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

MONEY .31,11? ET AND CYITY Nom' 11%S. CITY, Two o'CLocK.' The Bank of England return, completed to the 2 1st inst., is of a satisfactory character. The bul ion, however, only shows a slight increase. The reserve of notes has not vat ied to any important ex tent. The public deposits, as usual at this season of the year, have been largely augmented, owing to the active collection of the revenue prior to the Payment of the half-yearly dividends. The active circulation shows a slight diminution, consequent upon the increase in the Government balances. Tk various items of the return, and the changes they present, will be seen in the subjoinel table : Active Circulation .. • • Decrease .. •. • • Bullion .. • • .. • • Increase .. • • • . Rest .. • • • • • • Increase .. .. • • Public Deposits . • .. Increase .. .. • • Other Deposits • • Decrease .. .. • . Seven Day and other Bills .. Decrease .. • • Government Securities • • .. £20,645,610 .. 102,510 .. 17,001,740 • • 1,853 .. 3,148,026 • • 5,827 .. 9,57.5,026 • • 636,039 .. 13,310,224 326,536 756,107 29,523 10,925,157 No alteration. .. 19,586,996 181,439 • • 10,112,01.5 Other Securities Increase .. Notes Unemployed .. Increase .. 68,830 In the Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, a slight advance was apparent in the rate on Ham burg. The Ripon, which leaves on the 26th instant for Bombay, will take out £145,850 in silver, and £23,955 in gold, the whole of which is on private account. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday tho transactions were again rather limited, and priceS remained without any alteration of importance. The sales were estimated at about 6,000 bales. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £381,381, and the exports £181,095, exclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent during the week ending Thursday last :—Gold coin, Oporto, 264 oz. ; ditto, Boulogne, 120 oz. ; silver coin, Boulogne, 1,200 oz. ; ditto, Belgium, 500 oz. The English Stock Market has been exceedingly quiet, as business has been as much curtailed as possible. Nevertheless the quotations have been Well maintained, Consols being 95a 1, cx dividend. They are now a shade flatter, viz., 95 The transactions on speculative account have been almost suspended, as the operators are not inclined to enter into new engagements just before the holi days. The New Threes and the Reduced are Rat at 951 1 ; India Loan Debentures are steady at 98} ; ditto New Stock is 104: ; and the Exche quer Bills have improved to 28s. and 31s. prem. The few transactions in the Foreign Market have not caused any change of importance. Turkisk 6 per Cents. are 76+ to 77+ ; and the New, 63+ to 641, Venezuela Bonds have been dealt in at 28i. Russian 5 per Cents at 110, and the 3 per Cents. at 66+. The shares of the Ocean Marine Insurance Company are 11 + premium, and of the Universal ditto about par to prem. The San Paulo Railway shares arc quoted premium. In the Railway Share Market there has not been much activity. One or two of the principal hues, however, are a shade firmer. Midland and North Eastern (Berwick) have advanced 10s., and South Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have not varied to any important extent. Lombardo-Venetian im- Proved about os., and Grand Trunk of Canada ss. to 10s. East Indh.n declined about 15s. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been very inactive, at about previous quotations. London and Westminster are a shad e fi rmer , an d v eninsular and Oriental Steam have declined about Zl. , BRITISH FUNDS—LOSING . v "Por Cent. Reduced Annuities C PRICES goa 1 "".3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Dl te Debentures, 1858 4, 1‘0h. for A.econnt (Jan. 10) India Stock for Acounnt — p Ditto, 1869 5 per Cent. xetiequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11d 3l 2831 Ditto .£ 5 OO 3l 2S 31 Ditto Small, Ild ~. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. rertnAuese, 18.53, 3 per Cent. itupBian, 1822, £ St., 5 nor Cent llO D▪ itto, 3 per Cont., 1859 664 Vanish 3 per Cent. — Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. — I Ditto Account I tritiPh 6 per Cent. — D itto New Loan Ditt Account ..Ditteo Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. .. vo ttezuelan 21 per Cent — Ditto Aceo ant ___ Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. _ _ _ Commis, Money Ditto Account (Jan. 10) .. 0.51 a a d THIS DAYS SHIPPING. k_,NnoN, Dec. 21.—Wind this day at neon, South; c'qerato breeze, and mild weather. C ARDIFF, Dec. 23.—Wind, S.E.—Sailed—Eliza, for tia; Cite Celeste, for Bilboa; St. Michael, for ditto. WI IITEILAVEN, Dec. 22.—Wind, S.W.—Arrived—The "`eePsake, from Quebec. t I TE IGNAtouTu, Dee. 23.—Wind, W.—Arrived—Cathe• Il e) from St. John's, NewfoundlAnd. fp n e t/DB, Dec. 23.—Wind, W.—Arrived—Erromanga, - , 1)1 Montreal. is,,,,'WArtsEA, Dec. 23.—Wind, S.—Arrived—Don Ricardo, b" l4 Caldera ; Ilecla, from Cuba ; Redate, from San Se attin. I ) , 4ll tXsn Y Dec. 23.—The Rover (schr.), of Goole, has 4 — .2 1 ' towed' in here by two smacks to-day, derelict and k h "".3', having been fallen in with yesterday at 9 a.m., the a h ll til bearing N.W. by W., distant about 12 miles. No si tt r t r s found on board. The Providence (sloop), of Goole; d uo °ff Saltflcet, 20th of Dec., two men saved, and a boy T 1, 4 5 ,,,, 114 NRAER, Dec. 23.—The Trial, for Dublin, which to ashor e a t G ranna i rs D ec . 8, go t o ff y es t er day, and was .ed into Dromore harbour. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. W A ind S.W..(l.rrivedDee 21 C lonist, from Quebec. ktri SailB4- -Artnehia — n, ;Crew steamer, for the West Coast of C 4. (Int SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPIT.) W ind GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. -:- 8 :W. ; tide 11 hour's flood. Ar l ived, D ec . 23.—H e l en , f rom Gij on . terd a rl yed, Dec. 24.—E ar l o f Auckland, steamer, from Rot fro I n; Rhine steamer, from Ostend ; Albion, steamer, bt Boulogne: _ . DEAL, Saturday Morning. S.P. We nd NV 0 48 1 N e id.-1-ler Majesty's ship Dee, from westward, for eh ; Lizz from Landon, for St. Michael's ; Sal scut, London, forl Shang ai ; St. George de Avero, from ---011 , for Ne w Y or k. Anchored —Advice, from Quebec, for London. Ilet e tj a illi tlNG•CßOSS RAILWAY.—It appears that the n'e ct aa ,j7 preliminary steps have been taken to carry into for e ' 4O Powers obtained in the last session of Parliament I-tending the South-Eastern Railway f in T h il'e to a terminal west-end station at Charing-cross. ro4 Int. detailed' plans, prepared by . Mr. Hnwkshaw, C.E., t, ve been& submitted to the Admiralty and the Conserve %l.: °I t ho Thames, and, having received their Epp e ro i r e l, thZ t orks will now be proceeded with. The bridg f lin e !.` i r'd known as the lattice girder, and null carry ss fo e u n r - R e ' of railway, together with two roads for foot p vi a rill be so; wie on each side of the railway. %ImPertecl on seven piers, The . whole made the two existing pie . e rs of the sv 11sion-bridge (which will be removed) 13eing eil al ia b i _ ~,„„ u for the work • the five new piers will be erected tho - •""ldrical iron pile's sunk into the becl of the river, after Topic7 r and economical process recently invented aud sne 4 in securing the foundations of the Chelsea - bridge k,. %ther similar structures. The works have willbeen let to oce,, W- 3'thes, the well-known contractor, ..,9)37 about two years in construction. 1)p. and probably he „ -41 ./ 1 OP THE TALKING Frsm—The public will i,c irprised to hear that this wonderful /ustts nature has tier e d to exisst. The recent hard frost affected it very o' r e tY, and on * Wednesday afternoon about half. past six h e c ,oek it ceased to any signs of life. Soon after the 4, td Weather set in it showbegan to give indications of being it: oi llt of sorts " and was very ill for three days previous to Nvit -eath, heir; g totally unable to perform. It was covered 414 blankets and the water let out of the tub. Several ao,beat gentlemen acquainted with the natural history t of c ou p annuals were sent for, and they gave what advice eheeny ti4l;-_ts, which was acted upon. The animal, however, unatli tooet worse, and on the Wednesday afternoon,. being to ,enoat anything, the wife of the proprietor went_ in r 1 , 4 7 it, It distinctly recognised her, and answered . he also hv its peculiar grunt of " mamma ." On trying to , h. , . itself to come near her, the effort was too much for it, ey. ll l_ fell over on its side and expired. The loss will ine orn ne a:Y one to the proprietor, as he was deriving a good by a -3 from its exhibition, an d not long since was offered th at 'Teculator the s um o f £1 , 5 00 for it. It was impossible, co tiai i!le animal could live any length of time under the f resh. i° 1 18 1 .