The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-28 00:00:00

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There is an abundant supply of money in the hands of the joint stock and private firms, and first-class three months' bills are freely negotiated at 61 per cent., but the commercial community anticipating cheaper money At no very distant date, appear inclined only to Operate for present purposes. The Ellora, which left yesterday (Sunday) for Bombay, took out £386,680, chiefly silver. As usual, the holidays have greatly interfered With the trade of the past week, but the advices from the manufacturing districts are, nevertheless, satisfactory, indicating that the improved condition of monetary affairs has encouraged manufacturers to regard the future with good anticipation. There Were only a few transactions, and prices were gene rally lower. In the woollen and hosiery districts of Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, and Leicester, an average business bad been negotiated, and at Sheffield, Birmingham, and Wolverhampton, there was no diminution of orders noticeable for eXportation. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Reuter's telegram) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 40c. There is very little business to-day in the market for Consols, speculators being disinclined to re sume operations on an extensive scale. Notwith standing the prevailing quietude, however, Con sols continue firm, viz., at 94 a for money, and at 91.2- for account. The holiday season is not yet over, and an immediate revival of activity is scarcely expected. The New Threes are 914 4 ; the Reduced An nuities, 914 8 ; New 24 per Cents., 75 ; India 5 per Cents., 1064 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1004 ; ditto En faced 5 per Cents., 104; 4 ; and Exchequer Bills, 9 8. 3s. dis. Foreign Stocks have not been very active, and the alterations in prices are unimportant. Turkish 6 per Cents•, 1862, are 71 711 ; ditto Consolides, 4 86 ; Mexican, 371- 1; Spanish Passive, 361 $; ditto Certificates, 131 1 ; Cheek, 251 26} ; Portu guese, 451 461 ; and the Confederate Loan, 38 39. In the Railway Share Market the arrangements for the haif-monthly settlement are now in progress. Prices generally exhibit no material variation, although, in some instances, the charge for carrying over has slightly advanced. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings generally maintain previous quotations. 'Bank Shares are in moderate request without material change to record in values. In the Miscellaneous Market the operations have been confined principally to a few of the new un dertakings, which have generally sustained former rates. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 915 a 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 915 1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities 6 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 -tunuities, 30 yrs, expire sth J an., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pei Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 lOO5 Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent 1045 5 Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 —] Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 Sank Stock for Account D,(1,, bonds ELM/ — Ditto under £l,OOO •••• Console for Account, Jan, 7.. 9ll f India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent.... Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2i lk 3 per Cent. 9 3 die Ditto £500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 oer Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 u Ditto Ditto 1863 Scrip, 1863, £3O paid uen " Ayres 6 per Cent Colombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd Cuba, 6 per Cent. Uhilian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 4} per Cent, — Danish 4 per Cent. 1863 Dutch, 2f per Cent. , ,Ex. 12 Guilders .. Ditto, £lOO Bonds Equador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent l3 Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant — ci...:Yptian 7 'per Cent — Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent. , 1824-6, ex-Coupons.. 26 1 i 6 Ditto Account Ditto Coupons l2a 111 Ditto Account — Guatemala 5 per Cent. .. -- Ditto Account • • Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account — Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent — Ditto Deterred — Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Ditto 3 per Cent. .. .... pet'uVian 3per Cent. .. Ditto Account — Ditto 4i per Cent., 1862 13 iedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 49k Ditto Account Ditto, 1863 Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 921 Ditto 41 per Cent 1850.. Ditto 1860 Ditto Amount Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 .. Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 B9/ 90 Sardinian 5 per Cent Ditto Account - Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account — Ditto New Deferred ... Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Ditto Account — Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded l3l i / Ditto Account — Swedish, 4 per Cent. — Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto 6Ac p c e o r u C nt ent . . 18(33 Dim .91•usranteed, 4 per Cent iLto ii ebentur c es, 711 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Venezuela 3pe ant, Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Ceti ******************** Ditto Account . * 1862 Dividends on ***** above payable . p . a . y . a . b . l • e . fn Austrian, 5 per c London. Belgian 4 percen7t.a_. lEl_lO Florins. Dut,th'2l per Cent., . x. 4 ' 2 Of 12 Guil ******** Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto Account.. • . ******** ~. .x. ....... **** -- French Rentes, 4 1 per Cent., Ea. i iitte Account .................. Ditto Scrip (1 563 ) £42Bs. 3d. paid.... _ pin Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. 70} TWO O'CLOCK. 1A f Consols, Money 9 Ditto Account .................. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market opens with more inquiry. Sales pro. bably about 6,000 bales. Imports, 45 ; previ. ously nil. SHIPPING —This Day. LONDON, Dec. 28.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine Weather, but rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 27.—Wind W. — Arrived—Gl enavon, from London for Port Natal. FALMOUTH, Dec. 27.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Jessie Grey, from Taganrog; Grace and Jane, from London f or Bt. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Art ived, Dec. 23—Panic, f rom Singapore--Frederick, fro„1 Kascoe ; Jane and Margaret, from Ostend—Dickey ' 41 : 1 3, from Algoa Bay—Emily, from Antwerp. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed—Petrella, for Batavia—Ceres (schooner) for S wansea—Richard and William, for Cape Castle—Laura, Lagos—Mizpah for St Lucia—Prince ss Alexandra, for nqrna—all from ' London—Circassian (ship), from the north, for west—Cassibalasus, from Shi for Trieste. Sailed—B a ll o na, steamer, Kelso, Seabre ast, with nearl y Rll the out war I bound. le Belize, p a cket, from London to Be lize, has been sup plied l with an anchor and 15 fathoms of chain, to replace others lost. SHARE ILLARKE TS.--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Cl o sing Business Share Railways. raid. ' Price. done. . ! Blr., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A( A gets no div till c. an. Do. B been 6p paid to har• B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. I GreatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock 8 81 8 8i 82 84 12) 121 84 12 li Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an, W. of Irelath, Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshirt London and Blackwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat,, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So•.th Western 'Man., Shet., & Lincoln. Ililaryport and Carlisle. DOI shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. ct Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Irelana Do. shares Mid Kert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.: : orth London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpooi 'Shropshire Union South South Eastern South Wales 'S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., and Wok. i Stockton ez Darlington Do Do New, 1886 Taff Vale Do B Do C Ulster r.. Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny iWest Cornwall IV. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 61 7 37 39 16 17 96 98 107 109 49 50 45 47 70 8i 125 127 131 132 134 136 97 99 e4} Gil 111; 1111 ' 72 74 1074 :08 43 41 107 k 1072 101 102 401 50} 114 114 1291 1391 1/p 97 69 522 E3i 25 t 6 102 i 103 -d 584 50i 89 90 119 121 1 2 78 78 It 114 122 126 42 44 93 100 61 62 32 33 85i 06} 97 49 9/ 101 a 38, 9 10 7i 7 t 158 160 5 56 21 3} p 83 86 170 175 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing chart Railways Paid. Prioe. Business done 110 Atlantic &St Lawrenei all 60 (2 60 4 Sk I Bom.,Baroda&.Centlnd 100 106 1.073 Gu. 5 per cent— ..... 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares.. 201 Buffalo and Lane Aaron all 6 61 10 Do. Preference 100 1 Butialo,Brant,&Godrich 100 o p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 at Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin.) 100 104 101 at Cape Town 2..- Dock Scrir 100 101 103 stock Eastu. Bengal gu. sp. e 100 108 109 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 10n 107 108 08 20 Do. do. & Ext l5 13p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada Wu 20 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 75 100 Do. ao. deterred.— all 50 M 100 Do. 2d Pret. Bonds all 65 67 , 100 Do. do. deferred all 50 53 100 Do. 3d P. ef. stock all 18 51 100 Do. do. deferred..- all 38 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. melt all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 74 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua. s p.o lOO 1184 1094 1081 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 ls 11, 20 Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1054 lON 1054 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 10 10 1 203 Do. New . 18 11 103 74 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 95 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8.. •• all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 100 106 10 24 stock Madras. guar., 5 p .. 7 stock Do. 43 p. o. Extension 100 100 101 stock Dc.4.§ d 0...• 100 46 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. a. Bnde. 100 50 Melb. & Ilobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. a llortg. Bds. all Newßruuswick&Cands Clans A and B. all 3 5 N.ll.l.C'das po Ist f bds 100 82 84 .tork &hide •• •••• .••• (100 106 107 stock Do. Delhi -1..; 100 106 107 to Do. do z 2 2 $1) at Do. Punjaub c. all 1053 101 Do. Do. ...... . , - - onk Do. Indus. St. i tot. 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 6 p.c. - 3 a &dll; - 1877-S4 1 , 1; If 5 116 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 1(3 1(5 Do. sp. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 1( 3 1( 5 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 (.3 54 934 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 91 93 ICape G.llope, 6 p 0,1873 100 106 108 I Do.Ap &Oct. 1380 100 109 111 110 94 Do. 1891 100 109 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 IMauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 130 8 110 ,N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..) a.etJuly 100 iO4 106 1054 6 , Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - 'N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 18., 100 100 102 I Do. sp. c.,lBet to lac 100 101 102 •-• I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 1014 1024 102 - INew Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I sterling, 1875 lOO 105 107 Queensland GCv. 6p. c lOO 171 113 13. Aus G6p.c.1678.& up lOO 111 113 112 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. JaArJuly 100 107 109 'Do. lo 6ma A.1).&00t.. 100 ,1094 1104 110 94 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold I / id chi:lord Amalgamated 34 85 Deven G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 560 670 East Bassett (Illogan) 90 F 8 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 52. id par East Caradon ...... 2.14.6 27 28 East Cam Brea... 3.4.0 6 64 1. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 55/ 5/ Gam..tSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) 58,i 8 10 ;G reat South Tolgus 17s 4 44 Wheal Vor (1Ielston) 40 12 13 (Grenville dierc.4l's-Foot 8.12 37 39 i ilingston Downs 4 . 18.0 2/ 3 2 Lady Bertha 3iargaret (Guy Leant. 94 14 16 liarke Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 24 14 e. New Setun 199 90 100 - - North Downs '49 1/ 19 S.Wh'i Basset(lllo.;au 3.1.0 2t 3 North Wheal Crotty ?sr Consols (St. Blaze),, 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 42 94 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 1/ 415 125 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — S.lVheal Fran. (illogan? 18.18.9 60 85 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 Lamar Silv.& Lead Slin. 4/ 4 9 rin Crort 9 18 19 IWest Basset (Illog,an). 1/ 94 10/ W G radon (Liskeard) 5 18 20 West j !Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5/ 85 90 I Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 224 274 Wheal Kitty (U.Lehnt) 2.0.6 WhealLuthott • Wheal MaryA.nn (Lien ) 8 11/ 12 Wheal Cieton 5B/ 150 160 147/ Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) '7 21 22 - Wheal Union 3.17 21 21 FREFERENCE SHARES. North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, PREFEttENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 104 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 3} Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 55i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 17} Turin and Savona, Ditto (all), 14 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lint, 61 6 if Cobre Copper, 29 United Mexican (lim;, 61. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 116 Alliance Bank of Lonam and Liverpool (Urn.), 43 - --- Ditto, new, 24 Anglo Austrian, 7 Bank of Egypt, 26i Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 8 BBank of Wales, lint. ,, 91 ritish and Am er i can Exchange (li m. ) , 191 , ma 71 Chayrtered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 37 11 7 Consolidated Bank, lim., NI East London, lien., 7; 8 English, Se,oi ch. and Australian Chartered 23 English and Swedish, lira, oi , European Bank, lim., 31 4 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lint.), 3111 Imperial Ottoman, )81 1.4 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 491 London and Colonial (11m.). 71 London and Westminster, 801 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27 London anti County, 54 4 i 7} London Joint Stock, :17k . i • 261 i Bank, Jim , 61 Merchant Provincial 'of England. National lian film d Brazi London au üb, and Delhi (l im a , 71 London and South Afric a n, Scinde, Punja 4 0 } US. Berlin Water Works, lim., 91 Union of Loudon, British Indian Tea. Urn. , :* Ceylon Company, 10 Crystal Palace, 33:1. a C ni t r tod, Irrigationi 6 t a r n e r d c i e, 'MISCF.LLANEO Discount C orporation, limited, ii English and Australian Copper, lk 2, n t. (Can al fina nce Bot of e i ß a i l a‘verindrdecio ni:.:18:0:Ii , 61 : 15 I I k e a 9 0 1. - -,-, - 4 . Hudson's International Financial 8 Gen.ltaliD Joint stock Discount, 6,i. 71 Um, 41 g London Financial Association, li nt London District Telegraph (I,, ai.x •m s ~ 23i Natal Land and Colonization C.04,:,1,. Aladras irrigation and Canal, 3' ,e,ty, lim., 51 Mercantile Credit , Associatio- National Discount Comp , a . 5 , ilm, 97- and 10/ for Mone Oriental Gas (I m), , ,any, Am., fli y .... Ditto, new, 1 . L 9.16.41 64k 1111 log 8 Si I 1301 i P 531 1021 98 5/ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1E63. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The latest country markers held since our last have ruled quiet both for red and white wheats, at fully the late decline in prices. In descriptions of spring corn, sales have progressed slowly, yet no material change has taken place in the currency. Flour has met an inactive market, at late rates, Advices from New York state that a fair export business was passing in wheat and flour, at enhanced prices. On the Continent the trade generally is quiet. The arrivals of English grain to our market last week were moderately extensive. The imports from abroad amounted to 21,976 quarters of wheat, 10,007 barley, 9,804 oats, 838 beans, 1,202 peas, 22,762 linseed, 1,910 oilseeds, 220 sundry seeds, and 2,580 sacks of flour. Fresh up to Mark-lane to-clay the arrivals of English wheat were small, but, owing to the holidays, there was a very moderate number of buyers in attendance. The con dition of the wheat was tolerably good. The trade, both for red and white qualities, was in a sluggish state, and factors, had they felt disposed to force sales, would have been compelled to accept less money. Very little business was, however, transacted, and prices must be considered nominally the same as on Monday last, There was a moderate supply of foreign wheat on the stands. In all descriptions the transactions were on a limited scale, yet last Monday's quotations, were in most instances supported. The amount of business done in floating cargoes of grain was much restricted, at about previous rates. _ _ . Owing to the large supplies on offer, and the heaviness in the trade in the country markets, the demand for all descriptions of barley was in a sluggish state, and late quo tations were barely supported. Even good and fine malt ing parcels were a dull inquiry. The market was well supplied with malt, and the trade ruled heavy at drooping prices. The supply of oats on offer was very moderate. The falling off in the supply was caused by the decreased im portations, the show of samples of home-grown produce being tolerably good. All descriptions were in slow re quest, at barely previous quotations. Beans, the supply of which was moderate, moved off slowly on moderate terms. Peas met a slow sale at late currencies. The market was but moderately supplied with samples. There was but little American flower on offer. The sup ply of home descriptions, however, was tolerably large, and the trade ruled quiet at late rates. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 385 to 41s Ditto, old 3Bs 40s Ditto, white, 1863 42s 48s Ditto, old 4os 478 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 3Bs 408 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding Malting 2Bs 395 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6OB 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6OB €6s Chevalier 66s 688 Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding. 18s 228 Potato Youghal and Com, black l6B 23s Cork, white l7s 24s Scotch, Feeding 2os 235 Beans—Tick 30.5 32s Pigeons, Peas—Grey . 32s 31s Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stockton and N0rf01k............ 27s 29 , 1 American, per barrel ... 193 25s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market, today, was but moderately supplied with foreign stock, but the general quality of the sheep from Holland was good. From our own. grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up were limited, even for the time of year. Most breeds, however, came to hand in good saleable condition. Some of the Scots and shorthorns were remarkably prime. Scots, crosses, Devons and the best shorthorns moved off freely, at an advance in the quotations, compared with Monday last, of 2d per 81bs. Otherwise, the beef trade was inactive ; nevertheless, prices were well supported, and a good clearance was effected. The highest value for Scots was 5s 2d per 81bs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received about 700 shorthorns ; from Norfolk and other parts of England, 950 Scots, crosses, &c. ; from Scot land, 160 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland 200 oxen and heifers. We were very scantily supplied with sheep ; but their quality was prime. All breeds commanded a steady sale, at fully last week's currency, The top figure for Downs was 6s per 81bs. Nearly the whole of the supply found buyers. Calves—the show of which was limited—met a dull in quiry, at late rates, viz., from 4s to 53 per 81bs. The pork trade was somewhat heavy, on former terms, which ranged from 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Blbs. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Prime large oxen 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 5 0 5 2 Crse. & inf. beep 4 0 4 6 Second quality do. 4 8 5 2 s. d. s. d. Priraecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pine. S'thdown d 0.5 10 6 0 Largo orse. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime small d 0... 4 10 5 0 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Suckling calves, 12s to 21s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL 8 UPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ... Cows — Sheep and lambs .... 2,160 Sheep Calves ll7 , Pigs Pigs lBO I . The total imparts of foreign stocK into London, last week, amounted to 3,521 head. in the corresponding week in 1862, we received 2,440—in 1861, 2,382—in 1860, 2,031 —in 1859-60, 1,163—in 1858, 8,550—in 1857, 782 head. IMpoETS INTO LONDON LAO WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam •• • . 125 • . 1165 • • 64 . • 16 Harlingen .... 340 .. 637 8 .. 1 Hamburg .... .. 640 .. Amsterdam.... 10 .. 204 • • Medembhk Bremen .. •• •• •• •• Vigo — • • • • . • --- • • Nieu Diep - . • .. .. • . Antwerp — .. .. • • • • -- Ostend . •• • • • 79 • . .. 4 . . 2 Calais — . • . • • • -- • • -- Dordt. 75 .. 245 .. • . • • Boulogne,. -- .. 16 .. -- • • • • Total .... 550 .. 2,886 .. 66 .. 19 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1862 356 .. 1,881 • 203 .. 1861 407 .. 1,965 .. 10 1860 163 .. 1, 759 .. .. 109 .. 1859-60 176 .. 273 .. 14 .. 1858 49 .. 397 .. 104 .. A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Dec. 29, 1862, and this day. Monday, Dec. 28, 1863. Per 81b. to sink tho offal. Dec. 29, 1862. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Second quality do Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, &c... Coarse and inferior sheep 3 8 4 2 Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 5 0 5 6 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 6 4 8 Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs.. 270 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Dec. 30, 1861.—8, sheep, 18,920—calves, 132—pigs, 310. DEC. 31, 1860.—Beasts, 3,460 —sheep, 1i 56 pigs, 200. Dec. 28, 1863. 3 Bto 4 0 42 4 6 48 5 0 50 5 2 40 4 6 48 5 2 54 5 8 510 6 0 00 0 0 40 4 8 410 5 0 36 4 0 42 4 6 2,460 9,530 112 220 ists, 4,400 !,500—calves, any perceptible effect on the trade. In colonial wool very little is doing. MR. THACKERAY'S DEATH. SPECTATOR.—The great event of the week to England is the loss of her great satirist Mr. Thackeray, who died early on Dec. 24, in the 52‘i .year of his age, of effusion on the brain, brought' on, it is supposed, by violent sickness, to which he was periodically subject. Of a new novel promised by him to the Comb*ll Magazine he had completed four numbers, and only two or three days before his death was showing his achievement to a friend in the most buoyant spirits. His death at. the season which has so often been associated with his higher literary efforts strikes us with something of the same imaginative effect as those Christmas books themselves, in which the thin veil of supeifiadal gaiety was constantly blowing aside, and showing the graduated depths of darkness beneath. He is the founder of a school of satire of which he will probably be the only master, though he has already hid many imitators. We do not wonder that he failed as a painter, for painting, which must select an effect visible in a single moment of time, gave no scope to the peculiar mobilit y of his genius. He delighted in varying indefinitely the expression visible on the face of his characters, so that before the contraction of the suffering nerve, or the sneer of the parted lips was distinctly visible, it was gone, and