The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-12 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Money continues in moderato demand for com mercial purposes, and the quotations remains as before. The Agra and United Service Bank have received the following telegram from Bombay : " Exchange —Bank Bills, 2s. 21d.; Rupee Paper unsaleable." About £105,000 in bar gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. 1 11 the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there Was a slight downward movement iu several Instances. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £619,400, and the exports to £785,670, including £527,490 taken out to day by the Ceylon, Which left for Bombay. It appears that several inquiries for goods, espe cially in the woollen districts, have lately been made, Purporting to come from a firm at Copenhagen, and referrin g to a highly respectable house in that city. This is believed to be merely an attempt to obtain Property from merchants and manufacturers on this side, and the house in question disclaims any favourable knowledge of the firm referring to them. The Bankers' Almanack and Directory for 1864 contains a variety of useful matter, the information respecting the recent formation of banking esta blishments having largely increased its value as a Work of reference, Besides the ordinary banking and commercial retrospect, the annual chronology, the account of failed firms, there is a list of the directors of the principal joint-stock banks, the finance and credit companies, and the discount Undertakings. It is still edited by D. Morier Evans, Who has had the superintendence of the volume several years. Two O'CLOCK. The market for the English Funds closed yes terday with tt very heavy appearance, but rather more firmness is now exhibited, and Consols are 90 i 91 for money, and 911 Z for the account. Busi ness has been very quite. New Threes and Re duced are about 90/ 90 ; India 5 per Cents., 104 ; do. 4 per Cents., 100 I; Exchequer Bills, lls. to 7s. die. The Foreign Market opened with a very de pressed appearance, but a partial recovery has since Occurred. Turkish 6 per tents., 1862, are 70 1 ; ditto Consolides, 464 ; Mexican, 341 ; Ureek, 25 . 1 26; Spanish Passive, 321 338 ; Russian, 884 and the Confederate Loan, 36 38. The share list of the Floating Dock Compaay will close on Wednesday next, the 16th inst. The present price is I 1i prem. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been limited, and prices have shown little change of importance. South Western have im proved I, and North Western 1; while North Eas tern (Berwick) have declined I. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings continue inactive at about former quotations. Bank arid Miseellaenous shares continue in mode rate request, and show little change of importance IR values. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per C ent . R e d uce d A nnu iti es ),,per Cent. Consols Annuities 9l 90/ per Cent. Annuities ' ew 3} per Cent. Annuities 11 :ew 21 per Cent. Annuiti es .. . per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 .. 4 anuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pei Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 lo oi Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 5/ per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 ~ Ditto ditto Aug. 1 864 or 66 J'allk Stock for Account Ditto Bonds £l.OOO 8 dis r. Ditto under £1,000.. von ls9l i,. Ind so for Account, Jan 7.. l 4 Stock for Account,. 5 per Cent.... 106 k i achequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cen t.... 7 idis Ditto 1:500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 .... Ditto 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 nitto 41 per Cent, _ Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O p a id zuenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) e :hilian 6 per Cent. lOll Cuba, 6 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent C olombian 6 Scrip Ll 5 pd Danish 4 per Cent. 1863 .„ Ditto Provisonal Land "Warrant -- ' ut ell, ' 2i per Cent. ' Ex. 12, Guilders , Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 .2quador N ew C ons olidated, 1 per Cent — gYptian 7 per Cent 99} 81 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 'D per Cent . , 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto) A ccount 2st i f 'ft° Coupons — _Ditto Ac count Uuateraala 5 per Cent. - Ditto Account — It p ' I\l 4 11 : 1 5 Per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 784 +exican 3 per Cent looo,piqo Account . Ne w Granada Imperial 5 per Cent • e w Granad a Ditto 2 per Cent. De Ditto terred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Pt ,,rz3vian 3 p er Cent. .. I=itto Account .. I Ditto 4} per Cent,, 1862 Portuguese Account 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto'. Account.. — Dittoo 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 6 2 — Account Ditto, 1863 Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid R ussian 5 per Cent., 1822, St — Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 Ditto aDrditto 3 per Cent., 1 1 8 8 5 6 9 0 .. . : .. Ditto 6 per p Cent. 1862 • 8 8 4 k Account Ditto ii an 85: Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account s3i Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passi ve ....... Ditto Account Spanish Ce r t. of Coup , not fund 14 131 Ditto Account ...... ed— Awedish, 4 p er Cent. "....""••••••• Turkish 6 per Cent. 1864 .. Ditto Account....... -9 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 24i Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 On i Ditto Account , ~ e‘ Dividends on the above pay able in London. .11 1 bg'ian 4i per Cent.,Ex. 2sf. Il te l l2l per Cent., x. 12 Ciui I ........ 6.4_1.. 1,, Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates t ench Rentes, 4f per Cent., Ex. 25f — Ditto Account Malian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. I ,Pitt o Account... • eci raontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — TWO O'CLOCK. 0 0 „ I l ° l6 , Money 9O; 1 ..,,ttc. Account 94 k 0 "XPORD BOAT RACE.—The trial race of the best f at stueu of the University, previous to the selection 1„,. he Oxford crew to contend in the forthcoming spring ‘- arnbridge, took place on Thursday, the 10th inst., Ater usual course, from Abingdon lasher to th e I s l an d Inleha m . The crews were as follows :-1. B, B. 3, ' R ell°ll , Magdalen ; 2. T. B. Fenwick, Christ Church ; t. it. Coxe, Brasenoso ;4.F. F. Lambert, Corpus; 7.• C• Parson, Trinity ; 6, T. Wood, Pembroke; T• sinarker, University ; 8. D. Pocklington, Brasenose; r iZ t. It. B. Gardiner, Wadham.. L C. P. Roberts, br Et Y 2 2. 0. Harris, Brasenose , 3. S. E. Illingworth, tles:e4°,B° 4. J. S. Warner, Balliol ;5. Pound, Brase 8. p W. Goddard, Exeter ;7. F. Beachcroft, Exeter ; 4, 1 4 B enhouse, Christ Church ; coxswain, J. E. Shaw, hf)e s ° , /1 ; Mr. Senhouso, against whose boat 13ng odds had Wh e ,' ll ' 4 , had the good fortune to obtain the inside position, nes t th ose who understand the course consider to be very h 3 ti " e quivalent to two lengths. Mr.Pocklington, however, n ot : Qe eewhat th e b est o f t h e s t ar tdid , which advantage ho ''erved t l ll long, as on rounding the first turn , Mr. Senhouse, e nde d th - Y the station, drew up level. As the boats passed lead e , ra il way bridge Mr. Pockl ing ton had acquired a pert,;`i a length, w hi c h, in spire of a great effort on the y Senhouse, was ultimately increased to a length, v- N'' distanc:) the race was won. On t he whole the ,nitigl Co nsidered up to the average, altho u g h the win last 3%4 ' 4 t as his Year was h ar dl y a s good as the winniug boat SHARE MARKETS.