The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-16 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank of France has raised its rate of inte rest and discount from 4to 5 per cent. This mea sure was to a large extent anticipated, and its an nouncement yesterday afternoon consequently created no surprise in monetary and commercial circles. There is less demand for discount accommodation to-day, owing to the large extent to which the mer cantile classes have already supplied themselves. The market is also a little easier, and first class bills are negotiable at 31Z- per cent. It is generally ex pected in discount circles that further concessions Will be made in the course of the next few days. Subjoined is our usual analysis of the Bark of England for the week ending Wednesday last Active Circulation .. £20,286,805 Increase 58,395 Bullion .. • • • • • • • . 14,102,169 Decrease . . • • . . . . 133,385 Rest .. • . • • • . . 3,194,883 Increase .. 45,204 Public Deposits • • • • . . 4,280. 730 Decrease .. 4,502,078 Other Deposits.. .. . • 16,772,782 Increase .. 2,379,474 Seven Day and other Bills .. 732,044 Increase .. • 30,461 Government Securities 10,871,348 Decrease 761,500 Other Securities .. 20,196,727 Decrease .. .. 690,658 Notes Unemployed 7,601,370 Decrease .. • • 606,400 During the last few days the operations in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have con tinued moderately active. Tea has maintained Previous prices, while in sugar, coffee, and cocoa the operations have been limited. Rice has continued in steady request at about former quotations, while in fruit and spices there were operations to an ave rage extent without any material change in prices. Tallow has been in good demand at full quotations for both present and fature delivery. It has been unanimously resolved by the directors of the Bank of Australasia that branches shall be opened in New Zealand, and further capital will be called up under the power of the charter. Vancouver's Island Six per Cent. Government de bentures for £40,000, secured as a first charge on the general revenues of the colony, with a sinking fund of 4 per cent. per annum, were also offered by the Crown agents at the same time. The total amount tendered was 126,300 at prices varying from £lOO to £lO7 17s. 11d. The minimum fixed before the opening was 1031 and the amount dis posed of was £6,200, at an average premium 'of £6 12s. per cent. The Cro gvn agents declared their willingness to allot the balance pro rata among the unsuecessful applicants, provided they made the necessary intimation before 1 p.m. to-day. At the forthcoming meeting - of the National Dis count Company a dividend will be proposed at the increased rate of 8 per cent. per annum- Tenders were opened yesterday - at the offices of the Agents-General for Crown Colonies for 6 per Cent. Debentures for £29,500, having 30 years to run, issued under the authority of the Government of the Cape of Good Hope, and secured on the gene ral revenues of that colony. The biddings amounted altogether to £153,100, and the prices at which the loan was taken 'ranged from £lO9 7s. 6d. to £lll 14 e. ; the reserve price was £lO7 10s. Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool cotton market to-day was quiet, and rates easier ; sales about 5,000 bales. The Three per Cent. Rentes opened to-day, at Paris, at 69f. 80c., being sc. lower than yesterday. There has been no alteration to-day in the market for the English Funds, Consols being 924 for trans fer, and 921 / for the sth proximo. There is very little business in progress, because speculators do not ,seem inclined to extend their engagements, While the investing classes are also keeping aloof. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduc,d re- Inain at 92-a 4; Exchequer Bills have declined to es. and 10s. prem. ; Bank Stock is 235 and 237; and India 5 per Cent. Loan 1121. Rather more firmness is perceptible in the Foreign Market, but business is quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are 70/ a ; ditto, 1862, 66; 67;; and the Consolides have risen to 40/ 1. Spanish Passive have improved to 241 4 ; ditto, Certificates, to 91 1(); Greek, 164 ; Brazilian, 102 ; Chilian, 49 per Cents., 84 ; Egyptian, 95; Peruvian New Loan, 88k ; P ortuguese; ditto, 46/ 47 ; Ru:Aian, ditto, 96; and V enezuelan, ditto, 62. Business in the Railway Share Market continued very dull, and prices were without material varia tion, Great Western, and South Eastern im proved about 55., and London and Brighton, 108. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings re tonined inactive at about previous quotations. Great Luxembourg brought 14-1 ; Recife and San Francisco, 19 ; East Indian improved to 1074 ; and Great Indian Peninsula to 1061. Joint Stock. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continued inactive at barely previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS --CLOSING PRICES. Lank Stock • 235 7 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New.... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities ... 3 per Cent. Annuities New 2 per Cent. Annuities ... Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., , Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 15 3-16 1-16 In Stock Ditto 5 per Cent: Ditte Enfa ce d PaerloBl 4 Ditto 5 Cnt p ,per Cent Ditto er Debentures, Ditto ditto April, 1864 100/ DDitto LiondA ELOUD. . . itto under £l,OOO . . . .. .. .. . . . Exchesiuer Bills, LlOOO, 21 per Cent 6 10 24 DDitto ' £500 itto Small ...................... ..... FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. 13 razilian 5 per Cent .... Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Chi lian 6 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent ... 84 1 gPptian 7 pez Cent 95 Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms l6l •Lalia n 5 per Cent. (Mareznmana Railway) 721 Mexican 3 per Cent New A ccount 32/ Ziew Granada 2 per Cent — b iir Di vian 41 p tto ex ov er Center -due Coups. & Hectares 12/ 4 Ditto Di tto Account . - . 1862 47 P ortugu ese 3 per Cent., 1853 4 Ditto Account Ditto 1862 AtUsaian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St -- Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 5 per Cent. 1862 96 Ditto Scrip, £,56 Bs. paid ll pm Sardinian 6 per Cent. Ditto Account.... - 'PailiPh 3 p er Cent— Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred ' • 46 Ditto Account 241 1 Spanish Cert. ofCoup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1851 . Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account.. ... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862. Ditto Account. ..................... 67 Venezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account ....... 5 4 24 :_ Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 62 Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f — D itto Account.. THREE O'CLOCK. 1 Co nsols, Money 921 i D itto Account SILIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. a 1 . 4 , 4 °N.8 °N, Jan. 16.—Wind this day at noon—Nor, - -"oud e rY; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather noon—North cloud fal ado DATE, Jan. 15. — Wind . N.E. —Sailed—Louise, for ogadore. fMOUTH Jan. 15.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Tyne, r ota Seli na. frl),ltiovs. piuT, h tn i . es l . s.—Wind E strong.—Arrived—Adler, fr o 'ou'rn, Jan. 15.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Huma 111 New York. 71, 1) 0 I tu t a L i ; . Jan. 15.—Wind N E.—Sailed—Ariel, for St. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGILATII.) Arrived A GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. o re Por e fro m ) Jan. 15—Louise, from Weile; Storm Bird, s. tot o riv ed, Jan. 16—Berlin, from Hamburg ; Seine, from DEAL, Friday Morning. lie ass ed - --Her Majesty's ship Black Eagle, f rom th e est, for the River. 84ileC l' - cttiteualancl, for Liverpool, SHARE MARKETS--This Day. ORDINAItY SHARES AND STOOKS. . Closing Business Share Railways. Paid. Price. done. 13.14 Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val all 8 83 25 Blythe and Tyne. *all 10 Boat.,Sleat,aud Midlk_lo all S 1 61 st Bristol and Exeter lOO 86 Eli 58 74 st Caledonian 50 Cork and Bandon all 10 Do A A 20 Cornwall gets 110 dig - ) all _ all 64 71 61 10 Do. B fill6p c.p an. has all been paid to B. i 1 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 41 43 25 Dtm.,Perth,& Ab. Juno. all 13 14 st Edinburgh &_Glasgow. 