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

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The tdicrous into an writer descrip s efforts hey are tnd hie sure to " The ' Here efarious se com ; as the e writer is wise "To and by midated rogues ed, and ngerous goes on mina ;e and invoke !d, and led on o form e quest t be. icer of such oder, wit h happy sagacity, confined his instructions to dthe sim plest rudiment s , and succeeded, in some , e gree, in o vercom i ng their horror of drill and dis e'Plille• A serious obstacle presented itself at the very Outset, for when he endeavoured to form them into two ranks their pride took the alarm, and every one refused to go into the rear rank. At length the difficulty was disposed of by their arranging among themselves that it should be composed of men o f i nferior position and This regiment specially distinguished itself April, in the attack on Nugeenah, made in 1 858, by G eneral Jones. After the enemy ' s infan try had b een dr i ven off the field, the M o oltanees, who had prev i ously dispersed the cavalry', prepared for further action. Nothing now rema i ning in his imme d ia t e f ro nt, Cureton c onfident of victory, and with that happy h cavalry, swee de termined made hi m so excellent a leader of irregular terrained to asce r t a i n th e re b e l' s line of ret reat, _ tlraer instinct which g at a rap id pace across the pla i n, in rear of the enemy's Position, he cut up man y s cattered fugitives as he w en t . The Hindoostanee is like a rat ; when compelled to fight he will resist t o th e l as t, a nd many of these fugitives fought despe ra t e l y; at length, on reaching a spot about five miles in rear of the enemy's extreme left, he perceived the foe in full retreat, while immediately in front was a party of chiefs mounted on six elephants, and surrounded by cavalry and infantry. To see, to charge, to defeat, was the 'work of a few moments. The elephants were captured, the chiefs killed, the party dispersed, and an English telegraph signally delivered. This man, who had been captured some tim e previously, and been taken into the field in order that he might be a spectator of the defeat of his countrymen, was rescued by Captain Cureton at great personal danger to himself. Scarcely have the victors time to congratulate themselves on their success, than they perceive that more peril, more glory, is in store for them. A large body of the enemy is discerned approaching, and the position of the little band-- they do not exceed 200 sabres—becomes critical. Retreat, however, is not to be thought of, Cureton withdraws into a grove by the roadside, and there awaits the arrival of the rebels. On come the doomed men, inspired with a feeling of security by the sight of the captured elephants with the party, which they consequently deemed to be composed of their own people. Nearer and nearer they approach, hurrying to avoid the bayonets of the victorious British in fantry in their rear. They are now seen to amount to 800 infantry, 500 cavalry, and some guns; and Cureton, as he turns from them to gaze on his scanty host, feels that his is a desperate venture. On come the rebels, and the grove, co ntaining their supposed friends, is almost reached. Still not a sound issues from the trees, not a greeting strikes the ear, not a signal meets the eye. Suddenly a clear English' voice rings out the word " Charge " and in an instant the Mooltanees are in the midst of the panic stricken foe. Taken by surprise, daunted by the fury of the onset, the rebels do not resist long, but flee in all direc tions, leaving upwards of one hundred dead on the grniind, and a green standard and several guns as trophies. With this feat of arms end the gallant deeds of Cureton and his Mooltanees in the action of Nugeenah. They may well be proud of that day; for to defeat cavalry and artillery, then i nfantry, then again cavalry, artillery and infantry com bined, in the latter case contending against enormous odds, were exploits of which even a veteran corps might boast. nave much more, then, a young regiment only three months raised, and engaged that day in its second action I Prominent in this action was a youthful volunteer of is y ears o f age, a student of the Roorkee Civil Engineer College. He was severely wounded, but obtained an unattached commission as the reward of his valour. The devotion of the Mooltanees to their chiefs is great, and they esteem it a disgrace if their officers are slain. Lord Clyde's indifference to danger made them very uneasy, and they were much relieved when he left the camp uninjured. Many interesting particulars of this wild and dar ing band are given in this able paper, which cer tainly goes far to alter the doubtful estima'ion 1 0 which our native auxiliaries are too frequently held. " The Story of Elizabeth" brings to a happy conclusion its heroine's chequered course, We shall expect to meet its author again. There are several other papers of varying merits. London S oc i e t y. This light and lively serial appears before us in an aspect snitable to the season, the pretty fancy cover, designed for its Christmas number, having won so much favoar that it has finally superseded the old brick -dust colour. Its interior is in keeping with its exterior, although its nt and nar row column s somewhat detract close from pri the vivacity Of its appearance. It opens with the strange request ---`` Wanted, a Villain," which heads an ing pap er lamenting over the decadence of the amus villains of modern drama and fiction, as compared to the thorough ucompromising ruffian who scorned civil words and smooth exterior, stalking through the W o rld with d agger and revolver. A paper called On the Ice" records the pleasures of skating, and gives some hints to inexperienced ambition. A dis consolate bachelor chronicles his dismal experiences of " Apartments to Let." A cricket lover gives us a disquisition on that fascinating sport, and an opera goer supplies us with a sketch of the most successful, if not the most eminent, musician of his time --Giuseppe Verdi. There are pages of romance, too, for the fiction lover, and a pleasant essay on flowers, which gives some hints on the art of decora tion, besides the customary liberal allowance of Plate and woodcut. SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TatEs.—There is no abler financier than th e French Ch ancellor of the Exchequer, and there Cer tainly no nation w hi c h possesses the powe r in the sa nkfi degree as the French. We might reasonably, thereh,Te, expect that when M. Fould came for 'ward to ezplain to us the existing position of the finances of k fence, we should have arisen from the perusal of his statement with a clear and complete en Deeption o f the subject. This, however, is by no In eans the ease. M. Fould considers the revenue and expenditure, the probabilities of a balance or a deficit in the years 1862, 1863, and 1864, but in no one case does he inform us what is the total amount of revenue or expenditure. M. Fould deals first With the Budget of 1862, which on th e 6 t h o f l ast October he flattered himself would exhibit a balance betw een incom e an d expenditure. This will not, tt eWever, be the case. In addition to nearly two million s and a half; which was estimated as th e ex pen s diture of the year for the M ex i can expedition, lin the um of 24,000 , 0 00 f., or nearly £1,000,000 ster g, will be re qu i red, raising the whole expendi ture for the year for this service to 83,000,000 f. or tektboorroteo millions and one-thirty of a million This excess, together with the 11,000,0001. for the deficit on beetroot sugar, makes up a total deficit for 1862 of 35,000,000 f. M. Fould argues with great truthb that this m oney w il l b e j ust as about t o easil got y a vote of the Assembly which is meet as if it had b een obtained by