The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-31 00:00:00

MONEY I[ABKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The minimum rate of discount at the Bank of England continues at 7 per cent., the directors having at their weekly meeting to-day refrained from making any alteration. There is an abundant supply of money, and the inquiries, although sti mulated by the usual disbursements at this period, are not sufficient to produce the slightest pressure. About £59,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The Seine, from the West Indies, has brought £063,852. The share list of the Mauritius Land Credit and Agency Company will be closed on Friday next, the Ist January. The London office of the Anglo-Austrian Bank will be in active operation o❑ and from Friday, the Ist January, under the management of Francis Breuer, Esq., for many years in the hoase of Messrs. Ft tialing and Goschen. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under :--_ 1863. 1862. Great Western £63,594 £54,593 North-Western South-Western Bright on Midland 48,438 43,538 South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire.. Bristol and Exeter North-Eastern Manche s t er Stieffield, and Lincoln. 16,969 14,437 North British Midland and Great Western (Ireland) 4,185 3,922 The ab .ve returns, compared with those of the same period of last year, are of a most satisfactory character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £9,001 ; on the North Western, of £9,968 ; on the South Western, of £4,004 ; on the Brighton, of £124 ; on the Midland, of £1,900 ; on the South Eastern, of £1,721 ; on the Great Northern, of £5,303 ; o❑ the Lancashire and York shire, of .C 5,607 ; on the North Eastern, of 15,134; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £2,522; and on the North British, of £919. Application having been made to The Land Mortgage Bank of India to undertake the agency of the Credit Foncier in the Mauritius by nearly a hundred of the leading colonists, a special general meeting of the shareholders has been eummoned for Monday, the 11th January, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering the propriety of enlarging the provisions of the articles of association, so as to enable the company to undertake such and similar agencies for other Companies throughout the British possessions in the East. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Renter's telegram) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 40c. Firm. Further indications of depression are perceptible 11 1 the market for Consols, which appear to be un favourably affected by the dulness of business, and it feeling of anxiety with regard to Continental politics, especially the Schleswig-Holstein affair, Which, it is still thought, will lead to serious diffi culties. Consols are 911 1 for transfer, and 911 exactly for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 911 1 ; India 5 per Cents., 106:1 ; and Exchequer Bills, 9s. to 4s. die.; Bank Stock is marked 2351. The Foreign Market opened with a depressed appearance, but more firmness has since prevailed, and business is moderately active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71 ; do. Consolides, 471 48 ; 2 Nlexican, 371 ; Greek, 241 ); do. Coupons, 111; Spanish Passive, 341 35 ; do. Certificates, 141 1; Portuguese, 49 1 ; Russian, 891 1; and the Con federate Loan, 37 39. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been rather restricted, although prices have shown increased buoyancy, owing to the favourable traffic receipts on most of the principal lines. Great Western and North Western have advanced ss. ; Great Eastern, 10s.; and Great Northern and Lon don and Blackwell, £l. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings no material alteration has taken place in prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally main tain former rates. Hindustan, China, and Japan have improved[33l 34 ;jl.4ondon and:Brazilian to 55 55k ;;and Union of London to 401 ; London Finan cial shares are firm at 231 1; Discount Corporation St 60 International Financial at 10; and Royal Mail Steam at 771 78. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. _tank St oc k 2355 4 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities per Cent. Consols Annuities 9l/ i 1 ,„."evz 3 per Cent. Annuiti es al,. ew 34 pe r C en t. A nnu iti es tier Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 &t unities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4/ A„ n4f DittoS (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. it to, 1874 — Ditto 6 pet Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 95 Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 99 'meat Stock for Account Ditto Bonds £l,OOO par ... Ditto under £l,OOO — v onsols for Account, Jan, 7.. 9ll 1 &gift Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — 4 zehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21413 per Cent 4 9 die Ditto £500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. At ustriAut Bonds, 6 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 ll rtzilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 — Ditto 45 per Cent., 1852-58-60 -.., Ditto 1863 .. 88 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid 'Bu enos Ayres 6 per Cent — t olonabian 6 S cr ip £l5 pd — Luba, 6 per Cent. week per Cent 1824-5, ex-Coupons —' .) 241 / a Ditto Account .......... Ditt o Coupons Irluatemala 6 per Cent. Ditto Account • • Italia n 6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Diexican 3 per Cent ‘. D itto Account 374 7 1 7 i au • oortsh Imperial 6 per Cent Nave Gr an ada -- Dittolt Per Cent. itto l3 l, l itepnieTFarrants (Hectares) — Ditto Ditto 3 Cent, (Deferred 3 per Cent.) r c ent. _ Perfivian rp er eb „ t vitt° Account. • Ditto 45 per U;n.t.,..1.8.6.2....."...... : Ditto Account. ..... .......... Piedmontese, 5 per Cent.., E x . 25 f Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Acc0unt......... . .. :Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, ,6, '6O, 62,'3 'Ditto Account ................... Ditto, 1863 Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid ............ 14 pm kissisil 5 Per Cent., 1822, £ St ........ Ditto 4/ per Cent 1850 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1869 ... Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 895 zardinian 5 per Cent ........ e‘ Ditto Account ............ • • 'Vanish 3 per Cent titto Account ........... Ditto New Deferred ....... ..... —........ Ditto Account .................... _ Ditto Passive ....................... Ditto Account 34/ )apish Cert. of Coup not funded ~, Ditto Account 1 4i45i4 vdieh, 4 p er Cent 4 •?rkish 6 p er C en t. 1854 ' Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 ~. ........... 7 - 0 ,691 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 D itto Account 7 li to Dio £lOO Bonds 7l Ditt6 per Cent. 2863 — Date Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — I, D itto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 . e ttezuela 3 p er C on t. Ditto Account — Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 tiltto Account .. 55 Dividends on the above payable in London. lri.strian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. D igien 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f. tit ' - ' 42 5 per Cent Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 .9 per Cent. Certificates ,Ditto,. Account... . - -,- te nch ltente s , 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — ttto Account itctitto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid~ 141 ) 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — 00n3ols, Itlonev TWO 0' CLOCK . Di a . exo ~ ..... ,• . °A tult ...... 