The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-24 00:00:00

1 101 V .AN]) CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Bank of England return, completed to the 21 8 t inst., is of a satisfactory character. The bul lion, however, only shows a slight increase. The reserv e of notes has not varied to any important ex tent. The public deposits, as usual at this season 01 the year, have been largely augmented, owing to the active collection of the revenue prior to the payment of the half-yearly dividends. The active circulation shows a slight diminution, consequent 11 1 ) on the increase in the Government balances. The various items of the return, and the changes they Present, will be seen in the subjoined table : Active Circulation .. Decrease .. Bullion .. . Increase .. Rest - - .. £20,645,610 .. 102,510 .. 17,001,740 • • 1,855 .. 3,148,926 Increase .. • • • • Public Deposits • . • • Increase .. ••• • • Other Deposits • . . • Decrease .. • • • ' seven Day and other Bills .. Decrease .. .. • • Government Securities • . 5,827 .. 9,575,026 .. 636,039 .. 13,310,224 .. 326,536 • • 756,107 .. 29,523 10,925,157 No alteration. Other Se cur iti es .. .. .. 19,596,996 Increase • 181,439 Notes Unemplo . ied .. :: :. 10 112,015 ... Increase .. • • .. .. ' 68,830 . In the Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, : I Blight advance was apparent in the rate on Ham ourt, o• T he Ripon, which leaves on the 26th instant for £°2TbaY, will take out £145 hic ,850 in silver, and ,9 55 in gold, the whole of wh is on private ite eaunt. la the Li verpoo l C o tt on M ar ket yesterday the transactions were aga in rather limited, and prices TrainedTh without any alteration of importance. sales were estimated at about 6,000 bales. "'one() Monday last the imports of specie have : s eil about £381,381, and the exports £181,095, 1 4 1°13191 v° of the following shipments direct from T hursd a y to the Continent during the week ending t 'arsday last :---Gold coin, Oporto, 264 oz. ; ditto, d .° ll logne, 120 oz. ; silver coin, Boulogne, 1,200 oz. ; 11 ' 4, tof Belgium, 500 oz. e1 ,. 116 English Stock Market has been exceedingly 1 ,7 61, as business has been as much curtailed as gal l Nevertheless the quotations have been They Maintained, Consols being 95: t,, ex dividend. t l l. are now a shade flatter, viz., 951 f;. The ib.. al lsaction s on speculative account have been almost t - "Dended, as the operators are not inclined to dater into new engagements just before the holi a 1 8 . The New Threes and the Reduced are 8 :' u , at 95 a ; India Loan Debentures are steady r , "i ; ditto N ew Stock is 1041 ; and the Exche lller Bills have improved to 28s. and 31s. prem. h a Th e few transactions in the Foreign Market 6 e not caused any change of importance. Turkisk t l l 'm Cents. are 761 to 771 ; and the New, 631 64 1. Venezuela Bonds have been dealt in at 2131. 1 : 8 6 4a . nS per Cents at 110, and the 3 per Cents. ea The shares of the Ocean Marine Insurance ai t nl ,PanY are 11 ± premium, and of the Universal ; about par to prem. Ek e San. Paulo Railway shares are quoted Aret n i um. ill the Railway Share Market there has not beau touch activity. One or two of the principal jl. o e ). °,' however, are a shade firmer. Midland and Sou th Eastern (Berwick) have advanced 10s., and j . ,• llL ' Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and 15s. t o T Foreig n an d C o l on i a l lines have not varied any ll° important extent. Lombardo-Venetian im iPeti about 55., and Grand Trunk of Canada ss. o East Indh..n declined about 15s. been stock B an k an d Mi s c e llan e o u s Shares have 4 4 4 .1 very inactive, at about previous quotations. 1),,.. 4°11 and Westminster are a shade firmer, and "insular and Oriental Steam have declined about Li. BRITISHp:, FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. li ti . C.,""lt. Reduced Annuities 993 1 4:16' Per Cent. Annuities ... b. s Stock v itt. Il ebentures, 1858 iengels for Account (Jan, 10) Mie Steak for Acounnt bi+ 1041 i R --.• 1859 5 Cent %, 34 ? per . 31 28 31 b., equer Bills, Sl,OOO, lid 1 ) 1 4 £5OO .... . .............. 31 28 31 ‘te Small lid . ' ..." - " 3l 28 31 ? . . ..... 1, FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. }finesse, 1853, 3 pe r Cent. I)ihuan, 1 822, £ St., 5 per Cent llO ii,,, •u, 3 Per Cent., 1859 661 , 74, 1 5 h 3 per Cent it "Igo .Account 4 , 110,4 11 6 Ditto per Cent. — Nevi Loan D itto Account ‘7,_Jitte uaranteed, 4 per Cent. Tnecuelan 21 per Cent Ditto Aoceant ... .. 28/ Dividends on the above payable in Londoi. TWO O'CLOCK. Consol e , Money Ditto Account (Jan. 10) .. 951 as d Tins DAY'S SHIPPING. 41, Zei.. 41/cl lct Dee. 24.—Wind this day at noon, South ; te breeze, and mild weather. 11%1;141)4'P/ 3.—Wind, S.E.—Sailed--Eliza, for eit Dec.. e Celeste, for Bilboa ; St. Michael, for ditto. Tr lit e ` k eeri....l"ANtic, Dec. 22.—Wind, S.W.—Arrived—The t"" w, from. Quebec. l ite l l, llllol3 Tit, Dec. 23.—Wind, W.—Arrived-•Cathe ;."l St. John's, Newfoundland. tro - " I ; Dec • 23 Wind W.—Arrived—Erromanga, IA Rot* 1 8 4 ea • Fent e ll .PAi Dee. 23.—Wind, S.—Arrived—Don Ricardo,_ o e4 ttia li ' d ern ; Ueda, from Cuba ; Redate, from San 6 1 154 e1l ti„ 811 ; Dec. 23.—The Rover (schr.), of Goole, has d l e altY - 1,1 44 in here by two smacks to-day, derelict and ,)I,i,l7_ving been fallen in with yesterday at 9 n 211 1., the_ o v4 l l lO B 4.' 8 ' 1 ;7 N.W. by W., distant about 12 m o ile . N d ikt q n of?s ul ai c i tfl on board. The Providence (sloop) f s Goole, rg ited 20th of Dec. ; two men saved, and a boy ST *614 111t4 Iti Dee 23.—The Trial for Dublin, which tep i . e ,, 't iaah tooro at Grannairs Dec. 8, offo yesterday, and was n Dromor e harbour. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Vi to Ar r i u 2.4.—c o i on i s t, from Quebec. c a. • .• m eulan, screw steamer, for the West Coast of (tir atTIMARINE AND BRITISH 'TELEGRAPH.) tS r • ; tide 1 GRA hour' VESE s flo od , , Saturday Morning. vedtil tz ved, Dec,23._Helen, o tl frm u G a ji B.thamer, f Rot to'idltailt, !team:, ;rom uc te Osnd ; Albion, rom steamer, s • v.. fro°olwici;s: tier,. Majesty' s s hi p D ee, f rom wes t war d, for 1: 11 Lend L'izzy, f rom London, for St. Michael's ; Salacia, 04 Mott, fo 4Ne tt. for S Yo haugai ; St. George de Avero, from A dvice, from 411 W rk. Quebec, for London. DEAL, Saturday Morning. rs that the 4,zR/NO•CROSS RAILWAY.—It a i tt ect ,i-7 Preliminary steps have been ta l k Parliament ttlr ,f7Tiowers obtained in the last session of from London ,l4itlea.;°,_Quing the S outh -Eastern Railway .._ _ o cross. p en ea tO carry into 41 1 e —,;"" a terminal west-end station at Chan g Ilikin, V'tailed plans, prepared by Mr. Hawksh u r_i_w - n , fora-or:la aribraitted to the Admiralty and the approval, ° t be cr,'',46 Tlutnies, and, having received their bridge is of th e 1• - ',...a, will now be proceeded with. The C.E., la, urtnoetn as the lattice girder, and will ca . rry r fe v en ur a ter: °f Ililway, together with two roads for foot p 8 kullgi.ll.o 011 each side of the railway. The whole s w ef i_ll th b e e 4118,-44 en seven piers, the two existing puer k,atinsion.bridc,e (which 'will be removed) . erected 04 _ able for thebwork ; the five new piers will be• r after tollildrical iron piles sunk into the bed of the river, d aud being made klon t llB W aid economical process recently inven ._ .. ge 84, her securing the foundations of the Chelsea bnd tt. VI, aimilar structures. The works have been let_ . to occh,, 3 taes, the well-known contractor, and will probably :RY about two years in construction. will L...4-'ATIt op TUX TALKING PISIL—The public _ e,"4..,llrPriaed to hear that this wonderful luaus natuerc has itel. to exisst. The recent hard frost affected it very , rely a d 4 CI , -, 1 :1 on Wednesday afternoon about half. past six 4 () eic it ceased to show 'of life. Soon after the , "t i W t any signs ' o4t ea her set in it began to give indications of . being it 4 4 fb ° 4 °r t"," and was very ill for three days previous to Viit}:3-Leing totally unable to perform. It was covere4 14,,,,. blabets and the water let out of the tub. . Several 44 T e eal gentlemen acquainted with the natural history of coar,"llim.ls were sent for, and they gave what advice they %lit', which was acted upon. The animal, however, b c . 