The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-15 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. . . The Money Market continues steady with abundant supplies, and a full average demand for accommodation. The bullion operation at the Bank yesterday com prised an influx of £4,000 in bar gold, and the withdrawal of 20,000 sovereigns. Daring the last few days there has been rather more animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets. Sugars have again been dealt in to Some extent, and prices have shown a recovery from the late depression. In the refined market an ad vance of ls. per cwt. has been established, owing to an increased demand for home consumption. Cof fee has been in moderate request at full rates, while the operations in fruit and spices have been to an average extent at late quotations. Fur tea there has been a very limited inquiry, and the few bargains reported have been at former prices. lit the tallow market more activity has prevailed in C onsequence of an increased demand both for home consumption and for exportation. Prices, however, exhibit little change of importance. Notice has been given to the shareholders of the Racism's Bay Company that a dividend of bs. per share, free of income tax, will be payable on the Ist of January, in anticipation of the annual distribu tio❑ to be announced hereafter; the amount will be deducted from the final instalment of a per share due on the scrip at the same date. The transfer-books of the Royal Sardinian Rail 'Way will close from the 20th to the 31st inst., pre paratory to the issue of interest warrants for the Past half-year. A report will also be furnished re lative to the position and prospects of the company. We are informed that M. W. Thompson, manager of the Dublin branch of the Ulster Bank, has been aPpoiated Chief Colonial Officer and Inspector of the London and South African Bank, and will shortly proceed to the Cape of Good Hope. circular has been issued by the Mercantile Union Assurance Company, in which the directors Pledge themselves to the maintenance of the non tariff system upon which the undertaking was started, despite the increased exertions made by the tariff offices to prevent an extension of business at ad valorem rates. The directors of the Assam Company have an nounced a bonus of £4 per share out of the amount received from the sale of the company's plantation in Cachar. A fail explanation will be given at the next general meeting why the board have thought it desirable to retain a part of the purchase money, in order to form a working capital for the annually increasing business of the company. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Reuter's telegram) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67.20. Heavy. Only a limited amount of business has taken place to-day in the market for the English Funds, specu- lators being indisposed to operate in the present unsettled position of Continental politics. Consols for transfer remain at9ol g, and for the account 911 Th e N ew Threes and Reduced are 901 91 ; Ex chequer Bills, lls. to 6i. die.; India 5 per Cents., 1064 I.do. 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 104 ; do. 5 1 per Cent., 113 ; and do. Bonds, 6s. dis. Bank Stock is 234 to 2361. In the Foreign Market there is very little anima tion, and prices which have been flatter are now a little firmer. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70 s ; ditto Consolides, ; Ureek, 261- ; Spanish Passive, 32-1 331; ditto Certificates, 135 4 ; Mexi can, 34 ; Portuguese, 481 49; and the Confede rate Loan, 37 39. In the Railway Share Market the operations have again been principally connected with the settle ment, and prices have not varied to any important extent. Lancashire and Yorkshire have improved 68 . ; Metropolitan, IGs. ; and North-Eastern (Berwick) 15s. ; while Great Western, Brighton, Iliad South Western have each declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines continued inaotive at previous rates. Bank shares are very dull. Chartered of India, Australia, and China have receded to 331; Anglo- Austrian to 61- 7 ; Union of Australia are quoted 821 53 ; and London Joint Stock 37. In the Miscellaneous market London and Finan cial shares hava improved to 23i; Discount Corpo ration to 71; while Mercantile Credit have declined to St BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 236/ 4 3 ~ per Cent. Reduced Annuities 4 , o• Per Cent. Consols Annuities 9l 901 1 New 3 per Cent. Annuities . 9l 901 'New 31 per Cent. Annuities 6 ew 21 per Cent. Annuities „ Per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 .. I tunuities, 30 yrs, expire .sth Jan., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph) , Aug. 1908 . 20 15-16 India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent.... .. Ditto s per Cent lO4 Ditto 51 per Cent Ditt o ditto April, 1861 99k ,„ Ditt o ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 99 d is Stock for Account 41 Du , o ii o nds £l,OOO 6 dis Ditto under £1,000.. I ndia for Account, Jan, 7 9ll h *dia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 per Cent ll dis Ditto £5OO .. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditt o , 1839 and 1859 — • Ditt o 4, 1 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 .. °No 41 per Cent, — 13 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £ 3O paid 11 -Mos Ayres 6 per Cent 9 ll r Dian itt 6 o 1 pe r Cent . Cent. (D e ferred 3 per Cent.) P e r cub; 6 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — C olombian 6 S cr ip £l5 pd Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 _ Ditto Provi sona l L a nd Warrant — Dutch, ' 2} per Cent., Ex. 12, Guilders Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 -- ~.. quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — t gYptian 7 pet Cent - Ditto, Second I ssue QS! Greek a - per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 261 Ditto Account..,, Ditto Coupons ....... Ditto Account Guatemala 6 per Cent. Ditto Account.. ... , Italian 5 per Cent.(lVlar.e.n7ina .. a .. Mexican 3 per C ent . Ditto Account .......... , Moorish Imperial 5 per . Cent . ........... . 1 1 New Granada ......................... Ditto 2 per Cent. .................. Ditto Deferred ................... - Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)...,. .. _.)ittO Peruvian 3 per Cent. .. Ditto Account — Ditto 44 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account B6 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ...... Ditto Account ................... , Ditto 3 per Cent., 18 56 , ' 7, ' 9, '6O, 62 — Ditto Account Ditto, 1863 pm Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid ................ - Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ 5t........ Ditto 4 per Cent 1850 .............. . Ditto 1860.............. BSI Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1862 B9 81 Sardinian 5 per Cent .... Ditto Account - 61) arueh. 3 per Cent I)itto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive 1-)4 0 Account 331 S panish Cert. of Coup not funded l3h Ditto Account _ I,Swedish, 4 p er Cent. o rii it i t s o h A ti e l c w o r lin C t ent. 185 1 Dit to 6 per Cent. 1858 701 Ditto Account it to, :6100 Bonds „ Ditto 6 per C en t. 1862 Ditto Account — ...enbittO 6 per C en t. 1863 • ..... . 69 v ezuel a 3 per Cent. pto Acco un t — ' lt f ° 6 per Cent., 18,32 .. D itto Account D ot Dividends on the abova payable in London. '---1 per Cent , Ex. 12 Guil 65 Ditto 4 p Cent. Certificates French aentes, 44- per Cent., Ex. 2•51 — 1 s atri A , ~ Itql ccount ;a' l , 5 per C en t., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 7 Ol Ditto ThAccount ...... is 0 S cr ip (1863) 4 12 Ss. 3d. paid — P O3 D49 t i. o 3'4,7l‘ c i c o o n u e n y t Ow. , TWO O'CLOCK . WI 91* i SHARE MARKETS,---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOIO. Paid.', Price. 1 sing Businedune,ss Share: Railways. 13.14. 1 E11r.. Wol., and Str. Val all 8 81 15 Blythe and Tyne. 10 liost.,Sleat.,andMid.oo all 8 1 st et c ß a ri i s e t d o o l u a i n an a . E . 50 110000 1174 81 1:84 n 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cornwall all 61 7 A cuts no diN ) " 1)0 , till rip c.p an.11a, 5 10 Do. B b een pa id to ) a 30 Dublin 12 llellast June. all 38 10 25 Durn,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 at I Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 94 06 st Glasg. and S. Western. 