The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-31 00:00:00

.... -..-------.."..e1fi1an1 iMik r ___„ ... ,,,,...- • 1 - ."-- -, - - L -' . .2F-.- . MW.N.J , !!n.....•-•-•..••}• - * - """ " C7":::_ ,'"-- ! I r" ---- 1 1 Wr ""* M . \ --- : .-- ' -'.'"-- 7 ."'. ••••..., ,..r..••••••-•. ~.................................---..........................--- MONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS. ---This day. AND ORDINARY SHARES AND STOUKS. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Paid.' Closing Business Sharel Railways. Price. done. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val, the and Tyne. all 8' 81 25 all - - The minimum rate of discount at the Bank of England conti nues a t 7 p er cent., the directors 10 ill Boyst.,Sfeat.,andMid.Co. all 8 81 eatt Caledonian Exete r . . . , 10000 IV. 122 having at their weekly meeting to-day refrained 50 Cork and Bandon - - from making any alteration. There is an abundant 20 Cornwall 2 10 Do A supply of money, and the inquiries, although ti 8..- 10 Do. B i all - - been paid to B. raulated by the usual disbursements at this period, 50 Dublin it Belfast June. all 37 39 25 Dun.,Perth,& Ali. June. all 16 17 are not sufficient to produce the slightest pressure. at Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 96 98 k i 6p et a s .p n a o n.h d a i A ,, ) allall 6_ l 7 . 1 About 159,000 in gold was taken into the, Vi i ;e r s d t . e s r t n k . 1 0 0 0 0 107 49 1 5 0 0 9 50i Bank yesterday. : l Ir l a e s a g t and• East e r s ia . at Ditto A stock The Seine, from the West Indies, has brought at a Great D " l i ci E r a t s h t o A t l o i i t a l u a Scotland at 100 lOO 71 81 £663,852. at Great Northern lOO 127 128 1271 at Do A stock The share list of the Mauritius Land Credit and at Do Bdo Agency Company will be closed on Friday next, s a l (G;4:eSitialliiTelZ. r o n t Irelan, 6 0 4 0 4 651 6 the Ist Januar. at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 - - y n, st Lancashire it Yorks - Idre 160 1111 1111 1124 111 ihe Landon office of the Anglo-Austrian Bank at London and Blackwall 100 72 74 731 at Lon., 8r4,••ht.,,5: S. Coast 100 107 1 108 ; 1084 9 Will be in active operation on and from Friday , the at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 43 41 Ist January, under the management of Francis S a t Lon. & North Western 100 : 10 N 7 1 4 1 1 0 0 7 2 1 1 1 6 0 2 8 1 1 1 i 1 Breuer, Esq., for many years in the house of , t t Lo a n . .. ,z A h s e o t : : TlLe n s c t o e l : n n 100 100 50 51 1 5:1 Messrs. Friihlin and Go.chen. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - - 121 Do j shares all - - g The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to at Metropolitan all 1111 1121 1111 at Midland this day are in round figures as under :- 1.4.0 Do New 1863. 1862. at Do Birming. & Derby 100 99 101 Great Western L 63,594 £54,593 50 25 Mid. o Gt. W. of Ireland a ll North-Westem all - - South-Western .......... 521 631 - - Bright on Midland 48,438 43,538 at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 125 t 6 23,202 21,481 Great N or th ern South-Eastern 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 - -ii at Do Leeds lOO 581 501 60 I .ancashire and Yorkshire 37,970 32,363 at Do York Bristol and Exeter - - North-E as t e rn Alanehester, Sheffield, and Lincoln.. North British :\lidland and Great Western (Ireland) 11 S . c N ei;tr J a tlnction. all 100 122 126 The ab :ve returns, compared with those of the at at Scot N. E.,l i b d er a . to s e t? l ck 100 42 1 g Same period of last year, are of a most satisfactory 10 Sh p re o ß B •s e . o and Welchpool all - - character. On the Great Western there is an at Lh u rCgsV e r y e o U n niOn .... increase of £9,001 ; on the North Western, of et South Eastern £9,968 ; on the South Western, of £4,004 ; on at r t h l V a a n le d River Dun 1000 97 1 - 9 th e Brighton, of £124 ;on the Midland, of 14,900 ; 20 =Claciso'inr=g;gt all :I a! 101 on the South Eastern, of 11,721 ;on the Great 25 Do l7 9 10 Northern, of £5,303 ;on the Lancashire and York- 2 , 5 t T l ) fr o v N a e le w : 1 .! 6 . C . .... 158 1 2 1 ' shire, of 15,607 ;on the North Eastern, of £5,134; 3 1 0 0 1! ) 0 0 B 8 25 1 3 61 i 1 p on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of 60 Ulster - - 5 Do - £2,522 ; and on the North British, of £ 919 . t 22 .10 Do - p Application having been made to :he Land ata N a l t e o o r t ia N s e tt h an d Plm , Mortgage Bank of India to undertake the agency st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 -- - of the Credit Foncier in tha Mauritius by nearly at %sir' es ll poolHar.&R. l 1 100 -- - a hundred of the leading colonists, a special at West Midland -Old ordl 100 - - a t Do Newport 100 --- general meeting of the shareholders has been st Do Here f o rd 100 - - summoned for Monday, the 11th January, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering BRITISH POSSESSIONS. the propriety of enlarging the provisions of the • • Closing articles of association, so as to enable the company ',hart Ballw aye Paid. Price. Business don. _ to undertake such and similar agencies for other _,hart irflai,itic -- .cSt Lawrene, all 60 e 2 Born.,Baroda.t.Cent Inc 100 104 1( 5 105 I companies throughout the British possessions in Sk Gu. 5 percent... the East. 20 Do. New 8 1 1 p 111 20 Do. E. Shares , - 201 Buffalo and Laiie Huron all 6 61 10 Do. Preterance TWO O'CLOCK. ‘0 ,., ( Bulialo,Brant o tGodrici; iou ..... _ At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Renter's -I5 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 iOO Do. do. July 1, 187, , 100 - - telegram) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 40c. 100 00. do. June 1, 167 , 1 100 - - at Clcutta.,eS.l•iastn.(Liu , 100 102 IC4 Firm, at Cape Town 2.,• Dock Scri; 100 101 103 Further indications of depression are perceptible s to c ek Eastn. Bengal gu. 6p. 106 )07 i k East Indian. gm. sp. c. 100 1( 5 107 a the market for Consols, which appear to be un- 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 i IIP I Do. do. H do. favourably affected by the dulness of business, and sto ck 2o Grand Trunk of Canada luv 20 21 21 a feeling of anxiety with regard to Continental 100 a 1 ) lo o .. i o s o t . P d r e ( i'e f. rr ß e o d nds :: all 73 5 7 :1 74" 1 politics, especially the Schleswig-Holstein affair, 100 10 Do. o. V . l'it.l3onds all 65 67 66 5 1 deferred all 50 33 Which, it is still thought, will lead to serious diffi- 100 Do. 3d Peet. stociz : culties. Consols are 91- i for transfer, and 911 Irc, 'go o: do. d jr f e e t rr a e t d o . e . i .... : all all 273 42 28 9 8 t exactly for the account. The New Threes and Do. do. deferred-- all 22 107 t Annuities are 91fr i ; India 5 per Cents., stock 2o Gtg o n . d isi ta e P w e g n u an a ..g s u p a..s* , .. 00 41 c . 1 12 %WI 10 6=7; 1, ; and Exchequer Bills, 9s. to 4 s. dis.; Bank st 2 o o ok Gt p g . o j ut a ro a i r lit'clia B62 (Lim 8 14 11P 5 Stock is marked 235 f. guara nteed 5 per oent. 100 1051 1064 ressed V 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 ioi f The Foreign Market opened with a dep 205 Do. New 10073 w't opt. all 95 appearance, but more firmness has since prevailed, 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. i, 77-B. th ... all 86 88 and business is moderately active. Turkish 6 per 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 In 25 Cents., s t oc k Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 10 6 107 1862, are 71 k ; do. Consolides, 471 48 ; stook D 0.42 p. 0. Extension 100 100 101 a a Mexican, 37 i s ; Greek, 24 2 „ 1 ; do. Coupons, 11,}• stock Dc. 4* d 0........ ICO W 100 ' 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- - d Spanish Passive, 348 35 ; do. Certificates, 141 1 ; stock 51elb.Corp. 6p. a. Bads. 100 - - i? 50 Melb. & Hobaon's Bay. all 57 59 x Portuguese, 49 I; Russian, 89,1 a ; and the Con- 100 Do. 7p. o. 51ortg. Bda. all - - federate Loan, 37 39. 20 Newßruaswick a Canda a Class A. and B. d The operations in the Railway Share Market N.lll.C'das pc lat pi bds 100 82 84 (100 104 105 have been rather restricted, although prices have s t oc k s°inde *-- - 1 stock Do. Delhi • • ' 100 106 107 ; g 0.- Shown increased buoyancy, owing to the favourable 20 Do. do r 3 c ,O 2 1 fp 211 Ly at Do. Punjaub a: all 1051 101 l traffi c receipts on most of the principal lines. Great Do. Do. , ;,,a, 190 - - r- Vo . . i ~. ~ -w_....___ t......„ „A.,„„,1 g „, . a' ock Do. Indus. St. Flo ) k . lOO , lOl 103 Further indications of depression are perceptible ja the market for Consols, which appear to be un favourably affected by the dulness of business, and a feeling of anxiety with regard to Continental Politics, especially the Schleswig-Holstein affair, Which, it is still thought, will lead to serious diffi culties. Consols are 911 for transfer, and 911 exactly for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 911 ; India 5 per Cents., 10 6: ; and Exchequer Bills, 9a. to 4s. die.; Bank Stock is marked 2359. The Foreign Market opened with a depressed appearance, but more firmness has since prevailed, and business is moderately active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71 ; do. Consolides, 471 48 ; Mexican, 371 4 ; Greek, 24Z 1 ; do. Coupons, llf ; Spanish Passive, 341 35 ; do. Certificates, 141 4 ; Portuguese, 49 1; Russian, 89k 6 ; and the Con federate Loan, 37 39. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been rather restricted, although prices have shown increased buoyancy, owing to the favourable traffi c receipts on most of the principal lines. Great Western and North Western have advanced ss. ; Great Eastern, 10s,; and Great Northern and Lon don and Blackwall, £l. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings no material alteration has taken place in prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally main tain former rates. Hindustan, China, and Japan have improvedi33l 34 ;,London and:Brazilian to 55 65 1 ;;and Union of London to 40 . 1 ; London Finan cial shares are firm at 236 8 ; Discount Corporation at q!; International Financial at 10; and Royal Mail Steam at 771 78. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ui) 1877-81 100 105 107 Do. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug 100 103 1(5 Do. d p.o.Mar.& Sept. 100 163 1(5 Do. Fp. o. Jan.&July. 100 43 95 Do. 5 Inseribed stock 100 98 94 CapeG.Uope. 6 p 0,1873 100 106 108 I Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 109 611 Do. 189( 100 109 111 I Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 112 114 Ceyion, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 I')6 108 INatal Gov. 6 per cent 130 1. , .8 110 6 p.o.J a.&July 100 104 106 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. ( ov. 5 p 186( 100 100 102 Du. sp. c.,lBti to la( 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 1011 1021 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. e. sterling, 1875. lOO 105 107 ,Queensland Gcv. 6p. c 100 1:1 113 8. Aus G6p.c.1878.&up 100 111 113 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. JadrJuly 100 107 109 Do. io 6 p.c. An.&Oct.. 100 1591 1106 ) 1101 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 id übilord Amalgamated 34 85 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 560 67 0 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 68 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 53. Id par East Caradon 2.14.6 27 28 East Cam Brea.... E. WlRusse)(Tavistk ) 8.9.0 5 5} GamAStAtioyn(Gwen 8 10 ;Great South Tolgus l7B 4 41 G. Wheal Vor (11.elston' 40 12 13 !Grenville 6.16. r 4 41 lier:A's- Foot . 8.12 /17 39 El ingston Downs 4.18.0 21 8 Lady Bertha Margaret (Guy Lelant 96 14 16 3larke Valley.. 4 , Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ' 4 1 1 d New Setun l9l 90 100 • North Downs l6 1/ S.Wh'l 13aseetallozan 3.1.0 2g, 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze)) 20 Providenoe(Uny Lelia) 10.6.7 42 44 South Caradon(St.Cleer , 11 413 125 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal rran. (Illogan 18.18.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 15 ramar SilV.& Lead Kin. 41 1 fin Cron i/ 18 19 West Basset (Illogan) ll 96 101 W C' radon (Liskeard) 5 18 20 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 85 90 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 221 271 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 116 12 Wheal Beton 5Bl 150 160 Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 21 22 V Union 3.17 21 21 BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2355 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ~,Per Cent. Console Annuities 9 14 A ft New 3 per Cent. Annuities 31 per Cent. Annuities 6 Per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 New A 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891.. .. Iltartuties, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 144 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 lo6f 4 1 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1883 — Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 95 Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 55 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 ... Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 99 13 euak Stock for Account Ditto Bonds £I,OOU par r , Ditto under £l,OOO .... ~.otisols for Account, Jan. 7 915 1 Aedia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i dg 3 per Cent 4 9 die Ditto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 .. ... Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 - Ditto 1863 Ditto Scrip, 1863, L3O paid 'B uenos Ayres 6 per Cent — C olombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd ...... _ l l.a, 6 per C en t. vreek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. -- Ditto Account 244 i 1 Ditto Coupons — Guatemala 5 per Cent. _ D itto Account — Italia n 6 per Cent.(Maremtnana Railway) °l exical). 3 per Cent _ o Ditto Account 74 7 i t_orillit Imperial 5 per Cent ...."'kiorr ef:Zer Cent. — Ditto Ditto Laned‘ri — Ditto 1 per Cent, arrants (Hectares) — Ditto 3 (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Poruvian Pe zp r er e e en e t t Ditto Account.. ; Ditto 45 per Cent:l'B6**i _ Ditto Account.. • Piedmontese, 5 per Cen_t . .,v2i ....... - Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 . • Ditto Account, .49 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, Pi , ,60, 62,'3 • Ditto Account ................... 494 Ditto, 1863 .......... Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid ........... 14 m Russian 5 p er Cent., 1822, £ St ...... p Ditto 44 pe r Cent 1850 ....... ... Ditto 1860 Ditto Account Pitt° 3 per Cent., 1669 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 B9l 4 Sardinian 6 per Cent ........ ... - Nan Account ...... .. ................ 'Vanish 3 per Cent ............. 51 Ditt o A c count. .............. ..... Ditto New Deferred .................... :- Ditto Account ..................... Ditto Passive ..................... 344 1 Ditto Account ...... 4 Panish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account iik iiii I ,..Nvotliall, 4 per Cent •ea Di ttoritish count Cent. 1854 7 A..... Ditto 6 Otto A c co Cent. 1858 70 . 694 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 D itto Account 714 Ditto £lOO Bonds.. 7l Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 — D itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto D e b entures, 4 per C t., O c t., 1863 v tkezuela 3 per Ceut. -Vitt° Account bitto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account .. 