The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-15 00:00:00

ii , Y .ivtAtcl,;.E't. CITY NEWS-SATURDAY. About £B,OOO in gold was taken to the Bank to day. The Continental exchange continue with a firm appearance. The Government of British Columbia have in vited tenders through the Bank of British Columbia for the sum of £50,000 on debentures, to bear 6 per ce nt. interegt. It forms the first charge on the re venues of the colony, and the terms have been aPPrevcd by the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The allotment will take place on Friday at the 13an k of British of Columbia, 80, Lombard-street. The rep ort f rom Russia to-day that St. Peters burg is likely to be made a free port seems to be entirely discredited by the merchants connected with that country. The Government, it is re- Marked, will want every rouble they can collect, especially if, according to promise, they resume cash payments. t. The d emand for manufactured goods for exporta tion 1158 improved d ur i ng thi s wee k at Manchester c 'flY for other countries than India or China, for 'Which places there are still few buyers. C ITY NEWS---THIS DAIL CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A. Moderate inquiry for discount accommodation is reported i n the general market, and the best com mercial e a rstill negotiated securiti es w i t h on l y a s h ort per i o d t o run negotiated at 2'4 per cent. 4 special general mee ti ng o f the proprietors of the Un ion Bank of A us t ra li a w ill t a ke place on the st h_ Proximo f or th e d ec l arat i on o f a dividend, &c. ne third call of £1 per share has been made on the 41 Per C ent. P reference Shares, 18 6 2, o f t h e Blackwell Railway Company. The i n t erest is announced for payment on Italian 6 per Ce nt., Peruvian 41 per Cent., Portugue s e 3 per Cent. Bonds, and New South Wales Govern ment Debentures. advices from the manufacturing districts this corning show that in some instances there has been slight improvement. At Manchester there has leen a mcderate inquiry for both yarns and C loth at enhanced quotations. More activity than asua has prevailed in the woollen trade at Leeds, 1 3radord, and Huddersfield, the operations, how ever have been chiefly in Spring goods. At teiester and Nottingham there has been little change of importance; but a more cheerful tone L 'asprevailed in the hardware districts, viz., at 13 i4aingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton. Two o'CLocr. there has been no alteration in the market for the English Funds to-day,the few dealings recorded havil g taken place at previous prices. Consols, therefore, remain at 921 a for money, and at 921 f i ro , the account. The New 3 per Cents. remain at U .4 -f ; the Reduced at 92; Exchequer Bills are firm it 84 ' to 12s. prem.; Bank Stock is steady at 231 411 . ( T 1 233 ; Indi a n 5 per Cent. Loan 1071. In the Foreign Market the principal feature has be en a ris e i n Greek Bon d s, v i z. , t o 16 7 1- a, and in age Coup ons to 6 I. Turkish per Cents., 1854, 70 7 4 1 ; ditto, 1858, 691 701; and the New Loan, 2 71 and the C onso lid es , ; Buenos Ayres p s uer Cents. are 96; Mex i can, 311 ; Portuguese Scrip, 3 9 I T i ,- prem. and Venezuelan are flat at 24. 71eze e ttlement of the account has been the chief a a t r et, and attended to-day in the Railway Share prices have remained without any 133 erial variation. Ureat Westerns, however, ha ve ; receded ab o ut ss. ; while North British have Bri ghton, proved 10 s . ; G rea t Eastern, London and North-Western, and South•Easterns b are fully sustained previous prices. In the Foreign and Colonial Markets there has b een no change of importance. South Austrian and 44( Alibard0 Venetian were steady at 23 1-; Recife and San Francisco at 181 ; East Indian at 1071; great Indian Peninsula at 106! ; and Madras 5 PEI' Cents, at 1041. J oint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were 151 thout m a t er i a l c h ange i n pr i ces. E ng li s h , Scot r/I°l, and Australian Chartered improved to 20i; i 4 : 3l adon an d C ounty to 39i ; C rys t a l P a l ace St oc k r°ll ght 361 37 ;- and Electric Telegraph, 1001. t atk BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CL 23 O 3 CI I i. 3 ~Sto ck ... 92 3 „' n er Cent. Reduced Annuities 14 -1. Cent. Consols Annuities x i , d /v . 3 Per Cent. Annuities 92 h D itto Stock - , itto 6 b it , _per Cent. b• I .° Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent !tto t .1 per Cent. bitto Debentur, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 1001 1 il, Ditto ditto b• It " Bonds fl,OOO April, 1864 2 10 6 01 eotthitto under 1,000 .. g e h . °lB fer Account, Jan 8 eqoer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per Ct. .. Bl2 Ditto £ SOO Ditto Small . /I,lteo,J.C/REIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ' ly res 6 C t des Ayres per en Ditto b i . ..., i per Cent. Cheek (to, COSed Issue 6 R 1 5 ,1 161 C Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons tlPmea C°uPens 6h. 31± 1 31a c a l: Pue L lr 2 tCe per n Cent dbitt rena a Warrants kb : it6b°ll I', ll °ex over -due Coups. & Hectares t i t 1 ,, 4 i Per Cent ro il °.*ll\l'ew, 1862, A Scrip, £B3 paid .. 1, gues., 3 481 -uitt, , - per Cent., 18b3 b itt ° 0 per Cent., 1862 — ll 1 die /t "l4i k ° ,, B P, opd bitto...;,Ppeci,r Celeir, 18621822 £St .... ni p. :),,,,,,,,,,ittitto...:l3:3aeprsie? C44en7tpaid bitt u C93± 1 i die _ Pati, i , , g ve., 1',,, k . 4 Cert. of Coup. not funded t • 6 Per Cent. 1854 Ce scripsBitt°7oh V ene ° Pala- op b. z4 e l a 3 per C t ict o Account en . 24 Itali a 1/I"vidends on the above payable in London. DittoArco Cent 1861, Ex. 25f. •, unt . 7oh etl4 o l b , M one i ttu y Account, Jan 8 TW() 02 ( 1I Y(iLOC i.. 92± 1 li4 FROM 711 E DERBY-SIN GULAR FROLIC. 1)1, 1 , 11 t he Lord Mayor' s C our t on F r id ay, before the Cora t'4"' Sergeant and a jury, was ti l e d t h e case of Bastien V. and Wife. for t r ' Tindal Atkinson (instructed by Mr. Beard) appeared str ent ile Plaintiff, who is a cabinet-maker, of 5, Hadfield ; and Mr. Robinson (instructed by thl, 8 i ) for defendant, who is a licensed victualler, keeping a ZPie and St ump, 56 , F etter-lane. I 3 e4 re e ,, ea se caused a great deal of merriment, and it api de that l ast Derby Day plaintiff and his wife wen a nd to I ) sorn in a gig. Defendant, his wife, and a Mr. e l 3 ort;' s, death also wen tto the race . in a van. After the A ltt ° Chef;„the day had terminated plaintiff and his . wife got 4 lst tt :" gig to come home, but after proceeding a short h t1nr 4 8 ,, -e t hey changed their ' minds and returned to a t nd e rk * When the y got out of the gig, Mrs. Barham "Let ne hi'leath went towards it, and Mrs. Heath said, f the aot--o.4,Paad have a drive." Plaintiff's wife begged o . k t'e. t h' ° s o; but her expostulations were in vain, and n arid said to the female defendant, " Oh, come along th e ,tet into the gig. It's all right." They then got into th e (7) Airs. Barlrim driving, and away they went across t hey °Nrclie • In turning sharply ' round to avoid the hurdles, the fr o li c the reins too shortly, and turned the gig over, the y :tie ternainating in a spill. It was alleged that before break star defendant expressed an opinion that they would Were muc their necks before they finished. The gig and horse . h iajured, and the gig was tied behind the van in it'efeadant and his party went to the race. One of d t a'sol lle ; e ses said defendant exclaimed, " I will pay th , e , I \4 . ea c l is £2O, and stop it out of her pin-money. ; 4 8 -La ughter.) It was endeavoured to be shown that 4 `, 116 . Ir t - d e ie a s tit Was the cause of the misfortune which made r ab .' as one witness said, amidst shouts of laughter, I.eir heads in the grass." th e lla lart ° • tdeh iP said it was for the jury to decide b et w een Th e i t • Ar Y found for the plaintiff—£lo 10s. damages. etr TS ESS o LES DICKENS AND THE LANCASHIRE DIS - e nd pr o 411 0 celebr a t e d nove li s t Mr. Dickens is in Paris, th e I °Beg to Pass the winter there, " says a correspondent ! ba t cit; ; ! rct * "It is said that he intends to organise in 'ecch, of ecries of readings from his own works, the pr- I less Wi ch will b e d evo t e d to the Lancashire operatives. kitl 44d elh i , (l , il igs, as is well known, are highly popular; in ...,.. his to l ie re oceed- ot 1111 " eve ill n. "ir Oqr, a pplied ;ording' vill not o f all ropri 6- sere' ?nes of f , ir airo le oil that tea onsu! aX Lave r 0" Cairo nber )SALT ter from 9 ( var), 3 liberty eriptioti to °pets onaries. u sed by on, and 3irable: r andero mess f or re stat u i i weigh''' . [ g ht fa' 110 Po ,0 0 the 51i nola ttir a e of 00".. rre s- t h in o e o i L h° l l ; stiit L 3t11), - 00 3 °D ar° A is i tto° B gae e ar • the , tow ele° StiARE MARKET...THIS DAY OItDfNA - itY SHARES AND STOultS. Sharel Paid .I Closing Business •, Price. , clone. 