The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-18 00:00:00

~~~ it ~~.~~ 21102 VEr .31ARKET :'ND CITY NEWS. --~-- CITY, Two o'CLoCK. The available supplies of money continue abun• dant, but owing to a slight increase in the inquiry the rates show rather more firmness. Greater activity is considered probable during the ensuing fortnight, as the demand wiil be temporarily aug mented by revenue collections and preparations for the liquidation of the annual accounts; and it will not excite surprise if the quotations for a time exhibit a further upward tendency. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon exhibited an advance in the rate on Amsterdam, while a slight decline took place in the quotation on Hamburg. _ _ _ Gold is now 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris, but 2-10ths per cent. cheaper here than in Hamburg. A remittance of £631 in bills having from 60 to 90 days to run, has been received on account of the Eucatorian Dividend Fund. A call of £1 per share has been made by the Natal Land and Colonisation Company, payable on or before the 10th proximo. Contracts are required by the Government for 50,000 gallons of rum, 15,000 ditto vinegar, 400 tons sugar, 150 tons cocoa, 5,000 qrs. wheat, 500 qrs. oats, 50 tons raisins, and 50 tobacco. Extreme quietude prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices fluctuated considerably. The sales were only 2,000 bales. The transactions in the market for Public Secu rities to-day have been numerous, and the variations have been rather unfavourable. At one time the unds exhibited an improvement of about per rent., owing to the advices received from America with reference to the statements made by President Lincoln relative to the foreign policy of his Govern ment. Consols for the account, 9th proximo, tem porarily touched 00-Z I, but a decline to 901 took place ; they are now, however, 90,1- 1. The latest money prices are 90 901. The New Threes have improved to 891 I, the Reduced to 891 I; Exche quer Bills, March, are 9s. to 12s. prem.; ditto June, 14s. prem ; Bank Stock is firm at 234 ; and India 5 Per Cent, ditto at 104- _ Very little business has taken place in the Foreign Market, and prices show no meterial alter ation. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 77 to 78; ditto, 1858, 67 to 68; Mexican are firm at 268 4 ; Grenada Active are 141 ; Russian 4,-; per Cents. have receded to 90; but Venezuelan are steady at 21-4-1 ; and Spanish Certificates at 51. There is a decrease of about £2,900 in the traffic of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway for the past week. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been limited, and in some instances a slight decline has taken place. Caledonians, Great Westerns, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, South Eastern, and West Midlands, have receded ss: ; but , North Eastern (Berwick), however, have im proved 55., and Eastern Counties, 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been with out material variation. South Austrian and Lom bardo-Venetian realise 181 ; Dutch Rhenish, 151- ; - Bahia and San Francisco, 14/. East Indian have improved to 1001; and Punjaub remains steady at 141. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares 'were in very limited request. Oriental Bank, however,have advanced 10s.; Union of London, 55.; and Electric Telegraph, ss. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. tank Stock a per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9ll / 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities B9 1 1 I New 21 per Cent. Annuities 7 41 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 981 Ditto ditto April, 1864 98/ 1 1 Ditto Bonds £l,000 Consols fo r A ccoun t, J an . 9 . 90a i India Stock for Account — Ditto 5 per Cent. March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 12 9 14 .., Ditto £5OO Ditto Small l2 9 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican, 3 per UenL Ditto Account 261 1 Grenada Active Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1356, '7, '9, and '6O — Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 591 9 Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto New Loan Ditto Account 1 enezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guth 641 _ TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Although the fresh arrivals of English wheat to this morning's market were very moderate, the demand, both for red and white qualities, was in a sluggish state ; never theless, prices were quite supported. Considering the late large importations the show of foreign wheat on the stands was by no means extensive. All descriptions, however, were in slow request at about Alenday's currency. Floating cargecs of grain moved off steadily at full quo • talons. Barley met a steady sale, and prices were well main tained. The inquiry for malt was confined to immediate wants, at late rates. Good and fine oats moved off steadily, at full prices, but Uferior qualities were a slow sale. Both beans and peas were in heavy demand, at drooping Currencies. The flour trade was far from active. In prices, however, 40 quotable change took place. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. I r 4 i s V B u•• .• •• •. 490 i 110 1,169 lBO 720 sack 6. 16,450 1,840 ( 12,120 I 14,670 sks. 14,670 b ris. BOROUGH HOP. The value of all kinds of hops continues to be wel M aintained, notwithstanding that the amount of business doing in them is very moderato. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is tolerably extensive, and the de mand rules inactive, as follows :—Beef from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; veal, s 10d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3 8 10d to 4s 10d per 81bs by the carcase. THIS DA I'S' SHIPPING. , LONDON, Dec. . this at noon—North- A r esterly ; moderate lB breeze, —Wind with fine weather, but rather clo u d y. PLYMOUTH,' Dec. 17 —Wind N.W.—Sailed—Sameuse, for Rio Grande. SWANSEA, Dec. 17 —Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lady P rudhoe, from Cuba. Sailed—Mary Bertha, and Eliza beth, for Havannah. CLYDE, Dec 17.—Arrived— Margaret, from Pernam buco; Ondine, from Paraiba ; William, from St. John's, R AMSGATE, Dec. 17.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Caroline for New York. LoirGn FOYLE, Dec. 18.—Arrived—Bohe m i a n, steamer, from Quebec, ani proceeded for Liv,3rpool ; left Quebec on the 7th inst. (BY SURMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Weill, esday Morning. Arrived, Dee. 17—Northampton, from New York ; ' l , 4 actor, from Hamburg • Boanerges. from the Cape of 1 .„" r ood Hope; William Walker, from Pillau; Triton, from -"Aroburg ; Twecling, from Groningen Stadfust Constan ti no, from Uleaborg ; Meggy, from Taganrog ; Phamix, f rom Sie rra Leone. Arrived, Dec. 18—Lavinia, from Gu.ernsey ; Symmetry, "•roLn Palermo ; Willie, from Patras. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wag=ed—Helena, from Hamburg for Monte Video; ';Pheroid, for St. Vincent ' • Zaba, for Shanghai ; Thames , 4 ,?r Vanouver's; Maria, for Card=iff; Trade Wind, for Ritt's—all from London. THE PRICE OF GOLD. T he quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mule prem., an d the s h or t exc h ange on L on d on Is 25.271 per £1 sterling. 1 .," c omparing these rates with th e E ng li s h Mi n t p r i ce o f £3 '' B . 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is abo ut 1 -10th per cent. dearer in London tha n in Paris. advices from flanaleurg the price of gold is 4?8 per mark, Slid th e s h ort exchange on London is 13s. 6d. per £1 sterling. a 4„, - bdard gold at the E, aglsh Mint price is, therefore, about - 10th s per cent. dearer in i Hamburg than in London. T he cour se o f exc h mage at N ew Y or k on London for bills at co with sight i s a b ou t ; 1081 per cen t ., w hi c h , when compare d with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the torhangs is against England. But, after making allowance l oss of Interest and charges of transport, the present tat, leaves no profit op flip trammiesiort of gold to the lilted States. Share' 100 Btk 18 20i 204 10 100 100 100 174 20 stock 1002 1001 14f 19f I Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes .... Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Paine .1: Rail Copiapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ......, Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons SE Geneva ...... Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Medi ter. Parts & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.) %ua. 7 p. ct. Rm.. .... ' Riga & Dunaburg...... r Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse .. 5 all all 18.8. all all all all all 6k 61- , _ --p 1 is ii loi 11 - 4 81 1 i 214 224 Si Si 81 11 20 21 88 89 7 9 39 40 50 62 5} 4} 1 11 13 Do. 5/ per cent. Pref. .... San Paulo, lim, g. 7p c. S.Aust &Lomb Venetin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 g ct. ' West Elandern Do. 51 p. c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. Western of Austria.... Westurn of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... Do. 8 per cent Pref.... Zealand .. . . BRIT I SE A 1 fred Consols (Philaclq British Iron 6 t 8 I 0A 251 261 6 i t all all all all MI: 3.2.101 Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon . LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W .. Birkenhead lOO Do.&G.W S 4 86 Buckinghamshire , 100 Do. Chester & Holyhead.. , 100 Do 53 54 Do. 51per cent' 100 Do 123 125 Do. 5 „ 100 Do ll2 114 Clydesdale Junction , 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Vali all E.U. & E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnth. gApr c. 1 100 Gt. North. 133 136 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Coults. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge... . 1 100 •• •• Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new 1 100 Da .... ... .. .. Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halTes Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N.W 197 202 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern, 61 63 Do. Preference 1 100 'Do. lll2 117 Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 1 100 Peto &Co 183 85 Lowestoft gua. 4 pc.. 100 Norfolk .. .. Do 5 per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,k Matlock all LNW& M 31 31 and. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmark t, BuryEx 5 5. 6. E Counts. par 1 p gua. 5 per cent... • 1 Northn. &E a , tn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all IDo. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western Preston and Wyre. 1 all L&N.W 1 & L.Yk. j 43 45 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. South Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.W .. .. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 81 911 'E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) G am. &S t.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville ITerod's- Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) North Downs , North Frances (Illogan) N. Wh '1 Basset (1110 2, an) {North Wheal Crotty !Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) I S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim i S .Wheal Fran. (Illogan)' Stray Park [Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Croft Vale of Towev (Carm ) West Basset (Elio; an) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton . . t 14.6 7.4.0 551 17s 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6' 1.10.61 Wheal Basset (Mogan)! Whcal Dullc.- (Iteciruth)l Wilt.tti Edward (Cals.)l Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) , Wheal MaryAnn(Men.)l Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)! 6f 7 94 JO 20 21 1 2 30 34 360 no 55 60 28 281 3 31 58 20 3* 41 6 7 1} 11 37 39 34 t 40 42 44 5 24 Sti 21 3} 11 2i 7 8 38 40 9 2. ilk 1.14.0 9.18.9 1k 10.6.7 5.6:6 all 1 2719. , 13s 43(1! R 0 335 345 4 4/ 93 100 31 33 1 1 7f 8 14 15 50 52 280 290 85 90: vs 85 2i 3 41t 16 17 16 17 li:2 THE SUN, "LONDON, WEDNESDAY FE'VE NI SG, DECMBEEt 18, 1861. LA JP II6TELLIGE.NCE.-(THIS DAY.) ißusiness done COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) THOMAS V. lIOI3LER-JUDGMENT. This was an appeal from a decision of Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood dismissing the plaintiff's bill with costs. The plaintiff stated that for many years previous to 1851 he was connected with a mining adventure, and was possessed of a tin and copper mine, then cared the East Alveny Mine, on the Great Tregue Consols, in the county of Cornwall, and the plaintiff entered into an agreement for a lease with the defendant and others, and for the formation of a company for working the said mine. The plaintiff filed his bill to have it declared that, on account of breaches in the lease, the mine belonged exclusively to himself, and that, as the directors had issued shares so low as 2s. Gd. they exceeded their duty as directors and forfeited their rights, and the mine reverted to the plaintiff. The Lord Chancellor, in delivering judgment, said— Having heard the arguments at the bar I reserved my judgment, not that I entertained any doubt of the judg ment that ought to be pronounced, but to dispose of the previous motion. The Lord Chancellor was of opinion that the plaintiff had no personal right to apply for restitution of the mine to himself. And he was not authorised, and had no right to represent the other shareholders of the company. That he was not entitled to assume the double character of acting for himself against the shareholders, and also acting for the shareholders for his own benefit. The Lord Chancellor considered that the one lode was well worked, although the other remained unworked ; and that the directors only issued such shares at such prices as were available in the market. The Lord Chancellor affirmed the decision of the Vice- Chancellor, and dismissed the appeal with costs. 211 E WINDHAM CASE--( This Day). COMMISSION OF LUNACY. (Before Samuel Warren, Esq., Q.C., Master in Lunacy, and a Special Jury.) THIRD DAY. Sir George Armitage, Bart., and the rest of the jury assembled at eleven o'clock, at which time only one counsel (Mr. Hume Williams) was present. Mr. Field came in a minute afterwards, end was followed by Sir Hugh Cairns, who were the only three present when the Master took his seat on the bench. The Master said, on behalf of himself, the jury, and the public, he begged to draw attention to the length of time this inquiry was likely to last. It might not be known that he had signed and sealed 250 summonses for witnesses. He had issued them for all parts of England, Scotland, and Ire land, and even for Russia, and the daily expenses of such an inquiry as the present were necessarily frightful. It would be impassible for the conrt to sit on Monday next, being the day for the funeral of the Prince Consort, and after the Ist of January he had official engagements in other parts of the country. General Windham was under orders to pro ceed to India, and the order was only suspended in order that he might give evidence on this inquiry. Sir H. Cairns said he quite agreed in the propriety of not sitting on Monday next. With regard to the length of the inquiry, he could say little, as that would very much depend upon the evidence adduced by the petitioners. Colonel Bathurst, whose examination appears in another column, was cross-examined by Sir Hugh Cairns. When abroad he took Windham to places of worship, but he had to force him out of bed to do so. In clothes and pocket money he spent for Windham at the rate of £2OO a-year. By the Master—Windham drank a great deal. He had seen him tipsy, but not often, as he had a very strong stomach. In such cases he