The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-08 00:00:00

por were The )ot to were el of action aized ;d at )efore ;ver !" then opted hours, Reared loured from about [NG. ressed ng in :onary -s, and id the great using es and French Lintain of the trtirse- Ins in acts of injus 'our to rill not gs will as fol not to ittaelca side I in the .ge the D. 7, I Sore, orrow. c. 7. Dnial to ions of r trOOPS rING. lout an ce con- ipation @ with- re, and nce at cil of e pro le inte by the Baron e learn aerling n place on has C. 7. k place 2,ted in :o come tnd M. nd the ienate ?r by A mull nan of L yeTY prieco or the' idend, rleans 910 f The )20 -* _ so 25 74 -- --- 48 75 sation Kent, ,ectable It frau ,rti that r from eve not are not on foot 'stance Ilowing There family i c h led ed tke t [3 is 11 0 ' 1 ,. beyolld NOIVE.I' 4.4V1) .N.,104` As. CITY , Two O'CLOCI.. The Bank of England return completed to the sth instant, as was generally anticipated, shows _ some rather unfavourable features. The efflux o f is gold to the United States has, caused a diminut ion st in the stock of the precious metals, while the reserve of notes shows a faning off of nearly half a million. A large decrease is shown in the private sti deposits. The other securities, however, owing to the payments on the fourth of the month, show a reduction of over a quarter of a million. The pub lic deposits have been slightly increased, while there is a considerable addition to the active circu lation. The various items of the balance-sheet and n the changes they present will be seen in the sub- at( joined table : Active Circulation .. .. Increase .. .. .. Bullion .. .. .. .. Decrease .. .. • • Rest .. .. .. .. £20,207,089 306,874 .. ▪ 13,665,666 • 194,710 .. 3,168,834 • • J,862 • 6,617,485 101,873 .. 12,472,348 • 893,902 .. 716,518 •O 666 • 9,490,273 No alteration. 20,104,335 287,917 7,198,086 • 438,274 Increase .. • • • • Public Deposits • . .. Increase .. • • Other Deposits • • • Decrease .. • • • • Seven Day and other Bills .. Increase .. • • 418 Government Securities Other Securities .. Decrease .. Notes Unemployed .. Decrease .. The public sales of colonial wool were brought to a conclusion yesterday afternoon. About 45,000 bales were offered, consisting chiefly of Cape of Good Hope produce. Good and fine qualities of Australian realised an advance of Id. to id. per lb. on previous rates, and superior de scriptions of coffee maintained their value ; low and inferior sorts, however, declined 2d. to 3d. per lb. New Zealand wool commanded high rates, owing to the small quantity on offer. No alteration of importance was apparent in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon. . _ _ About £BO,OOO in sovereigns was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for exportation to the United States. The Anglesey has been announced from Australia with £230,390 in specie. A steady demand was experienced for most de scriptions of cotton at Liverpool yesterday, and previous rates were tolerably well supported. The Bales were estimated at 8,000 bales. _ _ Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £1,285,300; and the exports £1,628,000. The market for Public Securities has continued firm, Consols being 92 93 "ex dividend." Very little business is zeported as usual at the closp,-of the week, and the closing of the transfer-books has increased the general inactivity of the market. The New Threes and the Reduced improved to Bank Stock was steady at 232 ; India New Loan at 103+ ; ditto Debentures at 96:; but Exchequer Bills receded to 6s. and 3s. dis. Business in the Foreign Stock Mark et was quiet, and prices were tolerably steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 72 to 721 ; ditto New, 58+ to 59; Brazilian 4+ per cents. have improved to 871 4 ex dividend, and New Granada Deferred to 6 ; Spanish are steady at 50/, and ditto Certificates 'at 68. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been rather limited, a slight improvement however has taken place in prices. Caledonians, Great Westerns, and North-Westerns, have advanced 55.; and Norfolk and North-Eastern (York) 10s. ; Mid lands have receded about ss. The Foreign lines have been firmer, particularly Recife and San Francisco, which have further advanced about ss. In the Colonial Market Grand Trunk of Canada have advanced 10s. ; East Indian ss. ; and Great Indian Peninsula ss. _. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in moderate favour without any material change in values. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. tank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities a per Cent. Consels Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 2/ per Cent. Annuities 0 per Cent,. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire iith Jan., 1880.. Shut India Stock . , Ditto 5 per Cent . . Ditto Debentures, 1858 963 1 :),tto Bonds £l,OOO tiitto under £l,000 P•onsols for Account, Jan. 10 . . Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 10 3 6 dis Ditto Small Ditto £5OO 6 3 dis FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent New 41 per Cent, 1860 .. B7A t Ziew Grenada Active, 31 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Spanish 3 per Cent... 50i Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded.. 6 A Turkish 6 per Cent • . Ditto Account 58f Ditto New Loan Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 10th Jan., en div.. 921 93 WIND .AND WEATHER REPORT. I;t: THIS DAY, Ardrossan, LW.; breezy LA-Yr, E.S.E. ; dull belfast, S.S.W.; dull Birmingham, S.W.; dull Brighton, S.E.; rain S.E.; damp Cambridge, S.E.; wet Cardiff, S. ; rain Chatham, S.W.; wet Cork, W. ; foggy 13 eal, S.S.W., fresh Derby, S.E. ; fine ; dull Dumfries, S.E.; fine bundee, W.; fine Edinburgh, S.E.; dull Palmouth, calm ; rain Glasgow, S. ; fog Gravesend, S.; cloudy IEC. 8, 9 A.M. Hartlepool, S.S.W. ; fine et< Harwich, S.W. ' • fine Holyhead, S.S.W.; light sty breeze, and cloudy Inverness, N.F. ' • fine Limerick, calm ; foggy st ' Londonderry, S. • fine st Manchester, S.S.E. ; fine t Milford Haven, S.E.; rain g t Newcastle on Tyne, S.; fine st Newmarket, S.E. ; rain et Norwich, S.E., light ; cloudy st Peterborough, S.S.E.; fine st Port Glasgow, S. ; dell st Southampton, S.S.E. ; unset. Waterford, N.E. ; foggy ai Weymouth, S.E. ; much rain si Wolverhampton, E.; dull s York, S. ; fine COWES, D e c. 7.—The Madeira packet Eclipse, Davis master, which sailed from Southampton yesterday, air Was seen running up from Jack this evening under a press of sail, a great body of smoke escaping from her. When st off the Preventive Station, a little to the westward of of Beaulieu River, she was run on shore on the mud, and her I masts cut away. As no fire has been seen, it is supposed I.' he was scuttled, and that the rising tide filled her. s tc THE ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Yesterday afternoon St( number of private friends of Mr. E. T. Smith assembled s tc at the Alhambra Palace, in Leicester-square, for a private si: view of the alterations and redecorations in that spacious building, prior to its opening on Monday next, the 10 th instant, as a music hall. The hall has been fitted up most Bslti, gorgeously, and we are promised—and Mr. Smith is the st sort oilman to carry out his programme—classical as well as et popular music, by musicians of high repute. st The Prussian Government are still engaged in furnishing'the new rifled cannon to all the rest of the Ger- - Man States. The Saxons in Transylvania have sent another deputation to Vienna for the purpose of protesting against the re-incorporation of their country with Hungary. For several days the n ei g hbourhood of Glouces ter has been visited with almo st unceasing rain, w hi c h, :with the high tides, has caused an extensive flood. Miles of meadow land are under water, and ploughing and wheat- Sowing have been put an entire stop to. FALL OF Two HOUSES AT KENNINGTON.—Ou Th u r s d a y afternoon two houses in the course of erection in th e back of Kennington-park fell to the ground with a fear ful crash, burying several workmen Beneath the ruins. As soon as possible three men were 'extricated, when they were found to be much injured. One of them, Wm. May, aged 42, was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where it was ascertained that his ribs were fractured, and he had suffered extensive laceration of the skull. 7HE CATTLE TRADE.