The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 18E8.

SHARE LlST.—This Day.

ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

I di, Closing Bulimia
'Mare, Railways. Psi Price. done.
iirtiiristol an a Exeter .... 1015 84 86
at Caledonian .......... 100 73 73i 731 41 4
at Cambrian
- Cork and Bandon - -
Cornwall all 2 4
at Dublin & Belfast June; 100 741 754
at Dun„rerth,& Ab.Junc. 100 70 72
100 &London, herip Certi. all - -
110. ido - - d
at Glasgow &S. Western 100 95 97
st Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 100 281 291 291 1
st Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 100 0 8
at Great North ot Scotland 100 15 6
at Great Northern lOO 105 kO7 10i 4
at Do. A stock .. 100 107 103 1071 4
at Do. B stock
at Do. New, Is. at 25 pm 100 - -
at litS, and W. of Ireland, 100 96 08
at (it. Western -Uriginail PA 45. 451 454
at Do. 6. Vi). Rail gnu! lOU -
Do. South Wales -
It Do. W. Mid.-Oxloni 100 25 30
lat Do. Newport lOO 29 34
at I Do. Hereford lOO - -
at ILlumishire& Yorkshir lot, , i 23 131 1334
at ILJUtIOII and lilaekwalti 100 - -
at iLou., & S Coast' 100 1 43 41 484
st Tun., t_!hat., and DJVC) 100 18 19 Ir 4 i
it Do. .1/2.le..rup. Ex. A - -
at Lou. & NQrth Wester, too 114 115 1141
at Lou. & South Wester': 100 ;6 :S 774
at Man., Shet., .4; Lincoir 100 14 14,
at fletropolitan....
at Do. New lO - -
at Do. Exten•sion all 102 i('3 103
at M.etropolitan District all -
26 00. do. 30. 10 - -
l 0 Do. and St. John's NV 'u 6 - -
at tlid:and
- Do. .£9 Share 7 - -
at Do, Birmin...t Derby 100 71. 21
- Rent . . all - -
st North British
at 1)0. Ed., l'th., & Dun lOO - -
at N th. Eastern -lierwich 100 08 99
25 Do. ti.N•E purohas, 16.13.4 - -
at Do. Le-gds
st Do. York lOO 9t 93 924
st Do. Carlisle . .... 100 - -
at Do. Stock. &
45 Do. do. 1860-01 lB -•-- P
at North London .. 10') 114 116
- Do. do. 1801 5 . . lO -
to Do. do. 1866. 5 1 lip
at North Stailordabire
at &S. W. Junction all 113 115
- Scottish Central -
'-
Soot. N. E , Aber. stoel, 100 -
- Do. Scot, Mid. atJak - -
st Shropabire Union 100 56 67 •
st South Devon lOO 42 14
st South Eastern . lto 674 68 69
20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 84 9.1
at raft' Vale lOO t 45 )50
10 Do. C - -
- Vale of ti each -
- Waterford & Kilkenny 100 -
10 Waterloo & Whiteha - -
Newt Cornwall lOO - -

COLOMAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
- British Columbia, 6 per!
Dent., Deo.-31, 1872. , 100
- Can.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.July
! & 1877-84
Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1,,0 100 102
Do. sp. C. Mar. & Sept' 100 100 102
Do. sp. c. Jan. & July; 100 86 88
Do. sp. Inscribed sk! 100 85 87
Cape ti. Hope, 6 p.c.1873! 100 102 104
Oo.Apl.&oet. 1890-19001 100 106 108
Do. do 1880-90' 100 104 106
Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 107 109
Do. 5 per cent. 15 April
and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 95 17
Ceylon, Nov. 1888, 6 p.t 100 -
- Do. 1878, do LOO 113 1101
Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873,
Jan. and July
Do. 1878
uo. 1882, Mayls, Nov. is 100 105 107
Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 107 109
Natal flov. 6 per cent lOO 104 106
N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 103 105
N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•o.,1886 100 -
- Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 100 98 99
Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895. 100 971 981 951 15
New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 --
Do. 5 per cent.... 100 94 99
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. o
sterling, 1875 l9O 102 104
Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 105 1011
fB. Aus.Gov. 6 p,0.1868-9 100 --
- Do. 1878 & upwards lOO 110 111
Vio,Gov. 6 p.o. ja.& July 100 -
- Do. do, April & Oot lOO 110 112 1 1101 11