100 107 119 stGreat Eastern, Ord. stk 100 48 90 1 at Ditto A stock et Ditto East Anglian at 100 7i 81 st GreatNerthoi Scotland 109 st Great Northern lOO 124 '26 et Do A stock at Do Bdo st Gt. S. and W. of Irelau 100 96 08 st Great Western at Do Str Val gun. stock 100 at Lancashire orkshir, 160 10S4 1091 1091 at London and Blackwall 100 71 73 st Lon., Briglitot S. Coast 109 107 09 1074 st Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 431 441 st Lon. & North Western 100 1064 1071 1061 1 st Lon. e So*.th Western 100 101 102 1014 at Man., Shot., & Lincoln. 100 174 4SI 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all -- 121 Do Z shares.. all st Metropolitan all 1111 1121 , 1121 114 at Midland 1.4.0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 100 9G 98 50 Mid. Cit. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 26 Mid Beat 10 Do Cray Line St North British et Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 t 6 st Nth. Eastern—Berwick. 100 101 1014 25 Do, G.N.E. purchast 16./3.4 st Do Leeds lOO 58 184 st Do York st Do Carlisle lOO st North London 1 0 Do New 4.16.4 , N orth Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction. all 11 114 at Scottish Central at Scot N. K, Aber. stock 100 42 54 at Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 98 100 10 Shrews. and Welehpoo, all at Shropshire Union 100 61 62 at South Devon ... 100 311 32/ st South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 97 I 0 20 6taines,Wok.,andWok all j 94 0 4 15 Stockton & Darlington all a 74 371 25 Do l7 9 10, 25 Do New, 1866 8 71 74 p at Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 8 5 64 10 Do C 3 24 3 4p 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do 5/ et Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 170 175 at Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 et West Cornwall lOO st W. Hartlepool Ilar.,tlt lOO at West Midland -Oxlordi 100 at Do Newport' 100 st Do Ilerefordl 100 ester- i neVi id up The Parti n had Lnenti 1-the ;land 100 to l erouS crosE." roOti 01 tbi° ~~ BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing 'h art Railways Fwd. Price. Business don. 100 .4.tianiic &Si Lawrence all 59 a sk J Bom.,Baroda&-Cent Ind ice 1, 6 16 7 ( Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New . ...... • 20 Do. E. Shares •,)q Buffalo and Laae Huron all 6 65 10 Do. Preference .... all 85 95 , 00 4 13u6alo,Brant&Godricl. Jo , p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 100 Do. do. July 1,187" c 100 - - 100 Do. do. June 1, 16; - . 100 - - st Clcut ta.,o S. Eas tn. (Li,. 100 103 105 st Cape Town & Dock Seri' 100 101 103 stock 10astn. Bengal gu. sp. ( 100 108 109 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 10n 1064 1(.74 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 5 15p 20 Do. do. H do. 10 4 152,, 155 stock Grand Trunk of Canada to, 20 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 05 100 Do. do. deferred all 59 61 100 Do. 2d Pret. Bows all 66 69 100 Do. do. deferr 100 Do. 3d P. et stock 100 Do. do. deterred all 38 42 100 Do. 4th I'ref. sto,:k all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 74 stook Gt.lndlaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 1(8 109 108 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0 l2 15 11; 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent 100 105 106 205 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 9 1 10 205 Do. New 100 Do. 6 P.C. '73 with't opt. all 1)2 95 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8.... all , 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 4OP stock Madras guar., sp.c. .. 100 1 05 5 10 04 1065 stock Do. 1/ p. o. Extension 100 100 101 stock Dc. IA d 0.... .. 100 46 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- - stock Melb.Corp. sp. a. I3nds. 100 - - 50 Melb. & liobson'a Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. o. Mortg. Bds. , all - - 20 Newßrunewick&Cands Class A and B .. all 3 5 N.lll.C'da3 pa Ist t nds 100 82 84 stock Soinde .......... (100 106 107 stock Do. Dellu.. 4..2 100 105 1( 6 1065 so Do. do • 2 f 11 3 et l)o. Punjaub c; all 105 166 Do. Do. ........ rate. 1100 -.- B'ooo Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1 XlOO 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. &J di) - - 1877-61 100 104 105 105 45 - ' Do. ap. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 ;114 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 104 - Do. 2p. c. Jan.&July. 100 102 83 - I Do 5 Inscribed stock 100 91 9 3 • - ICape G.Hopc, 6 p 0,1878 100 106 108 - Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 109 111 - 1 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 - ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 - .111auriti as 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 - INatal Gov. 6 per cant. 100 107 109 ,N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&Jul) 100 104 106 - 1 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. G ov. 5 p z., 180( 100 100 102 - Do. Sp. c.,1871 to 127( 100 101 102 - Do. do.,;888 &upwds 100 1015 1025 102 15 25 - .New Zealand 6 p cent 100 110 112 - iNova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - 1 sterling, 1875 l OO 1 05 107 - ,Queensland GCV. 6p. c 100 1.11 113 - 'S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO ,111 113 - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 - -Do . to 6 ma. An.&Oot.. 100 109 110 1 1095 BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 5 5d - uliflord Amalgamated.. - 33 84 - Deven G. Con.. (Tavist.) 1 660 6 6 0 - East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 67 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. sa. id par - East Caradon ..... 2.14.6 26 27 - East Cam Brea. - IF. W'lltuesel(Tavistk ) 8.9.0 45 55 - IGam.&StAubyn(Gwen ) 582 8 10 -(Treat South Tolgus l7s 45 45 - 'G. Wheal Vor (licistou, 40 12 13 - Grenville - Hens:Vs-Foot 8.12 08 40 I - llingston Downs 4.'8.0 2 2. - Lady Bertha - !Margaret (tiny Lelant 05 14 16 - Clarke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim , 21 15 1 4 - New Setun 144 90 100 - • North Downs 25 11 15 N.Wll'l Basset (Illor,an 3.1.0 2 3 25 - North Wheal Crotty - Par Consols (st. Blaze) - 20 Itovidence(Uny Lclnt ) 10.0.7 42 44 - SoutlaCaradon(StCleer, 14 1 415 425 - S. Cam Brea (Illogan) - 1 - - W heal Frau. (Mogan 18.1 8 .91 60 ca - Stray Park 30.17.6 30 32 S Lamar Silv.& Lead Min. 45 f 5 1 - fin Croft V 18 19 - West Basset (Illogan) l5 94 105 - W C , radon (Liskeard) 5 18 20 - West Setort Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 874 924 - Wheal Buller(Hedruth) 5 225 275 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - WhealLudcott Wheal MaryAnni,Men ) 8 115 12 - I Wheal Beton . 585 155 165 - Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 21 22 - Wheal Union 3.17 , 25 3 • PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Midland New £5 shares, 2i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 1018 Nottingham and Grantham It. 14 C., 95 i Shrewobury and Hereford, 137 i Wilts and Somerset, u 34 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 181 Great Luxembourg', 12 Sambre and Meuse, SI San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 8i FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lirtl., 6 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Anrr,lo Austrian, 61 7 Bank of Queensland (lim), 14 Imperial Ottoman, 18 London a C n h d ar li te ,e r s e t d m ß in a s n te k r nStust , ralia , 271 Scinde, Punj au b . and Delhi Jim.), pi Union of Australia, 53 29 Electric Telegrapli,T Gen. Credit and t4inance of London, Urn., Hudson's Bay, 12 fi (THLLANEOUS. International Financial Society, lim., 9 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour). 