The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-11 00:00:00

Moiler world. Black- Ind the , in the e crow- )eretive rdly, 0 f ies here it more )gst list J °col' it—no t Of his oo k of 1 to us, George 0 Eng y iUus ,erpiee° . o g i the 6vag ant half $ with $ b works m odern fora ) soDgl rthy °f 30, eU with Quixote bun' ide re 'owned gau nt of h is p an ts 'eerleSS. )st Wel l Nits 118 to his is, and Wind' us ages h other h i s ad nd th e a ll the 'ered t ° wan t ' ISt P re' teiable tha t fr° lll ".onse t; st and Lie vi iii 1 ono' :no vo/ public' oulWl L both ted 111 So sea vi e e. 112 u porti l onliD" to fide. rves t° is back , ar tos• ad an d knosir , ut t he found )le, in , , arro , l ev iio which L se t ;;Vi eeii ar. lajr• job e ill 5 ott• MONEY MARKET LATEST INTELLIGENCE. - AUSTRIA. A Vienna letter gives the subjoined :—" The Austrian budget for the year 1866 will be settled with a deficit of about 40 millions of florins, or 100 Millions of francs ; although this is not a subject of rejoicing, still I maintain that it is reassuring. In the first place, there is a p r o gress i ve di m i nu ti on i n t he expenditure ; if we go back four years we find a series, the terms of which represent 124 millions for 1 863, 114 for 1864, 80 for 1865, and, lastly, 40 for 1 866. There is, therefore, a visible and con stant amelioration. Now, if this year we had not to reimburse the enormous amount of 65 millions of florins, 20 belonging to the floating debt to be extinguished by drawings, and 45 to payments to the Bank, in orner to liquidate its advance for the year 1 866, it is evident that the balance would show a surplus in the assets. It depends on the regularity observed in f u lfilli ng t h ese engagements that the Bhuk may fi n d i tself in a position to resume the ex cange of notes for species and to annihilate the . abomi nable plague of ag i o , w hi c h d ur i ng 17 years has devoured so many millions of the public fortune. In 1865 69 millions of debt were to be paid on the 13 ,anle account. Add together 60 and 65, and we ave 125 millions which will have been reimbursed i n the short period of two years. The year 1865, 4 ,_ ecn rding to th e est i mate voted b y the Chamber, should have been liquidated with a deficit of 8 mil 'lens, but in reality 80 were required to make both e n ds meet ; an d why ? Because M. de Plener, in z'der not to alarm the Chamber, swelled beyond nin ea sure the esti mate o f t h e rece i pts, and put down 8 ,. 3 ‘ 5 4 million s as the price of State domains, of which carc ely were realised. The result has been a de e de ficit, and th e new Ministry has had to strain every ll rve to supply 78 millions more, to be added to the tiu dget of 1865 . T hese observations appear to me Bu ffizient t o j ustify the loan recently concluded in 4- aria, and to impose silence on the critics." FRANCE. "At th e di stribution of the Twelfth-night cake at he Tuileries," says th e S por t, " th e b ean f e ll to the Princesslmperial de Hohenzollern, who gave it to the Prince , His Highness, in return, handed to the h rillee Ss a diamond b race l e t , w hi c h he requested er to accept." 2e Prince and Princess Hohenzollern-Sigma -1,7ge11, who a re now i n the Pavilion Marsan at the dzutlse, Is ie c s e ) o went yesterday to the Ecole des Beaux accompanied by Count Davillier de St. J ean tt 'A a gelY, First E querry o f th e E mperor. Th e i r 4 .g.-14e sses visited with much i n t eres t th e apart where are ex hibi te d t h e pr i ze pa i nt i ngs, the hque Greek and Roman sculptures ; also the ii enl ieycle of P aul Delaroche, the library, and the ew palace of th e Q ua i M a l aqua i s. tll 4 meeting of the Deputies o f th e L e ft t oo k pl ace to ,e before last at the reside nce o f M. M ar i e th" an ge concerning the course to be a d o pt e d i n e discussion on the address. been people' s lib rary, with courses of lectures, has vic i fo unded at Ni smes , th e f un d s h av i ng been pro,- ed private b ysubscription to the amount of 4 ,000 h thThe I Varseilles journal announce the arrival in t eit Y of Prin ce S ap i e h a w i t h hi s f am il y, on t h e i r ay to M Nice. e , l jenri Fare, Master of Requests in the General —ell o f State, has been appointed Secretary ofr of the Government of Algeria, in the place 0 Lapaine, named Prefect of the Pyrenees rientales. hf sc andal has just occurred at the Jockey Club h a tarseill es. A young man, named B—, who ti on arri ved from P ar i s w i t h very goo d introduc was, was dis covered cheating at baccarat, and he th e r e at °nee turn e d out, an d l e f t t h e same day for a pital. to n , doi ng • "sE, Jan. 10.—Th e amoun t o f b us i ness p iv Is moderate. Threes per Cents. and Italian Cr are a a re quot e d at yesterday ' siclosing prices, whilst lor kobilie r Sh ares are offered at a decline of the Part n i ent quotation. being 860 f. The Rail w ay De lower , o i s r t weak. Ly ons an d M a d r id are sf . of Spain, 3f. 75c., and Saragossa, s c. eft The m ar k et ra lli e d t owar d s th e c l ose , an d off as follows : Dl Per Cents 97 55 3 L el4l Month — /V Cents. 6B 40 Cr4,..,..biker rnonth 6B 50 767 50 ta; l i l ti Month 767 50 erect., hares 3630 Itali a ' P oAcier 1315 eb Loan • en d month ..... RA Roman — Ottoman Fives 42 50 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Russian — Austrian Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred I,,(ldealle ........................... V°lthern ....................... Ivi°°,,,Yollltaseraian d Mediterranean..anean.. .. . 'a4th V extern ern Vist-Aai'diniaa , xrkbarian rd 'Etr, 011 h of Spain .................. agossa p, bitt ° t° a;eelona —4344 .... PAY& Cash. Amt. ... ... 848 75 ... ... 1126 25 ... 850 - - ... 552 50 528 75 - - ... 205 - - - ... 412 50 - - ... 427 50 - - ... 177 50 - - ... 217 50 - -- ... 105 - - - ... 162 50 The Escape of Stephens. T RIAL OF TFIE WATCHMAN. it; the ," e sdaY the Right Hon. Jud ge K eog h an d the `g`it Hon. Judge Fitzgerald took their seats on b e e in the Court-house, Green-street, Dub 'with ald res umed the trial of the p r isoners cha rge d banimue,ing concerned in the Fenian conspiracy. 'Yrue, night watchman in the Richmond h$ tle ivell, and goal;gedwho, it will be remembered, was on the information of Mr. Marquess, late of :C °l ' of the said prison, with being a member d 4b etr -e ! eilia n Brotherhood, and with aiding and Ala mo the escape of James Stephens, was °I I his trial. The prisoner pleaded not titan Solic itor -General narrated the circum- B f ce s, so f ar known, of the escape of Stephens y,„ 111 e e hniond priso n , an d sa id th at t h e watc h man itdut w as the p erson w h ose particular and sole liee'' W as on th e n i g ht to watch the prison, and th e 2'44 no thing went wro ng . O n th e morn i ng o f th e It 'll ult., about five minutes before four o'clock, go v o Pi t so ner aroused M r . Phil pots, the deputy vrtr; and said he feared there was something hMr. Philpots p rocee d e d to examitfe the n i - c ; ,and found almost every do or l oc k e d t h at opelll, h ave been opened, an d a l mos t every d oor Nvh th at should h ave b een l oc k e d—i n f act, t h e vers°:,ulternal arrangements of the prison were re olha.tely coui c i i ,' and done in such a manner that no person hitti na 'aN's possibly accomplished, except a person Alis The euainted with the arrangements of the the night watchman never got a key of militat e range doors, but in order at night to lef t ' ate in his rounds, those 'large doors were coal ci °l) L eu, the l arge locks being so left that they Nvat eh ue Opened with a latch-key, which the night got, and which he should have for the p i . o .