The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-30 00:00:00

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865,
JANUARY.

Manchester

FEBRUARY.
Lincoln Spring . `1 I Nottingham Spring

MARCH.

Derby Spring
Liverpool spring
Shrewsbury Spring 9

Doncaster Spring .
Warwick Spring .
Chelmsford Spring

Northrtrupton 4
Croxton Park 7
Durham
Newmarket Cri.ven

Catterick Bridge .
Thirsk .. ...... ...
Ep6orn Spring ....

Newmarket Ist Spring.. 1
Chester
York Spring ....

Salisbury
Bath
Epsom '.-urniner..4lol
NE•

Epsom Summer (con.).. 1
Manchester
Ascot .. l3
Alexandra Park 2O
Ju

Hampton
Newton
Newcastle
Worcester Summer
LY.

Newmarket July
Carlisle
Pontefract

Nottingham Summer
Chesterfield
Good wood

AUG

Huntingdon
Reading
Egham
Oxford

York August 22

'ST.
Plymouth
Lichfield
Devon and Exeter
Derby Summer

SEPTE:

Weymouth (continued), 1
Leice4,ter 7
Doncaster
Brecon

OCT

Northallerton 5
Novmarket Second Oct 9

I Weymouth ..
;MBER.

Newmarket Houghton
Worcester Autumn

NOVEMBER.
Worcester Autumn (continued)

Bank of England Return,.—Last Evening,

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Totes issued ........X28,036,475j

£28,03.6,475

BANKING D,
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exchc-

,EPARTMENT.
r Government Seon-

rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity) £10,824,542
Other Securities 19,786,541
Notes
Gold and Silver 714,499
Coin

quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Aa-

counts) 8,601,125
Other Deposits- 13,010,143
Seven Day and
other Bills 437,450

X 39,989,072

£39,989,072
r. MILLER, Chief Cashier.

Dec. 29, 1861.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

LONDON, Dec. 30.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly ; moderate breeze, axd fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
FALMOUTH, Dec. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Laura,
from 13jorneborg for Cette.

GRIMSBY, Dec. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lord Car-
digan, screw steamer, from Hamburg—Francis Arcot, from
San Sebastian.

PLYMOUTH, Dec. 29.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Fran
cisco, from Iquique—Genius, from Z ante for Hamburg—
Medea, from Valparaiso.

CLYDE, Dee. 29.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Elizabeth
Kanee, from Surinen—Freza,from Sulina—Dragon,steamer,
from Charente.

DUNDEE; Dec. 28.—Wind S,E,—Sailed—Brilliant, for
Quebec.

QUEENSTOIVN, Dec. D.—Wind W.—Arrived—Agana
Arzanne, from Sagua la Grand.
SWANSEA, Deo. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Vulcan,
from Bordeaux.

HARWICH, Dec. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Zealous,
from Antwerp—Superb, from Shields for Alexandria, towed
WI leaky.

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, Dec. 29.—Taurora, from Malmo.
Arrived, Dec, 30—Governor, from Terceira ; Resters,
Stockholm.

DEAL, Friday Morning.
Passed, in tow, Dac, 39—Spirit of the North, from Lon-
don, for Sydney. •
Pasaed—Hopo, of Scarborough, from Sunderland, for
➢lartinique.

REOPENING OF THE LAW OFFlCES.—Yesterday
the common law dices were reopened after the Christmas
recess. The courts will not resume business until the 11th
January, the first day of Hilary Term.
About Go tons of copper ore are now brought
monthly to Southampton from the Cape of Good Hope by
the Cape mail packet. This ore a few years ago was worth
nearly £2O a ton. It is now doubled in value.
A map has just been published at Berlin, with
the title: " Map of the Hereditary Prussian Domains in
Schleswig; and Holstein." The districts represented as be-
longing to Prussia by right aro those of Rendsburg, Rein-
feld, and Ahrenskack, in Holstein ; the Isles of Alsen and
Arrack, the Sundewitt, with the billiwicks of Apenrads and
Flensburg, in Schleswig. The rest of the Duchies falls to
either the Prince of Augustenburg or the Grand Duke of
Oldenburg, as may be decided.
AN ARTIST WITHOUT ARMS.—There dwells in

