The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-03 00:00:00

MENWiwI and sew with 3d by the aerial . In ;re far abour &c., . Sir Ja— esigre, oduc— their 3131, it ipper reign at fo ,d the social it im- ions ota and ent. IYIO - N E Y MARKET 'AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY,. TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is rather more than the usual Saturday demand for accommodation today, ovcing to the large number of commercial securities liquidated to-day, the 4th being Sunday. The available sup plies of money, however, are largely in excess of present requirements, and the rates continue easy. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £1,018,600, and the exports £263,527. The Pera, which leaves on the 4th inst. with the India and China mails, will take out £182,517 in specie. The directors of the Port Phillip and Colonial Gold Mining Company have received, per telegram, from Jubal, the following advices, in anticipation of the Australian mail, from their resident director, Mr. Bland, at Melbourne, giving the result of the month of October last : Quantity of quartz crushed, 4,036; yield of gold per ton, 15 dwts. 15 grs. ; receipts, £5,343 ; expenditure, £2,115 profit, £3,228 ; re►mittance, £1,200. From the official return issued today it appears that the revenue of the South Austtian and Lom bardo-Venetian lines (extending over 1,203 miles) during the week ending the 23d ult. was £46,220 or £7,720 less than the company received in the same time in 1861. On the Central of Italy branch from Plaisance to Bologna, a distance of 91 miles the receipts were £3,557, against £2,805 in the same period of the preceding year. Two O'CLOCK. The dealings in the market for the English Funds have been limited to-day, and they have led to no change in prices, which have continued very firm, Consols close at 92a I for transfer and the Bth Instant, and 924 . 4 for the February settlement. The New 3 per Cents. are buoyant at 924 d ; the Re duced firm at 921 4; Red Sea Telegraph Annuities, 21 15-16ths 22; India 5 per Cent. Loan, 1084 e ; and Exchequer Bills at Bs. to 12s. prem. In the Foreign Department the principal move ment has been a decline of about 4 per cent, in Turkish Consolides, viz. to 401 4, owing to the state ment that another local loan is in course of nego tiation at Constantinople. Buenos Ayres £lOO Bonds are 1004; Egyptian, 95*; ditto second issue, 941 ; Greek, 161 ; Mexican, 314 32; Peruvian New L'an, 894 ; Portuguese ditto, 47 I; Russian ditto, 954 4; Spanish Passive, 234 a ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, 711 4 ; ditto £lOO Bonds, 731 ; and the New Loan, 68 4. Business in the Railway Share Market was dull, but prices, in most instances, exhibited more firm neas. Great Northerns improved £1 to £1 155.; and the A stock £l. London and Blackwall and Midland, 10s., and North Westerns 55., Caledonians and Brightons declined ss. The foreign and colonial lines were without material valuation. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares fully Maintained previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Con so l s A nnu iti es 92! i t. New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire Sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth Aug. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. 22 1 15 .16 India Stock Shut. Ditto 5 per C en t lOBl f Ditte Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 95! D it.. Bonds £l,OOO 2B Ditto under £l,OOO Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent 8 12 Ditto £5OO FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1 852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Ditte, £lOO Bonds Egpptian 7 pet Cent...,, 951 Ditto, Second Issue ..... 94f Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupans.. 16} Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 32 1/ New Granada 2 per Cent 271 Ditto ex over-d ue C oups, & H ectares 121 1 Peruvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 1862 Ditto Account. Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 951 1 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account. 46 1- Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 18.54 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account 'Otto £lOO Bonds, Ditto 6 per Cent. 1852 Ditto Account.... Dividends on th e a b ove paya bl e in London, Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f _ Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account, J an. 8 Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. Amsterdam Short. 11 14k 11 14/ Ditto 3 Months. 11 16/ 11 17 Rotterdam — 11 161 11 17 Antwerp ......... , „ 25 37± 25 421 Brussels . . — 25 371 25 45 nataburgh l3 61 Paris Marseilles .. .. Frankfort on Maine. —118 k 'Vienna Peters Trieste .. , h. Berlin .. burg — 35 35/ Cadiz Madrid Leghorn . Milan ........... 25 55 25 60 Genoa — 25 521 25 571 lee 25 621 25 57± ap 25 55 25 6 0 Palermo — 25 621 2.5 671 Lisbon ..... Messina 52/ 52/ Oporto Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz.. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars __. 5 South A mer i can Doubloons 0 0 olf SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 3.—Wind this day at noon—South strong breezy, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Jane Henderson, from Moulmein ; Kaffirland, from Sunderland, for Callao ; Matilda A. Lewis, from Sunderland, for New York. SWANSEA, Jan. 2.—Wind W.—Arrived—Ocean King, from Coquimbo ; Claudine, Deeralayer, and San Fernando, from Caldera. Man, Jan. 2.—Wind S .W. — Arrived—Oromacto, from Miramichi. PLYMOUTH, Jan, 2,—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Rojan.ti, from Havannah. DUNDEE, Jan. 2.—Wind N.W.--Sailed—Earl Powis, for Matanzas. OFF HURST CASTLE, Jan. 2 . — Arrived—Tyne, screw steamer, from Brazils. QUEENSTOWN, Jan I.—Ar rived—Toronto, from New York ; Gueneva, from Sulina, from Bahia. • JAN. 2.—Wind N .W.—Arrived—Lady Monk, liavan nah SHIELDS, Jan. 2.—Wind N.W.— Sailed—Cleadon, for Cambrian Consol. Gold Cli fiord Amalgamated Devon G. Con.. javist East Bassett (Illogan) East Clog-au Gold Ltd East Caradon East Cam Brea... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk Gam..tSt.Aubyn(Gwen ) Great south Tolgus G. Wheal Vor(llelston Grenville Herod's-Foot Uingston Downs Lady Bertha argaret (tiny Lelant Clarke Valley.. ‘tyndy Iron Ore (Lim.) New Setun North Downs Wh '1 Basset ( 1110 ;au north Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey; Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer S. Cant Brea (Illogan) Wheal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park Tamar SilvAz Lead Min. Tin Crott West Basset (Illor. - ,an) tY Caradon (Liskeard, West Setort Wheal Basset (Illogan Wheal Buller (RedrutW 1 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLud ott lVheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton eal Tretawney (Lis ) !Wheal Union 1.14. r 3.0.0 7.19.0, 574 17€ 40 6.15. ( 5.1 . ? 4. 7.0 2.0, 6 4.3.0 191 2i 1.17.1 2.4.9 10.6.7 13 5.15.6 18.1-.9 28.9. it l I 23P 2 500 510 52 64 P iP 435 445 11 115 2 Ai i 15 17 7 75 6 65 45 5 44 50 2} 2f 15 1i 41 43 F 5 9 4 ds pr 140 150 25 ‘4l 20 8 b 55 5 6 .1 43 380 393 2 2 90 95 39 41 13 14 13 14 26 28 280 290 774 824 474 624 74 84 fli 11 15 16 !25 235 17 18 5t 64 ei 51 5 2.0.8 2.10.8 .2271 5 THE OTTOMAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION. — The bad weather has at length proved too much for the contractors and workmen employed on the new building (says the _Levant Herald of December 24th), and the latter have accordingly been knocked off since Sunday. The four porticoes which are to form the entrances to the structure were, however, covered in before this interruption, and a few days after the resumption of work will suffice to roof in the whole. This once done, the further progress with the shell of the building will be easy and rapid. though we shall still adhere to our conviction that nei ther the house nor its contents can possibly be ready for the proposed " opening" on the first day of Ramazan. In the meantime, applications for space continue to be ad dressed to the commission. The Patha of Egypt has notified his intention of sending specimens of all the raw produce and manufactured goods of his viceroyalty. The Persian Government has made a similar intimation, though how it can be imported into a "national" Turkish exhibi tion is not quite clear. The Circassians, through their Tophaneh deputies, have also asked room for specimens of arms, embroidery, silver-enamelling, and raw produce, and their application has, we learn, been entertained. In addi tion to these expectations from without, Azmi Bey is vigo rously whipping up the