The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-12 00:00:00

a t er , ooll d vial -1 C on ' ea' e AA . n, pa t 6 !II , 13 a L moo. .1. ;o .1. ko e to luab l l l ii i...r l' net i s o-, oilbo. fof bo - a , 2 201VEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx7 The accounts from the various manufacturing districts continue of a very satisfactory character. At Leeds, during the past week, there has been a good attendance in the various cloth halls, and a large business has been done in articles suitable to the hosiery trade. Most of the mills in the neigh bourhood have been working full time in the pre paration of fabrics for the spring demand. At Bradf or d piece goods have been dealt in to a fair extent for the season, and there is a steady demand for worsted yarns. Business at Manchester has b een less active, owing to the rather un satisfactory adv ices from the East India markets ; for the home demand, however , th ere W IS been a steady inquiry for most descrip tions of cloths. The hosiery trade of Leicester has t s hown less a c ti v ity, but the future prospects of eusiness are considered promising. At Birmingham the transactions have teen moderately brisk for the se ason, and large orders have been received from the United States. The iron trade, however, has b een inactive. At Sheffield a fair amount of busi ness has been done in cutlery for the Australian markets, and trade generally has been active. The i ron trade of Wolverhampton has shown slight symptoms of improvement, some extensive orders for the East Indies having been given out, and the manufacture of the accoutrements of the various t itle corps has given full employment to most of the ° Perativee. • In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday been w as ra th er more ac tive, 8,000 bales having ...Wei sold, at previous rates. The Railway Share 41arket closed steadily, but prices had a downward tendency. further sum of about £20,000 was withdrawn fr om the Bank of England on Saturday, which, I . l ld the £29 3,9 40 b y :th e S w ift sure , h as been taken ulr the continent. There is no particular variation in the state of ° °etary affairs, the inquiry being fairly maintained ot fell quotations. The supplies appear to be abun dant, but bankers and others, anticipating an aug mented d eman d un til the close of the year, refuse to negotiate even the best descriptions of mer eantile paper below the minimum charged at the Bank of England. Small quantities of gold il tinno to leave that establishment notwithstand ingthe app ro p r i a ti o n of the receipts from Aus tralia 4l in and America on Continental account, and if t he movement should increase it is probabb that the °facial terms of discount will soon be advanced to 3 per cent., although the subject at present at '• lets very little attention in commercial circles. Another marine insurance project has been in t ii ttld uced to the notice of the investing public, the Universal Marine Insurance Com -1:4117,'' which has been brought out under the ti sPiees of an influential board of directors. The na Pital required is one million, which it is proposed to raise in £2O shares. The promoters, in bringing °l "ward the scheme, point out the necessity which o usts for further insurance companies, and direct tt ntion to the success which has attended the old est ablished concerns. In ° the circular announcing the postponement of t he Meeting of the 15th instant, the directors of the Great Ship Company state that one of the objects e ; which it was called has been partially attained, tt ain arrangements having been entered into to meet the outstanding engagements. It may, there te' he presumed that the statement alluded to t:der thi s h ead on S atur d ay, namely, th a t th e direc ehad obtain e d a sum on mortgage amounting to 4 , 0 00, i s corres t. Th e following is given as an approximate statement of the assets and liabilities th e company : T ow R. anee D of temporary loan atuount of sundry other liabilities.. £45,000 0 0 To balanc e II CR. cash at achebk rs and balance of receipts for - • t Ll,lOO 0 0 viewm g ship Y alnount of arrears on calls all considorcd Rood B alance L 15,000 0 0 I.lllmber of Number s till to issueued at £1 each.. L 30,258 0 0 . 2 63 , 742 0 0 The £330,000 0 0 tb /t t aiv , —ve assets are, of course, exclusive of any proceeds i nay be derived under the arbitration. a „,, 11 43 new form the Bankers' Almanac, Diary, 1 7' Directory f o r 1860, edited by D. Morier Evans, i o rint s a mass of information of utility and interest %li t ho banking and mercantile community. Not 3 ' are the whole of the ordinary financial and mer cantile statistics famished, but also the recent ta r r of Russia, Japan, China, India, and New Zealand, so that the banker or merchant can a' lll , at a glance, whatever he requires in con- Zion with his various pursuits. The yearly retr ospect o f th e li st o f f a il ures a nd the chronology t j a le nts increase the value of the book both for l ' an co in the future and reference to the past. h at usiness i n th e mar ket for English Securities t t k e( iatinued quiet, and very little alteration has tu e n place in prices. A decline of y per cent. oc %Zed °II Saturday, and dealings have been recorded he v ,, lll° llling at that depreciation. The market, c oo ; v er, is strong, as the advices from the r eo Tent are considered favourable, and the Rentes pr r , - , 1111 firm. Consols have been 963 1, for the 10th 10 ;" The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced gori e r, at 051 ; India Loan Stock is rather itot f e rt at 106; 3 ; ditto Bonds remain at 3s. prem., Rt n ,, L E chequer Bills at 275. to 30s. prem. Bank ,7 4 is 227 to 228. hit l- 1 : 1 the Foreign Market to-day the transactions h u e , b een rather limited, and very little change I.7 l A rak en place in values. Turkish 6 per Cents. are eOr I ! 1 3, and the New, 66 to 661 ; Dealings are re ferNa ' e i n Spanish 3 per Cents. at 451, in the De - Bt oo - 1 : at 3 3, and in the Passive at 10,1- ; Mexican 22 1 ' lB quiet, at 221, and Venezuela Bonds are 4* tI L e Ocean Marine Shares are 11 premium, and The of the U n i versa l are quoted t, to 1 prem. t ee 40 deali ngs in the Ra i lway Sh are M ar k e t h a ve moderately active, but in one or two instances rl . rr aness has been apparent. Lancashire and Itii alu re, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, tli tlpi nd, and North-Eastern (Berwick) have do- O re -58 . ; and Blackwall, 10s. ; Eastern Counties, Western, and South-Western have ad -66. ; and Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, I ; The F oreign i m p rove d a b ou t £1 to £2. V eti e Porei gn li nes were d u ll b u t fi rm , Lombardo etian advanced to 12; 13. Great Luxembourg / 1 , 1 , 4 4 . 11 ,_ t 7 11 ; Paris and Lyons, 37;-. ti ftt : Lue Colonial Market there was very little va- Indr„ 11 East Indian were 1021- 1031 ; Great 44,1-11 P eninsula, 1011 ; Grand Trunk of Ca -13141 39 1 39 1: and ,Great Western of Canada, teaoint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have l tl ill limited request. Ottoman Bank have de / et 10 ,5 8. ; and Union of London, ss. Talilllit'," Miscellaneous Market there is very littlo pan I°ll of importance. London Discount Clorn , ' are at 4to 41; and Crystal Palace, la 1.,. Com b 4 11441 x51 41 , ,P IT -XDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ~,P, 3 1. e. ex " 41 + ' lit * Red d An nu i ti e s Ind. 3 Per c o II"951 I ' 14, Seer , tit. Annuities 951 t Di tt , °eK Al\ Di tto 'i li,' 1859 , 5 p r Cent. ttu -elid s , z i oeoo (~,_ Iknder, £l,OOO kugr;ol% for A 3 6 p , zie. qi , . A ccount (Jan. 10) 'ItI QR - .' ' 3lll ll, £l,OOO, 11d .. 30 27 ' tazii• °V FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. tt ex • 4 1. 5 per Cent 1 103 21 R bi l ttr A 3 . Per Cent b t i l ; (i ,, i 'l s ittn c° pe nt r Cent 41)44 4 11 ;i" ... bi tto Per ent............ Z i b h itt o ' N eount t -i i tt c , ,k-evrolitisbetferred, 3 per Cent — T l ltith, l 'assiv e 3a 4 - Per C e lOl 't °X ew L ''' t _ _ V°lll e t l l , l eeoil:t .. GO it 4 glliA2i Pe.r.Cent. . .. 281 -v "tend s on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. C D °111 !° itty' Money Lto Account (Jan. 10) 951 d At om ikli i :e ' rZ e i ls ob f b rim------- esco, by Cope, has j - ust beeii placed in L et et o f t , Yof the new palace at Westminster. The c le 4 th e fresco is Lord William Russell the night execution. 1 1ir..41?_1? MARKETS.-( THIS DAY.) ;DINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 1 C rr lo i c oe in . g. Paid. Ausiness fi 8 811 774 735 115 125 R} 61 101 103 04 D 3 6/1 7 7 3,1 81 1 144 564 57 38 40 27 29 80 61 30 31 98 99 105 107 94 95 132 134 112 114 671 67/ 55 60 201 200 16 174 p 164 Mb 90 100 65 67 113 114 13 14 98 984 4 d 97 98 8 9 37 38 1081 1081 86 88 10 114 57 59 3 d 61} 611 194 95} 1 1 14 6 48 48 78 78 106 108 4 31 d gi 9 4 36 38 71 8% 14 16 27} 27} 82 84 47 48 si 2f d 43 45 81 81f 72 74 62 64 6 8 35} 364 5.3 i 54i 1f 21 p i d par t 2 65 3 71 7 671 S a p :s 981 8 i 97) ; Railways; Share 12.10 13.14 Stook Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Amberr., Notting. Boat. and Eastern Junction I. • ißast and Baliymena ; Wol., ant., Str.Val Elie., La., and Ch. June Blackburn Myth and Tyne ! Tins t. S & 11id. Coun !Bristol and Exeter fork and Ban don Cartriartlien & Cardigan Cork, Blkrock,&Passag - e Cornwall (A roves. no div. I Do. A until6p.c.per !Do: B hasbeen pd.toß. !Dublin andßelfast.Tunc. Dun.,Perth,&Abr.Junc. !East Anglian Eastern Counties ;Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds)i !East Suffolk Do Edinbur7, and Glasgow & Dundee. Forth & Clyde Junction Stock Stock Furness _ Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland I Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.&Wstn.(lreld) ;Great Western Do. Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Trish South Eastern ;Lancaster and Carlisle 'Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire ;London and Blackwall. ;Lon.,Brighton kS.Coast Lond. Chat. and Dover 'London & North Westn' Do. Eighths ILo n don& South-Westn I L'derry & Coleraine 'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln 3Tetropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. 5 Shares Newcastle and Carlisle (New., Aber., & ITerefd; Newry & Armagh (aef.) Newry, Warpt., & Hos Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Ral l .&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdßt Stoc3r'Do. B Stock Stock:North-Eastn.—Berwick 25 !Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Stock Do. Leeds Stock Do. York Stock:North London 20 (North Staffordshire 10 ;No. & Sou. W. Junction Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver ; 10 'Peebles 20 ;Portsmouth 10 ißhymney Sto ck;Scottish Central Stock South. N. E. , Aber. Stock Stock; Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Stock Shropshire Union 10 ;Sittin,crbourne & Sheer Stock !South Devon Stock 'South-Eastern Stock:South Wales Stock 'South Yorks. & Riv. Dun 20 'Staines, Wok., & Wek 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 i Do. do. 1855 25 !Do. do. 1858 (Stockton & llartlepool Stock Taff Vale S tock,Do. Preference, 25 Th ames HavenDk&R ail, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 16 tfii Stock Stock Stock Stock 124 Stook Stock Stook Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 50 Ulster 25 Do. 12 10 Do. Stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Station & riM , StockWaterford & Kilkenny; 50 Waterford & Limerick 20 'West Cornwall 10 1W -end Lon. & Cry. Pal 6 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to 13 5 Do. B .. 20 'West London 10 IDo. Ist Class 20 IDo. 2d Class PREFERENCE STARES. Share! sailW'Ys• Blythe and Tyne 1C Per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 45 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. (Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Perth, & Aber. Jun !Do. Class A 7 & spc !Do. do. Class B 6 pc I Do. do. Class C 7 pc • • • • B. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l Do. do No.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent .... Was. &S West.. a. spc. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pm Do. 45 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm , Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf (Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4F 1 p. et. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 45 p ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do I Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref. I Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.uf. 96 98 f Stk: I 20 Stock 12.10 102 103 106 102 112 115 105 108 [l2 114 111 113 127 120 83 85 109 111 90 92 75 76 15 117 18 120 .12 114 LO6 108 86 88 all }lOO Stock Stock Stock StoCk, s hores Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do. Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.St.£s 3slodpc I.on.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2., Do. New g - , ua., 6 p. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 41 Do. do. 4} per C. shares Lond. Chat. and Dover Lon.& N.W.Cov.&Nunl eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 1 late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs. Londondy.& Ennis sh., Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et.! Do. £6 Do. n ner cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent. 100 100 100 100 all Stock Stock Stoc • Stock Stock Stock Stock Stockj 12 ii 12 Stock 98 99 98 100 89 91 91 93 102 104 91 14 17 18 10 toi 75 76 19 20 9 10 14 15 [39 141 10 11 124 126 i 71 (1 1 I I P Stock 120 Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 I Stock Stock Stocks Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock( Stock) Stock Stock Stock Stock Do. - Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 43 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st.l Newport,Aber,&c.pret. s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Do. 5 p.c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. e. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, qua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rall.& Dik. Co. IN-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Consol. Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do Sk Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0. G. [39 141 102 101 I it 94 95 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock [0 11 Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 .. 00. York. II& S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. Redeem., 2d gua Do. Irredeem. o 2 , l gua Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new pt Scottish North-Eastern 31 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 101 Do. Fixed 41 percent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e Do. B 6 per cent I 1)0. C 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 1 2 92 1024 AO i S rock 100 100 100 100 100 10 1 231 24; 103 104 1 102 104 84 87 28 29 33 *4 34 33! 57 59 93 4 d LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid.' Closing 1 Business Prim Done. Leasing I Closing BusinessBailways. Railways. Paid. Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley l Buckinghamshire Chester & Holyhead Do. do. 54 p. ct. Do. - do. 5 p. et. Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val E.l.incolnshireg. 6 p.c E Union,HarwichShs Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. Do. New .... " Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dek.&Rail Hull and Selby Do. Shared Do. Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn.&Matk Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt..BuryEx j , gnarant( wisp. c. i • Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. North Western 1 Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares ...