The Express. — London, England, 1868-12-17 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION. _- - LAW INI'ELLMENOII.--(TRIS DAY.) corRT OF COMMON PIMA& SECOND COURT. . . Nisi Prius London.—(Before Mr. Justice • Smith and a Common Jury.) GANT r. OLINNII AND W. ‘• all action to recover damages for an &sawn i mprisonment. N., want Parry and Mt. Maeintyre appeared for the . • 117 aid Mr. J. J. Powell, Q.C.. and Mr. Willis for niants. ser•eent Parry, in opening the ease, said it was „. ~.noulcrabe importance, and be was happy to say ~,„. one which was out of the way of ordinary . •c in the courts. The plaintiff was a gentlemn who tame than 30 years owned and occupied West-hill •• l'inlbury. in Bucks ; the defendant Glenne was 1 cr-in.law. and the other defendant was a pains : ..• iourtesz years the plaintiff had lived a walower , .•vember of last year he married Mrs. Harris, Lis . • 1 cr. and this, no doubt, excited ill feeling in mhos of his family. Possibly this state of .1 to what was complained of, but however this he plaintiff was, on the 3r.1 July, seised In the . „ Buckingham, and taken to Dr. Armstrong's • • r lunatics at Peelham-houee, where he remained 14 October. The plaintiff's case was, that • raght have shown some eccentricities, and e had giren way to habits of drinking, still he -• c perfectly pane. ) - sitiwarusg Minis Gent, the plaintiff, said—l am a . • •anner. For 24 years I was a member of the • .iionry Cavalre, and for 20 years I was orderly 'f Buckingham. The defendant is a house s• Ilrixton. He married my eldest sister. On . • I and my wife drove over to the New Inn, ou business, and had dinner there. The rwards called my wife out, and three men . came in and collared me. They nearly choked :red me by the throat and another by the hair :mred my head against the walL and Rae, one . is, put handcuffs on me. I wanted to know ▪ : ss for, and they said that they had an "order." • ,LA the handcuffs were on, Glennie mine in. ,:4 not come oefore he was afraid of his " nub" • joreed me into a fly and took me to the railway s•slis - at Winslow. I did not then know where I was Isbell, but I know now, to my sorrow, that it was Peck taro-house. Dr. Armstrong asked me whether I tod any money or knives about me, and I .„„l e d hi m 3o'. in Buckingham Bank notes. Mr. t.lennie afterwards had this money, and I re covered it by an &lion against him. For the first few days I was natulany excited, but afterwards I wrote to my Mends. I did not know to the 6th of August that three letters were intercepted and sent to Mr. Glennie. IA letter from the plaintiff to Dr. Armstrong, dated the !lit of July, wee put in for the purpose of ,!:owing sanity. It complained that his letters et.re not forwarded, talked of the hardship to which was subjected, but professed his willingness to obey • rules of the establishment. It also entered into various matters.) Witness continued—l kept &diary whilst I sac ill the asylum. On the Ist August two lunacy Omn i mere saw me, and I told them my case. Dr. Arm ,•:-.•ug bass long way towards thirtypatienta. Until the9th :s I was not allowed to go any where but into the exer , cround. On the 9th I went out for a walk with a and bought some snuff and some mackerel. On and Nth September my sister Helena and Mr. is • ime to me, and on the last occasion brought with -.:: Mr. Alloock, my solicitor. On the let October Mr. • ice. Mr. Alloock, and Dr. Brown saw me. On the - ,tay Mr. Fuller. assistant medical officer at Peckham wrote to Mr. (Bennie saying, "Dr. Armstrong now Mr. Gent sufficiently recovered to be discharged." -examined—l left the asylum with Mr. Glennie, s I. hi, house with him, and had a glass of gin and • en the road. That was a treat. (A laugh.) In : i • ring I went to the Winchester Music-hair I was -d to a busier in Cheapside. I kept a public , ,ray's-inn-lane. I cannot say whether my first s • was then alive. I think she was dead. I could tell •• • eTi I had my ledger here. Mrs. Harris was bar : at the public-house. I afterwards lived for some eir four years in Lorimer-square with three young Mrs. Harris was there. Whilst in Lorimer . •i I drank more than I had before. I went out of • • • because I had nothing to do. Dr. Somerset, at • • firm. never attended me for delirium tremens. Mrs. -1 , at.d I did not drink gin together. t Powell—Did you ever send out for as much a four of gin in a week sa—rood Lord deliver us from all our sins ! • We never drank a bottle full before dinner. I oat times irritable. but never violent. I never tried • • angle my first wife. I decline to say whether I s .• her. She ran away from home on several occasions • :. -he was mad. She came of a mad family. She did not .• through my violence. I did not on any occasion • w her with a gun. I could not live with her for the -• three or four years of her life. My eldest son was ::.e, and walked with sticks. I never broke those •a.ks over him. I struck at him with one of them, aid it broke against the door. I sever fired at him, nor . reatened to shoot the d—d lot of my children. I never :.reatened to cut my son William's throat. I struck at .. .r. with a gun barrel because he called me a liar. • ecr used to flourish swords about and terrify people. r ran one into one of my eon's legs. I never • shout the premises naked. I never said I was the ... of Anglesea. I gave directions that I should be 1.r.. :vier a particular apple tree in my military cloak, • • 'run on one side and my sword on the other. I : , • ,wk. which we call Bishop. (A laugh.) Y• • well—On account of its preying propensities, I Laughter.) never told Dr. Price that I was teaching the I . .metry. When Mr. Glennie came to me the last i n I was confined, I did not brandish my sword 'ai e I did not take him by the throat and say s-s• the way in which I should like to throw some • • had quarrelled with into the river. hi-might a •• friend " with him. He never wab amedical man. I never told him I was major '• yeomanry. nor did I act with violence towards him Y.• • nine. I heard in the asylum that Mr. Glennie t: i;_ieti to see me, but I refused to see bun. Several t- •• it the called. My sister, Mrs. Campion, came. I • •: Mr. Glennie for putting me there, and she said .r. to do with it than he had. lat once called .