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

con - modi arehy. useful ier, he i been ill a perSoIIS s th e i y :f t" T, OP les. t 1 11 a M e 9 ro 5 913 9 , 6 9 4 3r 5 9 4 9 /6 9 ; a 9 9 • 4 4 9 ' 0 • 4 4 s • 5 1 • 4 G e ko°. of PlcAr‘hb I\ ON MARKET. CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY. I n the foreign c -, -changes this afternoon there Was no alteration of importacce of the rates by last post, but the tendency of the Austrian rates was again slightly favourAble to the currency of that country, The New York telegrams this afternoon show, as Was expected, that the statement sent over a f ew weeks back, that the national liabilities were " ° n l Y " £130,000,000, was altogether fictitious, the amount of national debt being now admttted by Mr. Chase to be certainly more than L 220,000,000 ja the course of six months from this date, with a Prospect of its being raised to £400,000,000 by the e nd of 1864. As the debt of the South must be t aken int o account i n any sc h eme t h at may b e con sidered possible for peace, it would thus seem that, apart from the proposed compensation to loyal sieveholders, the public burdens on the rehabilita tion of the Union are likely, even on the Govern ment estimates, to be little short of the total national debt of Great Britain, carrying a rate of interest Which will cause their pressure on the population to be nearly double that of the debt of this country. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. beyond a slight increase in the demand for ac "rnmodation, the money market exhibits no per ceptible change. The supply of commercial bills on offer is still exceedingly moderate, but money is Ic more request, owing to the settlement of the account in foreign stocks and railway shares. The increase of business, however, is too small to in 4uonce the quo t a ti ons f or mercan til e securities, 'Which Continue to range as low as 21 per cent. The traffic receipts of the Dutch Rhenish Railway for th e fortnight ending Nov. 30, amounted to £7,586 7s. 3d., and for the correspon di ng p er iod of hat year t o £ll2 pc £7,474 6s. 4d., showing an incre ase of 11d. in favour of the present ;ear. The directors of the Provincial Bank of Ireland have given notice that a dividend, for the half year ending Christmas next, at the rate of 4 per cent., ( n the paid •up sto c k, an d a l so an extraordinary dividend of 30s, on each 1100 share, and 12s. on each £lO share, will be paid on and after the 15th proximo. Me Banking Almanac and Diary for 1863 may be considered in every respect at this instant an important publication. The volume has been care fully edited and arranged by Mr. D. Morier Evans, and, following so closely the period cf excitement associated with the organisation of new banks, furnishes an amount of fresh information which will be found available by bankers, merchants, and the mercantile community at large. The work is satis • fa .ctory as a sp ec i men o f su b s t an ti a l typ ogra phy and binding, and for the banker's parlour or the count lng-bouse will be acknoWledged to be of great use f or every-d ay re f erence. I n a ddi t i on t o th e b a nking Int elligence, which of course is the great feature, t he book contains a good diary and other corres ponding memoranda, so that it affords a convenience for c onfidential entries if any are requisite. Two o'CLooK. The Liverpool cotton-market to-day was good, at "tretne rates. Sales about 15,000 bales. The improvement of * per cent. which took place Y e sterday i n th e E ng li s h St oc k M a rket has been fi r mly Maintained. to-day, Consols being 921 ; for la t , ° .neY and 921 for the account. This rise is cul efly attributable to purchases, probably based upon the more favourable prospects of the specie movement. 'The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced are firm, at 921 4 ; the 22 per Cent. Annuities have b een dealt in at 752 ; Exchequer Bills, at 89. to 12s. Prem. Bank Stock is firm, at 233 ; and India 5 Per Cent. Loan, 1071 4. Rather more activity has prevailed in the Foreign Market, and prices generally have continued firm. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are 83i 844 ; ditto, 1858, 70 f ; ditto New Scrip has improved to 3 k prem. ; and the Consolides are supported at 38! 39 ; Mexican Stock is 313 ; Portuguese, 481 a ; ditto New Scrip, 41. prem.; Russian New Loan, 93.1 ; Sardinian, 811 a ; Spanish Passive, 232 -4; Italian, 7 1 .4 ; Venezuelan, 24a i; and the New Scrip has unproved to 2 dis. ; Greek Bonds are heavy, at 16 1; and the Coupons are 6 71 1. In the Railway Share Market the operations Were very limited, and prices generally exhibited firmness, Exness. Great Northern declined £ l, and T Jistaataeearsnhire and Yorkshire, Midlands , and Nort h (Berwick) ss. ; South Easterns, however, improved Ss.. and Th e Foreign lines were very inactive. Antwerp , Rotterdam b roug ht it ; and Great Luxem uutg,l4, In th e C o l on i al Market, Gran d T run k o f C a nada rem ained firm at 22, and Great Western of Canada i l zprov e d to 13 and 131 ; East Indian broug h t 108 0 ! -08 1; and B om b a y and Baroda, 104 f 105. Join t - Stock B an k an d Mi sce ll ane o us Shares con tinued in li m i te d request , a t a b ou t p rev i ous quota vl"B. London and County realised 381 ; Oriental s i t i „, ti n k ,2 64 1 ; Ottoman Bank, 34 ; Crystal Palace 3 9-, 37; and Berlin Water Works, 61 H. - Bank sßtoßclkTr FUNDS—CLOSING PRIC ES. 233 Per Cent. R e d uced Annu i t i es N r w r, 9 eut. C onsols Annu i t i es N„ 0 per Cent. Annuities 921 h 'sv 21 India 2 Per Cent. Annuities ... 7 51 la S tock Dii, IT t t Ditto 6 per Cent. lO7l 1 i)t,:to Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent -- -,, '. 4 ° 5 per Cent 5 1 per Cent. ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Di Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 tt° Bonds El.OOO c_Ditto under £l,000 t„.'"° l B for Account, Jan. 8 92a / ',chequer Bills £l,OOO, 2% per Ct. _ itto £5OO .uitto D Small - 14 P OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ua. ki p o o s al y 7 res 6 per Cent I? ... per Cent. q r 1 4, 2 Second Issue 9l t itt o per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons Itali ° Coupons 6 x m ex '. l.4 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 731 iil le an, 3 per Cent _,,,e uto Ac^.ollllt .i , ‘v 0 b.„ rermla, 2 per Cent — P O 4 l , cx over-due Coups. & Hectares 484 t bi l if e l l'; e 3 l D t e e r nt C . 7 l t B ., 6 l 2 Bs3 'tt c 11,,,,,' ° scr ip, £2O pd jo _ljiit:tao° 4 s l per Cent C C e e n n t t., l l B B 2 s 7 o l St .... 41 pm ... 931 i -, s i tt ° 5 per Cent., 1862 J-rtt S% rdi ,? Scrip, £47 paid 1). - "ar 1 5 per Cent. sNltto Account 811 1 1 . 1 - ‘ ll , B h 3 per Cent — T n -- ri i t t i to p assive.. , i it i ti ti ! 0011 Account 66 perper Cent... ent . 18 1 5 85 , 4 D.. 70 701 itto 6., big P er Cent ' , '' 186 0 Scrip, £6O pd... 3 k 1 pm v e , 0 Paid-up Scrip li ezu la 3 Cent Ditto_Alt u- la, per Account n u Per Cent., 1862 (Scrip), £53 paid 2 die Bel D videndson the above navablo in London. ai lt a gml 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f 991 -II ) 5 pzr Cent .) 1861 1 Ex. 25f 7ll ati 13ii ° L 8 Money THREE O'CLOCK. CO it Jan. S 92/ 1 --- C RYS lAL PALACE COMPANY: LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. I Paid. Leasing ,Closing Business Railways. Co. s Price. Done. Birkenhead Buckingh-mghire lOO Do. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do 55 67 Do. 5t per cent 100 Do. Do. .5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Cledon.— 103 105 Colchester, Stour Vai. 100 E.U.&G.E (8 70 69 E. Lincolnsh. gopr c. 100 Gt.Nerth. 136 138 Gloster &Dean ores all Gt. West. Gt.Eas tn. Newmarket &c., 5 per cent lOO Gt.Eastn. Do.E.U.llarwch. 4 p.c 100 D 0....... Do.Wodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c 101! Do — Hun and Selby all Yk.N. Mid,lll 113 Lancaster & Carlisle- 100 Ln.&N.W 203 206 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 0 per cent ...... all Lon.&Clit 112 12 Do It per cent lOO D ... 87 89 882 Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Do . • • • Dp.New ShlB6l, 4tp.e. all D 0........ 22 24 Do.Wn. 14] XtA,44 p c. all Do B2 0 London & Greenwic 100 S. Eastern 64 56 Do. Preferen , - •t'tend 100 Peto &Co B9 01 Lnd'dr. &Ennis. orig. 100 Do. A' 100 irish N.- Do. - 11. 100 Western. Do. C. 100 Lowestoftgua. 4p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. 111nc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& . 11 Mid. Bradt ord Prefer ence stock Nor.Dev.Rail & Dock lOO L.&S.W. Do A stock lOO from Ist 1)o B stock Pr,ference lOO Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Gt. Eastn 57 59 Do. 6 per cent. ....i all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 100 N. E. Ber North Western Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 951 961 952 L&N.W Preston and Wyre. 1 all s 5 L. y k. 3 44 46 Do. t shares A. all Do. •• • • lboystn.llitch.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 L.&N.W.. 135 137 1361 D o . Do. South Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.WI West London, Cis A all W.Ln.Ex) D o do B all Ln&N.W.I Do do C all & Gt.Wst.i Wilts and Somerset ) 100 Gt. West. 92 91 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn I 81 4 Th e MEETING THIS DAY. e ern ordinary half-yearly meeting of the Crystal Palace m r 13411 ,7 Was held this day at the London Tavern. T he arquhar, chairman of the directors, presided. ha orng r eP o rt which has already appeared in The Sun been take s read. A T - 0 n a to move its adoption. He cot IRNU N proceeded rat ulated the shareholders upon the present prosperous r te the Company,and the amount of dividend it was 815,,70.t in distribute. Their .. magnificent structure he n e — w thorough condition, and altogether the pros e' 'E for the future were most cheering. aeco—Tledenad,otion for the adoption of the report having been A the P ROPRIETOR said he hoped the directors w ould add to old present attractions the model, on a small scale, of an English homestead, with its quaint picturesque fitting. th©aa d etermination would give a great opportunity for cli q ) lay of taste,and would be a source of great attraction to was of opinion that if the directors gave the public a "e more art and a little less Punch and Judy, there would o 0 fallin g off in their annual receipts. He did no t ob dc LJtie,t t ° a prop er quality of amusement being given, b u t he ,u n ot think th at i t s h ou ld b e a lt oget h er a ll owe d t o odie higher works of art. Af ter some f ur th er d i scuss i on th e repor t , wh i ch d ec l are d riri4ezld at the rate of 3 per cent., was agreed to. F REFERENC Dividends contingen 7.,1E SH t on th, 'ARES A te Profits C 0 • q ‘:•tek Cakdon. 4,1 Au,. A, , Gt Eastern 5 p. 0. pref., lientCoast, 6 p.et. ph M Lon.k likwall,4i p.:•.sk., Do. do. 41do. shares Lond'n, Brig'tn, Ate 4il ......_ _ ._ . per cent. 185 Do. do. 4 per ct. IS6') Do. do. 41 per ct. 1861', Do. do. 4i per et. 1861 ' , Ln.Ctit' m,&c. 6p.c.2d pf Do, Metrop.Extll 4 6 p.c. Lon. &S.Wcstern 4i p.c., North British £lO Gua. Shares, 1861 Do Ed,P;th,,stin'dee,4p cl Scottish Central 44 p.c. 1 irred. prel.. S. - -Eastern 4. p.c. 1866: Do. 5 p.c. June ISM (rd; Do. 5 p.c. Aug. ISGI (rd.' Stkton Darlgtn. D,1 ) 1 Do. do. LND Si if each a 100 100 2) 100 102 104 1013 108 Iwo of Isleath - 11 IC2 103 p IP 100 100 100 tOO all 100 103 105 92 96 103 105 83 S 5 101 101 104 106 'OCKS ;pirate Year. 1031 4 80 83 10 101 101 101 101 10 284 294 101 3 2O 21} 103 42 1081 8 I 35 if 35 91 1( 61 104 i i 100 107 i 1011 Antwerp 6t. itottertlam. Bah.dzS.Fran.. Li m. 7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Cuplapo ................ Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish ....... 7! 74 2 p 1k 14 7 1 4 to i 7 5 1 Do Eastern of France Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. Gt. Luxem., Con. s:is 1 Italian Junction .. Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. "'ref Northern of France Do. New Shares Zhi 14 14; N.Rail of BuenosAyres Gua. 7 p c., Lim Norwzgi an Trunk Pref Ot'mn(Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, fz Mcditer. Parts et Portuguese Rail. Royal, iiecife et S. Fran. (reru.)l gua. 730. ct. Rm.. .... Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Danish.- Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... 9 91 20 21 401 411 Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust.&Lomb Venetia S. East Portugal 7 p et. Southern of France Turin and Savona West Flanderti Do. 54 p o. Preference W. & N.W. of France id pr a 6 9i 9 8 d 18} OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU ItlTiEs. Can. Gov. 6 p.c..ia &July 1877-S4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept a Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July.! Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,1873' Do.Ap & Oct. 1880' Do. 1890 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p c' N.B.Gov. 6 p.0...1 a.&July 1.".0. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. , N. S.W. G ov. 5 p c., 1866' Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 Do. d0.,1888 &upwde l New Zealand 6 p. cent.; Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c ' sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6p. C b. Aus G6p.0.1873.& up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July l Do. to 6 p.c. An-&00t.. 1 ,108 109 'lO6 108 106 108 99} Odt 97 0 tlO 111 113 112 114 114 116 100 100 100 100 100 tiIITTISL 108 i Cambrian Consol. Gold Uhllord Amalgamated Devon G. Con.. (Tavist , East Bassett (Illogan) East Clog - au Gold Ltd I East Caradon ..... 'East Carn Brea... E. WI Russel (Tavistic. Garn..tSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Helston Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant Hark e Valley.. yndy Iron Oro (Lim ) New Setun North Downs '1 Basset (1110 4 - an North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (6t. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer; S. Cam Brea (Illogan) Wheal Fran. (11109 - s.n Stray Park Tamar Silvat Lead Min. Pin Croft West Basset (Illogan) 1V Caradon (Liskeard' West Seton I MI 114.0 3.0.0 11! 17s 40 6.15. 8.12 4.17.0 2.0.6 07, 4.3.0 191 24 2.4.9 10.t5.7 11 18.1:'.9. 3S 10 12i f 3 Wheal Basset (Mogan), Wheal Buller( Itedrutli), Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)' WhealLuch ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 'Wheal Seton vr heal Treiawney (Lis ) Wheal Union 174 4 5 5 2.0.8 2.10.8 8 584 7 8.13 42i i 4 9 11 li 14 27 20 285 295 80 85 50 82. 71 Bi. 146 15 6 1676 1726 16 17 56 51 Pb II 1 ti 1 2 id 3pm 19 21 7 9 11 3 31 20 <2 i'd 2 21) 7 8 ds pr 1 2 21 of 4 }pn, pm 51 56 4f 51 n 3r JOINT-STOCK ANKS. A gra &United Service B !Alliance B.Ln.