The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-01 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market to-day presents a firm and active appearance, but the stringency and increased inquiry have been produced by exceptional causes peculiar to the present quarter. The commitments that have hitherto been made have now to be pro vided for, and hence the demand. After the lapse of a few days only the ordinary business of the time will have to be transacted, and then also the dis tribution of the Government dividends increasing the available floating balances, money will be more plentiful, and lower rates may be looked for. To day the quotations for the best three months' bills was 64 per cent. Several very important alterations are shown in the return of the Bank of England authorities, published yesterday afternoon. The other securi ties have been materially augmented, and, as a con sequence, there is a reduction in the reserve of notes. These changes, however, have been expected, owing to the inquiry for money to provide for bills due at the end of the year. Active Circulation .„ .. £20,126,030 Increase .. 969,215 Bullion . e 14,3 1 6 0 2 ; 6 53 05 8 Rest • • • . 3,251,018 Increase 15,647 Public Deposits 10,841,991 Increase .. .. 575,449 Other Deposits.. .. 13,021,212 Increase 309.575 Seven Day and other Bills .. 560,508 Decrease .. •• •• 66,476 Government Securities .. 10,762,330 Increase .. .. 195,000 Other Securities .. 22,383,824 Increase 972,868 Notes Unemployed. .. .. 8,206,210 Decrease .. .. 290,135 Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received by this mail, on account of New Granada Dividends, rom the Custom-house of Santa Marta, £7987e. 7d.; do. Cartagena, £500; do. Sabanilla, £305 95.: total, £1,603 16s. 7d. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Company's agents in Venezuela advise that they have received for 55 per cent, of the import duties for about two weeks— From the Custom-house of La Guayra, 42,087'75 dole.; Puerto Cabello, 16,471.86—t0ta1, 58,559 . 61 dole. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have re ceived by this mail on account of Mexican dividends 81,133.26 do's. The directors of the National Bank have taken 8 the house 54, High-street, Camden Town, as the temporary office of their Camden Town branch, during the building of a suitable banking house 0 , at the corner of Park-street; and business will is commence on Monday next, under the management Sk of Mr. Edward A. Chaston. 2 Two O'CLOCK. The English Funds have been adversely influ enced this morning to the extent of 3-16ths per cent. through the uncertainty surrounding political affairs on the continent, especially in Paris. Sales st have consequently been effected, and a decline pro- ' t duced. Consols for money are 91k, and for the fr account 911 1. The New Threea are 91$; the Reduced Annuities, 901 911 ; Exchequer Bills, 7s. 1, to 4s. die.; India 5 per Cents., 1061 ; do. 4 per 1 Cents., 1001; and do. Enfaced 4 per Cents., 96. In the Foreign Market at the commencement of business prices were rather lower, but more firmness at, has since prevailed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 67i 674 ex div. ; do. Con so lide a , 471 48 ; Mexi- °r can, 361 a . ; Greek, 2413; Spanish Passive, 34 2 - i ; do. Certificates, 141 ; Portuguese, 471 ex. div. ; Italian, 671 681 ex div. ; and the Confede rate Loan, 37 39. Business in the Railway Share Market has been :11 less animated, and prices have shown a slight gt, depression. Great Eastern, Great Northern, Lanca shire and Yorkshire, North Western, and South I East ern have receded ss. ; and Great Western 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained 41 51 inactive, at former rates Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have continued in limited reqaest. London and Brazilian have declined to 54 ; Alliance have improved to 47 ; and Union of London to 40i ; National Shipping Co. are quoted 1 to 1i prem. ; Contract Corporation, 34 34 prem. ; Consolidated Discount, 11 prem.; and Mauritius Credit, 1 to 11 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Rank Stock Tr_ 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 91 1 .1 Consols for Account, Jan. 7 9ll 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9l 4 90k New 35 per Cent. Annuities 5 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 .. New 25 per Cent. Jan. 1894.... - Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4l Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 4 7 DittO ' £5OO ' .. Ditto Small India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 .. 100 i Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 96 Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5f per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 liank Stock for Account Ditto Bonds £ 1,000 — Ditto under £l,OOO — India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £45 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent . Colombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd Cube, 6 per Cent. — chilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 4/ per Cent, Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Dutch, 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders Ditto, £lOO Bonds — Equador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent — Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent lOOl i Ditto, Second Issue Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Guatemala 6 per Cent. Ditto Account • • Italian 6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account 361 6 i Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada .. — Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred — Ditto Land Warrants (Ilectares) — Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Dittri . 3 per Cent. Pei-iv/ism 3per Cent. Ivitto Account Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 . . Ditto Account P iedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — ....... Portuguese 3 p er C en t., 853 Ditto Account.. 471 f Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account 471 t Ditto, 1863 Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid Russian b per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent 1850.. Ditto 1860 — Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Sardinian. 6 per Cent... Ditto Acc0unt........., • — B Psnish 3 per Cent Ditto Account — Auto New Deferred Ditt o p asaive , Ditto Account Spanish , Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto A ccount - l4 i A Swedish, 4 per Cent Taricish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto 6 per Ce nt. 13 . 4 . ...... '• ' . I litto Account ....... lltitto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Di:go £lOO Bonds .... , Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 C Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per er:t . . ' • Dgto Debentures, 4 per et., Oct, • 1863 — Venezuela 3 per Cent. .......... : . Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 LD - itto Account in London. . •-. Dividends on the above payable London. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f -- Dutch 2/ per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — i)itt 0 Account — Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Ss. 3d. paid — Pm Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account..,.., 6B 71 TWO O'CLOCK, Consols, Money 9l k Ditto Account 0 0.0,01 , 9 i PREFERENCE SHARES. South Eastern 4i per cent.. 102 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. South Eastern 41 per cent. 1859, 100} LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 213 i London and Chatham, 54 per Cent., 92 Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent., 56} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Belgian Eastern Junction, Dutch Rhenish, 17H Scottish Australian, lim., St. John del Rey (lim.), 5k United Mexican (11m;, 6 51 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, Lim., 61 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (Rm.), 125 3 Alliance Bank of Lonaan and Liverpool (Um.), 451 4 7 Ditto, new, 311 * Anglo Austrian, 6} 4 7 Australasia, 771 Ditto, new, 47 Bank of London. 