The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-23 00:00:00

TIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The position of the discount market still denotes an abundant supply with a comparatively moderate demand. The quantity of paper on offer this morn ing is by no means excessive, and first class descrip 'ions are still negotiable at 7a 4 per cent., so that the business taken to the Bank of England continues moderate. A further supply of gold, viz, £17,000, was sent yesterday into the bullion vaults of the Bank of England. Business in the City is extremely quiet, owing to the preparations for the Christmas holidays. A statement just published gives the total shipments of specie to the East by the steamers of the Peninsular and Oriental Company during the sear 1863 to have been £16,308,474, of which £4,325,400 was Auld and the remainder silver. The proportion from Southampton was £11,000,026, and from Marseilles and other Mediterranean ports £5,308,448. Last year the total by these steamers was slightly larger—namely, £16,907,415, but in 1863 a sum of £5,284,829 has been shipped by the steamers of the Messageries Imperiales, in cluding £3,091,492 in gold for Constantinople and Egypt. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Reuter's telegram) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 40c. Quiet. Very little alteration has resulted from the trans actions entered into to-day in the market for the English Funds, but upon the whole the tendency of prices has indicated greater firmness. This has arisen principally from the favourable specie move ment and a more confident feeling regarding the progress of monetary and political affairs abroad. Consols are at advance of 1, the prices being 91t for money, and 911 for the account. The Reduced Annuities and New Threes are 9111 ; India 5 per Cents., 1061 4 ; Enfaced 51 per Cents., 1131 ; the Bonds are quoted par ; and Exchequer Bills, 9s. 4s. dig. Foreign Stocks have been in greater favour this morning, and general buoyancy has consequently prevailed. Greek Bonds show an advance of 1 per cent., the prices bein4 259: ; and the Coupons are steady at 11-1- z. Mexican have risen about / per cent., viz., 371 9. Spanish Passive remain firm at 33 1. Turkish Consolides have improved to 474 7,-, Which is a rise of * per cent., while the Confederate Loan, after touching 39 41, has descended to 38 40. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been of moderate character, and prices gene rally show increased firmness, Great Eastern, North Western, North Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern have improved ss. ; Great Western, and Lancashire and Yorkshire, 103. ; and Mid land, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines continue dull at about 7ormer rates. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have, in most instances, exhibited a firmer tone. Imperial Otte man have improved to 171 189 ; Chartered of India, Australia, and China, 361; National Shipping Com pany are quoted 111 2 prem. ; West India and Pacific Steam, it 2 prem.; and ConeolidatedlDiscount Cor poration, 1/ 2 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Rank Stock 2344 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 914 $ 4 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Net 4 35 per Cent. Annuities New 24 per Cent. Annuities.. •••• 5 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 - A.unuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4 13-16 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock, 1874 — Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 . Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 — Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 6 per Cent Ditto 55 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1861 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 :tank Stock for Account D:tto bonds £2.000 — Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account, Jan, 7 915 1 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2; & 3 per Cent 4 9 dis Ditto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brszilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 .. Ditto 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto :1863 r, uen o a Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditto Account — Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Colombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd Ditto Scrip. 1863, £3O paid Cuba, 6 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Xquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. L , tulian 6 per Cent — Oitto 44 per Cent, 'Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 D utch, 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant — 100 ptian 7 per Cent Ditto, Second Issue .. 994 i Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. 1 Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account G uatemala 6 per Cent. Ditto Account — ttalian 6 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) t.texican 3 per Cent „ Ditto Account . 364 7 61 74 61 74 7 A loorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 3,, Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) 4-15 ruvian per Cent. .. Ditto Account Ditto 44 per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.... Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, 62,'3 49 Ditto Ditto, Al Bc c 6 o 3 u n t Scrip, £l5 paid 1 01 14 pm Russian. 6 per Cent , 1822, L St — Ditto 45 per Cent . 1850 Ditto Ditto 3 per Cent., 11885690 - ae SpanishD D i i t tn t a s n per Cen t . 1862 .......... 891 84 94 per Cent A3cr,ount ...... Ditto x per Cent Ditto New ccount -I3t Deferred Di t to Ireourit Srr,ajnitiQshACceaaer°t7oB-ft .. (-1::::: :::::::::::::::: 3:311 Ditto Acco unt . - ° II P • not funded wedish, 4 per c e 'l Darkish 6 per Cent. 18b%} • ": Ditto Account .. •.. - Ditto 6 per Cent: 1.86 if Ditto Account i ....... 694 1 g 4 Al 1 Ditto 6 per Cent. 862 Ditto Account ................ .71 4 wil. 7.1 - Ditto, rioo Bonds. .................. • -. ‘-' 4 1 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 ............. 71 4 Vfmezuela 3 per Cont. .............. ......... Joitto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch2s per Cent., Ex. 12 Gail — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 44 per Cent,, Ex. 25f — Oitto Account ...... It a l i nn , 5 per Cent., 1861 k.. : . • 7 0 s ... • .. x. 20 francs T Ditto Account... 704 4 i Ditto Scrip (1863) X 4 2 783. id* .. •... • • pant — pm THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money ..................... Ditto Account .. .....: . . 91 4 4 . 915 i hiB Day. Li ver pool Cotton Market —T Cotton market remains quiet and steady, p ro , bable sales about 3,000 bales, half spec. "d export TUE WATERLOO ROAD MURDER.—Great efforts t ire being made to induce the Home Secretary to recommend her Majesty to commute the sentence of death ' 4l Samuel Wright, convicted for the mu rder of Maria Green In the W aterloo-road on the 13th inst. A numerously petition is being prepared in the borough of Lam -elh in favo ur of the com mutation ; and, with the same object, a public meetin g is to be held on Th ursda y evening at the N at i onal Baths, Westminster -road. Should these e fforts prove unavailing, it is understood that the execu tl6ll will take place at Horsemonger - lane Goal on the first , t 'me cc,:i usday: andJa January next. The prisoner sti ll p reserves the collected manner which ha s characterised 0 co nduct throughout. He is described by those of h is fellow -workmen employed in the same establishment as a d inoff ens i ve man . The prisoner still asserts that thce, unfor tunate occurrence took place by the deceased first taking up a knife and endeavouring to stab h in her excitement aggravated by drink. avulse, roline g of clock, ess of r riced y the t he ,y, eat brist- inary ialoon great were Their nee tO ,y Via , s port ed for Inded )e ctor in at as AO their lin at ion of ulore, out 5 rough , y for inaingi A the ft on l' Lek- -1 t ° awes. court► t Far- .olive , d to be hew °` ; place ;a 'Ci e ' .N.) 01 3tisTA g, the Christ a stical late of stnlin - t ion3 ae, of the moil There ro pree. Fenn of WaS DO Alder gate of others, orough caster, w. li. t will r. Ser- Canon Shee !ham- Mon- Ltil the Lis seat Lcident ses, as trtially narked aid the ) other .t, Mr. Com closed tition EXhi . " . 