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

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

LONDON, Dec. 12.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Easterly ; moderate breeze, and oloudy weather, with rain
in the morning.

FALMOUTH, Dec, 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Orion,
from Rio Janeiro—Chica, from Shields for Carthagena,
MILFORD, Dec. 11.—Wind W,—Arrived—Sarab, serew
steamer, from Liverpool for Jamaica,
TROON, Dec. 12.—Wind W.—Arrived—Morning Star,
from Old Calabar for Leith. Sailed—Mary and Louise,
for Buenos Ayres.
NEWPORT, Dec. 10.—Wind 'S.W.—Arrived—Prairie
Flower, from Appledore for Gibraltar. Sailed—Denmark,
for Thomas.

RAMSGATE, Dec. 11,—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Argo, for
New York.

PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her
Majesty's ship Achilles, from Plymouth. Sailed—Gerson,
fur Santa et uz.
OFF DARTMOUTH, Dec. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—
Childers, from London for MelbJurne.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
PLYMOUTH, Monday Morning.
The ship Essex, 1,260 tons register, with 2,000 tons of
tea, has arrived in the Downs, She left Shanghai on the
11th August,
(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Monday Morning,
Arrived, Dec. Il—Providence and Napoleon, from
Gravelines—Lady of the Lake, from Fort Natal—Kelpine,
from Bathurst—Evangeline, from Calcutta—Bilboa, from
Smyrna—Aurora Providenza, from Barletta—Vopkea, from
Groningen—Adriatic, from Hongkong—Libao, from War-
berg,
Arrived, Dec. 12—Fyenoord, steamer, from .Rotterdam
Dolphin, steamer, from Antwerp.
DEAL, Monday Morning.
No arrivals.

MR. KNIGHT'S third and concluding volume 01
his " Passages of Working Life" will be published during
the present months

ti,autt 11S11

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 10.
The Queen walked and drove in the grousds of
the Castle this morning, eccompanied by her Royal
Highness Princess Helena.
Her Royal Highness Princess Louise, attended
by the Hon. Enaiiy Cathcart, took a carriage drisre*
pEc.
The Archbishop of Canterbury arrived .t the
Castle yesterday.
The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess
Helena, Princess Louise, Princess Beatrice, end
Prince Leopold, and the Ladies and Gentleroen in
Waiting, attended Divine service this morning i°
the private chapel.
The Rev. W. R. Jolley read the prayers, and hi 6
Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury preached 038
sermon.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
returned to Gloucester House, Park-'cane ,on Friday WA:
ing from visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Bath II
Longleat, Wilts. A distinguished party was invited to mee
the royal duke.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cam;
bridge, is expected to return to Cambridge Cottage,
early in the ensuing month from Germany. left
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have -
Brighton for Calais, on their way to Nice, where they Prt;
pose to spend a few weeks before returning to liinlb°lt°
Castle.
The Dec de Ric'Aelieu has arrived at the St'
George's Hotel.
The and Countess Craven have been eeter;
taming a succession of visitors at Coombe Abbey, near

Coventry.
The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke's party
aesemble at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, to-morrow'.a
Lord and Lady Elcho are expected to arrive 1
town on Thursday from visiting Sir Edward lierris°l3ll'
Bart., M.P., and Lady Caroline Kerrison, at Broome 113„;
Lady de Dunstanville has returned to town
visiting the Earl and Countess Fortescue Castle
Devonshire, and from a tour in Cornwall.
Lady Churchill has left the St. George's 1-Dtiel,s)
Lady Francis and Miss Gordon have returned
5, Wilton-crescent, from a tour of visits in Ireland. ~,cr
Sir Wm. Alexander, Sir Edwin Laiadseer,
and Mrs T. G. Baring, and Mr and Mrs A. Buckley',
li-
-13°,,
been among the visitors to Mr T. Baring, M.P., at 14°1.11P
Court, Hants, during the past week.
THE VACANT GARTER.—The Garter vacant b
the death of the Duke of Newcastle has been conferred ..,1
her Majesty on Earl Spencer.

ETON COLLEGE.—The autumn half, which CCITI:t:
menced on the 21st of September, terminates on FridaYlle-li
the 16th inst,, on which day the whole of the scholars on
take their departure. There are at present about 810 bor 0,3
the college roll, some 40 of whom will leave the school ti;ls
Christmas. The ensuing vacation will last about dye 0°11:
and terminates on Wednesday, the 18th of Januarys W.l y
the return of the lower boys. On the following Thur!,,,clc,.',
and Fliday the fifth and sixth forms return to the co""°-
when the whole school will have re-assembled.
Tir 114
AMERICAN MAIL STEAMERS DUE AT ••••- 5 t
POOL THIS WEEK.—There are three steamers
Liverpool this week with the American and Caneul,th
mails—viz., the .Etna and Nova Scotian, the former Wfle,
dates from New York to the 3d, and the latter with e°r"c-a
sponding dates from Portland. The Etna may be elPeCtti
to reach Queenstown. and the Nova Scotian Greene''
in the course of Wednesday next. On Saturday l'el,tfta%
Cunard steamer Asia, from Boston on the 7th and li'd-ng
early on the morning of the 9th, will no doubt arrive "

