The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-08 00:00:00

ZITONEY MARKET A ND COMMERMiL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Discount Market is very firm, and quieter than usual, considering the Saturday demands, and the payment -3 well effected in the Oriental trade, India and China especially. A. small amount of gold was taken to the Bank ( I England yesterday, representing £2,000. The Persia has arrived with £39,800 from New York. An interim dividend of 1 10 per cent. per annum 18 proposed by the directors of the Ceylon Com pany Limited (b e i ng 9 s . 3d. on eac h o r iginal, and 28 . an each A s h are ) pa y a bl e on th e 20th i n stant, free of income tax. The report states that the available profit for the half-year, ending 30th 'September last, is £16,800; which balance does not include any part of th e p ro fit d er i ve d f r om produce °'; the company's own estates, as some of the ac counts could not be made up in con s equence of the 'ate arrival of a considerable portion. After pay -111 eat of th e a b ove di v id en d th ere w ill rema i n a b alance of £3,987 to be carried forward. f New Zealand Debentures for £250,000 were of f yesterday for tender by the C r o w n age n ts for t he colonies. The applications amounted altogether t° £313,300, of which the sum of £70,200 was allotted at one above the minimum, which was fixed 4t 95 . It wa s announce d th a t th ose w h o h a d ten uered belo w th a t ra t e wou ld b e a ff or d e d t h e oppor tunity of amending their tenders up to 2 p.m. to morrow, and that after that hour subscription lists would be open to the public for the balance then re maining, if any, at 95. A deputation of the directors of the Telegraph ‘-;onstruction and Maintenance Company, and other gentlemen interested in submarine telegraphy, had an interview with the Secretary of State for India Yesterday for the purpose of obtaining the assist ance Of Government in improving the telegraphic co mmunication between England and India. Lord eraeborne received the deputation with great co urtesy, and showed a just appreciation of this great question. The official liquidator of the Bank of Londonwill m ake an application to the Court of Chancery next W eek forleave to declare a furtherdividend of ss. 4d., A w hich, together with pre v ious dividend, 6s. Bd. paid in Au gust last, makes a paym e nt of 12s. i n th e pound. T he dividend will be paid as speedily as possible, of which due notice will be given, and a statement of t he position and liquidation of the Bank up to the Present period will also be published. T he Specie movements during the past week have b • de n on a rather extensive scale as regards the lalports, owing to largo remittances from New York, Australia, and the West Indies and Pacific ; the tot al amounting to £855,335, including £43,412 fro m New York by the Ne w Yo r k, £36,694 by the s, a xenia, £13,723 by the Palmyra, £12,300 by the Cl tYcf Boston, and £39,800 by the Persia, anounced 1 11 a morning. The Syria, from Alexandria, has r ought £3,291 ; the Seine, from the West Indies f "d Pacific, £481,626 ; the Sir John Lawrence, T he Australia, £38,000; and the Norfolk, £113,000. Rackorura, from New Zealand, has also arrived Wi th £10,866, and about £25,730 in silver has been rece ived from the Continent. The exports have be en £53,485 to the East Indies and China, by the Ri pon ; and there have bee n rem ittances to the Con t. the th roug h pr i vate sources est i mate d at 194 , 094 le total amounting to £247,579. The Soci e t e G enera l e d e L'E mp i re Ott oman h as c n otified th a t th e coupon o f i n t eres t N o . 2 o f th e Per cent. for the year 18G6 on the £8 per share sub scribed, amounting to ps. 52 56.00 will be paid a the offices of the company at Constantinople on o ld after the 2d January next. The London AgenCy th e Imperial Ottoman Bank will send coupons t 0 ; Constantinople for collection at the risk and cost c the hold er , or purc h ase th em o n its o w n account. I ' t I rlaY be mentioned that 52 piastres represent about 9s. 6d. This payment is, of course, only on acco unt 1 , of the yea r ' s di v id en d, w hi c h i s no t d ec l are d before June. W ith regard to the Agra Bank, intelligence has bee n received fro m e ac h o f th e th r ee p r e s id en ci e s that the resuscitatio n sc h e me has been adopted by meeting,ct of the shareholders and creditors held at fralentta, Bombay, and Madras. The telegram Madras was received this morning. At lantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are firm at 56 58, and the Consolidated Mortgage °l ids have advanced 1, to 421 42i. Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day the French Rentes were 69f. 67c. Firm. n on the St oc k E xc h ange a l most everyt hi ng i s nitial, and the word applies to business as well as and quotations. Consols are 841 t for money, I ‘ B Si / for the account, 10th January. The e W Threes and Reduced Annuities are 871 1, 6 Ba nk of E ng l an d S toc k , 6 1 per cent., 2481 ; I n di a p Per Cent s ., 104 105 ; an d di t t o B on d s , 4 per 255. premium. F or a Saturday there has been a fair amount o busi ness. Egyptian, Mexica n , R uss i an, T ur ki s h , 4 Italian attracting the chief attention of specu i4ntOrs and investors. Mexican have advan ce d 1 t o 1 ~4 ; Turkish 5 per Cents. f to 321 32/ ; Greek a ° L a ds to 134 141 ; and Italian 5 per Cents., 1861, L O 31 b In the Railway Share Market the dealings have e en on a very limited scale, and in a few instances '` Jteeti shovv a further slight decline. Great North -4111, A. Stock, Great Western, London, Chatham a ll h ` t , 33 over, and Metropolitan ha ve each receded 1, u m South Western 1. ti Th e Foreig n an d C o l on i a l li nes s h ow littl e varia :lL South Aust r i an an d L om b ar d o -V ene ti an are Ro tterd am 151, ; Atlantic 31, and Antwerp and ht , 8/. Great Indian Peninsula are firm ' 062 . i ; East Indian at 1051, ; and Madras 5 r , ( jents. at 1021, /. at The shares of the Nicaragua Railway Company e b i to 1 prem. tri ""ank shares remain very quiet. Imperial Otto tall have i mprove d to Bg. ; Alliance remain at 18 ; ,_ °a don Joint Stock a t 41142 ; L on d on an d West 441'3ster at 931 and Union of London at 441. ki scellaneous and Finance shares are very quiet at about p r e v io us ra t es . A ng l o -A mer i can Tele -41, a l 3 h are m ar k e d 141 15 ; Atl ant i c T e l egrap h 8 per tt o ell ts., 71/ ; Hudson's Bay Company, 161; Na 40al Discount Company, 14/ 1; and Peninsular ' 4 Oriental Steam, 63 64. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY, Two o'Clock. of ri ; h e demand to-day has been active for Prince ""les, Chiverton, Chiverton Moor, North Crofty, ast 'l/ Bassett, and Chontales. Subjoined are the curren t quotations c .4 4iv ertou Moor, 44 5 ; Chowales Gold, 2 1 # ; Clifford 5. 14 Vgarnate, 41 5; East Basset, 19 21 ; East Caradon, 4/ Lovell, 9 9}; East Wheal Grenville, 2 ; Great V-44iith Tolgus, ; Great Wheal Vor, 15 151 ; Marke • t e . Y .' 3 1 ; ; North Crofty, 3 31; North Treskerby, 21 (.; o ' 4 ,, ri ne , o of Wales, 25s 275; Prosper United, 1.1 2; South o,4urrow, 12s 14s ; West Caradon, 121 131 ; West log 12 54 56 ; Wheal Chiverton, 771 ; Wheal Crebor, 13 5. 123 ; Wheal Grenville, 23s 275; Wheal Seton, 130 40 c1 Wheal Agar, 31s 335. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a tieOUVERNMENT FUNDS. ,-.. t.; uent. Consols d ~,o• Account, Jan. 10 BBl Nl;',„,,‘4,,Cnt. Reduced B7l + 4.