The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-19 00:00:00

gt. AND I be ;l est ' s the r . $lll 0 0 r ot • ei 0 11 Aid6sr id&l 0 Sts lrl P ec o d toi dol t re a to 31105.' Je o ill si til° { , 17 co t " 1 0 0 11l 4 g vly re % 11,- o., t i , al niit i' u 1 it Ol 4 ftli • d 9 dye Oc ' el l ote lf for recor d o r ,„,0 Jo. 311 (71i E Y - MARKET COldinliClAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. i.Coutinued firmness prevails in the Discount elarket owing to the unfavourable character of the aPeeia mo vement and the p r o s pe c t of its continu nOce* vren the fi nes t t h ree mont h s ' bill s are not ti 'gqiable under the Bank minimum of 7 per cent. , 0 4b°11 t £93,000 in bar gold and 48,000 sovereigns eil;e withdrawn from the Bank yesterday. ti . u ring the last few days there has been less ac e viity exhibited in the markets for foreign and rates, Produce. Sugars have been held for full 1 ;"" , and good and superior descriptions of coffee b: int aia previous values. The dealings in tea have o ` en suspended , owing to the large quantity an 2unced for public sale this day. Bice has been in f 7 de rate req uest, while in tallow there has been a 1,7 business transacted for the time of year; tc ; ;. on the spot i s quoted 41s. 3d. to 4264 April "e delivery, 435. to 435. 3d.; and last three months, 458, p er cwt. , 21 st inst an t h as b een fi xe d b y th e Corn ke tee of the St oc k E xchange for a spec i a l settle 'loon! in the s h ares of the London an d Cale kncilati ineuranc e C ompany , t h e W es t India pacific Steamship Company, the Aus to ben Mortgage Land and Finance Compitny, all L o ! I :narked in the official Hats ; and also in the vea n t "n Tavern New Shares, and the Marine In qaottaot:t Company, which, however, aro not to be Two O'CLOCK. tel 4 66r Pa ris, this d a y, accor di ng t o Mr. Reuter's 6f 6 2 - ain, the F renc h Th ree per C en t s . were 66f, A to 66 t soo, to-day declin of about per cent. has taken place h otilltl iliate Market for the English Funds, whiz t hreat s lnter „; v erY much depression, owing to te in c 4 g aspect of continental politics, and the of drbin,.:4B4lg trainees latterly noticeable in the r ates o forth Cunt. Consols are 90/ for money and 9 a 4 and ac count . B us i ness i s no t p ar ti cu larly act i ve, fmr eula tors are extending their transactions for are 90 . 11 4 New Threes and Reduced Annuities Sto c k 1 g 4 * Exch equer Bill s 6 s . t o l s . die. Bank 1 05. 236 , India ditto 218, India 5 per Cents. aid the 4 p er C en t s . 1001. 'w ard " Foreign Market a further decided down . - very i tz "'ulant has taken place, and business is 61: R - , 4 , ct i 75 . Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are G 1; do. Consolides, 461 r ; Mexican, 35 . 1; reek, 211 %te a n Spanish Passive, 33i I; do. Cern& n 't I; Portuguese Scrip, ; and the eflerate Loan, 42 44. ap e h the Railway Share Market the operations show n " ee °II a rather limited scale, and prices have lir e „, further depression. Great Eastern, Great 4eepern,North Western, and South Eastern have and 68 . ; Caledonian, London and Blackwal , 4 idla n d, 10s. ; Great Northern A Stock, and ezlghßtitlewvno,rlesisg.n; and Metropolitan, £l. and Colonial lines remain without j n t ° f iniportance in prices. 4 t od 41114 and Miscellaneous Shares, there has been tel II (irat e amount of business negotiated. Orien -444 „"a have declined to 61f ; Chartered of India, 1, 11 : 1 EIli a) and China, to 42 ; Land Mortgage Bank o,,:`"a, to 3/ 41; Crystal Palace Stock, to 32/ ; 84 41 Credit and Finance, to 61 /; Anglo Italian lg 2 , ar e quoted t a prem.; Australian Navigation, P 4 Prem. ; and National Shipping Compauy, 01 eta. FIS H tR FUNDS—CLOSINGGov -00, i I i ape 42., ENT FuNDs. j,_uent. Consols 904 i 3 it`e Aecount Feb. 4 001 t i kb Cent, R educed 001 I N: 33 Per Cent Isl e ; ~i Per Cent. Jan. 1894 ~s 6 per Per Cent. Annul"' 1873. i 14jt1t.3-e-ruin Sireuitie ! p j .v n th . Jan., 1880 —, Litt() for ' 3 6 3'4 ' ex- • sth Al, Ditto (it Yrs, expire h) 1908' 1 die ed Bea Telegrap Aug., Cent. 6 'chequer 1 3ill s £1 000, 2/ & 3 per 1885. •- ,3 7-16 ex div Fitt ' thoo - , bitto •oatik England Stk 4 , 14rpaear dct.,2loaost hf.-Yr• 236 6 Iltbl Oat Go I. _ "YElt/IItENT BROLTRITIES. _2lB 4nDri'lattClOt°C .A.CCOu ri l4 T P . 7 Ce nt. ) April 1874: • • .• D itto 5 per ent..itsi .... ... ....... . • 1051 i 6 Ditto 4 per Cent, 18 83' look Ditto Enlaced Paper 4 18 7 2 ent Ditto Deer Cent., Jail 7 Ditto entnr e i 4 ' , April 1861 Ditto d.i per Lt., 1866 99 Ditto Bonds 41,0100° .•Aug..9 — Ditto 'under 41,000.. : PRICES. "riIiFOREIGI4. FtriThS—CLOSING TA an 5 per Cent.. iltte, 1830 and 1 859 .. :: .. .......... — 4045 per. Cent.,.1852-.58-60 D' Ditto 1863 .. it die thilltte Scrip, 1863, 45 paid b i an 6 per Cent 8 10 3 1 Dttiii.:4o,. 4i Per Cent ..... .. b4 t ;l 4 f a, Per Cent., 1825 ~", 4i per Cent•, Ex 12 Guilders kb ,-- )1' New Canso.lidated, 1 per Cent 4 1i 11,,ti?' l'revisonal Land Warrant 101 (}Ditto 7 per Cent .. %Nil Second Issue it to " Per Cent., 1824-5, .hbitt,le&ce°llllt ...... ex-Coupons (}Ditt o e ll Pons .. 4"' keeennt ...... Ita7e, 41 41 a 6 10 d.. i t i l i o i 9 41 i 1 1 _ keil4lB Per (I:at. (lremmana Railway) 7 3 5 5 1 6 bi a tA ll a Per Cent .... 351 i 4 1 5 too 'l4eeelllit . • . ..... ..._ -1:14- •rePerial 5 ... e .. . Cent .. 12/ gp!pada . P. ......... 285 . uitt e /3' Per Cent.. 71 TAti o T °erred ......... 6 .I.nriZancl War;sn..ts (Hectares) ...... oittc' aPer Cent. .... I)itto 44Lefttea!!. .. . . ._. b- , itt,, i, Per uen.t 1862....... - S ant °l4l,;'tee .. " . - 4 _ bitec7e4e, per CZ , I;.; . i 863 _ pittoi,ccout .............. . . ;i _ 144-14° per e e'lt: , igZ6, -I, '9, '6O, 62, _ , 4kceotint 411 t • Nr iP, 429 ... ... b i l t2.( ) 4Per Ced)., I ,;ii,. St _ 86 , bitjer Cent 1850 .. 444 4 ,‘ , O 1860 _ Is bit to ' 8 Per Cent., 1859 89— 8! 5 4foliaiktit Cent, 1862 likilt.te ke,olZPerlt ......... . • .14 4 , 1 0 3. 3 1,,,,, de.:,.... bittbi tto .1,....e:044t t" e iel beft5e.d......... 64 6 bitterennt . " • „, bitt o A tes v , • ............... _ Qt,,,,,te.,ecotlt•• 331 Liwbit,.4Qert. 0t•;„................ editzo/114:411:113 not funded - 5 i bitto,h . 4 Ptt :,,: _.4 `,' Per oewt-... ............. ___ Ditto 64kolint.. ' 1 8 6 4 89k 4 .. ▪ Ditto . per ent.';. ...... bittot,e°l44. "58 70 694 b., , ..Log So nd e . ...... I)! tte 6 Per 6 .............. . !Ito A era. 18i2 .. — 6 3 7 64 Do ccoltnt 674 1 4° tip° •• • • ... ett l t__ ,a ................. __ , DittoD l )ele 3 pv6te 6 Per e 'v . ......... 4„0 exit., 1862 ........... — 4, b„ b d,,, t1 ,, 11 t• •.. ! ........... 65 cfon. "ell2l --48 en theabove payable in Lon bit Dtr Cent _ Atitt ilt te 4 per Cent ,- . x. ?.2 sail _ bititiollper ee'ribt. u,e,r,i.ficates_ _ Tones, ce°144..,; "i ° ... Ex ' 2 . 6 : , . 67a I . ,„ 14,114 14 Nto t - to 4olletYlt ..................... .. 00 , , ... THREE 9O O S ' S CLOCK lit A ---*.7 -- *__________...._.." 37-1.13°01 Cotton Market—This Day. It cittll tit t4 th eXceedingly q uiet; a- pThe from present p ear t;kitt : 84108 bill noexceed 2,000 bales. lit,v'reto Manchester may make some slig_h_t . it,Nett. Im 6 650 ; previously, ________ por ts _ 1 , 11, qt et ••••••...............................,. 1'.134/A.Nll)t STEAMERS AND THE SOUTHERN 12,500 ),,'ttbs ''''.----The number of steamers that have i th ,l'e°4 Z l , 3 :, d° e h ) : co the blockade of the Confedenrantseepporritese ,'0114,_ •-ed is u pwards of 60, and their pure `'1411,,111 the a L'oo,ooo. The se llin g ti, , Ildi e , _. Rgregate to about , k_tIItIORI ._ '' SteablerB for this trade has been, Perhaps, ,' y tekanerstive speculation during the past year. fa . mki tati eF , ~i , t 4 ilet 1 "We Were sold at half more than their orig e i f N I t • 4 1861 and 1 862, 30 steamers left the Clyde, '4ll lk Wer e elk ,i Pruldle vessel s in the river trade, A t Wertie:ew vessels fl the deep-sea trade, and thefivereprnadedinle. it,' t e tive"W. In 1 863 28 Steamers sailed, and of these l in l ' l ' de e r Peddle boats, one a paddle and one a screw kt Pstlea tliSs.l*N'esteit.tad,,,. Seven were new paddle and eight new Nitli ttt, to ne, am the e total of their registaetToduttoBnonclagheanwdass. tl 'ec th at ,y were manned by 44 of the has been made among them has been very T.,VtItI, 'e 30 that sailed previously to 1863 only four burnt, sunk, been I,.lltted 'ithile Of those that left last year five have '441:kk1;1:::::111:-,,ridisre.tile°till°trulleurnei,hge,ing either 1;e left, e:tlaring the present month three moreA - few of and the remainderaerte,oenretehree tti m 4 ti Ptated ritrtearal are fittin g out to erQ tfo'lplowvihile others I,‘'/:lltttlel':r i t does anrodn one they have paid their 411tokie? wall, some of them being a source of great e°4eetlied.