&L'pool 1 s Australasia Bank of Egypt Rack of London British North America Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia Chtd.Bank of India, &c. Ch. Mer. of In. bon.& Ch City 'Colonial Corn. Bank of Canada Enr.r,., Scot., k Aus. Ch Gen. Bk .of Switzerland Ilin'stan,ChinakJapan Imperial Bank Limited Lon.& Brazilian (Lim.) Lon., B.Ayres&R.Plate Lon. Char.Bkof Austral 'London and County London Joint Stock !London & Middlesex London and S.African !London & Westminster Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. Nat. Prov. of England ;Do. new ,Do. do ,National Bank New South Wales.- ;Orient. B. Corporation !Ottoman Bank . . Do. new 'Provincial of Ireland Do. new.. 'South Australia ..,- Union of Australia Union of Ireland, Lim. Unto. , of Loudon 93 115 , 6) 7p 70 2 25 26 97 99 49 51 11 d 211 211 4) 42 91 93 41 13 MISCEL ,ANE 2o} 206 3 2 d I d ip 51 5 1P 11 11 276 ?8 384 396 56 - 87 pr hp 236 24 p 79 80 2} Shp 18 69 56 65 32 83 _5 89 01 49 61 2} lid 32i '3i &rig, 10-M Ndcan Mint Atlantic 11. All. Stin (1d) Australian A gricultural Bahia Steam (Limited). Berlin Water (Limited) 'Bombay Gas Limited. ' British American Land 13.&1.1\ lag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.t1111552 (Lim ) Canada Land China tic Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. Cop.lllin.ocEn g. & Smltg. Do. Pref. 74 per cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preterene. Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb E. Ind. Cot ton Agency & Lon. Ship A. Do. B. E.lndia Irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph , Us. 176 186 2 4 +56 61 7 i dis ip 65 60 98 102 Do. New English &Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigate Great Ship Limited) Do 174 p ct Preference Indian Carrying (Lim.) Italian Irrigation Canal Lon. District Tel. (Lint.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Lon. & S.lrel.Dt.Tel.L.' Madras Irr. and Canal Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ), Do. 8 per cent, pref National Dirt. Co (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Lan 0,8p.c N. lir.&Nova Scot i a Land N.l3.Australasian 'Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New 18/ 23f f 381 2} 51j 321 i 61 I H 20 95 86i 374 112 115 113 116 id pr 5 A i d ipm 08 100 21 21 27 28 1! Pr ip 4 3 , 1: 1i Orintl. In. Steam(Lim.) Ottoman Gas, Limited Peelß.l.nd.&Min.(Lim) , ren. it Oriental Steam Do. New . Quebrada 31ining Rbymney Iron 2} 2} 3i 4 21 3 1 1 3 p 10 12 ; 11 71 si id rr 53 53 I pr 19 21 5 7 28 286 f ; StS 58 134 138 32 34 Nc4 Rio Janeiro City Impts .k Do. do. - - Royal Mail Steam 7cot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. do Telegraph to India (L ) Trust and Agency oz. Austrlasia (11m)1st is: rr.,t Ln.Co. at Upr.Can. U. h." dom Tel. Co. (lira.) Op .Diemen's 141,nd. 20 361 7 100 all all 'ft,l all 1 5 3 28 i 4 " i 1 IP p 11 12i 561 ' THE SUM LONDONI WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1862, Business done 13* a 13 a 11 541&5 sd LA W---THIS DAY. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Mr. Justice Willis.) LLEwELLIN V. IVII"TDHANC.-TILE LATE LVNACY CASE. The plaintiff in this case is Mr. Llewellin, who keeps a boarding-house in Duke-street, St. James's., and the de fendant is Mr. iVilliarn Frederick 'Windham, who some time ago resided at this establishment, The action was brought for the recovery of a sum of money for board and lodging. The defendant paid £25 into court, and pleaded infancy for the remainder. Only tight of the special jury answered, and after the Judge had remarked with some :severity on the conduct of the absentees, fined them £lO each. At this time a num ber of excuses were handed in, and some more of the jury men having arrived, bringing the number up to eleven. The Judge having waited a considerable time asked counsel on either side whether they would pray a tales, only one juryman being required. As there was no response, the learned Judge said he was sorry the jury had had the trouble of attending, and he had no alternative but to discharge them, Tho jury being incomplete, the case must drop. A large number of persons who were witnesses in the late lunacy case were present for the purpose of being examined. CRIMINAL COURT--THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) MANSLAUGHTER. Frederick Smith, aged 36, smith, was indicted for felo niously killing Thomas Seville. Hannah Wheatley, single woman, said she occupied a room at 12, Wood's-buildings, Gravel-lane. The prisoner, with his wife and three children, occupied the rooms on the first floor above the witness. On the 22d of November she heard singing in the prisoner's room. She saw her daughter, Hannah Pearce, with some beer in a can. Soon after she heard voices, and some one called out, " Give mo the change." She then heard the prisoner say, " I'll not." The voice she heard first then replied, " Then I'll have it out of you." A. scuffle ensued, when the table was turned over. Presently she heard a man fall down stairs. She afterwards saw the man at St. Thomas's Hospital dead. A police constable said when he first saw Searle he had three severe wounds in his head. The prisoner admitted ho had committed the assault, and added that Searle should not have come after his wife. He also told the police that Searle had two or three times got his wife away from him, and he had great difficulty in getting her back again. The man was much affected, and said he should not care what became of his own poor carcase, if it were not for his own poor children. The Surgeon said the man died from the injuries he had received in his head. Over the right eye there were two cuts one inch and a half in length. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Baron Martin sentenced him to nine months' im prisonment. William Cairns, 62, carpenter, was indicted for feloniously killing and slaying Alexanler Norden. It will be recollected that the death of the unfortunate man was occasioned by a chisel, thrown by the prisoner, entering his body. The men in the shop in which the pri soner was enga ged had been throwing bits of wood at each other, and one of these having hit the prisoner, he caught up the chisel and threw it, .when it accidentally struck the deceased. On the prisoner being asked to plead, he said he should plead guilty to throwing the chisel which caused death, but he had no intention of killing Norden. Mr. Baron Martin said he would look over the depositions before he passed sentence. ALLEGED MURDER. Salome Newmann, aged 17, was indicted for the wilful murder of her infant child in the parish of St. John, Hackney. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner was a domestic servant to Mrs. Bolton, a widow lady, residing at h, Navarino-road, Dalston. In October last the mistress of the prisoner found her in great pain, and evidently in labour. Afterwards she gave birth to a child, concealed the body, and denied it. The dead body of the child was afterwards found on the top of the register of the stove in the prisoner's bedroom, with a string tied tightly round its neck. AFRICAN 87EAMSHIP COMPANY. MEETING THIS DAY. The jury found the prisoner guilty of concealment of birth, and she was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour. The half-yearly meeting of the African Steamship Com pany took place to-day. Mr. Patrick Douglas Hadow in the chair. The report, which was unanimouely agreed to, stated that, under a " Deed of Covenant with the late Mr. Macgregor Laird, it was agreed that for ten years, from the Ist September, 1852, he should be paid one-fifth part of the amount, from time to time declared to be profits, available for distribution ; and at the expiration of that period, which took place on the 31st August last, an account was to be stated of all the assets and liabilities of the company, and any surplus of assets was to be considered surplus profits, one-fitth part of which was to be paid to Mr Laird. A settlement has been arranged between your directors and Mr. Laird's executors, and a resolution confirming same w as l a id b efore the meeting. The direc tors regretted to repo r t th e total loss of the Cleopatra at Shebar, on the 19th A ugus t l ast, while on her homeward voyage. The chief engineer was unfortunately drowned while going on shore, but the passengers and crew were all saved. The mails, cargo, and passengers' luggage were lost. The Cleopatra will be replaced by a vessel similar to the Macgregor Laird, which had proved to be a very efficient ship. With the exception of the loss of the Cleopatra, the directors had much pleasure in reporting that, during the past six months, the mail service had been performed in a most satisfactory manner, the ships having kept their contract time, and they were all in a thorough state of re pair and efficiency. The balance remaining to the credit of revenue account, after making all these charges is £5,245 17s. 6d., out of which the directors recommend the pay ment of the usual dividend of 7s. per share, free of income tax, for the half•year ending 31st October, 1862. This payment, together with the amount the directors propose to pay the executors of the late Mr. Laird, will absorb £4,852 16s. Od., leaving a balance of £393 ls. 6d. to be carried to the credit of next half-year's accounts. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, and after reverting to the loss of the Cleopatra, said that the company had sustained since the publication of the state ment another disaster by the wreck of the Dee, destined for trading service on the Sierra Leone coast. This vessel was overtaken by a tempest 400 miles on the north side of Madeira, and after being abandoned she sunk. Notwith standing these losses, and the large provisions made for future contingencies, the directors were enabled to recom mend the payment of the usual dividend, viz., 78. per share. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant:) FELONIOUSLY WOUNDING. A vote of thanks to the directors terminated the pro ceedings. Joseph Stennentz, 26, labourer, was indicted for feloni ously wounding Susan Osborn with a poker. The Jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sen tenced to 18 months' imprisonment. POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PRISONS PREFERABLE TO WORKHOUSES.—EIiza Bryan an inmate of St. Martin's workhouse, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, as follows : Mr. George Leonard, surgeon, of 2, Salisbury-street, Strand, temporarily acting as surgeon at the St. Martin's Workhouse, said that on the previous afternoon, the pri sonar, while in a state of intoxication, came into the ward where he was attending the patients and made use of very bad language, calling him an old --, and making a great disturbance. She was then given into custody. Richard Randle, the porter at the workhouse,corroberated Mr. Leonard in some respects, and said the prisoner was drunk. BURGLARY. John Banister, labourer, was indicted for burglariously ontoring the chrcilin6 house of llulry Marriof, at Enfield, and stealing therefrom a quantity of articles, his pro• perty. The jury found the prisoner guilty. Sentence, eighteen months' imprisonment. MORE GAROTTING. Two men named Johnson and Brown, alias Pratt, were indicted for garotting and burglary. It appeared that they had garotted a gentleman in John-street, Goodge-street, Tottenham. court-road, and afterwards attempted to commit a burglary in the same street. . As soon as the police-sergeant to whom the capture of the ruffians was due had finished his evidence, Johnson took eff his great heavy shoe and threw it at the officer. For tunately the fellow missed his aim. The dock was soon filled with officers who handcuffed the prisoners for the re mainder of the proceedings, The Common Sergeant said it was evident that the pri soners were ruffinly follows, whom it would be dangerous to allow to go at large, and he would therefore sentence them to penal servitude for 15 years. The prisoners, who affected to be astonished at the leni ency of the sentence, exclaimed—" Is that all? Oh, thankee." THIRD COURT. (Before Commissioner Kerr.) ROBBERY BY A TRAVELLER. William Trowbridge, 43, traveller, was indicted for steal ing 94 dozen of linen shirt collars and 288 shirt fronts, the property of his employer, Charles Lea. The jury found the prisoner guilty. On being asked what he had to say in arrest of judgment, Tho prisoner said he was driven to commit the offence through distress. His income was but twenty shillings a week, out of which he had to provide for nine persons. Commissioner Kerr told him that was no excuse, and sentenced him to 18 months' imprisonment. GARDNER'S SISTER AN ALLEGED LUNATIC. Prisoner said that when she went into the workhouse with her three children they were perfectly healthy. Before long they were infected with a thousand diseases, and removed to the foul ward, where one of them, a girl of eight years of age, died. The other two were still in the ward. Direr Tyrwhitt said it was very foolish for her to go on in the way she had done, because the children must be cured. Prisoner said that her children were put to sleep in the same bed with other children who were belly diseased, so that there was no chance of their being cured. Mr. Leonard said they were put in the same place as all those with infectious diseases. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he was not a doctor, but he did not see how a child could be cured if put to sleep and rub against another child labouring under an infectious disease. They might brimstone the child as much as they liked, but he should think with very little effect. It was not to be wondered at that persons in workhouses should complain, and it answered the question asked why prisons were pre ferred to workhouses, when gaols were so clean and com fortable. Tho prisoner had been proved to have been drunk, and he should commit her for seven days, but as to the children, he should suspend his judgment entirely. One very pa'nful circumstsnce has resulted from the trial of Gardner, the sweep, who was convicted at the Old Bailey for murder, but whose sentence was recently com muted to penal servitude. The convict has a sister named Susannah Jacobs, whose husband is stated to be in a very good posit ion in life. It appears that the poor woman went to hear her brother's trial, and, as a natural consequence, she felt very much for the terrible position in which he was placed . According to her story, however, there were some who did not fed the matter quite so seriously, for she says that the evening was spent at a Music Hall, notwithstanding her entreaties. At length medical certifi cates were obtained, and the poor creature found herself re moved from a home of comfort and her two little children to the lunatic ward of the Bethnal-green