The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKEE -1 1 SHARE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK, Two O'CLOCK, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES, Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities per Cent. Consols Annuities 9ll 4 New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities 5 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 1064 I Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 — Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 95 Ditto 5 per Cent — Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 ) 3 ank Stock for Account Ditto Bonds £l,OOO par 6 die Ditto under £1,000.. Consols for Account, Jan. 7.. 9ll 4 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 9 4 dis Ditto £5OO — the Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 . Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 .. 874 4 7 4 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid .. dis Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Colombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd Cuba, 6 per Cent. Ulailian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 per Cent, — Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Dutch, 21 per Cent., Es. 12 Guilders P Ditt o, £lOO Bonds --'9llador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent — I) itto, Provisonal Land Warrant — a"g"Vptian 7 per Cent.. Ditto, Second Issue . — Greek 5 per Cent. , 1824-5, ex-Coupons 264 54 Ditto Account 264 4 54 41 Ditto Coupons lll G uatemala 5 per Cent. — Ditto Account — Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 784 8 Mexica n 3 per Cent .... ~ .Ditto Account 3B 74 8 74 I Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent N ew Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) , Ditto 3 per Cent. ' r eruvian 3per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 44 per Cent., 1862 .. 881 8 Ditto Account ,' ec hnontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — ortaguese 3 per Cent., 1853 -Ditto Account.. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 49 84 94 D itto Account ... ... bitto 1863 ~, Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid 4 assian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 921 Ditto 41 per Cent 1850.. t attttto D oo 53iAtteocount 1860 — per Cent., 1859 per Cent. 1862 B9l i a ginian 6 per Cent spa .... 4uit ,ta Account • 1 118 b. 3 per Cent b i t,ta Account D itto New Deferred Account — Ditto Passive .. Di tto Account q a nish Cert. of Coup not funded .. 134 . vv i) itto Account l3l T ur d i ki Bl l, 4 per Cent — IT 1111 6 per Cent. 1854 itto Account — Ditt oi 6 per Cent. 1858 .. 70 69/ bt t i • .: t tto to o 66Apecer°u&tnt. 1862 Lto Acco t per in &nt . ..lB63 — Ditt o -- Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — ~, IL t e D i ne p n e tur r c es e , u 4 t per Ct., Oct., 1863 v euez cpceoru Cent.,llttO 1862 . . Account Dividends Account Dividends on the above payable Yu —London. Austrian 5 per t e u i t gi ch2 n:4 l:erc e C n e t. n , t E - x E . 2 x 5 . f. lO Florins. Ditto 4 pere,nt., E x. 12 Guil 644 nt. Certificat es — Ditto Acco u '4 French Renter, ii ' l ,l;* .......... i• ;: 2 • 5 • f • • • • • . : :- Ditto Amount .. - - Ditto Scrip (1863) 1428 Italian, 5 per Cent., 1 861 s• 3 d. paid — pm , Ex. 25 francs.. 701 consols, Money ........ THREE O'CLOCK. Ditto Account ......................... .. .. --_, Liverpool Cotton Market —This Da: karket str ong at to a b ove Thursday, It toat 6,000 bales. Imports, 5 ,069; revio Sales, usly, 10)669.p SHIPPING --This Day. v i . l4o 'sr , pox, Dec. 29.—Wind thin e sterly • moderate breeze uaY at noon—South , and of 0 , TO rain. o ndy weather, with ° L . yIitOUTIT, Deo. 29.—Wind N.—Arrived__ True Briton, Lond on f or Melbourne. A t op „' , MOUTIr, Deo. 28.—WindN.W.—Sail e d alpe de V er d e . Neptune, W ANSEA B.—Wind r , Dec.. Valparaiso, %t ea ° L/llnitD, Dec. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Flora, from the Clyde for Bermuda. Sailed — Friker, for ttlicr dneiro. Dec. 28.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Emma Wilson, fr o 4; on te Video—Meteor, from Miramichi—Crowfell, qebe c , t toa l lr', Dec. 28,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Charsten, Lf°riv,„ °a. 1-1 4 : 1 ' ° °L, Dec. 28.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Antonia, )t annah. tt c)re Q4(.1/4°l/Tu, Dec. 28.—Wi n d S . W . —A rr i ve d—Vanduse, alit, Joh 1°(18 for AleX a N nd e r w ia foundland, for Hull—Sarawang, from (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) A.r, , GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. f t 49.t r i l ,N, Dec. 28— Caledonia, from Hamburg. _ e el, Dec. 29 Fcuany f rout St. Michaers—Cathann ekhor;ltra`4olla Ottoman, from Almeira—Onward, from at all~d`Barnard Castle, from Guernsey. tut' steamer, for Boulogne—Jutland, screw li.oni,gsburg—Three Sisters, from at. John's. 4 0 ar r i vals, DEAL, Tuesday Morning. A steady business is transactedin discount circles, but as first-class three months' paper is negotiated out of doors at 61 per cent., very few applications are made at the Bank of England. The return on Thursday is therefore expected to show a further diminution in the other securities, and also an in crease •f bullion, scarcely a day now passing with out an influx of gold consequent upon a falling off in the demand for exportation. About £46,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The application list of the Consolidated Discoun Company will close to-morrow. At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Renter's telegram) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 40c. Heavy. Although there has not been much activity to-day in the market for the English Funds, sales have preponderated, and a decline of 1 per cent. has taken place, Consols being 91i a for money, and 911 I for the account. The New Threes and Reduced An nuities are now 911 I ; and Exchequer Bills, 93. 4s. die. ; India 5 per Cents. are 1061 1 ; Enfaced 4 per Cents., 95 ; and the Bonds par to 6s. dis. In the Foreign Market there has been a pressure of sales of the principal speculative securities, and a consequent fall in prices. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70f 711 ; do. Consolides have declined to 471 ; Mexican, 37; 1; Spanish Passive, 331 ; Greek, 241 25 ; Portuguese, 49 4; and the Con federate Loan, 36 38. The operations in the Railway Share Market continue very limited, and are confined principally to transactions in connection with the settlement. A firmer tone however prevails. Caledonian and North Western have advanced ss. ; Great Western and Midland 10s. ; South Eastern, 15s. and Lan. cashire and Yorkshire, £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive at about former quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous shares continue in moderate request. Alliance of London and Liver pool have improved to 44; Chartered of India, Australia, and China to 381- ; ,East London are quoted 71-, ; London and South African 261 ' I I; Discount Corporation realise 61 ; General Credit, ; Mercantile Credit, 101; National Shipping Company, to 1 prem. ; West India and Pacific, to 1/ ; Consolidated Discount, 11, to 2 prem. ; and Contract Corporation, 3, 1 t to 4 pram. ~~N• 2c. 28. Osborne jesty ed from out tbls went Olt' he Hap• de Rost StCOU rt arrancifS Brune the St' left the D Paris. eye left at NOW -A sP 3 " ershai 0 s of con given at m of the' .._ _ . s Lways i herefore 7, under 1 , to pro , lighwaY ipported led the t Is in the n od ted i° o rions , , m ore n• a re• which sion of )lernao 3cl her issued m ade taken 3 to be 7 ounde of the ❑g the inde- liscuss imeau infully eager- sa ger heroic with 713 and tither. and L istory reign COM )120.--• VEE• anatO roman 'his day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOO&S. Share: Railways. 13.14. 6.4.0 Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent ..... Do Cray Line North British Edin. Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle orth London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction 'Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook 3 4 .16.4 T Do Scot. 'Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union . /South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok.; Stockton t Darlington] Do Do New, 188 G Taff Vale.. .... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford .1; Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.drit West Midland —Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. • Bost.,Sleat.,andP/fid.Oo Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ►.. Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div I till Gp c.p an. has Do ' been paid do B. Dublin & Belfast June. , Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Ju nc .l 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. , Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st , GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., aad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So , .th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Paid. Closing ! Business Price. i clone. B si B 8i 82 134 121 122 6 4 37 39 16 17 96 98 107 109 49 50 45 47 7i 8i 127 128 131 132 134 136 97 99 641 64t 111} 111 72 74 1071 10841 43 44 i 107 j 1071 101 102 50 51 1111 112 t 129) 134 lip 99 101 62! 631 26 t 0 102/1 103 - -d 58& 59i 89 90 119 121 1 2 p 78 78 11 11} 122 126 42 44 98 100 111 f 1071 8 102 nol P 61 62 32 33 951 861 104 a 97 S 9 91 tot 38 381 9 10 0 158 160 5 54 p 21 Si p 83 86 170 175 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 941 Great Western Orig. 4i per cent. pf., 1004 100 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, Ditto, 7 per cent. pf. st., 155 Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 33 North Staffordshire, z 3 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester andlHolyhead, 574 London and Chatham, 4; per Cent., Ditto, Com. Fund stock. 5 per cent., 102 London, Tilbury, and Southend, 101; Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 5o FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Eastern of France, 19 Great Luxembourg, 12 B a n Paulo (hm.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 21; South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian,l2o/ FOREIGN MMES. Cape Copper, lim., 6; Cobre Copper, 29 United Mexican 6 4 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. • &M Ditto ance Ba, new, nk 0 29 f Lon aan and Liv erpool ( U rn. ) , Anglo Austrian, 7 6; English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 23 Imperial Bank (lim.), 234 Imperial Ottoman, 18 174 London Joint Stock, 37; London and South African, 264 London and Westminster, 80 1 Merchant Bank, I'm., 64 National of Liverpool, limited, 20 ; Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (h.m.), 74 DOCKS. St. Katharine, 701 6)j Gen. Credit MISCELLANEOUS. kt .f i c lll Indian Tea, lim., 2A- 3 Hudson's Diticoi; u t i o ',npany, 9i i Egyp tian t pcporation, limited, 64 i . Internatiolirkiral JOlnt •stoek Dia inancial Society, lim., 9; Association, um., 101 .. .. ..- . 2 t i F i c ut i an al o a e n o d f lir o aLin o g n , , l i i i m m. ., , 6 1 Merc p a i n t t t ile n C e r w erli ........_ c4 t ur -- ina c te e a d d t° EXETER HALL. " Creation," which was ant-Ull'S ORcAo:Ruclto: Mr. G. The , siLheltperizi4aanl si d ng iv er r e . past seven will begin at eight commence at half engaged are Madame Patepa Santley. The band and chorus 700. Martin. pauper in PUNISHED FOR LIVING TOO LONG. —. A the Uckfield Union, named Win. Novies, aged 82, was charged before the magistrates with refusing to work. The poor old man, who had lived 12 years beyond the three score years and ten allotted to man, said he was unable to work, but their worships thought differently, and sen tenced him to 21 days' hard labour,—Brighton Exangnor. Closing i Shan Railways Paul. Price. Business done 100 itlo.ntic &St Lawrence all 60 R 2— -- 60 ~ 107 I Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 1065 8 ' i Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New ..... 8 4 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares.. 74 41 p 205 Buffalo and L axe Huron all 6 61 10 Do. Preference ...... all 84 95 I Buffalo,Brant,&Godriel, 100 .... 100 6 p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1672 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. Juue I, Ib;9 100 at Gleuttaa¢S.Eastn. (Lir, ) 100 104 106 st Gape Town t Dock Scrip, 100 101 103 stock Nastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 108 109 stook East Indian. gu. sp. c., 100 107 ItB 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 1 14p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 i 111, stock Grand Trunk of Canada lot, 20 21 204 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 73 75 100 Do. ao. deferred...... all 59 61 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds., all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 50 53 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock ... all 48 51 484 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 38 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stoc all 27 29 27 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 22 C 4 stook Gt.lncliaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1084 1094 1081 9 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 1a 11l 20 Do. January, 1862 8 11 11 1 , stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1054 1064 205 Gt. W. of Canada Share,. all 10 104 305 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 95 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 in stook Madras, guar., sp.c. .. 100 106 107 stock Do. 42 p. o. Extension 100 100 101 stock De. 4* d 0........ 100 06 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Ends. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 20 Newßr uuswick a Candi: Class A and B. all 3 5 N.Rl.C'da6 po Ist if bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde .......... (100 106 107 stock Do. Delhi 4 ...: 100 106 107 30 Do. do at Do. Punjaub .... a S all 1055 1064 Do. Do. ... .. , .e' , 100 stook Do. Indus.. St. Flo.) klOO , 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1 1 —can. Gov. 6 p.o.Ja &Jul} 1 1877-84 .............. 100 105 107 1065 51 5 Do. 6p. 0. Feb. & Aug. 100 IC3 Its i Do. 6p. o.Mar. & Sept. 100 103 1(5 1 Do. Ep. c. Jan.&July. 100 03 05 934 4 Do. 5 Inscribed stook 100 9t 94 c Cape G.Hope, 6p 0,1873 100 106 108 I Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 103 109 111 — Do. 1890 100 109 111 t Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 t Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 n Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 100 ItB 110 N.B.Gov.6p.o.JaAtJuly 100 104 106 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 0., 181 it 100 100 102 0 Du. sp. 04811 to 167 e 100 101 102 a Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 1015 1025 1025 2 —. New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. Bp. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 105 107 — iS.Aus G la Queens6p. nd e. 1578.& Gcv. 6 c. 100 111 113 p. up lOO 111 113 , Via Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 167 109 of 'Do. lo 6 n.c. AnAtOot.. 100 1 094 1105 1 1091 10 91 cc BRITISH MINES. • m 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 2 id i i Lhfford Amal gamated — 34 35 et Deven G. Cone. (Taoist ) 1 660 670 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 m 3 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd sa. id par d be East Caradon ..... --E. WlRussal (Tavistk ) 8.9.0 555 Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) 581 810 Great South Tolgus l7s 4 44 — G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 12 13 mi Grenville 6.16. c 4 43 th Her:4's- Foot ...... tlingston. Downs 4.18.0 24 3, Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant, 95 14 16 ,3larke Valley.. 613 6 bo New Setun l9l 90 100 ail —• North Downs 2l 15 11 N.Wh'l Basset (111o.ran 3.1.0 2i 3 . North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey ) wh 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 42 44 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 15 415 425 ref S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — l S. Wheat Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 I ramar Silv.& Lead Min 44 4 i fin Croft 9 18 19 J West Basset (Illogan) l4 94 104 W Ci radon (Liskeard) 5 18 20 woi West Soton v v W healWhh Wheal a a I l : B ulfr Mary.. y e A n ri ( u R nL e : el u te n t . n. h . t. ).)) 17* ale Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 85 90 W W h h e e a a t l L 3 u e d t :o:t 5 .......... 35.804.8 190 200 Go( 2. 