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

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A steady business is transactedin discount circles, bat as first-class three months' paper ie. negotiated out of doors at 61 per cent., very few applications are made at the Bank of England. The return on Thursday is therefore expected to show a farther diminution in the other securities, and also an in crease •f bullion, searcely a day now passing with - out an influx of gold consequent upon a falling off in the demand for exportation. About 246,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The application list of the Consolidated Diseoun . Company will close to-morrow. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Reuter's telegram) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 40c. Heavy. Although there has not been much activity to-day in the market for the English Funds, sales have preponderated, and a decline of 1 percent. has taken place, Consols being 911 for money, and 911 1 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced An nuities are now 911 ; and Exchequer Bills, 9s. 4s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents. are 1061 7-0 Enfaced 4 per Cents., 95 ; and the Bonds par to 6s. die. In the Foreign Market there has been a pressure of sales of the principal speculative securities, and a consequent fall in prices. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 71/ ; do. Consolides have declined to 471 ; Mexican, 3711; Spanish Passive, 331 ; Gteek, 241 25 ; Portuguese, 49 1; and the Con federate Loan, 36 38. The operations in the Railway Share Market continue very limited, and are confined principally to transactions in connection with the settlement. A firmer tone however prevails. Caledonian and North Western have advanced ss. ; Great Western and Midland 10s.; South Eastern, 15s. and Lan cashire and Yorkshire, £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive at about former quotations. Bank and Miscellaneous shares continue in moderate request. Alliance of London and Liver pool have improved to 44; Chartered of India, Australia, and China to 381 ; East London are quoted 71 ; London and South African 261 I ; Discount Corporation realise 61 1 ; General Credit, 6.?„; Mercantile Credit, loi ; National Shipping Company, f to 1 prem.; West India and Pacific, to 11; Consolidated Discount, 11 to 2 prem. ; and Contract Corporation, 3i to 4 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 234 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 ll f i New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities 5 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire nth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock, 1874 — Ditto 5 pei Cent. 1870 lO6l i Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 — Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 95 Ditto 5 per Cent — . Ditto 5f per Ceßt . . — DiftO ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 kank Stock for Account Ditto Bonds £l,OOO par 6 die Ditto under £1,000.. Consols for Account, Jan. 7 9lt India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i & 3 per Cent 9 4 dis Ditto £500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Atu3trian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 .. 871 1 7 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Colombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd Cuba, 6 per Cent. — UhiLan 6 per Cent Ditto 4} per Cent, — Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Dutch, 2f per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders .. Ditto, £lOO Bonds — Equador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent — Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant — 11 10 , ptian 7 per Cent lOO4 1 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 26/ tlpitto Account Ditto Coupons lll Ditto Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. .. Ditto Account Italian 6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 78/ 8 Uexican 3 per Cent .... 1"/ Ditto Account 3B 71 8 71 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Ditto 2 per Cent — Ditto Deferred — Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Ditto 3 per Cent. Peruvian 3per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto ft per Cent., 1862 P iedmouteae, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — P ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 49 Ditto Account — Ditto, 1863 Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid.... Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £St ...... Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 BB Ditto 1860 — Ditto Account — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .. Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 B9l k Sardinian 5 per Cent .. Ditto Account B Panish 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. Ditto New Deferred • 471 Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account S wedish, 4 per Cent Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 — Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 'Venezuela 3 per Cont. Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per C en t., 1862 .. Ditto Account .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. D lgi an 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f. French DittoD l ttci 4 tch24 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil per Cent ' . Certificates Ditt o Accoun t per Cent., Ex. 25f — i)itto A firelkei,..2 85. 3d. paid — pm Italia n Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 7Ol Consols, m oue TWO O'CLOCK. Ditto Ace() Un Yt . ...................... . 911 a ............. . ....... 91i i Liverpool Cotton Market—This Dap• Market strong %t tto above Thursday. about 6,000 bales. Imports, 5,069 ; p r eviously, 10,669. Sales, SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Deo. 2g _Wind this day at noon—South - Westerly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with Some rain. PLymount, Dec. 29.—.w i4d N.—Arrived—True Briton, from London for Melbourne_ FALMOUTH, Dec. 2L—W ind X .W.—Sailed—Neptu ne, for Cape de Verde. SWANSEA, Dec. 28.—Wind N ..„,, for Valparaiso. . '' •Sailed— Claudine, HOLYHEAD, Dec. 28.—Wind 5.w...... steamer, from the Clyde for Be rm uda. , sa trrived—Flora, —Friker, for Rio Janeiro. ' 4l HULL, Dec. 28.—Wind N.W.— Arrived —En W ilson f rom Monte Video—Meteor, from Miramichi_ U ... fr om Quebec. rovvfell, CARDIFF, Dec. 28,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Charate22, from Baca. LIVERPOOL ' Dec. 28.—Wind S.W. — Saile d— Antonia, for S avannah. N - Anztouzu, Dec. 28.--Wind S.W. — Arriv ed—Vanduse, from St. John's, Newfoundland, for Hull—Sarawang, from Sh ields for Alexandria. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 28—Caledonia, from Hamburg. f Arrived, Dec. 29 Finny,f rom St. Michael's—Catharine, ;,11 Tarragona— Ottoman, from Almeira—Onward, from ' e g a hc ;_r, ll —par . nard Castle, .from Guernsey. steamer, steamer, for Boulogne—Jutland, screw for Ronigsburg—Three Sisters, from At. John's. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. No arrivals, igt sborne sty. I Iron at this ent out e Hon. le Ros, tcourt 7rtillCO ' S Bruns- be St. aft the Paris. ve left t NeV A oPe rshani :ion and n Kest, lone. It by the Several A.veliog of 100 suicidal my two than 50 p and ited in iorioust , I , more ,er a re' a which ision of >bleatau ted her issued NI made 1 taken ed to be grOtind s A of the r i ng the xn jade discuss jrimeall lainfulli e eager- vserige r ,t heroic ess with 7ers and e ither ird an d • hietory ier reign , c t COL a ' Iroiae.-- LIVER' rtuna te woman master 3 that on. d found e horseS o ins the key to ,ed, and 3y, and ,t-street• aans of a employ, ister-in n names e latter and the reaching parently Lt of the " in s that ler ad s ' . ranee of chair he 1 CaWed to re— ,•ve le atteti ntleinso Nis, who de title, dispute, Ile 0 411 this did i perf , ti" pOra rit hideo us can gc 9 , blood en g ulis limb 1)1 in Isi s ; lf and Pa e ! re, we Ley dread wick ed ; ekness o- Lntil t 13.8 hea d IA exorc ise _garde !ALITI f • four ; us laws ()duce ° gre ater ad Pr ilB' ;re 1,762 rare fci r 0 legiti: Aistico ria o°r ! ie before numb er betweell children eee chil greatest between SHARE MARKETS,--This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. Closing Business Share, Railways. Price. done. Bir,. Wol., and Str. Val, 8 8 Blythe and Tyne. Bost,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wall 8 8i 82 Al 121 122 6i 7} Do A gets no div Do. IA till6pc.p an.has • B been paid to B. Dublin Belfast Junc. IDun.,Perth,AtAb. Junc. 37 39 16 17 96 98 107 109 49 50 45 47 74 8i (Edinburgh & Glasgow. IGlasg. and S. Western. 'GreatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and I.3lackwali Lon., Bright,ez S. Coast Lon., Chat., aad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr...th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle Do f shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 127 128 131 132 134 130 97 99 041 6* 111 t 1111 72 74 1074 108 y 43 44 107; 1071 101 102 60 51 111 i 1121 1291 1304 lip, 99 101, Do. shares ,Mid Kert ... Do Cray Line North British Ellin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwios Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle 621 631 25 t 6 10211 103 58} 54 89 93 orth London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook 119 121 1 2 1 78 78 11. 11i 122 126 42 44 93 100 Do Scot. Mid. stock.. Shrews. and Welchpooi Shropshire Union .... South Devon ..... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., and Wok Stockton k Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster 51 62 32 33 95/ 05/ 97 49 111 101 .38, 9 10 I, 7 1 7 # P 168 160 5 6i I. 21 h p Do ... Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R.i West Midland -OM ord Do Newport Do Hereford 83 88 170 175 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Shan Railways Paid. all atlantic & Si Lawrence Rom.,Barodatt,Cent Ind Go. 5 per cent... Do. New ...... I Do. E. 5hare5......... Buffalo and Laae Huron Do. ?Tolerance ...... Buffhlo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct.• bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1879 Clcutta.sz S. Eastn. (Lin,; Cape Town t Dock Seri} Ewan. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. II do. .. Grand lsl et Bonds.. unkofCanada Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonus.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d PI ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th I'ref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... stook IGt.lndlarenin.gua.sp.o. 7i all all 101) stock stook etoek 100 stook 20 stock stock stock stock Do. New gua.s p. 6... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per oent.l Gt. W. of Canada Share Do. New .. Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. .. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Dc. 44 stock el ock Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. n p. o. Bnds. Sielb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. a Hoeg. Bds. Newßrunamok x Canda Class A and B. N. itl.C'da6 po Ist pt bds Soinde „ ..) 100 100 100 100 100 10') all 100 (100 ' 100 2 all 109 I.oc, Do. Delhi Do. do .... ,,,,, si -. Do. Punjaub .... tll e. Do. Do. ........ , t t lgt Do. Indus. St. Flo. J Closing Price. 60 - C2 IC6j 107! p 1 6 1 p 6 6} ei 9i 10( 106 101 103 108 109 lu7 ICB liP 114 , 20 21 73 75 59 ol 65 67 50 63 48 51 38 42 27 29 22 t 4 1081 1091 1 1 1t)I It lap 1054 tO6i 10 10i 11 10i 92 95 86 88 i in 106 W 7 100 101 46 100 57 59 3 82 81 106 IC? t.'7 105 1, di 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIEs. t an.lxur, 6 p.c.J a. .2J ul3 1877-84 .- . lOO 105 106 1061 51 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 103 :05 Do. .5 p. et. Mar. & Sept. 100 103 105 Do. Ep. o. Jan.&July. 100 43 94 931 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 9l 93 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 5.06 108 Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1878. 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent 100 I'.B 110 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 004 106 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 18ur 100 100 102 Du. sp. c.,18i1 to 1570 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 tkupwds 100 1011 1021 102 k 2 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 105 107 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 la 113 S.Aus G6p.c.1878.& up 100 11l 113 —vto,Gov . 6 p.o. Ja.&July 100 107 109 !Do. io 6 p.a. Ap.&Oot. 100 1091 1101 1091 10 91_ BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 id chilord Amalgamated 34 85 Deven G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 560 670 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 8 60 1 East Clog au G o ld Ltd. 5/. Id par East Caradon ..... 1.14.6 27 28 East Cam. Brea... 3.4.0 661 E. WlRnsse (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 551 Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) 582 810 Great South Tolgus„ _ 17s 4 45 G. Wheal Vor (lleiston, 40 12 13 I Grenville Hemd's-Foot ...... • Elingston Downs 4.18.0 21 V Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant, 9i 14 16 Marke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Li m ) 24 1/ d New Seton l9l 90 100 —• North Downs • 22 11 12 N.Wh '1 Basset (111o4an 3.1.0 24 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze)) 20 Vrovidence(Uny Lelnt.' 10.6.7 42 44 South Caradon(StCleer) 15 415 425 S. Cara Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan, 18.18.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 5 ramar Silv.& Lead Min 44 'fin Cron 9 18 19 West Basset (Illogan) l4 91 104 W C: radon (Liskeard) 5 18 20 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 85 90 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 5 221 271 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott • Wheal blaryAnn ;Lien ) 8 111 12 Wheal Oeton 5Bl 150 160 Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 21 22 Wheal Union 3.17 21 21 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4i per cent. pf., 100 a 100 Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 33 Scottish North Eastern 4 per cent. pref. stock, 23 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Chester andMolyhead, 576 London, Tilbury, and Southend, 101} Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 56-1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 12 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 21; South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian; 20¢ I -- - FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim.. 6i United Mexican (lifn;, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon con and Liverpool (Um.), Ditto, new, 29 Anglo Austrian, 7 61 Imperial Bank (lim.), 2,31 Imperial Ottoman, 18 London Joint Stock, 37i London and South African, 26/ London and Westminster, 801 Merchant Bank, lim , 6, National of Liverpool, limited, 20 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi 7i St. Katharine, 70i } DOCKS. MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea, Um., 4 3 Ceylon Company, 9 Discount Corporation, limited, bi Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 6f Hudson's Bay, 14 International Financial Society, Um., 9- Joint •stock Discount, Ditto, new, Oa I Mercantile Credit Association, litn., The Price of Gold. iss 25.30 per p 3 e p r e x r i mi ste ll r e lin pm. g. , and n the short exchange on the English Mint price of £3 e " 1 Paring these rates with 17 1 8 7 1 :otatiOn of gold a L t on per ounce for stan ndard goldin London than in Paris. about 2 -10ths per cent. dearer Parisd o London i If dard gold, it appear that gold Is and per £1 sterling. the abort exchange on London is 13.5 StaY aclvlces fromllamburg the price of gold is 4244 per mark therefore, about at the English Mint price is, 1-10th per cent. dearer InLondon than in Hamburg. The course of each ge at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sigh% is 163% 161 per cent., and gold is 494 to 491 per cent. At thes rates there is a profit o n the importation of gold frorn the United States. —.-_—.........._ the premium on STATISTICS OF TH E LANCASIIIR E DISTRESS.- ilgS6r2el 448,955 p ersons Were in the cotton relief. This ye ar i n the same month the d ln ist November e r m ec b e e iN r ,n number was only 170,850. It is still equal to two great armies, but the reduction is 75 per cent, Mr. Cherry told the magistrate that the result of gallop ing the animal would be to produce an effect similar to that which would be experienced by a man with a severe asthma after he had been compelle I to run a race. Mr. Corrie said he should like to have the horse killed. Tne defendant said hs would much rather give it away to some poor person, as there was some work in it yet. Ultimately it was arranged that the horse should only do light work in the defendant's yard, and the summons was dismissed. 