Crookhaven or Queenstown.
THE WRECK OF THE DALHOUSIE. --The eff°rrt:
of Watson, the diver engaged by the owners, Iry
onwueexta
next day,
weather, with webiut hht
atvhneedr
sy lsuccess.oitftlethe
continued on Thursday, but, owing to the state 0' •
underwriters
owners,h
engaged the
flicks, of Falmouth, and his crew in order to search
ship, send up the cargo, and if possible raise the 11/I,li'
aviei eannwodwa shttaaovkehe
nee viih re c
martor seater
There are still 11 of the supposed passengers and BilL °L;
Cfortiowndtobe accounted for, 17 bodies having already "-we
Some apprehension is entertained that another St:-
ti
nes still to be added to the fatal list, a lady being Oclui-re
at
for who is thought to have gone on board the ve°B°-
Newcastle.
THE LEADER OF THE VERMONT RAID. dent
the war broke out, Lieut. Young was a theological stadi
in Kentucky, and engaged to be married to a young /510
of very respectable parents. During some of the Vr.,,,as
operations there the residence of his intended's father ;
fired and entirely consumed. The young lady receivefter
shock from which she never recovered. She died Bootle of
—how and in what manner we know not. Young
aside his theological books and donned the Confederate ass
form, expecting and willing to lose his life in the derCol
Hence his appearance in St. Albans to murder, bars'
plunder.—American Paper.
THE LUDGATE STATION of the London, v.--
and Dover Railway will soon (says the AthenOhl
be open to the public. That portion of the line
the
extends from the so-called Blackfriars Station, s-hel)
Surrey side of the Thames, comprises the bridge 1%10
now forms one of the handsomest works of its class ill tioa
country. From Earl-street to W eat-street, at the Jan the
with the Underground Railway in Farringdon-road' 000
line is about halt a mile in length, On this length 00 coe
the Ludgate-hill Viaduct, which carries the line 00°000
of the most crowded thoroughfarea in the world, and 8,:e0
a point of view designed by Wren for Si, Paul's, whereof
fine architectural composition was made with the 6Pini the
the church of St. Martin, Ludgate, and the doll° 'OlO
Cathedral. It is a great pity that so valuable au elca
it id
of what is rare in London should have been marred; to
surprising to find popular writers so ignorant of art
aver that the arrangement of the spire and done
unfortunate one. ;fig ,del
THE LION'S DEN.—In his ThanksgivA-au:
sermon, on the 24th of November, the Rev. the
Ward Beecher rendered a high tribute of praise ""ci the
American Ministers at the Courts of St. Jarad° 41300
Tuileries. Mr Beecher went on to say :—" We are 9: ,",I`o are
and likely to continue so with foreign nations. Dr4t'ltit" ye
but beasts of prey. Humanity and justice are St).00011
strong enough to control nations. They follow the'r're era
interests whenever they can do it safely. Whether 11.,
any better than European nations is yet to aPPet' thee°
nation that cannot defend itself, let loose aw°l3hgn 6100'
nations, is like a sheep strayed amongst wolves' who
rel and rage amongst themselves, not to defend, bff t that
termitic which shall seiz it. There cannot boa eloal3 1.0 of
we owe our immunity from attack to the salute)? le; a 6;
nations who are friendly to those who can make war 00'
roux. We have been four years in the lions' OS'
has shut the lions' mouth. riftl;°:
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF GOVERNMENT •-• 000-
—A very extensive system of fraud upon the o°°4 Lintel.
has just come to light. It appears that Messrs. -01,1013
and Frost, shipowners and coal merchants, of Wreoal
S"
have for a long time contracted for the supPlY 0.4011°
the Royal Artillery Barracks, the Engineer dept cot
the military hospitals, and other Grovernufen lade
blishments. It having been suspected that
early
t.
quantity of Government coals were imPr°P,!„,l. svV6
posed of during their conveyance from tmtietecti'-
to the garrison, police-constable Ling, a ato tilt,6
officer of the R. division, took such measures as 's
tessib
discovery that coals forwarded from the wharf 00
etopleT
for the barracks by a man named Skipton, in the re t 0 °
of Messrs Hunter, were taken and deposited °s Peso
belonging to a coal dealer named Burley. Ball
were apprehended and placed at the bar before •L' optoi
at the Woolwich Police-court, on Saturday, wiletl;viog, t' ;0
pleaded guilty of stealing, and Burley of recels.... It 6
tons of Government coal on the previous Thurscleloota fAct
extraordinary that the tickets or cheques produe. Li:00000v
garrison office accounted for every ton of 00 ',A. V ,
from the wharf, although several tons were abstract:l;a thoa;
non-commissioned officers who were examined :vice;
they could only account for this discrepancy 13, tbedtg
tickets and the number of tons actually receive!' dos the viaoa;
position that the carman watched an opportunilYtoooceo
some tickets on the file during the teruPorarl,_er per°%,
the clerks in the office. it is believed that 01: prer
are concerned in the frauds, which must hav,r Snot a
viously discovered bat for their conplicity. 00 for
said he hed no doubt the system had been orri_e,: f0n0),,,
long time. The magistrate ordered that the
bco'":he volt'
the premises of Burley should be detained Y
all
and remanded both prisoners. field) t"•
li'
THE SHIRLEY Al cooin „•
ili ,
charged with the murder of Mrs colbor,eit.:,,i„
near Southampton, en Saturday ev&ning.ri
and oig Aoy,•
at the South Hants Ir.fi,lnary, watched ach3Yyon setaroud
it
two policemen, Ha pas.scd a very Viet has
set jr erY'
this can be subdued there is every chance grv°
The remains of his victim were
con 1'
gnoeurse of Pe°Pl_vfid
and slept several hours. Inflammation lit!, Du, reco_v:
or,
Thursday in the presence of a vast I
Foux CHILDREN SUFFOCATEI? NuPes._ ,wervePcA
day morning no less than four iuqironitt7eitig
on the bodies of children` who had died►
igr
at night while sleeping in bed with theiro
11,,,,w113.0,0:0,
those cases occurred in Shadwell, and twn in, 19,
ber of infants perished from this cause
_e do
mouths of the year. A verdict of accid
and it wag stated by
returned in each a medical gentleam
dubr.or !tho