1,,,•,,,,, ~.. ~ 911 BALLOONING Fog, M ILITARY Fußroslis.—By 1 di re ct ion of the War xwl a D e p a rt ment experiments will be carried out by Mr. Co oolwich to-day to de monstrate the utility of balloons as means of ascertaining the numbers and position of a military er force. Mr. Coawell was engaged during yeste rda y in superintending the infla tion of his monster ba lloon from the Gov ernment gas-works at the Royal Arsena l, and the ascent will ti morning, the troops being orde r e d to assem b l e and dce thismareh out in two divisions. On arriving at a c ertain a ltitude oi, - .. servations will be taken, and a report made by Mr, Coxwell pied various officers who will accompany hirn. -- SHARE MARKETS.--This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. , Paid. Closing I Business Share Railways. Price. done. 13.14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 81 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 liost.,Sleat.,andMid.tlo all 8 81 et Bristol and Exeter s s o t l Cork and Bandon a o l ol I_2l _122 20 Cornwall all 61 71 A gets no /in 10 Do A I till6p c.p an. ha all 10 Do. B all been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 37 39 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. all 16 17 st Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 96 98 st Glasg. and S. Western. 100 107 109 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 49 50 50 i at Ditto A stock at Ditto East Anglian at 100 71 81 at GreatNorthot Scotland 100 et Great Northern lOO 127 i2B 1271 et Do A stock st Do Bdo at Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland 100 97 99 at. Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock 100 st Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1111 1111 1121 11/ at London and Blackwall 100 72 74 731 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 1071 108: 1031 9 at Lon., Chat., aad Dover 100 43 44 at Lon. & North Western 100 1071 1071 1081 11 at Lon. & Sot.th Western 100 101 102 1021 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 50 51 5i 60 Maryport and Carlisle. all 121 Do # shares all at Metropolitan all 1111 1121 1111 at Midland 4.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 99 101 50 Slid. Gt. W. of Irelane all 25 Do. ¢ shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line et North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 26 st Nth. Eastern—Berwtok 100 1021 103 1011 1 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 st Do Leeds lOO 581 591 60 st Do York st Do Carlisle 100 at orth London ...... 100 119 121 10 Do New .9.16.4 North Staffordshire all 78 78 79 10 N. and S. W. Junction. all 11 111 at Scottish Central ...... 100 122 126 at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 42 44 at Do Scot, Mid. stock.. 100 98 100 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all st Shropshire Union 100 51 62 at South Dev0n.......... 100 82 33 at South Eastern .. at South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 100 97 19 20 Staines, Wok.,andWok all 91 101 101 25 Stockton & Darlington all 38 38 1 26 Do l7 9 100 25 Do New, 1860 8 71 p at Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 8 5 51 10 Do C 3 21 31 p 50 Ulster .... all 25 Do 12.10 Do st Vale of Neath .. , ... 100 83 86 st Victoria sta. and Pim.. 100 170 175 at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at Vest Cornwall lOO at IV. Hartlepool Ilar.&B.i 100 st West Midland —Oxionii 100 Do Newport , 100 st Do Herelorl 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing share Railways Paid. Price. Business don , 100 Xtlantic &St Lawrence all 60 62 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent LIU Sk 100 104 icy 105 Gu. 5 per 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares 6 73 4 1 p 203 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 6 63 10 Do. Preference 100 1 Buffalo,BrantotGodrici 100 1 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187: 100 Do. do. July 1, 187. 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1870 100 st ClcuttaxtS.Eastn. [LI,. 100 102 Ic4 st Cape Town & Dock Seri] 100 101 103 stock klastn. Bengal gu. sp. [ 100 106 107 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 115 107 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 / lip 20 Do. do. II do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada le[u 20 21 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 75 743 5 100 Do. do. deferred all 50 61 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 65 67 66 5 100 Do. do. deferred all 50 63 100 Do. 3d fief. stock 100 Do. do. deferred.— all 38 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 17 29 28 9 8 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 04 stock Gtlncliarenin.gua.sp.o lOO 103 107 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0 l2 I} 11, 20 Do. January, 1862 stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1053 1063 203 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all it 10 3 203 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with' t opt. all 92 95 100 Do. 53 p. o. do. '77-8.... all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 in 23 stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 106 107 stock Do. 4f p. a Extension 100 100 101 stock Dc. 4s d 0........ 100 56 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock 3lelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. 6lortg. Bds. all 20 Newßruuswick & Cands Class A an d B all 6 5 N.Rl.C'daB pc let pf bds 100 82 84 stock Scinde •• •• ) (100 104 105 stock Do. Delhi I 100 116 107 20 Do. do . 2 3 12 23 1 st Do. Fionjaub all 1053 1u63 Do. Do. ........ , , 1.5 u s'ock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) X lOO 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. o .¢..1 ut; 1877-84 1(4 105 107 Do. 6 p. c. Feb: & Aug • 100 103 115 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 113 115 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 t 3 95 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 Cape G. Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1891 100 109 111 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 - .Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 VI 111 N.B.Gov. 6 p.a. J a.&Jul3 100 104 106 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct 100 N. S.W. 6 ov. 5 p a., 18ot 100 100 102 Du. sp. c.,lBii to I.f7t 100 101 102 Do. do., 1888 & upwdc 100 1013 1023 New Zealand 6 p cent 100 110 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 105 107 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c 100 1:1 113 S. Aus G6p.c.1673.& up lOO 111 ii: Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 107 110 'Do. io 613. c. An.&Dot.. 100 1093 1103 1 1101 1101 II BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold, 1 1 Id übfford Amalgamated 31 35 Deven G. eon.. aavist ) 1 660 170 East Bassett (Mogan) 30 58 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd ss. fd par East earadon ..... 1.14.6 27 28 East Cam Brea... 3.1.0 665 61 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 5 55 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 58/ 8 10 Great South Tolgus 178 4 44 G. Wheal Vor (Heston) 40 lE 13 Grenville 6.16.6 4 45 [lend's- Foot • 8.12 87 39 llingston Downs 4.18.0 15 3 • Lady Bertha Margaret (13ny Lelant 9i 14 16 Matte Valley.. 