The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-07 00:00:00

ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a fair demand for discount accommoda tion to-day, at full rates. Gold is now about 1-10th per cent. cheaper in London than in Paris, and about 1-10th per cent. dearer here than in Hamburg. The latest advices from New York report the continued easiness and abundance of money. Gold was quoted 32 premium, and the demand was not very active; the exchanges also were dull, and the rates had a downward tendency. A return to sound financial policy would cause gold and ex change to decline rapidly. The stock market, how ever, presented a more active appearance, and quo tations were advancing. The Agents-General for Crown Colonies invite tenders for a Vancouver Inland Government Loan of £40,000, in 6 per Sent. debentures. The traffic receipts of the Great Luxembourg Railway, for the week ending the 4th inst., were £3,187 against £3,732 !ast year. Two O'CLOCK. At the half-yearly meeting of the Colonial Bank, held this day, Mr. Marryat in the chair, the report was unanimously agreed to. The chairman, in the course of some few pertinent observations, stated that the report of the past year's operations was far more satisfactory than could have been anticipated. The West Indian trade had been greatly depressed in consequence of the slave grown sugar competing in the market with free grown. The consumption of that staple in England in 1845, before the introduction of slave-grown sugar, was 255,000 tons ; in 1861 it had reached to 447,000 tons, showing an increase of 192,000 tons, of which 135,400 tons were slave grown, leaving only an increase of 46,000 tons as British produce during a period of 16 years. Cuba bad grown, in 1847, 255,000 tons, while, in 1861, she had increased that amount to 425,000. The Chairman, in reply to a question, stated that the London and Colonial Bank had not yet announced its intent;on of establishing a business in the West Indies. The directors were re-elected, and after some congratulary remarks by several shareholders respecting the management of the Bank, votes of thanks were passed to the directors and managers, and the meeting separated. The dividend was ordered to be paid on the 13th inst. Continued buoyancy has prevailed in the Market for the English Funds to-day. The latest prices yesterday afternoon showed a further improvement, and this morning another rise of fully 1 per cent. took place, Consols being 9314 for transfer and the Bth, and 931 d for February. The important move ment was produced by some extensive purchases for investment, coupled with the abundance of money, the limited supplies of specie exported, the trimness of the Paris Bourse, and other encourag ing symptoms. 1 - 1/ hen quotations had attained the elevation above reported there were a few sales to realise profits, which led to a reaction of s per Cent. The prices are 939 for money and the Bth inst., and 931 1 for February. A further advance has taken place in the New Three per Cents, and the Reduced, viz., to 934 ; the 5 per Cent. Annuities, 1091 ; Exchequer Bills remain at Bs. to 12s. prem. ; Bank Stock has ad vanced to 236; and India 5 per Cent. Loan, 1081 t. There has been rather more animation in the Foreign Market, and prices have been well sup ported. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, have improved to 841, 8 51; do., 1858, 71 1 ; do., 1862, 67?-, 681; and the Consolides 391 ; Egyptian are 951 96 ; do,, second issue, 95 ; Greek, 167, a ; do., Coupons, 7; Mexican, 319 321, showing very little change; Moorish, 971 ; Peruvian New Loan, 891 1 ; Por tuguese do., 471 4 ; Russian do., 951 961; Spanish Passive have advanced to 241 1; and Italian are 701. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been restricted, but prices in some instances show rather more firmness. Great Northern, Great Northern A Stock, and North Western improved 108. ; and London and Brighton, 15s. ; Great Wes terns, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and North British, however, declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines were without change of importance. South-Austrian and Lom bardo -Venetian realised 24 ; Great Western of Canada, 12t ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 22* ; East Indian, 1071; and Great Indian Peninsula, 106. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares con tinued steady at about previous prices. Alliance of London and Liverpool realised 201 4 ; London and South African, 251 ; Oriental Bank, 551 ; Crystal Palace Stock brought 331; and Rio de Janeiro Im provement shares were firm at 29. Bank StockBRITIM FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCK. Per Cent. R e d uced Annuities 236 .. 93 i 3 3 92i 3k 3 k 3 ~.per Cent. Consols Annuitie s .. AeW per Cent. Annuities 6 Per Cent. Annuities A.nnunies, 30 yrs, expire .sth Jan., P3BO IDitto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 1-16 ndia Stock DittDitto 5 per Cent eE 1 1 nfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. 1) tto 5 i tto D per Cent ................... 1054 D ebentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 1001 rl. t Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 ~ , Bonds Xl,OOO 2B Exchequer for Acc oun t - k; 92i 31 zchequer Bill s, £lOOO, 21 per Cent — Ditto Small I` , 8 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent C hilian 6 per C ent 9Bl i titto 41 per Ce,-.' ,ent 841 4 Egpptian-7-pet Cent Ditto, Second Issue ....... Greek s.per Cent., 1824-5, • ex-Coup ms l6l Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per •Cent ...... Ditto Account ....... . ........ . 32t 1/ :\loorish I m p er i a l 5 per. Cent Dit to 1862 P. rtivian 41 per Cent. .......... Ditto Account.. / Portugue se 3 per Cent., 1853 B9k Ditto 1862 47/ Ditto Scrip, £25 paid.... ... R ussian 5 per C en t., 1822, £ St Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 .... Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 ..... ....... / Ditto Scrip, £-17 p a id . 5/ Spanish 3 per Cent pm I >jil t) A rte .................. ount ..................... 541 Ditto New Deferred ................ DDitto Account. itto Pasedve .................. Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 DDitto Account, . 85 ,1 itto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull I talian, 5 p er C ent., 1861, Ex. 25f 66 Ditto Account Consols, Money . TWO O'CLOCK. Ditto Feb. Account On the Ist of January, Cornelius Hackett, aged 1118 Stare, died in the city of Armagh, possessed of all his faculties. He was born on the property of Lord Charlemont, in the county of Tyrone, and when the French landed at Carrickfergus, in 1760, he accompanied his father (being then six years of age) to the scene of a c ti on. This proves hi s bi rt h to b e i n 1754, and his age 108 years. De ceased was a sawyer by trade, and, evenuptoafew mouths of his d eat h , he was able to move about the street and use the spade or rake. Mr. Wallace, an English composer, known for t More than one genuine success, is at en in Paris ter minating an op era i ntended for the ensuingpres 'rent- garden. season at Co. The Journal du Havre announces that . the to teleLvraphic meteorological information organised r'gland by Admi ra l Fi tzroy will, for the future, b e re gularly t ransmitted to France. Yesterday the first despatch W as posted up in that port, containing the words, " A gale y of expect e d f rom the north-west" The system admiral is based upon the fac; that the telegraph is More rapid than the most violent storm. The most terrible hurricane does not travel more than 2,700 metres a minute; Ro that, o n 1,000 warning by tel egra ph seamen at a d i stance o f t kilometres (five-eighth s o f a m il e each) i n the direc ti I)rep on wh are for e the s torm is taki ng , th ey would have seven hours o , the tempest. accounts of the weather, which came in yes toef7l,tye morning by telegraph, from different parts The wace, state that the atmosphere was violently agitated. Ind olew Very fresh from the S W. all along the I.lv,esteLn e.oast, and was gradually extending to the interior. Mediterranean region is not excepted. There is a ral aprearance of bard weather. It rained yesterday tn " ili ntl . at eight at Havre, Cherbourg, Brest, Lorient, IN-4016011 -Vendee, Marseilles, and Besancon. Rain also fell • . Pant 3 Yesterday. SHARE MARKETS---This Day. oitUil'4AßY SHARES AND STOL:IiS, Railways. _p aid. Closing Price. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost., Si eat., and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork end Bandon Cornwall Do A A uets no div ! Do. B till 6p c.p an. has I been paid to It., Dublin & Belfast J une . Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June.: Edinburgh & Glasgow.! IGlasg. and S. Western.! Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st , GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern.... • • • • I Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an W. of Ireland 'Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock, Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwal' Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast' Lon., Chat., and Dover! Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. IMaryport and Carlisle. Do * shares Metropolitan Midland Do New _ _ Do Birming. tt Derby Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland ' Do. y shares Mid Kent _ Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1880 Taff Vale ~ Do B Do C Ulster Do ...... Do Vale of Leath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford dc Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har. &R. IWest Midland •Oxt ord Do Newport Do Hereford ts 8i fi 61 86 88 116 117 et 41 43 13 14 87 88 105 107 45i 464 43 45 24 25 127 124 131 132 136 138 104 106 674 (8 1091 1091 714 724 118 119 374 384 971 48 101,E 10:4 41 11i 01 ?i t2Bl 129 i ig lid 97 99 53} 54i 25 27 100 1001 56 67 881 81 126 128 108 110 1 P 4 31- (11 11 li/ 118 120 471 481 104 106 47 49 334 344 881 SO 084 ;,94. 100 103 7 8 39 40 lot 101 p 7 7 1) 148 150 1 4 4 5 r. 24 3 p 554 564 24 3,1 p p 87 d 90 4 140 145 , 29 31 43 45 35 37 94 20 BRITISH Pi Share, 100 stk 20 20i 10 100 Rai lwavP Atlantic &St Lawrenc, Born., Barod act Cent Ind Gu. s_per cent.. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock BLOCK st I St stock Do. New . Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preterance Butlalo,Brant,&Godricli 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1674 Clcutta. S. Ea stn. Cape Town Dock Serii Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, cm. 5 p. c. Do. do. U Ext..... SSE Paid. 100 100 100 100 100 100 Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1 . 867.. ' Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c...' Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. 1 1 V of Canada Share, all all all all all 100 Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 41 p. c. Extension Dc. Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Cono. a p. o. Bnd Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. NewßrunswicX t Cand. Class A Capital Spar; Do. do. B Capital d 0... pc Ist pi bds Acinde Do. Delhi • ..... .: Do. do Do. Punjaub 4 1 1 Do. Do. •• •• •• Doindus.St. Flo.) all all 100 (100 1 100 no k lig SSIONS Closin. Price. 67 69 ICS 106 52 53 3 5 3 5 83 85 IcB 105 1(3 104 I IP I Z. p 1034 1044 99 101 uI.UN I Al, ti( ) V ERN M NA; t, Lan.lion. 6 p.c.Ja &July 1877-S 1 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aulz d 100 Do. 6 p. c.Mar. & Sent., 100 Do. 5 p. c. Jar.&July.' 100 Do. 5 Inscribed stocki 100 Cape G.llope, t p c,1873 100 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 Do. 1890' 100 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c 100 N.l3.Gov.6p.c..pa.&July 100 Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct.' 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p c.,1860 100 Do. S p. c.,1871 to 1876 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwda 100 New Zealand 6 p. cent., 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. ster;ing - , 1875 ' 100 Queensland Gov. 6p. c 100 s. Aus Grip.c.lB7e.& up 100 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 Do. to ( in.°. Arixta)it.. 100 RIITTISTI NTT Business dont xn 107 f an an an 22 75 106 an 1031 4 xn xn 104 xn xn I'll - 1054 IC6i 106 108 106 108 97 97i 97 10i 110 111 113 112 114 111 113 1041 105 i! 991 1004 94 1001 91 99. y 108 110 I xd 107 (Cambrian Consol. Gold iChuoru Amalgamated I )evon G. Cone, (Tavist East Bassett ( 11 ogs n ) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... East Cann Brea... E. W . l Russel (Tavistk., Gam..irSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vorafelston Grenville .. erod's- Foot I ilingston Downs Lady Bertha llargaret (Cny Lelant Marke Valley.. \Tyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) New Setun north Downs C.Wh'l Basset fan 'orth Wheal Crotty Par'Consols(st. Blazey i'rovidenoe(Uny Lelnt.) (South Caradon(St.o leer 13. Carn Brea (Illogan) j'7:.Wheai Fran. (Illogan (Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Pin Croft West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskeard' West Seto Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller(Redruth) Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) WhealLud ott kv heal Mar yAnn (Men ) Weal Seton . __ ss. 3.0.0 i 7.19.0 97 xd 105 106 4 8 110 109 111 105 107 le9l llO * 2l 23 1p SOO 510 53 65 110 } 91 47. 5} 5 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 584 7 3.13 P it) 454 48 , 11} 111 3 i Al 15 17 7 74 6 64 44 5} 44 50 2i 21 1 14 41 48 64 9 ds pr 150 HO 2} 21 24 A 5 . _ 51. W heal Trelawney (Lis ) Wheal Union 46 i 1 43 385 395 2/ 90 95 39 41 13 14 13 14 26 28 285 295 82t 47i 82} 74 9i 10 15 16 45 255 16i 17i 51 6}_ PREFERENCE SHARES. Gt. Western ("erks & Hants Ext.), rd., 41 per cent., 97; London, Chatham, and Dover per cent. pref., 96 Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 4 per cent. irrd., 104 Stockton and Darlington, C, 6 per cent., .-4 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and Brighton &c., 4i per cent., 1861, 104 LINES LEASED A FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 4 , per Cent., 91 Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 97 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 211 Dutch Rhenish, 17i Sambre and Meuse, 101 ; San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 9; 10—Ditto (all), 24 FO REIGN MI NES. Mont. Aureos Braz. Gold Min. Co. (lim.), 2} Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lim.), 36 London, 61 DOCKS. JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 201 1 Bank of Queensland (dm.), 4t Hindustan, China, and Japan aim.), 71 London, B. Ayres, and H. Plate (lim.), 61 London and South African, 2ii London and Colonial (lim.), 41 4 Ottoman Bank, , 34 Standard of British South Africa (lira.), 10 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, a3i Italian Irrigation Canal, 1; Madras Irrigation and Canal, 31 National Discount Company, 81 I _RECIAN GUIDES.