The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-17 00:00:00

T HE C ANT ER B URY HALL C. MORTON beg to inform visitors to London that the above HALL, with its Magnificent Gallervof Modern Paint infzs, by all the best masters, is OPEN EVERT EVENING at 7 o'clock. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. IMPORTANT NOTICE. The Management find it necessary to announce to their Patrons that it will be impossible for a few nights at Christ mas to perform Balfe's eminently successful Opera with the Grand Pantomime. The time in representation and scenic preparation for an Harlequinade of such magnitude, renders the temporary suspension of the brilliant Opera imperative. Boxes and places will continue to be booked daily at the Box-office for the reproduction of the Opera at an early date. The sensation created with the public on the first represen tation of Balfe's New Legendary Opera was most enthu siastic. Continuous applause marked its progress from the rise until the fall of th , curtain. The demand for places daily at the Box-office to witness this great music I work of our popular English Composer, places the Management in the prowl position of announcing the performance of BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE, Every Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, Balfe's New Legendary Opera, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Chir a l ball ;(`Messrs A. Lawrence, J. Wharton, H. Corgi. A. St. Albyn, . ly, Wallworth, T. Lyall, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Orchestra of Eighty Performers. Chorus of Fifty Voices. Concluding with a DIVERTISSEMENT.—Stage manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. Acting-manager Mr. Edward Murray. boors open at 7 ; commence at half-past 7. No charge for booking, or fees to Box-keepers. At Christmas a Grand Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BLUE BEARD ; or, Britannia and the Fairy Hope. Morn ing Performances every Wednesday and Saturday. OVAL ENCLIS Fi OPERA, COVENT GARDEN—under the Manazement of Miss LOUISA FYNE anti Mr. W. HA RRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING. BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE. 311 , s Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. A. Lawrence, Mr. H. Corri, Mr. St. Albyn, &e. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. And a DIVERTISSEMENT. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Hall-past. THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Lessee, Mr. J. B. Etaekstone. TYTTq EVENIN(- the nerformances will commence .with AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Messrs. Bucirstone, Compton, W. Farrell, Chippendale. Rogers, &c. ; Miss A. Sedg,wick, Miss raltot, 7:rs. E. Fitzwilliam, &e. After which, GRIST TO THE MILL. Francoise, Miss Rose Howard. To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Commence at 7. It 0Y A PRTNCES S'S TTTEATRE.- • 4 Lessee and Manazer, Mr. A. 'Barris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with SUSAN SMITH. To be followed by, at 8 o'clock, THE CORSICAN BROTFIERS. Supported by Messrs. Pechter, A. Harris, Meadows, Graham, Shore, and Miss Murray. To conclude with THE GARIBALDI EXCURSIONISTS THEATRE -ROYAL LYCEUM. So.e Lessee and Directress. Madame CELESTE. Last night but one of Mr. John Drew's Enzizement, and:of the Company performina• before Christmas. TITIS EVENING, THE PE I'S OF THE PARTERRE. Scenic Department under the direction of Mr. Wm. Calleott. The Music by Mr. George Leder. Principal characters bv Mr IL Neville, Mr. John Ropse, Mr. J. Morris, Miss M. Ternan, Miss Neville, Mlsslludspeth, Miss Stuart, Miss Turner, Miss Don , lai, Miss Annie Collinson, and Miss Lydia Thompson. After which. the cnmic Drama, entitled HANDY A NDT. Messrs. Campbell, Johnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, Villiers, Butler, and John Drew: Mrs. J. Rouse, Miss Hudspeth, Miss M. Ternan, and Miss Neville. Followed by the new drama, entitled ADRIENNE ; or THE SECRET OF A LIFE. Principal characters by Mr. Henry Neville, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. H. Butler, Mr.' Villiers, Mr. G. Vininz, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Clifford, Mr. J. Johnstone ; Mrs. Keeley, and Madame Celeste. To commence at a quarter to 7, on account of the length of the entertainments. A DELPHT, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. 1 Solo P , onrietor and Manacer. Mr Beni. Webster. Enzagement for a limited number of nights of MI.B Agnes Robertson and Mr. Dion Roucicault, who will appear every evening . in the highly successful Drama of "The Colleen Bawn." THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Iloncicault, D. Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. After which, THAT BLESSED BABY. Mr. Billington, Mr. J. L Too/e, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking'. Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l. Orchestra Stalls, ss. • Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 31s. ' • Pit Stalls, 2a.; Pit, M. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor And MatlaCfer. Mr. WM. BATTY. Crowded Houses nightly' to witness the Lions and the great Brute Tamer. Miss Rebecca Isaacs every Evening. Notice.—There will be no half-price during the engage ment of the Lions, except for children under ten years of age, and then to Pit and Boxes only. This Evening, a new Spectacle, entitled TUE LION CONQTTEROR ; or, The .Death Jungle, expressly for the introduction of the Wonders of the Wor7d. " The Groupe of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett. To he succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and Bri ish Artistes. Concluding with the First Act of THE DATTGHT.ER OF THE REGIMENT. Marie, Riss Rebecca Isaacs. Doors open at half-past 8, pertormanc,e commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4 Stage Mananer—Mr. W. WV,RT. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. Batty's Prize Pantomime will be produced on a scale of great magnificence at Christmas. GRAND SELECTIONS FROM DELLINI'S NOP,MA, SnNNAMBITLA, AND FLOTOW'S MARTHA. PRINCIPAL ARTISTES, MISS RUSSELL MADAME MARTA MISS TYR RF,L MISS WILKINSON Mr. HENRY HERBERT and Mr. BERNARD. Conductor Mr. JONGUMANS. The Comtc Department comprises Messrs. A. B. Hollings worth, Master Barry J. Blanchard, G. W. Pell, Charley Fox, and E. Marshall, in his transformation song, "THE DOMESTIC DRAMA," personatinr, five different characters. On Saturday next, will be produced (first time) a Grand Selection from "La Figlia del Regimento" (Donizetti). THI IVEATEER.—S - tn4 OFFICE, DEC. 16, 1860. THERMOYETER, TN THE 42—highest since noon yesterday. 38 —loweat this morning and during the night. 41—this day at noon. Banomwrmu-30.04 ; falling. WlND—Northerly—variable; with dull weather. DEC. 17. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 41—highest since noon yesterday. 33—lowest this morning and during the night. 36—this day at noon. BAROMETER-29.70 ; falling. WIND—North —strong breeze ; with frosty weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY.—Morning, 4h. 52m.—Afternoon, sh. 13m. To-monnow.-Morning, sh. 32m.—Afternoon, sh. 52m. Il 40 1 hot. lo ~, , 1 t p: 1 , 1 ' . z ?...4..