100 561 571 st Glasg. and S. Western. 100 105 107 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 45 46 454 4 1 st Ditto A stock St Ditto East Anglian st 1 0 0 24 25 st GreatNorthof Scotland .100 st Great Northern...• • • st Do A stock lOO 131 133 1331 24 lf at Do Bdo 5 Do. £5 shares all - St Gt. S. an iW. of Ireland 100 104 106 St . Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock 100 st Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 110 1104 1101 st London and Blackwali 100 72 73 5 t Lon., Bright.,& S. C 09.141 100 1174 1153 1181 18 1 171 st Lou., Chat., and Dover 100 78 89 at Lon. & North Western 100 Vi 68 98 4 87 4 st Lon. & South Western 100 1024 1034 104 34 at Man., Shef.; & Lincoln. 100 414 421 42 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all —-- 124 Do 4 shares.. 10 Metropolitan all 04 Ai gli et Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 97 99 50 Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland 25. Do. 4 shams 25 Mid Kent 10 'Do Cray Line at North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 254 266 st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 994 100 991 4 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 —— d d at 1)o Lccds lOO 57 58 57 4 st Do York st Do Carlisle lOO 128 130 at North London 10 New 19.16.4 Nor Do th Staffordshire 10 ,N. mid S. W. Junction all 11 114 st Scottish Central st Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 48 49 st Do Scot. Mid. stock_ 100 104 106 1054 10 Shrews. and 'Welchpool all et Shropshire Union st South Devon lOO 334 344 st South Eastern lOO 584 59 89 84 st ,South Wales at , S. York. and River Dun 100 100 103 20 Stainea,Wok.,andWok all 7 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 39 40 25 Do 5 101 104 p 25 Do New, 1860 l6 74 71p 154 st Taff Vale. .. 100 149 151 10 Do B 8 44 51 t , 10 Do C 3 2f sap 50 Ulster 25 Do 2O 24 34 p 12.10 Do 54 4c14 ir st Vale of Neath —.. ... at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 140 145 st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO 29 31 at W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO at West Midland -Oxford 100 42 44 424 3 et Do Newport 100 35 37 st Do Hereford 100 94 26 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 Atlantic 'a St Lawrenc( all 87 69 itk j Ilom.,Boroda&.Cent Ind 100 105 106 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 201 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 5% 51 5% 10 Do. Preference . all 7/ vf 100 Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 10 , 80 13 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 D. do. July 1, 1872 100 74 76 100 Do. do. June 1, 1879 100 73 76 at Clcutta.&S.Eastn. ; 100 104 106 st Cape Town & Dock Seri/ 100 108% 1091 109 stock Eosin. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 106 1( 8 11 - 6% stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 107 118 107% 1% 7 2 0 Do. do. G Ext..... 5 1 I%p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 2 6 fp 21 stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 211 224 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 76 78 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et.. all 65 67 100 Do. Open ot. Debentr. all 34 36 100 Do. 7 percent. 1862 .. all 48 52 100 Do. do. 1867 all 34 36 100 Do. do. 1872.. all 34 36 stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 105% 106% 106 % 6 20 Do. New gun. sp. c... 12 4 t p 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 % #p 4 1 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 104 106 104% 5% 2 0 % Gt. W. of Canada Sharev all 12% 14 204 Do. New .. ... . . 18 8 740 • 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 99 101 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 91 93 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 4p 21 4 stock Madrss guar., sp.c. .. 100 103% 191% 104 4 31 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 97 99 stock Dc, 44 do ......... 100 93 . 5 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Helb.Coru. 6p. o. Bads. 100 50 Helb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53 1 0 0 Do. 7 p.c. Hoeg. Bds. alt 29 Newßrunswick & Conch Class A. Capital Sham all 3 5 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. all 3 N.Rl.C'do6 pc lst pi bds 100 83 65 stock Scinde ..........) (100 1051 106% 1061 at r Do. Delhi , . I • 100 103% 104( 104% j Do. do l )4 2 l ip 20 Do. Punjaub ci 15 1 p st Do. Do. .... . g i g 100 104 105 1041 41 ock Do.lndus.St.Flo.J k.lOO XlOO 102 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.( °v. 6 p.c..1 a&J uly 1 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 'lO6 108 Do. dp. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 16 97 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 95 97 Cape G.Hope, 6p 0,1873; 100 104 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 111 113 Do. 1890 100 112 114 Do. Jan. & July, 1891... 100 111 113 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c' 100 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 104 105 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct 100 N. S. W. 6 ov. 5 p c.,18661 100 10) 101 Do. fi p. c.,1871 to 1876 100 99% 1004 100% Do. d0.,1888 & upwchi 100 90 99i 99% 1 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 ' 109 111 110% Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C. steering, 1875 , 100 105 106 105% Queensland Gov. 6p. c 1 100 110 112 8. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up 100 109 111 Vio.Gov.6p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 Do. to 6 p.a. An.&Oot 100 110 110% 110% 10 1 % BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 par - ito Clillord Amalgamated 18 20 Devon G. Con.. (Taoist , 1 500 510 East Bassett (Mogan).- 30 53 65 1 East Clogan Gold Ltd 55. p 461 East Caradon ...... 466 47 East Cam Brea 3.0.0 lit 1 11 Russel (Tavistl) 7.19.0 34 4 31 I 4 GamASLAubyn(Gwen.) 18, 20 Great South Torus 179 61 61 G. Wheal Vor (Helston' 40 6 64 Grenville d.ls. t 46 5 Elerod's-Foot 8.12 49 51 flingston Downs 4.17.0 2i Lady Bertha Margaret (Guy Lelant 94- 3) 11 Xiarke Valley.. 4 Ntyndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 2% 6ds pr New Setun . 191 150 16) North Downs " 4 ; 2i 2 i3ass.et (filo ;an '?.17.0 25 5 :orth Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 45 5 51 Par ConsolS(St. Blazey' 14 5 6 10 Providence (Unv Lelnt.; 1 0 .6.7 .1 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer; 14 390 100 S. Cant Brea (Illogan) ,24 25 Fran:(lllor;an 18.1 , .9 90 95 Stray Park 28.9. 37 9 5 Tamar 5i1v. , 15 Lead Min 44 5 10 Tin Crolt 9 134 )35 115 West Basset (Illogan) l4 13 14 W Caradon (Liskeard; 5 31 83 West Seton ..............474• 285 295 Wheal Basset (i Rogan) 5i 774 826 Wheal BulleratedruW 5 474 524 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 76 84 WhealLud ott vbeal aryAnn (Men J . 8 16 16 Wheal Seton . 58 4 255 265 .245 Wheel Treiawney (Lis.) 7 164 174 Wheal Union 3.13 51 0i PREFERENCE SHARES. Great 'corthern, 4i per cont.,' red. at 10 per cent. prem., 106 1 Gt. Western (. erks & Hants Ext.), red. 41 per cent., 99 81 Ditto, 4 per cent. irred., 89 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. Gua. Stock, No. 1, li7 Sou,h Eastern 44 per cent., 104 E Stockton and Darlington, B, 6 per cent., 3i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 101 North British (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent, 8!, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham 4y per Cent., 93 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 211 Belgian Eastern Junction, 1 Dutch Rhenish, 17 Great Luxembourg, 141 Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 19 San Paulo ;Ern.), gua. 7 per cent., 91(—Ditto (all), 231 11 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 231 West, Flanders, 8 FOREIGN MINES. East del Rey (lirn.), 1/ Great N. Copper of South Australia - (lim.), 1 1 Kapunda (lim.), 1/ 1 Mont. Aureos Braz. Gold Min. Co. (lim.), 2f Scottish Australian (Um.), If St. John del Rey (Um.), 561 United Mexican (lire.), 51 Yuclanamutana of S. Australia (lim.), 31 1 Bank of JOINT-STOCK PANKS. , . Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (11m.), 241 1 5 Australasia, 774 8 7 Egypt, 25 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 10 .Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 21 204 Imperial B an k and l Australian Chartered, 211 B. ( 1 / i London, l(4 London ehar l.yres, and It. Plate(lim.), 121 i London and Co i ßank of Australia, 27 i London Joint sto n ek a , l ^4, (llin. '' 31 Metrop, and Prov. Bank ( *rn ) National Provincial of E li . ' 141 New South Wale s , 534 3 ng land (4), 21 Ottoman Bank, :J4----Ditto, ne 7 Union of Ireland (11m.). i i w, .1 Union of London, 32 11 26 I MISCBLLANEous . Australian Agricultural, 21 Crystal Palace, ' 3 i E glish and Australian Copper, 2 1 Italian Irrigation Canal, 11 National Discount Company, si 1 1 Nerbudda Coal and Iron, 0 Peninsular and 0. iental Steam, 74 Royal Mail Steam, 56, Submarine Telegraph (£10) Renistered, 5j Trust and Loan Co. of Upper Canada, 6 5i The iron screw steamer Tamar, 2,812 tons, 600- horse power, just completed at Miliwall, is to be sent to the Nore, to be masted at Sheerness, pro vided / ans can be obtained at that dockyard for accom, idling that operation. In case, however , of ti resources at Sheerness not allowing the niastirg to be effected at that dockyard, the masts and gear, together with a party of riggers, are to be despatched to the Thames to mast and rig the Tamar in the East India pocks, 11 al is re to AIL to 7e ey is 'III HI ►n- Lon igo [I., Ily lig in :ho ich 3 a the int the tho ero nd ost tho ul yer FII ~sL^ iil- Da ilfr lk :ho ✓ / THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1863, POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Two MURDERS AND A SUICIDE PREVENTED.—MELAN CHOLY CASE.—Ann Hutchinson, a married woman, 36 years of age, residing at 70, Warren•.street, Fitzroy-square, and who appeared to be in a state of great distress, was charged as follows : Mr. Garforth, inspector of the E division, appeared to watch the case. Alice Atchison, a young female, servant to a person in the house, said—l sleep in the house. About a quarter to 12 o'clock last night I was in my own room when the prisoner's little girl came down to me crying, and said her mother was going to destroy her and her little brother. I went upstairs immediately and did my best to reconcile the prisoner. On the table there were two knives. The prisoner said she would destroy the children as she was tired of her life, and that then she' would cut her own throat. I then left the room and went down stairs, telling the little girl that if her mother at tempted anything of the sort again to come down and tell mo. I heard a noise, and the little girl came down and said her mother was going to destroy her, that she had caught hold of her, and was just going to cut her throat, but she managed to escape. She also said that her mother was about to cut her little brother's throat on the bed. I then went upstairs and told the prisoner that if she was going to do it she had better have some one to stay with her. The prisoner said she wouli not have any one with her. The prisoner then sent the little girl for a quartern of gin and drank it, and after she had done so she seemed to be out of her mind. The prisoner then took up the two knives from the table and sharpened one of them on the poker. I then sent the little girl for a constable, and went down stairs. On my return to the room with the con stable I found the prisoner had cut her throat slightly with one of the knives, there being a mark on her throat and blood on the small knife. Mr. Knox—Small knife I why, it is a table knife. • Witness—The prisoner then, in the presence of the con stable, jumped out of bed and attempted to cut the little girl's throat. She caught hold of the child and said she would cut her throat, having a knife in her hand, but the child wrested herself from her grasp, and got away. The constable then left the room that the prisoner might put on her clothes, and prisoner said that if the policeman did not take her away that night, but let her stay till the next day, she would send the little girl for some laudanum, give it to the children, that they would then go to sleep and never wake again. She then dressed herself, and was taken away by the constable. Mr. Knox—How long has she lived in the house ? Witness—Three months, sir. Mr. Knox—Do you know how she gets her living ? Witness—l believe by walking the streets. Mr. Knox—Have you ever seen her drunk ? Witness—Only once or twice. Police-constable House, 46 E, produced a table-knife with blood on it, and said—l was called to the house, 70, War_ ren-street by a little girl there. I saw the prisoner there. She said that she was in great distress, and that she had attempted to cut her throat with one of the knives on the table. She said, "If you leave me here to-night I shall cut my dear children's throats." I told her that I should take her to the station-house. I then left the room while she dressed herself. I afterwards went in and found her dressed and took her into custody. On the way to the station she said that the landlady had called upon her that day, and told her that she would turn her out of the house the following morning. I received the following certificate from the surgeon : " I certify that I attended Ann Hutchinson, who has a slight incision only skin deep, and about one inch in length, across her throat, caused by a sharp instrument. ",G. JENKINS (tor J. Weekes), Surgeon, 4, High-street, Bloomsbury." Mr. Knox—Prisoner, do you wish to ask any questions ? Prisoner—No, sir. Mr. Knox then remanded the prisoner for a week, and ordered the children to be given up to a person in the house who has promised to take care of them. One of the children, a girl, is eight years of age, and the other, a boy, six years of age. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, Jan. 15. The Queen drove : out yesterday. Countess Blucher had the honour of accompanying her Majesty. Lady Churchill has succeeded the Countess of Gains borough as Lady in Waiting. Earl Russell arrived yesterday, and had an audience of her Majesty. Earl Russell left to-day. His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Hesse visited Salisbury Cathedral and Stonehenge yesterday, attended by Col. the Hon. A. Hardinge and Capt. Westerweller. The Prince returned to Osborne at half-past five o'clock. A. deputation from Ashton-under-Lyne, consisting of Mr. W. Penington, Mr. James Scholefield, Mr. W. Gill, and Mr. John Clough, had an interview with the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., yesterday at the office of the Poor Law Board, and laid before him a testimonial, signed by 1,140 persons, the wotkpeople of Mr. J. Whittaker, cotton manufacturer, of Ashton-under-Lyne, and pre sented by them to that gentleman in acknowledgment of his liberality and kindness towards them during the pre sent distress. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the West India Islands, New Zealand, Labuan, and Canada. Despatches were sent to the Governor of Canada. THE PRINCE OE WALES AND THE HIGH SCHOOL or EDINBURGH.—Dr. Schmitz, the rector of the High School, has received the following gratifying com munication :—" Osborne, Dec. 24, 1862. Sir,—l am directed by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to acknowledge the receipt of your letter enclosing a report of the proceedings at the inauguration of the bust of the Prince. His Royal Highness desires me to convey to you his thanks for your letter, and to say how gratified he is by the feelings expressed in the report, The Prince will always take great interest in the High School, and looks back with pleasure to those days in which he was more intimately connected with Edinburgh during his own education.—l have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, C. H. Grey.—To Professor Schmitz." PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA.—Apropos of Prussian royalty, I have been told a pleasant anecdote of the Princess Royal. She was playfully accosted a few days ago by her father-in-law, who complained that she did not choose any more to talk politics to him. " I dare not," replied the Princess (in the story), " nowadays that your loyal subjects are suspect when they utter their opinions, I am very loyal, and do not want to get in a scrape." The Berliners have a rooted notion that the Prince and Princess Royal are thoroughly constitutional, and that they silently disapprove the poliical attitude of Papa.-21fanchester Guardian. The Marquis and Marchioness of Northampton are passing the season at Madeira. Lord and Lady Overstone are expected at their residence in Carlton-gardens on Monday from a tour of visits. Lord and Lady Skelmersdale, who have been staying at The Grove, Watford, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Clarendon for some days past, will return to town on Monday next. Lord and Lady Taunton have arrived at Stoke Park, Slough, from a tour of visits. THE THRONE OF GREECE.