The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-20 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND 00AllitERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. °VANCE IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. a The directors of the Bank of England have this 43' advanced their minimum discount quotation d r l 7 l 7 t° 8 per cent., and the alteration has pro. ced some commotion in monetary and commer tail circles. it the discount mar k et is very unsettled, but accom- T dstiou is obtainable at the full rate o 8 per cent. t h . he discount h ouses have made no alteration in errlr allowance of interest on deposit accounts. co 11° Il iPan, which left to-day for India and China, 11,7eYed 11245,000. rates the f orei gn exchanges yesterday afternoon, the A s on Austria were rather higher. liii".,ht)dt £200,000 in gold was taken out of the 4:211„4 Yesterday for Spain, £150,000 for France, and nary for Ai Alexandria. Owing to this extraordi efl.l33°,eraent, an advance in the minimum rate ` 4 seauut is confidently predicted. tio:i the half-y ear l y meet i ng t o -d a y o f th e Na ra:a , 4 - " iBe aunt Comp an y the di re ct ors recom -10;e"` t he Paym en t o f a di v id en d at t h e rate o f -er agre ed to cent . Per annum, which was unanimously Bank t n he , ine eting of the London and Westminster sad `cuaY a dividend of 6 per cent. per annum, waa °IIIIB of 12 p er cen t . on t h e pa id- u p capita l , , MeelEtred. At Pa r is . . according Tw o O'CLOCK. tel e . r 8 1 tills day, f to Mr. Reuter 's 50 e ° all ; the •Prencti Three per Cents. were 66f. u eavy. tli t 4 , kt i, ilB half -yearly meeting of the shareholders k of I:llo,j;°.tidall Financial Association, Mr. I. Hae lidi ti 14 tile chair, the report stated that after ,13 pro and 1 f c't the current expenses, including mane of th ' r ectors' `rebatee Preliminary allowances, and writing off the whole r le expenses and carrying forward per 41410, urinary interest at the rate of 7 per cent. Proat — „ c 'an I .ans not due, there remained a clear the directors " £28,765 ls. 7d. Oat of this sum flitidd Proposed to pay to the shareholders a Pe en e ;,.,, t al in amount to interest at the rate . o f l Pitid t io — ' Per annum on the amounts of capita Per ti ll ;'„ Wi tk a bonus at the rate of 10 per cent. f joeo u l l- ," t a, being together 183. per share, free o f 410 ,2Z01; and to carry forward a balance o 'th e 1 , 4 .1 d• to the next half-year. ofoti n „ Na have rece d e d 4 per cent., owing to ton—etilta Politics and the unsatisfactory position and '9ozittY affairs. Consols are 90k -7-, for money, d Ite , l , 4 Li for, account. The New Threes an d ". 1 . 14 h „,,'?a 20 1 1. Exchequer Bills, 6s. to ls. T' 11 .7,,, 4 India 5. per Cents., 1051 t• a ..e o r • 1 444 sign Market is very flat, and a decided e ellte ilhilB t aken place in prices. Turkish 6 1 per . kev .) j lB62 , are 661 67 ; do. Consolides, 45, 46 , 4; Italia, 34 i t ; Greek, 21 i ; Spanish Passive, 33 4 1, Itt t, ;' 67 -1 ; and the Confederate Loan, 42 4 ge ea h Railway Share Market the dealings have plll4/"Y limited, and a further decline has taken Polit ah ill i taast of the principal securities. Metrod lotl kid Great 4t01pg..4013 realised fully £3 ; Caledonian an 1 6i 4 Natern, £ 1 ; North Western and Midland d 4h ira 10 Northern and Lancashire and o th ' -8 ' Itaio tiatt e Foreign lines there has been very li ttle do wn; n ' and quotations have also exhibite d a , 1141:1,441 movement. litaited-itttid Miscellaneous Shares have been . in N o 44 vaor at slightly reduced rates. Imperial 44 ill - 0 411 are quoted 17 17k ; Alliance Bank, h tt a 43 q u - „ t , ie , il tal Bank, 62. Australian Navigation ottlii -- `eal 2 11-16 13-16 pram.; Anglo Italian NI h il l 1 1 Prem. ; Loan Securities, t t I pram. ; 411 11 ' ° A . - , l 4 _` S tearn, 1 03 prem.; and London, Italian, .qatic Steam, 1± to 2 prem. Or 1311 4Tlsii FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. „ to ttli. Der n I "(EX T -t , bitt;;ellt. Coned 1 U NDS• 901 1 i a r, Ace,,9o 111 : et ~`; e tit, 4, -- . Feb. 4 901 /. New ' Per 0 ''lleed l e -w 31 „ e at, . 9Ol -41, , per c 6 • " 3 / 4 e t at. Jan 1891 _ b an pet e ett t . Ce 4• AtiLities 13Ilitiers, 30 pities, Jan. 1873 D it t o fo r 3 0 Ira, expire 4th Jan., 1880 — E ach t q gra 4, ' "Piro stb. April, 1885. 141 e„„,21.„t . .., -r, t o iV t . ( 7 13111,, £j graph), Aug. 1908 : 2_ol 746 t 5OO ) 2 4 & 3 per Cent B ar l?itt e .. LI tnie 4 4100 a nd 6 1 die all Stk 4£200 In& bl ot Goy ' i Per Ct., last hf.-yr 237 -la s ten , , CELTk/t.zi Dit to s,•l.olr,e„e SECURITIES. ..... _ bitte Accountr ' 'lt, April 1874 2O 1, .., per Cent ... - uitt o A j i *************** —lO5l 1). ' Per C e ' thY • 1870 Ditto t ilt . nt, 18 88 Vitt ° 5 aced p ap Ditto D Per c eiit., 7, 4 per Cent : Ditto e 44.1 872 b:,.entrees,. 4 per Ct., April 186: Ditto }t tc) t o ditto Aug.,1866 991 trle £l,O O 11(i e , 0 £l,OOO *** aii • ClttlY.Tr i ********* •• • tria li t -,-,N FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. $1 endsos Per bitte4 6 Per Cent 1859 ****** Ntiiiii Ditto ant Di , 183 — itto v 9 and 1869 t Per Cent , 185248-60 ** — bi bitt ' t tto R„ , 0 86i leileerlP, 1 863, 445 189 elo Ayr paid cei3roNbeitti, 6 ' 1 % 1, 6 i Per Cent — t , t t?i t . per C eilt P £5O pd Cto i t , es. _ . .... ik 6 D e ; A '-'ent, Otob-01 .1 n . s 0 p er ,e t. ...... •,, 2i , ent. 1825 Q „_ , ~_r Cent. , , ...... : Dor tr , Ex. 12 Guilders tti Li ol 7 onal Land Warrant — (14`1 ;Se c ond Cent .. 1001 1,711.: / 'Ott e Per e e Belle A at 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. bi tto - ` t ennt ' 2ia i 1 bittoeoiiperti. ............. It tii 4.111 at ........................................... 9 1 ilexitiskr Per Cent. bi t k 3 ent•Diaremmana Railway) Ditt tt o 4 D " Cent . 4 eq tir ' r ,h r,,.,.,t.., .... ... ..... 3 iiiit ,-rat ta a -- -.4 . Per . t:ent I).‘ro 2 a.. 1 . , tt e b t ec u y . .......... Pl e ltto e e : A rred b i t a t 44' IV:arrant:l (Hectares) _ bii t "; 14i u Per Cent., Ex. 25f — p e to ti eri ...... • re.,.... P,1883) ........... t t _ pm bijau l z„,_ i £42 Bs. 3d. paid.. • . P Ditto AeC t Lent. .. 1)‘0 4 4 ant . ........ Perittta Aokr,,..ttt tlen . i . .1.8.62 .... ,Ilugh-,•‘, .5 itteae 1 / 1 ,.,,, t .. ..... '• , ',l t'" ice. ° '''''r Cent., 1853 i ,t)!tt o 3 PerZt kztt, ttcel ol ' t i t.,lBs6, '7, '9, '6O, 62;3 47a I Iz l r t i ! t io. Ist;44 X 2O paid _ die 1 . 2 A Per cllt ., 1 8 9 2 £ St bitt it to tlit 1850 .'. 85} b• °a ?3 tt 6 Pe r e e 1860 Ordi tli p er c nt..1 859 . a b itt e 44 pe r Cent 862 •881 8 141 1 i Acco 'r 14 1 3 Ilat t, Der e.. • • ICI • tt o Ace eat . ~ 1 1„ outo. ........ I)itto ' l ea? bs' 13 !tt, Ace() e fer ' red ** - • — $p llot • ... b itto ... Iteeive - Peni , Aocoll yitN, kg at Vt e :4e ., t. of ................ _. e4l o , 4 ke,,o rucit . O UP not funded 4rki 4 m, 4 Per bitt il 6 Per eCeellt• oitt Per Cent, ... • .... DitsAce, lssg b i K), t• t o l ' i l '• bittto 6 ~,,_ Bonds ................. 71 b. t ° Ac Cent. 186 i ..... I re Itte e ennt .. li ez £lOO Bonds, bliit tr , l 'ele 3 be~ ib; 6 Per`e' Cont, '. ''' Acco il %it ' 1862 1:14, biviae_r‘ita ...... . ........ , 51 in2l pes‘ u d n the above;) ..... ... London. i taO tt e 4 ' °ti lt., Ex. 12 - , en k Per CC - . Gull 44 t , $ . p er „ ~ Certificates .. ...... -- t,O Per uent., 186 l, Ex. 25 francs.. b 'ull at.... .. C 0440, •••......,...... 67k1 iti.'2 INlon e TWO O'CLOCK vo Account ..................... 901 1 s'4llt ................. ' 6l 3 Ziosrpool Cotton arket This Day, tot t 2,ng,‘°ll eoutie ues 3 ) 0 00 bales, very q u i e t. P ro b a b le sales , lz?,4lttt.OLLP.B.--DON'T HE WISH HE MAY GET Zd,„ last reception at the Tuileries the Mar iarviiensaY was there. Napoleon addressed him—" Well, N) b qt , Se e YOU are always at your post." " I hope so, ` 40 14, , ) anoth post which I should better like to :,416e,allY).Nlurq:8,let me know in what I can serve_ °° er u ) Sire, if you would but create me Prefect of ), y ot , -NG NoVA. SCOTIAN AUTHOR, M r, J . Foster qghat e. 4 01 :a Witte ° a book ent i tled, " Charles the Bold," and 4 ,0 t 0° Ur) n M urray, th e L on d on publisher, the right to e qies of it for the sum of thirteen hundred SHARE MARKETS,—This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOIIS. Railways. I p ail ! Closing Business Sharel I Price. done. 13.14. 