The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-10 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCI L INTELLIGENON, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The minimum rate of discount of the Bank of England remains at 31 per cent., no alteration hav ing been made by the directors at their court to-day. The general money mar k et i s still extremely easy, with a plethoric supply of money, and an unusually limited number of bills offering for negotiation. Securities have no doubt been held back in anticipa tion of lower terms, and therefore the market be fore the end of the week is not unlikely to share a little more activity. It is understood that the dividend of the London and Westminster Bank will be 16 per cent. for the half year. This will account for the rise in the shares during the last few days. The reserve fund has, no doubt, been increased by the advance in the value of Consols and other legitimate investments. The sum of £6,000 in bar gold was taken to the Bank of England yesterday. The Panama has arrived from Mexico at St. Nazaire with £24,000 in specie. The first ordinary general meeting of the New Consolidated Discount Company (Limited) will be held at the London Tavern, on Friday, the 25th of January. The Imperial Ottoman Bank have notified that the drawing of the Danubian Loan took place yes terday, and that the successful numbers will be ad vertised. The lists for leaving the Bonds and the Coupons (due the Ist March) can be had on and after the Ist February at the offices of the bank. The following telegram has been received from the manager of the Moscow Gasworks, dated Moscow, Bth Jan., 9.27 p.m. :--" Works opened this day by mayor, Governor-General, Grand Master of Police, and a large number of lead ing citizens -2,111 public lamps lighted—city brilliantly illuminated—splendid success.' It must be observed that the above is wholly irrespective of the large number of private lights already con tracted for, and is merely the commencement of the company's operations, which are of the most extensive character, and are being' rapidly carried out.” Tb 3 last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under 1867. 1866. 57,103 62,58126 2 Great W es t ern 107,221 106 , North W es t ern 19,779 21 , 017 South W es t ern Brigh ton Midland South E astern 31,064 41,155 18,365 19,640 Great N orthern 32,404 83,103 Lancashi re and Yorkshire 44,030 40,709 Bri stol and E xeter 5,699 5,558 North E astern 58,700 60,931 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 17,592 17,852 Great Eastern London, Chathatn, and DoTer 6,865 7,729 Glasgow and S outh-Western These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding week in the previous year, are in some instances of a rather unsatisfactory character, accounted for, no doubt, by the late severe weather. On the Great Western there is a decrease of £5,478 ; South Western, £1,239 ; Brighton, £2 ; Midland X 3,090 ; South Eastern, £1,275 ; Great Northern, £699 ; North Eastern, £2,231; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £260 ; Great Eastern, £1,069 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, £85 , 1 ; and on the Glasgow and South Western, £390. Th e Lancashir e an d Yorkshire, however, shows an increase of £3,321 ; the Bristol and Exeter, £141; and the North Western, £996. vo o'CLc. Accor ding to R eu t er ' s telearam n from Paris K this day, :th e French Rentes we ' re .69f. 75c. Heavy o ffered. . This is the last day of the settlement in the Eng lish Stock Market, and dealers, brokers, and their clients present are busily engaged. It is satisfac tory to fi n d at the last moment that values are firmer, Consols being 901 -16th 3 1-16th ex div for money, and 94 and for Febr uary. The New Threes Reduced A.nnuitiesweredealt in at 90/- per C ents., ; do. 21 7 ' l • - Exche quer B ills, 9s. 12s. preen. ; do Enfa ce -8- Bank Stock, 248 ; Indi a 5 per Cants, 1071 ; and . d Paper, 104. A moderate amount of business has been trans acted in the For e i gn Market, and all the changes have merely repr esented 1 per cent. Turkish Fives, Greek a nd Spanish Passive have i m p rove d t o t h at nt. Mexican are 17 Per Cent s • 1, i ; G ree k , 14, 1 ; Turkish Italian, 52a . 32, 1 ; S panish Passive, 211, 1 ;and 5 3. tTlae Foreign and Colonial lines are in good de /nand, and fully sustain former rates. Great de- Land, are marked 121 ; South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetia,lsl 1; Grand Trunk of Canada, 20 1 ; Great Western of Canada, 131 I ; East In have improved 1064 1071 ; and Great Indi Peninsula to 105 1 051. an American Securities show very little alteration. United States 72 5-20 B on d s have advanced 1, to 1 i ; but Erie shares have declined 1, to 441 45 ; and Illinois are firm at 801 81. The New Russian Scrip is steady, at ii, i prem. Business in the Railway Share Market has been Moderately active, but with have s a few e xcep ti ons prices Great Northern shown less firmness. G reat Western and A Stock have each declined -I, Midland 1, and Brighton 11 ; while Lanca improved Proved 1, and Gre a t E as t ern i . Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures h ave declined 1, to 51 53, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds 1, to 40 401. Bank shares continue in fair demand. London tod C ounty have improved to 671 681 ; Alliance, a 1 81 18 i . ; London Chart ere d o f A ustra li a are at 211 221 ; London and W es t m i nster, at 984 ; and lillioll of London, at 441 45. Miscellaneous and Finance Shares are generally , a shade fi rmer. Peninsular and Oriental Steam have i mproved to 671 6 8 ; Telegraph Construction h and Maint enance, to 131 ; C rystal Palace Stock declined to 28 ; and Atlantic Telegragh 8 per Cents at 3 it to 74 ; Credit Foncier of E ng l an d are steady. AM.TING MARKET. THURSDAY, Two o'Clock. A moderate amount of business has been done in the ng Exchange, and prices generally are steady. Annexed are the latest quotations : Chivortou 11 Ioor, 5 51 ; Chen:ales Gold, 21 3 ; Clifford Amalgamate, 8 81 ; East Basset, 211 221 ; East Caradon, 6 C i.; East Lovell, 10 101 ; East Wheal Grenville, 21 1 ; Great It,otallack, 32s 345; Great Wheal Vor, 161 171 ; karke Valley, 4f f ; North Crofty, 4 41 ; North Treskerby, l'' 3 ; Prince of Wales, 27s 6d 28s 6d; Prosper United, 2 1 4; Providence Mines 27 28; South Condurrow, 15s 17 n 8 A ; South Grenville, 75 6d 9s Od; Tincroft, —; West Caradon, —; West Chiverton, 55 57 ; West Vrances, 17 18; West Seton, ; Wheal Buller, 22 24; Wheal Chiverton, 71 8 ; Wheal Cribor, —s --s ; Wheal Grenville, 278 Od 295; Wheal Rose, —; Wheal Seton, 135 140 ; Wheal Trelawney, 11 12 ; Wheal Uny, ; Cara Camborne, —•—; Central Minera, —; Cooks' Kitchen, 10 1 ; ; East Cara Brea, 3 3-1; Great Ley, ---; Gre a t S outh Tolgus, 14s Od 16s Od; South F ax rances, —; St. Ives Consols, 8 9; South Caradon , Stray ; Park, 4 5 ; Drakewells, 15s Od 77s 6d ; South .Darren, —a —s ; N or th R oskear, -- --- BRITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. GCVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols 9 91* 9 0} 1909 11 Do. Accou n t , F e b . 7 11 9 1 3 per Cent. Redu ce d 9Ol ioi * i 1 1901 New 3 per Cent 9Ol 4 * New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 73 Do. 5 per Cent. Jau. P 73 — Annuities 30 yrs, expi re sth J an., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Exc Do (Red S ea T elegraph), Aug. 1908 — Do hequer Bill s, £ l,OOO, 4 per dent Do .... ................. .