a credit 'opened under a decree. We next come to the year 1863. For that Budget a surplus was anticipated of 8,300,000 f.; b u t M . Fould estimates by reference to the income of former years a surplus of 110,000,000 f., or nearly four millions and a-half sterling. M. Fould had reckoned on this surplus to meet the extraordinary Budget of 1864, but this is anticipated by the expenses of the Mexican expedition. He is, therefore, compelled to rely on a number of miscellaneous items, among which is the sale of certain Crown property, and even then the resources thus provided fall short of the estimate by 17,000,0001. It should also be said that these e s ti mates presume a tontinuance of peace, except, of course, with Mexico, and the stability of credit and internal prosperity. The total of the deficiencies up to the present time amounts to 848,000,000 f,, for the de ficiency of 1861, amounting t o 158 , 0 00.000 f. more, Four -and is bal anced by the operation of converting the ever be a-Half pe r C ents., Which cannot, how ' repeated. It is certainly not satisfactory to finAl that, after we have strained our mental vis - ion so far as to reach the end of 1864, all we obtain by the process is the sight of a deficit of 17 , 0 00,000 f., dependent on the continuance of peace and prosperity for not exceeding that con zliderable sum. M. Fould is a man of figures, and 'though he permits himself a little burst of enthu elute as to the expenditure of the 83,000,000 f. Which goes to the support of those brave men who at the distance of 2,000 leagues are upholding the honour o f France, to figures he mainly confines himself. W to no such e, however, wh o are subject re serve, re may b e excused for pointing out how e a sy would be f or the Emperor of the French, w i th t he applause of all Europe and the blessings of his °Nvn subjects, to convert that deficiency into surplus. Th(l e art of fi nance does not consist in temporary ex teients, such as the reduction of the Four per 4 e T iteits* or the sal e o f Crown property, to meet a leg . T hese are b ut the manipulations, the see e r: o 7 ll " 64 of Et skilful p er f ormer. T he real secre t Prosperoussimpler finance i s somet hi ng at once the single and word Ectnonnoemb more difficult. It lies in is form e d on a Econom y If the French Budget calculation of the continuance of tilienaticie4Wbh:dil:ittigisiv‘ ;race the best chance of which not only the agthe enormous Army, war ?ins t rument, but often the cause of p hle)naotthL Y N E w 8 . . . .--- o G ld • enon \yawn. draws -digging is not the only Lancashire countrymen the a ttention of our to the Australian colonie s , Our eisere for reading operatives have now only too much the newspapers, and a letter which we published some time since from an " 0 verlooker" showed something of the effect produced on the minds of men in want by some of the facts of colonial life. Three thousand bullocks had been boiled down to make glue, and the poor fellows here who were sickening and pining over their dole of meal and soup natu rally longed to be living where beef was such a drug that bullocks could be boiled down for glue. We may remember something of the similar emotion excited during the distress of 1842, by the frequent notices in the newspapers of sheep being boiled down by thousands to make tallow. Legs of mutton were reserved at first, to be sold for any thing they would fetch, but all demand for them soon ceased, and the legs went into the cauldrons with the rest. Such incidents naturally set poor men asking whether there is no way by which the hungry of the mother country and the food of the colony can be brought together; and we need not describe how strong this inquiry has been of late, nor what efforts have been made to enable some few of our distressed workpeople to emigrate. There is, all the while, a way by which hundreds of fami lies might, with the utmost certainty, become easy in circumstances very soon, and before very long quite rich, if they had the requisite intelligence, good faith, and self 'command, which are the quali ties by which men of business of all classes prosper and become rich. Those most concerned will see at once that we refer to the proposal of a co-operative agricultural settlement in Queensland, sent hither by Mr. Murdoch of that colony, and commented on by Mr. Holyoake in our columns on the 24th ult. That twenty families, as Mr. Murdoch says, or a thousand members, as Mr. Holyoake supposes, could make it answer to grow cotton and send it to Lancashite (or, indeed, to grow any crops suitable to the soil) there can be no doubt, if all the members were intelligent, industrious, and tho roughly public-spirited. The results of well managed and well-sustained c , )-operative associa tion are no longer questioned by anybody who has studied the Rochdale institutions, and some others elsewhere. Thu certainty of success in a country where land—the proper basis of such an experiment—costs scarcely anything, while the product of that laud is in urgent request, is assured, if the people on the land are wise aLd faithful. There can scarcely be a doubt that means could be found to carry to Queensland that number of families which should be considered best for the experiment; the colony is eager to sell its lands on the easiest terms to respectable new settlers ; and we have the express assurance of those who should know that, for the production of cotton, men of the stamp of the Lancashire operative, with his intelli gence and ambition, are more suitable than the agricultural labourers, who are still very welcome in their way. The great question is whether the risk can be obviated by the terms of the association. If this can be done, all the rest really seems to be a thing within the men's own choice. HERALD.—The conclusion of the country jury who, on an indictment for assault, found the pri soner " guilty," with the appendix " served him right," is pretty faithfully reproduced in the ver dict of the jurors who sat upon the bodies killed by the explosion of the Edmund's Main Colliery. They find that " they are unable to attach blame to any individual" for " the immediate deaths" of the vic- tires, and then go on to express " the unanimous opinion that the cause of the explosion was the in cautious and unsafe working of the dipboard of the colliery," with the addition that " the mode of blast ing with powder was highly injudicious, and ought not to have been allowed by the under viewer." They find, in fact, that everything was nearly as bad as it could be ; that the deaths were made as nearly as possible inevitable by the character of the man agement ; and then, with that courtesy that befits even so short an official life as that of a juryman, smoothe down everything with the saving clause, "of course nobody is to blame for it." It is, how ever, a redeeming feature in jury history that there was found one in the number, a Mr. E. Par ker, to protest against so nonsensical an attempt to reconcile duty to the public with pretty phrases to everybody; and no one who has read the evidence can doubt that the gentleman had excellent grounds for the independent position he thus assumed. We hardly know s indeed, in the whole history of colliery disasters, an instance in which a heavier culpability lies at the doors either of managers or of their workmen. There was a reckless negligence and foolhardiness displayed by both actually in credible did we not know the facility with which ignorant men gradually learn to reconcile them selves after a time to positions of the greatest dan ger. Here the mine was well known to be an un usually dangerous one, the whole district being notorious in colliery records for the number and calamitous character of its explosions. But for some time past the stimulus of high prices which has severely tasked the powers of production in