The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-13 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

LREITTER'S TELEGRAM.]

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 13.

The royal mail steamer La Plata has arrived
here with the above mails, 25 passengers, 1,735,956
dole. in specie, and 1,516 packages of cargo.
The Federal war steamer Vanderbilt arrived at
St. Thomas on the 21st ult.

The barque Maid of the Tyne, from Singapore
for London, put into St. Thomas leaky, and was
discharging her cargo.
Business was quiet at Valparaiso, and stocks and
imports large. Exchange, 443. per dollar.

The British bark Usk from Swansea was
destroyed by fire on the 10th November. She was
bound to Caldera.

In Peru all was quiet. The cultivation of cotton
was carried on to a great extent. It was expected
that the present crop would reach 6,000 cwts.
The Spanish:troops at St. Domingo have captured
Agna, otherwise no progress had been made.
The sugar crop at Demerara is the largest ever
made in that colony.
At Jamaica the weather was fine, and business

improving.
Exchange 90 days, 1 per cent.

SANGUINARY BATTLE IN ECUADOR.
SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 13.

The La Plata brings news of a sanguinary battle
fought in Ecuador between General Alosquera and
General Flores,resulting in the defeat of the latter,
who retreated to Ibarra.

Mosquera lost 500 in killed and wounded, and
Flores 1,500 killed and wounded, and 2,000

prisoners.

The latest accounts state that Mosquera had
crossed the Cheta, and defeated the Ecuadorian
forces stationed there.

People were flocking from Quito to Guayaquil
for refuge. The Governor of Guayaquil has called
to arms all men between 14 and 60 years of age.

THE SPANISH CONGRESS.

MADRID, JAN. 12 (Evening).

In to-day's sitting of the Congress Senor Carig-
niri brought forward a bill for the construction of
a railway from Pampeluna to the French frontier.
The Congressional Committees will report upon the
bill.

THE EXECUTION IN HOLSTEIN.
RENDSBURG, JAN. 12, Evening.
The Federal Commissioners arrived here to-day.
They are believed to have come to treat upon the
matter of the six villages on the north of the Eider
claimed by Holstein, bat not yet evacuated by the
Danes.

HAMBURG, JAN. 13.

Advices received here from Copenhagen of Mon-
day, state that great hopes are entertained of the
preservation of peace.

STOCKHOLM, JAN. 12, Evening.

The Duke of Wermland is seriously ill. An ex-
traordinary session of the Storthing of Norway has
been convoked to discuss war armaments.

BELGIUM.

BRUSSELS, JAN. 13.

At the election of deputies, in the city of Bruges,
the candidates belonging to the clerical party were
elected, thus still more diminishing the Liberal
majority in the Chamber. The Ministry will most
probably tender their resignation to-day.

FRANCE.

PARIS, JAN. 13.

An Imperial decree has been issued to-day, de-
claring the construction of a railway from Orleans
to the Bourbonnais line to be a work of public

utility.
BOURSE, Jan. 12.—The market has shown little
animation, but prices are well maintained. Threes,
for the Account, are unvaried at 661 r. 80c. Mo..
bilier 1,025 f. Railway Market quiet, but firm.
I'he market closed as follows :

41 per Cents .. 94 90
Do. end month....
3 per Cents
Do. end month 66 80
Credit Mobilier 1030
Do. end month 1035
Bank Shares 3365
Credit Foneier 1247 50
Roman

Italian Loan 69 10
Do. end month —
New ditto —
Do. end mouth —
Russian

Austrian
Spanish Threes —
Home Debt .. 494

Ferrel

ItAILWA.Y9.

Cult Account.
Orleans 993 75 .. 995
Northern

New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean
New ditto
Southern ..
Western

--• • -
941 25 945 -
897 50
660 - 662 50
518 75 -

Eastern ....
Sardinian
Austrian

477 50 .. 478 75
385 - .. -- --
392 60 .. 396 25

Lowbard
North of Spain
Saragossa 595 .. 595
Ditto to Barcelona

UNION BANK OF LONDON.

MEETING THIS DAY.

The half-yearly meeting was held to-day, Mr.
P. N. Laurie in the chair. The report, which was
unanimously adopted, stated that the net profits for
the six months ending the 31st December last, after
payment of all charges (including the sum of
£112,487 ls. 10d. for interest paid and due to cus-
tomers on their current and deposit accounts), and
making ample provision for all bad and doubtful
debts, amounted to £114,323 14s. Bd., which, with
£668 12s. Bd. brought forward from 30th Jane
last, made together £114,992 7s. 4d. The direc-
tors now declared a dividend of 18s. per share,
clear of income tax, for the six months
ending 31st December last, amounting to
£54,000, and leaving a balance of £60,992 7s. 4d.
This state of the accounts induced the directors to
anticipate that which, in the ordinary course, they
would have postponed until July next, in order that
the proprietors may participate in the profits of the
past six months at the earliest possible period ;
they had, therefore, appropriated £60,000 of the
profits of the past half year to the reserved fund ; and
out ofsuch reserved fund, thus increased to £170,000,
they had appropriated £60,000 in adding £1 per
share to the paid up capital of the company, which
would thus be increased from £720,000 to £780,000.
After deducting the sums applied in payment of the
dividend, and in addition to the reserved fund,
amounting together to £314,000, there remain a
balance of £99275. 4d. for appropriation in July next.
The chairman formally announced that the dividend
would be paid after the 20th inst., and remarked
that for £1 capitalised 15 per cent. had been added
to the shares, and that £4 could be obtained on the
Stock Exchange for every £1 paid. The position
which the bank occupied was a very proud one, all
their branches were increasing their connections,
and at no time could the directors congratulate the
projectors with greater hopenfuless than at pre-
sent,