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

WITNEY - IYIARKET AND C OMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market has been moderately active to-day, 'but the commercial classes have been en- Abled to obtain the accommodation they have re quired upon terms ranging from 54 per cent. The floating balances, however, are sufficiently abun dant for all requirements, but the advances to .be r epaid, this week to the authorities for loans in anti eiPation of the dividends will, no doubt, stimulate the enquiry, and assist to keep up the quotations. Only 7,000/. in gold was taken into the Bank on Saturday. The fifth ordinary general meeting of the Al liance Bank will be holden at the London Tavern on the 24th instant, to receive the report of the elir eotors and auditors of the company, and for general purposes. 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 13iX months to June last amounted to 24,7041. 12s. lid., out of which they proposed to pay a dividend, free of income tax, of 11. 4s. per share, amounting to 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 the 3 p er C ent. R entes h ave b een 67f. 10 c . 10c. • Th e English Stock Market has been favourably lnflue need to-day through a few purchases, the Funds showing an improvement of about 1 per cent. c ompared with the prices current at the close last Saturday. Consols for money are 89+ 90 ; and for the account are 94 I. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities, 88+ 89+ ; India 5 per C ents., 1031 ; and Enfaced 5 per Cents., 109+. In the Foreign Market although there is not anunation, prices exhibit firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 ; do. Consolides, 94; Mexican, 281 ; do. New, 261 ; Greek, ' 3 ll ; Spanish P a ssive, 32+ ; do. Certificates, 14 4 ; the Co n f e d er ate Loan, 51 53 ; Egyptian, 11 a A + prem . ; the Danubian, 4 1 dis. ; and. the liontevidean, 2+ 31 prem. In the Railway Share Market the operations have be en 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—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ? per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Jan. 10 ew 3 per Cent' BBl 91 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities' 30 yrs, expire sth J an ., 1880 Do. fo r 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1815 — , Do (R e d Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — 'lchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent — Do. £5OO — Do. £lOO and £2OO gland Lank of En Stock, 51 per Cent 239 Ix Do. Account DI AN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — DoAccount Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Accttnt Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 p c'. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D° Do 1091 • 51 per Cent., May 1879 o . 4 per Cent, Aug. 1866 - ...-0- Lends, £l,OOO — pm -u • under £l,OOO " — A FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 14.. - " ll _ str i. .all Bonds, 5 per Cent - Than 5 per Cent _ De ' 4 1 Per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do _ 1863 Buenos iyres 6 per Cent Chilian 6_ per Cent — C u b c)l°lllb litn 6 per Cent. — Do per Cent. Dani s ,, p e r Cent., 1864 — 00ia 3 per Cent., 1825 D ; 1 Per Cent., 1863 — -- Ilanuigaiape.nr _,Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid -- z D° 415 ,;' l lacipalities disquador A.-_Lu .......................... v ....... _ D u . p'W Consolidated, 1 per Cent 4.7,po.i:asureofioupesdiroinesaelnLt and Warrant — D 096 •L) • 4100 fondsßue D Do•' °' , r , „S er i, „.. 1864 951 1 ,lio. Ace(l);thrapaid — pm G delc 5 -- N . A _ Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons N . g - " count Nate tn ' a T i a P llB D o 5 Per Cent. — I, ~ • 1839 and 1850 — Ikthao . - it er ._, ai::,i)er Cent (Maremmana Railway) r 0 Account 2B+ .I. Do 1864 261 i Do 6 D. _ per Cent. Anglo-French .rs' Scrip, £53 paid ~.lio French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis -.Hentevidean 5 per Cent., £5O paid Nev'oorish Imperial sper Cent Xi Granada Do 2 per Cent — Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April, 1864 — Do do Aug., 1856 Peruvian 4i per Cent. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account — rottuguese 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 q per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 p er C on t. , 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 Do Scrip, £65 paid pm Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred - Do A ccoun t 4k. Do Passive — Do Account Spanish Cort. of Coup not funded — Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. — Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Acco un t B9 D 0 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 70 Do £lOO B on d s Do 6 per Cent. 1863 Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent., Do. A ccount Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 Do. Account ....... ' - Do: 6 per Cent., 1864 ''''''''' Do. 11 per Cent.,,,,,..... ... .. .. ..... .... ... .. .. Dividends on the above Pay-able . London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. . Dutch 21- per Cent., Ex. 12 G u il - Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates Vrench'Rentes, 3 per Cent. Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 401 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B9i 90 Do, Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. - _ --sue- .~_--_ The fall of Savannah has added greatly to the depression previously noticed, and prices continue in favour of buyers. Sales probably 3,000 bales. r rca LisTic ENCOUNTER NEAR GLASGOW.— A fight for 101. took place on Wednesday morning in , field on the banks of the. Glasgow and Paisley Canal, about three miles from the city, between a couple of pugi lists, one of whom belongs to Edinburgh, and the other to 13 10 1 ,% in ghaln. There w ere no s t a k es p l aced or r i ng made, .„,. 1 ," ' 4O spectator s , w h o num b ered up W ards of 100—among c ircle, i n .- " °1.4 were many of the Glasgow " fancy"—formed a wide bruisers went to 'work • the centre of which the rival eight 111 gallant style. The fight commenced shortly after °c lock, and' lasted one hour and ten minutes—the tuntber of r ounds fought during that time being about I°l'ty-two. At the close of the last round the Edinburgh Plan. was unable to come up to the " scratch ;" therefore the s ponge was t ossed np in token of defeat, and the Bir hiingham pug d ec l ared the victor. This result of the en counter was hardly expected, as the victor weighed nearly a stone and a half less than the party defeated.--G/asgow Eveling Citizen. One of Lord Breadalbane's gamekeepers shot a golden eagle last week. The bird measured six feet ni ne .11clie8 from ti p to tip of the wings. ter )ols 0115 qua d 1 SHARE MAIKETS—This day. share) Railways. 88 90 13 t 1334, 6i 61 34 24 16 17 88 00 106 1 8 471 48t 7i 8i ORDINARY SHARES AND Melt& IPaicti Closing I Business Price. done. Bir., Wol., & Str. Val 1 Blyth and Tyne ..... Br' stel and Exeter „, „ Caledonian Cork nd Bandon Cornwall Do. A A gets nO til p.c.p.an.has Do. B been paid to 73 Dublin & Belfast June Dun,Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stir. Do. E. Angl. st No. 2 Great !forth of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock Do. B 'o Do. New. is. at 2.5 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Waste n -Original D . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Ox ord Newpo t Do. He eford Lane %shire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon & S Coast Lou., Chat, and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Sheet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. # shares Metropolitan. Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin . it Derby liSid Gt. W., Ireland Do. 6 shares mid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth ,-& Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Po. Stock. & Darling. De. d ,, . 1855-.8 Do. do. 1850-61 North Londou Do. New Do. do. 18c4 Worth Staffordshire N. & S. W Junction Scottish Ctntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock t •o. Scot, Mid. st.:ck h - ews Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon =oath E stern Ataines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Nealh Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw ill ‘V.Hartlepool Har.&ll Do. A irredeemable Do. A. redeemab!e ERITISH POSSE (Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln.l VO.Yl=e l : —. Buffalo AL Lake Huron, Do Preference BufF.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug*. 1, 872 Do do. July 1,1873 Do. do. June 1, 1474 Calcutta & S. E. Urn 'a e Town & Dock, gu , Dernera , a, 7 p.c. per. p' Mast. Ben al, gu ' 5 co East L.clian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extrusion Grand Trunkot Canadrt Do. Equip. _Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist rref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prtf. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred .... Do. 2d Pref. stock.... Do. do. deferred ..•• Do. 4th Pref. stock .. Do. do. deferred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua 5 per cent.. Do. New . glia,.s p, c G t. South of India (Um.) gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great Wt-s. of Canada.. D New. • • Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B NT. Itl.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjauh Din Do.lndus St Flo 100 2 100 100 COLONIAL GO VERNMEN' !British Colambia,6 pert cent„ Dec. 31, 1972..1 Can.Gov.6p c.Ja.&July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb & Au 4 D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 00. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Po. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do; 1-90-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Ntv 1868,6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, r, p. c, 1873, Jan. and Jti r ly .... Do. 1-78 Do. 1882, hlay t 5, Nov. Natal : ov. o per cent N.B.Gcv 6 p.0.Ja..t.1 uly N. W. Gov. 5 p•c.,18C6 Do. 5 p.c: 18 1 to .876 Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. a per cent Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 18 8-9, Do. 1878 & upwards I Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July, Do. do, LI pril & Oct ' 100 100 10 100 100 136 138 158 153 130 3! F 9 01 73i 80 67 63 19 61 45 47 101 101 114 1161 81 83 106 107 37 39 I'2 124 93 95' 61i 641 124 k 125 141 1411 109 111' 55 57 z 5 27 I'3 111 7I 72j 103 10k 38 39 1t 12p 9 10p 123 126 14 2p 1 11p 79 Si 101 111 138 142 58 69 4 i 42 8i 8? 