The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-06 00:00:00

, . - - _____ ! _ _ _ -- .... ~.. 31 --- 0 NE y MARKET! ._. .ARE MARKETS---This Day. -4 , - ORDINARY SHARES AND STOehS. AND g Business Railways. I Paid. Price done. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Share' 4 , - 13.14 Dir., Wol., and Str. Val all 8 84 25 Blythe and Tyne. .... all - - CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. 10 Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co. all 61 (I There is not th e s li g h tes t c h ap at Bristol and Exeter .... 100 86 BB 874 7 ge to re port in the at Caledonian lOO 116 117 1164 4 Cork and Bandon all - - condition of the money market, either as regards the 50 20 Cornwall all 84 75 demand or the rates, to no A ,'!- , 2 ' cts no di ' ) all --- andlo Do. B (11 ' 6 P c •P au • ha " tall - - The directors of the Bank of Hindustan, China, been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. all . 41 43 Japan have made a call of £5 per share 50 25 Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June. all 13 14 Payable on or before the 6th Feb. next. . sal Edinburgh & Glasow. 100 105 88, Monday next has been appointed for a special at Gr a e s al ' E a a n a c t i er S n . , Ord. western 100 455 485 100 43 45 settlement in the shares of the London and Northern st Ditto A stock Bank, and i n the Upper Assam Tea Company, deal- at Ditto East Anglian at 100 24 25 pp tit GreatNorthof Scotland ,100 - - 5 5 ings in the f ormer to be officially recorded, but the st G reat Northern.. at Do A stock -• • • 100100 I F, 132 131 Iv 127 7 1 I i l atter are not to be marked. st Do Bdo 5 Do, £5 shares all - - A petition for winding up the New Brunswick at Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland 100 104 106 ___ l 4 and Canada Railway and Land Company will be Great Western .. ..... . 10 0 67 4 (8 67 st Do Str Valstk 100 heard before the Master of the Rolls on the 17th • L inst. a s tt LondonLri e casm a r n e e t Yorkshire ßiaekwail 1 1 00 60 109 71 1 7 1 2 0 4 9 i 7 1 2 09 4 4 6 at Lon., Bright.,. S. Coast 100 1 18 119 110 4 ) The Foreign and Colonial Produce markets re- at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 371 384 91i i 4 at Lott. & North Western 100 97 1 08 opened to-day after the Christmas holidays. st Lon. & South Western 100 1014 1021 at Man Shef de Lincoln. 100 41 414 41 4 A. call of Al per share became due to-day on the - - all - - 50 Maryport and Carlisle. Edinburgh and Glasgow New £lO shares. 'To 124 Do 5 shares all - - 95 95 9 4 5 1 Metropolitan l all 00 1281 128 -1 129 morrow, the 6th inst., a call of .£l, amounting in at Midlandl the aggregate, to £90,000, i s p aya bl e an t h e shares 6.a4i0 Do it New 4.4.0 II nd P Binning. & Derby 100 97 99 of the Bahia and San Francisco Railway, 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - 25 Do. 1 shares - - 3 25 Mid Kent all - -• t Two O'CLOCK. 10 Do Cray Line - - at North British 100 634 544 54 The Liverpool cotton market to-day was firm, at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 27 with a good business doing; sales about 10,000 25 Do, G.N. . purchase . . d at Nth. Eastern-Berwick E bales. at Do Leeds lOO 56 1 6_ 0 7 0 ( 5 1 5 10 7 05 100 at Do York 100 885 6 881 4 1 At Paris this morning Three per Cent. Rentea Do Carlisle ...... •• • • I . gg Igg 1 28 ig opened at 70f, 85c., being sc. better than yesterday. g North London 5 5 Ip 1 ' rewards the close of business yesterday afternoon 19 .1 6 . 4 'N0rth Staffordshire a n improvement of 1- per cent. took place in the st 10 IN, and S. W. Junction all 11 114 Scottish Central a Market for the English Funds, and another advance at Soot N. E., Aber. stock 100 471 485 00 104 106 st Do Scot. Mid. stock_ 1 t of i per cent . h as resu l te d f rom the transactions 10 S hrews. and Welchpool all - - r entered into this morning. There is consequently a il s S o h u ro th pe D bi e r v e o lJ n nion 1 a very buoyant tone, and an increase of business, st South Eastern 100 685 894 et South Wales L-• which, however, is partly occasioned by prepara- at S. York. and River Dun 100 100 303 I. tions fo r t h e settlement of the account. Consols 20 Staines Wok.,andWok. all 7 8 , are now 92' 93 for money 25 Stockton & Darlington all 139 40 l'` A . and the Bth instant, and 25 Do l5 ; 105 104 p 2 Do New 6 I 75 7 e 93 i for th e 10th Of - February. An advance has st Taff Va1e.,1860 109 1148 15 0 p also taken piaci) in the New Threes and the Re du a : 10 Do B 10 Do C 8 114 5 r 3 21 3 p all 555 564 l- : ce '" viz,, to 92! 93 ; Exchequer Bills remain 50 Ulster 20 24 34 p r- at Bs. to 1 2. a. pram.; Bank Stock, 2331 235; and 1. 5 10 80 0 o India t per Cent. Loan, 1084 I. at Vale of Neath 1 100 87 1 d 9 i o P st Victoria sta. and Pim I 100 140 145 there has not been much activity in the Foreign at (Waterford & Kilkenny lgg 2 - 9 31 - - Market, but prices have shown rather more firm- at a WerCorn 11 Hartlepool wa Har &R lOO - - Hess, Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, have improved 8 81 West Midland N O ew X p lo o r r d t 100 100 3 4 5 3 3 4 7 5 to 841 85 ; do,, 1858, to 70! 714 ; do., 1862, to 671 a t Do Hereford 100 94 26 95 c -684 ; and the Consolides to 391 i ; Egyptian have A advanced to 95 ; do,, second issue, are 944; Greek BRITISH POSSESSIONS. le Bends, 16-f,- ! ; Mexican, 321; Moorish, 971 ; Por- 1 Closing a- Sh Share Railways Pald.l Price. Business done . tUguese New Loan, 471- ; Russian do., 951 96 ; do., atklOao- Atlantic Aist Lawrenc( all - ' 67 69 Ty Scrip, has risen to 24 prem. ; Spanish Passive arellSom. Baroda&.Cent Ind tin 105 106 1011 54 xn Ir. I Gu: 5 per cent. buoyant at 231 24k ; do., Certificates, 94 4 ; Italian, V- 20 Do. New - ... - - 205 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 55 51 I- 70 4 f •; and Venezuelan, 244. 10 Do. Preference .... . all 71 et Da The operations in the Railway Share Market 100 : l is hiffalo, b l3 d ralt o G 7 dr B iCh , 1 --- 10( 77 80 continue very inactive but a firmer tone prevailed. 100 D i g, e * do. a* July * 1, 187:i too 73 76 it Caledonian, Great Western, London and Blackwall, 100 st c Do. do. Jun, I, 1 , ; - 1 100 73 76 leutta.&S,Eastn.;l. ; 100 104 106 105 3en 'e end South Eastern improved ss. ; and Great st Cape Town & Dock Set.) 100 1( 8 1(9 108 c. stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 105 117 105 5 xn Northern A Stock, London and Brighton, and • East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 107 118 107 4 x x o n 4 • Nor 20 • Do. do. G Ext 5 1 lip 65 North-Eastern (Berwick), 10s. 7[ll re 20 Do. do, H do. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings re im stock ,Grand Trunk of Canada 100 22 2 24 100 I Do. 8 per cent. Pref., all 74 76 76 5 inained in fair request at steady rates. South :i- Austrian 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 34 36 South- 100 Do. 2cPref. 6 per ct all 64 66 65 ar 23 ! 24. and Lombardo-Venetian improved to 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 13- Peni East Indian brought 1071 1 ; Great Indian 100 Do. Do. d d o o . . 1 Ed 121 multi, 1051 106 ; and Great Western of Canada stock IGt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 105 106 1054 654 an 1872 867 20 I Do. New gua. sp. c l2 1 lip 4. Ma ld 20 , Do. January, 1862 Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares re at stock !Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 105 , Inained without any material change in values. 201 , Gt. W. ofCanada Sharef• all 124 12, 124 4 es re __ 204 I Do. New __ Bank Stock FUNDS -CLOSING PRICES. 100 'Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 98 100 100 i Do. 51 p, c. do. '77-8.... all 91 03 tock 3 Per Cent 10 ;Indian Branch Limited I id fp 2% Reduced Annuities 103 tut 1035 X l Par ipew 3Cent.. C onsols Annuities 92/ 3 stock I Aladras g uar ., S P . o . .. 100 II 99 985 stock Do. 44 p. 0. Extension 100 97 India p t e o r c 92 eii.t. Annuities 1 3 stock Dc. ltd 0........ 