The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-22 00:00:00

CONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE o'CLoci. There is a steady demand for discount accommo dation to-day, and the average rate for first class three months' bills is 71- per cent. A further sum of £140,000, in bar gold, was taken into the Bank yesterday. The City of New York has arrived from America with £220,000, and the Monarch from Port Phillip with £247,332. The committee of the Stock Exchange have de tided upon closing the house on Saturday next, so as to give its members and their employes the op portunity of remaining away from Thursday even ing till Monday. The prospectus has been issued of the Consolidated Discount Company, with a proposed capital of £ 1 ,000,000, in 20,000 shares (me half of which will nempr:se the first issue) of £5O each. The under taking has met with a favourable reception at the Stock Exchange to-day, and the shares are at a Premium of 24 each. The object in view is to Purchase the basiness of Messrs. Sandeman and Co., of Abchurch-lane, and the three members of the *al will occupy seats at the Board. During the last few days there has been rather less animation in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars have been held for fully previous rates, while an increased demand has been expe rienced for coffee, Tea, rice, fruit, and spices, have remained without material change as regards values, While a better tone has prevailed in the tallow market, owing to an increased d9mand for expor tation. Th e R')yal Insurance Company have just issued their almanack for the new year, and certainly a more elegant or neat present could not have been made its thousands of members. In addition to the usual information the pretty little volume cliontains great quanity of highly intesting matter, all of Which will be found of the greatest utility to the Mercantile and commercial world. The "Royal" is one of the largest life and fire insurance companies IQ the world. No other office has, under any cir cumstances, ever before paid so large a sum in bonuses on life policies. The sum assured on new life business, in 1862, amounted to upwards of 41, 700,000, which placed the " Royal" in the highest rank of life offices. The revenue from fire insurances amounted, for the same period, to £300,000, and this within . 18 years of the com- Pany's establishment. The Stock Exchange Committee have appointed the following settling days :—National Steam Navigation Company (Limited), Wednesday, Dec. 23, to be officially quoted; East Cambrian Gold Mining Company, Monday, Dec. 23, not to be marked. The Committee have also ordered the Shares of the Upper Assam Tea Company to be officially quoted. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Reuter's telegram) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 400. In the market for the English Funds to-day the c hanges have been unimportant. At one time there Was a little more firmness, but the alteration did not exceed 1-16th per cent., but since then prices have returned .to their former level, and Consols are again ‘ 9 , 1 1, for money, and 911 for the account. The 'Neve Threes and Reduced Annuities are 911 d ; Exchequer Bills, 9s. 4s. dis.; India 5 per Cents., 1061 a.; do. Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1031 ; do. 51 per Cents., 113/ ; and the Debentures, 99tl 1. - - There is very little alteration in the Foreign lierket, and business is very quiet. Turkish 6 Per Cents., 1862, are 701 71 ; do. Cinsolides, 461 ; Greek, 24i 25k; Spanish Passive, 33 4 ; Mexican, 36 1 2 ; Portuguese, 48k 49; and the Confederate Loan, 37 39. Iu the Railway Share Market the operations have been limited ; prices, however, generally ex hibit an upward movement. Lancashire and Yolk- Shire, South Eastern, and Great Northern have advanced 5 5 ., an d G reat Western and Midland, 10s, The Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia tion of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in fair request at about previous rates. West India and Pacific Steam are quoted 2 to 21; National Shipping Company 13,- 2 prem,; Contract Corporation, 21 31- Prem.; and Consolidated Discount, 11 24 prem. BRITISH. FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. sank Stock _ a Per Cent. Reduced Annuities Ver Cent. Consols Annuities 9ll A Nev , ew 3 per Cent. Annuities - 1 dew 31 per Cent. Annuities —2l e Cent. An .. Per Ce n t . Annuities, nuities Jan. 1873 44 Imities, 30 yrs, expire bthJ an., 1580 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — 471 ..dia Stock, 1874 -Ditto 5 p er Cent. 1870 - 1 D itt o • Dtto 4 per Cent. 1888 ** Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent 163/ Ditto 5 1 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1861 h._ Ditto ditto Aug. 186 4 or 66 99 1 1 --- "qk Stock for Account b•rt o Bonds £l.OOO , „... dis I b itlf , under £l,OOO .... sola for Account, Jan. 7.. zt Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — 4eb equer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 4 9 dis Ditt o £5OO .. 4 9 dis Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Atistrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. - 13 Ditto - 1859 t azilian 5 per Cent ,1359 Ditto, Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 13_nos Ayres 6 per Cent -Ditto Account 93 Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 'Volonabian 6 Scrip £l5 pd ~..;ul3a, (.4 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid 6 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Danishi ) .4 . , t, ci tibii n tl iici a tath d tt onoo :r424:Nti:re;e:wevcrrc:tnnat. ....Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct. Oct., 1863 ,L.B.6.3 Consolidated,. 1 ' per Cent . . ..... Ex. 12 Guilders an Warrant ligyptian 7 pet Ce nt Ditto, Second leie ... .. .. 991 i 5 Greek 5 per Cent., 18 24- . 5 . , .... 0 . :; . ,-~. Ditto Account..., - ex-C - --- ."`" -s • • Ditto Coupons .......... Ditto Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. ............. 711 Ditto Account Italian 5 per Cent.(Marenunana Ifail.w . -- Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account • 36 51 61 6 i Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent — Sew Granada ........ Ditto 2 per Cent — Ditto Deterred ........ Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — A'eruvia n 3 per Cent. .......... , ... Ditto Account e ................ Ditto 4i per Cent., 1862 ............ P ortuguese 3 per Cent., 185:3 .......... Ditto Account .................... ; ____ ~ - , . Ditto 3 per Cent., 1 856, '7, 99 , '6O, 62 , '3 Ditto Account 4 Bi Ditt o , 1863 - Ditto Scrip, £ l5 paid.... 4 ttissia n 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St D itto 41 per Cent 1850 • 88 Ditto 1860 .. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .............. is D itto 5 per Cent, 1862 ardinian 5 per Cent ........ NO- 6 0 Account ...... /AU ieb. 3 per Cent "tto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account D• ...— __ • 1 to M assive BDitto Account P 1 ) " 1 , ich Cert. of Coup not funded — ~„,•"tto Account — T z T r e k cli . Bll , per Cent. lan 6 per Cent. 1554 nitroBB 3 - _ Account ........ 4 Ditto t t t t - 6 A, Cent.p c.ic e oo r uunt 691 4 72 ~e:lo)iitt°o6 Litt o ' ' B on d s per Cent. 1862 - _ 4tto Account 7Ol 1 6 per Cent. 1863 v tlnez'aela 3 per Cent. - 1 ,!;t 0 A.ccount 2 31 a - 1 - \ ". l 'to per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account ' Dutch -Dividends on the above payable in London. 2 1 per Cent,, Ex. 12 Gull .._ I ,_ itt o ~ per Cent. Certificates Lena,. - 1 , 4 ~„ _ oi l ., -“'entes, 41 per Cent., Ex. -or -, ' 5 ACCOIUIt ...... a p H • a . l '"Cent., , 5 Per lB5l Ex. 25 francs — , id ° A 4-I.CCOUTII .. . "IjittO Scrip (1863) £42Bs. 3d. paid — pm tinsol O s Money TWO 'CLOCK 91 1 a ? DittosAcccigut ......... v 9l/ gle• t° 'rig' I st b ° if ul SHARE MARKETS.