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The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-21

Bullion
Silver Bullion ....

17,699,545

£32,699,545

PARTMENT.
Governmt. Secu-
rities(including
Dead Weight
Annuity) £13,011,222
Other Securities.. 19,825,202
Notes ............... 10,599,060
Gold and Silver
Coin ......... 1,116,169

444,551,663

THE " IMPERIAL SPEAKER" is the title of a new
cheap publication, which contains a variety of choice ex-
tracts from the most celebrated authors. The first part is
a very attractive ono, and we have no hesitation in saying
that the best penny readings for the people will be found
in the Imperial Speaker.
London, England, 1866-12-21

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Mr. E. J. Reed, Chief Constructor of the Navy,
paid a visit to Portsmouth dockyard yesterday, on
business connected with the outfit of the iron-clad
frigate Royal Alfred, and returned to London by
early afternoon train. Rear-Admiral Sir George
Rodney Mundy, K.C.8., also visited the Royal Al-
fred yesterday.

The Wyvern, 4, turret screw sloop, Capt. Hugh
T. Burgoyne, V.C., has been towed into Ports-
mouth harbour again from Spithead, to remedy an
unexpected defect in one of her engine pump valves.
The screw two-decker Nelson has been surveyed
by the officials at Portsmouth, and, it is reported, is
to be jury-rigged for a voyage to Australia, where
she will be handed over to the colonial authorities
as a boys' training ship.
The cadets at the Royal • Military Academy,
Woolwich, celebrated the close of the half-year on
Wednesday evening by a theatrical performance
previous to their departure for the approaching
holydays. It.was given in the School of Arms, and
was attended by about 800 or 900 persons,
who were admitted by special tickets only.
The evening's proceedings commenced with
the farce by Mr. J. M. Morton, entitled
" Lend me Five Shillings." This pieoe was
followed by Mr. J. R. Planche's comedy, " The
Follies of a Night." The entertainment was closed
with the popular burlesque of " Boinbastes Furioso,"
by Mr. W. Rhodes. In all these pieces the acting
was excellent, and the audience separated much
pleased with the amusement they had received.
The undermentioned gentlemen have been nonii-

nated naval cadets :—The Hon. Edward R. Gifford,
Hon. Francis G. Hay, Randolph F. 0. Foote, Geo.
Hodgkinson, William C. F. Irons, Duncan
MTherson, Algernon R. Mends, George J. Majeu-
die, Alfred R. A. Stock, Ernest 11. Peel, Wilfred
Powell, Morris. H. Smyth, Charles Thomas, John
Windham, Hubert G. W. Thorold, Harry R.
Moore, Blair O'Cochrane, Frank F. Bone, Thomas
F. Abbott, James Knowles, Richard B. Newland,
William H. L. Ga'e, William C. Armstrong, John
W. Andrews, Archibald E. Blake, Henry E. Baker,
Cecil G. F. Boothby, Randolph de Lisle, and Rode-
rick IV. Fraser.

Railway and other Companies.

DEMERARA,

The traffic receipts on this company's line for the
ortnight ending the 10th of November ainount.ed
;o $5,732, and for the emresponding fortnight in
1865 to $1,003, showing a decrease of $271.
London, England, 1866-12-21

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/REFERENCE SHARES.
south Eastern (Reading Anne., £1.0.6),
Ditto, Fixed 4) per cent., 90

ritAPERNNCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
London, Chatham, &c , 6 per cent. 2dpf., 276

LINES LEASED /IT FIXED RENTALS.
Chester and Holyhead,
Ditto, 5 per cent.. 112
Preston and Wyre, 42i
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 84
G. eat Luxembourg, 114
Royal Swedish,
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 151

FOREIGN MINES.
Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 21
Dun Pedro, North Del Rey, 1 dis p•r
St. John del Rey, 11w., 4:118
BANISs.

Alliance, Urn., 18
lim., 11
City, 14;
Imperial Ottoman, lim., 9}
Land Mortgage Bank of India, 11m., 2i ;
London Chartered Lana of Australia, 20
London and County, 64 3•f
London Joint Stock, 42; 3f
London and 11 estminster, 951 5
National Provincial of England.

Ditto. d and 3d issue,
9
New South Wales, 446
Oriental BanK Corporation, 42 6
Union of Australia, 44
Union of London, 44 6
MISCELLANEOUE.
Anglo-American Telegraph, Ha 1
Atlantic Telegraph,
DR o, 8 per cant., 80
City of Moscow Gas, lim., 14;
Co,i[mercial Union, Insurance. 5
(;redit r under of Engianii, lim .31 1
Fore-street Warehouse, Um., 121
Gen. Credit and Finance of Lund 2n, Jim.. 41 6
[Judson's Bay,
International Financial Society, lira., 3
Nr.tional Discount uompany,' 148
Panama. New Zealand, and Aus. R. Mail, 7 1
Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 631
Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 181
TelegraphConstructlyn and Maintenance, lim.,

bid() (zl5), 136
Trust and Agency of Australasia, lim.,
Universal Nlarine. Insurance. Um., 2 f
Viceroy of Egypt, Mortgage, Loan, 74f

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 25.174 per £1 sterling. On
omparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
about the same price in London aid Paris.

