The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-08 00:00:00

0N E Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a rather easier feeling in the money tuaiket to-day, but the inquiry is well sustained. A half-yearly dividend of 158., and a bonus of 608. per share, have been announced by the direc tors of the Alliance Marine Insurance Company, Payable on and after the 12th inst. The dividends on the shares of the Namur and Liege, and Mons and Manage Railways, are adver tised for payment. The business of Mr. C. F. Kemp, accountant, will in future be conducted under the firm of C. F. Xemp, Ford, and Co. The biddings for 60,00,000 rupees in bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of Eng land. The proportions allotted were—to Calcutta, 3 5,90,000 rs.; to Bombay, 20,50,000; and to Ma dras, 3,60,000. The declared minimum price was as before, Is. Hid. per rupee on Calcutta, and 2s. on Bombay and Madras. The applications within the limits were for 180 lees. Tenders on Calcutta at ls. l l ed. will receive about 45 per cent., and above that price in full; on Bombay all above 25., and on Madras all at and above 2s. will re ceive in full. The prospectus has appeared of the British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company, which is largely supported by the Liverpool interest, requir ing a capital of £1,000,000, with power to increase the amount to £2,000,000. The first issue is to comprise £25,000 shares of £2O each. The direc tors, in support of their undertakiLg, refer to the limited number of companies in Liverpool for effect log marine insurances ; they also state that more than half the exports and imports of the kingdom Pass through their port, and that there is no doubt that another association, having its chief offices in London and Liverpool, would meet with ample sup- Port. The business of the company will be confined to the issuing of policies on freight and goods only, and it is expressly provided that no insurance shall be effected zn the stips themselves. One important feature in this company is the non-payment of pro viatica money. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to th'.s day, are in round figures us under : 1863. 1862. NGreat Western .................... £49,545 246,323 orth-Western .............. 79,892 76,673 South-Western ..................... 18,199 16,864 Great Northern 24,053 22,956 Great Eastern 24,189 22,656 Lancashire and Yorkshire 32,520 32,381 North-Eastern 35,689 34,793 Midland Brighton South -East ern Bristol an d Exeter 5,340 5,232 18,251 Edinburgh and Glasgow Grand Trunk of Canada . Great Western of Canada The returns are in most instances of a favourable character. On the Great Western there is an in crease of £3,222, on the North Western of £3,319, on the South Western of £1,335, on the Great Northern of £1,097, on the Great Eastern of £1,63 3, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £139, on the North Eastern of £796, on the Midland of £3,223, on the Brighton of £663, on the South pastern of £358, and on the Great Western of Canad a of £lB7. On the Grand Trunk of Canada, however, there is a decrease of £2,006. Two O'CLOCK. T he Liverpo o l cotton mar k et to-day was qu i et, w ith no change:in price; sales about 5,000 bales. At Paris this morning Three per Cent. Renter o pened at 70f, 65c., being sc. better than yesterday. Before the close of business yesterday afternoon the Funds, which bad been a shade flatter in conse quence of sales to realise profits, recovered, and the early transactions this morning took place at the full advance, Consols being 931 s for transfer, and 93 4 for the 10th of February. At the present Inonaent, however, quotations are 931. and 931 re spectively, showing, therefore, a little less buoy • h neY• The market, upon the whole, pre sents a very favourable appearance, and the transactions indicate an increase of business. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are 9 4 ; Exchequer Bills have been dealt in at Bs. to 12s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents. are marked 1081 ; and the 4 per Cent, Enfaced Paper, 96. A rather buoyant tone has been perceptible in the Foreign Market, although the transactions have continued on a moderate scale, Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are firm at 71 1 ; do., 1862, steady at 6 71 681 1 and the Consolides 391 40 ; Greek have u nproved to 164 ; th e C oupons are steady at 61; Mexican Stock is 311 ; Peruvian New Loan, 891 ; Russian 1862, 968 ; Spanish Deferred 461 ; ; do., k 1 -Passive 24 • and the C er tifi ca t es are fi rm at D s 8 8 8 , Italian have improved to 704 I. In the Railway Share Market tne dealings were more animated, and prices have shown an upward movement. Caledonian, Great Western, Lanca shire and Yorkshire, North-Eastern (Berwick), and South -Eastern improved 55.; Midland, 10s. ; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £1 10s.; Great Northern and North Western, however, declined ss. The Forei gn an d Colonial lines were in some instance s a shade firmer. Bahia and San Francisco unproved to 211 4 ; Sambre and Meuse to 108 111-; Recife and San Francisco declined to 184 ; and So uth -Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian to 23: ; East Indian are firm at :08 ; and Great Indian E'e ninsula, at 106. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares ge nerally support previous quotations. BRI TISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. b 0 per Cent. Reduced Annuities e Cent. Consols Annuities ... A ew 3 1 , ,a Cent. Annuiti es .... ...... 93/ ' ala lruies, 30 yrs, ex pi re bth J an., 1880 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — /n dia Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), A ug. 1908 . 21 15.16 Stock ... ... Ditto 6 per Cent lOB4 I Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 96 , D '". bonds £l,oou x-,onsols for Account, Feb. 5 935 lEa sole Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent l2 8 12 ..., Dittr.. £5OO uitt.r) Small 12 ..„ FOR EIGN FUNDS—C 8 LOSING PR 13 ICES. li tazilian 5 per Cent .glpptian 7 pee Cent Ditto, Second Issue ...... .. Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5 l6/ 5 Ditto Coupons ........ , ex-Coupms 61 Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 74 Mexican 3 per Cent - Ditto Account New Granada 2 per Cent 271 , Ditto ex over-due Coups. & Hectares 121 x".-rttvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 1862 12,rtu Plotto Account Ditto u A.cco r geese 3 per Cent., 1853 ,G Dit t o u 47t ' Ditto .;crip, £25 paid..... I tilian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 45 per Cent., 1860 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .... Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 ... Ditto Scrip, £l7 paid 961 6 Spanish 3 per Cent ........... .. ...... 2 pal. Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred 3bitto A ccoun t . 46/ 245 f i Ditto Passive 1 i B Panish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 . _Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 1 4 Mit t° Account.. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 68 74 81 Ditto Account Ditt o Guaranteed, 4 pe r C en t lO3l Ve nezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto Account 24/ Ditto 6 per Cents., 1862 (Scrip), £53 pd 11 dis Dividends on the above payable in London. Patch 25 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gui! 655 nan, per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. _ Ditto Account 7of 1 I Consols, Money Ditto Feb. Account ARR EST FOR D EBT IN F RANCE .—A n app li cat i on We s Made on Saturday to the Civil Tribunal, in the ta ttle , „ di, °L 'I. A- 1 1gustus de X-, at present a prisoner for ''-'t, de 'I his release, in accordance with Art. 2,066 _of the Civil Code, which provides that no debtor can be im- Plsoned after he reaches his 70 t h year. D ocuments were P:odnced to prove that the applicant was born on the 28th 70 ` I)ecetuber, 1793, and that, consequently, he is now in his op pos ed i ll r. The detaining creditors, two Belgian bankers, the application, and their counsel argued that the can t was not entitled to his lease till the completion of b„ e _ . 