The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCTAT, INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market continues steady with abundant supplies, and a full average demand for accommodation. The bullion operation at the Bank yesterday com prised an influx of £4,000 in bar gold, and the 'withdrawal of 20,000 sovereigns. During the last few days there has been rather more animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets. Sugars have again been dealt in to some extent, and prices have shown a recovery from the late depression. In the refined market an ad vance of ls. per cwt. has been established, owing to an increased demand for home consumption. Cof fee has been in moderate reauest at full rates, while the operations in fruit and spices have been to an average extent at late quotations. For tea there has been a very limited inquiry, and the few bargains reported have been at former prices. In the tallow market more activity has prevailed in Consequence of an increased demand both for home Consumption and for exportation. Prices, however, exhibit little change of importance. Notice has been given to the shareholders of the Rudson's Bay Company that a dividend of Js. per share, free of income tax, will be payable on the Ist of January, in anticipation of the annual distribu tion to be announced hereafter; the amount will be deducted from the final instalment of £5 per share due on the scrip at the same date. The transfer books of the Royal Sardinian Rail- Way will close from the 20th to the 31st inst., pre paratory to the issue of interest warrants for the Past half-year. A report will also be furnished re lative to the position and prospects of the company. We are informed that M. W. Thompson, manager of the Dublin branch of the Ulster Bank, has been appointed Chief Colonial Officer and Inspector of the London and South African Bank, and will shortly proceed to the Cape of Good Hope. A circular has been issued by the Mercantile Union Assurance Company, in which the directors Pledge themselves to the maintenance of the non tariff system upon which the undertaking was started, despite the increased exertions made by the tariff offices to prevent an extension of business at ad valorenz rates. The directors of the Assam Company have an nounced a bonus of £4 per share out of the amount received from the sale of the company's plantation in Cachar. A full explanation will be given at the next general meeting why the board have thought it desirable to retain a part of the purchase money, in order to form a working capital for the annually increasing business of the company. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Reuter's telegram) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67.20. Heavy. Only a limited amount of business has taken place to-day in the market for the English Funds, spent), lators being indisposed to operate in the present unsettled position of Continental politics. Consols for transfer remain at Nil, and for the account 918 The New Threes and Reduced are 901 91; Ex chequer Bills, lls. to 6s. die.; India 5 per Cents., 1064 ; do. 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 104 ; do. 5 1 per Cent., 113 ; and do. Bonds, 6s. die. Bank Stock is 234 to 2361. In the Foreign Market there is very little anima tion, and prices which have been flatter are now a little firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70 k ; ditto Consolides, 461 ; Greek, 261 ; Spanish Passive, 321 33k ; ditto Certificates, 13k ; Mexi can, 3141 ; Portuguese, 48,1 49; and the Confede rate Loan, 37 39. In the Railway Share Market the operations have again been principally connected with the settle tuent, and prices have not varied to any important extent. Lancashire and Yorkshire have improved 58 . ; Metropolitan, ns. ; and North-Eastern (Berwick) 15s. ; while Great Western, Brighton, and South Western have each declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines continued inaotive at previous rates. Bank shares are very dull. Chartered of India, Australia, and China have receded to 331 ; Anglo- Auatrian to 61 7 ; Union of Australia are quoted 822 53; and London Joint Stock 37. In the Miscellaneous market London and Finan cial shares have improved to 23i; Discount Corpo ration to 71; while Mercantile Credit have declined to 81 I. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2361 4 , 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities " v iper Cent. Consols Annuities 9l 90/ 1 '"'ew 3 per Cent. Annuities Neva 31 per Cent. Annuities 6evy 21 per Cent. Annuities ,Per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 18 7 3 .. —.44 inutties, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 . 20 15-16 India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pei Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1838 — Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent lO4 Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 991 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 6,6 99 ' , ink Stock for Account Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 6 die Ditto under £1,000....•.. consolslndia for Account, Jan, 7 9 li i Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — xobequer Bills, £l,OOO, 24 per Cent ll die Ditto £5OO Ditto Small E FORIG FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. B razili an 5 per Cent N Ditto ' 1839 and 1859.....- Ditto 41 per Cent., 1352-58-60 Ditto 1863 Ditto 41 per Cent, 13 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid .. — dis tt en o B Ayres 6 per Cent c Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) hen -ttli 6 per Cent Cuba,, 6 per Cent. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ..... Colombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd Danish__ 4 per Cent., 1863 .„, Oat , Provisonal Land Warrant — 4)4t ch , 2 i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders ~, Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ci. Oct., 1863 -- -Fiquador New Consolidated,f per Cent — Di.e; • 7 gyptan per Cent tto, Second Issue . . Xccountt." 1824-5 ' 98/ Gr D ee i k tt: ex-Coupons 26t Ditto Coupons. ........... Ditto Account . ... ..... Guatemala 5 per Cent: *************** Ditto Account. Italian 5 per Cen.t.(lslaremlnilin .. ...... •** Mexican 3 per Cent . ............ Ditto Account ...... 311, Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent .......... —.- blew Granada ........ Ditto 2 per Cent. ._ Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) F i eruvian 3 per Cent. I?itto Account Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account P ortuguese 3 per Cent., 13 53 Dttto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 -- Ditto ACcount Ditto, 1863 llitto Scrip, £l5 paid Illissian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent 18.50 — Ditto 1860 BBi Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 S ardinian 5 per Cent .. 'Ditto Account . 1)411 it'll 3 per Cent bitto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive 33* Ditto Account .I)4 xlish Cert. of Coup not funded l3h ditto Account i'Weclimh, 4 per Cent — 4 .,,rkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — D itto Account —' ._•"itto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account — , e l i)ii : I), i i ,ii6t t tt tz t tt (0:u e o , e6Al L' apc i :3 0 oropuenßr Cent.i Cent. e d u s l :62 741- 70 I i ~,Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 Otto Account — 6 per Cent., 1852 -u.tto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. "ell 2/ per Cent .F 12 Gull I,rDitto 4 per Cent. " de x r . tificates eneh Routes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — *tt A, I ) . 1 0 ...Ccollnt Ditto p er 4 tli I all, 6 r Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs _7O/ to Account.••••._ ..... . Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid —pm C O I" s TWO O'CLOCK. bitt Account Ol Aeount 91i 14. ersary 3ers of ing to i❑ the given i g the ve and =.ivbred s and • nest. , gt oore y will r wards urning Le 28th c f the Great felt at recent )rotrto- r and a y for lioness • Caul' Diana nehirey town s Lord frota i 3 011 erMeD V left for 3d that oward3 )otipg ,rty at trigY ° widm N o te' ° A LI reinlar* have itess of F Tris ;ec-0 a d mat igo' 0 TOYal Vearia by t h° he pri• soloini• 1 3 , tb et° hav iDg i n the t 1 0 Le B 1 ell' see:ing l'Tt Rir yesi er a mid. up 'The ti- Ip ar on had en) ,nt° )n—t he agts 1 14 ' ,00C ter i IBY co fli- Ito t he me/ 00 18 1,, of th as 611 '; )f >eles ,e fat a ° „. 