4 Ilyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 21 15 1 r', New Setun l9l 90 100 - • North Downs 2l 15 12 N.Whil Bassetallogan 3.1.0 24 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze); 20 Providence (Dug Lelnt.) 10.6.7 42 44 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 15 415 425 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — B.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 60 65 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 6 ramar Sil v.& Lead Min. 44 i t fin Croft 9 18 19 West Basset (Illogan) l5 ' 94 105 W C , radon (Liskeard) 5 18 20 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 55 85 90 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 5 225 275 Wheal Kitty (I.T.Lelant)' 2.0.6 Vi r healLudcott • Wheal Mary Ann (Lien ) 8 115 12 Wheal 13eton 585 150 160 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 21 22 Wheal Union 3.17 21 21 PREFERENCE SHA Great Eastern, 5 per cent, pf.. R AND STOCKS. ,101 LINES LEASED AT F/NED RENT ALS. Shrewsbury and Hereford, 137 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam. 9 Namur and Liege gua. 14f. per mnnm, s Namur and Liege, gum. 6 per oplt. pf., 201 mLNEB. Cape Copper, Urn.. 6} Scottish Australian, Bin., ff St. John dcl Rey (lien.), 6+ United Mexican (lira;, 6 51 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank'of Lona= and Liverpool (lira.), 48j 5 Anglo Austrian, 7 Australasia, 77 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 37j Consolidated Bank, lira., 11 10k East London, lira., 8 Hindustan, china, and Japan (Um.), 821 4 Imperial Ottoman, t 8 London and Brazilian (lira.), 5 5 London, Birm , and S. Staffordshire, Um., 14/ London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27} London and County, 59 London and South African, 27 London and South American. 11m., 7 London and Westminster. 81 kfetrop. and Prov. Bank (lira.), 22 National of Liverpool. limited, 20 National Provincial of England. Ditto, ditto, 2q Oriental Bank Corporation, 57'64 Standard of British South Africa (lime), 23i Union of Australia, 55t Union of London, 101 DOCKS.' Victoria, 1011 MISCELLANEOUS. Discount Corporation, limited, el Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim., 3; 4 ?en.Engi t i: to a c n k d D A is u c s o t u r n a t li , a 7 n i Copper, 24 Crozlit and Finance of London, Rm., 61 N n a t t e i r o n:t l ional Financial Society, lim., 10 Nerbudda LontionutView' Ei count Association, lira., 23E; Company, lim., 10 Royal Mail aj:nd Iron, 54 n a 8 THE SUN, LOI , DON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1863. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Yesterday a naval court-martial, composed of Capt. Ful ford, of the Formidable, 84, President; Capt. Hall, C. 8., Cumberland, i 0; Capt, Keane, Cumberland; Commander Barrow, Cumberland ; and Commander Carnegie, Salaman der, 6, assembled on board the Formidable, flagship of Ad miral of the Blue, Sir G. 8.. Lambert, K.C.8., Naval Com mander-in, Chief at the Nore, for the trial of Assist.-Surd Wm. Christopher Fairbairn, of the Fisgard, 42, doing duty at the Royal Marine Infirmary, Woolwich, " for conduct unbecoming an officer in drinking intoxicating liquors to such excess as to produce illness, by which he was incapa citated for the performance of his duty on the 2d December last." Mr. W. H. Knight, of the firm of E-sell, Knight, and Arnold, solicitors, Rochester, was the official prosecu tor. The prisoner, who pleaded Not Guilty, was assisted by Mr. Fairbairn, solicitor, Woolwich. In support of the prosecution, Deputy-Inspector-General J. Salmon, principal medical officer at the Royal Marine Infirmary, and two other witnesses were examined, and at the close of their evidence the Court adjourned for an hour to enable the prisoner to prepare his defence. The prisoner examined six witnesses to disprove the charge, and handed in a number of certificates of character from officers and others under whom he had served. After deliberating for a short time the Court considered the charge not to have been proved, and therefore acquitted the prisoner. _ _ The Dromedary, steam store ship, Commander A. Brown, whose arrival at Spithead from Ascension was reported in The Sun of yesterday, disembarked her passengers and in ♦alids yesterday morning, and sailed for Woolwich imme diately afterwards to disclarge her stores, &c. The Sprightly, steam tender, Master Commander Allan, sailed from Portsmouth for Dartmouth yesterday morning, with supernumeraries and marines to join the Britannia at that port, The ironcased ship Royal Oak, 35, Capt. Fred, K. A. Campbell, attached to the Channel squadron, but destined for the Mediterranean, having been thoroughly repaired in Keyham yard, is now lying in the stream in llamoaze, and will shortly be removed to Plymouth Sound. The iron troop bhip Tamar, 2, Capt. Fred. 11. Stirling, was placed on Tuesday in the Prince's Dock at Key ham steam-yard, for the purpose of overhauling her valves, &c., prior to her being sent to sea, probably the Mediterranean, for the removal of troops from Corfu. The ironcased screw steam frigate Prince Consort, 35, having had made good the defects arising from her at tempted passage to Liverpool early in November, has been removed from No. 2 dock in Keyham yard, and put along side the jetty in the basin, to replenish with coal prior to being replaced at her moorings among the vessels of the first-class Steam Reserve in liamoaze. The screw steam-frigate Topaze, 31, Commodore the Hon. John W. S. Spencer, recently returned from her station in the Pacific, was hauled on Tuesday alongside the hulk Bent, in Hamoaze, when her masts were taken out. She was then removed to Devonport dockyard, preparatory to being placed in the third division of the Steam Reserve in Hamoaze. Her crew will probably be paid off to-day. Yesterday the powerful floating masting-shears at Chat ham were towed down from the harbour to the moorings at Gillingham, where the iron frigate Achilles, 6,070 tons, 1,250-horse power, is being prepared for sea, to lift the boilers, and else' the masts, on board that vessel. The first 5..4) aL C; , e. 'faam dockyard, from which the paddle wheel steamer Sala_ds, 250-horse :over, was launched a few months since, no;; Lai: 7, required at )resent for ship building purpses, has ba,i_ (r. verted :ato a store fa the reception of the iron pates t: e i:sed in the const-act'Jn of the Bellerophon and C.- Lord War - tel. The principal portion of the plate iron for the iirst-menticred vessel has been contracted for by Messrs. Loser, ar d a considerable quantity has arrived at the dockyard, where it is stored in the places appropriated for it. The art_our-plates for the Lord Warden will be supplied by Messrs. Brown and Co., of Sheffield, but none of their number have yet arrived at the dockyard. The new barracks at Warley are now occupied, and are found to be well adapted for the purposes required. The following promotions end appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—John T. H. Norris and Thos. Huss, promoted to staff-commanders ; Wre. H. Mallard, promoted to staff-commander on the reserved list; Stop ford C, Tracey, master, to the Orestes ; Dr. John Bower, surgeon, to the Hogue; Edward W. H. Veqe, assist.