if you sought to recover the source of the im pression it was seldom easy to do so. There was a strange mixture of pain and pathos in all his pic tures; bitterness and tenderness mingled their tones in the laugh of the humorist, and there was some thing at once loving and fatalistic about the frequent gleams of his religious feeling. Tennyson has ex pressed the essence of his genius, though not of its highest temper, in the line— Out of that mood was born Self-scorn—and then laughter at that self •scorn. SATURDAY REVIEW. —The death of Mr. Thacke ray, in the height of his popularity, is a calamity which will not indeed affect any public interest, but which yet will be widely felt. This generation is not strong in humourists ; but to those few whom we do possess belongs the credit of having given refinement and delicacy to an art in which those qualities were not formerly conspicuous. Mr. Thackeray was one of the best examples of a school of which the popularity has been 'enormous, and which has done no slender service in raising the character and establishing the purity of English literature. EXAMINER,—Mr. Thackeray was found dead in his bed on Thursday morning. Sudden as the loss of Peel, or of Talfourd, or of Lord Macaulay, whose death saddened the Christmas holidays three years ego—sudden also as other recent deaths of able men who laboured worthily in the world's eye, but whose calling did not bring them so near as that of a fore• most novelist to the world's heart, has been this new cause of public grief. For a few days past Mr. Thackeray had been slightly unwell ; yet he was about among his friends, and he was out even on Wednesday evening. But when called at about 9 o'clock on Thursday morning he was found dead in his bed, with placid face, having apparently died without suffering pain. Mr. Thackeray's age was but 52, and he seemed a man large, vigorous, cheerful, with yet a quarter of a century of life in him. There were some parts of his character that never felt the touch of his years, and these were ten derly remembered yesterday at many a Christmas fireside. There was to the last in him the sensibi lity of a child's generous heart that time had not sheathed against light touches of pleasure and pain. His sympathy was prompt and keen, but the same quick feeling made him also over sensitive to the small annoyances that men usually learn to take for granted as but one form of the friction that belontas to movements of all kinds. He was sensitive to his sensitiveness, and did in his writings what thou sands of men do in their lives, shrouded an over tender heart in a transparent vale of cynicism. °flea he seemed to his readers to be trifling o r nervous ly obtruding himself into his story when he was but shrinking from the full discovery of his own simple intensity of feeling. Naval and Military Intelligence. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale at these markets is mode rately large. On the whole, the trade rules firm, and prices ere steadily supported. Per Sib. by the carcase. s u s dl Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 21 diddling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Prime largo do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 6 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 tided Middling mutton 4 0 4 4 Primed:, .. 4 6 4 8 Veal Small pork . 4 0 4 4 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. Since we last wrote a very moderate business has been transacted in all kinds of hops. The supplies of produce on offer being, however, somewhat restricted, the quotations are well supported. The import last week amounted to 44 bales from Dunkirk, 91 Ostend, 50 Hamburg, 25 Rotter dam, 83 Antwerp, 126 Bremen, 30 Boulogne, and 20 bales from Calais. Mid and East Kents £5 Os to £9 Os per cwt. Weald of Kents 4 lOs to 6 Gs If Sussex Yearlings 1) Olds Belgian Ravat ian American. 5 53 to 0 Os BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Full t verage supplies of potatoes continue to be received at 'these markets. In most qualities a fair business is `going, and very little change has taken place in prices, when compared with last week. Yorkshire Regent. 7ss to 85s per ton. Rocks Flukes Kent and Essex Regents Forth, Forfar, and Fife Regents 60s to 70s ~ Rocks WOOL. The busiGess doing both in Down and long English V 70015 ig very moderate. Holders, however, remain firec, a nd previous quotations are supported. The reduction the Wink rate, owing to the holidays, has not, as yet, had THE NAVY. The most searching investigation has been made by the Lords of the Admiralty into all the circumstances attending the Confederate privateer Rappahannock, formerly her Majesty's screw gunvessel Victor, 6, 350-horse power, at tached to the Chatham Steam Reserve squadron. The cor respondence which has taken place between the officials of the dockyards and the Board of Admiralty has been con ducted, and is still being carried on, with the greatest possible secrecy, but during the last few days some important cir• cumstances have become known with respect to the transaction. The result of the investigation which has taken place has been to entirely exonerate the officials at Chatham Dockyard fromohaving, in the remotest degree, been connected with the illegal proceedings, as their respon sibility ceased the moment that vessel was sold out of the Steam Reserve, and the order was received from the Admi ralty for her to pass into the hands of the parties by whom she was purchased. From inquiries since instituted, it would seem that the Victor was purchased by a London firm, trading, as would now appear, under as assumed name, and that several of the Government mechanics, if not under the express orders, at all events with the cognisance, of cer tain of the officials, were illegally allowed to be employed in assisting to equip the vessel, several of the number, con nected, it is asserted, chiefly with the engineer department, proceeded from Sheerness dockyard to Calais on board the Victor when she escaped from the Nore. The whole of the hands who were proved to have taken any part in the breach of the neutrality laws by assisting in the equipment of the Rappahannock, as well as the men who proceeded to Calais with that vessel, have been dismissed from Sheerness dock yard, estensibly for being absent from their duty without leave, but in reality for the part they were proved to have taken in the matter. The conduct of certain of the dockyard officials, who, there is reason to believe, allowed themselves to become implicated in the fitting out of the Victor after she had ceased to be a Government vessel, is now under the consideration of the Admiralty, and a rumour was current at Chatham yesterday that two of the number, both of whom hold responsible offices in Sheerness dockyard,would be called on to resign their appointments to avoid their dismissal from her Majesty's service. Wi th iegard to the other vessele attached to the Chatham Steam Reserve which are ordered to be sold out of the serv ice, such precautions are directed to be taken that no apprehension need be entertained of any of the number falling into hands of persons who will use them so as to again violate the neutrality laws. In addition to the wooden screw steamers the names of which have been ordered to be struck off the list of vessels to be constructed at Chatham dockyard, Admiralty directions have been received for the name of the Pomona, 61-gun frigate, to be removed from the list of new ships to be built of Chatham. Her Majesty's 17-gun steam sloop Mutine, Commander William Graham, arrived at Woolwich on Saturday from the South Pacific, to be stripped and paid out of commission. The Mutine has been six months on the passage home, and touched at Mazatlan, San Bias, Panama, Valparaiso, rounded Cape Horn, touched at Rio, and thence proceeded to Spit head, where she arrived on the 24th instant, She landed a aluable freight of specie and bars of silver from Valparaiso at Rio. The Mutine was fitted out and commissioned at Woolwich by Commander Graham in October, 1859, and