The coarse of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is about 109} per cent. At this rate there is
no profit on the importation et gold from the United §tateil
London, England, 1866-12-21

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT—MAIDSTONE, Dec. 20.
(Before Mr. Baron Channell.)
THE TUNBRIDC'TE WELLS MURDER.

Ann Lawrence, aged 29, described as a married
woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of Jere-
miah Lawrence, at Tunbridge, on the 14th of April
last. The prisoner was also charged with feloniously
wounding Walter Highams, with intent to murder

Sergeant Parry was specially retained to prose-
cute, by the directions of the Tunbridge magis-
trates, with Mr. Willoughby. Mr. Ribton and Mr.
Ormerod appeared for the defence.
After the prisoner had pleaded not guilty a great
many challenges were made by her counsel to the
jury, for the purpose, as it was said, of obtaining a
Maidstone jury, an impression being very prevalent
that inhabitants of Maidstone were generally averse
to the infliction of the punishment of death. Whe-
ther there are any real grounds for this impression
it would of course be impossible to say, but the re-
sult of the line adopted by the prisoner's counsel was
that 10 of the jury were inhabitants of the town.
Sergeant Parry, in his opening address, observed
the case was one of a very painful and atrocious
character, and one which at the same time involved
somevery extraordinary circumstances. It appeared
that the prisoner was a married woman, and that she
formerly lived with her husband at Tunbridge Wells,
and that a man named Walter Highams, who was
a market gardener and fruiterer, living at Town
Mailing, used to visit them, and became on intimate
terms with the prisoner. Hightails was himself a
married man, but it appeared that about two years
before the month of April last he deseited his wife,
and the prisoner left her husband, taking with her
her child Jeremiah, the subject of the present charge.
The prisoner and Highams cohabited together at
several places, and at length took up their abode at
No. 2, Ebury-cottages, Tunbridge Wells, where
they remained until the 14th of April last. At this
time a child had been born of which Highams was
the father, and this child was about two months
old. There seemed no doubt that the prisoner was
London, England, 1866-12-21

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London, England, 1866-12-21

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Caledonian
'Cambrian
Cork and 8and0n......
Corn Wall
Dublin & Belfast June
Dun„Perth, & A b.,Tunc
&London, scrip Certi
Do.
Glasgow & S. Western
Great Eastern, Ord. stk.
Do. E. Angl. st. No. '2
Great North of Scotland
,ireat Northern
Di. A stock
Do. B stock
Do. ,New, is. at 25 pm
t S, and W. of Ireland
it. Western -Original
S.'Val. Rail gua.
Do. South Wales ....
Do. W. Mid.— Oxtora
Do. Newport
Do. Hereford
Lanc3shire & Yorkshire
London and B lack wal I,
Lon., Brigh., & S Coasi
Lon., Chat., and Dover.
Do. Metrop. Ex. A
Lon. & North Wester',
Lon. & South Wester'.
Man., Shet., & Lincoln
Aetropolitan
Do. New
Do. Extension
Metropolitan District
Do. do. :to.
00. and St. John's WO
Aid and
Do. .1:9 Share
Do, Birmia & Derb3
‘.lu Kent
North British
Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun
N th. Eastern Berwicw
Do. (I.N•E pure)! net
Do. Leeds .....
Do. York
Do. Carlisle .....
Do. Stock. & Darling.)
Do. do. 1860-61
North London ..
Do.' do. 1864 5 . .
Do. do. 1866
North Staffordshire
N. & S. W. Junction
Scottish Central
Soot. N. E , Aber. stock
Do. Scot, Mid, stock
Shropshire Union
South Devon
,outli Eastern
Staines, Wok., & Wok
I'aff Vale
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Waterford & Kilkenny
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London, England, 1866-12-21

COUNTAY MARKETS.

MANCHESTER--TxuRsDAY.
The day's market was well attended, and holders
.oh"
taiued an advance of ls. per qr. on the finest descriptipa!
of English wheat in the business transacted, but this
provement did not extend to other sorts. Flour was 1:
limited request, but without alteration in value. Oats de
dined ld. per 451 b ; oatmeal 6d. to ls. per load cheaper'
Beans and Indian corn were each rather easier.

BIRMINGHAM—THURSDAY.
At this day's market there was a fair supply of English
i
wheat, fcr which higher prices were demanded, bat n°
generally realised, and we-make no alteration in our qu°-
tatious. Barley unaltered. Oats firm. Beans and Pea',,
only saleable in small quantities.
London, England, 1866-12-21

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
RACING FIXT UR FN FOR 17;;;7.
'JAN UAh.Y.

nineliestur .
FEBR

'ARY.

