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

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLocK. The Money Market to-day presents a firm and active appearance, but the stringency and increased inquiry have been produced by exceptional causes peculiar to the present quarter. The commitments that have hitherto been made have now to be pro vided for, and hence the demand. After the lapse of a few days only the ordinary business of the time will have to be transacted, and then also the dis tribution of the Government dividends increasing the available floating balances, money will be more plentiful, and lower rates may be looked for. To day the quotations for the best three months' bills was 6t y per cent, Several very important alterations are shown in the return of the Bank of England authorities, published yesterday afternoon. The other securi ties have been materially augmented, and, as a con sequence, there is a reduction in the reserve of notes. These changes, however, have been expected, owing to the inquiry for money to provide for bills due at the end of the year. Active Circulation Increase .. Bullion .. Increase .. Rest. • • •. Increase Public Deposits Increase . Other Deposits.. Increase .. Seven D. r £20,126,030 •• 969,215 • • 14,362,605 • • .. 145,538 • • .. 3,251,018 15,647 • • .. 10,841,991 .. 575,449 .. 13,021,212 309,675 other bills :: Jay an, 560,508 Decrease 56,476 •• •• •• •• Government Securities .. 10,762,330 Increase 19.5,000 Other Securities .. 22,383,824 Increase 972,868 Notes Unemployed .. 8,206,210 Decrease 290,13.5 Messrs. Baring Brothers ani Co. have received by this mail, on account of New Granada Dividends, rom the Custom-house of Santa Marta, 1.:79875. 7d.; do. Cartagena, £500; do. Sabanilla, £305 95.: total, £1,603 16s. 7d: Messrs. Baring Brothers and Company's agents in Venezuela advise that they have received for 55 per cent, of the import duties for about two weeks— From the Custom -house of La Guayra, 42,087'75 dole. ; Puerto Cabello, 16,471.86—t0ta1, 58,55961 dots. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have re ceived by this mail on account of Mexican dividends 81,133.26 dole, The directors of the National Bank have taken the house 54, High-street, Camden Town, as the temporary office of their Camden Town branch, during the building of a suitable banking how) at the corner of Park-street; and business will commence on Monday next, under the management of Mr. Edward A. Chaston. Two O'CLOCK. The English Funds have been adversely influ enced this morning to the extent of 3-16ths per cent. through the uncertainty surrounding political affairs on the continent, especially in Paris. Sales have consequently been effected, and a decline pro duced. Consols for money are 911-, and for the account 91k The New Threes are 911; the Reduced Annuities, 90: 911 ; Exchequer Bills, 7s. to 4s. die.; India 5 per Cents., 106: ; do. 4 per Cents., 1001 ; and do. Enfaced 4 per Cents., 96. In the Foreign Market at the commencement of business prices were rather lower, but more firmness has since prevailed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 671 674 ex div. ; do. Consolides, 47,1 48 ; Mexi can, 36l . Z; Greek, 24i a; Spanish Passive, 34k ; do. Certificates, 141 I; Portuguese, 47k 4 ex. ; Italian, 671 681 ex div. ; and the Confede rate Loan, 37 39. Business in the Railway Share Market has been less animated, and prices have shown a slight depression. Great Eastern, Great Northern, Lanca shire and Yorkshire, North Western, and South Eastern have receded ss. ; and Great Western 10s, The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained inactive, at former rates Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have continued in limited req,lest. London and Brazilian have declined to 54 ; Alliance have improved to 47 ; and Union of London to 401 I; National Shipping Co. are quoted Ito 1 prem. ; Contract Corporation, 31 31 prem. ; Consolidated Discount, I 1 prem,; and Mauritius Credit, 1 to 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Rank Stock —. 3 per Cent. Console Annuities 915 . 1 Console for Account, Jan. 7 915 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities - 9l 5 901 New 35 per Cent. Annuities 5 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 .. New 25 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 142 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 4 7 Ditto £5OO Ditto Small India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 ... 100} Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent ...... 96 Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 55 per Cent .......... — Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Vank Stock for Account D ti to Bonds £l.OOO — Ditto under £l,OOO India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent - Ditto 45 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £45 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Colombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd — Cuba, 6 per Cent. ...Annan 6 per Cent. — Ditto 45 per Cent, 836 Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Dutch, 25 per Cent., Ex. 12, Guilders • Ditto, £lOO Bond s Equador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent — Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent.. lOO2 5 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Ditto Account — Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent 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 p er Cent. .. I) itto Account ...• •.. — Ditto 45 per Cent., 1862 .. Ditto Account B6 42 Tiedmontese, 5 per Cent.,Ex. 251, — P ortuguese 3 per Cent., 853 Ditto Account.. Ditto 3 per C en t., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 D itto Account 471 2 Ditto, 1863 Russianpaid.... 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditt o Ditto 4i per Cent 1850,. 8 52 6 Ditto Account lB6O — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Sardinian 6 per Cent ... .... — Ditto Account D...... .............. Ditto New Deferred a i Ditto Account Ditto Passiv e ................. Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ...... 141 :Sty e D _ , . to Account eu ell, 4 per Cent Turkish 6 Per Cent 1851 Ditto A ccount .. • 90 Ditto 6 p er cent : ii s; Ditto Accoun t .. - Ditto 6 per Cent..lBfii Ditto Account. ... 671 Ditto £lOO Bonds .............. — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 p er 'd e * i l t • • • • Ditto Debentures, 4 per et., Oct., 1863 Venezuela 3 per Cent. ..... Ditto Account ................ Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 .............. t, Ditto: Account ................ .. __. Dividends on the above p ayab l e in. London. Amstrian, 5 per Cent Ex. 10 Florin s . Belgian 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f. ........ --- Dutoh2s per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil ........ Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ...... -- French R en t es, 45 per Cent., Ex. 25f.... -_ tii tt o A ccount Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Se. 3d. paid.. • . -- —.. pin Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ea. 25 francs.. Ditto Account.... .. TW 0 0' CLOCK . Console, Money Ditto Account.,,,,, • •• • • 91 A 2 SHARE MARHETS.—This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOC&S. Share Railways. Paid. Closing I Business Price. , clone. Bir.. IVol. and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andhlid.k.;o Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bamiou Cornwall 8 8i B 8i 83 FS 121 122 61 7i Do A gets no diN Do. B fipe.pan.has been paid to B. Dublin ct Belfast June. I)un.,Pcrth,&Ab. June. I Edinburgh & Glasgow. kilasg. and S. Western. 