—These poor agoyates, or i g o u u i rn de ev s, fo h r aze da a y b by ar t d ho l s i i r d e e o of f it.ou horses; sometimes They sometimes They after other people are fast asleep . r are the first to rise, to look after their rß ses T ; h t e h y ey a l t i e e n d k o e w e n p restvwthearsteihngovaerauth.eviireicharge all night long when they are tra own expense, themselves and They live at their cloak in the-openair ; e yes and their horses; they sleep in a they are exposed to the sun and the rain, to the cold of the mountain s mountain s and the heat of the plains; hmkr lords," as they call them, and after all this fatig ue , ; for they can claim oi The agoyate tra m:hme water with give them just what they t Without oolr es er carries aal) nothing beyond the hire of their p h r vela on foot without tiring ; he goes through out getting wet, and frequently he takes eating. He provides for everything, nails, thread, needles—in short, a complete haberda s her' s and and druggist's shop. He shoots game, when you h ave gun to lend him. As you jog along, he gathers by the way side wild plants wherewith ti season his bread. On ap proaching your resting-place, he plucks a fowl, as he trots by your side, without seeming to be aware of what he is doing. The agoyate has friends in every village, acquaint ances on every read. He knows by heart the fords of the streams, the distance of the villages, good paths and the bad ones. He never loses his way, rarely hesitates, and to make assurance doubly sut e, he shouts to the peasants whom he passes. " Brother, we are going to such a place; is this the way f" The term brother is still in universal usage, as in the glod old times of Christian charity, although it has lost somewhat of its force; for it is not un common to hear say—" Brother, you are a scoundrel! Brother, I will give you what you won't like I"—Dichenes Ag (4 row 4Qund. Share, 13.14 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.---This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) THE GREAT BANK ROBBERY. THE NAVY. This morning four of the men charged with being en gaged in the late extensive robbery of Bank-note paper from the Laverstoke Mills, viz., Buncher, Brewer, Bur nett, and Griffiths, were placed in the dock. The first two prisoners pleaded not guilty, the other two guilty. Cummings and Williams, the other two men charged with being concerned in the robbery, will be tried on sepa rate indictments. Sir F. Kelly, Q.C., standing counsel to the Bank of England, with Mr. Bovill, Q.C„ Mr. Giffard, and Mr. Mathewes, appeared for the prosecution. Sergeant Ballan tine, Mr. Keane, and Mr. F. Lewis appeared for Brewer; Mr. Greenoaks for Buncher. Sir F. Kelly, in opening the case for the prosecution, explained at great length the manner in which bank-note paper was manufactured, dwelling particularly on the modo in which the paper was prepared at Laverstoke, and ex pressed the gratification he had in stating that henceforward it would be impossible for forged Bank of England notes to be printed on genuine paper, the most complete arrange ments having been made to guard against such impositions in future. When the first forged note came into the Bank the most diligent inquiry was made, and after the greatest exertions of the police, the Governors had been able to bring the principal participators in the robbery before the court. The learned council then proceeded to give a short sketch of the antecedents of the four prisoners, one of whom, Griffiths, hRI been engaged at Birmingham in printing and circulating forged Bank notes for the last 16 or 17 years. He then proceeded to detail the manner in which paper was abstracted from the mills by Henry Brown, a young man formerly engaged by Messrs. Portal, who had been actuated to the commission of the offence through the persuasion of the prisoner Burnett. The learned gentleman then remarked that the great contest which would take place between the learned Sergeant who defended Brewer, would be the credibility of the approver, Henry Brown. He was of opinion that the statement of the young man was corroborated in every particular by witnesses of the utmost respectability, and if they should agree with him, then there could be no doubt that his evidence was worthy of belief, and was such as they could safely act upon. Having referred to the evidence as it affected the other prisoners, he concluded by saying that he felt certain that the jury, in the performance of their arduous duty, would give the case their best consideration, and that justice would be fearlessly done both towards the prisoners and the public. The examination of witnesses was then commenced by Mr Bovill, Q. .C., the first person examined being Henry Webb, the City detective, who detailed the circumstances con nected with his apprehension of Griffiths, the printer, at Birmingham. At the conclusion of this witness's evidence, each of the prisoners were asked irthey wished to put any questions. All replied in the negative but Griffiths, who was about to make some observations. The learned Judge reminded the prisoner that he could only ask questions, and he should like to know whether he W'B about to put any to the witness previous to his quitting the box. Griffiths—No. I only was about to tell who was the man who has put me away on the present charge. He has had thousands of pounds out of me, and his object in selling me has been to get the reward. The learned Judge told the prisoner he would have ample opportunity of making any statement he might desire at the groper time. The examination of the witnesses was then proceeded with. NEW COURT. ((Before Mr. Justice Keating.) ATTEMPTING TO MURDER. William Collier, shoemaker, 34, was indicted for attempt ing to strangle Mary Elizabeth, his wife, with intent to murder her. He was also indicted for attempting to com mit suicide by cutting his throat. The desperate quarrel arose at a drunken orgie, the par ties residing in Pleasant-place, Lambeth. The evidence disclosed a case of such depravity between nearly the whole of the parties that we forbear to publish them. The jury acquitted the prisoner of attempting to murder, and by the advice of his counsel the prisoner pleaded guilty to a common assault. Sentence deferred. THIRD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) STEALING SHIRTS. Karl Anders, 24, was indicted for stealing a number of shirts, the property of Ann Cooper. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and the learned judge sen tenced him to six months' imprisonment. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENEN.I, JANUARY 7, 1863, Naval and Military Intelligence. Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick William Grey, K.C.8., the senior Lord of the Board of Admiralty, arrived at Portsmouth dockyard, yesterday from London. Rear-Admiral Robinson, Controller of the Navy, and Capt. Drummond, were also expected at the yard from the Admiralty during the after noon. Sir Frederick, who arrived soon after 2 p.m., made a tour of the yard immediately after his arrival, visiting the Royal Sovereign, turret ship, the Royal Alfred, frigate, for iron casing, the shop containing the machinery for landing the armour plates, and other points of interest in the yard. He was accompanied by the master ship ssright and his staff, the chief engineer, and other officials of the yard. Had the whole Board, with the Duke of Somerset at their head, visited Ports mouth-yard they would just now Ind enough to in terest them in the somewhat singular spectacle, the result of their own orders, of wooden ships stand ing in frame stopped in their further progress of construction, in order that iron-armoured ships might be brought forward, and those very iron cased ships in their turn all but abandoned, in order that repairs might be carried out to a wooden frigate and corvette now about to be despatched on three or four years' foreign service. It is urged as a justification for the course taken by the Admiralty that vessels are immediately