Lincoln Spring
Harrow ,

MA
Liverpool Spring
Chelmsford Spring, l2
West Drayton l9
Bromley

Northampton
Windsor Spring 4
Elinburg.h Sp. Meeting 6
Newmarket Craven 8

Curragh

Chester (continued) 1
York Spring 7
Salisbury
Doncaster Spring
Bath

Ascot Summer 4
Windsor Summer
Manchester Summer
Hampton l3
Odihain l7
Bibury Club lB

Carlisle
Newmarket July 2
Pontefract
Reading
.... 9
Liverpool July Meeting 10
Hungerford
Nottingham July

NOV.

Liverpool Autumn
Shrewsbury

Goodwood (continued) 1
Ripon
Brighton
Brighton Club 8
Lewes
Egham
Wolverhampton l3
Stockton
Oxford
Hastings .....,. 20
SEPT

'Warwick
Margate
Curragh
Leicester
Abingdon
Doncaster

Northampton Autumn. 1
Edinburgh Autumn 2
Newmarket 2d October 7
Cheltenham l5

Nottingham . 26
Derby . 28
CH.

Epsom Spring 2ei
Lewes Spring
Croton Park 2B
2:1

Thirsk ...........
......... 11
Durham ............... 22
Newmarket Ist Spring.. `42
Catteriek .................. 25
Chester ..................... 30
'ST

Harpenden
Epsom Summer
Newton
Croydon
London, England, 1866-12-21

MARK LANE.

scarcely any English wheat was received fresh up to
to our market to-day. There was, however, very little
activity in the trade. Nevertheless Monday's prices were
well supported.
The market was fairly supplied with foreign wheat.
Choice samples were in steady request at full quotations;
otherwise the trade was heavy.
Floating cargoes of grain were firm in price, but the
demand for them was by no means active.
Barley was quiet at late rates.
In malt a moderate business was passing at full curren
cies.

Fine oats changed hands at quite previous quotations,
but inferior samples were easier to purchase.
Beans and peas were dull at late rates.
Flour was firm on former terms.

The new corn exchange will be opened for business on
Monday, but the old market will be closed. The former
will not be opened on Wednesday next.

SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 320 1,590 1,340 10 1,250
Irish
Foreign 35,380 ;64,850 45,760 6,740
brls sacks

NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL.
There is a steady demand for nearly all kinds of meat,
and prices are well supported. The supply is very large,
and the quality generally is good.
Per 81b by the carcase.
s d s d ids
Inferior beef 3 4 3AO Inferior mutton.... 3 6 4 2
Middling do. 4 0 4 4 Middling muttou..4 4 4 10
Prime large do 4 6 4 8 Prime do 5 0 5 2
Prime small d0....4 10 5 0 Large pork 3 4 4 0
Veal 4 4 5 4 Small pork ........ 4 2 4 8
Lamb. Os ud to Os 01
London, England, 1866-12-21

Notes issued .....£32,699,545

£32,699,545
BANKING D:

Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Sav-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National
Debt, and Div
Accounts) 8,070,235
Other Deposits 18,181,096
Seven Day and
other bills 490,827

£44,551,653
London, England, 1866-12-21

BRISTOL-THURSDAY.

On our market to-day there was a short supply of Eng"
lish wheat, which sold readily at an advance of ls. per (11;;
In foreign not Much doing, but a similar improvement was
generally realised. Malting barley firm, and fully as (L3arci
The demand for grinding, has considerably fallen off,
ins
last week's prices were with difficulty supported.
6d. per qr. lower, anti the inquiry was very limited. gal"-
and beans quiet, and rather cheaper.

BURY ST. EDMUNDS=WEDNEsDAY.
There was a limited show of wheat here to-day, Which,
was principally cleared off at an advance of fully 25. Ir's
qr. There was a fair supply of barley ; the best samples
were sold at fully 2s. per qr. more money, while in the
value of other qualities there was no alteration. 03t-14
beans, and peas were extremely dull.
London, England, 1866-12-21

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Frontispiece, printed in colours, from an original painting
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Tale by Holme Lee, Author of "Sylvan Holt'e Daughter."
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Lady Jane Grey. With full-page Illustration.
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The Redbreast. With an Illustration.
The House of Hohenzollern. With a View of Hohen-
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Popular Songs of Hungary. With a View of Buda.
Lambert and Regnault. With an Illustration.
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London, England, 1866-12-21

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
Lane to thn 12 tow in operation. Last year no fewer
han 455 peer, friendless, young females were rejected 'rom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in fire years..

The new borne the Ciimmittee wish to form woald be for
young girls, almost children, from the age of s to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
lfr. Daniel Cooper, 35, Queen .s trees. Cheapside; or by Messrs
Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street.

OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—Lier host Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.

This Hospital, founde I in the year 1828. the drat to estab-
lish the principie of free adm:ssion to the sick poor, without
the, delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and -2 a,cies
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
lestitute sick 11,.s for a cansiderable period clveraged between
3,000 and 4,00 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the,
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more ix)ds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received b 7 their bankers, Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abchurch lane; also by tessrs. Coutts ano
Co.; Eirummorid and Co. ; G,yn and Co.: Berries and Co. ;
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and Co., Bernera-street: and at the Hospital. from 10 till 8.
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London, England, 1866-12-21

rp lIEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S,
1 Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation.