was very quiet. He did not think that his eccentricities were referable to elevation by drink. Mr. George Farrar, examined by Mr. Field—Said he was a registrar of Ihe Court of Chancery, and he was at Spa in August, 1859. He saw him at the gaming-tables, and while at play he took no interest in the game, but put his money recklessly about. He thought him very idiotic in his con versat ion. He saw him at the railway station, acting as a railway porter. He was very negligent in his style of dress. Cross-examined by Sir H. Cairns—He had seen hint put down more than a five franc piece at one time on the table. He had seen him put down as much as three five franc pieces. Witness was playing himself. Mr. Windham spoke and acted as a person of unsound mind. Windham paid more attention to the ladies in the room than to the play, while witness paid more attention to the play. (Laughter.) Mrs. Mary Alicia Wilkinson, examined by Mr. Hume Williams, said she resided at Lymington, in Hampshire, and is a widow. She resided at Spa in 1859. While there she met with Mr. Windham during a fortnight at the be ginning of the spring, and three weeks in October. He resided at the same hotel with her on both occasions. She had constant communications with him. He always con ducted himself towards her as a child. She constantly en deavoured to improve his manners, and to teach him the difference between truth and falsehood. She showed him many kind attentions, because she considered him a person of weak intellect. His conduct at the table d' hate was occa donally very offensive. Ho laughed in such an extraordi nary manner that he was ordered to leave the table and shortly afterwards to leave the hotel. In consequence of his explanations ho was permitted to remain. At a ball at Spa she introduced him to a 3 °tang lady friend, with whom he danced. In the midst of the quadrille the young lady brought him to her side and said she did not wisk to make a scene in a ball-room, but that she declined to have any thing more to do with him, as he had threatened to box her ears for not dancing so fast as he wished her to do. Cross-examined by Mr. Kerslake, Q.C.—She had put down a five franc piece or a two franc piece on the gaming tables, as every body did in passing through from the music or ball rooms. She did not habitually play at the gaming tables. She was nevern - sevOre laser. She had constantly gone through the rooms with Mr. Windham, belt only saw him put down once. That was en an occasion when all agreed to put down as they passed through the room. Her maiden name was Horrocks, and was sister to Mr. Edward Horrocks, who was tutor to Mr. Windham after Col. Bathurst told her that he would no longer have charge of Mr. Windham. She remained at Spa until the summer of the present year. She had not seen Mr, Wind ham since ho left Spa in 1859. By a Juror—Sho was constantly obliged to tell Mr. Windham not to come to her house in such an untid) state, and that he must wash himself. POLICE INT.ELLIG_ENCE.—( This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISTURBING THE CONGREGATION OF ST. JAMES'S CHURCH.—Jane Clark was charged with creating a distur. bance at St. James's Church, Piccadilly. Frederick Green, the beadle, said that on the previous afternoon the defendant, who had been drinking, walked into the middle aisle of the church and created a distur bance, and he was told by one of the curates to remove her. She said " She was if she would go, and that she had as much right to be there as he had." She was an old visitor to the church, and well known as a nuisance. She was in the habit of sitti❑g at the bottom of the church and exposing her arms to excite sympathy. Prisoner—Oh dear I I'm shocked. Green said she need-the most dreadful language in the churchyard. Prisoner said she used to go to church when in prosperity, but had not been for 12 months. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he supposed she only went when she was drunk. She would go to gaol for a month, in default of paying he utmost fine the law allowed. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT A BOOTMAKER'S.—Henry Wines, a bootmaker, 8, Great Chesterfield-street, Maryle b ne, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt on suspicion of being =caned in stealing a large quantity of ladies' boot legs and unfinished boots from the premises of Mr. Bird, ladies' bootmaker, 86, Oxford-street ; and Edward Denham was charged on suspicion of receiving the same, well know.. ing them to be stolen. The latter prisoner is also a boot maker, of 27, Union-street, Marylebone. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Groat Marlborough-street, ap peared for the prosecution. At the prisoner Denham's house were found by Franklin, a sergeant of the E division, and Lambert, 68 E, a large quantity of boot legs and other property believed to have been stolen. They are of superior quality and first rate workmanship. The prisoners were remanded. Great inconvenience has been felt of late by persons having business at the court by nearly an hour being lost each morning before the business commences. SHARE NARKET-(THIS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share , Railways. 50 Belfast and Nor. Conn. 13.14 , Rir., Wol., and Str. Val 25 ; Blyth and Tyne 10 Tost.,Sleaf.,andllid.Co st Bristol and Exei:er st !Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cork, Blrock, & Passage 20 ,Cornwall 10 :Do' A till 6p c.p an.has, 10 Do. 11 A gets no divl been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. 25 Dun. Perth,&Ab. June st 'East Anglian st Eastern Counties st .Eastern Union, A stock st Do Bdo do 25 DoNw A, late E U 3ds! at :East Suffolk st 'Edinburgh & Glasgow at Edin., Perth, & Dundee; FlO orth & Clyde Junction: st !Furness at Glasg. and S. Western , 10 'GreatNrthn of Scotland st :Great Northern , st Do A stock at Do B do st Gt. S. an W. of Ireland at 'Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock 12 Irish South Eastern at !Lancashire & Yorkshire, at London and Blackwall, at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st Lon., Chat., and Dover ; at Lon. & North Western; at Lon. & South Western 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen et Man., Shef., & Lincoln ' 50 Maryport and Carlisle 1241 Do shares 10 Metropolitan st Midland 6.4.0 Do New at i Do Birming. & Derby 50 Mid Gt. W. of Ireland, 25 Do. 4 shares 25 'Mid Kent 1 0 ; Do Cray Line 100 'Newcastle and Carlislel 7i 8 6 6 , 94 C 6 99i 1001, 5 6 10 :Newry & Armagh, def. 20 (Newry, Warnpt, & Ros st jNorfolk st INorth British st Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock st Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, Do Leeds o,G.E. purchase' Do York North London Do new ,North Staffordshire 'N. and S. W. Junction., Not. Gran. RI. & Canal Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney 'Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Sc , t. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welchpool ,Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer , South Devon 'S. Durham & Lanc.Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darling - ton Do Do New, 1560 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. I* ThamesElavenDk&Rail Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class 'W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newpor Do Hereford, Cl o sing Business Paid. Price. done. 100} 100 18i f 51 i 110 91 64 8 7i 106 51 40 42 Da 11i 171 181 50 51 47 50 32 34 83 00 zsi 29i 100 102 111 112 109 110 130 132 101 103 67.1 671 55 58 1051 105] 54 56 115 117 44 46 911 91f 92 93 9 11 43} 441 64 6 126 126 1 1 96 98 0 62 61i 62 98 99 d 55 66 861 874 93 95 51 4: d 10 101 88 DO 122 121 37 39 95 97 451 461 36 33 75 751 f 5 G 95 97 51 8 37 39 74 81 p 41 51 55/ 56/ 2/ 3/ dp 83 86 f 12/ 13 5i Gi 44 46 43 45 89 01 19.16.4 12.10 451 } PREFERENCE SHARES. p o- ,a . 