The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-26 00:00:00

. . . . . TIONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS. —Thursday, -4.. AND ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOK.S. 14 ko COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. 1 paid. Closing rri. Business Share Railways. done. • I . CITY, Two o'CLocK. 13.14. Mr., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 8 4 1 2 0 5 B B o ly a t t l . !e si a e n a d t. Tyne. The city, to-day, presents quite a holiday appear- all - - all 8 8 4 luxe, the Stock Exchange and most of the other ,andMid.Co. „ 2 F 4 at Bristol and Exeter .... 100 5 )d, principal establishments being closed. st Caledonian lOO 12J 121 1201 all - he In the money market there is very little enquiry 20 50 Cork and Bandon Cornwall .... . tS' for accommodation, and three months bills of a 10 Do A fill 6p c.p an.has all 10 Do. B re- Superior character are readily negociated at 61 per been paid to B. / A gets no die a ll 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 37 39 cent., and exceptional transactions are reported at 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 ea even slightly lower quotations. atst G E d i a t s n g b . Edinburgh s & . ,OrdGlasgow.ern . 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 6 7 9 10 8 9 he The movements of the precious metals during the 100 0 4495. 47 50 19 0 1 I ed Past week continued on a rather extensive scale, the B a t t Gr D e i a t t t E o a A ste a r t n ock stk at Ditto EastAnglian at 100 70 84 of imports amounting to about £735,192. The st Gr r e a a%oorrttreir Northern Scotland 1 00 100 1.27; 127 - Monarch from Australia brought £257,122. The " at ( "Do A stock .• . 100 131 132 1321 2 2 tie Arabi a f rom N ew Y or k, £6,191 ; the City of New at Do Bdo at Gt. S. and W. of Irelano 100 97 136 99 tB, 'York from ditto, £220,000. The Scotia has at Great Western at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 - arrived with £9u,000, and the Saxonia with £21,000. st Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 1111 1111 acal , ho The Delta from Alexandra has also been announced at London and st Lon., & l ßright., S. Co 100 72 74 ast 100 1074 :08; 1084 at. with £569, and about £150,000 in silver, has been st Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 43 44 .44 _. at Lon. & North Western 100 107 z 107/ 1084 71 1 .11- received from the Continent. at Lon. & Scr.th Western 100 101 102 1021 2 toe The exports have been limited and comprise 50 st Man., net, & Lincoln. 100 491 5 0 4 50 4 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - - ICO £122,519 to the East Indies and China by the 124 Do ¢ shares.. . all - - t Metropolitan all 1114 1121 114 11 4 1 at- Poonah, and there have been remittances to the at Midland G. Continent through private chanaels, estimated at 4.4. 0 Do New . 5.4.0 1 4 'IP P st Do Binning. & Derby 100 97 ;v 111 about £126,270. The total amounting to £258,860. 50 slid. Gt w. of Ireland all - - 25 Do. 4 shares - ... am, ....m...•• 26 Mid Kent ..... all - red BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 10 Do Cray Line at North British - 100 521 631 54 THURSDAY, st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 t 6 Bank Stock - at Nth. Eastern-Berwiok 100 102 i 103 103 BS' a per Cent. Reduced Annuities - - d 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9ll 1 at Do Leeds 100 at Do York 100 89 581 90 594 NSW 3 per Cent. Annuities - ge India St oc k, 1874 Ditto 5 pei Cent. 1870 for Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 - (9 'at Di tto E nface d P aper , 4 p er C en t .. --.1106.4 z North S s t . a vv iTo . r d j s a h a i r a e t 1 0 a . .. a a 11 l 'I I B 7 1 8 14 781 st Scottish Central Ditto 5 per Cent - at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 42 44 434 li. Ditto 54 per Cent - st Do Scot. Mid. stock.. lOO 98 100 Ditto ditto April, 1864 991 10 Shrews, and Welohpoot all - - at Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 - at Shropshire Union .... 100 51 62 tank Stock for Account - dis at South Devon lOO 32 33 at South Eastern el' Ditto Bonds £l,OOO - at South Wales - - Ditto under £1,000.. - a t S . Y or k. an d River Dun 100 97 49 ear Consols for Account, Jan, 7 9ll 4 4 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. all 91 10 4 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent - 25 Stockton & Darlington all 18 38, ire Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2113 per Cent 9 4 dis 25 Do l7 9 10 o ear Ditto £5OO - dis 25 Do New, 1866 8 71 71 p Ditto Small - dis at Taff Va1e.........-..... 100 158 160 es' 10 Do B 8 5 64 I , my FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 10 Doc 2 21 3i p 50 Ulster all - - IrS• Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent - 25 Do - p Ditto 1859 - 12.10 Do - - Brazilian 5 per Cent - et Vale of Neath i re Ditto, 1839 and 1859 et Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - Oat Ditto 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 - at West Cornwall lOO end Ditto 1863 - at W. Hartlepool Har.&R. 100 - - 0" Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid - - 'iv Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent - - Egyptian 7 per Cent _ lOO 4 at 100 Hereford 1 00 - - Ditto, Second Issue - alt . Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons ..._ BRITISH POSSESSIONS. seat Ditto Account Ditto Coupons - Closing Ditto Account l2 Share R a il wa ys Paid. Price. Business don. or Guatemala 5 per Cent. - 100 : - ktiantio (St St Lawrence all 60 e 1 iej Ditto Account - I Bom.,Baroda&.Centlnd /00 1064 1074 Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 784 Sk Gu. 5 per cent. Mexican 3 per Cent - 20 Do. New ....... ... • • 8 4 1 p Ditto Account 374 i 4 t 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 7 4 * 1 p 110 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent - . 204 Buffalo and Lakelluron all 6 64 New Granada l3l 1 10 Do. Preference ...... all 84 94 I Buflalo,Brant __ __ &Godricb 10t , Ditto 2 per Cent. - 100 6p. et. bda. Aug. 1, 1872 Ditto Deterred B4 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 - - Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) - 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 - - ugh Peruvian 3per Cent. .. at Clcutta.2S.Eastn.(Lio , 100 104 106 106 the Ditto Account .. at Cape Town t Dock Seri' 100 101 103 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 stook East Indian, gu. sp. c. ton 167 108 old Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 - 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 / 1 4p Ditto Account - 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 4 liP `bl o Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 - stock Grand Trunk_ of Canada ita, 20 21 104 ide a Ditto Account 49/ 100 1)o. Ist Prof. Bonds.. all 73 15 of Ditto, 1863 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 65 67 0 11- Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid - all 50 63 tioa Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £St 925 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... all 48 51 Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 lOO Do. do. deferred.,.... all 38 42 Ditto ther 1860 •• - 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 22 C 4 LaY° Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 hal l Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 - 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 12 111 that Sardinian 5 per Cent - 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 11 11p Ditto Account - stook Gt. South.of India (Lim Spanish 3 per Cent - guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1054 1060 an d Ditto Account 00 . the Ditto New Deferred - toi Do. New .. . . ... -.. 18 11 10 t. all 92 954 , 1 Do. 6 p.c '73 wi th' op tub - Ditto Account .. - 100 Do. 54 p.. c. do. '77-8. ... all 86 88 will. D itto Passive - 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4 In 24 Ditto Account 334 4 31 stock Madras guar., ovi• sp.a. .. 100 106 107 stock Do. 14 p. a. Extension 100 100 101 Spanish Cert. of Coup not f un d e d - stock Do. 4k do.. •• .... 100 16 100 Ditto Account 134 1 1 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- - 3. Swedish, 4 per Cent - stock slelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 - - Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 - 50 slelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 671 4 Ditto Account - Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 - 20 Neavßruuswick et Canda OS Ditto Account 64 Class A. and 8........ all 3 g N.lll.C'dad po Ist f bds 100 82 84 rho Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 - stori, sande.... _ (100 106 107 Ditto Account till° stock Do. Delhi Venezuela 3 per Cent. - so Do. do ... ?, 2 2 II lIP int- Ditto Account - at Do. Pun .... .1 ik. all 1054 166 j 'ter. Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 - Do. Do. .... -.. , te,. , 100 rhea Ditto Account - stook Do. Indus:St. Flo.) X lOO 101 103 Dividends on the above payable in London. Fish - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Dutch2l per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil 654 Ina' Ditto Account... - - uoi.tiiiiv. 0 p.c.6 a&J iii) per" French Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f - - 1877-84 ...—........ 100 105 116 106 1 it is thtto Account - - I Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 1(3 105 6101, Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid -pm - Do. .1 p.p.Mar..k Sept. 100 1(3 1(5 sof THREE O'CLOCK. , Do. Ip. c.Jan.&July. 100 13 64 931 3 hto Consol e , - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 ,91 93 Ditto Account Money 9ll 1 . - 'Cape G.Hope. 6 p c,1873 100 106 108 mi- - Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 - Do. 189 100 109 111 and - Do. Jan. & July, 1891 .. 100 112 114 fol - MARKETS—This Day. Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p e 100 110 112 - 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 196 103 gr. ; • - Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 l'B 110 ,o iS COVENT GARDEN. -- I N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja..tJuly 100 WI 106 4to There was a good show of fruit and vegetables at our .... N. D s o .w . .6 G p 0 . v a..A. 5 p p. & Oct 100 0., 186( 100 100 102 B ud Market to-day. The trade ruled firm, as follows :- - 1 , Do. sp. c.,18.4 to 10111 100 101 102 -. I Do. d0.,1888 (tupwds 180 1014 1024 1014 7110F7. s. d. s d - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 The s. d. a. d. P ine apples B6to 10 0 Mulberries,prpt..o oto 0 0 - !Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - 100 105 107 t ied, C olonial do., each 00to 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 00to 0 0 - 1 sterling, 1875. 'Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 1:1 113 i dol G _rapes,per 1b 4oto 10 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 - S. Aus G6p.c.1678.& up.. 100 111 113 Foreign do loto 2 0 Filberts, per lb .. 09to 1 0 _ Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.drJuly 100 107 109 pro' Melons . - i Do. io 6 p.o. An..tOot. 100 lo9¢ 1104 1094 10 91 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 _ Dee Ll pples, per hf- s y. 2 6t o 4 0 Al mon d s, p er bu s 0 oto 0 0 BRITISH MINES. ears, per do 119 1111 Oranges , per 100_3 6toB 01 Peaches .. ithel-,e Lemons, per 100.. 36t0 7 6 Currants, per la.sy 00to 0 0 - uliftord Amalgamated.' - 34 35 Gooseberrieshf sveo oto 0. 01Plums, per do. - S trawberries pr pt 00to 0 0 I Greengages, pr do. 00to 0 0 - Devon G. Con.. `Taoist) 1 5 60 6 70 East Bassettalloganl.. 30 18 60 59 ISO vzoETABLEs. 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 5.5. 4d gar' d the Greens, dz bunch 4oto $ 01 Shallots, per lb Cabbages,_ pr doz. 09to 1 3 i Horseradish, pdn 10to 2 0 East Cam Brea . :... .. . . 3.4.0 6 64 10 1230 , AC,id ditto 1 6to 3 0; Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 -- F. WlRussel (Tavietk.) 8.9.0 554 51 1 / ip 01 aavoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 3 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 9 ..... G ,, am.&S , tAubyn(Gwen.) 581. 8 10 TA' cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 6 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 8.,.r0c011, per bus. 00to 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 00to 0 0 u real South Tolgus.... 175 444 - - G. Wheal Vor(llelston 40 12 13 w ith f_otatoes, per ton 60 oto 110 0 Small salad, p. pn, 00to 0 0 _ Grenville 6.16.1. 4 44 Flered's-Foot 8.12 17 39 r r ° ' ~..L'i ew ditto, pr lb ..0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms ,p ptl. 0 oto 0 0 xurni-s, p dz bunch 2 oto 1 6 Artichokes . each 0 oto 0 0 ft ingston Downs -- Lady Bertha Carrots, pr d 0.... 46t0 5 6 Cos lett, Boo' re .. 0 oto 0 0 _ 2.8.6 1 1 a ril; Cucumbers ooto 0 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Margaret (Uny Lelant 94 14 16 Garlic, per lb - Starke Valle •4_ M dy Iron y Ore (Lim 4 2 .3 A .0 5 11 6 1 4 d the Sorrel per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Is4w Setun . 19'1 90 100 ' Green' CO' ,peas, h.-sy. 00to 6 0 Tomatoes, doz... 00to 0 0 _ North Do tans •zi. 14 14 ,5 il / x rench beans,h.s. 00to 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 00to 0 0 - S.Wh'i Basset (Mogan 3.1.0 20 8 Newoll_l4 doz. bn.. 16to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 00to 0 0 - 0 0 Do., dz bun 00to 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 00to 0 0 worth Wheal Crotty l'ar Consols (St Blazey - - - - 'l 3l,l lach ooto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 6 -- 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt, 10.6,7 42 44 urnip radishes 0 OSo 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 South Caradon(StCleer, 11 415 125 iilOr -- - S. Corn Brea (Mogan). • - 1314 POULTRY. - ,i.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.15.9 60 65 - Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 the Turkeys, 5s Od to 25a Od ; geese, 65 Od to 10s Od each ; 5 Camar Silvat Lead Min 4¢ k 1 Se" troslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; ducklings, - rin Crort 9 18 19 oil Os Od t o O s Od; r a bbit s , I s Od to 2s Od each; wild do., 96 - West Basset (Mogan). 14 94 104 f tO is 2d; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each ; S urrey f ow l s, - WCi radon, (Liskeard) . 5 18 20 lOs Od to 17s Od; chickens, 6s Od to 9a Od; barn-door fowls, - West Satoh Oe t B Odto 7s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, 3s 6d to Os Od ; - • Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 85 90 ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pheasants, 4s Od to Os Od ; .. . .- Wheal w m K Bu it le y r ( ( u ß .L ed e r i v an tl t i ) ) 224 274 2.0.6 5 - - her Partridges, is 6d to 2s 6d ; woodcocks, 3s , to Os Od; snipes, Os -- WhealLudcott I 3.0.8 1 14 •S of e to Os 9d ; t ea l, is 3d to O s Od ; wild ducks, 2s Od to Os Od - Wheal Mary Ann (Lien ) 8 114 12 0 0. w idgeons, is Od to Os Od; plovers, Os 9d to is Od each; - Wheal .leton . . 584 150 160 )110 guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to O s Od - Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 21 22 ea ch; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to Is 2d ; English, is 2d - to is 6d p er lb ; English eggs, 13s Od to 16s Od ; French do., Wheal Union 3.17 21 21 xtit r ' t au 108 8 0d to lls 3d per 100; leverets , 2 s 6d to 38 Od ; grouse Os PREFERENCE SHARES. s d i° • Od to 2s 3d. ' Great Western Orig. 44 per cent. pf., 1004 . - ._ .....1 On PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4i per cent. pf., 100 i Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 86) Midland 44 per cent. pf. stk. rd., 103 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and Blackwall, 4} per cent. stk.. 101;2 London, Brighton, &c., 46 per cent., 1858, 105 Metropolitan 5 per cent., 108 Vale of Neath, 4' per cent., 201 BILLINGSGATE. halibut, 6d per Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Od to Os; eels, 6d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and • A, cod, b• ; turbota, 55 Od to 20 • is Od to 15s Od ; brills, Os 6d to is 6d , to 6s Oh s ; dOreys, 5s Od to 6s Od ; mullets,2s Od. lobste, la to 38 Od; crabs, 6d to 2a 6d ;plaice and garnets, ea to Oa Od eae l; sol ,is t 4s Od per pair ; common haddeeka,v9:'-to. oysters, 10a to 258 ; natiese 6.3 s to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to 6s ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7a to 85 Nor 18s ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; 10 p er loars, Os to Os per 100 ; car p and tench, Os oto Oa brace. LINES LEASED AL' FIXED RENTALS. Chester andllolyne&a, 37p, cent., 115 b Midland Bradford pref. stock, 961 North Western, 171 17 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 84 Bahia and San Francisco g (lira.) .) en aa 184 lj Dutch Rhenish, 174 E per cent., un 204 a a m s t e u T a o n i d IP L r i a e nc e e , , a l 84 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 104 Ottoman (Smyrna to Afflin), 12 p o g t . . pf 7 ~ Paris, Lyons, and MfAiterranean, 37 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (Um.), 116 (Um.), 434 3 B A.l 9 : :K a Eo n to c oE s , gyn an ep k wt, o ,2 l 2B6i L i ona xi and Liverpool .ank of Wales, lira, 0 4 7 7 e ß h ci a t r i t s ,e h re a d n d Bank American ot indi Exchange Australia, City, 108 74 lim atd l g u l hina, 3 Consolidated Bank, lim., 10 4t4 East London, lim., 7f 8 ieli and Swedish, lim., 54 4uopean Bank, lim., 34 4 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 314 2 14 Imperial Ottoman. )8 . 