70 th year, which had but just commenced. The tri- Al, however, adopted the more humane and liberal in tereleretation of the l aw , an d or d ere d t h e prisoner's immediate tftete, Share! Itk 2o 20a stock stock stock stock stock 204 204 100 100 stock stock stock nil d- mild- ieard Hee-• been iron finer mg a 7hich t day moos re of mour -inch -inch when ough F the SHARE MARKETS---This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuKS Share l Rai lwayF. Paid , ClOSitw Price. 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 'Bost.,Sleat.,andslid.l/4Jo. st 'Bristol and Exeter st :Caledonian 50 ,ICork and Band ou 20 Corti wal I 10 D o A A sets no diN 10 Do. B till 6p c.p an.has been paid to B. 50 I DUblin & Belfast June. 25 .t.tun.,Perth,& Ab. Juno. st : Edinburgh & Glasgow. St Glitsg. and S. Western. et Great Eastern, Ord. stk atl Ditto A stock st j Ditto East Anglian st at GreatNorthof Scotland st Great Northern st , Do A stock st Do B do 5 Do. £5 shares et ,Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland at Great Western ...... at I Do Str Val gua. stock st 'Lancashire do Yorkshire st :London and Blackwall st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st Lon., Chat., and Dover St 'Lou. & North Western St & South Western st ;Man., Shef., & Linooln. 50 ,maryport and Carlisle. 124 , Do shares 10 ;Metropolitan et I Midland 6.4.0 i Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire .. N. and S. W. Junction [Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. , an dWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C 'later Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R , IWest Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH P Etailwavt , Atlantic & St Lavvrene. Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent........ Do. New Buffalo and Laxe Eluron Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,Brant,&Godriel, 6 p. ct. bde. Aug. 1, 1 , 72 Do. do. July 1, 187:1 Do. do. Jun.. 1,1 , " Cleutta.&S.Eamtn. I. Cape Town . Dock Serif Eitetn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c Last Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et.. Do. 6 per ct. Debent, . Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. IGt. IV, of Canada Sharet, I Do. New ... I Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 41 p. o. Extensior, Dc. 4+ I Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 8 p. o. Bnds. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. I Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. INewßrunswick tt Cand. { Class A Capital Shar, Do. do. B Capital d 0... !N. Rl.C'da6 po Ist ibds Scinde .......... Do. Delhi . Do. do i Do. Punjaub I Do. Do. I Do. Indus. St. Fl o. J 8 8i - - fi 61 86 88 118 .317 el 7 41 43 13 14 87 88 105 107 454 464 43 45 24 25 1271 128! 133 131 136 138 104 106 67} en 1091 110 72 73 118 119 38 39 97f 081 102 103 42 43 Of 9i 1296 130 1 ifp 97 99 154 Hi 254 264 .00 100, 561 674 89 894 126 128 108 110 1 1 0 ' 4 8 d It 114 118 120 474 484 104 106 47 49 334 344 89 896 586 49 100 103 7 8 39 40 106 10 'p 7 4 7 1 pi 148 150 2, 31 41 /T , p 556 506 26 3p idi 6 87 90 140 145 29 31 43 45 35 37 94 28 SSIONS. Closing Price. 87 69 105 k IG6i 5 1 5 1 7/ rl 77 80 75 76 73 76 104 106 ircti 104 1 , 6 1071 t( ge if 1 11 1 f 113 22 23 75 77 65 67 34 36 48 52 34 36 St 36 105} 1113 i 1 lip 1 lip 104 106 12 121 7 7. 98 100 91 93 d f 10 f 3f t ots 98 10 ' 94 ;6 52 53 stock stock stock all alt 100 (100 100 1 3 5 3 h 83 85 1051 mei 1054 1031 IC4i 1034 xn ip l3 I xn 104 105 1044 xn 100 102 100 4 an COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Lan.Gov. 6 p.c.J a &J uly ' 1877-St Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug.. 100 Do. P.C. Mar. & Sept. 100 Do. 5 p. e. Jan.&July.l 100 Do. 5 Inscribed stock ' 100 Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,1873, 100 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880; 100 Do. 18901 100 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c 100 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. G or. 5 p c.,1866 100 Do. sp. 0.,1871 to 1876 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c ' sterling, 1875 lOO Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO b. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 Do. to Co.a Ap.&Oot.. , 100 i ,105 1061 'lO6 108 106 108 197 97i 95 97 103 110 111 113 112 114 111 113 _ I 1041 1051, 991 1001 991 1001 99 991 108 110 105 106 t(9 111 109 111 107 109 110 Ito 106 61 xd 1061 BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 i 413 (Milord Am a l gama t e d 2 1 23 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist , 1 500 510 I East Bassett (Mogan ) 30 53 65 1 jEast Clogau Gold Ltd 58. p /I) East Caradon 2.14 ., 461 47i 47 I 7 East Carn Brea... E. WI Russel (Tavistk 7.19.0 41 41 43 Ga m.drSt.Aubyn(Gwen ) 571 15 17 Great South Tolgus l 17s 7 75 G. Wheal V or (H elston 40 6 64 !Grenville .. • . I Herod's-Foot ........ 8.12 48 50 49 i i ingston Downs 4. 7.0 21 24 Lady Bertha ... ~ . ' Margaret (tiny ....... 9i 41 83 II arke Valley : 4 '‘lyndv Iron Ore (Lim , 2k 3de pr iNew Seton l9/ 150 160 N orth Downs 'zi 21 21 _. N;.Wli'l Itaseet(lllo..fan ~ .17., 24 91 3 , worth Wheal Crofty j Far Consols (Iq. Blazey 14 6 ' 6 20 i itovidence(Uny Lelnt. 10.6., 1 43 ;South Caradon(StCleer li 385 395 1 ( 1 , 1 f o ti g n a ) ; , • 1 5 8 15 . . 9 0 g 2t a 28.9. 39 41 10 . gin Crort --- II S '' t : W r C a a y hr en P a Fran. Park 28.9. a ( I 5 Tamar Silv.dz Lead Min 1 4 4 1 i 1133 4 1 1 141 14 ; West Basset (Illwan) I 5 51774 n I W Caradon (Liskeard 5 2852 8 295 30 : clWleeaal 11 l 474 62 West Seton 11 :1e B l e r t ( ' Wheal Kitty(U.LelanL 2.0.8 O l6 WhealLud ott R ( l e l d l orguatn: 474 821 , Wheal M aryAnh (Men.) 8 16 16 Wheal Seton 584 1 23) 240 _ Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 l 164 174 --Wheal Union 3.13 54 61 6} PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ext. No. 2, 112 Great orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pref., 114 Gt. Western ( verks & Hants Ext.), 5 per cent.rd. pf., 100 Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 1411 North Eastern (G.N.E. 4 per cent. pref.), 100 North Staffoi dshire, 23 Soulll Eastern 45 per cent., 104 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 965 London and Chatham 44 per Cent., 91 h 2 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, n 8 Bahia and San Francisco (Urn.) gum. 7 per cent., 211 a Buenos Ayres Great Southern (HMO, 3* Dutch Rhenish, 17/ Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 181 Royal Swedish, 7 per cent., 1, Sambre and Meuse, 101 11k 11 San Paulo (Tim.), gua. 7Tier cent., 10—Ditto (all), 233 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 2/ 4 FOREIGN MINES. East del Rey (Urn.), 2 Mont. Aureos Braz. Gold Min. Co. (lint), 21 4 N. Rhine Copper of South Australia (lim.), I Port Philip, If f Santa Barb ira Gold Mine (11m.), 1 Scottish Australian (lim.), St. John del Rey (lim.), 56 5 United Mexican (lim.), 51 Yudanamutana:of S. Australia (lira.), 36 JOINT-STOCK PANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 94 36 4* Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 201 f Australasia, 72} lf 3 Bank 01 Queensland (lim.), 4 i British North American, 596 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 101 4 London Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 2l Imperial Bank (Um.), 104 Oriental Bank uth African, 256 London and Brazilian (lim.), 32/ 1/. oration 556; (Jim.), 121 13 89 Ditto new, 71 London and Provincial Ottoman BB:alit Ireland,k(r,Cr°36 Standard of British South Afri 1 Union of Australia, 536 24 3 1 ca I M.), 10/ MISCHL LANEoirs. Anglo- Wexican Mint, 71 Crystal Palace, 4 3f Electric Telegraph, 994 Italian Irrigation Canal,l/ 2 1/ London Gene ral Omnibus Company (Um.), National Discount Company, 81 Nerbudda Coal and Iron, 5; Oriental Inland Steam, Si 291—Ditto (2, 31 Rio de Janeiro City improvements, Peninsular and 0 iental Steam, 726 2 Royal Mail Steam, 56* The Paris journals announce the death, in Paris, of M. Bazin, professor of modern Chinese at the Imperial School of Oriental Languages, and assistant secretary of the Paris Asiatic Society. M. Basin is the author of several works on Chinese literature, among which is a grammar of Mandarin or vernacular Chinese, a lan guage which he spoke with fluency. The Journal des Iravax-Publics states that, among the bills which are to be presented to the Legislative Body after the discussion on the Address, is one for a credit of 7,000,000 fr. to provide for work for the mem hron out 91 eniploytueut is 0,0 patimifactuien, Buainesi done 87i 116 k 461 I it 51 6i 1271 81 1331 i I I 67j I $ 110 I 10 1181 g 981 8 f 71 4213 - 4 94 129 f 8 f 0 29f If 53j 4 3f icot 19.16.4 'OSSE THE gUINi, - ILONDON, TETURS'DAy EVHNIIiTG, - 7.JANCTAR,Y 8, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE---This Day. BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE BERGER.