The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-03 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET 'AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is rather more than the usual Saturday demand for accommodation today, ow ing to the large number of commercial securities liqu idated to-day, the 4th being Sunday. The available sup plies of money, however, are largely in excess of present requirements, and the rates continue easy. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £1,018,600, and the exports £263,527. The Pera, which leaves on the 4th inst. with the India and China mails, will take out £182,517 in specie. The directors of the Port Phillip and Colonial Gold Mining Company have received, per telegram, from Jubal, the folio wing advices, in anticipation of the Australian mail, from their resident director, Mr. Bland; at Melbourne, giving the result of the month of October last : Quantity of quartz crushed, 4,036; yield of gold per ton, 15 dwts. 15 grp : ; receipts, £5,343 ; expenditure, £2,115 prpfit,'.£3,22B ; remittance . , £1,200. • From the o ffi cial return issued to-day,it appears that the revenue of the South Austrian and Lom bardo-Venetian lines (extending over 1,203 miles) during the week ending the 23d ult. was £48,220 or £7,720 less than the company received in the same time in 1861. On the Central of Italy branch from Plaisance to Bologna, a distance of 91 miles the receipts were £3,557, against £2,805 in the same period of the preceding year. Two O'CLOCK. The dealings in the market for the English Funds have been limited to-day, and they have led to.Aetchange in prices, which have continued very close it 921 4 for transfer and the Bth instant, and 924 for the February settlement. The New 3 per Cents. are buoyant at 924 a ; the Re duced firm at 924 4; Red Sea Telegraph Annuities, 21 15-16ths 22; India 5 per Cent. Loan, 1084 ; and Exchequer Bills at Bs. to 12s. prem. In the Foreign Department the principal move ment has been a decline of about 4 per cent, in Turkish Consolides, viz. to 404 8 , owing to the state ment that another local loan is in course of nego- tiation at Constantinople. Buenos Ayres £lOO Bonds are 1004 ; Egyptian, 95*; ditto second issue, 944 ; Greek, 164; ; Mexican, 314 32 ; Peruvian New Loan, 894 ; Portuguese ditto, 47 a ; Russian ditto, 954 ; Spanish Passive, 234 4 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, 711 4 ; ditto £lOO Bonds, 734 ; and the New Loan, 68 4. Business in the Railway Share Market was dull, but prices, in most instances, exhibited more firm ness. Great Northerns improved £1 to £1 155.; and the A Stock £l. London and Blackwell and Midland, 10s., and North Westerns 55., Caledonians and Brightons declined ss. The foreign and colonial lines were without material valuation. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares fully maintained previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities... 92/ i .1 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. 22 1 15-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent lOB/ i Ditte Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 95/ D . th, Bond s £l,ot)u 2B Ditto under £l,OOO Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 2i per Cent 8 12 Ditto £500 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852 -68-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto, £lOO Bonds .. . Egpptian 7 per Cent...—. Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupms l6i Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 32 1/ New Granada 2 per Cent 271 Ditto ex over-due Coups. & Hectares 121 1 Peruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 1862 Ditto Account B9k Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account.. 464 Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Cent. 18:58 Ditto Account . intro £lOO Bonds 73/ Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London, Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f — Ditto Account 7O k O ' Consols, M oney TWO 921 f CLOCK. Ditto Account, Jan. 8 Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 161 Antwerp — 25 371 Brussels — 25 371 II amburgh — 13 6 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 1181 Vienna .. Trieste ..... . ll 60 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn....... 25 55 25 60 Milan 25 521 25 57/ Genoa 25 521 Naples 25 60 Palermo .. 25 621 25 671 Messina ............ 25 621 25 67/ Li5b0n....... 521 521 Oporto .............. 521 62i Foreig n Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars - 5 11 South A mer i can Doubloons 0 0 0 11 14f 11 17 11 17 25 42} 25 45 13 6f 25 22f 25 45 25 45 119 11 65 11 65 35k SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 3.—Wind this day at noon—South strong breeze, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jane Henderson, from Moulmein ; Kaffirland, from Sunderland, for Callao ; Matilda A. Lewis, from Sunderland, for New York. SWANSEA, Jan. 2.—Wind W.—Arrived—Ocean King, from Coquimbo ; Claudine, Deerslayer, and San Fernando, from Caldera. HULL, Jan. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Oromacto, from Miramichi. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 2.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Rosanti, from Havannah. DUNDEE, Jan. 2 .—Wind Powis, for Matanzas. Orr HURST steamer, from Brazils. CASTLE, Jan. 2 . — Arrived—Tyne, screw York; Gueneva,Sulln a , QUEENSTOWN, from Jan I.—Arrived — Toronto, from New from Bah CLYDE,ia JAN. 2.—Wind N.W .—Arrived—Lady Monk, Havannah. SHIELDS, Jan. 2.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Cleadon, for (EY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. ATrived, Jan. 2.—Volina, from Alexandria; Duchess o f Leilichester, from Kust eng ee ; Tartar, from Calcutta; Vic tory, from Bombay. _ Arrived, J an. 3.—Aregon, from St. J o h n ' s ; Moselle, from, Antwerp ; R a i n b ow, from Bou l ogne ; B e lgium, from y ei s a t r e e n a d d ; m2, Vanguard, c uard aicu fr t o ta. m Algoa Bay; Lady Eyre, and DEAL, Saturday Morning. Anchored—Jobannis Christian, from London, for Ba tavia ; Star of the East, from London. for St. Michael; L tura, from London, for Mogador ; Cid, screw steamer, from London, for Bilboa. The France says that the Cabinet of Vienna, lOnlan without repudiating in principle the cession of the Islands, has called the attention of the English °"ernment to the serious difficulties which may result from the step. h On the occ as i on o f t h e New Year, eight children a " been ad m it ted to the Orphan Asylum of the Prince Imperial. The number of inmates is now 330. MM. Emile and Isaac Pereire, according to their usual custom at this period of the year, have placed at the disposal of the Administration of Public Assistance Of Paris aonoo kilogrammes of bread for the poor. UtrDsoN V. SIR F. SLADE AND OTHERS."-- th.e action by M r. H u d son against the Benchers of the rmiddle Tonple, in which the jury were discharged without i ng a verdi ct, will again come before the Court of Queen's b ench for trial on another juIY. SHARE MARKETS---This Day. ORDINARY. SHARES AND STOOKS. Share) Railways. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val [Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andnid.llo 'Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no di Do. B v ti ll 6p c.p an.has fff(been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. Edinburgh &Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian at GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an 1 W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., sad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do # shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid4Gt. W: offlreland Do.l pate! , Mid beat • Do Cray Tine North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern-=Berwiok Do, G.N.E.. ptirchase 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 Soot. Mid. stock.. Shrews. and Welehpool Shropshire Unica: South Deyon.. SOtiti; South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington) Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C later Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny I West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&lt 'West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 13.14 BRITISH P. Hallways Atlantic & St Lawrenct Born;,Baroda&.Cent Inca Gu. kper cent... . Do. New . . . Buffalo and Lake Huron, Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,BrantotGodrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1872 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Cleutta.ttS.Eastn.