranraer) Mr. Boulton Little Crosby Mr. Welding County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spafford Ridgway Club, Lytham FEBRUARY. Rufford, Lancashire - Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick Waterloo, Lancashire - Tamworth, Staffordshire ... Mr. Warwick MARCH. Irish Grand National (Open), county Loutn Ardrossan, S harphill South Lancashire (South port) Champion Loinster (Open) Courtown... Mr. H. Spring All— 19, 20 Scottish Open, Lanarkshire 26, &c. 8, 7 7, &c. APRIL. York lr I luldare Hunt Sevonoaks SEPTEMBER. Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, IThiucolnshire Mr. Spafford UNITED STATES POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. Mails for the United States are made up in London every Saturday evening, Wednesday morning, and Wednesday evening. Letters for the Saturday and Wednesday evening mails must reach the General Post-office by 6 o'clock p.m., and those of the Wednesday mornin g mails by 6 o'clock a.m. that day. Newspapers must always be posted half an hour earlier. The We dnesda y and Saturday's mails are taken up at Queenstown, on the following day, by the Liverpool steamers. 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Other printed papers or books (except those specified above), addressed to the places above named, are liable to letter rate of postage. There must be no writing, or other marks upon such periodical works, pamphlets, &c., or upon the covers, ex cept the names and addresses of the persons to whom they are sent; nor upon the covers must there be any printing, except the names and addresses of the persons to whom they are sent and the names and addresses of the senders Any other writing, &c., will render the packotsliablo to letter rates of postage. THE PROPERTIES OF IRON AND STEEL.—In considering the fitness of iron as a material for ships and bridges, and particularly for the latter, says Professor McGauley, one most dangerous defect to which it is liable must he taken carefully into account, namely, its tendency to crystallise, and thus to lose a very large portion of its strength. It appears from Mr. Fairbairn's experiments, that with constant changes of load, or with the same load, but with constant disturbance of the metallic molecules, from vibration, fracture will, in time, certainly ensue of itself. It has been ascertained that an iron girder will break with about 400,000 changes of load, accompanied by vibrations ; a fact which but too clearly shows that the spontaneous destruction of our iron bridges is but a question of time, and not even of a very long one. The ex planations of this very alarming fact, the danger from which is, unfortunately, not even confined to bridges, but extends to the axles of locom'otives and carriages, and to the various portions of machinery which from time to time so unexpectedly give way, is found in the restoration to their primitive form of the crystals which had been elongated and mutu ally entangled by the hammering to which the iron is subjected during its manufacture. It might be supposed that steel, from its tensile strength being so much greater than that of iron, would be, in every instance, far preferable to iron. Such, how ever, is not the case. If, for example, steel is used in the formation of a girder, its thickness may be much less than if iron were used. But this very circumstance, as it is almost equally liable to oxida tion, causes its strength to be impaired with much greater rapidity. Thus, a plate of iron half an inch thick is much less weakened by oxidation to the depth of the sixteenth of an inch than a plate of steel which at first is only a quarter of an inch thick. In the one case the strength of the plate is diminished only to the extent of one-eighth ; in the other, with the same amount of oxidation, to the extent of one-fowh hurt n the latter. In the for it m w ould be aure a te te wou ld stand, en i give way. Again, it might be supposed that steel would answer best where violent concussions are to be withstood, and that, therefore, it would be an excellent material for armour plates. The reverse is, however, true. Steel is strong only when ex posed to a force that is slowly applied. A cannon ball which would cause only indentations in iron, or, at the worst, merely pass through it, would dash a plate of steel to pieces, dealing destruction, most probably, to all those in its viciuity.—Pittsburgh Mining Journal. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. THE GREAT LOSS OF LIFE AT THE REGENT'S-PARS. LATEST PARTICULARS—This EVENING. It is our painful duty to have to record a further addition to the list of fatalities from this terrible ac cident. Since the account in our first edition was written three other bodies have been recovered and identified, as follows : S Lame' Holley, 20, wood turner, 98, Balsovcr street, Portland-place. William Robertson, 40, of 31, Stanhope-street, Hampstead-road. Harrold Giles, 16, of 76, St. Paul's-road, Canon bury. Making up to six o'cl._?ck this evening no less than 41 bodies recovered. A poor woman, the wife of Edward Crook, 49, Caledonian-road, called on Mr. Douglas, at the Marylebone Workhouse, and told him that the dead body of her husband was lying at the Middlesex Hospital. He was taken there alive, but died soon after the same evening. To the list of missing published in our afternoon edition, we have now to add the names of— John n atts, 21, labourer, 18, Brooke-street, .ampstead-road. Henry Bizet, 15, Gilbert-street, Berkeley-square. A lady named Egerton called at the