The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-17 00:00:00

MONEY -MARKET. CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY. In Cle foreign exchanges this afternoon there 'was no alteration of importance of the rates by last Post, but the tendency of the Austrian rates was a gain slightly favourable to the currency of that country, There Were no gold operations at the Bank to day. The Liverpool cotton-market was again active to daY, at a fresh advance. T he New York telegrams this afternoon show, as Was expected, that the statement sent over a few week s b ack, that the national liab i l i t i es were '° e l Y " £ 1 30,000,000, was altogether fictitious, the ar eount of national debt being now admttted by Mr. Chase to be certainly more than £220,000,000 in the course of six months from this date, with a Prospect of its being raised to £400,000,000 by the end of 1864. A s the debt of the S out h mus t b e ta ken into account in any scheme that may be eon ealdered Poss i ble for peace, it would thus seem that, apart from the proposed compensation to loyal . B .ehold ers, the public burdens on the rehabilita tion of the Union are likely, even on the Govern 11lant estimates, to b e littl e s h or t o f the total national debt of Great Britain, carrying a rate of interest ' l nch will cause their pressure on the population to be nearly double that of the debt of this country. CITY NEWS---THIS D AY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Be yond a slight increase in the demand for ac commodation, th e money mar k e t ex hibits no per ceptible chan ge . Th e supp l y o f commerc ial bills on o ffer is still exceedingly moderate, but money is ire more requ es t, ow i ng to t h e se ttl emen t o f the count in foreign stocks and railway shares. The ; i n crease of b us i ness, however, is too small to in uenne the quotations for mercantile securities, Which continue to range as low as 2i per cent. The traffic receipts of the Dutch Rhenish Railway for the fortnight ending Nov. 30, amounted to £7,58 6 7s. 3d., and for the corres p ondin g p eriod of la st year to £7,474 Os. 4d., showing an increase of £ll2 Os. lid. in favour of the present year. The directors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland have given notice that a dividend for the half year ending Christmas next, at the rate of 4 per cent., tn the paid .up stock, and also an extraordinary dividend of 30s. on each £lOO share, and 12s. on each £lO share, will be paid on and after the 15th Proximo. Vie Banking Almanac and Diary for 1863 may e Considered in every respect at this instant an important publication. The volume has been care fully edited and arranged by Mr. D. Morier Evans, and, following so closely the period cf excitement ass ociated with the organisation of new banks, f urnishes an amount of fresh information which wi ll be found available by bankers, merchants, and the mercantile community at large. The work is satis • factory as a specimen of substantial typography and bind ing,, and for the banker's parlour or the count ing-house w ill b e ac k now ledged to be of great use for y. er day reference. In addition to the banking intelligence, which of course is the great feature, L iis book contains a good diary and other corres ponding memoranda, so that it affords a convenience r Confidential entries if any are requisite. Two o'CLOcK. The improvement of 4- per cent. which took place Yesterdayfirmly in the English Stock Market has been Inaintaineil to-day, Consols being 921 for ,T i e 37 and 92; 1 for the account. This rise is " . ' e fly attributable to purchases, probably based 'Pon the more favourable prospects of the specie movement. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are firm, at 9 2 4 4 ; the 21 per Cent. Annuities have b een dealt in at 751; Exchequer Bills, at Bs. to 12s. Prem. Bank Stock is firm, at 233 ; and India 5 Per Cent. Loan, 1071 1. Rather more activity has prevailed in the Foreign Market, and prices generally have continued firm. Turkish 6 per Cents.. 1854. are 83; 84 ; 1 ,- ; ditto, 1858 , 70 1; ditto New Scrip has improved to 3 1 Prem. ; and the Consolides are supported at 381 39 ; Mexican Stock is 316 ; Portuguese, 484 d ; ditto I ‘ T evg Scrip, 41 pr e m. ; Russian New Loan, 931 ; S ardinian, 811 Q ; Spanish Passive, 23a 3 ; Italian, ?II; Venezuelan, 246 i; and the New Scrip has Improved to 2 dis. ; Greek Bonds are heavy, at 16 1; and the Coupons are 61 4• 111 the R a il way Share Market the operation s We re very limited, and prices generally exhibited i etls firmness. Great Northern declined £ l, and %r ioashire an d Y or k s hi r e, Midlands, and North Eastern (Berwick) ss. ; South Easterns, however, teProved 55.. a jhe Foreign lines were very inactive. Antwerp b Rotterd am brought 77,- ; and Great Luxem t4g, 14, In th er eit Colonial Market, Grand Trunk of Canada i tm kri ed firm a t 22, an d G rea t Western of Canada to r: v ed to 13 and 131 ; East Indian brought 108 " 81, and Bomb a y a nd Baroda, 1041 105. tintoint - Stock Ba n k an d Miscellaneous Shares con ed in limit e d reques t, a t a b o ut previous quota tionlhnsi: London an d C oun ty r ealised 381- ; Oriental stock' 64 1 ; Ottoman Bank, 32a ; Crystal lace 36 .1; 37 ; and Berlin Water Works, 61 P 13ril,ti.i 2:l3 t er ß rec l e T nent l .t B An. H Ann Y nuu lJ itii N teise D s S . —:NE O'CLOCK. 3 Bak Sto,., 233 Per `-'' a , Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 i lir! nt. Consols Annuities Ives, vv 3 92 92i k Dii4tteoP'-ler Lent. 1071 i b it ,° Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — T\ • I ° 6 per Cent 4 ` j 'ili t tt t° o ent. De bentures, i , 4 per Cent., Oct., 1563 tx, b osi : tto : us , ittm i t t do t ae u iri ditto 4l,oo Aug . 1864 o r 66 LO 0 k D• tt° .-'orlds £1 q 0 „ 0 27 "quer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per Ct. Ditto £5OO 8 ...13 4 , 11 2 0 RE1GN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 4k , ,,,, - ;,' .. , Yres 6 per Cent Di "an, 7 per Cent. 4tto, Second Issue r t ee . k 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons it itto C oupons Je li n 6 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 731 1, D.„:lcan, 3 per Cent itto Account ° , ll lguese 3 per Cent., 1853 .„-uitto 3 pet Cent., 1862 ii - uitto Scrip, £2O pd l uian 5 per Cent. 182? £ St D itto 41 per Cent., 1850 /N. i i ii - rtto 5 per Cent., 1862 Vnicu). 5 per Cent. .. itto Account 'P' t .,,liiBh 3 ,Per Cent r uitt °PieSive 231 Irkish i. • " . --- ° per Cent. 1854 vv. 6 per Cent. 1858 7O tiL,Lo Account 70;4 1 ° 6 , s per Cent., 1862. Scrip, £6O pd 3 74 lm P ell u vaid-up Scrip bi7 ll e l a, ~,Att to Ac o p Cent unt o n I 1 " - Per Cent., 1862 (Scrip), £53 paid 2 die Ni lo n;.vidends on the above payable in London. -)° Per Cent 1861, Ex. 2sf. .) TWO O'CLOCK. 