„ - „" Per Cent B7l 1 .6,,`1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 ..... 40 -* 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 _ iTtlities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — l .) ° . for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — 1.: ° Red Sea, Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — D ° "° quer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 4 per _ pin 1)0 .................. £5OO ~ ila L. .... XlOO & £2OO „ —pm 1 ) 4 ". of liii ........ Stock, Gi per Cent ... 248 i 1 4 0 for Account — i 1 A . .q c , , NI:I LA GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ba46tocic, 10} per Cent., AprillB74 — 1) ° ,.; 5 per Cent. July, 1870 C. per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. trifa ced Paper 4 p er C en t — L Io 5 1 5 Per Cent., J an. 1872 . D o r ;-+ Per Cent., M ay 1879 — 1) • -„," 13 ., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 1-)O• Uzonds,4 per Cent., £l,OOO — pm Boner £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — • A.ustrian 80nd5,,5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 — Do Account — Do. £lOO Bonds 6Bi Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. A ccount. Do 2100 Bonds — DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Ohilian 6 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent A — Do. „ B — CJloinblitn, 6 per Cent. Juba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 5 per Cent., 1861 — Danubian Principalities Do. Account tritiador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Do Deferred i'gyptian 7 per Cent — Do., Second Issue B4 Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 — Do £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures. 84k Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Coupons Do. Account G aatemala 5 per Cent. , — It ilian 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway — Uexicar.. 3 per Cent Do. Account Dn. 1864 l2 lr Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — llontevidean 6 per Cent. . — Yloorish Imperial 5 per Cent gew Granada — Do 2 per Cent — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Penivian 5 per Cent., 1865 no Account 6B Do 41 per Cont. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856 '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, ..£ St — Do 4/ per Cent. 1850 Do 4 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 pet Cont. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 BB Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent •Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 2o} Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account S wedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 D. Scrip, £6O paid Uurkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 5B 9 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account no. 6 per Cent, 1864 27 GI Ditto 14 per Cont. — Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 13 , 1gian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2 per Cont. Ex. 12 Guil,- — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — Italian 3 per Cont. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. 5 per Cent. Account s4i 51 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, *Money Do. Account, Jan. President Johnson and Congress. LETTER FROM A CABINET OFFICER, The New York Times, of Nov. 13th, contains the following important special despatch from Wash ington : Washington, Nov. 14. The following is a portion of a communication to clay addressed by a member of the Cabinet to a friend of the Administration in New England, who seemed to be apprehensive that the difficulties between the President and Congress might induce action on the part of the former which would tend to widen the breach if it did not put important interests in peril. The member of the Cabinet says : " Notwithstanding his long public career, few men seem to be less understood than President Johnson. That he is a man of strong convictions and earnest purposes is evident from the manner in which he advocated and pushed forward important measures in Congress, like the Homestead Bill, and the stand which he took against secession and in favour of the Government during the late civil war. He believes that the manner in which he pro posed that the Government should deal with the Southern States was not only a mag nanimous one, but the only one likely to re sult in a speedy and hearty reconciliation be tween the sections, and he has felt it to be his duty to sustain his views by the exercise of such powers as the Constitution had clothed him with. But while this has been, and doubtless will continue to be, his course, he will violate:no law, nor fail to per form the duties which are legally devolved upan him. He will veto every bill that he may regard unconstitutional, no matter how unpopular it may be for him to do so ; but he will execute with scru pulous fidelity all laws, and especially those to which he has declined to give his Executive sanction. The apprehension which you seem to feel, and which many others share with you, that Mr. John son will attempt to force Southern representatives into Congress, or do any other imprudent thing by which the public peace will be disturbed, or the public credit be deranged, is utterly unfounded. While he will exercise fearlessly the power which he possesses under the Constitution, in furtherance of the measures which he thinks are best calculated to promote the public weal, he will not quarrel with Congress for pursuing the same independent course. He regrets the disagreement between the Legisla tive and Executive branches of the Government, and would, I doubt not, yield much to effect a re conciliation. He will not, however, sacrifice his principles nor violate the Constitution, according to his interpretation of it, no matter what pressure may be brought to bear upon him. He seems to do right as he understands the right, and will trust to time for the vindication of his course. He will be as true to the Constitution and the Government as President of the United States as he was true and steadfast to the Union in the darkest days of its trials." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Doz. B.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Verbana, from Varna. PORTSMOUTH, Doe.. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Ma jesty's ship Doe, from Plymouth. BELFAST, Doc. 7.—AiTivod —Prince Patrick, steamer, from Fleetwood. CLYDE, Dec. 7.—'Wind S.W—Arrived—Berbice, from Ilavannah. FALmount, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Witten haze, screw steamer, from the Cape of Good Hope; left on the sth Nov. BY TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 6.—Jolly, from Mauritius. Arrived, Dec. B.—Taurus, steamer, Forth, steamer, and Julia—all from Antwerp; Fairwater, steamer, from St. Michael's ; Albion, steamer, from Ostend ; William and Clara, steamer, from Trouville ; Sarah Ann, from Trinidad. Sailed.—lfolland, steamer, for Ostend ; Triton, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Saturday Morning. No arrivals. Sailed.—Desdemona, from London, for Otago ; Maid of Judah, from London, for Sydney; and most of the out ward bound, for the westward. JEREMY CATNACII, OF SEVEN DIALS.