The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERC!.L s ,v.XT,LIGENfIE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a full demand for discount accommoda tion, and the rates are very firm at about 4 per cent., with a few transactions fractionally lower. Gold to the amount of £4,000 was received at the Bank of England, on Saturday. The "Aleppo" has arrived from New York with £ 26 ,700 in specie, and the " Africa," from Boston and llalifax, with about £4,000. The London Agency of the Imperial Ottoman Bank has received telegraphic advice from Con stantinople that the official announcement by the Turkish Government of the payment of the divi dend, due 13th January next, on the general debt (Five per Cent. Stock), .is on its way to London. Messrs. J. Thomson, T. Bouar, and Co., have notified the payment of the half-yearly dividend, due on the Ist January, on the Peruvian 4i per Cent. Loan, 1862 ; also on the Consolidated 5 per Cont. Loan, 1865. The fourth half yearly redemp tion at par of bonds, amounting to £269,200, will be drawn on the Ist January, making a total of £ 1 , 0 38,100 redeemed. Advices from Manchester announce the failure of Messrs. James Schofield and Son, cotton spinners, of Oldham. The liabilities are stated to be about £ 3 0,000 to £40,000. The letters of allotment of the shares in the Liquid Metre Company were posted on Saturday evening. The general business of the port of London last Week continued dull. At the Custom House 221 vessels were reported as having arrived from foreign Ports, but there were no arrivals from Ireland. The entries outwards comprised 90 vessels, and those cleared were 122, _of which 23 were despatched in ballast. The departures for the Australian colonies have been 4 vessels, viz., 1 to Sydney, Ito Port P hilip, and 2 to New Zealand, with an aggregate t onnage of 2,277. From the manufacturing districts the accounts for the past week have been of a varied character. At Manchester a firmer tone has prevailed, and a f air amount of business has been done in both cloths and yarns, at fully late rates. In the woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield there has not b een much animation, the operations entered into having been merely to supply immediate home re quirements, and prices have not varied to any great extent. The hosiery and lace trades of Leicester and Nottingham have been seasonably active, and l ate rates have been fully maintained for useful goods. In the hardware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton there has been very li ttle improvement, and continued activity has pre vailed in most departments, the orders received being c hi* confined to immediate home demands. Two o'CLocK. , According to Reuter's telegram from P ar is to aaY, the French Rentes were 68f. 95c. ex coupon. Fi rm. Last week there was an advance of no less than Per cent. in the marketaLle value of Consols-4 b elng added on Saturday to the improvement—but t his morning there have been a few sales to realise Profits and a fractional relapse has ensued. The la test quotations are 88j 89 for money, and 89 for the account. In the Corn Market, to-day, there was a very good at tendance, and a fair amount of business has been 'lone in home-grown wheat, at an advance of Is. Per quarter. Foreign wheat was also held for a similar advance in price. In the Foreign department of the Stock Ex alange business is still limited, though prices have ghtly improved. Turkish 5 per Cents. have ad vanced 4, to 324 334 ; Greek, 4, to 134 144 ; Italian, 4, to 554 56 ; Spanish Passive, 4, to 204 I ; and the Certificates, 4, to 134 14. Mexican Bonds remain firm at 184 4. The New Russian Loan is firm at 1 4 prem. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are steady at 55 to 57, and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds at 42 to 424. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued very quiet, although in some instances prices are a. shade firmer. Great Western and North- Western have improved each ; London, Chatham, a nd Dover, and South Eastern each f ; and Great Eastern and Metropolitan each £1 ; while Great Northern have declined 4. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little change °f importance. South Austrian and Lombardo enetian are marked 154 ; Great Indian Peninsula, , I°6 l ; East Indian, 105;106 } ; and Bombay and is aroda, 1021 1021. Bank Shares are very dull. Alliance are dealt in at 17, London Chartered of Australia at 214, Me tropolitan and Provincial at 101, and Union of Loudon at 431 434. In Finance and Miscellaneous Shares there has 'een no material change. National Discount Com pany are marked 144 14;, General Credit 34 Credit Foncier of England 24 4, City Offices 1; j-, A nglo-American Telegraph 15; /, and the Viceroy Egypt's Loan has improved to 744. American Securities are unchan ge d i n va l ue. Erie Shares are 474, Illinois 774 78, and United States 5-20 Bonds 71 4. M exicar. 3 per Cent I )o. Account :- ,-,. 1864 134 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-Freoo; -, — ~ l ontevidean 6 per Cent. .. — Iloorish Imperial 5 per Cent sjew Granada l3i Do 3 per Cen, — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) 'eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 69} k 9 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portugueso 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cont., 1856 '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3 43} Do. Account Russian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 por Cent., 1860 86 51 I 1 Do 3pet Cont. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1861 Sardinian 5 per Cunt Do. Account 3pinish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Accaunt 2Ol Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l3l 361 7} Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do XlOO Bonds 63 Do 6 per Cent. 1862 l-Do Account 5B- Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863.. Do 5 per Cent., 1865 .... Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed 9Bl 91 Venezuela 3 per Cent. ~589 Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 2B 71 Ditto 11 per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian. 4-} per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch '23. per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian. 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. 5 per Cent. Account 56 1 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Do. Account, Jan. B9} i xd The Loss of the Ceres Screw Steamer. OFFICIAL REPORT. Greenwich Police Court, Dec. 10. Report of the circumstances attending the loss of the screw steamship Ceres, on the 10th of No vember, 1866, on Carnsore Point, on the Wexford coast :—The Ceres was an iron schooner-rigged screw steamer, of 580 tons gross burthen, 100-horse power, the property of Messrs. Malcolmson and Brothers, of Waterford, and employed in the London and Dublin passenger and goods trade. She had a crew of 26, all told, and was commanded by W. Pascoe, who holds a Board of Trade certificate of competency as master. The Ceres left London at 10 a.m. on Nov. 7 last, on her passage to Dublin, with a general cargo and passengers, and after touch ing at Portsmouth, Southampton, and Plymouth, and Falmouth, took her departure from the last named port at 12.35 a.m. of the 10th, and was off the Longships at the distance of a mile about 5 a.m. Here her course was laid at N.N.E. by the compass on the bridge, by which she was steered, the bin nacle :compass varying half a point more to the northward. The weather was fine, and the wind moderate about S. by W. till noon of that day, and the ship was going at the rate of 10 knots an hour under sail and steam. About