•••A. Roystn,lliteli.,& Shep, Sbrawsbry& Iloreford, Do. Do. South Staffordshire ..I Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Share Docks. Stock! Commercial I Stock; Do 4 perCent.Pref .Min Stock I East and West India ' S tockl London ... StocklSt. Katharine StocklSouthampton StocklVietorts. ••••••• ..... • •• 3 40 'Do New ...... .......a4 Lndc N.W !Ludt N.Wi ,Do. Do Do. Caledonin E.U.SLE C! Gt. North. E.Counts. Caledbffin Do. Gt. West Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. IDo. S. Nast , !Do. Peto &Co 1 Norfolk Do W&M Midland E.Counts Do. Do. Do. Midland ,L&N W tL.Yk. Gt.North. 4) T Brassoy 98 100 i i P 66 58 14 'l3B 140 1100 105 par I p 10} 104 93 .95 81j M'Clean . Gt. West L.&l3rirtn DOCKS. C r lo ri s ce in . ff lu poi sineas e. Paid 100 •-• 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 IC4 106 \ 2 n 99 100 44 -RI 123 125 1113 116 103 105 1 16 17 1139 141 41 4i 110 112 64 66 115 120 96 98 21 2 THE GREAT CHRISTMAS CATTLE MARKET. argil R allways. Paid Closing t m in us dose Price. COP N EXCHANGE. Atlantic & St Laurence Leased at 6 per cent.. 'Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd all 100 all 82 84 The steady upward movement in the value of live stock, during the present year, in the face of full average supplies, and the enormous consumption going on in nearly all parts of England, have produced great interest as regards the result of the Great Christmas market, appointed to be held to-day. The grazing community have regarded with some anxiety the value and importance of extensive crossing in a pecuniary point of view, and consumers have shown them selves fully alive to the producing powers of the country ; in other words, they have been desirous of ascertaining how far extensive crossing has increased the quantity of food, when compared with what is termed the " pure" system. That the system has been successful in each point of view, is evident from the general weight and condition of the bullock show here this morning. It is quite true that the past has been a favourable season for rearing and feeding stock-the weather having been fine, and the supplies of natural and artificial food very large-still it is gratifying to observe that the original breeds of the country have not deteriorated, and that we have, consequently, good and pure blood to fall back upon for future supplies, And here we may remark that we have seldom witnessed so even a mixture of each kind of stock as on the present occasion; in point of fact, it was one of the best shows ever witnessed, not only for the butcher but for consumers. We may, perhaps, take the Scots as a leading breed, viewed as regards their peculiar merits. In them we found points of the highest value, and not a few of them were of enormous weight, without indicating other than good symmetry. This particular breed arrived in full average number, not only from Soot land, and even its most northern parts, but likewise from Norfolk and some other counties. The crosses may, we think, be next alluded to as stock of a first-class,character. Those animals were, so to speak, all " roast beef ;" they were of enormous weight, and of undoubtedly good sym metry. In reference to the short horns, it may be ob served that there were fewer out-of-size animals amongst them than has been noticed in some former years; and in our judgment they were far more suitable for general con sumption. We do not assume for a moment that this most valuable breed has deteriorated ; on the contrary, our impression is that moderately fat animals pay the grazier much better than those 30 or 40 stones over what may be termed a moderate weight. We now come to the Devons. The important changes in this breed are important ones, since not an inferior bullock was on show; there was very little difference in their respective weights, and, consequently, they produced high quotations. The Here fords may be classed next. Amongst them were animals of great merit, with noble frames, and of first-class quality. It may be stated, however, that the actual number shown was not equal either to 1853 or 1857. The Sussex breeds next command attention. For the most part they were extremely good, but their ages, some of them being seven years old, were against an active trade ; nevertheless the numbers increased in a comparative sense, and the quota tions realised were fully up to 4s 8d and 4s 10d per 81bs. There were some remarkably prime Welsh runts on offer, and there were largo numbers of steers, heifers, and oxen from various localities, and mostly mixed, which added considerably to the interest of the show. From Ireland some remarkably good beasts came to hand, and produced high quotations. If the Irish graziers can readily product stock of the description exhibited here to-day, surely they might make an effort to improve their position in the Smith field Club. This year the show of Irish beasts in the yard was a poor affair indeed. The following return shows the number of beasts exhi bited and the prices obtained for them on the groat days in the last eighteen years :- Year. Beasts Shown. Prices. 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 gu. 6 percent Do. Addit. Capital A 98} 991 171 171 41 Sid Do. Do. 4 B Buffalo and Lakt Huron Do. New Do. Preference B uffalo, Bran t. & (30(1146 8 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug . .., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 'Do. do. 1 June, 18741 Cleutta.&S.Eastrn. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed °p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c lEast Indian, gu. 5 p. c I Do. I` Shares Ext 51 O l'par j p lf lid id, I id lu3 1034 - ' par id par id Do. Jubbulpore p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 Do. 4i p. c. Debentrs. Geelong& Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 percent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 Do. do. 1867 ,Do. do. 1872. Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. I Do. New, gua.s per cent. I Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4} p. Do. do. 5 per cent. Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrun swick& Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. New g Do. Punjaub t? Do. Indus. St. Flo. Et St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip The total imports of foreign stock into London last wPek were 4,381 head. In the corresponding week in 18F,8 we received 4,323 ; in 1857, 1,773 ; in 1856, 1,622 *; in 1855 4,752 ; in 1854, 3,999 ; in 1853, 6,816. IMPORTS INTO LONDON T.AST 'VEER. From. Rotterdam Beasts. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 460 3 ,698 298 .. Harlingen Hamburgh 29 .. 522 Dordt ... 2.5 .. 45 .. Tonning . . 59 121 .. Bremen .... 2.. Antwerp Total 635 3,307 .--. * • ''—'. a • -- .. -- .. 26 .. -- The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1858 2lO .. 3,781 . . 229 . . 3 1657 259 .. 1,361 .. 156 .. 1856 499 919 .. 204 .. 1855 859 .. 3,555 .. 238 .. 1854 1,139 .. 2,593 .. .. 269 .. 7 1853 1,180 4,698 , 462 .. 