The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-09 00:00:00

MONPay MARKET . . COMMERC tAT-1 I:NTELLIGENeBz CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Motley Market has been moderately active t o - day, but the commercial classes have been en abled to obt a i n t h e accommodat i on they have re quired upon terms ranging from 5 1 per cent. The ficiating balances, however, are sufficiently abun dant for all requirements, but the advances to be repaid thi s week to the authorities for loans in anti cipation of the dividends will, no doubt, stimulate the enc,,uiry, and assist to keep up the quotations. 13 4 7,0001. in gold was taken into the Bank on Sakirday. , The fifth or di nary genera l mee ti ng o f th e Al liance Bank will be holden at the London Tavern Ain the 24th instant, to receive the report of the directors and auditors of the company, and for general pu r p oses. At the half-yearly meeting of the London and Brazilian Bank, held to-day, the report presented by the directors stated that the net profit for the nix months to June last amounted to 24,704/. 12s. 11d., out of which they proposed to pay a dividend, free of income tax, of 11. 4s. per share, amounting t ° 15,600/, and carry forward 9,1041 12s. 11d. to the next account. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris to-day, according to Mr. Reuter's tele /°3213-, the 3 per Cent. Rentes have been 67f. 10c. Firm. The English Stock Market has been favourably influenced to-day through a few purchases, the Fund showing an improvement of about per cent, compared with the prices current at the close last Saturday. Consols for money are 898 90 ; and for the account are 908 I. The New Threes a*" Reduced Annuities, 888 891 ; India 5 per C ents., 1038 ; and Enfaced 58 per Cents., 1098. In the Foreign Market although there is not much animation, prices exhibit firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 8 ; do. Consolides, 49 1 ; Mexican, 28+ 8 ; do. New, 261 8 ; Greek, 23 i s ; Spanish Passive, 324 8 ; do. Certificates, 144. *; the Confederate Loan, 51 53 ; Egyptian, 1 1s prem. ; the Danubian, 4 4 dis. ; and the liontevidean, 2* 3/ prem. In the Rail wa y Sh are Ma r ket the operatio ns h ave been on a very limited scale, and prices have shown little change of importance. Great Eastern and Great Northern A stock have each improved 55., and Metropolitan, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines show no material alteration. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue dull, and quotations in some instances are a shade flatter, Alliance being quoted 321 ; London and South African, 221 ; and National Discount Company, 161. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Jan. 10 f 3 per Cent. R e d uce d BB* 9 8 91 New 3 p er C en t' BBi 9 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. . 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. f or 30 yrs, expire sth April,”lBls — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Ixchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent — D o. £5OO - Do. £lOO and £2OO tank of England Stock, 5-1- per Cent 239 Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account Do 1) °- 5 per Cent. July, 1870 . Account Do. 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 1091 D 0.., 5 i per Cent., May 1879 -- 1-' 3 O. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 pin D n ° ' B ",da, .1,000 -• unaer £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austria IL- _ 13 r ., • . 4 B onds, 5 per Cent D z o ill ll an 5 per Cent _ • per Cent., 1852-58-60 .1 Buenos o. _ W "" 1863 ho s A OYres 6 per Cent ian G oe _ Colombian -6r Cent _ euba, 6__ Per Cent. D o 5 Per Cent. D 1 / 4 „,,_,_ .Per cent., 1864 — ~%"_. 6 . a , d per Cent., 1825 --`)._ cl Per Cent. , 1863 — D anubian ''''6re , Do 41, Princ ipalities x 'quado r l ai d ~, ....... . ..................... - Do fi r lw. C onsolidated, 1 per Cent — rt.'l.aiaovisional Land Warrant — °96 .i,isec7 per Cent D e. Ziori l Issue 1 , Do °li ds 951 1 -O .:Sc -* 1864 Do 4. IV ) 45 paid Greek see°ll-11t .................. . D o. A ~ -Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do, Accou n t 231 Q our, jr . "liaten ut i ivvs" '" D a .-per Cent. italloa.nlB39 and 1850 M e ,,,_ 5 per Cent Olaremmana Railway) AccounttAlocan3 Cent. 281 1 1 , Do 1864 26 1 D u ? c , 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French 1 .,' ocrip, £53 paid ~,,-, - u o French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis 7,-onotevidean s . per Cent., £5O paid ~,,,I. rish Imperial 5 per Cent R'' N e Granad a Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) D 0 DDo do ebentures, 4 per Ct., A pr il , 18 64 — Peruvia n Aug. 41 per C en t. ....... . 1856 Do 3 p er Cent. (I.Tribarren) Do 41 per C en t., 1862 .. .................. Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do Account 47 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 4i per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 DoCent. , 5 per 1862 D 01864 c. Do Scrip, £65 paid Sardinian 5 per Cent SPanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account 4Ol Do Passive — 1) 0 Account — Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account - Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — DoAccount B9 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account — Do£loo Bonds 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 7oj• Do £lOO B on d s Do 6 p er C en t . 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 tDo. Account .- : Do. 6 per Cent:: . 1864....... Do. 1. per Cent ..... ~ ..... .. ...... .... ... .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 F l o r i ns 'Belgian, 4* per cent., E x . 25f. . ••• Dutch 2j per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil ... .......... Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ............ = French'Rentes, 3 per Ce n t. ...... ........ Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ...... ......... Do. Account ____ TWO O'CLOCK. i Consols, Money B9 90 9O Do. Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The fall of Savannah has added greatly to the depression previously noticed, and prices continue in favour of buyers. Sales probably 3,000 bales. PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER NEAR GLASGOW fight for 101. took place on Wednesday morning in a geld on the banks of the Glasgow and Paisley Canal, about three miles from the city, between a couple of pugi -1 il ist s, One of whom belo ngs to Edinburgh, and the oth er t o -i-,,„iPrningharn. the There were no st a k es p l ace d or r i ng made, virot s p e ctators, who numbered upwards of 100— among a w ere many of th e Gl asgow " fancy " —formeda wide 11 1 the centre of which the rival bruisers went to eight P l iant style. Th e fi g ht commenced shortly after nntnl,„„ e ' ° elt, and lasted one hour and ten minutes—the ° o 37-4 70. f rounds f oug h t during that time being about ' T sp onge 'was the close of th e l as t round the Edinburgh unable to come up to th e " scra t c h ;" therefore was tossed up in token of defeat, andhe Ingham pug declared the victor. This result of t the B en acounter was hardly excted, as the v i c t or we i g h ed nearly st one and a h a lf less t pe han -4ert ing Citizen. the party defe a t e d.—Gl asgow °no of Lord Breadalbane's g gamekeepers shot olds e agle last w ee k . The bird measured six feet nine ekes from tip t o ti p of the Wings. SHARE MARKETS—This day, '-it.ES AND IPaid.' Cp r 7 ce in . g I Budsoinneess 88 90 132 k 133/, ti 34 24 16 17 88 90 106 1 8 47i 486 76 86 100 100 'Co 100 10 100 10 0 10 100 136 138 158 15J 130 3! i 9 91 73 79 67 69 59 61 45 47 101 101 116} 116, 81 85 106 107 37 39 1:2 12:# 97 95 61} 641 121} 125 141 141 105 107 55 57 z 5 27 113 111. 