The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, T \VELVE O'CLOCK. There is very little perceptible alteration in the position of the Money Market this morning, but the tendency is towards greater quietude and easiness. It is hevertit , .less expec . ,'ed that a large amonot of bubine,s will be negotiated in the inter val before the payment of the January dividends. Last week the rate for first-class bills was very firm at 3 per cent., but occasional transactions are flow reported at, 2Z per cent. The accounts from the manufacturing districts for the past week have generally been satisfactory, although the preparations for stock taking, usual at 'the end of the year, have tended to prevent active Operations in most departments of business. At Manchester, however, a firmer tone has prevailed, while in the woollen districts the mills generally are fully employed. In the hosiery and lace trades of Leicester and Nottingham there has been no ma terial alteration, and more activity has prevailed in the hardware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton. The half yearly meeting of the East and West India Dock Company has been called for the 9th pros. Two O'CLOCK. Thera has been a dull market for the English Funds in the absence of active speculation or a demand for stock on behalf of investors. Continued firmness, however, has been apparent, Consols having been maintained at 921 a for money and account. New Three per Cents. and the Reduced remain at 92f 7 1 ; Exchequer Bills at 9s. to 13s. Prem. ; Bank Stock is 232 ; India 5 per Cent. Loan, 1 081; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1054; and t he 61 per Cents., 1121. There has not been much activity in the Foreign Market, and prices have shown very little change. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are firm at 701 711 ; do.. 1862, 721 ; and the Consolides, 401 41 ; Greek are 161, and the Coupons, 61; Buenos Ayres, 97 1 981 ; Mexican, 321 4 ; Peruvian New Loan, 92 ; Portuguese do., 481 1; Russian do., 941 ; and Venezuelan Scrip, 2 11 dis.; Italian are firmer at 721 4 ; Spanish Passive at 231 ; and the Certifi cates at 93 Ts 7-• In the Railway Share Market the operations were not very extensive. Prices, however, in some in stances, exhibited a slight improvement. Cale donians, Great Easterns, and South Easterns, im proved ss. ; Great Westerns, Lancashire and York- Sh ire, North Westerns, and Great Northern A s tock, 10s. The foreign and colonial lines continued inac tive, at about previous prices. Sambre and Meuse brought 101 a; and San Paulo, 23! ; Bombay and kg aroda improved to 1061; East Indian realised 109 ; Madras 5 per Cents., 106 ; and Great Indian ~ eninsula, 1071. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares were Without change of importance. Bank of Austra lasia declinea to 691 ; London and South African improved to 231 ; Union of Australia btougbt 69 i; and Crystal Palace Stock declined to 361. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Ban; Stock 232 Per 3 92 3 Cent. Reduced Annuities N ew Cent. Con so ls Annuities 92 t a 'ew 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditte Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5i per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100± Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 26 Ditto under £l,OOO . ... 26 Consols for Account 921 xchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent — Ditto £5OO Ditto Small 9 13 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Chilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent Egpptian 7 per Cent Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons l5/ 161 16 Ditto Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent New Granada 2 per Cent Ditto Land Warrants . . 4/ I Peruvian 41 per Cent. Ditt o 1862 P ortugueso 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1862 4B/ 1 Ditto Scrip, £2O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Sardinia n 5 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent ~ Ditto Passive °Pani.sh Cert. of Coup not funded .. 9/ a urltish 6 p Cent. i Ditt o 6 per Cent. 1858 1854 Ditto Account.. Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862, Scrip, £ 6O pd 3l pm V enezuel a 3 per Cent Ditto 6 pe r C en t s. , 1862 (S cr ip), £53 pd 1/ 1 dis Ditto 11 per Cent 1, Dividends on the above payable in London, '‘alia,n, 5 p er C en t., 1861, Ex. 25f....... 7 2 / -D itto Account : .. 72± Consols, TWO O'CLOCK. onsols, Account, 921 a Y Ditto Jan. 8 When her Majesty left Windsor o n Saturda y ► among the Royal luggage were three boxes t e ,„ n ging to the Baroness Blucher and Lady Augusta. er , - " c e, who w ere i n a ttendance on the Queen and the Prin cess °I Hess e . O n arr iving at Osborne it was d iscovered that these packages were missing, and although a messenger tas mlniediately despatched to Windsor he was unable to rac :luggage. tho missin g The Prince of Wales lost six 11 ,r a o c ur a n g a e i. a on his journey home from Marseilles. —Court th: The splendid horses of Prince Or loff," sa y s /3 - 'ndependance, "have been the admiration of b rass els ever si nce his arrival es Minister of Russia, Be ad ten pair, a ll th or ough-bred, and of a pure Ru ssian ee `" His Excellency presented to the King o f the Bel ala at a on e pair estimated by competent judges to be worth ,east 26 ,000 f. The news of the arrival o f these fine rituals at Brussels soon reached the Emp eror of the r r e -elle b, and his Majesty, anxious to learn whether they hi s e rited the eulogiums passed on them, sent t o Brussels la, l' equerry and aide-de-camp, General Fleu r y , with 4 fl f - t Lie Powers. Th e genera l was so s truck with the beauty 13 the uqe horses, that he expressed his wish .o purchase tom for the Emperor. Prince Orloff at once consented ti Part with th e w h o l e , an d th e y a t e no doubt by this tne in the Imperial stables." RUSSI A AND CHINA.—Our Shaaghae correspon dent Writes :—A rumour is in circulation within ~ ,e 4 O last hour or two which, there is reason to suppose, has 1 4 et for its foundation, viz., that in accordance with the hr: ci ations carrie i on at Pekin, the Russian Government ot;e6lCOllSelited to give aid in men towards suppressing the 0 0 , lie n. Bo that as it may, an agent cf the Russian Gast news left here three days ago for Nagasaki, and the ef the from that place is to the effect that the whole ' 0 Russian fleet in China is about to rendezvous ther eb yth e , the Ist of next month. This fact, in connection with riat e d' lla . n ghao rumour, which is supposed to have origi table With the Russian agent, renders the theory very pro- The rumo ur h er e is that 10,000 Russian soldiers ar now to o . oil their way from the Amoor , an d that they are act : co ntingent to the enable a t N agasak i , pr i or t o coming over to China to Chinese troops. This service is ste w ateds , be rendered by Russia in consideration of further CJot oriel eancessions on the part of China:"—London and na Telegraph. at c t tjl / 1 "S FACT.—The ship T. B. Wales, the de uotien of which by the Alabama is reported by cw e n gl. er n il to-day, was, only yesterday, offered by her grad w i a committee of the Boston Board of Trade, to th e r ' °l lelY convey a cargo of provisions from this port fur or ch-l4atleaShirS sufferers. Instead of going on this errand h een ar itY to the starving operatives of England, she has land , ant only destroyed by a piratical craft, built in Eng zrciswiteYiPt* means furnished by British merchants.—Boston degree° Aladrid Gazette of the 22d publishes the a rila Which abolishes passports from the Ist f orei ti : t Y , as already briefly announced by telegram. A bner may prove his identification by a written declare inak sign by two respectable persons. He must also Th„ e "own Whence he came and the object of his journey. iire v see v l isas of transports by the Spaßish Consuls is sup -0,7. as well as the fees demanded for them.— *gnar l i, tele graphic despatch announces that the se t -- ` 4 line of rails on the railway from Bordeaux Ce tte, the l as t sect i on o f w hi c h h a d b e en officially re 027needd by the St a t a eng i neers on th e 24th, has been since r to the throughout its extent. sc rew -steamer Calcutta lately took out a pat h of hound s for the Madras Hunt. The dogs, nairty. ene in beautiful specimens of their race, and have received number, are Ahead eceived a thorough training in their work. Y they have been tested at Madras, and found fully ".