The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-16 00:00:00

i...g, X ONES' MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The discount market this morning is easier than it was at th e conc l u di ng h ours o f b us i ne ss yester day, when a reaction occurred, end 8 per cent. was 1 11 10 lowest quotation for the best short-dated paper. Nevf, however, greater disposition is being evinced °Y brokers and others to secure business, and the Tinirnum char ge ha s fallen to 71 and 7-1- per cent. h e inquiry for accommodation is not very strong, slid as the supplies of the open market are exces alye, and competition is excited, there are but corn- Paratively few applications made at the Bank of A large portion of the Mexican dollars by the last packet have been sold at ss. Id, per oz., being nth elow the price realised for the previous supply. A first dividend of 10s. in the pound is now in course of payment by the official manager of the He refordshire Banking Company, under the wind la . - up or d er i n Ch ancery. The dividend proposed at the meeting of share holders to-day of the Crystal Palace Company amounted to 2 per cent. (2s. per share). There was a slight downward movement in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday comprised an inflax of £27,000 in bar gold, and the Withdrawal of 10,000 sovereigns for shipment to Alexandria. The Seine, from the West Indies, has brought £320,000. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Reuter's as ie egrarn) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66.40, ' 6 .60 ex Coupon. Heavy. of prices t h e ear li er hours of business the tendency ' ,I I pric es i n t h e mar k et f or t h e E ng li s h Funds was i e cidedly unf a vou ra ble, and a further decline of ' l 6th w a s added to the depreciation experienced /esterd ay afternoon. Since then, however, pur -nme forward, and although their on extensive, they havr recovery has ensued, for money, and 91} for d Threes and Reduced ~re now as low as 94 ; but India 5 Per Cents, remain steady at 106 Z, and the Enfaced ditto at 104; India Bonds are 14s 6s. die.; and /Lehequer Bills, 11s. to Gs. die. There has been a paucity of business in the Foreign Market, and prices are depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701-, 4 ; ditto Consolides, ; Mexican, 33i 4 ; Week, 258 I ; Spanish Pas sive, 321 4 ; ditto Certificates, 124 13 ; Russian, 881 d ; Peruvian, 851 86 ; and the Confederate Loan, 36 38. The agents of Messrs. BAring Brothers in Venezuela advise that_they have received 53,620 dols, for the dividends. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been limited, and prices have not varied to any im portant extent. Great Eastern, Midland, and North-Eastern (Berwick) have improved 55.; while Great Western have declined ss. ; Metropolitan sod South Eastern, 15s. Business in the Foreign and Colonial markets continue very dull, without any material change as regards prices. In Bank and Miscellaneous shares there has been very little animation. London and West minster have improved to 79f ; Chartered of India, Australia, and China to 331; London Joint Stock to 3 71; Hudson Bay Company's shares have re ceded to 111 ; Mercantile Credit to 8; and Egyptian Trading Company to 31. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. B ank Stock 90i I 4 Cent. Reduced Annuities P per er Cent. Consols Annuities 9Ol 1 4 N ew 3 per Cent. Annuities New 34 per Cent. Annuities N ew 25 per Cent. Annuities... — 5 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire nth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 144 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent lO4 Ditto 5} per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 991 9 Bank Stock for Account Ditto bonds £l,OOO l4 dis Ditto under £ l ,OOO 6 dis Consols for Account, Jan. 7 9l 90i India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent ll 6 Ditto £5OO .. Ditto Small - FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent lOO Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 44 per Cont., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 ...Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent „ Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 'Lilian 6 per Cent — r , Ditto 41 per Cent, B 3l 'tam, 6 per Cut. .. Ditto 3 per Cent. D itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — D °lo tabian 6 Scrip £l5 pd 41 ish 4 per Cent., 1863 ....Ditto Provisonal Land Warrant . kl utch, 21 per Cent. Ea. 12, Guilders .. ~„ D itto Debentures, per Ct., Oct„ 1863 - s .( Plador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. -e18). ,517pti an 7 per Cent — Litto, Second Issue .. MI Gre ek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — D itto Account uu atemala 5 per Cent. Ditto Account — Italiani 5 p er C en t. plaremmana Railway) I '-exican. 3 per Cent ... D itto Account 33 a 4 i Z o orish Imperial 5 per Cent ''''-'," Gran a d a — Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvia n 3per Cent. Ditto Account — Ditto 45 per Cent., 1862 _ Ditto Account r ortugu ese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account - Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62 4Bl Ditto Account — Ditto, 1863 Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid Russian 6 pe r C ent., 1822, £ St -- pm Ditto 45 per Cent 1850 Ditto 1860. Ditto 3 per C en t ., 1859 .......** Ditto 5 per C ent. 1862 ****** . .*** Sardinian 5 p er Cent *************** 88-I I - Ditto Account ********************** Spanish 3 per Cent ********************* Ditto Account ************************ Ditto New Deferred **************** 53 4 ********* Ditto Account *.. Ditto Passive -- Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ***** . 3 -- 2 t 1 i Ditto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent — Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 70 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds .......... Ditto 6 per Cont. 1862 .............. 70 / Ditto Account 7Ol Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 ............. Venezuel a 3 per Cent. _Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account ~., Dividends on the ab ove p a y a ble in London. 1)0 03.21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil - Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Fr ench Rentes, 4/ per Cent., Ex. 25f — I Ditto Account — talian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — D itto Account.... - Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid — pm TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money ili tto Account 9l 1 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market still dull and generally unchanged since y e sterday. S uppose d sa les will not reach more than 2 ,000 or 3,000 bales. . _ Tr IE DUKE O F A THOLE , who is, as already stated , b - a a jerY sad c on diti on , th oug h no t worse than some weeks f o :") B uffering f rom cancer i n th e f a c e ; his disease has , 1 8 "ae month s p as t b een regar d e d as hopeless. 11 E EARL OF E LGIN ' S DI S EASE, it iS said, was 1: dropsy at the heart. L a d y IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of .1;437 B catri , :e Violet Graham, daughter of the Duke and th ue4 ess of Montrose, with Mr. A. W. Fulke Greville, of ul at Life G uards, and eldest sun o f C o l one l an d L a d y ros e Grevill e , was solemnised (etiterday at St, Guorg ti . e's hunch, Hanover-square. Lonlc Di PREFERENCE SHARES. In and S.