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
100 Atlataio&St.Lawrenoe all 63 56
Bom.,Baroda. &Cen.ln. 100 104 105
st gu. 6 per cent..
20 Do. F shares lO p iP
12001 BuDff9. alorr&efeLraeknecelluron all 31 4
all 5 6
1001 Bul,Brant,&Goderich
100
t 1.; al cPu. te alBdr 13 3 100 68 71
.
st ..;ape Town & Dockegu. 100 18 52
,00 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. pot all 99 102
1_ 1 101 109 8/
at tirandTrunkof Canada 100 17 18
st East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 103 104 103
2sot EaDso.
tln4cllatl
Extension
100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds
1 charge 6 p.c
all b 3 65
100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 50 52
gu.P 10015 10
100 Do. do deferred
100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 40 45
100 - Do. do. deferred -
100 Do. 3d Pref.stook all 32 34
100 Do. do. deferred
100 Do. 4th Pref. stock
100 Do. do. deterred
at 03 t. India Pen. gua. sp.c lOO 107 LOS 1071
13 10. Gus. 5 per cent lB -- 2 p
10 Do. New gua. sp. 0 6 2 P
at. .it.,south of India
gua. 5 per cent
et D... 44 per cent loo 92 94
at Do
201 ,:reat Wes. of Canada all 154 151 lel I
201 Do. New .
100 Do. 6p. c Bus. pay. 1870 all 95 17
100 Jo. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. all 85 e 7
10 Indian Branch, limited 3' 4 14.1
st Madras, gua. 5 p.o .... 100 100 102
3t Do. 41 do lOO 93 95
at Do, 41 do , 100 b 9 91
20 Do. Fifth Extension; 5
et Melb. Cor 6p. c. Bnds.j 100
50 Mel. .& Hobson's isay 1 all
st N.lll.C'da,6pelbtptbs 100 83 85
at Seinde 100 100 101
at Do. Delhi
d 100 1001 1011
20 Do. do aol, 15 P
at Do. 100 99 100
et Do.lndus St. Plot be I 100 85 87
BRITISH MINDS.
Cam. Cousol. Gold, Um. 1
Chiverton
Clifford Amalgamated 3O 5/ 6)
Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 4.0 430
Drake walls 2.1.0 1
East Bassett (Illogan) 291 10 12
East Caradon 2.14.e 5 6
East Carn Brea 3l 2 26
East Grenville . 2.14.0 14 2
East Gunnislake .. 8.3.6
East Loved 3.9.0 8 9
E. WI Russell (Tavistk 11.7.6 14 2
StAubn wen. 66 4 5
4 Great Laxey, l yimi (G
ted all 17 18
Great South Tolgus 0.14.6
Great Wheal Basy 14.9.6
G. Wheal Vor (Helst.o 40 17 19
Grenville 9.0.6 14
Eierod's Foot •• . 8.10.0 35 37
Ilingston Downs 5.10.6 24 21
Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 6 8
Marke Valley 4.10.6 44 51
4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, lima 34 21 If
>low S ton
North loskear
NI.Wh Bassett(lllogan 1.4.0
North Wheal Crotty
Plc ro°vaPtdeernijoen,iUtendy.L";l.a.tit 10.6 • 8'11:7 0
229 2
S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 393 410
South Condurrow
;.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 371 426
itray Park 35.11.6 4 6
—, Fin Croft 9 13 14
7igra and Clogan, lim all
_ %Vest Bassett (Mogan
W. Caradon (Liskeard 14 13 12
West ChivertOn ll 60 68
West Seton 471 195 205
Wheal Bassett (Mogan 54 85 03
Wheal Buller atedruth 16 16 19
Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 18 20
Wheal Seton
wh,;al Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 6 8

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Western, 4 per cent irred 63
rd., 80
Great Western, 5 per cent.,

trOttILJGN lIA.ILWAyp.
Dutch Rhenish, 13i
San Paulo, Din., gua. 6 per cent., 18k

- -
FO it EI(1N MINNS.
St John del Rey, lim , 36).5_

BANlib.