(l,i , ) Cape Town .t Dock Seri' Eastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. c l East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. 'Cr Ext.... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 8 per ct. Debentr., Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. G t.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. New gua. 5 Do. January, 1562 IGt. South.ot India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. C. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. Do. 41 p. o. Extensiot, Dc. 4+ d 0...... Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corn. c p. 0. Math,. Melb. & Hobson's Bay., Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. l l Newßrunswick et Candml Class A Capital Shari. [Do. do. B Capital d 0... N.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist p 1 bds &Jude Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub .... r' Do. Do. Do. Indus.St Flo.) Paid.' Closing Business Price. done. 8 8i El 61 S 4 F 6 115 i 116] 61 7 41 43 13 14 87 88 105 107 46 47 43 45 24 25 121 126/ 130 132 136 138 104 106 66} 1,7} 1094 W9' 714 724 118 119 374 384 97 67 101 102 404 41 9;.91 i2Bl 129 lf ifp 97 99 53 541 26 27 90* 100 56 67 881 FBl 125 127 108 110 1 P 4* 3;1 It 11* 118 120 471 484 104 106 47 49 138 ' 69 684 439} 100 103 7 8 39 40 1 p 1 7} 10 7 p 148 150 4i 5 11 2 55 4 4 56 4 24 34 p d # p 87 90 140 145 29 31 43 45 35 37 94 26 ,SIONS. Closin , 2 Price. 67 69 104 105 6.4.0 19.16.41 12.10 Share 100 atk 20 204 10 100 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock itock 20i 20 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock 100 (100 100 15 2 , 100 k• 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb.. Aug. 100 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 Do. bp. c. Jan.&July. 100 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 Cape G. Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 Do.Ap Oct& 1880 100 Do. 1890, 100 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.: 100 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c 100 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p c.,1866 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 New Zealand 6 p. cent: 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. C S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up Vit.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to 6 p.c. An.&Ont. BRITIS' Cambrian Consol. Gold Clitiord Amalgamated Devon G. Cott.. Tavist East Bassett (Ulna - Rol East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon East Carn Brea.... E. W• 1 Russel (Tavistk , Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Helston ) Grenville .. Herod's- Foot Kingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (iJny Lelant 'larke Valley.. \lyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) New Setun North Downs v.Wh'l Basset (Lilo ;an North Wheal Crotty I Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carte Brea (Illogan) )-'.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. Tin Crort West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton wheal Treiawney (Lis ) Wheal Union ?.14.t 3.0.0 7.19.0 571 17i 40 6.15. t 8.12 4.17.0 2.0,6 0i 4.3.0 24 2.17.0 2.4.9 1k 10.6.7 14 5.15.8 18.1 -.9 28.9. 476 51 5 , 2.0.8 2.10.8 8 586 7 3.13 ,2271 5 THE OTTOMAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION. — The bad weather has at length proved too much for the contractors and workmen employed on the new building (says the _Levant Hermld of December 24th), and the latter have accordingly been knocked off since Sunday. The four porticoes which are to form the entrances to the structure were, however, covered in before this interruption, and a few days after the resumption of work will suffice to root in the whole. This once done, the further progress with the shell of the building will be easy and rapid, though we shall still adhere to our conviction that nei ther the house nor its contents can possibly be ready for the proposed " opening" on the first day of Ramazan. In the meantime, applications for space continue to be ad dressed to the commission. The Pacha of Egypt has notified his intention of sending specimens of all the raw produce and manufactured goods of his viceroyalty. The Persian Government has made a similar intimation, though how it can be imported into a " national" Turkish exhibi tion is not quite clear. The Circassians, through their Tophaneh deputies, have also asked room for specimens of arms, embroidery, silver-•enamelling, and raw produce, and their application has, we learn, been entertained. In addi tion to these expectations from without, Azmi Bey is vigo rously whipping up the metropolitan corporations, speci mens of the whole of whose handiwork will accordingly be forthcoming. The form of tender for the performance of the West I n di a ma il serv i ce recently issued by the Go vernment differs divided into ci v i i ffeee; instead of being treated as a whole, is in several particulars from the previous one. The service, any one orent lines or routes, and tenders may be seat in forme of such lines. Parties may t tender for a high or a io speed, aad they may also state what reduction they will make provided the clauses are omitted which bind contract ors t h e satisfaction of the Postmaster -General upp v l e y sse t l o s s u ited to the performance of the servic e , with everything nece ssar y to render them and efficient. Whatever fitted Whatever may be the advanta g e of these alterati ons , there is a strong feeling amo n g the commercial firms in terested that the greatest care should be taken to insure the service being well executed as regards postal speed and ex actitude, since the commerce between this country and the places embraced in the ',Vest India contract (which includes not only the West Indies and Mexico, but the point of communication with the North and South Pacific) is rapidly increasing in importance, and unless the English service is efficiently conducted the French steam lines now in operation and projected will absorb the traffic, and the British correspondence with that region may gradually be come dependent on those vessels. The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and the Archduchess Charlotte, some of the German journals state, will go to London in March to be present at the marriage of the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alexandra of Den mark 1 106 107 'lO6 108 106 108 971 93 06 98 10 , 3 110 111 113 112 114 111 113 1041 104 1 -- - 99 1004 99} 100 i 99 09,, 108 110 1 .05 105 ( 8 110 !09 111 IC9I 1091! ES. 186 all 100 100 100 • all 100 100 100 100 100 100 TIIE7SIIN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SHOPLIFTING.—Mary Wood, a female about 50 years of age, was charged before Mr. Knox with the following rob bery at the shop of Mr. Robert James Winter, draper, of 30, Goodge-street, Tottenham-court-road. The prisoner was seen yesterday evening by George Henry Stokley, outside door porter to the prosecutor, to go up to a piece of mohair, consisting of about forty-five yards, and take out two pins. She then crossed over to a public house, and shortly after returned and took up the piece of stuff, and, having placed it under her shawl, walked off with it. The lad then went after her and secured her, and brought her back to the prosecutor's, when she was given into custody. The value of the stuff was 15s. In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness said the prisoner was quite sober. _ _ _ Clink, 47 E, said, on taking the prisoner into custody, she said that she only took up the mohair to look at the quality. She had given a false address. Mr. Knox remanded her for further inquiries to be made. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Mlle. Opened. Rewipta. 1862. A 1861. 1862. 1861. X 2,036 2,032 690 611 1,293 970 5,913 5,500 16,715 16,280 283 247 265 282 178 206 288 192 1,352 1,239 197 236 1,448 1,525 1,418 1,482 2,039 1,900 1,095 970 6,664 6,847 223 213 2,613 2,124 7,889 7,564 31,616 31,059 25,798 22,737 1,677 1,653 378 250 7,657 7,541 53,558 49,718 911 876 1,501 1.538 191 209 12,363 32,909 134 128 105 111 429 403 83,210 73,514 1,719 1,478 21,096 18,689 17,981 16,575 3,752 2,282 989 1,016 14,437 14,208 1,177 1,302 1,176 1,165 43,538 41,779 3,9t3 3,787 1,577 1,518 1,800 1,963 Railways. Belfast and N. Counties 136 Belfast and County Down.... 49 Blyth and Tyne 22 Bristol and Exeter l2l} Caledonian 230 Cockermouth & Workington B} Cork and Bandon 2O Cork, Blackrook, & Passage Cork and Youghal 32 Cornwall 5 Deeside l7 Dublin & Belfast Junction.