noon it began to blow, with rain, and this state of the weather in creased as the day advanced, so that the Smalls Light, which must have been passed aboat 3 p.m., was not sighted. At 4.20 the patent log (Massey's) ; which had been put overboard when off the Long ships, was taken in, and showed 103 miles, which, allowing 10 per cent. for correction, made a run of 113 miles from the Longships. At 5.30 the main sail was taken in and double reefed, and at 5.40 the master ordered the course to be altered from N.N.E. to N.E. by N. At 6 p.m. the engines were slowed to half speed, and at 6.20 the master directed the chief mate to haul in the log, read it off, and set it afresh ; but whilst this was in the act of being done, the ship got among the breakers about a mile inside Carnsore Point, ou the Wexford coast, and in a few minutes broke asunder just before the stoke hole in the engine room. As the ship took the ground forward, those who were in the fore part when she broke in two were enabled to reach the shore when the tide ebbed, and in this way 13 pas sengers and 13 of the crew were saved ; but 11 of the crew and, as is believed, 29 passengers who were ou the after part of the ship, were drowned. Carn sore Point, where the Ceres was wrecked, is a meri dional distance of 20 miles from the position in which she was supposed to be at the time she went on shore. To account for this great deviation, it is sur mised that there was an error in the bridge compass by which the ship was steered. There is, however, no evidence of such error, and if it had existed it would in all probability have been discovered in the previous part of the voyage, when making the ports of Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Falmouth, or in sighting the Longships. It is, indeed, possible that the ship may have been carried westward of her course by the tide, which was ebbing from 5.30 a.m. till past midday. It is precisely to counteract the risks of accidents from defects of compasses, influ ences of tides or currents, or such other unforeseen contingencies, that the use of the lead is so indis pensable when the weather is so thick that objects cannot be seen; and therefore, from whatever cause the deviation in this case arose, it will not furnish an excuse for the neglect to take sound ings. The Smalls Light was not sighted, and the master ought to have known that he was much to the westward, inasmuch as, at the time he passed that lighthouse, the weather was sufficiently clear to see a distance of some miles. It was, therefore, his duty to have sounded —at all events before running his distance as far as the Tuskar —as, in the then state of the weather, he could not have expected to sight that light at any considerable distance. There is the less excuse for this neglect, as the proper channel from the Smalls to the Tuskar is marked by a well-defined line of deep sound ings. A glance at the chart would have shown the master that, if the soundings shoaled under 40 fathoms as he proceeded, he was running into danger. Had, therefore, a cast of the lead been taken at 5 20 p.m., when the mainsail was reefed, or afterwards, at 5.40, when the ship was hauled up a point to the eastward, or, lastly, when the en gines were slowed to half speed, 10 minutes or a quarter of a hour before the ship went on shore, he would have been warned of his danger in time to avoid it. The Court was, therefore, compelled to come to the conclusion that the loss of the ship must be attributed to the default of Captain Pascoe in not using his lead, which the circumstances of this case imperatively demanded, and adjudged that the certificate of Captain Pascoe be suspended, and it was thereby suspended, for the period of two years from the sth day of December inst. The certificate of Captain Pascoe was lost in the wreck. Several very high testimonials of character were put in on his behalf, to which, had this been a case that would have permitted it, the Court would have given due weight. ADVICE.—A man advertised lately to forward on receipt of postage stamps, "sound practical advice, that would be applicable at any time, and to all persons and conditions of life." On receipt of the stamps, he sent his victim the following:—"Never give a boy a penny to watch your shadow while you climb a tree to look into the middle of next week."—American Paper. ALARMING ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—On Friday an accident (re:an-red on the Groat Western Railway, at Reading, which jeoparised the lives of the passengers by the 11.50 mail train from Swindon. Some trucks were being shunted near the Beading Station, when one of them broke away, and ran down the line some distance. Every effort was made to shift the truck, but this could not be done until the train approached. The result was a collision, and the engine was thrown off the metals, and became deeply embedded in the earth. Th e passengers were much shaken and alarmed, but fortu nately none were seriously hurt. The engine was consi derably damaged, and a number of men were occupied several hours in clearing the line. BUSHEY PARK.—It is understood that Lord Alfred Paget and family, will leave Melford-hall, Suffolk, soon after Christmas, her Majesty having granted his lord ship the Great Lodge at Bushey-park, which wits tit one time occupied by the Duke of Clarence, MINING MARKET. MONDAY, Two o'Clock. Business in the Mining Exchange has been ani kated, and with a few exceptions, prices are a shade killer. Annexed are the current quotations : Claivertou Moor, 4} 5 ; Chon:ales Gold, 21 3 ; Clifford .`llllllgamate, 51 61 ; Carnarvon Consolidated, 41 6-1; 0 4 ' 4 Basset, 201 211 ; East Lovell, 9 91; East Wheal 11 21 ; Great Wheal Vor, 141 151 ; Marko Valley, 3 1 4 • North Crofty, 213 ; North T res k er by, 24 1 ; n l.4 ritloe ' of ‘' Wales, 24a 26e ; Prosper United, 2 24 ; S ou th 'ondurrow, lls 13s ; South Grenville, 7s 9s; Tincroft, 91 LI); West Caradon, 124 13 ; West Chiverton, 64 55 ; Wheal Chiverton, 6} if ; Wheal Grenville, 11 ; Wheal eton, 1271 1321 ; Wheal Agar, 27s 6d 32s 6d BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. , Govxn.N3i.ENT FUNDS. ° Der Cent. Consols , Do. Account, Jan. 10 B9 4 9 l',lPer Cent. Reduced BB 4 884 8 4 New 3 per Cent 5 ,,w 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A '"). 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — —4 „uuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —. ' ll O. for 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs — E 130 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — ellequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 8 pm De £5OO or 8 pm £lOO St £2OO „ t ............ 85 pm auk of England Stock, 64 per Cent ... Ditto for Account — INDIAN GovzRNMENT SECURITIES. Indiank stock, 104 per Cont., April 1874 Shut 1 ,-. 1 . 0 . 5 per Cent. July, 1880 D O. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 A"„ 0. Certificates , 1 -' O . Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent -' O . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ' n c t . 5 i per Cent., May 1879 lO5 ,",0. Deb„ 5 per Cent, Aug. 1873 ,uO. Bonds,4 per Cent, .£l,OOO — pm "o• under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. r A A geßtitte Republic, 6 per Cent — 118 .... t rian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Du. 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 1)o. 1863 , Do. 1865 "„0 Account 69 84 t h " o . £lOO Bonds 69 • ' T ends Ayres 6 per Cent -,;' o . Account , - "0 .0100 Bonds e L'J 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 4 .i ian 6 per Cent — °. 3 per Cent. D ° • 6 p er C ent A l OO 4 °. B — 1 , uk on ibian, 7 6 per Cent. Oua, 6 per Cent. t i sh 3 per Cent., 1825 tio, übian . 