—The Independance Beige has the following telegram, dated Vienna, Tuesday evening :—" Within the last 24 hours England has put forward the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg as the new candidate for the throne of Greece. Tho Prince, having no children of his own, would adopt the eldest son of the Duke Augustus of Coburg and the Duchess Clementine d' Orleans. Prince Alfred would succeed him in the Duchy of Coburg." In reference to the above, La France, of yes terday evening, states, as will be seen by our telegraphic intelligence, that the Duke of Saxe-Coburg has refused to become a candidate for the vacant throne. THE SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE FINE ARTS.—The lecture season of this society commenced last evening at their rooms in Conduit-street, when Mr. F. Y. Hurlstone, president of the Society of Bri tish Artist delivered a most able and interesting discourse on " The Poetry and Drama of Spain" The lecturer showed himself deeply imbued with the spirit of his subject, which he illustrated with abundant examples of great force and humour. An interesting discussion on the Spanish national character and literature followed. The room was crowded. TUSSAIJD'S WAX WORK EXHIBITION.--Amongst the more recent additions to this old-established popular exhibition are several beautifully•executed portrait models of our early English monarchs, from the Conqueror, attired in die magnificent costumes of the period. Full length figures of, Caxton, the introducer of the printing press into England, and Chaucer, the first of our poets, in the quaint garments of their respective times, are also added; and in the Chamber of Horrors is an effigy of Ca therine Wilson, the notorious wholesale poisoner. At a meeting of, the Middlesex magistrates held at the Clerken well Sessions House yesterday the present state of prison discipl;ne was among other matters discussed. The present state of the law, or rather the prac tice at the Home-office, was strongly censured, hardly any member being found to raise his voice in its favour; but some gentlemen were for deferring action till the Royal Commission appointed to investigate the question had made its report. In the end, however, it was unanimously agreed to appoint a committee to consider the question, HINTS TO THE HORSE GUARDS.—From almost the first day of his arrival in the regiment, the re cruit in France is taught how to cook every sort of food he is ever likely to have; how best to dress rice, hard biscuits, vegetables ; how to make bread, to make soup, and generally how to make the most of a little. Every man has his turn in the kitchen, and he who dishes up the best soup or ragout receives the congratulations of his comrades. He has the honour of being elected chef de cuisine on certain festive occasions, such as the fete day of the Emperor, when the troops receive extra and daintier rations. He gets more than hollow praise, for he is allowed to select, for himself and a few of his own chums, the best of the tit• bits. So far and further is the recruit taught. All this he must know practically before he can aspire to the rank of cor poral. When he has finished drill, fencing, gymnastics, dancing, swimming, and thoroughly understands the work of a good practical soldier, and the duty of subordina tion, he has books delivered to him in which ho meiy learn how to instruct recruits, may gain a theoretical know ledge of what he knows practically, and may prepare him self to compete for the chevrons, and ultimately to become a distinguished officer—for the French military authorities seek talent in every class : fortune being with thud quite an inferior consideration. Let a man only show apti!ude, and the Government will furnish him with means to sus • tain any rank it may confer. More than that; wise mili tary laws and regulations will compel him to live within his pay—not within his private means, but his military pay. It is not many years since the purchase-system was abo lished in the French army. The present laws or ordinances regulating adva cement in the French army, came into life at different periods of the Revolution of '93 ; wet e collected, revised, and decreed as a code, by Napoleon the First ; and have remained in force under each successive dynasty. So clearly do these laws specify that merit, and merit alone, shall entitle to promotion, that a clause in them authorises a meritorious man to prove his right to it, when any arbi trary act of administration has deprived him of his just ad vantages. The mode of reclamation is indicated as follows : "Any soldier, non-commissioned officer, or officer, having any claims to pr motion or other rewards, shall be enabled to reclaim them of the general inspector, when that officer visits the corps at the time of the inspections."—biekens' s "411 the Year _Round." PRESIDENT DAVIS IN Mississrpri.--The Jack son Mississippian, of the 21st ultimo, announcing the arrival there of Jefferson Davis and General Johnston, says :—" We are happy to see the President in excellent health and spirits. His presence in the State which has honoured and loved him so long at this critical juncture will be worth almost as much as an army with banners.' Everybody seemed to be reinvigorated and better contented, when it was ascertained that the President had arrived. We augur much good to the cause to grow oat of his visit ing and encouraging the troops, and overlooking personally our various defences. With his keen and quick soldierly tact, he can tell at a glance whet is needed to save us from the devastation of the Northern vandals ; and we doubt not that new life and vigour and a more heroic and determined I spirit will mark the conduct of t he soldiers wherever he goes. A committee of the House of Representatives visited the President this morning to invite him to address the legislature. His reply was, that he had come to work, not to speak; but he would do in Mississippi what he would not anywhere else. He would meet the legislature either publicly or privately, advise with the members in secret session, or deliver an address in the hall to the people. He left for an important point yesterday evening, but will re him in a day or two, when he will comply with the invita tion of the legislature and the universal wish of the people. The reception of the President among his old friends and neighbours was, of course, most cordial; and notwithstand ing the vast responsibility, which would weigh heavily upon any other man, yet he met his friends with the same plea sant warmth, and courteous unassuming candour of former and less evtntful times." NINETEEN NEGROES HUNG IN C H ARLESTON.— . - A No r f o lk l etter coLtains the f o ll ow i ng : s , A Brt th , h subj ect who came here from Charleston, Sout h Caro lina, within a few days, brings the information that nine teen negroe s were hung in the streets just prior to his de parture. This occurred in consequence of a discovery made in a rather singular manner. The whites there for some time past have been closely wat c hi ng the movements of the blacks, and thinking th ey observed an unusual number of f u nerals among them, a w hi te man disguised himself, and, following in one of the precessi ons, on arriving at the bury ink ground he discovered that the coffin cohtained arms, which were taken and buried in a vault in which a number had already been deposited. The consequence of this dis covery was the execution of 19 of the most intelligent of the couspiratoro." LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Chief Justioe Erle, and Justices Williams, Willes, and Keating.) KENNEDY V. BROWN AND WIFE-THE SWINFEN CA.SE-.. JUDGMENT. In consequence of their lords having signified their in' tention of giving judgment in this case the court was densely crowded both by counsel and the general public. The matter was before the Court last term. It will be recollected that Mr. Kennedy, a barrister, acted on behalf of Mrs. Swinfen in her litigation in reference to her claims to the Swinfen estate, the result of which was that she re covered the property. Subsequently to this she married Mr. Brown, the defendant in the present action against her and her husband, to recover £20,000 upon "an account stated," which was founded upon the services rendered by Mr. Kennedy. The case came on for trial