3 21st and of GotOp ;`Sr Lidates Miss. corn— , uf ildp, Bata - ry O f ,other e closer it v7i1.1 7edeelu _ We rtgag ° ter the or ais ihort 3 r 9 with res we cation of tUa i.e noW ) wri te elf th e ledgo la.;esty whic4 QuL y en rli: w ' 'S u pal )i . svel . ' er 03 0 Will truk w t o tie at ro- Th gt 03 0 ) s fdea it out. at the Ling of A tine to u 0 that )ast of t witll T 11 0 r waY Gralid , c entS. i Co3l' vas b° ttol to picce 718 a 10 m aul neCe s ' Castle a ctual ipPle d ,e scat a l the e stiva like cox' SHARE ELARKETS.—This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOF S. Closing Business share Railways. Price. done. Bir., Vol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost,Sleat,andMid.k.:o Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A (A gets no dig till tip e.p an.hs, Do. B been paid to 8., Dublin & Belfast June.' Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. l Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian d GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an. I W. of Irelanc Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashite & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast. Lon., Chat, and Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. & So•,th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do 2 5hare5........ Metropolitan Midland 1.4.0 Do New . 8 ti 8 8i 82 F 4 121 121 Do Binning. Et Derby Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do,G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle orth London Do New North Stairordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot I. E., Aber. stoch Do Scot 'Mid. stock 1 Shrews. and Welchpoo, Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., an dWo k. Stockton Darlington Do Do New, 186 G ,Taff Vale.... Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford Az Kilkenny West Cornwall. W. Hartlepool Har.acit West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 6i 7 37 3] 16 17 96 98 107 109 49 60 4e 47 74 8i 125 127 131 132 1:4 136 97 99 t 4.1 611 111 t 1111 72 74 107 f , 081, 43 44 107; 107 1 101 102 491 50f 1114 1121 1291 130 a '4 li d fa 0 52! E3i 25 26 1021 103 58i 5Qi 89 93 119 121 1 2 78 28 11 114 122 126 42 44 98 100 M 62 32 33 95f AI 97 S 9 91 1 0} a 38, 9 10 71 7 1 1 , 158 160 5 64 21 p 83 86 170 175 13.14. 25 10 Bt st 50 20 k 9.16.41 ,; 100 100 I 100 BRITISH POSSE ,SJONS. Closing Shan Railways Paid. Price. Business dons 100 .ktlantio &St Lawrenct all 60 (2 605 Sk litom.,Baroda&.Cent Ina 100 1(.6 107 107 Gu. 5 per cent—..... 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares 201 Buffalo and Late Huron all 6 65 10 Do. Preference tOoßutialo,Brant&Godricli ; I p. et. bds. Aug. 1,187 k 100 Do. do. July 1, 187:, 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 18:4 100 et Clcutta.& S. Elastn. (L,n, 100 10E 1(8 st Cape Town & Dock Seri/ 100 101 103 101 stock Eastn. Bengal ga. sp. ( 100 108 109 1081 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 107 1( 8 1074 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 15p 20 Do. do. Ii do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada Icu 20 21 100 Do. Ist Fret. Bonds all 73 75 100 Do. co. deferred-- all 59 01 59 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred.-- • all 50 53 100 Do. 3d PI ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 38 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 C 4 stock GtlndiaPenln.gus..sp.c 100 1081 1095 109 81 91 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0 l2 is 151 131 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1055 1064 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 104 10 204 Do. New .. ....... 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 95 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8_ 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 in stock Madras guar., sp. c. 100 106 107 stock Do. 45 p. o. Extension 100 100 101 stock De. 1* do lOO 56 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. ap. o. Bride. too 50 Meth. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. o. 51ortg. Bds. all 20 Newßr uuswick & Candu Class A and B all 3 5 N.ll.l.C'das pc lst pi bds 100 82 84 stork &Ando • • (100 106 107 1061 1 stock Do. Delhi ...: 100 106 107 to Do. do . 1 2 f at Do. Punjaub .... (a all 1051 1061 1061 Do. Do. ...... . , b ,100 s oak Do. Indus. St. k.lOO , 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. p.c.J &J ut) - 1877-8 i ...--...... 100 1( 5 106 1055 I Do. op. c. Feb. & AuL 100 1( 3 1( 5 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept, 100 II 3 n 5 Do. fp. c. Jan.&July. 100 13 04 93 I Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 9: 93 Cape G.llope, 6p 0,1878 100 106 108 I Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 189( 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent. 100 1' 8 110 ,N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 104 106 1041511 I Do. 6p. u.Ap. & Oot. 100 - N. S.W. G ov. 5 P 18 0( 100 100 102 - Do. sp. c.,18/1 t 0.1.271 100 101 102 - Do. d0.,1888 & upwds 100 1011 1021 1011 21 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875 lOO 105 107 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 111 113 IS. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO ill 113 1171ml:tow. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 Do. to 6 p.c. An..tOot.. 100 lO9l 1104 1091 1 1019; BRITISH NIIN ES. 2 ',Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 0:1 I eifilord Amalgamatedl 35 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist.; 1 560 670 I East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 R 8 60 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 51. par East Uaradon ...... 2.14.6 27 28 275 East Cara Brea.... 1 1.4.0 6 6 1 6 5 E. WI Russel (Tavistk , 8.9.0 551 5/ 1 IGam&StAubyn(Gwen ) 58; 8 10 Great South Tolgus 17s 4 45 G. Wheal Vor (liele.ton 40 12 13 'Grenville Iliercd's-Foot 8.12 17 39 biingston Downs 4.18.0 25 31 3 I Lady Bertha Margaret (any Lelant 9k 14 16 I Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 26 11 I d New Seton l9l 90 100 —• North Downs 2l 11 15 N.Wh'i Basset (111o4an 3.1.0 2s 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols(St. Blaze), 20 rrovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 42 44 South Ca.radon(StCleer 14 415 125 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — - S.'W heal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 44 fin Crort 9 18 19 West Basset (Illogan) l5 91 101 W Ciradon (Liskeard, 5 18 20 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 85 90 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 225 271 f Wheal Kitty(U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - WhealLudcott • 'Wheal Mary Ann ;Lien ) 8 111 1 2 ;Wheal tleton 6Bl /150 160 1521 - Wheal Trelawney (Lis ), 7 21 22 Wheal Union I 3.17 21 25 8 Hi 12 68} 150 160 7 21 22 3.17 2} 21 PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 95 Great Northern, 5 per cent., red, at 5 per cent. pm., 110 Great Western, 5 per cent. red prf., 1011 Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, 2d guaranteed stook, 120/ Mid. Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 140 South Eastern (tteading Anne., 51.0.6), 234 3 s. York. and River Dun, 4 per cent. gua., 91 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 104 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 105 31 Ditto, 6 per cent. C, 85 Metropolitan 5 per cent., 107 Stockton and Darlington, Clan D. pref., 29* Vale of Neath, 44 per cent., 20} LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 p.:r cent., 115 i Londnii and Chatham 4. per Cent., 91 a Ditto, Com. Fund Stock, 5 per cent., 103 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and Saancisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent, 181 Dutch Rhenish F r7i Great Luxembourg, 12 ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12} San Faulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 211 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian,`,2oi Turin and Savona, 3/ Ditto (all), 11i FOREIGN MINES. United Mexican (11m;,:6 5/ JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon a m and Liverpool (Urn.), 431 I . Ditto, new, 27 Anglo Austrian,,7 Australasia, 76 Bank of Wales, lirn., 91 Brazilian and POrtIitZLICSI, lint, 8 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, Ili it Chartered Bank of India, Australia, ana Chins, 356 61 6:3 Consolidated Bank, lira., 10,1 ~:- 4 East London, lira., 7i London and European Bank, lira., 4 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 31i 2 Ii I i London and: Imperial Ottoman, , 8 17i 18k Laud l iTortrrao-e Bank of India, lira., 4} London and Londoz-5 0 n and Brazilian ), 53i 3 County, sii 1 n on Uliarte s r t e o d ek ß: l7 7 7 of Australia, 27i L L c oa d d on iv ov. Bank (lira.), 21/ South African, 261 g r estmlnster, 791 SO I Metrop. and National of National Provineg9ol. limited, 17i Oriental Bank c oral of England, 130 Provincial of Ireland r , a 4" . 56 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi 0116- Ditto, new issued, at £1 18. \ 7 I ' 7 Un Sta ionndaofd r London, 40 of British Soth At O ric , a 4tif MO. 22 } 2 i 4 u o Africa • • MISCELLANEOI3S. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 18 Ceylon Company, 10 East,ilndia Irrigation and Canal, 41 Geu. Cr( dit and inanco of London, lim., 6, ; Hudson's Bay. 12& International Financial Society, lien., 9R all 100 5.4.0 100 all all 491 64 i 1111 11 1071 8 108} 71 i 401 t 2 50 i 111 t 2 1292 30 I 103 2i 321 96} & 1 lh SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEIStBER 23, 1863. MISCELLANEOUS — Continu ed. Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 3i Joint •stock Discount, 6i 7 62 Ditto, new, 46 London Financial Association, Urn., 231 London General Omnibus Company, lim., 21 Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 7 8 i 8 National Discount Company, Rm., 91. Oriental Inland Steam, lim., Trust and Agency of Australasia Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, 5} LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). SHERIFFS' COURT. A VICTIM TO LAW.--EXTRAORDINARY STORY-SAFFERY V. HEMMETT. This was an application fora warrant judgment having gone against defendant in consequence of his absence upon the original hearing. Defendant now appeared and made the following extra ordinary statement: —He said that he went to an attorney to take him through the Bankruptcy Court, and that attor ney sent him to plaintiff, who is an accountant, Plaintiff refused to do anything at all until he was paid £25, and he eoon after requ'red Llo more. In all £lO had born paid, and yet plaintiff wanted more. He had refused to go cn with his work, and the consequence was that defendant had not been able to carry out the bankruptcy proceedings Plaintiff had received £4O, and he (defendant) was not out of his troubles. Mr. Buchanan (for plaintiff)—Your Honour will under stand that my client has a complete answer to this case as stated by defendant, and I may say that, although he has received £4O, it was not a large sum considering the nature of the accounts. His Honour (to defendant) —What are your debts ? Defendant—About £4,000, and my assets were about £7,000. My wife had an annuity, and I have somehow got into Chancery. For a whole year I have not been able to touch the interest. The Court of Chancery has got my £4,500 neatly locked up, and I cannot get it. The Court of Bankruptcy has toy estate. Mr. Linklater has my title , deeds, and I am left without a penny in the world. My going into the Court of Bankruptcy in the first instance was all through getting into law. I was imposed upon and overcharged, and I was advised to go to the Bankruptcy Court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day. BOW- STREET. WHOLESALE POT STEALERS.—Two men, named John ston and Brown, were placed before ,Ir. Henry, charged with stealing a number of licensed victualler's pots. Mr. Chittenden, of the Black Prince, Chandos.street, said the prisoners entered his house a few days ago, and as they left his suspicions were aroused that they had stolen some thing. They were pursued, and, on Johnston being cap tured, four or five quart and pint pots were discovered con cealed about his clothes. Brown had frequently been to his house on former occasions, when pots had been missing. The pots were worth 6s, The prisoners did not deny the charge; they only said they were not going to starve in London at Christmas time. The landlady of the Falcon Tavern, in Suffolk-street, Soho, said the two men entered her house and called for a pot of porter, with which they were served. She saw them leave the house in about an hour and a halt after they arrived, and on looking into the tap-room, which was then empty, found the quart pot missing. The potman was sent in pursuit, and on coming up with the men, Brown, who had the pot in his hand, threw it on the ground. They were both taken into custody. Mr. Fairwater, landlord of the George Tavern, George court, Strand, said the prisoner paid him a visit a few days ago, and having drank the porter, which they had ordered in the tap-room, walked off with the pint pot. They also stole the brass fastenings of one of the shutters. Police-constable F 173, said the real name of Johnstone was Eastering, and ho had been previously discharged from a printing office on suspicion of theft. He thought the other was a deserter. Francis Campbell said he knew the prisoner Brown, he was formerly in the 36th Regiment. He was drummed out of it for desertion. He (witness) had served in the same regiment as Brown, his name, while in the ser vice, was John Saunders. Brown—Well, my right name is Founders. I was not drummed out of the 36th Foot. I was discharged. Both prisoners asked for a summary settlement of t e case. They would plead guilty. Mr. Henry refused to do so, and committed both prisoners for trial. Johnston, on hearing the determination of the magis trate, turned round to one of hiti companions in the body of the court, and said—lt's all up, Johnny : it will be a "lag" (transportation). Mr. Buchanan—Ohl you made yourself a bankrupt ? Defendant—Yes; and I bad enough to pay 40s. in the pound, instead of doing which I am now an uacertificated bankrupt. Mr, Buchanan—The Court of Bankruptcy will adminis • ter your estate, and hand over the surplus. Defendant—There is the Chancery Court. (Laughter.) His Honour considered that defendant ought to have a new trial on the payment of the costs. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. There was a fair average show of samples of home-grown wheat on the stands to day, in tolerably good, but by no means excellent, condition. The demand for all qualities was in a sluggish state, at fully Monday's decline in the quotations. With foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied. In all descriptions sales progressed slowly, and the amount of business transacted was small, at Monday's prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was tolerably large. Both for English and foreign produce, the trade was dull, at fully the late decline in the currency. The malt trade was very dull at fully the decline in prices. Oats—the supply of which was only moderate—moved off slowly on recent terms. Beans were a dull inquiry, yet no change took place in their value from Monday. Beans met a slow sale at the late fall in the currency. The show of samples was tolerably large. In flour there was a limited inquiry, at about stationary prices. The Corn Exchange will be closed on Friday next. ARRIVALS THIS WIZEN.. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flout. English.— 3,020 I 550 1,730 i 1,090 Irish.. Foreign 17,340 7,160 1 2,990 340 sks, BOROUGH HOP. The amount of business doing in our market is very mo derate. Prices, however, rule firm. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is large. Generally speak ing, the trade is quiet, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. It appears, from the weekly return of the Registrar- General, that the deaths in London, which were 1,357 in the previous week, declined to 1,291 in the week that ended last Saturday. The deaths under 20 years of age declined in the same period from 690 to 658; those at 60 years of age and up wards from 267 to 244. The average number of deaths in the ten weeks corresponding with last week (taking the fifty-first in each of the years 1853- 62) is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,401. The actual number is, therefore, less than the estimated mortality by 110. The births in the week exceeded the deaths by 636. Small-pox was returned in 19 cases ; measles in 18 ; scarlatina in 101 ; typhus in 51. Six deaths from scarlatina occurred in Kentish-town ; 7 in the East sub-district of Isling ton ;5 in Mile-end Old Town East ; and sin Bow. The deaths referred to pulmonary diseases (exclusive of phthisis) were 261 against:a corrected average of 316. Those from bronchitis were 147 ; from pneumonia 92. Phthisis was fatal in 150 cases. Forty-nine persons died at the age of 80 years and upwards. A widow is registered as having died in the workhouse, Hampstead, on the 13th inst., at the age of 100 years. At 12, Devonshire-square, St. Botolph, on the 9th inst., a man, aged 42, died from " an overdose of chloroform taken without in tention to destroy life."—lnquest. Last week the births of 994 boys and 933 girls, in all 1,927 children, were registered in London. in the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number (corrected) was 1,817. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.121 in. The mean daily reading was above 30 inches on five days of the week. The reading fell to 29.62 inches on Wednesday, and rose to 30.34 inches on Friday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 42.1 deg., which is 2.3 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaiaher). The mean temperature was above the average on each day except Friday. The highest day temperature was 50.2 deg. on Wednesday. The lowest night temperature was 32.2 deg. on Friday. The range of temperature in the week was there fore 18.0 deg. The mean daily range was 11.7 deg. The difference between the mean dew.point tem perature and air temperature was 4.4 deg., the mean degree of humidity of the air was 85, completesatu ration being represented by 100. On Thursday and Friday the wind was generally north and north-west; on other days the prevailing direction was scuth-west. There was no rain in the week. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 45.3; that of the lowest was 43.1 deg. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Dec. 23.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; strong breeze, and fine weather. FALMOUTH, Dec. 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Royal Sailor, from Taganrog. DOVER ; Dec. 22.—Arrived—Emma Wilson, from Monte Video. PLYMOUTH, Dee. 22.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Pharisee, for Canterbury, N.Z. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 22.—Arrived—Faside, from Bathurst. Sailed—lrmena, for Valparaiso. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 22—Frederick, trom Konigsberg; from Vivien—Devonshire, from St. Kitt's. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed —Millwald, for Sydney—Seawfell, for Hong Kong —Catherine Pemberton—all horn London. Snowden, from Sunderland for Carthagena—Meggi Anstroco, from the west for London. Sailed —England's Rose, Astrea, and Contest—all thre for London. THE CASE OF PARRY V. THE (NEAT SHIP COM yibleeforeGtrhecaptubElica,setaemrne,bewfohreici\hir. h ju as stic b e e m en euo s r o , PfrleciisluYen.tl— at chambers on Monday, in a somewhat novel shape. The plaintiff had levied an execution on this ship and stores at Liverpool. Claims to £lOO,OOO had been made on the pro perty, and on the application of the Sheriff of Lancashire an inter pleader issue had been directed to try the question. The stores, &c., were to be sold, and the money paid into court to abide the result of the interpleader issue, which was to be tries in London, On the part of the claimant it was sought to sell some of the property on board the vessel, and couwiel appeared in the case. Mr. Justice Mellor made an order that the stores should be sold on shore, and the furniture and other articles which could not be removed without damage to the ship to be sold on board, a sufficient sum to be realised to satisfy the execution. The public to have access to the ship. WESTMINSTER. LAMENTABLE PERSEVERANCE IN VlCE.—Alice Fitz gerald and Emily Bunting, two wholesome -looking girls, about 15 years of age, were charged with unlawfully hav ing property in their possession, supposed to have been stolen. Richard Randall, a police-constable, said that at half past eight last evening he was in the Fulham-road, when ho saw the prisoners together, and knowing them, watched them. They went into a great many trades men's shops of different descriptions, and at length were finally hastening away when ho stopped them, and found two boxes of figs under Fitzgerald's shawl. Mr, Arnold—What is known of Fitzgerald ? Constable—She was here only a fortnight ago, charged with stealing some stockings, and on that occasion her sister, who is a highly respectable young woman, came forward and promised to take her into the same employ ment as herself, and to keep her out of bad company ; but she did not succeed in doing so, for the very first night after her discharge from here she was out in the streets in com pany with two notorious thieves. Mr. Arnold—Had she been in custody before the time you mention ? Witness—Yes ; she had been tried and convicted at the Sessions, and after that she was sent to a reformatory, but that WAS no good. They had tried to reclaim her before, but it was useless. Mr. Arnold—She was sent to a reformatory you say ? Witness—Yes, your worship. Mr. Arnold—How did she get out? Witness—She was sent for three years, but was there only a very abort time. She told them Ishe was over age, and in consequence of that they told her that she might go, and she did. Mr. Arnold—What is her age? Witness—We cannot ascertain. Sometimes she is said to be 13, and at others 16 years of age. Mr. Arnold—She ought not to have been told that she might leave the reformatory—it was very improper and irregular, and demands an inquiry if it really is as stated. Mr. Arnold—What is known of Bunting? Witness—She is a common associate of thieves. Fitzgerald, in defence, said—The figs were lying on the pavement, and were very tempting, and as we did not know they b3longed to anybody, I took them up. Bunting—She told me the had got them. Bunting's mother stood forward and said her daughter had fallen into bad company, and stood a good chance of being ruined. Mr. Arnold was of the same opinion, and said he thought he would deliver her up to her mother. _ Bunting—l won't go home any more, if you please. Mr. Arnold—Won't you? Bunting—No. Mr. Arnold—Then you are committed for 10 days to prison. Fitzgerald will find bail for her good behaviour for six months. Committed in default. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING WINE AT THOMAS'S HOTEL.—William Miller, a porter,was charged with stealing wine at Thomas's Hotel, Charles-street, St. James's, the property of Mr. Chas. Thomas, under the following circumstances : It appears that the prisoner was employed by Mr. Thomas, in the cellar, to wash some bottles, yesterday. In consequence of information given him by a boy in his em ploy, Mr. Thomas went into the cellar in the afternoon and found the prisoner in a state of intoxication, he having knocked the necks off two bottles of wine, of the value of 155., and managed to consume a bottle and a half of the wine. On accusing the prisoner he became very insolent, said the wine was his own, and threatened to knock Mr. Thomas's head off. He was then given into custody. Prisoner said he was at work, and certainly did have a drop of wine, and it was generally allowed. Mr. Tyrwhitt—What, to break the bottles? I shall commit you for 7 days, with hard labour. SEASONABLE BENEVOLENCE.—Dariag the past few days several sums of money have been received for the poor box of this court—amongst others the usual annual dona tions from the Merchant Taylors, the Goldsmiths, and the Mercers Companies. A large number of poor persons, many of them aged, and several of them with families, have been assisted ; no one receiving anything till proper inquiries have been made (under the direction of the chief clerk, Mr. Leadley), by the warrant offieers of the court, O'Shaughnessy, Trower, and Hubbersty, to ascertain whether the persons applying are really deserving. THAMES. A MOST lINGRATEPUL THIEF.--A coloured lad, who gave the name of John Freeman, was brought before Mr. Woolrych charged with stealing Sibs of beef, 2 shirts, a pair of drawers, and other property, from the schooner Eliza beth, in the Regent's Canal Dock. Mr. William Wales, mate of the Elizabeth, said the pri soner came on board on M on d ay morn ing last in a destitute co ndition, and said ho was starving, and in want of a berth, Some questions were put to him, and as it appeared he had been a sailor he was provided with food and clothing, and treated in the most hospitable manner. When the captain came on board in the evening he allowed the boy to remain on the ship and signed the articles of agreement to proceed on her intended voyage. In the night time the prisoner helped himself to the beef, shirts, drawers, and other pro perty, and went on shore in the ship's boat. Alfred Nicholl, a police constable, No. 496 A, said he found the prisoner in the Ratcliff Cross Refuge last night, and on taxing him with the robbery, he admitted it, and said he had disposed of the beef and one of the shirts to a roan on Tower. hill. One of the shirts and the drawers were found upon him. Mr. Woolrych—Where are they ? Witness—Here, sir; I made him take them off. The prisoner, on being asked if he had any account to give of himself, said that he was a native of St. Helena, and that he had made a voyage in an American ship to Ham burg, where he was discharged. He fell into distress, and was sent to London by the British Consul as a distressed British subject. Mr. Woolrych—And you were treated with kindness, warmed, and fed on board the Elizabeth by very kind hearted people, and the captain agreed to take you to sea with him. You are a most ungrateful fellow, and have made a very bad return for the kindness shown you. I sentence you to one month's imprisonment and hard labour. THE NEW LIVERPOOL WATERWORKS day afternoon, as so me men were employed in w orking at the foundat ion of one of the pillars which sup ported a number of arches constructed for por.-0a Mon the purpose of carrying some important portions o f th e new Li ver po o l Waterworks, near the junction of Dudley-lane with the 5 . gave way, carrying with fall they severely—indeed, number of the workmen, who it is fl o o vf l ee t aoornfe-dtireh,odeadta to the thecthheesp fatally—injuredl 1 Royal a l r n s l u lh d nae d fii nr e r Infirmary. Three of the sufferers were carried are said to be in a very dangerous state. SNAPPING OF A TELEGRAPH WIRE.—CURIOUS ACCIDENT. —Yesterday morning, about nine o'clock, the telegraph wires spanning the Thames from Cannon-row to Meectsss of t e a d sy's t e factory a na er, g away the fore cabin ryin snapped, falling across the kof Citizen funnel, overturn in g the heav y seats, and knocking off the ha pass engers. Luckily t h e vesse l was ease d on nearing the pier , or the da mage d rs. e sc a r might have been most serious. PAT " WORKING THE TELEGRAPH." —Slid an Irishman to v. telegraph Operator •--" Do you ever charge anybody for the address in a message 2" " No," replied th e operator. " And do ye charge for signing his name, sir ?" said the customer. '•No, sir." " Well, thin , will y e please send this; I jist want me brother to know here"—bearing the following—" To John M'Flinu-- at New York—(signed)—Patrick APPlina." Thq mes sage was sent as a tribute to Pat's shrewdness, THE HORRIBLE STORY, On Monday, at the Magistrates' Office, Falmouth (before Mr. J. K. Kinsman, Mr. T. Moor Horslord, and Mr. M. V. Bull), Samuel Porter, on remand from the previous Monday, was brought up, charged with the horrible cruelty to his brother at Flushing, particulars of which have already appeared in Me Sun. Mr. H. S.lLaw, solicitor, London, appeared to pro secute on behalf of the Lunacy Commissioners; Mr. Moorman, of Falmouth, appeared for the defendant, who did not exhibit the slightest concern at the position in which he was placed. The first witness examined was Edwin Elliott, a merchant, of Rushing, who deposed to taking a house from the defendant at Christmas last. The defendant lived in the same house till the 25th of March last, when he removed to a new house in Flushing, where he now resides. During the time between Christmas and March witness heard strange noises at nights, more like the roaring of a bull tnan sounds proceeding from any human creature. Wit ness proceeded :—I took the noise to conic from a lunatic. On the evening that the defendant was ------. _ going to remove to a new house be came to me and said, "Neighbour, if you hear any noises in the night, don't be alarmed or trouble yourself to get up, because I think of taking Robert away to• night." [Defendant sometimes called his lunatic brother " Robert."] I offered my assistance, but he said, "No, I can man age it myself." In the course of the night, between 12 and 1 o'clock, I heard a wheelbarrow being wheeled to the back-door, where it remained about five minutes, when it was wheeled away again. The next morning defendant came to me and said, "Did you hear us in the night ?" I replied that I heard the wheelbarrow. He said, "Me and my wife removed Robert ourselves. We told him we were going to take him to a new house. We put him in the wheelborrow, and he was quiet till we got there." About 5 o'clock on the morning after he removal I went to the room where the lunatic had been confined. When I opened the door I was obliged to draw back, the stench was so horrible, After a time I returned to the room and found it in a most dreadful state; it was worse than any pigstye I have ever seen in my life. Both the walls and the floor were strewn with human dung, and there was some rotten straw on the floor, but the straw was so rotten as to be merely dung. Just inside the door was a large blue flagstone, raised about four inches from the floor. Tnis stone was the lunatic's bed, and it was covered with