The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-18 00:00:00

]IONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The condition of the money market is gradually assuming greater easiness through the favourab e Position of the Bank of England, as shown in the return issued last evening by the authorities. Capital out of doors is abundant, and the mercan tile classes, believing that lower quotations will be shortly current, are consequently restricting their Operations as much as possible. Bi'l brokers, on the other hand, are anxious to obtain business, and trst-class paper is freely negotiated at 71 per cent. The Bank of England Return for the week to Wednesday last is of a highly satisfactory nature. The stock of bullion has been considerably increased, and the Reserve of Notes shows an augmentation of /tore than £1,000,000. The Government and Public Deposits are also larger, and the Other Securities exhibit an important diminution. Annexed is our usual analysis Active Circulation .. £19,800,505 Decrease .• • • 392,535 Bullion •• 13,675.474 Increase .. •• • • 666.857 Rest .. 3,226,953 Increase .. • • • • 8,016 Public Deposits .. 9,103,738 Increase .. .. 473,882 Other Deposits.. .. • .. 13,265,068 Increase .. .• 283,792 Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 582,259 Decrease .. •• • • • • 25,908 Government Securities .. 10,762,330 Increase .. 50,000 Other Securities .. 21,443,719 Decrease .. .. 369,610 Notes Unemployed .. 7,765,740 Increase .. 1,030,205 The City of Baltimore, from New York, has brought £210,630. The bar silver lately arrived by the Seine from the West Indies and the Pacific was sold yesterday at os. lid. per oz. standard, showing no material alteration in the price realised. The only bullion operation of importance at the Bank yesterday was a withdrawal of 17,000 sovereigns for the Mauritius. The operations in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets during the last few days have been °n a rather reduced scale. Sugar has sold slowly, at a decline in some instances of ls. to 2s. per cwt. Por coffee, however, there has been a moderate inquiry, and full rates have been realised. In tea, rice, fruit, and spices, there has been no material variation as regards values, but a more cheerful tone has prevailed in the tallow market, and quo tations for both present and forward delivery show an upward tendency. Two O'CLOCK. An improvement of about per cent. has taken, place to-day in the Market for the English Funds owing to the easier position of monetary affairs and the favourable Bank of England return. The increase of bullion and reserve of notes, together with a falling off in the loan and discount opera tions of the establishment, have produced a very favourable feeling among speculators, and Consols are now quoted 90i 91 for money, and 918 a for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are higher at 904 91 ; Exchequer Bills remain steady at 10s. to 55. die. ; India 5 per Cents. at 1061 2; and the Eufaced, 5 per Cents. at 104. A. general upward movement is apparent in the 'value of the principal Foreign Securities, but busi ness is not active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70 i 4 ; ditto Consolides, 46 I; Mexican, 34 4; creek, 252 t; Spanish Passive, 324 33; ditto Certificates, 13 ; Portuguese, 481 4; Russian, 88 } 4 ; and the Confederate Loan, 38 40.; In the Railway Share Market the operations have not been extensive, but prices have generally exhibited more firmness. Great Western, and North-Eastern (Berwick), have improved ss. ; and Great Northern A Stock, and Metropolitan, 108 . ; London and North Western, however, have declined 10s. ; and South Eastern, ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines are inactive, and exhibit no change in values. Bank shares remain very dull. London and County, however, have improved to 56; London and Westminster to 792; and Imperial Ottoman have declined to 171. In the Miscellaneous Mark e t, C rys t a l P a l ace stock has rec e d e d to 33 4 4 ; London Financial, 238; and Mercantile Credit, 78 ; General Floating Dock Company shares are quoted 1 to 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 233 5 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities.. 9oi i 1 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Nev-3 per Cent. Annuities New 2 i per Cent. Annuities.. — 6 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 .. hutauities, 30 yrs, expire iith J an., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 — Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent lO4 Ditto 5i per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 -„ Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 B ank Stock for Account DILI° bonds £l,OOO .— dis Ditto under £l,000 9li i ~.Consols for Account, Jan. 7 ,Iridia Stock for Account, 'cachequer Bills, £l,OOO, 9 4 41 3 per Cent 5 10 dis "4 D itto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 4 utrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto Irazili an 5 per Cent 185 9 —•— Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditt o 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 /311 enos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Co lombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid •bilia n 6 per Cent — i.itt o 4i per Cent, Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Dutch, 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders , Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant — tlgyptian 7 pet Cent 99 _ Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account Guatemala. 5 per Cent. - Ditto Account 5 per cent.(iviarenunana Railway ; Italian ••• --__ Mexican. 3 per Cent . Ditto Account.., :.: ...... Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent ..................... 9 3 4 31 I a New G ranada..... Ditto 2 per Cent: ********************* Ditto Deterred ........... : ... . ; ....... Ditto Land Warrants (liecta ' re's) ....... -- Peruvian taper Cent. .................. I?itto Account ........ . ...... ................ --: Ditto 41 per Cent., Ditto Account - Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .......... Ditto Account.. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62.. 481 t Ditto Account Ditto: 1863 Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid -- Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 41 per Cent 1850...... Ditto 1860 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 ............. • 88 } Sardinian 5 per Cent .... Ditto Account SPalliFh 3 per Cent Ditto Account _— ...... 5 3 1 Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive .. Ditto Account 321 3 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. l3l , ihtto Account redi a h 4 per Cent T ur&isit '6 per Cent. 1854 — L i t -to Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1358 Ditto Account Ditto., £lOO Bonds — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 . Di4,t,c, Account ...... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 , tmezue la 3 per Cent. ~itte Account 23/ eft() 6 per Cent , 1862 .. -tiitto Account . .. 54 b utch,2 3 ) i ividends on the above payable in London. per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil D itto 4 pe r C en t. C er tifi ca t es French Itentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — it:Otto Account t i tt n tot: A 5 c p c e o r un C t ent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — -- Scrip (1863) . £42 Bs. 3d. paid — Pm C onsole TWO O'CLOCK., M, None .. 904 1 E tc Account T, So d course of exch ang e at New York on London for bills at ~,, i a Ys Bight is 166 t o 166} per cent., and the premium on Y 4 ,_ 18 abUUt S ig per coat. At tile.c rates there i. scarcely statel:rcfit on the importation of gold from the United indsor of the incfsg pstern Roya l uarter- e arlier tended le, ad" pg i. oio. SHARE 111ARHETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuKS. iharei Railways. . 1 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork anu Bandon Cornwall Do A r A gets no dix Do. B I ti Gp e.p an.ha, t been paid to B. Dublin it Belfast June.! Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June.; Edinburgh & Glasgow.! .6 lug. and S. Westem! jlireat Eastern, Ord. atk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNortltoi Scotland ,Great Northern Do A etoek DotS do :Gt. S. an:: W. of Great Western _ ....... Do Str Val gua. stock L ancas hi.