-pay master, to the Victory; Robert Dinwiddie, clerk to the Royal Oak ; Francis B. S. Robinson, John K: Noss, Alfred R. Wroot, and Henry E. Whitley, assist. clerks, to the Marlborough. Oriental Inland Steam Company (Limited). The eighth annual general meeting of the share holders of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern—the chairman of the company, Lieutenant• Colonel Sohn Grimes, presiding. The SECRETARY, Mr. Robert Wilson, having read the advertisement convening the meeting, the report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he had very little to add to it except in regard to the unsatisfactory working of the vessels of the Ganges, The loss resulting from those ves sels confirmed what the directors, at the last meet ing, led the directors to expect. It was absolutely indispensable to close the agency on the Ganges, and to transfer such of the vessels as were suitable to the Indus, where the prospects were much more favourable. Their only vessel on the Indus had earned a good deal of money last year. The loss at Calcutta arose from two causes—the great fall which had taken place in freights, and the fact of their two principal vessels being completely un suited for river traffic, owing partly to their draught of water, and partly to the expense of working • them. It was said the directors were responsible for this, but they only heid themselves responsible for having adopted the advice of the managing director, who was the designer of the boats, and ought to have known what water they would draw. (Hear, hear.) It was impossible for the board to be so conversant with those matters as a gentleman who was an engineer and shipbuilder, and if they had trusted too much to his knowledge and state ments that was the extent of their delinquency. The Ganges was designed by Mr. Bourne, and in tended to take four barges, but the attempt of the Indus to go up the river Indus with three barges was fraught with so much danger that they at once negatived the Ganges going up with the same num ber, and she only took two barges. They would have suffered a much more serious loss by the Indus if they had attempted a voyage with four. The profits on the River Indus would have been much greater if they had been able to have another vessel at work. Tbey only had one vessel during the year there, but she had paid all the expenses of the Kur rachee agency, and a considerable sum had been re mitted to this country from her earnings. They all remembered the suit instituted against the Victoria Insurance Company in respect to the insurance of £5,000 on the Ganges, and which had been pend ing so long. The decision was in favour of this company, but the insurance company appealed to the Court of Exchequer. After some negotiation, the directors had come to a compromise by which they were to receive the £5,000 from the insurance company, and £5OO towards the costs and interest. The legal expenses and the interes;', amounted to considerably more than £5OO, but as the London office cf the irsurance company was about to be brol;Ja up, and as the prosecution of their claim in Australia would involve much expense and trouble, they thought it advisable to accept that sum. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the transfer of the vessels from the Ganges to the Indus, there could be no doubt that, at a certain season of the year, boats of that description might safely be sent round one port to the other. If they were not sent round he did not see what could be done with them, as, on the Ganges, they did not earn sufficient to pay the expenses of the agency there, whereas on, the Indus they would earn large sums of money. Owing to the number of steamers on the Ganges they could not expect theirs to pay, though they were the best steamers. The best thing they could do with the Jumna, which was not yet launched, and the Ganges, whose draught of water was too great, was to sell them, and such plant at Calcutta as they did not want. This only could be done at a consider able sacrifice, but it was better to sell them than let tl - Aem lie up for an indefinite period. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. The motion was seconded by Mr. John Besemeres, a director. _ _ _ Sir HENRY DRUMMOND WOLFF said that, look ing to the melancholy balance•sheet and the poor prospects of improvement, the shareho l ders ought rather to combine"and see what could be done for the future than criminate and recriminate as to the past, and regretted that any allusion had been m a d e to Mr. Bourne, the former managing director. (Hear, hear.) He entirely agreed with the recom. mendatior. of the directors that the sphere of their operations should henceforth be restricted to the Indus. On the Ganges they had perhaps done all they could, though, by endeavouring to amalgamate witb, rather than to rival, the other interests on that river, he thought they might have earned something of a dividend. He could not agree with the direc tors that they had any right to insert in the report a compliment to the manager there. When they found themselves in a state approaching bankruptcy they might have made observations of a more prac tical nature. There was much to be done by trans ferring the vessels to the Indus, but he did not see how they could send river boats from Calcutta to Kurrachee. They would run the risk of the storms to be met with in any part of the year in those latitudes, and no company would undertake their insurance. They sent a river steamer only half insured all the way from England to India, which was entirely lost to the company. The directors had made an entire mistake in almost threatening the shareholders in the report to break up the company if they did not choose or were unable to bring forward money for the preference shares. He did not know whether tho directors had taken up any of those shares before they made the threat. If they had not, they ought to make some allowance for the shareholders, and not have assumed so high a tone. They say—" The directors think it right to make a further appeal to those shareholders who have not yet applied for their proportion of these shares; because, unless a considerably larger num ber is subscribed for, it will be the duty of the directors, in accordance with the condition con tained in their circular of November 2, to re turn the deposit money to the contributors, the results of which step would, in all probability, be the breaking up of the company." He wished to say that he had entered into negotiations, though unauthorised, with certain parties, and though he regretted he was unable. to state toe actual result, he believed that if his proposal were carried out it would be of considerable advantage to the company. He bad seen Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., their principal creditors, and explained his views to them, and he was authorised to say that, if there was a reasonable prospect of those views being car ried into effect, he might rely on their indulgence. (Hear, hear.) If these negotiations succeeded, there would be some chance of placing the company in much better position than it now held, if not of re storing it to its pristine vigour. He therefore in tended to propose that a small committee should be appointed to examine into these negotiations and ascertain whether they were likely to succeed, and that tt.is meeting should be adjourned until the com mittee were able to report. (Hear, hear.) There was a great difference of opinion as to the liability of the C shareholders. It was hard to press them to pay money which they did not contemplate when they took the shares, but people had no right to enter into speculations without knowing the liability they incurred. (Hear, Lear.) If his plan were successful, the question of the C shareholders might be submitted to the arbitration of some common friend or distinguished counsel, by whose decision both parties should abide. Those shareholders were