Workhouse. fez only offence appears to have been brooding over the fate of her brother, and a day or two since she was taken to one of the metropolitan police courts, attired in workhouse cloth ing (despite the alleged means of her husband), to await an examination before the magistrate. During the interval, and although in a place which would naturally associate itself in her mind with the cause of her melancholy, she con versed most lucidly, detailing her harrowed feelings at being taken to a music hall to hear comic singing (a somewhat fearful climax to the episodes of the day) and she complained that they gave her nothing to do at the workhouse. "If," said she, " they would only give me a little sewing I should be all right, but they will not; and so I sit and think, and then I get ex cited, and then they are sharp to me," There was some thing inexpressibly touching in the manner in which she begged to be allowed to take a last farewell of her dear children before she was put away; and, looking down at her livery, she asked " Not to be taken back to that place.' , The pol;ce magistrate conducted his inquiry in a private room, and he refused to grant any order for Mrs. Jacobs' removal to Colney Hatch, and after this refusal perhaps the Foor Law Board may feel inclined to investigate the matter. 13 x n SELLING INDIAN CHILDREN.--The Alta Call. for nil says :—" Mr. August Hess, who has returned to this city from a prospecting tour through the lower part of Lake county, informs us that he saw a number of men driving Indian children before them to sell in Napa, So lano, Yolo, and other counties of the Sacramento basin. In one iastance he saw two men driving nine children; in another, two men with four children; in another, one man with two girls, one of them about 14 years of age, appa rently. The age of these children varies from six to 15 years. Rumour says that about 100 children have been taken through Lake county this summer for sale. They do not follow the main roads, but usually take by-paths. Rumour says, further, that the hunters catch them in Men docini and Humboldt counties, after killing their parents. If the children try to escape, and are likely to succeed, the hunters shoot them." About three weeks ago the life of Grand Duke Constantine was attempted by an officer in the Guards The Grand Duke happened to be walking in the palace a gar p d is e t o n l s , atw h hise the ra p o o ffi r i c a e l r , H d i r g e h s la s e e d s s i n fr ao from i the i h t e a ry vv o d a o k w , fl o r f e d a neighbouring house. The ball missed the noble mark, nor could any clyiosfoothyeerszuaiit zeeterf9 wounded. r 4 o q tr r a s c o e w. of the assacouldb SHARE MARKET_THIS DAY. onnlFArAr SHARES AND STOCES. P . Closing I Business Price. . done. Railways. Shr_re 13.14 lnr.. ',V01., and Str. Val 25 1:13. tlle and !Type. 10 IBost.,Sleaf.,andrilid.t.le st Bristol and Exeter st Caledoni tut 50 Cork awl Emilio!' 20 Cornwall • I n ,., .. A A gets no di ‘ Po. ;•::'! till c.p an. s "' been 6p paid to ha P. IDublin & :Belfast June. 1 I nin.,Pertln& Al. June. !Edinburgh & Glas. - r,ow. Glasg. and S. IVesteru. GreatEa.stern, Ord. stk ! ' Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st ! !G reat Northot Scotland !Great Northern Do A stock Do B do ! ! Do. £5 shares Ct. S. an I W. of Ireland! Great Western Do ,S.tr Val gna. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire ;London and illackwall Lon., Pright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover !Lon. & North Western ILon. & South Western Ilan., Shot., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t 5hare5........ , Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. i shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick. Do, G.N.E. purchase ) I Do Leeds 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 Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon 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 I W. Hartlepool II ar.&ll West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford PREFERENCE S: !iris. Exet. Ip.c. St ' Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2' Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cc nt Do. 4.f p. c. gua. perpet Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & 0 Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c GLE a stn, E.Coun. Ex. I Do No. 9 Do 6 p. c. prof Do. E. Angn A at 5 p.c. Do . .7 p.c. Do, E. Agri. 13 6p. c. pf. Do. do. C 7 do. Do. E. Union, 4 p.c. gua Do 5 p.c. gua Do.Norf'k 5 p.c. Ex. 1816 Do. do. 5 s p c. pref. 1 , 147 Do. f. p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 'Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.e.pm. Do. 41 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redn:.atsp.c.prn Do. Hertford purchase. Do. Luton do Do.H.&L. pur. 4 p. c. pf Do. Luton pur. 5 p. c.pf Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pret Sn. & W. (Ireland 4 per cent Great West. (Berks an(' Hants Ext) 5 per cent I Do. redeem. 41 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. firm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester S p.c. pf. BID Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pret Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stool . Do.farnsl.st.£s 3s 10dpc Do. 6 p. c. (East Do. 41 p. c. (Blackh. per. T.onAfrig.sp. , ...git. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 5 per cent d 0... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. I Do. 7 per cent. pref. sti Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.' 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Fixed 41 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 41 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. 5 p. c. gua Stock. ez Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B6p. c Do: C 6 c Taff Vale No. 1 I'ref. Watrf d Kilkny, fi p. c. %V. Mid.-Oxf Ist glut stk Do. 2d do Do.Nemrport 5 p.c.pf.red Do. 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Do. N.ew Buffalo and L3.l,Ciluron Do. Prettnince Etilitlo,Brant,&ocdricl , 6 p. ct. Oda. .Aug. 1, 1872' Do. do. July 1, 187:+ Do. do. .11111 C 1, 18;4 Eastn. ~ lapeTown Sc Dock Seri' Eastn. Bengal go. 5 p. c East Ind;nn,. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. OEx t.... , Do. do. II do. Grand Trunk of Canadh 1)o. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per et. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867 .. Do. do. 1572.. t.lndiarenin.gua.sp.c Do. IC ew gua. 5 12,0... January, 1562 Gt. South.of India(Lim ' guaranteed 5 per cent. t._AV,oI Canada Share, Do. New ....... 'Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 51 r. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. c. Do. 41p. o. Extensiot Dc.4 l- da. . Do. Fifth ndension. Melb.Corp. fi p. C. Lind,. Ilobson's Bay. Do. 7 p.c. alortg. Bds. Newßrunswickst Can&• , Class A Capital Share Do. do. B Capital d 0... N.Rl.Ceda6 po Ist pi bds kSoinde ,Do. Delhi I IDo. do t' Do. Punjaub a • Do. Do. , Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 1 , 1 ) It li; ltiiN 100 100 100 100 100 100 all all 100 (100 ' 100 2 15 100 1100 Paid_ all 100 Closing Price. 