116 1 85 122 1241 5 4k ' 4O l 19e 8 .. 9 163 168 3i 4+l) 110 113 S 8 40 75 78 51 501 1 871 I 0/ ;MONS. 58 60 1001 10U par ip 5 51 6 i 9il 75 60 93 100 100 101 1(.2 103 20 21 99 9 2 70 72 61, 64 65 63 56 58 53 55 47 48 30 31 28 30 103 IC4 P par a p 101 103 9 91 Ili 11 88 03 8) E 2 ! 1 06 d 102} 1034 96 93 91 03 t 6 58 3 5 82 84 102 103 102 k 103 d p 10 * 2i 103; 93 93 101 i 2 SECUR: 98 1(0 4.7 99 97 9. 84 86 83 89 103 105 105 107 106 luB 109 11t 1 , 2 104 108 110 105 107 306 +O9 106 108 101 106 98 100 95 97 95 97 96 96 105 107 89 91 IrBa 8 0 99 101 104 106 107 100 _ - 106 107 I 110. (10, Li prii - BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam Consol. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated — 32 33 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist 1 575 595 Drakewalls 2.1.0 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 47 49 East Caradon 2.14.6 19 20 ^ ast Cam Brea 3 4.0 6 3 / 4 -- East Grenville 2.7.0 41 5j East Loved 2.13.6 14 3 / 4 15 3 / 4 E. WI Russell (Tavistk 0.10.6 4, 5 Gam & StAubyn(Gwen. al- 6 8 4 Gr, at L xcy, limited all 18 19j Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 1 1 3 / 4 G. Wheal Vor (Heist it, 40 32 31 324 Grenvil e 7.8.3 31 44 Herod's Foot 8.13 35 37 tungsten Downs 4.18.0 n Margaret Tiny Lelant 9 3 / 4 8 0 Marke Valley 4.3.0 41 5 4 Niwyndy Iron Ore lim 25 15 0 • Nangiles ... l9 20 22 New Se ton. North Downs 3 North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 1.10.5 1 14 North Whe,.l Crotty - Prosper United 7.1.6 24 3 Pr videnoe Tiny Lelant 10.6.7 34 36 325 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l5 530 550 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 2:) 25 stray Park Tin Croft 9 16 17 . West 1 4 assett(Illozan 11 74 8 W. Caradon (L skeard 9 6 8' West Chi verton ll 6 I 65 West Seton 474 205 215 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 55 90 95 Wheal Buller (Redrnth 10 9 11 Whea Ludo At 3 .1 2 .8 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 13 15 Wheal Seton Wheal T. elawney (I.ls. 7 18 20 Wheal Uni_n...... • PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 197 Lancaster and Carlisle 40 per cent. pt., 102 a la Hid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 4i per cent. red., 1(11 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 40 per cent. rd., 99a 8} North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 33 Ditto, 6 per cent. u, 33 PREFERENCE SIIARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pr., 98 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southend, 99a EasternDNs Sambre a u am t ch urre i t aaao h nunt e ddd n } 3rsi Meuse, guuc2esk FOREIGN Antwerp and Rotterdam. 9a _lO l EIGN RAIL WAYS. ureat Luxembourg, 13 Imperial Mexican, Um. 31 ; Turin and Savona, San r ant° gua p er cent Ditto (al 18 " 4 5u7 l ai P . 6 e r p c e e r n e t e . n p t f . . , P 91 .; 191 101LEIGN MINES, Fortuna (Urn.), 31 7, Santa Barbara ciol , l Mine lim., Scottish Austr&lian, Yudanau.tittuaa of S. Australia, lim., 2 BANKS. Albion, 3 alliDDiniiiettoo,Uininses;vuled333'l23:o2:m., of Which 10 is pd ,11 Anglo Austrian, 7 Australasia, 70 89} CharteredCha a n r k t 01 td li g ß a y a e p n r t . i o . o t 3 l7 n n ci d i I R ! ,Australia a d n e d h C i n h a l n , 7 5 . 9 36 City, 1 7 Consolidated Bank, Bra., 117' Y English, Scorch, and Austra Lain Chartered, 21 Etuopean Bank, lim., 151 15 imperial Bank 311 a Ditto, new, 31} Imperial Ottoman, 17 16/ Land Mortgage Bank of innia, lim., 5} London and Brazilian ilinz.)44B London Chartered Bank of Australia, 24/ London and County, 82! - London Joint Stock, 51 Ditto, new, 48 London and South African, 22/ 3 2/ London and South-Western, lira., 22/ London and A estminstrr, 10,)_99f Merchant Bank, lira., 2- / Mercantile and Exchange. Um., 9/ Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 16.1 National Bank, Ditto, new, 82/ Oriental Bank Corporation, 59 8 Ditto, new, 533 Seinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim..l'll South Australia, 861 Standard of British South Africa, (11m.), 24i 5 Union of London, 58 7/ 100 100 100 100 lt THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY E'VENING, JANUARY 9, 1865. DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 714 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 wheat 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. 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. 11d. per 81bs. Particulars. 1851. 1882 1863. 1864. 1865. - - - Stock this day.... 74,527 52.079 15.925 69.316 56.544 5986 a to 49s 61 to 44s d t0,4159d to 41s 6d to Price of Y.C. . • 598 9d —s Od —a Od 42s Od 41s 3d Delivery last week 1,619 2,167 1,656 1.759 2,020 Ditto from June 1 56,933 86,529 51,557 it 44,883 57,440 Arrivals last week 814 931 2,956 1,013 7,14 Ditto from June 1 101,3'6 181,844 69,173 76.352 68,963 Price of Town .... 