•e & Yorkshin: loncien and illackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western ILon. & So•.th Western Pd an., Sliet., & Linco!n. Maryport and Carlisle. I Do 3 shares... ..1 I Metropolitan !Midland Do New Do Birming. Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares ;Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British lEdin., Perth, & Dundee ;Nth. Eastern—Berwiet. Do, G.N.E. purchast , Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle ;North London Do New 'North Staffordshire I. and S. W. Junction 'Scottish Central Scot A E Aber. stooK Do Scat. 'Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo, !Shropshire Union South Devon ISouth Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun, Staines,Wok.,andWok (Stockton t Darlington Do Do New, 1866 Tall Vale Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall Hartlepool Har.dat; West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 3.11. 1 Paid. I I Closing Business l'rice. done. 8 St 8 8i 81 63 1181 1191 6i 7 38 (0 16 17 94 96 107 10 484 491 45 47 74 8i 125 t 27 130 131 I:i4 136 OG 98 ti3i 63 109 1094 71 73 107 109 434 44e 1061 107} 101 102 474 4Si 1 110} 11 11 1271 !281, J 4 96 98 51} 62) 24 t 6 101 1011 58 884 88 886 119 121 1 2 p 77 78 11 11} 122 126 42 44 98 100 61 62 314 82} 851 t 36/ 97 ! 9 91 10i 87i 372 9 10 u 7 i 7 4 1) 158 160 5 54 21 31 p 83 84 170 175 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways Paul. Price . Business don _ _ _ 1 Wda . an & Lawrene, all 59 61 Sk Bom.,Baroda&.Cent tug IC 6 107 1061 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New . ...... 8 4 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares... 74 1 p .0, Buffalo and Lake Unroll al, 6 di it Do. Preference tiuilalo,Brant,&Godricl , . 0 _ " 6p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1,5% ,00 Do. do. July 1, 1876 400 uo. do. June 1, 1.8:1 lOU et Cleutta.& S. Eastn. (L 44: 100 103 105 st Cape Town 41: Dock Scrii 100 101 103 stock Reath. Bengal gu. 6 p. 4 100 108 109 stock Last Indian. gu. sp. c. 1 0 ' too/ 11.74 : 07 4 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 14p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada tun 20 21 100 Do. Ist Pres. Bonds all 73 75 74 100 Do. ao. deferred— all 59 61 100 Do. 2d Fret. Bonus.. all 66 69 100 Do. do. defer) ed...... all 50 53 100 Do. 3d P ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred— all 38 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 22 :'.4 stook Gt.lndiarenni.gua.sp.c 100 108 109 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0... 12 14 11, 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 14 11p stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 !05 106 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 91 10 204 Do. New 18 11 101 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 91 95 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 * an stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1054 1061 1051 6 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 100 101 stock De. 4, d 0........ 100 46 100 20 Do. Fifth kxtension. 2 -- stock llelb.Corp. p. c. Buds. 100 50 Melb. & llobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. 51ortg. Bds. all 40 Newßrucswick L Cande Class A and B all 3 5 N.ll.l.C'das po Ist pt bds 100 82 84 •to , a Soinde • •• .1 (100 106 107 stock Do. Delhi lOO 106 107 1051 to Do. do t r i 2 1 fp at Do. Punjaub .... a 0E: all 105 106 Do. Do. . , , I‘o - oek Do. Indua.St. Flo. J i 1.01 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIEN. h11.(los. Up.c.J a .0J u 1 1877-S1 . 100 104 105 1011 111 Do. 6p. c. Feb .& 'Aug 100 10t ,04 ' Do. dp. o. 31ar. & Sept. 100 102 100 Do. tp. o. Jan.&July. 100 02 53 921 - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 91 93 'Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1875 100 106 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 - I Do. 1891 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1178, 6p c 100 110 112 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 1 4 36 108 ,Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. IJO 1()7 109 —. N.8.G0v.6 put d a.ctcluly 100 404 106 , Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 _ - N. S.W. G ov. 5 P IS! , 100 100 102 I Do. sp. e.,18,1 to Lit 100 101 102 I Do. do 1888 &upwcl* 100 1011 1621 1011 - 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 'NOVI. Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875. lO9 105 107 1051 Queensland Gcv. 6p. C. 100 1:1 113 IS. Aus G6p.c.1378.& up.. 100 111 113 - Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 _Do. to a D.O. AD.&OOt. too HO 110 1 1001 BRITISH MINES. 2 - jeambrian Consol. Gold 1 / 1d !uldlord Amalgamated..l 33 54 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist., 1 550 660 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 o'7 60 1 East Clog - au Gold Ltd. 52. 4d par, East Caradon i 2.14.4. 26 27 23 East Cara Brea... ... . 3 . 4 .0 5 4 6 4 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ; 8.9.0 41 5 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen , 584 8 10 ! Great South Tolgus 17s 44 41 Wheal Vor (11.elston 40 It 13 Itirenville 6.16.1 4 44 411er;..d's- Foot 8.12 08 40 tlingston Downs 4.!8.0 2 26 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lel= t 14 16 tt arke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim 26 11 1 d New Setun l9l 90 100 • North Downs l4 14 Basset (111o4Ait 3.1.0 21 21 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (5L Blazey _ 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt., 10.6.7 42 44 South Caradon(St.Cleer 11 415 125 3. Cara Brea (Illogan) — Fran. (Illogan 18.1R.9 60 65 - Stray Park 30.17.6 30 32 5 ['lunar Silv.& Lead Min. 46 4 I fin Cron l4 18 19 West Basset (Illogan) ll 94 101 W C' radon (Liskeard, 5 1$ 20 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 874 924 Wheal Buller(Redrutli)l 6 2 2 4 27 4 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)l 2.0.8 WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann Pen ) 8 114 1 2 Wheal 3eton 584 155 163 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 21 22 - Wheal Union 3.17 21 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. Gt. Western, South Wales, gua. sT.per cent., 100 Gt. Western, West Midland, Oxforu, Ist guaranteed stock, 129 PREFERENCE SHARES AIR STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 103 London and S.-Western 44 per cent., 105 LINES LEASED Ar FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 115} Ditto, 5 per cent., 125 London and Chatham 4; per Cent., Ditto, Corn. Fund Stock, 5 per cent., 102 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 17} Sambre and Meuse, SI Cape Copper, Cob re Copper 294 Uon Pedro, North Del Rey, 1 Anglo Austrian. urn., ai FOREIGN MINES. Bank of Victoria, Australia, 41 Chartered Bank of India . Australia. and China, 34 JOINT-STOCK T-STOCK BANKS. Hindustan, fuhina, and Japan aim.), 31 4 Imperial Bank (limo, 23 Imperial Ottoman, 175 a Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 41 London and Brazilian (lira.), 52 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 51 London Chartered Bank o f Australia, 27 London and Chartered 4 London and Westminster, 794 South Australia, 394 Union of Australia, 531 Union of London, 40 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, 10 C r ystal Palace, EDaissctolunndtiCaolrprriograattit,alnima iuteadn,a6l!t Gen. C diptaay. l 7 and Finance of Le;ddoii, BM., 61 a Hudson's International Financi . ::, s oc iety, B in., 93 Joint stock Disco , : d it, 61 3 L i o e n rc d a o n n ti: l: e 'inuaredin",,atlAAssssooc,:aiatitoion, iini n,lim.. , London Gerxral Omnibus Company, lim., 2} liatior.,al Discount Company, MR. COBDEN ON THE RAMPAGE "--A very good h umouredly but sarcastically described " Times' l eading article of this morning •—" The picture he presents is th at of a man who, upon a question admitting of the simplest possible answer, throws open his breast to judge and j ury , proclaims his perfect integrity, calls half !l in a his neighbours liars, scoundrels, and mercenary villains, goes into long details about what he said in his parlour what he found on his breakfast table, what he said to his servant, and