metropolitan corporations, speci mens of the whole of whose handiwork will accordingly be forthcoming. The for; of tender for the performs - Lee of the West India mail service recently issued by the Go vernment differs in several particulars from the previous one. The service, instead of being treated as a whole, is divided into different i r fora for any high or a one eor low niore lines or routes, and tenders may be of such lines. Parties may stseetanatdtee n what reduction they will rate of speed, and they may also lmake provided the clauses ar e omitted which bind contractors poeeet to supply to the satisfaction of the tm e e r e - r General vessels suited to the performance of the vi with everything necessary to reni'er theme' an efficient. fitted cnt. Whatever may be the advantage of these alteration s, there is a strong feeling among the commercial firma in terested that the greatest care should be taken to insure the service being well executed as regards postal speed and ex actitude, since the commerce between this country and the places embraced in the West India contract (which includes not only the West Indies and Mexico, but the point of communication with the North and South Pacific) is rapidly increasing in importance, and unless the English service is efficiently conducted the French steam lines now in operation and projected will absorb the traffic, and the British correspondence with that region may gradually be come dependent on those vessels. The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and the Archduchess Charlotte, some of the German journals state, will go to London in March to be present at the marriage of the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alexandra of Den mark. (11Y ➢IAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morni ng . Arrived, Jan. 2.—Volina, from Alexandria; Duchess of Leilichester, from Kustengee ; Tartar, from Calcutta; 'Vic tory, from Bombay. Antwerp from Arrived, Jan, 3.—Aregon, from St. John's; Moselle, Ostend; Vanguard, Rainbow,from Boulogne; Belgium, from Clarendon,enav a f n ro g m u ard Calcutta.from Algoa Bay; Lady Eyre, and Anchored—Johannis Christian, from London, for Ba- DEAL, Saturday Morning. tavia ; Star of the East, from London. for St. Michael; Laura, from ra, London, for IIogador; Cid, screw stbamer, from London, for Bilboa. The France says that the Cabinet of Vienna, without repudiating in pri nc ipl e th e cess i on o f th e lon Go Islands, has c a ll e d th e a tt ent i on o f t h e E ng li s h the st e ernreent to th e ser i ous diffi cu l t i es which may result from P• h_ ave(i) the occasion of the New Year, eight children been admitted to the Orphan Asylum of the Prince BIZ The number of inmates is now 330. Emile and Isaac Pereire, according to their usual custom at this period of the year, have placed at the disposal of the Administration of Public Assistance Of Paris 30,000 kilogrammes of bread for the poor. 1:` i lunSoN V. SIR F. SLADE AND OTEIERS."— Ilia:di:Non by Mr. Hudson against the Benchers of the in which the jury were discharged without rdlg a verdict, will again coma before the Court of Queen's euei l lb, • t o 04 another co BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways Paid. I Price. Business done 100 ktlantic &St Lawrenci all 67 69 stk {Bom.,Baroda&.Cent 109 104 105 1014 xn Gu. 5 per Dent.. 20 Do. New 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 54 51 10 Do. Preference 100 Buffalo,Brant,&Godricl 100 77 80 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187'2 10 0 Do. do. July 1,187 T 100 7.3 75 100 Do. do. Jane 1, 174 100 73 76 st Clcutta.& S. Eastn (1. 100 103 105 xn st CapcTown & Dock Scrip 100 108 109 1084 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 6p. c 100 105 fi 6 xn stock bast Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1051 1074 1074 7 xn 20 Do. do. G Ext 5 1 l,p xn 20 Do. do. II do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 22 23 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 74 76 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct all 64 66 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debent.r all 34 36 35 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 100 Do. do. 1872 stock GLlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 105 106 1054 y xn 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 1 tip 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim I guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1034 1040 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharet all 13 134 13 204 Do. New .. ....... 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 99 101 99 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8 all 91 93 92 10 llndian Branch Limited 2 id jp 24 stock 'Madras guar., sp. c. stock Do. 45 p. c. Extension 100 97 99 98 stock Dc.44 do lOO 43 5 2 0 Do. Fifth Extension 2 xn stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnd, lOO 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay all 52 53 100 I Do. 7p. c. Dlortg. Bds all 20 Newllr unswick sc Cand: Class A Capital Share all 3 5 • 20 Do. do. 13 Capital do. N. Rl.C'da6 pc Ist T bds 100 83 95 & stock bade (100 104 106 f Do. Delhi .. ( Do. do ca 2 I a p 24 xn 20 Do. Punjaub •• t ": 15 P st Do. Do. , , 100 1034 1044 1031 xn stock , Do. indus.St. Flo.) 10(' 99 101 xn OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU ITIES. 1052 6 xd 97i # xd SHARE MARKETS—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOeKS. Share Railway& Bit.. \Vol., and Str. Val ;Blythe and Tyne. lEriotol and Exeter 'Caledonian l2 , trk and 8an,10,1 Cornwall Do A A 14'08 110 fliV Do. B till tip e.p an.hag been paid to 13. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&A.b. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. IGlasg. and S. Western. !GreatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland I Great Northern ...... Do A stock Do B Do. £5 shares Gt. S. ani W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val qua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire. London and Blackwal) Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British ,Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Dolecag Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction ' Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock; Do Scot. 'Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Pale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim ' Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.dzlt ' West Midland •Oxford Do Newport ) Do Hereford 13.14 Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 8 8i fi 6i 81 E 6 1161 1161 Cg 71 41 43 13 14 87 88 105 107 46 47 43 45 24 25 Ivi 120 1 130 132 136 138 104 106 Cai E7# 1091 109! 714 '72i 118 119 .174 884 7.1 871 101 102 40 41 9i 9i 128 k f 29 11 11 p 97 09 53 54-1 25 27 99} 100 56 67 884 8/ 125 127 108 110 1 1) 44 3k it 114 118 120 474 484 104 106 47 49 334 344 BR4 89 684. €43li 100 103 7 8 19 40 101 10/ p 7 i 7 4 p 148 150 44 5 r 24 3 p 554 564 24 34 p cl 4 p 87 90 140 145 29 31 43 45 35 37 94 26 Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July I 1877-St Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 Do. 6p. c.Mar. A Sept. 100 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 Cape G.Hope, 6p 0,1873 100 Do.Ap A Oct. 1880 100 Do. 18901 100 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. E 100 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c 100 N.ll.Gov. 6 p.c..la.AJuly 100 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. G oV. 5 p c., 1866 100 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1870 100 Do. d0.,1888 ttupwds 100 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterlin,c,r„ 1875 lOO Queensland Gov. 6p. C lOO S. Aus Gdp.c.1876.A up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 Do. to 6 p.c. An.Aoct.. , 100 BRITISH MI 1 100 107 106 108 106 108 971 93 96 98 101 110 111 113 112 114 111 113 104 i 1051' 991 ICO4 991 1(0i 99 t9i 108 110 105 ICB (8 110 09 111 IC9i lo9 t ES. 6.4.0 19.16.4 12.10 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SHOPLIFTING.—Mary Wood, a female about 50 years of age, was charge I before Mr. Knox with the following rob bery at the shop of Mr. Robert James Winter, draper, of 30, Goodge-street, Tottenham-court-road. The prisoner was seen yesterday evening by George Henry Stokley, outside door porter to the prosecutor, to go up to a piece of mohair, consisting of about forty-five yards, and take out two pins. She then crossed over to a public• house, and shortly after returned and took up the piece of stuff, and, having placed it under her shawl, walked off with it. The lad then went after her and secured her, and brought her back to the prosecutor's, when she was given into custody. The value of the stuff was 15s. In answer to Mr. Knox, the witness said the prisoner was quite sober. Clink, 47 E, said, on taking the prisoner into custody, she said that she only took up the mohair to look at the quality. She had given a false address. Mr. Knox remanded her for further inquiries to be made. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. _____,-,,....._..............._..., 1862. 1861. 1862. 1861. £ . £ Belfast and N, Comities 136 136 2,036 2,032 Belfast and County Down 49 49 690 611 Blyth and Tyne 22 22 1,293 970 Bristol and Exeter • 1211 107 5,913 5,500 Caledonian Cooke rmoutli & Workin,gton Bl 8 4 283 247 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 265 282 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 6 1 178 206 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 531 531 1,352 1,239 Deeside l7 17 197 236 Dublin & Belfast.lunction Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,418 1,482 Dub. & Wicklow and We'd d 4Bl 481 2,039 1,900 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,095 970 Edinburgh and Gllasgow 1691 1694 6,6f4 6,847 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness, &c 5O 5) 2,613 2,124 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrlk.,&E.Union Great Northern 330 330 25,798 22,737 Great North of Scotland 6B 58 1,677 1,653 (it. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 57 451 378 250 Gt.Soutltn. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 329 7,657 7,541 Great Western 992 964/ 53,558 49,718 Inverness & Aberdeen June_ 731 73i 911 876 Irish North-Western 145 130 1,501 1.538 Irish South-Eastern 2.51 255 191 209 Lancashire & Yorkshire 3955 3955 52,363 32,909 Limerick and Ennis. Limerick and Foynes 26 261 105 111 Lianelly 46' 463 429 403 London & North-Western London and Illackwall London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast 2475 2111 17,981 16,575 London, Chatham, & Dover 725 725 3,752 2,282 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend Man.,Sheflleld, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham., 95 04 1,177 1,302 Maryport and Carlisle . Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 6141 43,538 41,779 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 1921 1921 3,9.3 3,787 Monkland 7ll 711 1,577 1,518 Monrnoutlish. Rail. & Canal 44 44 1,800 1,963 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee .• . . .... 4104 3451 N-Eastern and New & Car... 8943 8674 North London 9 9 North Staffordshire 248 246 Oswestry and Newt0n......,, 42 42 Rhymney 194 194 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 52 52 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern 132 132 Shropshire Union 294 295 Somerset and Dorset 395 South Devon South-Eastern 306 306 Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 5l 54 Ulster Vale of Clwyd Vale of Neath 254 25 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 274 27, W.Hartlepool Ilarbr.&Rail 39 39 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt.., 7 7 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 3.5 35 11,199 9,965 41,936 39,932 3,062 2,702 7,082 7,215 820 588 711 607 1,815 1,70 a 3,273 3,247 4,465 4,482 1,100 885 338 21,481 2t,013 10,078 7,829 4,533 3,496 1,719 1,581 119 121 1,742 1,679 217 23t 970 975 648 676 2,791 3,242 482 457 688 716 665 711 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 Austrian B2B Belgian Eastern Junction 26 Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie ...... 185 Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France ....... 1078 East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O Great Indian Peninsula 495 Great Luxembourg 134 Great Western of Canada 345 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant Northern of Canada .. 94 920 948 31,833 44,670 268 233 1,620 1,330 6,308 3,166 3,642 3,774 49,873 54,222 21,350 17,782 7,247 5,404 3,744 3,115 12,739 10,849 15,332 12,805 1,603 911 53,985 54,031 Northern of France . • ....... _ __ Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & ➢iediterrn 1491 Paris and Orleans 1340 Pernambuco 7l 1354 126,852 134,467 1204 58,615 53,950 Royal Danish 69 Sambre and Meuse 6B South Austrian.. ... ... 68 1,425 1,210 1234 49,778 56,273 777 24,944 28,138 Southern of France 777 Welland.... ........... 25 West Flanders ......... 75 __ 25 596 307 75 845 728 758 34,6:4 44,670 W. and N.W. of France 758 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ENTRIES FOR THE CHESTER CUP. The Tradesmen's Plate (Handicap) of 200 soya, in specie, added to a sweepstakes of 25 sous each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before Tuesday, Jan. 27. Cup Course (about two miles and a quaxttr). Yrs Yrs Accident 3 Dictator 5 Adventurer.... 4 Poctor Syntax. 3 Agag Alcostis Alice Amelia Anfield Attaman 4 Dusk Avalanche 6 Earl of Surrey 4 Coltby Acrobat, East Lancashire 3 out of Event. 3 Emily di Lona. 4 Balham Bally Edmond 5 Ernest 3 Barbadoes .... 4 Fantail .. , 3 Barchettina .. 3 Father O'Leary 3 Bathilde Beachy Head 4 Flexmore 4 Bellman Benjamin 4 Glenochty colt 3 Berkeley . 4 Gorse Black Deer.... 3 llald in g ton • Blue Peter 3 Hart ington 4 Bohemia 3 Henham Lass.. 5 Bosh Breechloader Brewer, The Brighton. 4 Jack o'Newbury 3 Brilliant Buckstone 4 Joey Jones 5 Cairncastle.... 3 Jacqueline colt 3 Caller Ou 5 Killigrew a Canace 3 Kill or Cure 4 Canzonette Carisbrook Catch-'em-Alive 4 I Knave, The 4 Yrs Magnumßonum 4 Mainstay 3 Manrico . 4 11 armion .. 3 Merry Maid .. 4 Middlewatch 8 Milverton t .) Monitor Monk M. Philippe Muffler My Mary 4 Myrtle 5 Glance colt 3 Oldminster 5 Physician, by Chanticleer a Pizarro (late Duke Rollo). 4 Plover '3 Port Royal 3 Portland .. Queen of Spain 4 Real Jam Roman Bee 3 Royal Stag 3 Sandford 3 Sister to Sage 3 Serf 3 Scamander Scent,Brother to 3 Shepherdess Stradella 4 Tolurno Tommy Jones 4 T. P Cooke Trojanus 3 Umpire Valentine Venison .. 3 Victor 4 Vis. Brignall 5 Voluptas 3 Watford Weathersby Welcome 4 Zetland Chaff Charles Fox Chere Anfe .... 6 Lady Faucon- Columbine .... 3 berg Conical Contralto 3 Lawyer, The .. 5 Costa Cowley Croagh Patrick. 5 Lady Evelyn c 4 Cygnet Dalesman 4 Lord Clyde 4 Damascus Lufra Darlington 4 Luscinia The above (130) comprise the entries which closed to Messrs. Weatherby and Mr. Topham up to the time of our going to press. The list will, in all probability, be con siderably augmented by Mr. R. Johnson's (of York) "lot." WESTMINSTER. CAPTURE OP EXTENSITE COINERS.—William Ballard and Eliza Ballard, man and wife, were placed at the bar before Mr. Paynter, charged with coining at their residence, 17, St. Anne-street, Westminster. At 7 o'clock this morning, Mr. James Brennan, an agent of the Mint authorities, accompanied by Inspector Rolls, Inspector Brennan, Inspector Fife, and three subordinate officers, went to 17, St. Anne-street, and finding the street door open, proceeded upstairs to a front room on the second floor, at which they received a check, in consequence of their being doors peculiarly and ingeniously constructed, which were double, with several bolts of iron, and barri caded and secured by a large oak beam let into the floor. An attack having been made upon the door with sledge hammers, it at length gave way, and the police, entering the house, found the prisoners in bed. Mr. Brennan then, addressing the prisoners, said that he had received instruc tions from the Mint authorities to endeavour to put a stop to their unlawful dealing in counterfeit coins, and had visited them accordingly. Some of the offi cers having secured the prisoners, Mr. Brennan went to a cupboard and there found a galvanic battery charged. There was a marble slab with some plaster of Paris with the implements for moulds of coin, suitable materials for colouring, coating, and preparing coin. There was also some antimony which is used with soft metal to harden it, and give it what is termed " a ring." There were other matters and things used in the process of coining. The doors were produced and created much curiosity. They were of course much impaired by the process of breaking them open. Mr. Rolls, inspector of the B division, produced four counterfeit half-sovereigns fit for circulation, each wrapped in a piece of soft paper, which he found in a basin upon the mantel piece. The male prisoner said " Of course they brought them with them and put them there—how else should they come in the basin." Mr. I'aynter—l shall at present remand you till Mon day, when you can be further remanded. THAMES. MURDEROUS AssAuLT.