before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn at Warwick, when the verdict was for the plaintiff for £20,000. but, subsequently, a rule was obtained by Mr. Macaulay, Q C., on the part of the defendants, to enter a new writ upon certain points of law; also upon misdirection, and that the verdict was against the weight of evidence. The principal questicn of law raised was, whether services rendered by a barrister could be made the subject of an account stated. During the arguments before their lordships last term, Mr. Kennedy proceeded at great length to show their lordships reasons why the verdict he had obtained should stand ; and at the termination of arguments, their lordships intimated that they would reserve their decision. Chief Justice Erle this morning delivered judgment. His lordship commenced by remarking that in the case of Kennedy v. Brown a verdict had been given for the plaintiff, and a rule had been obtained for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against evidence. It appeared that the plaintiff became acquainted with the defendant, and afterwards he became her advocate in a suit in which she was engaged. During the proceedings she made repeated appeals to Mr. Kennedy for exertion on her behalf, and a promise was made, in the event of success, of a certain sum which the Court would admit, for the sake of argument, to amount to £20,000. The Court was of opinion that there was no evidence to support the verdict which had been given, and their lordships considered that a prom'se made under such circumstances was not binding on either party. The Court considered there was no case to suppor;; such a proceeding ; on the contrary, the tradition of the profes sion, and the greatest authorities that could be cited, alto gether repudiated the object contended for. The late Sir John Davis, than whom a more learned man never existed, was clearly of opinion that fees were but gifts and hono riums. Lord Stowell was of a similar opinion, and Lord Hale clearly laid it down, the Court saw, in a note in "Coke on Lyttleton" that no counsel could bring an action for the recovery of his fees, because such fees were honorium, and could not be regarded as a debt. Blackstone also maintained that no action could be supported for such a purpose, because fees could not be considered as a salary or a hiring, but simply as a gratuity. Mr. Ken nedy, in the course of his argument, which showed the greatest research, had cited a number of cases upon which he relied, and in which it was set out that barristers had contracted to act as :relieving officers or auditors, or for an annual sum, by way of retainer, but neither of these in stances met the case of a barrister involved in litigation. Mr. Kennedy, in his argument, had cited a number of at.ecdotes to show that the custom had in early years existed, but the rights and duties of the profession had not been clearly ascertained, The relation of client and counsel during the time of litigation was of such a nature that it was of the greatest importance that promises made at that peculiar period should not be held binding. If it were otherwise, the Court was clearly of opinion that the in tegrity and dignity of their honourable profession - would be lessened. No doubt there were bad men in every class, but then it was of the highest importance that in a pro fession where its members were in close relation with those involved in litigation no promise or contract should be held binding, and were it otherwise it would affect the integrity and dignity of the profession. In every class there were bad men, but it was of the last importance that nothing should be done to lessen the confidence that existed in the high honour, the integrity, and d evo ti on o f the bar. Where gentlemen were entrusted with secrets of the most vital importance, where fortune, character, and even life was trusted to the keeping of another, it was im possible to estimate the value of certain services. The Court thought them beyond all price to a client, and if it was sought to reward those services other than by gratuity, the status of their calling would be lowered. If it were open to counsel to make an agreement with his client as to remune ration, litigation might be increased, and that was not to be desired. The learned judge during his judg ment cited an immense number of authorities in accordance with the view the Court took of the matter, and concluded by saying that, under all the circumstances, Mr. Kennedy had not established his case, and the rule for anew trial must be made absolute. If it was thought de sirable that this decision should be taken to the Court of Error, that course was open, but the second part of the rule would be suspended until further orders. The decision of their lordships is thus decidedly against the claim of Mr. Kennedy. ' COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Justices Crompton, Wightman, and Mellor.) NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL. This morning Mr. Osborn and Mr. Burke were called within the bar, her Majesty having been pleased to confer upon them the dignity of Queen's counsel. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Gibbons.) THE QUEEN'S HERALD AND THE HATTER - SINGULAR CASE- CHAMBERLIN V. WOODS. This was an action to recover for a hat and cap, plaintiff being described as a hatter, and defendant as of Herald's College, Doctor's Commons. Mr. Angell, for plaintiff, called his client, who stated that he had supplied the goods in question to the defendant's son. On previous occasions defendant had paid for goods which had been supplied to the son, who was a minor. Cross-examined by Mr. Buchanan—l remember defen dant paying me a bill on January, 1859. I do not recollect his cautioning me against his son. I will not swear he did not. The goods were acivally sent to defendant's office, in Herald's College. His Honour—Was the son living with his father when the goods were supplied ? Plaintiff—l think not. __ _ - - His Honour—You see, a son who is a minor would be in the same position as a servant, and after leaviughis father's house could not bind the parent. Mr. Buchanan—l shall call the defendant, and he will expressly declare that he cautioned plaintiff. Defendaut—When I paid plaintiff in January, 18:59, I told him that unfortunately my son had gone wrong, and he was not to trust him. I had previously remonstrated with him for trusting the young man. My son left my house in February, 1859. _ _ His Honour—Well, Mr. Angell, I do not think you will go on after this. You see defendant swears positively as to the caution, and plaintiff will not contradict him. I must find for defendant, with costs. Verdict for defendant. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATIERSALL'S—MuRsma There was but a mere sprinkling of members in the sub scription room this afternoon, and the few bets la:d were of an unimportant nature. An offer was made very early to back Lord Clifden for £l5O at 6 to 1; but those odds could not be obtained, 11 to 2 being the very highest offer against the favourite. Twelve to 1 was taken to £lOO about Hospodar, and 2,100 to 100 about Carnival. Forty to 1 was bookel to a "pony" about Michael Scott, who, in the City in the morning, had been backed at 100 to 6 for the Two thousand Guineas. Two thousand five hundrel to 100 was taken about Blue Mantle. Closing prices : DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Lord St. Vincent's Lord Clifden (take 6 to 1 f) 12 to 1 agst Count F. de Lagrange's Hospodar (taken) 21 to 1 agst Mr. Naylor's Carnival (taken) 25 to 1 agst Capt. Lane's Blue Mantle (taken) 40 to 1 agst Lord Durharn's Michael Scott (taken) RES FOR 1863. MARY. , ............. 25 CH. Doncaster Sp r i ng l7 WarwiCk Spring 17 Northampt on 24 Croxton P ar k 27 IL. Epsom Spring 16 Newmarket F . S 20 York Spring Salisbury iHarpenden l5 Epsotn l9 Manchester 27 NE. Stockbridge 18 (3 liehnsford 23 Newcastle 23 Carlisl e 30 Nottingham 21 Winchester 2l Goodwood 28 UST. Innic August l3 Devon and Exeter l5 Eghani 29 iMBER. Brecon 2l Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist Oct. 29 , LER. Newmarket Houghton ..26 :11BER. 1 Shrewsbury Autumn, to •17 WESTMINSTER. FALSE IMPRISONMENT OF A RESPECTABLE MAN.