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

lIONE Y MARKET AND COIIXXRCIAL INTELLIGENCE. AD CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. T he IN THE R ATE OF DISCOUNT. -the directors of the Bank of England have this dap adv anced their minimum discount quotation fro A ll2 7 to 8 per cen t ., and the alteration has pro "llaed som e commotion in monetary and commer cial circles. The discount market is very unsettled, but accom modation is obtainable at the full rate of 8 per cent. the he dis count houses have made no alteration in T r allowance of interest on deposit accounts. " Ripon, w hi ch left to-d&y for India and China, atThveyed i 245,000. rat h s the for e i gn exchanges yesterday afternoon, the e on Austria were rather higher. i lk , be at 400,000 in gold was taken out of the 442 Yesterday for Spain, £150,000 for France, and 4 4 , ° , °° ° for Alexandria. Owing to this extraordi -0,7. Movement, an advance in the minimum rate 4oiscount is confidently predicted. ti °a a l the half -yearly m ee ti ng to-d a y o f th e Na mended D iscount C ompany the d i rectors recom io: the Payment of a dividend at the rate of - a 4 e rer "ot , per annum, which was unani mously d to. IhAt the Meeting of the London and Westminster and ja ; I tday a dividend of 6 per cent. per annum, Was -- 4 .4)n ua of 12 per cent. on the paid-up capital, meclared. Two o'CLocK. tei ta A t Pari s Two this day, according to Mr. Reuter's 50 0 , m ' 1 the P reac h Th ree per C en t s . were 6 6 f , Jateav y . half the the h alf - yearly meeting of the shareholders k of blo1"611 Financial Association, Mr. J. Han vi d ? it il l the chair, the report stated that after pro -421t for the current expenses, including manager 's oiLatildireetors' allowances, and writing off the who l e 4 reb!, P N l iminary expenses and carrying forwar d `‘e Peonm of interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per fit ° l l loans not due, there remained a c le a r dire ctor c ' t £ 2 8,765 ls. 7d. Out of this sum t h e divB Proposed to pay to the shareholders a 5 p i ; enc l equal in amount to interest at the rate of litti% e ' e at per annum on the amounts of capital . Per ' W ith 4 bonus at the rate of 10 per cent f incom e being together 183. per share, free o f £lo,2 e i n ta i l , and to carry forward a balance o Th e q,' B .7d. to the next half-year. Conti ands h ave receded per cent., owing to of k on ell tal politi cs and the unsatisfactory position and ; l et ,,arY affairs. Consols are 90.1- for money, Re dafor account. The New Threes and die" e " are 90' I . Exchequer Bills, 6s. to ls. ri b ' and Indi a 5 per Cents., 1051 t ieell u e Forei gn Market is very flat, and a decided Ce4tee 186 4 aB take n place in prices. Turk i sh 6 per M 2 , are 661 67 ; do. Consolides, 45 4 ., 46 , leltali Xie ; 34 ! ; Greek, 21 I ; Sp a nish Passive, 33 In the n ' b 67 ; and the C o nfederate Loan, 42 44. been oar Sh are M ar k e t th e d ea li ngs h ave Al tee 'r Y limited , and a further decline has taken Pelit tin 4l , ll inat of th e pr i nc i pal secur i t i es. M etro - ONt",flave realis e d f u ll y £ 3 ; C a l e d on i an an d i 1 'li n e A stern, £1 ; N orth Western and Midland, 01; '4 Great N ort h ern and L ancas hi re an d / °hi re 10 S. 1. 44 ; 13 Poreign lines there has been very little t leit ti tt , °ll ; and quotations have also exhibited a s4l;ipaN movement. litaitecf,"(l- Miscellaneous Shares have been in Ott oh , ' a vnar at slightly reduced rates. Imperia l 11.1 : — n 4 a are quoted 17 178 ; Alliance Bank, 44 er:' etal Bank, 62. Australian Navigation 114 11 °ted 2 11-16 13-16 prem.; Anglo Italian ki ab l i, Prern.-; Loan Securities, fi I pram.; as `tan s StearQ, 10/ prem.; and London, Italian, Adriatic Steam, 11 to 2 prem. aQo 131t ITISEI FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. De l'ti ,,, ,q o r C e n t e l l'r FUNDS. 90a 1 i tto .4 . ,.„,_' ensole 90a a }TZ eeet —u . it a 'at Feb. 4 90a i a e d4Ced 't e W ak Per Cent ..e... . Per e ' ' 6 - 3 i Per " lt • Jan. 1891... ' Per Cent. Cent. Annuities A u , . Vat, A,__ • .. ~inties a-rialuties Jan. 1873 -uitto f or ' Yra, e / bi tto 20 yr lizare sth Jan., 1880 — t xche M ed setetlxetire sth April, 1885 l4ot bi l t t t r lille, £l,OO O AIL), Aug. 1908 2of 7-16 b blu e ' 4III K E n t 100 450 0 ' 2 4 & 3 per Cent _- 6 1 die i g and Stk A and £ 2OO „ .01/, ,:f „.. 'n_ i(i' 8,7,:,.. , z0vt k ,,, Per Ct., last hf.-yr. 237 Ditto ..." A ‘A., 101 p er E NT SECURITIES. Ditto 's' cee llnt .. ent,,.A.pril 1874 215 Dittoper r. ........ itto 4 k.; eat. j .. , .hbitto I:jef.r Ceta , i t r Bs Yt 1 870 .-i itto 5 n 'aced P a D itto -,,Per Cent P I" per Cent .. -- Ditto..-' eb e '' - an. 1872 . litar ea 4 bitte. cii: per Ct., April 1861 bitt o „ bi erlds ti to it e Aug., 1866 99i fitter ▪ ................ ltat t i -t'OEIG.Zu .............. a ll to ci FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 131,_. Di 48 ) 6 per e e t .. -q h I la A tt° 18 59 4 .. ... b-itt o n - Der c o e , 1 839 ra Ce nt —b i a t ' ` 4311 t., 1 852:58-60 ) 1 tt o se . to 1863 ~otrlott k„,, rl P, 1863, 445 Paid NI: 1 2 15 1u( e B c , 6 Per Cent 49'' 6 ' 'eriP £"0 a ,itt o per ce ut - ° P 44 ' 2 Per c „,,b itt e ix ,,,, ,_ ent, IN'ellt a li Pea c ent 11 Per q t t l ls 2 i Cent , 18_25 bor Ne er Cent., Ex . 12 Guilders L l iro F"7 congrd 'd 1 c t ** ,p ti , r oviso I ate , per en h . e a 7 nal Land Warrant — bit(l-'tto Per c 100 t re e , g e , 04. , era 6 p er r „, , i Issue —WO 4e,s.'enr., 1824-5, ex-Coupons -- o to ,utint ....... 214 i a 4 ,?itt o ;4,0, 18 .... I t ztet,.„,„, t .............. ~ 44 .1 . 4. 6 ~... A , A bi t t ,:t4 a pe r a(Slaremmana Railway) tNo '' A eelat ittitb, /4,oc''ult .... .. - CI i it I I i b. Qt. p k i al •6. per ........... O t e 2 a .... C e n t tope,:t 4r r ,• ... ......... 1 3it toi . e r , e , ,i , t. 41.44,,1'and Warr .... ... . . Vitt o 'dee, e 6 arrant; (Hectares) — I' Mtte . 1%3 per Cent., E 25f — . . X' 0/1,„ rip , I'.*: 1)147144:. eeat. I ,ult t li Per . 0,. t i_ , (14 ; 2. . .. li", . ........ ...... 4 t!, 4 e Za ll 4 t ..... 1862 84 I) itt o keeol&er 6 en ' i .. 1 . 8g3 .... bit a Pe t• " b . t t o A I; /111 :11 1° l ie ts4tl al4 t. s ' 1866 , '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 1). t an is - I', t2 O l .. • ............. "t tiii'," , 5 Daid .. -1) , "itt c rr e,„,,,, a t,., 1 822: £ St — 88rh!ire -...; 18 50 .. 85 .J 1.4 a b., 4 , 4 0 8"r Ce nt 1860 , • p e ,, xtt , tiptL14,141411.0...pee,e041, ' 1 8 8 5 6 9 2 ...... 881 8 47 4 3Znat.e nt b it ta A coo r e e ; t i ........... )it to 11.,,,...4tit - b. , , , t0 4 ,z , b ef ...: 2 _•,, b i tto 1 , . 5.01 ‘ 1t . .. ,.. Q • Zip,4to ~k,elVe t t 'll C' t itit .. .. tv, it o eq. of ~....... .. • til tii ah "e ° l int C OU P nOt.innCled — t r i lt t i ld , 6 4 p er de*o.• D. to A Per e • ..... "viji .4.et o eta. •,0,.. • — t ‘ t ee p e lint. .. '°°l • --- 1., 04 c r C et i . ~,:;! b l Jto, t t ntnit . 'toid h l .tte Per atilt. a ...... /'' lt ts Ate4) t 186 i .. ,n et n. 0 — Ilito„).1 n o _ , •............. ttotl per per (1,1:1!8.. ............. 67 41 t o ° r ceos't"ti.,r„ W' 9o litit '' 1 ' 56 2 .. tit % tvi c i o ... 1 2. ads 0 _ ..• . ................ 54t 44, 1 tt o l l Per °eta': the above payable in London. r i ) . 4 o, 6 Per „Ex. 12 Guil ... It t o Per Cent' uertificates ..... A, ........ -- •• e'll-1,.... I'S . .. .... R..z...2.5.Lh.an..e.a 67k ~ %:°ll,l O 1„ t' I tto A llir 'lley A Two O'CLOCK. e,e00,,,. .. .................... 90f a ive -':&.........................._.____.___' _____________▪ ................. 90a I 'tl 11)001 cOtt ------ on Market —This Day. -- _ , t) 2 4°4 • iOOO continues very quiet. Probable sales, 4 :1.000 bales. 11/ , I N 11`a 'Altot,Lts ••••.A t „ i .---IJON T lIE WISH HE MAY GET 1 1 111 4 i: d e toiTee 'Etat reception at the Tuileries the Mar- Well, Fii t ,goili, kn _l" WaB there. Napoleon addressed him —" 11, - ' tat / 7 l'oo• are always at your post." " I hope SO) • -0r another post which I should better like to -o `` -Awl I) 4 '. t, o, YlMarquis let me know in what I can serve vet p. i ire, it you would but create me Prefect of k"°" Nov 1, 'q h ' "I' ii'Didti: I'ttql a book entitled, " Charles the Bold," and tti!lt 4,0Z4r• Murray, the London publisher, the right to -111e40. "v co Pies of it for the sum of thirteen hundred SHARE MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. ~, I Closing 1 Business , n Share i Railways. 