55 jil,eu.striaDniovisdends on the above payable in London. per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. t 'gum 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f t.!-Y13.1 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil -uitto 4 per Cent. Certificates — Ditto Account,.... ,ranchi, Renter, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f .... it,x-uittto Scrip (1863) £l2Bs. 3d. paid.... pm 1 R 11 ) 6 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 106 LINES LEASED AP FIXED RENTALS. Shrewsbury and Hereford, 137 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9 Namur and Liege gua. 14f. per annum, 8 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., zoi esinsolo Money TWO O'CLOCK, 91k Ditto'Account 10' ith ,at his were little And lance , t the atch- ?DS" hted ,ut it time beta '' rat ? Bence tcd th°, _ r• sit )ringo i °ur or th e 11 0,51 re the cej to_ P lace ° f r. (' J 1 01° FOREIGN 311NE13. Cape Copper, Rm., 61 Scottish Australian, Rm.., St. John del Rey (11m.), 5i United Mexican (1104, 6 51 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lonna nn and Liverpool .(tira.), 45h 6 Anglo Austrian, 7 Australasia, 77 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 374 Consolidated Bank, lim., 11 104 East London, lim., 8 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 321 4 imperial Ottoman, 18 . London and Brazilian aim.), 65 London, Birm , and S. Staffordshire, 1im.,144 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 274 London and County, 59 London and South African, 27 London and South American, lira., 7 London and Westminster, 81 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 224 National of Liverpool, limited, 204 National Provincial of England. Ditto, ditto, 2k4 Oriental Bank Corporation, 57'64 Standard of British South Africa (lim►), 234 Union of Australia, 584 Union of London, 401 DOCKS.' Victoria, 1011 MISCELLANEOUS. Discount Corporation, limited, 6* Egyptian Commercial and Trading lim., 3/ 4 English and Austral ian Copper, 2i Crcdit and Finance of London, Um., fik i nternational Financial Society, 1.0 Liatook Discount, 7i London°, new, 1 Nati o Pinan^ial Association , 23rf nal b i ••• Nerbudd a c Count Company, 11111., 10 Royal Aw l , gz!. and Iron, 51 "I. 77j S BALLOONING direction of the War FobM Department experiments will be carried out by Mr. cox MILITARY rIIIIFO S E S . —By at Woolwich to-day to de monstrate the utility of ballo o n sell means of ascertaining the numbers and position of ara r t a nd uchwas engaged during yesterday in iaali s t u a a tY force. Mr. Coxwell ending the infla tion of his monster balloon from the erint Government gasworks at the Royal Arsenal, and the ascent will place this morning, the troops being ordered to assemble out in two disisions. On arriving at a certain e l ob servations will be taken, and a report made by C ozwell glad various acie,P,rm who will accompany him. * THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Yesterday a naval court-martial, composed of Capt. Ful ford, of the Formidable, 84, President ; Capt. Hall, C. 8., Cumberland, 70 ; Capt, Keane, Cumberland ; Commander Barrow, Cumberland ; and Commander Carnegie, Salaman der, 6, assembled on board the Formidable, flagship of Ad miral of the Blue, Sir G. R. Lambert, K.C.8., Naval Com mander-liv Chief at the Nore, for the trio). of Assist.-Surg. Wm. Christopher Fairbairn, of the Fisgard, 42, doing duty at the Royal Marine Infirmary, Woolwich, " for conduct unlgecoming an officer in drinking intoxicating liquors to such excess as to produce illness, by which ho was incapa citated for the performance of his duty on the 2d December last." Mr. W. H. Knight, of the firm of B•sell, Knight, and Arnold, solicitors, Rochester, was the official prosecu tor. The prisoner, who pleaded Nut Guilty, was assisted by Mr. Fairbairn, solicitor, Woolwich. In support of the prosecution, Deputy-Inspector-General J. Sal tnon, principal medLal officer at the Royal Marine Infirmary, and two other witnesses were examined, and at the close of their evidence the Court adjourned for an hour to enable the prisoner to prepare his defpce. The prisoner examined six witnesses to disprove the charge, and handed in a number of certificates of character from officers and others under whom he had served. After deliberating for a short time the Court considered the charge not to have been proved, and therefore acquitted the prisoner. _ The Dromedary, steam store ship, Commander A. Brown, whose arrival at Spithead from Ascension was reported in The Sun of yesterday, disembarked her passengers and in validl3 yesterday morning, and sailed for Woolwich imme diately afterwards to discharge ber stores, &c. The Sprigh'ly, steam tender, Master Commander Allen, sailed from Portsmouth for Dartmouth yesterday morning, with supernumeraries and marines to join the Britannia at that port. The ironcased ship Royal Oak, 35, Capt. Fred. K. A. Campbell, attached to the Channel squadron, but destined for the Mediterranean, having been thoroughly repaired in Keyham yard, is now lying in the stream in Hamoaze, and will shortly be removed to Plymouth Sound. The iron troop ship Tamar, 2, Capt. Fred. H. Stirling, was placed on Tuesday in the Prince's Dock at Key ham steam-yard, for the purpose of overhauling her valves, &c., prior to her being sent to sea, probably the Mediterranean, for the removal of troops from Corfu. The ironcased screw steam frigate Prince Consort, 35, having had made good the defects arising from her at tempted passage to Liverpool early in November, has been removed from No. 2 dock in Keyham yard, and put along side the jetty in the basin, to replenish with coal prior to being replaced at her moorings among the vessels of the first-class Steam Reserve in Hamoaze. _ The screw steam-frigate Topaze, 31, Commodore the Hon. John W. S. Spencer, recently returned from hor station in the Pacific, was hauled on Tuesday alongside the hulk Kent, in Hamoaze, when her masts were taken out. She was then removed to Devonport dockyard, preparatory to being placed in the third division of the Steam Reserve in Hamoaze. Her crew will probably be paid off to-day. Yesterday the powerful floating masting-shears at Chat ham were towed down from the harbour to the moorings at Gillingham, whore the iron frigate Achilles, 6,070 tons, 1,250 -horse power, is being prepared for sea, to lift the boilers, and also the masts, on board that vessel. The first slip at Chatham dockyard, from which the paddle wheel steamer Salamis, 250-horse power, was launched a few months since, not being required at present for ship building purposes, has been converted into a store for the reception of the iron plates to be used in the construction of the Bellerophon and the Lord Warden. The principal portion of the plate iron for the first-mentioned vessel has been contracted for by Messrs. Moser, and a considerable quantity has arrived at the dockyard, where it is stored in the places appropriated for it. The armour-plates for the Lord Warden will be supplied by Messrs. Brown and Co., of Sheffield, but none of their number have yet arrived at the dockyard. The new barracks at Warley are now occupied, and are found to be well adapted for the purposes required. The following promotions and appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—John T. H. Norris and Thos. Huss, promoted to staff-commanders ; Wm. H. Mallard, promoted to staff-commander on the reserved list; Stop ford C, Tracey, master, to the Orestes; Dr. John Bower, surgeon, to the Hogue; Edward W. H. Veale, assist.