- ,
This Theatre is Cl,O I.J unti BOXING NIGHT (Dee,-
26, ib66), when will be produced the Great NATION-AL
Pautom,me, HUSH-A-Bi ABY, UPON TUE I'ItEE
TOP. Further particulars will be duly announced.

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London, England, 1866-12-21

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day.

MANSION-HOUSE.

AN OLD TRICK REVIVED.—James Watson was charged
before the Lord Mayor under the following circumstances.

It appeared that he had ordered goods from a grocer's
in the City to the amount of £5, and directed them to be
sent to an address which he gave in Cullum-street. He
met the porter with the goods, and asked him to go to a
public-hOuse in the neighbourhood and ascertain if he
could get change for a£s note. No sooner had the porter
left than he took the goods with him and ran off. How-
ever, the porter on returning from the public-house caught
a sight of the rapidly disappearing figure of the prisoner,
and, readily summising the state of affairs, he followed
him, and after a sharp chase succeeded in overtaking him.
He was then given into custody.
The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was remanded in order
that some inquiries might be made respecting him.
DARING STREET ROBBERY.--Mary Ann Ricketts was
charged with stealing a watch, value Xi, frcm the person
of James Zurnio, a poulterer, living at Northgate-place,
South Lincoln.

The complainant said that ho was a stranger in Lon-
don, and between 7 and 8 o'clock last evening he was ac-
costed by a woman who risked him to treat her with some
drink, and they went to a public-house in the neighbour-
hood of the Post-office. They left the house together, and
when they got outside he perceived two men standing
near the door. The prisoner snatched at his guard, and
pulled out his watch, which she gave to one of the men,
who ran away. The prisoner struggled with him in order
to prevent his following the men, and he cried out, " A
thief," when a policeman came up and he gave her into
custody. He swore most positively that he was perfectly
soLor at the time.

The prisoner, in her defence, said she was quite inno-
cent of the charge, but said that the prosecutor had been
drinking, and got into conversation with other women
when he left the public-house. _ _

The polico-constable who took the prisoner into custody
said that the prosecutor was quite sober.
A former offence of a similar character was proved
against the prisoner, and she was sentenced to six weeks'
imprisonment, with hard labour.
London, England, 1866-12-21

INTOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
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Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93,
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gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue- no
matter at what age. The Agna Amarella has none of tLe
properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the
system, and when the hair is once restored one application
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bottle, or in half bottles, Ns. Si. Testimonials from +wastes
of.the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re-
spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John
("cruel! and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales.
London, England, 1866-12-21

ON SATURDAY, the 29th of December, will
be published, at No. 112, Strand, " THE WEST-
MINSTER GAZETTE," a new Catholic Weekly Pqler.
supported by a large number of known and approved
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Foreign writers of note in France, Italy, Germany, Austria,
Switzerland, and Spain are engaged as contributors to
" The Westminster Gazette." The true interests of Ireland,
its struggles for its unquestionable rights as a Catholic
nation to a Catholic system of Education, shall be dis-
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of mere political partisanship. An important feature of
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to reviews of books, both English and foreign, non-
Catholic as well as Catholic.

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London, England, 1866-12-21

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone,
THIS EVENING, A GAME OF :PECULATION.
Messrs. C. Mathews, Chippendale, Kendal, Rogers, Clark,
Braid Sze. ; Mesdames Fitzwiiliam, Laws, Wrigut, Sidney.
Followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Mr. Chas.
Mathews, Mr. Compton, Mr. ttogers, Ur Clark, dtc. ; Mes-
dames C. Mathews, Hill, Wright, Colman, Sidney, &c.
To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton
Commence at Seven.

MR. SOTHERN.—On BOXING NIGHT, in
a New Comedy, "A LESSON FOR LIFE," by Tom
Taylor, Ileymarket Theatre.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII.
eole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
T illS EVENING. at Seven precisely, TUB BARONET
ABROAD. -Liss Roden.
After which. at High., A SISTER'S PENA'NCE. 3liss
Rate Terry, bliss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt ; Mr. Herman
V.zin ; Messrs. Billiugton, Ashley, J. A. Shaw, Stepht won,
7,burne, a .d It. Romer.
To conclude with A PAS DE FASCINATION. Miss
Furtado. Miss Emily Pitt. Messrs. Eburne, Ashly, Romer,
C. J. Smith.

•
ROYAL OLYMPIC THEAT•RE.
New Mauagenavut.--Box'ng Night
MR. AND AIM CLIARLES MATHEWS.

lap) OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
LA) bole Lessee and Mauagoruis, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS NVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Messrs. l'arsalle,
Belford, and G Murray; Misses Swanborough, Johnstone,
and Hughes.
Atter which, will be produced the Grand lArlesque of
KENILWORTH Messrs. thorne, James, and Fenton;
Diesdames Swauborough, Johnstone, and Raynhain.
To conclude with BOOTS AT ME SWAN.
Commence at Seven.

HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL,
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. tef ton Parry.
THAS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr.
Belmore, Miss Foote, EIB3 Lennox.

