The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-30 00:00:00

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There is a fair demand for money in the general discount market, but not more than is usual at this period of the year, when numerous payments have to be provided for, and the rate for first class bills is 61 per cent. About £3,000 in bar gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was no alteration. The Agra and United Service Bank have received the following telegram from Bombay :—Exchange, Bank Bills, 2s. 2id ; Government paper, no quota- Lion. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ap• pointed Friday next, the let of January, a special settling day in the shares of the Muntz's Metal Company, to be marked in the twice a week list ; and have also ordered that the shares of the Anglo- Brazilian Gold Company be officially quoted. The Mauritius Land Credit and Agency Company, with a capital of £250,000, in shares of £2O each, 1,500 of which are reserved for tin colony, has just been announced. There is to be a local board in addition to the London directors, and the under taking is introduced by the International Financial Society. It is stated that a strong desire for its success has been evinced by the Chamber of Agri culture and the commercial classes generally of the Mauritius. The business it is proposed to enter into is very remunerative, the legal rate of interest on mortgages there being 9 per cent. The com pany seems to have been organised on a safe basis, and the manner in which it has been introduced to notice will no doubt insure it liberal support from the investing public. The shares are already quoted 2k prem. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Renter's telegram) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 35c. Heavy. A dividend of £1 per share was declared at the meeting, to-day, of the Canada Company. Only a very small amount of business has been transacted to-day in the market for the English Funds, which, however, although dull, are ex ceedingly 'well maintained. The favourable pros pects of the money market give support to the quotations, although they fail to stimulate spec lation, or to promote investments. Consols for transfer are 911 1, and for the account 91;1. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 91} o ; India 5 per Cents. 1061 ; Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1041 ; Exchequer Bills, Bs. to 4s. die., and Bank Stock is marked 234. A general improvement has taken place in the Foreign Market, and bu3iness is rather more active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 71 ; do. Conso lides, 47h 481; Mexican, 371 I; Greek, 341 35; Spanish Passive, 341 1; do. Certificates, 131 4 ; Portuguese, 49 I; Egyptian, 100 1 ; Italian, 701 g ; and the Confederate Loan, 37 39. Business in the Railway Share Market has been more active, and a slight upward improve ment has taken place in prices. Caledonian, Great Eastern, Great Western, and North Western have each advanced ss. ; and North Eastern (Berwick), 15%; Lancashire and Yorkshire, however, have declined 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain without change of importance. Bank shares have been quiet. London and South African have improved to 268 ; National of Liv er pool have declined to 198 ; Bank of London are firm at 153. In the Miscellaneous Market International Finan cial shares have improved to 91 101; Hudson Bay Company realise 121; National Shipping Company are quoted t 1 prem. ; West India and Pacific Steam t la prem; Consolidated Discount 1 to 1 prem.; Contract Corporation 51 4 prem.; and Mauritius Credit, 11 29 prem. BRITISH. FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. .Bank Stock 234 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities per Cent. Consols Annuities 9lB t New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 3t per Cent. Annuities 6 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 New 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 14 13-16 Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock, 1874 — Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 lO6l I Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent lo4i Ditto 5} per Cent ........ Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 —die rank Stock for Account .... die Ditto Bonds Sl,OOO — Ditto under £l,OOO . ... par Consols for Account, Jan. 7.. 9ll India Stock for Account, 6 per Cent.... Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2f i 3 per Cent 4 8 dis Ditto £500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 6 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Colombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd Cuba, 6 per Cent. — caulian 6 per Cent — Ditto 4/ per Cent, .-- Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Dutch, 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders Ditto, LIOU Bonds Eqnador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent.. Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent.. loot a Ditto, Second Issue - Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 24 i Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto Account — Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account ...................... 371 i 1 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent .......... New Granada — Ditto 2 per Cent Ditto Deferred .............. Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) ...... pellll.l— per pa opepreeu n C rrc e tee n n t e t . , (Deferred it. Ditto Account .. Lent., 1862 -. -- ied mo Port v r e 're, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f o nto As : 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 b c°llnt Ditto A l e e r Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 491 Ditto, 186 ° 3 1int ...... {Fi tt° s crip, ji g .... .......... . x .. s . t . ........ °— Ru.ssian 5 per ° en ? i d — Pm Ditto 41 per Celli 1869 .. Ditto 1869 Ditto Account .... ... . Ditto 3 per Cent., 1869 ................ Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 ............... 0 - 0 Sardinian 5 per Cent "1 Ditto Account Spanish 3 per C en t ............ Ditto Account .......... Ditto Ne w D eferred ...... ._ Ditto Accou nt ._ Ditto Passive Ditto Account.. Spanish Cert. of Co . up **** .. . 1 not funded — Ditto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. .. 1 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1864 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 - Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account.... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 -.. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Ditt o D e bentures, 4 per Ct., Oct , 1863 ...- Venezuela 3 per Cent. ................ Ditto Account ...................... Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 .............. Ditto Account .........••• .•..... Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f. ........ Dutch2l per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil ........ --* Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ........ Ditto Account — French Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f, — I )itto Account Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid — P m Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 7Ol TWO O'CLOCK. Consols ' Money Ditto Account.. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Good, steady market, at firm prices. Sales wil Probably reach 8,000 or 10,000 bales. SHARE MARIO T S.