-pay master, to the Victory; Robert Dinwiddie, clerk to the Royal Oak ; Francis B. S. Robinson, John K: Noss, Alfred R. Wroot, and Henry E. Whitley, assist• clerks, to the Marlborough. Oriental Inland Steam Company (Limited), The eighth annual general meeting of the share holders of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern—the chairman of the company, Lieutenant-Colonel John Grimes, presiding. The SECRETARY, Mr. Robert Wilson, having read the advertisement convening the meeting, the report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he had very little to add to it except in regard to the unsatisfactory working of the vessels of the Ganges,. The loss resulting from those ves- sels confirmed what the directors, at the last meet- ing, led the directors to expect. It was absolutely indispensable to close the agency on the Ganges, end to transfer such of the vessels as were suitable to the Indus, where the prospects were much more favourable. Their only vessel on the Indus had earned a good deal of money last year. The loss at Calcutta arose from two causes—the great fall which had taken place in freights, and the fact of their two principal vessels being •completely un suited for river traffic, owing partly to their draught of water, and partly to the expense of working them. It was said the directors were responsible for this, but they only held themselves responsible for having adopted the advice of the managing director, who was the designer of the boats, and ought to have known what water they would draw. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible for the board to be so conversant with those matters as a gentleman who was an engineer and shipbuilder, and if they had trusted too much to his knowledge and state ments that was the extent of their delinquency. The Ganges was designed by Mr. Bourne, and in tended to take four barges, but the attempt of the Indus to go up the river Indus with three barges was fraught with so much danger that they at once negatived the Ganges going up with the same num ber, and she only took two barges. They would have suffered a much more serious loss by the Indus if they had attempted a voyage with four. The profits on the River Indus would have been much greater if they had been able to have another vessel at work. Teey only had one vessel during the year there, but she had paid all the expenses of the Kur rachee agency, and a considerable sum had been re mitted to this country from her earnings. They all remembered the suit instituted against the Victoria Insurance Company in respect to the insurance of £5,000 on the Ganges, and which had been pend ing so long. The decision was in favour of this company, but the insurance company appealed to the Court of Exchequer. After some negotiation, the directors had come to a compromise by which they were to receive the £5,000 from the insurance company, and £5OO towards the casts and interest. The legal expenses and the interest amounted to considerably more than £5OO, but as the London office of the insurance company was about to be broken up, and as the prosecution of their claim in Australia would involve much expense and trouble, they thought it advisable to accept that sum. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the transfer of the vessels from the Ganges to the Indus, there could be no doubt that, at a certain season of the year, boats of that description might safely be sent round one port to the other. If they were not sent round he did not see what could be done with them, as, on the Ganges, they did not earn sufficient to pay the expenses of the agency there, whereas on the Indus they would earn large sums of money. Owing to the number of steamers on the Ganges they could not expect theirs to pay, though they were the best steamers. The best thing they could do with the Jumna, which was not yet launched, and the Ganges, whose draught of water was too great, was to sell them, and such plant at Calcutta as they did not want. This only could b e done at a consider able sacrifice, but it was better to sell them than let Cam lie up for an indefinite period. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. The motion was seconded by Mr. John Besemeres, a director. • Sir HENRY DRUMMOND WOLFF said that, look ing to the melancholy balance-sheet and the poor prospects of improvement, the shareholders ought rather to combine and see what could be done for the future than criminate and recriminate as to the past, and regretted that any allusion had been made to Mr. Bourne, the former managing director. (Hear, hear.) He entirely agreed with the recan t . mended= of the directors that the sphere of their operations should henceforth be restricted to the Indus. On the Ganges they had perhaps done all they could, though, by endeavouring to amalgamat e with, rather than to rival, the other interests on that river, he thought they might have earned something of a dividend. He could not agree with the direc tors that they had any right to insert in the report a compliment to the manager there. When they found themselves in a state approaching bankruptcy they might have made observations of a more prac tical nature. There was much to be done by trans ferring the vessels to the Indus, but he did not see how they could send river boats from Calcutta to Kurrachee. They would run the risk of the storms to be met with in any part of the year in those latitudes, and no company would undertake their insurance. They sent a river steamer only half insured all the way from England to India, which was entirely lost to the company. The directors had made an entire mistake in a:most threatening the shareholders in the report to break up the company if they did not choose or were unable to bring forward money for the preference shares. He did not know whether the directors had taken up any of those shares before they made the threat. If they had not, they ought to make some allowance for the shareholders, and not have assumed so high a tone. They say—" The directors think it right to make a further appeal to those shareholders who have not yet applied for their proportion of these shares; becatise, unless a considerably larger num ber is subscribed for, it will be the duty of the directors, in accordance with the condition con tained in their circular of November 2, to re turn the deposit money to the contributors, the results of which step would, in all probability, be the breaking up of the company." He wished to say that he had entered into negotiations, though unauthorised, with certain parties, and though he regretted he was unable to state the actual result, he believed that if his proposal were carried out it would be of considerable advantage to the company. He had seen Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., their principal creditors, and explained his views to them, and he was authorised to say that, if there was a reasonable prospect of those views being car ried into effect, he might rely on their indulgence. (Hear, hear.) If these negotiations succeeded, there would be some chance of placing the company in a much better position than it now held, if not of re storing it to its pristine vigour. He therefore in tended to propose that a small committee should be appointed to examine into these negotiations and ascertain whether they were likely to succeed, and that this meeting should be adjourned until the com mittee were able to report. (Hear, hear.) There was a great difference of opinion as to the liability of the C shareholders. It was hard to press them to pay money which they did not contemplate when they took the shares, but people had no right to enter into speculations without knowing the liability they incurred. (Hear, hear.) If his plan were successful, the question of the C shareholders might be submitted to the arbitration of some common friend or distinguished counsel, by whose decision both parties should abide. Those shareholders wered in this position, that if the company wound up, up, they would, he was told, be legally bound to psi); up their shares to the utmost. (Hear.) t t hey could manage to float the company without sueh a hard expedient, it would be more generous and more likely to benefit them all in the long run. (Hear, hear.) the directors would Capt. HENDERSON hop ed allow the committee to be formed. Mr. MAPLES also supported the proposal for a committee. From what Sir H. Wolff had told him gett i ng out of their difficulti es , an d he believed that h is scheme presented the mos t practical way of was well worth a trial. The CHAIRMAN disclaimed, on the part of the directors, any intention to make a threat to break up the compan y unless the preference shares were taken. Sir H. D. WOLFF said if h had been mistaken he would withdraw the Ptiltement he had made. He MANSION-HOUSE. DARING RORBERY.