--This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCA.S. Closing Share Railways. Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. flost.,Sleat.,andhlid.Co Bristol and Exeter 'Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A gets no div Do. B ti II e.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Beltast June. Dun.,Perthot Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. ' l Glasg. and S. Western. iGreatEastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian St GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelan, Great Western Do Str Val gua. stool: Lancashife & Yorkshire London and Blackwal: Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., aad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Sty.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares.. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. it Derby Gt W. of Ireland Do. i shares Mid Kevt Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, .Sr Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWok. Stockton 6z Darlington Do Do New, 188 G Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.66R , West Midland —Oxford Do Newport' Do Hereford 8 ti 8 8i 81 83 1171 1.181 38 10 16 17 94 96 107 109 49 50 45 47 71 8i 124 i 26 13J, 13t V 4 136 96 98 634 64 1081 1091 71 73 107 100 43 44 105 f 106} 101 102 47i 48 1121 1 1271 1281 1 11p 96 98 511 62i 24 t 6 101 1011 58 58i 88 884 119 121 1 2 p 77 78 11 Ili 122 126 42 44 98 100 61 62 314 321 954 06 97 19 lOi b7l 37f 9 10 n n 7 i 1 4 158 1611 5 Sit. 23t , 83 86 170 175 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing hart Railways Paid. ____ Price.••lßusiness done 100 Xtlantie &Si Lawiine , all 59 61 60 sk 4 Bom.,Barodadr.Cent Ind 100 1,6 107 ( Gu. 5 per cent.... 20 Do. New . 8 i 1 p 20 Do. E. Shares. 204 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 6 65 10 Do. Preference 100 Buffalo,Brant&Godrieli 100 - - 6 p. at.. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1871 100 - - 100 Do. do. June 1, 1878 100 - - at Clcutta.aS.Ea.stn. (Lim, 100 103 105 st Cape Town 4: Dock Seth 100 101 103 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. , 100 108 109 stool East Indian. gu. sp. c 100 1004 1674 1075 20 Do. do. G Ext lO i 15p 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada Wu 20 21 205 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 72 14 73 100 Do. do. deferred all 53 61 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 69 67 100 Do. do. deferred-- - all 50 53 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 38 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 26 28 • 100 Do. do. deferred all 22 c 4 stock GtandlaPenin.gua.sp.o 100 108 109 1081 i 20 Do. New gua. sp. a - 12 15 lli' 20 Do. January, 1862 .. 8 15 11P stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent 100 105 106 204 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 95 10 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 92 95 100 Do. 54 p. a do. '77-8.... •all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 f fp stock Madras- guar., 5p.0. .. 100 1054 1065 1061 6 stook Do. 41 p. o. Extension 100 100 101 stock Do. 4* do .. 100 06 1 00 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- - stock I[elb.Corp. 6p. o. Bads. 100 - - 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. a Kortg. Bds. all - - $0 Newßruuswiok et Canda Class A and B 13 all 3 5 N.lll•C'da polst tbds 100 82 84 *toe), Soinde ...... -.. (100 106 107 106 stock Do. Delhi ' 4.; ' 100 105 106 au Do. d 0........... '4 E 2 i 5p st Do. Punjaub .... r'a ci all 1044 1054 Do. Do. .... -.. , g 9, ,io 0 Conk Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 100 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - 1_,.D.010 , . 8 - 1).0. - Ja. 6t..1 no - 1 1877-84 ............•• • 100 103 105 I - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 104 - . Do. dp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 102 101 - i Do. tp. c. Jan.&July. 100 91 83 - I Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 91 93 - :Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,187 1 100 106 108 - i Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 109 111 - I Do. 1896 100 109 11l - , Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 112 114 - Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 - Mauritius 6 per cent - Natal Gov. 6 per cent lOO 147 109 -- :5/..8.G0v. 6 p.c..) a.&Jul} 100 104 106 - Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - - N. S. W. Gov. 5 p 1..., 18,it 100 100 102 994 - Dv. sp. e.,18t.t to 1171 100 101 102 -• Do. d0.,1888 & upwth 100 101 102 102 - New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 - 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C. - sterling, 1875. lO3 104 106 - ( Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 Cl 113 - 1,3. Aus G6p.0.1673.& up lOO 111 113 - ,Vlc.Gov. 6 p.e. Ja.&July 100 107 109 - Do. io 6 n.a An.&Oot.. 100 1084 109 i 1091 9 _ _____ BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 Jd Lanford Amalgamated 33 34 Deven G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 550 660 East Bassett (Mogan)— 30 F 7 60 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 51. id ~ a r East Caradon ...... 2.11. tr 26 27 ast Cam Brea 3.4.0 6} 6t jE. W'lltussel (Tavistk ) 8.9.0 4 1 5 ;Gam..l;St.Aubyn(Gwen ; ',Si 8 10 ,Great South 'rolgus 17s 43 4t ill. Wheal Vor(lielston 40 113 les ;Grenville 6.16. ( 43 4:1 Lierc.<l's-Foot 8.12 68 40 Ilingston Downs 4.18.0 it 25 - Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelact 03 14 16 tilarke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron ° Ore (Lim ; 25 13 New Setun l9l 90 160 • North Downs l3 1/ S.Wh'i Basset(lllo.on 3.1.0 2t 23 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blaney; 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 42 11 iSouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 1} 105 115 S. Carty Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) IRA R. 9 GO 65 Stray Park '30.17.6 30 32 6 rams!. Silv.dr, Lead Min 45 3 I fin Crort 9 18 19 West Basset (Illogan) l5 95 105 W C' radon (Liskeard) 5 18 20 West Sam Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 873 923 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 223 273 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 - Wheallazd( ott - Wheal Mary Ann (Lien ) 8 115 12 Wheal oeton . 585 160 170 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 21 22 Wheal Union 3.17 25 3 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4i per cent. pf., 99} North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent. rd.. 931 4 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 101 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, &c., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 101 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 97 6; Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5i pa cent., 115; London and Chatham 44 per Cent., 91} Nottingham and Grantham It. & G, 95; 6; 5; Shrewsbury and Hereford, Ditto (X 7), 9} - - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 r B ahia and S an F ranc i sco (liril.) gua. 7pc cent., 18 Copenhagen, Urn., 21 Great L uxembourg, 11} Paris, Lyons, and idediterra.nean,`37} Man Pauto (litn.), gua. 7 per cent., 8 1 I Southern of France, 276 FOREIGN MINES. Fortuna (lim.), 31 Linares, 61 7 Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. n, United Mexican (lim;, Co." Vancouver Coal, 51 Wor hing (limited), 0 Yudanaugutana of S. Australia aim.), 21 JOINT-STOCK BAN.KS. (lira.), 1131 14 ce On and Liverpool (11 liance Bank of Lona 141 Anr d o Austrian, 7 & Agr i a and United Service Australasia , 7 5 British North A merican. 