-Western 44 per cent., itto, Portsmouth perpet. awns. of 2s. 6d.. 2! LINES LEASED Al: FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 96 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 4 Midland Bradford pret. stock, 95} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Bahia and San Francisco (llm.) gua. 7 per omit., 181 Dutch Rhenish, 171 Sambre and Meuse, 81 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 203 Turin and Savona, Ditto (all), 141 FOREIGN MITRES. St. John del Rey (lira.), 58 United Mexican ilimL 5 6 Vallamsasca Gold, lira., Alliance Bank of *l- L O o l n N aln -S a T nd OC L K ive B rp A CI K ( S. linl 44 i Anglo Austrian, 7 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 33 i City, 108 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lira.), 291 9 Imperial Ottoman, 17} 18 171 London Joint Stock 37} London and Westminster, 79i Union of Australia, 53 254 lIISCISLLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, Discount Corporation, limited, 6/ Dist!lndia Irrigation and Canal 411 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lina, 31 Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of Londo n , um., oi Hudson's Bay. Ili I Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 8 Rio dt Janeiro City Improvements, Ditto (£4), 4/ South Australian Land, 33 Van DieDlCllli Land, 10i 11 GOLD AT NELSON. —Our wet winter and equally and such, we hop e , as will now p ermit our wet spring have been succeeded b y beautifull y cle ar dry weather, , mineral resources to be more fully l a o 7l o p ez er . m ef an go en: ld ty whieh deve loped. We send away this month for the last eight months, makes a total export through the Customs of 9,000 oz. What rent unseen dbuytytuhpe ta that passes th roug h hi s h an d s, no one can know, but I feel sure it wou l d make the 9,000 nearly double t h a t n umber .e of ounces. Th ere h ave been already two cla i ms l o d ge d for th ont: - all that whol gold bonus, so that we really look forward to our goldfields being developed at last. To show what they yield, I would tell you that within a week or two a dispute was settled in our Magistrates' Court wherein two diggers were concerned. While the two were acting as mates one of them found and secreted a nugget, 'Neighing 28 oz . lld w t s ., an d i n a dditi on to that these two men had obtained 83 ounces in about five wee k s ' work, besides what the dishonest one may further have secreted. We therefore know that two men in five weeks obtained £llO worth of gold.—The Nelson Come -Examiner. spondent of the New Zealand SHARE MARKETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Paid. price. done. 8 8i 8 8i 81 63 1171 118 i 38 10 16 17 94 96 107 109 984 4 45 47 71 83 124 126 129 339 134 136 96 98 634 63,1 108! 109} 71 73 107 tO9 1 3 4 14A 101 1071 101 102 474 484 1114 11 2 4 127 k 1281 96 98 51i 621 24 t 6 101 1011, 58 88i 88 884 , 119 121 1 2 p 77 78 11 114 122 126 42 44 98 100 51 62 316 32} 951 06i 97 i 9 91 tOk 37i 371 9 10 0 7} 7 e 158 160 5 64 21 Sip 83 86 170 175 Share l ' Railways. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A Vets no div 10 IDoA ti e.p an.has 10 Do. B been paid to B.' 50 Dublin & Belfast June.' 25 'Dun.,Pertholtz Ab. Juno.' 3t Edinburgh & Glasgow.! at 'Glasg. and S. Western.] st j Great Eastern, Ord. stk at I Ditto A stock at I Ditto East Anglian st' at IGreatNorthot Scotland ! • (Great Northern at I Do A stock at Do B do at ,Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland' st IGreat Western et j Do Str Val gua. stock' at !Lancashire & Yorkshire' at (London and /31ml:wall' at (Lon., Brlght.,& S. Coast' at !Lon., Chat., and Dover at 'Lon. & Noel] Western! at !Lon. & Sizr.th Western' ▪ Si an . , Shef., & Lincoln.' 50 'Maryport and Carlisle. 12i . Dot shares... st 'Metropolitan at 'Midland 4 . 4 . 0 I Do New . • 13.14. 10 st st 50 20 at I Do Birming. & Derby 50 laid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. sh 25 H ares ert 10 Do Cray Line st North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase st Do Leeds st , Do York st Do Carlisle st , North London 10 Do New +9.15.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S.' W. Junction st Scottish Central at !Scot E., Aber. stock et ! Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welohpooi et Shropshire Union st South Devon et South Eastern st South Wales at S.'York. and River Dun 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. 25 Stockton t Darlington 25 Do • •• 25 I Do New, 1856 s lo t ,Taff bo V c ale . 10 Do B • 1 50 !Ulster 25 Do 12.10 , Do st Vale of Neath st(Victoria sta. and Pim 1 st !Waterford & Kilkenny st West Cornwall st W. Hartlepool HarAit I st 'West Midland --Oxford st Do Newport) at I Do Hereford! BRITISH POSSESSIONS. gailWaya ktlantic & St Lawreno Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc Gm. 5 per omit.— Do. New . .... . . •••• •• Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lease Huron Do. Preference ..•• • • Buffalo,lirantotGo drich p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187:• Do. do. June 1, 18;i1 Cleutta.s S. Eastn. (I.ni Cape Town Dock Scrii Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. Last Indian. gu. 5 p. C. Do. do. G Ext Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P ef. stock _ . Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th Tref. stock... Do. do. t eferred...... Gt.lndtal'ento.gua.sP.c Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New ...... Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt ' Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8 Indian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. 0. Do. ft p. e. Extension Dc. *A do Do. Fifth Extension Kelb.Corp. % p. c. Bnd Ilelb. & Hobson's Bay Do. 7 p. o. Hong. Bds N ew Br un smolt at Canda Class A and B N. lil.C'da6 pc Ist i bds Soinde Do Delhi Go. do E Do. Punjaub ct C. Do. Do. Do. indus.St. Flo ) Paid. all 100 ClOsiug Price. 69 61. - 1(4 167 6 1 p 6 I P 6 6i 13i 103 105 101 103 108 109 1064 1074 I liP * 11P 20 21 73 15 59 61 66 69 50 53 48 51 38 42 27 29 22 14 1(8 109 11 111 11P 105 106 9f 10 11 10i' 92 95 86 88 105 i 105 i 100 101 1,6 100 57 59 all 100 (100 100 2 all 1 100 k 100 3 5 82 84 106 107 1(5 116 i dP 105 106 101. 103 COLONIAL GOVER Luu.lius.tsp.o.Ja az.J .) 1877-84 . Do. 6 p. c. Feb. dc Aug. Do. d p. o. Mar. & Sept. Do. 6 p. o. Jan.&July. Do. 6 Inscribed stock Cape G. Hope, 6p Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 Do. lBtk 'Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c Mauritius 6 per cent ,Natal Gov. 6 per cent N.13.G0v. 6 p.c. J a.dr.July Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. ,N. S.W. U ov. 5 p 18ut Du. 5 p. c.,lBti to It 7( I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds INew Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 'Queensland Gcv. 6 p. c S. Aus G6p.c.187&& up Vlc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.drJuly Do. lo sox. An.dzOot.. .... 'I •••• BRITISH 2 ICarnbrian Consol. Gold 1 / id curiord Amalgamated 33 34 Dever] G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 55 0 6 6 0 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 n6O 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 52. 4d par East Caradon 2.14.6 21 27 East Cann Brea.... . E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ), 8.9.0 41 5 4 4 1 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 581 8 10 Great South Tolgus l7s 44 41 G. Wheal Vor (lleiston• 40 12 13 Grenville Hemd's-Foot 8.12 38 40 llingaton Downs 4.'8.0 2 24 Lady Bertha Margaret (Cny Lelaut 91, 14 15 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 21 11 4 New Setun l9l 90 100 - • North Downs l4 11 N.Wh'l Basset (111o,ran 3.1.0 2t 2/ North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (:St. Blaze) 20 ) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 42 44 iSouth Caradon(St.Cleer, 14 415 425 —S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — - S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1A.9 60 65 ?Stray Park 30.17.6 30 32 famar Silv.& Lead Min. 4t k 11 fin Cron 9 18 19 West Basset (Mogan). 14 94 104 W C , radon ( Liskeard) 5 20 West Suton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 870 924 Wheal Buller(Hedruth) 5 224 274 Wheal Kitty (U.Lebmt) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott • Wheal MaryAnn!Llen ) 8 114 12 Wheal Beton . 584 1155 115 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 21 22 Wheal Union 3.17 24 3 'l' SECUItITII+IS. IC4 105 WI 104 102 100 92 93 91 93 106 108 109 111 109 111 112 114 110 112 [96 108 IV7 109 LO4 106 100 102 101 102 101 i 102} 110 112 105 107 [111:1 113 113 [O7 109 109 110 THIS SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE SPARHAM-JUDGMENT - A FRAUDULENT ATTORNEY. This bankrupt was an attorney in Basinghall-street, and applied about a fortnight since for his discharge, and after a long examination judgment was deferred. The leading grounds of opposition were for fraudulently contracting debts. The debts amount to £4,190, and the assets about £2B. The charge of fraud was made out by a Mr. Lockington, formerly a client of the bankrupt. Bankrupt brouGht an action for Mr. Lockingt, n, and recovered the amount, re ceiving three bills, which he got discounted, and applied the proceeds to his own nee.. The charge of eontract in g debts without reasonable prospect of being able to pay was made out by his own admission, as he had ,been hopelessly insolvent for S or 10 years;although he had been doing an extensive business —discounting bills for his clients—and he also con tr.cted loans; but, on the whole, the business was unprofit able. He had been living at the rate of £l,OOO a year, which was more than his gross profits and a private income which his wife was entitled to. His Honour briefly referred to the facts, and severely censured the bankrupt for his extravagance. All the grounds of opposition had been made out, and said he should mark his sense of such gross misconduct, especially on the part of an attorney, and suspended the order of discharge for nine months, without protection for six, except one, months, to give the bankrupt an opportunity of appealing if he thought proper to do so. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day, OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) THE WATERLOO-ROAD MURDER. Samuel Wright, bricklayer, was this morning placed in the dock to plead to an indictment, charging him with the wilful murder of a female named Maria Green. The prisoner, on making his appearance, seemed quite overpowered. by the horrible nature of the crime with wnich he was charged. Immediately he took his position in front of the dock, he took hold of the upper part of it with both hands, and during the time he was before the learned judge kept swinging himself backwards and forwards. The Clerk of the Arraigns said--Samuel Wright, you stand indicted for killing and slaying, with malice afore• thought, Maria Green. How say you, are you guilty or not guilty ? Prisoner (in a very faint voice) —Guilty. The Recorder asked him if he knew the nature of hi's plea of guilty ? Prisoner—Yes; I'm guilty. The prisoner was then removed. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) Immediately Mr. Justice Blackburn took his seat on the bench, The prisoner was again placed in the dock, when The Clerk of the Arraigns said the prisoner Samuel Wright was indicted for the wilful murder of Maria Green, to which indictment he pleaded guilty. Mr. Justice Blackburn asked the prisoner if he clearly understood the effect of pleading to an indictment for wilful murder. He wished him to consider well his plea, and although he by no means wished to persuade him to plead not guilty, yet he wished him to weigh well his determina tion. Prisoner (faintly)--I'm guilty. Mr. Sleigh said he had been instructed to prosecute in the case, and having read the depositions, he saw no ground for asking for a postponement , of the trial. The Learned Judge said he also had read the depositions, and saw no grounds for not proceeding with the trial. The chief usher made the usual proclamation for silence whilst the sentence of death was being passed. While this was being done Mr. Justice Blackburn put on the black cap, which, being seen by the prisoner, he dropped his head upon his hands in the most despairing manner, and during the remainder of the awful proceeding, he, with difficulty, seemed to keep a standing position, owing to excessive trembling. The Learned Judge, in passing the dreadful sentence of the law, implored the prisoner to make the best use of the short apace of time left to him on earth, as he could hold out no hope of mercy being extended to him. The learned judge then, during the most profound silence, sentenced the prisoner to be hung by the neck until death, adding, "May Almighty God have mercy upon your soul." The Ordinary of Newgate, Mr. Davis, who was on. the bench, then pronounced the word " Amen," and The condemned murderer was removed from the dock by the warders of the prison. The sentence will be carried into effect at Horsemonger lane gaol on Monday, the 4th of January. THE CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AT WILTON'S MUSIC- POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. The greater portion of the time of the magistrate (Mr. Tyrwhitt) this morning was taken up in hearing charges of begging, In one case a man named Thomas Roberts was charged with bogging of persons leaving Farm-street Chapel. On being taken into custody by Moore, 187 C, two bags were found in the prisoner's possession, one con taining 9s. 4d. in silver, and the other 6s. Id. in copper. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for 14 days. Three Italian boys named Josef Bosini, Antonio Antonio, and Castino Jean Baptiste, were charged with begging in the Haymarket, and as they were well known to the police, Mr. Tyrwhitt cJrnmitted them for 14 days each, and in doing so the worthy magistrate said ho looked upon the boys with considerable pity. They were brought to this country by mercenary persons, who would even destroy them if they could get ss. out of them. They were turned adrift, or allowed to lie on stairs at night if they did not bring home a certain amount of money, and is sending them for 14 days to prison ho thought it would be better than anything else he could do. HALL. Peter Molloy, vocalist, was indicted for the manslaughter of John Bunn, a North Sea pilot, on the 23d of November at Wilton's Music-hall, Weficlose-square. It will be recollected that the deceased, on the night of the 23d of November, went to Wilton's Music-hall, and while there, he became, owing to his intoxicated state, very unruly and annoying. The prisoner was singing a senti mental song, when the deceased called out "shut up" twice, which greatly excited the prisoner, when he jumped off the stage, and struck the deceased two blows with his fiats, from the effects of which, it was stated, he died. A witness, of the name of Solomon, said he was in the Hall on the night in question. He saw the deceased there. He was annoying everybody, He heard him call out "shut up," when Molloy jumped off the stage and struck him twice. Deceased staggered and fell from the effects of the blows, and eventually died. The surgeon, who had made a post mortem examination, in answer to Mr. Sleigh, who defended the prisoner, said it was quite possible that some fall or blow, given two or three hours beZore, might have caused the bursting of a blood vessel, and the blows received from the prisoner might, therefore, not be the primary cause of death. Mr. Sleigh, having addressed the jury for the prisoner, called Frederick Smith, waiter at the Three Tuna public-house, Jewry-street, who said deceased was in and out his master's house during the whole of the afternoon of the 23d of No vember, drinking. He was very quarrelsome to every per ' son in the house. A foreigner was there, whom he called a rogue and a thief. Deceased wanted to fight the foreigner, and got up for the purpose of doing so, when he fell down. When deceased was raised from the ground, it was found that blood was oozing from one of his ears. Thelganivdelnordcoonffirtmheathoory evidence, The f ore i gne r alluded to having The jury, af(er five minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty, but strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy on the ground of the gross provocation he had received. The learned Judge said he could not pass over it without some slight punishment, and for that reason he would defer sentence for the present. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) Robert Ward, 48, tinplate worker, was indicted for un lawfully, by fraud, enticing away and detaining Emily Wright, a child of the age of 12 years, with intent to de prive the parents of the said Emily Wright. The prisoner was also detained on a similar charge with respect to a girl named Agnes Barton. The evidence described a great amount of immorality, and at its conclusion, Mr. Lewis, who defended the prisoner, contended that in order to bring the prisoner within the provisions of the Aot of Parliament, they must be fully of opinion that there was a forcible detention. Mr. Justice Keating said the jury would have to say whether the fact that had been stated in evidence, viz,, that the locking of the girl in the room by the prisoner, although she afterwards made her escape therefrom, was a detention within the meaning of the act. The jury found a verdict of not guilty. The prisoner was then indicted for the misdemeanour, viz., the abduction of a girl under the age of 16. The jury found the prisoner guilty. There was another indictment of indecent assault against him on Agnes Boston, which the judge directed to be tried. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Sat.&ToniNas.—The following horses have been struck out of their engagements at the Manchester Steeple-chase Meeting, which will be held on January 1, to Mr. John Swindells, jun. :—Hurdle Race : Topsy, 5 yrs. Trial Stakes: Sledmere, 4 yrs. Steeple Chase: Red Robin aged; Pot-pourri, 5 yrs ; Rooke the Gardener, 5 yrs; and Creole, 5 yrs. SHIPPING —This Day. LONDON, Dec. 16.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; light breeze, and fine weather, but a little cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Con stance, from London for Barbadoes. Sailed—Lady Milton, for Otago—her Majesty's ship West, for the East Indies— Johannes, for Maranham. LlvEnrooL, Dec. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Hound, from New York. Sailed—Ambrose, for Bombay—Hindoo, for Sierra Leone. KINGROAD, Dee. 14.—Wind W.—Arrived—Catherine, from Now York. Hum:, Dec. 15.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived — Coronet, from Quebec. IlumBER, Dec. 15.--Wind N.W. Arrived—Pomona, from Qutbeo. QUEENSTO)VN, Dec. 15,--A.rrived—Eliza Jeokins, from Mazatlan. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 16—Holland, from Ostend. D ec . 16—Sixtietb, and Belgium, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Brutus, from ShOlds for Kurracheo. WESTMINSTER, A POOR COUNTRYMAN IN LONDON.—Marlin M'Cor mack, a young man in the garb of a rustic labourer, was charged with begging. John Froset, a policeman of the B division, said that he found the defendant last night begging at Princes-gate, Knightsbridge. He saw him accost several people. When witness spoke to him the defendant said that if ho did not take him in charge for begging he would have to take him for something else. He added that he had been waiting about some time for a policeman. Mr. Arnold—Do you know him ? Witness—No, he is a stranger to me. Mr. Arnold 7 What have you to say, defendant ? . • Dcfeudant—l had no where to go to, even to lie down, and had not the price of a lodging, so that I was glad to be taken to the station-house. Mr. Arnold—You should apply to the workhouse. Defendant—lf you go there they wont do anything for you, _ _ Mr. Arnold—Have you tried ? Lefendant—Yes, I tritd this week at St. James, West minster, but it was no use. Mr. Arnold—Who did you see ? Defendant—A gentleman at the gate, who would not give me anything. Mr. Arnold—You have gone to the wrong person. You have applied to the parties, I suppose, at the workhouse, who had no power to do anything for you. You should have applied to the relieving officer, who is bound by law to attend to your complaint. I suppose you went to the work house and applied to be let in for a night's lodging ? Defendant— Y es, that is what I asked for, but I did not get. Mr. Arnold—Workhouses are not refuges where persons may go for a night's lodgings, or be taken in at all times. There are appointed hours for persons to apply for relief, and those me the times at which you must go, and where they are bound to relieve you. Where do you come from ? Defendant—Near Birmingham. .1N r . Arnold--When no l V—N get h el work. n a st did w e you ek. come to London ? Defendant—Only Mr. Arnold—What was your object in coming here? Defendant—To Mr. Arnold—You can't do that either by begging or getting into the workhouse. Defendant—l don't know what else to do.. What am I to do? Mr. Arnold—There was no obligation upon you to come to London, and it was very foolish for you to do so. Every body has a right to do the best they can, and lon certainly had as much right to come to London as I should have to go to Birmingham, but leaving home for a strange place with the mere chance of getting work was very foolish. Where have you tried to get employment? Defendant—l went to the docks and to Enfield and back. I don't know what to do. I want somewhere to go to. Mr. Arnold—l shall remand you until Tuesday to see if you are known. If your story is true, coming up on this chance way to London was very unwise. THAMES. HEARTLESS HUSBANDS.—A respectable young woman, named Sophia Eliza Best, applied to Mr. Woolrych for a protection order. She stated that her husband, Henry Sweetland Best, deserted her on the 17th September last. At that time she was very ill, her life was despaired of, and her child was lying by her side in a dying state. The child has since died. Her husband had previously intimated that he intended to leave her, and would never return. She had never seen him or heard from him since. She was anxious to protect the little property she possessed in the event of her husband's return. Mr. Woolrych granted the order, and advised the appli cant to register it at the Bow County-court within 10 days. ANOTHER HEARTLESS HUSBAND.—A poor, half-starved woman, named Marsh, who has seen better days, and whose application was highly recommended, respectfully asked for a little aid from the poor , box fund. Her husband formerly carried on business as a broker in Little Britain, near St. Bartholomew Hospital. He absconded with his servant girl a few years since and proceeded to Australia. He had previously converted everything he possessed into cash, and left her and her three children in a destitute condition. She struggled to carry on the business as long as she possibly could, and tailed. All her furniture and effects had been disposed of to procure food. All she could earn, with the assistance of her daughter, in making up shirts was 7d. per day. That employment was very precarious, and she was now without the means of procuring a meal. Her husband, who was doing well at Pert Phillip, with the infamous woman, sent her a letter, but not a farthing of money, and she despaired of ever seeing him again. Mr. Woolrych kindly sympathised with the starving woman, and directed Mr. Livingstone, the chief usher, to assist her with a donation from the poor-box fund. Terrible Accident on the North-Eastern Railway. Yesterday an accident happened to a passenger train on the North-Eastern Railway, which in its results has probably been without a parallel in the history of railway misfortune. The circumstances are very brief. At 7.15 a.m. the Government train to Hull and Leeds left York and proceeded without interruption to the first station, Copmanthorpe, some' three or four miles from the city. The morning wes very dark, but otherwise favourable for travel ling. The train, consisting of an engine, two guards' vans, and some eight carriages, left Cop manthorpe station, and proceeded on their jour ney at an easy rate, but when opposite the fifth mile-post from York, Reynolds, the guard in the first van, was alarmed by feeling a sudden shock, which shook him violently. Ho was about to look out of the van window, when another shock threw him back with considerable force into the van. As soon as he recovered he looked out and saw that some six or eight carriages were loose from the first portion of the train, and were turned topsy turvy down an embankment some 10 or 15 feet high. At the same instant the screams of the passengers and the crash of broken carriages led to the impression that a frightful accident had occurred, and the most prompt measures were resorted to stop approaching trains, and to alleviate the suffering and alarm of the passengers. The engine was detached from the train, and at the next station transferred itself to the other line, returning to York at the greatest speed to spread the alarm. In an in credible short space of time, J. Cabrey, Esq., the c ompany's engineer, and A. Christisen, Esq. the general passenger superintendent, were quickly on the spot, accompanied by Mr. J.Rutter, Mr. Nichol son, and Mr. Baines, the chief officials, and a body lof workmen. On arriving at the scene of the accident it was found that the whole of the passen gers, some 50 in number, had scrambled out of the carriages, and were crowded about the debris of the smashed carriages. Several medical gentle men had been call ed upon, and they accompanied the special train to the spot, where they at once busied themselves in ascertaining the ex t e nt of the injur ies of the passeng ers; an d now we have to relate the most remarkable portion of this otherwise serious accident. Though some 50 men and women had