--7.. \ t tv ci c i;' ' - i ' k / i?' l ''' '''* .I. * V IC I t i r ..4' Pr — r , 7•Z *l ' 4-4 •o ' ' g • . ' 'b'4 Ll ', A: ll ',- '''- r r '• •••••0•1,„,.. ; ,-....2,. .,*44: i,',r , ' ' ' % IV, ---, >~. THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 17, 1880. The Chinese War has certainly made good its claim to be regarded as a War of Surprises. It began, or rather the necessity for it was forced upon our recognition, quite abruptly with the explosion ,of a startling and terrible ambuscade. It has ter 'floated now with equal suddenness. The arrival of the news on Saturday in Downing-street while her MaJEsTv's Ministers were actually seated there in a Cabinet Council, convened at the official resi dence of the First Lord of the Treasury for the very purpo se of discussing this all-important sub ject of the War in China—the advent, then and there, of the wholly unlooked-for and absolutely Intellig ence as tounding that the War was all over, that Peace was conclud e d , that the Ratifications ged, must certainly have had even bee n exchan ged come p l eas antly enough, and as by a coup de theatre, MAJESTY'S Government. upon her lt is a happy na tion atthis aorein augury for the na g Christmas time. It dissipates so many anxieties at the very moment, too, when our rea sons for solicit u d e iu re gard to this subject of the War in China appeared to have become so enormously enhanced and multi plied. How any peace at ail, out yonder at Pekin, could in any manner be negotiated se emed to have • become, within a very few days prior to the arrival of this extraordinary intelligence, altogether pro blematical. It was bewildering actually to conjec ture with whom Lord ELGIN and Baron GROS could, even if they would, open up any new negotiations. It appeared to ourselves indeed advisable, in the interests of the Europeans, in the interests of the Chinese, in the interests of humanity, that our plenipotentiaries should turn their regard, in search of reconciliation, rather in the direction of the Native Emperor now for a whole decade reigning at Nankin, than to the fugitive Tartar Emperor, fled within the last two months into the wilds of Tartary. Pekin literally in our hands, in the possession of the Angi6- French expedition, we seemed to have the very opportunity we had so long desiderated, the opportunity of looking well about us from that high 'vantage ground, both in a military and political point of view, and of taking our own time before closing with our enemies the definitive terms of pacification ! Pausing thus, of course, only to the end that when Peace should eventually be arranged, it might prove, more probably than . any peace previously negotiated with the Chinese had done, one calculated to be long maintained. While we are all in the midst of these somewhat vague speculations, however, in regard to the future—while her MAJESTY'S Minis ters are positively engaged in the formal discus sion (in Cabinet Council assembled) of the whole problem of this Chinese W3r, with a view if pos sible to the discovery of the likeliest means of helping Lord ELGIN towards its even tual solution comes suddenly into the midst of the Cabinet the astounding and glorious tidings that the War is at an end, and that the negotiators of the peace have even gone so far as to exchange the ratifications ! This important intelligence it will be perceived through the brief notification of it, dated on Satur day evening from the Foreign Office, came thither, but an hour or so previously via St. Petersbing. It brings the news from Pekin down to 9th of Novem ber. And according to these tidings—auspiciously starting homeward through Russia on the anni versary of the birth of the Heir Apparent to tho Crown of England—Peace had been formally con cluded on the 26th of October between the diplo matic representatives of the Western Powers of Europe, and the diplomatic representatives acting in the name of the fugitive Chinese EMPEROR and his all-but-ex-MAJESTY'S Government. Very shortly after that now most remarkable date, the ratifications had been exchanged, and on the sth of November Pekin was evacuated by the Allied Forces—those Forces that scarcely a fortnight pre viously had entered the gates of the hitherto inscrutable city as its conquerors. So amazingly have the Tables Turned between the late belli gerents from War to Peace, from turmoil to tran quillity, that his Celestial MAJESTY—who had been driven to the necessity but a few days previously of taking so very terrestrial a journey into Man chouria—was confidently expected to return to his capital almost immediately. Our satisfaction at the receipt of this most wel come intelligence would be complete and unalloyed but for the knowledge simultaneously brought to us of the frightful cruelties perpetrated by the Chinese upon our captured fellow-countrymen. It is impos sible to glance down the record of these atrocities,that have come to us from the seat of war from reliable sources, without a shudder of mingled grief and in dignation. And the horror with which the par ticulars of this treatment by the Chinese of the French and English prisoners cannot but be read at every hearth in France and England, will be painfully intensified at this time upon the reflection that while we know for certain that two of these barbarously tormented prisoners (both of them Englishmen) have died under the hands, we might rather say the claws, of their tormentors, eleven others, no fewer than ele►ea others, remained to this hour unaccounted for ! Whether these eleven also have succumbed to the horrors of their im prisonment we know not; we are baffled even in our conjectures as to their fate. We can only wait, and yearn, and pray for their return in safety to the camp of the Allies, to the consolation of their terror-stricken relatives. We do know, however, in regard to the execrable treatment of their com panions—not merely of the two who have actually perished, but of those comrades who have been restored to us, headed by Mr. PARKES, her MAJESTY'S Consul, and by Mr. LOCH, the English Ambassador's Secretary—enough to make one's blood run cold merely to think of. Indignities the most disgraceful, mutilations the most malignant and devilish, hunger and thirst even to the verge of death by literal starvation, cords tying their wrists round with the agonising tightness of a tournequette, chains fastening their bodies down to the floors of dark and loathsome dun geons—these are among the atrocities perpetrated by the Chinese, or rather it should be said, in justice to the Chinese race, by the Tartars, upon our unfor tunate fellow-countrymen. And all this infernal cruelty has been authorised, has been ordered and encouraged by the military and diplomatic chiefs of the Chinese Government—by the EMPEROR'S own brother, the Prince of KUNG, the high Imperial Plenipotentiary—by the ruffian Tartar Generalis simo, the often defeated, and therefore, no doubt, to this frightful extent—the implacable and infu riated SAN-KO-LIN-SIN. It is our painful knowledge of these refined bar barities that leads us, however confidently, to the conclusion that the Peace so abruptly, and other wise to all appearance so hastily and prematurely concluded, will prove nevertheless, when the terms of it come to be known, fully and entirely satisfac tory. It is quite impossible,under the circumstances, that either Lord ELOIN or Baron GROS could have concluded any Peace with the Chinese Government that was not in the completest sense of the word satisfactory. With the