1 A a m'i Price. done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Elost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do AI X g ets no div Do. B till6p e.p an. has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. !Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk 8 8i 84 i 8f $6 124 121 k 120 k 7 7i 37 39 16 17 97 98 107 109 g9i 904 47 49 7f 8i Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock 127 ‘2B 1321 1331 1 Is 4 136 1 97 98 651 (51 B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western ....... Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Nor! h Western Lon. & Stry.th Western, Man., Shef., & Lincoln., Maryport and Carlisle., Do # shares... Metropolitan Midland Do New 1101 111 72 73 105 107 43 44 106 i 107 101 k 1021 50 51 106 107 128 128 b la ii 97 99 Do Binning. & Derby MM. Gt. W. of Ireland - - Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwlok Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds 54 63i 25 t 6 103} 104 69 60 90} 91 Do York Do Carlisle... ,North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington 123 128 1 2 p 77 79 11 11i 124 126 43 45 98 100 53 64 33 34 V4i 05 98 100 10 10} 18 39 94 104 g 74 8 f , 158 160 5 Si i 2f Si p Do• . • Do New, 1866 Taff Vale Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny) West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Herefordl 84 87 170 175 BRITISH pi Railways Atlantic &fit Lawrenet Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. s_per tient— Do. New . ..... —.. .. Do. E. 5hare5......... Buffalo and Laze Huron Do. Preference ...... Buffalo, BrantAGodrich', 6 p. Ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872' Do. do. July 1, 187:'; Do. do. June 1, 181 (leutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim; Cape Town ez Dock Sorii Hastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c h:ast Indian. gu. 5 p. c. , Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. II do. .. Grand trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. ao. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred._ Gt.lnchaPenin.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per oent. t. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. o. Extension D 0.44 Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Melb. & llobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. o. Mortg. Bds. Newßr answtok .1 Candi& Class A. and 8........ N.ltl.C'da6 po Ist I t bdsl Soinde ..........) Do. Delhi Do. 7: a Do. Punjaub r Do. Do. Do. rndus.St. Flo J 22 25 ,SIONS. Closing Prioe. 60 - 62 - 104 LCS 4 1 P 4 1 p sk• 6k 8 9 1( 2 104 WI 103 106 107 101 106 1 r. P 20 21 73 15 59 61 66 68 53 b 6 50 62 40 42 26 28 22 C 4 105 106 1 14 p 1 1* p 103 104 94 10 11 1014 93 95 86 88 i fp 1031 1041 98 100 94 98 57 59 3 5 82 S 4 1031 104)' 103 104 - i iP 103 104 100 102 3.14. 6.4.0 L 9.16.4 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - ,l,an.Gov. 6 p.a.) a. &Jul) 1877-81 .- lOO 102 104 101/ 211 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 103 105 Do. dp. a Mar. & Sept 100 103 105 Do. 6p. o. Jan. &J uly 10C 91 82 911 901 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,1873 100 107 109 Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 110 112 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 108 110 1111 ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 104 106 ;Natal Gov. 6 per cent 100 ICB 110 N.B.Gov. 6 p.aJa.&July 100 10t 104 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5p c., 186 t 100 99 100 Du. sp. e.,18t1 to Wt 100 99i 101 Do. d0.,1888 aupwde 100 99k 1004 100 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. 6p. a 100 109 111 !S. Aus G6p.C.1678.&up lOO 109 111 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - 'Do. to 6D.0. Ao.&00.. 100 ,110 111 110; BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ulifford Amalgamated " Devon G. Con.. ( 'Taoist ) 1 57 5 685 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 671 70 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. id par East Caradon ..... 1.14. e 27 28 East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 7 7i E. WlRussel(Tavistk. ) 8.9.0 5 oi 5 Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen ; 581 10 12 Great South Tolgus 17s 4 44 4G. Wheal Vor (Ralston) 40 14 15 Grenville 6.16. ( 44 41 llemd's-Foot I llingston Downs 4 8 : 1 8 2.0 3 67 3 39 4 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant yi 15 17 Matte Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 24 li 4 d New Setun l9l SO 90 • North Downs 94 1 4 1 4 - N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan 3.1.0 2. 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St Blaze); Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 Southearadon(St.Cleer; 11 430 640 S. Carn Brea (Illogar.) — F.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 574 624 Stray Park ...- 30.17.6 28 30 5 ramarSilv.,t - Lead Ulu. 44 I rfin Croft 9 19 20 West 11asset (Illogan) l4 11 12 W. Cr radon (Liskeard) 5 19 21 West Satoh Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 80 85 Wheal Buller (Itedruth) 5 20 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 Whealtudcott .. . ... 3.0.8 14 14 Wheal MaryAnniXen.) 8 134 14 4 Wheal Beton 584 150 160 Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 244 254 Wheal Union 3.17 3 34 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4} per cent. pf., 98 Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 101 f PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, dm., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 103 FOREIGN MINES. Kapunda Mont. Aurcos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 2i Santa Barbara Gold Mine (Um.), 1 1 St. John del Rey (lim.), 521 2 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon lon and Liverpool (Urn.), 441 4 Anglo Austrian, 61 1 Bank of Wales, 1im.,15 14 British North American. 491 Chattered Bank of India, Australia, and China, =Ditto, new, 26 Cityai2l Colonial, 44 if VICRICet , 12615,01.1. Consolidated Bank, Urn., lovi English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered. 221:3 Hindustan, China, and Japan (Um.), 33:4:1 Imperial Ottoman, 17/ 17 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 7 London and County, 611 1 London and Westminster, 831 44 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (Urn.), 221 Ditto, Reserved issued at £2 pm.,;22/: National of Liverpool, limited, 18i New South Wales, 60 Oriental Bank Corporation, 62 South Australia, 39 Standard of British South Africa (110), 24 Union at London, 41l 2.11 21 DOCKS. London, 714 Victoria, 101 i MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural, Ceylon Company, 1041 Commercial Union (Insurance), 5 Discount Corporation, limited, 11f East India Irrigation and Canal, 46 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 3/ Epglish and Australian Copper, 2 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 02 Hudson's Bay, 17 International Financial Society, lim., 10 i Joint •stock Discount, (; 7 Dili°, new, L on d on Financial Association, lim., 251 London General Omnibus Company, 2a National Discount Company, lim., it 3 103- 77, Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 7i 7 FATAL OCCURRENCES ON THE RlVER.—Yester day morning as a man named Glover was guiding a barge through one of the arches of Blaekfriars Bridge, he sud denly called to another man on board to take charge of the craft, fell backwards on the head sheets, and when taken up was found to be quite dead. The cause of death has not yet been ascertained. About the same time a lighter man named Tucker, while plying his avocation, was knocked overboard in consequence of his barge coming in contact with a coal lighter, and was drowned. SSE THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAINIJA.RY 20, 1864. LAW INTELLIGENCE — (This Day). SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr and a Jury.) AUCTIONEER'S CHARGES FOR VALUATIONS.