Agra, lim., A, 7i
Ditto, B, 9 •
Alliance, Hi, (14
Imperial Ottoman, 8i
London and Brazilian, lira, 17
London Joint Stock, 344
London and Westminster,
..ii4Ditto, Scrip, 3O
31ISCELLANICOULL
Atlantic Telegraph, 49
City Discount, hut, 2
Credit r' oncie r of En ;land, lira.. 3
Ebbw Vale, 1
International Financial Society, Ilia., 21
Peninsula and Oriental iteatn,

Ditto, new, 1867, 51
Rio de Janeiro city Improvements. 15}
Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, Um., 4}
Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage) Loan, 70

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 25f. Inc. per £1 sterling.
)n 0 nips/112g these rates with the English Mint price et
Via. 104 d. per ounce for stvadard gold, it appem's that
gold is about the same price In London and Paris.
Ehe course 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 of gold from the United
States.

CONVICTION FOR FIRE-RIISING.—At the High
Court of Justiciary, Edinbugh, on Monday, a labourer,
named David Watson, was placed at the bar on a charge of
wilful fire-raising on the farm of Lochend, on the 21st of
October last. With a lighted lucifer he set fire to a stack of
wheat, and the fire extended to 11 otherstacks of grain, and,
but for help arriving, the farmsteading would also have been
destroyed. The day after the crime Watson surrendered
himself to the police-superintendent of Leith, but could
give no reason for the act except that he was suffering
from depressed spirits. The medical officers by whom he
was examined declined to certify that he was insane. The
prisoner pleaded guilty. The Lord Justice General, in
passing sentence, remarked that this was undoubtedly as
serious a case of fire-raising as had come before the Court
for some time. That the prisoner had committed the act
without motive could not be accepted as an alleviation of
the offence. The sentence of the Court was that the pri-
soner undergo penal servitude for eight yearn.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This ray.

COURT OF ARCHES.
(Before the Right Hon. Sir Robert Phillimore,
Dean of Arches.)

MARTIN V. MACIIONOCIIIE.-RITUALISM IN HOLBORN.

The further argument was considered in, this
case, and notwithstanding that this was the twelfth
day there was a very large attendance of clergy
and laymen present.

Mr. Stephen, Q.C., Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Dr.
Swabey appeared for the promoter ; and Mr. James,
Q.C., Mr. Prideaux, Q.C., and Dr. Tristram for
the defendant.

Mr. Prideaux said that, in compliance with his
lordship's suggestion, he should curtail his argu-
ment as much as possible. Ile had one great
advantage over his friend, for all that he advanced
he knew to be true, and he was not affected by any
authority that he might quote, although his friend
approached with fear and trembling. He main-
tained that the prayers of the service ought to be
read and sung according to th Church of Eng-
land, and all the incidental ceremonies and orna-
ments which were in use during the first prayer-
book of Edward VI. could be used now. He quoted
Masc Al's " history of the Early Church," and
in it was plainly stated that the prayers
read and sung in the church were in ac-
cordance with the first prayer-book. He quoted
a case which was acted upon, and that was
the case Eliza Shipton v. Dr. Itigland, Chancellor
of the Diocese of Norwich. In this case the Chan-
cellor had ordered that
.no woman coming to be
churched should appear without a white veil. Eliza
Shipton refused, and was excommunicated. She
resisted on the ground that there was no canon im-
posing the wearing the white veil, and that custom
was not sufficient. The bishop consulted with the
judges, and they decided against the application.
This, he contended, clearly proved that matters other
than those mentioned in, the letter..were permitted
to be used and became lawful by custom. He also
contended that, though not mentioned, all the in-
cidental ceremonials of the great eucharistic sacri-
fice, as used in the Church of Rome, could be used
in our service.
The case is still proceeding.

POLICE IIiTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

BOW-STREET.