-;'e of letting himself pass through the prison. tyr n ,, the se and other suspicious circumstances, e a i: wag a rrested, a n d a t hi s h ouse a copy o f a ob elie ll oath Wasfound, found, with th e p ar t re l a ti ng t o Wi th tlee to superior o ffi cers underlined. meat -e.cusses were ca ll e d i n support of the state- Zlot e °llel (3. " the lea rned gentleman, and the case had ded when the court rose. the inornin—, Ili, ' I ck, DUBLIN, Wednesday Evening. 8 between eight and nine o clock hall 132liee secured 300 pikes at a house in Ba ha i :;, ° w, of which 66 were fully fitted with ash of 4teea, ' e s 12ft. long. They also found a number lite r' tools, evidently used in making ande -4.4 ~P; on the handles. They arrested on the pr 11- a:,, - a Mahe named Brown, a barber. The shop hici et -e4 ted by a man named Tracey, at whose re the e i: e ill New -street the police found concealed 411pb„ of °PPer, weighing three-and-a-half cwt., ctiaysed to be there for the manufacture of pe.r , ar 4 Ca Pg• rign the absence of Tracey his wife t)efor rested. The two prisoners were brought up ()flir,eel\-11% M`Derinott later in the day at the head s give 4 the vidence of the discovery having . ee d 14411)1toewit.biswaefrteerrnemonaizded. A telegram, receive states that 21 Fenians, fully thi s ,1 with revolvers and other weapons, landed r efiter I lling at Sligo, and were immediately Ar ' Great alarm prevaih4 in the town. AND COMMERCIAL I.N TELLIGENCE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The weekly Bank Court has been held, and no alteration in the rate of discount has been deemed necessary by the directors. There continues to be an abundance of floating capital at the disposal of the banks, and as the demand for accommodation is very moderate, 7i and 74 per cent. are the quo tations for short dated and three months' paper. It is noticed, in connection with the announcement of a payment on Anglo-Austrian Bank shares, that the balance of profits for the year 1865 will be de clared at the general meeting in May next. The sum declared by the Anglo-Austrian Bank, as making together with the previous payment 5 per cent. per annum, refers merely to distribution on account. The last week's railway , receipts, ascertained up to the 31st December, are in round figures as under:— 1866. 1865. Great Western ... ~. ... ... £62,580 £60,946 North Western ... ... ... ... 102,645 96 : 396 South Western ... ~. ... ... 21,017 19,893 Brighton ... ... ... ... ... 19,373 17,230 Midland ... 41,155 38,888 South Eastern ... 19,640 18,220 Great Northern ... 33,103 32,643 Lancashire and Yorkshire 40,709 35,680 Bristol and Exeter 5,558 5,414 North Eastern ... .... ... 60,931 55,818 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 17,852 15,347 London, Chatham, and Dover 7,729 6,567 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, generally show an increase in the receipts of most of the principal lines. On the Great Western it amounts to £1,640 ; North Western, £6,249 ; South-Western, £1,124 ; Brighton, £1,234 ; Midland, £3,267 ; South Eastern, £1,420 ; Great Northern, £469 ; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, £5,029 ; Bristol and Exeter, £144 ; North Eastern, £5,113 ; Manchester, Shef field, and Lincoln, £2,505; and London, Chatham, and Dover, £1,162. Two o'CLocK. The Market for English Stocks has exhibited little of the animation usually apparent at this time of the year when the distribution of the Govern ment dividends is generally followed by the rein vestment of surplus capital. Dear money, how ever, acts as a preventative to purchases of stock, and the funds now derive little benefit from the pre sent abundance of money. Consols remain at 861 for money, and 871 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 868 1; Ex chequer Bills, par to 4s. dis. ; Bank of England Stock, 245; India Stock, 210 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 1028 1; ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 1001 ; and ditto Bonds, 6s. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market a better tone pre vails, and prices are in some cases fractionally higher. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 411 42 ; Mexican, 221 ; ditto New, 191 20 ; Greek, 131 141 ; Spanish Passive, 251 1; the Certificates, 131 ; Italian, 61/ 62 ; the Confederate Loan, 68 7 ; and Brazilian Scrip, f / prem. ; United States Government 5-20 Bonds, 648 8 ; Erie Shares, 56 f ; and Illinois, 751 76. In the Railway Share Market business has re mained very inactive, and prices are a shade flatter. North Western have receded ss. ; Lon don, Chatham, and Dover, and Midland, each 10s. ; and Metropolitan, £1 ; while South Western have improved 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines show no mate rial change. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, but generally support previous values. Alliance are dealt in at 28fr ; Imperial Alliance are 12* 8 ; London Bank of Mexico, at 13f 14 ; London and County at 83 ; Fore-street Warehouse, at 118 ; National Discount Company, at 16* ; and 0 verend, Gurney, and Company, at 20 208 ; London Steam Towing Company, are quoted 11 2 prem. ; Charles Lafitte and Company, 2* 3 prem. ; British and Continental Sugar Refining Co., 8 11 prem. ; English and American Bank, 1 1* prem. ; and British Convention Bonds of Mexico, 68f to 72k. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Feb. 8 B7f I 3 per Cent. Reduced B6l f New 3 per Cent B6l i New 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. 4 dis par Do. £5OO 4 dis par Do £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10 per Cent., April 1874 210 Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 54 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO 6 pm Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 — Do Account ' 738 4} 4 Do. Scrip, £25 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chili= q per Cent Do. 3 per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do Account - Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds 92 Do. 1864 — Do £lOO Bonds .:creek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account civatemala 5 per Cent. — Do .£B6 paid — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Account Do. Maremmana Railway Do Scrip, £671 paid — Do 5 per Cent., 1864 Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Do 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Montevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent • — New Granada Do 2 per Cent — Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 — Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent eeruvian 41 per Cent Do. Account Do 3 per Cent. (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 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 — Do 5 per Cent. 1862 BBf Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Sardinian 5 per Cent — Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto account — Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — Do Account 2sf I I Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l3l f Swedish 4 per Cent. — • Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account BBf Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account 6Bf 9 Do £lOO Bonds 74 Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 671 Do £lOO Bonds 671 i 1 8 Do 6 per Cent.,1863 — Do 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Scrip, £35 paid — Do Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'OLOOK. Consols for money Do. Account THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, lE€6. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. BRITISH 1' Atlantic dr St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, k Cen.ln. - - • gu. 5 per cent Do. E shares Buffalo Sz Lake Huron Do ['reference Buff., Bran t, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & 8. E., lim ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. 13( East. Ben, al, gu., 5 do East Icdian, gu. 5 p.c., Do J Eitensiori Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist "ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pra. Bonds , Do. do. deterred 1 Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Prot. stook .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. $ o. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gtia. 5 p. c G t. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do - .3reat a. of Canada... Do. New .. Do. 6p. c. Bds- pay 1873, Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. fndian Branch, llmitedl Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 44 do Do. 4i dc. Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. 0. Buds. Mel. dv Hudson's Bay.. N. in C' da, 6pc Ist pf .bs. &Ind° Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub.... nuD Do.lndus COLONIAL GO YEW British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872. ... ICan.GOv.6 p.c.:U.3;July 1877-84 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept i/o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. r. Inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 uo.Apl. &Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do; 1880-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9' Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and - i 5 Oct., 1900 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p. ( Do. 1878, do Sian/Vine, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 ,, 78 Do. iBB ?, May :5, Nov. ? Do. 1895, Feb. & Auz 1 atal ',ov. o per cent N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. ul) N. S.W. Gov. 5 p .c., 1860 Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to ►B7, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sc,,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c i. Aus.Gov. 8 p,c 1868-t+ Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, 9 pril & Oct BRITS 'OSSE, WO 100 100 all 100 100 100 2 100 all 100 100 100 2 100 100 iSIONS, 63 60 99 10) f 6tp 6f 1U 11 75 80 99 101 60 70 100 102 100 101 101 102 par i p 35 36 87 89 47 69 5.5 60 56 53 52 57 47 50 42 40 34 36 34 35 , 100 102 $l , P 1011 102 16 16i 4 34,, 42 04 84 .6 1 40 9J 100 93 95 89 91 R 3 65 82 84 I il. 102: 101.5 102; 94 9 493 'ME NT SECUR: 92 94 93 06 93 96 79 81 73 SO 101 103 104 106 104 106 105 107 00 92 10J 102 lf 6 108 991 I 100 Li 100 i 103 105 106 108 102 104 106 107 98 ,00 92 64 1.0 102 91 t , 3 87 88 100 102 82 84 97 99 99i 100 t 103 105 SII MINES. 34 101} .002 161 i ,ITIES. Execution of the Convict Southey. MAIDSTONE, Thursday. This morning the prisoner Southey, who was convicted of the murder of his wife and child at the last Maidstone Assizes, underwent the extreme penalty of the law in front of Maidstone Gaol. Calcraft was .the executioner. Owing to the bois terous state of the weather the crowd was not so great as at former executions. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. This being the first day of Hilary Term, the sitting of the superior courts of law were resumed at West minster Hall. The Lord Chief Justice Cockburn, and Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Lush having taken their seats on the bench, Mr. Cripps, Mr. Davidson, and Mr. Vernon Harcourt appeared in full cos- . tume, and the learned Chief having informed them that her Majesty had been pleased to appoint them to the dignity of Queen's Counsel, they would, therefore, ;take their seats within the bar. Each of the learned gentlemen did so, bowing first to the full Court, and afterwards to the learned counsel by whom they were surrounded. The business of the courts this morning was confined to notices for new trials, none of which, during the early part of the day, possessed any feature of public interest. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) LOCOCK V. COCHRANE. In this case the will of the Dowager-Countess of Dun donald was propounded by Sir Charles Locock in opposi tion to a testamentary paper which it was stated her lady ship executed in Paris, and which entirely revoked the provisions of the will sought to be established. Sir Charles Locock said his acquaintance with Lady Dundonald commenced in 1844. She was then in Eng land. Knew his lordship also very intimately. His lord ship was building a uew steam engine which he thought would produce him immense sums of money. Her ladyship was then in treaty for the purchase of No. 8, Chesterfield street. He (witness) paid a large amount of money for the fitting up of the house when taken. In 1846 he advanced £2,000 to pay a bill due to the Messrs. Rogers. From first to last he advanced about £5,400, upon which no in terest was paid. It had, however, been computed, and taking the period from the first loan down to the last ad vance to amount to upwards of £B,OOO. Her ladyship took the lease of the house in Phillimore-gardens, and wishing a solicitor to act for her, she asked him to select one. He told her the name of his own solicitor, Mr. White, and she told him to send him to her ; and on one occasion when he (witness) and Mr. White were present her lady ship said she wanted to talk about making her will. He (witness) said he should withdraw, and ho accordingly left. After that her ladyship went to Boulogne while cer - fain decorations were made to the premises. The furni ture was sent to the Pantechnicon ; and some time afte r her ladyship in the course of a conversation, she knowing that he had then taken a large house, said, " Why don't you have the furniture from the Pantechnicon for your new house ? it costs £5O a year to keep it there ; it is all yours already." The furniture was, under these circum stances, removed to his house during her ladyship's life time. He last saw her ladyship alive in June, 1864. She died in the year 1865. Before her death her ladyship wrote to him to know who was her executor. He wrote back telling her ladyship that she had her will still in her possession, and that he was the sole executor and legatee. Mr. White said he was introduced to the late Dowager Countess Dundonald in 1862. On one occasion Sir Chas. Locock and herself were present, when her ladyship said she wanted to talk about her will, and Sir Charles said he should withdraw. He did so, and then her ladyship said she was under great pecuniary obligations to Sir Charles Locock, and that she wished to indemnify him and make him secure. He took her instructions, and pointed out that her family were not mentioned, in which she replied that their father had provided for them, and that the debt of honour due to Sir Charles must be paid. He drew up the draft of a will making Sir Charles sole legatee and executor, and sent it to her ladyship for approval. Her ladyship kept the draft, thinking it was the formal will. Her ladyship was residing at Phillimore Gardens, when the draft will was sent to her. The affidavit of Dr. Hope, a physician practising in Rome, was then read. It went on to state that her ladyship had told him that she had made a will, and had not left her children one penny. She said she had contracted a debt of honour to Sir C. Locock, and that she had made over the whole of her furniture and property to him. He never alluded to the testamentary paper spoken to as executed in January. He had no doubt that the testatrix at the time he spoke of was quite able to form a sound opinion. The two attesting witnesses to the testamentary paper, which quite revoked the provisions of the will made in favour of Sir C. Locock, were here examined, but both of them stated that they did not see the testator affix her signature to the paper, and that it was not on it when they signed it. One of the witnesses was a page, who at the time ho was called on to sign the paper was under 15 years of age. There was no opposition on the part of the }fru. Horace Cochrane to probate of the will proposed by Sir Charles Locock. His Lordship granted probate of the will, and rejected the testamentary papers signed in France. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, -s - VPANDSWORT H. ALLEGED KIDNAPPING BY GIPSIES.—COMMITTAL TO A REFORMATORY.—A boy, whose clothes were all rags, and gave the name of Jelin Matthews, was finally examined on a charge of begging. The case presented some very curious features. The boy was under 14 years of age, and could neither read nor write. He represented that he was brought away from Peterboro' by gipsies, who took all his good clothes away from him. On the first examination a gipsy woman from the camp in the York road, Battersea, stated that she picked the boy up at some races, and that he had been with her ever since. She also represented that she did not know his right name, but since he had been with her he had gone by her name, that of Matthews. The boy, on the second examination, expressed a wish not to return to the gipsies, and he was remanded for him to be sent to a reformatory, the police of Spalding having sent a letter giving him an indifferent character, and that he was neglected by his father. On this occasion the boy at last admitted that his name was John M'Herness, and that his father was a member of a Baptist chapel. Mr. Dayman then sent him to a Refuge for Homeless and Destitute Boys, in Mansell-street, Whitechapel, for a period of five years. He told the prisoner that he would have an opportunity of going to school, and becoming a good member of society. The prisoner did not seem to approve of the arrangement, for he commenced to cry, and said he was going to be sent to a reformatory. Mr. Dayman said he was not to be sent to a reformatory, but to a school, and it all depended upon his good conduct whether they kept him. He would be taught a trade, and if he only paid attention they would make a man of him. The boy was then removed. The reporter understood that the magistrate had kindly forwarded a donation of 20 guineas from the poor-box to the society, which had received other destitute boys from tho court. MARKETS—This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was fairly supplied with beasts in but middling condition. Prime breeds sold at full prices, but inferior stots was very dull at late rates. The top figure was ss. per 81bs. There was a fair demand for sheep, the show of which was moderate at Monday's cur rency. The best Downs valued 6s. Bd. per 81bs. Calves were a slow injury on former terms, viz., from 4s. to ss. per Sibs. The supply was by no means extensive. For pigs the inquiry ruled steady at full prices. Milch cows were very dull. . . Per 81b to sink the offal. s de d s dsd Crse. dt inf. beasts... 3 4 3 6 Pme ers-wool sheep 5 8 6 2 Second quality do —3'lo 4 4 Prime b'thclown 6o 6 4 6 8 Prime large oxen ..4 6 4 10 LaTe coarse calves 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, 5pc....4 0 5 0 Prime small do 4 4 5 Crse. and inf. aneep.4 0 4 8 Large hogs .4 4 6 Second quality do ..4 10 5 6 Small porkers 4 8 5 2 Lamb.... 05 Od to 0 s Od. Suckling calves, 9.3 to 218; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s to 33s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 1,050 Beasts 896 Cows. 9O Cows. •• — Sheep Calves 2t2 Ca yes 2Ol Vigil 314 Pigs GREAT SNOW STORY. The Lord Mayor and the Jewish Community. Yesterday, at half-past one o'clock, an interesting ceremony took place at the Mansion-house. Sir Anthony Rothschild, at the head of an influential deputation of citizens of London of the Jewish nation, attended there by appointment to present an address of congratulation to the Lord Mayor, representing for that purpose the congregation of the Great Synagogue. The deputation, beside Sir Anthony Rothschild, was composed of Professor Waley, Mr. Sampson Samuel, the mover, and Mr. Joshua Alexander, the seconder of the address, Mr. Louis Cohen, Mr. Lazarus, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. 11. Moses, Mr. Samuel Moses, Mr. Leopold Moses, Mr. Jonas, Mr. Lionel L. Cohen, Mr Alix, and Dr. Benisch, the editor and proprietor of the Jewish Chronicle. - They were received, with every mark of consideration and respect, in the principal State apartment of the Mansion-house by the Lord Mayor, who was accompanied on the occasion by his lord ship's only daughter, Mrs. Barnett. At the request of Sir Anthony Rothschild, the address, which had been unanimously adopted by the influential body from which it emanated, was read as follows by Mr. Jacob Waley, M.A., Profes sor of Political Economy at the University of London:— ' " To THE RIGHT HON. BENJAMIN SAMUEL PHILLIPS, LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. " We, the Vestry of the Great Synagogue in spe cial meeting assembled, desire to convey to your lordship our heartfelt congratulations, and those of the congregation who were present, on your entering on the functions of the Mayoralty. As an esteemed colleague in this Vestry, we recall with pleasure the many proofs of attachment to this Synagogue and of interest in its welfare which your lordship has evinced, and we observe with gratification the emi nent place which you have attained in the public esteem, and the universal satisfaction which has at tended your elevation to the c hi e f mag i s t racy o f London. Mindful of your lo r d s hi p ' s l ong an d honourable association with the Corporation of the city of London, we share in the general confidence that you will maintain with dignity and distinction the high and responsible trust with which you have been invested by your fellow-citizens. We respect fully offer to your lordship our earnest wishes that the Almighty may vouchsafe to you health and strength in the fulfilment of your duties, as well as prosperity and happiness to the Lady Mayoress and to all your family. " Signed on behalf of the Vestry of the Great Synagogue, " A. ROTHSCHILD, " JACOB WALEY "E. Aux, if Wardens. " LT , -,IONEL L. COTTEN,. " HYEMS MOSES, Treasurer. " V. LAZARUS, Overseer. " SIMEON OPPENHEIM, Secretary." The address was magnificently written and em blazoned on vellum, and Professor Waley, in pre senting it, took occasion to express, in very graceful terms, the pleasure afforded him personally in having been chosen as the medium for conveying the senti ments of the community towards the Lord Mayor. The LORD MAYOR, speaking at times with evi dent emotion, said—Gentlemen, as you may very naturally suppose, I am deeply touched by the very kind and generous spirit in which this ad dress has been conceived by the members of the Vestry, and still more so by the graceful manner in which Professor Waley has been good enough to present it. I confess that in the position which I have the honour to occupy I have had many testi monies of respect and esteem—l may venture