494 E a st London, , I m perial Bank (Bilb 231' I m p e rial Ottoman. 18k I '4 1 Bank o f Australia, 28 London Chartered B a „, London and County, 55 4 , London and Colonial aim.), Land Mortgage Ba nk of India, 44 London Joint Stock, , . r , London and Northern (lint ), •" 1 a , London and South American. Jim., 0i London and Westminster, 781 Merchant Bank, lira., 644 M ercantile and Exchange. lim., 1 4 / 15 Seinde, p unj Union of A ustralia,4 aub, and Delhi 84 1 Union of Ireland (Lim.), 1 9 Union of London, 40 3916 MISCELLANEOUS; British Indian Tea Jim , 3 9 1 Discount Corporation, limited, 63 7 • East India Irrigation and Canal, 43 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lien., 33 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, iim., 63 Hudson's Bay. 12& fi International Financial Society, lim., 9 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavouri, Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redcm. 1870, issued 90, 86 Joint •stouk Discount, 64 London Financial Association, Urn., 234 i • a Loudon General Omnibus Company, lim., 2i Natal Land and Colonization Company, lifn, 5 1 Oriental Inland Steam. Urn., 1./ Peel River Land and Mineral, 484 Peninsula and o , ient.4l Steam , 831 Business done. .a ` r ! THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1863, LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir. P. Wilde and a Special Jury.) LIDSTONE V. LIDSTONE AND EDMUNDS. This was a suit instituted by the petitioner, a shipwright in Davenport dockyard, for a divorce on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent. The charge was denied by both the respondent and co-respondent. Damages. were laid at £5OO. The petitioner was married in 1850, both parties being then very young, the respondent being only 17. After the marriage they went to live at Frankfort-street. In 1852 they left Plymouth, and went to live at East Dere ham, but returned again to Plymouth,',where she contracted an intimacy with Mr. Edmunds, a solicitor practising at Plymouth, with whom it was alleged she had committed adultery. The respondent was a well educated girl, but the petitioner was rather illiterate. Quarrels ensued between them, owing to her intimacy with Mr. Edmunds, and, finally, she left her husband, and was afterwards found living in lodgings in Victoria-street, Plymouth, where he constantly visited the respondent. John Carkect said he knew the parties both before and after marriage. They lived very happily together until the intimacy with Mr. Edmunds. After that she objected to her husband as a person unsuitable for her society. The learned Judge—What did she mean by that ? Witness—That he was uneducated. He afterwards heard Mrs. Lidatone talk about a divorce, and she further said that after it was obtained she should be Mr. Edmunds's lawful wife. Mr. Lidkone he considered to be a respectable, upright man. His failing was over-kindness. Howard Davis, an undertaker, said he knew Mr. and Mrs. Lidstone, He recollected her leaving her husband's house in 1862; and in October of the same year he met her at Devenport-park. He asked her whether she had not been to 'Wales, and she replied " Yes, with Bob ;" and afterwards she asked him not to tell Mr. Lidatone. He asked her if she was living under the protection of Edmunds. She said no, bat that he visited her of an evening. She did not say where she was living, but on another occasion he met her, and then followed her to No. 15, Victoria-street, New Passage, Stoke. He afterwards watched the house, and frequently saw Mr. Edmunds go there. Ho had seen Mrs. Lidstone let Mr. Edmunds out, and wish him good night, and further say she hoped he would not get wet. Mr. Chambers—Did she always say that? Witness—Only when it was raining. (Laughter.) Cross-examined by Mr. Huddlestone—When he was at home he lived in Scotland. He could write. Mr. Huddlestone—Have you any objection to write me two words ?--" possessed" and " Wednesday" for instance ? Witness took up the pen and wrote the two words, spel• ling the first " pocessed" and the next " Wensday." Mr. Huddlestone (handing witness a letter and the paper upon which he had written the words)—ln the letter you will find the words spelled precisely the same way ; is, or is not, the letter, which is a fac simile of the words you have just penned, in your handwriting ? Witness—The letter is not in my handwriting, That I swear. Mr. Chambers, Q.C., for the petitioner—l object to the witness being examined on the point. It is a piece of legerdemain to trick the witness. The letter is not in evidence. The Judge Ordinary—l think the witness can be asked whether the letter was written by him or not. (To witness) When you have thoroughly lOoked at the letter, tell the jury, upon your oath, whether it is in your handwriting or not. _ _ Witness—l swear I did not write that letter, and know nothing Of it. Mr. Huddlestonc—l now propcse to put the letter and the paper, en which the witness has written the two words, into the hands of the jury. . . Mr. Chambers objected—The letter was not at present evidence, and it was merely a clever trick on the part of the learned counsel to attack the witness's credibility. A long discussion then followed, during which the word Wednesday was then marked in the letter and witness was asked whether he wrote it positively denied it. The learned Judge here, after reading the letter, thought It very material to the case that the fact mentioned in the letter should be fully investigated, and with that view he thought the witness could be asked whether he wrote it or no. Mr. Huddlestone—Now, after cautioning you, I ask you deliberately whether you did not write that letter? Witness—l did not, The learned counsel again wished the letter to be placed before the jury, but the learned judge thought it better be deferred till all the matters connected with it were before the court. Mary Ann Wild, a domestic servant, at Mr. Williams's 15, Victoria-street, deposed to the visits of a gentleman to Mrs. Lidstone, whilst she was residing there. Mrs. Higgins said she resided at Ross, in Hereford. She recollected two persons coming to lodge at her house some weeks. He had since seen both Mr. Edmunds and Mrs. Lidstone, and was positive they were both the parties. Mr. Randal, a solicitor, residing at Devonport. said the two preceding witnesses had seen Mr. Edmunds, while pro fessedly engaged in the County-court, at Devonport, and identified him as the gentleman who visited Mrs. Lidstone. Evidence was called for the respondent to show that Lidstone had invariably treated his wife with the greatest coldness aid neglect. The case was proceeding when we went to press. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. CommissiOner Kerr.) A NEW POINT IN THE LAW OF MASTER AND SERVANT. .