Liter which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD.
Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames
F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, It aym rid.
London, England, 1866-12-21

HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the
head with this beautiful', -perfnmel Wash, in seven
or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, I,nd remains
so by an occ-sional usins.r. 108 Rd ; sent for stamps.—ALEX.
ROSS, 24,4, High Holborn, London, and alt Chemists.
London, England, 1866-12-21

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Mr. E. J. Reed, Chief Constructor of the Navy,
paid a visit to Portsmouth dockyard yesterday, on
business connected with the outfit of the iron-clad
frigate Royal Alfred, and returned to London by
early afternoon train. Rear-Admiral Sir George
Rodney Mundy, K.C.8., also visited the Royal Al-
fred yesterday.

The Wyvern, 4, turret screw sloop, Capt. Hugh
'F. Burgoyne, V.C., has been towed into Ports-
mouth harbour again from Spithead, to remedy an
unexpected defect in one of her engine pump valves.
The screw two-decker Nelson has been surveyed
by the officials at Portsmouth, and, it is reported, is
to be jury-rigged for a voyage to Australia, • where
she will be handed over to the colonial authorities
as a boys' training ship.
The cadets at the Royal Military Academy,
Woolwich, celebrated the close of the half-year on
Wednesday evening by a theatrical performance
previous to their departure for the approaching
holydays. It was given in the School of Arms, and
was attended by about 800 or 900 persons,
who were admitted by special tickets only.
The evening's proceedings commenced with
the farce by Mr. J. M. Morton, entitled
" Lend me Five Shillings." This piece was
followed by Mr. J. R. Planche's comedy, " The
Follies of a Night." The entertainment was closed
with the popular burlesque of " Bombastes Furioso,"
by Mr. W. Rhodes. In all these pieces the acting
was excellent, and the audience separated much
pleased with the amusement they had received.
The undermentioned gentlemen have been nomi-

Dated naval cadets :—The Hon. Edward R. Gifford,
Hon. Francis G. Hay, Randolph F. 0. Foote, Geo.
Hodgkinson, William C. F. Irons, Duncan
Al'Pherson, Algernon R. Mends, George J. Majen-
die, Alfred R. A. Stock, Ernest H. Peel, Wilfred
Powell, Morris H. Smyth, Charles Th)mas, John
Windham, Hubert G. ,WT.,'Thorold, Harry R.
Moore, Blair O'Cochrane, Frank F. Bone, Thomas
F. Abbott, James Knowles,. Richard B. Newland,
William H. L. Ga'e, William C. Armstrong, John
IV. Andrews, Archibald E. Blake, Henry E. Baker,
Cecil G. F. Boothby, Randolph de Lisle, and Rode-
rick W. Fraser.

Railway and other Companies.

DEMERARA.

The traffic receipts on this c-unpany's line for the
'ortnight ending the 10th of -November amounted
,o $5,732, and for the Orresponding fortnight i❑
1865 to $6,003, showing a decrease of $271.
London, England, 1866-12-21

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NOTICE OF BONUS MEETING.

AND GENERAL
CLERICAL, MEDICAL,
LIFE ASSIIHANcE SOCIhTY,

13, St. James's-square, London, S.W.

An EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL ‘,EE I'ING of the
Proprie,;)rs and Persons assured in this sodety will be held
at this Office, on Timits DAY, the third day ot January
next, at One o'clock preci ely. for the purpose ot deJlarinfr, a
BONUS out of the prufits.arising• front the general business
durin,.; the dye years ending June 30th last.
GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary.
December 14, 1506.

THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND
GLOBE INSIJIt tINCE COMPANY.
Offices —l, Dale-street, Liverpool ; 2%) and 21, Poultry ;
7, Cornhill, and Charing-cross, Lo,,d,:n.
Invested Fu £3 177,616
Fire Premiumffreceived in 1865 739,33!
Life Premiums rec Peed in 1865 zs ,103
The following are a few of the advantages attaching to the
Lite Policies of this Company:
Moderate rates cf prem um for all descriptions of insur-
ance.
Fixed b ,nuses g•naranteed by the numerous proprietary of
an un'irnited company.
Whole-world have granted on reasonable terms.
Policies held as securities are not considered void by this
Office, although the assured slmuld have the prescribed
limits, provtced the ho.der inform the Office as soon as it
comes to uis kno ledge, and pays the adequate extra pre-
mium.
Claims are payable thirty days after aimission.
JOHN ATKINS, Keident Secretary.
OYS' ATTIRE.
London, England, 1866-12-21

MBER.

Richmond l7
Hendon l9
Monmouth
Manchester Autumn 2O
Newmarket Ist October 24
Walsall 25
BER.

OCT,

Curragh
Newmarket Houghton
Worcester Autumn

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867.
JANUARY.

Manchester 1
FEBRUARY.
Carmarthen 5 Harrow Spring
Birmingham l2 Derby
Windsor
MARCH.
Liverp00l Spring
Grand Military
Chertsey
Malton ..... 13

York l7
Sovenoaks 25

,IL.
Kildare Hunt

COURS ING.