coal-mining generally, has acted here with an almost exceptional force, and the management, not content ) by the payment of a respectable bonus, with securing the services of successive gangs of miners who keep working night and day, increased the celerity of the excavations by resorting to blast- ings by gunpowder. In other words, they did their best to accumulate gas in quantities dispropor tioned to their powers of tietitralising it, at the same time that they were busy in applying the spark Whioli might at any minute explode it. Everybody knows that the disaster at the Hartley Colliery was the unpardonable result of trusting to a massive cast iron beam after it had given unmis takeable evidence of unsoundness. At the Ed mund's Main Colliery we had an incompetent under viewer in charge of between two and three hundred lives, and sacrificing some shay of them, with his own, through a toying with danger as needless as it was systematic and foolhardy. We are unable, indeed, to understand how such risks can be daily incurred, if we accept the hypothesis that inspectors of mines are charged with duties or invested with powers. What are they for if they can interpose no veto on a system of incurring risks which is only another word for a system of committing felo de set They are presumed by their appointments to be capable of thinking for the miners—it is surely not over-exacting to ask the correlative, that they should act for them. But another inference that springs out of the needless and wanton immolations of useful workmen we are periodically experiencing points to the urgency of giving every class of miners a better and more scientific knowledge of the nature and dangers of their pursuits. We want such an extension in the number and working of our mining colleges that we may be able to indoctrinate these men with the general principles of safe mining, and secure our having those competent men as viewers and supe rintendents through whose ignorance so many of these accidents are now occurring. It is high time, indeed, that we should set about saving the annual thousand of useful men we are now losing as the result of our indifferent teaching and ineffi cient law-making. av ~ :., 5 » g ar. .. ~w— SIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. I.—Wind this day at noon—South rain . Westerl Y; strong b reeze, an d cloudy weather, with slight Lee, from PLYMOUTH, Dec. 31.—Wind N.W,—Arrived—M ar y London, for Sydney. Calcutta FALMOUTH, Dec. 3 0.—Wind N.—Sailed—Bianca, for , hilosolph. , ; Rero, fro% (BY MAGNETIC TELEGIE tAH.) GRAVESEND, T hursday m orn Arrived, Dec. 31—Oryx, from Algoa Bay ; p City of Glasgow, and Liverpool, from Calcutta Dunkirk. DEAL, Thursday Morning, Passed—Zingari, screw steamer, from London, for Bor deaux. Tho Nazione of Florence states that on the Nth ult. a disturbance occurred in tho National Theatre of that city, some of the audience calling loudly for the hymn of Garibaldi, while others refused to hear it. The hymn being prohibited, the authorities of the theatre did not comply with the call; whereupon a tumult arose and the performance was interrupted, until the prima donna appeared and addressed the public with so much grace and presence of mind, inviting them to abstain from any fur ther disorder, that she was loudly applauded, and the per formance was resumed and brought to a close without any further interruption. THE SUN, TLONDON; THURSDAY MONEY MARKET 'AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is still an active demand for money, and a large amount of business will probably be transacted during the week, owing to the preparations for the 4th and other liabilities. A new provincial monetary establishment, bear ing the title of the Midland Counties Union Banking Company was brought out yesterday evening. Its nominal capital is to be £1,000,000 in £lOO shares, and the first issue will consist of only 5,000 shares, upon which £25 is to be called up. The objects of the company is to facilitate commercial intercourse between the metropolis and the Midland counties, throughout which district-branches will be estab lished. The principal aim of the directors will be to purchase the interests of existing private banks, and in furtherance of that view they have already secured on advantageous terms the old and valuable banking connection and premises of Sir Francis L. Holyoake, Goodricke, Bart., at Wolver hampton, where business will be immediately commenced, The directors are thus placed in the advantageous position of being enabled to hold out to their shareholders the prospect of a dividend within a short time after commencing operations, Nego tiations, it is stated, are also being carried out for the purchase of other private banks in the district, and the future prospects of the Company are, therefore, highly encouraging. The management of the bank's affairs will be entrusted to a London board, which includes many gentlemen largely connected with some of the principal metropolitan banks. The prospectus of the Anglo-Portuguese Bank, with a capital of £1,0u0,000, has been recently published. The increase in the trade between this country and Portugal, and the further development of the resources of the latter by its new rail ways, canals, &c., render the introduction of another and larger banking house, conducted upon the English system, almost a neces sity, while the efficient management of such an establishment will no doubt form an ample source of profit to its shareholders. In Lisbon there is only one bank, and at Oporto three; and the premium of the shares which these four institutions command in the market is sufficient proof of the remunerative character of this de scription of enterprise. The capital is to be raised by 20,000 shares of £5O each, of which it is not intended to call up more than £25. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1862. 1861. Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern .. Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 32,363 32,909 Bristol and Exeter Great Eastern North-Eastern 41,936 39,932 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 14,437 14,208 Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and South-Western .. 7,889 7,663 Great Western of Canada 12,739 10,849 Northern of France 51,084 53,224 These returns are in most instances of a very satis factory character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £3,841, on the North Western of £9,666, on the South Western of £2,406, on the Brighton of £1,406, on the Midland of £1,819, on the South Eastern of £469, on the Great Northern of £4,061, on the Great Eastern of £587, on the North Eastern of £2,004, and on the Great Western of Canada of £1,890. The Lancashire and Yorkshire, however, shows a decrease of £546, and the Northern of France of £2,140. Two o'CLoac. The Liverpool cotton market, being New-year's day, was virtually closed ; still a little business was doing, and a more cheer tul tone prevails. There has been no increase of business to-day in the market for Public Securities, but the few trans actions that have taken place to-day have aug mented rather than diminished the firmness of quo tations. The approach of the settlement will pro bably tend to induce greater quietude, as specula tors are disinclined to operate freely, while the investing classes can scarcely be expected to augment their operations until after the payment of the dividends. Consols continue firm at 921 for money, at 92i t for the Bth instant, and at 92t d for the February settle ment. The New Threes and Reduced remain firm, at 92i i ll. India Stock has advanced to 227 ex div., for the opening, and the 5 per Cent. ditto continues at 1086 The 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is 105 k and the 51 ditto 1121 The Bonds remain at 295. premium, and Exchequer Bills are firm at 9s. to 13s. premium. There