100 93 1 , 5 at S 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 - - 24 an Ditto 6 per Uent......" .. " ......" 225 x d stock Melb.Corp. Bp. o. Bnds. 100 -- of Ditto pebentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 - 1 - 085 4 4 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53 100 Do. 7p. o. Mortg. Bds. all - - h Ditto ditto Ditto ditto Pril' 1864 1005 SO Newßrunswick & Cand. . h e Ditt „ Bonds £l,OOO ..... Aug . g 18 64 or " 100 1 t Class A Capital Share all 3 5 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. all 3 5 0) Ditto under £I,OOO Uolas 1 28 stock &Jude .......... 000 1 0 5 10 6 30 921 3 ~._lndia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent lO4 t at Do. Delhi • • ' 100 103 104 xn fs l a 2 I 4 P 2 1 xra ig Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 25 per Cent.... 12 Do. do 20 Do. Punjaub .... tt i c 15 I o 15 4 7 Ditto XSOO Ditto Small MI il- 8 stock Do. Indua..St. Flo.) 100 99 101 ~„ . FOREIGN FUNDS -CLOSING PRICES. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC URITIms. fi- zrainhan 5 per Cent ....... J kCPPtian 7 per Cent •. , - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July ............... 96 61 - 1877-54 Ditto, Second Issue . - Do. Bp. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 'lO6 108 Italianttreek 5 , per Cent., 1824-5, ex - Couprns.. 9 14 1 5 1 i - ; Do. 6 P.C. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108 - . Do. sp. C. Jan.&July.i 100 '97 975 974 4 5 xd Icr ..... o per Cent, (Maremmana Railway) 745 34 Mexican 3 per Cent .... - I Do, 5 Inscribed stock 100 05 97 .- - ' Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0.1873' 100 104 110 lbi _ Moorish Account - Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 111 113 V.leorish Imperial 5 per Cent - Do. 1890 100 112 114 113 mi. A w Granada 2 per Cent - I Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 111 ...Ditto ex over -due Cou p s , & Hectares 124 - ! Ceylon, N0v.1861, 8p o 100 - - xd 0 -- I N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 1045 1055, ... ortugu ese 3 per Cent., 1853 - Do. 6P. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 W Ditto 1862 ni Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £St - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,1866', 100 9 - 95 1 - 001!, - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 994 1001 994 100 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 - Do. d0.,1888 dzupwds 100 99 995 I 994 xd ri - i New Zealand 6p. cent) 100 108 110 Ditto 1860 re Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 I° - ;Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - ! sterling, 1875 . ' 100 105 106 o oll en 5 per Cent. Le ,al--:; d i!t Scrip, £25 paid 2l pm - ;Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 108 110 a- Ditto Account - !b. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 109 11l W Span ish 3 p er C ent ' 835 - 1 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&,July, 100 105 107 d . D itto Account - !Do. io 6D.0. An.&Oot.. 1108 1095 Ito 10911 110 9l Di tto New D e fe r 1f 54 5 BRITISH MINES. '. m Dit to Account 6 - 465 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 i 1P i- Ditto Passive Spanish Cert, of Coup not funded - Chnord Amalgamated.. - 21 23 Turkish 6 per , Cent. 1854 le 9 5 i - Devon G. Cone. 'Taoist., 1 500 510 505 - East Bassett (Mogan). 30 53 65 - 85 45 5 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. * ss. P iP - Ditto 6 per Cent 1858 - East Caradon `1.14.( 451 461 451 4 e Ditto Account .. . .............. 70 - East Carn Brea. - E. W 1 Russel (Tavistk ) 7.19.0 35 34 34 Ditto, £lOO • Bond .. .. :: ............... nit i 1 i i 15 17 154 e - Gam.&St. Aubyn(Gwen.) 57f Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 ................ 745 Ditto Account ........................ 6.8.4 74 - Great South Tolgus l7s 7 74 . - G. Wheal Von (Ralston' 40 6 64 Venezuela, 3 per dent"...................... 244 - Grenville.. .. 6.15. (45 55 1 : 1 - Herod's-Foot 8.12 43 50 15 Ditto Account, . Ditto 6 per Cents .. 1.864 . t .. : ......... 24 . .. . (Scrip), L 53 pd It die - Dingston Downs 4. . 60 25 21 d Ditto 11 per Cent . , ... . ......... ... 115 - Lady Bertha - Margaret (tiny Lelant' 91 41, t 3 - Marke Valley.. .. .. .. . 4.3.0 85 9 r' t Anitri Dividends on the above payable in London. 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 florins .... 685 4 NTyncly Iron Oro (Lim.) 2.1 4ds pr • r, Dutch a 21 1: per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil - New Setun .. 191 150 160 155 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ........... - 103 - North Downs 2l 25 21 e Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex 25f _ .;. WWI Baseet (I llo4an t. 17 ., 24 8 _ \Tcrth Wheal Crotty _ 2.4.9 5 55 e Ditto A.ccount .... • * * ...... - _ Par Consols (St. Blazey 15 5 6 11 .................. 704 5I f 30 Vrovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.; 1 43 l- oonsols, Money .. THREE O'CLOCK. Ditto , •J .... ........................ 924 9 93 9 S. Cann Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 2 5 21 3 - South Caradon(St.Cleer 14 385 395 Account .. ... . - _ s:.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.1 -.9 9 0 95 Is ....... ,...................__z:,.._ - Stray Park 11 a MARKETS 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 41 t 1 —This Day. to Tin Croft 9 13 14 13 k - West Basset (Illogan) l4 13 14 -------4 e---_ - W Caradon (Liskeard , 5 26 28 - 47 5 285 295 HAY MARKETS . SMITHFIELD.-Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 5s Od• clover, - West Setort Basset (Mogan) 51 774 821 do d L e 3 fi l rm Os . to £5 10s ; and straw, LI 12s to £1 16s ' par load. 5 471 624 J. Trade ---: ‘ ‘l; V i h ee ei l l K 1331' 14 1 0 - WhealLuel ott y er ( ( u E L ecl e r l u ao th t) ) P. 0.6 74 84 s , clover, B 15 1 6 CuMBERLAND.-Meadow ha MOsto S 4 5 • £3 10s to £5 108 Od • and straw , £1 12a to £1 16a per load. _.= Whealwher t t r o y o A n n (Men ) 581 245 255 2474 50 475 60 r Both hay and straw sold steadily at full prices. wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 161 175 s WHITECHAPEL.-Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 5e ; clover - Wheal Union 3.13 , 53 64 r d o., £3 108 t o £5 10 8 ; and straw, El 12a to £1 16e per load. PREFERENCE SHARES. i A steady demon +, PREFERENCE SHARES. The three packages belonging to the Baroness Blucher and Lady Augusta Bruce, which were lost en routs to Osborne, were found on Tuesday in one of the carriages at the Waterloo station.—Court Journal. INDIAN WARFARE.—A, correspondent of the St. Paul (Minnesota) Press, writing from Camp Sibley, Lower Agency, Minnesota, under date of November 7th, gives some interesting particulars regarding the trial of the Indians charged with having taken a prominent part in the recent outrages. He says :—" The business has been des patched with celerity, as many as 40 cases having been tried per day in some instances. The prisoners were brought in chained together by the feet, in pairs, in some cases eight at a time, and the charges, which were preferred by General Sibley, were read to them through the interpreter, Antoine Frenier, and th en , a f ter being exhorted to tell the tr and not equivocate, each was asked to the extent of his participatio n in the outrages, and, if necessary, witnesses were called against him. I should think that in at least two thirds of the cases the prisoners admitted that they fired, but ill most instances i ns i st that it was only two or three shots, and that no one was killed. In regard to the third, who did not admit that they fired, their reasons for not doing so were equally remarkable, and assumed a different shape every day. One day all the elderly men, who were in the N igour of manly strength, said their hair was too gray to go into battle ; and the young men, aged from 18 to 26, insisted that they were too young, and