£5OO , 7 9 12 Lank of ...... & £loo£2oo „ 9 England St oc k , 61 per Cent ... 24812 pm INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Iticbau Stock, 101 per Cent., Apri11874... 214 De. 5 per Cent. J u l y, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., O ct. 1888 o. Cortificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 p2r Cent 1 , 3 ,0. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D°. 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 Do. Debris 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. 8 0,4 per Cent., .£l,OOO 3O pm Do. under £l,OOO ...... A FOREIGN' F UNDS —CLOSING PRICES. rgentiue Ro übli • 6 per Cent Austrian llon P ds, 5 Public, Cent, 1859 l'azi litul 5 per Cent. O . 4 4 Per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. Account .. 634 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account 714 1 Do. £lOO Bonds — Do. Account Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do £lOO Bonds 824 DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) °Lilian 6 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent A Do. „ B — C )lombian, 6 per Cent. dubs, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 5 per Cent., 1861 — Danubian Principalities Do. Account tlquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent_ Do., Pi °visional Land Warrant — Do Dofened E f vpt iftn 7 per Cent Do. Account Do., Second Issue no £lOO Bonds Do. Account Do. Do. A ccount Du £lOO Bonds lio. Account Do. Government Railway Debentures — uo. Account .Ir2ek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons .)o. Coupons Do. Account Gaatemala 5 per Cent. — Itllian 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway — Do. A ccount klexicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do. Account Du 6 per Cent. Anglo-French 51ontevidean 6 per Cent. .. Iloorish Imperial 5 per Cent "ew Granada Do 3 per Cen Do. Deferrad Do Land flarrants (Hectares) 'eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 661 4 7 Do 41 per Cent., 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 DJ Account Do 3 per Cent, 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B7 4 Do 41 per Cent. 1850 , Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cent. 1859 Do 5 per C en t . 1862 86 4 I 1 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 BBl i Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid 864 7 61 Do. do. £lO paid ll 4 pm Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do. Account Do Passive — Do Account 214 1 1 1861_ ___ Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account Swedish 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 Da £lOO Bonds -- Do. Account .. — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 54 1 31 Do £lOO Bonds — Do Account 54 i i Do 6 per Cent., 1863 , - - Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent., 1865 — Do. 5 per Cent. Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 2Bk I Do. Account Ditto 1 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins — Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2i per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil„ s6} Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent.. Ex. 2M. — Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 53 2, THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9l Do. Account Executions at Maidstone.---This Day. The last sentence of the law was this morning carried into effect upon James Fletcher and Anne Lawrence, who were convicted at the recent winter assizes for the county of Kent of the crime of wilful murder, the offence of both being of a very aggra vated character. Fletchtr was convicted of the murder of one of the warders at Chatham convict prison, and the woman for the murder of her child by nearly sever ing the head from its body with a razor. The execution took place at twelve o'clock. The culprits exhibited great firmness, and when the drop fell they appeared to be dead almost immediately. THE OPENING OF THE AMAZON. (From the Opinion National, Paris, Jan. 8, 1867.) The Monitear cf yesterday publishes the decree relative to the opening of the river Amazon. This measure, the decree says, has for its object "the aggrandisement of the empire by making its international relations more easy, by encouraging the navigation and the com merce of this river and its affluents. This measure will realise a wish often expressed by scientific com missions of the United States, England, and France. It will be particularly agreeable to travellers in search of novelties and the picturesque, but will not create a great sensation in the commercial world. The Government at Rio opens, or rather abandons, their deserted and un healthy regions under the Equator, to be better able to concentrate all their power in the more fertile regions of the South. With a free population, hardly equal to that of Belgium, Brazil has a territory as large as all Europe. Bahia was its first capital, later Bombal had it transferred to Rio de Janeiro, and the Brazilians, when they declared themselves independent, wanted to transplant tboir capital to the shores of the River Plate. They understood that for the sake of saving tho empire it had to enlarge towards the south. The same tendency is manifested now. The Imperial Government feels the greater necessity of abandoning its inhospitable shores in the north and to concentrate its forces in the south, as one of her provinces, Matto-Grosso, is actually in the possession of the Republic of Paraguay, which will keep it as long as Brazil holds possession of Monte Video ; and another province, Rio Grande do Sal, the most important province of the empire, is always on the watch to reclaim the independence which she en joyed for ten years. The late act of the Brazilian Govern ment is so little due to liberal intentions that she closes the affluents of the River Plate, on which the southern pro vinces lie, opening at the same time the navigation of the Amazon and its tributaries. It is well known that Brazil keeps the River Plate and its tributaries blockaded in violation of the treaties of 1853, which stipulate the free navigation to commerce even in "time of war." If inter national treaties do not prevent Brazil from closing the navigation of the tributaries of the River Plate, how can it be expected that she will respect the decree of the 7th of September at any future time, perhaps not very dis tant, wore she to find herself engaged in a war with Peru and Bolivia ? Useless liberty in the North, slavery and prohibition in the South, constitute the policy of the Cabinet at Rio. Not only does Brazil not adhere to the treaties of 1853, which stipulate the free navigation of the La Plata and its affluents, but has prevented actually the Republic Oriental of Uruguay to take part lb it. And it is well known that the object of this war now waged against Paraguay is, as stated in the treaty of the Allies themselves to take from Bolivia its condition as a rivrine, from Paraguay the right to maintain, according to the treaties of 1853, the free navigation of the rivers, and from the great European Powers the privileges these treaties give them. The decree of the 7th of September would really have inaugurated a new era in commerce for Brazil, if at tho same time the navigation of the Amazon was thrown open to the world l and the Upper Paraguay, Parana, and trugtiay, te far as they belong to Brazil, were likewiee opened. The free navigation of those last named rivers is really required in the great interests of the world's commerce. The valley of the Amason, on the contrary, offers nothing but a dose o f thceoulintry, inhabited by anthrophagies. On both shores ea:enmtiazonofnocotmowninercorilsoirtttematreat Nbeevfoerthwtdiltlebaettsreaecnt of over 100 vetmole the attention penetrate its waters, to open, plssaco tr Obliged°, and reachge as in Ports of and E n c t l e a r a_r n o h s e , by force of oannon, a passe Corrientes, and Paraguay. These f act s t are sufficient to prove that the decree of the 7th of Se plete, and not an act of liberal intentioPn."