is a fair amount of business in the Foreign Market, and prices exhibit very little alteration. Mexican, however, have receded to 32 328; and Turkish Consolides to 411 ; ditto 6 per Cents., 1858, are firm at 711 a ; ditto 1862, at 681 / ex div. Venezuelan 3 per Cents. have improved to 231, 241, ex div.; and the New Loan Scrip to 11 dis. Sardinian have advanced to 83 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. to 541, ex div.; ditto Passive to 241; and the Certificates to 91; Egyptian are heavy at 95; but Greek are buoyant at 161, and the COupons at 71 ; Italian 5 per Cents. (Maremmana Railway Loan) brought 741, ex div; and Grenada Bonds, ex all, 121 a being steady ; Portuguese New Lean is 461 ; and the Scrip 3 7 , prem., without the divi dend in both instances ; Russian New Loan has risen to 95 1. The dealings in the Railway Share Market con tinued limited, but a firmer tone prevailed in prices. Great Westerns and South Easterns improved 58., North British 10s., and North Westerns 155.; Lon don and Brightons, however, have declined 10s. The foreign and colonial undertakings are a shade firmer, Dutch Rhenish being dealt in 171 ; Ottoman, at 121; East Indian, at 107 to 1071; and Great Indian Peninsula, at 106. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares gene rally maintain previous quotations. Ottoman Bank realise 341 351; Alliance of London and Liverpool, at 201 ; and Australian Agricultural, at 25t. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92b, 1 New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock 227 ex d for opgi Ditto 5 per Cent lO9l * 1 Ditte Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5f per Cent. D , i,i Bonds El.OOO — Ditto under £I,OOO Consols for Account 94 1 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent l3 9 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4i pea Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 381 Egpptian 7 per Cent 95 4; Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup ms l6f i I I Ditto Coupons Italian 5 per Cect. (Maremmana Railway) 74f 4 Mexican 3 per Cent ..... Ditto Account 32i 2 i 2 New Granada 2 per Cent Ditto ex over-due Coups. & Hectares 121 1 PAuvian 4i par Cent. ... , ..... Ditto 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1862 46k 7 1 61 Ditto Scrip, £2O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9Bl Ditto 4i per Cent., 1850 _ _- Ditto 5 Per Cent., 1882 Sardinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account.. B3 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto)Account. s4h Ditto Passive Spanish. Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account .. 85 4ccourk ue . nt. 1862 Ditto -Ditto Account. Ditto 6 Per ount.. 681 Ditto 681 Venezuela, 3 pert Ce.tie. ........ nt Ditto Account, Ditto 6 per c ent ' s :: iA . r .. 6... it (Scrip), e v r e i P p ) a ' y 4 a s :l e l) i d n l I London, (l is DittoDltvpideernCdsenotn THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, M on ey ...................... 92i a Ditto Account, Jan. 8 .............. 921 I raSlilnwasty that_ m orn i ng . e a p t r e A l l jen u t n a i t e i v h e , o a n t The ex-King of Greece . reeet h e Ir th i e enn 29 a , v7 D ho e c h e a m d be a r r r , v ß e a d r b e yn THE SOUTHERN FAlTH.—The ChttiOnti Exa miner of December 8 thus concludes an article on President Lincoln's Message:--" The fact is, when the Creator established the different races of men, He esta blished their position and adapted them to their places. That which harmonises with the Creative will is happiness. That which opposes it is discord and unhappiness. The negro, from the time of Cainan, has occupied the position of a servant. lie has been fitted for it by disposition and instinct, and is therefore happy in it, and is not happy out of it. In his place he is useful. Out of it he is a mere savage ; and if out of it and in the bosom of a community of the superior race he is a pest. It is the effort of the Yankee States to dictate our institutions, and in so doing to ruin us by attempting to amend a decree of the Creator so as to make it suit their ideas, that has caused the present troubles." " Tne report," says the Independance," that the Princess of Denmark, sister to the affianced bride of the Prince of Wales, was to marry the Grand Duke, heir to the throne of Russia, is now contradicted." The Independance Belge says:—" We learn by telegraph that after a sitting of the communal council of Antwerp the burgomaster and 14 members of the council have resigned. A notice has been issued that an Internationa l Agricultural Exhibition will take place at liamburgh in June, 156.3 SHARE MARKETS---This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuKS. Share Railways. Paid.l, Closing Business r rice. I done. 13.14 Bir„ Vol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian ;ork and Bandon Corn wall 8 8i FI 61 84 86 1164 1161 Do A A gets no di‘ Do. B tiil 6pe.pan.bas been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh St Dlasg,ow. Glasg. and S. Western. ,Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East An2;lian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Do. .£5 shares Gt. S. an i W. of Ireland' Great Western Do Str Val gua. stoel: Lancashire & Yorkshire I London and Blackwall Lon., Brigilit.,& S. Coast, "Lon., Chat., and Dover' Lon. & North Western,' Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. IMaryport and Carlisle. I Dot shares • Metropolitan Midland 4.4.0 Do New . Do Birming. Ar Derby Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland Do. y shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, Az Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York 9.16.4 Do Carlisle... North London Do New North Staffordshire 'N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot:Mid. stock 1 Shrews, and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do B I Doc 1111ster 100 all all all 100 4.4.0 100 all all all all 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har..kli , West Midland Oxford Do Newpor r' Do Hereford' 51 100 100 100 100 100 I no [I 100 CI 7} 43 45 35 37 94 26 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 1 Closing Sharel Railways Patel.; Price. Business done 100 littlantic he St LaWienct all 67 69 stk 1 ! Bom.,Baroda.t.Cent Ind 100 104 105 1011 1 xi t I Gu. 5 per cent........ 20 Do. New ........ •• • 2 204 Buffalo and Lake ....... all 51 54 10 Do. Preference ...... all 71 st 100 flßuffalo,Brant,&Godrich ,o, 77 _ 80 (;6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 ' 100 Do. do. July 1, 1872 100 78 75 100 1)0. to. June 1, 184 100 73 7 6 75 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn. , 1. , ' ) 100 1 0 4 105 xn st Cape Town & Dock Scril 100 log 1( 9 stock Illastn. Bengal go. sp. c 100 1044 054 xn stock ;East Indian, zu. sp. c. 100 1061 tri7l 1071 7 1 xn 20 I ' Do. do. G Ext.— • 5 1 lip in 20 I Do. do. H do. t • 2 . # ;p xn stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 22 13 100 ' Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 74 76 75 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. all 61 66 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debenti. all 35 87 85 100 Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 . • all 48 5 2 I 100 Do, do. 1867 .. all 34 36 100 i Do. do. 1872.. all 134 36 stock IGt.lndiaPenin.gua.sl).c 100 1105 106 106 xn 20 I Do. New gua. sp. c..• 12 1 li p 20 I Do. January, 1862 • • 4 i 11p 5 xn stock 'Gt. South.of India(Lim I guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 10 3 104 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 13 isi i n 201 Do. New .. ....... . • 18 7 / 71 , 1 100 Do. 6 p.c. '3 with't . t. all 99 100 'Do p 54 c 7 do. '77 B op 101 10 all 90 92 10 ,Indian Branch Limited ' 4, id ip 2 stock Madras guar., 5p.0. • • 100 103 Jut 1 04 an stock I Do. 41 p. o. Extensior 100 97 99 stock 1 Dc. 44 d 0........ 