1c V.l arid Tyrie. . Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 'Cork ar.<l Baniloo COlll NV rt i 8 84 83 S 5 115 116 6 7 Do A A ! L eis no di Do. ti 116 p e.p • been paid to B. Dublin & Bel June. Dun.,7 - 'ertli.&Ab. Juno. la9gow. IGlasg. and S. Western. IGrea - tEasnrn, Ord. slk Ditto A stock.. Ditto Ea.st A irlian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gna. stool; Lancashire ‘t Yorkshire London and Blackwal! 1.0 n., Brigh ;%,(CT, S. Coast', Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. Sr North Western ,Lon. South Western Man., Shef., •T 5 Lincoln. IMaryport and Carlisle. I Do j shares • Nfetropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line ,North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwi& ' Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.. North London - Do New North Staffordshire IN. and S. IV. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock sn row,. and Wciclipool Shropshire Union South DeTon S. Durham & Lanc.Un 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 Sc Kilkenny West Cornwall IW. Hartlepool Har.&R, West Midland -Oxford Do Newpor' Do Hereford PREFERENCE S Brie. & Exet. 4 p. c. st 1 Do. shams Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2' Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per ant... . Do. 4.; p. e. gua. perpet. Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun. Do. Ist Class Pref Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c.Lruar. S. & Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. 1 Do N 0 .., Do 6 p. c. pref Do. E. Angn A sty p.c. Do.. Do, E. Agn. 13 6 p. c. pf. Do. do. C 7 do. Do. E. Union, 4 p.c. Do 5 p.c. ffun Do.Notrk s').c. Ex.lBlr Do. do. 51 p.c. pref. 1 , 44 r Do. 5 p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.c. Redm.lop.c. pm. Do. 41 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redw.atsp.c.pm Do. Hertford purchase. Do. Luton do Do.H.&L. pur. 4 p. c. pf Do. Luton pur. 5 p. c.pt Gt. Nh. of .'cot. let pref G. Sr. & W. (Ireland' 4 per cent Grcat West. (Berke ano Hants Ex t) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 13 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref Do. firm. guar. stock Do. firm. pref. stock Do. Chester. gmar. share Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. sht. Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. eh , Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pre! Lan. & York. 13 p.c. stocL Do.Barnsl.st£s 38 10doc• Do. 0 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 41 p. c. (Blacktl. pur L0n.&8rig.5p. , ...gE. No.t Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. I per cent. d 0... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk Do. fi p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.` Do. 4 p o. Pt. (div. det. Lon.Chat.&Dov.sp.e.pt. Lon. & N. W., Coy. Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent Ft., late 3d shafes Do. (Portsm'th nerpetl anns. of 2s. 6c1.) 'Wan. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct Do. .C 6 Do. 34 percent Do. redeem. 6 percent aryport & 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. et. rdem Do. 44 p.c. irredeemable Do. 44 per cent. . Do.Leic. andHit.4per ct Wort British, sper cent. Do. New glia. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. she N-E as t. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. I Do. 44-pr. ct redeenaabl , Do. G. N. E. 4 p. et. prei Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref.' Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Parch Do. Carlisle 44 p. c. Do. do. 4 p. c. N. London 4i P.C. £2O pi North Staffordshire Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 4a per cent 3outh Fastern(Reading', Ann., 1.0.6) s „ Do. 4 . 4 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gun Do. 6 p. C. gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B6p.c Do. C 6 p. c Iraff Vale No. 1 I'ref. Watrt d & Nilkny, A p. e. slid.-Oxt 1 Ist guastk Do. do . Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. I'crpet.6 p. C. pf. 186 61 Do. till 18691 41 43 13 14 84 86 101 106 46 47 42 41 244 241 1241 1.25 128 180 135 137 104 106 es (81 t 5 1.7 1081 109? 72 71 116 118 38 39 96 961 101 102 40 41 81 n 1281 ;26! lip 97 9'3 511 52 25 27 991 991 56 57 88 !Si 125 127 106 108 41 1 4 1 I, 10; 111 118 720 474 484 103 105 47 49 334 3i 84 89 681 S9l - 101 7 B 39 40 10 101 p 7 71 p 146 148 41 5 21 3 p 551 56i 21 31 p d 87 89 140 145 29 31 43 44 35 37 94i 35i ARES. 95 97 2C 214 GI 7 111 113 91 93 112 114 111 113 129 131 105 108 29 131 148 152 117 119 112 114 105 107 108 110 98 100 98 100 88 90 89 91 102 104 77 79 170 175 104 100 - - 138 140 103 105 116 118 116 118 136 140 116 118 155 16) 131 135 80 tif2 96 yd 2f 3 124 124 Irm Cs 70 I in n, [4O 142 ;03 105 94 96 10 112 ,08 110 1 lipin 93 95 103 105 98 100 .. .. P iP 224 23i 100 100 100 all all 1,~J.:E is 104 24 24i [O2 104 102 104 87 89 21} tl4 28 29 33 34 33 34 , 1 47 :126 128 1120 124 100 102 121 123 1117 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. aid Leasing Closing Business R p ailways. ' ' (70. s Price. Done. —.- Birkenhead.. Buckingh mshlre•. Chester & Holynead.. 100 ,Do ... 55 57 Do. 54per cent 100 :Do. 1126 128 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. lll5 117 Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon —llO3 105 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 1E.1.1.&G.E' (8 70 E. Lincolnsh. gapr c. 100 Gt.Nerth.ll36 133 Gloster &Dean Force all Gt. West. Gt.Ea • rn. Newmarket &c., 5 per cent lOO Gt.Eastn. -- Do. E.U.Harwch. 4 p.c 100 D 0....... Do.Wodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c 10Z Do I ]I,, i and Selby Yk.N. Mid 111 110 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W,203 205 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B' •; per cent Do 44 per cent..... 100 Do. BS 90 Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all D 0....... • • • • Do. New ShlB6l, 4 fp.c. all Do ..... ... 22 24 Do.Wn. Ext. A, 44 pc. all no ..... ... 81 , London & Greenwic 100 S. Eastern 64 66 Do. Preferenloo Do. Lon.,Tilb.& S.. , thenri 100 Peto &Co B9 91 Lnd'dr. &Ennis. orig. 100 _ Do. A, 100 Irish. N.- Do. B, 100 Western. D o . C, 100 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 1 100 Norfolk i • • • • Do 6 per cent lOO Do. 31nc.,8xtn.,& Matlock all LNW& 31 4 4i Mid. 11radford Prefer ence stock Nor.Dev.ltail & Dock lOO 1,.&5.W. Do A stock Do B stock ioo Jan.,1863. Do. Pr, ference lOO Nortlin.&Eastn. 5 p.c. all Gt. Eastnl 67 59 68 Do. 5 per cent..... all Do. N. Eastn--Hartlepool 100 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western Not. Gran. El. & Cl. 100 Gi . .North. 954 94 L&N.W Preston and Wyre. 1 all & L y k. i 44 46 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. • • • • Roystn.Hitch.& Sliep., 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 L.&N.W.. 136 A 13 7 Do. Do. South Staffordshire WestLoncion, C!s A all I",'.ln.Ex! Do do B , all ! Ln&N.W.I D o do C ! all I .'iL tit.WW Wilts and Somerset.. 1 100 (3-t. West. 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon' a ll L.&Brgtn; 84 94, - - PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS ----, 2—A—.-.