8 5 0.5 1 22 - 4 5 2 1 - 2 75 biti Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 7 150 1 160 14 1 2=:::::2. Wheal Uni0n.......... 317' 21 24 22 21 22 wer qua ,6 • * THE SUN, LO ]JON, TUESDAY EVI-4.:IVING, Dt,CEMI3Eit 29, 1863 Charing, bridge, During the last few days a series of interesting tests have been made by Captain Tyler, R.E., on the strength of this great viaduct, previous to the sanction of the Board of Trade being given to the opening of the line for public traffic on the Ist of the new year. As the works are now quite finished, the Thames bridge, the largest and most interesting feature of the line, begins to show itself to great advantage —its magnificent size and width rendering it an imposing object from the river, while the open trellis-work of the superstructure, and the ample water •ways the use of cylinder piers afford, give it an ap pearance of greater lightness than is usual with bridges of the purely girder form. Looking at it only from the river, it is certainly to be regretted that the brick piers formerly carrying the suspen sion bridge have been allowed to remain. But here, as in most great undertakings, compromises between appear ances and economy have taken place, and in this instance economy was greatly on the side of retaining the brick piers. Yet, while retaining these below, we do not at all see the advantage of the mass of brick and stonework, where with they are overtopped above. Mr. Hawkshaw, whose desigh the bridge is, would have done better had he trusted to the purely mechanical and prat• tical nature of the structure, relieved only by the colour in which it is now being painted, which, with the lines of gilt bosses and handsome candelabra surmount ing the piers, appear far more suitable decorations than heavy circular cornices for a bridge dependent for its effect on its good and simple construction, and not on any recog nised architectural features. But it is as an engineering work chiefly that the bridge is beat worth notice, and presents some•very curious features, one of these being the enormous strength concentrated both in the cylinder piers and in the girders in the smallest com pass. To understand this it is necessary to call to mind that in the usual practice of building brick or stone founda tions the weight of the superstructure is spread over a very large eurface, whereas with these cylinder piers it' is all brought within two areas of not more than 141 t diam. each. To make up for this difference in extent, the depth to which the cylinder foundations are carried is far greater than the brick piers —for while the latter are made to rest on the top of the clay, the cylinders go 20ft. into the clay, being sunk on an average 40ft. below low water, thus obtaining for the column of brickwork built inside them afterwards a founda tion as solid as rock itself, and one not likely to be disturbed by any changes which may occur in the bed of the river by the scour, which may be expected from the formation of the Thames Embankment, the scour being a source of evil which has hitherto proved fatal to the foundations of nearly all our metropolitan bridges. Again, with the superstruc ture, it is usual to have one main girder to half a line of way, or at least one girder to each line, and to brace them together overhead as well as below, to form of the whole a kind of skeleton tube. But in this case it was necessary that there should not be any obstruction between the lines of way, as points and crossings are required on very many parts of the bridge; therefore only two girders could be used to do what eight, or at least four, have hitherto been em • ployed to effect. Two girders here carry four lines of way, and as this causes them to be 50ft. apart, overhead bracing becomes also impracticable, so that they had to be con structed of sufficient lateral stiffness to depend on themselves alone, and of sufficient strength to carry the public foot paths outside, as well as the fear Lines of way within ; hence it happens that although the span is moderate, 154 feet, yet the quantity of metal required in each of these girders amounts to 200 tons, and the skilful way it has been massed together to afford the requisite strength, and yet give little indication of it in its light and almost elegant appearance, is certainly unsurpassed. The result of the tests applied has proved most satisfac tory. When loaded from end to end Oil each of the four lines of way with engines and trucks purposely filled with stone and iron, so as to weigh four tons per foot, the greates t amount of deflection in any girder was not more than three quarters of an inch, and in the cross-girders less than a quarter of an inch, and the amount of vibration during the running off and on was all but imperceptible. To this satisfactory result the quality of the workman ship has tended in a large degree, the contractors, Messrs. Cochrane and Co., for this and all the other bridges on the line, having aided Mr. Ilawkshaw materially in this design of using two girders only to support such enormous strains 17 at once abandoning the rough and unskilful way of con structing girders with plates punched and sheared by hand, and substituting in its stead machinery designed for the purpose of drilling and planning the plates in the most accurate manner. It is not too much to state that the ac curate and finished character of the work in this bridge has since caused almost a revolution in the construction of wrought iron beams of magnitude. Great praise is also due to the contractors for the skilful manner in which the actual work of erecting the bridge has been carried out, and not a single fatal accident having oc curred during its progress. All the other bridges on the line have been tested by the Government inspector with similar severity and with the same satisfactory results as to proof of strength. All the questions, in fact, connected with the working of the line have been settled, and we be lieve it will open for public traffic on New Year's•day. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VEUVE CLIQI7OT, as described in Shaw's " Wine, the Vine, and the Cellar."—A few miles on the Paris side of Epernay may be seen a chateau, above the doorway of which is carved "Mater Filiee," the mater being a lady of world-wide fame, exceedingly rich, but still living in a small house at Reims, as she did many a year ago; and although above 80 years old, it is said there is not a cuve'e made without her opinion, nor a transaction of importance without consulting her. Others may have, and have, quite as good wine as hers; for they have the same opportunities which she enjoys of buying grapes or wine from growers ; while the preparation of her liqueur is no mystery, and the fermentation must everywhere go on in its natural course. The desire of her house is not to make its wine better one year than another, but to keep it as close as possible to its known standard pecu liarity year after year. if all seasons were alike, this would be comparatively easy, but some are so bad that not a single grape will be admitted into cellars of repute; and as two, three, and more such years often succeed each other, her and every other house are compelled to keep up stock in the best way they can. The only plan of accomplishing this is by searching throughout the district for the beat wine that can be found in the cellars of growers or merchants, and preparing them for their brand. Large firms such as hers, and a few more, will make several cuvges of 53,000 and 100,000 dozens, after a good vintage. Shortly after that of 1861, I saw in her cellar casks that reminded me of the quays of the London Docks ; and as these had to be pre pared, with much liqueur, for the shipments to Russia, &c., and less for the portion for England, it may be imagined what a serious undertaking it is, and how much experience and discrimination are required, to amalgamate these vari ous qualities into a homogeneous whole. But it is just to add that, in stating that she has no monopoly of the best grapes, nor of the knowledge of fermenting or converting them into wine, hers is the only house where no other kind but the best procurable quality is kept ; and therefore, any one buying a bottle with her true brand on the cork, may feel confident that it is the finest she can offer. She presses her grapes leas than other growers, disposing of the sur plus ; while most houses retain theirs for farther pressure, and then sell according to the result; probably branding with their own known brand that which proves good, and with a " fancy " brand that which is inferior. THE MISSING SHIPS.