---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCE*S. i ' ,_",,,". Closing Business Share; Railways. 1 Price. I done. I _ 13.14. 1 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. al l S 86 :i.5 I Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost,Sleal.,andMid. l / 4 . 3 0 all 8 84 81 at Bristol and Exeter at Caledonian lOO 1184 1196 1191 6 50 Corn and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 66 7 A , ets no di‘ 110 Do A . tiii : .as all op c.pan.n 10 Do. B i all . been paid to 13. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 38 40 25 . Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. all I 16 17 at 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 04 96 at 'CirlfiSg. and S. Western lOO 107 100 st Great Eastern, Ord: eta 100 481 491 at Ditto A stock st Ditto East Anglian at 100 71 86 at GreatNorthof Scotland 100 at. }Great Northern... lOO 125 t 27 1 1261 1 at Do A stock at Do li do at Gt. S. ant W. of Irelan, 100 96 OS at Great Western at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 at Lancasiwe & Yorkshir, 100 1101 1101 111 101 st London and 131ackwal , 100 i 71 73 721 at Lon., Brig• Lit.,& S. Coast 100 107 3 / 4 03 st Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 43 44 st Lon. & North Western 100 107 1076 1074 1 6 .at 'Lon. & So•.th Western 100 101 lu2 102 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 486 494 491 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Do 8 shares... ..... st Metropolitan all 1116 1121 at Midland 3.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 96 98 50 hid. Gt. W. of Irelana all 25 Do.. shares 25 Slid Kurt 10 Do Cray Line at North British et Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 16 st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1011 1021 102 k 26 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 —.. at Do Lac& • lOO 584 51 at Do York st Do Carlisle.. at North London 10 I Do New , o.l6.4'North Staffordshire 10 'N. and S. IV. Junction all 11 116 st Scottish Central et Scot SN. E., Aber. stock 100 42 44 at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 93 100 10 Shrews. and Welohpooi all at Shropshire Union at ,South Devon .. . 100 22 33 at 'south Eastern at )South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 97 19 20 Staines, Wok., and Wok. all 91 :04 25 Stockton & Darlington all 871 371 38 25 Do l7 9 10 , 25 Do New, 1860 8 71 71 i at Tall Vale.. 10 Do B 8 5 64 10 Do C 3 24 51 p 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do 5B at Vale of Neath at Victoria ata. and Pim lOO 170 175 at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO at 11 , . Hartlepool Liar.&R lOO at West Midland -Oxlord; 100 i 7 ... at Do Newport' 100 I st Do Hereford 100 1— BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closine 'Thar, llallwaye Paid. Price. Business done 1)0 \.tlantie &St Lawrenu all 60 c 2 601 Sk Itom.,Barodact.Cent Incloo ll6 117 Gu. 6 per cent 20 Do. New . ...... .• • 8 4 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares 201 Builalo and Lalse Huron all 6 61 10 Do. Preference 100 linflalo,ltrant,&Godrich 100 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 187-1 100 st Cleutta.& S. Eastn. (Lit, , 100 103 ICS st Cape Town & Dock Sufi 100 101 103 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 ICB 109 stock Last Indian. gm. sp. c. 11 ,0 1( 7 1 , 8 108 20 Do. do. G Ext 75 / 14p 20 Do. do. II do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada lut, 20 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 75 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 59 61 100 Do. 28 Pret. Bonds all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 50 .53 100 Do. 3d P, et stock 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 38 42 100 Do. 4th I'ref. stock all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 22 c 4 stock G't.lndtareniu.gua.sp.o 100 1(8 109 109 81 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 11 11 20 Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim euaranteed 6 per cent. 100 105 106 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 9 1 10 201 Do. New ....... lb 11 101 , 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 92 95 1.00 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 to stock Madras guar~ sp. o. stock 1)o.11 p. 0. Extension 100 100 101 1001 stock Dc. 44 do lOO t 6 100 98 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. sp. c. Bnd, lOO 50 Meth. & Hobson's Bay all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds alt 20 New Br ustswick Cut Class Aan B all 3 5 N. If I.C'das pc Ist pi Bch , lOO 52 84 -to, aI Scinde •• (108 106 107 stock' Du. Delhi . . lOO 116 117 20 Do. do . ' 2 1 ip 24 st Do. Punjaub 1 all 1(5 106 1)o. Du. . s not Do. indus.St. Its , 101 103 , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - “11.4,(1c. 01J.C.J J ; 1877-S1 Do. 6p. c. Feb. .L Au, 100 102 iO4 Do. cl p. c. Mar. & Sept 100 102 104 Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 100 621 031 931 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 9: 93 lUapeG.Hope, 8p 100 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 188( 100 109 111 Do. 1801 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 10) 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1678, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 107 109 -- N.8.G0y.6 pm. J a.&J uls 100 104 116 I Do. 6p. nAp. & Oct. 100 - N. S. Y. Gov. 5 p 100 100 102 - Do. sp. c.,18,1 to 1:;71 100 101 102 I Do. d0.,1888 &upwde 100 1011 1021 1021 11 !New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 !Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C. sterling, 1875 lOO 105 107 ,Queensland GCv. 6p. c lOO 1:1 113 IS. Aus (16p.e.1878.ic up lOO 111 113 - Vte.Glov. 6 p.c. Ja..&July 100 107 109 Do. In So.°. A.u.&00t.... 100 1091 1101 1091 BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 id ' lultilord Amalgamated.. 33 31 !Deven G. Cons. ;Tavist., 1 55 0 560 'East Basriett ( Illozan).. 30 57 60 1 I East Clogau Gold Ltd. 53. Id ;,ar 'East Caradon . .... 2.14.8 26127} East Cann Brea.... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) 8.9.0 4i 5 6 4 Gam.&StAu byn(Gwen ; `.,85 8 10 Great South Tolg,us l7s 44 41 - , G. Wheal Vor (lielston, 40 12 13 Grenville 6.11)4 4 41 [lend's-Foot .... 8.12 18 40 11 ingston Downs 4.'8.0 2 25 Lady Bertha Margaret ( Uny Lelact 9} 14 16 11 arke Valley.. 4 3lyndy Iron Oro (Lima 2A New Setun l9l 90 100 • North Downs 24 14 14 - NAV 11 't Baseet(lllo4an 3.1.0 25 24 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols(St. Blazes, 20 IProvidence(Uny Lelnl. ) 10.6.7 42 44 iSouthCaradon(StCleer, 11 1415 125 'S. Care Brea (Illogan) — ! - I:•?..Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.1 8 .9! 60 65 'Stray Park 30.17.6 30 32 6 Planar Silv.& Lead Min. 44 4 fin Croft o 18 10 West Basset (Illogan) ll 91 101 W radon (Liskeard 5 18 20 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan, 54 874 925 Wheal Hurler( Redruth) 8 221 271 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant, 2.0.6 WhealLud, ott 11' heal MaryAnn(.Men ; 8 111 12 Wheat ijeton . 