\byeer hisaviencoonml; lveraert t:ngive to add that if the opening of the Amazon some practical advantage to the world, to Peru and Bolivia, the honour of andhiO3n quie Particularly longs to Paraguay, who have triumphed over the militar be and naval forces of Brazil at Curupaity, and has demony strated the impossibility of her retaining her ime lonse territory. It will be a great satisfaction to Europe to hear of the cessation of the war and the peaceful development of the vast resources of the various countries that have been involved in a useless and unprofitable struggle. • -• THE COMMON LAW COURTS.—To-morrow, the first day of term, the courts will be re-opened at the usual huur. On the 31st March next a portion of the act ordering fees to be taken by means of stamps will be re pealed. The salaries are not to be deducted, but the whole fees by stamps paid into the consolidated fund. tIiEFERENCE MAIMS. Great Northern, 5 per cent., not 11 FREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London Brighton, &c., 5 per cent. 1865, 95 LINES LEASED LT FIXED RENTALS. Brkenbead, Chester and Holyhead,:— Ditto, 5 per cent.. 113 London and Blackwall, 52 Wilts and Somerset, 79 FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. Great LuxembhUrg, 121 Ottoman (Smyrna to .Aidin), 3 Recite and San Francisco, lim., gua. 7 per cent.. 10 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 161 rou,kaoki Ammo§ PeetomernA 001 d, 0 st. JGlit del ltey, lim., tl BANNS. Alliance, lim.. 186 Anglo A ustrian,.66 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 111 British North American; 40 51 ChartcriA BMA dt Incßa. Australia. and Chins. 19 14 Chartered tier. of India, London, and China, 33; 21 City, 144 15 Consolidated Bank, lim., Ditto, new, 2; English and American, Bra., 5: Imperial Ottoman, lim., Lon en atti St ; Louth% and River Plate, 47 London Chartered Bang of Australia, 221 1; London and County, 674 86 London Joint Stook, 436 London and South-Western, lim., 17; London and Westminster, 9Sf Soilth Australia 186 tandard di British ti diiihh Africa, Bra., 14 Union ci London, is 4i MISCELLANEOUS: Anglo-American Telegraph, 151; A.tiantic Telegraph, —„ Ditto, 8 per Cent.; 711. Berlin Water 'Works. um_ 121 City of Mosco* (1-s. , ib City °Mess, lint., 4 * Commercial Unioll, luduranoe, Credit Fonder of England, Jim 3 1 Crystal Palace, 27 9 8 Ditto, Preference, 971 8 Fast Indian Land Credit a,nd Pittance; ilm.i 3 Nets, India IrriAiition add 19 EUbw Vale, • 0 Of Gen. Credit and Discount, Um., 151 Hudson's Bay, 151 Indian Carrying, lim., f International FinanCial Society, lim., 21 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 31 Madras Irrigation and Canal (guaranteed 6 per Cent, byin: dian Government), Ditto ;all), 181 National Discount Company. 141 Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem., of whioh 21 1s to pay, 111 New Consolidated Discount. lim 1$ New Zealand Loan and Hier. Agency, lim., 21 2 oriental Gas, lint .. 51 Peel River Land and Mineral, 371 Peninsula and Orenial steam, 69 Ditto, new. 08 71 RhYinney Iron, 25 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, Um., ;;_-;. 1 Ditto (.£l5), 131 • Thames and Mersey Marine. Insurance, lim., 51 'United Kingdom Telegraph Co., Jim., f Yleeroy of .Lgypt, Mortgage, Loan, 69 it THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1867 SHARE MARKETS.— This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. ISSR 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 10 100 100 190 100 100 Ico 100 100 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8. I, Business done. Sli i i 1191 201 139 i i 55j I 6k 3' I :301 t gl; 1 17i 113 321 31 115 i a 12di I I loi it 125} 5 i 41 lli 11 39 8i 11081 1041 4 701 11 91 371 101 1001 101 f 1061 71 201 1 61 41 5i 99 i 131 } 'T SECURITIES. 5.17.0 96 98 97 99 97 99 79 81 78 80 101 103 104 104 1(3 105 101 103 88 20 11,0 102 104 !t0 10 2 104 103 105 102 fO5 105 107 96 100 94 96 90 92 84 ts 6 98 100 81 86 94 90 92 il 103 105 7 74 8 9 40. , 4to I 1 22 24 6 7 2 3 2 3 9 10 2} 21 5 6 17 13 IS 16 11 li 30 32 21 51 2 4 31 41 21 lid 35 45 2 4 21 3i 21 26 300 320 18 22 1 2 9 10 16 12 14 54 56 111 125 65 25 18 20 15 12 135 145 7 9 961 i MI I CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Pigott.) THE CHARGE AGAINST THE MANAGER OF TILE JOINT STOCK DISCOUNT COMPANY. The trial of Mr. James Freeling Wilkinson, late the managing director of the Joint-Stock Discount Company, was resumed this morning, the charge against him being that ho appropriated two cheques for the respective sums of £l,OOO and £B7O to his own use, they being the pro perty of the company.. . . . . - . Some formal evidence to prove the paying of the cheques to the bank being given, • Mr. Giffard summed up the case on behalf of the prosecu tion, and contended that he had fully made out the charge against the defendant. Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., for the defendant, then addressed the jury, and insisted that in whatever the defendant did with respect to the cheques and the purchase of the shares of the company he did for the best interests of the con cern of which he had the management, and that there was an entire absence of all intention to defraud. The pro ceeding Lad not resulted in a success, and that being the case the present charge was brought against the defen dant. He contended that the evidence had not proved the theory of the prosecution, and therefore he felt the jury would return a verdict of not guilty against Mr. Wilkinson. The jury, after deliberating half an hour, returned into court with a verdict of guilty, with a strong recommenda tion to mercy. The prissner, on being called upon to say why lodgment should not be passed upon him, said—My lord, I deem it right to say here, as I said at the Mansion House, that I am innocent before God of the charge that has been brought against me, and had Cleman and Saltmarsh been brought here all would have been cleared up and put right. I again declare before God that I am as innocent as a babe of the shameful charge brought against me, and I hay() only now to submit to the sentence of your lordship. _ _ The Learned Judge said that the jury had, after the 'greatest care, come to the conclusion that, on the evidence adduced before them, he (the prisoner) was guilty of the crime of misappropriating the money of ,his employers. Tho moneys of the unfortunate shareholders had been placed under his entire control, bedause it appeared that the directors simply met to sign blank cheques, which then passed to him, as managing direc tor, for disposal. He did not see how the attendance of Saltmarsh could have altered the matter, and with respect to Cleman he thought the aspect of his account, jumping in a very short time from about £30,000 to beyond £lOO,OOO, was very suspicious. The legislature had fixed the term of punishment for the of fence of which he had been found guilty at penal servitude for seven years where the amount of the fraud was large ; but taking into consideration the recommendation of the jury, it became his painful duty to sentence him to penal servitude for the term of five years. The prisoner seemed overwhelmed by the sentence. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Shee.) CHARGE or CHILD MURDER. Charlotte King, a young woman, said to be married, was indicted for the wilful murder of her infant child, Charles William. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner hadbeen deserted by her husband, and on the 16th of November she and her two children were inmates of Clerkenwell 'Workhouse. She discharged herself and her children on the afternoon of the day, and upon the same evening the two children were found in Charterhouse-square and again taken to tha workhouse. On the following day the pri soner had become au inmate of St. Saviour's Workhouse, where she was confined of a male child. She left there on the 10th of Dec., and on the following day she with her infant wore seen in the neighbourhood of Southwark-bridge. On the following day the body of the child was found in the river, and the defence was, that the prisoner, through over-pressure of the child beneath her shawl, produced asphyxia, and that then becoming afraid of the conse quences she was induced to throw the dead body of the child into the river. After a very feeling address from Mr. Sleigh, who de fended the prisoner, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. THIRD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) TILE ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. Mr. Metcalf on the part of the two persons, Wilmot and Chaney, who stood charged upon the coroner's inquisition for the manslaughter of three persons on the Metropolitan Railway, their deaths being caused by the alleged negli gence of the defendants is their precautions in raising one of the largo iron girders, for the support of a portion of the dead meat market over the said railway, applied for a postponement of their trial till next session. Mr. Sleigh, the counsel engaged to conduct the prosecu tion, made no objection, and the application was granted. POLICE IN TELLIGEKCE. —This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A CAPTAIN CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT.— Edward Denny, staying at Lindsay's Hotel, Air-stroct, Piccadilly, and described as a captain in the Royal navy, was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner in the Haymarket. Police-constable John Fraser, 322 A, said that about one that morning he saw the defendant in the Haymarket surrounded by a crowd of persons, and offering to fight any one. He went up to the defendant, who was drunk and requested him to go away, when he seized him by the stock. Two gentlemen, who said they were friendr of the defendant, offered to see him home, and took the defendant up to the cab-stand, but none of the cabmen would have anything to do with him. The de fendant then set to running up and down the Haymarket, and knocked several persons down, and he then took him into custody, requiring the assistance of two other constables to get him to the station. The defendant said he was very sorry fer what had oc curred. It was the first time he had been placed in such a position. He was himself cowardly struck in the face, and had his hat knocked off and taken away, and having been drinking did not know what occurred. _ _ Mr. Knox said he regretted to see a person described on the charge-sheet as the defendant was placed in such a position. Had it been only an ordinary case he should have thought littlo of it, but when ho found a person moving up and down the Haymarket and knocking per sons down, he could not overlook it. He should inflict a penalty of 40s. ar a month. SCANDALOUS ANNOYANCE.— John Hill, a boy, was charged with knocking at a door in Greek-street last night without lawful excuse. Lazarus Howes, 95 0, said that at 10 o'clock last night he was on duty in plain clothes in Greek-street, when he saw the prisoner with some other boys and girls running up the street, knocking and ringing as they went along at different houses. The prisoner slackened his pace, and he went up to the door of No. 20 and knocked, and he then took him into custody. Inspector Harrison said that on account of the com plaints of boys and girls knocking at the doors in Greek street, he had been compelled to place constables in plain clothes on duty in the street. He resided in the street, and could himself speak of the nuisance. Mr. Purvis, oilman, Greek -street, spoke of the annoy ance he received, it frequently continued the whole even ing till a late hour. Owing to the nature of his business he had a large quantity of combustibles in his house, and his housekeeper had become so frightened by the sudden and violent ringing of the bell at night tbat she refused to stay any longer with him. The boys did not content themselves with ringing one bell but often two at a time. Mr. Knox said it was the first case of the kind from that particular place that had been brought before him, and he should therefore only impose a penalty of 205., but in every other case it would be 40s. Evicted Tenants' Aid Association. Yesterday afternoon a large and important depu tation waited upon the Premier at his official resi dence in Downing-street, to urgeupon the attention of the Government the evils of Metropolitan evic tions and overcrowding consequent upon improve ments and Railway extensions in London. The de putation represented the Evicted Tenants' Associa tion, and among those present were the Marquis of Townshend, the Right lion. Mr. J. G. Goschen, M.P., Hon. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. Torrens, M P., Mr. I'. Hughes, M.P., Mr. A. Ayrton, M.P., Gen. J. E. M. Mason, Rev. Dr. Worthington, Rev. J. Jackson, Dr. Ilardwicke, Dr. Stallard, Mr. George Cruikshank, Mr. J. A. Heraud, Mr. S. C. Hall, Mr J. F. Robertson, Mr. J. Figgius, Mr. G. S. Drew, Major Rivers, Captain Balker, Mr. G. Linnaeus Banks, &c. Lord DERBY, who was accompanied by Mr. Hunt, of the Treasury, said, on first entering the apart ment, that this was a question of very great import ance, and he had asked Mr. Hunt to attend in order that he might hear what was said. It was a ques tion which had engaged his own serious attention for several years, and had also engaged the attention of his colleagues, and he should be very glad if the Government could have the co-operation and advice of gentlemen in drawing up any practical measure to meet the very serious and growing evil proposed to be dealt with by this association. The Marquis TOWNSHEND briefly introduced the deputation, and thanked his lordship for the oppor tunity he had afforded them of explaining their pro posals. Mr. L. BANKS, the hon. secretary, read a memo rial from the association, signed by the Earl of Shaftesbury, the president, and others. This drew the attention of the Government to the condition of the artisan and labouring classes in London as regarded the sanitary state of their dwellings, and the fright ful consequences entailed by the increase of the po pulation and the decrease of dwellings, in causing the crowding of large numbers of persons without dis tinction of age, or sex, into single rooms. This evil produced moral and physical deterioration, the me morial said, "to a degrading and alarming extent, threw numbers on the poor-rates, consigned many to hospitals and infirmaries, and more to lives of sin and shame and ruin." There were at present living in London about 500,000 workmen, poor per sons, and their families, and 50,000 of these classes had been dispossessed of their homes within the last four years, and " forced into districts already teem ing with life and disease." Within the same period philanthropic and enterprising persons and associa tions had succeeded in providing improved dwellings for about 10,000 persons; but this number, con trasted with the vast masses languishing for homes, proved the insurmountable difficulties in the way of dealing with the evil by private enterprise alone. These difficulties, the memorial went on to say, must be increased by the action of the Sanitary Act of last year, and the memorialists urged several suggestions in the names of humanity and religion, as well as in the economic interests of the inhabit ants at large in the metropolis. These were that no more railway extensions or public works should be sanctioned in the metropolis without provision being made for the people displaced or compensation being given to them ; that the question of overcrowding should be left for the present to the operation of the Sanitary Act of last Session, and that the duty of dealing with the property occupied by the lower classes, so as to improve or rebuild such dwellings, should be charged upon some public body. The memorial concluded by urging the immediate ac ceptance by the Government of Mr. Torrens's Bill of last session, as reported by the select committee, or some measure founded on similar principles. Mr. TORRENS, M.P., in reply to Earl Derby, pro ceeded to give his lordship an outline of the bill in troduced into the House of Commons in the last Session. The measure, he said, was favourably re ceived by many gentlemen who were now members of his Lordship's Government, and before the change of Ministry they promised to support the bill. The measure proposed to make the Metropolitan Board of Works the local authority of the Act, except for the City of London, where the city authorities would have power ; and the powers proposed to be given were that authority should be given to take such properties as were judicially con demned as not suitable dwellings and rebuild them. Of the Select Committee, 14 members came to the conclusion that the Treasury should advance the money for the purchase and rebuilding of such pro perty as was indicated, and that the metropolitan rates should be the security that the Treasury should be at no loss, those rates being also liable to bear any deficit which might accrue. The object he had in introducing the bill was to urge upon Parliament the duty of legislating in this matter, and nothing would better meet his views and the views of the gentlemen who acted with him than that the Go vernment of the day should take up the measure. He would answer that every assistance would be given to the Government, and though he had given notice of his intention to reintroduce the bill in the ensuing session, he was quite willing to leave the matter to be dealt with by the Government. (Hear.) Lord DERBY said, if he understood the proposal, it was that power should be given for some autho rity to take at a valuation house property condemned for human habitation, and rebuild houses of a supe rior character—that was, to give superior accommo dation in the same space now occupied by inferior property. He should like to know how this met the case of evictions. Then he should like to know, as suming that Parliament had declared certain pro perty to be a nuisance and should be pulled down, how the association proposed to deal with it. Mr. AYRTON, M.P., interposing, said that the class of houses which would be condemned under such a measure were houses built originally for the residences of single families, and which had been misappropriated, as he might say, to the residences of many families, for which they were unsuitable. If rebuilt the same space would give good accom modation to several families. Lord DERBY hoped the deputation would not think he was raising unnecessary objections ; but he thought drawbacks similar to those found in such property as had been mentioned might be created in building high houses on a small space. Mr. TORRENS said in some of the older parts of St. Giles's houses were built two and three stories high, and two and three families occupied the same room. The same cubic space occupied by the houses would admit of much better dwellings being erected. In other parts of London wretched two-storied houses were built, without necessary accommoda tion, and these were so overcrowded as to be abso lutely pestilential. Lord DERBY said these were great evils, but it seemed to him that the Evicted Aid Society had lost sight of the eviction question altogether. Mr. TORRENS submitted that this was the ques tion, as the places he mentioned became over crowded through the evictions. Lord DERBY asked if it was thought that if the money were lent by the Treasury good accommo dation could be afforded the poorer classes at the same rent they were now paying, and also if the scheme would pay. Mr. TORRENS replied that he thought so. Lord DERBY said he should like to be sure. The platter had to be looked at from the point as to whether it would pay. There could be no question of a philanthropic character introduced in such a measure. Mr. G. CRUIKSHANK said he had had much expe rience upon these questions, and be was satisfied better and more commodious dwellings could be erected upen the spaces now occupied by inferior houses. He advocated t he building of streets of houses, and not " blocks , " and he proceeded to say that if superior dwellings were built for those who could pay a good rent, as superior artisans, they would gladly occupy those dwellings, and leave their rooms to be occupied by the classes below them. Mr. F. ROBERTSON drew his lordship's attention to the fact that certain gentlemen in the city had ' built dwellings for the working classes which had brought in a profit of 5 per cent. Lord DERBY replied that 5 per cent. was not a fair building percentage, and then the philanthropy of the action of building such places came in. Besides, these dwellings were for those who could pay at least ss. or 6s. a week rent. What was to be done with those below this class ? Dr. STALLARD said the question, after all, was one of political economy. In London 23,000 people died who ought not to die, and so pauperism was in creased. Nearly all able-bodied men could get work in London ; but they were reduced from being able-bodied