The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-16 00:00:00

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" For 1860,the expenditures were thirteen millions six hun- . should not be in haste to determine that radical and extreme dred and six thousand, seven hundred and fifty-nine dollars measures, which may reach the loyal as well as the disloaal, and eleven cents, showing a decrease of more than eight per b •are indispensable. The inaugural a ddress at the beginning cent., cent., as compared with those of the previous year, and of the Administration, and the Messa g e to Congress at leaving an excess of expenditures over the revenue for the - tate special session, were both mainly devotedlto the domes last fiscal year of over five hundred and fifty-seven thousand ~, tic controversy out of which the insurrection and con fourodd hundred and sixty-two dollars and seventy-one cents. s sequent war have sprung. Nothin g now occurs to T he gross revenue for the year ending June 30, 1863, is esti- -2 or s ubtract to orlfrom the principle, or general purposes mated at an increase of four per cent. on that of 1861,' • stated and expressed in these documents. The last ray of making eight millions six hundred and eighty-three thou- hope for preserving the Union peaceably expired at the s and dollars, to which should be added the earnings of the e : ass ault o n Fort Sumter, and a general review of what hat , department in carrying free matter, viz., seven hundred ' : occurred since may not be unprofitable. What was pain thousand dollars—making nine million three hundred : fully uncertain then is much better defined and more distinct and eighty-three thousand dollars. The total expenditures now, and the progress of events is plainly in the right direc for 1863 are estimated at twelve million five hundred and ;lion. The insurgents confidently claimed a strong support twenty-eight thousand dollars, leaving an estimated de- from north of Mason's and Dixon's line, and the friends of ficiency of three millions one hundred and forty-five ;1- . the Union were not free from appehension on the point. thousand dollars to be supplied from the treasury in addi- This, however, was soon nettled definitely and on the right tion to the permanent appropriation. . side, South of the line noble little Delaware led off right " The present insurrection shows, I think, that the eaten - - from the first. Maryland was made to seem against the sion of this district across the Potomac River at the time of Union, our soldiers were assaulted, bridges were burned and' establishing the Capital here was eminently wise, and con- s railroads torn up within her limits, and we were many days sequently that the relinquishment of that portion of it which at one time, without the ability to bring a single regiment] lies within the State of Virginia was unwise and dangerous. • over her soil to the capital. Now her bridges and railroads ) ) I submit for your consideration the expediency of regaining are repaired and open to the Government. She alreadyl that part of the district and the restoration of the original gives seven regiments to the cause of the Union boundaries thereof through negotiations with the State of`, and none to the enemy, and her people at a Virginia. :'• regular election have sustained the Union by a " The report of the Secretary of the Interior with the i-• larger majority, and a larger aggregate vote than they ever accompanying documents, exhibit the conditions of the before gave to any candidate or any question. several branches of the public business pertaining to that' Kentucky, too, for some time in doubt, is now decidedly, department. The depressing influences of the insurrection,; s and I think unchangeably, ranged on the side of the Union. have been especially felt in the operations of the patent and "Missouri is comparatively quiet, and I believe cannot general land offices. The cash receipts from the sale of public again be overrun by the insurrectionists. These three States lands during the past year have exceeded the expenses of • s of Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, neither of which ' t ' our land system only about two hundred thousand dollars s would promise a single soldier at first, have now an aggre -1 (200,000 dols.) The sales have been entirely suspended in 4' :a-gate of not less than 40,000 men in the field for the Union; the Southern States, while the interruptions to the business,. while of their citizens, certainly not more than a third num of the country and the diverting l a rge numbers of men from a . ber, and they doubtful whereabouts, and doubtful existence, labour to military service, have obstructed settlements in the Y sa are in arms against it. After a somewhat bloody struggle of new states and territories of the north-west. %y months, winter closes on the Union of 'Western Virginia, " The receipts of the Patent-office have declined in nine Is: leaving them masters of their own country. Months about 100,000 dole., rendering a large reduction of .:• a "An insurgent force of about 1,500 for months dominating the force employed necessary, to make it sell-sustaining. ''''' the narrow peninsular region constituting the counties of " The demands upon the Pension-office will be largely in- a Accomac and Northampton, and known as the eastern creased by the insurrection. Numerous applications for pen -- shore of Virginia, together with some contiguous sions, based upon the casualties of the existing war, have al- s parts of Maryland, have laid down their arms, and thel ready been made. There is reason to believe that many who ., " people there have renewed their allegiance to, and accepted pp y are now uon the pension roll and in recei t of the bount the protection, of the old flag. This leaves no armed insur of the Government, are in the ranks of the insurgent army, • rection north of the Potomac or east of the Chesapeake. or giving them aid an d c om f or t. a a " The Secretary of the Interior has directed a suspension 4 "Also we have obtained a footing at each of the isolated p of the payme n t of th e p ens i ons o f such persons, upon proof points on the southern coast of Hatteras, Port Royal, Tybee Nof their disloyalty. I recomm end that Congress authoriselsland, near Savannah, and Ship Island ; and we likewise , that offi cer t o cause th e names o f such persons to be stricken- have some general accounts of popular movements in behalfi from the pension roll. aief the Union in North Carolina and Tennessee. Thesei 'A things demonstrate that the course of the Union is advanc-i " The relations of the Government with the Indian ti ibes. ' ' . ing steadily southward. have been greatly disturbed by the insurrection, especiaLyi in the So u th ern S u p er i n t en d enc y an d in that of New Mexico Since your last adjournment, Lieut.- General Scott has y The Indi an coun t r y sou th o f K ansas i s i n possession of the retired from the head of the army. During his long life the y nation has not been unmindful of his merit, yet in calling to l insurgents from Texas and Arkansas. The agents of theaf.: United States, appointed since the 4th of March for this tlmind how faithfully, ably, and brilliantly he has served the superintendence, have been unable to reach their posts, •,country from a time far back in our history, when few of the While the most of those who were in office before that have 4now living it ad been born, and thence forward continually,l espoused the insurrectionary cause, and assume to exercisel cannot but think that we are still his debtor. I subrnitl the powers of agents by virtue of the commissions from the'iZtherefore for your consideration what further mark of recog-• i nsurrectionists. It has been stated in the public press that° Inition is due to him and ourselves as a grateful people. 