4 } London Mortgage Bank of tndia, lim., 42 4 London and Brazilian (lim.), 534 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 491 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27 London and County, as 4 4 74 London Joint Stock, 374 4 London and South African 264 Loudon and Westminster, 'BOl # 4 80 National Provincial of England. Ditto, ditto, 25f at £1 los., 41 34 u nta w ub is , s a u n e d i, Delhi (11mA 7 7 MISCELLANEOUS. 4 h, 94 Berlin SciS ci n v d e i , t i P O :t Water wr 0 lian Copper, 2 4 &Josh and Austra 0 1 London, 7 6 Gen. Credit andC e Crystaly o u Company ' ; raiacv ° Financo Hudson's Bay, Soc ie ty, 124 Um' , 94 International Financial Italian Irrigation (C a nal CaVOur), Joint .stock Discount, 64 Ditto, new, 6 4 4 Lond on District T e l egrap h (U m. ) , 14 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. I s 7o, inued 90, London Ni nanzial Association, Um., 234 ; aladras Irrigation and C ana l , 34 Mercantile Credit Association, lira., 91 9 and 104 for MOM Natal Land and Colonization Company, lim., 5 4 National Discount Company, u m., 94 Nerbudda coal a n d Iron, 01 Ditto, new, 11. Rio de Janeiro City Improveme nts 274 South A can Mortgag e and Investment, el NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 4d to 413 6d' mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 6d the carcase. veal, 48 4cl to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 84 t tm 4 b s , l o o a d O p d e r t to l O b s s ,0 by y; WHITECHAPEL. to 4, cd- v e al , and pork, 38 6d to 4a 8d p er 81ba byth3 Beef, from 3s 2d to 4 s 4 d ; mutton, 38 8d 4s 2d to 4s 8d; carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis a re from 61d to 7d , of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b 2/d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to aid ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d t o 3ld 801 b to 881 b, 3 1d to 41d ; 8 81 b to 961 b, 34d to 4id ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 5 d ; 1041 b to 1 121 b, 41d to 51d. Horse bides, 10 s Od to li s Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od; full, 78 Od to Os Od • polled sheep, 10s Od to 12s Od ; half-breds, 8s Od to Ws Od'• D o wns, 6s 3d to 7s 9d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings:Os Oct to Os Od. tha thus ) the the a th e lielrl t o rate`` e vert , o cloo Ate r !: at f°` t he I. ort 1 . ! r oe" J. itl c " s3P' MARK-LANE. IMP ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES..--Wh eat 41s 2d barley, 32s Gd ; oats, 19s Od ; rye, 29s 4d ; beaii , s, and peas, 33s 7d. 34s 9d THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, .to s 6d - barley, 33s 5d ; oats, 19s 4d ; rye, 29s 8d ; beans, 35a Ge. Peas, 33s 11d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 1 12,204 ; barley, 113,124 ; oats, 15,304; rye, 30 ; beans , 5,537 ; peas, 4 8 0'4 quarters. HAY MARKETS. S MITIIPIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, !..4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 Gs to £1 10s per load. rade steady. eir MIiERLAND.--Meaiow hay, £3 Os to £4 12s 6d ; clover, aft:), to 4:5 lOs Od • and straw, £ 1 63 to 108 per load. air demand. ~11 Ir ECIiAPEL.—Meadow hay, £ 3 Os to £4 108 Od ; clover, 01 us to £5 19s 0d ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load. PPIY tolerably good. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1863 LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 23._ The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Lady Augusta Frederica Elizabeth Stanley to be Extra Bedchamber Woman to her Majesty. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day. MARLBOROUGH - STREET. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—Oscar Williams, a shoemaker, living at 18, Fitzroy-market, was charged before Mr. Knox, with violently assaulting Ellen Gould, an elderly woman, residing in the same house. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, prose cuted. It appeared that the brother of the prisoner and the com plainant were having a few words, when the prisoner rushed in and struck the complainant a violent blow on the nose, breaking it. Sho was taken to the University College Hos pital, and attended to, but still seemed to suffer a great deal. In answer to Mr. Knox, the complainant said she had given the prisoner no provocation whatever. The prisoner said that the complainant was about to strike his mother, when he interfered, and being himself attacked, he struck a blow in self-defence. There being reason to think that there was some truth in the prisoner's statement, Mr. Knox fined the prisoner 20s. or 7 de) s. CRUELLY TORTURING A llortSE.—James Clark, a brick maker, of Amersham, Backs, said to be in an extensive way of business, and John Baldwin, a carter, in his em ploy, were charged by Mr. Wm. Love, chief officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the former with having caused a horse to be cruelly tortured, and the latter with torturing the same. I; appeared from the evidence of Inspector Garforth, of the E division, that he took Baldwin, the:driver of the horse, into custody on the 18th inst., while•driving the animal in Mortimer-street. The wretched animal was in a most deplorable state, and it is a matter of surprise that it could have walked the distance, leaving the load it had to draw out of the question. The defendant Baldwin was remanded till to-day, and Mr. Love now proceeded against his master, he (Baldwin) being discharged. Mr. Cherry, the veterinary surgeon, having deposed that he could scarcely call the poor animal a horse, it being only the shadow of one—poor, weak, decrepit, with broken knees of old standing, one of them recently cut to the ex tent of three inches, the animal having also a disease of the shin, Mr. Love said that was his case. Mr. Knox said it was a shocking thing to work a horse in such a state, and he would advise Mr. Clark to have it destroyed. After some conversation Mr. Clark consented to this course ; and as the expenses incurred amounted to £2 25., Mr. Knox said he would merely impose a fine of one shilling. The Society's officer was then ordered to see the horse put out of its misery. THE CIVIL SERVICE. FOREIGN OFElCE.—Appointments—Mr. R. Read e, Vice- Consul at Bengazi, to be Consul for the provinces at Scu tari; Mr. G. Dennis, Vice-Consul at Syracuse, Vice-Con sul at Bengazi; Captain S. Mercer, R.N., British Vice- Consul at Granville, France, vice R. S. Warburton, Esq., transferred to Honfleur. _ COLONIAL OFFICE.—The appointment of Mr. George Geddes to be a member of the Legislative Council of the island of Jamaica has been confirmed. _ ... POST OFFlCE.—Appointments—Mr. H. O'Sullivan, a provincial clerk, Cork ; Mr. R, Simpson, a provincial clerk, D,irlington ; Mr. A. A. West, a provincial clerk, Nor wich. THE ADMIRALTY.—Coast-guard—Commanders IV. L• Standiforth, J. Robinson, and H. C. Barleigh have been appointed inspecting commanders of the coastguard, vice Commanders Gore, Beresford, and Webb, whose time of service has expired. SEAMEN'S REGISTRY OFFICE.—Mr. E. Martin has been appointed a temporary clerk, London. QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.—Mr. F. Leach has been appointed a temp , rary clerk, London. BOARD OF TRADE.—Mr. J. Wickenden, Mr. F. Fletcher, Mr. W. Kendle Morse, Mr. J. S. M•Donald, Mr. A Brooksby, and Mr. G. H. Bacon have been appointed temporary clerks in .London. POOR LAW BOARD.—Mr. C. Baker has been appointed to a clerkship. POOR LAW COMMISSION.—Mr. J. Brenan has been ap pointed an extra clerk, Dublin. EDUCATION OFFICE.—Mr. J. Emmerson has been ap pointed inspector's assistant. _ _ CuirOMS.