--Fi ve weeks have now elapsed, and there has b een no intelligence of the missing laden colliers which sailed from the Tyne and ad jacent north country ports in the last week in November for London, and it is reduced to a certainty, it is feared, that they have perished with their crews. The names of the Tyne vessels that have, it is almost certain, foundered are Mary, of North gal entgh i:T o gy f t he e s h 3 i d p Dec, so t s h h e ie E ld e s th ; er a , n t a he th E e r A od n r n ic a k n s a , aEndlizthabeeLtha, the Spray, and the James, of South Shields. Anoth er vessel, named the d d 120 north coun try close upon 60 seamen will have If the Abatis o t t h e s inecxe Telbeen e before e a t r h d e of for d A o d e :t r h n n e a o y w t n h u e i r , n h h a up,s left n t perished with those ships. As far as can be ascertained, j a a in ce e n d t , h that h i o t artt es atr have at eight hv eebloe we o ne r srat nine computation missing npg u laden ttahtei colliers samel t i ei time f e a b belon g i ng o s try seamen and sailor lads have perished by their vessels foundering at sea with them. This sad c a l amity is being realised in all its bitterness by the bereaved f amilies in the northernt hope that those ships had been d riven towards the Dutch or Norway coast, and might tu rn up again, oihped aga ins t sea ports, ns for, down to about Christmas, they had Among the vessels included in the number mentioned above are the Gem and the Cleveland, belonging to Whitby. That seaport has suffered severely by the gale. A. vessel named the George, belonging to that port, alter b e i ng abandoned, has been picked up and taken into Gottenbur g . A s already reported, several crews of water-logged and di sa bl ed ships suffer e d fearfully by exposure during the terrific gales of the first week in December. The George is r e p or t e d to have l os t four of her crew, including the mato an d h is son by exhaustion, before a friendly ship came to their assist. ante. it would appear that most of the vessels missing. and of which there is little doubt nothing more will be heard, had put into the Humber through adverse winds, and that on Wednesday, the 2d of December, the wind having got round to the N.W., blowing fresh, they had put oat of that roadstead with every prospect of a quick passage to London. But during that night or Thursday morning the wind chopped round to the S.W. again, and came on to blow a hurricane. It will be remem bered that the force of Thursday's gale was most severe in the midland counties, and it would catch these ships in Boston Deeps, the very worst place for laden colliers to en csunter such a storm, and there is every reason to believe that most of the vessels missing perished there or on the edge of the Dogger Bank. It is to be feared many of the families of the men that are supposed to be lost are in a destitute condition, some of the widows being left with large families. BRITISH MUSEUM.—The national collections will be closed to the public from Friday, the Ist, until Thurs day, the 7th of January, 1861, inclusive, to afford the at tenlants their usual Christmas holidays. Hornimun's Tea is choice and strong, moderate in price, and Wholesome to use. These advantages have secured for this Tea a general preference, It is sold in packets by 2,280 Agents, The Late Earl of Charlemon& The Freeman contains the following interesting reminiscences of the above noble earl, whose death we annonncad yesterday : Another link connecting us with the past has been broken. The venerable Earl of Charlemont, who inherited the name as well as the virtues of his great father, died on Saturday. at the advanced age of 90. Francis, the second earl, was born Jan. 6, 1774, so that on Jan. 4th next he would have completed his 90th year. Born at a time of great political fermentation, and when Irish society reflected more beauty, brilliancy, and wit than any society in Europe, he loved to detail the events which made an impression on his boyhood. Gifted with a retentive memory, he recalled scenes and characters which at the present day appear to be cast back into the dim traditions of history. When only In his fifth year he well remembered the risin g of the Irish Volunteers. Like the Prince Imperial, who is now tho hope of France, the Irish nation regarded the eldest son of the Earl of Charlemont. Some of our readers may have seen an old engraving of a roviesy of the volunteer s in College-green, commanded by the Duke Of Leinster a n d the Earl of Charlemont. The young viscount was present, riding at his father's side. He rccollected distinctly all the illustrous names of Irish history from 'B2. At the re-unions which took place at Leinster House and Charlemont House, at that period the centres of all the intellect, beauty, and fashion of the metropolis, his lordship mixed with; the cha racters of that memorable epoch. With Grattan he was of course perfectly familiar. Flood he less distinctly remembered, but he still retained sufficient to give us a more perfect idea of that remarkable man than history has transmitted to us His lordship was accustomed to say that his father ad mired Flood more than any of the men of that day, so fertile in great statesmen and orators. That the Earl of Charlemont and Henry Flood entertained a mutual respect for each other appears from the publisted correspondence, which exhibits the highly cultivated tastes and refined in tellectual intercourse that subsisted between those eminent men. He told anecdotes of Grattan, Avonmore, Bowes Daly, Forbes, Gardiner, together with a long catalogue of other celebrities, when his memory was more active than it had been in the decline of his life. He also had a distinct though less clear, recollection of other figures who played no unimportant part in the literary and political history of England. He remembered when a boy having been introduced by his father at several meetings of the famous Literary Club. Burke he knew and remembered well. A short time before his death the earl and his son visited him at Beaconsfield, and he remem bered well one of the first questions Burke asked his father was what he thought about the progress of events in France. The education of Viscount Caulfield was conducted under the immediate eye of his accomplished father, until, in his 16th or 17th year, he entered college, where he dis tinguished himself in classics. On the dissolution of Parliament in '97 he was elected for the county of Ar magh, and, we need not say, voted heart and soul against the union. His venerable father did not live to see the measure carried, having died in 1799, when his son suc ceeded to the title and estates. Lord Charlemont, not without some reluctance, • took his seat in the English House of Lords, to which, however, he was soon recon ciled. Thoroughly liberal, loving Ireland and her people, whenever he spoke in the upper house he advo cated the religious and civil rights of his country. He was a good speaker, aLd always impressed by his clear, good sense. In the struggle between the Irish Liberals and Tories, before and after emancipation, he was always at the service of the Liberal party. He took an active part in the Moore testimonial, which was one of the last of his public acts. He gave up Charlemont House to the committee, and at the public meeting over which he presided he spoke with feeling and grace of the national poet with whom he was long and intimately acquainted. His last appearance in public was at the opening of the Irish Exhibition of 1853, when he appeared as the senior of the Knights of St. Patrick, his father having been one of the first creations of the order. He wee a man of great and varied acquire ments. Modest and unobtrusive, he never developed the eminent qualities which distinguished him, except in the circle of his private friends, whose hearts he won by the gentleness of his manner and the brilliancy of his con versation, which, it was said, much resembled his father's. In one respect he differed widely from his father. Equally national, be was more liberal. His father's opposition to emancipation he never approved, while he illustrated, in his whale life, the highest respect for the religious and civil liberties of his Catholic countrymen. Though he liked England well, as he was accustomed to say, he loved Ireland better,' and proved it by an almost unvarying residence for over sixty years. He said he drew his income from Ireland, and it should be spent in Ireland. Whenever he visited England, for Parliamentary or other purposes, where he was received with open arms by the chiefs of the