00. C I S, m o to A 118 Y, ~ - ....ccount, .1 an. 8 921 1 C-RYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. Th e MEETING THIS DAY. 0 0 ,, atp, ord inary h a lf-y ear ly mee ti ng o f the Crystal Palace nl was held this day at the London Tavern. Th' e ' ar cinharson, chairman of the directors, presided. havi report which has already appeared in The b'un T i l l ? been taken as read. er, CRA.IRMA. eded to move its adoption. He vng rat . s , • N proce Stat e ulated the shareholders upon the present prosperous Dr el) ° ,. l tile company, and the amount of dividend it was s a i d °ell to distribute. Their magnificent structure he Peet:n aB la thorough condition, and altogether the pros teior the f u t ure were mos t c h eer ing. s ee ,t M otion for the adoption of the report having been ondd , th e , Pit oPtivron said he hoped the directors would add to of Pl'eßent attractions the model, on a small scale, of . an %iel l 4lis b. homestead, with its quaint picturesque fitting. the display determination would give a great oppor tunit y for w q'uty of taste and would be a source of g reat attraction a ~a s 0 f pinion that if the directors gave the publi id b e 'lre art and a little less Punch and Judy, there wou t 4Q „ fallin g off in their annual receipts. He did not ob died a Proper quality of amusement being given, but he cot think that it should be altogether allowe d to dis keft; b iZher W or k s of art. e : 8°11143 further discussion the report, which declare d dib 'teUtl at the rate of 3 per cent) was agreed to. rsons ,$ trig ,f the na' coar. ;, and What m96° w hoie cab* the O&Y a free easo or did ; I and a ink ontr°l' rioritY; orals. h vor° rn D a ' ,11 0 1 Jed 131 by ti l. 3ce ptir by the ' a g ood st well Wh o 3 wi sest ;COttiSh ch that ke; al / 3r Ova l ng and t heoio- Sento oil g•ov 4 , • but a rist o ' of self -11 there' 't-eedoril itY by i"' we el' ity 0 1 4 r nmen t r as o r " cor ne e king the Prir c, AND eo• t 1 1) 13 Ag e 9 10 4 A 0 • 5 910 • A g 4 9 6 9 r 8 9 9 AA 9 9 4 g • 4 9 0 4 4 8 1 • 8 1 4 k ri ao 6l l ll 'pear StIARE MARKET...THIS DAY. _ . ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOkS. Railways. Paid, Closing Price. Business done. • Bir., Wol., and Str. Val 1 813 the and Tyne. ... • Boat., SI eat, andMi d. Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn yv al I A (rets no diV Do flp c.p an .has • B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A. stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an 1 W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do # 5hare5........ Metropolitan Midland Do New ..'Derby Do Birming. Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern —Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle... North London 8 8i CI 61 83 $35 115 116 6} 7 41 43 13 14 86 88 109 106 46 47 93 45 241 241 124/ 125 A 128 130 135 137 104 106 671. (Si 55 57 ICS,I 1 0 91 72 71 117 118 18 89 95/ 06 101 102 40 41 9 9i 128 k 12,1 it lod 96 98 514 52 25 27 991 991 d 56 67 88 tB4 125 127 106 108 Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stocl: n o Scot. Mid. stock Shrew e. and Weichpool IShropshi7e Union South Devon la 41 101 111 118 120 47/ 48/ 103 105 47 49 336 346 BFI ssi 681 694 99 101 7 8 39 40 I 10 loi pl 7 7i p 146 148 44 5 v 24 3 p 554 564 26 34 p *dip 87 89 140 145 South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,an dWok. Stockton Az Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. •• Do B Do C Ulster. Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford 86 Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Han &R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 29 31 PREFERENCE s: & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 5f p. c. Cornwall, 5 per ant Do. 44 p. c. gua. perpet Dun. Perth, &Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref , Edin.&Glas.S p.c. shares. Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & D Glas.Sz S. West. gu. 5 p.c Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. 1 No. Do Do 6 p. c. pref Do. E. Angn A sty p.c. Do ....7 p.c. Do, E. Agn. B 6 p. c. pf. Do. do. C 7 do. Do. E. Tinton, 4 p.c. gua Do 5 p.c. gua Do.Norf'k 5 p.c. Ex. 184. Do. do. 51 p c. pref. 1547 Do. f , p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm. Do. 4f p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redmatsp.c.pm Do. Hertford purchase.' Do. Luton do Do.H.tL. pur. 4 p. c. pf Do. Luton pur. 5 p. c.pf Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland' 4 per cent Great West.(llerks an, Wants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shr 'Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pre( Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnal.st£s 3s 10dpe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur Lon.&Brig.sp.e.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. I per cent. d 0... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P2 I Do. 4 p c.st(div.detliP6t , OtactA. Lon. & N. W., Coy. 4- Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lou. & S.West. 7p. cent et., late 3d shares Do. (Portsm'th perpetl anus. of 2s. 6d.) Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent„ .... Do. redeem. 6 percent Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 4 per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk Do. Con. Bri s.& Bin 6 p.e Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 44 p.c. irredeemable Do. 44 per cent . Do.Leic. andHit.4per ct Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. she N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44pr. ct redeemabl , Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, R. & S. Purch. Do. Carlisle 44 p. c. Do. do. 4 p. c N. London 4. p. c. £2O pt North Staffordshire Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua. 6 p e Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastein(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4i per cent Do, Fixed 4i per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Do. 6 p. c. gua Stock. & Dar. A p. c Do. p p. c Do. C j). c... Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. ... Witted & Kilkny. 6 p. c. W. Dlld.-Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do. .... Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do.Pe p. c. pf. 1865 Do. till 1869 Share 13.14 43 44 35 37 944 24 ARES. 95 97 zoi 21i ai t 7 [ll 113 91 93 Ll 2 114 [ll 113 [29 131 105 108 129 131 148 152 117 119 [l2 114 105 107 [OB 110 98 100 98 100 88 90 89 01 102 104 77 79 170 175 104 10u 138 140 103 105 116 118 116 118 136 140 116 118 155 160 131 135 80 82 OR Q 7 21 3 124 126 if fpm 1.8 70 iPm 140 142 103 tOS 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 8. 13.4 95 1 , 7 110 112 108 110 1 liptu 93 95 103 105 98 100 •• .• P i P 100 100 100 all all I,`D .g•, 24 234 i6l ibt 24 24} 102 104 102 104 87 89 21} 11/ 28 29 33 34 33 34 i& 47 126 128 120 124 100 102 121 123 117 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co.s Price. Done. Birkenhead.. ...... 100 Do.&G.W 89 91 Buckingh,mghire. .. 100 Do. 9B 98 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 55 67 Do. siper cent 100 Do. 126 128 Do. .5 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon 103 105 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&G.E (8 70 E. Lincolnsh. g6pr c. 100 Gt.Nerth. 136 138 Gloster & Dean Fores all Gt. West. Gt.Ea , tn. Newmarket &c., 5 per cent lOO Gt.Eastn. Do.E.U.Harwch. 4 p.c 100 D 0... Do.Wodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c 101 Do Hull and 13elby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 202 205 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B per cent ..•. all Lon.&Cht 11/ 12 Do 41 per cent ..nt lOO Do .87 89 881 Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Do. •• • • • • Do. New ShlB6l, slip. all D 0........ 22 24 Do.Wii. Ext. A, 41p c. all Do . 8/ 6 London & Green.wic 100 S. Eastern 64 66 Do. Preterell a Lon.,Tilb.& S.: ,thend 100 Peto &Co B9 91 Lnd' dr. &Ennis. orig. 100 Do. At 100 Irish N.- Do. B, 100 Western. Do. C, 100 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 1 100 Norfolk • • • • • • Do 6 per cent . ... 100 Do. l‘inc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 4 4i Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock ... 100 Midland 96 98 Nor.Dev.ltall & bock. 100 L.&S.W. Do A stock lOO from Ist Do B stock lOO Jan.,1863. Do. Preference.... Nortlin.&Eastn. sp. c al 0 l Gt. Eastn 67 59 Do. 6 per cent. N. Eastn—HartlePool 110 N. E. lien North Western Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 951 961 Preston and Wyre. 1 all n isT . j c. 44 46 Do. 1 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. . • .. Roys t n .nitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 LAN.W.. 135 137 1361 Do. Do. South Staffordshire West London, Cis A all W.Ln.Ex , Do do B all Ln&N.W. Do C all & Gt.Wst. Do Wilts and Somerset 1 100 Gt. West. 92 94 Wi m bledn & Croydon' all L.