what he heard from his uncle, describes his domestic betas, quotes the books on his shelves, and dwells at length on tip, inward operations of his mind, but finally runs down, leaving his counsel to repeat his still unan swered question," 9.16.4 12.10 Tllh SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER IS, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) FITZGERALD Y. FITZGERALD. Mr. Chambers, Q C., and Dr. Wambey, were for the petitioner, Mrs. Charlotte Fitzgerald ; the Queen's Advo cate, Mr. Huddleston, and Dr. Spinks for the respondent. The case for the respondent commenced this morning. The Queen's Advocate, addressing the jury on his behalf, said he should have to make a demand upon their patience while he recurred to the general facts of the case which had been placed before them, but in a very different light to that presented to them. He begged them to remember the gravity of the issue of the cause, not merely to his client, but to other persons, and to consider the result cf their verdict, which would be attended with the most unfortunate cir cumstances. The charges against Major Fitzgerald were cruelty and adultery, and in his remarks he should keep those two charges distinct ; and he could not refrain from observing, at this early stege of his address, that the peti tioner had signally failed in her attempt to injure the chae ratter, honour, and happiness of her husband. The marriage in this case was not an equal one ; it was not unequal in respect of fortune, because both were equally matched. but it was unequal in respect of temper. The husband was a gallant officer in her Majesty's service, and had shed his blood both at Alma ant Inkerman, and while in the Crimea, by his tenderness and care of his soldiers, he earned their affection, although the fact had been rather coarsely alluded to by Mr. Bettersworth. His client was also an Irishman, and had all the weaknesses of that very peculiar people; he was hasty, impetuous, imperative, and inconse quent, the later more so in all his writings. The petitioner was a sharp, clever woman, more especially in money matters; and so short tempered in those affairs was she, that even her father had written in one of his letters that he dreaded to open his mouth to her on those affairs. The first offence which she took and cherished was (me connected with money, viz., that her husband had not been fairly treated by Lord W. Fitzgerald, in not receiving £B,OOO in stead of £lO,OOO, which had been given to the other mem• hers of the family on their marriage, This certainly ap peared to be a pet grievance with her, and he felt certain they would bear that in mind in considering their verdict. But proceeding with his case, after the marriage the par ties proceeded to the Continent, and from thence to Ireland. The first specific act of cruelty alleged was that on the 14th of March, 1858, while they were residing in that country, Major Fitzgerald called her a wretched creature, a broken-down old screw, and that by his threatening manner and gestures he had caused her premature confinement, lle must say in the lady's evidence she had pretty well supported the plea, and with out the slightest hesitation she asserted that her pre mature confinement was entirely to be attributed to her husband's cruelty. Now he would be able to show by the most indisputable evidence that there never was a more deliberately untruthful charge made by a vindictive woman. According to her own statement, she had attributed the death of her child to other circumstances, but now she turned round and said she had done so to screen her husband. If they accepted such a solution of so grave a charge it would be attended with the most disastrous consequences, but he felt certain that the witnesses to be examined for the respon dent would prove the utter falsehood of the assertion. She had also in the most positive manner said she had a great dieike to Irish society, and although this was known to her husband he insisted upon her remaining in that country. But the whole of her correspondence, dated during this time, which had been read during the progress of this cause, showed a very different feeling. Another charge of cruelty was, that at Braden he had called her a -- viper, but the answer to that, by the respondent, was that on one occa sion a subscription was solicited for some charitable object, the wife refused in the most indignant manner to contribute, and then he admitted that he did mutter something about a viper, but not in the insulting manner that has had been represented ; even supposing that it was, he did not think they would be of opinion that that was so grave a charge as to justify the dissolution of the marriage bond. The petitioner had also alleged that her husband was addicted to the grossest language, but if his witnesses came up to his instructions, he should show that words far from delicate were constantly in the mouth of Mrs. Fitzgerald after her marriage. With respect to the proceedings at Dovei all the evidence of that dragon of a mother in-law only went to show that during the five minutes she had coolly given him to state his grievances he was guilty of the enormous cruelty of running round the table twice after his wife. He thought it would be a waste of time to occupy the attention of the jury with disproving such a ridiculous assertion. Now, if he proved that the assertions of the petitioner relating to certain acts of cruelty could not be relied upon, he felt they would give their verdict in favour of his client. With respect to the charge of adultery, be altogether denied it, and the only person who, it was said, could prove it, was not to be examined in open court , such a course was unusual, and he could only come to the conclusion that it ;was as unfair to take her evidence by commission than to put her into the witness box. He should call before them both Mr, and Mrs. Mallett, and other - witnesses, who would give a very different com plexion to the whole case ; and he felt no fear that the result of the trial would be a triumphant acquittal of Major Fitzgerald of the wicked and slanderous charges that had been made against him. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE . There was a moderate supply of English wheat at Mark lane to-day, but most samples came to hand in very mid dling condition, For all qualities the trade was in a sluggish state, yet no further change took place in prices compared with Monday. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was ntoderately good. Sales, generally speaking, progressed slowly at last rates. _ _ Floating cargoes of grain moved slowly on former terms. The supply of barley was tolerably large. Fine malting parcels were firm in price; otherwise the trade was dull. The trade for malt was in a sluggish state at the late fall in prices. With oats tho market was fairly supplied. The trade, both for home and foreign descriptions, ruled inactive at late rates. In beans and peas a limited business was transacted on former terms. No change took place in the value of flour, but the inquiry for uearly all descriptions was somewhat restricted. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat,, Barley. Malt, Oats. Flom. English.-- 2,720 I 2,390 2,130 360 2, 4 7 0 Irishl ! 300 I - 1 0 0reign......14,800 7,450 16,320 500 sks, NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale at these markets is large. Generally speaking, the trade is slow at our quotations. Per 81b, by the carcase. tided Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 8 4 2 Interior mutton, 3 6 3. 8 odsd Middlingmutton 3 10 4 4 Prime do . 