The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-02 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Although the demand for money is very actively maintained, the rates remain stationary, 3 per cent. being generally required for 90 days paper, with occasional transactions at 1 1 - per cent. lower. The B ink of England return for the week to Wednesday last exhibits some i m portant changes occasioned by the usual disbursements at this period. The authorities had experienced a considerable increase of loan and discount business, and the other securities have been largely augmented. A. small addition has been made to the stock of bul lion, but the reserve of notes has been materially reduced. Some of the other items exhibit move ments of interest, as will be seen by the subjoined particulars : Active Circulation .. £19,871,250 Increase .. 372,355 Bullion .. .. • . 14,956,421 Increase Rest 85,626.. 3,120,035 Increase .. 13,903 Public Deposits .. • .. 8,338,717 Decrease ..• 315,782 Other Deposits.. Increase .• .. 15,469,254 • .. 1,162,767 Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 645,185 Decrease • 6,318 Government Securities ' 11,244,873 Increase .. 110,356 Other Securities .. 21,146,147 Increase .. 1,030,933 Notes Unemployed .. 8,897,945 Decrease .. .. 290,900 The Kangaroo, from New York, has brought £120,000, and the Hansa £ll,OOO in specie. Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool cotton market to-dcy declined id. to id. per lb. from the extreme prices of Monday. A fair business doing, and sales probably 5,000 bales. At the half-yearly meeting of the London Dock Company just held, the usual dividend at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum was declared. A decline of about / per cent. took place yester day afternoon in the market for the English Funds, and continued heaviness was apparent at the com mencement of business this morning. Subsequently a few purchases were effected, and prices have tended upwards in consequence. Consols are 921 1 for money, 921 for the Bth instant, and 921 for February. The New Threes and Reduced are 921 1; India 5 per Cent. 1084 ; and a bargain has taken place in Exchequer Bills at Bs. premium, showing business. The transactions in the Foreign Stock Market have been rather numerous, and prices are steadily supported. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, 711 72; ditto 1862, 681 1 ex div.; and the Consolides 401 41. Egyptian are 95; ditto second issue, 941; Italian, 691 1 1 ex div. ; ditto Railway Loan, 731 741; Moorish, 971; Mexican, 311 32 ; Portuguese New L o an, 47i, ex div.; Russian ditto, 95i ; Spanish Passive, 248; and Venezuelan Scrip, 11 dis, In the Railway Share Market business remained rather dull, but a slight advance took place in prices. South Easterns and North Westerns improved os., Great Northerns 10s., and the A Stock £l. Lon don and Brightons rose 108., while Great Westerns declined 10s. The foreign and colonial lines remained without any material variation. Ottoman improved to 121 ; San Paolo declined. to 229 ex div.; and Recife and Sari Francisco to 18i ; Great Indian Pzninsula de clined to 104, ex div. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares were in moderate request, without any change of impor tance to record in value; London and Brazilian re ceded about 55.; London and Buenos Ayres im proved 58. ; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 10s, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Dank Stock 234 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per C en t . C onsols Annuities New 3 p er C ent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. •1880. Ditto for 30 y rs, exp i re sth April, 1885 l5l India Stock Ditto 5 per C en t Shut .lo Ditte Enfac e d P aper, 4 per Cent 968/ D tin Bonds £l,oou 26 Consols for Account I Exch equer Bill s, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 8921 Ditto 1,500 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING 1 1'4ICES. Brazili an 5 p er C en t Chilian 6 per Cent. _ Ditto 41 per Cent 95 Egpptian 7 per Cent 9 Ditto, Second Iss ue Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremtuana Railway) '731 41 Mexica n 3 per Cent .... 311 D itto Account 32 11 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Ditto ex ov er -d ue Coups. & Hectares 121 ..... Ditto Deferred sf reruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 1862 D itto:Account .. Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 :Ditto 3 per Cent.,1856 , '7 , ' 9, and '60.. Ditto Account.... Ditt o 1862 461 _ Ditto Scrip, £25 paid 3 i 47i i 7 Pm Itussian 5 p er Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Dittol3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 Ditto 5 per Cent.,1862, Scrip, £47 pd... 11 I t pm r •sixtnish 3 r Cent . Ditto Account.. ............... . Ditto Passive . Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account 81 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account . ......... DDitto 6 per Cent. 1862 itto Account. VenezDitto Guararteed, 4 per Cent. Cent... DiDitto 1031 uela, 3 per Cent tto Account Ditto 6 per Cents:, 1862 (SCrip), 153 pd 11 I dis Dividends on the above payable in London, Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 florins .. • . 67f Dutch 21 per Cent,, Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates l talian, 5 pz r C ent. , 1861, ... Ex. 25f. - Ditto Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money ..... ......... .... 921 Ditto Account, Jan 8 •• 92t t ZIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 2 . —Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; strong breeze, and cloudy weather, with slight ram. It blew a heavy gale during the night, accom panied with rain. GLOUCESTER, Jan. I.—Wind S,W.—Arrived—Alert, from Sulina. Poursuounr, Jan. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Egypt, from Callao for Cowes; White Rose, from London, for Melbourne. QuEENsToWN, Jan I . — Arrived—Toronto, from New York, X b ro X id one, frINGSTON, om JaNew Yorn. I.—Arrived —Petro Slan a , an d S an k. CARDIFF, Jan. I.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Maria Anna, for Monte Video. OFT litinsr CASTLE, Jan. 2.—Arrived—Tyne, screw steamer, from Brazils. BRISTOL, Jan. I.—The wind has been blowing very strong all day from the south-west, and still continues, with every appearance of a gale. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Jan. I—Glencoe, from Foo-Chow-Poo ; s worth, from Calcutta ; Geo, 1 etworth, from Colomb o • Neptune, from Shanghai ; Waterloo, from Rotterdam. Sailed Cid, steamer, for Santander. DEAL, Friday Morning. No arrivals. It has bl own a strong, heavy gale from the south - west durin g the night, and still continues. Shipping apparently ;rode well. MYSTERIOUS DEATH I N THE THAMEs—Yes . terday a long inquiry was gone into before Mr : Bedford , at the Compasses, Mount-street, Grosvenor s q ua re, relativ e t o the death of Mr. William M'Artbur, a g c d 39 , clerk to Mr. Linklater, one of the coinmissioners e of the B an k ruptcy Court, whose body was found under th following mysterious circumstances :—The deceased lived at 23, Kensington -place, Kensington. On Christmas-day, a s t ° a " his wife l e ft h ome to take a walk. They got as far h e 3 r: take some ""Ig William th e F ourth, where they went in to refr eshment, and th e y l e ft th ere b etween nine p ar ted fro m and ten o 'clock, T he deceased, who had been drinking, till the his wife, a n d not hi ng more was heard of him next morning, when he was found drowned near s ome steps Which descended into the water. Several of the witne&ses complained that these steps were very dangerous, and the landlord of the William the Fourth stated that he had saved the lives of soix t t he e i er sons who had fallen through m. The jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned, but hove he became so drowned there was not sufficient writesteps to the Waterman's Company asking them to put the in question iu a secure state, they being under the 094491 Ott hett agupany, Closing Share aailways Paul. Price. Business done 100 IA lantic &St Liwienc( all 67 69 1 Bom.,BarodaSz.Cent Ind leo 104 105 1011 xn Gu. 5 per cent. . 