Whig party, he always longed to be back at Marino, or the family seat in Tyrone. Marino, however, was his favourite. There he exclusively resided for the last seven years, and there he died. Some three or four years ago the venerable nobleman might be seen moving backwards and forwards to Dublin in his Whig u n if orm _ a bright blue coat, with a splendid high collar gu rnislied with velvet, and the buff waistcoat. We need not say when recognised all classes treated him with the pros fondest respect. Agriculture was one of his favourite pur suits, and he perfectly understood its principles and pr ee .. liee, His lordship married Miss Birmingham, daughter of the direct descendant of the lords of Athenry. He had one son, who died in his minority. He is succeeded in the title and estates by his nephew, the Hon. Colonel Caulfeild, lord lieutenant of Armagh. His remains will be buried on Thursday next in Armagh cathedral, where his father w as buried. The Irish people will regret the death of a good Irishman in Francis, second Earl of Charlemont, " Son of the man Who led the van Of the Irish Volunteers,' " conclusion of the concert which the regiment holds on that evening. The regiment mustered in force last week, at • B urlington-house, to welcome the return of Col. Lindsay from the Continent, and his recovery from the accident he met with on Wormholt Scrubbs, Ho will present the prizes on Tuesday. The companies forming the Ist Administrative Battalion of Somerset Volunteers had a field day on Saturday. The men of the Ist ; 2d, 14th, 27th, and 18th companies paraded in Queen-square, Bath, and afterwards marched to Kilston park, the residence of Col. Inigo Jones, colonel command ant, where they found a detachment of the sth (Ikeynsharu) company awaiting them. The force was divided into two bodies,—one under the command of Adjutant Bampfylde, and the other under Captain Ford. Tho former were sup posed to hold tho mansion of the colonel, which was sustain ing a siege from an enemy, represented by Captain Ford's divisions. After some preliminary skirmishing an assault was ordered, which resulted in the defenders being worsted and taken prisoners. At the conclusion of the:manosuvrem the men were regaled, and after the repast Mrs. Colonel Jones presented the silver challenge cups offered for com petition to the battalion of Colonel Jones and Mr. E. Lovell, clerk of the peace for the county of Somerset. They are held for this year by Privates Hay and Drake, of the Ist company. Colonel Jones also said a few words. He congratulated himself on commanding a bat talion in which there were 90 marksmen, and expressed a hope that there would be a meeting of Volunteers in that neighbourhood next year. The recipients of the cups having returned thanks, three cheers were given for Mrs. Jones and the gallant colonel. The officers on the ground then accepted the invitation of Colonel Jones to partake of luncheon, the band playing in front of the how e. Shortly afterwards the returned "'_- Fatal Stabbing by Manilla Men. A frightful case of stabbing took place in Liver pool on Christmas night, by two Manilla seamen, named Narioz Vrumea and Lorenzo Carpus, belong ing to the brig Florriana, lying in the King's Dock. From a statement made by a y oung man, named Thomas Gallagher, it appeared that he and two men, named Joseph and William M'Grath (cousins) the former 22 and the latter 25 years of age, w ere drinking together, at the counter in Mr. Holden's publichouse, in Lower Frederick-street, between 10 and 11 o'clock on Christmas night. William M'Grath, after drinking, laid the glass on the counter, and said he would not have any more drink till next Christmas. He was rather drunk, and staggered back against the coloured seamen, who were passing behind at the time. This made the seamen very angry, and one of them said he would have revenge. Gallagher said to him, "My good man, no one wishes to offend you," but the coloured man (Carpus) repeated that he would have his revenge. The two coloured men then went out, but it would seem re mained close to the public-house door, for when the cousins M'Grath went outside they were seized hold of by the Manilla men, one of them (Carpus) stab bing Wm. M'Grath in the back between the shoul ders, and the other coloured man stabbing Joseph M'Grath several times in the abdomen. This state ment is borne out by that of a sailor who witnessed the occurrence, but it differs from what is said by Police-constable 92, who arrested Carpus. This officer states that he saw Joseph M'Grath running away from Carpus, and saw that the former stopped and moved up the street, when he was stabbed by Carpus. Joseph M'Grath fell down immediately, and Carpus, who was about to repeat the stab, went with much violence against the wall. Just then Carpus observed him (the officer) and ran for about 20 yards, when he turned round, and seeing the officer still in pursuit he ran a short dis tance further, when the officer came up with him and seized him. The prisoner dropped the knife when taken hold of by the constable. It was after wards picked up, but there did not appear to be any blood upon it. It was, however, very dirty from being in the mud. Both of the coloured seamen were taken to Bridewell, and the two injured men were conveyed to the Southern Hospital—Joseph M‘Grath on a bearing barrow, and William in a car —where they received every attention from Da. Wollaston and Hamilton. On Saturday morning the police authorities re ceived a note from Dr. Wollaston, stating that "Joseph M'Grath is suffering from a wound in the abdomen. I think there is but little chance of his recovery, and that it would be well to take his de positions. Wm. M'Grath is suffering from a wound on the back. Both, of course, are not fit to appear." Mr. Thomas Mills, one of the borough magistrates, accordingly went to the hospital on Saturday forenoon, accompanied by one of the magis trates' clerks, and in his presence the following statement was made by Joseph M'Grath, and taken down in writing : "I am a dock labourer, living at No. 2, Forrest street, Liverpool. On last night (Dec. 25) at about half-past eleven o'clock, I was with my cousin Wm. M'Grath in Lower Frederick -street, and we went into a publichouse there (Hoiden's), and on coming out we saw a row. The two prisoners and other coloured men like them were engaged in it. We stopped to look on, end one of the two prisoners, I cannot say 'which, but am sure it was one of them, turned round, saying, ' This is one,' and the other prisoner pulled out a knife and struck me with it in my left side, the lower part, and caused the wound lam now suffering from. I fell when I got the stab, and the two prisoners ran off, followed by some of the crowd, who shouted, They have killed a man.' I had seen the two prisoners before that night in a public - house. They were drinking together. I did not speak a word to them, and never gave them any provocation. I think they must have taken me for another person. I was about half drunk. I knew well what I was doing. I did not see Wm. M'Grath stabbed. I cannot say whether the person said, This is one' in English or not, but he pointed to me, and I understood him to mean that I was one. There were other coloured men near me when I was stabbed, but only the pri soners were very near. One of the prisoners only ran at me, and I saw the other run towards William M'Grath; and the one who seized hold of me had a knife. I saw it in his hand as he held me." This deposition having been interpreted to the prisoners by a sworn interpreter (Mr. Peter Bog giano), Carpus r e pli e d t h rough the interpre ter. 1 will swear by th e cross o f Chr i st I nev er saw the man. I never d one t h e d eed. I h a d n knife." The The other pris oner , V rumea, sa id, " Some b o dy . g ave me a blow h ere ( putt i ng hi s band to his head). I struck beck at the person, bat did not hit him. I had no k n if e ." The mag i strate decided to ays. They i were remand the prisoners for seven d r remand, Vrume a sa i d, acquainting them with their e n d t h er e took were eight then remov e d t o th e i r c ells, and on Mr. oggiah o eight h m my nife ao" and I d t h l elef nevert c r i n e y w k o d n n o i u f b e e o i i a a t r . d n t . h e S c o a m bi e n' t a About midnight on Sa turda y Joseph Al`G rath died at the hospital fro m the effects o f the Wound. William M'Grath still ies at the same Institution in a dangerous state."—Liverpool Cou • ~...... NARKETS—Tbis Day, --------4.