7I 72 103 101 39 39 1t 12p 9 10p 123 126 11 2p 1 14p 79 101 111 138 142 58 69 4 i 42 85 85 8 9 163 168 •I;p' 110 113 80 701 86 1} 122 i Ort i 6it 1241 5 4k .401 19a 38 40 51 50i 75 78 ORDINARY BHA Share 13 1 trailwayo. Bir., Wol,, & Str. Val myth and Tyne Brustel and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall . Do. A A gets no div. ill6p.o.p.an.bas Do B • been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun,.Perth, & a b.June. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. it Do. E. Angl. st No. 2 it Great North of Scotland it Great Northera t DJ. A stock it Do. B o l l Do. yew. is. at 21 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Ori,:inal . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do W. Mid.— Ox:ord Do. Newpo t Do. He ford 'Lane shire &Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon , Bri 4 h., & S Coast Lon., (hat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. Sr South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin . & Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. i shares mid Kent No th British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchabe Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. stock. & De. 1855-!8 . Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New I__ Do. do. 18(4 North Staffordshire . N. & S. W. Junction .: Scottish Ctntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. st ' 4 h•ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon outh E stern Staines, Wok:, Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neaxh Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw.ll W.llartlepool Har.& It. Do. A Irredeemable.. Do. A. redeemable .. ERITISH Pi Atlantic & St. L awrence Born., Baroda. A Cen. In. gu. 5 per cent........ bo. 14' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff ,Brant, dir Goderich 6 p.c. bda. Aug*. 1, 872 Do, do. July 1 1873 Do. do. Jane 1, 174 ,Calcutta & S. E., Urn.. 'a e Town & Do . ck, gu. Deniers. , a, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Ben al, gu , 5 co East I . dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do .1 Extension .. Dr and Trunk ot Canad Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds jna - rge Do. Ist 'ref. Bonds.. Do do. deferred .... Do. 2d Pr,f. Bonds.. Do. do. deterred .•• • Do. d eiO;k: P. 4th I'ret. stock.. Do. do. deterred .. •• I GL India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua 5 per cent.. Do. New gtia. 5 p. c I Gt. South of India (lira ) gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great W , s. of Canada.. D ‘. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 1)o. 5, do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4j do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension nelb. Cor. 6 p. C. Bnds. Mel & Hudson's Bay rs'ew Brunswick & Can Class A and B V. Itl.C'da, pc ist pf bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. rani aub e° I Do.lndus St Flo ,SIONS. 58 60 102 j 103 i par ip 5. q t 9 75 6D - - 93 100 102 103 11:3 104 20 21 91 92 70 72 61 61 65 63 66 68 53 65 47 48 30 SI 28 30 103 16 6 4 4 Hp par it p 101 103 9 fl} 114 lld 88 90 8) E 2 1 06 d 102 i 1031 96 93 91 93 t 6 58 3 5 82 81 10Z 103 1021 103, id ip 10Z4 1..3, 93 95 1011 2 T SECU. 98 1(0 V 7 99 97 9 , 84 86 83 89 103 105 105 107 106 108 109 1(2 (02 104 108 110 105 107 106 kO9 106 108 101 105 93 100 95 97 95 97 96 95 105 107 89 91 99 1( 1 104 106 107 109 106 107 COLONIAL Q 0 VERNMEN' British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31,1572 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-t4 Do. 8 p. c. Feb & Aug D ~ 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Ito. 5 p c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p .0 Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 .00. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do; 1-90-1 Do. Jan. & July, 191 Ceylon, Nov 1868, 6 p.o Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1-78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. , 5 Natal • ; ov. o per cent N. B.Gov 6 p.c. Ja. &.July N. 8. W. Gov.s pv., 1866 Do. 5 p.c: 18 1 to +876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... Nova So ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c. 13. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18r8-9 Do. 1878 & upwards ic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITISH MINES. Cam Consol. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cone. (Tavlst Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara ion as t Carn Brea East Grenville East Love .1 E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam & StAubyn(Gwen. Gr. at L xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. - Wheal Vor (Heist Grenvil e Flerod's Foot Hingston Downs Margaret tUny Lelant Marks Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, lim Nangll es New Se ton North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett ;Illogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper United... Pr vidence UnyLvlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park Tin Croft West bassett(lllogan W. Caradon (L'skeard West C hi serton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Whea Ludoott Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal Uni,n 2.1.0 4.3.6 2.14.6 3 4.0 2.7.0 2. i 3 6 9.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 7.8 - .3 8.13 4.18.0 214 3 321 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 3.12.81 i 5 i 6 32 33 575 595 47 49 19 20 61 Of 4f 51 14i 15 41 5 6 8 18y 39i 1 4 Hi 364 i 41 35 37 8 9 4 41 51 0d 20 22 6) 70 17 19 2i 3 2i 3 34 36 530 550 2) 25 1 6 18 16 37 74 8 6 8 6 , ) 65 205 215 90 95 9 11 131 15 4 1:5 206 18 21 PREFERENCE SHARES. ster and Carlisle 4t per cent. rd., 102 i Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 4i per cent. - rd., 991 North Eastern, • Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 33 Ditto, 6 per cent. U, 33 • PREN'EIIENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pT., 98 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, London, Tilbury, and Southend, 9gi FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 10 • Dutch Rhenish, 22 Eastern of France42ol • Natnur and Liege, gua. 0 per cent. pf., 191 Sambre and Meuse, 71 San Paulo gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 18 fa, BANE B. Ditto, Albion, 3 &mance (11m.), 3311 2/ chartered Ba issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd ,17} Australasia, 70 Chartered &I C ini on p s e o r l i i a d i a Bank of Egy p t, '.(7loindia, Australia. and Chilli. 16 pier, of India, London, and China,_s9l Ot-cittolinaian -1"71i4115 Laud 3lortg a " European Bank, u k iin , UM, I l k oi India, lira., 41 London Chartered AnalklinLot )14 u 8 stralia, 24} London' and Tlrazillit London Joint Stock. 61 Ditto, new, 48 London and South African, 221 London and 1% estrninstvr, 100 Merchant Bank, lim ., 2 I Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 91 Scinde, PunJaub, and Delhi, lien ., i I South Australia, aril , 1 Standard of British South Africa ain ai ) 24 5 MISCELLANEOUS. City of London Real Property, :tin, 2 i Credit Fonder and Mubiii,r of England, 81 Ditto (.£2), 51 Egyptian Com and Trading, Um., 5f i Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 91 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., Hudson's Bay, 161 Humber Iron Wo ks, 2j3 ImperiA Mercantile Credit A sso. Um., 8; 1 International Financial t-ociety, lira., 7j Italian Irrigation (Canal Cav our,, Joint Stock Discount. lim., 91 Land Securities, lim., 41 London Financial Association, Urn., 231 London General Omnibus Company, 31 London, Italian, and Adriatic Steam, 41 M dras Irrgation and Canal, Ditto, new, 191 National Discount Company, lim., 14 16 National Provincial Marine, 21 Oriental Commercial, lim., 81 Peninsula and Oriental Stcam, 80) Universal Marine, Insurance, Urn., 6j j Lance N ortl 18.1§.91 130.17.81 THE SVN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1865. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE CUDDEN.