been turned ov er an d over down an embankment, in railway carriages proceeding at the rate of some 20 miles an hour, not one was killed, nor was there any one s er i ous ly injured. Indeed bruises were somewhat scarce, and the doctors had but little claims upon their attentions. One man had his foot crushed in one of the carriage doors, but his injury was not serious, and he proceeded to York by the next train. Another man was very much shaken, and he stayed during the day at a neigh. bour;nr , farm house. The third of the wounded was a gentleman whom it is feared has been injured well to proceed thoug h be is sufficiently internally, on his journey h ome. Several of the other passen gers were alarmed, and had sustained slight con cussions, but nothing of that serious nature which wa s ex p e cted from the character of the accident. The exertions of the railway officials were of the most strenuous nature, and the debris was so soon cleared away that little or no interruption took plac e t o the traffic on the line. We may also and that the strength of the company's carriages was a powerful means of preserving the lives of the pas sengers. THE SUGAR DUTIES. We have been favoured with the following letters on this subject "TO RICHARD COBDEN, ESQ., M "Dear Sir,—As an old free trader, who fought under you in the ranks of the Anti-Corn Law League, I am sure you will excuse me for expressing surprise on reading the re port of your speech to your constituents at Rochdale. I find you saying, 'There is no longer any question of free trade and protection to discuss,' whilst the article of sugar, se cond only to corn as an article of food and consumption, is in much the same position as corn was at the time of the free trade agitation, viz., a slidiug scale of duties, pur posely contrived to protect the home refiner at the expense of the grower and the consumer. "Surely, you must have forgotten that it was to Lord George Bentinck that we are indebted for the present clumsy method of collecting the revenue on sugar, and that he was only the mouthpiece of the home refiners when he proposed the classified scale of duties on brown Muscovado, brown cleated, white clayed, and refined, raising th e d ut y at every stage of improvement in quality. " Now, sir, I have been connected with the sugar trade for 35 years, .and remember well how it was in the old slavery days, when the West India interest had the exclu sive monopoly in this market. True, some foreign aug ers were imported, but by excessive preferential duty they were excluded entirely from home consumption. But they were refined in bond, and lump sugar was exported from here to the West Indies that the negroes might use it, and send home every pound they produced of brown monopoly sugar for the poor tax-ridden English labourer at duuble the cost of the lump sugar exported out of England. I remember the first introduction of sugars from Mauritius and the Fastlndies, and it was only after many years' struggle that those growers succeeded in getting justice by having their sugars placed on the same scale) of duties. And even then every precaution was taken that it was British grown, and yet this monopoly did not flourish. The West Indian planters were periodically ruined, and were frequently at the doors of Parliament com plaining of distress, and asking for fresh bounties, for re mission of taxation, or for Parliamentary loans. After the abolition of slavery, a gradual reduction of duty took place in foreign sugars, and the West Indian interests were for the last time completely ruined, but somehow happened to survive, for the days of competition produced the natural result of stimulating energy. Attention now began to be paid to economical production, and machinery, such as crushing mills and vacuum pats, were being extensively introduced into our colonies, when the unfortunate law of classified duty was adopted. Mark the consequences. One Newcastle firm had established works at Cossipore, in the East Indies, and had gone to very great expense in fitting them up with the best machinery, vacuum-pans, &e., for crystallising sugars. Th'.s they did to great per fection, and succeeded in sending the most perfectly pre pared sugars ever imported into this country. For every improvement they made, the Government took more than the benefit from them in increased duty, and it not un frequently happened at their sales that the inferior sugars brought them more money than the finest qualities when the duty was deducted off the prices. What was the consequence ? The firm was ruined by protection. At that time large imports were made to Newcastle by three other firms, and that for some years has been entirely abandoned. Take another instance. A West India proprietor told the writer that in consequence of our absurd law they had laid aside three vacuum-pans on their plantations, and now, by adopting a German patent, they were producing rum, which brought 5s to 6s a gallon, such as generally brought only 2s to 3s, and thus, because of its being a fixed duty, they knew exactly what they were doing. As regards sugar, they now send it in the crudest possible state, to secure its being charged the lowest rate of duty. And this is not the exceptional rule, for nearly all foreign sugars, as well as much of our West India, and part of our Mauri tius and East India sugars, are imported to this country in such a state as to be quite unfit for consumption until they have passed through the hands of the refiners. Mr. Fairie, a large refiner, in a letter published in the Urocer of November 21, says that it appears from Travers and Son's circular, that their sales are four times as large for refiners' produce as for all kinds of colonial sugar—and this, I think, will about represent the truth with the trade generally—that four-fifths of the sugar trade has passed into the hands of home refiners. And yet this gentleman admits that buyers and sellers of sugar must generally be content with an examination by the eye, the touch, and the taste, and what is sufficient for them must be sufficient for the . officers of Customs. He remarks further that the mere strength of sugar is not the guide as to the class to which any sample may belong, for two kinds may contain equal quantities of pure sugar, and yet differ in price 10 per cent. " Thus, even by the showing of the refiners, the classifi cation of sugar is attended whty great practical difficulties and the Customs rule is the rule of thumb. This leads to different rates of duties being charged in different ports for the same sugar, and to constant disputes between the merchant and the Customs Board; whilst the producer is baffled in all calculations as to what rate of duties his sugars will have to pay. This difficulty could all be got rid of by a low fixed rate of duty, and it should be much lower than at present, when this primary article of consumption pays from lid to 2d per lb duty. Yet this great question is never treated in Parliament on the true basis, that of a question for consumers, who ought to be allowed to 'urethan on equal terms from the best markets in the world ; far it is a startling fact that, with our inc: easing population, whose consuming power in all other articles is so very largely in creased, the consumption of sugar is almost stationary ; and though the Chancellor of the Exchequer ventured a calcu lation that the reduction of the tea duty would lead to a large increase in the consumption of sugar, up to a recent date his expectations had not been realised. I commend the subject to your serious attention, for within the last few weeks an advance of 10s to 12s per cwt. has taken place in sugar. Owing principally to a failure of the beetroot crop in France, large purchases have been made on French account, and, only the other day, 2,000 bags of Cossipore were bought in Liverpool at 50s. per cwt. because the high rate of duty, 16s. per cwt., was equivalent to a bounty of L 3 3e. 4d. per ton on their export. This ad vance is equal to 25 or 30 per cent. on the value of sugar-- a serious extra charge to the public—for the working classes must pay an extra ld. per lb. on every pound of sugar with which they sweeten their tea or coffee. Anything that tends thus to limit the consumption, to deteriorate the quality, or to raise the cost of sugar to the public—as, I think, the present law in relation to sugar is doing—must be deserving the consideration of all politi ca l economists, but doubly so of the Apostle of Free Trade. "I am, dear sir, with profound respect, yours truly, "E. S. HILLS, "Newcastle, Nov. 30, ISO." " TO E. S. HILLS, ESQ. " blidhurst, Dec. 3, 1863. " Dear Sir,—l have already been favoured with the views of Mr. Travers on the sugar question, and can only repeat that the subject , shall have my attention when brought before Parliament. I thought I had as keen a scent as most people in such matters, but I was bound to admit that I did not see that protection' was necessarily involved in the principle of the scale to which he objected. The only real solution of the sugar question is to abolish the duty altogether. But with the present scale of Govern ment expenditure that is, of course, out of the questica.