ANOTHER SUPPOSED FENIAN. -- James Liver-
more, a big but half-starved-looking Irishman,
was charged with
firingpalapeeisdtolbeiinorbelartilrettlr-caouugrilt,anliow-street, close
to the Police Station ; he was also charged with
being drunk. The case occasioned considerable in-
terest in consequence of its being supposed that
some danger was threatened to the Police Station,
and that the prisoner was one of a party of Fenians
who had prepared a plot for the destruction of the
building.
The prisoner, on being charged in the first in-
stance at the station, gave his name as above, but
according to the
is morning by the
usualo n beingpra
eptliac
ec dasked
t h
he i
sbna
name
,maen
tdh,
gaoler, said, " I'm not going to tell you."
The gaoler repeated his question two or three
time, but the prisoner doggedly refused to answer.
Mr. Vaughan—You refuse to give your name ?
Prisoner—l'm not going to say anything more.
Inspector Parker—When the prisoner gave his
name last night he refused to state his address.
Mr. Vaughan then directed the case to proceed
against the prisoner as James Livermore.
Mrs. Roffey, a saleswoman in Covent-garden
Market, said she resided in Martlett-court, and
last night about 10 o'clock, when she heard the re-
port of a pistol, she was very much frightened ; her
children saw the flash of fire occasioned by the dis-
charge of the weapon.

Mr. Vaughan—Can you can state positively
that it was a pistol that was fired ?
Witness—No ; I only heard the report. L •
Prisoner—Then it might have been a double-
barrelled gun for aught you know ?
Witness—l don't know whether it was a pistol or
a gun.
Henry Tees, a little boy, said at ten o'clock last
night he was near the house next to the one with a
garden in Martlett-court, and that he heard the
report of a pistol. The man that let it off had a
round hat on.

Mr. Vaughan—Look at the prisoner. Is that
the man ?

Witness—Yes, sir, that is the man. I was about
one door from him when he let the pistol off. The
prisoner was standing near the garden gate, with
his anus over the railings, when I saw
him. I did
not see the pistol. _ _

Mr. Vaughan—Did you see the smoke ?
Witness—Yes. It went into our house.
Mr. Vaughan—Did the smoke come from where
the man was standing ?
Witness—Yes it did. The moment the pistol was
let off I went to the door. _ _

Prisoner—Was it dark last night, and what
o'clock did this take place?
Witness—lt was past 10 o'clock, and the night
was dark.

Prisoner—You did not have your watch with
you. If it was dark, how could you see me ?
Witness—l was not far from you, and I saw all
that took place very well.
Prisoner--Oh, you have got cat's eyes, and can
see well in the dark. Will you swear that I fired
the pistol ?

Witness—No. I did'nt see the pistol. I will
swear that you were standing near the pailings.
Prisoner—Might there not have been another
person behind the pailings?
Witness—No, there was nobody there but your-
self. A young man afterwards, in the court, asked
you what you were up to.
Henry Whitworth said he was an artist's colour-
man, and resided at No. 10, 111artlett-court, and
was with the lad last night.
He saw the prisoner
standing near the garden gate, and thinking that
he was doing something that was improper asked
him what he was doing. The pistol then went off,
and so did the prisoner, but he (witness) followed
him into Russell-street, where he (prisoner) went
into the Crown and Cushion publichouse, into which
he was followed by a gentleman, who, upon the
prisoner coming out of the .publichouse, gave him
into custody.

The prisoner then proceeded to put a string of
frivolous questions to the witness, and in reply-
ing to some of them, he said he did not see
the face of the man at the garden gate. He fol-
lowed him to the public-houde -without seeing his
features, and he gave him into eustody from the
circumstance that he wore a very
peculiar sort of
hat.

Police-constables 51 F and 88 A said that at-
tention was called to the prisoner by a person not
now present as well as the last witness. Gough,
88 A, asked him if he had a pistol, and ho said,
" No." On searching him, however, a pistol was
found, also two glass bottles and a bag, containing
together about 4 oz. of gunpowder, a box of per-
cussion caps, and a bullet.
Wa
recently
bore all the
appearances
t pistol, which
f having
the fragments of the copper cap remaining on the
nipple.

Inspector Parker read, a statement made by the
prisoner last night, from which it appeared that he
had been employed in a large establishment in Dub-
lin and Newcastle during the last few months.
Mr. Vaughan again asked the man who he was?
He refused to answer any questions or to state
where he lived or where he came from. He stated
he had some friends in London, but he refused also
to state where they were.