-NOVEL APPLICATION. In this matter Mr. Reod applied for leave to expunge a proof of 3251., made by a creditor named Bulkley, for money alleged to have been lent to the bankrupt. The proof had been allowed, but was now opposed by the assignees. His Honour—Does any one appear for the creditor ? Mr. Howell said he appeared for the creditor, and did not oppose the application. Mr. Reed said he believed it was after all only a question of costs, and his Honour directed the order to be drawn up as agreed to. IN RE BANKS.-' ." MEN OF STRAW." This bankrupt was described as an architect, of Lewisham. It appeared Mr. Banks had accepted accommodation bills for another bankrupt to the extent of over 400!. There was uo opposition to the order of discharge now applied for, and an attorney who appeared for the bankrupt explained the matter of the bills by stating that in the first instance he did owe the drawer £6O, and had been gradually led on to the much larger amount. His Honour said that nothing could well be more mis chievous than the system of accommodation paper. Bills were sent flying about in all directions, and when inquiries were made it was found that the parties making them were " men of straw." In this case there was not one farthing assets, and the bankrupt did not pass at all creditably, but in the absence of opposition the order of discharge would be granted. IN RE IVILLIAMS.-AN APPEAL TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS. The bankrupt was described as a gentleman, not being a trader, of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Mr. Lewis (Harrison and Lewis), said that in this case an appeal against the adjudi cation in bankruptcy was now pending in the House of Lords, and therefore he did not now propose to go into the matter to-day. His Honour allowed the case to stand over. It appeared that Mr. Williams is a contributory to the Professional Life Assurance Company, now in course of winding up in the Roll's Court. CENTRAL CRIMINAL CUIIRT--This Day. The January sessions commenced this morning. The Common Sergeant, on charging the grand jury, mentioned the principal cases contained in the calendar. Two deaths had been occasioned by the furious manner in which public vehicles were driven about the streets, and the drivers would be placed before them to answer certain indictments which had been preferred against them. It was desirable that some regulation should be made to protect the public from so great a danger. There was the charge of murder against a person named Kohl, committed in the marshes at Plaistow ; also the charge against an Italian, for the murder of Michael Harrington, and several other serious offences, but he did not anticipate that the facts connected with them would occasion them any difficulty. The Grand Jury then retired to their room, and in a short time after the trials commenced. LOBBEILY OF STORES ON TILE SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY. Edward Fuller, assistant storekeeper in the employ of the South Western Railway Company, and Thomas Smith, labourer, were indicted for stealing a large quantity of stores, the property of the South Western Railway Com pany. _ _ . . . The prisoner, it appeared, filled a situation of trust and confidence under Mr. Beattie, and in that position he was enabled to purloin and convey to his farm in the country all manner of articles, such as paint, turpentine, white lead, oil cans, brass fittings, &c. The value of pro perty found at the prisoner's house was over £l5O. Smith had merely acted as a servant to Fuller. The jury acquitted Smith, but found Fuller guilty. Mr. Metcalfe, in mitigation of punishment, said the pri soner had given certain information to the company which would enable them to put a stop . to many bad practices which now existed. Mr. Ribton said the information amounted merely to a number of assertions against several persons, without the slightest proof. The Recorder said he would defer passing sentence until he had. read a certain correspondence which the prisoner had had with several officers of the company. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) CONVICTION OF A DEALER IN COUNTERFEIT COIN. John Clarke, a young man aged 25, was indicted for having in his possession 43 pieces of counterfeit coin, with intent feloniously to utter the same, well knowing them to be false and counterfeit. The prisoner, it appeared, had been for some time suspected of dealing in counterfeit coin, but the greatest difficulty was experienced in effecting his capture. In December last, however, Mr. Brennan, the officer to the Royal Mint, met the prisoner in the street, and asked him if he had any counterfeit coin in his possession. The pri soner made no reply, and after the officer had repeated his question, he put his hand into his (prisoner's) pocket, and took therefrom a purse, in which no less than 43 pieces of counterfeit coin, consisting of half-crowns and shillings, all executed in a remarkably fine manner. The prisoner was therefore taken into custody, and on being searched at the station-house, a number of pieces of paper, with a name and address written thereon, at which counterfeit coin could be obtained were found. The jury found the prisoner guilty. 'fifig:tfonunon Sergeant asked whether anything w 4 a's known about the prisoner. Mr. Brennan said he had known the prisoner for about 15 or 18 months as a dealer in counterfeit coin, in co-partnership with a person named Watson, who had been formally convicted and sentenced to five years' penal ser vitude. They had for some time carried on the trade of dealing in counterfeit coin, and although the fact was known the greatest difficulty had been encountered in effecting their capture in consequence of the exertions of their asso ciatesto prevent their apprehension. Nothing coulcl..be more difficult than to effect the capture of the middle-man—the one who took the coin from the maker and disposed of it to the utterer, and he would defy any person to watch the prisoner 100 yards in the streets of London without bad success. It had only been since a number of the prisoner's confederates had been convicted that they had been enabled to secure the prisoner. The prisoner said it was untrue to say he had been known for a year and a half as connected with coiners. He had been in London but 12 months. A year ago he was engaged driving the post-office mail cart, between Farnborough and Aldershott. Mr. Brennan—You have been long enough in London to give me a great deal of trouble. My lord, we have, after much trouble, captured the prisoner Trainer, and he is now under remand. They haVe been most active in disposing of their counterfeit money, which, owing to the excellent manner in which it was got up, was readily bought by evil-dis posed persons. The Common Sergeant said it matters little whether tho prisoner had been 12 or 18 months in London. The offence of which he had been convicted was a very serious one, and he had some difficulty in making up his mind not to sentence him to penal servi tude. However, as he had not been previously convicted, he should not do so, but he should send him to prison for a considerable time. If, however, the imprisonment should not have the effect of deterring him from his evil course, he might depend upon it his next sentence would be either seven or ten years' penal servitude. He sentenced the pri soner to 18 months' hard labour. The Irish People has discovered in the workhouse df Carlow an old man, named James Lawless, who fought in the Rebellion of '9B, at the battles of Enniscorthy, New Ross, Ilacketstown, Swords, Trim, and the Boyne, and passed through all that period with very trifling injuries, Lawless was born in 1761, and is now therefore, over 103 years old, but is yet in possession of all his faculties. The announcement of his position has produced a fund for his maintenance outside the workhouse. FEARFUL ENCOUNTER WITH A TIGER.