4 portio n o f th ese I n di ans h ave been organised as a military With the retirement of General Scott came the executive force, and a r e a tt ac h e d t o th e army of the insu rgen t s J duty of appointing in his stead a Cameral. in-Chief of the Although the Government has no official information upon/` army. It is a fortunate circumstance that neither in coun the subject, l e tt ers h ave b ee n written to the Co mm i ss i oner ;61 nor country, was there, so far as I know, any difference of Indian Affairs by several prominent chiefs, giving t. of opinion as to the proper person to be selected. assurance of their loyalty to the United States, and express- - The retiring Chief repeatedly expressed his judgment in lyg a wish for the presence of the Federal troops to protect ..' - favour of General McClellan for the position, and in this the t hem. It is believed that upon the re-possession of the st na tion seemed to give a unanimous concurrence. The de country by the Federal forces, the Indians will readily ceaseOgnation of General McClellan is therefore in a consider all hostile demonstrations and resume their former relations . ..t t able degree the selection of the country and the Executive, With the Government. and hence there is better reason to hope there will be given "Agriculture, confessedly the largest interest of the union, ,shim the confidence and cordial support thus by fair implica• has not a department, nor a bureau, but a clerkship only .•, tion promised, and without which he cannot with so full this signed to it in the Government. 'While it is fortunate that - efficiency serve the country. t his great interest is so independent in its nature as not to : saidthat bad - „ It has been have demanded and extorted more from the Government, I '... good ones, and the saying is true, ,if taken to mean no respectfully y ask Congress to consider whether something ss more t h an th a t an army i s b e tt er di rected b a single more cannot be given voluntarily with g enera l advantage, as '. ;mind, though inferior, than by two su p er i or ones at a n annual report exhibiting the c on ditio n of our agri- - at variance and cross purposes. And the same is true c ultural, commerce and manufactures, would present a fund , in an joint operations s wh • those engaged can have _ o f information of great practical value to the country. ' none but a common end in view, and can differ only as While I make no suggestion as to details, I venture the ss to the choice of means. In a storm at sea no ono on board °Pinion that an agricultural and statistical bureau might '.. can wish the ship to sink, and yet not unfrequently all go, , Profitably be organized. "-- down together because too many will direct, and no single, "The execution of the laws for the suppression of the ' - 'f mind can be allowed to control. It continues to developel African slave trade has been confided to the Department of . that the insurrection is largely, if not exclusively, a war upon t he Interior. It is a subject of congratulati o n th a t the efforts s th e fi rs t p r i nc ipl e o f popular govern m ent—the rights of the Which , have been made for th e su pp ress i on o f thi s inhuman ','' people. Conclusive ev dence of this is found in the most .... tra Mc have been recently attended with unusual success. - grave and maturedly considered public documents, as well as i ive vessels being fitted out for the slave trade have been in the general tone of the insurgents. In these documents s eized and condemned. Two mates engaged in the trade and we find the abridgment of the existing right of suffrage, and ° he personin equipping a vessel as a slaver have been convicted the denial to the people of all right to participate in the se and subjected to the penalty of fine and imprisonment, and one • lcction of public officers, except the legislative body, advo captain for taking a cargo of Africans on board his vessel has ' r •cated with laboured arguments to prove that large control of been convicted of the highest grade of offence under our -..' the Government by the people, is the source of all political, laws, the punishment of which is death.' evil. Monarchy itself is sometimes hinted at as a possible -MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. During the past week there were symptoms of improvement in several branches of business in thel manufacturing districts. At Manchester more • inquiry was experienced for goods suitable to the ' lndia markets, bnt the home demand continued quiet. At Leeds the operations were to an ave rage extent, but the approach of Christmas, with the usual preparations for stock taking, caused a limited amount of business to be transacted. At Bradford, Halifax, and Huddersfield, the dealings have been in a great measure restricted to spring goods for home use. The hosiery trade at Lei cester has been very dull, and at Birmingham, Sheffield, Walsall, and Wolverhampton, no mate rial change can be recorded. About £28,000 in gold was taken into the Bank • on Saturday. The - Wellesley has been announced this morning from Australia, with £307,800 in gold. A meeting of the Colonial Bank proprietors has, been called for the Bth proximo, for the purpose of receiving the directors' report and for election oft directors, &c. The half-yearly interest on Peruvian 41 per cent, Bonds will be paid on and after the Ist proximo ; and the dividend on New South Wales Government • Debentures has also been announced for payment. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail . way of Canada for the week ending the 29th ult. Amounted to £9,958, being an increase of £1,628 compared with last year. A dividend of 20f. per share, and of 7f. 50e. per ., `obligation fully sub scr ib e d, w ill be paid by th e ! Royal Portuguese Railway on and after the Ist l January. Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per an- 1 . aum will be payabl e on th e 16th proximo o n th e shares of the Ottoman Railway, and the half-year's interest on the Great Luxembourg Railway Com pany's obligation is also announced for payment. The demand for money is steadily maintained, but notwithstanding the recent increase in the •supply of commercial bills on offer, the market re tains a quiet and easy appearance. The continued abundance of floating capital, and the moderate' . character of the requirements of the mercantile community, prevent any material alteration in the rates; and although rather more firmness is now perceptible than there was a week ago, transac tions are still recorded at Ito per cent. below the minimum of the Bank of England. In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday ! business was dull, but prices were unaltered. The '• !sales were about 4,000 bales. An adverse movement has been produced in the Stock Exchange Markets to-day by the death of the Prince Consort, and the unsettled feeling pro moted by the advices from America, which in' speculative circles are considered unsatisfactory. Consols have declined about -} per cent., the latest quotations being 891 for money, and 891 90 for the account. Business has been recorded at per ` cent. below these prices, but rather more firmness is In ow perceptible. The New 3 per Cents. and the !Reduced have declined to 891 ; Exchequtr Bills (March) are 12s. prem. ; ditto June 12s. to:lss. 