--Thomas Watkins, a powerful and ruffianly-looking fellow, described as a painter and house decorator, of No. 14, Frederick-street, Limehouse, was charged with committing a savage assault on Francis Green, of No. 2, Devonport-street, Ratcliff-highway, mat tress maker. A medical certificate was put in, stating that the prose cutor was in the London Hospital with a severs wound of the scalp, and was not in a fit condition to be removed. Walker, a police. constable, No. 488, said ho had just seen the patient, who was in a dangerous condition. He produced a supple leathern thong, to which a heavy piece of lead in the ehape of a ball had been attached at one end. The prisoner struck the prosecutor with this deadly instrument on the hand with such tremendous force that he dislodged the leaden ball from the thong, and it was found in the gutter. It appeared that there had been an old grudge between the parties, and that the prosecutor was quarrelling last night in Cannon-street-road, St. George's, with a woman who has been for some time co habiting with the prisoner. Green and the woman began fighting, and were struggling on the ground. The prisoner came up with his rough life-preserver in his hand, and said "I'll finish the - dead, and kill him," and then struck him with all the force he could muster on the head with the instrument and rendered him senseless. The prisoner then sneaked away, and concealed himself behind the mob which had assembled to witness the affray, and threw away the "life preserver," which one of the wit nesses called a life destroyer. It was recovered by a man and handed over to ' the police. The prisoner on being taken into custody said ho had never seen the " stick" as he called the thong and lead. The case was fully made out against the prisoner. He was remanded until the complainant, Green, is in a fit condi tion to appear against him. FEDERAL LOSSES AT FREDERICKSBURG.—The New York correspondent of a contemporary, who has stood fast by the Federal cause, writing under date Dec. 20, in the midst of " indignation and despondency," increasing in intensity, gives some further information touching the great blunder on the Rappahannock :—" The more we know of that tremendous struggle the more excuse there seems to be for those who are disposed to despair of the country and the cause. Instead of only 40,000 men having been engaged, as we were at first led to believe, it now appears that the whole army took part in the fray; and, instc ad of only 5,000 men having been killed and wounded, 13,500 are, at the lowest estimate, the number of the victims of this stu pendous folly. It appears that from morn until dark night division after division was hurled against a steep hill-side honeycombed with rifle pits, lined with stone walls and re doubts, bristling with batteries and crowned with woods, defended by 100,000 men ; that at sunset Hooker's reserves, the flower of the army, led by a man whose unconquerable audacity has procured for him the soubriquet of ' fighting Joe Hooker,' went into action maddened and desperate by looking on all day from the other side of the river at the slaughter of their comrades. After a brief but tremendous struggle of about half an hour's duration the night fell, and they, too, were compelled to retreat, shattered and broken. On the left, where there were no stone walls to hit against, although the position was terribly strong, Jackson was driven on a mile and his first line forced, but at tremendous cost; and as long as the centre was not carried this partial success was useless. The story, as I have it from eye-witnesses, is un paralleled in the annals of military blundering. Every column that advanced against the centre encountered 500 yards in front of the position which they were directed to carry with the bayonet the converging fire of upwards of 60 guns, ranged in a semicircle on the heights behind, andthe close, well-aimed, and ceaseless musketry of 30,000 or 40,000 men, concealed in the woods, in the rifle pits, behind the stone wall, and in the adjoining houses. What this meant you may guess from the fact that French's division, which was the first to attack, went into action 6,000 strong; it came out with only 1,500 men untouched. The other divisions did not suffer quite so severely, but all suffered terribly. There has been nothing like it in the war, except the Southern charge upon M'Clellan's position at Halvern Hills —another piece of butchery as heroic and as useless. This last one was, however, more'terrible, for it united temerity with courage. The carnage began at daybreak, and divi sion after division marched to its fate all day long, each leaving its mound of dead at the foot of the intrenchments, and then straggling down the hill into cover under wither ing volleys from every crest and knoll within a mile round." The French Minister of War has just adopted a measure which will effect a further reduction of the troops in active service, and cause a cons:derable sav ing. A decision, dated 19th ult., has been addressed to all commanders of corps directing that the 7,000 men who re ceive six months' leave of absence on the 4th November last, shall be immediately transferred to the reserve, and also a certain number of others at present on furlough for various terms, but more especially those whose services are wanted for the support of their familes. The weather being fine yesterday, vast crowds filled the Boulevards, and on several occasions dur ing the day stoppages occurred which for a time barred the circulation. The petty dealers seemed to drive a thriving trade, and the general admission was, that the purchases made were to a greater amount than last year. )STRANGE WEDDING.—A rather claims wedding I was witnessed on Tuesday last, at the Primitive Methodist chapel, Loughborough. The bridegroom was a ripe old man of 75, and the bride, a blushing damsel of less than half those years. The pair came from Hathern ; and, as many of the natives had subscribed towards the expense of publishing the banns and celebrating the nuptials, the style and ceremony was such as is seldom witnessed. A muck cart, cleansed and garnished, drawn by a steed (which, although not very light on the heels, had the re deeming character of being quiet in harness), trimmed and covered with a profusion of rustic trappings. was in requi sition to convey the lovers to the hymeneal altar. After light dress and the ceremony the old man led forth his lady to her seat in the cart, and then took his seat beside her, giving expres sion to his love by hugging her in the tenderest manner. A large blue flag waved triutophantly over them, whilst the . crowd of persons, numbering several hundreds, who chianti been attracted by the sight, filled the air with their a ers. brid e l o h o a k d e on a t white o us e the bonnet, a expressionb r 111 v of e i , ancl by stander) " eiane a a b n u d n d h acen d ( t, and very comfortable." Her holly. The bridegiei•noge head-dress wa s of ivy, and her bouquet a bunch of was dressed in a . negligee suit. His coat, instead of b string, and his trousers buttoned, was tied with a piece of lookedthought so very uncomfortable, that shouldering besoms, b mop-stails, it was evident ho had that t he had to dress in a pair of breeches, and therefore his legs through too d the cart, the man dressed as a clown, and a brass bandeingl f ez a c r.. , p A recee number of men s headed by a fashion they returned to their home,. the line of ;outn this with spectators. The affair Tad() quite a e st?irm4pi linedte village, whic4 presented a holiday as pect.--2Yotetngham Journal. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of fruit and vegetables is seasonably good, and most descriptions command a fair sale at the annexed currency : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. s. d. s d Pine apples, perlb 6 oto 10 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Grapes,per lb 2 6to 5 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 3to 1 6 Foreign do 1 o to 1 61 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Melons . Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 j Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 oto 3 61 Figs, per d0z..... 0 oto 0 G O Pe ra a n rs g , e p s e , r p d e o r 4 3 0 6 to o 1 7 0 0 0 1 1 Damson ooto 0 0 Currants,loo Lemons, per 120.. 3 6to 7 0 ; Plums, per dc,. .. 0 oto 0 0 ~ Gooseberries hi sveo o to 0 OlGreengages, .per Imp/ 0 oto 0 0 pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 1 1aspberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 - - VEGETABLES. _ Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 3, Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 Red ditto 1 6So 3 0' Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Savoy do., pr dz oloto 1 4' Celery, per ditto 0 9to 1 9 cauliflowers, pdz 0 oto 0 0 j Beet, per doz. .. 