154 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 381 7} Consolidated Bank, Dm., 101 Hindustan, china, and Japan (Um.), 334 21 London and Brazilian (lim.), 55 4 London and County, 59 4 London and South African, 27 1 London and South American, Jim., 74 Union of Australia, 551 Union of London, 40i MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea, lim., 31 . Canada Agency Association, lim., 1 Ceylon Company, 104 Electric Telegraph, 109 English and Australian Copper, 21 Gen. Credit and Finance of Lonaon, lim., 6} Hudson's Bay, 171 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 831 Joint -stock Discount, 7 1:= Ditto, new, €454 London Financial Association, lim., 24 1 Oriental Commercial, lim., 12 Royal Mall 6team, 78 811 ARE ELARKETS,--This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. ' Closing I Business Sharei I Railways. Paid' Price. done. 1.14: fir., Wol., and Str. 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost,Sleat.,andMid.k.lo at Bristol and Exeter at Caledonian 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cornwall 10 Do A 10 Do. B(A gets no di' till6p c.p an. hak (been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc.i at Edinburgh Sr. Glasgow. at Glasg. and S. Western. at Great Eastern, Ord. stk at Ditto A stock at Ditto East Anglian at at GreatNorthot Scotland at Great N orthern ...... • • at Do A stock et Do 15 do .; at Gt. S. ant W. of Irelani at Great Western ...... at Do Str Val gua. stock st Lancashire & Yorkshire at London and Blackwal I at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., and Dover at Lon. & North Western at Lon. & Sv.th Western st Ilan., Slid., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle 124 Dot shares at Metropolitan at Midland .4.0 Do New at Do Binning. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line at North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. porch. se at Do Leeds at Do York at Do Carlisle at orth London 1 0 Do New .15.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction at Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock at Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Weichpoo at Shropshire Union at South Devon at South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 20 staines,Wok.,andWok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 8 84 R Si 83 F 5 121 122 61 71 37 90 16 17 96 98 107 to 9 50 51 47 49 71 8i 127 128 131 132 1:44 136 97 99 65 67 1114 111/ 72 74 1074 ;OEh 43 44 107; 1071 101 102 50 51 1111 1121 1301 131 i 11 11;.) 99 lul 54 63} 25 66 1021 103 58i 59i 89 90 119 121 1 2 78 78 11 122 126 42 44 98 100 61 62 82 83 951 d6l Do Do New, 1866 it Taff Vale.. 0 Do B .0 Do C 0 Ulster 25 Do .10 Do it Vale of Neath it Victoria eta. and Pim it Waterford & Kilkenny it West Cornwall it W. Hartlepool Har.at it West Midland--Oxford. it Do Newport it Do Hereford 97 91 88 9 7} 168 1 - 11:1 38 1 10i, 71 P 160 6i c 3 p 83 86 170 175 SSESSIONS. Closing Price. 60 .32 104 1(5 o I P i 1 P 6 61 80 00 102 IC4 101 103 106 107 1( 5 106 * 20 21 74 16 61 62 68 70 53 50 50 52 40 42 27 29 23 c 5 he) 107 1} Ifp 1034 104 10 101 .1 11 104 bi 92 95 86 88 IP 106 107 100 101 V 6 100 57 59 E 5 82 84 ' 104 105 106 107 I IP 1056 lu6j 101 103 'T SECURITIES. tOS 107 1(3 3(3 H 5 43 85 92 94 106 108 109 111 109 111 112 114 110 112 106 108 1 4 .8 110 ►O4 106 100 102 101 102 104 102 i, ID 112 105 107 :1. 113 111 113 [O7 109 1091 1103/4 Id 31 85 560 670 F 8 60 *d par 27 28 6 06 5 5i 8 10 4 1i 12 13 4 4 3 / 4 67 30 2 3 / 4 3' f 14 16 5 i 5} 1 6 1 90 100 2 1i 1t 4 3 1/ 51 42 44 415 425 60 65 28 30 k 1 18 19 9a ioi 18 20 190 200 85 90 224 27i 1 16 116 12 ,50 160 21 22 2S BRITISH P Railways A.tlantio & St Lawrent.t Bom.,Barodait.Centlnu Gu. S per cent.. Do. New . . O Do. E. Shares... 'Oi Buffalo and Laic Huron O Do. Preference Bugalo,BrantAGodricl , p. et. bds. Aug. 1,1 S? O Do. do. July 1, 187: .00 Do. do. Jude 1, Iti;•i it Clcutta.,e S. Eastn. (Li st Cape Town Dock Seri oeic Eastn. Bengal gu. 6 p. DC- Last Indian. v,u. 5 p. c. 20 Do. do. a Ext: Do. do. II do. .. k Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. ao. del erred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d P, ef. stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th I'ref. stook— Do. do. deferred...... k Gt.lnchaPenin.gua.sp.c Xi Do. New gua.s p. 6... 0 Do. January, 1862 .. )ok Gt. South.oi India(Lina guaranteed 5 per cent. 104 Gt. W. of Canada Share, 1 0 4 Do. New ....... )0 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. )0 Do. 64 p. c. do. '77-8.. 10 Indian Branch Limited ok Madras guar., 5 p. c. ok D 0.4 p. o. Extension oolt Dc, 40. do ........ Do. Fifth Extension. ok Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Bnd,. Nielb. & Hobson's Bay. 0 Do. 7p. o. Mortg. Bds. 10 Sewßruntiwtok t Candi( Class A and B . N.ll.l.C'das pc let pt bde 0 , 1 &dude ..) ock Do. Delhi Yu Do. do • • et Do. Punjaub •• • Do. Do. gig not( Do. indus.St. Flo. COLONIAL GOVER. op.c.J a.J I 1877-S4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb " . & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do p. c. Jan &July. Do. IS Inscribed stock Cape G.l3ope. e p 0,1871 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 Do. 1890 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6 p c [Mauritius 6 per cent .. 'Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. N.13.G0v. 6 p.c. J a.&Jul) Do. 6p. c.Ap. & N. S.W. ti ov. 5 p 2.,18nt Do. 5 p. c.,18,i to It7l Do. d0.,1888 &upwds New Zealand 6 p cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875. Queensland Gcv. 6 p. GI to. AllB G6p.c.167&& up.. IVic.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to 6).0. BRITISH MI: Cambrian Consol. Gold t;fiflord Amalgamated Devon G. Cone. (Tavist j East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ..... East Carn Brea.... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen ; Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Eleiston Grenville Clem:Ws-root ilingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret ( Uny Lel ac t Starke Valley.. Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun North Downs N. WWI Basset (Illo4an North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze); Providenoe(Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(SLCieer, S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S.. Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park amar SilvA Lead Min. Pin Crort West Basset (Illogan) , W G radon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller(ltedruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLudtott W heal MaryAnn;:den ) Wheal 3eton Wheal Treis.wney (Lis ) I Wheal Union - • 10.6.7 18.1R.91 30.17.6 5f 5 e 2.0.6 3.u.8 8 58i 1 3.17 The Price of Gold. The quotat lon of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille pm,, and the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 I7s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than to Paris. By advices fromHambur,g the price of gold is 4211 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.5 per £1 sterling. Standard goid at the English Mirt price is, therefore, about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight ; is 163 to 101 per cent., and the premium on gold. is 491 , to 491 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold irons the United States. 