- HIND V. PEDLEIt. This was an action to recover £7 15s for valuing certain fixtures and fittings in a shop upon Ludgate-bill. Mr. Beard appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Buchanan re • presenting defendant, Mr. Beard stated that the whole question for the jury in this case was the reasonableness of the charge made by the plaintiff, who was a gentleman of great experience in his business. He charged 5 per cent., and that was the custo mary per centage in the profession. Evidence having been called in support of the plaintiff's case, _ . Mr. Buchanan urged that such a claim could nut be main tained. The work had occupied but a very few minutes, and defendant had thought he would only be called upon to pay £1 ls. He had paid £2 2s. into Court, so that he ought to be on the right side, but if the present claim were substantiated, people must not say anything for the future about attorney's bills. (Laughter.) Defendant then deposed that he agreed to pay 21s, and that plaintiff only sent a clerk to do the woi k. Mr. Beard, in replying, observed that if people went to a first class man they must pay for it. Plaintiff had per formed the work efficiently through his clerk, who had great experience, and had done justice to the defendant. His Honour said that the jury must say what was fair between the parties. The jury found for the plaintiff for 21 per cent. Verdict for the plaintiff for £3 17a 6d, or £1 158 6d more than the money paid into court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. MAGISTERIAL REBUKE OF THE PAROCHIAL AUTHO RITIES OF ST. MARTIN'S.—Thomas Moody was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and disorderly at St. Martin's Workhouse, Randall, the gate porter at the workhouse, said that about four that morning the prisoner came to the work house and rang the bell and demanded admission, being drunk at the time. He told the prisoner that he could not admit him as the casual ward was full, and he then became very abusive and disorderly, and at last he was compelled to give him into custody. The prisoner said he went to the workhouse and asked for admission for himself and children, when he was told that he could walk the streets till nine o'clock, and as it was raining hard at the time he could not do so, and as they refused to let in his children he was annoyed. Mr. Tyrwhitt asked the gatekeeper whether the pri soner had two children with him, and the porter said he had. Mr. Tyrwhitt said they might have admitted the chil dren, if not theman. The porter said the casual ward would only hold 16. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Then, I say it is a disgrace to the parish to limit it to such a number. We are after all the only persons who can stand up for the poor, and although Ido not seek for popularity I think it time to do so. With regard to the man, if he was drunk they were right in keeping him out, but not with regard to the children ; and it was a disgraceful thing to keep them out, especially in such weather. The great parish of St. Martin's refuses to admit poor children in the night time, and only has a ward to hold 16 poor persons 1 It is disgraceful. I have had to do with the St. Martin's people before, and know their practices. I shall discharge the prisoner. It was stated that the prisoner had only just come into town, and was therefore unable to apply for admission to the workhouse at an earlier hour. THE "FITZROY HO➢IE," OR SERVANTS' INSTITUTION. —A gentleman waited upon Mr. Tyrwhitt this morning, and asked for his advice respe2ting the Servants' Institu tion in Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. The applicant said a friend, a lady, had applied to the institution for two cooks, paying a fee of 10s., the promise being given that cooks should be sent. None, however, were sent, although the lady waited at home for a week. He then wrote to the superintendent for an explanation, and the only one given was that the matter should be laid before the committee, and that applicant should be commu nicated with. Although he had waited some time for an answer none had been sent. Mr. Tyrwhitt, in referring the applicant to the County Court, said that several complaints of a similar kind had been made during the past few days, and lie had received several letters on the subject. Publicity, however, being given to the matter would be attended with a good effect. The applicant thanked the magistrate and retired. WESTMINSTER: IMPUDENT ROBBERY AT ONE OF MR. BELLEW'S LFC • TURES.—A fiashly dressed fellow, with a carroty moustache, who gave his aame George Wood, but refused his address, was placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with rob bing a gentleman at an assemblage in the Vestry-hall, Chelsea, congregated to hear Mr. Bellew on Shaksperian readings. Mr. Henry Barrett said he was one of the company at the Vestry-hall, and when he was leaving there was a stream of people coming from the hall and another entering it. On a sudden prosecutor felt convinced that he had been robbed. His attention was at first attracted by hearing "a and on looking down, he found his watch gone and his guard hanging loose. The robbery had been committed by cutting through the ring of the guard-chain with some instrument. Mr. Arnold—Where was the prisoner at the time you missed your watch? Prosecutor—Right in front of me, coming in an opposite direction; and at the moment after I heard "the click" I saw the prisoner pass something to another person near him. Prisoner—. Why did you not lay hold of the person ? Prosecutor—l could not. " ' Prisoner—Oh yes you could, if what you say is true. Why did you let the person go away ? Prosecutor—There were so many persons passing at the moment that the person was lost in a moment, and I found I had quite enough to do to secure you. Prisoner—Your Worship all this is a mistake. I sat next but one to this gentleman in the hall, and heard the lecture, and we wore coming out together when I was sud denly mistaken for somebody else and given into custody. Mr. Arnold—Are you aware whether he sat next to you in the hall. __ Prosecutor—l cannot say ; I did not see him until he was before me in the crowd he was then coming in a perfectly opposite direction. Prisoner—lt's all a mistake. _ A gentleman who was near the prosecutor here stepped forward and clearly described the position of both parties. He saw the prisoner extend his hand towards the prose• tutor, and after " the click" distinctly saw him drop the gold watch ring from his hand, and witness afterwards picked it up. Prisoner—Well, your worship, if he will say that, he will of course say anything. Mr. Arnold—Do you object to give your address ? Prisoner—Well, yes, I would rather not. Mr. Arnold—You are remaided till Tuesday. THE MARQUIS OF BATH'S PRESERVES have this year yielded about 14,000 head of game. • I, - • SKATING AT PARIS.—The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post says :—" Skating is becoming a courtly amusement beyond the ice-bound regions of the north, While royal highnesses are skating in England im perial highnesses are skating in France. It will hencefor ward be necessary that persons, from chamberlains down to powdered footmen, should know how to dance attendance not merely in withdrawing and reception halls, but on the slippery frozen floors of lakes and ponds. On Sunday a new set of courtiers and household servants surrounded their Imperial Majesties, who again honoured the small lake of the Bois de Boulogne. The weather was pleasantly cold. In addition to the usual park company assembled on such oc casions the waters were surrounded by a number of the fashionable world, who evidently expected the Imperial party, the Court circle arriving about 3 o'clock. Already the skaters had mustered pretty strongly: There were German, English, American, and one or two French ladies gliding about with men companions, and there wore sledges driven swiftly onwards by cavaliers of the ice, containing those of the fair sex who wore born in days when the ladies of France did nothing gymnastic but dance. How shall I describe the , skating modes of Paris ? Most of the fair creatures wear a pretty round hat, with a red or white wing, or feathers, and a veil which invites the curiosity of youthful imagination. Any gay-coloured jacket, of any cut, decorated with any description of fur, is allowed—and very pretty it is to ob serve the animated patches of red, violet, blae, white, and black darting about amid the giootily got coats and ugly hats and caps of the men. But to continue my description of the ladies' costume. Now comes the difficulty—to de scribe the toilette, costume, dress, robe, modes—how ought it to be called ?