in this position, that if the company were worm up, they would, he was told, be legally bound to pay up their shares to the utm ost. (Hear.) But if t hey could manage to float the company without such a hard expedient, it would be more generous and more likely to benefit them all in the long run. (Hear, hear.) ed the directors would Capt. HENDERSON ho p allow the committee to be formed. Mr. MAPLES a lso supported the proposal f or a cummittee. From what Sir H. Wolff had told him he believed that his scheme presented th e most practical way of getting out of their difficulties, and was well worth a trial. The CHAIRMAN disclaimed, On the part of the directors, any intention to make 0. threat to break up the company unless the preference shares were • taken. Sir H. D. Wour said if ho had been 'mistaken ho Would withdraw tbP statement ho hod meie. He should be sorry to say anything which would wound the feelings of the directors. The CHAIRMAN said it was quite feasible to take the vessels round to the Indus, as scarcely such a thing was known as a gale of wind or a strong breeze in February on the Madras coast. A SHAREHOLDER —Will the companies insure them ? The CHAIRMAN—They will not upon that coast. We have tried to insure the vessels, and cannot ; but if the shareholders do not wish them to go round they can be stopped. A SHAREHOLDER—Can you tell us the distance ? The CHAIRMAN—About 2,000 miles. With re spect to the proposal of Sir H. D. Wolff, I 11:4ve not the slightest objection, nor do I suppose any of my colleagues have, to an inquiry into any arrange ment that could restore the company to a good footing. (Cheery.) I shall 'be happy to agree to his proposition. (Hear, hear.) Mr. GUTIERREZ moved a resolution for the up pointment of a committee to inquire into the ad visability of reconstructing the company, or forming a new one. Mr. MARTIN said it was his intention to propose that all the vessels should be sold, and the company wound up. The SOLICITOR said that resolution could not he put except at a special meeting called for the purpose. Mr. TAYLOR suggested that the investigation should be extended to the accounts. He was per fectly satisfied that the board of directors as at pre sent constituted could not carry on the affairs of the company with success. After some further discussion, Mr. GUTIERREZ agreed to withdraw his resolution. Mr. BOURNE complained of a passbge in the report which insinuated that he bad not given, as he con tended he had done, every explanation in regard to his account. He approved of the appointment of a c ommittee which, from the p roxies in his possession, he knew would meet with the general approbation of the shareholders. In MS opinion it was possible to take the vessels from the Crenges to the Indu s without much difficulty or risk. A resolution, proposed by Sir H. D. Wolff, and secontled. by Captain Henderson, to the following effect was then carried, with only une dissentient : —" That a committee of shareholders be appointed to inquire into the terms of the negotiation initiated by Sir H. D. Wolff for improving the condition of the company, and to report to the shareholders at a subsequent meeting the particulars of such nego tiation, and their opinion upon it." A committee was then appointed, consisting of Sir H. D. Wolff, Captain Surtees, Mr. Oakes, and other gentlemen. It was then agreed that the report of the direc tors should not be adopted until the committee had reported, and that the meeting should be adjourned for four weeks. The retiring directors and auditors having been re-elected, a vote of thanks was tendered to the chairman. The CHAIRMAN, in acknowledging the compli ment, said it was his intention to resign his seat at the board. M. BESEMERES made a similar announcement as regarded himself. The proceedings then terminated. MANSION-HOUSE. DARTNG ROBBERY.—Two women named Rogers and Wilson were placed at the bar charged with highway rob bery. The prosecutrix, a lady named Bancroft, said last night she missed the last train from Poplar to Fenchurch-street, and in consequence she had to walk the distance. When she arrived in Bishopsgate-street, she met the two prisoners one of who was crying. They asked her to give them a cup of tea, and the tale they told was such a distressing one that she consented to give them what they required, and they took her to a coffee shop, but she did not know the name of the street in which it was (Widegate-street). Rogers (beginning to cry)-oh, my gracious !--why, it's all false. Mr. Good—Don't make that noise. I suppose you think you are not known. This remark took the prisoner by surprise, and she then assumed a very impudent manner. The witness then proceeded with her evidence. She took out her purse to pay for the tea, and there being about 12s. in it, she supposed it attracted their attention, for imme diately on getting into the street the prisoner Rogers struck her between the eyes, and Wilson, she supposed, took the puree out of her pocket, and having emptied it, threw it on the ground. The half of her return ticket was in the purse. The female searcher at the Bishopegate Police Station found some silver on the prisoner Wilson, and also the half railway ticket. Rogers—The old woman was quite overcome with drink I never touched her. The few boys who were round her in the street must have had her ha'pence. Wilson—l never took her money. The railway ticket she threw at me while we wore in the coffee-shop. The gaoler said Wilson had been convicted at the Old Bailey, and both had been many times summarily convicted. Wilson—There's a mistake about that. Rogers—l never was convicted in my life. The Lord Mayor committed both prisoners for trial. MARLBOItOUGH-STREET. THE ORGAN-GRINDING NUISANCE.—Antonio Capatali, an Italian organ player, from Saffron-hill, was charged be fore Mr. Knox with annoying Mr. John Frederick Stan ford, barrister, of 7, Langham-place, by playing an organ in front of his house. Mr. Stanford said—About half-past five yesterday after noon the defendant came and played in front of my house, 7, Langham-place, and as I am much engaged in literary occupations, I am much annoyed by these men. I requested the defendant to go away, and after a few minutes he did so, but came back again and played on the other side of the house. At last I saw a constable, and thinking I would make an example of the defendant, I gave him into cus tody. The defendant—who I believe understands English —then became very violent, and got a mob round my door. I went to the Regent-circus, and obtained another con stable, and then the defendant was removed. Mr. Knox—Defendant, do you understand what has been said ? The defendant did not, or pretended not, and Mr, Knox explained it to him in Italian. Mr. Stanford--Although I ordered him away he refused to go. Mr. Knox—You are engaged in an occupation which renders silence necessary ? Mr, Stanford—l am. Mr. Knox—That is one of the requirements of the act, which says illness or any reasonable cause. Collins, 29 , 5 A—The defendant was given into my custody for annoying the complainant. He was not playing when I took him into custody but sitting on his organ. The defendant was N ery violent. Mr. Knox—These men are a most abominable nuisance, I am well aware ; but the question is, whether the defendant is rightly in custody cr not. Had the man been playing when the constable came up, he would have been justified in taking him into custody. The right course for you, Mr. Stanford, will be to take out a summons against the man and have him punished that way. Mr. Stanford—lf the act is strictly carried out, I shall have no protection whatever, as the moment I go for a con stable the men put down their organs and pretend not to be playing. The men begin at a quarter to nine of a morn ing, and continue all day —either at the back or front of my house, and I am obliged, owing to the irritation it causes me sometimes, to go out of the house. I am annoyed almost as much as Mr. Babbage, and to wage war with the men is almost au impossibility. Mr. Knox—l am most anxious to relieve you, but I wish to do so strictly in accordance with law. I will therefore grant you a summons, and if a:3 man does not appear, a warrant shall issue. The aefendant was then dis3barged. THAMES. THE GREATEST VIRAGO IN THE DISTRICT.