The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-15 00:00:00

OCLA- d at the 7al Green, DEC. 10. rom Bora- general ;heir sub- arms. .mself anti a by Bri -3s of only i'ounded. he outlets from the p, en route R Queen's en them- .lexandria ) a.m., oa ,dmiral. '.AM. the India• JN'DER•SE' )ON, FROg i - ov. 16. clho, with k on our m off, and F.uropeans. r Meh udee ige, losing i our side• erall took and found loss of the November ree. Two iethee was the 9th of tuber was und ; more November guns, but Nerbudda, and are an. They warn hills. .ort of aul 3hungabad there on I and the the rebels, ng the last vill try to L of Mirza• red in the ) have fled, to the T-General. ONSTONE ' S MBER. Dmained iii rovince for nber thei r aitool, and and Neil 14th the/ 'ded in the Nerbudda• Ink of the the north. [tish forces en concend the enemy camp, and separated iun Singh ender Bri' at goon' vith a loss Dessaees ea. The Ostrate of gaon yes' ) Churl, gua rded a h Horse 1-morrOV• h the two eel chiefs feeling° ernment• TARO. EC. 14. iailed for tta wail' )Ortfi int' i higher . 2g, Inge/ .eived at )cc. 7- Ind. plot idid pre- :c. 11. t of the persollg' ly - , 11111/ Franc e hina. MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The demand for discount accommodation con tinues rather brisk, at previous rates; and at the Bank of England the applications are more nume rous than for some time past. The settlement of the account in foreign stocks and railway shares, now in progress, has stimulated the inquiry, and the payment of the 20 per cent. instalment of the Chilian Loan, due to-day, has also contributed an influence. At the same time the current re quirements of the commercial community, who are preparing for the usual disbursements at the end of the year, absorb a large aggregate amount of capi tal. The increased activity of the market, there fore, is easily explained, but no permanent chang e in the rates is anticipated, and many are of opinion that increased quietude will be experienced as soon as the engagements now maturing are liquidated The terms charged in the open market are 2.1, to 21 per cent.; but as the supply is still very abundant, and competition is active, ample facilities exist for the obtainment of discount accommodation. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon exhibited no alteration of importance, except for Trieste and Vienna, which were slightly lower. Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday presented a steady appearance, and prices were unaltered. The sales amounted to 8,000 bales. In Railway Shares a moderate business was transacted, and quotations continued to imp rove. An important meeting is being held to-day of the ship Ping interest, at the London Tavern, Duncan Dunbar, Esq., in the chair, to consider the depressed State:of British navigation, and to adopt resolutions on.the subject, the discussion at which is likely to last a considerable time. In the English Stock Mniliet, to-day, the deal ings have been limited, but prices remain steady. There is no :new feature to comment upon, specu lation being very. much restricted ; and as the transfer books are closed, there are no money trans actions to impart activity to the market for Con sols, which are quoted 971 1. The Government broker continues his purchases of Reduced Annui ties on behalf of the Government. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are 971 4 ; the March Exchequer Bills, 365. to 38s. prem. ; June ditto, 345. prem. ; and the Bonds declined to loot. India Loan Delientures hnve been 99a and 991, and the Bonds 13s. to 15s. ; Long Annuities, 181. In the Foreign Stock Market the transactions have been limited, and prices, in most instances, have been well maintained. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 93 to 931 ; the Scrip, Ist issue, is I to 1 dis.'; ditto, 2d issue, par to 1 prem. ; Dutch 21 per Cents. are flat at 661, and the 4 per Cents. are steady at 1001, Spanish 3 per Cents. are marked 47 * ; Russian 5 per Cents. are 1131; Chilian Loan has been done at 1 1 prem. A steady business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market, and prices, in most in- Stances, have slightly improved. Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, Mid land, and South-Eastern have improved ss. ; Brighton and South-Western 10s. ; Eastern Coun ties, 15s. ; and Edinburgh and Glasgow, Ll. Caledonians have declined 10s., and Great Northern, Ss• The Foreign lines have been at almost nominal quotations, but the Colonial have slightly advanced. East Indian have improved ss. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 10s. ; and Great Western of Canada, ss. For Joint Stock Bank shares there has been a very limited inquiry. Bank of Egypt declined as.; London and Westminster improved ss. ; and Ottoman Bank, ss. In the Miscellaneous Market, Anglo-Mexican Mine are firm, at 131 ; and Australian Agricultural have improved to 351. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. per Cent. Reduced Annuities Long OW 3 per Cent. Annuities '"Ong Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 :— Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Apr., 1885 lB} India Stock Ditto Debentures 991 i i Ditto Bonds, £l,000 bitt,o under £l,OOO Consols for Account 9 7i i i March June. chequerx Bills £l,OOO, 2d. &lid.— 34 6 Dit xso , ~Ditt o to Small, lfd. ' 4ol lequer Bonds, 1859, 3f per Cent 1001 I FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. C laim, 6 per Cent I )itto 41 per Cent. Scrip till ) . rinado r New Consolidated Mexican 3 per Cent. , — Ditto Account . 2 0 41 P ortuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Russian, 1822, £ St., 5-per .Cent ' ' ll3l Ditto 41 per Cent. S Panish 3 per Cent. 47, Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 3l T urkish 6 per Cent . — Ditto New Loan Strip fdparid ~ _Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ve nezuela, 5 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. I)4 tch Exchange 9 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 661 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Console, Money Ditto Account, Jan. 11 .... 97k d STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, DEC. 14. It is usual for this market to be flat in November told December, but, contrary to general expectation, there is now a good demand for almost all classes bf yarns and cloths. If there occurs two or three flat days they are followed by an exceedingly brisk one, which keeps stocks low and producers con ttantly under contract. This day's market has Prices decidedly firm, with a higher tendency in erlces generally. LEEDS, DEC. 14. The cloth markets have been steady this morn lg, and a fair amount of business has been done ; but the supply of new fabrics to the halls continues ' 0 be comparatively small, so that there are fewer sales in the public markets than have often taken r i ace when trade was far from being so brisk as it at present. There is a good business doing ' l rectly between manufacturers and merchants, and t he tone of to-day's markets indicates that the trane continues in a healthy state. Prices o l 'e, firm, and, indeed, from causes recently pointed 14 . in these reports, they tend upward. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. „ LN and DON, Dec . 15.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; li gh O t, ha LAMLASH, Dec. 13.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—City Delhi, from the Clyde for Calcutta. SCILLY Dec. 13.—Wind W.—Arrived—Defender, from Quebec for Shields. PLymount, Dec. 14.—Wind variable, very foggy— ved—H.M.S. Vira g o, from a cruise. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 15.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Ellen OFFfrom Newcastle for New York. HunsT CASTLE, Dec. 15.—Arrived—Solent Amer) from the West Indies. CLYDE, Den. 13.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Baltic, for 4483 ,v York. fr GALWA Y , Dec. 14.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Middleton, ~,1 11 Liverpool for New Orleans, to stop a leak. t o :g.NDERLAND, Dec. 13.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Rebecca, iamgapnre. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. mind S.S.E. The screw steamer Semaphore, from Belfast, and the p e ho, for Pernambuco, were in collision yesterday, off uorth-west light ship; the Sappho lost bowsprit, &c. (By SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. wiChlm tide an hour-and-a-hales ebb ; weather cloudy, f og. 11.( ? arrivals. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. wind E. by S., moderate. S p ewed—Charlotte Ann, from London for Hobart Town ; vatore; from London for Naples ; Amelia and Concilia -I'l from London for Cardiff. t ;r l le Moniteur has the following :—" The Minister Foreign Affairs has transmitted to the Minister or Marine the annexed notification from the Spanish n"ernment, which it is useful to make known to alrigators (< - - , f vessels which pass in the vicinity of the fort Tarifa are stated riot to observe exactly the rules or Twed at the maritime points at which the Spa , fiag floats, that is to say, they neglect to hoist t o r national flag, to display lights at night, and wake the signals usual in places where there are .tal fortifications. In order to put an end to such th etli gence, the Spanish Government has directed e superior chief of the fort of Tarifa to warn, in usual way, vessels which pass within cannon- RQ of that fort that they must conform to those Mations." SHARE WS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid. I C l l ' o ri s c in e. g Business ' Done. 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 10 64 64 64 50 lbelfast and Ballymena all i 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all 73 74 ! Stock Birk., Lana., acid Chesh Junction lOO 66 68 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 29 31 Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall all 44 44 10 Do. Af A raves. no div I all until6p.c.per an all 10 Do . B hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin and Belfast June. all 25 Dun.,Pertli,& Abr.Junc all 73 8 Stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 173 1 64 17 1 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 634 644 644 54 54 4/ Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 46 48 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 3 1 33 * 2 4 34 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 25 East Kent all 12 13 ' Stock East Lancashire lOO 9 5 96 96 4 20 East Suffolk all 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 67 68 68 7 4 8 1 Stock Edin.,Perth,A Dundee. 100 274 284 284 10 Forth & Clydb Junction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn l6O 92 94 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 104 Stock Great Northern lOO 1084 109 1084 4 9 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 94 96 Stock Do. do. 11 Stock lOO 132 134 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld, 100 104 105 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk l OO 55 57 '"u 12 Irish South Eastern all 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 86 PO 164 Do. Thirds 12 13 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 98 1 99 98 4 94 16 Do. do. F 216 6 3 1 d 9 Do. do. 29 shar es 7 d 3 Do. West Riding Union 4 20 Do. Squthport [1.6.3 London and Blackwall all 6 6 1 [1.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh 44 Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 112 114 114 Stock London & North Westn' 100 96 96 4 964 6 4 4 124 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 95 96 95 4 6 3 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all Stock Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 38 39 384 10 lietropolitan 3 d stock Ilidland lOO 104 102/ 1024 i 43 24 tock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 74 76 74 64 50 Ilid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 25 Do. 4 Shares all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all _— 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 114 12 10 Newry & Armagh (def.) 9 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros all ;took Norfolk lOO 64 66 66 50 North. Counties Union 34 3i 3 d tock North British lOO 584 694 584 93 4 tock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO tock Do. A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Itock Do. B Stock - Itock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 94/ 95 94 1 1 5 1 5 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 t 1 d , tock Do. Leeds lOO 48 49 483 1 1 took Do. York lOO 771 774 771 414 8 took North London lOO 100 103 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction £3 ls. - 20 North Staffordshire 174 31 d 20 North-W estern 10 No. & Sou. W. Jun c ti on all 7 8 1 tock Oxford, Wor.,& W o l ver lOO 30 3 2 30 10 Peebles all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney lO bock Scottish Central loo 110 112 bock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 274 28 bock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 86 bock Shropshire Union lOO 46 47 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 2 d bock South Devon lOO 36 4 3 7.4 bock South-Eastern lOO 75 70 4 754 5 bock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 12 14 20 Do. do lB 20 Staines, Wok., & W o k all 9 11 25 Stockton & Darlington all 324 3 4 25 Do. do. 1854 224 -- 25 Do. do. 1855 7 Stockton & Hartlepool 164 ;ock Taft' Vale lOO ,ock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 ock Vale of Neath lOO 8 5 90 89 ock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 10 Waterford & Limerick all !0 West Cornwall [0 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 3 33 5 Del. B all 64 6 1 O West London O Do. Ist Class all O Do. 2d Class all I — 161- 1613 4 Stock 11.6.3 11.6.3 Stock Stock Stool; Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 50 Stock, Stock Stock' Stcck Stockl Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 12i 12 lock Stock 12i 12i{ Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock ILon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 L on. & N. W. Cov. &Nun. eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, shs Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et Do. 16 Do. 3-1 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent. Blythe and Tyne I( per c. pref. (issued at 250) Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber. Jun. E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc.... Do. do. Class C 7 pc .... E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lane. 6 per ct E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent Glas. &S West. P- 5 Pc• Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do. 5 Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 44 pc p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist of Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester g - uar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. all 1100 6 Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.,&Bir.6p.et Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. at. Newport,Aber,&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at sp. c. pm Do. Pe et, fi p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock.lB46 Do. 51p. a. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, zua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dik.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. C. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Do. York, H. & S. Parch North Staffordshire Ox. wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d glut Do. 44 p.c. Db.stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Qcottish N.-Eastern deb 100 100 100 100 all Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Do. A berdeen. gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 ver oent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6 ) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.o. gua Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Paid.l price Closing 49 51 96 98 1103 105 51 4 103 103 112 115 109 113 115 117 113 115 131 133 84 86 72 73 113 115 122 124 113 115 105 107 Cl 66 10/ 14 95 97 86 E 8 87 89 99 101 9,1 10 10 17i 10 lot 72 74 18 19 9 91 1 131 14t 43 145 120 122 1163 168 121 123 68i 72 ,1) Business Done. 142 144 164_ 106 Stock Stcek Stec Stock 1 Stock Stcck Stcck Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 96 } 97 P 9 9/ 14 llf 9 10 Stock Stock Stock - 8k Stczk Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock S tcok Stock 25 25 Stock 1109 111 99 100 i dis p d i ip 234 244 120 122 1100 102 104 11 24} 25 102 104 102 104 284 29 33 34 40 45 144 104 120 1; 107 33i } LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing I Closing Business Co.'s. Prioe. Done. Bedford and Bletchley' Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction .. Colchester, Stour Val., E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. E Union,HarwichShs. Do. Woodbridge ... Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. Ln & N.W ILn & N.W Calodonin E.U.&E C Gt. North. E.Counts. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail Hull and Selby 99 100 104 106 17 19 143 145 4 4,1 Caledonin Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Zeta &Co Do. Norfolk . Do. LN w&M Stk.&Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. i Sharei Do. Shares London &Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Sorttend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk 3lidsb.& Redcr, g.6p.c id. BradfordPrf. Stk Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares A. ltoystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn L&N 191 L.Yk. J Do. Gt. North. Lan.dt Yk T Brassey M'Clean . Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtn 21 111 99 IG. i iP 58 60 DOCKS. 1142 144 01 04' 10i 10i 92 94 8 9 Share Docks. i p aid Closing I Business Price. Docks. Stock Commercial lOO _ Stock Do 4 per Cent . Pref. Min lOO Stock East and West India lop . Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO _.... Stock Victoria - to ,Do New lB id 1 p 1110 112 65 67 11741226 94 96 00. : TM SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, MS. Share Railways. I Paid ] Closing I Business Price. Done. Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessaa Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bala Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pistoj a, 5 p. c.pf Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares 5i Li -gy p ' } 1 1 I 7 1,- 24 28 - -p a n 3 1 3 i PI 24, 25} 2?f 22 395 401 - 81 91 P 3 lit 351 351 55 56 1 Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ottoman, gun. 0 per cent 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. 54 per cent. Fret Southern of France West Flanders 7 8 • 9 1 2.1 i 23 11 : 251 24, !Do. 5 p. c. Preference ~ W. & N.W. of Frauce..! Western of Austria .... IWestern of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand Shari 17& 20 Stock Sto. Stock 20 1 2021 Business Done. 6 44 51. 109 81 9 8f cot 111 68 8 361 71 1061 181 20 LA TV mrz s zirozvek—(Tnis -1)47.) SECONDARIES' COURT. (Before Mr. Secondary Potter and a Jury.) SCANDALOUS ASSAULT AT SEA.-DAMAGES £2OO.—THORPE V. GREEN. This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages for a series of assaults committed by defendant upon plaintiff. Mr. T. Atkinson, instructed by Mr. Nethersole, ap peared for the plaintiff; defendant suffered judgment to go by default, and was not represented. From the statement of the learned counsel it appeared that in February of the present year, plaintiff and defendant were on board the ship Lady Clarendon, plaintiff as chief steward, and defendant as chief mate. The ship had scarcely left Calcutta before defendant commenced ill treating plaintiff. On the first occasion, in February, I upon the pretence that plaintiff had• neglected to look after the canvas, defendant knocked him down, kicked him, and so ill-used him, that he was laid up for three or four days. Appa rently satisfied with the result, defendant left plaintiff alone till May, when, on plaintiff refusing to salt some fish until he had finished work set him by the captain, defen dant knocked him down, kicked him with his heavy sea boots, and did not leave him till he cut his face all to pieces, and fractured his shoulder. Plaintiff was laid up for the re mainder of the voyage, and is still suffering from the in juries inflicted. The learned counsel, in most eloquent lan guage, called attention to the great increase of this class of assaults. One captain had lately expiated his crime upon the scaffold—another had been condemned to penal servi tude. These men imagined that when they left land they were kings on the sea. They must be taught that such was not the case, and that on sea and on land all men —captain or mate —were answerable to the laws of their country. Plaintiff was , called, and explained the nature of the assaults, which were, indeed, of a most gross and cowardly character, plaintiff being a slight young man, and defendant was described as a tall and powerful man. Plaintiff still bore scars upon his face, and had his arm in a sling. The learned Secondary pointed out that defendant admitted the very grave and serious charges made against him. It only, therefore, remained with the jury to assess the damages. After a short consultation, the jury asked to know if they could give plaintiff £250. The learned Secondary said the damages were only laid at £2OO. That sum was immediately awarded by the jury. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (This Day, OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) STEALING THE lONIAN DESPATCHES. William Hudson Guernsey, 39, was indicted for stealing divers sheets of printed papers, containing despatches, &c., value Is., the property of Our Lady the Queen. The greatest interest appeared to be excited by the cir cumstance, as every seat in the court was filled before the prisoner was placed at the bar. The Attorney-General, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Welsby, and Mr. Clarke, appeared for the pro secution. Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the defence. • The Attorney-General, in opening the case, said the jury were no doubt aware that a despatch of an exceedingly im portant character had been obtained in some way or an other from the Colonial-office, and published in the Daily News. They were also, no doubt, aware that, from the state of the lonian Islands, her Majesty's Government had con sidered it advisable to send out Mr. Gladstone on a special mission to those islands. It was not long after his departure for England that the despatches in question appeared in the columns of the morning newspaper just mentioned, to the surprise of the Government, by whom it was supposed that they were securely lodged in the custody of the officials of the department. Upon this publication the. greatest anxiety was manifested by Sir E. Buiwer Lytton and his colleagues, who were naturally fearful that some person in the public service had betrayed his trust by disclosing a communication which had been printed only for private and confidential use among official personages ; and conse quently the right hon. baronet at once instituted a most searching inquiry, sparing no exertion by day or night, until he succeeded in obtaining evidence which justified him in authorising the present prosecution against the pri soner. The fact thus ascertained was briefly as follows :—lt appears that two despatches with enclosures bad been re ceived frcm Sir J. Young, and a limited number of copies were printed for private purposes. They were deposited in an office or room called the library, and would, under ordinary circumstances, be in the care of the principal librarian, Mr. Mayer ; but that gentleman being at the time absent, on his vacation, his place was filled by Mr. Miller, the sub-librarian. Now, it seems that Mr. Miller became acquainted with the prisoner some years ago, sinee which period Mr. Guernsey had been employed in the Crimea, and also been to Buenos Ayres, continuing, how ever, to communicate with his friends at home by means of occasional letters. pn his last return to England he re newed his visits to Mr. Miller, who received him several times in the library. On one occasion Mr. Miller, having full confidence in the prisoner as a gentleman and a man of honour, left him alone in the apartment while he stepped out for a few minutes to attend to a person in the waiting-room. The printed despatches in question were lying on the table, covered by