4 6 4 8 Veal Small pork ~ Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The supply both of English and foreign hops on sale being only moderate, the trade rules firm, and prices have an upward tendency. The supply of American produce on sale is very moderate. Mid and East Kents £5 Os to £9 Os per cwt. Weald of Kents 4 lOs to 6 6s ~ Sussex 4 lOs to 6 Os ~, Yearlings Olds Bavatian 5 5s to 8 Os ~ Belgian American { e..........m. COLONIAL. TEA—The operations have not been very extensive, but both China and Indian descriptions have remained at about previous quotatiour. StrttAß—Business has been rather inactive, owing to the suspension of speculative operations, and in some instances there has been a decline of Is to 2s per cwt. In the refined market quotations are nominally a shade flatter. C'Ot•'lEE—There has been a fair demand for both planta tion and Native Ceylon, which sold readily at fully previous prices. _ RlCE—Only limited transactions have been reported, without any material change in values. Flttrtic=-The public sales of currants. raisins, ay., have proceeded without much animation, and the rates realised wore in, some instances rather under tkose previously cur rep',, iinow—There has been rather more activity, and quo tations have shown an upward movement for both present and forward delivery. P.Y C., on the spot, is marked 41s, and spring delivery 41s ;3d to ils 6d per cwt. thttEN FRUIT—A brisk market for all kinds, the near approach of Christmas holidays assisting the demand, Some parcels oranges from St. Michael, Terceira, S ev ill e, Valencia, and Sicily, sold by heeling and Hunt, at p u bli c sale, went at improved prices with a prospect of a f urt h er advance. Lemons sustain their value, stock being light; nuts of all kinds, ,with th 9 excepticn of Barcelona, meet with a ready sale. Black Spanish and chesnuts at an ad vance. Almeria grapes of fine quality in request, At the first ordinary general meeting held to day of the shareholders of the London,Buenos Ayres, and River Plate Bank, l‘lr. IL Bruce in the chair, the report of the directors was unanimously adopted. It stated that the prio u fi J t B a 2 n l d lo es n f o d r a r e c b c o a u t en of t , d s s o e w o u e dthat, n t on bills,l f te r no ttb deducting en d ue at the branches, £l,OOO in diminution of preliminay ex penses, £2Ol 12s Id for depreciation of furniture, and after providing for all bad and doubtful debts, there remained a net profit of £9,561 Gs 10d, out of whin it was recommended to appropriate to the reserve fund £2,000, in addition to the £2,000 premium on reserved shares issued in Februsxy, declareipar cent, p adividend of 30s. per S nare , w hi c h was per annum on the deposits and severa l ea c ln al ud l a s tl f o r to om 7 the date of their r e cei p t till the 30 th September, Monte lB6 Video 3.Application emitting its own notes, and t here was e v ery reason to tothebe lieve of of Have that the concession would be granted , for the hadßn been e e to n made be allowed the Government privilege POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day MARLBOROUGH-STREET. MELANCHOLY AFFAIR.—APPEAL TO THE MAGIS TRATE.--inspector Garforth, of the E division, waited upon Mr. Knox this morning, to make an appeal on behalf of a poor woman named Warner, who accompanied him. Mr. Garforth said the husband of the poor woman was a road sweeper, earning about 14s, a week, and with a little earned by his wife, kept his family of six children much better than was usual with persons of his class. Yester day afternoon the wife left home, leaving the children in the room situated in Holbrook-place, Fitzroy-market, and at , er she had gone a short time, the eldest in whose care the others were left went out,leaving all but the youngest, a poor little fellow between two or three years of age, with her. On the children returning to the room they found it in fl tines. Assistance came and the fire was extinguished, every article in the room being destroyed, and on the fire men searching they found the badly burnt body of the poor child who had been left in the room. Knowing the husband sted wife to be well-conducted, hardworking people, and deservlg of assistance, he had brought the matter before his worship. In answer to Mr. Knux, the poor woman, who was in tears, aid she had not been able to eave anything, and was without a home. Mr. Knox gave some temporary assistance, and requested Mr. Gatforth to see in the course of the day what could be done La the poor family. The poor woman thanked the magistrate for his kind ness. SHOPLIFTING,—AN OLD HAND.—Ellen Morgan was charged with stealing 30 yards of cotton print from tho shop of Mr. Winter, linendraper, 29 and 30, Goodgc-street, Tottenham• court-road. The prisoner entered the shop of Winter and asked to be shown some alpacas. This was done, and she made some excuse for not making a purchase and left, and as she was doing so she was stopped, a young man in Mr. Winter's employ, from the outside, having seen the prisoner secrete the piece of print under her shawl. Sergeant Franklin was then sent for and the prisoner given into custody. Blogg, 124 G, proved knowing the prisoner as a shop lifter, and said she had once received a sentence of 12 months for shoplifting. Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for trial. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The screw steamship Conqueror, 78, appointed to convey the expeditionary battalion of Royal Marines to Japan, was compelled by contrary winds, when going down Channel, to put into Portland, and had not arrived at Plymouth up to noon yesterday (Thursday), but the wind had veered more to the northward, and she was hourly expected. The bag gage was ready for embarkation, and steamtugs were in attendance. On Wednesday the battalion, which consists of upwards of 500 men, under the c)mmand of Lieut.-Col. Sather, Col. Penrose, and Col. Adair, was inspected on Plymouth Hoe by Major-Gen. Stransham, the Inspector- Gen-, who took the opportunity of reminding the men of the importance of the duty they had to perform, and of the great necessity there would be fir them to conduct them selves in an orderly and sober manner. Gen. Straushain :ifterwards visited the men's quarters and the various tip partments in the barracks at Stonehonse. Mr. J. Stansfeld, M.P., one of the Lords of the Admi ralty, will arrive at Chatham early in the approaching week, for the purpose of commencing an investigation into the general system of management, the offici a l supervision, and other important matters connected with the dockyard and naval establishments. The inquiry will extend over a lengthened period, and will be very comprehensive. By direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, the squadron of gunboats attached to the first division of the Chatham steam reserve ale to be surveyed, and a report made by the dockyard officials whether one of the number could not be altered and fitted as a steam tenser, to be used in convey ing the work people and mechanics to and from the dock yard to the Achilles, on that vessel being undocked and placed at moorings at the entrance to the harbour, then to be completed for sea. Should it be found practicable to use one of the gunboats for the service she will be employed instead of one of the Medway Company's steamers, which the Lords of the Admiralty had originally intended hiring for that duty. About 60 tons of iron plates, intended for the new iron frigate Bellerophon, have arrived at Chatham Dockyard, having been recovered from the Thames, in which they were 'sunk during the late gale. The plates are from the estab lishment of Messrs. Moser and Co., who have entered into a contract to supply most of the plate iron for the Bellerophon. The t ransport on which the plates were on board at the time had sunk, but was raised by means of lighters de spatched from the dockyard, and the vessel itself, with all the plates on board, was brought into Chatham harbour. Notice was yesterday given in Chatham dockyard that a number of the hired mechanics, shipwrights, and labourers employed for upwards of two years past on the iron frigate Achilles, will be discharged from that establishment at the close of next week, as soon as the vessel has been undoel ed. The large bower anchors for the Achilles, each weighing upwards of five tons, and manufactured at the factory of Messrs. Brown and Lennox, the makers of all the large an chors for theAdmirally, have been fitted on board, in readi ness for the undocking of that vessel. Each anchor, before being finally approved, was submitted to a powerful hydrau lic test, at the testing house in Chatham dockyard, and sub sequently to the heat test at the smithy, on both of which occasions the standard of excellence laid down by the Ad miralty was reached. The port and starboard sides of the Achilles have been covered with several coatings of the Hay's composition for preventing the fouling of the bot toms of iron