• . • . and told her not to come again. vonined—When I went into the asylum I was •• • from erysipelas in the legs but in the asylum I •• • ..rider a different kind of treatment, and I was My first wife's brother died in a madhouse at ; -.peon. I never tried to teach " Bishop " any : I oily called him " Bishop." and he woad answer • • • • t.e if Le warted his "grub." (Laughter.) eat was proceeding when our report lett.) ' OF PROBATE AND DIVOECE. Ptefere Sir J. Wilde and a Special Jury.) ',men r. ANDERSON. Sir t'attorney-General. Mr. Lope's, •1•••. Mr. haler. e. •, i r •he plaintiffs ; Mr. Hawkins, I L• ( ' • 1) •• 1 ••• •• - .ark for the the defendant. Ai :i.,• •,; • 1..1.7 • I •. • •at this morning the Judie • 4 1 w1 '• ' •- •.f the case terminating. t • ":" ' • ' , "•y me that it now promised to • th. is• •. ' c•. wh.e:i was a very undesirable 1 that so far as could be done Hy '' •"‘• the interests of the parties ••• •• '. ti.' •r , • —examination should be short , of the ca.* had been very care . •• , ••tei. the three great actors in the making of •• • '" 1 1 •••-ii fully examined, and the main features ' !..a4 r e &At been commanded. It would be ca•e could be finished this day.. • • b - ... 11 •—1 will do my be,-t, my lord, but it IS diffi , • .• wdi. ouch a muss as this (pointing to his ••• ..met.ts which would till au ordinary sized - You have materials enough for another ' • (Laughter.) • ..n.inaticn of Mr. clothed, one of the plain : of the executors, adjourned from Friday • '.w continued by Mr. Hawkins, but nothing ' • materially affect the previous evidence, or • hjiht upon the case. • witnesses were next examined to show the 'y. and although Mr. Hawkins pressed a •• . who was cook in Mr. Anderson's house ' offering once to kiss her, the main statement • l'ot katator's competency to engage in mat was ••• not departed from. The witnesses •' '-•!•, testator used to pay money and give was proceeding whew our report left.l (()URT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Bacon.) IN LH A2llll/6 IePHIS./1.90:4 WA.LICES. •• kr ,, pt was a printer and publisher, of 75, et il rihes /,is (Adore to insufficiency of capital. ?ise dl,d 6 , 4rrty Gadardiax newspaper, Prunes and being arrested. His debts are 1,1061. 1. , . opposition, and the order was granted. IN LE W. OItWNDT. nipt, a merchant of Fenchurch-street, trading • ...nett, and ('o., runewtsl his application for re •• ' , utfusly. (0. u. former occasion he had been • ~ the ground of imperfect description. which he ' , founded by inserting two pLices of business k The debts ore 14,012/. wide supported the application. .1.,,,s oppo-ed for Boughton, Smith, awl ('O., ••.1 tied the amended desuiptiou haul not been examined, stated that be was only a the boo s at New York as far as •. • were concerned. In the last rid • 'Lone consignments had been between 2,04gg. The house in London was "..1 the purpose of taking orders. The London ; tre , kaick South and Co. hail drawn bills on the .11, Louse; they had accepted, and the bills had rL FL coded over to Belding, Keith, and Co., who ob so,y tor theta, giving their own sooeptannbb lib ha d a 0 mete is this country, azaept what he N ~ THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENENG, DECEMBLE 17, 1868. bal debt • Did net knew wig Mg become ee~Neekat lad ettemakuied wit! kit =t i t Nr. Willue erN eat the Ira Its let were ereillere Ice IMSt. eat they that if the biebrept were set at liberty more would be beard et Ma. • sir Mem said le would not Mean a bankrupt if eulleleat mum weld be shown for detaining him. Here time wee no widow* of any intention ea the part of the bankrupt lege est et Ike way. The bankrupt ended that he had any rook intention. Be had attested the meeting of melba% thong! ism s ed then to be arrested, and oath that be would attend the sit ti n gs under his bank- Tu r Lumley, fora creditor, said the court had o rdered that the amended des cr ipti on s h ou ld be adverti sed, and this bad not been done. The Commissioner—lt smears that the day for advar. tieing has not core. yet. The bankrupt's solicitor must see the advertisement inserted, and I 4411 hold him re !Towable for that duty. The bankrupt may take his Mean. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) (Before Baron Cleasby.) SIM WILL IPOBOISIT. The he of Jobs Sporty, who was charged with forging the will of Henry Trimmer, was about to be pro.eedod with this morning, and the prisoner was placed at the bar. An intimation was, however, given that one of the jury men was too ill to continue to perform his duty, and a medical gentleman was examined, who stated that ho had been called in to attend the gentleman in question, and found that he was suffering from disease of the lungs, and that hemorrhage was to be apprehended. He there fore expressed his opinion that it would be dangerous that the gentleman in question should continue to act. Baron Clemby said that under these circumstances the only course that could be taken was to discharge the jury, and the trial must commence de novo. ~. __. A discussion then arose u ,, to what course should be taken, and eventually the matter stood over. sriuors MIAMI AGADINT A KILDICAL YAM. llama* William_ Popp:mill, • surgeon ailing at Mile-end. surrendered to take his trial for the man slaughter of Hannah Clifford. Mr. Daly and Mr. Cunningham prosecuted; Serjeant Sleigh and Mr. F. H. Lewis were for the defeuoe. This case was one of a very serious and important nature, but the evidence is unfit for publication in detail. The deceased was a married woman about 30 years of age, the wife of an eating-house keeper, in the Bethnal-green. road. She was confined on the 13th of November, and the allegation on the part of the prosecution was that the defendant, who was called in to attend her, had by grossly unskilful and improper treatment caused her death. The defence appeared to be that there was no such negligence se was imputed to the defendant, and that the fatal result was solely owing to accident, and unavoidable. The case was proceeding when we went to press, and was likely to occupy a considerable time. (Before the Common Serjeant.) IP~lli M, kiZrm, -- DiZileJur7W; indicted for stealing the sum of 171. 