Mr. Vaughan said it was clearly a case for in-
quiry, and therefore he should remand the prisoner
for a week,

WESTMINSTER.

PICKING TIP A FLAT YANKEE.--_Henry Prior, a
man having the appearance of a stablo helper in
holiday costume, was placed at the bar charged with
the following disgraceful fraud :
Mr. Lincoln Percy Kilburn said—l am a mer-
chant. I live at 30, Kensington-gardens-square. I
have to charge the prisoner with complicity with
two others in stealing my pocket book, containing

£4B. On the 7th of December I was walking
in the Strand, when I was accosted by a
man, who asked me the way to St. Paul's.
He entered into conversation with me, and I told
him that I was going to Westminster Abbey and
the Houses of Parliament. He said he was, like
me, a stranger in London, and if I would allow him
he would like to accompany me. We went together
as I assented, and he proposed having some-
thing to drink. I told him I did not want any-
thing, but would go with him. A man who
was in the room we entered, and who pre-
tended to be unacquainted with the first man,
began talking about the sufferings of the poor,
and while this was going on the prisoner came in
and appeared to have been drinking, or pretended
to have been, and he said that he had had a large
sum lately bequeathed to him which he wished to
dispense in charity. He then spoke about having
offered to place a sum of inonyiatthe disposal of a
man for that purpose, if he would produce an
equivalent amount to show that he did not c.wet
it ; upon which the first man said he should
like to have some more money to give away
on the same terms, and prisoner replied that
he might. The prisoner asked prosecutor if he
would also like some to dispense, and prisoner then
said they must go with him to some place where the
matter could be arrange]. They went to the Gun
Tavern, and there prisoner said stamps were re-
quired to give him receipts for the money he ad-
vanced. lie was about going out for them,
when one of the others said, " Suppose he should
not come back." Prisoner then volunteered, in
order to insure his return, to leave his pocketbook,
which he placed in a hat on the table, and went
out. When he returned he had only been
able to get one receipt, and it was proposed
that I and the first man should go out
for the necessary stamps, and as the pri-
soner had had confidence enough 'in us
to take his pocketbook as a guarantee of
return we should do the same. The first man
and I went out after leaving our books. He seemed
to be going the wrong way, and I began to feel
unwell. He told me to wait a few minutes while
he got the stamps, and I did. When I returned to
the public-house they were all gone, and my pocket-
book too.

Mr. Arnold—Where were you born ?
Prosecutor—ln the United States.
Prisoner was remanded till Tuesday.

THAMES.

ROBBERY BY LOOSE WOMEN.—A STUPID SCOTCH-
MAN.—Sarah Lucy, Hannah Pedrick, and Eliza
Smith, were brought before Mr. Paget charged
with stealing a silver watch, value £5, from the
person of Archibald Campbell, a clerk, of No. 1,
Victoria-terrace, Grove-road, Mile-end-road.
The prosecutor, a Scotchman, without any of the
caution or tact of his countrymen, waspassing the new
Globepublic-house, near the canal bridge, Mile-end,
last night, and went with the prisoners and
another woman, ever intent on preying upon any
one who thought proper to join their company. He
selected one of the lassies, Lucy, but refused the
solicitations of the others to talk with them. The
Scotchman walked a few yards with Lucy on his
arm, the other prisoners following them. He turned
down a narrow street, and was talking to Lucy a
few minutes. She suddenly left him and joined the
others. He directly missed his watch. It was in
his coat pocket when he met with the women. He
went after the three women and gave them in
charge.

James Toulmin, a police-constable, No. 425 K,
said—This morning about half-past 12 the prisoners
passed him in the Mile-end-road, and directly after-
wards he met the prosecutor, who said that one of
them had taken his watch. He went up to the pri-
soners and said, " One of you has taken this gentle-
man's watch." They all declared they had never
seen him before. He observed Smith and Pedrick
handing something to each other, and shuffling their
hands about their dresses. At last the prosecutor's
watch was dropped on the ground between them.
He picked it up, and Mr. Campbell said it was his
watch. lie was almost positively certain that Smith
dropped the watch—she was quite close to Pedrick
at the time.