—l remain, truly yours, "li,. COBDEN. "E. S. Hills, Esq." MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. There was a moderate show of samples of English wheat on the stands to• day, for the most part of poor quality. The trade, however, was very dull, and even selected parcels were difficult of sale, at Monday's fall in the currency of is per quarter. With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup plied. All descriptions sold heavily, at the late decline in prices of is per quarter. With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup plied. All descriptions sold heavily, at the late decline in prices of is per quarter. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, on rather easier terms. The supply of barley was large. Fine malting parcels supported previous rates; otherwise, the trade was dull, at fully the recent fall in the currency. Malt sold heavily, at Monday's decline in prices. _ . Tho supply of oats on sale was by no means extensive, yet the demand ruled inactive, at barely late rates. Beans and peas were a dull inquiry, and prices had a downward tendency. In flour a very moderate business was transacted, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat Barley. Malt Oats. Float. 2,070 830 1 500 300 I 1,510 Irish - I ___ 500 I 900 ek e. F oreign. 5,860 6,250 I 10,=0 brie. ftt .........e••• WHITECHAPE L. The supply of meat on sale is somewhat extensive, and the demand rules inactive, as follows : Beef, from 2s Sd to 4 s 4d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s Sibs by the Gd ; vcal, 3s 8d to 4s Gd; and pork , 3a 6d to 4s 4d per carcase. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is firm, and the value of fine produce has a n upward tendency. RUSSIA AND DENMARIC.--We find in the G r , ze tt e of Augsburg a detailed analysts of the instructionh g i ve n by the Itussian Government to State Councillor Ewers, charged to compliment King Christian on thc• sion of his accession to the throne. The representative of wrongly, heof isth the Emperor Alexander has for his special mission to induce King Christian to modify the constitution of November, by which, rightly or wrong'accused 18 tlBth of wishing to incorporate Schleswig in the Danish monarchy. ioreover, he was instructed to declare . to the Danish Cabi net, that if it did not yield on this point the Powers would throw upon him the r o p on c to.lity of the consequences which might result from the . retusal of that mission. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, DEc, ]5. Copies of a letter from Earl RuSsell to the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty, and of a despatch from th e Duke of Newcastle to the Governor of the Bahamas : Foreign-office, Jan. 31, 1862. My Lords,—Her Majesty being fully determined to ob serve the duties of neutrality during the existing hostilities between the United States and the States calling themselves "the Confederate States of America," and being, more over, resolved to prevent, as far as possible, the use of her Majesty's harbours, ports, and coasts, and the waters within her Majesty's territorial jurisdiction, in aid of the warlike purposes of either belligerent, has commanded me to com municate to your Lordships, for your guidance, the follow ing ru les, which are to be treated and enforced as her Ma jesty's orders and directions. Her Majesty is pleased further to command that these rules shall be put in force in the United Kingdom and in the Channel Islands on and atter Thursday, the 6th day of February next, and in her Majesty's territories and possessions beyond the seas, six days after the day when the Governor or other chief authority of each of such territories or possessions respectively, shall have notified and published the same, stating in such notification that the said rules are to be obeyed by all persons within the same territories and possessions. I. During the continuance of the present hostilities be tween the Government of the United States of North Ame rica and the States calling themselves the "Confederates States of America," or until her Majesty shall otherwise order, no ship of war or privateer belonging to either of the belligerents shall be permitted to enter, or remain in the port of Nassau, or in any other port, roadstead, or waters of the Bahama Islands, except by special leave of the Lieu tenant Governor of the Bahama Islands, or in case of stress of weather. If any such vessel s hould enter any such port, roadstead, or waters, by special leave, or under stress of weather, the authorities of the place shall requ ire her to p ut to sea as soon as possible, without permitting her to take i n a for her immedianty supplies, beyond what may be necessary If, at the time e u v se hen this order is first notified in the Bahama Islands, ther e shall be any such vessel already within any port, roadstead, Lieutenant-Governor or waters of those Islands, the shall give notice to such vessel to de• part, and shall require herte put to sea, within such time as he shall, under the circumstances, consider proper and rea sonable. If there shall then belonging to both the said belligerentse ships of war or privateers within the territorial jurisdiction of her Majesty, in gear the same port, road stead, or waters, the Lieute nant-Governor l shall fix the order of time in which such vessels shall depart. No such vessel of either belligerent shall be permitted u to put to sea until after the expiration of at least 24 other the time when the last preceding vessel of the privateer, or r belligerent (whether the same shall be a ship of war, or port, road merchant ship), which shall have left the same ' stead, or waters, or waters adjacent thereto, have parsed beyond the territorial jurisdiction of her Majesty. 11. Daring the con tinuance of the present hostiliti es be the Government of the United States of North America and the States calling themselves " the Conlede all ships of war and privatee rs o f rate States of America," either belligerent are prohibited from making use of any port or roadstead in the United Kingdom of Great Britain. and Ireland, or in the Channel Islands, or in any of her Ma jesty's colonies or foreign possessions or dependencies, or of any waters subject to territorial jurisdiction of the Bri tish Crown, as a station or place of resort for any warlike purpose or for the ptirpose of obtaining any facilities of war like equipment; and no ship of war or privateer of either belligerent shall hereafter be permitted to sail out of or leave any port, roadstead, or waters, subject to British jurisdic tion, from which any vessel of the other belligerent (whether the same shall be a ship of war, a privateer, or a merchant ship), shall have preciously departed, until atter the expira tion of at least 24 hours from the departure of such last mentioned_vessel beyond the territorial jurisdiction of her Majesty. 