—Emma Mason, a very drunken and dissipated woman, who has done immense mischief in h^r ti - me, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with I Cog drrnk and disorderly, and violently assaulting Salmi& Ctr'ckland, No. 83 K. The complainant said, flat at an early hour this morn ing the prisoner and a ma whom she cohabited were quarrelling and abusing i other in the Old Manor-roe at the back of Stepney t ' urch. He desired them `ego home and the man after •snasion did leave, but the prisoner would net leave, a..d made use of the most horrible language that ever escaped the lips of a human. being. He then took her into custody and she made a violent attack upon him, and bit his fi :ger. He removed her a short distance, and she then threw her self on the ground, and kicked and plunged in such a man ner that he could not remove her until he obtained assist ance. She repeatedly struck him and attempted to scratch his face. The Prisoner—You took advantage of my weakness, you villain. (Laughter.) The Policeman—Weakness, indeed 1 The prisoner is a match for any two men in the force, and five men were engaged in bringing her to the station•house. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner had been repeatedly in custody for assaults, drunkenness, riotous conduct, attempting to commit suicide, and other offences. The prisoner and her paramour were a nuisance to society, and had frequently created a disturbance in the Commercial-road and other places, to the annoyance of ti .d respectable inhabitants. Mr. Partridge—Has she been punished before ? Roche—She has been committed to rrison over and over again. Mr, Partridge—l shall commit the prisoner to tho House of Correction for six weeks, and to be ,eept to hard labour. The prisoner gave utterance to a volley of obscenity cud abuse, and demanded two months' im2risonment, She was about to resist the gaoler, when he declaral he would have none of her antics, forced her into a cell in an instant and locked her up. MARKETS--This Day. NARK-LANE. IMPERIAL 'WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 40s scl; barley, 32s Od ; oats, 19s Od ; rye, 33s Gd ; beans, 54s 4cl; and peas, 33s Bd. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. .-- Wheat, 40s 7d; barley, 33s 1d; oats, 19s 4d; rye, 31s Id ; beans, 35s 2d; peas, 33s 10d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEL—Wheat, 106,031; barley, 100,013 ; oats, 14,411; rye, 73; beans, 4,691; peas, 2,329 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average supply of beasts on offer in to-day's mark. All breeds met a dull inquiry, and Monday's prices were barely supported. Tha extreme value of the best Scots was 5a 2d per 81bs. The show of sheep was seasonably gosd. Downs and half-breds moved off feely, at full currencies; but heavy sheep were a slow sale, at late rates. The top figure was 6s per Sibs. Choice calves were firm, and the turn dearer. Otherwise, the veal trade was inactive. Pigs and milch cows were very dull, but not quotably lower. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Prime large oxen 4 8 5 0 Large use. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime Scots, &C. 5 0 6 2 Prime small do 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 8 5 2 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Suckling calves, 12a to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 258 each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows llO , Sheep and lambs .... 800 Sheep .. 5,500 f i Calves .. 60 Calves l5O ,' Pigs Pigs. 2201 MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENGALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate good, and the trade rules inactive, as follows : —Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4a 6d ; veal, 4s to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the car case. SOUTHALL, Dec. 30.—The supplies of fat stock Were very moderate. Generally speaking, the trade ruled inac • tive at about previous quotations. Beet, from 3a 8d to 6s Od ; mutton, 4s 2d to 68 Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. RODIFORD, Dec. 30.—Prime beasts sold freely at slightly enhanced rates; otherwise, the trade was somewhat heavy. Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; mutton, 48 4d to 68 Od; veal, 4s 2d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 6d per 81b8; suck• ling calves, 12s to 20s; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 265; and wilch cows, £l4 to £lB Os each. HAY MARK TS. SMITHFIELD. — Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND..—Meadow hay, £3 Oa to £4los Ocl ; clover, £4 Oa to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £1 Cs to £1 10s per load. Trade inactive. WHITECHA.PEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to L 5 12s 6d ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 Os per load. supply moderate. Lady Bloomfield left town on Monday for Wim pole Hall, Cambridgeshire, on a visit to the Earl and Coun tess of Hardwicke. Her ladyship joins Lord Blooniuold in Vienna next month, Loss of her Majesty's Gunboat Lively. The Dutch mail, which arrived on Tuesday, brought intenigence of a most fearful gale from the N.W. with :mil and snow at intervals, having been raging along the whole extent of the Dutch, Danish, and adjacent range of coast, occasioning much havoc amongst the shipping. The veather had been very tempeste.o s the lest week or so, but on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the wi - .d gradually increased in violence until it blew with the force of a hurri cane. Foremost amongst the disasters is the re parted loss of her Majeste , 's gunboat Lively, Lieut. WeLb, Which had been despatched in search of the missing trawling smacks from the Humber. It is stated that the Lively had been driven ashore at Texel, and that Mr. Herne, the engineer, was drowned, the rest of the crew being saved. On the receipt of the news the Lords of the Admiralty directed her Majesty's steamer Medusa, lying at Sheerness, tc proceed with all despatch to the mouth of the Texel with the hope of getting the gunboat off. satisfactory tidings had been gleaned of the sewn or eight missing trawling smacks, except that the sterns of the small boats bearing the names of two of the vessels, Richard and Harry of Hull, and Kingston of Hull, Lava been washed ashore near Texel, giving rice to the worst fears as to their fate. Two s'zer nees are reported to have been blown asle -- eee. On was the Auguste Louise, screw steamship, willeh was on a voyage from Ham burg to Rotterdam. Lake the Wilhelmsberg, emi grant shi, sh 3 was cast upon the Terschelling echo three o 2 ;Ger eiilcs out feoei the island. A largo Swat:sit sl:Ce, called tlee Si. metre, Captain Brenjein, which was on a voyego from London to Gothenburg., ea 3 7 )st near the