—YORK, DEC. 6 --There was a good show of fat cattle at market to-day, but only a thin show of sheep. There was a fair demand, and the Prices realised were—Beef, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. per 141 b. ; alutton, 7d. to lid. per lb. There was a good supply of 'zilch cows and in calves, which met with a steady sale. The market was rather heavy for Irish and some other kinds of lean stock. THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN CUMBERLAND. — The bodies of all the three men who were killed by the ex plosion of gas in Guslet-pit, Maryport, have now been found. The body of Leonard Bell, the last recovered, was frightfully scorched and disfigured. It is expected that the Government inspector will be present at the ad - journed inquest to-day. FLOODS IN SCOTLAND.—We learn from the Perthshire Courier that, in consequence of the heavy and continuous fall of rain, the Tay has overflowed its banks, and spread its water over the North and South Inches., The smaller streams have also been flooded, Btrehearn Was flooded in many parts, and much mischief has be en done to all outstanding crops, to the trees and roadways, by rush of water, SNARE 31ARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHALES AND STOCKS. rare Railways. Paid, Closing ; Business Price. I Done. O febast'and Ballymena . 14 fir., Wol , and Str. Val. , ck Birk., La., and Ch June. ?.5 Blackburn I 5 Illy th and Tyne [0 !Wt. Sleaf: and Mid.Co Ick oristol and Exeter Ick Caledonian [0 larmarthen 4-, Ca rdigar io Cork and Bancicn !CI Fork, lllrock., -t Passage °,O Cornwall.... A (A gets div. Do until R c peran. 0 Do B , ha sheen , d. ;0 Dublin Belfast June. nun., Perth, kAb..l une.' •ck East Anglian ock Eastern Counties Ick Eastern Union, A stocl; [cK Do do B do 5 Do Nw A, late EU3ds IA East Suffolk ick Edinburgh fi Glasgow .ck Edin. Perth, k Dundee 0 Forth & Clyde Junction stock Furness stock Glass , . and S. Western 10 Great Ntlm. of Scotland stock G reat Northern stock Do do A stock stock Po do TI do stock Gt. S. k W. of Ireland etock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 12 Irish South-eastern stock Lancashire Yorkshir , l stock London and Blackwall stock Lon., 46S Coast stock Lond., Chat., and Dover stock Lord, l Nth. Western stock Lond. [-th. Western 25 L'derry tst Coleraine 25 's.,'derry Ennisaillen stock Man. Shot 50 liaryport and Carlisle 12. Do do 4 shares 10 Metropolitan stock Midland . 6.1.0. Do new stock Do iirming. dr Derby 50 NMI. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do 4, shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do, ("ray Line 100 Newcastle and C irlisle 10 Newry R Armagh, def 20 Newry, Warnpt. dr Hos Rtock 50 N- hn. Counties Union stock North British .. stock N'or.Dev.RailkDk.stoe stock D, A stk ; A roes no d. until 6pch /LS beenpd.B stock Do B stock took Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do , a.N.E. purchase I dock no Leeds ttock Do Yora ;took North London 10 Po new 9.16.4 North Staffordshire.... 10 N. and S. W. Junction.. 12 Not. k Grantham Rail.. 10 teebl es ...... Port smonth 10 Rhymney.....- took Scottish Central took Scot N. E., Aber. stock took Do Scot. Mid. stock tock ShropshirA Union . 10 Sittin 2bourne k Sheer. took ' South Devon took South Eastern tack SoitidW4es Coln S. YOWTOnd River Dun 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok 25 Stockton k Darlington 25 Do do tock Taff Vale •• • • took Do Prof. No 1 25 Thames Haven Dk&ltail 5 0 Ulster •• . 25 Do ......... 2 10 Do . • . took Vale of Neath 13 'Victoria Sta. and Pim toot( Waterford Az Kilkenny 50 Waterford 1c Limerick 20 West G - Triwall 20 West London . . 10 Do Ist class •. • • • • 20 Do 2,1 class .• • • tock Westflartlepool Harbr and Rail took West Midland—Oxford I took Po. Newport I took Do. Hereford I 8, 81 83 111 12f 64 7 97 99 [6l 07 96 2 PItEFEIZEN , all 100 34 100 100 ei 61 1( 17 52 62 38 10 27 29 86 88 29 29i 53 55 63 631 100 100 100 [6 11 4 100 100 100 11041 1051 P AP 62 62} 93 934 101 103 2 2b n 81 8f 1101 10 1071 81 114 116 33} 34 87 89 49 51 6 7 42 43 841 851 64 66 77 79 6 8 41 42 I 10i 11tH 73 i 551 50 2 3ap 4 ' 68 70 iP 11?, 11; 1191 4 63 104 f lk NI 5 1351 i 1 2 105 41 62i 931 13 14; 6 6i 47 48 42 44 8:1 S 5 CE SHARES. ! Closing Business Share ) Railways. Price. Done. 114 116 jllO JlOB 'AJO 132 131 112 114 721 60 62 119} 120 62 64 115 117 51 53 1004 101 94}9511 10f 11 48 181 3 24d 1351 1351 106 108 7 6d 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per ) c. pref. (issued at £5O etk Rris. Rs Exet.4 p.ct.stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun stock E.AnomClass A 7 &sp.c stock Do. do. Class B C p.c stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c stock F. Conn. Ex. sp. c. No.l stock Do. do. No. 2 stock Do. New 6 pet et. stalk. stock Eastern T_Tnion, 4 per ct. stock Do. 5 per cent. stock Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares stock Do. 4p. c Ilya. S. R. D. stock lEdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c.; stock i Furness, 5 per cent ...., stock iglas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c.l stook Icireht Northern, 5 p. et., stock I)o.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.prni stock IDo. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c.'Redm. 5 p.c. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot)d. Ist pf (Gt. Sn. & IV (Ireland) 4, stock p. ct. pref. stock ' 50(Treat West. (Berks and 1 [hilts) Ext. sp. ct. stock' Co. Redeemable,4l p.ot. stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. stock .1)o Irredeemable, stock IDo. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 8 IDo. Birrn. Prof. Shares. 10 !;t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. 1 0 Do. do. sp. ct. pret stock Do Tiirmn.2niar. stock jno. Chester grua. shares 51 i Do. do. dn. 0 1 00. On. dn. ek • Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock , ek Do.Parnsl.Bl.£s Rs 10d pc ck Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) , ck ILon.& Brig,. 5 pc.gti. No 1 Ick Do. 5 p. e No. 2 ! ! leic Do. trua. 6 p. c. 1)o. do. 5 p. c No. 41 )ck Do. do. 4% per cen''. , 5 no. do. 44 p. c. shares.. )ek Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock. )ek Do. 6p.c, do. (W.E.&C.P.) a)ls `Th.4p.c.S.(div.tlef.til '65) )ek Lon. Chat, and Dover.. )ck Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton. 5 p. ct..... )ck Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock )0( Do. 41 per cent. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6 d ..... 124 Londondy. & Cole. # sh. 121 Londony. & Ennis. Ish Lick STan. Ph. &Lin. 6 per ot. 6 'Do. Di Gel , Do. :31 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 12 ',lary ort & Car., 4p. c 1 12 4 Do. 44 per cent ock Slid. Con. 6 p c. stock 1 ock no.Con.Bris. Sc Bir. 6 p.c. .ock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 18601 lek Dn. Leic. & ITit. pref. st.! ,ck Norflk sp. c. Ex. 5t.1816! let Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847' Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB.47 )ck North British, 5 p. 0. • • ck Do. New, n•na. sp, 0 ) Do. Bor.llll. g. pf. slis to Do. do. do. )ck Nth. Dey.Ttail. & Dck.Co. )ck N-Enst.Cons.Pret. 4p. c. )ck Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 17 no. do. do 29 Do. Leeds, 6p. a. No. 1 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 15 Do. York, .& S. Purch. 10 North Staffordshire 10 Rhymney Guaranteed.! 84 Scottish Central, new pfl )ck scottish North-Eastern) 54 p. (1. pref. stock ! )ck Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.e.l )ck Do. 7p. c. pref. stock; 10s South Devon, Ann. 108.1 10 Po. Fixed 41 per cent.l 0.6 South Eastern (Reading' Ann., 1.0.6) )ek Do. 41 per cent ock Do. Fixed '1 p.c. Ist is.' )ck 'outh Wales, gua. 4 P.C.I irk Do. 44 per cent. ) ek S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. a gua.l 15 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c 1 er, Do. B 6 ner cent 25 Do. C 6 percent ock Vt - atrid & Kilkny, 6p. e., cu'lc IW.Mid -Oxf let Guastk ock P O . 2d do ock ,Do.N;ewport 5 p.c.pf.red. ock IDo.Perpet. p. c. pt 1866 ock 1 Do. till 1860, let is. 121 I Do.do. 2d is.! 1251 } 95 97 101 103 204 21i 5/ 61 99 101 111 113 106 108 109 111 108 110 124 126 180 82 lilt 113 190 n 117 119 111 113 104 103 85 87 93 100 99 OIL 90 92 91 93 102 104 9} 10 171 ISI 101 101 76 78 20 21 10 101 15 151 137 1%9 110 118 116 118 138 141 110 118 103 105 152 155 130 134 09 71 go 92 116 118 [5O 155 12i 13 5 R A 70 72 I tp 136 138 102 103 95 96 :111 113 1 109 111 111 p 93 95 102 104 P ip p I P 23 24 100 100 100 all all t 22 124 130 133 10i 11 231 241 101 103 101 103 90 92 99 101 185 88 271 2Fq 321, 38 32a 33 1 1 4 ,2 24 3 5 1 1 11 2 4 02 8 5 6 1 123 123 115 118 --- LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. _ ----- rat Leasing \Closing Business R a ilways. I I Co.'s. Price. Done. all BRevdckfoinrdghantlndßslrirtcelf.l.7 1.02 ran, 5z14.N..17v, 53 Oti 100 Chester & Holyhead.. 