The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-20 00:00:00

__ ~"^' Tar. ac dajesty is with 311100 n, r, and corning Prussia 11arch jesty. ,e fol- ion• F• Mrs. F . Craw- Heavy graco'S [ Miss otel, for stle, the ness of left tho y have Herts. at Hat- •eceiv - Itnnes, Melton eade's 3tUrlaS larges gaud that s, his riters, raries. vane' on as lutell upon mut," flubs' The n an in of n No. Now, ri the MONEY MARKET AND COMMEROIiL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. REDUCTION OF BANK RATE. • The minimum rate of discount is now 3} per cent., the directors of the Bank of England having Shortly after noon announced the change in their official quotation. To very few this will be of little advantage, as it is a positive indication of a de pressed and demoralised trade. From all parts of the United Kingdom there are complaints of para lysed enterprise, of vast numbers of men unem ployed, and men "on strike" owing to trades' bilious, because their masters have not full employ ment for them, nor the ability to pay the wages. Many of the traffic returns from the principal rail- W ays, and trade circulars of most classes, report stagnation, and thus it happens that there is a plethora of money, a large proportion of which is, under existing circumstances, idle and unproductive. A rise rather than a fall in the rate of discount Would have been a matter for congratulation, as suming that it had been occasioned by a legitimate extension of industry and commerce. The following notice has been issued by the National Discount Company, Limited. The com pany is now allowing the following rates for money on deposit, viz : -2f per cent. per annum, repayable on demand ; 24 per cent. per annum, repayable at 7 days' notice ; and 2,1 per cent. per annum, repay able at 14 days' notice. The Massilia has arrived from Alexandria with £516,729, in specie and gold dust, principally from Australia. At a meeting held to-day of the General Credit and Finance Company of London, Limited, the reso lution passed at the meeting of the 27th November last was confirmed, for the purpose of reconstructing the company and reducing the liability of the share holders. The followingis the resolution :- "Resolved,-That the report of the directors now read he received and adopted ; and that the sanction of the corn- Patty be given to the declaration by the directors of a dividend .of 6s. per share, in respect of the current year end ing the 31st December, 1866, including the sum of 2s. per share already paid on account thereof ; and that the com pany be wound up voluntarily, as on and from the 3 1st day of December, 1866 ; and that James Macdonald, of No. 27, Austinfriars, in the City of London, gentleman' a nd Robert Jackson Butler, of the same place, gentleman, be appointed liquidator; for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the Company, and distributing the property ; and it having been stated to this meeting that a new Company, Called The General Credit and Discount Company, Limited, has been duly formed and registered, with a nominal capital of £2,000,100, in 2,000,010 shares of £lO each, and that it is proposed to transfer to such new company the Whole of the business and property of this company, after Providing for a dividend not exceeding 6s. per share, in eluding the 2s. per share already paid, in respect of the year ending Dec. 31, 1866, and after selling such portion, if any, of the assets of this company as may be necessary, for the purpose of satisfying dissentient members, in con sideration of the new company assuming all the liabilities of this company, and paying the sum of £1,500,000 by Ineaus of a credit of .£7 10s. per share on 200,000 shares in the new company, which shares are to be allotted to er for the benefit of this company) that the pro- Posed transfer be and the same is hereby approved ; a nd that an authority be and the same is hereby conferred on the liquidators of this company to accept, in com pensation for such transfer, 200,000 shares in the s aid new company, each credtted with .£7 10s. as Paid up thereon, for the purpose of distribution a mongst the members of this company ; and that t he purchase-money for the shares of the dissentient Inenabers, if any, be payable to them under the 161st section of the Companies' Act, 1862, be raised by the liqui dators by sale of the shares in the new company which Would have been distributable to such dissentient members i n case they had not dissented ; and, in case of these prov ing insufficient, then by a sale of some portion of the assets of this company." The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1866. 1865. Great Western 71,379 70,429 North Western 119,018 118,490 t B o ri u g t i h it Tstern 22,059 22,056 19,820 17,858 Ilia and S outh Eastern 21,907 20,830 ~Great N or th ern ' - 'ancashire and Yorkshire 41,153 39,846 tristol and Exeter 6,891 6,419 North . Eastern 68,789 69,176 Manchest er , Sheffield, and Lincoln 21,261 20,114 Gent Eastern London, and South Western 4 -aindon, Chatham, and Dover 8,447 7,839 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, are in Most instances of a favourable character. On the Great Western there is an increase of £950, on the North Western of £528, on the South- Western of £3 ; on the Brighton of £1,962, on the South Eastern of £1,077, on the Great Northern of £4,483 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of 4 ,307, on the Bristol and Exeter of £472, on the kauchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,147, and on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £5BB ; While the Midland shows a decrease of £2,602, the North Eastern of £387, and the Glasgow and South Western of £699. The shares of the Belgian Public Works Coin- Puny are steady at I prem. Another small parcel of gold, viz., £5,000, was taken yesterday to the bullion office of the Bank of England. The movements during the Gazette week have been insignificant, the amount received being £27,0e0, an d that withdrawn £lO,OOO. The Germania has arrived with specie to the amount of £112,127 from New York, viz., £32,700 for England, £79,027 for France, and £4OO for Ilamburg. The biddings for bills on India took place yester day at the Bank of England. The proportions allotted were--to Calcutta, 7,15,000 rs (.£71,500) ; and to Bombay, 5,85,000 rs. (£58,500). The minimum price was fixed, as before, at ls. 11d. per r upee upon all the presidencies. Tenders at the rninimum will receive in full. In Birmingham, a meeting was held yesterday of the creditors of Mr. John Jones, of Birchhills, and of the Spring Vale Ironworks, Wolverhampton, Who failed in the early part of the year 1865. It , Was anticipated at the time that the estate would realise 20s. in the pound. Mr. Edward Dixon, Chairman of the Staffordshire and Wolverhampton Banking Company, presided. A proposition was blade on behalf of Mr. Jones to pay ss. in the rund by annual instalments of £lO,OOO. Af ter °rig deliberation this proposition was accepted, tihhough a considerable number of creditors refused to vote. Before the acceptance of the proposition a report was laid before the meeting by the coin nlittee of investigation to the effect that they had been unable to obtain any satisfactory account of a t ransaction with the Commercial Union Life Insur ance Company, and also with regard to two Chan cery suits. The committee of the Stock Exchange have ar • ved at a very sensible decision upon the subject of " 31 r. Watkin's reported failure, and the assumed connexion of the rumour with the house. Far too much has been made of the affair, and credit is due to the executive for the pains they have taken in el ucidating the matter. The committee have ad tiressed the following letter to Mr. Watkin :- Committee-room, Stock Exchange, Loudon, Dec. 19, 1866. Sir,-Your letter of the 15th instant, calling upon the co mmittee of the Stock Exchange to trace out the real . a uthor of a rumour to your pre j udice which was in circu taation on Friday la s t, h as b een l a id b efore my colleagues, nd has occup i e d t h e i r attention during the greater part of 9their three last sittings. The explanations given by Mr. i risewood were entirely satisfa c t ory t o t h e committee. 