The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-22 00:00:00

\EY IVJ Ai? CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Tao money market still presents the quiescent appearance noticed for some time past, and the quo t4tions remain steady. The half-year's interest kas been announced for P a Yment on Cape o f G oo d Hope 6 per Cent., New s 'nth Wales 6 per Cent., and Victoria 6 per. Cent. Debentures. The accounts from the manufacturing districts t ' h 4ri ng the past week have been satisfactory, al ik-"gh, as usual at this season of the year, ,_"e dealings have not been extensive, owing 1 7 the preparations made for stock-taking art Y , lne st of the principal manufacturers. Cloths While the at Manchester. have been at steady prices, h ude the woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and the has been wonderfully active, most of i. e mills being in full operation. The hosiery and : t ea trades of Leicester and Nottingham continued h e4 dY, while at Birmingham and Sheffield there ti aB been rather activity consequent upon the 5114 1 Christmas demand. Two o'CLocx. Al though business in the English Stock Market nt ly? exceedingly inactive, as usual at this p eriod wlen speculation is almost partially suspended un o;barter the Christmas holidays, strong indications 00 Yancy are still apparent. At an early hour this th r uing the tendency of quotations was again in furth er a scendant, and a few purchases soon led to a ',rtFter advance of about per cent. Consols ,it , leil open e d a t 921 f or t ra nsfer, and at 92; for then account, b e i ng now 92; and 92a- a respectively. at h e n l4 . ,, e tv 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are fi rmer, bi t 7Z t,-; Exchequer Bills, lls. prem. ; Ban k CjeK iS fl a t, at 233; but India 5 per Cents. have ali n 1081. ,n'lnced to lo ti e transactions in the Foreign Merket hav e z 't)t b een very extensive, but prices have been buoy allf. Turkish 6 p e r Cents., 1854, are firm at 84 1 8 ditto, 1858, 701 I; ditto, £lOO Bonds, 74 ; ditto, e' 71 1 I; and the Consolides , 41 1; Italian improved to 71; 721; ditto, Railway Loan, 75 1 ; Mexican to 321 ; ; Portuguese Serip is 48 s te in ; Russian paid-up. 941 ; Spanish Certificates, 4 ' and Venezuelan Scrip has risen to 14 dis. L usiiess in the Railway Share Market co ntinued t ,: the r inactive, but prices have remained w ithout e e rial variation. North British and N orth and South (Berwick) improved 55., while Brig hton 4"a South Eastern declined ss. T he Foreign and Colonial lines were in mode rate r i e ltlest at steady rates; Dutch-Rhenish brought i; East ern o f F rance , 211; Great Western of Can ada rernainid firm at 13 1; East Indian im ed 1081 109, and Great Indian Peninsula to 47 1 1073 9 Jo . I nt-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous S hares e te rather fiat. Ottoman Bank declined to 33; 4 ; 7 9 It i Bank realised 921; London and Westminster `` , 8 ° ; Oriental Bank, 54; ; Crystal Palac e Stock 6 37 ; South Australian Loan, 33; and Oriental °ver nraent, 1.1 1/. 11a ilk stoc BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CL O _ CK FUNDS-0NE 233 a per 6 ' a ‘' r, ent. Reduc e d Annuities iiPeeCnCent. Consols Annuities I ti d i 4 Per Cent. Annuities D !! Stock Ott) 5 per Cent. lOB 71 8k dittoßnficed Paper, 4 per Cent -- /3 _ !ttc 5 per Cent _l..ttc 5i per Cent. h uitt _ o- Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1001 - 4.' ri , Benda £l,000 h D itto under £l,000 toamls for`Acconnt, Jan. 8 921 f '`lehecizier Bills £l,OOO, 21 per Ct. cotes FO;7.BIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. cotes Ayres 6 per Cent eiclor New c c ,:_ksolidated IS.Ptiatt, 7 per Cent. 93 1 1 , ito, Second Issue .. Italian o 5 Cent , per 4 51- (m ar eutmana Railway) 75i 41 , xican, 3 per Cent - O ur at° Account tuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. — ,-uitto Scrip, £2O pd • ... 4k pm ,I),sian 5- per Cent 1+422 £ St . Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 941 4 'Panish 3 per Cent bitto Account i ll'aoish Cert. o f Coup. not funded ,I rkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account .. Bll 5 D it to 6 p er C en t. 1858 to Account . .. 7 Ol I I Ditto, £lOO Bonds ----'" 6C ' t 1862. Scrip, £6O pd 3l 1 pm bitt per en " 711 $f v , o Paid-up Scrip Z e zueia,3per Cent — o.tto Account ll t° 1/ per Cent li 1 4 , q Dividends on the above pay able in London. tb114."11) Dit to Account 711 21 TWO O'CLO C t c ,„ Ditto Money 'lto Account, Jan. 8 - 924 4 1 , 1:1 „! 4 ' 41 OF ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR GR AHAM red ti AMOND, Benz., G.C.B.—We have to ann ounce the u,C 4 cif Admiral Sir Graham Eden Haincnd, Bart., G.C.B. fthe 11:,,a 8 only appointed to the high office of Admiral his et O n the coming of age on the 9th of Novemberlast of : 30eal; T ie o e yc a i r l ly lli g h hess t h e Prince of Wales. Sir Graham was 4 ' Newman -street, London, on December 30, 1779, and age Of five years and nine months his naTe.bap -71, - I ' 3 ' to have been borne on the books of th Irresisti . le. k e ,: ari ng the broad pendant of his father in the river to as captain's servant, and he subsequently saw . a bet '''. deal of service. Sir Graham married, in 1806, Eliza litmh; daughter of John Kimber, E-q., of Fowey. Cornwall,. Ike -4ce eeded his father in 1828. The deceased admiral is Iti\r e-e r ue4 by his son, Captain Andrew Snape amend, t ied`, lB , 46 ), who was born ac Freshwater in 1811, and mar -4411 18 44, Mary Anne, the second daughter of Edward p e f , - ' R N., of Cambridge. -lIT UGAL.—The climate of Portugal is good, 61 th For rather variable, the soil very fertile, and capabilities it g l' in toerce immense. But want of energy and tyrannis ki i n ; °° etliznents have caused as much harm in Portugal eotint There are means for vast enterprise in both Po s - only waiting to be devel' ped. "Her maritime tierf 4°4--- second only, if second, to that of these is l es — Pott: ttil e soil, her delicious climate, her splendid river rear' and h er comman d o f a vas t i n terior, ought to have Dop u -e l te d Portugal one of the richest, freest, and most Dt4: 4B European states. There is hardly any natural he r :? t ion, of general utility which cannot be cultivated on nr-tiZ' She can produce every variety of wines,and wants r nma. g but the inducement to beat all the wines of Ger tienl' not to say France, out of our market. Her popula %let 4113 i ndustrious, and pre-eminently fond of peace and t iO4, 48 , appears by the evidence of their periodical revolu th e always end in an amiable ' transaction,' placing 11:4ei_torsin power, and the vanquished on the pension list. in eec uld such a country not be our very best customer, so y Portion to the size of her terr i tory ? Wh y s h ou ld no t shoal Ye ar exhibit an increase of her trade ? And why tio' 4 , B he not be a bl e to discharge all her public oblige h the foreign as well as. the home creditof to ,tit'o,f,_,,‘t faith 1 0 ' This is easy to ask, but not so easy tan P ve r, although we as a free and untrammelled nation, ta tb ° BO better than the Portuguese themselves. The hav e re as°/la which have hindered Spain from prospering u n d i d Eo, e the same f or Portugal, and will continue to do el e 4 a sweepin system of reform is introduced.