has tu filled her full term of commission. The ship has been remarkably healthy. The whale of ner officers, with the exception of Second Lieut. Peard, who died in crossing the Line, and one assistant-surgeon who was removed, have all returned to Woolwich. On account of the peculiarly high state of discipline and cleanliness which the ship displayed on her arrival, two-thirds of the officers and crew have teen granted three days' leave of absence, a moat unusual cir cumstance, as in ordinary cases no one is permitted to leave the ship while under orders to pay off. Commander Lysaght, in the unavoidable absence of Rear-Admiral bir F. Nicol son, who is suffering from t severe attack of erysipelas, will inspect the ship and muster the crew under arms, prepara tory to her discharging stores and dismantling. A circular memorandum addressed to the army has been promulgated by the Field - Marshal Commanding-in-`hith f, in concurrence with the Secretary of S tate for War, instructions for sergeant-cooks. The Ordnance steam stores hip Lord Panmure, Master Commander Harry Moore, has arrived at Woolw will reload Devonport, laden with returned war stores, and from the Tower with 1,200 arm-chests for neVoDpOrt and Portsmouth. The command of the Chatha di s trict will shortl y be m 1 H. Lyre, come vacant by the retiremen t of 1%1 sj penru-dGioefilse:vice. tis on the completion ofthis fiv e y ears' rumoured in military circles at Chatham Aithaajttrh-eGenoemramlatuhde of that i rnportan t,station will be g iven lion. A. Gordon, C. 8., at present command ing the sec on d h ewrahleGreord' holds the rantsolas;rvedonth Infantry brigade at themCouorrr.aGghen, of brigadier - gen eral. Quartermaster -General's staff throughout the Crimean war and subsequently held t h e command of the camp a t col. cheater, WARLIKE RELIC OF THE DUKE OF MONMOUTH,. A curious and richly-ornamented sword, through the kindness of the Rev. Mr. Whately and Mr. Alloop of Cheltenham, has been recently exhibited before the Society of Arehmologists., The sword, which is an Andrea Ferrara blade, was said to have belonged to the Duke of Monmouth, by whom it was left at Sedgmoor. SEEDS. The trade for canary seed is very firm, and the late ad vance in prices is fully supported. All other seeds, how ever, are a slow sale, yet no material change has taken place in their value compared with last week. Cakes are in slow request, at about stationary prices. Turnip,White,p.bus 11s to 14s Swede —s .—s Mustard, Brown los 13s White, Tares, New 5s Od 5s 6d Old per quarter - s —s Canary, per quarter 58s 68s - - Carraway 26s 28 Coriander l2s 16s Hempseed, per qr 4os 42s ILinseed,Eng.sowing 72s 74s Crushing Baltic -9 -s _ Odessa, —s —s Rye" grass, new 22s 24s Clover, lied Eng., et. —s —s White Foreign Red 33s 46s White sos 643 Trefoil, new 22s 26s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £9losllo —s Foreign £9 lOs £lO ids Rape Cakes,p tonX6 Os £6 iO3 Rapeseed, new,pr qr els 68s TALLOW. The tallow trade is firm to-day, and prices have im proved. The quotation for P.Y.C. is 41s 6d per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow, 42s 6d net cash. Rough fat, '2lB per Sibs. 1859. 1880, 1861. 1862. 1 44,453 72.626 ) 54,719: 50,535 r 70.458 57591 *".o'6os 01 to 51s9d to'lss 3 9.tollls 6d to —s O 1 —s Od —s Od \ 45s 6d 00s Od 1,101 :99 1,009 1 935 1,350 45,987 63,957 8!,725 4 48,543 41,738 327 58l 2,582 ,; 1,085 , 46 0 81,359 i 93,489 8 0 ,6 83 ) 65,769 74,3 49 1 59s 6d 618 Od 52s 9d ) 46s 6d 43s 01 Particulars Stock this nay.... Price of Y.C. .. 1 Delivery lastweek Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGULAR CHARGE OP OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—Edward Bathurst, a tall, swarthy looking man, who gave the address of Frith•street, St. Ann's, and was described as a gentleman, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with obtaining the sum of £lO, the money of Mr. William Temple Cooper, chemist, of 26, Oxford-street, by false pretences. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, prose cuted, and Mr. George Lewis, jun., appeared for the prisoner, Mr. Edward Lewis, in opening the case for the prosecu • tion, said he appeared. to prosecute the prisoner for obtain ing the sum of £lO by means of a cheque on Messrs Roberts, Lubbock, and Co.,.the prisoner having no effects at the bank, and well knowing that he had not, as he had been written to by Mr. Robarts to that effect, and requesting him not to draw any more cheques on the bank, the letter to the prisoner being written prior to the draft of the cheque for £lO. There were heavy costs of a similar kind with respect to cheques on the some bank, and on the bank of Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co. Since the prisoner had obtained the money of Mr. Cooper, he'had been arrested and made a bankrupt. He (Mr. Lewis) should bring some evidence before the court that day, and then ask that the prisoner be remanded. Mr. Paul Akers, assistant to Mr. Cooper, chemist, 26 Oxford-street, said that he had known the prisoner since July or August last, and he bad been in the habit of mak ing small purchases at the shop, and having letters !eft there for him. About the 28th November last he called, and producing a cheque for £lO on Messrs. Robarts, Lub bock, and Co., dated 25th November, 1863, drawn by Edward Bathurst, payable to self, asked him to cash it. He (witness) did so. The cheque was afterwards returned by Messrs. Robarts, and Mr. Cooper subsequently applied for a summons, and as the prisoner did not appear, a war rant was applied for. In answer to Mr. George Lewis, the witness said the prisoner had sent a letter to Mr. Cooper saying that when he came to town he 'soul . ' arrange the matter, but not to part with the cheque. Thomas Henry Allen, ledger keeper at Messrs. Robarts' bank, said the prisoner had opened an account at the bank about four or five months age, but since the 29th September last he had had no money at the bank. He (witness) had been present since the 29th September when some of the prisoner's cheques had been paid and when some of them had been returned. _ _ Mr. Tyrwhitt—Then his account was overdrawn? Witness—lt was, sir. In answer to Mr. George Lewis, jun., the witness said that prisoner's cheques were crossed, although there was nothing to meet them. He was not aware that the prisoner was distantly related to a nephew of one of the partners of the firm. Mr. George Lewis said that a Mr. Wilkinson, the person spoken of as being related to one of the partners, had written to the prisoner, stating that he would send him £2O, and against the prisoner drew the cheque. Mr. E. Lewis said he had a letter written by Mr. Roberts to Mr. Cooper, in which Mr. Roberts said the prisoner must have well known, in consequence of having been written to to that effect, that at the time he drew the cheque he had no effects at the bank. After some conversation, Mr. E. Lewis said he must ask for a remand. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would remand the prisoner and take his own bail in £ 100 , a:sd two sureties in £lOO each. Me. George Lewis asked that the prisoner's own bail might be taken, as the amount was only £lO. Mr. E. Lewis said there were many other cases. Mr. Tyrwhitt declined to make any alteration in his decision. THAMES. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—SamueI Ford, a dissipated and drunken ruffian, about 50 years of age, who has lost an eye, and san only see imperfectly with the other, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with attempting to murder a girl named Catherine Mahoney, by cutting her throat with a razor. Lie prisoner, who is well known to the police, has bean frequently quarrelling with his wife. He has often beat her; and on one occasion he threw her on the fire in his room, and she was severely burnt. On Saturday night the girl Mahoney w as i nv it e d to sleep in the dwelling of the Fords, at No. 2, Burton entry, White Horse-street, Ratcliif, a short distance from Stepney Old Church. The prisoner and his wife and daughter slept in the only bed they possessed, the girl Mahoney was lying on the floor at the foot of the bed. Yesterday morning the prisoner and his wife began quarrelling in bed, and he beat her in a savage manner. The woman and her daughter left their bed and rushed out of the house. The girl Mahoney remained in the room The prisoner, who was in a very infuriated state, armed himself with a razor, and attacked the girl in the dark, believing it was his wife, an drew the razor across her throat, inflicting a deep wound. A fearful scream from the girl revealed to him that she was not the person on whom he had determined to wreak his vengeance. He left her, and the police were summoned. Robert Thimbleby, a police constable, No. 119 K, caused the wounded girl to be removed to the London Hospital, and took the prisoner into custody. He trembled excessively, and while dressing himself put the boot belonging to the left leg on the right one. He was reminded of his mistake by the constable, and said he did not know what he was about. He was asked for the razor with which he had cut the girl's throat. He denied all knowledge of it. Thimbleby made an immediate search for the instrument, and found it in a box under some clothes and papers. There were stains of blood on the razor. Those stains were quite fresh. A certificate from Mr. George King, house surgeon in the London Hospital, was p r oduced. It stated that Catherine Mahoney had received a severe incised wound on the neck, and could not be removed at present. Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner for a week. WESTMINSTER. OUTRAGE UPON A REPRESIIMENT-HOUSE-KEEPETt. — WELL-MERITED PUNISHMENT.—WiIIiant Hienthurst, a youth about 17 years of age, was charged with the follow ing disgraceful outrage : Duaernay Martinali, a German refreshment-house keeper in the Fulham• road, who was the complainant. ex hibited a laceration on the bridge of the nose and a black eye. He said that yesterday afternoon the defendant and some other boys came in front of his shop, made a great dis turbmnee, and threw dirt and other things into the shop lie went to the door and desired them to go away and not annoy him in his business, where they called him " a old German," and defendant threw a stone at his head, and sho p denied that he w hich struck him in the face and in j ure d him conside rabl y . the and pushed after him. C o mplainant Defendant said he did not throw the p st°neu nti l in any way to uched the defendant. He merely endea. vou red to persuade th em to go away- He had to complain of a serious nu isance occasioned by defendant and his corn complainant had come was recalled, out led of, his h positively pan i on s. They were in front of his shop every Sunday abusing him throwing things into his shop, and annoying him in his business. He had never given to them any offence, and there was no reason for the annoyance. Defendant's father stood forward, and said he was a very good boy to him. Mr. Selfe—He does not ccem to be a good boy to others, if I may judge of his conduct on this occasion. Sebastian Bathurst said ho was present, and defendant was never touched by complainant, bnt merely spoken to, when ho threw t he stone. Mr. Selfe—This is a very disgraceful and unprovoked act, and I shall ende avour to sto p this abominable and cowardly practice of throwing stones. I shall commit de fendant for 14 days to hard labour. Dr. Pakenhain, the dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, died on Friday night, after a short illness, in his 76th year. TuE TEA PLANT HAD BEEN DISCOVERED IN THE UNITED STATES, covering a large area of land in the central parts of Pennsylvania, and a company having been organised for the sale, Professor Dana has examined a plane shown him as a specimen, and states it to be the well known Conothus dnzericanus --the New Jersey Tea-plant the loaves of which were used for this purpose at the d be- gi nn i ng of America n revolutio n. Some consider that this sub s ti tu te for the p o p ular b everage must have triee patriotism of our great grandmothers, but others report more favourably of its qualities. A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY, A curious article has been published in the Atlantis Monthly, giving dates, names of officials and vessels of war, as if intended to be taken as literal fact. It is a history of Philip Nolan, who is described as having been, in 1805, a lieutenant in the United States army, and who became im plicated with Burr in some of his schemes of " treason." Nolan was tried by court-martial, found guilty, and when asked if he had anything to say why he had not been faithful to the United States, he replied, " the United States I I wish I may never hear of the United States again." The court-martial, it is said, took him at his word, and sentenced him to be henceforth a man with out a country. The authorities at Washington approved the sentence, and, immediately after, Nolan was trans ported to a Government vessel bound on a long cruise. From that time up to the hour of his death—s period of nearly 60 years—the United States became to him as it thry never had existed. Whenever the vessel upon which he was embarked approached this country he was trans ferred to one outward bound. The name of the United States was never mentioned in his hearing. All books and papers, before going, to him, were carefully examined, and every allusion_ to this country completely removed. Be was so surrounded that under no circumstance was any thing rela ing to the United States mentioned in his hear ing. During his last sickness, and a few hours before his death, his physician, in obedience to his ur gent entreaties, gave him a summary of the changes which occurred from 1807 down to May, 1863, during all which time not one syllable relative to this country had ever reached him. He is stated to have died on the United States corvette Levant on the 11th of May of the present year. "I tell you," says the doctor, "it was a hard thing to condense the history of half a century into that talk with a sick man. And Ido not now know what I told him—of emigration and the means of it ; of steamboats and railroads and tele graphs ; of inventions, and books, and literature; of the colleges and West Point, and the Naval School ; but with the queerest interruptions that ever you heard. You see it was Robinson Crusoe asking all the accumulated ques tions of 56 years. I told him everything I coull think of that would show him the grandeur of his country and of its prosperity, but I could not make up my mouth to tell him a word about this infernal rebellion. And he drank it in, and enjoyed it as I cannot tell you. He grew more and more silent, yet I never thought he was tired or faint. T gave him a glass of water, but he just wet his lips, and told me not to go away. Then he asked me to bring the Presbyterian Book of Public Prayer' which lay there, and said with a smile it would open at the right place, and so it did. There was his double red r re e d .. mark down the , pag c, and I knelt down and read, an 4 he posted with me,—' For ourselves and our country, 0 gra cious God, we thank Thee, that, notwithstanding our mani fold transgressions of Thy holy laws, Thou hest continued to us Thy marvellous kindness,' and so on to the end of that thanksgiving. Then he turned to the end of the same book, and I read the words more familiar to me, Most heartily we beseech Thee with Thy favour to behold and bless Thy servant, the President of the United States, and all others in authority,' and the rest of the Episcopal collect. 