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Business Share' Railways. Paid. Closing* 1 i • Price. done. 1 13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 81 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co all 8 81 at Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian lOO 121 122 1221 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 61 7} 7} A gets no div 10 Do A I till 6p c.p an.has a ll 10 Do. B all been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 37 39 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 at Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 96 98 at Glasg. and S. Western. 100 107 109 •st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 49 50 50 49} 501 st Ditto A stock at Ditto East Anglian at 100 71 8i at GreatNorthot Scotland 100 8t Great Northern.. lOO 127 128 1261 st Do A stock lOO 131 132 134 st Do Bdo at Gt. S. and W. of Delano 100 97 99 st• Great Western at Do Str Val Yorkshire stock 100 at Lancaahlre & l5O 1111 1111 112 11} at London and illackwali 100 72 74 7z4 st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 1074 i 08; 108 i 1 st Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 43 44 at Lon. '& Nor , h Western 100 1071 1071 108 i at Lon. & Sty.th Western 100 101 102 st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 50 51 51 2 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 121 Do ,t shares all st Metropolitan all 111 i 1121 112 st Midland 6 .4. 0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 100 99 lul 50 Slid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. i shares 25 Mid Kept 10 Do Cray Line at North British et Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 16 st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 102/ 103 1011 1 26 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 d at Do Leeds lOO 581 Pi at Do York at Do Carlisle lOO 38 st ' orth London 10 Do New 5 12 1, 19.15.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 11 Ili at Scottish Central st Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 42 44 st Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 98 100 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all at Shropshire Union at South Devon.. lOO 32 33 at South Eastern st South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 97 49 20 6 taines,Wok.,andWok all 91 101 25 Stockton & Darlington all 18 38 / 25 Do l7 9 10 0 25 Do New, 18436 8 71 71 P st Taff Vale- 10 Do B 8 5 54 1. 10 Do C 3 2/ 3 1p 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do 54 at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 170 175 at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO at W. Hartlepool Har.&R i 100 et West Midland —Oxford 100 at Do Newport 100 at Do Hereford 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways Paid. Price. Business don( 100 ,ktlantio &St Lawrenc , all 60 (2 Sk I Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent— -20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shave 204 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 6 6i 10 Do. Preference .... all 85 95 Buffalo,Brant,&GodriCli / 100 100 6 p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 187'z 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. Juue 1, 16;4 100 et Clcutta.&S. Ewan. (Lin.) 100 10E 106 st Cape Town & Dock Seri! 100 101 103 stock Eastn. Bengal go. sp. c 100 108 109 1065 stook East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 107 1( 8 1034 I 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 5 lip 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 20 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 75 74 100 Do. do. deferred.— all 59 31 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bond ' s all 65 67 66 5 100 Do. do. deferred all 50 53 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 38 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stoc all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 04 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua. s p.o. 100 1085 1095 10111 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0 l2 lt 11, 20 Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1055 1061 SOS Gt. W. of Canada Sharer, all 10 105 205 Do. New . 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 92 95 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8.. • . all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 5 stook Madras guar., 5 p.0. .. 100 106 107 stock Do. 45 p. o. Extension 100 100 101 stock Do. 4* do.. • • 100 96 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock llelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 50 lielb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. o. slortg. Bds. all 20 Newßrunswick & Canda Class A. and B. all 3 5 N. Itl.C'da6 po Ist pi brie 100 82 84 stock Soinde .......... 1 (100 106 107 1045 81 ock Do. Delhi 0: 100 106 107 Su Do. do •• rr. v 2 SIP st Do. Punjaub .... a all 1055 101 Do. Do. ........ , , t tg. , liU sock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1 100 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1,811.(iov. 6 p.c.Ja &J ul) 1877-81 Do. 6p. c. Feb & Aug. 100 103 115 Do. ti p. c.3lar & Sept. 100 t(3 if 5 Do. Ip. c. Jan &July. 100 03 85 93 5 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 1 00.91 94 I Cape G.Hope, 6p 0,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap St, Oct. 188 k 100 109 111 Do. 1891 100 109 111 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 11 114 ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 tlB 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 Se 108 !Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 100 1. ( .8 110 'N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.J a.&July 100 104 106 Do. 6p. e.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p II.,18o( 100 100 102 Du. sp. 04E44 to 167( 100 101 102 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 1014 1025 1025 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. steriing, 1875 lOO 105 107 ,Queensland GCv. p. c lOO la 113 IS. Aus G6p.0.187&&up lOO 111 113 - Vic.GoV. 6 p.C. Ja.&July 100 107 109 Do. io s p.n. A.n.,k00t.. 100 1091 1104 110 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ' id uliflord Amalgamated.. 34 35 Deven G. Con.. (Tavist.) 1 560 670 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 1 , 8 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. sa. id par East Caradon •.12.14.6 27 28 East Carn Brea. j 3.4.0 665 6 5 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk )I 8.9.0 555 51 5 IGam.&St.AuPyn(Gwen ) 58i 8 10 Great South lolgua 17s 4 45 IG. Wheal Vor (Ralston , 40 12 13 IGrenville illercd's-Foot ...... 8.12 87 39 Wngston Downs 4.!8.0 21 3 ' I Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant 9i 14 16 Mario Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 25 14 1 d New Setun l9l 90 100 -- North Downs 2l 1 4 1 5 N.Wh'i Basset (Illo4an 3.1.0 2t 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze) 20 I t'rovidence(UnyLelnt.) 10.6.7 42 44 44 iSouth Caradon(St.Cleer, 15 415 425 S. Carn Brea (Illogan).. - IS.Wheal Fran. (Illogan, 18.18.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 5 1 famar Silv.& Lead Min 45 sin Croft 4 18 19 West Basset (Mogan). 15 95 105 WC' radon (Liskeard) 5 18 20 215 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 55 85 90 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 225 275 Wheal Kitty (U.Lclant) 2.0.6 WhealLudcott • Wheal Mary Ann ( len ) 8 115 12 Wheal 3eton 585 150 160 1485 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 21 22 - Wheal Union 3.17 25 21 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Union 4 per cent. guaranteed, 864 London and Brighton, 5 per cent, gua. stock, No. 1, Ditto, 7 per cent. pf. st., 1564 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent., 116 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, El Namur and Liege gua. 14f. per annum, E3f Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 20f FOREIGN MMES. Cape Copper, lira., 61 Fortuna (iim), 4 1 Scottish Australian, lira., } JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Anglo Austrian, 7; Bank of London. 