'prem. ; Bank Stock is heavy at 232; India 5 per 'Cent. Loan is 1021 1. A general decline has also taken place in the' foreign market, and the dealings have been of a limited character. Turkish bonds have been parti cularly heavy, the Old 6 per Cents. being 75 to 76, or a decline of 2 per cent., and the 1858 Loan, 651 to 661, being about 23 per cent. lower. Mexicans have receded to 261 1, Dutch to 64, and Venezuelan to 201 21. In the Railway Share Market there has been considerable depression, caused by the pressure of 4peculative sales in connection with the liquidation, and the unfavourable character of the advices from New York. Caledonians, Eastern Counties, and South Easterns, have declined 15s. ; Great Westerns, £1 ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North Wes tern, £1 10s.; and Midlands, £1 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in a ;cry limited favour, and the few bargains realised were at further reduced rates. Antwerp and I notterdam brought 6/ ; Great Luxembourg, 8 i ; !San Paulo, 51 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 991 100, Ind Cape Town and Dock 15. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares barely iustain previous values. English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered realised 171 ; London and ( County, 361 ; Crystal Palace Stock 33, and Electric telegraph 93. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock per Cent. Reduced Annuities B 9iilll 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities B9l it f a India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. 96/ 51 6 Ditto 51 per Cent 102 Ditto D p e i b tt e o ntures, d 4 u p t e o r Cen s t, ' .. A. ,O p . c r . t ii . : . 1 1 . 8 8 . 6 8 . 4 3 . 9 9 8 8 1 2 k Ditto 1859 ' a onsola for Account, Jan. 9 89 90 89/ 90 89i India Stock for Account 222k Ditto 5 per Cent. March. June. exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 15 12 pm Ditto , £5OO ...... 12 9 15 12 pm Ditto Small l5 12 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent ... .. Dit to 41 per Cent, 1860 Greek \lexicon, 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account ',,ruviun 41 per Cent 9sk Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 por Cent., 1 856, '7, '9, and '6O 451 5 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St 93 k 71 Ditto 41 per Cent. ardinian 5 per Cent 'panish 3 per Cent 5Ol Ditto New Deferred . 411 Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded rurkish 6 per Cent... Ditto New Loan .... Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. \ enezuclan 3 por Cent Ditto Account .......... Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil 64 refuge from the power of the people. In my present position: could scarcely be justified were I to omit raising a warning voice against this apppoach of returning despotism. " It is not needed nor fitting here that a general argument . should be made in favour of popular institutions, but there 's one point with its connections, not so hackneyed as most others, to which I ask a brief attention. It is the effort to place capital on an equal footing with, if not above labour, in the structure of government, It is assumed that labour is available only in connection with capital ; that nobody labours unless somebody else owning capital somehow by the use of it induces him to labour. This assumed, it is next considered whether it is beet that capital shall hire labourers and thus induce them to work by their own con- sent, or buy them, and drive them to it without their con sent. Having proceeded so far, it is naturally concluded • that all labourers are either hired labourers, or what we call slaves, and further it is assumed that whoever is once a hired labourer is fixed in that condition for life. Now there is no such relation between capital and labour as assumed, nor is there any such thing as a free man being fixed for life in the condition of a hired labourer. Both of these assumptions are false, and all inferences from them ire groundless. Labour is prior to, and independent lef, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labour, and could never have exised if labour shad not first existed. 'Labour is the superior of capital and deserved much the higher consideration. Capital has its rights which are all worthy of protection as any other rights. Nor is it denied that there is, and probably always will be a relation between tabour and capital producing mutual benefits. The error is in assuming that the whole labour of the community exists within that relation. A few men own capital, and that few ovoid labour themselves, and with their capital hire or buy; another few to labour for them. A large majority belong to .neither class; neither work for others, nor have othersi working for them. In most of the Southern States a majo rity of the whole people of all colours are neither slaves nor masters, while in the Northern a large majority are neither hirers nor hired. Men, with their families, wives, sons and daughters, work for themselves on their farms, in their houses and in their shops, taking the whole product to themselves, and asking no favours of capital on the on ;hand, nor of the hired labourers or slaves on the other It is not forgotten that a considerable number of persons mingle their own labour with capital, that is, they labour' with their own hands, and also buy or hire others to labour for them ; but this is only a:mixed,:and'not a distinct 'class. No principle stated is disturbed by the existence of this mixed class. " The territories of Colorado, Dacotah and Nevada, oreated by the last Congress, have been organised, and civil a dministration have been inaugurated therein under auspices e specially gratifying, when it is considered that the leaven of treason was found existing in some of these new countries, then the Federal officers arrived there. The abundant na tural resources of these territories, with the security and pro !ion afforded by organised government, will doubtless , 'mate to them a large emigration, when peace shall restore t he business of the country to its accustomed channels. I attismit the resolutions of the legislature of Colorado, which !vine() the patriotic spirit of the people of the territory. So far the authority of the United States has been upheld in all the territories, as it is hoped it will be in the future. I com mend their interests and defence to the enlightened and generous - care of Congress. I recommend to the favourable consideration of Congress the interest of t he District of Columbia. The insurrection has been the cause of much suffering and sacrifice to its inhabitants, and as they have no representative in Congress, that body should not overlook their just claims aPon the Government. At your late session a joint resolu tion was adopted, authorising the President to take ram 'litres for facilitating a proper representation of the indus trial interests of the United States at the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, to be holden at London, in the year 1862 . . cc l regret to say I have been unable to give personal at tention to this subject, a subject at once so interesting in itself, and so extensively and intricately connected with the material prosperity of the world. Through the Secretaries at State and of the Interior, a plan or system has been de vised, and partly matured, which will be laid before you. " Under and by virtue of the act of Congress, entitled an act to confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes, approved August 6th, 1861, the legal claims of certain per -80118 to the labour and service of certain other persons have become forfeited, and numbers of the latter thus liberated are already dependent on the United States, and must be provided for . in‘ some way. Besides this, it is not h aPossible that some of the States will pass similar enact ments for their own benefit respectively, and by the opera. t iou of which persons of the same class will be thrown upon • them for disposal. In such case I recommend that Congress Provide for accepting such persons from such States, accord- ^, i ag to some mode of valuation in lieu prstanto of direct taxes, or upon some other plan to be agreed on with such States respectively, that such persons on such acceptance by t he general Government be at once deemed free, and that in. any event steps be