other papers, and a heavy book had been placed upon them to keep them secure. Although nothing oc curred at the time to excite his ,suspicion, Mr. Miller now remembers that when he returned to the library he found the prisoner coming away from the table ; and the prisoner, in reference to this circumstance, said, " I am not prying into your secrets." Mr. Miller replied, " No, I don't sup pose you are." It will be thus apparent that the prisoner, if evilly disposed, had abundant opportunity of possessing himself of one of the printed copies then lying upon the table ; and it was, moreover, certain that one of them was purloined by some person or other from its place in the library. In the course of the investigation some communication was had with Mr. Walker, the editor of the Daily News. Mr. Walker received the despatches by post, enclosed in an envelope of a peculiar kind, to which your particular attention will be directed, for it was identical in character with others found at the lodgings of the prisoner in Regent-square. It is an official envelope not now in use, except abroad, having no departmental seal, but only the Royal arms and the inscrip- I tion "On her Majesty's Service," in a peculiar type. But that is not all. It further appears that on a former occa sion, when the prisoner was seeking some appointment at the War-office, he sought the good offices of Mr. Miller, who noticed that a letter to Lord Carnarvon, which he Un dertook to forward to his lordship, was enclosed in an en velope of the same description. The prisoner had filled the office of provost marshal in the Crimea in the Turkish Contingent, and there had opportunities of becoming pos sessed of envelopes of this description. The jury would carefully consider the whole of the evidence, and if they were satisfied with it they would find the prisoner guilty; if, on the contrary, they had any doubt, then they would, of course, give the prisoner the benefit, and acquit him. The first witness called was Mr. Thomas Frederick Elliott, who said—l amAssistant- Under Secretary of State for the Colonies. On the 12th of November last my attention was called to some despatches Published in some of the morning newspapers. Mr. Mayer is principal librarian at the Colonial Office. He was there up till the 24th of October, when ho left for his vacation, when Mr. Miller, the sub-librarian, acted for him. I pro duce 23 printed copies of the despatch I have received, the majority of them from the librarian of the Colonial Office. The Attorney-General has a copy. That will make 24. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Parry—l have received the majority of the copies I produce from the library. I think I received 21 from Mr. Mayer, ono from Sir E. Lytton, one from Lord Carnarvon, and one I had received myself. I cannot tell the exact time when I received my copy. It was about two or three days before the despatch appeared in the Daily _Yews. Lord Carnarvon or Sir E. Lytton would get a copy by sending to the librarian for it. One of their secretaries or clerk, would be the per sons who would apply for the document. A messenger might be sent, and he would get the document, but it was very improbable that such a person would be employed for such purpose. Mr. Holder, examined by Mr. Welsby—l am the reader and manager of the Colonial -office printing department. I received the document to print. Twenty-eight copies wore struck off. Twenty-five only were ordered. We print an even number, because they are worked two on a sheet. We keep one for a voucher, ono for our file copy, and another to make up the even number. I delivered the 25 to Mr. Miller. I have two of the copies with me. I produce them, and with the 24 in court make 26. I have had them ever since they were printed in my possession. The document put into my hand is a portion of one document I struck off, wanting the first four pages. This was the remaining part of the paper sent to.the Daily News. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant Parry—We work two proofs to be sent to the Colonial-office, and one proof for myself to read. Having corrected my proof, I send two proofs to the Colonial-office. In the proof that I corrected there was an error in one of the Italian words. The first two proofs sent to the Colonial-office contained that error. The error was corrected before the 28 copies were worked off. In all the 23 copies of the de spatches sent to the library, the error I have Mentioned had been corrected. The document put into my hand formed one of the 28. [This was the copy sent to the Daily News]. Charles Swetzer—On the 16th September I printed a proof of a despatch—on the following day I printed 28 copies. They were despatched. They were given to Mr. Holder. No other person had control of the press but myself. Mr. Joseph Thomas Miller, sub-librarian at ih3 Colonial office—l have been in the service of the Colonial Depart ment 23 years. I received the printed copies of the de spatches in question in September last, during the absence of Mr. Mayer, the principal librarian, for his vacation. I placed them on the right hand side of my writing table, beside my desk, with some other papers over them, and a heavy book on the top of all. I have been acquainted with the prisoner since 1853, He has told a commission in the Turkish Contingent in the Crimea, and has subsequently been in South America. He called upon me on his return, about a year ago, and since that time I have been in the habit of seeing him. He came occasionally to the Colonial-office, where I used to receive him in the waiting room, whenever Mr. Mayer was in the library. In Mr. Mayer's absence I used to receive him in the library. Mr. Mayer went away for his vacation about the 23d of August, and returned on the 25th of October. During the time that the papers were lying on the table as I have described the prisoner called several times, and might have seen them there. He sometimes stayed an hour or an hour and a-half, and was frequently left alone. On one occasion, after leaving him there alone, I noticed as I re-entered the room that he was moving away from the table where these de-. spatches lay, being a different position from that which he had occupied in the room when I left. He observed, with a smile, "I am not prying into any of your secrets." I re plied, " No, I don't suppose you are." I remember the prisoner making an application for a situation, the result of which application was unfavourable, and he then wrote a letter to Lord Carvarvon, which I told him I considered as an imprudent letter. Lately he made an application to Sir E. B. Lytton, which was also rejected, and he said Sir E. B. Lytton would repent it. In October he again applied for a situation, and asked me if I could forward his views. I promised to try, and I fulfilled that promise. I under took to deliver a letter to Lord Carvarvon. It was in an envelope similar to that now produced, and with a similar seal. Subsequently I saw him, and gave him the answer I had received. Ho had on that occasion some conversation with me of a trifling nature about South American politics, showing me a pamphlet and a portrait of General Lopez. I told him I was in great anxiety about the publication of the lonian despatches in the _Daily _News. I said that to excuse myself from listening to the South American poli tics. This was on the 15th, and the despatches were pub lished on the 12th. I made use of a strong expression—. that " the man who would publish such a thing must be a scoundrel." The prisoner assented, observing that he must be a "dirty blackguard," and then added, " Yes, it might have cost you your situation." I had said nothing to him to intimate that I was to blame. I had not told him that I had charge of the documents. I said I should be glad to see him again. He promised to dine with me at half-past five, but he never returned, and the next time I saw him was at Bow-street police-office. The envelope and seal put into my hand [which was the one that contained the despatch sent to the Daily News] is similar to one I had from the prisoner relative to some mili tary appointment. This was some months before. I know the prisoner's