—Appointments—Mr. T. Carder, an extra clerk, London; Mr. J. Godfroy, a waterman, London; Mr. J. M'lntyre, an out-door officer, Glasgow ; Mr. M. M'Coy, an out-door officer, Newry ; Mr. J. L. Pattison, an out-door officer, Dover. Promotions—Mr. W. S. Elliot, from the second to first class of examining officers, Greenock ; Mr. J. Dawson, from the third to second class of examining officers, Greenock; Mr. R. G. Lase, from the fourth to third class of examining officers, Greenock ; Mr. E. W. Ward, from the fifth to the fourth class of examining officers, Greenock ; Mr. G. Williams, clerk, sixth class, has been promoted to the fifth class, Lon don Docks, London; Messrs. R. B. Bowley and R. Sheerin, out-door officers, second class, to the first class, London ; Messrs. J. Elliston and J. Willis, oat-door officers, third class, to the second class, London ; Messrs. E. Reilly and S. Johnson, out-door officers, fourth class, to the third class, London; Messrs. A. Gallington, G. Miller, J. W. Bards, and W. J. Woolmington, out-door officers, fifth class, to the fourth class, London; Mr. D. Hammond, from the second to the first class of boatmen, Greenock. INLAND REVENUE.—STAMPS AND TAX BRANCH.—Mr. C. Moody has been appointed to be a junior clerk in the warehouse department ; Mr. W. Vaughan has been pro moted from the third to the second class in the special commissioners' department. ExcisE BRANClL—Appointments—Mr. D. W. Mac donald, officer, Abbeyleix ride, Carlow collection, to Mon astervan ride, Carlow collection; Mr, W. Grace, officer, Monastervan ride, Carlow collection, to Abbeyleix rice, Carlow collection; Mr. E. Hay, dropped officer, Alness, Ist division, Inverness collection, officer of Fort William divi sion, Fort William district; Mr. J. Barnes, second class assistant, York collection, second class assistant, Manches ter collection; Mr. T. B. Stevens, second class assistant, York collection, has been appointed second class assistant, Leeds collection; Mr. J. A. Morgan, second class assistant, York collection, second class assistant, Plymouth collec tion; Mr. J. W. Smith, second class assistant, York col lection, second class assistant, Halifax collection; Mr. C. Prince, second class assistant, York collection, second class assistant, Lancaster collection ; Mr. A. Wolfenden, second class assistant, York collection, second class as sistant, Northampton collection; Mr. W. Merrett, second class assistant, Waterford collection,, first class assistant, Port Ellen, fifth division, Argyle collection; Mr. J. Bainbridge, second class assistant, London, North collec tion, first class assistant, Millbank, first division, London, South collection; Mr. T. J, Kitton, second class assistant, Hants collection, first class assistant, Millbank, first divi•• sion, London, South, collection; Mr. S. Mosby, second class assistant, London, South, collection, second class assistant, Ware collection; Mt. C. H. Cressall, second class assist ant, London, South, collection, second class assistant, Ware collection; Mr. J. Harris, second class assistant, London, South, collection, second class assistant, Bedford collection; Mr. iE.Batty, second class assistant, London, South collection, second class assistant, Sarum collection ; Mr. T. W. Palmer, second class assistant, York col lection, second class assistant, Leeds collection ; Mr. J. Hollinshead, secod class assistant, Lynn collec tion, second-class assistant, Birmingham collection; Mr. W. T. Sinkins, second-class assistant; London, South, col lection, second-class assistant, Sussex coliection ; Mr. J Saul, second-class assistant, Liverpool collection. IRELAND.—Appointments — Messrs. F. Ireland, J, C. Maxwell, Edward French, and W. D. Greene, cadets in the constabulary. Promotions : Mr. H. R. Cox from a first class clerkship to be assistant-accountant and chief book-keeper in the Board of Public Works ; Mr. G. Persia from a second to a first-class clerkship, Board of Public Works, vice Cox, promoted; Mr. H. F. Berrie, from a third to second class clerkship, Board of Public Works, vice Perris, promoted; Third Sub-Inspector of Constabulary V. C. Bromwell to be second sub-inspector, vice D. M'T. Downing, deceased; Cadet T, H. O'Farrell to be third sub-inspector of constabulary, vice Bromwell, promoted : Cadet F. Singleton to be third sub-inspector, vice J. Rock, deceased; Cadet T. H. De Courcy to be third sub-inspector, vice Arthur, retired on pension,—Civil Service Gazette. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. By direction of the Admiralty the Warrior target, con structed under the superintendence of Mr. Bakconbe, of Chatham dockyard, and subsequently removed from Shoe buryness to Sheerness, has been inspected by the dockyard officials, and a report on its general condition. The in juries inflicted on the target with the 300 pounder Arm strong gun are such that it is believed the target is ren dered almost entirely useless for experimental purposes. Notwithstanding the enormous strength and solidity with which it was constructed, and the parts bolted and riveted together, the plates of the target are so torn and rent, and the timber backing so much shivered, that no repairs will ever render it fit to be again experimental upon, and it is, therefore, probable that an order will be received from the Admiralty for an entirely new target. The paddlewheel gun vessel Otter, 3, 120 horse power, employed on harbour service between Chatham and Sheer ness, is to undergo a series of trials with Lumley's patent steering apparatus, which the Lords of the Admiralty have directed to be fitted in that vessel. The non-commissioned officers and men attaehed to the depot of the second battalion of the 12th Regiment, at Chatham garrison, have been making preparations for some time past to contribute various descriptions of articles to the industrial exhibition connected with the 12th Regiment, which will open at Dublin, where the 12th Regiment is quartered, early in the ensuing year, the day fixed, accord ing to existing arrangements, being the 12th of Jan, The proposition for the proposed novel exhibition—one of the first of :the kind ever attempted—emanated from Col. A. E. S. Ponsonby, in command of the 19th, and permission having been readily accorded by the Commander-in-Chief in-Ireland, the proposal has received the warmest support from the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of the regiment. The exhibition will consist exclusively of articles produced by the members of the 12th Regiment. Besides various articles of handicraft, some exceed ingly beautiful specimens of photography will be exhibited. All the printing connected with the exhibition will be undertaken by the troops, while the men of various trades and occupations now in the regiment will show speci mens of their skill. Not the least interesting portion of the exhibition will be the display of the limo-light system of military telegraphy recently introduced into the army by „r th. 19th_ Tr L. +b.+ +I,. inf... roy, Lord Carlisle, will open the exhibition, on which occa sion a march, composed in the regiment, will be performed by the band. An order has been received at the camp at Colchester directing the following detachment to proceed for rifle in struction to the Hythe School of Musketry on the Ist Janu ary:—Capt. and Adjutant Reid and six sergeants of the 4th depot battalion, five sergeants of the 9ch depot battalion, and Capt. and Adjutant Clarkson and six sergeants of the 10th depot battalion. The contract for the erection of a double range of build ings at Chatham, to be used as quarters for the married non-commissioned officers and men of the infantry regi ments stationed at that garrison, has been taken by Mr. K. Spicer. the Government contractor, of Rochester, and the works will be forthwith commenced. The site of the pro posed building adjoins the plantation, near the main en trance to the infantry barracks, the buildings when erected being close below the fortifications surmounted by the Cornwallis battery. The erection of the new buildings will involve an outlay of from 512,000 to £15,000, and the quar ters aro to be completed, in readiness for occupation, within nine months from the date of the works being commenced. The Prussian Chamber of Nobles bas voted an address relative to the Schleswig-Halstein question. 'fhe document completely approves of the Government policy, and, encroaching on the rights of the other Chamber, prejudge in Rome measure the question of the loan, which the latter, as is well known, re fuses to the Government. An amendment, tending to satisfy the national feeling by calling for the withdrawal of the Protocol of London, has not met with any sup port in the Upper Chamber, which was above all anxious to make a counter.demonstration to the address of the Chamber of Deputies.