310 0 $ .e5 t10. 11.1 bie to 7iig to u tiot _c, SHARE MARKETS,--This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Railways. fir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andUid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian (_:ora and Bandon Cornwall Do A , rets no div ` ti llfpc.pan.ha, Do. B been nail to B. Dublin k Belfast June. Dun.,Pet l:1),&Ab. Juno. !Edinburgh & Glasgow. 'Glasg. and S. Western. GreatEa.stern, Ord. sit Ditto A stock Ditto East Atwlitin st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do 1 do Gt. S. ant W. of Irelan ,Great Western Do Mr Val g LuZ stock Lancashire & Yorkshir London and Blackwal. Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & Swath Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln. Maryporl and Carlisle. Do j shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. t Derby 311 d. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kurt ... Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundet Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Weichpoo; Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern •South Wales S. York. and River Dun staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R I West Midland -Oxford; Do Newport; Do Hereford ”„,,,.I Closing Business . 4 "‘ Price. done. 8 8i 8 8i 81 83 1171 1181 38 (0 16 17 94 96 107 109 48) 49) 45 47 7) 8i V 4 126 129 330 134 t 36 96 OS 63i 631 108! 1091 71 73 i 107 , 09 43k 444 1061 1071 101 102 474 4Si 1114 112 k 1274 281 If 14;) 96 98 bli E2l 24 t. 6 101 104 58 Hi 88 &Si 119 121 1 2 p 77 78 it 11} 122 126 42 14 98 100 61 62 314 S2i 05i 961 97 9 91 'Oi 47} 371 9 10 7i 7 1, 158 160 5 54,1 21 Si 83 86 170 175 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing 4 bart Railways Pant. Price. Business don. 100 Itiantio &Si Lawrene. all 59 51 Sk Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Incluu 1,6 107 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New . ....... 8 4 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares 20i Buffalo and Lake Huron all 6 61 10 Do. Preteronoe too I Buffalo,Brant,&Godricli tot t 15 p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1137 100 £OO 110. do. June 1, 18;s 100 st Cleutta.& S.Eastn. 100 103 105 st Cape Town & Dock Seri; 100 lot 103 stock Eastn. Bengal go. sp. ( 100 108 109 stook East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 106$ 1,71 20 Do. do. G Ext.._ 10 11p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada tou 20 21 100 Do. Ist Fret. Bonds all 73 75 100 Do. do. deferred all 51 51 100 Do. 2d Prel. Bonds— all 65 69 100 Do. do. deferred all 50 53 100 Do. 3d ef. stock. all 48 51 100 Do. do. deferred all 38 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. sto A all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 '24 stook GLlndlaPenna..( b na.sp.c 100 108 109 108 20 Do. New gua.s p. 0 l2 11 lip 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India(Lina guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 105 106 2 01 Gt. W. of CanadaSharet• all 91 10 201 Do:New ....... 18 11 101 , 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 95 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. •. all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 / stock Madras guar., sp. c. stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 100 101 stock De. 4e do lOO 1.6 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 -- stock Slelb.Corp. sp. o. Buda lOO 50 llelb. & Hobson's Bay all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds all *0 Newßrunawick Candy Claes A and B all 3 5 N.lll.C'das po lst pt bds 100 82 84 stock Scinde •• • • (100 106 107 stock Do. Delhi lOO IES 1(6 1061 to Do. do • 2 11) at Do. Punjaub c. all 105 1(6 Do. Do. ........ U. lUU— onk Do. indus.St. Flo.) 10t. 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. uoi.Uov. t 5 p.c.J a Sz.JuL3 : 1877-81 ...... ........ 100 I('4 105 105 41 I Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug, 100 We 104 I Do. 6p. c.Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 I Do. Sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 112 83 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 91 93 Cape G.Hope, 8p 0,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 189( 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 103 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 ;Mauritius 8 per cent .. 100 106 108 'Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 130 ( , 07 109 -- N.B.Gov. p. 0.0 a.(tJul), 100 tO4 106 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p 186 t 100 100 102 Du. sp. c.,18t1 to 1570 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 tkupwds 100 1011 1021 102 11 21 - ,New Zealand 6 p cent 100 110 112 - ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875 lOO 105 107 'Queensland Gev. 6p. c lOO 1;1 113 IS. AUB (16p.c.1878.& up lOO 1/ 1 113 - !Vl.c.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.ttr.Jul) 100 107 109 IDo, to sn.o. A.n..3t00t. 100 169 110 11091 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 3d uhlrorn Amalgamated 33 34 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 55 0 660 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 F 7 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd ss. Id par East Caradon ...... :.14.t, 26 27 East Cam Brea.... E. W'lltussel(Tavistk ) 8.9.0 41 55 Gam,SzSLAubyn(Gwen ) iBl 8 10 G teat South Tolgus l7s 45 41 'G. Wheal Vor (Elelstou 40 12 13 Grenville.. 11cm-el's-Foot 8.12 08 40 Ilingaton Downs 4.18.0 2 25 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant t 14 10 Marke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; 21 15 / New Seton l9! 90 100 -- North Downs ''l 15 11 N.Wll`l Basset(lllo2;au 3.1.0 21 2/ ;oarth Wheal Crotty l'ar Consols (St. Blaney; 20 j rrovidenee (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 42 44 south 4 'aradon(St.Cleer, 15 415 125 IS. Cant Brea (Illogan) — - ?!:.Wheal Fran. (Mogan; 113.18.9 60 65 (Stray Park 30.17.6 30 32 15 ramarSilv,t Lead Min 43 Gin Crort 9 18 19 West Basset (Illogan) l5 95 105 W C' radon (Liskeard) 5 18 20 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 55 873 925 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 5 225 275 Wheal liitty(U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal MaryAnni s iden ) 8 115 12 Wheal Lleton 585 155 165 Trelawney (Lis ) 7 21 22 , Wheal Union 3.17 25 3 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Midland New £5 shares, 211 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& London, Tilbury, and Southend, 1011 Nottingham and Grantham It. & Q, 05i Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1374 Wilts and Somerset, u3i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (Rm.) gua. 7 per cent., 181 Great Luxembourg, 12 Sambre and Meuse, 81 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 8} FOREIGN 2tLINES. Cape Copper, lira., 6 A nglo Austrian. 7 NT-STOCK B ank 01 Queensla n d (Um), 1/ Im p e rial Ottoman, 18 Loud on Chartered B an k of Australia, 271 Lo udon and W estminster, 79 Seinde, Punjaub. and Delhi (lima,Bi .JOINT-STOCKBAI7 . Uniono oi Atustralia, 53 29 inane° of London, lirn, 6 1 k MISCELLANEOUS. Electric Telegraph, 106; Gen. Credit and le Irrigation on cent. (Canal B o n dez y r o e u d r e ) m , ! Hudson's Bay, 12 / International Financial Society, Um. 9 1 1870, issued 90, 861 Joint •stook Discount, 61 London Finan:u . al Association , lini., 231 / Mercantile Credit Association, lina., 9 Itali D an itt l o r , r 6 i reel River Land and Mineral, 17 At the half-yearly meeting of the Ceylon Com. pany, just held, it was stated that the business of the company has largely increased since the last general meeting, and the reports received from the managers in Ceylon and Mauritius are most satisfactory. Thu accounts show that the amount of profit resulting from the operations of the half-year may be justly estimated at £7,550, out of which the Directors recommend that an interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum on the capital paid on the 30th September, b e decla re d, free of income tax, payable on the 17 t h just. The proposed dividend, which will absorb £4,593 155., i s at the rate of se. per share, and i f calculated with reference co the dove at which the rate calls of 2, 1 ,. pe were l paid, per ceint cent, per annum. l be an found nu to be at about the .. - ---. MR. HOGARTII, the theatrical critic of the Daily 11 ews, was knocked down by a man on horseback, and seriously injured, one day last Week. THE DUKE OF SAXE CoßtinG has, it is reported finiEhed another opera. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1863, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON THE MARQUIS OF TOWNSHEND DY A NOTORIOUS BEGGING 1111POSTOR.—Eliza Croker and Ca therine M'Ray, two notorious beggars, were charged before Mr. Knox with begging in Piccadilly, Croker being also charged with assaulting the Marquis of Townshend, of No. 6, Grosvenor -street, Grosvenor-square , The prisoners accosted the Marquis of Townshend in Piccadilly about one o'clock this morning asking him for alms. Knowing the prisoner Croker to have been about the streets daily for years begging with a poor child, and as she he.d called upon him and proved herself a gross im poster, his lordship gave her into custody,when she slapped his face. The other prisoner having been seen bogging by Water Non, 141 C, was taken into custody by him, when she became very violent. Fryer, one of the Mendicity Society's officers, said he had known both prisoners for years, and they had been several times convicted. Croker had been known to the society for years. A constable having corroborated the Marquis of Townshend, Croker said she did not know who the gentleman was, whether he was a policeman or not. Mr. Knox said she well knew, whether it was the MarTais of Townshend or a policeman, she had no right to beg of anybody. M'itay said she only asked the gentleman to buy a pair of cuffs. Committed for a month each. THE VOLITNTEERS. The annual distribution of prizes to the successful com petitors in the 29th (North) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers took place yesterday evening at the Vestry-hall of St. Pan cras, Camden-town, and in the presence of a numerous company of ladies and gentlemen. Lord Enfield, M.P., the honorary colonel of the corps, presided. Lieutenant-Colonel Whitehead, in opening the proceedings, congratulated the regiment upon its healthy condition. The Government aid had reached them, he said, at the right moment, and had enabled them to reduce the amount of subscription, and to do certain things which would otherwise have been almost be yond their power. At the annual inspection Colonel Morris had expressed himself strongly in approval of their effi ciency in drill and smartness in mancauviing, and in point of numerical strength they were progressing. He hoped, however, that it would not be long before their numbers were doubled, as with a recruiting district containing a popu • lation of 200,030 he thought the local corps ought to equal in strength the London Rifle Brigade and the Queen's Westminster& Lord Enfield having then addressed a few words to the meeting proceeded to distribute the prizls, which were considerable in immber and varied in kind, cash prizes not appearing among them. The awards had been made solely on account of excellence in shooting, and several members had succeeded in carrying off two or more prizes —Private Kennedy, Sergeant Humphrey, and Cor poral J. Wells being especially prominent. At the con clusion of the distribution a vote of thanks was passed to the visitors for their attendance, in response to which Lord Llanover expressed the pleasure he felt at meeting his old constituents upon such an occasion, and hoped the corps would accept from him a prize to be contended for next year—an offer which was of course received with the warm est applause. Lord Fermoy and Mr. H. Lewis, the mem bers for the borough, followed, the former on the part of himself and colleague, also giving a promise to offer next year a prize to the corps. Colonel Erskine, Assistant - Inspeotor of Volunteers, then spoke, and said the practice of giving prizee to Volunteers for efficiency in musketry practice was productive of much good ; but he would remind them that, while good shooting was one of the requisites of a good soldier, it was only one of several, and therefore should not be exclusively cultivated to the neglect of other important acquirements. Amid the smoke and confusion of battle exact aim could not be taken, and only rapid and sustained fire could be looked for. It was true that thee were many occasions upon which marksmen were of great value, and although all officers were not agreed as to the amount of advantage which accrued to an army from efficiency in musketry among the men, yet there could be no doubt that skill in shooting was a benefit to the individual soldier. In consequence of the melancholy memory attaching to the day, the meeting abstained frem the cheers for the Queen which are usually given with such heartiness at all Volunteer gatherings, the National Anthem being listened to in silence. The proceedings were brought to a close by three cheers for Lieut.-Colonel Whitehead, given with sufficient vehemence to prove his high popu larity with the Volunteers under his command. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) THE FORGERIES ON THE EARL OF WESTMORELAND. Frederick George Heatley, who described himself as a captain in the army, was indicted for forging and uttering two bills of exchange for £l,OOO each, also one for £5OO, purporting to be drawn and accepted by the Earl of West moreland, the Earl of Uxbridge,and the Marquis of Angle sey, with intent to defraud, &c. Mr. Lewis appeared.for the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner. The facts connected with these forgeries have already appeared a, length in the Sun during the examination of the prisoner at the Mansion-house. The prisoner, it will be recollected, had taken the bill in question to a discounter, representing that the several noblemen whose names appeared on them were personal friends of his, and that he had received the bills from them in the ordinary way. He also represented that he held a com mission in the army. Suspicion having been aroused, an inquiry was set on foot, when it was ascertained that not only were the signatures forgeries, but also that the prisonei was totally unknown, and had no intimacy with either of the noblemen whose names he had forged. At the conclusion of the examination of witnesses, Mr. Sleigh addressed the jury for the prisoner, admitting at the commencement of his address, that he could not struggle against the uttering. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Sentence deferred. THE WATERLOO-ROAD MURDER. In the case of Samuel Wright, who stands charged with the wilful murder of Maria Green alias Fanny Wright, with whom he cohabited at No. 11, Waterloo-road, on Sunday morning last, and who was yesterday committed from the Southwark police court for trial, that Mr. Sleigh has been instructed by the court to conduct the prosecution. Unless any application is made for postponment, the trial will take place to-morrow before one of the judges. STEALING LEAD. Two men, named Standing and Seymour, were indicted for stealing a large quantity of lead from the roof of a coal•shed at Walton's Wharf, Greenwich. The lead was stripped from the roof during the night, and afterwards the prisoner Seymour was taken into custody while attempting to sell the metal at a marine-store dealer's. Standing was seen by a police man to enter the shop, and the person who kept it said he informed hint that a man outside had a quantity of lead for sale. The Jury found both prisoners guilty. The Recorder sentenced Seymour to six months' and Standing to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. THE FALL OF A HOUSE AT ISLlNGTON.—Yester day morning Dr. Lankester, the coroner, resumed the inquiry at the Music Hall, Islington-green (Sam Col lins's), into the deaths of John Peake and Joseph Pearce. These persons, it will be remembered, lost their lives by the falling of a house in Islington. At a previous inquiry the jury all agreed in the main point—a verdict of accidental death in both cases. But the jury were of opinion that the accident tau caused by the insufficiency of tha central piers, they being much too slight for the purpose; and as they were built according to the plan of Mr. Williams, the archi tect, they were of opinion that he deserved the severest censure. The Foreman said it was the latter part of the verdict which he did not agree to. The Coroner said he would enter a verdict of accidental death, and then the jury might embody their views in a resolution. This was done, and the proceedings terminated. THE METROPOLITAN BOARD AND THEIR " WoßKs."