—of what comes below the jackets, casaquos, polonaises, pa!otots—how ought such things also to be called ? Well, that portion of female covering which begins after the waist, and in our day assumes awful proportions before it hides the feet, is in the ice modes of Paris drawn up in festoons by unseen mysterious mecha nical aid, leaving (and here again I feel a difficulty) very or black, or—if I dare use the wort: ;"- 'jiver 4 - such visible nearly a whsle pair of stockings, wh ich ma y be red ' fancy.' Then come the Polish boot s , a n d th en th e . place— skates. My limited descriptive powers are happily no longer required; but if such enchanting toilettes do not lead to holy matrimony, men's hearts are frozen as well as the waters of the Bois de Boulogne. Skating, it should be ob served, in the Parisian polite world is only beginning to be fashionable. The Emperor no doubt learned to skate in Switzerland and England ; but where did the Empress learn to glide over the ice so gracefully ? Dressed in a pretty black costume, and appearing &lighted with the sport. Her Majesty several times, accompanied by two gentiemen, not in waiting, but in going, skated among the moving multi tude,, while the little Imperial Prince and heir to the throne was showing the crowd of spectators on shore that ho had already become familiar with this slippery world and its aeeidente." WEITGTS FOR THE CHESTER CUP. The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 soya in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 soya each, 15 ft., and 5 only if declared on or before the last Tuesday in January, at 12 o'clock at noon, to Messrs. Weatherby, or the Clerk of the Course, Cup course, about two miles and a quarter (151 subs). If the highest weight accepting is under Bst 121 b, it will be raised to that, and the others in proportion. Age st lb Adventurer .. 5 9 2 *Gibraltar .. a 9 2 *Lord Clifden .. 4 812 Caller Ou 6 8 12 Lioness .. 6 810 The Knave .. 5 8 8 Ace of Clubs .. 5 8 7 *Joey Jones .. 68 7 Litnosine. .. 5 8 7 La Toucques .. 4 8 7 ()ldminster .. 6 8 5 Dollar .. .. 4 8 3 Costa 5 8 2 Blithfiel3 .. 4 8 1 The Gillie .. 4 8 0 Twilight .. a 8 0 llospolar .. 4 8 0 Bighton .. 5 8 0 Monk, The.. .. a 7 13 Catch-'em Alive .. 5 7 12 Exchequer .. 5 7 12 Dunkeld 4 7 10 Eagle, The.. .. 47 10 King of Utopia .. 4 7 10 Gardener .. 6 7 10 Blondin .. 4 7 10 Beverley .. .. 5 7 10 Blackdown .. 4 7 9 Tommy Jones .. 6 7 9 Gladstone .. .. 4 7 9 LITERATURE. Annie Warleigh's Fortunes. By Holme Lee, Author of " Sylvan Holt's Daughter," &e. Three Vols. Smith, Elder, and Co. There is a genial tenderness of feeling and a simple naturalness of manner about Holme Lee's writings that render them peculiarly delightful. A variety of well-drawn characters and a series of most interesting incidents are intro dueed in the course of the narrative, which chroni cles the fortunes of Annis Warleigh. But, attrac tive as the story is, its principal charm consists in its freshness of style and homely truthfulness in the portrayal of the domestic affections. The first volume relates to the elder generation, when the fair Italian bride of Sir Laurence Warleigh pines away in her uncongenial home. Little Auras, their daughter, is motherless from her birth, and the pictures of her wayward child-life, when she aptly earns the appellation of " Gipsy," are pleasant specimens of Holme Lee's facile style of homely scene painting. Annis is passionately devoted to her father, Sir Laurence, and is tenderly beloved by him. Happy and careless are her wild, untutored early years. But, alas! a change comes over the spirit of her life. Friends remonstrate with the Baronet on the undisciplined existence of his young heiress, and she is consigned to the prim guardianship of Lady Georgiana Warleigh, the fitting help-mate of the treacherous brother of Sir Laurence. Poor Annis falls upon evil days, and her " Fortunes," which give the title to the book, are most romantic and full of vicissi tudes—in fact, for a considerable number of years her life is a series of misfortunes. The character of the heroine is a very charming one. She is generous, tender-hearted, and loveable, and the readers of her history rejoice with the good-hearted but not very agreeable Rachel Withers, when the longing 'cif years is at last realised, and the long lost daughter is restored to her dearly-remembered father. All's well that ends well, and we are glad to leave Annis as happy as she deserves. Leo: A Novel. By Dutton Cook, author of "A Prodigal Son," &c. 'Three vols. Smith and Elder. Mr. Dutton Cook is, indeed, industrious. This fair Leo (for Leo, be it known, is an abbreviation for Leonora) has hardly made her debut before the reading world when another novel by the same author is already advertised. Whatever the forth coming volumes may prove to be, the story of " Leo" is sufficiently attractive, and may wile away some pleasant, hours in its perusal. The style is light and lively, but somewhat superficial. Mr. Cook has not yet become proficient in that ars celare artem which happily conceals any consciousness of saying a good thing. He writes smartly, but he unfortunately lets us know at times that such is his object and endeavour. As a happy specimen of the lively and sometimes telling manner in which the history of Leo is narrated, we may quote some passages from the incredulous lamentations of Mr. Lackington on the misfortunes of the hero, Arnold : " Well," remarked Mr. Lackington, "I am astonished Arnold arrested ! Arnold, of all men I Why, here have I been in debt all my life and no one has ever paid me the compliment of arresting me. No creditor in his wildest dreams,—and creditors have very wild dreams—they are generally persons of great imaginative power—no creditor ever once presumed to hope that he could himself any good by arresting me, That the fact is so universally acknow ledged, is a great comfort for the stone. It saves no end of inconvenience, and pressure, and squeezing. /am left at large—poor, embarrassed, in debt, and yet free—while Arnold, whom I have always looked upon as millionnaire, a man who might fairly have sat for the portrait of Craesus —Arnold, whose life seemed to mo to be one enormous balance at his banker's—Arnold is ignominiously arrested and carried to a sponging house I It can't be, Rob ; the thing's not commonly possible ; there must have been some frightful mistake : or Arnold must have done the thing on purpose, to try a new experience of life, just as kings have before now played at being beggars for an hour or two by way of amusement, &c. &. The heroine herself comes in for her fair share of smiles and tears. She proves, notwithstanding treacherous appearances, very devoted to the not too-constant object of her choice. We will, how ever, betray no secrets, but commend the sprightly Leo to the kind consideration which she deserves. RAILWAY MAPS, The Messrs. Day, the eminent lithographers, of Gate-street, Lincoln's-inn-Fields, have just issued three maps of England, Scotland, and Ireland, showing the lines of railways constructed and in course of construction, as well as those proposed by the bills of session 1864. The different lines are all clearly shown by means of colour, and those on the narrow, hroad, or mixed guages nicely distin guish?.d. The maps, each of which is executed is capital style, will be found highly useful during the ensuing Parliamentary campaign. MARKETS--This Day. MARK-LANE. A very moderate supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market, The trade for all qualities was in a sluggish state, at Monday's decline in the quotations of is to 2s per quarter. The show of samples of foreign wheat on tho stands was by no means extensive. All descriptions, however, moved off slowly, at about Monday's currency. Floating cargoes of grain wero in limited request, at late rates. _ _ With barley the market was moderately supplied. Good and fine malting qualities were firm in price, but inferior descriptions met a slow sale, on former terms. In malt a fair business was doing, at previous quotations. The supply of oats or_ sale was tolerably large. Gener ally speaking the demand ruled inactive, yet no quotable change took place in prices, compared with Monday. Beans and peas ruled firm in price, and a moderate busi ness was transacted in both articles. The flour trade was quiet, nevertheless previous quota. tions were supported. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English-- 210 2lO l4lO 6O 520 Irish - 1370 Foreign-- 5,610 11,080 -- 7,470 1630 eke. 6220 brls WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale here is tolerably large, and the trade is in a sluggish state, as follows : ':Beef, from 2a 6d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; veal, 8s 8d to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on sale here is very moderate, and the trade rules firm, on higher terms. THE RAINFALL OF 24 YEARS.—It used to be a standing joke with the comic periodicals that it always rained at Chiswick flower show, but last year appears to have been an exception to the rule—at any rate, the quan tity of rain recorded to have fallen at Chiswick during the 12 months was below the average. In 1841 the rainfall at this point of observation was 30.97 inches ; in 1842, 22'27 in ; in 1843, 25.48 in ; in 1844, 21.34 in ; in 1845, 23.33 in ;in 1846, 27'71in ;in 1847, 15.65 in ;in 1848, 28 - 34 in ; in 1849, 22-84 in ; in 1850, 18.28 in ; in 1851, 20.79 in ; in 1852, 32 55in ; in 1853, 24.37 in ; in 1854, 18.92 in ; in 1855, 24.38 in ; in 1856, 22.72 in ; in 1857, 21.06 in ; in 1858, 15.78 in ; in 1859, 25.54 in ; in 1860, 30.08 in ; in 1861, 19.48 in ; in 1862, 25.64 in ; and 1863, 20.32 in. The smallest rainfall of any cue year in this period of nearly a quarter of a century was thus in 1858 and the largest in 1852. The driest month in the 23 years were November, 1858, and January, 1855, when only o.lin of rain fell in each month, while the wettest month in the 24 years was November, 1852, when a rainfall of 6.20 in was recorded. EUGENIE, Extrioss OF THE FRENCH, was born at Granada, the city in which Catherine lived until she left Spain for England. The circumstance may ac count for the deep and affectionate reverence in which the Empress is said to hold the memory of her romantic countrywoman. Catharine's autographs are very rare; but the Empress, chiefly it is thought by tho bounty of Isabel the Second, has contrived to obtain two or three notes written by her from London, and a few other royal and imperial letters relating to her and her affairs. Among these other papers is a note front Henry the Seventh to Fernando and Isabel, about Arthur and Catharine, of the highest value, the existence of which has been carefully concealed by the Spanish Court for three hundred and sixty years. This letter, which enables us to live again through that singular time, leaves no doubt whatever that the Prince and Princess of Wales were actually living at Ludlow as man and wife. PATRAS, Jan. 6.—Accounts from the Merea state that a British bark, called by the Greeks Cogland , -ked some time ago (nearly two months, it is be- Malca, and only one sailor, named John sr4rities at Naoli have Batted that the Pirtous with orders to it seems he never ,” and cargo been was Wl. lieved) at Cape Smith, saved. The aub— the said John Smith was sent present himself to the Consul there, b did so, and no further information as to the su- s c an be obtained, although ever y possible Pains taken to find out what beca4te of the saloTt cancelled. Military Tiain—Acting Veterinary Surgeon Michael D. I Byrne to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice George Fleming, transferred to the 3d Hussars. Royal Artillery—Captain Henry Reginald Courtenay to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Robert Warburton, de ceased—Second Captain Affleck Fraser to be Captain, vice Robert Courtenay—Lieutenant Robert Roche Franks to be Second Captain, vice Fraser—Gentleman Cadet Richard Waco to be Lieutenant, vice Franks— Gentleman Cadet William Law to be Lieutenant, vice Bowen, resigned. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Frederick Augustus Yorke, on the Supernumerary List, to be Colonel—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Charles Francis Skyring to be Colonel, vice Twiss, pro moted—Captain and Brevet-Major James Robert Mann to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Skyring —Second Captain Anthony William Durnford to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Mann—Lieutenant George Sackville Berkeley to be Sccond Captain, vice Durnford —Gentleman Cadet Montagu Frederick Ommanney, to be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Berkeley. 2d Regiment of Foot—Major Francis Lionel Octavius Atty to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Lieutenant- Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Robert Bruce, who retires upon half pay—Captain John Charles Weir to be Major, by purchase, vice Atty—Lieutenant Henry Echalaz to be Captain, by purchase, vice Weir—Ensign Charles Bor lase to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Echalaz. Bth Foot—Ensign Charles Frederick Malet to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Theodore Henry Skinner, who retires—Gentleman Cadet William Louis, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Malet. 17th Foot—Lieutenant St. John Clerke, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Savage, who ex changes. 21st Foot—Ensign Alfred Thrale Perkins to be Lieuten ant. by purchase, vice John Hornby Conor, who retires —Gentleman Cadet Robert Wilbraham Hill, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Perkins. 40th Foot—Gentleman Cadet James Dalton Gregson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Edward Toseland, who retires. 46th Foot—Ensign Richard Lawrence William Moore May dwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles John Burgess, who retires—Ensign Robert Gordon Home, from the 58th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Maydwell. 58th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Scovell Whitmore, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Robert Gordon Home, transferred to the 46th Foot. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Austin to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Atholl Charles John Liddell, who retires—Ensign John Edward Pratt Barlow to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Austin. 87th Foot—Ensign Anderson James Ashmore to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Frederick Flood Devereux, who retires—Gentleman Cadet Frederick GeorgeVardon,.from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ashmore. 90th Foot—Captain Hon. James David Drummond, from the 11th Hussars, to be Captain, vice Grant, who ex changes. 92d Foot—Lieutenant Lawrence William Maxwell Lock hart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lionel Holmes, who retires—Ensign Hutchinsonf A. Stewart to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lockhart—Gentleman Cadet Edward Alexander Charles Campbell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stewart. 