—One day lately a royal tiger having made its appearance close to the village of Puggydial in the Kurnool district, while Col. Cotton was inspecting the distribution channels in the Nagalore division, the colonel, accompanied by Mr. Cotton and his two assistants, Mr. Johnston and Mr. Chas. Cotton advanced upon the beast. Mr. W. Cotton fired one shot, which took effect—when the tiger ran off. The natives, who had assembled in force, dispersed in pursuit—but Mr. Cotton's party, now left alone, soon after saw some people running through a cholam field in alarm, some of whom climbed up a stack of newly-cut corn, where they were as sailed by a tiger, and two of them pulled down. Mr. Cotton and his two companions immediately went to the rescue, and Mr. Cotton attempted to fire, but his rifle missing fire, the tiger sprung upon Mr. Johnston, who had also fired a shot, and seizing him by the back wounded him fearfully. Mr. Cotton then attacked the tiger with the butt end of his gun until it broke, and the tiger, leaving Mr. Johnston, seized Mr. Cotton by the arm, snapping it and inflicting some grievous wounds. Mr. Chas. Cotton, a youth recently arrived from England, then advanced with a revolver, and while the tiger held his brother by the arm, lodged five balls in the animal's head, which enabled the two sufferers to get away. The tiger crept into the stack of cholam, from which he was soon after brought out dead. Mr. Win. Cotton was carried into Kurnool, a distance of about 25 miles, where he was attended by Dr. Kees, who found both bones broken a little below the elbow, and !several deep wounds inflicted by the tiger's teeth ; until these are in a better state the arm cannot be fully set, but by the last accounts (27th ult.) the patient was doing well. Mr. John ston, whose wounds it is feared are of a more dangerous character, was unable to be moved. Of the two natives, one had been brought into Kurnool in a better state than was anticipated, the other was on his way. The first two balls from the revolver penetrated the skull. Mr. Charles Cotton then fired the remaining three into the tiger's mouth, which induced him to loose his hold and made him reel back.—. Madras Times, Dec. 2. MARKETS---This Day. MARK LANE, There was continued firmness in the wheat trade in the country markets held on Saturday, and although the demand for produce was by no means active, previous quotations were well supported. In the demand for spring corn, there was a great want of animation, yet prices ruled stationary. The flour trade was firm, at full currencies. The Wlieat trade on the continent is steady ; but at New York the demand for wheat and flour continues to rule heavy, at drooping prices. The arrivals of home-grown produce, with the exception of oats, up to our market last week were very moderate. The imports from abroad comprised 531 quarters of wheat, 13,750 barley, 20,475 oats, 5 beans, 683 tares, 23,679 linseed, 10,915 rapeseed, 4,637 maize, 148 sundry seeds, and 634 sacks of flour. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up, coastwise, this morning, were very small, and the receipts by rail mode rate. There was continued firmness in the trade both for red and white qualities. Sales progressed slowly, but the whole of the supply was disposed of at last Monday's ad vance in prices. About an average supply of foreign wheat was exhibited for sale, bnt the trade was quiet. Amrican produce changed hands to a moderate extent, and prices ruled firm. The supply of barley on sale was large, but the trade was quiet, on former terms. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 38s to 41s Ditto, 1861 Ditto, white, 1863 4ls 454 Ditto, 1864 • Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 1864 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, 1864 .. Rye-- Barley—Grinding 22s 258 Malting, new 3OB 35s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6OB 63s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os t3s Chevalier Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolush., Feeding l9s 22s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lBs 22s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding lBs 224 Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey. Maple White ' 36s 4us Boilers 36s 40s Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stockton and Norfolk. American, per barrel l9s 25s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of foreign stock on sale in our market to day was limited, and its general quality was inferior. From our own grazing districts the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were moderate, and mostly in prime condition. The supply from Scotland was good and re markably prime. The receipts from Ireland, however, was limited. On the whole, the' demands for all breeds ruled steady, and previous rates were well supported. The top figure for Scots and crosses was 5s Gd per 81bs. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk Essex, and Cam bridgeshire amounted to 2,500 Scots, crosses, &c. ; from other parts of England, 700 various breeds ; from Scot land, 430 Scots and crosses ; 3nd from Ireland, 110 oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was very limited, but most breeds were in good saleable condition. The mutton trade was firm at full quotations, to, in some instances, an advance of 2d per 81bs. A few very superior Downs and half-brods realised 6s 2d, but the general top figure was 6s per 81bs, and a clearance was easily effected. There were about 200 shorn sheep in the market. • Calves—the supply of which was limited—moved off steadily at very full prices, viz., from 4s Gd to 5s 8d per 81b. Prime small pigs were firm in price, but large hogs met a heavy sale at late rates. Per 81b to sink the offal. ads d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 8 4 Second quality do .. 4 6 4 10 Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 2 Prime Scots, &e.... 5 4 5 6 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 2 4 8 Second quality do ..4 10 5 2 s ds d Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 4 5 8 Prime slhdown 00.5 10 6 0 La ge coarse calves. 4 6 5 2 Prime small d0......5 4 4 8 Large hogs . . ..3 6 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 8 Lambs....o B Cd to 6, Od. Suckling calves, 16s to 218; and quarter-old store pigs, 208 o 25, each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. _ Foreig n 1 supply. Beasts 1 290 Cows Sheep 6OO Ca ves 313 Pigs — _ Beasts .. 4,820 - - Sheep . . • Calves 237 Piga 3lO The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 2,003 head. In the corresponding week in 1864, :we received 2,306 ; in 1863, 3,164 ; in 1862, 3,135; in 1861, 738 ; and in 1860, 2,135 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 52 Beasts. Antwerp 32 Boulogne ... Dunkirk Bremen ... Hamburg - loom Harlingen 352 177 Ostend 9B 110 85 ... 30 ... - ••• - 377 - ... 231 Calais... - ... Oporto ... 168 Total The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1864 1863 . 851 ... 1966 ... ... 171 •. • 1862 ... 636 ... 2276 ... ... 221 . 2 " 1861 1860 ... 276 ... - A. statement and comparison of the supplies and price! of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market onMonday, January 11, 1864, and-this day, Monday, January 9, 1865. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. Jane 11, Jan. 9, 1864. 1865. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 6to 3 10 3 Bto 4 4 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 5 0 5 2 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled d 0..,, 5 2 5 8 5 4 5 8 Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 510 6 0 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 Q 4 6 4 6 5 2 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 4 2 4 8 Beasts 4,820 Sheep 17,360 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, January 12, 1863.—Beasts, 3,840 — sheep, 18,760—calves, 125—pigs, 370. January 13, 1862.—Beasts, 4,460 —sheep, 17,450—calves, 86—pigs, 440. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The arrivals of meat from Scotland and the West of England, this morning, were but moderate. Good and fine beef and mutton moved off steadily, at full prices ; otherwise, the trade ruled quiet, at our quotations. Per 81b by the carcase. sd sd Inferior beef 2 10 3 4 Middling do.. 3 6 4 0 Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Prime small do 4 6 4 8 Large pork 3 6 4 4 ad ad Inferior mutton 3 4 3 10 Middling mutton-1 0 4 4 Prime do 4 6 4 10 Veal 3 10 4 8 small pork 4 6 4 BOROUGH HOP. The supply of hops on sale is very moderate. On the whole, the market exhibits rather more activity, and prices generally rule firm. Last week's import was 35 bales from Antwerp, 64 Ostend, 149 , Bremen, ',19 Hamburg, - and 12 bales from Boulogne. Mid and East Kent Weald of Kent ...................... 105 s to 155 s 100 s to 140 s Sussex. Yearlings 100 s to Ms BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoes on sale at these markets are tolerably large. The trade for nearly all qualities is dull, and prices rule somewhat easier. The import into London, last week, was 80 tons. from_Dunkirk, and 74 tons from Dieppe. Yorkshire Regents 91s to 105 s Flukes... Kent and Essex Regents Bos to 100 s Rake 70s to 80s Scotch Regents Foreign 6os to 7,s SEEDS. Very little activity has been shown in the demand forj most agricultural seeds, yet no change of importance lual taken place in prices. Cloverseed and trefoil rule firm, and late rates are fully supported. There is a moderate demand for cakes, on former terms. rurnip, W hite,p.bus.24s to 22s Uarraway 34s 35s —s Linseed,Eng.sowing 61s 68s 5wede.......... —8 —s Coriander - 6 Crushing 2ls 25s Mustard, Brown .. —8 -- 6 Hempseed, per qr 426 45s Ns 525 New winter, bush 108 ice s Baltic 9-5 Tare w s Chnary, per quarter —I. - Odessa ,1i5ipterin.g............. —is —8 —s Rye grass Clover, lied Eng., ot. s —8 English £lo Os .Cll 5s White Foreign Red.... —s —s Rape Cakes,p ton £5 105 £6ss White. --s —5 Rapeseed, new,pr qr 715 78$ Trefoil new —B -6 10L. Since our last report, rather more :business has been transacted in most descriptions of English wool. As re gards prices, there has been continued firmness, and the currency to-day exhibits very little alteration from last week. In colonial wool by private contract, sales progress slowly, at late rates.iThe import into London, last week. was 457 bales from the Cape ; 91, Port Natal ; 1,022, Port Philip ; 1,100 Sydney; and 625 bales from Taganrog. a d a cl Fleeces -South Down ho bets ..2 o 2 iies.te; Half-bred do x 2 2 S Kent fleeces 2 2 2 2} outh Down ewes and wethersl 11 2 0 Leice,ter do 2 I. 2 2 Sorts -Clothing 1 6 2 01 Combing 1 8 2 2 TALLOW. The tallow trade is and prices are rather higher than on Monday last. New P.Y.C. ie quoted at 416• 3d. to 41s. 6d. per cwt. on the spot, 425. 3d. for March, and 435. 6d. for October to December delivery. Town tallow is quoted at 41s. 3d. net cash. Rough fat has advanced to 2s. lid. per 81bs. Particulars. 1851. 1862 1863. 1864. 1865. Stock this day.... 74.527 52.079 55.925 69.316 56.544 Price of Y.C. 5956 a to 49s 6 1 to 44s dto 4189 d io 416 6d to • • tits 9d —8 Od —8 Od 42s Od 418 3d Delivery last week 1,619 2,167 1,656 1,759 2,020 Ditto from June 1 56,933 86,529 51.557 k 44,883 57,440 Arrivals last week 614 931 2,955 1,013 7,14 Ditto from June 1 101,3 , 6 81,841 89,173 76.352 68,983 Price of Town .... 6.s 9d 50s 9d 46s 6d 13s 9d , 438 9d POLICE INTELLIGENCE S —This Day _---0- MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A MOTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED BY HER SON.—WIII. Fitzgerald, a young man described as a tailor, of 4, Tudor place, Tottenham-court-road, was charged before . Mr. Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting his mother, Hannah Fitzgerald, and also his father and brother. The prisoner had a very haggard appearance, and seemed to be labouring under the effects of a long course of dissi pation. The mother was unable to attend, and a certificate was handed to Mr. Tyrwhitt, signed by Dr. Saul, of No. 2, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, stating that Hannah Fitzgerald was unable to leave her bed in consequence of having received a severe scalp and other wounds. It appears that the prisoner this morning seized up a poker, :with which he dealt his mother a violent blow on the head, inflicting a very serious wound. He then took up a pan and again struck his mother on the head with it. He then tried to throttle his father,:and afterwards attacked him, severely injuring his mouth. The prisoner, who had behaved throughout as if mad, then made his escape on to the roofs of some houses, and, taking up some bricks, de fied the police to interfere with him, and it was nearly an hour before Sergeant Rogers, 87 E, and other constables could capture him. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a week, and said that by that time they would be able to ascertain the result of the injuries the mother had received. ASSAULTS ON THE POLlCE.—Maurice Jones, 'a medical student, residing at No. 14, Dean-Street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with assaulting Police-constable Wood, 151 C, and Rough, 310 A. Wood said that on Saturday night at a quarter to 12, the defendant, who was intoxicated, was trying to force his way into a public-house in Oxendon-streot.. He re quested the defendant to go away, but he refused, saying that if lie (the constable) interfered with him .he ,would punch his head, and immediately after did so. Three or four other constables coming up, :the defendant, who was very violent, was got to the station. Henry Rough, 310 . A, proved being kicked by the de fendant, who was very violent. Defendant said he had taken a little too much to drink. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined him 10s., or 14 days, for each assault. Robert Hodgson, a watchman, was charged with assault ing Langham, 108 C. The constable saw the defendant asleep in a doorway, and on raising him he struck him, and put his hand in his pocket as if to take something from it. As the defendant was drunk the constable took him to the station. In his pocket a staff and a rattle were found. Defendant—l am a watchman. _ . _ Mr. Tyrwhitt—And get drunk and go to sleep in a door way. The defendant was fined 10s., or 14 days in default. John Whelan, a labouring =an, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and assaulting 76 C, and fined 10s. or 14 days. John Stephen Griffiths, a rough fellow, was charged with assaulting police-constable Hard 186 A. Some gentlemen complained to the constable while in Hyde Park on Saturday evening, that the prisoner was in terfering with every one passing, and . on the constable going up to him, he (prisoner) immediately struck him several severe blows, one of them blackening his eye. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the constable said the pri soner was drunk. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for seven days. WESTMINSTER A WIDOW'S TROUBLES.—CharIes Peachey, a boy 12 years of ago, was charged with robbing his master of 2/. Mr. John Kerslake, of Queen's-row, Pimlico, bootmaker, said that on last Monday week he sent prisoner, who was his errand boy, home with a pair of Wellington boots, for which 1/. 