taken for colonising both classes, or the one first mentioned, if the other shall not be brought into existence, at some Place or Places in a climate congenial to- " Again, as has already been said, there is not of neces. t hem. It might be well to consider, too, whether the freer city any such thing as the free hired laborer being fixed for' coloured people already in the United States cou ld no t, so': _ that condition for life. Many independent men everywhere, far as individuals may desire, be included in such colonize- il! in these States a few ye ars back in their lives were hired. t i°n• To carry out the plan of colonization may involve the‘'' laborers. The prudent, penniless begins the world by labor-' acquiring of t err itory, and also the appropriation of money{ ing for wages awhile, saves a surplus by which to buy tools'_, beyond that to be expended in the territorial acquisition ' or land for himself, th en labors on his own account another ! having practised the acquisition of territory for nearly sixty ,::rwhile, and at length hires another new beginner to help him..i., Years, the question of constitutional power to do so is no "This is the just and generous and prosperous system which 1 - 7 , longer an open one with us. ~ opens the way to all, gives hope to all, and consequent energy " The power was at first questioned by Mr. Jefferson, rho, however, in the purchase of Louisiana, yielded his and progress and improvement of the ir condition to all. No e L s : : men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who IT: scruples on the plea of great expediency. If it be said that ; • toil up on from poverty, none less inclined to take or touch that the only legitimate object of acquiring territory i s to aught which they have not honestly earned. Let them' furnish homes for white men, this measure effects that ob.' :beware of surrendering a political power which they ject i for the emigration of coloured men leaves additional already possess, and which, if surrendered, will su r e l y be, - SPAIN. •room for white men remaining or coming here. used to close the door of advancement against such as they. :rf The Madrid journals of the 10th publish long " Mr. Jefferson, however, placed the importance of pro— and to fix new disabilities and burdens upon them till ofanother days' debatein the Congress .:# reports l ' caring Louisiana more on political and commercial grounds, all of liberty shall be lost. `the Address in reply to the Queen's Speech. The than on providing room for population. " From the first taking of our national census to the last, Z nrincipal speakers were M. Rivero, the Minister of "On the whole proposition, including the appropriation are 70 years, and we find our population at the end of the : . . et money with the acquisition of territory, does not the ex e- period eight times as great as it was at the beginning. and M. Gonzalez Bravo, but the d' Th e ,, the Interior, 4 iency am ount to absolute necessity, that without which the increase of those other things which men deem desirable has , '" sion presented no interest. Three persons had been flovernment cannot be perpetuated. The war continues h.been even greater. We thus have, at one view, what thee . arrested in a coffee-house in the Calle Santa Barbara 1...., i.! 4 considering the policy to be adopted for suppressin g lpopular principle, applied to Government through the for having raised cries of " Hurrah for the Re- 44 ttle insurrection, I have been anxious and careful thamachinery of the States, and the Union, has produced in a public ! " The Captain-General of Catalonia had, t he inevitable conflict for this purpose shall not de-given time, and also what, if firmly maintained, it promises on account of the stagnation in the cotton manufac- , enerato into a violent and remorseless revolutionary for the future. There are already among us those who, i . tort' of that pro vince, been authorised to em p lo y s truggle. I have, therefcre, in every case thought the Union be preserved, will live to see it contain 250,000,000. it persons in works distressed ' of public utility. It is proper to keep the integrity of the Union promi- The struggle of to-day is not altogether for to-day. It is stated by the .Regeneracion that the well-known tent as the primary object of the contest. On our} for a vast future also. Part, leaving all questions which are not of vital milit " • firm reliance • ary, With a on Providence, all the more firm Carlist chief Tristany has been appointed by King ---. importance to the more deliberate action of thei.Legisl t •'•-; dearnest, let in task which a ure l aan us proceed the great In t he exercise of my best discretion, I have adhered to the -have devolved upon us. ' that he is now at the head of 300 Spaniards, " occu block f?." Castle yesterday morning to receive the necessary coin- I I . ade of the pot* held by the insurgents, instead of put- - ' " ABRAHAM LINCOLN. pied in organising the royal troops in that pro- P 'mands in regard. to the funeral a his late Royal Highness lug in l force by proclamation the law of Congress enacted at " Washington, Dec, 3, 1861." c- : _vince. the Frinee (enslrt, q . , THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT. PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN LIVERPOOL. Yesterday, a short time before the churches opened for morning service, intelligence was received in Liverpool of the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. The sad information, which spread with considerable rapidity, was announced in some of the churches, and wherever the melancholy news was made known it created profound agi tation. The Royal Standard was raised to half-mast in front of the Town-halls, and flags at half-mast were dis played on most of the public buildings and on many of the churches in town. The reading-rooms were much thronged during the mid. day hour by gentlemen anxious to learn the leading particulars connected with the sorrowful ,event ; and on all hands expressions of deep sympathy with our gracious Sovereign in her heavy bereavement were uttered by men not easily moved to such demonstrations. It is also worthy of note that as soon as the news became generally known, the inhabitants of the leading streets pulled down their window blinds in token of respect. Prow, the deep grief felt in all circles, it is more than probable that most of the intended public entertainments of the week will be p , stponed. It is also feared that this melancholy event, combined with the thickening American difficulties, will have a most prejudicial effect on the intended Great Exhibition, if it do not actually cause its postponement. — Liverpool Albion. TBIS DAY'S SHIPPING. I• LONDON, Dec. 16.—Wind this day at noon—Wes' I to North- West ; moderate breeze, with dull, cloud) ;weather. I QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 15.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— lEdinburgh, screw steamer, from Liverpool, and left fo . I New York. PonTsmouTn, Nov. 15.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived ,Solway, from London for Melbourne; her Majesty's shi Dee, from Woolwich. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind W.; weather foggy. Arrived, Dec. 15—Demegada, from Terceira. Arrived, Dec. 16—Island Queen, from St. Michael's ; Moselle, from Antwerp. _ • DEAL, Monday Morning. Anchorod—Fairy Rock, from London, for Barbadoes ; 'Azoff, from London, for Trinidad ; Pride of the West, from Shields, for Callao. AB SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 'l6, 1861. WFIC. AL APPROVAL OF CAPTAIN WILKS' CONDUCT. NEW YORK, DEC. 3 (EvENING), The Federal Navy Department has expressed its emphatic approval of the capture of Messrs. Mason and Slidell. It also stated that Captain Wilks displayed too much forbearance in not capturing the Trent, but that this must not form a precedent for any future similarinfraction of neutral obligations by foreign commercial vessels. NEW YORK, DEC. 4. The Federal Congress has passed a vote of thanks' to Commander Wilks. The New York papers say little or nothing re specting the Trent affair, or the relations between England and America. It is reported that the planters along the South• ern sea coast are burning all the cotton. The seat of the Confederate Government has not, as was stated, been removed from Richmond. A large Federal expedition will sail shortly down the Mississippi with stones to be sunk at the en trance of Charleston and Savannah harbours, in order to effectually blockade them. THE THANKS OF CONGRESS TO BE PRESENTED' TO CAPTAIN WILKES, THE CAPTOR OF SLIDELLI AND MASON. " Mr. Lovejoy (rep.) of 111., offered a joint reso- 1 lution tendering the thanks of Congress to Captain Wilkes for his arrest of the traitors Slidell andi gason. " Mr. Edgerton (rep.) of Ohio, moved, as a sub stitute, that the President be requested to present to Capt. Wilkes a gold medal, with suitable em blems and devices, expressive of the high sense of confidence entertained for him by Congress in his prompt arrest of the rebels Mason and Slidell. " The substitute was rejected, and the original, resolution adopted." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money abundant. Exchange steady, at 1081 to, 1109. Stocks firmer, and in moderate demand. New 'York Central, 774 ; Erie, 311; Illinois, 601; United States Sixes, I lower. Cotton very firm; sales to day 3,500 bales; middling Upland, 28Lc. Flour unchanged; wheat quiet ; corn rather firmer. Pro !visions quiet. Coffee firm, and advancing. Sugar steady. Molasses unchanged. PARIS, DEC. 16. The Moniteur of this morning, in speaking of they death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort,l !,says,— 1 " The Emperor, the imperial family, and the !whole of France will mingle their regret and grief] !with the royal family and the English nation." The same journal announces that the interest on l Treasury bonds has been lowered to 31, 4, and 411 respectively. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 16. The royal mail steamer Niagara has arrived here at 9.45 p.m. She embarked mails, passengers, and, latest telegrams, and proceeded for Halifax and Boston at 10 p.m. All well. She experienced very ;severe weather during half the passage. TURIN, DEC. 14, EVENING. On the proposition of Dr. Bertani, the report of the committee appointed to inquire into the opening of letters passing through the post was read to-day in the Chamber of Deputies. The committee in their report express a convic tion that if, under certain circumstances, some letters were consigned by certain postal agents to political authorities, such a proceeding took place ] without the knowledge of the Ministerial chiefs. IThe Chamber, after the report had been read, passed to the order of the day. I Validity was given by the Chamber to a Royal !decree relative to free trade in corn in the Southern provinces. DECEMBER 15. Chiavone's band of brigands is now reduced tol 200. They are discouraged and reduced to great' distress. 1 Their communication with Rome has been cut off, 'and they can receive no more money. The Opinione of to-day opposes the proposal of Ithe members of the Opposition to send Garibaldi to Naples as inefficacious to remedy internal diffi 'eultieg, and as compromising the alliance with Prance. VIENNA, DEC. 14. To-day the Upper House of the Reichsrath voted he laws for preserving the inviolability of letters, 'or assuring personal liberty, end for maintaining the right of domicile. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Maniteur' s bulletin of to-day contains the following from Constantinople, dated 13th inst.:— " The monetary panic has partially subsided. "The Turkish lira is now quoted 225 piastres. The Bourse remains provisionally closed." FRANCE. " Among other facts," says the ilioniteur," which the public journals attribute to the return to America of General Scott, who came to Europe for the benefit of his health, is the very meritorious intention of making an effort to re-establish peace between the Unit©d States and England. The venerable General has, it is true, just left for New York, and it is probably for the object mentioned.' but with that portion of correct news is mixed up the name of France, and various details which arc absolutely unfounded." BOURSE, Dec. 14.—The market has been inani mate, but in the little business doing the prices of yesterday have been well maintained. Threes, for the Account, are now at 67f 60e. Railways quiet. but firm. The following are the last quotations : 11, per per Cents ... 95 10 Credit F oncier - 1 end month.... 95 25 Belgian 4/ 99 501 13 per Cents Do. end month 67 GO Roman IBank Shares 2950 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 730 Spanish Threes 49 25 I Do. Account 732 50 1 H ome D e b t -— RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1290 .. 1292 50 Northern 985 .. 986 25 New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1005 .. 1007 50 Geneva.. .... 347 50 .. 350 Southern 662 50 .. 665 Western Eastern .. Sardinian Austrian Lombard 515 .. 516 25 SHARE lIIARKET-(1H1S DAY). !I Railways. 13.14 Belfast and Nor. Coun. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bost.,Sleaf.,andffid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 7i 8 6 64 94 96 994 1004 Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon 1 Cork, Blrock, & Passage Cornwall Do. A {A gets no div till Gp c.p an.has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock, Do Bdo do i DoNw A, late E U East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Forth & ClydeJunction' Furness Grlasg. and S. Western. GreatNrtlin.of Scotland Great Northern , Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an 1 W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock 'rich South Eastern Lancashire 8 Yorkshire London and Blackwaa Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover' Lon. & North Western; Lon. & South Western' L'derry & Coleraine L'derry &, %fan., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do I shares lietropolitan Midland Do New 6.4.0 Do Birming. ct Derby, Vid Gt. W. of Ireland, Do. y shares Hid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry & Armagh, def. Newry, Warnpt, nos Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.RailsDk.stock Do A stk ; A revs no di till 6 pc. has been pdß' Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. RI. & Carnal Peebles Portsmouth 19.16. Rhymney Scottish Central st Scot. N. E., Aber. stock st Do Sc t. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpool st Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer st South Devon 25 5. Durham (t Lane. Un 1 st South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do 12.10 , - all all all 5 6 41 43 10i 11 1 18 19 50 51 47 50 32 34 88 00 28& 29 100 102 Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do Pref. No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster Do Do Va'e of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim 1 Waterford & Kilkennyi Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall 1101 1111 109 110 130 132 101 103 651 671 55 58 1041 105 54 56 115 117 44 46 90! Mt 92 93 9 11 13i 444 6i 6 125 i 126 14 lb 96 98 60 62 61162} 97/ 984 I d 54/ 651 864 87/ 93 95 Di 101 8s 90 122 124 37 39 96 98 45i 46} 36 38 744 75 ' 65 67 95 97 54 8 37 39 71 8i p l 41 5} p 554 56& 26 3i 4 d 4p 83 86 124 13 West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.ct R ] West Midland Oxford 1)0 Newport] Do Hereford' 54 Oh 41 40 43 45 89 01 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I Paid.( Closing / Business Price. done. 501 1 1 111 k 67 I 61 lost 4} 126} 6 al} '2 d 51i 87 i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Leasing Closing! Business Railways. Co. s Price. Done. Bed:ord and Bletchley all Ln. &N.W .. .. Birkenhead lOO Do.