'Jae telegram forwarded by him to his agents in Manches ter Was sent in cypher, and contained a strictly confiden tial inquiry as to the truth of the rumour, and he did his I „t ti nost to circulat e th e con t ra di ct i on as soon as received. In following up the investigation the committee have been Prevented, by the vague and general character of the evi , e nee, from tracing the rumour in a tangible shape to any ~.."I . b er of the Stock Exchange. Although, however, the i l u o rry of the committee has been ineffectual for this pur l_ they cannot, in justice to their fellow-members, re e"ty.,,ain from stating that the evidence adduced as to the actor and amount of business done, far from support tscompletely disproves th e ex i s t ence i n th e L on d on mark et of a ny systemat i c or concerted plan to depress the to Value of South -Eastern stock, as asserted in your circular t he shareholders. The depreciation which has so long sa d so seriously affected all securities may be attributed 11,1'nr greater justice to the uneasiness of the public, and the cliLt:_osNsaut of confidence occasioned by the disasters and s tires of the last few months. I beg, in conclusion, to assure you that, should you obtain any clue, the com mittee will readily afford every assistance in bringing to punishment the originator of the scandalous falsehood.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) MATTHEW FLOWER, Chairman of the Committee for General Purposes of the Stock Exchange. E. W. Watkin, Esq., M.P. P.S.—A copy of this letter will be sent to the news papers. At a meeting held to-day of the London and River Plate Bank, Limited, the following report of the directors was adopted : " Notwithstanding the severe monetary crisis of the pre sent year, the directors, in presenting their Fourth Annual Report, are happy to be able to congratulate the share holders on the continued success of the bank. The an nexed statement of accounts, made up at the head office and branches to the 30th September, 18GG, shows that after payment of expenses and making ample provision for all contingencies, the .iirectors are enabled to add £30,000 to the reserve fund (raising that fund to £130,000), and to recommend a dividend for the half-year of 5 per cent. and bonus of 21 :per cent., making, with the interim dividend and bonus paid iu June last, 15 per cent. for the year. There will then remain an undivided balance of £lO,lll 2s. 83., to be carried forward to Profit and Loss New Account. Two o'CLocr. According to Renter's telegram from Paris to day, the French Rentes were 69f. 300. A further advance of 4 per cent. has taken place in the value of the English Funds, Consols being 89f for money and 891 ; 1 for the account. The upward movement has been very much stimulated by the reduction of the other markets, there has also been a certain degree of buoyancy. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 a ; An nuities, 1885, 13 ; Exchequer Bills, 6s to 10s prem. ; Bank of England Stock, 2491 250 ; India 5 per Cents., 1074 ; ditto Enfaced 4 per cents., 841 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 1001 ; and ditto Bonds, 20s. pr em. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are steady at 54 56, and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds at 411 42. Bank Shares are in moderate request, and with out any material change in prices, Consolidated being at 41 ; London and County at 63} 64 ; London Joint Stock 428 ; and Union of London at 43i 44. _ In Miscellaneous and Finance Shares there has been a moderate amount of business transacted. Anglo-American Telegraph have declined to 16i 4 ; City of Moscow Gas to 14i ; while Ebbw Vale have improved to 12} ; and the General Credit to 4i I. Foreign Stocks generally have sympathised with the buoyancy in the Consol market. Turkish 5 per Cents. have advanced k to 328 33k, Mexican Stock 1 to 181 8 ; Spanish Certificates, k to 138 8 ; and the New Russian Loan Scrip k to 1 11 prem. A firmer tone is apparent in the Railway Share Market, consequent upon the reduction in the Bank rate of discount. Midland have improved 1 ; South Eastern, Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Manchester, Sheffield, and London, each k Great Eastern , and Brighton and South Western each 1 ; while Great Northern have declined k. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without change of importance. South Austrian and Lom bardo-Venetian are marked 151 ; Antwerp and Rotterdam 8} ; East Indian 106 1061 ; and Great Indian Peninsula 1058. MINING MARKET. THURSDAY, Two o'Clock. Business in the Mining Share Market has been moderately active, but there is little change of im portance to report in prices. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal adven tures : Chiverton Moor, 41 4 ; Chon:ales Gold, 21 3 ; Clifford Amalgamate, 5.1 ; East Basset, 20 21 ; East Caradon, 41 51; East Wheal Grenville, 2 21; Great Retallack, 10s, 12s 6d ; Great Wheal Vor, 14 15; Market Valley, 3 1 4 ; North Crafty, n 3 ; North Treskerby, 211; Prince of Wales, 24s 26s ; Prosper United, 21 I; South Condurrow, 11s 13s ; South Grenville, 8s Od lOs Od ; West Caradon, 12 13 ; "West Chiverton, 51 53 ; West Frances, ; West Seton, 110 115 ; Wheelßuller, 17 18 ; Wheal Chiverton, 64 7 ; Wheal Grenville, 21s 26s ; Wheal Seton, 1271 1321; East Lovell, 11 12; Province Mines, 20 22. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Jan. 10 B9l 1 3 per Cent. Reduced B Bl 1 New 3 per Cent BBl New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1891 •-- Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. 13 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 - Hi xehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 6 10 pm Do £5OO 6 10 pin Do £lOO Sc £2OO „ 6 10 pm Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent ... 250 491 50 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. [ooiau stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 Ditto for Account — Do. 5 per Uent. July, 188') Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Bll Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per Cent., May 1879 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds,4 per Cent., £l,OOO — pm Do. under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 Do Account 7O Do. £lOO Bonds Juba, 6 per Cont. ianish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 Uanubian Principalities Jo. Account M4lquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant Do Deferred Kgyptian 7 per Cent Do. ' Second Issue s. 831 Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 Do £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures B5l .1 Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons )3 Account Jo. Coupons Guatemala 5 per Cent. Iblian 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway 11exicar. 3 per Cent Do. Account D.. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French dontevidean 6 per Cent. Iloorish Imperial 5 per Cent Tew Granada l3 Do 3 per Con Do. Doferrad Do Land ,farrants (Hectares) 'eruviau 5 per Cent., 1865 no Account Do 4} per Cont. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cont., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, .£ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 4} per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 B5l 5 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid Do. do. .£lO paid lok 111 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account S wedish 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 £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 59 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 -- Do 5 per Cent., 1865 ...