5 perPrincip Cent., alities 1864 .w— -rt t.uo• Account l t a dc ) r New Consolidated, 1 per Cent n o., Provisional Land Warrant — ,„Def " Vptian oried 7 per Cent — I go., Second Issue — '0 £lOO Bonds D 0 Do. 1864 834 1.7,10 £lOO B on d s o e ruec',._ G overnment Railway Debentures. 13 account Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupon- 844 5 , .4.-'?. Coupons ItZtemala 5 per Cent. 1 ) 1411 5 per Cent 1865 I)°,' Accou nt '',,,uqinuinaDuliglvilisomitotim,,,, ...“ ~. s- .--- ilar. inday. ince and Leopold , •u-sia a es before rt in the Highness en mary from the support the shore them, !dim of td handy Institu tin J. E. with the value of iaS been ment in int their g ve ssels e lives. s may b e )s of the ❑tain Si% of these ;s, or i n a belt 55 * d to the price of Ali belts erinten pock' nfornia" . I ha d one ° f if judge conne e " )n, wa s vith the lailwaY lugger h was ay last , ore th e robabli 3 11°/1 ; an enta' Df their as, and a coul- _ u„ble. Li El lie a d the ac e oil age" _. _ YREFEItIOI(II4 Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent stock. 81 Loudon and N.-Western, Shrewsbury and Welzhpool, BS} LINES LEASED A.T FIXED ItENTALh. London and Blackwall, 80 Northern and Eastern, 5 per cent.. 50 YOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 1 11 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 15. FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, Rm.. 7; Chontalea Gold and Silver Mining, 21 Port Philip, 1 Ok st. John del Rey, Jim.. 47i 8 Yudanamutana of South Australia, Urn., II DOCKS. East and West India, 1321 Southampton, 05) BANKS. Albion, 5 Alliance, Um., 17 Chartered ►.ier. of India, London, and China, 31} Consolidated Bank, lim., 4} Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 2i London and giver Plate, __ Ditto, issued at la mi., 12 London Chartered Liana of Australia, 211 London Joint Stock, 421 London and South-Western, lim., 171 London and VI estminster, 94 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 101 Midland Bank, lim., 17 1 National Provincial of England, Ditto. d and 3d issue, 39 South Australia, 251 Union of Australia, 491 Union of London, 431 1 MISCELLANEOUB: Anglo-American Telegraph, 15111 161 Atlantic Telegraph, Dit o, 8 per cent., 721 11 City of Moscow Gas, lim., 151 1 City Offices, lim., / 1 Commercial Union, Insurances Credit Foncier:of England, lim 21 1 Crystal Palace, Ditto, Preference, 110 Discount Corporation. 6 electric Telegraph. 136 Gun. Credit and Finance of Londan, lim.. 31 1 Hudson's Bay, ICI 6 international Financial Society, 1im..:21 Italian Irrigation (Canal Carour), 61 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1070, issued 90, 55 London Financial Association. lim., 6 National Discount Company. 141 1 National Provincial Marine, lim , New Zealand Loan and Mer. Agency, Um., 21 Peninsula and Oriental Steam,26l Telegraph Constructive and Maintenance, lira., ditto (£n), 131 1 Universal tilarine . Insurance. lim., 21 Viceroy of' Egypt, Mortgage, Loan, ni On Saturday last the marriage of the Hon. W. C. Evans-Freke, second brother of Lord Carbery, and the Lady Victoria Cecil, the youngest daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, was solemnised at St, Martin's Church, Stamford, in the presence of a large family party. The church was crowded to excess long before the arrival of the bridal party by spectators anxious to witness the ceremony. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1866. SSE, 110 100 100 all 100 100 IT SEOU: 93 94 90 92 90 92 77 78 75 7 7 104 106 103 105 102 104 IC4 106 ;11 1 1 2i 1021 1 vet 6} 106 } .ITIES. --- ••• ... 151. ... 88 ?0 ILO 102 104 ILO 105 107 101 106 105 107 106 108 96 100 9'J 92 90 92 90 95 8% A 7 08 100 84 85 6 4 1 7,1 li Si 415 425 i i IS 20 5 5 2 3 2 3 i 6 9 10 21 21 5 6 17 18 2.1.0 291 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.0 3.9.0 10.8. 15 10 11 11 30 32 21 31 2 4 3} 41 2} 11(1 35 45 2 4 2} 31 21 26 300 320 I li t 8 22 1 2 2 10 14 12 14 55 57 115 125 65 75 18 20 10 12 135 145 7 9 584 5.17.0 17} i MARKETS.--.This day. There was rather more firmness in the trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday, but there was not much activity apparent. In some instances prices rose is per quarter. The barley trade ruled heavy, at droop ing currencies ; but oats, beans, and peas wore steady in price. Flour steadily supported late rates. On the Continent, the corn trade, ganorally, is steady, at full prices. At New York prices continue to give way, and there is rather more business doing for export. The amount of English grain, &c., up to our market last week were but moderate. The imports from abroad con sisted of 31,293 qrs of wheat, 20,459 barley, 63,283 oats, 1,465 beaus, 590 peas, 50 lins)ed, 380 rapeseed, 11,814 maze, 845 sundry seeds, 5,236 sacks and 6,607 barrels of flour. The supply of home-grown wheat on sale at our market to-day was very moderate. The trade for all qualities ruled firm, and prices wore is. per qr. higher than on Mon day last. The condition of the produce brought forward was but middling. In the foreign wheat the market was moderately sup plied. Russian qualities were in request, and improved in value is per quarter. For other descriptions the trade was firm, and prices had an upward tendency. Floating cargoes of grain were in steady request, at rather higher prices. English barley was in fair supply, and there was a good show of fresh produce on the stands. The barley trade ruled quiet, at about late rates. The malt trade was dull at last Monday's currency. Owing to the large import of foreign oats last week, and the arrival of further considerable supplies to-day, the trade for oats was very quiet at the rates of Monday last. Beans were in good supply, and the demand ruled heavy at a further decline in the quotations of ls. to 2s. per qr. Peas—the supply of which was good—sold heavily, at is. to 2s. per quarter less money than on Monday last. The flour trade was firm, at full quotations. Linseed and rapeseed mot a slow sale at late rates. The cake trade was firm, at the recent advance in prices. This market will be closed on Monday next. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASCILE Wheat— Essex and Kent, red, new, per qr. 61e to 645 Do., old s7s 67s Do., white, old - s9s 71s Do., new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old s3s 67s Do., new Talavera Bye— Barley—Grinding Malting 4os 56s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingstown and War* Chevalier 783 Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 24s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 2ls Cork, white 22. Scotch, Feeding 24s Bans—Tick Pigeons Peas—Grey, Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 423 Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 303 French, per sack 4ss METROPOLITAN CATTLE Per 81b to sink the offal. d s d s da d Crse & inf. beasts... 3 8 3 10 Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 2 5 10 Second quality do ..4 0 4 8 Prime b' thdown uo 6 0 6 4 Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 2 Large Coarse calyes 4 8 5 4 Prime Scots, ac.... 5 4 5 6 Prime small do 5 6 5 10 Crse. and inf. sheep. 3 JO 4 2 Large bogs ..3 6 4 0 Second quality do ..4 45 0 Small porkers ..4 24 6 Lamb....os Od to 03 Od. Suckling Calves, 208 to 238 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 27a to 308 each. Head of stock on sal e . Total supply. . ... 7,340 Beasts Foreign supply. Beasts 2 l5O Cows. — Cows. Sheep and lambs 10,320 Sheep and 1 ,mbs 3 6lO Calves 2O) Catves .. lO.l Pigs: .. 3lO Plzs 9O The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week amounted to 5,568 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 18,637 ; in 1864, 16,361 ; in 1863, 6,793 ; in 1862, 3,767 ; in 1861, 3,641 ; and in 1860, 3,456. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Aarhuus Antwerp 72 ... 3773 109 Boulogne Bremen Calais Cadiz Deauville Copenhagen ••• Gottenburg Hamburg 291 ... Harlingen 470 ... Harburg Llonfleur ••• Ostend ••• Rotterdinu Tonuing ••• ••• ••• The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1864 1825 ••• 6,594 ••• 451 ...1491 1863 COMPARISON OP THE " GREAT DAYS." L statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Dec. 18, 1865, and this day Monday, Dec.l7, 1866. Per Blbs. to sink the offal. Dec. 18, 1865. d sd Coarse and inferior beasts... 3 4to 3 8 Second quality do. .... ....... 310 4 6 Primo largo oxen ............... 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, ........ 5 2 5 4 Coarse and inferior sheep 4 0 4 8 Second quality do. ............ 410 6 6 Prime coarse-woolled do. 5 8 6 2 Prime Southdown do ......... 6 4 6 Lambs Large coarse ca1ve5............ 4 0 4 6 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers Beasts Sheep Calves 12 Pigs ... 30 -- •.• 114 ... '''''''' ••• ... 14 ... ... - ... 38 ... - .., - ... - „, 117 Dec. 17, 1866. i d 6 d. 3 Bto 3 10 40 4 8 4 10 5 2 54 5 6 3 10 4 2 44 5 0 5 2 5 10 60 6 4 00 0 0 48 5 4 5 6 5 10 36 4 0 42 4 6 7,310 19,720 NEWGATE AND LEADENBALL. These markets are somewhat heavily supplied with each kind of moat to-day. Generally speaking the trade is in active, nevertheless prices are well supported. Last week's imports were 8 packages from Hamburg, 67 baskets 547 packages from Rotterdam, 2 packages from Ostend, 2 bags from Bremen, and 19 baskets from Harlingen. In addition to the above, large quantities of meat, about 4,000 tons, were received from the continent via Harwich. SPORTING NOTES. THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. The Two Thousand Guineas next year has ninety-four entries, some thirty-five of which have not yet made their appearance in public, as will be seen by the following list t- Flambant, by Fitz-Gladiator, out of Bathilde. The Wild Wind, by Wild Dayrell-Go-ahead. Thornapple, by Thormanby-Citron. Pedagogue, by Stockwell-Governess. Scavenger, by Voltigeur-The Broom. Lord Hastings, by Little Hastings-Corrival. Master Butterfly, by Kettledrum- Butterfly. Van Amburgh, by Van Galen-Cavriana. Ferragus, by Fitz-Gladiator-Finlande. C by Toxophilite-Flutter. Lord Brownlow, by Longbow, dam by Nutworth- Tophana. "Incas, by Stockwell -Prairie Bird. Master of Arts, by Oxford - Egyptian. Imperator, by Monarque-Amine. Longehamps, by Monarque-Etoile du Nord. Cerf Volant, by Monarque -Sunrise. Euchanteur, by Monarque -Thea. Geant des Battailes, by Buckthorn-Guwa. Tempest, by Thunderbolt-Miss Eva. The Priest, by Romulus-Atherstone's dam. Weatherguide, by Weatherbit-Virstrate. Summertime, by Stockwell-Summersido. C by Thormanby-Cordelia. La Puce, by Voltigeur-Lady Melbourne. Londesborough, by Thormanby-Julia. Cyclone, by Stockwell-Merry Sunshine. Beanstalk, by Kettledrum-Haricot. Stockmar, by Stockwell-Hybla. Wild Moor, by Wild Dayrell-Golden Moor. Fairfield, by Newminster, dam by Birdcatcher-Mid dleton Maid. Sir Oliver, by Stockwell--Maria. Stradbroke, by Thormanby—Virago. Distin, by Trumpeter—Miss Bowyer. C by Vedette—Basquine. C by Promised Land—Breastgirth. Pedagogue is well bred enough for anything, but is not yet in training. Master Butterfly will probably be re served for the Derby, but Lord Hastings may run to get a lino for his stable companion, who is highly spoken of for that event. The only one in the above category to which the attention of the judge is likely to le called on the 23d of April next is Strad broke, the property of Mr. J. Stephenson, a well-known bookmaker, who has already taken £lO,OOO to £l5O about him for the Derby, as, although he was backed coupled with his - stable companion, Scipio, the latter is not in the race, as far as winning is concerned. Straclbroke is a chestnut colt about sixteen hands high, of remark able quality, and perhaps the best looking and finest , goer on Newmarket Heath. Should his astute owner de cide upon starting him for this event ho is sure to distin guish himself, and prove the:most trustworthy of the above named division. Public form, which is almost an infallible criterion for the great weight for age races of the year, has placed so many of the animals engaged hors de combat that I shall content myself with discussing the merits of the fourteen enumerated below, as all the others have displayed too much mediocrity to be successful in their engagement for this rich:stake. Ilan. Won. Vauban, by Muscovite ... ... 15 7 John Day. Dwain Glyndwr, by Y. Melbourne ... 3 0 W. Goater. The Hermit, by Newminster 6 4 Bloss. Knight of the Garter, by P. Minister. 14 3 Bloss. Plaudit, by Thormanby ... ... ... 2 2 Watson. Grand Cross—Biother to Knight of the Crescent 2 1 J. Scott. Star of India, by Kt. of St. Patrick.... 4 1 W. Boyce. The Palmer, by Beadsman... 4 1 Porter. Freemason, by Hobble Nobble ... ... 8 4 W. Day. Troc,adero, by Monexque ... 5 2 Jennings. Marksman, by Dundee... ... 13 5 Waugh. Pericles, by Newminster ... ... ... 10 2 W. Dawson Jasper, by King Toni ... ... ... ... 5 0 Hayhoe. Golden Bloom, by Midas .. ... ... 4 1 Woolcot. The Duke of Beaufort's horse, Vauban, own brother to Todleben, has been out no less than 15 times, of which seven have been winning performances, but a careful ana lysis shows the unusual amount of "in and out" running which pervades the Calendar, not only relative to him, but also most of the principal 2-yr-olds of the present season. Nevertheless, should his Grace decide upon sending him for this race (for it must be recollected he has been backed very heavily for the "blue riband)," and he is brought out in John Day's usual style, my impression is that this good looking son of Muscovite will be very near, if not abso lutely, the winner. Dwain Glendwyr is in the hands of a clever trainer, but although I expect to see him improve considerably on his 2-yr-old form, he is not "first class." The Hermit and Knight of the Garter belong to a con federacy who have had an extraordinary amount of suc cess during the past season, and who certainly ppssose in the aforesaid animals two of the most noteworthy candi dates in the race. At the same time it will be well for all intending backers of this stable to go carefully over the paragraph herewith, which is quoted from the Sporting Gazette of Saturday : " HERMIT AND THE Two THOUSAND.—As this horse is becoming a prominent favourite for the Guineas,' Mr. Chaplin authorises us to state that nothing whatever has been decided as to his starting for that race, nor will it be settled until near the time, as it is quite possible Hermit may be reserved for the Derby, and Knight of the Garter run for the Two Thousand instead. Mr. Chaplin has not backed Hermit for the latter race; and, after this announce ment, the public will do so at their own risk." Many of your subscribers will, doubtless, remember Mr. Naylor making use of the same medium, to caution the public against backing Carnival, who, at the time, was being entrusted by the public with large sums at a short price for the Derby, won the same year by that gentleman's well-known horse Macaroni, who, by the way, I see is doing the State some service, as he has 19 foals of 1866 placed to his credit. I have had occasion to cavil once or twice at Mr. Chaplin's proceedings since his accession to the turf, but this is an example of good taste and straightforward conduct for which he deserves the thanks of the sporting community, and which ought to be followed. With a splendid income far surpassing the amount en joyed by many of our nobility, the Lord