COURSING MEETINGS TO COME.
DECEMBER.

Name. Judge. Days of Running
Amicable Club, Ashdown Pk Mr. Warwick
Ludham, Norfolk Mr. Spafford
Ince Blundell, Lancashire -
Aston, Cheshire Mr. Warwick
Corrio, Lockerbie

JANUARY, 1867.
Huntingdon Club Mr. Warwick l, 2,
Lincolnshire, Holbeach Mr. Spafford
Coole, co. Cork (Open)
Third S. Lancashire, (South-
port (Open) Mr. Westropp 9, 10, 11
Spelthorne Club Mr. Warwick 9, 10, 11

MARKETS.—This day.

MARK LANE.

Scarcely any English wheat was received fresh up to
to our market to-day. There was, however, very little
activity in the trade. Nevertheless Monday's prices were
well supported.
The market was fairly supplied with foreign wheat.
Choice samples were in steady request at full quotations ;
otherwise the trade was heavy.
Floating cargoes of grain were firm in price, but the
demand for them was by no means active.
Barley was quiet at late rates.
In malt a moderate business was passing at full curren-
cies.

Fine oats changed hands at quite previous quotations,
but inferior samples were easier to purchase.
Beans and peas were dull at late rates.

Flour was firm on former terms.

The new corn exchange will be opened for business on
Monday, but the old market will be closed. The former
will not be opened on Wednesday next.

SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English and Scotch 320 1,590 1,310 10 1,250
Irish
Foreign 35,380 :4,850

45,760 6,740 sacks
brls
London, England, 1866-12-21

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone,
TIIIS EVENIN(3, A GAME OF FFECULATIOI"4.I.
INTesrs. C. Mathews,• Chi,,pendale, Kendal. Rogers, Clark,
Braid yc, ; Mesdames Fitzwilliatn, Laws, Wrigut, Sidney.
Followed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Mr. Chas.
Mathewv, Mr. Comkton, Mr. t, o,,:,Yers, lir Cask, &c. ; Mes-
dames C Mathews, Hill. Wright, Colman, Sidney, &o.
To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. Mr. Compton

Commence at Seven.

1 R. SOTHERN.—On BOXING NIGEIT, in
a New Comedy, "A LESSON FOE. LIFE," by Tom
Taylor, Haymarket Theatre.

THE ATR E ROYAL ADELPHI.
z:ole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster.
T 'HS EVENING, i.tSeven precisely, THE RALIONET
ABROAD._Miss Roden.
Alter which. at EL;IO7, A SISTER'S PENANCE.i Miss
Rate Terry, Miss hughes, Miss Emilyl'i lw
; Mr. lermau
Vtzia ; lessrs. liilliugton, Ashley, J. A.. Shaw, steprisou,
,3,burne, and R. Rom r.
To couclude with A PAS DE FASCINATION-. Miss
Furtado, Miss Emily Pitt. Messrs. hburne, Astily, Romer,
C. J. Smith.

"ROYAL OLYMPIC TII EATR E.
New Mana.,,,,enicut.--Box!ng- Night.
MU. AND AIRS. C.LIARLES MATHEWS.
London, England, 1866-12-21

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NE.

I Stockbridge' l3
Chelmsford
INewcastle •• 25
Curragh
I Worcester Summer 27
Ipswich 27
LY.

Down Royal Corporate l7
Stamford
Huntingdon 23
Winchester
Southampton
Gaodwood

MBE R.
Leamington Hunt

York August 2l
Dover
22
\Vest Drayton 22
Plymouth
Canterbury
Lichfield
Derby Summer
Weymouth
Tunbridge
London, England, 1866-12-21

MAURITIUS.

The traffic receipts on the Mauritius Govern-
ment railways for the four weeks ending the 11th
of November amountei, on 65 miles of railway, to
£7,053, and for the corresponding four weeks in
1865 to 15, 753 on the same mileage, showing an
increase of £1,300.

GENERAL CREDIT AND FINANCE OF LONDON

(LIMITED).

An extraordinary general meeting of this com-
pany was held yesterday at the London Tavern for
the purpose of confirming the resolution which was
passed at the extraordinary general meeting held on
the 27th ult. ; Mr. Bramley-Moore in the chair.

The Secretary, Mr. R. J. Butler, having read the
notice convening the meeting,

The CHAIRMAN said the present meeting was one
almost entirely of a formal character, and was called
to confirm, or otherwise, the resolution which was
submitted to the shareholders at the last general
meeting. It would, therefore, be quite-unnecessary
to say anything with respect to the company's posi-
tion, which, in fact, was very much the same as
when they last met. He would consult their interest
in at once moving that the resolution be confirmed.