EMPEROR driven away ignominiously as a fugitive into Tartary—with Pekin itself, the mighty and mysterious capital of the Chinese Empire, in the hands of the Allied Forces—with the swarms of the Tartar Cavalry again and again routed by (comparatively) the merest handful of Europeans—above all, with the dread ful knowledge of the fiendish cruelties inflicted upon our fellow-countrymen by order of the Prince of KUNG and the Tartar Commander-in-Chief SAN-KO LIN-SIN, with this hall maddening knowledge, but just then freshly branded upon the recollection of the Ambassadors, burning and smarting into their memory—a Peace concluded by Lord ELGIN and Baron GROS, under such a combination of circum stances, could not by any possibility, we may rest perfectly well assured, be based upon anything but a Treaty fully and completely satisfactory. That unction, at least, we may lay to the soul of the nation—now that we are yearning to give the balm of good news to those hearts in the few scattered home-groups who are now mourning in the midst of this happy season over the two dead and the eleven lost Prisoners. One sentence of this day's telegrams will sur prise most readers almost as much as the news from China. The Moniteur says :—" The EMPE ROR has decided that from January next, and by way of reciprocity, Englishmen coming to France shall be permitted to enter and travel through the country without passports." We confess we should have thought any achievements in China, as, for instance, the installation of the Taepings at Pekin, or a chase after HIEN-FLING to Moukden, more likely than the one which the Emperor of the FRENCH proffers us as a N ew Y ear ' s g if t. A n d then it is done so gracefully—it is made no favour o f, it is granted " by way of reciprocity ;" we have b een first in admitting Frenchmen without a ticket or certificate of trustworthiness, and the EMPEROP will return the compliment. "By Way o f Reci proci.ty.yy Yes, certainly. Louis NAPOLEON hi m _ self at a time when if passports had any utility he might have je.'llnd it hard to get one, stepped o n the shores of England more t h,n.f . )nce, and no police officer troubled him for a passport. And his Em. We have a telegraphic summary of Presiden BUCHANAN'S message, much of the character which might have been looked for. The Chief Magistrate of the Republic must be in favour of law and order, but the chief of the pro-slavery party must also have a word or two for the rebellious Southern States, and a word or two in rebuke of the trium phant States of the North. Why, he asks, while the country is so prosperous, are there threats of disunion—is not the Union the source of all these blessings. To which inter rogation he furnishes his own reply—the long con tinued and intemperate interference of the Northern people with the Slavery question has, he says, given rise to servile insurrec tion, and inspired the slaves with vague notions of freedom, hence " a sense of security no longer exists around the family altar." Now we also remember a like fear and a negro insur rection in Jamaica. It was suppressed in fire and blood, but it resulted in emancipation. The attempt was made to inculpate certain missionaries in the Island as the cause of it ; but after the strictest investigation the cause was found to be in the con duct of the planters, and even of their House of Legislature. They resented so loudly and with so much bluster, talking even of secession to the United States, the resolutions of the English Par liament, that the negroes fully believed that the King of England had sent them out " free papers," and that the planters and Government withheld them, and they were determined not to be cheated of what the King had given them. Similar entirely is now the state of things in the North. The North has not done anything whatever in in fringing on the sovereign rights of the Southern States, but those States make such a disturbance about a perfectly legal election of an anti-Slavery President, that the utterly ignorant slaves may well believe there is something more for them, if they could but get it, which their masters with hold. We should not be at all surprised if cruel servile war should follow. The extreme ignorance in which the slaves are kept may indeed prevent their hearing much of what is done by legislatures and public bodies. On the other hand such gross ignorance as the Planters generally deem the safe guard of Slavery, exposes the poor creatures to becoming the dupes of the absurdest rumours. Servants in families, and negroes in towns, hear of the way in which their masters talk at home and at public meetings, and it might well make them believe that the Northern States are determined to free the negroes, and would give them any aid they need in seeking their free dom. Should a servile insurrection occur it will almost certainly be due, like that in Jamaica, to the domestic negroes reporting to the field hands their masters' words, with their own interpretation I of them. Mr. BUCHANAN is constrained to acknowledge that the election of Mr. LINCOLN is no cause for disunion. Deeply as it must mortify him, he yet knows that all has been perfectly constitutional and legal ; and, he contends, we fear with too much truth, that the South is in no danger from it. He blows hot and cold, however, on the great question. He rroclaims secession revolutionary, and denies that it is constitutional ; at the same time he denies the right of the Federal Government to coerce secondary States into submission—and, with more truth, perhaps, pronounces it imprac ticable. It would be probably a most difficult taskbut thereto priesserve always a fe o d n e e rati f o e n arfa b f fearful a It o e r r c u e ; o.i. tive, In th O most turbulent of the States, MARSEILLES, DEC. 17. The report of the loss of the steamer Dora has not been confirmed. The Naples journals received here assert that the Abruzzi and Calabria are quiet, and that the revolutionary movement in the province of Avel line has been partially suppressed. The same journals also state that the Lieutenancy at Naples is engaged in arming the National Guards, who are t o be despatched to Upper Italy. AMERICA. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. QUEENSTOWN, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail steam ship Africa, Captain Neill, from New York on the sth instant, arrived here at 8 p.m., landed all her mails except those for Liverpool, and proceeded at 8 15 p.m., all well. She brings 40 passengers and 17,561 in specie. The steamer Asia, from Liverpool, had arrived out. The following is a summary of the President's Message, delivered at Washington on the 4th inst. The first topic discussed is the revolutionary crisis. Mr. Buchanan asks why, while the country is eminently prosperous in all its material interests, the Union, the source of all these blessings, is threatened with destruction. The cause, he says, is close to hand. It is the long-continued and intemperate interference of the Northern people with the question of slavery in the South, which has given rise to servile insurrection, and inspired the slaves with vagae notions of freedom. Hence a sense of security no longer exists around the family altar. Mr. Buchanan maintains that the election of Mr. Lincoln involves no provocation for disunion, and states that the South is in no immediate danger therefrom. He