—Forty-five miles of sewer have been constructed since the Board commenced operations, and the outlay for works of this description, during the past year, has been £720,229, exclusive of the cost of land, and the expense consequent on various contingencies. The total value of the main drainage contracts, either completed or in course of construction, is about two millions and three quarters. The entire amount of engineering work done during the year, represented in sterling coin, is £805,000. Plans for the embankment of the Thames on the Middlesex shore, between Westminster and Blackfriars Bridges have been prepared, and adver tisements have been issued for tho necessary con tracts. Southwark-street is getting on, having been been struggling into existence during the last five years, to the woe and damage of the good old borough. The cost of this street, thus far, appears to be close upon half a million. Among the other deeds of this redoubtable body, we find recorded the carrying through Parliament of the Bill for the formation of the new street from the Mansion-House to Blackfriars-bridge, a measure which we are told met with considerable opposition in both Houses, from the Corpora tion and the Commissioners of Sewers, thereby causing " much delay and a large pecuniary expenditure." On the other hand, it appears that the Metropolitan Board, being apprised of fifty-four "railway and other Bills," took active measures early in the Session for opposing "the greater number of the scheme." What amount of de lay and expense resulted in the promoters we are not in• formed; but doubtless the Board censidered itself justified on public grounds for the " active measures" which it so promptly adopted. Among the achievements of the event ful year which forms the subject of this report, we find the abolition of 610 names of streets, and the revision and ad justment, of 10,295 " number of houses." It may thus be heped that the metropolis will have less than a dozen streets of the same name, and not more than two " numbers One" in the same street. The report contains further particulars as to what was said and done by the Board, and its chair man, and its engineer, and its superintending architect, and the 56 district surveyors, and the 27 seven special sur veyors, and other officials ; but as we do not pretend to exhaust so mighty a subject, we leave it with some still unexplored particulars, for the encouragement of those who may come after us.—City Press. THE FLUSHING LUNACY CASE..—APPREHEN SION OF THE VICTIM'S BROTHER.—On Saturday, instructions were received at Falmouth from the Lunacy Commissioners to prosecute Samuel Porter for the ill treatment and neglect of his brother Robert. Porter was accordingly apprehended at his residence at Flushing by Sergeant Currah and Polico-constable Westlake, of the county constabulary. In the afternoon he was brought be fore Thomas Moor Horsford, Esq., and Major M. V. Bull, county magistrates, at Falmouth, when Dr. Bryne having briefly stated a few of the circumstances, asked for a re mand until Monday. The magistrates accordingly re manded the prisoner until 12 o'clock yesterday. Porter, who was accompanied by his wife and John Henry James, his brother-in-law, asked to be allowed to remain at liberty until Monday, offering to produce necessary and sufficient bail. The magistrates, however, said that it appeared to be a serious case, and they could not grant bail. Porter, how ever, pleaded hard to be allowed to give bail, and remarked that the newspapers had over-stated the circumstances, and that he wished to go to Truro to consult a solicitor. The bench still persisted in their decision, and he was locked up in the county police-station, and informed that his soli citor might consult with him there.— Western Morning News. THE STATELEY COLLIERIES AND IRONWORKS, at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, employing upwards of 3,000 workpeople, &c., so long known as the property of Mr. Richard Barrow, have just been sold to a joint-stock com pany, through Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, and Co., financial agents. The value of the property exceeds half-a million sterling, and the amount of the capital was all pri vately subscribed in Manchester in three da3s only. KIDDLE-A-WINK is, it would appear, the Cornish name for a beer-house, and it is in this sense that the title has been chosen for a series of stories supposed, after the good old fashion which has run down from Boccacio and Chaucer to Longfellow and Dickens, to be told by guests benighted or snowed up in an inn. These kiddie-a-wink tales, constituting the resistance-dish of Mr. Beeton's Christmas Annual, are certainly full enough (says a Satur day Reviewer) of ghostly incident, and blood-freezing pathos, and of the most exasperating puns CIPHER AND ZERO, which are in reality but one tShaenstrraitbisc'ue if ny ro a n . , T w h h e ic s h am m e e c a h n a s ra e prove th a t fi gures are b orrowe d f rom t h e A ra b s . Ci p h er i s h a e t n r a o n u s g l h a t t i , o i n s c o a t' the c u e l) r t , y aephiro in Italian, and has by rapid pronunciation been changed into zero—a term occurring as early as 1491, in a work of Philip Calander on Arithmetic, published at Flor ence. Cipher—originally the name of the tenth of the numerical figures, the nought—became in most European languages the general term for all figures, zero taking its place as tho name of the nought; while in English cipher retained its primitive sense, arm is thus used even in com mon parlance—as, for instance, "he is a mere cipher."— . Learned Pundit in the Saturday Review. A MODERN JUSTICE SHALLOW.—Late in the evening an offender was brought before one of our mayors, having been detected in stealing a smock-frock from a pawnbroker's door, "Look in Burn's Justice,' " said his worship to his son—" look in the index for smock 't find it there, father, not there." frock." " Can e." What I no law against stealing smock-frocks ? my heart, young fellow, but you've had a lucky escape," (E ven Justices in those times might incur the penalties against oaths.) The coastal's demurred at the discharge of the prisoner. " Well, well, luck him up, and we'll see the town clerk in the morning."—Charlos Knight's Recollections. A GREAT GENIUS, BUT (we rather suspect also) GREAT BORE,—Wh e u Madame De Stael visited Germany. the great minds there shuddered at the mere ap proach of this impersonation of "Fi ench volubility." Her inconceivable facility, her capacity of talking with freedom and fluency on every subject, s i m ply annoyed and disgusted Goethe, who hated being put out of his way; and the more amiable Schiller—who pronounces her " ot all living crea tures the most vivacious, the most ready fur argument, the most fertile in words"—while he owns her to be the most cultivated and intellectual of women, yet groans over the "weary hours he has to pass" M her company. ?MISSING VESSELS.—The Zittipat which sailed from Christiania on or about the 29.1). of 2-I.7.igust for Hui', and the Emanuel, which sailed from Hozer on or about the 28th of October for Hull, have not since been heard of, THAMES. VIOLENT ASSAULTS PROPERLY PUNISHED.—John Mitchell, an engineer, aged 40, of i 7, Dean-street, Shad well, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with assaulting Kate Finnerty, a tailoresa. It appeared there was a quarrel among the women in the house where the prisoner and his family were living, and in the coarse of the disturbance a Erin named Driscoll in- terfered, and the prisoner's daughter struck him with a knife and cut him. The prisoner then took up a billet of wood, about 18 inches in length, and struck Mrs. Finnerty on the back of the head with it, She was stunned by the blow, and it was only a miracle she was not killed, for the prisoner raised the weapon with both hands and dealt the blow with all the force of which he was capable. The woman's head was dressed by Dr. Ross, of High-street, Shadwell, She was in great pain. The defence was great provocation on the part of the Driscolls and Finnertys, and that the prisoner was beaten. There was not a mark upon him. Mr. Woolrych said he had sifted this case at great length and he could find no extenuating ciicumstances in favour of the prisoner, who had inflicted a violent blow with a for midable weapon and severely injured the poor woman. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for six calendar months with hard labour, Timothy Desmond, hammerman, of No. 2, Francis-street, Victoria-read, Limehouse, was brought up on a warrant charged with a savage assault on his wife Mary. The complainant said that her husband came home on Thursday evening and called her into the bedroom, where he beat her on the left arm and shoulder with a poker, and bent it. (The poker was produced—it was bent.) Mr. Woolrych—Let me see your arm. The complainant bared her lett arm. It was one mass of black contusions. She accounted for her arm not being fractured by saying that it was hanging by her side when the first blow was struck, and she could not raise it after wards. Four other blows were inflicted on her arm with the poker. She cuuld not use it. The prisoner, in defence, said that when he came home on Thursday night his wife was from home. She detained him five hours. He was provoked with her conduct and her insolence to him, and he struck her once with the poker. Mr, Woolrych—You ought to be ashamed of yourself to make such an admission. You ought not to strike your wife at all, but to strike her with a poker is very savage and quite unjustifiable under any circumstances. The wife explained her absence from home. She took her husband's dinner to the factory where he was employed. Ou her way home it rained fist, and she called on a female friend, and remained with her until the rain ceased. On reaching home she found her husband had arrived before her. He had to give up work for the day in conse quence of the rain, and was at home before her. His con duct to her was generally very good. Mr. Woolrych said he could not pass over such a das tardly assault by a man on his wife as this was without some punishment. The complainant had been severely beaten, and there was no justification for such an out rage. He convicted the prisoner of an aggravated assault, and sentenced him to be imprisoned for three months and kept to bard labour: LIFEBOAT SERVICES. THURSO, CAITHNESS -SHIRE, Dec. 12. This morning, while the wind was blowing very hard from the W N.W., the bark Graces, of Shields, was ob served in the bay with a s!gnal distress flying. The life boat of the National Lifeboat Institution at once put off to the assistance of the crew, and succeeded in bringing the whole of them, consisting of 15 men, safely ashore. The vessel was dragging her anchors when the lifeboat was launched. It is however hoped that she will be ultimately saved. The expense of this excellent lifeboat was presented to the society by A. W. Jafpay, Esq., of London. IRVINE, AYRSHIRE, Dec. 12. While it was blowing a gale from the W.S.W., and a heavy sea running, on Monday, the smack Lewis, of and for Campbelton, attempted to take the bar with the ebb tide, but got amongst the rocks at the entrance of the harbour. Seeing the imminent peril in which the crew were placed, the lifeboat belonging to the National Institution was forth with manned and launched. The smack was in a very dangerous position amongst the broken water, but fortu nately the lifeboat succeeded in saving the crew of three men, although the mate was severely hurt in getting into the boat. The cost of this lifebcat was the gift to the in stitution of Miss Pringle Kidd, of Lasswade Bank. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Dec. 15.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; light breeze, and cloudy weather. CLYDE, Dec. 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Johannes, from New York. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 1 4.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Excel sior, for Queensland. • PLYMOUTH, Dec. 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lady Elgin, steamer, from London for Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, Dec, 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Monitor, from Quebec. BRlSTOL,jhc.l4.—Wind W.—Arrived—Joan Strinley, from Quebec. KINGROAD, Dec. 14.—Wind W. Arrived—Catherine, from New York. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 15— Providence, from Wyborg ; Dart, from Landscrona. Sailed, Dec. 15—Triton, steamer ) for Boulogne; Bruiser, steamer, for Havre. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored—Jane Porter, from London for Calcutta Savanneta. from Londoa for Trinidad; Lord Maidstone, from Sunderland for Malaga. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. lustralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ..Dec. 19. _ via Marseilles ..Dec. 13. .3razil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Dec. 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Dec. 19. via Marseilles ...Dec. 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec. 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. 13 India (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. 27. via Marseilles Dec. 21. Portugal .... J an. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampto n Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. 13 Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. 6. and British N. A marica, b y Brit. packet.... Dec. 1 7 by U.S. packet... by Canadi an packeC.Dec. 18. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Te n eriffe Jan. 10. Bahamas, via New York Dec. 1 7. Mexico. ................................. Dec. 29 1 Dec. 11 A ll California .W an e d st ß ln ri d t i i e Bh Indies, ienoclluumdibniga.c..tlil.... Peru: c THE WATERLOO-ROAD MURDER.—The inquest on the body of the unfortunate woman, Maria Green, was held to-day, but the evidence was merely a re petition of that we published yesterday, As a true bill for wilful murder has already been returned by the Grand Jury at the Central Criminal Court, a coroner's inquiry appears to be totally unnecessary. M. EN D an opera di camera, entitled, "nn C 6 T a the engagedet n o b Mr. H. B. Farnie, author of the story of "Pe t Majorte,', which has recently B EDICT o attracted the attention of the Queen, A O of a "—A most im pertinent monke y A t . w h istling with dirty shoes on the clean steps and playing the harp on the airy railings with a hoop stick.—Dic kens's last Christmas Oil " 2'riu»2ph. A (3rooD CREATURE — RATHER IN THE WAY.— When somebody tried to convince br. Johnson that the Wesleyan Methodists ought to be admitted to the Univer sity of Oxford on the ground that they were " very good creatures," he replied, "Sir, a cow is a good creature, but we don't want her in a flower-garden.,, HIGH TIDE IN THE RIVER. --Or: Sunday after ndon there was a very high tide i n the Thames, which caused considerable damage. The Temple-gardens were flooded to the sun-dial in the middle of the greensward. Dr. W. B. Parkes, who some years ago, married Miss Amy Sedgwick, the well known actress, died in Lon don, on Friday. Our Commercial Interests. We desire to call the special attention of President Lin coln, the next Congress, and the American public to the correspondence between several leading merchants of this city and the Secretary of the Navy. The subject of this correspondence has for a long time engaged the attention and wounded the pride of every patriotic citizen of this re public, and since Secretary Welles promises no redress and proposes no remedy for the evils of which our merchants complain, we wish to appeal from him to higher and more efficient authorities. It is indeed most galling to national pride that four or five fleet Anglo-rebel cruisers should be allowed to drive our commerce from the seas, and defy our navy of five hundred or six hundred vessels of war. Practically we have now no American commerce Neutral Alps do all our carrying trade, and the majority of these neutral ships are owned by Englishmen, who thus reap the only profits of the Anglo-rebel depreda tions upon our merchants. Trading vessels are advertised in our columns to sail on such and such days "under neutral flags," as if the flag of the Union, whose shelter commerce once eagerly sought, were now to be avoided like a pesti lence. Three years ago twice as many American than European vessels cleared from New York. Now the pro portion is reversed. The number