—Two women named Rogers and Wilson were placed at the bar charged with highway rob bery. The prosecutrix, a lady named Bancroft, said last night she missed the last train from Poplar to Fonchurch•street, and in consequence she had to walk the distance. When she arrived in Bishopsgate-street, she met the two prisoners one of who was crying. They asked her to give them a cup of tea, and the tale they told was such a distressing one that she consented to give them what they required, and they took her to a coffee shop, but she did not know the name of the street in which it was (Widegate-street). Rogers (beginning to cry)--011, my gracious I—why, it's all false. Mr. Good—Don't make that noise. I suppose you think you are not known. This remark took the prisoner by surprise, and she then assumed a very impudent manner. The witness then proceeded with her evidence. She took out her purse to pay for the tea, and there being about 12s. in it, she supposed it attracted their attention, for imme•. diately on getting into the street the prisoner Rogers struck her between the eyes, and Wilson, she supposed, tool: the puree out of her pocket, and having emptied it, threw it on the ground. The half of her return ticket was in the purse. The female searcher at the Bislaopsgate Police Station found some silver on the prisoner Wilson, and also the half railway ticket. . . . - Rogers—The old woman was quite overcome with drink I never touched her. The few boys who were round her in the street must have had her ha'pence. Wilson—l never took her money. The railway ticket she threw at me while we were in the coffee-shop. The gaoler said Wilson had been convicted at the Old Bailey, and both had been many times summarily convicted. Wilson—There's a mistake about that. Rogers—l never was convicted in my life. The Lord Mayor committed both prisoners for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE ORGAN-GRINDING NUISANCE.—Antonio Capatali, an Italian organ player, from Saffron-hill, was charged be fore Mr. Knox with annoying Mr. John Frederick Stan ford, barrister, of 7, Langham-place, by playing an organ in front of his house. Mr. Stanford said—About half-past five yesterday after noon the defendant came and played in front of my house, 7, Langham-place, and as I am much engaged in literary occupations, I am much annoyed by these men. I requested the defendant to go away, and after a few minutes he did so, but came back again and played on the other side of the house. At last I saw a constable, and thinking I would make an example of the defendant, I gave him into cus tody. The defendant—who I believe understands English —then became very violent, and got a mob round my door. I went to the Regent-circus, and obtained another con stable, and then the defendant was removed. Mr. Knox—Defendant, do you understand what has been said ? The defendant did not, or pretended not, and ML, Knox explained it to him in Italian. Mr. Stanford—Although I ordered him away he refused to go. Mr. Knox—You are engaged in an occupation which renders silence necessary ? Mr, Stanford—l am. Mr. Knox—That is one of the requirements of the act, which says illness or any reasonable cause. Collins, '295 A—The defendant was given into my custody for annoying the complainant. He was not playing when I took him into custody but sitting on his organ. The defendant was 'very violent. _ _ Mr. Knox—These men are a most abominable nuisance, I am well aware ; but the question is, whether the defendant is rightly in custody or not. Had the man been playing when the constable came up, he would have been justified in taking him into custody. The right course for you, Mr. Stanford, will be to take out a summons against the man and have him punished that way. Mr. Stanford—lf the act is strictly carried out, I shall have no protection whatever, as the moment 1 go for a con stable the men put down their organs and pretend not to be playing. The men begin at a quarter to nine of a morn ing, and continue all day —either at the back or front of my house, and I am obliged, owing to the irritation it causes me sometimes, to go out of the house. I am annoyed almost as much as Mr. Babbage, and to wage war with the men is almost au impossibility. Mr. Knox—l am most anxious to relieve you, but I wish to do so strictly in accordance with law. I will therefore grant you a summons, and if the man does not appear, a warrant shall issue. The defendant was then discharged. THAMES. THE GREATEST VIRACW IN THE DISTRICT.—Emma Mason, a very drunken and dissipated woman, who has done immense mischief in her time, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with being drunk and disorderly, and violently assaulting Samuel Strickland, No. 83 K. The complainant said, that at an early hour this morn ing the prisoner and a mart with whom she cohabited were quarrelling and abusing each other in the Old Manor-road, at the back of Stepney Old Church. He desired them to go home and the man after some persuasion did leave, but the prisoner would nat leave, and made use of the most horrible language that ever escaped the lips of a human being. He then took her into custody and she made a violent attack upon him, and bit his finger. He removed her a short distance, and she then threw her self on the ground, and kicked . and plunged in such a man ner that he could not remove her until he obtained assist ance. She repeatedly struck him and attempted to scratch his face. The Prisoner—You took advantage of my weakness, you villain. (Laughter.) The Policeman—Weakness, indeed I The prisoner is a match for any two men in the force, and five men were engaged in bringing her to the station-house. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner had been repeatedly in custody for assaults, drunkenness, riotous conduct, attempting to commit suicide, and other offences. The prisoner and her paramour were a nuisance to society, and had frequently created a disturbance in the Commercial-road and other places, to the annoyance of the respectable inhabitants. _ 111 r. Partridge—Has she been punished before ? Roche—She has been committed to prison over and over again. _Mr. Partridge—l shall commit the prisoner to the House of Correction for six weeks, and to be kept to hard labour. The prisoner gave utterance to a volley of obscenity and, abuse, and demanded two months' imprisonment. She was about to resist the gaoler, when he declared he would have none of her antics, forced her into a cell in an instant and locked her up. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 40s 5d ; barley, 32s Od ; oats, 19s Od ; rye, 33$ 6d ; beans, 34s 4d ; and peas, 33s Bd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 408 '7d; barley, 33s Id ; oats, 19s 4d; rye, 31s Id ; beans, 35a 2d ; peas, 33s 10d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 106,031; barley, 100,013 ; oats, 14,411; rye, 73; beans, 4,691; peas, 2,329 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average supply of beasts on offer in to-day's mark. All breeds met a dull inquiry, and Monday's prices were barely supported. Tha extreme value of the best Scots was 5s 2d per 81bs. The show of sheep was seasonably goad. Downs and half-breda moved off feely, at full currencies; but heavy sheep were a slow sale, at late rates. The top figure was 6s per Blbs. Choice calves were firm, and the turn dearer. Otherwise, the veal trade was inactive. Pigs and milch cows were very dull, but not quotably lower. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. _ _ s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Prime large oxen 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, otc. 5 0 6 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 4 8 5 2 Suckling calves, 12s to 20s 20s to 25s each. s. d. s. d. Prime crs-wool d 0.5 4 6 8 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Largo orse. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 0 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 ; and quarter-old store pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY Beasts Cows llO Sheep Calves l5O Pigs . 220 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. 202 Sheep and lambs BOO Calves Pigs' MEAT MARKETS. NENVGA.TE AND LEADENLIALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate good, and the trade rules inactive, as follows • —Beef, from 2s 10d to 48 2d; mutton, 38 6d to 4s 6d ; veal, 4s to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the car case. SOUTHALL, Dec. 30.—The smiles of fat stock were very moderate. Generally speaking, the trade ruled inac . tive at about previous quotations. Beet, from 38 ficl to 58 Od; mutton, 4s 2d to 6s Od; veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Dec. 30.—Prime beasts sold freely at slightly enhanced rates ; otherwise, the trade was somewhat heavy. Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s Od ; veal, 48 2d to 4s 6d; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 6d per albs; suck. ling calves, 12s to 20s; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 265; and milch cows, £l4 to £lB Os each. HAY MARIC2T S. SAttznymn.-I\leadow hay, £3 Os to £4 103 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 103 per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—MewIow bay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 108 per load. Trade inactive. WHlTEctuPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 108 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 128 61; and straw, £1 6s to £t lOs per load. Supply -moderate, Lady Bloomfield loft town on Monday for Wim pole Hall, Cambridgeshire, on a visit to the Earl and Coun tess of Hardwieke. Her ladyship joins Lord Bloomfield in Vienna next mouth. Loss of her Majesty's Gunboat Lively. The Dutch mail, which arrived on Tuesday, brought intelligence of a most fearful gale from the N.W. with hail and snow at intervals, having been raging along the whole extent of the Dutch, Danish, and adjacent range of coast, occasioning much havoc amongst the shipping. The weather had been very tempestuous the lest week or so, but on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the wind gradually increased in violence until it blew with the force of a hurri cane. Foremost amongst the disasters is the re parted loss of her Majesty's gunboat Lively, Lieut. Welch, which had been despatched in search of the missing trawling smacks from the Humber. It is stated that the Lively had been driven ashore at Texel, and that Mr. Herne, the engineer, was drowned, the rest of the crew being saved. On the receipt of the news the Lords of the Admiralty directed her Majesty's steamer Medusa, lying at Sheerness, to proceed with all despatch to the mouth of the Texel with the hope of getting the gunboat off. No satisfactory tidings had been gleaned of the seven or eight missing trawling smacks, except that the sterns of the small boats bearing the names of two of the vessels, Richard and Harry of Hull, and Kingston of Hull have been washed ashore near Texel, giving rise to the worst fears as to their fate. Two steamers are reported to have been blown ashore. One was the Auguste Louise, sc - rew steamship, which was on a voyage from Ham burg to Rotterdam. Like the Wilhelmsberg, emi grant ship, she was cast upon the Terschelling some three or four miles out from the island. A large Swedish ship, called the Sumatra, Captain Brandin, which was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg, was lost near the land, and, with the exception of two or three, the whole of her crew perished. The John Margrieta, bound to Zwolle, from the Tyne, stranded and then sank off Harlin gen, and of those on board only the pilot and a boy are stated to have been saved. A long list of vessels wrecked has been posted, and in several instances the crews are reported to be missing. A Pilot Stabbed while in Charge of a Vessel. Another of those cases of stabbing by seamen, which have been so freqnent i n this port of late occurred on board a Spanish ship in the Mersey last night. It appears that the ship Maria y Vicente in arrived in the river yesterday Henry Irvine, pilot, of No, 6 charge of James p.iletTbnosat,shwipho an chored sides, at 126, Wellington-road opposite the King's Dack, it b e i ng intended to dock her at high tide. While in a h was ordered, and Irvine requested a the t nn e riverori g h cook nn tea of the im vessel, Orlean San Francisco, a my, to bring some sardines. On hearing the order the cook evinced a sulky disposition, muttered something which could not be disting uished, and refused to comply with the pilot's request. A short time afterwards Irvine repeated the order, when the cook again muttered an unintelligible expression. Irvine then gave the cook a slight push, and turned away. A minute afterwards Irvine felt something and. The cook trickling down one of his legs, and o a n nd loo th k a in t g bi s n a o w d , and Irvine, who as the vessel t w h a a s t fi h n e w w i n a g s nsstalabiabnesdlyinfratinhe tthhiegwho, t on shore and went hw aa ds bi ne t e o an a fna anchoredoi n t h t i e n r g npartin the dt o hi f tei the sbn a% a s ship, pswo soon nn gave information of the occurrence to police constable Barrow; No. 7. This officer, in company with police-constables 366 and 523, got into a boat, went on board the vessel, and asked for the cook. They were told that he was in the forecastle, and after they had called to him he came on deck. They told him that he was charged with stabbing Irvine, when he replied that he was cutting chips and that Irvine fell against his knife. On being asked by the police-officers where his knife was, he went into the galley and produced it. The knife, a formidable leaking instrument, with a blade about five inches long, was covered w ith blood. The injured man , who had lost a great qua n tity of bl o od, was conveyed in a cab to the N or th ern Hospital, where the w ound was dressed a nd he w as then conveyed home . The surgeons st a t e d that though i Irvine was not in immediate danger the wound wa s a most serious one, and it is doubtful whether he will be able to appear before the magis trates to-day. Sall Francisco was conveyed to the smile bride well, and will this morning be brought before Mr. TeillBB*—Liverpool Mercury. should be sorry to say anything which would wound the feelings of the directors. The CHAIRMAN said it was quite feasible to take the vessels round to the Indus, as scarcely such a thing was known as a gale of wind or a strong breeze in February on the Madras coast. A SHAREHOLDER-Will the companies insure them The CHAIRMAN—They will not upon that coast. We have tried to insure the vessels, and cannot ; but if the shareholders do not wish