20 Do. New . . ..... 2 205 Buffalo and Lase ***** all 54 51 10 Do. Preference .... all 71 85 too f I Buffalo,Brant,&Godrici; 10 , 77 80 ( 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 78 75 100 Do. do, June 1, 1671 100 73 76 st ilcutta.&S.Eastn.(J, ,, ) 100 103 105 1015 xn at Cape Town & Dock Seri/ 100 1( 8 1(9 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 1044 II 55! xn stock East Indian, gu. sp. c . 100 1064 107 5{ 1074 7 xn 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 5. 1 14p xn 20 Do. do. H do. .. 2 4 p 21 xn stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 22 23 221 ft 100 Do. 6pi er cent. Pref.. all 74 76 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. all 69 66 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 1 34 86 35 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 48 52 100 Do. do. 1867., all 34 26 100 Do. do. 1872., all 34 26 stock 1 G t.lndis.Penin.gua.sp.c 100 105 106 1054 xn 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 1 15p 13 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 lip Xll stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1035 1044 20 5 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 13 155 20 4 Do. New 18 74 744 10 0 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 99 101 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 91 93 92 10 Indian Branch Limited I id 1p 2 stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 103 lot xn stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 1197 19 stock Dc. 44 d 0........ 100 f 43 5 945 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 xn stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 50 51elb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 20 Newßrunswick et Can& Class A Capital Share all 3 5 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... all 3 N.Rl.C'da6 po Ist T bds 100 83 B 5 stock Scinde (100 le4 106 1055 et f Do. Delhi ' 100 103 104 1035 xn Do. do gi 2 4ip 21 xn 20 j Do. Punjaub 15 4 p 151 at !Do. Do. . ?, ‘ „i , 100 ,1035 1044 104 xn stock i Do. Indus. St. 000 99 101 100 xn COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.J a &July , , 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 1.06 108 i Do. 6 P.C. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 975 98 974 8 xd Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 16 98 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 ,04 110 Do.Ap &Oat. 1880 100 111 113 Do. 1890 100 112 114 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 111 113 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 I N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..1 a.&July l l 100 1045 1055 105 ad I Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p c.,1866 1 100 995 10041 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 18761 100 994 1004, Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 195 994 ad New Zealand 6p. cent. , 100 ' 108 110 ' 1095 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterlingf, 1875 lOO 105 106 I Queensland Gov. 6 p.' c ' 100 1(8 110 S. Aus G6p.C.1878.&up 1 100 109 111 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..&Julyi 100 Do. io 6 p.a. An.dzOot.. 1 100 ,1(91 1091 1098 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 fp Chflord Amalgamated.. 21 23 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist., 1 500 510 East Bassett (Mogan). 30 52 64 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. p 4p East Caradon ...... 1.14., 434 444 East Care Brea. .. .. 3.0.0 11 (14 E. WI Russel (Tavistli., 7.19.0 21 31 3 am.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 574 15 17 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 7 76 G. Wheal Vor (Helstons 40 6 64 Grenville Herod's-Foot B.lO 4S "50 Hingston Downs 4.17.0 ' 2} 21 Lady Bertha - Margaret (tiny Lelant' 94 41 53 401 - Nlarke Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) ds pr New Setun l9l 135 145 North Downs - 25 25 21 WWI Basset (Illo_fan 1.17.‘ 25 3 NTorth Wheal Crafty 2.4.9 - 5- 54 Par Consols (St. Blazey, 14 5 6 10 CroiridencelUny Lelnt. 10.6,7 1 43 425 IS. Caradon(St.Cleer , 14 - 380 - 39) - ) 3. Care Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 25 24 ~ Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1 ,9 90 95 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 44 1 1 10 Tin Croft 9 13 19 13 4 West Basset (Illogan) l4 13 14 —41 V (Liskeard 5 26 28 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan 58 774 824 Wheal Buller(ltedruth‘ 5 474 125 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 75 84 WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 15 16 Wheal Seton 584 220 230 2125 224 5 wheal Trefavvney (Lis ) 7 17 18 Wheal Union 3.13 , 54 65 6 PREFERENCE SHARES. Lancashire and Yorkshire 44 per cent. (Blackburn pun), 1011 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 96} Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, ti per cent., 125 North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref.), 99 Stockton and Darlington, B, 6 per cent., 34 West Midland, Oxford guaranteed stock, 127} PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent. pref., 108 7 London, Chatham, &c , Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., lei LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Birkenhead, 91—Buckinghamshire, 961 London and Chatham 4 per Cent., 891 • London and Greenwich, 6k Nottingham and Grantham R. and C., 961 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8 Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) guaranteed 7 per cent, 201 1 Eastern of France, 211—Great Luxembourg, 141 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, guaranteed 7 per cent. (11m.), 211 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidln), 121 6 1 Recife and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 181 1 Sambre and Meuse, 104 San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent. (all), 22i- 31 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 231 West Flanders, 71 FO REIGN MINES. Mont. Aureos Braz. Gold Min. Co. (lim.), 2; Port Philip, t; (—Santa Barbara Gold Mine (lim.), ; 1 Scottish Australian (lim.), If A I St. John del Rey (lim.), 55) 5 -United Mexican (lim.), 51 JOI NT- STOCK BANKS. Alliance Australasia, B a I 1 7 k 01? Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 21 f London and Liverpool (lim.), 201 20 Chartered ner. of India, London, and China, 42 1 Eng., Scot., and Australian Chartered, 211 1 Hindustan, China, and Japan (lira.), 8 London and Brazilian (lim.), 321 London, B. Ayres, and R. Plate aim.), London Chartered Bank of Australia, 274 London Joint Stock, 36 -London and South African, 24 1 Oriental Bank Corporation, 55 Ottoman Bank, ;• 41 I 4--Ditto, new, 81 i 7; Union of Ireland (Urn.), 1O 1 6—Union of London, 3 4 MISCEL LANEOUS. Australian Agricultural, 25 —Berlin Water Works, 61 Crystal Palace, ;4 Italian Irrign and Canal, 2 Peninsular and Oriental Steam, ail RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. REGENT CIRCUS AND KING'S-CROSS. This line is proposed to run from a station in Windmill street, Haymarket, near the church recently erected by Miss Burdett Coutts in that locality. The line is intended to take an entirely subterranean route through Soho, Tottenham-court-road, Bloomsbury, St. Pancras, Euston road, Liverpool-street, Gray's-inn-road, Belgrave-street, Chesterfield-street, and Pentonville and York roads; to a junction with the King's-cross station of the Great