of foreign vessels clearing from this seaport is double the number of American ves sels, and of course the number of arrivals is divided in the same ratio. No American can coasider these facts with complacency or indifference. The sentiments which they arouse are of a decidedly different sort. We have been grumbling about them quite long enough. The time has now arrived for prompt and deci sive action. If we were at war with some great naval Power;we might look upon this destruction of our commerce as one of the necessary evils of war, and might console our selves with the reflection that we had at least the chance of retaliation. But the rebel Confederacy is not a naval Power. The four or five ships with which England has supplied Jeff. Davis cannot be said to compose a navy, Th e re b e l s owe their success upon the seas not to their own efforts, but to the assistance of England and the supineness and imbecility of the Navy Department. Secretary Welles has obliged his friends with percentages and contracts, and has thus largely increased the number of our ships of war; but chat part of his duty which ought to be esteemed the most important he has utterly failed to perform. He is a secretary of a land navy, not of an ocean navy. H e or his agents can purchase ships, or charter ships, or have ships built ; but when the ships are once upon the blue water he appears to lose all further interest in and control of them. Six hundred vessels against five—that is the relative strength of the Union and the rebel navies. But if any one were to base an estimate of their comparative strength upon the records of the work which each has done at sea, he would be compelled to state that the rebels have 600 men-of war and we five slow and leaky tubs, This disgraceful dis crepancy must be laid to the account of Secretary Welles. The war in 1812 conclusively demonstrated that we had then the fastest vessels in the world. How have ships built at private yards in England been permitted to surpass us ? We have now the best sailors in the world, and our ironclads are indubitably superior to any others afloat. There remain, therefore, only two points of naval excellence in which we could be surpassed, and those are range of guns and speed. Our heavy guns are unequalled, as all the recent experi ments have abundantly proven. We lack only speed. Sin gularly enough, we, the fastest people on the face of the earth, do not possess a navy of the fastest ships. We have a few swift war vessels, like the Vanderbilt and Iroquois ; but the great majority of our men-of-war are so slow that Noah's Ark would have the advantage of them in a stern chase, or could choose her own position in a fight. Some persons say that this is the fault of the model, and other that it is the fault of the engines. W e assert that it is the fault of Secretary Welles. It is his business to select the proper models, and to order the pro per engines, and he does not do it. Why he does not is known only to the initiated. There are whispers of fine contract pickings, and rumours that certain parties lead the venerable Welles by the nose, and throw sawdust in his eyes whenever they like; but whether these whispers and rumours be true or not we decline to decide. We do know, however, that although the present style of vessels is en tirely inefficient, Secretary Welles goes on building hun dreds more like them, and that this is a most promising subject for Congressional investigation.—New York. Times. MARKETS---This Day. HAY MARKZTS. SMITHFIELD.- 11 eadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 Ss to £1 lOs per load. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s; clove,, £4 Os to £5 lOs Gd ; and straw, £1 53 to £1 lOs per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL. — Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4lOB Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 58 to £1 lOs per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been dull, and prices have remained without material alteration. . _ SuGAu.—The market has shown symptoms of returning activity, and quotations for good qualities of West India tend upwards. In the refined market an advance of 1 per cent. has been established. COFFEE.—The demand for colonial descriptions has been steady, and late sates are fully maintained for superior qualities. Itics—Only a limited amount of business has been re corded, without any material change to report in prices. TALLOW—There has been rather more activity, owing to an increased demand, for both home consumption and for exportation. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40a to 40s 6d, January 40s 9d to 41s, and March 42s per cwt. COAL , IkIARK ET. Frioes of Coal per Ton at the close of the market. 8, d s. d.l Bower's West Hartley.l6 9 Walls End. tiyass's Bebside West Russell's ............ 18 6 . Hartley ... ... 16 9 Harton ............. .1. ,1,8 3 0 6 Cowpen Hartley .... 20 6 . 16 9 Wharncliffe .... .... Lambert's West Hart- Haswell.. .e 11...... . ley l6 6 ....... Davison's West Hart- , South kletton ...... —.20 6 ley 16 9 Russel's H etton 19 6 West Hartley 16 9 BraddYll'a 1iett0n..... 19 3 Holywell l7 9 , Tanstall . ..... k.% alker Primrose 16 0 ; Har tlepool 2O 0 ianlou liartlepoul 1 83 Hastings Hartley —.16 9 'Tr rautield Moor 15 6 , Efifit Hartlepool ...... 20 3 l'aulield Moor Butes l5 Wylam 17 6' Belmont . ...... 18 6 .. lb 0 North 11art1ep001......15 9 West Wylam.. ..... 18 6 1 CassuP . . Edeu Main ........... !Tt inidoi: . T ................ ... 19 3 3 I. l ' i r e a u ewe l l i l rA g i a l ie.. ........ 1 . . 1 1 198 8 0 Walls End.. .19 0 [ie110e.......•• South Kelloe. ......... 19 3 1 Ships at market, " 1 250 ; 8 0 1 d, 199. A QUARREL. CHARACTERISTIC OF PARTS LIFE took place, we are told, the ether day in the Varieties. The discourse was as follows Monsieur Sortez, you insult we How is that, sir ?' "Y ou are looking at my wife continually." " Sir, it is a glass eye, and fixed." " Take it out, sir, then." " You are unreasonable ; I will look at her with the other." " You shall not, sir." "Ahno I I will not, sir, for one took is enough : she is very ugly," 112 i 11i Death of Mr. John Henry Green, F,R.S. The medical profession and the public generally will regret to hear of the death of this estimable and accomp'ished surgeon, which took place at his residence, Hadley, near Barnet, an Sunday evening, the 13th inst. To the Council of Medical Education and Regis tration, of which he was president, and especially to that of the Royal College of Surgeons of Eng land, of which he had been twice president, as well as a most active member, the loss will be irreparable. Mr. Green was an only child of wealthy parents, end having received a liberal education, and studied for some time at Berlin, pursued his pro , - fessional studies at St. Thoraas'; Hospital, under the auspices of his maternal uncle, Mr. Cline. He was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons on the let of December, 1815, having for too years previously acted as demonstrator, the best proof of his proficiency as an anato mist, and so . creditably were the duties attached to this office performed, that in 1818 he joined Mr. (afterwards Sir) Astley Cooper as joint lecturer in anatomy and physiology. In 1820 he succeeded the younger Cline as surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and with Sir Astley Cooper delivered lectures on surgery and pathology. As an operative surgeon he was unequalled in the skill with which he performed the operation for lithotomy, having in 1827 operated in 40 cases, and lost only one. This unequalled success created a great sensation at the time. In 1830 he was appointed to the professorship of sur gery in King's College, of which institution he was at the time of his death a member of council. On the opening of the session no man was more eloquent in his address; his deportment was simple, chaste, refined, dignified, and he was most successful in impressing his principles and points of practice on his class. In 1831 he wrote a pamphlet called, " Distinction without Separation," addressed to the President of the Royal College of Surgeons, to prove that the distinction between physician and surgeon did not really exist, and that such division was highly injurious whore it did. About this time he was unfortunate in entering into a wordy War fare with the medical