—A. rather curious incident arose on the occasion of the amendment which the minority proposed. Count de Bismark, while admitting the right of the authors of the amendment to present it, disputed their ability to properly discuss matters of State policy. This observation attracted the more notice that among the persons to whom it was applied was M. Z e ilkanipff , the emi nen t professor of polit i ca l sciences in the University of Breslau. THE LATE HEAVY GALES. At no recent period have the disastrous effect of storms been more severely experienced than during the hurricane of the 2d and 3d inst. In order to realise, comparatively, the destructive character of the storm, we must turn our attention to the coasts of the British Isles, where it blew with unexampled fury for 48 hours, and where it consigned to the deep many a goodly ship and her crew, causing destruction of property and loss of life to a truly appalling extent. It is not our purpose to harrow up the feelings of the reader, nor is it our intention to dwell on the sad scenes of desolation of bereaved women and children rendered widows and orphans by this truly calamitous visitation of the storm of the 2d and 3d inst. We shall, therefore, only re mind the reader of the few simple statements of the services of the lifeboats during the recent gales. as they reached the National Lifeboat Institution from its zealous honorary secretaries on the coast, feeling assured that those facts have appealed with irresis tible force to the sense of duty on the part of many of our countrymen who have hitherto witnheld from the lifeboat cause their support. It is supposed that upwards of 250 vessels were wreck( d during those two disastrous days, and that the loss of life w as proportionately great. It is, however, very gratify ing to find that, owing to the gallant and persever ing exertions of the crews of the lifeboats, 246 persons were happily snatched, under God, from the numerous shipwrecks on various parts of our coast. The lifeboat is but a little vessel to contend with a cauidron of sea on a stormy night, like that which was recently experienced at Holyhead and Bude Haven, but her rowers are stalwart weather beaten men, whose sacred object is to preserve human life, and who peril their own in that noble enterprise. The thing is altogether charac teristic of our country—the build of the lifeboat, her hardy crew, and her system of maintenance by voluntary contributions. Well may foreigners shipwrecked on our coast recapitulate, on their return home, the great efforts made on the shores of the United Kingdom to succour them in the hour of their deep distress ; and well may Eng lishmen in all parts of the world testify their high appreciation and thankfulness for the existence amongst them of an institution simply and grandly designed for its " preservation of life from ship wreck," as the founders forty years ago described it. The institution, we feel assured, does possess, and cannot fail to possess, the sympathies of the public, so long as it can publish records of deeds so valiant as those that marked the services of its life boats on the 2d and 3d inst. We may edd, that during the year which is now closing, 378 lives have been saved by the boats of the National Life boat Institution. When we remember that every life saved by lifeboats has been rescued under peri lous circumstances, it will at once be seen what great benefit has been conferred by the Lifeboat Institution, not only on the poor men themselves, but also on their wives and children, who would otherwise be widows and orphans. Again, 301 lives have been rescued in the same period by shore boats, to the crews of which the society has granted rewards, thus making a total of 679 persons saved from shipwreck during the year, through the in strumentality of this great and invaluable institu tion. Since the beginning of the year (1863) the institution has also expended £13,000 on its various lifeboat stations on the coasts of England, Soot land, and Ireland. The number of lives saved eithor by the lifeboats of the society or by special exer tions, for which it has granted rewards since its formation, is 13,530. How inadequately can words express the aggregate amount of misery which the saving of so many thousands of lives must have prevented ? It can only have been fully appre ciated by the parties themselves and by their rela tives and friends, whose express'ons of gratitude for such important benefits are often of the most feeling character. Since the establishment of the institution it has granted 82 gold medals, 733 sil ver medals, and £17,730 in cash, for saving life from shipwreck, in addition to £BO,OOO expended by the society on its lifeboat establishments. Christmas Day in the Prisons and Workhouses; The persons confined in Whitecross - street Prison about 90 in number, were yesterday regaled with a substantial Christmas dinner of roast-beef, pl um . pudding, &c., principally provid ed b y the Lord Mayor. No provision for dining the debtors in Horsemonger-lane Gaol in a manner appropriate to the season had been made. The number confined, however, does not exceed 27. In all the metropo litan workhouses, and doubtless in those through out the country also, arrangements had been made for treating the inmates with Christmas cheer. In Bethnal-green Workhouse, the 1,150 inmates were regaled on roast beef, plum-pudding, and potatoes. Oranges and nuts were distributed among the chil dren, and a benevolent gentleman had forwarded a quantity of toys for the amusement of the children confined to the sick ward. A sovereign had been voted by the guardians for the purchase of evergreens for the decoration of the workhouse. The 450 paupeis in Kensington Workhouse sat down to the following fare of roast beef, potatoes ad libdunt, 1 lb. of plumpadding, and a pint of porter. This may be taken as the scale of Christmas allowance in the other metropolitan workhouses. Oranges and apples were provided for the children, and a moderate quantity of tobacco and snuff distributed amongst the old people. The Committee of the Field-lane Refuge for the Home less treated the poor in their establishment, at West-street, with the usual liberality. At half. past twelve o'clock upwards of 140 male and female adults sat down to a substantial meal of roast beef and plum pudding in the large dormitory, whi c h was tastefully decorated for the occasion. Various members of the committee were present, and per sonally assisted in dispensing the good things. After dinner one of the inmates of the male refuge returned thanks to the managers and supporters of the institution. THE BENCH OF BISHOPS.—The past seven years have been attended with numerous changes on the Episcopal Bench. Dr. Longley has succeeded Dr. J. B. Sumner in the archbishopric of Canterbury, and Dr. Thomson has succeeded Dr. Musgrave in the archbishopric of York. The see of London is now occupied by Dr. Tait, in the room of Dr. Blomfield ; that of Durham by Dr. Baring, in the room of Dr. Maltby; that of Rochester by Dr. Wigram, in the room of Dr. Murray; that of Bangor by Dr. Campbell(:”ert,o in the n Bothell L ell; o t n t ey . a i tof Ripon by Dr. Bi that of Worcester by Dr. Plulpott, in the room of Dr. Pepys ; that of Norwich by Dr. Pelham, in the room of Dr. Hinds; that of Carlisle by Dr. Waldegrave, in the room of Dr. Villiers ; and that of Gloucester and Bristol by Dr. Ellicott, in the room of Dr. Baring, We have thus 11 changes in the seven years among 28 English and Welsh bishoprics, eo that the average career of a bishop does not much exceed 15 or 16 years. This is a very fair allowance, however, considering that divines do not become bishops until they are well advanced in years. SHAKSPERE DISMISSED.