581 155 163 Si heal Tretawney (Lis.), 7 21 22 --Wheal Union 1 3.17 21 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 5 per cent. red prf., 103 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., 127 Stockton and Darlington, A 5 per cent., 28i south Eastern ((leading Anne., £1.0.6), 23 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 101! LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 961 Chester and Ho , yhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 1154 Colchester, Stour Valley, 67 North Western, 17k FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lira.) gua. 7 per cent., 181 Copenhagen, Urn., 21 Eastern of France, 19i great Luxembourg, 12f Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 39 Recite and San Francisco (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 17 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian,pof Turin anti Savona, Ditto (all), li} FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim.; 6; Don Pedro, Nor ii Lel Rey, ; ICapunda (Urn.), 1; • Linares, 6; Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Min. and Smelting, 6; JOINT-STOCK BANKS; - Agra and United Service (lira.), 114 &Mance Bank of Lon .on and Liverpool (limo. 43 4 Ditto, new, 28 0 Ditto, new, 47 si s a t , r , 7 A ' B A an g k tirtia o itla‘ Austrian, 20 t . Columbia, llf Chartered Bank of British Bank of and Claim, 34f 4:i Bank of I Q V u a e l e e n s Lndia Australia, Chartered Bank of , sl u a irn iic . l . ( 9 l r), 14 1 3 1 Consolidated u j a n n a lc , , a r d a l p o an (Wu 31 ) Imperial Ottoman, 171 LandLL London nu dd 00 Mortgagejano Joint a t n y ~6n lira., 4 London and isrizilian 53 London and South -Western (lim.), 131 London and Westminster, 80 stock, M e e i nt r r c do l e i p a : n pa t tni t ud i j a a r u. hank, lira a t . ,61 1 1 :n: el (: I I ; (1 ) 161)1. 0 1, 1 71 1 1 Oriental Bank Corporatio n rn ' t 2 4 Union of London, 40 MISC ELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea, lira., 3 Crystal l'alace, 336 Discount Corporation, limited, 61 Eoglish and Australian Copper, 2 Gen. Cr( dit and finance of London, Bin., 61 f Hudson's Bay. 121 International Financial Society, Um., 9: Joint•stmk Discount, 6', 7i Ditto, new, National Discount Comp iny, lim., oriental Gas (Ihn.), 17 Bio OE Janeiro City Improvements, 274 Boyd' Mail Steam, )5 TIM SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1.861 POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBOROUGH - STREET. BURGLARY.—SINGULAR CAPTURE OF TILE BURGLAR. —William Wilkes, a rough, thick-set fellow, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with burglariouslY breaking and enter ing the Hereford Arms Tavern, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy square, and stealing an iron safe containing money, and also other articles, altogether of the value of about £l2, the pro. perty of Mr. George Meacock, the landlord. Mr. Meacock said—At twelve o'clock last night I saw my heuse safely closed. About five o'clock this morning 1 was aroused by the police, who told me that my door was open. On going down into the bar I found all the money had been taken, also the sate, and other articles, a coat, a pair of silver sugar tongs, &c., a!toget her of the value of about £l l 2. The whole of the property produced belongs to _ _ Charles Hanwell, a plasterer, residing at 4, Ogle-street, Foley-street, said—l was awakened by my wife th's morn ing, about five, who said she had heard a noise as if some thing had fallen in the passage. Shortly after, a boy named Moffat was going down stairs, so I called to him to mind that he did not fall over anything in the passage, as I believed something was there. Shortly after, Moffat. called out " There is a box here." I then went down stairs with my wife and found an iron chest near the street door, wrapped in a coat and black wrapper, so as to form a bag. I then went for a constable, and while we were examining the chest we heard a cab draw up to the house and then go on again. Thinking this suspicious, the policeman rushed out, followed by .me, and the prisoner jumped out of the cab and made off, but while being pursued he was stopped by a constable and brought back to the house, and then, with the iron chest, was taken to the station. Edward Gall, a constable of the E division said—At half past five this morning I was called by t'se last witness, I found the iron chest in the passage wrapped in an old coat (the prisoner's) he wearing the landlord's. Hearing a cab stop at the door and then go on again I followed it, and saw the prisoner running alongside the cab. I chr.sed him for about 500 yards when he was stopped by 158 E. I then took him back to the house, 4, Ogle-street, and with the chest afterwards took him to the station. On searching him I found six keys—three skeleton keys—upon him, a box of matches and two knives. In the cab a pair of silver sugar tongs were also found. _ 7,58 E deposed—l heard a rattle spring, and stopped the prisoner in Howland-street. I asked him what was the matter, when he replied, " I will go to the station quietly. I am beat." He had on the landlord's coat when I stopped Sergeant Franklin, 20 E, said—While at the station 1 heard the prisoner say, "'Phis is not my coat I have on, it belongs to the man that the chest belongs to." I went to the house and found this rope hanging froia the open win dow, t.o as to let any one down. I found a screw-driver and crowbar, and that some one had got in from a window at No. 2, Cleveland-street. A dark lantern was also found in the bar. John Ritchie, a cabdriver, deposed—l was on the rank in Portland-road this morning, when the prisoner came to me and said, "Go to Ogle•street to take up." In Ogle street the prisoner jumped out, and then the policeman came out of the house and said " Stop," and I said, " Here is the man you want," pointing to the prisoner. Inspector Garforth—i wish for a week's remand, your worship. Prisoner—l admit I did it. I was driven to it by poverty. Mr. Tyrwhitt—The prisoner will be remanded for a week. INDIA. We have received, via Trieste, in anticipation of he mail, Calcutta papers of the 20th of November. We talto the following from the Calcutta Eng ishnzan of that date : "As for the situation' on the North-west fron tier, further accounts appear to confirm the intelli gence that, as :the Highlanders used to say of old in troublesome times, ' the heather is all on fire' along the border, that almost all the tribes are arming against us, and that the country is thoroughly up. Intelli e ence arrived in town on Wednesday, but without any full particulars that we have received, of another severe affAir between Chamberlaine'e force and the enemy, in which the latter are stated to have suffered a greater loss than in any pre vious encounter ; having, in addition to a consider able slaughter inflicted by her Majesty's 101st—the fine old Bengal Fueilie:s—been also brought under the close fire of artillery in a narrow pass, and got handsomely cut up. Her Mejesty's 93d Highlan ders, ordered up from Sealkote to the frontier, have been directed to leave the wives and families of the officers, and the women and children of the regi ment, behind them ; and we believe that there is a general order forbidding any ladies whatever to accompany the corps going up as reinforcements. This is an additional proof that the flames are spreading on the North-west frontier, and, more over, the sound of the battle has come es far south as the Presidency. On the 17th inst. Major P. Lunis ten, Deputy Quartermaster Geaeral of the Army, received an order by telegraph directing him to start from Calcutta with the least poesible delay and join his Excellency the Commander-in- Chief, proceeding towards the frontier. He left on . .the evening of the 18th by railway, expecting to overtake his Excellency, by travelling without a halt, six days, at Sealkote in' the Punjab. Major Lumsden has passed the greater portion of his ser vice on the frontier which is now the scene of active hostilities, and is well acquainted with the country, the tribes, and their mote of warfare. He accom panied his brother, then commanding the Guides, and now the Hydrabad Contingent, on the mission to Candahar in the eventful year 1857, Dr. Bellew and Fouzdar Khan, brother of the Chief of the Debra Jet tribes, being also of the party, and the latter remaining behind as our vakeel after the return of the mission to India. From the number of additional troops regular line regiments, cavalry, and artillery.