their hearts too weak to face fire. The next day would develope the fact that great was the num. her and terrible the condition of those who were writhing in agony wil l th e b elly -ache on the top of a big hill. A small party avow e d t h at they had crept under a wonderfully capacious stone (which nobody but themselves ever saw) at the battles of the fort, and did not emerge therefrom during th e fight s, and a sufficiency of two small armies stoutly called on th e G reat Spirit (Wakan-tonka) and the heavens and e arth (p a tti ng the latter emphatically with the hand) to wit. tees that th ey were of a temperament so phlegmatic, a dispo s t ition so unsocial, and an appetit e so vorac i ous an d gree d y hat during she roar of ea c h o f th e b a ttl es at t h e F ort, New trim, Birch Coolie, and Woodlake, they were alone, within bullet shot, roasting and eating corn and beef all day A — h erH " k ing 'warrior wished the commission to believe that o felt so bad at the Fort to see the Indians fire on the wee hites that he im me di ately laid down there and went to sl p, and did net awake until the battle was over. Several cf the - "worst characters, who had been in all the battles, after th ey had confessed the whole thing, wound up by saying that they were members of the Church I But the greatest institution of the commission, and the observed of tried. all observers, was the negro Godfrey. He was the first His reputation was damning. It was said that he killed More than any I n di an, and was the most brutal in city among the brutal, and the b ravest and foremost in bat tle and h a d acquired the name of 0- 131 411 r) to-cle (He that kill s ito;oluit of the great number of hill TitltiMf.". Great Eastern, E. Counties Ext. No. 2, 112—Ditto, 6 per !nt. pref., 131.1 Gt. Western ( oerks & Hants Ext.), rd., 41 per cent., 98 London, Chatham. and Dover per cent. pref., 961 Midland Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 141} PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. North Bsitish (Edin., Perth, and Dundee) 4 per cent., 81} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 961 Chester and Holyhead, 57} Lancaster and Carlisle, 206 Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 961 7 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8 7g Bahia and San Francisco (lira:) gua. 7 per gent, 211 Great Luxembourg, 14a N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent. (lim.), 21 3 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12i Recife and San Francisca (Um.), gua. 7 per cent., 18( Royal Danish, 16 Sambre and Meuse, 101 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 104 10—Ditto (all), 231 3! South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 21 FOREIGN MINES. Dun Mount. Copper MM. Co. (lira.), Mont. Aureos Braz. Gold Min. Co. (lira.), 2} Port Philip, 11 Santa Barbara Gold Mine (lira.), I St. John del Rey (Um.), 551 5 Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lira.), 31 DOCS. London, 61i 1 - Southampton,K64 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 93 Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 20i I Australasia, 70} 1 701 Bank of Queensland (lim.), 4 British North American, } "•-illiCn o lu n g t i o S n acota c n i t h . Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 9; Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 21 20! iL L o o n n d d o o n: London and 1 , ;(c a,n h d in A a, u a s n tr d a j li a a p n a C n h ( a u r im ter ) e , d B , 21 4 rt Ayres, and R. Plate attn.), (3; ) and s e o re t d h ; ic l: an o , f Australia s s tralia, 27t t London Joint County , 381 Ottoman Bank,u33 South Australia, 3 31 5 4 ; is : 3— LAtr il Tn it i : 0 0 no , u o n f e s w . L 7 n i cl i on B , 33i Union of Australia, 531 3 Union of Ireland Mm.), ill_ • AnglO-Nexican Mint, 74 Berlin Water Works, 6; 7 Great Ship (Um.), i National I Discountlrrigation Company,andCanal 8 1 1 Oriental Inland Steam, 8f i Peninsular and 0, iental Steam, 7ti 2 Royal Mail Steam, 55 Trust and Loan Co. of Upper Canada, 5; ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MERITORIOUS CONDUCT. —At the monthly meeting of the Council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce yesterday Captain Brown, of the British ship Trebolyan, was presented through the chairman with a gold medal for himself and three silver ones for the officers of his ship, by the Queen of Spain, for having rescued 35 men, officers and crew, of the Spanish ship Reyna del Oceano, when that vessel was on fire, keep ing them on board his ship and treating them with the greatest kindness, ultimately landing them at St. Helena. The gallant and humane aet was performed' by Captain Brown at great risk, as there was a very heavy sea running at the time, TBF, SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1863 CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.---This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) STEALING SILK. John Jones, 18, was charged with stealing a silk scarf, and a quantity of property of the same description. The prisoner was in the employ of Messrs. Morley, the warehousemen in Cheapside, as porter, and while holding that situation had availed himself of the opportunities which presented themselves, and plundered the firm. Some witnesses proved that for some time the prisoner had been engaged dealing largely in silk handkerchiefs and scarfs, and that he had also given a number of handker chiefs to a girl with whom he was intimate. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The counsel for the prosecution, Mr. Kemp, said the prisoner had no doubt been carrying on the robbery for some time. The Recorder sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE. George Day and. Susan Knight were indicted with feloniously assaulting George Meyer, with intent to rob. The prosecutor was a printer, carrying on business in Chancery-lane, and on the night in question was returning home, when the prisoners and another man came up to him at the:corner of Carey. street, accosted him, and shortly afte the men struck him and knocked him down. He managed to get hold of one of the men, when the woman commenced kicking him, and during the time the other man com mence•d rifling his pockets. The prosecutor raised a cry o police, and while he was engaged with Day, the constable came up, and the woman Knight was secured, the other man making his escape. The jury found both prisoners guilty. The prisoners were well known to the police. The Recorder sentenced each to four years' penal servi tude. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT PLYMOUTH. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY, 2 A.M. The Royal Hotel and Theatre here is being cln sumed by a terrible fire. It commenced in the theatre after the Christmas pantomime was closed. The thick wall between the theatre and the hotel does not rise higher than the exterior walls, so that the fire soon communicated from the roof of one building to that of the other. That portion of the hotel next the theatre con sists of the card-room, connected with the ball-room. The card-room contained the samples of Messrs. Blumberg and Co., 55, Cannon-street West, valued at .El,OOO, which are entirely lost. From the card-room the fire went across the grand staircase to the splendid ball-room, where it is now raging furiously. Mr. Pearse, the occupant of the hotel, is convey ing his moveable property across Lockyer-street to Harvey's Hotel. The entire property, which belongs to the Corpo ration of Plymouth, forme the noblest specimen of architecture in the West of England. The military, marines, and seamen of the Royal Navy are in full attendance, aiding the civil authorities. 