•. Do. Account ..... 821 3 Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account • — no. 6 per Cent, 1864 27} Ditto 1}- per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in Londou. Austrian, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 13 , 1gian, 41 - per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2} per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates . .. French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italia,. 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. 5 per Cont. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B9l Do. Account, Ja n . , B9 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1866. SHARE MARKETS, —This Day. Share Railways. 1 1Sristol and Exeter ...7 Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon...—. Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„Perth, & Ab. June E.London, bcrip Certi Do. & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord.stk. 165 V 7 118 120 40 15 20 et et 100 4 8 65 63 70 72 114 :16 26) 27 5 6 Do. E. Angl. eft. No. Urcat North of Scotland . Great Northern A stock Do. B stock 1-14 116 i 24 125 Do. Is. at 25 pwl s.nd W. of Ireland; iit. Western -Orh;inal D. , . S. Va.). hail gua.l • Do. South Wales ....i Do. W. Mid.—Oxtord, 90 •2l GUI f,Ol, 30 3i 3, :3, Do. Newport •o. 11 el 1.11110 Yorksliiral London and Blackwallj Lon., 13r1g1i.,& S Coast Lou., Uit., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lou. ,S; South Western Man., Slier., & Lincoln Metropolitan.... Do. New 125 1254 81 87 15} 14 10 20 117; )17f' 7) 81 47 i 8 22 124 1f 2 p 10 11 83 85 Do. Extension.... Metropolitan District 1.)o. do. do. On. and St. John'sW'd Slidiand Do. L 9 Share 120 i i2l If 2 1 69 JO Do, Birmin & Derby %lid Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Yth., & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•L purohast Do. Leeds Do. York D. Carlisle 35 36 4 IS 103 1t 6 Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1861 5 Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central ,Scot. N. E , Aber. stock] uo. Scot, Mid. stJok Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern 'twines, Wok., & Wok Fall Vale Do. C Vale or heath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 2? 6; 7} 115 1'45! 51i 1 1 1!51 Cf 6 84 5i 16 21i I } 1041 I 971 81 34/ p.m Closing I Business Price. done. 118} 17 i 48 1231 41 3f 101 41 Al 5 4a ti 41 BRITISH Atlaniie .iSt.Lawrenee Born., Baroda, A, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo Sz Lake Huron Do. Preference utl.,Bran t, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3 I - Calcatta & 8. E., lim e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. I)! cast. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension 1 (i rand Trunkot Canad Do. Equip. Mort. Bondy 1 charge 6 p.o Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pr..f. Bonds.. Do. do. deterred .... Do. 3d Pref.stook.... Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pref. stook .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. e. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. tit. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do ;reat Wes. of Canada Da. New .. Do. 6 p. e. Bds. pay. 1873 i)o. 5, do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4:o do Do. Path Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. IH.C'da,6pc Ist pt.bs Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub.... scri :3 k d Do.lndus St.Flot bD 65 G 6 97 98 34 35 9 10 p 116 120 1 2p 1 2p 70 72 114 118 148 152 42 44 (4 65 8 9 150 151 3 4 ; 18IONS. 56 58 102 103 id ip 4 4i 7i Si 50 55 101 Ib3 101 l'3 105 106 18 20 85 88 57 59 50 54 50 64 37 (0 23 25 106 107 o 1 I. 6 I I, ICO 102 91 93 11/ 121 12 121 F 8 82 81 64 lt 11,3 102 103 02 94 65 90 82 135 9) 101 97 98 lit " 98 v 9 CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) CHARGE OF STEALING A LETTER. Edward Barrow, clerk, was indicted for stealing a letter, the property of the Postmaster-General. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner held a responsible position in the service of the Post-office, and received a salary amounting to about £l9O per annum. His duty was to travel with tho mail between London and Ipswich on the Great Eastern Railway. From certain circumstances coining to the knowledge of the Post-office authorities it was thought desirable to post a test letter for Ipswich, which was put into the bag before it went into the possession of the prisoner, and on the arrival of the bag at Ipswich the letter was found to be missing. The letter contained a half sovereign and some postage stamps. It was alleged that the prisoner went to the Railway Hotel and the] o changed half a sove reign, which was identified as the marked coin which had been fastened up in the letter. The defence was an actual -denial of the whclo theory of the prosecution. The prisoner alleged that he never changed half a sovereign at the Railway lintel, but that in pay ment fur refreshment supplied to him he gave a sovereign. With respect to the letter, his counsel urged that as other persons bad access to the bag, it was too much to say that he must therefore have stolen it. Other persons had keys to the letter-bag, but the Solicitor-General, who proseouted, said the prisoner was the only person who was engaged sorting the letters while they were being conveyed to Ipswich by the train. The 'Jury had not returned their verdict when we went to press. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A WOULD-BE SUICIDE.—Mary Brown, a respectable looking lderly female, was charged before Mr. Knox with attempting to commit suicide by throwing herself into the Serpentine. John Labrun, a labouring man, living at Blyth-lane, Hammersmith, while passing the Serpentine this morning about 7 o'clock, on his way to his work, saw something in the water, and on going up found it was the prisoner. He got her out of the water, and took her to the Humane So ciety's Receiving House. Thomas Moson, park-constable, No. 13, said the pri soner told him that she was sorry that she had not drowned herself, and thateishe would do so. The prisoner said she was sorry for what she had done. She had been ill for some time and could not sleep, and went out for a walk. She had a husband in Australia, and ho remitted her money to keep her. She had no re lations of her own. Mr. Knox—Then it is not want that has caused you to act as you have done ? The prisoner said it was not; it was only illness. Mr. Knox said he would remand the prisoner, and Ser geant Cowdy, of the Park Constables, could make in quiries respecting her. A PIG DEALER AND HIS HORSE.—George Arnold, a pig dealer, of 22A, Blundell-street, Caledonian-road, appeared to answer the complaint of Mr. John Colam, secretary of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mr. Thos. Descorix, residing at No. 11, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, said—on the 7th December I saw the defendant driving a horse attached to a wash- cart, near St. Martin's church. Through the defendant nearly coming in collision with an omnibus, the collar of his horse was seized, and Mr. Descorix then observed a large wound under the collar of the horse. The horse was in a very bad condition and had other soros about it. The defendant said there were no wounds on the horse when he brought it out. He had only bought it the day before for £3. Dobie, officer of the society, said he want to the defen dant's stable, next door to a " knacker's," and examined the horse, and found a largo wound on its breast. On tel ling the defendant the wound was an old one and had been blackened over, the prisoner said it had. The horse which had once been a good one was old and in low condition. The defendant admitted that the barrel of wash weighed 16 cwt. The magistrate said that a good horse got from hand to hand till it got into such hands r.s the defendant's, and at last droppod down, being quite worn out. It was cruel conduct to a poor thing. The defendant said he had now sold the horse. Dobie said the defendant had sold it for £3 10s. The defendant was fined 40s. or a month. THAMES. WILFUL DAMAGE —SINGULAR DEFENCE.