considers secession revolutionary, and denies the doctrine of constitutional secession. He next contends that the Federal government has no right to coerce receding States into submission, and that coercion is impracticable. The relations with all foreig❑ Powers excepting Spain are declared to be amicable and satisfactory. Some suggestions are made in reference to the purchase of Cuba. As the disputed title to the island of San Juan is under negotiation with Great Britain, it is not deemed advisable to make any allusion to the sub ject. The President regards the visit of the Prince of Wales as a most auspicious event, and says that its consequences cannot fail to increase the kindred and kindly feeling which he trusts may ever ac tuate the Government and people of both countries. The financial condition is briefly discussed, and considerable reductions are shown in the annual expenditure. The message concludes with lengthy remarks about the necessity for modifications in the tariff, to meet deficiencies of revenue. WASHINGTON, DEC. 4. After the reading of the President's Message the following amendment was moved and carried : " That so much. of the message as related to the perilous condition of the country be referred to a select committee, composed of one member from each State." The message is condemned by those of extreme opinions, from both North and South. In Charleston the pacific tone of the President's message caused considerable surprise. THE SIEGE OF GAETA. Advices from Gaeta of the Bth inst. announce a successful coup de main made by a small body of Royalists. They succeeded in surprising the Pied montese outposts and blew up two houses of the Borgo, having brought barrels of gunpowder with them for that purpose. The fire of the Piedmontese against the fortress had increased. A large shell burst in one of the squares, close to the King. Some of the houses Yesterday's ./tionitestr says :—" The Emperor's ambassador at St. Petersburg announces by tele graphic despatch, of to-day's date, that the Rus sian Government has received the news that Baron Gros and Lord Elgin entered Pekin on Oct. 22, and that peace was signed on the 26th. The ratifica tions were exchanged on the same day. The Emperor of China, who, on leaving for Mantchooria, had conferred on his brother, Prince Kong, the powers necessary for treating, was disposed to re enter his capitol, which the allied troops were be 3inning to evacuate." Meetings of the executive committee for the Great Exhibition in 1862 are being constantly held. The successor to Sir W. Hylton Joliffe has not yet been appointed. No decision has yet been come to by the Home office with respect to the punishment to be inflicted on Ann Padfield. It is supposed it will be penal servitude for life. Major-Gen. Larcom, Col. Stirling, George Hodges, Esq., and Sir E. Head were on Saturday invested with the Orders of Knights-Commanders of the Bath. Lord Bloomfield, British Ambassador at Vienna, and Lord Napier, at St. Peterburg, are about to be raised to the rank of Privy Councillors. It is rumoured that Government has sent out instructions to the naval commanders to concentrate a force in the Mexican waters, in consequence of the gross outrage perpetrated upon the property of British citizens. CRIMINAL COI:MT.—THE GREAT WATCH ROB- BEIM—The sessions commenced this morning. The calen dar only contains 42 prisoners for trial, The Recorder having charged the grand jury, Robert Ernest Graham, the man charged with stealing and pawning watches to the value of £1,500, was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. A proposition is on foot for making a carriage road across Primrose-hill. Seven more bodies have been brought up from the pit at Rises. About 25 corpses are still supposed to 1?e in the workings. Dr. Isaac Joliet, one of the deacons of the French Church, St. Martin's-le-Grand, yesterday, expired suddenly in the vestry-room of the church. An alarming collision took place on the London and North Western Railway, near Rugby, yesterday. The line was obstructed for some hours, but happily no lives were lost. On Saturday a man was run over and killedon the North Woolwich Railway. The second Royal Dramatic Performance took place at Windsor on Saturday. The Haymarket company acted Taylor's last new comedy, " The Babes in the Wood." Letters from Italy say the affairs of the British Legion are settling down satisfactorily. Dr. Henry Philpott, chaplain to the Prince Consort, has been appointed Bishop of Worcester. A letter from Turin says that Mr. Duff Grant, M.P., has been three weeks there on a special mission. On Saturday a splendid screw steam frigate called the Amatia, for the Queen of Greece, was launched from Pitcher's yard, Northfleet. The general elections for the Turin Parliament come off on the 30th of January. The Emperor of Russia has ordered one of the shipbuilding firms on the Thames to construct an armour clad vessel of war for him. THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR.— Yesterday's Moniteur announces that M. Billault, Minister without portfolio, has been appointed Minister of the In terior during the absence of M. de Persigny. 'The municipal administration of Nantes has de termiAed no longer to manage the theatre on its own ac count, but to return to the old system of a privileged direc tor with a subvention. The management by the municipal authorities has been attended' ith an average annual deficit of 110,000 f. IMPORTANT SALE OP SHAWLS, CLOAKS, SILKS, AND FANCY DRESSES.—Owing to great increase of business, Messrs. Farmer and Rogers are compelled to make exten sive alterations in their premises, previous to the approach ing spring season ; they have, in consequence, determined to sell the whole of their magnificent stock at nearly half price. The sale has commenced, and will last about a month. The stock consists of India shawls, China shawls, French shawls, Paisley shawls, Norwich shawls, and every description of fancy-trimmed shawl for autumn and winter wear; handsome velvet cloaks, real seal-skin cloaks, imita tion seal-skin cloaks in a variety of shades, cloth cloaks in aff colours, beautifully trimmed Zouave jackets, and a superb variety of elegant opera-cloaks. Rich silk and fancy dresses at nearly one-third the original price. Every article will he marked in plain figures.—The Great Shawl and Cloak Emporium, 171, 173, 175, Regent-street, W.-- (Advt.) AINICENA FT UTILIA.