10 0 g Do. 125 127 Do 113 115 Do. Do. do. do. 5 5 a ppeerr cent 10 0 C E a .u le . d & op i l e u 1(1) L 101 17 E.Lincolnshire,C-.6P•e• 100 Colchester,Clyde s dale S .T i n o n o c r ti vona.i: 1,10101 111 Counts. 46 46 E.Union,lTnrwich Shs all . _ GL North. 135 137 Do. 'Woodbridge .., 100 .. ... e . , c i i in _ _ Gls.Ba rr.& Neils,Drot. 100 UV Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest 104 0 1 l a...j u i i ii• - 1 — —: ITartlpool.Dclr.& Rail. all Hull and Selby ...• • • all ' —INT. 3• Ylc vi; l'.' l " d r 110 112 Mt Do. i Shares Do. } Shares London Lane. Cr o l. r g e u e a.. owl s po.cii 100100 i s L . nt a, l 3 l : 7 . 206 ,1 21 6 0 3 Do. Preference ... . 100 i Do. . . .. . 11 5 120 Lon„Tilb Y4 Sonten . d. 100 Peto. (I; Co 93 97 Lowestoft, urt. 4 p.ot. 100 'Norfolk , • --- --- Do. 0 per cent__ . 100 Do, Manc.,Buxtn. & Mt:Lk. all L NW4451 34 4 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock.— ... i ... 100 Midland 97 99 99 Nevrmarkt.,Buryix guaranteed 5 p. c 3 s. aaa 5 11 6 DID E )OOO .C ... onnts i 4 P 55 57 ND p g o r. . td Fixed llon..6le: s ar 8 per etenn. t c s e . P. ; North Western ...... all Midland 15 154 Preston and Wyre. 1 all L& NW 1 _ a L,Yk. i Do. 4 Stares A. all Do -- R o ysto.Hitch.• 4 z SileP 100 Gt. North 135 137 Siarewsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey 103 105 Do. Do. 1 ..... South St a ffordshire .. all M'Clean. 104 11 Wilts and Som erset.. 100 Gt, West: 93 Wimbledon& C,roydn. all LA B rg u i 74 l e DOCKS. ------- Dods. p a i d. Closing 1 Business Price. Done. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.l'ref.3lin lOO stock East and Waat Ind 4 stock London. loo stock St. Icatharine. stock Somtltampt o fl If , . 19,12 stock vigtoria ..•,,,,i. WU 11151. 1i, , 3 so DO NOY .._• se !.T. , f Itii,llt I 1 I . : el 1 100 108 9} THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. osincr ' Share) Cl Railways. Paid. p rice' Businessdone 100 Atlantic &, St Lawrence all 75 77 761 •' stk Born Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent. lOO 941 951 95 i 18 Do, Do. v 16 15 1 d 201 Buffalo and Lade Huron all 44 bid 204 Do. New ....... all 10 Do. Preference all 61 7 100 1 Buiralo,Brant,&Godricl 100 75 80 ii p, et. bds. Aug. 1, IS7: 100 De. do. July 1, 187 100 67 72 100 Do. do. June 1, 187 100 63 ;0 5 Cleat ta. &S. East n. (Lim 3 1d pr 20 Cape,Eaatn.Prov. (Lim. 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 5 1u la d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 7l 11 1 d 174 Demerara all 20 Eastn. Bengal gm sp. ( 10 14 ltd 84 stock East Indian, gu. sp. c . 100 101 102' 101 4 I 20 Do. F Shares Ext.._ all d pr 20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr 100 • Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 99 100 100 Do. sp. c. Dab., 186 L all 1001 101/ 20 Geelong & Melbourne all stock Geelong; Corporation I' per cent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 24 25 25 41 51 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 76 78 77 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 46 48 48 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 . , all 54 57 , 100 Do. do. 1867 all 47 50 100 Do. do. 1872 „' all 46 19 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 07 98 974 8 20 Do. New gna. sp. c 8 1d 1 d 20 It. South. of India (Lim' guaranteed 5 per cent. all 2 11d 20. Gt. W. of Canada Shares all loi 111 201 Do. New .. ....... 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 95 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all s 3 96 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 03 stock Madras, guar., 45 p. c lOO 85 96 stock Do. do. 5 per cent stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 88 89 20 Do. Fourth do l5 11 11 0 20 Do. do all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Buds lOO 20 Newßrunswick & Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.),g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share ▪ Do. do. Land do 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... all 5 7 • Do. do. Land do. ...... 20 Oude (Limited) stock 'cinde ..... ..... '"q 5 100 ;99 100 20 Do. Punjaub .... 14 a 9 10 111 d 111 20 o. Do. ........ xO , , all j —d stock o.lndus.St. Flo. ,q, ~ 100 i 93 95 20 LAndrews & Quebec A 18 l 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip 1 i 4 I d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 5 1 54 1 51 4 20 !Ardennes ............ 20 tßah.&S.Fran..Lim.7p.c lO 11 1d 9 5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 1 20 I I Beziers to Graissessac all -- 6 Ca'aeaux Mine & Rails all 101 111 100 ;Copiapo ........ & 10 Ditto Extension 20 (Dutch 'Rhenish 20 ;Eastern of France 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c 6 -- 20 I Do. do. all 20Great Central of France all 120 Gt. Luxern., Con. shs all 61 65 20 ;Italian Junction . . all 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all 20 ILierrc & Turnhout .... all 20 !Lyons & Geneva ' all 331 'Maria Antonia all 10 'Do. New ..... all 20 :Namur & Liege all 7 1 7 4 20 I Do. 6p. c. Pref. all 194 205 • 16 Northern of France all 88/ 394 16 lllo„..New Shares ..... 15 ) - . , 10''X.45raisg - f an Trunk Pref all 75 94 20 IParis,Lyons, & 3lediter all 331 361 20 r Paris & Orleans all 54 56 20 f ,Recife & S. Fran. (fern ) ! gua. 7p. ct. lim 13 3 21d 20 4 20 ,Riga & Dunaburg 14 10 Rome & Frascati' .... , all 20 ;Royal Dani5h........., all 5 Royal Swedish all 4 ;Do. 7 per cent. Pref all 20 Sambre & Meuse , all 54 5/ 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 84 Ai 20 San Paulo, lim, 2:. 7p. c ! 2 1 fil 31 20 S.A.ust. &Lomb Venetinl 12 Id 4 d 20 Southern of France all 20 21 81 West Flanders all 51 61 10 IDo. 51 p. c. Preference all 01 91 20 W. & N.W. of France all 215 225 23 IWestern of Austria 6 20 I Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 'Do. 8 per cent. Pref all 20 ,'Leal and BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. Closing Business Paid. Price. Done Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 !British Iron j 16 !Clifford nil Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.)' 1 East Bassett (Illogan).. , 30 East Caradon ' `).14.6 lE. WI Russel (Tavistk.). 7.4.0 Gam.St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 511 !Great South T01gu5....! 17s G. Wheal Alfd. (Philack) 12.13.91 G. Wheal Vor (Ileiston) 01 j Grenville 5.14.6 Ilerod's- Foot-- , 8.12 J jliingston Downs J 4.10.6 j Lady Bertha 'Margaret (Uny Lelant)j 9t North Downs J 2 ' North Frances (Illo,gan)j 11% 'N.Wli'l Basset (1110 an)! 15s j North Wheal Crofty 9.18.21 Par Consols (St. Blazey)j 15 Providence (Uny Lelnt.), 10.6.7 Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l 14s South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 S. Carn Brea (I j S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.' all S.Wheal Fran: Stray Park j24.18.C1 Tamar Silv.:t Lead Min j 41 Tin Croat 'Vale of Towey (Carm ) l A3s fidj West Basset (I llov;an) 1 1/ W. Caradon (Liskeard) 6 j West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 j Wheal Buller (Redruth) . 5 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 12 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)' 8 j Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 54 3 ! 9 i 2 - 230 240 415 425 115 120 11 114 11 114 V 29 91 10 11 14 1 21 31 11 31 33 34 31 1% 1Z 53 55 41 43 35 45 4 5 105 115 95 11 45 47 1 15 295 305 2i 3i I:Q4 1375 , 48 49 24 27 5 1 -41 17 18 6 70 78 3CO 370 1120 125 125 130 I 11 11 17 18 20 22 17 19 FOREIGN MI NES. 20 }Australian 1 IlonAccordCopper,Lim i 158 d 1 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at .1'.5 p,l 275 2 25 20 !Do.St.Johndel Rey,Linll 15 28 29 1281 5 Do. Land and Mining Co.! all 1 iClarendon Cons.MinCo,! 1j 40 iCobre Copper all 143 45 Copiapo IA 8 10 1 iDunMoun.Cop.Mino, - Co ail # 1 2 Fortuna. 20 General all 21 23 2 !Gt. N. Cop. of S. 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ComfUpr.Can. 100 Van Diemen's Laud ... 13 14 31 33 4t 5} 30 32 35 37 18 20 13 15 112 115 24 25 28 30 100 1(2 107 1(9 93 96 all all all all 6 ► 281 24 1 4 24 ft l I 11 1 cf 1 11 n 2 4 3 2c! 1 il p i r k 1 50 53 70 73 11 13 17 18 p 17 16 5 6 46 48 .&U 135 33 85 5 1 7 81 91 725 35 46i 7 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY). ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) JUDOMENT.