3s. Uld., the monies of Joseph Deny and others. Mr. Besley conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. In his opening statement Mr. Bosley said this was the first prosecution under an act of par liament passed last session, at the instance of the Recorder of London, entitled "an act to amend the law relating to larceny and embezzlement." The in dictment was preferred not so much for the punishment of the prisoner at the bar as for the purpose of enlighten ing those who were members of trades union societies as to the; law on the subject. The circumstances under which the set of last session was passed were as follow: It appeared that in the year 1835 an act was passed - which was intended to give the benefit of a summary conviction of defaulting officers of trades unions that was accorded to friendly societies. From 1856 to 1867 members of trades unions who mis applied their funds were sentenced to imprisonment, and it prevented frauds on the pert of trades union officers. In the beginning of 1867, however, a question was raised whether trades union societies were entitled to this summary power, and upon full discussion taking place, the judges, whilst believing that there was nothing criminal in the regulations of trades unions, held that such regule! tieing were in restraint of trade, and were illegal in that sense, and that trades unions wore therefore not entitled to this summary conviction under the act of parliament. A very widespread o p inion then extended itself among trades union officers t ha t they could embezzle and appro priate to themselves, with impunity the moneys of their brother workmen. The question was afterwards a little cleared by a decision of Justice Lush, who in the cased an officer charged with forgery, ruled that the man was also a co-partner in the concern, and that he was guilty of forging the name of the co-partnery. The question of property did not arise, and thus it was ruled that whilst an officer could be convicted of forgery, he could not be convicted of appropriating the funds in which he had a beneficial interest. To put a stop to this state of matters the Recorder's Act was panted on the 31st of July this year, and it enacted that a member of a co-partnership guilty of converting to his own use the property of a partner ship should be treated as if be was not such member. The prisoner was the treasurer of an Operative Bricklayers in Shoreditch, from December, 1867, to June 27, 1868, and there was a dafitheacy of 173. odd in his ac count. Ile admitted that he had appropriated part of this sum, and said be had lost the remainder, and he pro mised to repay the money, but on the day after the pass ing of the acthe absconded. The question was whether the offence was committed before or after the passing of the act. The jury found the prisoner Gei/tp, and he was sen tenced to six months' imprisonment. POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.) PROBUTTION DT TER OP POLICE. Charles Norsk police constable, 462 N, was summoned before Mr. Cooke, at the instance of the c insiioner of P , "" - to - the of diving the Metropolitan t'olioe, answer w. charge been guilty of neglect of duty as a police-coastal:La of the Metropolitan Police in not patrolling his beat for three hours and forty minutes on the morning of the 14th inst., whereby a burglary was effected thereon at the pariah o. Islington. The case was proved by the evidence of other constables. Inspector Taylor, N thermion, having remarked that these proceedings were instituted by order of Captain Harris, said if the beat had been properly worked by the de fendant, a burglary which was committed in Union square would have been prevented. The defendant's plea was that be bad to work three beats instead of two and a half, and that he had been mistaken in the time. Mr. Cooke said the case was very satisfactorily proved, and he therefore sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of 5/., or to be imprisoned for a month, adding that this was probably not the worst part of the punishment the defendant would receive, as he supposed that after his conviction he would be discliargetL MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THREATYYING LETTER!! TO A DOCTOR. Jews Emery Knowles, formerly servant to Dr. Henry Parfitt, of Pall-null, was brought before Mr. Knox charged with using threats and sending threatening letters to Dr. Perlin. Dr. Parfitt said—The prisoner was formerly my servant, and was discharged on the 314 of October for general in attention and dirty habits. While in my service he threatened to burn my house down, and since he has left he has sent me letters which I will swear are in his hand writing. _ Dr. Parfitt handed the letters to Mr. Knox, who read them as follows:—" Dr. Pisrtitt, I suppose you got my letter on Sunday. 1 followed you from Warwick Chapel home. There's no mistake ; if I was a single man I would have been in Newsate. I have not boon in bed for three nights. My wife is fast harrying to her grave through your cruel treatment, and you and Mrs. Portia are the ones, with all your dupes, that still makes revenge rankle in my heart, . .I have been offered many a situation without your recommendation, but something tells me you ought to be punished first. . . You may thank God my wife was with me in Oxford-street when I met you, or I would make a public show of you. I will linger till e ver y stitch is off my back till I see you. You are a perfect coward. I have composed a bit of poetry, and you shall have it for a Christmas-box if you live so long. Mat God soon take my wife from me, for she would sooner die than speak of you or yours, Lut come what may—kindnem or unkind nerm—l will Lave toy revenge, so help me Ood.—l am a madman. "J. H. Kwowuts." The second letter was in similar terms. Dr. Partin—l saw him yesterday in Pall-mall, evidently waiting for me. He was hanging'behind a cart, and look ing through the wheels towards me. Mr. Knox—Was he in the habit of getting drunk Dr. Parfitt—l never saw him drunk, but his could take a good deal before he would get drunk. He gave way to pa-ROIL The prisoner—Although I wrote the letter I never Lad any evil intention towards you. I have acted in a strange way, but it was through vexation. Ann Leonard and Emily How, two servants of Dr. Parfitt, spoke to hearing the prisoner threaten to burn down Dr. Parfitt's house. Anthony Herring, 60 C, raid—Last night, about 9 o'clock, I went to No. 10, Monmouth-court, and told the prisoner I had a warrant for his apprehension, and he said he would go' quietly. He said that Dr. Parfitt had di s charged him without a character, and that he was de termined to know the reason why. He said he had never vaulted Dr. Parfitt, but would have done e° had not his wife been with him, and that he was writing Dr. Par private history, and saint to expose him, and that it would cover ids sheets of foolscap. Ha also said that be was starviag. mid could not get a situation, and that be would sears bo is lobos than atarve. The prfareer—l have dose av I am very hasty, and at limes don't know what I do. I have been in the army