of Blankney has no occasion to resort to the subterfuges and tricky pro ceedings which disgrace the turf at the present period, and most assuredly if he continues the same honourable po licy (I am sure the gallant Admiral will be the first to compliment him for taking the step in question) he will attain an amount of ppularity which is not now dreamt of in his philosophy. As a matter of course the best plan is to leave the stable alone until a demonstration is made in the market; although, to my thinking, Capt. Machell's horse will be a formidable competitor under any circum stances. The few months time intervening before the race will do wonders for him after his fourteen essays ; many of them severe ones, during this year of grace, and, apart from showing him a much improved ani mal, enable him to forget that roguish propensity which was, 1 believe, the cause of his defeat on more than one occasion. Plaudit landed the only two stakes for which he put in an appearance, but his merit must be judged:of principally from his last performance in the Clearwell Stakes, and although many of the talent think the Rake's form in the Middle Park Plate—in both cases the line is through Achievement—decidedly best, I beg to differ with them, feeling fully convinced Lord Lyon's sister was not only amiss when she ran Major Elwon's horse to a head, but decidedly more so the next day in her encounter with the Rake, in which case surely it is not unfair to set altogether on one side this wonderful filly's performances, and test their qualifications by the next best horses in these races. Pericles obtained third place to Plaudit, re ceiving 31b from the latter, who beat him, and Knight of the Garter, who ran third at even weights, was beaten no farther distance from The Rake in the Middle Park Plate. On the Friday of the same week in the Prendergast Stakes, Pericles, in the receipt of 31b from Knight of the Garter, beat him cleverly by a length, thus making the pretensions of the two favourites for the great prize at Epsom very much alike. Meanwhile his gallant owner having expressed an intention of start ing him for this event, has exercised a wise discretion, many of the Two Thousand Guineas winners having given convincing proof of their inability to get success fully over the Derby course, which I doubt this son of Thormanby, out of Plaudit, being able to do. Grand Cross will be the representative of John Scott's stable, but I doubt his getting so near as the former's brother —Knight of the Crescent—was when placed third to Lord Lyon last year, because I think Lord Exeter's horse only beat Friponnier for the Glasgow Stakes through a fluke, and he ran very indifferently next day. Star of India was lucky in winning a rich sweepstakes at Doncaster, which is more to be attributed to T. French's flue riding than her superiority over her twelve competi tors there; and I am persuaded Custance, who was beaten about two heads from her on Knight of the Garter (with 51b extra), will reverse that decision, if they meet fol. this journey, without any difficulty. The Palmer's performance in the Maiden Plato at Ascot Summer Meeting was an unmistakeably good one, as he cantered away from 26 others, several of whom —Captain Kidd, Chignon, and D'Estournel to wit -have displayed racing abilities of no common order since. Notwithstand ing the fact that he has been backed by his owner, Sir Joseph Hawley, for an immense amount of money for the Derby-50,000 even with Mr. Chaplin on his winning against The Hermit—his running since has been of the most wretched description—indeed, as a wide-a-wake friend of mine observes, 4 ' too bad to bo true." At any rate, he is still supported for good money at 25 to 1, and I entertain such a respect for Sir Joseph's judgment that I shall not be at all surprised to see him at the finish turn the tables on the owner of Hermit, who has all along had first class hedging to his leviathan bet. In the face of such heavy responsibility I shall not expect to hear of the horse's undergoing a preparation, or see him in public, before the 22d of May. Freemason has been entrusted with some money for the Derby, but William Day must make a great improvement on his form to give him a ohanoo. Trocadero, the most li4,cay represoutatin 01 gtitult 147 grange, has performed badly when meeting good com pany, and 1 cannot, therefore, speak favourably of him. Marksman made his first appearance at Northampton with an immense reputation, where 3 to 1 was freely taken about him in a field of 16 youngsters, and although he has been beaten over and over again, it appears to be an in citement to put more money on hith for the Derby. There is no disputing the fact of his having been backed to win thousands of pounds on each successive occasion of his de feat. We think the Rowley mile will suit him better, and if Mr. Merry decides upon running him here, he is one of the best candidates of the lot, to my notion, for a place. Pericles showed good form in beating Knight Of the Garter (alluded to previously in this article', still it looks odds on the Knight beating him at oven weights. Jasper, being by Kin Tom, wants time, and as a three yr-old will I expect show more improvement than any other horse in the race. He was highly tried during the season, but, like several others of the Baron's horses, did not run up to the form lie then displayed. Golden Bloom performed respectably by running second in the Exeter Stakes at Newmarket July Meeting to Lady Hester, and finished before Dragon. Several of the can didates, however, appear to hold him safe on the Pren dergast running. - There will be plenty of opportunities to recur to this momentous subject, concerning which your subscribers may rest assured I shall keep them supplied with the latest and most authentic information. The obvious disadvantages of making a selection at this early period are so manifold that it is not necessary for me to ask your readers' kind consideration for any error of judgment I may have formed. My firm convic tion is that the winner will turn up either in PLAUDIT or HERMIT; and if the latter is withdrawn, as his owner has not yet backed him, 1 will substitute in his place Knight of the Garter. A FRESH MAN. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 85 $7 116 1,8 40 45 4 6 e 5 63 70 72 114 .111 261 :7 6 112 111 122 123 90 12 49 u 0 30 3i 3) 3, .1211 1212 8! 81 154 165 tO 116} /171 SO tit 4d 48 21/1 1224 2p 10 11 81 83 120 /201 2 I SS JO WS 36 4 18 103 104 27 1 0 103 i r a idi Closing I Business Prioe. done. 112; 13 12j I:t2 3 149}8}}}s} 1241 k 81 3 2f 15f f AO 1181 f 16 I 74 9 80 45; :1 A2Of B4 fiff 1 f 104 83 13 1191 f I 201 - Alaare, Railways. its, haul and Hieter • • Caledonian ' Ctn. brian Cork and 8and0n..... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc 1 Dun„Perth, & A b.June C. London, scrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk.i Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Omit North of Scotland, Great Northern D‘,. A stock Do. B stock et At 100 Do. New, is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D.% 6. VsJ. Rail gua Do. South \Vales . Do. W. Mid.-o..tiorc Do. N e wpoi t. 1:o. Hereford ..... L.nc..shire& Yorkshirsi and Black wall; Lou., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A ' Lon. North IVestern Lou.l dz South Western Man., Shet., do Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension... Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd ~lidtand Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. 4k Derby Md Kent .. North British Do. Ed., Pth., do Dun IN th. Kastern—Berwies Do. (.N•E purohset Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 5 Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. St S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E . Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall .BRITISII Atlantic St. Lawrence llom., Baroda, a Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Ruff.,Brant, & Godericb 6 p. c. 1872-3- Calcutta & S. E., al e Town & Dook, gu.j Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p , Last. 13engal, gu., 5 do East 1: than, 1111.5 p.u. Do. J rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. do. deterred Do. ad Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred t. ludia Peu. gua. sp.c 'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. o South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do c,reat Wes. of Canada.. Do. New .. Do. 5 p. e. lids. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension )lelb. Cor. 6 p. o. Bnds. & Hudson's Bay N. HI. C'da, 6pc Ist pf. bs 1 I Scinde .. Do. Delhi Do. do ..> Do. Pun;aub.... Re, Do.lndus St.Flot COLONIAL GO VERNMEN' British Columbia, 6 pert cent., Dec.3l, 1572. - - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. D.,. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sit Cape Li.llope, 6 p.c. 18731 Do.Apl.& Oct 1890-1900' Do, do 1680-90 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. b7B Do. 1882, May 15, Nov. i. Do. 1895, Feb. do Aut Natal ciov. 6 per cent N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... ... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 - Queensland Gov. 6 p. S. Aus.Gov. p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja .Sc July ', Do. do, A pril & Oot 190 100 100 1('0 100 100 BRITIS Cam. Cousol. Gold, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara,.lon East Carn Bra o..ast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Croat L.ixey, limited Great South Tolgus Great W heal Busy. G. Wheal Vor (Helot ,u llerod's Foot •••• tlingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley nwyndy Iron Ore, lin( N CTV Se ton North Itoskear . ..Wh'illassettallogftn North Wheal Crotty I'rosper United........ videuce UnyLelant S. Caradon (St. Ulcer).. 'South Condurrow 'S.Wheal Fran. ttllogan stray Park Tin Croft. . 0 ..... _ Vigra and Clogan. tim West vassett(lllogau W. Caradon (Luskeard West Chi rerton West Seton . Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Bedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setou Wheat Trelawney (Lis 6k 66 97 gd 34 35 9 10 p 116 11 12 22 0 ppl 70 71 114 118 148 152 , 42 44 62 63 8 0 160 253 3 4 ,SIONS. 66 68 102 103 id i p 4 li 7i 8/1 50 55 101 103 10i IG3 105 106 18 20 85 88 57 69 50 64 50 54 37 to 23 25 108 107 o 1P i 1V 100 102 91 93 12} 121 1: 121 F 8 t 2 81 84 It Iti 102 1 03 1 92 94 85 90 82 85 99 101 97 98 1} 1(i 98 99 96 98 92 PI 106 108 103 104 Per 81b by the carcase. d a CI Ida d Inferior beet 3 4 3 8 Inferior mutton.... 3 4 4 4 Middling do. 3 10 4 4 !diddling mutton.. 4 6 4 8 Prime large do 4 6 4 8 Prime do 4 lu 5 2 Prime small d0....4 10 5 0 Large pork 3 6 4 2 Veal 4 4 5 4 Small pork. 4 4 4 6 Lamb, Os od to Os 01 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The markets are fairly supplied with potatoes. Fine parcels are firm in price, and the demand for them is steady; otherwise, the trade is without animation. The imports into London last week consisted of 117 tons from Caen, 40 St. Breaux, 100 sacks Jersey, 6 packages Rotter dam, 4 cases Amsterdam, 2 bags Antwerp, 40 bags Ham burg, and 35 boxes Genoa. Regents Scotch Regents Flukes .100 s to 150 s BOROUGH HOP. Yearlings and old hops have been sought aftor, but no transactions of importance have taken place. gents as wells as Sussex parcels have been in steady request, and late rates have been fully supported. At New York the trade is firm at late currencies. On the continent fine parcels are mostly sold for more money. The imports into London last week consisted of 391 bales from Antwerp, 207 New York, 21 Boulogne, 59 Hamburg, 51 Ostend, 155 Calais, 41 Bremen, and 27 Rotterdam. Mid and East Keats 168 s to 231 s per cwt Weald of Kents 150 s to 180 s Sussex 150 s to 168 s Yearlings 105 s to Ms ~ Farnham and country —s to —s „ WOOL. Since the close of the public sales, the inquiry for colo nial wool has been in a most inactive state at late rates. English wool, either for home use or for export, has com manded but littlo attention, and prices aro almost nominal. Last week's import consisted of 1,669 bales from Port Natal. Current prices of English wool per lb. Fleeces—South Down hogets d 1 7i Half-bred do 1 9} Kent fleeces South Down ewes and wethers 1 7 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing d 1 81 1 10/ 1 9 1 8 1 9 1 101 2 0 TALLOW. The tallow trade is quiet, at 44s per owt. on the spot, and 44s 9d for March delivery. Town tallow, 43d 6d not cash. Rough fat, 2s 2id per 81b. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock—(this day) 140 s 9d to 41 s Od 495 Od 445 Od Prices of Y.O l4ls Od —s Od --s Od —s Od Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrival last week 3,676 1,171 1,912 8,749 Ditto from June 1 73,889 66,639 83,510 75,662 Pries of Town Several fresh explosions occurred at tho Oaks Colliery on Saturday and yesterday, and it is supposed that they will have had the effect of extinguishing the fire in the pit. It is now ascertained that at least 85 deaths have boon caused by the explosion near Neweastle-nnaer- Lyme, II MINES. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. TAT TERSALL S'—This Evening. TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Plaudit (taken and offered) DERBY. 725 to 100 agst The Rake (taken) 10 to 1 agst Plaudit (taken and offend) 1000 to 25 agst The Palmer (taken and offered) 30 to 1 agst Marksman (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Vanban (taken) 4000 to GO agst Van Amburgh (taken) 5000 to 60 agst Lord Hastings (taken) These rooms will be closed till Doc. 31, 1866. GUILDFORD ELECTION.—This Day. The nomination of a rApresentative for the borough of Guildford to the House of Commons, rendered vacant by the elevation of Sir W. Bovill to the judicial bench, took place to-day. The candidates were Mr. Pocock and Mr. Garth. The proposers of the respective candidates ad dressed the electors, and afterwards Messrs. Pocock and Garth made their political declarations, amidst much noise and confusion. A stow of hands was called for, which the returning officer declared to be in favour of Mr. Pocock. A poll was demanded on the part of Mr. Garth, which was fixed for to-morrow morning. Central Criminal Court—This Day. OLD COURT. The December sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced this morning, before the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, and Aldermen. The calendar contains the names of 80 prisoners for trial. There is one charge of murder; feloniously wound ing, three ; feloniously administering poison, one ; arson, one; burglary, four; forgery, three; perjury, one; the other cases consisting of the usual description of offences. The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, referred to the case of Emily Morris, who was charged with the murder of her newly-born infant. The law, he said, with respect to infanticide, was in a very unsatisfactory state, and in this case he did not think there would be a conviction, as the evidence was of a very weak description, the medical' man's testimony only going the length that the child had met with a very hard death. This he thought was a very odd opinion, but the reason given for it was that he found an indentation round the throat, but not of such a description as would be caused by a rope, added to which the woman had never been examined to ascertain whether she had had a child. There were two charges of manslaughter, one