1 / 4, 4 to get worse, and on the Wednesday afternoon, enlg to R, ') . tO eat anythinn., the wife of the proprietor went in tail'„9 It• It clistinctlfrecognised her and answered her Ir .Y by its peculiar grunt of " mamlna." On tryn:ig ,('' aloe itself to come near her, the effort was too mucl tor it, r i , py ' 4 1_ fell over on its side and expired. The loss will be a Itleo2leavy one to the proprietor as ho was deriving a good th:tb), toe from its exhibition, and not long since was •ffered . 'Peculator the sum of £1,500 for it. It was impossible t hat 0 anin?al could live any length of tin . ie under the tirions of its very artificial existence. It eN of tee‘larator animal, but belongs to the creeks l and inletsAeud t o ki t; eft water, and consequently it could hardly be too_ irvive such a chang e as a residence in a tub in a London s flo od. involve; it might, perhaps, have "tippedtiltie roa2_, for years in a pri Lp erl y - construct e d basin in . *ft,:te department of the Zoological Gardens. Its length 4; between eight and nine feet, weight 800 lb., five years ") ELnd it consumed fromlslb. to 5 01 b. of fish a-day. SHARE MARKET-( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES A : Share nftilways. Paid. Business Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at G per cent.. Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 12.10 iall }lOO all E 6 E 8 Amberg•., Notting*. Bost. gu. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Builalo,Brant.&Godrich 6 p. ct. this. 1 AuLr., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape, E astn. Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. Demerara 94100} 17i 11 id! par 4 fiid 13.14 Stock - - and Eastern Junction Belfant and Ballymena Bir Wol and r. Val • Bir., La., and Ch. June ,Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost. Slefd..t Mid. Conn Bristol and Exeter ...• Caledonian Cork and Bandon ~ ik,armarthen & Cardigan Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A A roves. no div Do. B untilßp.c.per au hasbeen pd.toß Dublin andßelf ast June Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock all all all 1 100 100 5 6} stock Stock Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c. ,East Indian, gu. 5 p. c.. Do. F Shares Ext. Do. Jubbulpore _ Stock Stock Stock Stock D 0.45 p.c. B i ds. pay.'s9 Do. 45 p. c. Debeutrs. Geelong&Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds I Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per cent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 Do. do. 1867 De. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. New, gua.s per cent Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'Y3 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 45 p. c 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 Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g. 6pc Class ACapitl. Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do (Jude (Limited) Scinde cf Do. New Do. Punjaub ~te4 ‘.! Do. Indus. St. Flo. ag , St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 11.3 0. 38. 2s. 6d. 7 all 5 100 all all all }lOO Stock Stock par *p 14 Idi Stocki Stock 10 Stock Stock! Stock] Stock; Stock Stock 12 Stock.' 16 164 StoCk Stock Stock 25 Stock 12} Stock DO:Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds)i East Suffolk Do , Edinburg and Glasgow , Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction, Furness Glasgow & South Westn 'Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rall Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire ;London and Itlackwall. ; Lon., Bri liton &S.Coast !Lond. Chat. and Dover London & North Westn' Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., Shef., & Lincoln_ Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. Went.(lreland) Do. Shares Neweastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Ilerefd; Newry & Armagh (act.) Newry, Warpt., & Itos Norfolk 'North. Counties Union ' ,North British 291 90 — id 101 l 10 1 21 1031 par ip Par it) 100 101 10 21 951 134 112 ill t i 991 ; 65 ; 115 141 981 8 1 97; ; all 100 118 Stock 10 Stock Stock 38* 8 I 1091 n ! 11 is 58. 1 all 15 5 all 41 43 95 96 73 74 85 87 75 77 73 75 1001 1011 d par f 4d 131 13} 7 61- d 98 102 98 102 98 102 92 95 91 93 100 102 00 94 20 20} id 1 p p Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock all 100 3/1 100 100 AIJ.' id iip rAYS. Stock Stock 25 i Stock Stock , Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. Do.A Stk.— Are,c.no div. 41 q I until6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.--Berwick I Do. do. G.N.E. Purchase Do. Leeds IDo. York 'North London 'North Staffordshire No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolyer Peebles ll' 16 94151 5 d all all all all all 2i 21 1 d 4f 4f d 25f 26f Stock Portsmouth IRhymney !Scottish Central Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock ;Do. Scottish Mid. Stock' !Shropshire Union iSittinubourne & Sheer ' South Devon !South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun IStaines, Wok., & Stockton & Darlington.! Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 !Stockton & Ilartlepool l ! NTaff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ! ThamesHavenDk&Rail! Ulster all all all all all Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 16j 100 100 12 101 Stock 10 Stock! Do. Do. Vale of Neatli Victoria Station & Piml !Waterford & Kilkenny, 'Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B .. !West London Do. Ist Class IDo. 2d Class 1 21 3pl 8! 8f 191 20 38 39 9 10 P 37 874 55 57 id id li 100 91 100 all all all all all all all all COLONIAL GOVER: 1 ------; 'REEEREgn .hARES Share Railways. Paid. / a. Closing Busineill Price. Don - - 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per C. pref. (issued at £ 5O all f Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 96 98 120 Do. do. do. Shares l4 Stock Caledon £ lO, 41 per cent 100 102 104 12.65 10 Do. Quar. Shares, Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. „I all 65 Dun.Perth,&Aber.Jun. all 51 0 Stool( E.Angn. Class A 7& spc 100 100 102 Stoc Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 112 115 Stoc Do. do. Class C 7 pc ... 100 104 106 Stoc E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. No.i 100 114 116 Stoc Do. do N 0.2 100 113 115 Sto Do. New 6 per et. Stock 100 128 190 128 Stoc Eastern Union, 4 per et. 1 00 84 86 Stoc Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 111 113 Stoc Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 Stoc Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 00 76 77 7 0 Stoc Furness, 5 p 1 er cent .... 100 Stoc Glas. &S West., a. 5 pc. 100 115 117 Stoc Great Northern, sp. ct., 100 18 120 Stoc , Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pm l 100 112 114 Stoc Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 1 100 106 108 100 Do.sp.c. It edm.,s pc. pm 1 80 86 88 10 'Gt. Nh. of Seotld, Ist pl ! all 19 1 stock c Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 111 up 98 100 1 p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berke and e E m x a t b . 1 5 e , p 4. c i t p . . c . t StocSt o c D D 00i..i Rants) Redeemable, Stock Do. Irredeemable, do. . 100 91 93 91 Stoc Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref: 100 102 104 104 34 100 6 9 - 8 100 — 993 4p. ct.' 100 89 91 8 Do. Birm. Prof. Shares all 10 101 1 all 17 18 10 Gt s . t W ar e e s s t. Ches. 8 p.c.pf 10 Do. do. sp. et. pref all 105 114 Stoc Do. Birming. guar. stock 100 75 76 264- Do. Chesterguar.shares all 20 21 135 Do. do. do 20 . Do. do. do. Stoc Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 39 141 Stec Do.Barnsl.St.Cs 3slodpc 100 r Stoc Lon.& Brig.spc. gu. No. l 100 118 MO Stoc Do. pref., sp. C. ...No. 2 100 118 120 100 -- Sloe Do e . a N to e n ig p u . a o ., t. 6 p. et.. 100 Stoc Do. do. sp. c. No. 9 100 118 120 119 5 Do. do. 41 per c. shares 41 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover all Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov.&Nun &Olt L on.& S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares lOO 121 f‘ondondy & Cole, lAs all 121 Londondy. & Ennis Ish all 10 11 Stock Nian.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et lOO 125 130 6 Do. £6 4l 5 /p 51 Stock, Do. 35 Der cent. i 100 68 70 10 , Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 5 1 1 p 51 121 131aryport & Car., 4 p.c. all I Do. 4 per cent. 121 I , Do. Stock Nfld. Con. 6p. c. Stock 100 St oc k Do.Con.Bris.&l3lr.6P.et. 100 140 142 Stock; Do. 41 p. C. pref. stock lOO 102 104 6 jDo. with option till 1860 1 3 1 1. p Stock Do. Leic. & llit.pref. st.l 100 95 96 10 { i Newport,Aber,&e.pret.s l 1 all 10 1111 1 p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c.r m 1 I 10 IDo. Perpet, 6p. c. with I option till 1866 all 1 1 3 121 Stock Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares 100 Stock Do. sp. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 100 StocklDo. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 Stock; North British, 5 per cent 100 111 113 Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 110 112 109 Stock Nth.Dev.ltail.& Dik.Co. 100 Stock I N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 Stock Do. Consol. Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93 Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 98 99 17 Do. do. do. 8 13.4. 1 3 p d 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 25 Fo. York, IT. &S. Purch. 10 D ip 20 North Staffordshire ... . all 23 21 Stock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6pc. lstg 100 125 127 125 Stock ID°. Redeem., 2d gua 1 100 125 130 Stock Do. Irredeem., 2d gua. 100 117 120 118 19 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. 81 81 Scottish Central, new pt a Stock Scottish North-Eastern 100 _ stock 31 per c. pref. stock lOO 73 75 Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. l 100 120 122 Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 _ 10S. South Devon, Ann. 10 e. all 101 115 10 1 Do. Fixed 41 percent. all ...,.. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) all 24 241 Stock Do .45 per cent lOO 103 101 Stock Do. Fixed 4 1 p.c.lstis. 100 102 104 Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 -__ Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO -.. - k Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. 100 84 87 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e. all 281 291 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent all 34 331 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny. ,1 6 per cent. 6i 7 9 94. 21 22 51 51 91 10 22 231 101 101 101 1021 102 102 11104 111 ,IIEO 14 15 ,180 210 33 34 44 5 35 37 19 21 13 15 108 112 8 9 231 24 1i 1 54 5 101 103 106 108 par 1 11 li 1 d $ t 1 4 5 1 I i 1 i d 11 52 55 78 80 11 13 22 24 6 7 51 53 130 140 36 88 1 1 12 11 BRITISH MINES. !Agra&UnitedServioeßk lAustralasta 'Bank of Egypt Bank of London !Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo !British North American 'Clittl. Bank of India. &c ;City In. Lon.&Ch ;City Colonial Corn. Bank of Canada 'Commercial of London Eng, ' Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen I3k. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.otA.ustral. London and County London Joint Stock .. London & Westminster Nat. Prov. of En; "cp.nd Do. new 82 84 22 23 50 52 1191 201 National Bank New South Wales Orient .I3k. Corporation Otteman Bank Provincial of Ireland . Do. New South Australia 'Union of Australia , Union of London Unity Mutual THE SON, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENINO, DECEMBER 24, 186. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS D 4 Y.) SHERIFFS' COURT.: (Before Mr. Kerr.) EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYED.-NO. L THE CLEUE...-GOLE. SMITH V. HYAMS. 104 f This was an action to recover £5 for wages actually earned and alleged to be due in March last. Mr. Abbot, for the plaintiff, said that his client had been decoyed away from a good situation by the defendant, who agreed to pay him 40s. a week wages. Plaintiff entered the service, and acted for two weeks and a half, but finding that he could get no money he left, and brought the present action. Plaintiff was called, and deposed to the above statement. Mr. Beard (producing a piece of paper)—ls that your handwriting, plaintiff ? Plaintiff—Yes. 1021 Mr. Board—Your Honour will see that that document is an I 0 U given to defendant by the plaintiff in April last. Upon that I 0 U he has been sued, and judgment recovered; and, in spite, ho conies hero with this action against us. Your Honour will toll him that such actions should not be brought. 411 95f 73 ft His Honour (reading)--Why, plaintiff, you admit owing in April, after the alleged accruing of your claim, to Mr. Hyams, £3 18s. . Oh, Mr. Abbot, you cannot carry the case further. 74 101 i 1 Verdict for defendant, with costs. NO. IL-THE BARMAN.-JESSVP V. NEWBY. 131 1 101 This was a claim for a month's wages in lieu of notice. Plaintiff is a barman and defendant a publican, and plain tiff stated that ho agreed for £22 per annum, a month's no tioe on either side. Plaintiff entered the service on the 23d November, and was discharged by the defendant on the 4th of the present month. 1001 i 94 Mr. Beard (for defendant)—What did plaintiff (Newby) discharge you for ? Plaintiff—Ho made a false accusation against me. H• accused me of taking money. If he did see mo coming from the till, it was only in the ordinary course of my duties. 1 ;SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Beard—Defendant's impression is that plaintiff ob • tained the situation by a false character, and by imposing on the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Association. Hie Honour—You cannot expect mo to try him for that now. Mr. Beard—No. Dofondant will give you his version of the history, after which your honour will, I am sure, give him a verdict. 12 111 [TINS. Easiness Done. Defendant then said that, soon after plaintiff was engaged, he observed a strange man come to the house. He would not allow any one to serve him but the plaintiff, and wit ness had missed money. Mr. Beard—And you discharged him immediately ? His Honour—ls all cases the first month is only on trial, and if defendant was not satisfied he could discharge plain tiff, or rice versa. Verdict for defendant. W 1 116 114 NO. 111.--TITS LABOURER.-IMPORTANT DECISION.- MASSEY V. PAWLXY. ThiPwas a claim for three days' work. Plaintiff said he was a servant engaged by the hour. Mr. Beard—You left defendant's employment at a mo ment's notice. Plaintiff—Yes. I got a bettor place. Defendant—Plaintiff was a weekly servant, paid 18s. re gularly. Mr. Board contended that as a weekly servant plaintiff could . not recover, having absented himself from his work. His Honour said it was important that labourers should know that when they wore engaged by the week they must not absent themselves. Defendant was entitled to a verdict. IMPORTANT DECISION ON COMMISSION-HALL V. BALLARD. This was a claim for clothes supplied. Mr. Buchanan stated that this was a claim for clothes supplied to a sailor upon the recommendation and guarantee of defendant. Defendant admitted owing the debt, but submitted that he was ontiled to 25 per cent. commission. Mr. Buchanan—You have not pleaded a set-off. You must bring another action if you have any grounds. My client will tell his Honour that defendant made a profit upon the clothes, and that the price charged was so low that the amount would not boar a discount. ~ - Defendant—lndeed, I made no profit. The sailor did me, for he went away and nevor paid. Plaintiff has fre quently allowed rue and others 25 per cent. Plaintiff—Yes, upon a good order and for cash. His Honour—You must pay this debt, defendant. You should have pleaded a set-or. Verdict for plaintiff. 11115 DAY'S MARKETS. 1121 3 not 11 POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. 82} 1:551 COVENT- STEALING A MAJOR'S GOLD WATCH AT TILE GALLERY OP ILLUSTRATION.—Fredorick Martin, 6i, Sydney-street, Bethnal-green, a weaver, was charged before Mr. Bingham with stealing a gold watch of the value of £2O, the property of Major Robert Boothby, of the Artillery, residing at 5, Clarendon-place, Hyde-park-gardens. Major Beothby said that at 20 minutes after 10 on the previous evening he came out of the Gallery of Illustration for the purpose of calling his mother's carriage, and having waited a few minutes, there being a number of persons pre sent, he beckoned to the ladies, and at that moment felt a tug at his chain, and on putting his hand to his chain found that his watch was gone. The prisoner was close to him at the time, and the nearest person. He observed the pri soner change colour, hesitate, and then walk away. He then spoke to a constable, and the prisoner was taken into custody. Our market is well supplii tables, for which there is a fa: sltti e. d. e. d. Pine apples, perlb 4 oto 7 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Grapes, per lb 5 oto 10 0, Foreign do 1 3to 1 6 ; Melons, each Peaches, per doz 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 i Apples, per SY. 2 6to 5 0 Pears, per do 4 oto 6 0 Oranges, per 100 4 oto o 0 Lesions, per 100 4 oto 8 0 Apricots, per dos 0 oto 0 0 Sergeant Joy, 9 C, said he believed if the prisoner was remanded he should be able to show that ho was known, though he was not certain that he had been convicted. The prisoner said he had been into the Gallery of Illus tration to see the entertainment. He knew nothing of the watch. He was a weaver at Bethnal-green. _ . Joy said he had seen the prisoner at the Bower Saloon, and at the saloons in Whitechapel. Mr. Bingham said ho would have inquiries made, and if they were not satisfactory, would remand the prisoner till Thursday next. THAMES. CONVICTION OF A DESERTER FROM TILE MILITA.