2 30 A.M. The fire, though partly kept under, is extending to the eastern wing. The roof of the ball-room has fallen in. The Era, of last Sunday, in speaking of the pantomime at the above theatre, which is now destroyed by fire, says :—" Robinson Crusoe; or, Harlequin Friday, and the Bing of the Caribbee Islands," is the title of our Plymouth production. The scenery in the burlesque is truly beautiful, reflecting the greatest amount of credit on Messrs. Marston and Hawes Craven. To close our notice without especial words of praise to Mr. J. R. Newcombe would be unjust, for under his inde fatigable direction has tip whole pantomime been so successfully produced?' LATEST PARTICULARS. PLYMOUTH TIIESD&Y, 10 ex. The fire commenced shortly after midnight in the property-room of the theatre, and the interior of the building is almost entirely consumed; the flames communicated by the roof with the card and club rooms of the Royal Hotel, both of which are gutted. The ball-room staircase is burnt; the handsome assembly-room, and the tea-room below it, are also partially destroyed. The eastern end of the quadrangle is uninjured by the fire, and Mr. Pearse, the lessee of the hotel, is replacing his furniture. The Royal Hotel and Theatre were finished in 1813, at a cost of £60,000. The north front is 270 feet long. The roof of the splendid lonic portico is con sumed. The buildings are insured by the Corporation with the Atlas-office. Mr. Pearse is insured in the General. Mr. Newcombe, the manager of the theatre, is uninsured. He recently expended £3,000 on the fittings and.seenery. Some valuable dresses were saved. A fire occurred in the property - room on the 26th December last, which was p ro mptly extinguished. Particulars of the Loss of the Colombo. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Massilia we have received full particulars of the loss of the Colombo. Owing to the thick ness of the weather, no observations could be taken after leaving Galle, and on the morning of Nov. 19, at 4 o'clock, the weather continuing very thick, no thing being visible at a ship's length, and the rain coming down in torrents, speed was reduced to "full slow." Two hours afterwards, breakers ahead were reported a quarter of a mile off, and, before the engines, which were immediately raversed, could have any effect on the vessel, she forged ahead, and the swell and a strong wind drove her bodily on the coral beach. She touched so lightly that no one on board felt the shock. There was a strong current to the northward at the time of about three miles an hour. After striking, she fell over to windward, exposing her deck to the sea, which poured down the hatchways and skylights in tor rents. As nothing could be done to save the ship, the boats on the land side were cleared, and by 8 a.m. all the passengers and crew were safely landed. A drenching rain continued all the time, which was the more felt as most of the ladies and children were very lightly clad. Awnings and spars were brought on shore, and by 2 p.m. the passengers were com fortably housed until better accommodation could be obtained at the village a short distance, where they repaired the next day, and took up their abode until the arrival of assistance. A native boat,with an officer, was sent to the nearest land, 210 miles distant, to telegraph the news of the disaster to Bombay, Galle, and Calcutta. An abundance of provisions was obtained from the wreck. On the 30th of November the Ottawa arrived from Bombay, and brought the passengers to Suez. Eighteen hours after striking, the ship parted in two pieces midships. The disaster appears to have been occa sioned by insufficient allowance having been made for the strength of the current, which, notwith standing a mile and a half an hour had been allowed for it, drove the vessel some 32 miler out of her course. The passengers speak in great praise of the presence of mind shown by Captain Farquhar under the trying circumstances, and his unwearied exertions for their comfort and convenience. A short time before the disaster Captain Farquhar had succeeded in saving a vessel from shipwreck. The Worsborough Colliery Catastrophe. There is very little to report (says the She field Independent of yesterday) in reference to the pro ceedings at Edmund's Main. The water is flowing steadily into the mine from the trench connected with the adjacent stream, and measures are being taken to increase the volume of water very largely, and so expedite the tedious operation of flooding the workings. The water was conveyed in large pipes, laid at a depth of fourteen or fifteen feet ; but the quantity poured into the shaft by this means has not been found sufficient speedily to accomplish the object in view, and men have been set to work to reopen the trench, and when this has been done, as much water as can possibly be diverted into the trench will be thrown into the mine. The cupola shaft has been rendered perfectly tight, and there are several feet of water upon the clay puddling above the furnace drift. In one of the up cast shafts an aperture, closed by a sort of wooden safety valve, has been left, in order to test the air from time to time. A test which was made a day or two ago showed that a great quantity of gas has been generated in the mine. The cap of the valve was removed for our special edification, and the impri soned air and gas rushed forth with the force of a furnace blast. It is not expected that, even with the great volume of water that will be poured in during next week, the water will be " roofed" for ten or twelve days yet, and the pumping out will be a still more tedious process. Great difficulty will, no doubt, be experienced in emptying the dip boardgates, which are much below the level of the other parts of the THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. Proposed Cession of the lonian Islands to Greece. (From the London Gazette of this Evening.) FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 5. Her Majesty's Government have received from the Hon. Henry Elliot, a copy of the foilowing memorandum, which he had delivered to the President of the Provisional Go vernment of Greece : MEMORA.NDITM. It is her Majesty's earnest desire to contribute to the welfare and prosperity of Greece. The treaties of 1827 and 1832 bear evidence of this desire on the part of the British Crown. The Provisional Government of Greece declared, upon the withdrawal of King Otho from Greece, that their mis sion is to maintain for Greece constitutional monarchy and the relations of peace with all other States. If the new Assembly of the Representativas of the Greek nation should prove faithful to this declaration, should maiutain constitutional Monarchy, and should refrain from all aggression against neighbouring States, and if they should chooss a Sovereign against whom no well founded objection could be raised, her Majesty would see in this course of conduct a promise of future freedom and happi ness for Greece. In such a case, her Majesty, with a view to strengthen the Greek monarchy, would be roady to an nounce to the Senate and Representatives of the lonian Islands, her Majesty's wish to see them united to the mo narchy of Greece, and to form with Greece one united state; and if this wish should be expressed also by the lonian Le gislature, her Majesty would then take steps for obtaining the concurrence of the Powers who were parties to the treaty by which the seven lonian Islands and their dependencies were placed as a separate state under the protectorate of the British Crown. I am to take care, in my communications upon this sub ject, to make it understood that the election of a Prince, who should be the symbol and precursor of revolutionary disturbance, or of the adoption of an aggressive policy towards Turkey, would prevent any relinquishment of her Majesty's protectorate of the lonian Islands. Her Majesty's Government trust that, in the selection of a sovereign to rule over Greece, the Greek Assembly will choose for their king a prince from whom they can expect a regard far religious liberty, a respect for constitutional free dom, and a sincere love of peace. A prince possessing these qualities will be fitted to promote the happiness of Greece, and will be honoured with the friendship and confidence of her Majesty the Queen. lIIGAILT. Thomas Butler was indicted for feloniously marrying Ellen Shire, his first wife Honorah Driscoll being then and still alive. Both marriages were clearly proved. In defence the prisoner said his first wife left him a short time after marriage. Mrs. Butler said that statement was untrue. He left her, and before he did so used to treat her very unkindly be cause she interfered to protect one of their children who the prisoner used to most cruelly beat. When he was re•. monstrated with upon his inhumanity he always replied he had a right to do what he liked with his own. The Recorder sentenced him to,l2:months' imprisonment. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) John Lowe, Matilda Lowe, and Jane Francis were in dicted for feloniously having in their possession a mould for the manufacture of counterfeit coin. Brennan, the officer attached to the Mint, said, from information that came to his knowledge, he, in company with some other constables, proceeded to the house in which the prisoners lived, in Union-street, Lambeth. On searching the place a great number of counterfeit coins were found. Some of the base coin was found in the room in which the two female prisoners were sitting, and on being asked to explain how it came there, they each said they did not know. The male prisoner also denied all knowledge of the bad money. Two moulds for the manufacture of counr terfeit coin were also found in the coal cupboard. Some base sovereigns were also discovered by the police. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAUTION TO JEWELLERS.-Mr. Hawley, of the firm of Hawley and Co., jewellers, Regent-street, attended before Mr. Tyrwhitt to ask his advice under the following circum stances. Mr. Hawley said that a foreigner called upon him and selected a quantity of goods and ordered some of the articles to be engraved, and asked for a bill. He made out a bill and gave it to the person, and he left. The goods were sent home to the address given, but the person refused to pay for them, wanting to make a debt of it, and he (Mr. Hawley) had since ascertained that, on presenting his bill to a tradesman in Piccadilly, the person had, believing that the foreigner had made a large purchase at his house, allowed him to have a large quantity of goods. The goods he (Mr. Hawley) had prepared, having been engraved, were rendered unsaleable. Mr. Tyrwbitt said he could do nothing in the matter. It was a fortunate thing that the goods had not been left, and he (Mr. Tyrwhitt) hoped the press would take notice of the matter, as a caution to other members of the trade. . _ ROBBERIES IN A LODGING-11017811.—A NICE SERTANT. —Ann Newman was charged with stealing a £5 bank-note and 108., at 54, New Bond-street, as follows : Mrs. Emily Aylmer said that she lodged with her hus band at 54, New Bond-street, and about three weeks ago gave the prisoner, who was servant to the landlady, a £5 note to change. The prisoner went out and returned stat ing that she could not get change unless she purchased something. She then gave the prisoner a half-sovereign, telling her to buy ls. worth of brandy, and to keep the change of the £5 note entire. The prisoner then went again, but never returned. Last night the prisoner, however, called for her clothes, saying, when asked about the money, that she had given it to the landlady, and she was then given into custody. Mrs. Margaret Dunlop, landlady of the house, said the prisoner came to her house and said that she had just come from Devonshire, and that her boxes were at the railway station, She asked her (Mrs. Dunlop) to let her have some money to get them, but she told her that she could stop with her that night, and that the next day she would make inquiries into her character. In the afternoon of the fol lowing day the money was given to her by Mrs. Aylmer, and she went out without her bonnet and shawl, and never returned. The prisoner never gave her the money. She (Mrs. Dunlop) had also missed a ring from a box in the room in which prisoner slept during the night she passed with her. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a week, stating that he had no doubt that something more would be found out concerning the prisoner. THAMES. FRIGHTFUL CASE OF STABBING.—OR Mr. Woolrych's arrival at the court this morning he was informed that his presence was required in the London Hospital to receive the deposition pf a wounded man named Michael Cluman, a foreign sailor, who was wounded last night in an affray which took place in the New road, Cannon-street road, St. George-in-the-East. A man named Diego Salinas, aged 25, and belonging to the Peruvian ship Arica, lying in the West India.doek, was charged with being concerned with another in feloniously wounding Cluman with intent to murder, or do him grievous bodily harm. The prisoner is a Portuguese sailor. As the magistrate was about to leave the court, he was informed that another foreign sailor, named Galati, an Italian, was in custody, charged with being concerned in the affray, and the magistrate gave directions he should be taken to the hospital with Cluman. Inspector Holloway of the H division handed to the magistrate a medical certificate, of which the following is a Copy:— " London Hospital, Jan. 6, 1863. This is to certify that Michael Cluman was admitted into this hospital en January 6, 1863, with a very severe wound in the back. I consider the man is in imminent danger, and advise that his deposition be taken down immediately. —JAMES JACKSON, house-surgeon." On the arrival of the magistrate and Mr. Bowler, the second clerk, at the hospital, the wounded man appeared to be sinking fast. He was sworn, and stated in:effect that he was at a dancing-room last night, and a quarrel took place about a girl. Some time afterwards he was assaulted in the New-road by three men. One of them stabbed him is tho-book. He um not belle., that either of the prisoners stabbed him. A man in a red shirt did so. :Salinas had hold of him when ho was stabbed. The other prisoners were standing by. The wounded man having signed his deposition, the pri soners wt re removed, in custody of Inspector Holloway, to the Thames Police-court. The investigation will commence this afternoon at 3 o'clock after tho other night charges are disposed of. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 6.—Wind this day at noon—South; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. Heavy shower of rain during the morning. SWANSEA, Jan. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mary Ann Johnson, from Caldera. Put back—Admiral Pleville, for Sierra Leone. LEITH, Jan. 4.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Magalen, for Melbourne. FALMOUTH, Jan. b. —Arrived—Eliphalet Greely, from Akyab; Adelaide, from Rio Janeiro; Quentin Masters, from ii avannah. D üBLIN, Jan. s.—Arrived—S. Blinkom, from St. John's, New Brunswick. QUEENSTOWN, Jan s.—Arrived—Hondman, from Moul mein; Salsette, from Rangoon ; Stag, from Mauritius ; Granite City, screw steamer, from the Clyde; Nathalia, from Rio Grande. Orr PILL, Jan. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Dauntless, from New York. 13nrsrox,, Jan. s.—Wind W.—Arrived—Glaslyn, from Malaga. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) Arrived Jan. 6—Aler G t a ß tea v l s e E r i : D fr ' o T m ue G sd u a e y rn M seq r . ling. Arrived' ranther a t Jan ' s —Lerlln, steamer, from Hamburg ; Hambur , g, ea rn er)from Boulogne ; Boreas, steamer, from No arrivals. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Put back.