handwriting. The address, which had been cut out of the envelope, "The Editor of the Daily News," &c., is in Mr. Guernsey's handwriting. I know it well. Cross-examined by Sergeant Parry—l have a distinct recollection -of having left the prisoner alone in the library. It was, I think, on the 23d of October. He used to call about once a week. No one was present with me when Mr. Mayer was away. There are two subordinate servants who used to enter the room, and the housemaid also used to clean the room out. Mr. Holder sent the despatches in a parcel in the usual way. The documents were received on the 17th of September, and were lying on the table the time one was taken away. I don't say that Mr Guernsey was the only gentleman who entered the room• bu they were officials. I have had other persons call, but they were shown into the waiting-room —never into the library. I know the prisoner is a talented musician. I have studied music as an amateur. I know he composed a song called " I hung my harp on the willow tree." In 1853 I joined with him in publishing the Lady Bird Polka. I have never given the prisoner official papers. I have given him a bluebook about the Gold Fields, but then that could be bought at any of the libraries. Re-examined by the Attorney-General—l never, never gave the prisoner or any other person a copy of any paper marked "confidential." Baron Martin—You never gave the prisoner the copy of the despatch sent to the Daily News? Mr. Miller—No, never, my lord—most solemnly, never. By the Attorney-General—l have no recollection of ever having seen any other person in the library but the pri soner. Mr. George Mayer, examined by Mr. Bodkin—l am principal librarian to the Colonial-office. That is the proper place for papers like those which form the subject of the present trial. The proper place to deposit them would be in one of the presses in the room under lock and key. Their leaving them on the table was improper. On my return I locked up some papers. Mr. Gladstone went oui o the lonian Islands about the Bth of November. Mr, Arthur Burt had one of the despatches. Mr. Arthur Burt—l received one of the despatches for the purpose of sending it, with other papers, to Mr. Glad- stone. Mr. Gordon received it. Mr. Elliot re-called—l saw Mr. Gordon leave the office with the papers for the purpose of taking them to Mr. Gladstoue's house. Mr. Thomas Walker, examined by the Attorney-Gene.. ral—l am tho editor of the _Daily News. I have held the appointment about three months. I have offices in Bouverie-street. I recollect that in the month of Novell'. ber last I received the printed paper I hold in my hand. It was in perfect form. The address has since been cut out. I opened it. I found along with the paper the note now before me. [The note was here read. It was signed "W. Guernsey," and went on to state that a copy of a public document was enclosed which would be interesting, and might give some clue to the mission of Mr. Gladstone.] The document was similar to those produced. It was perfect in all parts. Before I or- dered the paper to be published I wrote a note to Mr. Guern sey, as I had no previous knowledge of him. It is usual for persons addressing editors of newspapers to say, " Dear Sir." I received an answerfrom Mr. Guernsey. It stated that all was right, only he wished hisname to be withheld. Upon the receipt of that letter I ordered the two despatches to be published in the Daily News on the 12th of Ns- vember. The two first sheets were' taken off for the purpose of being placed in the hands of the printer. I wrote to the prisoner after the documents had been published in con sequence o f a commun i cation I _ _ received from the Colonial-office on the evening of the day the despatches appeared. He came to me, and I told him I was afraid that innocent persons might get into trouble in consequence of the publication of the despatch, and that he ought to give information as to where he had got them. He said some one had left them with him. I said, You ought to give me more information, and he said not then. I cut the address from the envelope, because I had refused to give up the name, and to prevent the handwriting being seen. Inspector Thornton, of the detective police—l took the prisoner into custody on this charge. I told him I had a warrant for his apprehension, and he had better go with me to the station, where I would read the charge. Going along he asked me the nature of the charge, and I told him. He said, "They have made a mistake ; they have gone the wrong way to work; they should have written to me." He said he had not been to the Colonial-office for some time, and then he afterwards recollected himself and said he had been there once. At the station-house, on being asked his name, I said, " Colonel Guernsey," and he said " No." I then said " Major Guernsey." He said he had never be longed to the army. Richard Tanner, a police-constable, said—l searched th• prisoner's apartments in Regent-square. I found the 16 official envelopes produced. They are similar to that sent to the Daily Hews office. Mr. Sergeant Parry then addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that there was no case to go to the jury, as he had clearly not taken the documents—assuming for the moment that he had done so—with a fraudulent in tention of stealing, the essence of which was fraud, but that he had taken them for the purpose of publishing them, which only amounted to a wrongful taking. The learned gentleman then cited a number of authorities bearing upon the point, amongst which were the Queen against Godfrey, in which it had been held that the opening of a letter from idle curiosity was not a felony. He then referred to the case of Prince Albert against Strange, reported in 18th Law Journal, page 120, and concluded by again stating that there was no case to go to the jury. Mr. Metcalfe followed on the same side. He was of opinion that the whole prosecution must fall to the ground, as there was so much confusion that it did not clearly ap pear for what the prisoner was indicted. He was in dicted for stealing a simple piece of paper of the value of Is., but the offence of which it was sought to find him guilty was the stealing of what was contained in the paper. Mr. Baron Martin said the question for the consideration of the jury was, what was the intention of the prisoner when he took away the document. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The Court of Assizes of the Seine, on Saturday, condemned by default M. Durrieu, formerly director-general of the Administration of Public Worship, to 20 years' hard labour and 100 f. fine. In 1854 ho was at the head of an undertaking for working marble quarries in Corsica. He received from a person named Ernouf a sum of 45,006 f., by way of a guarantee fund, to enable him to obtain a credit at different bankers, but he applied this money to his own personal use, and committed various forgeries during the management of the undertaking, thereby causing a deficit in his accounts of 277,500 f. The sentence of the court also struck him off the list of the Legion of Honour, of which he was a member. - TRIAL OF NEW LIFE-BOATS.--On Monday some trials were Made, in the presence of a large number of per sons, in the Regent's Canal Docks, Limehouse, with two now life-boats 30 feet long, and rowing six oars single banked The boats are on Peake's plan, and have been built by the Messrs. Forrestt for the Royal National Life-boat Institution. Their harbour trial proved in every way satisfactory. It showed clearly that if the boats were upset they would instantly self-right, and self-eject any seas they may ship. They are to be sta tioned respectively at Carnsore, near Wexford, and at Tramore, near Waterford. Both these places have long been in want of life-boats, fearful wrecks, with loss of life, having frequently occurred in these localities. Both boats will have improved life-boat carriages attached to them, so as to make them ava il a bl e f or a l ong li ne o f coas t. Life • boats on similar lines are now being built by the Messrs. Forrestt, under the superintendence of the institution, for the Russian Government, and boats of a large size, on the same plan, are being constructed by them for the Prussian and Portuguese Gov ernmen t s . Eleven additional life boats are also being rapidly completed by the builders for the National Life-boat Society, which will soon have about 100 life-boats under its charge. The objects of the life-boat institution are so truly public and unimpeachably philan thropic that they commend themselves to every humane person. POZICR 110:ELZIO.1:11 Ci.