-WARDETiII Y. EAST TIMIA COMPANY. This was a suit instituted by the plaintiff against the East India Company to recover two notes taken possession of by them with interest. One of the mates was for 653,910 Madras rupees, and the other 278,800 Sicas rupees, belong ing to the late Rajah of Goort, and now to the plaintiff as his representative executor and administrator. The former note was given by the Rajah to his daughter, then a Royal Princess. In 1834 a difference arose between the Rajah and the Company, and war declared. In 1834 the Rajah's territory was taken possession of, and his territory annexed to British India. The Rajah was taken prisoner, and his property confiscated and divided according to an inventory then taken. The ex-Rajah was protected by the company, and remained a prisoner during his life. In 1850 he visited England, and in 1851 ho died. His Honour, the Master of the Rolls, after stating the case, said—The defence to this suit is that this Court has no jurisdiction, as the notes were taken possession of in hostilities and in war, and are the property of the defen dants. If the notes were private property the plaintiff might recover, but if they were obtained by the Rajah in the exercise of his political power, and by the com pany in the exercise of their regal power, the claim of the plaintiff is excluded. The note for 278,800 Sica rupees was left in the hands of the Rajah resi dent at Nagpoor, and in January, 1835, Captain Chal mers took possession of it, and gave a receipt for it, and it was then sealed up by the seal of the Commissioners. In 1834 the other note was handed to the Company's agent there. His Honour was of opinion that these notes were not the private property of the late Rajah of Nagpoor, but were his political government property, and ?awfully taken posses sion of by the Company, and that the plaintiff was not en titled to recover them. His Honour dismissed the plaintiff's bill without costs. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices.) TOWNSEND V. EARLY.-3AIDGMENT. This was an appeal from a decision of the Master of the Rolls, declaring that according to a true construction of the codicil to the testator's will, the intention of the testator was to give a legacy of X5OO only to such of the children of his brothers as were in esse at the time of his death. The Lord Chancellor said he did not intend to lay down any canon or rule for the construction of wills ; he would look only to the intentions of the testator. The testator here pointed to three classes of persons. Ist. Those that were born before his decease. 2d. Those born afterwards. 3d. Those born at the time of his decease. The testator directed the legacies to be paid within six months after his death, and it was not possible to suppose that he meant those children that were born afterwards. There could be no doubt about the children born in his lifetime, but they were not entitled to double legacies. It must apply only to - those that were in case at the death of the testator. Lord Justice Knight Bruce and Lord Justice Turner entirely concurred. The Lord Chancellor affirmed the decision of the Master of the Rolls, and dismissed the appeal with costs out of the estate to both parties. POLICE INTELLIG CE--( THIS DAI.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. George Gogan, 15, Great Chapel-street, Soho, perfumer, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing three baga telle balls, the property of Mr. Harris, of the Three Doves, Berwick-street, Soho, Louis Gorwav, potman to Mr. Harris, said that about half-past eight the previous night two young men, of whom the prisoner was one, came into the house and ordered a pint of ale, and as they walked up into the bagatelle room he took up the bagatelle balls with him, thinking they wished to play. They were followed up by a third young man, and as they all came down in less than ten minutes, his suspicions were aroused, and on going up to the room he missed three balls from the table. He went in pursuit of the men and succeeded in finding the prisoner, but not the other two. The prisoner denied having the balls. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt the witness said tie prisoner and the others joined in the room. Kelly, 319 A, said the prisoner was " wanted" along with two others for stealing bagatelle balls in the neigh bourhood of Seven Dials. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should remand the prisoner for a few days. THAMES. DEAD DEEENDINTS.—SINGULAR CASE.-Mr. Coleman, clerk to the Registrar-General of Seamen, waited upon Mr. Selfe, and reminded him that the hearing of a summons against a man named Timothy Maddigan, a seaman's boarding-house keeper, late of No. 161 Ratcliff-highway, had been adjourned until that day. The defendant was charged with an offence under the Merchant Shipping Act, with aiding, abetting, and procuring a fictitious certificate ef service and discharge for one Thomas Egan, a sailor. The offence was very prevalent, had been productive of great mischief, and the Registrar-General was determined to prosecute in every case that was brought to his know ledge. It was stated on . Saturday last, the day appointed for the hearing of the summons, that Maddigan was drunk in bed when Paplin served the salmons at his house, and it was also represented that he had since gone to St. Thomas's Hospital. On these representations the case was adjourned. Mr. Selfe—Yes ; the offence is a mideineanour, and the penalty is very heavy, and such cases ought not to he heard in the absence of a party accused. Mr. Coleman—l quite agree with you, sir. In this case you will be spared the trouble of hearing the particulars, for Maddigan is dead. lie died in the hospital last Satur day, of dcliriom tremens. After what occurred here last Saturday I sent to the hospital to ascertain if Maddigan was there, and my messenger was informed there was no one of that name a patient there. I made further inquiries and ascertained that Maddigau had been actually admitted into the hospital, on the previous Thursday, with a letter of recommendation belonging to another man named John Brown, of Liverpool. When Maddigan died the autho rities of the hospital sent to Brown's wife at Liverpool informing her of the death of her husband, and requesting her to repair to town without delay for the pur pose of removing the body of her deceased husband and burying it. On her arrival in London, instead of finding a dead husband, she discovered a live one, and Maddigan's body was removed by his friends to his late residence. Mr. Selfe said the circumstances of the case were rather singular, and as the defendant was dead there was an end of the case. Mr. Coleman said he had been singularly unfortunate. In three cases of uttering forged certificates of service and discharged, the defendants had died after the summonses had been served upon them, and before their cases could be heard. He then retired. THIS S SIIIPIINO. LONDON, Dec. B.—Wind this day at noon—South• Westerly ; fresh breeze, and dull cloudy weather, with rain. DEAL, Dee. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hero, from China. Dec B.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Reliance, from Quebec. BRISTOL, Dec. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Mansamto, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Elizabeth Yeo, from Quebec. SWANSEA, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—John Knox, from the . Cap of Good Hopo. FALmovrll, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Alma from Havannah. PILL, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Vigilant, from New York. NEwronT, Dec. 7.—Wind W.—Arrived—Polynia, from Gloucester for Havannah. CARDIFF, Dec. G.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ledtuington, for Havannah. Orr F LrETwo oD. Dec. 'T.—Arrived—Marchioness o: Queensberry, from• Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Ranee, from Antwerp for Pernambuco. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind S.—Arrived—Queen of the Wave, from London for Madras. (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 7—Bengal, from Saguenay ; Fox, steamer, from Portsmouth ; Brilliant, from Jersey ; Duke of Corn wall, steamer, from London ; Argyll, steamer, from Caren tan; Alliance, steamer, from Havre; Champion, from Portland; Northam, from Poole. Sailed—Sultan, steamer, for Lisbon ; Havre, steamer, for Havre ; Courier, steamer, for Jersey; Duke of Corn wall, steamer, for Dublin. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 7—Comet, from Madeira. Arrived, Uec. B.—Amanda, from New York; Nancy Dawson, from St. Michael's; Formosa, from Villa Nova; Weasel, from Fayal ; St. Petersburg, steamer, from Stettin; Matilda, from Bilboa; Berwickshire, from Bom bay ; Allington, from St. George's, Azores. The Commandant, from Hamburg, for Montevideo, has been ashore on the Cork Sands. S a il e d—Glenmore, for Port Natal ; Fortune, for th e Cape of Good Hope; Hastings, for Adel a id e . DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed.—Aeastus, from London, fr,r Barcelona; Reliance, barque, from Quebec, for London ; r oergestus, from London, for New York. Sailed.—Buena Ventura and Be3Tout, steamers, for the westward. THE NEW GENERAL POST -OFFICE AT THE WEST umu.—The new General Post-office for the western district of the metropolis was opened on Thursday for the receipt and transmission of letters and newspapers. The office is situate in Vere-street, Oxford-street, and extends into :chapel-place in the rear. It occupies a large area, and is built with every accommodation for the clerks, the sorters. &c. It affords space for nearly 100 employes, and is much more adapted for transacting the business of a district post office than the former establishment, which was in Caven dish-street, Caven,disb.-square) and whi c h will in mugs be closed. L.) EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. CAPTURE PEKIN. FLIGHT OF THE EMPEROR. I, FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 8. The following telegram was received this after• noon at 3 p.m., from her Majesty's Agent and Consul-General, at Alexandria, dated November 30, 1860. Two of the gates of Pekin are in our hands. Park and Loch have been returned to us. Capt. Anderson and Mr. De Norman have died from the effects of ill-treament. Captain Brabazon and Boulby (Times' correspondent), unaccounted for. The Emperor's summer palace taken and sacked, affording immense spoil. Emperor fled into Tartary. Forces to winter at Pekin and Tient sing. The two Ambassadors at military headquarters. ELECTION FOR THE RODEN PROFESSORSHIP. OXFORD, DEC. 7. Convoc'ation opened this day at two o'clock, when the voting for this chair began, and continued very briskly for about three hours. At the final close the numbers were declared by the proctors to be as follows : Mr. Williams, University Mr, Max Muller, All Souls' Majority for Mr. Williams 223 THE NEWCASTLE ELECTION. NEWCASTLE, FRIDAY NIGHT. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Beaumont Carstaira Majority B4B AN IRISH BREACH OF PROMISR C4SE. The Dublin Court of Common Pleas was occupied, on Monday and Tuesday, in trying an action brought by a young lady, named Delaney, against a Mr. M'Garry, for breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff was nineteen; the defendant three or four years older. *They had met when very young, and M'Garry, notwithstanding many difficul ties thrown in. his way, pressed his suit, and at length was accepted by the lady. Mr. Delany, who is a well-to-do pawnbroker, on being informed of this, saw Mr. M'Garry, for the purpose of [ascertaining what his means were of supporting a wife, and Mr. M'Garry informed him that he had £2,000 in trade and some Scotch shares to the amount of about £3,000. Mr. Delaney agreed to the marriage taking place, and he asked Mr. M'Garry and a Mr. Kane to dine with him on the next Sunday. When Mr. Delany came in, the defendant requested to speak to him on business, upon which Mr. Delaney suggested that, as Mr. Kane had already acted for defendant in the matter, he should be present. When Mr. Kane joined them, the defendant said to Mr. Delany that he had been advised to ask £l,OOO as a fortune with his daughter, and that he should furnish a house for them. Mr. Delany having observed that the defendant was very liberal to himself, said he would do nothing of the sort. " Well, then?' said the defendant, " what will you give ?" Mr. Delany said, in consequence of the publicity which the affair had got and which he very much regretted, he would give his daughter £soo—£7oo on the marriage day, £2OO in two years, and £2OO to be paid on his (Mr. De lany's) death. The defendant asked if Mr. Delany would furnish the house in addition to giving the £7OO ; and Mr. Delany said that the defendant acted like a man at a fair bargaining for a cow or a house, and asked him was it his daughter he wanted or the money ? Whereupon the de fendant said he " would take her without a farthing, but as there was money going ho might as well have some of it." However, the defendant was perfectly satisfied with Mr. Delany's terms, and he said he would add £3OO of his own to the £7OO, and settle it all on the lady. He said, "You might as well let it be said to my friends that I am getting £1,000," and Mr. Delany said ho might tell what he liked, but that he would be no party to such representation. Finally it was settled that'the marriage should take place in two months from the 12th of July. On the 18th July he again visited the house, treated the young lady as his affi anced wife, and presented her with a , gold watch, having her name engraved on the back. He frequently about this period called for the plaintiff and her sister, and drove them about, and he even went so far as to go to the dress maker's where the plaintiff's wedding dresses were being made, and carefully scrutinised them. But shortly after his visit to the dressmaker's, without any reason assigned, he suddenly discontinued his visits, and remained away for about a fortnight. A difficulty subsequently arose respect ing the settlement, and at length M'Garry said he could not marry, as he was in ill-health.—The jury gave a ver dict for the plaintiff, damages £5OO. The damages were laid at £5,000. TBIS DAY'S MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. L ITE1?;IT • Bentley's InceMany. This magaz . tie contains an amusing story by Dudley Costello, entitled " Uncle jasper's Ghost." It is certainly original.' ' The " Outremanche Correspondence " is continued. There is a paper on the exploded humbug of " Table Turning and Spirit-Rapping." It is certainly surprising that in the nineteenth century, in a country claiming high mental development, such a hoax as Spirit- Rapping should ever have bt-en entertained : "The witch of Ender has been declared to be a necro mancer, or one of those persons who, like Joseph Balsamo, in almost our own times, pretended to call up the spirits of the dead to converse with the living: Mee cantu finditque solum, manesque sepulchris Elicit, et tepido devocat osea rogo. And it has been argued that the true witch, in the modern acceptation of the idea, that is a female working through the agency of Satan, cannot be traced higher than the middle ages, and was probably derived from the wild and gloomy mythology of the northern nations. Let this be granted, although we should be'iceptical as to the justness of any such conclusions, the mythology of the northern nations being anterior to the middle ages, and itself derived from the East—still it can only be said to be another mode of manifestation of the same folly and weakness inherent in our nature, and so on with every other strange and seductive fancies which have pervaded the human mind, and spread, as it wore, by contagion, till they have, in our ewn, as well as in times long gone by, assumed all the im portance of a national demonstration. "The spirits in the new world are as good as those in the old, but they are no better, only that they are more numerous, and their invasion of the United States has positively presented all the characters of a vast moral epi demic. It was in 1846 that an inhabitant of Hydesville, in Acadia, was first honoured by a spirit rapping at his door. lie went to open it, and saw no one. Th opera tion was repeated. Determined not to be caught a third time, he lay ix readiness, opened the door with prOdigious force and celerity at the next rapping, and—broke his nose. This was not all; the spirits took pleasure in dis turbing the peace of this' unfortunate man; they rocked his furniture, moved his chairs, and made him so uncom fortable that he was glad to get away froth the liouse and place altogether. Another party then came on the stage. These were Mr. and Mrs. Fox and their two daughters, Catherine and Margaret, who undertook to confront and tame the spirits of Hydesville. Mr. Fox does not appear to have taken a prominent part in the conflict—the ladies were the heroines. At first they were rather terrified by the spirits, which were always most importunate at the time that they were going to bed. But after a few trials they summoned up courage to address them. Who makes that noise ?' Mrs. Fox ventured one night to inquire. No answer. Is it made by a living person ?' Still no reply, 'lsit by one no longer of this world ?' A rap. Is it by an unhappy spirit?' Another rap. Is he unhappy him self, or on account of family misfortunes ?' No reply. ' How old is my eldest daughter?' Fourteen raps. And the youngest!' Twelve raps. The answers wore quite correct, and Mrs. Fox went on with her interrogatory, but the spirit vouchsafed no further replies." "The