1 Closing Business Paid . l Done. 93 95 zoi 214 6 6i 101 103 112 117 110 116 103 110 106 103 123 125 81 83 111 113 89 91 115 116 110 112 102 101 107 109 97 99 98 100 88 90 88 90 102 101 91 10 17 18 101 11 75 77 20 201 10 10 15 154 136 133 101 103 112 115 112 115 130 13A 112 115 152 155 127 130 73 75 90 92 ,111 113 131 14 124 125 iPm 65 70 137 139 102 104 92 94 100 111 107 109 1 liprn 99 101 98 100 i dis par idis }pm 22 23 132 136 10 10i 23i -t 99 101 99 101 9S 100 85 88 274 284 31 33 31 33 42 45 123 125 121 123 100 102 118 121 115 120 Share/ Railways. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. Issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. at Do. shares Caledon. £lO, 44 p. cent Do. guar. shares, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref E. Ancrn. Class A 5 p. c :Do. Class B 6 per cent Do. Class C 7 per cent ; E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 IDo. new 6 p. c. st (Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. Erua.”. S. & Edin.PerthA Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c iGreat Xorthern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm Do. 45 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redrr .atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of scot. let pref. 'Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and, Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 n. et Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct.. Do. 5 p. c. is deem. pref. I r)o. firm. pref. shares ,Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she Do. firm. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do 1.)o. do Lan. & Carl. 4i p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.stZs 2s 10dpe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4} p. c. (Blackb. pur Lon.&Brig;.sp. , 3.zu. No., Do. 5 per ce14,01. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. do Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 44 per cent. do. !)o. 4} p. c. pref. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4 p c. st.(diy. def. liP65 Do. 4 per cent. pref Lon.Chat.&Dov. sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex., B, 6 p. c. Do. Metrop. Ex. 9, 6 p.c. Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. I Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. st., late 3d shares Do. 4# per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anus ✓ of 2s Gd Londondy. & Cole. shs r,ondony. & Ennis. sh. Sh. & Lin. 6 per et. Do. £6 Do. 3-1 per cent, ... Do. redeem. 0 per cent... 1111aryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. 'Do. 41 per cent....... nidla 3d C3r . 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.k .hir. 6 p.c. Do. 43 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. z:3 per cent. Do.Leic. andHit.4per ct Norflk. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 184-6 Do. 53 n. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Viray.ValEx.st.lBl7 I Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New Lrua. per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. pH. shs. 'Do. do. do. Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44 pr. ct. redeemable Do. DDoo.. C. ee N N. Berwick 7 : O . 4 1,4 . p p e . .c ct. pref. o p p r r e e l f t Do. dn. Quarters, 1818 Do. York, 11. & S. Purch North Staffordshire IRhymnev Guaranteed sh 'Central. new pt Scotti4h North-Eastern is p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent South Eastern (Reading AIM. ' 1.0.6) D. 4A per cent Do, Fixed 41 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent Do. do. 1859. • Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua., Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Watrtd & Kilkny. O p. c W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gma stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red Do. Perpet.6p. C. pf. 1866 Do. till 1869; 1271 6,1 mi 5 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. A< 'antic St Lawrence Born.,liaroda&Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent..... - - Do . Do. Buffalo and Laxe Huron' Do. New ....... j Do. Preference Ifulialo,Brant,&Godrich p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 jDo. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 18:4 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Uri.) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) ICapeTown & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara......... Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. I` Shares Ext..— Do. Jubbulpore Do. 45 p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1876 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per et. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Do. New gua:s p. C... Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New iDo. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. Do. 5} p. c. do. '77 d 0... IDo. 56 p. c. do. '7B d 0... 'Madras guar., 44 p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. tip. c. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. c. Bnds. INewßrunswick,lsCanda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share iDo. do. Land d 0........ IDo. do. B Capital d 0... .Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) . ....... Scinde . ..... .... 44.> }Do. PUlljaub .... Es . El i Do. Do. ........ a e ? ' Do. indus.St. Flo. ga Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip..l FOREIGN /100 15 all 100 1 Closin g Price. Paid. 100 all all all all 98 99 3f 4} d fii 72 77 E 8 73 c 7 72 41 6 1 id: log 20 d 100 101 98 100 99 101 94 1011 17 19 55 CO 40 50 28 32 34 38 27 30 27 BO 591 1001 i ad 98 99 8i 9 12 114 83 90 98 99 90 92 5 7 4 6 1001 1014 d d 95 100 $ i d JUDGMENT.-HURST V. HURST. This was an appeal from a decision of the Master of the Rolls refusing the wife an injunction to restrain her hus • band from applying to the Divorce Court for a restitution of conjugal rights, under a voluntary deed of separation. The Lord Chancellor, at the conclusion of the arguments, stated very fully his views of the law and equity of the case; and on adverting to the decision cf Waller and Evans, and other House of Lords cases, came to the conclusion that the wife (plaintiff) was entitled to an intermediate order till first day of next term, restraining her husband from apply ing to any court of law for a restitution of his conjugal rights, and unless his lordship then expressed a contrary opinion the injunction would remain absolute. ROLLS COURT. (Before Sir John Ronallly.) THE NATIONAL ASSURANCE AND INVESTMENT COMPANY. The examination of the directors of this association was resumed this morning. Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., and Mr. Roxburgh appeared for the official manager; Mr. Harding and Mr.: Jessell for Lord Keane; Mr. Garth and Mr. Glyn for Lord George Paget. _ _ Lord Keane was again called, and on examination by Mr. Selwyn, he admitted a very large sum of the company's monies had been paid for advertisements and printing; it might be £30,000, but he did not know it until he saw the report of Mr. Harding, He had seen the report and, ac counts in which it was represented that there was a balance in favour of the association. He presumed the report and statement of the accounts to be correct; he had nothing whatever to do with the preparation of those accounts. they were all left to Mr. Morrison, Examined by Mr. Jessell—l3e had received over £7OO in fees for his attendance as director and chairman, but beyond that he had received no pecuniary benefit whatever from the association. Lord George Paget, examined by Mr. Roxburgh—He became connected with the association in 18.52, and exe• cuted the deed of settlement. One of the rules of the asso ciation required that a director should hold capital stock to the extent of £lOO. He accordingly was allotted £lOO stock, for which he paid. He became director, and was chairman until 1856, when he