theta to go round they can be stopped. A SHAREHOLDER—Can you tell us the distance ? The CHAIRMAN—About 2,000 miles. With re spect to the proposal of Sir H. D. Wolff, I have not the slightest objection, nor do I suppose any of my colleagues have, to an inquiry into any arrange to a good meta that could restore the company footing. (Cheers.) I s hall bo happy to agree to his proposition. (Heir, hear.) Mr. GUTIERREZ movid a resolution for the ap. pointment of a committee to inquire into the ad visability of reconstructing the company, or forming a new one. Mr. MARTIN said it was his intention to propose that all the vessels should be sold, and the company wound up. The SoLicnon said that resolution could not be put except at a special meeting called for the purpose. Mr. TAYLOR suggested that the investigation should be extended to the accounts. He was per fectly satisfied that the board of directors as at pre sent constituted could not carry on the aitairs of the company with success. After some further discussion, Mr. GUTIERREZ agreed. to withdraw his resolution. passage in the report Mr. BOURNE complained of a which insinuated that he had not given, as he con tended he had done, every explanation in regard to his account. He approved of the appointment of a comm ittee which, from the proxies in his possession, he knew would meet wi th the g eneral approbation of the shareholders. In his opinion it was possible to take the vessels from the Ganges to the Indus without much difficulty or risk. A resolution, proposed by Sir H. D. Wolff, and seconded by Captain Henderson, to the following effect was then carried, with only one dissentient : —" That a committee of shareholders be appointed to inquire into the tetras of the negotiation initiated by Sir H. D. Wolff for improving the condition of the company, and to report to the shareholders at a subsequent meeting the particulars of such nego. tiation, and their opinion upon it." A committee was then appointed, consisting of Sir D. Wolff, Captain Surtees, Mr. Oakes, and other gentlemen. It was then agreed that the report of the direc tors should not be adopted until the committee had reported, and that the meeting should be adjourned for four weeks. _ _ The retiring directors and auditors having been re-elected, a vote of thanks was tendered to the chairman. _. ---__ The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the compli ment, said it was his intention to resign his seat at the board. M. BESEMERES made a similar announcement as regarded himself. The proceedings then terminated. Alleged inhumanity to a Lunatic. At the Rotherham Police-court, yesterday, a lengthened investigation took place into the alleged ill-treatment of a woman named Mary Ann Bennett, aged 21, who had been confined by her father and stepmother for a number of years. The father is the foreman of extensive ironworks at Parkgate, and lives on the premises. The case has excited great indignation in the neighbourhood, and the court-house and yard were crowded with spectators. Mr. Muscroft, a neighbour, stated thaton the 19th inst. the alleged lunatic ran to her house for pro tection. Her clothing was in a most filthy state, her hair was matted, her legs bruised and bloody, her eyes and arms discoloured, and her lips swol len. She said the old lass (her stepmother) had done it, adding that the woman had struck her on the face with the coal-rake, and had fre quently beaten her with other weapons during the preceding week. The poor creature was in such a horrid state that witness could hardly believe at first it was a human being to whom she was speaking. Police-sergeant Horne stated that in consequence of information from Mrs. Muscroft he visited Ben.. nett's house on the 20th inst. The young woman was called, at his request, from a back place. She was covered with rags, in such a condition that she had to hold them together to prevent them falling off. The officer also spoke to the appearance of the bruises on various parts of the young woman's body. He noticed that the ends of her matted hair had been burnt. The stepmother said that the young woman had burnt it herself. The witness went into the young woman's bedroom, which he described as a small recess on the stairs. It was in a most filthy state. What was used on her bed was little else than a heap of filth. There was a blanket upon it, but so filthy that he could only tell it by the feel, and the stench of the place was so overpowering he was obliged to leave. The young woman's person was in the same filthy state as the rags with which she was covered. Horne asked when she was washed, and the stepmother said she had orders from the father never to clean or do anything for her. The evidence was given in order that the magis- trates might grant summonses for the attendance of the parents. Other Witnesses were in waiting, and a paper was put in signed by a number of men em ployed under Bennett, offering to give evidence as to the cruelty he and his . wife had practised towards their daughter. Dr. Hardwick, the union surgeon, who had been instructed to examine the young woman as to her sanity, some days after she had been seen by Horne, denied that she was bruised, or that there was a filthy room in the house. She was evidently a person of feeble intellect, but he was unable to say - . from one interview whether or not she was insane, but he thought she was not. The Bench, after hearing the evidence, decided to grant summonses against the father and stepmother. The young woman was present, and up on being asked if she would return to her fathts's house, she said, " No, my mother has threatened to knock my The brains out." She was removed to the workhouse. The case will be gone into next Monday. crowd were so indignant that the P B renta narrowly escaped severe handling as they le ft the court-house. an has been strictly It is stated that the young c c bedq e r by the witness confined in the place de gancliester Exa»iiner, Horne for many years.-- THE RUSSIAN D r A vr..—Several of the for • largo o g f a iron en - journalscontain the following paragraph ;—.«;—.« elgn k sub marine vessel, of colossal dimensions, is now beilig built at Cronstadt, in tits construc tion of which 2,000 tone w tw o with a power and steel will b e used. She is to be moved by gines,wor ked by co m p ressed air, is to be a rmed ful spur, and will carry every accessor y for fixing to the h u ll s of ves sels large cylinders of Powder to be fired by, electricity. Large glass covered openings will enable t h e crew to direct the course of the v e ssel ; they will be also able to regulate the dep th at which she is to swim, Will bu t in general the vessel be near the surface. The E m peror recently signed a decree appropriating 6 7 3 , 000 fr, f or the construction of this sea monster. The house of Krupp has received a rk immense order from the Russian artillery department for steel cannon of the largest calibre. A foundry was some time since esta blished at Colpi no for vess els , near St. Petersburg,h, to turn ou t iron casingels ; b u t already the estab lishment proves insufficient. . A second foundry is abo ut to be built. The iron - clad frigate S e bastopol has just b een launched. She will carry two engines of 100 horse - p ower each, be a and will "nod with 38-pounder rifled cannon. Another frigate of f the same size, to be calle d the Emperor Nicholas, will bo launched in the spring. THE " TIMES' " GRIMES !.