'Great Eastern, Ord. stk 37 31 16 17 96 OS 107 tog 50 51 47 49 7) 13i Ditto A stock_ Ditto East Anglian 8 GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock 127 128 131 132 134 136 97 99 65 67 I Do Bdo • 'Cit. S. ant W. of IrelanG Great Western ........ Do Str Val gua. stool; Lancashlse •Yorkshiri London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. North Western Lon. & St:l%th Western , Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle.l I Do t shares.. Metropolitan Midland 1)o Do New . . 1114 111! 72 74 107 i iOS 43 44 107 i 107 101 102 50 51 111,1 1121 130,1 1311 0 lul Do Birrning'...t Derby 4id. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid !cut Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiek Do, G.N.E. purchast Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle orth London Do New North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central 52/ 631 25 16 1021 103 586 59i 89 90 119 121 1 2 1.1 78 78 11 11i 122 126 42 44 98 100 Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot Mid. stock Shrews, and Weichpoui Shropshire Union South DeTon youth Eastern M 62 32 33 951 46i 'South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale.... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of NNW), Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford &t Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool HarAR ' West Midland -Oxford ; Do Newport' Do Hereford' 97 !9 :01 38 3S, 9 10 i . 7 158 I6un 5 21 BRITISH POSSE Sail ways t tan tic & St Lawrenet Born.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per °eat — Do. New . . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laxe Huron ' Do. Pretersnoe Buffalo,Brant,&Godricl, 5 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187; Do. do. July 1, 187;, Do. do. June 1, 1r374 Clcutta..t.S.Eastn.(l.ln„ Cape Town Dock Scrii Eastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. Last Indian. tru. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pret. Bonds.. Do. ao. deferred...... Do. 2d l'ret. Bonus— Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pt ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... GLlndiaPentu.gua.sp.e Do. New gua. 5 p. Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per oent. Gt. W. 01 Canada Share, Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5a p. c. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. p. c. Extension De.4k d 0.... Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Buds Melb. & Ilobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. slortg. lids Newlirunswick (t Can& Class A and B N.ltl.C'da 5 pa Ist pt bds Soinde .......... Do. Delhi I aDo. do ' Do. Punjaub Do. Du. ........ , Do. Indus. St. Flo.) all 100 000 100 2 all 1 luu k . lon Paid, all ioi, COLONIAL GOVER. n p.c.J a *.¢.l oi; 1b77-S4 Do. tf p.c. Feb.. Aug. Do. dp. o. Mar. & Sept. Do. t p. c. Jan.&.luly. Do. 6 Inscribed stock Cape G. Hope, 6p c,I87:; Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 Do. 1891 Do. Jan. At July, 1891.. ' Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c !Mau? Rills 5 per cent .. Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.J aAJuI) Do. 6p. e.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. G ov. 5 p Do. 5 p. e.,18/ t to IL,it Do. d0.,1888 &upwds New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. , Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. IS. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. I ViO.G ov. 0 p.c. Ja.&July 'Do. in a p.c. An..400L. 83 86 170 175 ;SION& (3108112 g Price. 60 d 2 104 1(5 i I I) i 1 p 6 di !ii 9} 102 104 101 103 106 107 115 106 IkP 20 21 74 76 61 62 68 70 53 6) 50 52 40 42 27 29 23 25 1(6 107 1} lip 1036 104 i 10 106 11 100, 92 95 86 88 1; io 106 /07 100 101 co 100 57 59 3 5 82 84 104 105 11,6 107 105 i 1 $l 3 101 lot 103 T SECURITIES. 115 107 113 15 u 3 Xl5 13 95 9 94 106 108 109 111 109 111 112 114 110 112 106 108 I'B 110 kO4 106 100 102 101 102 101 i 102 i 110 112 105 107 ta 113 111 113 107 100 Io9i 114' scl 34 35 660 670 N 3 60 id par 27 28 6 65 5 55 8 10 4 45 12 13 4 46 37 39 2} 3 14 16 5 1 6.1 1} pd 90 100 I} 1f 5 3 i ! 42 44 415 125 60 65 28 30 k I 18 19 94 Ioi 18 20 190 200 85 90 22i 27i 1 14 114 12 150 160 ' 21 22 24 21 PREFERENCE SHARES. South Eastern 41 per cent., 102 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCK& South Eastern 41 per cent. 1859. 1001 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 2134 London and Chatham, 44 per Cent., 92 Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 564 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Belgian Eastern Junction, 14 Dutch Rhenish, 172.4 Scottish Australian, Rm., St. John del Rey (lim.), Si United Mexican (lliii;, 6 51 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lira., 61 ' JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 125 3 Alliance Bank of Lona in and Liverpool (Um.), 451 4 7 Ditto, new, 314 A Anglo Austrian, 61 1 7 Australasia, 774 Ditto, new, 47 Bank of London. 154 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 384 7f Consolidated Bank, lira., 101 Hindustan, China, and Japan (Urn.). 334 22 London and Brazilian (lim.), 65 4 4 London and Comity, 59 London and South African, 27 London and South American, Um., 74 Union of Australia, 551 Union of London, 401. 4• MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea. Um., 31 Canada Agency Association, Rm., I Ceylon Company, 104 Electric Telegraph, 109 English and Australian Copper, 24 Gen. Crc dit and Finance of London, lim., 64 Hudson's Bay, 171 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour). Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 834 Joint •stock Di scoun t , 7 1: Ditto, new, ell London 1 4 'inan:iial Association, lim., 24 4 Oriental Commercial, lim., 12 Royal Mail Steam, 78 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mile pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 k per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.5 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight, is 163 to 161 per cent., and the premium on gold is 494 to 491 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW-STREET. Patrick Weston was placed at the bar on remand charged with stealing a piece of beef from the shop of Mrs. Wright, Ship-yard. James Coglin said on Boxing-day ho saw the prisoner with a large bit of beef. On hearing that such a piece of meat had been stolen from Mrs. Wright's shop, he went to look after the prisoner, and found him about seven o'clock in the evening, when he asked him how he got the meat. Prisoner said it was all right. He asked some other ques tions about it, when the prisoner said he " nailed" it from Wright's ; and that he (witness) need not say anything about it and he'd " square" the thing all light. He how ever went and told Mrs. Wright Georfze Hutton, foreman to Mr. 'Wright, butcher, Ship yard, said the beef was stolen on the afternoon of Boxing day from the ehop of his employer. It was missed very soon after it was stolen, but until information was brought to Mr. Wright he did not know who was the thief. Police-constable F 152 said from the description given oi the prisoner he took him into custody, but he denied all knowledge of the robbery. The meat had not been found A boy, No. 24 in the Shoeb:ack Brigade, said on the day in question, about four o'clock in the afternoon, he saw the prisoner with a big bit of beef. lie was walking away with it. Prisoner—Saw me with a big lump of beef I 'Well, 3ou must have good eyes. Why, I never had no beef, and I don't know anything about it. As to stealing it, that's a mistake. It was in doors all the afternoon, and I can prove it. Mr. Henry—Well, you can do so at your trial. Prisoner—But I never had the beef. If I had I shouldn't have minded, but it is hard to get sent for trial for nothing. Mr, Henry—Well, two witnesses saw you with the beef, and a piece of meat like that you were seen carrying was stolen from a shop at the corner of Ship-pard. Mason, a coal-dealer in Ship yard said—A few days ago he saw the prisoner hanging about in Middle Series-place, when he asked him if he would carry out a few coals, He said he would, and he accordingly sent him with a couple of hundred to a laundress, He got the money, which he kept, and he also stuck to the sack. Prisoner —Well, you'll make something of it presently. 