° the work. SHARE MARKETS---This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuR.S. Rai;war , . Ihr., and Str. all 011ythe and Tyne. all IBost.,Sleaf.,andMid.t:o all I Bristol and nzeter 100 'Caledonian lOO Cork and Bandon all Cornwall all i n )o itill6l,r.l - •fw.llai , ll r paid tO B. ) a '" Ouldid& Belfast all Duu.,Pert h.& J nue. all ,Edinburgh & Glasgow.' 100 1131a5 , . and S. Western. 100 IGrealEastern, Ord. slkl 100 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian 41 100 GreatNorthof Scotland!. 100 Great Northern 1 100 8 8i fi 51 83 85 115 116 6i 7 Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an I W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val glia. stock Lancashire Si Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western NI an., Shef., & Lincoln. M - aryport and Carlisle. 1)o shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Nfld. Glt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee l Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leda , Do York _ Do Car1i51e.......... n g th 4 ,ondon o North LStaffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern ;South Wales §:York. and River Dun kaines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. . ....... Do B Do C lUlPter Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim.. Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall _ W. Hartlepool Har.Arß.' West Midland -Oxford Do Newpor t i Do Hereford Paid. Pr i ce. Business Price. done. 41 43 13 14 86 E 8 105 107 46 47 93 45 24 25 1241 125 A 128 129 135 137 104 103 63 (84 1084 109 71i 724 118 119 78 39 P 64 87 101 102 40 41 128 1 i 12 9 4 It I.lp £6 98 52 53 25 27 914 100 - -d 56 57 88 181 125 127 107 1.0 1 P 4-1 101 111 118 120 47} 48i 103 105 47 49 33i 344 88 89* 68} C 94 100 103 7 8 39 40 101 101 p 7 # 7 P 147 149 44 5 I , 24 3 p 55i 564 24 34p 4(14p 87 89 110 145 29 31 43 45 35 37 94} 25i BRITISH POSSESSIONS. j Closing Share! Railways Paid.l Price. Business done 100 !Atlantic &St Lawrence all 67 69 llom.,Barodadr.Cent lne. 100 106 107 1041 stk Gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. New 201 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 51 51 10 Do. Preference ~.. all 8 81 100 ,'llittfalo,Brant,&Godric . ll ion 77 so .6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187? 100 ; 75 78 100 Do. do. June 1, le:4 100 72 75 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn.(L ,, ' ' 100 105 107 st Cape Town & Dock Scrii 100 1(.74 408,3 stock jEastn. Bengal gu. sp. t• 100 107 1(8 stock ;East Indian, go. sp. c. 100 108 109 109 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 5 1 lip 20 Do. do. II do. .. 2 6 ip 21 stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 221 221 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 74 76 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct. all 61 66 100 Do. 6 per et. Debenti. all 35 37 35 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 48 52 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 34 36 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 31 36 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 107 1(8 1171 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 1 11p 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 4 4i) 5 stock !Gt. South.of In dia (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 105 106 205 ,Gt.W. of Canada Share, all 13 131 201 Do. New ....... 18 74 71 100 :Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 98 100 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 90 92 10 ;Indian Branch Limited t 4 1 die 2 stock 'Madras gear., sp.c. .. 100 1054 1063 . alt IE6I 1e1005555744 stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 991 1001 100 stock 1 Dc. 4A d 0........ 100 A 96 20 i Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock IVlelb.Corn. p. o. Bnds. 100 50 1 15 DI e 0 1 b . . 7 8z p s b i s o o r n t s . 8 8ay. d,,. a l! _5l 5 2 100 20 New a l:: sw 1. Capitalap. p.e c i k . : ct . t C pisdf a h:b n . a. a d :8 : 20 :16N : c i . ) C ian l iD a d a s c o ce s . : ls stock ( u2O P nja b i" 64 (1.1 00 1:5 0 0 4 1 1 ;0) 7 at t !D p o o l. d u o stock ! 0 1) 0 0 . . D0. i..1 7 10 " ) COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'Can.(4or. 6 p.e.Ja kJ 1 1877-84 ...... 100 ;1081 1095 1031 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Au , : 100 'lO6 (08 - Do. dp. c. Mar. .0 Septa 100 106 108 i Do. sp. c. Jan.&July.l 100 994 100 108 Do. 5 Inscribed stock, 100 93 100 !Cape G. Hope, 6 p c. 1873 100 .03 110 x d Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 , 111 113 Do. 1890' 100 112 114 j Do. Jan. & July, 1891_ , 100 114 116 - ! Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p e 100 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 1071 Fon 1)0. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. G ov. 5 p c.,1866 100 1011 1024 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 1014 1021, Do. d0.,1888 &upwde 100 101 1011! - , New Zealand 6p. centi 100 111 113 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c., i sterling*, 1875 ' 100 108 109 Queensland Gov. 6p. c 100 112 114 b. Aus G6p.c.1878.&up 100 111 113 , Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Jalcjuly 100 Do. In *i o.n. A p.. 47.00... , 100 1(84 lo9l ' lO 4 9 BRITISH. MINES. 2 (Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 fp 14 ~21111orti Amalgamated.. -- 21 23 !Devon G. Con.. (Tavist. 1 495 505 i East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 52 64 1 I East Clogau Gold Ltd.; ss. 4 1p lEast Caradon ..... 441 451 ;East Carn Brea... 3.0.0 113 t 2 IE. WI Russel (Tavistk 1 7.19.0 24 34 (Great 574 1 4 1 6 rent South Tolgus l7s 7 71 Wheal Vor (Ilelston 40 6 63 IGrenville. Herod's- Foot 8.12 47 19 iilingston Downs 4.17.0 2i 21 - ;Lady Bertha 'Margaret (tiny Lelant t+l 41 43 Marke Valley.. 4 Mvndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 20 ds pr New Setun l9l 135 145 North Downs 24 21 S .1V It'l liasset(lllomn f. 17.0 2/ 65 North Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 5 51 Par Consols (6t. Blazey~ 11 5 6 20 rrovidence(Uny Leint.) 10.6.; (2 14 South Caradon(StCleer; 14 380 39) S. Care Brea (Illogan) .5.15.6 21 3 Fran. (Illot,rat lB.l -.9 873 923 jStray Park 5 Tamar Silv,t6 Lead UM 4/ 4 1 10 Pin Croit 9 13 14 West, Basset (Illogan) ll 13 14 W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 26 28 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan ) 51 771 821 :Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 49 61 Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) 2.0.6 71 81 —II WhealLud ott ( Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 15 16 Wheal Seton 585 1771 1824 189 - O.' heal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 17 18 /W heal Union ' 113 51 64 CONVICTIONS UNDER THE POACHING PREVEN TION ACT.—At the petty sessions at Stamford, before the Mayor and a full bench of magistrates, Robert Blades, a labourer, and three other men named Yates, were charged with being in unlawful possession of five rabbits and a hare on the 12th inst. The facts as stated by Mr. Atteress, the town clerk of Stamford, who conducted the prosecution, were as follows —The defendants were seen to pass through a toll-bar, a mile and a half from Stamford, on the night of the 11th instant, between six and seven o'clock ; information of this being given to the police three constables proceeded in the direction the defendants had gone. At six o'clock on the following morning, near the toll-bar, they met four or five men having bags upon their shoulders, and accompanied by a dog of the lurcher breed. Suspecting that the bags contained game, one of the police • men attempted to take Blades's, but he and one of his companions ran away ; the former was subsequently taken, and in his possession were found five rabbits, a hare, and a quantity of netting, which was wet, and the game warm. One of the defendants, when taken, said, " What fools we were to come along the road ; we were told you were on the look-out for us on another road." The game was taken to the station-house, where the de fendants went and demanded it, but were refused. and in formation was laid against