13.14.1 1 0.16.4 12.10 8 'oak 1111 1071 8 1301 1031 Business done THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. Charing-cross Railway-bridge. BOW-STREET. Two men, named Hurst and Sullivan, were placed at the bar charged with assaulting a cabman named Howitt, and police-constable F 118. The complainant said that on the night in question, as he was returning home with his horse and cab, he met the two prisoners and another man not in custody, who stopped him and desired him to drive to Pall Mall. Hetold them he had done work for the night, and that he was going to his stables. Sullivan and the man not present opening the cab door, got in, and Hurst jumped on the box. He refused to drive on, when Hurst commenced knocking him about, and after receiving some severe blows he called for the police, when he (constable 118 F) came up, and an attempt was made to eject the parties from the cab. Hurst made a desperate resistance, struck out right and left, and finally closed with the constable, and both went on the ground. He (witness) had been confined to his bed for two days from the injuries he received,. Police constable 118 F said he heard a disturbance in Endell •street, and on proceeding in that direction he came up with the complainant's cab and found the three men in possession of the complainant's cab. He seized hold o Hurst and struggled with him for some time, when he bit him severely on the hand and knee, He had received so muoh injury that he had been on the sick list ever since. Sullivan was too drunk to take part in the fight. The other man got up and ran away. Mr. Corrie asked Hurst what he had to say to the charge. Hurst replied that he was too drunk to know what he was doing. He did not recollect biting the constable. Sullivan said he did not recollect anything about the matter. Mr. Corrie thought he ought to send the case to the sessions, as far as Hurst was concerned. It was a very savage assault. Hurst begged hard to have the case summarily disposed of, and after some consideration, Mr. Corrie sentenced Hurst to two months' imprison ment, and discharged Sullivan. A cabowner, named Richardson, appeared to a summons charging him with cruelty to a cab horse. Rutherford said he saw the driver beating the animal violently in Great Queen-street, and on looking at the horse he found it quite incapable of drawing the cab, through old age and disease. Mr. Cherr, veterinary surgeon to the police, said he bad examined the horse, and found it very aged. It had been diseased long, and was altogether unfit to drag a cab, or go, under any circumstances, six miles an hour, The defendant said he must admit it was "touched in the wind," but that was all. The Late Earl of Charlemont, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COMMITTAL WITHOUT ♦ FINB FOR A RUFFIANLY ASSAULT.—James Murphy, a carman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting Mr. John Btzley, of 4, James-street, Oxford•street, a refreshment-house keeper. The complainant stied that while loading a van in Den man-street, St. James's—having let his refreshment house —the prisoner came up and annoyed him, saying that he was engaged by the incoming tenant to move the goods. He told the prisoner that his servicees were not wanted, and that he had better leave. The prisoner refused to do so. and while he (complainant) was picking up an article to place in the van, prisoner came behind him and gave him a violent blow on the nose, deluging him with blood, and then ran away, but was pursued by the men in charge of the van and given into custody. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, The complainant said the prisoner was neither engaged by him or the incoming tenant. Prisoner made a rambling defence, to the effect that he had been engaged by some ene he did not know. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner was one of those dan gerous angry fellows who, because they could not get what they wanted, and were not allowed to do just as they thought proper, assaulted people. Committed for a month with hard labour. WESTMINSTER. HEARTLESS ROBBERY OP A POOR WIDOW.—AII Irish woman, 23 years of age, who gave the name of Alice Hol land, was placed at the bar before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a box containing five half sovereigns, a quantity of wearing apparel, and other articles, the property of Mary Spicer. Prosecutrix is a widow, working in a laundry to main tain herself and a child, and the robbery deprived her of all her savings, as well as other things. She said that she went out yesterday afternoon, leaving her apartment and little house, in the neighbourhood of Leader-street, per fectly secure. On her return home last night she found that a box containing five halt sovereigns, some trinkets of very little value, a brooch, containing some of her deceased husband's hair, which she most prized, and a number of other articles had been carried off. On examination of the place, it was found that the lock of the door hail been un touched, an entrance to the room having been effected by the window. She went to the station, and on leaving it she met a policeman bringing her box in but empty. Mr. Selfe—Do you know anything of the prisoner? Prosecutrix—Yes, she lodged with me for about a couple of months. She came to me as a servant out of place with nowhere to go to, and I took her in. Mr. Selfe—Did she lodge with you up to yesterday ? Prosecutrix—No, she has left me a month. Mr. Selfe—What makes you suspect her ? Prosecutrix—No one else was in my house but her, and of course having lodged with me she knew all about my concerns, and besides that she has said quite enough to let me know she did it. Mr. Selfe—Tell me what she said and under what cir cumstances ? Prosecutz ix—She was taken by a policeman after he had been some time looking for her, and then she said, " If you iet me go I will tell you where the box and money is." Mr. Selfe—Did she tell you ? Prosecutrix—No, she did not tell me, becauae the police man would not listen to her and let her go, but took her to the station. Some of the little things at the bottom of my box were found scattered about Marlborough-square, Chel sea, where the box was picked up. Alfred Archer, a boy, said he was going through Marl borough-square last night, when he saw the box against the railings and gave it to a policeman. A police-constable proved apprehending the prisoner, who had been drinking freely. He heard her offer to tell where the box and money was if liberated, but he of course refused to liberate her. Prisoner was remanded till Friday. THAMES. A FURY.—Ellen Pyburn, a tall and dissipated-looking woman, was charged before Mr. Woolrych with breaking a large pane of plate glass in the window of the Cape of Good Hope public-house, opposite Limehouse Church, and biting a police constable's thumb. The landlord of the Cape of Good Hope said that a party were quarrelling in front of his bar last night, and he re quested them to desist and leave his house. On their refusal to do so he put them out. The prisoner, who was very noisy and abusive, was among them, and she returned to the door and was attempting to force her way in when he pushed her back and requested her to go home. She immediately took up a stone and emashea a large pane of plate glass. The value of it was 40s. Mr. Woolrych—Are you insured ? Witness—Yes, sir, I am. I don't wish to hurt the pri soner. I should be sorry if she is sent to prison. She has a large family. A good talking-to would be of service. William Tyler, a police constable, No. 155 K, said lie took the prisoner into custody. She made a most deter mined resistance, kicked, plunged, and repeatedly struck him. She also got his thumb into her mouth and bit it severely. The prisoner, in defence, said she would own she broke the window. She hed five children at home by the fire side. They were in want of food. She, went after her husband : . ,o ask him for money to buy food. The landlord would not let her in the house for the purpose of looking after her husband, and she broke the window. Mr. Woolrych—You have committed two offences— broken a plate of glass, and bitten the policeman's finger. You aro sentenced to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. The prisoner—l will pay a fine. Mr. WoolryCh—No ; I will not inflict a fine. You will go to prison for two months and hard labour. Richard Pyburn, the husband of the lest prisoner, was charged with assaulting Tyler in the execution of his duty, and was fined 10s., which he paid. A SCHOOLBOY, in nine cases out of ten, when asked how he is fed at school, will answer that the meat is "bad," the beer "swipes," the puddings " stodge," the butter "rancid," and the tea " wash,"—in short "beastly; STRATFORD OR LONDON ? as the Site for the National Monument to Shakspere,On Monday a meeting was convened by the Mayor of Liverpool, in the Town Hall, to consider an application made by Mr. Flower, Mayor of Stratford-on-Avon, on behalf of what Mr. Flower described as that "p a lt ry li tt l e town. " Mr. Flower pointed out the claims of Stratford, as, in preference to London, the proper place for a national monument to Shakspere ; and he urged his audience to accept that view of the case, and pledge themselves to assist the local Warwickshire Com mittee with funds. A