In answer to Mr. Paget, the witness said that
Pedrick and Smith had been convicted before, and
were regular thieves.
Mr. Paget committed all the prisoners for trial.

NAVAL AND MI-LIT-1 lel- INTELLIGENCE.

--

The Bristol screw frigate, flagship of Commo-
dore G. T. P. llornby, arrived at Spithead late on
Sunday evening from the West Coast of Africa.
Yesterday morning she exchanged salutes with the
Victory, flagship of the Commander-in-Chief at
Portsmouth, Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley. She brought
a few naval invalids, who were removed to the flag
ship. The Bristol proceeds this morning to Sheer-
ness, to be paid out of commission.
The paddlewheel steamer Gladiator, Capt. D'O
D'A. Aplin, went into Portsmouth harbour yester-
day to coal and make good defects.
The Danae, screw corvette, Captain Sir Malcolm
M'Gregor, went into Portsmouth harbour yester-
day to have her machinery examined after her
late cruise, and before she has another trial of
speed.

The troopship Orontes, Capt. Phelps, went into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday. The naval in
valids were removed to the flagship Victory.
Those of the military and also time-expired men
will disembark this morning. The Orontes requires
new boilers and repairs to her machinery, which
will occupy some four or five months, and the Lords
of the Admiralty have consequently decided on
paying her out of commission.

Rear-Admiral Sir George G. Wellesley, C. 8.,
Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard,
has recently received an address from the workmen
and others belonging to the dockyard at Ports-
mouth, expressing their detestation of the late
Rniaa outrage at Clerkenwell, and the loyal
feeli igs which animate them in asking permission
to raise a penny subscription to assist the suf-
ferers from the late atrocious outrage. The fol-
lowing is a copy of the address presented to
the Admiralty Superintendent :—" The workmen
belonging to this establishment are of opinion the
time has now arrived for themselves and others in
this and all other establishments to show unmis-
takeably their feeling with regard to Fenianism. It
has therefore been suggested that a penny subscrip-
tion be raised to assist in relieving the sufferers
from the late outrage at Clerkenwell, the amount
being as mentioned, so as to give an opportunity to
all of showing their abhorrence of that dastardly
crime, and as an additional proof on their part that
they have an earnest desire to assist the Govern-
ment in suppressing such acts of villainy. We,
therefore, beg of you to be pleased to grant us
permission to collect the same in the yard, and to
place a few notices to the above effect at the mus-
ter stations, &c.—We have, &c."
We understand Rear-Admiral Wellesley laid the
address before the Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty, and that the First Lord, Sir Alexander
Milne, and the other members of the Board have
not only granted their permission, but have also re-
quested the Admiral Superintendent to convey to
the workmen of the yard the expression of the gra-
tification their lordships have derived from the
proof of loyalty and good feeling manifested by
them in reference to the late Fenian outrage.

We learn by the Bermuda Royal Gazette that the
armour-plated ship Royal Alfred, 18, Capt. Hon.
Walter C. Talbot, flag of Vice-Admiral Sir George
R. Mundy, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief on the
station, which arrived at the island from Halifax
on the Bth ult., again left on the 14th for the West
Indies. It was understood at Bermuda that the
Admiral would return in about seven weeks. The
paddlewheel steam sloop Sphinx, Capt. Richard V.
Hamilton, left in company with the Admiral. The
screw steam sloop Fawn, 17, Commander Charles
Heysham, left Bermuda on the 11th for St.
Thomas. The iron troopship Urgent, 4, Captain
Henderson, from Plymouth, November 17, via
Madeira, where she remained three days, arrived at
Bermuda on the 11th of December. She brought
32 naval officers, 40 seamen, 150 boys, and 80
Royal Marines Light Infantry, to join different
ships ()A the, North American and West