681 I 112 k 73 1081 i LO2l 105 41 96 I Paid. all 100 Business donf 100 100 100 100 100 100 28} 7i all 100 (100 'lOO 2 all 100 klOO 1101 i 3.1.0 2.6.9 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE — This Day. BOW-STREET. Patrick Weston was placed at the bar on remand charged with stealing a piece of beef from the shop of Mrs. Wright, Ship-yard. . James Coglin said on Boxing-day he saw the prisoner with a large bit of beef. On hearing that such a piece of meat had been stolen from Mrs. Wright's shop, ho went to look after the prisoner, and found him about seven o'clock in the evening, when he asked him how he got the meat. Prisoner said it was all right. He asked some other ques tions about it, when the prisoner said he " nailed" it from Wright's; and that he (witness) need not say anything about it and he'd " square" the thing all fight. He how ever went and told Mrs. Wright. Georco Hutton, foreman to Mr. Wright, butcher, Ship yard, said the beef was stolen on the afternoon of Boxing. day from the shop of his employer. It was missed vary soon after it was stolen, but until information was brought to Mr. Wright he did not know who was the thief. Police-constable F 152 said from the description given of the prisoner he took him into custody, but ho denied all knowledge of the robbery. The meat had not been found. A boy, No. 24 in the Shoeb lack Brigade, said on the day in question, about four o'clock in the afternoon, he saw the prisoner with a big bit of beef. He was walking away with it. Prisoner—Saw me with a big lump of beef I Well, you must have good eyes. Why, I never had no beef, and I don't know anything about it. As to stealing it, that's a mistake. It was in doors all the afternoon, and I can prove Mr. Henry—Well, you can do so at your trial. Prisoner—But I never had the beef. If I had I shouldn't have minded, but it is hard to get sent for trial for nothing. Mr, Henry—Well, two witnesses saw you with the beef, and a piece of meat like that you were seen carrying was stolen from a shop at the coraer of Ship-pard. Mason, a coal-dealer in Ship yard said—A few days ago he saw the prisoner hanging about in Middle Serles-place, when he asked him if he would carry out a few coals. He said he would, and he accordingly sent him with a couple of hundred to a laundress. He got the money, which he kept, and he also stuck to the sack. Prisoner--Well, you'll make something of it presently. 1 never did a day's work for the man, and I never had the beef. Mr. Henry—l shall commit you for teal on the first charge, and remand you on the second, in order that the person who paid you the money may be in attendance. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION BETWEEN VETERINARY SURGEONS—THE CASE OF A POOR CAB HORSE.—Mr. John Harris, cab proprietor, of Burwood-mews, Edgware road, and Wm. Warwick, a driver in his employ, were charged by Mr. Wm.:Love, of the Royal Society for the pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, the former with having caused a horse to be tortured, and the latter with having tortured it by working it whilst in an unfit state for labour. A solicitor appeared for the defence, and both easels were heard together. Mr. Love stated that on the 24th ult., he was in Regent street, and saw Warwick driving a horse in a four-wheeled cab. The horse was lame in both forelegs and its general condition was bad, and the driver who was tugging the reins had a difficulty in getting it along. In conjunction with Mr. Cherry, the veterinary surgeon, who was with him, he stopped Warwick, and, on examining the horse, he found an exten sive raw wound on the inside of the fetlock joint of the near foreleg, evidently of some long standing, and covered with a piece of cloth; also three wounds just above the fetlock joint. Its fore and hind quarters were much shrunken, it trembled, and seemed exhausted, and had apparently been hunted, overdriven, and overworked, and in his opinion it was totally unfit for cab work. The defendant Warwick admitted that he had a difficulty in earning his money with the horse, The defendant Harris admitted he sent the horse out to work, and that he placed the cloth where it w.ts in the habit of cutting itself, and that he considered it fit for work. In cross-examination, Mr. Love said his complaint was not simply of the wounds, but of the horse's general unfit ness for work. He had seen the horse that day, and it was manifestly improved since he made the complaint— eight days ago—still he considered the horse unfit for cab work. In his opinion, the horse was not worth more than food for " knackers" at the present time. Mr. Arthur Cherry, the Government veterinary surgeon and inspector, proved examining the horse on Thursday week last, with Mr. Love, and he found it poor, weak, and exhausted, and lame in both forelegs, the fetlock joints being swollen and deformed. There was a wound of con siderable size on the fetlock joint, covered with a piece of cloth, quite raw, and of long standing. The horse was altogether unfit for work, and he directed the driver to take it home. He had seen the horse that day, and, although it was in a better condition than it was then, it did not alter his opinion as to its general unfitness to work in a public carriage. In cross-examination Mr. Cherry said he attributed the injuries to the deformity of the fetlock joints. The defendant's solicitor said the complaint proceeded from the over zealousness in carrying out their duties of the gentlemen who appeared as witnesses. He would call another veterinary surgeon, who would put a different face on the matter, and show that the horse was not only fit for the work, but that it was in reality a valuable animal. Mr. Dollar, veterinary surgeon to several public com panies, and residing in Bond-street, said he examined the horse on Monday last, and again that day, and he consi dered its value about £lO. It was not an old horse, its con stitution was sound, it was in good condition, and he consi dered it perfectly capable of working in a cab. The wounds on the fetlock joints were but trifling, and it might have cut itself on the day the complaint was made, but it might go for weeks without doing so again. He staked his pro fessional reputation in saying that the horse was quite fit to work in a public carriage. Mr. Knox said that veterinary surgeons sometimes differed in opinion, and when a person like Mr. Dollar came forward and took oath, and staked his professional repu tation that the horse was fit for the work it was put to, he (the magistrate) was bound to accept his evidence, and therefore the charge against the owner must fall to the ground. But with regard to the driver, unless he dis believed the positive testimony of Mr. Cherry, the veteri nary surgeon, and that of Mr. Love, of the society, he must convict him. It had been sworn to that the horse on the day in question was lame, weak, exhausted, overdriven, and overworked, and in a miserable state. That no doubt was the work of the driver, and placing, as he (the magis trate) did the fullest reliance upon the evidence of the wit nesses, he should convict the driver in a penalty of 205., or 14 days in the House of Correction. The fine was paid by the owner of the horse. anquet to Prince Gortschakoff at St. Petersburg. We have received St. Petersburg journals con taining very long reports of the speeches at the banquets which we stated on Wednesday had been given to Prince Gortschakoff, at the rooms of the English Club in the Russian capital. Prince Gortschakoff spoke amid the greatest en thusiasm. The following is a passsge from his address : " All Russia, enraptured, raised its voice in sup port of our replies, of which the object was to con found and repel pretentious attempts on the dignity of our country. It bas lavished encouragements so flittering to the writer of those replies, that we could not help saying to ourselves If this feeble manifestation of the will of the Czar has produced such an impression, what will Russia not do it' God sends her new trials, and the Emperor makes a solemn appeal to the nation.'" (Great