-A FRAUDULENT BANKRUPT. This bankrupt was described as of Bow-lane, mantle and shirt manufacturer, and this was an examination meeting. Mr. Brook, for the assignees, said that the bankrupt had not surrendered, and had absconded after having destroyed his books. From all that Mr. Cooper, the manager of the estate, could ascertain, the debts were between £3,000 and £4,000, and no available assets. The bankrupt will be proclaimed in the usual way at the rising of the Court. Mr. Brook said it was a clear case of fraud, and the bank. rupt bad absconded to avoid prosecution. IN RE HALL AND HALL. These bankrupts were builders at Kensington, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. Mr. Barrow applied on behalf of the bankrupts for a stay of proceedings in bankruptcy, to carry out an ar rangement with the creditors, all the 'requirements by the act for that purpose having been complied with. His Honour said he would grant the application. Mr. Barrow then applied that the money for the hands of the Court should be paid out subject to costs, but a diffi cult here arose, as his Honour said if he made an order to stay the proceedings he could not make any subsequent order. On the suggestion of the official assignee the applications were withdrawn, and an adjournment taken, a day being fixed for a dividend meeting, after which the creditors would have the opportunity of applying against annulling the bankruptcy. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.--This Day, OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) THE GREAT BANK ROBBERY. The trial of the prisoners Brewer, Burnett, Buncher, and Griffiths, was resumed this morning. Moss, the detective officer of the City police, was exa mined by Sir Fitzroy Kelly, His evidence was relative to his visit to a person named Campbell, in North Kent-ter race, accompanied by Smith and Baker. They went into the bedroom, and made a hole in the wall which gave them a view of the front parlour. Buncher and others came in. Mrs. Campbell was asked by Buncher whether she was prepared, she replied " Yes." Buncher then asked how much ? Mrs. Campbell said £5O. Buncher replied, " That's no good, I want £2OO, as promised on Monday last." Mrs, Campbell said, " I can't spare more,—l can't lay out more than that, for I have to take your word before I can get rid of it. How many have you got ? Have you got any gold ? Buncher said Not to-day, but let me see the money first, business is business—l wanted £2OO as pro mised at the beginning of the week. Mrs. Campbell said she could not spare more, and then followed some more conversation, but in language perfectly unfit for publication. It appeared clearly to involve Buncher in the transaction, Mr. Pater, who appeared for Buncher, raised several objections, but they were overruled, Mr. Justice Blackburn remarking that if during the progress of the trial there should appear any weight in them, he would immediately stop the case as far as Buncher was concerned, The exarn;nation of witnesses was then proceeded with. The case is not expected to conclude to-day. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) THZ CASE OP CAPTAIN RUITON. An application for the postponement of the trial of George Ruston, who stands indicted with unlawfully obtaining by false pretence, from the Universal Marine Insurance Cora. pany, the sum of £BOO, with intent to defraud, was assented to by the learned judge. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. EAST KENT ELECTION. CLOSE OF THE POLL. FOUR O'CLOCK. Dering . Knatchbull Majority for Dering Ashford, Hythe, and Romsey returns not in. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATIERSALLS—Tins EVENING. THE DERBY. 1000 to 45 agst Carnival (taken) 1000 to 45 agst Automaton (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Tom Fool (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Woldga (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Tage (taken) 5000 to 60 agst Glenochty colt (taken) 700 to 200 agst Lord Clifden and Saccharometer, coupled (taken) NATIONAL CHORAL SOCIETY. Handel's well-known oratorio Judas Maccabeue was repeated last night in Exeter Hell with very gratifying results. Mr. Martin, the spirited mana ger of this society, has been fortunate enough to secure the assistance of Mr. Sims Reeves, upon whose rendering of the tenor part the success of this oratorio entirely depends. There are few singers of the present day who can rival Mr. Reeves in his execution of Handel's music, and none who can equal him in the celebrated war song, " Sound an alarm." The excitement produced among the audience by Mr. Reeves' line singing of this in spiriting call to aims was something unusual, and the enthusiastic encore which it elicited at length induced Mr. Reeves to break through his usual rule and repeat the air, an effort which it was hardly fair to demand from him. The two other airs, " Call forth thy powers," and " How vain is man," were also admirable, more especially the latter, which makes a greater demand upon the executive skill of the singer. The bass part was ably sung by Mr. Lewis Thomas, who possesses a good voice, and with time and practice will take a high place among our oratorio singers. The lady vocalists were Madame Rudersdorff, and Miss Palmer. Madame Rudersdorff rendered the soprano music very efficiently, but she should be careful to avoid the errors of an exaggerated style. The choruses show progress, but we would suggest to Mr. Martin an improvement on the part of the treble voices, who require more steadiness and con fidence. In many instances, however, the rendering of the choruses was decidedly successful. Mr. Martin conducted with his usual care and skill, and the performance appeared to give the greatest satisfaction to a large and attentive audience. Haydn's Creation will be repeated on the 4th of February, when Mr. Sims Reeves will take the tenor part, having entered into an arrangement with Mr. Martin for the season. MARKETS --This Day. MARK LANE. DIU ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 45s 10d ; barley, 34a 3d ; oats, 20s ad ; rye, 32a Od ; beans, 36s 8d ; and peas, 37s 6d. THE SIR WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 46s 6d ; barley, 348 8d ; oats, 20s 8d ; rye, 33s lld ; beans, 378 7d ; peas, 39s 3d, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 66,477; barley, 83,088; oats, 10,992; rye, 306; beans, 3,462; peas, 1,141 qrs. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was only a moderate supply of beasts on offer in to-day's market, both as to number and quality. All breeds commanded a steady sale, at extreme quotations, compared with Monday. A few very superior Scots and crosses realised 55., but the more general top figure was 4s. 10d. per 81bs. We were rather scantily supplied with sheep, in but middling condition. The mutton trade was firm, and late rates were well supported. The best Downs sold at ss. 10d. per 81bs. Calves moved off freely, at an improvement in value of 2d. per 81bs. The top price was 4s. Bd. per 81bs. Pigs were quite as dear as on Monday; but milch cows sold heavily. _ _ Per 81b. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 4 Primecrs-wool do. 5 0 5 6 Second quality do. 3 6 3 10 Prne.S'thdowndo.s 8 5 10 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6 Large orse. calves 3 6 4 2 Prime Scots, 4 8 4 10 Prime small do 4 4 4 8 Crse. Sr.. inf. sheep 3 8 4 2 Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Second quality do. 4 4 4 10 Small porkers ... , 4 6 4 8 Suckling calves, 10s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs 21s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs .... — Cows iiO Sheep .. 