—What has really been the threat (asks the London .Review) hurled at a gentleman who, by common consent, is at the head of his profession ? . You ride in the Park. You are well known in society. You attend the 'receptions' of the leaders of politics and fashi on. You visit at the country houses of the nobility. J 3 ut I will raise a hue and cry you. after you yo a u re . Y ou have offended me, and I will unmask nothing but a newspaper editor. Ladies and gentlemen . — Mr. :O. if; nothing but a newspaper editor. I know hi s handwriting. I can tell you, m oreover, the name of th e pro prietor of his journal, and the ought to be tabooed in every decent They are persons received in society. It's disgraceful. They ncoammpeanoyfil,t, m anager. SAN DOMINGO. Advices from Domingo to the sth state that rein forcements were constantly arriving from Havana. The losses on both sides were great. The nephew of the Captain-General had been killed and s'cneral Gandara murdered. The rebels were fortunate it; cutting off the Spanish leaders. THE PACIFIC MAILS. Drought prevailed in the southern provinces of Chili, and much distress existed. Business at Valparait)o was exceedingly dull, Exchange on London, 431 44. The Peruvian Government had voted 2,000,000 do!s. for Public Works. OF TRADE. _ CARDIFF, Dec. 30.—The coal and iron trades a continue extremely active, and there ers in Scotch warrants. been a further advance lihe p do r r ic in ee g theor rail las and ba r are tullyt fc maintained, and great difficulty is experienced in supplying the demand. House coal merchants are fairly supplied with orders. Freights continued unchanged. DUNDEE, 29th.—There was more animation in the market to-day than for a few weeks past, and a con siderable business done in some departments, at an advance upon last week's prices. Flax, tow, and codilla continue quiet, as the large public sales of goods landed, damaged by salt water, fill the hands of the smaller buyers weekly at present, and keep them out of the regular market. To day there were three such sales, at which prices went higher than before, but is sound goods there is no change. Jute, especially good to fine, is in good demand, and some large sales have been made within the last day or two at improved prices., There is now little of suitable quality in the m ar k et, an d it is held firmly for an advance. The inquiry f or y arns was very inet a active ready to s -day, e a y a , t andan advance all s r sorts, of ab out ld. a s ' fl x s , tow, and jute, spindle upon late rates. On the whole a consi derable business was done at this rise. Linens are also in improved request, and orders for large par cels were placed to-day at full prices, both for the home trade and for shipment, Forfar goods are much wanted, and so are those made throughout the district. Dundee fabrics are also in better de mand, and the year closes with more activity i n trade here than is usualv witnessed at this season. LEICESTER, 30th.—The hosiery trade is quite, and but very little has been doing during the pas , few day; partly in consequence of the Christmas holidays. It is also usually a dull season for hosiery at the end of the year. There is no material change in wools, the market being quiet, but prices hold ing about the same. Yarns continue firm, at high prices, while spinners do not seem inclined to materially alter. NOTTINGHAM, 30th.—There has not been much doing in the lace trade during the past few days, the Christmas holidays having interfered with business in the warehouses. In other respects there is very little altaration to notice. p la i n goods are still a dull sale, in consequence of the high price manufacturers are compelled to ask f or them. The demand for black silk laces and nar row edgings is also slow, while silk mechlins and quiltings are still in request. Stocks are exce e d.. ingly light. In hosiery there has not been much doing, the holidays :having also impeded business transactions in this branch of the staple trades, Yarns hold up in price. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Buoyant market, and prices advanced id. to ad., particularly Egyptian. Probable sales about 12,000 bales, actual stock only about 15,000 i❑ excess of estimate. Stock declared this day, 281,337 bales, against 392,460 bales last year, being only about 18,000 above previous estimate. 1863, American 38,200 Brazil Egyptians West Indies Surat .. China and Japan 1862. .. 70,000 .. 3,300 .. 26,000 .. 3,000 .. 260,000 39,200 Sales of the week, 43,020 bales, including 7,890 on speculation and 9,450 for exportation. Actual ex port, 9,066 bales. Quotations—Mid Orleans, 271 ; MubLie, 27k; 'Upload, 271 fair Egyptian, 284, Imports of the week, 38,992 bales. Surats, 11 to 25i. SHIPPING—This Day. Lorrnorr, Dec. 31.—Wind this day at noon—East; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 29.—W ind N.W.—Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Dromedary, for Woolwich. CARDIFF, Dec. 30.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Shamrock, for Havannah. SWANSEA, Deo. 29.—Wind N.W.—SaileJ—Florence , for Cuba. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON Th u rsday Morning. The screw steamship 1 eutonia, Captain P. _Haack, which did not arrive here from Hamburg till 2 a in. yesterday, ha"ing been delayed by bad weather, sailed hence at 10 to-,iay for New York, w ith wails and passengers, jewellery trom Havre value 400 t., and a largo cargo. Arrived—Havre, steamer, from Havre; Necessity, f lora Portsmouth. Sailed—Danube, for Cardiff; Eleanor, for Sunderla n d ; Triune, for Shields. (By MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. No arrivals. DEAL, Thursday ;Morning, Passe d—R o melino, fro m Shields, for China, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. FOR 1864. RACING FIJXANTITREy.S manchester ...................... 1 FEBRuAL.Y. , H ai r e r in ovi sfor . d . . b ., i v ri l• g • .:.... .. 1 2 6 I u Lt u n n co g l e n rfo .... ...................... 2253 02 1 1 Alton. N o ttingham Spring .... 1 Warwick Spring •••. •• 16 Derby 5pring.......... 3 Durham .............. 28 Liverpool ........ 8 Northampton 29 SbrewaburY .......... 10 Cat terick Doncaster Spring ...... 14 1 Croaton-park ....... Ar. 1 Edinburgh Spring 2 Abergavenny Mirk 'RIL. Epsom Spring .. 7 Newmarket Graven .... 11 Newmarket First Spring 25 s Chester aiitibur 3 York S pr i ng 12 y Bath Y. 18 Manchester 20 rarpenden Epsom Ascot . . Hampton .......••••••• 15 Newton .............. 15 21 1 Odiham .............. Bibury .............. 22 Ju NE Stockbridge • 23 IChelmsford.. .......... 28 Newcastle-on- ryn4 28 Worcest-r (Summer) .. 30 Ipswich .......... 30 Newmarket July Carlisle .. 5 Abingdon .. .... 12 Liverpool July , l4 Pontefract LY. Nottingham . l9 1 s t amford l4 Winchester....... 19 20 IGoodwood ........ S o uthampton .. Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes 6 Reading Egham Oxford IS _ York August 23 FITST. Plymouth Derby ........ Li c hfield 3O S toc kton .... 3O Devon and Exe t e r Li c hfield SEFTR Weymouth 1 Warwick ,September 6 Leicester .. 8 Doncaster .. Brecon .. 19 - OCTI MBER. .MCIII3IOEO Monmouth Manchester Autumn • • 23 Newmarket First October 27 IBER. Gloucester ............ 13 I Newmarket Houghton.. 24 31BEIL. Northallerton.. , 6 Newmarket Second Oct lO NovE Shrewsbury Autumn .............. 14 STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. • FEBRUARY. Carmarthen Harrow Cambridge ......... 12 We have authority to stato that while the Judge before whom George Victor Townley was tried con curred in the verdict, he adviFed a further inquiry, in order to ascert du whether the priFoner was or not now insane. This inquiry was in consequence undertaken, at the request of the Secretary of State, by the Lunacy Commissioners. Their report, together with a certificate of the prisoner's insan ity, signed by th ree j us tices of the peace and two me.. dical gentlemen, has made it necess ar y to order his iniroc didte remov a l to a lunatic as ylum, and under t. c cum stances the ex ecu ti on of his sentence has been respired during her NAKjesty's pleasure.—Yinics. l ~, ~~g~ )