—Diary Holden, a respectable matron, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with wilfully and maliciously breaking a pane of glass in a gas lamp, the property of the Commercial Gas Company. A police constable of the K division said the prisoner came to him last night in Park-street, Bromley, and asked him to take her husband into custody for assaulting her. Ile saw no assault committed, and as there were no marks of violence on her person, he refused to interfere. The prisoner then said if ho would not take her husband into custody she would bo !locked up, and in his presence took a Et ono, throw it at a gas lamp, and broke one of. the panes of glass. He then locked her up. The prisoner said that last night she had a good supper ready for;her husband, and he came home drunk and abused her. He took a knife up and threatened to stab her. Ho also accused her of infidelity, and with having dishonoured him on many occasions by her criminal intercourso with other men. Her husband grossly libelled her, and told great untruths. She had been the mother of nine chil dren, and brought them up properly. She was a chaste wife, and had not been unfaithful. She went out to obtain protection of the police. She could not obtain any protec tion from her husband, and she committed the offence with which she stood charged to enable her to make an appeal to the magistrate. Mr. Selfo said the only answer he could make to the ap peal was to punish the prisoner for wilful damage. He could not permit the. Commercial Gas Company to suffer because the prisoner had quarrelled with her husband. If she could pay for the glass she had broken at once ho would not fine her. The Prisoner—No, I cannot pay any money. Mr. Selfe—l fine you is., and you will also have to pay 2s. 6d. for the glass, or be imprisoned for five days. WESTMINSTER. PLUNDERING SIIOPS.--W. Marlowe and John Riley, two rough-looking youths, were charged with robbing shops. Mr. Collins, shirtmaker, Sloane-square, said that on Tuesday evening he saw the prisoner Marlowe examining some shirts hanging at his door, in company with another man. Immediately afterwards prosecutor found the shirts had been stolen, and he then went out into the streets in search of the prisoner. In about half an hour after he saw the prisoners coming up George-street, Chelsea, with a bundle. Prosecutor, entertaining the belief that it con tained Marlowe followed, when they set off running, and ikarlow h e is th s r hrt, threw the bundle over a wall, and he and his companion escaped. The hundlo contained a blanket, but no shirts. Police-constable 200 B proved taking the prisoners last night. Prisoner Marlowe —This young gentleman by the side of me knows nothing about it. He was not there. Mr. Collins—l cannot be positive of Riley's identity. I believe him to be the man. Marlowe was remanded; Riley entered intoreeognisauces to appear on Wednesday. MARKE T S.—This day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was well supplied with beasts for Christmas consumption. On the whole, the demand for most breeds ruled steady, at full prices. The top quota tion was 5s Gd per 81bs. Sheep, the supply of which was only moderate, moved off steadily, at full quotations. The best Downs and half-breds realised 6s 4d per Blbs. There was a fair demand for calves, at previous rates. Prime small pigs were steady; but large hogs commanded very little attention. The numbers on offer wero by no means extensive. . _ Per 81b to sink the offal. s d e d sded Crse & inf. beasts... 3 8 310 Pme ere-wool sheep 5 2 5 10 Second quality do ..4 0 4 8 Prime a'thdown 00.6 0 6 4 Prime large oxen ..4 10 5 2 Large coarse oalves.4 8 5 4 ['rime Scots, &c.... 5 4 5 6 Prime small d0......5 6 5 10 Crse. and int. sheep. 3 i 0 4 2 Large hogs .3 6 4 0 Second quality do ..4 45 0 i Smalt porkers ..4 24 6 Lamb....os Od to 0 , Od. Suckling calves, 20s to 235; and quarter-old store pigs, 28 to 30s each. Head of stock on sale. Foreign supply. Beasts Cows. — Cows. .... — Sheep and lambs 3,400 Sheep and 1 .mbs Calves l2l Ca Yes 97 Pigs 24 ) Pig -0 64 MEAT. Total supply. NtWOATE AND LEADENIIALL.--The supplies of most *re good, and mostly of prime quality. The trade is steady, prices well supported. Beef, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s tid to 5s 2d ; veal, 4s 4d to ssl4d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per Sib by the carcase. HAY. SIIITHFIELD.-31oadow hay, £3 5s to XI Os; clover, £1 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s por load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay ! £3 5s to £4 4s Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 12s ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. Supply moderato. WrirrEcitApEL.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £4 4s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. Trade inactive. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills.—Dark and cheer less indeed is the present season, when the weekly deaths aro far above the average. The cause is probably diffused through the dense damp fogs which have been so preva lent of late. These Pills purify the blood which has been contaminated by foul gases, and give tone to the nervous system, whereby typhus, typhoid, gastric, and bilious fevers are warded off. Holloway's Pills are also the best known promoters of digestion, the surest regulators of the liver, and the most valued and effective of all aperients. Whon health is impaired, with loss of appetite, vigour, and sleep, this medicine will be found a certain r9storative, and will rarely fail to effect a complete cure. Reform Demonstration at WhitechapeL Last evening there was a reiorm demonstration, held at the instance of the Tower Hamlets branch of the Reform League, at the Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel-road. The audience was a very large one, the admission being by ticket. Mr. BEALES occupied the chair, and on making his appearance on the stage was greeted with loud cheers. He was accompanied by Colonel Dickson, Messrs. Baxter Langley, George Potter, Bradlaugh, Rothwell, Connolly, Cohen, Wicherlow, Bowkett, Weston, Mantel!, Davis, and the Rev. J. Thomas. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, sail that he was rejoiced to meet the men of East Lon don, for the reform movement had met with many earnest supporters at the East-end. He congratu lated the meeting on the present position of this movem2nt for securing to the great body of the people their constitutional rights as regarded the franchise. (Cheers.) The most talented, philosophi cal, and respectable of the Tory publications, the Quarterly Review, had stigmatised the Reform Ad sociatiou as a most arrogant society, which disgusted all who were not members of the association itself. If he could ju lge by the warm recei tion which the Reform League had met with at the va rious meetings held in England, Scotland, and Ire land, they might congratulate each other upon the enthusiastic manner in which the people had taken up the question, while, on the other hand, no one had ventured to convene meetings to oppose it ; and so far as he was aware only one man, Mr. Bass, had ventured to raise his voice against it, in a room attached to his own brewery, but which was com pletely drowned by the disapprobation of the meet ing. It could not be alleged that among the hun dreds of thousands of men, including merchants, capitalists, clergymen, and others, who supported this movement, there were not many who had some thing to lose. He repelled with indignation the charge that had been made against him, that he had rendered the cause unpopular, nor could it b 3 said to be unpopular when they saw an English, an Irish, and