The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-21 00:00:00

d,ited, er ME.. leveral iey are A. man 2g slip use on of the ied up ears to driven earner, bow r a sea, which In the heavy eat in- :nown, . 20. • The le, and 01 the . The reeked, is been 3currei Dw the 3 to the e it to B seems vidence id why bvious. '.or any cloth lemand !alcutta a place. iothing ippearB : cottori 7 attri- e prices appear rmnesS. as there s, wipe.. led to , ers for mking in bodle which making, which ►ctualty nifested am and S. John rket :--- ince our or some a mode them, at ialiy for r no de- inn very rices are as been acted the Le atten- to morn d, a fair r spring T. The ighbeur loyed om iol trade he gene- pis active, e to-del are well in active Ilanufaa• re w bicb weeks at ,otationer ng very lied. A consider it hopes o resume al Bk M.P., de" , on "li a " ere was i* wring th e d, went AS Lnd .howea and 011 11 Lary o utlay aloe or any had taketi n to appre' ik throug li ration), be men , the an instaro Joint in a that t1303 0 ° veration O t lople, 8114 t.'ir honia ° leible, a° 4 the apPr r f invasioof the La°6t SHARE MARKETS—This Day. Railways. 13.14 Sir.. Wo 1., and Str. Val 25 Blvthe and Tyne. 10 IltOst.,Sleaf.,andßid.Co st Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cornwall 10 Do A A gets 10 Do. B nll4 e.p an. ha s been paid to B. 60 Dublin & Belfast June. all all all WO 10 , , all all 8 8 Fi 61 86 68 1144 3154 - - 6f 71 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. st ,Edinburgh & Glasgow. st IGlasg. and S. Western. st ; GreatEastern, Ord. stk st Ditto A stock st i Ditto East Anglian st st IGreatNorthof Scotland all all 41 43 13 14 86 87 105 107 45 46 42 44 23i 241 Great Northern at Do A stock it Do B do 5 Do. £5 shares ;t Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland A Great Western st I Do Str Val gua. stock A Lancashire & Yorkshire A London and Blackwall A Lon., Bright.A S. Coast st Lon., Chat., sad Dover st Lon. & North Western A Lon. it South Western st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 124 Do f shares LO Metropolitan st Midland .4.0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 50 Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. 4 shares 127 k 12E4 133 134 136 138 1 104 106 67 E7} 1091 1101 71 73 117 118 38 89 97i $8 1024 1034 414 42; 91 9 129 129 6 11 11? I 97 99 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line st North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purohase st Do Lecds st Do York st Do Carlisle st North London 10 Do New ,16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction. st Scottish Central st Scot N. E., Aber. stock st Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpool st Shropshire Union st South Devon st South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok. ,an dWok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do 25 Do New, 1850 st Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 10 Do C 50 Ulster 521 531 25i 26k 991 991 57 68 881 881 128 130 110 1:2 i 1p 16 161 11 11i 118 120 48 49 104 106 47 49 83 34 881 88} 68 70 101 104 7 8 384 39i 10 104 p 7 7t p 149 41 5 151 21 3z l p 554 5t4 24 34 p 4 cl 4 p 87 90 140 145 l 5 Do .10 Do st Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and Pim 3t Waterford & Kilkeuny st West Cornwall st NV. Hartlepool Har.&R it West Midland Oxtord st Do Newport st Do Hereford 29 31 92 44 35 37 94 26 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOub,S. Paid. l Closing I Busines& Price. done. Ll4} i 1331 4 67 i 109; 10 38} 974 Si 103 } lo} 91 129 15/ 16 119 Bg i I 69 99i d BRITISH P dal Ivoavp atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Barodadz.Cent In, Gu. 5 per cent.. .. 20 Do. New 404 Buffalo and LaKe Huron 10 Do. Preference ..... 00 Butlalo,Brant,&Godrieb 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1572 , 0 Do. do. July 1, 1873 10 1)0. do. Jun - . 1, : , '4 ileutta.,V S. Kastn. 1 . '; st ICapeTown ,k Dock Scr , t oek l Eastn. Renzal S p. k 11,ast Indian, tru. 5 p. c. 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 20 Do. do. H do. .. otk Grand Trunk of Cana& 00 I Do. 6 per cent. Fret.. 00 Do. td Pref. 6 per ct.. GO Do. 6 per et. Deben tr. 00 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. 00 Do. do. 1867.. ) BO: a. 3: 1872.. ;k Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.o I Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... ) Do. Januiry, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. ) 4 Gt. W. of Canada Share, Do. New * .. • 00 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. 00 Do. 5} p. c. do. '77-8.. 10 Indian Branch Limited ,ock M.adras guar., 5 p. cr. .. ;ock Do. 41 p. 0. Extension ;ock Dc. 4' 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 31c Nielb.Coru. S p. o. Bud .o Melb. & Hobson's Bay. 10 Do. 7p. c. lortg. Bds. 10 Newßransmok Cand , Class A Capital Share 10 Do. do. B Capital d 0... N. itl.C'da 6po Ist i bds ocx Soinde .......... " I Do. Do. Del do hi . ZO Do. Punjaub : * t e . st Do. Do. ...• .. • .I Doc Do. Indus. St. Flo.) S 1() NS, Price. 65 67 105 it 6 5 5i 71 81 80 63 73 76 73 76 104- 106 11 ,rch Ic6 'o7A 106& !. 7 1 lip 21; 226 75 77 65 67 34 36 48 52 34 36 34 36 104 1061 P 104 106 121 121 8 41 99 101 92 94 103 i iu P t 97 99 93 52 53 3 5 3 5 83 85 1054 104 104 104 1 I IP 104 105 99 101 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU Cau.tiov. 6 p.c.J a &J uly l 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.i Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept.i Do. 5 P. C. Jan.&July. l Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape O.Hope, 6 p c,1873 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880, Do. 1890 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p N.B.Gov. 6 p.o. d a.&July Do. Bp. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. G ov. 5 p c., 1864 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 Do. d0.,1888 &upwdsi New Zealand 6 p. cent.' Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. Aus Gtip.c.lB76.&up 1 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 'Do. to a me. An.&Ont.. 100 100 100 100 100 'lO5 108 106 108 106 108 95i 961 94 96 104 110 111 113 1 112 114 1111 113 104 105 100 101 99i 1001 99 994 109 111 105 106 1(9 11: 109 111 107 109 I(9i llo } rt uedness don, ItITIES. 1084 109; 10} THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 186 g. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, BETTING AT MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. With the exception of 450 to 100 agst Saceharometer being taken for the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes (the backer wishing to go on), this may be considered a blank day. For the Derby offers were made to take 12 to 1 agst Saccharometer, 22 to 1 agst Automaton, and 46 to 1 agst Early Purl without result. The betting on the Chester and Waterloo Cups is unchanged. Closing prices : TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 7to 2 agst Hospodar (offered) 9to 2 agat Saccharometer (taken and wanted) 12 to 1 agat bar two (offered) THE DERBY. 11 to 2on the field (offered) 11 to 1 aget Saccharometer (offered) 12 to 1 agat Hospodar (offered) 20 to 1 agst Carnival (offered) 22 to 1 aget Automaton (offered) 30 to 1 agst National ctuard (offered) 45 to 1 agst Early Purl (offered) RACING FIXTU FEBRI RES FOR 1863. Lincoln GARY. Nottingham Spring 3 Derby Spring Liverpool Spring lO Shrewsbury l2 25 Newmarket Craven 6 Durham . 6 Catterick Bridge.. 8 Thirsk l4 Doncaster Spring l7 Warwick Spring 17 Northampton .. ..24 Croxton Park 27 Cheater 5 Bath Marlborough .. 11 Epsom Spring 16 Newmarket F. S 20 York Spring 28 Salisbury AT. _ Ascot 2 Newton 10 Hampton Odiham 16 Bibury Club 000 ...17 Harpenden l5 Epsom Manchester 27 Worcester 2 Newmarket July 7 Abingdon 14 Hungerford l6 Stockbridge lB Chelmsford 23 Newcastle 23 Carlisle Brightcn Brighton Club 6 Lewes Reading SEPT: Derby Summer Lichfield Leicester lO Doncaster 15 OCT , Nottingham 21 Winchester 2l Goodwood 28 York August l3 Devon and Exeter 15 Egham 29 Brecon .. 21 Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist Oct. 29 Newmarket S. 0 ..12 Lincoln Autumn 21 Nov:E Worcester .. IBE R. 1 Newmarket Houghton ..26 :MBER. I Shrewsbury Autumn....l7 COURT CIRCULAR. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a moderate inquiry for discount accom modation, and the best short-dated bills can be negotiated at 31 per cent. On the Bengal division of the East Indian Rail way the traffic receipts for the week ending the 19tb of October last amounted to £8,109, against £6,012 in the corresponding period of 1861. The earnings on the North-West Provinces division Were £2,765 against £3,747 in the previous year. The report of the Port Phillip and Colonial Gold Mining Company, issued in anticipation of the meet ing, recommends a dividend of 2s. 6d. per share, forming, with the distribution of ls. i❑ July last, the fifth dividend, at the rate of 3s. 6d. per share, being at the rate of 171 per cent. per annum on the original capital. The continental exchanges yesterday afternoon exhibited no material alteration. The thirteenth half-yearly meeting of the Na tional Discount Company was held to-day—Mr. F. W. Russell, M.P., in the chair. The following is the report submitted for the approval of the shareholders :—The accounts for the half-year end ing 31st December last, show a gross profit of £49,581 13s 4d, and that after providing for the current expenditure, directors' and auditors' remu neration, and reserving £14,556 16s 10d for rebate of interest on bills yet due, there remains for appro priation the sum of 129,599 14s 6d. With results so satisfactory, the directors recommend that the dividend shall be increased to the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, which will absorb £ 1 5,413165., and that the balance of £14,185 18s 6d be carried to the credit of the reserve fund, which, with interest, will then amount to £57,744 18s 4d. The chairman stated that he was sure the accounts Would be favourably received. The affairs of the undertaking were in every way satisfactory. They shad not achieved any ♦ery extraordinary results during the past six months, but the progress of their establishment had been steady and gradual. During the last two years the directors had not made any bad debts, but the proprietcrs must not expect the I t company to possess for ever an absolute immunity from the consequences of trade. No one could foresee the operation of future events, and it was not likely that the directors could always hope to have an entire freedom from bad debts. There ,has not one account on the books from which any lobs was ap- - prehended. In attaining their present position - great difficulties had to be surmounted. There ,h were 2,931 shares unallotted, arid, in conformity with the expressed wish of the shareholders, it was at intended to dispose of them, with the object of car rying the premium upon them to the reserve fund. A resolution was passed for registering the company t. under the recent Act of Parliament for the regule. lion of joint-stock companies. Two O'CLOCK. The shareholders in the London and Westminster Bank held their annual meeting to-day, at which 8..4 Mr. Alderman Salomons, M.P., presided. The fol.- lowing statement was submitted to the meeting : " The directors have to report that, after making provi- 1, sion for all bad and doubtful debts, paying the income tax, t' setting apart £2,000 toward. the buildings of the bank, and 8 presenting a gratuity of 10 per cent. on their salaries to all the officers of the establishment, the net profits of the St bank for the last half-year amount to £llO,BBB 6s. 3d. This sum, added to £19,921 13 s. Id. , the unappropriated L i balance of the preceding half-year, will amount to £130,809 19s, 4d. Out of this amount interest on the rest or sur plus fund at the rate of 5 per cent per annum (£6,406 55.) st has been added to such fund, which now amounts to it: £262,655 ss. The directors now declare a dividend to the it ; shareholders at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and by way of further dividend out of the profits, a bonus of 9 per 1 cent, on the paid-up capital. After these payments are made there will remain a balance of £4,403 14s, 4d. to be carried to profit and loss account for the current year." The chairman, who moved the adoption of the re port and accounts, congratulated the shareholders upon the continued and prosperous career of the „, bank, and said that notwithstanding the depression of trade during the preceding year, and the estab- lishrneut of rival institutions, they have been ena bled to divide 22 per cent., and to have secured a rest or surplus fund amounting to £262,656. The motion was, after a brief discussion, unanimously carried. No change has taken place to-day in the market for English Funds, th small amount of business negotiated having failed to produce the slightest fluctuation. Consols therefore remain at 924 a for transfer, and at 928 1 for the sth proximo. The New Threes and the Reduced are firm at 921 i; Exchequer Bills, 6s. to 7s. prem. Bank Stock is flat at 235; India 5 per Cent. Loan, 1041 ; and the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1081 1. Continued firmness is perceptible in the Foreign Market, but business is quiet. Egypti-ri are 941 95 ; ditto, 2d i sue, 944 95 ; Greek Coupons have improved to 69 7 ; Peruvian New Loan, 871 88 ; Portuguese ditto, 468 ; Russian ditto, 96 ; Spanish Deferred, 46*; ditto Passive, 248 ; and the Certifi cates, 91. 10 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, 851 ; ditto, 1862, 66* 67 ; and the I ...onsolides, 401 *; Italian 5 per Cents. have risen to 69* ; but the Venezuelan New Loan is fiat, at 6 0- 1 - A firmer tone prevailed in the Railway Share Market. The dealings, however, were not very extensive. Great Ee. - atern, Lancashire and York shire, Metropolitan, and South Easterns improved 55.; and North Westerns, 10s ; North Eastern (Berwick), however, have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were in moderate request, without any material change in values. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian realised 24; San Paulo, 23 t; Bahia and San Francisco, 214 ; Recife and San Francisco 19 ; East Indian declined to 107 t, ; and Great Indian Peninsula to 105/ 6. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares Were in some instances at rather higher rates. Bank of London and Buenos Ayres improved to 14; English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered to 21 / -4; Crystal Palace Stock declined to 31 and 32; and National Discoun, Company remained firm at Ba. The sha res o f the British and American Ex change Bank are 6 * prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 235 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. C onso l s A nnu iti es New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 24 peck r Cent. Annuities 76 India Sto Ditto 5 per Cent Ditte Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent D ~. Bonds ELMO Ditto under £l,000 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 6 7 Ditto £5OO Ditto Small 6 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Chilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 4/ p er C ent 83/ EgPPtian 7 pet Cent 941 5 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 p er C ent. , 1824-5, ex-Coup Ins 941 1 5 Ditto Coupons 7 6/ Peruvian 41 per Cent. .......... , _ Ditto Account ...... 97 Ditto 1862 ..... Ditto Ae.emint.. Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.... Ditto 1862.. Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 96 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred . D!tto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. 91 10 94 'runtish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent 18 ,2 Ditto Accoun% 661 7 ... Venezu e l a , 3 per C ent Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1832 .. 601: i Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f 691 Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account 94 1 DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.—About 3 o'clock this mornin g a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Lonton proctor, Merton-terrace, Kentish -town. The flames were not subdued until the st , tek in trade and the 1 wer portion of the building were destroyed. Fires also took place in the house of Mr. Flower, tailor, 60, White Horse-tureet, Step ney, and Mr. West, grocer, 15, London -street, Greenwich, both of which caused much damage. The sufferers in all these oases were iusured. R K-TTI C MTN Es:, Cambrian Con sol. G old' Clifford Amalgamated.. Devon G. Con.. eraviat. East Bassett (Illozan ‘.. East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon • • • • East Carn Brea N. W'l Russel (Tavistk. Gam.StSt.Auhyn(Gwen.' (4 reat South Tolgus.... '4. Wheal Vor alelston Grenville I erod's- F00t,...... • • • lingaton Downs Lady Bertha ITargaret (tiny Lelant ‘larke Valley.. wyndy Tron Ore (Lim ' New Setun -North Downs s: WWI Basset (Tito ;at, •'orth Wheal Crotty !Par Consols (st. Blazey 'rovidence(Uny Lelnt South Caradon(St.Cleer 30 ss. par in 21 23 505 515 53 55 p itp 48 49 tl# ;j 7.19.01 47 5 5 11 5 18 20 6 fit 40 4.15. 