20 Mr. Robert Morgan had on sale a large number of re markably fine beasts from Aberdeenshire, fed by Messrs. Kidd, Cooper, Stodart, and Mitchell; also some first-rate animals, belonging to Mr. Ploughright, Mr. John Allday, Colehill, and Mr. J. Towers, of Ludlow. There was on Mr. Morgan's stand a very fine collection sent by Mr. Robert Leeds of Lexham, Norfolk, Mr. Freeman, near Lynn, Mr. Gilliot and Mr. Kendal. Mr. Maidwell had 32 Scots of very fine quality, forwarded by Mr. M'Combie, of Tillefour. Mr. Lamb exhibited 44 wonderful Scots from Norfolk, and Mr. Lenin, of Brough ton-house, near Aylesbury, had, as usual, some remarkably fine animals. Mr. George Dickson had a largo collection of prime animals forwarded tom Scotland, the property of Messrs. Knowles, Mar►'jn, Thompson, Kidd, Bruce, Stodart, Long - more, Tait, • Wishart, Frost, and other graziers,of Aberdeen and 11;anffshire. Mr. Collins showed some prime beasts belonging to Mr. Bowman, Mr. J. B. Ellis, and Mr. Hall, of Norfolk, like• wise some good Devons and runts from Buckinghamshire. Mr. Giblett had a fine show of beasts sent by Mr. A. Mennie, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Martin, of Aberdeen. Amongst the sheep we noticed some prime flocks, the 65 (iloucesters sent to Messrs. Weall, by R. Rowland, Esq., of Crestow, Mr. Ball, Mr. White, &c., of Oxon and Berks. Messrs. Giblett and Guirier had a good collection. Mr. Mawer showed some fine sheep fed by M. Hantley, Esq., of Croft. Mr. Eland had a fine show of heavy sheep from Lincolnshire and other quarters. The bulk of them were sent by M. Heanly, Esq., of Croft, C. Smith of Frampton, and others. Mr. Thomas Dodds had a primp collection of animals from the stocks of Mr. Streatley, of Berks, Mr. King, of North Stortt, Mr. J. Franklin, of Oxon, &c. Mr. Bussell sold some very fine foreign sheep above 70s. each. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 18b9, THIS MARKETS. The leading country markt'ts held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wh eat. Good and fine samples were in fair request at full r rites, but other kinds were a dull inquiry. The barley trade was heavy, and the quota dons had a drooping tendency. Other produce moved off slowly on former terms. Most of the Continental markets have been inactive for wheat, yet prices have been supported. In the United States both wheat and flour have continued to sell at irre gular prices. Only moderate supplies of English grain came to hand last week. The imports from abroad were 8,465 qrs. of wheat, 15,773 barley, 14,286 oats, 1,000 rye, 4,008 beans, 2,109 peas, 682 tares, 7,185 linseed, 2,270 rapeseed, 626 sundry, 180 sacks and 6,623 barrels of flour. The supplies of wheat received fresh up this morning, coastwise and by land carriage from Essex and Kent, were only moderate; but the general condition of the samples, considering the damp state of the weather, was tolerably good. Although the attendance of millers was far from numerous, the demand for most kinds ruled steady, at prices fully equal to the currencies realised on Monday last. We were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied with foreign wheat. Importers generally were firm in their demands, but the amount of business doing was only mode rate, at late quotations. In foreign wheat the transactions were on a very mode rate scale. Fine barley—the show of which was limited—realised previous rates ; but secondary and inferior sorts were dull, and ls. por quarter cheaper. New malt supported former terms, but old parcels were rather cheaper. The show of oats was only moderate, and the) net trade ruled steady at 6d per quarter more money. Beans moved off slowly, at last week's o :aotations. In peas very little was doing, at latf, rates. There was a fair business doing !in flour, at full prices. CURRENCY PER IMI.ERIAL MEASURE. - Wheat—Essex and Ki':ut, red, new vs to 488 Ditto, old 4os 48s Ditto, T.liite, new 46s 618 Ditto, old 4BB 621 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 4os 458 Ditto, new 4Ol 468 Bye—Old —8 —8 New Barley—Grinding...., 238 291 Malting .308 38s Chevalier 3BB 435 Malt -Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingston and Ware 528 648 Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and LincelnBh., Feeding 228 265 Potato 2BB 328 Youghal and Cork, black 238 268 Cork, white 238 328 Scotch, Feeding 23s 328 Beans—Tick rigtoons Peas—Grey Ilaple White 4OB 498 Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 328 348 Stockton and Norfolk. all all all 1 100 100 1. 3 0. 1 2s. 6d. 7i all 100 101 20 21 381 391 92 931 70 72 82 84 ! 73 75 70 72 1001 1001 f 1 d Id 131 131 7 61 d , 98 102 98 102 1 98 102 92 95 90 94 99 101 92 96 1 - -d - --d 191 20 id par id id par FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. Ells Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Paris,Lyons, and Medit Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre and Meuse Do. 55 per cent. Pref Southern of France West Flanders Do. 55 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand.... all all all all all all all all all all 4i 4i I Id 21 24 1 d 5 i 4l d N 27 74 74 2i 21p1 1 8 t 8 0 20 37} 371 p 9 10 371 87} 56 58 li 1 di 1 81 91 21 22 ti 'A 23 - 24 COLONIAL DOVE Securities. Ja. & July Do. 6 p.c. & Aug. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. r.l3.Gov.ap.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 1. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and u p rovaScofriaGov. 6 p.c. SL Deb. redeemable, 1875 Aus. Gt. 6 pc. Jan&July rict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oet. MISCELL. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail. Berlin Water Works British American Land Brit. & Irish Mar,.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C !Canada Land !Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.otEng.&Smitg Do. Preference 7i per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference ' Do. 6 p. c. Perpet. Deb :'Electric Telegraph Do. New Eng. Sr Aust. Cop.St.Co. !Gan. Steam Navigation. !Great Ship (Limited) Indian & Aust. Telegr. `London District T elegr. London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Ce Netherlands Land Do 8 p.c.Pref. ,is s. at I dis. .Br.&NovaScotiaLand .B.Australasian (Lim ) riental Gas Do. New Shares Orientl. In. Steam, A 10 Ditto B 10 Ditto C stock Peel River Land & 11 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New 100 Royal Mail Steam Stock cot.Austrin.lny.(Lim ) 25 . outh Australian Land. 1 übmarine Teleg. Scrip. 1 Do. do Registered $0 r.& 1.n.C0.0t Upr. Can. 100 Van Diemon's Land •• SECUR: Closing Prices. 116 117 113 115 113 115 1111 1121 1016 102 1014 102 101 i 102 111 112 112 114 (no 110 14 15 190 210 33 35 I i 44 5 35 37 19 21 14 15 105 108 8 9 234 241 11 I 5 5 100 102 105 107 parll 1 11 I I lld 1 44 54 1 i i 1 i A I,'p 54 56 79 81 11 13 i . 22 2 4 P 6 7 51 53 1 120 130 36 38 i 1 14 15 BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. Paid. t Closing Nutmegs Price. Done. ......._ Alfred Consols (Phtlack) 2.11.11 \ 44 54 20 British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) 1 435 445 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 1221 1274 East Caradon E. WI Russ! (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 104 11 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 544 021 65 Great South Tolgus.. 17s 134 14 G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillacii) 12.4.2 1 14 —G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 4 4 Grenville 5 31, 44 Herod's-Foot 8 22 23 Hingston Downs 4.3.6 44 41 Lady Bertha Margaret ( uny Lelant) 9l 44 46 North Downs North France s'l llogan) 10 54 64 North Wheal Crony 7.9.4 94 104 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 5 54 64 ..... Par Consols (St. Blazy). 14 9 10 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 45 47 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 10s 4 8 -.-- SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 14 250 260 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 2f S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 105 17 Stray Park 18.18.0 194 204 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 21 31 10 Tin Croft 9 54 61 Vale of Towey (Carm ) 12s 6d I 1 West Basset (Illogan) l4 18 1 West Seton W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 70 75 Wheal Basset (Illogan). 54 180 190 ..-- Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 1074 1121 Wheal Edward (Cals.).. 6 11 1 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 12 1 WWI Mary Ann (Mc nhe) 8 34 36 344 sVh'l Trelawney (List) 44 29 30 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 74 f 1 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 15 s 4 d par 35 ' Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25p.) 274 20 Do.St.Johncielßey,Lim. 15 174 18 19 184 6 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... 