3f Ditto, 8 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 86 11 Joint • stock Discount, 61. London Financial Association, lim., 231 1 Mercantile Credit Association, lim., 9 peel River Land and Mineral, 17 At the half-yearly meeting of th e C ey l on Com pany, just held, it was stated that the business of the company has largely increased since the last general meeting, and the reports received from the managers in Ceylon and Mauritius are most satisfactory. The accounts show that the amount of profit resulting from the operations of the half-year may be justly estimated at .E 7,550, out of which the Directors recommend that an interim dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annu m on the capital paid on the 30th September, be decbred, free of income tar., payable on the•l7th just. Th e proposed dividend, which will absorb i:4 ' 593 15 R., is at the rate of ss. per share, and if calculated With reference to the dates at which the calls were P a id, it will be found to be at about the rite of 121 per cent. per annum. MR. HOGARTII, the theatrical critic of the Daily L 1 ewes, was knocked down by a man on horseback, and seriously injured, one day last week. THE DTJKE OF SAX- E6OI3URG bEtV, it is reported finished another opera. -..:- -+_ THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 186, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) THE FORGERIES ON THE EARL OF WESTMORELAND. Frederick George Heatley, who described himself as a captain in the army, was indicted for forging and uttering two bills of exchange for £l,OOO each, also one for £5OO, purporting to be drawn and accepted by the Earl of West moreland, the Earl of Uxbridge,and the Marquis of Angle sey, with intent to defraud, &c. Mr. Lewis appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner. The facts connected with these forgeries have already appeared a'; length in the Sun during the examination of the prisoner at the Mansion-house. The prisoner, it will be recollected, had taken the bill in question to a discounter, representing that the several noblemen whose names appeared on them were personal friends of his, and that he had received the bills from them in the ordinary way. He also represented thut he held a corn rnissiun in the army. Suspicion having been aroused, au inquiry was set on foot, when it was ascertained that not only were the signatures forgeries, but also that the prisoner was totally unknown, and had no intimacy with either of the noblemen whose names he had forged. At the conclusion of the examination of witnesses, Mr. Sleigh addressed the jury for the prisoner, admitting at the commencement of his address, that he could not struggle against the uttering. The jury bound the prisoner Guilty. Sentence deferred. THE WATERLOO-ROAD MURDER. In the case of Samuel Wright, who stands charged with the wilful murder of Maria Green alias Fanny Wright, with whom he cohabited at No. 11, Waterloo-road, on Sunday morning last, and who was yesterday committed from the Southwark police court for trial, that Mr. Sleigh has been instructed by the court to conduct the prosecution. Unless any application is made for postponment, the trial will take place to-morrow before one of the judges. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON THE MARQUIS OF TOWNSHEND ny A NOTORIOUS BEGGING 11HPOSTOR.—ElizA Croker and Ca therine M'Ray, two notorious beggars, were charged before Mr. Knox with begging in Piccadilly, Croker being also charged with assaulting the Marquis of Townshend, of No. 6, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. The prisoners accosted the Marquis of Townshend in Piccadilly abont one o'clock this morning asking him for alms. Knowing the prisoner Croker to have been about the streets daily for years begging with a poor child, and as she had called upon him and proved herself a gross im poster, his lordship gave her into custody,when she slapped his face. The other prisoner having been seen begging by Watet son, HI C, was taken into custody by him, when she became very violent. Pryer, one of the Mendicity Society's officers, said he had known both prisoners for years, and they had been several times convicted. Croker had been known to the society for years. A constable having corroborated the Marquis of Townshend, Croker said she did not know who the gentleman was, whether he was a policeman or not. Mr. Knox said she well knew, whether it was the Marquis of Townshend or a policeman, she had no right to beg of anybody. Witay said she only asked the gentleman to buy a pair of cuffs. Committed for a month each. THE VOLUNTEERS, The annual distribution of prizes to the successful com petitors in the 29th (North) Middlesex Rifle Volunteers took place yesterday evening at the Vestry-hall of St. Pan cras, Camden-town, and in the presence of a numerous company of ladies and gentlemen. Lord Enfield, M.P., the honorary colonel of the corps, presided. Lieutenant-Colonel Whitehead, in opening the proceedings, congratulated the regiment upon its healthy condition. The Government aid had reached them, he said, at the right moment, and had enabled them to reduce the amount of subscription, and to do certain things which would otherwise have been almost be yond their power. At the annual inspection Colonel Morris had expressed himself strongly in approval of their effi ciency in drill and smartness in mancauviing, and in point of numerical strength they were progressing. He hoped, however, that it would not be long before their numbers were doubled, as with a recrui ting district containing a popu • lation of 200,0 ,0 he thought the local corps ought to equal in strength the London Rifle Brigade and the Queen's Westminsters. Lord Enfield having then addressed a few words to the meeting proceeded to distribute the prizes, which were considerable in number and varied in kind, cash prizes not appearing among them. The awards had been made solely on account of excellence in shooting, and several members had succeeded in carrying off two or more prizes—Private Kennedy, Sergeant Humphrey, and Cor poral J. Wells being especially prominent. At the con clusion of the distribution a vote of thanks was passed to the visitors for their attendance, in response to which Lord Llanover expressed the pleasure he felt at meeting his old constituents upon such an occasion, and hoped the corps would accept from him a prize to be contended for next year—an offer which was of course received with the warm. est applause. Lord Fermoy and Mt. H. Lewis, the mem bers for the borough, followed, the former on the part of himself and colleague, also giving a promise to offer next year a prize to the corps. Colonel Erskine, Assistant- Inspeotor of Volunteers, then spoke, and said the practice of giving prizee to Volunteers for efficiency in musketry practice was productive of much good ; but he would remind them that, while good shooting was one of the requisites of a good soldier, it was only one of several, and therefore should not be exclusively cultivated to the neglect of other important acquirements. Amid the smoke and contusion of battle exact aim could not be taken, and only rapid and sustained fire could be looked for. It was true that there were many occasions upon which marksmen were of great value, and although all officers were not agreed as to the amount of advantage which accrued to an army from efficiency in musketry among the men, yet there could be no doubt that skill in shooting was a benefit to the individual soldier. In consequence of the melancholy memory attaching to the day, the meeting abstained from the cheers for the Queen which are usually given with such heartiness at all Voiunteer gatherings, the National Anthem being listened to in silence. The proceedings were brought to a close by three cheers for Lieut.-Colonel Whitehead, given with sufficient vehemence to prove his high popu larity with the Volunteers under his command. THAMES. VIOLENT ASSAULTS PROPERLY PUNISHED.—John Mitchell, an engineer, aged 40, of 17, Dean-street, Shad well, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with assaulting Kate Finnerty, a tailoress. It appeared there was a quarrel among the women in the house whero the prisoner and his family were living, and in the course of the disturbance a man named Driscoll in terfered, and the prisoner's daughter struck him with a kni f e and cut him. The prisoner then took up a billet of wood, about 18 inches in length, and struck Mrs. Finnerty on the back of the head with it. She was stunned by the blow, and it 'was only a miracle she was not killed, for the prisoner raised the weapon with both hands and dealt the blow with all the force of which he was capable. The woman's head was dressed by Dr. Ross, of High-street, Shadwell, She was in great pain. The defence was great provocation on the part of the Driscolls and Finnertys, and that the prisoner was beaten. There was not a mark upon him. Mr. Woolrych said he had sifted this case at great length and he could find no extenuating circumstances in favour of the prisoner,who had inflicted a violent blow with a for midable weapon and severely injured the poor woman. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for six calendar months with hard labour, Timothy Desmond, hammerman, of No. 2, Francis-street, Victoria-read, Limehouse, was brought up on a warrant charged with a savage assault on his wife Mary. The complainant said that her husband came home on Thursday evening and called her into the bedroom, where he beat her on the left arm and shoulder with a poker, and bent it. (The poker was produced—it was bent.) Mr. Woolrych—Let me see your arm. The complainant bared her left arm. It was one mass of black contusions. She accounted for her arm not being fractured by saying that it was hanging by her side when the first blow was struck, and she could not raise it after wards. Four other blows were inflicted on her arm with the poker. She could not use it. The prisoner, in defence, said that when he came home on Thursday night his wife was from home. She detained him five hours. He was provoked with her conduct and her insolence to him, and he struck her once with the poker. Mr. Woolrych—You ought to be ashamed of yourself to make such an admission. You ought not to strike your wife at all, but to strike her with a poker is very savage ant quite unjustifiable under any circumstances. The wife explained her absence from home. She took her husband's dinner to the factory where he was employed. On her way home it rained fast, and she called on a female friend, and remained with her until the rain ceased. On reaching home she found her husband had arrived before her. He had to give up work for the day in conse quence of the rain, and was at home before her. His con duct to her was generally very good. Mr. Woolrych said he could not pass over such a das tardly assault by a man on his wife as this was without some punishment. The complainant had been severely beaten, and there was no justification for such an out rage. He convicted the prisoner of an aggravated assault, and sentenced him to be imprisoned for three months and kept to hard labour: LIFEBOAT SERVICES. MURSO, CAITHNESS-SHIRE, Dec. 12. This morning, while the wind was blowing very hard from the W.N.W., the bark Graces, of Shields, was ob served in the bay with a s!gnal distress flying. The life boat of the National Lifeboat Institution at once put off to the assistance of the crew, and succeeded in bringing the whole of them, consisting of 15 men, safely ashore. The vessel was dragging her anchors when the lifeboat was launched. It is however hoped that she will be ultimately saved. The expense of this excellent lifeboat was presented to the society by A. W. Jafpay, Esq., of London. IRVINE, AYRSHIRE, Dec. 12. While it was blowing a gale from the W.S.W., and a heavy sea running, on Monday, the smack Lewis, of and for Campbelton, attempted to take the bar with the ebb tide, but got amongst the rocks at the entrance of the harbour. Seeing the imminent peril in which the crew were placed, the lifeboat belonging to the National Institution was forth with manned and launched. The smack was in a very dangerous position amongst the broken water, but fortu nately the lifeboat succeeded in saving the crew of three men, although the mate was severely hurt in getting into the boat. The cost of this lifeboat was the gift to the in stitution of Miss Pringle Kidd, of Lasswade Bank. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Dec. 15.—Wind this day at noon—South- West ; light breeze, and cloudy weather. CLYDE, Dec. 14.—Wind N.Vg.—Arrived—Johannes, from New York. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 1 4.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Excel sior, for Queensland. PLYMOI.7II, Dec. 1 4.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lady Elgin, steamer, from London for Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, Th.,c, 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Monitor, from Quebec. BnisToL,:Dec.l4.—Wind W.—Arrived—Joan Strinley, from Quebec. KINGROAD, Dec. 14.—Wind W.—Arrived—Catherine, from New York. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRIVEBEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 1 5—Providence, from Wyborg ; Dart, from Laudscrona. Sailed, Dec. 15—Triton, steamer, for Boulogne; Bruiser, steamer, for Havre. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored—Jane Porter, from London for Calcutta Savanneta. from London for Trinidad; Lord Maidstone, from Sunderland for Malaga. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Dec. 19. via l‘ Jrazil and Cape Verds, packet. b y British Dec. 13. Jan. 4. Cape of Good hope, Ascension, avniad Marseilles v l e Helena ilieens Dec.a Dec. 29. 13 China, Pena_ng, and Singapore, via Southampton Dec. 19. Falkland Island 9 ......... Gibraltar, via Southampton ... Dec. 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, viu Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. 13 ['Ala (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. 27. via Marseilles Dec. 21. Portuga1.... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. 13 Newfoundland ,)porto and Vigo .............. .. U. t.-:. and British N. America, by Brit. packet Dec. 17 by U.S. packet by Canadian packet Dec. 18. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritfe Tan. 10. Bahamas, via New York ............ Dec. 17. Nlexico .................................. ....Dec. 29. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Dec. 14 California. and British Columbia .......... THE WATERLOO - ROAD MURDER.—The inquest on the body of the unfortunate woman, Maria Green, was held to-day, but the evidence was merely a re- As a true bill for the Grand Jury ' y s inquiry appears pw at ei t it i fhu t i el o nmc Central tdr t ea h ri a hc t arsi we ma l r n u e aa b id l i yc s h bo e ue d ernt y : e se e t t eu e or r ra d oe a nd y er , b to be totally unnecessary. M. BENEDICT is engaged on an opera di camera, entitled, "Renee ;" the libretto by Mr. H. B. Farnie, author of the story of "Pet I\lajorie," which has recently attracted the attention of the Queen, A GENUINE LONDON " GABIIN."—A moat im pertinent young sparrow of a monkey whistling with dirty shoes ou the clean steps and playing the harp on the airy railings with a hoopstiek. — Dickeiis's last Christmas Triumph. A GOOD CREATURE—RATHER IN THE WAY. — When somebody tried to e.o.avince Dr. Johnson that the Wesleyan Methodists ought to be admitted to the Univer sity of Oxford on the ground that they were " very good creatures," he replied, "Sir, a cow is a good creature, but we don't want her in a flower-garden.,. HIGH TIDE IN THE RIVER. -0c Sunday after noon there was a very high tide in .the Thames, which caused considerable damage. The ' remple-gardens were flooded to the sun-dial in the middle of the greensward. fir. W. B. Parkes, who sortie years ago, marzied Miss Amy Sedgwick, the well known actress, died in Lon don, on Friday. . STEALING LEAD. Two men, named Standing and Seymour, were indicted for stealing a large quantity of lead from the roof of a coal-shed at Walton's Wharf, Greenwich. The lead was stripped from the roof during the night, and afterwards the prisoner Seymour was taken into custody while attempting to sell the metal at a marine-store dealer's. Standing was seen by a police man to enter the shop, and the person who kept it said he informed him that a man outside had a quantity of lead for sale. The Jury found both prisoners guilty. The Recorder sentenced Seymour to six months' and Standing to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour. TEE FALL OF A HOUSE AT ISLlNGTON.—Yester day morning Dr. Lankester, the coroner, resumed the inquiry at the Music Hall, Islington-green (Sam Col lins's), into the deaths of John Peake and Joseph Pearce. These persons, it will be remembered, lost their lives by the falling of a house in Islington. At a previous inquiry the jury all agreed in the main point—a verdict of accidental death in both cases. But the jury were of opinion that the accident was caused by the insufficiency of the central piers, they being much too slight for the purpose ; and as they were built according to the plan of Mr. Williams, the archi tect, they were of opinion that he deserved the severest censure. The Foreman said it was the latter part of the verdict which he did not agree to. The Coroner said he would enter a verdict of accidental death, and then the jury might embody their views in a resolution. This was dune, and the proceedings terminated. THE METROPOLITAN BOARD AND THEIR " WORRS."