— Richard Phillips, a respectable-looking middle-aged man, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a quantity of timber and bricks, the property of Richard Franklin. Prosecutlr stated that he was a purchaser of some timber and bricks from a French gentleman at the Exhibition. They were in the eastern annexe, and had been used to fix some machinery, since removed. Prosecutor paid a deposit of 10s. on the 19th of November for the timber and bricks, and the balance of 15s. to complete the purchase on the following day. Prosecutor went on the 30th ult. to the eastern annexe to remove the timber and bricks, and found them gone. On making inquiries he found the timber at Douglass's yard, opposite the Cromwell-road. The prisoner was there, and said that he had bought the timber and bricks of a patty. Prosecutor gave him plenty of time to find the man he said he bought the things of, but he did not, and he gave him into custody. Mr. Arnold—How do you make out that the prisoner stole the things ? Prosecutor—l:bought and paid for them, Prisoner—And so did I. Mr. Arnold (to prosecutor)—You have got to prove he stole them. Prosecutor—He had no business with them after I had bought them. Mr. Arnold—He may possess them wrongfully or he may not. You have given him in charge for felony, and it is now for you to prove that he has committed one. He may have a claim to the property as well as yourself. Prosecutor— He can't have, it is mine, I bought and paid for it. Mr. Arnold—l am not siying that it is yours or his, but you both lay claim to it and you say he has stolen it. Prosecutor—l don't know whether ho has stolen it or not. Mr. Arnold—Then you should not have given him in charge. It was a very serious thing to take away a man's character in this way. There is no pretence for charging the prisoner with felony. Prisoner was immediately discharged. It was state I that the accused was a very respectable man. MARKETS--This Day. MARK LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale here to-day was small, Dry samples were in steady request, and prices were well supported; but damp qualities sold heavily on former terms. The market was well supplied with foreign wheat. Generally speaking, sales progressed slowly, yet the cur rencies ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at late rates. Malting buley was in demand, at very full prices. Grinding . and distilling sorts moved off slowly, at late rates. Malt changed hands to a moderate extent, at late rates. There was an increased supply of oats on offer. Good and fine corn ruled firm. Otherwise, the trade was rather less active, but at full prices. Beans and peas were without change in value from Monday; but the demand for them was far from active. In flour, a moderate business was transacted, and the currencies steadily supported. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English-- 920 1,960 2,110 970 930 sacks Irish - Foreign 21,220 17,230 24,910 5,4Z0 brls NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of town and country kilted meat is moderate, and the trade, on the whole, rules steady at full prices. Per Sib. by the carcase. stied sdsd Inferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 Middlingmutton 3 8 4 4 Middling do. .. 3 0 3 6 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Frime large do. 3 8 3 10 Veal Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Small pork 4 0 4 6 Large pork .... 3 6 3 10 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 , BOROUGH HOP. The market for good and fine hops rules firm at extreme rates. Inferior qualities, however, are in improved request, and their value is well supported. The supply of American hops on sale is large. Mid and East Kents 7os to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Kents Sussex Bavarian American 9ss to 112 s COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been a fair amount of business trans acted, and good and fine qualities have realised fully pre vious rates. SUGAR.—The demand for West India descriptions con tinued active, and full rates were obtained for good grocery descriptions. In the refined market the operations were limited, and prices were without material alteration. COFFEE.--There has been a good demand for both Plan tation and native Ceylon, and full rates have been ob tained for good and fine qualities. RlCE.—East Indian descriptions have been in fair re,. quest at steady prices, while other qualities were in some instances rather dearer. TALLOW.—The market has been more a ctive have generally shown an upward movement., I-.y•u• on the spot being quoted 448 3d, and April to June delivery 418 6tl per ewt. an d prices THE CLYDE.—The progres s of the Clyde is si 4:,, onwards. In the last six months of 1862 the revenue of the Clyde trustees was £61,271, as compared with £56,260 in tho corresponding- six months of 1861. A n i crease of £4,651 thus a pp ears in the revenu e of the trust during the six months, indicating a decided buoyancy Cl y d e c ommerce, in sp ite of some depression in the i general nel trade of the empire. The emigration from the Clyde last year, however, presented a considerable increase, compris ing upwards of 8,000 persons, as compared with 4,000 in still 86l t , hi sh n o k w i in t gdethsiartabinletthoeeinnaleaanvdouto better their co n diti on district many of the Scotch 1)y leaving Oak native land, r THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZETTE---This Evening. FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 10. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Count Filippo Mancini as Consul at Newcastle-upon-Tyne; of Mr. Carlo Cattaneo as Consul at Cardiff; and of Mr. Giacomo Sigg as Consul at Bombay, for his Majesty the King of Italy. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Hip polyte Lemiere as Consul in the Mauritius, for the King of Madagascar. INDIA OFFICE, JAN. 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Newton, Esq., of the Bombay Civil Service, to be a Judge of the High Court at Bombay. RACING FIXTU FEBRI Lincoln MA Nottingham Spring 3 Derby Spring Liverpool Spring 10 Shrewsbury l2 Ar Newmarket Craven 6 Durham Catterick Bridge 8 Thirsk l4 I\l Chester 5 Bath l2 Marlborough l4 Ju: Ascot 2 Newton 10 Hampton ..10 01iliain 16 Bibury Club ... ..17 Worcester Newmarket July .. 7 Abing,ion 11 Hi ngert.r,t l6 Auc Pri!l•htcn Brighton' Club Lewes Reading SEPTEI Derby Summer ........ 1 Lichfield ......... , .... 1 Leicester ..............10 Doncaster ..............15 OCT' Newmarket S. 0....... ..12 Lincoln Autumn........ 21 NovE: Worcebter,,,,,twws, 31 BOROUGH OF REIGATE. The Gazette contains the Speaker's warrant for issuing a new writ for the electing of a member to serve in Parlia ment for the borough of Reigate, in the room of the Hon. Wm. John Monson, who has been called to the House of Peers. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 16. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant William Thomas Foster to be Captain by purchise, vice Augustus Barton White, who retires ; Cornet Michell Duncan Gordon to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Foster ; Ensign George Tomkyns Morris, from the 38th Foot, to be Cornet, vice Gordon. sth Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant 'William James Scarlett to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Henniker Lovett, who retires ; Cornet 'William Bennion Foulkes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Scarlet t; Lieutenant James Dyson Bourne to be Adjutant, vice William James Scar lett, promoted. 7th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Edward Goldsmith to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edmund Prideaux Chi chester, promoted -, William Montagu Money, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Goldsmith. 9th Lancers—Cornet Bowyer Wenman Cave-Brown-Cave to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Edward Barrett Hodges Curteis, who retires; 'William Savile, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Cave-Browne-Cave. 10th Hussars—Captain Arthur Herbert Cass to be Major, by purchase, vice Edward Levett, who retires ; Lieuten ant Crofton Toler Vandeleur to be Captain, by purchase, vice Cass; Cornet Thomas Astell St. Quintin to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Vandeleur ; William Herbert Watkins, Gent., to Le Cornet, by purchase, vice St. Quintin. 11th Hussars—Lieutenant the Hon. James David Drum mond to be Captain, by purchase, vice Paget Peploe Mosley, who retires ' - Cornet Llewellyn. Traherne Bast ' sett Saunderson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the I Hon. J. D. Drummond. 