resigned. During- all the time he acted as chairman, all proposals for loans came before the board. They were brought before them by Mr. Morrison. He never had any loan from the association, and would swear that every farthing of capital stock or invest ment fund ho had paid for; he believed in round numbers the amount was £2,150. He recollected the case of Mr- M'Carty, who he understood had been instrumental in get ting up the company, and he knew of the annuity to him of £2OO and the policy of assurance, and after ho became connected with the asssociation he perfectly recollected a propostion being made by Mr. M'Carty to the Board for a surrender of the annuity and policy for £6OO. He understood that Mr. M'Carty was desirous of raising money for the purposes of proceeding to America. If there was no entry of such a proposition in the books of the company he was satis fied the proposal was made, and at that time the Board did not think it advisable to accept the proposal, and it was r e jected. He (L)rd George) had money at the time, and he thought it a good investment, and purchased it far £6OO for the annuity, and £l5O for the policy. He certainly made a proposal to the board at a subsequent period that they should accept his proposal, for a surrender of the policy of assur ance for £152, and the annuity for £3,009, which he wished ohowa bo paid for in capital stock to that amount, which was agreed to, and beyond that ho had no interest in the matter. He would take his oath that he never had a loan from the Association, and that he had paid every shilling for the capital stock in his name. He had attended the numerous meetings of the direct ors,and signed the minutes. He always placed every reliance in Mr. Morrison. There was a proposi tion that the sum in his name as holder of capital stock,should be converted into investment stock ; but there was so much procrastination always with Mr. Morrison that there was always a difficulty in concluding any matter with him; and at that time he was about to be married, and he was de sirous of putting his pecuniary affairs straight; and his friend and brother in-law, the Hon. Mr. Cadogan, offered to pay the £3,850 for the stock. Lord George Paget was then examined at very great length in relation to the various loan transactions of the Company, but more parti cularly with regard to their connection with the French Imperial Company, the project of which and its objects he from the first disapproved, and which ultimately led to his resignation at the Board. Examined by Mr. Garth —He had written a letter to Mr. Morrison stating his reasons and objections to the con nection with the French Imperial Company, and desiring him to lay his letter and resignation before the board, and he never, until last night, from the evidence of Lord Keane, had seen the letter before it was produced in court, and it had not been laid before the board. He had received a reply to his letter from Mr. Morri son. The letter produced was that letter. He also received a copy of resolutions and minutes of a meeting of the directors from Mr. Morrison, but he understood that there was no entry of such a meeting or resolution in the books of the association; the copy ho received was in the hand writing of one of the clerks, with whose writing he was familiar. Mr, Henry Prior, formerly clerk to the association, proved that the copy was in his handwriting, and that he had copied it from a rough draft at the request of Mr. Morrison. Lord George Paget then said be was quite prepared to give any explanation required, but the counsel saying they had no further questions to ask, he left the court. Mr. Giffard then proposed to call Major Adair, one of the directors, who had been connected with the association from the year 1851. The Master of the Rolls said ho had received a certifi cate that Major Adair was labouring under such infirmity that a protracted examination in public would be very pre judicial to his health ; he was, therefore, quite ready to take his evidence in his private room, counsel, the solici tors on both sides, with the short-hand writers, only being present. The examination was then continued in private, and was proceeding at the time of going to press. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) WATSON V. WATSON AND WILKINSON. The hearing of this case was resumed this morning, and the evidence of a number witnesses proved, beyond doubt, that Sir Charles Watson had committed adultery. Mr. O'Malley, at the conclusion of the evidence, addressed the jury on the part of Lady Watson, and told the jury that if they had a doubt in favour of Lady W atson t h ey wou ld by their verdict protect that hunted a n d su ff er i ng l a d y . H e felt, under all the circumstances of the case, they would come to the conclusion that the allegations against Lady Watson had not been proved. Mr. Macaulay, in reply, said the questions the jury had to determine were, had adultery been committed by Lady Watson, and what amount of damages, which had been set down at £lO,OOO, the petitioner had sustained. The case was proceeding when we went to press. WHAT THE UNITED STATES PARTICULARL Y WANT JUST Now.—A Short Cut to the .Paeoo.—"Punch" this day. The greater part of the bar silver brought by the West India packet has been sold for the Continent, at GOO. per oz. This establishes a decline of d. from the price realised for the last arrival, although business to some extent was effected some days since at Gld. Mexican dol. lars aro also flat. There were no bullion operations of any import ance at the Bank yesterday. The larger portion of the £308,000 Australian gold brought by the Wellesley, which has just come to hand, is, however, expected to be taken there after being refined. THE " MEAN WHITES."—We are all of one mind and of a right mind, in England as to the evils of slavery. It is an evil to the slave; it is an evil to the slaveholder himself. Where negro slaves work on the soil, the dignity of labour is denied ; it is thought shame for a white man to live by the sweat of his own brow, and the whites not rich enough to possess blacks, upon whose industry they live, fall into a largo, miserable, shiftless class, known as the " mean whites," and despised by the very negro. This poor, shiftless, despised middle class consists of the very men who are the strength and backbone of all free society. There is but one field of industry—the plant, ttion—and in dustry is brought from without to occupy it. There could be no more fatal blow dealt to the South tbtan this that comes of the working of its own " peculiar in stitution."— Dickens's 411 the Year Bound." THE JURIDICAL SOCIETY. This society assembled on Monday evening to hear a paper read by Mr. C. Clark on the following question :—" Is the capture of the Southern Com missioners from on board the mail steamer Trent de fensible by the law of nations ?" Mr.Willcock, presided. Mr. Clark began by briefly tracing the origin of the law of neutrals, and remarked that the difficulties which had lately arisen were occasioned by the desire, often manifested, not so much to get as much profit as possible out of other people's quarrels, but to add to that favour to one belligerent without justifiably incurring the hostility of the other. He then vindicated the proposition that a vessel is part of the country to which it belongs, and showed that the doubts suggested as to that proposi tion arose solely from its being stated as absolute and definitive without exception, and subject to no limitation. He asserted the proposition, but assigned degrees and limits to it. Taken with these its exist ence could not be doubted. One of these restrictions was that any neutral vessel was subject to search for contraband. That right had long been acknow ledged. Military officers and despatches were some times treated as contraband of war. But the right