House, Blaswick," is continued with its usual ability. The biography of " Diana of Poitiers'' will he read with interest by those who take an interest in the history of the continent in the middle ages. The history of this remarkable woman is an exemplification of the won ierful fascination which beauty even at an advanced period of life holds over the minds of men. A review of " German Almanacks of 1861 " gives a sketch of principal productions in this line of the Father land ; and although the writer contrives to extract some amusing passages, he winds up by declaring that-- "Such, then, are the German alneanacks, an-institution peculiar to the country, and which, we think, wouldfiourish nowhere else. Evidently founded on the French alma necks, they are very interior to them in humour, though superior in useful knowledge. As for the almanacks in tended to imitate the Almanach Comique' and the 'Almanach pour hire,' we have omitted any notice of them out of kindness to our readers, for they are the most melan choly reading that can be conceived. When we state that Glasbrennees Comic Almanack' is the best of a bad lot, we have more than done our duty by them. " As a curiosity, then, we deal with the German alma... tacks, and if our readers will listen to a much-tired man, they will be satisfied with the sample we have afforded them, and not weary their patience by trying to road the works themselves. We have sacrificed ourselves on beh ilf of the community, and no one need be called upon tofollow our awful example." " The Stamp on the Paper," by Ouida, is a story in this author's peer liar style, although the charac ters are by the way more original than usual. Colburn's United Service Magazine. The United Service commences with a chapter on Our Military Reforms," and enquires what they have done for ns ? While admitting that reform has not as yet made the progress at the Horse Guards which is to be desired, we cannot agree with the following passage. There is quite enough roundabout work carried on there already, which we do not think would be less were military men employed in places quite out of their province : " If the War Department and the Horse Guards were weeded of civilians, gabbling about matters which are not in their province, and which they do not understand, besides being the cause of half the blunders that take place, and officers,_ nom-corinnissioned officers, and deserving soldiers from the army, as the situations might requise, substituted for them, as would be the case if common sense ruled our measures, there would be sonieth ;ng to look tor in the pros pects of a soldier's life,• which even the well-to-do middle classes might not contemn. The field of our recruiting would be greatly extended, and a great deal connected with it, and which ne country, least of all England, ought to tole rate, would be get rid of. There would be no occasion for a money bounty then ; for the best of all bounties would be offered—that of hope. This last, and a fair and reasonable day's wages, which would be real, and not deceptive and fallacious as at present, should be the basis of our military system. At present, a soldier's prospects are the merest pittance, and no hope whatever ; none, at least, that can take any possible hold on the mete respectable classes in the community. There is nothing in connection with our military system, as far as the soldier is concerned, that would bring a reflecting man into the army." " The Naval Discipline Act" is carefully examined and criticised, and while agreeing with many of the rules of the service, desires to have several altera tions made. The following cases do not seem to be very just to our notions on shore, whatever they may be to the captains afloat : " Clause 17 gives the penalty for disobedience of the lawful command or using threatening language to his supe rior officer.' We should be very glad if the Admiralty could make out a list of what are the lawful commands' allowed to be issued by a superior officer. We suppose the task is impossible ; b ut it would be a great boon to the navy if some fuller explanation was published regarding the term •lawful command." Some captains consider all their orders to be lawful commands,' whilst the subordinate offi cers are always carping at and disagreeing as to the com mands of their superior officer being lawful. Perhaps some of our readers may recollect the court-martial on a lieu tenantof the Vulcan for refusing to obey his commander, who ordered him to go and call his successor en the watch, who was a mate, and consequently his junior officer. The lieutenant declined to call the mete, stating that it would degrade the rank he held if he did so. The court-martial reprimanded the lieutenant for not obeying the orders of his commander. It was a most unjust sentence, and much sympathy was expressed at the time for the unfortunate lieutenant. A worse case has lately occurred on board the steam sloop Alert, and if the reports in the naval papers aro correct, a more ungrateful abuse of power has not been pieblished for many years. Yellow fever breaks out on board the Alert to an alarming extent, the surgeon is ill, and the assistant-surgeon of the Vixen volunteers to take medical charge of the ship. He comes on board the Alert, and finds the commander ill of the fever, attends upon him and gets him well, and after a while the fever leaves the ship. The commander, apparently walleyed at being under obligation to the surgeon taunts him before the crew , and orders him to cut his whiskers closer. The doctor declines to obey this strange order, and being no longer u r g entl y needed, is put under arrest. He is brought before a court • martial on this trivial charge by the commander, whose life he has already saved, and sentenced to be reprimanded and to lose a year of his time. Thus for an act of courage and benevolence, he is to be punished instead of reaping the reward of promotion. Is there not much more courage required to go on board a ship infected with yellow fever, and to witness death all around you in the most hideous form, than to go into action with an enemy? Surely the case of the assistant• surgeon is very similar to that recorded of Dr. M'Willitim and the ill-fated Eclair. Both the Alert and the Eclair were infested with yellow fever, but the one is stationed far away in the Pacific, whilst the other returned home from the coast of Africa. Dr. M`William was praised and given a post of emolument, while Mr. Carroll, is repri manded and his promotion denied him. If the Duke of Somerset earnestly wishes to put down tyranny in the navy, he could not do better than appoint another comman der to the Alert, and try the present one by a court-martial for abuse of power." We have three consecutive articles of three de parted gallant admirals ; the first is a review of, the lately published " Memorials of Lord Gambier,' in which a brief sketch et h is life is recorded. The'! follows " The Life of the Earl of Dundonatlod,';uri v e r d , which the gallant Cochrane is done jusrticheowe, his misfortunes lamented ; the v e nter, and hasty considers that his impatience last, and we are late Sir Charles Napier is in the Baltic is treated temper had a good deal to dothwoofitchothe matter. The happy to see that his career is that, now that the in a fair and manly r_ ailspitelarless reformer of naval ,justice is accorded to the victim gallantoa bf issoeaommanore . tion. ached thatart of Sir Charles' life which "We have now been exposed to so m "ustly been much obloquy and has most tine snesineapable administration. abuse. his brill' It was, doubtless, owing to taut services in the Mediterranean that he was selected, in preference to seve hdt ral other distinguis e admiral s, o the command of the Baltic fleet during the late Russian war. We all recollect the dinner given to him at the Reform Club in anticipation of the wonderful deeds he was to perform. This was a bad sign to begin with. It showed a foolish, premature enthusiasm, a superstitious confidence, which would almost have disgraced school-boys. Had such an ovation greeted Napier after the capture of the Miguelite fleet; it would have been perfectly right and rational, but whilst for that his name was struck out of the Navy list, BREAD. for mere visionary exploits, in posse, not in esse, he was, at lie are from • The prices of wheaten bread in the ifietroPo- this very doubtful moment, exalted to the sk es. This be • lb loaf. 81d to 91d, ®f household do., 6d to 8d pe: 4 trayed that sanguine kind of fluster of the spirits which arises often fromunpreparedness, which one de- HIDES AND SKINS- a sense of • 721 b 3d to Dies to which one wilfully shuts one's eyes when there is Market bides 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d ; 641 b to • • this ewe 3 1 -d 3id to 31. 