workhouse and stated she saw her two brothers go down when the ice broke, neither of whom have been recovered. This morning amidst the falling of the pelting snow the melancholy work was resumedpn the or mental water in the Regent's Park. As time wears on the operations do not diminish in severity, but rather, on the contrary, they increase. The surface of the water was again re-frozen, and all the work done in the early part of yesterday had to be re-performed to-day. As soon as a portion of the water was cleared of ice, which is still being carted away as rapidly as pos sible, the drags were put in operation, and after an hour's work the body of a lad, apparently between 14 and 15 years of age, was brought to the surface, landed, and conveyed to Marylebone workhouse. Another hour's hard work, and the frightful iron hooks of the drags brought up another body, but in this instance that of a man apparently in the prime of life ; and, in a few minutes after another body', was fished up, but unfortunately, before it could be lifted from the water into the boat, it slipped from its holding, and sank again to the bottom of: the [lake. With the two bodies recovered, and the one lost, the terrible list of actual deaths now amounts, up to 1 o'clock to-day, to 39 ; and, from the numerous inquiries that have been made within the last few hours at the workhouse; there seems little hope that the list of dead will fall far ehort of fifty. A fresh danger had to be guarded against to-day—the snow, which had fallen during the early hours of the morning made to launch another boat a work of great difficulty and danger —to assist those who had been working on the water since daybreak. An amateur preacher this morning made his appearance in front of the water, and began to hold completely obliterated the gravel paths of the park, and it was only by the greatest exertion on the part of the police that persons whose curiosity had led them to the park to witness the operations of those engaged in dragging for the bodies were prevented from walking into the water, the snow having fallen on the refrozen ice made it in parts quite impossible to distinguish the boundary of the lake from the land. Police-constables were placed in the most dangerous parts ; yet, notwithstanding this precaution, the work of preventing further acci dents was not easy. The attendance of spectators in the park was still very great ; the predominant number, of course, being those who had the ap pearance of being connected with building opera tions now suspended on account of the frost. They, for the most part, looked on with quietness and decorum, and the only misplaced attempt at joking took place when an effort was being forth, no doubt with the best intentions, but as his oratory only collected a not very attentive crowd where it most required that no obstruction should exist he was directed to desist, and he then betook himself to distributing tracts amongst the mixed congregation his loud talking had called together. The regulations of the park seem all to be relaxed, and vendors of hot coffee, and soup made a display of their peculiar compounds on the park seats as near as possible to the scene of the accident, and from the great avidity with which their smoking liquids were swallowed down they must have carried on a very brisk trade. Another kindness has been added to those already performed by Mr. Douglas, the master of the Marylebone Workhouse. A number of poor fellows, Humane Society men, and others who have lost or had their clothes destroyed during the excitement caused by the accident, have received articles of wearing apparel in place of those they have lost entirely at his expense. A number of charitable persons have also given in their names at the workhouse, with directions that where they can reader assistance in deserving cases they are quite ready to do so. The two dead bodies taken in this morning have been identified ; they are those of Frank Glonfield, 15, of 18, Francis-street, Tot tenham-court-road. James Jobson, 35, painter, 30, Freeling-street, Caledonian-road. The inquiries this morning at the workhouse after missing relatives and friends have been most dis tressing. The following is a list which has been given in to Mr. Douglas of those persons who have not been at home since Tuesday morning, and who, it is too much to be feared, were upon the ice when it broke. George Tasker, aged 25, of 15, Clarence-street, Waterloo-town, Mile-end. Charles Meakin, 11, of 31, Gloucester-street, Clerk enwell. John Ilford, 21, Charringion-street, Euston square. Frederick Hayes, 25, 8, llarland-street, Kings land-road. A gentleman, linen marked Box, 96, Upper Eburstreet, Pimlico. Isaac, 22 , o f 24, Francis-street, Tottenham-court -road. Willi am Robertson, 40, 24, Stanhope-street Hampstead-road. James Anderson, address, 20, mercial-road, East. King's-place Com pocket-bible in his pocket, A young man, aged 20, light hair, wth Frederick small We shall in our Late Edi Powell, 71, Stanley-buildings,nopaldubPlisahnCarnas;rfouter of oing to press. spire up to the time.. g particulars of the terrible. accident that may tran- The " Man with the Pipe," in a letter to a eon temporary, says As far as lam concerned, of having o ff ere d £5O to any one who would fetch my me out, I merely called for help when I felt myself becoming benumbed after waiting quietly for fully 25 minutes, watching the boats picking up others who were, if possible, in greater danger than myself, and also the futile, and, I must say, blundering efforts of the