— 63 Dublin and Drogheda 63 Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid 4B} Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O Glasgow & South-Western 198 1 Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,&E.Union 614 Great Northern 330 3 Great North of Scotland 5B ot. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 57 I tSouthn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 329 32 Great Western 992 96 Inverness & Aberdeen Juno 73}. 7. Irish North-Western 145 131 Irish South-Eastern 2s} 25 Lancashire & Yorkshire 395} 395 Limerick and Ennis... Limerick and Foynes 26} 26 6 1 Llanelly 461 4 London & North-Western 11381 1062 London and Blackwall London & South-Western 442} 400} Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2476 211} London, Chatham, & Dover 72} 724 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 45 45 6lan.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh 236 236 Manch. S.J un.&Altrincham 9} 9} Maryport and Carlisle Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 614} Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind l92} 192 Monkland 714 716 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee ... 410} 345} N-Eastern and New & Car... 8941 8674 North London 9 9 North Staffordshire 248 246 Oswestry and Newton 42 42 Rhymney l9} 194 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern 132 132 Shropshire Union 29} 29 4 Somerset and Dorset 394 South Devon ..••• • Jr South-Eastern Stockton and Darlington 16 Taff Vale 5l Ulster 5l 48i 31 164 30 11,199 9,965 41,936 39,932 3,062 2,704 7,982 7.215 820 588 711 607 1,815 1,705 3,273 3,247 4,485 4,482 1,100 885 338 - 701 rSt 21,481 21,013 10,078 7,829 4,533 3,496 1,719 1,581 ......_ _ Vale of' Clwyd Vale of Neath 2s} Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 27} W.HartlepoolHarbr.itßail 39 W'haven,Cleator,SiEgrnint 7 Whitehaven Junction l2 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 119 121 1,742 1,679 217 231 976 975 648 676 2,794 3,242 482 457 688 716 665 711 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 Austrian B2B 828 Belgian Eastern Junction 26i Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie Dutch Rhenish lOB2 1082 Eastern of France lO7B 1060 920 948 31,833 44,670 268 233 1,620 1,330 6,308 3,166 3,642 3,774 49,873 64,222 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Great Indian Peninsula 425 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Western of Canada 345 Madrid, Saragossa drAlicant og Northern of Canada .....• ___94 4601 1090 437/ 128 345 435 94 21,350 17,782 7,247 5,404 3,744 8,115 12,739 10,849 15,332 12,805 1,603 911 53,985 54,031 Northern of France 7Ol 680 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 1354 Paris and Orleans 1340 1204 Pernambuco 7l Royal Danish 69 Sambre and Meuse 6B South Austrian......... 1294 Southern of France ...... 128,852 134,467 58,615 53,950 751 - 1234 777 1,425 1,210 49,778 56,273 24,944 28,138 _ Welland.... _ .... ••••• • • 25 West Flanders ......... 75 W. and N.W. of France 758 845 728 34,614 44,670 MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of fruit and vegetables is seasonably good, and most descriptions command a fair sale at the annexed currency : s. d. s. d. , Pine apples, perlb 6 0 to IC 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes, per lb 2 6 to 5 0 Foreign do 1 0 to 1 6 Melons 0 0 to 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 0 to 3 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 4 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 120 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries hf eve° 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 _0 * 6. d. s d Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, puns) oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 3to 1 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 0 oto 0 0 Damson . 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per ii.st• 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per db. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 01 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 3 , Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 Red ditto 1 6So 3 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 4 Celery, per ditto 0 9to 1 9 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 oto 0 0 Beet, per doz. .. 1 oto 2 0 Brocoli, per bun. 0 10 to 1 , 3 1 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 80 to 140 0 ' Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr pd 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p pa 2 6to 3 0 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0) Mint and savory.. 0 3to 0 4 Garlic, per lb .... 0 6to 0 8 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, n.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s. 1 6to 3 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 6to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 French beans, h.s. 0 oto 0 o Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto o 0 Seakale. per bun. 0 oto 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 15s Od ; geese, 5s Od to 10s Od each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is to 2s Od each; wild do., 9d to is 2d ; pigeons, Gd to is each; large Surrey fowls, 9s Od to 14s Od ' • chickens, 4s Od to 9s Od; barn - door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, 48 Od to 6s Od ; partridges,Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os Od to Os ; snipes, Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, is 6d to 2s Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, 58 Od to 8s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, lld to is ld ; English, 18 Id to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, 12s 6d to 14s Od ; French do., lOs Od to Os Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ENTRIES FOR THE CHESTER CUP. The Tradesmen's Plate (Handicap) of 200 sovs, in speci e , added to a sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, 16 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Tuesday, Jan. 27. Cup Course (about two miles and a quarter). Yrs I . Yrs Accident 3 Dictator Adventurer 4 Agag Alcostia Alice Amelia Anfield Attaman 4 Avalanche Col tby Acrobat, out of Event 3 Balham Bally Edmond 5 Barbadoes Barchettina Bathilde Beachy Head 4 Bellman .. 5 Benjamin .... 4 Berkeley 4 Black Deer 3 Blue Peter 3 Bohemia 3 Bosh Breechloader 4 Brewer, The a Brighton. 4 Brilliant 5 Buckstone Cairncastle Caller Ou Canace 3 Canzonette 3 Carisbrook 4 Catch= em-Alive 4 Chaff Poclor Syntax 3 Doefoot Donnybrook 3 Dualla 3 Dulcibella 6 Dunkeld 3 Dusk Earl of Surrey 4 East Lancashire 3 Emily di Lona. 4 Erin- go-Bragh 3 Ernest 3 Fantail . „ 3 Father O'Leary 3 Fitzavon 6 Flexmore Gelert Glenochty colt 3 Gorse Haddington 4 Hartington 4 Henham Lass 5 Investment 4 Ivanhoff Jack of Hearts 3 Jack o'Newbury 3 Jealousy a Joey Jones 5 Jacqueline colt 3 Killigrew a Kill or Cure 4 King of Italy.. 3 King of Kent.. 6 Knave, The .. 4 Knuteford .... 5 Charles Fox .: 4 Chere Arnie .. .. 6 Columbine .... 3 Yrs Magnumßouum 4 Mainstay 3 Manrico Marmion .. 3 Merry Maid .. 4 Middlewatch 3 Milverton 5 Monitor Monk M. Philippe Muffler My Mary 4 Myrtle .. 5 Glance c01t.... 3 Oldminster 5 Physician, by Chanticleer.. a Pizarro (late Duke Rollo). 4 Plover .. 3 Port R0ya1.... 3 Portland 6 Queen of Spain 4 Real Jam 4 Roman Bee 3 Royal Stag 3 Sandford 3 Sister to Sago 3 Serf 3 Scamander Scent,Brother to 3 Shepherdess Stradella 4 Tolurno .. 4 Tommy Jones.. 4 T. P Cooke .. a Trojanns 3 Umpire Valentine Venison .. 3 Victor 4 Via. Brignall 5 Voluptas 3 Watford Weathersby Welcome 4 Zetland Lacydes Lady Faucon- Conical .. 3 berg LadyOf the Isles 3 Contralto 3 I Lawyer, The .. 5 Costa Cowley Croagh Patrick. 5 Lady Evelyn c 4 Cygnet Dalesman .... 4 Lord Clyde 4 Damascus Lufra Darlington 4 I Luscinia 3 I The above (130) comprise -the .entries which closed to Messrs. Weatherby and Mr. Topham up to the time of our going to press. The list will, in all probability, be con siderably augmented by Mr. R. Johnson's (of York) " lot." WESTMINSTER. CAPTURE OP EXTENSIVE COINERS.