3 1; ; 721 b to 80 , -801 b to 881 b, 31d to Hose not vigour enough to remedy it. That so it was in wen 4 961 to 1041 b, 4d to 4.‘td• is proved by the irritation of Sir James Grab e s e ll et and 881 b to 961 b, 31cl to 4d : condition obhp e hides, 8s Od to lOs Od; calf skins, light 2s Od to 4s Od; do. full, Napier pointed out the ineffective offered, y , ch , instead of 7s 6d to Os Od , po l led sheep, 7s 6d to Os Od; hale: breds, proposed that a bounty should be ea en 6s Od to 7s Od ; Downs, 5s Od to 6s 9d; lambs, Os L ld to ships might have been manned by able. ssuitiegly sneered by a draft of inexperienced hands. lie d 6 signS of dis- Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. at the Admiral for hoisting what he cal: h applause lie re- HAY MARKETS. tress ' and thought, no doubt, that the chief resource SMITHPIELD.-111eadow hay, £2 Os to £55,1 Od ; clover Jeivell at the Reform Club dinne,iiiiN, Ba ine absurd Min:l -da., £3 Os to £5 103; and straw, £1 108 to £1145 per load. for victory. • ,ehould rely upon . pr estige pervaded tke Trade dull. aces iliffleulties, and reliance For the time of year, our market is well supplied with fruit, and the show of vegetables continues extensive. Generally speaking, the trade rules slow, as fellows : FRUIT. 8. d. s. d. 0. d. s. d Pine apples, perlb 4 oto 8 0 Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 1 oto 1 6 Filberts, per lb 1 oto 1 6 Grapes,per 1b.... 30to 6 01 Cobnuts, per lb 1 oto 1; Foreign do. 1 oto 1 61 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Blelons, each .... 2 oto 4 0 1 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Peaches, perdoz.. 6 0 to 12 0 Figs, per doz 2oto 4 6 Nectarines, per dz 2 oto 6 0 j Strawberries potl. 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf. sv. 1 6to 3 0) Gooseberries lit sv 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do .... 2 oto 5 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Oranges, per doz. 4 otolo 0 Plums, per do. Lemons, per 100.. 4 oto 8 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Apricots. per doz 2 oto 4 0 Raspberries,prptlo oto 0 0 'ABLER. Shallots, per lb .. 0 6 to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 6 to 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 2 to 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 8 to 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6 to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 0 to 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2 to 0 0 Mushrooms,p pun 2 0 to 3 0 Artichokes, pr dz 4 o to 6 0 Cabbage lett,score 1 0 Si 2 0 Endive, per score 1 0 to 2 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6 to 0 0 Tomatoes, hf sve 4 0 to 6 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 0 to 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 0 to 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 0 to 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 4 to 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 2 0 to 4 0 Seakale, per pun: 0 0 to 0 • VEGET. Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 3 01 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9to 1 3 Savoy do., pr do. 010 to 1 4 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0 Brocoli, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 100 to 150 0 New ditto, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Peas, per sieve 1 6to 1 9 Turnips, dz bunch 1 Gto 2 6 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cucumbers Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Spinach, hf. -sv 0 6to 0 8 Brus. sprouts,h.s 1 6to 2 0 Old onions, hf. sv. 0 oto 0 0 Do., dz bun French beans, 100 t 9to 2 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 10a Od ; poults, 4s Od•to 7s Od each ; geese, 3s Gd to 7s Od; goslings, 4s Od to 7s Od; ducklings, is 9d to 2s 9d ; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each ; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; pigeons, 5d to Os 8d each ; large Surrey fowls, 5s Od to lOs Od; chickens, 4s Od to 5s Od; barn-door fowls, Od to 5s 6d ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; grouse, is Gd to 2s Od each; pheasants, 3s Od to 4s Od; ptarmigan, Os toOs Od ; woodcocks, 2s 6d to 35 Od; snipes, Os 8d to is Od; teal, Os 9d to is Od ; wild ducks, 2s Nto 2s 6d; widgeons, is Od to is 6d ; plovers, Os 6d to is Od each ; gu inea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 9s Od each ,•• • Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, is ld to is b,4 per lb ; English eggs, 12s Od to 15s Od ; French do., lOs Od to 1.2 s Od per 120 ; leverets, is 6d to 2s Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2 9 4d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 35 Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os 06. ; veal, 3s 8d to 45 2d ; and pork, 3 a 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs. wafTECHAPEL. Beef, 2s 4d to 45 2d ; mu tton, 3s Od to 45 4d ; veal, 35 8d to 4s 2d ; pork, 3a 8d to 4a s qd per 81bs. by the carcase. BILLING „SGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Os •, eels, 8d to is ; prawns, 4sod to Os; pike, skate, s turgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. Turbots, 2s Gd to 20 s • cod, 2s Od to lOs Od ; brills, ls Od to lOs Od ; doreys, is Od 'to 7s Od ; tuullets, O s 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 3d to 2s Od per pair; conmosn. oysters, 12s to 16s ; natives, 448 to —s per bus hel ; whiff ; 2s Od to lOs Od ; haddocks, 4s to 1 2 s Od ; smelts,_ . 3 fr o e d h s flounders, ls 6d to 2s 6d per doze n ; mackerel, 60 herrings, ss; bloaters, Ss to Os per 100; carp and 'tench, ls Od to 3s per brace. countrv, so nitich so, that Sir M. S e y mour, i n a l etter to the Admiral, says, 'lam . doing all I can to moderate the expectations of my countrymen, and to explain to them that a fleet cannot sail on the ice, or take Cronstadt by the wasp's nest process ; and that even if Cronstadt were taken, the winters palace is too large to be packed up for erection in Trafalgar-square.' The issue might have been foreseen. ' EnormonSexpEctations—all the essential means of fulti!ling them bedeziiedr—were met by an enormous disappointment. . Yet there is no one at present who will not promptly ac knowledge that'. Napier did all that it was possible for him to do in the Baltic: The highest naval authorities ha.e iexpressed that . opinion ; Lord Palmerston has very eel phatically expressed it; his successor to the command of the fleet, mord 'amply furnished • with means, effected less than he did; but his complete justification lies in this that the Admiralty have felt the absolute necessity of /adopting all th e meas ures Sir Charles called for, both with respect to men, vessels, and armaments, the which, had rhpy --- , when he r equ i re d th e m—been forthcoming, would have enabled hi m t o a dd ano th er s pl e ndid chapter to the naval history of En Zland. "As it is he rendered important services to the country, in the Baltic expedition. 'He caused,' says his cousin, Sir Win. Napier, ' 0 sail, comprising the powerful 11u2,eau fleet, to shrink like rats into their holes; he took Bomar sund, caused Hauge to be blown up ; interrupted the Rus sian commerce; and for six months kept in a state of inaction 80,000 or 90,000 good troops. He restored and enlarged the knowledge of the Gulf of Finland to naviga tion; ascertained What large vessels can do there, and what they cannot do. lie carried out an ill-manned, undis ciplined fleet ; he brought unharmed a well-organized, well disciplined one, with crews exercised in gunnery and seamanship—in fine, a fleet now really what it was falsely c•Alled when it started—that is to say, one the most irre sistible that ever floated on the ocean for the legitimate purpose of naval warfare.' " When on his return from the `Baltic, through an incom petent and dishonest naval administration, he was offered the Grand f . ross of the Bath, he indignantly refused the proffered ' hush-money' bribe, and the blunt old sailor is said to have indignantly exclaimed, ' I'll have none of their honours; to screen themselves, they would have disgraced and . hanged me, if they could, like Byng; they may bestow on others their G.O B.'s—l'll have none of them.' This may be considered one of the most brilliant tuitions of Sir Chas. Napier' life." We find a full account of the formation and organi sation of the Austrian army, but what is far snore gratifying is to find also a French view of our military institutions, written