The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-19 00:00:00

lioNEy MARKET AND COBIZZRCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. „CantillUed firmness prevails i n th e Di scou nt 8 5 tark e t Pecie owing to the unfavourable character of the movement and the prospect of its confirm the finest three months' bills are not negotiable undor the Bank minimum of 7 per cent. About £93,000 in r a bar gold an d 48,000 sovere i gns ep Withdrawn from th e B an k yester d ay . Ir ing th e l ast few days there hes been less ac ti vi ez hibited i n t h e markets for fore i gn an d etal°zial Sugarsproduce. Suars have been held for full z : a t ! s ' a nd good and superior descriptions of coffee ncint4i4 previous values. The dealings in tea have 'i2no euspend e d , owing to the large quantity an ueed for public sale this day. Rice has been in iroderate re quest, whil e i n t a ll ow th ere has been a pele.,r b usines s transacted for the time of year; to e on th e spot is quoted 41s. 3d. to 425.; April June delivery, 435. to 43a. 3d.; and last three ' ;, nt hs, 455, per cwt. kit , he 21 st i nstant has been fixed by the Com ki;"ee of the Stock Exchange for a special settle donia in the shares of the London and Cale- Ineurance Company, the West India trc l'aaifie Steamship Company, the Aus- Jliort gage Land and Finance Company, all to be marke d in the official lists ; and also in the tal o n Tave rn veSt ale New Shares, and the Marine In ( ltiot e d o . t C ompany, which, however, are not to be Two O'CLOCK. tal 4 L l'mi a , this day, according to Mr. Reuter's 66f 42, e s 'sarll, the French Three per Cents. were to c6f. 500. to. A d decline of about * per cent. has taken place still ll the Market for the English Funds, which thre t ultfer ve ry much depression, owing i4 ere ttellin g aspect of continental politics, and. the i t he s th„Etßiza firmness latterly noticeable in the 9 r o a: l. fo r 61.4°1141. Consols are 90; i for money and . a e 411 D e account. Business is not particularly active, 4 fall' ee , r ll l., l% tors are extending their transactions are E xchequer Threes and Reduced Annuities k 'ldlequer Bills 6s. to ls. dis. Ban 16 2 36, " 6 , India ditto 213, India 5 per Cents. L a "") and the 4 per Cents. 1001. th e vuWardelgn Market a further decided down- F e 3P "oretll ent has t a k en pl ace , and business is 66! 641etiv'e. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are G reek, 2i ,dO. Consolides, ; Mexican, 35; . ; No s 1 -- ; i; Spanish P ass i ve , 33i ; do. Certifi_ ; Port uguese S cr i p, .edis. ; and the L ath r ate Loan, 42 44. L ave R ailway Share Market the operations ahowbeectl ( I a rather limited scale, and prices have `‘ r es tir,4l„rther depression. Great Eastern, Great deciitne-;"North Western, and South Eastern have u and -Te.l6'.; C a l edonian, London and Blackwa d , trißl-tiand, 10s. ; Great Northern A Stock, an th,t l ' 1;55 .; and Metropolitan, £l. ch at, - orei n. 4 6 and Colonial lines remain without /lite iroportance in prices. k 0 d. 411 / 4 and Miscellaneous Shares, there has o r b . ee o n . tal II 'rata amount of business negotiated. le . 41 1at t lil , k . h ave declined to 611; Chartered of India, tf Etn a _ and China, to 42 ; Land Mortgage Bank General 3 1 4k ; Crystal Palace Stock, to 321 ; a t , k e s it ' lj redit and Finance, to 6-1 a ; Anglo Italian 2t r quoted prom.; Australian Navigation, P reen. P t elcu '; and National Shipping Company, 1 0 13-tIaTISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. ° Vlt , t Per e • 14t)i'r FUNDS. 901 i a i VipertoB,llf Consols 61.oet7te:TtlInedt Feb. 4 ... 90a . 4 ,3 r„ aced ....... 90e, 4 i )1 , 4 i 3 , Per ,-,erit. ........ IN, eN, al Per Cent. Jan. 1891 Al Per Oent. Annuities .. - `",,44it,:',Asinuities, Jan. 1873 1880.. _ ~-uittr, ' 3 , 0 Yrs expire bth Jan., ~. _ uitto 'ru ci Yrs, expire sth April, '3" 1908. 20 7-16 ex div Ex o h„ Cited Sea Telegraph). - Ditty hills, £l,OOO, 21 Ic A 3 u p g e; hits 4500 .-- -411 k „.",,., £lOO and £2OO ~ 1 j . ., (41 -squad Stk, 4i per Ct., last h -yr. 236 5 .11 „'lle. Eo''' G EXICNIENT SECURITIES. DUit t , "I, 10i per Cent., April 1874.... 213 ioo tceeant .... .. - 1054 f 6 Ditto 1 Per eet. j'llY' 18° Ditto Ell'. eent, 1883. " • 1001 Ditto 5 4 t , a""(1 1 , 1883 Der Cent...... - bitto ot r eu e t ,_at e . 4, j 4„,,. 1872.. 104 i dittoper Ct., April 1861_ 7 . ,... Ditto `4r Ditt o Ditto ßo nds Sl,OOO .. Aug., 1866 99 niader Sl,OOO ........... ' ...... - 1. . „oIz.EIGN. _u ......... - Ditto,atlls per Cent l'' AD S -CLOSING 1839 it ‘t,id 1859 ...... IFiIAICES. bitto .1i per _ 1- Ditto '-' e nf ' ) . lBo I t-65 3 8-60 - e b - ,lt a to s or i, , Vt 1,16 per Cent ..... v 1863 ) 415 'd . 1 1 die pai ..... 101 b iel l it p 4i Pee Cent. ............... 83 iiiitos4 3 per Cent., 18:‘,. ) :5 • . - Eo,Tor2tPer Cent. Ex. • 12 *. du * 'al.; .• - 1 , itt o, -87ew Consolidated 1 Cent., 1 4 2 ‹,g,,ti . revisonal Land Warrant ,Dit to 4l 7 Per Cent 'itNilt ASecond Issu e : Diu: Per Ceut., 1 824:g . e;*6oupons.. --i; 1 tjti",4pecolMt ..• ' - b "Hit- "111)01:18 - 4,, 0 Ac_enxist ....................... 91 10 9 1 444 eald e I,lt,tzt 6_15.,,,Aer ce . u . t ......... , . .. „ . i0, t , 1 ~ ent. DlaremmanA Railway) 75f 6 35h oitt o ;-' Per Cent 35 1 I 41 5 ii t ' ° risill z e otlnt Nt? t enat ri al 5 per Cent 12/ itt° Per ............. 28t b. ()bet en% 1 , itt o L erred ........ I!llviEtild Warrants (Hectares) 6 D i tto 'Per Uen.t .. - )314° Accouo.t . ,o li . ............. ........ - Dltt p A 2 Per Cent., 1862 - (11)1tigi,'Jeount 1 .,;t .6 : 4 3 Per Cent. 1853 i,mtto a ceouzit ' V i t t to 41,0'r c ent l .:ii o '4:i , '9, '6O, 62,' 3 - 11 4 to k,.,11,1t £2O paid - I,laa 6 'tl 3 , 420 paid i 1 die "Itt„, ii Per C ent., 1822, S St _ ti,bitltoPer Cent 1850 .. •• 86 _ b i `til ap, , 1860 11 8d; t ° 5 p e r , C ant., 1 859 .. - 1 1 s i tta & - 'ent, 1862 ...... s Prt •' A t Pei ' Cent .......... ~,t14,4 3 eca tit. . . kittt, pe r • ! .................. -__ bbit s _ liCe o4 _, Cent .................. DDit :U N ew i!slt ...................... 02 ± it;.4le.o,,,ueferred ................ - ~a , ~ Pke,illt 43 °4 u tlpail,Ylkeeove ...................... - b4q Cert4llt• ..... 33i 1 1 , 0 A ~ of ............ _ 4.lTetli t s %oa.,, ionp not funded A ttrk. °4 ) 4 '‘• • 13 1 1 ± t i: ' t 'll ' P P :j ee4t. • - b it o k eeo e eta. 184 . ....... - ' l t t t 44e Perllt'' bitt°,,kc'etaiif. 18i8 ......... \)itt;;'Zltitl'if . Ditto.. kr :ic,„,,,jzi Di tto 4 koc e , l : t ixt, i i ,!, ........... - • tlettle?,,,°o 11~..4 iitt,to Cpeu.-6,,c14... _ ‘0 A, ' C r vel lt '' . ........ bi .collt., 1862 55 4k 01)4, vlelerid, on • ................. . . A , bit t ` o l Per cent the above payable in London, `4,,li a ! Per , Ex. 12 Guil - k htt o : ', Per 0:4, Certifleateß - )C0 .. ........... ~.1 671 I mao. bi tt t , lq oile _ THREE O'CLOCK. Ace o , lt Y lt . ..................... ‘ , 9 '2! 1 k o 1.13001 eOtt ott Market-This Day' " it Il te h 4 t lZee d-------*---- e h the am e ingly quiet ; from present appear' The i (.4 t f ""4 twill not exceed 2,000 bales. ‘4l. .rotil Peovlaclaester may make some slight 1I t. I 111.0)::,14 etirt...naports, 6,650 ; previously, 1 I,, tt AAtit he oTEAMERS AND THE SOUTHERN I N i t ) C1340----!' number of steamers that have t,„ 44,etee,',1lee the blockade of the Confederate ports ‘ecilt,iife is the 4' u Pwards of 60, and their purchase price . tl kt ),tz „, aggtegate to about £700,000. The selling t 44 - g b est reillui, _stea.tners for this trade has been, perhaps, t o, ~ cktta veueratrve speculation during the past year. In ii,!oet, o. ,88eIli were sold at half more than their oligi lotileik en 1861 end 1 862, 30 steamers left the Clyde, of Q I , °1 44 ,, " Paddle vessels in the river trade, five paddle x,elyve,e ziev? vessels in the d eep-sea trade, and the remain the !, t ive t ~w . , , In 1 863 28 steamers sailed, and of these 11 4q14eep..,,,"ud1e boats, ono a paddle and one a screw in . , v, _ A trade S ,•)g o vessi, 1,• even were new paddle and eight new i, if% - ,110 t . ei i 8 ) tir ld t , otal of their registered tonnage was tte at. v et th at 4'4aq Were manned by about 800 hands. 