1 8ir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 84 26 !Blythe and Tyne. 10 Rost,Sleati.,andMid.Oo all 84 84 84 at I Bristol and Exeter at Caledonian lOO 1214121.; 1204 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 7 74 10 Do A A gets no div all 10 Do. B Still6pc.pan.har all • been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast Junc. all 37 39 25 ,Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. all 16 17 at , Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 97 98 at !Glasg. and S. Western. 100 107 109 at IGreatEastern, Ord. stk 100 494 504 494 et Ditto A stock st Ditto East Anglian et 100 74 84 at GreatNorthot Scotland 100 el, Great Northern lOO 127 i2B 127 st Do A stock lOO 1324 1334' 1324 4 st Do Bdo at Gt. S. and W. of Irelanri 100 97 93 at Great Western et Do Str Val gua. stock 100 et Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 1104 ill 1094 44 10 et London and Blackivall 100 72 73 72 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 105 107 114 4 at Lon., Chat, and Dover 100 43 44 et Lon. & Nor , h Western 100 1061 107 1054 654 st Lou. & Sce.th Western 100 101 i 1024 1-2 st Man., Shet., & Lincoln. 100 50 51 504 50 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Do 4 shares... all et Metropolitan all .106 107 101 23 2 et Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 97 99 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares - 25 Mid Kent 10 . Do Cray Line st North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 10 0 25 16 at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1034 104 1034 3 25 Do, G.N.E.• purchase 16.13.4 d at Do Leeds lOO 59 60 at Do York et Do Carlisle lOO et North London 10 Do New 5 1 2 p (9.15.4 North Staffordshire 1U N. and S. W. Junction. all 11 114 at Scottish Central et Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 43 45 et Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 98 100 10 . Shrews. and Welchpool all at Shropshire Union et South Devon .. 100 33 34 et South Eastern st South Wales et S. York. and River Dun 100 98 100 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok all 10 104 25 Stockton & Darlington all 18 39 25 Do l7 94 104 i 25 Do New, 1866 8 74 Bi, st Taff Vale.. ..... 10 Do B 64 i 10 Do C 3 24 34 p 50 Water 25 Do 12.10 Do st Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 17u 175 st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 et West Cornwall lOO 22 25 at W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO et West Midland —Oxford 100 et Do Newport 100 at Do Hereford 100 BRITISH. POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 At I antic &St Lawrenc( all GO 22 llom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind S><loo 104 105 104 Gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. 5hare5... ...... 75 1 201 Buffalo and Lake luron all 6; 85 10 Do. Preferanoe ...... all 8 9 100 I auffalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. Juue 1, 1871 100 st ClcuttadeS.liastn. (Lin., 100 112 104 st Cape Town & Dock Seri} 100 101 103 stock Flastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 106 107 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 10 t 1(4 104 3! 44 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 1 p 20 Do. do. II do. .. 15 ll stook Grand Trunk of Canada luo 20 21 100 Do. Ist Fret. Bonds.. all 73 75 100 Do. do. deterred... ... all 59 61 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 53 56 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock ... all 50 52 100 Do. do. deferred... ... all 40 t 2 100 Do. 4th Pref. stoc... all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 22 04 23 stook Gt.lndlaPenln.gua. s p.o. 100 105 106 105 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 1 11 p 20 Do. January, 1862 8 1 11 p stook Gt. South.of India (Lim, gu aranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 91 10 al 205 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 93 95 100 Do. 51 p. o. do. '77-8.... all 86 88 stook Madras. guar., 5 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 p. o. .. 100 1031 104, 1034 • stook Do. 44 p. o. Extension 100 98 100 984 stock De. 4* d 0........ 100 94 98 2 0 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Buds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. 51ortg. Bds. all 20 Newßruuswiok& Canda Class A. and B. N.ltl.C'daB po Ist f bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde •• (100 1035 1041 stock Do. Delhi • lOO 103 104 20 Do. do 2 ip at Do. Punjaub all 103 104 Do. Do. , , 100 Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 000 100 102 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.o.J a. &J tit) 1877-81 .. . 100 102 104 1014 25 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 103 105 Do. dp. o. Mar. & Sept. 100 103 105 Do. Ip. e. Jan.&July. 10c 91 n 911 904 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 Cape G.Hope, B p 0,1873 100 107 109 Do.Ap dz. Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 110 112 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 108 110 1114 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius er Natal Gov. 6 6 p per cent cent.. 1 00 1 4 . 0 8 11 0 N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.J a.&July 100 102 104 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 . N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 186 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to lt,'Te 100 994 1 005 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 995 11 100 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. o. sterling, 1875. lOO 103 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. o. 100 109 111 S. Aus Gep.0.1878.& up.. 100 109 111 Vio.Gov. 6 p.o. Ja.&July 100 - Do. io 6 p.o. A.n.&00t.. lOO 110 111 1104 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 Id ulillord Amalgamated.. 38 89 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist. ) 1 575 685 East Bassett (Mogan). 90 67) 70 1 Fast Clogau Gold Ltd. ' ss. 1d par East Caradon ... 1.14.6 27 28 East Carn Brea... . 3.4.0 7 76 E. WlRussel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 5 51 5 Gam..kSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) 28t 10 12 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 4 41 G. Wheal Vor (lielaton) 40 14 15 Grenville 6.16.6 41 41 Hen - Ars-Foot ...... 8.12 A 7 39 tlingston Downs 4.18.0 3 31 Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant 9/ 15 17 Marke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 21 1/ New Setun 194 80 90 - North Downs 2l 11 11 N.Wh'l Basset (Illoglin) 3.1.0 24 3 North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 5 51 Par Consols (St. Blaze); Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 430 440 S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. S.Wheal I'ran. (Morgan , 18.18.9 571 621 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 5 Cam ar Silv.d& Lead Min 44 4 1 rin Crort V 19 20 West Basset (Illogan) ll 11 12 W Cf radon (Liskeard) 5 19 21 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 80 85 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 20 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLuchott Wheal Mary Ann 'Alen ) 8 131 141 Wheal Seton 5Bl 150 160 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 241 251 Wheal Union 3.17 3 31 PREFEREN(•E SHARES. Great Western Orig. 44 per cent. pf., 98 Great Western, 5 per cent. red, prf., 1011 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 103 FOREIGN. MINES. Kapunda (Um.), 11 Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 2i Santa Barbara Gold Mine (lira.), 1 St. John del Rey (Um.), 52k 2 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon .ion and Liverpool (Una.), ilt Anglo Austrian, 6} Bank of Wales, lira., 15 14 British North American. 49,1 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, ''''`'Ditto, new, 26 City,ll2l Colonial, 401 Consolidated Bank, lira., 101"1 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, Hindustan, China, and Japan (Um.), 33_21.3 Imperial Ottoman, 171 17 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 2 8 1 7 London and County, 612 1 London and Westminster, 831 13 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (11m.), 222 Ditto, Reserved issued at £2 pm.,:22t National of Liverpool, limited, 18i New South Wales, 50 Oriental Bank Corporation, 62 South Australia. 