-(TRIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH -STREET. ROBBERY or AN ANCIENT Boos.--3largaret Joyce, 33, with an infant in her arms, Was placed at the bar charged with stealing a book bearing the rather curious title of " A Golden Chaine ; or, the Description of Theologie : to which is adjoyned the order vsed by M. Beza for the Comforting of Afflicted Consciences. Printed by the printer of the Yniversity of Cambridge. 1605."- Simpson, 102 C, said that, while in Princes -street about five the previous afternoon, he saw the prisoner go up to Mr. Huitt's, a bookseller's shop, and take up the book above described. When she saw him approach her she dropped the book behind her. He asked her what she was doing with the book, and she replied, "What do you mean ?" He then picked up the book and took her into Mr. Huitt's shop. Mr. Noah Huitt, bookseller, of 37, Prince's-street, Lei center-square, identified the book as his property. _ . . . . Prisoner, in defence, said her taking the book was a mere joke. She had been out all day drinking, and had only just been confined. Mr. Beadon said, that being the case, she should have kept from drink, and con - al - lifted her for two months. Just before the closing of the court on the previous day Mr. Sleigh made an application on behalf of Mr. Rarey, the celebrated horse-tamer. Mr. Sleigh said a shopkeeper in Regent-street had advertised for sale a compound called " Rarey's Cattle Improving Food," which led the public to believe that the same was manufactured under Mr. Rarey's direction. Mr. Rarey was subjected to a slight examination by Mr. Sleigh, and stated that he was not in any way connected with the shop in question, and the use of his name in the way described might be of serious annoyance to him. Mr. Beadon said the applicant should have a summons. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent Bom.,Baroda& Cent. Ind gu. c 5 per cent. Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. B Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo, Brant. &Godrieh 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited)! Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do.4ip.c. Bds. pay.'s9 G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip i guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with I apt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. "a without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4} p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 1 Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do o. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Northofindla Tramroad , Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde 4 Do. 4.> , ... L I Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo b4,;" t. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip all 9 all 16 100 100 100 1. 3.0. 2a. 6d, 2 all 5 100 all all all 1100 100 all 100 all 1 all all all all all all 'Paid. Cloeing Price.: Id par par par 6 7 14i 130 78 82 75 78 73 76 —p par 1081 108: 1 lip 14 18; 36 38 78 79 92 94 211 21j JP CPj Par ip 17 171 31 3 d 106 108 106 108 105 107 2 994 100 18 18 214 g I 2 lid 4 3dl 1 lip 211 211 iar 1 p d p (1 1 p Par ip BRITISH MINES. Shitrel Mines. I Paid. Closing Price. Business Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 8 9 20 ji ritish Iron - ondurrow (Camborne) 2O 50 60 10 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist.) 1 450 460 -- East Bassett (Illogan). 30 150 160 Great South Tolous l7s 13 14 G.WhealAlfd.(Phillack; 11.14.11 3 4 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 81 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 81 7 81 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 3 4 - N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 7 81 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 16 17 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s ; SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 24 405 415 &wilt C. Brea( Mogan). 2 24 3 S. Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 243 250 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l 1 1 10 Tin Croft 9 31 31 Unitedllites(Cwomap) 40 - - - Vale of Towey (Carm ) 12s 6d West Basset (illogan) l/ 22/ 231 W. Cartoon (Vskesrd) 2O 130 140 Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5l 210 220 Wheal Buller (Red. uth) 5 140 160 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 5l 21 3 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 8 9 Wh'l Mary Ann (Wake) 8 46 47 Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 28 30 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim los d* p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 27 1 2 11 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 9 11 111 11 5 Do. Land and MiningCo all 11 21 1 Clarendon Consols Mir ing Co. or Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper all 38 40 Cepiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.C') all / 1 2 Fortuna 20 General all 20 21 3 Linares all 8 Std 5 Lusitanian 1 MP riquita all - 1 1 New Granada all / 1 N.RhineCop.of S.A us .T , 10 1 p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 44 51 5 Port Philip 1 1 1 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 1 1 28.2.84 United Mexican all 21 3 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid . Closing Business Prices. Done. - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja. dr July 100 1164 117* 1171 I I Do. 6p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 1141 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Js. &July 100 114 115 1141 -- Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1011 102 ; 1 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 114 115 1141 S.Aus.Gt.6pc..Tan&July 100 113 115 Vict•Gov.Gp.c.Jandauly 100 112 114 JOINT-STOCK BANKS, Sharei Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Price. Done. Closing I Busktess Agra&UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial COM. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot., & Aug. Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England Do. new National Bank 27 ,28 21 lidl 62 64 20.11 17} 181 211 211 29 30 INew South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank 49 50 Provincial of Ireland . Do. New South Australia • Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London - Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 211 211. 2 ( 14 3 33t 50 37 I 211 i 241 i 20 18 MISCELLANEOUS. Sharet — Miscellaneous.: 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 100 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Loyal Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works 10 Do New, tuned at .C 5 dis 50 British American Land 50 Brit. & Irish Ma".r.Tel.A. 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 20 Do. C . 1 ,00 Canada Chan. Isl d s Tel. (Lim. ) Cop.Min.ofEng•.&Smlt; Do. PreWrence 7i per et Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Stock Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop. St. Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim ) GLlron ScrewCol.(Limil Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co._ Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at 1 dis N. 11r. &Nov aScotiaL and N.B.Australasian (Lim.) North of Europe Steam. Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Aust rin. Iny.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can Van Diemen's Land 1 all all all 15s. all all Paid 1 Closing 1 Price. I Business dolls 13 14 MO 280 34 36 4 24 34 40 42 19 21 13 15 112 110 91 loi 13} 13 I if 4i 54 2 2i 112 115 1 11 i ii li i i d 1 8 1 1 f 1 d l T 2 111- 15 18 1 a 1 ir par 21 3 84 86 12 14 25 26 iP I 7 4 8 59 61 130 140 38 40 11* 821 I 1 i ii 10 12 26 6 THAMES. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE EY A WOMAN.