1- o °f th e 3 „ 4 been. made among them has been very tkptaped that nailed. Previously to 1863 only four qr o , ) , , th, ~, . . • Iii) 41 „ ' , while utners being either burnt, sunk, or ‘ l ity t ' l , 15 a ' i f tllO5O that left last year five have been '',i4ve-iitt,,' lii i r r ° i still tlinning, and the remainder are on the `4B Ca ft, an :t the Present month three more steamers N:'al e Ptilred , it - ' v ''rel are fitting out to follow. A few of I . ° ,, e r a doze n Macle only one trip, while others profit : very , i 4 ; and on tho whole they have paid their `t ) till co,`", eenio of them being a source of great geerlied S cotsman.---- SHARE MARKETS,—This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCILS. Share Railways. Paid. ! Closing Business Price. done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. liost.,Sleat.,andllid.Ce Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div Do. B till6p e.p an.has (been paid to 8.1 Dublin & Belfast June.' Dun., Perth,& Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk II Ei 8} Si 84 f 6 12C 121; 7 71 37 39 16 17 97 98 107 109 49+ 50+ 47 49 71 8+ Ditto A pto'ck Ditto East Anglian et GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern... . Do A stock 127 128 132 j 133 k 13'1 136 97 93 65i (51 Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland! Great 'Western .. Do Str Val g - na. stock Lancashire t Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,t S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So•.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares... Metropoll tan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 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 llDo 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., and Wok. Stockton & Darlington 110 i 111 72 73 105 107 43 41 106) 107 101 k tO2 50 61 106 107 128 1284 14 I td 97 99 521 53i 25 :6 103} 104 - 59 60 90i 91 123 128 1 2 p 77 79 11 11i 124 126 13 45 98 100 63 64 33 36 Cti 05 OS 100 10 104 38 39 94 104 ) 74 8 p 168 160 5 54 o 2f Si p Do Do New, 188 G Taff Vale.. Do B Do C jUleter Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepoolllar.&R West Midland —Oxford Newport'Do Do Hereford E 4 137 170 175 BMTISH Yi Railways atlantic St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda,t.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent ........ __ Do. New . . • • Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laxe liurov Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1872, Do. do. June 1, 1879 Clcutta..uS. Eastn. (Lin .; Cape Town it Dock Scril Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. 11 do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. 10. deferred......' Do. 2d Pret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1882 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim . _ uaranteed 5 per cent.' t. W. 01 Canada Shares' Do. New ...... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-5.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. 0. .. Do. It p. c. Extension Dc. 4A d 0.... •• Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.cerp. n p. o. Buds Melb. & llobson's Bay. 1)o. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newßruuswick Canda Class A. and B. N. Itl.C'dati po Ist 01)&1 Soinde ...... ».- Do. Delhi 1 4 Do. do O3 Do. Punptub .... t g Du. Do. ........ . „bg. Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 22 25 SSESSIONS. Closing Price. 80 (SC 104 105 1 P 5i 1 6i 8 It 2 104 101 103 106 107 104 105 1p 1 20 21 73 75 59 St 66 68 53 66 60 52 40 EL 26 28 22 C 4 105 106 1 141 1 18 I. 103 104 9} 10 11 11:T; 03 05 86 88 In 1031 /04i 98 100 98 57 59 3 5 82 84 103 i IC4 103 104 iP 103 104 100 102 ,3.14.1 6.4.0 4 1 .16.4! Share 100 Sk 1 20 stock stook stock 100 100 'took stook 204 20 100 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. sp.e.Ja &J 013 - - 1877-81 . . 100 102 104 102 - Do. sp. c. Feb.& Aug 100 103 105 - Do. Ip. cs.Msr. Az Sept. 100 103 105 - Do. sp. c. Jan.&J uly. 100 91 12 91 - I Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 - Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,1873 100 107 109 I - Do.Ap & Oct. 1881, 100 109 111 - Do. 1890 100 1 70 112 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 108 110 - 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c lOU 110 112 - Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 104 106 104 - INatal Gov. 6 per cant 130 1(8 110 EN.B.Gov. 6 p.a..7a.SzJul) 100 102 104 - Do. 6p. c.Ap. di Oct. 100 - - - N. S. V. G ov. 5 p 2.,180s 100 99 100 - Du. sp. c.,18r1 to Itl7l 100 , 995 1 4 0 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 995 1605 991 100 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 - INova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - I sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 - 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 109 111 - S. Aus G6p.c.1878.Az up lOO 109 111 - ,Vto.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julyi 100 - 'Do. to p.c. An.AzOct.. t 100 llO 111 lO4 BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 Id - Amalgamated.. - 38 19 384 575 685 - Devcn G. Con,. (Tavist., 1 - East Bassett (Illogan). 30 675 70 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd.. 52. 4d par - East Caradon ..... 27 18 275 - East Cam Brea - Vriltussel (Tavistk ) 8.9.0 5 54 - IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 581 10 12 - 11Ire N t: ir t h S ea o - 'h o r l r l South 17s0 14 It - - Herod's-Foot 8.12 07 39 - Hingston Downs 4.18. 0, $ 35 - Lady Bertha - Margaret ((Illy Lelant 04 15 17 - Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 24 14 gcl - New Setun l9l 60 90 - • North Downs 24 15 14 \.WII I I Basset(lllo;an, 3.1.0 2i 3 - North Wheal Crotty -- Par Consols (St. Blaze); - - - 'Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 44 46 - ISouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 14 1430 0 40 - S. Carn Brea (Illogan) - - - S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 575 625 - Stray Park 5 F ram ar Silv..t Lead Min. 44 A - fin Crolt 9 19 20 - West Basset (Mogan). 15 11 12 - 'W C, radon (Liskeard) 5 19 21 - West Seton - Wheal Basset (Illogan) 64 80 85 - Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 5 20 25 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - Wheal Ludcott 1 3.0.8 14 14 - Wheal MaryAnn(lden )1 8 135 144 - Wheal 61eton 585 150 160 - Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 245 254 - , Wheal Union 3.17 3 35 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 111 Great Northern, 5 per cent., 116 Great Western Orig. 4i per cent. pf., 971 Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 34 1 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 101 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent.. 104 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Birkenhead, 430 Buckinghamshire, 96 7 Chester and Hoiyhead,l— 5 per cent., 1161 Hull and Selby, 113 Lancaster and Carlisle, 2161 London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., 921 Midland Bradford pre stock, 951 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) guy.. 7 per cent., 18 Dutch Rhenish, 161 Eastern of France, 191 Great Luxembourg, 111 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 7; 8 Ditto (all), 20; 20 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 201 FOREIGN DUNES. Linares, lim., Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Min. and Smelting', 6 Port Philip, lu Santa Barbara Gold Mine (lim.), a St. Jobn del Rey (lira.), 52 Yudanamutana of S. Australia (11m.), 3i 3 3 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. &Mance Sank of Lon Aon and Liverpool (Urn.), 44 it Anglo Austrian, 6} Bank of Egypt, 261 Sank of otago, lirn., 2: Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 43 2 3 Ditto, new, 26i 6 5* Consolidated Bank, lirn., 107, ; English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 23 European Bank, lim., 8* Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 32/ 3 Imperial Bank (lim.), 23* Imperial Ottoman, 17 * * Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 3; London and Brazilian (lim), 54 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 31 3 * London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 7 London and County, 61 2 11 London, hamburg, Cont. Exch., London J o int Stock, :In London and South African, 271 Ditto, new, 261 London and South American, lint, 71 London and South-Western (lira.), 141 14 1 London and Westminster, 83* Merchant Bank, lira., 111 Mercantile and Exchange, litn., 15 Oriental Bank Corporation, 61* Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi Wm.