human dung to a depth of four inches, and there was the mark of the man's body in the centre, whore it had sunk down to the bare stone, just as if a vessel had been lying in the mud. Later in the day, with the assistance of two boys, I cleaned out as much of the dung as I could remove with a shovel. There was half a cart load. The walls were thickly covered with human excre ment. A great portion of the flooring was corn- pletely rotten. There was a small window which was nailed up, and was so covered with green mould that it admitted scarcely any light. There was no communication between the house and the room. Entrance was gained by going up a narrow alley about 18 inches wide, and through the garden. Cross-examined b 1 Mr. Moorman—l mentioned the case the day after I had examined the room to Mr. Joseph Tong, but since then I never mentioned the case to anybody but Dr. Byrne. I saw a room iu defendant's new house, where he said he wa, going to put his brother. It was a new-built room, but not quite finished then. That was about eight months ago. I was perfectly friendly with the defendant while in the house with him. I never knew defendant apply any violence to his brother Robert. The defendant took food to his brother twice a day—breakfast and dinner time. The food I saw was bread and treacle. It was not often I had an opportunity to see the food because he would return into the kitchen the moment he saw me about. When he took the food he did not remain with his brother a moment. The defendant never alluded to his brother during the three months I was in the house till the eve of his removal. I did not hear the lunatic cry out on that night, nor anything to lead me to think the lunatic was being removed against his will. By the Bench—The bedroom was about 12ft long and about 61t Wide, and 18ft high. There was no chimney in the room, and the door which formerly communicated with the house had been blocked up. Julia Tregiddgo, an old woman who had lived in a house next door to that occupied by the defendant for 25 years, said, defendant occupied the house as its owner for ten years previous to March last. I knew his brother Robert, who w as a Sae young man about 25 years ago. I never saw him from the time his mother died, in 1842, till about three years ago. The noise at the time was so violent that it made me very nervous and timid, as the door of my living room went into the yard. I therefore determined to find whether he could get out or nbt. I went to the back door of the room from which the noises had come. The door was latched, but not locked. I saw a human being there. He was a frightful object. He had not a bit of clothing on. He was stark naked, and doubled up in a crouching posture. It was Robert Porter. I was afraid to speak to him, and ran away. I heard these horrible cries during the 10 years that the defendant lived there. I frequently heard the Challa," alluding to his Char lunatic cry " Cnalla, lotte, who is now in America, and of whom h e was very fond. He was not a cripple when I knew him. Cross-examined by Mr. Moorman—Robert Porter lived with his mother till her death, 1842. I was intimately acquainted with her. She never said that she had any objection to Robert being sent to a lunatic asylum. He, lived some years after his mother's death with his father and sister. His father died about 14 years ago. It is about 11 years, I think, since he went to live with the defendant. I don't know what state he was in when he went to live with defendant. I never complained of the noises to any magistrate, policeman, or other per son in authority. Before Dr. Byrne came to me I never thought of complaining. Re-examined by Mr. Law—l did not know that the confinement of Robert Porter was illegal. This concluded the case for the prosecution. Mr. Moorman submitted that there was no charge which could be substantiated against the defendant. He had on the previous occasion shown that the Bth and 9th of Victoria, cap. 56, did not apply to the case; and the 16th and 17th Victoria, cap. 96, sec. 9, only applied to persons having charge of a lunatic by legal authority ; in which case there were cer tain duties to perform, for the neglect of which there were certain penalties. But iu the present case there was no duty, and, therefore, there could be no breach of duty. He then alluded to the deci sions in the case of " The Queen v. Rundle," of Chief Baron Pollock, and Baron Parke. It was a case where a husband had been accused of ill treating his lunatic wife, and keeping her in illegal confinement. There were seven counts in the in dictment, six under the statute and one for common assault. The jury found the prisoner guilty on all the counts, but on a case being reserved to the supe rior courts, the learned Barons ruled that the . et did not apply to cases of domestic relation. n Nei: . e er r would an indictment lie in common law, for in the to constitute a misdemeanour at commoh and not offence' must be one against th?.uti Pu i hlic and there against any merely private individn nssault. He, was not the slightest evid ence of :the duty of the therefore, submitted that it t 4 v e ec t to the growl magistrates to declare, therewithour p wa s no Act under ing from without, that defendant ; and the which they could commit the Lunacy Commissione rs could proper, file an indictment at the assizes. if they thought assizes. Mr. Law direc ted attention to the 16th and 17th of Victoria, cap . 96, s ec. 9, which , after alluding to the duties of public officers and keepers of lunatic asylums, says , o Oro if an y person taking, or having the care or charge, or concerned or taking part in the custody, care, or treatment of any lunatic or person alleged to be a lunatic, in any way abuse, ill treat, or wilfully neglect such lunatic, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be subject to an indictment for every such offence." It was unneces sary for him to do more than refer to the evidence in the present case, which was one of the most hoirible he had ever had anything to do with, w show the vaegisiratts that the misconduct add " wilful neglect" had been of the most flagrant kind, With regard to the case alluded to by Mr. Moorman, the facts were directly opposed to his statement of them, and it was because he was the husband and that it was his duty to take care of his wife that the Act did not apply. The magistrates, after a few minutes' considera tion, declared that the conduct of the prisoner was a statutory offence, as well as one at common law, and they should therefore commit him for trial at the next assizes. The prisoner was admitted to bail, himself in £5OO and two sureties in £250 each. A large crowd had collected outside the court, and though they were not so violent as on the pre vious week, it was found necessary to remove the prisoner under a strong guard of constables. He was followed by the mob, hooting and yelling, till he was conveyed to a place of safety. WASHINGTON. As DESCRIBED BY MR. G. A. SALA, THE " DAILY TELEGRAPH' CORRESPONDENT. That it resembles in any way the metropolis of a great, powerful, and wealthy commonwealth can at once, without much fear of contradiction, be de nied. It contains, certainly, some noble p ublic buildings, but they are scattered far and wide, with all kinds of incongruous environments, producing upon the strang er a p er pl e x e d impression that the British Museum has suddenly migrated to the centre of an exhausted brickfield, where rubbish may be shot ; or th a t S t. P aul ' s C at h e d ra l, washed quite -white, and stuck upon stone stilts, has been transformed to the centre of the great desert of Sahara, and called a Capitol. There is a perpetual solution of continuity at Washington. There is no cohesion about Pennsylvania-avenue ; its