motion to that effect was actually proposed by a gentleman present, but it found no seconder in the meeting. The theory that if a national monument is to be erected it must be in the national capital, was very ably sustained. In the end a vote was taken, to the effect that a Liverp9ol committed should be appointed, w i th th e Mayor as chairman, and Dr . . Collingwood as secret ar y, to auree_.eih sewhitcholceton it would be well for that gr ea t commun econsider i t t h y e cototk During the last few days a series of interesting tests have been made by Captain Tyler, R.E., on the strength of this great viaduct, previous to the sanction of the Board of Trade being given to the opening of the line for public traffic on the Ist of the new year. As the works are now quite finished, the Thames bridge, the largest and most interesting feature of the line, begins to show itself to great advantage—its magnificent size and width rendering it an imposing abject from the river, while the open trellis-work of the superstructure, and the ample water -ways the use of cylinder piers afford, give it an ap pearance of greater lightness than is usual with bridges of the purejy girder form, Looking at it only from the river, it is certainly to be regretted that the brick piers formerly carrying the suspen sion bridge have been allowed to rema'n. But here, as in most great undertakings, compromises between appear ances and economy have taken place, and in this instance economy was greatly on the side of retaining the brick piers. Yet, while retaining these below, we do not at all see the advantage of the mass of brick and stonework, where with they are overtopped above. Mr. Hawkshaw, whose design the bridge is, would have done better had he trusted to the purely mechanical and prac tical nature of the structure, relieved only by the colour in which it is now being painted, which, with the lines of gilt bosses and handsome candelabra surmount ing the piers, appear far more suitable decorations than heavy circular cornices for a bridge dependent for its effect on its good and simple construction, and not on any recog wised architectural features, But it is as an engineering work chiefly that the bridge is best worth notice, and presents some very curious features, one of these being the enormous strength concentrated both in the cylinder piers and in the girders in the smallest com pass. To understand this it is necessary to call to mind that in the usual practice of building brick or atone founda tions the weight of the superstructure is spread over a very large surface, whereas with these cylinder piers it is all brought within two areas of not more than 14tt diem, each. To make up for this difference in extent, the depth to which the cylinder foundations are carried is far greater than the brick piers —for while the ratter are made to rest on the top of the clay, the cylinders go 201 t. into the clay, being sunk on an average 401 t. below low water, thus obtaining for the column of brickwork built inside them afterwards a founda tion as solid as rock itself, and one not likely to be disturbed by any changes which may occur in the bed of the river by the scour, which may be expected from the formation of the Thames Embankment, the scour being a source of evil which has hitherto proved fatal to the foundations of nearly all our metropolitan bridges. Again, with the superstruc ture, it is usual to have one main girder to half a line of way, or at least one girder to each line; and to brace them together overhead as well as below, to form of the whole a kind of skeleton tube. But in this case it was necessary that there should not be any obstruction between the lines of way, as points and crossings are required on very many parts of the bridge; therefore only two girders could be used to do what eight, or at least four, have hitherto been em • ployed to effect. Two girders here carry four lines of way, and as this causes them to be 50ft. apart, overhead bracing becomes also impracticable, so that they had to be con structed of sufficient lateral stiffness to depend on themselves alone, and of sufficient strength to carry the public foot paths outside, as well as the fo•ar lines of way within; hence it happens that although the span is moderate, 154 feet, yet the quantity of metal required in each of these girders amounts to 200 tons, and the skilful way it has been massed together to afford the requisite strength, and ye give little indication of it in its light and almost elegan appearance, is certainly unsurpassed, The result of the tee ts applied has proved most satisfac tory. When loaded from end to end on each of the four lines of way with engines and trucks purposely filled with stone and iron, so as to weigh four tons per foot, the greates t amount of deflection in any girder was not more than three quarters of an inch, and in the cross-girders less than a quarter of an inch, and the amount of vibration during the running off and on was all but imperceptible. To this satisfactory result the quality of the workman ship has tended in a large degree, the contractors, Messrs. Cochrane and Co., for this and all the other bridges on the line, having aided Mr. Hawkshaw materially in this design of using two girders only to support such enormous strains by at once abandoning the rough and unskilful way of con structing girders with plates punched and sheared by hand, and substituting in its stead machinery designed for the purpose of drilling and planning the plates in the most accurate manner. It is not too much to state that the ac curate and finished character of the work in this bridge has since caused almost a revolution in the construction of wrought iron beams of magnitude. Great praise is also due to the contractors for the skilful manner in which the actual work of erecting the bridge has been carried out, and not a single fatal accident having oc curred during its progress. All the ether bridges on the line have been tested by the Government inspector with similar severity and with the same satisfactory results as to proof of strength. All the questions, in fact, connected with the working of the line have been settled, and we be lieve it will open for public traffic on New Year's-day. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VEUVE CLIQUOT, as described in Shaw's " Wine, the Vine, and the Cellar."—A few miles on the Paris side of Epernay may be seen a chateau, above the doorway of which is carved " Mater Fifire," the mater being a lady of world-wide fame, exceedingly rich, but still living in a small house at Reims, as she did many a year ago ; and although above 80 years old, it is said there is not a cuvee made without her opinion, nor a transaction of importance without consulting her. Others may have, and have, quite as good wine as hers; for they have the same opportunities which she enjoys of buying grapes or wine from growers ; while the preparation of her liqueur is no mystery, and the fermentation must everywhere go on in its natural course. The desire of her house is not to make its wine better one year than another, but to keep it as close as possible to its known standard pecu liarity year after year. if all seasons were alike, this would be comparatively easy, but some are so bad that not a single grape will be admitted into cellars of repute; and as two, three, and more such years often succeed each other, her and every other house are compelled to keep up stock in the best way they can. The only plan of accomplishing this is by searching throughout the district for the best wine hat can be found in the cellars of growers or merchants, and preparing them for their brand. Large firms such as hers, and a few more, will make several cuveee of 5J,000 and 100,000 dozens, after a good vintage. Shortly after that of 1861, I saw in her cellar casks that reminded me of the quays of the London Docks ; and as these had to be pre pared, with much liqueur, for the shipments to Russia, &c., and less for the portion for England, it may be imagined what a serious undertaking it is, and how much experience and discrimination are required, to amalgamate these vari ous qualities into a homogeneous whole. But it is just to add that, in stating that she has no monopoly of the best grapes, nor of the knowledge of fermenting or converting them into wine, hers is the only house where no other kind but . the best p rocura bl e quality is kept ; an d t h erefore, any one buying a bottle with her true brand on the cork, may feel confident that it is the finest she can offer. She presses her grapes less than other growers, disposing of the sur plus; while most houses retain theirs for further pressure, and then sell according to the result; probably branding with their own known brand that which proves good, and with a " fancy " brand that which is inferior. _ _ _ THE MISSING SHIPS.