—William Ballard and Eliza Ballard, man and wife, were placed at the bar before Mr. Paynter, charged with coining at their residence, 17, St. Anne-street, Westminster. - At 7 o'clock this morning, Mr. James Brennan, an agent of the Mint authorities, accompanied by Inspector Rolls, Inspector Brennan, Inspector Fife, and three subordinate officers, went to 17, St. Anne-street, and finding the street door open, proceeded upstairs to a front room on the second floor, at which they received a check, in consequence of their being doors peculiarly and ingeniously constructed, which were double, with several bolts of iron, and barri caded and secured by a large oak beam let into the floor. An attack having been made upon the door with sledge hammers, it at length gave way, and the police, entering the house, found the prisoners in bed. Mr. Brennan then, addressing the prisoners, said that he had received instruc tions from the Mint authorities to endeavour to put a stop to their unlawful dealing in counterfeit coins, and had visited them accordingly. Some 'of the offi cers having secured the prisoners, Mr. Brennan went to a cupboard aiid there lound a galvanic battery charged. There was .inarhie' slab with tome plaster of Paris with the implements for moulds of coin, suitable materials for colouring, coating, and preparing coin. There was also some antimony which is used with soft metal to harden it, and give it what is termed " a ring." There were other matters and things used in the process of coining. The doors were produced and created much curiosity. They were of course much impaired by the process of breaking them open. Mr. Rolls, inspector of the B division, produced four counterfeit half-sovereigns fit for circulation, each wrapped in a piece of soft paper, which he found in a basin upon the mantel piece. _ _ _ The male prisoner said "Of course they brought them with them and put them there—how else should they come in the basin." Mr. Paynter—l shall at present remand you till Mon day, when you can be further remanded. THAMES. MURDEROUS AssKurr.—Thomas Watkins, a powerful and ruffianly-looking fellow, described as a painter and house decorator, of No. 14, Frederick-street, Limehouse, was charged with committing a savage assault on Francis Green, of No. 2, Devonport-street, Rateliff-highway, mat tress maker. A medical certificate was put in, stating that the prose cutor was in the London Hospital with a severe wound of the scalp, and was not in a fit condition to be removed. Walker, a police-constable, No. 488, said ho had just seen the patient, who was in a dangerous condition. He produced a supple leathern thong, to which a heavy piece of lead in the shape of a ball had been attached at one end. The prisoner struck the prosecutor with this deadly instrument on the hand with such tremendous force that he dislodged the leaden ball from the thong, and it was found in the gutter. It appeared that there had been an old grudge between the parties, and that the prosecutor was quarrelling last night in Cannon-street-road, St. George's, with a woman who has been for some time co habiting with the prisoner. Green and the woman began fighting, and were struggling on the ground. The prisoner came up with his rough life-preserver in his hand, and said "I'll finish the - dead, and kill him," and then struck him with all the force he could muster on the head with the instrument and rendered him senseless. The prisoner then sneaked away, and concealed himself behind the mob which had assembled to witness the affray, and threw away the " life preserver," which one of the wit nesses called a life destroyer. It was recovered by a man and handed over to the police. The prisoner on being taken into custody said he had never seen the " stick" as he called the thong and lead. The case was fully made out against the prisoner. He was remanded until the complainant, Green, is in a fit condi tion to appear against him. FEDERAL LOSSES AT FREDERICKSBURG.—The New York correspondent of a contemporary, who has stood fast by the Federal cause, writing under date Dec. 20, in the midst of " indignation and despondency," increasing in intensity, gives some further information touching the great blunder on the Rappahannock :—" The more we know of that tremendous struggle the more excuse there seems to be for those who are disposed to despair of the country and the cause. Instead of only 40,000 men having been engaged, as we were at first led to believe, it now appears that the whole army took partin the fray; and. instead of only 5,000 men having been killed and wounded, 13,500 are, at the lowest estimate, the number of the victims of this stu pendous folly. It appears that from morn until dark night division after division was hurled against a steep hill-side honeycombed with rifle pits, lined with stone walls and re doubts, bristling with batteries and crowned with woods, defended by 100,000 men ; that at sunset Hooker's reserves, the flower of the army, led by a man whose unconquerable audacity has procured for him the soubriquet of fighting Joe Hooker,' went into action maddened and desperate by looking on all day from the other side of the river at the slaughter of their comrades. After a brief but tremendous struggle of about half an hour's duration the night fell, and they, too, were compelled to retreat, shattered and broken. On the left, where there were no stone walls to hit against, although the position was terribly strong, Jackson was driven on a mile and his first line forced, but at tremendous cost ; and as long as the centre was not carried this partial success was useless. The story, as I have it from eye-witnesses, is un paralleled in the annals of military blundering. Every column that advanced against the centre encountered 500 yards in front of the position which they were directed to carry with the bayonet the converging fire of upwards of 60 guns, ranged in a semicircle on the heights behind, andthe close, well-aimed, and ceaseless musketry of 30,000 or 40,000 men, concealed in the woods, in the rifle pits, behind the stone wall, and in the adjoining houses. What this meant you may guess from the fact that French's division, which was the first to attack, went into action 6,000 strong; it came out with only 1,500 men untouched. The other divisions did not suffer quite so severely, but all suffered terribly. There has been nothing like it in the war, except the Southern charge upon M'Clellan's position at Halvern Hills —another piece of butchery as heroic and as useless. This last one was, however, more terrible, for it united temerity with courage. The carnage began at daybreak, and divi sion after division marched to its fate all day long, each leaving its mound of dead at the foot of the intrenchments, and then straggling down the hill into cover under wither ing volleys from every crest and knoll within a mile round." The French Minister of War has just adopted a measure which will effect a further reduction of the troops in active service, and cause a considerable sav ing. A decision, dated 19th ult., has been addressed to all commanders of corps directing that the 7,000 men who re ceive six months' leave of absence on the 4th November last, shall be immediately transferred to the reserve, and also a certain number of others at present on furlough for various terms, but more especially those whose services are wanted for the support of their familes. The weather being fine yesterday, vast crowds filled the Boulevards, and on several occasions dur ing the day stoppages occurred which for a time barred the circulation. The petty dealers seemed to drive a thriving trade, and the general admission was, that the purchases made were to a greater amount than last year. STRANGE WEDDING.