applause,) Among the other speeches was one by Count Orloff, who said— " After the conclusion of the treaty of. Paris, which put an end to a war not less glorious than un fortunate for us, Europe generally was penetrated with the idea that Russia would become powerless ; that she had lost for long years her influence; and that her only resource was to remain a wounded spectator, powerless in the political affairs of Europe. And here wo must recall the significant words of the Prince whom we have the honour to entertain to-day, 'Russia does not sulk—she col lects her strength.' Without losing time in useless complaints, we occupied ourselve ardently with our internal affairs. Examine all that has been done in this time—all the useful materials which have been prepared for the future. . . I was abroad when the late despatches of Prince Gortschakoff were expected with feverish impatience. The prince did not for an instant lose his verve and coolness at the time when he wrote those despatches, the holy anger of which, excited by foreign intermeddling, led the Times to say that no Minister in Europe cut his pen so finely as Prince Gortscbakoff•" At this part of the count's speech Prince Gorts chakoff appears to have suddenly risen. He said— " Prince Orloff has made it a great merit in me to have kept the smile upon my lips and remained calm and gay in a difficult moment. But, gentle men, my calm is easily explained. I had before me Russia, such as she really is, calm, majestic, and powerful, and not as her• enemies would have her to be, feeble, divided, undermined by revolution, and powerless. Europe sees us through a deceptive cloud, and does not perceive what we really are. We breathed upon this cloud which obscured our great ness, and it vanished, and Europe has suddenly seen us in the true light of the day; she is con vinced of the holy and indiasoltble union which exists between the Sovereign and the nation, she has recognised that our power hos not diminished. May this union, which constitutes our strength, remain for ever !" THAMES. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT —Mary Sullivan, a large Irishwoman, aged 22 years, and described as having no home, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with stealing property of considerable value belonging to Joseph Salomans, a Jew, the landlord of the Duke of Sussex pub lic house, in Rosemary-lane. The prisoner had been in the service of Mr. Salomon s for five months. She left her situation about six weeks ago. A good many things were lost while the prisoner was in the house, but she was not suspected. Very re• cently the duplicate of an article belonging to the prosecu tor, and pawned by the prisoner, was found in the house, and an inquiry was set on foot, and this property was traced to the prisoner, and she was taken into custody by a con stable at a coffee-shop in the Minories, and in her box a portion of the missing property, consisting of linen, female wearing apparel, blankets, and towels, valued at £lO, was found. ;,The prisoner said she did not know how the things goi into the box. The prisoner was identified by one pawnbroker with whom she pawned some of the missing property. Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner for a week. TRUE SHERRY is produced in a district of limited extent in the neighbourhood of the town of Xeres de-la-Frontera, about twenty miles from Cadiz. But an immense quantity of the wine wo drink as sherry in Eng lamd does not trace its origin to these favoured vineyards It is brought either from adjacent districts or from Malaga and other places along the coast, and is shipped on board vessels loading in the bay of Cadiz with a bill of lading de scribing it as pure sherry. However, we ought not per haps to say much on this point, for so long as the substi tuted wine is sound and pure, no great mischief is done, which is more than can be said for other practices to which it is often subjec►ted before it appears on our dinner-tables. Like port, the sherry shipped to England is made up for our market, about ten gallons of spirits being generally added to each butt before exportation. It is almost quite pale at first, brown sherry being obtained by the addition of " doctor." RAPID GROWTH OF THE IRON TRADE IN ENG LAND.—It was not till Curt, in 1783, introduced his pud dling furnace and rolling process that wo began to bo self dependent. We are no .7 able not only to supply our own wants, but also to export iron to other nations. The make of pig-iron increased nearly sixfold between 1800 and 1835, and fourfold between 1835 and the present time. It at present amounts to about three million tons a year, being worth about twelve millions sterling. Britain yields nearly a twelfth of the whole produce of iron ore throughout the world. TUE COLLIERY ACCIDENT IN GLAMORGANSHIRE. —lt has been ascertained that 14 lives were lost by the explosion at the Gin Colliery, Macsteg, near Bridg end. The majority of the men were married, and leave large families. The colliery is the property of the Llynvi Vale Iron Company, and was worked to supply their iron works with coal. Mr. Evans, the Government inspector of mines for the district, has visited the scene of the accident, and the result of his observations will be made known at the inqust. The late Extensive Seizure of Watches and Denmark and Germany since 1852. SECOND EDITI.O.? Jewellery, At the Clerkenweli police-court William Bull Clarke and Hannah Ann Clarke, man and wife, and Charles Cul lingworth were again placed at the bar, on remand, charged with having a large number of gold and silver watches, gold earrings, and other articles of jewellery, of which they could not give a satisfactory account. On their being placed in the dock, Matthew Charter, aged 25, a gasfitter, of 9,,Wharf road, Old Ford, was charged with stealing from the count ing -house, 6, Newcastle place, Clerkenwell- close, a quantity of gold chains, gold pins, gold brooches, and gold earrings, value £250, the property of Mr. Sidney Cherrill, wholesale jeweller ; and Frederick Levin, age 40, of 6, Mill-lane, Dept ford, common lodging-house keeper. with receiving part of the above property, well knowing the same to have been stolen. _ _ Mr. Lewis, of Wilmington-square, Clerkcnwell, attended prosecute on behalf of the Precious Metal Protection As- sbciation. The facts of the examination of the first three prisoners have already appeared, and it may be stated that owing to the publicity that has been given to the proceedings owners have been found for some of the property. There are still some gold and silver watches, amongst them a valuable gold openfaeed one by Dent, still unclaimed, and which can be seen at the Old-street police-station. Mr. Lewis said that before he went into the case of Charter and Lewin he intended to complete the case against the other prisoners. He intended to indict Charter as the prin cipal in the robbery, and the others as rece:vers of the pro perty well knowing it to be stolen. Inspector Bryant produced a gold chain, which he stated he found on Cullingworth when he searched him on the 4th of September. He also saw Police-constable Fowell take a gold chain from him. On asking him how he became pos sessed of it, he said "You know all about it. The chains belong to Mr. Cherrill." Mr. James William English said—l manage the business for Messrs. Cherrill, wholesale jewellers, of Clerkenwell close. The two gold chains produced by the last witness, and which he stated he took from Cullingworth, are two of the gold chains stolen by the witness Connolly, on the 4th of September, from Messrs. Cherrill's premises. I identify another gold chain, produced by Mr. Farmer, pawnbroker, of Amwell-street, Clerkenwell. Police-sergeant Evans, said he took the pawn ticket of the gold chain produced out of the pocket-book which Cul lingworth had in