1 oto 2 0 Brocoli, per bun. 0 10 to 1 3 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 80 to 140 01 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr pd 0 oto 0 0; Mushrooms.p ptl. 2 6to 3 0 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 1 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 r Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 J Mint and s avory.. 0 3to 0 4 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, 0.-sy. 0 oto 0 0 1 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts, h.e. 1 6to 3 0, Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 6to 2 0 ; Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 French beaus, It.s. 0 oto 0 0 i Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0J Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 NENVGATE AND LgADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Oct to 15s Od ; geese, 5s Od to 108 Oct each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; ducklings, Os Cd to Os Od; rabbits, is to 2s Od each; wild do., 9d to is 2d ; pigeons, 6d to is each; large Surrey fowls, 9s Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 48 Od to 9s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to Gs Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s 6cl to 4s 6d ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each • pheasants, 4s Od to 6s Od ; partridges,Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os Odto Os ; snipes, Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, is 6d to 2s Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 8s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, lld to is Id ; English, is Id to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, 120 6d to 14s Od ; French do., 16s Od to Os Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s 6d to Os Od ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to is ; prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, 2s Gd to 20s ; cod, 2s 6d to 25s Od ; brills, is Od to 108 Od ; doreys, Os Od to Os Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 2s 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, 3d to is 6d per pair ; common oysters, s to —8 ; natives, —s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 12s; haddocks, 4s to 20s ; smelts, is Od to 34 6d; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 40s per 120 ; fresh herrings, 6s per 100; bloaters, Os to Os per 100; carp and ench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s Od; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81b. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 71d to 8d , of household do., bid to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b lid to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3 d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 31d to 41d; 961 b to 1041 b, 31d to 5d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 8s Gd to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light 2s Gd to 4s Od ; full, 6s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 9s 6d to lls Od ; half-breds, 7s 9d to N 3d; Downs, 6s 3d to 7s 9d ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SmyrurrEr.D.--Meadow hay, £1 16s to £4ss Od; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 lOs ; and straw, £ll2s to £1 16s per load. Supply very moderate ; trade steady. CUMBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £1 16s to £4 ss; clover, £3 lOs to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s per load. A fair demand. ITECHAPEL.--Meadow hay, £1 16s to £1 ss; clown, do., £3 10s to £5 10s ; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s per load. Trade steady. LONDON GAZETTE—Yesterday. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 31. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade give notice, that the Itloniteur of the 30th instant, contains a French Imperial Decree, abolishing from the Ist January, 1863, the drawbacks accorded by the Decree of the 18th August, 1852, 19th January, 1856, 29th May, 1861, and 20th July, 1862 respectively, on the ex portation of products derived from salt. JAN. 1. The Right lion, the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, give notice that the -Ilioniteur of the 30th ultimo, contains a French Imperial Decree, exempting from Customs duties the following articles, when imported into France: — Silk unbleached, raw or thrown, including double thread (Doupions). Waste silk in mass, unbleached or dyed. Bones and hoofs of animals, of European origin, raw or calcined (calcines a blanc), imported in French vessels, or by land. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. George Messenger, Elm Tree-road, St. John's-wood BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of importance in the Gazette William Dawson ' City, Manchester warehouseman John Hambrook Rolfe, builder, Bayswater James Bacon, wine merchant, Buckingham James Riley, wine merchant, New Kent-road Charles Wade, linen draper, Camberwell James Innes, linen draper, Dartford George Shrimplon, farmer, Nursling, Southampton George James, provision dealer, Dudley John Griffiths, jun., Wotherton, Salop Joseph Lock. cattle dealer, Battersea Thomas H. Hutchinson, farmer, Offham, Kent Frederick Gregory, metal merchant, St. Luke's Wm. Parry, farmer, Chirbury, Salop John Baker, Barrow, innkeeper, Kendal, (Westmoreland Ddward Wigdahl, ship broker, Sunderland John Mason, grocer, Wolverhampton William Jackson, builder, Stockport John Herbert, farmer, Bristol James Muir, farmer, Kelston, Flintshire Wm. King, dealer in fancy woollen cloths, Manchester Joseph Durrell, sai'maker, Ipswich Richard J. Foord, shoemaker, Southsea William Baker, saddler, Ledbury George Lambert, auger maker, Sheffield Richard Northover, farmer, olt Wood, Dorsetshire SCOTCH BANKRUPT. Wm. Hutchison, builder, Glasgow An American paper says that a great grand nephew of Oliver Goldsmith was shot through the head and died at Antietam. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. Entries for the Grand National Steeplechase (Handicap) of 20 soya each, h ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added, About four miles and a quarter. Yrs Yrs Anatis a Emblem a Antelope a Fearless Arbury Auricula C Frank . a Avalanche Bally Edmond 6 Grisi .. Bantam .. a Inkermann.... a Birdbolt Brewer, The .. a Jerusalem BritishWorkmana Killigrew Black Prince .. 6 Leighton a BritishGrenadier6 Light of Other Yrs Omen Orphgn, The Penarth Prophet, The 6 Ravenstonedale a Real Jam Remedium Remunerator Romeo a St. James Satellite Sepoy Sinking Fund a Sir Bobby Shropshire 5 Sly Fox Soothsayer a Telegraph 4 Thomastown Ulsterman Wee Hen Westender Yaller Gal Lp. One mile and a Bridegroom .. a Broomstick.... a Days Lincoln Brownie The 5 Brownie, •• Master Bagut.. a Bueephalus a Catapaw Chester M auchlino - . a Medora Merryman Climax Corona 6 Miss 'Maria .. a Moor Cuirassier .... a Mutineer Dane, The a Doubtful a Entries for the Li Northern Light 6 Nosegay ,iverpool Spring Cu, half. 27 subs. Yrs Yrs Anfield Balham Bohern'a 3 Chere A.mie Costa Douche 3 Dr. Syntax 3 Dualla 3 Escape .. 3 Haddington .. 4 Entries for the Sefl Mountain Maid filly Hyperronestra 3 Honest Torn Invasion 3 King of Kent 3 Killigrew a Lawyer Muffler Yis Marmion 3 Oakapple 3 Revolver 3 The Royal Stag 3 Sea Nymph Soothsayer Tolurno Truant 3 Westminster 3 ton Handicap. Five furlongs. 25 subs. Yrs Fravola Dualla .. Miss Livingstone 4 Peignoir Sibyl Vigil .. Invasion 3 Antar Anfield Yrs Oakapple .. 