1 never did a day's work for dig man, end I never bad the beef. Mr. Hanry—l shall commit you for tr.:al on the first charge, and remand you on the second, in order that the person who paid you the money may he in attendance. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN VETERINARY SURGEONS-THE CASE OF A. POOR CAB HORSE.-Mr. John Harris, cab proprietor, of Burwood-mews, Edgware road, and Wm. Warwick, a driver in his employ, were charged by Mr. Wm.!Love, of the Royal Society for the pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, the former with having caused a horse to be tortured, and the latter with having tortured it by working it whilst in an unfit state for labour. A solicitor appeared for the defence, and tooth casts were heard together. Mr. Love stated that on the 24th ult., he was in Regent street, and saw Warwick driving a horse in a four-wheeled cab. The horse was lame in both forelegs and its general condition was bad, and the driver who was tugging the reins had a difficulty in getting it alone. In conjunction with Mr• Cherry, the veterinary surgeon, who was with him, he stopped Warwick, and, on examining the horse, he found an exten sive raw wound on the inside of the fetlock joint of the near foreleg, evidently of some long standing, and covered with a piece of cloth; also three wounds just above the fetlock joint. Its fore and hind quarters were much shrunken, it trembled, and seemed exhausted, and had apparently been hunted, overdriven, and overworked, and in his opinion it was totally unfit for cab work. The defendant Warwick admitted that he had a difficulty in earning his money with the horse, The defendant Harris admitted he sent the horse out to work, and that he placed the cloth where it w,ts in the habit of cutting itself, and that he considered it fit for work. In cross-examination, Mr. Love said his complaint was not simply of the wounds, but of the horse's general unfit ness for work. He had seen the horse that day, and it was manifestly improved since he made the complaint— eight days ago—still he considered the horse unfit for cab work. In his opinion, the horse was not worth more than food for " knackers" at the present time. Mr. Arthur Cherry, the Government veterinary surgeon and inspector, proved examining the horse on Thursday week last, with Mr. Love, and he found it poor, weak, and exhausted, and lame in both forelegs, the fetlock joints being swollen and deformed. There was a wound of con siderable size on the fetlock joint, covered with a piece of cloth, quite raw, and of long standing. The horse was altogether unfit for work, and he directed the driver to take it home. He had seen the horse that day, and, although it was in a beam cindition than it was then, it did not alter his opinion as to its general unfitness to work in a public carriage. In cross-examination Mr. Cherry said he attributed the injuries to the deformity of the fetlock joints. The defendant's solicitor said the complaint proceeded from the over zealousness in carrying out their duties of the gentlemen who appeared as witnesses. He would call another veterinary surgeon, who would put a different face on the matter, and show that the horse was net only fit for the work, but that it was in reality a valuable animal. Mr. Dollar, veterinary surgeon to several public com panies, and residing in Bond-street, said he examined the horse on Monday last, and again that day, and he consi dered its value about £lO. It was not an old horse, its con stitution was sound, it was in good condition, and he consi dered it perfect;y capable of working in a cab. The wounds on the fetlock joints were but trifling, and it might have cut itself on the day the complaint was made, but it might go for weeks without doing so again. He staked his pro fessional reputation in saying that the horse was quite fit to work in a puNie carriage. Mr. Knox said that veterinary surgeons sometimes differed in opinion, and when a person like Mr. Dollar came forward and took oath, and staked his professional repu tation that the horse was fit for the work it was put to, he. (the magistrate) was bound to accept 'his evidence, and therefore the charge against the owner must fall to the ground. But with regard to the driver, unless he die believed the positive testimony of Mr. Cherry, the veteri nary surgeon, and that of Mr. Love, of the society, he must convict him. It had beau sworn to that the horse on the day in question was lame, weak, exhausted, overdriven, and overworked, and in a miserable state. That no doubt was the work of the driver, and placing, as he (the magis trate) did the fullest reliance upon the evidence of the wit nesses, he should convict the driver in a penalty of 205., or 14 days in the House of Correction. The fine was paid by the owner of the horse. THAMES. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT - Mary Sullivan, a large Irishwoman, aged 22 years, and described as having no home, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with stealing property of considerable value belonging to Joseph Salomans, a Jew, the landlord of the Duke of Sussex pub lic house, in Rosemary-lane. The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Salomon s for five months. She left her situation about six weeks ago. A good many things were lost while the prisoner was in the house, but she was not suspected. Very re cently the duplicate of an article belonging to the prosecu tor, and pawned by the prisoner, was found in the house, and an inquiry was set on foot, and this property was traced to the prisoner, and she was taken into custody by a con stable at a coffee-shop in the Minories, and in her box a portion of the missing property, consisting of linen, female wearing apparel, blankets, and towels, valued at £lO, was found. The prisoner said she did not know how the things got into the box. The prisoner was identified by one pawnbroker with whom she pawned some of the missing property. Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week. . Ttu SriMIRY is produced in a district of limited extent in the neighbourhood of the town of Xeres de-la-Pronters, about twenty miles from Cadiz. But an immense quantity of the wine we drink as sherry in Eng.- hind does not trace its origin to these favoured vineyards It is brought either from adjacent districts or from Malaga and other places along the coast, and is shipped on board vessels loading in the bay of Cadiz with a bill of lading de scribing it as pure sherry. However, we ought not per haps to say much on this point, for so long as the substi tuted wine is sound and pure, no great mischief is done, which is more than can be said for other practices to which it is often subjected before it appears on our dinner-tables. Like port, the sherry shipped to England is made up for our market, about ten gallons of spirits being generally added to each butt before exportation. It is almost quite pale at first, brown sherry being obtained by the addition of " doctor." RAPID GROWTH OF THE IRON TRADE IN ENG LAND —lt was not till Cort, in 1783, introduced his pud dling furnace and rolling process that we began to be self dependent. Wm are no.: able not only to supply our own wants, but also to export iron to other nations. The make of pig-iron increased nearly sixfold between 1800 and 1835, and fourfold between 1835 and the present time. It at present amounts to about three million tons a year, being worth about twelve millions sterling. Britain yields nearly a twelfth of the whole produce of iron ore throughout the world. THE COLLIERY ACCIDENT IN GLAMORGANSFIIRE, —lt has been ascertained that 14 lives were lost by the explosion at tho Gin Colliery, Macsteg, near Bridg end. The majority of the men were married, and leave large families. The colliery is the property of the Llynvi Vale Iron Company, and was worked to supply their iron works with coal. Mr. Evans, the Government inspector of mines for the district, has visited the scene of the accident, and the result of his observations will be made known at the inqust. X 0.16.4 12.10 BRITISH MI Cambrian Consol. Gold t;hilord Amalgamated Devon 0. Cone. ‘ "ravist , East Bassett ( I llogan) Nast Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... Nast Cara Brea... K. Russel (Tavistk., IGam.