-+;„,, , nt on the Profits of each separate Yea] F•REFEREN Dividends continfren ;E Si t on th, G LK:o t enn f . i & a c s o. t;:cesr:tn,l,a°6—;---gp.PS:t.rts. prof.', Do. do. 4 do. shares Lona'n, Brig'tn, &c.,4.5 1 per cent lB5B Do. do. 4 per ct 18601 Do. do. 4 per ct 1861 1 Do. do. 41 per ct 1861 Ln.Cht4nacc. 6p.c.21 p! Do, bletron.Ext L',6 p.c.{ Lon. &S.Wcste rn p.c. p. North British £lO Gua Shares, 1861 DoEd Prth,&D'dec,4pc! ;3c3ttlsh Central4l p.c.' irred. pref... .... 18 S.-Eastern 4i p.c. 59 Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd ) Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd ) Stkton & Darlgtn. D,Pfi Do. do. 102 104 103 10S p 101 103 100 100 100 100 all 100 P 41 3 103 105 92 96 103 105 83 85 10k 10D 104 106 NQale of Neath .I 80 83 10 101 14 10 101 lot pl 21i OCKS ,crate Year. 13.14 6.4.0 19.16.4 12.10 117 i 951 lOti I 991 d zo•ii THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1862. THE GREAT CHRISTMSS MARKETS-THIS DAY. CATTLE MARKET. MARK-LANE. The continued firmness in the value of all prime stock, and the fineness of the past season for the rearing and feed ing of both beasts and sheep, together with the great abun dance of natural food in the whole of our leading districts, brought forward a w, uderful sujiply of beasts in to-day's market for ChrLtlatas consumption. Wo do not assert that it was the finebt collection of animals we have ever wit nessed, but we may observe that at least three-fourths of them—leaving out of the calculation the foreign stock ex hibited—were above average merit, and that to fully one. fourth of them prizes would have been awarded at more than one cattle show, had their owners been disposed to enter the lists of competition, And not only were the pure breeds—such as the shorthorns, Herefords, Devons, runts , and Susses—fully rep resen t e d , b ut th e num b er o f crosses was, if anything, superior to last year, both as to weight and quality. All must admit the importance and necessity of purity of blood for breeding purposes; but, with some few exceptions, the groat secret of successfully crossing dis tinct breeds is not understood. Where it is, however, the results, as shown here this morning, are astonishing. They prove beyond a doubt that the great consuming classes owe much to the system, and that hitherto the grazing community have carefully avoided a second or third cross, which too frequently produces a mongrel breed. So far we have succeeded in producing an abundant supply of roast beef ; nevertheless, we are perfectly satisfied that an injudicious system of crossing would lead to heavy and irreparable losses. But let us more minutely examine this splendid show of stock. As Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire forwarded the greatest number of animals, wo will first consider the shorthorns, together with the crosses de rived from those counties, which latter breed continue to increase year by year. The shorthorns, taken as a whole, were of a good type, and fully equal to former shows ; but we should have been more pleased to find some addition to their hind quarters. This slight deficiency, which some persons may consider a characteristic of this extraordinary breed, was fully compensated by the splendid symmetry of the crosses, some of which realised £lO each. Let it bo understood that there was nothing indicative of a falling off in the weight,- quality, or condition of the shorthorns ; but our impression is, that had the graziers aimed at less fat, and more consumable meat, the sales effected to-day would have been more profitable to them. moderate. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old 47s 52s Ditto, white, new 46s 52s Ditto, old 4Bs 54s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s a Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 26s 35s Malting, new Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 5OB 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware 568 70a Chevalier 665 25s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincoinsh., Feeding. 208 25s Potato Youghal and Cork, black .. 18s 25s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 22s 26s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey, new Maple White, new lOs 41s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 34a 380 Stockton and Norfolk.. There was one feature in this great exhibition worthy of special notice—we allude to the very moderate number of Herefords, pure breeds be it understood, exhibited. We regret this comparative deficiency, because we have always regarded the Herefords in a most important light. Although the number was far from extensive, the beasts have been seldom if ever excelled in quality. Their weight, condi tion, and symmetry were all that could be desired. Those forwarded by Mr. Senior, of Broughton, near Aylesbury, but not consigned to any particular salesman, were quite equal to any previously exhibited here; and from the tact that some of them carried off all the prizes for stock offered by the Bucks Agricultural Society it must be regretted— because the show of Herefords in the Smithfield Club Ex hibition at the New Agricultural Hall was of a limited cha racter—that these noble animals did not compete with simi lar stock in London, But £4O each and upwards is a tempt ing sum to realise by a grazier, without the usual expenses, and by one who is so well known amongst the butchers. Except in numbers, then, the Herefords made their appear ance in first-rate condition. CATTLE MARKET. ;ink the offal. The show of Devon stock was certainly a very prime one, but, compared with some corresponding markets, the num ber was only moderate. M r , S en i or showed some remark ably prime animals, and, taken as a whole, the supply, as regards the pure Devonshire breed, was extremely good, but we really cannot afford to lose either Herefords or Devons, whilst consumption is increasing; even though the crosses may be supplying any deficiency in those particular breeds. Full average prices for really prime stock, how ever, may do much for the consumers in future years. The consideration of the Sussex beasts proves conclu sively that the breeders have made great exertions to in crease the number and quality of their stock, the show in this respect being far superior to any former year. There were more young animals amongst it—a proof that Sussex is aiming at early maturity, and a proof, too, of considerable success in this direction—but we may remark that some of the beasts had the appearance of crossing with the Devotes. We will not here discuss the merits of the Sussex beasts exhibited in the Agricultural Hall, but we are perfectly satisfied —although Sussex itself is not a large bullock pro ducing county—that a mixed breed might be produced which should equal any of the crosses hitherto exhibited, except probably those derived from Scotland. There was a good sprinkling of Welsh runts in the mar ket, but the show of long horns was very limited. Why have the former ,, breed—once so celebrated in this country gradually deserted us ? Have they given way before the shorthorns and crosses ? Or are they more largely con sumed in the provinnpa than heretofore ? There was rather a large number of Irish beasts on sale. Some few of them were in gcod condition, but the remainder were of a very middling character. The show from Scotland and Norfolk—embracing as it did remarkably prime horned and polled Scots, as well as crosses—was unusually prime; indeed, we may observe that there was scarcely a second rate bullock amongst it. Those most admired, however, were the 50 Scots belong ing to Mr. M , Combie, of Tillyfour, some of which were consigned to Messrs. Maidwell and Hoyland— the remainder to Messrs, Giblett and Son. They were dis posed of at very high prices —equal to fully ss. 4d. per Sibs., whilst the general run of Scots was in request, at, we should imagine, remunerative quotations. Great credit is certainly due to the Norfolk and Scotch breeders and feeders for the very prime condition in which they exhibited their stock this morning. The beasts exhibited by Mr. George Dickson, and for • warded by Messrs. Martin, Knowles, Thomson, Wishart, Stodart, Kidd, Longraore, Bruce, Murray, Shinner, Reed, Frost, and other breeders