—A rather curious wedding was witnessed on Tuesday last, at the Primitive Methodist chapel, Loughborough. The bridegroom was a ripe old man of 75, and the bride, a blushing damsel of less than half those years. The pair came from Hathern ; and, as many of the natives had subscribed towards the expense of publishing the banns and celebrating the nuptials, the style and ceremony was such as is seldom witnessed. A muck cart, cleansed and garnished, drawn by a steed (which, although not very light on the heels, had the re deeming character of being quiet in harness), trimmed and covered with a profusion of rustic trappings, was in requi sition to convey the lovers to the hymeneal altar. After the ceremony the old mad led forth his lady to her seat in the cart, and then took his seat beside her, giving expres sion to his love by hugging her in the .tenderest manner. A large blue flag waved triumphantly over them, whilst the crowd of persons, numbering several hundreds, who had been attracted by the sight, filled the air with their cheers dress, r e The ss, a b n ri d de lo h o a k d e d o n t a t 0 whiteuse the bonnet, a expression bridal a . stander) " elarm . - and decent ' and very comfortable." Her head-dress was a bunch of ivy, and her bouquet a bunch of holly. The brideg room was dressed in a negligee suit. His coat, instead of bein g b uttoned, , it s ew.,aspreevcieddeendt the ee cart, had the e ought was that string, and his trousers looked so very uncomfortable, that pair of breeches, and therefore far. A number of men shoulNeurin they returned to their home, the line of route being lined his legs through too he dwith a piece , of t. had to dress in a procession besoms, b. mop-stalls, man dressed as a clown, and a brass band e . in with spectators. The affair made quite upecti a ....2v ati o r tei i n n o t a lg being n h t e l a i i d a fashion a village, which presented ii holiday loornal, BILLING SGATE. Salmon, 2s 6d to Os Od ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to Is ; prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; cod, 2s 6d to 25s Od ; brills, is Od ko lOs Od ; doreys, Os Od to Os Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 2s 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, 3d to is 6d per pair ; common oysters, s to —s ; natives, —s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 12s; haddocks, 4s to 208 ; smelts, is Od to 3i 6d; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 40s per 120 ; fresh herrings, 6s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and ench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 5 Gd to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s Od; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Gibs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81b. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7±d to 8d , of household do., sid to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 31d to 41d; 961 b to 1041 b, 31d to 6d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 8s 6d to 10s 6d ; calf skins, light 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 6s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 9s 6d to Ils Od; half-breds, 7s 9d to 9s 3d; Downs, 6s 3d to 7s 9d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £1 16s to £4 5s Od; clover, do,, £3 lOs to £5 10s ; and straw, £ll2s to £1 16s per load. Supply very moderate; trade steady. CUMBERLAND,—Meadow hay, £1 16s to £4 5s ; clover, £3 10s to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £ll2s to £1 16s per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £1 16s to Li 5s ; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 lOs ; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s per load. Trade steady. LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 31. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade give notice, that the Moniteur of the 30th instant, contains a French Imperial Decree, abolishing from the Ist January, 1863, the drawbacks accorded by the Decree of the 181,h August, 1852, 19th January, 1856, 29th May, 1861, and 20th July, 1862 respectively, on the ex portation of products derived from salt. JAN. 1. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, give notice that the atoniteur 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. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. George Messenger, Elm Tree-road, St. John's-wood BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of importance in the Gazette William Dawson, City, Manchester warehouseman John liambrook Rolfe, builder, Bayswater James Bacon, wine merchant, Buckingham James Hiley, wine merchant, New Kent-road Charles Wade, linen draper, Camberwell James Innes, linen draper, Dartford George Shrimpton, farmer, Nursling, Southampton George James, provision dealer, Dudley John Griffiths, jun., Wotherton, Salop Joseph Lock, cattle dealer, Battersea Thomas H. Hutchinson, farmer, Off ham, Kent Frederick Gregory, metal merchant, St. Luke's Wm. Parry, farmer, Chirbury, Salop John Baker, Barrow, innkeeper, Kendal, ;Westmoreland Dd ward Wigdahl, ship broker, Sunderland John Mason, grocer, Wolverhampton William Jackson, builder, Stockport John Herbert, fainter, Bristol James Muir, farmer, Kelston, Flintshire Wm. King, dealer in fancy woollen cloths, Manchester Joseph Durrell, sai'maker, Ipswich Richard J. Foord, shoemaker, Sontlisea William Baker, saddler, Ledbury George Lambert, auger maker, Sheffield Richard Northover, farmer, Holt Wood, Dorsetshire SCOTCH BANKRUPT. Wm. Hutchison, builder, Glasgow An American paper says that a great grand nephew of Oliver Goldsmith was shot through the head anci 094 at Alltidaine I LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. Entries for the Grand National Steeplechase (Handicap) of 20 sovs each, h ft, and 6 only if declared, with 100 added. About four miles and a quarter. 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One mile and a Yrs Anfield Balberia Bohemia 3 Chere A.mie Costa .... , 4 Douche Dr. Syntax 3 Dualla 3 Escape .. 3 Haddington .. 4 Entries for the Set Yrs Mountain Maid filly Hypermnestra 3 Honest Tom Invasion 3 King of Kent 3 Killigrew Lawyer Muffler . . m Handicap. Five Yis Marmion 3 Oakapple 3 Revolver 3 The Royal Stag 3 Sea Nymph Soothsayer Tolurno Truant 'Westminster Fravola 6 Dualla 3 MissLivingetone 4 Peignoir Sibyl Vigil Invasion 3 Antar Anfield Yrs Oakapple .. 3 Honest Torn 3 Mousetrap 5 Quicksand 3 Libellous 6 Little Lady 5 Ellerton Revolver 3 furlongs. 25 subs. Yrs Lapidist Muffler Lady Nichol Marmion 3 Invasion 3 Tolurno Haddington Lioness BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY NIGHT. DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken to £5O) 28 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken to £5O) 66 to 1 agst Cairncastle (taken and wanted) WATERLOO (COURSING) CUE. 16 to 1 agst Mr. Spinks's nomination (taken and off.) 16 to 1 agst Mr. Ingleby's nomination (t. and off ) 25 to l agst Mr. Blacklock's nomination (offered) 28 to 1 agst Mr. Worrall's nomination (taken) 28 to 1 agst Mr. Bake's nomination (offered) 33 to 1 agst Lord Wilton's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lord Binning's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bricewell's nomination (taken) EAST LONDON SAVINGS-BANK.—The annual re port of this bank, which has been established for upwards of a quarter of a century at Stepney, has just been issued. From this it appears that the bank has received in deposits the sum of £622,478 17s, and repaid in the same period £541,853 7s 3d. At the end of the year when the accounts were made up the number of depositors was 3,600, having a balance in their favour of £74,928 16s ; 58 chari table societies, with £3,629 2s 7d ; and 21 friendly institu tions, with £1,992 15s 10d, giving a total number of 3,679 accounts, of which 1,150 were opened during the past year, and a total balance of £80,550 14s sd. The total amount received from depositors within the year was £34,085 2s 10d, and during the same time £38,022 18s 7d, including interest, was repaid. The interest on moneys invested with the Com missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, or sums drawn for by the trustees upon the commissioners within the year, and by the sale of books was £2,538 7s. The cost of management, including salaries, rent and taxes, printing and stationery, &c., amounted to £422 is lid. The surplus reserved to meet the current expenses of the ensuing year was £74 15s 4d, making the total assets of the bank £80,625 Os 9d. The trustees and managers of the St. Clement Danes Savings-bank have also issued their financial statement, which shows that the balance invested on the general ac count with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na tional Debt, with interest, on Nov. 21, and in the hands of the treasurer, amounted to £109,103 lOs Bd. There were 4,091 depositors during the year, including charitable and friendly societies, and the total amount due, including in terest, was £108,552 8s sd, leaving a clear surplus, after the payment of all depositors the whole of their claims in full, of £521 2s 3d. TUE GOOD FROM AN ILL WIND.