153 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 33 City, 110 Consolidated Bank, lira., 11; East London, lira.. 7; 8 7# Hindustan, china, and Japan (Um.), 32i Imperial Ottoman, 18; 18 Land Mortgage Bank of India, 11m., 41 London Bank of Scotland, urn., 7i London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 49 for Money London and County, 58 London and South African, 26; National of Liverpool. limited, 19; Oriental Bank Corporation, 56f Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim. l , 7* Ditto, new, 3; Standard of British South Africa (Um), Ditto, new, 36* Union of London, 401 DOCKS. St. Katharine, 701 MISCEL LANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, Um., 9 3 / 4 Hudson's Bay, 12 3 / 4 International Financial Society, Um., 9; 10 3 / 4 Joint •stock Discount, Ditto, new, 61 / London Financial Association, lim., 231 Oriental Inland Steam, lim , 2 Peel River Land and Mineral, 48 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 27 3 / 4 Ditto (LI), 5 bou T: I i ici E fro :U L T . INY ON BOARD THE GOLDEN EAGLI3. the captain , ten men belonging to the ship Golden Eagle, chip back Liverpool the for Sydney, and who, having brought (zem Holyhead to Liverpool, were charged by '' lp i i n) with assault and mutiny, were again brought before yesterday. After 5„:216i11es at the Liverpool Police-court The evidence showed till:1118"d' hours, the case men o ac a, and pt aia the men was investigation which lasted for several it safe to g in et proper manner, and the in the ship said they did not deem the passengers who were ra no e t n b d eh is at a d r ship under such a commander. e ll proceed in a Mr. 'tales said ho should be very dismissing the charge which would lead men circumstanced sorry e to to say anything to believe they were justified in seizing the ship were as they had done; still, the evidence was not i ta l) and acting mind would warrant him in punishing them.; 11°4 a 8 ih his THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE —This Day. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OP ROBBING A NIGHT HOUSE-KEEPER.--SINGULAR REVELATIONS. --Minnie Wilson, a good-looking girl, about 17 years of age, an "unfortunate," was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with breaking open a box and stealing 15 sovereigns, the moneys of Mr. Thomas Howard, who described himself as a tobacconist of 51, Haymarket. Mr. Sayer, from the office of Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the defence. The prosecutor said—l keep an oyster shop in the Hay market. lam the cook, and look after the place. I lived with the prisoner some time ago, but as she associated with pickpockets I complained, and then she left me, saying that she could live with a man who could get £lOO a night. Mr. Sayer—Will you come to the charge. Prosecutor—She came to the house the night before Christmas-day, and asked me to lend her some money, and to let her live there. I agreed to let her sleep there at Is 6d a night. A few nights ago she said that if I would lend her £3 be. to get a black moire antique dress out of pledge she could get on very well. I lent her the money. Mr. Sayer—This has nothing whatever to do with the charge. Prosecutor—The night before last she came in and went up stairs about 12 o'clock, and presently the barmaid came running down stairs, and told me that the prisoner had been to my box. I ran up stairs, and saw the prisoner leaving the house with a man in a hurried manner. I then went into my bedroom, and found the box broken open and all the money gone (£l5) which I had put aside for the rent out of my hard earnings. I then gave information to the police in London and Brighton, but the prisoner was taken in Piccadilly. The man I saw the prisoner with is only just out of prison. By Mr. Sayer--I am a cook at 51, Haymarket. lam not the proprietor. I have not been living on the prisoner's prostitution for the past two years. I have never been convicted of felony. I once lived in Rupert.street, but I did not keep a brothel thera. I kept a cigar shop, but not a "dress woman." The place was not used as a brothel. I kept a coffeeshop in the Haymarket. It was not a brothel• I did not keep women there. My house is not a brothel. I do not dress women up to send them out, so that I may live on their prostitution. I did not give the prisoner in charge because she did not give me the money she received from a Frenchman. The man the prisoner was with was a pickpocket. The girls tell me so. They are not respectable girls, or they would not know him. I have £1 a week from Mr. Trinder, the proprietor of the place. I dont know where he comes from, but he is a billiard place keeper in the City. Mary Walton, but who gave her name as Polly Walton, said she was the barmaid.—l heard a noise up stairs, and on going up I saw the prisoner with a bundle in her hand and a box open in her master's room. Mr. Sayer—The master P Witness—Yes, Mr. Howard. I said " Minnie, what are you doing," and she said, " _Looking for some paper:" I then went down stairs, and as soon as I got down she came down and left. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Had the box been broken open. Witness—lt had. By Mr. Sayer —Mr. Trinder is the master, but I call Mr. Howard the master, as he hired me and pays me. I don't know who has given the prisoner her dress. Mr. Sayer—Now will you swear that you don't know how that poor girl became possessed of her clothes. Witness—l don't know. We do not keep clothes for girls. Prisoner paid some money for her baby, &c. Mr. Sayer—ls Mr. Howard the father of the prisoner's child P Witness—He is very good to it. It is said he is the father. They do not sleep together. I will swear there are not four or five girls in the house. Mr. Trinder is a cousin of Mr. Howard's, and is a billiard-player in the City, and has a place of his own. Prosecutor—l've got another witness. (To her.) Now, go on, and speak up. Mr. Sayer—This is very indecorous. Mr. Tyrwhitt (to prosecutor) —Keep quiet, sir. The witness's evidence was not immaterial. Wm. Watson, 299 A—The prosecutor gave the prisoner into custody last night in Piccadilly. She said she had not taken the moue), and said that why she left the house was because she went with a gentleman who gave her £3, with which she bought a jacket. I have seen the chest, and it is a very strong one, and I can scarcely believe a girl like the prisoner would have strength sufficient to break it open. The prosecutor last night made a very dif ferent statement to that which he made this morning. He also admitted that the house in the Haymarket was formerly a brothel, but not now. By Mr. Sayer—l have known him some years. I have not the last hesitation in saying that the house in the Hay market is a brothel. Mr. Sayer then addressed the magistrate in a most for cible manner on the prisoner's behalf, and called Sergeant Appleton, 26 C, who said—l have known the prosecutor five or six years. He kept a brothel in Regent • street, and was indicted, but he absconded. He also kept a brothel in the Haymarket, and the house in the Haymarket which he keeps now is ono to all intent and purposes. He has been living on the prostitution of females for years. I have seen him following poor girls about, and he has four or five women in his house and sends them out " dressed." On one occasion I heard cries of "Murder" in the place, and on breaking open the door saw him having hold of a poor gill by the hair of her head. Many of the girls are frightened for him, as, if they do not gly. Jac charges them with robbing him. He has done