Northern Railway, which will then, by means of the Me tropolitan Railway, have both a City and West-end ter minus. Parliamentary powers are to be taken to divert or alter the levels of any of these thoroughfares, and to raise £1,333,000 for con.tructing the line. The deposit money required by Parliament as security for the completion of the proposed railway within five years will amount to £BO,OOO, being 8 per cent. on one million, the estimated cost of the undertaking. SHARE MARKETS--This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share! Railways. i r aid. l Closing Business Price. , done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid . C o Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Corl , . awl Bandon Corn iv, 11 , Do A A ”etS DO ;lip , D o. B till6pe.pqn.hflB' been paid to B. 1 'Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western Great Eastern, Ord, stk Ditto A stock I 8 84 fi tit 84 138 115 k 116; 116 i Ditto East Anc,rlian st i GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares. :Gt. S. an I W. of Ireland iGreat Western st Do Str Val gua, stock st Lancashire & Yorkshire st London and Blackwall at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., sad Dover at Lon. & North Western st Lon. & South Western at Man., Shef., 415 Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 124 Do t shares 10 Metropolitan at Midland 6.4.0 Do New Do Binning. & Derby Vfid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 6 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.. ..... North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do . Do New, 1880 Taff Vale. .. Do B Do C later Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford t Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R.l West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 6! 71 41 13 13 14 87 88 105 107 46 47 43 45 24 25 121 1 . 26! 130 132 136 138 104 106 e 6/ (II 109} MI 71i 72/ 118 119 117 i 384 9'4 B7i 101 102 40/ 41 9i 9} 1284 129 It ltp 97 99 54 54i 26 27 99i 100 56 67 881 fBl 125 127 108 110 1p 41 si 11 114 118 120 474 484 104 106 47 49 334 344 884 69 684 894 100 103 7 8 39 40 104 7 p, 74 p 148 150 44 5 t, 2 p 55 4 3 4 564 24 34 p d 4 p 87 90 140 145 29 31 43 45 35 87 94 2 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 13.14 19.16.4 12.10 -THE SUN; LONDON, FRIDAY EVIINING, JANUARY 2, 18i3. LAW INTELLIGENCE---This Day. LORD MAYOR'S COURT. (Before the Recorder and a Common Jury.) THE PLEA OP "NEVER INDEBTED"-STORES V. CLARKE, This was an action to recover £lO Bs. 9d. upon a bill of exchange, and Mr. Henry Jamea (instructed by Mr. Pearce, of Giltspur-street), appeared for the plaintiff. Mr. James said he was at a loss to know what could be the defence to the present action. Defendant had pleaded never indebted, but defendant had actually given plaintiff a bill of exchange for the amount. Plaintiff said he was a brandy distiller of Snow-hill. Goods to the amount of £lO Bs. 9d. had been 'supplied to defendant, who promised to pay. Subsequently defendant accepted a bill of exchange, produced. It had been dis honoured. His Lordship—Well, gentlemen, defendant does not attend here to-day, and you will find for the plaintiff. Verdict for plaintiff. ANOTHER CASE.-NICKLINSON V. COUSINS. This was an action to recover £54 Bs. 9d. for butcher's meat. Mr. Henry James (instructed by Mr. Pearce) ap peared for plaintiff, Mr. James said this was another case in which defendant had pleaded never indebted, and even did not come forward in support of his plea. Plaintiff said he was a meat salesman of Newgate Market, and defendant was a butcher. The whole of the meat had been supplied. Verdict for plaintiff. Of course the defendants in these cases have to pay extra costs for the time gained by their pleas. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW-STREET. DESPERATE ASSAULT.—Three men named Lawler, Murphy, and Connor, were placed at the bar on remand charged with committing robbery with assault. One of the prosecutors, Smith, said on Saturday last, about half-past 10, he was near Cursitor-street, in company with his friend Willams, when they were surrounded by a number of men and women, whose object was robbery. He struggled to prevent the prisoners taking anything, when he was felled to the ground by a blow on the head. He was rendered quite senseless by ill usage. He was cer tain Lawler was one of the men who attacked him, and he thought Murphy, but he could not speak positively to him. He had been having a little drop of beer, but he was quite sensible enough to know what was going on." Williams, the other prosecutor, said he was in company with Smith when he was surrounded by some men and women. In addition to being violently assaulted, he had lost his watch and chain. Police-constable, F 80, said, about twenty minutes after the occurrence he heard a man had been robbed. He want to Cursitor-street, where he saw Williams and Smith both bleeding from the face. The latter was scarcely able to stand, and atter hearing the story, he went to Church Building with both of them to see if he could find any of the men who had committed the outrage. A cap was picked up which was given into the care of Police-constable 40, and they proceeded to Plough-court, where they found the prisoner Lawler in bed. He was taken into custody. As they were leaving the house Lawler could not find his cap, and the other constable showed him the cap he had in his possession, which he Laid was his, and held out his hand to take it. The cap was, however, lost as they were going to the station. When Smith saw Lawler at the dock at the station he at once identified him as the man who had knocked him down. Mr. Sutton, a licensed victualler, of Cursitor-street, said on the day in question he heard a rumbling noise in a pas sage near his house. He went to the door, when he saw Lawler, Murphy, and two other persons rushing towards his house. Williams was pursuing them. He refused to allow them to enter, and they went to another public-house which had a private way into the adjoining street. The row was of that description which was so frequent in the neigh bourhood, that he took no notice of it. Inspector Mackenzie said he had another person in attendance, but he had the greatest difficulty in getting persons to come to the court to give their evidence. He should have to ask for another remand. Charles Bebouchy said he kept a ceffee-house in Cur sitor-street. He was in the public-house kept by Mr. Sutton on Saturday last, when he heard a great noise coming through the passage which adjoins the house. He went to the door and there ho saw Smith being pulled along by the hair of his head by a woman, while two men, of whom Lawler was one, were violently assaulting him. Lawler had his arm round Smith's neck, and the other pri soner who ill-used the prosecutor was ♦ery much like Connor. A cry of police was raised, when they dropped the man and ran away. He also saw two men ill-using Smith, but he could not say who they were. There were five men and one woman engaged in the assault. Inspector Mackenzie said that was all the evidence he had to offer to-day. Mr. Wontner, who appeared for Lawler, asked whether there was sufficient evidence to justify the further deten tion of his client. Mr. Henry said there was not only enough for his deten tion but his committal, as he (the magistrate) had quite made up his mind to send the case before a jury. The prisoners were then remanded for a week. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SOLICITOR CHARGED WITH AN UNPROVOKED As- SAULT ON A. CONSTABLE AT THE STATION.