&G.W , 94 86 Buckinghamshire lOO Do. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do 53 54 I Do. 5a per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. ;Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. g6pr c. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 E.Union,llarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drt. 100 Caledon .. .. ! Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. Wes . t. .. .. !Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 197 202 'London & Greenwich! 100 S. Easterr 61 63 !Do. Preference ' 100 Do. !Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 I Veto &Co B3 85 !Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 !Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO ,Do. i3lnc.,Bxtu.,& Matlock all ILNW& 31 31 1 31 31 / Mid. Bradford Prefer- 1 ence stock i Newmarkt, BuryEx } 5. 5. 0:E Counts par I p gua. 5 per cent... 1 ' Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all 'Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all 'Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all !Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1(0 N. E. Ber .. .. ,North Western !Preston and Wyre. f all L&N.W} 43 45 & L. Yk. ?Do.; shares A .I all Do. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn.llitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 119 Do. Do. .. South Staffordshire 1 100 Ln.&N.W .. .. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 IWimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 8i gi PREFERENCE SHARES. !Share Railways. P a id . Closing Business Prices. Done. Bly Ihe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Brie. & Exet. 4 p. c. st 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. Angn. Class A 5 p. c Do. Class B 6 per cen Do. Class C 7 per cen:, E. Conn. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. at Eastern Union, 4 p. Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. gir. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Rednc.atsp.c.pm Gt. NIL of Scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Do. Birm. pref. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. sirs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do Do. do Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10d pc Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.&Brig.sp.e.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent _d2. No 2 Do. 6 per cent7do Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 46 per cent. do Do. 44 p. c. pref. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4p c.st.(div.def.lil'6s Do. 4 per cent. prof Lon. Chat. &Dov. sp.c.pf.i Do. 'West. Ex., B, 6 p. c. Do. Metrop. Ex. B, 6 P.C. Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent. at., late 3d shares Do. 4t per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anns of 2s Od 93 95 zoi 214 6 6 101 103 112 117 110 116 10? 110 106 108 123 125 81 83 Londondy. & Cole. shs t.ondony. & Ennis. shs Alan. Sh. & Lin. 6 per et. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent, . . Do. redeem. 6 per cent... Mary port e Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 41 per cent......... Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. 41 per cent. • . Do.Leic. andllit.4per ct. Norfik. sp. c Ex. st. 1846 Do. 51 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 IVay.ValEx.st.lBl7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New Lrua. per cent... Do. Bor. Un. g: prf. shs. Do. do. do. Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41 pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. et. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1818.. Do. York, D. & S. Porch. North Staffordshire.... ithymney Guaranteed.. Sottish Central. new pl Scottish North-Es stern 31 p. e. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p c Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 4/ per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4; per cent Do, Fixed 41 per cent South Wales, gra. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent Do. do. 1359 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. sp. c. guiL Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C6p. c Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. Mid.-Oxf let f.,ruastk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red DP. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 Do, tilt 1569 111 113 89 91 115 116 110 112 102 101 107 109 97 99 98 100 88 90 88 90 LO2 10t 9i 10 17 18 10& 11 75 77 20 20 10 10 15 15. .36 138 101 103 112 115 112 115 136 13.3 112 115 [52 155 L 27 130 73 75 90 92 Lll 113 In 14 124 126 I p rn 600 70 1 iPm 137 139 102 104 92 94 109 111 107 109 1 lbm 99 101 98 100 4 dis par iais }pm 22 23 , 132 136 10 10i 23 24 99 101 99 101 Os 100 85 88 27i 28i 31 33 31 33 42 45 123 125 121 123 100 102 118 122 1.15 120 2s 6d 10. 6. all all all 100' 4i 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4 TiHIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT. (From a Supplement to the Gazette Extraordinary.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEc. 16. Orders for the Court to go into mourning for his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort : The Ladies attending Court to wear black woollen stuffs trimmed with crape, plain linen, black shoes and gloves, and crape fans. The Gentlemen attending Court to wear black cloth, plain linen, crape hatbands, and black swords and buckles. The mourning to commence from the date of this order. COLLEGE OF ARMS, DEC. 16. Deputy Earl Marshal's Order for a General Mourning for' his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort. In pursuance of her Majesty's commands, this is to give notice, that upon the melancholy occasion of the death of, his Royal Highness th e P r i nce Consort, it is expected that, all persons do forthwith put themselves into decent mourning. EDWARD G. F. HOWARD, D.E.M. FINSBURY ELECTION-. STATE OF THE POLL. The numbers issued of the votes polled are mos contradictory, both parties claiming a majority. (From Mill's Committee, 12 o'Clock.) Mills Cox Majority for Mills ---428 (One o'Clock.) Mills Cox Majority for Mills.. CLOSE OF THE POLL Mills . Cox Majority for Cox -25 (From Cox's Committee, Twelve 'Clock.) Cox Mills 2,509 Majority for Cox -131 (One o'clock.) 279 Cox Mills Majority for Cox CLOSE OF THE POLL. Cox Villa Majority for Cox ..... -30 TATTERSALLS'-(THIS EVENING). TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Old Calabar (offered) 100 to 15 agst The Marquis (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Alvediston (taken) 11 to 1 agst Caterer (taken) TIIE DERBY. 8 to 1 agst Buokstono (offered) 100 to 8 agst Marquis (offered) 25 to 1 agst Ace of Clubs (taken) 33 to 1 agst Typee colt (taken) PEDESTRIANISM. MILLS AND DEERFOOT FOR £2OO. The race between the above celebrated pedestrians took place this afternoon in presence of an immense concourse of spectators. Mills is the only runner who has defeated the Indian (in a six miles race), and Deerfoot has proved 'victor over Mills at 10 miles. this race of eight miles was expected to bring them together. Deerfoot has been the ,favourite since the match was mad e,but many of the ' know ing ones" quietly invested their money on Mills. The start took place at 3 o'clock. The pace was good throughout, both men evidently reserving their great effort for the finish When they had accomplished about six miles, one of ‘lills's boots stuck in the ground, which nearly threw him out of the race ; but nothing daunted, though he had lost a boot, he put on a fine spurt and passed redskin, which position he maintained till a few yards from home, when the Indian, with one of his war whoops, closed upon him, and his referee immediately proclaimed it a dead heat, which did ! not meet with the concurrence of the referee for Mills, and the race is now referred to the umpire, but in our opinion Mills was fully half a yard in advance of Deerfoot. We have no doubt the umpire will be of the same opinion. This was one of the finest races that has ever taken place, but whether the recipients of the enormous amount of gate money ran square it is not for us to decide. 