by the homes they dwelt in, and they came upon the rates. Now, if the scheme did not pay a building percentage it would pay the metro polis to have these dwellings erected. Lord DERBY replied that it might be so; but the Government could not be looked to to find lodgings for the poor. Mr. AYRTON drew his Lordship's attention to the fact that it was proposed to sell the improved pro perties after seven years, just as when new streets were made the properties were sold by the Metro politan Board of Works. Any loss by these new streets fell upon the rates, and as these improve ments had been made for the rich, who were thus enabled to ride from one end of the town to the other by less circuitous routes— Lord DERur suggested that the improvements were made for the purposes of commerce. Mr. AYRTON would not dispute with his lordship, but, as such losses fell upon the rates, he thought the deficit between the cost of improving house pro perty for working classes and the selling price of the improved property might also fall upon the rates. Mr. S. C. HALL brought to his lordship's attention cases of several families dwelling in one room. Mr. L. BANKS said that one of the chief objects of the deputation was to press upon the attention of the Government the terrible evils occasioned by evictions. At least 50,000 persons had been ejected from their dwellings within the last three or four years, and driven into courts and alleys already teeming with tenants and fever. In the neighbour hood of Farringdon-road, where the Metropolitan Railway Company had pulled down the dwellings of a large number of families, chiefly of the working classes, the evils of evictions had been painfully felt. In one alley in that neighbourhood, about sft. wide, and containing something like 16 houses, all in a tumble-down and most wretched condition, there were in every room of every one of the houses more than one family living and paying an enormous rental for the privilege of shelter under such circum stances. The evictions in that district had been in strumental to a great extent in producing that state of things, and therefore it was most desirable that the Government, in any measure that might be brought forward, should accept the principles of Mr. Torrens's bill,—that, in giving power to public bodies to pull down condemned dwellings, they should compel those bodies to provide first of all for the tenants who were turned out. (Hear.) The Rev. Dr. WORTHINGTON Said it WAS publicly stated by the surveyor, when a wretched house in Ely-place, Holborn, fell down, that an enormous number of houses were in a similar condition. He also pressed upon his lordship's attention that these evictions brought a large number of persons upon the very unequal rates —rates which were doubly unequal, inasmuch as the parishes which could best afford to pay most paid least. A conversation followed upon several points. The Hon. ARTHUR KINNAIRD, M.P., then drew his lord ship's attention to the fact that railway companies con stantly took more land than required, as was to be seen between Charing-cross and Cannon-street, and he expressed his conviction that if the Parliamentary Committees re fused to look at any railway plans until they embodied schemos for erecting houses for those who were displaced, some part of the difficulty would be overcome. (Hear.) Mr. TORRRNS instanced the case of the lands lying idle for 25 years in the Farringdon-road as a case in which evictions bad been made, and which overburdened all the surrounding districts with poor. The place had been allowed to_remain in such a state that it was a disgrace to London. After some further conversation, The Right Hon. Mr. GOSCHES addressed his lordship. He said it must be apparent that in dealing with this ques tion of improving the dwellings of the lower classes, the idea must be faced that there would be a lose upon the operation, however carried out. (Hear.) When property was bought by compulsory powers more was paid for it than would be paid for it in open dealing, and this was where model lodging-houses paid upon their expenditure. The majority of the select committees had the opinion that there would be a loss, and they thought this loss should fall upon the rates of the metropolis as a whole and not upon parishes or districts, and it was considered that it would be worth the while of the metropolis to pay for those improved dwellings. (Hear.) Lord DERBY-It is scarcely fair, perhaps, to ask if the late Government came to any conclusion with respect to this matter ? (A laugh.) Mr. GOSCIIEN replied that he could say the late Govern ment came to the conclusion to support Mr. Torrens's Bill. (Hear.) Dr. OGG and Mr. CUIILL gave some details as to the over crowding in St. Giles's, and Dr. Ogg said that in these places, as well as in places near Russell-square, fever was rarely ever absent, owing to three or four families occupy ing one room. Lord DERBY said that no one felt greater interest in this subject than he, and it was a most painful subject. He assured the deputation that if the Government could see their way to any practical measure they would be happy to introduoe it and carry it through the Legislatu re, and they would be very glad to receive the support and co-opera tion of those who had interested themselves in the subject. It was no question of party in any sense ; it was a question of humanity, but such a question of humanity which could not be brought forward as one of charity or philanthropy. The deputation then thanked his lordship and withdrew. M ARKE TS. —This day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts on offer in our market to-day was only moderate, nevertheless all breeds moved off slowly at Monday's decline in the quotations. The extreme figura was ss. 6d. per 81bs. The show of sheep was limited. Prime Downs and half-breds were in fair request at full prices —viz., from ss. 10d. to 6s. 2d. ; but long-woolled sheep worn heavy at previous rates. The few calves in the market met a slow sale at from 48. 6d. to ss. 6d. per 81bs. There was so little doing in pigs that the quotations ruled almost nominal. Per 81b to sink the offal. adsd s de d Crse . Ai inf. beasts... 3 8 3 10 Pme ors-wool sheep 6 0 5 8 Second quality do ..4 0 4 8 Prime. S•thdown do 5 10 6 2 Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 2 Large coarse calTes 4 6 5 0 Prime Scots. &0....5 4 5 6 Prime small do.. 5 2 5 6 Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 8 4 0 Large hogs .3 6 4 0 Second quality do ..4 2 4 10 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Lamb.... 08 Od to 0, Od. Suckling calves, 20a t0122s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 25 to 28s each. - Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 960 Beasts 212 Cows. — C0w5..... — Sheep and lambs 3,200 Sheep and lambs Calves llO Calves .. PO Pigs 3lO ,Pigs 2B Closin g Railways. Paid. ! ' • Pnoe. Bristol and Exeter 'Caledonian Cambrian. Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.June blLondon, ;trip Certi Do. Glasgow t S. 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Do. 6 p. o 116.8. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Nladr , q, gua. 6 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension nelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnda. Mel. AL Hudson's Bay.. N.RLC'da,6po letptbs Scinde ..... Do. Delhi Do. do . 