of which was against a son, who struck his father, who, in falling, received such injuries that his death occurred afterwards. The other was against Eliza beth Easter, for causing the death of her husband. Both had been drinking, and a quarrel ensuing the deceased received a push which caused a fall, and death followed. There was some other evidence which went to prove a fight ; but after they had examined it, it would be for them to say whether there was a prima facie case against the prisoner. There were other cases involving the loss of lile one of wounding and the other of ad ministering poison ; in one case a woman who had been asleep in her son's room, who was awoke in the night by some injurypeing.inflicted on her throat, and the other was that of a woman compelling her child to swallow poison. The only other charge that he felt it necessary to refer to was the indictment against James Freeling Wilkinson, under the act of Parliament passed some years ago, wherein it was provided that whoever, being an officer of any company, shall appro priate to his own use any of the property of the company should be guilty of misdemeanour. The prisoner was the manager of the Joint-Stock Discount Company, and he was indicted for appropriating two cheques, ono for £4,000 and another for £BOO, which he reported as having been lent to Messrs. Gaffer. Messrs. Caffer denied this, and affirmed that they were given in payment for certain shares which they had purchased from him. On giving the cheque for £l,OOO prisoner stated the money won Id bo paid to him by a person who was to supply the funds for the shares, and by his direction no interest was charged, as was always done in the case of loans. The simple question for them would be whether these c h eq ues were loans to Messrs. Gaffer; if so, wheth er i t was a proper application of the funds of the company; but if they wore given in payment of a debt, ho (the prisoner) had rendered himself amenable under the act of Parlia ment. THE CHARGES AGAINST MOSES MOSES. John Blake and Moses Moses were indicted, — the former for stealing two saddles, the property of Edward Harris and others, his masters, and the latter with feloniously receiving the same well knowing them to have been stolen. There wore other indictments against the prisoner for stealing and receiving a quantity of combs, and against Moses for receiving two pigs of white metal, the property of her Majesty the Queen. The prisoner Moses Moses, it will be recollected, was a general dealer, carrying on business at Black Horse-yard, Houndsditch, and in the month of November the prisoner gave notice to the police that he had been robbed of a quantity of cloth. The police inspected the premises , in the course of which they discovered underneath a large heap of rags a great quantity of jewellery and various things, which induced them to entertain the suspicion that the man Moses was the receiver of stolen goods. They prosecuted the search with the greatest diligence, and the saddles, which formed the ground of the present indictment, were found. The property had originally been placed in cases for shipment abroad, and were confided to Messrs. Harris for conveyance to the East India Docks, Blake being engaged as driver of the cart. On the saddles being discovered by the officers, Blake's employer told him of the circumstance, and asked him whether he had given any person a lift on the road, or whether he had left his cart at all, but as the prisoner took time to think about the matter he was taken into custody before his employer had received an answer. A number of witness es were called, who were employed at the Docks, who proved the reception from the prisoner of certain cases for Bombay, and they were all in good condi tion. They were received on August 16 and despatched therefrom on the 23d, to all appearance in the same state as when they left the premises of Messrs. Harris. Mr. Montague Williams, for the prisoner Blake, ad• dressed the jury, and urged upon them the consideration of the point whether it was impossible that during the week the cases were lying at the docks the cases could have been opened and the property stolen ; or whether during the time they were in the packer's office they had notbeen tampered with. The evidence of the witncsses from the docks said that the goods were received in an appa rently secure condition, and therefore he thought they would be of opinion that the evidence did not justify their convicting the man of felony. Mr. Ribton addressed the jury for Moses. The jury returned a verdict cf guilty against both pri soners. There were a number of other indictments against Moses for being in possession of a large quantity of jewel lery. Mr. Metcalf said if it was given up to the owners he should not prooeed with the other indictments. Mr. Gough, for the assignees of Moses, who since his apprehension had been declared a bankrupt, opposed the giving up any more of the property than was properly identified in court. Mr. Metcalf said , that would compel him t o go on w i t h th e other cases. The property found on the premises of Moses amounted to over £2,000 in value. The Recorder said he had no power to order the resto ration of the property without a conviction, unless all per sons consented. He should like to know the date of the prisoner Moses's former conviction. Constable Blake said it was in March, 1854, when he was sentenced to 14 years' penal servitude. He was after wards released on a ticket-of-leave in 1860. The Recorder —What ! at the end of six years ? Blake said that was so. The other imiietamato NviA respect W the jowoilery wore then gone into, and verdicts of guilty retarned in each case. The Recorder, in passing 'sentence, told Moses he ap peared to be a systematic receiver of stolen goods. He had had one severe sentence, but on his release he at once went back to his old pursuits. The sentence of the Court in the present instance would bo th atfhe be kept in penal servitude for 20 years, and the prisoner Blake be sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE WESTERN AND WORCESTER RAILROA,Ds AND THE STATE. The annual agitation of the question of the pur chase of the Western and Boston and Worcester railroads by the state has commenced again, and Josiah Quincy addressed the Government of the Boston Board of Trade at great length in favour of the plan on Monday afternoon. He recited the standard complaints azainst Ode roads, their failure to increase their capacity to correspond with the increasing business offered; showed how it was for the interest of the s t oc k-h o ld ers t o d o a mo d era t e business at high rates, rather than a business seve oßr a fo l st t th i o m en l g o r as great a , at and a l a smaller e arriving on orratesii; gainedat illustrated A tlhbeaenu custom how Boston e hadaWest,s go to the latter city for $2, while it would cast $G to go to Boston, or he can go to Boston via New York for only $7, but usually stops at New York - argued that the management of th e W estern rail road' only adds evidence to the fact that the railways at present hold a power which should be committed only to the state, which must be responsible to the whole people, for whose use and benefit it holds the means of intercommunication ; and answered the question, Can the fares and freights on the Western railroad be reduced? affirmatively, by re citing, with much Minuteness, the results of experi ments made with cheap fares and freights in Eng land, where competition has sometimes put prices down very low, but with so great an increase of custom resulting as to make a very trifling reduc tion in the net profits. We have not space to follow Mr. Quincy through