--TO him is due the honour of first publishing " songs three yards a penny"; a price which, in former times, was charged for a single ballad. His accumulated stock of songs, last dying speeches, murders, doubtful slanders, dtc., was something immense; and prior to retiring from busi ness, he is said to have amassed a fortune of over £lO,OOO. During Queen Caroline's trial ho could not produce his sheets, "beautifully illustrated," fast enough to supply the demand. His hand-presses were going day and night, and many a weighty load of "coppers" his journeymen took away with them ; for, as we have been informed by an old journeyman printer, he always paid their wages in coppers.—The Stationer and Fancy Trades' Register. THE SIGN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, • 1866. SHARE MARKETS, This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share/ Railways. I p aid. I Closing Prioe. Bristol and Exeter .... Caledonian •••• • • Cambrian . Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc &London, ticrip Certl 1 Do. • Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. Do. E. Angl. et. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D. A stock Do. B stock 80 $8 120 122 40 45 13 15 4 8 85 63 70 72 117 111 26 27 5 6 114 115 124 425 Do. New, Is. at 25 pt G t S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original Do. S. Vdi. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford OU 92 t 1 52 30 3 i 3) 3i Do. Newport Do. Hereford. Lancashire t Yorkshire London and Blackwall ' Lon., Brigh., & S Coast, Lon., Chat., and Dover' Do. Metrop. Ex. A UAL & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New _ - 123 k 124 ;8 EO 16j 17i 10 20 1161 )17j 80 82 47 48 122 123 1i 2 p 10 11 85 87 Do. Extension ...... Metropolitan District. Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'aW'd Midland Do. £9 Share 121 123 1i 21 , 9& d 3 Do, Birmin.. & Derb) %lid Kent . North British Do. Ed., rth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. U.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ..... Do. York De. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. 35 36 , 4 18 104 116 65 67 99 10t Do. do. 1860-61 North London -Do. do. 1864 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. dr S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Lb°. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon 344 35 9 10 y, 116 120 1 2p I 2p 70 72 114 118 150 151 South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Tai Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha West Cornwall 24 i 1141 tli 1 121 i 104 f 621 3 BRITISH r Atlantic& St. Lawrence Du. 5 per cent... o. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference B uff., Bra u t, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3- Oalcutta & S. E., lim aF e Town & Dock, go Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p Eacst. gu., 5 do ,East 1415 p.c., Do. ,1 Extension G rand Trunk ot Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bond& 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist eref. Bonds 1)o. do deferred De. 2d Pr, t. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Prel. stock Do. do. deferred Ut. India Pen. gua. 5p.c. 1 I'o. Gua. 5 per cent I Do. New gua. t p. c (It. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do. great Wea. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. lids. pay. 1873 Do. 56 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Ntelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. t Hudson's tsay N.l2l.C'dx,6polstpf.bs Scinde . A Do. Delhi Do. do ti Do. Puniaub la. Do. Indus St. Flo t COLONIAL GO VER: British Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1572. Can.Gov.6July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. a. Feb. & Aug D. sp. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape Cr. II ope, 6 p.c. 1873 Vo.Apl.&Oci. 1890-190 t Do. do 1880-9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9) Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and IS Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p., Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, .lan. and July Do. l:' 78 00. 1882, Mayls, Nov. it, Do. 1895, Feb. ct Natal Gov. o per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.Az.l my N. S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 1860 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 percent.... Nova So,tia. Gov. 6 p. 0 sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards . . . Vic, Gov 6p cJa &July I Do. do, d pril ,S 5 Oct BRITIS Cam. Consol. Gold, Lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea East Grenville • East Gunnislake East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavistk GAUL& StAubyn(G wen. Great I,•xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist. e Grenville Elerod's Foot ..,, Elingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley ictwyndy Iron Ore, Bui l N e's . Se ton •••• North Itoskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper United...... Providence .Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chi rex' ton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (ftedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton IWheal Trelawney (Lis II MINES. 2.1.0 294 3f 2.14.0 8.3. t 3.9.0 10.8. 586 5.17.0 4 i I ritErEitENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent stock, 81 Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 1, 80 1 London and N.-IVestern, Shrewsbury and Welchpool, 85 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., Ditto (£6 , 4A f North Eastern, G.N.E., 4 per sent. pref., Stockton and Darlington B, 6 per cent., 31 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Great Western, West Mid., Hereford, 97) FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Dutch Rhenish, 24) Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 3) South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 151 West Flanders, 7) FOREIGN MINES. Port Philip, Yudan4mutana of South Australia, lim., 11 BANIS.ts., Alliance, lira.. 18 Anglo A ustrian,:t3i Australasia, 61 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim . 8 Chartered Bank of India, A ustralta, and China, 15 Imperial Ottoman, lim.. lonian, 23 London and River Plate, Ditto, issued at 14 pm., Ditto, ditto, 8/ London Joint Stock, 41/ 2 London and Westminster, 935 Midland Bank, Rm., 17} National Provincial of England. Ditto. d and 3d issue, 40}:1 New South Wales, 44; Provincial of Ireland, 82 Union of London, 44; MISCELLANEOUS: Anglo-American Telegraph, 14 15 Atlantic Telegraph, Dit o, 8 per cant., 7 1 • China Steam ship and Labuan Coal Company, 1 Credit Fonder 01 England. lim . 25 Fore-street Warehouse, lim. ' 12; Gen. Credit and Finance of Lonu 3n. Um.. 3; udson's Bay, le; Imperial Land Company of Marseilles,dira., 2 ; Land Securities, line, 11 London Financial Association, lim.. 64 London General Omnibus Company, lim. 3/ M dras Irrigation and Canal (4 per cent. guaranteed byln than Government), Ditto all), 17/ National Discount Company. 14; :1 Ditto, new, issued at 5 prem., of which 3.1 is to pay, 94 New 'Zealand Trust and Loan, lim., 5f Peninsula and Oriental Steam. G 4 3 Universal Marine. Insurance. line.. 2/ Viceroy of Egypt, Mortgage, Loan, 75 A PRINCESS IN A SEWER.