press about the publication of his lectures, a contest in which he was severely handled and totally discomfited. In 1834 he wrote his memorable letter to the Vines, suggestions re specting an intended plan of medical reform, pro posing that the medical student should have a sound classical and mathematical education, and that there should be a higher and lower grade of distinction, As showing the wisdom of these sug gestions, it may be mentioned that the oouncil of the Royal College of Surgeons has since adopted the who'.e of them; and in the preliminary and severe professional examinations to which the medical stu dent is now subjected, the general public has the best assurance of obtaining skill. In 1835, on the death of Mr. Lynn, surgeon to the Westminster Hospital, and a councillor of the college, Mr. Green was unanimously elected to the chair in the councils of that college of which he had become so bright a member. In 1840 he was deputed to deli ver the annual oration in memory of John Hunter, which at the earnest request of his co deagues he afterwards pub lished under the title of " Vita/ Dynamics;" and egain, in 1847, he became Hunterian orator, and published the lecture under the name of "Mental Dynamics." They were the most eloquent and thoughtful discourses ever heard in that hall. Partly on this account and partly because they were based on the philosophy of his friend and master, Coleridge, they were neither of them popular. In 1846, on the resignation of Sir Benjamin Bro die, Bart., Mr. Green became a member of the Court of Examiners, an appointment he held up to the time of his decease, and in 1849 obtained at the hands of his colleagues the highest appointment they had it in their power to confer, viz., the pre sident's chair, an honour again conferred on him in 1858. From her Majesty's Government he received the appointment of President of the- Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom. The death of Mr. Green, though at last sudden, was not altogether unexpected ; he had been labouring for some months under a sharp attack of gout, complicated with disease of the heart, from which it was hoped, by the kind and skilful treatment of Dr. Brinton, his attached friend and physician, he had recovered. This gentleman had suggested the resignation of several offices held by the deceased, in order that by affording rest so valuable a life might be spared for some time ; and he had so far recovered as to be able to go to his sitting room, when on Sunday last he was sud denly seized with his fatal illness, which carried him off in his 72d year. He leaves a widow and a large circle of friends to deplore one of the greatest losses which has occurred in the medical profession for many years. No man was more deservedly honoured. His very person proclaimed his dignity. Tall, of noble presence, the purity of his morals, the sustained elevation of his character, the active penetration of a strong intellect, the unruffled equity of a superior judgment, his gentleness, at once amiable and firm, his tranquil modesty, his un varying rectitude, were all pourtrayed in his noble features. Extensive Robbery of the Duke of Bruns- wick's Jewels. A robbery of diamonds to the value of from 8,000,000 r. to 9,000,000 f. (between £300.000 and £400,000), was com mitted on Tuesday night last, at the hotel of the Duke of Brunswick, in Paris. On the Ist of July last the Duke hired a young man, named Shaw, of English descent, who speaks several languages, as second valet de chambre. Hs appeared to be above his humble condition, and, in a short time, be gained the confidence of his master by his close attention to his duties. The Duke possesses a col lection of diamonds said to be the riche, tin Europe. A portion of them are deposited in an iron chest, placed in his bedchamber, and supplied with two doors, one o f which is opened by a spring ingeniously concealed in .the wainscoating, and the other by a key. Three or in four, persons only, among whom was Shaw, were segue telf with this fact, but the key was never entrusted to ° f a o n r Y the them. On Tuesday the Duke, on leaving a fternoon, informed Shaw that he expected a jof the dia come the following morning to mount so me ; to have to monds in the iron chest, and that, i n order n : eoo nd door of leave his bed in the morning, he had le ft theer teuchin ,by g the chest open, and he could open hera w a eller to the other t° let the jeweller tha spring. He further desired S haw ire t h e n went out, and enter his bedroom without delay. e nd two in the morning, did not return until between 0: 9 t was asleep went up to his when he was surprised not to ad Shaw at his post. The Duke supposing that his vale s, not there, but he observed bedroom and found that heaw h i which he kept his diamonds. on the bed a number of he discovered a number of dia esrebewd rooro.tinh aotnletahset b:gabstracted from the iron chest. t t i : if they had been abandoned • ' They had evidently On a further examination mends scattered abeaThese diamonds were In a moment of what hi had become of I, ll : o 4 D rs t. au k k e e d a e s s k c e e d nd t e h d em to enoned his servants. They all appeared first b l., u O t O Os floor, I 2 0 00 v r f a .. 0 1 . : 3 11 : 0 telhng them at the same time that hit, diamonds totem They replied that S had been s nem had. left the hotel at 10 a t night and had not returned. The D u k e nex t ma min ed his iron chest, and ascertain e d that diamonds to the the l a tter, value of 9,000,000 f. had been abstracted, together with 20,000 f. in gold pieces of 100 f. There was a pocket-book in the iron chest containing bank notes to the amount of 100,000 f. and various valuable securities which the thief had left. Information of the robbery was immediately given to the Prefect of Police, and a telegram was received within a few hours from B oulogne -sae-Mee, announcing the capture of Shaw and all the stolen property. Ninety-six parcels of diamonds and other precious stones were found in his pockets and a leather belt round his person, together with a number of gold pieces of 100 f. In reply to the ques tions addressed to him by the law officer, Shaw said that all the diamonds he had abstracted were there, and he was certain he had neither lost nor given any away - I , jeweller valued the diamonds at about 8,000,000 f, Several of of them are of extraordinary beauty and greatawiasu lioke button being worth 450,000 (L 1 8 ,00 0). T he g old wh i c h the wise all found, with the exception of 1,4 5 0_ 0 . 1 a . w was t h en prisoner admitted he had spent in Paris. u to acce, , t any lodged in the town prison, where he ro ai t . food until the chief of the secret P oll _ e . e isea a to do so, being the following day. He was the n Prer:tt ja . a ll the valuables, in a very weak state. The prisons/a waeser ts that he never a d ved f ro m Paris arrived in Paris on Thursday. that during the four months he before committed any crime,eith_ a in his own country or elsewhere. He maintain s Duke of Brunswick ho nevtr passed in the tzel Viet) of th e robbery until the idea was rul.- thought of committing - h when the Duke informed that h.:3 iron chest open. had left the door of denly suggeste d to :l e a u s -...... T ExPENS ES OF COLONEL CRAWLEY at AldorizlllEot have been reckoned at £6O a day. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFB 10E, HALF -PAST 4 7----- o CLOCK. THE POEM a INSURRECT/ON, The Warsaw officio 1 organ declares tha t the in telligence published is the French journals of fro. quent engagements cn various parts of Poland is altogether unfounded. While these efforts are made to mislead the W est, similar means are em ployed to deceive the P o [es as to the dispositious of the 'West with regard to them. With that view pretended letter of the :Emperor Napoleon is being circulated in Poland, el tcouraging the Potisia ineur yenta. and Promising t hem aid. M. DE GIRAR: DIN'S NEW HOME. Among the handsom a constructions which b ave sprung up in that din within the last year are the hotels built for :Mario, our favou.