--- &cotsm an, L. SHARE AILREETS.---This day. -~-- ORDINARY SHARES ANI) STOCKS. Share; Railways. j Paid. Closing ! Business I'rice. i done. Wol., and S tr. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A A gets no div t)° - till Cip e.p CCC Do. B been paid fro B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stkl Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian s t GreatNorthof Scotland Great N orthern ' Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire 8c Yorkshire London and Blaokwall Lon., Bright,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western' Lon. & So'4th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dói chorea.. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birmin&~. & Derby Mid. Gt W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Soot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Soot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union ,South Delon.. !South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., and Wok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 188 E Taff Vale- Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford Ac Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.dat. West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing -Thar, Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 Atlantic &Si Lawrence all 60 62 61 Sk 5 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 104 105 104 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New ....... 8 1 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares. 201 Builalo and Lake Huron all Si di 10 Do. Prof eranoe . all 8 9 too liuffalo,Brant,&Godria 100 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1372 100 Do. do. July 1, 187:- 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 13;1 100 et t_lleutta.&S.Eastn. (Li 11,, 100 1(2 104 st Cape Town Dock Seri' 100 101 103 stock I'iastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. 4, 100 106 107 stock Last Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 104 106 1055 45 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 , 1 1 p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada Wu 20 21 20 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 75 74j 100 Do. ao. deferred all 59 61 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 68 675 100 Do. do. deferred all 53 56 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred. 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 C 4 stock Gtlndiarenin.gua. s p.c lOO 105 106 1051 al 51 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 1 11 20 Do. JanuarY, 8 1 14 p stook Gt. South of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 91 10 gl 20 Do. New . 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt all 93 05 100 Do. 55 p. o. do. '77-8 .. all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 / ip 2; stook Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1031 1044 104 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 98 100 stock Da. 4* d 0........ 100 94 98 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Buds. 100 50 llelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. c. 111ortg. Bds. all 20 Newßruaswick & Candy Class A. and B. all 3 6 N.lll.C'da6 po lat pt bds 100 82 84 stock Soinde .... • • -• (100 1031 NC I 1031 ) stock Do. Delhi.. q..: 100 103 104 20 Do. do c , z •• c , 2 5 1p 2) at Do. Punjaub 5 all 103 194 Do. Do. ? L e,' , 100 sto* Do. Indus.. St. Flo.J klOO 100 102 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.Uov. 6 p.o.J a&J ul) 1877-84 .—.—...,.... 100 102 104 102 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 103 105 I Do.p. 6 o.Mar. & Sept. 100 103 105 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July. 10C 91 92 91 ' Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 Cape G.lioe, 6 p o,lBn 100 107 109 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 109 11l Do. 189( 100 110 112 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 108 110 ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 , Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 104 106 1055 INatal Gov. 6 per cant.. 100 1.8 110 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 102 104 Do. dp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 1,184( 100 99 100 Du. sp. c.,lBti to 1871 100 991 10'4 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 991 1001 991 100 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterilng„ 1875. lOO 103 105 Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 109 111 S.Aus G6p.c.1873.& up.. 100 109 111 Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul) 100 Do. to 6 p.c. An.&Dct.. 100 110 Ilt 111 101 BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ' uliflord Amalgamated 38 119 38} Devon G. Cone. (Taoist ) 1 575 685 East Bassett (Mogan) 30 676 70 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd sa. fd par East Caradon ...... 2.14.6 27 28 274 East Cam Brea... , 3.4.0 7 74 -- E. WlRussel (Tavistk.) l 8.9.0 5 64 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 581 10 12 Great South Tolgus 17s 4 44 G. Wheal Vor (Helston 40 14 15 Grenville. 6.16. t 4# 41 Herod's-Foot ...... 8.12 67 39 Hingston Downs 4. I 8.0 3 3i Lady Bertha Margaret (lJny Lelant' 94 15 17 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 24 14 1 d New Setun 194 80 90 • North Downs 2l 14 11 N.Wh'i Basset (111o4an, 3.1.0 2.1 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaze) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 430 440 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 574 624 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 5 rainarSilv.& Lead Min 44 1 1 grin Crott 9 19 20 -- West Basset (Illogan) l4 11 12 W Co radon (Liskeard) 5 19 21 West Set= Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 80 85 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 20 25 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.8 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann ( Men ) 8 134 144 Wheal 3eton 584 150 160 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 244 254 Wheal Union 3.17 ( 3 34 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 1, 111 Great Northern, 5 per cent., 116 Great Western Orig. 41, per cent. pf., 97i Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent.. 331 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Rent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 101 London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 104 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Birkenhead, 90 Buckinghamshire, 96 7 Chester and Holyhead,f— Ditto, 5 per cent., 116/ Hull and Selby, 113 Lancasler and Carlisle, 2161 London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., 921 Midland Bradford pret. stock, 95; FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 18 Dutch Rhenish, 161 Eastern of France, 191 Great Luxembourg, 111 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 7; 8 Ditto (all), 201 20 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 201 FOREIGN MMES. Linares, lira., 61 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Min. and Smelting, 6 Port Philip, 11 Santa Barbara Gold Mine (lim.), St. John del key (lim.), 52 YUdanamutana of S. Australia (lim.), 3A 21 3 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon .ian and Liverpool (Um.), 44 / Anglo Austrian, 61 Bank of Egypt, 26/ Bank of utago, lira., 2/ Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 43 2 3 Ditto, new, 26,E 6 5} Consolidated Bang, lira., loz z. English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 23 European Bank, lira., 81 / Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 32/ 3 Imperial Bank (lira.), 231 Imperial Ottoman, 17 / Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 4/ 3/ London and Brazilian (lira.), 5* London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 31 3 * London Chartered Bank of Australia, 261 7 London and County, 61 2 11 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exch., 11m.,:7/ London Joint Stock, 314 i London and South African, 271 Ditto, new, 26/ London and South American, lira., 71 London and South-Western (11m.), 14/ 14 London and Westminster, 831 Merchant Bank, lira., 111 Mercantile and Exchange. lira 15 1 Oriental Bank Corporation, 61k Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim. l , Q 7 6; Union of Australia, 53/ Union of London, 41/ 1 i DOCKS. Southampton, cei 5 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, Ihn., British Indian Tea, Rm., 3} Commercial Union (Insurance), Si 13.14. 