&SLAubyn(Gwen., 'Great South 'Coigns... G. Wheal Vor (lielston Grenville lierc..d's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Want Marke Valley.. Myndy Iron Oro (Lim.' New Seton North Downs Bassetallof,an North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze): t b rovidenee (Uny Lelnt.) !South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Carte Brea (Illogan) '.Wheal Fran. (Illogan. Stray Park rainar Silv.& Lead Alin Pin Croft West Basset (Illocrani W radon (Liskeard) West Seto Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller(Redrutb) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLudtott Wheal Mary Ann !Lien ) Wheal iteton Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) Wheal Union 3.4.0 8.9.0 10.6.7 0;10.9 30.17.0 47 5 5 2.0.6 3.u.8 8 58i 7 3.17 d 27) 7} THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1864. anquet to Prince GortschakofF at St. Petersburg, We have received St. Petersburg journals con taining very long reports of the speeches at the banquets which we stated on Wednesday had been given to Prince Gortschakoff, at the rooms of the English Ciub in the Russian capital. Prince Gortschakoff spoke amid the greatest en thusiasm. The following is a passage from his address:— " All Russia, enraptured, raised its voice in sup port of oar replies, of which the object was to con found and repel pretentious attempts on the dignity of our country. It has lavished encouragements so flattering to the writer of those replies, that we could not help saying to ourselves If this feeble manifestation of the will of the Czar has produced such ar. impression, what will Russia not do if God sends her new trials, and the Emperor makes a solemn appeal to the nation.'" (Great applause,) Among the other speeches was one by Count Orloff, who said— ' After the conclusion of the treaty of Paris, which put an end to a war not less glorious than un fortunate for us, Europe generally was penetrated with the idea that Russia would become powerless ; that she had lost for long years her influence; and that her only resource was to remain a wounded spectator, pawerless in the political affairs at Europe, And here we must recall the significant words of the Prince whom we have the honour to entertain to-day, ' Russia does not sulk—she col lects her strength.' Without losing time in useless complaints, we occupied ourselve ardently with our internal affairs. Examine all that has been done in this time—all the useful materials which have been prepared for the future. . I was abroad when the late despatches of Prince Gortschakoff were expected with feverish impatience. The prince did not for a❑ instant lose his verve and coolness at the time when he wrote those despatches, the holy anger of which, excited by foreign intermeddling, led the Times to say that no Minister in Europe cut his pen so finely as Prince Gortschakoff." At this part of the count's speech Prince Gorts chakoff appears to have suddenly risen. He said— " Prince Orloff has made it a great merit in me to have kept the smile upon my lips and remained calm and gay in a difficult moment. But, gentle men, my calm is easily explained. I had before me Russia, such as she really is, calm, majestic, and powerful, and not as her enemies would have her to be, feeble, divided, undermined by revolution, and powerless. Europe sees us through a deceptive cloud, and does not perceive what we really are. We breathed upon this cloud which obscured our great ness, and it vanished, and Europe has suddenly seen us in the true light of the day; she is con vinced of the holy and indissolub e union which exists between the Sovereign and the nation, she has recognised that our power has not diminished. May this union, which constitutes our strength, remain for ever !" STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER, Dec. 31.—We have had one of the most excited markets for yarn and cloth known here for a long time past. The statement telegraphed here today that the stock of cotton at Liverpool in excess of the ordinary returns does not exceed 18,000 bales Les taken every one by surprise. The matter had been previously discounted, and there was but one opinion, that the excess would be at least 100,000 bales. Whatever credit ?eople may be dis posed to attach to it, there is no doubt of its effect on the market. The yarn-market has beer very excited, and most of our spinners have been asking :d. per lb. advance on the rates of Tuesday, and, indeed, noon the prices they would have accepted yesterday. The advance asked by some spinners is as much as 2d. per lb,, and the market for ship• ping yarns closes buoyantly, with a dcided tendency to further advance. The rise in prices has checked business. It is believed that but for the higher rates some considerable sales would have been effected, For cop yarns a very ex cited market is also reported. Sellers are generally asking Id. per lb. higher, with but little offering. The advance in yarns, with a reported advance in Liverpool of ld. per lb. on cotton, has not been without ics effect on the cloth market, though a fair amount of business has been done. On India shirtings an advance of 6d to 9d per piece has been obtained, and in some instances rather more, as compared with the depressed rates of Tuesday. Fur 71b. shirtings sales have been made at 18s per piece. The advance on other goods has been in the same proportion ; but many people have withdrawn their stocks and decline to name a price. There has not been much purchasing for the home trade, the business having been chiefly among shippers. There is a general opinion that the sudden and unexpected rise in prices to-day will decide many of our spinners as well as manufacturers, who had not made up their minds upon stopping their mills, as the change comes very inoppor tunely upon the recent bad accounts from the East. A spinner received a telegram from Liverpool to-day stating that the cotton houses had advanced I.lcl per lb. since yes terday, and people so situated, with a prospect of their goods, if turned off the spindle, having to go into stock, naturally feel disposed to show some hesitancy about going on. We hear of oue of the largest firms in the district of the spinners and manufacturers (a firm using a large amonnt of cotton, because makers of heavy goods) having given notice to close, but stating that they will advance their workpeople three days' wages per week. BRADFORD, 31st.