—" Amongst those visited we found none more deserving a special mention than the products of Mr. J. W. Benson. of 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill. The beauty and novelty of his designs, engraved on the cases of his watches, which he now appears to give especial atten tion to, certainly surpass anything of the kind which hag heretofore come under our inspection. The variety of his stock is something enormous. Not only may the connois seur here meet with the moat exquisite design, but the utilitarian will find an ample choice of plain watches ; while each will find, in the high standing of Mr. Bensonas a City manufacturer, ample guarantee of the intrinsic f value of the mechanism. Here, indeed, may be 11 buyer's desiderata in--excellence of design and poeurfection in workmanship."' —Morning Chronicle. —Benson's Illus trated Pamphlet, post free for two stamps, is de.scriptive of every construction of watch now made. Watches safe by post to all parts of the globe. v, METROPOLITAN CATTLE MA KET. THE GREAT DAY. The unusually high prices at which all kinds of really prime stock have been selling during nearly the whole of the present year induced the opinion in more than one quarter that the show here to-day, for Christmas consumption, would be an unusually good one, and, as to number, considerably in excess of some previous corresponding periods, the scarcity of really good food in most parts of the country notwithstanding. In some respects this impression was well grounded ; but we confess that this has not proved the best exhibition of its kind held in the metropolis. In the first place we may remark that there was an unusually large number of young animals shown ; and in the second, that the merits of some of the older stock were not equal ,to last year. High quotations for beef, the result of a great increase in the consumption of food, have, of course, stimulated production to an extent beyond which it would seem scarcely safe for the general commu nity. True, it may b 3 more profitable to "force rather than feed," so far as the graziers' int eres t s are concerned ; but the question yet to be solved is, are we really progressing in the right direction ? It would, of course, be unjust to condemn the sys tem of crossing, if not carried too far, because crosses between the Scots and short-horns were exhibited here this morning which equalled in weight, quality, and symmetry the purest Scots, Devons, and Herefords; indeed, we may say, with out hesitation, that they were full of the best butchers' points. Without, therefore, con demning the system, which no doubt has proved a most profitable one to those who have carried it out successfully, let us hope that eventually it will not leave consumption dependent upon a mongrel supply of stock. The crosses, then, brought forward on this occasion formed no unimportant portion of the show. Next in order to this particular descrip tion of stock we may place the short horns. Amongst them we observed scarcely any inferior animals ; indeed, we may observe that in number they were very large, and that their condition was, if anything, superior to the supply on offer in 1859. Perhaps, however, Lincolnshire has this season suffered less from want of pasture food than in the previous year. In considering the Herefords we may observe that, though there was a fair number of really useful beasts amongst them, we observed a falling off in their general weight and condition. This is to be regretted, because all must be aware in this progressive age of the great importance of keeping up the pure blood of the country. As regards the Devons, nearly the same observations may be applied to them. But how is it that Devon shire should of late years fall short of its usual amount of supply ? Are higher prices realised at home than in this market ? or do 'the graziers think it more profitable to sell month by month rather than forward a large number of beasts to London on one particular occasion? We cannot presume otherwise than that there are now more beasts disposed of in the county than in many years past, hence the deficiency here to-day. We feel gratified in being able to state that the show of Sussex beasts—most of them being of noble pro portions, but perhaps rather too old for general purposes, though they carried an immense supply of good consumable food—was larger than during the last five years. This, we may observ e , i s an important point gained from the now distinctive but not over liberal premiums offered by the Smith field Club. If we mistake not, Sussex will even tually, with a fair field before it, produce far greater wonders than were shown on the pre sent occasion. On a close examination of the Scots, whether Aberdeenshires or West High landers, we must admit that they were never excelled. Those forwarded to Messrs. Maidwell and Llayland-27 in number—and those to Mr. John Lumsden-10 in number—by Mr. William M'Combie, of Tillyfour, Aberdeenshire, were some of the best we have ever seen. But why did not Mr. M'Combie allow his noble animals to grace the show-yard in Baker-street ? Their value might not have been enhanced by the change in the place of exhibition, but certainly we should have been more pleased to have seen them there than in the open market. The show of Scots and crosses from Norfolk was an unusually good one. It comprised stock of fine symmetry, great weight, but of very moderate age. There were very few polled beasts from that or the adjoining county—Suffolk. The Welsh runts, though few in number, were in unusually prime condition, consequently realised high quotations. As regards other breeds from various parts of Eng land, we may observe that they were, for the most part, in middling condition. There was a full average number of Irish beasts on offer via Liver- a - • ~~ l PRESS and her suite too visited us, though incognito, without the necessity of any certificate as to who they were. Not only that, but we gave her such a hearty reception, and she must have been so well pleased with the gratulations of dukes and Man chester operatives alike, that we can almost ima gine the EMPP.ESS telling the EMPEROR, when she returned, that he must make a people who had been so cordial towards her, free of France. That would be only reciprocity, she might say ; for with no pre-arrangement—no maires and prefets instructed to arrange processions and cheers she could tell of polite and of kind rough attentions too, such as proved that all kinds of Englishmen were friendly to France. as we have repeatedly had occasion to men tion, the white and the negro population are nearly balanced—the actual slaveholders being but a small minority of the people. What could such States do against a nation of persons double their number, with more than double their wealth and military resources, invading them in the interest of the slaves themselves ? In that view coercion is practicable enough, but it would be with the sacri fice of the slaveholders' lives to the rage of their in furiated bondsmen. Humanity shrinks from emancipation by such methods—almost as much as it does from the brutal and inhuman atrocities of the slavery itself of the Southern States. The reciprocity is, however, a most suitable ac companiment or sequel to the French treaty. Even so small an obstacle as a passport is often some thing to a commercial man, and should it be desired, as it now must be, if for the sake of revense only, by the Imperial Government, to create a large trade with England, nothing can be more desirable than to make it as easy to travel through France as to travel through England itself. We are inclined to think, also, that the mere abolition of passports will increase the number of visitors to France. There are a large number of persons who imagine some serious trouble and difficulty when anything like a legal document is essential, and travelling people as we are, we doubt not that thousands have been diverted from a Continental trip, by the mere circumstance of a passport being required, and of their having heard of annoyances in connection with it. Of course an influx of English visitors is not only an influx of English custom direct, but much more than that, for it will tend to create a taste for French productions of every kind. A more likely expedient to make the removal of commercial