„ of its very artificial existence. It is not even a s -' 4 eep —r amnia], but. belongs to the creeks and inlets of to an „.._ water, and consequently it could hardly be expected rr )olit ' v tve such a change as a residence in a tub in a London 114,,,erN,v,011jd involve; it might, perhaps, have "tipped its m arina d tor Years in a pionerly-constructed basin in the bas bet ePartment of the Zoological Gardens. Its length old _ weep eight and nine feet, weight 800 lb., five years cuul it columned from 151 b, to 601 b, of fish a-day. A SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY•) ES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Amines' rvo, ORDINARY SHA Share Railways; 12.10 !Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 50 !!aelfaAt and Ballymena 13.14 !Bin, Wol., and Str. Val ! Stock; Rir.. La., and Ch. June ' 25 !Blackburn 25 I Myth and Tyne 10 i Bost. Slefd. & Mid. Colin Stock l !lristol and. Exeter ... • Stock Caledonian 50 ;cork and Bandon 10 ,Carmarthen & Cardlg - an, 20 'cork, Blkrock,&Passage 20 Cornwall A rcves. no div ; 10 Do. A until6p.c.per an 111 10 Do. B hasheen pd.toß ' 50 Dublin andßelf ast June 25 IDun.,Perth,& Abr.June ! Stock East Anglian Stock 1 E astern Counties Stock !Eastern Union A Stock. Stock Do. do. B Stock , 25 1 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 20 !East Suffolk 10 I Do Stock 'Edinburg and Glasgow; Stock 'Edin.,Perth, & Dundee ' 10 Worth & Clyde Junctionl Stock Furness Stock G l a sgow & South Westn 10 !Great North of Scotland Stock G reat Northern Stock I Do. do. A Stock Stock' Do. do. B Stock Stock f G t.. South. & Wstn.(lreld)l Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.ltail Gua.Stk I 12 .Irish South Eastern I Stock' Lancaster and Carlisle I 16 :Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Stock L ancashire & Yorkshire; Stock London and Blackwall.! Stock Lon..Brighton&S.Coasti 25'Load. Chat. and Dover! Stock, London & North Westn'l 12i ,Do. Eighths Stock !London& South-Westn 25 IL'derry & Coleraine ! 25 L'derry & Enniskillen ; Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland Stock!Do. Birming. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. West.(lreland)' 25 Do. Shares 100 Newcastle and Carlisle 1 25 New., Aber., & Herefd: 10 Newry & Armagh (let.), 20 ,Newry, Warpt., & Kos Stock!Norfolk 1 50 North. Counties Union ! Stock North British Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk 1 Stock , Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Stock Do. B Stock Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick' 25 !Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase,l Stock;Do. Leeds Stock Do. York St ock ,North London 20 !North Staffordshire 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver 10 Peebles 20 ;Portsmouth 10 I Rhymney Stock Scottish Central Stock' Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock, Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stoat Stock Shropshire Union 10 ISittinv,bourne & Sheer Stbck 'South Devon Stock South-Eastern Stock South Wales Stock SouthYorksAltiv.Dun 20 !Staines, Wok., & Wok 25 !Stockton & Darlington 25 Do. do. 18.55 25 !Do. do. 1858 Stockton & llartlepool Stock Taff Vale Stock 'Do. Preference, No. 1 25 IThamesllayenDk&Rail 50 Ulster 25 Do. 12 10 Do. Stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Station & Pim Stock. Waterford & Kilkenny 50 ;Waterford & Limerick 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal ; Do. A.—A recv. nodiv. till I 7 p.c. has been pd. to B! 5 Do. B 20 (West London 10 Do. Ist Class 20 Do. 2d Class PREF ERE: Railways. I Paid. ,1 Closing Business Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne 1C per e. pref. (issued at ao) Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares 96 98 Caledon £lO, 4a per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c.' Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Pert;i,&Aber.Jun.i E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 'Do. do. Class 13 6 pc.. • •1 Do. do. Class C 7 pc....; E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l , Do. do No.2' Do. New 6 per et. Stock! Eastern Union, 4 per ct.l Eclin.&G las. spc shares( Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D.l Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. (Furness, 5 per cent .... Gifts. &S West. r ft. 5 pc. , Great Northern, 5 p. Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm, Do. 4i p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf 1 Gt.Sn.&W(lreland)4' p. et. pref. Stock Great West. (Berke and' 1102 lat Si 6 100 102 112 115 104 106 114 116 113 115 1 128 130 81 86 111 113 90 92 76 77 [l5 117 118 120 [l2 114 106 108 86 88 98 100 Hants) Exf. 5 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 44 p et. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Red eem.Pref Do. Birm. Prof. Shares t. West. Ches. 8 p.e.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Da firming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do 98 100 89 91 91 93 102 101 10 104 17 18 10i 102 75 76 20 21 10 105 15 154 [39 141 Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Earnsl.St.£s 3810dpo I , on.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. Do. New gua., 6 p. et Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4' Do. do. 44 per c. shares'' ILond. Chat. and Dover 1,0 n.& N.W.Cov.&Nun-, caton, 5 p. et. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock,l late3d shares Londondy Az Cole, 4 shs !Londorady.& Ennis 4 sh & Lin., 6 p. et Do. £6 11S 123 18 120 118 120 10 11 125 130 Do. 3+ per cent. Do. redeem. per ceit. Itaryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent... Do. I ' tiS 701 :Md. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. Do. 4a p. c. prof. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Lei°. & Hit.pref. st. I Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s, p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. n in! Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. p.c.shares Do. 5 .c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. S ap. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth. Dev.ll ail. & D 4r. Co. N-Es st. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Consol. Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref.! Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 '4l). York, H.& S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. Redeem., 2d gua 1 Do. Irredeem., 24 gua , Rhymney Guaranteed 1 Scottish Central, new pt! ;Scottish North-Eastern ' 3a per c. pref. stock ' Do. A berdeen.gua.6 pc.' Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 105. 1 Do. Fixed 4a percent., ;South Eastern (Reading, Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .4a per cent I Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is South Wales, gm 4 p.c., Do. 41 per cent 'S.-Ysrkshire, 4 p.c. gua. Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e. Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent. [Waterford & Kilkenny,' J 6 per cent.- 140 142 102 104 P 95 96 10 101 11 J 2 111 113 110 112 91 93 98 99 1 IP O IP 23 24 125 127 125 130 117 120 73 75 120 122 lot ni 24 241 103 101 102 104 84 87 284 294 33 34 34 334 56 59 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALB. r Lensing 1 Closing lustful Rsilways. Paid ' Co.Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletehley all Ln& N.W Buckinghamshire.... 100 Ln& N.W, 00 100 Chester & liolyhead.. 100 Do '5O 51 Do. do. 51 p. et. .. .. 100 Do. Do. do. sp. et. Clydesdale Junction..; 100 Caledonin , 103 103 Colchester, Stour Val.! all E.U.&E C, 16 17 E.Lineolnshire,g.6p.o 100 Gt. North. 130 111 E Union,ThlrwichShs ail E.Counts. 41 41 Do. Woodhridze ... 100 GI s.Barr.&Neilt,,Dret. 100 Caledonln Do. New lOO 'Do, Gloater& Dean Forest! all Gt. West. ifartlpool.Dek.&ltail.' all 'Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby all Vk.N.Md Do. Sharefi . all, DO. Do. Shares all Do. London&Greenwich . 100 S. East Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend.; 100 'Pet() &Co Lowestoft. glia• 4 P. et. 100 Norfolk Do. 6 per cent lOO I Do. sfanc.,Buxtn. & Matk all ,T4N W&3l Mid.li r adford Prefer ence Stock 6. 1 1 E Midland .counts . Newmarkt..BuryEx 5. Nogrurtahrnan.Pl:ai 5 stnp c . r;.c all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent all Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all On. North Western all 11111dland . IL&N W Preston and Wyre. all vt yk. Do. Shares A. all Do. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. shrewabry& Hereford 100 T Brassoy Do. Do. 1 South Staffordshire .. all 141`Clean Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West Wimbledon& Croydn. all LAllren DOCKS. I Pa"' ~ Closing Business Share Doan. Price. Done. Stock Commercial . it" Stock Do 4 per Cent . Pref. Min. fib Stock East and West India 100 Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton J \ ic) j Stock Victoria 10 Do New ...J....4 2 B el 6.1 8 Si 78 79 ni 121 64 7 102 104 93 $3l Oi 7 8 Si 14 15 571 681 39 41 27 29 82 83 29 30 99 100 !106 107 H)1 96 1133 135 111 113 64 091 ,60 62 203 200 1 17 1740 17 1 7e1 , 1 991 991 65 67 114 115 OS/ 131 071 94 98 d }, 371 38 -d 1081 109 86 89 10 11 59 61 34 td 62 624 911 951 14 1 d 48 481 78} 31 107 109 4 31d 81 9i 35 37 71 81 , 14 16 11.8 118 284 294 83 85 47 49 34 24 434 (4 83 83i 72 74 62 64 6 8 354 365 555 56i 21 34 . d 1 p 63 65 6 61 all 1100 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 100 all all THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 18b9. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY.) SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYED.-NO. I. THE CLERK.--GOLD. SMITH V. lIYAMS. This was an action to recover £5 for wages actually earned and alleged to be due in March last. Mr. Abbot, for the plaintiff, said that his client kid been decoyed away from a, good situation by the defendant, who agreed to pay him 40s. a week wages. Plaintiff entered the s3rvice, and acted for two weeks and a half, but finding that he could get no money he loft, and brought the present action. Plaintiff was called, and deposed to the above statement. Mr. Beard (producing a piece of paper)—ls that your handwriting, plaintiff ? Plaintiff—Yes. Mr. Beard—Your Honour will see that that document is an I 0 U given to defendant by the plaintiff in April last. Upon that I 0 U he has been sued, and judgment recovered; and, in spite, he comes here with this action against us. Your Honour will tell him that such actions should not be brought. His Honour (reading)--Why, plaintiff, you admit owing in April, after the alleged accruing of your claim, to Mr. Hyams, £3 18s. Oh, Mr. Abbot, you cannot carry the case further. Verdict for defendant, -with costs. NO. lI.—TITS BARMAN.—JEFstrr V. NRWBY. This was a claim for a month's wages in lieu of notice. Plaintiff is a barman and defendant a publican, and plain tiff stated that ho agreed for £22 per annum, a month's no tice on either side. Plaintiff entered the service on the 23d November, and was discharged by the defendant on the 4th of the present month. Mr. Beard (for defendant)—What did plaintiff (Newby) discharge you for ? Plaintiff—He made a false accusation against me. He accused me of taking money. If he did see me coming from the till, it was only in the ordinary course of my duties. Mr. Beard—Defendant's impression is that plaintiff ob tained the situation by a false character, and by imposing on the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Association. His Honour—You cannot expect me to try him for that now. Mr. Beard—No.. Defendant will give you his version of the history, after which your honour will, I am sure, give him a verdict. Defendant then said that, soon after plaintiff was engaged, ho observed a strange man come to the house. He would not allow any one to serve him but the plaintiff, and wit ness had missed money. Mr. Beard—And you discharged him immediately His Honour—lx all cases the first month is only on trial, and if defendant was not satisfied he could discharge plain tiff, or rice versa. Verdict for defendant. NO. ABOURER.-IMPORTANT DECISION.- MASSEY V. PAWLEY. This was a claim for three days' work. Plaintiff said he was a servant engaged by the hour. Mr. Beard—You loft defendant's employment at a mo ment's notice. Plaintiff—Yes. I got a better place. Defendant—Plaintiff was a weekly servant, paid 185. re gularly. Mr. Beard contended that as a weekly servant plaintiff could not recover, having absented himself from his work. His Honour said it was important that labourers should know that when they were engaged by the week they must not absent themselves. Defendant was entitled to a verdict. IMPORTANT DECISION ON COMMISSION-HALL V. BALLARD. This was a claim for clothes supplied. Mr. Buchanan stated that this was a claim for clothes supplied to a sailor upon the recommendation and guarantee of defendant. Defendant admitted owing the debt, but submitted that ho was entiled to 25 per cent. commission. _ Mr. Buchanan—You hale not pleaded a set-off. You must bring another action if you have any grounds. My client will tell his Honour that defendant made a profit upon the clothes, and that the price charged was so low that the amount would not bear a discount. Defendant—lndeed, I made no profit. The sailor did me, for ho went away and never paid. Plaintiff has fre quently allowed me and others 25 per cent. Plaintiff—Yes, upon a good order and for cash. his llonour—You must pay this debt, defendant. You should have pleaded a set-of. Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(TIIIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING A MAJOR'S GOLD WATCH AT THE GALLIIRY OF ILLUSTRATION.—Froderick Martin, 61, Sydney•street, Bethnal-green, a weaver, was charged before Mr. Bingham with stealing a gold watch of the value of £2O, the property of Major Robert Boothby, of the Artillery, residing at 5, Clarendon-place, Hyde-park-gardens. Major Boothby said that at 20 minutes after 10 on the previous evening he came out of the Gallery of Illustration for the purpose of calling his mother's carriage, and having waited a few minutes, there being a number of persons pre sent, he beckoned to the ladies, and at that moment felt a tug at his chain, and on putting his hand to his chain found that his watch was gone. Tho prisoner was close to him at the time, and the nearest person. He observed the pri soner change colour, hesitate, and then walk away. He then spoke to a constable, and the prisoner was taken into custody. _ _ _ Sergeant Joy, 9 C, said he believed if the prisoner Wag remanded ho should be able to show that ho was known, though he was not certain that ho had been convicted. The prisoner said he bad been into the Gallery of Illus tration to see the entertainment. He knew nothing of the watch. lle was a weaver at Bethnal-green. Joy said ho had soon the prisoner at the Bower Saloon, and at the saloons in Whitechapel. Mr. Bingham said ho would have inquiries made, and if they were not satisfactory, would remand the prisoner till Thursday next. THAMES. CONVICTION OF A DESERTER FROM TILE MILITA.— John Jarrett, a dirty and dissipated young man, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with deserting from the Tower Hamlets Militia. The magistrate, on reading the charge, as entered in the police-sheet, said the regiment to which the prisoner belonged was not embodied now. Timothy Cox, a police sergeant, 45 K, said the prisoner deserted from the regiment while it was embodied and met for drill, and that he took his uniform with him, and dis posed of it. Mr. Selfe said the person who bought the uniform was liable to a heavy penalty. _ _ _ Cox said the prisoner was now wearing the regimental boots, and that he foun him drunk in a public house, and arrested him for desertion. The prisoner said I don't care, you can only give me 3 months imprisonment for it. Mr. Selfo convicted the prisoner of desertion, and said he would be a disgrace to any militia regiment. He fined him Z 5, and in default of payment, 3 weeks imprisonment.. ROBBERY BY A GERMAN MUSICIAN.—AIbert Altheburg, a German musician, was brought before Mr. Self() charged with obtaining a violin and two bows, value £4, by false pretences, and with stealing a coat, two waistcoats, a jacket, a shirt, and a pair of boots, the property of Henrich Leh mann, of the Pelham Arms, George-street, Growelleor square. The parties are both musicians, and had been lodging together at the Running Horse public-house, in Duke - street, Grosvenor-square. About a month ago, while the prosecutor was from home, the prisoner absconded, taking with him the articles aboveltentioned belonging to his countryman, which he soon ditphsed of, and spent the money he received for them. He also went to a house in Whitechapel where Lehmann had left a violin and two bows, and said Lehmann had sent him for them. The violin and bows were delivered to him, and he pawned them, and squandered the money in public-houses and among loose women. Mr..Wi;itgen, an intorpretor, who translated the evidence, said the prosecutor had behaved very kindly to the pri soner, and had been put to great inconvenience by the loss of his clothes and his violin. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Selfe sentenced him to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. THE "HON." _HUGH ROWLEY. As the public will naturally be anxious to learn the pedigree of this distinguished person, who has figured for the last week or two at tbo Westmin ster Police Court, we extract the following letter which has been addressed to the editor of the Times Sir,—ln reference to the letter that appeared in the Times of yesterday from Messrs. Sturt and Baly, as solicitors for the Right Hon. Frances Dowager Lady Langford, and the Hon. Richard Thomas Rowley, of -the Royal Kent Rifles, wherein they state that annoyance had been occasioned to their clients in consequence of its having been supposed by persons unacquainted with the family that the above-named respondent was the brother of Colonel Rowley, I am re quested by my client, the Hon. Hugh Rowley, to state that Colonel the Hon. R. T. Rowley, of the Kent Rifles, is not the brother, but the uncle and late guardian, of the Hon. Hugh Rowley, and that Frances Lady Langford is his grandmother ; and, on the part of the Hon. Hugh Rowley, I have to express his regret at the annoyance it is alleged his grandmother and uncle have experienced. I have also to add that the Lady Langford referred to in the proceed ings my client has been recently compelled to institute against his late wife is the Right Hon. Louisa Augusta Lady Langford, the mother of my client and of the late peer, and the widow of the late Right Hon. Hercules Lang ford, Baron Langford, who was the eldest son of the above named Frances Lady Langfbrd. I have the honour to be your obedient servant, ELDON E. TOWNE. 30, Burton-crescent, W.C., Dec. 23. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. DEATH OF MR, ALBERT SMITH. We regret to state that the above gentleman, who was so suddenly seized with apoplexy, yes terday, died this afternoon, about three o'clock. Mr. Albert Smith was only three or four months back married to Miss Mary Keeley, daughter of the Keeleys, the celebrated comedians. Mr. Albert Smith, whose name the world of London for so many years has associated with the ascent of Mont Blanc as daily repeated at the Egyp tian Hall, Piccadilly, was the son of a surgeon now deceased, but formerly in good practice at Chert scy, where he himself wa s b orn M a y 24, 1816. With the view of bringing him up to his father's profession, Albert Smith's parents at an early age procured for him a nomination to Merchant Tay lors' School, then under the headmastership of the late Rev. Dr. Bellamy. He remained there five years, taking all his moves regularly, and gaining several prizes, and is honouraly mentioned in the annals of the school published about two years ago. - It is said that in the twelfth year of his age he showed so much comic humour and versatility in a song which her sang at a Surrey election dinner, that his friends augured for him no small share of success in the event of his choosing the stage as his profession. Another destiny, however, prevailed, and it was still resolved that he should follow in his father's steps and become a surgeon. With this object in view he was sent to study medicine at the Middle sex Hospital, where he gained several prizes, and from which he was removed to the Hotel Dieu and Clamart at Paris, to complete his professional edu cation. Returning to England in 1857 he commenced practising as a surgeon with his father at Chertsey, but appars to have found that the routine of a country practitioner's life was at best but a superior kind of drudgery. The fact is that he had, and felt within him, even from an early date, some aspirations after a literary career, and a desire to obtain celebrity by his pen, which was always " the pen of a ready writer." In the intervals snatched from his professional business, Albert Smith contributed to the " Mirror" a series of lively and amusing .papers entitled " Sketches in Paris," and also to the " Medical Times" some clever and characteristic sketches drawn from real life under the title of " Jasper Buddle ; or, Confessions of a Dissecting-room Porter." Coming up to London early in 1841 he resolved to settle there and to commence in earnest a literary career by writing for the magazines and other serials. His first instalment appeared in " Bent ley's Magazine" for March in that year ; it was styled " Rencontre with the Brigands," and was remarkable for its smartness, or, what is still better, for its truthfulness. At this time appeared the first number of the periodical which under the name of " Punch" has since gained so wide and firm a hold on the public mind. It is almost needless to add, that from the very first Albert Smith was a frequent and valued contributor to its pages, in which ho gave to the world his amusing " Physiology of a London Me dical Student," and his " History of Evening Parties," since republished in a cheap and port able form. He was now fairly on the high road to fame, and he added to his other engagements by writing for the theatres. His first production in that line was " Blanche Harriet," a melodrama, which was brought upon the sta g e originally at the Surrey Theatre ; and it was duly followed at various in tervals by several extravaganzas composed for the Lyceum, including " Valentine and Orson," " Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp," " Cinderella," " Whittington and his Cat." The intrinsic merit of these pieces, as treated by the pen of Mr. Smith and acted by Frank Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, Mr. Wigan, Madame Celeste, Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. Harley, and other theatrical celebrities of the same stamp, secured for them a warm reception at the hands of the censors of the press, and the name of Albert Smith grew rapidly in public estimation and favour. His pen now found constant employment. He brought out in quick succession a collection of tales and sketches, entitled " The 'Wassail Bowl," " The Adventures of Mr. Ledury" (perhaps the most popu lar and successful of all his efforts), which appeared in successive numbers of " Bentley's Miscellany." ' These were followed by other serials, " The Scatter good Family" and " The Marchioness of Brinvil- Hers," besides two novels, " The Pottleton Legacy" and " Christopher Tadpole." During this time lie was also engaged in adapting several of the Christ mas books of Mr. Charles Dickens for the Lyceum Theatre, and in contributing original articles regu larly to more than one magazine and annual, and in acting as dramatic critic to one of the weekly newspapers. During the next few years he added to his popu • larity with general readers by his " Physiologics" of the various classes of London society, such as " The Flirt," " The Ballet Girl," " The Idler on Town," " The Gent," and "Evening Parties," one and all of which found a wide circulation, and have been since republished in a cheap form by , Messrs. Kent and Co. Our space, however, for bids us to attempt to give here anything like a regular and complete list of his light works in the way of farces, drama, sketches, and stories, and casual papers in the various metropolitan magazines. In 1849 a change came over the spirit of his literary career. hitherto lie had figured in Lon don society alone; had studied its phases only; and had catered as a writer for the London public by holding up his readers to themselves, tanquam in speculo, and taking off in good-humoured plea santry their foibles and weakness, always in a humorous and harmless manner. In that year, however, he resolved on paying a visit to the East, and on returning to England embodied the results of his tour in an interesting volume, entiled " A Month at Constantinople," in which the exagge rated notions entertained in England respecting the beauty, romance, and grandeur of that city are very cleverly ridiculed. In 1850 he resolved on combining with his character of an author that of a public lecturer. Accordingly he produced, at the West-end of Lon don, an amusing entertainment, which he styled "The Overland Mail," and in which he was the only performer. By the aid of sccnery, he described the route and its usual accompaniments in a graphic manner, which was at once successful. His enter tainment was relieved by sketches of character and by songs after the manner of Matthews, and illus trated by Mr. Beverley. This entertainment proved very successfnl both in London and in the provinces. In the same year he produced two or three operatic burlesques, which found equal favour with the public. In