&Brgtn 91 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS on the Profits of each separate Yes FREFEREN Dividends contingen E SH t on tit Caledon. £lO Gua. Sick Gt Eastern 5 P. c • pref. Kent Coast, 6 P.ct• PL. _l' Lon.& I dcwall,4l op D ne o dr Do. ,en d e, n o nt .r 4 .1 4 g. shares 458 Do. do. 4 per cf. 1860 1 Do. do. 4; per ct. 1861 Do. do. 44 per ct. 1861 6p.c.2d pf Do, Metrop. Ext [1,6 p.c. Lon. &S.Western 44 p.c., North British £lO Gua. Shares, 1861.. • .... DoEd,Prtli,&Dilee , "4pc Scottish Central 44 p.c. irred. pref... .... S.-Eastern 44 p.c. 1859.. Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.) Do. 5 p.c. Aug.lB6l (rd.) Stkton &Darlgtn. D,Pf Do. _ _ do. 100 100 2. 100 .ND STOCKS if each separate Year. 100 100 100 3f (00 all 100 102 104 108 108 IC2 103iP wale of Neat') k,,..,...1 iP 103 105 92 06 103 105 83 85 10i 101 104 106 103; 4 80 83 10 101 10: 10 101 10 2811 29 201 211 Railways Lawrene( a&. 4 ( . .3ent Ind Born.,Baru., Cu. 5 per Do. New Buffalo and LO.EC lluroL Do. Preference Buflalo,BrantotGodrieb 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1877 Do. do. Julie 1, 1879 ( lle,utta.er S.Easto . (Lim) Cape Town Dock Scrii Eaetn. Bengal gu. 6 p. C East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext.... • Do. do. H do. • • Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d I'ref. 6 per et.. Do. 6 per et. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lncliaPentn.gu a.6 p .c Do. New gua. 5562 e... Do. January, 1 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. ot Canada Share - Do, New ...... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. '77-8. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., sp. o. .. I Do. 4f p. c. Extension ' I Be. 4 4 do ...• Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. p. c. Bnds Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newßrunswicic& Candy Class A Capital Share Do. do. B Capital d 0... N.Rl.C'da 6 pc Ist pi bds Scinde •• „ • • Do. Delhi Do. do ..... .• • Do. Punjaub Do. Do. .. • • tez Do. Indus. St. Flo. Paid. all 100 Closing Price. -- 6567 101 105 i 56 8 86 77 CO 75 7 8 71 74 ] 104 106 1 107 i 1086 106 107 10 ; 76 1086 8 11 ) 216 224 72 74 6365 34 SG 47 50 34 36 34 36 103 107 1 1; 1p 1044 1051! 13 136 7.1 71 98 100 00 02 I i dis IC4 105 99 100 94 96 51 53 3 5 3 5 83 65 106 107 104 105 pr ip I ; 1014 1054 101 102 100 (100 100 2 15 i 100 llon IcAlt aYa 7} 74 11 2 o 1} 7 6 • 1 11 p 201 t! all all all all all 14 14; 9 91 20 21 40& 41i id pr bt, 9i 9 8 d 45 46 41 43 181 181 14 16 i i 94 9f 10 1O 1$ I;iin 231 231, Business done 31 32 3 20 1 7 1 lot 1 tOi 21.4 105 42 1081 8 35 41 100 131 i 13 1011 'OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC U RITIES. Can.liov. 6 p.c.Ja &J uly 1877-84 • I Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c.Mar.& Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stocks Cape G.Hope, 6p c,1873 Do.Ap & Oct 1880, Do. 1890: Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p N.13.G0v. pm. J a.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. G ov. 5 p c., 1866, Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 Do. d0.,1888 &upwda New Zealand 6 p. cent. Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c 1 sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. b. Aus G6p.c.1878.& Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to 6 o.e. An.&Oet.. 108 109 'lO6 108 106 108 991 99} 97 %9 103 110 111 113 112 114 114 116 107 108 100 100 100 100 100 101 102 101 102 101 1011. 111 113 1 [OB 109 10 112 111 113 104 109 108} 108; I ALLEGED MURDER. 1 1 1 42i ft 111 NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant:) PELoxionaLY 'WOUNDING. THE SUM LONDON, WEDNESDAY' EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1862. LAW---THIS DAY. ,- COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Mr. Justice Willis.) LLEWELLIN V. WINDEAIL-TIIE LATE LtNACY CASE. The plaintiff in this case is Mr. Llewellin, who keeps a boarding-house in Duke-street, St. James's, and the de fendant is Mr. William Frederick Windham, who some time ago resided at this establishment, The action was brought for the recovery of a sum of money for board and lodging. The defendant paid £26 into court, and pleaded infancy for the remainder. Only eight of the special jury answered, and after the Judge had remarked with some :severity on the conduct of the absentees, fined them £lO each. At this time a num ber of excuses were handed in, and some more of the jury men having arrived, bringing the number up to eleven. The Judge having waited a considerable time asked counsel on either side whether they would pray a tales, only one juryman being required. As there was no respohse, the learned Judge said he was sorry the jury had had the trouble of attending, and he had no alternative but to discharge them. The jury being incomplete, the case must drop. A large number of persons who were witnesses in the late lunacy case were present for the purpose of being 100 I examined. CRIMINAL COURT--THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) MANSLAUGHTER. Frederick Smith, aged 36, smith, was indicted for felo niously killing Thomas Seville. Hannah Wheatley, single woman, said she occupied a room at 12, Wood's-buildings, Gravel-lane. The prisoner, with his wife and three children, occupied the rooms on the first floor above the witness. On the 22d of November she heard singing in the prisoner's room. She saw her daughter, Hannah Pearce, with some beer in a can. Soon after she heard voices, and some one called out, " Give me the change." She then heard the prisoner say, " I'll not." The voice she heard first then replied, "Then I'll have it out of you." A scuffle ensued, when the table was turned over. Presently she heard a man fall down stairs. She afterwards saw tha man at St. Thnm.R'. Hospital dead. A police constable said when he first saw Searle he had three severe wounds in his head. The prisoner admitted he had committed the assault, and added that Searle should not have come after his wife. He also told the police that Searle had two or three times got his wife away from him, and he had great difficulty in getting her back again. The man was much affected, and said he should not care what became of his own poor carcase, if it were not for his own poor children. The Surgeon said the man died from the injuries he had received in his head. Over the right eye there were two cuts one inch and a half in length. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Baron Martin sentenced him to nine months' im prisonment. William Cairns, 62, carpenter, was indicted for feloniously killing and slaying Alexander Norden. It will be recollected that the death of the unfortunate man was occasioned by a chisel, thrown by the prisoner, entering his body. The men in the shop in which the pri soner was engaged had been throwing bits of wood at each other, and one of these having hit the prisoner, he caught up the chisel and throw it, ;when it accidentally struck the deceased. AFRICAN S On the prisoner being asked to plead, he said he should plead guilty to throwing the chisel which caused death, but he had no intention of killing Norden. Mr. Baron Martin said he would look over the depositions before he passed sentence. Salome Newmann, aged 17, was indicted for the wilful murder of her infant child iu the parish of St. John, Hackney. C.0211P4. N MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of the African Sl:eams,n.p i Com pany took place to-day. Mr. Patrick 'ouglas Hadow in the chair. The report, which was .:Lnanimously agreed to, stated that, under a " Deed 04. _ Covenant with the late Mr. Macgregor Laird, it was P :greed that for ten years, from the Ist September, 18523 - I !.e should be paid one-fifth part of the amount, from time to time declared to be profits, available for distribution ; and at the expiration of that period, which took place~nthe 31st August last, an account was to be stated of all the assets and liabilities of the company, and any surplus of assets was to be considered surplus profits, one-fifth part of which was to be paid to Mr Laird. A settlement has been arranged between your directors and Mr. Laird's executors, and a resolution confirming same was laid before the meeting. The direc tors regretted to report the total loss of the Cleopatra, at Shebar, on the 19th August last, while on her homeward voyage. The chief engineer was unfortunately drowned while going on shore, but the passengers and orew were all saved. The mails, cargo, and passengers' luggage were lost. The Cleopatra will be replaced by a vessel similar to the Macgregor Laird, which had proved to be a very efficient ship. With the exception of the loss of the Cleopatra, the directors had much pleasure in reporting that, during the past six months, the mail service had been performed in a most satisfactory manner, the ships having kept their contract time, and they were all in a thorough state of re pair and efficiency. The balance remaining to the credit of revenue account, after making all these charges is £5,245 178. 6d., out of which the directors recommend the pay ment of the usual dividend of 7s. per share, free of income tax, for the half-year ending 31st October, 1862. This payment, together with the amount the directors propose to pay the executors of the late Mr. Laird, will absorb £4,852 16s. Od., leaving a balanoe of £393 Is. 6d. to be carried to the credit of next half-year's accounts. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and after reverting to tho loss of the Cleopatra, said that the company had sustained since the publication of the state ment another disaster by the wreck of the Dee, destined for trading service on the Sierra Leone coast. This vessel was overtaken by a tempest 400 miles on the north side of Madeira, and after being abandoned she sunk. Notwith standing these losses, and the large provisions made for future contingencies, the directors were enabled to recom mend the payment of the usual dividend, via., Is. per share. A vote of thanks to the directors terminated the pro ceedings. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner was a domestic servant to Mrs. Bolton, a widow lady, residing at 14, Navarino-road, Dalston. In October last the mistress of the prisoner found her in great pain, and evidently in labour. Afterwards she gave birth to a child, concealed the body, and denied it. The dead body of the child was afterwards found on the top of the register of the stove in the prisoner's bedroom, with a string tied tightly round its neck. POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. PRISONS PREFERABLE TO WORKHOUSES.—EIiza Bryan an inmate of St. Martin's workhouse, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, as follows : The jury found the prisoner guilty of concealment of birth, and she was sentenced to lii months' imprisonment with hard labour. Mr. George Leonard, surgeon, of 2, Salisbury-street, Strand, temporarily acting as surgeon at the St. Martin's Workhouse, said that on the previous afternoon, the pri soner, while in a state of intoxication, came into the ward where he was attending the patients and made use of very bad language, calling him an old -, and making a great disturbance. She was then given into custody. Richard Randle, the porter at the workhouse,corroberated Mr. Leonard in some respects, and said the prisoner was drunk, Prisoner said that when she went into the workhouse with her three children they were perfectly healthy. Before long they were infected with a thousand diseases, and removed to the foul ward, where one of them, a girl of eight years of age, died. The other two were still in the wird. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was very foolish for her to go on in the way she had done, because the children must be cured. Prisoner said that her children were put to sleep in the same bed with other children who were badly diseased, so that there was no chance of their being cured. Mr. Leonard said they were put in the same place as all those with infectious diseases. Joseph Stennentz, 26, labourer, was indicted for feloni ously wounding Susan Osborn with a poker. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen tenced to 18 months' imprisonment. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he was not a doctor, but he did not see how a child could be cured if put to sleep and rub against another child labouring under an infectious disease. They might brimstone the child as much as they liked, but he should think with very little effect. It was not to be wondered at that persons in workhouses should complain, and it answered the question asked why prisons wore pre ferred to workhouses, when gaols were so clean and com fortable. The prisoner had been proved to have been drunk, and he should commit her for seven days, but as to the children, he should suspend his judgment entirely. 6.4.0 19.16.4 12.10 2s. 6d. 124 i 129} 6n 1 8 7 1 1081 I 73} IES 95} 6 128} . 1 P 52! 991 I N'OREI Antwerp Az Rotterdam. Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c Belgian East. Junction Copiapo •••••••••••• •• • • Ditto Extension.... Dutch Rhenish ......• Do Eastern of France Grand Rue Gnar. 6 p. c Gt. Luxem., Con. she Italian Junction .... • • Namur & Liege .... ...• Do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares . N.Rail. of BucnosAyres Gus. 7 p c., Lim Norwcgi an - Trunk Fret Ot'mn( Smyrna to Aicln) Paris,Lyons, tz Iticditer. Paris & Orleans Portuguese Rail. Royal Recite & S. Fran. (Peru.) gm& 7 p. Ct. lirn Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish.- Royal Swedish ......, Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, Um, g. 7 p. c S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 p et. Southern of France Turin and Savona West Fianderu Do. 5i p c. Fret erence W. & N.W. of France 0 42 380 390 2a 3 874 Ina 38 10 101 1R 1 (1 i 2 id /pm 19 21 7 9 4 3f 41 20 <2 11 &d 4P 7 8 1 de pr I 1 2 21 t 1 ds 11 21 11 1 3 6 S Pm IPm 54 56 4f 51 1 4 si 8i ANKS. 02 04 6j 7p 70 :2 25 26 97 09 49 51 21# 21i 49 42 91 93 41 13 20} 20i 3 2d 6 d 6p 56 filP 11 16 276 38A 39. 36 87 pr p 235 24 p 79 SO 25 86p 48 49 54 45 32 83 6 6p 89 91 49 61 2i lid 32} ni 176 186 2 4 246 256 62 7 i dis LP $5 60 98 102 20 9 5 116 i 874 112 115 113 116 Id pr 5 1 i ipm 98 100 21 21 27 28 1 I pr ip 4 3 a li 14 21 21 31 4 2f 3 p 1: 3 p 10 12 11 id pr 71 8113 i 53 55 19 r p 21 6 7 28 286 58 3B 134 138 32_ 34 4 6 1 I fd id p I 1 p 11 b 124 WESTMINSTER. PARENTAL SOLICITUDE.—At the opening of the court this morning, the chief usher informed Mr. Arnold, the magistrate, that there was a recruit offering himself for attestation in a dragoon regiment into which he had en. listed, but before that was attempted his father was anxious to say something. Mr. Arnold—What has he to say ? The father, a person of very gentlemanly appearance, stepped forward and observed that ho objected to his Eoll'l3 attestation in consequence of his age. Mr. Arnold—What is the objection ? The father—He has enlisted into a regiment where there is a great deal of hard work s and ho is o.lr al..toon ana a half years old. Mr. Arnold—He is here described on his attestation paper as seventeen and nine months. _ _ The father—l assure your worship that he is only what I have stated, which is certainly too young for a hard working regiment of dragoons. Mr. Arnold—l can do nothing in the matter. The father—l regret to hear that, Mr. Arnold—l can do nothing in the matter but this. In consequence of your having called my attention particu larly to the circumstance, I shall ask your son whether this statement of his age is true; and if he says it is, and you show that it is not, he can be committed for three months for the untruth. If he made a false statement at the time of his enlistment, he has rendered himself amenable to the law.