so two or three times. Mr. Tyrwhitt, after animadverting in very strong terms on the prosecutor's mode of life, said he believed he had broken the box open himself and trumped up the charge against the prisoner. He (Mr. Tyrwhitt) did not even be lieve that the prosecutor had the £l5 in his possession. The prisoner was then discharged. The decision seemed to cause much satisfaction in court. WESTMINSTER. COMMITTAL OF A GENTLEMAN WITHOUT A FINE,—Mr. John James Barlow was charged with the following dis graceful behaviour at the house of a lady considered to be in a dying state : The prosecution was supported by Mr. Dodd, solicitor, who went into very lengthy details of the relation in which the lady and defendant had stood, and his habits and ordi- nary conduct, which hal given cause to the present com plaint. The defendant was an officer in the navy in former years, and he and his mother—a lady of the greatest re • spectability—had long been on terms of friendship, and had visited at the house of Mrs. Barker, a lady of property, in Onslow-square, but circumstances had arisen which had compelled Mrs. Barker and family to forbid him the house. He was in the habit of getting intoxicated, and while in that state wrote threatening letters, and went to the house, where he made great disturbances. Every remonstrance which kindness oould suggest had been used to induce the defendant to keep away from the house, but without success. Mr. Dodd had himself, in kindness, as the lady's solicitor, endeavoured to prevent a repetition of the annoyances to which she had been subjected, but de fendant, although quiet enough when sober in the morn ing, got drunk by night, and then visited Mrs. Barker's house, On the 7th and Bth inst. particularly he was there, and in consequence of the continued clamour and disturb ance he made a warrant was obtained against him, and he was taken to the Hammersmith Police Court last Saturday, when ha was held to bail, himself in £lOO and two sureties iu £lOO each to keep the peace. As there was a desire to grant the defendant every indulgence, his mother and a person having charge of her lodgings were accepted as bail, although not elegible in point of law. Last night, notwithstanding these proceed ings, the defendant again presented himself at the house and created a fresh disturbance, and the family and servants had deemed it imperative upon them for the safety of Mrs. Barker to give him into custody. Mrs. Barker was in a most deplorable and lamentable state of illness, lying upon a bad from which she was never likely to rise again; her sleeping apartment was in front of the house, and the dis turbance made by the defendant was likely to increase her malady or produce fatal results, Defendant came last night in a Hansom cab, and was, as usual, drunk. He pretended he wanted to see the lady's maid, although there was no pretence for doing so, and when told that she could not be seen that night, declared he would not leave till he did see her, used threats, and made such a disturbance that the police was sent for. Dr. Christian, the medical attendant of the lady, was now pre sent, and would show that Mrs. Barker's condition required that the defendant should be restrained. Dr. Christian—She is afflicted with a fearful disease, and her life may almost be despaired of. Mr. Selfe—ls she in such a state that agitation would in crease her malady ? Dr. Christian—Yes, sir, hemorrhage succeeded one of his recent visits, as I understand. Mr. Selfe (to defendant)—What have you to say ? Defendant—l have nothing to say. lam disgraced by being in such a position as the present, and really don't know what to say. Mr. Selfe—lt is no use to bind the defendant over to keep the peace. He is already under recognisances which have been estreated. Defendant—Will you take my solemn assurance that I will not repeat this. Mr. Selfe—No, I will not. You gave an undertaking not to repeat this when at Hammersmith on Saturday, and you have broken it. You have been guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, and 1 can see no reason why you should not be treated like other defendants of a lower degree, having forfeited your position as a gentle man. 1 shall convict you without a fine for five days to the House of Correction, and I shall require such security for three months as shall satisfy me that the lacy is pro.. tected. Mr. Dodd made some suggestions to test the responsi bility of the proposed bail. Magistratet to a case of great urgency where a poor Irish man, named Jeremia Maher, lad been waylaid and nearly murdered by his countryman, Brian Dunn. The wounded man was in great peril, and he had to request that the case should be at once investigated, Mr, Woolrych—Certainly. Let the prisoner be at once put in the dock. Brian Dunn, a very tall, portly man, about 40 years of age, answered to his name. Inspector Phillip Beare, of the K division, said he caused the prisoner to be apprehendedlast night, and was informed that the man he had waylaid and injured was not likely to survive. Mr. Robert Nightingale, M.D , surgeon and apothecary, of Commercial-terrace, Limeheuse, said he was called upon to attend Jeremiah Maher, on Monday night at half-past nine o'clock, and found he had received a most extensive lacerated wound on the left eye which penetrated the globe of the eye. He believed the sight was entirely destroyed. A blunt or heavy Finstrument might have caused the in jury. The pulse of the patient was this morning be.ow 60, and he was in a very critical state. Dr. Giles said—l do consider the life of the poor man is in great peril. I don't think he — will recover. There is a deep cut over the eye lid. Bridget Maher, of No. 1 Jamaica-place, Limehouse, said her husband was brought home on Monday night by his brother and another man with his eye injured, and he had been very ill ever sinse. Thomas Ward, a hammerman, stated that on Monday evening he was in Thomas-street, Limehouse, and saw the prisoner come from his own place and strike Maher a blow with a brick on the eye. It was a very heavy blow, Maher fell to the ground insensible, and did not move for some time afterwards. Mr. Woolrych—The blow stunned him ? Witness—lt did, sir. Dr. Giles said erysipelas had commenced, and the patient was very bad indeed. The prisoner, who was very restless, made no defence, and Mr. Woolrych remanded him for a week. THAMES. ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—This lumping at 11 o'clock, after Mr, Wooirych had disposed of the applications for warrants, summonses, protection orders, and advice, Dr William Giles, of Canton-place, called the attention of the AN ADMIRABLE SPEECH ON THE PRESS By a Catholic Priest. The Edinburgh Courant gives the following re-- port of a lecture delivered by a priest in the Catholic Church, Cowgate, on Sunday night : Dr. Marshall, after a few introductory remarks said—l often thought, What did our early ancestors do without books and newspapers, the circulating library, the teeming Press, and the various periodi cals that come out quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily, supplying us with food for thought? Great and glorious things were achieved by our ancestors, and yet there was no Press. Men married and were given in marriage —marriages of lust, marriages of convenience, marriages of love; deaths, coming and going, buying and selling ; dynasties were founded, arose, fought, and conquered ; poets sung, philosophers taught, society existed and flourished, and yet no Press, no books, no newspapers ! The Press came up at the time that tobacco did ; I like them both. But when there was no Press and no printed books, was there anything to supply their place? Yes; there was. Society could never have