39 Standard of British South Africa (liml), 24 Union of London, 111 2 . 1} 2i DOCKS. London, 71i Victoria, 101 i MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural, 194 Ceylon Company, 1041 Commercial Union (insurance), Discount Corporation, limited, 111 East India Irrigation and Canal, 44 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Bra., 31 E. glish and Australian Copper, 2 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lint, 01 Hudson's Bay. 17 International Financial Society, lim., 101 « Joint •stock Discount, 6; 7 Ditto, new, 61 London Finan3ial Association, an 254 1 I London General Omnibus Company, 2 1 . National Discount Company, lim., Itl 10; Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 7i 7 FATAL OCCURRENCES ON THE RlVER.—Yester day morning as a man named Glover was guiding a barge through one of tho arches of Blackfriars Bridge, he sud denly called to a nother man on board to take charge of the craft, f e ll b a ckwards on the head sheets, and when taken up was found to be quite dead. The cause of death has not yet been ascertained. About the same time a lighter man named Tucker, while plying his avocation, was knocked overboard in consequence of his barge coming in contact with a coal lighter, and was drowned. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr and a Jury.) AUCTIONEER'S CHARGES FOR VALUATIONS.-HIND V. PEDLER. This was an action to recover £7 15s for valuing certain fixtures and fittings in a shop upon Ludgate-hill. Mr. Beard appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Buchanan re • presenting defend ant. Mr. Beard stated that the whole question for the jury in this case was the reasonableness of the charge made by the plaintiff, who was a gentleman of great experience in his business. He charged 5 per cent., and that was the custo mary per centage in the profession. Evidence having been called in support of the plaintiff's case, Mr. Buchanan urged that such a claim could not be main tained. The work had occupied but a very few minutes, and defendant had thought he would only be called upon to pay £1 Is. Ha had paid £2 2s. into Court, so that ho ought to be on the right side, but if the present claim were substantiated, people must not say anything for the future about attorney's bills. (Laughter.) Defendant then deposed that he agreed to pay 21s, and that plaintiff only sent a clerk to do the work. Mr, Beard, in replying, observed that if people went to a first class man they must pay far it. Plaintiff had per formed the work efficiently through his clerk, who had great experience, and had done justice to the defendant. His Honour said that the jury must say what was fair between the parties. The jury found for the plaintiff for 2 . 1 per cent. Verdict for the plaintiff for £3 17e 6,1, or £1 15s 6d more than the money paid into court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. MAGISTERIAL REBUKE OF THE PAROCHIAL AUTHO- I RITIES OF ST. MARTIN'S. — Thom as Mood y Was char g ed before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and disorderly at St. Martin's Workhouse, Raudell, the gate porter at the workhouse, said that about four that morning the prisoner came ,to the work house and rang the bell and demanded admission, being drunk at the time. He told the prisoner that he could not admit him as the casual ward was full, and he then became very abusive and disorderly, and at last he was compelled to give him into custody. The prisoner said he went to the workhouse and asked for admission for himself and children, when he was told that he could walk the streets till nine o'clock, and as it was raining hard at the time he could not do so, and as they refused to let in his children he was annoyed. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the gatekeeper whether the pri soner had two children with him, and the porter said he had. Mr. Tyrwhitt said they might have admitted the chil dren, if not the man. The porter said the casual ward would only hold 16. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Then, I say it is a disgrace to the parish to limit it to such a number. We are after all the only persons who can stand up for the poor, and although Ido not seek for popularity I think it time to do so. With regard to the man, if he was drunk they were right in keeping him out, but not with regard to the children; and it was a disgraceful thing to keep them out, especially in such weather. The great parish of St. Martin's refuses to admit poor children in the night time, and only has a ward to hold 16 poor persons I It is disgraceful. I have had to do with the St. Martin's people before, and know their practices. I shall discharge the prisoner. It was stated that the prisoner had only just come into town, and was therefore unable to apply for admission to the workhouse at an earlier hour. TILE " FITZROY HOME," OR SERVANTS' INSTITUTION. —A gentleman waited upon Mr. Tyrwhitt this morning, and asked for his advice respecting the Servants' Institu tion in Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. The applicant said a friend, a lady, had applied to the institution for two cooks, paying a fee of 10s., the promise being given that cooks should be sent. None, however, were sent, although the lady waited at home for a week. He then wrote to the superintendent for an explanation, and the only one given was that the matter should be laid before the committee, and that applicant should be commu nicated with. Although he had waited some time for an answer none had been sent. Mr. Tyrwhitt, in referring the applicant to the County Court, said that several complaints of a similar kind had been made during the past few days, and he had received several letters on the subject. Publicity, however, being given to the matter would be attended with a good effect. The applicant thanked the magistrate and retired. WESTMINSTER: IMPUDENT ROBBERY AT ONE OF MR. BELLEW'S LEO - TURES.—A fleshly dressed fellow, with a carroty moustache, who gave his name George Wood, but refused his address, was placed at the bar before Mr. Arnoid, charged with rob bing a gentleman at an assemblage in the Vestry-hall, Chelsea, congregated to hear Mr. Bellew on Shakaperian readings. Mr. Henry Barrett said he was one of the company at the Vestry-hall, and when he was leaving there was a stream of people coming from the hall and another entering it. On a sudden prosecutor felt convinced that he had been robbed. His attention was at first attracted by hearing " a and on looking down, he found his watch gone and his guard hanging loose. The robbery had been committed by cutting through the ring of the guard-chain with some instrument. Mr. Arnold—Where was the prisoner at the time you missed your watch? Prosecutor—Right in front of me, coming in an opposit3 direction; and at the moment after I heard "the click" I saw the prisoner pass something to another person near him. Prisoner —Why did you not lay hold of the person ? Prosecutor—l could not. Prisoner—Oh yes you could, if what you say is true. Why did you let the person go away ? Prosecutor—There were so many persons passing at the moment that the person was lost in a moment, and I found I had quite enough to do to secure you. Prisoner—Your Worship all this is a mistake. I sat next but one to this gentleman in the hall, and heard the lecture, and we were coming out together when I was sud denly mistaken for somebody else and given into custody. Mr. Arnold—Are you aware whether he sat next to yeu in the ball. Prosecutor—l cannot say ; I did not see him until he was before me in the crowd he was then coming in a perfectly opposite direction. Prisoner—lt's all a mistake. A gentleman who was near the prosecutor here stepped forward and clearly described the position of both parties. He saw the prisoner extend his hand towards the prose cutor, and after " the click" distinctly saw him drop the gold watch ring from his hand, and witness afterwards picked it up. Prisoner—Well, your worship, if he will say that, he will of course say anything. Mr. Arnold—Do you object to give your address ? Prisoner—Well, yes, I would rather not. Mr. Arnold—You are remaided till Tuesday. THE MARQUIS OF BATH'S PRESERVES have this year yielded about 14,000 head of game. - - SKATING AT PARIS.