August, 1851, Mr. Albert Smith accomplished what few Englishmen had done before him—we mean the ascent of Mont Blanc, with which his name is so intimately associated, and the summit of which he attained after severe exertion ; a feat which has since become of tolerably frequent occurrence; The ascent of Mont Blanc was first produced by him as a public entertainment on March, 15, 1842. The interest excited in the achievement itself, apart from all adventitious ornament and attra3tion, was sufficient to ensure him a large and attentive audi ence ; but when to this was added his unquestioned ability as a lecturer, his rapid but distinct utter ance, his genuine humour, his keen sense of the ridiculous as exhibited in hat fish out of water — John Bull abroad—and his well-selected and well painted sconery, conspired with his careful atten tion to the comfort of his audience, to enable him to achieve an unprecedeneed success, so that every English man or woman, boy or girl, who has visited the metropolis during the past six years, has been been able to " do" the ascent of Mont Blanc by de puty, and to realise to him (or her) self pretty nearly as completely as if he (or she, as the case may be) had climbed upon the snowy side of that king of European mountains, had crossed his awful ravines, had heard the thunder of his avalanches, and had sat upon his summit to enjoy the view of the rosy peaks of his brother mountains at dawn of day, and to drink a glass of champagne, then and there, to the health of her most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria. _ _ The ascent of Mont Blanc,•as all our readers are aware, continued for some time to be one of the most popular favourites. Mr. Smith's readine-s in adapt ing and embodying into its perfo"mance the most witty allusions to the events of the day, thus giving to it the additional charm of variety—a charm which formed a considerable portion of its attrac tiveness to the multitude. Ever fresh and new in its details, though year after year the same in its rer eral outlines, the ascent of Mont Blanc suceeded I, • in drawing up daily throughout the season, at the doors of the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, a string of carriages of the titled and untitl e d ar i s t cerac y, such as would not disgrace the doo rs o f th e Op e ra House on the night when Alboni or Piecolomini were announced. It was visited by Prince Albert in 1853 ; by her Majesty and the Royal children in I 854; and represented privately at Osborne in 1855 ; and at Windsor Castle in 1856 before the Royal Family anti the King of the Belgians. To this entertainment Mr. Albert Smith deToted, as it well deserved, his undivided attention and energies, which was never known to flag. Except for a month's vc cation in every year, this inde fatigable gentleman never relaxed hie labours since Mont Blanc was first started. Nine times in every succeeding week he went through his entertain ment and sung his songs, never allowing any real or fancied illness, or any domestic matter, however onerous or worrying, to interrupt the due discharge of his business. There are few who can say as much. Since the first appearance of Mont Blanc he almost entirely ceased to pursue any strictly lite rary avocations—his slight "Story of Mont Blanc," which has some personal interest, and a direct bear ing on the performance, being the only work which he published since that date, with the exception of an occasional letter published anonymously in the London newspapers, containing smart and pleasant, but somewhat exaggerated, descriptions of the social state of the metropolis. He recently visited China for the purpose of collecting materials for a fresh entertainment, founded on an inspection of the in terior of the Celestial Empire and the manners of its inhabitants. It only remains to add, that though he may be regarded as an impersonation of success, Mr. Albert Smith has had his failures, and his detractors and enemies too. Amongst other examples we may instance " The Man in the Moon " and " The Month " were periodical publications which were edited by him, and had a great run for a time. One of the leading traits cf his character was per severance ; and to that quality, in a great measure, may be attributed the success of his entertainment. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TIIE LATE CROYDON STEEPLECHASE GREAT CRY AND LITTLE WOOL. The suspicions and distrust which the recent " doings" at Croydon excited are not likely to be entirely removed by the decision which the stewards of the meeting promulgated on Monday last. In deed, that decision is regarded by a large majority of the sporting . public with considerable dissatis faction, and it is, undoubtedly, calculated to in crease the feeling of discontent which the whole affair has excited. Charges implying the most disgraceful conduct were openly made, and it was expected, from their grave nature,that they would be publicly proved, or publicly rebutted. A jockey was openly accused of tampering with his weight, and several persons, who have been long connected with the turf, were pointed out as his accomplices. The suspicions which were entertained were not expressed by mere inuendoes, for they were noisily and angrily uttered. Indeed, with so much vehem ence did certain persons give vent to their dissatis faction, that, with few exceptions, the entire sport ing community , became inoculated with their doubts, and received the announcement which was made by the stewards, of their determination to enter into a searching investigation of the matter, with no little pleasure. After the lapse of a fort night, however, and a delay which served only to stimulate their curiosity, the stewards have issued a notice which has, as we have already stated, caused no little disappointment and grumbling. That an affair which has caused so much sensation in racing circles, an affair which involved the gravest charges of dis honesty, should be disposed of by the flippant words of the announcement excites wide discontent, especially after the bother which was made about procuring evidence, and the intimation which was given that the stewards were thoroughly in earnest in demanding a full explanation of what appeared, and does appear, to be a very ugly business. The public is not satisfied, and they now fancy that the whole affair assumes the shape of a compromise. If there was any foundation for the charges which Mr. Harrison and others made, it should be indi cated ; and if the individuals who were accused of malpractices be innocent, they should take measures for the vindication of their character. The stewards are clearly blamelble for a derelic tion of duty, in allowing the alleged doings at Croydon to be thus cavalierly disposed of. They were responsible on accepting office for the manage ment of the meeting, and to them the public looked with confidence, believing that they would do all in their power to cause the proceedings to be carried out in accordance with the principles of honesty and fair play. These remarks do not apply exclu sively to the stewards of the Croydon Steeplechases —for, unfortunately for the interest of the sport, many gentlemen accept the office of steward with out ever thinking of the responsibility they incur, or imagining that any duty attaches to their posi tion. The alleged misdeeds at Croydon and the lame and impotent conclusion to which the busi ness has been brought, has inflicted another heavy blow on the popularity of the sport, and sore dis couragement on those gentlemen who have endea voured to promote the prosperity of an attracttvo and thoroughly English pastime.—Sunday Times. THIS DAYS MARKETS. COVENT-GARDEN. Our market is well supplied with both fruit and vege- Ables, for which there is a fair demand, as follows : FRUIT. 0. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Pine r i pples, peril) 4 oto 7 0 Cherries, per lb.. 0 oto 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 6 Grapes, per lb 5 otolo 0 Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Foreign do l3to 1 61 Almonds, per nits 00to 0 Melons, each Peaches, perdoz 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per per 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries p ptl 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per hf. sy. 2 6to 5 0 Gooseberries lifsvo oto 0 0 Pears, per do. .... 4 oto 6 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Oranges, per 100.. 4 oto9 0, Plums, per do. Lemons, per 100.. 