The Secretary read a formal resolution to the
effect that the report of the directors be adopted,
and that a dividend of Gs. per share be declared for
the year ending the 31stinst., including 2s. per share
already paid ; and that the company be wound up
voluntarily as frcm the 31st of Dec., 1866 ; that Mr.
Jas. Macdonald and Mr. R. J. Butler be the liqui-
dators for the purpose of winding-up the affairs of
the company and distributing the property ; approv-
ing the transfer of the business and property of the
company, after providing for the dividend and other
matters to a new company, called the General Credit
and Discount Company (limited), in consideration
of the new company assuming all the liabilities of
the present company, and paying £1,500,000 by a
credit of £7los. per share on 200,000 shares in the
new company, with full powers to the liquidators.
The motion having been seconded, a long discus-
sion ensued, which resulted in the resolution being
confirmed, and the proceedings concluded with a
vote of thanks to the chairman.
London, England, 1866-12-21

) OPAL STRAND THEATRE
Leo bole Lessee and Manageress, Airs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Messrs. Parselle,
Belford, and G Murray; Misses Swanborough, Johnstone
and Hughes.
Atter which, will be produced the Grand Burlesque of
EIENILWoRTH : Messrs. 'Thorne, James, and Fenton
>iesdatues bwanborough, Johnstone, and Itaynham.
To conclude with BOOTS A r THE SWAN.

Commence at Seven.

IIOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry.
THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr.
Edmore, Miss Foote, Miss Lennox.
After which, Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD.
Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire; Mesdames
F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote, itayin nd.

TIIEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation.
This Theatre is 1:1.0Ei.) until BOXING NIGHT (Dec.
20, 1666), when will be produced the Great NATION-AL
Pantomime, ABY, UPON THE THEE
TOP. „Further particulars will be duly announced.
London, England, 1866-12-21

COUNTRY MilliKE TS.

MANCHES TE-R--THuttsDAv.
The day's market was well attended, and holderS ob-
tained an advance of Is. per qr. on the finest descriptions
of English wheat in the business transacted, but this in?'
provement did not extend to other sorts. Flour was in
limited request, but without alteration in value. Oats us-
dined ld. iper 451 b; oatmeal 6d. to per load cheaper'
Beans and Indian corn were each rather easier.

BIRAIINGIIAM—THURSDAY.
At this day's market there was a fair supply of English
wheat, fer which higher prices were demanded, bet 11°
generally realised, and we make no alteration in our cid°:
tations. Barley unaltered. Oats firm. Beans and Peas
-only saleable in small quantities.
London, England, 1866-12-21

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
most useful invention of the day, AGUA A3IARELLa.
trieb,rs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., Red Bull Wharf, 93,
Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect-
lity offer to the publics this truly marvellous flute.. which
gradually restores tna human hair to its pristine hue- nu
matter at what age. The Ague Amarelta has none of the
properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the
system:, and when the hair is once restored one application
per moll t h wilt keep it in perfect colour. -Price one guinea per
bottle, or in half bottles, Ws. Si Testimonials from artistes
ot,the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re-
speJtability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John
truinell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal
Higliness tlae Princess of Wales.
London, England, 1866-12-21

NEWGATE AND LEADENBALL.

There is a steady demand for nearly all kinds of meat,
and prices are well supported. The supply is very large,
and the quality generally is good.

Per 81b by the carcase.
Inferior beef sd s d
4 414
Middling do. 4 0 4 4
Prime large do 4 6 4
Prime small do 4 10 5 0
Veal 4 4 5 4

edB d
Inferior mtaton 3 6 4 2
Middling mutton 4 4 4 10
Prime do 5 0 5 2
Large pork 3 4 4 0
Small pork. 4 2 4 8
id to Os 0.1

Lamb. Os 0;

BOROUGH HOP.

The trade for fine hops is very firm, and late rates are
fully supported. Medium qualities have changed hands to
a fair extent, at quite late rates. The continental markets
are steady, at improving prices.
Mid and East Keats l6Bs to 231 s per cwt.
Weald of Kent
Sussex
Yearlings 2oss to 1508
London, England, 1866-12-21

No. 23,254.

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,

ANNALS of a QUIET NEIGHBOURHOOD.
By GEORGE MAC DONALD, )1.A.,

"For the interest which is higher than mare amu.enu nt
we turn this book again and again. It is a true and noble
work --a novel pure and good and beautiful.—Daily News.
Hurst and Blackest, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1866-12-21

CRYSTAL PALACE.

The report of the directors states that the balance
to the credit of revenue was £59,212, which, added
to £1,284, the balance from the preceding year,
made a total of £60,496 available. After deducting
the interest on preference and debenture stocks, &c.,
there remained a balance of £28,339. Out of this
the directors recommend a dividend of 2f per cent.
on the ordinary stock of the company, leaving a
balance of £3,272 for the next account. The num-
ber of visitors during the year had been 2,067,598,
being a larger number than in any preceding year,
and exceeding those of the preceding twelve months
by 309,082, of whom 149,525 were visitors paying
the price of admission for the day. The expenditure
on renewals and improvements amounted to 14,000.
The change in the mode of issuing the guinea season
tickets, by which they dated from the commencement
of the mouth in which they were purchased, had
continued to work well, and 3,000 more had been
sold than during the previous 12 months. The at-
traction of the Saturday concerts was still on the
increase. The exhibitors' department had fully
maintained its position, and the receipts showed a
slight increase over those of former years. The re-
freshment department participated in the general
increase in the number of visitors, and the revenue
from this important source had reached £19,614.
The directors continued to be satisfied with the man-
ner in which the service of this department was con-
ducted by the contractors. Since the last meeting
the company had sustained a severe loss in the de-
cease of Mr. T. N. Farquhar, the chairman, who
died, after a short illness,Thn the 30th July last,
after having filled the chair for nine years.
London, England, 1866-12-21

rICEFEICENCE J
south Eastern (Reading Amis.,
Ditto, Fixed 41 per cent., 9)