gkeirehletdAlt. reeltiettriZt see the have lived with ether gelatines mail wwi NVer ma' plied et beton. Kr. Kau—Before cut • whet I ties it it tie mew I should hks to hairs Was eerie Mt , phew's eateoedeste and I will therefore rewind law 81100ZINO 724011 DY nor nu►aa. A tragical occurrence has just taken plaoe at Beaton (Marche). Lepe&tier, mayor of that plasm had died from as attack of apoplexy , whit* returning from the funeral of IL Ravin. Hs waft still • lying unburied, when a disputa ea some question of in tweet arose between his son and his daughteee hue. band. The former at length lost all control over his tom par, and on his mother intervening and reproaching him for his Insamonly behaviour, be discharged the contents of eatun into her aide, wounding her dangerously. Re then went into a field ancliblew out his own brains. LL INTR44IOM imams asormal asmos.) lUDBED, Dam 17. Calomel Valle IIIIram:••• • Oszbat egalisitY. de tooted es th e h eater of Lyabliaaa proolanatbna, has been muted at Magma Sidon* when PM* distnebiutose have rectally w Place. rdirOVA J EARIET.—asia DAY, ONE O'CLOCK. In tie Stock lisciaanp to-day a better 'ten dency is apparent, owing to the more favourable diameter of the advioes from abroad, and to the advance yesterday in the Freaoli funds. The transactions We more numerous, and mesa* almost entirely of purchases. Console are wit out alteraticn, but an advance is observabl in many other moor:ties. As regards railway stocks, Metropolitan is in good demand, and it per omit. higher. The ries in foreign bonds ranges from to h per cent., the principal movement being in the Orel Vitebsk Railway loan and Turkish of 10416. United States 6-20 bonds are inquired for. Then is no alteration in the discount market, and the rate for loans in the Stook Exchange ia still 2 to 2k per cent. Console are at 921 to f, ea div., for money, and 921 to I, ex div., for the account (Jan. 6), and the Three per Cleats. Reduced and New Three per Cents., 921 to h. The railway market is rather firm. Metropoli tan stock is in request, and } per coat, better, at 102/ to 103. Great Western and Great Eastern have risen 1, viz., to 481 to i and 411 to respectively. London and North Western, 111; to 1121; Midland, 111; to 112 k; London and South Western, 87 to 88; Brighton, 44 to 49; South Eastern, 79 to 1 ; Great Northern, 1061 to 1061; ditto A, 1081 to 1; Caledonian, 73/ to 74 ; and London, Chatham. and Dover, 161 to 17. An improvement is apparent in nearly all the speculative foreign bonds. Turkish of 1865 and the Orel Vitebsk Railway Loan have risen 4 per cent. ; Egyptian of 1868 and the Charkof-Axof Railway Loan, I; and Italian of 1861 and Pe ruvian of 1865, 4. Subjoined are the quota tions : Brazilian of 1865, 78 to 4 ; Clam of 1887, 96 to 97 ; Egyptian of 1884, 834 to 4 ; ditto of 1868, 74 to 4 ; Italian of 1881, 561 to 1; ditto Tobacco Loan, 31 to 1 prem. ; Mexi can, 15 to 4 ; Peruvian of 1865, 811 to a ; Russian of 1888, 891 to 90 ; ditto Nioolai, 654 to 1 ; ditto Orel, 794 to 80 ; ditto Mosoow- Jaroalaw, 784 to 3, ez div.; ditto Charkof- Azof, 14 to 14 die. ; ditto Charoow-Krementsohng, 1 to 03 dis. ; Spanish of 1867, 324 to 1; Turkish of 1858, 611 to 624 ; ditto of 1862, 621 to 634 ; and ditto of 1865, 391 to $. No variation of importance has occurred in Indian government stocks. The Five per Cents. are at 1111 to 1121 ; the Four, 1021 to 103 ; the Bonds, se. to 10s. pram.; and the Deben tures, 1043 to 103. Exchequer Bills, March, par to as. prem. ; ditto, June, 3s. to Bs. prom. Bank Stock, 240 to 242. Bank shares show no alteration. City, 111 to 124 ; Imperial, 174 to 184 ; London and County, 501 to ; London and Westminster, 664 to 674; Union of London, 38/ to 391; Anglo-Austrian, 71 to 81 prem. ; and Imperial Ottoman, 13 to 11 prem. Very few bargains have been recorded in mie- cellanoous eharue. Hudson's Bay are rather flat, and have declined 2s. 6d., viz., to 131 to 14 ; Na tional Discount, 111 to In ; General Credit, 2 to 11 dis. ; International, If to lf dia. ; Tele graph Construction, 16 to ; Atlantic Telegraph, Right per Cent. Preference, 211 to 1 ; and Anglo- American, 31 to 1. United States 5-20 Bonds have improved per cent., the present price being 741 to 1 ; Erie Rail way shares, 271 to a ; Illinois Central, M ; Atlantic and Great Western Debentures, 401 to ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bond*, 42 to 1. An extraordinary meeting of the proprietors of the East London Bank (Limited) will be hold on the 24th inst., when resolutions will be submitted for changing the name of the undertaking, for re ducing the capital, and altering the regulations contained in the articles of association. TWO O'CLOCK. The government funds are steady, at the above- mentioned pries'. Railway stocks show dulness, and Great Western, Great Eastern, Metropolitan, and Great Northern A have declined to } per oent. Egyptian of 1668, and Peruvian of 1866, are to lower. Anglo-American Telegraph shares have re ceded 2s. 6d. FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols etre dull, and have declined 1-16 to i cent., viz., to 921, ex div., for money, and §2l to ex div., for the account. Railway stocks are without change of import ance. Caledonian, 731 to 71; Brighton, 481 to 49 ; Metropolitan, 1021 to ; South Eastern, 79 to ; Midland, 112 tol ; (heat Eastern, 411 to ; and London and North Western, 1112 to 112. Foreign bonds are dull. Turkish of 186.1 arc per cent. lower, at 391 to 1 ; Italian of 1861, 361 to :; Peruvian of 1863, 811 to I ; and Spanish of 1867, 326 to 1. The sum of 8,0001. in bar gold has been sent into the Bank. At Paris this ntoruing the Three per Cent. Bentes opened ut illfr. 47e. for the aeeotmt, being I per cent. lower. Another failure was announced in the Stock Exchange yesterday, but the liabilities we•re very limited. The mail steamer Nova. for the West Indies, will take to-day only 939/. in specie. The bidding. for 100,0001. in bills on Calcutta and Madras were made yesterday at the Bank of England. 