65 —O7- 104 105 5; 51 8 84 77 80 75 78 71 74 106 1674 1084 106 167 1074 1( 84 k lip 214 224 72 74 63 65 34 36 47 80 34 36 • 34 16 106 1(7 gp 2 1p 1041 105 13 131 71; 71 08 100 00 92 dis 104 105 99 100 S 4 96 RAIL 51 53 3 6 3 6 83 E 5 106 107 IC4 105 g pr * p i. (014 105 k 101 102 w - Aio 96 46 41 43 18 18 14 16 i 1 94 Of 10 10y 1$ lipml 231 23k, 31 82 3 2icl 7 10} IQ 206 216 107 108 101 102 101 102 101 104 111 113 108 109 110 112 111 113 IloBi 109 21 1 23P 195 505 51 63 42 43 101 101 21 ai 14 16 7i 7} 6a 61 46 6 45 47 21 21 lft 39 11 8i 9 ds pr 135 145 21 3 21 31 44 5 0 42 380 30 24 3 874 9212 FOREIGN MINEb. A ustralian , BonAccord Copper,Lim. Brazil Land & M1n.C0... Capula Silver Cobra Copper Copiapo ... DunMoun.Cop.Minp,•.Co East Del Rey (Limited) Fortuna General Gt N. Cop. ~f S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lueitanian Mariquita Mont.A.Braz Gold Min : N. IthineCopotS.Aus.L 1 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining' and Smelt... Port Philip Sant aßarbara Gld Mine Scottish Austrin. (L.) St. John del Rey (L.) United Mexican Worthinv (Limited) YudanamutanaS.A.Ld. all all 10s. all 16 all ail all all WESTMINSTER. PARENTAL SOLICITUDE.-At the opening of the court this morning, the chief usher informed Mr. Arnold, the magistrate, that there was a recruit offering himself for attestation in a dragoon regiment into which he had en • listed, but before that was attempted his father was anxious to say something. Mr. Arnold—What has he to say ? The father, a person of very gentlemanly amarance, stepped forward and observed that he objected to his son's attestation in consequence of his ago. Mr. Arnold—What is the objection ? The father—He has enlisted into a regiment where there is a great deal of bard work, and he is only sixteen and a half years old. Mr. Arnold—Ho is hero described on his attestation paper as seventeen and nine months. The father—l assure your worship that he is only what I have stated, which is certainly too young for a hard working regiment of dragoons. Mr. Arnold—l can do nothing in the matter. The father—l regret to hear that, Mr. Arnold—l can do nothing in the matter but this. In consequence of your having called my attention particu larly to the circumstance, I shall ask your son whether this statement of his age is true; and if he says it is, and you show that it is not, he can be committed for three months for the untruth. If he made a false statement at the time of his enlistment, he has rendered himself amenable to the law. In either case, if he has made a false statement he has got himself into a very awkward predicament, and, if brought before me for the offence, is liable to be commit ted for three months as a rogue and vagabond. The father—lndeed 1 Mr. Arnold—You may pay the smart, and so release your son from the enlistment ; but that will not purge the offence, although it may be, perhaps, that the military would not care to make any complaint under such circum stances. I would recommend you to consider the matter before you press an objection which may be attended with very awkward consequences. The father, .taking the advice, retired. MARKETS-THIS DAY. MARK-LANE. A very small supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market in poor condition. Good and fine parcels moved off steadily at full prices, otherwise the trade was dull on former terms, With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. In most descriptions a moderate retail business was tramacted, and the quotations were fairly supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate request at late rates, Good and fine malting barley maintained its value, but other kinds met with a dull inquiry at previLus currencies. Malt changed hands to a limited extent, at late rates. The oat trade, the supply of produce on offer being large, was very dull, at fully Monday's decline in the quotations. Beans were in slow request, yet prices were supported. Peas, however, sold heavily—white were 2s to 3s, and grey, is to 2s per quarter lower than on Friday last. In flour about an average business was transacted, at late currencies. ARRIVALS THIS VEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt Oats. Flour. English 920 12,130 2,740 i 640 1 1,010 sacks Irish Foreign .... 4,000 brls BOROUGH HOP. At fully the late decline in prices a moderato business is passing in our ma r k e t, b u t o hi e fl y i n goo d an d fi ne Eng lish, and the best samples of continental and American produce. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the trade rules heavy, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 8d ' • mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 2d; veal, 3 s 4d t o 4 s 2d ; an d por k, 3 s Od to 48 Od per Blbs by the carcase. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Atiraalia and Mauritius, via Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. —. draail and Cape Verds, by British packet. Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. —. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, vitt Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Dec.2o. Portugal.... Jan. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. —. Jan. 4 . Newfoundland .. ... - - Oporto and Vigo . .............. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Dec. 18, by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Dec. 19. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Tenable Jan. 10. Dec. 13. Bahamas, via New York Mexico All parts of West I n dies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Dec.„ 29. C a lifornia, and British Columbia. There was interred at the Harpnrhey Cemetery, on the 14th inst. Mary Walker, of Lamb-lane, Collyhurst, Manchester. Ehe had attained the great age of 106 years, and up to her death had never used spectacles. 17p to two years ago slae regularly fetched her own water from a well, and nave'r allowed anyone to go for the relief (ss. 6d. per week), was allowed her by the Guardians, THIRD EDI rioN. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK, AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, TUESDAY 'MORNING. The Inman steamer City of Washington arrived shortly after Midnight, with New York dates to the 6th. The .New York World mentions a report that the army of Gen. Burnsido his been increased by a re inforcement of 30,000 men, but published the state ment with reserve. A correspondent of the Bellmore American gives the following : ‘‘ Suffolk, Virginia, Dec. 3. "I have barely time to tell you, before the mail closes, that Cul. Spear, of the 11th Pennsylvanian Cavalry, met the enemy in force about two miles this side of the Black- Water, near Franklin, yesterday. In a brilliant charge, headed by the gallant Colonel, he drove the enemy back into and over the river, captured two sections of their rocket battery, and took a good many prisoners. He had infantry and artillery supports, but how far they were engaged I have not yet learned. I will ob ain full particulars in time for to-morrow's mail. The courier to the commanding General has just come in." 7HE _HEALTH OF LONDON. (Front the Registrar General's Report.) The weather has been much warmer in the present month than it was in three weeks in November, and under the influence of this favour able change the mortality has much declined. The deaths in London in the weeks that ended last Saturday were 1,408, and they show a great de crease on the numbers of the two previous weeks, which were 1,745 and 1,619 successively. It will be found, if a correction for increase of population is made, that the average number of deaths for a week near the middle of December is 1,393, and therefore