—moving up to the fron- tier, and this sudden call for an experinced officer at so great a distance, and with his hands full of occupatio❑ at this season of the year, it is natural to suppose the work across the Indus is enlarging, and will last for some time to come. The arrange ments here consequent upun Major Lumsden's de parture for the north-West, and the positive uncer tainty as to the length of his absence or the exi gencies of the service allowiog:him to return to the Presidency and his appointment at all, are as fol lows—Lieut.-Col. Cox, C. 8., commanding the Ist Battalion of her Majesty's 13th Light Infantry, in Fort 'William, and recently Embarkation Officer at the Presidency, has come forward in the moment of difficulty and offered to take charge of the Quarter master-General's office until the arrival of Capt. H. Maxwell, Deputy-Assist. Quartermaster-Gen. of the Meerut division, who has been ordered down to the Presidency to officiate as deputy quartermaster general during Major Lumsden's absence. All these changes are peculiarly inconvenient just now, when the season of arrival of the troops from England and the upper provinces, their embarkation and dis embarkation, keep the quartermaster-general's de partment fully employed; and there is no doubt moves here noticed would not be made except under the pressure of emergency and when urgently re quired." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA, Nov. 20. On the morning of the 11th inst. the steamship Nubia, with the mail from London to the 10 h of October, arrived in the river, and her mails were delivered at a late hour of the same day. We are also in receipt of the London wail via Bombay, to the 29th. The steamer with the European mails to the 26th of October is due at Galls on her inward voyage, and ought to arrive there within the next two days. Produce Market—Since our last the Markets for nearly all articles of export have been quieter. The tone of home advances, coupled with the late rise in rates of exchange, has materially tended to lessen the number of transactions. Tis season's indigo sales have commenced. Rice and sugar have been taken to a moderate extent, the latter almost exclusively for Bombay. In the jute market a good business has been done in raw jute, at a further advance of four anus per maund, but in the cotton market there has been less excitement, but no alteration in the rates demanded, which still figure as high as 48r. to 50r. In silk but a small business has been done at pre vious quotations, holders asking late sates in face of limited supplies. Money Market—The Bank of Bengal has raised its rates 3 per cent, since our last -1 per cent, on the 9th November and 2 per cent. 16th November, Federal and Confederate Cruisers, QUEENSTOWN, Monday. —The Government in quiry respecting the Kearsage continues. Fifteen men, in Federal uniform, have been for the third time axamined at the police barrack. They were asked about their treatment and wages, and conver sations with Captain Winslow. The press were ex cluded. The Liverpool Daily Post says :—" The Govern ment employes at toe dockyard, Sheerness, who volunteered to fit out and equip the Rappahannock as a war ship for the Confederates, have been dis charged for violating the neutrality laws of the country. It is understood, also, that the names of the crews of the Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, who belonged to the Royal Naval Reserve, have been struck from the list, with the loss of all pay and pensions, and are not to be allowed to re•enter the service." AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 21. The Inman steamer City of New York has ar rived here. She left New York at noon on the 12th inst., and has made the voyage in 8 days 19 hours, being the fastest passage yet made by a screw steamer. She brings the United States mails, 146 passengers, and 1,097,893 dols. and £2,000 in specie. NEW YeRiK, DEC. 11, EVENING. A short summary of Mr. Davis's message, deli verEd to the Cinfede.rate Congress on the 7th, has been received here. Mr. Davis speaks d es pondingly of the loss of Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and many other points. There has been no improvement in foreign rela tions since last January's message. Oa the con trary, there is a greater divergence in the conduct of European nations, assuming a positively en. friendly character. The marked partiality of Eng land in favour of the Federals is strongly evinced in their decisions regarding the blockade, as well as in their marked difference of conduct on the subject of the purchase of supplies by both belligerents. This difference has been conspicuous since the commencement of the war. Prompt and efficacious remedy for the present condition of the currency is necessary to secure the full performance of the operations of Government. Mr. Davis re commends taxation. The currency must be promptly reduced to prevent the present inflated prices reaching more extravagant rates. Mr. Davis recommended the abolition of the sub stitute system and the modification of the exemp tion law, so that the army may be largely increased as rapidly as possible. He regrets the suspension of the exchange of prisoners, and the communica tion with the trans-Mississippi districts is greatly obstructed. He says :—" The enemy refuse propo sals for the only peace possible between ua. The only hope for peace now is the vigour of our re sistance?' Advices from Charleston to the Bth state that the Federals have ceased firing on Fort Sumter, and are altering their batteries entrenching Fort Gregg to the eastward. One Monitor has timber around her to protect her from torpedoes. Southern despatches state that General Long street has raised the siege of Knoxville, in conse sequence of reinforcements reaching General Burn. side. Longstreet fell back to Morristown, where he would probably make a stand. Ho lost 600 men at Knoxville. Southern despatches from Dalton to the Bth inst. state that the, Federal cavalry had been driven a mile beyond Ringold. Some despatches assert that the Federals have been defeated at Sollersville,Ken tacky, with a loss of numerous prisoners, and that the C.in federates have made a raid on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, near Pocahontas, captur -300 Federals. ing 400, and killing The Senate of Georgia has ordered the enrolment of all citizens over 15 years of age for the defence of the State. The people of Tazewell, Tennessee, are determined to sell corn at 1 dol. per bushel, and were freely furnishing the Government with one-tenth of their crops. President Liaoln has pardoned General Gaunt, of Arkansas, and returned him his property, except the negroes, under his new amnesty pro clamation. General Banks has returned to New Orleans. The plot to seize the Chesapeake was matured at Sr. John's, Naw Brunswick. Her cargo con sisted of fat for a Southern port, it being intended to run her into Wilmington. Capt. Parker, formerly of the privateer Ratribu Lion, went on board the Chesapeake at St. John's to take command of her. President Lincoln's health is improving. Tne Etna and Bremen have arrived out, and the Canada has reached Halifax. NEW YORK, DEC. 12, Morning s Federal despatches confirm the report that Longstreet is at Morristown, East Tennessee. The monitor Weehawken, lying at the entrance of Charleston Harbour, sunk suddenly at her an chorage during a gale. She went down very rapidly. Four engineers and 26 of her crew were drowned, She is lying in five fathoms of water. and will be raised, when the CaLIF.O of her sinking will be ascertained. A fuller summary of President Davies message has been received. He says—" Whatever obstinacy mr.y be displayed by the enemy in his desperate sacrifices of money, life, and liberty in the h o p e of enslaving us, experience of mankind has too conclusively shown the superior endurance of those fighting for home, liberty, and independence to permit any doubt of the result. He bitterly criticises Earl Russell's p olic y in re g ard to the blockade, and