100 93 i. 6 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 21 xn stock Melb.Coro. ti p. c. Both. 10 0 50 Melb. & llobson's Bay. all 52 53 100 j Do. 7p. c. Mortg. 8d.% alt I 20 i Newßrunswick rt Cand , Class A Capital Shan . all i 3 5 20 ,Do. do. B Capital do. .. all 3 h iN.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist )1 bds 100 83 85 81OCKIScinde (100 104 tO6 of 5 Do. Delhi . " / Do. do i t 25 , J21 ip 21 xn 20 Do. Punjaub .... ac: , _. 15 4 P st ;Do. Do, .., ...... , ?,,,g• , 100 ,103 104 11031 mi. stock I Do. Indus. St. Flo.) k . lOO I 99 101 xn COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ..... i,an.liov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. t Au 4 . .) 100 'lO6 108 1 108 D o. 6p. a. Mar. at Sept. 100 106 108 Do. sp. a. Ja.n.&July. 1 00 97 4 93 I 974 # xd Do. 5 inscribed stock 100 86 98 Cape G. Elope, 6p 0,1873' 10u 10 , 110 Do.Ap ,t, Oct. 1880 100 111 113 Do. 18901 100 112 114 Do. Jan. & July, 1891..' 100 111 113 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 -.• N. l o.Gov.op.c...laAJuly 100 1041 105 i 1051 xd iio. 6p. c.A.p. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,1866 100 99i 100 ii Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 994 leoi Do. d0.,1888 Az upwdv, 100 99 491 99 id New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 108 110 ' Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterliw, 1875 , 100 105 1(6 Queensland . Gov. 6p. c 100 .( 8 110 b. Aus G0p.c.1876.& up 100 (09 111 -. Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.Jauly 100 - - .Do. 1, - . Ao P anAnnt. 100 11c9 lOgi Mt BETTIS - 11 MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 £2 Clifford Amalgamated.. 21 23 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 500 510 East Bassett (Illovan).. 30 52 84 1 East Clog - au Gold Ltd. ss. p East Caradon 43 44 434 East Carn Brea... 3.0.0 11 114 F. W'l Russel (Tavistk. 7.19.0 21 Si Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 574 15 17 Great South Tolg,us..„ 176 7 74 G. Wheal Vor (llelston‘ 40 6 64 Grenville Herod's- Foot 8.12 4S 50 11 ingston Downs 4.1.0 21 21 Lady Bertha 12.0.6 14 14 Ilargaret (Buy Lelant 94 41 43 Nlarke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 24 4di pr New Seton l9l 135 145 North Downs 2B 24 21 Basset(lllo;an '2.17.0 24 1 'ortli Wheal Crotty 23.9 584 5 1 ['ar Consols (:St. Blazey; 14 5 6 10 Providenee(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 , 1 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer; 11 380 30) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 2i 21 Fran. (Mogan 18.1'.9 90 95 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv..k Lead 5119 44 10 Tin Croft I.) 13 14 I West Basset (Illogan) l4 13 84 W Oaradon (Liskeard', 5 26 13 !West Seton (Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 774 82k Wheal Buller(ftedruth) 5 474 624 Wheal Kitty(U.Lelant) 2.0.6 7 84 WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 15 16 Wheal Seton 584 205 216 203 heal Tretawney (Lis ) 7 1 17 18 - Wheal Union 3.13 51 64 PREFERENCE SHARES. Cornwall, 5 per cent. guaranteed, 201—Great Northern, 5 par cent. Redeem. at 5 per cent. prem., IOSI —Great Western (Iterks and Hants Ext.), Redeemable, 4i per cent., 98—Ditto Birm. Pref. stock, 77—London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 96!—Stockton and Darlington, B, 6 per cent., 83i. PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and Blackwall, 4} per cent. stock, 103—London, Brighton. &c., 4i per cent., 18,8, 1044—London, Chatham, &a , Metrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., lot LINES LEASED Al' FIRED RENTALS. London and Chatham 44 per Cent., 90 89/. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8 4 —Bah ia and San Francisco (11m. 'guaranteed 7 per cent., 201 I—Dutch Rhenish, 171 t N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, guaranteed 7 per cent. (Urn.), 21 1 —Ottoman (Sinyrna to Aidm), 121 12 i—Recife and San Francisco (lira.), guaranteed 7 per cent., 181 I—Sambre and Meuse, lor,—San Paulo (lim ), gua. 7 per cent., 91 ditto. 231—West Flanders, 7i. FOREIGN MINES. Dun Mount. Copper Min. Co. (lim.), I 4—Fortuna (Urn.), 41 I—P or t Philip, It i—Santa Barbara Gold Mine (liin.), 3 1 — Scottish Australian (lhm.), JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank - wi;, - .4Jn 201 20— Bank of Egypt, 25S—Bank of Queensland (Rm.), 311—Char tered Bank ot India, Australia, and China, 21—Eng., Scot., and Australian Chartered, 214 }—lmperial Bank (lm.), 30} —London and Brazilian (Um.), 321—London, B. Ayres, and R. Plate (lim.), it 4 A— London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27 I—London and Colonial (Rm.), 411—London and County, 38 i 9 i—London and South African, 24 *—London and West minster, 80 t-31etrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 131—National Prov. of England, New, 18;—Ottoman Bank, 351 f. Y~ EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BOW-STREET. ASSAULTING THE POLlCE.—Martin O'Dowd, a power ful young man, was placed at the bar charged with assault ing the police. Police-Sergeant 5 F, said he was on duty last night about half-past 11 in Great St. Andrew. street, St. Giles, when he was called by the landlord of a public-house to assist in putting the prisoner outside. For some time he resisted, but on getting int ) the street he put himself into a fighting attitude and made a rush at him. A struggle took place when both fell, and while on the ground the prisoner kicked him violently in the side. Witness held him until several other constables came up, when another attempt was made to get him to the station, but for some time the officers were unable to do so. The injuries he had received were very severe, and he felt the effects of them at the present time. 41 43 13 14 87 88 105 107 46 47 43 45 24 25 125 1'26 1.29} 130 i 135 137 104 106 67} (7! 109} 1097 714 724 118 119 384 971 074 101 102 40 41 128 k 126 11 lip 96 98 531 541 25 27 991 100 —(I 55 57 88 fBk 125 127 108 110 p' 41 31 d It 118 120 471 48i 104 108 47 49 334 34i 8459 684991 n 100 103 7 8 39 40 1 1 71 1 7 1 p 71 7 148 150 p 4i 5 I, 24 3 p 55} 56 24 34 p idip 87 90 140 145 29 31 125 i 1291 I Mr. Hall—What have you to say to the charge ? Prisoner—l don't know an) thing about it. Mr. Hall—What are you? Prisoner—A labourer, out of work. Mr. Hall—And yet you got money to go to the public house I 68; 8 7; 103 f I f 7!. 18} 98 38; 7f ; 102 Police-constable 66 F also said he was assaulted by the prisoner. So great was the resistance offered by the pri soner, that a number of officers had to be sent off from the station to assist in getting him there without having time to put on their uniform. gi I } 1281 1i p Mr. Hall—lt's a bad case ; I fine you 20s. for each of the assaults on the police. Philip Prendergast was charged with assault. Mr. Hames, the landlord of the George and Blue Boar, Holborn, said the prisoner, while in a state of intoxication created a disturbance in his house, and while he was being ejected he broke two squares of glass, worth about 20s. each. Miiii Holt, the waiter, said the prisoner's violence was occa sioned by his ale being removed from the coffee room,where he was corducting himself improperly, to the bar. He was struck by him. Smith, the porter, said ha was knocked senseless to the ground by a blow frem the prisoner. Prisoner—l maintain they had no right to move my glass from the coffee room, It was a piece of impudence, and I presume any other person would hays done the same. Mr. Hall—But you were conducting yourself improperly. Prisoner—l was impeded from going to my ale. I only acted in accordance with the law, as laid down in Black stones Commentaries. 