required to relieve others on foreign service whose term of ser vice has expired. We have no small class iron cased ships to send, and therefore the Admiralty must draw from the wooden screw lists of the Re serves, the majority of the vessels in which require heavy repairs to both hull and machinery before they can be commissioned. This, from our know ledge, is the truth ; but, at the same time, it is a truth of which we, as a practical nation, can feel anything but proud. For 20 years the immense re sources of England have been largely employed in creating a steam fleet worthy of her rank and posi tion in the scale of nations, and the result appears to be at present that we have four of what are consi dered to be perfect men of war, afloat and in com mission ; we have a few more building, some nearly ready for launching, one indeed launched, and others just begun ; a large number of wooden ships, the grester number of which require relieving, our Re serves unavailable for went of repairs, and three fourths of the vessels in those Reserves composed of either " paddles" that can never become war ships again, or vessels so rotten or decayed that they can ecarcely float at their snug harbour moorings. Such a plea needs bat one kind of reply. The Steam Re serves of the navy represent so much national capi tal, the serviceable nature of the ships representing the interest. In the event, however, of any of the ships being really unserviceable, the interest upon the capital is not only lost but to it is added a con siderable sum which goes by the official name of " preservation of hull and machinery." The Ports mouth Reserve figures under this head for about £20,000 per annum. This sum is expended by the Steam Reserve Department alone ; it has nothing to do with repairs to machinery by the steam fac tory, or repairs to hull by the master shipwright's department. All our present Reserves have been thus preserved, useful and useless alike, and the result is that a large number of ships figure in the official Navy List, of which very few in deed are efficient. In the recent official return issued from the Admiralty, the gunboats at Has lat-yard figure largely, and make a somewhat for midable total of vessels, and, as it is now become the fashion to put it," Armstrong" guns. What is the supposed condition of these vessels at the pre sent time ? Repaired under the sheds at Has'ar, at an almost fabulous cost, yet in accordance strictly with the Admiralty order to make good only visible defects, the invisible defects were therefore closed in with the new work, and it is now believed that sufficient time has elapsed for the natural results to ensue, and that our famed Haslar gunboats are now rotten past all redemption. The answer to the Ad miralty plea, therefore, is that if the known ineffi cient and useless vessels of the Reserves had been disposed of for the best price they would fetch in the market, the capital thus realised would have placed every other vessel in the Reserves in a sea going condition. Even if the vessels or their mschi nery onnid find no buyoro, the muney which would be saved annually would, as represented by the " preservation" items of the Reserves, by absolutely giving them away, would go very far towards ren dering the Reserves really efficient. Sir Fred. Grey yesterday had an opportunity of seeing the some w hat extraordinary number of about two score men employed upon that important experimental ship the Royal Sovereign. He may calculateupon her being ready for her trial at the measured mile in about 12 or 15 months' time. Broad lines of rail, on which stand two powerful cranes for transporting the ar mour plates, run along each side of the ship. These lines of rail are in communication at the bows of the ship with a line of rail which runs down to the workshop at the north end of the yard where the armour plates are bent, drilled, and otherwise pre pared for fixing on the ship's side. This process of bending, &c., was inaugurated with considerable ceremony some time since, but as yet no armour plate has reached the ship, nor according to present appearances will they do so yet, in any number, if at all, for some time to come. The iron cased, or to be iron cased, frigate Royal Alfred is in as bad a plight as the Royal Sovereign. Every shipwright has been taken off her, and the only men now at work upon her are a few from the millwrights' shop at the pumps, a few rivecters and men from the steam factory and probably half-a-dozen joiners. The dockyard officials are, however, much in advance of the Ad miralty with this ship, inasmuch as they have blacked the bottom nicely over and have got the launching ways and cradle all in position. The chief resources of the yard are now employed upon the Curacoa and Esk, both of which ate crowded with hands, and the energy displayed yes terday when it became known some of the Board" were expected was astonishing. Another important addition was yesterday made to the Royal Navy by the launch of her Majesty's iron screw steam vessel Tamar, of 2,811 tons, and 500 horse power, from the premises of the builders, Messrs. Samuda, Poplar. There was a large num ber of spectators. Shortly after 1 o'clock, all being ready, the ceremony of christening was performed by Miss D'AguilarSamuda, daughter of the builder, and, the dogsbores having been removed, the vessel glided gracefully from her launching-ways into the Thames. She was thcn taken in tow, and hauled into the East India docks, under the mast-house, where she will be fitted with her screw machinery and engines, manufactured by Messrs. Ravenhill, LalkelC, and Co. The Tamar was laid down in Nov., 1861, and is in every respect a fine vessel. The following are her principal dimensions:— Length, 300 ft. ; breadth, 44ft. 7in, ; depth in hold, 34ft. ; burden in tons, 2,811 82-94 old measurement. After receiving her machinery she will be removed to Woolwich dockyard to be rigged and fitted with her armament, consisting of four rifled guns, and she is expected to be ready for service by April next. A large number of workmen are now em-. ployed at the premises of Messrs. Samuda upon the construction of her Majesty's armour-plated screw cupola ship Prince Albert. She will be iron-cased throughout with 4i-inch plates, and fitted with four armour-cased shields or cupolas, of immense strength, upon Capt. Coles's plan recently adopted by the Admiralty. She is the first cupola ship laid down for the Government, and is named the Prince Albert by express desire of her Majesty. The arma ment of this magnificent vessel will consist of eight monster rifled buns, two of which will be fitted in each cupola. Letters, dated 66 Fortress Monroe, Virginia, Dec. 21," received by our Chatham correspondent, an nounce the departure from that place on the 18th of Dec. of her 'Majesty's screw s teamer Cadmus, 21 , 400 horse power, Capt. J. F. Ross, to latheve, assistance .ichh of a British merchant sh i p , the Ocean v she fell in with in a distressed condition. After ren dering her assistan ce, the Cadmus returned to For tress Monroe, where, at the departure of the mail, her Majesty's screw sloop , Pe tezel, 11, 150 horse p o wer, Com. Cf. W. Watso n , Was also lying. The o fficers and crew of both vesse l s were all well. The Atting of the screw frigate Arethiaa, 61, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CREATING A DISTURBANCE AT A REFRESHMENT HOUSE.—Catherine Joyce was charged with creating a disturbance at 41, Haymarket, a refreshment-house. Mr. John Tucker said—l keep a refreshment-house, eating-house, or whatever you like to call it. Prisoner was in my service for a few months and left. She sued me for a week's wages, but could do nothing. She gets drunk and oomes to my house and calls me and my wife names. Last night she came and called me this and my wife that. She got a crowd round the house, would not go away, and I gave her in charge. She stopped my business. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Oh, that would be a great pity indeed. Prisoner—l called for a letter which had been left at the house for me, and the complainant said that the letter had been given back to the postman. I made inquiries, and found that it was not the case, and on going to tell the com plainant what the gentleman at the post-office said, the letter was given to me opened. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l suppose there was no remittance in it. Prisoner—No, sir. It is a night house the complainant keeps. Mr. Tyrwhitt--Anything else Prisoner—Yes. Bad business is carried on. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l have had enough of the case. I shall dismiss the young woman, and I hope if you detain any more of the letters she will bring you here for larceny. WESTMINSTER. JUSTICE IN A Fix.—A man between 60 and 60 years of age, attired in a large smock frock, was placed beforo Mr. Arnold, who having in vain looked for his name amongst those who had been locked up at the station, inquired who he was. Policeman.—We don't know. Mr. Arnold—What is his name ? Policeman—He can't talk. Mr. Arnold—You have asked him, of course—does he re fuse to give it ? Policeman—We don't know about that, your worship, but he seems to be deaf and dumb. He does not speak at any rate, and he does not pay the least attention when one talks to him, and that of course makes us think he is deaf and dumb. Mr. Arnold—What offence is he brought before me for P Policeman—Begging. He was in Chester-square with a placard upon his breast, stating that he was deaf and dumb and compelled to solicit assistance, and I took him into custody. Mr. Arnold—Cannot you find any one who can interpret to a deaf and dumb person ? Policeman—Yes; I have a person here who can talk with his fingers, but defendant either can't or won't under stand him. We have traced him every where, but we can't make anything of him at all. Mr. Arnold—Try again. The person acquainted with the finger vocabulary stood forward and made up a sentence, but the defendant stood as motionless as a statue. Mr. Arnold—Write on a bit of paper and see if you can make him understand. Policeman—We have tried that, sir, and it is no use more than any other way; he either won't or cannot understand. Mr. Higgins, the clerk, wrote something on a piece of paper and handed it to him, but he appeared to be blind as well as suffering under the other infirmities, and nothing came of the experiment. Mr. Arnold—l don't know what to do with the man. I Can't bear the case unless the accused can be made to com prehend what is said against him, or without affording him the opportunity of reply. I must remand him until Friday, and every possible inquiry must be made about him, and somebody to make him understand if possible. THAMES. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—William Haines, a rough look ing fellow, about 20 years of age, who said he belonged to the London, an American ship, but who is supposed to be a regular long shore thief, was brought before Mr. Wool rych, charged with stealing a concertina, a coat, and other property belonging to John Richardson, a seaman. Yesterday afternoon, while the crew of the ship William and Elles, lying in the Regent's Canal Dock, Ratcliff, were at tea, the prisoner managed to board the vessel and sneak into the prosecutor's bed cabin, from which he took a concertina, a coat, and other property, and managed to get into the ship's boat with his booty, when some of the crew made their appearance on deck, and saw him about to row towards the quay. He was pursued and overtaken with the property in his possession. He was asked if he belonged to any ship in the dock, to which he replied, "No, I hail from the London, an American ship. Toe prisoner on being called upon for his defence, in a sullen manner said—•l have nothing at all to say. Mr. Woolrych—You have committed a very audacious robbery—stolen that young man's things, and if he had not recovered them it would have been a severe loss to him. You are Rot known, and therefore I can deal leniently with you. I sentence you to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. Loon AFTER YOUR TlLLS.—George Thompson, a well known thief, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with'a daring till robbery in the shop of Mr. Ja moa Rvprett, corn chandler, in High •street, Poplar. The prosecutor was absent from his shop a short time and on his return saw the prisoner with his hand in the till which is attached to the counter. The prisoner was in the act of taking some silver out of the till when Mr. Everett arrested his hand, detained him, and gave him into custody There were silver coins in the prisoner's mouth, and it is supposed the prisoner swallowed them, for when 13,3 was searched only 51d. was found upon him. It was proved by Inspector Griffin and other officers that the prisoner had been three times convicted, and on each occasion gave the name of Thomas Hancock. He was con victed summarily in March last for stealing a copper coal scuttle from a public house, and sentenced to one month's imprisonment and hard labour, and a former conviction was then proved against the prisoner for stealing lead for which he also underwent a month's imprisonment. The prisoner had also been summarily convicted and sentenced to three months' imprisonment for " picking a till" in the Victory public house, Rhodeswell-road, Stepney. The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Woolrych—l now sentence you to four months' im prisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. MARKETS—This Day. MARK LANE A very moderate supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market. Dry samples sold freely, at fully Monday's advance of is per quarter; but damp produce commanded very little attention. The supply of foreign wheat was large. Nearly all de scriptions were in fair average request, and Monday's cur rency was well supported. Floating cargoes of grain changed hands to a fair extent, at full quotations. Malting barley ruled firm, at extreme rates. Grinding and distilling sorts moved off slowly, but at full prices. Malt ruled steady, at previous quotations. The supply of oats was very moderate, and the trade ruled firm, at an advance for fine sweet corn of 6d per quar ter. Beans and peas were in slow request, and prices had a downward tendency. Flour moved off steadily, and in some instances rather more money was demanded. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English...— 150 4lO 2,210 i 100 B3O sack • Irish.. — 300 _ Woreign.... —12,310 1,410 6uo 470 sacks 8,410 brls BOROUGH HOP. A fair business is passing in most kinds of hops, at pre vious quotations. WHITECTIAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the demand rules inactive as follows : Beef from 2s Gd to 3s 10d; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 4d per 81b. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 7.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CHATHAM, Jan. 6. —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Cordolea, from Moulmein. PORTLAND ROADS, Jan. 6.—Arrived—Otto t from Ham burg for Porto Rico. OFF PILL, Jan. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Dauntless, from New York. TORBAY, Jan. 6.—Wind variable—Sailed —Burlington, for Swan River. Most of the windward bound were get ting under weigh. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Athens, screw steamer, from Southampton, and proceeded for the Cape of Good Hope, HOLYHEAD, Jan. 6. - Wind S.—Sailed—Hannibal, and Poll Star, from Demerara; Fleur de Lis, from Bombay; Arbitrator, from Havannah. MILFORD, Jan. 6.—Arrived—Kate, from the Clyde, for Berbice. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. 4rri " d, ja n• 6 —Vivid Light, from Philadelphia ; Lan- New cashire from 6—Vivid Nursery Packet, from Nickerie ; Great Britain, from Tuticorin; Alkali, from Dun kirk ; Cadmus from from ; Hermann, from Rio Grandel; Ads, from St. Michael's ; Victoria, from Seville • Wm. Forrest, from Alexandria ; Christiania, from Dunlark. Arrived Jan. 7H elen Bairo, from Mauritius; Ruban, from Marseilles; Concordia, from Boulogne. The Amazon, for Now York, has returned, with wind lass damaged. _ ith llne w e st , got schooner T The Robert, schooner, of D ß A y l ' e ' W fro e ro dn n esday Mo rn i ng . in collision during the night, and lost butiT ae_ to whole of her crew got on board the s hi p, and will proceed to Ramsgate next tide in char ge Sailed — Coronet , for 1404914 to stop %194.°f boatmen. Busines, done, 127 i 131! 2 67j i 98 1026 41} 129 f p 54 31 571 881 i 8919 FRENCH COCHIN-CHINA. The Anumite Code.—Like all official documents in Cochin-China, the code is written in Chinese. It was first conceived by Gia-Long, and is an imita tion of the Chinese code. It prescribes three kinds of capital punishment—decapitation, strangulation, and slow dealt]. now rarely applied. After the punishment of death comes that of exile, then irons, and lastly, the bamboo. The latter may be applied to the extent of 60 strokes for slight offences ; be yond that it is replaced by the stick, which is always a concomitant of irons and exile ; the dimen sions of the bamboo and stick are perfectly well defined; and the number of strokes can never ex teed a hundred. Except the members of the Royal family, no one is exempt from the punishment of the bamboo; but high dign itaries,mandarins, generals, and colonels may buy themselves off, a favour also granted to rich individuals. The chief object of this code is to enforce an exaggerated reverence for the Royal authority in the first instance, and next for the hierarchy which descends from it; the authority of the father over his children, the master over his servant, and the husband over hi s wife. Casting a stone at a royal pagoda or p a l ace , is punished with depth. Approaching the palace, er going along the road through which the King is to pass, may often be a .capital of f ence. The physician is obliged to taste all the medicines he prescribes; if he corn mit a mistake, he is liable to bastinadoed , So also are the valets that do not keep the King's clothes in pro per order; the master of the stables that neglects the carriages or litter of the Court; the cook who may have sent up dishes not in harmony with each other, &c. The proclamations, seals, and other matters relating to the King are inviolable on pain of death. Slavery my originate in the following ways : Either by a poor person's selling himself, or by parents selling the children they cannot maintain ; or by war, all prisoners taken in battle being liable to be sold as slaves. Most of the slaves in the Anna mite empire, however, belong to a race of moun taineers called Moi, who sell either themselves or their children to s l ave -d ealers. Kid- napp i ng i s severely punished. A slave cannot redeem himself except with the consent:of his master. In criminal proceedings generally, all persons having any con nection with a delinquent are considered more or less responsible for his acts. Although the code visits the slightest transgressions with severe punishment, it nevertheless displays some tenden cies to philanthropy. Thus, during the rainy sea sons, or in case of drought, persons imprisoned foz slight delinquencies are released, lest epidemics should break out in the prisons. Women to be basti nadoed, must have their persons completely covered; there are mitigations prescribed for children and old men, and abuse of authority on the part of functionaries is severely punished. JEWS' FREE CIIOOL, SPITALPIELDS.—On Sun day Mr. Moses Angel, head master of the Jews' Free School, which affords instruction to 1,800 children of the humbler orders of the Jewish faith, was presented with a testimonial subscribed for by numbers who have had the best opportunities of estimating this gentleman's zealous and able fulfilment of his trust. The spacious school-room was crowded on the occasion, and the pro ceedings of the day were opened by the chairman, Mr. M. D. Davis, a principal teacher, ani formerly a pupil in the school. Having feeling dwelt on Mr. Angel's many excellent qualities, and enumerated his especial claims on the gratituia of all connected with the institution, he presented the testimonial, consisting of a pair of very superb salvers, an elaborately chased claret jug, and two very handsome goblets. The inscription on one of the salvers was as follows: —" The grateful offering of the past and present pupils and teachers of the Jews, Free Schi,ol to Moses Angel, twenty-three years head master, in recognition of his untiring zeal in promoting their moral and intellectual welfare,—Jan., 1863 (5623)." An address was afterwards read by Mr. L. B. Abrahams, expressive of the sentiments of the contributors, and speeches were made by several gentlemen formerly students in the institution, the principal orators being Mr..G. J. Emanuel, 8.A., Mr. James Bethell, LL.B., and the Rev. A. F. Ornstrin ; the last-named gentleman quitting im portant duties in Birmingham in order to be present. The head master acknowledged the honour thus bestowed on him by his pupils and co-labourers, and the meeting, which numbered more than 1,000 persons, separated in excellent humour, after giving Mr. Angel three cheers expressive of their goodwill. AN UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE.—As an instance of the utiusual mildness of the season, we may mention that a peach tree, in the garden of Captain Douglas, at Southsea, blossomed a few days since. It was attached to a wall having a south-easterly and open aspect, 3,141 tons, 600 horse power, preparing for the se cond division of the Chatham Steam Reserve, has been suspended hyorder of the Admiralty. The Are thusa is intended to take the place of the Leander, 51, in the Steam Reserve, should the latter be com mission. d. The other 51 gun screw frigates now at tached to the Chatham Steam Reserve are the Undaunted, 3,039 tons, 600 horse power; the Bris tol, 3,027 tons, 600 horse power; and the New castle, 3,035 tons, 600 horse power. The hired transport Cordelia arrived in Chatham harbour yesterday from Moulmein. She brings a cargo of 900 tons of teak timber for the dockyard. The naval transport Rochester, Mr. Heather, second made g oo d the defects she sustained as d uring terhaving tbe recent gale, is ordered to take in a cargo of naval stores at Chatham dockyard, for Portsmouth. THE ARMY. The proposed artesian well in connection w i t h the new barracks at Colchester not having bee n successful, arrangements have been made with the local W aterworks Company to furnish the neces sary supply. A reservoir is to be provided at the barracks, and a special main will be laid on from the works. A notification has been received at Chatham gar rison that the following vessels have been chartered by the War Department for the conveyance of troops and military stores to India and the colonies, viz. :—The Sarah and Emma, 1,097 tons, and the Southern Cross, 591 tons, for Calcutta; the New Era, 725 tons, for Madras ; the Octavia, 950 tons, for