—Tive week; have now elapsed, and there has been no intelligence of the missing laden colliers which sailed from the Tyne and ad jacent north country ports in the last week in November for London, and it is reduced to a certainty, it is feared, that they have perished with their crews. The names of the Tyne vessels that have, it is almost certain, foundered are the Esther, the Brodricks, and the Lady Mary, of North Shields ; and the Ann and Elizabeth, the Spray, and the James, of South Shields. Another vessel, named the Adorna, which left the Texel before the gale of the 3d Dec. for the Tyne, has not since been heard of. If the Aherne does not turn up, very close upon 60 seamen will have perished with those ships. As far as can be ascertained, either eight or nine laden colliers belonging to adjacent ports have been missing the same time es the Tyne ships, so that at the lowest computation it is feared 120 north coml.. try seamen and sailor lads have perished by their vessels foundering at sea with them. This sad calamity is being realised in all its bitterness by the bereaved families in the northern seaports, for, down to about Christmas, they had hoped against hope that those ships had been driven towards the Dutch or Norway coast, and might turn up again, Among the vessels included in the number mentioned above are the Gem and the Cleveland, belonging to Whitby. That seaport has suffered severely by.the gale. A vessel named the George, belonging to that port, atter being abandoned, has been picked up and taken into Gottenburg. As already gales of re ported, several crews of water-logged an d di sa bl ed ships suffered fearfully exposureDbyeeember. Thed during the terrificisreported to h a ve lost four of her crew, including the mat e an d hi s son, by ex haustion, before a friendly ship cam e t o th e i r assist ance. It would appear that most of the vessels missi ng , an d of which there is little doubt nothing more will b e h ea rd, had put into the Humber through adverse wi n d s , an d that on Wednssday , t h e 2 d of December, the wind the su first red having got round to the N.W., blowing fresh, they had put out of that roadstead with every prospect of a quick p as sage to London. But during that n i g ht or Thursday morning the wind chopped round to the S.W. again, and came on to blow a hurricane. It will be remem bered that the force of Thursday's gale was most severe in the midland counties, and it would catch these ships in Boston Deeps, the very worst place for laden colliers to en ceunter such a storm, and there is every reason to believe that most of the vessels missing perished there or on the edge of the Dogger Bank. It is to be feared many of the families of the men that are supposed to be lost are in a destitute condition, some of the widows being left with large families. BRITISH MUSEUM.--The national collections will bo closed to the public from. Friday, the Ist, until Thurs tenlants their usual Christmas holidays. IhBo6ikce and strong, moderate inclusive, to afford the at dayH, ( t i b r e ni i ni th a o n f ,B J l a , n e u a a i r s y , c in price, and wholesome to use. These advantages have secured for this Tea a general preference. It is sold in Packets by 2,280 Agents. The Freeman contains the following interesting reminiscences of the above noble earl, whose death we announced yesterday : Another link connecting us with the past has been broken. The venerable Earl of Charlemont, who inherited the name as well as the virtues of his great father, died on Saturday, at the advanced age of 90. Francis, the second earl, was born Jan. 6, 1774, so that on Jan. 4th next he would have completed hie 90th year. Born at a time of great political fermentation, and when Irish society reflected core beauty, brilliancy, and wit than any society in Europe, he loved to detail the events which made an impression on his boyhood. Gifted with a retentive memory, he recalled scenes and characters which at the present day appear to be cast back into the dim traditions of history. When only in his fifth year he well remembered the rising of the Irish Volunteers. Like the Prince Imperial, who is now the hope of France, the Irish nation regarded the eldest son of the Earl of Charlemont. Some of our readers may have seen an old engraving of a re view of the volunteers in College-green, commanded by the Duke of Leinster and the Earl of Charlemont. The young viscount was present, riding at his father's side. He re collected distinctly all the illustrous names of Irish history from 'B2. At the re-unions which took place at Leinster House and Charlemont House, at that period the centres of all the intellect, beauty, and fashion of the metropolis, his lordship mixed with the cha racters of that memorable epoch. With Grattan he was of course perfectly familiar. Flood he less distinctly remembered, but he still retained sufficient to give us a more p,rfect idea of that remarkable man than history has transmitted to us. His lordship was accustomed to say that his father ad mired Flood more than any of the men of that day, so fertile in great statesmen and orators. That the Earl of Charlemont and Henry Flood entertained a mutual respect for eaoh other appears from the publisaed correspondence, which exhibits the highly cultivated tastes and refined in tellectual intercourse that subsisted between those eminent men. He told anecdotes of Grattan, Avonmore, Bowes Daly, Forbes, Gardiner, together with a long catalogue of other celebrities, when his memory was more active than it had been in the decline of his life. He also had a distinct though leas clear, recollection of other figures who played no unimportant part in the literary and political history of England. He remembered when a boy having been introduced by his father at several meetings of the famous Literary Club. Burke he knew and remembered well. A short time before his death the earl and his son visited him at Beaconsfield, and he remem bered well one of the first questions Burke asked his father was what he thought about the progress of events in France. The education of Viscount Caulfield was conducted under the immediate eye of his accomplished father, until, in his 16th or 17th year, he entered college, where he dis tinguished himself in 'classics. On the dissolution of Parliament in '97 he was elected for the county of Ar magh, and, we need not say, voted heart and soul against the union. His venerable father did not live to see the measure carried, having died in 1799, when his son suc ceeded to the title and estates. Lord Charlemont, not without some reluctance, took his seat in the English House of Lords, to which, however, he was soon recon ciled. Thoroughly liberal, loving Ireland and her people, whenever he spoke in the upper house he advo cated the religious and civil rights of his country. He was a good speaker, and always impressed by his clear, good sense. In the struggle between the Irish Liberals and Tories, before and after emancipation, he was always at the service of the Liberal party. He took an active part in the Moore testimonial, which was one of the last of his public acts. He gave up Charlemont House to the committee, and at the public meeting over which he presided he spoke with feeling and grace of the national poet with whom he was long and intimately acquainted. His last appearance in public was at the opening of the Irish Exhibition of 1853, when he appeared as the senior of the Knights of St. Patrick, his father having been one of the first creations of the order. He was a man of great and varied acquire merits. Modest and unobtrusive, he never developed the eminent qualities which distinguished him, except in the circle of his private friends, whose hearts he won by the gentleness of his manner and the brilliancy of his con versation, which, it was said, much resembled his father's, In one respect he differed widely from his father. Equally national, be was more liberal. His father's opposition to emancipation he never approved, while he illustrated, in his whale life, the highest respect for the religious and civil liberties of hie Catholic countrymen. Though he liked England well, as he was accustomed to say, 'he loved Ireland better,' and proved it by an almost unvarying residence for over sixty years. He said he drew his income from Ireland, and it should be spent in Ireland. Whenever he visited England, for P arliamentary or other purposes, where he was received with open arms by the chiefs of the Whig party, he always longed to be back at Marino, or the family seat in Tyrone. Marino, however, was his favourite. There he exclusively resided for the last seven years, and there he died. Some three or four years ago the venerable nobleman might be seen moving backwards and forwards to Dublin in his Whig uniform— a bright blue coat, with a splendid high collar garnished with velvet, and the buff waistcoat. We need not say when recognised all classes treated him with the pro fondest respect. Agriculture was one of his favourite pur suits, and he perfectly understood its principles and prac 'ice, His lordship married Miss Birmingham, daughter of the direct descendant of the lords of Athenry. H e had ono son, who died in hie minority. He is succeeded in the title and estates by his nephew, the Hon. Colonel Caulfeild, lord lieutenant of Armagh. His remains will be buried on Thursday next in Armagh cathedral, where his father was buried. The Irish people will regret the death of a good Irishman in Francis, second Earl of Charlement, " Son of the man Who led the van Of the Irish Volunteers,'" EXETER HALL.