—The Paris correspondent o the Morning Post says :—" Skating is becoming a courtly amusement beyond the ice-bound regions of the north. While royal highnesses are skating in England im perial highnesses are skating in France. It will hencefor ward be necessary that persons, from chamberlains down to powdered footmen, should know how to canes attendance not merely in withdrawing and reception halls, but on the slippery frozen floors of lakes and ponds. Oa Sunday a new set of courtiers and household servants surrounded their Imperial Majesties,who again honoured the small lake of the Bois de Boulogne. The weather was pleasantly cold. In addition to the usual park company assembled on such oc casions the waters were surrounded by a number of the fashionable world, who evidently expected the Imperial party, the Court circle arriving about 3 o'clock. Already the skaters had mustered pretty strongly. There wore German, English, American, and one or two French ladies gliding about with men companions, and there were sledges driven swiftly onwards by cavaliers of the ice, containing those of the fair sex who were born in days when the ladies of France did nothing gymnastic but dance. How shall I describe the skating modes of Paris ? Most of the fair creatures wear a pretty round hat, with a red or white wing, or feathers, and a veil which invites the curiosity of youthful imagination. Any gay-coloured jacket, of any cut, decorated with any description of fur, is allowed—and very pretty it is to ob serve the animated patches of red, violet, blue, white, and black darting about amid the gloomy great coats and ugly hats and caps of the men. But to continue my description of the ladies' costume. Now comes the difficulty—to de scribe the toilette, costume, dress, robe, modes—how ought it to be called ?—of what comes below the jackets, casaques, polonaises, paletote—how ought such things also to be called ? Well, that portion of female covering which begins after the waist, and in our day assumes awful proportions before it hides the feet, is in the ice modes of Paris drawn up in festoons by unseen mysterious mecha nical aid, leaving (and here again I feel a difficulty) very visible nearly a whole pair of stockings, which may be red or black, or—if I dare use the word in such a place— ' fancy.' Then come the Polish boots, and then the silver skates. My limited descriptive powers are happily no longer required; but if such enchanting toilettes do not load to holy "matrimony, men's hearts aro frozen as well as the waters of the Bois de Boulogne. Skating, it should be ob served, in the Parisian polite world is only beginning to be fashionable. The Emperor no doubt learned to skate in Switzerland and England ; but where did the Empress learn to glide ever the ice so gracefully? Dressed in a pretty black costume; and appearing delighted with the sport. Her Majesty several times, accompanied by two gentlemen, not in waiting, but in going, skated among the moving multi tude, whip the little Imperial Prince and heir to the throne was showing the cr3wd of spectators on shore that he had already become familiar with this slippery world and its accidents." WEITGTS FOR THE CHESTER CUP, The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 soya in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft., and 5 only if declared on or before the last Tuesday in January, at 12 o'clock at noon, to Messrs. Weatherby, or the Clerk of the Course, Cup course, about two miles and a quarter (151 subs). If the highest weight accepting is under Bst 121 b, it will be raised to that, and the others in proportion. Age at lb Trust .. 4 6 11 Tattoo .. 6 6 11 Coup d'Etat .. 36 10 Caroline .. 3 6 10 *Alice 4 .. 610 Udine .. 4 6 9 Accident • .. 4 6 9 East Lancashire .. 4 6 8 *Merry Hart .. 4 6 8 Portland .. a 6 7 Watford 4 6 6 The Clown. 3 6 6 *Anaticulus .. 4 6 6 Persuasion 3 6 6 Muezzin .. .. 46 5 Flash in the Pan.. a 6 4 Ghillie Callum .. 4 6 4 Claxton .. .. 36 4 Crisis .. 3 6 3 G o ld y l oc k s .. 3 6 2 *Buckland 3 6 2 Merry Maid .. 56 2 Mail Train 3 6 2 Voluptas 4 6 2 Farce .. 4 6 1 Truant .. 4 6 1 Isca .. 3 6 1 Black Fawn .. 3 6 0 *Teddy .. 3 6 0 Barbadoes .. 5 6 0 The Doctor .. 3 6 0 *Young Rapid .. 3 6 0 Lady of the Isles .. 4 6 0 Sir Roger .. •• 3 6 3 6 0 Durham The Little Stag .. 3 6 0 Danaus .. 3 5 12 Vauxhall .. •3 5 :2 Whitethorn .. 3 5 12 Greville .. 3 5 12 Bacchus .. •• 3 5 1 2 Wandering Minstrel 3 5 12 Gordian Knot .. 3 512 *Birkenhead .• 3 512 *Stainley .. ••3 5 12 Tooi Tooi .. • • 3 5 11 Rose .. 3 5 11 Washington .. 35 10 * Bold Houghton 3 510 Daniel O'Rourke o 3 5 10 Hersey filly .. 3 5 9 Brothertothalover 3 5 9 Aunt Judy • . 3 5 8 Colleen sawn filly 3 5 8 Greenland . • 3 5 8 Signalman .• 3 5 8 Farnham • • .. 3 5 8 Brother to Rubini.. 3 5 7 Redcap • • .. 35 7 The Count 3 5 7 dapute • • .3 5 7 Lord Zetland 3 5 7 Teneriffe Langford ` 3 ' The Cardinal 3 5 7 C o nfederate 3 5 7 John Davis 3 5 7 Vacuna colt 3 5 7 Lord Cochrane .. 3 5 7 Macbeth 3 5 Lady Milton 3 5 Helen • . .. 3 5 7 Veterinarian .. 3 5 7 Ess Bouquet 3 6 7 Age st lb Adventurer .. 5 9 2 *Gibraltar .. .. a 9 2 *Lord Clifden .. 4 812 Caller Ou 6 8 12 Lioness .. 5 8 10 The Knave .. 5 8 8 Ace of Clubs .. 5 8 7 *Joey Jones .. 68 7 Limosina 5 8 7 La Toucques .. 4 8 7 Oldminster 6 8 Dollar .. 4 8 3 Costa 5 8 2 Blithfield .. 4 8 1 The Gillie .. 4 8 0 Twilight .. a 8 0 Hospodar 4 8 0 Bighton .. 5 8 0 Monk, The.. .. 713 Catch-'em Alive .. 5 7 12 Exchequer .. 5 7 12 Dunkeld 4 7 10 Eagle, The .. 4 7 10 King of Utopia .. 4 7 10 Gardener .. 6 7 10 Blondin .. 4 7 10 Beverley .. .. 57 10 Blackdown .. 4 7 9 Tommy Jones .. 5 7 9 Gladstone.. .. 4 7 9 Trumps .. .. 4 7 8 Broadway .. 4 7 8 Queen of Spain .. 5 7 8 Knutsford.. 6 7 8 Golden Pledge .. 4 7 8 Bohemian .. .. 4 7 8 Carisbrook.. .. 5 7 7 Royal Stag .. 47 61 Welcome 5 7 6 Double X .. 4 7 61 Birdfinder .. 4 7 6 Anfield .. 4 7 6 Woldga .. 4 7 6 Tippler .. Balham 6 7 5 Lothian's King .. 6 7 5 Tourist .. .. 4 7 5 Marigold .. 4 7 4 Black Deer.. .. 4 7 4 Leonora .. .. 5 7 4 Early Purl .. 4 7 4 *Fanfaron.. .. 4 7 4 Dr. Syntax .. 4 7 4 Change .. .. 4 7 4 Benjamin .. .. 6 7 3 Canary .. 6 7 3 Old Orange Girl .. 4 7 3 Fantail .. 4 7 2 Melandra .. 4 7 2 Charming Woman 5 7 2 *Socrates .. 5 7 2 Donne Canne .. 5 7 1 *Warminster .. 5 7 1 Chaff .. .. 4 7 0 Kemptown 4 7 0 *Splitevote colt .. 4 7 0 Earl of Surrey .. 5 613 Manfred .. 4 612 Joco 4 6 12 Blarney .. .. 3 612 King Charming .. 4 6 12 Lady Superior 4 6 12 , My Mary .. .. 5 6 12 Bel Demonia (late Harvest Mell) .. 3 6 12 Lord Stamford, Mr. E. B. Clarke, and Mr. E. Elliott ; are subscribers, but did not name. Those horses marked thus ( 4 ) having been entered with out the knowledge of their owners, will he struck nut at the ime prescribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. HUNGERFORD RACES. Weights for the Berks and Stakes. Age st lb Grimston .. 5 8 12 Bedouin .. .. 5 8 6 Costa .. 5 8 2 Blondin 4 7 12 Fontenoy .. 4 7 9 Earl of Surrey .. 5 7 7 Gladstone .. 4 7 7 Turn of Luck .. 5 7 7 Detective .. 4 7 4 Lavender .. 4 7 4 Evenhand .. 6 7 0 Joco .. 4 7 0 Flash in the Pan .. a 7 0 Chaff .. 4 6 12 Age et lb Butterfly .. .. a 6 10 Violet .. .. 5 6 7 St. Lawrence .. 5 6 7 Douche .. 4 6 6 Glow-worm .. 4 6 6 Truant .. 4 6 4 Mail Train,. 3 6 4 Verbena 3 6 2 Major .. 3 6 0 Signalman.. .. 3 512 Victoria Cross .. 3 5 7 Spectre .. 3 5 7 Petit Oiscau .. 3 5 7 Weights for the Jot Age st lb i Grimston .. 5 8 12 Blondin .. 4 8 0 1 Fontenoy .. 4 7 131 Turn of Luck .. 5 712 Flash in the Pan.. a 7 7 Rbeibus .. 6 7 5 Miss Emma .. 6 7 4 Butterfly a 7 4 Surbiton .. 5 7 2 The Dictator .. 4 7 0 In O'Gaunt Stakes. Age st lb Reserve .. 4 6 10 Newfoundland .. 4 6 7 The Major.. .. 36 4 Anglo• Saxon .. 3 6 4 Wild Huntress .. 3 6 4 Daniel o' Rourke— Highilyer's dam 3 6 2 Cervus .. 3 6 0 Victoria Cross .. 3 510 Belle of the Vale .. 3 5 7 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. Birmingham Harrow Chelmsford l7 Nottingham Spring 1 Derby Spring 3 Liverpeol Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring Croxton-park 1 Edinburgh Spring 2 Abergavenny 5 Thirsk 5 Chester York Spring Salisbury Bath Ascot ................ 7 Hampton .............. 15 Newton ............•• 15 Odiham .............. 21 Bibury .............. 22 Stockbridge .......... 