and feeders in Scotland were re markably prime in quality, and were readily disposed of at gooa prices. Mr. Vorley had a very good show of beasts. Some of the stock was the property of Mr. Cartwright, of Lincolnshire, Mr. Booth, of Norfolk, Mr. Martin, of Aberdeen, and Mr. Conglass, of Invorary. Messrs. Giblett and Son had a very fine show of beasts. A portion was forwarded by Mr. Martin, of Aberdeen, Mr. Mennie, of Huntley, Mr. Wortley, of Norfolk, and Mr. Carwardine, of Leominster. At the stand of Messrs. Morgan and Allday there were some very good Scots, Devons, shorthorns, &c. Those be longing to Mr. Gillett, of Halvergate, Mr. M'Carnock, of Birmingham, and Mr. John Towers, of Ludlow, were much admired for their symmetry. Mr. Collins' stand was well filled with good beasts. Other salesmen, had, lik ew i se, a goo d s how of stock. Ott the wh o l e , th e supply of sheep was good. Mr. Gur reer showed some extraordinary Cotswolds from the flocks of Mr. Hewer, Mr. Walker, and Mr. Craddock; also, some Downs belonging to Lord Radnor and Mr. Thomas Throck morton. Mr. John Weall had some prime Downs and Glouces ters sent by Mr. Rowland, Mr. White, and Mr. Oakley, chiefly from Hertfordshire. Some remarkably good Hampshire Downs, bred by Mr. Canning, of Devizes, and the Earl of Darnley, were exhibited by Mr. Charles Burrell, who had also some very prime Norfolk half-breds. Mr. Eland disposed of several heavy Lincolns, at and over £5 each. They were forwarded by Mr. Chatterton, Ms. North, and Mr. Heanley—the latter of Croft. Messrs. Lintott and Son brought forward some very good Hampshire Downs, belonging to Mr. Paull, Mr. Pokes, and Mr. Tory; likewise, several good sheep, forwarded by Mr. Cox, near St. Albans, Mr. Sandars, of Watercombe, Dorset, and Mr. Franks, of Bromley, near G u ildf or d. _ _ _ _ _ Mr. Dodd exhibited a fair number of Hampshire Downs, in good condition. Mr. Ben. Weall had some good sheep from Berkshire and Oxfordshire. lle likewise offered some remarkably good pigs, the property of Mr. Vale, of Slough, The leading country markets held on Saturday Were moderately supplied with wheat. Good dry samples sold sldwly, but at full prices; inferior kinds were a dull in quiry, and rather cheaper. Barley and all other kinds of spring Corn barely supported previous rates. Flour, how ever, was steady in price. The continental markets continue in a depressed state for all kinds of produce. Advices from New York state that the shipments of breadstuffs to England were on a mode rate scale. The arrivals of English grain up to market last week were again limited. The imports from abroad amounted to 39,868 qrs. of wheat, 8,023 barley, 43,328 oats, 4,711 beans, 115 peas, 3,143 tares, 5,327 linseed, 2,101 rapeseed, 3,100 maize, 111 sundry seeds ; 377 sacks and 14,182 barrels of flour. The supply of home-grown wheat received fresh up to this morning's market was small. The condition of the samples, owing to the prevailing damp weather, was much inferior to last week. For good and fine dry qualities the demand ruled inac.ive ; neverthless, they were mostly dis posed of at prices without change from Monday last. Damp produce was very dull, and remained unsold at the close of business. The general currency is without material alte ratien from this day se'nnight. The show of samples of foreign wheat on the stands was largo. In all descriptions sales progressed slowly, yet a fair average business was transacted, and prices were steadily supported, certainly as regards all good and fine descriptions, Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate request, at late rates. We were very moderately supplied with barley, both English and foreign. Most kinds met with a fair inquiry, and the currencies ruled firm. In malt a limited business was transacted, on former terms. Tho supply of oats was large, and tho trade ruled heavy, at a decline of Gd to Is per quarter compared with Monday last. In the value of beans no change took place, and the de mand for them was steady. The supply on offer was only Peas met with a slow sale, yet the quotations were with. out alteration from Monday haat. The flour trade was inactive; nevertheless, prices were fairly maintained. METROPOLITAN Per Sib. to s 8. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 61Primecrs-wool d 0.4 10 5 4 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Pane. S' thdown d 0.5 6 5 8 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Large orse. calves 3 6 4 2 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 4 4 6 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 0 Large hogs 3 4 3 10 Second quality do. 4 2 4 8 Small porkers ... 4 0 4 4 Suckling calves, 108 to 21s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Cows — Sheep .. Calves Pigs. 420 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Dec. 16, 1861, and this day, M onday, Dee. 15, 1862. FOREIGN SITPFLY, Boasts Sheep Calves Pigs .... BRITIS PbSS ESSIONS gail,vaytt & St Lawrenet torn.,Baroda&.Cent In, Gu. 5 per cent........ Do. IYew Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Prelerance 1 uffalo,Bran t,&G odriel p. et. bds. Aug. 1,1 K: Do. do. July 1, 167:- , )o. do. Jam. 1,1 z,;,. lout P. it. At.pel'own Dock ;31:ri Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 P. c. Do. Co. G. Ext..... Do. do. H do. .• Grand Trunk of Canal: Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Fret. 6 per et.. Do. 6 per et. Debentt . Do. 7 percent. 1862 Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPenin.gua. s p.e Do. New gua. 5 Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim _ _ guaranteed 5 per cent Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New .. I Do. 6 p.c. 73 with't opt. Do. 14 p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited , Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 41 p. o. Extensioi Dc.i d 0........ Fifth Extension. elb.Corp. n p. o. Bnc- Melb. Sr Ilobson's Bay. Do. 7 p.c. dlortg. Bd6. Newßr un wick t Cand Class A Capital Share I Do. do. B Capital d 0... N.RLC'da6 pc Ist pt bds :'Scinde .......... ) Do. Delhi . ci IDo. do ' ca ID°. Punjaub Do. Do. • • • • ! t , 6 4 Do. Indus. St. Flo.) all all 100 (100 ' 100 2 15 100 Paid, Price. 65 67 104 105 51 58 8 8/ 77 FO 75 78 71 74 104 lt6 1 1, 71. tOB2, 106 1(.7 1071 1181 k lip ff 21 22 71 74 62 61 31 3tl 45 48 33 35 33 15 105 1061 I 1P IC4i 105 121 13 7k 7: 07 9:1 90 n Adis' 1031 1044 99 100 £4 9 6 51 53 3 5 3 n 83 65 106 107 104 105 104 i 1051 101 102 v% A N N : 1 lx:N rmlet'', A:, tiotteroani. lialL&S.Fran..Lint 7 p.c. Bc;gian East. Junction Copiapo ................ Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish ....... Do Eastern of France IGrand I_Zus Guar. 6 p. e. Gt. Luxem., Con. she... lt,Than Junction Namur 1¢ Liege .... Do. 6 p. o. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ..... N.Rail. of DucnosAyres Gua. 7 p c., Lim N0rw. ,, , - ,rian Trunk Prel Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) , Parls,Lyons,&Mcditer. !Paris tcz Orleans.— ............... Portuguese Rail. Royal iiecife dc S. Fran. (eem.) gma. 7 p. et. lien.- Rig Riga t Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h......... Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... .San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust, &Lomb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 p ct. Southern of Turin and Savona .... West Fiandera . Do. 54 p c. Preference.. W. & N. W. of France .. 7} i} If 2 p If 14 7 5 1i P 2O eti 14-1 141 9 91 20 21 40 411 id pr al 9i 9 8 d 95 46 41 43 181 189 15 17 i i 9 91 10 10f, It 16prn 23} 236 31 32 3 26d 7 7; 101 101 206 216 :OLONIAL GOVERNMENT sECU I.an.tiov. 6 p.c.J a &July 1877-St Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Do. 6 p. c.Mar. & Sent.l Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July.,l Do. 5 Inscribed stock) Cape G.llope, 6 p c,1873,; Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 i Do. 1890, Do. Jan. & July, 1891..: Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p cj N.13.G0v. 6 p.e. a.