14i I 88l! Mr. Hall—l dissent from your notion altogether. You were in a state of intoxication, and they were right in pre - venting you going into the coffeeroom. I fine you 20s. or 14 days' hard labour for the first assault, 40s. or 21 days' for the second, and if you are brought here again I shall put in force one of the provisions of a late Act of Parliament, which gives me power of a more revere description. Prisoner-1 hat will be £3 for the assaults. Mr. Hall—Yes, and the value of the glass you have de stroyed, namely, ZI 17s. 6d. By an Act of Parliament lately passed I have also the power, in addition to that of ordering you to pay for the damage, to inflict a penalty for the act, and I therefore sentence you to pay an additional 20s. or one month's imprisonment, to commence from the expiration of the sentence. Prisoner--Well, how much is the fines altogether ? Mr. Hall—£o 17s. 6d. Prieoner—That's a good commencement for the now year. He was locked up in default. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPT TO ROB ♦ RIFLE VOLUNTEER,—Margaret Hastings, a woman well known to the police, was charged before Mr. Knox with attempting to steal a watch, of the value of £B, from the person of Mr. FredY. Hewett, clerk, of 2, Westbourne-terrace. The prosecutor, who is a rifle volunteer, was passing along Oxford-street the previous night, about a quarter past 11 o'clock, in uniform, when the prisoner followed him and seized his bayonet. She then made a most determined snatch at his watch chain, but did not succeed in getting the watch, the chain breaking. _ Taylor, a constable of the D division, said the prisoner had been drinking, but was not drunk. Mr. Knox asked if anything was known of the pri soner ? Barns, the gaoler of the court, said she had been charged with felony and loitering—the last time, he believed, for a watch. Prisoner was remanded. TAE FIRE IN PORTLAND STREET.—L. B. has forwarded 2s. in postage stamps for Mrs. Spencer, six of whose chil dren perished in the fire in Portland .street, on Friday night last. The husband, for some time past, has been un able to follow his occupation from ill health, WESTMINSTER. A COMFORTABLE VlSlTOR.—William Hardwick was charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance at the house of Mr. Charles Buckingham, Neville's-terrace, Chelsea. Complainant gaid that an annoyance had been caused twice at his house yesterday by the defendant, wh3 came there drunk and refused to leave. _ _ _ Mr. Paynter—What is he ? Do you know anything of him ? Complainant—He is a tinker, and has been employed to do some repairs by my family. Those were done a short time ago, and on his coming again it was pointed out to him that the work had come to pieces, upon which he undertook to mend it again gratuitously, but having done it insisted upon payment again, which was refused. Mr. Paynter—Did he then go away ? Complainant—No. He seated himself in my passage and behaved very offensively. Mr. Paynter—What did he do ? Complainant—He filled his tobacco pipe, and then called for a light, that he might smoke and enjoy himself, and had the impudence to inform my family that he was sorry I was not there, that if I was I should have so much plea sure in taking a pipe with him. He had been there in the morning, and then came again at half-past nine at night. I found him making a great disturbance at the latter named hour, and as I could not get rid of him I was obliged to givee him into custody. John Dutton, 315 13, said he found the defendant making a great noise, and he was drunk. He said that if the gen tleman did not pay him, he would pay the gentleman. Prisoner said he was very sorry. He was drunk. Mr. Paynter—lf you have any claim against this gen• tleman you can go to the County Court, and not conduce yourself in this disgraceful manner at his house. He was ordered to find bail. MARKE TS —T his Day. MARK LANE. IMIERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 45. id ; barley, 34s Id ; oats, 20s 4d ; rye, 33s Id ; beans, 36s id ; and peas, 37s Ild. THE SIX WEEKS' A.VERAGES. Wheat, 47s Od ; barley, 34s Ild ; oats, 20s 10d ; rye, 34s Od ; beans, 385 Od ; peas, 40s 2d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 77,529 ; barley, 99,408 ; oats, 16,308 ; rye, 34 ; beans, 4,447 ; peas, 1,477 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was a fair average number of beasts in to-day's market, in but middling condition. All breeds sold heavily at a decline in the quotations, compared with Monday of 2d per 81bs. The top figure for the best Scots was 4s 10d per 81bs. Sheep—the show of which was limited, ruled heavy ; nevertheless, prices were well supported. The best Downs realised is 10d per Sibs. We have to report a very dull sale for calves, and a reduction in the currencies of 4d to 6d per 81bs, The highest price was 4s 6cl per 81bs. In pigs and mulch cows very little was doing at barely late rates. Per Sib, to si s. d. s. d. , Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 4 Second quality do. 3 6 3 10 1 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, ito. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 2 Second quality do. 4 4 4 10 Suckling calves, 128 to 20s 19s to 295. the offal, a. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 0 6 6 Prue. S' thdown d 0.5 8 6 10 Largo orse. calves 3 8 4 2 Prime small do 4 4 4 6 Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 4 8 ; and quarter-old store pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Cows 94 Sheep Calves pi gs , 304 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts - .. Sheep Calves Pigs •• . • MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are somewhat extensive, and the trade is heavy, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s Od , mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; veal, 3s 8d to 48 2d ; and pork, 3s 2d to 45 6d per 81bm, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, December 81.—There was only a moderate supply of stock here to .day, nevertheless the trade ruled heavy. as follows Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 10d; mutton, 46 to 58 8d; veal, 48 4d to 48 8d; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, December 31.—Each kind of stock moved off heavily, and prices had a drooping tendency, as follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10d; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 10d; vas], 4s 2d to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s to 4s Bdper 81bs ; suckling ealy.e, lOs to 18s; quarter-old store pigs, 198 to 29 5; and nu cows, £l4 Os to £lB Os each. PROVISIONS. l a rd, and all other provision Good and fine quualities of Irish butter are in Steady request, at very full prices, but other kinds are a sl ow in _ (limy. Foreign parcels move off steadily, on rather higher very little terms. In tae value of Englisb c —age ha 6 taken place. Hams, cheese, rice& are dull, at barely st ationary p high sheriff o f th e c i ty o f Li mer i ck, c ity gaol on T ues d ay wee k , and from hisvisl‘'ii pr i vate lu pu r t' se pad off the debts due of all the pauper debtors, who were then liberated, in order to enjoy the Chrismas with their families; and, in addition, he placed a t the .disposal of the governor of the prison a sum of money to assist the outgoing debtor. in enjoying their Christmas, Anti-Slavery Demonstration at Manchester. MANCHESTER, Wednesday Night. A crowded meeting was held in the Free-trade Hall this evening, to express sympt►thy with the Federal emancipation policy and detestation of slavery. Mr. Alderman Heywood, the mayor, pre sided. Mr. J. C. EDWARDS moved the following resolu tion :—"'that this meeting, recognising the common brotherhood of mankind and the sacred and inalien human being t o p ersona l free able right of every dom and equal protection, records its detestation of negro slavery in America, and in the attempt of the rebellious Southern slaveholders to organise on the great American continent a nation having slavery as its basis." Mr. EVANS, an operative, seconded