76,9001. was allotted to Calcutta and 23,1001. to Madras. The minimum was the same as before, via., Is. Ild. Tenders at Is. 11/d. on both presidencies will receive about 77 per cent., this rate being Id. higher than on the last occa sion. The amount now allotted, however, is 100,0001. less than before. These results show a further increase in the demand for the means of remittance to the East. The directors of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China have declared a di vidend of 3 per cent. (free of income tax) for the half-year ending the 31st inst., payable on the Ist January. The transfer books of the Indian Tramway Com pany (Limited) are to be closed from the 19th met. till the 2nd January, for the purpose of making up the half-yearly dividend warrants. The Bank of New South Wales have given notice that they will pay the half-year's interest duo in London on the let January, on all deben tures issued by the New South Wales Government. Mears. J. Henry Schroder and Co. have an nounced the dividend due on the bonds of tho New Orleans, Jackson and Groat Northern Rail road Company. The coupons of the Egyptian Government Rail way Debenture Loan, due the Ist proximo, and the bonds of Series E, Nos. 20,001 to 2.3,000, drawn for redemption; aka the novo= of the United Danubian Principalities !light per Cent Loan of 1867, due the lot proximo, and the bonds drawn for rodem&:on are advertised for pay men t by Messrs. Prnblingind Goschen. A letter addressed to the committee of the Stook Brehm on behalf of the Committee of Spanish Passive Wat gives ll public notice wi be offere d by that 64 V il b s qp=orany new Spanish loan until the claim. of the Pooive bondholders shell hove bus wholly settled. . I WAWA 111117210. AND OTHER 811ABAW8.—allI8 DA r. perm pima M L rm.) ooLoinAL oonuannerr siouirrni. New 6 pAr cert., ar. mei /sly, No. Di., I. Jam, 1891 OW, N. ova 8 pa, mi . w an d Di, 19 led 7, a& id N &arm ape s o a t, 111 Y, 188 4 left. unaumgam, • per rest, jam st.l jutlfS34, Mug. Victinie ui dm i l, azwik ApeU ma le AND eroorm oe‘ 1, 1. Calsderier, 731,1 Greed aim.,, 41 , GreM Nerthern (A receives no 4zd6ma .dad liar cent• has bur paid to Do. ). 1061. Great ars, Origbud. 4. , & We nth Waft Sit 81 Lasiss, Brighter, sr d scam Cori, 49. Learn, Chadman, era Dover, lei. Lanier nod North Western, 1111, 12. Midlerll2. Mstrepedlisa, 1021, 3, 21. & LINER LEASED AT FIXED RENTAIA. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 6. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Born. , Bar., and Coat India, lira. 6 per at., Me, 1. Rea Beduin, . 5 cent., 109, 83. Great Indian Peninsula , guar. 6 pm cent., 107. Great Western of Canada, 141, Ir. Wadies. _guar 5 per rest., 10 8 4, 1. Bands (Delhi), guar. 6 par cent., 104, 31. FOREIGN RAILWAY& Great Luxembourg, 104, 11. Ottoman (Smyrna to &din), 31. South Audania and Lomberlo.Verstian. 161, FOREIGN RAILWAY OBLIGATIONS. Great Luxembourg (redeem. a 5), 31, 11-li. Mosoow-Jarcelaw, gem by Kneelee Govt., 781 1, f. i itebek, guar. by Remain Governamt, per mat e COLONIAL AND FORNIDN KUM Don Pedro, North dot Big, 3 3-14,1, pea. Scoria' Australia (Limited), 1. Vancouver Coal (Limited), di. Bank JOINT &POOR BASED. of gypt, Colonial. 4 E 331. 1. Imperial °Mame, 11. Lembra and Cen a a:O t l e . Lender hint '1161, 1. Larkin and W OA Merupoliten (Limited), 4. Oriental Beak Corporation. 421. Union of Australia, 49. Union of London, 39. MISCELLANIOUIL Anglo-American TeleuraA (Limited), Angio-Mediterranesa l'graph (Limit 10$; Atlantic Telegraph, 281, 9. Do., $ per cent., 731. Credit Former of E n gland (Limitedla Engin& and Australian Copper % wait Panama, New Zealand, and micelles Mal (Limited), 11. Telegraph Calmtruction and Mainterarce (Lim), 1611, 1. Universal Marine Insurance (Limited), Viceroy of Egypt (Kedged') Loan, 76t. rarz&-crsra DAL) ON WOLOCZ. Shares in tin mines; are in requostt.;:day, and show an upward tendency. Some of the present quotations are as follows :—Great Wheal Vor, 11 to 121 ; Tin Croft, 16 to 161; Trumpet Consols, 15 to 16 ; East Trumpet, 2k to 21; Wheal Grenville, 325. 6d. to 335.; Worst Chiverton, 39 to 60 ; Chiverton, 61 to 6k; Drake Walls, 17s. to 19s. ; East Lovell, 84 to 9; East Caradon, 7/ to 8 ; Great Western Mines. 24 to 21 ; Prince of Wales, 275. 6d. to 305.; Weal Caradon, to 4 ; Chiverton Moor, 6t061 ; North Crofty, 255. to 275. 6d. ; Providence, 33 to 34 ; and Botallack, 175 to 200. Annexed are tho quotation!' of foreign an! colonial mining aharea John del Bey, 14k to 13k ; Don Pedro, 31 to prem.; Anglo- Brazilian, 1-16 dis. to 1-16 prem. ; Pests rens, lf to k dia. ; Chontales, 2f to ; Roam Grande, 7-16 to 9-16 prem. ; Angle- Italian, kto prem. ; United Mexican, If to 2 ; Frontino and Bolivia, 3-16 to 7-16; Poet Phillip, 12 to 2 ; Sao Vicente, If to 2 prom Taquaril, 1-16 to 3-16 prem. ; Yeas:mm.lton*. 2 to ; and Nerbudds Coal, 21 to I dia. AN ESTATE AGENT CHARGED WITH BMBIZZLEMINT. At the Manchester City Police-court, yesterday, before Mr. Fowler, stipendiary magistrate, Mr. Richard Johnson Lawton, who has for many years carried on the business of a surveyor and estate agent, at Booth-street, Manchester, was charged with embezzling various sums of money, estimated at between 3001. and 4001., the pro perty of Mr. Robert Townley Parker, Cuerdon Hall, near Preston. Mr. Cobbett said the prisoner was charged with having embezzled several sums of money belonging to Mr. Robert Townley Parker, by whom be had been em ployed for several years in the capacity of agent. The prosecutor owned a considerable estate lathe township of Bradford, of which he bad the entire management, and it was his duty, amongst other things, to let the land, col lect the rents, and, after paying any necessary accounts, to place the balance in the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. Some months sines Mr. Parker bad reason to suspect there were some irregularities, and he called upon the prisoner to render an account. After the account had been rendered, the prisoner was dis missed, and Mr. Parker went to look after the property himself. He ascertained that there was a class of pro perty let to various persons for the purpose of making bricks, and that they paid their rents, unlike most other people, in the month of November. He referred to the prisoner's account to see whether he . had included: the moneys received by him for that class of property, and he found that out of • sum of 1,0171. receiveklietween November, 1862, and the same month in 1867, prisoner bad only accounted for 6301., thus leaving a balance of 3871. not mentioned at all. Witnesses having been called to prove the payment of the sums above mentioned, Mr. Edwards, who appeared for >fr. Lawton, said he had no doubt that when the prisoner had sufficient time to enable him to go through the several items with his legal adviser there would be a full and satisfactory answer given to most if not all of the charges. The prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions. Bail was accepted, himself in 1,00 W., and two sureties of 600 J. each. _ BREAKING