—Forty-five miles of sewer have been constructed since the Board commenced operations, and the outlay for works of this description, during the past year, has been £720,229, exclusive of the cost of land, and the expense consequent on various contingencies. The total value of the main drainage contracts, either completed or in course of construction, is about two millions and three quarters. The entire amount of engineering work done during the year, represented in sterling coin, is £805,000. Plans for the embankment of the Thames on the Middlesex shore, between Westminster and Blackfriars Bridges have been prepared, and adver tisements have been issued for the necessary con.= tracts. Southwark-street is getting on, having been been struggling into existence during the last five years, to the woe and damage of the good old borough. The cost of this street, thus far, appears to be close upon half a million. Among the other deeds of this redoubtable body, we find recorded the carrying through Parliament of the Bill for the formation of the new street from the Mansion-House to Blackfriars-bridge, a measure which we are told met with considerable opposition in both Houses, from the Corpora tion and the Commissioners of Sewers, thereby causing "much delay and a large pecuniary expenditure." On the other hand, it appears that the Metropolitan Board, being apprised of fifty-four "railway and other Bills," took active measures early in the Session for opposing " the greater number of the scheme." What amount of de lay and expense resulted in the promoters we are not in• formed; but doubtless the Board .considered itself justified on public grounds for the " active measures" which it so promptly adopted. Among the achievements of the event ful year which forms the subject of this report, we find the abolition of 610 names of streets, and the revision and ad justment of 10,295 " number of houses." It may thus be heped that the metropolis will have less than a dozen streets of the tame name, and not more than two " numbers One" in the same street. The report contains further particulars as to what was said and done by the Board, and itschair man, and its engineer, and its superintending architect, and the 66 district surveyors, and the 27 seven special sur veyors, and other officials ; but as we do not pretend to exhaust so mighty a subject, we leave it with some still unexplored particulars, for the encouragement of those who may come after us.—City Press. THE FLUSHING LUNACY CASE.—APPREHEN SION OF THE VICTIM'S BROTHER.—On Saturday, instructions were received at Falmouth from the Lunacy Commissioners to prosecute Samuel Porter for the ill treatment and neglect of his brother Robert. Porter was accordingly apprehended at his residence at Flushing by Sergeant Currah and Polica-constable Westlake, of the county constabulary. In the afternoon he was brought be fore Thomas Moor Horsford, Esq., and Major 111, V. Bull, county magistrates, at Falmouth, When Dr. Bryne having briefly stated a few of the circumstances, asked for a re mand until Monday. The magistrates accordingly re manded the prisoner until 12 o'clock yesterday. Porter, who was accompanied by his wife and John Henry James, his brother-in-law, asked to be allowed to remain at liberty until Monday, offering to produce necessary and sufficient bail. The magistrates, however, said that it appeared to be a serious case, and they could not grant hail. Porter, how ever, pleaded hard to be allowed to give bail, and remarked that the newspapers had over-stated the circumstances, and that he wished to go to Truro to consult a solicitor. The bench still persisted in their decision, and he was locked up in the county police-station, and informed that his soli citor might consult with him there.— Western Morning News. THE STAVELEY COLLIERIES AND IRONWORKS, at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, employing upwards of 3,000 workpeople, So., so long known as the property of Mr. Richard Barrow, have just been sold to a joint-stock com pany, through Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, and Co., financial agents. The value of the property exceeds helf-a million sterling, and the amount of the capital was all pri vet ely subscribed in Manchester in three da3 s only. DIDDLE-A-WINK is, it would appear, the Cornish name for a beer-house, and it is in this sense that the title has been chosen for a series of stories supposed, after the good old fashion which has run down from Boccacio and Chaucer to Longfellow and Dickens, to be told by guests benighted or snowed up in an inn. These kiddie-a-wink tales, constituting the resitance-dish of Mr. Beeton's Christmas Annual, are certainly full enough (says a Satur day Reviewer) of ghostly incident, and blood-freezing pathos, and of the most exasperating puns ! CIPHER AND ZERO, which are in reality but one prove that figures are borrowed from the Arabs. Cipher is the Arabic cifron, which means empty, a translation of the Sanskrit s'unya. The same character, the nought, is called sephiro in Italian, and has by rapid pronunciation been changed into zero—a fern occurring as early as 1491, in a work of Philip Calander on Arithmetic, published at Flor ence. Cipher—originally the name of the tenth of the numerical figures, the nought—became in most European languages the general term for all figures, zero taking its place as the name of the nought; while in English cipher retained its primitive sense, and is thus used even in com mon parlance —as, for instance, "he is a mere cipher."— Learned Pundit in the Saturday Review. A MODERN JUSTICE SHALLOW.—Late in the even ing an offender was brought before one of our mayors, having been detected in stealing a smock-frock from a pawnbroker's door, " Look in 'Burn's Justice," , said his worsh i p to his son—" look in the index for smock frock," a" Can't find i t there, father, not there." " What ! n against ste alin g smock-frocks ? D— m y heart, olaw young fellow, but you've had a lucky es „ pe. , , (Even Justices in those times might incur the penalties against oath s .) The constable demurred at tho discharge of the plisoner. "Well, well, luck him up , and we'll see the town clerk in the morning: '—Charl6s Knight's Recollections, A GREAT GENIUS, BUT (w e rather sus p ect a lso) GREAT BORE.—When Mad ame De Steel visi ted Ger many, the great minds there sh uddered at the mere ap proach of thi s i mpersonat i on o f " enc h volubility." H er inconceivabl e f acility, her capacity of talkin g with freed om and fluency on every subject, s i m ply annoyed and disgusted Goethe, who h a t ed being p u t out of his w a y ; and the m ore amiable Schiller —who p ' ronounces her 6t of all living crea.