-HAYDN'S ORATORIO. Th e " Creation," which was announced to commence at h a lf.. past seven,will begin at eight instead. The principal s i ngers engaged are Madame Pampa, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Santley. The band and chorus 700. Conductor, Mr. G. W. Martin. SMUGGLING BY MEANS OF CRINOLINE.--TWo German women who were going out in the New York steamer from Southampton on Wednesday were de tected in endeavouring to smuggle 221bs. of cigars into that town from the steamer which lay in the dock, and which had just come from Bremen. The cigars were in the ordi nary boxes, each containing 11b. weight. Eacb of the women had 11 boxes strung round her person inside her dress, and fastened to her crinoline. Although the women walked very carefully, the boxes rattled one against the other, and a custom-house officer, hearing a strange noise as the women passed him, suspected that it had a contraband origin. The women had got outside the dock gate before they were de tected. MISTAKEN FOR AN AMBASSADOR.—A corres pondent, writing from Paris, says :—" I hope it may never fall to the lot of any of your readers to be mistaken for an ambassador, as happened to a friend of mine yesterday. He arrived at an hotel which, to injure no vested interests, I will call L'Hotel Enorme, and, being half asleep, asked for a bedroom. It was six a,m., and he went to bed and to sleep. When he awoke he found himself lying in state in a crimson satin bed, the room lighted up by many bougies, and quite a vista of looking-glass reflected and re-reflected his astonished face. He rose ; and found baths prepared in a dressing room, fitted up Ike a lady's boudoir, and, finally, breakfast arranged on a small table in the midst of a vast saloon, bright with mirrors and splendid with gold and crimson. Alarmed, he rang the bell, Waiter, where am I ?" Hotel Enorme, votre excellence I au pre mier. And the price ?' asked my friend. Oh, a baga telle, as son excellence will see by the tariffe.' He looked and found it was 200 francs. Why put me here ?" I thought monsieur was an ambassador. We always put them au premier.' Ambassador I why P' Because mon sieur wore a black coat.' " FRIGHTFUL DEATH AT THE PLYMOUTH RAIL WAY STATION.—A shocking accident occurred at about four o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the Plymouth goods station of the South Devon Railway, by which a driver in the employ of Messrs. Pickford and Co., carriers, was crushed to 'death. The deceased (William Wakeham), with two other men, also in the employ of Messrs. Pickford, were employed in loading a truck with ten tierces of sugar, which they had brought from the British and Irish Sugar Refinery. The tierces were brought on two trollies — five teirces on each—stowed the lengthways of the trollies. The railway truck was standing in the outward goods station, and the trolly Wakeham was driving had been unladen. The other trolly was standing just inside the gate separating the outward from the inward goods station. The deceased was driving out his trolly to make room for the other to come alongside the truck, and as he passed, the fore part of his trolly came in contact with the end of one of the hindermost tierces. His horses immediately on this feeling the collision, sprang forward, and in so doing ' knocked Wakeham down. Deceased fell on h is back, and two of the iron bars at the end of the laden trolly having been taken out in preparation for unloading, the r tie u r nd e that was struck, weighing about 11 c wt., tame d o feet and rolled off, falling a height of about three over si xhi s inches. It fell on the deceased's ch est and rolled head, causing instant death, the wh ole of the upper parf the poor fellow's body being frightfully cru o s un he g d. The deceasedwas 32 years of ago, and leaves a y widow , but no children. NEWSTEAD ABBEY.—DISCOVERY OF RELICS.-- There have j oat been discove red some very in terest . g relics nea r t o Newstead Abbey, Notts (the seat of the late Lord Byron). They were found by labourers employed i n making a new carriage drive in the park. The reli cs con. ,ist of a portion of a statue representing a warrior of th e time of Henry 111., as exhibited in the Chain mail of that floor, probably period ; an ancient f reeston e part of an ambulat ury ; a great quantity of window tracing of the 14th century, and some small jamb shafts of the 13th century. A portion of the specimens have been preserved. PUNISHED FOR LIVING TOO LONG, --A pauper in the Uckfield Union, named Win. Novies, aged 82, was charged before the magistrates with re:nsing to w ork. The poor old man, who had lived 12 years beyond the three score years and ten allotted to Lian, sa id h o was unable to work, but their worship s thought difi er entlYt and sen tenced him to 21 days' hard 1ab0ur.—.73130 ton Examiner. THE VOLUNTEERS. Capt. A. J. Mundella, commanding the Ist company of Robin Hood Rifles, has issued the following challenge to the Volunteers of Australia :—" On behalf of my company I am preprared to shoot a match during the ensuing year with 20 members of th e company in Australia which h as made the highest r e gister as to marksmea in the year 1863; rifles to be long Enfields, issued by Government, 61b pull of tr igger, 7 shots at each, at 200, 500, and 600 yards,and 7 shots file firing, at 300 yards, and 7 shots volley firing, at 400 yards, all in Hythe position ; the individual firing to be scored as at Wimbledon—via , outers conntiag two, centres three, and bull's eyes four; the file and volley firing to be counted according- to Hythe regulations ; _the whole score to be added together, and the company making the highest score to win. No Sunshades allowed, no misses to be sig nalled, and the whole to be shot in one day, and in all re spects in accordance with tile Hythe regulations, Each company to fire on its own „a - actice ground, the umpire to be appointed by the National Rifle Association, and in Aus tralia by the officer commanding the Voainteers in the coloiy; time of shooting, July, in England, and in Aus traliu any month the Volunteers may select." The regis tering practice return of the company for 1863 is as follows —lst period, 70 ; 2.1 period, 66; 3d period, 65. 'h ie unto . ber o: marksmen was 50, and the strength of the com pany 91. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HA.LF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. THE BRAZLS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) (By telegraph from Lisbon.) RIO DE JANEIRO, DEC. 9. Exchange on London, 27i to 27;1. Coffee good, first 6,600 to 6,700. Shipments since the departure of the last steamer, 80,606 begs, of which 18,000 were for the Channel. Sales, 45,000 bags. Stock, 135,000 bags. Freights, 40s. to 475. 6:.1. BAHIA, DEC. 12. Exchange on London, 27 . 