the return of last week differs little from the result obtained by calculation. By a comparison of the results of the last two weeks it will be seen that the decrease has occurred not only in pulmonary diseases, but also in those of the nervous system and the heart. Deaths from zymotic diseases also decreased from 425 to 380. In the previous week 379 persons died at the age of 60 years and upwards; last week the number was 317. Seventy-four children died of measles; 4 of these in Camden• town, 5 in the east sub-district of Isling ton, sin Battersea. Of 84 deaths from scarlatina 5 occurred in the sub-district of St. Peter, Walwortb, 5 in Kennington, 5 in Peckham ; in which places the disease appears to prevail most. Smallpox ex hibited a decided increase, for the fatal cases of it rose to 22, of which there were 3 in Poplar. A mother and her two children died in a cottage in Wells-road, Sydenham, from scarlatina maligna. Ten nonagenarians died in the week, the oldest of whom were two widows, aged 95 and 96 years. A woman died from swallowing a fish-bone; a child from swallowing a slate pencil, which lodged in the bronchus ; a boy from pleurisy and pneu monia caused by a needle which had entered the thorax eight years ago, a fragment of which had remained there during his life. A. child died of laryngitis from - inhaling the steam that issued from the spout of a kettle. Last week the births of 953 boys and 933 girls, in all 1886 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1852-61 the average number (corrected) was 1903. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.870 in. The barometrical readings fell to 29.55 in. on Wednesday, and rose to 30.20 in. on Friday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 44.1 deg., which is 3.8 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was 11 deg. above the average on Sunday, and it was 1.7 deg. below the average on Friday. The highest day temperature was 57.1 deg. on Sunday. The lowest night temperature was 33.7 deg. on Friday. The range of temperature in the week was therefore 03.4 LI. Er . T. 60 1214,0,3 IrCllll 6 O WINO 10.; J. Monday and Saturday the range was only 4.9 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point tempe rature and air temperature . was 3.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 87, complete saturation being represented by 100, which point was almost reached on Saturday. Every day or in part of every day, except Monday, the wind blew from a south-westerly point. There was rain on five days, and four-fifths of an inch fell. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 46.8 deg.; the mean of the lowest was 42.9 deg. SHIPPING---THIS DAY. LONDON, Dec. 17.—Wind this day at noon —South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. RAMSGATE, Dec. IG.—Wind S. W.—Artivcd—Alfred 11., From Hamburg, for the South Seas. Po RTSM 0 U TH., Dec. IG.—Wind S.—Arrived—lslander, :rom London, for Barbadoes. KINGROAD, Dec. IG.—Arrived—J. and R. Young, from New York. PLYMOUTH, Deo. IG.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lumley, from New York, with a part of her cargo thrown - over board; Roman Emperor, from London, for New Zea land. FALMOV TH, Dec. 16.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Tongkin, for Gibraltar. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Milo, from Santa Cruz. HULL, nee. 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Trafalgar, rrom Now York. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived. Dec. IG.—William, from Rouen; Samuel, from Tabasca • Appoline, from Jamaica; Willi am , f rom Cron stadt ; idvig Charlotte, from Bahia ; Kartha Pope, from Belize ; and Fides, from Odessa, Arrived, Dec. l7.—lsabella Brown, from Hobart Town; Anne and Providence, from Gravelines ; Dundee, from Gottenburg; Trevennor, from Uddawalla ; Helechina, from Gottenburg, DnXL, Wednesday Morning, Passed—Sydney, from Calcutta, for Loudon. Anchored—Thos. Royden, for Port Philip ; Rapid, for St. Michael's; Reform, for Cape of Good Hope—all from London, DECISION IN THE YELVERTON MARRIAGE CASE. —There is a rumour to the effect that the decision of the lords of the first division in this case will be given on Fri day first. All sorts of speculations aro afloat as to what the decision will be; the general impression, however, is, that it will be in favour of Mrs. Yelverton.—Caledonian Mercury. 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 Affairs to the Emperor Alexander I. for many years. The Baron was appointed Secretary to the Russian Legation at Frankfort, in the year 1846. He was raised to the rank of Charge d'Affaires at Frankfort, in 1849, and ho 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. 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 o ld church es round which the ground has risen to a cons i derable height above the pavement of the interiors. One of these—Old St. Pancras —was described in the Builder some time ago, 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, suriouuding and inside, th e church vaults were found completely filled with w a t er . St. Bartholomew's, the Great , Smithfield, is another Lonion . verychurchp ers unwholesome wm w ha h oy i l cc have ao ese notedas 0 k l N a v rt a ho rd ua nt l d , vi t ht r .e o r u e b l al they by hlevye hs tan t : h ei en stood tt oe o o r vt f h of o Abbeyr a few minutes on a part not covered with wood or matting, the impression of the feet di s ti nc tl y v i s ibl e. Th e sam e appearance may be noted in cathedrals and churches, where pets )ns have stood at funeral and other services ; and many will remember the fatal illness which has been caught by attendance at funerals, or by visits to damp places of worship.—Builder. THE NEW ITALIAN LOAN.—" The new Italian loan is all but settled," says a correspondent of the Inde pendance Beige. ,6 M. de Rothschild has undertaken it at his own risk and price ; but it will net be quoted on the 18011110 until all the payments are made:: LAW AMENDMENT SOCIET Y. Last night the third general meeting of the society was held at Waterloo-place; the Hon. Mr, Denman, M.P., in the chair. The subject for discussion was, " Waal; shall we do with our criminals ?" which was introduced at the last meetin g by Mr. Hastings, and adjourned to this night on the motion of Mr. Vaughan. Mr. llAsrnws having given a summary of the points opened by him at the previous meeting, Mr. PULLING read a paper on the same subject. After enumerating the recognised defects of the present system of dealing with our crirni nalF, Mr. Pulling stated that according to the last police re turns the known number of criminals living at large in unconstrained liberty amounted to upwards of 123,000, having for their known haunts 24,000 houses, dens of infamy, &c., where crime was syste matically encouraged. The same returns showed an increase in the number of offences committed, of offences proceeded against, and of actual convic tions. The known criminals supposed to be at large outnumbered twelve times those in actual custody, and six times the whole constabulary force of the kingdom. They swarm in our principal towns with varying force. In the metropolis the criminals at large amounted to 21,000, living in or frequenting 2,755 dens of infamy. The numerous outrages recently com mitted in the metropolis created such a feeling of terror that some persons thought the only way of preventing crime was to show no mercy to crimi nals. But he did not believe that this would put an end to crime. He suggested that every eonvic ,sri rine hbsele e pse re oc tov ui tion for felony should de facto operate as a recogni sance on the part of the convict to be of goo d be havieur for a time to be namei in the sente nce , t he recognisance to be forfeited tit proof to the satis faction o f a Police magistrate either of the conv i ct leadi ng a di shonest life, or not honestly endeavour- T ing to t is ri maintain btoeinersseobm fei tt fhto e h eud i n m :d3o s e f n f rr . ids to 14hAn unlessvro defaulters in thi s p good some h l r a 9 e v: s i w p o o u i n t r h - . 