DOWN OP if MAIL STEAMER. Off TELSORAIII.) BOUTHAMPrON, Dec. 17. The steamer Southampton, which left hero last midnight, with the Channel Islands mail, broke down about forty miles distant and was obliged to return here. The mail will be despatched in the steamer Normandy at half-past S ta-night. SHAREHOLDERS' PROTECTION ASSOCIATION. (THIS DAY./ A meeting was held this day, at 1 o'clock, in the London Tavern, the object of the promoters being to form an association for the protection of share holders._ _ . Mr. Heat Bacon, who was moved into the chair, opened the proceedings by expressing his regret at not observing a larger number of shareholders pre sent. He was induced to call a meeting in obedience to a vast number of communications from shareholders and joint-stock proprietors complaining of the doubt and anxiety under which they were suffering in regard to the proceedings of their respective companies and their lia bilities therein, and strongly urging him to take the ini tiative in the establishment of some society that would have the effect of protecting them from the dangers to which they were exposed. The lawyers were always considered to be a great social plague, but it appeared to hint that the liquidators were • muck greater one. It was a shame that the liquidators should be allowed by the court the enormous sum of 12 guineas a day. He confessed he did not believe that many great bankers or merchacts of the City would take a leading part in the organisation of a protection society. The sooner they gave up the pernicious syetem of following great names, which so often led to nun and destruction, the better. He proposed that they should establish a self-supporting orgamastion which would enable them to gain all the information they might need, and to obtain the best legal advice in regard to the con dition, the circumstances, and the accounts of the various companies with which they were con nected, and that the subscription should be two guineas • year. Under the existing system there were no means by which shareholders in town and country could commnnicate with each other. Such a society.. he proposed would furnish such means. The law at present was in a most disgraceful state. They saw frauds of the grossed kind concocted by men in a good mercantile position. These frauds bad been perpetrated in the most barefaced and abominable manner. Shareholders had been plun dered to an enormous extent, and the proceeds of the plunder had been either invested in the purchase of estates or expended in the way of securing seats in par liament. (Hear, hear.) Out of • great number of frauds there were only within • considerable period two convictions, and those for fraud. connected with a certain well-known bank. One of the offenders was still in durance vile, but the other had been released by the Secretary of State, on the ground that further confinement in prison would be injurious to the culprit's health, and that within a period of seven or eight months he had lost 121bs. in weight. (Laughter.) (hi the other band, there had been twenty-seven premature deaths within twelve months, in cluding seven suicides, all to be traced to that unfortunate transaction. The hon. gentleman having stated some other facts connected with this subject, concluded by urg ing upon the meeting the necessity of immediately form ing themselves into such a society as he suggested. After much discussion a resolution, moved by Dr. Toil, and seconded by Mr. Nun, was carried, which delarod the necessity f o r the immediate formation of the rociety, that its objects be to enable mem bers to obtain every information respecting companies in which they are interested, to obtain the best legal advice, and to institute prceocutions in cases of well useertained frauds. A resolution of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. ANOTHER CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA AT HALIFAX. --Three or four weeks ago a lad named Ramsden, about 8 years of age, living in Rangabank, Halifax, was shockingly worried on the neck, mouth, and cheek, by a mad dog. For some days past he has appeared to be recovering under the medical care of Mr. WWilliams, but symptoms of hydrophobia have set in, and the poor lad is not expected to recover. A medical consultation was held on the case on Tuesday. Three deaths from hydrophobia have occurred within a brief time in the borough arming from the attacks of dogs. • SINGULAR CASZ 0V POISONING.—Dr. Caffo, in the Jorermel d.c Coottlaissamees Mr:dieeks, describes a case of poisoning by nitro-benzine, which occurred a. short time ago at Stattord.. A vigorous young man of 24, who was engaged in emptying • cask of artificial oil of bitter almonds by means - of a syphon, thereby unconsciowdy in troduced some nitro-benzine into his system. He did not discover it at once, but continued to work for two hours longer, when he was seized with headache, vertigo, and stuttering; his face assumed • bluish tint, and he fell down in a fit. Vomits were administered without success, and he died on the following day. Upon dissection the whole body emitted a strong smell of bitter almonds ; ecchymosis was remarked on the stomach and other organs; the liver was extremely yellow, and the milt large, friable, and red. The most remarkable circum stance in this case is. that the poison remained so long in active. A FORT ON FlRZ.—Yeaterilay vritnossod a con flagrAtion of a most unusual and disastrous character, in. tlO lees an event than the destruction of a United States fort just within the entrance of our harbour, the fortification in question being none other than the cele brated and renowned Fort Lidayette, around which cluster so many incidents of historic note, pregnant with the memories of the numerous disloyal man of prominence of our nation who were confined within ifs strong walls during the late rebellion. The conflagration found origin in the following manner:—lt •pp that about ton minutes before one o'clock yesterday afternoon fir was discovered from the side of an old and unused chimney on the land side of the fort, where one of the labourers of the engineers' deportment, named Joseph Minim, coo bwry to the orders of impeder, lighted a fire beneath a esd covering the casemate cm that ride for tha eo p ai = waranng his dinner. The fire had ined headway before it was discoversd.—gaNsw York Noel, Deo. 2. 1111M1fe zirrsizreziros—inlie D47J Lome, Duo. 17.—itiad at sem trelif kw. led One. Thievasiuro, Doe. —Arrived Verfaaddre, from ealoada. Der. 15.