6.s 9d 50s 9d 46s 6d 438 9d 43s 9d POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day MARLBOROUGH-STREET MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim.. 8/ City of London Real Property, lim., 22 Commercial Union, Insurance, 8 3 / 4 Contract Corporation, lim., 21 2 Credit Fonder and Mobiiicr of England, 81 Ditto 42), 51 I Egyptian Com and Trading, 51 2 Electric Telegraph, 112;10 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 91 Gellivera, Um., 3 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 72 1 Hudson's Bay, 162 Humber Iron Wo:ks, 2/ 31 21 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., lira., 8 3 / 4 International Financial aociety, lim., 7/ 11 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour;,— Ditto, 0 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 821 Joint Stock Discount. lim.. 911 Land Securities, 42 London and Caledonian Marine, lim., 51 London Financial Association, lim., 23k London Gencral Omnibus Company, 3; London, Italian, and Adriatic Steam. 4 3 / 4 1 , London Mercautile Discount, lim., 3 151 dras Irrigation and Canal, I:itto, new, 191 • Milwal I Iron Works, 41 ational Discount Company, lim., 15/ 16 152 National Financial, Bm., 4 3 / 4 National Provincial Marine, 21 North British and Mercantile Insurance, lim., 19 Oriental Commercial, lira., si 8 Oriental Inland Stealu, 21 3 / 4 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 80 Royal Mail Steam, 95 51 Societe Final,ciere d'Egypte, 1im.,:4 3 / 4 5 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 7E/ Universal Marine, Insurance, lim., 61 Warrant Finance, lim., 81 e West India and Pacific Steam, lim., 112 LAW IN ELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Conimissioner Goulburn.) IN RE CUDDEN.-NOVEL APPLICATION. In this matter Mr. Reed 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 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 BARKS.-1 . 44 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 no 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 tho 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 WILLIAMS.-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 all Owed 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. i'ENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—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 parson 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. ROBBERY OF STORES ON THE 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. Tho 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. The Common Sergeant asked whether anything was 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 ciates to prevent their apprehension. Nothing coulkbe 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 give me a great deal of trouble. My lord, we have, after much trouble, captured the prisoner's 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-disposed persons. The Common Sergeant said it mattered little whether the 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. REDUCTION IN WAGES AT THE SOUTH WALES IttoNwoitxs.—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 turn-out would injure the men themselves far more than their emplopers. 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 lts 45i Ditto, 1864 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 1864 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, 1864 ... . 46s 523 Rye-- Barley—Grinding 22s 255 Malting, new 305 35s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 605 63s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os i3s Chevalier 645 (Is Oats —Yorkshire and Lincoinsh., Feeding. 195 22s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lBs 225 Cork, white Scotch, Feeding lBs 223 Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple - 36s 38e White Boilers . 365 40s Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stockton and Norfolk...—. American, per barrel l9e 255 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 limi.ted. 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 6d 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 ; and from Ireland, 110 oxen and heifers. The show of sheep was very limited, but most breeds wore in good saleable condition. The mutton trade was firm at full quotations, to, in some instances, an advance of 2d per Blbs. A few very superior Downs and half-breds realised "Gs 2d, but the general top figure was Gs 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 6d 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. s ds d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 8 4 4 second quality do .. t 6 4 10 Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 2 Prime Scots, &e.... 5 4 5 6 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 2 11 1 8 1 second quality do ..4 10 5 2 ads d Pme crs-wool sheep 5. 4 5 . 8 Prtine a'thdown d 0.5 10 6 0 La ge coarse calves. 4 6 5 2 Prime small do .....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 21s; and quarter-old store pigs, 2Cs :0 251 each. _ . Head of stock on sale Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts Beasts 1 290 Ccws. - Cows Sheep . Calves 2:37 Ca yes _ 313 P i gs 3lO Pigs — 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. 4,82;3 IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. sheep, Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Antwerp Boulogne - ... 