• tures the most vivaci ous , the mos t rea dy for argument, the mo st fertile in word s " while he owns her to be the most cultivated and intellectual of women, yet groans over the "weary hours ho has to pa„, in her company' MISSING VESSELS*--Tho Zampa, which sailed from Christiania on or about the 29th of Algust for Hull, and the Emanuel, which sailed from Hozer on or about the 28th of October for Hull, have not since been h eat h of, Our Commercial Interests. We desire to call the special attention of President Lin coln, the next Congress, and the American public to the correspondence between several leading merchants of this city and the Secretary of the Navy. The subject of this correspondence has fur a long time engaged the attention and wounded the pride of every patriotic citizen of this re public, and since Secretary Welles promises no redress and proposes no remedy for the evils of which our merchants complain, we wish to appeal from him to higher and more efficient authorities. It is indeed most galling to national pride that fpur or five fleet Anglo-rebel cruisers should be allowed to drive our commerce from the seas, and defy our navy of five hundred or six hundred vessels of• war. Practically we have now no American commerce Neutral ships do all our carrying trade, and the majority of these neutral ships are owned by Englishmen, who thus reap the only profits of the Anglo-rebel depreda tions upon our merchants. Trading vessels are advertised in our columns to sail on such and such days "under neutW flags," as if the flag of the Union, whose shelter commerce once eagerly sought, were now to be avoided like a pesti lence. Three years ago twice as many American than European vessels cleared from New York. Now the pro portion is reversed. The number of foreign vessels clearing from this seaport is double the number of American ves sels, and of course the number of arrivals is divided in the same ratio. No American can consider these facts with complacency or indifference. The senti men t s w hi c h they arouse are of a decidedly different sort. We have bedn grumbling about them quite long enough. The time has now arrived for prompt and deci sive action. If we were at war with s ome great nava l Power;we might look upon this destruction of our commerce as one of the necessary evils of war, and might console our selves with the reflection that we had at least the chance of retaliation. But the reb , 1 Confederacy is not a naval Power. The four or five ships with which England has supplied Jeff. Davis cannot be said to compose a navy, Th e re b e l s owe their success upon the seas net to their own efforts, but to the assistance of England and the supineness and imbecility of the Navy Department. Secretary Welles has obliged his friends with percentages and contracts, and has thus largely increased the number of our s hip s o f war; but that pelt of his dut y which ought to be esteemed the most important he has utterly failed to perform. He is a secretary of a land navy, not of an ocean navy. He or his agents can purchase ships, or charter ships, or have ships built ; but when the ships are once upon the blue water he appears to lose all further interest in and control of them. Six hundred vessels against five—that is the relative strength of the Union and the rebel navies. B ut if any one were to base an estimat e of their comparative strength upon the records of the work which each has done at sea, he would be compelled to state that the rebels have 600 men-of war and we five slow and leaky tubs. This disgraceful dis crepancy must be laid to the account of Secretary Welles. The war in 1812 conclusively demonstrated that we had then the fastest vessels in the world. How have ships built at private yards in England been permitted to surpa ss us ? We have now the best sailors in the world, and our ironclads are indubitably superior to any others afloat. There remain, therefore, only two points of naval excellenc e in which we could be surpassed, and t hose are ran g e of guns and speed. Our heavy guns are unequalled, as all the recent experi ments have abundantly proven. We lack only speed. Sin gdlarly enough, we, the fastest people on the face of the earth, do not possess a navy of the fastest ships. We have a few swift war vessels, like the Vanderbilt and Iroquois ; but the great majority of our men-of-war are so slow that Noah's Ark would have the advantage of them in a stern chase, or could choose her own position in a fight, Some persons say that this is the fault of the model, and other that it is the fault of the engines. assert that it is the fault of Secretary Welles. It is his business to select the proper models, and to order the pro per engines, and he dues not do it. Why he does not is known only to the initiated. There are whispers of fine contract pickings, and rumours that certain parties lead the venerable Welles by the nose, and throw sawdust in his eyes whenever they like; but whether these whispers and rumours be tine or not we decline to decide. 'We do know, however, that although the present style of vessels is en- Secretary Welles goes on building huh tirely inefficient, dreds more like them, and that this is a most promising subject for Congressional investigation.—New York Times. MARKETS—This Day,, HAY 111ARK2TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 Ss to £1 lOs per load, Trade slow. _ _ _ CUMBERLAND.- - Metylow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs; clover, £4 Os to £5 10e Od ; and straw, £1 5s to 10s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL. — Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been dull, and prices have remained without material alteration. SUGAL-The market has shown symptoms of returning activity, and quotations for good qualities of West India tend upwards. In the refined market an advance of 1 per cent, has been established. COFFEE.—The demand for colonial descriptions has been steady, and late rates are fully maintained for superior qualities. RlCE—Only a limited amount of business has been re corded, without any material change to report in prices. TALLOW—There has been rather more activity, owing to an increased demand, for both home consumption and for exportation. P,Y.C. on the spot is quoted 40s to 40s 6d, January 40s 9d to 41s, and March 42s per cwt, COAL MARKET. Priam of Coal per 'Von at the close of the market. s. d. e,d Bower's West Hartley.l6 9 liyakis's BeWide West Hartley ...16 9 Cowpen Hartley 16 9 Lambert's West Hart- Walls End. Russell's is 6 Harton g 6 3 Wharncliffe ........ . 20 6 Haswell ........... Hetton 2O 6 South Hetton ... Russel' 2O 6 11raddyl1 a 18 6 Mustsll .•• .. 6'1111"; t n o . n . . .. .. .. ...... 6 F st H a rtlepool 20 3 ll'irlrattPu°°lll.a r tie . ..p .. 0 1 0l .. ..... 83 ) '" Bell ..., .. lB 3 BOaont .... . 18 6 Nort h Hartlepool.... • .15 9 Gawp ........ l9 3 Trimdon Thornley lB 3 Ileugh Hall l9 3 Fratnwellgate.. lB 0 ley l6 6 Davison's West Hart- ley 16 9 West Hartley l6 9 Holywell l7 9 ‘Valker Primrose 16 0 Elastizigs Hartley l6 9 lantleld Moor 15 6 i l'aufield Moor Butes l5 6 Wylam 17 6 West W ylatn .. ..... l6 0 Eden Main .....18 6 Walls End. Kelloe l9 0 ! ........... South Kelloe.. ...... 19 31 ShipS at market, 250 ; eoll, 109. A QUARREL CIIAII.ACTERISTIO OP PARIS Lire took p w e are told, the other da y in the Varietie s . Th e discourse was as follows :—" Monsieur Sortez, sou insult me. " 6. now is that, sir r " Yuu are looking at my wife Sir, it is a glass e y e, and fixed." " Take cont i nua lly." " itout sir, then." " You are unreasonable; I will look a. h er with the other." "You s h a l l not, sir. " " Ah no 1 1 w ill not, sir, for one look is enough : she is very ugly." Death of Mr, John Henry Green, F.R.S. The medical profession and the public generally will regret to hear of the death of this estimable and accomp'ished surgeon, which took place at his residence, Hadley, near Barnet, :)n Sunday evening, the 13th inst. To the Council of Medical Education and Regis tration, of which he was president, and especially to that of the Royal College of Surgeons of Eng land, of which he had been twice president, a s well as a most active member, the loss will be irreparable. Mr. Green was an only child of wealthy parents, and having received a liberal education, and studied for some time at Berlin, pursued his pro fessional studies at St. Thomas's Hospital, under the auspices of his maternal uncle, Mr. Cline. He was admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons on the Ist of December, 1813, having for ra o years previously acted as demonstrator, the best proof of his proficiency as an anato mist, and so creditably were the duties attached to this office performed, that in 1818 he joined Mr. (afterwards Sir) Astley Cooper as joint lecturer in anatomy and physiology. In 1820 he succeeded the younger Cline as surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and with Sir Astley Cooper delivered lectures on surgery and pathology. As an operative surgeon be was unequalled in the skill with which he performed the operation for lithotomy, having in 1827 operated in 40 cases, and lost only one. This unequalled success created a grea t sensa tion at the ti me . In 1830 he was appointed to the professorship of aur gery in King's College, of which institution ho was at the time of his death a member of council. On the opening of the session no man was more eloquent in his address; his deportment was simple, chaste, refined, dignified, and he was most successful in impressing