211 E WIND.HADI CASE—(7his Day). COMMISSION OF LUNACY. An extraordinary inquiry commenced this morning before' Commissioner Warren, in the Court of Exchequer, to in iquire into the state of mind of Mr. William Frederick ,Windham. A jury of 23 gentlemen was empannellel, Sir Edward lArmaytage acting as foreman. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., appeared for the petitioner, Major-General Windham ; and Sir Hugh Cairns and Mr. Kerslake opposed on the part of the alleged lunatic. The Commission having been read, and the usual for malities gone through, The learned Commissioner said they were assembled that morning for the purpose of proceeding with a very painful investigation relative to the state of mind of a young gentleman connected with a very distinguished family, and who only attained his majority in August last, and the question the jury would have to decide was, whether he (Mr. Windham) was on the first of August, .1861, capable of managing his own affairs. Ho trusted that the jury would not form any settled conclusion until they heard the whole of the evidence, because in such an inquiry it was most important that the fullest in formation on every point should be submitted for their con sideration. They would also have to decide between the antagonistic evidence of the medical gentlemen both for and against Mr. Windham, as they must be looked upon as wit nesses, not as judges. Mr. Montague Chambers, Q.C., on the part of the peti- Itioner, opened the case, and said the present inquiry was instituted for the purpose of ascertaining the state of mind of a young gentleman of large property, named William Frederick Windham. At the death of Mr. Windham's father, General Windham and another person were appoin ted executors to his will. The rental of the estates was very large, and in a few years Mr. Windham would, in the event of his being found in a sane state of mind come into the possession of an income of £9,000 per annum. He thought, by the evidence he should produce, he should be able to show that the unfortunate gentleman was in such a state of mind as to be totally unable to manage his affairs, and therefore to prevent his further squandering his means in a way that had already caused the greatest surprise, the present proceedings were instituted. In early life the medi •cal gentlemen attending Mr. Windham's family were of opinion that there was a tendency to insanity in the young 1!± ' man, and the greatest care and attention were therefore devoted to him. In hie school days at Eton he was called the buffoon, and as he increased in years so did his predilection for mixing with lewd persons. As he advanced in years it became necessary in the year 1857 to make him a ward in Chancery, and it being thought that ravel would improve his health and mind he proceeded abroad. Here the disease showed itself very painfully, and Col. Bathurst, who accompanied him as his friend, would give them such information as would prove that ho could not have been in his right senses, to have acted as he had then done. On his return t) England he again conducted himself in a very extraordinary manner. He was not in the habit of drinking, although ho used to eat and gormandise to an enormous extent, so it could not be said that his vagaries were caused through drink. Ho was known on many occasions to drive about in a dog-cart, de. claring that he had his annual rents in it, but that he guarded it with pistols. He was also fond of dressing him self as a railway guard, and attending on the platform and giving the people directions as to the stoppage of the trains. Another circumstance, which was not that of a sane man, was that when he ordered his boots he invariably ordered two pairs of boot-trees, and this sort of thing had gone on till he had got about 40 pairs of boot-trees. He was in the habit of ordering 17 or 18 eggs I to be boiled for his breakfast, and a whole leg of mutton to be cooked for his luncheon. He was in the habit of sing • ing " Old Bob Ridley " under the most ridiculous circum stances. This young man, labouring under these peculi arities, contracted marriage on the 30th of August with a 1 woman who, ho believed, assumed the name of Agnes Willoughby, and before the ceremony was performed, Mr. Windham was called upon to settle £BOO per annum on her, to be increased to £1,500, when he received an augmentation of his means in 1860., IThe unfortunate young man, although he at that time had only an income of £1,250 a-year, was also persuaded to go ` to a jeweller's shop, and there he spent no less a sum thani 1 £12,000 or £14,000 in presents to the woman whom he hadl !married, and whom he first met at Ascot race-course. 1 The case, which will occupy many days, was proceed. ding when we went to press. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(27iis Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OBTAINING GOODS PROM WEST-END TRADESMEN BY FORGED ORDERS.—Joseph Chapman, errand boy, was charged with being concerned with another not in custody, in obtaining a quantity of cloth from Messrs. Hardy, 125, New Bond-street, woollen drapers, by means of forged orders, and also from Messrs. Coole and Co., of the Edg ware-road. Wm. Carr, assistant to Messrs. Hardy, said that on Sa turday, a soy, who he believed was an accomplice of the prisoner's ? brought an order purporting to come from Gel bart's, tailor, Oxford-street, for some cloth. He gave the boy the cloth, and followed theni into Hanover-square, and asked the prisoner where he was' oing to take the parcel he was carrying. At first ho said to Gelbart's, but afterwards that he was in their employ and was going to the Strand. He said he should take them to Gelbart's, and on getting to the door the prisoner pushed him nearly down, and the other boy escaped. The prisoner threw his parcel away, 'but he managed to secure him. Mr. Edward Goodman, foreman at Messrs. Gelbart's, 95, Oxford-street, said be knew nothing of the order presented at Messrs. Hardy's. There was a person in their house of the name of Evans, but the order was not in his handwrit ing. The prisoner bad been in Messrs. Gelbarts' employ. Orders had been sent to about a dozen different tradesmen in his name, all of them fictitious. In answer to a question the witness Carr said the cloth t was of the value of £3 10s. The prisoner was then charged with obtaining a quantity of cloth from Messrs. Cook and Co., of the Edgware-road. Mr. James Cook said the prisoner brought an order signed Goodman, from Gelbart's, and believing the order genuine, he gave him some cloth of the value of £2 15s. Sergeant Ward, 290 A, produced the parcel thrown away by the prisoner, and it was identified by Mr. Cook. Mr. Goodman said the order was not in his handwriting, and he had never sent the prisoner. Prisoner said a man and the other lad wrote the orders as they wrote better hands than he did. The prisoner was then remanded. Henry Edward Leake, a lad, was charged with being concerned with the prisoner Chapman in obtaining the goods. Mr. Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, appeared for the accused. Some evidence being given, the lad was discharged, Mr. Lewis stating that he was a person of respectability. MURDER OF A CHILD BY ITS MOTHER.