to take them existed only when a vessel, neutral by its state, had engaged itself in , the special service of a belligerent, in which case it became by virtue of that fact a belligerent transport, and as such subject to capture. Sir W. Scott's decisions on this subject had been misrepresented in order to draw from them a justification for the present proceeding. The prin ciples were these—that a neutral vessel, specially engaged to transport munitions, soldiers, or des patches between the enemy's country and his colo nies, or colourably and fraudulently pretending a voyage from or to a neutral port, in order to be enabled to perform this service, was in reality an enemy's transport, but that a neutral vessel plying in its ordinary occupation between the enemy's country and a neutral port, or a fortiori (as was the case with the Trent) between one neutral port and another, and taking on board, as casual passengers, men or officers of a belligerent, or his despatches, incurred no blame or breach of neutrality, nor any risk of forfeiture. In support of this last proposition he especially referred to Hautefeuille, a French writer, and to the American writers Kent and Wheaton, and especially to a note on the book of Mr. Wheaton by Mr. Beach Lawrence, who had edited it. He also showed that the convenience of the passengers in the Trent was not a justification for not taking the vessel before a Prize Court, but only operated to save the captain of the San Jacinto and the Govern ment he served from a responsibility, a sense o f the existence of which might have prevented the act. Under these circumstances, he proposed to answer the question for the evening's discussion by saying that the act of the San Jacinto was not justifiable. Mr. Willcock addressed some remarks to the meet ing, and was followed by Mr. G. Lushington and some other gentlemen ; after which the discussion was, on the motion of Mr. Daniell, Q,C., adjourned to the next meeting. FOR hIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,L Ina 17.6 rd . &d 20 Brazil St.J. del Rey,Lim 15 45 47 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 11 lf 1 Clarendon Cons.Mitteo. ; - 40 Cobrc Copper all 35 57 ,Copiapo l6 6 8 1 I DunMoun.Copilling.Co all 1 14 2 , Fortuna 20 1G eneral all 23 24 21Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr. 1 4 op 14 , Kapunda (Limited)..... 1 1 14 p , Linares all 7 8 6 I Lusitanian 2 a pr 1 Mariquira all 1 IN.KhineCopolS.Aus.L I I *d 20 ,Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 'Port Philip 1 11 11 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 4 Ipm 11 I 211•2111 United Mexican 1 ,Worthing (Limited) all 4 f 1)0 — COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, , Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &J uly 1877-9 1 100 103 106 106 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-21 100 106 5 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 I 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aw.T.l 100 102 105 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept.! 100 102 105 Do. 5 per cent lOO 93 96 954 5 - Cape G. Hope, 6p 0,1880 1 100 K 6 1( , 8 Do. 1850 100 106 108 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..la.kJuly 100 102 104 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. , 100 N. S. W. G ov. sp. c.,1865 1 100 95 100 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876; 100 07 99 Do. p.c., 1888 &upwili. l 100 96 98 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c 100 102 104 sterling, 1875 S. A u5,G6p.c.1873.& up lOO -- - Vlc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja...&July 100 - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 101 103 1024 f DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min. 100 s e t t o o c c k k ,T E o a n st d a o, nd West India .. 1 1 0 0 0 0 12358 6 125 1 stock S 'd t. Katharine.. stock Southampton lOO 50 stock Vietnria 20 ,Du' New. 2 1d pr JOINT-STOC18: BANKS. 100 AgruarnitedServiee Bk 50 I 86 4 0 ;Australasia all 60 1 5 25 Bank of Egypt all 201 211 100 'Balk of London 50 63 65 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 191 20 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 21 23 100 City 100 Colonial . 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 'Commercial of London 2O 20 , Eng.. Scot„ & Aus. Ch all 17 171 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char. Bkof Austral all 231 24 24 20 Do. new l5 51 31 50 London and County 20 351 361 50 ; London Joint Stock 10 22 23 20 (London and S.Airican lO 11 id 100 London A Westminster 20 68 70 100 INTat. Prov. of England 12 20 'Do. new l2 50 j National Bank .• 25 20 INe e South Wales all 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland 1 25 10 I Do. new 25 South Australia ..,-• , all 25 Illnion o! Australia :: I all ;37 39 50 jUai i of London 100 I Unit) • 60 I M I SC ELLANEOUS. -- 10 Anglo- 51exican Mint . all 131 141 10 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (Id) all 1 2 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 26 28 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 51 50 British American Land 40 50 B.Str.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim) all 29 32 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.' all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 911 321 Canada Land all 98 103 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim all st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Stnitg all ----- -- 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent. at. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference st. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 103 105 20 E.lndia irrigm & Canal 1 Id fpm at. Electric Telegraph 100 93 96 93 21 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aug. Copper, all 24 3 15 Gen. Steam Navigate m 14 1 Great Ship Limited) all .1, I Do: 171 pct Preference all 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 45 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 14 20 Madras Err. and Canal 1 2 ) 21 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim all 34 44 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 $d 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 15 10 Netherlands Land all 55 100 1 N N D .. ° 13 13 . 8 . r A . P e P t o r r v a c a l f a t i Eta t (Lim.)Ll adni die. 10 15 5 all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). 'all 11 14 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 1. 11 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 10 61 75 st. PeclF-Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 400 47 50 50 l'en. & Oriental Steam all 66 68 50 Do. New 3O 11 13 5200 ihyn i ßedSe n a e & y ln lr .T on el.g.4lp.c aa a ll l ll l 18157 1916 19 16 Do. New 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 47 st. Scot. Austin. Tnv.(Lim.) 100 125 135 25 South Australian Land all 32 84 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip , all 11010 rot . l sdteD.aon.Registeredd Agency do . 0 . r a a 4 6 kus t r i a sia (lim)lst is. I id 4 p 20 Tr.,t Lu. Co. of UPr•Cali. 5 6 14 5 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (lim.)l 1 id pr 100 an Dieu:teed L 114 d 284 8 a RAILWAYS. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY). (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) CHARGE or MANSLAUGHTER. John Madeley, a middle-aged man, was indicted for the manslaughter of William Sylvester. On L'e evening when the deceased received the injury which resulted in his death, the prisoner, Sylvester, and several other persons were in the parlour of a public-house when some " chaffing" arose, which eventually led to a quarrel, when the prisoner struck deceased several times As they were leaving the house deceased attempted to strike the prisoner, and the result of that was a violent scuffle and both men closed, and in a short time after they bothiell to the ground, the prisoner falling on the deceased. When he was raised from the ground Sylvester said his leg was broken, and he was conveyed to the hospital, where it was discovered he had received a severe compound fracture cf the thigh, from the effects of which he died. The prisoner had since the fatal occasion shown the greatest contrition for the unfortunate accident. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. The learned Judge said there were certain circumstances in this case which greatly mitigated it, and, having com mented on the lamentable effects of drinking to excess, sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonraent with hard labour. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) STEALING A DIAMOND NECKLET. Thomas Thompson was indicted for stealing a diamond necklet, value £6B 10s., the property of George Atten borough. From the evidence of Lewns, Mr. Attenborough's assis • tint, it appeared that early in November the prisoner, accompanied by another man, entered Mr. Attenborough's shop in the Strand, and asked to look at some diamond necklets, as he wished to make a present of such an ornament to his daughter. He was shown several valuable specimens of jewellery, when he selected the dia mond necklet. While he was looking at the necklet he asked to be shown a silver teakettle which was in the oppo site window. Tho porter brought the article to the counter, and then the prisoner wished to know exactly how much it would hold. Water was sent for to fill the kettle with, and this article also being approved of, the prisoner said he would call and pay for both in the course of the day, and then left the shop. After he had gone it was discovered the neck let had been abstracted from the case, and then the shopman went in pursuit of the two men. He lost sight of them for a few minutes, but he saw the prisoner, who, when he per ceived he was being followed, ran away, and entered a tobacconist's shop in Hungerford-market, anl was in the act of lighting a cigar when Mr. Attenborough entered and charged him with the robbery, which he denied. Notwith standing this assertion the shopman called a constable and gave him into custody. The necklet was not recovered. Mr. Best addressed the jury for the prisoner, and con tended that the witness Lewns was altogether mistaken in his identity of the prisoner, as the person who had been in the shop of Mr. Attenborough, when the robbery was com mitted. The Jury found the prisoner guilty. Mr. Orridge, the counsel for the prosecutor, asked the Court whether any blame could be attached to Mr. Atten borough's assistant. The Recorder said he could not see the slightest grounds for blaming that gentleman. Ho thought he had acted with extreme promptitude in capturing the prisoner. He sentenced Thompson to three years' penal servitude. ROBBING CHILDREN. David Cochrane was indicted for stealing certain moneys, the property of Richard Garner. The prisoner, it appeared, was in the habit of meeting little children and inquiring whether they had any money about them. On being informed that they had he told them there were thieves on London-bridge, and that he had better wrap their money up in paper for them. When he obtained the money from the children he changed the silver for copper coin. There were two indictments against the prisoner, in one of which he changed three half-crowns for three penny pieces. The jury found him guilty, and the Recorder sentenced him to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER STEE WEDNESDAY A. Handicap Hurdle Race of About ti Age at lb Heads or Tails a 11 0 Tumbler a 10 8 Vulture 6 10 6 Diadem 5 10 4 Nosegay .. 6 10 0 Yorkshire Mi 5.... 6 10 0 The Miller a 10 0 Eheu .. 5 9 12 Peggy Taft .. a 9 11 Mary Ann a 9 10' Pantomime Marmion The Trial Handicap of 3 soya each, with 20 added, for all ages: About one mile, on the flat. Age at lb Vulture Nosegay 6 8 4 _ iLECIIA.SE MEETING. JANUARY 1. 5 sous. each, with 25 added. ro miles. Age st lb British Workman a 9 7 Corona Irish Emigrant a 9 5 Emily Harris Physician North Lancashire 5 9 5 Lord Adair First Flight Gaylad Solferino Cambria 5 9 0 Polly Age st lb Emily Harris 5 6 12 Deserter 4 6 12 ILara Avis 6 6 10 Coral Keepsake Solferino .. 4 6 2 Pupil Abbess filly Foxhead 4 6 0 i Kate colt licap) of 5 sous each, with 50 -ee miles and a half. Ellen Edmund Kean 5 7 10 Rhcebus 4 7 9 Old Post Fast Runner 4 7 6 Yorkshire Miss 6 7 6 Harriett 4 7 0 Ladybird The City Steeplechase (hand added. About thr Age st lb Old Ben Roe a 11 61 Wee Nell (h b) a 11 01 Heads or Tails Tumbler a 10 8 Dunhallow, late _ _ _ Age st lb Alec tryon, by Chan ticleer a 9 8 Stableford (h b), by The Deputy Antelope Peggy Taft (12 b) a 9 5 The Spinner .. a 9 5 Tomboy 6 9 5 Physician Nigger Lass a 9 5 Corona Pantomime Balz Irina Harvey Sauce Emily Harris, late The Nun .. 5 9 3 Tenant Right, by The Fiddler .... 6 9 0 Polly (b. b) 6lB 9 Gorsehill Pine Apple .. a 10 3 Uncle Ned, late • - - Knt. of the Shire a 10 3 Piff Paff Corkscrew Leamington, late Farmer from Kerry 5 10 0 Friar of Apshall Linkboy .. a 9 12 Sunbeam Mary Ann a 9 10 British Workman 6 9 8 Marmion Eheu [RES FOR 1862. Luty. 25 CCH. Liverpool S ll Shrewsbury S .. 27 .IL. Newmarket C 2l Catterick Bridge Thirsk 29 Salisbury Bath Harpenden 3O Ascot Newcastle Hampton 'LY, Abingdon Pontefract Ilungerford . ... l7 Nottingham .. 22 Southampton 22 Stamford 24 Marlborough 25 Goodwood ,UST. Reading Egham York Oxford 2O Stockton 26 2‘.113E11.. Richmond Leicester 24 Monmouth 25 Manchester 26 Newmarket F 0 13Elt. Gloucester Newmarket H LEER. Liverpool . Shrewsbury RACING FIXT FEBR' Lincoln Nottingham S Derby Spring 6 AP Northampton Croxton Park 4 Epsom Spring Ponteland Newmarket F S 5 Chester Spring York Spring Epsom Summer.. 3 Chelmsford ll Manchester ll Odiham Bibury Club Newton . 2 Stockbridge 3 Winchester Newmarket Worcester .. Liverpool .. 15 AUG Radcliffe Brighton 4 I Brighton Club 7 Lewes .. 8 Wolverhampton SEPT] Devon and Exeter 2 Derby Plymouth Warwick 9 Doncaster OCTO Bedford Newmarket S 0 .. 13 NOTE. Worcester Hereford COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 191 11 191 Antwerp — 25 55 25 60 Brussels . 25 55 25 60 Hamburgh — 13 8 13 81 Paris Ditto Marseilles 118 k 14 50 14 50 32a Frankfort on Maine 118$ Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin — M adrid Cadiz Leghorn — 25 65 25 70 Milan Genoa Naps Paler le mo — 1181 1181 Messina Lisbon — 52 521 Oporto — 52 Foreign Gold in Bars (standard) .... ~ £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) „1 South American Doubloons The Dublin Evening Mail announces the death of Lord Riversdale, the aged Bishop of Killaloe, who had been in a dangerous state of health for some time. He was born in 1784, consecrated Bishop of Killaloe in 1839, and succeeded his brother William, as third Baron Riversdale, ill 1848. DEATH OF DR. SOUTHWOOD 5.1.11111. It is our painful duty to record the death of the eminent physician and father of sanitary reform, Dr. Southwood Smith, who died at Florence on the 10th inst., after six days' illness, from bronchitis Southwood Smith was born at Martock, in Somer setshire, on the 21st December, 1788, and was therefore at his decease within eleven days of com pleting his 734 year, though from the length of time his name has been before the world, he was generally thought much older. Originally educated for the Christian ministry, the name of Southwood Smith was early brought into repute as the author of "Illustrations of the Divine Government," which. passed through several editions. The duties of the pastoral office having brought him much in contact with the poor, his penetrating and b enevo l ent mind readily perceived how greatly physical sufferi ng contributes to moral degradation, and he entered upon the study of medicine at Edinburgh, with a view to administer healing to the body whilst con veying spiritual