MONEY MARKET

AND

'',OIIIMIIILCIAL INTELLIGENCE,

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Money Market continues to be influenced
/ the general closing of accounts usual at the end
t/f the year, and the active collection of payments
°II account of revenue. The inquiries for monetary
assistance at the different discount establishments
are, therefore, very numerous, and brokers, copse.
Vaently, keep up their quotations rather firmly, the
Prices again ranging from 61.7 per cent. for first
class bills.
About £55,000 in gold was taken into the Bank
°t't Saturduy, but 25,000 sovereigns were with-
-4111;47n.
The Australasian, from New York, has brought

The Bombay steamer which left to-day took oat
4378,530 in specie.
Accounts from the manufacturing districts for
the past week have been of a rather unsatisfactory
character. There has only been a moderate amount
45i business transacted in the woollen districts of
Feeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield; while at Man.
cflester a rather better icquiry has sprung up for
The
and yarns, both for home use and exportation.
Ahe hosiery and lace trades of Leicester and Not-
tll3,gham have remained seasonably active; while in
the hardware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield,
41.1'01 Wolverhampton the operations generally have
vecn moderate.

Two O'CLOCK,

At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Renter's
l'elegrom, the 3 per cent. French Rentes were 66f.
100. Inanimate.
The English Stock Market has been very dull
40(1 depressed to-day, a few sales having occasioned
great heaviness. Consols for money are 891, and
for the account, 89g. The New Threes and Re-
duced Annuities are 881 1; Exchequer Bills, 63.
to ls. die.; and India 5 per Cents., 102 a, 1031;
e 1d the Bonds, par.
eh the Foreign Market there is very little anima-
10u, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents.,
862, are 711; do. Consolides, 46a ; Mexican,
22 do. New, 271 1; Greek, 221 23; Spanish
`useive, 311 1 ; do. Certificates, 131 14 1 ; Portu.
!Use, 471 48; Rissian, 87; ; the Confederate
44,°411, 59 61; the Egyptian, f prom.; and the
Danubian, 4 dis. to par.
Lusiness in the Railway Share Market has con-
',lulled very dull, and in several instances prices
I.ve shown less firmness. Great Western, North.
estern, Midland, and South Eastern have each
declined 55,; Great Eastern and Brighton, 10s.;
44(1 Great Northern A Stcck, £l.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive
et Previous quotations.
For Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there has
been a very limited inquiry, and prices generally
lire a shade flatter.

r., BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
Per Cent. Console
4 1)0 Account, Jan. 10
leer Cent. Reduced ..
tiew 3 per Cent
e.,'? 21 Cent. Jan. 1894
4"° 6 per Cent., Jan. 1873
littuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
"0 for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 —
4,"0 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 —
'chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent..... 6 1
Do 4500
E 13° £lOO and £2OO ..
iti3Ok England Stk, 61 per Ct.
"0 Account ..
L, INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
'''ta Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 —
DOl, Account
", 0 5 per Cent. July, 1870 ....
,h4)O Account —
4j° 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 —
1., Do Certificates
",,0 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) —
DO 4i pei Cent. .. —
Po Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. ---
1.0 6 per Cent., Jan. 187 2 .. 1011 1
• -11,° 61 per Cent., May, 1879
',O 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 --,
"„0 Bonds Zl,OOO par
"0 under £l,OOO
. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
ghastrian Bonds, 5 per Cent . •
Brazilian 5 per Cent ....
Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60
II Do 1863
kenos Ayres 6 per Cent
c21:3„9 Account..... . ~, —
~LoEkn 6 per Cent.
t ", 0 11 per Cent
Q°l,ol:nbian 6 per Cent —
11,°01 6 per Cent.
1),;" per Cent. 1864 ....
"hoish 3 per Cent., 1825
6 per Cent,
E .'" lir ° 6 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid ipm
r°tdor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
tt . Provisonal Land Warrant..
'7Ptiltil 7 per Cent 951 11-
1;0 4100 Bonds
'`'°) Second Issue
Do 1864 . . 91/
tsio Scrip, £l5 paid
ilek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 221
be' Account
° Coupons
;IL-% Account —
ijteraala 5 per Cent.
Ill? 1839 and 1859
!11l Der CentCen.(tMarenuniuut Railway) 711
4 .
b lean 3 per .... —
0 Account
T 1 Do 1864
•li° 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — die
•.;fo Scrip, £43 paid....
k", 0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — die x d
4,,"°!ish Imperial 5 per Cent
-W Granada
bn 2 ..
IN- per Cent. —
i',o Deferred
DO" Land Warrants (Hectares) —
° Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 —
Pe Do do Aug., 1866 —
I.llrian 41 per Cent
t° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .. —
DO 11 per Cent., 1862
P':,° Account
eguese 3 per Cent., 1853
1)0 Account ..
-°3 ` t 18b6 '7 '9 '6O, 62,'3..
h per Cen ~ , 7 / •
.. 41
4,° Account
'4lan 5 per Cent 1822, £ St.,
b,-, A—
b-0./ per Cont., 1860 ..
13,-, lB5O
b- 3 per Cent 1859 —
D° 6 per Cent, 1862
Lu 1854
14
,° Scrip, £65 paid pm
[pnian per Cent
1p °, Account —
itlPBli per Cent
I,° Account --
1)"0 New Deferred
t° Account
D° Passive
lip,,° Account 3ll I
.13°,,1411 Cert. of Coup not funded —
ow„,- Account
FtlZlBll., 4 per Cent —
1 ifloll 6 per Cent. 1854 —
bo° Account
06 per Cent. 1858
1,0 Account .
L'o £lOO Bonds —
b° 6 per Cent. 1862
bc' Account .. 711 i
11° £lOO Bonds.. . 71/
_......
_......
b° Guaranteed, 4 per C0nt.....
V° 1863 Scrip, £4O paid
!tilatlela 3 per Cent.
b
t° Account
IP 6 Per Cent., 1862 ..
° Account
° 6.,„P Cent., 1864
Des $a
on the above payable in London
I,,elilan,, 6 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins.
't/t;g11,1, li per Cent., Ex. 25f —
1,1)„-,44i per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail 621
krtilr 1, per Cent. Certificates
Atm:: °A Rentesl 3 par Cent
.4,, ,
b,;) 0 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs —
.e- Account
l'iq,!jan Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s.
'''ola.tese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f —
%,, THREE O'CLOCK.
-80
4,
Q-I°l one
" ecoMuLt ..y ... ..

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

%II Rood inquiry, with improved feeling. Sales,
3' 3,000 bales.

• Ctt.e,
d "ICAL NOMINATION.—The Queen has nomi-
tgli•
QBl, the Rev. Robert Topham to be Minister of the new
ttefielcilld district of Etruia, Staffordshire, in the diocese of
1)11 LOSS OF THE STANLEY.—The inquiry at
1Y: :8 i'lto the loss of the Aberdeen steamer Stanley, off
(114:540:1, closed on:Saturday. The captain was acquitted
QAta -"tentae, and declared entitled to a renewal of his certr.
'44 he court considered the absence of leading lights,
tollt,°_`..her circumstances over which the captain had no
had led to the calamity.' it
',,4•111,1,: MANSLAUGHTER OF A YOUTH BY HIS
110,1-a-
a•--At the Chester Assiz 3s on Friday the filemaker,
11414,,-48 Lee of Warrington, who killed his son daring an
to 4iztvi'S' altercation on the 22d of last month, was sentenced
ttriabb4l.°llths' imprisonment with hard labour, the judge
'let.."l4R that his severest punishment would be the re-
wh-
. btu tell he would carry with him to the grave, that
oMteed the death of hie child.