society's men to reach me, or even throw me a rope. I am truly thankful to the two gentlemen who so courageously threw themselves into the broken ice to my rescue, but failed to reach me, and I think it only an act of justice to Geurge Charles Matthews, of 139, Caledonian-road, who eventually did rescue me, that his name should be made public, and I consider that if any one is entitled to a Society's medal he is, considering the courage ho displayed, being himself unable to swim. Tho greatest wonder in the State of lowa is the Walled Lake," which is three feet higher than the rth's surface, and occupies 1,900 acres. It has e a ot yet been ascertained where the water comes Prom or where it goes to, yet it always remains fresh fand clear, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—Ths Day FORFEIT LIST. The forfeits of the following horses have been paid : Declaration, Lion (to qualify), Leprechaun, Inheritress (to qualify), Nidderdale, Radcliffe, and Speculator. Col. Bigge disallows his forfeit in the Nortumberland Plate, Newcastle, 18G5. Beewing, published in the List, is by Knight of Kars, and was erroneously published as paid to qualify in No. I. NOMENCLATURE. Tho following names have been given:— Mr. Fleming's. Fby St. Albans, out of Steelpen, 2 yrs... Spruce. Mr. Reeve:s. B f by Promised Land, out of Tribute, 3 yrs ... Mr. Pelham';. ... Funchotte. Ch cby Marsyas, out of Ada, 2 yrs ... The Skinner. Mr. Pryor's two-yrs-old. Br c by Y. Melbourne, out of Lady Touchstone ... Br cby Loup-Garou, out of Phoebe ... Pulse Alarm. Bc by Newminster, out of Trickstress... Ritualist. Ch cby St. Albans, out of Theodora ... Grimston. Br cby Rapparce, out of Aquamarine ... Emerald Isle. B f by Newminster, out of Madame Stodaro ..• The Sphynx. Bf by Weatherbit, out of Fanfaronade... Tornado. Ch f by Newmiustor, out of The De formed - Miracle. Bl c by Weatherbit, out of Augusta Thunderstorm WARWICK, 1866.—Acolyte was struck:out of the;Hurdle Race to the Clerk of the Course, on the evening before running. Harbinger, by Touchstone, out of Cuckoo, was shot in November last. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. OSBORNE, JAN. 5. Her Royal Highness the Princess Christian has been pleased to appoint Mrs. George Gordon to be honorary bedchamber woman to her Royal Highness. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 18. 2d Life Guards —Assistant-S urgoon George Frederick Spry, M.D., from the 9th Lancers, to be Assistant-Sur geon, vice Maximilian Grant, M.D., who exchanges. 9th Lancers—Assistant-Surgeon Maximilian Grant, M.D., from the 2d Life Guards, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice George Frederick Spry, M.D., who exchanges. Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Arthur Lainbton to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase, vice the Hon. William George Boyle, who retires - Ensign and Lieutenant Richard Spencer Hall to lalt. Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Lambton; Henry James Wigram, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Hall. 2d Foot—Edward Watson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Charles Seymour, who retires. 10th Foot—Lieutenant Abraham Richard Montfort to be Captain, by purchase, vice Keogh, transferred t o th e 14th Foot; Ensign Richard George Southey to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Montfort; Robert Gardner Warton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Southey. 16th Foot—Ensign Granville Vernon to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice 0. M. R. Reyne, deceased; Gen tleman Cadet Geo. R. Maclean, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Walter f. Riddell, deceased ; Gentleman Cadet Charles F. Baugh, from the Royal Military College, to bo Ensign, without purchase, vice Vernon. 18th Foot—Edward M. Le Breton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice C. L. Hamilton,tmnsferred to the 72d Foot. 35th Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant William Palmer to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Henry Mackenzie Mac donald Wood, a Probationer for the Staff Corps in India. 52d Foot—Lieutenant Henry Atkinson Adair to be Cap tain by purchase, vice William Neal, who retires; En sign William Augustus Frederick Blakeney to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Adair ; Richard Maximilian Pulteney, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Blakeuey ; Lieutenant Henry Coker Adams to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Henry Atkinson Adair, pro moted. _ _ 72d Foot—Ensign Charles Lockhart Hamilton, from the 18th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Thomas Winslow, who retires. _ _ 75th Foot —Lieutenant Denzil Hammill to be Captain by purchase, vice F. Carr S. Dyer, who retires ; Ensign John Edward Boyce to ho Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Haim - lan 82d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Giles Andrew Daubeny, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice William Oliver Thomson, a Probationer for the Staff Corps in India. 93d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Harry St. George Ord, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Alfred Gaseleo, a Probationer for the Staff Corps in India. 