3,100 Calves 305 Pigs• 312 MEAT MARKETS. NEWGITE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderately extensive, and the trade is steady, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d, mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, January 7.—Prime stock was in fair request at full prices; otherwise the trade was in a sluggish state at barely previous rates. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; ukut • ton, 3s 10 to 58 10d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, January 7.—The trade generally was far from active, nevertheless prices were supported. Beef, from 3s 2d to 48 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 6s 10d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Blbs ; suckling calves, 10s to 185; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 28s ; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £1 168 to £4 5s Od; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 lOs; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s per load. Trade very inactive. CUMBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £1 168 to £4 5s ; clove!, £3 lOs to £5 8s Od ; and straw, £1 12s to £ 1 16s per load. A dull trade. WRITECRAPEL.—Meadow hay, £1 18s to £4 ss; clovei do., £3 108 to £5 108 ; and straw, £1 12i to £1 16s per load. Tra e heavy. ALARMING FIRES.—This morning, about half past 2 o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises of a tailor at 18, Trinity-street, Liverpool-road. Before the firemen could succeed in extinguishing the flames the shop was destroyed and the upper part of the house very much damaged. The loss was insured in the Caledonian Office. A fire also happened in Brewer's-yard, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate, in a house occupied by two cabinetmakers. The fire spread with great rapidity, and the house and its contents were greatly injured by fire and water before the flames could be got under. Neither of the sufferers were insured. A destructive fire occurred three nights back at Marseilles on the premises of M. Chosson, a whole sale stationer. The fire burnt with great fury for several hours, and but little of the stock was saved. An iron safe containing a considerable sum in gold and notes was heated to such a degree that the coin melted, and the notes were of course destroyed. The loss is estimated at 80,000 fr., but is covered by insurance. A banquet was given on the 4th at Turin by Chevalier Farini, President of the Council of Minis ters, in honour of Counts de Stackelberg and Sartiges, Am bassadors of Russia and France to the Court of Turin. The members of the Diplomatic Body, the Ministers of State, and several other distinguished personages were among the guests. The Opinione of Turin publishes an address presented to the King of Italy on the 4th by a deputation of Venetians, Istrians, and inhabitants of Trieste, in which the hope is expressed that at no distant time they may be enabled to present his Majesty in the city of the Doges with an album recording the victories he may have won on the battlefields of Venetia. ACCIDENT IN THE HUNTING FIELD.—Very gene ral regret was manifested on Saturday through.•ut both the county and city of Cork, when it became known that an accident of a serious character had, on the afternoon of the previous day, befallen Simon Dring, of Parkgrove, Esq., J.P. On the morning that Mr. Dring met tho hounds at Kilbree, near Cloyne, where a large number of gentlemen had assembled to enjoy the sports of the field. After a pro tracted search a stout dog fox was found, who went away in gallant style, briskly followed by the hounds and red coats. Mr. Dring, who was well mounted, kept a prominent place during the run of some miles, until he was entering the field where reynard succumbed. At the entrace the prey passed through a gate, closely pressed by the dogs ; but as Mr. Thing entered, being third horse, the gate slammed, and he raised his left leg from the stirrup to avoid collision, when his foot caught in the bars—he was torn from his saddle, and dashed to the ground. Those who followed instantly reined up and dismounted, when it was discovered that the limb was seriously broken. Surgical assistance having been quickly procured the fracture was set, and he was removed to the residence of one of the neighbouring gentry. It is understood he passed the night rather favourably.—Saunders' News. The usage of eating cakes on the Twelfth Day is of considerable antiquity, for mention is made of it in a charter of Robert, Bishop of Amiens, dated in 1311. In the seventeenth century, the custom was observed even at Royal tables, for Mme. de Motteville relates that, in 1648, she and two other ladies shared a twelfth-cake with the King and Queen, and drank their Majesties' healths in hippocras. In some families it was the custom to cut portions for the Infant Jesus and the Virgin, which were always distri buted to the poor. In the following year Mme. do Motteville again passed Twelfth-night with th e m °Y e s ! Family, and the bean happening to be in the part a to the Virgin, it was agreed that the Queen s hould have the honours of the evening, and hippocras w elfth-daT y, of was again the beverage used. Louis XIV. always. ke p t course with the formal dignify he invariably observed in public. It is said that whe n Louis XV. and his three sons shared the twelfth-cake, the bean was cut into three pieces, which was regarded as a sign that not ono of the three brothers would ascend the throne. The King considered this incident as of bad augury. The preparations for the funeral of the Arch bishop of P a ris have commenc e d a t N otre. Dame. A magnificent catafalque has been erected between the choir and the nave, with large streamers attached from each co rner to the pillars. The whole is in black cloth, starred with silver. The top of the catafalque, in the form of a dome, is surmounted by a silver cross. The choir and the nave are hung with black cloth. Escutcheons, with the arms of the deceased, are placed- on the catafalque. ATTEMPTING TO STRANGLE A WIFE. William Collier, who yesterday pleaded guilty to an in dictment for attempting to cut his own throat, and also to a charge of common assault, on the jury acquitting him of attempting to murder his wife by strangulation, was this morning placed in the dock for judgment. Mr. Justice Keating sentenced him to one month's im prisonment for attempting to commit suicide, eight months imprisonment for the assault on his wife, and also to find two sureties in £5O, and himself in £lOO, to keep the peace to all her Majesty's subjects for 12 months, In the event of the sureties not being put in, then the imprisonment to be increased to twelve months with hard labour. THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN MARYLEBONE. James Wadden was indicted for feloniously and mali ciously wounding Hannah Maria Dixon, with intent to murder her. lhere was also an indictment against bim for feloniously marrying the same person, his first wife, Elizabeth, being then alive. The parties resided at a coffeeshop in New Church square, Paddington, and on the 10th of November they returned home about half-past eleven, and went upstairs to their bedroom, After locking the door the injured woman said they commenced quarrelling, and as she was about getting into bed the prisoner attacked her with a razor, and cut her throat in a desperate manner. He raised a cry of murder and police, and on the room door being opened and as4istance arriving, the prisoner said the woman had inflicted flab injuries on her throat with her own hand. This she most positively denied. He also asserted that she got out of bed before she did so; but the police constable, when he entered the room, said the bed had not been disturbed after it had been arranged in the morning. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of intent to murder, Mr. Justice Keating said it would be needless to proceed with the other indictments. The jury had found the pri soner guilty of a very atrocious crime, and that offence he had aggravated by the mean and dastardly attempt to fix the crime on the unfortunate woman herself. The sentence of the Court was that tho prisoner be kept in penal servi tude for the term of his natural life. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Sarah Stone pleaded guilty to an indictment charging her with unlawfully concealing the birth of her infant child. Sentence deferred. Albert Cox, labourer, and John Blacken, were indicted for stealing from Robert Elliot two coats, a waistcoat, hat, gold ring, and other articles his property. The jury found both prisoners guilty. The Common Sergeant sentenced them to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour. FOURTH COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Arthur Newman, 42, dealer, was indicted for conspiring to defraud divers persons, and in pursuance cf such conspiracy obtaining from Jeremiah Walton divers goods, value £l,OOO, without making payment for the same, or in tending to do so. There was also another it dictment of the same description against the prisoner for obtaining various sums of money from John Grindley and Reginald Chaun cey. (The case was proceeding when we went to press.) SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. B.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; light breeze, and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 7.—Wiud fiom London for Melbourne. Sailed—Fairlie, for Sydney. MILFORD, Jan. 7 . —Arrived—Hero, from Sulina for Queensto aen. PORTSMOUTH, Dec 7.—Wind variable.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Pylades, from Sheerness. NENE ORT, Jan. 7,—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Caledonia, for Rio Janeiro. ABERDEEN, Jan. 7.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Vilac, from Rio Grande. (EY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, Thursday, 10 a.m. The steamship Liverpool, Captain Charlesworth, which went down off Cape Lynas, left this port on Sunday morn ing, having shipped wool for Liverpool, valued, it is said, a; £1,200. GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 7—Stanislas, from Gravelines; Marcia from Havre ; the Colleen Bawn, from Port Adelaide' Anna, from Alexandria; John and Jane, from Boulogne;; Mary Ann, from Bruges. Arrived, Jan. B.—Augusta, from Seville ; King William, from Lisbon; Scovells, from Bruges ; Highland Chief, from Boston. Sailed.—Amazon, steamer, for Mogadore. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Columbine, from Melbourne ; Higbland Chief, from Boston; Icellia, barqu ‘, from Madras; Ellen Itose, from Gambia ; Gulierma, from New York—all for London ; Ida, screw steamer, from London, for Oporto; Marley Hill, screw steamer, from London, for Genoa. Anchored—Sarnian Gem, for 'Prom , Matilda, for Falk lana Islands ; Wilhelmine, for Mayaguez— all from London. FLOODS AT DEAL.—We regret to state that some of the farmers in the locality of Deal have sustained consi derable damage from the effects of the late high tide. The sheep in the marshes, amounting to some hundreds, fortu nately escaped ; they were oared for just in time and re moved to a place of safety, only a day or two before the flood came. From several acres sown with wheat, the soil has been fairly washed away, so as to leave not the remotest chance of a crop ; a field of fine parsnips shared the same t f h at e e y , and remainedlong l n in e e a s rl o y f f c o e u l celery beds are impregnated hvvialltser. While the flood was rapidly advancing in the Sand away, birds, boys, one named Pledge, engaged in keeping perilous p it postedion ofthemselvesthelad lads w was s n a t the le risinglength th noticed o g t i r c o e u d n b d y , where some hours, surrounded by water. The boatmen, 'who breast-d ghtpzented fatal consequences. In in water gained the spot, and by means of jumping poles seen of a small punt paddling the town the novel si up town th e to affordassistanceis a to the folks in flooded cottages, or, as was the case one instance, to convey a dinner from a neighbouring bakehouse not longer accessible. that I he old adage, "It is ar. ill blows no one any good," has been realised here, for the l ate gale h" Clown undeservedly,se veralhund consideringredpoundsi the desperatentotheboatme n's pockets, and not risk f requently in curred to preserve life and property, under circumstances of the =at appalling character,—l r gia'ams hornal, Bank of England Retm--This Day. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 7th day cf . Jan., 1863: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. rotes Issued ..—.428,436,1b0 Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 18,786,900 Silver Bullion .... 428,436,180 £28,436,180 RANKING DEPARTMENT. i'loprietors' Capi- Government Seen tal £14,553,000 rities Jincluding Rest Public Deposits (in- nuity) £11,635,848 eluding Exche- er Securities 20,887,385 quer, Savings' otes Banks, Commis- Id and Silver 849,375 missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 8,782.808 Other Deposits 14,393,308 Seven Day and other Bills 701,583 -- £41,580,378 £41,580,378 W. MILLER, Deputy Cashier. Jan. 8, 1863. EAST KENT ELECTION. POLLING-THIS DAY. SIR E. DERING'S COMMITEE. TEN O'CLOCK. Dering Knatchbull ELEVEN O'CLOCK Dering Knatchbull ...... . TWELVE O'CLOCK. 443 346 933 752 Dering .............. Knatchbull Majority for Dering -95 Romney and Sandwich returns not included. KNATCHBULL'S COMMITTEE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Knatchbull Dering Majority for Dering ....... __3 POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBOROUGH - STREET. , How PICKPOCKETS LlVE.—Three young men named John Brown, Wm. Durant, and Joseph Hives or Shaw, all well: dressed, were charged before Mr. Knox with loitering in the Haymarket for the purpose of committing a felony Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for Hives. The evidence of Sergeant Cole, 23 C, went to show that on the previous night he saw an elderly lady and gentle man come out of an alamode beef shop, in Tichbourne street, and saw Durant leave the others and go up to the side of the lady, end put his hand down by his side and feel the lady's pocket. He then followed the prisoners with the view of getting assistance, when he saw them walk up and down the Haymarket two or three times, and then met Sheen, 272 B, who had also been watching the prisoners pushing amongst persons in the Haymarket. The prisoners then all went into Barnes's public-house in the Haymarket, and they were on coming out all taken into custody. On searching the prisoners £lO was found upon them, and a pair of spectacles upon one of them. Sheen corroborated Cole, and said that he had known Brown four years, and had seen him convicted at the Lam • beth Police court, and in prison several times. He (Brown) always dressed very respectably, generally as a midship man, and this season he had sported a saddle pony and a pony and trap. Sergeant Cola said—Durant had been convicted several times of picking pockets. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate at some length on behalf of Hives, and said that he had only recently come from Yorkshire, and had accidentally fallen into the pri soners' company. He was in respectable employ and not known to the police. Mr. Knox committed Brown and Durant for three months each with bard labour, and said he would remand Hives for a week that inquiries might be made. The Court of Assizes of the Aube has just tried a man named Bezain, aged 69, on a charge of poi soning a widow named Berthier, who had lived with him at Troyes. It appeared from the evidence that the woman Berthier, who had been separated from her husband, in 1840, soon formed an illicit connection with the prisoner, and had been living with him nearly 20 years at the time of her death. On her husband's decease she came into possession of about 16,000 f., one-half of which she advanced, without security, to the prisoner, who employed it in stocking and cultivating a small farm. In May last, the widow Berthier discovered that the prisoner had formed an improper con nection with their servant, a girl named Courillon, and having determined to leave him, she demanded the re payment of her 8,000 f., but could not obtain it. On the 21st June, after breakfasting with Bezain, she was taken suddenly ill and died in the afternoon of the same day, ap parently from the effects of poison, and the analysis of the contents of her stomach proved the presence of arsenic. Suspicion fell on Bezain and his servant, and both were arrested, but the latter was subsequently discharged and admitted as a witness. In his defence, the prisoner pro tested his innocence of the crime, and asserted that if the deceased had been poisoned, it was by her own hands. Several witnesses were examined, but their evidence threw no light on the question, and the jury having, after a short deliberation, brought in a verdict of not guilty, the court ordered the prisoner to be set at liberty. The bank of MM. Guyon and Co., of Lyons, has bee❑ forced to suspFnd its payments. This disaster has indirectly arisen from the cotton crisis, the bank having had heavy business transactions with a manufactory at Taran (Rhone). The situation is now said to be not so bad as was at first supposed, and the bank has been formed into a joint-stock company, the creditors being the share holders. The suspension has been followed by several distressing circumstances : a merchant of Lyons, who had 300,000 f. deposited in the bank, has since committed suicide, not being able to support the idea of his money being lost. The manufactory above referred to has since been closed, throwing from 1,000 to 1,200 workmen out of employment. LIFE FARMHOUSES.