- In either case, if he has made a false statement he has got himself into a very awkward predicament, and, if brought before me for the offence, is liable to be commit ted for three months as a rogue and vagabond. The father—lndeed ! Mr. Arnold—You may pay the smart, and so release your son from the enlistment ; but that will not purge the offence, although it may be, perhaps, that the military would not care to make any complaint under such circum stances. I would recommend you to consider the matter before you press an objection which may be attended with very awkward consequences. The father, taking the advice, retired. MARKETS-THIS DAY. MARK-LANE. A very small supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market in poor condition. Good and fine parcels moved off steadily at full prices, otherwise the trade was dull on former terms. With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. In most descriptions a moderate retail business was transacted, and the quotations were fairly supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate request at late rates. Good and fine malting barley maintained its value, but other kinds met with a dull inquiry at previous currencies. Malt changed hands to a limited extent, at late rates. The oat trade, the supply of produce on offer being large, was very dull, at fully Monday's decline in the quotations. Beans were in slow request, yet prices were supported. Peas, however, sold heavily—white were 2s to 3s, and grey, is to 2s per quarter lower than on Friday last. In flour about an average business was transacted, at late currencies, ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oatri. Flour. Englleh 920 2,130 2,740 1 640' l,OlO sacks Irish. Foreign 6,40 8,130 12,290 50 sacks 4,000 bris BOROUGH HOP. At fully the late decline in prices a moderate business is passing in our market, but ohiefly in good and fine Eng lish, and the best samples of continental and American produce. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the trade rules heavy, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 8d ; mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 2d; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d; and pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per Sibs by the carcase. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Atotralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Deo. 19. via Marseilles Dec. —. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Deo. 19. via Marseilles Dec. —. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. —. -- Dec. 26 India (Bombay), via Southampton --via Marseilles Dec. 20. Jan. 4. Portuga 1.... Deo. 19. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southamp ton via Marseilles Dec. —. Tan. 4. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo ............... U. S. and British N. America, I:.y Brit. packet.... Dee. 18, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Dec. 19. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .......... Jan. 10. Bahamas, via New York .............. Dec Dec. . 18. Mexico .................................. .... 29. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, Dees. 29. California, and British Columbia.. There was interred at the Harpurhey Cemetery, on the 14th inst. Mary Walker, of Lamb-lane, Collyhurst, Manchester. she had attained the great age of 106 years, and up to her death had never used spectacles. Up to two years ago she regularly fetched her own water from a well, and never allowed anyone to go for the relief (ss. 6d. per week), which was allowed her by the Quardiahs. BURGLARY. John Bavister, labourer, was indicted for burglariously entering the dwelling house of Henry Marriot, at Enfield, and stealing therefrom a quantity of articles, his pro• perty. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Sentence. eighteen months' imprisonment. MORE GAROTTING. Two men named Johnson and Brown, alias Pratt, were indicted for garotting and burglary. It appeared that they had garotted a gentleman in John-street, Goodge-street, Tottenham-court - road, and afterwards attempted to commit a burglary in the same street. As soon as the police -sergeant to whom the capture of the ruffians was due had finished his evidence, Johnson took eff his great heavy shoe and threw it at the officer. For tunately the fellow missed his aim. The dock was soon filled with officers who handcuffed the prisoners for the re mainder of the proceedings. The Common Sergeant said it was evident that the pri soners were ruffinly follows, whom it would be dangerots to allow to go at large, and he would therefore sentence them to penal servitude for 15 years. The prisoners, who affected to be astonished at the leni ency of the sentence, exclainaed.—" Is that all P Oh, thankee." THIRD COURT. (Before Commissioner Kerr.) ROBBERY BY A TRAVELLER. William Trowbridge, 43, traveller, was indicted for steal ing 94 dozen of linen shirt collars and 288 shirt fronts, the property of his employer, Charles Lea. The jury found the prisoner guilty. On being asked what he had to say in arrest of judgment, The prisoner said he was driven to commit the offence through distress. His income was but twenty shillings a week, out of which he had to provide for nine persons. Commissioner Kerr told him that was no excuse, and sentenced him to 18 months' imprisonment. GARDIVER'S SISTER AN ALLEGED L UNA TIC. One very pa'nful circumstance has resulted from the trial of Gardner, the sweep, who was convicted at the Old Bailey for murder, but whose sentence was recently com muted to penal servitude. The convict has a sister named Susannah Jacobs, whose husband is stated to be in a very good position in life. It appears that the poor woman went to hear her brother's trial, and, as a natural consequence, she felt very much for the terrible position in which he was placed . According to her story, however, there were some who did not feel the matter quite so seriously, for she says that the evening was spent at a Music Hall, notwithstanding her entreaties. At length medical certifi cates were obtained, and the poor creature found herself re moved from a home of comfort and her two little children to the lunatic ward of the Bethnal-green Workhouse. Her only offence appears to have been brooding over the fate of her brother, and a day or two since she was taken to one of the metropolitan police courts, attired in workhouse cloth ing (despite the alleged means of her husband), to await an examination before the magistrate. During the interval, and although in a place which would naturally associate itself in her mind with the cause of her melancholy, she con versed most lucidly, detailing her harrowed feelings at being taken to a music hall to hear comic singing (a somewhat fearful climax to the episodes of the day) and she complained that they gave her nothing to do at the workhouse. "If," said she, " they would only give me a little sewing I should be all right, but they will not; and so I sit and think, and then I get ex cited, and then they are sharp to me," There was some thing inexpressibly touching in the manner in which she begged to be allowed to take a last farewell of her dear children before she was put away; and, looking down at her livery, she asked "Not to be taken back to that place.'; The poFce magistrate conducted his inquiry in a private room, and he refused to grant any order for Mrs. Jacobs' removal to Colney Hatch, and after this refusal perhaps the Poor Law Board may feel inclined to investigate the matter. SELLING INDIAN CHILDREN.