them under the 25th and 26th Victoria, cap. 144. Mr. Atteress read, in support of his case, from a work recently published by Mr. George Oke, in which it was pointed out that the new statute for the pre vention of poaching did not repeal any of the old law, bat provided cumulative powers for the discovery of this class of offenders. Mr. Atteress pointed out that it was incumbent on the defendants to show that they were lawfully in pos session of the game. All the circumstances as detailed above were proved. On the part of the defendants it was contended by Mr. Law that there had been no proof ad duced of anyone having lost any game ; that to convict a man of stealing a particular thing an owner must be found ; it must be shown that something was lost. Further, that there was no evidence to show that the defendants had been on any land in the night in question in search of game, or that they had been acting in concert. The magistrates considered the case roved aga i ns t Blades, and fined him p £2, includi ng costs, or a month's imprisonment with hard labour. lie w as also convicted of being in unlawful pos session of a net, and fined ld., the net to be forfeited and destroyed. Th e ot h er defen d an t s were also convicted, and in default of payment were sent to gaol, but the fines have been since paid and the men released. Their solicitor has since served the presidi ng ma ap peal, and the defendant s have l s t ra t e s with notices of entered into recognitan c e s to o prosectre the same at the Quarter Sessions. On Thuisday next, the Ist of January, the new Chancery Act as to titles will take effect. The object of the new law is to enable persons to obtain an " indefeasible" title to land, and thereby save litigation and considerable expense, Sh are 13.14 100 100 all 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 100 all• 100 100 100 all all 15 6 100 THE SUN, LONDON!, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1862. MARKETS—This Day. -_,*,._--- MARK-LANE. The country markets, held on Saturday, were very mo derately supplied with wheat. For all qualities the trade ruled firm, and, in some instances, fine produce realised is per quarter more money. Malting barley fully supported previous rates ; otherwise, the demand for spring corn was by no means active, on former terms. The flour trade was steady, at full quotations. Advices from New York state that the inquiry for wheat, flour, and maize was somewhat more active, at extreme rates. On the Continent, however, the corn trade is still dull. Small supplies of English grain, &c. were received up to our market last week. The imports from abroad amounted to 10,742 quarters of wheat, 2,735 barley, 18,543 oats, 520 beans, 600 peas, 72 tares, 7,598 linseed, 1,800 oilseeds, 190 maize, 298 sacks, and 1,709 barrels of flour. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of Eng lish wheat were very small, and the condition, for the most part, was unsatisfactory. The attendance of buyers was far from numerous ; nevertheless, the supply of dry pro duce was disposed of at the full prices of Monday last; otherwise, the trade ruled heavy at that day's currency, and a portion remained unsold at the close of business. The market was well supplied with foreign wheat, to a considerable extent, ex granary. In most descriptions a moderato retail business was transacted, at the rates cur rent this day se'nnight to is per quarter advance. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, and prices ruled firm. The supply of malting barley was small, and the trade ruled firm, at, in some instances, a slight advance in the quotations. Grinding and distilling sorts moved off slowly, at last Monday's currency. In malt, a fair average business was transacted at late rates. With oats the market was very moderately supplied. For all qualities the trade ruled firm, at-d good and fine corn rea lised an advance of 6d. per quarter, compared with Monday last. Beans—the supply of which was moderate—moved off slowly on former terms. Peas were dull at fully the late decline in the quotations. The market was fairly supplied. In flour sales progressed steadily, and prices were well supported. CURRENCY PER TMPERTAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old 47s 52s Ditto, white, new 46s 52s Ditto, old 4-4s 54s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old ---s s Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 268 35038 s Malting, new Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk sos 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware s6s 708 Chevalier 66s 25s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding. 20s 25s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lBs 25s Cork, white l9s 26s Scotch, Feeding 22s 26s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey, new Maple White, new Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 34s 38s Stockton and N0rf01k......... 3ls 35s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. For the time of year, our market to-day was fairly sup plied with each kind of foreign stock, but its general quality was by no means first-rate. Sales progressed slowly, on rather lower terms. Notwithstanding that the total supply of beasts was very moderate in number, the demand for all kinds, owing to the mildness of the weather, and the large quantities of meat on offer in Newgate and Leadenhall, was in a very inactive state, at, in some instances, a decline in the quo • tations realised on Monday last of 2d per Blbs. The top price was Ss per 81bs, and some really prime Scots, crosses, &c„ sold at 4s led per 81bs. The general quality of the beasts was good. 14 From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received 1,700 shorthorns, &c. ; from Norfolk, 400 Scots, &c. ; from other parts of England, 300 various breeds; from Scotland, 300 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 380 oxen and heifers. There was a very poor show of sheep in the pens, both as to number and quality. Prime downs and half-breds sold steadily, at full prices, the top quotation being 5s 10d per Sibs, but all other breeds moved off slowly, at barely last week's currency, to a sight decline. Calves, the supply of which was moderate, ruled about stationary, but the veal trade was inactive. No quotable change took place in the value of pigs. The pork trade, however, was very dull. Per Sib. to sink the offal. _ _ s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 1 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 2 Second quality do. 4 4 4 10 s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 0 5 6 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 8 5 10 Large crse. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 2 Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Small porkers ... 4 6 4 8 Suckling calves, lOs to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 30s. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Cows — Sheep Calves 172 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep Calve.. Pigs •••• . — Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Dec. 30, 1861, and this day, Monday, Dec. 29, 1862. Per 81b. to sink tho offal. Dec. 30, 1861. Dec. 29, 1862. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4 3 8 3 4to 3 6 Second quality do Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4lO 5 0 410 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. .. 3 8 4 4 4 4 410 Prime coarse-woolled do 4 6 5 2 5 0 5 6 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 8 5 0 4 6 4 8 Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs 3lO 420 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Dec 3l, 1860.—Boasts, 3,460 — sheep, 16,500—calves, 56—pigs, 200. JAN. 2, 1860.—Beasts, 3,34 o—sheep, 16,450—calves, 151—pigs, 370. The total impDrts of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 2,440 head. In the corresponding week in 1861,we received 2,382—in 1859-60, 1,163—in 1859, 2,554 —in 1858, 8,550—in 1857, 782—in 1856, 654 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAS' WEEK. From Boasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam ll6 .. 537 .. .. 166 .. Harlingen 249 .. 835 .. .. .. llamburgh — .. 263 .. . .. .. Boulogne. — .. 16 .. .. -- .. --• Medimblik — .. Dordt NieuDiep — • . A.msterdam Antwerp . • • Bremen. — • • Corunna. Ostend — .. Tonning — 34 . • --- • • - " - - .. 