a Scotch Reform League. He claimed for every man morally responsible the principle of the suffrage, which was the only thing that could place the people in the position of free citizens. Their meetings, which had been distinguished by the greatest regard for law and order, had abundantly refuted the charges made against the people by those who only wanted an excuse to continue the system of oppression which had existed. It had been said that manhood suffrage would enable the working classes to domi nate over all other classes. That was merely an as sumption based upon the opinion of their opponents that the interest of the working classes was opposed to that of all other classes of society ; and, secondly, that if they had the suffrage, they would use it for evil purposes. If the first assumption were correct, it only proved how imperative reform was, because it was evident that the interests of the governing classes were opposed to the working classes. He denied that there was the slightest reason to believe that if manhood suffrage was granted it would be used for evil purposes. Shame upon those who made the allegation, and shame upon the working classes if they submitted to it. (Cheers.) Had there been any instances of manhood suffrage in America or any of our colonies being used for evil purposes It had been conclusively shown by Mr. Hutton, for many years a member of the Australian Government and legislature, that before the introduction of man hood suffrage and the ballot the elections presented the same features of violence and immorality as existed in this country at the present time—a sys tem which had been completely put an end to by the adoption of those two principles. Yet there were members of parliament who sneered at the re form movement, and among them the member for the Tower Hamlets. (Hisses for Mr. Ayrton, and cries of " He'll be turned out next time.") Then, again, the Adullamite member for Lambeth had thought proper to sneer at America, and to say, " God forbid this country should ever be brought to the condition of that country." Just conceive a man sneering at a country which had just conducted with remarkable ability one of the most gigantic wars on record, and yet immediately it was ended had set itself to work, and had already reduced the public debt by £30,000,000, while in time of peace our Government had never been able to reduce our public debt, which was incurred for the most part in foreign wars, in any appreciable degree. (Hear, hear.) Conceive a man sneering at a country in which every child was educated at the expense of the State, and in which pauperisni did not exist, when, if he chose to look around him, he would find the most frightful pauperism and the most deplor able ignorance. (Hear, hear.) He concluded by urging upon them that, inasmuch as par liament would never reform itself, it was their bounden duty to support the Reform League, which would enable them to bring such a pressure upon the legislature as must compel them to do the people justice. (Cheers.) Mr. GATES then moved, and Mr. BRAND seconded the following resolution :—" That this meeting, whilst expressing its unfeigned contempt and in dignation at the means resorted to by a Tory faction, aided by a clique of sham Liberals to stifle and overthrow the moderate measure introduced by the late Government, records its want of confidence in the present Ministry, and pledges itself to accept at their hands no measure as a settlement of this ques tion that does not fully and satisfactorily restore to the people their natural and constitutional rights— manhood suffrage, registered and residential, and protected by the ballot." Both the speakers were working men, and made very effect ive addresses. The latter, with respect to the claim made to limit the franchise to the household suffrage, put it to the meeting whether, supposing a prosperous trades man occupying a house for a long period of his life was suddenly reduced by unforeseen calamity to occupy lodgings, he was less competent to vote for a member of Parliament than he was before. Mr. BRADLAUGU supported the resolution in a speech which produced considerable effect. The resolution was also supported by Mr. MANTELL, and carried by acclamation. Resolutions were also passed to the effect that a petition to Parliament, based upon the first resolu tion, should be presented, and that the meeting record its earnest thanks to the champions of the cause of the people—William Ewart Gladstone, John Bright, and John Stuart Mill--with others, in and out of Parliament, who supported them in their efforts on behalf of their toiling fellow-country men, and who vindicated the character of the working men from the most infamous slanders. All the resolutions were agreed to. The other speakers were Mr. Jones, Mr. Baxter Langley, Colonel Dickson, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Davis. _ _ A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. State of Trade. ---.-- NOTTINGHAM, Dec. 19.—1 n the hosiery trade general business is firmer ; the home market is looking up, and in the foreign department several shippers are here with or ders to a fair extent. Yarns have still an upward ten dency; some houses have advanced ls. per bundle, but the rise is not yet general. The Pall-Mall Gazette, in an article ou foreign competition, remarks :—" In cotton hosiery it is well known that Germany and the Alsacian provinces of France have long been in the habit of supplying English haberdashers with the commoner and coarser fabrics at a rate with which Nottingham and Leicester cannot compete; and we aro assured that they are now beginning to rival and to surpass us even in the finer articles." There is a good deal of truth in the observatio n, although our manu facturers will not admit the superiority of the foreigners in the finer articles; but the statement may not be -with out its effect in the present complicated relations between employers and workmen. The lace trade is just in that condition that any change must be for the better. The dulness may be partly attributable to stock-taking, which chocks activity in business; but the trade is no doubt in a very depressed state. THE AUSTRIAN ARMY.—It is expected that in Austria shortly military service will be made compulsory for all, with the exception of such of the clergy as shall have been ordained and only sons who have to support their parents. Liability to service will last from the ago of 17 to 45 ; the first three years in the Landsturm for home service, the next three years in the regular army, then three years on furlough, three years in the first reserve, and three years in the second reserve. From the age of 32 to 45 the men will kelong to the Landaturp, oT tnilititt. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1872. 100 - Can.Gov.G p.c.Ja.& July 1877-81 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1 0 90 92 Di. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 100 90 92 - Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 77 78 779 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed at 100 75 77 I - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 100 114 116 Do.Ap1.&001, 1890-1901 100 113 105 - Do. do 1880-9 100 112 104 - Do. Jan. &July, 1890-9 100 114 it 6 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 88 "00 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.t 100 110 11 2 - Do. 1878, do lOO 104 1,6 - Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July -.• Do. Is7B - 1882, Mayls, Nov lOO 105 107 - Do. 1895, Feb. JD Aug.. 100 KO 108 - Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 96 100 - N. 1.1.G0v.6 p.c.J a. &J uly 100 92 52 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 186 t, 100 90 92 - Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187 e 100 90 95 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 100 Br. 57 86 / - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 98 100 - Do. 5 per cent.... ... 