Bombay; the Laretto, 793 tons, for Kurrachee ; the Severn, 530 tons, for Ceylon ; and the Lady Bute, 349 tons, for St. Helena. The following changes and appointments have taken place at Chatham garrison :—Capt. T. Shep. pard, Ist battalion, 4th King's Own, has proceeded to Tilbury Fort to command the troops quartered at that station, in succession to Capt. E. G. G. Mun roe, who has joined the depot of the Ist battalion, 20th Regiment, at Chatham garrison; Major H. R. Pigott, 83d Regiment, has proceeded to Dover, to join the service companies of his regiment on obtain ing his majority, and is succeeded in the command of the 83d depot at Chatham by Capt. F. Dickin son; Lieut. J. Browne, 94th Regiment, has been placed under orders to join the headquarters of his re giment in India. The following officers havejoined the depots of their respective regiments at Chatham : Capt. J. Paton and Lieut. E. Bramhead, 4th King's Own; Lieut. A. M. Handley, Ensign A. E. T. Brown, and Ensign J. G. W. Griffith, 19th Regi ment; Capt. C. Prevost and Ensign T. Stainer, 31st Regiment ; Ensign J. R. B. Buscarlet, 95th Regi ment, on appointment; Capt. A. S. Cleeve and En sign S. J. Dyer, 51st King's Own Light Infantry ; Capt. W. I. Stopford, 52d Light Infantry ; Lieut. J. Browne, 94th Regiment ; Capt. G. F. Gosling and Lieut. F. J. Granville, 102 d Royal Madras Fu sileers ; Ensign C. J. Tongue, 2d West India Regi • ment ; and Lieut. E. D. Jones, 3d West India Re giment. Lieut. C. G. M. Skinner, 35th Regiment, has rejoined his depot from Tilbury. THE O'DONOGHUE OUTRAGE. The O'Donoghue, if capable of the least reflec tion, must have repented before this of his conduct at Tralee. It has been strongly condemned in every quarter, even where he probably expected sympathy and support. The people of Tralee themselves, through their Chamber of Commerce, have just joined in this general expression of condemnation. At a meeting, specially called for the purpose, its members have declared that "they feel deep regret at the want of respect and the forgetfulness of his sacred office with which the Rev. Dr. Moriarty was received" on the occasion of The O'Donoghue's die graceful escaped. They also state that the ‘, utmost reparation in their power is due by the people of Tralee for the irreverence thus evinced to his lord ship." These resolutions are a strong comment upon the course pursued by The O'llonoghue. They show that the respectable portion of the Rnmau Catholic community in the very neighbourhood of the district where he alleged the deepest distress prevailed—distress so serious that he felt called upon, according to his statement, to divert the vo luntary subscriptions of his co-religionists in Lanca shire into that quarter—wholly repudiate his leader ship and his conclusions. The chamber, before break ing up, resolved to present an address to his lord ship embodying the foregoing resolutions, and bearing the signatures of all its members. It will be recollected that at the meeting in Tralee extracts were read from the letter of a Roman Catholic clergyman the Rev. Edward Fitz gerald—expressing the warmest sympathy with the Lancashire operatives, and recalling the muni ficence of England during the Irish famine. Feel ing called upon to protest against the scandalous attempt to injure the collection in Tralee for Lan cashire, he has published a letter in which he thus warmly repeats his former testimony on the subject : " I cannot forget the summer of 1822. I was then occupied day after day for several weeks in Mill town and Listry in distributing kiln-dried corn plentifully, and held in store a large quantity of breadstuffs and a cargo of potatoes, all for the relief of the poor of these parishes, all at the expense of our English neighbours. The late famine years are fresh in the mind of every one. On looking over some of the late Right Rev. Dr. Egan's papers, I find an account of monies remitted to him from the ' England people' in 1847, with the name of the cor respondents and the amount of each remittance, making a total, so far as I can ascertain at present, of £1,217 9s. 10d. for the relief of the poor of his diocese. If this distinguished bishop, of acknow ledged retiring habits, were then living, would he not attend the Tralee meeting, if it were only to proclaim the generosity of the benefactors of the poor of his diocese ? Would not, I ask, the Right Rev. Dr. Moriarty, his successor, be guilty of a de reliction of duty did he not take a prominent part in that meeting, for the same laudable purpose, and confirm his sincerity with any subscription he could afford for th e re li e f o f th e L an cashireoperatives I rejoice that he has done so. The senti ments and the principles propounded b y the Bishop of Kerry in his pastoral and in his speech at the meeting are t oo sound and too comprehensive to lose their effect in tumult. They are lauded by every respectable journalist, and every rightminded layman will subscribe to them." The O'Donoghue has the discredit of introducing the bitterest animosities into Tralee and its neigh bourhood ; but he has also, much as he must regret it, been instrumental in arousing a spirit among a part of the Roman Catholic population quite at variance with his designs. The letter of Mr. Fitz gerald alone would establish this, without the an nexed extract from a reply to an attack made upon a trader, in Tralee, who has been assailed by The O'Donoghue faction for having subscribed £1 to the Lancashire fund, while he only gave 10s. to a local relief fund:— cannoteei b e fore naveb r dl e e e b e iy i n v n ad e i d ; " Though not a very old man, I can well remem ber several occasions on which relief has la ci ee t r; t this with a right imperial hand from England ev en re country ; but the oldest amongst . us member a tradition of England havi e n o g rie. And is it charity for any portion of herp , an therefore to be tolerated becaus e ben I e b fi l t e s E e nglish people vidual, mindful of the many ben e fits no countrymen from tho b ufroible mite to relieve the tern- , have contributed existingu23 it a district of that coun porary distress thusfe: national ingratitude, which a few _operating with others to repudiate the , 2 a ti r g i and a . self ... elec ted leaders of the people would seek to us, that I am to be call e d t o account b y an nttaeh anonymousto scribbler ose ideas of charity are so perverted th at, had he l wh lived in Samaria of old, he would have held up the ' good Samaritan' as a , tnitn who h a d d one an injustice to his countrymen.' AI Br' ' r. right has accepted an invitation to the annual dinner of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, the 15th inst. FUTURE MOVEMENTS OF TIIE ALABAMA.