vessels, and the hull is now being painted down. The work of cutting away the projecting granite sides at the entrance to the dock, to allow of her being undocked, will be commenced the day before she is floated out, and will be accomplished by a large body of workmen, who will be employed without cessation until the operation is com pleted. . . . . The screw steam frigate Aurora, 35, Captain Sir F. L. M'Clintock, having received fresh orders, left Plymouth yesterday for Spitiead. The paddlewheel steam-sloop Geyser, 6, Commander M. Pechell, from Portsmouth, arrived yesterday at Plymouth. The Medusa, paddlewheel vessel, 889 tons, 321-horse power, Master-Commanding John H. Allard, sailed yester day from Sheerness for Yarmouth, in pilot charge of Mr. Rueben Harvey, master of the Locust, steam-tug, accord ing to instructions received from the Admiralty. It is re ported that she will be ordered to proceed to the North Sea, and the mouth of the Elbe, in search of a number of missing fishinC smacks supposed to have been driven out to sea duri❑g the 'ale gales. On Wednesday afternoon a stoker serving on board her Majesty's ship Salamander, 6, paddlewheel sloop, preparing for sea at SheerneA, unfortunately lost his life while ascend ing the Jacob's ladder to get into a boat at the stern of the vessel. By some means he missed his hold, and, falling into the water, was drowned before assibtance could be rendered. _ _ _ Sir Frederick Nicolson, C.B.,Commodore Superintendent of Woolwich dockyard, yesterday went on board the flag ship Fisgard, and mustered the seamen and marines, and afterwards inspected the ship throughout, preparatory to his retiring from the station. By the death of Vice-Admi ral Sir Henry Bruce, K.C.8., Sir F. Nicolson obtains his flag, and will be succeeded at Woolwich on the Ist proximo by Capt. Elugh Dunlop, C. 8., Commodore of the first class, and senior officer in the West Indies. The two spacious wings ordered lobe annexed to the plate bending factory in Woolwich dockyard, are now completed, and the reception of the machinery commenced yesterday. The following appointments have been made at the Ad miralty :—Commanders W. L. Steinforth, J ames Robinson, and E. H. Burleigh, to be Inspecting Commanders of the Coastguard, vice Commanders Gore, Beresford, and Webb, whose period of service has expired—Lieut. Coldstream C. Robinson, to the Formidable—Sub-Lieut. Chas. R. Smith, to the Meeanee—Sub-Lieut. Julian A. Dashwood, to the Salamander --Andrew R. Gordon, nominated to a naval cadetship—Wm. Crawford, surg, superintendent, to the Clara convict ship—John Thurston, paymaster, to the Canaelon—J. E. Knight, master, lo the Aurora —J. L. J. Wagstaff and W. 0. Bignell, paymasters, additional, to the Asia—J. S. Daniell, paymaster, additioval, to the Cumb er . land—Belgrave assist.-surg., tvlditional, to the curagoa—and Alfred L. Eshelby, master's-assist, : to the Salamander. THAMES. STEALING SHIP'S STORES.—John Thomas, described as a ship's steward, about 33 years of age, svis brought before Mr. Partridge charged with stealing 10 lbs. of salt pork. Thomas Holligan, a watchman in the service of the East and West India Dock Company, stated that at half-past 5 yesterday afternoon the prisoner came to the river entrance of the East India Dock with a bundle under his arm, and, as he was about to pass out, he asked him what it contained, to which the prisoner replied, " Old lumber." He opened the bundle, and found it to contain salt pork. He searched the prisoner's pockets, in which he discovered six ship's biscuits, The prisoner said the pork was old and con demned stores lying about the deck of the ship Washingtcn Irving, on which he had been employed. The pork was gocd and new, and had only been on board the Washington Irving three or four days. Mr. Partridge sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one calendar mcnth. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, afterwards made an earnest appeal to the magistrate to substitute a pecuniary tine for the imprisonment, and said the prisoner came from Ports mouth, and had only been in the Port of London a few days. The prisoner had been in various situations in the royal navy and the merchant service, and had given much satisfaetion to his superiors. The prisoner had al ways maintained a good character for honesty and so briety. This was the prisoner's first offence, and if he was sent to prison he would be prevented going to sea, and his family would suffer. Mr. Young then handed to the magistrate a large number of testimonials of good char aster and certificates of service and discharge, describing the prisoner's character for ability and good conduct to be very good. Mr. Partridge said that under the circumstances he thought he should be justified in rescinding his first sen tence, and should order the prisoner to pay a fine of £3. The penalty was instantly paid, and the prisoner was liberated. ITALY. (From the Correspondent of the Morning Post.) ROME, DEC. 9. The threatening aspect of the political horizon, especially in Germany, having reminded King Maximilian 11. of his duties at home, his Majesty took leave of the Sovereign Pontiff on Saturday morning at tho Vatican, and started yesterday for Munich, abandoning his quiet artistical re,tirement at the Vila di Malta much sooner than he Originally contemplated. The pamphlet, "Napoleon 111, et le Cc:lngres" has produced a strong sensation here, as in other parts of Europe, with its cry of " Guerre pour guerro!" but the Pontifical Government will hardly be re luctant to witness any appeal to the fortune of war, from which there might possibly result a restoration of its lost provinces. Monsignore de Merode, his Holiness's indefatigable Minister of War, is at work night and day increasing and improving the contents of the Papal arsenals, no doubt with a view to contributing a contingent to the Catholic army of a new holy alliance at the moment of need. Nine complete batteries of artillery and 24,000 rifles are stored up already, and military equipments of all kinds are perpetually being fur nished, to the consternation of the Finance Minister, Monsignore Ferrari, whose remonstrances, how ever, on the expense of such proceedings are soon stopped by Monsignore de, Merode's reply that the money he lays out is not derived from the Papal treasury, but from the Catholic contributions of all Europe. From the same source men will be forthcoming to use all these weapons at the fitting moment, it is to be interred, for otherwise the armament is out of proportion to the military ne cessities of a State barely numbering 600,000 souls, and garrisoned by foreign troops. _ The festival of St. Barbara, revered as the patroness of artillerymen, was celebrated on Friday last at the Pretorian camp, where the corps of artil lery offered a banquet to the generals and superior officers of the Pontifical army at the new barracks erected within tnat ancient area. The following remarks on the event are made by the Correspondance de Rome ;-- One thing must be well observed, which is that the Pontifical army, representing at the present day the Catholic element in all the height and energy of devotion, bears in itself the germs of a complete restoration of the Pontifical power. At Rome, as well as at Castelfidardo and Ancona, it affirms in the sight of the world the existence of the royalty of the Vicar of Jesus Christ, and it has a right to the love of the universal Church, and to the respect of its enemies." From these expressions it is evident that Pius IX., as a King, is attached to the ultima ratio regum, and that he still trusts to the valour of his own bat talions for the ultimate recovery of the lost pro vinces. I had the honour of seeing his Holiness to-day, looking well and happy. He was' going to pay a visit to the occupants of the Nazarine College, an establishment situated at an awkward turn in a narrow street, with a door which I should not have supposed capable of admitting the ponderous Pon tifical Equipage; btit his Holiness's coachman, an imposing personage of the Daniel Lnabert stamp, achieved the awkward tarn, entered the narrow door with his six horses and vast vehicle, without the eighth of an inch to spare on either side, set down the Pope at the grand staircase, and went on to turn in