-GARNHAIL V. BOSS. This was an action to recover a sum of money actually earned as wages, and wages in lieu of notice. Plaintiff is a journeyman umbrella maker, and he had worked for de fendant. He found that he could better himself by going to another place, and in accordance with the rules of the trade give a week's notice. Upon this the defendant said he could go at once, but plaintiff worked until some period in the day, when he received peremptory orders to quit. His Honour—How do you say that you are entitled to a week's notice. Plaintiffi—Bythe rules of the trade. Defendant's son— We make a special bargain in our house. When the men enter our service we point out that upon leaving theymust give us a week's notice, but we may discharge them at a moment. His Houour—That appears to be a very one-sided bar gain, but if the men chose to agree to it, of course 1 can say nothing. _ _ Plaintiff—But surely you know the mcn are entitled to the same consideration as the master. If a man leaves their service at a moment's notice they enforce the week, and the men ought to be able to do the same. Defendant—The rule is well understood in our house, and we consider that we are quite at liberty to make rules for our own protection. His Honotir—Oh I certainly, but it does not seem to work very Well so far as I can see. It appears that the moment a man gives the customary notice the master can turn him out forthwith and deprive him of the week's money. The bargain is a legal one, but it is also a hard one. If, however, the men choose to agree to it, they cannot depart from it now. There is money paid into court, in addition to which plaintiff is entitled to recover for the time he actually worked (25.), and for that sum he will have a verdict. Verdict for plaintiff, only for the actual money earned. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Dec. 12.—Wind this day at noon—South- West ; light breeze, and fine weather. LtvnnrooL, Dec, 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Palermo, screw steamer, from Scilly—Ellen Catherine, from Huelva —Lucy, from Riohibucto. PORTSMOu LA, Dec. 11.—Wino C.W..:—Arrived—Lady Milton, from Otago, N.Z. KINGEOAD, Dec, 11.—Wind W.—Arrived—Red Coat, from the West Coast of Africa. CLYDE, Dec. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Acme, Cuth berts, and Empire, trom Quebec—Perseverance, from Montreal. RAMSGATE, Dec. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Kate Evelyn, from Hartlepool for Garrucha—assisted in with loss of stanchions, &c. DOVER, Dec. 11.—Wind W.—Arrived—Murillo, screw steamer, from London from Santander. CARDIFF, Dec. 11.—Wind W.—Arrived—Millo, from Marsala. PLYMOUTH, Deo. 11.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Premier, from Newfoundland. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived—William Walker, from Archangel. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Asia, screw steamer, from Sunderland, for Cal cutta—Cid, screw steamer, for Bilboa, and Tivy, schoontr, for Falmouth, both from London—Scotland, ship, from the North, for the West. LORD STAMFORD'S SALE,.—Mr., Naylor, as the last bona fide bidder, has claimed the yearling filly, Sloth, by Idle Boy out of Lena, which was knocked down to Mr. Ten Broeck, for 250 gs; and we euabrace this oppor tunity of explaining that there is not the slightest truth in the statements which have appeared in our contemporaties, as to Captain White having acted for Mr. Naylor at the sale. Captain White did not bid for a single lot for Mr. Naylor, nor did the latter bid, directly or indirectly, for either Cambuscan or Archimedes, as represented,Sport iny oa:ette. 61JICIDE BY A GREENWICII PENSIONER.-- - Mr. C. J. Carttar, coroner f or West Kent, y es t er d ay h e ld an in quest at the Admiral Hardy Tavern, Greenwich, into the circumstances attending the death of William Day, a pen sioner of Greenwich Hospital. The evidence proved that the deceased had been drinking for several days, and wee apparently suffering from the cffocts of intemperance. He was admitted to the infirmary of the hospital, where he committed suicide by cutting his threat with a sharp knife in a most determined manner. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity, which Was induced by habits of in temperance. LITERATURE. Barbara's History. By Amelia B. Edwaris, author of " My Brother's Wife," izo. Three Vole. Hurst and Blackett, When the interest of a story is concentrated upon one or two individuals, it generally gains in inten sity. " Barbara's History" belongs to the class that Mr. Disraeli has called Psychological novels, novels in which the emotions of one heart and. the develop ment of one individuality, occapy the chief atten tion of both writer and reader. In portraying to us the development of her own character and the vivid emotions of her excitable nature, Barbara has been very successful, but the story of which she is the heroine is singularly improbable, and the hero of the tale, llugh Farquhar—Farqahar of Broomhill —is one of those paragons of perfection, an impos• sibility, such as assuredly never stopped out of the pages of a romance. He takes a rifle from the hands of one of the German free-shooters, " the best rifit-men in the world except those of the Tyrol," and fires two bullets in succession into the centre of the target until the amazed marksmen exclaim "He is Tell come hack again!" He borrows a guitar from a wandering musician, and sings a ballad of his own composition to the delighted wonder of all hearers. He gives six thousand pounds for a Paul Veronese. He travels through •Europe with black Tippoo as his avant courier, engaging in advance the best rooms at every hotel, and ordering in advance recherché dishes to suit the fastidious palate of this fashionable Crichton. Added to which our wonder fully romantic hero has "a mystery in his house"— an Italian lady secreted behind a secret panel, to the dismay and distraction of the hero's wife, who is herself notwithstanding the object of her husband's idolatrous af f ection ! We have said enough, and more than enough, to corroborate our assertion that " Barbara's History" is, to say the least of it, some what improbable, and the character of her lover in our matter-ot-fact opinion somewhat (almost) im possible ! Barbara herself very simply and tenderly reveals to us the trials and troubles of her young heart. In the opening chapter she exclaims— When I was young They are but four words ; anl yet, at the very commencement of what must prove a labour of many months, they have power to arrest my pen, and blind my eyes with unaccustomed tears. Tears partaking both of joy and sorrow ; sucb tears as those through which we all look back to childhood and its half forgotten waters of story, memory; oh ' happy time so islanded in the still yet so familiar Come back once more—come back, so remote, and yet so near; so strange, though never so briefly, and light these my pages with the pale sunshine of a fade.l spring. lam answered. A pleasant calm steals upon me; and, as one might step aside from the troubled streets, to linger awhile in the quite sanctuary of a wayside church, so I now turn from:the eager present, tread the dim aisles of the past, sigh over the inscriptions graven on one or two dusky tablets, and begin with the recollections of infancy this narrative of my life. Barbara's childhood is lonely and isolated, Her first happy experience is her visit to her great-aunt Mrs..Sandyshaft, a strong-minded country lady, who delights in agriculture and farming, and more especially in pigs ! Here is Barbara's introduction to these new acquaintances— " There they are I" . said she, with grira satisfaction. " There they are I" There they were, indeed pigs of all sizes, ages, and tempers. Black pigs, white pigs, spotted pigs, little pigs, big pigs, fat pigs, lean pigs, pigs with curly tails, and pigs with no tails at all. Quiet enough till we came into the yard, they no sooner' beheld my aunt's green bonnet than they broke into the most appalling chorus imaginable, and came rushing up to us with an alacrity that soon brought the whip into service, and sent some of them shrieking away. But to see them fed was the great sight —to watch the perpe tual replenishment of the great round troughs—the circles of tails, uplifted and quivering with excitement—the play ful disturbances that broke out now and then among the younger members of the company, and the friendly bites, flights, and scuffles that diversified the graver interests of the performance. Meanwhile, my aunt stalked about