land, and, with the exception o' or three, the whole of her crew perio,o3. ',le Jot n Margrieta, bound to Zwolle, Prom t.e Tyz etrended and then sank off Harlin gen, end of tte 3 ( a board only the pilot and a boy are ctated to have been saved. A long list of vessels wrecked has been pos+ed, and in several instances the crews are reported to be missing. A Pilot Stabbed while in Charge of a Vessel. Another of those cases of stabbing by seamen, which have been so frequent in this port of late occurred on board a Spanish ship in the Mersey last night. It appears that the ship Maria y Vicente arrived in the river yesterday in charge of James Henry Irvine, pilot, of No. 6 pilot boat, who re sides, at 126, Wellington-road. The ship an chored opposite the King's Dock, it being intended to dock her at high tide. While in the river tea was ordered, and Irvine requested the cook of the vessel, Orlean San Francisco, a Malay, to bring him some sardines. On hearing the order the cook evinced a sulky disposition, muttered something which could not be distinguished, and refused to comply with the pilot's request. A short time afterwards Irvine repeated the order, when the cook again muttered an unintelligible expression. Irvine then gave the cook a slight push, and turned away. A minute afterwards Irvine felt something trickling down one of his legs, and on looking saw that he was stabbed in the thigh, and that blood was flowing copiously from the wound. The cook went to another part of the ship, and Irvine, who was in a fainting condition, as soon as the vessel had been anchored in the basin, went on shore and gave information of the occurrence to police constable Barrow, No. 7. This officer, in company with police-constables 366 and 523, got into a boat, went on board the vessel, and asked for the cook. They were told that he was in the forecastle, and after they had called to him he came on deck. They told him that he was charged with stabbing Irvine, when he replied that he was cutting chips and that Irvine fell against his knife. On being asked by the police-officers where his knife was, he went into the galley and produced it. The knife, a formidable looking instrument, with a blade about five inches long, was covered with blood. The injured man, who had lost a great quantity of blood, was conveyed in a cab to the Northern Hospital, where the wound was dressed r.nd he was then conveyed home. The surgeons stated that though Irvin© was not in immediate danger the wound was a most serious one, and it is doubtful whether he will be able to appear before the magis trates to-day. San Francisco was conveyed to the sail-bride wall, and will this morning be brought before Mr. Reffies.—.Liverpool Mercury, Alleged Inhumanity to a Lunatic. At the Rotherham Police-court, yesterday, a lengthened investigation took place into the alleged ill•treatment of a woman named Mary Ann Bennett, aged 21, who had been confined by her father and stepmother for a number of years. The father is the foreman of extensive ironworks at Parkgate, and lives on the premises. The case has excited great indignation in the neighbourhood, and the court-house and yard were crowded with spectators. Mr. Muscroft, a neighbour, stated thaton the 19th inst. the alleged lunatic ran to her house for pro tection. Her clothing was in a most filthy state, her hair was matted, her legs bruised and bloody, her eyes and arms discoloured, and her lips swol len. She said the old lass (her stepmother) had done it, adding that the woman had struck her on the face with the coal-rake, and had fre quently beaten her with other weapons during the preceding week. The poor creature was in such a horrid state that witness could hardly believe at first it was a human being ;o whom she was speaking. Police-sergeant Horne stated that in consequence of information from Mrs. Muscroft he visited Ben. nett's house on the 20th inst. The young woman was called, at his request, from a back place. She was covered with rags, in such a condition that she had to hold them together to prevent them falling off. The officer also spoke to the appearance of the bruises on various parts of the young woman's body. He noticed that the ends of her matted hair had been burnt. The stepmother said that the young woman had burnt it herself. The witness went into the young woman's bedroom, which he described as a small recess on the stairs. It was in a most filthy state. What was used on her bed was little else than a heap of filth. There was a blanket upon it, but so filthy that he could only tell it by the feel, and the stench of the place was So overpowering he was obliged to leave. The young woman's person was in the same filthy state as the rags with which she was covered. Horne asked when she was washed, and the stepmother said she had orders from the father never to clean or do anything for her. The evidence was given in order that the magis trates might grant summonses for the attendance of the parents. Other witnesses were in waiting, and a paper was put in signed by a number of men em ployed under Bennett, offering to give evidence as to the cruelty he and his,wife had practised towards their daughter. • Dr. Hardwick, the union surgeon, who bad been instructed to examine the young woman as to her sanity, some days after she had been seen by Horne, denied that she was bruised, or that there. was a filthy room in the house. She was evidently a person of feeble intellect, but he was unable to say from one interview whether or not she was insane, but he thought she was not. The Bench, after hearing the evidence, decided to grant summonses against the father and step mot her. The young woman was present, and u pon being .. asked if she wo return to her fatlicr's hous e, she wor khouse. said, " No, my m. they hes threate ned to knock my brains out." She was removed to the The case will be gone into nest crowd were so indignant rsat th e e P arents narrowly escaped severe handing a s they left t he court-hous e. wom an has been strictly It is stated that the y oun g confined in the place described by the Witness — Manchester .L'xaminer, Horne for many y ears. the foreig n ° to ta l): THE RUSSIAN NAVY.—Several of journals eon tain the following paragraph : „ A rs. sub etssienl,a,oef ccoonlosstsrauledtilamnenasfiownhs,icihs n20:7 000 being built at by ye nom. s ed v r a S s s h e e d i a s i t r 0 , i b a tons of iron armed with a power fulved by two large en spur, and will carry every accessory g aCmi t i ra n i e ni s sns , t w tee ae o vdl r willk e d hulls of vessels large cylinders of 8"Y for fixing to the powder to be fired by.e l e ctricity. Large glass covered the crew to direct the course openings will enable a l s o able to regulate the depth vessel; at which she is to swi m, Emperor recently signed Will be near the surface. The a decree appropriating 673,000 fr. for the constructi on Knapp has received o f this sea monster. The house of an immense order from the Russian artillery department for steel cannon of the largest calibre. A. f blished at Coipi o n lindry was some time sinco iron casing • near but St.alreadysecondfoundry the h*locsbt to be built. The iron -cl a d f r i gate S e b astopo l ha s is u just been launched. She will carry two engines of 100 horse-power each, and will b e armed with 38-pounder rifled cannon. Another frigate of the same size, to be called the Emperor Nicholas, will be launched in the spring. THE " TIMES' " CRIMES !