the courtyard beyond with a dexterity ui which showed him t o be qte worthy of the exalted position he occupies. On Thursday last two members 9f the Cochin- Chinese Embassy to Paris, Messrs. Tri-CoDg-Ding- Ky and Pe-Ho-Ang, returning home on board a Spanish steamer, touched at Civita Vecchia, came up to Rome, and were received by the Pope, to whom they announced that the free exercise of the Catholic religion had been granted in the Annamite empire, and that Pontifical subjects would hence forward enjoy there the same rights and privileges as French and Spanish subjects. The Pope received these Envoys, themselves Catholics, very affec tionately. They were accampanied by Commandant Montejer and five other Spanish officers. On Saturday, the sth instant, Caunt do Sartiges had the honour of presenting to the Pope, in a pri vate audience, the letters accrediting him as French Ambassador to the Holy See. His Excellency after wards paid a visit to Cardinal Antowelli. Mr. Odo Russell has telegraped from Turin for his lascia passare to be sent to Civita Vecchia, and is hourly expected in Rome. PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. --Names of Candidates who passed the Major Examination as Pharmaceutical Chemiits—Williara Gowland, Sunder land ; William Heathorn, Maidstone ; B ichard ilopgood, Chipping Norton; Jacquest Olivier, Mauritius; Montague 'T• -h. Hoskin, Southampton ; and. Frederick C. M. Beaminster. THE ARMY. By direction of the Duke of Cambridge, a circulor-memo • random, signed by Col. C. Bingham, Deputy-Adjutant- General, has been promulgated from the Horse Guards, laying down a code of rules and regulations for the quid• ante of officers in preparing the requisitions for stores for the service of the batteries in the year 1864-5. The order directs the entire equipment of each battery to be inspeeee s i by the three senior officers present with it, by whom a list of such items as are found unserviceable or repairable is to be drawn up. The mixed board of survey should have for its president, when practicable, a regimental field officer, and its members should also, when circumstances admit of it, be captains of the mounted services (not, however, be• longing to the battery,the stores of which are under survey) and an officer of the military store department. The survey boards are to guard against the condemnation of articles which are not in a really unserviceable condition, and such as have become through other than fair wear and tear of the service should be eo noted. All stares returned to the Royal'Arsenal, Woolwich, being subjected to examination there before final disposal under the orders of the Secretary of State for War, it is absolutely necessary that military boards of survey held en such stores previously to their being returned should carefully guard against the ,possibi lity of the accuracy of their reports, either as to the actual contrition of the stores examined or the causes to which their unserviceableness is attributed being questioned at such subsequent examinations. Instances having occurred of stores surveyed and condemned being afterwards re ported as expended, and consequently not forthcoming for delivery to the military store officer ordered to take over the unserviceable stores, it is intimated that all articles which are in future conveyed and condemned will be re quired for delivery to store, and that stores which it is intended to account for as expended should not be sub jected to survey. Yesterday a detachment of the 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment, consisting of 170 men of all ranks, left Chatham garrison, under the command of Capt. T. It. Ry croft, and proceeded to Plymouth, for the purpose of join ing the service companies of that regiment, which have been reduced considerably below their proper strength from lengthened foreign service. The examination of candidates for admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, commenced yesterday at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, before the Vice-President and other members of the Council of Military Education. There are nearly 150 candidates on this occasion. The examina tion will apse on Wednesday next. PUGILISM. TOE Goss, Or WOLVERHAMPTON, AND ISAAC BAKER , Or WALSALL, Pon. £lOO A-SIDE,—Pa ' l mola to the arrange ment made by the referee, these men met for Cohante second lime yesterday, when the contes t was bro were nct ught ull without let or hindrance. T he belligerents red e stricted to weight, but Goes , who was the heavier, p down full 11 stone; but then, as will be imagined by those who know the man, he was in no sort of condition, while Baker, on the contrary, was fit to fight for a man's life. a nd all being i h n ad re b a e d e i n . the betting was 2 to 1 on Goss, ness, the combatants stepped within the ropes. 'The toss for comers was won by Joe; the men were conducted to the scratch, and at 20 minutes past 8 o'clock were left to commence hostilities. The first two or three rounds were of rather long duration, made the belligerents fought faster, although there wat 0 s l I l e o l sff t w n ia to -8 but after the that o p gi l nouttnsge remarkable science displayed. On the whole, it said, Goss fought so badly that he greatly astonished J be friends, and there can be no doubt that this fallingwas gai gained p at r t o r p ib er uta fe b t attributable The e e factflrst tohfatthheelehaaddingnopt by Goss with the left, while the second Was obtained by Baker in the 18th bout. There were in the whole 27 rounds f oug ht in one hour a nd 20 mi nutes, when Goss, who had made good use of it, delivered the right heavily on the head. Baker, being unable to anew the con Lest, had to succumb. It must be stated that the friends of Baker are quite satisfied with the gameness the theirudosfden terminationma of man oc casion, and think that, up t The contest the last round, he had far from a bad ,a,"" of winning, ontil th.is THE FRENCH IN MEXICO. MEXICO, Nov. 9. An impression seems prevalent in Europe tilt it I Mexico has long been divided into two distinct poli tical parties, and that the contest now going on is one of principles. Such an impression is mom', erroneous. Properly speaking, and in the European acceptance of the word, there are no political parties in Mexico. There are two "factiens," the one calling itself "Reactionary," the other " Libe ral." Each of these factions is composed of a certain number of military chiefs, most of them risen from the very dregs of the people, followed by a certain number of armed partisans. These chiefs pretend to no consistency in their political prin ciples ; self-interest alone determine them in the choice of the faction they espouse. There is scarcely one of those chiefs whe has not changed sides, or been bought and sold at least half-a-dozen tinses. Each of these factions has adopted distinctive mot toes—the one "Religion y Faeroe," the other "Liberty and Progress.'' Their acts, however, when they come in to power are identically the same. Juarez, who entered the capital amid ban ners inscribed with " The Constitution of 1857," " Reform," " Liberty of the Press," " Trial by Jury," &c., hes violated every one of the principles there enunciated, and rules quite as despotically as did Mir amon, Santa Anna, or any other of his predeces sore. These factions comprise but a small minority of the nation, as i s sufficiently proved by the paucity of their adherents; but they are an armed minority, and as such hold in complete subjection the rest of the population. T he moderate and respecta bl e portion of the community have never taken any part in political matters, being a quiet and timid set they have ever kept aloof, and will continue to do so until sure of protection. It follows, as neither of these factions has the power b g of subjugating the o ther, that the civil war which h as now devastated the country for upwards of 40 years must continue to do so until a third and more powerful party steps in and puts an end to the strif e . I t is in this view of the case that intervention has become a necessity. T o suppose that the Mexican nation generally is so wedded to the form of government (whatever that may have been, for it is impo ss ibl e to define it) which has existed since the declaration of independence