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.; N. S. W. Gov. 5 p c., 18661 Do. S p. c.,1871 to 1876 Do. d0.,1858 &upwdo New Zealand ti p. cent. Nova Scotia Gov. ki p. steriing, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus G 6p.c.1870.& up : ( Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July, , Do. in , n.n. A 100 100 100 100 100 1 108 169 'lO6 )08 106 168 99i Of 97 103 110 111 113 112 114 1.14 116 107 ICB 101 102 101 102 1001 1014 111 113 108 109 09 111 110 112 1081 1084' httITISI Cambrian Con sol. Gold Chit ord Amalgamated Devon G. Con, (Tavist East Bassett(lllc - ran+- Clogau Gold Ltd last Caradon ..... East Carn Brea... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk., GamhSt.Aubyn(Gwen.), Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (llelston' i Grenville Herod's-Foot ingston Downs Lady Bertha 3fargaret (tiny Lelant Nlarke Valley.. Ntvndy Iron Oro (Lim ) Setun ** • • North Downs liaseet (1110 ;an North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey , i I'rovidence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) F.I'V heft] Fran. Stray Park Tamar Silv.,t Lead Min Tin Croft West Basset (Illo;;;an) W Caridon (Liskeard; West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan , Wheal Euller(ltedruth) kVheal Ki Ay(ti.Lelant; WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ), Wheal Seton W heal 'Pretawney (Lis )) Wheal Union 'IP 21 23 495 505 51 53 P 39 4 0 10i 11 21 Ai 14 16 7 76 fi 61 46 6 45 47 2 26 1i 16 39 41 86 9 6 cls pr 130 140 26 S 21 8* 46 6 8 6 39 11 390 400 2} 3 87f 021 39 41 1 12} 13 13 14 28 30 285 2i5 FO 85 50 22 8 1) 10 10i 141 1 15 165 170 16 17 5} 51 Rusin e@9 don. STATE OF THE TRADE. Notwithstanding that the supply of beasts, even for the great day, was very large, there was a steady, though not to say active, demand for the best Scots, shorthorns, Here fords, Devons, and crosses, at full prices. Otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state, on former terms. A few very superior animals realised 5s 2d to 5s 4d per 81bs; but general top price was 5s per 81bs. For the time of year we were fairly supplied with sheep, the general condition of which was good. On the whole the mutton trade was steady, at prices equal to Monday last. The best Downs replized 5s 8d per Sibs. There were a few lambs on show; but they commanded very little attention. Calves, though on short supply, were a slow inquiry, at last week's prices. The top figure was 4s 6d per 81bs. We have to report a dull sale for pigs at drooping cur rencies. we received 3,000 short h orns, crosses, &c. ; from From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, an d Northamp -1,500 Scots, &c. ; from o th er parts of England, d Devonshire, 2,000 vari ous b reeds; from Scotland, s ir o k ; and crosses ; and from I re l and, 600 oxen and ih t Nn o c n coi 0 rs heifers. s h ro c i sl There will be attempts to make some show of reduction in the Navy Estimates. The Accountant-Gene ral and the Storekeeper-General must furnish the chief items by which the Financial Secretary of the Admiralty will be enabled to show that ho is actuated by a spirit of econom y. We cannot expect, in th e face of only a par tiallymay make upon th e p u bli c purse, and with our very defective dock a ccommo d at i on the Di re ctor-General of Works will have a diffi cu l t task in giv whiwhich theiy important decrease in the demand h reconstructed" Controller ai ing su b stan ti a l assistance to the ad vocates of a decreased expenditure : so we fear that the bill which Lord Clarence w i l t e have last,before w Parliament, a n r o l itabmee of n that character which t, although somewhat h will carry much comfort to financial reformers,—.4rmy one A'avy Ciautio, lighter than to the lay Per Sib. to sink tho offal. Dec. 16, Dec. 15, 1861. 1862. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4 3 8 3 4to 3 6 Second quality do. 3loto 4 4 3 8 4 0 Prime ?ergo 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 Primo coarse-woolled do 4 6 5 2 410 5 4 Prime Southdown do. .. 5 4 5 6 5 6 5 8 Lambs Large coarse calves Prime smell do Large hogs . ..... 310 4 4 3 4 310 Neat small porkers ~ .. 4 6 410 4 0 4 4 Beasts .. Sheep Calves Pigs 460 420 SUPPLIES OX SALE, Dec l7, 1860..—Beasts, 7,860 — sheep, 19,650—calves, 210—pigs, 516. Dec. 12, 1869.—Beasts, 7,66 o—sheep, 24,420—calves, 160—pigs, 430. COMPARISON OF THE " GREAT DAYS." The total imports of foreign atom into London, last week, amounted to 4,496 head. In the corresponding week in 1861, we received 5,172—in 1860, 4,525—in 1859, 4,364 —in 1858, 5,734—in 1857, 1,896—in 1856, 1,895 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LABI WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam 278 .. 1647 .. 327 .. 12 Harlingen ... • • • .. -- • . • • Hamburgh 2B • • 275 • • • • . -- Boulogne.. — .. .. •• Medimblik 39 .. 1661 .. Dordt - . • • • -- NieuDiep Amsterdam — Antwerp. Bremen — "-... • • ." • • - .• -- - .. - .. 44 .. - Vigo . •••• - •• Ostend .. • • Tonning --- • • --- • • 20 .. -- • • "*". • • • • "--; Total .... 463 .. 3,630 .. .. 391 .. 12 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1861 368 4,639 .. .. 124 61 1860 499 .. 3,702 .. 255 .. 69 1859 678 .. 3,424 .. .. 141 121 1858 555 .. 4,756 375 .. 48 1857 3lB .. 7,478 195 .. NEAVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Full average supplies of meat were on sale here to-day. Good and prime beef and mutton sold steadily at very full prices; but inferior qualities were in slow request on for mer terms. Veal changed hands slowly at our quotations. Pork was very dull, and 4d per 81bs lower than on Monday last, Per 81b. by the carcase. s ti s cl Inferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 Middlingmutton Middling do. .. 3 0 3 4 Prime do .. Frime large do. 3 6 3 10 Veal. Do. small do. 4 0 4 2 Small pork ~ Large pork 3 0 3 8 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 a dad 3 19 4 2 4 44 6 36 4 4 3 10 44 00 0 0 BOROUGH HOP. There has been a great want of animation in the hop trade since we last wrote. Good and fine English qualities, as well vs the finest samples of produce, have changed a moderato extent at our quotations ; otherwise, the market has exhibited considerable heaviness. Last week's import was 16 bales from Antwerp, 62 Ostend, 253 Hamburg, 60 Dunkirk, 40 Boulogne, 63 Rotterdam, 356 Bremen, 806 pockets and 1,080 bales from New York. Mid and East Kents . 90s to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Keats Sussex Bavarian Belgian American llss to 130 s BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supply of home-grown potatoes is large, and the market is well supplied with foreign produce. For all de scriptions the trade is in a sluggish state, and a further decline has taken place in the quotations. Yorkshire Regents' Do. Flukes Do. Rocks Rent and Essex Regents Bos to 110 s ~ Do. Rocks ., 75s to 908 ~ Scotch Regents Do. Rocks French Belgian 7OB to 80s ~ export demand. The market for English wool, since our last, has ruled quiet, on former terms. TALLOW. The tallow trade is steady to-day, and prices are fairly supported, St. Petersburg Y.C. being quoted at 45s 6d per cwt., on the spot ; •and 46s for January to March delivery. Rough fat, 2s 4id per Sibs. SEEDS. We have to report a very inactive market for all descrip tions of seeds, and, in several instances, prices rule next to nominal. Calcutta rape, however, owing to its scarcity, commands extreme rates. Cakes are a dull inquiry, at barely late currencies. Turnip, White,p. bus 11s to 148 Swede --B -s Mustard, Brown 9s 12s White, Tares, New .7s Gd 8s 6d Carraway —8 Coriander —s —8 Irempseed, per qr —s —s Linseed,Eng,.sowing 728 70s Crushing B a lti c — s —8 Odessa —s —1 Linseed Cake, p ton —8 —8 English ......£lO Os.£lo 10s Foreign...... i',lo Os £ll 58 Rape Cakes,p ton.