—Solo, Captain i C a naries, anchored, having ,: ii p a p il e t d ige f n ro ' in Dungeness Roads, and m fr a o n m eh L or on an d d on c , ha fo in r n been supplied hence. ascertain the ext ent of the irregularities The Emperor Alexander h as appointed a com mitteeto been discovered in, t he administration o f the saldto oTu o oo f inqir f havet a u e cituoans. THE NEWCASTLE MURDER. The remains of the murdered woman, Margaret Docherty, were interred in All Saints Cemetery, Newcastle, on Sunday morning. The hearse arrived at the dead-house at 11 o'clock, and the corpse was followed to the grave by the husband and two sons of the deceased. The unfortunate woman was a na- tive of Ireland, and her maiden name was Kennedy, but prior to her marriage, which took place in 1832, she lived in Glasgow. On the last day of the old year her husband, who is a tailor, left home to go to his work at 9 a.m., leaving his wife in the house. At 6 o'clock she took him his tea to the workshop, and at 7 o'clock she called again, and he then gave her 3s. He left his work at 8 p.m., and went and drank a pint or two of ale at the Adelaide Hatel, in Newgate-street, where he remained until nearly 12 o'clock. His wife called at the same house at half past 11 o'clock, and she was then under the influence of liquor. She left the house with her husband, and on the way towards home he remonstrated with her for not having spent the 3s. to greater advantage than in getting drunk. As they walked up Gallowgate she said she would have more drink, and in order to carry out her intention she went into Ireland's public-house. Her husband took hold of her in order to pull her back again, but he was knocked down by one of three men whom he could not identify. He then went home, and he saw her no more until he saw her dead at the dead-house on Friday afternoon, Jan. 2. It will be seen, therefore, that the only time during which she is unaccounted for, is between th e hours of 12 p.m. and 2 a.m. The man George Vass was again brought before the borough magistrates yesterday. A large crowd surrounded the police-office in ex pectation of catching a glimpse of the prisoner as he was being conveyed from the prison to the office; and in a minute or two after the opening of the doors every part of the court itself was filled, mast of those present being of the lowest class, by whom the disgusting details were received with avidity. The proceedings resulted in the prisoner being committed for trial on the charge of " Wilful mur der." The Accident to the Princess Alice. which appeared in our S a turday's impression, the In reference to this accident, the particulars of Hampshire Advertiser says :—" The postillion on the instant after the accident managed the horses admirably, and at once cut them out free of the carriage. Mr. Joseph Groves, 8.A., a medical stu dent at King's College, London, on a Christmas visit to Newport, happened to be passing with his sister, and ran to the assistance of the ladies, not knowing at all who they were. He immediately raised them from the ground, and carried the Prin cess, who for the moment was prostrate from the shock, across the road to the gate of the residence of Mrs. Parker, who happened to be absent from home, and the gate was fastened. Her royal highness had by that time recovered sufficiently to walk, leaning on the arm of Mr. Groves, and accompanied by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce to the next residence, Mr. H. Nunn's, where they received every required atten tion, and her royal highness quickly resumed her wonted cheerfulness. " God bless her !" exclaimed an Isle of Wight peasant dame, on hearing the story, " she's a good pluck'd un." The Hon. Mrs. Bruce bore the shock remarkably well. Mr. Robt. Jacobs, of Heasley, rode up very soon after the ac cident and rendered assistance in the way of order ing a carriage at her Majesty's coachbuilder's close by, Mr. Dashwood. In the course of an hour after the accident the Princess was well on her way to Osborne with the same postillion and horses, one of which received a very slight injury. We hear that Mr. Groves was graciously received by the Princess of Hesse the same evening at Osborne, and heartily thanked for the attention he had paid to her royal highness. It appears that the accident occurred through the attempt of the postillion to pass in that narrow road between two carts—one of which was stationary at the approach of the royal car riage, and the other moving slowly on the other side of the road, a little in advance, and suddenly the horse in the stationary cart turned in towards the hedge and threw the back of the cart some inches further in the road, and instantly the royal carriage dashed against it. The cart, in charge of a boy, who was not at fault, belonged to the farm at Staplers, in the occupation of Messrs. Mew, of the Bugle Inn, Newport, had the shafts broken by the concussion. The royal phaeton was a plain, strong, old-fashioned vehicle for two, on low wheels, and was said to have belonged to the late King George IV.; a broken spring was all the injury it appeared to have sustained by the collision. The inhabitants were very happy to hear next day, through the rev. the vicar of the parish of New , port, that her royal highness was quite well." At whatever time the marriage of the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alexandra takes place, it is finally settled that the honeymoon of the Royal Bride and Bride groom will be passed at Osborne,—Court Immo,. mine: The subscription for the relief of the sufferers has now reached tho handsome sum of £1,300. We regret to learn that the proper distribution of the fund has been hitherto prevented by the course taken by the poor-law guardians. It is alleged that they have sought to throw the support of the bereaved in a great measure, if not entirely, upon the relief fund. The committee who have the super intendence of the feud maintain that the guardians have nothing whatever to do with their operations, but that they ought to relieve the sufferers as they would any other "destitute" persons, without re ference to the amounts which may be granted out of the subscriptions. At the meeting to organise the subscription, held on the 11th of December, it was resolved to set on foot a public subscription in aid of the surviving sufferers, " in addition to such parochial relief as may be granted by the authorities of the district." The course of the committee was thus clearly defined. On the other hand, it is alleged that as persons cannot claim relief from the union funds until they are entirely "destitute," as long as the bereaved are receiving relief from the committee they cannot be looked upon as destitute persons, and have accordingly no legal claim. How ever, the guardians have granted relief to some of the claimants, but only for a fortnight, or until their next meeting ; and the Rev. W. Benham, the incumbent of Dale, has distributed two sums of money which were sent to be applied for the relief of the " immediate necessities " of the sufferers, the fund proper being left in bank to await the course taken by the guardians. A settlement of the ques• tion is imperatively demanded, in order that unne cessary suffering may not be inflicted upon the widows and orphans who have been so suddenly rendered destitute. We have great pleasure in stating that her Ma jesty the Queen has sent a magnificent contribution to the fund. The Rev. Mr. Banham wrote a few days ago to the Home Secretary, stating the case on behalf of the sufferers, and asking him to be good enough to lay the purport of the letter before her Majesty. Sir G. Grey forwarded the letter to Sir C. Phipps, who communicated with Mr. Banham, asking to be supplied with some further information and the list of subscriptions. The required infor mation was duly laid before her Majesty, and the result was communicated in the following gratify ing letter : Osborne, Dec. 27, 1862. Sir,—l have had the honour to submit y our letters to her Majesty the Queen, and I have received the commands of her Majesty to forward you the enclosed cheque for £lOO, as the subscription of her Majesty towards the fund for the relief of the widows and orphans of the sufferers by the late colliery accident at Edmund's Main,—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient humble servant, C. B. PHIPPS. The Rev. W. Banham, Worsbro' Dale. The rev. gentleman has also received the follow ing : Dear Sir,—We have much pleasure in handing you a cheque for £2l 2s. ld., which amount has been contributed by the clerks and workmen employed by the Sheffield Coal Company towards the Edmund's Main Colliery Explosion Relief Fund.