—Social k'e Revie g • tv. 1, 4 has been issued by the Austrian Ern \VlZ at Paris, to the effect that no literary or artistical Witho °f a ny kind sent to the Emperor Francis Joseph authorisation, and unless transmitted through "" a s B 3', will -be received, but will be returned to the 13 at their risk and expense. It w , ( Yold appear that garotting is beginning to a z :, °4 the continent as well as in London. The Danu b e .j tte _ "e states that two Jewish wool-merchants, w h o h ad to:ted co nsiderable sales at Pesth, had the imprudence to -12 4, 11 t th 'ir money i n an i nn . O n leaving it they entered a t,t,ve, s treet, wh ere th e y w ere assau lt e d from behind by / heir ki l 'en, 'who threw them down, stripped them of all l ee yaluabl es, and eve n t h e i r c l othes, leav i ng t h e i r ow n ra el : t l4 exchange, and then abandoning them on the pave- Doo r bo und hand and foot, although not very closely. The clifa e T e a were thus obliged to creep along with great the y i t t Y , in ord er t o reac h a more frequented street, where 7 re at lengthliberated. till 'the the visit of the Emperor, the signature of ttlrtitl° : t a " Rothschild and Sons" devolved by special pro le It 11 °II the Baron's daughter-in-law, Mdme. Gustave , t et hschild,—C ourt Journa l . p ett M eeting of the Prussian Chambers is ax 'pi t i eg to tak e pl ace on 10th J a nuary. The King L nt "t, it is thought, open the session in person, Pt h W ill charge Count de Bismerk, with that . net. The g o 1 0 al ve ‘oment intends, it is said, to confine itself liee:ng on the Chambers to approve of the ex litttifi'es incurred in 1862, over and above the last, f at .'" r egularly voted, that is to say, of 1861. As bate s i rds the Constitutional question, the Mi not make any concessions, bgt will pre g tto the Chamber the War Budget of 1863, under Aor m , , . Which Will involve the reduction of the mi litary lie "le° to two yours. St-lARE MARKET...THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOukS. Railways. Bir., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost., S eat., an d Bristol and Exeter ... Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall A gets no die Do. B till i Sp e.p att. h been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Witto A. stock Ditto East A ngli an et GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock • B do Do. £5 shares t. S. an W. of Ireland reat Western .. I Do Str Val atm. stock Lancashire dz Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport aad Carlisle. DO aliare . s • Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby 41d. Gt. VV. of Irelane Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British _ _ Ellin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwici. Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Lecda Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Weichpool Shropshire Union !South Deyon , !South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath 'Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall IN. Hartlepool Har.&R 'West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford PREFERENCE S Vris. & Exet. I p. c, st I Do. shares "aledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall, 5 per met._ Do. 4; p. e. gua. perpet. Dun. Perth, & Aber.J au. Do. Ist Class Pre Edin.&Glas.s p.c. share:- Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. &•• • Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.P Gt.Eastn, E.Cour. F_'x. I Do No. Do 6 p. c. pref Do. E. Angn A st 5 p.c. Do Do, 41. Agn. B 6 p c. pf. Do. do. C 7 do. Do. E. Union, 4 p.c. gua Do. ... Do.Norf'k 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 Do. do. s,;_p_e. pref. li=47 Do. p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm. Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redmatsp.c.pm Do. Hertford purchase. Do. Luton do Do.H.&L. pur. 4 p. c. pf Do. Luton pur. 5 p. c.pf Nh. of scot. Ist pref Sn. & W. (Ireland 4 per cent Great West. (Berke am , Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. et Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. e. redeem. pref Do. firm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. share: Do. Chesterß p.c. pf. 811 , Do. Cheeter 5 p.c. pc. ehF Lan. & Carl. 4i p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. mtoc' Do.Barnast£s 3s 10d 1) , Do. 6 p. e. (East Lan.) Do. 4 p. c. (Blackt). pur Lon.&Brift,sp.e.llL No. I Do. 5 percent. do. No 2 Da 5 per cent. d 0... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent pref. stlz Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.' Do. 4p c. st.(div.def. 1 Lon. Ch at. dil)nv. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7_p. cent pt., late 3(i shares Do. (Port sm'th perpetl, anns. of 2s. Cid.) non. sh. & Lin. C per et Do. £6 Do. 3t per cent Do. redeem. opercent Wary port & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 44 per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk Do.Con.Bris.. Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 4;e p.c. irredeemable Do. 44 per cent..... . Do. Leic. and Hit 4per ct Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New Etta. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44pr. ct redeemabl. Do. G. N. E. 4 p. et. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, D. t S. Pura Do. Carlisle 44 p. c. Do. do. 4 p. C. N. London 45p. c. Z2O pi North Staffordshire.— scoctish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeenjrua.6p. , Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock :4outh Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do, Fixed 44 pet cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Do. 5 p. c. gua Stock. & Dar. A t p. c Do. B 6 p. c Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. ... Watrfd & Kilkny, 5 p. c. W. Mid. -Did lst gua stk Do. 2d do. Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. Perpct.6 p. C. pf. 1865 Do. till 1869 Closing Business , Paid. Price. done. 8 8i - - Pi 83 85 115 116 Gb 7 115' 41 43 13 14 86 88 105 107 46 47 43 45 241 25 1241 1251 128 129 135 137 1 104 106 6 , 1 (.82 108 i 109 72 71 118 119 28 39 961 061 101 102 41 41 9 91 1281 (261 1 0 l#P 97 99 52 52/ 25 27 991100 --d 56 67 88 FB4 125 127 107 110 1 1 ) , 41 4 1 10! 1 If 118 120 47/ 486 103 105 •47 4 9 334 344 88 B.Bi 684 Q 4 99 101 7 8 39 40 10 104 f. 7 74 n 146 148 44 5 24 3 p 554 564 24 34 p 4 cl 87 69 110 145 29 31 93 44 35 37 94i 25i HARES. 98 98 2oi 214 Gf 7 111 113 91 93 112 114 111 113 129 131 105 108 '29 111 150 152 U 7 119 jl2 114 H 105 107 [OB 110 O 8 100 98 100 88 00. 89 91 102 101 77 70 170 175 101 100 t3B 140 103 105 'll6 118 116 118 136 140 116 118 155 16) 131 135 SO 82 96 97 I 21 3 '123 125 fi t t )11 €8 iPlo !40 142 103 105 A 5 f 7 1110 112 108 110 1 lipm 93 9 - 5 03 105 98 100 P IP !3 234 lci 101 24 24i 162 104 102 104 87 89 214 tla 2/ 29 33b 39 31 34 46 17 126 118 118 122 101 103 122 124 118 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. , A Leasing 'Closing Business Paid. Co. s Price. Done. --- Birkenhead. Buckingh mahire. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 55 Di Do. 54 per cent 100 Do 126 128 Do. 5 ” 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon lO3 155 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&G.E (8 70 E. Lincolnsh. g6pr c. 100 Gt.Ncrth. 136 138 Gloster &Dean Pores all Gt. West. Gt.Ea= tn. Newmarket &c., 5 per cent lOO Gt.Eastn. -- Do. E.U.Harwch. 4 p.c 100 D 0....... D o .Wodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c 1 0 1 Do Mill - find Selby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 203 206 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do 44 per cent lOO D) BB 89 Do. Bromley, 6 per c all D 0....... .. .. Do. New ShlB6l, 44p.c all D 0........ 22 24 Do.Wn. Ext. A, 44 p c all Do. .... ... 81 5 London & Greenwic 100 S. Eastern 64 66 Do. Preferen , Lon.,Tilb.& s, -riend 100 Peto &Co 90 92 Lnd'dr. &Ennis. orig,r.l 100 Do. AI 100 ' riEh N.- Do. B 100 Western. Do. C 100 _ I Lowestoft gut.. a p c.. 100 Norfolk •• •• •• Do 6 per. cent lOO Do. Mne.,B2ctn.,& Matlock all • LNW& M 4 44 -Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Nor.Dev.Rail & Dock lOO L.&S.W. Do A stock Do ll stock OO Jan.,1863. Do. Pr, ference lOO Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Gt. Eastn 67 59 Do. 6 per , cent...... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 100 N. E. Ber .. . , North Western Not. Gran. Rl. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 054 964' W Preston and Wyre. t all L&N 1 s , L. i k. i 44 46 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. •"• .. .. .. ROystn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 ShreWsby dc Hereford 100 L.&N.W.. 135 137 Do. Do. South Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.W WestLondOn, Cls A all W.Ln. Ex Do do B all Ln&N.W. Do do C all Sz fit.Wst. —— I Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn & Croyd on all L.&Brgtm 84 94 1 FREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS Dividends continent on the Profits of each separa t e Year. "r_________.,._.---- st Ca leeon. £lO Gua. Stes 100 102 104 at Gt . Eastern sp. c. pref. 100 108 103 10 kent Coast. 6 p.ct. pi. 1 : 1 ' 2 4 P il ) , 8 1 Lop .& iikwall,44 p...sk. 100 1(2 103 "a Do. do. 44 do. shares 44 P IP st Lond'n, Blig'tn, &c.,44 7 3 t Do. do. 4 per ct. 1860 100 92 (6 Per cent lB5B 100 103 135 I Do . do. 5 t E Do. ,I clo. i . 4 i pc: ct. 1861 31 -- 4 k per ct. 1861 100 103 105 a ' lLt ' '' naatc 6 o 83 85 10 Do, Metrop ii ; P.c dpf 100 10 North British 64 Lou, &S.Wester ' . • , xt R6p c. all 301 1 0 4 Pi 1 st DoEd,Prth.&D'dee Shares, 1861.. „. -- z ll o 4tp ” ..c. 100 104 106 . st Scottish Central 4 . 4 ._ ail . 6 , 1) 13c 100 80 83 allal. all 1 1 3 0/ 9 , 1 1:0 irred. prof • - 10 S.-Eastern 44 p.c. 1859..- 100 r 1 0 0 D D o o : 5 5 p.c. r u n g ed B B 6 6l (frdd..)) aI 1 To 1 — . 25 Stkton & Dirlg,tn. D,Pf all 25 Do. do. all i 294 20 Yale of Neath ..... all 'Li 0. mi 68 1 i & 108 k 72 118& 1/ p 931 100 TIIE SUN, LOPTO1!, MONDAY EVENPM, DECEMBER ,22, 1812. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Prioe. Pald. all Business don( 676 105 106 rig 53 8 81 77 80 75 78 72 75 105 107 107,1 1081 1061 103 1(9 1 lip 221 22 S f 73 75 68 66 35 37 43 52 34 33 31 36 1061 1071 lip 1p 109 81 75i 4i 1071 & /014 105? 13} In 7,1 7t 08 100 90 02 13k k 13 - - die 104} 10t 90! lON' £1 06 1051 9Ji all all 100 (100 100 2 15 110 000 Icrl l 1. 7} 76 1: 2 p 11 1i 7 6 1 1 p 17e 1211 alt all all all all 'i 14 Ha 9 9i 20 21 404 41} id ip 84 13i 9 8 d 45 46 41 43 18',' 14 16 i t 01 91 10 10j . 11 2pml 231 23 31 32 3 2id 7 7* 10 )0i 20i 21 4 ItlTll MARKETS-THIS DAY. MARK-LANE. Only moderate supplies of wheat were on sale in the country markets held on Saturday. There was an improved demand for selected qualities, and in some instances prices had an upward tendency. Inferior qualities, however, were a slow inquiry. Spring corn and flour were dull, but not cheaper. The continental markets, almost generally, continue heavy. The shipments of breadstuffs from America' have continued to fall off. Prices at New York show no margin of profit on sales effected here. _ _ Limited supplies of English wheat were received up to cur market last week. The imports from abroad amounted to 11,731 qrs of wheat, 13,655 barley, 18,578 oats, 773 beans, 574 peas, 101 tares, 12,783 linseed, 6,645 rapeseed, 2,366 maize, 547 sundry, 55 sacks and 1,045 barrels flour. The fresh arrival of home-grown wheat to this morning's market was small. A few samples came to hand in im proved condition, but the general state of the supply as regards quality was by no means satisfactory. All good and fine dry produce moved off steadily, and last Monday's currency was well supported. Damp parcels commanded but little attention, yet prices were without material change from those current this day se'nnight. The market was fairly supplied with foreign wheat. Red American qualities changed hands to a moderate extent, at full prices. Other descriptions met with a steady inquiry, and the quotations ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in steady request, and late rates were well supported. Malting barley sold steadily at full prices. Grinding and distilling sorts were in moderate request, at the late decline in their value. The supply on offer was moderate. The business done in malt was only moderate, on former terms. The supply of oats was by no moans extensive. The trade ruled firm, and fine sweet corn was somewhat dearer than on Monday last. Beans were in but moderate supply, and steady request, at full prices. Grey and white peas, the supply of which was rather large, sold heavily, ai a decline of is per quarter. There was less activity in the demand for barrel flour, yet no reduction took place in its value. In other kinds about an average business was transacted, at late rates. CURRENCY Psn firtPERJAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old 47s 525 Ditto, white, new 465 525 Ditto, old 4BB 54s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —B s Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 269 35s Malting, new Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk sos 668 Brown Kingstown and Ware 568 700 Chevalier 668 255 Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding. 20s 25s Potato Youghal and Cork, black .. 18s 25s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 22s 26s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey, new .. 368 38s Maple White, new 4 os 4ls Boilers 4ls 42s Flour—Town-made Suffolk 345 38s Stockton and Norfolk. ...... .. 315 355 prices compared with last wi active, on former terms. Turnaede ,'hite,p.bus 11s to 14s —s —s Mustard, Brown White, Tares, New 7s t'd 8s 6d Si Old per quarter - s —s Canary, per quarter 46s 52s Rye grass, new s --13 Clover, Red Eng. , ct. —s —s White Foreign Red —s —s White —s --;•fit . Trefoil, new s --s k. The cake trade rules in- LAW-THIS DAY.. Carraway a Coriander s —s H empseed, per qr —s —fs Linseed,Eug.sowing 72s 74s i u Crshng; 66s 70s LORD MAYOR'S COURT. (Before flee Recorder and a Common. Jury.) Baltic V —s —s Odessa -3 -s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £lo Os.€lo 10s Foreigit £lO Os £ll 5s Rape Cakes,p ton.CG Os £43 15s Rapeseed, new,pr qr 683 72s TALLOW. The tallow trade is fiat to-day, and prices have a down ward tendency. St. Petersburg Y.C. is quoted at 45s 3d to 45s Gd per cwt on the spot; 45s 31 for the month , and 45s 9d for January to March delivery. Rough fat, 2s 3 3 / 4 cl per Sib. 1858. 