—Mary Ann Hamilton was charged on her own confession with killing her child, ten months old, in Rebecca-court, Wells-street, Oxford -street. It appears that the prisoner went up to George Brown, 18 F, in King-street, Hammersmith, yesterday morning, and said she wanted to give herself up for murdering one of her children at 9, Rebecca-court, "Wells-street, Oxford sti by tying a piece of braid round its neck. He asked her why she did it, and she said—" I could not see it want for bread any longer." He then told her that she must consider herself in custody for mur dering her son, Henry Hamilton. She replied that it was too true. He took her to the house, and in a kitchen found an old bed with two children in it, one being dead. Brown then sent for Mr. G. H. Bailey, a surgeon, who instantly attended, and stated that life had been extinct some hours. The prisoner was afterwards taken to the station, and after being condone I by the sergeant who took the charge, Stanley, 3 C, she replied, " I am sorry, it's too true," and commenced crying. On being told to sit near the fire at the station in Clarke's buildings, as she must be cold, she replied, " I shall soon be in u colder place." Prisoner was remanded. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Although the country markets held on Saturday were scantily supplied with wheat, the trade was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. All spring corn, includ ing flour, moved off slowly, on former terms. The Continental markets have been generally steady, and, very little change has taken: place in the currencies. From New York both wheat and flour have been freely shipped to Great Britain. ' The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were very moderate. From abroad we received 73,223 quarters of wheat, 12,901 bailey, 8,564 oats, 910 beans, 1,933 peas, 662 tares, 14,533 linseed, 2,555 rapeseed, 145 maize, 220 sundry seeds, 720 sacks and 44,529 barrels of flour Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of wheat ;from Essex wore small. Owing to the unfavourable news from America, factors were asking an advance of 2s. per quarter onlast Monday's:prices, Buyers, however, appeared disposed to await further intelligence rather than make purchases at further enhanced rates. Prices, therefore, may be considered the same as on this day se'nnight both for red and white qualities of English wheat. All descriptions of wheat were held at an advance of is to 2s per quarter ; but the trade was in a very sluggish state, and an improvement of about is per quarter was only realised in a few instances. Floating cargoes of grain were firm, and prices were supported. The demand for them, however, was by no means active. The supply of barley was very moderate. Malting qua lities moved off steadily at extreme rates. Grinding and distilling sorts ruled firm in value. The inquiry for malt was confined to actual wants, yet prices were stationary. Oats met a steady sale, and the quotations were well maintained. The show of both English and foreign samples was again small. Beans were in heavy request at barely last Monday's currency. Peas, the supply of which was moderately good, moved off heavily •n rather easier terms. In flour very little was doing. All kinds, however, were held at extreme, and in some instances enhanced, rates, , CURRENCY PER IMPERJAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old —s —Ft Ditto, white, new 62s 68s Ditto, old —s —8 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —B —s Ditto, new Talavera, nye— 3Bs 43s Barley—Grinding 27s 31s Malting 36s 42s Malt—Suffolk and Norfblk s2s 68s Brown Kingstown and Ware s2s 708 Chevalier 7os 72s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 2ls 258 Potato Youghal and Cork, black ... 195 258 Cork, white l9s 26s Scotch, Feeding 238 28s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple 'White 44s 48s Boilers .... 468 488 Flour—Town-made Suffolk 368 28s Stockton and N0rf01k......... 36s 375 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET'. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat, especially from Scotland and the north of England, are extensive. Prime beef and mutton move steadily at full prices, otherwise the trade is in a sluggish state at our quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. d s d' sdsd Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 2 Middlingmutton 3 10 .4 2 diddling do. .. 3 4 3 8 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Prime large do. 3 10 4 2 Veal 3 10 4 S Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Small pork ~ Large pork 3 10 4 6 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine hops aro in fair demand at full prices, otherwise the market rules inactive, but without leading to any quotable change in the currencies, compared with our previous report ; indeed, on Ihe whole, the market may be considered firm. Last week's imports were :-24 bales from Antwerp; 877, New York ; 1,525, Hambro' ; 472, Antwerp ; 473, Rot terdam; 115, Calais; 233, Dunkirk; 185, Boulogne; and 6 bales from Ostend. New Mid and East Kents .. 180 s to 220 s per cwt. New Weald of Keats .. 147 s 185 s ~ New Sussex l3ss 155 s ~ Belgian Bavarian l4os 160 s „ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of home-grown potatoes to these markets have been to a full average extent since our last report. Good and fine samples—the show of which is by no means extensive—move off steadily at full quotations, but other kinds are a dull inquiry at about previous currencies. The eupply of foreign potatoes is moderate. Scotch Regents 110 s. to 140 s. por ton. Ditto Rocks loos. to 120 s. ~ York Regents 120 s. to 140 s. ~ Ditto Flukes Kent and Essex Regents.loos. to 130 s. ~ Lincolnshire ditto •• 955. to 130 s. „ Foreign .............. 955. to 120 s. „ WOOL. THE BOY REEVES.—A respite has been received ifor this criminal from the Home-office. Ile was to have 'been executed on Monday, the 23d inst. ANOTHER BALTIC STEAMER LOST.—A telegram,'- _ has been received stating that the screw steamer Onda, 700 Stock this day.... 'tons, had been lost while on a voyage from Cronstedt to . Price of Y.C. .. pitto from June (London. If this is correct it will be the seventeenth Baltic .4 Delivery last week, in the Cat-- steamer since October last year. We have since learnt that''' Arrivals last week the Onda was wrecked on the island of ADIIIO% Ditto from June 1 legat.. — Zig Packet 7 Price of Town . • • • A moderate but far from extensive business has been passing in English wool since our last report, and prices have been well supported. The public sales of colonial wool were brought to a close on Tuesday last, and it is es timated that during their progress about 20,000 bales changed hands on foreign account, principally for the Con tinent. Last week's imports were 105 bales from - Queens land and 1,927 bales from Algoa Bay. SEEDS. The trade for seeds is in a sluggish state, yet, c0mP 921 " 4 compared with Monday last, ;very little change has taken° place in the quotations• Cakes are in fair demand, at full prices. l'urnip,White,p.bus.26s to s SIVedC —s —8 ilustard, Brown Bs 13s White, new... 6s6d Bs6d Tares, Winter 7s 6d 9s Old per quarter 34s 4 s Canary, per quarter 98s 60s aye grass, new —s —s Clover, Red Eng., Ct — 43 —s White Foreign Red...• —s —s White. —s —s Trefoil, new. ....... —s —s Carraway •• •• 228 to 258 Coriander l4s 18s Herapseed, per qr 458 40s Linseed,Eng.sowing 728 76s Crushing 6os 708 Baltic - 54s 58s Odessa Linseed Cake, p ton —s —9 English Os 12 Op Foreign £ll 10s 12 105 Rape Cakes,p ton £6 Os 6 15 s Rapeseed. new, pqr 6s 665 TALLOW. p.Y.C. is in moderate request at 51s 3d per ow (spot. Rough fat, 2s 8d per Blbs. on the i 1857. 1858. 1859. 1860. 18 61 % -- --- ---- 33,473 33,448 47.245 74.096 51,753 52563 to 50s 6d to 58s0d to 60s3dto 51s 3d to —s Od 50s 9d 83di—8 Od —s Od 28,48 2,366 58 : 2,404 1, 118 2 , 056 63,080 62,924 45,805 52,039 80,195 1,1 2 97 ,550 148 1,854 2,830 83.147 84.805 80,969 9,904 75,187 555 ed 538 ed 585 Od 618 Oct 528 84 ill ed ere rtl ed nd