referring to Earl Russell's speech that Englishmen would have been for ever infamous if for the sake of their interests they had violated the law of nations and made war with the Slaveholding States against the Federal States, h e says Earl Russell would probably have omitted his remark regarding the slaveholding States if he had remembered that these States were, when colonies, made slaveholding by the direct exercise of Eng land's power, whose interests in the slave trade were then supposed to require that her colonies should be slaveholding. President Davis says there are only two measures applicable to the present condition of our foreign relations. One is to imitate the wrong under which the Confederate States suffer, namely, to retaliate by declaring a paper blockade of the Federal coasts and capture all neutral vessels trading to Northern ports. This course I do not recommend, although it would only be following the precedents of France and England in the Berlin and Milan decrees. The other measure is not so objectionable. The Paris declaration provie es that a neutral flag covers an enemy's goods, except contraband of war. The South acceded to this declaration by the tretty of August, 1861, but the consideration ten dered for that concession has been withheld, and she is therefore not bound by the compact. As, however, the South approves of the principle of the Paris declaration, she will uphold it and hope for redress from the returning sense of justice of the great people who will awake to the consciousness that the war " in which the South is ongAged o u g ht rather to be a reason for forbearance of an advantage than the occasio n for unfriendly con duct." COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, DEC. 11 (Evening). Money tight. Gold opened this morning at 52, but has since declined, and closed at 501, under th e influence of Secretary Chase's message. Exchange on London, 165; on Paris, 3.35. Stocks h eavy. New York Centrals, 1321; Illinois Central, 117 3 ; Erie, 1051 i 6 per Ccnt. United State Bond, 1041 ex dividend. Cotton quiet. Middling Upland, 71c. to 79e. Flour and corn quiet. Wheat ad vancing. Provisions dull. C offee quiet. Sugar dull. Molasses heavy: Petroleum quiet and un changed. Crude, 32 to 331 ; refined, 4G to 48. BRESLAU, Dec. I . 9 .—Thft Gazette says—" In the town or Biodystock, in tho Government of Grodno, 31i the shops have ben❑ closed and seals p'aced Cu them by the police, assisted by the armal. force. All of them were rigidly searehkd." WESTMINSTER. THE EXTRAORDINARY MATTER OF HERR STRAUS• BERG.—The public attention has been much excited by the extraordinary circumstances attending a complaint made last Saturday by Herr Strausberg against Mr, Thos. Napper, member 'of a Sussex family of respectability and position. The charge was one of assault arising as it seems from the circumstance of Herr Strausberg having two of Mr. Napper's daughters under his roof, one, as it was ad mitted, Tither as his wife or Jiving in that position. Yes • terday the case was to have been resumed, and Mr. Napper appeared before the magistrate, but Herr Strausberg did not attend, and so the matter finished. This morning the landlady of the house in which Herr Strausberg had resided, in Ebury-street, Pimlico, came to this Court and solicited the magistrate's advice. She said that Herr Strausberg and the lady who passed as his wife had left her apartments on Sunday, and had subsequently sent for some of the things they had left, and her object now was to inquire whether she should be right in giving them up. Mr. Arnold—l don't know anything about the matter excepting what I have seen in the newspapers, but why should you not give them up ? Applicant--Mr. Napper came to me and desired me not to do so on any account. After that Mr. Strausberg sent his servant for the things with money to discharge his bill at my houee, and I would have given him the property, but I did not know whether I should be doing right or wrong. Am I authorised to keep them, or, if Mr. Strausberg sends aga , n, shall I give them to his servant ? Mr. Arnold—l repeat that I don't know anything about this case as a magistrate ; but I may say that, as a general ruse, the owner of property left at :odgings is entitled to it upon payment of all just demands, and it is unimportant whether the application is made for it by the owner himself or his servant or other, person known to be representing him. This property is bound to bo restured to the owner or his authorised agent. Applicant—l have no claim to detain it, and am anxious to get rid of it, but I don't know what to do, as Mr. Napper claims the things. Mr. Arnold—What are they ? Applicant—Principally the lady's wearing apparel. She has always passed in my house as Mrs. Strausberg, but Mr. Napper says she is not. She is his daughter, and he claims the things as belonging to him, and says I am not to give them up. Mr Arnold—On what does ho found his claim ? Applicant—He says that his daughter's wearing apparel is his, because she is not of ago. Mr. Arnold—What is her age ? Applicant—l should think about 18. Mr. Arnold—Then, I must say, I think ho is wrong. If the daughter is 18 years of age I think her personal wearing apparel is her own. - - Applicant—Then I shall let Mr. Strausberg have it when he again sends for it. 1 really have no desire to keep the things. THAMES. SANAGiE ABSAIJLT.—J ohn Smith, a tall man of respectable appearance, who was stated to be a seafaring man, was brought before Mr. Woolrych charged with assaulting Mary Ann Shelt, the wife of a builder, residing in Alderman's row, Bermondsey. Mr. and Mrs. Shelt were passing over Tower-hill last night on their way home, when.the prisoner accosted them and put his arm round Mrs. Shelt's neck. She pushed him away, and he immediately struck her a violent blow on the stomach. Mr. Shelt immediately seized the prisoner and called for assistance. The prisonei attempted to get away. The bystanders h3wever interfered, and the prisoner was secured. In answer to a question by Mr. Woolrych, the husband said the blow indicted on his wife was so violent that bho could not walk home. The prisoner, in defence, said that he was on his way home, with his right towards the rails which sur rounds the glacis between Tower-hill and the Tower moat, and met Mr. and Mrs. Shelt, who also kept the same side, and did not make way for him as they ought to have done. lie said this is my right side, and you ought to make way for me, and at the same time he put his hand on the lady's shoulder and pushed her aside. The husband then laid hold of him, and five or six men came up, who were going to kill him. Mr. 61te1t was recalled, and said the prisoner caught me round the neck with one arm—with the other he struck Mr. Woolrych (to the prisoner)—The woman denies that your defence is true. You are fined £5, and in default two months' iroprisotuannt. MARKE T S--T his Day. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 108 per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £3 58 to £.4158 Od ; clover, L ° 4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 68 to £1 12s por load A slow demand. WHITECHAP EL.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 103 per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been rather inactive, but the few dealings reported have been at full prices. SUGAR —The market has remained dull, owing to the high rates demanded by holders. Good grocery descrip tions generally sustain former prices. In the refined market there is no material change to record as regards prices. COPPEE —The demand for colonial descriptions has been moderately active, and prices have been well sup ported f or superior qualities. The stocks on hand compared with those of the same period of last year show a slight increase. limes;. --A limited amount of business has been done without any material change to record in values. TALLow.