\ 61 7 6i Union of Australia, 531 Union 01 London, 411 }DOCKS. Southampton, 661 5 _ - . _ 3IISCELLANEOus. Brrlin Water Works. lim., 9 British. Indian Tea, Jim., 3i Commercial Union (Insurance) , Si 50 I 1271 133 65 1 i 110 f f I 72} 105 41 107 6j I" 2 # 001 106 5} 6 5 5 128! 981 53 34 941 I 5 ii Paid. all No Buodness done all 100 (100 100 2 all 1 100 'k10( THE SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1864. MISCELLANEOUS — Continued. Crystal Palace, 321 1 Ditto, pref., 113 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. porpetl. deb. 113 14 Gen. Credit and Finance of Loudon, lien., 6: 'f i Hudson's Bay, 171 International Financial Society, lim., 101 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 54 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 83 Joint •stock Discount, 7 Ditto, new, 61 London Financial. Association, lira., 25: 6 51 6 London General Omnibus Company, 21 National Discount Comptny, lim., li4 1 11 National Steam Navigation, lim., 41 , North British Australasian, 4 8 - Ocean Marine (Insurance), JAI 20 Oriental Gas (lirn.), new,kl Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 48 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 251 Royal Mail steam. 701 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lira., 71 Universal Marine (lira.) ►nsurance, 5i LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day), COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before the Lord Chief Justice, and Justices Crompton, Blackburn, and Mellor.) '3II:LitEA.DY Y. LORD LDURY AND OTHERS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the Duke of Bridgwater's trustees, the owners of certain docks on the river Mersey, for negligence in towing a ship of the plaintiff's into their docks, by which negligence the ship became stranded on the beach and injured. The defendant's pleaded that they were not liable for the da mage, the contract for towing the ship expressly relieving them from sueh damage; to which plea a new assignment was added, that the damage arose through the defendant's servant's wilful negligence in leaving the ship stranded without attempting to get her off. The case came before the Court in demurrer as to the form of pleading. The Court allowed the demurrer, and directed a reforma tion of the pleading, so as to bring the case properly before it. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) CROSS V. CROSS (THOMAS INTERVENING). In this case, which was tried before a jury at the sitting before Christmas, John Cross, the plaintiff, endeavoured to provoke the revocation of a will alleged to have been duly executed by his sister Harriett Cross as far back as 1839. The testatrix had an interest in a large sum of money left to the Cross family by a Mr. John Berihill, the sister of the father of the testatrix. The parties interested were to receive only life annuities on the estate, but they had power to dispose of the capital by will. Miss Harriet Cross executed the will five days before her decease, and probate of it had been obtained in July, 1840. By the instrument James Cross, one of the brothers who was then abroad, derived an interest, and employed an attorney named Thomas to commence proceedings in Chan cery to protect his rights in regard to the family property. Thomas advanced money to James Cross, in consideration of which James Cross gave him a mortgage upon the inte rest under the will of Harriet Cross, The will of Harriet Cross was witnessed by her two sisters, one of whom had been obliged to leave the country, having com mitted a breach of trust. The plaintiff, Sir John Berihill Cross, new alleged that the will was a forgery, and the intervener, Thomas, was the only party at present interested in establishing the validity of the will. At the trial Mary Cross said that the attestation in her name was in her handwriting, but the signature of the testatrix was a forgery. The jury found for the will, and probate was granted. A rule was then obtained on certain affidavits, and on the ground that the verdict was against evidence for a new trial. A rule was then obtained, and argued at length at the last sitting, and now stood over for judgment. The Judge Ordinary now decided in favour of the ver dict. His lordship granted the intervener (Thomas) his costs out of the estate, and condemned the plaintiff in the costs of Alexander Cross, one of the defendants. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) His Honour, being the Commissioner of the day, was occupied the greater part of the morning in hearing applica tions iu the private room. IN RE BANKS. This bankrupt was a carpenter in Cambridge-street, Bethnal green, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. Mr. R. Buchanan was for the bankrupt, and applied for an adjournment, as no accounts had been filed in conse quence of the ill health of the bankrupt. The case was adjourned accordingly. IN RE BURTON. _ _ _ This bankrupt was an optician in the Minories, and this was an adjourned meeting for examination and discharge. Mr. C. V. Lewis appeared for the assignees, and Mr. B. Sorrel, Mark-lane, for creditors, and consented to the bankrupt's passing, but the question of discharge was ad journed till the 6th May, as the bankrupt's transactions as to the disposal of his property were not satisfactory. IN RE ELLIS. This bankrupt was a plumber, &o ; in the Minories, and surrendered under a petition opened by Mr. Sorrell, Mark lane. The debts are about £l,OOO ; assets not yet stated. (Before Mr. Commissioner Wir slow.) IN RE dICKS—THE BRITISH COLUMBIA OVERLAND TRANSIT COMPANY. The was a meeting for choice of assignees in the matter of this bankruptcy. The bankrupt had been a director of the above company, and was sued by a Mr. Collingwood, who had taken a passage of the Company, who failed to complete their contract. The sum claimed for passage money was £l6O, and the costs of the, action ran up the judgment to £6OO. Mr.Collingwood proved his debt, and was chosen assignee. Mr. H. Harris, of Moorgate-street, is solicitor to the estate. The bankrupt is Comptroller of Corn Returns for the Board of Trade. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) DAMAGES FOR NOT EMPLOYING A COOK.-NOYEL POINT DEM/HULL V. REICHARDT. This was an action to recover damages for broach of an agreement, Mr. Perry, from Mr. Buchanan's, appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Beard representing the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff had been engaged by the defendant, who is an eatinghouse-keeper, as cook at 30s. per week and board. The defendant's wife, however, wrote a letter to the effect that she believed the place would be too• hard for him. Mr. Porry called plaintiff, who said that he had been employed as a cook at St. James's Hall. He could have a good character from the head cook there. Defendant observed that as plaintiff had left a situation in consequence of the work being too hard, he felt justified in refusing to employ him. His Honour—l think that a man is justified in leaving a situation if he finds the work too hard for him. lam of opinion that defendant ought to have given a week's wages when he refused to employ plaintiff. Verdict for plaintiff, with coats. A Uniform Plan for Metropolitan Railway Schemes. If the metropolis must be cut up into sections by rail ways, the least that we can demand is that the companies shall be made to conform to some uniform and general scheme, and that the junctions shall be sufficiently nume rous to afford adequate facilities to the metropolitan traffic. This is a subject which Parliament will be bound to investigate and settle during the coming Session, for it would be intolerable to find, a few years hence, that we had allowed the railway companies to take possession of the me tropolis ; and that our means of transit had been contracted or rendered inconvenient by blundering projects or jealous contentions. 