97th Foot—Paymaster Henry Lewis de la Chaumette, from the Royal Artillery, to be Paymaster, vice William Francis Wheble, appointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards. 99th Foot—Lieutenant Henry James Day to be Captain, without purchase, vice Malcolm Brown Purcell, deceased —Ensign Marcus William Kelly to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Day. 3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Francis Graham Dunn to be Captain, without purchase, vice Joseph Jones, who retires upon full-pay—Lieutenant Edmund Sandilands Savage, from 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Clerke, who exchanges; Ensign James Frederick Cousins to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dunn. UNATTACHED—Lieutenant Edward Brown, f?om the 12th Lancers, to be Captain, without purchase. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT—Deputy Assistant Com missary-General Arthur Bay, to be Assistant Commis sary-General, vice Webb, deceased. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff-Surgeon Alexander Bar clay, M.D., having completed 20 years' full-pay service, to be Staff Surgeon-Major, under the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858; Assistant-Surgeon James Good, from the 43d Foot, to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon ' vice 11. Crump. M.D., resigned; Assistant-Surgeon Robt. Alex ander Peter Grant, from the 43d Foot, to be Staff- Assistant •Surgeon, vice W. Holmes, resigned. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT.—The Rev, R. Tudor Craig to be Chapiain of the Fourth Class. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. —James Darling, Gent,, to be Acting Veterinary Surgeon; vice Stanley, resigned; Hugh Anderson, Gent., to be Acting Veterinary Sur geon, vice Channon, resigned. BREVET. - - Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel George King, retired ipon full-pay 13th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major-General. Lieut.-Colonel Rrbert Corcyra Romer, Royal Artillery, having completed five years' service in the rank of Lieut.- Colonel, to be Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of October, 1858. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Edward M'Mullin, Recruiting District, to have the honorary rank of Major. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Joseph Hely, 73d Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. Captain Joseph Jones, retired full-pay 3d West India Regiment, to have the honorary rank of Major. TO BE MAJORS. Captain Rowley Wiles Hinsnaan, 50th Foot. Captain Hugh Stewart Cochrane, 7th Foot. Second Captain Morgan Crofton Sankey, Royal Artil• ler- Second Captain Thomas Alexander Dirom, Royal Artil lery. Captain John George Dartnell, 27th Foot. Captain Charles Francis Falcon Chamberlain, Bombay Staff Corps. Captain James Burnie Lind, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Frederick William Graham, Bengal Staff Corps. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the deaths of Major-Gen. John Walpole, of the Royal Engineers, on 4th January, 1864—andIslajor-General Robt. Henry Wynyard, C. 8., Colonel of the 98th Foot, on the 6th January, 1864 : Captain Robert Chalmers, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Robert Baigrie, Bombay Staff Corps. SecondtCaptain Henry Strutt, Royal Artillery. Second Captain James Hills, Royal Artillery. Captain Henry Hammon Lyster, 7 2 d Bengal Native Infantry. TO BE MAJOR GENERALS. Colonel John Twiss, Royal Engineers. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Mait land Wilson, half-pay late Bth Foot. TO BE COLONELS. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Francis Kempt. Lieutenant-Colonel William Thomas Dickson, 16th Lancers. TO BB LIEUTENANT •COLONELS• Captain and Breve',,-Major Bernard E. Ward, 60th t Fool Major Fiederick West , half pay late Depot Batn. TO BE MAJORS. Captain William Jolliffe, Royal Marino Light Infantry. Captain Robert Seppiogs Harrison, Royal Marine Liglr Infantay. BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial Mincing lane, City im portance in the Ga zette : John Tackle, Liverpool, w aste dealer Jjo7nseepshCSrm°Bistih°,37Lturmelecrh, \fiVarldhurst George Boecroft, grocer, Durham John Gee, hosier, Hanky, Staffordshire Robert Cocker, steel wire mills, Erdington Henry Sowman, leather seller, Sidney-street, Commer cial-road East William D, Elliot, jun., butcher, Brighton Henry C. Sirr, gentleman, Aberdeen-place, Maida-hill William Dickson, surveyor, City John Hurst, dru gg i st , H orw i c h , L ancas hi re Richard Harris, ship carpenter, Knottingley, Yorkshire BA.N K UPTCY ANNULLED. Thomas IL Stnifh , cloth dresser, Huddersfield sco ma BANKRUPTS. Adam Dunbar, bookseller, Huntly David Reid, bottler, Paisley John Strathern, coal merchant, Glasgow John N. Robertson, merchant, Auchmill, Aberdeenshire Wm, Miller, coalmaster, Stirlingshire King Christian entertained the members of the Rigsdag yesterday at the Castle of Christiansborg. The President of the Lower House proposed his Majesty's health in the following words : " Your Majesty will comprehend that it is with a feeling of sadness the members of the Danish Rigsdag are met for the first time under your Ma jesty's roof, and see your Majesty occupying the high position they have hitherto been accustomed to see occupied by your late lamented predecessor, King Frederick VII., who gave his people freedom and awoke in them new and self-conscious political life. Nor truly can your Majesty be less painfully afiected at receiving for the first time the members of the Rigsdag from that place to which the late lamented King, with the assent of the Danish nation, appointed you to succeed. " Your Majesty has ascended to your high posi• tion in difficult and dangerous times. Because the country to which your Majesty has succeeded is of little extent, and because we Danes are few in num bers, it has been thought possible to attempt not only to deprive your Majesty of a portion of your do minions, or, in spite of solemnly contracted treaties, to cast a doubt upon your Majesty's good right, but also to demand of your Majesty yourself to loose the tie that connects independent Danish territories with your Majesty's kingdom. Yet, although your Majesty's country is little in extent, it is a well developed country. Although we Danes are few in numbers, we are a nation fully determined to be both now and in future a free and independent people,—a nation thoroughly convinced that in offering itself faithfully and devotedly for the right of its King it defends at the same time its own right to exist as an independent nation. " A speech addressed to your people after your Majesty's ascent to the throne, demanded that they should place confidence in your honest intentions. Your Majesty has already received direct assurances from the population of numerous districts which de monstrate sufficiently the loyalty and devotion which the Danish people have felt for their King from ancient times, and upon which no stain has rested in the history of ages. Your Majesty has lately visited in person the Danish army, assembled now at the old Dannewirke, and has been able to see for yourself that the privations and sacrifices required when so many sons of the country are sum moned from their hearths and homes, as well as the hardships of life in the field, are looked upon as trifles in the presence of the one idea by which all are animated—that they are in arms for the right of your Majesty and of the nation. " Your Majesty sees in the Danish people a faithful and devoted nation, that looks up to your Majesty with reliance. We remember that when, sixteen years ago, tumult met your predecessor upon his accession to the throne, your Majesty never hesitated, but stood ready upon the spot whither fidelity to the King and the fatherland called. We know that your Majesty will remain true to your word, and will respect our laws and our rights. We see at your Majesty's side, in your illustrious Queen, a Princess of the old Danish Royal stock, born and bred in the land, who from childhood has regarded Denmark with love as her country. We