100 81 85 - Nova So.,tia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 96 98 - queensland Gov. 6p. c 100 92 Pt 921 - S. Aus.Gov. 6px 1868-9 100 - Do. 1878 & upwards llO 106 108 - Vio,G ov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 - - - Do. do, A pril & Oct lOO 103 104 1031 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, Um 1 Cltiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O 51 69 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 405 415: - Drake walls 2.1.0 9 - East Bassett (Illogan) 299 18 20 - East Caradon 2.14.0 5 6 51 - East Carn Brea 3l 2 3 - East Grenville - East (3 unnislake 8.3.6 - East Lovett 3.0.0 9 10 91 - E, W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8.1 21 21 - StAubyn(Gwen. 66 5 6 4 Great L Axey, limited., all 17 18 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.1 - Great Wheal Busy 14,9.6 G. Wheal Vor 49 15 16 15 - Grenville 8.18.0 11 19 - erod's loot . 8.10.0 30 32 - ilingston Downs ...... 5.10.6 21 St - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 2 4 - Marke Valley 4.10.6 31 41 4 nwyndy Iron Ore, 11w 3,1 21 lid Nev Seton - North Itoskear Bassettallogan 4.4.0 - - North Wheal Crotty Prosper United 7.1.6 - Pruvidence Uny Lelant 10.6.: 21 26 - . I S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l9 300 no - South Condurrow 8.2.0 / 11 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 18 22 Stray Park 35 15.6 - Tin Crott..... 5 Vigra and ClAgan, lim all 2 1 - West I(assett (Mogan - W. Caradon (Lf.akeard 1t 12 (4 WestChiverton ll 54 56 - West Seton. - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 65 75 - Wheal Buller (itedruth 16 18 20 Wheal Slary Ann (Men. 8 10 12 - Wheal Seton • 584 135 145 - Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 7 g LINES LEASED lir FIXED UENTALs. r and Holyhead, .tto, 5 per cent,. 110 i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Si South Austrian and Lombardo Venettan,llsl West Flanders, 7:1. Western and North-Western of France, 221 FOILEIGN MINI:b. Cape Copper, Urn.. 7/ St. John del Rey, lim., 47; I DOCKS. i ondon and St. Katharine, 071 Surrey Commercial, 107 BAN /id,. Alliance, lint.. 184 Australasia, 64 Consolidated Bank, 1im.,44 InaperLal Bank, lam.. 234 Imperial Ottoman, lint., 94 Land Mortgage Bank or India, aim., 24 Do. 5 per cent. Debentures, If6l. for 30 s eirs, 811 4 London Chartered Lana of Australia : 201 London and County, 64 31 London Joint Stock, 424 Provincial Banking Corporation, 1im.,:34 Union of London, 434 4 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph,,l64 Atlantic Telegraph, Dit o, 8 per cent., 774 City of Moscow Gas, Um., 154 144 City Offices, Urn., Commercial Union, Insurance, 14 Credit Fonoler of England. lira,. 3 24 Credit Foncier of Mauritius, lim.,ll} Ebbw Vale, 2, E glish and Australian Copper, Gen. Credit and Finance of Loud 2D, Dm., 44 Hudson's Bay, if International Financial Society, aim., 24 National Provincial Marine, lirn New Zealand Trust and Loan, Peninsula and Oriental Stettin, 62 Royal Mail Steam. 5 Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, aim,, 51:4 Universal Marine, insurance. aim., 14 Viccroy of Egypt, Mortgage, Loan, 741 JUSTIFIABLE SUICIDE.—Is suicide ever justifiable? A Pittsburgh paper states that a melancholy case of self murder occurred on Sunday, near Titusville, Pennsylvania. The following schedule of misfortunes was found in the victim's left boot :—" I married a widow who had a grown up daughter. My father visited our house very often, fell in love with my step-daughter, and married her. So my father became my son-in-law, and my step-daughter my mother, because she was my father's wife. Sometime after wards my wife had a son—ho was my father's brother-in law and my uncle, for he was the brother of my step-mother. My father's wife—i. e., my step-daughter, had also a son ; he was, of course, my brother, and in the meantime my grandchild, for he was the son of my daughter. My wife was my grandmother, because she was my mother's mother. I was my wife's husband and grandchild at the same time. And as the husband of a person's grandmother is his grandfather, I was my own grandlather."—Ame rican paper. Chest A BAD SHOT. About the time that the State of Texas declared herself free of Mexican rule, and came to the conclusion that she was a little better able to manage her own affairs than to have them mismanaged any longer by " Granny Mexico" —a disunion, by the bye, in which the whole world, bar Mexico, agreed—there lived near the then almost unknown town of Austin two backwoodsmen, horse-breeders, hunters, graziers, and farmers, whom we will call Grady and Long. Each held a large tract of land, and were cele brated among the scattered population of this wild region for their skill with the rifle, and their superior breed of horses. These two men sincerely hated each other; they were not in open enmity, 'tis true, but a secret jealousy rankled in their bosoms—G may's horses invariably won the first pr;ze at all trotting matches, while Long took ditto for sharpshooting. Many were the attempts made by Long to win the horse trophy also ; but the progeny of Old Nell, a famous trotting mare, the property of Grady, were nut to be beaten—each year 011 Nell dropped a foal, and each year Long's stock was No. 2. His superiority with the rifle at " long range" did not make amends for this; Nell's stock were in demand in the market ; in vain ho offered Grady fabulous sums for the dam, but Grady couldn't see it. One day Grady was returning from Austin is a two horse waggon ; ho overtook Long upon the road ; stalking along with his deadly rifle upon his brawny shoulder ; he invited him to ride, which invitation Long accepted. The onversation ran, as usual, upon horseflesh, and Long made another offer for Nell; useless—Grady never would part with her. The road ran along a ridge of open up land, overlooking a portion of Grady's "improvement." Upon the bank of a small stream, a long way across the fields, Long espied Old Nell, standing under the shade of a sycamore, and apparently ruminating upon the mutability of horse affairs in general, and her own in particular. " D— it," remarked Long, with more force than polite ness, " what a fine broadside allot !" " No man living could kill her at the distance," quietly remarked Grady, turning his "quid." "I'll bet five dollars I can," said Long, slapping the stock of his long " kill-devil." " Couldn't risk it for the money," said Grady ; "but if you say ten dollars you may shoot her at once !" " Done !" said Long, placing the " tenner" in Grady's hand.. Be alighted ; here was a chance to rid himself of an "eye-sore" at a cheap rate; Ttking deliberate aim, ho fired ; when the smoke cleared away there stood Nell, quiet as an elderly brood mare should who had a bellyful of tender prairie grass. "I knew it was too far," meekly remarked Grady. " Too far! Thunder! I can blow her eye out at the distance. Give me another shot !" " Yes, for another ten," said Grady. Another exchange of wealth took place. Long carefully loaded his piece, and again fired—result, the same ! "No use, Long; too long a range." "Never mind the range," said Long; if she don't kneel over this time, Bill Long won't shoot any more, that's all." Another "termer" changed hands ; another shot was fired by the thoroughly-excited Long. Nell did not deign to raise her head at the report. Long was wild, and offered double for one shot more. " No," said Grady, " I won't risk it again; a chance shot, you know, might reach her." _ _ " Chance ! Do you mean to say that I can't hit that mare from here ?" "So it seems ; at least if you have, she is a wonder of patience," said Grady. "Well, I'll bet Pve hit near her," said Long. "Don't feel inclined to bet," said Grady, but we'll go and see." Hitching the team, they started across thefields to try and trace Long's leaden missives. Long, in his eagerness, reached her first—a look satis fied him —"Damnation ! Grady, your mare's dead !" "I know it," said Grady ; she died two days ago—the boys propped her up against that tree, thinking some fool would like to shoot at her ! In consideration of your liberality, you may have her skin if you will take it off !" Long took himself off !