consolation and admonition to the soul. Accordingly, for some time after receiving his diploma, Dr. Southwood Smith united the offi ces of pastor and physician at Yeovil. Employed in this manner, the miserable condition of the dwellings of the poor became firmly associated in his mind with the undue prevalence of preventible disease, especially of fever. Dr. Southwood Smith's next publication was a work on " The Philosophy of Health," which reached a tenth edition. It has fallen to the lot of few to accomplish such extensive services for the public benefit as have been subsequently rendered by Dr. Southwood Smith. He was the chief originator of the science of Preventive Medicine as systematically applied in this country, and the clearness and force of his writ ings made him very successful in popularising the leading principles of national ilealth. Appointed physician to the London Fever Hos pital and the Eastern Dispensary in 1824, Dr. Smith spent several years in the wards of the one and visiting patients of the other in their squalid abodes; at the same time embodying the results of his ob servations in a work described by the M edical Chirurgical Review as " the best work on fever that ever flowed from the pen of physician in any age or country." He there proved that epidemic fever is the great pauperiser of the land, and that it is preventible : and it has been truly said, that " the man whose zeal and energy brought these facts to light deserves to be ranked in the number of his country's benefactors." Called, during a violent typhus epidemic in 1837, to the assistance of the Poor-law Commissioners, he presented two valuable reports on the causes of sickness among the poor, which are capable of pre vention. In 1839 he was chiefly instrumental in forming the " Health of Towns Association," ma terially aided a committee of the House of Commons on the same subject in 1840, and served during the same year on the Children's Employment Commis sion. In 1842 he took an active part in founding the " Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes." From the first, indeed, he had laboured to impress on the public mind the now admitted truth, that a cer tain amount of physical comfort is necessary to morality and religion : " that," in his own words, " moral degradation is indissolubly united with physical squalor—moral impurity with bodily impurity—and that it is only when the house ceases to be a sty, and is rendered capable of becoming a home, that it can receive with any hope of benefit the schoolmaster and the minister of religion." In 1844 he gave most impressive evidence before a commission for inquiring into the health of towns, and in 1847 was appointed on the Metropo litan Sanitary Commission. In 1848 the " Public Health" and " Nuisances" Acts were passed, when Dr. Smith was appointed medical member of the General Board of Health, but for nearly 12 months his services were rendered gratuitously. In 1850, however, he was appointed permanently to the board, and altogether relinquished professional practice. Of• his labours as a member of the Board of Health, his reports on cholera, his notifications re lative to that pestilence, and especially his intro duction of the system of house-to-house visitation, bear witness. But he at the same time established additional and irresistible claims to public gratitude by the authorship of the " two admirable Reports on Quarantine, which have obtained a world-wide celebt ity." " If (said Dean Peacock) Dr. Southwood Smith had no other claims on the lasting gratitude of the nation, I would refer to his Reports on Quarantine as quite sufficient to establish them. They have contributed more than any other publications on this subject to dissipate the gross and mischievous delusions upon which these regulations are founded and which are known to be so injurious to the free commercial intercourse and prosperity of nations." For some considerable time prior to his decease Dr. Southwood Smith had been actively engaged in preparing an entirely new and complete edition of " The Philosophy of Health." Another edition of "The Divine Government" was also in preparation, and in all probability both these works will shortly be republished. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING 2HE WEEK. (From the Registrar-Generea's Weekly Return.) The mortality of London declined considerably in the first week of December, and it showed a further but not an important reduction in the week that ended last Saturday. The number of deaths re corded in the present return is 1,283. If the rate of mortality had been equal to that which is ob tained by calculation from the return of correspond ing weeks in ten previous years (1851-60), the deaths instead of the number just stated, would have been 1,384. In the last three weeks the deaths from scarla tina were 81, 70, and 78, having been less numerous than they were in the greater part of November, when they averaged more than a hundred weekly. Diphtheria was fatal in 15 cases last week. Three deaths from scarlatina occurred in each of the fol lowing sub-districts ;—Somers-town, Islington west, Hackney, St. Andrew Eastern ; there were 5 in Lambeth Church (first and second sub-districts), and 4 in Norwood. Among diseases of the zymotic class scarlatina was the most fatal; typhus, which numbered 59 deaths, was fatal in the next degree. Under this latter head are classed 39 cases returned as typhus or typhoid fever, 10 cases of " fever," 4 of gastric fever, 3 of low fever, 2 of continued and 1 of infan tile fever. Whooping-cough was recorded in 55 cases, measles in 25, small pox in 4. A looking-glass silverer died at the age of 34 years from " mercurial palsy (4 years) bronchitis." The widow of a grocer died in Mansell-street, Goodman's-fields, at the great age of 99 years. A boy, aged 7 years, in Rotherhithe, received " mortal burns from sinking into a pot of molten lead, and by his clothes taking fire therefrom." He lived two days after the accident. Last week the births of 924 boys and 876 g i r l s , i n all 1,800 children, were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1851-60 the average number was 1,704. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 , 685 in. The barometrical readings fell to 20.28 in. on Fri day, and rose to 29.97 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 484 deg., which is 7,9 deg. abo ve th e averag e o f the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The mean daily temperature was above the average during the whole of the week, and on Thursday and Friday this excess was 10 deg. and 11 deg. The highest day temperature was 54 deg., on Monday. The lowest night temperature was 39.5 deg., on Saturday. The range of the thermometer in the week was therefore 14 . 5 deg. The mean d a ily range was 8 . 7 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 3.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity o f th e air was 89, complete saturation being represented by 100. The wind blew from the south-west. The amount of rain was 0.39 in,, of which 0.25 in. fell on Sunday. A woman named Th er li n , emp l oye d i n the large of a steam-engi ne , washing establishment of MM. B ra b an t, a t C am brai (Nord), three days ago ;T nprudently approached too near the ell kf t which was in motion, and h er clothes being caught, sh e was d rawn i n and crushed to de ath, Another woman, named Lebruß,employed on the premises, seeing the accident, rushed forward to endeavour to saveher companion, and would also have shared her fate but for the exertions of the engine-man, who stopped the machine and got her out, but with a broken wrist and some brWses. LI, le 11, 3r lid ed :d, he n of n at a at 2s 6d 10s. 10 10.6. . _ , all , all , all . 100 100 100 100 f. 100 100 73i 4 901 104 20i 20. 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock stock `%