25 10 st st 50 20 15.4.0 19.16.41 12.10 8 8i 81 si 84 F 6 1201 1211 7 7i 37 39 16 17 97 98 107 W 9 491 504 47 49 71 8} 127 128 1321 1331 134 136 97 98 65k (51 110) 111 72 73 105 107 43 44 106) 107 101) 102) 60 61 106 107 128 128} 1i 9p 97 99 52i 63i 25 16 1031 104 59 60 90} 91 123 128 1 2 p 77 70 11 11& 124 126 43 45 98 100 0 64 33 84 44} 05 98 100 10 10 38 39 gi 10i 74 8 p 158 160 5 56 t , 21 31 p 84 87 170 175 22 25 StiN, LONDO . MISCELLANEOUS —Continued. Crystal Palace, :2.1 Ditto, pref., 113 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 113.14 Gen. Credit and Hnanoe ot Loudon, lira., 60 Hudson's Bay, 171 International Financial Society, Bin., Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 51 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1570, issued 90, 83 Joint 'stock Discount, 7 Ditto, new, 61 London Financial Association, lira., 251 6 51 6 London General Omnibus Company, 21 National Discount Comp my, lira., 111 3 11 National Steam Navigation, lim., 4j , North British Australasian, Ocean Marine (Insurance),_l9l 20 Oriental Gas (lim.), Ditto, new,•l Peninsula and Oriental Steam, Ditto, new, 43 Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 2G-3 Royal Mail Steam, ni Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Ern., 7 Universal Marine (Um.) insurance, 5 I LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day), COURT OF ,QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before the Lord Chief Justice, and Justices Crompton, Blackburn, and Mellor.) :1117LISEADY T. LORD EBURY AND OTHERS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the Duke of Bridgwater's trustees, the owners of certain docks on the river Mersey, for negligence in towing a ship of the plaintiff's into their docks, by which negligence the ship became stranded on the beach and injured. The defendant's pleaded that they ,were not liable for the da mage, the contract for towing the ship expressly relieving them from Bush damage ; to which plea a new assignment was added, that the damage arose through the defendant's servant's wilful negligence in leaving the ship stranded without attempting to get her off. . _ The case came before the Court in demurrer as to the form of pleading. The Court allowed the demurrer, and directed a reforma tion of the pleading, so as to bring the case properly before it. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) CROSS V. CROSS (THOMAS INTERVENING). In this ease, which was tried before a jury at the sitting before Christmas, John Cross, the plaintiff, endeavoured to provoke the revocation of a will alleged to have been duly executed by his sister Harriett Cross as far back as 1839. The testatrix had an interest in a large sum of money left to the Cross family by a Mr. John Berihill, the sister of the father of the testatrix. The parties interested were to receive only life annuities on the estate, but they had power to dispose of the capital by will. Miss Harriet Cross executed the will five days before her decease, and probate of it had been obtained in July, 1840. By the instrument James Cross, one of the brothers, who was then abroad, derived an interest, and employed an attorney named Thomas to commence proceedings in Chan cery to protect his rights in regard to the family property. Thomas advanced money to James Cross, in consideration of which James Cross gave him a mortgage upon the inte rest under the will of llarriet Cross. The will of Harriet Cross was witnessed by her two sisters, one of whom had been obliged to leave the country, having com mitted a breach of trust. The plaintiff, Sir John Berihill Cross, new alleged that the will was a forgery, and the intervener, Thomas, was the only party at present interested in establishing the validity of the will. At the trial Mary Cross said that the attestation in her name was in her handwriting, bUt the signature of the testatrix was a forgery. The jury found for the will, and probate was granted. A rule was then obtained on certain affidavits, and on the ground that the verdict was against evidence for a new trial. A rule was then obtained, and argued at length at the last sitting, and now stood over for judgment. The Judge Ordinary now decided in favour of the ver dict. His lordship granted the intervener (Thomas) his costs out of the estate, and condemned the plaintiff in the costs of Alexander Cross, one of the defendants. COUB,T OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Hoiroyd.) His Honour, being the Commissioner of the day, was occupied the greater part of the morning in hearing applica tions in the private room. IN RE BANKS. This bankrupt was a carpenter in Cambridge-street, Bethnal green, and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge. Mr. R. Buchanan was for the bankrupt, and applied for an adjournment, as no accounts had been filed in conse quence of the ill health of the bankrupt. The case was adjourned accordingly. IN RE BURTON. This bankrupt was an optician in the Minories, and this was an adjourned meeting for examination and discharge. Mr. C. V. Lewis appeared for the assignees, and Mr. B. Sorrel, Mark-lane, for creditors, and consented to the bankrupt's passing, but the question of discharge was ad journed till the 6th May, as the bankrupt's transactions as to the disposal of his property were not satisfc4tory. IN RE ELLIS. This bankrupt was a plumber, &c , in the Minories, and surrendered under a petition opened by Mr. Sorrell, Mark lane. The debts are about £1,000; assets not yet stated. (Before Mr. Commissioner Wir slow.) IN RE JACKS—THE BRITISH COLUMBIA OVERLAND TRANSIT COMPANY. The was a meeting for choice of assignees in the matter of this bankruptcy. The bankrupt had been a director of the above company, and was sued by a Mr. Collingwood, who had taken a passage of the Company, who failed to complete their contract. The sum claimed for passage money was £l6O, and the costs of the action ran up the judgment to £6OO. Mr.Collingwood proved his debt, and was chosen assignee. Mr. H. Harris, of Moorgate-street, is solicitor to the estate. The bankrupt is Comptroller of Corn Returns for the Board of Trade. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) DAMAGES FOR NOT EMPLOYING A COOK.-NOVEL POINT. DUMBRILL V. REICHARDT. This was an action to recover damages for breach of an agreement, Mr. Perry, from Mr. Buchanan's, appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Beard representing the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff had been engaged by the defendant, who is an eatinghouse-keeper, as cook at 30s. per week and board. The defendant's wife, however, wrote a letter to the effect that she believed the place would be too hard for him. Mr. Perry called plaintiff. who said that he had been employed as a cook at St. James's Hall. He could have a good character from the head cook there. Defendant observed that as plaintiff had left a situation in consequence of the work being too hard, he felt justified in refusing to employ him. His Honour—l think that a man is justified in leaving a situation if he finds the work too hard for him. lam of opinion that defendant ought to have given a week's wages when he refused to employ plaintiff. Verdict for plaintiff, with costs. A Uniform Plan for Metropolitan Railway Schemes. If the metropolis must be cut up into sections by rail ways, the least that we can demand is that the companies shall be made to conform to some uniform and general scheme, and that the junctions shall be sufficiently nume rous to afford adequate facilities to the metropolitan traffic. This is a subject which Parliament will be bound to investigate and settle during the coming Session, for it would be intolerable to find, a few years hence, that we had allowed