4 oto 8 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Apricots, per doz 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries,prptlo oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 4 6to 5 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cabbages, pr doz 010 to 1 3 Horseradish, pbn 1 6to 2 6 Savoy do., pr do. 1 oto 1 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Cauliflowers, pde 1 6to 3 0 Celery, per ditto 0 10 to 1 9 Brocoli, per bli 010 to 1 3 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Old potatoes,p ton 80 to 120 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, per ton 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto s 0 Peas. per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p pun 1 3to 1 9 Turnips, dz bunch 3 oto 4 0 Artichokes, pr dz 2 oto 3 0 Carrots, pr do 6 oto 7 0 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 6to 1 6 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, hf Ave 2 6to 3 8 Spinazh, -sv 1 oto 1 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Brits. sprouts, h.s 2 6to 3 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Old onions, dz bun 0 oto 0 01 Capsicums, per do 0 Ito 0 0 NMI' do., hi. sue 1 oto 1 3 ;Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 French beans, h.s. 2 oto 2 61 Asparagus, pr do. 4 oto 8 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 01 Seakale, per pun. 1 2 to 2 6 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 35s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 5a Od to 103 Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s o€l ; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each ; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; pigeons, 7d to Os 10d each; large Surrey fowls, Gs Od to 108 Od ; chickens, 4s Od to 6s Od ; btrn-door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ; grouse, 2s Od to 2e 6d each ; pheasants, 3s Od to 3s Gd ; ptarmigan, Os toOs Od ; woodcocks, 3s Od to 3s Gd; snipes, is Od to is Gd ; teal, Is Od to is 3d ; wild ducks, 2s Od to 2s Gd; widgeons, is Od to is 3d ; plovers, Os Gd to is Od each •, guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 9s Od each ' Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is ld ; English, is 3d to 1s 4d per lb; English eggs, 14s Od to 15s Od ; French do., 12s Od to 13s Od per 120 ; leverets, 2s Od to 2s Gd each. WIIITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 2d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s Gd per 81b., by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s Od to 3s Od; trout, Os . Od to Os; eels, 8d to is ; prawns 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Gd per lb: Turbots, 2s 6d to 15s • cod, 280 d to 12s Od ; brills is Od to 7sOd ; doreys, 2s Od 58 Od ; mullets, Os 6d to Is 6d ; lobsters, 2s to 2s 6d ; crabs, 2s to 2s Od ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 4d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 16s to 22s ; natives, 45s to 508 per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 10s Od ; hadducks, 4s to 12s Od ; smelts, 2s Od ; flounders, is Od to is 6d per dozen ; mackerel, —s ; fresh herrings, 6s ; bloaters, 8s to —s per 100 ; carp and tench, Is to 3s per brace. BREAD. • The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d to 7f d , of household do., 5d to 6jd per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to Glib, 4d to 4id ; 611 b to 721 b, 414 to 4i d ; 721 b to 801 b, 4id to 5d ; 801 b to 881 b, 5d to bid ; 581 b to 961 b, std to 51d; 9Glb to 1011 b, bfd to Gd. Horse hides, 8s 6d to 10s Gd ; calf skins, light 3s Od to 5s Od; do. full, 8s Od to —s Od ; polled sheep, 8s Od to 10s Od ; half-breds, 7s Od to Ss Od; Downs, 5s Gd to Gs Gd; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Moadow hay, £2 15s to £4 4s ; clover, £3 15s to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 10.4 per load. A fair demand, at our quotations. Supplies moderate. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 4s; clover, £3 15s to £5 55 ; and straw, £1 53 to £1 108 per lead. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2lss to £4 4s; clover, £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 9s per load. Both hay and straw were in moderate demand, at the late advance. COAL MARK (Prices of Coal per Ton at ET—DEc. 23. the dose of the market.) Walls End. C. d. Clennell Benson.... l3 6 Belmont lB 6 Hough Hall 19 6 Hetton.... d. Clark's West Hartley..ls G Lambert's West Hart- _ ley - l5 6 Earsden Hartley ,15 0 Walls End. Northumberland ......15 9 By unanimous resolution, there will not be any business transacted at this market on Monday next. DEATH OF A HUNTER IN A HORSE-BOX.—A singular circumstance occurred on the Great Northern Railway on the 14th inst. The son of Mr. T. F. A. Burna by, of Langford Hall, is stxdymg at Eton College, and had a valuable hunter which he was in the habit of riding out. Being about to spend the vacation at home, Mr. Burnaby sent his horse by the Great Northern Railway. The animal was seen to be all right in the box at Peterborough, but when the train arrived at Newark the horse was found quite dead, with his head out of the collar, and his body in a position which would produce death in a very short time. —.Nottingham Journal. 291 ao 951 134 34 112 WM 9911 65 115 1f 98 8 974 381 S I 1091 911 6 1 5 d AI 101 3} 118 19 110 112 64 66 115 120 95 97 2f 2; 93 100 i 4F 67 59 14 144 137 139 103 105 par j p 104 11 93 95 74 84 MR. IVOODFALL AS A PARLIANEN- TARY REPORTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln the Times of to-day there appears the following statement made by Lord Palmerston, in his speech to the toast of " the Press," at the La bourers' Encouragement Society's dinner at Romsoy; and as that statement is unfounded in fact, and is most injurious to the late Mr. William Woodfall, the celebrated Parliamen tary reporter, for whose name the public have had some regard, and to whose career his descendants (of whom I am one) look back with pride, I trust that you will allow me to call your attention to it. The words are as follow : " I have heard that towards the end of the last century there was a man named Woodfall who used to publish debates, and how did he do it? It is said that he used to go to the gallery of the house of Commons, listen atten tively, with his face in his hands, to what passed, go home, drink two pots of psrter, go to bed, get up next morning, and from his dreams and recollections make out what he called a report of a debate." Now, u sir, Mr. William Woodfall was an honour able, well-educated man, editor of a newspaper, en dowed by his Crdator with an extraordinary me mory. At a time 9 when Parliamentary reporting was in its infancy; when there were not the relays of reporters and the steam-engines of the Times to furnish a verbatim report of the night's proceedings for the morning's reading • and when Parliamentary speeches, being addressed to the public than as arguments to the house, did not reach their present interminable length, he attended Parliament and re ported from memory at the earliest moment the es sence of the debate, honestly and with talent. His reports were true according to his power, and not made up by a drunken impostor, as Lord Palmerston would have us believe, out of " his dreams and re collections." They were a great boon to the public (for which his name lives to the present time), and were the germ of that political education of the people which you, by the aid of modern appliances and great expenditure, have brought to its present perfection. The sons of Mr. William Woodfall are no more ; (one of them was the Chief Justice of Cape Breton, and the author of the " Law of Landlord and Tenant"—a textbook of the law to the present time) ; but I, as his grandson, must indignantly deny the injurious character given to him, by Lord Palmerston, and assert, from my own association with his immediate descendants (his widow, his sons, and others), that he was regarded by those who knew him, with respect for his moral qualities, as he lives still in our annals remarkable for his in tellectual endowments. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, HERNON T. WOODFALL. 