—__ ---- HAY MARKZTS. or, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, 41 58 to £l, lOs per SMITIIFIELD. — Meadow hay, £ 3 Trade slow. f Os to £4 102 Od ; clo v load. £4 Os I to Mewlow h ay, £3 Os to £4 los ea ; _d loa clover, A slow demand. £4 Os to £5 lOs Od 'and straw, £ lss to £1 lOs pe r wiIITECRAPELLS 10 8 0 . —Mea dow hay,straw a£3Os to lOs Od ; clover, d ; an d Ll. 52 to £ l . lOs Trade inacti ve. Per load. The market rein ains C e O lo L s Business 11,, O e d N f l or A it L he Christmas holidays. ' he wilt be resumed on Tuesday next, the sth proximo. , MIST A _ _ Jo, 4-11 FOR AN AMBASSADOR. --A corres- Pondent, Writing from Paris, says I hope it may never fall to the lot of any of your readers to be mistaken for a n ambas sa d or , as happened to a friend of mine yesterday. Re arri ve d at an hotel which, to injure no vested interest s , g half asleep, as k e d forhe Went t o b ed and being will a b c e a d l l r o t E was nor m sixe , and,aan., and to sleep. Wh e n be awoke he found himself 'lyi ng i n state in a crimson satin bed, the room lighted up by many bougies, and quite a vista of looking -glass reflected and re-reflected his astonished face. He rose; and found baths prepared in a dressing room, fitted up lbw a lady's boudoir, and, finally, breakfast arranged on a small table in the midst of a vast saloon, bright with mirrors and splendid with gold and crimson. Alarmed, he rang the boll, ' Waiter, where am I ?" Hotel Enorme, votre excellence I au pre mier.' And the price ?' asked my friend. ' Oh, a Naga. telle, as son excellence will see by the tariffe.' lie looked and found it was 200 francs. Why put me here ?" I thought monsieur was an ambassador. We always put them au premier.' Ambassador I why Because mon sieur wore a black coat.' SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. THE BRAZLS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) (By telegraph from Lisbon.) RIO BE JANEIRO, DEC. 9. Exchange on London, 27k to 27. Coffee good, first 6,600 to 6,700. Shipments since the departure of the last steamer, 80,606 bags, of which 18,009 were for the Channel. Sales, 45,000 bags. Stock, 135,000 bags. Freights, 40s. to 472. Gd. BAIIIA, DEC. 12. Exchange on London, 271. Cotton, 26,000 reis. Sugar, 2,400 to 25,000 reis. PERNAMBUCO, DEC. 15. Exchange on London, 27i to 28,1. Sugar, 3,800 reis ; browns, 2,200 to 2,600 reis. Cotton, 26,000 The Messageries Imperiales steamer Estramadure arrived here on the 13th inst, l IIIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZETTE --This Evening. WAR OFFICE, DEC. 29. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Colonel Alexander Tulloh, of the Royal Artillery, having the temporary rank of M ajor- General while he served as the Director of Ordna to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of thee,hrd Class, or Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WHITEHALL, DEC. 28, The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Alex an der, Earl of Kintore, to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the shire of Aberdeen, in the room of Charles, Marquis Horn hEeanrQui of f e e e xt n t fl,s resigned. t o o ee:Ln Lieutenant o f Runt;Y, deceased. n se a d at to an a d p s p h oi e n r t iff S p ir ri t mipeas u la te a of the shire of Kincardine, in the room of Francis Alex an derT, Course of the Exchange —This Day. Amsterdam ........ Short. 11 17 RDitto ........ 3 Monthz, 11 191 otterdam .......... __ Antwerp ll 1 91 .• -- Brussels 25 671 ---- Hamburgh 25 671 , --- 13 n Paris - Ditto „, • 0 Marseilles ;45 7 0 Frankfort on Maine ...... 4 Vienna 12 19 95 Trieste _ 2 Petersburgh — 12 334 5 Berlin — Madrid ... • •• _,47i C adiz 484- Leghorn 2 5 87f 2.5 5 Genoa Milan — 25 874- 25 92/ Na alermo Naples - 2 5 95 P 25 87k 25 92i .. . Messina 25 8 87 f 2 25 92/ 5 Lisbon —* 52 25 9 a 7/ 52a Oporto Foreign Gold in B ars (St andard), per 0z.... £3 172 / 9 Mexican Dollars .......... . Silver in Bars (St an d ard) ... 0 0 5 0 South American Doublons - _ „___ 11 WI 12 Oi 12 04- 25 7? 25 72 •13 Si 25 35 25 '7 25 75 119 k 12 30 12 30 33:1 FOURTH. EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 7 O'CLOCK, BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im• portance in the Gazette : Philip Cream, carver, Hull Robert Brawn, brickmaker, Bradford George Ledger, glass merchant, Woolwich Henry Desplan, surgeon, Bristol George Oglebey, butcher, Golden-hill, near Pembroke William Watkins, grocer, Canon Pyon, Rerefordshiro Joseph Trout, beerhousekeeper Jump, rkshire Charles Bright, coa l merchant, ' Niton, Isl Yorkshire of Wight Edward Abrahams, auctioneer, Twickenham Anthony B. Pike, clerk, Woolwich Charles Walter, publican, Saffron-hill, Holborn George H. Cooper, stationer , Raquet- court , F leet-street J ames Leek, ti m b er dealer,Everton Robert Jackson, law clerk, Western Hill, Durham William Busbridge, farm bailiff, Biddenden, Kent Wilkinson Wilson, general sealer, Durham Thomas Beattie, labourer, Greystoke Charles H. V. Charlton, directory compiler, Leeds John Mitchell, farmer, Meadowbank, by Polmont Alexander Munn, farmer, Auchintulloch, Dumbarton shire SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Robert Marshall, gardener, Edinburgh Charles omith, farmer, Haddington John S. Harkness, Wright, Glasgow Mungo Scott, flour merchant, Edinburgh William Ignatius Roche, draper, Glasgow Rutherfoord, Rul e , an d Co., carpet warehousemen , Glasgow We are authorised to state that there is no truth n ,the report that the Earl of Cardigan has subscribed either £lOO or £6OO towards paying Col. Crawley's expenses, or that pending the proceedings of the general court-martial he has placed himself at the head of a list of subscribers,— into that Morning Herald. SMUGGLING BY MEANS OF CRINOLINE,.--T wo German women who were going out in the N ew w ere hi the York steamer from Southampton on Wednesday Were de tected in endeavouring to smuggle 221bs. of cigars her dress, and town from the steamer which lay in the dock, arid Which had just l b come x es a f tra rom ng ß ro re u m nd en h . er T p h er e so c n iga ia rs side Women walked ordi nary boxes, each containing lib. weight. Each of the women f.istothe t o h ther, and contraband The v itt e s r t y en e e a d rem to I h y7th e e ri h n e o x li es ne r . at A tle l d th e o rt u e gh oa t a h l: a custom-house officer, hearing a strange Buenos passed him, suspected that it had a noise as origin. ewomen before they were de passedThQuebeo on the 18th,. ! ga ll, Stevenson, women had got outside the dock tected. , MISSING VESSELS.--Th e p h ., from Montreal on the 16th s epte p i a p e o e s ed beento hheaavred of. Tor e Promesa do Torry ej f a' or the rents, sailed from Ayres on the Bth July Channel, and has not s . n is ors The Figaro -.Prn,nlCe been heard of. sai ledAua longer paid by the paid Yes I the ' San - ° . anime publishes the following curious detail-- of a centim e a s ricilv b • " A.le Millais is for at the rate xandre Dumas, the novelist, is no Felice,' whi c h i line, but by the . letter. eingp this fact.' letter. w e can guarantee the exactitude of THE N- E ., e , " ROYAL ACADEMICIANS.—Mi. E. .1 - . übhshed, Royal A and Mr. E. W. Cooke have been elected " Ac ademicians, the contest being between Mr.Millais a 7 'lr. Fuld, between Mr. Cooke and Mr. Horsley. Mr. Feed i 8 the youngest associate, and it is very unusual for Such a one to com e into immediate competition for the highest honours of the Academy. Four or five seats are now vacant among Associates—one of whom must be a sculptor. Scholarof Oxford, a comedy in th ree acts, an d i n A FRENCH VIEW OF ANCIENT ENGLAND.