houses are as Hudibras's story of the bear and the fiddle— begun and broke off in the middle. It is an archi tectural conundrum which nobody can guess, and in which I cand idl y believe there i s no meaning. The Nitruviuses and Palladios of America have per perpetrated a vast practical joke, and called it Washington. There is no beginning, no centre, and no end to Washington. It is the most bogus of towns—a shin-plaster in bricks and mortar and marble. The people seem to be very fond of building houses ; but when they have run up three or four storeys which threaten to attain the altitude of the Tower of Babel, the confusion of tong ues sets in; the builders abandon their work; but, nothing dis heartened, erect three or four storeys of fresh houses elsewhere. It is said of those patrons of the drama who habitually avail themselves of half price that they halve seen nothing but denouements. Wash ington, on the contrary, is a collection of first acts without any catastrophes. It presents a converse to Mercutio's description of his wound. Its avenues are as deep as wells, and its blocks as wide as church doors; but they do not serve any purpose that I am aware of. Washington will be, when completed, the most magnificent city on this side the Atlantic ; but it is not quite begun yet. We are still at the soup and fish, and have not got to the first entree. Never was there so interminable an overture. " Two piastres more, , ' cries the Arab funambulist, unworthily parodied by the London street mounte bank, " and the ass shall ascend the ladder." But those piastres are never forthcoming, and the donkey never goes up. Only two hundred million dollars more, and two hundred thousand inhabitants, or thereabouts, and Washington would be able to rival the Empire City and the Crescent City, and all the other cities to which the Americans have given, to use the diction of Mr. Artemus Ward, " magnolious and spanglorious" appellatives. Pendente lite, Washington doesn't precisely languish, bat it wal lows in the dust like an eel in a sand-basket, deli• cious when fried or stewed, but slightly repulsive to the sight before he is skinned and cooked. Wash ington will be, I have no doubt, some day uproar ously splendid, but at present it isn't anything. It is in the District of Columbia and the State of the Future. And yet I must, for the sake of those who will never probably visit this rambling mass of streets without houses, and houses without streets, liken it to something. Well, it is like a jumbled-up collee. tion of children'. toy villages seen through, the opera glass of the King of Brobdignag. Again, it is not unlike the Old Kent-road grown out of all patience. Stay, it is like Brentford run mad, with a dash of Highgate out of its wits, and a spice of Barnet at the fair time—for ragged horseflesh is here abun dant—the whole mingled with Holborn-hill, and set in the midst of Salisbury Plain. After this imagine a tohobohu of Canterbury Halls and dancing saloons, Government offices and old clothes' shops, Bath and Cheltenham like private mansions and log cabins, oysters, negroes, lagerbeer, mules, oxen, waggons, dragoons, ladies in crinolines and loafers in " sit on 'em" hats, and the very faintest notion of Wash ington may begin to dawn upon you. The Capture of the Chesapeake by the Con. federates. It has already been stated that the merchant steamer Chesapeake had been seized by sixteen Con federate passengers, while on the passage from New Yurk to Portland. The Confederates were headed by a Southern officer, who had regular instructions for carrying out the seizure. The Chesapeake was taken to St. John's, New Brunswick. where her captain and crew were landed. She then left in the charge of the Southerners, her supposed desti nation being Wilmington. The St. John's Evening Globe, of the 10th instant, says :—" The scheme was matured here by Confederate agents. Meet ings were held, and the passage money of parties to make the seizure was paid through to New York. They were promised 500 dole. each on the s teamer's being safely taken into Wilmington. It was also arranged that at a certain store in New York each of the parties were to call at differen t times for a parcel containing a revolver, tion, and .a pair of handcuffs. It is believed tuts the cargo which was shipped by Confederate erranged was valuable to the South, and that it vi particulara trip. that she should be seized on this nted that the The manager of the plot repr a e :t e a3pting to run Chesapeake had been taken while the blockade, and this was w a e harmless the names of five mleas effort to get back Southern property. se izure. They belong of the parties engaged in the w ith Captain Brain e . to this city, and left s pecies of humanity de nominated "rough s One of them was just out o f They are of the w orst o all went from They • th e penitentiary. here by the don the 3d to Boston The Chesapeake the har e - Engle"' l here. She called steamer New Chesapeake did n" b e ct e a a rd Captain p ......tooThffhey The thetfue Chesapeakel aipe i eb : ---y‘: ordered lio L ie bour, and took seßetribution,who Parker, formerly took command." Retribution to the officers detached to capture is a COPY of the order of the captain rwivinatgeer t u o t . proceed John e ' t i t !) b o o n e Brains ~_you N e w York with the followin g ; First Lieutenant H. A. Parr, Second Lieutenant David Collins, Sailing Master George Robinson, and crew of 11 men. You will, on arrival, engage passage on board the steamer, and use your discretion as to the proper time and place to capture. Your action towards the crew and passengers will be strictly in accordance with the President's instructions. You will, as cir • cu mstances will permit, bring your p rize to the island of J. Grand Menan for furthe r orders. Sl, Cove Ha r b our , if accessible.—(Signed) I _ PARKER,ae Captain P r i va t eer R etr ib u tion. is said to be of the same size and e nearly er and faster. Several steamers were at once "—TheC tics pease p e e a ea e model of the Sumter, but much g despatched str York in search of " t he p irate. e „ iron' New •At the las' • STEAMBOATS AND PRIZE FIGLITS weekly petty sessions held at Dartford, the super intendent of the Waterman's Seam Packet Company appeared for the directors, to answer a summons at thE, instance of the Board of Trade, charging the defendants with illegally conveying passengers in the Gannet steam. vessel CO a point farther than that for which the vessel w as duly licensed. It appeared that on the 16th September the Gannet embarked two pugilists, named Roberts and Morri son, with a number of their adherents, who landed at a fr of 1 1d po i n t below Gravesend, where a figh t took p lace. The Gan net is licensed to convey passengers from 1 6 .0 8 1 . a G rav esend only. The bench inflicted a fine and £a I to s costs, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK. TATIE POLISH INSURRECTION. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 21. The trial of Count Stanislaus Zamoyski is not closed; the statement of his condemnation to death. is altogether false. THIRD EDITION SUN OFF ICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. THE SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN QUESTION. .-+-- .-- HAMBURG, Dec. 22. A great popular assemblage of Holsteiners is to take place to-morrow at Elmshorn, in which depu tations from all parts of the country will take part ; the intention of the meeting is said to be to pro- claim Duke Frederick. GRESHAM LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING.—(THis DAY). The annual general meeting of the share and policy holders in this society was held this afternoon at the offices, 37, Old Jewry, Cheapside. The chair was occupied by W. Tabor, Esq., chairman of the board of directors. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, The following report was then submitted to the meeting : " The directors have to state as their report fer the financial year ending July 31st, 1863, that as many as 4,228 proposals have been made to the office for assu rances. amounting to £1.732,235. " That of such proposals 3,508 have been accepted and completed, yielding £37,347 13s. Bd., as new premiums for the year, exclusive of annuities. "The general income for the year has been £162,537 12s. 2d., of which £12,147 6s. scl. is from interest of in vestments. " The amount paid during the year for deaths, including bonuses, has been £55,533 13s. 6d. " The current funds remaining accumulated and invested, after payment of the charges of the year, and exclusive of share capital and deposits, amounted to £374,671 13s. sd. " The accounts have been examined monthly by the assigned auditors, Messrs. G. H. Ladbury, W. W. Venn, and William Whitelock a nd have been found and certi oreao, fied to b e correct. These gentlemen again beg to offer themselves for e l ect i on. " The di rectors retiring, b u t again offering themselves a w re illia E m dw ,l a a r b d or, S E ol s ly q , s., and William Henryi Thhw fornt leictetin andare recommended by the board as the list for election. " The above report comprises all the essential results of the past year, and presents to those who are acquainted with assurance business, such evidence of the activity and pros perity produced by the extensive and successful organisa tion of the society, as cannot fail to be deemed highly satis factory." The CHAIRMAN said it now became his duty to move that the report be received and adopted. lie did not know there was anything that called for remark, but he could not resume his seat without congratulating the meeting upon the success of their operations during the past year, which he thought w ere un p aralleled in the a nnals of life assurance. Their premiums kept on increasing, and they had completed fresh proposals yielding £37,347 133. 8d : (Hear, hear.) Such an amount of new business had, h e thought, never been exceeded by any other office, and the fact showed that the foundation of the establishment w a s sound and reliable. (Hear, hear.) Their accumulated fund had also shared in the general increase, and it now amounted to nearly £400,000. (Hear, hear.) Their large increase of business had been most legitimately obtained. There had been no amalgamations, no purchases, but all had been done in the most regular manner. During the last week he had examined their securities for money advanced. and he had also been to the Bank of England, and peen that the amount standing in their name was cor. rect. (Hear, hear.) With these few observations, he would conclude by formally moving that the report sub. mitted to the meeting b 3 received and adopted. The motion having been seconded, Mr. W. SMEE said he could not allow that opportunity to pass without expressing the pleasure he felt at the success that had attended their operations during the past year. During that time they had no less than 4,228 new propo- sale, and the uninitiated could form no idea of the immense labour such a circumstance would create, as every proposal, representing as it did the head of a family, had to be dealt with singly and separately. It was most satisfactory to know that their increased business had not been produced by amalgamation, and that each new assurer had attended personally at one or other of their offices, and had undergone an examination by the medical gentleman appointed for the particular district. The utmost care was taken in the selec tion of lives, and to :that fact much of their , prosperity was to be attributed, Stich had been the success of their operations that, in some towns, they had secured every life fit for insurance, and this in a field, in many instances, which others had failed to cultivate. The Gresham was really and truly an European office; be would not say they had not a governor or a consul insured in, their office, but they had been insured previous to their appointment—(hear)—in fact, the whole of those assurers had been obtained without in one instance going to the, colonies for them. (Hear, hear.) It was the happiness of adlargo that as i the h ate office would present was the board to have the advice of a gentleman of great breadth a mind, and he migh t trul y say that it.was owing to the untiring energy o f his frien d Mr. Farren—(hear, h ear) . _ b r ought to its pres en t p i tch of that the Gresham had been it was destin ed y et to beoome larger for the future. (Hear.) The CHAIRMAN put the question for th e a d opt i on o f t h e pstriollspgerroiwty,. stillli lie extendventured itself,t predictn report to the ii,eeting, when it Was enthusiastically carried. Mn Wtr,Laits moved the re-election of the retiring directors, viz., Edward Solly, Esq., William Henry Thorn thwaite, Esq., and William Tabor, Esq. He said they were all gentlemen of tried abirt y, and it would be - possible to obtain better or abler servants. (Hear, hear.) The motion having b een secon d e d was pu t to the m eet • ing and carried unanimously. Mr. THORNTHAITE AV , on the part of hid br other directors, returned thank s . He said it was their greatest pride to see the office in its present flourishing condition, and their past successful labours would only animate them to fresb, exertions for the future. (Hear, hear.) This concluded the business of the meeting. A. POLICYHOLDER said before the proceedings terminated he trusted they would award a vote of thanks to their worthy and esteemed chairman. (Hear, hear.) He ha d invariably discharged his duties in the most courteous and affable manner; and he had great pleasure in moving that the best thanks of the meeting be invented to him. The motion having been carried, The CHAIRMAN returned thanks for tho compliment, but at the same time he must say that much of their suc cess was attributable to their admble an T dable actuary and secre tary, Mr. Farren. (Hoar, h ira oar.) hey had had the happiness of knowing that gentleman for many years, and the more they knew of him the better they liked hi m . This being the case, he had great pleasure in moving a cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Farren. (Hear, hear,) Mr. BEADNALL said it would afford him great pleasure in, seconding the motion. The CHAIRMAN having put the motion, and declared it carried, FARREN said be had to thank the meeting for himse lf and also fur his staff, because the latter rendered him the most essential service. He need hardly tell them that the two main sup ports that he depended upon for success were his own staff and the gentlemen who acted as agents. Those gentleman felt a settled confidence in the soundness of the society, and they most unhesitatingly advocated and aided its extension. Ever 3 body was well and justly paid for services rendered, and this, coupled with the energy and perseverance of every one engaged in the offices, was one of t he secrets of their success. He could only thank the meet ing for the compliment they had awarded him, but at the same time he could assure all present that his constant en deavour would be to enlarge the operations of the Gresham. The proceedings then terminated. THE LEEDS MURDER.—REPRIEVE OF THE CM, PRIT.—The Secretary of State for the Nome De partment has thought It, on the recommendation of Mr. Justice Mellor, to commute the sentence of death p asse d upon Patrick Farley, for the m urder of Anthony Goulding at Leeds, on the 23d August last, to penal servitude for life The fact will be announced to the wrciched man this morn ing by the governor of Yolk Castle, the dg.cial intimation having been sent off last night. --~. I ~~a royal ;, and