1. Cotton, 26,000 rein. Sugar, 2,400 to 25,000 reis. PERNAMBUCO, DEC. 15. Sugar, 3,800 Cotton, 26,000 reinE ; x e b b r a o n w g n a s o , n 2 L , 2 o o n o d t o o n to r e2idB.4- reis. The Messageries Imperiale3 steamer Estramadure arrived here on the 13th inst. General Lytle on Terms of Peace. A company has been formed for the purpose of building a large hotel on Wimbledon-common for the accommodation of the members of the National Rifle Association and those who visit the locality for rifle practice and military ma . neeuvres. A site for the building has been obtained on the common commanding a view of the ground on which the National Rifle Association holds its annual meetings, near the rifle ranges of the 15th Middlesex (London Scottish)and Civil Service (21st Middlesex) Rifles, and within a mile of Richmond-park. It is proposed to provide cabs, carriages, and horses for the convenience of the visitors. The build ing will be a handscme Italian structure, divided into two separate departments. It will contain club, billiard, and ball rooms, and a masonic lodge, and upwards of 200 bed rooms. Among the directors of the company are Col. Colt, C. 8., of the Ist Administrative Regiment of Surrey Rifle Volunteers; Col. Creed, C. 8., Ist Middlesex Artillery Vo lunteers ; Major Wright, Ist Middlesex Engineers; Mr. B. Smith, 23d Middlesex (Inns of Court) Rifles. The archi tect is Mr. A. Trimen, of Adam-street, Adelphi. On Saturday last a large number of both battalions of the Queen's ( Westminster) Rifle Volunteers assembled at West minster -hall, and after blank cartridge had been served out to each member marched, accompanied by the bands, to Hampstead, where they were put through a variety of movements in light infantry drill. A sub-committee has been appointed to consider the whole question of the finances of the corps, which will be reported to the meeting of the central committee on Jan. 8. The result will be communi cated to the corps at the distribution of prizes on the 9th, and it will then be notified what reduction can be made in the annual subscriptions in consequence of the Government grant, The quarterly competition among the second. class shots of the London Rifle Volunteer Brigade for three University tankards given by the Brigade Rifle Association has been brought to a close at the rifle ranges at Plaistow, Essex. The ranges were 200 and 500 yards. On account of the shortness of the time allowed for the contest and the large number who competed, the 600 yards range was omitted, but, as the winners of the tankards and several other com petitors made more than the proportionate number of marks in the two ranges, they qualified themselves for future badge competitions. The tankards were won as follows—Private Woolley, N company, 27marks; Lieut. Christie, C company, 24 marks; and Private Thomas, E company, 20 marks. The condition of these association contests are five shots each at 200, 500, and 600 yards, all who make 25 marks and up wards being entitled to shoot in the next competition for the gold champion badges. The grand volunteer rifle contest, open to all the world, for prizes amounting in value to nearly £2OO, will be held to-morrow at Tomes. The money will be divided into ' prizes of £lOO, £2O, £l5, three prizes of £lO each, and four of £5 each. The ranges will be 300:and 500 yards, seven shots at each, hits and points added, at 300 yards Hythe position, at 500 yards any position. There will be a Rifle Derby for small bores, and Rifle Oaks for Enflelds on the following day. The fourth annual distribution of the regimental and company prizes of the St. George's Rifles will take place at St. James's-hall on Tuesday, the sth of January, at the oonclusion of the concert which the regiment holds on that evening. The regiment mustered in force last week, at Burlington-house, to welcome the return of Col. Lindsay from the Continent, and his recovery from the accident he met with on Wormholt Scrubba. He will present the prizes on Tuesday. The companies forming the Ist Administrative Battalion of Somerset Volunteers had a field day on Saturday. The men of the Ist, 2d, 14th, 27th, and 18th companies paraded in Queen-square, Bath, and afterwards marched to Kilaton park, the residence of Col. Inigo Jones, colonel command ant, where they found a detachment of the sth (lieynsham) company awaiting them. The force was divided into two bodies,—one under the command of Adjutant Bampfylde, and the other under Captain Ford. The former were sup posed to hold the mansion of the colonel, which was sustain ing a siege from an enemy, repesented by Captain Ford's divisions. After some preliminary skirmishing an assault was ordered, which resulted in the defenders being worsted and taken prisoners. At the conclusion of the:manceuvrea the men were regaled, and after the repast Mrs. Colonel Jones presented the silver challenge cups offered for com petition to the battalion of Colonel Jones and Mr. E. Lovell, clerk of the peace for the county of Somerset. They are held for this year by Privates Hay and Drake, of the Ist company. Colonel Jones also said a few words. He congratulated himself on commanding a bat talion in wbich there were 90 marksmen, and expressed a hope that there would be a meeting of Volunteers in that neighbourhood next year. The recipients of the cups having returned thanks, three cheers were given for Mrs. Jones and the gallant colonel. The officers on the ground then accepted the invitation of Colonel Jones to partake of luncheon, the band playing in front of the house. Shortly afterwards the companies fell in, marched past, and saluted. They then returned to Bath. We are authorised to state that there is no truth in the report that the Earl of Cardigan has subscribed either £lOO or £5OO towards paying Col. Crawley's expenses, or that pending the proceedings of the general court-martial he has placed himself at the head of a list of subscribers. — Morning Herald. MISSING VESSELS.—The Philo, Stevenson, sailed from Montreal on the 16th September for Queenstown, and is supposed to have passed Quebec on the 18th, and has not since been heard of. The Promesa de Torrevieja, Tor. rents, sailed from Buenos Ayres on the Bth July for the Channel, and has not since been heard of. The Figaro-Programme publishes the following curious detail—" Alexandre Dumas, the novelist, is no longer paid by the line, but by the letter. Yes I the Sat. Felice,' which is now being published, is paid for at the rate of a centime a letter. We can guarantee the exactitude of this fact.' PRIZES CAPTURED BY THE FEDERALS.—The Sec retary of the Federal navy, in his official report to Congress refers to the number and value of the prizes captured since the C :..11aration of the blockade. He says that the capture of I,L 1J prizes, representing property to the amount of up wards of £3,000,000, have been submitted to the judgment of the Federal prize courts. About half that slum has been adjudicated upon, leaving, after paying all expenses, £1,200,000 for distribution amongst the captors of the seve ral prizes. A FRENCH VIEW OF ANCIENT ENGLAND. —The Scholar of Oxf3rd, a comedy in three acts . , and . in prose, by Feu Waffiard, represented for the first mfrs in tbe Second Theatre-Franiais, July 29, 1824; price 2ncs 50 centimes, Paris, Madame Virg inia Dabo, Publisher. I ought, perhaps, to say that th e co p y lying .before me, stained and dingy, but yet in tolerable preservation, I found wi t h courtier,. a heap of other works in a by-street, offered at a p enny a volume. It is neither the better . nor the worse for that, The time of this comedy is the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The characters are Lord Morden, an ambitious with a noble mansion in Lombard-street,. in a magnia person ages to be mother, but cer.,t park ; Lady Morden, his sister ; their Miss Maria, W h o . is said Oxford t who is, in i f n ac t t h , e as li n st ea o r f ly as I ‘ can judge from the drama their niece (Miss Maria, leur mere, has an awkward look\ 1 ; Lord Strat ford, friend of the Morden family • la 1 Robert, Professor of Humanities in the College of la Student of the University of .r. Jackson; Will,h. , and several c s i; ji meters of lesser importance. The first scene opens a forest, which turns out to be in There is a tavern, kept by Goot, on whose in . Hyd . s Park." Excel lent porter—loge a boo . ka under Pied et a °Be , B , l P-&-‘ lB t see W n ill with He has just left the cheva, his—ther 13 :tv d ers l ity of Oxford, his unknown He is 18. abren:a4ase he has completed his studies, a 8 C. because .t pro tectors have forgotten to quarter's expenses. He has a vague idea that his father, w ose name he does not happen to know has died in L ail°. ex claims Will, "Here I am," "at 18 , worldrespire at my ease l ow the air is good I , without Row I • knowing where go. - , free, my owlnmaster, and running the of Al'Ali I th i s day is the most beau tiful-- my life. rife throws his books info the air,) Good by Quintus Curtius I good -by Virgil 1 good-by Horace! Your immortality has cost men many a flogging. Will, if You believe me, you are fatigued ; you want some rofresu ment. Ah, h er e is a tav ern where I can chan g e m y last guinea, Hollo I Mr. Host, Mrs. Hostess, Mr. Goot I " Enter Mr. Goot, with a pot of beer in his hand. "Well, young gen tleman," ho says, "You make a goo d d ea l o f no i se f o r one," "A pot of your best beer, Al r. G,,ot, and I will not beat you down on it." " here it is," sa id th e pu bli can ; "t as te that; by the tune you have d run k two g l asses y ou will feel a vigeur,a fire in the head, you will be furious, and ' ready to box with all the world. As for my porter, I reserve j t h a t for great occasions, such as a prize-fight or my wife's bi r thday."