the resolution, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. E. HOOSEN moved the second. resolution, as follows That this meeting, composed of the in dustrial classes of Manchester, desires to record its profound sympathy with the efforts of President Lincoln and his colleagues to maintain the Ameri can Union, and also its high sense of the justice of ' his proclamation of emancipation, and other mea sures tending to give freedom to the slave, and re store peace to the American nation." In the course of his observations Mr. Hoosen praised Mr. Lincoln as a constitutional ruler. He (Mr. Hoosen) had no fear of a war between England and America, if civility and friendliness were observed in the ex change of diplomatic relations. Far better would it be that this country should spend 20 millions in feeding the operatives of Lancashire than that a peace should be concluded in America which should make slavery a permanent institution. (Cheers.) The resolution was seconded and carried unani mously. The third resolution, which was read and carried amidst great enthusiasm, embodied the fol lowing address to President Lincoln :-- "As citizens of Manchester, assembled at the Free-trade Hall, we beg to express our fraternal sentiments towards you and your country. We re joice in your greatness, as an outgrowth of England, whose blood and language you share, whose orderly and legal freedom you have applied to new circum stance, over a region immeasurably greater than our owl. We honour your free States, as a singularly happy abode for the working millions, where in dustry is honoured. One thing alone has, in the past, lessened our sympathy with your country and our confidence in it—we mean the ascend ancy of politicians who not merely maintained negro slavery, but desired to extend and root it more firmly. Since we have discerned, however, that the victory of the free North in the war which has so sorely distressed us as well as afflicted you will strike off the fetters of the slave, you have at tracted our warm and earnest sympathy. We joy fully honour you, as the President, and the Congress with you, for many decisive steps towards practi cally exemplifying your belief in the words of our great founders,' All men are created free and equal.' You have procured the liberation of the slaves in the district around Washington, and thereby made the centre of your Federation visibly free. You have enforced the laws against the slave trade, and kept up your fleet against it, even while every ship was wanted for service in our terrible war. You have nobly decided to receive ambassadors front the negro republics of Hayti and Liberia, thus for ever renouncing that unworthy prejudice which refuses the rights of humanity to men and women on account of their colour. In order more effectually to stop the slave trade you have made with our Queen a treaty, which your Senate has ratified, for the right of mutual search. Your Con gress has decreed freedom as the law ever in the vast unoccupied or half-settled territories which are directly subject to its legislative power. It has offered pecuniary aid to all States which will enact emancipation locally, and has forbidden your generals to restore fugitive slaves who seek their protection. You have entreated the slave. masters to accept these moderate offers ; and after long and patient waiting you, as commander in-chief of the army, have appointed to-morrow, the Ist of Janunry, 1863, as the day of uncondi tional freedom for the slaves df the rebel States. Heartily do we congratulate you and your coun try on this humane arid righteous course. We assume that you cannot now stop short of a com plete uprooting of slavery. It would not become us to dictate any details, but there are broad prin ciple of humanity which must guide you. If com plete emancipation in some States be deferred, though only by a predetermined day, still, in the interval, human beings should not be counted chat tels. Women must have rights of chastity and of maternity, men the rights of husbands, masters the liberty of manumission. Justice demands for the black, no less than for the white, the protection of law—that his voice be heard in your courts. Nor must any such abomination be tole rated as slave-breeding states and a slave market—if you are to earn the high reward of all your sacrifices, in the approval of the universal brotherhood and of the Divine Father. It is for your free country to decide whether any thing but immediate and total emancipation can secure the most indispensable rights of humanity against the inveterate wickedness of local laws and local executives. We implore you, for your own honour and welfare, not to faint in your Providen tial mission. While your enthusiasm is aflame, and the tide of events run high, let the work be finished effectually. Leave no root of bitterness to spring up and work fresh misery to your children. It is , a mighty task, indeed, to reorganise the industry not only of 4,000,090 of the coloured roe, but of 5,000,000 of whites. Nevertheless, the vast pro• gress you have made in the shcrt space of twenty months fills us with hope that every stain on your freedom will shortly be removed, and that the erasure of that foul blot upon civilisation and Christianity—chattel-slavery—during your presi dency will cause the name of Abraham Lincoln to be honoured and revered by posterity. We are certain that such a glorious consummation will cement great Britain to the United States in close and enduring regards. Our interests, moreover, are identified with yours. We are truly one people, though locally separate. And if you have any ill wishers here, be assured they are chiefly those who oppose liberty at home, and that they will be power less to stir up quarrels between us, from the very day in which your country becomes, undeniably and without exception, the home of the free. Ac cept our high admiration of your firmness in up holding the proclamation of freedom." Mr. BAZLEY, M.P., and Mr. S. POPE supported the adoption of the address, and expressed strong opinions against this country being longer depen dent for the supply of the raw material for her greatest branch of industry on slave-grown cotton. The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the Mayor for presiding. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. ~, •, Dec.. , --, Auslralia and Mauritius, via SoutharoP" l ":. ~, , . Jan. 12. via Marsefileckto ~' lan. 4. _ ell Pa Brazil and Cape Verds, by B r Wand st lisl ena..Feb. 1, Cape of Good Hope, Ascensioa, via southampton.Dec. , China, Penang, and Singal x. "' v ia Marseilles ...Jan, 12. ................. J an. 4. Falkland Islands ....... . __. Southaropw'• v . _ ...... J an. 2. Gibraltar, via d Ce ylon, itk Southampton.. Dec. —. India (Calcutta), ao via Marseilles.... J an, 12 . ,--) via Southampton Jan. 10. India (B° ll31- ' 9Y ' via Marseilles Jan. 4. i p l o ta rt a, ugt. l ii . p . t, and Aden, via Southampton Jan. 4. Jan. 2. via Marseilles Jan, 4. N e wfoundland .. Jan. 4. Oporto and - Vigo U. S. and British N. America, Ly Brit. packet.... Jan. 7. by I.J.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Jan. 2. W.C. of Attica Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 10. Bahamas, via New York Mexico ....Dec. 29. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Dec. 29. California, and British Columbia.. On the 20th ult. a number of the officers who were exiled after the Nauplia affair gave a dinner at Athens to Captain Brock and to some of the officers of her Majesty's ship Pelican, as token of the esteem and gra • titude for the courtesy shown to them during their journey to Smyrna on board the Pelican. According to the capitula tion of Nauplia all those who wished to go could embark on board of either the French or English men-of-war which were in the harbour. 