—The Princess Mathilde, accompanied by a senator and other persons of distinction, descended two days back by one of the flights of stops in the Place do la Madeleine into the largo sewer, which she went through as far as the point of egress at the Church of Notre Dame do Loretto. The Princess after wards drove to tho Place du Chatelot to inspect the sower thoro which goes to Asnieres. His Honour interrupted the learned gentleman, asking him whether he had considered the vast amount of injury that might arise from such statements as ho was making. There were a class of people prowling about for winding up to the damage and injury of companies in the kingdom. He did not think that such damaging statements ought to be made. In the present case the petitioner would not come forward and face the directors, and therefore he in structed counsel to put the case in the strongest manner. Mr. Higgins said his client was unable to appear. He was in the country, and could not under any circumstances have arrived in time for examination that day. His Honour, without hearing Sir H. Palmer in reply, said the petition had been presented for winding up the bank, and an affidavit had been put in by the directors, showing that the allegations in the petition were entirely untrue. They denied in the strongest terms that the bank was insolvent and unable to meet its engagements, and in proof of that they pointed to the fact that they had regu larly paid a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. At the last meeting, in consequence of the unsettled state ment of commercial affairs, the directors communicated to the Shareholders that it would not be prudent to pay the usual dividend, but that it might be kept in hand to meet any unforeseen circumstance. That, he thought, was the rational and proper mode of con ducting the affairs of the company. The affidavit of the directors stated they were more than able to pay all demands against them, that they were not involved in law proceedings, and that there was no reason whatever for winding up the bank, by which course the greatest loss would accrue to the shareholders. He thought the peti tioner had had ample time to answer the a davit, and the court would not be justified in keeping th matter longer in suspense. It appeared to him that if roper inquiries had been made in the proper quarters the present expen sive proceedings might have been avoided. That being the case he ordered the petition to be dismissed with costs. Mr. Bacon—Only one set of costs, your Honour ? Vice-Chancellor Stuart —Your client has brought a great number of persons into court, and therefore he must pay the whole of their expenses. There was an attempt at cheering by the crowd in court, but it was instantly repressed. 43 45 63 64 8 9 150 163 2i 3i SIONS. 56 68 102 103 Id 6 p 4 46 76 86 0 55 101 103 0, IC3 105 06 18 20 85 88 57 69 50 51 5J 54 37 40 23 25 105 107 1 1, 6 1 ICO 102 91 93 121 124 1: 124 88 92 81 84 j lf 162 103 92 9'l b 5 90 82 fi 5 99 101 97 98 1 1 • 98 99 105 i i I 1021 i •MENT SECUR: 92 94 90 92 90 92 77 78 75 77 104 106 103 105 112 104 1(4 106 88 ao ICO 102 Ic4 IL6 105 107 10} 106 105 107 106 108 96 100 99 92 90 92 90 95 8 h 7 08 100 81 85 96 98 92 AI 106 108 103 101 54 74 4 3 / 4 5 3 / 4 4i5 425 i 4 18 20 5 6 2 3 2 3 i 4 9 10 24 24 5 6 18 19 15 16 1} 16 30 32 2 4 34 31 2} 11c1 35 45 2 4 I} 31 21 26 310 330 I ti 18 22 9 10 3 5 13 15 59 GO 115 125 63 75 19 00 10 12 110 150 7 9 86 51 61 Business done. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT. OF' CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Stuart.) RE ALI3ION BANK. This was a petition by a shareholder for the winding up of this bank, but yesterday his counsel asked that it might stand over until certain persons who had been sum moned to give evidence before the examiner in the case had been heard. The application was opposed by Sir R. Palmer, on the part of the company. The directors had filed au affii davit, which he said completely met the case of the petition. His Honour thought it would be detrimental to the bank to allow delay iu the matter suggested that tho petitioner who held ten shares should be relieved of those shares by receiving what he had paid for them, and thus the matter might be settled advantageously for all parties, but that course was not adopted by the petitioner, and the direc tors would have to be examined. Mr. Bacon, who appeared for the petitioner, still asked for delay. He said it was but reasonable that time should be allowed to answer the affidavit that had been put in by the directors. His Honouragain repeated that delay would bo extremely inconvenient to a company like the Albion Bank, and he therefore thought it his duty to go on with the case. Mr. Bacon said the petitioner was not present, and therefore it was at that moment perfectly im possible to cross-examine him. All ho (Mr. Bacon) required was that time should be given him to answer the affidavit of the directors, and in making that application he was only asking what the court had never heretofore re fused. His Honour said if the respondent would agree to that he would not object, but if not common sense and common justice would compel him (the Vice-Chancellor) to go on with the case. Mr. Bacon said he could not do that in the absence o; the petitioner. His Honour said he ought to have been present, and as he did not appear he should not adjourn the matter but dismiss the petition. Mr. Bacon again urged delay, remarking that a copy of the affidavit of the directots had not been furnished to the petitioner's counsel until late on 'Wednesday. Sir R. Palmer, for the bank directors, said it had been despatched on 'Wednesday afternoon, and, according to his opinion, ample time had been given to the petitioner to meet the matters contained therein. His Honour then told Mr. Bacon he had better go on. The affidavit put in by the directors was then read; it denied the assertions of the petitioner—that the bank was in such a condition that it could not be carried on without profit. _ _ Mr. Higgins said he felt ho could not, upon the evidence now before the court, go on with success ; but he did not think, therefore, that petitioner ought to be dismissed. The last report of the directors contained various misrepre sentations, and to such an extent did they go that he fel justified in calling it false and delusive. The paid up capital, ho denied, was .£36,000. More shares had been put down as taken than was the case, and he felt that he had a right to ask: that the petition might stand over, and also that he stated enough to justify an inquiry. His Honour said the object of the learned counsel ap peared to bo not an inquiry but a stoppage of the Company by winding it up. Mr. Higgins said he was only asking for that which had invariably been the practice of the court. The learned counsel was proceeding to make some very strong obser vations, .with respect to the position of the bank and the conduct of the directors, when COURT OF QUEEN'S BENOIT. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) SHELLEY AND WIFE V. THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY COMPANY. The present action was brought by Mr. Samuel Shelley, a gentleman farmer, who had two residences, ono at 20, Eaton-place, Brighton, and the other at a place called the Oaks, at Balcombe, Sussex, where he farmed some land, to recover compensation for the negligence of the com pany's servants, by which his wife sustained serious per manent injuries. Tho defendants pleaded not guilty, and that they wore not liable for the injuries of the female plaintiff. Mrs. Mary Shelley, the female plaintiff, who had to be helped into the witness-box, and whoa as deeply affected several times during her evidence from the pain she was apparently enduring, said she was 57. On the 20th of February last she returned from Bognor to Brighton by a second-class carriage, in which there was no passenger but herself. There had been snow during the day, and it was very dark when the train reached the terminus about half-past 3 o'clock. She heard a porter call out "Brighton," and immediately after the carriage door was thrown open, but the porter went away. There was no porter near the passengers' train, and they all appeared to be engaged at the luggage train, which was at the other end of the plat form. She made no attempt to get out for about 10 minutes, but being anxious about her luggage she attempted to alight on what she supposed was the platform, when she fell with great violence against the " turn table," the carriage being some distance from the platform. She screamed out ; some of the porters came to her assistance. She was taken into the waiting-room and conveyed home in a carriage, but she had to be placed in the dining-room as she was in such a condition that she could not be car ried up stairs. From the day of the accident until the . middle of May she was unable to leave the room, and she was then conveyed to Balcombe in an invalid carriage supplied by the company. Previous to the accident she had enjoyed the best health, and was in the habit of walk ing from six to ten miles a day, and driving out by her self. By the accident three or four of her ribs were broken. her left side from the arm to the foot was in con stant pain. She felt pain and weakness in her back, a sense of numbness in the back part of her head, and her left eye was also very weak. She was a continual sufferer Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Bolt appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Hannon for the defendants. Mr. Shelly was then examined, and said that before the accident his wife enjoyed such bodily health and spirits as seldom fell to the lot of women. She used to romp with her grandchildren as if she was one of them. She used to assist him in his farming operations, and to accompany him out shooting, and he never knew her to suffer fatigue from bodily exertion. She was now a helpless cripple, and could not walk 100 yards without falling down, and from the effects of ono of these falls she had been laid up for a mouth. Dr. Bonkham and Dr. Bucklaud, physicians practising at Brighton, and Mr. liaLcock, the eminent surgeon, de posed to the extent and permanency of the injuries of the female plaintiff. The learned judge having summed up The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, and assessed the damages at £l,BOO. of se vera l sam pl es OUR BEER.—Mr. W. Ray Smee' s p amp hl et upon a considerable aver occupation is in aver age o e a n& g eL. i o v n e Td s oh t io h , c ,l,v h. l i ceh analysis Csohn onlov r s " abeyance ; why not revive ? Hero, for instance, at the present moment, is a dispute between the Burton and Edin burgh brewers ; the latter asserting that they sell their ale at a cheaper rate than the former. This may or may not bo so, but why leave it to the inter ested parties themselves to decide ? Why not have a quarterly return of strengths ? rue strength— that is, the amount of malt in a g i ven quantity of beer, can alone determine its value. Th e pr i ce, per se, is no true indication ;—as price must be always taken in connection with, or weighed against, quality. Sixpenny worth of grog, is grog still, whether it cont a i n b ut two pennyworth of spirit. Seit is with beer, a n d no t rue judgment can be arrived at without ascertaining the strength of its legitimate body—MALT. The number of X's on a cask has nothing whatever to do with the ques tion—because one brewer's X X XX may be another brewer's single X. The agitation is ono in which the public must profit.—Citil Seretce Gazette. Henry Candy, aged 30, late of 4, Groat Tichfield-street, Marylebone, was brought up on remand before Mr. Part ridge, charged with stealing two bottles of sherry, the property of the London and St. Katherine Dock Company. Mr. Warner Sleigh, barrister, defended the prisoner. The prisoner had been employed for some time as a labourer iu the London Dock up to the 27th of last month, when he was directed to act as a watchman on one of the wine floors to prevent any pilfering or tampering with the casks. On the same evening, a few minutes before five o'clock, he was about to leave the dock, when ho was stopped by two of the gatekeepers, named Spencer and Henderson, who asked him if he had anything in his pockets. He replied in the negative, oa which the officers took him into a lobby and searched him. They found two pint bottles of sherry in his coat pocket, and a wooden spill in another pocket. The spill had been in a wine cask. The prisoner said the wine was his own, and that he brought it into the dock to bo used as a gargle for his throat. On the way to the station-house he said to Spencer and Anderson, " You can square it if you like. , The prisoner's defence before Mr. Partridge on the 28th of November was that the nine had been in his possession four months, that he purchased it of Mr. Ford, in Man chester-street, Manchester-square, for the purpose of making pipsine wine as a gargle for his throat, and that if time were given him he could produce Mr. Ford and other witnesses to substantiate his statement. A sample of wine from a cask in the floor in which the prisonor was stationed was produced, and the officers said it was of the same description as that taken from the prisoner, but Mr. Partridge, who tasted both, said there was a slight difference. Ho remanded the prisoner, who was subsequently brought before Mr. Paget, who also tasted the wines, and he was of opinion the sample taken from a cask and the wine taken from the prisoner were exactly alike. It was the same wine. The prisoner repeated his former defence, with the addition that he was a chemist by profession, and had been at work in a laboratory—that he had been accustomed to manufacture pipsine wine for many years, and intended to convert the sherry he had bought into pipsine wine for sore throats, foul stomachs, and derangement of the gastric juice. He wanted another remand to enable him to call Mr. Ford and others with re gard to the woqden spike—he used it as a tooth-pick. Mr. Paget again remanded prisoner. The witnesses were ably cross-examined by Mr. Warner Sleigh, a rising young barrister, but their evidence was not materially shaken. The learned counsel insisted that the sample bottle of wine pro duced was not the same as that taken from the prisoner. Mr. Partridge was of the sane opinion, and a taster from the dock, on being requested to compare the wines, said there was a slight difference between them. It might have arisen from there being a small quantity of liquor in the bottles taken from the prisoner. Mr. Warner Sleigh called no witnesses, and advised his client to reserve his defence. Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial, with liberty to put in bail for his appearance at the sessions. Extraordinary Scene. On Tuesday evening, what is locally known as a " crowner-in," that is to say, a sudden subsidence of the ground from the coal having been taken away beneath, took place at Newton, four miles from Stourbridge. Sometimes the ground subsides gra dually over a considerable area ; but in the case of a crowner-in a rugged shaft is formed from the old workings to the surface. The sides continue for some time filling in till the shaft is filled to within a greater or less distance from the surface. The crowner-in in question took place about half-past 6 on Tuesday evening. The village of Newton is built on the Earl of Dudley's land, and in the vici nity of an extensive colliery belonging to his lord ship. A person named Matthew Trowman, who kept a public-house, some time back had observed that the ground on which his house was built was subsiding, and he took the usual measures, cramp ing the house with iron rods and buttressing it with trees to lessen the damage to the building. All this, however, proved of no avail, for with startling sud denness on Tuesday evening a great hole was f orme d in his back yard. The alarming noise consequent on the formation of the shaft was accompanied by an outgush of a gas known among the colliers as " sul phur," and this having come into contact with fire it at once ignited. The flame shot up from the hole to the height of the house and set fire to the sashes of the back windows. The wind was strong and the fire made head rapidly. A fire engine was sent for to Dudley, and after its arrival the flames were extin guished. Meantime the crowner-in was enlarging itself in the most rapid and alarming manner, and in less than an hour after it was first noticed the back kitchen, a brewhouse, and a cart shed had all disappeared in the ever-widening gulf. In the cel lar beneath the balk kitchen were several bar rels of beer and cider, and with them, of course, descended the household utensils in the upper part of the building. The alarming intelligence soon spread in the populous neighbourhood around, and there were in a very short space of time many hundreds of people on the spot. With their assistance Trowman and his family managed to re move the greater part of their household furniture, linen, &c., before the back part of the mail build ing went. After this took place the " crowner-in" did not widen so rapidly, and scores of ready hands commenced to pull down the remainder of the house so as to save the bricks and timber. On Thursday morning very little of the house was standing. In little more than 12 hours the crowner-in had in creased to a hole 16 or 18 yards across one way, and 10 or 12 yards the other. The depth would be about 10 yards, and the bottom was covered with great masses of rock rent from the rugged sides. The size was then increasing, but only very gradually. It was a fortunate circumstance that the first subsi dence took place in the back yard ; as if it had oc curred within the house, several lives would proba bly have been lost. Trowman's family numbers ten persons, and there were several in the house besides. There is a well-known Greek story of a penniless man who, going out with a rope in his hand to hang himself, found a purse of money which in duced him to throw the rope away, whereas the owner of the purse coming back to look for his property, and finding only the rope instead straight way hanged himself. A still more curious tale of a similar kind is told by the China papers. In the native city of Shanghai the parents of a young lady lately married having fallen into distressed circum stances applied to her for assistance, and her hus band allowed her to give them a coat for the pur pose of being pawned. The daughter, however, being anxious to render further aid without her husband's knowledge, secreted $l6 in the pocket of the coat. The old man did not discover this and took it to a pawnbroker, who, noticing the money on unfolding the garment, kept his counsel, and quietly advanced $2. Soon after the husband dis covered that his wife had given the-$l 6 to her father, and made so much noise about it that the young lady disposed of herself by hanging. In this way the news of the robbery committed by the pawnbroker became known to the parents, and the old mother took the matter so much to heart that she poisoned herself with opium. Lastly, the pawnbroker, getting alarmed on hearing that his dishonesty had already caused two deaths drowned himself in a well. This story is very characteristic of the Chinese feelings in regard to life, and similar incidents not unfrequently occur. Some years ago, for instance, an accomplished young lady at Canton, who had been unfortunately mar ried to a coarse and stupid husband, was bewailing her fate to a party of sisters ani female cousins, and declared her intention of committing suicide. On this the other young ladies declared that since such was married life, they would die too ; and so the whole bevy joined hands together, and walking into a fish-pond deliberately drowned themselves. Again, three men imprisoned in Hongkong gaol on a charge of piracy determined to make away with themselves rather than have the bother of a trial. At some height in the cell where they were impri soned was a small window guarded by two iron bars and the problem which these worthies had to solve was how the three of them were to be hanged on the two bars. From the positions in which they were found in the morning it would seem that the third man had assisted the two others in hanging them selves from the bars by their tails ; that then n th h e e had l cut down ono of them by gnawing through with his teeth, and, using the dead body as a stool, to be afterwards kicked over, he had contrived to suspend himself. All this, too, was done so quietly as not to attract the notice of a sentry who was pacing outside beneath the window.—Pall-Mall Gazette. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ENDEAVOURING TO OBTAIN GOODS . BY FALSE PRETENCES —Thomas Slack, address refused, servant, was charged, before Mr. Knox, with endeavouring to obtain by false and fraudulent pretences 900 eigo.rs(VabanasExceptionales) of the value of £7 10s., at No. 8, New Bond-street, with intent to defraud Mr. Isaac Lewis Levitt (Thompson and Levitt), tobacconist. Mr. Levitt said the prisoner called upon the previous evening and asked for a box of cigars for Mr. Powell. He asked the prisoner whether ho meant Mr. Powell, of Market Harborough, and he said he did. He then asked the prisoner whether he was still in Mr. Powell's service, and he said he was. He then told the prisoner that he should have to'give him into custody, as Mr. Powell had called upon him and informed him that the prisoner had not been in his service for some time, and that two boxes of cigars the prisoner had obtained he had given him no authority to do so. He (Mr Levitt) then gave the prisoner into custody, and telegraphed to Mr. Powell, and received the following reply:—" Three Swans Hotel, Market Harborough.—Sir, —1 have received your telegram saying that Thos. Slack had called on you for more cigars. He left mo in April or May last. I only engaged him for the hunting season, and have had nothing whatever to do with him since. He has obtained clothes from Mr. New ton, of Hanover-square, boots from New Bond-street, and he tried to get boxes of clothes from Limmer's Hotel, but failed. lam glad you have given him into custody, and I hope he will be punished for his ihefts.—Yours truly, HENRY POWELL." Fisher 334 A, proved finding 40 duplicates, principally relating to clothing, on the prisoner. Mr. Knox remanded tho prisoner for further inquiries, and for the attendance of Mr. Powell. WESTMINSTER. AN INCORRIGIBLE YOUNG FEMALE THlEF.