his possession. Walter James Burgess, assistant to Mr. Farmer, pawn broker, produced the gold chain alluded to, and said it was pawned on the 14th of September last by a man who gave the name of Henry Martin. He could not say that either of the prisoners were the party who pawned it. The duplicate produced by Sergeant Evans was given to the person pawning it. Mr. Lewis stated that that completed the case against the prisoners Cullingworth and Clarke. Mr. D'Eyncourt asked if there was any other case against Cullingworth. Police-sergeant Evans said that the watch which he was wearing had been identified as one that had been stolen at the Croydon Steeplechase. The prisoner Cullingworth said it would be seen from the evidence of Connolly that he (Connolly) sold the chains to Clarke. He (the prisoner) did not deny that he had pur chased them from Clarke, and as for the other property, Clarke gave them to him to pawn for him. He had no guilty knowledge. Mr. D'Eyncourt said that would be a case for the jury to decide as to the guilty knowledge or not. Mr. Lewis then went into the case against the other pri soners, and called Joseph Connolly, now a prisoner in the House of Correc tion for the robbery from Messrs, Cherrill'e. His statement having been read over, he added the following with reference to Charter and Levin. He said—Charter asked me to rob my employers, and he enticed me to do it. He was at the work shop door on the 4th of September, when 1 took thejewellery and I then gave him two bags, containing guld chains, gold brooches, and other articles. Mr. D'Eyncourt—You say he enticed you; how did he do that ? Connolly—He said he would take me into the country if I could get some things out of the bags and bring them to him. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Were you to have any share of the profits ? Witness—Yes: and he would take me into the country and give me some money. I gavehim the two bags of jewel lery, and he did not give them back to me. I went to Clarke's with Charter. Charter asked me to go with him to Whitechapel, as he had a man to buy the goode. I know the prisoner Levin, and he lives at Mill-lane, Deptford. Charter and I went to live in Levin's house. I went there out of the way, and Charter took me there. There was a woman with Charter of the name of Eliza Richardson. I have seen her in court to day. I heard a conversation with Levin and Charter about the jewellery. He had shown some of the brooches to Levin, but he did not say where he had got them. Levin said that if Charter would wait his brother-in-law would buy the whole of the jewellery. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Was Levin asked if he knew anyone that would purchase the goods? Witness—No. Charter said he had some nice things up stairs. and showed him the brooches. He gave him a pin, and sold him a pair of earrings for 10s. which were worth about £2. There was no question asked by Levin as to how Charter came possessed of the property. When Levin said his brother-in-law would purchase the property, Charter said he had a man in London who was purchasing it. A few days afterwards there was a quarrel between Levin and Charter about the jewellery. That was after we had been to Claree's in London. We then found that Eliza Richard son had taken the jewellery and £32 105 to Levin's private house, in the Broadway, Deptford. Charter asked Levin for the jewellery, saying, " Give me that parcel and the money." Mr. D'Eyncourt—Did ho say what parcel? Witness—No. Levin said, " I have thrown the parcels and the money into the river.' Charter said, " You dont mean to tell me that you have thrown nearly £lOO worth of goods and and £32 10s. into the river ?" Levin said, " I have ;" and Charter said that such an answer would not do for him. Afterwards Levin gave up the £32105. I did not see the parcel again. I afterwards returned to my father. Cross-examined by Charter—l gave the bags to you at the door. Charter—There was another man that you gave the bags to in Red Lion-street. Cross .examination continued—l did not give the bags to young Cavanagh. Charter—This is not the first time he has robbed his master. He stole a pair of earrings. Witness—l purchased a pair of earrings, and gave them to a young woman. Charter—l do not deny that lam a thief, but the witness has told me on several occasions that he has robbed his master, and also that he took gold out of the men's boxes. Mr. English said that Connelly did buy a pair of earrings of him. Susannah Welsh—l went by the name of Eliza Richard son. I have married since. I reside at 32, Cambridge-street, York-street, Bethnal-green, but not with my husband. I know the prisoners Charter and Levin. I took Charter and the witness Connolly to Levin's, and lodged with Charter there. I saw the jewellery he had with him. I gave it to Levin's wife. I gave her some money as well, but I do not exactly remember the amount I gave to the wife, because I wanted her to take care of it, as I was afraid, I asked Levin for it the next morning, but he would not give it to me. He said, " I .have thrown it over the bridge." I said, " Give me the money," and he said he had thrown that over as well. He said he had done so because he was afraid, and that he had given it to one of his lodgers, and his lodger told him he had thrown it into the water. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Was Levin ever told 'where it came from ? Witness—He asked me if it came from town, and I told him I did not know. Mr. D'Eyncourt said thei case had better stop where it was at present, as it was getting late. Levin—l deny all that the witness has stated, If the bag had been dropped over the bridge it could have been easily seen, as there was not water enough to cover a boot. Mr. D'Eyncourt remanded the whole of the prisoners to a future day. Levin—Will yon take bail for me ? lam a respectable man, and have never been in trouble before. Mr. D'Eyncourt declined to take bail at present, except for the female Clarke. (From the Examiner. It was on the 25th of January, 1852, that the King of Denmark announced by Proclamation the scheme of the new Danish Constitution, which was afterwards communicated to the Federal Diet, and formally accepted by it in the July of the same year as satisfactory. This was the scheme that con- verted the Government of Denmark from an abso lute to a constitutional Monarchy. By the Procla mation the King became pledged not to incorporate Slesvig with Denmark Proper, to connect together all parts of his dominions in equality of political rights, and, to deal even-handed justice to the Germans and the DAnes in Slesvig. Now Denmark Proper had already obtained, in 1848, a free Constitution, and the first step to the establishment of the promised geheral Constitution was that the Parliament of Denmark Proper should be reduced from a Sovereign to a Provincial Assem bly, retaining a deliberative vote. To this it con• sented, and the Danish Government then established by octroi, in 1854, a Constitution—somewhat mo dified in 1855—for all the King's dominions. A General Council of the Realm, or Rigsraad, was founded, based upon equal representatio❑ of all parts of the monarchy, according to the ratio of population and taxation. Denmark Proper, with a population of about 1,600,000, sent 47 of the 80 re presentatives; Slesvig, with a population of about 410,000, sent 13; Holstein, with a population of 556,000, sent 18; and Lauenberg, with a population of 50.000, sent 2. A normal budget was framed for the regular housekeeping expenses of the monarchy, and the financial control of the Assembly limited to grants asked in excess of this. This constitution was established by octroi ; for the one good reason that in no other way could a constitution ever be obtained. The whole policy of the German Duchies, Holstein and Lauen burg, being to make