—In the true provincial farm house the genuine rural profusion still exists,—only a little modified by regard to modern ways. One may not be compelled to sit down to a loaded table every two or three hours; but when one does sit down (which is still four or five times a day), the table is a bountiful one. The hostess is not thinking, as the great lady or her housekeeper may be, of the d tiry sales of the week. The farmer's wife first supplies her own house without stint, and then sells the rest. There is no gardener there to diminish the desert by slow degreess that he may have the more fruit to sell; but the farm-gardens and orchard overflow all the year reucd, and no cockney guests, with the London frenzy for fruit, could make much impression on the supply. All through the house the plenty is the same. There are roaring wood fires in every room; a pile of blankets on every bed; wine always in view ; ale always at call; horses for any number of riders, and amusement and hospitality overflowing in every corner of the house and land. From such abodes there might be a good deal spared for Lancashire; and I believe there is. Of the gifts of game and other eatables received at Manchester it is probable that the bulk arrives from farm houses, where it is natural for people to give what they have and what they see their friends enjoy. Nothing is more likely than that the farmer and his sons, when they come home with a full gamebeg, say that it is a pity those poor Lancashire people, in their pinch, have not some of these good things ; and hence perhaps the perplexity of the relief committees about what to do with pheasants and hares, if game may not be sold without a licence.— Once a Week. The Paris Board of Longitude has published official returns of tho sailing ships lost at sea during ; the last four years. The number of ships lost during the 1, year 1859 is stated at 2,320 ; in 1860, 2,148 ; in 1861, 2,171; in 1862, 2,098. Although the year 1862 was more favour able than the preceding years, 221 ships disappeared during that period of which no tidings have been since heard. Of these, 21 were French and 78 English; the remainder were American or Dutch. The number of collisions between ships has become greater, and the number of ships missin g is attributed to this cause. Forty-two English and s i x French steamers were lost at sea during the year 1862. 891 I Business dons 105} an 101 8 x n xn 21 an 22} 75 106 } an 103; & xn 94i 34 4 en HI ad 1101 10 1091 110* 10_1_ BIRMINGHAM RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. PRESENTA I lON TO CAPTAIN RATCLIFF. A very graceful compliment was yesterday paid by the members of No. 7 Company of Birmingham Volunteers to their commanding officer, Captain Ratcliff. It may pro bably be remembered that whilst the battalion was in the course of formation during the earliest stage of the Rifle Volunteer movement, this company was established through the activity and liberality of Captain Ratcliff, and not only was it fully equipped a t hi s own cost, but he has spared no time, expense, or zeal in his endeavours to render it efficient in drill and discipline. So well did the men respond to the manifest desires of th e cap t a i n, t h at by the greatest assiduity in their attention to duty they speedily rendered themselves one of the best companies in the battalion, and it is but due to the m t o say that they have maintained their position in this respect ever since, In order to testify their appreciation of his exertions, and at the sane time their esteem for him, they, some few months ago, entered into a subscription for the purpose of present ing to him some testimonial—and as the fund promisbd was a c editable one, it was determined to purchase a sword. The weapon, which is of the ordinary regulation pattern, but of superior quality of material, was manufac tured by Messrs. Aston, of the Town Hall Works, and she ornamentation of it was entrusted to the skilful hands of Mr. J. J. Allen. This gentleman has succeeded in turn ing out an exquisitely finished specimen of workmanship. The design was prepared by himself, and the " sculpture " was also his own manipulation. The hilt guard is elabo rately wrought in dead and burnished steel, the regula tion ornamentation of the rose, shamrock, and thistle, the Royal monogram, &0., being introduced in a new and elegant manner, and being " tooled" into relief instead of being merely " chased." At the back of the hilt are the , captain's crest and monogram, also in relief. The blade is also richly worked after Mr. Allen's design, and bears an inscription recording the motive of the gift. Altogether the sword is creditable to the good taste of those concerned in its getting up. The cost of it we believe is fifty guineas. An illuminated address, beautifully executed by air. Newey, of New-street, formerly a leading member of the company, was prepared to accompany the present. The contents of it are as follows :—" To Captain Charles Ratcliff: Dear sir, The volunteers comprising the com pany under your command beg your acceptance of the sword presented herewith in token of their high esteem for you as their captain, and their hearty appreciation of the unremitting kindness, courtesy, and zeal which you have displayed towards them on so many occasions since the formation of the company. They fervently hope that the Mighty Ruler who sways the destinies of all na tions may so continue to bless this our country that the day may be far distant ere it shall be needful to draw the sword, now given to you, in defence of the hearths and homes of old England. They wish you long life and happiness." The address was signed by the members of the Presentation Committee on behalf of the company. The company mustered in pretty fair strength, and in full-dress uniform, at the Ist Division Police Station, New street, and, several rounds of blank ammunition having been supplied to them, they, at about 2 o'clock yesterday after noon, marched out to the music of the regimental fife and drums, their destination being Aston Park, where it had been arranged the presentation should be made. On the ground they were met by Capt. Ratcliff and by Lieut. and Adjutant M'lnnis. There were not many persons in the Park, but they included Alderman Sir John Ratcliff and three or four friends. After executing a variety of manoeu vres in a smart and effective style, under the command of the Adjutant, and after advancing in review order and salut ing the captain, the direction was given to form a hollow square in the centre of the spacious yard adjoining the hall. Mr. D. J. O'Neile, now a private but formerly a quarter master-sergeant of the company, advanced, and in a few appropriate remarks made the presentation. He said that the very pleasing though onerous and important duty had devolved upon him of presenting to Captain Ratcliff, on behalf of No. 7 Company, a sword, as a token of their respect and esteem. He might first of all say that he had received letters from the lieutenant and the ensign, both regretting their