—Harriet Childe, a pretty-looking girl 12 years of ago, was placed at the bar, before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a large bundle of knitting cotton from the shop of Mrs. Augur, 28, St. George's-place, Knightsbridge. The son of the prosecutrix said that in consequence of several pounds of expensive wools having been stolen during the last week, he kept a watch upon the shop this morning when the prisoner presented herself as the shutters were being taken down, and said she wanted to buy a thimble. Availing herself of the man who was opening tho shop turning his back, the prisoner slipped behind the counter and adroitly stole a bundle of cotton, with which she was making off when witness stopped her, and al though the cotton was taken from her she denied the charge. Prisoner—lf you will forgive me this time I will never do anything wrong again. Mr. Selfe--Is anything known of this child ? Mr. Augur said that, upon inquiries, he found that although so young she was very old in crime. He had taken her to her mother when she was detected in the com mission of the felony, and she informed him that she was a most incorrigible thief, and that all attempts to reclaim her had been unavailing. Mr. Selfe—ls her mother here ? Tke podee observed that she was not. Sergeant Purchase, 10 B, said that to his knowledge the prisoner bad baen twice charged at this court with felony during the last few months. Prisoner-1 will never do it again. Mr. Selfo - Yes, you will if you have the opportunity, of which I will endeavour to deprive you. Although so young you are a little practised, hardened thief, and I shall send you for three years to an industrial school. The child's parents are respectable people. T lIAMES. f15;I 116 1 17 1113 SO 1211 I 101 ITIE. MARKE TS.—This day. COVENT GARDEN. The market is seasonably well supplied with fruit and megetables. The trade is steady, at our quotations. Fiturr—Pine apples, 3s to 6s; grapes, 2s Od to Gs ; filberts, 9d to is per lb ; apples, is 3d to 3s Od ; pears, 4s Od to 8s Od per half sieve; oranges, 6s to 12s ; lemons, 6s to 108 ; walnuts, is to 3s per 100. VEGETABLES—Cauliflowers, 2s to Gs Od ; cabbages, is to 2s Od; horseradish, 2s 6d to 4s Od; celery, Os 9,1 to is 6d per cl. , z beads; turnips, 3s Od to 4s Od ; carrots, 4s Od to Os Od per dozen bunches; cucumbers, 9d to is each ; onions, 3s to 3s Gd; spinach, 2s to 3s per bushel. POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 7s Od ; turkey poults, Os Od to Os Od geese, 5s Od to 8s : goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks 2s Od to 3s Od ; ducklings, Os to Os ; tame rabbits, is 3d to is 10 , 1; wild do, is to is 4d ; pigeons, 7d to 10d ; hares, 2s Gd to 3s Gd ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; pheasants, 4s Od to 8s Od ; partridges, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; grou se , 2 s 6d to4s Od per brace ; black game, Os Od to Os per brace; Surrey fowls, 5s to 8s ; do. chickens, 4s to Gs Od ; barn-door fowls, Os Od to Os Od per couple. English eggs, 14s Od to 15s Od ; French do., 8s 6d to 9s per 100. Fresh butter, is 2d to is Gd per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Soles, is to 5s Od per pair • cod, 3s Od to 12s ; brill, 2s Gd to lOs Od; turbot, 4s Od to its each; whitings, 4s to 12s ; haddocks, 6s to 18s per dozen ' • herrings, —s to —s per 120; native oysters, 70s to 110 s; other sorts, 30s to 40s per bushel. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 2s 10d to 4s 4ci Veal j Mutton ... Be 2d to 4s 6d Pork WHITECHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s Od to 4s 6d I Veal Mutton ... 3s 2d to 4s 8d I Pork BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d. to 9fd. ; of household ditto, 6id. to 70. per 4lbs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 641bs, 2-1,(1 to 3(1; 64 to 721bs, 3d to Od ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 3id ; 80 to 881bs., 3id to 4d ; 88 to 961b5., 4d to 4id ; 96 to 1041b5., 4id to 4id ; 104 to 1121bs, 4id to bd. Horsehide; 9s to lOs 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s Od to 4s; full, 7s ; polled sheop, lOs to lls 6d; half-bred; 7s 6d to 8s 6d ; downs, Es 9d to 6s 9d ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY. SAIITTITIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £4 55; clover, £4 lOs to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 163 to £2 4s per load. A moderate demand. CumBER.LAND.—Meadow hay. £3 59 to £4 83 Od ; clover, £4 10s to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. Trade stealy. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to .£4 5s ; clover, £4 lOs to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. A fair inquiry. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. - s. d. s. d. Wylam l7 6 Holywell Main l7 0 Walls End Hetton ... 22 6 Tunstall Hetton Lyons ........ 19 6 Walls End Haswell 22 6 West Hartley Ships at market, 22—sold, 22. Suicide in China. THE DUTCH JUDGE. There lived in one of the mountainous countries in Western Virginia many Dutchmen, and among them one named Henry Snyder; and there were likewise two bro thers, called George and Jako Fulwiler —they were all rich, and each owned a mill. Henry Snyder was sub ject to fits of derangement ; but they were not of such a nature as to render him disagreeable to any one. Ho merely conceived himself to be the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and, while under the infatuation, had himself a throne built, upon which he sat to try the causes of all who offended him, and passed them off to heaven or hell as his humour prompted—he personating both judge and culprit. It happened one day that some difficulty occurred be tween Henry Snyder and the Fulwilers, on account of their mills ; when, to be avenged, Henry Snydertook along with him a book, in which he recorded his judgments, and mounted his throne to try their causes. He was heard to pass the following judgments. Having prepared himself (acting as judge been 11 doin b r espondent for the accusal lw he called George f il "Shorg e F u l w il er, stand up. What has h you in dis low er wor ld ?" and .. y e e r t . as " Ah, Lort ! I does not know." "Well, Shorge Fulwiler, " Yes, Lort ! I hash." little e y r o u too much you never take too " Well, Shorge Fulwiler, didn't much toll ?" water wash low, and hasn't you got a mill ?" " Yes, Lort, I hash—when me,i,nwbeulslidneenss,ugeohtotoldle2cleft, mit der goats." non ,you stand up. What you was dull, been Nell, nci ea , in Shako di s I F e u w l e w r il sr e re, world (The trial now proceed ed throughout preci▪ sely lik e th e former, and with the same result.) " Now I tries mine self. Henry Shnyder ! Henry Shny der ! stand up. What has you been doin' • dis lower world ?" 4, Ali, Lod! I does not know." Well, Hen r y Sh y n , der, hasn t you got a mill ?" Yes, Lort, I hash." " floury Shnyder, didn't you never take too much toll ?" o y e s, Lort, I hash—when der water w as h l ow , an d me in bus i nes s was dull, I hash taken a leetlo too muc h toll ?" But, Henry Shnyder, vat did you do wid der toll ?" Ah, Lort ! I gives it to the poor." (Pausing.) " Well, Henry Shnyder, you must go to der right mid, der sheep, but it's a tight scineeze COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 16 11 17 Ditto 3 Months. 11 19 11 191 Rol - sr& 11 19 11 '9l ~ottordam Antwerp Brussels 19- 25 40 25 45' 25 40 25 45 Ilamburg — 13 81 13 9 Paris Short 25 15 25 22 Ditto.