1859. 1860. 1861. 1862. -- -- --____ Stock this day.— 32,536 45,227 73.014 53146 55,135 { Price of Y.C. SOs —s 0 9.1 to 58s6d to 60s3d t o 5 1s0d to 45s 3d to .. d 598 Od —s Od 518 6d 458 6rl Delivery lastweek 1,765 2,081 1,3 9 1,521 1,823 Ditto from June 1 64,689 47,881 53,3°8 81,716 47,558 Arrivals last wee 853 63 -67 2,914 809 Ditto from June 1 85,658 81,032 59,1308 78,101 61,864 Price of Town .... 53s 6d 52s 64 61s Od 52 s 9d r 46s 62 THE CUSTOM OF TILE CORNLMARKET.-AYRE V. FORSTER This was an action to recover £27 10s., commission on the sale and resale of a quantity of oil cake, and it was tried late on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Henry James (instructed by Mr. Sorrell, of Mark lane) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Day (instructed by Mr. Waghorn, of Mark. lane) for defendant. Mr. James, in opening the case, said he should abun dantly prove both by the contract and the documentary evidence that plaintiff was entitled to his commission. Plaintiff said—l am a corn factor and commission agent of Mark-lane. Some time since I heard that Messrs. Fowlers (who deal very largely in it) had a qumtiry of oil cake lying at Hull. Defendant offered £9 10s. per ton for it, and subsequently £9 lns. This price being accepted, the bought and sold notes were duly sent in. Defendant did not show any desire to send for the cake, and I spoko to him about it in the corn market. Day by day he promised me he would see to it. At length I was compelled to re sell, and the whole commission is £27 10s. Defendant has repeatedly promised to pay me. Cross-examined—l am not a sworn broker. It was perfectly understood that the cake should be delivered in Hull. Mr. Day said that defendant entirely misunderstood the contract. He understood that the cake would be sent to London, or to Rye, in Sussex, for £9 15s. Defendant was called, and said that he offered £9 10s. in Hull, or £9 15s. in London. He did not think the bought and sold notes were contracts. A contract should be signed by the contracting parties. Did not promise to pay the plaintiff. Cross-examined—I did not answer plaintiff's letters, be cause I was anxious not to commit myself. His Lordship, in summing up, remarked, that in all cases where the evidence was conflicting the jury should look carefully at the documentary portion of the case. Here, then, there were the bought and sold notes, and plaintiff's letters demanding payment. Defendant had retained the bought mote, and, therefore, if the jury should think he did so, they would find for the plaintiff. If they thought he did not know the nature of the transaction they would find for the defendant. The jury, after a brief deliberation, found a verdict for the plaintiff. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before M. Kerr.) THE RECENT ALLEGED MURDER IN FENCHURCH-STREET. -THE GIRL HUMBLER SUING FOR HER G00D5...-. HUMBLER V. DAVIS. This was an action to recover the sum of L 2, damages for the alleged detention and wrongful conversion of certain s earing apparel the property of plaintiff. _ _ Mr, Lewis, jun., appeared for defendant, who is a sweep, of Sussex-street, Leadenhall-street. Mrs. Humbler said—My husband's name is John Hum bler. I was living in the house of Gardner, the sweep, who was convicted at the Old Bailey for the murder of his wifo. My property was in the house in Northumberland-alley. It is now detained by the defendant. He has no right to it. It was not Gardner's property. Mr. Lewis—ln order to save the time of the Court, I can only say that my client purchased the things in Gardner's house after the murder, and he gave £lO for them. Now I wish to ask Mrs. Humbler a question. Does your hus band know of this summons ? Mrs. Humbler—He does. Mr. Lewis—Are you not separated from your husband ? His Honour —What is the use of asking her what every newspaper in the country has already told us. Now, Mrs. Humbler, will you swear that your husband kaows of th. case. Mrs. Humbler—He does. I have a witness here who will prove that the goods belong to my husband. Mr. Lewis—When did you see your husband last ? Mrs. Humbler—l cannot say. I cannot say if it was two months or one month. Monger— I am the detective officer who had charge of the case, and the things I am inclined to think belong to the plaintiff who is separated from his wife. Mrs. Humbler, sen., said—l am John Humbler's mother, and I can say that these things belong to my son, and not to Gardner at all, I cannot say if my son knows of this summons, but he was told about the affair and promised to be here to-day. I am prepared to say that the goods belong to plaintiff. Mrs. Humbler, jun.--And I have some one here who will prove that Davis said he would rather chop up the things than I should have them. His Honour—The great question here is, does John Humbler know of this action, and I must be quite satisfied upon that question. Mrs. Humbler, sen.—My son will be here to-day, His Honour—Very well, the case can be adjourned. Adjourned. P.I , ;ESIDEN7 LINCOLN. We spent a few days recently in the Washingt on city and while there saw many things and heard many things which seemed to us very suggestive evidence of the extra ordinary progress with which the nation is rushing onward in its history. Tho presence of an armed guard at the gates of the Executive mansion every morning, and the care taken to keep strangers outside of the approaches to the building, was to us something new. Upon inquiry we ascertained that this guard was only employed to keep strangers out until the President should arrive from the Soldiers' Home, where he has resided for many months. His arrival and departure from the Executive mansion are, notwithstanding the melancholy suggestions they render, peculiarly remarkable. We saw him leave the building on Sunday afternoon, and the manner was as follows :-- About half-past five a mounted guard, numbering some thirty or more troopers, all armed with drawn sabres, ex tensive spears, dangling and - rattling scabbards, fierce beards, and revolvers stuck in their holsters, dashed furiously through the streets, and entered the ground north of the President's house. At the steps in front of the door, and under the archway, was a carriage. The officer or one of the officers, of the mounted guard alighted and entered the house. In about ten minutes he appeared at the door, and, giving the signal, the carriage door was opened, the guards pat themselves in martial attitudes, commands were given, and then the President, bending under a weight of mental anxiety which has worked heavily upon his physical frame, appeared with a portfolio under his arm, and, with one or more soldiers at each side, walked rapidly to the carriage and entered it. Two officers jumped is also, the door was slammed, the guard galloped into posi tion, and the carriage containing the President of the United States was driven off, preceded by troopers, followed by troopers, and flanked on both sides by troopers. At a very rapid pace the party left the ground, and upon reaching the avenue