6 64 49 61 4. 7.01 2.0 6 3 3% 4.3.0 !.17 , 2.4. ts 1 II 3► ti 9 4 ds pr 150 16 2} Itt 5.15 0. - Is. Cam Brea (filotran) _ Wheal Fran. (11104-an - Stray Park 6 'Tamar Sllv.dz Lead Min 10 fin Croft - West Basset (Illozan) - W Caradon (Liskeard , - West Seton . ..... - Wheal Basset (Mogan, - EVlleal Buller( Redruh) - Wheal kitty (13.Lelantt) - WhealLud ott heal Mary A.nn (Men ) - Wheal Seton ......... Tre.awney (Lis ) _ 7 -- Wheal Union 18.1 .9 28.9. 46 V 16 5 47i 44 5 o 5 1 t 3 390 400 2} 21 96 gS 40 42 13 i i i in 13 14 31 33 285 295 77} 82i 5 - 2.0.6 2.10.8 50 65' 71 84 9_ 9i 16 tin 58 1260 270 7 14 17 3.13 St 614_ PREFERENCE SHARES. Gt. Western (Perks & Hants Ext.), red. 4 per cent., 89 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. Gus. Stock, No. 1, 1171 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton &a, 41 i percent., 1861, 1031 41 LINES LEASED Ai FIXED RENTALS. Buckinv.hamshire, 97 North-Western, 17 gua. 7 per cent., 211 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. °Ditto (all), 23 / Bahia ap a o nd San Francisco aim. ) N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent. (Um.), 2; Recite and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 19 R A u u lo si i r i i m an ' a gu nd L LOm pe b r a eredn o t ie 9 netian, 23i FOREIGN MINES. WSSaoneustPthFlanders, 56 per cent. pref., ioi Cobre Copper, zoi 1 Great N. Copper of South Australia"(lim.), faMont. Aureosl3raz. Gold Min. Co. Pm), 21, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 25 Australasia, 78 British North Marian, 51 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and Chins, 21 Eng., Sox., and Australian Chartered,:2lf Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 8 7/ London and Brazilian r1im.),:31/ London, B. Ayres. and R. Plate_(lim.), 14 London and Westminster, 811 etrop. and Prov. Bank (lirn.), 131 National Provincial of England, 1211 Ditto, new, 21 Ottoman Bank, 741 South Australia, 34f ; Union of England and France (Urn.), Union of London, 32f MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 18 Orient and c s i t t y ea imp Discount Company, 81 British Australasian, 1 Crystal Pal.ce, 32 1 1 1 Z z a o t r i/v ;ovements (2\ 31 3 Rio de Janeirom (lum)' CAUTION TO RASH RAILWAY TRAVELLERS.—• Robert F. Alston and Joh n of the Peace Court, before Yesterday, at the J ust i ce t an, h labourer,hav having, residing d Newinga t Year's g B wi High Row, Esp., Thomas Day, travelled on a Garnkirk, was third-class carriage from Steppe to Gar K oh e a l r i g ac e h d stations, on the Caledonian R 4 i lwa y , a distance of fi ve mileshn on by the handle of t he door, in contravention of th a et i fi n tl g i section of the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, and of the Bth of the company's bye-laws. Mr. John Guy, in spector of the railway police, conducted the prosecution. The defender was the worse of liquor at the time, and on his way from Glasgow to Garnkirk alighted at Steppe station, under the idea that he was at Garnkirk. By the time he discovered his mistake the train commenced to move off; but determined not to remain behind, he ran after it and got on to the step of one of the car t iages, where he remained until near Garnkirk, when he jumped off before the train had stoppt d, alighting on his head, and thereby received some severe injuries. He pleaded guilty, and was fined £1 and £1 15s. expenses, or 40 days' imprisonment. The fine was paid,—North` Antisle Xag. OSBORNE, San. 20. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louis of Hesse, drove out yesterday afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Captain von Westerweller, left Buckingham Palace yesterday morning on a visit to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at Sandringham Hall, Norfolk. PRINCE ALFRED'S PHEASANT SHOOTING.—A letter from Naples, of the 14th, says—" The phea sant shooting in honour of Prince Alfred was very bril liant. The party, including, besides the Prince, Major Cowell, Captain Craven, General Pomare, Marquis Tolem mei, Prince Fondi, Prince Gesualdo, Duke Marigliano, and other distinguished personages, set out for Caserta yesterday at 8 a.m., and opened the sport in the four great lawns of the park. Prince Alfred killed 25 pheasants, five woodcocks, and as many hares. At noon, the sportsmen sat down to breakfast in the pagoda, Prince Gesualdo pro posed the health of the Queen of England, when the band struck up ' God Save the Queen.' Prince Alfred returned the compliment by proposing the health of the King of Italy." CABINET COUNClL,—Summonses were issued yesterday, by direction of the Premier, for a Cabinet Coun cil on Tuesday neat at his lordship's official residence, in Downing-street. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and a select circle went out shooting in Richmond-park yester day. Their Royal Highnessee the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary have returned to Cambridge Cottage, Kew, from a week's visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort at Badminton. The Duchess of Somerset and family arrived, at the First Lord's official residence at the Admiralty yester day, from Bulstrode Park, Bucks, for the season. The Earl of Derby has issued invitations for a Parliamentary dinner on the 4th of next month to a large circle of peers, his political supporters in the Upper House. Earl Granville, Lord President, will give a dinner on Friday, the 30th inst., at his residence in Bruton-street, to the Ministers and Officers of State, to settle the roll of sheriffs for the present year. _ _ The Earl of Radnor is receiving a family circle at his seat in Berkshire. Viscount Folkestone has arrived on a visit to hia noble father from Longford Castle, near Salisbury. Viscount and Viscountess Walden arrived in town on Saturday from visiting Mr. and Lady Charlotte Sturt at Critchill House, Dorset. Viscountess Dangarvan has returned to Chesham street from a tour of visits in Ireland. Lord William Powlett has returned to town from visiting the Duke of Cleveland at Raby Castle, Durham. Lord West has returned to Buckhurst Park from Brighton. Ludy Poltimere has arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, from Brighton. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterd .ty from the Governor of Heligoland. Despatches were sent to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Frances, Countess Waldegrave, daughter of Mr. J. Braham, the eminent vocalist, with Mr. Chichester For tescue, MY., Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, took place yesterday at Trinity Church, Brompton, in the presence of a numerous assemblage of friends. The wed ding party met at the church shortly before 12 o'clock. The Countess was attended by Miss Money, the Misses Neville, daughters of Viscount and Viscountess Neville, and Miss Constance Braham. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Leveson Harcourt, Chancellor of York, the Countess being given away by Colonel Harcourt, M.P. There were present the Earl of Abingdon and Lady Elizabeth Bertie, Lord and Lady Norreys, Viscount and Viscountess Neville and Misses Neville, Sir Warwick and Lady Moreshead, Sir Erskine and Lady Perry and Misses Perry, Sir John V. B. and Lady Johnstone and Miss Johnstone, Mr. and Lady Georgina Bertie and Misses Bertie, Lady Ida Waldegrave, Mr. Wardlaw and Lady Horatio Wardlaw, Mr. and Mrs. Hervey, &c. After the solemnity the party repaired to the residence of Lady Horatio Wardlaw, at Prince's-gate, where an elegant dejeuner was provided for 60 persons. At an early hour in the afternoon the Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Fortescue left town for Grove-park, near Retford, Notts, the seat of Mr. Granville Harcourt Vernon. The Countess Waldegrave has been married four times ; first, to the Hon. John James Waldegrave, of Navestock, Essex; secondly, George Edward, seventh Earl Waldegrave ; thirdly, Mr. George Granville Harcourt, M.P., son of Dr. Harcourt, Archbishop of York ; and fourthly, yesterday, the Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P. for the county of Louth. The Countess is just turned her 42d year, Mr. Grove, the young medical student who so opportunely assisted her Royal Highness the Prin. cess of Hesse, when she was thrown from her carriage in the Isle of Wight a few weeks since, has been presented with a valuable gold pin and a set of shirt studs. LAUNCH OF THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA.---.ln ac cordance with the invitation of the directors of the Thames Iron Works and Ship-building Company, a num ber of ladies and gentlemen yesterday assembled at the yard at Blackwall to witness the launch of a paddle steam yacht intended for the use of the Trinity Board of the Dublin corporation. The yaoht, built from the designs of the sur veyor to the Dublin Trinity Board, is 945 tons burden, and in her lines is very graceful, her designer contemplating the union of great strength, with more than average speed. At ten minutes to two p.m. Miss Margetson, daughter of one of the directors, who is a partner in the well-known firm of Welch, Margetson, and Co., of Cheapside, broke against the port bow a bottle of wine, and christened the yacht the Princess Alexandra, wishing her good speed and all success. The vessel, which is built of iron, glided down the ways, and for the first time a steamer bearing the name of the future bride of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales floated in British waters. The launch was a com- plete success, and in the water the Princess Alexandra to which Messrs. Penn and Co. are to supply the engines —looked even more graceful than on the stocks. After the launch the visitors, accompanied by the dip ectors, pro ceeded round the extensive works, and viewed the pud dling of iron, the forging of armour-plates, the construc tion of the ram -cutvrater of the new iron clad Minotaur, which will be launched in June or July ; the manufac ture of the rivets, the planing of the slabs of Bessemer's steel intended for the Turkish and Spanish frigates in course of construction, and the numberless other processes carried on by the Thames Shipbuilding Compaay. EMBEZZLEMENT OF 13,163 BY A BANKER'S CLERK AT HllLL.—Coneiderable excitement was manifested in Hull on Monday, in consequence of the apprehension of a banker's clerk, named John Henry North, on a charge of embezzling the Hull Banking Company of the sum of £3,163 15s. 2d. The prisoner was brought up at the Hull Police .court on Monday, and from the evidence adduced it appeared that the prisoner had been in the employ of the Hull Banking Company for the past 20 years, and latterly occupied the position of assistant cashier. On the 12th inst. the prisoner was taken ill, and consequently was unable to attend to business. During his absence on Saturday last, Mr. Lambert, the cashier of the bank, had occasion to look over his cash account, and, to his great surprise, found a very large deficiency. He immediately sent a messenger to Mr. North's residence, with instructions to request his at tendance at the bank. Ho returned with the messenger, and on his arrival Mr. Lambert showed him the deficit and demanded an explanation. Prisoner immediately observed that he had the money safely deposited in a compartment of the cash drawer in which the cut notes requiring to be repaired were kept. He was asked to produce them, when he drew forth a bundle of banknotes. He was requested to count them ; but he showed some reluctance to do so, and Mr.L. perused them,and found only L 750. The prisoner then said he would make a clean breast of it, and admitted that he had taken the money in sums of £2O, £3O, and £5O at a t dm i e m rfr e .a , yL e i x an t mg en bh d eirs in t: g oas o lso v en e s r a period of 14 years, and devoted it to the support of his fa g mi inw l r y iat , hil t w h m e ayr e . d sp.vv u e c c a ou t o i ld o a n ,tio o an f ns h o.t i h s eli c r h ec il l d we r ra e ks n , , tph a re n on d . requested to step into a private ro om , and, in a ta the meantime, t2edm. enTthoef chzddeedfatloc defalcations, e w t h h i e ch accounts, t amounted and t ox prepare 3 ,wj statement was shown to the prisoner, who said it was correct within a few shillings of what he expected. He then said that he would exculpate the oth er c l er k s from all suspicion, and wrote a letter to the manager ex p ress i ng his regret and sorrow that, on that day, his cash acc ounts, a s assistant cashier to the Hull Banking Company, were deficient to the amount of £3,163 15s. 2d., vihich sum he had at various times surreptitiously abstracted and devoted to his own purpose. About five in the afternoon Mr. Cobb, the r th e manager, arrived at the bank , and the p risoner ' s defal o u cationsre f weren immediately botw t e r. e a n d t e he kn m own a:ag t e o r him. and In p the i• o ne r, the latter aga in admitted his guilt, and said as soon s as the messenger went to his house he knew that he had b e en fetind out, and he was glad that it was so, as it had coursea interview r w it nesse s, the case was re manded till next day. A CUMBERLAND M AGISTRATE ACCIDENTALLY taken a great w ei g ht off his mind. After hearing several Cumberland, a magistrate of the county , w as i found drowned n the river been at Bootle, near DROWN ED.—On Sund a y last the body of Mr. Ed ward Atkinson Burrow , of Carlton Hall, frt. On Saturday, it appears, he had Whitehaven, with a horse and conveyance, he was ab nit 7 o'clock in the evening. Shortly his lam p s lighted, passing through the railway gates, with lighted, and left there cross the water. The river is at this part affected by the rise of the tide, and it is supposed that the unfortunate gen tleman his way to Esk Meals, where would have to had been mistaken as to the time the sea would be at high water, and had been drowned in attempting to make his way across. His horse returned to the neighbourhood of Bootle, and was found in the farmyard at 3 o'clock neat morning. Information having been given to the county police, search was made, and the body was found that morn bag, about 11 o'olook, about 100 yards below Esk deals, SPEEPLECHASING FEBRI 'IXTURES FOR 1863. 'ARY. Carmarthenshire Hunt 2 Aberystwith Hunt Scarborough ll Birmingham .. 23 Reading ... MARCH. Grand National Hunt (Market Harborough ...26 IRISH—APRIL. Kildare Hunt l5 PEDESTRIANISE RACE BETWEEN GARLAND AND WEBSTER.—The dis tance these metropolitans had to run was 200 yards, and pursuant to the arrangement made they met on Mr. John Garratt's ground, Wandsworth. The event produced some excitement, and there was a strong muster present. The odds were 6 to 4 in favour of Garland, and Mr. Garratt was chosen referee. The pedestrians had to start by report of pistol, and the referee having made selection of a compe tent person to act as starter, the pedestrians came to the mark. Garland, who won the toss for sides, had his oppo nent on the left hand, and when they stood at the scratch ready to bound off on the given signal, it was seen both men had taken the utmost care to get themselves in tip-top condition. On dashing away, Garland, who proved much the quickest on his legs, got the best of the start, and soon placed a rather formidable gap between himself and oppo nent. This advantage, notwithstanding the strenuous efforts made on the part of Webster to close on bim, he maintained to the finish, and went by the goal a clever winner. PUGILISM. GEORGE HENLEY AND JOHN LYNCH.