4 Do. Puniaub.... R. Do.lndus St.llo t °.° COLONIAL GOVEIC ;Britich Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1672.... Cau.Goy.6p.c.Ja.,t July 1877-81 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. sp. c. Mar. Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed sk i Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 00.Ap1.& Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do 1880-9 L Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9, Do. 5 per Cont. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 ,')o. 1882, May t 5, Nov. It, Do. 1805, Feb. dt Aug INatal , iov. 6 per cent N. 8.G0v.6 uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t Do. 5 p.C. 1871 to 187 i, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 F. New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. o sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.O.Ja do July Do. do, April dt Oct BRITIS Cam. Consol. Gold, Urn Chivcrton taill'ord Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist urakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea Past Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. W'i Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great Lutey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist.‘u Grenville [lerod's Foot •••• ilingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelan arke Valley viwyndy Iron Ore, link N ew Se ton North Roskear . V.Wh'l Bassett (I lloganl North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr,vidence ,Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, Um West Bassett (Mogan %V. Caradon (Ltskeard West Chi rcrton West Seton . Wheal Bassett (Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men.' Wheal Setoc Wheal Trelawnev (Lis. 87 1511 103 105 35 56 10 11 p 119 121 1 2p 1 2p 73 75 114 118 148 152 47 49 70 72 9 10 160 253 3 4; ,5 lONS. - 58 58 100 101 fd f p 4 lf 71 8f 50 55 101 103 101 163 106 107 2L 22 85 88 57 69 53 54 52 54 37 (0 23 2 106 106 1p I 1p 100 102 91 93 F 11 1 22 1 81 8.4 ladl 100 102 92 94 85 90 82 85 97 9 , ) 97 98 1 1 ,1 97 98 100 107 THAMES. who stated him selBfltvoAbGeEtAhesSseticoLn'rd—mila°tlleePollf trie ar N ri i s le mi eteam-ship, trading between England and Russia, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with 'violently assaulting William Hal], a police=constable, No. 425 K, and Sarah Askew, a servant girl, of No. 10, Ring-street, St. George-in -the-East. Constable Hall stated that he was called upon to take the prisoner into custody for assaulting a woman, whose hand was bitten very se verely. Ho told the p r i soner h e mast come with him to th e station-house, and he said he would tot go, made tee of bad language, and kicked him. He fell, and when he got up Was again kicked an d th rown down. He had much trouble with the prisoner, who was extremely violent. Mr. Paget—Where is Sarah Askew ? Wittese,—She had not attended. I believe she has been competgated, The prisoner said he was very much intoxicated last night; he was very sorry for what ho had done. He was abotit to go tis'vay in his ship. ittr. Paget—No, you will not. What are you, and to what ship do you belon?:? Tho Prisoner—l am second mate of the Nile ; she trades between St. Petersburg and London—this voyage to Gothen burg: Mr. Paget—You aro responsible for the brutal assault tot lia 4 id Witt:fitted: You_haVe pleaded intoxication; that is no excuse for crime. You donittitted a cruel assault on a woman. There were marks of violence upon her, and the constable was justified in his interference. The police constables have dangerous and difficult duties to perform, and when they do thorn properly I will protect them. On account of the assault on the constable I sentence you to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market steady. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. An engineer of Trente, M. Garollo, has invented a new needle gun, which fires fifteen shots a minute. The Fun is 41t. lung, and weighs 7i lbs. Share II MINES. MEAT. NEWOATE AND LEADENTIALL.—The supplies of meat are good, and tho trade is rathor heavy, as follows:—Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 48 8d ; veal, 44 Od to 5s Od; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs by th• csroase. HAY. MITHIULD.—Meadow hay, 43 5s to 41 ss; clover, 44 5s to 45 15s Od ; and straw, 41 16s to 42 4s per load. A fair average supply. CUMBERLAND.—ItitAdOW hay, 43 5s to 44 89; clover, .£4 5s to 45 15s ; and straw, 41 16s to 42 4s per load. Trade inactive. WHITECRAPEL.—Meadow hay, 48 50 to 44 59 ; clover, 44 5s to .£5 159 Od ; and straw, .£1 16s to £2 4s per load. supply tolerably good. MELANCHOLY' SUICIDE OF A BARONESS. —The Independance Beige contains the following account of the death of the Baroness Deslandes :—"A fearful catas trophe has brought desolation upon the family of M. Simon Oppenheim, one of the heads of the groat banking firm of Solomon Oppenheim and Co., of Cologne. His daughter, Mdme. the Baroness Doslandes, who married one of the youngest and most distinguished of the sub-prefects of the French empire, had come to spend the Christmas holidays in Cologne with her family, leaving her two young chil dren, whom she did not wish to expose to the inclemency of the weather, behind her in France. On the 26th of De cember, in the midst of the family rejoicings, she received a letter from her governess, informing her that her little daughter had been coughing for some hours, but that the doctor said it was of no consequence. On this news the imagination of the young mother became excited. She thought that her daughter was very ill, and she re proached herself for having left her children behind. Her husband, father, and mother endeavoured to tran quillise her by representing that the letter was of a favour able character, but nothing could dissipate her fears, and she determined on leaving Cologne at once, to make pre parations for which she went to her chamber on the second story, her husband following her, but on finding that he could not shake her determination to leave, he came down to give instructions for the journey. Shortly afterwards he returned upstairs accompanied by his sister in-law. On entering the room they found it empty. A window was open. In a moment of frenzy, produced by over anxiety, the baroness had flung herself out. On being taken up, she said in a feeble voice What have I done ? 1 thought I had wings, and that they would take me to my children.' Alas! she was never to see them more. There was a hope for some days that she might re cover, but it was not realised, for she died on the 31st December, aged 21.", THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. THE BOMBAY MAILS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) S 0 UTHA 3IPTON, Jan. 10. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 62 passengers, £1,412 in specie and a general cargo, including 1,572 bales of raw silk, value £140,000 sterling. After leaving Gibraltar she experienced a strong south-westerly gale and high sea. On the 8.11 in.A. she spoke the steamer China. G =ALTA n„Tan. 5. This port and the coast of Morocco etpecially, arc suffering from want of rain. Exchange ou London, 49 ; Paris, 5.15 to 5.17 ; Madrid, dis. Her Majesty's ships Sk3lark and Redpole are in the harbour. Bank of England Returns.