3 Honest Tom 3 Mousetrap 5 Quicksand 3 Libellous 6 Little Lady 5 Ellerton Revolver 3 Yrs Lapidist Muffler Lady Nichol Marmion 3 Inva-ion 3 Tolurno Haddington. Lioness BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-FRIDAY NIGHT. DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Lord Clifden (taken to £5O) 28 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (taken to £5O) 66 to 1 agst Cairncastle (taken and wanted) WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. - • 16 to 1 agst Mr. Spinks's nomination (taken and off.) 16 to 1 agst Mr. Ingleby'stiumination (t. and off.) 2.5 to I agst Mr. B acklock's nomination (offered) 23 to 1 agst Mr. Worrall's nomination (taken) 23 to 1 agstNr. Bake's nomination (offered) 33 to 1 agst Lord Wilton's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lord Binning's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Bricewell's nomination (taken) EAST LONDON SAVINGS-BANK,—The annual re- port of this bank, which has been established for upwards of a quarter of a century at Stepney, has just been issued. From this it appears that the bank has received in deposits the sum of £622,478 17s, and repaid in the same period £541,853 7s 3d. At the end of the year when the accounts were made up the number of depositors was 3,600, having a balance in their favour of £74,928 16s ; 58 chari table societies, with £3,629 2s 7d ; and 21 friendly institu tions, with £1,992 15s 10d, giving a total number of 3,679 accounts, of which 1,150 were opened during the past year, and a total balance of £80,550 14s sd. The total amount received from depositors within the year was £34,085 2s 10d, and during the same time £38,022 18s 7d, including interest, was repaid. The interest on mon( ys invested with the Com missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, or sums drawn for by the trustees upon the commissioners within the year, and by the sale of books was £2,538 7s. The cost of management, including salaries, rent and taxes, printing and stationery, &c., amounted to £422 is 11d. The surplus reserved to meet the current expenses of the ensuing year was £74 15s 4d, making the total assets of the bank £80,625 9s 9d. The trustees and managers of the St. Clement Danes Savings-bank have also issued their financial statement, which shows that the balance invested on the general ac count with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na tional Debt, with interest, on Nov. 21, and in the hands of the treasurer, amounted to £109,103 108 Bd. There were 4,091 depositors during the year, including chlrilable and friendly societies, and the total amount due, including in terest, was £108,582 8s sd, leaving a clear surplus, after the payment of all depositors the whole of their claims in full, of £521 2s 3d. THE GOOD FROM AN ILL WIND.—Up to the end of November in the year just closed we had sent abroad 605,992 small firearms, of the value of £1,291,789 in the corresponding period of 1861 the export amounted only to 280,294 in number, and £489,668 in value. Of gun powder we exported 14,651,3021 b in the first 11 months of 1862, its declared value being £438,851; in the same period of 1861 the export amounted to only 10,546,2881 b, of the value of £320,595. A VERY REMARKABLE STATEMENT.—We have received a letter from a correspondent, dated Jan. 1, 1863, containing the following remarkable statement : "It may be remembered that about five months ago the Marchioness of Queensberry fled to the Continent by night, taking with her her three youngest fatherless children, and leaving a letter of defiance to the guardians and law officers of the Scotch Court of Session, whose wards they also are, that they should neither discover the place of her retreat nor induce her to bring them back, excepting on her own terms. To these terms the Court of Session neither might nor could accede. In November last a detective sent to trace her ladyship found her and the children at Nantes. She had previously resided for some weeks at Boulogne, under the name of Mrs. Brown. No expostulation, no offers of conciliation, no argument, will induce her ladyship to bring these hapless children back to Scotland ; and the most sad result of her obduracy must be that for more than six years, and until the youngest are 14 (when ty the ec centricity of Scotch law they are of age to choose their own guardians), these children, so precious to their father's family, must be exiles, and their grandmother, the dowager Marchioness, who lives but for and in them, advanced in years, and prostrate by this heavy trial, cannot hope to see them again." NOBLE LIFEBOAT SERVICES. RESCUE OF 28 PERSONS.—BRAUNTON LIGHTHOUSE, N. DEVON, Friday Night.—l have to report (writes Mr. Lamping, the lighthouse keeper) that some noble services were performed this afternoon by the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat In stitution on this station to the crew and passengers, con sisting of 28 persons, of the ship Louisa, of Appledore. The vessel was being towed over the bar by two steam tugs. In the heavy sea that was running the towing warp parted , : and the ship drifted headlong amongst the breakerad., lifeboat of the Institution was instantly laun.ofteie it n i t: rescued 28 per,ons, including the master:L:l T he poor expected that the ship will become a totalw li g hthouse just people were brought to the commodi o usd serecl renderedsa nd s . This m erected by the Institution on these occasion R shipw A recked crew. valuable lifeboat has on a previous portant service in a gate of viin E d A W_ FIRE ON BOARR AST ME t two o'clock yesterday morning a alarm was rai se d o f a f i re having brokenouton board the screw steamer Europa, lying in the Lon don Dock. It originated in one of the coal bunkers, w hich i s supposed to have got overheated and set fire to a quantity of coal. The fire was extinguished beforo axi y damage was done to the ship. Mr. Paul Morphy, the celebrated chess player, has arrived in Paris, having slipped through the ( blockade, and reached Europe by way of the Havannah. He has returned a devoted Southerner. 1261 71 131 301 11 67} i a 4 10n 1 ; 72 1181 97 1 ; 5I 31 100} d 99 xd 1151 t 094 i STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, J. n. 2.—The yarn market has been very strong as regar Is prices, and there has been a good deal of inquiry for a' I markets, but not much business. The disco very made in Liverpool on Wednesday that the stock of cotton :l as greater by 100,000 bales than the previous re turns had led buyers to believe occasioned a severe shock in the present sensitive state of the market from high prices, but the market seems to have fully recovered from it to day, and sellers confidently look for ar increased business. The market has been quieter, but it is accounted for by the absence of holiday people. The business has been exceed ingly limited in cloth, though this market, like that for yarn, appears to have r ecovere d in price what was lost on Wednesday, owing to the cotto n report as to stock. There is a decidedly better feeling, but still buyers do not seem disposed to operate at present rates. Th e s t oc k o f cloth in the hands of speculators is still large, and one of the c iuses of so little being done in it is said to be that manufacturers having gone into the market when cotton had receded con siderably in value they arc able to take orders and supply goods at lower rates than speculators, who mostly hold goods bought at the high rates to which they Were forced up in the early part of September. Prices to-clay are very firm, and where sellers operate they are obliged to give th e I full rates of Friday. Mesas. Du Fay and Co., in reviewing the market during the past month, say :—" During the past i month a fair amount of business has been done both n yarns and goods. The home-trade merchants were obliged to purchase for urgent wants, and a limited demand for various foreign markets having also sprung up gave a show of some activity to our market, which has not occurred for several months." LEEDS.—The Leeds Chamber of Commerce reports as follows of the state of trade for the month of December : " During the earlier part of the month a considerable busi ness was done in woollens, especially considering the ad vanced state of the season. In the latter part, the usual time for stock taking being at hand, the merchants have been buying little more than for present wants. Considerable orders have been given for spring goods, espe cially for light fancies, and the bulk of the manufacturers are very busy, the exceptions being in those districts prin cipally engaged in the plain cloth trade. The want of de mand for the cotton districts and for the United States has its influence en the market, but on the whole the woollen trade in this town and neighbourhood is in a healthy state, and the new year's trade is looked forward to with confi dence in its continued prosperity. The public wool sales in London, which were in progress at the date of our last re port, closed on the 10th inst. The advance with which the sales apened was scarcely maintained, and at the close prices were on the average much the same as in August. About the same proportion was taken for foreign account. It can never be too strongly impressed upon the colonial wool growers, especially in Australia, how much their wools are deteriorated by the buns and grass seeds with which they are so generally infested. There has been no particular feature to notice in the trade since the close of the London sales, the general demand is rather slack, but prices are fi mly supported. In English combing wools there has been a decided improvement, and more business has been done at an advance of 5s to lOs per pack, with a still upward tendency. Shorts and noils are without much alteration, but there is a somewhat better inquiry for them ; in the face of the very large imports of most kinds of flax they maintain their value with great firmness, and the demand is lively. There has been no material alteration in prices, but holders are exceedingly firm. Tows and codillas are also in brisk demand, and green hemps have been sold at higher rates. The spinners are also very busy, and have considerable or ders in hand. The slight reduction in prices reported last month has been recovered, and orders can only be placed at full rates. The relative prices of linen and cotton goods have no doubt been one cause of the increased consumption of linen yarns. Machine and engineer tool trades, &c.