behold your Majesty and your illustrious'Queen surrounded by a promising and blooming offspring, two of whom have already passed to foreign lands, where they have been received as the hope of the future. As your Majesty was enabled to see last year how heartily the Danish people participated in your joy at the lofty position your eldest daughter went to assume, so are we now delighted to share in the joy of your Majesty and the Queen at the happiness which has just befallen her. "The Danish people hope that Providence will keep the eye of your Majesty clear and open to per. ceive the right path for the maintenance of your own and their inseparable rights; that Providence may give your Majesty strength to meet the shocks of fortune, and may ever extend over your Majesty's head its protecting hand. "Long live his Majesty King Christian IX. l" The President's speech was received with the ders of applause and cheering. His Majesty re— plied " I thank you, Gentlemen, for your cheers. I beg you to accept the assurance that no one more deeply feels the loss of our late lamented King than I do." At a later period of the evening his Majesty said : "It affords me extreme pleasure to welcome the Danish Rigsdag from this place, and in this hall, which has so often witnessed the exchange of proofs of fidelity and devotion between the representatives of the people difficult and times the the D ings n p g of h a s nis h t R e i c g o s u d n a t g r y. has been a protection for the right of Denmark and of the Danish Crown. I count upon it, Gentlemen, that now, when a storm seems again to threaten, you will afford to me and to the Crown the same sup. port as to my predecessors. (' Yes yes I') " For my part, I promise always to uphold the freedom, independence, and self-dependence of Den. mark and the right of the Crown; and I hope that Heavenly Providence, which has now extended its protecting hand for many centuries over our country, will still preserve it in the time to come. " I drink to you as representatives of the people. Long live the Danish Rigsdag !" 127 132 i 1091 11 10 72 104 & Icoi- 6 5f 102 50f 50 104 23 2 127 i 1031 3 65 41 94 f f Business done 104 3f 4} Age Trust .. 4 Tattoo .. 6 Coup d'Etat .. 3 Caroline .. .. 3 *Alice .. .. 4 Odine 4 Accident .. 4 East Lancashire .. 4 *Merry Hart .. 4 Portland .. a `Watford .. 4 The Clown .. 3 *Anaticulus .. 4 Persuasion 3 Muezzin • • .. 4 Flash in the Pan.. a Ghillie Callum .. 4 Claxton .. 3 Crisis .. • • 3 Goldylocks .. 3 *Buckland .. 3 Merry Maid .. 5 Mail Train .. 3 Voluptas .. 4 Farce .. 4 Truant .. .. 4 Isca Black Fawn .. 3 *Teddy • • •• 3 Barbadoes .. •• 5 The Doctor .. 3 *Young Rapid .. 3 Lady of the Isles .. 4 Sir Roger . • •• 3 Durham • • •• 3 The Little Stag .. 3 Danaus .. 3 Vauxhall . • .. 3 Whi te th o rn .. 3 Greville .. 3 Bacchus . • .. 3 Wandering Minstrel 3 Gordian Knot 3 *Birkenhead 3 *S tainley . . • .. 3 Tool Tool .• .. 3 Rose • • .. 3 Washington 3 *Bold Houghton .. 3 Daniel O'Rourke o 3 Hersey filly 3 Brother to the Plover 3 Aunt Judy .. 3 Colleen Bawn filly 3 Greenland .. 3 Signalman .. .. 3 Farnham • • .. 3 Brother to Rubini.. 3 Redcap 3 The Count ispnte Lord Zetland 3 Teneriffe 3 Langford 3 The Cardinal 3 Confederate .. 3 John Davis .. 3 Vacuna colt .. 3 Lord Cochrane .. 3 Macbeth 3 Lady Milton 3 Helen. 3 Veterinarian: 3 Ess Bouquet 3 _rumps .. .. 47 8 Broadway .. 4 7 8 Queen of Spain .. 5 7 8 Knutaford.. .. 6 7 8 Golden Pledge .. 4 7 8 Bohemian .. 4 7 8 Carisbrook.. .. 5 7 7 Royal Stag .. 4 7 6 Welcome .. .. 5 7 6 Double X 4 7 6 Birdfinder .. 4 7 6 Anfield .. 4 7 6 Woldga .. 4 7 6 Tippler .. .. 47 5 Balham .. 6 7 5 Lothian's King .. 6 7 5 Tourist .. .. 4 7 5 Marigold .. 4 7 4 Black Deer .. 4 7 4 Leonora .. .. 5 7 4 Early Purl .. 4 7 4 •Fanfaron.. .. 4 7 4 Dr. Syntax 4 7 4 Change .. .. 4 7 41 Benjamin .. .. 6 7 3 Canary .. 6 7 3 Old Orange Girl 4 7 3 Fantail .. 4 7 2 Melandra .. 4 7 2 Charming Woman 5 7 2 *Socrates .. .. 5 7 2 Donne Canne .. 5 7 1 • Warminster 6 7 1 Chaff .. .. 4 7 0 Kemptown .. 4 7 0 •Splitovote colt .. 4 7 0 Earl of S►irrey .. 5 613 Manfred .. 4 6 12 Joco .. 4 6 12 Blarney .. .. 3 612 King Charming .. 4 6 12 Lady Superior .. 4 612 My Mary .. .. 5 6 12 Bel Demonia (late Harvest Mell) 3 612 Lord Stamford, Mr. E. B. Clarke, and Mr. E. Elliott, are subscribers, but did not name. Those horses marked thus (*) baying been entered with out the knowledge of their owners, will he struck out at the time prescribed, unless specially ordered to remain in. HUNGERFO. Weights for the B et lb Grimston A s ge 8 12 Bedouin .. 5 8 51 Costa .. 5 8 2 Blondin 4 7 12 Fontenoy ~ 4 7 9 Earl of Surrey .. 5 7 7 Gladstone .. .. 4 7 7 Turn of Luck 5 7 7 Detective 4 7 4 Lavender .. 4 7 4 Evenhand 6 7 0 Joco 4 7 0 Flash in the Pan a 7 0 Chaff .. 4 6 12 Weights for the Jol Age st lb j Grimston .. 5 8 121 Blondin 4 8 0 I Fontenoy .. 4 7 13 Turn of Luck 5 7 12 Flash in the Pan.. a 7 7 nimbus 6 7 5 Miss Emma .. 6 7 4 Butterfly .. .. a 7 4 Surbiton .. 6 7 2 The Dictator .. 4 7 0 RACING FIXTU. FEBI Birmingham Harrow Chelmsford l7 Nottingham Spring Derby Spring 3 Liverpool Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring Croxton•park 1 Edinburgh Spring .. 2 Abergavenny Thirsk 5 ,RD RACES. 3erks and Stakes. Butterfly Violet St. Lawrence Dcuche Olney-worm Truant .. Mal Train.. Verbena .. Mcjor .. Signalman.. Victoria Cross Spectre .. Pe;it Oiscau Age st lb .. a 6 10 .. 5 6 7 .. 5 6 7 .. 4 6 6 .. 4 6 6 ..4 6 4 .. 3 6 4 .. 3 6 2 .. 3 6 0 .. 3 5 12 .. 3 5 7 .. 3 5 7 ..3 5 7 in O'Gaunt Stakes. Age st lb Reserve .. 4 610 Newfoundland .. 4 6 7 The Nlajor.. .. 3 6 4 Anglo-Saxon .. 3 6 4 Wild Huntress .. 3 6 4 Daniel o' Rourke— Highflyer's dam 3 6 2 Cervus .. 3 6 0 Victoria Cross .. 3 510 Belle of the Vale .. 3 5 7 [RES FOR 1864. RITARY. Lincoln Spring .. 23 Hangerford Warwick Darham Northampton 29 30 Catterick 11. Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester .............. 3 York Spring .......... 10 Salisbury .............. 12 Bath .............. : . 17 J v.: At. Manchester Harpenden . ....... Epsom Ascot 7 Hampton ..........•••• 15 Newton l5 Odiham 2l Bibury 22 Stockbridge .... 23 N. Chelmsford 2B New Forest Hunt 2B Newcast le-( Summer)e • • Worcester ( Ipswich Newmarket July Carlisle Abingdon ...... Liverpool July Stamford Pontefract . ......... 'LY, I Nottingham Winchester Southampton ....•••••' 20 Chesterfield 2l Goodwood ...... 26 SHIPPING—This Day. I and cloudy weather. LONDON, Jan. 20.—Wind this day at noon—South - Majesty's ship Industry, from Rio Janeiro --Henry Dun can, from St. John's, N.B. WresotßerTlyolomutratjeanbr.eeia9.......wind s.w. (By MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) —Arrived—Her GRAVESEND, Weanesday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 19—Blyth, f rom Faro—Kroo Boy, from Lagos. DRAT., Wednaeday Morning. Anchored—Heather Bell, from London for Colombo — Cameo, from Sunderland for Bointay, THE WELSH BURNS I—A movement has been set on foot for the purpose of providiag an annuity for " Tal hairn," well known throughout the principality as "the Burns of Wales," whose health has failed him. TYRANNY OF BAD TEMPER. —The bad temper of a house is emphatically the master and the tyrant zo th w e n d o o o m k in to at a es bad the te w m h p o e l r e , h m el a e s h t o e u e s s e d c i l g an es ks tio of that house : the cries-cross . w mw Who that is tied up b y well talk of summer e a a rd n o b ur oa s s i t n o a -111 a 1 When madam has tfhferemediodmst ? of t V: azi on ow nii . g toi tit as a headache, or a fit of the spleen, because of some trumpery in chains turned up n is awry, because dtoisaspopl oiinntmaletn;tl when Greenwich fishes are uncomfortable dream-fellows, the chains clank G fiat, an octave l ower , with a running ac c om paniment of dou ble notes, tied in the bass; even little miss, w h en petulant and saucy, and sorely needing the divine application of bread and water, has the pryer to clash the links together, and make old wise papa himself, and mamma, tender, grave, and good, dance a mica urka oblig'sta, striking their fetters instead of their heels. Temper is, indeed, a diligent ehaker, forging fetters as fast as the shot-tower rains thor shot.when the heated metal is shaken through the holes. 