13th Hussars—Captain William 'Wallis King, from half pay, late particular service, to be Captain, vice Walter Sydney Tucker, deceased. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain the Hen. John Constantine Stanley to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice John Murray, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant James T. Richard Lane Fox to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Hon. John Constantine Stanley ; Robert Stopford Sholto Douglas, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lane Fox. 4th Regiment of Foot—Captain Francis Fisher Hamilton to be Major, without purchase, vice Augustus Edward henry Ansell, deceased ; Lieutenant Charles Edward Bayard Breton to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hamilton. sth Foot—Captain Edward Townshend, from the 46th Foot, to be Captain, vice William Leach, who exchanges ; Orby Harison, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Joshua Rowley Watson, transferred to the 23d Foot. 11th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Philip Henry Smith, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Charles Hinton Moore, transferred to the Royal Ca nadian Rifle Regiment. 12th Foot—The first Christian name of Ensign Stoton is Albert, and not Abert, as stated in the Gazette of Nov. 7,.1862. 21st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Gordon, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Cross, promoted in the G o ld Coast Artillery Corps. 23d Foot—Ensign Edmund Broughton Knowles Lacon, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Sparrow who re ! tires ; Ensign Joshua Rowley Watson, from the sth Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lacon. 24th Foot—Captain James Stewart has been permitted to retire on half. pay ; Lieutenant George Clarkson Ross to be Captain, by purchase, vice Alex. William Cobham, who retires; Lieutenant Robert Stockham Brydges Leech to be Captain, by purchase; Ensign Wm. Dinwiddie to be Lieutenant, 1 y purchase, vice Ross; John Hastings twat', Gent,, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Din widdie. 26th Foot The services of Assistant-Surgeon John M‘Letchie have been dispensed with, her Majesty haying no further occasion for them. 29th Foot—Captain Somerset Molyneux Clarke to be Ma jor, by purchase, vice Henry George Walker, who re tires; Lieut. Howell Davis to be Captain, by purchase, vice Clarke; Ensign Alfred Wm. Matchett to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Davis ; William Robe: t Elliott, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Matcheti. 37th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Lowther Beattie, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Kennedy, transferred to the 97th Foot. 3Sth Foot—Major and Brevet Lieut,-Colonel Wm. James Loftus to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, vice Lieut.- Colontl :tad Brevet—.:lolonel Wm. G'Grady Ilaly, C. 8., appointed to a Brigade command ; Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Thomas Gloster to be Major, without purchase, vied Brevet Lientenaut-Colonel tus; Lictitenant, - iValter Hume to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Gloster; En sign Norman William Drummond Pringle to be Lieute nant, without put chase, vice Hume; Ensign Thomas Francis Stillwell, from the 67th F o ot, t o be Ensign, vice Morris, transferred to the 2d Dragoon Guards ; Gentleman Cadet henry Mackenzie Macdonald Wood, from the Royal Militrry College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Pringle. 43d Foot—Ensign Arthur Longley, from the 83,1 Foot, to be Ensign, in succession to Lieutenant F. E. Med.. hurst, promoted to an Unattached Company, without purchase. 46th Foot—Captain William Leach, from sth Foot, to be Captain, vice Edward Townshend, who exchanges. 54th Foot—Colour-Sergeant William Echlin Turnley to be Quartermaster, vice Thomas Hipkin, who retires, upon half-pay, 67th Foot—Lieut. John Richard Crane to be Captain, without purchase, vice Malachy Nugent, deceased; En sign William Southby Middleton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Crane; Ensign Arthur James Poole to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Middle ton, whose pr motion, on 10th November, 1862, has been cancelled ; Ensign Thomas Rennie Stevenson to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Poole, whose promotion, by purchase, on 19th December, 1862, has been cancelled Gentleman Cadet John Eyles Blundell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice J. 11. A. Ruttledge, deceased ; Gentleman Cadet John Spence, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Thomas R. Stevenson; George Wylly Barnett Anderson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Stillwell, transferred to the 38th Foot. 68th Foot—Lieutenant Aubrey Harvey Tucker to be Cap tain, without. purchase, vice Edward R. Fox Vicars, de • ceased ; Ensign Wm. W, stop Tut nor to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Tucker 75th , Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Joseph William Carter Neynoe Murphy, from the 12th Foot, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice William Millar, appointed to the Staff. 93d Foot--The second Christian name of Captain Fenwick is Roe, and not Rowe, as previously stated. 97th Foot—Ensign Angus P. Martin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Edwin Dickson llill, promoted by purchase to an Unattached Company; Ensign Walter Joshua Kennedy, from the 37th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Martin. 101st Foot —Captain and Brevet-Major Edward Brown to be Major, without purchase, vice Alexander Hume, who retires , • Lieutenant Thomas Adair Butler to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brown; Ensign Charles Pitken: ham to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Tice Butler. Royal Canadian Rifle Rogiment—Lieutenant Alexander Moore Armstrong to be Captain, by purchase, vice John Shuter Davenport who retires; Ensign William Thomas Philipe Bernard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Armstrong ; Ensign Charles Hin ton Moore, from the 11th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Bernard. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Frederick Edward Med• hurst, from the 43d Foot, to be Captain, without purchase; Lieutenant, with the honorary rank of Captain, John James Charles Irby, Adjutant of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, to be Captain, without purchase ; Lieutenant John Edwin Dickson Hill, from the 97th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Surgeon Major Melborne Broke Gallwey, from the Royal Artillery, to be Staff Sur geon-Major, vice Francis Lewis Fitzgerald, appointed to the 2d Fo ; Assistant-Surgeon William Millar, from the 75th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice William It. I(erans, appointed to the 99th Foot. BREVET. Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Browne Russell, on retired full-pay, from half-pay 3d Dragoon Guards, and Staff Officer of Pensioners, to have the honorary rank of Colonel. Paymaster Rebert Thompson, 63d Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. Quarter-Master Thomas Hipkin, half-pay, late 54th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain. MEMORANDUM.—The second Christian name of Staff Surgeon Teller, with the honorary rank of Deputy In spector-General of Hospitals, promoted to the Staff Surgeon of the Ist Class, in the Gazette of the 28th March, 1854, is Thomson, and not Thomas, as then stated. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Robert M. Heath, builder, Pimlico Wm. Flynn, draper, Caadiff. BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of any importance which appear in the Gazette ral : lornsey Philemon Edwards, bui e t l ord Alfred Roto, plumb er, H ating_ton Jo s eph Fawcett, il atler d Thomas I3oydon, b b u ak . e a r e , Davd H thcoto, builder, Sheffield David Rog ers, miller, Brill, Bucks Staun t o n, painter, Liverpool Ja mes James MM. Pascoe and John H. M aw, manufacturers, Manchester Thomas Palmer, rope manufacturer, Plymouth Charles H. Whapham, farmer, Ileathfield, Sussex Wm. H. Scar, grainer, Pimlico Edward King, baker, New Kent-road James Hampton, builder, Camberwell-green SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Alexander De war, hotel keeper, Glasgow John Forbes, farmer, Stratbdon Hugh Kennedy, baker, Ayr Course of the Exchange—This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam .. Antwerp — 25 37f 25 45 Brussels — 25 371 25 45 Hamburgh — 13 6/ 13 6f Paris Ditto M ar seilles Frankfort on Nal110„ 1181 119* Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. VALETTA, Jan. 10.