'Dan forth,' said he, ' I have repeated those prayers night and morning; it is now 55 years.' And then he said he would go to sleep. He bent me down over him and kissed me, I thought he was tired and would sleep. I knew he was happy, and I wanted him to be alone. But in an hour, when the doctor went in gently, he found Nolan had breathed his life away. We looked in his Bible, and there was a slip of paper, written, ' Bury me in the sea—it has been my home, and I love it. But will not some one set up a stone for my memory at Fort Adams or at Orleans, that my disgrace may not be more than I ought to bear ? Say on it—ln memory of Philip Nolan, lieutenant in the army of the United States. He loved his country as no other man has loved her; but no man deserved less at her hands.' " SPORrING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTU. JANITA [RES FOIL 1864. A.R.Y. Manchester FEB. 1 LUARY. Harrow Chelmsford Spring MA: Lincoln Hunger ford :.cx. Warwick Spring Durham Northampton 29 Catterick 3O Nottingham Spring 1 Derby Spring 3 Liverp , ol Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring Croxton-park Edinburgh Spring .. 2 Abergavenny 6 Thirsk 5 RIL. Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 25 Manchester Harpenden 24 Epsom Chester York Spring Salisbury Bath JUNE Ascot I H a mpton l5 Chelmsford .. 2B Newton 0 d iham Bibury ...... JULY. Newmarket July Carlisle Abin gdon Liverpool July I Pontefract A UG UST. Bright on .............. 2 Plymouth Brighton Club ........ 4 Derby Lewes ............ Reading ...... Egham .............. 16 Devon and Exeter 0d................ 18 Lichfield .... 30 xfor York August 23 SEPT :51BER. Weymouth 1 Warwick .September 6 Leicester D o ncaster Brecon OCTi Richmond Monmouth Manchester Autumn Newmarket First October 27 ißEit. Northallerton .. OV N e wmarket Second Oct. 10 New R market Houghton 24 NEMBE. Shrewsbury Autumn STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864. FEBRUARY. Carmarthen Harrow Cambridge l2 MARCH. Grand Military (Rugby Hunt). l4 APRIL. Abergavenny •• 5 NOVEMBER. Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts., Railways. 1863. 1862. 1863. 1862 X A Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 2,140 1,821 Belfast and County Down-- 49 49 642 5 90 Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 231 t 2341 17,646 35.605 Cockermouth & Workington B3 84 241 SO,' Cork and Bandon 2O 20 332 29 ' ) Cork, Blackrock, &Passage 63 63 124 0 1 a 52 ) Cork and Youghal .. 323 323 379 1 Cornwall Deeside 5 1 6 71 T 1.935180 '23 1 441 1,464 Dublin & Belfast Junction Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and 31eath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid 9 13 i n 7,284 6 . 987 Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 1 - 9 026 2,689 Furness, &c ;35 „..F.383.,._ I,g 1,170310 50 .' 7,537 7,800 Glasgow & South-Western 614 30,261 27,117 Gt.Eastern,Nrik~&E.Union Great Northern .... ... . Great North of Scotland . „ Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.). • 7 . 1 3 4 329 7,7 5 4 8,52 qt.Southn. & Westn. ( rind.) 3 , I e at rn W es e s s t r A rn be - r w ee .. n . 10323 59,330 56.457 86i 1.026 • . 87 6 Great 1191 - 1,098 - Inverness & Perth Junction 145 145 1,692 1,647 Irish North - Western „„ soi 35,624 31.__ Lancashire & Yorkshire Limerick and Ennis... . j . u . Ivo:: 108506,41 148 " 174 Limerick and Foynes Llanelly .. . .......... I __ ii ..: 120 n 11791 , 99 , 1, 8 92 517 London & North-Wa11...: CBL" 1 51 1,66.2 1 .9 1 2 83 3 1 estern • • 450 441' 21,2% 4 .',.. London & South -11 . ,t, s Coast.- 261 i 2413 1 5,841 63 London and Blac Loud. Brighton , - & Dover 721 22i ~_ 17,071 London, unat ham, 1, xtension 103 si 'oi 9 3 ti 6 Do: Metrop SouthendtL incolnsh tigall S lielli B,AI rincham 9i ""a3 16,153 14 910 Manch. B.j u 3 Carlisle Lond.:, Tilbeuldrv°l,i,& 28 , 9 i 1,233 1,00 7 Ilaryport an 11, Perth q. "I° 1,455 1.330 Midland ( _, -Western) 6 4 3' - 1,936 4,616 :3110iedtnirk;Pand°116,d"tit.nanewl e N st h . n. of hill cl 2 j 9i 6 1 1 92 41 442:462528 40,340 713 6b7 1 . 5 ' 5 Monmoutlish. Itai,ldi. St Canal l.k 713 1 ' 2 465 44 2,675 , lc-Eastern and 6 oc . Northand Dundee t d i e s e li , ......... 254 252 't k .... Dart 1 4 0 11 64 11 : 1 3 5 84 5 1 . 5 3 1: 4 ) , 1 3 5 , 5 , 9 North London " ....... 9 3,35 , 79 •1 North Staffordshire ....... 9 8,8.. , - -• ° Oswestry and Ne wt0n ....... . ' 1 950112 ins Scottish Central R ailway , 52 ' 2 114 4,703 89 5, Somerset and Dorset Bllk South Devon S:Bll V Vlc°:haa a .titYril l tite e matle:: l leh t faEe.nie N Y'E..lBs e wY:: a .er. t .ant: ll :: . 1a..E1. . wa ... 7. . te1 : 11 : .. 1 : ::: ......... 31'4'57°6 6 8381:0 6 99' II ' 13232 7 0134: 7 ;12‘9131 1 2.6 1 932 47 .: 100333 85 1 1 3042:: 1 5858:2411 . 128463121 : ::: 30 85471:31 15773:375 3108;56 ' 414 Ulster . • 6 b7 4 3 51 -, Waterford and ..... 2.1 Waterford and Limerick ..... ?.,,,,, 2 73 738 716 West Cornwall ... . . _.., ..... A 2 52 3,705 3.192 ~.,\V•l l tle °ill a ibr."&lta ll •• • 7 7 552 46/ po 11` 'haven,Cletor,& Egro nt ' ' -,, • - 945 636 932 75 i NwV,hhighhaavvee:4Juln,ucrtnioent;.ju.w.:: r 5 1 3 . ' 5 52 . Antwerp and ho ........... 828 Austrian ....... , ~, ..1 WIC i 1011• •• • 29 FottEion AND , CtOteLrOdNallni%.l:.. .. . Belgian Eastern d a , 8, ten. India 185 Bombay , Detroit and 3 i ............. 1081 Dutch ltbenio.sh_ .............. 110 Buffafo anndar.4tkiwe allukiureo .............. 16891 Eastern Beiial ranee........... 1167 Eastern of k ....... 9331 Ea.st Indian ~. „. ..... za 1090 Grand Trunk of c 6383 GGrreeaatt Luxembourg n b r o e urg ninsula 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madrid, Sa.ragossadalicant- 650 828 167 161 t 189 1081 1,167 976 32,219 32,134 '33Z 2;4 2,467 2,001 2,996 3,908 5,360 4.172 3,940 3,659 1081 639 1090 495 134 _ - 58,947 52,927 21,822 21,556 8,068 5, 379 3,607 3,97 7 552 463 12,075 12,873 14,710 13,714 THE FEDERAL EXECUTION. ALTONA, Dec. 25 (Evening). The Federal Civil Commissioners have issueil proclamation stating that Altona will be their E eat for the transaction of business. The reports pith erto sent to Herr von Ploen at Copenhagen are het lee forth to be forwarded to the commission era. Prayers are to be put up in the churches only for the Government, its councillors, and servants. The Danish troops leave Neumunster to-day. Duke Frederick has been proclaimed in Pinne berg, Elrushorn, and G!uckstadt. A meeting of deputies from all Ines of the, country is to be held at EmsUorn on Sunday. Editors of Newspapers. --~---- The statistics of the last Decennial Census show that in 1861 there were 1,673 persons engaced in literature in the capacities of authors, editors, and writers. Of these 1,5' , 8 were inn, and 145 women. Bearing in mind the great spreed of education in Great Therein curing the past ten years, it is remarkable, says the Athenceum, that the above numbers should differ but slightly trout 6illl lar returns in ISSI, At that period the numbers professing to be engaged in literature were 1,501 maws and 109 females. As may be expected, of the 1,673 persons recorded in 1861 a s li v i ng b y the profession of literature, more than one-halt (795) reside in the Metropolitan district. There is nothing to prevent Mr. Cobden, remarks the Saturday _Review, from imita'ing, if he pleases, the example of those choice spirits who supply London news to th e American papers. He is at liberty to publish the names of the persons aehom he knows or guesses to be the editors, the contributors, and the correspondents of the Times. ife may glean or invent facts illustrating their private life, and may describe, if they have ever had the pleasure of dining in the same company with him, the kind of wine they pre fer, and the dishes to which they are partial. It is by reve lations of this sort that the inquiring American strives to allay the curiosity of his countrymen, and to strip off the irritating veil of anonymous journalism. Mr. Cobden might do all this, and yet the wisest way would be, we think, to take no notice of him. There are certain minor annoyances to which every man may be subject who adheres to a course of conduct proved to be, on the whole, beneficial to the country at large. It is highly desirable to have no more duels, but it is very annoying that a little man who is pule liely horsewhipped by a big man should have no quicker and more animated mode of getting redress than bringing his triumphant enemy before a police court. In the same way it may be hard for a sensitive man to be told that he is a coward and a libellous scoundrel, and that his name in full and all his wickedness shall be revealed in the _Morning Star, But an