to say, perhaps, from all classes—but, I state most unaffectedly and most sincerely, none that I can so thoroughly treasure as the one which you have now done me the honour to present. I cannot but recall to my recollection that with this congregation I have been connected from my childhood, in all the varied phases of my life. My family, from their earliest settlement in this country, have been attached to the congregation. I think, if lam not mistaken, the connexion of my great-uncle, the late Mr. Moses Samuel, with the congregation dates over a century —(hear, hear)—and from that period to the present in a direct line my family have always felt, and I hope always will feel, the deepest interest in its wel fare. Gentlemen, to a kind Providence I have much to be grateful for, in having been selected from among a numerous family to be, perhaps, a prospe rous, and—l hope I may not say it with any degree of vanity—a useful member of society. (Hear.) We as a community have many reasons to congratulate ourselves, for from my earliest connexion with the Corporation of the city of London, dating over some 20 years, I have never heard a single word that could wound the most sensitive mind, and my opinions and prejudices have always been honoured and re spected. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, it would be affectation in me to deny that the community of Jews are much indebted, 'not to me personally, but to their representative men. Believe me, proud as is the position I occupy, it has not been won by supineness br by indolence ; and while it has ever been my duty to regard sacredly the opinions of others, I never have, and I never shall do so, at the expense of my own. (Hear, hear.) Representing as I do the citizens at large, I hope you will be assured that I shall respect and appreciate the interests and the liberties of all sections, and I sin cerely trust that I shall never be unmindful of my own. Gentlemen, I can only offer you once more my grateful obligations for this very dis tinguished compliment, and I trust, regarding it in the kind and liberal spirit in which it is tendered, that I may continue to merit the goodwill and friendship of every member of the community with which I have the honour to be associated.• (Hear.) At the conclusion of the ceremony the Lord Mayor, with his daughter, led the way to the Vene tian Parlour, where the deputation took luncheon, and after an interchange of compliments—the Lord Mayor taking occasion to speak of the large-hearted benevolence of Sir Anthony Rothschild, and espe cially as the generous benefactor of all the charities of the Jewish community in London, and to refer to the labours of the amiable, learned, and pious Dr. Adler, their spiritual head—the guests, about 20 in number, took their leave. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS DE CHARTRES.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess do Chartres was safely delivered of a prince yesterday morning at Morgan House, Ham-common, in the presence of their Royal Highnesses the Count and Countess do Paris and the Princess de Joinville. Drs. Priestley and Gudneau de Mussy, and Mr. Izod, of Esher, wore in attendance. Her royal highness and the infant prince are doing well. Tho Crown Princess ofj Prussia has been suffer ing from the effects of a seve re cold during the past few days. The Crown Prince , who has been labouring under bronchitis, has now nearly recovered. The Duke of Hamilt on is expected to leave attack month. town to-morrow for Germ an y to meet his mother and sister at Baden-Baden. The Earl and Cou ntess of Derb y are not thex pected in town till the last week in the prese nt P :O nY The noble earl has q uite recovered from gout. of Lady Molesworth entertained a t di nner last , 4 th Duke of Excel lency evening t h e his Baron Excellencyd h an Baroness B r St. Alban's, his Excellency Lord Augustus D uc h e ss of St. Alban's and Lady Loftus, the Diana Beauclerk, the M arc hioness of Ely, the Right Hon . W. E. Gladstone, M.P.,March iones sPeel, the R i g ht Hon. Sir Ro bert Hon. Milner Gibson , M.P., the B M.P., the Right Fer dinand de Rothschild, the Rig ht Baron and Baroness Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P., and Mr. Delano. General Sir James Chatterton, Bart., K.C.8., is daily improving in health. He has recently undergone a severe surgical operation. The Rev. A. M. Morgan has arrived at the Alexandria Hotel from Ryde, Isle of Wight. Mr. Alan Stewart has arrived at the Alexandria Hotel from Gloucester. THE MARRIAGE OF LORD CHARLES INNES KER. —The marriage of the youngest son of the Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh°, and Miss Blanche Williams, daughter of Colonel Williams, M.P. for Great Marlow, will be celebrated in London on Monday next, and suit able rejoicings, for which arrangements are in progress, will take place on the Roxburghe estates. In Kelso also, where Lord Charles is exceedingly popular, the event will be celebrated by a public dinner, while at Floors, the principal residence of the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe, all the workpeople are invited to a dinner and ball. THE SWEDISH COURT.----A grand ball, which took place at Stockholm in the Palace of the Bourse to celebrate the New Year, was of the most brilliant kind. Tho King, the Queen Dowager, the Duke and Duchess of Ostrogothia, and the Duko of Dalecarlia were present. During the grand promenadeof the cotillon, the King and the Dukes of Ostrogothia and Dalecarlia each conducted three ladies of the citizen-class, whilst the Queen Dowager and the Duchess of Ostrogothia were led by three gentle mon holding municipal employment. The Trial of Shirley. (Continued from our First Edition of yesterday.) A number of other witnesses were examined, all of whom were subjected to a close cross-examina tion by Mr. Metcalf. The jury retired to consider their verdict, at a quarter to four, and at a quarter to six returned into court with a verdict of Not Guilty. There was a slight attempt at applause when the decision of the jury was known, but it was in stantly suppressed. Share! Railways. I p a i l ! Closing 1 Business Price. \ done. 'Bitstol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian.. Cork and Bandon Cornwall . . Dublin & Belfast Juno. Pun„Perth, & A b.Junc. E.London, scrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 93 95 126 127 94 96 13 15 4i 5i 68 70 70 72 —d 111 113 41 la 71 El Do. E. Angl: st No. •z ' Great north of Scotland, Great Northgru DJ. A stock • • Do. B stock Do. dew, ts. at 25 prp Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Neste n Original I) . S. V4l. Rail g,ua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid. Oxi on' 121 i t 27 145 -146 9t 93 Do. .IT . e,,s , p,p. t, 38 f 0 03 37 102 , 04 122 1:121 19 91 101 103 •S 6 38 48 : 0 124 k 125 i 99 45 62 63 132 134 2i 2E, 1 100 102 Do. II erjford Lano 'shire & Yorkshire' Landon and Blackwall Lon., Mgt., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. r.x. A Lon. 65 N ortii, Western Lon. 65 South Western Man., Shei., 3; Lincoln Metropolitan..... Do. New Do Extension Sletropolitan Diptrict, Do do. _ do Do. and at. john'sW'd Mid and Do. L 9 Share 1224 123 11 I}i 9 14 Do, Birmin . dt Derb) ►lid Kent North British 57 59 Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern—lierwiek Do. (.4.N •E purchaa Do. Leeds Do. York Do. CarliOe ..... 7 29 110 111 71 73 101 105 Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London 38 37 10 li p 123 126 2 2•p 2 2Ap 76 77 11 12 148 15 , 66 88 112 114 Do. do. 1864 ... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stick Shropshire Union South Devon -ouch E.stern ;tallies, Wok., & Wok 'Taff Vale 55 57 73 74 Do. C .. ...... Vale of Neath .. Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha West Cornwall Cam. Consul cold, IChiverton 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 Gam. & StA übyn(G w en. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheel Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist .1 Grenville lierod's Foot .... Ringston Downs Margaret tUny Lelant larke Valley liwyndy Iron Ore, lira New Seton North Roskear N.Wh'l Uassett (Mogan North Wheel Crotty Prosper Pr vidence Unyl,lant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow &Wheal Fran. killogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and CI, gan, Urn West liassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Lqskeard West Chirerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan' Wheal Butler (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Ttelawney (Lis .111; SHAKESI . No. 2, 102 sent. gua. stock, No. 4, 1(8 sin 4 per ct., 891 kktES AND STOCKS. raIi;FICRIGN( Great Eastern, E. Counties E. London and Brighton, 5 per of Midland, Leicester and Hitch! PREFErtENCE 8:1A Great Eastern 4i peroent.gpt. Ditto, 5 per cent pl., 95 t Metropolitan 5 per cent., 105 FOREIGN RAILWAYS Bahia and San Francisco , li.a.) gust. 7 per cont., 144 Recite and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 13i1 FOREIGN billy :T. Fortuna (11m.), 31 • .. _ DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 79 BANKS. Alliance, Rm.. 2EI 1 A❑glo Egyptian, lim., 121 British North American. 45 imperial Ottoman, 12, 1 Ditto, new, 64 Land:Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 131 14 London and River Nate, Ditto, issued at 14 pm., 3 London and County, s 3 London Joint Stock, 501 New Zealand Bank Corporation. lim., MISCELLANEOUti. Berlin Water Works, lira.. 10/ Company of African Merchants, lira., 31 Discount Corporation. 9# 6 East India Irrigation and Canal, 8/ Ebbw Vale, 8 Egyptian Corn and Trading, Urn., 2/ Fore-street Warehouse, lim., lit Gen.:Credit and Finance of London, lira.. 6/ / Hudson's Bay, it , / Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 71 Joint Stock Discount. lim., 8 M .dray Irrigation and Canal, Ditto, new, 17/ National Discount Company, 16/ Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 20 SENTENCE OF DEATH AT EDINBITEGIL—EDIN BURGH, Wednesday.—The prisoner Brown, found guilty on Monday of murdering the captain of the Nymph, of Montrose, was sentenced to-day for execution at Montrose on the 31st of January. The prisoner, on hearing the sentence, exhibited no emotion. THE ACCIDENT AT HULL.—The search for the bodies of those killed by the falling of a house during the late gales was continued during the greater part of Mon day, and the body of a woman named Newmarch, who had been. missing, was found, thus making a total of five persons :killed by this terrible accident. An inquest on the bodies was held next day at the Ilull Infirmary, which was ad journed. It is expected that at the next meeting an in quiry will be made as to whether the large building which was blown down was in a safe condition, there being an opinion expressed by many that it was, from its style of building, in a very dangerous state, and that proper pre cautions were not taken to insure against such an accident. The building, which was intended for a large carriage manufactory, bolonged to the North-Eastern Railway. 8 9 147 150 3 t 101 103 49 51 MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENDALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate. On the whole, the trade is steady, as follows : —Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 58 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; and pork, 4s 2d to 5s 8d per 81b by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Jan. 10.—The demand for all kinds of stock was heavy, at our quotations. Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s 3d ; mutton, 4s Od to to 68 6d ; veal, 4s 2d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81b. to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Jan. B.—The trade was very inactive, on lower terms. Beef, from 3s 2d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s to 63 8d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s ; pork, 4s Od to 58 Od per 81b. Suckling calves, 17s to £1; quarter old store pigs, 30s to 32s ; and mulch cows, £l6 to £l9 each. hAY SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 10s; clover. £5 Os to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAXD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £sl2s Od; clover, £5 5s to £6 12s Od; and straw, £1 17s to £2 2s per load. Trade quiet. WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 Os to £5 lOs d; clover, £5 Os to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. A slow trade, THIS DAY. One of the greatest snow storms that the metro polis has been visited with for the last 12 or 14 years occurred this morning. At about 20 minutes past 4 o'clock this morning the snow first began to fall, and very shortly after it descended with re markable thickness and rapidity, the flakes being of an extraordinary size. The wind blew strongly from N.E., and by 7 o'clock the snow covered the ground to the depth of six inches, but in places where the wind had carried it into wreaths it was over a foot in depth. The neighbourhood of Highgate and llampstead was heavily visited, and for some time . it was doubt ful whether the ordinary traffic of the public vehicles could be attempted. However, with the greatest difficulty the omnibuses were enabled to arrive in town, although the roads in many places were nearly up to the axle-tree in snow. •At Finchley the roads were quite impassable. In the Camberwell-road, from a gauge taken, the snow was seven inches deep ; at Dulwich, near the Greyhound, it was feet deep, and near the Forest-hill Station it was an inch deeper. Vehicles coming from the direction of the Crystal Palace were with difficulty enabled to descend the hills, but those waiting to proceed upwards were completely blocked up by the depth of snow on the ground, andmany of the stately trees planted in the district were so loaded with snow that ever and anon large limbs were forced off the parent stem and fell into the highway, to the danger of killing any one passing by. In the neighbourhood of Hailesmere and Egham, as well as Datchet, through which parts of the country the South Western Railway traverses, the storm was very severe. In some places the water was up to the fire-boxes, and the rain that had accumulated in such quantities actually forced its way through the bottom of cabs and other vehicles. The wind, setting dead from the east, told consi derably against the trains, not only on this line but also upon nearly every other one running out of London. The different electric telegraph companies will be great losers by the violence of the storm, as the wires have in many places been torn, twisted, and disengaged from their supports and rendered utterly and entirely useless. In the New road, Southampton-row, Holborn, Drury-lane, and Strand, the wires were hopelessly entangled, and were to be seen hanging in the most grotesque shapes and forms, more resembling gigantic specimens of Pharoah's serpents than the straight metallic lines through which, every minute of the day, flash messages of life and death, fortune and ruin. In Parliament-street the