—The last market in the year shows a somewhat improved state of things. The cotton•market is a little more buoyant, and it is now pretty well known to what extent failures will affect the trade, and these causes tend to restore confidence. The. e have been more inquiries for wool during the last two or three days, and transactions are more numerous to-day. There is greater firmness in pri3s, but no advance. Quietness still prevails in the worsted yarns. The export houses are still influenced from operating by the unsettled state of the German qaestion. Still, there are more inquiries for Russia and. Germany. The home trade is pretty good, and though not many new orders are given for autumn, spinners tontine pretty well employed on old contracts. Business in pieces is very limited. Still, there is great cheerfulness and confidence pervading the market. ILEARICETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to Mark-lane to-day the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate, but the condition of the produce was good. There was a better attendance of buyers, and the trade exhibited more activity, fully Monday's quotations being obtained in all transactions. With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup plied. Millers, however, operated somewhat cautiously. Nevertheless, prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of wheat were in improved request, at extreme rates. Spring corn afloat, however, was a slow sale. The supply of barley on sale was large. For all qualities the trade was in a sluggish state, yet no farther change took place in the currency. Malt—the supply of which was large—sold heavily, at barely late rates. The supply of oats on sale was very moderate. Good and fine corn ruled steadily, at full prices ; but inferior produce commanded very little attention. In beans and peas, the amount of business transacted was small, previous quotations. Barrel flour was very scarce, and nominal in value. French, Spanish, and country parcels were, however, in fair supply, and a moderate business was transacted, on former terms. ARRIVALS TIIIS WIER. Wheat Bartel. Malt Oats. Flom. Stnglish...... 640 I 730 I 3,000 1 390 ..... 1 4,710 • - Voraign...... 3190 12,360 6,770 1,850 aka, NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate. Good and prime beef and mutton rule firm, otherwise the trade is dull. Per Slb, by the carcase. said Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 [►liddling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. amal, do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 6 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 BOROU( sdid Middling mutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Vaal .. 3 10 4 8 Small pork 4 0 4 4 Lamb H HOP. Our market is but moderately supplied with English and foreihn hops. The demand, however, is by no means active ; nevertheless, prices are well supported. flid and East Kents...Es Os to £9 Os per cwt. Weald of Kents 4 lOs to 6 6s „ Sussex 4 lOs to 6 Os „ Yearlings Olds Belgian Bavarian American COLONIAL. Public sales of colonial produce have been suspended, the market being closed for the Christmas holidays. Business, however ; will be resumed on Tuesday next, the sth inst In the tallow market it more cheerful tone has prevailed. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted Ms 6d to 61s 9J, and for spring delivery, 43s to 428 9d per cwt. THE COURT JOURNAL.—Established 34 years.— See the Court Journal of -aturday, which contains a vast amount of exclusive news of public interest, and per'ectly original Courtly, Fashionable, Theatrical, Naval, Military, and Sporting Intelligence, Club On Dits, &c., not to be found in any daily or weekly paper. Price bd. ; stamped, 6d.—W. Thomas, 26, Brydges-street, Strand; sold by all news agents, and at the railway stations. The late Extensive Seizure of Watches and Jewellery. At the Clerkenwell police-court William Bull Clarke and Hannah Ann Clarke, man and wife, and Charles Cul lingworth were again placed at the bar, on remand, charged with having a large number of gold and silver watches, gold earrings, and other articles of jewellery, of which they could not give a satisfactory account. On their being placed in the dock, Matthew Charter, aged 25, a gasfitter, of 9,;Wharf road, Old Ford, was charged with stealing from the count ing -house, 6, Newcastle place, Clerkenwell-close, a quantity of gold chains, gold pins, gold brooches, and gold earrings, value £250, the property of Mr. Sidney Cherrill, wholesale jeweller ; and Frederick Levin, age 40, of 6, Mill-lane, Dept ford, common lodging-house keeper. with receiving part of the above property, well knowing the seine to have been stolen. Mr. Lewis, of Wilmington-square, Clerkenwell, attended to prosecute on behalf of the Precious Metal Protection As- sociation. The facts of the examination of the first three prisoners have already appeared, and it may be stated chat owing to the publicity that has been given to the proceedings owners have been found for some of the property. There are still some gold and silver watches, amongst them a valuable gold openfaeed one by Dent, still unclaimed, and which can be seen at the Old-street police-station. Mr. Lewis said that before he went into the case of Charter and Lewin he intended to complete the case against the other prisoners. He intended to; indict Chat ter as the prin cipal in the robbery, and the others as receivers of the pro perty well knowing it to be stolen. Inspector Bryant produced a gold chain, which he stated he found on Cullingworth when he searched him on the 4th of September. He also saw Police-constable Fowell take a gold chain from him. On asking him how he became pos sessed of it, he said " You know all about it. The chains belong to Mr. Cherrill." Mr. James William English said—l manage the business for Messrs. Cherrill, wholesale jewellers, of Clerkenwell close. The two gold chains produced by the last witness, and which he stated he took from Cullingworth, are two of the gold chains stolen by the witness Connolly, on the 4th of September, from Messrs. Cherrill's premises. I identify another gold chain, produced by Mr. Farmer, pawnbroker, of Amwell-street, Clerkenwell. Police-sergeant Evans, said he took the pawn ticket of the gold chain'produced out of the pocket-book which Cul lingworth had in his possession. Walter James Burgess, assistant to Mr. Farmer, pawn broker, produced the gold chain alluded to, and said it was pawned on the 14th of September last by a man who gave the name of Henry Martin. He could not say that either of the prisoners were the party who pawned it. The duplicate produced by Sergeant Evans was given to the person pawning it. Mr. Lewis stated that that completed the case against the prisoners Cullingworth and Clarke. Mr. D'Eyncourt asked if there was any other case against Cullingworth. Police-sergeant Evans said that the watch which he was wearing had been identified as one that had been stolen at the Croydon Steeplechase. The prisoner Cullingworth said it would be seen from the evidence of Connolly that he (Connolly) sold the chains to Clarke. He (the prisoner) did not deny that he had pur chased them from Clarke, and as for the other property, Clarke gave them to him to pawn for him. He had no guilty knowledge, Mr. D'Eyncourt said that would be a case for the jury to decide as to the guilty knowledge or not. Mr. Lewis then went into the case against the other pri soners, and called Joseph Connolly, now a prisoner in the House of Correc tion for the robbery from Messrs, Cherrill's. His statement having been read over, he added the following with reference to Charter and Levin. He said—Charter asked me to rob my employers, and he enticed me to do it. He was at the work shop door on the 4th of September,when 1 took thejewellery and I then gave him two bags, containing gold chains, gold brooches, and other articles. Mr. D'Eyncourt—You say he enticed you; how did he do that ? Connolly—He said he would take me into the country if I could get some things out of the bags and bring them to him. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Were you to have any share of the pr, fits? Witness—Yes; and he would take me into the country and give me some money. I gavehim the two bags ofjewel lery, and he did not give them back to me. I went to Clarke's with Charter. Charter asked me to go with him to Whitecbapel, as he had a man to buy the geode. I know the prisoner Levin, and he lives at Mill-lane, Deptford. Charter and I went to live in Levin's house, I went there out of the way, and Charter took me there. There was a woman with Charter of the name of Eliza Richardson. I have seen her in court to day. I heard a conversation with Levin and Charter about the jewellery. He had shown some of the brooches to Levin, but he did not say where he had got them. Levin said that if Charter would wait his brother-in-law would buy the whole of the jewellery. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Was Levin asked if he knew anyone that would purchase the goods? Witness—No. Charter said he had some nice things up stairs, and showed him the brooches. He gave him a pin, and sold him a pair of earrings for 108. which were worth about £2. There was no question asked by Levin as to how Charter came possessed of the property. When Levin said his brother-in-law would purchase the property, Charter said he had a man in London who was purchasing it. A few days afterwards there was a quarrel between Levin and Charter about the jewellery. That was after we had been to Clarsti's in London. We then found that Eliza Richard son had taken the jewellery and £32 lOs to Levin's private house, in the Broadway, Deptford. Charter asked Levin for the jewellery, saying, " Give me that parcel and the money." Mr. D'Eyncourt—Did he say what parcel? Witness—No. Levin said, " I have thrown the parcels and the money into the river.' Charter said, " You dont mean to tell me that you have thrown nearly 4100 worth of goods and and £32 10e. into the river ?" Levin said, " I have;" and Charter said that such an answer would not do for him. Afterwards Levin gave up the £32105. I did not see the parcel again. I afterwards returned to my lather. Cross-examined by Charter—l gave the bags to you at the door. Charter—There was another man that you gave the bags to in Red Lion-street. Cross •examination continued—l did not give the bags to young Cavanagh. Charter—This is not the first time he has robbed his master. He stole a pair of earrings. Witness—l purchased a pair of earrings, and gave them to a young woman. Charter—l do not deny that lam a thief, but the witness has told me on several occasions that he has robbed his master, and also that he took gold out of the men's boxes. Mr. English acid that Connolly did buy a pair of earrings of him. Susannah Welsh—l went by tho name of Eliza Richard son. I have married since. I reside at 32, Cambridge-street, York-street, Bethnal-green, but not with my husband. I know the prisoners Charter and Levin. I took Charter and the witness Connolly to Levin's, and lodged with Charter there. I saw the jewellery he had with him. I gave it to Levin's wife. I gave her some money as well, but I do not exactly remember the amount I gave to the wife, because I wanted her to take care of it, as I was afraid. I asked Levin for it the next morning, but he would not give it to me. He said, " I have thrown it over the bridge." I said, "Give me the money," and ho said he had thrown that over as well. He said ho had done so because he was afraid, and that he had given it to one of his lodgers, and his lodger told him he had thrown it into the water. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Was Levin ever told where it came from ? Witness—He asked me if it came from town, and I told him I did not know. Mr. D'Eyncourt said the case had better stop where it was at present, as it was getting late. Levin—l deny all that the witness has stated. If the bag had been dropped over the bridge it could have been easily seen, as there was not water enough to cover a boot. Mr. D'Eyncourt remanded the whole of the prisoners to a future day. Levin—Will you take bail for me ? lam a respectable man, and have never been in trouble before. Mr. D'Eyncourt declined to take bail at present, except for the female Clarke. Bank of England Return,--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria. cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 30th day cf Dec., 1863 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. otos itieued 028,332,240 Government Debt £11,015,1C 0 Other Securities .. 3.634,90 u Gold Coin & Bullion 13,882,240 Silver Bullion .... £28,332,2401 BANKING I); £28,332,240 , EPARTMINT. i Government Seen- oprietort' Capi tal. ..:614.553.000 Rest Public DeposigN(ift• eluding Excles 4 quer, Savings' Banks, Commis s sioners of Na tional Debt, and rities (including Dead WeightAn- nutty) £10,957,330 Other Securities Notes Gold and Silver 680,365 Coin Dividend Ac counts) 10.841,991 Other Deposits 12,041,212 Seven Day and other BiUs 560,508 £12,227.729 £42,227,729 [ARSIIALL, chief Cashier. Dec. 31, 1563. %VARSAW, Dec, 30.—The Russian authorities have commenced calling on the inhabitants to sign addresses of devotedness to the Czar. Grzybow, the commissary of police of the Jewish quarter, was the first functionary employed in this business. The Canon Rczewuski, who performs the episcopal functions during the absence of Mgr. Felinski, has refused to sign p, pabtoral letter iu favour of such addresses. 1271 133 k 684 I 1121 73 1081 i 02t 1302 105 4a 961 1 Bile!nese don, 23i 71 107 Denmark and Germany since 1852. (From the Examiner. It was on the 25th of January, 1852, that the King of Denmark announced by Proclamation the scheme of the new Danish Constitution, which was afterwards communicated to the Federal Diet, and formally accepted by it in the July of the same year as satisfactory. This was the scheme that Con verted the Government of Denmark from an abso lute to a constitutional Monarchy. By the Procla mation the King became pledged not to incorporate Slesvig with Denmark Proper, to connect together all parts of his dominions in equality of political rights, and to deal even-handed justice to the Germans and the Ihnes in Slesvig. Now Denmark Proper had already obtained, in 1848, a free Constitution, and the first step to the establishment of the promised general Constitution was that the Parliament of Denmark Proper should be reduced from a Sovereig❑ to a Provincial Assem bly, retaining a deliberative vote. To this it con. sented, and the Danish Government then established by octroi, in 1854, a Constitution—somewhat mo dified in 1855—for all the King's dominions. A General Council of the Realm, or Rigsraad, was founded, based upon equal representation of all parts of the monarchy, according to the ratio of population and taxation. Denmark Proper, with a population of about 1,600,000, sent 47 of the 80 re presentatives; Slesvig, with a population of about 410,000, sent 13; Holstein, with a population of 556,000, sent 18; and Lane n berg, with a population of 50,000, sent 2. A normal budget was framed for the regular housekeeping expenses of the monarchy, and the financial control of the Assembly limited to grants asked in excess of this. This constitution was estabiished by octroi ; for the one good reason that in no other way could a constitution ever be obtained. The whole policy of the German Duchies, Holstein and Lanen burg, being to make themselves untenable by Denmark, to make tt.e establishment dependent upon the good pleasure of their provincial assemblies would have been to continue for ever the confusion that the octroi was meant to abate. So it remained only for Holstein and Lauenburg, according to the usual policy of obstruction, to pro test against the attempt thus made to thrust on them fulfilment of the King's pledge for their bene fit. Littie Lauenburg complained to the German Federal Diet, and the Diet demanded abrogation of