—Anzerican paper. APPREHENSION OF A BANKRUPT IN FEMALE AT TIRE.— On Monday afternoon some excitement was caused at the Greenock Railway Station, Bridge-street, Glasgow, in consequence of the arrest of an apparently neatly attired female, who, it turned out, was a bankrupt attempt ing to elude his creditors. The gentleman in question is Mr. Patrick Clark, the sequestration of whose sstate, we believe, was awarded on Tuesday. He is a merchant and dealer in West Indian and Russian produce, although he does not appear to have confined his attention to the com modities of either country. Clark, we understand, would have been in custody long ago had he not been so well disguised.— North British Daily .Vail. A MEMORABLE SUlClDE.—Something more than a century before Justice Hale's death, a not less memorable suicide was perpetrated by Chief Justice Hankford, who, wishing to throw away his life and preserve his estate to his family, ordered his park-keeper to shoot every person who should be seen in the park after dark, who on being called upon to stand should not obey the command. The order—for which some recent acts of deor-siealers fur nished a plausible pretext—being thus given, Sir William Hankford crossed his keeper's path during a dark night, and on being ordered t 6 stand moved away. Acting upon the directions given him, the servant fired at the retreating figure, and the Chief justice fell dead.—A Book About Lawyers. _ _ _ THE MACLURE TESTIMONIAL.—Mr. Mac lure was on Tuesday presented with a silver salver and a sum of £5,000 the proceeds of a general subscription in Lan cashire and Cheshire—" in grateful acknowledgment of the gratuitous services rendered by him as the honorary secre tary to the Central Executive Relief Committee during the whole period of the cotton famine." The presentation took place in the Town-hall. The Lord Lieutenant of the county presided, and there were also present Lord Hartington, Mr. Wood, Major Leigh, and the Mayor of Manchester. Mr. Maclure was at the same time presented with a silver inkstand and an address by the elm/oyes of the Central Relief Committee.—Manchester Guardian• A STRANGE STORY.—I knew a strange old man with something noble about him outwardly and inwardly— he might have sat for Retzsch's etching of the "Ancient Mariner," so exactly he resemblesl it—who whilst living amid the Eastern civilization that had pared! him, one day found his arm moved and his finger pointing, in obedience to nerves whichhe could not, or fancied ho could not, con trol. The finger pointed westward, and he resolved to follow it. It brought him to a door in a town near the source of the Ohio, at which heknocked. Ile related how ho had been guided there to the inmates of the house, and he found them full of faith in his pointing finger. They e ntertained him for some days, and called in their friends, who sat around this Ancient Mariner with silent expecta tion. Again his finger pointed to the river, and to it the group followed him. There they found a raft waiting to be employed, and the old man had an impression that they must all get on it, taking tents, clothing, and provisions; and that they must float down the river, to some place afterward to be revealed, or " pointed" to, where they were to found some kind of New Jerusalem. Strange as it may seem, well-to-do tnen and women, old and young, em barked on this singular voyage. On th e slow raft, shoved aside by hundreds of s w ift , amaze d s t eam b oa t s , they floated one or two weeks without once landing, until at length the old man stood at the front and pointed to the shore. There they left the raft and made their way a mile from the river, where they mapped out a city and built some cabins. Then the pillar of fire which had led them seemed to melt into the light of common day. One after another they departed, leaving the cabins alone as the monuments of their adventure. But I believe that none of them again lived in the ordinary way in human society; they have wandered ever since through many parts of ,the world, as if seeking for something they had lost. Lately, 1 saw some of them walking along Alio streets of London with the same sad:expectant look. But I doubt not they will all find their way back to the Ohio, where they belong, as castles belong to the Rhine and docks to the Mersey. Ages before them, the red aborigines floated down the same river, following their westward -pointing finger and dream ing of fairer hunting fields. And, with only. a more con ventional superstition—steamboat instead of raft - there went before them. missionaries. Mormons, Owenites, and Californian gold-hunters. Did any of them any more find what they sought 7—Fraser's Magazine for December. A WRONG ROAD TO REFORM.—The more mode rate men were agitating for universal suffrage and annual Parliaments. There is no concealing the fact now that in 1816 the general distress and discontent had led the rasher and more ignorant of the Reformers into dangerous schemes. It is on record that at the trial of two men at the Edinburgh Court of Justiciary, in 1817, it was proved that the oath administered at their Reform club in 1816 had ended with the following clause, worthy of a German secret tribunal : —" I will support the same to the utmost of my power, either by moral or physical strength, as the cause may require ; and I do further swear that neither hopes, fears, reward, nor punishments shall induce mo to inform on, or give evidence against, any member or members, collectively or individually, for any act or expression done or made in or out of this or similar so cieties, under the punishment of death to be inflicted on me by any member or members of such societies." Men, hopeless of reform by any means but force, who could sign such au oath, were quite ready to burn Bristol, or to plot with the Cato-street conspirators. That wise minister of Henry Quatre, Sully, speaking from the depth of his long life's experience, a nd in an age of revolutions, said, profoundly, " The people never revolt from fickleness or the mere desire of change. It is the impatience of suf fering that alone produces revolutions." Looking back now, we can all see clearly the misery that gave rise to the troubles of 1816-1830, and we can deplore the violence that so long delayed the irresistible advance of reform.— Dickens's "All the Year Round." A NEW WORK BY JAMES ORTON, already favourably known as the author of "The Three Palaces and " The Enthusiast," is now, we are glad to learn, pre paring for the press. It will be entitled, "Love in Eden." And simultaneously with its appearance from the press will be published new editions of both " The Three Palaces" and " The Enthusiast " The Terrible Accident on the Metropolitan Railway. The following appeared in oar Third Edition of yester day evening : Since the publication of our first edition, which contained a full account of the terrible accident, nothing further is at present known. The sufferers at St. Bartholomew's Hospital are WOUNDED, Air. Cl:arles Passim - re, si, Crown Dale-road, Camden-town, a clerk at an &nee in Broad -street, City—severe injuries to the head and legs, He is doing favour:bly at Present. Henry Squire, Great Western Railway (`,.arc', No. 11, Windsor-street, Harrow-road. —both l egs broken, and seriously injured. DEAD. A gentlemen about 5U years of age, supposed name Luckey ; tall, grey whiskers, stout, re speAably dressed. A &old watch and studs were found on his person, but there was no paper or document other than a bill-head. The body is fea_ fully mangled. A lady between 60 and 70 years of age. Dressed in black silk, gold watch and three rings. A little grey hair; wig supposed to be lost. Her height was 5 feet 7 inches. A second-class ticket from Moorgate-street to Gower -street was found in her pocket. The injuries were principally to the head. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT Dec. 19. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Mellor?) ATTEMPTED MURDER NEAR HAMMERSMITII. Harriett Morris was indicted on a chargo of poisoning her child, Emily Morris, aged six years, by giving her oxalic acid. The child stated that her mother took her to it dark place in the park, and then opened a bottle and poured something into a glass, which she tried to induce her to drink. She told her it was peppermint, and would warm her, and she made her dip a piece of bun into the liquid, and eat it. She did not like to take the stuff, and her mother at last forced it down her throat. It was sour, and burnt her mouth. Her mother then went away, and left her alone in the park. She was there a long time. The police-constable. said the place where the child was found was in a field leading to the Duke of Devon shire's. The chemist who had examined the child's clothes said he had no doubt the marks were caused by oxalic acid, and could not have arisen from alum. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The Learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to 15 years' penal servitude, after which she was led fainting from the dock. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Dec. 20.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; light breeze, and cloudy weather, with a dense fog. FALMOUTH, Dec. 19.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Maid of Perth, for Rio Janeiro. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Dundee, from London for Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lord Raglan, from Monte Video. Sailed—Estelle, for N o w York. (BY TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, (Dec. 19. Daybreak, from no ; Henry Reed, from Calcutta; Auruaut, from Dunkirk; Pride of England, from Calcutta; Speedy, from St,. Michael's; Superior, from Quebec ; Maria, from Odessa. Arrived, Dec. 20.—Refuse, from Dahoust ; Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp ; St. Bede, steamer, from Dantsic ; Nora, steamer, from Rottendam ; Triton, steamer, from Boulogne, Returned, leaky, Evening, for Cuba, from Shields. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, Doi. 19.—Emerald, from London, for Cardiff ; British Crown, from London, for Port Phillip. Liverpool Cottoa Market—This Day. Market steady. American rather dearer. Sales probably 15,000 or 20,000 bales. Foreign Mail Packet List. M dILS DUD. Australia and New Zealand, via Suuthainptoa Dcc. 20. Ditto, via narseille,i Jan 3. Brazil and Capa Verde. by Brawn piwket Jan. 4. Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Asoeusiou, and St. China, Penang. and Slug .pore. via Southampton Deo 20. Ditto, via Marseilles Deo. 28 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via bouthacopton Deo. 14. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.— DC3. 2J. Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Dec. 20. Ditto, via itarseides Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 2). Ditto, via Marseilles Dec. 23. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil.ei Jan. 9. Newfoundland PortugaJ Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet. .. . Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton ...... Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry ..Dec. 1. West Coact of Africa, Madeira, and Teueriffe Jan. 3. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) Dec. 29 Baham'ad, via New York. Jan 1 Cuba alit Mexico Doc. Z 9 Bermuda, via Halifax Jan. 16. At a meeting to-day of the Canada Company, the following report was submitted to the shareholders : —" Referring you to the circular of 22d ult., I beg to inform you that Robert Gillespie, Esq., has signified his intention to offer himself as a candidate for the office of governor at the elec tion to take place on Thursday, the 20th instant, at two o'clock. I transmit herewith a statement of lands disposed of and moneys received in Canada from Ist January to 23d November last, compared with the transactions during the period in 18G5, together with an analysis of the lands sold and l ease d from Ist January to 31st October last, dis tinguishingthe quantity in the several to wns hip s , average price obt.tined per acre, contrast e d with the estimated value in 1854. The di r e c t ors a d the propose a division out of the assets of £2 a share, free of Income 'fax, payable the 10th January next." A correspondent of the Manchester Guardian says : —"I hear that Mr. Pope Hennessy will be gazetted to a valuable appointment early in the new year." The health of the Bishop of London has so far improved that he hopes to be able to hold his Christmas ordination on Sunday next in person. The ordination will be held in the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. The Bishop of Norwich is aiso better. CONSUMPTION OF CIIEESE.—At a champagne breakfast given the other day by a great provision dealer, it was incidentally stated that 821,250,0001 b. of cheese is consumed annually in England. Under the fes tive circumstances described, one ought :not perhaps to be particular to a million or two, but surely the figure is much exaggerated. If all persons ate cheese, this would give ma allowance of 40 lb. annually to each—about 12 oz. weekly. But, as everyone knows, a very large part of the popula tion never touch it, and the quantity which must therefore be consumed by the cheese- eaters, becomes something in credible. We must at least hope that the statistic is incor rect. Cheese, especially of the cheap sort consumed mainly by the agricultural population, is a veryimperfect form of food; and as it it is all but proved that a large proportion is never digested, it practically becomes an expensive one. More over, if this startling figure be correct, a painful idea is suggested, not only of widespread poverty which fails to procure animal food, but of ignorance or indolence which cannot or would rather not cook it.—The Lancet. i n v g e d i ri in an ° thate r i citya n s to to b e e mbark arrested for ARREST _OF HANOVERIANS.—The P russ i an Go avte T r ru e b n u t r h g ai . c l a , u b s e e y d b 3 a o d y a o r u r America in order to avoid the military service. The most absurd story now current in Paris is as to Cardinal Richelieu's head. It appears that the ci-decant deputy, M. Armez, who presented the Government with the mask which was enclosed in the cardinal's tomb at the Sorbonne with so much pomp last Saturday, is not the only person who flatters himself he hasthe veritable and genuine article. An opposition head is in possession of another senator, M. Merimee, who fondly dreams that his is the real head, and produces no end of old parchment documents in defence of his conviction. Accounts from Berlin mention the formation of an influential committee for establishing, under the auspices of the Prussian Government, an important line of steam communication between Germany and the United States, via Southanapten. A weekly line of fast steamships carrying the Prussian and other continental mails is to de part from Geestemunde (the Hanoverian port close to Bre merhaven, recently acquired by Prussia), and, calling at Southampton, proceed to New York and vice versa. Each of the seven ships, to be contracted for in England and France, is to be capable of carrying 100 first-class, 100 second-class, and 600 third-class passengers, and 1,00 tons freight. ;day. riven its be e the 31aiat itten ards, f it is 'sides y plain that Larks Lark' )rds9 )ppo r waS g the iorli fibers artb, :o tb° [ king hire ra ked nor di s agef 110- Wag )0 1 / had ,13 3 the se° uelc 00Y. 01 , )00 ~' lou st 1 ai to too 1 100 {lO 5 100 100 iSSE WO 100 100 all 100 100 108} 6 Oh 7