—The market has continued rather inactive, alth.tme.h symptoms of improvement have occasionally ap peared. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40s 9d to 41s, and spring delivery, 42s 3d to 42s 6d per cwt. THE LATE PRIZE FIGIIT BETWEEN HEENAN AND KING. Summonses have b een taken out against Heenan and King for committing a breach of the the pe lci acea ta t V n s a t d . h u l r , s h t e , t b w y engaging p u gs ts in w theuh their late seconds, and prize fight on others who Look an active part in promoting the fight-six in all—have been summoned to appear before the Mark cross Bench of Magistrates, in which petty sessional divi sion Wadhurs'L is situated, this day (Tuesday), to answer the charge of committing and inciting to • a breach of the peace. FRENCH ACADEDIY OF SCIENCES. articles published va spontaneousr i At the last sitting, M. P asteur a d ver t e d t o cer taine rtcles pulished a n charnp i on fermentation genera tion, and in which there app ears, " to an a tt e ntive eye," a tendency to claim the p ro eus times by M. B propriety of certain observations published by M. Pasteur. The letter admits that M. Bechamp has shown pure water to exercise no power of inversion over cane-sugar ex cept when the surface has become mouldy ; also that creosote prevents the development of mould, and tbat the same effect is produced when sugar and water is boiled in contact with air which has passed through sulphuric acid. But these facts, M. Pasteur contends, have nothing to do with his own experiments; nor do they, in his opinion, add anything either to the theory of fermentation, or to that of spontaneous generation.—M. Pierre communicated some curious facts on the yield of corn, One decilitre of corn uses for sowing contains 1,773 grains ; so that 40 litres, sown on 17 ares (the ore is one-40th of an English acre) contained 623,300 grains, allowing on an average 40,800 grains to each are, which in return yielded only 14,600 stalks ; so that about 64 per cent. of the grain sown produced nothing, either because of its rotting in the son, or by its being eaten by the birds. There being usually 6.35 per cent. of bad grain in a o ve n quantity, this if deducted from 61 per cent., will still leave 97.65 per cent. of clear loss.—A paper was received from Dr. Cadiot, on the sub ject of marriages between relations. He states that out of 54 marriages within the thi r d an d f ourt h degrees of consanguinity, 14 were barren, '7 pro duced children which all died before arriving at an adult age, and 18 produced scrofulous, ricketty, con sumptive, deaf an d dumb, or idiotic children. There remain, therefore, 15 families whose issue for the present is healthy, though there is no answering for the future. M. F. i omas sent in a description of a method of his for analyzing alloy of silver and lead. He proposes to treat the chloride with a so lution of ammonia, which will dissolve the c hloride of silver, whereby the nature and quantity of the chloride of lead may then be easily determined. STRAND THEATRE. —'-11r• Belford antiOnliceS a ben e fi t at t hi s popu lar little theatre to-morrow. The programm e o f th e evening will include the d rama of " Miriam' s C r i me " and Mr. Burnand's burlesque, " Patient Penelope;" whilst, i n addition to these stock piece s, Mr . A. Sketchley will relate the adventures of " sirs. Brown at the Play ;" and the performances conclude with " lligh Life Gelow • • CRIME IN FRANCE, The Court of Assizes ot the Maine-et-Loire last week tried a man named Maubert, aged 50, charged with having on the 16th July last, murdered his wife by shooting her through the body. The prisoner had been for 20 years in the service of M. Boguais de la Boissiere, at Avrille, and occupied a lodge at the entrance to the park of La Please, his master's residence. On the morning of the 16th July a report of firearms was heard in the lodge, and a few minutes afterwards the prisoner rushed out calling for help. M. Boguais and some of his servants hastened to the spot, and on entering the lodge found the prisoner's wife sitting on the floor, leaning against a low chair. She was quite dead, having received a gunshot wound near the left breast, but from her position she had evi dently been placed where she sat after the shot was fired. The prisoner pretended that his gun had gone off acciden tally when his wife was handing it to him for the purpose of shooting a wood pigeon which had just settled in a tree close by. This explanation was believed at first, but the post-mortem examination snowed that the gun must have been fired by a persoa, staneing on a considerable higher level than the woman, as the charge had passed downwards into the ab:lomen. The prisoner was accordingly arrested, and he then gave several other explanations of the pre tended accident, none of which accorded with the nature of the wound. The motive fur the crime was easily found. The prisoner had for years given nearly all his earnings to a woman with whom he cohabited, and had . even spent on her a sum of money which he had received for his master. Having been calied on to settle his accounts, he appears to have shot his wife for the e p n u t r i p t l o e s d e t o o f s o e le n t a i a zt r g h a s r l i t d t propertyth. Allwhich the he circumstances w o uld be seemed to indicateex into act t l h y a h t oht the e h had fired at her from the stairs which ffec „d cameto show down the room. accident lncourt occurred.t he His prisonergun 0 was accordingly handed to him, and a gendarme sat down in a low chair to represent the murdered woman. This ex periment, however, was most unfavourable to the prisoner, ion required b i r r o e u d g fur t inflicting i na y the e r. as it clearly showed that the gun could no t, i n b e i ng h a nded to him, have got into the posit fatal wound, an d the false hood of his story became e vident. The jury consequently diet of guilty, but allowed the prisoner the benefit of extenuating circumstances, and the Court sentenced him to hard labour for life. A horrible parricide has just been committed at Villers (Marne), on a farmer of that place named Leielapart, by his son, a young man aged 20. The latter was of a most de praved character, and had already undergone a year's im prisonment for theft, and eighteen months of the same punishment for an assault on his father. Two morning s back the son, after a dispute with his mother, whom he struck and menaced with a knife, left home to aid his father in some work in a garden which the latter possessed in the wood of nodemat. He returned in the after noon, but alone, saying that he He had left seated himself by the fire, and remained for some time silent, smoking his pipe ; the mother at length , n ot seeing her hus band arrive, became alarmed and set out in search ot him with some neighbours—in a short time the body was dis covered in the wood, frightfully disfigured. The fury of the murderer had been such that the head of the victim was battered to pieces, and brains and teeth were found at some yams' distance from the body. The son, who had also left the house on the pretence of aiding in the search, disap peared, leaving some part of his clothes on the banks of the Marne, in order to lead to the idea that he bad committed suicide. The police are in search of the murderer, and a description of him hai been circulated. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts.-- Railways. 1863. w 1862. 