'What the future of railways will be in this metropolis is not easy to conjecture. Hitherto London railways have been, for the greater part, merely means for the conveyance of persons and goods to and from the metropolis and the provinces. The internal traffic of this great city has scarcely come under the con sideration of the projectors and managers of these schemes. The Metropolitan Hallway, however, has inau• gurated a new eta, and has already found many ambitious imitators. Most of these, it is certain, will be thrust out of the field of contest next session, and the real trial of strength will be between Mr. Fowler, with him Metropolitan Extensions, embracing the inner and outer circle lines, and Mr. Hawkshaw with his junctions with the Charing crose Extension. It is premature to forecast the proba bilities of a struggle between two such doughty champions. If Mr. Fowler have the report of the Lords' Committee in his favour, he has against him all the interests along the Thames embankment; besides the inherent fault of the incompleteness of his design in its working details. We have shown that, as it affects the City, Mr. Fowler's circles do not provide for military junctions with the long lines ; whilst Mr. Hawkshaw proposes to unite the Great Northern, the Midland, and the North-Western with his station at Charing-cross, whence passengers will be carried straight into the City to the Cannon-street Terminus. By this line, therefore, our friend Humphrey Hardworker would be ()stabled to get to Birmingham without a change of carriages, and without making such an extraordinary dr - cumbeudibus as he would be required to make by the rival railway.—City Press. SHIPPING—This Day. LoNnoN, Jan. 19.—Wind this day at noon—South ; cloudy weather. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) (IRANI:SEND, Tueeday Morning. No arrivals. Sailed—rhe Adler, for Bremen. Tuesday morning. Passed—Sanspareil, from London, for Brixharn; South , owu, from Palermo, for Goole. WALKER! OR FRENCII BOOTS FOR TILE ITALIAN BOOT. —Italy has sent an order to Paris for 100,000 boots, to be ready for the soldiers, at the latest, in February. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGII-STREET. MURDEROUS ATTACK THROUGH JEALOUSY. — EIiza Jones, a respectably-dressed married woman, residing at No. 12, Ledbury-road, Notting-hill, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with unlawfully and maliciously wounding a female, named Charlotte Nicholas, in Denman-street, Golden •equare. _ The injured woman was unable to attend. James Ignatius Mullin, a young man, living at 5, Queen's Bead-court, Great Windmill-street, deposed that on tke previous afternoon, while standing in Great Wind mill-street, he saw a number of persons collected at the corner of Denman-street, and a sort of skirmish going on. He went up to see the cause, when ho heard the prisoner say to a young woman, " This is your game. It has been going on for four years, and I have caught yet at last." The prisoner then, having an open razor in her hand, struck the young woman across the eyes with it, and afterwards on the.right hand. The young woman, who bled profusely from her wounds, was then conveyod to the Charing-cross Hospital, and the prisoner taken into custody. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the witness said he heard nothing more from either of the females than he had stated, and that they were both sober. He understood the young woman's name was Nicholas. Mickleborough, 307 A, said the prisoner made no reply to the charge. The prisoner said she had found her husband with the young woman several times. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he was sorry the prisoner had taken such a mode of settling the matter. He would remand her for a week. The husband of the prisoner asked whether the magis trate would accept bail for his wife? A CORPORAL OF THE GRENADIER GUARDS CHARGED WITH RODBURY.—Henry Webber, a corporal of the 2d battalion of Grenadier Guards, was charged with stealing a silver watch, of the value of L 3 10s., from the person of Dl r. James Lynch, of 1, Surrey-lane, Wandsworth. The prosecutor had been drinking with the prisoner and a female all day, and from his statement it appeared that, on wishing to leave, the prisoner snatched his watch away, and ran off, dropping it down an area. The prisoner said it was a prostitute who Lock the watch away. John Staines, 123 C, said that, on taking the prisoner into custody, the prosecutor said it was a mistake. The prisoner made no attempt to get away whatever, and said ,he would go to the station. Both parties had been drinking. The prisoner's sergeant gave him a good character, Mr. Tyrwhitt discharged the prisoner. The prosecutor, who had been most anxious that the matter should not come before the magistrate, thanked the magistrate for his decision. WESTMINSTER: PITIABLE CONDITION OF ILL-USED AIARRIBD WOMEN. —A very respectable-looking woman besought the magis trate's interference and assistance in the following matter:— She stated that she had been for some time residing in the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, and being now with her three children in great distress, had applied fur relief which had been refused her, and she had, therefore, been recom mended to come before a magistrate. Mr. Arnold—Are you a married woman ? Applicant—Yes, your worship. Mr. Arnold—Where is your husband? Applicant—You have sent him to prison. Mr, Arnold—What for ? Applicant—For ill-treating me, and the principal cause of my distress has been the illness I have suffered through his violence, which has prevented ray being able to earn my living as I could have done. Mr. Arnold—When was he committed ? Applicant—On the 27th of November last, for six months. Mr. Arnold—What did the relieving officer say to you when you applied to him ? Applicant—He said I and my children could come into the workhouse, Mr. Arnold—Then ho has, in law, offered you relief. You apply to the parish, and the relieving officer offers to take you into the workhou-e—that is all that is required of him. You cannot compel him to give you the sort of relief you require. Applicant—lt was no good telling rag that I might go into the workhouse with my children. I don't want to go there for my life. I am willing to work for my living, and, with a little present help, could do so. Who would go into the workhouse and by so doing break up the little home one has made ? It is very hard, I think, your wor ship. Mr. Arnold—lt may be, but the parish have a right to give relief in the way they think fit. It is for them to do as they please in that respect. You may make an application to the board of guardians and hear what they say. Applicant—l have always worked fir my living, and am willing to do so, and I want to work for myself and children outside a workhouse. Will your worship grant me a pro , tection order against my husband when he comes out ? Mr. Arnold—No, I canpot. Applicant—Why, you worship ? Mr. Arnold—Protection orders are only granted to wives whore their husbands have deserted them and gone away. In the present instance the man has been committed by me for beating you. Having been sett by the law to pri son, he cannot be said to have deserted you. THAMES. EMBEZZLEMENT BY AN OMNIBUS CONDUCTOR —Charles Emmett, an omnibus conductor, aged 22, badge No. 2,640, and dwelling at the time of his apprehension at No. 9, Manchester-road, Millwall, Poplar, was brought before Mr. Woolrych charged with fraudulently appropriating to his own use various sums of money he had received for and on account of the Millwall and Cubitt-town Omnibus Company. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, stated the case for the prosecu tion. The Millwall and Cubitt-town Omnibus Company were the owners of two vehicles constantly running in the day time between Limehouse (near the parish church), and Cubitt-town, in the Isle of Dogs, Poplar, passing in their journeys several important factories. The prisoner had been in the employ of the company three months, and it was his duty to receive the fares and to make correct returns of the money he received of pas sengers on each and every journey. For some time past the prisoner had returned £3 per week loss on the average than the conductor of the other omnibus. The prisoner delivered a ticket every night for each journey he had made during the day, and showing the amount of money received and the number of passengers carried. The prisoner had falsified his accounts and made a return of a less number of passengers than he had actually carried, and a less amount of money than he had received. Two persons were employed by the company to watch the pri soner on many journeys. The fares were 3d. and 4d. On one journey, on Wednesday last, there was a deficiency of 6d., and upon another, the same day, ls. On Friday, on three journeys, the pri sner was defrauded e h the company onthe e of is sd. On Saturday there journeys of 2s sd. i number of journeys per day ? i r woao ideficiencyryinquired fiva Mr. Stoddart r e p lied 14 or seve n each wa y. John Clark, a w atchman in th e employ of the St. Ka therine Dock Company, who had been employed by the los t a prosecutors to wa tch the prisoner's operations, proved the d f t ai had travelled in the omni busnT ph o : o f aytpiri theirn which s s o e n n e t r h seh fares. a epi jn d h er a nrTheeter allyw journeys the passengers ho took up did he s conductor, awing bridges over the West India Dock entrances were often open for the admission of ships when his omnibus arrived at the lock entrances, and pee* would not wait until they were closed again, and alighted and went away without paying th eir fares. Mr. alledbeClark, who said that no disputes his passengers on the journeys named by him. On one journey a West In dia Dock brid g e was o p ened, and a delay o r disturbances Woolrych occurred rerecalled took place, but no one got out of the omnibus then. Mr. Woolrych—And there was a defalcation on that journey ? Mr. Stoddart — Ye s, sir, of le, After some further evidence Mr. Stoddart asked for a remand. Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner until Tuesday next. seven Men fr om th e s t ea m tug p L t A . N H: D ar A d l , o n nd .N ay ., L IFEBOAT SERVICES. — STIND e ER a NtheiglilVtll—itbAurnfebweadt,aoyfs t a h g e o , N vit at r i i on e a s l Lifeboat Institution, debarlasnadv,inbgeund from that port to the river w it a o s b i n ns o t y ru t m of e s n u ta n l Tyne. There were four of the crew of the steamer, and three men belonging to a schooner which they wore going to tow round to Sunderland. At 3 a. m . a li g h t was seen at sea from Whitbu rn, and shoutuags were heard from the men in the tug, The alarm was given, when the lifeboat was instantly manned and launched, and went off to their relief. It was half flood, and there was a heavy sea on, and the morning was very dark and foggy. T he sea had washed the tug's boat away, and had the men not been so speedily rescued they would all have perished. as it was a rising tide, and there was a hole in the bottom of the vessel, which not very long afterwards becam Sid elot,a,l wreck. It was f burn ound that she Lad struck on the Rocks off Whit. THE FLORIDA.--According to a letter from Brest of the 16th the Confederate corvette Florida has made her trial trips, which were perfectly successful, and her new Captain, Maurice Richard, had waitul on the vice admiral and other authorities of the port to announce his approaching departure and to . take leave, The letter adds that Captain Richards has teform.ed. the captain of the Federal Kearsage, w hich is still waiting off the port, that he is ready, on leaving, to acce pt a combat with him any where out of the limit of the etcFreh waters. Perhaps this is mere bravado, but the people Brost expect a fil,-,ht be tween the two frigates. FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—NapoIeo u Chair and Co. have j ust br o u g ht out the second edition. of " Rappotts Officiels des Membres de la Section Yrae caise du Jury International sur l'Expesition Universelle a Londres," published under the direction of M. Michel Chevalier. This new edition contains the report of Prince Napoleon, the speech of the Emperor, and the list of the prizes awarded to the French exhibitors, AFFAIRS IN CHINA. The position of affairs in the far East is by no means reassuring. In China and Japan events are unmistakably tending in one direction, and it re quires but little forecast to perceive that the exigencies of our commerce will ere long necessitate the active presence of a much larger force than this country would wish to maintain there. In Japan, though the immediate peril has passed away, the truce is a hollow one. Prince Satsuma, having sent a quarter of a million sterling to America for the purchase of rifled guns, naturally wishes to temporize until he has received this formidable addition to his strength. In China, the reactionary party, under the presidency of the Empress-mother, and the general ship of Tsu6ng-Ksvoh Fan, have not only made themselves dominant, but actually succeeded in stultifying all diplomatic action at Pekin. Prince Kung, who never had much power of his own, is now completely under the rule of this all•powerful faction. The European representntives have not seen the Regent for one year, and are obliged to content themselves with bootless interviews with the Foreign Board, which, like similar institutions in this country, is admirably adapted for evasion and pro crastination. Another massacre of Roman Catholic priests and their converts has once more brought the French Bishop of Se-chwen to Pekin. In vain does the French Minister claim redress ; the effects of the Anglo-French military promenade through the capital being entirely obliterated. In fact, we have now discovered that we have never been in Pekin at all—for in the centre of that walled block of country which we call Pekin, lies In-perial Pekin, with ramparts and fosses and its 200,000 inhabitants. No outer barbarian has penetrated this, the sanctum of Chinese prejudice. Though every subject strides in and out at his leisure, European ambassadors are kept out by sentries, and obliged to content themselves with furtive glances through their opera glasses from neighbouring house-tops, where they are permitted to mature that co••opera- tive policy, into which they were driven by Celestial astuteness one year since. For at Pekin individual diplomatic action is no longer possible. Twelve months ago, the representatives of the Western Powers, finding that they were being played off one against the other by the Regent and his advisers, determined to try the virtue of co operation. Their success is what might have been imagined from a combination of conflicting interests. Nevertheless, our trade is doubling itself, and will continue to do so. The foreign city of Shanghai has become the commercial capital of the East, whereas but fifteen years since the bittern and rice-bird were the sole possessors of the swamps upon which it stands. Land there is now as valuable as in the heart of the city of Lon don, and thence our capital and enterprise control the markets of northern China. With such vast commercial interests at stake, and with such difficult diplomatic relations, it is with unfeigned regrel Lat we receive the confirmation of the dissolution of the Chinese auxiliary force under Captain Sherard Osborn ; for the published correspondence relative to the expedition proves, were proof wanting, that a similar command could not have fallen into more able hands. Were a policy of non •intervention possible in a country situated like China, we should be the first to advocate it; but distracted as it is by insurgents, whose original nuclei has been nothing but the starving centres of that gigantic population, and adverse as the rulers have proved to the humanizing influences of foreign commerce, in opposition to the wishes of the bulk of the inhabi. tants, it has appeared to us both just and wise to assist in the establishment of social order within the country, and commercial order without; to put down freebooters by land and piracy by sea; and, whilst we secured peaceful avenues for our com merce, to ensure also to the Chinese Government the just dues arising from such foreign trade. For it is idle to conceal the fact, that our merchants, finding it more lucrative to bribe a mandarin at a non-treaty port than to pay the cus toms' dues at a treaty one, are all more or less engaged in smuggling