--These members of the P.R. met yesterday to decide their claim to fistic superiority, when, after anything but a pleasant aquatic trip, owing to the extremely boisterous state of the weather, the ring was formed by the assistant-commissary on well known ground. Henley, who is 24 years old, stands sft. stin., and has contended prior to the present occasion with French and the well-known Joe Nolan, of Birmingham, winning with the first-mentioned, but being defeated by the Brum. Lynch is 24, stands sft. 71in., and has once be fore fought within the ropes, having contended with Bat chelor, whom he had the good fortune :to defeat. Henley was brought out under the auspices of Jemmy Welsh, in days past one of the most scientific light-weight champions. Lynch (who is no relation to Charley Lynch) was backed from Jesse Hatton's, Homer-street, Marylebone, and was confined to 9at. 41b., while Henley was not restricted in weight. A referee, after some delay, being obtained, the belligerents stepped within the ropes. Lynch won the toss for corners, which was some little advantage in his favour, as the wind from the south-west was blowing a hurricane The betting was level, but there was not much money laid out at the ring's side. The combatants at once went bustling to work, and after some exchanges, in which the men got in all parts of the ring, Henley got on with the lett heavily, and Lynch, who spun round, went down near the ropes. In the second bout the first of the three leading events was won by Henley, and in the flah round he succeeded, as Lynch was coming in, in delivering a flush hit with the left, which instantly sent Lynch to gals. lie was out of time, and the sponge was thrown up in token of defeat. Henley, who had scarcely a mark, was hailed the winner, the battle having only lasted nine minutes and thirty seconds. There was to have been another contest between Welsh, of Birmingham, and young Frawley, for a purse, but owing to the appearance of the police the "camp" was suddenly broken up, and, as the commander-in-chief had no ground convenient, operations were at once suspended. LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday. FOREIGN OFFI E, JAN. 12. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. M. B. Sampson as Consul-General in England ; of Mr. Juan Fair:, as Consul in London; and of Juan Smith, jun., as Consul at Hull; for the Argentine Republic. JANURAY 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James William Musson as Consul at Bermuda for his Majesty the King of Denmark, ihe Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas :stnall as Vice-Consul at Lowestoft for his Royal H.ghness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 2J. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT—The Rev. John Higgin botham to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class. MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT—Deputy Superintendent of Stores R. R. Pringle to be Superintendent of Stores, vice Morris, superannuated ; Assistant-Superintendent of Stores W. O'Neill to he Deputy Superintendent of Stores, vice Pringle: Deputy Assistant-Superintendent of Stores A. S. Bcswick to be As istant-Supt rintendent of Stores, vice O'Neill; Deputy Assistant- Superintendent of Stores J. Moore, to be Assistant- Superintendent Gf Stores, vice Wilkinson, superannuated ; De puty Assistant-Superintendent of Stores E. Fayrer to be Assistant-Superintendent of Stores, vice Peak son, superannuated ; Deputy Assistant-Superintendent of Stores J. M. Lloyd has been permitted to resign his Commission. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of Deputy Assistant-Superintendent of Stores Robert W. Cass being placed at the bottom of the list of officers of that rank, next below Deputy Assistant-Superintendent of Stores C. Webb, in accordance with the sentence of a general court-martial. INDIA OFFICE, JAN. 20. Her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the under mentioned promotions and alterations of rank among the officers of tbo Madras army : PROMOTIONS. 21st Regiment Native Infantry—Captain George Smart to be Major, vice Rigg, retired. General List of Infantry Officers—Ensign James Graham Robert Douglas Macneill to be Lieutenant, in succession to Nicolls, 6th Native Infantry, deceased ; Ensign Henry Andrew Allen Prior to be Lieutenant, vice Rowley, late 3d European Regiment, retired; Ensign John Forbes, Pinbey to be Lieutenant, vice Cotton, 4th Native Infantry, deceased. ALTERATION OF RANK. Lieutenant James Graham Robert Douglas Macneill to , take r an k f rom 16th August, 1862, in aucoessic,n to Lord, 20th Native Infantry, deceased. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. John Robinson, rag dealer, Morley, Yorkshire William Clark, woolEtarler, Bradford Henry John Smith, Okehills, Somersetshire BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of any importance which appear in the Gazette : Francis Harrison, farmer, Essex Edmund Perr6, mechanical engineer, Chelsea J. Marlow and T. W. Manning, saddlers, Northampton John Childs, baker, Hoddesden, Hertfurdshire Joshua Hirst and Arthur Hirst, manufacturers, Leeds John M 4 C4fory, cattle-dealer, Liverpool Henry Slater, provision dealer, Leeds Joseph Hepworth, clothier, Sheffield Angus Rankin, draper, Aberdare Robert A. Beech, innkeeper, Leeds Edward Williams, iron dealer, Birmingham John Pratt, publican, Mount-street Edward Blennerhasset, surgeon, Tunbridge George Harding, dentist, St. John's -wood Edward Williams, hoiier, B a y swater Joseph Carter, builder, Brixton SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Beveridge, Carnbe Mills, Kinross James Sou; ar, farmer, Kinross George Sharp, jun., mason, Glasgow Charles Watt, farmer, Tilliebo, Aberdeenshire THE TOTNES ELECTION, The election of a member to serve in Parliament for the borough of Totnes resulted yesterday in the return of Mr. Seymour, the Liberal candidate : Eleven o'clock. Dent (Conservative) Seymour (Liberal) _ . . LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) JOHNSON V. JOHNSON AND HOTHUSOLL. This was a part heard cause, and was adjourned in Nova cber last for further evidence. The petitioner was a chemist residing at Preston and Liverpool, and sued for a divoroe on the ground of adultery. The Court was satisfied with the evidence produced as far as the allegations at Preston were concerned, and this morning witnesses were examined to show the conduct of the wife at Liverpool and the treatment she received from her husband, which was invariably that of kindness. The learned Judge granted a rule nisi, but without costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SAVAGE ASSAULTS.—AIice Goddard alias Taylor, a well-known virago, living at 8, St. Ann's-court, Soho, was charged with violently assaulting Agnes Hamilton, and inflicting serious wounds about her face with a drinking glass. The complainant, whose face was sadly disfigured, said that while in the Portland Arms, Great Portland-street, that morning about one o'clock, the defendant came in and asked her to have some brandy and water, at the same time handing her the glass. She pretended to drink but did not, and handed her back the glass, at the same time thanking her. The defendant then began quarrelling with her about a young man, and struck her two violent blows in the face with the glass, breaking it and inflicting the wounds on her face and covering her with blood. A constable arriv ing, she (complainant) was taken to the Middlesex Hos pital where the wounds were dressed, and the defendant was taken into custody. Frost, 16S E, said he was called to the Portland Arms and saw the complainant bleeding from wounds on her face. He took her to the Middlesex Hospital where her face was dressed, and another constable took the defendant to the same hospital, she having cut her hand badly with the glass. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the defendant was a little savage, and committed her for two months with hard labour. John Tobin, of 6, White Hart-court, Tcttenham-court road, was next charged with assaulting, with a hammer, John Mahony, his next door neighbour. Complainant said that, hearing a noise in the court, he went down to see the cause, when a man, whom he had given evidence against in a case of assault, struck him a blow with his fist, and the prisoner then struck him a vio lent blow on the:top of his head with a large hammer. He became insensible from the effects of the blow, and was taken to the Middlesex Hospital, where his head was dressed by the surgeon. Mr. Tyrwhitt—You had not got a nice little stick in your hand at the time, had you? Complainant—Oh no. Mr. Tyrwhitt— Had there not been a regular shindy going on in the court ? Complainant—There was a little disturbance. A constable said he saw the prisoner strike the com plainant on the head with the hammer, but he did not see the complainant strike any one. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was impossible to say what might be the effect of the wound the complainant had received, and he should therefore remand the prisoner for a week. THAMES. DARING ROBBERY BY AN OLD THIEF ON TOWER-HILL. —William Saville, alias Savage, a well-known and desperate thief, about 20 years of age, was brought up on remand before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing a silver watch from the person of Edward Pearce, a respect able youth, residing in King-street, Tower-hill. On the afternoon of the 13th inst. the prosecutor was standing among a cluster of people assembled on Tower hill around a " hankey pankey" man disposing of some nostrum, when the prisoner seized his watch, twisted the ring from it, and was about running away when the lad seized him and called for help, which was at once rendered by a man named Bilbrook, who had been watching the operations of the prisoner, and his attempts to rob people for half an hour. The prisoner was secured, and he dropped the watch at the prosecutor's feet. It was re covered. Police-constable, 132 H, 'said the prisoner had been twice summarily convicted of felony, and on each occasion. was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. On another occasion the prisoner was summarily convicted at the Worship street Police-court, and sentenced to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. A police man of the M division had informed witness he had a con viction against the prisoner. The father of the prosecutor said he wished the magis trate to dispose of the case summarily, and he did not wish his son to be wasting his time any longer. The lad's employers wanted his services. Mr. Woolrych—That is a secondary consideration where the interests of justice and the public security is concerned. It is no waste of time to prosecute a criminal in a court of justice, and it is the duty of every good and loyal subject to come forward and give evidence in cases of this description. The prosecutor's father—This is the seoond day my son has been here. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Woolrych—Once more you will be summarily con.. victed, but if brought here again you will be committed for trial, and sentenced to a long term of penal servitude. I now sentence you to six months imprisonment and hard labour. Twelve o'clock. Seymour 142 Dent Majority • • • • • • • --9 One o'clock. Seymour 154 Dent Majority -15 Two o'clock. Seymour l6B Dent 142 Majority —l6 At the close of the poll, the numbers stood : Seymour Dent 157 Majority for Mr. Seymour ---8 POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The ghosts of the Polytechnic, which manifest themselves as a startling appendix to Mr. Pepper's " Strange Lecture" on optical illusion, have proved singularly attractive, and when the hour wives for their appearance the lecture-room becomes as crowded as the pit of a theatre on the night of Boxing•day. Mr. Pepper certainly hints in the course of his lecture that a concave mirror lies at the foundation of the spectral phenomena, but half knowledge of the cause by no means diminishes the wonder produced by the effect, so skilful is the use made of a well known expedient. There, in his cell, at the back of the room, sits the solitary student, till his lucubrations are disturbed, first, by a skeleton, then by a bust of Apollo, accompanied by a young man. Enraged at the interruption, the student en deavours to demolish the intruders, but they offer no resistance to his touch, and he finds that he is fighting with empty air. And, what is most curious to the eyes of the spectator, the ghosts are fully as substantial as the persecuted student—nay, on one occasion, he becomes even more shadowy than his visitors. The lecture and its awful supplement over, an illusion of another kind, addressed, not to the eye, bat to the ear, is effected by Mr. Devon, a most accomplished ventriloquist, who holds converse with three imaginary persons, respectively situated in the garret, the cellar, and a box immediately before him, and receives answers in which the modifying power of distance and obstruction is imitated with singu lar accuracy. The pantomime of " Harlequin and Cinderella," represented partly by dissolving views painted by Mr. Hine, partly by the shadows of liv ing actors, is a happy combination of Christmas drollery with the phenomena that more particularly belong to a scientific establishment. The manner in which mechanical effects are produced by means of magic-lantern slides is most remarkable. The curtain, though nothing but a spectrum, rolls up with every appearance of solidity. Smoke issues from the pipe of Cinderella's father, the torrent which she crosses in her flight from the ball looks like a volume of real splashing water, the wheels of her carriage actually revolve when she revisits the Prince's castle. The drollery of the pantomime is materially assisted by Mr. George Bsckland, who reads a humorous description of the passing scenes, and proves himself an excellent singer of comic songs. Notices of Motions in the House of Commons. Mr. SOMES—(lntoxicating Liquors)—To call the atten tiun of the house to the sale of intoxicating drinks on the Sabbath, with a view to the introduction of a measure for its abolition. Mr. TORRENS—To move for returns relating to the woods, forests, and land revenues. Mr. WRIOHTSON—(Vacating Seats)--Bill to amend the Act of Queen Anne with regard to the vacating of seats in this house on acceptance of office. Mr. WYLD—(Tickets of Leave)—Address for papers and return relating to the present system of granting tickets of leave, and for an extension of the system► of transportation beyond the seas. Mr. WYLD—To call the attention of the house to the present defective management of the barrack canteens throughout the United Kingdom. COTTON FROM TIIRKEY..—The Smyrna Mail o the 31st ult., after alluding to the interest attach• ing to the opening of the Smyrna and Adin Railway Com• pany, by means of which Ephesus is brought within ten days' journey of England, says :—" But this is not the only advantage which has accrued from the opening of this railway so far; it has laid open a fertile tract of land cap able of every cultivation, and adaptable more especially to that of cotton. Our columns have daily been nearly filled with the reports of the cotton commission which has been established here, and the exertions which have been made, not only by the imperial Government, but by pri vate individuals, to increase the growth of this important staple of English requirement. Continually have we urged upon our friends of England the great efforts we are making to alleviate their wants, and how desirous we are of showing that Turkey, under the good administration it is now, is capable of becoming a country from which the introduc tion of exporting large quantities of cotton may even help to rival America. The 12,000 bales of last year have aug mented to above 60,000 this season, and will next season increase to above 100,000 bales, which show not a small item for the capabilities of Asia Minor to supply cotton, considering the rude mode of cultivation hitherto adopted. Facts will, however, speak for themselves, and the public throughout the world will know in time the value which our journal has hitherto been in promoting the publicity of cotton cultivation here." FRANCE AND MEXICO.—La Patrie publishes the following in prominent type :—" Adviees received via San Antonio informs us of the defeat of General Ortega by 5,000 men of our "avant-garde" against 25,000 Mexican troops. General Forey, at Puebla, was waiting for rein forcements. 6,000 French have landed at Tampico." A MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE MANCHESTER WORKHOUSE CHARGED WITH PERJURY.—At the City Police-court, yesterday, Mr. Evan Thomas, one of the medical officers of the New Bridge-street Work house, and also one of the district medical officers under the Manchester Board of Guardians, was brought up under a warrant charging him with having, on the 6th of January, before Mr. E. Herford, the city coroner, been guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury, in the evidence given by him touching the oeath of Mary Ann Bell, late of Bas senthwaite, Keswick, Cumberland.—Mr. Maybury, the superintendent of the Detective Department, said that ho apprehended the prisoner about half an hour previ ously, under a warrant charging him with perjury. Witness read the warrant to Mr. Thomas, who made no reply.—Mr. Ellison—Are you prepared to go into the case ?—Mr. Maybury—l believe not to-day.