with her whip in her hand; inspected the condition of the sties, and the quality of the food; rated the farm -servants ; discussed the question of bean-meal and pea-meal; gave orders that one youthful family should have their noses ringed ; con demned two haples, porkers of middle growth to solitary confinement—and ended by taking me round to visit a very fierce dowager in an adjoining yard, who had the evening before presented society with no less than fifteen little ones, as black as jet, and not much bigger than kittens. Having dismissed the pigs, we went into the stables ; aad then round to the bullock yard ; and, after that, went a long way off to a clover-field lying on the slope of a hill, where we saw the sheep and the little white lambs all feeding and gambolling about, to the number of three hundred and more. And throughout all this ramble, my aunt's vigilant eyes were on everything and everybody. Nothing escaped her; and not a servant on all the land but started into activity at her approach, and seemed to regard her not only with respect, but with some degree of terror. The next scene of onr heroine's history is a German lady's college, where her education is completed, and where her taste for painting is developed. Barbara becomes an artist, and wins the prize-medal from the hands of the Grand Duke of a German princi pality. Many years of Barbara's life are passed abroad. The authoress portrays the southern landscape with a glowing pencil. Here is a glimpse of some of the heroi ne ' s wanderings in what she calls her— HALCYON DAYS. How like a painting of Turner's it opens before us, this broad and beautiful valley I Rich sloping vines " combed out upon the hillsides" skirt the mountains on either, hand ; sometimes divided from the road by fists of emerald meadow, and sometimes trailing their ripe fruits within reach of the passing wayfarer. Behind us, the stupendous precipices of the Gemmi still tower into sight; and in advance, far as we can see, the valley is bounded right and left by the Vallaisan Alps, Which mingle their snow-peaks with the gathering cumuli, and fade away to air. Midway along the shadowy vista rise two steep and solitary hills, each crowned, like a Roman victor, with its mural coronet of ruins. A glorious landscape, so stately with poplars, so garlanded with vines, so thoroughly Italian in its beauty, that it might well be on the other side of the Alps, for any difference that the eye can see I Thus, as we go forward through the plain, passing Villages, and towns, and vineyards where the merry vintage is at its height, the scene becomes more and more Italian. In Sierra, through which our postilions rattle at full speed, the houses are high and dilapidated, with arcades running along the basement stories, and Italian signs and names" above the doors. In Sion there are Capuchins at the cor ners of the streets; and sullen, handsome women, who throw up their windows, and lean out to look at us, in true Italian fashion. Even the farm-houses scattered all about the valley are stuccoed white, or built of stone ; with loggias on the roof, and sometimes a trellised vine before the door. We are now, it would seem, in the very heart of the grape district. Here are vineyards in the valley, vineyards on rho hillsides, vineyards down to the road on either hand I From some the harvest has Weekly heen gathered —some are still heavy with white and purple fruit—and some are filled with gay groups of vintagers, sunburnt as the soil. By and by we come upon a long procession of carte, all laden with high wooden cans of grapes ; then upon an open shed, where some five or six swarthy fellows, armed with short poles, are mashing the red fruit; then upon a couple of grave shovel-hatted Abbes, and stalwart friar, who prints the dusty road with the firm impress of his sandalled foot at each impatient stride. Then come more farms, more villages, more " Wains oxen-drawn, Laden with grapes, and dropping rosy wine;" and presently we pars a blind beggar sittting by a roadside cross, who asks charity in the name of the Blessed Mary. Thus the day wanes, and, towards afternoon, we reach a peasant, sentinels of th e legen dary at. f amo us vineyard of the Muscat g ra p e, where the vignerons load our carriage with armfu ls of the p er fumed fruit. Here the cottages are more than e ver Itali an, with tiled roofs, and jutting eaves , and in g ots of Indi an corn festooned about the upper casement s . Here, also, the wild peaks of the D a Inferno And now, as the sun sin ks wes tward, we hear the c hi m ing of the chapel 'bells far awa y , and see bands of vin tagers trudging wearily home; and st ill the long road lies lere t s come f the V into before us, bordered by tremulous poplars, dusty, direct, in terminable as ever very feelingly e e s of passionate d The esc r l i e b v e e d s . of T B h a e r r b e a r a a r e a n m d a l - 1 1 3 y u g s h e t en d er ness which will touch the hearts of the romantic, but the conduct of both hero and heroine is so wildly improbable that the story, as a whole, loses muc h of its effect, while - isolated portions reveal great artistic power. Memoirs of Jane Cameron, Female Convict. By a Pri son Matron, Author of .‘ F emale Life in I : l l3 el s o o d f ra s n o i tn a, e a g s a discourse from the tale" as a romance, as l A ) r s is i O n n t . e " res l t n ins Two Volumes. ilurst and Blackett. picturesque as a gifted pulpit aosrator, this " ower true of the life and death -of a Female C onv i c t will, while it a t once en h a nces and in a manner confirms the writer's reputation both as a moralist and as a hum"ltarion, tend, m oreover, N y e are perfectly well satisfied, very considerably to popularize it. • The authoress has advanced from a consideration of " the general" in " Female Life in Prison"—to a con aideration of " the particular" in these very dread ful but also very affecting " Memoirs of Jane Cameron." The Female Convict, so entitled, has her wretched history recounted thus mercifully under a pseudonym. Dates and localities are also here transformed—as a kindly shelter of the poor creature referred to from the chance of identification. Otherwise the narrative is, from first to last, miserably veracious. It so assumes to ,e, And we needs must credit the validity of the claim thus put forth. The work has a purpose. It undertakes to show, and indeed we may assert at once that it does quite comprehensibly demon state that "the poor and ignorant are led into crime and are in innumerable instances taught to regard it as simply a business, the evil nature of which is to them not apparent." Nor is this all—tor the thread cf the narrative, while affording a clue to the mystery of temptation, leads the practical philanthropist on, thereby, to the detection of what ought, in truth, to constitute the first endeavour made by him in order to bring about the criminal's reclamation. The unfortunate, hero called by the name of Jane Cameron, it should be said, at once, is before the close of the book, veritably reclaimed. She dies, but dies penitent. Transformed from a heinous offender, from a thief and a prostitute, into a repentant sinner, who enacts, in her later years, the humble part of an honest and virtuous domestic, Jane Cameron, as we read of her here, at the ter mination of her adventures, in and out of prison, remains (we are told) "to the last a good servant and a faithful friend. She died," it is added by the authoress, " truly penitent for all past sins, and truly thankful for all the mercies which had been vouchsafed to her. This was the last new s of Jane Cameron the last and the best." Having quoted which simple, but most touching