1 7 3 availed themselves of the offer, and 170 of them went on board the Felioeu. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE--This Day. MANCHESTER RACES.-THIS DAY. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Rhcebus Pot Pourri _ _ The Miller . _3 Seven ran ; won by three-quarters of a length; only three passed the post. TRIAL HANDICAP. Golien Drop Cygnet 2 Rossmore Lorette Ten ran ; won by 10 lengths; the winner made nearly 01 the running. CITY STEEPLECHASE. Lincoln 1 Joe Maley The Flat SePoY ...... 1 Ten ran, Won by six lengths. Bank 0 1 England Return--This Day. An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending of Dec., 1862: le Act 7th and Bth Victoria. on Wednesday, the 31st day isms DEPART A"Nr. Government Debt .£11,015,1C0 L 28,769,195 Goidcoin it Bullion 14,119,195 Other Securities .. 3,634,906 , A otes issued ...... Silver Bullion _ X2B 769,195 £28,769,195 BANKING DEPARTMENT• i'l oprietors' Capi- Government Secu t al Rest £14,553,000 titles ((inc luding 3 120 035 Dead WeightAn - Public Deposits (in- ' ' nuitY) ... ...... £11,214,873 eluding Exche- Other Securities. .. 21,146,147 quer, Savings' Notes Banks, Commis missioners of Na- Gold and Silver 837,228. Coin tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- counts) 6,338.717 Other Deposits 16,469,254 Seven Day and other Bills 645,185 X 42,128,191 W. £12,120,101 MILLER, Deputy Cashier. Jan. 1, 1843. Naval and Military Intelligence, THE NAVY. The masts, yards, and gear for the iron-cased fri gate Royal Oak, 50, 800 horse power, completing for sea at Chatham dockyard, are being prepared at that establishment by a numerous party of riggers. A considerable portion of the lower or standing rigging, the whole of which will be of galvanized iron wire, has been already sent up and fitted to the lower masts, and very fair progress has been made in the work. The shed under which the line of-battle screw steamer Bulwark, 91, 800 horse power, is building—the progress of which is for the present suspended—is being used as a workshop by the riggers. The Royal Oak, like the Defence and others of our large iron ships, will be what is termed bark rigged, and will carry comparatively little sail aloft, while, on the other hand, she will spread a larger extent of lower canvass than many of the largest line-of-battle ships. This arrange ment will, it is expected, do away in a great mete sure with the rolling propensities of large iron shipe, so apparent in the Warrior and Black Prince during a gale. To correct the same defect, the machinery of the Royal Oak has been placed as near her " floors" as possible. In three or four weeks the plating will be completed. Considerable addi tional strength has been imparted to the sternpost by partially doing away with the screw well, or aperture, for lifting the screw to the upper deck , In the case of the Royal Oak the screw will only be raised as high as the main deck, and then only on occasions when it is necessary to repair it. The whole of the machinery has been fitted on board, and, so far as the engineering department is con cerned, there is nothing to prevent the Royal Oak steaming out of harbour to-morrow. The engines have horizontal double piston rods, and are direct acting. They are of 800 horse power (nominal), but are capable of being worked up to 3000 horse power. The operation of testing the engines by means of hydraulic pressure was effected a few days since under the superintendence of Mr. Warriner, on the part of Messrs. Maudslay, Son, and Field, the contractors,:when, with a pressure of 40Ibs. to the square inch on the whole of the boilers, condensers, and cylinders, not the slightest flaw could be detected. The ordinary working pressure on the engines will be 201 b. to the square inch, so that the trial was made with a pressure they will rarely, if ever, be called on to sustain. It was originally in tended to fit the Royal Oak with what is termed a telescopic bowsprit, which would admit of its being either lengthened or shortened as occasion required. This plan has, however, been modified, and she will now be supplied with an iron bowsprit, which will be so fitted as to be drawn up in l perpendicular direction should it be necessary to use the Royal Oak as a steam ram, for which her enormous size and weight well qualify her. Although galled a 50 gun frigate, the Royal Oak will, in rea2itY, mount only 33 guns, nearly the whole of which wiLI be the largest Armstrongs. All, with the exception of two guns, will be placed on her main dock. Her portholes—which are comparatively small, being only 3ft. 10in. in length, by 2ft. in width—are, in fact, embrasures, which allow of the guns having a play of 32 degrees in each direction—thus working in a radius of 64 degrees. c , It,. `The Termagant, screw frigate , 25 g uns, hell rd„ at Hall, having taken out h er powder d yesterdayinspected, i hrih.arbSohuer jmoainnttlheean3di steamedbepaidinto outof f l ) o c r o t i r m o i u ss t o class Steam Reserve. The Prometheus, 5, 200 horse power, which was undocked at Chatham' Dockyard a few days since I to allow of the iron paddlewheel steamer 13,9cruit, 6, 100 horse power, being placed in the mane deck to undergo some very extensive repairs is ordered to be thoroughly surveyed by several of the master-shipwrights connected with the various dockyards, with the view to ascer tain whether the defects in that vessel are of such a nature as to allow of her repair. During the time the Prometheus was in dock she underwent te survey at the hands of the dockyard officials, the result of which was the discovery that mositaonfkiptc timbers were exceedingly rottenthe ht s hoe e coa st , Aii d ot he :. P eicra _ . ),ava very defective. Her engines and been taken out and placed in the favourable she will either b "°ll.senot should the special report to the A nd:d3prccakhol):o ar se l ; a a u o n n u d- t an old ves oriTtinie since she was to.tilt; of the service. The s he o s , ands beenn nearly aaArn2ldsyt cosvt ,vehtpnoh voyage, oge_ve, Private letter reeervea from her Majesty's screw Commander Lethbridge, d troop d - i s a h ni iP aica, Dec, 2, announce her arrival at that w 2B ith d ß ay o s ya f l r A om rtil G ie r r a y v , e w se h n ie d h , hapafltcalecrbeaeoenletlhaanded there. The Artillery relieved at Jamaica by those disembarked from the Adventure Were to embark, w ith 200 o f th e 2d N a tive Infan try, in the Adventure on Dec. 3, and proceed to Barbadoes and others of the West India islands, relieving the various detachments of troops sta tioned at each in their turn. The Adventure was expected to be absent from Jamaica on this duty from four to five weeks. On Nov. 19 a heavy thunderstorm was encountered. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Edward S. Richards, to the Forte ; Lieut. William H. Heaton, to the Russell) Lieut. Francis P. Renshaw, to the Firefl y ; Valn tine F. Johnson, _ master, to the Malacca ; (3_,e a o v r.g,° . J, Willes, surgeon, to the Egmont ;Dr. Bowman son, surgeon, to the Meeanee ; 11 . /V. ! mast m e a r t a e r d , d o t o t h n e a tgomtohnet President; J. C. Payne, paymaster, Charles Jobn_lraesh_field, p y ays , e paymaster, additional, to th i e tiger ; Henry Royal Adelaide; R. Johnson, nominated totoa Hobart, midshipman , b ee e trk, to the Hawke. , ne ster,a , d t d o it t i h o e na i l m , pt,rletghneaFbliesr rant) d a Gilbert ; S. Gray, second John W 3...Lmneocyoo, According oan offi c ial document in the Vsetana Gazet t d , the public debt of Austria amounted at the en d of June, 1862 1 to 2,445 millions of florins. The debt belonging to the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom is Comprised in that sum for 70 millions of flyrins. The debt of the land, indemnity amounted on the Ist of April last to 941 millions of florins, and is not comprised in the above 119.132 ed sum. r T -- - - A anta-