proceeded at a hand gallop out Four teenth-street towards the Soldiers' Home. All this, we confess, appeared to us to be very ridiculous. Even Mr, Buchanan, whose conscience, if it ever caused a President a thought as to his personal safety, ought per haps to have been troubled as much as that of any one who ever held the (Alice, never seemed to fear assassination or personal violence, but habitually'walked, unattended, to all parts of the city. But justice to Mr. Lincoln and to those who may have advised him to this proceeding requires that the reasons for the proceeding—we mean the reasons fur nished by public gossip—should also be given. One story runs that as the President was returning to the city on horseback one morning some months ago he was fired at just within the city limits; that the President escaped, and that with whip, voice, heels, and every other appliance used upon his horse, that animal made such time to the President's house as had never been equalled before. In the run the President lost his hat, and did not stop to recover it, but reached his house in the city breath: less and dust-covered. The official report of the occurrence was that the horse of the President had become frightened and ran off with him. The next story is that as Mr. Lin coln was riding towards the Soldiers' Home late in the afternoon, and when he had entered the narrow and once shady lane west of that building, he was fired upon twice by a man who stood behind the fence on the side of the road. The President escaped unhurt, but his horse was slightly wounded. The alarm was given, the man was overtaken, and is now confined in some one of the many Government prisons where the order to commit is not re quired to name the cause of arrest. We repeat that we give only the current stories of the metropolis as to the alleged attempts to assassinate Mr. Lin coln. If he has no fear of personal violence or insult, then this mounted guard is in very bad taste. It is a step towards royal dignity that is ridiculous. We cannot believe that it was ever suggested or provided by Mr, Lincoln. Whoever advised him or whoever forced it upon him, has done an act calculated more than all things (if no danger to the President really existed) to make the President ridicu lous in the eyes of his countrymen. We cannot bring our mind to the belief that any sane mail ever has or ever will attempt the assassination of the. President. The flight through Baltimore, with a long cloak and Scotch cap, has e been laughed into contempt, and it is to b e hoped that the President's President's advisers will not force h im into any further p th eri ti o r d te t r h m e sun Pre sidentshrepetitionslasted w o t h t that a o h n s u s r r dmi army y t. enforcel , oov e i r ts Bo l a y w e s a r o a r t thoe compeltl io Union o F obedien o ce f t t h o e i t it s ceponnshtlittouhtisovne. v o e r d t t h il e ro s n a g m h e awed by threats and untroubled by attempts at persona violence. Their security has been in the honour and respect of the whole people for the officer chosen by the majority to govern the nation. At last it has become necessary to call armies into existence to put down armed resistance to the laws and the constitution. Let us hope that, even in the destruction of union, constitution, laws, government, and nationality, the world will not be shocked by the spectacle of a people who, unable to bear the weight of adversity, have relapsed into barbarism, and made the dagger and the bullet the law of the land, and given to the assassin's hand the sceptre of power. Let us hope that this armed guard of Mr. Lincoln is only a passing show, get up for the amuse ment of a gaping crowd, and that it has not, and never has had, any foundation in a fear by the President or any of his friends that he Was in danger of assassination. —Chicago Post. Railways Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent InC Gu. 5 per cent........ Do. New Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. 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Ld FOR El(iN ;108i 1091 'lO6 103 106 108 991 97 09 iO3 110 111 113 112 114 ,114 116 1074 100 1014 104 1 1011 10g 101 104' 111 113 1108 109 1:12 111 111 113 ICBI lC9 i 21 23 495 505 52 54 44 4iP 111 t 1 21 RI 14 16 7 74 6 61 41 6 45 47 2i 2f i l l 1,4,- 40 (2 t3i 9} 1 ds pr 135 145 21 21 31- 11 5 5 6 , 1 47 375 255 2. 3 871 921 4i 1 4 13 14 13 14 25 27 285 295 €0 85 99 61 71 8i 9 96 146 152 1826 1874 Id 17 14 6 44 5 4j 1 it f 2i jd ipu. 19 21 7 9 31 4 c 1 2 9 S'd 2 tt 7 8 de pr 1 2 2i 21 4 I p►n "4 iPin . 52 54 3f, ANKS, 93 0 6) 7p 70 12 25 26 97 09 49 51 t d 21t 211 41 43 91 03 41 13 zoi 201 24 2 d pr R ip 5t P if if 26f en 38i 39?, 36 87 pr ip 23i 24 p 70 80 3 Bip 98 49 51 65 33 St _ 5 l A p 89 - 01 49 51 24 ltd 32k 33i 176 sB6 2 4 246 '56 6i 7 i dis ip 66 62 98 IG2 19 ?3 364 37'4 112 115 113 116 id pr 5 4 id ipm 98 100 21 27 23 d 4 3 11 1 21 24 3) 4 21 3 pl i lip IA 12 1 li 74 8 i id pr 53 55 :0 71 41 43 19 r p 21 5 7 28 23i stl l 53 135 139 32_ 34 4 6 i I Zd Id p I) 1-14 121 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Thero was a moderate supply of foreign stock here to day, in middling condition. Amongst it were 128 oxen from Corunna, and 122 do. fr.m Oporto. The Portuguese beasts were very small. Sales progressed steadily, at full quotations. Considering that the great market was held on Monday last, the show of boasts this morning was rather extensive, and most breeds came to hand in condition. On the whole the beef trade was very firm, and last week's quotations were well supported. A few superior Scots realised 5s 2d per 81bs, but the general top figure for beef was 5s per 81bs, and a good clearance was effected. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received 900 shorthorns, &c. ; from other parts of England, 540 various breeds ; from Scotland, 120 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 400 oxen and heifers. Although we were well supplied with sheep, the time of year considered, the mutton trade was somewhat active. Downs and half-breds advanced 2d per Blbs, the top figure being 5s 10d, and the value of all other breeds was firmly maintained. The supply of calves was limited, and the veal trade was brisk, at an :Advance in the quotations of 4d per 81bs. The best veal was worth 5s per Sibs. Pigs were rather dearer, with a steady inquiry. A market will be held here on Friday next, instead of Thursday, as usual. Per Sib. to sink the offal. e. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, ac. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 2 Second qualitydo. 4 4 4 10 s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 0 5 6 Proe.S'thdowndo.s 8 5 10 Large crse. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 0 Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Small porkers , 4 6 4 8 Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 203 to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. , FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows — Sheep Sheep Calves 32 Pigs .... 220 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. 