—The naval movements of the week comprise the arrival of her Majesty's gunboat Alacrity, 4, Commander J. Baird, on the 7th inst., from the Pi! mus, Syre, and Candia ; and the arrival, on the sth, of the Russian frigate (screw) Asliaba, Capt. N. Nasimoff, from Villafranca. and Syracuse, on her way to Athens. She proceeded on her voy age on the Bth inst. Telegraphic news having been received Out pirates were in the neighbourhood of the Pirmus, plundering Greek merchants, her Ma jesty's sloop Pelican, 17, Commander P. Brock, and a French and an Austrian gunboat were sent from the Piraeus in pursuit of them. The Hon. M. Scar lett was to proceed on the 3d inst., in H.M.S. Queen, 76, Capt. C. Hillyar, from Athens to Pares and Nauplia. Vice-Admiral Sir Jas. live, passed through Al Alta, in the Delta, on Saturday lett, on his way home from China, having been re lieved by Admiral Kuper. Iu order to facilitate the coaling of thesteam ships of war at Chatham the Ocean and Fortitude coal depots are to be fitted with machinery for more speedily discharging coals into the vessels placed alongside. The following a ppointments were made yesterday . at the Admiralty :—Lieut. E. F. Kerby, to com mand the Triton, commissioned ; Lieut. E. H. Wil kinson, to command the Caradoc, commissioned ; A. F. Gibbons, second master, to the Triton ; J. L. Page, assi , st—paymaster in charge, to the Caradoc ; Dr. M. Rogers, assist.-surg., to Plymouth Hospital; Dr. P. Mansfield, assist.-surg., to the Caradoe; and E. H. Hodges, master's-assist., to the Triton. THE ARMY. A general order from the Horse Guards has been promulgated at Chatham garrison, announcing that with a view to reward distinguished and meri torious service, and of promoting good conduct in the army, a Royal warrant has been issued in which her Majesty directs that a certain fixed sum may be granted in annuities to sergeants. They shall bo entitled to receive and wear a silver medal, bearing on one side the Royal effigy, and on the other the words "For meritorious service," the name and rank of the sergeant being inscribed therecn. The Royal warrant further announces that a silver medal, bearing on it the words "For distinguished conduct in the field," shall in certain cases where specially recommended be issued to sergeants, with annuity, in lieu of the before-mentioned medal, " for meritorious service," subject, however, to the conditions and limitations now in force as to the granting of annuities. It also states that a medal shall be granted, without annuity or gratuity, to sergeants, corporals, and privates of the army, where specially recommended by the General Com manding-in-Chief, and approved by the Secretary of State for War, for individual acts of distinguished conduct in the field in any part of the world. In promulgating the general order containing the Royal warrant, the Field Marshal Commanding in-Chief desires it to be distinctly understood that no retrospective action will be given to the warrant so far as distinguished conduct medals, without annuity or gratuity, are concerned. Second French Despatch on the Affairs of Greece. The following is the second of two despatches by M. Drouyn de Lhuys upon the affairs of Greece, the first of which was published in our columns some weeks since : IFIE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE DIPLOMATIC AGENTS OF THE EMPEROR. Paris, Dec. 21, 1862. Sir,--The despatch 'addressed to you on the 4th of this month upon the affairs of Greece made you acquainted with the incidents which were followed by the three Powers agreeing to maintain the stipu lations of the protocol signed by them in 1830, and which excluded the members of their reigning families from the throne of Greece. In consequence of this understanding, the envoys at Athens of France, England, and Russia, informed the Provi sional Government of Greece that neither Prince Alfred of England nor the Duke de Leuchtenberg could accept the crown of Greece if offered to them by the Hellenic nation. The only really serious cause of complication being thug removed, the Powers naturally had to occupy themselves in designating a Prince, not be longing to reigning families, who could be recom mended to the suffrages of Greece. As far as we are concerned we enter into the investigation intent only upon the interests of Greece herself, and we are ready to welcome the candidature of any prince affording the necessary guarantees by his age and personal capacity. In my interview with the English Ambassador and the Russian Charge d'Affaires, I have examined from this point of view various proposals which, after leading to overtures without result, have been successively abandoned. The last suggestion of the British Government was King Ferdinand of Portugal, father of the reigning sovereign. That Prince is in the prime of life, and he has had experience of government; he combined thus all the qualities essential for occupy ing the throne of Greece, and we hastened to make known in London and St. Petersburg that this selection met with our approbation. Nevertheless, the representations made to King Ferdinand did not have the effect of deciding him to give hi's consent to the offers addressed to him, and our latest news from Lisbon is of a kind to make us consider his re fusal definitive. lam not yet able to let you know the result of the fresh n egotiations this occurrence has led to. As you will have already learnt from general re port (le bruit public), her Britannic Majesty has resolved to renounce her protectorate of the lonian Isles in favour of Greeee. Two conditions will be attached to this cession by England ; first, the con sent of the Powers concerned in the diplomatic ar rangements which regulated the affairs of the Islands in 1815 ; secondly, the preservation in Greece of monarchical institutions, and the respect of terri torial boundaries in conformity with the assurances voluntarily given by the Provisional Government. We do not hesitate, as far as we are concerned, to support a resolution which, whatever may be the considerations that dictated it, has the incontestible advantage of satisfying the interests of Greece and of responding to the wishes so frequently expressed by the lonian people. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. The presents Secretary o f the Great Western R a il way Company his complimEnt s t o t h e Editor of The Sun, an d begs the favour o f t h e insertion ofu.'n the en closed circular in t_or row' s impression of hi s paper:— London Terminus, Paddington, Jan. 15. The directors have much satisfaction in communicating to the Great Western proprietors that, in conjunction with the West Midland Company, they have entered into two separate agreements, the one with the London and South- Western Railway Company, and the other with the London and North-Western Railway Company. The main object of these agreements is to utilise existing lines, by increased facilities being given to each other, thereby affording improved accommodation to the public, and avoiding expenditure by the projection of new lines, which might tend to unnecessary or injurious competition. The agreements made for amalgamation of the West Midland and South Wales Companies with the Great Western Company are presented for confirmation by Far liament in the approaching session. The only bill for a new work promoted in this session by the Great Western Company is to complete a short june. tion at Great Bridge, in South Staffordshire, between two lines already formed, and for which provision is made under the terms of the agreement with the Lo w nd h o i n ch a a n r d North Western Railway Company e entirely the direct ors , an d propri e t ors , th a t it h as a t o a r m i a a n n e y e reports h e h a p v o e l i c h 3 e , e p n u c r j a r: e n d ] a t t c y d , to m no is tw lea it d hs t t h a e nding the near approach bee which nt h a a r a e g c h a t l c d u a l s a i t r e a ( b l of the half -yearly meeting, to place these facts before them at once. The directors will be prepared, when they meet the pro prietors in February, to afford a full explanation of these matters. On behalf of the Great Western directors, (Signed) SHELBURNE, Chairman. rad4ingtou Station, 15t1 January, 1863,