is to suppose that seven millions of people prefer a state of anarchy and confusion to one of peace and quiet; and such a supposition, to say the least, is contrary to general expe rience. Besides, the nation has never had a chance of expressing its opinion upon the form of government it would wish to adopt; one military chief after another has risen in such rapid succession that there has been DO time, even if there had been any inclination, to appeal ta uni versal suffrage. The best prouf of this is that we have had upwards of 50 presidents or military despots in a little better than 40 years. The last accounts from the interior lead one to believe that Juarez and his Government have de termined upon abandoning San Luis and retiring to Monterey ; where they may have gone by the time the French reach San Luis it is difficult to di vine, unless it be on the other side of the river Bravo del Norte. Their visit will not prove an agreeable one to Vidaurri, the Governor of the State,and unless the ex-President has with him force sufficient to compel hospitality, it is the opinion of many that he would have found in the French camp a safer asylum than in the town of Monterey. General Mejia, who is in advance of the French columns marching upon Queretaro, has already oc cupied Arroyezarco. He arrived just in time to save from destruction the great "press," or reser voir, used for irrigating the land in that district during the dry season. Juarez and his partisans must certainly have the bump of destruction very strongly developed. All the French forces destined for the interior have now left, and the Commander in-Chief will take his departure in the course of a few days. They have been divided into two corps, one marching upon Morelia, the other upon Quere taro. These two towns in their possession, it is s apposed that they will unite, and direct their course either upon San Luis or Guanaxusto. So little, how ever is known of the real plans of the Commander in -Chief, who very wisely keeps everything to him self, that all for the present is mere conjecture. Tasco, the capital of a mining district of some im portance, situated to the south of the city of Mexico, has been occupied by Porfirio Diaz, one of Juarez's generals, who is said to have committed the most frightful excesses, destroying everything he could lay his hands upon, and murdering many of the inhabitants. The Pachuca diligence was also stopped a few days back by Frazosa and other of Juarez's partisans, and an English gentleman named R abling carried off. Six thousand dollars are de manded as his ransom. Such proceedings, one would think, are little calculated to enlist the sym pathies of her Majesty's Government in favour of the so-called Liberal cause. Doblado on the Ist of November was still at Guanaxuato, much occu pied—at least, so it is said—with the approaching marriage of his only daughter. This may be one excuse for his inactivity, but it is not the only one; that he is in communication with General Bazaine is well known, and from what I have this day heard it seems more than probable that such arrange ments may be come to as will induce that far seeing politician to declare himself in favour of interven tion. A Protestant church has been opened in Mexico, Li, French clergyman officiating. If report speaks true, there was great opposition on the part of the B,..gency, or, at least, one of its members, but General Bazaive insisted, and carried his point. 631 lr9l 72 1061 71 1061 102 SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Dec. 18.—Wind this day at noon—North - Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but a little cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived — L ibra, from London for Buenos Ayres. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 17.—Arrived—City of Vir a shington, steamer, from Liverpool, and proceeded for New York. FALMOUTH, Dec. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Leon, from Rangoon. KINGROAD, Dec. 16.—Wind W.—Arrived —Chatham, Montreal, for CLYDE, Dec. 17.—Wind S.W.—Sailed— Matanzas. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGR APH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 18—Nora, from Harlingen; Emma and Sophie, from nor Fens. Cosm o politan, for Hambu r g; vallent, Sailed, Dec. 18— for Bilboa. DEAL, Friday Morning Passed—Aurora, screw steamer, from London, .or Genoa. Sailed—Everer, f or Jamaica; with nearly all the out ward bound. Th e first num ber of the Autograph Journal is published. It contains some fac-similes t the French's handwrking, also a co py - - Louis Philippe's clear, t b il o e ld E h m a p n e d r:r o f abdicat i o n of his throne, written in a " TEE GENTLEMAN OF COLOUR' as he appears in full toilette. —The elongated cocoa-nut head bears jauntily a black pork-pie hat, with bright azure ribbons,' and a rainbow necktie vies in splendour with the loudest o f waistcoats from the land of Moses and Son—the pants are tightly strapped down to show th e grand formation of the knee, the delicate slimness of the calf, th e manly pur tinguishes the shin bone.— of the heel, and the waving line of b eaut y that dis ne.— Wanderings in West .Africa. PROPOSED METROPOLITAN Of applicati on t RAILWAY. —Notices o Parliament I'or powers to construcc metropolitan railways have been given to the number of thirty, besid es many junction line s intendedthosvcoenbneeecnt roads already in obtained. _ i existence or for wh ich powers E c lines propose to use the n orthern em Dovbankr ment of the Thames. The Lon don, Chatham, and e Railway Company asks power to hand over their railway, for which tho Ludgate-hill viaduct will be required, be tween Earl-street and the' Metropolitan Railway in Far ringdon-read, to the last-namcd railway and the Great Northern ; by means of this the Great Northern Company propose to run trains to the rimlico Terminus and the Crystal Palace. Two companies propose to use the Thames Tunnel. One suggests a viaduct from the third pier of Westminster -bridge to the second pier of London-bridge, Ci t y side. One company is in a perfect polype, hav ; ng In short, the rush of railway thirty sev en branches. schemes is bewildering, and although it may be true that at least half of them are bubbles, yet there is the real danger tha t, in the c onfusion Which usually accompanies a rage, suc h as is prom ised us, some mischievous things will be sanctioned, and the wasteful disfigurements of Ludgate hill and London -bridge may be reheated on other sit,..s.-- Atlienaum, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. AUSTRIA. IVIENNA, Deo. 17.—The General Correspondence 1 remarks on the absolute insignificance; of the paper attributed to Mieroslawski said to have been found in the Zamoy s ki P a l ace , an d about which the Rus sian journals have made such ri noise. The Wander er , i n announcing the condemnation to death of the young Cou n t Z i moybki, shows the completeillegality of the proceeding which is only a w of k of political vengeance. Bank of England Return,•--Last Even'ng. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria. cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 16th day Gt Dec., 1863: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Auto issued ........X27.366,215 Government Debt £11,015,1C 0 I Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,016,245 silver Bullion £27,5E0,215 £27,565,245 BANHING D oprietors' Capi tal £14,553.000 Rest public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, COMMDs missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 9.103,758 Other Deposits 13,265,068 Seven Day and other Bills 582,259 EPAPLTMENT. Government Secu rities ((including Dead Weigh t A nnuity) .......... X 10.762,330 Other Securities .. 21.443,719 Notes ........... 7,765,740 Gold and Silver 759,229 ............ X 10,731.018 111. £ 40 .731,0is [ARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Melancholy Accident at Lytham. (From the Preston Guardian of yesterday.) One of the most melancholy occurrences we have for some time had to record took place at Warton, near Lytham, last evening, by which seven persons were drowned. For three weeks past there have been staying at Lytham, Mr. Sugars, a merchant, of Manchester, together with his wife, two sons, and three daughters. The sons, Henry and Thomas, were aged respectively about 21 and 16 years; and the daughters, Jessie, Laura, and Mary, were 21,16, and 10 years old. During their visit to Lytham, MissElizaWilson, a young lady of about 20, has bsen the stayi ng oft with them; and on Tuesday week the party ware eldestjoined by h Misses Walter Wilson, brother to Miss Wilson, aged 23, w h o , a is believed, was betrothed to Sugars. About 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning mor n • all the party, with the excel). tion of M r . and M Sugars, proceeded to the river for the purpo se of s: hiring a boat and shooting birds. None of the youths, eve e believe, were accustomed to there rowing; but a s were little wind blowing, although the tide was b was apprehended. They stated beginning to flow, no danger to the owner oi the boat., a man named Pa r ki nan : , pulling as far as the docks, and dtlhat left they intended with a pair of oars. Soon afterwards two of t h e youth s ob served on one of the sandbanks with h were their guns, and nothing more was heard of them until tele gram was received by Mr. Sugars, stating a t d hat they had gone on to Preston with the tide, and r e turn to Lytham in time for dinner, at six o'clock As they did not a rrive at home at that boo. Mr. and Mrs. Sugar s became very anxious, and a boat's' crew was despatched up the river in search of the party; but, afttr proceeding as far as the Naze Point, they had to return With out any tidings of them, beyond what they h a d learnt from the men on the dredge, who saw them pass homewards about half-past five o'clock. At daybreak this (Wednesday) morning, the search was renewed, when the boat in which the missing party left Lytham was discovered oppositeWarton, and soon afterwards the body of Miss Laura Sugars was found on the sand. All further search, which was prosecuted all day, on both the Lytham and Hesketh sides of the estuary has so far proved fruit less. Of course, nothing is known, and, never can be known with certainty, of the cause of the fearful casualty ; but it is supposed that the boat's keel must have caught on one of the net stakes below Warton. If such were the case, as the tide was receding with great rapidity, the boat would pro bably be instantaneously upset, and the whole en gulfed without the least warning or hope of reecue. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring 23 MARCH. Nottingham Spring 1 Chelmsford Spring .... 16 Derby Spring 3 York Spring Liverpt)ol Shrewsbury AP Oro:don-park 1 Epsom Spring 'RIL. Newmarket Craven 11 Newmarket First Spring 25 -- PRIZE FIGHTING AND TRAINING. —As much Mis apprehension exists in the public mind respecting the condition of Heenan before and after his late contest with King, the following authentic particulars may not be without interest :—Four or five hours after the termination of the fight on the 10th inst. he arrived at a friend's house i n scarcely London. Mr. J. F. Clarke saw him immediately. H e Was then suffering from great exhaustion. His face was con siderably disfigured, and there was a cut on the right side o f the upper lip about half an inch in length, which required a stitch. There were no bruises of any consequence about t h e body, but there were a few scratches on the c h est. fainting fit. action of the heart was very feeble, and the pulse The that d u d al a l y y h e had a f until the perceptible. Suitable medicines were resorted t with Mr. t l h 3 o th i . ngu o e n nee th o e f e im n hP t r a a ld v b eci een c le u st a le d s e s r , On the 14th Dr. Tanner saw him in consultation e w v h en ie i h ng he of Clarke. He was then weak, his night s and there was considerable uneasiness in spiration. On examining him, all mark taking a deep had nearly disappeared, while the bruisese about the chest were evidently quickly fadin g . The upon the face healed. The right nasal bone was loosenedet" in his upper lip had articu lations; but there was no fracture. from its auscultation, the heart's action On carefully practising though there was no bruit, the was found to be feeble, The pulse was weak, very c valves acting efficiently. 100. The left lung Was ompressible, and rather above right there was dullness, healthy ; but over the apex of the On either side at the h e) with evident signs of congestion, able stiffness, which back of the neck, there was consider tendinous attachments Was ascertained to exist chiefly in the pital bone, 1* ents of the trapezius m uscle to the occi spine of the s lgamentum nuchw, dorsal vertebra, and muscles about capnla. The immense development of the They stood out the shoulders and chest was ver y remarkable. fat as if they had been andb encumberedathselistetaelpel. In " they resembled cartilnageeleanTedhe by the conditions were firmnessalso a pparent in the recti muscles o f the abdominal waif, the tendinous intersections (liners transverse) of which were strongly marked. But with all this splendid development it was evident that lieenan had received a shock from which his system was only slowly recovering ; though whether this loss of power was due to the punishment re ceived in the fight or to the hard training which he had may be a disputed point. As pre viouslyphysiolo- undergone, gists, it seems to us highly probable that his training h a d been too prolonged and too severe. When Heenan went into training on Wednesday, the 23d of September—just 11 weeks before the match—his weight was 15st. 71b. A s ha stepped into the ring on the 10th inst. he was exactly 14st, At the saute time King weighed 13st., though h e was I three-quarters of an inch taller than Heenan, whose height is Eft. liin. Those who know what severe training means, will, perhaps, agree with us that Heenan was probably i n better c ondition five w eeks before meeting his anta gonist than on the morning of his defeat, although when he stripped for fighting the lookers-on all agreed that he seemed to promise himself an easy victory, while exulting ' n hi fine proportions and splendid muscular development. It fi'' now clearly proved that Heenan went into the contest. t 4 ranch more muscular than vital power. Long t W i t h he had met with any severe punishment—indeed, )ng before states, at the close of the third round—h es he breathed with much difficulty, and, as h e d e fdt faint, respiration was " roaring." He declares that described it, his more severe treatment at the hands of s he received from King, yet at the termination of the Sayers than he did lasted upwards of two hours, he was former fight, which two or three hurdles, and distance so fresh as to leap over the race. It was noticed on the many of his friends in physique had deteriorated, and present occasion that his than at his last appearance' in that he looked much older any opinion as to the met' the ring. Without offering cer tain that Heenan was in' its of the combatants, it is cer when he faced his a state of very deteriorated health deterioration was duoi o pponent, and it is fair to say that that the training which h n a great measure to the severity of so with the body, u e bad undergone. As with the mind, undue and pro l onge d e xertion must end in depression o f cation of th e Power. In the process of the physical edu - Young, in the training o f our recruits, or in the sports Of the athlete, the case of Keenan suggests a striking commentary of great inter est in a physiological point of view. While exercise, properly so called, tends to devel opment and health, excessive exertion produces de. t'-iitY and decay. In these times of over-excitement au .d ''' e' - com,et Won in the race et life, the case we num , pul, on record may be studied with advantage. —The Lancet. rar. m ade consi - der the Ofthe 3r Isla' then is qCP:S S ;rOW 3 ) glarid ening. to the 7 , a y to e w ill wher°,, is aD(I d the o • JO' Lth " 1 :hue° tho rt 7 at n- t at, Lad: ( in th e m ess Lora ;afiXa ne:s-t in til° rdal' L u cy here eS' ;road' l et;s" ' Cou rt a. F. . , is seat LA O , . Chi- s hire, ter °f iffuert A the anCe ,e life vidcd at of ha" ltej itti pain , tell plesi vercY The Ser. gone don't [ can' ve.- -- 31'." -- of n i d g e. the been e, to ile sq loble ,usc, 10 ill 0 0 aad vinf,' se re p.o* ad 1 t the Dlif3 nor" ali3' in el 9 Toss xdor uI I 3r a re ith rd 113 - • - 1301 I 135 k 111 i 1021 ~~,