—The - wealthy mayor of a well known town in Blaukshire became patron of the theatre under Mr. M y's management in 1850, and gave a hundred guineas for a box for the season. This liberality did not arise from any particular taste for dra matic literature, or any other kind of literature ; but he paid thus handsomely for the box because he was a liberal man, liked going to the play, and his predecessor in office paid the same sum, and he would not be outdone. He attended every night, was always pleased, and very friendly with the manager, till one night Mr. M— y made his appearance iu "Hamlet," a play (ha mayor had never seen; and Nt hen in the mad scene, Hamlet appeared with his dress in dis i order, the mayor took offence a t the exhibition, and declared to his wife and family, who were in thendhohxe with him, his conviction that t he actor was drunk it. , a s o, would have no such doing s if he could help accordingly, he went round t o the stage, an d wait®d at the side till the end of the scene, when he th us add upon you dressed the tragedian :—" Mr. M- - y, til l to night and now I see yo u are g iven to drink, as a respectable man, I looke for no sober man would go before a respectable audience with his shirt-frill hanging about like that, and his stock ings down Why, you ought to be ashamed of yourself," The tragedian, astonished at the ignorance of his patron, said, "My dear sir, you are quite mistaken, I assure you. I only adhere to the author's instructions in respect to the disordered dress to show — " Who wiote this play ?" d e _ mended the Mayor. " Good God 1" exclaimed I\l— caree n say:a that that h Y a o fa t , " Don't you know Shakepere wrote it." I do," replied the May m or t:y " t b e u u t :11:7 takee, writes no more tor this hous3 as long as I have amithin to /do with it, and so you Era. THAMES. THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON.-A shopkeeper applied to Mr. Partridge for a summons against a police constable for calling him a convicted thief. The magi strate asked the applicant under what circumstances he was insulted in the way alleged. The Applicant—That is all, Mr. Partridge. Mr. Partridge—No, it is not. Were you inside or out side the shop ? What did you say to him ? The Applicant—l was outside my shop, and said to the policeman, " The compliments of the season to you," on which he said, "Here you are, you are a vagabond, a vil lain, and a convicted thief." Mr. Partridge—When was this ? Applicant—On the 24th, Christmas Eve. Mr. Partridge—lt is very strange that any police officer should have acted in the way stated. Take your summons. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.-- There was an unusual number of both day and night charges arising out of the Christmas festivities. The K division presented a list of 35 charges of felony, drunk and disorderly, drunk and incapable, drunk and refusing to pay cab hire, drunk ani breaking windows, and other offences. The H division presented a similar list of 40 charges. Two brothers named Francis and Michael Shea, Irishmen, were charged with violently assaulting Benjamin Archer, 101 H, last night. The police constable had been most wantonly and savagely beaten. J. Turner, 104 H,who came to the assistance of Archer,was also Mused. They were encouraged in their brutality by their father, who said they were no sons of his unless they beat the policemen well. James Blackwall, police sergeant, No. 4 H, also came in for a share of the prisoner's violence. The brothers, in defence, said the police had unjustly and un • necessarily interfered with them, and beat them with their staves. Roche, the gaoler of the court, was directed to examine the prisoners, and, after doing so, was sworn. He said there was not a mark upon them, and net the least in dication of their having been struck. Francis Shea is au able seaman, his brother is a brass finisher, and both aro men of good character. Mr. Partridge said the prisoners were fighting on Christmas night, and Archer had very properly interfered. Archer had been seriously ill• treated, and struck on the head with a bottle. Where those cases were clearly proved, very severe examples must be made. Police constables should receive the fullest protection from him on all occasions. He fined the pri- Boners £5 each, James Shea, the father of the two prisoners, was next charged with assaulting Blackwell, and kicking him re peatedly about the body. He was fined £5. Many others, with black eyes and broken heads, were fined in various sums for drunkenness and assaults. A Jersey seaman was fined 50s. for breaking a valuable street plate glass, in Mr. Betts's public-house, the Blake ney's Head, on Christmas eve. WESTMINSTER. LAMENTABLE EFFECTS OF CHRISTMAS REVELRY.— A very respectable looking woman, upwards of 50 years of age, was charged with felony under the following circum stances : Henry Green, assistant to Mr. Chawse, provision merch • ant, 83, Fulham-road, said that on Christmas Eve the pri soner came into the shop and bought a small quantity of butter, for which she paid. While he was serving her he remarked that she was endeavouring to put a piece of bacon from the counter into a basket she had with her. He went up and accused her of trying to steal the bacon, when he discovered that she had got another large piece, value 55., under her shawl, and he then gave her into custody. Mr. Selfe—What is known of the prisoner ? Policeman—Nothing. She gave her address at Cuslaw cottages, where we found she lived. Her sister is here. A respectable looking woman with a child in her arms stepped forward, and said that the accused was her sister, and she was much pained to see her in her present position. She was a very respectable hard-working woman, and had gained her living for many years by service. Mr. Selfe—How do you account for her committing this robbery ? The sister—Only that she had met with some friends, and it being Christmas she had been induced to take some drink, and did not know what she was about. Mr. Selfe (to the prosecutor)—Had she been drinking ? Prosecutor—She was certainly the worse for liquor, but appeared to know well what she was about. Prisoner—l am guilty. I was intoxicated. Mr. Selfe—l can't allow that to be urged as an excuse, or no one's property would be safe. You are committed for a month. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Dec. 26.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; light breeze, and cloudy weather. PLYMOUTH, Dee. 25.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Prince Consort, for Queensland, CARDIFF, Dec. M.—Wind W.—Sailed—Blanche, for Santander; The Southerner, screw steamer, for Alex andria. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 25.—Wind W.N.W,—Arrived— Saxonia, screw steamer, from New York, (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Deo. 25—Gem, from Seville ; Chazeepore, from Calcutta ; Theodosia and Maid of the Miat, from St. Michael's; Lizzie Lee, from Pomaroa ; Jones Brothers, from Jata.cola ; Rambler and Princess of Wales, from Demerara ; Bebee and Young Louisa, from Guernsey; Touch Not, from Messina. Sailed, Dec. 25—Staterman, for Auckland. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Sarah, for Salcombe ; Witch of the Sea, for Algoa Bay ; Lope de Vega, steamer, for Cadia ; Bellona, steamer, for New York; Antje Janson, for Bilboa ; Pei°. tiers, for New York—all from London; Bride of Hesse, from Yarmouth, for Legkorn ; Kelso, from Sunderland, for Hong Kong; Hubert Wheaton, from London, St. Michael's. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton .. Jan. 18. via Marseilles ..Jan. 12 iirazil and Cape Vords, by British packet. Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Jan. 29. China, Penang, a nd Singapore, via Southanipton.Jan. 2. _ via Marseilles ...Dec. 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Dec. 27. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton .. J an. 2 via Marseilles.... Dec. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. 27, via Marseilles Jan. 5. Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 27, via Marseilles Dec. 27. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U . S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Dec. 31, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet.. Jan 1. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerille Jan. 10. Bahamas, via New York Mexico. . All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Dec, 29, California, and British Columbia.. CARDINAL WISEMAN AT MOORFIELDS. I SECOND EDITIO (From the Daily .Telegraph.) A very large congregation assembled at the Roman C ttholic Church, Moorfields, yesterday morning, as Cardinal Wiseman had been announced to preach. His Eminence, in the course of his remarks, said: "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen, ' Gloria in excelsis Deo, Glory be to God in the Highest.' The festival of to-day, my dear brethren, may be considered a fountain of joy from which these glad words have issued and diffused themselves over all the services of the Church, from its foundation, and they will continue to be the expression of her joy to the end of time. Glory in excelsis Deo.' When, in attending the services of the Church, you miss those words immediately after humble confession has been made of sin, vou may depend upon it that it is some sorrowful, some penitential office which is being performed at her altars. Never otherwise does she fail to intone those words so as to be understood by all the faithful. Gloria in excelsis Deo'—it is the beginning of what is called the Angelic Hymn, and may be considered as being peculiarly characteristic of this festi val. Glory be to God in the highest.' What is glory to God ? What does it signify ? We shall, perhaps, best understand it in connection with this day's festival, if we look back at the different ways in which, during previous periods, this expres sion has been used. In two different ways, parti cularly, have these words been applied to God : the first in which the inspired prophet begins one of his most beautiful psalms or hymns. We may say that the first, the most striking, and the most beautirul application of these words, is to be found in this The Heavens announce the glory of God, and the firmament the works of His hands.' Glory was given to God by the creation of that which in mystical and poetical language seems to speak. It has spoken for ever, and speaks to this day, of God's glory. The heavens announce His glory. Their production, their creation, their beau tiful relation to earth, all seem to speak of the glory of God. Not merely of His goodness, and power, and wisdom, but these are so combined that it may be said they glorify. We see whatever may be ima gined of grandeur, magnificence, sublimity. Divinity must have been united in Him who could so create these heavens and so preserve them. Therefore, the glory of God is made known by these great acts of creation, and it was the first way in which His glory is manifested. That glory anteceded the creation of those who could in any way appreciate the magnificent works that had been performed. God was alone when He created the heavens and the earth ; the creation included the creation of angels. Glory is not rendering thanks to God, singing his praises, admiring his grandeur. That may form the glory of the great and good on earth. God was glorious and magnificent, was infinite, in fact, before the existence of those who have tongues that could utter his praises, before there was intelligence that could bow down before his attributes. Glory is given to God by God alone. It is shut up within him self. It is like the light of the sun, as it were. While he is undergoing an eclipse or during the night he is unseen, but in the morning his rays burst forth, for the light is within himself. Let us look at the second day in which glory is given to God. A mo mentary darkness and doubt came over His chosen people when, Moses having brought them forth from out of oondage, they saw the army of Pharaoh, the King, hastening after them. When they saw him in pursuit they exclaimed, "Because there were no graves in Egypt hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness ; wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us to carry us forth out of Egypt ?' And Moses said unto the people, 'The Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.' And shortly after Israel had passed through the open sea, they saw it close over their foe, destroying them in a moment. The pursuing army of Pharaoh was lost ; then Moses took up the words of the Canticle, ' Sing to the Lord, because he has been glorified.' And Miriam took her tim brel, and struck forth sweet chords, ' Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously.' The first glory was that of creation ; this is the glory of re demption. His people were rescued from the thral dom and slavery of the Egyptians. In thisthe glory of God was manifested in his might. On the occa sion which we are now celebrating the Heavens announced and proclaimed through its stars the glory of God. When God redeemed his people from the army of Pharaoh, the people sang his praises beeause he had overthrown the horse and his rider. But when Christ was born the song which was sung was peace to man and goodwill on earth. This showed forth the most amiable, the most loveable of all the attributes and characteristics of God. Let us never forget these words—' Glory be to God on high, and peace to man and goodwill." We give God thanks for what ? For his having created us, redeemed us, watched over us. We thank God for his own great glory, we thank him for having manifested that glory; we thank him with all our hearts that he has made us conscious of that glory, that he has made us know it and feel it, and therefore on this day, in Particular, we thank Him with all our hearts and souls—not for anything we have ourselves gained, but for His own great glory. We are grateful to I Him that He makes us know and comprehend His excessive glory. I have been asked to recommend to you a real and solid charity—the Night Refuge. Poor people. who have no home, no shelter over them, are admitted night by night to receive the benefits of this charity. The stable was a night refuge for our dear Lord and Saviour Jesus, the infant who found no home in Bethlehem. Mary and Joseph found a poor night refuge for him in a stable ; and it is precisely what is here. It is a stable that has been turned to the use of the poor. It has been prepared by your pastors, and there the poor are received night after night. Within the last two years 30,000 poor people have been supplied with supper and breakfast. Every week 500 per sons receive the benefits of this refuge, which is all we can give." Cardinal Wiseman concluded by asking the congregation to encourage their pastors by contributing to the support of this cha.ritY• SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 oCLoc} THE FEDERAL EXECUTION. ALToNA, Dec. 25 (Evening). The Federal Civil Commissioners have issue 0, a proclamation stating that Altona will be their s , 2at for the transaction of business. The reports hitht Tto sent to Herr von Ploen at Copenhagen are he nee forth to be forwarded to the commission ers . Pr;,yers are to be put up in the churches only for the Government, its eouncillov„ and servants. The D finish troops leave Nearnunster to-day. Duke Frederick has been proclaimed in Pinne. berg, Elmshorn, and Gluckstadt. A meeting of deputies from all parts of the country is to be held at Elmshorn on Sunday. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. FRANCE. The Moniteur publishes Imperial decrees •fixing the 17th and 18th January for the new election fo deputies in the third circumscription of the depart ment of the Bas-Rhin, the second of the Gard, and the first of the Wosges, in the place of M. Zorm de Bulach, M. Ernest Andre, and Count Boucier de Villers, whose elections were recently annulled. ARCJIXOLOGICAL DISCOVERY, A very interesting discovery has, during the past autumn, been male at Normanby, near Middlesborough, in, the North Riding of Yorkshire. In order to facilitate cer tain of the mining operations carried on at that place by the Messrs. Bell, it became necessary to form a new road way eta lower level than that hitherto in use, itself lower by four or five feet than the modern surface in the vicinity. During the process of the necessary excavations the attention of the enginees and workmen was drawn to the presence of human remains. There were many fragments of ancient pottery, portions of two broken queens, the upper stone of a third in an unfinished state, and eventually even a portion of a human jaw, with three teeth. The bones were principally those of the oxs and, judging from the form of a skull obtained in some degree of integrity, of bos longift ohs. Some were of largo dimensions, and those which had contained marrow were with few exceptions, broken across. There were besides numer o u s bones of the sheep and deer, and a few of the swine. Not a few of the shoulder-blades of the sheep or deer were so small as to suggest the presence in Cleveland, at the time to which the deposit belonged, of very small varieties of the breeds represented. On none of these bones did th ere appear to b e any s i gns o f gnawi ng —per haps a ne gat i ve evidence of the absence o f any spec i es of dog at the time. There were also many small bones of various kinds, but too much decayed to admit of any at tempt to decide to what creatures they had originally be longed. There was one, however, at least, which testified to the