LA 100.
.a),

?REFERENCE SITARES AND STOCKS,
London, Brighton. ,41 per cent., 1858, 121
London, Uhatham, &0., 6 per cent. 2dpf., 27i

LINES LEASED A:l7 FIXED RENTALS.
Chester and Holyhead,
Ditto, 5 per cent.. 112
Preston and Wyre, 411

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, Si
Belgian Eastern Junction, is •
li eat Luxembourg,
Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pl., 181
Recite and San Francisco, Wu., gua. 7 per cent., 10
Royal Swedish,
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 151

FOREIGN MIN NB.
Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 21
Cobre Copper,
Dun Pedro. Nora' Del Rey, It die par
Port Philip,
St. John act Rey, lim., 4418 93

DOCKS.
1 ondon and St. Katharine. 6?
BANKS.

Albion, 45
Am., 18 5-
Anglo Fgyptian, lim., 11-12
Chartered of India, London, and China, 34
City, 14} 15
Consolidated Bank, lim., 41
English and American, lira., 5
Imperial Bank, Lim.. 25
linperbi Ottoman, lira., 91
Lava Mortgage Bank or India, lim., 21
London and Laver Plate,
Ditto, issued at 15 pm.,
Ditto, ditto,list:
London Chartered Lang of Australia, 20 5
London and Comity, 64 3.4
London Joint Stock, 421 51
London and 11 estininster. v5l 5
Metropolitan and Provincial isank, lim., 1.6
Midland Bank, Hun.' 17i
National Provincial of England.
Ditto, d and 3d issue, 31 9
National Bank. 07 5
New South \Vales, 415
Oriental Bunt Corporation. 42
Provincial flanking Corporation, 1im.451
Union of A übtralia, 4t
Union of London, 44

MISCELLANEOUS;
Anglo-American Telegraph, 14
Atlantic Telegraph,
Dit o, S per cunt., 80
City of Moscow Gas, lira., 14;
Commercial Union, Insurance, 5
Credit r'oncler of Englann, Urn . a
Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 121
Gen. Credit and Finance ol Lona 3n, Um., 4,1 6
tiudson's Bay,
International Financial Society, lira., 3
Nr,tional Discount company.' 146
Panama New Zealand, and Aus. R. Mail, 7
Peninsula and Oriental steam, 63)
Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 18}
TelegraphConstructkn and Maintenance, lira.,
•

Ditto (£1), 134
Trust and Agency of Australasia, lira., ill
Universal Marine. Insurance. Lim., 2 k
Viceroy of ligyjt, Mortgage, Loan, 74f
London, England, 1866-12-21

Fire and Loss of Life.----(lhis Day.)

This morning, about five o'clock, a fire, attended
with the loss of two lives, broke out :in a private
house, No. 21, Francis-terrace, St. Leonard's-road,
Bromley. The premises were occupied by Robert
Osment, a carpenter and joiner, his wife, and
family, and by some other persons, in all nine in
number. The lower part of the house was in flames
when the inmates were aroused, and the screams
and cries of the poor creatures suddenly aroused
from their sleep were quite appalling. A few
things were saved by Osment, who was severely
burnt about the face and hands. The Poplar engine
of the Metropolitan Board of Works, followed by

the fire escape and the land steam engine,
were soon opposite the scene of conflagration.
At that time the house was in flames from top to
bottom, two children were then missing, and
piteous cries for help were heard within the house.
Various attempts were made to save the children,
but without success. The children, both girls, one
aged 7, the other 9 years, perished. One was the
daughter, the other the grand-daughter, of Osment.
They were in a back-room when the fire was first
discovered, and in the confusion were forgotten by
the other inmates until it was too late to save them.
Their charred remains were afterwards dug out of
the ruins. The house was gutted. The exer-
tions of the firemen prevented the fire spread-
ing to the adjoining buildings. A large
force. of police, under the control of Inspector
Blare of the K division, rendered valuable assistance.
The loss of the poor children is much deplored, and

it is reported that they would have been saved if the
grown-up inmates had been more intent on saving

life than preserving furniture. The fire broke out
in the back kitchen, and had gained so much ascen-
dancy when it was dis Covered that it is a miracle
they were not all destroyed.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.
Market steady. Sales probably 10,000 or 12,000

bales.
London, England, 1866-12-21

HELENA WALTZ. By FRED. GODFREY.
Pario.med 21 ti tics at Mr. mell n's Concerti. Piano
solo and duets; ditto for a quadrille band; each free by post
for 26 stamps.
London: Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street.