-ite tenor, and at no great distance, at an angle of the same a t n h d a bui . l i t for, boulevard du Roi de Rome, M. '7 recently be en who .naugur tPe°dtehrsd t tenanted n h t a c a d b ti b t y , t:keEn°ll de sion of by its proprietors, ; a G n i d rar n d o i w n. occasion by a dinner given to intimates only,the Princess Mathilde forming the sole exception to the e rule. The soirees of M. de Girardin have a well deserved reputation for wit and causerzes, a , which has become almost obsolete as far as salons are concerned in Paris, and those of his old hotel, with its small portico, at the corner of the Champs_ Elysees, so well known in the days of their former mistress, the talented Delphine Gay (the former Mme. de Girardin) are said to have lost none of their prestige by being transferred somewhat fur. ther on their present site. A written description rarely gives a very satisfactory idea of a locality. I will, nevertheless, endeavnnr to convey to your readers some conception of a modern hotel, such as the improvements of the, day, and the require ments of French life, have suce,:eded is producing. The style of the hotel belongs to the era of Louis XIII., and is simple, and ncbt overloaded with deco rations. An iron gateway shuts out a square court yard, from the avenue in which it is situated. On one side of this court-yard are stables and coach yd vestibule shelteredetilli ng.obTf by yo h r i ad s isn ordinary rreachedyhportico,andimensions, d and handsome dn y el a fl e sat i wi g inr h g t oi into stone to a steps, square houses, w hil e on t h e l e f t s id e stands the Tnnin i s terminatedbul e h ea ic s h e , i l n ea i d ts in t g nr u n p , the first floor. A door at the right-hand side of this vestibule opens out into a long and magnificent gallery, windu wa n a o less than 9 at each ennhend end, and feet d y loan skylightg, lighted fr b o y m two the top. This gallery is repeated above and below, where it is used for cellars, while on the first floor it serves as a point of reu n i on for all those living the several apartments clik tributed al ong length whose l in Alt w hose doors open out this well-lighted and warmed e c losed•in verandah. The ground-floor gallery, however, is the chief point of attraction, far within its walis are gathered all the mastee-pieres of sculpture and art with which M. de Giraridin has for years loved to surround himself. There you cau see and admire the exquisite statue of Pradier, placed on a pivot, and known under the name of the "Pandora,"severalbeautiful statuettes in bronza, and one or two nrecious antiques, among others one brought from Athens, in 1854, by Prince Napoleon ; two busts of the owner's first wife, Delphine Gay, by Solomon; several masterpieces of Boucher, Req. bens, and Delacroix, and some interesting relics of Rachel, the tragedian, such as her picture of Gerome, and the last piece of work her fingers ever plied on, a piece of tapestry, done during her sojourn at Cairo. These and an infinity more of objects of interest well repay a visit to this sanctuary of the arts and of taste, over which M. de Girardin's pre sent wife, a remarkably pretty and elegant young woman, presides with admirable tact and good taste. A small saloon is entered into from the gallery, and, in turn, leads to the larger and handsome reception-room, which is striking from its utter contrast to any of the ordinary saloons of modern taste, usually overloaded, it must be said, with gilding and meretricious ornamentation. The walls are pennelled with a deep red-coloured cloth ' bordered with black, on which are lines and de s i gns in gold, relieving the sombre effect of the hangings. The ceiling, of a light sea-green, is divided into compartments by oak designs, which are likewise employed for the doors and other portions of the saloon. The chimney, which projects boldly, and is of large dimensions, is of a light green marble, corresponding with the colouring of the ceiling, and is quite artistic in design and sculpture. Tastes might differ upon the effect produced by the cam hination of light sea-green, and deep red colo u r throughout the apartment ; but no doubts can exist as to the perfect ensemble of the designs, and the artistic idea which pervades the whole. The dining-room is entirely in mahogany (another i infringement on our English ideas of taste), inlaid with panels of green marble, an d is fitted up with every imaginable device to faci litate the service of the table. Indeed this an d the distribution of th e underground floor, given up for kitcher.?, cella rs, and other dependencies for servants in imitation of the English mode, seemed to be the especial with whom I was visiting. the new hotel, saloon,r rather ther heavily -carved objects of interest to some. .of the French Party just then ready to receive its new proprietors. The antiquities and bronze statuettes had elicited ; athend With its deep coloured some words p oak designs, bad suggested the usual term, applied to what is in reality thought ugly,but is odd; e'est trey distingt i . e • But when the arrangements for conveying, dis hes hot from the kitchen into an oXce a o n f e 1 1 ; i r r E i n g s s e , adjoining the dining -I ° o m, and thence into that were duly room, ex plained and exhibited, praise grew into raptures, which continued unabated as we examined the minutest details of underground lif e , so familiar to ourselv e s but so deficient here, where a simple kitchen, very frequently small and incommodious, is the sole retreat and accommodation alike for cook an d saddle-room Men and women servants. The d the same ' stables, and coach-houses displayed ideas, appliedlmitationtothe co a m nd for a r f resi t ati?n ofl life, whi t our neighbours now try so assiduouslyoin eriortoifadoptti have not as yetsaid a word of the the first -floor apartments, set aside for fa mil y use and that of visitors. Tne bedrooms, dressing-rooms, and boudoirs, belonging to each set of a partments, are as complete in their way a s it is possible to Imagine. Those destined for Mme. de Gi withrardinher self were hung in blue lamp as (thick silk), da Chinese pattern runaing ever the ground, and ioo fore the picture of comfort, as did the arrangements_ the bath-room, situated on the ground - floor .t luxury you see now in modern french hohteolussqes.i as frequently as in our newly-built town oxide of iron, containing silica, eluminia, se Y and several other metals cerium, didymium, lime, mag l a a n te e ly observed what appeared or metallic oxides, M. Bahr NEW METALS.—In examini ng new metal resembling aluminium. to be the oxide of a omplicated process. the principal n t g tr a is S: S wedish mineral dr h oc e hl o o b ri t c ain ac e i d d and Having extracted it by stages of which supposed new metal, which aide of the . oxalate of the o were o f a white powder slightly appeared red, 31. Bahr did succeed e specific n eci s ti ep c a g i r •a a t v in: tinged i s :: ,u u seli mse blow. Nickles sc t; , lni oedlyv n t an.h d h i in u. g r s 1 pipe, it p i anr. moren: and the new metal, ted by the chemical precipitation with or.alasa°tecluotif" potash, he sea m „ h e found 3 726 ; before the -Y of the c x,..- i t h borax a clear mination maintained og of itsv e w spectrumt h d i a m e t rw p ll at u l hs r . e e y a ' without t h t s r r ay l n g i d , obexretndseut We. ofitn: iwn I a a .: M. gla ss a nor less than t ü bium. MM. Reich and Ri chter announce a new metal which they have found in examining a specimen of areeni cdi pyrites In the mining laboratory of Frieberg. The chloride of this new metal, which the call Indium, is vola tile, and was obtained along with chloride of zinc. T'ne spectrum of the now metal contains a line of indigo blue light more refrangible than the strontium blue line. There is a second faint blue line, which almost, but not quite, e.,incides with the blue lino of potash. The reactions of the new metal are the following :—Sulphuretted hydrogen ei gas does not give any prerip a cid in the, do__ solution of the chloride. Ammonia: throwsh_olt.7 the hydrated oxide from the solution of .tho hc e ox l i,l ' e l of Th e dry chloride of indium, is dOiquf•seent. iirliura gives a bead of the metal itself whon i i l i tets i , s ias i y g se n ul i bl t o : s ( v. l . with elareoal and coda. The metal itself o g . e rn u a li t l e in g - u i l v te es w n h o 7 cha h r e a a c t t e e d ri b st e i f c or r e ea t c h t e i ion b d lo w yr i . th pip eobalt solution. very soft. Eminent The metal is lead grey, ductile,. i c si h o o n m i i n st t s h h is av ca e s d e e , clared their opinion that there is ho delu- ' 4 ~(lJ~1Ys Share t 3.14.1 ‘9.16.f 12.10 4 7 1091 107 i 106}