—Mr. Theodore Raxon, of 32, Gordon-square, solicitor, was charged before Mr. Knox with being drunk and riotous in the Haymarket, as also with violently assaulting police-constable Charles Smith, 62 X, in the Vine-street station-house. Wm. Mackay, 313 A, said about one o'clock this morn ing he saw the defendant in the Haymarket, in a state of intoxication, holding an altercation with a cabman, who said that he had brought the defendant from the Strand, and that he wouid not pay him his fare of a shilling. As the defendant was creating a disturbance, and would not go away, he took him into custody. At the station, while a constable was putting him into a cell, he turned round and struck the constable a violent blow on the lips. Charles Smith, 62 X, said he was acting gaoler at the Vine-street station, and after the charge was taken, and while putting the defendantin the cell, without the slightest provocation—the defendant going quietly at the time—he turned round and gave him a violent blow in the mouth, cutting his lip right through. Mr. Knox asked - whether the doctor had' seen the con stable ? - Inspector Wilson said he sent the constable to the hos pital at once. - Defendant said he was drunk, and had no idea of com mitting an assault, And he was not aware of ever having seen the constable before, Mr. Knox said he was sorry it was one of those cases in which he was precluded 'from allowing the defendant to make compensation to the person assaulted, the person be ing a police-constable. The defendant, however, must pay £5, or a month, for the assault, as he (Mr. Knox) must protect the police. ANOTHER RUFFIANLY ASSAULT ON THE POLICE. — Thomas Williams, of 14, Hemming's-row, clerk, was next charged with violently assaulting and blacking the eyes in a frightful manner of police-constables Richardson, 212 C, and Thom, 63 C. Mr. Knox said the police had an arduous and painful duty to dttcharge, and they must be protected when simply doing their duty. The defendant was fined 405., or 14 days, for each assault. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of Eng lish wheat were small. Dry samples moved off slowly, at Monday's currency; otherwise the trade was dull, on former terms. With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. In most descriptions, a fair retail business was transacted, and prices were steadily supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at late rates. Malting barley ruled firm, and its value was well main tained. Grinding and distilling sorts changed hands slowly, at previous quotations. Malt changed hands to a limited extent, at late rates. The supply of oats was very moderate. The trade, how ever, was by no means active, yet prices ruled firm. Beans and peas were in slow request, at Monday's currency. The flour trade was somewhat inactive. There were no sellers, however, except at full quotations. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout English-- 760 I 410 I 840 790 2,14 0 sacks Irish — 50 880 Foreign—. _moo ! 19,840 10,510 110 sacks 16,530 brio NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets aro well supplied with meat, and the trade rules heavy on easier terms. Per 81b. by the carcase. skied Inferior beef 2 6 2 10 Nliddling do. .. 3 0 3 4 Crime large do. 3 6 3 8 Do. small do. .. 3 10 4 0 Large pork .... 3 2 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 sded Middlingmutton 3 8 4 2 Primo do 4 4 4 6 Veal Small pork ~ .. 4 0 4 6 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in our market is exceedingly small. The beat samples of bops fairly support previous rates, but the value of inferior produce has a downward tendency. With foreign hops the market is well supplied. Mid and East Keats 908 to 180 s per owt. Weald of Dents B4s to 160 s 29 Sussex . Belgian .••.•• ...., 94s to 130 s ,1 100 s to 130 s 11 American llss t o 130 s Bavarian lgi . MALTA, DEC, 31.—Pirates are reported between Scio and Smyrna. Her Majesty's steamer Foxhound and Pelican, are cruising ill Wall of them. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—THURSDAY. The new year was inaugurated here with a blank after noon. MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASE, FLAT, AND HURDLE RACE MEETING, THURSDAY. A Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, 1 ft, with 25 soya added. The winner of any hurdle race or steeple chase after the 16th of December, at 10 a.m., 71b extra. Second to save his stake. About two miles. Capt. H. Rhys's Rhcebus, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b (Mr. Wood) 1 Mr. Wadlow's Pot Pourri, 4 yrs, lOst (W. White) 2 Mr. Weyman's The Miller, aged, 9st 101 b .... (R. Sly) 3 The following also ran :—Joe Maley, Mary Stuart, Sher wood, and Puss.' Betting-5 to 2 agst Rhcebus, 4to 1 agat Pot Pourri, and 6 to 1 each agst the Miller, Joe Maley, and Sherwood. After the lot had settled into their places, Joe Maley and Sherwood went to the front, the others, headed by Mary Stuart and Pot Pourri, following in rather straggling order. They ran, with but little change, for about a mile and a half, when Rhoabus and Pot Pourri shot to the van, and all the others, with the exception of the leaders and the Miller, were disposed of. Within the distance Rhcebus and Pot Pourri quitted the Miller, and, after a good race, Rhoabus won cleverly by three- quarters of a length; the Miller was a bad third ; and nothing else passed the post. The Trial Handicap of 3 soya each, lft, with 20 added, for all ages. Second to save his stake. The winner of any flat race after Dec. 16, 51b extra. About one mile on the flat. Mr. Wallace's Golden Drop, 3 yrs, 6st 61b .... (Britton) 1 Mr. Bell's Cygnet, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Hobson) 2 Capt. Rhys's Rossmore, 4 yrs, Bst (Griffin) 3 Mr. W. Phillips's Lorette, 3 yrs, Est 21b .... (G. Noble) 4 The following also ran :—Sherwood, Shan Van Vocht, Puss, Gaiety, Miss Taft, and Rose de Clare. Betting-3 to 1 agst Golden Drop, 7to 2 agst Lorette, 5 to 1 each agst Cygnet and Rossmore, and 8 to 1 agst any other (offered). The lot were despatched to a capital start, those showing in front on passing the stand being Shan Van Vocht, Golden Drop, Rossmore, Cygnet, and Loretto; and the rear was brought up by Gaiety and Sherwood. They ran thus to the far side of the course, where Golden Drop assumed the lead, and the boy being unable to hold him, he swerved across the course, but he ultimately won in a canter by 10 lengths. Cygnet, Rossmore, and Lorette finished close together, ts length dividing the second and third and third and fourth horses. The City Steeplechase, of 5 soya each, 1 ft, with 50 added. The winner of any steeplechase or hurdle race after Dec. 16, at 10 a.m., to carry 71b extra, Second to save his stake. About three miles and a half. Mr. Wallace's Lincoln, aged, 9st 41b Mr. Coburn's Joe Maley, aged, 10st Captain Rhys's The Flat, aged, lOst (Mr. Wood) 3 Captain Starkie's Sepoy, aged, lOst 61b .... (Mr. James) 4 The following also ran :—Mytton, Fanny, Leopold g, Alchymist, The Pony, and Chastisement. Betting-2 to 1 agat Lincoln, sto 1 each agat Sepoy and The Pony, 6 to 1 agst Joe Maley, and 10 to 1, at first 5 to 2 —agst Mytton. Fanny cut out the work, closely followed by Lincoln, The Pony, Leopold, Joe Maley, The Flat, and Sepoy, the rear being brought up by Chastisement, Alchymist, and Mytton. They proceeded in this manner to the fence on going out of the course, where The Pony Chastisement, Alchymist, and Mytton refused, and were immediately out of the race. On proceeding along the far side of the course, Leopold, Joe Maley, Lincoln, and The Flat became the leading horses, and they ran in this man ner on passing the stand the second time round the course. From this point, just before reaching which Leopold had refused, the race was confined to Lincoln, Joe Maley, The Flat, and Sepoy ; and for the next mile Lincoln and Joe Maley raced for the lead, which was held by Lincoln, who eventually won in a common canter by six lengths ; ten lengths separated the second and third horses. The Sepoy a bad fourth, and nothing else passed the post. The Selling Stakes of 3 alas each, with 20 sows added, if three run. 3-yr-olds, Bst ; 4-yr-olds, 9st 121 b ; 5 • yr olds, lOst 71b ; and upwards, lOst 121 b. Fillies and geldings allowed 31b--41 entrance to go to the fund. The winner to be sold for £3O; if for £2O allowed 71b, and for £lO allowed 141 b. The winner to be sold by auction, and any surplus to go towards expenses. Newmarket rules. Three-quarters of a mile, Mr. W. Phillips's b f Lorette, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b (G. Noble) 1 Captain Rhys's:b c Rossmore, 4 yrs, 9st 121 b (Mr. Wood) 2 Mr. Smith's b g Tautology, 4 yrs, 9st 21b ..