protection efficient, and to render the modified tariff a source of traffic, could hardly have been devised than to remove the useless and artificial protection against travelling in France ; and most probably the result will soon be apparent in the increased number of visitors on both sides the water ; for national, like social, visiting creates return visits. We ought also to accept, and we do in arl frank ness, the pledge thus offered us of goodwill and amity. It is really worthy of notice in a QUEEN'S Speech. It is certainly holding out the olive branch, and must be allowed for when we are ask ing, what means this ceaseless increase of the naval strength of France ? Is the EMPEROR beginning to think that race a hopeless, at least a useless one ? He has put us to enormous expense to place ourselves on barely equal terms with him, not equal, indeed, considering his vast army, and the ready working of his naval conscription. If he be disposed to some to some understanding on this subject also, and to do something towards lightening our load of thirty millions per annum for naval and military expenditure, the greater part of it caused by his proceedings, we shall have double cause to trust him. We hope some good of this kind is in store for us. It ought to be easy to come to a fair understanding which might save both nations a heavy expense. Certainly, since Count DE PERSIGNY'S returp, all has been moving in the hopeful direction. Some liberty of speech was at first conceded ; some liberty of the press fol lowed; some removal of incurred disabilities fol. lowed, though the law of avertissements is not withdrawn; and now a certain amount of freedom of trade with England is followed by freedom of locomotion in France for our favoured nation. Perhaps the mention of " reciprocity" may be also a hint to other European countries, that if they, like us, admit French subjects free, their subjects also shall be free to travel in France. LATEST NEWS. RAILWAYS. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 15. Intelligence has been received at the Foreign office this afternoon thrcugh St. Petersburg from Pekin, up to the 9th of Nov., stating that peace was concluded on the 26th Oct., and the ratifica tions exchanged. On the sth Nov. the allied forces evacuated Pekin, and the Emperor was ex pected immediately to return to his capital. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 16, 10.30 A.M. AUSTRIA. Advices received here from Pekin, dated October 16 (28th), state that peace was signed on the 14th (26th) of October, and that the ratifications were exchanged on the same day. The Emperor was expected to return to Pekin. PARIS, SUNDAY MORNING. The lilotziteur says :--The Emperor has decided that from January next, and by way of reciprocity, Englishmen coming to France shall be permitted to enter and travel through the country without passports. NAPLES, DEC. 11 (via Marseilles). France has succeeded in inducing the belligerents to consent to a suspension of hostilities, in order that negotiations for the surrender of Gaeta may be entered upon. Victor Emmanuel only contests the condition which entitles Francis 11. to send a representative to plead his cause at a future congress. Fresh reinforcements of Sardinian troops are expected. The steamer Dora, having on board 750 Garibal dians, has been lost near Terracina. The Garibaldians are supposed to have been saved. General Dunn, on whose life an attempt was lately made, is still alive, NAPLES, DEC. 13. The mobilised national guard, destined for Upper Italy, has been organised. The Naples journals highly approve the project of the Minister Minghetti, which aims at adminis trative decentralisation. It is said that 2,000 pontifical troops are about to march against the town of Ponte Corvo, to over throw the provisional government established there in the name of King Victor Emmanuel. TURIN, SUNDAY. A despatch from Naples, dated to day, asserts that the French fleet will soon leave Gaeta. PERUGIA, DEC. 16. The province of Viterbo continues in a state Of insurrection. It is stated that the French are preparing to evacuate the province. TilE SUN, 44ONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER • 17, la'anA. Cash. Account. Orleans 1385 .. 1385 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 912 50 .. 910 Geneva 375 .. 377 50 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian 4OO .. 397 50 Austrian — .. 508 75 Lombard have suffered considerably, and 15 persons were wounded by the bursting of a shell in the hospital. The King has issued a proclamation to the troops praising their courage, and calling upon them to defend the fortress to the last. FRANCE. PARIS, DEC. 17. BOURSE, Dec. 15.—The market still continues inanimate. For the Account, Threes are now at 681 ; Mobilier, 771 f 25c ; Orleans, 1,383 f 75c ; Northern, 990 f; Mediterranean, 910 f; Austrian, 518 f 75c; Lombard, 483 f 75c. The following were the last quotations :--- 41 per per Cents 96 65 Do. end month 96 75 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 80 Bank Shares 2950 Credit Mobilier 7 7 50 Do. Account 772 501 Credit Fancier 923 75 Belgian 4t — Piedmontese Fives BO 25 Roman Austrian Spanish Threes so} Home Debt VIENNA, DEC. 14. At 10 o'clock in the morning of yesterday the following sentences were passed on Messrs. Richter, Krumbholz, and Bayer :- 1. " Francis Richter, partner in two cotton mills, and principal director of the Credit Bank, is guilty of the crime of having led to an abuse of official power (Verleitung zurn Missbrauche der Amts getoalt) by giving to the Imperial Royal Field Marshal Lieutenant Baron von Eynatten Northern Railroad shares of the value of 25,6341 skr. Austrian currency, with the intent to induce him to be partial in his decisions relative to the sup plies for the army. "2. On account of insufficient proof he is acquitted of the charge of having been guilty of defraudation by artfully bringing into account, and that to the disadvantage of the Supreme Com mando of the army, a sum of 50,7461 37kr. on bills of the value of £20,000. " 3. Francis Richter is declared to be innocent and to be acquitted (schuldlos erkanat and losge sprochen) of the following charges of fraud made against him. Of having drawn up a false account to the advantage of the Ministry of Finances and to the prejudice of the Credit Bank; of having, to the detriment of the State, intentionally reduced the quantity and quality of the material used for making the 4,000,000 ells of calico which he under took to supply; and of having, to the prejudice of the sub-contractors, diminished the quantity of calico he had undertaken to deliver." The verdict of the Bench having been read aloud, the counsel for the Crown rose, and declared that he intended to appeal against a part of it. He, how ever, to the surprise of the public said, that as there were " many extenuating circumstances," and Richter had long been in confinement, he recom mended him to the mercy of the Court. After the President had stated what had induced him and his four colleagues to give such a verdict as they had done, the Court retired for about half an hour, and on its return pronounced the following sentence : " The defendant, Francis Richter, is condemned to imprisonment for one month, during three days of which month he is to fast (to have nothing but bread and water). The present of 25,634f1. is to be given to the eleemosynary fund of the city of Vienna, and the costs of the trial are to be borne by the defendant. " The defendants, John Krumbholi, the manager of Richter's cotton mills, and Henry Bayer, Riohter's agent, having been found innocent, are acquitted, and the State has to pay all costs." IRE REPORTED PEACBWITH CHINA. pool. v Some of them were well made-up ; but, gene rally speaking, they did not come up to some former shows. We observed amongst them several crosses, evidently with the short horns. The following return shows the number of beasts: exhibited, and the prices realised for them, on the great days in the last 19 years : Beasts Shown. 