the railway companies to take possession of the me tropolis ; and that our means of transit had been contracted or rendered inconvenient by blundering projects or jealous contentions. What the future of railways will be in this metropolis is not easy to conjecture. Hitherto London railways have been, for the greater part, merely means for the conveyance of persons and goods to and from the metropolis and -the provinces. The internal traffic of this great city has scarcely come under the con sideration of the projectors and managers of these schemes, The Metropolitan Railway, however, has inau gurated a new eta, and has already found many ambitious imitators, Most of these, it is certain, will be thrust out of the field of contest next session, and the real trial of strength will be between Mr. Fowler, withhis Metropolitan Extensions, embracing the inner and outer circle lines, and Mr. Hawkahaw with his junctions with the Charing cross Extension. It is premature to forecast the proba bilities of a struggle between two such doughty champions. If Mr. Fowler have the report of the Lords' Committee in his favour, he has against him all the interests along the Thames embankment; besides the inherent fault of the incompleteness of his design in its working details. We have shown that, as it affects the City, Mr. Fowler'e circles do not provide for military junctions with the long lines; whilst Mr. Hawkshaw proposes to unite the Great Northern, the Midland, and the North-Western with his station at Charing-cross, whence passengers will be carried straight into the City to the Cannon-street Terminus. By this line, therefore, our friend Humphrey Hardworker would be enabled to got to Birmingham without a change of carriages, and without making such an extraordinary cir cumbendibus as he would be required to make by the rival railway.—City Press. BRIPPING—This Day. Lownorr, Jan. 19.—Wind this day at noon—South ; cloudy weather. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. __ _ No arrivals. Sailed—fhe Adler, for Bremen. Thur., Tuesday Morning. Passed—Sanspareil, from London, for Brigham; South Down, from Palermo, for Goole. WALKER ! OR FRENCH BOOTS FOR THE ITALIAN Booz.—ltaly bas sent an order to Paris for 100,000 boots, to be ready for the soldiers, at the latest, iu February. TUESDAY EVENING,' JANUARY 19, 1864. 50 i 127 i 133 6511 11(4 i i 72} 105 4/ 107 81 1021 106 5, 8 5 5 128 j f 98} 63 34 04/ f 5 41 POLICE IN -~ ,f _als Day. MARLBORtittG" - MURDEItOiTki AtTA.cx .1-STREET. T HROUGHJEALOUSY.—EIiza 'teased married wom a n, r es idi ng at No. 'oad, Notting-hill, was charged b e f ore Mr. Tyrwhitt -with unlawfully and maliciously wo un di ng a female, gamed Charlott e Nicholas, in Denman-street, a Golden 'square. Jones, 12, Ledbury. respectably-,' The injured wom an was unable to attend. James Ignatius Mullin, a, young man, living at 5, Queen's Head-court, Great Windinill-street, deposed that on the previous afternooth while standing in Great Wind - mill-street, he saw a number of persons collected at the corner of Denman-street, and a sort of skirmish going on. Ho went up to see the cause, when he heard the prisoner say to a young woman, "This is your gamo. It has been going on for four years, and I have caught you at last." The prisoner then, having an open razor in her hand, struck the young woman across the eyes with it, and afterwards on the right hand. The young woman, who bled profusely from her wounds, was then conveyed to the Charing-cross Hospital, and the prisoner taken into custody. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the witness said he heard nothing more from either of the females than ho had stated. and that they were both sober. He understood the young woman's name was Nicholas. Mickleborough, 307 A, said the prisoner made no reply to the charge. The prisoner said she had found her husband with the young woman several times. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he was sorry the prisoner had taken such a mode of settling the matter. He would remand her for a week. The husband of the prisoner asked whether the magis trate would accept bail for his wife ? A CORPORAL OP Tint GRENADIER GUARDS CHARGED WITH RORBERT.—Henry Webber, a corporal of the 2d battalion of Grenadier Guards, was charged with stealing a silver watch, of the value of £310e., flora the person of Air. James Lynch, of 1, Surrey-lane, Wandsworth. The prosecutor had been drinking with the prisoner and a female all day, and from his statement it appeared that, on wishing to leave, the prisoner snatched his watch away, and ran off, dropping it down an area. The prisoner said it was a prostitute who took the watch away. John Staines, 123 0, said that, on taking the prisoner into custody, the prosecutor said it was a mistake. The prisoner made no attempt to get away whatever, and said ho would go to the station. Both parties had been drinking. The prisoner's sergeant gave him a good character. Mr. Tyrwhitt discharged the prisoner. The prosecutor, who had been most anxious that the matter should not comc before the magistrate, thanked the magistrate for his decision. WESTMINSTER: PITIABLE CONDITION OF ILL-USED MARRIED WOMEN. —A very respectable-looking woman besought the magis trate's interference and assistance in the following matter:— She stated that she had been for same time residing in the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, and being now with her three children in great distress, had applied for relief which had been refused her, and she had, therefore, been recom mended to come before a magistrate. Mr. Arnold—Are you a married woman ? Applicant—Yes, your worship. Mr. Arnold—Where is your husband ? Applicant—You have sent him to prison. Mr, Arnold—What for ? Applicant—For ill-treating me, and the principal cause of my distress has been the illness, I have suffered through his violence, which has prevented ray being able to, earn my living as I could have done. Mr. Arnold—When was he committed ? Applicant-0u the 27th of November last, for six months. Mr. Arnold—What did the relieving officer say to you when you applied to him ? Applicant—He said I and my children could come into the workhouse. Mr. Arnold—Then he has, in law, offered you relief. You apply to the parish, and the relieving officer offers to take you into the workhowe—that is all that is required of him. You cannot compel him to give you the sort of relief you require. Applicant—lt was no good telling me that I might go into the workhouse with my children. I don't want to go there for my life. lam willing to work for my living, and, with a little present help, could do so. Who would go into the workhouse and by so doing break up the little home one has made ? It is very hard, I think, your wor ship. Mr. Arnold—lt may be, but the parish have a right to give relief in the way they think fit. It is for them to do as they please in that respect. You may make an application to the board of guardians and hear what they say. Applicant—l have always worked for my living, and am willing to do so, and I want to work for myself and children outside a workhouse. Will your worship grant me a pro tection order against my husband when he comes out ? Mr. Arnold=No, I cannot. Applicant—Why, you worship ? Mr. Arnold—Protection orders are only granted to wivos where their husbands have deserted them and gone away. In the present instance the man has been committed by me for beating you. Having been sent by the law to pri son, he cannot be said to have deserted you. THAMES. EMBEZZLEMENT BY AN ODINIBUS CONDUCTOR —Charles Emmett, an omnibus conductor, aged 22, badge No. 2,640, and dwelling at the time of his apprehension at No. 9, Manchester-road, Millwall, Poplar, was brought before Mr. Woolrych charged with fraudulently appropriating to his own use various sums of money he had received for and on account of the Millwall and Cubitt-town Omnibus Company. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, stated the case for the prosecu tion. The Millwall and Cubitt-town Omnibus Company were the owners of two vehicles constantly running in the day time between Limehouse (near the parish church), and Cubitt-town, in the Isle of Dogs, P o plar, passing in their journeys several important factories. The prisoner had been in the employ of the company three months, and it was his duty to receive the fares and to make correct returns of the money he received of pas sengers on each and every journey. For some time past the prisoner had returned £3 per week less on the average than the conductor of the other omnibus. The the amount of night for each journey he had made during the day, and showin g prisoner delivered a ticket every money of passengers carried. The prisenerrehceedivefedl falsified d th h e i e numbereeeewita and made a return of a less number of passengers than he had actually carried, were and a less amount of money than he had received. Two On Friday, on jo t u h rn re e e ys j ol our 2 n s e: d s . , the pri sonerad. and 4d. e to watch the pri sonerZYuiornedfitvhee number ofjourneys per day? o On persons onee h were jmoue rhnye yjourneys. employed t Th Wednesdayehe company deficiency of 6d ., and upon lag, there was a another, the same i s sd. On Saturday Mr. Stoddart replied 14 or seven each way. day defrauded is the company of the jm r o o rh. w nw as cel a serhy d k e , fl eah oie i watchman in the empby of the St. Ka - therine Dock Company, who had been employed by the operations, proved the had travelled in the omni bus of which the priso ner was conductor, defalcations prosecutors n watchthe journeys the l sozets Thet pay Passengers he took up did ne awing bridg es over th e W est I n di a Dook entrances were often open for the ad m i ss i on o f s hip s when his omnibus arrive d at t he lock entrances, and people ptrhiseoirner fares. said The that all the would not wait until they were closed again, and alighted and went away without paying th e i r fares. Mr. Woolrych recalled Clark, who said that no disputes or prisoner and any of his passengers on occurred the red journeysbetween th e named by him. On one journey a West India Dock b rid ge disturbances r was opened, and a delay took place, but no one got ou t of t he omnibus then. journey Mr. Woolrych—And there was a defal cat i on on th a t ? Mr. Stoddart—Yes, sir, o f ls. After some further evide nce Mr . Stoddart asked for a remand. Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner until Tuesday next. LIFEBOAT SERVICES. -- SUNDELLoin, Monday Night.—A few days sgo, writes Copt. Heard, R.N., the Whitburn - boat, of the National Lifeboat Institution, was instrumental in saving seven men from the steam tug Rob Roy, of Sunderland, bound from that port to the river Tyne. There were four of the crew tf the s t eamer, an d three men belonging to a schoo ner whi ch they were going to tow round to Sunderland. At 3 a.m. a light was seen at sea from Whitburn, and shoutings were heard from the men in the tug. The alarm was gives, when the lifeboat been so s p ee dily h o was instantly manned and launc hed, an d went off to their relief. It was half flood, and th ere was a heavy sea on, and the morning was very dark and foggy . The sea had washed rescuedthe tug's t boataway, o uldall have and had perished. t h the men as t it was a rising tid e , and there was a hole in the bottom of the vessel, which not very long afterwards became a total wreck. It was found that she Lad struck on the " Sreel" Rocks off Whitburn. THE FLORlDA.—Accordiug t o a letter successful, Brest and of the 16th the Confederate corvette Florida has hmeardneehw Captain, ertrialtrp;iawuhriiccehnwicehreardp,ehrfaea waited ct on the ly vice admiral and other authorities of the port to announce his approaching departure and to take leave. The letter adds that Captain Richards has informed the capt a i n o f th e Federal Kearsage, which is still waiting off the port, that he is ready, on leaving, to accept a combat with him any where out of the limit of the French waters. Perhaps this is mere bravado, but the people at Brest expect a light be tween the two frigates. FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—NapoIeon Chaix and Co. have just brought out the second edition of " Rappoits Officials des Membres da la Section Frangaise du Jury International sur l'Exposition Universelle a Londres," published under the direction of M. Alichel Chevalier. This new edition contains the report of Prince Napoleon, the speech of the Emperor, and the list of the prizes awarded to the French exhibitors, AFFAIRS IN CHINA. The position of affairs in the far East is by no means reassuring. In China and Japan events are unmistakably tending in one direction, and it re quires but little forecast to perceive that the exigencies of our commerce will ere long necessitate the active presence of a much larger force than this country would wish to maintain there. In Japan, though the immediate peril has passed away, the truce is a hollow one. Prince Satsuma, having sent a quarter of a million sterling to America for the purchase of rifled guns, naturally wishes to temporize until he has received this formidable addition to his strength. In China, the reactionary party, under the presidency of the Empress-mother, and the general ship of Tsuing-Kwoh -Fan, have not only made themselves dominant, but actually succeeded in stultifying all diplomatic action at Pekin. Prince Kung, who never had much power of his own, is now completely under the rule of this all-powerful faction. The European representatives have not seen the Regent for one year, and are obliged to content themselves with bootless interviews with the Foreign Board, which, like similar institutions in this country, is admirably adapted for evasion and pro crastination. Another massacre of Roman Catholic priests and their converts has once more brought the French Bishop of Se-chwen to Pekin. In vain does the French Minister claim redress ; the effects of the Anglo-French military promenade through the capital being entirely obliterated. In fact, we have now discovered that we have never been in Pekin at all—for in the centre of that walled block of country which we call Pekin, lies Imperial Pekin, with ramparts and fosses and its 200,000 inhabitants. No outer barbarian has penetrated this, the sanctum of Chinese prejudice. Though every subject strides in and out at his leisure, European ambassadors are kept out by sentries, and obliged to content themselves with furtive glances through their opera glasses from neighbouring house-tops, where they are permitted to mature that co-opera tive policy, into which they were driven by Celestial astuteness one year since. For at Pekin individual diplomatic action is no longer possible. Twelve months ago, the representatives of the Western Powers, finding that they were being played off one against the other by the Regent and his advisers, determined to try the virtue of co operation. Their success is what might have been imagined from a combination of conflicting interests. Nevertheless, our trade is doubling itself, and will continue to do so. The foreign city of Shan K hai has become the commercial capital of the East, whereas but fifteen years since the bittern and rice-bird were the sole possessors of the swamps upon which it stands. Land there is now as valuable as in the heart of the city of Lon don, and thence our capital and enterprise control the markets of northern China. With such vast commercial interests at stake, and with such difficult diplomatic relations, it is with unfeigned regret that we receive the confirmation of the dissolution of the Chinese auxiliary force under Captain Sherard Osborn ; for the published correspondence relative to the expedition proves, were proof wanting, that a similar command could not have fallen into more able hands. Were a policy of nonintervention possible in a country situated like China, we should be the first to advocate it ; but distracted as it is by insurgents, whose original nuclei has been nothing but the starving centres of that gigantic population, and adverse as the rulers have proved to the humanizing influences of foreign commerce, in opposition to the wishes of the bulk of the inhabi tants, it has appeared to us both just and wise to assist in the establishment of social order within the country, and commercial order without; to put down freebooters by kind and piracy by sea; and, whilst we secured peaceful avenues for our com merce, to ensure also to the Chinese Government the just dues arising from such foreign trade. For it is idle to conceal the fad, that our merchants, finding it more