comment upon the poor Female Convict's life and death, we may say at once confidently enough that—although the history of Jane Cameron is at times very frightful indeed as a revelation of the filthiest depravity, and of the most utter abandonment, it may, in the N . ecollection of her death, be regarded at any rate with some sentiments of consolation, even at its end of actual satisfaction. Born and bred in Croiley's Land, in that swarming and festering back slum of the vast and populous city of Glasgow, called the New Venue', Jane becomes at a very tender age, indeed, one of the 240,000 children who are known to be given up to a life of theft in the various towns and cities of the United Kingdom. One of that little infant army of 240,000 thieving children ! The fact that there is fully that number of young criminals scattered among our population is unde niable. It is proved beyond a doubt by reliable statistics. And—one of that youthful swarm, one of that childish host of the depraved to the number of 240,000 in all, one of those ill-fated little ones, not brought up, as Charles Lamb has it, but dragged up, is Jane Cameron ! When a mere toddle of five or six she is—what shall we call it ?—a confirmed cadger. At twelve she has as her " cash"—a boy of fourteen. When, herself, barely but fifteen she is already a mother. "I didna think muckle o' the wee bairn the first nicht," she says, " but on the second day I loved it awfully !" Ah, the poor soul ! but her " wee bairn" dies, and therewith " dies out with the child she had loved," the little spark of her own better nature! Her first fall had come to her from that source of evil to so many children elsewhere than in the purlieus of the Glasgow Vennel—the dancing saloons! The low penny dancing saloons called in the squallid Glasgie Life — THE SIEELS I Entrance to these dancing " skeels" is generally by an unlighted close, up a common stair to a large room on the first floor. The door of this room—on which "Dancing here" is legibly inscribed—is kept by a scowling individual —probably the proprietor of the establishment—who receives the pennies of his young patrons, unlocks• the door, admits them, and locks them in. In this room, lighted by gas or candles according to the taste or means of the proprietors, a hundred or a hundred and fifty are speedily assembled—ranged around the room on forms placed against the wall. They are of all ages from the boy and girl of seven or eight years old to the men and women of two or three and twenty, but the majority are girls and boys averaging from 12 to 15 years. The boys are chiefly apprentices or young thieves ; the girls are of the usual poor class—more than usually poor perhaps—throe fourths of them without shoes and stockings, and all of them bonnetless, as is usual amongst the Scotch girls. The boys are several degrees removed from clean, but the "lassies," as they are generally termed, are, without an exception, bright-faced, glossy-haired damsels, who have evidently been at no ordinary pains to render themselves attractive and presentable. Here and there is evident a little effort at finery in the shape of a pair of ear-rings, or a necklace of sham coral, and their poor and scanty gar ments are in many cases destitute of any signs of ragged- nese. The master of the ceremonies, carrying a fiddle or kit under his arm—occasionally bag-pipes are substituted for the violin—calls out the dance. In all cases a Scotch dance of the simplest character is chosen ; the dancers are arranged, music is struck up, and the festivity begins with a hideous clatter of thick soles and heels from the masculine portion, and a soft pattering of naked feet from the majority of the feminine. There is much setting to partners, and an infinitude of solo performances, winding up with the usual twirling and twisting common to Scotch dances in general ; and in the midst of all this heat and dust and bustle, the man sits perched above his scholars, fiddling rapidly, and glaring at them like tho evil genius of the place. They are all known to him—every face is familiar. To the elder girls, who may have encouraged strangers there, he is friendly and fatherly and watchful; he knows that before the evening is oat the strangers will probably be robbed, and there will be an uproar, and it may be necessary for some kind friend to turn the gas out or knock the candles over, and leave the entire company to grope their way down the com mon stair into the close—or the man at the door, who is a prize-fighter by profession, will be called in to keep order, silence the remonstrants or turn them out of the room. As a rule, the proprietor objects to robbery in the " skeel" itself, and has a room on the other side of the landing where such things may be conducted with greater ease and save the " skeel" from falling into disrepute. Night after night, in these Scotch cities, still goes on this hideous revelry; still are attracted girls and boys from their homes, still are engttlphed the heedless youth of both sexes. Many innocent children of poor, even respectable, parents are lured hither to imbibe a love for dancieg and bad company. The ap prentice robs to get here, the girl begs in the street, or thieves her way to admittance ; step by step to ruin surely and swiftly proceed these untaught, uncared-for children, and they are past hope, and have left all childhood behind • them, at an age that is horrible to dwell upon. Deprived of her infant child by death (a death for the uhild it " lf P" ha r' "*Y merciful) Jane Cameron becomes a confirmed and hardened criminal of the very worst class. Her adventures are numerous and most affecting. She suffers frequent imprisonment, at the last for a series of years, during whi c h s h e passes through the system of a reformatory charac ter in vogue at Millbank and at Brixton. Fortunately the eventual result of this probationary period, proves to be most bene ficial. When released she relapses. But her reclamation is at length completely efficacious. It is beyond the Atlantic, while still in service as a good and honest domestic, that she breathes her last, this poor repentant creature of whom we have read here at times, no doubt, with loathing, but at length Ivith an overmastering pity. Several of the minor characters flitting before us as we read this work—individuals with whom Jane Camerou comesher into contact during the chequered period most woful history—are very cleverly depicted • amongst them Mary Loggie " the frzeiad -- m3e n v n e i t i Jock, Jane's boy-"Cush"—pccr growlingt terrible the kind-hearted matmaker—and e ven t hat she has Black Barney, Jane's older " Cush, W v oin t an , Black fairly gone out into the world Barney, who is so fierco and forlFdable to others, though to her over all gentleness . in The work as a been written, whole is eminently g well worth baying and—now that it is written — eminently well worth also being read. Foul and dark though the p a th i t ;ends us through, there relight and punt; shi n i ng brightly upon us at the close. The Children's Friend. Illustrated. One Vol. pp. 192. See l e y, Jackson, and Halliday. This is a charming gift-book for the young. It abounds with short, pleasing, and instructive tales, well adapted to point a moral for the juvenile ap ' precttitian. Teaching by exampl e i s at once the most easy and the most practicable mode of impart ing instruction. The story of naughty "Kitty,' who objected to say " please"—that of the generous Meta, who gave away her " New-year's gitL"—and 49} I 9 108 7} 105 51 61 101) 48i 7 1111 12 123 a 1011 1001 many others of a kindred character, will effect more good in the nursery and school-room than a hun dred