1., r m e e fe n r t e s n , c s e ho to ul t d h b e e p e o x ss t e e s ns ded so ion ofhousebreaking ra i c m e Ptihee case of known criminals found at any time with dangerous or offensive instruments or implements of robbery without lawful excuse, To enable the judge or magistrate to pass proper sentence en con victs, a register should be kept of all persons who had been convicted, with a personal description of the convict, and a description as far as could be ascertained of the prisoner's conduct while in prison, and his previous education, his ordinary place of abode, and such other particulars as might be necessary to establish the identity of the con vict, and guide the judge or magistrate in the dis charge of his duty. To prevent the improper dis charge of convicts before the expiration of the sen tence, no ticket-of ea.ve except in the case of urgent sickness should be granted without the ex press sanction of the judge or magistrate who passed the sentence, or some other judge or magis trate in case of the death of the official before whom the party was convicted. To enable re leased convicts to gain an honest livelihood cer tificates should be given on due proof of one year's good character by a police magistrate, entitling the convict to the protection of the police against any maltreatment, and to assistance for the purpose of obtaining employment or emi grating. To prevent the produce of crime being available to the wrong doer, he thought that con viction for felony should operate as a forfeiture of all the offender's property at the time of the com mission of the offence, and that in addition to the penalties now attaching to the harbouring of cri minals, the property in all houses knowingly let for such purposes should on conviction become for feited. If these regulations were adopted and fol lowed by prudent rules for the employment or emigration of criminals on their discharge, the cri minal population would be materially diminished. Mr. FREDERICK HILL approved of the system in operation in Ireland, which however was capable of improvement. He thought it would be a great advantage to apply that system in this country, for he P',lllll not 410:11.2. t 1 t6O Orituiuo.la u C nebtand were more irreclaimable than those of Ireland. He was opposed to the revival of transportation, as ex pensive, and condemned by previous experience. In reply to Mr. ANDERTON, Mr. HILL stated that he was not able to say what was the proportion of English criminals in Ireland, but he knew that the proportion of Irish criminals in England was very large. Sergeant WOOLRYCII moved, "That both the papers read be referred to a committee." He be lieved that garotte robberies were more numerous than was supposed. He thought the system of ticket-of-leave should be abridged, and that the punishment of whipping should be resorted to. Mr. WINGFIELD believed that in the reformation of the conscience, and not in punishment, was to be found the real prevention of crime. After some remarks from Mr. Baker, Mr. Antler ton, and others, the proceedings were brought to a close. ASPECT OF A LANCASHIRE TOWN UNDER 7HE FAMINE. It is possible that an idea may exist in some minds that there must be many outward indications in the streets and byways of those cotton towns of the want and suffering endured by the inh hs a o b eAn i p tr oca in ssa t loe s. lie Any one who 'visited these regions expe c ting t o fi n d starving rr h vc iy s n e g e w n i oensu thelads b F se l t a r dexeimst streets, h oo ir a ns clamourt edepicted ao fp i tnleerh do by for bread as he walks along. There is little begging, and what there is is done probably by the habitually poor. The real sufferers suffer in secret, Their misery wears a decent veil: it is not pro claimed in the market-places. The signs of what has gone wrong in these towns are few, and may be described in few words. First, there is less bustle in the streets, less heavy traffic and carting of goods from place to place. There is less traffic of all kinds, and those troops of factory hands discharged under ordinary circumstances at stated times in great numbers are wanting. As you pass the mills you hear no clack and vibration of machinery. After night has set in the rows of windows which should be all e blaze with light are dark and cheerless-looking. The great tall chimneys, too, which rear themselves in all directions, discharge for the most part no smoke, and though the air is all the clearer for this, you are yet surprised to find that the town where these chimneys are thus enjoying a sinecure are all the more dismal for the want of that thick and sooty cloud. The smoke is an indication of prosperity , and the absence of it is felt like a want. One more indication there is of the existence of some unac customed state of things in these towns, and it is an indication which cannot escape the most casual observer. At certain times of the day as you walk the streets, you meet great numbers of women and children carrying packages of bread and meal, and tin•cans or other vessels for holding soup. These are the mill-hands out of employment, who have been to the depots of the Relief Committees, to receive their dole. Sometimes you meet a boy, or an old helpless man thus sloaded, but scarce ly ever a young or middle-aged workman. Beyond such indications, there is little to show what is going on amiss in the manufacturing towns. It maybe that the people you meet are more poorly clad than usual, and it may be that their faces are, in some cases, more pinched and careworn. But it must be remembered that the manufacturing classes are never, at the best of times, characterised by robustness of appearance, and that pallor served and am o p e o g or t n i e ie s m s o a f under all circumstances. It is within doors that you s d p ev ra el m op in m en en t t ch a a re ra t e o te b r e ist a i b o ; must what hasloo k g for e n e thewr wrong e g a . l unmistakable there be rags, evidencesdepend on it these who wear them will hide out of view, and t la to if see, ther e i t s he a s n h y oe w le a s y s tfeeethelpillintot c o ro n s e s t m h a e n th i re w s e h n o specimen, no doubt, of a large class, said that he had not been out for months, simply b ecause ho had not fit clothes to appear in, and did not choose to the streets i n tatters. Sodden and wretched showi he looked ; and w h en I as ked him if he had lost flesh, he said, Yes, he knew that he had lost flesh, but that was not so much from want as from fretting. He said it was a man's mind tba wasted him away like that. And he was right , poor fellow.—Diekenis 411 the Year Round." 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