—The Fee virafflard, represented f or t h e fi rst t i me i n the Francais, July 29, 1824 ; pr i ce 2 francs 50 I centimes, Paris, Madame Virgi n i e D a b o, P u b l i sher. I oug ht, perhaps, to say that the copy l y i ng b e f ore me, stained an d dingy, but yet in tolerable p reservation, I found with Second prose, a heap of other works in a by-stre e t, o ff ere d a t a penny a vo lume. It is neither the b e tt er nor the worse for that. The time of this comedy i s th e re i gn of Queen Elizabeth. The characters are Lord M or d en ; an ambitious courtier, h F i e ltre with a noble mansion in Lombard-street, in a magnificent park; Lady Morden, his sister ; Miss Maria, who is said in the list of personages to be their mother, but who is, in fact, as nearly as I can judge from the drama, their niece (Miss Maria, leur mere, has an awkward look) ; Lord Straf ford, friend of the Morden family; Robert, Professor of Humanities in the College of Mr. Jackson; Will, Student of the University of Oxford ; and several ch - racters of lesser importance. The first scene opens 1 5 ' a forest, which turns out to be in Hydc Park. There lent a tavern, kept by Goot, on whose sign is see _ il " Excel lent porter—loge a pied et a cheval." Enter Will with a small bundle and some books under his arse He is 18. He has just left the University of Oxford, beeaase he has completed his studies, and also because A 1 -- 8 Unknow n pro tectors have forgotten to pay his last quarter's expenses. He has a vague idea that his father, wh o " name he d o s. not happen to know, has died in (ail°. " Here I am," ex wllitihllo,u"taktnloBw, ifnrgeeWbere I go. How the air is good I /nY own: master, and running the w cl o a r im ld s , How I respire at my eas e I Ah I this day is the most beau tiful of my life. (He throws his books into the air.) Good your immortality has c ost mon many a flogging. Will, if good.b y Virgil! good- b y H orace I Good by Quintus Curtaus I you believe me, you are fatigued ; you want some refrestv ment. Ah, here is a tavern where I can change my first guinea. Hon° I Mr. Host Mrs. beer in his hand. " W .e li , Mrs. Hostess, Mr. G oo t 1" ' Enter Mr. Goot, with a pot young gentletnan," he says , " you make a good deal of ru Aso fur one," " A put of your best beer, Mr. Geot, an d I will not beat you down on it.' , , ‘Hare it is," sa id the publi can ; "taste that; by the time you have drunk two glasset i you will feel a vigour,a fire in the head, you will be furious , and ready to box with an the world. As for my porter, Ire serve that for great occasions, such as a prize-fight, or my . wife's birthday,"— Dickenes".4ll the lear leound," just publ, fished, This Day. BOW-STREET. Two teen, named Hurst and Sullivan, were placed at the bar charged with assaulting a cabman named Howitt, and police-constable F 118. The complainant said that on the night in question, as he was returning home with his horse and cab, he met the two prisoners and another man not in custody, who stopped him and desired him to drive to Pall Mall. He told them he had done work for the night, and that he was going to his stables. Sullivan and the man not present opening the cab door, got in, and Hurst jumped on the box. He refused to drive on, when Hurst commenced knocking him about, and after receiving some severe blows he called for the police, when he (constable 118 F) came up, and an attempt was made to eject the parties from the cab. Hurst made a desperate resistance, struck out right and left, and finally closed with the constable, and both went on the ground. He (witness) had been confined to his bed for two days from the injuries he received, Police constable 118 F said he heard a disturbance in Endell•street, and on proceeding in that direction he came up with the complainant's cab and found the three men in possession of the complainant's cab. He seized hold o Hurst and struggled with him for some time, when he bit him severely on the hand and knee, He had received so much injury that he had been on the sick list ever since. Sullivan was too drunk to take part in the fight. The other man got up and ran away. Mr. Corrie asked Hurst what he had to say to the charge. Hurst replied that he was too drunk to know what he was doing. He did not recollect biting the constable. Sullivan said he did not recollect anything about the matter. Mr. Corrie thought he ought to send the case to the sessions, as far as Hurst was concerned. It was a very savage assault. Hurst begged hard to have the case summarily disposed of, and after some consideration, Mr. Corrie sentenced Hurst to two months' imprison ment, and discharged Sullivan. A cabowner, named Richardson, appeared to a summons charging him with cruelty to a cab horse. Rutherford said he saw the driver beating the animal violently in Great Queen-street, and on looking at the horse he found it quite incapable of drawing the cab, through old age and disease, Mr. Cherr, veterinary surgeon to the police, said he bad examined the horse, and found it very aged. It had been diseased long, and was altogether unfit to drag a cab, or go, under any circumstances, six miles an hour, The defendant said he must admit it was " touched in the wind," but that was all. Mr. Cherry told the magistrate that the result of gallop ing the animal would be to produce an effect similar to that which would be experienced by a man with a severe asthma after he had been compellel to run a race. Mr. Curie said he should like to have the horse killed. Tne defendant said he would much rather give it away to some poor person, as there was some work in it yet. Ultimately it was arranged that the horse should only do light work in the defendant's yard, and the summons was dismissed. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. WESTMINSTER. HEARTLESS ROBBERY OF A. POOR WIDOW.—An Irish woman, 23 years of age, who gave the name of Alice Hol land, was placed at the bar before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a box containing five half sovereigns, a quantity of wearing apparel, and other articles, the property of Mary Spicer. Prosecatrix is a widow, working in a laundry to main tain herself and a child, and the robbery deprived her of all her savings, as well as other things. She said that she went out yesterday afternoon, leaving her apartment and little house, in the neighbourhood of Leader-street, per fectly secure.. On her return h ome l ast n i g h t she found that a box containing five half sovereigns, some trinkets of very little value, a brooch, containing some of her deceased husband's hair, which she most prized, and a number of other articles had been carried off. On examination of the place, it was found that the lock of the door had been un touched, an entrance to the room having been effected by the window. She went to the station, and on leaving it she met a policeman bringing her box in but empty. Mr. Selfe—Do you know anything of the prisoner ? Prosecutrix—Yes, she lodged with me for about a couple of months. She came to me as a servant out of place with nowhere to go to, and I took her in. Mr. Selfe—Did she lodge with you up to yesterday ? Prosecutrix—No, she has left me a month. Mr. Selfe—What makes you suspect her ? Prosecutrix—No one else was in my house but her, and of course having lodged with me she knew all about my concerns, and besides that she has said quite enough to let me know she did it. Mr. Selfe—Tell me what she said and under what cir cumstances ? Prosecut? ix—She was taken by a policeman after he had been some time looking for her, and then she said, " If you let me go I will tell you where the box and money is." Mr. Selfe—Did she toll you P Prosecutrix—No, she did not tell me, because the police man would not listen to her and let her go, but took her to the station. Some of the little things at the bottom of my box were found scattered about Marlborough-square, Chel sea, where the box was picked up. Alfred Archer, a boy, eaid he was going through Marl. borough-square last night, when he saw the box against the railings and gave it to a policeman. A police-constable proved apprehending the prisoner, who had been drinking freely. He heard her offer to tell where the box and money was if liberated, but he of course refused to liberate her. Prisoner was remanded till Friday. THAMES. A FußT.