his principles and points of practice on his class. In 1831 he wrote apamphlet called, " Distinction without Separation," addressed to the President of the Royal College of Surgeons, to prove that the distinction between physician and surgeon did not really exist, and that such di v i s i on was highly injurious here it did. About thi s t i me he was unfortunate in entering into a wordy war fare with the medical press about the publication of his lectures, a contest in which he was severely handled and totally discomfited. In 1834 he wrote his memorable letter to the linzes, suggestions re specting an intended plan of medical reform, pro posing that the medical student should have a sound classical and mathematic al education, and that there should be a higher and lower grade of distinction. A 3 showing the wisdom of these sug gestions, it may be mentioned that the oouncil of the Royal College of Surgeons has since adopted the whole of them; and in the preliminary and severe professional examinations to which the medical stu dent is now subjected, the general public has the I hest assurance of obtaining skill. In 1835, on the I death of Mr. Lynn, surgeon to the Westminster Hospital, and a councillor of the college, Mr. Green was unanimously elected to the chair in the councils of that college of which he had become so bright a member. In 1840 he was deputed to deliver the annual oration in memory of John Hunter, which at the earnest request of his colleagues he afterwards pub- lished under the title of " Vita! Dynamics ;" and again, in 1847, he became Hunterian orator, and published the lecture under the name of "Mental Dynamics." They were the most eloquent and thoughtful discourses ever heard in that hall. Partly on this account and partly because they were based on the philosophy of his friend and master, Coleridge, they were neither of them popular. In 1846, on the resignation of Sir Benjamin Bro die, Bart., Mr. Green became a member of the Court of Examiners, an appointment he held up to the time of his decease, and in 1849 obtained at the hands of his colleagues the highest appointment they had it in their power to confer, viz., the pre sident's chair, an honour again conferred on him in 1858. From her Majesty's Government he received the appointment of President of the Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom. The death of Mr. Green, though at last sudden, was not altogether unexpected ; he had been labouring for some months under a sharp attack of gout, complicated with disease of the heart, from which it was hoped, by the kind and skilful treatment of Dr. Brinton, his attached friend and physician, he had recovered. This gentleman had suggested the resignation of several offices held by the deceased, in order that by affording rest so valuable a life might be spared for some time; and he had so far recovered as to be'able to go to his sitting room, when on Sunday last he was sud denly seized with his fatal illness, which carried him off in his 72d year. He leaves a widow and a large circle of friends to deplore one of the greatest losses which has occurred in the medical profession for many years. No man was more deservedly honoured. His very person proclaimed his dignity. T4ll, of noble presence, the purity of his morals, the sustained elevation of his character, the active penetration of a strong intellect, the unruffled equity of a superior judgment, his gentleness, at once amiable and firm, his tranquil modesty, his un varying rectitude, were all pour trayed in his noble features. Extensive Robbery of the Duke of Bruns- wick's Jewels. A robbery of diamonds to the value of from 8,000,000 F. to 9,000,000 f. (between, £300.000 and .£100,000), was com mitted on Tuesday night last, at the hotel of the Duke of Brunswick, in Paris. On the Ist of July last the Duke hired a young man, named Shaw, of English descent, who speaks several languages, as second valet de chambre. Hs appeared to be above his humble condition, and, in a short time, he gained the confidence of his master by his close attention to his duties. The Duke possesses a col lection of diamonds said to be the riche:t in Europe. A portion of them are deposited in an iron chest ; placed in his bedchamber, and supplied with two doors, one of which is opened by a spring ingeniously concealed in the wainscoating, and the other by a key. Three or four persons only, among whom was Shaw, were acquainted_ with this fact, but the key was never entrusted to any o f them. On Tuesday the Duke, on leaving home for the afternoon, informed Shaw that he expected a jewel h i e er come the following morning to mount some of_ havet to dia monds in the iron chest, and that, in order not too door of leave his bed in the morning, he had left the secondtteuchieg the chest open, and he could open the other je the jeweller the spring. He further desired Shaw to n enter his bedroom without delay. the morning, did not return until between one and: a . is _oat. The when he was surprised not to find S as h lop t n I' went up to his He then went went out, and Duke supposing that his valet wri e s t it t his diamonds. ere, he observed bedroom and found that he was not b e e r k e on the bed a number of bagsdia monds abstractedin pw from the iron chest. ehyadallbetteppeared They had evidently been On a further examination if they had been abandoned in scattered about as e diamonds were worth at least These to his bedroom on the a moment of flight. 1,000,0001. The puked and a h: k s c s d er th va e n m ts. wh T a h t The tuom at the same time that hi, diamondsoli'of firstbu t floor Shaw. the latter, telling Duke next exa replied that Sb.aw had left ssul b i;u d nk n e ot returned.. The had been stolen.. the hotel t night and a at 10 a ined his iron chest, and ascertained that diamonds to the va l ue of 00f• 9,000,0 had been a bstracted, tog e th er w ith 2ld pieces of 100 f T 0001. in g ° • There was a pocket-book in .0 r 13. 0, iron chest containing bank notes to the amount of 100,0001'. and various valuable securiti es which the thief had Ic a. Information of the robbery was immediately given to the Prefect of Police, and a telegram was received within a f e w hours from Boulogne-sar-Mer, announcing the capture of Shaw and all the stolen property. Ninety-six parcels of diamonds and Other precious stones were found in his pockets and a leather belt round his person, together with a number of gold pieces of 1001. In reply to the ques lions andressed to him by the law officer, Shaw said that all the diamonds he had abstracted were there, and he was certain he had neither lost nor given any away. The jeweller valued the diamonds at about 8,000,0001. Several of these arc of extraordinary beauty and great value, ono button being w or th 450,000 (C 18,000). The gold was lik e , whi c h the wise a ll f oun d , w i t h t h e excep ti o n of 1,4001., _ was tneu prisoner admitted he had spent in Paris. Sir e __ e _, eiiy lodged in the town prison, where he refused : (1 u'' raris food until the chief of the secret police adrertrivta from do so, being the following day. He was then persuaded all t h e valuables, in a very weak state. The prisoner, with a . serts that he nevec arrived in Paris on Thursday. Shaw his ow n country or before committed any clime, eithuorrini 0 , the four months he elsewhere. He maintains that d ke of 13runswick ho never passed in the Eclvice of thebtury until the idea was sod thought of committing a robbery the Duke informed that he deuly suggested to h t i t ta e w inn' chest open. had left the dof2t : TIIE EXPSNS --- vs OF COLONEL CRAIVUY at Alders h o t have - been reckoned at £6O a day. SPORTING INTEL.,I4IGENCE, TAT TERSALLS'.—LAsT EVENING. THE DERBY. 