1 —— d 40 Can* Coppsr al I 47 49 Coplapo l6 71 8 4 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 24 20 3 Linares all 101 114 5 Lusitanian d 1 Mariquita all 1 N.RluneCop.of S.Aus.L Us. f p 1 1 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 8 7 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Australn. (L.) los 4 d par 18.2.84 United Mexican JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Prim Dons. Closing Business Agra&UnitedServiceßkl 'Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo !British North American Chtd. Bank of India. &c Ch.3ler.of In. Lon.&Ch 'City ;Colonial Corn. Bank of Canada Commercial of Landon Eng Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen bk. oSwitzerland Lon. Cliar. Bk. of Austral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster. Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new il th an W k ales 7Ne a w tthn so al u Orient .Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank 'Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Union of Australia Union of London Unity Mutua1......., , 71 73 81 83 21 22 50 52 }d }p 100 100 20.11 100 10 20 In 17i _ - 23} 23k 174 18 60 2.!9 29] SO : ... -.' --' NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat here to-day aro seasonably large. Prime beef, mutton, and pork move off steadily, at full prices. Otherwise, the demand is very inactive Per 81bs. by the Carcass. s. d. 2. d. Inferior Beef 2 Bto 2 10 Infr. Mutton. Mid. d 0..... 3 oto 3 4 Mid. do Pm. large do. 3 6to 4 0 f Prime do. Do. small do. 4 2to 4 6 ; Veal Large pork.. 3 6to 4 2 ; Small pork s. d. s. d. 3 2to 3 6 3 Bto 4 0 4 4to 4 6 3 Bto 4 4 4 4to 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. Nearly all new hops continue very firm in price, but the speculative demand has become less active. Other kinds are a slow sale, on former terms. Mid and East Kent „ Ms to 147 s per cwt. Weald of Kent. s6s to 77s ~ Sussex... BOROUGR AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of v;,otatoes since our last have been tolerably good, coastwisr, and 13y railway. The imports have amounted to 5 tons from Harlingen, 2 from Hambro', 195 from Lou vain, IP;i from Antwerp, 166 from Dunkirk, 125 from Port L'.A l .)be, and 100 from Rouen. There is a moderate busi 'aess doing, as follows : York Regents 9os to 130 s Do Flukes l2os to 130 s Kent and Essex Scotch Shaws Foreign WOOL MARKET. The low wool sales have gone off freely, and, in some in stances, have slightly advanced. In the private market, foreign mid colonial qualities are dull, but not cheaper. English wools sell slowly on former terms. The imports last week were 691 bales from Algoa Bay ; 16 from the Cape; and 493 from Melbourne. SEEDS. Linseed is in fair request, and late rates are well main tained. Rapeseed moves off slowly, but at full prices ; and canary is tolerably firm in price. Most other seeds continue neglected. Cakes are a slow urnip,White,p.bus. l2s to 148 Swede Mustard, Brown Os 14e White, new l2s 16s Tares,Winter, new.. 806 d Os Old —s —s Canary, per quarter 555 63s Rye grass, new 22s 26s Clover, Red Eng., et. —s —s White —s —s Foreign Red - -8 —8 White —8 —s Trefoil, new. —s —s inquiry, on former terms. Carraway 36s to 38s Coriander los 13s Hempseed, per qr 34s 36s Linseed,Eng.sowing 660 70s Crushing Baltic —B --8 Odessa -9 -8 Linseed Cake, p. ton— English ....£lO Os £lO 5s Foieign, p ton £9 N £lO 5s Rape Cakes,p. ton 4 15s 5 5s Rapeseed, p, qr. .... 54s 553 TALLOW The business doing in our market is only moderate, and prices aro rather lower than on Monday last. To-day P.Y.C., on the spot, is selling at 55s 9d to 56s per cwt. Rough fat 3s per 81b. 1835. 1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. Stock this day.... 19,141 18,576 35,124 33,264 49.649 68s Od to 590 5d to 52s 3d to 51s Od to 59s 9d to Price of Y.C. 68s 3d —s Od —s Od —s Od 56s Od Delivery last week 2,231 2,231 2,917 2,861 1,630 Ditto from June 1 74,735 72,078 60,738 60,558 43,401 Arrivals last week 2,412 1,399 1,192 6,864 93 Ditto from June 1 46,165 73,674 82,741 82.255 80,969 Price of Town .... 67s Od 60s Sd 55s 9d 53s 6d 57s 3d INFANTICIDE BY A LADY AND BEB DAUGHTER. A very remarkable trial began at Orleans on Friday. Mdme. Lemoine, a lady of forturno, re siding at Chinon, near Tours, was indicted, with her daughter, on the charge of burning the illegiti mate offspring of the latter, under circumstances which denote a frightful amount of depravity. Mdme. Lemoine moved in the best circles, kept her carriage, and occupied a prominent position in society. The father of the child seems to have been a servant in Mdme. Lemoine's employment. Mdme. Lemoine is 43 years of age, and is described as still very handsome; Her daughter, Mdlle. Ange line, is described as surpassingly beautiful. The evidence led to the following disclosures Angelina was delivered of a male child on the night of the 29th of July. On the previous even ing she had been seized with vomitings. It had been arranged that the family were to go into the country, but Madame Lemoine countermanded the orders, and also the visits of the music master. About eleven o'clock at night the violent pains came on. Madame Lemoine put her daughter into a small closet, where a bed was usually kept; and where she was delivered of a fine male child, which was born alive. After a space of time, which can not be exactly defined, but which could not have exceeded five miuutes, this fine child had ceased to exist, and at the end of a few hours it had disap peared. Madame Lemoine had burnt it. It did not appear that she could be charged with throwing it into the fire alive, since Angelina de clared that she saw the child deprived of move ment long before her mother threw it into the fire. An agreement had been long before come to between the mother and daughter, and which has been re lated by the latter, as follows : "It was frequently talked over between us that if I had &miscarriage the embryo should be burnt, or if a child that it should be served in the same manner. I only made one condition, that it should not be burnt alive." Angelina declared that she knew nothing as to how her mother deprived the child of life, but thinks it probable that she put her hand on the child's throat and stifled both its breathing and its cries. Mme. Lemoine protested her innocence, and maintained that her daughter only became pregnant from a violation, and that as such vio la laden might tarnish the reputation of Angelina, she thought it her duty to conceal it. She also declared that she did not think her pregnancy so far advanced ; and that as the premature confine ment had produced a dead child she had suddenly resolved to burn it, since she could thus save the honour of her daughter without committing any crime. The following telegram has been received at Mr, Reuter's office : " Touns, Sunday Evening. " The trial of the Lemoines for infanticide termi nated to-day. The jury acquitted Angelina Le moine, but found her mother guilty, with extenu ating circumstances. The sentence was twenty years' hard labour." THE REFORM SOIREE AT BIRMINGHAM.—It is expected that the great soiree at Bireningham in furtherance of the reform movement will take place on either the 6th or 12th of January. Mr. Bright and Mr. Scholetield, the two borough members, will bo present. STATE OF THE TRADE. The total supply of beasts was a very large one, and its general quality was unusually prime. Owing to the small number of country butchers in attendance, the trade was far from active. However, the best lots, &c., sold at 5s 4d per 81b; but other kinds moved off slowly at late rates. We were reasonably well supplied with beasts. Prime Downs and half-breds were firm and rather dearer, the extreme price being 5s 64 per 81b. Most other breeds were a mode rate inquiry at late rates. Prime small calves moved off steadily, other kinds of veal slowly, at previous currencies. Pigs were a dull inquiry, but not cheaper. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton &c., c ame to hand. The ' and other parts of England s a hi rri r v e al a s b fr ou o t m 3 N ,2o or O o s k h , o s rt u - ff h o o l rn k, s amounted to 2,700 llerefords, Scots, Devons, runts, Sussei beasts, &c.; from Scotland, 1,000 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 400 oxen and heifers. Per Sibs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. d. s. d. Crae. & inf. beasts 3 6 3 10 P rimeers-wool do. 4 6 4 8 Second qualitydo. 4 0 4 6 Pine. S'thdowndo. 6 0 6 4 Prime large oxen 4 8 5 0 Large crse. calves 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. 5 2 5 4 Prime small do 4 10 5 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 10 Large hogs 3 6 3 10 Second quality do. 40 4 4 Small porkers 40 5 0 28e to 295. Suckling calves, 19s to 22s ; and q uar t er •o ld s t ore pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep 24,420 Calves .. 160 Pigs 430 PORBIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 540 Sheep Calves Pigs COMPARISON OF THE GREAT DAYS. Per 81bs, to sink tho offals. 1858. 1859. 8 d. 8. (I. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts . . Second quality ditto Primo largo oxen 4 4 4 8,4 8 6 0 Prime Scots, &c. . . . • •4 10 5 o's 2 5 4 Coarse and inferior sheep . • 3 4 3 8 ,3 4 310 Second quality ditto . . • .3 10 4 4 1 4 0 4 4 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 4 4 6 4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto . . Lambs Large coarse calves . • . 3 8 4 4 4 2 4 8 Primo small ditto Largo hogs Neat small porkers . • • • 3 6 4 2 4 0 5 0 Beasts Sheep and lambs . . Calves Pigs A grenadier on duty near the Theatre du Parc at Brussels on Saturday, two nights back, picked up a roll of papers and gave it to the officer at the guard house. Soon afterwards the sentinel saw a man rush out of the theatre, and address several persons as if to inquire whether they had found anything. On appealing to the grenadier he was informed that his roll of papers, which, as it appears, contained 100,000 francs in bank notes, was in the hands of the officer at the guard house. On recovering his lost property he offered the eel dier the magnificent sum of lf. 500. 20 20 10 100 Stock Sto. Stocl stook zo 1 NI too 1 100 100 100 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Share; 111 113 109 111 91 93 97 99 1} f p o #p 23 24 124 126 125 130 117 120 73 75 [2O 122 all all all }lOO all 100 6 110 all MEN' Paid. ,11E0' 103} 2} 391 I 93 711 :93 1011 1f f n I 14 f 1$ [TINS. Engines. Dem. 114 14.. E i LA IV INTELLIGENCE,-(THIS DAL) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) SWIFT' V. SWIFT.-JEDGMENT. This was an appeal from a deereo of the Master of the Rolls, declaring that, under the will of the late Thagas Swift, of 17th August, 1823, two legacies of £2OO were chargeable only upon his real estate. The Lord Chancellor, after a careful and minute exami nation of the words of the bequest, and considering the authorities and cases cited, and the Wills Act referred to, was of opinion that the two legacies of £2OO were charge able both on the real and personal estate of the testator that it was the intention of the testator to charge both his freehold and leasehold property with these legacies, and declared accordingly. The Lord Chancellor reversed the decree of the Master of the Rolls, with costs. (Before the Lords Justices.) ♦PPEALS.--LODGE V , PRICHARD-HINDLB V. rnicuAßD -PRICHARD V. HINDLE. Mr. Lodge appeared personally and was heard in sup port of his appeal from a decree of Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart in favour of Mr. Prichard. Mr. Bacon, Q.C., is now being heard for Mrs. Hindle. This is an administration suit, and the contest between the parties relates to the administration of the trustees and taking of the executors accounts and costs, as set out in the Master's report. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. The December sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced this morning. There has only been a short adjournment, consequently the number of prisoners was smaller than usual, there being at present only forty for trial. Thera arc very few cases of interest to be disposed of this session, as the more important charges that wore postponed from the last session (among which was the case of Mr. Hughes, the solicitor, who stands charged with em bezzling and secreting money the property of his clients, to the amount of £200,000) was adjourned to the January ses sion. The charge of murder against the brushmaker, Moore, will, in all probability, also be postponed. Tho presiding judges are Lord Chief Justice Brie, Mr. justice Crompton, and Mr. Baron Watson. The Recorder having briefly addressed the Grand Jury, they rotired to their room. Tho court was then occupied up till two o'clock in taking the pleadings of the prisoners to indictments against them. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sorroant.) Bartholomew Nockton, a private ba tho 18th Regiment of Foot, was indicted for stealing three half-sovereigns, the property of a fellow •comrade named John Rafferty. The evidence was clear on tb.o point, and the jury re turned a verdict of guilty. The Common Sergeant, having dwelt on the meanness of robbing a fellow-comrade, sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment with bard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE -(THIS DAY.) MARLI 3 OROUGH-STREET. A TILL ROBBEII.—B enry Blandford, a suspicious-look ing fellow, who gave the address 19, Salutation-place, Stamford-street, was charged with stealing, at 21, South Molton-street, a bowl containing one pound, in half-crowns and shillings, the property of Mr. J. H. Daniel, tobacconist, from the till, which was locked at the time, but the key not withdrawn. From the evidence of Mr. Daniel it appeared that about five o'clock on Saturday he had just returned to his parlour, having served a customer, when he heard a noise in the shop, and on returning to it he saw the bowl, in which there had been about a pound in silver, and which he had locked inthe till after serving the customer, on the counter empty, and the prisoner leaving the shop. lie immediately fol lowed the prisoner and stopped him just as he was joined by two men. On telling him he had been into his shop and taken the money, the prisoner said " Oh, it's a mistake ;" and then the two men persuaded him to let him go, but ho refused to do so, and detained him till an officer arrived. A little boy had seen the prisoner hand something to one of the men. The constable who took the prisoner into custody said he only found 2d. on him. The prisoner, who declined saying anything, was re manded for a week, Mr. Beadon ordering inquiries to be made respecting him. Two lads, named Crawley and Wathen, were fined 10s. each, or 14 days' imprisonment, for being found in posses sion of the tire of a wheel, of very small value—Mr. Edw. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, stating in their behalf that they had picked up the article in the road, and wore endeavouring to make a few pence by it, and there was no evidence to prove that they had stolen it. TIIKNIES. ILLICIT DISTILLATION.—Frederick Timborman and John Allen, two men who have been frequently convicted for defrauding the re venue, were brought before Mr. SeilL, charged with carrying on illicit distillation in an unentered place. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Bullin, an active and intelligent officer of Inland Revenue, that on Saturday afternoon he accompanied Mr. Lee, Mr. Vanstono, and Mr. Pargiter, to Kinder-street, St. George's-in-the-East, and saw a woman standing at tho door of the house, No. 30. As soon as she saw the officers approaching she went in doors, and attempted to shut the door. Mr. Bullin put his stick between the door and the door post, and prevented her closing the door. After a struggle the officers entered the house, and saw the two prisoners standing before the fire place in the front parlour. Mr. Bullin 'observed to them " Hero you are again, you have got a still in the house." Both prisoners exclaimed, " We have not, you are wrong this time." Mr. Bullin remained with the prisoners, while Mr. Pargiter went into the kitchen at the back of the house, and called out, " Here it is, it's all right." Allen then said, " I have nothing to do with it, I have just come to see Ford," meaning Timberman. The prisoners were se secured, and the officers seized a still in the back kitchen. Allen, in defence, said that he went to the house of Tim berman to see a child that was ill. He lived in Trafalgar• place, Stepney. The Inland Revenue officers said that Timberman rented the house in Kinder-street, and that Allen did live in Tra• falgar-place. Both prisoners were known. Mr. Selfe—Was the still at work ? Mr. Bullin—lt was not, sir. Mr. Selfe said it was probable that the prisoner Allen did not know of the existence of the still, and discharged him. He sentenced Timberman to pay a fine of £3O, and in de fault of payment to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three calendar months. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dee. 12.—Wind this day at noon, Variable, with fog. FALMOUTH, Dec. 11.—Wind, E.S.E.—Arrived—Maria, from Rio Janeiro. Sailed—Geabrena Helena, for Pernam buco. _ " PLYMOUTH, Dec. 11.—Wind, E.—Arrived—Agincourt, from London for Melbourne; Elizabeth, from London for Gambia. Sailed—Albuera, for Hong Kong ; Orient, for Algoa Bay ; Hebe, for Gibraltar. DUBLIN, Dec. 9.—Arrived—Eugenie, from Quebec. QUHI3NbTOWN, Dec. 10.--Sailed—Britannia, for Curacoa CLYDE, Dec. 10.—Wind, S.E.—Sailed—Czar, for Mel bourne. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Wind N. ; hard frost. Arrived, Dec. 10—Ann Laura, from Bangor; Indepen deuce, from Port Madoc. Arrived, Dee. 11—Ondine, sterner, from Dublin ; Ex press, steamer, from Jersey ; Argyll, steamer, from Caren tan. Sailed, Dec. 10—John Watson, for Sunderland ; Lady Constance, for Sunderland ; Pallas, for Portsmouth. Sailed, Dec. 11—Express, for Jersey ; Ondine, steamer, for London. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived, Dee. 11—Euroelydon, from Rio Janeiro ; Eleanor Thompson, from Curacoa ; William Rathbone, from Savannah; Merrington, from Singapore; Isis, from Savanilla; Mary Allen, from Huelva. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELVORATM.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind S.W. ;' tide, low water; weather cloudy, foggy, and raining. Arrived, Dec. 11.—Sir Edward Banks, steamer, from Calais ; Lion, steamer, from Harlingen. Arrived, Dec. 12.—Lord John Russell, steamer, from Dunkirk. Sailed—Sir R. Peel, steamer, for Dunkirk ; Batavier, for Rotterdam; Hanover, for Havre. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind N.W. by W., thick and frosty. No arrivals. Professor Mittermayer, of the University of Heidelberg, having a few days ago completed the fiftieth anniversary of his attainment of the degree of doctor of laws, the authorities of the town and university entertained him at a grand banquet, and at night the university and part of the town were illuminated ; while the students made a torch-light procession, and gave him a serenade. The professor is one of the most learned jurisconsults of Ger many, and besides he has gained distinction as a member of the Baden Chamber by causing various important legal re forms to be effected, and amongst them the publicity of legal proceedings and the abolition of corporal punishmont. MR. MACREADY'S SON ON THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE.—We extract the following from Bell's Life in Vic toria :—" At the Theatre Royal, Ballarat, on Monday night, Mr. Edward Macready, a son of the eminent trage dian, made his debut as Claude Melnotte, in the Lady of Lyons.' The manner in which the character was sustained evidenced considerable attention and study, but failed to convince us that the debutant is yet qualified to rank amongst the 'stars: In the words of Mr. Iloskins's speech at the conclusion of the piece, however, Mr. Macready simply made his first appearance as a professional actor, not as an experienced performer, and on these ground& if only out of respect to his father, he is sure to meet with an encouraging roceptim" THE LAND QUESTION IN O UDE. Whatever may be the merit intrinsically attach ing to Lord Canning's latest views of the land question in Oude, they are certainly exposed to the serious objection that they should either have been adopted sooner or not adopted at all. The policy may be wise, but it can hardly be opportune. TWO courses mere open to us in dealing with the Taluok dars and their tenures. We andel. either purchase the allegiance of these martial chieftains by yielding to their demands, or we could reduce them to order and submission by the strong atm of authority. Something was to be said for tither course. By the first method of proceeding w'..; should escape au in convenient obligation and a costly campaign; by the second we should preserve unimpaired the privloges of Government and the resources of the province. Perhaps, in the long run., the former course promised the most comprehensi•N advantages, but unfortu nately, it has only ber,n selected after all the charges of the latter have lac.,en gratuitously incurred. 'We subdued the Talookdars first, and conciliated them afterwards, so that, we have surrendered at once the fruits of our contraest and the indemnity for its cost. The Talookdr.rs, or great landholders of Oude, occupied when we assumed the administration of the kingdom. a somew h a t uncer t a i n pos i t i on. During the chronic anarchy of the State they had usurped many privileges and committed many wrongs. 'lacy had encroached so unscrupulously on the lands of the poor, that many village com munities had been dispossessed of their estates, and the old distribution of the soil had been sub verted for the exclusive benefit of the powerful lords. To such an extent had these proceedings been carried, that the revenue fairly derivable from the territory of the province had been in a great degree lost, and accordingly one of our first acts had bet;n to appoint commi s si o n e rs with the d u ty o f in ,estigating the la n d titl es th roug h ou t th e ki ng d om. fins measure, it was urged, earned us far more unpopularity than the annexation itself, and ac cordingly, when the mutinies broke out, not even the extraordinary abilities of Sir Henry Lawrence could prevent the landholders of Oude From joining eagerly in the rebellion. From that time, there fore, the game was in our own hands. The Talook dars had forfeited their titles by the act of revolt, and it became competent to us either to insure their loyalty by fresh grants and free concessions, or to encounter them in the open field, and appropriate to the uses of the State, by the new right of conquest, the lands and property which had long been alienated. - We did neither of those things, or rather we have done them both, without advantage either one way or the other. Lord Canning, as we observed at the time, was justified in delaring that policy of " con fiscation" which brought him into such disrepute with Lord Derby's Government. There was a :rood defence for the proceeding, and the principle was intelligible. The Talookdars had in many cases no valid title to their estates, and they had incurred, besides, the natural forfeits of rebels. The value of the land which by such