—The Alta Cali fornia says :—" Mr. August Hess, who has returned to this city from a prospecting tour through the lower part of Lake county, informs us that he saw a number of men driving Indian children before them to sell in Napa, So lano, Yolo, and other counties of the Sacramento basin. In one instance he saw two men driving nine children; in another,, two men with four children ; in another, one man with two girls, one of them about 14 years of age, appa rently. The age of these children varies from six to 16 years. Rumour says that about 100 children have been taken through Lake county this summer for sale. They do not follow the main roads, but usually take by-paths. Rumour says, further, that the hunters catch them in Men docini and Humboldt counties, after killing their parents. If the children try to escape, and are likely to succeed, the hunters shoot them." About three weeks ago the life of Grand Duke Constantine was attempted by an officer in the Guards The Grand Duke happened to be walking in the palace gardens, when the officer, dressed in a military cloak, fired a pistol at his Imperial Highness from the window of a neighbouring house. The ball missed the noble mark, nor . were any of the suite w ound ed. NO trace of the assails= could be discovered.—Letto from Warsaw. -BRITISI- ICambrian Con sol. Gold IChtlord Amalgamated I Devon G. Con, (Taoist ; East Bassett (Illozan) East Clogau Gold Ltd East Caradon ...... East Cam Brea... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk:, Gam.dzStAubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor Grenville El erod's- Foot ingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tJny Lelant' Marke Valley filyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun North Downs ?.Wh'l Basset (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lel nt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. rill CI V 1 West Basset (Illogan).. W Caradon (Liskeard)l West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (ltedruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton Wheel Tretawney (Lie ), iVirheal Union Australian BonAccord Copper, Lim. Brazil Land 45 Capula Silver. Cobre Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co East Del lLey (Limited) Fortuna... General Gt N. Cop. A' S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lueitanian Blariqui ca Mont.A.Braz Gold Min N. Rh in eCopot S. Aus. L Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... Port Philip ISantaßarbara (lid Mine' Scottish Austrin. (L.) St. John del Rey (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited) YudanamutanaS. A. L d. JOINT-STO , ! Alliance B Alliance B.Ln.&L'pool. Australasia ~ Rank of Egypt Baak of London ...... British North American Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia Chtd.Bank of lirtia, &e. Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. City ... Colonial . . .. .• Com. Bank of Canada.. Eng., Scot., Az Aus. Ch.. Gen. Bk .of Switzerland glin'stan,Cl.ina&Japan! !Imperial Bank Limited' !Lon.& Brazilian (Lim.) Lon., B.Ayre s& R. Plate Won. Char.Bkot Austral; London and County .. London Joint Stock .. ;London & Middlesex...' 'London and S.Alrican.. London & Westminster Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk., Nat. Prov. of England Do. new •• • •• !Do. do National Bank • • • New South Wales . • ,Orient. B. Corporation lOtto•nan Bank _ Do. new 'Provincial of Ireland Do. new •...... • South Australia ..c.• • Union of Australia Union of Ireland, Lim. Union of London ..• • ss. 1.14.01 3.0.0 7.19.0 571 17e 40 6.15. f 8.12 4.17.0 2.0.6 9i 4.3.0 2.4.9 11 10.6.7 5.15.6 18.1?,9 I 28.9. 474 5i 5 2.0.8 2.10.8 8 58i 7 3.13 * AP 21 23 495 505 51 53 42 43 iP 1O (Of 21 36 14 16 n 6f 61 46 6 45 47 21 21 16 11 39 41 81 9 I do pr 135 145 21 81 46 5 13 14 27 29 285 295 E 0 85 50 62 7} 8i 9 96 146 15. 1676 1726 16 17 5} 5} FO REIGN MIN Eb, B aNE , 111 s. MISCEL: Anklo-Mexican Mint , A tlantic R. Ml. Stm (1d) Australian Agricultural Bahia Steam (Limited). Berlin Water (Limited) Bombay Gas Limited. British American Land B. &I.Ma,e^. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim ) Canada Land China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. Cop. Min.ofEng.&Smltg. Do. Pret. 7i per cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb E. Ind. Cotton Agency E.lndia & Lon. Ship A. Do. B. & Canal `Electric Telegraph Do. New ,English & Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigate Great Slkp Limited) 'Do 17a p ct Preference Indian Carrying (Lim.) Italian Irrigation Canal Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 15LLal mi . oea C ud r O a f s xsi n tr. eu. andr. Omnibus e Co. tle. Ta : (Lim ) n .) Do. 8 per cent. pref. National Die. Co. (Lim:) , Nerbu.Coal&lron Netherlands Lan 0,8p.c. N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Orintl. In. Steam (Lim ) Ottoman Gas, Limited Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) Pen. & Oriental Steam R Do. New Quebrada Land,R allot . Alining (Lim.) . Rhymney Iron Do. New........ .... to Janeiro City Impts, Do. do. ;loyal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) I South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip.. 1 Do. do. Registered .... Do. d0......' Telegraph to India (L.) Trust and Agency oil I Austrlasia(lim)lst Tr.& Ln.Co.QlUpr.Can.l Q. K' dom Tel Co. (Um.), YAP .Ditinen'e Landwi 11 542 1 x d 13 an 711 E HEALTH OF LONDON. (From t/ Registrar General's Report.) IThe weather has been much warmer in the present month than it was in three weeks in November, and under the influence of this favour able change the mortality has much declined. The deaths in Loudon in the weeks that ended last Saturday were 1,408, and they show a great de crease on the numbers of the two previous weeks, which were 1,745 and. 1,619 successively. It will be found, if a correction for increase of population is made, that the average number of deaths for a week near the middle of December is 1,393, and therefore the return of last week differs little from the result obtained by calculation. By a comparison of the results of the last two weeks it will be seen that the decrease has occurred not only in pulmonary diseases, but also in those of the nervous system and the heart. Deaths from zymotic diseases also decreased from 425 to 380. In the previous week 379 persons died at the age of 60 years and upwards; last week the number was 317. Seventy-four children died of measles; 4 of these in Camden-town, 5 in the east sub-district of Isling ton, sin Battersea. Of 84 deaths from scarlatina 5 occurred in the sub-district of St. Peter, Walworth, 5 in Kennington, 5 in Peckham ; in which places the disease appears to prevail most. Smallpox ex hibited a decided increase, for the fatal cases of it rose to 22, of which there were 3 in Poplar. A mother and her two children died in a cottage in Wells-road, Sydenh am, from scarlatina maligna. Ten nonagenarians died in the week, the oldest of whom were two widows, aged 95 and 96 years. A woman died from swallowing a fish-bone; a child from swallowing a slate pencil, which lodged in the bronchus ; a boy from pleurisy and pneu monia caused by a needle which had entered the thorax eight years ago, a fragment of which had remained there during his life. A child died of laryngitis from inhaling the steam that issued from the spout of a kettle. i Last week the births of 953 boys and 933 girls, in all 1886 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1852-61 the average number (corrected) was 1903. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29,870 in. The barometrical readings fell to 29,55 in. on Wednesday, and rose to 30.20 in. on Friday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 44.1 deg., which is 3.8 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was 11 deg. above the average on Sunday, and it was 1.7 deg, below the average on Friday. The highest day temperature was 57.1 deg. on Sunday. The lowest night temperature was 33.7 deg. on Friday. The range of temperature in the week was therefore 23.4 deg. The mean daily range was 10.5 deg. On Monday and Saturday the range was only 4.9 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point tempe rature and air temperature:was 3.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 87, complete saturation being represented by 100, which point was almost reached on Saturday. Every day or in part of every day, except Monday, the wind blew from a south-westerly point. There was rain on five days, and four-fifths of an inch fell. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 46.8 deg.; the mean of the lowest was 42.9 deg. FROM THE GAZETTE OF THIS Er:ENING. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert William Gifford Watson, Esq., to be Chief Magistrate for her Ma jesty's settlement of Lagos. DEC. 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Byerley Thomson, Esq., to be Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of the Island of Ceylon ; Richard F. Morgan, Esq., to be her Majesty's Advocate for the Island of Ceylon; and John Comber Browne, Esq., to be Superintendent of Go vernment Schools and Organising Master for the Island of Mauritius. FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 7. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint John Elijah Blunt, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Adrianople, to be her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Adrianople. DEC. 13. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. C. Kramer Waller as Consul at Newcastle, New South Wales, for the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg. WHITEHALL•PLACE, DEC. 15. The Archbishop of Canterbury has, under the authority of the Act of the 13th and 14th years of her Majesty's reign, chapter 94, appointed the Right Honourable Spencer Horati,, Walp_ole to bp a Church Estates Commissimpr, in the place of William Deedes, Esq, Dl, P. deceased. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Abraham Smith, draper, Bermondsey BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of it in the Gazette : George Hill, builder, Twickenham Robert Hill Ketteridge, builder, Hackney William Leak, farmer, North Duffield Edward L. Allder, linen draper, Chertsey, Surrey Thomas Shoßfield, salt dealer, West Town, Yorkshire George W ake, cabinet-maker, York James Richards, farmer, Ammouth Charles Mott, jun., sehoolmaster, Chipping Ongar Wm. Randall, innkeeper, Stapleford, Nottingh ams hi re John Wood, farmer, Colton, near Leeds John B. Powell, licensed victualler, Wednesbury Thomas Robinson, railway contractor, Montgomery Joseph Lees, coal dealer, Stretford, Lancashire Colin. McDougall and Joseph Crane, warehousemen, Manchester Joachim J. 0. Golding, farmer, Manor House, Kent Henry A. Gray, attorney, Croydon, Surrey Thomas C. Glover, draper, Maidstone Thomas Young, horse dealer, Helensburgh, N.B. William Gambling, builder, Northam, Southampton Charles Stanbridge, merchant, City James William Gilburd, watchmaker, Worthing David Biles, farrier, Marylebone Etienne Guesdon, commission agent, Kentish-town SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Jas. Creighton, farmer, Dumfries John M'lntyre and Co., warehousemen, Glasgow Colin Gullies and Co., leather merchants, Glasgow Alex. H. Laurie, grain merchant, Glasgow Hugh Ronald, farmer, Monkwood, Ayrshire COURSE OF EXCHANGE.YISTERDA.Y. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 16/ 11 17 Antwerp — 25 45 25 50 Brussels — 25 42/ 25 50 Hamburgh — 13 6} 13 6/ Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —118 i Vienna .... r.. . Trieste Petersburgh Berlin _ 35 3 4 ...., _.... - Madrid Cadiz -49 49i 49 49-i Leghorn — 25 52} 25 67i Milan . ... 25 55 25 60 Genoa — 25 55 25 60 Naples . —9! 39f Palermo _... 119 119 f Messina —11 9 k Lisbon s2f 521 Oporto —52 f Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz.. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) ................ South American Doubloons SHIPPING---THIS DAY. LONDON, Dec. 17.—Wind this day at noon--South- Westerly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. RAMSGATE,Dec. 16.—WindS. W.—Arrived—Alfred 11., from Hamburg, for the South Seas. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 16. Wind S.—Arrived—lslander, from London, for Barbadoes. KINGROAD, Dec. 16.—Arrived—J. and R. Young, from New York. PLYMOUTH, Deo. 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lumley, from New York, with a part of her cargo thrown over board ; Roman Emperor, from London, for New Zea land. FALMOUTH, Dec. 16.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Tongkin, for Gibraltar. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Milo, from Santa Cruz. HULL, nec. 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Trafalgar, from New York. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning, Arrived. Dec. 16.—William, from Rouen ; Samuel, from Tabasca ; Appoline, from Jamaica; William, from Cron stadt ; Edvig Charlotte, from Bahia; Martha Pope, from Belize_; and Fides, from Odessa. Arri;md, Dec. 11.—Isabella Brown, from Hobart Town; Anne and Providence, from Gravelines ; Dundee, from Gottenburg; Trevennor, from Uddawalla ; Helechina, from Gottenburg, DtAL, Wednesday Morning. Nand—Sydney, from Calcutta, for London. Anchored—Thos. Royden, for Port Philip ; Rapid, for St. Michael's; Reform, for Cape of Good Hope—all from London, :7 DECISION IN THE YELVERTON MARRIAGE CASE. —There is a rumour to the effect that the decision of the lords of the first division in this case will be given on Fri day first. All sorts of speculations are afloat as to what the decision will be ; the general impression, however, is, that it will be in favour of Mrs. Yelv erton.— Cakdontan 'Mercury, LAW AMENDMENT SOCIETY. Last night the thitel general meeting of the society was held at,,Waterloo-place; the Hon. Mr, Denidan, M.P., in the chair. The subject for discussion was, " Wnat shall we do with our criminals ?" which was introduced at the last meetin g by Mr. Hastings, and adjourned to this night on the motion of Mr. Vaughan. Mr. HASTINGS having given a summary of the points opened by him at the previous meeting, Mr. PULLING read a paper on the same subject. After enumerating the recognised defects of the present system of dealing with our . criminals, Mr. IPulling stated that according to the last police re turns the known number of criminals living at large in unconstrained liberty amounted to upwards of 123,000, having for their known haunts 24,000 houses, dens of infamy, &c., where crime was syste matically encouraged. The same returns showed an increase in the number of offences committed, of offences proceeded against, and of actual convic tions. The known criminals supposed to be at large outnumbered twelve times those in actual custody, and six times the whole constabulary force of the kingdom. They swarm in our principal towns with varying force. In the metropolis the criminals at large amounted to 21,000, living