100 to 6 agst Blair Athol (taken) 20 to 1 agat Forager (taken) 28 to 1 agst Historian (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agat Appenine (taken) 1000 to lb agat Baragah (taken) M. DE GIRARDIN'S NEW HOME. Among the handsome constructions which have sprung up in that direction within the last year are the hotels built for Mario, our favourite tenor, and at ILO great distance, at an angle of the same boulevard du Roi de Ro nne, that lately built for, nd now tenanted by, M. and Mme, Emile de Girardin. It has but recently been taken posses sion of by its proprietors, who inaugurated the occasion hy a dinne r given to intimates only, the Princess felathilde forming the sole exception to the rule. The soirees of de Girardin have a well deserved reputation for wit and causertes, a word which has become almost obsolete as far as salons are concerned in Paris, and those of his old hotel, with its small portico, at the corner of the Champs- Elysees, so well known in the days of their former mistress, the talented Deiphine Gay (the former Mme. de Girardin) are said to have lost none of their prestige by being transferred somewhat fur ther on their present site. A written d escription r a re l y givesavary satisfactory id ea o f a locality. I will, nevertheless, endeavour to convey to your readers some conception of a modern hotel, such as the improvements of the day, and the requi re .. ments of French life, have succeeded in producing, The style of the hotel belongs to the era of Louis XIII., and is simple, and not overloaded with deco rations. An iron gateway shuts out a square court yard, d from the avenue in which it is situated. On one side of this court-yard are stables and coach houses, while on the left side stands the main dwelling. This is reached by a flight of stone steps, sheltered by a portico, and leading into a square vestibule of ordinary dimensions, which, in its turn, is terminated by a handsome staircase leading up the first floor. A door at the right-hand side of this vestibule opens out into a long and magnificent gallery, not less than 90 feet long, lighted by two windows at each eud, and by a skylight from the top. This gallery is repeated above and below, where it is used for cellars, while on the first floor it serves as a point of reunion for all those living in the several apartments distributed along its length whose doors open out this well-lighted and warmed closed - in verand a h. Th e groun d-fl oor gallery, however, i s the chief point of attraction, for within its walls are gathered all the master-pieces of sculpture and art with which M. de Girardin has for years loved to surround himself. There you can see and admire the exquisite statue of Pradier, placed on a pivot, and known under the name of the "Peedora,"eeveral beautiful statuettes in bronze, and one or two precious antiques, among others one brought from Athens, in 1854, by Prince Napoleon ; two busts of the owner's first wife, Delphine Gay, by Solomon; several masterpieces of Boucher, Reu bens, and Delacrois, and some Interesting relics of Richel, the tragedian, such as her picture of Gerome, and the last piece of work her fingers ever plied on, a piece of tapestry, done during her sojourn at Cairo. These and an infinit y mor e of objects of interest well repay a visit to this sanctuary of the arts and of taste, over which M. de Girardin's pre, sent wife, a remarkably pretty and elegant young woman, presides with admirable tact and good taste. A small saloon is entered into from the gallery, and, in turn, leads to the larger and handsome reception-room, which is striking from its utter contrast to any of the ordinary saloons of modern taste, usually overloaded, it must be said, with gilding and meretricious ornamentation. The walls are pannelled with a deep red-coloured cloth, bordered with black, on which are lines and designs in gold, relieving the sombre effect of the hangings. The ceiling, of a light Bea-green, is divided into compartments by oak designs, which aro likewise employed for the doors and other portions of the saloon. The chimney, which projects boldly, and is of large dimensions, is of a light green marble, corresponding with the colouring of the ceiling, and is quite artistic in design and sculpture. Tastes might differ upon the effect produced by the com bination of light sea-green, and deep red colour throughout the apartment; but no doubts can exist as to the perfect , ensemble of the designs, and the artistic idea which pervades the whole. The dining-room is entirely in mahogany (another infringement on our English ideas of taste), inlaid with panels of green marble, and is fitted up with every imaginable device to facilitate the service of the table. Indeed this and the distribution of the underground floor, given up for kitchens, cellars, and other dependencies for servants in imitation of the English mode, seemed to be the especial objects of interest to some of the French party with whom I was visiting the new hotel, just then ready to receive its new proprietors. The antiquities and bronze statuettes had elicited )1,0,k saitesa stables, panellings, and rather heavily-carved some words of praise ; the saloon, with its deep colouredoak designs, had suggested the usual term, applied underground to what is in reality thought ugly, but is odd; c'est tres distingue ! But when the arrangements for Tice, here, r e conveyingadjoining the dishes h d e i s n no; ..frrooomrn haenkdi tc t h h e e n ancc i eel accommodation into snammtnooao that rgoroemw,explained and exhibited, p ra i se into sv e were duly r e which d l o continued ren e e but so deficient life, so familiar to ourselves f the sole retreat and mtch in e n s t l, es v t er d y eta r i e ls co o e f nt d ll at a i n on d u rv n a a n b t a s t . ed T a h s e wherewe examined a simple im p the h kitchen' and c oac h . houses displayed the same imitation and appreciation of English a pplied to the comfort of - • • - ideas, interior life, which our neighbours now try so saddle-room, incommodious, al d d e i e f o c ass i duously to adopt. I have not as yet said a Word of the distribution of t h e first-floor apartments, set • and that of visitors. T r ,; - b aside for family use and boudoirs, belonging bedrooms, dressing-rooms, are as complete in to each set of apartments, imagine. Those their . way as it is . possible to her self were haw-, blue destin e d for Mme. de Carardin her- Chinese pattern ue lampas ( thick silk), with a the picture of running aver the ground, and !oohed the Comfort, as did the arrangements for luxury you bath-room, situated on 'the ground-floor - 7a see now in modern french hotels quite frequentlyas as in our newly-built town houses. Nco ntaining silica, aluminia, EW V --.ETALS.—In examining a Swedish mine ral yttria, oxide of iron, cerium, did ym i um , li me , maganese , a nd several other metals or metallic oxides, M. Bahr lately observe d what appeared to be the oxide of a new metal resembl in g aluminium. Having extracted it by a complicated process, the principal stages of which were solution in hydrochloric acid and precipitation with o=alate of potash, he obtained the oxalate of the oxide of the supposed new metal, which appeared under the form of a white powder slightly tinged with red. M. Bahr did succeed in separating the new metal, which he called Wasium, and repre sented by the chemical symbol Ws. The specific gravity li etal of the oxide he found 3 726; before the blow•pipe, it a specimen of arseni cewhahil i o c rp h i3dle theyipyrites st have hi ni nt hefe:iinetilnhationiantitlen.: gave with borax a clear and colourless glass ; examination of its spectrum was without result. Al. Nickles has since blue maintained that M. Bahr's oxide of wasium is nothing more which the call Indium, is voll and It l chw i oe i c hr 1 1 i t sit ctar e hi ron strontium almost,at i n u n ml o i n u be n l c uo e fe a il : nets indl.g o i l n , nor along ge xlaaiwbnoiirt:hai nt chloride containinghr yll.loi s iro o f i llue c ir;‘ u ocrbt i fi d t,eucb y ztrae r r i;air k :gl i coe. r y i ..ti t id i g: t r, Tti: : ,11; 1 , , n gsieht I,tre d oef3o..e:fi tubium. MM. Reich tile, and was obtained is a second lights. i . ) spectrum rmucomorneodfatihnet refrangiblebl nowu cAncidrs with the blue lino cf . potash. The the nedwoemsetanloatre g th iv e e foll a o i N , v y ing o. :-- ce - i S t gas rit at e in solution of the chloride. A n : , --1 the • acid the hydrated oxide irem the e,,, tritium throws down The dry chloride of indium, is thr Wiwi Of the chi fide. indium gives a bead of the t iqet,cent. The oxide of with charcoal and soda. The metal itselt when it is ignited metal itself gives a yellow sublimate when he a t e d b efore mate gives no characteristic the blow. pipe ; this ;Arbil- The metal is le a d gr c reaction with cobalt solution. chemists have Declared their diThille' and very soft. 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