23, 1861, and this clay, Monday, Dec. 22, 1862. Per 81b. to sink the offal. Dec. 23, Dec. 22, Coarse and inferior be as t s 3 4 1861 3 8 3 4 8 to 3 6 Second quality do 3loto 4 4 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, &c 4lO 5 0 410 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 2 3 6 3 8 4 2 Second quality do 3 8 4 4 4 4 410 Prime coarse-woolled do Prime Southdown do. 5 4 5 6 5 8 510 Lambs ...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Large coarse calves ........ 4 6 5 0 4 0 4 8 Prime small do. ............ 5 2 5 6 410 5 0 Large hogs Neat small porkers Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Dec 24, 1860.—Beasts, 1,530 — s heep, s,47o—calves, 6—pigs, 130. Dec. 26, 1859 . —Beasts, I,62o—sheep, s,24o—calves, —pigs, 190. The total imprts of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 3,767 head. In the corresponding week in 1861, we received 3,611—in 1860, 3,456—in 1859, 3,374 —in 1858, 4,llo—in 1857, 1,053 —in 1856, 1,119 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDuN LAs3 WEEK. 84 .. 1055 . From B easts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .. Harlingen 818 Hamburgh • • • Boulogne. — • • _.• • •—• Medimblik ... • 74 .. 1093 .. • • Dordt NieuDiep Amsterdam — Antwerp. Bremen Carril ..... 84 Ostend Tonning ''''' • • "--. • • --- • • -- • • - • • 33 • • --- --- ---__ --- Total .... 281 .. 3,017 .. .. 469 .. The yearly comparison o f week l y i m po r ts is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1861 492 .. 2,708 .. .. 433 .. 8 18g0 454 .. 2,564 .. .. 377 .. 61 1859 543 .. 2,627 . .. 142 .. 62 1858 561 .. 3,294 .. .. 255 .. 1857 3O .. 984 .. .. 39 .. NEW GATE AND LEADBNHALL. Seasonably extensive supplies of meat continue on sale at these markets. Generally speaking, however, the demand is steady, but by no means active, at our quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. stied Inferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 Middling do. .. 3 0 3 4 Prime largo do. 3 6 3 10 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 2 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 edsd Middlingmutton 3 8 4 2 Prime do . 4 4 4 6 Veal Small pork ~ Lamb BOROU H HOP. The business doing in all kinds of hops is very moderate. Compared with our previous report, the quotations exhibit but few changes. Last week's import amounted to 93 bales from Ostend, 464 Bremen, 339 Antwerp, 28 Rotterdam, 365 Hambro', 36 Dunkirk, 48 Boulogne, and 618 bales from New York. Mid and East Kents Weald of Kents Sussex Bavarian Belgian American .. 115 s to 130 s ~ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Full average supplies of home-grown potatoes are on sale at these markets, but the receipts for continental ports, since our last, have been much less extensive. For all qualities the trade continues in a sluggish state, at fully the late decline in the quotations. Yorkshire Regents .....• .• 908 to 120 s per ton. Do. Flukes Do. Rocks Kent and Essex Regents 9os to 120 s ,", Do. Rocks ... . —s to --8 " S co tch Regents Do. Rocks 7ss to 90s „ French B e lgian .... / f WOOL. Since the close of the public sales of colonial wool, the demand for home-grown qualities has continued restricted, nevertheless prices have been supported. In colonial and foreign wool very little has been done, on former terms. Last week's import amounted to 755 bales from the Cape of Good Hope, 718 from Sydney, and 396 from Hobart Town, SEEDS. We have to report continued inactivity in the demand for seeds, but without leading to any quotabl9 ch g a ge in, THE COMING REIREVCIIIIIENT. (From the Money Market Review.) We stated some time ago a considerable reduction would be made in the estimates of 1863-4. No man reads the signs of the times more accurately than Lord Palmerston, and his lordship sees that enor mous military expenditure after awhile inevitably brings about popular discontent. He cannot fail to see that wherever the popular voice can make itself heard on the Continent it demands a reduction of military expenditure, showing that the people themselves are averse to war. Nothing will avert serious trouble in Austria, France, Russia and Italy, but a relief from taxation, the burden of which has become oppressive solely through excessive arma ments. Yet the flagrant fact remains that, not withstanding this high seal© of taxation, the ex penditure of those countries greatly exceeds their revenue, leading to constant deficits. If England would • but set the example of reducing her war expenditure, every country would, partly from ne cessity and path,' from choice, be compelled to fol low her example. These considerations, combined with the growing discontent at home with our enormous expenditure. have induced Government seriously to consider how a reduction may be best brought about, without im pairing the efficiency either of the army and navy. If we are not mistaken, the reduction will not be so much in the numerical force of either army or navy as in the staffs both at home and abroad. Our colo nies will have, as is the case with India, either to provide a force for their own protection in times of peace, or to pay the expense of any troops they may require. The saving that will be effected in this respect alone will amount to a very consideiable sum, quite sufficient, it is said, to allow of a reduc tion of one penny in the pound in the Income-tax, and the abolition of those obnoxious and vexatious petty taxes with which Mr. Gladstone has worried the commercial world. We should not be at all surprised if the reduction of expenditure were to amount to at least two mil lions. INEQUALI7Y OF SENTENCES. At the Surrey Sessions, on Monday last, a widow named Mary Howell, aged 69, who had been committed, by the Mayor of Kingston, on the charge of unlawfully attempting to commit a certain felony, that is to say, to kill and mur der herself, at Kingston-on-Thames, pleaded guilty to the charge of attempting suicide, and was sentenced, by Mr. Tilson, to six months' hard labour at Wandsworth. This appears to be a very severe sentence—more than many of the metropolitan magistrates inflict upon notorious thieves and garotters, or upon ticket .of-leave men found loitering about the streets at midnight, with the implements of bur glary in their possession. There may have been some pecu ►iar features in the present case warranting a different treat ment; but the way of dealing with would-be suicides is usually to remand them to prison for a week, and after they have had the benefit of a little conversation with the chaplain, to acquit them. At these very sessions, the same chairman sentenced a man found guilty of lar ceny, after a previous conviction for felony, and two other convictions, to no more than this poor widow was ordered to undergo. Further, at these same sesssions, the same chairman sentenced a man found guilty of larceny from the person, after a previous conviction for felony, to no more than the wretched widow has to endure. Two other men, who pleaded guilty to the serious charge of robbing their employer, were sentenced to the same magical six months'. A man for keeping a lewd and disorderly house—one of the greatest pests, and nurseries of vice and crime in the whole borough of Southwark, had the same. Whilst a fifth man. found guilty of unlawfully attempting to steal a watch and chain from the person of Henry Howick, and a sixth, who pleaded guilty to embezzling the money of his master, alike received the same sentence as the poor old widow of 69 whose offence we do not wish . to extenuate, but whose misery might have pleaded somewhat on her behalf. Pos sibly, at'ter all, she was so desolate and wretched that the prison and hard labour were deemed the best restoratives for her peculiar malady.