—MUCK speculation continues to exist regarding the future movements of this steamer. "We are enabled to state on the best authority (says the Liverpool Journal of Commerce) that Capt. Semmes intends to sail immediately for the East Indies. This contemplated change of cruising ground on the part of the Alabama has been known for some time by the initiated, and is only carrying cut Capt, Swamies' Proffrarzune." Proposed Cession of the lonian Islands to Greece. (From the London Gazette of last Evening.) FOREIGN OFFI''E, JAN. 5. Her Majesty's Government have received from the Hon. Henry Elliot, a copy of the foilowing memorandum, which he had delivered to the President of the Provisional Go vernment of Greece : MEMORANDUM. It is her Majesty's earnest desire to contribute to tha welfare and prosperity of Greece. The treaties of 1827 and 1832 bear evidence of this desire on the part of the British Crown. The Provisional Government of Greece declared, upon the withdrawal of King Otho from Greece, that their mis sion is to maintain for Greece constitutional monarchy and the relations of peace with all other States. If the new Assembly of the Representatives of the Greek nation should prove faithful to this declaration, should maintain constitutional Monarchy, and should refrain from all aggression against neighbouring States, and if they should choose a Sovereign against whom no well founded objection could be raised, her Majesty would see in this course of conduct a promise of future freedom and happi ness for Greece. In such a case, her Majesty, with a view to strengthen the Greek monarchy, would be ready to an nounce to the Senate and Representatives of the lonian Islands, her Majesty's wish to see them united to the mo narchy of Greece, and to form with Greece one united state ; and if this wish should be expressed also by the lonian Le gislature, her Majesty would then take steps for obtaining the concurrence of the Powers who were parties to the treaty by which the seven lonian Islands and their dependencies were placed as a separate state under the protectorate of the British Crown. I am to take care, in my communications upon this sub ject, to make it understood that the election of a Prince, who should be the symbol and precursor of revolutionary disturbance, or of the adoption of an aggressive policy towards Turkey, would prevent any relinquishment of her Majesty's protectorate of the lonian Islands. Her Majesty's Government trust that, in the selection of a sovereign to rule over Greece, the Greek Assembly will choose for their king a prince from whom they can expect a regard far religious liberty, a respect for constitutional free dom, and a sincere love of peace. A prince possessing these qualities will be fitted to promote the happiness of Greece, and will be honoured with the friendship and confidence of her Majesty the Queen. THE WAR IN AMERICA. (Per Norwegian.) NEW YORK, DEC. 26 (EVENING.) The witnesses before the Congressional Commit tee concur in attributing the disaster at Fredericks burg to delay in sending the pontoons from Wash ington. General Halleck states that his responsi bility ceased when he gave the order to forward the pontoons. The responsibility of delay is not clearly fixed upon any one. The military situation in the South-West is at tracting much attention. President Davis is in Tennessee, supposed to be maturing a plan for the capture of Nashville. The Confederates have recaptured Holly Springs, Mississippi, with half a million dollars of Federal supplies. They have also made a raid in the suburbs of Memphis, where a meeting Was called to consider the best means of defence. The Confederates have burned the bridge over the Obion River, cutting off Jackson in Tennes see from Columbus and Cairo. They also burned Union City, in the rear of Federal General Rosen cranz, and were advancing on Columbus, as a strong position on the Mississippi. The Federal Commander at Columbus is confident he can hold the city. The Confederate cavalry has seized the railroad north of Jackson, thus cutting off the Federal General Grant from his base of supplies. The further progress of the South-West campaign, is anxiously looked for. It is reported that President Lincoln will veto the bill for the admission of Western Virginia as a new state. Th 3 New York Herald urges Governor Sey mour to call a convention of loyal states, and issue an invitation to the rebellious states to join the convention, and establish peace upon the plat form of the United States Constitution. A ateumer, heavily freighted, ran the blockade Leto a Southern port on the 19th. NEW YORK, DEC. 27, MORNING. The Confederates have evacuated Winchester, Virginia, and have moved towards Staunton. The Federals have occupied Winchestet. The Confederates have destroyed the Winchester railroad, and carried away the iron. The Federals have destroyed the Confederate works at Yellville, Arkansas. During an attempt to carry out the Federal con gressional election in Smithfield, Eastern Virginia, considerable skirmishing occurred between the Federals and the Confederates in the vicinity. It is supposed there would be a difficulty in get ting returns from Smithfield. A bill brought in by Secretary Chase gives autho rity to raise 300,000,000 dols. for:the service of the current year, and 600,000,000 dols. for the service of the next year, in any mode sanctioned by Con gress. This bill includes the issue of Six per Cent. Bonds, 7.30 per Cent. Bonds, and Seven per Cent. Bonds; also, the issue of small notes, bearing 3-65 per cent. interest, and of legal tender notes, bearing no in rest. The bill authorises further the formation of bank ing associations for the issue of United States notes secured by United States Bonds, but payable on de mand, primarily by the issuing associations. It is supposed that President Lincoln will carry out his promise of issuing his emancipation procla mation on the Ist of January, excepting from provisions Delawa re , Mi ssour i, Maryland, Ken tucky, and portio ns o f Vi rg i n ia, North Carolina Louisiana, and T enness ee. The im eiVtsew will:e rk y r oune assert s th at coloured regiments Mississippi,organised to guar d the banks of h and to m an t h e forts below New Orleans , a nd to enf orce the emancipation procla mation among th e negroes. t n The New York Tribune also states that the Com mittee of Ways and Means will propose the issue of one, two, or three year bonds bearing interest, in place of the issue of 300,000,000 dollars legal tender notes, subject to certain restrictions upon the sale of the bonds. The New York 7inzes says that the Navy Department has received tenders for building two iron-clad steamers of 7,000 tons. General Bonham has been appointed Confede rate Governor of South Carolina, in place of Gen- Gregg killed. Apprehensions are entertained of a negro insnr. rection in Franklin Co u nty, Missouri. . a s issued a retaliatory procla - NEW YORK, DEC. 27, 1 p . u- The guerilla general, Morgan, has occupied: btm G eu l l raro a et n s dirgo g : nssospiwhtddoae, dated ni l i t tebd e pe n 2a t 3 u vd c i s k i rib delivereds t . cattethat where t General hey istotothe S e t the effect o f h commissioned officers, if cap- Butler, or any be dealt with according to the l aws o f t hose States . Commissioned officers commanding slaves Will b e delivered to the authorities of the States Where the Europa ha y s arrived be d captured. The The Edinburgh andvße a voaurti.a take 3,000,000 doll. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, DEC. 26 (Evening). Money easy. Gold, 32 per cent. prem. Exchange on London : Bankers' Bills, 1451. Stocks dull. New York Central, 1031 ; Illinois, 7 8*; Erie, 621. Cotton quiet. Midland Upland, 661 c. Flour and wheat slightly firmer. Provisions quiet. Coffee quiet, but unchanged. Sugar steady. Molasses quiet. NEW YORK, DEC. 27, 1 F.M. Money abundant. Gold, 32 per cent. Exchange on London : Bankers'l3lllB, 1458. Stocks firm, and advancing. New York Central 103 , 1-; Illinois, 79 ; Erie, 62k. The general dulness of the Palmeritan theatres has been broken by the appearance among the au dience at the Garibaldi of F . ra Pant a l eo, j ust returned fromAsproruonte, e xile, and prison. Of course there was a de monstration in his favour. lie asked for cheers for Gari baldi ; and the house echoed with the " Vivas I" for the wounded of Aspromonte. The fighting friar has been requested not to assist at any more performances, as his presence is too exciting, and he has appealed against the order. There were also disturbances at the Teatro R 96111111, and tlas usual cries for the hymn. Lla. Lave the and I I 19.16.4 12.10 6.4.0 r