(T. Barlow) 3 Weasel and Rose de Clare also ran, Betting-5 to 4 agst Lorette, sto 2 each agst Weasel and Rossmore, and 4to 1 agst Tautology. Won easily by two lengths; same between the second and third. Rose de Clare fell. The winner was sold to Mr. Peace for £l9 10s. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZETTE—TIiis Evening. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 31. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade give notice, that the Monitcur of the 30th instant, contains a French Imperial Decree, abolishing from the Ist January, 1863, the drawbacks accorded by the Decree of the 18th August, 1852, 19th January, 1856, 29th May, 1861, and 20th July, 1862 respectively, on the ex portation of products derived from salt. THE SPRING HANDICAPS. The following nominations for the Chester Cup, Liver pool Spring Cup, Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase, and the Sefton Handicap, Liverpool, are the whole of the entries made at Chester up to 10 p.m. January 1 The Chester Cue. Run May 6. Distance, two miles and Yrs Adventurer 4 Agag Amelia Barbadoes Beachy Head 4 Berkeley 4 Brewer, The Brilliant Carisbrook 4 Charles Fox 4 Chere Arnie 6 Contralto 3 Croagh Patrick 5 Cygnet Darlington Dictator Donnybrook .. 3 Dualla 3 The Liverpool Sp] a quarter. Yrs Earl of Surrey. 4 East Lancashire 3 Erin- go-Bragh 3 Ernest 3 Fantail 3 Flexmore 4 Henham Lass 5 Ivanhoff 5 Jack of Hearts. 3 Kill or Cure 4 King of Kent 5 Lady of the Isles 3 Lizzie Lord Clyde 4 Luscinia Middlewatch 8 Monk M. Philippe .ing Cup. Run Me one mile and a half. Yrs Yrs My Mary 4 Myrtle .. 6 Oldminater .... 6 Physician, by Chanticleer., a Pizarro (late Duke Rollo). 4 Plover Real Jam Sandford 3 Sister to Sage 3 Glenochty colt 3 T. P Cooke Trojanus 3 Umpire Venison .. 3 Weathersy .... 3 Welcome 4 rch 10. Distance, Yrs Gaiety 4 Gun Trick Henham Lass 5 Interduca Kill or Cure 4 King of Kent 5 Bombardier 5 Brilliant Charles Fox 4 Chore Arnie Dualla 3 Earl of Surrey 4 Erin-go-Bragh 3 The Liverpool Grand National Steeplee 11. Distance, about four miles a Yrs Yrs Antelope Bantam Birdbolt Brewer, The .. a Mauchltne a BritishWorkmana Merryman Yra Picco Poland 3 St. Lawrence 4 Sister to Sage 3 Stanton Tiptoe 4 ;hese. Run March Ind a quarter, Catspaw a Corona 6 Cuirassier Dane, The Fearless Fosco Frank Moor Northern Light 6 Omen Prophet, The 6 Ravenatonedale a Real Jam Sefton Handicap, dverpool. Run MI five furlongs. Yrs Remedium a Remunerator a St. James 6 Satellite Sepoy Shropshire Sir Bobby Sly Fox Ulsterman 6 Westender 6 Yaller Gal a Yrs Antipodes 3 Brilliant Charles Fox Dictator Dualla 3 Eidolon Fravola .. 6 Garibaldi 4 Yrs Gun Trick 3 Henham Lass 5 Interduca 4 Juliet Kill or Cure Lachesis 4 Miss Emma 11. Distance, Yrs My Mary 4 Poland. 3 Sister to Sage 3 Stanton Sweet Willie 3 Tiptoe 4 Xurullo RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863. FERRUARY. Lincoln 25 MARCH. Nottingham Spring 3 Derby Spring Liverpool Spring lO Shrewsbury l2 Doncaster Spring l7 Warwick Spring 17 Northampton Croxton Park 27 APRIL. Newmarket Craven.. 6 Epsom Spring 16 Durham Catterick Bridge. ... 8 York Spring 28 Thirsk MIL 3 Chester Bath Marlborough l4 Manchester 27 Jir A scot 2 Newton 10 Hampton lO Odiham 16 Bibury Club l7 FE. Stockbridge lB Chelmsford 23 Newcastle 23 Carlisle Worcester Newmarket July 7 Abingdon 14 Hungerford l6 Nottingham 21 Winchester 2l Goodwood 28 Brighton - -i Brighton Club 6 Lewes . 7 Reading York August lB Devon and Exeter l9 Egham 25 Course of the Exchange—This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 161 11 17 Antwerp — 25 37t 25 42.1 Brussels _ 25 37} 25 45 llamburgh — 13 6 - 13 6} Paris . Short. 25 15 25 22i Ditto garscilles Frankfort on Maine 1181 119 Vienna _ _ Trieste _ _ - - - Fetersburgh — Berlin - Madrid Cadiz 491 60 Leghorn — 25 55 25 Milan — 25 52} 26 67} Genoa Naples Palermo — 25 624 25 674 Messina — 25 624 25 674 ___ ..-- Lisbon Oporto Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican. Dollars . 0 6 3 Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons .. 0 0 0 JAN. 1. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, give notice that the ifo)ziteur of the 30th ultimo, contains a French Imperial Decree, exempting from Customs duties the following articles, when imported into France:— Silk unbleached, raw or thrown. including double thread (Doupions). Waste silk in mass, unbleached or dyed. Bones and hoofs of animals, of European origin, raw or calcined (calcines a blanc), imported in French vessels, or by land. BANKRUPTS. That portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. TO BE DISPOSED OF. The correspondence published by the Federal Government contains the two following letters respecting negro deportation. On the 30th of Sept. Mr. Seward wrote to Mr. Adams (London) as follows :—" Some foreign Governments situated within the tropics, and others having colonies or dependencies there, have intimated to the President a desire to receive such :accessions to their popula tion upon conditions favourable to the welfare, prosperity, and happiness of the emigrants. In view of these facts the President has authorised me to enter into negotiations upon the subject with the Government of Great Britain, if it shall be inclined to such a course. It is not within the purposes of this communication to present the project of a con vention, but simply to state some of the general principles which this Government supposes proper to be recognised in any treaties which may be con tracted with reference to the objects which I have presented. First, that all emigration of persons of African derivation to take place under the stipula tions of the treaty shall be perfectly free and volun tary on the part of the adults, and with the full and expressed consent of parents and guardians for minor children and wards. Secondly, the agents of the Government desiring to receive such emi grants shall be recognised by this Government and authorised co solicit such emigration, but such agents shall be appointed by such Government, or with its sanction. Their names, with the dates of their ap pointments, and the terms for which they are to continue, shall be made known to this Government, which shall engage to protect them while peace fully and inoffensively pursuing their occupations, but shall have always a right to require the dis missal of any such agent whose conduct or deport ment shall be found injurious to the peace, safety, or welfare of the United States. You are autho rised to bring this subject to the attention of Earl Russell, and to inquire whether the British Go vernment has a desire to enter into such a negotia tion. Should an affirmative answer be given, you may transmit to this department any suggestions that Earl Russell may desire to make in the pre mises, and you will, upon due consideration of the same, be furnished with a draught of convention. It should be understood that it is not desired by the United States to give to any State a monopoly of the proposed emigration ; hut to open its benefits on equal terms to all States within the tropics or having colonies there, which, maintaining free con stitutional Governments, shall desire those benefits. As it might