— D ickens' 5 4 cAll the Y ear R oun d , " j us t published. THE ENGRAVING FROM SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO'S PICTURE, ". THE RAISING OF LAZARUS,' now in the National Gallery, upon which Mr. Doe has been for several years engaged, is almost finished. ' correspondent of the .3facon (George) Telegraph. writes from Northern Alabama an account of several inter.. views which he had with Gen. Lytle previous to the battle of Chicamauga, in which he fell. He says "As Gen. Lytle was a quasi acquaintance, and a most accomplished gentleman and soldier, and, withal, having his headquar ters on my farm, I availed myself of his invitation to visit him daily, and had much free and unembarassed conver sation with him touching the war and its prospects. He, in common with the whole army, seemed to entertain a strange unwavering faith, amounting to fanaticism, that they would march unobstructed to the centre of Georgia, and crush the rebellion before winter, 'and thus all their anxiety was about the escape of Bragg, with out relieving the tedium of the wearisome march by the excitement of battle. Disgusted with thi s constant explosion of bombast, I said—' Gentlemen, restrain your boasting till you get beyond the shadow of yonder mountain, and I pro mise you some of the hardest fighting of this war, or of any war upon this continent.' Lytle asked why I said so You declare, making no secret, that you go to subjugate and rob of all their property, and subject to the Africans, a race of proud white men, noted for their pride of character.' I replied ; and can you expect they will not fight you, men, women, and children? Make the case your own, and would you not say, if we skulk or fly, if these hold their peace, the very ston es will cry out, and call from their sepulchres the old fathers in their grave-clothes to drive back the invader ? Hereafter you have fought on the fron tiers under the guns of your forts and gunboats, where half the population were your friends—now you invade a united people, burning with intense hatred towards you, made so by the savag e brut a li ty of this war. I can have no hand in it, but dep en d upon it fight awaits you, and L y tle replied, All this can an d w ill b e v We sh a ll be backed by 15,000 m ofin e ea n rle y od e ine ete,fbaebti um o n ndth b e er O s hio, and we can and will put down this rebellion, no matter what it costs. We have been fighting too long, as you say, on the frontier; we shall hereafter strike at the centre, the heart of the rebellion, and that is Georgia. We will make Chattanooga our base to operate upon the cotton States, and so make short work of it.' Well, grant for the sake of argu a ,,,, at, you subjugate the South and free the, negroes, and restore the Union—what sort of a Union will you have ?' said you ever know a grown-up white man whipped into a union and love with his enemy ? Would not such a union only breed rebellion ?' Colonel Harrison, o f Ohi o, promptly said, If they are still rebellious we will kill them.' And may you not expect that their sons will avenge their death ?' I asked. We will kill them too, and replace them with loyal Africans,' was the reply, General Lytle,' said I, this abolition war cannot be congenial to your nature; you are descended from'an ancient Caro lina family. You cannot wish to see the Southern people exterminated." Nor do I,' he replied, 'if they will cease to trample on the flag and return to the Union." Both sides have vindicated their honour and courage,' I added ; you are the strongest, therefore propo sitions of settlement should come from your side. Let your Congress annul Lincoln's Abolition Proclamation, and guarantee to the South security of person and property, and propose to them to return under the compromise proposed by the Southern Commissioners at Washington in 1860, and rejected by the Northern Congress, and stop this sui cidal war." Your leaders repudiated that compromise then, and would not receive it now; they are for total and eternal separation, and we are just as determined that this war shall be eternal, if necessary to prevent it,' he replied. I am, and ever have been, a Democratic, and nineteen-twentieths of every brigade are Demo crats, but no follower of that miserable demagogue, Vallandigham. We are not Abolitionists. We hate those traitors as bad as yon can. We believe the negro was created for slavery, and for nothing else, and the man of intelligence who doubts this after 5,000 years' trial, seems to me a fanatic or fool. Old Abe is a fool about many things—negro equality among them—and yet I hold as a war measure, his proclamation was right. Your slaves feed the rebel armies, while their masters fight us ; any means to prevent this is legitimate. This foolish, and wicked, and unjustifiable rebellion must and shall be put down at whatever cost; and then, when our army has reached the heart of the rebellion, and dispersed the rebel army, I am for the U n i on as it was , an d I s h a ll insist that t the South be invited back on th e t e rms you propose; there is to be no peace nor p a rleying with armed rebels. RACING FIXTU JANU. Manchester FEB: Harrow Uhelinsford Spring 16 Nottingham Spring .... 1 Derby 5pring.......... Liverpool ............ 8 Sh rew sbury .......... 10 D on ca s ter Spring ...... 14 Ar: ORES FOR 1864. ►IM ............... 1 UARY. ...... 2 3 I Lincoln li u ngerford .......... 25 tcn• Warwick Spring ...... 16 Durham .............. 28 Northampton... . ...... 29 Catterick .............. 30 Croxton-park .......... Edi n b urg h Spring. •.. .. 2 Abergavenny .......... b Thirsk ................ 5 MIL Epsom Spring 7 Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 25 arpenden Manchester ******** lg 18 York Cheater Salisbury usrpyr Spring ............. 12 20 EPsora Bath .••• MARKETS—This Day. SMITHFIELD......I RAY MARKETS. £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; ow ay, £3 Os £1 lOs per load. Trade slow. and straw, £1 68 to ''lead h to £4 10a Od ; clover, £4 Os to 45 CuMBERLAND.---Meaio ha V N' t° X 4 10s 01 ; clover, A slow d emand, 10s Od ; a d straw, 'XI 5s to L 1 10s per load. WHITECR AFE b a y, £3oa to £4 10a Od; c l over, 0 £4 -s to L.—Meadow 45 10 8 Od ; and stra w, £1 as to £1 lOs per load. Tra de inactive. Business, w ilt be resumed on Tuesday next, the COL ONIAL. The Market remains closed for:the Christmas holidays. THE BIRKENHEAD RAMS.—We are informed on undoubted authority that the Messrs. Laird have received several bona fi de offers for their celebrated iron. clad rams from friendly powers who are at peace with themselves a nd all the rest of the world. Messrs. Laird pos iti ve ly declared that the vessels tee not for sal e; Ro have dit would thus seem that they have no desire to shirk the res ponsibility of proving that they took the order for t he construction of the ships in the first instance from pat. ties whose connection with either one or the other of the American belligerents it will be difficult, if not impossible, to show. The last offer for the purchase of the "rams " was refused only in the early part of this week.•-,lf riny and Navy Gazette. GENERAL MEAGHER.—According to the follow. ing extract from the Boston Pilot, the reported Cap. ture of General Meagher by the Confederates was without foundation :—" We are pleased to learn that the stateme n t published on the 7th instant, that General Thomas Francis Meagher was captured by the rebels, during the recent movement of the Army of the Potomac, is entirely false. He was on a visit to the remnant of his old Irish Brigade when the advance upon the enemy was or d ered, and, as might be expected from his previou s cart er, which has been remarkable for undaunted courage and pluck, he went with them into the front of danger--but he was not taken prisoner. Il e returned with them across the Rapidan, and is now thP-Wiest of General Corcoran, at Fairfax Court-h ouse. His reception by his ~.., old comrades and brother generals, throughout the entire army, is said to have been most cordial and enthusiastic. Constantinople lett ers and journals to the 17th have been received, b ut their contents are not of mu ch interest. The l' , linister of Marine has iss ue d an order that hen ce f orward a system o f mess es, on the English plan, is to be organised for the officers of the Turkish n avy , both afloat and ashore. toarrddyyedes goods , A PATENT FOR THE USE OF AEsENIOUS ACID ii a e s en a t ra a k o e r n d a o u la t t b l y or lll r h . ° P i c 'ow jea p r r ?n o taeld are fixed by steaming, and washed in the u s u a l manner to se parate the ex ecs© . It is remarkable that the cumpudAm in of arseni c s h owe d s ome such important ends, boththe p ro duction and fixation of these colours, h as