5, Oakley-terrace, Chelsea, Dec. 22. --- SUPPOSED POISONING AT SEA. The ship Hermione, Capt. Towill, which arrived on Thursday at Liverpool, left Macao Nov. 10. On Nov. 17 she fell in with the ship Accrington, hence for Calcutta, in lat. 140 N., lon. 31 31 W. This ves sel made signals to the Hertnione, and requested the latter to heave to, and the Accrington would send a boat to her. The HermionB hove to, and a boat came on board her with the second officer, who was in charge of the ship. He reported that the master and first officer of the Accrington had died two days previously; that the vessel was taking out soldiers' wives and children to. Calcutta, and that many chil dren had died on board ; and that the belief on board the Accrington was that the master and mate had been poisoned. Capt. Towill requested this officer to make a written report for him to take to Eng land, but he declined to do so. Capt. Towill then sent on board the Accrington to know if the doctor of the vessel had any report to make, and for the log-book of the Accrington. The doctor sent a letter, which he requested Capt. Tow ill to post on his arri val. The log•book was brought on board the Her mione, and the following extract is taken from it : Tuesday, Nov. 15—Ten a.m., the captain came on deck and inquired what course the ship had made for the last two hours, and was answered E. by S. He then gave orders how the watch was to be employed. The captain went below, the wind being light and variable ; sails made (or sails trimmed) to the best advantage. The captain still below. 11.35 a.m. observed the sun, and thought it very strange the captain did not come on deck, as was his usual cus tom. I then proceeded to take the sun, and found it dipped. I then inquired of the steward if he had called the mate, when he answered that the mate was sick and could not be seen. The doctor coming on deck at the time, I told him to tell the captain that the sun had dipped, and he said he would do so. At 1 p.m. I was called down into the cabin, and found the captain lying in the water-closet. The doctor had him removed into the saloon,where the doctor's orderly (Scott) was ordered to attend upon him. The doctor and chief officer also very ill. Affected in the same way as the captain— severe cramp, attended with vomiting and purging. The steward was taken ill in the same way, but not to such an extent as the doctor, captain, and mate. There were mustard plasters and hot tea immedi ately applied to the captain ; and any prescription that the doctor ordered was carried out. At 2 p.m, captain worse, and gradually sank, having lost his speech for the last half-hour, till 3 p.m., when he expired, the doctor and mate still suffering very severely from cramp, purging, and vomiting. I then thought it advisable to confine the cook and steward, as I did not think it safe to keep them at liberty, as I had strong suspicion that something had been put in the cabin breakfast, as the captain, doc tor, and mate were affected a short time after break fast, which took place at 10 a.m. At 6 p.m. the captain was washed and cleaned and laid out, and at 8 p.m. prepared coffin (told the carpenter and joiner to prepare it), as, after consulting with the doctor, the captain was to be buried at 8 a.m. next morning. At 8 p.m. the doctor and mate were slightly better, but between the hours of eight and twelve the mate had a relapse for the worse, and although all that human skill could do for him was done he gradually sank till a quarter past six, wen he expired. At eight p.m. (supposed eight a.m.) the captain was buried in presence of the whole crew, the doctor being assisted on deck to read the funeral service. After consulting the doctor, it was decided that the ship should put into Rio Janeiro to get assistance. Five p.m. committed to the deep the body of Mr. Walter Bevan Cooper, chief officer, in presence of the ship's company, the service being read by T. Cunningham, officer in charge. Tho above statement is a correct account of the occurrence that happened on board. (Signed) SAMUEL M'CUNE, Third Officer. HENRY HALE. Boatswain. CHARLES BAYTON, Quartermaster. 111 r. Cunningham reports upwards of 50 deaths among the children by measles and scarlatina, the disease at present abating. (Signed) THOMAS CUNNINGHAM. SUPPOSED MURDER OF A CHILD BY ITS MOTITER. o LEDBURY, FRIDAY EVENING. An inquest has been held at the union, in this town. by Mr. H. Underwood, county coroner, on an illegitimate female child, of which a single woman, named Charlotte Dailey, is the mother. It appears that Dalley entered the workhouse on Tuesday the 6th December, and on Saturday, the was confined of a healthy female child, alive, and fully developed. The infant went on very well until Wednesday night, when some other women who had been recently delivered of Children were sleeping in the same room or ward with Dailey. Some time in the night they were awakened by the screaming of Dalley's child, and being without a light, they inquired what was the matter. Dailey said she could not tell, and the child continued to scream, until one of the women suggested that Dailey should suckle the infant. Sho said she Would do so, and told the ethers not to trouble to get a light, as the child had commenced sucking, and would be more quiet. The moaning of the infant ceased suddenly, and the women went to sleep, and thought no more about it. But about half-past six on the following morning Dailey, to their great suprise, informed them that her did child , was t dad c She was grave and serious , but not e xhibimuh grief. howi t l a t i h d e n baby r did supposed knowsed that at c a a rm me to and got stiff." She afterwards cried , and said She its death,s asaid she but d ‘ she wished she had got her child back again. An alarm was given, and on inquiry it was found that the mother's arms and chemise were stained with blood, with which the child's face was smeared,and which appeared to have issued from its nose. On making a post mortem examination, the surgeons discovered woollen fibres adhering to the lips of the infant, that its nose was compressed, and its hands clenched and partially congested. Mr. Tanner gave his opinion that suffocation was the cause of death, and the jury, under the instructions of the coroner, returned a verdict of wilful murder against Char lotte Dailey, who was taken into Custody and com mitsed for trial at the next Herefordshire assizes. STATE OF TRADE.—MANCIIESTER, Dec. 23. The market is suffering under the combined disadvantages arising out of unfavourable advices from India and the in disposition to business usual at this season of the year, partly due to stock-taking and partly to the enjoyment of the holidays. Cloths for India are cheaper than on Tues day, and water twist from 14's upwards, and mule twist up to 70's or 80's, are quieter and scarcely so firm. All goods are quiet, but the extensive engagements still running and the general lowness of stocks prevent any noticeable pres sure on the market for sales, and only the few holders and people coming out of orders are disposed to make any con cession. BECEYT WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will and six codicils of the Right Hon. George Child Villiers, the fifth Earl of Jersey, P.C., G.C.H., of Berkeley-square, London, Osterley Park, near Brentford, and Middleton Park, near Bicester, Ox ford, were proved in London, on Dec. 17, by the Right Hon. Sarah Sophia Child, Countess of Jer sey, the relict, the survi ring and sole acting execu trix. The personalty was sworn under £50,000. The will was made in 1848 ; the fifth and sixth codicils on Sept. 26, 1859, a week previous to his death. He had attained.his 86th year. The estates, farms, and land at Middleton and Upton he be queathed to his son, then Viscount Villiers. who only survived his father 21 days. His estate at Bri ton Ferry, Glamorganshire, he has bequeathed to his Countess. Amongst the legatees there is a legacy of £l,OOO to Dr. Wadham, and a like sum of £l,OOO to his agent, Mr. W. Seamman. The residue he leaves to his Countess. All the furniture, statues, plate, pictures, household effects, carriages, &c., at Middleton, Osterley, and Berkeley-square, were the separate property of the Countess, and. purchased out of her marriage settlement. The Right Hon. George Augustus Frederick, the sixth Earl of Jersey, who succeeded to the titles and estates on the death of his father on the 3d of October, 1859, died on the 24th of the same month, aged fift3 . --one, and without making a will. Ad ministration was granted to the Right Hon. Julia Countess of Jersey, thstrelict. Personalty £20,000. His son, Victor Augustus Frederick Viscount Villiers (to whom her Majesty stood sponsor), who is in his fifteenth year, succeeds to the title and estates, and is now the seventh Earl of Jersey. The will and two codicils of the Hon. Mount.' stuart Elphinstone, of Hookwood, Limpsfield, near Godstone, Surrey, were proved in London, on the 12th of December, by Viscount Hawarden, the Rev. Hay Macdonald Erskine, M.A., the nephew, and William Cunninghame Pontine, Esq., three of the executors, Lord Elphinstone, G.C.H., his nephew, also an executor, having a power reserved to him to prove hereafter. The personalty was sworn under £30,000. There are liberal legacies to his nephews and nieces, to the widows of his deceased nephews, and to the widow of his late brother. lie has left to his reader, Mr. W. Reeves, a legacy of £1,000; to his servant, Joseph Le Bcauvois, £730, free of legacy duty; and legacies to all hi:, servants and labourers. His library, plate, furniture, and the rest of his property and effects he leaves to his nephew, Lord Elphinstone. The will is dated in 1856, first codicil in 1857, and the last codicil the 11th of October, 1859.