wires of some of the tele graphs had actually to be removed from the public road before the thousands of cabs and omnibuses to the different railway stations at Pimlico could proceed on their journey. At the corner of Bridge-street, 'Westminster, the scene presented by the electric wires was extraordinary, as they hung in such a variety of shapes that it would be as easy to describe the indescribable varieties of the kalei doscope as to convey a correct idea of the scene pre sented high above the housetops in this great tho roughfare. The sight was peculiar, and such pro bably as will never he seen again. Towards 12 o'clock a rapid thaw set in, and now the roads, in place of being obstructed by the snow, are converted almost into rivers. The public foot ways are in a deplorable condition, very little atten tion being paid to the clause in the new police act for the cleansing of the pavement. Serious Charge against a Tradesman. On Monday the Hereford magistrates were occu pied for several hours in investigating a charge against Robert Atkinson, a young man who has for some time past carried on business as a grocer and provision dealer, in Broad-street, of having, during the night of the 29th ult., wilfully set fire to the premises in his occupation. An elderly woman named Atkinson (the widow of Robert Atkinson's father) was also included in the charge, as she was the only other person in the house at the time of the fire. Owing to the prompt arrival of the engines, and the judicious course taken by the superintendent of police, the fire was extinguished without doing much damage. Had it been otherwise it is fearful to contemplate the destruction of property that must have occurred, with probably the loss of life, as the cellar—in which the fire broke out—of Atkinson's house runs partly under the premises of Messrs. Duggan and Chave, chemists and druggists, much of whose stock is of course of an inflammable nature. After the fire had been extinguished, the superin tendent thought it prudent to take possession of Atkinson's cellar, and on subsequently making a careful examination he discovered a condition of things which raised a strong presumption that the fire was not accidental. The contents of the cellar were of a kind that would readily burn, viz., faggots, boxes of wood, lucifer matches, candles, &c. ; but the strangest part of the matter was that these articles, with various others, formed a succession of tiers, into which lucifer matches, greased strips of wood, candles, a bottle containing paraffin oil, &c., Iseems to have been systematically introduced. The superintendent gave evidence at length in support of the prosecution, and produced a model of the contents of the cellar in the condition in which he had found them ; and he was supported by a man named Elland, who has had great experience in Lon don fires, and who expressed a strong opinion that the contents of the cellar had been wilfully fired in two or three sparate places. It was also proved that some few months ago the prisoner, Robt. Atkinson, had applied to the legal agent for the Scottish Union Fire-office to insure his stock and furniture for £l,OOO ; that the order was taken, and the policy actually made out; but that subsequently the agent doubted the propriety of the insurance being carried out, upon which a district inspector of the office, who had formerly been in the grocery trade, was sent to examine Atkinson's stock. His opinion was that the value of the stock did not much exceed £lOO, and that the policy which had been made out was therefore cancelled. After this Atkinson applied to the agent of the Westminster Fire-office, with whom he had an existing policy for ' £lOO, to increase the amount to £5OO, and this order was executed and the policy in force at the time of the fire. It was further proved that the value of the stock was much the same now as at the time of its inspection by the district officer of the Scottish Union, the only notable change being some addition to the stock of bacon. At the close of the inquiry the magistrates• committed both prisoners for trial at the next assizes, but consented to take bail for the female, for whom much commiseration is felt, as she is believed to be wholly innocent. Mr. Gwynne James appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Gwillim for the defence, the court and its . prcinccts being crowded throughout the day, the excitement at the atrocious act charged against the male prisoner being very great. THE GLASGOW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE CURRENCY QUESTION.—The Glasgow Chamber of Com merce, at its annual meeting on Monday (Mr. Alexander Ronaldson presiding), entered upon the consideration of a memorial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject of banking and currency, drawn up by a committee ap pointed by the directors. The memorial refers to the Act of 1844, the enactments and restrictions imposed by which are spoken of as having been highly injurious to trading and commercial interests, and as producing and aggravating to an extent previously unknown frequent, extreme, and sudden fluctuations in the rate of discount. In conclusion, the memorialists strongly recommend :that all exclusive privileges and restrictions on issue and banking should be repealed, and that while the State should strictly regulate the weight, purity, and fineness of .the sove reign, the issue of bank notes, payable in gold on de mand, should be left entirely free. The adoption of the memorial was moved by Mr. Henry Dunlop, seconded by Mr. William Kidston. Mr. Bolton moved as an amend ment, " That while cordially concurring in the opinion of the committee that the business of banking should be left entirely free and unrestricted, the Chamber repudiate the doctrine asserted in the proposed memorial, to the effect that the right of free banking necessarily involves the right of free issues, as at once untrue in fact, fallacious in prin ciple, and certain to prove pernicious in its consequences." Mr. Walter Paterson seconded the amendment. A show of hands was taken, when the motion was carried by a large majority. IC4 106 9 10 20 21 57) 590 I 18 2) 8} 9S 5# 51 3 34 - 1 12 1 4 3 31 5 7 20 21 16 2 3.4 3 3/ • 3/ 4i 30 38 51 5/ t, 7 4 46 2i 14c1 40 50 15 17 5 L 38 410 13) 20 25 10 12 10 20 4 6 3 4 9 11 80 85 190 200 05 lt 0 30 35 3 5 215 22 , 18 19 2.1.0 2t4. 2.14.4 3f 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8. u all 0.14.6 14.9.6 40 8.18.0 8.10.0 5.10.6 13.17.6 4.10.6 41 4.4.0 2.11 , 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 9 all 4'i 124; 5 91 . 