—Up to the end of November in the year just closed we had sent abroad 605,962 small firearms, of the value of £1,291,789 in the corresponding period of 1861 the export amounted only to 280,294 in number, and £489,668 in value. Of gun powder we exported 14,651,3021 b in the first 11 months of 1862, its declared value being £438,851; in the same period of 1861 the export amounted to only 10,546,2881 b, of the value of £320,595. A VERY REMARKABLE STATEMENT.—We have received a letter from a correspondent, dated Jan. 1, 1863, containing the following remarkable statement : "It may be remembered that about five months ago the Marchioness of Queensberry fled to the Continent by night, taking with her her three youngest fatherless children, and leaving a letter of defiance to the guardians and law officers of the Scotch Court of Session, whose waris they also are, that they should neither discover the place of her retreat nor induce her to bring them back, excepting on her own terms. To these terms the Court of Session neither might nor could accede. In November last a detective sent to trace her ladyship found her and the children at Nantes. She had previously resided for some weeks at Boulogne, under the name of Mrs. Brown. No expostulation, no offers of conciliation, no argument, will induce her ladyship to bring these hapless children back to Scotland ; and the most sad result of her obduracy must be that for more than six years, and until the youngest are 14 (when t y the ec centricity of Scotch law they are of age to choose their own guardians), these children, so precious to their father's family, must be exiles, and their grandmother, the dowager Marchioness, who lives but for and in them, advanced in years, and prostrate by this heavy trial, cannot hope to see them again." NOBLE LIFEBOAT SERVICES. RESCUE OF 28 PERSONS.—BRAUNTON LIGHTHOUSE, N. DEVON, Friday Night.—l have to repDrt (writes Mr. Lamping, the lighthouse keeper) that some noble services were performed ,his afternoon by the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat In stitution on this station to the crew and passengers, con sisting of 28 persons, of the ship Louisa, of Appledore. The vessel was being towed over the bar by two steam tugs. e ln the heavy sea that was running the towing warp pfult . , a _ and the ship drifted headlong amongst the breakoeresd., D'u and lifeboat of the Institution was instantly ,lauzfe. It is rescued 28 persons, including the maistzegok. f he poor expected that the ship will become a ta us lighthousQ just people were brought to the comet deserted sands. This erected by the Institution on these occasion rendered in valuable lifeboat has onP af g r i n d to a shipwrecked crew. portant service in a gale 0 FIRE ON BOARD A STEAMER.—At two o'clo c k yesterday morning an alarm was r a i se d o f a fire having broken out on board th e screw steamer Europa, in the Lon don Dock. It o r i g i nated in one of the coal IYbu'inNf g ers, w hich is supposed to have got overheated and set tire to a quantity of coal. The fire was extinguished before an y damage was done to the ship. Mr. Paul Morphy, the celebrated chess player, has arrived in Paris, having slipped through the blockade, and reached Europe by way of the Ilavartuah. lie hae returned a devoted Southerner. :Y.i:.ly ...~ ~_. 1261 71 131 301 11 67 i I i i 109;1; 721 ; 118; 67 1 1 1 40; 9i 129 54 31 100} d ° Business don( 101 i i xn 107 i 7 an 1051 2 an 99 92 26 1031 xll 98 52 53 3 6 3 5 83 65 154 105 113 104 I tP t lO3l 1041 P 99 101 1031 xn 2,1 ma 1031 xn xn ,ITIES. 105 f 6 ad 97i i xi 99 xd 105 f 109 a f FRUIT. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, ;fol. 2,—The yarn market has been very strong as regards pribes, and there has bean a good deal of Inquiry for all markets, but not much business. The disco very made in Liverpool on Wednesday that the stock of cotton was greater by 100,000 bales than the previous re turns had led buyers to believe occasioned a severe shock in the present sensitive state of the market from high prices, but the market seems to have fully recovered from it to day, and sellers confidently look for ar increased business. The market has been quieter, but it is accounted for by the absence of holiday people. The business has been exceed ingly limited in cloth, though this market, like that for yarn, appears to have recovered in price what was lost on Wednesday, owing to the cotton report as to stock. There is a decidedly better feeling, but still buyers do not seem disposed to operate at present rates. Th e s t oc k of cloth in the hands of speculators is still large, and one of the causes of so little being done in it is said to be that manufacturers having gone into the market when cotton had receded con siderably in value they are able to take orders and supply goods at lower rates than speculators, who mostly hold goods bought at the high rates to which they were forced up in the early part of September. Prices to-day are Very firm, and where sellers operate they are obliged to give the full rates of Friday. Messrs. Du Fey and Co., in revie win g the market during the past month, say :—" During the past month a fair amount of business has been done both in yarns and goods. The home-trade merchants were obliged to purchase for urgent wants, and a limited demand for various foreign markets having also sprung up gave a show of some activity to our market, which has not occurred for several months." LEEDS.—The Leeds Chamber of Commerce reports as follows of the state of trade for the month of December : " During the earlier part of the month a considerable busi ness was done in woollens, especially considering the ad vanced state of the season. In the latter part, the usual time for stock taking being at hand, the merchants have been buying little more than for present wants. Considerable orders have been given for spring goods, espe cially for light fancies, and the bulk of the manufacturers are very busy, the exceptions being in those districts prin cipally engaged in the plain cloth trade. The want of de mand for the cotton districts and for the United States has its influence on the market, but on the whole the woollen trade in this town and neighbourhood-iihk.asheigaitAAtate, and the new year's trade is looked forward to with confi dence in its continued prosperity. The public wool sales in London, which were in progress at the date of our last re port, closed on the 10th inst. The advance with which the sales opened was scarcely maintained, and at the close prices were on the average much the same as in August. About the same proportion was taken for foreign account. It can never be too strongly impressed upon the colonial wool growers, especially in Australia, how much their wools are deteriorated by the burrs and grass seeds with which they are so generally infested. There has been no particular feature to notice in the trade since the close of the London sales, the general demand is rather slack, but prices are firmly supported. In English combing wools there has been a decided improvement, and more business has been done at an advance of 5s to 10s per pack, with a still upward tendency. Shorts and noils are without much alteration, but there is a somewhat better inquiry for them ; in the face of the very large imports of most kinds of flax they maintain their value with great firmness, and the demand is lively. There has been no material alteration in prices, but holders are exceedingly firm. Tows and cedillas are also in brisk demand, and green hemps have been sold at higher rates. The spinners are also very busy, and have considerable or ders in hand. The slight reduction in prices reported last month has been recovered, and orders can only be placed at full rates. The relative prices of linen and cotton goods have no doubt been one cause of the increased consumption of linen yarns. Machine and engineer tool trades, &c.