—flallsd =wall, for Bounkiw ; Tweed, NAM Eir vaoalrzennit Colombo ; Hdlg. Kansas,; Ida Imam. ATSSIVOIiar. M.—Arrived : wind Now Vim& la rtaroot, Deo. M.—Arrived : Wed from WlMaine too ; Arid, Anita. Dee. 16.--Aurora, from: Enema Ayres. Esiled, Dee. 16.—Norysosas, for Melbourne; AolsOks, fhanstml; City of Eskimos (soh New York. HILL. Dec. It—Arrived : Come Vol, from Moats Video. Bailed.—Minale Oral, for Cameroon River. Pl' sorry, Doc. 11. Arrived Pape& (a), from London, for Rio Janeiro. 16. Avon, Daewoo Ayres ; Adam, Trinidad, to., for Hamburg; Vendam, London, to Nstal. FaUllOl7lll. Dom M.—Aldred : W. H. Moody, from Philadel pkis. Baurrot, Doc. 16.—Arrived Glazur, from New York. Hot% sag u, Lau. It—Arrived : Minatitlan, from Liverpool, for Vera Ono ; Agar, Liverpool, New York. Porrsoorrirs, Dor. It —Arrived : Roxburgh Castle, from Madras; Err Majesty's Maumee Benno., Alexandria. Cowls, Doc. I6.—Arrived: Beethoven, from Newcastle, for Rio Juane. lii — —. Die 16. Arrived: Joie Maris, tram Bilbao. Bailed: Mary t3uott. for Bcombev. CALTIES. TORIIT. Due. Id—Arrive AS d U : Little Gem, has Noneina, far London, with ken of forttopmeet and Onager. Poway, Dar. N.—Arrived : Maar, from Cardiff, for Bilbao ; making water Nod with rib milt and rudder and head damaged : W been NO mike wM of Sally. Lac. Id.—The Lanorah (barque) came into caul ailaMiatir.""ta the harbour with the Verdeadi, and both ?week Ihrmearn d. M. Id—Arrived : Wider, from Rio Jamie° ; Neweeetle, for Leghorn, with kr of sad and pumps an d gear broken. asa blto oweisa d. —Arrived : Flonner, frees Cabs. Mater arsabsi ar issairn Dom.—Arrived : Illakjobarg, from Cardiff for Port Yahoo, put back with stern carried away sad other damps !earths born nor iota "blast at macaw by the Wawa. Cowsrarnsorta, Doe. I.—Ttee wrap& ot Osaatiet, Kos- Margo to **United idiagelms. reposiod as whom ass, Id* November was meld yesterday as it tor lid Turkish Ursa. Now Yam (ilaceived Dec. 17, per Atl satte Cabial.--eimeam tram Portsmouth to Bolitaz. N.&, et M. Melia's, dis abled • Ectipne, Digby to G, ashore at &lobo' • WU- Haas idwaris k Omos to Liver iamo pool. w lost oa Roatsa ; Co lombia Ism.),New York to Oimegow, spoken, wawa pose, pro ceeding. WEATHER REPORT.-{THIS DAY.) TIIOSLDAY. 17. 8 •.■. s. 1%2 tar 41 41 0.4Tr'411 , 41 14.114r,411'40 SAS r4i'4l 11.110 r 44'41, • r 111 . 111; NzWass. 'c 1.1i..k- - I ~i TA — itb — .::: Yennedb.. ask* N.W. 'w.s:w.~ 81r29•2;;;;; Ardromm 19.161,41 41 W.B.W. filneearibt 14464 114121868 19.70 r 044 f B.W. Limped 129.711r a 44 W.B.W. Ealiatis 19.48taa 8. Cope Sm tsiLaitO &LW. Usher PL to.ser 48 41; 8. ~29.18r6130 8.8. W. pin=l9 99 r 49 B.W. Soler 48 46 W.R.W. Larkin 48.e1 r 44 43 W.B. W.' E. Orb Nob ;19.70 rSO 46 , W. _ .Erest - •60 50 8. '29.124r GO ao 8.8. E. t Ealbstatt —28.12 r6O be W. Biarrlit 30.15 t 62 50 W. N.W Paris Toalca . . 1 80.111,81 N.W. ff earrodil I—i— N.W. W.S.W. 8.8. W. 8.8. W. B.N.W. SAW. &W. W. W.B W. B.W. W.B.W. B.W. W. B.W. R. Z. are 0.40 OAS 0 o.olli erb!o.o6, • 0.24 coo 0.14 e 0.01 ▪ 0.14 re 0.01 cro 11.11 co 010 coo 0.10 em 0.14 1 o 0.04 o 0.01 orb 0.041 oe 0.01, oft 0.04 cr 0.06 ✓ 0.48, ✓ 0.01, jW.ii.` lath - 17. lawL ils a et usiiiia buwastart earradad sal selael to la Map Mates a f (falling). ba r s ft), Ore.— of tbs sassy irME bat Wm. Tbanonster aarsala &de. SaWama tame lab alnellea Sib IM al baba. X—eslak. Wafter: b.—liaa elan a — (clababsd) ; C—fog ; ; L— Millis nalar) ; 6.—evarabi =ribs ; ia—emow ; t.--Ornba, Ibbfal. bow as ball &ski 1101 Si boos. Ilea ilebababb RE AR &aee yesterday marshy there km been a mmeral fame* of hatemetrioal preeoures, anseentlerr te men then MU ea bads on the east emit of Reglead. la ilestiend Ike awe, Awing the apt has been rapid. In the esethAtert of mite. however, a taD m pressure a *gala reported ohm midnight. Theism' read ings now ne to the north. The dilimenee hateele Nairn and Rochefort is Oil in. Temperature has slightly rime to the south and was. On the south seat of belted sad in the Irish gm the gale from the seuth-west blew yesterday. At Valises the wind Les leeks& to .oath, sad is move lbleseists lord. At the estrum of the Miami the wind is fresh her the mate quarter. At Rochefeet the wind continuo streets . but has veered to was. Baba Ms been meal, and in Seselmil heavy. Met is reported at Meets on our meth sad sat meets, whilst the sky in dandy with rata is betted. The sea at Talontia I. very high. Ware ing, were Weed yesterday to all goads. Mdlle. Schneider is going to Egypt ! Not fewer ugh 7,000 fellahs are engaged in building a theatre on the Ethekicb, opposite to Shepherd's Hotel, at Cairo. The temple will satin be reared, and Mdlle. Schneider will then sally forth to resume Cleopatra's sceptre. She is to re ceive 2,0001. for fifteen representations, a subvention of 0,0001. and rerte-biefseles for the engagement of • troupe. /Mee. Lionide Leblanc, Silly, Blanche d'Antigny, Julie Baron, and other howls, have all soddenly seceded to Nahoinedanism, and the poor dear Mussulwornen are all clamouring for engagemen t s.—Galipmei. The Madone (Its Roses is still drawing the town to the GIME in crowd. as dense as Mir Multon's self at tracts to the Vaudeville. DISTRX.BBINO AOCIDINT.-011 Friday, at Carter ton Hall, Weetanoreland, the seat of Mr. W. W. Caries- Wilson, a page, . pointing a gun in fun at the kitchen maid, shot her m the head, and she fell dead on the door. _ . AGRARIAN OUTRAGES IN IffellAND.—Diatnx- Dances occurred at Shannon-bridge, county Galway, on Monday. While a party of police were escorting the bailiffs who had notices to serve on the tenants of Arch deacon Butson, some of them were assaulted and cut with stones, the people saying th e y would make another Scully affair. The police charred and dispersed them, and some notices were nailed on tho doors of the houses. Mr. Morgan Rotheram was fired at on Saturday night while driving from Virginia to Athboy, county Meath. A slug parsed through his hat. Another slug struck Mrs. Rotheram in the forehead, wounding her severely; it glaneid off, or it would have killed her. A tAIILLY FErD AND RECONCILIATION.