themselves untenable by Denmark, to make 0:2 establishment dependent upon the good pleasure of their provincial assemblies would have been to continue for ever the confusion that the octroi was meant to abate. So it remained only for Holstein and Lauenburg, according to the usual policy of obstruction, to pro test against the attempt thus made to thrust on them fulfilment of the King's pledge for their bene fit. Little Lauenburg complained to the German Federal Diet, and the Diet demanded abrogation of the Constitution of 1855, for the two Duchies, of Holstein and Lauenburg, within the Federation. Many form of concession were tried, but none would satisfy the malcontents, and by an ordinance of November 6, 1858, Holstein and Lauenburg were put out of constitutional union with the other parts of the Danish monarchy. Rights and liberties were thus thrown away, but there was a poiut gained towards further agitation. Holstein and Lauenburg being cut off, there re mained Slesvig attached to Denmark Proper by the common constitution. Could they not construe this into incorporation of the Duchy with the monopoly. True, there was no change whatever in the inde., pendent local jurisdiction of the Slesvig Assembly or in any of the distinct privileges of the Duchy. No matter. Holstein was out of the constitution, Slesvig in; that could be mystified easily into a case of incorporation. But the next claim made for Holstein against Denmark by the Federal Diet was by a decree of March 8, 1860, and another of February 7, 1861, that until H:Astein left off disputing over the constitution, the Assembly of that German Duchy should have equal power with the Rigsraad in controlling the affairs of the whole Danish monarchy! This absurd claim was compromised by Bri tish intervention, it was simply agreed that Holstein should be asked for no more than its share under the nor mal budget towards general expenses of the Monarchy, a modest share fixed in proportion to its smaller population. Negotiation was continued, and in the summer and autumn of last year the German claims gradually advanced in impudence until they settled into these demands : That whatever was left of the Danish Constitution should be destroyed. That anew Constitution be submitted to the four Provincial Assemblies of Denmark Proper, Slesvig, Hol stein and Lauenburg, and that until these agreed--in other words, till Doomsday—the four Assemblies shoulp divide among themselves into four equal parts the power over the affairs of the whole Monarchy I Could there be more im pudently iniquitous proposals for the ruin of Denmark than that 50,000 Germans of Lauenburg should neutralise the million and half of Danes in Denmark Proper, and so leave it to the Holsteiners with the help of the Government As sembly of Slesvig to execute the will of Fatherland on the whole Danish Monarchy ? Yet even in this direction the temperate counsels of the Danish Government went to the utmost limits of prudent concession and forbearance. An ordinance of March 30 last decreed that no law should be valid in Holstein until it had obtained the sanction of the Holstein Assembly, also that no expenditure beyond the sums fixed by the Normal Budget of 1856, should fall upon Holstein without its Assembly's previous approval. The Danish Govern ment at the same time expressed willingness, if the Diet wished that it should be so, to abandon its claim of right even to Holstein's share under the Normal Budget, and leave to the Holstein Estates unrestricted control over the finances of the Duchy. Only, if the Assembly of Holstein, in using the rights thus conceded, differed from the Rigs raad as to general laws, it was defined that it could do so only by an act of separate legislation that, so far as it went, divided Holstein from the rest of the Monarchy, as a Duchy that had enacted for itself such independent laws. fo readjust the Constitution of 1855 in accordance with the new concession of autonomy to Holstein, Ryas modi fied, without touching any of the existing rights of Slesvig, into the new common Constitution for Denmark Proper and Slesvig sanctioned on the 18th of last month. It was impossible for the Diet to meet this extreme policy of concession otherwise than by rushing into an extreme of violence. And so it was under threat of Federal execution that, by a decree of the 18th of last July, and by another decree of the Ist of last October, the Federal Diet demanded the repeal of this last inconvenient concession to the utmost rational demands of the ILvlsteiners, and was compelled to bring to the front its iniquitous arriire pensee, by passing beyond the affairs of Holstein and Lauenburg to express interference with the Danish Duchy of Slesvig, after which the Germans hunger. So matters stood when with a little sense of the nakedness of its bad cause, Germany took eager advantage of the death of the late King of Denmark and the uprising of the wretched Augustenburg pretender, to raise a fresh cloud of false issnes, and by adding wrong to wrong, muddle them , selves or others into the belief that if they could see it all through the confusion they would find themselves some where at least a little in the right. It is quite easy, as we have shown, to blow the smoke away and see the plain truth that professorial Germany delights to darken with a far-fetched gibberish of irrelevant archtealogy from the creation downward. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK, AMERICA. (R EUTER'S TELEGR A 111.) SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 1. The North German Lloyds' steamer Bretncn, from New York on the 19• h inst., has arrived off Cowee. She brings 63 passengers, 102,950 doll. for England, 162,000 do!s. for France, 500 dole. for Bremen, and 36 mail bags for England. Tier news has been !Anticipated. Bank of England Return,—Last Evening, An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 30th day of Dec., 1863:-- ISSUE DEPARTMENT. A otee issued ...—..X28.332,2401 Government Debt .411,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,682,240 Silver Bullion .... £28,332,2401 £28,332,210 BANKING D 1 Pi oprietorit' Capi tal £14.553,00 0 Rest . . ............ 3,251,078 Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 10.841,991 Other Deposits 12,0.:1,212 Seven Day and other Bills 560,508 EPARTDIENT. Government Secu rities ((including Dead Weight A nnuity) £10,957,330 Other Securities 22.383,824 Notes Gold and Silver 650,365 Coin 2,227,729 £42,227,729 RSHALL, Chief Cliolncr. Dec. 31, 1933. WARSAW, Dec. 30.—The Russian authoritie3 have commenced calling on the inhabitants to sign addresses of devotedness to the Czar. Grzybow, the commissary of police of the Jewish quarter, was the first functionary employed in this business. The Canon Rezewuski, who performs the episcopal functions during the absence of Mgr. Felinski, has refused to sign a pastoral letter in favour of such addresses. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Jan. I.—Wind this day at noon—North- East; moderate breeze, and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 31.—W ind S.E.—Arrived—Cyclops, screw steamer, from Amsterdam for Genoa, with damage to shifting box. CARDIFF, Dec. 30,—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Shamrock, for Havannah. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 31.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Bellona, screw steamer, from Havre for New York—Rienzi, from Shields for Bilboa. COWES, Dec. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Gruksten, from Jamaica. CLYDE, Deo. 31.—Wind W.—Sailed—Margaret Smith; for Demerara. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, Friday Morning. Tbe four-masted steamship Bellona, from London and Havre for New York, came in last night, to fill up this morning. The steamer Alexander 11. arrived this morning. The True Bri , on sailed for Melbourne, and her Majesty's ship Royal Oak came down harbour. The bark Cuba, from Shields for Alexandria, has just put into the Sound leaky. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Jan. I.—Alsow, from St. Michael's; John Buil, from hamburg; Perseverance, from Medemblik Tartar, from Guernsey. DEAL, Friday Morning. No arrivals. NEW Boobs FOR JANUARY.—Amung the new works announced by Meters. Hurst and Blackett for appearance during the present month are " Court and Society from Elizabeth to Anne," edited from the Papers at Kimbolton, by the Duke of Manchester, 2 vols. Svo., with fine portraits; " A Young Artist's Lite," by Alexan der Baille-Cochrane, M.P., in 1 vol ; " Wildfire," a novel by Walter Thornbury, in 3 vols. ; and " Ella Norman ; or, A Woman's Perils," by Elizabeth A. Murray, 3 vols. Loss OF AN AUSTRALIAN PASSENGER SHIP. — Information of the total loss of the well-known clipper Great Britain was posted in the Underwriters' Rooms, Liverpool, on Wednesday. She was flora London for New Zealand with passengers, and was wrecked on the Bth of December, at St. Jego, off the Cape de Verd Inde. The crew and passengers were all saved. She was built in Poole in 1843, and was the property of Messrs. Alexander and Co., of London. STATE OF TRADE► MANCIIESTER, Dec. 31.—We have had ono of the most excited markets for yarn and cloth known here for a long time past. The statement telegraphed here to-day that the stock of cotton at Liverpool in excess of the ordinary returns does not exceed 18,000 bales has taken every one by surprise. The matter had been previously discounted, and there was but one opinion, that the excess would be at least 100,000 bales. Whatever credit people may be dis posed to attach to it, there is no doubt of its effect on the market. The yarn-market has been very excited, and most of our spinners have been asking ld. per lb. advance on the rates of Tuesday, and, indeed, noon the prices they would have accepted yesterday. The advance asked by some spinners is as much as 2d. per lb., and the market for ship ping yarns closes buoyantly, with a decided tendency to further advance. The rise in prices his checked business. It is believed that but for the higher rates some considerable sales would have been effected. For cop yarns a very ex cited market is also reported. Sellers ire generally asking ld. per lb. higher, with but little offering. The advance in yarns, with a reported advance in Liverpool of Id. per lb. on cotton, has not been without its effect on the cloth market, though a fair amount of business has been done. On India shirtings an advance of 6d to 9d per piece has been obtained, and in some instances rather more, as compared with the depressed rates of Tuesday. For 71b. shirtings sales have been made at 18s per piece. The advance on other goods has been in the same proportion ; but many people have withdrawn their stocks and decline to name a price. There has not been much purchasing for the home trade, the business having been chiefly among shippers. There is a general opinion that the sudden and unexpected rise in prices to-day will decide many of our spinners as well as manufacturers, who had not made up their minds upon stopping their mills, as the change comes very inoppor tunely upon the recent bad accounts from the East. A spinner received a telegram from Liverpool to-day stating that the cotton houses had advanced 11c1 per lb. since yes terday, and people so situated, with a prospect of their goods, if turned off the spindle, having to go into stock, naturally feel disposed to show some hesitancy about going on. We hear of oue of the largest firms in the district of the spinners and manufacturers (a firm using a large amount of cotton, because makers of heavy goods) having given notice to close, but stating that they will advance their workpeople three days' wages per week. BRADFORD, 31st.—The last market in the year shows a somewhat improved state of things. The cotton-market is a little more buoyant, and it is now pretty well known to what extent failures will affect the trade, and these causes tend to restore confidence. There have been more inquiries for wool during the last two or three days, and transactions are more numerous to-day. There is greater firmness in pri3e, but no advance. Quietness still prevails in the worsted yarns. Th 3 export houses are still influenced from operating by the unsettled state of the German question. Still, there are more inquiries for Russia and. Germany. The home trade is pretty good, and though not many new orders are given for autumn, spinners tontine pretty well employed on old contracts. Business in pieces is very limited. Still, there is great cheerfulness and confidence pervading the market. NARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to Mark-lane to-day the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate, but the condition of the produce was good. There was a better attendance of buyers, and the trade exhibited more activity, fully Monday's quotations being obtained in all transactions. With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup plied. Millers, however, operated somewhat cautiously. Nevertheless, prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of wheat were in improved request, at extreme rates. Spring corn afloat, however, was a slow sale. The supply of barley on sale was large. For all qualities the trade was in a sluggish state, yet no further change took place in the currency. Malt—the supply of which was large—sold heavily, at barely late rates. The Supply of oats on sale was very moderate. Good and fine corn ruled steadily, at full prices ; but inferior produce commanded very little attention. In beans and peas, the amount of business transacted was small, previous quotations. Barrel flour was very scarce, and nominal in value. French, Spanish, and country parcels were, however, in fair supply, and a moderate business was transacted, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flow. E4O 1 730 1 3,060 I 390 Irish.. — - ;4,710 Foreign.— 3190 12,340 6,770 1,850 sks, NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate. Good and prime beef and mutton rule firm, otherwise the trade is dull. Per 81b. by the carcase. Baud Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Nliddling do. 3 4 3 8 Prime largo do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork 3 6 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 BOROUGH HOP. said Middlingmutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Vaal Small pork ~ 4 0 4 4 Lamb Our market is but moderately supplied with English and foreihu hops. The demand, however, is by no means active; nevertheless, prices are well supported. Mid and East Kents £5 Os to £9 Os per owt. Weald of Kents 4 108 to 6 6s ~ Sussex 4 10s to 6 Os „ Yearlings Olds , Belgian Bavarian 5 5s to 8 Os „ American COLONIAL. Public sales of colonial produce have been suspended, the market being closed for the Christmas holidays. Business, however, will be resumed on Tuesday next, the sth inst lu the tallow market a more cheerful tone has prevailed. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 618 Gd to 61s 9J, and for spring delivery, 43s to 428 9d per cwt. THE COURT JOURNAL.—Established 34 years.— See the Court Journal of Saturday, which contains a vast amount of exclusive news of public interest, and per'ectly original Courtly, Fashionable, Theatrical, Naval, Military, and Sporting Intelligence, Club On Dits, &c., not to be found in any daily or weekly paper. Price 5d ; stamped, 6d.