—The iron trade has not been so good latterly, and the demand for both merchant's and best iron has been dull. This is not unusual at the end of the season, and the makers are looking for an improvement at the beginning of the new year. The makers of railway plant continue well employed, and in all branches there are orders in hand for some time to come. The machine makers are very busy, especially for flax machinery. The engineer tool makers are only moderately well employed, and some of them are working short time, or with a reduced number of hands. The de mand for cut nails is very brisk, and all the manufacturers are in full work, and have considerable orders in hand. The demand for leather hat varied somewhat during the month, but on the whole a fair average business has been done, and as the sales in most sorts have kept pace with froth arri vals, there is very litt/e, if any, increase in stock. There is no alteration of any moment to report in respect of prices. Rapeseed and linseed are fully as high in price as last month, and although the mills are working, the present rates for oil do not leave any profit. Rape oil is more inquired for, and the tone of the market is firmer than for some time past. Linseed oil is also in demand, and prices are well supported. Cakes are slow of sale in consequence of the very mild season. Olive oils maintain the prices of last month; the rates required in the producing countries would leave a loss at the present quotations in this market. The paper trade still continues very quiet. The great falling off in the demand for making up papers in Lancashire is the principal cause. The supplies of wheat have been good, and a fair business has been done. A considerable quan tity of barley has been shown and the maltst zrs have bought to a fair extent. Oats and beans continue as before." CARDIFF, Ist.—There is a fair inquiry for every descrip tion of iron, and prices are firmer than was the case a week ago. Rails have not yet reached the quotations which ruled three months since, but merchant bars are in good demand, and prices are fully maintained. The coal trade evinces considerable activity, and large shipments have been made during the month of December. The men at nearly all the collieries of the district are well employed. House and gas coals continue in active request, and there is a fair demand for steam c oal. There is no change to report in quotations. WASHINGTON DURING THE WAR.--The city was not, in former times, notoriously corrupt. Its officials were, for the most part, honest and high-minded. But with the war came enormous outlays for food, clothing, ordnance, ships, and transportation, and the fi gers of every third man in America itched for a share of the plun der. The avaricious, the perjured, the peculating, rallied forthwith, and the war and navy departments were placed, virtually, in a state of siege. Sentries barred admittance to public offices, personal applications to secretaries were forbidden, and the qualifications for a chief of bureau were deafness, blindness, and intangibility. Every State in the Union was represented by sharpers. The "lobby" rivalled the army in numbers. No threat could intimi date, no exposure abash, the unprincipled "patriots' who plundered an 3 made merry over the general dis aster. Adventurers of every grade intrigued for con tracts, from butchers who haggled for hides, tallow, and camp offal, to merchant princes who bargained for gunboats, field batteries, and monster ordnance. Embalmers clamoured for the bodies of the slain. inventors piled the arsenal grounds with motley models of tents, knapsacks, rifles, and projectiles. Builders hoped to dispose of their rotten vessels, and stable-keepers to sell their spavined nags. A rogue from New York swindled in steamers, a rogue from Massachusetts in shoes. Pennsyl vanians made themselves infamous in shoddy speculations, Connecticut mill-owners dealt in damaged muskets. Ohio drovers fattened upon emaciated cattle, and Illinois factors throve upon mouldy bread. Jews of a bad class peopled the shops of Pennsylvanian Avenue, and sutlers that should have been in the Penitentiary robbed the troops of their paper pay. Bounty and claim agents, so called, set up offices under the shadow of the Treasury, and cheated the widow and the orphan. Railway presidents put their heads together and agreed upon a concert of extortion. Physicians, catching the infection, thieved in medicines, and high officers of State enriched themselves at the expense of the country. " - Millard's" and the " National," two vast hotels, presented strange spectacles of an evening, when their halls and " ordinaries " were filled with soldiers and civilians. Here was a quartermaster whispering with a " smart" waggon-maker, and there a Representative listening to a lobbyist, whose tongue ran oil and wine. Professional agents to procure commissions, button-holed newly-arrived guests, and spruce volunteer officers clustered on the sofas, with their spurs in the air and a glass at their lips. The bars were thronged, and tobacco-smoke rose in suffocating clowds to the ceiling. The Capitol building became, for a time, a grand barrack, and Fire Zouaves held session in the halls of Congress; P t o r e t s h i Bakeries were built in the cellars, and hogsbeadero:gi pets obstructed the marble porticoes and coloimate• thda of rival regiments pummelled each othergs in b e e b d f :v er g s gs . Li e b ir Y bere vice was dent's mansion, and drunken soldiersTwheerp wantest man 'elite that had beforeghts guard-house at the heels of fr h: w3 rr :d e Public bea m me numerous and ' sions in the city were occu s p h i ow the a t ° w h a t - s merry burned at unwonted hours, making. . . . II begat. languished in Washiel A fine new of „ se ren aders gave entertainments in opened ; ban ds able as soon as dancers performed • in the public various hallo; tlf held forth ts • leoturet at the Smithsonian Insti atee , d equestrian performers lute, an the en e flourished in the public ki Drinng- squar es. hou ses, or, as they were commonly caned , rum-mills," sprang up at every corner ; the streets at night were copies of the Haymarket. M'Clellan's pro • vost-marshal endeavoured in vain to abate the prevailing disturbances. Horsemen were planted at crossings, with insttuctions to cut down any officer or soldier who rode at a gallop ; the casks of disorderly publicans were emptied in the streets ; loitering volunteers were compelled to return to camp or go to prison, and a Government detective bureau was organised to apprehend spies, ti aitors, and swindlers. The battles that occurred in rapid succession close to the city rendered Washington an immense hos pital depot, and there have been at one time as many as twenty thousand sick and wounded within its walls. All the vehicles in the city have been seized, in emergency, to serve as ambulances. War-meetings have been held in the Capitol grounds.—Cornhill Magazine for January. KENNEDY V. BROWN AND WlFE.—This cele brated cause, in which Mr. Kennedy, the barrister, ebtfin_een, damages of £20,000 for services rendered to Mrs. Syr' stands first for judgment in the Court of Co raraoll on Monday, the 12th inst,—Era. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. PRUSSIA. In opposition to the addresses of loyalty sent from all parts of the kingdom of Prussia to King William 1., the Liberal deputies are obtaining from their electors signatures to addresses of adhesion to their attitude in the National Assembly. M. Von der Reck, chief of the district of Belgard, in the circumscription► of lice3lin, looking on this step of the electors as a blameable proceeding, has issued a rescript on the subject. IRELAND. ---~ - DUBLIN, JAN. 2. New Year's-day is distinguished in Dublin by the inauguration of the Lord Mayor for the ensuing year, a pageant which attracts great numbers of spectators. Y ester d ay i t was spo il t b y t h e weat h er, which was ext reme l y wet and cold, the streets being in the Worst possible condition for a procession, and Hon.n o . John y o hn p wearing ren a very Prendergast er on s t v d e i r s e m k a e l r aspect. haling been t s h w el o wh rn elillo in le as Lord Mayor, and invested with the in signia o f office, he expressed his thanks for the honour conferred upon him, promised to avoid all party feeling, and to act as Daniel O'C onnell did— in such a manner that no person, looking to his conduct, sbould be able to tell to what political party he belonged—a promise that was received with loud applause. The Most Rev. Dr. Cullen delivered a discourse in his cathedral on Wednesday evening, in which he reviewed the old year from his Church's standpoint. If the rich and poor had acted towards one another according to the Gospel, both, he said, would have an opportunity of gathering a rich harvest of merit. But if the Roman Catholics of Ireland have to complain at poverty and its con sequent evils, they should be thankful that they are exempt from the scourges which have fallen upon other countries. In Italy a wild spirit of revolution has spread ruin and devastation around, and shaken society to its very fo un d a ti ons. Th e condition of America is still worse —where brother is arrayed in deadly strife against brother and friend against friend, and innumerable multitudes of brave men are sent to an untimely grave. H ow thankful, then, should the Irish be for having been preserved from such calamities ! Among other causes for thankfulness during the year, Dr. Cullen referred to the declarations of the laity in favour of the Catholic University, against the attempt that was made to extend the godless system of educa tion by a Minister who had assailed their holy re ligion in Italy and Spain. He could not but gist ce at the public demonstration that was made in this city on the 20th of July last : " That day shall be ever memorable in Ireland and in the annals of Catholic education. The mayors, the town councillors, the chairmen of townships, the sheriffs, the magistrates, the deputy-I eutenants,the multitude, of people assembled in this church to assist at the sacrifice of the holy mass, were all animated with one feeling—a firm determi nation to secure a Catholic education for their children—a determination still more strongly manifested by the good order, the regularity, the solemnity of the procession through the city, which was attended by a concourse of people such as was never witnessed in this city before, Have we not great motives to be thankful to God for such union upon a point so essential for the preservation of our faith, and of everything good we have inherited from our martyred forefathers F" Dr. Cullen turns from the happy state of Ireland to the contrast presented by Italy, and says : " During the last few years our Holy Father has been tried in the crucible of affliction; he has been robbed of a large portion of the territories with which the piety of past ages had endowed the Holy See to enable it to provide for the administration of universal Church and to preserve its independence. During the same period powerful princes and unscrupulous statesmen have been leagued against him and bent on his final destruction. Yet within the last 12 months the horizon has brightened and the storm has abated some of its violence. One after another, the ene mies of the Holy See and of religion are passing from the scene of their iniquities. Many of the leaders in the sacri legious warfare have gone already before the Eternal J udge to account for their misdeeds; many have fallen from the height of their usurped authority never to riso again. Dis order and confusion, robbery and bloodshed, have been the consequences of their crimes; and the happy man who was saluted by infatuated crowds as a redeemer, who was hailed as the first of heroes, and almost placed upon the altars of Protestant England because he caa s lnn w a ddi o m r bt e yeekde eo e ntmh t eepedr prisoner an object apontbeeej e rdte n oac m ttbb i eoAy t f y As cpanortn t oi o hctmehamorn C ni pds at Antichrist —the evenhot ha l i sef e ult oson c so b l ttl clergy reysh,wi wh i n as poon d ruenstd p egr igno miniouslypuffeddo- e him up with their praises, and he has retired into obscurity —there, it is to be hoped, to weep over his folios and trans gressions, and to bemoan the many calamities inflicted on his country. In the meantime the Pope has been able to enjoy the blessings of peace in his capital, and to preserve Rome from the evils which afflict all the regions of Italy that have fallen under the revolutionary sway of the Sar dinian Government. His Holiness in his poverty has been able to repair churches, to promote public works, to give oceupation to his people, and to preserve the poor from the miseries to which they are exposed in other coun tries. In Rome and its territory you do not see men, women, and children barefoo'ed, bareheaded, and almost naked, even during the coldest days of winter; there no poor creatures are all wed to die of hunger or inanition. And, what most fills us with admiration, his Holiness's charity is so great, that, though in difficulties himself, he not only provides for the wants of his:own subjects, but he extends a merciful hand to his distant children, and finds means of relieving distress, not only in France fined has an dangerous God t im f e o s r_ f er having n. and Ireland, but even in England, where his w name to the so often insulted, and his image yearily 13 flame s. given us sn holy Ought wea Pontiff ff t o in virtues, strengthening him en dowing him with so many against his enemies, and enabling him to perform innu merable good and e difying wor k s ? i, theset ha dnaknf _______ At the usual weekly meeting of the South Dublin Unicn yesterday a curious fact was brought to light. The master's report was read, in which it was stated that on Christmas night he found the cook, Matthew Francis, drunk. He reported the fact to the visiting committee, who recommended that he be dismissed, the complaint having been proved. The chairman said, as he was at the committee, he wished to state that in addition to this iniquity, Franeis admitted to having provided a brutal weapon to use again st the paupers in case he came into collision with them In ' again. The whole committee and the Poor , L a i to Pro bie spector, thinking it a most outrageous we h vide, were unanimously of opinion at the c hairman dismissed. The weapon referred to u t y end about two about two pounds. confessed that 7ord attached to aePa l :2° h u o l l d e diameter, w asa bar inches in diameter, and . v b of h airvoiringaboaut; fo_oib: Fran he 'would use one end. cis upers, and said he would knock it aga i n st the P! as It had a strong i!l a i l t a e d they then , down according but iingrY discussion, the report of the committee , w „, a dopted by the board, and the dismissal of i Francis, the cook, resolved on. t b2i:nn rh e early an inch in We bear that Mr. Peteris living at Rue Espagnol, in first-rate Morrisontyle. Bruges, THE CASE OF THE REV. M R . M'LAUCHLIN.-- We have received a copy of the correspondence that has taken place between the Home Secretary and Mr. Kid ston, J: P., who committed Mr. M'Laughlin to prison for 30 days, in reference to the case. In his letters Mr. Kid ston submits that it was not a case of conscience, but on Mr. M'Lauchlin's part an attempt to place the priesthood above the law—to arrogate a privilege to encourage crimi nals to flee to them for advice and protection, and to exclude all inquiry by courts of law. The Home :Secretary had corresponded with Mr. Kidston in consequence of the above memorial, and having obtained the above report, wrote to Bishop Murdoch that it appeared to him that were het o t n i 0 e n r, r t o o r , th o r e release Mr. M'Lauchlin " without any instruction from vi s a a s nc i that person that he is convinced that he was any assurance that he would not, in any similar case,. adopt the Glasgow la m s g o o s w t serious newspapers,c ases the same course, he should be giving assumption of a privilege by ministers of religion of every ev in en th in e denomination which he is advised they cannot legally claim, defeat the ends of justice." We observe in a letter of date and which would tend, December 27, p cases, dressed to Mr. ArLauchlin's agents, that the Home Secre tary express o his satisfaction at the liberation of Mr. iu , L „ c hlin till the question of the legality of his sentenc can be tried. The next mails from Calcutta, China, and Australia are not expected to come to hand before the 15th inst., owing to the detention of the last outward mails for those quarters from the 26th to the 29th ult., con sequent Upon the loss of the Colombo. 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