196 , .. - .. _ , - • • 34 .. - '' - • • "--. • • --- • • --- - • • - • • 3 • . - Total .... 356 .. 1,881 .. .. 203 .. - The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1861 407 .. 1,965 .. .. 10 .. 8 1860 163 .. 1,759 .. .. 109 .. 61 1859-60 1859 326 .. 2,041 .. .. 187 .. 1858 149 .. 397 .. .. 104 .. market presents a quiet appearance, yet there are no sellers except at quite previous rates. The import, last week, amounted to 309 bales from Moretown Bay ; 925 Taganrog; and 202 bales from Bremer. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The arrivals of meat from Scotland, and various parts of England having increased to some extent, and the weather being very mild for the time of year, the trade generally is in a most inactive state, at depressed currencies; Per 81b. by the carcase. su s d Inferior beef 262 10 Mtddlingmutton Middling do. .. 3 0 3 6 Prime do .. Prime large do. 3 8 3 10 Veal Do. small do. 4 0 4 2 Small pork ~ Large pork 3 2 3 10 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 edsd 3842 4446 3844 4046 0000 BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in our market is exceedingly small. Good and fine samples command former prices ; but in the value of inferior produce a slight fall has taken place. Last week's import amcunted to. 99 bales from Antwerp ; 5 Ostend ; 475 Hambro' ; 66 Bremen; and 583 bales from New York. Mid and East Kents Weald of Kents Sussex Bavarian Belgian American llba to 130 s „ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Large supplies of home-grown potatoes continue on sale, and the arrivals from continental ports, since our last, have been moderate. For all descriptions the trade is still in a sluggish state, and, in some instances, a slight fall has taken place in prices. Last week's import amounted to 2 bags from Harlingen; 80} WAS front Nantes; 180 tons from Dunkirk ; 176 baskets from Dorset ; 110 tons Rouen ; and 50 bags from Rotterdam. Yorkshire Regents Do. Flukes Do. Rocks Kent end Essex Regents 9os to 120 s ' 2 ", Scotch Regents )1 Do. Rocks Foreign 558 to 758 „ WOOL. Since our last report, the demand for all kinds of wool, owing to the holidays and to the short period which has elapsed since the close of public sales, has been much re• stricted, nevertheless prices have ruled firm, To.day,;the LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. C 0 URT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Geulburn.) IN RE WEST - DISMISSAL OF A PETITION IN " FORMA rAurEms" ON THE GROUND OF FRAUD. This bankrupt, Mary West, was a lodginghouse-keeper at the West-end, and applied a few days since on her own petition in forma pauperis, but in the course of her exami nation she admitted that she was in the receipt of a pension of £l3O a year. His Honour now, in giving judgment, said that in these cases persons with means sought to obtain for nothing that for which they were able to pay. He considered this was an attempt to impose upon the Court. In this case it was very clear, and he should therefore order that the peti tion be dismissed. SEEDS. Rapeseed was firm at extreme' uotations ; linseed ruled toady, at full prices; but for other seeds the trade was very quiet, on former terms. Cakes moved off heavily, and prices had a downward tendency. T urittp,Whitu,p.bus.ll4 to l4s Swede —8 —s Mustard, Brown 94 12s White, Tares, New ...... 7s (d 8s 6d Old per quarter - s —s Cknary, per quarter 46s 52s llye grass, new - s —s Clover, tied Eng., et —a —s White Foreign Red.— —s s White. —a ,—a Trefoil, new. —s I Carraway ...... —s -- Coriander —s Ilempseed, per qr —s —s Liuseed,Eug.sowing 72s 74s Crushing Baltic -s -s Odessa -s —s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English 2 £lO 08,£10 108 Foreign £lO Os Xll 5s Rape Cakes,p ton La Os La las Rapeseed, new,pr qr 68s 72s TALLOW. The tallow trade is somewhat firmer to-day, and a slight advance has taken place in prices, St. Petersburg Y.C. being worth 45a 3d to 458 6d per cwt on the spot; 45s 3d to 45s 6 , 1 for January to March; and 45s 6d to 45s 9,1 for March delivery. Rough fat, 2s 30 per 81b. 1858, - - - Stock this day.... Price of Y.C. Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last wee Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 31,905 44,454 3180.1 to 5750 d to 51s 3d --es Od 1,565 1,101 66,153 48,987 935 327 86,491 81,359 53s 6d 59s 6d 1860. 72,525 54.71) 6080 d to 51s9d tc:. —8 Od -BdO 1 599 1,009 53,957 82,72 j 581 2,582 90,489 80,683 61s Od 628 9d 55.535 _ '4ss 3d to 145 s 6d 985 48,5 , 13 1,085 '65,769 468 6d POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STREET RUFFIANISSI.—DougIas Crawford, of Lower Phillimore-place, Kensington, engineer, was charged, be• fore Mr. Tyrwhitt, with assaulting Mr. Henry Brock, butcher, of 4, Hooper's-court, Knightsbridge, and also Mrs. Hannah Brock, the wife of the complainant. Mr. Brock said that at half-past eleven the previous night he was on his way home with his wife, in Piccadilly, when he saw the defendant and another young man going along in front of them. One of the young men caught a female in his arms and insulted her. Not wishing to have any thing to do with the defendant and his companion, he with his wife stet ped aside to avoid them ; the defendant dropped his walking stick off his shoulder into his wife's bonnet. On expostulating with the defendant, his friend said " Let him have it," and the defendant then struck him in the face and knocked him down, and while on the ground struck him several times, cutting the inside of his mouth. An omnibus man called out to the defendant that he was a coward not to let him (complainant) get up, and a soldier then came up and pulled the defendant off, and on complaining to a constable whom he had previously warned of the defendant's conduct, the defendant struck him again. Mrs. Emma Brock proved that defendant put the stick on her bonnet, and she was afraid that it would have gone in her eye. A constable proved seeing the defendant strike the com plainant. Defendant, in answer:to the charge, said that a female rushed upon him and his companion, and they afterwards went on, when the complainant seized his stick and broke it, and he felt exasperated and struck the comp'ainant. Mr. Francis Gilbertson, a clerk in the office of the Recife and San Francisco Railway Company, was called by the defendant, and said that while in Piccadilly a female rushed up to him. He, with the defendant, left her, and then went on. While passing the complainant and his wife the defendant's stick was suddenly seized by the complainant, and a scuffle ensued, and the defendant struck complainant and on the complainant speaking to a constable the defen dant struck complainant again. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the defence was a very meagre one. The witness wanted him (Mr. Tyrwhitt) to believe that complainant seized the defendant's stick without any pro vocation a very unlikely thing. The defendant had acted very roughly towards the defendant, al d he should fine him £3 for the assault on the female, or two months, and £2 or two months for the assault on the complainant. ROBBING A LIEtTENANT.—A private of the Coldstream Guards, named Walter Sharpies, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a breastpin of the value of £2, the property of Lieutenant Brabezon Harlowesr The evidence of the prosecutor was to the effect that he met two soldiers in the Haymarket and treated them to drink, and lost his breastpin, of the value of £2, while in their com pany. William Ballend, employed at the Black Horse in the Haymarket, deposed to seeing the prisoner put his arm round prosecutor's side and take out his pin, and then go out of the house. A young man said he heard the prisoner say that he had taken the pin but throw n it away. Stephen Smith, 326 A, proved taking the prisoner into custody, and that he was very violent on the way to the station, kicking him several limes. The prisoner's sergeant gave him an indifferent char acter. The prisoner pleadeti guilty, and Mr. Tyrwhitt, in com mitting him for t wo months, with hard labour, said he could not underst an d h ow a gentleman—a lieutenant in the army--could treat soldiers to drink in a public house SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning : There is no truth in a report circulated this morning that the Inman steamer Eta is in Belfast Lough disabled. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning, Arrival, Dec. 2 8—X, L., from Bulogne; Elizabeth Ciceley, from Guernsey ; Snow Bird, from Quebec; Dela ware, from Philadelphia ; Polynesia, from Pugwash; Bonada, from Charlotte Town • Adam Whie, from St. Michael's William IV., from gaffil; Aitems, from Kol ding ; Flying Fish, from Demerara; Cornelia Anna, from Gothenburg ; Assyrian, from Shanghai. Arrived, Dec. ' 4— Northfieet, from Canton; Piden Elina, from Alexandra; Ballarat, from Shanghai. Anchored — Mathilda DEAL, Monday Morning. Kami, for Swansea , from Sunderland, for New York ; from London. ; East London, for Port Natal—both (BY E LECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SoUTRAMPTON Monday Morning. Arrived — Vietorine, f rom R ouen ; 'Tenterden, from Sun derland ; Dcux Louises, from Benin; Ar g yll (steamer), from Caren t an. Sailed—Elizabeth Young for Sunderland ; Ouse, for Hull; Derwent, for Cardiff;' Xanthus, for London. AGES OF TILE NOBILITY.-It appears from "Who's WIA3 in 1863," that the eldest duke is the Duke of Cleveland, who is 74 years old, and the youngest the Duke of Norfolk, aged 15; the eldest marquis is the Marquis of Lansdowne, 82, the youngest the Marquis of Ely, 13; the eldest earl is the Earl of Charlemont, 87, the youngest the Earl of Charleville, 10; the eldest vis - count is Viscount Combermere, 89, the youngest Via count Downe, 18 ; the eldest baron is Lord Sinclair, 94, the youngest Lord Rossmore, 11; the eldest member of the Privy Council is Lord Lyndhurst, 90 ; the youngest Earl Spencer, 27 ; the eldest member of the House of Commons is Gen. Hon. Sir Hugh Arbuthnott, member for Kincardine shire, who is 83, the youngest Mr. Reginald A. Vyner, the member for Ripon, 23; the eldest judge in England is the Right Hon. S. Lushington, aged 80, the youngest Mr. Baron Wilde, 46; the eldest judge in Ireland, Chief Jug tice Lefr.T, S 6, the youngest Mr. Justice Keogh, 45 ; the eldest judge in Scotland, the Lord Justice General, 69, the youngest the Lord Justice Clerk, 52; the eldest archbishop is the Archbishop of Dublin, 75, the youngest the Arch bishop of York, 43; the eldest bishop is the Bishop of Exeter, 85, the youngest the Bishop Designate of Glouces ter and Bristol, 43 ; the eldest colonial bishop is the Bishop of Toronto, 83, the youngest the Bishop of Ontario, 37 ; the eldest baronet is Sir Tatton Sykes, 90, the youngest Sir George R. Sitwell, 2 ; the eldest knight is General Sir James L. Caldwell, 92; the youngest Sir Charles T. Bright, 30. CLOTHES FOR LANCASHIRE.—One of these store rooms full of cast-off clothing is well worth visiting. It is really remarkable to see what very good things people have consented to part with, and also what queer and un likely objects have found their way into the packages, I saw coats and trousers in most excellent order, with just a button-hole a little worn, perhaps, or some small matter of that sort wrong. Some of the garnicnts had very likely got out of fashion, though with plenty of wear left in them. Some, pe, haps, had been from the first hateful to the wearer, who had chosen them in an evil hour, and who was now heartily glad of the opportunity of getting rid of them. There were in one collection a couple of bonnets of the shape worn before the present French pattern came in. They were trimmed exactly alike, and no doubt had belonged to sisters. One lady bad sent a muslin jacket to keep some factory girl warm, while another jacket of silk, richly trimmed with lace, had been contributed by some other benevolent person. Some ladies had sent silk dresses; one gentleman a gorgeous dress waistcoat of moire antique; another, or perhaps the same, a pair of dress-boots with morocco tops. But the most ingenious contributions of all s wallow-tailed n in a g va c l o c a ffi ts c ...... er p 's , c .c o k a e t n , B a ,, ca 4 p l t l o e m he atc r h ea it r , and x we o r t e O. three scarlet General Sir Philip Bainbrigge, K.C.B. This meritorious and distinguished officer, who died at St. Margaret's, near Titehfield, Hants, on the 20th inst., was descended from an ancient family long resident in the counties of Leicester and Derby. He was the eldest son of Lieut..Calonel Philip Bainbrigge (who was killed at the battle of Eginont-op-Zee in 1799) and Rachel, daughter of Mr. Peter Dobree, of Beauregard, Guernsey. He was born in 1786, and entered the navy as mid shipman on board the Caesar, under Lord de Saumerez. On the death of his father the Duke of York gave him a commission in the 20th Regiment, which he joined at Malta in 1801. He was after wards in the 7th Fusileers, and was appointed to a company in the 18th Royal Irish in 1805, with which regiment he served in the West Indies. After the taking of Curacoa, he was appointed Inspector of Fortifications in that island. Returning home in 1808, he entered the Royal Military College at High Wycombe, to qualify f or t h e Staff, and, ha v i ng passed his examination with distinction, was ap pointed Deputy,Assistant Quartermaster General to the 4th Division of Lord Wellington's army, then in the lines of Torres Vedres. On joining he way; ordered to examine the island of Lyceria, in the Tagus, to ascertain the practicability of crossing it, which he did, and his report being satisfactory to Lord Wellington, he was brought to head-quarters. In 1812 he was posted to the 6th division as head of the Quartermaster-General's Depai tment, but on the advance of the army into Spain he was recalled to head-quarters, as he had previously examined the country over which our army was to advance, although it was in possession of the enemy, Lord Wellington being anxious to know from him per sonally all particulars respecting it. He was seon after promoted to be Permanent Assistant-Quarter.. master-General, with the rank of Major, and served in this position till the end of the campaign of 1814. He was present at the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajos, at the battle of Salamanca, part of the siege of Burgos, in the retreat from Burgos (during which he rendered valuable service by extricating a division of the army from a critical situation), at the battles of Vittoria and the Pyrenees, last siege of St. Sebastian, and the battles of the Alive and Toulouse. On these occasions he carried the orders of the duke and of the chief of his department, and was often employed in dangerous services. After the campaign in Belgium and batik of Waterloo he was sent to join the army of occupation in France. After the peace in 1815 he continued to hold the appoint ment of Permanent Assistant Quartermaster Gene ra: till he was made Deputy Quartermaster -Gene ral in Dublin in 1841. When he attained the rank of Major-General in 1846 the Duke of Welling. ton gave him the command of the Belfast dis trict, and in 1852 he selected him to command the forces in the Island of Ceylon. During the period that he remained there the upright dis charge of his duties, and unremitting exertions for the welfare of the troops, made him beloved and respected by all classes, and his departure, on being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1854, was much regretted. In 1837 he was made Companion of the Bath, and subsequently received the reward for distinguished services. In 1854 he was appointed Colonel of the 26th (Ctimeronians), and at length, in 1860, received the rank of Knight Commander of the Bath; he had also the war medal and seven clasps for Ciudad Rodrigo, Bade, j z, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Toulouse. In him the country has lost one who devoted himself with zeal to the public service, was most upright in the discharge of his duty, and active in his profession. The Late Outrages in the Metropolis. A deputation appointed: by the vestry of St. Pancras waited, by appointment, on Sir George Grey, on Friday to present a memorial upon the subject of the recent numerous robberies with violence, and general unprotected state of the reett opolis from depredation. Mr. Plaw, the vestry clerk, introduced the deputation, and read the memorial, which stated that the memorialists were deeply impressed with the inefficiency of the laws and of the mode of punish ment