-IV. Thomas, 26, Brydgca-street, Strand ; told by all news agents, and at the railway stations. COMIVIEB,CIAL PROSPECTS, The new year dawns with favour upon the com mercial world. Merchants, it is true, must yet pay vary high for monetary accommodation—nearly double the amount this time twelvemonths. But even so, a low rate for money does not necessarily imply national prosperity. Last January the pros pect was bedimmed with the Lancashire distress and uncertainty. The dogged perseverance of Englishmen, however, carried their enter prise to other climes, and now the cotton importations from other sources than the old fields in America, are setting our mills at work, and although that working be only for three or four days a week, yet by this employ ment how much national poverty will be alleviated, and if so much has been done in one year towards relieving us from solely relying upon foreign depen dence, how much may we not reasonably expect to be accomplished when 1865 shall have made its ap pearance. The commerce of the country has been substantially enlarged despite the utter collapse of the principal branch of our native industry; The misfortune which the civil war in America en - tailed upon us served only to quicken our energies ; new paths of enterprise were im mediately sought after, and operations coma meneed. There was no quailing in the hour of need. The national spirit rose with the emergency, and like the British pluck that saved India slipping through our grasp, Englishmen relied upon their own strong arm, and by their unflagging efforts have with their enterprise even overtopped the most prosperous years. Speculation has indeed been in dulged in to an almost unprecedented exteat, no negotiable property have escaped the notice of ope rators at the Stock Exchange, nearly every foreign loan, and the shares of nearly every joint stock association were taken in turn and received due at tention, but for all that, prudence invariably guided the transactions, and if certain stock were at one time unduly inflated, no one has materially suffered. It was, indeed, natural that with so large an unem ployed floating capital speculation should be every where active; in fact, it was the rock upon which it was thought the good old ship might strike, and it is marvellous, now that the danger has passed, to learn how skilful:y she eluded the shoals. RACING FIXTU: JANUA rIi,ES FOI 1864. &M. Manchester FEB 1 ,UARY. H arrow Chelmsford Spring Lincoln Ilungerford Nottingham Spring 1 Derby Spring 3 Liverpool Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring Warwick Spring l6 Durham 23 Northampton 29 Catterick 3O Croxton-park 1 Edinburgh Spring 2 Abergavenny 5 Thirsk 5 _ _ RIL. Chester York Spring Salisbury .. 12 Bath Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring 25 Ascot Hatxpton l5 Newton Odiham Bibury .. 22 Manchester If arpenden Epsom .. 24 Newmarket July Carlisle Abingdon Liverpool July Pontefract Stockbridge I Chelmsford 2B Newcastle-on-Tyne Woreest,r (Summer) Ipswich 'LY. Brighton 2 Brighton Club Lewes 5 Reading Egham Oxford lB York August 23 - - - Nottingham . l9 S tamfard Winchester l9 Sout haw pion .. 2O Goodwood .. ,UST. -- SE FTE: Weymouth 1 Warwick ,September 6 Leicester 8 Doncaster Brecon 19 RAILWAY IN Plymouth Derby Lichfield 3O Stocktcn Devon and Exeter Lichfield 3O Richmond Monmouth 22 :Manchester Autumn N:JwinarketFirbt October 27 TELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Reeeipts.,, twayi 1863. 1862. 1863. X Belfast and N. Counties 136 136 Belfast and County Down 49 49 Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 Caledonian Cockermouth & Workington SI 80 Cork and Bandon 2O 20 Cork, Illackrock, & Passage 6l 61 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 56/ 53; Deeside l7 17 Dublin & Belfast J unction. Dublin and Drogheda 75 63 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid 9l/ 461 Edinburgh and Glasgow 169/ 169} Furness, &c 5O 5 , Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrtk.,&E.Union Great Northern 353 851 Great North of Scotland 5B 56 lit. Northn. & Wes tn. (Irel.) 7lt 71} qt.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrln.d.) 3731 329 Great Western 10561 10321 Inverness & Aberdeen June 864 869 Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 Irish North-Western 145 145 Lancashire & Yorkshire 4u2 3951 Limerick and Ennis... 241 24/ Limerick and Foynes 264 26/ Linnet ly 461 46f London & North-Western London and Blackwall 5/ 5/ London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 26lf 2411 London, Chatham, & Dover 72} 72* .... 2,140 1,821 '64: 190 1,255 1,800 6,324 6,202 17,646 15,605 241 :i0 352 209 12.1 152 374 29) 1,350 1.223 - 218 217 1,441 1,461 1,604 1,7:,0 195 104 2,079 1,405 7,284 6.987 2,826 2,689 7,537 7,800 30.261 2;017 33.262 29.2.1 1,495 1.818 -. 550 425 72;4 8 542 59,330 56 457 1,026' 876 1,098 1,692 1,647 35,624 31,614 154 148 1 174 485 517 09,198 92,023 1,602 1 , 583 1 21,298 18.063 15,854 17,071 4,479 3 1.16 '875 179 1,0.4 3,033 16,553 14 910 1,233 1,057 1,455 1,330 1,936 42,428 40,340 4,652 4,616 1,667 1,5 2,675 2,465 .5 Do. Metropolitan Extension 10 55 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend 42 425 Man.,Shetlleld,& Lincolnsh 2391 2391 blanch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 91 91 Slaryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incL N.-Western) 641 6145 Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind..• 259 5 192 Slonkland 715 711 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 4.4 it North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee . N-Eastern and stock. & DarL 1095 1077/ 54,938 64,250 North London 9 9 3,354 3,059 N or th Staffordshire 251 252 8,833 7.961 Oswestry and Newton 5O 42 1,112 958 Rhymney l9 19 950 854 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 62 62 2,134 2,043 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern . . 138 1321 4,910 4.668 Somerset and Dorset 66 395 6`,8 351 South Devon South-Eastern 306 306 19,388 18,070 Tail Vale 57 55 6,005 5.170 Ulster Vale of Clwyd. Vale of Neath 321 251 2,320 2.0i0 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 3 1 302 355 1.033 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,341 West Cornwall 275 275 738 716 W.Hartlepool Harbr.&RaiL W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt 7 7 652 967 Whitchaven Junction l3 13 945 636 93 Whitchaven & Furness Jun 35 35 2. 76,) FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,167 976 Austr i an 82.8 828 32,219 3 :,134 Belgian Eastern J unction 1 2 7 5 332 2204 Bombay, Baroda, & 1 en. India 1851 64 2,467 ,04 Buffalo and Lake Huron ld 1611 2,996 1,1-0 S Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 169 5,360 4,172 Dutch Rhenish loBi 106/ 3,940 3,659 MR. COXWELL'S BALLOON AT WOOLWICH. — Every preparation was made at Woolwich Arsenal yesterday morning for the ascent of Mr. Coxwell's large balloon, but as Mr. Coxwell and other gentlemen were about to enter the car, it was observed that a thick, hazy atmo sphere was gathering overhead which would render the taking of observations practically nugatory, and the ascent was therefore deferred until this day (Friday) when it will take place at eleven o'clock, from the Royal Arsenal, should the state of the weather p rove favourable. The balloon is now inflated with 75,000 ft. of gas, and it is in !ended to make a high ascent, the object being not tor purely military purposes, as on a former ascent at Woo 1 wich, but to enable Mr. J. Glaisher to make a r eport to the lkitish Association as to the state of the atmosphere at various altitudes about the period of the shortest day, it being a matter of doubt with scientific nien whether the higher regions are much colder in winter than in summer. Mr. Glisher has presented Mr. Coxwell with . a barometer In admiration of the bearing the following inscrirtion judgment, skill, and great Fresence of mind displayed in the several balloon ascents made front IV , lverhampton and other places in 1862 for the British Association, this baro meter is .presented to 11. Coxwell, by his fellow traveller, James F. 11.5." ;MPER. 100 100 100 100 100 102 t 91 , r