'There is no freedom for any one where there is bad temper; notinks .to dissatisfaction fingers so deft at padlocking up all the liberties that come within the circle of his passionate s ullenness. Wh om d o we s t u dy to please in the family ? Aman da, sweet and smiling, whose chains are only love and gentleness, who is always ready to sacrifice herself for the good of others, whose wildest fit of passion is as little to be feared as the assault of a white mouse ? Or Drusillai i rr itable and bilious, with a soul like a volcano, and that not covered with snow—or covered with 13110 W more black than white—nor masked by v i neyar ds, though it may bo by vinegar jars ; with a temper and passions always at explosion point ; without a thought -*here in all this grim s elfiFliness of hers, and with not "V in her lurid fires of rage and hate? Cer- She, poor love, gets loaded with all the •.' ; Amanda will do it ; will entertain ' thing, for v. ~,., a spark of k tainly:not Amanda. burdens :—oh I Amanda wn, Amanda will sew on my buttons ; Mrs. Wigsby—we all hate Mrs. Wigaby, cr oss c ,„ and fly out of the drawing-room windows when we hear her little cough in the porch; Amanda will ask mamma for a holiday, and even beard papa with a draper's bill. Amanda will do anything, and consequently has every thing to do ; but Drusilla walks through life scot•free ; with only half her duties strapped to her shoulders, and Shaking those 'so vehemently that they sit loosely at the last, and drop off on the road 'for others to pick up and carry,—Dickens's "4(1 the Year Rountt THE VICTORIA CROSS (From the Gazette of last Evening.) WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 16. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the under-mentioned officer and non-commissioned officer of her Majesty's army, whose claims to the same have been submitted for her Majesty's approval on account of acts of bravery performed by them in New Zealand, as recorded against their names, viz.:-- Colour-Sergeant (now Ensign) Edward Mac Kenna, 65th Regiment—For gallant conduct at the engagement near Cameron-town, New Zealand, on the 7th September, 1863, atter both his officers, Captain Swift, and Lieutenant Butler, had been shot, in charging through the position of an enemy heavily outnumbering him, and draw ing off his small force, consisting of two serjeants, one bugler, and thirty-five men, through a broken and rugged country, with the loss of but one man killed, and another missing. Lieutenant-General Cameron, C.B„ Commanding her Majesty's Forces in that colony, reports that, in Colour-Serjeant Mac Kenna, the detachment found a commander whose coolness, intrepidity, and judgment, justified the confidence placed in him by the soldiers brought so suddenly under his command. Lance-Corporal John Ryan, 65th Regiment—For gallant conduct at the engagement near Cameron-town above re ferred to. This non• commissioned officer, with Privates Bulford and Talbot, of the same regiment, who have been recommended for the medal for distinguished conduct in the field, for their behaviour on the same occasion, removed the body of the late Captain Swift from the field of action, after he had been mortally wounded, and remained with it all night in a bush surrounded by the enemy. (LONDON GAZETTE,—Last Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 1. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George Thorne Ricketts, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Sarawak. JAN. 16. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles G. Hannah as Consul at Demerara for the United States of America. WHITEHALL, Jex. 18. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend Francis Jeune, D.C.L., the Deanery of her Majesty's Cathedral Church of Linooln, void by the death of Thomas Gamier, B. C.L. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 19. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—The exchange between Arthur George Smith and Brevet-Major J. R. Turnbull, 18th Hussars, as notified in Gazette of Bth inst., has been cancelled. 33 Hussars—Veterinary Surgeon George Fleming, from the Military Train, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Hicks Withers, transferred to the 10th Hussars. 10th Hussars—First Class Veterinary Surgeon Hicks Withers, from 3d Hussars, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice William Thacker, promoted. 11th Hussars—Captain Alexander Charles Grant, from 90th Foot, to be Captain, vice the Hon. James David Drummond, who exchanges. 18th Hussars—The exchange between Brevet• Major J. R. Turnbull and Captain A. G. Smith, 6th Dra goon Guards, as notified in Gazette of Bth inst., has been Banquet of King Christian to the Danish Rigsdag. COPENHAGEN, J in. 15. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mile pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.221 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of .L.l 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4231 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about the same price in London and Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 166 to 1661 per cent., and the premium on gold is 511 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on, the importation of gold from the United States. Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam .. Antwerp — 25 60 Brussels — 25 60 Hamburgh — 13 7 Paris Ditto 3 Months, 25 70 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine ll9 Vienna Trieste .. 12 45 Petersburgh Berlin . Madrid . • . • Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa ........ • Naples . Palermo Messina .. 11 16k 11 19k 11 19i 25 65 25 65 13 7k 25 30 25 75 25 77i 119 k 12 65 12 60 331 47,1 471 25 SO 25 80 25 SO 25 SU 25 80 25 80 48 48 2,5 85 25 85 25 85 25 85 25 85 25 85 Lisbon — 521 521 oporto••• - •* ? ****** —52 f Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublons TuE FINEST SKATER IN THE WORLD.—M- Stroens, the Belgian artist, recently received an invitation from the Emperor to go and skate with the Empress. A GALE IN THE ATLANTIC.—By the arrival at Liverpool of the Canard steamer Asia we learn that that steamer experienced a very heavy gale on the passage between Boston and Queenstown. The Asia's deck was swept by several fearful seas, the quartermaster washed overboard and lost, the boats carried away, and at one time there were five feet of water in the cabin. The National Steam Navigation Company's steamer Louisiana, Captain Smellie, which left Liverpool on the sth inst.,s put into Queenstown on Monday night in a damaged state. All her bulwarks forward from the funnel were smashed in, and her forward deck-house washed away. The loss of life, too, was fearful ; two engineers, three firemen, five sea men, and seven passengers were washed overboard. The vessel's principal cabins were filled with water. Just as our parcel was being despatched last night our Liverpool correspondent received the following letter from Mr. Mae alister, the manager: of the National Steam Navigation Company :—" We have got a letter from Captain Seville, of the Louisiana, saying that the steamer is quite right, and perfect in her hull and machinery. The mischief 1s confined to the smashing of the deck - ho uses and bulwarks and loss of people." WARSAW, Jan. with a few of his companions, is said t the a corps refuge in Galicia.lB.ll—eKhrausk, ghe a v t e t c a h k i e e a t; Lublin, which he had under him. The Bishops o f in Kielce, and Cracow have ordered the disaont uance of mourning in the chum disban ded thei n 4 snr hes of their dioceses. ./ 0 19- t letl‘ led 11 100 ode,' itiOo .1i 1111" , nt in; piao e : Prince Frog. asce z ; gss °' ,efoiv% B 03: oor 000 o or' Sh are 100 Sk 1 i 20 stock stook stock stook stook stook stook stook stock stock st ock Bto . )k Paid. all 100 100 100 100 100 100 lon all 100 (100 100 I 1 all 1 100 LlOO 103 k 98}