The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-09 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—It is proper the public should be informed that a
document which appears in your journal this evening,
purporting to be the " Report of the National Shakspere
Committee," is not the report of the National Shakspere
Committee. Such a paper was read at the meeting of the
Generil Committee on Monday last, but was felt to be so
vapid, irrelevant, and inordinately long, so deficient in
praetical information, and so tainted throughout with self-
glorification—nearly two-thirds of it consisting of a cata-
logue of names arbitrarily, and, in some cases, offensively,
distributed—that a vote was carried, without a dissentient
voice, that it should be printed for circulation amongst the
members, and that the meeting should stand adjourned to
Monday, 11th inst., to take it into consideration.
As a numerous meeting of the independent members of
the committee, who take the liberty of thinking for them-
selves, and who desire to impart a national character to the
movement before it is too late, may be expected on Monday;
and as it is highly improbable that such a meeting will
adopt such a report, I need not add that its publication was
premature, to Fay the least, and that, under circumstances
I have detailed, it could not have had any legitimate officia
sanction.
Jan. 8.

A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE,

Two HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE NEW CON- I
PANIES IN 1863.—During the last year no lees `,:nan
263 new companies were started. Their caplt4 -.mounts to
one hundred millions sterling I They are ,
clitis !al:wail:en :
27 banks, £31,900,000 —l5 -..e.nty (distotint, &c.),
£19,000,000-65 maoufae:t
.rva andtrades i 14,455,00014
insurance, £10,300
:"‘.,00-1Z railways, /9,496,000-47 hotels,
supvitg 14,188,000-49 mining, £3,019,000
£4,320,000
—l7 P.....isceltateets, £2,655,000-6 gas, £670,000. Forttt-
-12.4te1y these 'figures are not so formidable as they appear,
The hundred millions sterling thus seeming to be absorbed
Must be subjected to vast deductions. At leastone-third of
the list will never proceed further than registration.
Another third will be wound up within two years. The
remaining third will go on and prosper, but will probably
never call up one-half of their capitals, and the actual calls
will be spread over 12 or 18 months, so these are not likely
tocause any serious embarrassment,—Law limes of to-day,
just published.
MR. GEORGE HOGARTH.—A committee has been
formed to present this worthy gentleman with a
testimonial. Mr. Hogarth is the well known musical his-
torian and critic. Herons the attached friend of Sir Walter
Scott, and is** rather-in-law of Charles Dickens. He met
recently With a severe accident, from the effects of which he
is fttowly recovering, but is still in the house of his friend,
NIL Aguilar, where he was removed when 'mocked down
by a horse. Mr. Hogarth is higbly esteemed by a wide
circle of frietraLN and amongst the subscribers to this mani-
festattert is the firm of Broadwood for £5O. Mr. Anderson
wilt iatt as hon. treasurer, and Mr. Campbell Clarke ashen,
secretary, so that no exertions will be wanting to do honour
to an estimable man, from whose pen such valuable infor-
mation and charming criticism has emanated for more than
half acentury.

A SPARK OF WlT.—During a recent performance
at one of our theatres, a man and his wife had to
quarrel on the stage, the woman in a rage of jealousy, the
man trying to persuade her that she was too suspicious and
too passionate;. both were acting with great spirit, when the
wife moved her arm too near a candle. and her muslin dress
was in flames in an instant. Both actors kept their heads,
however; the husband extinguished the fire, anti, proceed-
ing with his part, interpolated, "You see, my dear, I was
right ; you are ready to flare up—vous enfianinter—for the
least thing I"—Paris Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.
A VENERABLE TROUT.—A trout has lived in the
well of the farm of Alton, Insch, for thirty years. Whe4
put there thirty years ago it was of an ordinary size ; now it
is about a foot long, is correspondingly thick, and resembles
a mackerel,-46erdeen ,Iferakl.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

LREUTER'S TELEGRAM.]

SPAIN,

MADRID, JAN. 9.

The budget for 1864 has been published. The
increase of receipts is dated at 167 million reels.

The Finance Minister proposed to realise the
bonds of the purchasers of national property, to
impose a new tax upon travellers by railway, and
to levy some further imposts.

FRANCE.

PARIS, JAN. 9.

MM. Berryer, Goui3, and 011ivier have already
spoken at the debates in the Corps Legislatif upon
the supplementary credits. M. Vintry will reply

to-day.
The four Italians recently arrested came to Paris
from Italy, and net from England, as was reported.
A telegram has been received here from Constan-
tinople of the Bth, stating that the Porte has pro-
tested against the vote of the Roumanian Chamber
for the secularisation of convent property.
The rumour of the plague prevailing in Persia

was incorrect.

B.—The market has been heavy,
BOURSE, Jan.
and the limited amount of business done shows a
decline on the closing rates of yesterday. Threes,
for the Account, are now at 66fr. 65c. Mobilier
has remained firm. Railway Market quiet, and
former quotations in gtneral well maintained. The
market continued weak to the close, and left off as
follows :

41 per Cents 94 60
Do. end month —
3 per Cents
Do. end month 66 70
Credit Mobilier 1018 76-
Do. end month 1022 50
Bank Shares 3300
Credit k oncier 1220
Roman 74

Italian Loan 69
Do. end month 66 25
Sew ditto
Do. end month....
Russian

Austrian -

;Danish Threes --
Home Debt
Deferred

BAIL'

'AYS.
Cash. Account.
982 50 .. 980
952 50 .. 955

Orleans ...
Northern
New ditto • • •
Lyons and MeditGrrar ean 933 75 .. 937 50
New ditto ~L. 886 25 ..
Southern 0000000 • • ..• • • 658 75 . • 660
Western
Eastern .... 448 75 .. 480
Sardinian •••• 378 75 .. 380
Austrian - .. 3.90
Loirbard .•••• 518 8 75 .. 521 25
North of Spain
Saragossa..
Ditto to Barcelona .... 280 .. 285 •-•.,

and ascertained that, about 3 o'clock on the morn-
ing of the Ist, small bodies of natives fired upon
the camp, inflicting no loss, and making off as soon
as the guns were turned upon them. lam greatly
indebted for the success of the operations described
above to the cordial co-operation of Commodore
Sir William Wiseman, and to the indefatigable
exertions of the officers under his command.
" I have, &c.,
" D. A. CAMERON, Lieut.-Gen.
" Governor Sir George Grey, K.C.8.," &e.