—The Gazette de Cagliari gives a curious account of the extinction of a feud in the island of Sardinia,the details of which 'Smugly resemble those of the reconciliation of the two Corsican families described in Alexander Dumas' romance of " Lei Frres Core..." In the present instance the fete took place in the village of Agius, where two hostile bodies, who, for more than two years, had been persecuting and murdering each other, had agreed to forget their animosities and join ha nds in friendship. The two hostile families entered the church simultaneously, amidst the ;tipof bells and acclamations of the people, and themselves on opposite sides, namely, the Chil gom, the Vass, the Mak; the Malejo, and the Liam., more than sixty in number, along one wall of the build ing ; and the Mumedu and the Coesu, fifty-four in number, on the other. The mini, M. Sechi, then pronounced a discourse on mutual forgive ness, which produced a deep sensation, and the hostile parties, moved even to tears, threw themselves into each other's arms, promising a permanent recon ciliation. After leaving the church the two families separated to take a frugal repast, and then met again at the house of the curl, who received them in presence of the authorities and confirmed the friendly compact with a suitable exhortation. WONDERFFL ESCAPE OF THIRTY CHILDREN.— The Spanish journals mention an alarming accident in an infant school at Fuonte de Conte. in Itstramadura. The roof suddenly fell in, burying about thirty children in the ruins; fortunately they were ranged along the wall at the moment, and although several received earione con tusions no life wail:rt. THE QUEEN'S CHRISTMAS CATTLE.—Provioui to this year it bad been the rulo to have an annual sale by auction at this season of her Majesty's fat stock of oxen at the Windsor Great Park. This year, however, Messrs. Dockland and Son have sold many of the Scotch, Welsh, and cross-bred at tho fortnightly Slough sales, the re mainder being disposed of at the &elan markets, the prices averaging about 20gs. each, which is rather under those of last year. On Tuesday last Meows. Dockland and Son di s of, by auction, the prize cattle fed on the Prince wtt's model farm ; exhibited at the Smithfield Club Cattle Show. The finest beast was bought by Mr. Webb, butcher, Windsor, for 40gs., the others averaging 213/. each. _ _ Tux LUCKY NIIMBERB.—The 14th drawing of the City at Paris Bonds (1866) took place on Tuesday at the lintel de Ville, when the following numbers gatned wins —603,063 1,0 1,000 L ; 9,136, 4,0001. ; 106,968, 87,906, 76,243, and 396, each 4001. ; 288,6: 8 1 ‘ 76,674, 0 4,746, 117,748, and MK each 4001.; 376, 886,848, 944,036, 188,670, 443,828, 418,278, 388,697, 248, 294.188, mad 487,864, tale 801. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (THIS DAY.) (mot mix owir 0011111POND/017.) The market continues quiet, but steady, and the Was foot up about 10,000 bake, of which 3,000 bales go for speculation and export. CORK BuTist ILLREaff. 7 (TMB DAY.) (Tam Oil OWN coarisari - arnarr.) Ordinary, 1395., 1315., 1215., 11sa, 1065., 100 s. ; 1,301 firkins. Mild cured, 1605., 1464., 126 a. ; 30 firkins. WINCING-LANIL-(THIS DAY.) Soon-There is • fair demand, chiefly for brown qualities, and prices are well rted ; ordinary to good brown West India, 30s. to 33e. Refined continues quiet, without change in prices. Coma-The demand for plantation Ceylon continues at steady prices ; native Ceylon and common arport qua lities of Rio are also in steady request. Tna.-The public sales are progressing with rather more spirit at the opening rates. Rica, Rom, and Siurrzran.-No sales to report. tisoo.-300 bugs sold at previous prices, small, 19s. to 19s. 6d. ; large, 9s. Sercas.-There are buyers of white pepper only at a reduction of id. per lb. on late full rates. sold at 60. to sjul.; black dull of sale. Pimento u steady ; com mon to middling, 214. to 21d. Cloves, Zanzibar, sold at id. per lb. advance, common to good middling. 3id- to 40. Cinnamon sold at lower prices; first sort, 2s. 10d. • second, 2s. 7d. to 2e. Bd. ; third, 2s. 41. to 2s. sd. ; fourth, le. 10d. • chips, low to fair, 81d. to £l,l. Ginger, African. 28e. to 2P4. 6d. ; Cochin, 365. to 465. FitrlT.-The Christmas demand now being over, there is a less active inquiry, and previous prices are not in all cases supported. Corrox.-There is a fair demand, but at prices in buyers' favour. JirrE has eold heavily. New crop at about the former value; old at a further decline; common to good, 121. 10s. to 211.6 e. COCIIINEAL has sold with spirit, at full prices. Tene rife silver, 2s. ltkl. to 3s. 2d. ; black, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 21. ; Honduras bold pasty grain, 2s. 9d. to' s. 10d. TALLOW ILARKET.-(THIS DAT.) The market is fiat. Towu tallow, 48e. 9d. Petenburg Y.C. ou the spot, 495. Csl. , December, 49e. 6d.; January, 60e.: March, 60e. 6d. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. (THIS DAT.) We have a good aupply of berate, and it is now evident some choice animals were kept back frocathegreatmarket, no doubt because it was so long before Christmas day. Prices are quite u good as on Monday last, and there is a good clearance of choice g Lluditks. Some inferior descriptions remain unsold. The number of is large, being twice as many as exhibited l i a tr e &e corresponding day of last year. Trade is =o e r best descriptions, yet scarcely equal to Monday. qualities are not in demand. Choioe calves are still scares and dear. Our foreign supply consists of 446 beasts and 113 calves. Perukes °Mb& 4. 4. 4. d. P 44 dew GI aft &4. a. Beet Boob, Beret& . 6 6 6 1 BastDaltZlitolia 0 0 0 • Heat abort-harm 6 4 5 Bat Lamplamb.—.. b 0 6 4 Owed qua. Beads 3 4 4 Ds, is, nava— 0 • 0 0 Cairo 4 0 6 ZW46060141411161. 4 • Pigs •4 5 44.Ihrea • 0 0 BeGlDestElf-beeds 4 6 Lambs 00 0 • beasts at affickat. kat ; sham aribiebk 18,110; oho% WI; 38,1 SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET —(THIS DAY.) Mr. Charles James Easton reports trade at tho last day's prices. Prime dozer, from Hes. to 120 s. ; inferior ditto, Ms. to 100 a. ; prime hay, Illia to 115 s. , inferior ditto, Us. to 9.55. ; straw. Ms. to Ms. A VOLUNTEER PUKED !OR Szu.nro HIM CAR anns.—On Tuesday, at Lomat a, 'urn" , named To.L Roberta, was charged at the ammo* or Lieut.-Coloasl Gainoigno, of the Ist Wag Sham (Leeds) Voluntese Artillery, with to Mm a imilis lad mud bayonet that had bees to Ms as s gunner in the corps v aca ti one d. ma t joined tha ootz b 1863, but left Leeds someibis "wag up his antis. Noel. ma beard of hisa ll =tlia dlio ci Novem ber bid, 'lea tbs adjutaat of at osiimmil ( Shields) sib Ma to Limb. lb *ea plumbed = over the same ma e. _bat be bibil 4 la va so i sad it nue sosseadwed that he hsd rzessabil lemdiady with whom be 1081Iobk loaded Ihs ardoloa won lds owu. sad that As midi mosey Bo 01 Willi e l : Boar hisk be wan ba bir d = Ewan 31. Ns. M.. the va w le. at Os arms sail comb, or lii bre smodbor MOM* da 1 t • e par I t W - I 1