progressed, nor civilisation existed, if there had not been something as powerful in that day as the Press is in ours. They had their orators, poets ; dramatists, tragedians, philosophers, school men, heralds, and bards. When I speak of the Press, I don't merely mean ink, paper, types, ma chines, and compositors, but I mean the great talent behind—those who direct it, and make us happy possessors of it. Whether the power of the Press will increase, I don't know. I can hardly imagine that it will become greater or more glorious than it is at the present moment. Here we have the won derful machinery that can impress so fast— that can bring the printed impression before us at every hour of our existence. Here we have the electric wires—the flashing telegraphs from the most distant regions of the world, with news true and false, with such speed that no man can speak in Parliament, or utter a single sen timent anywhere that is for the advantage of his fellow-men to hear, but almost as soon as he has uttered it, and perhaps before he has finished speak ing, it is in print. Here we have not only labour, skill, and industry, but we have the most intelli gent men of the day, men of the greatest learning and intelligence, employed on the Press. Not that everything that is in a newspaper is true, for I can not believe that all that is said about the wonder ful turnips or the ,magnified gooseberries—(laugh ter) —1 cannot believe all that is contained in a Reuter's telegram ; I do not believe all the critiques that are printed in regard to every songster that sings or every painter that paints. But we are not to suppose that the Press is all evil; and so at the present moment it gives us what the Pagans, the early Christians, and the inhabi tants of Europe possessed. We have but small poets now compared with those that went before us; we have eo wonderful philosophers that would compare with those of old—with Plato or Aristotle—with men of such talent as Socrates or Julius Cw3ar ; but here we have something to sup ply the places that these men occupied. We have all this in the wonderful Press that we possess at the present moment, whose powers cannot be exagger ated ; and there is not asingle preacher in the uni verse who would bestow more praise upon it and do more homage to it than the humble individual be fore you. Now comes the question, How does the Press affect religion and society ? Many men, and I believe no men more than the respectable gentle men of the Press themselves, have an idea that the Press is hostile to religion. All ignorant men think so, all superstitious men think so, all bigoted men think so. God preserve me from being classed with any of these ! Still, men think so, and many members of the Press, in their writings, and what they put forth in books and newspapers, seem to imagine that this is really the case. I must tell you honestly that I cannot believe that the Press can ever be hostile to religion or destructive to society. I can give you my reasons for my opinion. In the first place, my great guide is the Church. What does the Church itself do with regard to the Press ? Decidedly it makes use of it. At Rome, Milan, and Venice, the Press is worked with wond rous power; and in the first few years after the discovery of the art of printing, Italy issued works, which they specially tell us are on theology and the classics, in the pro portion almost of ten to one that resulted from the German Press. Under the influence of the Popes, under the influence of the most leading and power ful families of Italy, tne rress arose in mat country to a wondrous power; and from it there issued printed books that are to be counted in the first century of the invention, not by huadreds, but by thousands. Therefore, if I find in God's providence such gifts, skill, and discovery, so active, earnest, and energetic, in making use of the Press, I would never think that the Press se In be hostile to the Church. I find that the Church has outrivalled all other powers to the present day, until in spite of Printing-house squar e and the enormous engines that are at work to giv e us the great Times newspaper, I will challenge all England, France, and Germany to touch, i n the race, the great Propaganda Press in Rome, which gives us not only the Fathers, the Scriptures, th e classics of Greece and Rome, but such remains of literature as may *be found in the treasures of Arabia or spread before us in the Sanscrit. I have other reasons, however, for my assertions. In the first place—pardon me, gentlemen of the Press, if I should knock a little of the conceit of you—l admit your power, I glory in your energy ; but I must remind you that you are not an institution, though you often assert it. I must all you plainly that you are not an ' Estate' though you pretend to be. Great and powerful and valuable as you are, you are no more an institution than a looking-glass is a young body's face—(a laugh)—or a duet a pianoforte, or a telescope an astronomical observa tion. Like the orators, er the bards, or the heralds, or the actors of old, you only reflect the public mind—no doubt an immense service, an immense use to society. The Press only reflects the public opinion; and just as men think, or wish to think, or desire to think, the Press is obliged to utter. Tory to Tory, Whig to Whig, Radical to Radical —each lean has his own newspaper. The comma ,cial man reads the " City article ;" the prizefighter takes in Bells Life in London. Go and write a paper that the public does not like—put St. Paul and St. Peter to edit a Times and a Morning Chronicle in Rome and Athens, and how many subscribers would they have ? Give me the power to write a journal in Edinburgh, and see how- long I would be out of the Gazette (Laughter.) Gentlemen of the Press, you do well, but remember you are only a portion of society, not the masters of society; you have no head, no orga nisation, no principle, no aim but to se'l your paper and get men to read it. Do it with all the inge nuity yon can. Those who write truthfully and sincerely will earn a good and honest existence, but the false man, the untrue man will do the same for his own purposes. As the orators of Greece and Rome spoke the minds of the Grecians and Romans, so you speak the minds of Frenchmen, Scotchment Englishmen, and Irishmen. You are a wonderful power, a great engine, but you are no instittiotna;s W ith and therefore the Church cannot fear y ou, ex - ee h li the it dreads and fears society. I n connexion Press there is plenty of lies, plenty ll lies, of what is bad; but unless society w 't believe of e rrors do.n plenty and all falsehood, and all sin—which I look —then the Press is not all falsehood °r sin. society-- upon the Press merely as may be bad. not as its head or its heart. The Pre ss . what is the Press the toue What is the Press in America-- ct i ee ty of the one, and in France —in spit e of thea other ? What is the the wonderful intellect described.c by itself ? There P r ess in our co untry it--plen ty of falsehoods. are plenty of evils k e e—Why do you s p ea k so But then it may be as f av ourably of it ? Because the freedom of th e P re ss correc t s itself. Th e newspapers correct th emse lves by accusing on e another, laughing at one another, and insulting one another. I should be sorry to see the slightest restriction put on the liber t y of t h e Press. Give i t r ope enough and it will hang itself —(laughter)—and since its charges a g ainst the Church are untrue, all I have to say is, that ‘i when rogues fell out honest m en get thei r own." (Laughter.) But it may be a sked, does not the Exchange on London, 271 to 273. Coffee good, first 6,600 to 6,700. Shipments since the departure of the last steamer, 80,606 bags, of which 18,000 were for the Channel. Sales, 45,000 bags. Stock, 135,000 bags. Freights, 40s. to 475. 