the Constitution of 1855, for the two Duchies, of Holstein and Lauenburg, within the Federation. Many form of concession were tried, but none would satisfy the malcontents, and by an ordinance of November 6, 1858, Holstein and Lauenburg were put out of constitutional union with the other parts of the Danish monarchy. Rights and liberties were thus thrown away, but there was a poiut gained towards further agitation. Holstein and Lauenburg being cut off, there re mained Slesvig attached to Denmark Proper by the common constitution. Could they not construe this into incorporation of the Duchy with the monopoly. True, there was no change whatever in the inde-, pendent local jurisdictio❑ of the Slesvig Assembly or in any of the distinct privileges of the Duchy. No matter. Holstein was out of the constitution, Slesvig in; that could be mystified easily into a case of incorporation. But the next claim made for Holstein against Denmark by the Federal Diet was by a decree of March 8, 1860, and another of February 7, 1861, that until Hulatein left off disputing over the constitution, the Assembly of that German Duchy should have equal power with the Rigsraad in controlling the affairs of the whole Danish monarchy I This absurd claim was compromised by Bri tish intervention, it was simply agreed that Holstein should be asked for no more than its share under the nor mal budget towards general expenses of the Monarchy, a modest share fixed in proportion to its smaller population. Negotiation was continued, and in the summer and autumn of last year the German claims gradually advanced in impudence until they settled into these demands : That whatever was left of the Danish Constitution should be destroyed. That a new Constitution be submitted to the four Provincial Assemblies of Denmark Proper, Sleevig, Hol stein and Lauenburg, and that until these agreed--in other words, till Doomsday—the four Assemblies shoulp divide among themselves into four equal parts the power over the affairs of the whole Monarchy I Could there be more im pudently iniquitous proposals for the ruin of Denmark than that 50,000 Germans of Lauenburg should neutralise the million and half of Danes in Denmark Proper, and so leave it to the Holsteiners with the help of the Government As sembly of Slesvig to execute the will of Fatherland on the whole Danish Monarchy ? Yet even in this direction the temperate counsels of the Danish Government went to the utmost limits of prudent concession and forbearance. An ordinance of March 30 last decreed that no law should be valid in Holstein until it had obtained the sanction of the Holstein Assembly, also that no expenditure beyond the sums fixed by the Normal Budget of 1856, should fall upon Holstein without its Assembly's previous approval. The Danish Govern ment at the same time expressed willingness, if the Diet wished that it should be so, to abandon its claim of right even to Holstein's share under the Normal Budget, and leave to the Holstein Estates unrestricted control over the finances of the Duchy. Only, if the Assembly of Holstein, in using the rights thus conceded, differed from the Rigs read as to general laws, it was defined that it could do so only by an act of separate legislation that, so far as it went, divided Holstein from the rest of the Monarchy, as a Duchy that had enacted for itself such independent laws. fo readjust the Constitution of 1855 in accordance with the new concession of autonomy to Holstein, it was modi fied, without touching any of the existing rights of Slesvig, bat) the new common Constitution for Denmark Proper and Slesvig sanctioned on the 18th of last month. It was impossible for the Diet to meet this extreme policy of concession otherwise than by rushing into an extreme of violence. And so it was under threat of Federal execution that, by a decree of the 18th of last July, and by another decree of the Ist of last October, the Federal Diet demanded the repeal of this last inconvenient concession to the utmost rational demands of the Hslsteiners, and was compelled to bring to the front its iniquitous arriere pensee, by passing beyond the affairs of Holstein and Lauenburg to express interferonce with the Danish Duchy of Slesvig, after which the Germans hunger. So matters stood when with a little sense of the nakedness of its bad cause, Germany took eager advantage of the death of the late King of Denmark and the uprising of the wretched Augustenburg pretender, to raise a fresh cloud of false issnes, and by adding wrong to wrong, muddle them• selves or others into the belief that if they could see it all through the confusion they would find themselves some where at least a little in the right. It is quite easy, as we have shown, to blow the smoke away and see the plain truth that professorial Germany delights to darken w;th a far-fetched gibberish of irrelevant archa3alogy from the creation downward. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Jan. I.—Wind this day at noon—North- East; moderato breeze, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 31.--Wind S.E.—Arrived—Cyclops, screw steamer, from Amsterdam for Genoa, with damage to shifting box. CARDIFF, Dec. 30.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Shamrock, for Havannah. PLlmount, Deo. 31.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Bellona, screw steamer, from Havre for New York—Rienzi, from Shields for Bilboa. COWES, Dec. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Gruketen, from Jamaica. _ . CLYDE, Dee. 31.—Wind W.—Sailed—Margaret Smith, for Demerara. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, Friday Morning. The four-masted steamship Bellona, from London and Havre for New York, came in last night, to fill up this morning. The steamer Alexander 11. arrived this morning. The True Briton sailed for Melbourne, and her Majesty's ship Royal Oak came down harbour. The bark Cuba, from Shields for Alexandria, has just put into the Sound leaky. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH,) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Jan. I.—Alsom, from St. Michael's; John Bud, from Hamburg; Perseverance, from Medemblik ; Tartar, from GllellUiey. DEAL ) Friday Morning. No arrivals. NEW BOOKS FOR JANUARY.—Among the new works announced by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett for appearance during the present month are " Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne," edited from the Papers at Kimbolton, by the Duke of Manchester, 2 vols, Bvo., with fine portraits; "A Young Artist's Lite," by Alexan der Baille-Cochrane, M.P., in 1 vol ; " Wildfire," a novel by Walter Thornbury, in 3 vols ; and " Ella Norman; or, A Woman's Perils," by Eiiz ibctb A. Murray, 3 vols. Loss OF AN AUSTRALIAN PASSENGER SHIP. — Information of the total loss of the well-known clipper Great Britain was posted in the Underwriters Rooms, Liverpool, on Wednesday. She was from London for New Zealand with passengers, and wes wrecked on the Bth of DecErnber, at St. Jago, off the Cape de Veld The crew and passengers were all saved. She was built in Poole in 1843, and was the property of Messrs. Alexander and Co., of London. .;/I/ 1 1 COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS, -- - - -4 , . The new year dawns wi Ith favour upon the com mercial world. Merchant s., it is true, must yet pay very high for monetary accommodation —nearly double the amount this ti:itne twelvemonths. But even so, a low rate for mca iey does not necessarily imply national prosperity.. Last January the pros pect was bedimmed with ;the Lancashire distress and uncertainty. The dogged perseverance of Englishmen, however„ carried their enter prise to other climes, and no w the cotton inaeortations from other sources than the old fields in America, are setiing our mills at work, and although tha t working he °PT for three or four days a week, yet by this employ ment how much national poverty w;l1 be alleviated, and if so much has been done in one year towards relieving us from solely relying upon foreign depen dence, how much may we nos reasonably expect to be accomplished when 1865 s:aall have made its ap pearance. The commerce of the country has bee n substantially enlarged despite the utter collapse of the principal branch of our native industry. 