adopted towards hardened offenders, which have of late years prevailed in their treatment even of heinous crimes, that they regard the system of granting tickets-of leave to hardened criminals to have failed in its benevolent intentions and they respectfully beg to urge upon the au thorities the immediate abandonment of a system fraught w;th so much evil ; and that more repressive means should be adopted to check the great growth of crime. They sug gested the advisability of adopting measures in which cor poral punishment should form an important feature in its application to crimes accompanied with violence to the per son, as well as by a modification of the dietary table of pris ners, so that the same shall not present the incongru ous condition of being a higher class than that given to sol diers and to poor persons, both in and out of workhouses, and to adopt means for exterminating the schools which foster the growth of crime, and expressed it as their opinion that the efficiency of the metropolitan police is greatly re stricted by the inefficiency of the laws for the proper and adequate punishment of the desperate ruffians who infest this metropolis in thousands. Mr. Ross having spoken in support of the memorial, Sir G. GREY said that Government had already ap pointed a commission, cons'stin s of the most competent men, to deal with this question, and he had no doubt that they would go into the subject fairly, and that great good would result front their inquiry. Ile drew their attention to the Acts of Parliament which had been passed upon this subject, substituting penal servitude for transportation. The colonies to which convicts were formerly transported had of late years so rapidly advanced in population, civi lisation, and prosperity, and so strongly objected that it was deemed impolitic to continue the system of transportation to those colonies. With a view to meet this difficulty the act of 1853 was passed, substituting penal servitude for transportation, the effect of which was that where a man was sentenced to seven years, the Penal Servitude Act gave him four years. This was found to work in so unsa tisfactory a manner that the act was amended in 1857 in this way—that where a man was sentenced to seven years, and his conduct was particular'y good, at the end of some three or four years he was entitled to a "ticket-of-leave," which was intended to place him for the three years, or re mainder of his original sentence, under the surveillance of the police, and which rendered him liable to be taken into custody and to complete the remainder of his original sen tence if it wore discovered that he was not getting his living in an honest and legitimate manner. Thia was the present state of the law, and Parliament having done that, the Government could not alter the present system without sanction of Parliament. The Government, had, however, done the best they could until Parliament assembled, by getting the commission appointed, whose report would be ready to lay before Parliament early in the ensuing session. In reference to the memorial from St. Pancras, Sir George Grey said he observed there was a paragraph which stated " that robberies with dangerous and murderous violerce to the person, commonly known as" garotte robberies," &c., had prevailed in the metropolis, and many of which had happened in the parish the deputation represented. He should feel obliged by the authorities of St. Pancras for warding him authentic information of when and where those robberies to which they particularly referred took place. He did not mean from the newspapers, fcr it had been ascertained that many of the paragraphs which had appeared were exaggerations, and in some instances had no existence whatever. If they would forward him the parti culars he would direct investigations to be made, as the more real cases there were the more they would strengthen his (Sir G. Grey's) hands. Mr. Ross said the question was, who was to make this ha vestigation. Ho was qu it e certain the police werenot the proper proper parties, fo r th ey were interested in making it appear that there were none of these cases of robbery with vio lence, and that they were all fabrications in the papers, whereas a great many occurred which never got into the papers at all. Mr. FARRER said that he wished to call Sir George Grey's attention to the effect of the ticket-of-leave system, as eli cited in the charge of Mr. Baron Bramwell to the grand jury at the recent assizes at Nottingham. He related a case of a man who had been sentenced to penal servitude as an example. This man became entitled to a ticket of leave. He then committed some offence, for which he was impri soned for a short period and then liberated. Subsequently he committed a third offence, and was thus subjected to and paid the penalty of three sentences before the final ex piration of the period of the first. He submitted that such a system was turning law and just ice into ridicule. The HOME t•ECRETARY said he had himself been struck with the case referred to by Mr. Ferrer, who had very pro perly brought it under his notice, and had noted it down. It certainly was a very str, ng case to go before the commis sion when it assembled. Al the same time, he was sure that the deputation would seo that the Government could not interfere in the matter pending that inquiry. He wa s , however, much gratified at the information which had been afforded him, and if they would furnish him with the particulars he required, they should, together with that he had already received, be forwarded to the proper quarter, The colone!cy of the 26:h Regiment has just become vacant by the death of General Sir Phillip Bainbrigge. No step has yet been taken for filling it, but the probabilities are in favour of Major-General Sir Sydney Cotton, K.C,8., finding himself gazetted to it when he lands in England upon the close of his long, gallant, and moat valuable career in India,—__Artny and Nary Gazette. 681 1 10 93f d 88j i GARIBALDI'S JOURNEY TO C , 'RERA. General Garit aldi's journey from Pisa to Leghorn when en his return to Caprera, is thus described in a letter from an officer formerly on his staff : He wished to embark on the Arno, and in that way reach Leghorn by a canal, an old work of the Medici, which runs flow Pisa to that city, and a boat was pi (Tared for the purpose, by his friends. This way of travelling, always long and tedious, would have bee❑ rendered mote so by a heavy fall of rain ; therefore the General, yielding to the prayers of his friends, resolved to go by rail. As he wished to avoid the great demonstrations of popular feeling which are on no occasion wanting, he de sired to go by a special, and to start earlier than the ordinary train. Yesterday ho was very tired from receiving so many visitors, and suffered from being obliged to talk, which aggravated his wound by exciting the nervous system. Nevertheless he received all with singular affection and infinite benevolence ; and indeed, I did not once notice in his serene and calm bearing, I will not say a movement of impatience, but even of vexation or weariness. When all was decided for the depar ture by railway, the weather changed, and there fore the General returned to his first plan of going by the canal. At half past two in the morning his bed was taken on the shoulders of some of his Pisan volunteers,who claimed for themselves that honour, and with great c.ire was carried down the stairs of the hotel, and then by soin,.