4090 4,509 .... .... 4,541 6600 0000 4,510 .... 0600 5,713 .... 006 A 5,326 .... 0006 4,570 0000 6660 4,282 .... 6000 5,942 0... 0000 6,765 .... • . • • 6,341 6000 • • • . 6,103 .... .... 6,271 60 0 0 W. • 7, 03 7 0000 .... 6,181 0600 7,000 6000 6,748 .... 6,856 0046 6,424 .... 7,560 .... Years. 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 .... 1857 - 1858 .... 1859 .... Prices. s. d. s. d. 3 8 to 5 0 3 4 4 8 2 8 4 4 4 0 4 6 3 6 4 8 4 0 6 8 3 4 4 8 3 4 4 8 3 4 4 6 3 0 3 10 2 8 4 2 2 8 4 0 3 2 4 10 3 6-5 4 38— 4 2 3 4 5 0 34 4 8 3 4 5 0 3 6 5 4 On Mr. Robert Morgan's stand we observed some very fine beasts from Norfolk, the property of Mr, Leeds, Mr. Felton, Mr. Freeman, and Fand ; from Scotland, the property of Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Stod dart, Mr. Pidd, and Mr. Garden ; from the midland counties, Mr. Morgan had likewise some very good stock. Messrs. Giblett and Son had on offer about thirty extraordinary fine Norfolk beasts belonging to Messrs. Wortley ; also some fine Scotch beasts from Messrs. Stewart, Martin, and Mennie, which, although smaller than usual, were of very superior quality. Mr. George Dickson had an excellent stand of Scotch-fed beasts from the counties of Aberdeen, Banff, Kincardine, and Inverness. They were the respective property of Messrs. Martin, Knowles, Thompson, Kidd, Bruce, Longmore, Stodart, Smart, Frost, Shand, Wishart, Mitchell, Thorn, and other Scotch graziers. Mr. William Collins had a very fine show of beasts, forwarded by Mr. W. Shaw, Far Coton, Northamptonshire; Mr. Wallis, of Overstone, Northamptonshire; Mr. James Attenborough ; Mr. Overman, of Egmere; Mr. John Hudson, of Castle Acre. Mr. Collins had, likewise, some remarkably good Devons, belonging to Mr. T. S. Moore of Warham. Several other graziers had on offer some superior stock ; but that on offer from Sir Charles Knightley's land was not equal to most former years. The show of sheep was by no means a good one, either as respects number or quality. Messrs. Weale had a good show of sheep, belonging to Messrs. Oakley, White, Senior, Rowland, &c. ; also several lots from Oxon and Berks. Messrs. Eland and Son, Mr. Hancock, and other graziers had some fine specimens of the Lincoln- shire long-woolled breed. Mr. Thomas Dodds exhibited some very good Down and half bred sheep, belonging to Mr. Franklin, of Wallingford ; Mr. Readings, of Evers ham; and Mr. Dodd, of Chickendon, Oxon. Mr. Collins exhibited some remarkably fine cross bred sheep. STATE OF THE TRADE. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 4,525. In the corresponding week in 1859 we received 4,364—in 1858, 5,734—in 1857, 1,896 —in 1856, 1,895—in 1855, 4,326—and in 1854, 2,828 head. . . • - IMPORTS INTO LoNDON ~nay wsnx. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam - • • 218 .. 59 Harlingen. - Hamburgh .. 14 .. 302 .. —• • —..-- Bremen .. .. Calais __ .. -- .. -- " -- .. -- Dordt .. "ego .."" et ...... v . .".... 0. .... 40* ...... Amsterdam Antwerp..... ... • —• • —..— .. .--.. 60 .. . . 5 - 69 .. ___— • . --. . ••••-• 4•• ..--. Boulogne... •• Tonning M e d em blik The yearly E e 6 ca: s B nt : • . . Nieu Diep .• • 25 ** 772 .. 7• • -. • - T0ta1........499 3,702 -_. 255 59 comp son of weekly imports is as follows : Sheep. Lambs. Calves Pigs. --- .. 141 .. 121 1859 ..... 3,424 .. . 555 .. 4,756 •. . . 375 .. 48 1858 ...... .. .. 195 .. 1857 ...... 61 1 193 1856....•• 4853 • • 3 , 529 ••—• .. 285 .. 12 .. --. .. 21 •• 85 ..... 1554 5 ...... 1,0767 • • 2,588 .. Th e number of beasts here to-day being unusually the demand for most kinds was by no means However, th e pr i mest breeds were in fair al request, acrtgi:, e. at somewhat high currencies. A few very superior Scots, &c., realised 5s 6d per 81bs, but the general top figure for beef was 5s 4d per Blbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex. and Cambridge shire, we received 3,200 Scots, &c., from Lincoln shire, &c., 2,300 short horns, from Devonshire, 800 Devons ; from other parts of England, 1,000 various breeds; from Scotland, 700 Scots and crosses; and, from Ireland, 350 oxen, &c. There was a moderate show of sheep. The best breeds moved off steadily, and, in some instances, CURRENCY PER IHPERJAL MEASIMR. Wheat —Essex aid Kent, red, new CU to azil Ditto, old Ditto, white, new 528 63 1 Ditto, old 6os 711 Norfolk and Linooln, red, old s6s 8 41 Ditto, new Rye—Old —s — 4 New Barley—Grinding...., 286 3 31 Malting Malt -Suffolk and Norfolk .. s2s Mg Brown sos 520 Kingston and Ware . 528 701 Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 221 2 80 Potato 2Bs 3 33 Youghal and Cork, black 2 2s 270 Cork, white 22s 251 Scotch, Feeding 2ss Ws Beans—Tick Pig Peas—Grey 421 Maple "White .... 455 520 Boilers Flour—Town-made ..... Ms 578 Suffolk 4os 440 Stockton and Norfolk. ...•••••• um 01 NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. The show of both town and country-killed meat is Ise sonably good, and in somewhat improved condition. 0 0 li 0 ' rally speaking, the trade rules steady, as follows : Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. a. d. c a. Inferior beef .... 2 6 2 8 Middling mutton 3 10 4 Middling d 0.... 2 10 3 6 Prime do . 4 4 4 Prime large do.. 3 8 4 0 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 2 4 6 Small pork 4 8 6 ' 0 Large pork 4 0 4 6 , anzb.... ...... 0 0 0 Inferior mutton 3 2 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine English hops are in fair request, at fal l prices ; but other qualities are a dull inquiry. Bayariiil l hops command steady rates. In American vary little doing. Last week's imports were 2,471 bales from Ne vi York, 221 from Antwerp, 301 from Rotterdam, 34 fr° . Ostend, and 26 from Hamburgh. New Mid and East Kent pockets.. ealds Sussex Yearlings per cwt. .. .£6 Os to LlB Os .. 4Os to 14 Os .. sOs to 9 Os .. sOs to 9 10s BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since our last report only moderate supplies of potato have come to hand, and the d eman d f or t h em i s stead'', 11 : very full prices. Last week' s imports from the Contilie n ' were only 20 tons. York Regents. l2os to 140 s per ton. Ditto Flukes Kent and Essex Regents Scotch ditto .... Dunbars lsos to 160 s ~ French 9ss to 100 s „ Belgian 9os to 952 ,i, SEEDS. The seed trade shows no improvement. Most descriptions are drooping in value, but the changes in the general cur' rency, compared with last week, have not been important* Cakes are much less active, and foreign qualities have giV C way 58 per ton. rurnip,White,p.bus.3Bs to 408 Swede —s -9 Mustard, Brown 128 148 White, new 128 18s Tares,Winter, new.. 11s 14$ Old -9 -9 Canary, per quarter 568 618 Rye grass, new 268 28 s Clover, Red Eng., et. 64s 718 White .. roreign . Red•• • • 6 01 688 White 728 76 8 Trefoil, new. 20. 