—Illus trated London News. A R7IC - LoNT NEGRO 11-UNT. On Saturday night,ovember 12, a neg ro man, the property of a gentl eman o f Woodford County, Kentucky, encamped at a strawyard on the farm of Mr. Samuel Leechman, in Carroll County. and to protect himself from the weather, built a fire from the rails that surrounded the straw stack, leaving the premises as soon as the first streaks of dawn broke over the mountain tops. Mr. Leechman, on arising, discovered the smoke up at the strawstack, and went to ascertain the cause. On arriving at the spot he soon discovered that some one had spent the night there, and - as snow had fallen he had no difficulty in tracing the footsteps of a man. It readily occurred to him that the tracks were those of a runaway negro. He tracked him by the house of his neighbour (Mr. Craig), and seeing Mr. Craig in the yard, informed him he was pursuing a run away, would he not join him P—to which Mr. Craig readily consented, after procuring arms, &c. . The trail wended its way through the farm of Mr. Bar craft, who also joined in pursuit. The track from here led straight to the Ohio river, but the negro, being hotly pursued, turned back to the hills, hoping to elude his pursuers in the winding defiles of the Kentucky cliffs. This he nearly succeeded in doing by walking some distance in the bottom of a meandering stream ; but as all things have an end, so did the stream have n beginning, at the source of which his tracks again became percep tible. Here, for the first time, they discovered him standing on a high elevation above them, but lie immediately disappeared over the hills. The track now being broad and plain, the pursuit was pro portionately rapid. From here the negro made directly for the Kentu::ky river, with his white pursuers close on his heels. Arriving on the bank, lie paused a moment, but seeing them coming up to seize him, he ran out on a log that projected into the river some 20 feet, and turned at bay upon his enemies, exclaiming, " Gentlemen, I will not be taken alive. The first man who comes out on this after me will witness the ball pass through my own brain" (at the same time presenting the muzzle of a pistol to his head). The party in pursuit were struck with the determined expression that his countenance seemed to manifest, and for a while paused to parley with him. But all to no effect, however. He re peated he would kill himself if they attempted to come out aft , r him. Two of the men determined to test his valour, cocked their pistols, and com menced walking the log towards him ; but their feet had not more than touched log when he pulled the trigger and fell into the water. They immediately caught him before he sank and dragged him to the shore. On examining the wound they , found that the ball had entered through the parie tal bone, and ranged upward and outward. During the examination he commenced breathing, labo riously at first, after a while more regularly, finally opened his eye , , and expressed deep regret at his failure. He still survives, but can hardly be ex pected to recover.— J"eray (Indiana) News. IMMORALITY OF TUE FRENCII STAGE. The Imperial Court 'decided, on Wednesday, re- Tersing a judgment of the Tribunal of Commerce, that an actress under age was entitled to set aside a theatrical engagement entered into without the consent of her father, on the ground that it was manifestly disadvantageous to herself, and that the mere non-interference of the father was not a suffi cient tacit consent. The circumstances of this case are curious, and throw a strange light upon the system on which actresses are engaged in certain Paris theatres. The appellant, whose real name is Mdlle. Antoinette Jathiot, but whose appellation on the playbills was Antonia de Savy, is an ex tremely pretty girl, who appeared when very young on the boards of the Porte St. Martin and the Varieties. Some time since, when about 20 years old, she signed an engagement with the managers of the Palais Royal Theatre for two years, at a salary of 1,200 f. for the first year, and I,Boof. for the second. Out of this miserable pay, about 4f. a day on an ave rage, she was bound to find herself in "linen, stock ings, shoes, head-dresses, and all theatrical cos tumes requisite for her parts, except foreign cos tumes totally different from anything habitually worn in France." Besides this, she was liable to fines for a great variety of stage offenc,:s, and in case of the breach of any part of her engagement, was to pay a sum of 10,000 f. by way of liquidated damages. M. G. Chaix d'Est Ange, her counsel, said that such an agreement as this, which left no margin for her subsistence, and which any actress must be mad to sign, was a palpable imposition upon her youth . and inexperience, and could not be su pp or ted against a minor in a court of law. But it was answered on the other side that neither the managers of the theatre nor the young lady herself ever expected that she was to gain her living on the stage; that although legally under age, she was old in experience as a member of the demi-monde; that her real profession was that of a " Dame aux Camelias," the profits of which profession were most niaterally increased by the opportunity given her to show herself to the public in the character of an actress. In support of this view, which the facts showed to beincontrover tible, it was stated that the father, who had now been put forward 10 object to the contract, was a humble clerk, who had not for many years exercised any control over his daughter, that he lived by himself in a miserable garret in the ltue St. Lazare, while mademoiselle occupic d splendid apartments in the Passage Saulnier, kept her carriage and servants, and habitually spent 6,000 f. or B,ooof. a year upon her toilette alone. It was even said that the known fact of her having a great many handsome dresses was one of the circumstances which induced the management to engage her. These arguments sun emaenactelolendatelcieoue aogrei\midenute.ajt a t t h h e i s o u v i s t o u f n t p h u e n m et a u n a a i g it e ; ceeded befor e th e T r ib una l of Commerce, which t g and refusal to play a certain part; and, moreover, ordered her to pay 1,500 f. damages and the costs of the suit. But the Court of Appeal, adopting the view of M. l'Avocat-General Moreau, that the Court could not in any way sanction such an im moral notion as, that the terms of the contract were not disadvantageous for the minor, because it was known that she got her living in a way that could not be avowed, set it aside, reversed the ver dict awarding damages against her, and ordered the managers of the Palais Royal to pay all the costs. r FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH. STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.—On Thursday evening' an accident, unfoftu nately resulting fatally, occurred in connexion with the six p.m. train from Wallsall to Birmingham. Between Newton-road and Perry Barr the tyre of one of the wheels flew off, and, having fractured some planks in the bottom of the carriage to which it belonged, this appears to have alarmed one of the passengers to such an extent that he jumped out. Two of the carriages and the guard's van were thrown off the rails, but those who were travelling in them were fortunately uninjured, and no injury was oc Asioned to the line. Th e delay that was necessitated by the occurrence preveiged the arrival of the Liverpool express and other trains m Birmingham for nearly two hours. When disco vered, the poor fellow who jumped out of the train was in sensible, and appeared to be badly injured internally, and in a short time he expired, Share Stock 12.10 GI • StoO t li; Stoclij Stoc Stool Stoc Stoc4 itock.l Stock Stock Stock: Stock Stock' Stock Stock , 100 Stock' 1 Stock, Stock Stock. Stock Stock 26 Stock,' StoJe StoCl;i Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 124 124 Stock 6 Stock 12a 12 Stock Stock Stock 6 Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stack Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 1.0.6. 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