be expedient to fix upon a definite pe riod for the duration of the proposed treaty, you may suggest ten years as the term, with the privi lege. after that term, of terminating it at the ex piration of one year's notice to that effect." Mr. Adams replied to this communication of the 30th of October thus :—" Immediately after the reception of your No. 360, of the 30th of September (negro deportation scheme), I applied to Lord Russell for an interview, which I obtained this morning at half-past 10 o'clock. I then stated to his lordship the substance of your communication, so far as was necessary to put him in a position to reply to the preliminary inquiry, whether his Government was disposed to negotiate about it at all. Ho replied in the negative. I gathered from what he said, that the whole matter had been under consideration with the Ministers for some time back, and that the Duke of Newcastle had had much correspondence with the authorities in the 'West India colonies about it. The conclusion had been that, on the whole, it might be the means of entangling them in some way or other with the difficulties in the United States, by possible reclamation of fugitives, or in some way, a danger which they were most desirous to avoid. Hence they should not be in clined tv enter upon negotiations, and least of all to adopt the form of a convention. I explained the reasons why we had wished to take this course, our object simply being to secure for those persons vo luntarily disposed to emigrate (and we did not mean to include any others), the enjoyment of the rights to which they would be justly en titled as colonists. His Lordship seemed so to understand it. Bat ho remarked that some time ago ,n agent had been sent from the West Indies to the United States to see if sufficient induce ments could be held out to the free negroes to emigrate, but he had found them so corn , fortable and earning so much a higher rate of wages than could be obtained at the place he came from that any transfer of them seemed out of the question. I then referred to an application that had been made to me by a private individual here, named Davis, styling himself the representative of much landed property in the island of Jamaica, to obtain as many as 5,000 families, to whom he would be ready to assign lands if the expense of trans portation could be paid for. I had answered the gentleman by referring him to my own Government, and that only after he should have made his own aware of his object and ready to approve it. His lordship said he supposed that the grant of land would be only in consideration of labour. He thought it very likely that many of these people 'eight ultimately find their way over from the United States, but ho did not consider it expedient just now to make any provision about it. Ho ex pressed a little surprise that Hayti had not been preferred. I observed that efforts had been made in that direction, and some emigrants had actually gone, but the negroes were sluggish to move, and they were deterred by the difference of language and habits, I had thought fewer obstacles would be found to removal to the English islands than to any other after it should once be set agoing. His lordship admitted it as very possible, at least to those of them where there was a sensible deficiency of labour; but the rate of wages, though rising, was still quite low. Under these circumstances, I remarked that it seemed of no use for me to press the point further. I should, accordingly, make report of his lordship's answer as definitely closing the matter." A PRISON CHAPLAIN'S REPORT.—I have inquired into the present doings and modes of life of all the females who have been sentenced to penal servitude be tween the Ist of June, 1850, and the 31st of May, 1859, and I beg to submit the following as the result :-211 were sentenced to various periods of penal servitude during these three years, of whom 31 aro still under detention in convict prisons, leaving 207 who are supposed to have undergone their sentences ; of these 207, 97 cannot be traced, because many have only just received their liberty; others may, in all probability, have emigrated, or passed to other l o calities t beyond the reach of my inquiry ; 73 have been ro.corntai led, several subjected to second like sentences ; 17 are koncweives to be living disorderly lives, and inaintainingitihiiden,,,i dead, by crime; 7 have been pardoned on medi c l t g r or lunatics ; 4 are known to have migrat.e Ltooniohner; whili ties, and all trace is lost ; 1 is in a refuge in whilst to ho d w ra e w ye t r h , 8 are known to be so far doing well. fearfu l state of things. I Now, these figures e xhibit a their cannot give them as plain facts mat mode of treatment deductions from them. con v i th c a t t p t r h is e On p s res is a complete failure.— ' 'gnie eaveo conclusion, th ers adoptedbo iu namely, ou r failure.— Fraser's Magazine. Th e forests which surround the valley of the Rhine are now more full of snipes than they have been for many years, a fact which the country people in that district consider as an omen that the winter will not b e very severe. The sportsmen, on the other hand, find hares and partridges scarce, while foxes are more numerous than usual, 48 111 1251 6 130 j f i 80j 105 671 i 7 1091 I 72 liBl 381 9 7 4 2 ; 102 i 401 9 1 4 1281 I 54 I 1414 47i 88 i , UST. THE STORM IN THE FAR NORTH. The John o' Groat .Tournal gives the following additional particulars of the results of the storm:— " The Sisters, of Wick, John Leith master and owner, and the Dunrobin, Hugh Murray master and owner, broke from their moorings and went ashore, the l a tt er vessel, which was empty, being driven up into a grass park. The Sisters is par tially insured and a wreck; the Dunrobin will re pair. The Elfin, an English vessel, coal laden, was thrown ashore under the Independent Chapel, the sea breaking over her yards. The captain and two of the crew got ashore by means of a rope attached to the vessel, but this having broken, the commu nication was cut off, and could not be renewed un til the rocket apparatus was brought up and a rocket fired accurately from the shore. The crew were saved, but the vessel is a wreck. The scene in the water-mouth itself, both in the morning and even. , ing, is beyond all description. Vessel was jostled against vessel, and some of them in the encounter received considerable damage. The Betsy David son has sustained damage computed by some as high as £2OO or £250. che Dunrobin, of Wick, was driven up on a public road, and a good deal strained. The Unity suffered little damage, but was driven up the river on the islands, halfway between the water-mouth and the bridge ; as was also the Adelaide and the Eclipse, which have sus tained very considerable damage. " About seven o'clock in the evening, the last re maining vessel in our Roadstead, the Sisters, of Wick, Captain (and owner) Leith, with a cargo (just laden) of stones, dragged her anchors and landed at the back of the old Castle. The orew had been taken off by the lifeboat on the previous day. and the anxiety in this case was so much the less. Both ship and cargo is, we hear, insured. The sloop Matilda, of Thurso, Mr. D. Smith master and owner, from Fisherrow to Thurso, with a cargo of oilcake and coal, whilst making for Scrabster, on Thursday, was caught in the gale off Dunnet Head. Mr. Smith persevered gallantly in the face of the storm to make Scrabster Roads, but was ultimately obliged to come to anchor opposite the west banks of the farm of East Murkle, in consequence of her sails being spent. As night came on with the in creasing and terrific gale, the inhabitants of the neigbbourhood became alarmed for the safety of the crew, but they could render no assistance. With great difficalty the master got her to answer her helm, and though the