£B Os £6 158 Rapeseed, new,pr qr 68s 72s Old per quarter - —.s —s Chuary, per quarter 46s 52s Rye grass, new - s —s Clover, Red Eng., et —s —s White Foreign Red —a White --s —s Trefoil, new. —s WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool were brought to a close on Friday last. With the exception of one week of heavi nese, they went off steadily, at remunerative prices, or from ld to 2d per lb above the average of last sales. About 80,000 bales were disposed of during their progress, but the greater portion was taken by our own manufacturers, the scarcity of cotton making it necessary, on the part of mann turers, to make nearly all qualities of woollen goods entirely of wool. The unsatisfactory state of the foreign cloth trade with America operated very =favourably, as regard") the 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 58} 7 3.13 A iierralian BonAccord Copper, L Brazil Land & Min. Co... Capula Silver Cobre Copper Caplan° .. DimMoun.Ccp.M ing Co East DNI Rey (Limited) Fortuna... General Gt N. Cop. S. Austr liapun d a (Limited) Linares Lueitanian Mariquira Mont.A. Braz G old Min N.RhineCopot S.Aus.L Pontgribaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... Port Philip Sant aßarbara Gld Mine Scottish Austrin. (L.).. los. St. John del Rey (L.).— 15 United Mexican ail Worthing (Limited).... all YudanamutanaS.A.Ld. all FOREIGN MIN Eb. JOINT-STOCK Ii 1 14 ff t 2 id ipm 19 21 7 9 1 31 41 20 2 £ d 7 2 41 8 4d pr I 1 2 2k ds 1& 2 ) n 4 ¢pm Inn 58 0 41 5% 4 g 3 Si ANKN. Agra&UnitedSCrvice B Alliance B.Ln.&L'pool Australasia flank of Egypt Filrzk of London British North Amerie9T: Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia Chtd.Bank of India, &c. Ch. Mer. of In. Loft& Ch. ,City ... Colonial Com. Bank of Canada.. Eng.. Scot., Az Aua. C 1.., IGen. Bk .at Switzerland iliin'stan,China&Japan (Imperial Bank Limited !Lon.& Brazilian (Lim.) Won., B. Ayres & B. Plate t Lon. Chian Bkof Austral London and County .. London .To!nt stock .. :London & Middlesex... London and S. African.. ILondon & Westniinstet IMetrop. & Provinl. Bnk. Nat. I'rov. of England , 1)0. new ..... . Do. do 'National Bank ..... Nex% South Wa1e5...... B. Corporation . ;Ottoman Bank ...... 90 #2 7 76p 71 ;3 25 26 97 99 51 53 1 d 21i 21; 49 42 91 93 41 13 19, 20} 2} nd 4 d pr 44 5 p 16 1 274 1 33.1 399 36 87 I IP 234 24 p 19 60 3 ip 37 49 54 45 31 82 li 5 i pi S 9 91 Do. new 'Provincial of Ireland Do. new........ • • (South Australia .Union of Australia ~.. Union of Ireland, Lim. Unin. of London . - 49 - 51 2 ld 33 34 MISCELLANEOUS. --- 1 f A 4 n t i g a l n o t -11 e l l2 x . I .s c i a i i . - 1 sAti,inn(tu.i.) allal 1 24 1 * B , 5 2 10 It 5 ua u i s i t ia ra s li t a e n am Ag( L ic im ul i t t u e rAl 19 1 2_4 4 ._, 54 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 65 7 5 Bombay Gas Limited. 1 / dis 513 50 British American Land 40 st 13.&1.31ap.r.. Tel. A. (Lim.) 100 36 60 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 324 Canada Land all 98 102 10 China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 5 st. Cop.slin.otEng.&Smltg. all 5 25 . Crystal I SO . Prof. 20 9 5 t Palaceper cent. I 100a11 304 874 37 st Do. Preference st, Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 113 116 10 'E. Intl. Cot ton Agency 25 Id pr 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A. all -- -- 14 Do. B. all 5 5 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 2 4 d }pm at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New all 5 English &Aus. Copper, all 21 21 15 Gen. Steam Navigati ut 14 27 28 1 Great Ship Limited) all '. i 1 1 Do 175 pct Preference all I ; 2 Indian Car r yi ng (Li m. ) 1 1 1 20 Italian Irrigation Canal 2 pr iP 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) all 4 3 1 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 la 15 10 Lon. & S.lrel.Dt.Tel.L. 2 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 24 25 10 Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim ) all 3 4 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all 25 National Dis. Co (Lim ) 5 2f 2; p 20 Nerbu.Coal&fron (Lim ) 5 1 3 p 5 Netherlands Lan tl,Bp.e all a I 100 N.Br.&NovaScotia Land 81 10 12 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 4 14 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). a ll 11 la ..11 1 Do. New 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim ) all 7f 81 5 Ottoman Gas, Limited 1 id pr st. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lini) 100 53 5,3 60 ['en. & Oriental Stea m a ll 7 3 75 50 Do. New 3O 13 15 10 Quebrada Land,Rall,& Mining (Lim.) 4la a l pr Rhymney Iron all 19 21 15 1)o. New all 5 7 25 to Janeiro City Impts all 28 285 ' 2.5 Do. do. I & 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 57 0 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 134 138 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 'Submarine Tel. Scrip.. al' 1 Do. do. Registered .... a.l 10 Do. do all 4 1 6 1 2 Telegraph to India (L ) 1 it i d 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia(lim)lst is. 1 Id i p 2 1 r.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Ca 5 1 lip 5 Q. K'domTel Co. (lim.) 3' } tp 109 yap.DitUie3l3 1,, , Lid 0 25 1 lli 14 107! 231 f It.ll 1011 2,14. r 7.19.0 j 17i 40 6.15. I 8.1'2 4. 7.0 2.0.6 94 4.3.0 19; 2i 2.17.( 2.4.9 1k 10.6. 13 .5.15.6 18.1-.91 28.9. i 591 81 19 11 72 1 32} 4 --- 1 858. 1859. i 1860. 1861. 1862. • - ----- Stock this day.... 33 , 4 48] 47,245 74,096 51,753 55,449 Price of Y.C. .. r 30560 to 58800 to 60s3d to 5183 d to 45s 6d to 50s 9d: 58s 3d) —s Od —s Od —s Od Delivery last week 2,366 - 2,404 1,118 2,056 2,175 Ditto from June 1 69,924 4 5 ,805 52,039 80,195 45,735 2 Arrivals last week ,550 118, 1 ,854 2,833 1.715 Ditto from June 1 84,805 80,961 9,901 75,157 63,875 Price Of Town.,.. 53s 60 58s Od 64s Od , 528 9d 47s 9d RACING FIXTU: FERRI Lincoln ... MA: Nottingham Spring Derby Spring 5 Liverpool Spring lO Shrewsbury l2 AP. Newmarket Craven 6 Durham Catterick Bridge 8 Thirsk l4 Chester B a th . ................ 5 . ............... Harpenden ............ 12 15 A5c0t.,.,., Ju ............ 2 Newton .... 10 Hampton Odiham 10 Bibury Club.. Jr Worcester Newmarket July ** 7 Abingolon 14 Hungerford l6 Brightcn 4 Brighton Club Lewes Derby •ummer 1 Liehfipld Leicester Doncaster ..15 Brecon Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket Ist Oct. 29 Newmarket S. 0 ..12 , BER. Newmarket Houghton ..26 SIBER. 1 Shrewsbury Autumn....l7 Worcester 3 SPEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1863. JANUAILY. Manchester FEBRUARY. Carmarthenshire Hunt .. 2 Aberyatwith Hunt 16 Scarborough 11 Birmingham .. .23 Reading l2 Lincoln 25 MARcu. Grand National Hunt (Market Harborough ...26 Kildare Hunt l5 THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—An official in spection of the Metropolitan Railway will take place to day, the requisite notices haying been duly given by the company that the line was ready for the visit of the inspector. In a few days, therefore, the railway may be expected to be opened for traffic. As the directors have had opportunities for knowing the requirements which, with a view to the public safety, the railway department of the Board of Trade would insist upon, and have had ample time for complying with these wishes, it is probable that the certificate for the opening will be given without much delay. The signals, about which so much has been said as_being the_cause of the repeated postponements, are now in working order ; the difficulty as to the width of the carriages has been got over, as well as the mechanical arrangements necessary for the working of the engines that will consume their smoke and condense their steam ; and the lighting of the carriages by gas, which involved some careful consideration of details, has been satisfactorily accomplished. At King's-cross there is a rather sharp curve, and in running the trains through it has been found that the rails on the up and down lines have too much "cant," and it has been necessary to relay the rails at this point. This has led to much considerable delay, and has probably had as much, if not more, to do with retarding the opening than the perfecting of the mechanical arrange ments of the signals or the alterations of the doors of the carriages. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND THE ITINERANT DEALER IN GAME.