forfeitures would revert to the Crown was very considerable, and the revenues of India, as everybody knew, were sadly in need of augmentation. As a mere question of administration, too, it might have been argued that the Talookdaree system was a bad one, and that the good government of the pro vince was concerned in its extinction. At any rate, Lord Canning selected his course, and, as that course confirmed the Talookdars in their hosti lity, the result was that we had to fight our way, inch by iach, to the possession of Oude. In the end, after a harassing and expensive campaign, Lord Clyde was successful, every district of the province was occupied or commanded by our victorious troops, and the Talookdars lay absolutely at our mercy. Then came the unexpected reversal of the policy adopted. The Governor-General makes a triumphal progress through the conquered territories, sum mons the humiliated Talookdars to attend his Court at Lucknow, and surprises all India by there freely giving them what, if it had been given be fore, would have relieved Lord Clyde and his bat talions of all the trouble of the war. No doubt, we are thus insuring the loyalty of these chieftains and probably the security of the province, but these guarantees we could have obtained a few months earlier at the same price, and with the saving of the campaign into the bargain. It is probable enough that Lord Canning's se cond thoughts may be best, and that, though our Exchequer may be impoverished, our power may be confirmed by this sudden enrichment of the rebel Talookdars. Perhaps it is the true method of dealing with such cases, but, if so, it is cer tainly unfortunate that the fact was not recog nised in time to save us from the labours and burdens of a difficult campaign. As it is we seem to have won our rights only for the pur pose of relinquishing them. The whole of Oude, with its spacious and productive territories, is placed by this last arrangement under that system of tenure which effectually forbids any improve ment of revenue. There is not a doubt about the expansiveness of its resources, but the increase which will infallibly arise will not belong to the Government. The settlement is to be perpetual. A fixed rent is to be paid to Government, but after that obligation is discharged the profits of the land, however large, will fall to the Talookdars alone. We cannot tax them or control them except within very narrow limits. On their own estates they will be feudal lords with heritable jurisdic tion, and it is but a barren sovereignty which will pertain to the British Crown. Of course they are well satisfied with such treatment, and will, we trust, do good suit and service in return, but we had put ourselves to the charges of a different policy, which, though costing more at the outset, was calculated to produce more afterwards, and this policy we have now forsaken for that which, if we had adopted it earlier, might have been had, with all its results, for nothing at all. This is the - weak point of the case as it now stands. 'We may fairly hope that we have gained a great point in the permanent tranquillisation of a province so turbulent as Oude, but we might have gained that point a few months ago at a far cheaper rate. We must now put up with a material loss unqualified by any compensation. We have got peace and security, it is true, but these advantages, instead of being acquired, as they might have been, in a bloodless manner by the bargain we have now voluntarily made, were won at the sword's point and by a heavy expenditure of life and treasure. Our policy has an air of magnanimity beyond a doubt, for we have accepted the; obligations of war and thrown away the prizes of conquest with a lordly heedlessness and munificence, but whether the Hindoos will give us full credit for such self sacrifice is another question. The war and the surrender will, of course, produce their respecs tive fruits. We have got our debt and we have lost our revenue. We might have saved many a lac of rupees by promulgating some time since so liberal a concordat with the Talook dars as is now announced. We might have gained many a lac year after year if we had kept the pro duce of our conquest. We have foregone our rights for the sake of peace and quietness, and perhaps with good judgment, but there was certainly no necessity to add to the purchase-money the cost of a previous war. — Tunes. It is a curious circumstance connected with the Court of Common Pleas, that amongst its judges there have been three sudden deaths within five years. Mr. Justice Talfourd, Lord Chief Justice Jervis, and the other day, Mr. Justice Crowder. AUSTRIA AND HER SOLDIERS —The following is an extract of a private letter, dated the 7th inst., from:att Englishman at Munich :—" The day before yesterday some unfortunate wounded Austrian soldiers came through here on their way home from the hospitals at Innsbruck. They had all been severely wounded, and were unfit for further service. The paternal Austrian Government, therefore, thought it no longer necessary to take any care of them, and a more pitiable, heartrending sight I have nover seen. They were evidently half-starved, and took greedily whatever the good natured Munichers gave them. They wore scantily covered with the tattered remnants of their summer uniforms, and some of them had merely straw shoes, and no stockings ; and this with the temperature at 10 degrees below freezing point. It was sickening to think of the sufferings of those unfortunate creatures travelling in third-class carriages in such severe weather without suffi cient protection against the cold. There was but ono feel ing among the people here—that of execration against a Government who coup behave with such cruel ingra titude to men who had shed their blood and lost their limbs for the sake of their country." MAGNETIC PIIANTOMS.—The name of phantoms has been given by M. de Haldat to the fantastic forms which iron filings affect when strewed over a sheet of paper stretched quite flat ; and if the paper be covered with a glu tinous matter, these figures will naturally become perma nent. Magnets, moreover, produce another kind of phan• toms ; for it is well known that under magnetic influence iron filings will bristle up, rising to appreciable heights above the surface on which they had been strewed, and at the same time hanging together in virtue of the attractive power with which they are animated ; so that solid figures in relief are actually formed, but fall to atoms as soon as the magnet is removed. M. Nickles, the well known philosopher and chemist, has just communicated to the Academy of sciences a method of his for fixing these phantoms. He first impregnates his paper with wax, stretches it on frames, and then, after having strewed iron filings upon it, places it upon the poles of the magnet under experiment. The phantoms are soon formed ; and, in order to fix them, he holds a hot brick, or the red-hot lid of a crucible over the surface of the paper, taking cam not to touch it. Tho wax melts, and is drawn up by capil lary attraction between the particles of iron;. the heat being removed, the wax cools, and the phantom is thus permanently fixed. It is singular to see the wax s ucked up by the filings, through the above-mentioned agency of capillary attraction, and the paper quite denuded of wax, although thickly covered with it before. It may be asked what is the advantage derived from this discovery ? It is this ; that from the curious grouping . of the particles of iron, permanently kept in the exact position into which they had been placed by the magnetic force, the nature of that force, which is still a mystery, may be carefully du dicd,and erhlps tat ad ,p. ice 70. ig• to gla f '. th° n ot pith Ad' rely'are all 100 3i 100 100 1} 100 01 100 all all all all all all all all 371 108 j 8 941 I 44 8 lii i 64 i