unavoidable absence on that occasion, and their being unable to participate in rendering honour where honour was due. This matter had been in hand for several months, but delays had occurred which prevented the presentation being made earlier. The sword, he was happy to say, was well worthy of the designer, and Mr. Allen had remarked of it that it was the handsomest he had ever executed. He (Mr. O'Neile) held in his hand an ad dress, which he would read, and he was sure every member of the company present would coincide with every sentence it contained. They could all bear testimony to the perseve rance, energy, liberality, courtesy, and punctuality which, as an officer, Capt. Ratcliff had displayed from the first for mation of the company. At the outset, when very hard drills had to be gone through, the [captain was one of the hardest workers amongst them, and he used to shoulder his rifle, and stimulate them by his good example, and all along since that time he bad been foremost in doing his duty as an officer, and studying the good displicine and comfort of the company. Mr. O'Neile concluded by reading the address above given, and presenting it toge ther with the sword to Captain Ratcliff, Capt. Ratcliff, in addressing the donors, said it was impossible for him adequately to express the feelings which at that moment he experienced, when he thought of the kindness on their part which had prompted the handsome gift he had just had the honour of receiving. If he had done his duty in connection with the corps in a manner to warrant its appreciation in so substantial a form, all he could say was that it would be a stimulant to him on all future occasions, not only to be present with them on the drill ground, but to do all he could by exam ple and by work to encourage them to maintain their efficiency. He thanked them from his heart for the gift,and he thanked those whom he saw around him—and many of them were amongst the first to inscribe their names on the roll of his company— for their faithful attention to duty, for the constancy with which they had attended drill from the first—so much so as to render it necessary that two extra drill instructors should be attached to his company, and also for the good order and obedience they had uniformly displayed. Indeed, he knew of no company in the battalion which had shown a greater desire to perfect themselves in drill than No. 7, and he did not wish to flatter them when he said he regarded them as a company equal to any other in the let Warwickshire Corps. After noticing with satisfaction that the company had taken some of the first prizes at the regimental shooting at Bourn brook,Capt. Ratcliff expressed a hope that this would induce them to acquire still greater efficiency,and again tendered his thanks for the gift presented to him. He said he should ever prize it and look on it with pride, and if it should ever happen that his active exertions in the field should be required in the defence of his country, he hoped they would all stand by him, and that would be the sword he should use to lead them. (Applause.) Three cheers were then given for Capt. Ratcliff, and on his proposition, three more for the Adju tant, who, in his acknowledgment, offered a few practical remarks to the company, and announced that Sir John Rat cliff had inviked the company to partake of refreshments at the hall. Three cheers for Sir John were given and brought the proceedings to a close. After the refreshments in question had been disposed of, the ranks were re-formed and the company returned to town. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT SEA. About half an hour after the steamer Tyne had left (From the North Briti.fh Dail y Ma il.) Per nambuco, on Friday the 28th Nov., on her outward trip to Rio, a m elancholy and fatal accident took place which cast a gloom over all on board, and marred the pleasure of an unusually agreeable passage. About half-past five o'clock that afternoon the cry was raised a man overboard. The man at the wheel instantly threw a life-buoy over, which must have lighted near the struggling person in the water. A. boat was immediately lowered, and gallantly manned by two of the officers and four hands, who pulled swiftly and vigorously to the spot where the sad event occurred. By this time the ship, though slowed, had got a considerable way off, but it was steered round, and when it came up to the boat the second officer, Mr. Bruce, who was in charge, called out the sad tidings to Capt. Jellicoe, " We've got the buoy, sir; but no one on it." Every one heard the mourn ful intelligenos with feelings full of deepest regret. Hope, however, again revived when the boat was brought along side the ship, and the cry was raised on board " We hear some one shouting." Again the boat put coffin the direction whence the shouting was said to come, and what appeared strange, a lusty cheer was raised by the men in the b o ih a at t . This was at once regarded by the passengers as a sign t hat __- the person was found, and they with joyous vehemenceto at tract discovered that turned the cheer. It turned out that this Wee only he be tract the attention of the unfortunate iron staunchions at :L a te answer from there still struggling in the waters, but the deep. When search was made, aminsing. It a ppears the poor carpenter, John Motte, g that he was at his post, r e P 1 . aind „k for he sea e pmen,, baggage, the opening on the tu and that he must have his balance and th us f e ll over, jest and soon sank to a w a tery grave. It m ay h ave b een that he became the prey of ome of these voracious sharks which are s aid to abound in these tropical waters ; or that, as a drowning man will clutch at a straw, he re tained his grasp of the iron staunehions which had also gone . The carpenter was a quiet, steady man, and a gene ral favourite ; and as he was married, with a wife and four children, the liveliest feelings of sympathy and regret were awakened in the breasts of passengers and crew. These feelings found expression in a handsome subscription in behalf of the poor widow and orphans. It is much to the credit of the passengers, both first and second-class—for the working man was as ready as the rich merchant to subscribe —that the goodly sum of £76 was raised among the passen gers, the Marquis of Sligo, who happened to be on board, heading the list with £lO. This, with about £2O raised by the officers and crew among themselves, will, it is hoped, in some measure, in a spirit of Christian resignation, mitigate the sad and irreparable loss which the family have sustained. It is right to mention that whenever the alarm was raised of a man overboard. a young Scotch gentleman named Mr. Anderson was about to gallantly plunge after him, but he was restrained by some friends near from his rash but noble design. It reflects credit on the Royal Mail Steam packet Co. that they make provision for these bereaved of their support in this service, IRELAND. DUBLIN, lAN. 7. At the monthly meeting of the Cork Agricultural Society, held on Saturday, there was a very able dis cussion on the cultivation of flax in the south of Ireland. There was a strong difference of opinion as to whether the crop would be remunerative or not. Lord Bandon occupied the chair. A letter from Mr. O'Kearney White, Lord Fermoy's agent, was read, in which he expressed doubts of the pro priety of encouraging the cultivation in poor soils, remote from market towns. Professor Murphy read a valuable report, and moved the appointment of a committee to inquire into the subject, which was seconded by Col. Beamish. Mr. Charles Beamish argued strongly against the expediency of the culti vation. Flax is a precarious crop, and it exhausts the soil more than any crop. The people have not the means or the art of converting it into a merchantable commodity. About ten years ago Mr. Dargan got up a factory at Drinagh Mountain, and abandoned it after spending £lO,OOO upon the experiment. Lord Fermoy, in his turn, took up the m i adopted ever y means of stimulating the flax, as Mr. D a rgan had done, but growth ll, au d of they had heard nothin g of his lordship's success;. Mr. Maguire, Mayor of C or k, rep li e d ver y e ff e e tively to Mr. Beamish. - He was obliged to come to the