—Susan 111 4 GOW811, the wife of a seaman, aged 40, of No. 12, Mayo Cottages, Eastfield-street, Stepney, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with attempting to commit self-destruction, by throwing herself from the bridge in Salmon's-lane, Lime house, into the Regent's Canal. The prisoner narrowly escaped with her life. She was seen by a young man getting over the parapet of the bridge, and as she was dropping he caught her, and she remained suspended over the canal for some time until he obtained further assistance. The prisoner, who appeared very dejected, said she was in great want, and had received nothing from her husband for some time. He arrived at Liverpool a few days since with his ship, after a long voyage, and he had not written to her or sent her any money for the support of herself and children. Mr. Yardley said the prisoner had been guilty of a very rash and wicked act. He was very sorry to hear of her troubles, and he regretted she had such a bad husband. He was afraid if the prisoner had succeeded in committing self murder, her husband would have rejoiced at being rid of her, while, on the other hand, her children would be de prived of their only protector. He did not mean to commit the prisoner for trial, although ho might do so, but he should remand her to Clerkenwell prison until Monday next, and she would there receive good advice and conso lation from the chaplain of the prison. THIS DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Although only a moderate supply of English wheat was on offer here to-day, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, and last week's prices were with difficulty supported. There was a large show of foreign wheat. Even the finest samples were a dull sale, at next to nominal quota tions. Inferior parcels were certainly lower to purchase. Fine barley supported previous rates, but for other kinds there was very little inquiry. We had a very dull _inquiry for malt, and prices were fairly supported. Oats moved off slowly at 6d to ls. per quarter beneath last week's quotations. Beans, peas, and flour were very dull, but not cheaper. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. English 1,390 1,030 ; 2,120 ; Irish Foreign 4601 7,6301 Flour. i 1,150 i I 3,310 i 230 sks 1 , bls THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 10th have arrived. The Chamber of Deputies had again been occupied in discussing election matters. Some objection was made to the return of a gentleman named Loring, elected at Malaga, on the ground that, though born in Spain, he was the son of a North American, and was therefore not a Spaniard ; but as it appeared that he had formally announced his intention, at the age of 21, to become a Spaniard, which is all that is required by Spanish law, he was by 117 votes to 11 declared duly elected. In the course of the diseu,!•sion, Marshal O'Donnell, in consequence of insinuations made against the Cabi net, entered into political considerations, and gave a graphic sketch of the difficulties which his pre decessors had met with in attempting to cai •• y on the Queen's Government with a Parliament com posed of a number of petty factions, each following a leader who could neither command nor obey. He was, however, called to order by the President, M. Martinez de la Rosa, who said that as the Cham ber was only discussing election questions, it would never be definitively constituted, if political speeches were allowed to be made respecting the details of every doubtful election. The Premier acceded to the observations of the President of the Chamber, and stated that he hoped that as soon as the answer to the Queen's speech should come under debate his adversaries would renew their attacks. In the Senate - the verification of the nomination of certain new sena tors was proceeded to. The Cabinet was about to present a bill to sanction the subventions granted to railways. WHITECILOEL. The supplies aro large, and the trade rules steady, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Gd ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s Od to 4s 2d per 81b, by the carcase.- BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair average business doing in most kinds a hops, at full prices. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.--TUESDAY. TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agat Promised Land (taken) Bto 1 agst Ralpho (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 3 agst Wrestler (taken) 50 to 1 agat Barometer (taken) 500 to 71 agat Drogheda (taken) 500 to 5 agst Wilton (taken) 500 to 5 agst Telegram (taken) LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP. 100 to 3 agst Wee Willie (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1859. FEBRUARY. Lincoln 16 MARCH. Liverpool Spring Coventry Nottingham Spring 8 Derby'Spring lO Warwick Spring 15 Northampton 29 Croxton Park 1 Epsom Spring 15 IL. Newmarket Craven 25 York Spring Newmarket F. S. 9 Shrewsbury 17 Salisbury l9 Ludlow 19 Bath 24 Harpenden 27 Epsom Summer 3l rNE. Bibury Club 29 Stockbridge 3O Worcester Summer 30 'LY. Nottingham 19 Stamford 2l Goodwood 26 ;UST. Ascot 14 Manchester l5 Hampton 22 Winchester Newmarket July 5 Liverpool July 13 Brighton Brighton Club 5 Lewes Wolverhampton North Staffordshire Reading lO York August l7 Egham 23 Stockton 25 Lichfield 29 Derby 3l SEPTE: Warwick Doncaster 13 Leicester OCT, Bedford Newmarket S.O. 10 I NOVE :MUER. Monmouth 22 Manchester Autumn 23 Newmarket F.O 27 IBER. Newmarket H 24 Worcester Autumn 2 MEER. Liverpool Autumn 9 RAILWAY CALLS. Subjoined is a statement of railway calls falling due at various periods : _ . Making Call. Paid. Grand Trunk of Canada 7 per cent. Debenture, 1862, issued at 20 die. (Nov. 20, 1858) 2O 0 0 Ditto ditto ditto (Jan. 20, 1858) 20 0 0 0 -- Ditto ditto ditto (Mar. 31, 185) 2O 0 0 Great Western of Canada New Shares, Lancaster and Carlisle, £l6l (Aug. 1, 1860) Lancaster and Preston, Lilt (Oct. 31, 1859) Lombardo-Venetian (Nov. 1 to 15, 1858) London and North-Western Eighths (July 1, 1859) Ditto ditto ditto (July 1, 1860) Ditto ditto ditto (July 1, 1860) Ditto ditto ditto (Jan. 1, 1861) Ditto ditto ditto (Jan. 1, 1860) Dublin and Drogheda 5 per cent. Pre ference, 1857 (Oct. 1, 1859) Exeter and Exmouth (Oct. 1, 1859) optional prepayment (Oct. 1, 1858)- Italian Junction (Oct. 1 to 20, 1858) London and Blackwall, New (Oct. 1, 1859) Newry and Armagh Extension (Oct 1, 1859) Ditto ditto ditto (Oct. 1,'18,59) South Devon, additional shares, £lO (Dec. 1, 1858) Waterford and Kilkenny Debenture Shares, £lO (Jan. 1, 1859) Ditto ditto ditto (Jan. 1, 1860) Whitehaven and Furness Junction, Whitehaven Junction, £2O Pref., 5 per cent. (Feb. 1, 1859) Ditto ditto ditto (June 1, 1859) 0 13 4 161 0 10 0 111 2 0 0 10 2 10 0 2 10 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 81 22} 6 201 8 10 1 0 5 0 0 20 1 0 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 5 0 0 DEATH OF MR. COMMISSIONER BERE.—Mr. Montague Baker Bere, commissioner of the Exeter District Court of Bankruptcy, died after a long illness on Monday morning at his seat near Exeter. The deceased, who was a member of Lincoln's-inn, was called to th e b ar on the 21st of June, 1825, and succeeded Mr. Sergeant Goulburn as commissioner at Exeter on the transfer of the latter gentle man to the London Bankruptcy Court, on the resignation of Mr. Commissioner Shepherd. It is understood that Mr. Bere tendered his resignation some time since, and that Mr. Biggs Andrews, Q.C., of the Norfolk Circuit, has received the appointment as his successor. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT LONDON-BRIDGE.— Yesterday morning at eight o'clock considerable excitement was created on London-bridge, in consequence of a deter mined attempt at suicide by a respectable female, who gave the name of Joanna Hogan, aged 20, who resided:in Whitechapel. One attempted to destroy herself near Brewer's Quay, but was disturbed, when she went on Lon don-bridge into one of the recesses, and got on the parapet and was in the act of jumping off when a police-constable rushed to the spot, caught hold of her, and pulled her back, and took her into custody. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty this afternoon : Assistant-Surgeons—Alexander Rattray to the Victory ; Charles M. Nermand to the Himalaya. FROM THE GAZETTE OF YESTERDAY WHITEHALL, DEC. 13. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Rear-Admiral William Alexander Bailie Hamilton, Captain Alfred Phil lips Ryder, R.N. John H a ll Gl adstone, Esq., Duncan Dunbar, sq., Chairman of the London Local Marine Board, and Samuel Robert Graves, Esq., Chairman of the Liverpool Local Marine Board, to be her Majesty's Com missioners for inquiring into the condition and manage ment of Lights, Buoys, and Beacons. The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of a Knight of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Iro land unto William Arrindell, Esq., C. 8., the Chief Justice of the colony of British Guiana. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 11 The Queen has been, pleased to approve of Mr. Ernest Joseph Alexandre Blancheton as Consul at Quebec for his Majesty the Emperor of the French. DEC. 13. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Lord Napier, now her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minis ter Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, to be her Majesty's Env o y Ext raor di nary an d Minister Plenipo tentiary to the King of the Netherlands. The Queen has also been graciously leased to appoint Lord Lyons, now her Majesty's Envoy E'xtraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary to the United States of America. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. Peter Campbell Scarlett, C. 8., now her Ma jesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil, to be her Majesty's Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. Francis Reginald Forbes, now her Majesty's En voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Saxony, to be her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of Brazil. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Augustus Berkeley Paget, Esq., now Secretary to her Ma jesty's Legation at Berlin, to be her Majesty's Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Saxony. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 14. 30th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Richard Hebden O'Grady Haly, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase. 70th Foot—The transfer of Ensign Roger from the 30th Foot has been antedated to 12th November. 87th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Robert Atkiu Hickson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur ' chase, vice Leadbitter, promoted. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 10. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant George Henry Wriford to be Captain, vice Henderson Ward to half-pay ; Second Lieutenant William Nicholas Gibson Johnson to be First Lieutenant, vice Wriford, promoted. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia —En sign David Dowic to be Lieutenant, vice Marston, resigned. 2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Ensign William Martin to be Lieutenant, vice Crampton, pro• moted ; William Shaw, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Lenthall t promoted. WHITEHALL, DEC. 7. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Evans,_ of Chepstow, in the county o f M onmout h . gentleman, to be a Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery in England, under the Act of Parliament passed for the relief of her Majesty's subjects professing the Jewish religion. WHITEHALL, DEC. 8. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Fraser, of 78, Dean-street, Soho, gentleman, to be a London Commis sioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 30. The Right Hon. Sir Alex. Edmund Cockburn, Bart., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, has appointed the following gentlemen as Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be executed by married women, under the Act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substi tution of more simple modes of assurance : William Winterbothani, of Tewkesbury, for the counties of Gloucester and Worcester. Henry Robinson, of Settle, for the West Riding of York shire. John Mannaduke Teesdale, of Fenchurch-street, for the cities of London and Westminster, and the county of Mid dlesex. NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant -General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Dec. 13, 1858. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and' marines, and to all p ersons i n t ereste d t h erein, that the dis tribution of the tonnage bounty awarded for the slave ves sel, name unknown, captured on the 27th April, 185 G, by her Majesty's ship Dolphin, will commence on Thursday, the 30th December, 1858, in the Prize Branch of the De partment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Ad miralty, Somerset-house." Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are re. quested to present the same at this office. Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person who may desire to receive his sh are f rom th e C o ll ector of Customs or of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by letter to be addressed " On - Prize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London,"—in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, os well as the place of the nearest Collector of Cus toms, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be con venient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an individual in th 4 several classes : Lieut. command. £79 0 9 Fourth class 32 6 8 Fifth class l7 19 3 Sixth class l6 3 3 Seventh class .... £lO 15 6 Eighth class.... 5 710 Ninth class. 3 11 10 Tenth class .... 115 11. BANKUPTCY ANNULLED. Joseph Samuel Ouston, wine and spirit merchant, Tang ston-upon-Hull. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Goodburn Thornton, watch maker, Richmond, Yorkshire, to surrender Jan. 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Thomas Williams, dealer in wines and spirits, Jermyn street, St. James's, Dec. 23 and Jan. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Daniel Mesnard, cutler, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, Dec. 23 and Jan. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Barker and William Barker, builders, Albans. road, Old Kent-road, De c . '22 and Jan. 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Tebbut, jun., cattle-dealer, Yeading Hayes, Mid dlesex, Dec. 22, at half-past one, and Jan. '24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Eliza Perrins, artificial flower maker, Utley, Dec. 22, and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. James Henly Norris, paper dealer, Birmingham, Dec. 23. and Jan. 20, at h a lf- past eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Henry Ranger Parton, grocer, East Greenwich, Dec. 22, at twelve, and Jan. 24, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edward Robert Slaney, jeweller, Kirby-street, Hatton. garden, Dec. 28, at two, and Jan. 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. A petition has been presented by a h creditor of the Patent Carpet Compa n y (li m it e d), p ra yi ng that the s may be wound up. The petition to be o ar n dg t o e m s yr January. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. William Otto Watson, spirit merchant, Glasgow. James Finlay, farmer, Portmoak, Kinross-shire. John Carruthers, innkeeper, Annan. R. and W. Hill, ale and porter dealers, Hamilton. Alexander Sinclair, fisheurer, Wick. Yesterday, pursuant to notifications issuea seve rally, by the Midland, Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Companies, th e . p4 ,_ senger fares between towns in the West Ridi ng of York shire and London were raised. Announcements of Aug kind have been rather frequent of late. CRYSTAL PALACE.—SUNDAY OPENING.. -4V ° a re . y informed that the total replies to an inquiry made b -the Lord's day Observance. Society of the shareholders of the Crystal Palace Company show a majority of two to one, both of shareholders and shares, in favour , of re sc i n di ng . h e late resolution "to admit shareholder& to the palace and grounds on Sunday afternoon." 1224