63. BAHIA, DEC. 12. Exchange on London, 271. Catton, 26,000 reis. Sugar, 2,400 to 25,000 reis. PERNAMBUCO, DEC. 15. Exchange on London, 27i to 28i. Sugar, 3,800 rein; browns, 2,200 to 2,600 rein. Cotton, 26,000 The Messageries Imperiales steamer Estramadnre arrived here on the 13th inst., The "Great Eastern" Lottery Scheme. A correspondent of the Manchester Eraininer furnishes the following details of the scheme for the disposal of the great ship by lottery :—The proposal is that subscriptions for tickets shall be reserved to citizens of Great Britain. With this proviso it is proposed that all subscribers of £1 and upwards shall receive a numbered certificate for each £1 sub scribed, and the subscription to cease when £240,000 has been subscribed. Should the associa tion not become the purchasers of the ship, all holders of certificates to receive their money back free of any but actual expenses, in no case to exceed is. per share. Should any holder of certificates not reclaim his money within six months of a publica tion in all the London and Liverpool daily papers of the inability of the trustees to purchase the vessel, the amount of such unclaimed subscriptions to be forfeited. Should the association become the pur chasers, the trustees will immediately proceed to make a division of the property among 200 of the subscribers in the following manner :—A public lottery to be held in Frankfort, with all usual pre cautions as to integrity, and the drawings to take place in the presence of two or more Notaries Public, and of the secretary and one or more of the trustees. The successful numbers to be of the following values (should the full amount have been subscribed, and rateably in proportion), and represented by proportionate shares in the ship :-1 prize, value £40,000 ; 1 prize, value £20,000 ; 3 p►izes, LlO,OOO each, value £30,000 ; 6 prizes, £5,000 each, value £30,000; 12 prizes, £2,500 each, value £30,000; 35 prizes, £l,OOO each, value £35,000 ; 50 prizes, £5OO each, value £25,000 ; 25 prizes, £4OO each, value £lO,OOO ; 65 prizes, £3OO each, value £19,500; 2 prizes. £250 each, value £5OO. 200 prizes. Total value £240,000. Less a commission of five per cent. and charges, and the necessary disbursements of the ship from the time of her purchase until her trans fer by the trustees to the 200 successful subscribers, a published account of which, and a list of the win ning 200 numbers, will be advertised in the leading journals. The remaining shares to be blanks. Al precautions have been taken not to infringe any enactments, and thus any interference with the lottery taking place cannot be reasonably antici pated. Should, however, any unforeseen difficulty after the purchase of the vessel arise, the trustees bind themselves to again cause the ship to be put up to auction, and to return the proceecis propor tionately to all holders of certificates of subscription. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. (Front the liegtstrars-cteneras a yreeNcy item, r•.) The total number of deaths in London in the week that ended on Saturday was 1,312. It differed little from tha of the previous week ; but the deaths at 60 years of age and upwards rose from 244 to 285. The average number of deaths for the 52d week, derived fi om the returns of that week, in ten years, 1853-62, is, with a correction for increase of population, 1,558. The actual number is less by 246 than that obtained by calculation. There were 14 deaths from smallpox and 44 from measles Six of those caused by the latter disease were returned in Somers-town, and five in the sub-district, Lambeth Church, second part. Scarlatina was fatal in 78 cases, six of which were in Kentish-town, eight in Islington. Bronchitis was the most fatal in the week of all the dis eases on the list; it was recorded in 154 cases, while the corrected average in ten corresponding weeks is 185. The deaths from bronchitis rose, as compared with the numbers of two previous weeks—but those from pneumonia, which were 81, showed a decrease. Whooping-cough increased decidedly; it was fatal to 49 children. There were 138 deaths from phthisis. Three cases of murder or manslaughter, 2 of which were deaths of infants, were recorded in the week. Only 2 nonagenarians died ; they were widows, aged 92 and 95 years. Last week the births of 805 boys and 727 girls, in all 1,532 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor responding weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number (corrected) was 1,828. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.970 in. The mean daily reading was above 30in. on three days of the week. The reading was 30.30 in. on the morning of Sunday— and fell to 29.70 in. on Tuesday. The mean temperaturo of the air in the week was 42.5 deg., which is 5 deg., above the average of the same week in 43 years (s determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean temperature was above the average on every day, except Tuesdayj and on the last three days the excess was from 8 deg. W 11 deg. The thermometer fell below the freezing point_ffere: on two nights ; the lowest reading was 26.5 deg. W °ll a Satur day ; the highest day temperature was 51.9 day. The range of temperature in the weekdTsve range on 25 . 4. The mean daily range was 12.2 deg. e between the three days was only 7 and 8 deg. The differ° leLure was 4•6 mean dew point, temperature and ejr te tla rn a P air 8 4 , gies°therefore Coosplete deg. The mean degree cf humidity saturation being represented by the n orthwest, and 10 0. 0 f The wind blew trom a westerly point—on Tuesday froi n highest temperature of the measured. The mean a the that of the lowest wa s afterwards from south-west and west. There was no rain water of the Thames was 44.2 deg. ; 42 deg. ....--- „ MINCE-PIES AND THEIR O RIGIN IN NvnAm .r haovf have been moltreilifeoer-tpuinea, tea,uldplessed as they are Carol i Br , and e HUNT CALLED " MINCEFIETY !" .._ n . - -"EIGH Christmas Nane: Mumming and Wessel are no more, havin g fallen victims Year's o th o scythe G ift with a healthy constitution, and having led a less riotous life in their younger days. survive all his children, an d to flourish as himself is destined to beard long after the last Bmistletoe ourish with his snowy grave of the last mincepie. is planted above the pro bably about the eldest in wishing Mince-pieut all true patriots will join a ehlong and merry term. lie is pro spices indeed presented selves. Nor ha s Virulent theological child of Christmas. They Sabaan lehon, aro said i n hi 1) 3 7 the Kings of the East, at Beth h.sra to remain and to perpetuate them- He has seen 1 life been always peaceable and placid. rough times, and had his portion of abuse. gjeal contests have been fought over his reverend persevil report on. lie has gone through good report and ) and known what it id to sutler the tortures of religious be reproach. His futur e days are pr to trait destined a nquil, a nd when he p asses away, he will pass away in green old age, when the chequered history of his ear lier career is either unremembered or unknown. EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE OF A SAILOR'S CHEST. —A sailor's chest was recently far lost rom ißts in ams wner y Bo y,ea and has actually been cast up not fo' Y run vid. ila i i n Whitehaven. It seems that a sailor, named Thomas into t o e u e r u b s cl y , i ol n a 3:isinn,st. whenthe Sshiseterwsalsa O'Neil, of W hitehaven, sailed in the schooner Sisters, F it l a e m et s w ey oo n d. ay, O r n sl t e h o e f large Glasgow schooner, hound to Liverpool, and imniedi ately afterwards sank. The crew got on boa d r the Glasgow on