‘ neighbouring steps to the boat. All Pisa was alive. Numerous par ties filled the coffee-houses and other places, wait ing the hour of departure, in order to see their General. The street,. the banks of the Arno, and the bridges were full, and it was with difficulty they were able to make a path in the crowd through which to carry the illustrious wounded. Torches gleamed from all the windows. Bengal lights illu minated the beautiful Lung, Arno, and the scene was truly picturesque. In the midst of this crowd, which applauded and saluted the hero, we descended the Arno, and entered by the Pont-a -Mare hate the canal called the Fosso dei Vaicelli. Nothing I can say will give you any idea of this voyage. I can only tell you that, for five or six miles, although the hour was so late, all the fishermen and boatmen, the only inhabitants, were crowding along the waterside, which was illuminated by bonfires and torches. I, who know this cauntry, and know of what people this crowd was composed, find in these truly popular demonstrations, spontaneous, coming from the heart, a new proof of the immense influence which this singular man exercises. To see the wives of these fishermen and boatmen, showing themselves in their balconies, lantern in hand, and crying with pleasure that at last they were able to see their hero, the boys and men throwing themselves into the water, in order to salute him nearer—indeed, we,who have accompanied him in so many triumphs, were astonished when we thought of the ovation through which we were passing, and at so unusual an hour. This demonstration lasted, I may say, during the whole journey, which was longer than we expected, I believe, by the cunning of the good Livornese, who rowed the boat slowly, as they wished that the General should arrive at Leghorn by daylight. And here I despair of giving you any idea of the affectionate demonstrations made by this good population. Immense crowds, great cheering, words of admiration and of love, women crying, blessings from all ! The boats, the bridges, the banks of the canal, the windows, the roads—all were full of people, who placed themselves every where and anywhere, even at some risk to their lives, to see and salute Garibaldi. It is useless; no one who did not see it can have an idea of it. The postal steamer Sardegna, on which the Gene ral wished to go, was anchored in the Porto Nuovo. Accompanied by a crowd of boats we arrived at the steamer. Here the roughness of the sea ren dered it difficult to approach ; novertheless we got alongside. Strong rowers kept the boat firm. A cradle was let down in which the General's bed was put and the ascent began. He was hardly raised a few inches when a heavy sea struck the steamer, knocking it against the boat. It scorned as if it would crush him between the sides. Our hearts were in our throats. The boats tossieg on the waves, the confusion, the cries, the cheers, formed an inexplicable tumult in this moment of peril. The General suspended in the air, tranquil and serene, turned himself to the people, drew his hand from under the clothes, and saluted them. Finally, the hour oT departure arrived ; the Gene ral's bed was placed on the deck; ho saluted us and kissed us with affection. The parting pained us, and we returned sorrowfully to Leghorn. FASHIONS FOR JANUARY. (Ft on the Paris Elegant.) Black is less warn than in former years, but silk still prevails. The trimmings are very low down, small flounces, bands, paesementeries—all these at the edge, The full-dress robes have many bouillons and ruches. plenty of ornaments, buf always much below the knee. They are laid on with exquisite taste, difficult though it is. Fashion is coming back to those tortillons, to those twisted trimmings, which we used to laugh at in old engravings. They are making white cashmere dresses, which will have a frantic run this winter. They aro trimmed with black guipure, several rows of which are laid on; the ro tonde collar to match is supremely elegant, and can only be Worn in a carriage, as you may believe. Some paletots, longer than the marine jaekets, or saute cu-barque, are in use, which resemble a gentleman's frock coat more than they do a paletot. They fit close to the waist ; they are well calculated for ladies of a full figure, and become them admirably, _ _ For ball dresses, blonde and lace, either genuine or imi tation, will be much in wear this winter. A rather serious attempt is being made to return to short shapes. Many women who accept a fashion, whatever be its nature, have determined to assume them. Bonnets still continue what they have been. There is no hope of seeing them change before next spring. Well, we must submit, and take them as we find them. Still, in stead of building them up in squares, like a spade, let us round their shape, en aureoles . ; let us lessen the bundle of flowers over the forehead; let us put the plumes lower down, and bouquet not on the crest but a little on one side. Be satisfied with a single species, and do not heap together a sample of every herb and flour on your devoted head. As for coiffures, the fashions are ludicrous : feathers with little bits of gold strewn over them, like boxes for sugar-plums ; flowers intermingled with these ieathers, with or without gold, falling down in front like those on the black funeral horses; more feathers again, arranged in horizontal lines ; whatever you like; such are the things which the great manufacturers throw into circulation under the pretext that they are new. We have to communicate to you several novelties in bonnets, First of all a mauve satin capote grooved en eventail, or like a fan ; on the side a similar kind of pouf shelled in blonde, and in leaves of mauve velvet; the garden wider it is in the same style, and so soft to the cheek I The strings are of mauve taffeta, an eccentricity most lavishly distri buted about this year. A grey velvet bonnet with a Chantilly appret with cross lappets. The back is of goosoberry velvet, as well as the bavolet, adorned with a Chantilly tail. A bouquet of grey velvet displayed above and a second below the passe. These three colours mix admirably together. 1 1 A second capote made of black velvet, edged with white taffeta, over a lace lappet, is laid on Mary Stuart fashion, and turned up with a tuft of anemone in gooseberry velvet, fringed round with natural grasses, with a small bird hover ing above them. Beneath them is a blonde ruche with an anemone on the side. The strings are black. The evening coiffures are equally extravagant, though in a different manner. They are quite as singular, but they add to what I have already described a good share of tinsel. They mix with the hair behind, they are held up with gold pins, or, better still, with jewels, if you prefer it. I do Lot dislike, as wreaths, bunches falling down about the head. It is very becoming, especially to young and fair persons. Acacias, Virginia jessamine, glycines then, and any sort of bunch or cluster, make a delightful coiffure, which I can unhesitatingly recommend. As trimmings for dresses, this is certainly one of the prettiest inventions of the florists. They are placed in the midst of the bouillons, falling down here and there, and lost in waves of tulle. This mode of trimming is beautiful. In general, the bending and falling flowers are far prettier and more easily laid on then the straight ones. DESPATCH OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AND 130111 BAY MAILS.---SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 27.—The Pen insular and Oriental Company's steam -ship Ellora, Captain Kellock, sailed hence to-day at two p.m. with the mails for Gibraltar, pperße n the Egypt, Aden, B om b a y, an d Upper together with 19 first and 20 secon d c l ass gal Mediterranean, passenger s, including Captain Barnard, Ensign Heath, and Lieutenant Roberts. Amongst the passengers pro ceeding via Marseilles to join this mail are—Captain Bond, Colonel Tapp, Ensign Davidson, Colonel Grimes, and Major Southey. The Ell ora t a k es out on freight 996 boxes specie, value £369,350, of which amount is, for Bomby— Bar silver and sfr. pieces, £274,450; bar gold, £31,230; gold coin, £5,000 ; watches, jewellery, and precious stones, £670, and for Aleaandria--sovereigns, £lB,OOO. The Loss of the Steamer Lifeguard. BETWEEN FIFTY AND SIXTY PERSONS DROWNE D. The hopes of the most sanguine as to the safety of the steamer Lifeguard aro now utterly extin guished by the melancholy intelligence which we have to communicate. The inevitable conclu6iou tu ' which all must now arrive is, that the ill-fated sea sel has succumbed to the fart' of the hurricane of Saturday evening, and that ail on board have rivet with a watery giave iu the elementary war of that dark and stormy night. - Whatever may have been the cause of her foundering, whether it happened in the manner suggested in our impression of Sa turday or by any other way, the tremendous sea running at the time would preclude any attempt being made to save the lives of those on board by having recourse to the boats. No boat could have survived a moment in such a fearful sea. The finHl catastrophe, in