conclusion that the potat o was a crop that could no had been inferior for long ersome ti be me, i b m e e r , e a l i n e a d o w n h . e a t The likewise. If there were three more seasons like the last three he would ad vise every man, woman, and child to leave the country. Something must be done, and that imme diately. They had the authority of Sir Robert Kane that the crop was not exhausting, and that, in fact, it takes from the soil only what other crops do rot want. This country produces only one-third of the flax consumed in Ulster, there would therefore be always a ready market in Belfast. He there fore concluded that the cultivation of flax should be eneourged by the landlords, and that the necessary mills should be provided. At all events, there should be inquiry to ascertain what was best to be done. He concluded by offering £25 as a premium for the best crop of flax. Lord Band on, President of the Munster Flax Society, took the same view as Mr. Maguire, and gave some valuable informatiOn on the subject. The resolution proposed by P ro fessor Murphy, appointing a committee, was passed unanimously. . . . A great dog case came before the magistrates at the Lucan Petty Sessions on Tuesday. On Sunday the 21st of December about 500 persons on 60 or 70 cars drove out from Coles-lane and other dirty purlieus in Dublin to a place called Milltown, near Lucan, in order to witness a dog fight which ex cited immense interest. Thirty-eight summonses had been issued on behalf of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the par ties appeared accompanied by great numbers of the dog-fighting fraternity and their sympathi zers, who employed counsel for the defence. Sub-Inspector Gunn deposed that he saw the dogs fighting ; that the crowd, many of them half drunk, were very violent in preventing his interfering ; that they forced him out of the field, shouting and brandish ing their sticks. Head-constable Nolan deposed that . the dogs were kept fighting, round after round, till they were dreadfully cut and injured and their heads covered with blood. There were regular " handlers," who examined the dogs' mouths, and a timekeeper held a watch in his hand. At length one of the dogs, utterly beaten and exhausted, re fused to fight any more. The offence charged in the summonses was cruelty to animals, under the second section of the Act. The third section re lated to parties keeping a place where animals were made to fight. There was considerable dis cussion between the counsel, Mr. Curran and Mr. Purcell, as to the jurisdiction of the court. The magistrates, Mr. Vesey and Mr. Clarke, decided that they had jurisdiction, and the court ordered two of the ringleaders, Goggin and Ruth, to be im prisoned for three months without the alternative of a fine. Mr. Curran gave notice of an appeal to the Court of Common Pleas, and pending the ap peal the prisoners may go out on bail. A number of persons assisting were fined half-a-crown, with costs. The Earl of Darnley is the owner of a large tract of land in the fertile county of Meath. His tenants are said to be for the most part independent gentle men and Protestants. One of them, Mr. Hopkins, had lived upon the estate for several years. An advanced rent was lately put upon his extensive grazing farm, which he declined to nay, and he consequently got notice to quit, and has been dispossessed. He has been succeeded by another Protestant gentleman, Mr. Tottenham Alley, and it is reported that the landlord insisted on his put ting out three cottier tenants. Mr. Alley had re ceived several threatening notices, which he sent to the next police station, and the police were ordered to patrol about his house from 8 o'clock each even ing. On Friday evening about 7 o'clock a blunder buss loaded with 12 slugs was discharged through his dining-room when it was supposed he was at dinner. The table lamp was broken and an oil painting perforated by the shot. Mr. Alley and his family had left the room but a moment before. These facts are stated on the authority of a corre spondent of the Dublin Evening Post. The proba bility is that the Ribandmen have taken up the cause of the cottiers. The total amount subscribed by the officers and others in the employment of the for tGreathe distress Southern ia and Western Railway CompanY , Lancashire, is £265, of which £159 was contributed by the engineering department, through Mr. Miller the Company 's engineer. OUR DoINGS.--What is time that the age has not achieved, or is in the act of ach.tlving ? What department of human life has not taken a start Which makes the aspect of the world, as we remember it 60, 40, ZaY even 30 years ago, appear, in comparison with what the N% , 'Prld now is, like an antediluvian petrifaction ? We run OU paddle-wheels over the boundless waste of waters, and put the screw upon the mighty deep. We harness panting steam to our waggons and our carriages, realizing an iron age of ceaseless locomotion. We track I the storm on its pathway, and hunt out meteors in their erratic courses. 'We pieroe the clouds in balloons, and explore the bottom of the ocean in waterproof armour. We make the sun and moon sit for their photo graphs, and en revanche turn the sun into a whole -ale land scape and portrait painter. We use the lightning a° a swift n messenger, and employ the vacuum as an erran d boy. Ad lest we should relax in the ardour of eve r fresh invention we are applying to our intellects and energies the stimulan tS not only of Scientific Congresse sand International Exhibi tions, but more potent by far than either, of pecuniary gain compe t ition. —Church R ev i ew. and of commercial cony TULIPS._The q uestion Whe ther this flower is indigenous in F rance has lately excited some inte rest among florists and botanists. In the neighbourho od of Paris , s p ecimens of a wild variety, the tulipa spvestris of Lin „ H ue, are occasi ona ll y found. It is of a yellow colour, .ad most frequently seen in the vineyards and parks. Some think it indigenous, others assert that it is a degenerescence of the cultivated variety (tftlipa Geineria), which was brought to France from the East about the middle of the 16th century, and universally regarded as a novelty, none of the botanists who wrote before that date having noticed such a flower. Dodonee knew only the Eastern tulip, and was the first to give a passable drawing of it. The name tulipa comes from the Turkish tuliband or the Persian dulbend, a cap, from which also the word turban has been formed. Conrad Gesner first directed attention to the tulip which bears his name, not in his " Historia Plantarum," printed at Baden in 1541, but in the additions made by him to the works of Valerius Cordes (in 1561). He says : "In April, 1569, I saw at:Augsburg, in the garden of Id. Hewart, a magistrate of that town, a plant called a " tulip," which was raised from seed brought from Constantinople, or from Capadocia, as some say." About the same time it was cultivated at Vienna, end towards the close of the century several bulbs were sent to England. Every o ne knows th in the 17th century this beautiful flow er became the ob ject of extensive trade in Holland , chiefly at Amster dam, Haarlem, Utrecht, Leyden, and Rotterdam. This tulipomania was at its height from 1633 to 1637. Bulbs of th e Viceroy sp ec i es were then often sold for 3,000 florins (6,000 fr.) an d the Semper Au gustus variety e venreached 5,500 fl or i ns (11,000 fr . ). All classes from the highest to th e l owest t h en specu l a t e d i n tulips, more from a spirit of gambling than from any real love for flowers. Time bargains were made in the tulip mar k e t as there are now at the Bourse, and they were set tled, as now, by the payment of the difference in price, a nd these dealings at last gave rise to so many abuses tha the authorities were obliged to interfere. There were, how ever, many eminent man at that timewho cultivated tulips and of the number were the celebrated Justus Lipsius, the philologist, who counted among his friends, Dodonee and Chains, the greatest botanists of that age. pose 3 in s the and e no large :arry ex is of d on icott mien the hem, the iany opi- mks ion, His ter- by nd- The r o ish, itb the I is ety ent aid his I I I I I Paid. 100 100 100 100 100 121 I