30 Dunkirk Bremen Hamburg Harlingen 352 ... 177 ... ... ~, ... Ostend 9B ... 110 ... ... 85 ... 77 Calais — ... Oporto ... - 877 - 231 ••• • ••• -- --. ••• Total The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1864 1863 1862 1861 1860 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices 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. • June 11, Jan. 9, 1864. 1865. Coarse and inferior beasts... 36t0 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 do 5 2 5 8 5 4 5 8 Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 510 6 0 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 0 4 6 4 6 5 2 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 4 2 4 8 Beasts 4,320 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, tho trade ruled quiet, at our quotations. Per 81b by the carome. stied 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 sclad Inferior mutton 3 4 3 lu niddling mutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do 4 6 4 ;0 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 ..... ..... llos to 200 s Weald of Kent loss to 155 s Sussex. lOOB to 140 s Yearlings 1008 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. Y or k s hire Regents Flukes .. • 9,'is to 105 s Kent and Essex Regents loos to 12 s Rocks . . 80s to 100 s 70s Scotch Regents to SOS 608 Foreign to Bus 60s to 7i.s SEEDS. Very little activity has been shown in the demand for most agricultural seeds, yet no change of importance has 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. turnip, w hite,p.bus.2Cs to 22s Carraway 34s 35s 5wede.......... —8 — 8 Coriander 21s 25s Mustard, Brown. .. --s — s Herapseed, per qr 4ts 468 White, . ....... —8 —8 Linseed,Eng.sowing 018 688 Tares, Spring.. •• •. —8 —8 Crushing 598 628 New winter, bush lOs l ls Baltic —8 —8 Canary, per quarter —8 - 8 Odessa —B —8 Rye grass Clover, Red En,g., ot. . -e ---8 Forei g n —8 Englih £lo Os .01 685 s White —g 49 108 Xil Foreign Red.... —8 —8 Rape Cakes,p ton £5 lOs £6 5s White. —8 — 8 , Rapeseed, new,pr qr Hs 78s Trefoil new••••••••• —8 —s WOOL, 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. The import into London, last week, was 457 bales from the Cape; 91, Port Natal; 1,022, Port Philip ; 1,100 Sydney ; and 625 bale' from Taganrog. sd s d Fleeces -South Down hoggets ...2 0 2 1/ Half -bred do 2 2 2 3 Kent fleeces 2 2 2 21 outh Down ewes and wethersl 1 t 2 0 Leiee,ter do 2 1 2 2 Sorts -Clothing 1 6 2 01 Combing 1 8 2 2 TALLOW. The tallow trade is firm to-day, and prices are rather higher than on Monday last. Isjew P.Y.C. is quoted at 41s• A MOTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED BY HER SON.—Wm. 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 POLICE.—MaHriCe 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-street. He re quested the defendant to go away, but he refused, saying that if he (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 ho 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 man, 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 WIDOVS TROUBLES.—CharIes Peachey, a boy 12 years of age, 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 11s. change, and he would send back two sovereigns. Prosecutor gave the boy the lls . but he never returned with the gold. Ile 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 infortaed me that his mother spoke well of him, and she ought not to have done so, for I find that he 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 ho resembled the description given of Mr. Kerslake's runaway, and plumply asking him whether he did not steal the money, to which he replied he did. The mothor,:a very respectable lady-like woman, stood forward, and said that she had sometimes called on Mr. Kerslake to ask him to be careful not to trust him with any sum of money, but unfortunately failed 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. ALL 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 Bendy, 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 lace 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 she 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 tinck and Mr. B. Gurdon having been returned unopposed at the dissolutions of 1857 and 1859. For many years both seats were 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, SATIIR 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 animation prevailed. If supported by the numerous mann faoturers of Halifax and district the new market cannot fail to prove a gloom. 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 syitem 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 g 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 2,4501, 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 cosi 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 of 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 21/. 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." Milbank Penitentiary and Pentonville were also cited as illustrations of the advisability of extending the productive labour system throughout the gaols of the kingdom. At Milbank, with 770 prisoners, there was a net annual profit of 3,760/. Some of those who worked at trades gained an average of is. 