editor must learn to bear this, because it is for the public good that anonymous, journalism sh uld go on. And, practically it is proved that society, when it has found out that a thing is desirable, can generally manage to carry it out. The disuse of duelling might have led to in tolerable arrogance on the part of bullies no longer in fear of fitting punishment, or to nervous men shrinking pain.. fully from the imputation of screening their fear under a politic dislike of duelling. This has not happened, because society, seeing that if either of these risks became common, duelling cou l d mined that neither th e b ully •y, should bully with impunity, not fall into disuse, deter nor the nervous have cause to feel ashamed. The bully was simply cut in society, and the nervous men encouraged, and there was an end of the whole difficulty. In the same w a y, anonymous journalism exposes the criticised to be wrongly attacked from personal motives, and the critic to be wrongly suspected of saying secretly what they would not dare to say openly. Society in a great measur reme dies both these evils. If public men are treated unjustly by a newspaper, it the language used about th em i s scurril ous, if the opinions advocated are manifestly those of a small clique, or are determined by private considerations, society condemns the journal to obscurity. It sinks out of circulation in the educated and governing classes, and de rives a precarious support trom those to whom such langu age is palatable. If, on the other hand, the anony wn . lB journalist or editor is wrongfully denounced, even in th e columns of the Morning Star, no great notice is taken of it, and the world of newspaper readers is content to take its own measure of the honesty and ability of the articles it studies. The next time the editor of the Times is threatened in furiated popalar orator, we hope th at he will r esohrely with an exposure of his real nam e and address b y an abide the coming of this mighty stroke of fate, and we will venture to prophesy he will survive it. , There was a time, says the London Review, when the English aristocracy affected a disdain fcr newspaper writers and editors, Bat sounder and more generous views prevail. Men of letters now receive a gracious welcome into the best society ; and the journals to whose responsible managers every good house is open, offer the brightest examples of the self-respect, good faith, and courtesy which belong to good society. The revolution in modern journalism has effected an im mense change in the relative positions of public speakers end public writers, In the days of Pitt and Fox states men gave the tone to journalists, In the present day the newspaper instincts the statesman. It drags to light abuses, collects opinions from practical men, winnows the chaff from the wheat, points the way to reform, and hands the question over to the statesman when it is ripe for legisla tion. The public orator, when. backed by the press, may be said to be irresistible ; but unless he is aided by the news paper writer, he has little power over public opinion. Mr. Cobden is himself an illustration of this " modern instance." His career as an agitator has had two phases. He laboured to demolish the Corn-laws; he began to be l istened to by the public as the press took up the cause of fr ee trade ; and came out a h n e a k d n e e o w ler t e h d e t b b a e tt L le ee w g a u s e won wh e n Navh,e,ngrethate tact." Mr, unpopu as against the Corn-laws. Yet he incurred so much n amain, Cob den's opinions against the Russian. war were qu i te as 1 aity, and his sentiments were held to be so d u in P and his lieutenants were beaten in the ofheadquarteereste I that he was obliged to retire from the West siding, of Parlia mentary is an. energetic and persistent advseu_rage, the cut _ Reform, the extension of fhle.n tree trade. of constructing ting down of the estimates, the imp° 1 every de sYruall freeholds to that may fortifications, the advantage of aGovernment. tha t m all m lab en ozin b g ow 7 v en er , • auno d re t e h: ona p b o l l e icy n g d ? iv f: n u eg n l c l e a d t i i n n g g, be made by the Federal nd He urges them in these topics he feels stroll. Times repute his season and out of season. The powerful voice that enforced echoed, minuteness. But the confines reverberated his Free- trade . n these latter days bee lirt - hest confines of civilisation,b, its u silent has ie l lds no longer the speeches with scrupulus but ill-requited fieelity and or menacing. The.orator of Jove, thet the despised new He has measured himself agaiini.s Iliac ill spaper writer, and has received afe ce ache-Imre I He can rthuctkhebypress, and public opinion sv thunder of O. make no way but is himself with is therefore dead against him. There never was a time in the history of mankind when per editor and newspaper writers had more occa sion newspa their office. The • • sion to magnifYe life of modern intellect is becom i ng more and more determined to the daily news tapers. TIIE NEW ROYAL ACADEMICIANS.—Mr. E. 7. and Mr. Faed, between Mr. Cooke and Millais and Mr. "P, • W. Cooke have been elected Feed is the yoangest associate, and it Royal Academicians, the contest being between Mr.Millaia now vacant among highest honours Mr• Horsley. Mr. such a one to come into immediate comperilioA foe the i s very unusual for Four or five seats are of the Academy. soulptor. her w a y to As the Sir Isaac Newton was on 100 passengers on Al bany on the night of the sth. Associates—one a whom must be a aboveiLl' occurred,—the bottom of board, 'when a terrific explosiono out, the fire hurled through one of the boilers was thrown cabin, and the vessel the ventilator into inextin guishably fired. the e o r seven persons were killed, but nll The New York limes describes the confusion :—" When the burning downof gre a t e ventilator into the lower cabin, they coals came l ctios. One gentleman, lifting a cup of scattered in 81 ,,,,,h, was struck and burnt on his hand. tshceenreesatawoearee resc ued . coffee to coffee •thr . own boiling over his face by a A. lady had red-hot h a is lig Weng into t he cup. one-third of the pas et on fire. About rs were women and children, and the most inde scribable,enge terror reigned. The wildest rumours ran from th to ear that the boat was sinking, and a scene wo e. of heart-rending agony occurred. Fortunately there breve men on board, who checked the her Another clothes ,hioastidnisl were coa l , frantic women and shamed the cowardly men, and thus saved many who would have recklessly rushed to the guards and thrown themselves overboard ; but it required, the greatest courage and self-possession to prevent the most fearful results. Many of the lady passengers made wild efforts to throw themselves into the water. I n ten minutes after the explosion the entire midships was in. flames. The passengers had, fortunately, nearly all rushed alt. A guardian angel was at hand—the steamer D an i e l S. Miller, of Coxsacle, commanded by Captain John Smith —ever honoured be his name—with three barges in tow. He ran up to the starboard quarters, made fast, and, at once set himself to work to save this passengers. The ladies and children were first passed on board. Several cowardly men tried to crowd in advance of them, but were summarily thrust back by the brave spirits who sought to rescue. Selfishness bad an exemplification on this occasion—one man had four life-preservers on his person. There were a number of valuable horses on board. One escaped and swam to Fort Washington, and was captured by the Dolicemen of eapt. Wilson's precinct." deputies in the thi r d c i rcumscr iption The Moniteu r publishes Imperial decrees fixin g . the 17th and 18 t h J anuary for t h e new election f or of depart meat of th e B as -R hin, the seco nd of the Gara , and the first o f t h e W osges, i n t h e place of M. Z)rm de Bulach, M. E rnes t Andre, and Count Boucier Villers, whose eiectiovs were recentl y annulled. It xfter- lena, Told, rvice nded )litati ' the ;able have Maps aarto lions Pre r tho ; ale- r no%. cated