—The iron trade has not been so good latterly, and the demand for both merchant's and best iron has been dull. This is not unusual at the end of the season, and the makers are looking for an improvement at the beginning of the new year. The makers of railway plant continue well employed, and in all branches there are orders in hand for some time to come. The machine makers are very busy, especially for flax machinery. The engineer tool makers are only moderately well employed, and some of them are working short time, or with a reduced number of hands. The de mand for cut nails is very brisk, and all the manufacturers are in full work, and have considerable orders in hand. The demand for leather has varied somewhat during the month, but on the whole a fair average business has been done, and as the sales in moat sorts have kept pace with fresh arri vals, there is very little, if any, increase in stock. There is no alteration of any moment to report in respect of prices. Rapeseed and linseed are fully as high in price as last month, and although the mills are working, the present rates for oil do not leave any profit. Rape oil is more inquired for, ' and the tone of the market is firmer than for some time past. Linseed oil is also in demand, and prices are well supported. Cakes are slow of sale in consequence of the very mild season. Olive oils maintain the prices of last month ; the rates required in the producing countries would leave a loss at the present quotations in this market. The paper trade still continues very quiet. The great falling off in the demand for making up papers in Lancashire is the principal cause, The supplies of wheat have been good, ' and a fair business has been done. A considerable quan tity of barley has been shown and the maltst 3rs have bought to a fair extent. Oats and beans continue as before." CARDIFF, lat.—There is a fair inquiry for every descrip tion of iron, and prices are firmer than was the case a week ago. Rails have not yet reached the quotatioas which ruled three months since, but merchant bars are in good demand, and prices are fully maintained. The coal trade evinces considerable activity, and large shipments have been made during the month of December. The men at nearly all the collieries of the district are well employed. House and gas coals continue in active request, and there is a fair demand for steam c oal. There is no change to report in quotations. WASHINGTON DURING THE WAR.—The city was not, in former times, notoriously corrupt. Its officials were, for the most part, honest and high-minded. But with the war came enormous outlays for food, clothing, ordnance, ships, and transportation, and the fi Igers of every third man in America itched ,for a share of the plun der. The avaricious, the perjured, the peculating, rallied forthwith, and the war and navy departments were placed, virtually, in a state of siege. Sentries barred admittance to public offices, personal applications to secretaries were forbidden, and the qualifications for a chief of bureau were deafness, blindness, and intangibility. Every State in the Union was represented by sharpers. The "lobby" rivalled the army in numbers. No threat could intimi date, no exposure abash, the unprincipled "patriots' who plundered and made merry over the general die. aster. Adventurers of every grade intrigued for con tracts, from butchers who haggled for hides, tallow, and camp offal, to merchant princes who bargained for gunboats, field batteries, and monster ordnance. Embalmers clamoured for the bodies of the slain. Inventors piled the arsenal grounds with motley models of tents, knapsacks, rifles, and projectiles. Builders hopod to dispose of their rotten vessels, and stable-keepers to sell their spavined nags. A rogue from New York swindled in steamers, a rogue from Massachusetts in shoes. Pennsyl vanians made themselves infamous in shoddy speculations, Connecticut mill-owners dealt in damaged muskets. Ohio drovers fattened upon emaciated cattle, and Illinois factors throve upon mouldy bread, Jews of a bad class peopled the shops of Pennsylvanian Avenue, and sutlers that should have been in the Penitentiary robbed the troops of their paper pay. Bounty and claim agents, so called, set up offices under the shadow of the Treasury, and cheated the widow and the orphan. Railway presidents put their heads together and agreed upon a concert of extortion. Physicians, catching the infection, thieved in medicines, and high officers of State enriched themselves at the expense of the country. " Williard's" and the " National," two vast hotels, presented strange spectacles of an evening, when their halls and " ordinaries " were filled with soldiers and civilians. Here was a quartermaster whispering with a " smart" waggon-maker, and there a Representative listening to a lobbyist, whose tongue ran oil and wine. Professional agents to procure commissions, button-holed newly-arrived guests, and spruce volunteer officers clustered on the sofas, with their spurs in the air and a glass at their lips. The bars were thronged, and tobacco-smoke rose in suffocating elowds to the ceiling. The Capitol building became, for a time, a grand barrack,. and Fire Zouaves held session in the halls of Coor!gpreosrsk Bakeries were built in the cellars, and hogsh ead bedrag.ge s ciru f tgo i t s h ts e obstructed the marble porticoes and colonnafdoer:. the Presi amblers. Lights of rival regiments pummelled each other ' w - hero vice was dent's mansion, and drunken soldiergee pleasantest man guard-house at the heels of hor!oeds: sions in the city were occupied D.Y a t m () merry burned at unwonted hoUrs. Publ t ic making. . • • became numerous and profit languished in Washing began. A fine strife b new theatre was able as soon as th f e .. s erenaders " gave entertainments opened ; bands .o htrope dancers in various halls; tT . held forth performed in the public lectu re's at the Smithsonian Insti tute,streets, uestrianperformers and eq flourished in the public Drinking-houses, or, as wi tla k they were commonly ca n e d, " rum-mills," sprang up at every corner ; the streets at night were copies of the Haymarket. M'Clellan's pro • vost-marshal eudeavoured in vain to abate the prevailing disturbances. Horsemen were planted at crossings, with instructions to cut down any officer or soldier who rode at a gallop ; the casks of disorderly publicans were emptied in the streets ; loitering volunteers were compelled to return to camp or go to prison, and a Government detective bureau was organised to apprehend spies, traitors, and swindlers. The battles that occurred in rapid succession close to the city rendered Washington an immense hos pital depot, and there have been at one time as many as twenty thousand sick and wounded within its walls. All the vehicles in the city have been seized, in emergency, to serve as ambulances. War-meetings have been held in the Capitol grounds,—Cornhill Magazine for January. KENNEDY V. BROWN AND WlFE.—This cele brated cause, in which Mr. Kennedy, the barrister, obtained damages of £20,000 for services rendered to Mrs. Swinfen, stands first for judgment in the Court of Common Pleas, 013 M9liday) the 12th inst,—.Era, THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. PRUSSIA. In opposition to the addresses of loyalty sent from all parts of the kingdom of Prussia to King William 1., the Liberal deputies are obtaining from their electors signatures to addresses of adhesion to their attitude in the National Assembly. M. Von der Reck, chief of the district of Belgard, in the circumscription of Keeglin, looking on this step of the electors as a blameable proceeding, has issued a rescript on the subject. IRELAND. DUBLIN, JAN. 2. New Year's-day is distinguished in Dublin by the inauguration of the Lord Mayor for the ensuing year, a pageant which attracts great numbers of spectators. Yesterday it was spoilt by the weather, which was extremely wet and cold, the streets being i❑ the worst possible condition for a procession, and ' the whole city wearing a very dismal aspect. Th e Hon. John Prendergast Vereker having been sworn in as Lord Mayor, and invested with the in signia of office, ho expressed his thanks for the honour conferred upon him, promised to avoid all party feeling, and to act as Daniel O'Connell did— in such a manner that no person, looking to his conduct, should be able to tell to what political party he belonged—a promise that was received with loud applause. The Most Rev. Dr. Cullen delivered a discourse in his cathedral on Wednesday evening, in which he reviewed the old year from his Church's standpoint. If the rich and poor had acted towards one another according