133 21 9i 1 6 1 a 121 72 li 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 100 all Shocking Murder in Paddington. Last evening a shocking murder was perpetrated in Green-street, Paddington, by a man named George Ring wood, aged 35, a contractor, living at No. 15, Green-street, Paddington. Last night Ringwood was the successful com petitor for a contract for work to be done in Mortimer-street, Russell-square, after which he went into a public-house in that neighbourhood, followed by his wife. After drinking there for a short time they went towards their home, and on arriving at Green-street the wife insisted upon going into the Greyhound beershop, and Ringwood went into his own house and gave their thus children their supper. He then went into the beershop and found his wife singing in the parlour. This offended him, and angry words ensued, but they subsequently became good friends. After sitting in the parlour till near midnight Grace (the wife) insisted upon singing another song, and while ding so her husband was talking to a man named Mackie, who spoke in a loud tone of voice, and this in terrupted the singing, whereupon Mrs. Ringwood got into a passion and used harsh epithets to her husband. Ho became so exasperated that he seized a table knife which lay on an adjoining table, went to his wife, seized her by the hair of her head, and stabbed her. The knife penetrated through the neck, and separated the jugular vein. Dr. Beale, of Porteus-ioad, was immediately called in, but found her dead. Inspector Steer, X division, took the man into custody, and then conveyed the nine children in two cabs to the Paddington Workhouse. The man Ritg wood has always borne a good character as a sober, indus trious man, but the deceased has for several years past beenn, addicted to habits of intemperance. The prisoner was examined at the Marylebone Police court this day, when the above facts were given in evi dence; but the prisoner said he did not stab his wife, but threw the knife at hsr. He was remanded. STATE OF TRADE. CARDIFF, Jan. 9.—The collieries of the district are gradually getting into regular work after the Christmas holidays, but the output is not yet quite so large as it will be in a week or two. For steam coal there is a good foreign demand, and the stocks held on the continent, excepting in one or two in stances, are stated to be below the average. The prospects of the spring trade are decidedly encou raging, more particularly as regards the Continental and West India markets. Up to the commence ment of this week the house coal trade has not been so active as expected, and orders were rather scarce. This arose mainly through the compara tively mild season keeping down the consumption, but the change of weather for the last two or three days has already .brought about an increased in quiry. New house coal collieries are about to be opened in the Rhoudda and Ely valleys. Since the preliminary meeting of ironmasters greater firm ness has characterised the iron trade, and in some instances higher prices have been obtained. Ameri can agents are stipulating for earlier deliveries than usual, owing, no doubt, to the anticipated advance in the import tariff. Tin plates show an upward tendency, and charcoal I. C. are quoted 325. 6d. at the works, and other qualities in proportion. LEICESTER, 10th.—The hosiery trade is yet quiet, it being too early in the new year for any real de velopment of business. The market is, however, healthy. The absence of winter weather continues to operate against the sale of goods usually in de mand at this time of the year. In the rural dis tricts business is flat, and the operatives only par tially employed. Worsted yarns are without im portant alteration in price. The wool-market continues firm, and high prices are quoted. NOTTINGHAM, 10th.—There is very little altera.. tion in the lace trade. The high rate of discount checks speculation, and most branches of the trade have been rather quiet during the past few days. The cotton branch is without improvement, there being very little doing in either the plain or fancy departments. Black silk laces are finishing to a small extent. The new edging trade continues ex tremely dull. There is a little doing in silk Mech lins and quillings, and an improvement in the demand of all kinds of goods is expected shortly. The hosiery trade remains very active. There is a good home demand, and shipping orders are still plentiful. The workpeople are fully employed, and good wages are received. Yarns are firm, at high rates. The Iron trade. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday Evening. The first of the quarterly assemblies of the iron masters of this district for the current year and quarter was held in this town this afternoon. The attendance was small, and no appearance of anima tion was manifested ; scarcely any of the exporting houses were represented, and the few buyers present postponed their engagements until the meeting at Birmingham on Thursday. The stringency which now prevails in the money market, and the uncer tainty with regard to the future in that respect, aapyn, iywntcahisipnagl the speculation have undoubtedly exercised a chilling influence on the trade; but, notwithstanding the drawback, it is not by any means in an unsatisfactory state. All the principal works have been tolerably well engaged. For marked iron the price list has been obtained, and the second-class firms and makers have been getting prices much nearer to the regulation scale than was the case at the commencement of last quar ter, when there was a difference of £l, and even as much as 255. per ton. T btou h pt e ica e s x sa c o e ft p t t of i a o n n evtoe t rar o ya t t h eit is oant is e ; respect to sheet iron, as to which the trade in this the going o f o n a a n t tie l nil a o t ec t Oe e atn r liinet p ygo a r fits t ot of last ad vance in the price of iron. There is not now anypro bability (if ever there was) that a movement in that direction will take place; but the condition of the trade for the next three months will very much de pend on the extent of the demand on account of America. There is at this moment a fair sprinkling of orders in for that quarter; but there can be no doubt that a considerable portion of the iron shipped in the course of the last two months was in the way of speculation andupon consignment. If remittances are received in due course, so far well ; otherwise there are firms in this locality who it is pretty cer tain would be compromised, though they have not themselves speculated. In these circumstances, the turn which matters may take in this respect is looked for with much interest, not unmixed with anxiety. The market for pig-iron was reported firm ; the forgemen having had their turn, the pigmasters have now the best of it. Staffordshire pig, all mine, was quoted to-day at £4, but that may be regarded as a top price. Cold - blast iron, Shropshire, is £5 per i ton. The men in different parts of the district are restless, and manifest a spirit of insubordination ; it is thought that they are meditating fresh demaxids on the slightest indication of any improvement in the trade, and, as past experience has shown there is no limit to their folly, it will be no matter for surprise if some move is attempted. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This cliq• -• sterly ; strong breeze, and cloudy on—North. Lorrnox, Jan. 11.—Wind this day at no Ea w eather, with a , heavy snow storm. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 10.—Wind S. W T Arrived—Amber . Witch, from Liverpool for Bombay; Jose ph Holmes, from lost boats, stanchions, Liverpool for New Orleans. YAILMO UTH, Jan. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—St. Cl a i r , from Bordeaux for Hull, having cutwater, &c. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 9. —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Principe, from Adino. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Destino, from Monto Vidoo. __-•••••••,...,••••••••••••!..... It is understood that about half of the 11 millions required for Buenos Ayres has been subscribed, and that arrangements will be made for issuing the other at a future period. The credit of the republic stands so well that if the operation had been brought for ward at any other time than the present it would have proved thoroughly successful. _ _ . .' )soj eci go. stol le t wiefr _ th e b' tol elle° Ario - I the ,ertO, OA: . 0 0 01 0 1 "`°~"~~ lOU et '404 10 too 1