—Mr. Robin son—l may state in this case I believe that I shall have the misfortune—for I feel it to be a misfortune—to ap pear to prosecute Mr. Thomas for the offence brought before you to-day. We are not at present prepared to go on with the case. The gentleman who instructs me has come from a long distance, and we are not prepared with our witnesses now. But, inasmuch as Mr. Thomas would be entitled to bail, and I shall not make the slightest ob jection to any bail which your Worships may think proper to require, probably a short remand, to the day after to morrow, will be most convenient. We shall then come fully prepared to go into the case. Probably Mr. Thomas will succeed in getting bail, and he need not then be sub ject to the inconvenience of being detained here.—Mr. Thomas said that he had sent for his solicitor.—Mr. Ellison : It is not proposed to carry the case to a conclu sion, or, in fact, one step further to-day. The only question is with regard to bail. We shall admit you t o bail on producing two sureties of £lOO each, and yourself being bound in the sum of £2oo.—The case was adjourned to Thursday. DUNDEE.—MAN DROWNED IN THE HARBOUR. — Early yesterday morning the body of a man named Peter Taylor, a joiner, residing in Mid-wynd, was found by the men employed on the dredger, lying on a bank at the south side of the tidal harbour. We understand that he left his home on Saturday night, and it is supposed that he had wandered down to the harbour and stumbled in. He was about 40 years of age, and leaves a wife and family.— Scotsman. IN POSITION.—In the battle of Fredericksburg General Sykes,second brigade (regulars),tben under command of Major Andrews, was ordered to take a parti cular position at midnight preceding the terrible engage ment, and to hold it at all hazards. It crossed the river, arrived at the point, and the whole command were ordered to lie upon the ground. At daybreak the cause of this last order became apparent. The brigade was within 80 yards of a stone wall, behind which were stationed the rebel sharp shooters, and not far behind them E 6 rebel cannon, entirely commanding the position thus occupied by our troops if they stood up. They were protected (lying down) by a ridge immediately in their front, hardly higher than that thrown up by a deep waggon rut. As long as they lay perfectly still it was, however, a sufficient cover for them, Thus the brigade held the position for 24 hours, not firing a 1 gun, but suffering to the extent of one-tenth the whole number killed and wounded by the rebel sharpshooters, who picked off every man of them raising his person high enough to permit him even to light a pipe ,— Wa thill i g°n Star, I.UST. :MBER. BRAGG V. BRAGG AND WILLIAMS. This was a petition for dissolution of marriage, presented by Thomas Bragg, with his wife Mary Ann. The peti tioner was a master on board the American ship Isaac Webb, and became acquainted with the respondent, who fulfilled the office of stewardess in the same ship. The marriage was celebrated in Brooklyn on the 14th February, 1853. Elizabeth Bragg, mother of the petitioner, said she re collected her son returning from America, and introducing the respondentto her as his wife. She produced a:memoran dum, signed by a clergyman in Brooklyn, to the effect that Thomas Bragg and Mary Ann Webb had been joined as man and wife. He spon left his wife in her care, while he went a voyage, and after he had been absent some time she (the wife) began to manifest some dislike to witness, and expressed her intention of leaving the house: She told her she had received her from her son's hands, and she should like to return her into his hands: Mrs. Bragg ultimately left her house, and she never saw her for many years after. Mrs. Jones, of St. Paul's-square, Liverpool, said a female came to her house in the year 1855 and took apartments for herself and husband, who she said was a mate on board the Columbine, which had just arrived from Ame rica. They remained some time, and then left. The name given by the parties was Williams. They returned again to her home in 1858, when they told witness that they had on that occasion just returned from California. After that he saw Mrs. Williams at Mr. Maguire's office. She then discovered that the person she knew as Mrs. Williams was the wife of Captain Bragg. _ _ - . Mr, Maguire said he was employed by Captain Bragg to make certain inquiries respecting his wife. He also arranged that Mrs. Jones should see Mrs. Bragg at his office. Capt. Bragg was present. When Mrs. Jones saw her she at once identified her as the person who had resided in her house in 1855 and 1858. The case was adjourned for future evidence respecting the American marriage, his lordship stating that he was satisfied that the other allegations in the petition had been proved. _ WEBB V. WEBB. Ia this adjourned cause his Lordship granted a rule via. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE KRANCHEY. This bankrupt was described as of Regent-street, wine merchant, and the Lord Nelson Music-hail, New-road. An adjournment was ordered for accounts. The preliminary statement, by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Hayles, shows — Debtor to creditors, unsecured, £1.2,486 4s 9d ; assets, nil. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE C. H. ST. JOHN O'NEIL.) This bankrupt vi-1 described as of Battersea, and Wel lington-street, Gravesend, and this was an adjourned meeting for last examination. Mr. Abrams opposed, on the ground that the bank rupt had not complied with an order of the Court to render an account of his transactions with Messrs. Springer and Vignesle, wine merchants, at Bordeaux, who alleged that they had consigned wines and brandies to him of the value of £2OO, and had only recovered £27, and un their coming to London they found that he had left his place of business in Gray's-inn, and thereupon presented a petition in bank ruptcy. The bankrupt denied that the wines had been consigned to him, but he should endeavour to sell them. His Honour said that the account required must be fur nished, and ordered a further adjournment, the question of costs to stand over. IN RE LUMLEY. A meeting is appointed for a later hour in the case of this bankrupt, described as formerly of Her Majesty's Theatre, and of Hereford House, Brompton. The debts are stated by Messrs. Hart Brothers and Hayles at £25,049 to creditors unsecured. Bad debts, £600; property given up to assignees, £200; deficiency, £24,849. MARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. A very small supply of English wheat was on sale here to-day. The trade, however, both for red and white pro duce, was by no means active, yet prices were supported. With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. A moderate business was transacted in most descriptions, and the currencies ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at late rates. Malting barley was very firm at extreme currencies. Grinding and distilling qualities, however, met with a slow sale, on former terms. The malt trade was steady, at previous quotations. Oats, the supply of which was less extensive, moved off steadily, at Monday's decline in the quotations. _ • Beans and peas were in slow request, at Monday's cur• rency. In flour about an average business was transacted, at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English 410 I 270 i 710 ; 930 sack Irish.. — 100 I foreign 2,650 3,710 1,380 i 200 brls BOROUGH HOP. Both English and foreign hops are in steady request, and prices are well supported. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the trade rules firm, as follows : Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; veal, 3s 8d to 48 4d ; and pork, 38 6d to 4s 4d per 81b. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE---This Day. LONDON, Jan. 21.—Wind this day at noon—West ; strong breeze, and fine weather. It blew a gale during the night. COWES, Jan. 20.—Wind N.W., strong gale.—Arrived-- Antelope, from Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 20.—Wind N.W., squally.—Arrived —Her Majesty's ship London, from Gibraltar. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. No arrivals. DELL, Wednesday Morning. . _ No arrivals. Sailed—Yorkshire, for London, in tow of two tugs ; the rest of the homeward bound getting under way. NEW DECORATION.