1863. ^ 1862 X 2,008 1.946 630 576 1,624 1,077 5,812 5,931 17,690 16,102 186 245 324 332 128 163 368 202 1,352 1,087 224 216 1,340 1,431 1,621 1.503 174 126 2,034 1,537 7,382 7.005 2,864 2,780 8,263 8,538 30,707 26,61)8 33,408 27.964 1,534 1.6:;6 460 343 7,903 8,09 58,083 53.896 1,0 5 809 872 1,572 1,710 35,080 31,452 1 5 163 54 134 545 506 03,286 86077 1,753 ' 1,589 20,056 17.30 15,230 17,010 1,379 31.05 tt'o ' 210 1.014 972 16,781 15 203 1,162 1,059 1,387 1,2u6 2,135 41,980 40,184 4,227 4,006 1,573 1,6 2 2,338 2,280 Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 Belfast and County Down 49 40 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 Caledonian Coekermouth & Workington B4 84 Cork and Bandon • 20 20 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 64 Cork and Youghal .... 321 321 Cornwall 561 531 Deeside l7 17 Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 9ll 481 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1694 1694 Furness, Sze 5O 5 , Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrlk.,&E.Union Great Northern 353 351 Great North of Scotland 5B 58 lit. Northn. & West n. ( Irel.) 7lt t6l '4 LSoutlin. & Westu.(lrind.) 3734 329 Great Western 10561 10321 Inverness & Aberdeen June 864 863 Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 - Irish North-Western 145 Lancashire & Yorkshire 422 Limerick and Ennis... 241 Limerick and Foynes 261 Llauelly 461 London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5l London & South-Western Lund. Brighton, &S. Coast 2611 London, Chatham, & Dover 724 Do. Metropolitan Extension 103 Loud., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheflield, & Linconish Manch. S.J un.& A ltrinch inn II aryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641 Midland Gt. IVestn. of Irind 2591 Nlonkland Monmoutlish. Rail. & Canal 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee .. N-Eastern and Stock. & Darl. 1095 10771 54,587 53,251 North London 9 9 3,315 3,311 North Stallordshire 254 252 8,547 7.945 Oswestry and Newton... 5O 42 1,053 875 Rliymney l9 19 911 860 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 2 ,1 38 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B 134} 4,8u0 4.512 Somerset and Dorset 66 394 597 312 South Devon South-Eastern 306 308 19,039 17,071 Taff Vale 57 55 5,598 2.002 Ulster Vale of Clwyd Vale of Neath 321 254 2,302 2,t32 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 318 411 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,256 1,3'11 West Cornwall 271 271 628 615 W.HaYtlepoolllarbr.&Rail 4B 48 3,897 4,215 W'haveu,Cleator,& Egrmnt. Whitehaven J unction l3 12 002 681 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 871 648 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,164 1,055 Austrian B2B 828 30,088 35,566 Belgian Eastern Junction 261 2 , 1 270 2.6 Bombay, Baroda, & , en. India 1854 1674 2,105 1,369 Buffalo and Lake Huron l6ll 1614 2,734 2,041 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 . 189 5,331 4,451 Dutch Rhenish Eastern Bengal - - - Eastern of France 1167 1081 59,476 50,973 East Indian - - Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1090 - - Great Indian Peninsula 5381 495 8,928 5,046 Great Luxembourg 134 134 3,713 3,876 Great Southern uf' India Great Western of Canada 345 3,5 13,009 13,916 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 650 490 17,229 14,170 Northern of Canada ... ..... - - Northern of France 697 618 53,812 51,097 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman .. 4B} 18} - - Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 1676 139,392 128,423 Paris and Orleans 1614 1431 70,611 59, 397 Pernambuco 771 -- 479 - Royal Danish 69 69 1,057 47 4 Sambre and Meuse 6B 6S 1,356 1 . 681 South Austrian Gouthern of France . .. 1430 1315 48,181 2 4 2 5 :g 96 1. ..... 770 680 28,/ _ Victorian 126 151 8,010 8. 4:1 Welland ....- 25 25 567 65- 9,4 9 / 3 West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 145 395} 241 2I 461 1179/ 4411 2114 44 2391 6141 1921 711 44 The Price of Gold. o i 4 3 The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mill e p m., and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 s terling. On comparing these rates with the Engliiedatp3lpei..rnt price is that 175.104 d. per ounce for standar d gold, t nearly 2-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price ot gold is 425 i Per mark and the short exchange on London Is 13.41 per X te stt u Tl n in it g ed 'tandard void at the English Afirkprice is, therefore, about. 3-10th per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills 60 days' sight is 106 to 1661 per cent., and the premium on gold is about 51i per cent. At these rates there i s S , "--• any profit on the importation of gold from 1, arcely States. 5 • -- -" ;•"- - 7 - ' - - "----, . , SOF bOUTII WALES,—The Th e advance o f add of in the pri ce of iron has imparted a large amount the iron and coal act i v ity to the ir on trade of South \Vales, and all th e wor k s o i o f the distr ict are in full employ. Many hundreds which are about to Nrk the scarcity of men s ual hands could be employed at both works, and when the establishments commence operations are in full v cann ot fail to be more severelytter every felt than at present. Emi gration continues, and a pay-day at the larg er wor ks it has become quite an ordinary matter for 30 or 40 s killed hands to leave, the hi majority of them for the No rthern States. The reports of 6 f h wages and the succes s of con flexions and fritud s are the great inducemen ts which in dunce the men to leave their native couutry. It is gene rally believed that the increased demand f or iron, the scarcity of workmen, and other circumst ances will not only keep:ptices up, but there is every likelihood that another rise will take place. An increase in the supply or over-produc - tion i'. one particular point to be guar ded against, or else prices will . certainly . go d o wn as fast as they have gone up. The following are the number of furnaces in blast and out of blast, at the p rese nt time, at th e South Wales Works : of Dowlais, in blast 13, out of blast 5; bbbvt, Vale, 2, out blast 2 ; Victoria, 2, out of blast 2;• Sirhowy, 3 , o ut of blast 2; Abery schen, 4 , out of blast 2; Beaufort, 6, out of blast col 1 ; Varteg, 1 out of blast 1; Pontyp, 4 fall) in blast ; Curnavon, 5, out of blast 2 ; Gol)nos, 1, out of blast 3; Conter d a we, 1; out of blast, 1 . Cy farthfa, 1 1 (al l ) in blast' There are also several works at a complete standstill. The Courrier de Nice states that grqat alarm was Grasse (Var) three n i g hts since by the fall of two caus ed at old houses near t h e Place des Ai res. One of the houses was " oc cupied, and there were only two persons in the other, a tailor named Pagnaire, aged SS, and his mother, aged 90. With great difficulty the man was soon extri cated from the ruins, but he was so much injured by hi s fall from the fourth floor that he died almost immediat IN ' afterwards. Had the poor fellow remained in his bed, e h - e might have escaped unhurt, for the part of the floor o n which his bed stood did not fall. The woman's body wus found durinduringthe day, but life had long been extinct. SECOND EDITION, SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. THE DANISH CONSTITUTION, ALTONA, Dec. 22.—The electoral law comprised in the constitution of the 18th ult. has been pro mulgated in Schleswig under the Royal sanction of the 4th inst. THE EXECUTION OF TOWNLEY. It has hitherto been the custom at Derby to exe. cute condemned criminals at noon on the market. day (Friday), but the present High Sheriff (Sir It. F. Every, Bart.) has determined to alter both 711 - 3 day and hour of exec.itio l in order to diminish, 7 15 far as possible, those demoralising scenes which are attendant upon such occasions. The execu cution, therefore, of Townley is fixed to take pace at nine o'clock on Thursday morning, t h e 31st instant. Great exertions are being made in Derby and the neighbourhood to obtain a com mutation of the sentence on the ground of insanity, the mayor (Mr. Roe) and other magistrates h av i ng attached their signatures to the memorial, of wbi eh the following is a copy : "To the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., her Majesty's !ecretary of State for the Home Department. " The humble petition of the inhabitants cf Derby and the neighbourhood sheweth :—That George Victor Townley is now confined in Derby gaol under sentence of death for the murder of Elizabeth Goodwin. That by the evidence in this case the following facts appear-- namely, 1. That there was no premeditation whatever on the part of the prisoner. 