9s. was to be paid by the customer. Prisoner shortly returned, saying the gentleman to whom he had taken the boots wanted lls. change, and he would send back two sovereigns. Prosecutor gave the boy the Us. but he never returned with the gold. He absconded, and was not found until last night, when he was taken into custody. Mr. Selfe—How long had he been with you ? Prosecutor—Two days only ; he was recommended by one of. my men, who informed me that his mother spoke well of him, and she ought not to have done so, for I find that be robbed his former master. A police constable, with the appropriate name of " Cleverly," proved finding the boy in the street on Satur day night, thinking he resembled the description given of Mr. Kerslake's runaway, and plumply asking him whether he did net steal the money, to which lie replied he did. The mother,:a very respectable lady-like woman, stood forward, and said that she had sometimes called on Mr. Kerslake to ask him to bo careful not to trust him with any sum of money, but unfortunately failod in seeing him. She had been a widow six years, and maintained herself by extremely hard labour as a dressmaker. She could do nothing with the prisoner, and emplored the magistrate to rescue him from ruin. He wanted to go to sea, but could not obtain a ship. He was very well educated, and com petent to manage accounts, &c. Mr. Selfe said he should remand the prisoner for a week and would see whether he could get him to sea. THAMES. AN IMPUDENT SCOUNDREL. —James Harley, alias Henley, a coalwhipper and labourer, was brought up on remand, charged with stealing a hammock, two canvas bags, and a quantity of wearing apparel, the property of Samuel Hudson, a sailor. The prosecutor came to the port of London in the ship Weardale from the Baltic a few days since, and, meeting with the prisoner, engaged him to convey his hammock, bed, and sea kit from his ship in the Grand Surrey Canal Dock to the White Hart public-house, High-street, Shad well, where he is now staying. The things were put into a boat, and the prisoner and another man rowed away with them. The property reached the Middlesex shore, but never found its way to the White Hart. The sailor after wards met the prisoner and asked him what he had done with his property, but he laughed at him and demanded 15s. of Hudson, which was refused. A police constable had since traced a portion of the sailor's goods, and hoped to give a good account of the remainder and to apprehend an accomplice of the prisoner. The prisoner treated the case with great levity, and said if the prisoner had paid him 15s. he would have had his property. He was again re manded until Wednesday. Au OWING TO THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.—Maria Orgar, a well dressed young woman, who appeared to be labouring under illness and anxiety, was brought before Mr. Paget on a charge of being drunk and incapable of taking care of herself. Dunaway, a police-sergeant, No. 11 H, said that last night he was in company with Inspector Dendy, ,of the H division, and saw the prisoner drunk in Church-lane, Whitechapel. She was very drunk, and rolled about the streets. Seeing that the prisoner was well and very ex pensively dressed, he and the inspector, fearing that she would be robbed, took care of her. She was quite un manageable, and after taking much trouble with her they obtained a stretcher, and she was carried to the' station house by two constables. The prisoner, who was attired in hat and feathers, a lice veil of fine texture, a Paisley shawl worth at least four guineas, and a superb flowered black silk dress, said the unfortunate condition she was in was all owing to the underground railway. The prisoner said sho paid a visit with her brother and his wife yesterday at Paddington, and proceeded there and back by the underground railway, which had such an effect upon her that she became insensible. Mr. Paget—You were intoxicated ? The prisoner —Yes, I had one glass of gin, no more after leaving the underground railway. I will never take any more. Mr. Paget—What are you ? Prisoner—A policeman's wife. Mr. Paget—A policeman's wife ! The prisoner —Yes, sir ; he has been twenty years in the force. Oh, sir, it is all owing to the underground railway (Laughter.) Mr. Paget—You are the wife of a man in a respectable occupation, and you get into this disgraceful position. Go about your business, and don't come here again. REPRESENTATION OF WEST NORFOLK.--It is stated, although the rumour must be received with some reserve, -that at the general election the Conservative party in West Norfolk intend to bring forward the Hon. Mr. De Grey, son of Lord Walsingham, as a candidate in opposition to Mr. B. Gurdon, the Whig sitting member for the division. There is at present a compromise between the Whig and Conservative leaders, Mr. G. W. P. Ben tinek and Mr. B. Gurdon having been returned unopposed at the dissolutions of 1857 and 1859. For many years both seats wore in the hands of the Conservatives, although in 1847 the Hon. E. Coke was returned in the Whig interest, backed as he was by the powerful support of his brother, the Earl of Leicester. HALIFAX WOOL AND WORSTED MARKET, SATUR DAY.—The hopeful feeling manifested last Saturday has not been fully sustained to-day. The demand for all kinds of wool has been feeble, though prices have not given way. A quiet condition of things must be reported in yarns also. The new market for the sale of low woollens was opened this morning in the piece hall. There was a good attendance of both buyers and sellers, and considerable aniation p revaled. If supported by the numerous manu factumrers of Hal i fax. and district the new market cannot fail to prove a success. ,ITIES. ICB4 8 9 Sir John Bowring on Convict Labour. At the Devon Sessions, Sir John Bowring brought before the magistrates the subject of the employ ment of convicts on remunerative labour. Prison labour, he said; could never be so remunerative as that resulting from the energies and appliances of freedom, but he Would call attention to statistics of the good done and profit attained by prison labour, all of the statistics being of an, official character supplied to him by favour of foreign Governments or individuals who were amongst the best informed upon the topics. In France the plan of abso lute isolation of prisoners by day was- aban doned in 1848, and a classified system of em ployment was introduced. In all the central and departmental prisons, the areas were turned into workshops, and with some modifica tions the arrangements which had been successfully carried out in the United States prisons—and in which the re-committals were not 6 per cent.—were adopted, and the system gradually extended to the sale of the productions of the prisoners to contrac tors, under the prison regulations. Upon the intro duction of the contract system the yearly receipts from that source derived from the 19 central prisons was 12,0001. per annum ; in 1862 it was 47,0001., and the profit from the whole of that year amounted to no less a sum than 121,0001. (Applause.) Of this sum, proportions varying from one tenth to six tenths were allowed to different classes of pri soners—a portion of the sum having been distri buted amongst them during their confinement, and the rest having been allowed to accumulate, was handed to them at the time of their liberation. As far as practicable the convicts were employed at the trades to which they had been brought up. Saddlers returned the greatest profit, the next most profit able were the shoemakers, then the tailors, basket makers, matmakers, and the stone cutters, and weavers. In a report lately made to the French Legislature by M. Jules Simon it was stated that under the beneficent influences of the new system the number of prisoners had diminished one half, and that in one of the Departments (that of the Basses Alpes) the prison had twice been without - a single occupant. (Hear.) He had received from the Belgian authorities official statistics directly bearing on the question of productive prison labour, and which furnished models worthy of imitation. The tariff of wages allowed to prisoners on work done in the central prisons showed that the State received five tenths of the profits 'from prisoners subjected to correctional or minor punishments ; six tenths from soldiers condemned to solitary confinement ; and seven tenths from convicts condemned to hard labour for long periods. A portion not exceeding two tenths of the value of their daily labour might be paid to them weekly, and the balance went to a fund to be handed to them on release, so that if they knew a trade they