in or frequenting 2,755 dens of infamy. The numerous outrages recently com mitted in the metropolis created such a feeling of terror that some persons thought the only way of preventing crime was to show no mercy to crimi nals. But he did not believe that this would put an end to crime. He suggested that every convic tion for felony should de facto operate as a recogni sance on the part of the convict to be of good be haviour for a time to be named in the sentence, the recognisance to be forfeited on proof to the satis faction of a police magistrate either of the ormvict leadin g a dishonest life, or not honestly endeavour ing to maintain himself. All defaulters in this Ts respe c t ocv t u o i rs i b i to e i ne r ss e ob m fe i t t fh t o e eu d nl t d 3 o fa p on r r i d s t o lh n : vr n gc e t s o s o, a some hl r Et9 e v : iw p o o i nt r h - . reference to the p ossession of housebreaking . imple ments, should be extended so as to embrace the case of known criminals found at any time with dangerous or offensive instruments or implements of robbery without lawful excuse. To enable the judge or magistrate to pass proper sentence on con victs, a register should be kept of all persons who had been convicted, with a personal description of the convict, and a description as far as could be ascertained of the prisoner's conduct while in. prison, and his previous education, his ordinary place of abode, and such other particulars as might be necessary to establish the identity of the con vict, and guide the judge or magistrate in the dis charge of his duty. To prevent the improper dis charge of convicts before the expiration of the sen tence, no ticket-of -leave except in the case of urgent sickness should be granted without the ex press sanction of the judge or magistrate who passed the sentence, or some other judge or magis trate in case of the death of the official before whom the party was convicted. To enable re leased convicts to gain an honest livelihood cer tificates should be given on due proof of one year's good character by a police magistrate, entitling the convict to the protection of the police against any maltreatment, and to assistance for the purpose of obtaining employment or emi -grating. To prevent the produce of crime being available to the wrong doer, he thought that con viction for felony should operate as a forfeiture of all the offender's property at the time of the com mission of the offence, and that in addition to the penalties now attaching to the harbouring of mina's, the property in all houses knowing l y let for such purposes should on Conviction F.,ecome for feited. If these regulations were adr,pted and fol lowed by prudent ru l es f or the employment or emigration of criminals on their discharge, the cri minal population would be materially diminished. Mr. FREDERICK HILL approved of the system in operation in Ireland, which however was capable of improvement. He thought it would be a great advantage to apply that system in this country, for he could not assume that the criminals of England were more irreclaimable than those of Ireland. He was opposed to the revival of transportation, as ex pensive, and condemned by previous experience. In reply to Mr. ANDERTON, Mr. HILL stated that he was not able to say what was the proportion of English criminals in Ireland, but he knew that the proportion of Irish criminals in England was very large. Sergeant WooLRYCII moved, ,( That bulb the papers read be referred to a committee." He be lieved that garotte robberies were more numerous than was supposed. He thought the system of ticket-of-leave should be abridged, and that the punishment of whipping should be resorted to. Mr. WINGFIELD believed that in the reformation of the conscience, and not in punishment, was to be found the real prevention of crime. After some remarks from Mr. Baker, Mr. Ander ton, and others, the proceedings were brought to a close. ASPECT OF A LANCASHIRE TOWN UNDER 7HE FAMINE. It is possible that an idea may exist in some minds that there must be many outward indications in the streets and byways of those cotton towns of the want and suffering endured by the inhabitants. Any one who visited these regions expecting to find such scenes as Flaxman has depicted in his Acts of Mercy would be disappointed. People do not lie starving in the streets, nor clamour after the passer by for bread as he walks along. There is little begging, and what there is is done probably by the habitually poor. The real sufferers suffer in secret. Their misery wears a decent veil: it is not pro claimed in the market-places. The signs of what has gone wrong in these towns are few, and may be described in few words. First, there is less bustle in the streets, less heavy traffic and carting of goods from place to place. There is less traffic of all kinds, and those troops of factory hands discharged under ordinary circumstances at stated times in great numbers are wanting. As you pass the mills you hear no clack and vibration of machinery. After night has set in the rows of windows which should be all ablaze with light are dark and cheerless-looking. The great tall chimneys, too, which rear themselves in all directions, discharge for the most part no smoke, and though the air is all the clearer for this, you are yet surprised to find that the town where these chimneys are thus enjoying a sinecure are all the more dismal for the want of that thick and sooty cloud. The smoke is an indication - of prosperity, and the absence of it is felt like a want. One more indication there is of the existence of some unac customed state of things in these towns, and it is an indication which cannot escape the most casual observer. At certain times of the day as you walk the streets, you meet great numbers of women and children carrying packages of bread and meal, and tin•cans or other vessels for holding soup. These are the mill-hands out of employment, who have been to the depots of the Relief Committees, to receive their dole. Sometimes you meet a boy, or an old helpless man thus loaded, but scarcely ever a young or middle-aged workman. Beyond such indications, there is little to show what is going on amiss in the manufacturing towns. It may be that the people you meet are more poorly clad than usual, and it may be that their faces are, in some cases, more pinched and careworn. But it must be remembered that the manufacturing classes are never, at the best of times, characterised by robustness of appearance, and that pallor and poorness of development are to be o.b -of served among them as prominent charact erist ic: under all circumstances. It is within doors that yo must look for the real unmistakable ev idences and view, iee p w e n , d on i w t h t a h t os h e a s w g h o o n w e the shoeless feet will not cross th e threshold e w e r : ti t L . m If willth ehreidbeeouratgs; o if there man I went to see, a is any way to halp it. Onel rg e class, said that he specimen, no doubt, of a a - because ho ha d had not been out for months, s imply p pear in, and did not choose to not fit clothes to a Sodden and show in the streetstatters . in and when I asked him if he wre t c hed he looked; . had lost flesh, h said, Yes, he kn ew that he had -e lost flesh, b u t that was not so much from want as from fretting .. He said it was a man's mind th a wasted him away like that. - And he was right, poor fellow.—Dtckens's "411 the Year Bound." their ;ura ality , but uism idea 11 the , over Share 100 stk 1 20 201 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 stock ;took 20i 20i 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock 6 1 1 1 20 28.2.61 100 20.11 100 all all all 1 5 3 28 61 I 20 361 7 4 ~~ ~h:. ,~ --.