—This Evening, An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending he Act 7th and Bth Victoria Vednesday, Jan. 9, 1867. 'ARTMEXT. Govermut. Debt C 11,015,100 Other Securities 3,984,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion ISSUE DE : Notes issued ....X33,461,685 £33,461,685 BANKING D: £33,461,685 Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (including Ea chequer, Sav ings Tanks, Commissioners of National Debt, and Div . . . IEPARTMENT. Governmt. Secu rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) ...£13,111,068 Other Securities 21,750,978 Notes 10,147,875 Gold and Silver Coin ... 977,167 Accounts) 4,444,468 Other Deposits 23,049,592 Seven Day and other bills £45,987,088 £45,987,088 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. The Lincolnshire Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a sweep stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 if declared, for 3-yr olds and upwards; winners of any race after the weights are published 71b, twice or a handicap of 100 sovs 101 b extra; second to receive 20 sovs out of the stake. 85 subs. One mile. Urania, 4 yrs Gauntlet, 4 Problem, 3 Treasure Trove, 4 Christmas Carol, 5 Troublesome, a Honesty, 4 Retrousse, 4 Little Rover, 3 Molly f, 3 Thalassius, 5 Bismarck, 3 Sultan, 5 Copenhagen, 6 Vigorous, 4 Wild Agnes, 5 Rose, 6 Violent, 4 Beadle, 6 Life Guardsman, 4 La Dauphine, 4 Weather Star, 3 Haidee, 3 Pearl Diver, a Primrose, 3 Scipio, 3 Lozenge, 5 Claverhouse, 4 Saccharometer, a Inheritress, 4 Leybourne, 4 Kangaroo, 5 Dannebrog, 4 Goojerat, 4 Kingsley, 6 Quirina, 4 Montagnard, 3 Panacea, 4 Chepstow, 4 Ariel, 3 Fortuuatus, 4 Aldcroft, 4 Rejoinder, 3 The Duke, 5 Excellor, 5 Gretna, 4 Lecturer, 4 Moldavia, 5 Dulcimer, 5 Black Prince, 4 John Halifax, 4 Ailesbury, 3 Camellia, 5 Ladylike, 3 Merry Monarch, 3 Miss Bateman, 3 Salamanca, 3 Redan, 4 Special, 4 *Stiff, 6 Tina, 4 Miss Middleton, 3 *Easby, 3 Vanderrelde, 6 Leases, 3 Batthyany, 5 Mount Palatine, 4 Mr. Pitt, 4 Forester, 5 Skirmish, 5 Historian, 6 Cora, 4 Her Ladyship, 4 Charles 11., 3 Minnette, 5 Lady Pam, 3 Sis. to Vedette, 3 Lady Don, 3 Ulphus, 4 Minster, 4 *Broadlands, 3 Mistletoe, 3 Volunteer, a Mrs. Allan, 4 Indigestion, 5 Those horses marked thus * having been entered with out the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out at the time prescribed unless specially ordered to remain in. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring Harrow 2l Derby MAIOII. Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 West Drayton l9 13rouiley Epsom Spring 26 Lewes Spring Croxton Park . 29 AP] Northampton Windsor Spring I Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Newmarket Craven 8 Curragh M? Chester (continued) 1 York Spring 7 Salisbury 9 Doncaster Spring Bath JU Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer 12 Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury Club lB IIL. hir sk - Durham • Newmarket lst Spring 22 Cattorick Chester 3O Harpenden Epsom Summer Newton ... 29 Croydon Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Newcastle Curragh Worcester Summer 27 Ipswich 27 i y. Down Royal Corporatn l7 Stamford Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton Goodwood Carlisle 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading •••4 • 9 Liverpool July Meeting 10 Hungerford Nottingham July - 16 AUG' Goodwood (continued) 1 Ripon Brighton .. 6 Brighton Club 8 Lewes Egham ... . l3 Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford • • ••• 15 Hastings York August Dover . 22 West Drayton 22 Plymouth . 23 Canterbury Lichfield Derby Summer Weymouth Tunbridge SEPT] Warwick _Margate Curragh Leicester Abingdon Doncaster 'MEER. Richmond l7 Hendon l9 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 29 Newmarket Ist October 24 Walsall 23 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 10.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderate breece, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 9.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Henry Woolley, from Huelva for Newcastle. (BY TZLEORAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 10—Cheval de Trois, from Guernsey. Sailed—Seine, screw steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, Jan. 10—Thetis, screw steamer, from London for Lisbon. FOOTBALL.—ETON AND HARROW V. THE WORLD. —This match, which had been anticipated, with consider able interest by lovers of the exciting game, and about th a result of which more speculation existed, was to hare been played on Tuesday at Battersea-park, but in conse quence of the extremely unfavourable state of the weather and the sloppiness of the ground it did not take place. VALUABLE PRIZE.-011 Tuesday morning the fishing smacks Edwin, Captain Poward, of Hull, ianndeeanr crew w the i tsha Dogger-b a nk . aotgts the ee rb l - t b aa r a ci p nu p ke e . a r a H z c ) t eu h t t a E. a t 2 o iol n os and the May Queen , of G r i msb y , brought to West Hartle poolrge Eueci v coast, f l a derel eas ic e t ta ba tsht m T i h le ur s s o da ff y th l and yards being loose, the crew of the Edwin made up to her, supposing her to be deserted. On boarding her they found that the ship had been stripped of nearly everything that was moveable. Her cabin was a scene of disorder, the closets were all emptied out, and boxes and varioas articles thrown about the floor as though some parties had been aboard plundering the vessel. Everything was destroyed or taken away that might lead to the name of the vessel, and the name on the stern had been painted over. Most of the sails had been unbent and carried away, also warps were missing and the long boat. The vessel was a little canted, but there was little or no water in her, and it was soon pumped out. Ono of the men disc3v2rc.l on going below that what water was in the vessel was coming in at the side through a skylight which had been smashed. He hoard the water falling, and after cutting away some can vas, which covered from view the skylight, he found the breakage, which to him appeared to have been wilfully done, as the glass was of very great thickness. The hole was stopped up, and no further leakage existed. They took the derelict in tow, but at night a gale sprung up, and they were obliged to part from her, but they kept her in view. The following day they got hold of her again, and whilst in tow fell in with the smack May Queen, which agreed to assist them in taking the prize to some port. On Saturday night they were again obliged to separate from the barque, owing to severe weather, but after the gale subsided, got her in tow again, and whilst off Whitby, on Monday afternoon, agreed with a steamer to tow their valuable prize to West Hartlepool. The ship was got safely into the Jacks on Dock, and her cargo does not appear to be damaged. It is estimated that the value of the ship and cargo is about £6,000. The vessel is sup posed to be the Ellerslie, Captain Holt, -from Helsingborg to London, as the crew of that barque, which was laden with oats, were landed at Shields a few days ago, having abandoned their vessel about the same place where this was discovered, in consequence of the carp having *hifted and the pumps boin choked. UST. 20 at st 100 100 et{ to too 1