were put to it ; if not, they were taught a trade, and no person, therefore, need not leave a prison without means of support. (Ap plause.) As regarded the importance of re munerative prison labour a body of commissioners who reported upon it to the Belgian House of Representatives expressed a most decided opinion that it was a powerful and needful agent in reforming criminals, that it checked re-committals, and provided against misery, and they quoted ap provingly the words of M. Berenger to the French Chamber of Peers, that " whatever be the character of the imprisonment to which a criminal is con demned labour must be the basis of all moral im provement, and its employment a necessity from which it is impossible to escape." The report stated that the produce of the labour on an average of three years was 16,3501., of which more than three-fourths was work for the army or for the use of the prisons. The six central prisons of Belgium left a profit from labour of 20,0001., of which 1,6001. was dis tributed in rewards. (Hear, hear.) The maximum term required for learning the trade of shoemaking was 12 months, weaving six months, tailoring three months, (Hear, hear.) In a return to the Minister of Justice, giving the receipts and expenditure of the Antwerp prison, in which all the convicts were employed in manufacturing stuffs for exportation, it was shown that in 12 years the quan tity produced was to the value of 400,0001.—the greater part of the productions were made of raw materials, the growth of Belgium, and of which the native agricultural industry had the benefit ; and the report prided itself on the fact that the capital of remote nations had thus contributed to the reform of Belgian criminals and to the finance of the Bel gian state. :The return for the period named exhibited a net profit of 29,4001., being an annual average of 1,4504 For the last year it had been 3,2401. The ,number of prisoners was 1,295. This remarkable document stated that the .improvements introduced into the Antwerp prison had been of the greatest service to the linen manufacture of the whole country, leading to new arrangements which had been most beneficial to the labouring people, and that the re putation which the prison manufacturers had ob tained in foreign countries had been reflected over other Belgian producers of the same articles, added to which every convict before leaving the prison had acquired the means of maintaining himself respect ably and honourably when his term of imprisonment expired. The learned knight then spoke of the pri sons of Switzerland and of Spain, which:gave a pro fit per head, and furnished an instance of 2,355 pri soners having been taught in a Spanish gaol to earn a honest livelihood ; forty work shops had been erected there without cost to the Government by the labour of the prisoners. An English traveller, Mr. Hoskins, called the - result " a miracle," and inquired why similar experiments were not carried out in this country. The want was co-operation on the part lof the Government. Then as to Scotland, the general report of the managers of Scotch prisons in 1864 showed that there were 2,176 prisoners main tained at a cost of 241.65. per head, whose earnings were 21. 19s. 9d., reducing the net cost to 211. 6s. 3d. The evidence given before the Parliamentary Com mittee of 1850 was then referred to as having shown that useful and productive labour had been pronounced to be " the main element of any sound reformatory system," an opinion "in which every writer of consequence concurred." Millbank Penitentiary and Pentonville were also cited as illustrations of the advisability of extending the productive labour system throughout the gaols of the kingdom. At Millbank, with 770 prisoners, there was a net annual profit of 3,7601. Some of those who worked at trades gained an average of ls. 7d. per day, while those who picked only averaged a halfpenny per day in their gains. Before the Parliamentary Committee a project was brought up by Mr.. C. Pearson, solicitor to the Cor poration of London, a man of great ability and long practical experience in the field of prison discipline, recommending agricultural labour as one of the most efficient means of reform for the criminal. He showed that 1,000 acres might be made to support 1,000 con victs, and to leave a considerable margin of profit. The general results of European experience were that convict agricultural labour in the field was on the whole more profitable than manufacturing. The farm of the Dartmoor prison, although the year was an .unfavourable one, paid 1,8821. 2s. Bd. to the general fund. The Bavarian Government had esta blished five agricultural and industrial prisons, whose working was spoken of as most satisfactory , and as having produced a considerable diminution of re-committals. (Hear.) T he p rison of Kate Vain, Thurgovia, received the va,ga.boanidi sitsofexmpoesitnoesf the adjacent Swiss cantons , and p aid by the produce of labour , without any State assist anceibur ; and in the can ton of Frg , the profits of l a bour amounted to 2001. from I n lo i nTne en pr t iso t n h e s rs— of that is 101. per h ead, more w hi c h were produced by labour open air. FROM AMERIC. M AIL STEAMERS DUE _A THIS WEEK. —The following steamers are due at Liver pool this week with the American and Canadian mails, viz., the Kangaroo, North American, and Africa. The two former s teamers were to le ave , the first New York on De cember 31, and the second Portland on the same date, and may b e e xpected, the Kangaroo off Crookhaven or Queens town in the course of Wednesday night or Thursday morn ing next, and the North American off Greencastle on Wed nesday next. On Saturday next the Africa, from Boston on the 4th January, and Halifax early on the morning of the 6th, may be expected to reach Crookhaven or Queens town, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This LONDON BETTING. TWO THOUSAND. sto 1 agst Liddington (taken) Bto 1 agst Broomielaw 10 to 1 agst Zambesi nrE DEBBY. 9 to 1 agst Breadalbane 10 to 1 agst The Duke 14 to 1 agst Chattanooga 20 to 1 agst Broomielaw 26 to 1 agst Rifle 40 to 1 agst Longdown 40 to 1 agst The Buck 40 to 1 agst Brahma The Brompton Oratory, Agreeably with arrangement, Eliza li`Dermot, accom panied by a lady from the institution in which she had b een ' placed, came to the Westminster Police-court, on Saturday, in order that Mr. Selfe might have an opportunity, with' his wife, of ascertaining for himself the circumstances con nected with her departure from her home, and her inclina tion as to her future disposal. In order to effect this de sirable end without the influence of any coercion, Mr. Self e took the young woman and the lady to his private residence in St. George's-square, where alone with Mr. and Mrs. Self() she had a very lengthened interview, at the termination of which Eliza M'Dermot, having been left by the lady who had accompanied her, started alone on her return to the asylum from which she had been brought. In the afternoon Mrs. MTermot came to the court with a number of testimonials of character, which, as may be remembered, she had been requested to provide herself with in the early stage of these proceedings, and shortly before the rising of the court, Mr. Selfe, addressing her, said—l have seen your daughter, Mrs. M‘Dermot. She has been to my house, and, in pre sence.of my wife and myself, has had along interview, and has told her own story. There are, I am sorry to tell you, certain things in connexion with your daughter which you do not know, and which I am rather loth to tell you, and which I think upon consideration I had better not, and you must be content with what I am going to say to you respecting her. She says she perfectly well knows what she is about. She is, I consider, perfectly capable of form ing an opinion for herself, and she says that she went to this "home" entirely of her own free will, whoever the original