- . 3 Mouths. 25 3 Marseilles Frankfor: on the Maine Vienna Trieste Petersburg ti Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon • • Oporto -4-,, Ls.. 25 42* 25 37* 25 45 119 i 1201 13 20 13 27* 13 '2O 13 27* 30i 31f 6 26 6 26* 47-1 471 48* 48f 27 20 27 5 27 '2O 27 25 27 20 27 '25 27 20 27 25 '27 20 27 25 27 20 27 25 51* 61 51k 51 'l'l-'M) EDITION . SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK. CITY BETTING—This Day. ~~ DERI3Y. 100 to 12 agst The Rake (taken) 9to 1 agst Plaudit (offered) 100 to S agst D'Estournel (offered) 100 to 6 agst Dragon (offered) 25 to 1 agst Master Butterfly (offered) 30 to 1 agst The Palmer (taken) • 33 to 1 agst Grand Cross (offered) CHESTER CUP. CO to 1 agst Milky (taken) Betting on the Derby is now going on briskly. Many of the leading bookmakers having got round, are now opening a second book. In a week or two the entries for the Spring Handicaps will be out, when speculation wilt become general. NOTES FROM TRAINING DISTRICTS (THIS DAY). NEWMARKET. The Bury Hill was well patronised this morning, and about the earliest out at exercise was D'Es tournel, who followed Leybourne in some smart trotting and cantering, and then went a mile and a quarter gallop. Ravioli galloped about a mile, led by Sealskin. The Rake had a nice steady gallop with Friponnier of over a mile ; and Van Amburgh went for nearly a mile and a half, at a quiet pace though. The Hermit galloped a mile and a bit ;so did Knight of the Garter. Stradbroke went better than a mile, sharpish. Dragon trotted and can tered, but Enchanteur and Imperator had a mile gallop at a fair speed. Broomielaw is leading the Hermit. Trocadero trotted with Gladiateur, Wild Agnes took Avron, Archimage, and Honesty a mile and a quarter ; and Bombastes led Julius, Pericles, and Flying Scud a similar gallop. Amongst the other animals in healthy exercise were the Nailor, Apsley, Nike, La Puce, Vespasian (leading yearlings), Breadalbane, Blinkhoolie, King Charles, Pedagogue, Tempest, Assineboine, Beauclerk, Friday, Cecrops, Cyclone, Ettrick, Londesborough, Numa Pompilius, Guy of Warwick, Lord Brownlow, Barrington, Hippia, 43 * Janua, Jasper, Falkenstein, Cer o l an t e , L ong _ champs, Regalia, Chepstow, Arg ~Sta r o f I n di a, &c., &c. The Begum has le here. Charles Raynor was married to Miss Holland last Wednes day ; but we are sorry to add that though Jemmy Mann is gradually recovering, R. Cotton is seriously indisposed. A report is current here that Jemmy Grimshaw is to be married to one of Joe Saxon's daughters iu the early part of next year. MALTON. The weather is still unsettled, and the N olds are exceedingly heavy, but Grand Cross, Taraban, Knight of the Grove, and Wild Wind continue to gallop a mile and a quarter each favourable niorn ing, led by Knight of the Crescent. RICHMOND. Plaudit galloped a mile and a-half steadily to-day with Strathconan, being specially wanted for the Rowley mile encounter. Rose had a similar gallop with Newland. Plaudit's half-brother, the Proctor, progresses most satisfactorily. LAMBOURNE. Marksman was absent from the downs this morn ing; but Summertime, Birdforth, the Cordelia colt, Beanstalk, Stoekmar, Manuella, and Ornament all galloped, and went well. ILSLEY. Achievement followed Gardevisure a mile and a half at a steady pace, and Lord Lyon went the Horse Shoe Gallop. The General and Commis sioner galloped a mile and a quarter. Duusany and Grisette were schooling the yearlings. S TOCKBRIDGE. Vauban, Distin, Uncas, Fairfield, Harpenden, The Duke, Lecturer Ischia, and the rest of the .Danebury horses merely trotted and cantered about this morning. Tom Brown's steeplechasers have left for Winchester, where they will be trained in future. It is said that a portion of John Day's string will be located at the Houghton stables in future, under the immediate care of Tom Day. First Surrey Rifles. The annual distribution of prizes gained by mem bers u e t e L r s a d o y f the rol o ek regiment, havingß rkuinasdwl kindly c consented Brunswick-road, e a n d ed Camber- t or e of this corp s t oo k p l ace last night at the head sthenerte t w h a em s a . nu l m n er s a o s s f e the a u g n e f a o v f o u v r i a s i b t l o e r. s w . e a c t h o e i r . Erskine, Inspector-General of Volunteers, was pre sent. The members of the corps were drawn up in line on one side of the hall, and presented arms when Gen. Sir G. Pollock (honorary colonel) and Lady Pollock arrived. Lieut.-Col. MACDONALD congratulated the corps on the year 1.866 being such a prosperous one, and said that at this, the sixth annual distribution, there were 44 prizes, a m ounting in value to £360, being the contributions of officers and honorary members. He begged to thank the gentlemen who had presented the prizes, and hoped they would continue to show their liberality. The shooting this year had been very good. They had enrolled nearly 100 recruits, and the attendance on parade was still very good. At the Surrey County Associati on meet ing they carried off 16 prizes out of 50—Private Ma one having won the Challenge Cup. At Wim bledon the Ist Surrey camp consisted of about GO volunteers, and was noted for order, neatness, and discipline. In the international match Private Water man made the highest score. The corps took a pro minent part in the volunteer visit to Brussels, and Mr. Calcott, the bandmaster, was presented with a valuable gold medal. Lieut.-Col. Macdonald, in con clusion, spoke of the importance and value of the volunteer system, and hoped the men would ever sustain the honour of the corps. Lady Pollock then presented the prizes, the prin cipal of which were —The Pollock Challenge Cup, value 50 guineas, the gift of Gen. Sir G. Pollock, silver medal—gained by Colour-Sergeant R. A. Puckle. The Ist Surrey Challenge Cup, value 25 guineas, the gift of Lieut.-Col. Macdonald, silver medal—Private A. H. Weir, No. 3 Company. The Ladies' Challenge Cup, value 25 guineas, silver medal—Private T. Wheeler, No. 1 Company. A Challenge Cup, value 10 guineas, the gift of Li out. Puckle, hon. secretary of the corps—Private F. G. French, No. 2 Company (this cup is now Mr. French's absolute property, he having won it twice). A. contribution of officers and men, amounting to 104 guineas, was divided into four classes of prizes, ranging from 12 guineas downwards. There was also a special series of prizes, value £4l ss. The officers of No. 5 Company's prises, value £2O, were divided into two amounts of £l2 and £B. There was in addition a prize for quick firing, given by E • Dina Pulmau ; and a prize for recruits. At the conclusion of the presentation, Lieutenant-Colonel MACDONALD thanked Lady Pollock for the honour donethem prize;, and said he knew that both her ladyship and her husband felt a great and warm interest in the welfare of the Ist Surrey. General Sir GEORGE POLLOCK said that Lady Pollock- had great pleasure in coming there on that occasion. He was very glad to see such an improve ment in the r e g i men t, an d hoped the corps would have Colon e l M ac d ona ld with it for many years to come. Three hearty cheers for General and Lady Pollock were then given, when The band of the corps , under the direction of Mr • .• the evening. Calcott, played durin,, It is arranged that a dramatic entertainment shall the 17th inst. take place on Monday, Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. 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