— John Jarrett, a dirty and dissipated young many was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with deserting from the Tower Hamlets Militia. The magistrate, on reading Um charge, as entered in the police-sheet, said the regiment to which the prisoner belonged was not embodied now. Timothy Cox, a police sergeant, 45 K, said the prisoner deserted from the regiment while it was embodied and met for drill, and that he took his uniform with him, and dis. posed of it. Mr. Selfe said the person who bought the uniform was liable to a heavy penalty. Cox said the prisoner was now wearing the regimental boots, and that he found him drunk in a public house, and arrested him for desertion. The prisoner said I don't care, you can only give me 3 months imprisonment for it. Mr. Solfe convicted the prisoner of desertion, and said ho would bo a disgrace to any militia regiment, lie fined him L 5, and in default of payment, 3 weeks imprisonment. ROBBERY BY A GERMAN MUSICIAN.—AIbert Altheburg, a German musician, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with obtaining a violin and two bows, value £4, by false pretences, and with stealing a coat, two waistcoats, a jacket, a shirt, and a pair of boots, the property of Henrich Leh mann, of the Pelham Arms, George-street, Grosvenor square. The parties are both musicians, and had been lodging together at the Running Horse public-house, iu Duke - street, Grosvenor-square. About a month ago, while the prosecutor was from home, the prisoner absconded, taking with him the articles abovo-mentioned belonging to his countryman, which he soon disposed of, and spent the money he received for them. He also went to a house in Whitochapel where Lehmann had left a violin and two bows, and said Lehmann had sent him for them. The violin and bows wore delivered to him, and he pawned them, and squandered the money in public-houses and among loose women. Mr. Wisitgen, an interpreter, who translated the evidence, said tho prosecutor had behaved very kindly to tho pri soner, and had been put to great inconvenience by the loss of his clothes and his violin. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Selfo sentenced him to throe months' imprisonment and hard labour. THE "HON." RUGH ROWLEY. As the public will naturally be anxious to learn the pedigree of this distinguished person, who has figured for the last week or two at the 'Westmin ster Police Court, wo extract the following letter which has been addressed to the editor of the Times ; Sir,—ln reference to the letter that appeared in the Times of yesterday from Messrs. Sturt and Baly, as solicitors for the Right Hon. Frances Dowager Lady Langford, and the Hon. Richard Thomas Rowley, of the Royal Kent Rifles, wherein they state that annoyance had been occasioned to their clients in consequence of its having been supposed by persons unacquainted with the family that the above-named respondent was the brother of Colonel Rowley, I am re quested by my client, the lion. Hugh Rowley, to state that Colonel the Hon. R. T. Rowley, of the Kent Rifles, is not the brother, but the uncle and late guardian, of the Hon. Hugh Rowley, and that Frances Lady Langford is his grandmother ; and, on the part of the Hon. Hugh Rowley, I have to express his regret at the annoyance it is alleged his grandmother and uncle have experienced, I have also to add that the Lady Langford referred to in the proceed ings my client has been recently compelled to institute against his late wife is the Right Hon. Louisa Augusta Lady Langford, the mother of my client and of the late peer, and the widow of the late Right Hon. Hercules Lang ford, Baron Langford, who was the eldest son of the above named Frances Lady Langford. I have the honour to be your obedient servant, ELDON E. TOWNE. 30, Burton-crescent, W.C., Dec, 23. THE LATE CROYDON STEEPLECHASE— GREAT CRY AND LITTLE WOOL. The suspicions and distrust which the recent "doings" at Croydon excited are not likely to be entirely removed by the decision which the stewards of the meeting promulgated on Monday last. In deed, that decision is regarded by a large majority ' of the sporting public with considerable dissatis faction, and it is, undoubtedly, calculated to in crease the feeling of discontent which the whole affair has excited. Charges implying the most disgraceful conduct were openly made, and it was expected, from their grave nature,that they would be publicly proved, or publicly rebutted. A jockey was openly accused of tampering with his weight, and several persons, who have been long connected with the turf, were pointed out as his accomplices. The suspicions which were entertained were not expressed by mere inuendoes, for they were noisily and angrily uttered. Indeed, with so much vehem ence did certain persons give vent to their dissatis faction, that, with few exceptions, the entire sport ing community became inoculated with their doubts, and received the announcement which was made by the stewards, of their determination to enter into a searching investigation of the matter, with no little pleasure. After the lapse of a fort night, however, and a delay which served only to stimulate their curiosity, the stewards have issued a notice which has, as we have already stated, caused no little disappointment and grumbling. That an affair which has caused so much sensation in racing circles, an affair which involved the gravest charges of dis honesty, should be disposed of by the flippant words of the announcement excites wide discontent, especially after the bother which was made about procuring evidence, and the intimation which was given that the stewards were thoroughly in earnest in demanding a full explanation of what appeared, and does appear, to be a very ugly business. The public is not satisfied, and they now fancy that the whole affair assumes the shape of a compromise. If there was any foundation for the charges which Mr. Harrison and others made, it should be indi cated ; and if the individuals who were accused of malpractices be innocent, they should take measures for the vindication of their character. The stewards aro clearly blamsnble for a derelic tion of duty, in allowing the alleged doings at Croydon to be thus cavalierly disposed of. They , were responsible on accepting office for the manage ment of the meeting, and to them the public looked with confidence, believing that they would do all in their power to cause the proceedings to be carried out in accordance with the principles of honesty and fair play. These remarks do not apply exclu sively to the stewards of the Croydon Steeplechases —for, unfortunately for the interest of the sport, many gentlemen accept the office of steward with out ever thinking of the responsibility they incur, or imagining that any , duty attaches to their posi tion. The alleged misdeeds at Croydon and the lame and impotent conclusion to which the busi ness has been brought, has inflicted another heavy blow on the popularity of the sport, and sore dis couragement on those gentlemen who have endea voured to promote the prosperity of an attracttve and thoroughly English pastime.—Sunday Times. GARDEN. 3d with both fruit and vege ir demand, as follows : g. d. a. d Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 1 oto 1 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 • Figs, per dos 0 6to 0 0 Strawberries p ptl 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberries sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do, 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries,prptlo oto 0 0 .ND GTOCKS. Closing ?Noe. ei 64 8 8i 78 79 lli 12j tii 7 102 104 03 113 i 6 7 8 8i 14 15 57i MI 39 41 27 20 82 83 29 30 99 100 1 106 107 94 96 133 135 111 113 681 09} 60 62 203 206 17 174 p 17 94 99 174 p ' 65 67 114 115 131 14 972 98 9,2 081 81 91 37/ 381 di 1081 109 86 89 10 al 5D 61 34 $ d 62 624 941 951 11 1 d 48 481 78} 78 107 109 4 31 d 81 91 35 37 71 81 14 16 no 118 28 29i 83 85 47 49 34 d 43i 444 83 834 7 2 74 62 64 6 8 354 364 55i 56 24 34 p i 6 3 65 d ip Mt 93i 58 } 39 60 78 i i 107 134 81 35} 5 [NES LEASED AT FIXED.RENTALB. Leastng ! Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co . 's . Price. Done. , Bedford and Bletchley, all Ln & N.W Buckinghamshire....' 100 ,Ln& N.W, Chester & Holyhead... 100 IDo. Do. do. 54 p. ct..... 100 'Do. Do. do. sp. et. ClydesdaleJunctlon lOO ,Caledonia Colchester, Stour Val all 'E.U.&} C, E.Lincolushire,g.6p.o 100 , Gt. North ., E Union,HarwichShs all E.Counts.l Do. Woodbridge 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct.! 100 iCaledonin Do. New lOO Gloster& Dean Forest all .Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all 'Yk.N.&Br, Hull and Selby Do. Shares all 'Do. Do. 4 Shares all illo. London&Greenwich .i 100 S. East I Do. Preference llOO IDo. Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 'Peto &Co Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct.l 100 ;Norfolk Do. 6 per cent lOO Do Manc.,Buxtn.& Matk. all 'LN W&311 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx guarantee 5 p. c. Northm& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent North Western ' Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares A.' Roystn,llitch.,& Sher , Sh rmsbry& Hereford Do. Do. South Staffordshire., Wilts and Somerset., Wimbledon& Croydn 100 Midland . 5. 5. 6. E.Counts all ',Do. all Do. all I Do. all Midland all all' l l. N.YWk. 1 100 Gt. North. 100 IT Brassoy 1• • • all IM'Clcan . 100 'Gt. West all L.&Brgtn Share Dooke. Stock: : Commercial I /Bp .... Stock;Do 4 pereen i .Pref .Min - .2 1 .5) --. Stock East aid We s t India.., 100 StocklLondon , 100 -- Stock:St. Katharine lOO Stock:Southampton lOO -- Btock/Victorta \ 100 104 106 io DO lieW aitiotamources4 2 6 DOCKS 99 100 50 51 124 tt 6 1114 116 103 105 16 17 1139 141 41 41 1110 112 M 68 115 120 95 97 98 100 I iP 57 59 14 14i1 437 139 403105 par i p 10 11 93 95 71 81 Closing I Business Paid p r ice. I Done. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railway M. Paid.% C g ic in e g Utuhiess dose • i FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam, Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & ,Copiabo I Ditto Extension IDutch Rhenish 'Eastern of France :Euphrates Valley ' Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c 'Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs ,Italian Junction ILake Constance & Bah? ILierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 13 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwmlan Trunk Pref Paris,Lyous, and Medit Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Pero ) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre and Meuse Do. 5 per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference . W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand... Securities. L'an.G r ov.6 p.e Ja. & July Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up NovaScobiaGov.6 p.c. Sy. Deb. redsemable, 1875 S.Aus.Gt.6 pc.Jan&July Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. MISCELL. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. *0 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Royal Mail . 10 'Berlin Water Works 50 British American Land 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. , Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C Canada Land 10 Stook 25 5 5 Stock Stook Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim.) Cop.lllin.otEng.ltSmlig Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Do. 6 p. c. I'crpet. Deb Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aust. Copper Gen. Steam Navigation. Great Ship (Limited).. Indian & Aust. Telegr. London District Tcicgr. London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg. led. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) ational Discount Co Netherlands Laud 08 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis .Br.&NovaScotiaLanl .B.Australasian (Lim riental Gas o. New Shares 10 8 took 50 50 brientl. In. Steam, A Ditto B 100 Stock 25 1 1 20 100 Ditto C Peel Ricer Land & MM Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron IDo. New IRoyal Mail Steam iScot.Austrin.lrpr.(Lim ) ISouth Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered !Tr.& 1.n.C0.0l Upr. Can Van Diempn'm Land 1 1 [RENT SECUR Paid. Closing Pricks. 1 1161 1171 114 116 114 116 1111 1121 I I VEGETABLER, Greens, dz bunch 4 6 to 5 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 10 to 1 3 Savoy do., pr do. 1 0 to 1 6 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 6 to 3 0 lirocoli, per bh 0 10 to 1 3 Old potatoes,p ton 80 to 120 0 New ditto, per ton 0 0 to 0 0 Peas, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 3 0 to 4 0 Carrots, pr do 6 0 to 7 0 Cucumbers 0 6 to 1 6 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach, iff.-sv 1 0 to 1 6 Itrus. sprouts, h. s 2 6 to 3 0 Old onions, dz bun 0 0 to 0 0 New do., if f. sty 1 0 to 1 3 French beans, h.s. 2 0 tot 6 Leeks, per bunch 0 0 to 0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Horseradish, pbn 1 6to 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 9 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 6 0 Mushrooms,p pun 1 3to 1 Artichokes, pr dz 2 oto 3 0 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, Id sve 2 6to 3 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 •to 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 4 oto 8 0 Seakale, per pun. 1 3 to 2 6 NEAVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 58 Od to 35s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od eaoh ; geese, bs Od to lOs Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od ; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each ; wild do., ad to is 2d ; pigeons, 7d to Os 10d each; largo Surrey fowls, 6s Od to lOs Od ; chickens, 4s Od to Os Od ; born-door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ; grouse, 2s Od to 2s 6d each ; pheasants, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; ptarmigan, Os toOs Od ; woodcocks, 3s Od to 3s Gd; snipes, is Od to is 6d ; teal, 15 Od to is 3d ; wild ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d; widgeons, is Od to is 3d; plovers, Os Gd to is Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 9s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is id; English, is 3d to is 4d per lb; English eggs, 14s Od to 15s Od ; French do., 12s Od to 13s Od per 120 ; leverets, 2s Od to 2s 6d each. IVIIITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 43 4d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s. 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Oa Od ; veal, 38 4d to 4s 2d ; and pork, 31 4d to 4s 6d per 81b., by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2g 6d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3g Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Oa Od; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s Od to 38 Od; trout, Os Od to Os; eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, 580 d to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pet lb. Turbots, 23 6d to 158 ; cod, 28 Od to 12s Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od ; doreys, 2s Od to 5s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to Is 6d; lobsters, 2s to 28 6d ; crabs, 2s to 28 Od ; plaice and garnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 4d to 38 Od per pair; common oysters, 16s to 22s ; natives, 45s to 50s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to lOs Od ; haddocks, 4s to 128 Od ; smelts, 2s Od ; flounders, is Od to is 6d per dozen; mackerel, —s; fresh herrings, 6s ; bloaters, 8s to —s per 100 ; carp and tench, is to 38 per brace. BREAD. Tho prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 7id , of household do., 5d to bid per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 4d to 41t1 ; 641 b to 721 b, 4fcl to 41d ; 721 b to 801 b, 41d to 6d ; 801'b to 881 b, 5d to 51d ; 881 b to 961 b, Std to 51d; 961 b to 1041 b, 51d to 6d. Horse hides, 8s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light 3s Od to 5s Od; do. full, 8s Od to Od ; polled sheep, 8s Od,to 108 Od ; half-breds, 7s Od to 8s 0d; Downs, 5s 6d to 6s M ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--MiadOW hay, £2 15s to £4 4s ; clover, £3 15s to £5 5s ; and straw, Gs to £1 10s per load. A fair demand, at our quotations. Supplies moderate. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 4s; clover, £3 15s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to Ll 103 per lead. Trade steady. WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2lss to £4 4s; clove?, £4 Os to £5 Os; and straw, £1 5s to £1 9s per load. Both hay and straw were in moderate demand, at the late advanoo. COAL MARK (Prices of Coal per Ton at ET—DEc. 23. the close of the market) Walls End. s. d. Clark's West Hartley..ls 6 Lambert's West Hart- d. Clennell Benson.... lB 6 Belmont .. lB 6 Hough Hall 19 6 Hotton.... 2l 0 ley l5 6 Earsden Hartley, ..... 15 0 Walls End. Northumberland 15 9 By unanimous resolution, ti transacted at this market on 3 taro will not bo any business ionday next. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 151 11 151 Antwerp Brussels — 25 25 25 80 Hamburgh Paris Witto 3 Months. 25 321 25 37 Marseilles — 25 35 25 87 Frankfort on Maine — 117 1171 Vienna Trieste - 12 58 12 65 Petersburgh — 34 35 Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon 49 30 7i 25 42 401 121 121 52 52 50 30 30 25 46 40 121 121 52 Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — .. .. Foreign Gold in Bars (St,andard)....por oz. SS 17 9 Mexican Dollars ..... 1,, 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) )9 0 0 0 South American Doublons &KICKING OCCURRENCE ON BOARD ANTwERP, Dec. 22.—Intelligence from Mazatlan of t . he 18th October states " That the Irich (Austrian brig), with 4,800 bags coffee from Rio de Janeiro to San Francisco, has been found at anchor near the coast. On board there were only two sailors, half dead, and two dead bodies bearing traces of a violent death. A boat with three sailors has arrived at San Blas. It appears that want of water and the scurvy had made great ravages on board. The Iricli is now at anchor in this port, and will probably proceed in a short time to San Francisco. DEATH OF A HUNTER IN A HORSEBOX.—A singular circumstance occurred on the Great Northern Railway on the 14th inst. The son of Mr. T. F. A. Burna by, of Langford Hall, is studying at Eton College, and had a valuable hunter which he was in the habit of riding out. Being about to spend the vacation at home, Mr. Burnaby sent his horse by the Great Northern Railway. The animal was seen to be all right in the box at Peterborough, but when the train arrived at Newark the horse was found quite dead, with his head out of the collar, and his body in a position which would produce death in a Very short time. —llrotllngliani Journal. Share Mines. paid, i Closing 1 Business `" Price. I Done. , Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.14 44 54 20 British Iron Clifford — 2. 90 300 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 44b 450 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 120 120 East Caradon I E. W Russl (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 124 12 4 124 4 --Gam.d/St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 544 61 ' .... Great South Tolgus.... 17s 144 141 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 12.4.2 1 14 —G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 91 4 4 Grenville 5 3 4 Herod's-Foot 8 21 4 22; Hingston Downs 4.3.6 4 41 Lady Bertha Margaret ( tiny Lelant) 9; 50 55 North Downs North Frances 1 1 Rogan) 10 5 : 5; North Wheal Crotty 7.9.4 9 10 N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan' 5 51 54 .... Par Consols (St. Blazy). l 11 11 12 20 Providence (Uny Lein* 10.6.7 45 47 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 108 1 4 SouthCaradon (EA.Cleer) 14 250 260 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 2 S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 175 180 Stray Park 18.18.0 21 22 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 2 34 10 Tin Croft 9 4 5; Vale of Towey (Carm ) 12s 6d West Basset (Illogan) ll 17 1 West Seton W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 74 77 Wheal Basset (Illogan). 54 175 185 —c Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 105 110 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 6 11 14 14 Wheal Kitty(U. Lelant) 1.7.2 124 134 Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 34 36 Wh'l Trelawney (Lisle. ) 44 29 30 294 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 74 f I 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 15s i d par 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 274 -- 20 Do.St.Johndellley,Lim. 15 184 194 121 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica ... 4 d 40 Cobra Copper all 48 49 Cepiapo l6 71 81 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.oo all 1 4 2 Fortuna 20 General all 25 26 3 Linares all 10; 114 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 4 4 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L ifs. par I p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 5 7 5 Port Phi)ip 1 4 4 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 100 4 d 4 p 28.2.81,United Mexican JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing I Business Share Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Prioe. Done. 65 66 38 40 19 20i 171 171 22i 23 39 40 17 18i 77 79 281 291 = LT MR. WOODFALL AS A PA.RLIA3IBN- T.ARY REPORTER, TO THE' EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln the Times of to-day there appears the following statement made by Lord Palmerston, in his speech to the toast of " the Press," at the La bourers' Encouragement Society's dinner at Romsey; and as that statement is unfounded in fact, and is most injurious to the late Mr. William Woodfall, the celebrated Parliamen tary reporter, for whose name the public have had some regard, and to whose career his descendants (of whom I am one) look back with pride, I trust that you will allow me to call your attention to it. The words are as follow : " I have heard that towards the end of the last century there was a man named Woodfall who used to publish debates, and how did ho do it ? It is said that he used to go to the gallery of the House of Commons, listen atten tively, with his face in his hands, to what passed, go home, drink two pots of porter, go to bed, get up next morning, and from his dreams and recollections make out what he called a report of a debate." r Now, sir, Mr. William Woodfall was an honour able, well-educated man, editor of a newspaper, en dowed by his Creator with an extraordinary me mory. At a time when Parliamentary reporting was in its infancy; when there were not the relays of reporters and the steam-engines of the Times to furnish a verbatim report of the night's proceedings for the morning's reading ; and when Parliamentary speeches, being addressed less to the public than as arguments to the house, did not reach their present interminable length, he attended Parliament and re ported from memory at the earliest moment the es sence of the debate, honestly and with talent. His reports were true according to his power, and not made up by a drunken impostor, as Lord Palmerston would have us believe, out of " his dreams and re collections." They were a great boon to the public (for which his name lives to the present time), and were the germ of that political education of the people which you, by the aid of modern appliances and great expenditure, have brought to its present perfection. - The sons of Mr. William Woodfall are no more ; (one of them was the Chief Justice of Cape Breton, and the author of the " Law of Landlord and Tenant"—a textbook of the law to the present time) ; but I, as his grandson, must indignantly deny the injurious character given to him by Lord Palmerston, and assert, from my own association with his immediate descendants (his widow, his sons, and others), that he was regarded by those who knew him, with respect for his moral qualities, as he lives still in our annals remarkable for his in- tellectual endowments. I sm, sir, your most obedient servant, HERNON T. WOODFALL. 