—Yours, &c., BROWN and JEFFCOCL. The Augsburg Gazette states that, in spite of reports to the contrary, Baron Sina will continue to repro sent King Otho as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Courts of Berlin, Vienna, and Munich, A phenomenon observed within the last few days at Varages (Var) would seem to indicate that the recent sudden changes in the weather in the South of France have been accompanied by some disturbance below the surface of the earth. A fine spring, which from time immemorial had supplied the above-named village with water, last week suddenly poured forth a stream of water entirely black and extremely nauseous. This continued for three days, when the water began to c lear, and is now i limpid and as sweet as ever. BEFORE JUDGE LYNCII._The Memphis Bulletin i sa ° on were de notes the operations of a band of thioefvleos n the State Line-road, near that city. A compiZY. Lavigne, towards spatched, under command of I , White's Station in quest of them. Threedactnht gangh eis e rfiliet o-bor fiwa etghre. e e ca ptured on the 4th Decemberuneecatredt,heanSev The citizens of the vicinity co llected, men was placed in their hands. They adjudged that two of the prisoners , w ho had been recognised, should be sh o t. The order was i mmediately carried into effect. Before their execution Lieut. Lavigne asked them what they had done with their booty, to which they replied that it was in the hands of their partners at Memphis. He offered them life and freedom if they would expose their accomplices, bu they refused. The other ' prisoner was taken to the military prison at Memphis, LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 5. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Joseph Magill as Consul at Belfast, and of Mr. P. S. Minich, as Tice-Consul at Queenstown, for the Republic of Haiti. DOWN ENG-STREET, JAN. 5, The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert Temple, Esq., to be master of the Supreme Court of the Island of Mauritius. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 6. Majer-General George Henry Mackinnon, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice General Sir Philip Bainbrigge, K.C.8., de ceased. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 29, 1862. Royal Marine Light Infantry—First Lieutenant and Adjutant John Maitland Lennox to be Captain, vice E. T. T. Jones, deceased; Second Lieutenant John Alfred Sweny to be First Lieutenant, vice Lennox, promoted ; Second Lieutenant William Menzies to be First Lieutenant, vice Sadleir, dismissed. . DECEMBER 31. First Lieutenaut Nowell Fitz Upton Way to be Adjutant, vice Lennox. , BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Redman, builder, Whitby BANKRUPTS. William Clarke, shoemaker, Williams-terrace, Victoria park Edward H. P. Firminger, commercial agent, Brighton Mark Bateman, hay dealer, Hanham, Gloucestershire Joseph Green, factor, Sheffield Edward Scales, publican, Dalston, Middlesex John Ham, butcher, Redruth, Cornwall Christopher Edmondson, skirt manufacturer, Bradford Richard John Tonge, merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull Thomas Hack,:gardener, Culverthorpe, Lincolnshire William Gorvett, farmer, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Gla morganshire Richard Jones, farmer, Llanddaniefab, Anglesey Alfred Peel, tea dealer, Dewsbury Nicholls and Son, builders, Redruth, Cornwall Benjamin R. Sheppard, innkeeper, Frome Selwood Benjamin Buck, cap manufacturer, Kingston-upon -Hull Oliver Penfold, chemist, Blackmore-street, Drury-lane Charles Thomas Board and John Irving, feather merch ants, Worship-street John Toulon, printer, Canonbury-lane, Islingt ,n George Frederick Mare, civil engineer, Piccadilly SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Duncan Gordon, farmer, Bogbain, Inverness-shire James. M'Phee, ship owner, Saltcoats James Donaldson, plumber, Crieff George Sheriff, farmer, Peebles Course of the Exchange—This Day. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16f 11 17 A ntwer p — 25 371 25 42 Brussels — 25 37i 25 421 Hamburgh — 13 6 13 7 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 1181 119 Vienna Trieste Pctersburgh — 35 351 Berlin - Madrid Cadiz Leghorn .. 25 52} 25 60 Milan ... 25 52} 25 57} Genoa 25 52} 25 57} Naples Palermo . 25 60 25 65 Messina — 25 60 25 65 Lisbon — 521 52A Oporto — 521 53 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons 0 0 0 AMERICA. (Per Norwegian.) NEW YORK, DEC. 26 (EVENING.) The witnesses before the Congressional Commit tee concur in attributing the disaster at Fredericks burg to delay in sending the pontoons from Wash ington. General Halleck states that his responsi bility ceased when he gave the order to forward the pontoons. The responsibility of delay is not clearly fixed upon anyone. The military situation in the South-West is at tracting much attention. President Davis is in Tennessee, supposed to be maturing a plan for the oapture of Nashville. The Confederates have recaptured Holly Springs, Mississippi, with half a million dollars of Federal supplies. They have also mace a rain in the suburbs of Memphis, where a meeting was called to consider the best means of defence. The Confederates have burned the bridge over the Obion River, cutting off Jackson in Tennes see from Columbus and Cairo. They also burned Union City, in the rear of Federal General Rosen cranz, and were advancing on Columbus, as a strong position on the Mississippi. The Federal Commander at Columbus is confident he can hold the city. The Confederate cavalry has seized the railroad north of Jackson, thus cutting off the Federal General Grant from his base of supplies. The further progress of the South-West campaign is anxiously looked for. It is reported that President Lincoln will veto the bill for the admission of Western Virginia as a new state. The, New York Herald urges Governor Sey:, mour to call a convention of loyal states, plat issue an invitation to the rebelli ci o ato s vt e h ta e te bt a h lu e ck j a : e the convention, and establish peace upon , Staunton.O RIN 0 form of the United States Constit A steamer, heavily freightedb,: into a Southern port on the 19th" NEW r c s 2 have evacuated Winchester, NEvir moved towards Virginia, and have Federals have occupied Winchestet. The The Confederatee Th e Confederates have destroyed the Winchester railroad, and carried away the iron. The Federals lmve destroyed the Confederate works at Yellville, Arkansas. During an attempt to carry out the Federal con gressional election in Smithfield, Eastern Virginia, considerable skirmishing occurred between the Federals and the Confederates in the vicinity. It is supposed there would be a difficulty in get ting returns from Smithfield. A bill brought in by Secretary Chase gives autho rity to raise 300,000,000 dols. for the service of the current year, and 600,000,000 dols. for the service of the next year, in any mode sanctioned by Con gress. This bill includes the issue of Six per Cent. Bonds, 7.30 per Cent. Bond, and Seven per Cent. Bonds; also, the issue of small notes , bearing 3.66 per cent. interest, and of legal tender notes, bearing no We rest. The bill authorises further the formation of bank ing associations for the issue of United States notes, secured by United States Bonds, but payable on de mand, primarily