— West Surrey Times. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, Dec. 22.—Wind this day at noon--North- Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. Po ItTSMOUTII, Dec. 21.—Wind W.N. W.—Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Scylla, for Sheerness; her Majesty's ship Emerald, for Osborne. TORBAY, Dec. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Princees Alice, from Tayforth, for Havaunah. PLYMOUTH, Oct. 21.—Wind N.—Sailed—Linton, for Rio Janeiro. FALMOUTH, Dec. 21.—Wind N.—Arrived—Marianne, from Bahia ; Lizzie Hofer, from Liverpool ; Bianca, from Liverpool, for Calcutta. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 21—Cosmopolitan, steamer, from Ham burg ; Dolphin, from Antwerp. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed. Dec. 21.—Scawfell, for Shanghai; Alma, for Sydney—both from London; Hydaspos, screw steamer, from India for London. Sailed—lndiana, for London, in tow, with a great many outward bound ; the rest preparing. The Nazione of Florence states that last Sunday a few partisans of the revolutionary party called for Gari baldi's Hymn at the theatre, but that their cries were hushed by the audience, and the hymn was not played. The Wurtemberg Government has addressed a bill to the permanent committee of the Diet, tending to grant to the Jews the same civil rights as are enjoyed by other citizens, When General Bernadotte was proclaimed King of Sweden, the principle was adopted that the male descen dants of the new monarch should alone be apt to reign, the females being excluded. As the present King, Charles XV., has by his marriage with the Princess Wilhelmina- Frederica of Holland, only one child, a daughter, the Princess Louise, the Crown at the King's death devolves to his brother Prince Oscat. A deputy of Calmar has now brought forward a proposition which, letters from Stockholm state, meets with considerable support in the four deliberative Chambers, and having for object to per mit the Princess to ascend the throne. This is manifestly unjust towards Prince Oscar, but the same letters state that notwithstanding that drawback the supporters and opponents of the proposition are about equally balanced in the Chambers, CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY.—The entire space in . tended for the great western central terminus of this line, between Villiers-street and Craven-street, Strand, is now, with the exception of a few remaining houses, completely cleared, and operations have been commenced by the con tractors for laying down the foundations. The great iron girder bridge over the Thames is nearly completed, together with the land arches of the viaducts on both the Middlesex and Surrey sides, the only remaining work of any magni tude being the iron bridge over the Borough, by St. Thomas's Hospital, carrying the line into the London-bridge station of the South-Eastern Railway, which was commenced by the contractors last week. The line is expected to be opened in the spring, without waiting for the construction Of the future permanent terminus at Charing•cross, it being intended in the meantime to have temporary stations. The Prince of Wales is presenting - his future bride with a magnificent dross of Alencon lace. The value is said to be £l,soo.—Court Journal. We have authority to state that every word of the anecdote relative to " Anonyma" and the gentleman referred to in that anecdote is entirely fictitious.—Comrt low nal. _ _......... The speeches and papers of the late Prince Con sort, which have lately been given to the world, have been published with the direct authority and sanction of the Queen. They were confided to tho editorship of a gentleman well qualified for the task by his ability and position, and they form a record which will, if possible, enhance the esti mation in which the character of the late Prince is held by the country.—. Art Journal. 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A barman at the house named stated that the defendant entered it last Saturday night and called for a glass of gin, with which he served her. Shot tly she fell into conversa tion with a man who was there, and having quarrelled with him slapped his face and created a great disturbance. She was requested to leave, but refused, and Mr. Bell, the pro prietor, removed her from the house, but she had no sooner been put out at one door than sbe entered by another, and seizing a half pint pot threw it at the landlord, and it broke four panes of glass. She was the worse for drink when she came in. Mr, Arnold—l have received a letter from Mr. Bell, in which he wishes me to sharply reprimand the defendant, and upon that expresses his desire to withdraw this charge. Barman—Yes, he does; he is unable to attend himsel to request it, as he has to go to a funeral this morning. Mr. Arnold--You say that she was the worse for liquor when she came in, and yet you served her with some g i n . Mr. Bell's letter, requesting a lenient consideration of the defendant's case, assigns as a reason that she has fc,ur young children, and was the worse for drink. Surely the conduct of the barman, who served this woman, seeing her the worse for drink, was very reprehensible, and calculated to get his employer into trouble, as a publican is liable to a penalty for serving a person in such a condition, and added to this the very misconduct complained of was probably caused by her being improperly served with more drink. Defendant—l am very sorry. Mr. Arnold—You must enter into your own recogni. zances to keep the peace for three months. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE PULTENEY- STREET SUNDAY NUISINCEr-Mr. William Duttrie, jeweller, of Pulteney-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting a little girl named Louisa Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough street, ap.. peared for the defendant. The evidence went to show that on a Sunday or two ago, a mob of boys were annoying the defendant, who is lame from an injury to the foot, and in consequence walks with. a stick, and in attempting to strike one of the boys the blow fed on the complainant's head. A certificate was put in, signed by Mr. Brook, of Silver street, surgeon, stating that there was no danger likely to arise to the girl from the injury she had received. Mr. Lewis put several questions to the girl as to whether she was not in the habit of playing in the street, but she denied it, that she had ran against Mr. Duttrie, neither did she play at cards on Sunday evenings in the street. Mr. Lewis said he was instructed to state that the assault arose out of the intolerable nuisance , existing in the street of a Sunday by boys and girls congregating, playing at cards, and using the most obscene language. So bad was the nuisance of late that the whole of the ,inhabitants of the street had signed a memorial to the Commissioners of Police. No one regretted the result of the blow the unfortunate girl had received more than the defendant, and he (Mr. Lewis) only regretted that a compromise had not been effected. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it seemed to him a fit case for a com promise. There evidently was no premeditation on the defendant's part; but if they wished it he would send the case to the sessions, Some compensation having been made to the girl, the de fendant was discharged. A NARROW ESCAPE.---.Tames Carney, a shoemaker, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with wilfully breaking a quantity of glass, and disorderly conduct, at the house of Mr. Wm. Fisher, the King and Queen, Foley-street. From the evidence of Mr. Fisher, it appeared that on Saturday night the prisoner and four companions entered his house, having been turned out of another, and created a great disturbance. Mr. Fisher requested the prisoner to desist, when he flung a pint measure at his head, but Mr. Fisher, fortunately stooping, avoided a blow which was aimed at him with such violence that the measure was nearly bent double. The result of the throwing was, that a large quantity of glass was broken. A constable having stated that the prisoner and his com panions had been turned out of another house for their vio lent conduct, Mr. Tyrwhitt committed tb•3 prisoner for one month for throwing the measure' at INIr. Fisher, ordered him to pay 10s. or seven days fo the damage, and to be bound over to keep the peace frri six months towards Mr. Fisher. THAMES. nISTARDLY CASE Or STABBING.—A German sailor, who was called Charles Fox, was brought before Mr. oolrych, charged with stabbing Francisco Plaudo, an Italian sailor, in Ratcliff-highway, on the night of Satur day, the 13th inst. Police -constable 'William Andrews, No. 38 H, said the prisoner was sought after all last week, and was not appre hended until Saturday evening, when he took him into custody in a dancing-room of a public-house in Ship-alley, Wellelose-square, and he was immediately identified by the man who wss wounded, and by anothe:. Andrews then put in a medical certificate f , °in the house surgeon of the: London Hospital, who had attended the case, and said that the Italian was seriously wounded in the back and lost a good deal of blood. Plaudo, the prosecutor, who was called Plaucido, said he was in Rateliff-highway on the night of the lath inst. at a quarter past 12 o'clock, and a roan came up to him and said in English, "Have you any money ?" to which he replied, "No, none at all." The man then struck him on the nose, and a second man struck him a violent blow on the cheek and knocked him down. A- he was getting up and calling out for the police, the prisoner came behind. him and stabbed him in the back with a knife. Ho felt again and lost a good deal of blood and was taken to the hospital. The witness then produced the jacket and shirt he was wearing when the stab was inflicted. Both garments were cut through, and stained with blood. Charles Rivieres, a foreign seaman, confirmed the state ment of Plaudo, and said the prisoner had been fighting with an Austrian seaman at half-past 11 o'clook, and he went home and procurA a knife, and mistaking the prose cutor for the Austrian he had been fighting with, plunged a knife into his back, Mr. .Woolrych—Did you see the other man strike him ? Witness—Yes, I did, sir, A long sheath knife with which the wound was inflicted was produced. Mr. Woolrych committed the prisoner for trial. BELIEF OF DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE. Lord Elgin, the Viceroy of India has addressed. the subjoined letter to the Lord Mayor on a ques tion connected with the distress, the consideration of which has of late been much urged on the Indian Government by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and the community of Calcutta generally : " Fort William, Nov. 17. " My Lord,---In reply to a communication addressed to the Lord Mayor of London in the year 1861 by the Govern ment of Bombay, on the subject of the appropriation of the surplus then remaining in hand of the fund so generously contributed by Great Britain for the relief of the sufferers by the Indian famine of 1860, his lordship observed ' that it might be held in reserve for the relief of distress of the same nature in any part of India ; for, his lordship wrote, ' although not likely to recur to the extent to which it has lately existed in the North-Western Provinces of the Punjab, destitution must be expected to prevail from time to time in particular localities, owing to the failure of crops, inundations, and other causes.' Notwithstanding the in junction contained in these words, so deep and general is the sympathy which the districts of England has awakened in this country, that the Government of India has been strongly urged to remit their surplus at once to your lord ship, in order that it may be added to the funds which are now being raised for the relief of the Lancashire operatives. "We do not consider that, as trustees of this surplus, we should be justified in diverting it on our own and sole re sponsibility from the destination originally imparted to it by the subscribers, and subsequently confirmed by the de cision of the Lord Mayor which I have cited above; but we think that un d er th e c i rcum stances we may invite your lordship to review that decilion, and inform you that if, acting on behalf of the subscribers, you should be of opi nion that it may without impropriety be applied in the manner which I have in dicated, the Govern ment of India will rt t iniiolny. concu r with your lordship in giving effect to " The precise amoun t of sur p lus available is not yet ascer tained, as certain claims arising out of the famine of 1860 are still unadjusted; but your lordship's draughts on the Government of India for the sum of £20,000 will be at once honoured, should your lordship see fit to add this contribu tion to the funds placed at your disposal for the relief of our suffering fellow-subjects in Lancashire. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, your lordship's very faithful servant, " ELGIN and KINCARDINE. " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London." THE MONTROSE FAMILY.—The Atkenceum, no ticing 2 lie 1' ieissitudes of Families, points out that for seven hundred years, since the Grahams first branched off irom the family of Dalkeith and Abercorn, Montrose has de scended from father to son, with but two exceptions, when grandson succeeded grandfather. Even more noteworthy than the absence of collaterial descent in the history of the peerage, is the fact that, as far as can be ascertained, the wives of Montrose have for four hundred years been the daughters of actual peers. Lastly, the heads of the long line have never married heiresses, except on one occasion, when a Marquis of Montro se married the younger daughter of the only Duke of Rothes ; but this lady, as she had no share of her father's inheritance, did not bring the arms. 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