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 groat 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 1,882/. 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.) The p rison of Katch vain, Thurgovia, received the vagabonds of most of • by the produce of labour, without any State the adjacent Swiss cantons , a nd p aid all its expenses assist ance ; and in the canton of Friburg, th e p r ofits of labour amounted to 1,200/. from 110 prisoners— that is 10/. per head, M ore than nine tenth s o f which were produced by labour in the open air. DUE FROM A MERICA THIS W IN ' E T E A K I . L —T BT h E e A3E following l steamers are d ue at Liver pool t hi s week with the American and Canadi an ma il s, viz., the Kangaroo, North American, and Africa. The two former steamers were to -leave, the first New York on De cember 31, and the second Portland on the same date, and may be expected, the Kan garoo o ff C rookhaven 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. TWO THOUSAND GUMEAS MED , - stolon the field (offered) Bto 1 agst Broomielaw (taken) 10 to 1 agst Zambezi (t a k en ) 12 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) THE DEERE. sto 1 agst Liddington (offered, 11 to 2 taken) Bto 1 agst Breadalbane (offered, take 9to 1) 11 to 1 agst Duke (taken) 14 to 1 agst -Chattanooga (offered, take 15 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Broomiclaw (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Bedminster (taken) 30 to 1 agst Rifle (late Br. to Minie) (taken) 40 to 1 agst Brahma (taken) , 40 to 1 agst Arid (taken) 40 to 1 agst Buck (taken and offered) 45 to 1 agst Longdown (wanted) 50 to 1 agst Joker (taken) 5000 to 75 agst Congress (taken) Broomielaw is in great force for the 2,000 Guineas and Derby, Breadalbane being also in tremendous demand for the latter, 8 to 1 being the highest offer at the close. Chattanooga was backed for £2OO for each event. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE--This Da;, LONDON BETTING. TWO THOUSAND. sto 1 agst Liddington (taken) Bto 1 agst Broomielaw 10 to 1 agst Zambesi THE DERBY. 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 M'Dermot, accom panied by a lady from the institution in which she had been placed, came to the Westminster Police-court, on Saturday, in order that Mr. SeHe 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 took the young woman and the lady to his private residence in St. George's-square, where alone with Mr. and Mrs. Selfe 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. M‘Dermot came to the court with a number of testimonials of character, which, as may bo 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. S elle, 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 a long 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, unfortunately, by not telling you ; but it is her own 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 iu not doing so; she ought to have told you, as it appears she has always been a Catholic, and it would have been well for her had you given your sanction in the matter, and she is to blame 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 t 44 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 havo 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 ; lam 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. L: Mrs. ISPDermot—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. M'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. WDermot—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 have every reason to thank him and respect him. He sent me 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 s Catholic you were a Protestant. Mrs. M'Dermot—l left it about two years ago ; since that I have been through so 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. that she would see her daughter as soon as it was proper assuring her Mrs. MDermot then left the court, Mr S to elfe be ass l and convenifeennt,suanredtadhevgiVhhader tteolldethtirahetinahetwtehrorleesttnifotrht: time, as he sheand it,aws.its her earnest wish and desire so :TING INTELLIGENCE—This day. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Jan. B— Nicholas, from Rio Grande ; Speedwell, from from Valparaiso ; English Rose, from BBheranbigcella;iLtileecit, 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 Alino, Tartar, Jubilee, Ann and Emily, Esther, Levina, Flying Fish, Crocus, and Fear Not, from Guernsey ; Diamond, from Caen ; Honour, from Havro ; England's Beauty, from 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. Dw, Monday Morning. Passed—Jarrow, screw steamer, and Clotilda, screw steamer, for Genoa; Latona, screw steamer, for Cardiff— all from London. The Irish People has discovered in the workhouse of Carlow an old man, named James Lawless, who fought in the Rebellion of '9B, at the battles of Enniscorthy, New Ross, Hacketstown, 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. ,IT 114: S. Sir John Bowring on Convict Labour. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK. TAT TERSALL'S.---This Evening. S 10-5 , rl. 10 -,, via ,fit, Lost ace 104 Go' ;ea' -eat of A 11 ' )liC ,rod -out 80 791 67 9 591.1 100/ 1011 II 100} 100 100} 100}