-A rather curious incident happened to the Archbishop of Canterbury on Friday on his return journey to London. He left Canterbury by the afternoon train which runs to Ashford, and there leaves the passengers to be taken to London by the Dover express. The archbishop, who it may be stated had charmed every one he had mec by his genial affectionate manner, was standing on the platform at Ashford, and conversing with a legal gentleman,when a man in a blouse, who turned out to be an itinerant dealer in game, marched up to him and with small ceremony requested him to have a brace of wild ducks for 4s. 6d. The archbishop did not show any desire to accept the bargain, whereupon the hawker fastened on the archbishop's companion, and with much volubility expa• tiated on the qualities of the ducks. Now the legal gen- tleman is a very able writer on the laws of nations and of commerce, and he of the blouse found that he had met his match at the settling of a bargain, Eventually the eminent lawyer became the purchaser of two brace of ducks, but whether at the price first asked by the seller is a matter on which our informant expressed his doubts. His Grace was amused at the incident, and the hawker again importuned him to buy a brace of birds, whereupon ho fell in with the humour of the thing and made the purchase, but without any haggling whatever. The hawker then made the politest b Av of which he was capable and retired, in utter ignorance of the distinguished position of the gen tleman with whom he had done this little stroke of business. The Baron de Budberg, who has succeeded Count Kisseleff as Russian Ambassador to the Court of the Tuile ries, is not yet 44 years of age, although he has passed more than 20 years in the diplomatic service. He belongs to one of the most ancient German families in the Russian empire. The grandfather of the Baron filled the post of Minis ter of Foreign Aff a i rs t o th e E mperor Alexander I. for many years. The Baron was appointed Secretary to the Russian Legation at Frankfort, in the year 1846. Ho was raised to the rank of Charge d'Affaires at Frankfort, in 1819, and he quitted it in 1851, to perform the functions of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Ber lin. He remained there until 1856, when he was sent to Vienna. He shortly afterwards returned to Berlin, where he remained until his appointment to Paris. One of the most remarkable buildings a present in progress of construction in Paris is the new terminus of the Northern Railway. The buildings cover a superficies of about 120,000 ft. The facade is 540 ft. long, and in the centre is the great entrance-hall, 210 ft. wide. The facade is to be ornamented with 23 statues representing the cities of Paris, Brussels, St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, Frankfort, London, Vienna, Berlin, Cologne, Amiens, Lille, Btauvais, Cambrai, St. Quentin, Boulogne, Compiegne, Arras, Laon, Calais, Valenciennes, Dunkirk, Douai, and Rouen. On the key of the principal arch is to be placed the head of Mercury, symbolical of commerce, with two medallions right and left representing Jupiter and Neptune. Thunderbolts and dol phins attached to the medallions are meant to represent fire and water, the bases of steam locomotion. Sculptors are at present decorating the side entrances with medallions repre senting Papin and Watt. DAMP IN CATHEDRALS AND CHURCHES.—The ill effect of damp in all descriptions o buildings is well-known, and damp is also injurious to the:persons who occupy them. The extent of damp in many churches would surprise those who have not carefully observed it. In London and through out the country there are several old churches round which the ground has risen to a considerable height above the pavement of the interiors. One of these—Old St. Pancras —was described in the Builder some time age, when, soon_ after a restoration, the wood became rotten, and a sort of leprosy seemed to pervade the chief part of the structure. Then it was found that, while the building had been adorned, the drainage had not been made sufficient. The ground was saturated with moisture, and, surrounding and inside, the church vaults were found completely filled with water. St. Bartholomew's, the Great, Smithfield, is another London church which is awkwardly, troubled by the growth of very unwholesome soil around it. In Westminster Abbey persons may have noted that, where they have stood for a few minutes on a part not covered with wood or matting, the impression of the feet distinctly visible. The same appearance may be noted in cathedrals and churches, where persons have stood at funeral and other services ; and many will remember the fatal illness4bvhich has been caught by attendance at funerals, or by visits to damp places of wor ship.--Builder. Letters from Naples give the text of another Muratist manifesto. It purposes to be dated from the Chateau of Buzenva), and to have been written in November, under the form of a letter addressed to a prince, whose name is not given. In the docu ment, Prince Murat congratulates himself on the progress which his party has made in public opi nion ; he is the more gratified that the preponder ance which he acquires is a moral victory over the fortunate" but sanguinary excesses of the Bourbon hands (otherwise brigands), and over Piedmontese despotism. It is, therefore, necessary to fortify and develope that moral influence everywhere, from the smallest commune up to Parliament itself, without seeking to advance too rapidly, like " the Bourbon faction" and " the Piedmontese sect." The Prince desires to enjoy the " benefits of the moment," to rally all parties to Muratism, and to let Piedmon tese violence and the efforts of him who from Rome " fans the flame of civil war" to wear themselves out. The whole paper looks very like a clumsy piece of forgery. 'RES FOR 1863. UARY. 25 .CR. Doncaster Spring l7 Warwick Spring 17 Northampton 24 Croston Park 27 [UL. Epsom Spring 16 Newntarket F. S 20 York Spring 28 ~.;alisbury AY. Epsom l9 Manchester 27 Stockbridge lB Chelmsford 23 Newcastle 23 Carlislo 3O Nottingham 21 Winchester Goodwood 2l 28 UST. Reading ............ 12 York August .......... 18 :MBER. SEPT: NOVE: OCT , CRIMINAL COURT -THIS DAY. OLD COURT. The December sessions commenced this morning before the Lord Mayor and tile Sheriffs. The calendar contains the names of nearly 100 prisoners for trial. There are two charges of murder, one against a young woman named Nautili Newman, for killing her ille gitimate child, and another against two seamen named George Mitchell and Thomas Hewitt for causing thti death of a porter in the course of a quarrel and fight in the neigh bourhood of the Victoria Docks. There are a few cases of what are described as robberies with violence, but there is only one charge involving What may be termed a garotte robbery; so that it would seem that the example made of this description of offenders has not been without its effect in repressing, to a certain extent, the commission of this desperate crime. The present calendar does not contain a single case of Post-office robbery ; and the present is the fourth session in which the calendar has presented a simi lar satisfactory result. The principal case of importance that will have to be disposed of at the ensuing session will be the charge arising out of the extraordinary robbery of bank -note paper from the mills of Messrs. Portal, the ma nufacturers of the whole of the paper upon which the notes of the Bank of England aro engraved, and in which six prisoners are implicated, and it is understood that the Attorney• General will conduct the prosecution. It is very likely, however, as the case is one of a very com plicated and unusual character, that after the grand jury have found the bills that may be presented to them, an ap plication will be made to postpone the trial to the January session. The Judges who will preside at the December session are Chief Justice Erle, Mr. Justice Crompton, and Mr. Baron Martin. Two men named Knowles and Brown were indicted for stealing 235., the property of Robert Brown. The prosecutrix said that on the evening of Nov, 7 s h,, company with her husband, was in a public-house