India stations and the Pacific. Among her
passengers were Deputy-Inspector-General of Hos-
pitals and Fleets Henry J. Doraville, C. 8., M.D. ;
Captain Burgoyne, V.C. ; the Rev. 11. Lowry (ap-
pointel to the Constance), Lieutenant Marsdon,
and Mr. H. Langworthy, assistant-paymaster, ap-
pointed to the Terror. The Urgent left at Madeira
on the 2d the screw steam sloop Rosario, 11, Com-
mander George Palmer, en route for Australia, and
an American frigate bound to Colon, with supernu-
meraries for the American squadron in the Pacific.
The Urgent was expected to leave Bermuda for
Jamaica and Colon on the 17th of December, and
to return in about seven weeks, when she would
proceed direct for England. Captain Barnard,
late of the Constance, goes in the Urgent to
Jamaica for passage thence to England. The super-
numeraries for the squadron in the Pacific will
cross the isthmus to Panama. • Mr. A. Smith, assis-
tant-paymaster from the Itord Alfred, is app )inted
acting-paymaster of the Urgent, vice Wagstaff,

The troops whose arrival was announced in Me
Sun of yesterday in the troopship Crocodile, Capt.
Watson, diembarked at the Portsmouth Dockyard
yesterd ty, and were forwArded to their respective
destinations, as already announced. The Crocodile
commenced coaling yesterday afternoon, and is or-
dered to have any defects made good, so as to leave
Portsmouth on the 21st for Queenstown, there to
embark the 92d Highlanders for Alexandria. She
will, however, be docked to-morrow, to have her
bottom cleaned and examined, as it is in a very bad
state, principally occasioned by the length of time
she was lying at Alexandria on her first trip, and
by. which her speed is very much decreased. On her
first run of 3270 .miles she burnt 623 tons of coals,
giving a speed of 5.28 miles per ton. After lying
five weeks at Alexandria, in a run of 3,027 miles
she burnt 853 tons of coals, at a speed of only 3.54
miles per ton. It is understood that the docking
and cleaning of the ship will not cause any deten-
tionor cause any'. departure from the original day
fixed for her leaving- (the 21st).

Her Majesty's iron screw steam storeship industry,
Staff Commander E. C. T. Youel, on particular
service, was yesterday hauled into basin at Wool-
wich to discharge dockyard stores from the Pacific,
on her arrival that morning, and the dockyard craft
Devon, from Devonport, made fast alongside the
dockyard wharf, laden with naval stores and the
furniture and baggage belonging to Capt. Francis
H. May, the newly-appointed Master-Attendant
of the yard, who yesterday returned to Woolwich
from leave of absence to commence his duties.
Capt. George Biddlecombe, C. 8., the former Master..
Attendant, is, we regret to state, detained at the
official residence at Woolwich by a very severe at-
tack of indisposition, which is feared may prevent
his being moved for some weeks.

The four batteries of Royal Artillery, 11th brigade,
detailed in The Sun of yesterday as having landed
from the troopship Crocodile, arrived yesterday at
Woolwich by the half-past two special train. They
were met at the station by the regimental band,
which accompanied them to the barracks, where
they took up the quarters assigned for their use in
the west wing. A battery of the 21st brigade now
on their passage, also from India, is expected at
Woolwich on or about the 17th inst.

A general court-martial is ordered to assemble at
Chatham garrison this morning by order of the
Duke of Cambridge, for the trial of Captain J. H.
Tennant, 45th Sherwood Foresters, on a charge
of absenting himself from his regiment without
leave. The Court will be presided over by Col.
J. L. A. Simmons, C. 8., commanding the Royal
Engineers.
The following detachments of non-commissioned
officers and sappers of the Royal Engineers left
head-quarters, Chatham, yesterday to augment the
forces of Royal Engineers serving at various sta-
tions :—Lieut. R. Althorpe, and 24 non-commis-
sioned officers and sappers for Aldershott, to join
the 3d and 6th companies ; 13 non-commissioned
officers and men to Cork, to join the 20th company;
eight men to join the 25th company at Dover; eight
men to the Curragh, to join the 28th company ;
four men to Portsmouth, to join the 29th company ;
two men for Weymouth, to join the 26th company ;
and one non-commissioned officer to Woolwich, to
be attached to the Bth company.
The batteries of the 11th Brigade Royal Artillery,
from India, now quartered at Woolwich, have taken
up a portion of the sentry and other duties, in con-
junction with the garrison troops, upon whom the
night watch and additional guard have fallen for
some weeks very heavily. On account of the num-
ber of reinforcements which have been supplied to
foreign and out stations, the garrison at Woolwich
has been considerably reduced, and the marching in
of the batteries gave much satisfaction. The de-
tachments told off for nightduty will now be relieved
more frequently, the same detachment for some
weeks past having been necessarily called out for 24
hours' guard three times per week.
Messrs. Kirk, contractors to the War Depart-
ment, yesterday commenced erecting a landing
stage and pier on the Thames bank in the Royal
Arsenal marsh, for the purpose of discharging build-
ing materials for the construction of seven bomb-
proof magazines, with a view of insuring an addi-
tional precaution against accidents in the preparation
of live shells. The Victoria Hospital, built by the
Messrs Kirk for the Government at Suez, and for
which the materials were sent from Woolwich, was
handed over on the Ist inst. for use.