108th Foot—Lieutenant John Hay Shaw to be Captain, vice A. Astley George Dashwood, who retires upon half-pay ; Ensign Frederick East Apthorp to be Lieu tenant, vice Shaw. 109th Foot—Ensign William Holden Webb to be Lieuten ant, vice Frederick Charles Hudson, who resigns ; Gentleman Cadet Alerinder John Forsyth Reid, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Alfred Hercules Mayhew, a Probationer fur the Staff Corps in India. Ist West India Regiment—Lieut. John M'Auley to bo Captain, without purchase, vice John Richard O'Meara Lawlor, deceased Eu.,ign Henry Francis Somerset Bolton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice M'Auley. 3d West India Regiment - Lieut. Arthur Ruck Keene to be Captain, by purchase, vice James John Plumridge, who retires ; Ensign Wm. Hugh Oldham to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Keene. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.— S taff-S urgeon William Thomas Black, having completed twenty years service on full pay, to bo Staff Surgeon-Major; Staff Assistant-Sur geon Charles Benjamin Mosso to be Staff-Surgeon, in consideration of his valuable services during the epi demic of yellow fever at the Gambia. PURVEYOR'S DEPARTMENT.—The Commission of Deputy- Purveyor Walter Thomas Cowley Wilson to be ante dated from the 23d April, 1861, to Feb. 22, 1861, such antedate not to carry back pay. HAAF-PAY.—Lieutenant David Miller, from the Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Captain, without pur chase. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 1867. Corps of Royal Marines—Major-General Joseph Oates Travers, C. 8., to be Inspector-General of Royal Marines, vice Lieutenant-General Anthony Blaxland Stranshani, whose period of service on the Staff has expired. JAN. 16. Sub-Lieutenant Thom;; - ES;ard Sulivan to be Lieu tenant in her Majesty's Fleet, confirming a Commission given by Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope, G.C.8., Com mander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the North American and West India Station, vice Lieutenant Jenkins, deceased, with seniority from 7th December, 1866. JAN. 17. Mr. Peter Murray has this day boon promoted to the rank of Acting Engineer in het Majesty's Fleet, with se niority of 25th July, 1366. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel Pearson Scott Thompson, 14th Hussars, having completed the qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel, under the pro visions of the Royal Warrant of 3d February, 1866. Captain Thomas Quin Meade, upon half-pay, Royal Marino Artillery, having completed seven years' service as Barrack Master on the 31st October, 1866, to have the honoary rank of Major, i accordance with the pr sions r of her Majesty's Order n in Council of the 16th April, 186 E COURSE OF EXCHANGE. —This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 13 Ditto 3 Months. 11 18 Rotterdam — 118 Antwerp — 25 37+ Brussels — 25 37+ Hamburg — 13 81, Paris ..................... Short 25 10 ` Ditto 3 Months. 25 32i Marseilles Fraukfor; on the Maine 119+ Vienna — 13 45 Trieste — 13 45 Petersburga - 6 30 13 Berlin Madrid . 47f Cadiz Leghorn' Milan 11 16} 11 19 11 19 25 42k 25 42f 13 8i 25 20 25 40 25 40 119 13 5 13 55 31i 6 :20i 48; 27 0 27 0; THE COLD.—We should be overlooking a fact of w e e ffe O c ln ts it o te n d li t fe o . if f ts n g o r t e e a eat the medicalseverity and f s t o h c e i acl cold a n t a e u r d e s t o f During the severe frost of the first few days of the year it wa s apparent that, despite the tendency in comfortable and healthy people to regard cold at this time as the right thing, the community generally were feeling that there was an enemy to life in the air, or, to speak more accurately, perhaps, the fatal absence of a friend—a certain amount of heat. Even the young and the strong saw the first signs of the frost yield ing with a feeling of thankfulness. Those who have appointments involving the seeing of large numbers of the sick poor doubtless got the most vivid impression of the weak resistance that humanity in the condition of poverty can offer to such cold as that of the 31 and 4th of January. The pale, cold, pinched, stony look of out patients of dispensaiios and hospitals, and the but little better look of those who are confined to such beds as they have in fireless., rooms, made hospital and dispensary duties at once more urgent and more painful than usual. How terrible the delusion is that weather like this is beneficial. It is dangerous to the brain, and lets paralysed patients in for second attacks. It is still more deadly to the chest, and he is a healthy man who does not feel touched by it in some part of the respiratory apparatus. It drives the poor into their overcrowded houses in increased numbers, and so favours fever and other epidemic dis ease. And, in a word, apart from its more specific , effects, it is generally and through the whole body devi talising. It takes the life out of the body and reduces it by so much to the condition of surrounding things. The Registrar-General show s us that we have in frost a cause of death to severity more like plague than anything else. Cold can run a sharp race with cholera. In one week it has raised the number of deaths by 445 in London alone. Last week 1,891 deaths were registered. In Glasgow the mortality in last week was at the rate of 73 per 1,000! Can nothing more be done to enable medical men who have to see the sick poor in this season to relieve them more efficiently and more directly than by present arrange ments is possible ? It would bo a most reliable and efficient charitable investment to form a fund to be used by medical men, who aro in the very best position for seeing where a blanket, or a . shilling, or a soup ticket is most urgently modocl, and mid bolll9§t Q9l4lOQly LanifG, ~~ I