to the Gospel, both, he said, would have an opportunity of gathering a rich harvest of.merit. But if the Roman Catholics of Ireland have to complain of poverty and its con sequent evils, they should be thankful that they are exempt from the scourges which have fallen upon other countries. In Italy a wild spirit of revolution has spread ruin and devastation around, and shaken society to its very foundations. The condition of America is still worse—where brother is arrayed in deadly strife against brother and friend against friend, and innumerable multitudes of brave men are sent to an untimely grave. How thankful, then, should the Irish be for having been preserved from such calamities ! Among other causes for thankfulness during the year, Dr. Cullen referred to the declarations of the laity in favour of the Catholic University, against the attempt that was made to extend the godless system of educa tion by a Minister who had assailed their holy re ligion in Italy Lod Spain. He could not but glar ee at the public demonstration that was made in this. city on the 20th of July last : " That day shall be ever memorable in Ireland and in the annals of Catholic education. The mayors, the town councillors, the chairmen of townships, the sheriffs, the magistrates, the deputy-lieutenants,the multitude, of people assembled in this church to assist at the sacrifice of the holy mass, were all animated with one feeling—a firm determi nation to secure a Catholic education for their children—a determination still more strongly manifested by the good order, the regularity, the solemnity of the procession through the city, which was attended by a concourse of people such as was never witnessed in this city before. Have we not great motives to be thankful to God for such union upon a point so essential for the preservation of our faith, and of everything good we have inherited from our martyred forefathers r' Dr. Cullen turns from the happy state of Ireland to the contrast presented by Italy, and says : "During the last few yearn, our Holy Father has been tried in the crucible of affliction; he has been robbed of a large portion of the territories with which the piety of past ages had endowed the Holy See to enable it to provide for the administration of universal Church and to preserve its independence. During the same period powerful princes and unscrupulous statesmen have been leagued against him and bent on his final destruction. "Yet within the last 12 months the horizon has brightened and the storm has abated some of its violence. One after another, the ene mies of the Holy See and of religion are passing from the scene of their iniquities. Many of the leaders in the sacri legious warfare have gone already before the Eternal Judge to account for their misdeeds ; many have fallen from the height of their usurped authority never to rise again. Dis order and confusion, robbery and bloodshed, have been the consequences of their crimes ; and the happy man who was saluted by infatuated crowds as a redeemer, who was hailed as the first of heroes, and almost placed upon the altars of Protestant England because he m i e u d s t y h e d e P f s o a p t e e d t o bbeyAanti handfule h ris tt h o u s n o h l d a e p r y s ma wounded,n, ign swore eternal enm it y to C atholic clergy and pro f and taken prisoner at Aspromonte, has lost all his prestige and become an object of contempt even to those who puffed him up with their praises, and he has retired into obscurity —there, it is to be hoped, to weep over his follies and trans gressions, and to bemoan the many calamities inflicted on his country. In the meantime the Pope has been able to enjoy the blessings of peace in his capital, and to preserve Rome from the evils which afflict all the regions of Italy that have fallen under the revolutionary sway of the Sar dinian Government. His Holiness in his poverty has been able to repair churches, to promote public works, to give oceupation to his people, and to preserve the poor from the miseries to which they are exposed in other coun tries. In Rome and its territory you do not see men, women, and children barefooted, bareheaded, and almost naked, even during the coldest days of winter; there no poor creatures are all wed to die of hunger or inanition. And, what most fills us with admiration, his Holiness's charity is so great, that, though in difficulties himself, he not only provides for the wants of his:own subjects, but 11 extends a merciful hand to his distant children, _ar e d lg fi n iv a ni means of relieving distress, not only in Franc e d •sna su me has been and Ireland, but even in England, where h so often insulted, and his image yearl y committed to the flames. Ought we not to be tha fal to God for having a pont iff i n these dangerous times--for en dowing him with given us so holy so ma ny virtue s , s t rengthening him against his enemie s, and e nab lin g h i m to perform innu merable g ood and edifying works ?" At the usual weekly meeting of the South Dublin Unien yesterday a curious fact was brought to light. The master's report was read, in which it was stated that on Christmas night he found the cook, Matthew Francis, drunk. He reported the fact to the visiting committee, who recommended that he to dismissed, the complaint having been proved. The chairman said, as he was at the committee, he wished to state that in addition to this iniquity, Francis admitted t to having provided a brutal weapon to use against the paupers in case he came into collision with i to ' spector, thinking it a most outrageous .h w t e b a e P a bould be again. The whole committee and the Pooro.ti aw pro vide,Di- were unanimously of opinion an inch in was a bar of iron about a fo b ot o l n the end about two diameter, having a kneoi,hing about two pounds. cordweighing fe attachedconfessed dismissed. The weapon referrendgtontheyaa nearly y e chairman inches in diameter, and to a hole in It had a strong that he would use according. as they came up. After a short one end. Fra ncis the Paupers , and said he would knock angr y discussion, the report of the committee it agains t but was a dopted by the board, and the dismissal of 1 Francis, the cook, resolved on. them down .11abi taedd Bruges, Rue Espagnol, Ileac that Mr. Pm • is lining We in first. rate style. Morrison at Wrre il h E av r e " re s e E eiv OF ed a TnE REV. MR. M`LAUCHLIN.— copy of the correspondence that has taken place between the Home Secretary and Mr. Kid ston, J:P., who committed Mr. 111‘Laughlin to prison for 30 days, in reference to the case. In his letters Mr. Kid ston submits that it was not a case of conscience, but on Mr. M'Lauchlin's part an attempt to place the priesthood above the law—to arrogate a privilege to encourage crimi nals to flee to them for advice and protection, and to exclude all inquiry by courts of law. The Home Secretary had corresponded with Mr. Kidston in consequence of the a bove memorial, and having obtained the above report , wit): to o f e Bishop Murdoch that it appeared to him tha t were release Mr. M`Lauchlin " without any instruction from that person that ho is convinced that he was in error, or any assurance that he would not, in any similar case, adopt the same course, he should be g iving his sanction to the assumption of a privilege by inethe Glas gow m ost m i n isters of religion of every serious new s newspapers, p e cases,rs ad dressed o d enom ination which he is ad vised the y can not legally claim, and which would tend, even defeat the ends ofj ustice." We obse rve in a letter of date D ecem ber 27,hed th to Mr. M'Lauchlin's agents, that the Home Secre tary expresses his satisfaction at the liberation of Mr. M`Lauchlin till the question of the legality of his sentenc can be tried. The next mails from Calcutta, China, and Australia are not expected to come to hand before the 15th inst., owing to the detention of the last outward mails for those quarters from the 26th to the 29th ult., con sequent upon the loss of the Colombo. It is reported that the Confederate Government hive appointed an agent in England to obtain a_loan, by ial In far Sir Ja g% tic- ire, risk -ers t to Lde, ;hly , for icky part heir ,tats in ntii , the' dere Dd., 7ery Mkt Ned VW, Red at a all iol pra- rola )ts- Ind out, ell- Lnd cco, 1 ill aril• [ol- e it I at are •ou 1 I ISSE Paid. all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1081 13 i I