—" A cross of a new Order," says the Presse, "may be seen in the Galerie Montpensier of the Palais Royal. It is that of Radama 11., King of Madagascar. He has just given an order in Paris for 12,000 f. worth of this cross, which has seven points, is sur mounted by a royal crown, end suspended by a red ribbon with transversal stripes of a darker shade." THE FRENCH CORPORAL —A corporal in the French service is not a kind of by brii soldier. He is not a private, neither is he considered a non-commissioned officer. He messes and lodges with the privates—gets the same rations, the same quality of cloth for his clothing, is obliged to live on terms of intimacy with them, play with them, and yet must command and punish when neces sary. Forced to live thus with these men, it requires tact for a corporal to remain friendly with bis comrades, and at I the same time to retain his authority. It would be utterly impossible for him to do so were it not for the law of the French military service, which renders a superior liable to punishment if he neglect to punish a man who has miscon ducted himself. Officers have long ago recognised the rank of corporal as the most difficult to fill in the military hierarchy. They have all admitted that the corporals are the catspaws of regiments. It might be imagined that un der such circumstances the corporal is a miserable man. On the contrary, he is the jolliest soldier in the regiment. In the first stages of his responsibility he may get a little de spairing at seeing that, do what he will, he cannot please ; but it soon wears off. He soon learns why he is always punished, and soon gets to know that he is a kind of vent peg for any officer or superior's anger. Hence, when a " blown-up" officer turns round and confines his corporal four days to barracks, the corporal will frequently give him a wink, and the officer will answer with a laugh. Officers having recognised the difficulties of a corporal's position, make allowances for his frequent punishments. Often his score will be rubbed out. Officers show, also, great indul gence in other ways to these poor "soul) is miseres;" besides which, they, in a certain measure, fear them. A captain haying a bad set of corporals will continually be reprimanded for untidy men. Another captain, more conciliatory, will have tidy men, and always receive compli ments. The corporal can incite the men of his squad to work, and by his energy, teal, and example, can make them rapid in all their duties. The corporal's opinion on any subject is accepted by all the men under his immediate con trol; he makes black popular to-day, and oondemns it irre trievably to-morrow, He it is who makes an officer popu lar or unpopular, confers nicknames, and is generally at the bottom of all fun. When I had ben rigged out with a fatigue-dress, Corporal de Bonfils told me that I looked like a pantin, a puppet ; that I was as still as the Colonne S en dome ; in fact, that I was a regular " godam,' oh yes 1" and offered to wager that he would cut round our room and touch the 40 men there before I could touch a dozen. This he proceeded to do in a most extraordinary manner ; he spun round the room like a peg-top, and first with one hand and then the other, and with each foot alternately, slapped and kicked every man, standing at the foot of his bed on purpose; then turned a somersault, and finished off with a few of the most admired steps of the cancan, and a gro tesque imitation of the Colonel in a rage,—Dickens's "Ml thC Year Round." Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16t 11 174 Antwerp .. 25 37i 25 42/ Brussels — 25 37/ 25 42/ Hamburgh — 13 6 / 13 7 Paris _ _ _25 20 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 1181 119 Vienna Trieste .. 11 85 11 0 Petersburgh Berlin .— Madrid , .. 481 491 Cadiz Leghorn — 25 57f 25 621 Milan — 25 56 25 62f Genoa — 25 55 25 62f Naples Palermo — 25 60 25 65 Messina — 25 60 25 65 Lisbon — 52 521 Oporto — 521 63 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £0 0 0 Mexican Dollars -s 0 5 5 Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons 0 0 0 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mule pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.17 i per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price in London and Paris. By advicee from Hamburg the price of gold is 4221 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4i'per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 3-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at GO days' sight is about 149 per cent., and the premium on gold is 351 per cent. At these rates there is a profit ou the importation of gold from the United States. ANIMATED SANDWICHES.—If we object to an apparatus of hoops carried by her who doubled our joys and divides our sorrows, how shall we regard an inflexible wooden garment with obtrusive edges and angles on the person of an ill-favoured and elderly instance of the opposite sex ? Perhaps a smart appeal to the shins may be an appropriate reminder of the existence of the " Sydenhanx trouser ;" but we cannot think it is the right way of recom mending Mr. Sims Reeves and " Israel in Egypt," having a tendency to make the sufferer wish that Mr. Sims Reeves and Israel were in Egypt, or further. But even if this mode of advertising were perfectly decent, even if did not tend to impede locomotion, and to inflict personal injury, its cruelty would furnish sufficient grounds for abolishing it. Are we, who have done away with climbing boys and draw ing dogs, to tolerate the degrading exhibition of these stag gering men in our streets? London hardly affords a more touching sight than one of these unfortunate creatures beating up the Strand in a stiff gale. At one moment he is scudding before the wind, spreading confusion among the passengers about him ; at another he is taken aback, and becomes an obstruction, sworn at by the profane vulgar, thrust at by umbrellas, poked at by the poles of vehicles. The only consolation that he has in life is, that they cannot hurt him. If he attempts to bear up and run for a friendly archway as for a harbour of i efuge he only makes matters worse, for if he misses stays in wear ing, the wind works its wicked will with him, and the boards flap and belabour his wretched carcase like the wings of some ravenous bird of prey, Amid all this palpable I misery the fiction is kept up that he is a cheerful individuals I and that—at least, so say the placards—he has " seen Peep o' Day and wants to see it again." Sometimes a dozen or so go in single file, commanded by a tough and seasoned old walking advertisement, who manoeuvres his men among the crowd at a rapid shuffle. In this case the rear is gene rally brought up by an asthmatic or shortlegged Peep o' Day, for whom the pace is too severe, and who, while he advertises his employer, puffs himself, and runs against you just as you are congratulating yourself on having escaped without any casualty.—Saturday Review. THE LAST OF HUNG ERFORD SUSPENSION BRIDGE. —Yesterday a number of workmen were engaged in removing the brickwork surrounding the anchorage of the chains on the Surrey side of the river, preparatory to the taking down of the massive links which ware used to sup port the wooden footway, These will be conveyed to Clif ton, where they will be employed in the construction of the suspension bridge. The only portions of Ilungerford-bridge still remaining are the two lofty towers in the centre of the river and the chains, which latter are now in the course o removal. The whole of the bridge proper has been cleared away, many of the suspending irons having been left loosely hanging from the chains, while the towers will soon be pulled down, as they stand directly in the centre of the roadway of the new railway bridge, the lower portions or piers being still retained to support a portion of the new erection. llungerford Suspension Bridge has been used for public traffic since the Ist of May, 1545 (on which day it was opened), a period of 17 years. The length was 1,342 feet, the width being 14 feet, while the length of the central span between the two piers was 676 feet. No less than 700 tons of iron were used in its construction, at a oost of £17,000, the masonry of the structure costing £60,000, and approaches £13,000. Its total cost amounted to £102,245. The engineer was Sir I. K. Brunel, from whose designs the bridge, which attracted much admiration for many years was constructed. SSE PaAl. 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