vessel, saving their lives, but not hin veye d to Liverpool. O'Nail gelse and were afterwardscon made way home to Whitehaven, where he arrived on the 11 t h inst., and, strange to say, his chest, whic h Si s ters, arrived the day after.had gone down w ith the North Wall at the time, It is said he wa s on the head. It was picked up and saw it floating pas t the p ier taken to the Custom house, by a man at Redn ess Point, and and subsequent l y restored to its owner. - MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of wheat from Essex and Kent were small, but most samples came to hand in fairsondition. The trade for all qualities ruled heavy, and previous quotations were barely supported. With foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied. For all descriptions the trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. There was a full average supply of barley on the stands. Malting qualities were a slow sale, on former terms. Other descriptions sold heavily, at fully the late decline in the currency. The supply of malt on sale was large, and the trade ruled heavy, at d roo pi n g prices. Both home -grown and foreign oats met a dull enquiry, at about previous currencies. The show of samples was rather limited. Beaus and peas were in slow request, at late rates. In flour, sales progressed slowly, on former terms. There were scarcely any barrels on offer. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flom. 630 650 1,880 ' 320 Irish.. — 1 3,9t0 k °reign." 2020 5,970 i 3,060 I 770 ski, .1.. r,••••,......,,.• BOROUGH HOP. The market is very moderate supplied with hops, yet the trade rules quiet, but at full pima. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade rules inactive, at the subjoined currency : Beef, from 25 6d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; veal, 3s 8d to 48 8d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Bibs by the carcase. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Dec. 30.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 29.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Hanni bal, and Admiral, from Liverpool for Bombay; Antonio from Liverpool for Havannah. PLyatounr, Dec. 29.—Wind N.—Arrived—True Briton, from London for Melbourne—M. M. Jones, from London for Newport. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Dido, screw steamer, from Alexandria. Sailed—Sea Queen, for for Calcutta. FALMOUTH, Dec. 29.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Grace and Jane, for St, Kitt's. SWANSEA, Dec. 29.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Florence, for Cuba. CARDIFF, Dec. 28,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Charsten, from lidboti. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 29.--Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Dromedary, from Ascension. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 30—Furet, from Graveliness—Asterdalen, from Accra—Providence, from Gravelinee—Gabalod, from Shanghai. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Anchored—Glencal, for Valparaiso—Columbine, for Canaries—Thomas Powell, screw steamer, for Liverpool— all fr.= London. - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTU JANTJ [RES FOR 1864. h.RT. Manchester FEB' 1 L17113.Y. Lincoln Hungerford ot. Harrow Chelmsford Spring Nottingham Spring 1 Derby Spring 3 Liverpool Shrewsbury D o ncaster Spring Warwick Spring Durham 2B Northampton 29 Catterick 3O Croxton-park Edinburgh Spring .. 2 Abergavenny Thirsk 5 IL. Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester York Spring Salisbury l2 Bath 'M a nchester r a rpenden 24 Epsom Ascot . • 7 . Ilanapton l5 Newton Odiham Bibury rNS. I S toc kbridge Che l m sford.. 2B Newcastle -on-Tyne .. Worcester (Summer) Ipswich ILL Nottingham stam ford Winchester l9 S ou thampton .. 2O Goodwood GUST. Plymouth Derby 30 Lichfield Stooktcn 3O Devon and Exeter Lichfield Newmarket July Carlisle Abingdon Liverpool July Pontefract Au, Bright on 2 Brighton Club Lewes 6 Reading Egham Oxford .. 18 York August SEP' Weymouth 1 Warwick ,September .. • Leicester 8 Doncaster Brecon '9 'NITER. Richmond Monmouth .... 22 Manchester Autumn .. 23 Newmarket First October 27 licronEß. Northallerton 6 Gloucester ............ 18 Newmarket Second Oct l o' Newmarket Houghton.. 24 NOVEMBER. Shrewsbury Autumn STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864, FEBZUART. Carmarthen Harrow Cambridge 1 22 NA: Grand Military (Ru, tdu. ;by Hunt) l4 CHESTER Cur.—The Tradesmen's Plate, which closes on January 1, and is run for on Wednesday the 4th May, has reached 103 subscribers. The nominations for this event have been very languid for the past fortnight, and if a degree of activity is not displayed during the ensuing two days, it does not seem as if the itb,odee prize of 1864 will be equal to that of Asteroid's year, when 172 horses were entered. Fox FAMINE IN AYRSHIRE.-0a Tuesday last a meeting of county gentlemen, convened by Lord Eglinton, was held in the King's Arms Hotel, Ayr, for the purpose of taking into consideration the scarcity of foxes. The Marquis of Ailsa presided. Lord Winton stated that he had convened the meeting for the purpose of explain ing to them the scarcity of foxes within the county, and, If possible, of devising a remedy. He knew of 29 litters of foxes having been bred in those parts of the county which were hunted, .and only 18 of these had Wen found some of them never having been but once seen, and he was anxious to consult his friends as to the best means of having more foxes, and of ascertaining what became of so many of them. Considerable discussion ensued as to the best means to be adopted for attaining the end desired. Mr. Oswald, of Auchincruive, said it rested entirely with the landed pro prietors and lessees of shooting, who could always guarantee h av ing foxes if they chose to let the keepers know that they must have them. lie thought it would be nothing short of a disgrace to Ayrshire if, atter Lord Eglinton's liberality in the matter, he were not better supported by the proprietors. It was afterwards resolved to give dinners at Ayr and Kil marnock, or balls, if preferable, to the occupiers of the farms bunted over, and also to give similar entertainmen ts to the keepers in charge of the coverts drawn by the hounds. A. committee was appointed to make the necessary arrange ments and to collect subscriptions, the noble chairman headi ng the list with the sum of £2O. After a vote of thanks to Lord Ailsa fur presiding, the meeting separated,_ girth .81 lash Daily Hail. Church restrain the Press ? No. True, the Church condemns what men print, just as it condemns what I SECOND EDITION„ men say, but it merely condemns by saying, "This is contrary to Catholic truth." The Church just puts the label " poison" on what it knows to be poison. It merely says, " This is Christianity, that is heresy." But if I give the Press liberty, it must give me liberty too; if the Press is to be free, let the Church be free ; if the Press is to sit in judgment on the Church, let the Church do the same, and then see whose judgment God will ratify. Dr. Marshall concluded by saying, "In the name of good society I protest against any idea of fetter ing the Press. Liberty I love, and tyranny and licence are its opponents." SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. SAN DOMINGO. Adviees from Domingo to the sth state that rein forcements were constantly arriving from Havana. The losses on both sides were great. The nephew of the Captain-General had been killed and general Gandara mlrdered. The rebels were fortunate in cutting off the Spanish leaders. Fatal l Stabbing „by Manilla Men. A frighttl case of stfatbidg took place in Liver pool on Christmas night, by two Manilla seamen, named Naricz Vrumea and Lorenzo Carpus, belong ing to the brig Florriana, lying in the Dock. From a statement made by a young man, named Thomas Gallagher, it appeared that ho and two men, named Joseph and William MiGrath (cousins) the former 22 and the latter 25 years of age, were drinking together, at the counter in Mr. Eolden's publichouse, in Lower Frederick-street, between 10 and 11 o'clock on Christmas night. willi am M'Grath, after drinking, laid the grass on the counter, and said he would not h ave any more drink till next Cnristmns. Re was rather drunk, and staggered back against the coloured seamen, who were passing behind, a THE BRAZ ILS. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) (By telegraph from Lisbon.) RIO DE JANEIRO, DEC. 9. be time. This made the seamen very angry, and one of them said he would haver evengo. Gallagher said to him, "My good man, no one wishes to offend you," but the coloured man (Carpus) repeated that he would have his revenge. The two coloured men then went out, but it would seem re mained close to the publio-house door, for when the cousins M'Grath went outside they were seized hold of by the Manilla men, one of them (Carpus) stab bing Wm. M'Grath in the back between the shoul ders, and the other coloured man stabbing Joseph M'Grath several times in the abdomen. This state ment is borne out by that of a sailor who witnessed the occurrence, but it differs from what is said by Police-constable 92, who arrested Carpus. This officer states that he saw Joseph M'Grath running away from Carpus, and saw that the former cropped and moved up the street, when he was sti.bbed by Carpus. Joseph M'Grath fell down immediately, and Carpus, who was about to repeat the stab, went with much violence against the wall. Just then Carpus observed him (the officer) and ran for about 20 yards, when he turned round, and seeing the officer still in pursuit he ran a short dis tance further, when the officer came up with him and seized him. The prisoner dropped the knife when taken hold of by the constable. It was after wards picked up, but there did not appear to be any blood upon it. It was, however, very dirty from being in the mud. Both of the coloured seamen were taken to Bridewell, and the two injured men were conveyed to the Southern Hospital—Joseph M'Grath on a bearing barrow, and William in a car —wh are they received every attention from Dre. Wollaston and Hamilton. On Saturday morning the police authorities re ceived a note from Dr. Wollaston, stating that " Joseph M'Grath is suffering from a wound in the abdomen. I think there is but little chance of hi s recovery, and that it would be well to take his de positions. Wm. M'Grath is suffering from a wound on the back. Both, of course, are not fit to appear." Mr. Thomas Mills, one of the borough magistrates, accordingly went to the hospital on Saturday forenoon, accompanied by one of the magis_ traces' clerks, and in his presence the following statement was made by Joseph M'Grath, and taken down in writing : " I am a dock labourer, living at No. 2, Forrest street, Liverpool. On last night (Dec. 25) at about half-past eleven o'clock, I was with my cousin Wm. 11I'Grath in Lower Frederick-street, and we went into a publichouse there (Hoiden's), and on coming out we saw a row. The two prisoners and other coloured men like them were engaged in it. We stopped to look on, end one of the two prisoners, I cannot say which, but am sure it was one of them, turned round, saying, This is one,' and the other prisoner pulled out a knife and struck me with it in my left side, the lower part, and caused the wound lam now suffering from. I fell when I got the stab, and the two prisoners ran off, followed by some of the crowd, who shouted, ' They have killed a man.' I had seen the two prisoners before that night in a public-house. They were drinking Tether. I did not speak a word to them, and Lever gave them any provocation. I think they ;_us have taken me for another person. I was aoau Alf drunk. I knew well what I was doing. I did not see Wm. ll•Grath stabbed. I cannot say whether tee person said, ' This is one' in English or not, but he pointed to me, and I understood him to mean that I was one. There were other coloured me❑ near me when I was stabbed, but only the pri soners were very near. One of the prisoners only ran at me, and I saw the other run towards William INl‘Grath ; and the one who seized hold of me had a knife. I saw it in his hand as no held me." This deposition having been interpreted to the prisoners by a sworn interpreter (Mr . . Peter 13, g _ giano), Carpus replied through the interpreter. c, I will swear by the cross of Christ I never saw not the t man. I never done the deed. I had no k n if e. , , The other prisoner, Vruwea, said, " Somebody gave Somecalblien ma gistrate decided to me a blow here (ptuhtetinvgerhsoisu,habnudt to his head). I struck back at .. They were h re i m m' and l then removed to their cells, and on Mr. Boggiano accpainting them with their ,reatnxidantdh,e thhaedpnroisoknneifres.for seven ( I,— . V r:w um er e e a el a g i h d ; them took my knife, died Williamo‘a‘ in f l eAdtd h left blseoti: tetr i: ahevir:hkdGodol a n n ors i japn f g e tiehbt i iat n tls. board. , the to :itirl ol i n a dangerous state Saturday Joseph MtGrath na lie t s h a e t e t ff h e e cts sa o ra f e t st i v t o u t; state; '_Liverpool LONDON GAZETTE—Z°t Evening. for the —,-- The Queen - WAR OFFICE, DEC. 29, has been graciously pleased to give orders Royal "P°lntment of Colonel Alexander Tulloh, of the _ Artillery, having the tenworary rank of Major- Cieneral While he served as the Director of Ordnance to be an Ordinary Metaber of the Civil Division of the ' Third Class, or Companion of the gest Honourable Order of the Bill". WIN I'EHALL, DEC. 28, The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Alexan puaisl d o e f r l E e ashrliro: oKfinAtboreer,detoent7iLnitehuetenroaonrat a o n f d C s h il a e r r l i e tt s2 P is rl a n r e ci i of Hun' Y, deceased. The Queen has also been pleased to a oint Sir James pp art., to be Lieutenant an d Sheriff Principal Horn Burn ett, B ot the shi re of Kincardine, in the room ot Francis Alexan der, Earl of Kintore, resigned. BA NKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : F em ie b e r t o ..s k t e reet Philip Cream, carver, Hull Robert Brown, brickmaker, Bradford George Ledger, glass merchant, Woolwich Henry DeSpiati, surgeon, Bristol George Oglebey, butcher, Golden-hill, H de i u ll d , e D ni ur K h ,.( a n nl t William Watkins, grocer, Canon Pyon, H.erefordshiro Joseph Trout, beerhousekeeper, Jump, Yorkshire hire o nearn rt 13 , Charles Bright, coal merchant, Niton, Isle of Wigitt Edward Abrahams, auctioneer, Twickenham A G n eo t r h g o e ny H ß . C . o Pike, oper , clerk,statio stationer, Woolwich Charles Walter, publican, Saffron-hill, Holborn Robert l J v a i m i e i a s m L j e ali c e : l c ( s , s timber burn fdglaew f d a e raml clerk,er , bailiff, N E v e v s e t r eS t r o in n d Wilkinson Wilson, general dealer, Durham- Course of the Exchange--Yesterday. .—_ Amsterdam Ditto notterdniu — 11 191 Antwerp - 25 67.).,: Brussels — 2 5 67 llaniburg,h — 13 72 Paris .............• short. 25 25 Ditto Marseilles 119 k Vienna T r ieste PeterAure - ,h F ra nkfort on Maine Berlin ......... Madrid ........ ... Cadiz .............. Leghorn.... Milan .. , . Genoa Naples . . Palermo . Messina Li5b0n....... 11 171 12 o,± 12 04 25 72:t 25 74 13 8i 25 35 25 75 25 75 119 a 12 30 12 30 331 471 48 471- - 48 25 871 25 95 25 871 25 921. 25 S 5 25 95 25 87% 25 921 25 871 25 921 25 871 25 92i 52a 52a 52 4 52a - 4 ' r ~~~ ;e at t t o eVi. enile alde r wer r was. a aa ka ble pieces Miss the tistes" 771 't i 1 i ,