presence of articles of food derived from the sea (ex clusive of others to be presently mentioned) ; and that was a bone from the flapper, or breast-fish of bbl either a seal or a porpoise. s ome , Pro Y the f e e u w t o f p ar t t h s e larger pruen t bones ing a showed signs of cutting, r ough, jagged edge, strongly suggesting that the cut ting instrument employed had been tmen circular,eoa t av a te t er ds r ,e s ol a y their hollow parts line d, with earth y phosphate rude. Besides these cut bones, ono other , very blunt or very bone of a sheep or deer, was bored throu m h t ou h efe e t ti r hl as well as longitudina l ly , t he hole being perfectly All the bones, witho ut an y exe mption, were assu med on ' which after a few hours of e x p osure to the air a b eau tiful blue tint. Besides the bones just noticed there very was a layer •of shell s—namel y , those of the common sea mussel and the ordinary p eriwinkle—of si x or eight inch es in thickness, 14 or 15 feet in length, and of considerable but undetermined width, All the mussel shells had be en opened, and in no one instance did two still united at th e hinge present themselves. This shell-bed lay at a depth of 12 to 14 feet below the old road, and, therefore, 17 to 19 feet below the modern surface. The bones, pot tery,tand querns were most abundantly met with in the part of the deposit just above the shell-bed, and intermingled with them were twigs, leaves, sticks, chips, knots, or broken. branches of trees, charcoal, a specimen or two cf wrought wood (pegs or the like), hazel-nuts, acorns, ling, moss, bracken, sedges, rushes, a few seeds of plants, besides wing cases of beetles, half of a small, well-wrought and polished jet ring, and a rude bone peg or two. About five feet above the shell-bed lay an ochrey-yellow band of some inches in thickness, which, with all that lay below it (to a foot and a half or two feet beneath the shells), gave unquestionable evidence of having been deposited in water not liable to violent commotion. A careful inspection of the whole deposit and of the surrounding locality seems to lead to the supposition that there must have been a pool here in ancient times. There are reasons for assuming that the bed of thi pool originated in the geological movement which created a fault in the adjacent bed of ironstone, which fault is shown clearly, in section, a few yards beyond the deposit. But as to the circumstances under which the deposit was made there is no evidence whatever on which so much as to found an hypothesis. There may have been a species of " lake dwelling," though no trace of its existence presented themselves. There may have been a settlement on the verge of the (probably) steep bank which encompassed ono side of the pool, although on this supposition it is not very possible to account for the equable deposition of the shells and other light matters, and still less for the diffusion of the bones, pottery, Sic,, over a tolerably wide area. It is barely possible that a family lived in huts con structed in the overhanging trees. It is, perhaps, more Probable that the site of the assumed dwelling or dwellings may have been demolished, and no attention drawn to it, at a period much earlier than that of the formation of the present road—that is to say at the time when the earlier excavations and other works neces sary towards quarrying the ironstone in the adjacent bank were in process of being carried out. As to to the date of these curious remains, that is also to o o t, nichenlat ter of conjecture ; but, from the character d not to be pottery, the querns, and the jet ring, is is al,dne.might, Celtic,laen discovery s beyond - t t r h e a m t e covery eY little tremote . hat i s They positive a of any kind of edged implement or definitew'eap an P rhaP' t have given room for r e undoubtedly a a a l e s a more discovered. judgment, but nothirg of the kind hast m ay 1 , 0 been btained was ru u „k ably added that the human jaw Person of The thre © teeth, which are • hugh proportions. still in their massive and large, and most have e belonged . to a era d own ; in deed, nearly the wholrehctreo sockets, are of Hatay --a fact which the ir coarse great size and ve w ry er m n uc a h nature of a very con siderable portion of this ancient man ' s A 0110111,. SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. JA.NI:4RY. Manchester ...... 1 PE E jiarrow Clicluidnrci. Spring .... 16 A Nottingham Spri ng M 1 Derby Spring 3 Liverpool Shrewsbury lO Doncaster Spring LuAltY. Lincoln .............. 23 Hungerford .......... 2,5 Croaton-park A l Edinburgh Spring Aberg,avenny 6 Thirrsk • • 16 Warwick Spring ... • 28 Durham 29 Northampton 30 Cat terick ;IL. Epso m Spring Newmarket Craven 11 Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester .............. Yor;c Spring .......... 10 I).lish ury .............. 12 11;57ul Chelmsford Stoclibridgo Bath ................ Ascot .., A ........... • .. 23 Hampton, ............28 Newton ~. ............ 15 Newcastle-on-Tyne Odiham .. „ ........... 21 Worcest‘r (Summer) Bibury ....., ....... .. 22 Ipswich JULY. Manchester Harpenden 2O Epsom 24 Newmarket Jay C a rlisle ...... .... A bi n gdon , l2 Winchester.... l9 Liverpool July . ... 13 I Southampton: .. 2O Pontefract Atruysr. B r ight on , 2 Plymouth Brighton Club Lewes Reading Eghaill ,nevus and Exei er .... 3 0 Oxford York August 23 SE rTEMBER , 1 Richmond ............ 20 Weymouth 2 2 ..2 4 13 NewtuarketFirbt October 9 7 llr a Leicesterrw i t k .Sep t e rn ber 8 6 - m Alo a n n n eh lo e u s t t h e; Autumn . . Doncaster 19 Brecon LIFE AT COMPlEGNE.—Breakfast is served st half-past eleven, and lasts an hour ; it, i s a l a fourchOte and, iu fact, a very sound dinner. Tea is drunk at five, with a little something to atop craving; and dinner pre cisely at seven, which lasts nearly two hours. In the even ing there is again tea, or little guelque Moses, to stop hunger before retiring for the nigh, or give the spirits a fillip. THE COUNTESS CF ELGIN, according to the last telegram from India, is on her way home from Lahore. The day after the interment of the l a t e Earl's remains the Countess and suite left for Bombay, whence they return home. It is expected that the Countess and family will ar r i ve i n England towar d s the latter end of January or in February. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. • The will of Mrs. Willyams, of Tor-Mohan, 11 von, widow of Lieut.• Colonel James Brydgee WillY-'llB (Royal Cornwall Militia), was proved in the Len - don Court, on the 11th inst. , b y the Right on. Benjamin Disraeli, M.P., P.C., the survivin £4o g 000 exe- cutor, the personalty being sworn under ~ The will bears date N0v.18,1857; and was attested by Mr. Charles Kitson, solicitor, Torquay, and M r. S. Johnson, his clerk. Ttie testatrix, after leaving legacies to the amo unt of about £6,000, has be ..° queathed the remainder of her property to the Right Hors. Benjamin Disraeli, expressed in these words :—. 4 In testimony of my affection and of my approb ation and admiration of hi s efforts to vindicate the race of . Israel _ views he is acquainted, and wi ll no ; with my doubt endea vour to accomplish them';" and, f ex pressed her wish that he should , f urther, has of her Majesty to use the surname obtain permission Disraeli. family of Para and Mendez de Citne and arms of the precedent to that of C osta it; addition to or Samuel George s m i t h , The will of Mr. of Sacombe Park, Ware Herts, and of Lombard 'Street, banker, was p roved i n London by his s o re, ' _ .1 18 , Mr. Samuel Ge or g e Smith, M.P., and Mr. Fre d erick Chat fi eld S mith, the exe cutors. The personalty was sworn under £500,000. To his eldest Eon he has bequeath ed his farms and lauds, Th e n ei les, Herts, and ail _ his la nd e d e stat es in Adelaide ee and Australia, and his interest in t he banking business, ~ s m ith, Payne, and Smith, Lotubard-street." To his son Frederick he has bequeathed his interest in the bankin g . establish his - ment, ig Samuel Smit h, Brothers, ull" To daughter a legacy of £30,000. The residue of his property is to be divided amongst his four sons, Samuel, Frederick, Rowland, and Horace. There are legacies left to each of the clerks in both the banking establishments of £lO. Also 1100 to each of the infirmaries at Nottingham, Derby, and Hert ford.--///ustrated London News. r- The contract for 50,000 gallons of rum for the N a vy has been given to Messrs, Lemon Hart and Sen. ~, .1 r ~~