by the issuing associations. It is supposed that President Lincoln will carry out his promise of issuing his emancipation procla mation cn the Ist of January, excepting from its provisions Delaware, Missouri, Maryland, Ken tucky, and portion of Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana, and Tennessee, The New York 7ribune asserts that coloured regiments will be organised to guard the bal2ks of the Mississippi, and to man the forts below New Orleans, and to enforce the emancipation prCclo mation among the negroes. The New York Tribune also states that the Com mittee of Ways and Means will propose the issue of one, two, or three year bonds bearing interest, in place of the issue of 300,000,000 dollars legal tender notes, subject to certain restrictions upon the sale of the bonds- The New atea Y m o e r r k s 7 of im 7,eBool3oaytsonssa.ys that tho Navy Departme n t h as rece i vec ten d ers f or b u ildi ng two iron-cla d GeneraleG n roh been appointed Confede n rat of South has South Carolina, in place of Gen. over Greggons are ent er t a i ned of a negro A g p g killed. Apprehensions . insur rection in Franklin County, missouri.l NEW YORK, DEC; 27; 1 r.m. The guerilla general, Morgan, has occupied Glasgow, Kentucky. President Davis has issued a retaliatory- procla mation, dated 23d inst., to the effect that General Butler, or any of his commissioned officers, if cap tured, shall be delivered to the States where they belong, to be dealt with according to the laves of those States. Commissioned officers commanding slaves will be delivered to the authorities of the States where they may he captured. - - - The Europa has arrived out. - - The Edinburgh and Bavaria take 3,000,000 dole. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENC.g. NEW YORK, DEC. 26 (Evening). Motley easy. Gold, 32 per cent. prem. Exchange on London : Bankers' Bills, 145 i. Stocks dull. New York Central, 1031 ; Illinois, 781; Erie, 621. Cotton quiet. Midland Upland, 66/0. Flour and wheat slightly firmer. Provisions quiet. Coffee quiet, but unchanged. Sugar steady. Molasses quiet. NEW YORK, DEC. 27, 1 r.M. Money abundant. Gold, 32 per cent. Exchange on London : Bankers'Bills, 145 i. Stocks firm, and advancing. New York Contra 1033 ; ; Illinois, 79 ; Erie, 621. NAPOLEON 111. AND EUGENIE. The present sovereign of France forms an exception to the rule whieh peoples Europe with kings of German lineage. A successful attempt to enter the great family of Teutonic princes was made by the first Napoleon; and the same was repeated, with still more effect, by the younger branch of the Bourbons, who filled the French throne for 18 years' ; but the third Napleon as yet has failed to form the much desired bonds of Royal alliance, although he has spared no means to effect this object. It is generally understood that in the spring of 1852 offers of marriage were made by the Emperor to three German princesses, but were politely de clined in every instance. The first of these offers was to the Princess Mary of Baden, daughter of the then reigning grand duke, who, being himself the offspring of a morga natic marriage, could, as it was thought, make no serious objection, to the match. His highness, in fact, did give his consent; but his death occurring on April 24, 1852, his son and successor threw obstacles in the way, and as the prin cess herself showed no great desire to occupy the French throne, the negotiations were finally broken off. The hand of a princess of Hohenzollern having been likewise refused to the Prince-President of the French Republic, a last offer of marriage was made to Princess Frederica of Oldenburg, aged 32, the sister of the Queen of Greece. Princess Frederica, it is said, was excessively anxi ous to wear the Imperial diadem, then already within the grasp of Napoleon 111. But her relatives, particu larly the Grand Duke Peter, strongly objected, and consequently this proposal likewise came to nothing. The pier princess of Oldenburg soon after, in despair of getting the right husband, or any husband at all, committed a morganatic alliance, giving her hand to one Baron de Washington. Not choosing to submit to further indigni ties, Napoleon 111., now emperor, determined to seek for a wife at home, and having met one evening at the house of a literary acquaintance, M. Prosper Merimge, Mdlle. Eugenie Maria de Guzman, Countess of Teba, his Majesty offered at once his hand and heart, was accepted, of course, and married a few weeks after, on the 29th January, 1853. The event somewhat took the public by surprise, the official announcement of it having been made only seven days pre vious to the ceremony, on the 22d of January. The Empress of the French is the second daughter of the Count of Montijo and of Maria Manuela Kirkpatrick de Closeburn. On the paternal side her Majesty descends from the old Italian house of Porto-Carrero, which emigrated in the fourteenth century from Genoa to Extremadura ; and on the maternal side she belongs to a Scottish family pro fessing the Roman Catholic faith, some members of which went abroad with the last of the Stuarts. The great-great grandmother of the empress was born in the old mansion of Couston, near Bathgate, part of which is still standing. She was named Isabel Sandilands, being the elder daughter of the Hon,William Sandilands, of Couston, third son of John, fourth Lord Torphichen. This lady was married to Sir Thos. Kirkpatrick, of Closeburn, whose name still survives in connection with that of the empress-mother. Eugenie re ceived her education partly in France and partly in this country, and subsequently went travelling with her mother over the greater part of the Continent, under the name of Countess of Teba, the second title of the family. In the course of these travels the Countess of Montijo, the mother made the acquaintance of M. Prosper Merimee, member of the French Academy and author of numerous works of art, whom she followed to Paris. It was, as already mentioned: in the house of Merrimee that the emperor made the a ? ' quaintaince of his future consort, and struck by her be ! gil l offered his hand after a very short courtshiP was made soon after a senator, and the Countess de Montijo M. Merimee settled and continues to reside at raris.—Supiement to the ',ectator. FALMOUTIT, SIINDAY.—T he Challenge, from Sulina, at Falmouth, reports that on Dec. 20,15 t. 40 61 N, b oug . 15 12 W, saw an American armed cruiser, ship rigged, apparently in full chase of a very large ship, bound SSW. TUE PROPOSED BANQUET TO LORD PALMERSTON AT EDINBURGH.—The following letter from Lord Palmerston to Sir William Gibson-Craig, chairman of the late meeting of the conveners of the Liberal Committee, was received on Saturday. It will be seen that Lord Pal merston is much gratified by the invitation, although he is unable to come north until the Easter recess : " Broadlands . , Jan. 1, 1863. "My dear Sir Gibson, —I have received with much gratification the intimation which you sent mo of a wish o: the part of the Laval Committee of Edinburgh to g ive:n o, a mark of their goodwill when I visit Scotland in r un i_ qnence of my having been elected Lord Rector ofotubid feel ornament, but versity of Glasgow. I need not say that I 8 public, prevent me proud and gratified by such a manifestatiolit,glaafeedeul: ing a city where I sient agreeably and pco!", a go north when had been cational winters. I should have beannia'VP .....M dear able to visit Scotland before the .2 : e ri t4 my various engagements, pritvato i;a b st e er able r° e t e o s s. Parliament adjourns for t y Sir doing so, I trust, howevg:; " PALMERSTON'. Gibson, yours sincei:4lY. , wg Bart." ci si r W.wbsot ,- ‘' , Luso, w Palmerst on as e believe, written to the Lord Lord . in the kindest terms, Provostaccepting an invitation to be the Lord provos t's guest on his visit to Edinburgh,- 500tenan. 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