taking some ale. She was standing near the bar, and by her side were seven or eight men ; her husband was sitting a few yards from her. Ac cor din g t o M rs . B rown ' s statement, .she said the men, amongst whom were the prisoners, surrounded her, and then she discovered that she had lost her money. She called out " Robert, I'm robbed," when Knowles knocked her down! and Brown held her :by the shoulder, while his companion took the money from her. Before her husband could get up Knowles ran away. In three weeks' after the prosecutrix met the prisoners. She called for the police, and when the constable took hold of Knowles, B rown threatened to knock his brains out if he did not let his companion go. A violent struggle took place, but the prisoners were ultimately secured. One of the prisoners said the woman Was drunk, and that she fell down and lost her money. The jury found both prisoners guilty. A previous conviction was proved against Brown. The police said Brown was a very desperate man, and was wanted for another robbery. The Common Sergeant said Brown was eviaently a very desperate person, and if he had used any great violence on the prosecutrix he should have given him a very severe punishment. Under all the circumstances he should sen tence him to 10 years' penal kervitude. Brown, on hearing the sentence, said, " Aint that severe ? Why don't you hang me at once ?" t 'And was with some difficulty removed. The Common Sergeant told Knowles, as he was unknown to the police, he should only sentence him to four years' penal servitude. Knowles—Thanky'e, my lord, I am obliged to you. THE GREAT DANE PAPER ROBBERY. Mr. Giffard, on the part of the prosecution, rpplied for the postponement of the trial of the prisoners charged with being concerned in the robbery, lie held in his hand an affidadit from a medical gentleman, which stated that Mr. NV. Portal was at present suffering from erysipelas in the head, and was quite unable to undergo the fatigue of givi ng evidence during th e p resent seEsiou. Under these stances he he hoped th e w h ole of the witnesses, numbering over 50, might be compelled to go before the grand jury. The Common Sergeant asked if Mr. Portal was examined before the magistrate? Mr. Giffard replied he was not. Mr. Lewis, on the part of Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, who had been retained by Brewer, hoped the application would not be granted. He did not think that the gentleman re ferred to was such a material witness as his friend had stated, There had been five or six examinations before Alderman Cubitt, at none of which was Mr. Portal exa mined. He presumed Mr. Portal knew nothing about the abstraction, and his evidence he supposed merely related to some points relative to the manufacture of the paper. The prisoners were indicted under the Bank Act, and that rendered Mr. Portal's evidence of less importance than it otherwise might have been, if the application was granted he hoped Brewer would be admitted to bail, because he was prepared with two securities to the amount of a thousand pounds each if it should be required. The cost of bringing the witnesses to town during the present session ought not to stand in the way of the present proceeding. The Common Sergeant said the cost of bringing the wit. nesses to town did not arise, but he thought that the con. vanionoo of so large a number of persons ought to be thought of. Mr. Lewis thought it was of the highest importance to a person not guilty of a charge imputed to him that the wit nesses should be compelled to go before the grand jury at the earliest moment. Mr. Pater, on the part of Buncher and Cumming, also opposed the application. His clients had been in prison nearly three months. One of them, 1 3uncher, had had his trado ruined by his shop being closed, and he thought it was extremely hard that the trial should be postponed until January. Mr. Portal could only give evidence as to the stock of paper he had upon the premises, and at the proper time he intended to make an application that Buncher and Cumming might be tried separate from the other prisoners. The Common Sergeant said ho was of opinion that Mr. Portal was a material witness, and he therefore should as sent to the application for the postponement of the trials till next session. The application of Mr. Lewis with respect to the admission of Brewer to bail was quite out of the ques. Mr. Lewis hoped there would be no objection to his renew ing his application relative to bail before, a judge at cham bers. The Common Sergeant said the learned counsel was quit• at liberty to do so. The prisoners were then removed from the dock, and the trial was postponed until next session. POLICE-THIS DAY. WESTMINS LER. SERIOUS CHARGE OF ROBBERY.—A young woman, who gave the name of Mary Lawler, was placed at the bar by Inspector Holman, of the B division, upon a charge of steal ing £l4 and some articles of value. Mr. Charles Bolleslaski, assistant secretary to the Aus trian Commissioner, at the International Exhibition, said he lodged at 42, Pelham-street, Brompton. He had been in the habit of keeping his money in a tin-box in a table drawer, in his sitting-room, and there was up to last Friday morning £l4 in sovereigns there. He went out to attend to his business as usual, and on Saturday he had occasion to go to the drawer, and, to his surprise, found that the tin box and money, and some articles of value, which had also been in the drawers, were gone. He told his landlady of it, but he had not recovered the property or money. Mr. Arnold—What makes you suspect the prisoner ? Prosecutor—There was nobody else to take it ; nobody came to my rooms to see me. She is the only. person I suspect. Mrs. Fanny Swaine, the landlady, said that the prisoner was her servant. Prosecutor went out of the house at a quarter-past 9 on Friday morning, and had not left the house a quarter of an hour when the prisoner came to her in her bedroom in a great hurry, and said she must imme diately go out. Witness was much surprised, and said that 'she really could not spare her, as the work of the house must be done; but prisoner said she must go that minute to see her brother, who was in the hospital, and she then left the house. She never returned until half-past five at night, and accounted for her absence by alleging that she had lost her key, and had been looking for it, and for a woman who had picked it up. Prisoner had only been in her service a week. Mr. Holman was about to proceed further with the case, when The prisoner was remanded. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, Dec. 15.—Wind this day at noon--South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 15 —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Osborne, from the Mediterranean; Sheld rake, screw steamer, from Hartlepool, for Havannah. 33Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. PLYMOUTH Mond. The screw s t eam frigate Doris, 32, , Captain ay Sir Mornin Fran g cus M'Clintock, from Gibraltar on the Bth, Lisbon 10th, and Ferrol on th e 12 t h i nstant, arr i ve d i n t h o S oun d this mom mg. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 14—Mignonette, from Berbico • PillguellY , frOm Tarragona ; Isabell a a nd J a ne, from Dunkirk; .2icas•' 49 from Demerara; Edith and Anne, from Manzanillo,; Merry England, from Calcutta; Dan, from Callao; Emblem, from Soderham ; Anna, from Opstad ; St. George, from Guern- se Arrived, Dec. 15—Fyenoord, from Rotterdam ; Dolphin, from Antwerp; Arno, from Hamburg; Julius, from Dant sic ; Anne Elizabeth, from Christiana; Mary Durkee, from bt. John's. The Maritana, from Sunderland, for Lisbon, returned damaged. Sailed—Huntress, f o r Canterbury; Panther, for i3ou logne. DEAL, Monday Morning. Dee. 14—Harkaway, fro m L on d on , f or Cardiff* 14— Sydney Hall, screw steamer, from London, f or Lisbon. passed—Macedolzia, from Al exan d r i a , f or London. Anchored. Dee. by Lilt ant UR. 2s. Cd. 112 k 961 7 stock stock stock 100 10 100 100 100 100 stock stock 100 - 100 10 stock stock stock 20 stock 10 100 stock stock 1 20 28.2.81