5, Oakley-terrace, Chelsea, Dec. 22. SUPPOSED POISONING _IT SEA. The ship Hermione, Capt. Towill, which arrived on Thursday at Liverpool, left Macao Nov. 10. On Nov. 17 she fell in with the ship Accrington, hence for Calcutta, in lat. 140 N., lon. 31 31 W. This ves sel made signals to the Hermione, and requested the latter to heave to, and the Accrington would send a boat to her. The Hermione hove to, and a boat came on board her with the second officer, who was in charge of the ship. He reported that the master and first officer of the Accrington had died two days previously ; that the vessel was taking out soldiers' wives and children to Calcutta, and that many chil dren had died on board ; and that the belief on board the Accrington was that the master and mate had been poisoned. Capt. Towill requested this officer to make a written report for him to take to Eng land, but he declined to do so. Capt. Towill then sent on board the Accrington to know if the doctor of the vessel had any report to make, and for the log-book of the Accrington. The doctor sent ti letter, which he requested Capt. Tow ill to post on his arri val. The log-book was brought on board the Her mione, and the following extract is taken from it Tuesday, Nov. 15—Ten a.m., the captain came on deck and inquired what course the ship had made for the last two hours, and was answered E. by S. lie then gave orders how the watch was to be employed. The captain went below, the wind being ligkt and variable ; sails made (or sails trimmed) to the best advantage. The captain still below. 11.35 a.m. observed the sun, and thought it very strange the captain did not come on deck, as was his usual cus tom. I then proceeded to take the sun, and found it dipped. I then inquired of the steward if he had called the mate, when he answered that the mate was sick and could not be seen. The doctor coming on deck at the time, I told him to tell the captain that the sun had dipped, and he said he would do so. At 1 p.m. I was called down into the cabin, and found the captain lying in the water-closet. The doctor had him removed into the saloon,where the doctor's orderly (Scott) was ordered to attend upon him. The doctor and chief officer also very ill. Affected in the same way as the captain— severe cramp, attended with 'vomiting and purging. The steward was taken ill in the same way, but not to such an extent as the doctor, captain, and mate. There were mustard plasters and hot tea immedi ately applied to the captain ; and any prescription that the doctor ordered was carried out. At 2 p.m, captain worse, and gradually sank, hating lost his speech for the last half-hour, till 3 p.m., when he expired, the doctor and mate still suffering very severely from cramp, purging, and vomiting. I then thought it advisable to confine the cook and steward, as I did not think it safe to keep them at liberty, as I had strong suspicion that something had been put in the cabin breakfast, as the captain, doc tor, and mate were affected a short time after break fast, which took place at 10 a.m. At 6 p.m. the captain was washed and cleaned and laid out, and at 8 p.m. prepared coffin (told the carpenter and joiner to prepare it), as, after consulting with the doctor, the captain was to be buried at 8 a.m. next morning. At 8 p.m. the doctor and mate were slightly better, but between the hours of eight and twelve the mate had a relapse for the worse, and although all that human skill could do for him was dono he gradually sank till a quarter past six, when he expired. At eight p.m. (supposed eight a.m.) the captain was buried in presence of the whole crew, the doctor being assisted on deck to read the funeral service. After consulting the doctor, it was decided that the ship should put into Rio Janeiro to get assistance. Five p-m. committed to the deep the body of Mr. Walter Bevan Cooper, chief officer, in presence of the ship's company, the service being read by T. Cunningham, officer in charge. The above statement is a correct account of the occurrence that happened on board. (Signed) SAMUEL M'CUNE, Third Officer. HENRY HALE. Boatswain. CHARLES BAYTON, Quartermaster. Mr. Cunningham reports upwards of 50 deaths among the children by measles and scarlatina, the disease at present abating. (Signed) THOMAS CUNNINGHAM. SUPPOSED MURDER OF A CHILD BY ITS MOTHER. LEDBURY, FRIDAY EVENING. An inquest has been held at the union, in this town, by Mr. H. Underwood, county coroner, on an illegitimate female child, of which a single woman, named Charlotte Dailey, is the mother. It appears that Dailey entered the workhouse on Tuesday the 6th December, and on Saturday, the 17th, was confined of a healthy female child, alive, and fully developed. The infant went on very well antil Wednesday night, when some other women who had been recently delivered of children were sleeping in the same room or ward with Dailey. Some time in the night they were awakened by the screaming of Dalley's child, and being without a light, they inquired what was the matter. Dailey said she could not tell, and the child continued to scream, until one of the women suggested that Dailey should suckle the infant. She said she would do so, and told the ethers not to trouble to get a light, as the child had commenced sucking, and would be more quiet. The moaning of the infant ceased suddenly, and the women went to sleep, and thought no more about it. But about half-past six on the following morning Dailey , to their great suprise, informed them that her child was bi t d in e u a c d h . She was grave and serious , b ut did not e.x h i did s u n p o p t o k s e n d o N t v h a h t o i w t a t h i d e n baby came grieL to S it h s e d s e a a id th s , h b e ut'‘ arm and got stiff." She afterwards cried, and said she wished she had got her child back again. An alarm was given, and on inquiry it was found that the mother's arms and chemise were stained with blood, with which the child's face was smeared, and which appeared to have issued from its nose. On making a post mortem examination, the surgeons discovered woollen fibres adhering to the lips of the infant, that its nose was compressed, and its hands clenched and partially congested. Mr. Tanner gave his opinion that suffocation was the cause of death, and the jury, under the instructions of the coroner, returned a verdict of wilful murder against Char lotte Dailey, who was taken into custody and cota initsed for trial at the next Herefordshire assizes. STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER, Dec. 23. The market is suffering under the combined disadvantages arising out of unfavourable advices from India and the in disposition to business usual at this season of the year, partly due to stock-taking and partly to the enjoyment of the holidays. Cloths for India are cheaper than on Tues day, and water twist from les upwards, and mule twist up to 70's or 80's, are quieter and scarcely so firm. All goods are quiet, but the extensive engagements still running and the general lowness of stocks prevent any noticeable pres sure on the market for sales, and only the few holders and people coming out of orders are disposed to make any con cession. RECEN T WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will and six codicils of the Right Hon. George Child Villiers, the fifth Earl of Jersey, P. C., G.C. H:, of Berkeley-square, London, Osterley Park, near Brentford, and Middleton Park, near Bicester, Ox ford, were proved in London, on Dec. 17, by the Right Hon. Sarah Sophia Child, Countess of Jer sey, the relict, the surviving and sole acting execu trix. The personalty was sworn under £50,000. The will was Made in 1848 ; the fifth and sixth codicils on Sept. 26, 1859, a week previous to his death. He had attained his 86th year. The estates, farms, and land at Middleton and Upton he be queathed to his son, then Viscount Villiers, who only survived bis father 21 days. His estate at Bri ton Ferry, Glamorganshire, he has bequeathed to his Countess. Amongst the legatees there is a legacy of £l,OOO to Dr. Wadham, and a like sum of £l,OOO to his agent, Mr. W. Scamman. The residue he leaves to his Countess. All the furniture, statues, Middleton, pictures, household effects, carriages, & c ., at Middleton, Osterley, and Berkeley-square, were the separate property of the Countess, and purchased out of her marriage settlement. The Right Hon. George Augustus Frederick, the sixth Earl of Jersey, who succeeded to the titles and estates on the death of his father on the 3d of October, 1859, died on the 24th of the same month,, aged fifty-one, and without making a will. Ad ministration was granted to the Right Hon. Julia Countess of Jersey, the relict. Personalty £20,000. His son, Victor Augustus Frederick Viscount Villiers (to whom her Majesty stood sponsor), who is in his fifteenth year, succeeds to the title and estates, and is now the seventh Earl of Jersey. The will and two codicils of the Hon. Mount stuart Elphinstone, of Hookwood, Limpsfield, near Godstone, Surrey, were proved in London, on ,the 12th of December, by Viscount Hawarden, the Rev. Hay Macdonald Erskine, M.A., the nephew, and William Cunningham e Bontine, Esq., three of the executors, Lord Elphinstone, G.C.H., his nephew, also an executor, having