111 0 misfortune which the civil war in America en • tailed upon us served only to quicken our energies; new paths of enterprise were im mediately sought after, and operations cow,. menced. There was no quailing in the hour of need. The national spirit rose with the emergency, and like the British pluck that saved India slipping through our grasp, Englishmen relied upon their own strong arm, and by their unflagging efforts have with their enterprise even overtopped the most prosperous years. Speculation has indeed been in dulged in to an almost unprecedented extent, no negotiable property have escaped the notice of ope. rators at the Stock Exchange, nearly every foreign loan, and the shares of nearly every joint stock association were taken in turn and received due at tention, but for all that, prudence invariably guided the transactions, and if certain stock were at one time unduly inflated, no one has materially suffered. It was, indeed, natural that with so large an unem ployed floating capital speculation should be every where active; in fact, it was the rock upon which it was thought the good old ship might strike, and it is marvellous, now that the danger has passed, to learn bow skilful!y she eluded the shoals. RACING FIXTU. JANUS Manchester FEB Harrow Uhelmaford Spring Nottingham Spring 1 Derby Spring 3 Liverpt)ol .... Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring Croxton-park Edinburgh Spring .. 2 Abergavenny Thirsk 5 Chester York Spring Salisbury l2 Bath Ju Ascot Hampton l5 Newton Od iham Bibury Newmarket July Carlisle Abingdon Liverpool July Pontefract Au rRES FOR 1864. ►RY. Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes Reading Egham Oxford .. 18 York August 23 1 '.UARY. Lincoln Hungerford :CH. SEFTE: Warwick Spring l6 Durham Northampton 29 Catterick 3O Weymouth 1 Warwick .Septeuiber Leicester Doncaster Brecon 19 Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 25 Manchester iarpenden 2O Epsom .. 24 I Stockbridge Chelmsford.. 2B Newcastle-on- i'3•114 Worcest.r (Summer) Ipswich 'Llr. Nottingham . l9 Stamford l4 Winchester l9 Southampton .. 2O Goodwood UST. Plymouth Derby Lichfield Stocktcn .... Devon and Exeter Lichfield 3O Richmond Monmouth 92 Manchester Autumn Newmarket Firbt October 27 OCT , , BER. Northallerton 6 Gloucester Newmarket Second Oct. 10 I Newmarket Houghton ::4 NOVEMBER. Shrewsbury Autumn STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. FEBRUART. Carmarthen Harrow Cambridge RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE "WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts,, Railways. 1863. 1862. 1863. Belfast and N, Counties 136 138 Belfast and Couuty Down 49 49 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 Bristol and Exeter l2l 1114 Caledonian Cockermouth& Workington Bl 82 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 Cork, Piaci:rock, & Passage 6l 61 Cork and Youghal . 32 324 Cornwall 561 531 . - Deeside Dublin & Belt ast Junction . Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and Meath 17 - 17' 63 63 75 63 23 23 Dub. &Wicklow and \Vexid Edinburgh and Qlaagow 9li 43 1694 164 Furness, &c - 6 , Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrtk.,&E.Union Great Northern 353 351 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 ortitn. & Westn.(lrel.) 7l; 711 'it.Soutlin.& NVestn.(lrind.) 373} 829 Great Western 1056! 1032 i Inverness & Aberdeen Juno MI Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 Irish orth-Western 145 145 Lancashire & Yorkshire 4j2 9951 Limerick and Ennis... 24.1 241 Limerick and Foynes 26! .26,1 Llanelly 461 461 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l 51 London & South - Western Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 251 2416 London, Chatham, & Dover 72 721 Do. Metropolitan Extension 104 51 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend itan.,Sheffield,& Lincoinsh Mauch. S.J un.& A ltrincham 9l iii Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western), 31 - 641 614 ..and 0 —.—. _di Midland Gt. Westn. of hind 2,9 i 192 k Monkland Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal l4 14 North British, Edin., Perth and D undee 4106 N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1095 10771 North London 9 9 North Staffordshire 254 252 Oswestry and Newton... Rhymney St. Helen's Canal & Railway Scottish Central 50 42 19 19 52 52 89 89 Scottish North-Eastern l3B 132 Somerset and Dorset 66 39i South Devon South-Eastern 306 306 Tall Vale 57 65 Ulster Vale of Clwyd Vale of Neath 3 91 251 ' ... . ..._ _.... Waterford and Kilkenny 3 - 31 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 West Cornwall 27& 27& W. llartlepoolllarbr.&Rail 52 52 W'haven.Cleator,& Egrmnt 7 7 Whitchaven Junction l3 13 Whitchaven & Furness Jun 35 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. 2,140 .64! 1,255 6,324 17,696 211 124 379 1,350 218 1,441 1,604 455 99,198 1,662 21.29 d 1 ~ b 54 4,49 brs 1,0 4 16,,53 1,233 1,435 i,936 42,428 4,652 1,687 ;673 1862 Antwerp and Rotterdam Austrian B2B 828 Belgian Eastern Junction 26 2 , 1 Bombay, Baroda, & ten. India 185 167 t Buffalo and Lake Huron I b 1 161 t Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Ib9 Dutch Rhenish loBf ref 135 2,320 1,821 690 1,800 6,202 15,605 SO! 209 425 8 5,2 564:,7 876 302 1,141 738 3,705 552 945 932 1,647 31.614 148 174 517 92,023 1.5b31 16.14)3 17,071 3 CHI 1,033 14 910 ),U,7 1,33 1,167 32,219 40,310 4,616 1,5 5 2,465 10.535 59.258 3,059 7,4169 332 2,467 2,996 5,360 3,940 976 3:,134 2 2,004 3, OS 4,172 3,659 Ma. COXWELL'S BALLOON AT WOOLWICH. Every preparation was made at Woolwich Arsenal yesterday morning for the ascent of Mr. Cozwell's large balloon, but as Mr. Colwell and other gentlemen were about to enter the car, it was observed that a thick, hazy atmo sphere was gathering overhead which would render the taking of observations practically nugatory, and the ascent was therefore deferred until this day (Friday) when it will take place at eleven o'clock, from the i:oyal Arsenal, should the state of the weather prove favourable. The balloon is now inflated with 75,000 ft. of gas, and it is in tended to make a high ascent, the object being not for purely military purposes, as on a former ascent at Woo 1 wich, but to enable Mr. T. Glaisher to make a report to the British Association as to the state of the atmosphere at various altitudes about the period of the shortest day, it being a matter of doubt with scientific men whether the higher rs glens are much colder in winter than in summer. Mr. Glisher has presented Mr. Colwell with a barometer bearing the following inscription :—" In admiration of the jud i zment, skill, and great i,resence of mind displayed in the several badoon accents ma le fr..in W(Averbstopton and other places in 1862 for the British Association, this baro meter is presented to H. Coxwsll, E,(1., by his fellow travellsr, James Glaisher, PRESIDENTSHIP OF ST. BARTHOLEISIEW'S HOS ftie solicitor of St. Bartholomew's Hufl pitel has intimated to the City Solicitor that no cause will he shown against the nisi for a mandoomis to admit Mr. Alderman Rose to the office of president, the governors being advised that it will be more convenient to state thel objectioas to the right claimed by the City on tho r !u l . t e Writ. 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