these examples, but merely give their application to the Western railroad, which is quite startling to all our 'present ideas of railroad travel and traffic : isnine Englando rt are a p t p h l a i c t a the bl average in this prices in traasum f country (and it is for those opposed to the pro ject to show how they differ) and see what the result would be on the road between Albany and Boston. This road, in round numbers is 200 miles in length. It h as , w i t h a little ' assistance at the summit, the power of earryi n c, a train with 200 tons of freight or passengers ' . The average cost of running a train in England is 63 cents a mile, or $126 for the route; or add for additional power 50 miles at the summit $31.50, making together $159.50. If they carry 200 tons at the present price of $7, they would receive $1,400 for the trip. Or if they carried all the passengers they were able at $6, they would receive six thousand. They have the power to do this; the additional cost would be only the interest on the wear of cars and carriages. Or let us view it in another light, the effect of the reduction of fares on dividends. The Edinburgh and Glasgow line and the Caledonian connect these two cities, which con tain with their vicinity six hundred thousandinha bitants. During their contest their fares were re duced to one-eighth of their ordinary charges, they carrying at the rate per hundred miles first class for 2s. 3d. (or 54 cents), second, ls. 9d. (or 42 cents), third for Is. 2d. (or 28 cents), or on an average for each passenger 41 cents. And the loss on dividends amounted in the Edinburgh and Glas gow to one per cent. p er annum , an d i n t h e Cale donian it was calculated at something less than one half per cent. " Now let the Albany road reduce their fares, not to one-eighth but to one-sixth of their pre sent rate --z.e., one dollar from Albany, fifty cents from Springfield, and twenty-five from Worces ter. With a similar increase of business, as in England, the difference to the shareholders would consist in receiving nine instead of ten per cent. per annum on their investment, a loss of about a hun dred thousand dollars to the two roads and a gain of millions to the community." Imagine, who can, the period to have arrived when the people of Springfield can go to Boston or Albany for 50 cents, or the entire distance between those two cities for $1! This time certainly never will arrive so long as the Western and Worcester roads are managed by and for the stockholders, as now, and Mr. Quincy frankly admits that the pre sidents of these roads would not be justified in try ing experiments or in sacrificing one per cent. on the dividends oitheir shareholders. But he argues from the facts he presents that the state should purchase the roads, as it has the right and power to do, and run them for the interest of the people of the commonwealth; and his plan, as far as the purchase by the state is concerned, will have many advocates. The project of leasing the roads to Boston is another thing entirely, how ever, and one that is not likely to prove so popular. If the State is to delegate its powers after once get ting possession of the roads, why not to Worcester or Springfield as well as Boston ? That city might fairly hope to share any advantages that would inure from the purchase by the State, but it is ask ing a little too much th a t s h e s h ou l d erasp them all. Mr. Quincy's plan is worth givin g i n full, however, that the people of the State may know what it is proposed to do :—The State has reserved the right of purchasing both these roads by paying the par value of their shares, together with 10 per cent. on the Worcester and 7 per cent. on the Western Rail road from the time of payment, deducting divi dends that may ha ve b een receive d. B y s tatements appended to the report the State could purchase the Western Railroad any _ For ... .. ... And the Worcester for $7,371,8 17 7,938,455 Or both for The income of the Western rail road last year was ... ••• Worcester railroad 515,355, 272 $1,216,653 537,057 Total ... $1,763,710 The State can borrow on a long loan at 5 per cent. The annual interest would be on tho Worcester ... Western ... $349,200 388,600 $717,800 Leaving a balace in favour of the t r ansaction of ... $1,045,910 Pl ac i n g the shares in the Worcester at $l6O, and the Western at about par. Now can the million of dollars be applied to the reduction of Fice3 of freight and fares ? If these could be reduced 5-6 by the sacrifice of $lOO,OOO, what could be done with a million ? The plan I would propose for the considera tion of the Board sta o tu f Trade should is the follow- Boston and Worcester Railroll ut3 hataseh6oe a s g h : a — r e T , h a a u t d th t e h l e Vestern Railroad for an equitable i t price, payment theref or t o be made by the issue of bonds for fifty years for $ 9 0,000,000 at 5 per cent. interest--the balance being ous devotedstations, to providing u la u r a g r er de d e e p p w o t a s te a r t in th ß e os v t a o r u i e particularly rease of e and thein rolling stock to the f u ll ca p ac ity of the road. Let the state, then, grant a permanent lease to the city of Boston—the city agreeing to pay the interest on the loan—to keep the road, bridges, and running stock in good repair, and to spend any surplus in come that may remain, in reducing fares and enlarging and improving the facilities for business —reducing the fare to one dollar a passeng er and two dollars a ton for freight from Alban y to Boston —as soon as cars, engines, and depots can be pro vided to meet the business requirements which must be the result of the change. To secure the non-interference of political influence in the m a _ nagement of the road, let the city councifchoose the directors on the nomination of the Board of Trade, rea the members of wich, h as the active business m en of the community, have the greatest avenue e t ofincomtliineudevaotpioeur w c i o t n h d t u h c e t wrofestt.hisßy this arrangement the shareholders lose nothing, for they will receive an equitable price f i o ne r teit t r tr ot p l r i o t p s er lo t a y n . The State runs no risk, for the sacrifice y eri r a uns ce no risk, or ct a its ry The e st eventually repay pwf i is or g t shi u pt a eihr r noi a t etl n ydr t se e os e ati d pw b trih y omep t te h erev e taeyp e r i i t ttt y ahe t may be made in advancing must thprosperity(.if any) l'he er au w d i e th ver t y ha t t ow o n f Worcester, Springfi e ld, Pittsfield, e on the road or connected with it, will lead to a great increase of taxable property, and the re d uc ti o n of prices in the great staples of the West will be among the solid benefits to the State. Should this arrange ment prove successful, as I believe it will, the State will undoubtedly purchase the other great lines at prices satisfactory to the shareholders, and make access equally convenient and economical to all parts of its territory." To any who may consider the proposed large re duction of fares and freigh ts preposterous and absurd, Mr. Quincy suggests calling to mind the success that has attended the reduction of postage in England from 12 cents to 2 cents .a letter,- and cites the opinion of Mr. Galt of London that, by the purchase of railroads and paying for them in Government securities, the expense bills of passen gers and freight may be reduced one-sixth, the very sum he proposes. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 104 per cent. At this rate there 10 no pnlit co 4 Wye importatiVal Qt 01 4 from the Vaitel 13410 ry, .tion. Atha ►r 0 ~ of blu e ' IP A : 0311 ; OF 1 0- 0 03- s file til t) fre S° fr 10C•M ~- 3 off i Vij 3 ors, ide 6; o'l - Ji ~il Lou st o 1 to too