328 I Carraway 3os to : Coriander lBs xv Herapseed, per qr 44s LI Linseed, Eng.sowing 68s Crushine , Baltic 5.40 6 1 0 Odessa s,es Od Linseed Cake, p. ton— 50 English .... £lO 101 £ll 00 Foreign, ptn .£lO 50£11 0 Rape Cakes,p.ton .e 6 100 0 78‘ Rapeseed, p. qr. 7" WOOL MARKET. The demand for English wool is somewhat limited' nevertheless, holders are firm, and prices rule about Pi s ' tionary. Colonial qualities command very little attentioof and foreign parcels are very dull, at next to nominal il ll l, tions. Last w ee k' s i mports were 1,979 bales from S y d• 435 from P ort P hilip, 785 from Melbourne, 665 fue l", Algoa Bay, and 765 from Taganrog. TALLOW Our market continues steady, and price aro well sup: ported. To-day P.Y.C., on the spot, is selling at 60s 3°l per cwt. Rough fat 3s 2d per lbs. _.....--- 1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. 1 Stock this day.... Price of Y.C. . • 1 Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 17,464; 58s 3d t( —8 Od 2,":16 74,414 1,224 74,8448 6es Ed 33,473 52s 6.1 to s Od 2,848 81,680 1,197 F. 3,147 55s 9d 33,448 .1 47,245 res 50a 01 to Olt( 50s 9d 53s 2d 2,366 2,404 62,924 45,805 2,550 148 84,805 80,969 53s 6d 51is Od 74,c 06 r o od 0 _§ Od p 1,11 8 5 0,059 1, 8 „ 4 5 ; als 0" A case of fratricide occurred three days ag o i , 31 the commune of Genay, near Nanville-sur-Soane The victim was a day labourer, aged 40, named Arne, and the murderer his brother, aged 24, who works on the public roads, had struck deceased a heavy blow on the head vria t a stone or stick, and then threw him into a ditch, having about 18 inches of water in it, where the body was fo und ' The brother has confessed his crime, and been comreitte ll to prison. The motive of the crime is not known. Report speaks of a split in the proprietary of the Saturday Review, and the approaching foundation of a rival journal, under the conduct of Mr. cook, who superintended the Morning Chronicle during the five or six years in which a certain wealthy Puseyite clique squandered so much money on tba ° l journal, and who has managed the A s 'aturday si n . its commencement. Mr. Cook takes with 1 1 several of the leading contribut o rs to Mr. Be resfor Hope's paper.—Manchester Review. The Prussian Government contemplate erecting a bust of Bessel—the we ll-k nown German astr; n omer —on the outside of the University Bui lding Konigsberg. prices had an upward tendency—a few very fine Downs having sold at 6s per 81bs. Otherwise. the mutton trade was inactive, but at full prices. There was a few lambs on show, but in very poor condition. _ . We were fairly supplied with calves. Prime veal was rather dearer. Otherwise, the trade Was rather heavy. The demand for pigs was steady, and, in som e instances, prices were a shade higher. Per 81bs to s. d. s. d. eras. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Prima large oxen 4 6 5 01 Prime Scots, &c. 5 2 5 41 Crse. &inf. sheep 3 8 3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 8 Lambs, Os Suckling calves, 180 to 2Ss 23s to 30a. TOTAL SUPPLY. POREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 7,860 Beasts Sheep and lambs 19,550 Sheep Calves Pigs COMPARISON OP THE GREAT DAY. Per 81bs, sinking the offal. Dec. 12, 1859. Des s. d. s. d. s. 3 6to 3 lop 40 4 6 4 8 5 0' 52 5 4 3 4 310 40 4 4 46 4 8 60 5 4 00 0 0 42 4 8 410 5 3 6 310 4 0 5 7,660 24,420 160 430 ink the offal. g, d. s. d. Primeors-wool do. 4 10 6 4 Pme. S'thdown de .5 6"5 10 Large orse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Small porkers 4 2 Id to Os Od. and quarter •eld store pie, ~ 17, 1880. d. 8. d. 4to 3 8 10 4 4 8 5 u 2 6 4 8 3 1 2 40 4 0 410 5 4 5 6 5 1 2 00 0 ; 4 0 4 ' 9 „ ,4 8 5 v a 4 0 4 2 u 4 8 5 7,860 19,66 0 21 0 515 Coarse and inferior beasts . . Second quality ditto Prime large oxen Prime Scots, &c. . . . . COarse and inferior sheep . . Second quality ditto • • . . Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . Prime Southdown ditto . . . Lambs • . , . . . . Large coarse calves . 9 9 Prime small ditto Large hogs . . . . . Neat small porkers . . . Beasts Sheep and lambs . Calves Pigs CORN EXCHANGE. There was a fair demand for wheat in most of the coun try markets held on Saturday, and good and fine sample sold on rather higher terms. Barley commanded more attention, and the value of other kinds of produce was well supported. Flour was in improved request, at very full prices. The Continental markets have ruled steady for wheat os English account ; but the business done has been by no means extensive. Spring corn has moved off steadily, os former terms. Advices from the United States are to the effect that scarcely any produce was in progress of ship• ment to England. The arrivals of English produce up to our market, last week, were very moderate. The imports from abroad were seasonably good,—viz , 35,561 quarters of wheat, 12,00 9 barley, 43,942 oats, 10,435 rye, 756 beans, 8,404 peas, 831 tares, 13,693 linseed, 4,259 rapeseed, 10 sundry seeds, 340 sacks and 18,079 barrels of flour. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to-dsit coastwise and by land-carriage, was only limited, end chiefly in poor condition. The attendance of buyers W$ tolerably good, and both red and white parcels moved off freely, at an advance in the quotations realised on Monde/ last of from is to 2s per quarter, and at which nearly the whole of the supply changed hands. Some of the samples were only fit for starch purposes. Notwithstanding that the supply of foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex-granary, was very large, most description s changed hands freely, at an improvement in value of from is to 2s per quarter. It is computed that nearly 10,0 00 quarters changed hands. Floating cargoes of grain were held for more money; bu t the business doing in them was by no means extensive. We have to report a good consumptive demand for barley► and most kinds were is per quarter dearer than on this dsl se'nni ght. Both old and new malt moved off steadily, and priO were well supported. There was a good consumptive demand for oats, at 6a per quarter more money. Both beans and, peas were in request, and, in some 1 stances, is per quarter dearer. ___ _ The flour trade was steady, Country flour advanced 16 per 2801bs. ~lo'v.Z Th e a !lurin g 1 Inactive lucre& cotton n 'Awards On Sal into the: The at West In 1 10,000 To day the last hal pay The in Peruvian Cents:,l:i toes. Consid l isp Stoc China, a to 93 /; ai The rise prompter eau sdvil The New to 92i steady al kteilequ has riser Foreig bat the ( 1 1% 72 4100 13( 84 ,i; Bri 1 51 per ( MessrE W Amer] Do. St I .". 5 per . b 'kentaicky , i u „ . elartsylv. I,..ulnois 6 4 , ll irwis C. o. share Michigan do. xi 4, 4'w Yor: lie li w ot 4o o l i]L i convert 1857-5 i Do. do. ad Now Yorl Da. Ist mo - I . 0. do., 2 ;Lt*. do. 3 D . do:cc t. do. 31 Panama 1), .. (aN . .e. sl .... 3 4, Ct., lsi Itere way Sh taken I PrienipE have ac l liallS, ] 108.; E ' , hire, 1 and Ma %sten The also tel bardo of Can East Ii Joini been. iT tio ns. tralian Bank SI per Ci In v 4, evir dia 3 S Ditto Ditto Ditto Citto I bitto Consols Idia ~. Ditto 4 acheq Ditto traaill Ditto Ditto thiliam banish t _Ditt( 40,eiiCE New C Itussit Ditt 4ardin Ditt Ditt Ditt Turkic Ditt Ditl Dit Ditl Dit ~~ Lo stron Pi (ecre for E B 1 from V Bilk well, Jere A trot( Iron