at the non-treaty ports, thereby evading that just spirit of reciprocity which formed the basis of Lord Elgin's policy, and which could alone justify the armed intrusion of our trade in China. As regards the Taeping rebellion, the energy of Tsueog-Kwoh-Fan has during the past year driven it into the towns of Nankin, Soochow, and Hang chow, and at the present moment not more than one-fortieth part of the Empire is out of the hands of the Imperialists. Indifferent as the rule may be when measured by a European standard, yet as the Taepings recede so the inhabitants advance, and resume their peaceful avocations. Though the enthusiastic reports of missionaries once led us to imagine that this mighty convulsion was to lead to the evangelisation of China, the manner in which its leaders have acted must have convinced the most credulous that rapine, murder, and lust were the sole objects they had in view. Wherever their hordes have passed—and their path has been through the most densely-populated portions of the country —the inhabitants, together with their dwellings, have been blotted out ; and during their 10 years' rule at Nankin, the ancient capital, no attempt has been made to establish a civil administration, but the same relentless system has been pursued until the fairest districts have been well nigh depopulated and exhausted. Had the ruler of China had the sagacity to avail him self of the powerful aid which he asked and obtained from her Majesty's Government in the form of Captain Sherard Osborn's squadron, Nankin would have already been in the hands of the Imperialists, and with it would have perished the prostage of the Tae ping cause, and China might once more have settled down to those industrious pursuits which are the sole thought of its population. Now, it is impos sible to predict what turn events may take, espe cially when we consider the vast rowdy element which California and Australia are pouring into Shanghai. A leader of grasp and capacity is alone wanting to enable these adventurers to seize an empire on the southern bank of the Yangtze. The cause which led to the disbandment of Capt. Sherard Osborn's force was, that her Majesty's Government only permitted it to be organised under certain conditions, which were submitted by the Emperor of China's agent; who had full powers to deal with the question. The Emperor having ob tained the force he required on one set of terms, determined to use it under another. and expected to find in Captain Sherard Osborn a docile servant, who would assist him in this piece of chicanery. In that expectation it is hardly necessary to say he was mistaken. Neither blandishment nor bribery could induce Captain Sherard Osborn to swerve from the original agreement, on the faith of which her Majesty's Government had permitted him to organise the squadron. We hope that the Chinese Government will not have bitter cause to regret the shortsightedness of their policy, but it is, we fear, Loping against hope. This powerful squadron could have stifled anarchy in the interior, cleared the rivers and coasts of pirates, and confined the foreign trade to its legitimate channels ; China would have policed its own waters, and increased its revenue, and Great Britain would have been spared those oft recurring and inglorious wars which seem inseparable from our relations with the most peaceful people on the face of the earth. How over disappointing to Captain Sherard Osborn may be the result of his labours, he may rest assured that there is but one opinion in England as to the high-minded and dignified course he has pursued, under circumstances of no ordinary difficulty. And it is imposible to rise from the perusal of the corres pondence lately published, without increased admi• ration for a character which already stood high in the opinion of his countrymen. PARASITICAL PLANTS IN MEXICO.—The forest seemed to have been invaded by an army of huge pythons, many of them more than a foot in diameter, looking as if they had been stiffened while in the act of twining them selves in numerous folds round the tree which they bad seized with a living, fierce, and prehensile grasp, and had then reared and lost their heads in the uppermost branches o f another still more lofty than their victims, which again were sometimes smaller than themselves, and bearing on the indented stems the impress of the enormous and s t ra ngling force that had writhed itself round them.-- rigne's Xravels in licxico, IECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. WARsAw, Jan. 18.—Kruk, the insurgent chief, with a few of his companions, is said to have taken refuge in Galicia. He has disbanded the corps which he had under him. The Bishops of Lublin, Kielce, and Cracow have ordered the discontinuance of mourning in the churches of their dioceses. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. THE VICTORIA CROSS. (From the Grazette of this Evening.) WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 16. The Queen has been graciously pleased to sig nify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the under- mentioned officer and non-commissioned officer of her Majesty's army, whose claims to the same have been submitted for her Majesty's approval on account of acts of bravery pettormed by them in New Zealand, as recorded against their names, viz. : Colour-Sergeant (now Ensign) Edward Mac Kenna, 65th Regiment—For gallant conduct at the engagement near Cameron-town, New Zealand, on the 7th September, 1863, atter both his officers, Captain Swift, and Lieutenant Butler, had been shot, in charging through the position of an enemy heavily outnumbering him, and draw ing off his small force, consisting of two serjeants, one bugler, and thirty-five men, through a broken and rugged country, with the loss of but one man killed, and another missing. Lieutenant-General Cameron, C. B„ Commanding her Majesty's Forces in that colony, reports that, in Colour-Serjeant Mac Kenna, the detachment found a commander whose coolness, intrepidity, and judgment, justified the confidence placed in him by the soldiers brought so suddenly under his command. Lance-Corporal John Ryan, 65th Regiment —For gallant conduct at the engagement near Cameron-town above re ferred to. This non- commissioned officer, with Privates Bulford and Talbot, of the same regiment, who have been recommended for the medal for distinguished conduct in the field, for their behaviour on the same occasion, removed the body of the late Captain Swift from the field of action, after he had been mortally wounded, and remained with it all night in a bush surrounded by the enemy. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL , S • Captain and Brevet-Major Bernard E. \V ard, 60th Foot Major Frederick West, half. pay late Depot Battalion. TO BE MAJOE.S. Captain William Jolliffe, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Captain Robert Seppings Harrit;on, Royal Marine Light Infantry. BANKRUPTS That portion of the Gazette containing the bankruptg had not arrived when we went to press. Course of the Exchange--Tnis Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam .......... 11. 19k 11 191 Antwerp............ 25 60 25 65 Brussels .... ...... 25 60 25 65 „ Hamburg,h — 13 7 13 it ' Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine - 119 119± Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin — Nladrid - 47! 48 C a di z Leghorn — 2:5 80 2.5 85 Milan — 25 80 25 85 Genoa .-- 25 80 25 85 Naples Palermo — 25 80 25 85 Messina .. — 25 80 25 85 Lisbon — 52$ 52± 52$ 52,4 .., Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 t Mexican Dollars i. Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublone 1051 4} 1051 ek 5i LONDON GAZETTE,—This Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 1. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George Thorne Ricketts, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Sarawak. JAN. 16. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles G. Hannah as Consul at Demerara for the United States of America. WHITEHALL, JAN. 18. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend Francis Jenne, D.C.L., the Deanery of her Majesty's Cathedral Church of Lincoln, void by the death of Thomas Gamier, B.C.L. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 19. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint Captain Arthur Ellis, of the Grenadier Guards, to be one of her Royal Highness's Equerries. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 19. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—The exchange between Arthur George Smith and Brevet-Major J. R. Turnbull, 18th Hussars, as notified in Gazette of Bth inst., has been cancelled. 3d Hussars—Veterinary surgeon George Fleming, from the Military Train, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Hicks Withers, transferred to the 10th Hussars. 10th Hussars—First Class Veterinary Surgeon Hicks Withers, from 3d Hussars, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice William Thacker, promoted. 11th Hussars—Captain Alexander Charles Grant, from 90th Foot, to be Captain, vice the Hon. James David Drummond, who exchanges. 18th Hussars—The exchange between Brevet-Major J. R. Turnbull and Captain A. G. Smith, 6th Dra goon Guards, as notified in Gazette of Bth inst., has been cancelled. Military Train—Acting Veterinary Surgeon Michael D. Byrne to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice George Fleming, transferred to the 3d Hussars. Royal Artillery—Captain Henry Reginald Courtenay to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Robert Warburton, de ceased—Second Captain Affleck Fraser to be Captain, vice Robert Courtenay—Lieutenant Robert Roche Franks to be Second Captain, vice Fraser—Gentleman Cadet Richard Wace to be Lieutenant, vice Franks— Gentleman Cadet William Law to be Lieutenant, vice Bowen, resigned. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Frederick Augustus Yorke, on the Supernumerary List, to be Colonel—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Charles Francis Skyring to be Colonel, vice Twiss, pro moted—Captain and Brevet-Major James Robert Mann to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel Skyring —Second Captain Anthony William Durnford to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Mann—Lieutenant George Sackville Berkeley to be Second Captain, vice Durnford —Gentleman Cadet Montagu Frederick Ommanney, to be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Berkeley. 2d Regiment of Foot—Major Francis Lionel Octavius Atty to b Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Lieutenant- Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Robert Bruce, who retires upon half pay—Captain John Charles Weir to be Major, by purchase, vice Atty—Lieutenant Henry Echalaz to be Captain, by purchase, vice Weir—Ensign Charles Bor lase to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Echalaz. Bth Foot—Ensign Charles Frederick Malet to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Theodore Henry Skinner, who retires—Gentleman Cadet William Louis, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Malet. 17th Foot—Lieutenant St. John Clerke, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Savage, who ex changes. 21st Foot—Ensign Alfred Thrale Perkins to be Lieuten ant. by purchase, vice John Hornby Goner, who retires —Gentleman Cadet Robert Wilbraham Hill, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Perkins. 40th Foot—Gentleman Cadet James Dalton Gregson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Edward ToselAnd, who retires. 46th Foot—Ensign Richard Lawrence William Moore May dwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles John Burgess, who retires—Ensign Robert Gordon Home, from the 58th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Maydwell. 58th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Scovell Whitmore, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Robert Gordon Home, transferred to the 46th Foot. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Austin to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Atholl Charles John Liddell, who retires—Ensign John Edward Pratt Barlow to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Austin. 87th Foot—Ensign Anderson James Ashmore to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Frederick Flood Devereux, who retires—Gentleman Cadet Frederick GeorgeVardon, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ashmore. 90th Foot—Captain Hon. m Jaes David Drummond, from the 11th Hussars, to be Captain, vice Grant, who ex changes. 92d Foot—Lieutenant Lawrence William Maxwell Lock hart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lionel Holmes,'who retires—Ensign Hutchinson A. Stewart to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lockhart—Gentleman Cadet Edward Alexander Charles Campbell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stewart. 97th Foot—Paymaster Henry Lewis de la Chaumette, from the Royal Artillery, to be Paymaster, vice William Francis Wheble, appointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards. 99th Foot—Lieutenant Henry James Day to be Captain, without purchase, vice Malcolm Brown Purcell, deceased —Ensign Marcus William Kelly to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Day. 3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Francis Graham Dunn to be Captain, without purchase, vice Joseph Jones, who retires upon full-pay—Lieutenant Edmund Sandilands Savage, from 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Clarke, who exchanges ; Ensign James Frederick Cousins to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dunn. UNATTACHED—Lieutenant Edward Brown, from the 12th Lancers, to be Captain, without purchase. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT—Deputy Assistant Com missary-General Arthur Kay, to be Assistant Commis sary-General, vice Webb, deceased. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff-Surgeon Alexander Bar clay, M.D., having completed 20 years' full-pay service, to be Staff Surgeon-Major, under the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858 ; Assistant-Surgeon James Good, from the 43d Foot, to be Staff-Assistant -Surgeon, vice H. Cramp, M.D., resigned; Assistant-Surgeon Robt. Alex ander Peter Grant, from the 43d Foot, to be Staff- Assistant -Surgeon, vice W. Holmes, resigned. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT. —The Rev, H. Tudor Craig to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.—James Darling, Gent., to be Acting Veterinary Surgeon; vice Stanley, resigned; Hugh Anderson, Gent., to be Acting Veterinary Sur geon, vice Channon, resigned. BREVET. Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel George King, retired upon full-pay 13th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major-General. Lieut.-Colonel Robert Corcyra Romer, Royal Artillery, having completed five years' service in the rank of Lieut.- Colonel, to be Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of October, 1858. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captai Edward . n, M'Mullin, Recruiting District. to ha ve the honorary ran X of Major. k of C rank of apMajotain,r. Josep Holy, 73d Foot, to have the hon orar y h Paymaster, with the honorary ran 3d West India Captain Joseph Jones, retired Major.full-pay Regiment, to have the honorary rank of TO BE MAJORS. 00 t. Captain Hugh Stewart Cochrane, 7t oo lllrnall, 50tFF t. Captain Rowley Wiles Hi Second Captain Morgan Crofton Sankey, Royal Artil- lery. Second Captain Thomas Alexander Dirom, Royal Artil lery. 6thil eccnaaJrppYatt n a l ' 11 :: 'lain, Bombay C C a ap pt t a ai in n JconhanoGaseoFrgrane DciaartFnaellnl,on27:,chhFamoobte. ...tatl Corps. Captain Janes Burnie Lind, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Frederick William Graham , Bengal Staff Corps. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the deaths of Major-Gen. John Walpole, of the Royal Engineers, on 4th January, 1 864—andMajor-General ltobt. Wynyard, C. 8., Colonel of the 95th Foot, on the Vto' b l e B r 6 t 4 Crialmers, Bengal Staff Corps. Robert Baigrie, Bombay Staff Corps. Second Captain Henry Strutt, Royal Artillery. Second Captain James Ifills, Royal Artillery. Captain Henry Hammon Lyster, 72d Bengal Native Infantry. TO BE MAJOR GENERALS. Colonel John Twiss, Royal Engineers. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Mail land Wilson, half-pay late Bth Foot. TO BE COLONELS. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Francis Kempt. Lieutenant-Colonel William Thomas Dickson, 16th Lancers. THE CITY BANK. HALF-YEARLY MEETING-THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the City Bank took place to-day—Mr. Peter Bell in the chair. The report stated that the directors were enabled to declare the usual dividend of £6 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of £1 10s, per share, free of income tax (these two payments being together equal to £l2 per cent. per annum), and to carry forward to profit and loss new account the sum of £9,380 19s, Sd. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and remarked that an examination of the accounts, comparing them with preceding ones, would show that the earnings of the last half-year were considerably in excess of pre vious corresponding periods. The high value of money had partly contributed to this success, but, as the en hanced rates for money had only been in operation for a short period, their prosperity was rather due to their increased business. The report was unanimously adopted. ST, KATHARINE DOCK COMPANY, lIALF-YEARLY MEETING-THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the St. Katharine Docks was held to-day. The report stated that the gross earnings for the past year were £273,664 18s. 4d. and the expenditure, including interest, to £202,867 ss. 51, showing the net earnings to be £70,797 12s. 11d. A dividend of 11 per cent. (free of income-tax) upon the capital stock of the company, for the half-year ended the 30th of June last, was declared at the general meeting on the 21st of July, and the directors now recommended that a dividend at the same rate be now declared for the half year ended the 31st of December last, making together 3± per cent. (free of income-tax) for the year 1563. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, MONDAY.: Fortunately for the moderate number of bookmakers who put in an appearance this afternoon, notwithstanding the heavy gloom occasioned by the fog, a more than average amount of business was transacted, chiefly through several commissions, issued during the morning, not having been satisfied in the city circles. After the usual amount of gossip concerning the forthcoming weights for the Chester Cup, and the extreme eagerness evinced by several to com mence operations thereon, but without effect, the legitimate business of the day Was brought prominently forward, and for a brief period was carried on with some amount of spirit in consequence of the anxiety exhibited by those having the commissions betraying more than usual eagerness to get on. The Two Thousand Guineas was alone noticeable by the fondness exhibited for the French representative, about whom sto 1 was with difficulty obtainable. Paris at the same time did not appear so buoyant, 11 to 2 being re peatedly offered at the close about him, his supporters, however, apparently biding their time, standing out for half a point over those odds, Cambuscan, from the support afforded him in the West-end club, was inquired after, and towards the close was backed with much freedom at C to 1; but the layers at the finish, we imagine, had the call. The Derby—The transactions upon this all-absorbing event generally resume their activity at the turn of the year, but up to the present time little or no vitality has dis played itself in the transactions we have had to record from the Corner. This afternoon, as we have before mentioned, gave some evidence of business, the Scottish Chief being the first inquired for, and after his opening price of 12 to 1 had been readily accepted, with an offer to go on, the demon stration had the desired effect, and his outside price at the close appeared to be 1,000 to 90. Paris was not in much re quest, and after 12 fifties had been noted down, 13 to 1 was repeatedly offered ,without meeting a reply. Cambuscan " the Bold" appeared to have a strong party of adherents, who stood to their colours with some stoutness. Forager was introduced by a follower of the stable, and the odds of 100 to 6 were taken to £lOO, but beyond that transaction we were not favoured with any further notice of Lord St. Vin cent's crack. During the interval of these performances the partisans of Coast Guard, Historian, Prince Arthur, and Horse Marine had been most industriously plying their vo cation in getting on at the most available prices, until the former left off at 20 to 1 in great force, and Historian and Prince Arthur, both of whom were backed to win large sums of money, at '25 to 1 each ; but just prior to the close of the rooms a late comer was quite content to accept of an " old fox" 2,000 to 85 about W. Day's colt. Horse Marine, of the outside division, was in great request, and his quoted price was eagerly taken in well acquainted quarters to win some thousands, and ho bids fair, from the demonstration made in his favour, to see a much better price. Of the others given in our subjoined list few were backed for money, but were evidently introduced to obtain the market price. TWO THOUSAND. to 1 agst Fille de l'Air (taken) 11 to 2 agat Paris (taken) 6to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken) THE DERBY. 1000 to 90 agat Scottish Chief (taken) 12 to 1 agst Paris (taken) 15 to 1 agat Cambuscan (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Forager (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken) 25 to 1 agst Historian (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Prince Arthur (taken freely) 1000 to 35 agst Birch Broom (offered) 1000 to 35 agst Coup d'Etat (offered) 33 to 1 agst Claremont (taken) 83 to 1 agst General Peel (taken) 33 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Idler (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Horse Marine (taken freely) 1000 to 15 agst King John (taken) 1000 to 15 agst c by Barnton (taken) 2000 to 25 agst Lucky Star (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Copenhagen (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Balernock (taken) 1000 to 10 agst The Count (taken) 1030 to 10 agst Verger (taken) ILARECETS7This Day. HAY MARK ZTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £l4s to £1 12s per load. A slow demand. WRITECHAFEL —Meadow hay, L 3 Os to L 4 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 105 Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s per load; Trade dull. COLONIAL. TEA.—business has been very dull. The dealers, how ever, have been principally occupied with the inspection of samples of the large quantities to be offered at public auc tion to day. p r i ces, however, are expected to rule ra ther easier, Sl.l4alat —The market has been without any change of importance, Holders still demand high rates, but the trade only purchase for immediaie requirements. Refined goods continue at about previous rates. COFEEE.—FuII rates are current for good and superior descriptions of colonial, but only moderate transaction's have been reported. RICE.—A fair amount of business has been done, with out any change to record in quotations. TALLOW.—The market has exhibited symptoms of heaviness, quotations showing no material change. on the spot, is quoted 41s 3d to 425; April to June delivery, 43s to 43s 3d; and last three months, 45s per cwt. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY.—Au order was yesterday made on the provisional aseignee of the late In solvent Debtors' Court fur the papment, to a person named Weale of £2,700 under an old insolvency, after the pay ment of the creditors in full. THE DAUGHTEK OF DUMAS, Madame Patel, who was married two or three years ago, is pleading for a divorce. A YOUNG LADY VIOLONCELLIST.—MdIIe. Helene de Katow, who is said to be ono of Servals's best pupils, is going to give several concerts in Paris this season. A " FLIGHT OF TUE HOLY FAMILY," which has has been performed at a subscription concert at Cologne, and is described as a " sweet and pious composition," has been finished by Herr Max Bruch, the young composer of "Lorelei." ITALIAN COTTON. —It is stated t h a t there is to be a n ex hibition at Turin of the cotton grown in different parts of Italy fi e 7 I Oil.' /' stook stock stock stock stock et ock sto3k :0 I 742 67} 1031 4