in a fair and im partial manner, and that, too, by• a Frenchman, for our Outremanche neighboun in general take a very one-sided view of us and All that belongs to us. ' The general Naval and Military Intelligence is as usual furnished. Baily's illagazide of Sports and Pastimes. This magazine furnishes us this month with a portrait of the celebrated Mr. Gully, and in the biographical sketch we have a history of how, by perseverance and integrity, he rose from being a member of the P.R. to. that of an M P., also becom ing one of the most fortunate members cf the Jockey Cltib. In fact, we know of no one who has obtained so many, valuable prizes. From " Oxford to St. George" is continued, and the following notion of a cabman's rules for general guidance are novel, but are nevertheless pretty correct : "No I the race of cabmen is a practical race, pursuing a course which it follows with undeviating firmness, and which is based on twu very simple rules : the first of which is, 1,760 yards is a mile and a quarter ; 13 minutes by a fare's watch is hover • the 'alf 'our, which I ticklary watched the clock when we started, to be twenty-five minutes to two, and it is now seven minutes past three by your own watch, as well as the clock over there.' In these two rules consist all their law and profits.' " An Account of Bear Shootingiu Russia" gives a vivid description of wild sports in the North. The " Experiences of Sydney .GodolphinYahuo" are continued, but the tale is too protracted. There is not much plot, and the author does not improv e matters by extending the romance to excess. "'Par Van" recapitulates the events of the past month and other•general information. • One of Them. By Charles Lever, has ,reached. the thirteenth. number. The O'Shea is again before the public, as is also Charies Heat hcote. Mrs. Morris has given up the baronet and taken up with an Irish adventurer, the ex-M.P. The poor O'Shea ,is astonished at his supposed good fortune. Mrs. Morris is playing a deep game, but the three in chase ere on the right track, and her identifijation with Louisa Hawke has been discovered. There is nothing particular in the present number, but the conversation between The O'Shea and young Argineourt are highly amusing. CHARLES TOWYSHEND AND 1 GOOSE FEAST It was in the second week of August when the school at Musselburgh was publicly examined, and when the magistrates gave what was called the Solin Goose Feast. I took this opportunity of inviting Mr. Townshend to visit the school, and to dine with the magistrates, as he was tutor to his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, the lord superior of the tewn. Mr. Townshend sent them a fine haunch of veni son, and Mr. Cardonnel, who was magistrate at this time, took care to assemble a brilliant company of men of letters to meet Mr. Townshend, among whom were Home, Robert son, Ferguson, and William Wilkie. There was a nume.• reus Company, and the best dinner they could make. Car donna in his anxiety to have the venison properly roasted, had directed the cook to put a paste round it; but she not having given it time enough, it came up to the table half raw, to the great disappointment of the company, but chiefly of a Col. Parr, whose serious affliction made the rest el the company quite easy on the occasion, for he lite rally wept and shed bitter tears, and whined out what an unfortunate fellow he was, that the only haunch of veni son he had met with in Scotland, and the only one he had any chance of seeing while here, should bs served up raw ! This set the whole table in a roar of laughte; and recon ciled them to their fate. After a little time, the Colonel recovered from his disaster by the use of the gridiron to the venison, and having got up his spirits with half a dozen glasses of good claret, began to talk away with some effect ; for excepting his effeminacy about venison, he was not bad fello w. He was unlucky, however, in one of his topics; for, Wilkie having begun to open, Parr, ad dressing himself to him, said something rude about the professors of St. Andrews (of which university Wilkie had very recently been chosen a member), and wished they would keep their students and professors within their walls, for that his corps had lately enlisted one of them, who was not only the most awkward beast, but the most unruly and debauched rascal that ever wore a red coat. Wilkie, who was indignant at this attack, and a very great master of horse-play raillery, and in scolding feared neither man nor woman, replied with witty and successful tart ness, which, however, did not silence the Colonel ; when the company took sides, and there ensued a brawling conversation, which lasted too long. Mr. Townshend had interposed, with an intention to support Wilkie against his countryman ; but Wilkie, being heated, mistook htm, and after two or three brushes on each side, silenced him as he had done the Colonel ; and the report afterwards went that Wilkie had completely foiled the English champion at his own weapons—wit and raillery. But this was a mistake, for Mr. Townshend had not the least desire to enter the I lists with Wilke, but whispered to me, who sat next to hint, that as Wilkie grew brutal, he would put an end to the contest by making no answer.—From the " Autobio graphy of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Carlyle." At a meeting of the Bristol hairdressers , it has been resolved to close their shops on Sundayrnon and the the first Sunday of next year, an local magistrate to render itedemalpsulo to ao ry me to close hair dressers' shops during Sunday. IMPORTANT SALE OF SCOT h nd p(i i r t, t Cil BEASTS IN WIND t sou GREAT FAIR.—The an s ale of Scotch oxen the park meadows, near took place at the Homes Flemish Farm, un d e r the hammer Land Revenues, on Tilos mer of Messrs. Buckland an d Son, by order of her 3,nidajiey ng rho unfavourable stat e o f t h e day last. Notwithstanding o f buyers were attr ac t e d , and the pr i ce s realised were° hi weather, a large c ,.. h . There were 40 o ld Scots (some ,„ ,„ averaging upwards of £24 p er head, 10 r ealising £ 2B e ach) v rag i ng £2O each, a proof of thei r b e i ng fi rst-class an young;a averaging beasts have been feedi ng on cake for six months u nder the superint en d ence of Mr. Gravatt. iu past, It is well known that the season has been very unfavour able to the fattening of stock. these beasts being an ex ception, is the cause of their realising such high prices, as they were of the finest quality and in the highest condition. They were chiefly bought by the royal butchers of Wind sor, for supplying the Christmas beef. RISE IN THE VALI)EOI 7 I:4.NI) IN SCOTLAND. -- Land still s us t a i ns the advance in. value it has shown o for years. This is particularly the case with hill farms, as is well exemplified by the let of Knockgray a nd other farms in the parish of Carpsbairn, belonging to Major Clark Kennedy, recently advertised in our pages. • These were Knockgray and Marshalloch, and the two Carminnochs— the entire rental of which, during the current leases, has been £360 for the former, and £lBO for the latter—in all, £5lO. There were a great number of offers, and the highest were understood to be very close on each other. Knockgray has been let separately, to Mr. John Mitchell, Townhead, Closeburn, at £471; Marshalloch, to Mr. Dryfe, Sauqu. har, at £191; and the two Carminnochs, to Mr. Campbell, Laight, Dalthellington, at £3ll. The entire rental has thus advanced from £5lO to £1,003. The farm of Drum n ess, also in the parish of Carsphairn, belonging to Mr. J. W. Byrne, the present rent of which is £6O, has been let to Mr. Bone, near Dumfries. The rent, under the new lease, is understood to be upwards of £l3o.—.alyr Adver- user. GROUS E IN r 4A-scF..—The Minister of the Inte rior has addressed the following circular to the prefects :- 4 , Monsieur le Prefet,—Seveal dealers in game, have soli cited permission to import, during the time when sporting is interdicted in France, grouse, a bird bred in Scotland, and which is not to be found in France. As the sale of this bird cannot interfere with the enactments relative to prohibited sporting, and may have besides the effect of increasing, without inconvenience, the supply of food, I have, after consulting my colleagues of the Departments of Justice and Finance, decided that grouse ma y be im ported and sold at any time of the year on the ti 4 rritory of the empire. I request you, therefore, to give • the neces sary instructions that no impediment may be put in the way of the free circulation of this foreign gay 121: in your department." __a.... S. 3nna. itory :e at , 1 ..• •• 1 I 1