night was pitch dark he managed to steer clear of the dangerous part of the shore, and she was at last driven in on the little sand near Castlehill House—the only place where she could have been beached, with safety to the lives of the crew. She drifted over a smooth flat of rock to the Burn of Stangergill, where she now lies. The crew got off her in safety about eight in the morning. The violence of the gale was abso lutely fearful, and the tides in the Pentland Firth rose to a height to which the tides have been sel dom if ever known to rise. The fury of the waves, too, was terrific. With the rise of the tides to such an unprecedented height a great number of fishing boats, at various places from Duncansbay to Dun net, were carried off from their places of security to which they had been hauled by the fishermen for the winter, and dashed to pieces. Portions of a her ring boat, apparently new, have been washed ashore at Huna, and numerous fragments of boats have been observed all along the shore from Duncansbay to Huns,. Ruinous as have been the consequences of the storm to poor fishermen along these shores, had it occurred at the top of spring tides it is question able if there would have been a boat left on the shores of the Firth. For at Huna not only were a number of small boats partially damaged, but a boatbuilder's shed was completely gutted, and gar den walls that have withstood the storms of thirty winters thrown down. At Gills four boats have been lost and others damaged, whilst at Mey it is reported that ten lobster and small boats have been destroyed, besides others damaged. At Skarfs kerry the loss has also been serious, but the parti culars have not yet been ascertained. At Ham, Dunnet, it is reported that two herring fishing boats have been completely destroyed. In the island of Stroma eight boats have been completely de stroyed, viz., two herring fishing boats, one of them only launched last ye.‘r, and the other not old; two pilot boats, and four lobster fishing boats. It is computed that in this small island alone the loss in boats, materials, &c., will scarcely be covered by £2OO. One poor man has lost two boats. Some of the inhabitants of the island had to leave their houses in consequence of the sea, and in many of the gardens the cabbages were washed out of the soil. On Saturday, a large vessel, supposed from some papers, dated 1861, which were found on the shore to be the brig Omega of Dundee, was totally wrecked on the Kyle of Tongue. The vessel came to anchor on the coast of the Rabbit Islands, Kyle of Tongue, on Saturday morning, but the strength of the gale was such that she dragged her anchors, and was driven in on the bar across the mouth of the Kyle, where she stranded sometime during the night, and went to pieces before morning. The number of the crew is not known, but it is feared that every soul ; on board must have perished. AGONISING TATTLE.—Is there any happy, any doubly-blessed, individual living in the world who is unacquainted with the manners and customs of the den tal fraternity ? What other thing is so terrible as the light conversation which gentlemen of that profession have re course to while preparing to operate ? How awfully cheer ful they are. how does Mr. Scrunchem receive you when yeu enter with a face like an inflated bagpipe ? Good morning, Mr. Chopfall, I've not had the pleasure of see ing you for a very long time. I hope you are very well —a little troubled with a tooth, eh? I see your face is a good deal swelled, yes, yes. Come, sit down and let's have a look—let's have a look—open a little wider, if you please —hum—hum—yes, there's a sad offender here, Mr. Chop fall. Dear, dear, dear—yes, yes—l think we ought to get rid of this tiresome follow for you, eh P You'd rather not —well, just as you like, but, if I were you, I would cer tainly be rid of him in no time. Does it hurt you when I press ? Ah, no doubt, no doubt. Come, Mr. Chopfall, t tke my advice now— courage, sir, c ourage ; it's only the affair of a moment. You will Why that's right—that's right." (Mr. Strunchem retires to a neat marble table,and pulls out several ex ceedingly shallow drawers—you watch his proceedings with fevered interest—dialogue resumed.) I see you were engaged the other day, Mr. Chopfall, in that very remarkable case"—rattling sound of a metallic nature—" of, of, Culpepper versus Peppercull"— instrument selected from armoury—" ah, remarkable case, very re markable case indeed"—instrument exchanged, with ad ditional rattling, for a more deadly one—" Yes, gentlemen in your vofession must be a curious"—additional weapons selected, with rattling, in case of failure of those first chosen ; Mr. Scrunchem returns from table, and looks you in the face as if he were a harmless acquaintance — "Now allow me to ask you, Mr. Chopfall, were you en tirely satisfied wiih the lino taken by the Senior Counsel in that case ?"—Mr.Scrunchem receiving an incoherent reply, goes round to a back chair—" I merely ask, you know— open—from a feeling—a little wider —" It is impossible to go on. The situation is too horrible..--Dickeites " All the Year Rowad." THEATRICAL SUCCESSES IN PARlS.—There Have been five great theatrical successes in Pari r s i. d .s f these pieces the past year :—" Lo Fils de Giboyor ," at ti :chinaches," 100,000 f. (44,000). St. Martin ; " Lalla Rough," at the Opera Comique ; Le month ort j ust closed has at the Gymnase ; " Le Bossu," a t the A ,- ao b o and "Rothomago," at the C ar ir; : o. that a few has yielded to its authors something b - 1 (Aug played. may be interesting. particulars, with i 1 I 0 E1 2 : 1 ° 1: to cb he rl oc Y as Minimum o On the Four A MILD the p E c five E m works 5.,0 d n when n regtster stood at 29 deg,, compared o n pha thervi s e o .d. r_e morning of the the temperature declined freezing point. This is belowextraordinary for December. The following aro the mean values of temperature for that wo o, for the last four years, compared with the average f or 10 years :—December mean temperature-1859, 34 deg. ; 1860, 34 deg. ; 1861, 38 deg. ; 1862, 43 deg. ; average of 10 year s , 36 deg. It will thus be seen that the last month commanded a mean of seven degrees over the average for December from 10 years' observations. December, 1837, was mild. Frost set in on the Ist of January following, and lasted eight weeks. The Thames was partially frozen over. December, 1844, was also mild, and frost commenced on the 16th of January and continued five weeks. The Severn was frozen over at Worcester, and the Thames was again partially frozen over. Both the above seasons were remarkable for weather of a similar character to the present month before the frost commenced, namely, open, mild, and with frequent high winds. According to a telegram received from Cadiz the export of sherry wine for the year 1862 reaches a total of 52,806 butts, against 49,945 in 1861. Gonzalez and Co. shipped 5,427 butts ; Domecq, 3, 083 ; 3, 0 ; Cosens, 3,022; all the other shippers tiguripg f o r less than 6 3,000 each, Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Yesterday a meeting of this Institution was held at its house, John-street, Adelphi, Thos. Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also present:Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., V.P. ; Admiral Washington, F.R.S., Hydrographer of the Admi ralty; Alex. Boetefeur, Esq. ; Admiral Gordon ; Montague Gore, Esq.; Capt. W. H. Hall, R.N.,. C.B. ; John Griffith, Esq.; Capt. Ward, R.N., In spector of Lifeboats to the Institution ; and Richard. Lewis, Esq., the secretary. The reward of £6 10s. was voted to the crew of the institution's lifeboat stationed at Lytham, for saving on Friday last, during a gale of wind, the crew of 13 persons of the barque Brazil, of Liver pool, which at daylight was observed on Salthouse Bank. The poor men had hurriedly abandoned the ship in their boat, as the sea was rolling in fearful violence over the wreck. The lifeboat came up juGt in time to save them from a watery grave, for in t. few minutes afterwards theseas filled the ship's boat,, and instantly sunk her. This valuable lifeboat has this winter saved 32 shipwrecked persons. Amongst the number was a Liverpool pilot. On his relating to his co-pilots the narrow escape he had had of Ytim life, and the noble exertions of the lifeboat's crew, theyvoluntarily subscrib e d £l4 amongs t them ehanded th e amount to the lifeboat ' s crew, in gratitude for their serv i ces i n rescu i ng hi m slves and and 13 others from the American ship Annie E. Hooper. £6 9s. was also voted to pay the expenses of the Porthcawl lifeboat in saving, durin g a fearful gale of wind, ten persons from the schooner Champion, of Liverpool, which on the dawn of the 2 0th ult.. was observed, waterlogged, on the Scarweath er Sands, near Swansea. The cost of this valuable lifeboat was presented to the institution by a lady resident in Staffordshire, and her satisfaction must indeed be great that she has thus contributed to the saving of ten persons from an impending death. A reward of £5 10s. was also voted to the crew of the Cardigan lifeboat for rescuing three persons from the smack Countess of Lisburne, of Aberyst with, which, during a heavy ground sea, struck on Cardigan bar. After considerable difficulty the lifeboat succeeded in reachi ng the wreck and in taking off the crew, who, having previously lost their boat, had no means of escape left, and in all probability would, in the absence of the lifeboat, have perished. A reward of £l3 was likewise granted to the in stitution's lifeboat at Hausley, Northumberland, for saving, under the most perilous circumstances, four men belonging to the schooner Little Aggie, of Berwick, which during a hurricane on Sunday, the 21st ult., was totally wrecked near Hausley.. This noble rescue had excited considerable atten tion in Northumberland, where the conduct of the gallant fishermen who manned the lifeboat in such fearfal weather had received universal praise. A reward of £4 was also given to the crew of the Thurso lifeboat, belonging to the institution, for saving on the 19th ult., during a gale of wind, the crew of three men of the schooner Sisters, of Wick. The vessel soon afterwards became a total wreck. The cost of this lifeboat was presented to the institution by A. W. Jaffray, Esq., of St. Mil dred's. court. A reward of £6 10s. was also given to the insti tution's lifeboat at Holyhead, for rendering impor tant services on the afternoon of the 20th ult. to the barque Highland Brigade, of Whitehaven, by which moans the vessel was probably saved from. destruction. Captain PRIEST, R:N., like all the other honorary secretaries of the branches of the institu tion, spoke very highly of the bohaviour of the life boats in very heavy seas and broken water. A reward of £9 14s. was also voted to the crew of the Whitby old lifeboat, for saving 12 men be longing to the barque Royal Rose, of Falmouth which during tempestuous weather, on the 21st ult. had sprung a leak, and was afterwards totally wrecked outside Whitby Pier. A reward of £4 was likewise voted to the crew of the Groomsport (County Down) lifeboat of the institution, for the important service she had rendered to the disabled American barque Carioca , which was observed, on the 19th ult., dragging her anchors in a heavy gale of wind. The ship was: ultimately brought to a port of safety. Major Maxwell, who was mainly instrumental in obtain ing a lifeboat for Groomsport, had zealously exerted himself on the occasion. Also voted £l3 16s. to pay the expenses of th' Whitby new lifeboat, for putting off and rendering most important services to the barque Alice, of Leith, which was found in distress in a heavy surf outside Whitby Pier on the 22d ult. The cost of this valuable lifeboat was also presented to the in stitution by Mr. Jaffray, the gentleman above mentioned. A reward of £6 10q. was also toted to the crew of the Rye lifeboat, belonging to the institution, who had, in conjunction with the crews of two Coast- guard boats, succeeded in rescuing from deCtruction the American ship James Brown, which Nvas ob served to be rapidly making water, in a heavy eta on the Boulder Sandbanks, off Rye, on the 10th ult. Also a reward of £5 9s. to the institution's lifeboat at Plymouth, for assisting, in conjunction with a Government steam-tug, in bringing to a place or safety the Dutch galliot Aremana, which was ob served to be rapidly drifting on shore in a heavy' sea. This valuable lifeboat was the gift of - Burdett 18 ,, were l ik ewise Burdett Coutts to the National Lifeboat Institu ton. t ; i : and lifeboats Rewards amounting to £4B voted to the crews of in th a e rth in e o n ti Holyhead, Plymouth, Tynemouth, Scarborough, hwbhaedreotir.eacri.ediEvded £55. Tyrella, Padstow, Car So uthp ort, at for putting off in replies to signals of distress with the view of saving life from different vessels, but which had either succeeded in getting out of danger or had their crews saved by other means. During the year which has just closed the life boats of this great and important institution have rescued 358 shipwrecked persons on our coasts. The boats have during the same:period been manned on occasions of service and of quarterly exercise by 6,000 persons, and with the sole exception of one poor fellow perishing', the institution has most providentially not lost a single man throughout the year in its perilous operationse.e.e j The silver medal of the institution was Pre .. . B „._ f _ e, to Mr. Swarbrick, master of the steam.ituF i v' r v i Y: d., of Fleetwood ; and to Mr. R. Gerra.rd cLicaing, by pidellliOntigS Pudgy r : a n: miration of their noble contncl:: means of the tug, under the most barque Pud-ona, of stances, 17 persons from t gale of wind and a big There Dock, b sea in Moreeombe Bay. There were 13 person! altogether engaged in this gallant service to badwehlsice suffering humanity, for which. s ervice the,' A reward of .£lB was voted to the crews of two fishing smacks, in appreciation . of their gallant and p ersevering conduct •in rescuing, at great risk of life, the crew of four men from the brigantine John and Edwin, of Whitstable, which during the heavy gale of wind and a terrific sea had sunk off that place on Dec. 21. An interesting report was read from the assistant inspector (Capt. D. Robertson, R.N.) of the institu tion on his recent inspection of the lifeboats on the Irish coast. With one or two exceptions ho found the boats in excellent order. It was reported that the late Mrs. Aun Cutto, of the Old Kent-road, had left the institution a legacy of £l,OOO free of duty. A contribution of 2s. 6d, in aid of the funds of the institution was received from the wife of an old Scotch sailor. She was said to be a good sailor herself, and thought that every body should g ive something to the lifeboat fun d. The institution decided to p lace forthwith a new lifeboat pe tel y r e a n t o ß v a u tde helifeboat , n a C t ow e fv n Payments amo unting to upwards o f .£sofl were ordered to be made on various lifeboat establish - t a e n i srtniona: and to com- ments. The cordial thanks of the meeting were presented t o Mr. Chapman, for th e a bl e an d zea lous manner in which he had presided over the meetings of the committee during the past year. The thanks of the institution were also unanimously given to Sir E. Perrott, Bart., the chairman of its subcommittee, for assiduously aiding to carry on the work of the institution. The proceedings then closed, =ME e el a e; Lal he les en of ep lir— 3es nd, or, Id I Nag on- go ly Eil, DSe. 'ere t to not but nce ex bis, m g ear .ora eri- Lis ell- mi- ed, ent , or ish all, but ms, I