suggestion may have come from. She tells me that she went there of her own accord, and that she deceived you, uniortimately;iby not telling you ; but it is her n wn strong wish, independent of any control or bias from any. one else, that she should remain in the institution where she has placed herself. Under the circumstances with which she has made me acquainted, and which I believe, I think she is better where she is than if she had remained, at home. I think that on the whole she has acted wisely in adopting this course, excepting that she ought to have ac quainted you with her designs, and was wrong in not doin g so; she ought to have told you, as it appears she has alway s been a Catholic, and it would have been well for her h ad you given your sanction in the matter, and she is to bl ame in that respect. Now I have seen her quietly and privately with my wife, and without anybody having any influence over her and she appears to be, and says she is, perfectly satisfied with her present position•and the place where she now is, and where you will have an opportunity of seeing her—of course under necessary restrictions—at some time I think not very far distant. Did you at any time speak to her about going into a reformatory ? Mrs. M'Dermot—Never, sir. Mr. Selfe--She says you did, and she has told her story with every appearance of truth. Mrs. M'Dermot—l beg your pardon, sir. I understood. you, whether entering any reformatory in connection with the Oratory. I did once speak to her. I found that she was in the habit of going to places of amusement, and I rebuked her and said to her one day, " I will not allow you to stay out late at :night, and to go to theatres and such other places; if you do I shall have to send you away somewhere for a considerable time." _ _ Mr. Selfe—That was what I meant you to answer. She has informed me that she was in the habit of going about too much. Father Bowden's story is true in every respect as far as he has stated—that it was her own act, and no sug gestion on his part. I must tell you she had a perfect right to go if she liked. Nobody has abetted her in this. The mo tive is good, and I should advise you to let her remain there for some time to come. She is in perfectly good hands, and I will let you know when you can see her, and have an op portunity of communicating with her, as I have before said, under certain restrictions. Leave her undisturbed for a time ; I am sure after her conversation with me this morn ing and what she said it would be better. There is not the slightest pretence for saying that she has been coerced or kidnapped into this institution; she did it with her eyes open, and did not inform you lest you should interfere to pervent it. _ . _ Mrs. M'Dermot—As I told you the other day, if she had asked my consent I should not for a moment have with held it. Mr. Selfe—l should advise you to let the matter rest for a time. Mrs. /if 'Dermot—l have brought some letters down as to my character. Mr. Selfe—The letters give you a very excellent charac ter. There is another point to which I must refer. What persuasion originally were you ? Mrs. M'Dermot—l was brought up a Protestant, and when I married my husband was a Roman Catholic. I was a Catholic for some time after my marriage, and then I withdrew from it to my own church again. Mr. Selfe—Was you ever christened a Catholic ? Mrs. M‘Dermot—No ; I attended the Oratory. Mr. Selfe—Did you receive any gifts ? Mrs. M‘Dermot—They put my boy away to a school at Greenwich for me. When I was ill and kept my bed for nine months, Father Morris, who is a very good man, was exceedingly kind, and visited me from the Oratory, bringing me things. I hate every reason to thank him and respect him. He sent mo bread, meat, and coals while I was ill. I was then a Catholic, but afterwards returned to my church. About seven years ago, I think, I first went to the Oratory. Mr. Selfe—When did you leave it entirely ? Father Morris says that while you represented yourself to be a Catholic you were a Protestant. Mrs. M'Dermot—l left it about two years ago ; since that I have been through no forms or ceremonies. When Mr. Blunt was visiting me Father Morris came and asked why I did not go to confession, and I told him nothing. I only said, "No ; I did not go." I did not say I had become a Protestant. I only said "No" to his inquiry. I have at tended the Oratory within a twelvemonth. Mr. Selfe—l am quite satisfied with your conduct in this matter, and I have every reason to believe that your cha racter is as you represented it. Mrs. M'Dermot then left the court, Mr Selfe assuring her that she would see her daughter as soon as it was proper and convenient, and advised her to let the matter rest for a time, as he felt sure the girl had told him the whole truth, and it was her earnest wish and desire to be left where she was. SIIIPPINd INTELtiGElibill.Whis day. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morniffg. Arrived, Jan. B—Nicholas, from Rio Grande ; Speedwell, from Shanghai ; Hebe, from Valparaiso ; English Rose, from Berbice ; Antecillo, from Philadelphia ; Paragon, from Cadiz ; Anne Randall, from Pugwash ; Catherine, from St, Michael's ; Georgina, from Palermo ; Corsair, from Mes sina; Reward, Mediton, General Slade, Don 41ino, Tartar, Jubilee, Ann and Emily, Esther, Levina, Flying Fish, Crocus, and Fear Not, from Guernsey ; Diamond, from Caen ; Honour, from Havre ; England's Beauty, front Zante ; Mary, and Gem of the Ocean, from Messina ; Bel size, from Mauritius ; Rifleman, from St. John's ; Serpent. Isles, from Leghorn ; Java, from Akyab ; Nemesis, from Tuticorin. Arrived, Jan. 9—Alliance, from Seville ; Salina, fre nt Berletta ; Napoleon, from Gravelines. DEAL, MondayAforning. Passed—Jarrow, screw steamer, and Clotilda,sdeureN steamer, for Genoa; Latona, screw stea mer, for Cardiff-- ill from London. ------ -- - LOCK OUT OF OPERATIVES AT BLACKBURN.—. The . weaving department of the cotton manufac tories of Messrs. Sparrow and Crankshaw, Eanam, Black winep:ensatoltdilhaotr to on the previous evening, waited broeastourippailiwaed was not upon the heads of the finn to complain about the inferior operative s e w y eta es v te e rd rs a b y a c vin los o g, d, quality of the yarn furnished to them to work into cloth, so very bad to call for any change, and were requested to return to their work. They objected to Better e r r e qinuaetsetiiinagi. ex,rtih•aecyo when it was intimated that if thedid not the terms offered, Y a pplication the premises would be closed and all work stopped. The operatives refused to give in, and the result was that the mill was locked Messrs. Spar row and Cranksha w have kept their up. full operation throughout the late manufactory nearly in crisis, at some loss to themselves. They had about 1,200 looms in full operation when the look ou t took place. As weavers, winders, and warpers are much required in the several mills of the town, the Relief Committee on Thursday evening instructed the sub -committee to withdraw all relief from such operatives. REDUCTION IN WAGES AT TILE SOUTH WALES IRONWORKS.—The men employed at the South Wales Ironworks have received one month's notice of a reduction in wages, which will expire at the end of this month. This step has been taken after mature consideration on the part of the masters, and it has not taken the men by surprise, especially after the course determined upon in Stafford shire. The reduction contemplated is 10 per cent., and after this has been carried out the wages paid will be higher than the usual proportion observed with the price of iron. It is believed that the men will submit to the reduction without opposition, as it is evident that the state of the trade compels the ironmasters to reduce the wages, and a t ur n-out would injure the men themselves far more than their emplopers, 3 e J n )1. 'OSSE 100 Ico 2 100 100 100 100 200 100 100 VO 100 100 10 100 100 100 f 1011 11 101 100 1001 1001