lucrative to bsibe a mandarin et a non-treaty port than to pay the cus toms' dues at a treaty one, are all more or less engaged in smuggling at the %on-treaty ports, thereby evading that just spirit of reciprocity which formed the basis of Lord Elgin's policy, and which could alone justify the armed intrusion of our trade in China. As regards the Taeping rebellion, the energy of Tsueng-Kwoh-Fan has during the past year driven it into the towns of Nankin, Soochow, and Hang chow, and at the present moment not more than one-fortieth part of the Empire is out of the hands of the Imperialists. Indifferent as the rule may be when measured by a European standard, yet as the Taepings recede so the inhabitants advance, and resume their peaceful avocations. Though the enthusiastic reports of missionaries once led us to imagine that this mighty convulsion was to lead to the evangelisation of China, the manner in which its leaders have acted must have convinced the most credulous that rapine, murder, and lust were the sole objects they had in view. Wherever their hordes have passed—and their path has been through the most densely-populated portions of the country —the inhabitants, together with their dwellings, have been blotted out ; and during their 10 years' rule at Nankin, the ancient capital, no attempt has been made to establish a civil administration, but the same relentless system has been pursued until the fairest districts have been well nigh depopulated and exhausted. Had the ruler of China had the sagacity to avail him self of the powerful aid which he asked and obtained from her Majesty's Government in the form of Captain Sherard Osborn's squadron, Nankin would have already been in the hands of the Imperialists, and with it would have perished theprestsge of the Tae ping cause, and China might once more have settled down to those industrious pursuits which are the sole thought of its population. Now, it is impos sible to predict what turn events may take, espe cially when we consider the vast rowdy element which California and Australia are pouring into Shanghai. A leader of grasp and capacity is alone wanting to enable these adventurers to seize an empire on the southern bank of the Yangtze. The cause which led to the disbandment of Capt. Sherard Osborn's force was, that her Majesty's Government only permitted it to be organised under certain conditions, which were submitted by the Emperor of China's agent; who had full powers to deal with the question. The Emperor having ob tained•the force he required on one set of terms, determined to use it under another. and expected to find in Captain Sherard Osborn a docile servant, who would assist hisa in this piece of chicanery. In that expectation it is hardly necessary to say he was mistaken. Neither blandishment nor bribery could induce Captain Sherard Osborn to swerve from the original agreement, on the faith of which her Majesty's Government had permitted him to organise the squadron. We hope that the Chinese Government will not have bitter cause to regret the shortsightedness of their policy, but it is, we fear, hoping against hope. This powerful squadron could have stifled anarchy in the interior, cleared the rivers and coasts of pirates, and confined the foreign trade to its legitimate channels ; China would have policed its own waters, and increased its revenue, and Great Britain would have been spared those oft recurring and inglorious wars which seem inseparable from our relations with the most peaceful people on the face of the earth. How ever disappointing to Captain Sherard Osborn may be the result of his labours, he may rest assured that there is but one opinion in England as to the high-minded and dignified course he has pursued, under circumstances of no ordinary difficulty. And it is imposible to rise from the perusal of the corres pondence lately published, without increased admi ration for a character which already stood high in the opinion of his countrymen. PARASITICAL PLANTS IN MEXICO.—The forest seemed to have been invaded by an army of huge pythons, many of them more than a foot in diameter, looking as if they had been stiffened while in the act of twining them selves in numerous folds round the tree which they had seized with a living, fierce, and prehensile grasp, and had then reared and lost their heads in the uppermost branches of another still more lofty than their victims, which again were sometimes smaller than themselves, and bearing on the indented steins the impress of the enormous and strangling force that had writhed itself round them.— Vigne's Travels in Ito:leo. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. THE VICTORIA CROSS. (From the Gazette pf this Evening.) WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 16. The Queen has been graciously pleased to signify her intention to confer the decoration of the Victoria Cross on the under-mentioned officer and no n - commissioned officer of her Majesty's army, whose claims to the same have been submitted for her Majesty's approval on account of acts of bravery pettormed by them in New Zealand, as recorded against their names, viz.:— Colour-Sergeant (now Ensign) Edward Mac Kenna, 65th Regiment—For gallant conduct at the engagement near Cameron-town, New Zealand, on the 7th September, 1863, atter both his officers, Captain Swift, and Lieutenant Butler, had been shot, in charging through the position of an enemy heavily outnumbering him, and draw ing off his small force, consisting of two serjeants, one bugler, and thirty-five men, through a broken and rugged country, with the loss of but one man killed, and another missing. Lieutenant-General Cameron, C.B„ Commanding her Majesty's Forces in that colony, reports that, in Colour-Serjeant Mac Kenna, the detachment found a commander whose coolness, intrepidity, and judgment, justified the confidenc e pl ace d i n hi m b y the soldiers brought so suddenly under his command. Lance-Corporal John Ryan, 65th Regiment —For gallant conduct at the engagement near Cameron-town above re ferred to. This non-commissioned officer, with Privates Bulford and Talbot, of the same regiment, who have been recommended for the medal for distinguished conduct in the field, for their behaviour on the same occasion, removed the body of the late Captain Swift from the field of action, after he had been mortally wounded, and remained with it all night in a bush surrounded by the enemy. LONDON GAZETTE,—This Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 1. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint George Thorne Ricketts, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Sarawak. JAN. 16. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles G. Hannah as Consul at Demerara for the United States of America. WHITEHALL, JAN. 18. The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the Reverend Francis Jeune, D.C.L., the Deanery of her Majesty's Cathedral Church of Lincoln, void by the death of Thomas Gamier, B.C.L. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 19. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint Captain Arthur Ellis, of the Grenadier Guards, to be one of her Royal Highness's Equerries. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL, JAN. 19. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—The exchange between Arthur George Smith and Brevet-Major J. R. Turnbull, 18th Hussars, as notified in Gazette of Bth inst., has been cancelled. 33 Hussars--Veterinary Surgeon George Fleming, from the Military Train, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Hicks Withers, transferred to the 10th Hussars. 10th Hussars—First Class Veterinary Surgeon Hicks Withers, from 3d Hussars, to be Veterinary Su rgeon , vice William Thacker, promoted. 11th Hussars—Captain Alexander Charles Grant, from 90th Foot, to be Captain, vice the Hon. James David Drummond, who exchanges. 18th Hussars—The exchange between Brevet-Major J. R. Turnbull and Captain A. G. Smith, 6th Dra goon Guards, as notified in Gazette of Bth inst., has been cancelled. Military nein—Acting Veterinary Surgeon Michael D. Byrne to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice George Fleming, transferred to the 3d Hussars. Royal Artillery—Captain Henry Reginald Courtenay to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Robert Warburton, de ceased—Second Captain Affleck Fraser to be Captain, vice Robert Courtenay—Lieutenant Robert Roche Franks to be Second Captain, vice Fraser—Gentleman Cadet Richard Waco to be Lieutenant, vice Franks— Gentleman Cadet William Law to be Lieutenant, vice Bowen, resigned. Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Frederick Augustus Yorke, on the Supernumerary List, to be Colonel—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-C•)lonel Charles Francis Skyring to be Colonel, vice Twigs, pro• moted—Captain and Brevet-Major James Robert Mann to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet• Colonel Skyring —Second Captain Anthony William Durnford to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Mann—Lieutenant George Sackville Berkeley to be Second Captain, vice Durnford —Gentleman Cadet Montagu Frederi c k Ommanney, to be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Berkeley. 2d Regiment of Foot—Major Francis Lionel Octavius Atty to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Lieutenant- Colonel and Brevet •Colonel Robert Bruce, who retires upon half pay—Captain John Charles Weir to be Major, by purchase, vice Atty—Lieutenant Henry Echalaz to be Captain, by purchase, vice Weir-- Ensign Charles Bor lase to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Echalaa, Bth Foot—Ensign Charles Frederick Malet to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Theodore Henry Skinner, who retires—Gentleman Cadet "William Louis, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Malet. 17th Foot—Lieutenant St. John Clerke, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Savage, who ex changes. 21st Foot—Ensign Alfred Thrale Perkins to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice John Hornby Conor, who retires —Gentleman Cadet Robert "Wilbraham Hill, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Perkins. 40th Foot—Gentleman Cadet James Dalton Gregson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Edward Toseland, who retires. 46th Foot—Ensign Richard Lawrence William Moore May dwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles John Burgess, who retires—Ensign Robert Gordon Home, from the 58th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Maydwell. 58th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Scovell Whitmore, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Robert Gordon House, transferred to the 46th Foot. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Austin to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. Atholl Charles John Liddell, who retires—Ensign John Edward Pratt Barlow to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Austin. 87th Foot— Ensign Anderson James Ashmore to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Frederick Flood Devereux, who retires—Gentleman Cadet Frederick GeorgaVardon, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ashmore. 90th Foot—Captain Hon. James David Drummond, from the 11th Hussars, to be Captain, vice Grant, who ex changes. 92d Foot—Lieutenant Lawrence William Maxwell Lock hart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lionel Holmes, w h o retires—Ensign utchinson A. Stewart to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lockhart—Gentleman Cadet Edward Alexander Charles Campbell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, v i ce St ewar t. 97th Foot—Paymaster Henry Lewis de la Chaumette, from the Royal Artillery, to be Paymaster, vice William Francis Wheble, appointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards. 99th Foot— Lieutenant Henry James Day to be Captain, without purchase, vice Malcolm Brown Purcell, deceased —Ensign Marcus William Kelly to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Day. 3d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Francis Graham Dunn to be Captain, without purchase, vice Joseph Jones, who retires upon full-pay—Lieutenant Edmund Sandilands Savage, from 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Clerke, who exchanges ; Ensign James Frederick Cousins to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dunn. UNATTACHED—Lieutenant Edward Brown, from the 12th Lancers, to be Captain, without purchase. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT—Deputy Assistant Com missary -General Arthur Kay, to be Assistant Commis- sary-General, vice Webb, deceased. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff-Surgeon Alexander Bar clay, M.D., having completed 20 years' full-pay service, to be Staff Surgeon-Major, under the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858 ; Assistant-Surgeon James Good, from the 43d Foot, to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice H. Crump, M.D., resigned; Assistant-Surgeon Robt. Alex ander Peter Grant, from the 43d Foot, to be Staff- Assistant .Surgeon, vice W. Holmes, resigned. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.—The Rev, H. Tudor Craig to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.—James Darling, Gent., to be Acting Veterinary Surgeon; vice Stanley, resigned; Hugh Anderson, Gent., to be Acting Veterinary Sur geon, vice Channon, resigned. BREVET. Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel George Ring, retired upon full-pay 13th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major-General. Lieut.-Colonel Rrbert Corcyra Romer, Royal Artillery, having completed five years service in the rank of Lieut.- Colonel, to be Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of October, 1858. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Edward M'Mullin, Recruiting District, to have the honorary rank of Major. Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Ca p t ain, Joseph Hely, 73d Foot, to have the honorary rank of Major. Regiment, Captain to have josepil j theoT Jones, retired full-pay 3d We s t I n di a E honoraryrankMAsoß. Captain Rowley Wiles Hinxman , 50th Foot. s of Major. TO Captain Hugh Stewart Cochrane , 7 th Font. Second Captain Morgan Crofton Sankey, Royal Artil lery. Second Captain Thomas Alexander Dirom, Royal Artil lery. Captain John George Dartnell, 27th Foot. Captain Charles Francis Falcon Chamberlain, Bombay .tatfl Corps. Captain James Burnie Lind, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Frederick William Graham, Bengal Staff Corps. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the deaths of Major-Gen. John Walpole, of the Royal Engineers, on 4th January, 186 4—andMajor-General Robt. Henry Wynyard, C. 8., Colonel of the 98th Foot, on the 6th January, 1864 : Captain Robert Chalmers, Bengal Staff Corps. Captain Rob er t B a i gr i e, Bombay Staff Corps. Second Captain H enry Strutt, Royal Artillery. Second Captain James Hills, Royal Artillery. Captain Henry Hammon Lyster, 72d Bengal Native Infantry. TO BE MAJOR GENERALS. Colonel John Twiss, Royal Engineers. .LieutPnant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Mait land Wilson, half-pay late Bth Foot. TO BE COLONELS. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel John Francis Kempt. Lieutenant-Colonel William Thomas Dickson, 16th Lancers. TO BE LIEUIENANT •COLONELS. Captain and Breve::-Major Bernard E. Ward, 60Ih Foot Major Frederick West, half. pay late Depot Battalion. TO BE MAJORS. Captain William Jolliffe, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Captain Robert Seppings Harrison, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Course of the Exchange--Tnis Day. fimsterdain Ditto tertian' 11 15% 11 16% 11 19} 11 19 11 194 11 193 Ali tW ell) .-- 25 60 - 25 65 Lrit,E;cl t . — 25 60 25 65 II aioimrgh — 13 7 13 if Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort On Maine - 119 1194 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh .. 33 33i Berlin Madrid .. .... 47,1 48 Cadiz Leghorn — 25 80; :25 85 Milan — 25 80 • 25 85 Genoa 25 80 25 85 Naples Palermo ...... 25 80 25 85 Messina — 25 80 25 85 Lisbon —52 a Oport0...- Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 V Mexican Dollars ...... 