Her Majesty's screw gunvessel Ranger, 5, 80
horse power, Commander William A. Cambier,
arrived at the Nore yesterday from the West Coast
of Africa, last from Ascension, and saluted the flag
of Vice-Admiral Sir Baldwin W. Walker, Naval
Commander-in-Chief, which was returned from the
Formidable, flagship. She afterwards steamed into
the Medway for the purpose of being dismantled and
put out of commission. The Ranger was commis-
sioned on the 28th February, 1861, by Commander
W. E. Gordon, now :of the Peterel, 3, 150 horse
power, and during the whole time she has been in
commission she has been attached to the squadron
on the West Coast of Africa. She has lost a num-
ber of her original crew from sickness, and of the
officers who left England in the Ranger only Lieut.
D. H. Bosanquet and Mr. F. A. Codd, Assistant-
Paymaster, return with her. After being inspected
by the Vice-Admiral Commanding-in-Chief, the
Ranger will be dismantled and put out of commis-
sion.

Her Majesty's ship Buster and Monkey, Masters-
Commanding Draper and Smithers, continue their
alternate night guard off Woolwich Arsenal and
Dockyard ; and, in addition, the iron paddlewheel
vessel Lizard, 340 tons and 150-horse power, Lieut.-
Commander Stanhope G. Price, is stationed to pro-
tect the powder magazine at Erith, and the gun-
vessel Espoir, 5 guns, 428 tons, is doing similar
duties at Purfleet.
Her Majesty's Indian troopskip Jumna arrived at
Bombay on the 10th inst., with the Ist battalion of
the 6th Foot and other troops who embarked in the
Crocodile at Portsmouth and Queenstown last
month ; all well.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Capt. Henry Carr Glyn to the
Doris, vice Vesey, invalided ; Lieut. D. M'D. Smith
to the Beacon ; Lieut. W. Otter to the Gladiator ;
W. J. Talbot, midshipman, to the Defence ; Navi-
gating Sub-Lieuts. George S. Ralph and Edward
Kearns to the Megaara ; Wyllys H. Wyllys, navi-
gating midshipman, to the Royalist ; J. C. Bailey,
acting assist-surg. to the Blanche ; William H.
Charlesworth, acting assist.-surg., to the Defence ;
Dr. James W. Fisher, acting assist.-surg., to the
Royalist ; Matthew F. Ryan, acting assist.-surg.,
additional, to the Royal Adelaide ; Joseph Lindsay
and John M‘ Cart hy, acting assist.-surgs., additional,
to the Victory ; and Reginald Bridger, nominated
a naval cadet. Percy 0, Presgrave, assistant-
paymaster in charge, to the Plover; J. S. Striven,
assist-paymaster, to the Warrior ; Arther S. C.
Clarke, assist.-paymaster, to the Excellent ; Frede-
rick F. Morgan, surgeon, to the Defence ; Charles
H. Slaughter, surgeon, to the Royalist ; Gerald
MolloyAsurgeon, to the Blanche.; Peter Wood, chief
engineer, to the Defence; Thomas E. Buckle, Aaron
H. Symes, and John Brown, engineers, to the De-
fence ; John Agates and Thomas Summers, engi-
neers, to the Beacon ; Edward M'Leish and Thos.
Carter, Ist class assist-engineers, to the Defence ;
Joe Bates, Ist class assist-engineer, to the Beacon;
John Moysey and Joseph N. Tierney, acting 2d
class awifit,,ooginoors, to the Defence.