a power reserved to him to prove hereafter. The personalty was sworn under £30,000. There are liberal legaciea to his nephews and nieces, to the widows of his deceased nephows,.and to the widow of his late brother. He has left to his reader, Mr. W. Reeves a legacy of £1,000; to his s ervan t, J osep h L e Beauvois, £750, free of legacy duty; and legacies to all his servants and labourers. His library, plate, furniture, and the rest of his property and effects he leaves to his nephew, Lord Elphinstone. The will is dated in 1856, first codicil in 1857, and the last codicil the 11th of October, 1855,—illus trated London News. A RECENT NEGRO HUNT. On Saturday night, November 12, a negro man, the psoperty of a gentleman of Woodford County, Kentucky, encamped at a strawyard on the farm of Mr. Samuel Leechman, in Carroll County, and to protect himself from the weather, built a fire from the rails that surrounded the straw stack, leaving the premises as soon as the first streaks of dawn broke over the mountain tops. Mr. Leechman, on arising, discovered the smoke up at the strawstack, and went to ascertain the cause. On arriving at the spot he soon discovered that some one had spent the night there, and as snow had fallen he had no difficulty in tracing the footsteps of a man. It readily occurred to him that the tracks were those of a runaway negro. He tracked him by the house of his neighbour (Mr. Craig), and seeing Mr. Craig in the yard, informed him he was pursuing a run away, would he not join him P—to which Mr. Craig readily consented, after procuring arms, &o. The trail wended its way through the farm of Mr. Bar ratt, who also joined in pursuit. The track from here led straight to the Ohio river, but the negro, being hotly pursued, turned back to the hills, hoping to elude his pursuers in the winding defiles of the Kentucky cliffs. This he nearly succeeded in doing by walking some distance in the bottom of a meandering stream ; but as all things have an end, so did the stream have a beginning, at the source of which his tracks again became percep tible. Here, for the first time, they discovered him standing on a high elevation above them, but he immediately disappeared over the hills. The track now being broad and plain, the pursuit was pro portionately rapid. From hero the negro made directly for the Kentucky river, with his white pursuers close on his heels. Arriving on the bank, he paused a moment, but seeing them coming up to seize him, he ran out on a log that projected into the river some. 20 feet, and turned at bay upon his enemies, exclaiming, " Gentlemen, I will not be taken alive. The first man who comes out on this after me will witness the ball pass through my own brain" (at the same time presenting the muzzle of a pistol to his head). The party in pursuit were struck with the determined expression that his countenance seemed to manifest, and for a while paused to parley with him. But all to no effect, however. He re peated he would kill himself if they attempted to come out after him. Two of the men determined to test his valour, cocked their pistols, and com menced walking the log towards him ; but their feet had not more than touched the log when he pulled the trigger and fell into the water. They immediately caught him before he sank and dragged him to the shore. On examining the wound they found that the ball had entered through the parie tal bone, and ranged upward and outward. During the examination he commenced breathing, labo riously at first, after a while more regularly, finally opened his eyes, and expressed deep regret at his failure. He still survives, but can hardly be ex pected to recover.— Vevay (Indiana) News. IMMORALITY OF THE FRENCH STAGE. • The Imperial Court decided, on Wednesday, re versing a judgment of the Tribunal of Commerce, that an actress under age was entitled to set aside a theatrical engagement entered into without the consent of her father, on the ground that it was manifestly disadvantageous to herself, and that the mere non-interference of the father was not a suffi cient tacit consent. The circumstances of this case are curious, and throw a strange light upon the system on which actresses are engaged in certain Paris theatres. The appellant, whose real name i s Mdlle. Antoinette Jathiot, but whose appellation on the playbills was Antonia de Savy, is an ex tremely pretty girl, who appeared when very young on the boards of the Porte St. Martin and the Varieties. Some time since, when about 20 years old, she signed an engagement with the managers of the Palais Royal Theatre for two years, at a salary of 1,200 f. for the first year, and I,Boof. for the second. Out of this miserable pay, about 4f. a day on an ave rage, she was bound to.fiud herself in " linen, stock ings, shoes, head-dresses, a n d a ll th ea t r i c al cos tumes requisite for her parts, except foreign cos tumes totally different from anything habitually worn in France." Besides this, she was liable to fines for a greatvariety of stage offences, and in case of the breach of any part of her engagement, was to pay a sum of 10,000 f. by way of liquidated damages. M. G. Chaix d'Est Ange, her counsel, said that such an agreement as this, which loft no margin for her subsistence, and which any actress must be mad to sign, was a palpable imposition upon her youth and inexperience, and could not be supported against a minor in a court of law. But it was answeredon the other side that neither the managers of the theatre nor the young lady herself ever expected that she was to gain her living on the stage; that although legally under age, she was old in experience as a member of the demi-monde; that her real profession was that of a " Dame aux Camelias," the profits of which profession were most materally increased by the opportunity in the characterportunitygiven of f anactress. her to In support ow herseprt lf po tothe public of this t vi ew, was whichstated th e t h f a a e t t s showed the fa th t e o r b l e vh in o eo h n aer t dw r c o nia sysoeewr da h b e u e m n b p l e u e t l f e o r r k7w a i n . do hadto o n h J o ee t f t o r t m o a t n h y e c y o e n a t r s r a exercised t x , l a i n inl y s e e o lf nt in ro a l m ov i - s e e r ra h b i l s e g d a a r u re g t h i t n er t „ he tl: R a u t e h s e t. li L v a e z d ar b e y , w hil e mademoiselle occupied splendid apartments in the Passage Saulnier, kept her carriage and servants, and habitually spent 6,000 f. or B,ooof. a year upon her toilette alone. It was even said that the known fact of her having a great many handsome dresses was one of the circumstances which induced the management to engage her. These arguments sue ec a e e n d e e e d l e d before th e e n t g h a e g e T ni r i e b n u t n a a t l t h o ef suitommerce, u C i o t m of m t e h r e c e m , a w n h a i g c e h . n oa e dd n e trr ordered hersaa c l c o tt u oo account al a o yy f i M a,s d o 10l certain d J a a m t p h ri ageso t t ' s ; aaunnnadp theumn c o t r u te costso l v i e t o y r the suit. But the Court of Appeal, adopting the view of M. l'Avocat-Goneral Moreau, that the Court could not in any way sanction such an im moral notion as, that the terms of the contract were not disadvantageous for the minor, because it was known that she got her living in a way that could not be avowed, set it aside, reversed the ver dict awarding damages against her, and ordered the managers of the Palais Royal to pay all the costs. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.—On Thursday evening an accident, unfortu nately resulting fatally, occurred in connexion with the six p.m. train from Wallsall to Birmingham. Between Newton-road and Perry Barr the tyre of one of the wheels flew off; and, having fractured some planks in the bottom of the carriage to which it belonged, this appears to have alarmed one of the passengers to such an extent that he jumped out. Two of the carriages and the guard's van were thrown off the rails ? but those who were travelling in them were fortunately unmjured, and no injury was occasioned to the line. The delay that was necessitated by the occurrence prevented the arrival of the Liverpool express and other trains in Birminghfina:for nearly two hours. When disco vered, the poor felldw who jumped out of the train was in sensible, and appeared to be badly injured internally, and in a short time he expired. oie' ode late to v. 21 2jl 100 1 100 190 174 20 Stook 100 100 20 Sto. 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