0 5 2 Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublons 0 0 0 FOURTH EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 o'CriocK. BANKRITP T S The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im. portance in the Gazette : James Crossley, merchant, Mincing lane, City Joseph Smith, farmer, Wadhurst John Tackle, Liverpool, waste dealer George Beecroft, grocer, Durham John Gee, hosier, Hanley, Staffordshire Robert Cocker, steel wire mills, Erdington Henry Sowman, leather seller, Sidney-street, Commer. cial-road East William A Elliot. jun., butcher, Brighton Henry C. Sirr, gentleman, Aberdeen-place, 3faida-hill William Dickson, surveyor, City John Hurst, druggist, Horwich, Lancashire Richard Harris, ship carpenter, Knottingley, Yorkshire BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Thomas H. Smith, cloth dresser, Huddersfield SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Adam Dunbar, bookseller, Huntly David Reid, bottler, P a i s l e y John Strathern, coal merchant, Glasgow John N. Robertson, merchant, Aeuhmill, Aberdecinshlrd Wm. Miller, coalmaster, Stirlingshire THE CITY BANK. HALF-YEARLY MEETING-THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the City Bank took place to-day—Mr. Peter Bell in the chair. The report stated that the directors were enabled to declare the usual dividend of £6 per cent, per annum, and a bonus of £1 10s. per share, free of income tax (these two payments being together equal to £l2 per cent, per annum), and to carry forward to profit and loss new account the sum of £9,380 19s, 81. The CHAIRM&s moved the adoption of the report, and remarked that an examination of the accounts, comparing them with preceding ones, would show that the earnings of the last half-year were considerably in excess of pre vious corresponding periods. The high value of money had partly contributed to this success, but, as the en hanced rates for money bad only been in operation for a short period, their prosperity was rather due to their increased business. The report was unanimously adopted. ST. KATHARINE DOCK COMPANY. HALF-YEARLY MEETING-THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the St. Katharine Docks was held to-day. The report stated that the gross earnings for the past year were £273,664 18s. 4d . and the expenditure, including interest, to £202,867 ss. 5d., showing the net earnings to be £70,797 12s. 11d. A dividend of 1i per cent. (free of income-tax) upon the capital stock of the company, for the half-year endcd the 30th of June last, was declared at the general meeting on the 21st of July, and the directors now recommended that a dividend at the same rate be now declared for the half year ended the 31st of December last, making together 3i per cent. (free of income-tax) for the year 1863. SPOR TING INTELLIGENCE. TATTE R SALL'S, MONDAT.' Fortunately for the moderate number of bookmakers who put in an appearance this afternoon, notwithstanding the heavy gloom occasioned by the fog, a more than average amount of business was transacted, chiefly through several commissions, issued during the morning, not having been satisfied in the city circles. After the usual amount of gossip concerning the forthcoming weights for the Chester Cup, and the extreme eagerness evinced by several to com mence operations thereon, but without effect, the legitimate business of the day was brought prominently forward, and. for a brief period was carried on with some amount of spirit in consequence of the anxiety exhibited by those having the commissions betraying more than usual eagerness to get on. The Two Thousand Guineas was alone noticeable by the. fondness exhibited for the French representative, about whotu sto 1 was with difficulty obtainable. Paris at the same time did not appear so buoyant, 11 to 2 being re peatedly offered at the close about him, his supporters, however, apparently biding their time, standing out for half-a point over those odds, Cambuscan, from the support afforded him in the West-end club, was inquired after, and. towards the close was backed with much freedom at 6 to 1; but the layers at the finish, we imagine, had the call. The Derby—The transactions upon this all-absorbing event generally resume their activity at the turn of the year, but up to the present time little or no vitality has dis played itself in the transactions we have had to record from the Corner. This afternoon, as we have before mentioned, gave some evidence of business, the Scottish Chief being; the first inquired for, and after his opening price of 12 to 1. had. been readily accepted, with an offer to go on, the demon stration had the desired effect, and his outside price at the close appeared to be 1,000 to 90. Paris was not in much re quest, and after 12 fifties had been noted down, 13 to 1 was repeatedly offered ;without meeting a reply. Cambuscau " the Bold" appeared to have a strong party of adherents, who stood to their colours with some stoutness. Forager was introduced by a follower of the stable, and the odds of 100 to 6 were taken to £lOO, but beyond that transaction we were not favoured with any further notice of Lord St. V in.' cent's crack. During the interval of these performances the partisans of Coast Guard, Historian, Prince Arthur, an d Horse Marine had been most industriously plying their vo cation in getting on at the most available prices, until th former left off at 20 to 1 in great force, and Historian an d Prince Arthur, both of whom were backed to win laws sums of money, at 25 to 1 each ; but just prior to the close of the rooms a late corner was quite content to accept of an " old fox" 2,000 to 85 about W. Day's colt. Horse Marine, of the outside division, was in great request, and his quo ted price was eagerly taken in well acquainted quarters to win some thousands, and he bids fair, from the demonstration made in his favour, to see a much better price. 01 the others given in our subjoined list few were backed for m/ oney, but were evidently introduced to obtain the market priloe. TWO THOUSAND. sto 1 agst ride de l'Air (taken) 11 to 2 agat Paris (taken) 6to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken) THE DERBY. 1000 to 90 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 12 to 1 agat Paris (taken) o t k to ma e k n eon a ff n f er d reee o ol o ffered) r e d ) 16 to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken and offered) 100 t t 00 0 3 6 15 agst aagg:: FRBoiirsratcoghreirßanr( 20 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken) 101 ) : 5 0 t 100 2 85 0 5 30 t t tt o o : 33 to 1 agst Claremont (taken) 33 to 1 agat Hollyfox (taken and offered) 1000 to 15 agst Horse Marina (taken freely) 35 1 11 a g saa agat ggss t PClGdoreilunenpreereda:tlAßapkrtenteahetul:or(fftlertkaekedn6): freely) 1000 to 15 agst King John (taken) 1000 to 15 agst c by Barnton (taken) 2000 to 25 agst Lucky Star (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Copenhagen (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Balernock (taken) 1000 to 10 agst The Count (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Verger (taken) DIARKE T S T his Day. HAY I`,IA.REIZTS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 4s to Ll 12s put- load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND..—Mea r Iow hay, £3 Os to £4 103 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 1O Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 12s per load: Trade dull. COLONIAL. TEA.—business has been very dull. The dealers, how ever, have been principally occupied with the inspection of samples of the large quantities to be offered at public auc tion to day. Prices, however, are expected to rule rather easier. SUGAR —The market has been without any c hange of but the importance, Holders still demand high rates, trade only purchase for immediaie requirem ents. Refined goods continue at about previous rates. COFFEE.—FuII rates are curre nt for good and superior descriptions of colonial, but only moderate transactions have been reported. RICE.—A fair amount of business has been done, 'with out any change to record in quotations. TALLow. —The market has exhibited symptoms of heaviness, quotations showing no material change. P.Y.0., on the spot, is quoted 4ls 3d to 425; A pril to June delivery, 43a to 43s 3d; and last throe n ionths, 45s per cwt. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. WARSAW, Jan. 18.—Kruk, the insurgent chief, with a few of his companions, is sail to have taken refuge in Galicia. Ile has disbanded tho corps which he had under him. The Bishops of Lublin, Kielce, and Cracow have ordered the dissontinuance of mourning in the churches of their dioceses.