23 Newmarket July Carlisle Abingdon Liverpool July St a mford Pontefract .......... .• 14 FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring 23 25 Hungerforl Warwick .. 16 Durham Northampton 29 30 Catterick Epsom Spring ........ Newmarket Craven .... 11 Newmarket First Spring 25 :IC. Manchester Harpenden 24 Epsom risTE Chelmsford 2B New Forest Lunt 2B Newcastle-on -Tyne Worcester (Summer) Ipswich LY. I Nottingham Winchester Southampton 2O Chesterfield I IGoodwood sSIPPING—This Day. LONDON, lan. 20.—Wind this day at noon—South - Westerly ; moderate breeae, and cloudy weather. Majesty's ship Industry, from Rio Janeiro —Henry Dun can, from St. John's, N.B. ( B y MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) —Arrived—Her GRAVE N V n sday Morning. 19—Blyth, from Faro—liroo Boy, from PORTSMOUTH, Jan• 19• —. Wind S. Lagos. ved, Jan. from London for Colombo — Dllia, Wednseday Morning. e Bombay. Catcol:of:cod:situ n e adtehrei a r n Bell , d fo r A movement has been se \ on T fo ll ot E fo W r the purpose BU ofpurposaNeS i"— providin g an annuity for " Tal• throughout the principality as "t he Burnsh ai r , " f wellvir ales," known whose hr ° u health has failed him. Tic 'TYRANNY OF BAD TEMPER.—The —The bad temper t of a house is emphatically the master and the tyrant of that house : the criss - cross-row dominates the whole series. Who that is tied up by the neck to a bad temper, can boast of freedom ? You might as well talk of summer ardours in the midst of a snow-storm 1 When madam has a headache, or a fit of the spleen, because of some trumpery disappointment, the whole house clanks in chains turned up to sol in alt; when master's digestion is awry, because Greenwich fishes are uncomfortable dream-fellows, the chains clank G fiat, an octave lower, with a running accompaniment of double notes, tied in the bass; even little miss, when petulant and saucy, and sorely needing the divine application of bread and water, has the power to clash the links together, and make old wise papa himself, and mamma, tender, grave, and good, dance a muzurka obligate, striking their fetters instead of their heels. Temper is, indeed, a diligent chain-maker, forging fetters as fast as the shot-tower rains down shot when the heated metal is shaken through the holes. There is no freedom for any one where there is bad temper; not for the peccant chain-maker himself, bound by his own links to dissatisfaction and despair ; nor for those who live within reach of his fingers so deft at padlocking up all the liberties that come within the circle of his passionate sullenness. Whom do we study to please in the family ? Amanda, sweet and smiling, whose chains are only love and gentleness, who is always ready to sacrifice herself for the good of others, whose wildest fit of passion is as little to be feared as the assault of a white mouse ? Or Drusilla, irritable and bilious, with a soul like a volcano, and that not covered with snow—or covered with snow more black than white—nor masked by v i ne y a rds, though it m ay be by vinegar jars ; with a temper and passions always at explosion point ; without a thought for others in all this grim selfishness of hers, and with not a spark of pity in her lurid fires of rage and hate ? Cer tainly.not Amanda. She. P''°r love. gets loaded with all the burdens :—oh I Amanda will go ; Amanda will do it ; Amanda will sew on my buttons ; Amanda will entertain Mrs. Wigsby—we all hate Mrs. Wigsby, cross old thing, and fly out of the drawing-room windows when we hear her little cough in the porch; Amanda will ask mamma for a holiday, and even beard papa with a draper's bill. Amanda will do anything, and consequently has every thing to do; but Drusilla walks through life scot -free ; with only half her duties strapped to her shoulders, and shaking those 'so vehemently that they sit loosely at the last, and drop off on the road for others to pick up and carry.—Dickens's "All the Year Round LITERATURE , Annis TVarleigh's Fortunes. By Holme Lee, Author of "Sylvan Holt's Daughter," &c. Three Vols. Smith, Elder, and Co. There is a genial tenderness of feeling and a simple naturalness of manner about Holme Lee's writings that render them peculiarly delightful. A. variety of well-drawn characters and a series of most interesting incidents are intro dueed in the course of the narrative, which chroni cles the fortunes of Annis Warleigh. But, attrac tive as the story is, its principal charm consists in its freshness of style and homely truthfulness in the portrayal of the domestic affections. The first volume relates to the elder generation, when the lair Italian bride of Sir Laurence 'Warleigh pines away in her uncongenial home. Little Annie, their daughter, is motherless from her birth, and the pictures of her wayward child-life, when she aptly earns the appellation of " Gipsy," are pleasant specimens of Holme Lee's facile style of homely scene painting. Annie is passionately devoted to her father, Sir Laurence, and is tenderly beloved by him. Happy and careless are her wild, untutored early years. But, alas ! a change comes over the spirit of her life. Friends remonstrate with the Baronet on the undisciplined existence of his young heiress, and she is consigned to the prim guardianship of Lady Georgiana Warleigh, the fitting help-mate of the treacherous brother of Sir Laurence. Poor Annie falls upon evil days, and her " Fortunes," which give the title to the book, are most romantic and full of vicissi- tudes—in fact, for a considerable number of years her life is a series of misfortunes. The character of the heroine is a very charming one. She is generous, tender-hearted, and loveable, and the readers of her histary rejoice with the good-hearted but not very agreeable Rachel Withers, when the longing of years is at last realised, and the long lost daughter is restored to her dearly remembered father. All's well that ends well, and we are glad to leave Annis as happy as she deserves. Leo: A. Novel. By Dutton Cook, author of "A Prodigal Son," Szo. Three vols. Smith and Elder. Mr. Dutton Cook is, indeed, industrious. This fair Leo (for Leo, be it known, is an abbreviation for Leonora) has hardly made her debut before the reading world when another novel by the same author is already advertised. Whatever the forth coming volumes may prove to be, the story of " Leo" is sufficiently attractive, and may wile away some pleasant hours in its perusal. The style is light and lively, but somewhat superficial. Mr. Cook has not yet become proficient in that ars celare artem which happily conceals any consciousness of saying a good thing. He writes smartly, but he unfortunately lets us know at times that such is his object and endeavour. As a happy specimen of the lively and sometimes telling manner in which the history of Leo is narrated, we may quote some passages from the incredulous lamentations of Mr. Lackington on the misfortunes of the hero, Arnold : " Well," remarked Mr. Lackington, "I am astonished Arnold arrested I Arnold, of all men I Why, here have L been in debt all my life and no one has over paid me the compliment of arresting me. No creditor in his wildest dreams,—and creditors have very wild dreams—they are generally persons of great imaginative power—no creditor ever once presumed to hope that he could himself any good by arresting me. That the fact is so universally acknow ledged, is a great comfort for the stone. It saves no end of inconvenience, and pressure, and squeezing. /am left at large—poor, embarrassed, in debt, and yet free—while Arnold, whom I have always looked upon as millionnaire, a man who might fairly have sat for the portrait of Cresus —Arnold, whose life seemed to me to be one enormous balance at his banker's—Arnold is ignominiously arrested and carried to a sponging house I It can't be, Rob ; the thing's not commonly possible ; there must have been some frightful mistake : or Arnold must have done the thing on purpose, to try a new experience of life, just as kings have before now played at being beggars for an hour or two by way of amusement, &e. &. The heroine herself comes in for her fair share of smiles and tears. She proves, notwithstanding treacherous appearances, very devoted to the not too-constant object of her choice. We will, how ever, betray no secrets, but commend the sprightly Leo to the kind consideration which she deserves. (From the Gazette of last Evening.) WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 16. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the under-mentioned officer and non-commissioned officer of her Majesty's army, whose claims to the same have been submitted for her Majesty's approval on account of acts of bravery performed by them in New Zealand, as recorded against their names, viz.:— Colour-Sergeant (now Ensign) Edward Mac Kenna, 65th Regiment—For gallant conduct at the engagement near Cameron-town, New Zealand, on the 7th September, 1863, after both his officers, Captain Swift, and Lieutenant Butler, had been shot, in charging through the position of an Enemy heavily outnumbering him, and draw ing off his small force, consisting of two serjeants, one bugler, and thirty-five men, through a broken and rugged country, with the loss of but one man killed, and another missing. Lieutenant-General Cameron, C.B„ Commanding her Majesty's Forces in that colony, reports that, in Colour-Serjeent Mac Kenna, the detachment found a commander whose coolness, intrepidity, and judgment, justified the confidence placed in him by the soldiers brought so suddenly under his command. Lance-Corporal John Ryon, 6.5 th Regiment —For gallant conduct at the engagement near Cameron-town above re ferred to. This non• commissioned officer, with frivates Bulford and Talbot, of the same regiment, who have been recommended for the medal for distinguished conduct in the field, for their behaviour on the same occasion, removed the body of the late Captain Swift from the field of action, after he had been mortally wounded, and remained with it all night in a bush surrounded by the enemy. RAILWAY MAPS, The Messrs. Day, the eminent lithographers, of Gate-street, Lincoln's-inn-Fields, have just issued three maps of England, Scotland, and Ireland, showing the lines of railways constructed and in course of construction, as well as those proposed by the bills of session 1864. The different lines are all clearly shown by means of colour, and those on the narrow, broad, or mixed guages nicely distin guishA. The maps, each of which is executed in capital style, will b© found highly useful daring the ensuing Parliamentary campaign. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. A very moderate supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market, The trade for all qualities was in a sluggish state, at Monday's decline in the quotations of is to 2s per quarter. The chew of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was by no means extensive. All descriptions, however, moved off slowly, at about Monday's currency. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, at late rates. With barley the market was moderately supplied. Good and fine malting qualities were firm in price, but inferior descriptions met a slow sale, on former terms. In malt a fair business was doing, at previous quotations. The supply of oats on sale was tolerably large. Gener ally speaking the demand ruled inactive, yet no quotable change took place in prices, compared with Monday. Beans and peas ruled firm in price, and a moderate busi ness was transacted in both articles. The flour trade was quiet, nevertheless previous quota tions were supported. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat Barley. Malt Oats. Flom. English 240 I 210 I 1410 I 137 50 0 520 Irish Foreign 5,610 11,080 7,470 1630 sks, 6220 brls WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale here is tolerably large, and the trade is in a sluggish state, as follows :- 7 Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 6d to 43 4d; veal, Zs 8d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3 s 4 d to 4 s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on sale here is very moderate, and ,he trade rules firm, on higher terms. THE RAINFALL OF 24 YEARS.—It used to be a standing joke with the comic periodicals that it always rained at Chiswick flower show, but last year appears to have been an exception to the rule—at any rate, the quan tity of rain recorded to have fallon at Chiswick during the 12 months was below the average. In 1841 the rainfall at this point. of observation was 30 . 97 inches ; in 1842, 22.27 in ; in 1843, 25.48 in ; in 1844, 21.34 in ; in 1845, 23.33 in ;in 1846, 27'71in ;in 1847, 15.65 in ; in 1848, 28.34 in ; in 1849, 22.84 in ; in 1850, 13.28 in ; in 1851, 20•79 in ; in 1852, 32 55in ; in 1853, 24•37 in ; in 1854, 18.92 in ; in 1855, 24 . 38 in ; in 1856, 22.72 in ; in 1857, 21.06 in ; in 1858, 15.78 in ; in 1859, 25.54 in ; in 1860, 30.08 in ; in 1861, 19.48 in ; in 1862, 25.64 in ; and 1863, 20.32 in. The smallest rainfall of any cno year in this period of nearly a quarter of a century was thus in 1868 and the largest in 1852. The driest month in the 23 years were November, 1858, and January, 1855, when only o.lin of rain fell in each month, while the wettest month in the 24 years was November, 1852, when a rainfall of 6.20 in was recorded. EUGENIE, EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH, was born at Granada, the city in which Catherine lived until she left Spain for England. The circumstance may ac count for the deep and affectionate reverence in which the Empress is said to hold the memory of her romantic countrywoman. Catharine's autographs are very rare; but the Empress, chiefly it is thought by the bounty of Isabel the Second, has contrived to obtain two or three notes written by her from London, and a few other royal and imperial letters relating to her and her affairs. Among these other papers is a note from Henry the Seventh to Fernando and Isabel, about Arthur and Catharine, of the highest value, the existence of which has been carefully conceal ed by the Spanish Court for three hundred and sixty years. This letter, which enables us to live again through that singular time, leaves no doubt whatever that the Prince and Princess of W a l es were ac t ua lly living at Ladlow as man and wife. PATRAS, Jan. 6.—Accounts from the Mecca stae that a British bark, called by the Greeks Cogland, was wrecked some time ago (nearly two months, it is be lieved) at Cape Malea, and only one sailor, named John Smith, saved. The authorities at Naoli have seated that the said John Smith was sent to the Piraeus with orders to present himself to the Consul there, but it seems he never did so, and no further information as to the ship and cargo can be obtained, although every possible pains have been taken to find out what became of the Mier. THE VICTORIA CROSS LONDON GAZETTE,—Last Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 1. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George Thorne Ricketts, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Sarawak. JAN. 16. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles G. Hannah as Consul at Demerara for the United States of America. WHITEHALL, JAN, 18. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend Francis Jeune, D.C.L., the Deanery of ber Majesty's Cathedral Church of Lincoln, void by the death of Thomas Gamier, B.C.C. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 19. 6th Regimont of Dragoon Guards—The exchange between Arthur George Smith and Brevet-Major J. R. Turnbull, 18th Hussars, as notified in Gazette of Bth inst., has been cancelled. 31 Hussars—Veterinary Surgeon George Fleming, from the Military Train, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Hicks Withers, transferred to the 10th Hussars. 10th Hussars—First Class Veterinary Surgeon Hicks Withers, from 3d Hussars, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice William Thacker, promoted. 11th Hussars Captain Alexander Charles Grant, from 90th Foot, to be Captain, vico the Hon. James David Drummond, who exchanges. 18th Hussars—The exchange between Brevet-Major J. R. Turnbull and Captain A. G. Smith, 6th Dra goon Guards, as notified in Gazette of Bth inst., has been cancelled. Military Train—Acting Veterinary Surgeon Michael D. Byrne to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice George Fleming, transferred to the 3d Hussars. Royal Artillery—Captain Henry Reginald Courtenay to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Robert Warburton, de ceased—Second Captain Affleck Fraser to be Captain, vice Robert Courtenay—Lieutenant Robert Roche Franks to be Second Captain, vice Fraser—Gentleman Cadet Richard Waco to be Lieutenant, vice Franks — Gentleman Cadet William Law to be Lieutenant, vice Bowen, resigned. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Frederick Augustus Yorke, on the Supernumerary List, to be Colonel—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Charles Francis Skyring to be Colonel, vice Twiss, pro moted—Captain and Brevet-Major James Robert Mann to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vico Brevet-Colonel Skyring —Second Captain Anthony William Durnford to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Mann—Lieutenant George Sackville Berkeley to be Second Captain, vice Durnford —Gentleman Cadet Montagu Frederick Ommanney, to be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Berkeley. 2d Regiment of Foot—Major Francis Lionel Octavius Atty to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Lieutenant- Colonel and Brevet •Colonel Robert Bruce, who retires upon halt pay—Captain John Charles t,Veir to be Major, by purchase, vice Atty—Lieutenant Henry Echalaz to be Captain, by purchase, vice Weir—Ensign Charles Bar lase to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Echalaz. Bth Foot—Ensign Charles Frederick Malet to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Theodore Henry Skinner, who retires—Gentleman Cadet William Louis, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Malet. 17th Foot—Lieutenant St. John Clerke, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Savage, who ex changes. 21st Foot—Ensign Alfred Thrale Perkins to be Lieuten ant. by purchase, vice John Hornby Conor, who retires —Gentleman Cadet Robert Wilbraham Hill, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Perkins. 40th Foot—Gentleman Cadet James Dalton Gregson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Edward Toseland, who retires. 46th Foot—Ensign Richard Lawrence William Moore May dwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles John Burgess, who retires—Ensign Robert Gordon Home, from the sSch Foot, to be Ensign. vice Maydwell. 58th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Scovell Whitmore, from the Roal Militar College to be Ensin, by pur ' chase, vice Robert Gordon y Home, transferred g to the 46th Foot. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Austin to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Atholl Charles John Liddell, who retires—Ensign John Edward Pratt Barlow to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Austin. 87th Foot— Ensign Anderson James Ashmore to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Frederick Flood Devereux, who retires--Gentleman Cadet Frederick Georg,Nardon, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ashmore. 90th Foot—Captain Hon. James David Drummond, from the 11th Hussars, to be Captain, vice Grant, who ex changes. 92d Foot—Lieutenant Lawrence William Maxwell Lock hart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lionel Holmes, who retires—Ensign utchinson A. Stewart to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lockhart—Gentleman Cadet Edward Alexander Charles Campbell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stewart. 97th Foot—Paymaster Henry Lewis de la Chaumette, from the Royal Artillery, to be Paymaster, vice William Francis Wheble, appointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards. )9th Foot—Lieutenant Henry James Day to be Captain, without purchase, vice Malcolm Brown Purcell, deceased —Ensign Marcus William Kelly to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Day. 3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Francis Graham Dunn to be Captain, without purchase, vice Joseph Jones, who retires upon full-pay—Lieutenant Edmund Sandilands Savage, from 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Clerke, who exchanges ; Ensign Jatr.es Frederick Cousins to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dunn. UNATTACHED—Lieutenant Edward Brown, from the 12th Lancers, to be Captain, without purchase. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT --Deputy Assistant Com missary-General Arthur Kay, to be Assistant Commis sary-General, vice Webb, deceased. MEDICAL DEPARTHENT.--Staff-Surgeon Alexander Bar clay, M.D., having completed 20 years' full-pay service, to be Staff Surgeon-Major, under the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858; Assistant-Surgeon James Good, from the 43d Foot, to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice H. Crump, M.D., resigned; Assistant , Surgeon Robt. Alex ander Peter Grant, from the 43d Foot, to be Staff- Assistant •Surgeon, vice IV. Holmes, resigned. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev, 13. Tudor Craig to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.—JaMeS Darling, Gent, to be Acting Veterinary Surgeon; vice Stanley, resigned; Hugh Anderson, Gent., to be Acting Veterinary Sur geon, vice Channon, resigned. BREVET. Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel George King, retired upon full-pay 13th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major-General. Lieut.-Colonel Rrbert Corcyra Romer, Royal Artillery, having completed five years' service in the rank of Lieut.- Colonel, to be Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of October, 1858. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Edward M'Mullin, Recruiting District. to have the honorary rank of Major. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Joseph Hely, 73d Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. Captain Joseph Jones, retired full-pay 3d West India Regiment, to have the honorary rank of Major. • TO BE MAJORS. Captain Rowley Wiles Hinman, 50th Foot. Captain Hugh Stewart Cochrane, 7th Foot. Second Captain Morgan Crofton Sankey, Royal Artil- [ay. Second Captain Thomas Alexander Dirom, Royal Artil• lery. Captain John George Dartnell, 27th Foot. Captain Charles Francis Falcon Chamberlain, Bombay Staff Corps. Captain James Burnie Lind, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Frederick William Graham, Bengal Staff Corps. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the deaths of Major-Gen. John Walpole, of the Royal Engineers, on 4th January, 1864—andMajor-General Robt. Henry Wynyard, C. 8., Colonel of the 98th Foot, on the 6th January, 1864 : Captain Robert Chalmers, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Robert Baigrie, Bombay Staff Corps. Second Captain Henry Strutt, Royal Artillery. Second Captain James Hills, Royal Artillery. Captain Henry Hammon Lyster, 72d Bengal Native Infantry. TO BE MAJOR•GENERAL S . Colonel John Twiss, Royal Engineers. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Malt and Wilson, half-pay late Bth Foot. TO BE COLONELS. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonol J o hn Francis Kempt. Li eu t e nant-Colonel William Thomas Dickson, 16th Lancers. TO BE LIEUTENANT •COLONBLS. Captain and Brevet -Major Bernard E. •COLO NB Ward, 60th Foot Major Frederick West, half• pay late Depot Battalion. TO BE MAJORS. Captain William Jolliffe, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Captain Robert Suppings Rarrison, Royal Marine Light Infantay. B ANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : James Crossley, merchant, Mincing lane, City Joseph Smith, farmer, Wadhurst John Tackle, Liverpool, waste dealer George Beecroft, grocer, Durham John Gee, hosier, Hanky, Staffordshire Robert Cocker, steel wire mills, Erdington Henry Sowman, leather seller, Sidney-street, Commer cial-road East William 1), Elliot. jun., butcher, Brighton Henry C. Sirr, gentleman, Aberdeen-place, Maida-hill William Dickson, surveyor, City John Hurst, druggist, llorwich, Lancashire Richard Harris, ship carpenter, Knottingley, Yorkshire BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Thomas 11. Smith, cloth dresser, Huddersfield SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Adam Dunbar, bookseller, lluntly David Reid, bottler, Paisley John Strathern, coal merchant, Glasgow John N. Robertson, merchant, Auchmill, Aberdeenshire Wm, Miller, coaluutster, Stitlingshira SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALE-PAST 4 o'CLocK. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Jan. 19.