111. If any ship of war or privateer of either belligerent shall, after the time when this order shall be first notified and put in force in the United Kingdom and in the Channel Islands, and in:the several colonies and foreign possessions and dependencies of her Majesty, respectively, enter into port, roadstead, or waters, belonging to her Majesty, either in the United Kingdom, or in the Channel Islands, or in any of her Majesty's colonies or foreign possessions or de pendencies, such vessel shall be required to depart and to put to sea, within 24 hours after her entrance into such port, roadstead, or waters, except in case of stress of wea ther, or of her requiring provisions or things necessary for the subsistence of her crew, or repairs ; in either of which cases, the authorities of the port, or of the nearest port (as the case may be), shall require her to put to sea as soon as possible after the expiration of such period of 24 hours, without permitting her to take in supplies, beyond what may be necessary for her immediate use : and no such vessel. which may have been allowed to remain within British waters for the purpose of repair, shall continue in any port, roadstead, or waters, for a longer period than 24 hours after her necessary repairs shall have been completed : Provided, nevertheless, that in all cases, in which there shall be any vessels (whether ships of war, privateers, or merchant ships), of both the said belligerent parties in the same port, roadstead, or waters within the territorial jurisdiction of her Majesty, there shall be an interval of not less than 24 hours between the departure therefrom of any such vessel (whether a ship of war, a privateer, or a merchant ship), of the one belli gerent, and the subsequent departure therefrom of any ship of, war or privateer of the other belligerent; and the times, hereby limited, for the departure of such ships of war and privateers respectively, shall always, in case of necessity, be extended, so far as may be requisite for giving effect to this proviso, but not further or otherwise. IV. No ship of war or privateer of either belligerent shall hereafter be permitted, while in any port, roadstead, or waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of her Ma jesty, take in any supplies, except provisions and such other things as may be requisite for the subsistence of her crew; and except so much coal only as may be sufficient to carry such vessel to the nearest port of her own country, or to some nearer destination ; and no coal shall be again supplied to any such ship of war or privateer, in the same or or any other port, roadstead, or waters subject to the territorial jurisdiction of her Majesty, without special permission, until after the expiration of three months from the time when such coal may have been last supplied to her within British waters as aforesaid.—l have, dm, (Signed) RUSSELL , NoTE.—A similar letter has been addressed to the Secre taries of State for the Home, Colonial, War, and India De partments, and to the Lords Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury. Downing-street, Oct. 6, 1563. Sir—Doubts having been expressed as to whether, under the regulations of the 31st January, 1862, which were em bodied in a proclamation issued by you on the 11th March following, it is required that the Commander of a bellige rent ship of war or privateer should obtain the permission of the local authorities before entering the port, roadsteads, or waters of the Bahamas out-islands, when the Governor is not there present, I am to acquaint you that Earl Russell has taken her Majesty's pleasure thereupon, and you are to understand that at the out-islands, as at Nassau, the special leave of the Governor himself is required (unless in stress of weather), by any belligerent vessel desiring to enter, with this exception only, that in cases of grave emer gency and real necessity and distress, such as a sailing ves sel being dismasted, or accident happening to the machinery of a steam-vessel, the vessel may enter the ports, roadsteads, or waters on obtaining leave from a resident officer, to whom the Governor shall have delegated his authority in that behalf. With a view to give effect to her Majesty's intentions, you will b 3 pleased to convey to the tfficers in the out islands to whom it may best be confided, the authority in question, taking care to communicate to them copies of the regulations of the 31st January, 1862, and calling their especial attention to the limits of the authority delegated, and to that clause of the regulations of 31st January, 1862, in which it is directed, that vessels entering under stress of weather, or by special leave, shall be required to put to sea as soon as possible.-1 have, kc., (Signed) NEWCASTLE. Governor Bayley, C. 8., &c. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 16, Notice is hereby given, that the State Apartments of Windsor Castle will be opened to the public, under the usual regulations, on and after Monday, the 21st inst. ADMIRALTY, DEc. 11. The following promotions, dated the 3d inst., consequent on the death of Admiral of the Red John Ayscough, on the 2d inst., have this taken place : Admiral cif the White Sir Edward Harvey, 1C.C.8., to be Admiral of the Red. Admiral of the Blue Sir James Stirling, Knight, to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Charles Philip, Earl of Hardwicke, on the Reserved List, to be Adm iral on the same list. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Henry Dude Cha ds, K.C.B. to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the White Sir Robert Lambert Baynes, K.C.B. to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice ' Admiral of the Blue the Right lion:Lord George Paulet, C. 8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Nirltatas Raikes Rear-Admirals—William Hargood, to be Vice- Trigge Thompson, Bart, on the Reserved. List, MI:allele on the same list. Rear-Admiral of the Red Robert Smart, Ii H., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear- Admiral of the White S i r Lewis Tobias Jones, K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the R Henry Anderso n ed. • Rear-Admiral of th e Blue William Morehead, C. 8., to be Rear" trestral of the White. Sulivan, Captains—Bartholomew D C.B.,Henry Begot, Hon. Walter Bdoutocni,er evereux, and Sir George Nathaniel Broke Middleton, Bart., C. 8., to be Rear-4: rairals on the Reserved Captain Georg G i ffard, C.B„ to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. P to have Retired Vice-Admiral George Curry Lem ri ere the rank and t it l e of Retired Admiral , in pursualt _ of the Order in Council of 7 BANth May, 1808. KRUP T S The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in n the Gazet e,te : Edward aakayn auctioneer, Liverpool wheelwright, 'clstone Wildish, James Midgley, publican, Smallbridge, near Rochdale John Dodds, merchant, Cecil street, Strand George Boddy, builder, Gray's-inn -lane Win. Paynter commis sio imothy O'Regan n agent, Kingsland grocer, Abergavenny Wm. Edwards, hauli er, John Stone, butcher, Bridgwater Swansea rid gwater Alex. Mowatt, watchmaker, Bath Francis Stilborn butcher, Philip Cooper 1 Bishop Wilton corn factor, Ashford Joseph Ahttarkk, brewer, Wolverhampton Johu J.er, Peter Jacob picture dealer, Bath nt, Philip Schole ouier, et.mu!issitT ag e „,__ s h at u Hoiton y, licensed victualler, •C i r ) 0 ; William Janes, beershop keeper, 11°1 .. George Howard, shoemaker, Terupste-d Nathaniel Cox, iron ship builder, Chester id Martin Slack, beerhouse keeper, Ch esterfie Matthew Sykes, greengrocer, Dewsbury_ Lincolnshire Richard Lindley, cattle dealer, Belton, Li Lance.- Francis J. Higginbottan, attorney, Birkdale, shire Joseph Mutton, plumber W ,„rCKo;l2.ol7aidge Jame Whitaker, grocer, " York Nicholas Lackenhy , hair dresser, u `o p rk rs. SCOTCH BANlitt John Ronald, generar , Gairluch 1 merchant, St Andrews Colic Munro, John Smith, gfrßoiclner:,,Carluko far a Sanquhar, Duinfries-shire lermfarmer, Rosehill, Renfrewshiro jßacrweasr d i) Gr ])rife, George Lind:y2___—'farmer, Arbroath Tia: ENTIRE COMMAND OF TIIE GERMAN ARMY to invade Denraark (Austrian troops as well as Prussian) Frederick Charles of will be given tp Prince Prussia. Business done lon I, 1091 i FRANCE [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] PARIS, DEC. 16. It is asserted that the amount of bullion held by ,he Bank of France was this morning 204 millions. The impression prevails here that the Au silica provinces on the Adriatic littoral will probably be come the theatre of important events next spring. ST. NAZ AIRE, DEC. 15. The steamer Florida has arrived from Vera Cruz. The sanitary condition of the troops Was satis- 'actory. GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL. St. Peter's Abbey at Glou cester , Church (according to a very ---- account ot it g:ven as follows by one of the Saturday g the : Reviewers), was it very foundation,3e.aeralry6Bl. But, mostb egi n beginnin g dating as far back as the many v e . early fouudations, the tc,issitudes, and was tie objects.w ith very different establisment went through lost its succession stroyed and refounded more than O Originally a house of nuns, e :c el Abbesses in 767. King Eegbei ht is said to have r e f ounded it as a college of secular priests, whichlasted when the first Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester till "92 ' it into a Benedictine monastery. The account, cha ' l g ed history reads as if he did not, as was in the many other places, turn out the Canons whore found h in s e there, but compelled them to take the Benedictine vow s " Hie Wolstanns clericos , qui ecclesiam Sancti Petri :.