all probability, came .too suddenly upon her to give time for the adoption of means holding out the slenderest prospect of saving life, and she would go down without leaving a living witness of the dreadful catastrophe. When she did not arrive in London about the usual time, it waa hoped that the delay lisd been caused by her hav ing been blown off the land, and that she would shortly either arrive at her port or be spoken by some passing vessel ; then as time passed by with out bringing intelligence of her whereabouts, it was supposed that she might have, in addition to being blown off, been disabled seriously, and was drifting about in a helpless state in the North Sea ; then as nothing was heard of her, it was suggested that she might have made some continental port ; but as days passed by without any tidings of her, the conclusion was reluctantly come to that she had ;one down on the night of the storm. A strong confirmation of her melancholy end was found on Monday, a Bridlington smack having picked up a box which was known to have been on board the Lifeguard when she left the Tyne ; and since then a quantity of wreck has been washed up near Flamborough Head. It is true that the box might have been washed from the deck (where, from its contents, it was not likely to be), but taking the finding of it in connection with the length of time which has elapsed since she was last heard of, no one can entertain the faintest hopes of her safety. This melancholy loss will throw a deep gloom over many a household. Many of the crew were married men, with families. One of them has left a wife and 11 children. The Shipping Gazette of Thursdaycontains the fol lowing report relating to the foundered vessel :—" Monday a box was picked up by the smack Idra, and taken into Bridlington. It was found to con tain some poultry and Christmas presents, together with some letters written by parties in , Newcastle. Mr. Anthony, the owner of the Idra, sent the letters to Newcastle, and this (Thursday) morning inqui ries were made at the Irongato Wharf, London, by the parties to whom the box was addressed. They had been advised of its coming by the Lifeguard, bat had heard that the letters which were in it had since been received by the parties in Nawcastle. The box is not in the Lifeguard's manifest, but it is quite certain it was on board, possibly iu one of the cabins. There were about 35 passengers in the ship; the crew numbered 22 hands." The same paper also states, under date of " Bridlington, Dee. 24, a quantity of wreckage has been washed en shore at Flamborough Head." It does not state what the nature of it was, but it may possibly be the remains of the woodwork and cargo of the ill fated vessel. The following is a list of the crew and passengers on board at the time she sailed, bat it is neces sarily incomplete as the list of crew and passengers on board at the time she went down:-- Crew of Lifeguard —John Barry, master; Frede rick Clark, mate ; Gill Wilson, second mate ; Ben jamin Welling, boatswain ; William Mitchell, sea man ; William Stevenson, seaman ; James Mitch, seaman ; J. Sinclair, seaman ; John Cookson, sea man ; John Strachan, seaman ; name unknown, ship's cook; George Samuels, Ist engineer; Mackie, 2d engineer ; William Grierson, 3d engi neer ; John llayter, fireman; George Leslie, fire man ; William Evans, fireman ; Charles Thompson, fireman ; Rob:rt Wilks, steward; name unknown, assistant steward ; Christina Wyness, stewardess ; Richard Rolf; fore-cabin steward. Saloon Passengers —Miss Stephens, governess ; Mr. P. C. Chaldicott, late of Newcastle ; Mr. Haw kins, Mr. Moore, draughtsmen with B. Stephenson and Co.; Mr. James Long, schoolmaster, 41st Regiment. Fore-cabin Passengers —J. Hollings worth,George Bromley or Liddiard, Halliday, William Cross and his son, William Watts, Mr. ana Mls. Russell, Ellen Bracken, 17 years of age, Mary Ann Bracken, 24 years of age ; 16 or 17 other names unknown. Shields Passengers —It cannot be positively ascertained hcw many passengers embarked on board the unfortunate vessel at Shields. One of the bridgemen at the Shields Steam Ferry, with his wife and two children—he having got a fortnight's holiday —were supposed to have been put aboard of her, but that cannot be determined yet. Two sailor lads in the employ of Mr. Strong also got holidays to spend their Christmas with their friends in London, and it is not known whether they went up in the Lifeguard or the General Steam Naviga tion Company's boat until a reply is received from London. The Lifeguard was deeply laden when she crossed the bar to go to sea, and appeared to be too much by the stern ; and sailors who saw her go out state that she did not rise with the seas, but plunged through them. Some anxiety is felt with regard to a new East Indiaman which left the Tyne in the same tide with the Lifeguard ; she has not been reported at the Downs. She ought to have called there to have left her North Sea pilot.— Netccasae Chronicle. THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—A further in spection of this line was undertaken on Saturday by Colonel Yolland, the examination being mainly confined to the mode of working the signals. The result of the trials made a few days since was so unfavourable as to in duce Colonel Yolland to withhold the usual certificate of the fitness of the line for public traffic. The difficulty that has arisen is in connection with the distant signals, and by the plan of working them which had been arranged by Mr. Fowler, the engineer, alargeamount of physical labour was required on the part of the signalmen. Indeed, it was cal culated that no signalman could be relied upon to work them for a longer period than a couple of hours per cay. If his duties were continued beyond that time it would be at he expense of that certainty of working which, in a rail way so novel in its eharaeter, it was essential for the public) safety should be secured. During the past week some me chanical alterations have been introduced, and the "pull" for the signals has been considerably reduced. Under these circutustances the Government inspector will certify to the Board of Trade that the line is in a fit condition for traffic, though it would be desirable to ease still further the mode of working the distant signals. The Board of Undo will not, however, in consequence of this defect, exorcise the power with which it is vested, of prohibiting the opening of the line, and we may now hope after so many delays and unforeseen difficulties, to be able shortly to announce with certainty the day on which the railway will be opened for traffic. A number of trial trips are to be made to.day. The arrangements for the grand banquet to the share holders at the Farringdon-street terminus are nearly com pleted. The station has been tastefully decorated with flags of all nations, and accommodation has been provided for about 1,000 guests, No day is yet fixed for this banquet as the directors await the receipt of the official opinion oi the Government inspector. DESPATCH OF THE AMERICAN AND UNITED STATES MAILS.—On Saturday the Cunard Royal Mail steamer Africa was despatched from Liverpool for Boston with mails for the United States and British North America, together with a large number of passengers, cargo, &c. The Inman steamer City of Baltimore will leave Liverpool for New York on Wednesday next w , th mails fot the United States. Letters will be received at the Liverpool Post•ofTice until 1.30 p.m. Late despatches via Cork will be received until 8.30 p.m. The Europe gives some details relative to the affair of the arms seized in the Danubian Princi palities. The Prince of Servia, it says, has declared that the said arms had been purchased by him from Russia, not for the purpose of disturbing the tranquillity of Turkey, but solely to secure internal order. In spite of that decla ration the arms are not, it is said, to be given up to Servia until the inquiry which has been ordered on the subject of the military wants of that Principality shall have been con cluded. As a proof of the general inclemency of the weather experienced at Worthing, the Sussex .Ex press states that violets out of doors are in full bloom in multitudes; and in some of the gardens strawberries ard blooming without shelter of any kind. 6.4.0 19.16.4 12.10 1862,