Antwerp an artist named Fillu, who, born NN ith-
out arms, educated his feet effectively to do their work.
His taste directed his choice of life. He became a painter,
and has succeeded in being a very accomplished one. He
may be seen. in the museum, copying with groat fidelity
some great work or other. Ho balances himself with ease
and firmness on a stool, grasps his reauletick and palette
with the left great toe, and with the right uses the brush
with perfect facility. The toes of his feet are alone ex-
posed. M, Fillu has a most agreeable and intelligent
physiognomy.--Ar ,Tour nal.
A melancholy case of suicide took place three
days ago at Verberie (Oise). A man named Vignon,
52 years of age, who had been employed as letter-carrier
for the rural district for many years, and had acquired
general confidence from the manner in which he die •
charged his duties, had a sum of 2,000 francs in
bank notes confided to him by the cashier of a manu-

factory, and for which he was to bring back gold and
silver. When Vignon arrived at Verherie he was horrified
at finding that he had lost the notes, and in a moment of
despair, at the idea of his honesty being suspected, he
hanged himself. Scarcely an hour after the notes were
returned to the person to whom they belonged, the packet
having been picked up by a man who was passing along the
road, and who found the address of the owner on the paper
in which they were wrapped up.
THE SIGNAL CORPS IN THE AMERICAN ARMIES.

—This signal corps is an institution peculiar to the
American armies. On marches and during battles, high
and commanding positions are occupied by squadrons of
this corps, who communicate with each other by flags, on
the old semaphore system, and report all important com-
munications to their generals. The corps was found very
useful last year, and has been much increased since, When
Jackson was forcing tko surrender of Harper's Ferry he
was able to communicate from the Virginia Heights with
M‘Laws, who was on the Maryland Heights, by means of
two posts of the signal corps ; whilst, if he had been obliged
to send couriers, they would have to make a detour of 25
miles.—lllackwood's Magazine for January.
_

SHIPBUILDING ON FOREIGN ACCOUNT.—In the
course of 1863 three sailing vessels of the aggregate bur-
den of 1,081 tons, and 35 steam vessels of the aggregate
burden of 16,236 tons, were built in the United King-
dom for foreigners. Of the sailing vessels one was built
at Glocester and two at Hull. Of the steam-vessels two
were built at Cowes, seven at Hull, two at Liverpool,
seven at London, five at Newcastle, four at Glasgow, two
at Greenock, and one at Port Glasgow.

MURDER IN IRELAND.—LONGFORD, DEC. 28.
Thomas Reynolds, petty sessions clerk, was fired at at
Rathcone, about 9 o'clock last night, and wounded, from
the efkcts of which he died this limning about 8 o'clock.
The constabulary have made some arrests, and I have
heard that the outrage is of an agrarian diaracter.—
Hconan's ,Tourna4

Richmond .. 19
Monmouth ....
Manchester Autumn
Newmarket Ist October 26
'OBBR

Now ready, G. SHELTON'S Derby Guide, ls. G. R.
Glenie, Sporting Library, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park ;
Sunday Times Office,' Fleet-street; and all agents.
LOCKET'S Derby Analysis at a glance shows what the
field for the Blue Riband will be selected from ; and con-
tains also selections for all the great three-year-old citests,
selections for Manchester meeting, Waterloo Cup, &c.
Price one shilling; had from Sunday Times office, and all
the usual agents, or from E. Locket, Box L 2, Manchester,
and G. R. Glenie, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park.
PRICE ONE SHlLLlNG,—Nimrod's (Editor of the
" Turf") " Analysis of the Derby, Two Thousand, and
Oaks ;" together with a copious index of dates of the most
remarkable racing occurrences.—" Turf " Office, 3, Shoe--
lane, Fleot-street ; and Glenio's Sporting Library, Con-
naught• terrace, Hyde-park, W.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. ,32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 28th day
of Dec. 1864:

Government Debt X 11,015,1“
Other Securities .. 3.634,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 13,386,475
Silver Bullion ....

£28,030,475