—Ellen Pyburn, a tall and dissipated-looking woman, was charged before Mr. Woolrych with breaking a large pane of plate glass in the window of the Cape of Good Hope public-house, opposite Limehouse Church, and biting a police constable's thumb. The landlord of the Cape of Good Hops said that a party were quarrelling in front of his bar last night, and he re quested them to desist and leave his house. On their refusal to do so he put them out. The prisoner, who was very noisy and abusive, was among them, and she returned to the door and was attempting to force her way in when he pushed her back and requested her to go home. She immediately took up a stone and smashed a large pane of plate glass. The value of it was 408. Mr. Woolrych—Are you insured ? Witness—Yes, sir, I am. I don't wish to hurt the pri soner. I should be sorry if she is sent to prison. She has a large family. A good talking-to would be of service. William Tyler, a police•constable, No. 155 K, said he took the prisoner into custody. She made a most deter mined resistance, kicked, plunged, and repeatedly struck him. She also got his thumb into her mouth and bit it severely. The prisoner, in defence, said she would own she broke the window. She hed five children at home by the fire side. They were in want of food. She went after her husband r,o ask him for money to buy food. The landlord would not let her in the house for the purpose of looking after her husband, and she broke the window. Mr. Woolrych—You have committed two offences— broken a plate of glass, and bitten the policeman's finger. You are sentenced to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. The prisoner —I will pay a fine. Mr. Woolrych—No ; I will not inflict a fine. You will go to prison for two months and hard labour. Richard Pyburn, the husband of the lest prisoner, was charged with assaulting Tyler in the execution of his duty, and was fined 108., which he paid. A SCHOOLBOY, in nine cases out of ten, when asked how he is fed at school, will answer that the meat is " bad," the beer " swipes," the puddings " stodge," the butter "rancid," and the tea "wash,"—i n short "beastly.' STRATFORD OR LONDON ? as the Site for the National Monument to Shakspere.—On Monday a meeting was convened by the Mayor of Liverpool, in the Town Hall, to consider an application made by Mr. Flower, Mayor of Stratford-on-Avon, on behalf of what Mr. Flower described as that "paltry little town." Mr. Flower pointed out the claims of Stratford, as, in preference to London, the proper place for a national monument to Shakspere ; and he urged his audience to accept that view of the case, and pledge themselves to assist the local Warwickshire Com mittee with funds. A motion to that effect was actually proposed by a gentleman present, but it found no seconder i t m Th u e st th b e e o i r n y tb the a n t a if tio a n n al at c i a o p n i a t l ai m , wonausmveernyt is a t t o h b e e m e r e e e c ti t n e g d ably sustained. In the end a vote Was taken, to the effect that a Liverpool committee should be appointed, with the Mayor as chairman, and Dr. Collingwood as secretary, to considel the course which it would be well for that great community to take.—.4thenceum. COMMITTAL WITHOUT A. FINS FOR A RUFFIANLY ASSAULT.—James Murphy, a carman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting Mr. John Bt.z!ey, of 4, James-street, Oxford street, a refreshment-house keeper. The complainant saed that while loading a van in Den man-street, St. James's—having let his refreshment house —the prisoner came up and annoyed him, saying that he was engaged by the incoming tenant to move the goods. He told the prisoner that his servicees were not wanted, and that be had better leave. The prisoner refused to do so. and while he (complainant) was picking up an article to place in the van, prisoner came behind him and gave him a violent blow on the nose, deluging him with blood, and then ran away, but was pursued by the men in charge of the van and given into custody. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, The complainant said the prisoner was neither engaged by him or the incoming tenant. Prisoner made a rambling defence, to the effect that he had been engaged by some sue he did not know. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was one of those dan gerous angry fellows who, because they could not get what they wanted, and were not allowed to do just as they thought proper, assaulted people. Committed for a month with hard labour. POLICE IN' THE VOLUNTEERS. Capt. A. J. Mundella, commanding the Ist company of Robin Hood Rifles, has issued the following challenge to the Volunteers of Australia :—" On behalf of my company I am prep rare d t o s h oot a matc h during the ensuing y ear with 20 members of the company in Australia which has made the highest register as to marksmen in the year 1863; riflEs to be long Enfields, issued by Government, 61b pull of trigger, 7 shots at each, at 200, 500, and 600 yards,and 7 shots file firing, at 300 yards, and 7 shots volley firing, at 400 yards, all in Hythe position; the individual firing to be scored as at Wimbledon—vis , outers counting two, centres three, and bull's eyes four; the file and volley firing to be counted according to Hythe regulations ;:the whole score to be added together, and the company making the highest score to win. No sunshades allowed, no misses to be sig. nailed, and the whole to be shot in one day, and in all re spects in accordance with the Hythe regulations. Each company to fire on its ewn practice ground, the umpire to be appointed by the National Rifle Association, and in Aus. tralia by the officer commanding the Yolunteers in the colony; time of shooting, July, in England, and in Aus. tralia any month the Volunteers may select." The regis tering practice return of the company for 1863 is as follows —lst period, 70 ; 2d period, 66; 3d period, 65. The num ber of marksmen was 50, and the strength of the com pany 91. A company has been formed for the purpose of building a large hotel on Wimbledon-common for the accommodation of the members of the National Rifle Association and those who visit the locality for rifle practice and military m a . nseuvres. A site for the building has been obtained on the common commanding a view of the ground on which the National Rifle Association holds its annual meetings, near the rifle ranges of the 15th Middlesex (London Scottish)and Civil Service (21st Middlesex) Rifles, and within a mile of Richmond-park. It is proposed to provide cabs, carriages, and horses for the convenience of the visitors. The build ing will be a handscme Italian structure, divided into two separate departments. It will contain club, billiard, and ball rooms, and a masonic lodge, and upwards of 200 bed rooms. Among the directors of the company are Col. Colt, C. 8., of the Ist Administrative Regiment of Surrey Rifle Volunteers; Col. Creed, C. 8., Ist Middlesex Artillery Vo lunteers; Major Wright, let Middlesex Engineers; Mr. B. Smith, 23d Middlesex (Inns of Court) Rifles. The archi tect is Mr. A. Trimen, of Adam-street, Adelphi. On Saturday last a large number of both battalions of the Queen's (Westminster) Rifle Volunteers assembled at West minster.hall, and after blank cartridge had been served out to each member marched, accompanied by the bands, to Hampstead, where they were put through a variety of movements in light infantry drill. A sub-committee has been appointed to consider the whole question of the finances of the corps, which will be reported to the meeting of the central committee on Jan. 8. The result will be communi cated to the corps at the distribution of prizes on the 9th, and it will then be notified what reduction can be made in the annual subscriptions in consequence of the Governmen gran* The quarterly competition among the second•class shots of the London Rifle Volunteer Brigade for three University tankards given by the Brigade Rifle Association has been brought to a close at the rifle ranges at Plaistow, Essex. The ranges were 200 and 500 yaids. On account of the shortness of the time allowed for the contest and the large number who competed, the 600 yards range was omitted, but, as the winners of the tankards and several other com petitors made more than the proportionate number of marks in the two ranges, they qualified themselves for future badge competitions. The tankards were won as follows—Private Woolley, N company, 27marks; Lieut. Christie, C company, 24 marks; and Private Thomas, E company, 20 marks. The condition of these association contests are five shots e ac h at 200, 500, and 600 yards, all who make 25 marks and up wards being entitled to shoot in the next competition for the gold champion badges. The grand volunteer rifle contest, open to all the World, for prizes amounting in value to nearly £2OO , Will be held to-morrow at Totnes. The money will be divided into prizes of £lOO, £2O, £ l5 , three prizes of £lO , eac h and f o ur of £5 each. The ranges will be 300:a n d 500 yi:rds, seven shots a t e ach, hits and points added, a t 300 y ar d s Hythe position, at 500 yards any position. There will be a Rifle Derby for small bores, and Rifle Oaks for Enfield on the following day. The fourth annual distribution of the regimental and company prizes of the St. George's Rifles will take place at St, James's-hall on Tuesday, the sth of January, at the ~~ /7/ ---, reis. (ulster at on found 'uses Ls the y to us -762 for iti-