_What has really been the threat (asks the Lonclota Review) hurle 1 at a gentleman who, by common consent, is at the head of his profession? "You ride in the Park. You are well known in society. You attend the ' receptions' of the leaders of politics and fashion. You visit at the country houses of the nobility. But I will raise a hue and cry after you. You have offended me, and I will unmask you. You are nothing hilt a newspaper editor. Ladies and gentlemen — Mr. D. is nothing but a newspaper editor. I know his handwriting. I can tell you, moreover, the name of the proprietor of his journal, and the name of its manager. They are persons received in society. It's disgraceful. They ought to l 4 tabooed lu every decent company l''. SECOND I EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 111 LLF-PAST 4 o'CLocR. THE POLISH INSURRECTION, .._--,.. - WARSAW, Dec. 30.—The Russian authorities have commenced calling on the inhabitants to sign addresses of devotness to the Czar. Grzybow, the commissary of police of the Jewish quurrer, wes the first functionary employed in this business. The Canon Rezewuski, who p erforms the episcopal functions during the abseneo of Mgr. Felinski, has refused to sign a pastoral letter in faiour of such ac dresses. THE PACIFIC FLAILS. Drought prevailed in the southern provinces of Chili, and mach distress exited. Business at ValpArairo was exceedingly dull. Exchange on London, 431 44. The Peruvian GoverhtnerkL had voted 2,000,000 dots. for Public Works. STATE OF TRADE, CARDIFF, Dec. 30.—The coal and iron trades continue extremely active, and there has been a further advance during the last few days in Scotch warrants. The prices of rail and bar are fully maintained, and great difficulty is experienced in supplying the demand_ House coal merchants are fairly supplied with orders. Freights continued unchanged. DUNDEE, 29th.—There was more animation in the market to-day than for a few weeks past, and a con siderable business done in some .lepertraents, at an advance upon last week's prices. Flax, tow, and codilla continue quiet, as the large publicsales of goods landed, damaged by salt water, fill the hands of the smaller buyers weekly at present, and k ee p them out of the regular market. To day there we re three such sales, at which prices went higher than before, but is sound goods there is no change. Jute, especially good to flue, is in good demand, and some large sales have been made within the last day or two at improved prices. There is now little of suitable quality in the market, and it is held firmly for an advance. The inquiry for yarns was very active to-day, and all sorts, flaw, tow, and jute, met a ready sale at an advance of about id. a spindle upon late rates, On the whole a consi derable business was done at this rise. Linens are also in improved request, and orders for large par cels were placed to-day at full prices, both for the home trade and for shipment, Forfar goods are much wanted, and so are those made throughout during the district. Dundee fabrics are also in b e tt er de mand, and the year closes with more ac ti v i t y i n g en t r h i e st p ac t a s trade here than is usualy witnessed at this season. L EICEST ER, 30th.—Tne hosiery trade is quite, and but very littleh c a o s n b s e e e ci n ue d i o m in e doin g of d thei n f b e o w lid d a a y Y s 2 . I ' t partlyis also in also usually a dull season for hosiery at the end of the year. There is no material change in wools, the market being quiet, but prices hold ing about the same. Yarns continue firm, a t high prices, while spinners do not seem inclined to materially alter. NOTTINGHAM, 30th.—There has not been much doing in the lace trade during the past few days, the Christmas holidays having interfered with business in the warehouses. In other respects there is very little altaration to notice. Pl a i n goods are still a dull sale, in consequence of the high price manufacturers are compelled to ask for them. The demand for black silk laces and nar row edgings is also slow, while silk mechlins and quiltings are still in request. Stocks are exceed ingly light. In hosiery there has not been much doing, the holidays ,having also impeded business tranoctions in this branch of the staple trades. Yarns hold up in price. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Buoyant market, and prices advanced id. to id., particularly Egyptian. Probable sales about 12,000 bales, aotual stock only about 15,000 in excess of estimate. i iStock declared this day, 281,337 bales, against 392,460 bales last year, being only about 18,000 above previous estimate. 1863. 1662. American 38,200 .. 70,000 Brazil Egyptians West Indies Surat China and Japan Sales of the week, 43,020 bales, including 7,890 on speculation and 9,450 for exportation. Actual ex port, 9,066 bales. Quotations —Mid Orleans, 271 ; Mobile, 271; Upland, 271 ; fair Egyptian, 281. Imports of the week, 38,992 bales. Surats, 111 to 251--. SHIPPING—This Dap• LONDON, Dec. M.—Wind th is day at noon—East; mo d e rate breeze, and cloudy w eather. P ORTS M O UTH, Dec. '49.—Wind Majesty's ship Drome dar y , for Wool C AR DIFF, Dec. 30. — W ind S.W.—Sailed— Shamrock, for Hayannah. --Wind N.W.—Sailed— for Cuba. Florence, S WA NSEA, Dec. 29. eforfrom Hamburg :LHECTTHRAINCPTT_EOLN,,E,GTRAh,Puri2ay Morning. Teutonia, kdaptatn P. Haack, which (Br oo • g till 2 a.m. yesterday. didbad nobeen delayed byweather, sailed hence at 10 havi u g dv for New York, mails and passengers, a.m. n Havre value 400 t jewellery from .) and a la , ge cargo. J - • d—Llavre, steamer, from Havre ; Necessity, from porssArrive line, for Shields. t arrive D e w rtu steamshipe: Cardiff; Eleanor, for Sunderland; (By MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. TrSiThai:ed6- No arrivals. Passed—ROLaeli n D E AL, Thursday morning. _____ 0, from Shields, for China. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTU: 'RES FOR 1864. LAY. JANTJ. Manchester FEB Harrow Chelmsford Spring .I:TARY. Lincoln ............ 23 liungerford • 25 Nottingham Spring .... 1 Derby Spring ........ . . Liverpool ............ 8 Shrewsbury .......... 10 Doncaster Spring ...... 14 A.P. :CH. W a rwick Spring l6 Durban' 28 29 Nort h a mpton Catterick 3O Crofton-park ......•••• Edi n b ur gh Spring ...... 2 Abergavenny .......... b 5 Thirsk ................ ;IL. Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 25 Chester .............. 3 York Spring .......... 10 Salisbury .............. 12 Baal ................ 17 Ju. M a nchester y. a rpenden 24 Epsom Ascot .............. 7 Hampton .............. 15 Newton .............. 15 Odiham .............. 21 Bibary .............. 22 Ju risrs Stockbridge I Chelcoeforcl. . 2B Nee/castle-on-Tyne Worcest.r (Summer) Ipswich LY. _ Newmarket July Carlisle Abi ng don ...... Liverpool July P on tefract .... Au Nottingham ..... 19 s t amford ........ 14 Winche5ter............ 19 Southampton ........ 20 Goodwood ..... ...... 26 Plymouth ............ 25 Derby ............ 30 Lichfield .............. 30 StorAtcn .... Devon arid Exeter .••• 30 Lichfield 3O Brighton 2 Brighton Club ... Lewes . ... 5 Reading Eghaut Oxford .. 18 York August 23 SEPTEMBER. Weymouth 1 Richmond Warwick ,September.... 6 Monmouth 22 Leicester 8 Manchester Autumn • . 23 Doncaster .. 8rec0n...... OCTOBER. . N o rthallerton .......... 6 I Gl o ucester ............ 18 Newmarket Second Oct. 10 1 Newmar k e t Houghton.. 24 N . -0-vEldBEa. ........ .. 14 Shr6wsbury Autumn STEEPLECLIAsING FIXTURES FOR 1861. FEBAIIARY. Carmarthen Harrow i 2 Aberystwith Cambridge 1: l~~t ~.{ yj Y F .. .Y { ' }. t PP - s ;11 of les Is ea )r all keB3 big ffer© ittle tied wee ,the tch- Ilia 111