--- re xerant [er] custodierant, sub protectione Dei et Apoet I tea e rum Petri et Pauli , et r eg ula Beati Ben e d icti , in eadee l e" ecc l es i a regulariter collocavit, et Edrieum quendam in abbe_ tem et custodem monastery illius consecravir, qui menus rium bind xxxvii. annis custodivit." In estimating this change, we must always remember one light in which it was likely to appear to a reformer of those days. When a church was served by monks, any general non-residence was impossible, and divine service could hardly be intermitted or grossly neglected. But the secular Canons, before the institution of Vicars and Residen tiaries, constantly neglected their churches in the most scandalous way. Their non-residence, in fact, is one ot the great complaints of ecclesiastical writers long after this time. The first mention of the church is in 1058, when Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester, afterwards Archbishop of York—the prelate who crowned Harold and 'William within one year - -rebuilt and consecrated it.' But, as usual, the small size of the native English fabric—for the size seems really to Norman haee been t h e main p o i n t of difference—dissatisfied the aoccupants of the house after the Conquest. and a rebuilding took place while E a ldred'a church was still almost new. choir, was consecrated _,. In s 1089, the first stone of anew church was laid by Abbot way on. our erlo, and the building, possibly only the notices in 1100. From this time, for a long in the exaggerated sonsist mainly of fires, some of which, have destroyea ehurch were fires in 1102, 112 r; language of the chroniclers, are said to nastery, town, everything. There most of these more or less damage 1214, 1222, and 1223. In intrllage was done to the build theeccieo2, it is distinctly said that sia igne cremate est." But, ings of the Abbey ; and, c:intstrue these words very church was burned—' n pannfelling which has as usual, it is not necessary t o 0 Suppose that the Nor rigidly, and it seems most natural may still be seen under proportions of a man work of the presbytery, y chu n r a c v h e of the lacework of perpendicular been thrown over it, is part Serlo. The nave, so like the contenopptrhore„ Tewkesbury, so unlike the common Norman design, probably followed the firee 11 02. It constantl y spoken curious, ho wever, that, though the church is onstantl v spoken of inciden tall y as standing and in use — as , for , - stance, at the burial of Hobert Duke of Norman dy, befor e n " the high altar in 1134, and at the coronation of Henry 111., in 121 6— still there is no direct mention of a ny b u ilding till 1222, when the " g reat eastern tower" - " magna turns Gloucestrensis ecclesiaa orientalis"—w as built. This no doubt means the central tower—in a church of the old Norman ground plan, more truly eastern than central—over the choir, The tower then built has, of course, made way for the Perpendicular structure. In 1239 the church was consecrated, doubtless in pursuance of the general orders then given by Papal authority for the con secration of all churches which remained unconsecrated, which one is surprised to learn was the case with several cathedrals and great abbeys. Three years after, in 1242, the present vault of the nave was added—the Norman church doubtless had only a timber roof—and we are dis tinctly told, in one of the most interesting notices on re cord, that it was actually built by the monks with their own hands : Et anno Domini millesimo ducentesimo quadragesimo secundo complete est nova volta in nevi ecclesite, non auxilio fabrorum ut promo, sad aniniosa virtute monadic.- rum item in ipso loco existentium. In the same year the south-western tower was began by Prior Walter St. John. This no longer exists. The archi tects of the great Perpendicular central tower seem to have thought that their work would have greater dignity if it ced, and the present west front utterly unworth r of fi stood absolutely alone—so the western towers were sacri such a church, is the result. In 1300 we heat? of another fire, which burned the " parvuro campanile, et magna camera et claustrum." It is not, however, clear whether they were absolutely destroyed, nor do we know exactly what is meant by " parvum campanile." It could not be the newly-built south-west tower, which stands quite away from the cloister; but it may well have been the north-western tower, which doubt less deserved to have been called " parvutu campanile," as compared with either of the two latter ones. John Thoky, who was Abbot from 1306 to 1329, was a memorable man in the history of the convent. The south aisle of the nava was built in his time ; this is well known as one of the moat beautiful examples of decorated work in England, and which probably set the fashion for similar rich windows at Ledbury, Leominster, and elsewhere. In his days, also, the deposed King Edward 11. was murdered at Berkeley. Three other monasteries, Bristol, Kings wood, and Malmesbury refused to receive his body for fear of Roger Morthrier and Queen Isabella. The Abbot of Gloucester was of another mood, and braved all hazards in what we may suppose he thought was the cause of loyalty— h o norifice ornate cum anDi a late tamen abbas su e curru a castello ejusdem ecclesite dep ictis, cum de Berkeley ad , duxit, et ad znonasterium Gloucestrize est delatuß, a bb,, t a process'e r o l ae , cum toto conventu solenniter revestais, cu totius civitatis est honorific° susceptus, et in seems ibidem in parte boreali justa magnum altare traditur ti, a a -u m . landus. Strange to say, the despicable King, when bound " once mur dered, dered, became a local saint. Multitudes of pilgrims flock e d have Sancti Andrea," a to his grave, no less than to those of W al th e . , or of Simon at Evesham. Their offerings were so ful that, during the reign of the next Abbot, John . . mor (1329-37), the south transept_,‘ eta of Wig ',founded with the phrase which Mr. Hart seems hardly to o was rebuilt. Tnis has been often c ve understood— building of the south aisle of the nave, but the dates is Chronicle are quite distinct and p er f n the sept, as Pr ofessor Willis show ecfly clear. This & ed in 1860, is distinctly per pendicular work. It is early, indeed, and has much of ear lier detail hanging about mistakeable impress et the it, but it still bears the un fairly count as the first perpendicular style, and it nzsY lar recasting of the instalmentwhole of the great perpeadicu this date is one le east part of the minter. Now of th tural history. 'w e e moat important facts in architec tural its most distinct' thus have the perpendicular style, in. than anybody had we features, a good half century earlier Chester to b e th thought. The claim, therefore, of Win- Wykehem to b e first example, and of either Edington or e the inventor, of that style at once halls to the ground. This is the last i o ngine• to the church. re- The entry strictly be t. e central tower, the present Lady chapel' and the re "sting of the presbytery all of which may be looked on as carrying on the work begun by Thoky in the south tran sept) belong to a later date than the present chronicle takes in. But in the time of Abbot Frocester, who suc ceeded in 1381, and who was living when the chronicle ends, we get the completion of the splendid cloister, cer tainly the gem of work of its kind and style. ' ';rday. ......,.—_ of the Exchange—Yeste: 11 18 i 2 12 Ot 25 75 25 75 13 Si 25 35 25 77} 25 77i 119 k 12 35 12 35 ,--____ Short. 11 17i Amsterdam RoDttietrdwam ............ 3 31°nth2' .: 2 0 25 2 70 01 Antwerp .•••••' • • _ 25 70 Brussels ...... 13 81 . 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