2. That there was, and is, here ditary insanity in the prisoner's family. 3. That duririg the week prior to the conniss.ion of the offence the prisoner (to quote the words of Mr. Baron Martin in his summing up) " suffered as much agony of mind as it was possible for any man to Buffet." 4. That the prisoner's wind is now in a diseased state. We therefore humbly urge upon you to advise her most gracious Majesty to extend her royal mercy towards the untortunate prisoner, and to commute his sen tence, in order that his lite may be spared. And your pe • titioners will ever pray," &c. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERS ALLS'.-LAST EVENING. TWO THOUSAND. 6to 1 agst Faris (taken) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 15 to 1 agst Cambuscan. (offered) 100 to 6 agst Blair .Athol (taken) 20 to 1 agst Forager (taken) 25 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 30 to 1 agat Appenine (taken) 30 to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken) 1000 to 10 agat Horse Marine (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOIL 1864. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring 23 blAßcrt. Nottingham Spring ..•. 1 Chelmsford Spring Derby 5pring.......... 3 York Spring ....... 16 Liverpool ............ 8 Durham .............. Sh re wsbury .......... 10 Northam p tun .......... 26" APRIL. _ Croxton-park .......... 1 I Newmarket Craven /1 Epsom Spring . 7 Newmarket First Spring 25 • MAY. _ Chester Salisbury l2 Harpenden . 2O Bath JUNE. Ascot Chelmsford.. 2B Worcest4r (Summer) .. 30 Newmarket July _ AirtilTST. Reading • • Egham Yurk .. ..... 6 . _ SHIPPING—This Bay. LONDON, Dec. 22.—Wind this day at noon—North. Westerly ; fresh breeze, and fine weather. QuEENSTOWN, Dec. 21.—Arrived—Ilerraione, from Mauritius. FALmouni, Dec. 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Rolal Sailor, irom Taganrog. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVEsEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 21—Helen, from Gefle—Oden, from Hudickswall—General Slade and Esther, trom Guernsey— Stevans Flori, from Taganrog—Providence, from Antwerp —John and Msrtha and Middleton, from Guernsey—Fos terland, from Hernosand—Decide, from Quebtc—Specula • Lion, from Memel—Minerva, from Gibra'tar. DEAL, Tuesde.y Morning. Anchcred—Tynemouth, from Shields for Carthagena — Tempest, from Sunderland tor Bombay—Grace and Jane, for Guadaloupe—Bride, for Swan Eiver—General Chase, for Cardiff—all from London. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Nustralia and Mauritius, via Southamp ton. ..••'' Dec. 18. v i a Marseilles ..•...•"Jan. 12. Lirazil and Cape Verds, by British padtet. ....... Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. llelena..Dec. 29. ;Lijia, Penang, and Singapore, vitt Southampton. Jan. 2 via Mareeilles ...Dee. 27. Falkland Islands ......... .. ............. De Gibraltar, via Southampton ............ 2 . 27 . India. (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton jan via INlarseilles..• • Dec. 27 . India (Bombay), via Southampton ...... by Canadian pack ~D ec. 27 . via Marseitles ........ Portugal.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. , via Marseilles ........ -, 2 7- Newfoundland ............. .........Dec. - `-'c. 21. 23 Oporto and Vigo ............................ - U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. p ac k et .... _ -- by U.S. ~,,c 1 Bee. 23. let .......... an. 14. . W.C. of Africa,. Madeira, and Teneritle . racket,. Jan 1. Bahamas, via Bow York ............ ......... Jan. 10. c !1,•. ...... .. Dec. 29. Nlexico ........................... arte of %Vest Indies, ineludin, California. and British Columbc "", -Peru, 1 .. .......... j Dec..o 29. KILLE D AT A RAILWAY STATION.—Mr. Black burn, the coroner for Leeds, held an inquest in that tow n, on Friday las t, o n the body of Th e deceased, who wa s Mr. Samuel Sagar, aged 23. a partner in the firm of Messrs. 4 r e t d d t a h y a S ,ger and Walker, s t u ff refreshment-roo m five minutes ul business to linaretbor merchants, Bradford, had been on. and he went to the Ho station of the Great Northern As that the refreshment On the evening of rtha:geciak and Harrogate on Monday Ip.st. Railway. It a he ehehaledftrehtiusrniued as far as Lee ds, luggage outside lv i he Bradford. before o t o r r e , in a s n t d op a p t e r d ain to came up f d akefii Id that by which he intended to travel to he was seen running front d on to the down. line, as if meaning oo to m, get to thbeet:•ainPl'oen the other rails. A a he got upon the down line a train came up from Bradfor d and he was knocked down. The six wheels on one side of the engine and tender all pa ssed over his legs, and he we .a removed in a shocking state to the Lee d s Infirmar y . On Tueslay one of his legs was am putated, and on Thurscle y he died. It appears that the train was not due for five minutes ; and after the accident he stated to his mother ar.d friends that he was hastening across the line to see that his luggage was not sent off by the train thenthat hi in the static ge n. At the momen t he had quite forgottes lugga was not on the up platform. It was proved at the inquest that the train from Bradford whistled went ve as usry slowly ual. As into Mr. the, station, and the driver bad . his way norms the platform, Edward Sagar was making goore , the ticket collector, and others called out to him, such this opinion was Mr. `ti that no cry could b u t he rega rded not their warnings, and they state that he owith him. Of impetuosity Boot h Swan, a me dical studen t , who was on his wa to attend( d L a ister Dyke , but who on witnessing the calamity c was av r o us s h t i o u p ls ; stopped Mr. Sager t o the infirmary. bir.Joseph Needham, a "Inmer of the c i a l traveller, of Hi pp erhohne, was another witn ess fatal occurr ence, and he gave evidence to the g Mr. Swan. After a full and patient inquirysame eff,ct as re turned a verdic t of " Accidental Death," the jury and the C oroner not at all to blame, I stated that the railway com p an y were ROSE S AT CHRISTMAS. T h e two flower beds in the reserved gard •large ,n of the T . 1 ' several roses in fall bloom. Gardeners phenomenon has not been witnessed state that such a the present century, since the he. • • . beginning of A GENEROUS ACT OF SIR R. PEEL.—During his late visit to the tiouth.rn part of this county, Sir Robert Peel haPpaled to drive on a wet and cold Sunday morning, iu the latter end of November, through the vil lage of Sheem. The poor villagers and other inhabitants of of the parish were hearing mass, which the pariAi b P er r e i is was celebrating in a small shed in the street. A an s f ',, _ iry actually no chapel, all were kneeling on the Wet a '''' road, the heavy rain pouring down on their _ cr i : r a d d e s ci . Immediately on his return to Dublin Sir Robertini forwarded ,0 a 1 3 0pe that .. - 050 to the bishop, expressing at the limpe ti me in getting others connected with the locality might m ight be sheltered up a chapel in which the poor peop e l i : ency during Divine service from the 1 As s e th e erection c n t o i E Sheen], the gift of our Chief o b on le _ .;.f ar a l _o l f :u D w unraven be accepted • but the g county,—Tralee Chronicle the offering is not less aPP,•ceiated of the weather. had already contracted for • good nature which prompted l)e''Secretary could not, of course, genuine by the Catholics of this ~~YD )orne for Ger' Idol]. 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