—The lireutz-Zeitung states that Prince Charles Frederick will leave Berlin with his staff on the 20th. The King of Hanover has only consented to allow the Prussian troops to pass through his States, on the most pressing re presentations of his Ministers. Banquet of King Christian to the Danish Rigsdag. COPENHAGEN, Jan. 15. King Christian entertained the members of the Rigsdag yesterday at the Castle of Christiansborg. The President of the Lower House proposed his Majesty's health in the following words : " Your Majesty will comprehend that it is with a feeling of sadness the members of the Danish Rigsdag are met for the first time under your Ma jesty's roof, and see your Majesty occupying the high position they have hitherto been accustomed to see occupied by your late lamented predecessor, King Frederick VII., who gave his people freedom. and awoke in them new and self-conscious political life. Nor truly can your Majesty be less painfully afiected at receiving for the first time the members of the Rigsdag from that place to which the late lamented King, with the assent of the Danish nation, appointed you to succeed. " Your Majesty has ascended to your high posi. tion in difficult and dangerous times. Because the country to which your Majesty has succeeded is of little extent, and because we Danes are few in num bers, it has been thought possible to attempt not only to deprive your Majesty of a portion of your do minions, or, in spite of solemnly contracted treaties, to cast a doubt upon your Majesty's good right, but also to demand of your Majesty yourself to loose the tie that connects independent Danish territories with your Majesty's kingdom. Yet, although your Majesty's country is little in extent, it is a well developed country. Although we Danes aro few in numbers, we are a nation fully determined to be both now and in future a free and independent people,—a nation thoroughly convinced that in offering itself faithfully and devotedly for the right of its King it defends at the same time its own right to exist as an independent nation. " A speech addressed to your people after your Majesty's ascent to the throne, demanded that they should place confidence in your honest intentions. Your Majesty has already received direct assurances from the population of numerous districts which de monstrate sufficiently the loyalty and devotion which the Danish people have felt for their King from ancient times, and upon which no stain has rested in the history of ages. Your Majesty has lately visited in person the Danish army, assembled now at the old Dannewirke, and has been able to see for yourself that the privations and sacrifices required when so many sons of the country are sum moned from their hearths and homes, as well as the hardships of life in the field, are looked upon as trifles in the presence of the one idea by which all are animated—that they are in arms for the right of your Majesty and of the nation. " Your Majesty sees in the Danish people a faithful and devoted nation, that looks up to your Majesty with reliance. We remember that when, sixteen years ago, tumult met your predecessor upon his accession to the throne, your Majesty never hesitated, but stood ready upon the spot whither fidelity to the King and the fatherland called. We know that your Majesty will remain true to your word, and will respect our laws and oar rights. We see at your Majesty's side, in your illustrious Queen, a Princess of the old Danish Royal stock, born and bred in the land, who from childhood has regarded Denmark with love as her country. We behold your Majesty and your illustrious Queen surrounded by a promising and blooming offspring, two of whom have already passed to foreign lands, where they have been received as the hope of the future. As your Majesty was enabled to see last year how heartily the Danish people participated in your joy at the lofty position your eldest daughter went to assume, so are we now delighted to share in the joy of your Majesty and the Queen at the happiness which has just befallen her. " The Danish people hope that Providence will keep the eye of your Majesty clear and open to per. ceive the right path for the maintenance of your own and their inseparable rights; that Providence may give your Majesty strength to meet the shocks of fortune, and may ever extend over your Majesty's, head its protecting hand. " Long live his Majesty King Christian IX. 1" The President's speech was received with thnt dens of applause and cheering. His Majesty re plied " I thank you, Gentlemen, for your cheers. I beg you to accept the assurance that no one more deeply feels the loss of our late lamented King than I do." At a later period of the evening his Majesty said t "It affirds me extreme pleasure to welcome the Danish Rigsdag from this place, and in this hall, which has so often witnessed the exchange of proofs of fidelity and devotion between the representatives of the people and the Kings of the country. " In difficult times the Danish Rigsdag has been a protection for the right of Denmark and of the Danish Crown. I count upon it, Gentlemen, that now, when a storm seems again to threaten, you will afford to me and to the Crown the same sup port as to my predecessors. (' Yes! yes 1') " For my part, I promise always to uphold the freedom, independence, and self-dependence of Den mark and the right of the Crown; and I hope that Heavenly Providence, which has now extended its protecting hand for many centuries over our country, will still preserve it in the time to come. " I drink to you as representatives of the people. Long live the Danish Rigsdag!" The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is abo ut 4 p er mine pm., ana the short exchange on London is 25.221 per £1 sterling. On c omparing these rates with the English Mint price gold of .C 3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard g old, it appears that is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London By advices froinHamburg the price of gold is 4231 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.4} per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint prim is, therefore, about the same price in London and Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at GO days' sight is 166 to 166 i per cent., and the preLlium on gold is 511 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. &rosterdam .. Short. 11 15} Ditt o .. 3 Months, 11 19t Rotterdam — 11 19k Antwerp. Brussels — 25 60 Hamhurgh — 13 7 Paris .. Short. 25 22f Ditto .. 3 Months, 25 70 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 119 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh .. Berlin Madrid 11 16i i 1 19k 11 I9i 25 65 25 65 13 7i 25 30 25 75 25 77i 119} 12 sa 12 60 33k 48 471 THE FINEST SKATER. IN THE WORLD.—M. Stroens, the Belgian artist, recently received an invitation from the Emperor to go and skate with the Empress. A GALE IN THE ATLANTIC. —By the arrival at Liverpool of the Cunard steamer Asia we learn that that steamer experienced a very heavy gale on the passage between Boston and Queenstown. The Asia's deck was swept by several fearful seas, the quartermaster washed overboard and lost, the boats carried away, and at one time there were five feet of water in the cabin. The National Steam Navigation Company's steamer Louisiana, Captain Smellie, which left Liverpool on the sth inst., put into Queenstown on Monday night in a damage I state. All her bulwarks forward from the funnel were smashed in, and her forward deck-house washed away. The loss of life, too, was fearful ; two engineers, three firemen, five sea men, and seven passengers were washed overboard. The vessel's principal cabins were filled with water. Just as o ur parcel was being despatched las t ni g ht our Liverpool correspondent received the followi n g letter from _M . e: on Mac alister, the manager: of the National Steam t a,Smellie, N .n II Company :—" We have got a letter frommeCr is q uite right, of the Louisiana, saying th at the stea The mischief is and perfect in her hull and machinery. and loss of people. " confined to the smashing of the deck-houses and bulwarks, ~./' U,. 19 , gee' :d by :col ll ' Ei yivg eaded iiva te , ra ting and pla nes 3 r ince Frog' astir ; s eas .054 NYA S : 3 for se met' Ae fer es ataa ,$ were