sermons, or (moldings without end. The volume is prettily illustrated, and contains many easy hymns and poems. The Comic News Christmas Box. Edited by Henry J. Byron. Maddick and Pottage. Capital news for the boys and girls—for all those young people who like the good things of this life, and among those good things one of the best of all, a good innocent hearty laugh ! Capital news, that is, in the mere announcement of this large-sized four • penny Christmas-box, in which, like a store of can died citron peel, and muscatel raisins, and sugar and spice, and all that's nice, as the nursery song has it, there may be found by all those who care to speculate to the extent of that little rough-edged fourpenny bit, all sorts of comice.lities in prose and verse and woodcut illustrations. Among these—a collection of rhymed nonsense, written by Charles Matthews ! An account of a tripe supper, by W. Brough. A Platonic Dream, .by Edmund Yates. A chapter on The Smiths, by Sterling Coyne. One on The Browns, by Arthur Sketchley. The Editor's description of Christmas in a Chop-house. And—plentifully scattered through the letterpress —comic illustrations by Bennett, Brunton, and M'Connell. Perhaps the best among these illustrations, is the frontispiece, in which the bright y oung face of the Byron of Burlesque looks laughingly down upon the holiday-loving children. As about the very worst of the literary contributions t o the Christmas Box" is Mr. Sothern's wretchedly feeble joke (if it really be a joke!) about Lord Dundr e ary and the Hair Dresser. Our only comment upon whi c h ef fe te wh i ms i cal i ty , h must be a mere echo from M r . s ot • whimsicality, must s better self —" Th-th-that's wong Liverpool Cotton Market—Tbis Day. Market firm. Sales about 5,000 bales. MARSETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of fruit on sale in to-day's market was sea sonably good, and the show of most kinds of vegetables was large. Generally speaking the demand ruled steady, as follows : e. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 4 0 to 10 0 Foreign do ... 1 0 to 2 0 Melons ...... 0 0 to 0 0' Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 2 R to 4 0 Pears, per do .... 3 6 to 6 0 Oranges, per 100..3 6 to 8 01 Lemons, per 100.. 3 6 to 7 6 Gooseberries lit sveo 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. e d Mulberries,prpt..o 9to 1 0 Ch er ries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, puno oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 9to 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. 00to 0 0 Peaches.. . 0 oto u 0 Currants, per lisv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per d 0... 0 oto 0 0 Green ;ages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 4 oto 4 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz 0 10 to 1 3 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 8 had ditto 1 6so 3 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 9 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 9 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 6 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli, per bus. 0 oto 0 01 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 60 oto 110 01 Small salad; p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr lb ..0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p ptl. 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, score .. 0 10 to 1 3 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory..o 3to 0 4 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas,o.-sv. 0 oto 6 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 6to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 I spinach 0 oto 0 9 Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 6 Turnip radishes 0 OSo 0 01 Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to Os Od; geese, 5s Od to 7s Od each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each ; wild do., 9d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 10d each; Surrey fowls, 7s Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 58 Od to 108 Od ; barn-dopr fowls, 3s Od to 5s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pheasants, 2a Od to 2s 6d ; partridges, is 4d to 2s Od ; woodcocks, 2s to 2s 6d; snipes, 9d to Os Od; teal, Os 9d to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to is 6d ; widgeons, Os Od to is Od; plovers, Os 9d to Os Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, 11d to Is Od ; English, is to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 12s Od to 14s Od ; French do., 8s Od to lOs 6d per 100 ; leverets, is Gd to 2s Od ; grouse, 2s 03 to 2s 6d. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, 8s Od to 306 ; cod, 5s Od to 20s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od ; doreys, 5s Od to 6s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, is to 4s Od ; crabs, 6d to 3s Od ; plaice and gurnets, Oct to Os Od each ; soles, is to 3s Od per pair ; common oysters, 108 to 15s ; natives, 60s to 63s per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to Os ; haddocks, 4s to 12s ; • smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os per 100 ; fresh herrings, 6s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. WHITECHAPEL. Bed, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d per Bibs by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 38 10d to 4s 8d ; and lamb, Os Od to Os Od per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6id to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 314 ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4d ; BSlb to 961 b, 4d to 41d; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 5d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, 41d to 51d. Horse hides, 9s Od to Ils Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 108 Oct to 12s Od; halflreds, 8s Od to 9s 3d; Downs, 6s Od to 7s 6d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. SECOND EDITION. UN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocR. HANOVER. A letter from Hanover states that a military riot had taken place in that city. A number of sol diers traversed the streets crying out, " Down with the Danes !" "Lead us against the enemy!' Several civilians were insulted and windows broken and the o ffi cers only s uccee d e d w i t h grea t di ffi culty in quieting the soldiers. ONDON G AZETTE,—Last Evening, At tile Court of WindarT, the Bth day 'of December, Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in. ( 1 : 8 0 6 u 3 n , c i p l . re s , e r n h t i , s t a h , e , ► y his Itoy,l Highness the Prince of Wales was, by her Majesty'm command, introduced into ertind K 8 t h day Highness r e t c o e s m k the Privy Cuuncil, where hi Excellent Majesty in place at the upper end of the B e 1863, present, the Queen's 'M e . Sir William Gibson 0 1:10yei At the Court at Windsor Board. Council. This day the Right li eeper of the b t er i : Craig, Bart., the Lord Clerk Re i Signet in Scotland, was, by h g er et sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Majesty's command, and took his seat at the Board accordingly, Privy Council, WAR-OFFICE, Drc. ii, The Queen has been graciously pleased to gi ve the appointment of George Frederick Edint;nst orders for late Lieutenant-Governor of the No rth - Westtrn e P r % l ',:q** of Bengal, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Div .'? - i e n e r , 3 of the Second Class, or Knights Commanders of th e i 8 T. Honourable Order of the Bath; and of Lieutenant-Colll-:j Charles Robert West Hervey, of the Bombay Staff Col - sometime General Superintendent for the suppressionr-el Thuggee and Dacoity, to be an Ordinary Member of th e Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the said Must Honourable Court , FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Philip Woaehouse Currie, Esq., of the Foreign-office, to be an Acting Second Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Ser. vice while employed abroad. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Thomas Henry Sanderson, EFq., of the Foreign-office, to be an Acting Third Secretary in her Majesty's Diplomatic Sarvice while employed abroad. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Francis S. Dutton as Consul in Australia for his Majesty the King of Wurtemberg. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 10. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas William Kinder, Esq., to be Master of the Mint for the colony of Hong Kong. THE PRINCE OF WALES' COUNCIL CHAMBER, BUCKINGHAM GATE, DEC. 10. _oTuhe names of those who have been nominated by the tt? ncil of his R o y a l Hi g h ness t h e P r i nce o f 'Wales to serve he office of Sheriff of the county of Cornwall : John • Michael Williams,of C. h Castle, aer ayes Esq, Thomas Simon' ie Bolitho, of Penalvern, Esq. DaY Perry Grice, of Trereiffe, Esq. - WAR opF ICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 11. Honourable A - Henry Goodretvillery Company of London—Lieutenant Defries to be Li: bowra to ne Captain—Ensign Moss Lieuteant—Ser e utenant—Ensign Robert Helsham to be SecondLieutentgintanS Edward Montague Nelson to be —Se nd Henry ergeant John Pope Cox to be Cornet geant'Henry Jervis HowardAe Hayward to be Ensign—Ser has been graciously pleue d d to be Ensign. Her Majesty the commissions held respe Je accept the resignation of Dawes and Ensign Fletcher iy . ely by Lieutenant Richard o Norton. BANKRup Ts The following are the only bankrupts of por t a nce in the Gazette : commercial ira- Thomas Arandall, shoemaker, Leeds . Charles Fox, sailmaker, Hull William Findon, carpenter, Birmingham Samuel Saunders, jeweller, Birmingham J o h n E, Fortescue, butcher, Lichfield Thomas ttaine, cheesemonger, Clapham Henry T. Drew, boot manufacturer, Islington William Furze, carpenter, Hampstead -road Richard Tidy, jun 1 mealman, Dorking M. E. Manchin, inspector of watches. Holborn HAY MARK2TS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 12s par load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4l2s 6d ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 12s per load. Supply moderate. WIIITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to L 4 10s Od ; clover, £1 Os to Lo" lOs Od ; and straw, Os to £1 12s per load. A slow trade. L IVE RP OL —F riday. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—Arrived (10th) : Contra (s.s.), frpm Oporto—Annie Laurie, from Newfoundland — Marie Francisco, from Marianople. Ilth : Lord Elgin, from Demerara—Clarissa Currier, from Quebec —James M`Queen, from Alexandria—Monitor, from Quebec — Stromboli (s.s.), from Havre—Eliza, from Girgenti—Eliza O'Keefe, from Tabasco—Margaret Dean, from Demerara —Etta, from Quebec. No 'tailings. STOCK MARKET.—SaIes today: Caledonian Stock, 11'7} i ; Great Eastern, 49i a ; Great Western' Stock, 63! 641 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 1081 1091 ; London, Brighton, and South Coast, 106 107; and North-Western, 1065 i ; ditto S hro p shire Union, 63 54 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and L incoln, 471 44; Metro 14ondon politan, 112 113; Midland Stock , 1275 1285 ; North British Stock, 52 521 ; North-Eastern (Yo rk) Capital Stock, 88881 ; ditto Carlisle Stock, 130 131; North Staffo r dsh re, E 77 77i ; St. Helens Railway and Can al, 101 103 ; South-astern 9og u 6 ; W est Yorkshire, 425 435; Whitehaven and Fur ness, 25 25i. CORN MARKET.—The market was but thinly attended to-day by buyers. The tone was flat, and the demand f or wheat unsually limited, at a decline of 31 to 4d on the Week. neglected, and generally Flour was general l y quoted 6d lower on the week. Fine Irish oats had a restricted sale at . moderate scale about former rates. Egyptian beans slow, but Without alte ration in value. Indian corn was heavy, and any business - done was at a reduction of 61 per quarter on t h Nv di e in ek in . ished Corrhoort thTebewdeeeka:ahnudt has a continuedthe a pp r eapprehensions throng ha ve gra d ua ll y of a furth er rise in the Bank rate, p rices har d ene d, and quota t ions may bG made generally id per lb. higher than on Friday last. Egyptians h ave b een i n f a i r 111 req uest, with a n advaace fro ma de last week of 5d to ad the lo w est sales qualities, little or no change Per lb. in the medium lower; Pernams and Mara I As regards Brazil, Macoro in the better kinds. in consequence of the mod' may be quoted id to 5d of Ejest Indian are erat supply. ri "ma, id to 5d per lb. dearer, e the other kinds being Speculators The better classes l readily saleable at id per lb. advance, may be quoted mar ket to-day was id g per inquired for. Bengal and Scinde export. lb, higher, with more inquiry for 11,370, th e sales have taken 6,160 bales, and exporters of the week being 32,220 bales. The mar bales, , steady, and the sales amouuted to 6,000 and u) 0 00 for speculation and export. A PRIZE COW'S FREAK.—This morning a good deal of excitement was caused in Oxford -street under the following circumstances :—Mr. lf mi Cockerel!, of the vQuee s Arms, • corner of Wardeurtreet, Oxford-stre Club Cr et, et, having purchased aprize cow at the Sthfield e Show, which he intended to exhibit and at his house, The animal was rent home this morning, placed in front ct the bar, where it was intended 4 4 should stand. No s: over was it driver, to its allotted place than all its previous docility left it, probably the fumes of the spirits having got into its head, end it dashed its hfing eet through the plate - t gla fl s he door,s ooring and an d bolted out of the house, stn making its way up Derners-street. A number of persons who had collected went in pursuit, and bt ought the animal back; and it was again taken into the house only to renew former violence, for it broke another plate glass door, ' and did a great deal of damage. At last finding all efforts to restrain its fury were useless, it was recarted and taken viTaY. FRUIT. Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 70 Of 12 os. Antwerp • • —. 25 25 75 4 Brussels — 25 70 25 75 Hamburgh 13 Si 13 9 Paris .. Short. 25 30 25 35 Ditto Marseilles_ 25 70 ,25 75 Frankfort on Maine....., 119} 1 119 b0 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin — _ -- Madrid . • • • 471 / Cadiz 48 Leglr-- - 25 97f _,eghorn Han enoa N aples Palermo Messina 25 90 2 , , _ 25 92/ 25 97f 25 90 25 95 25 92f 25 97i 25 92f 25 97t 25 . _92f 25._97t Lisbon — 521 -52 i Oporto —52 i Foreig - ,n (fold in Bars (Standard), per oz.. £3 17 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubions MR. GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA has written, an nouncing his safe arrival in America. A short time ago the drivers engaged in search. ing the pool where the Royal Charter broke up four years ago, came upon a very rich store of gold. They found in the same spot, in the course of a few days, about £1,200 in sovereigns and a bar of pure g old, weighing 911 b., which was brt ught up to London this week. The treasure was far from being exhausted when the storm came on and put a stop to the diving operations for the season. Messrs. Giggs, Bright, and Co. the owners of the vessel, sold, about a year ago, to some persons in Anglesey all claim to the treasure found ten the spot, and it is said that the specu lation has already paid 300 or 400 p er cent. profit, although the cost of working it is very considerable. CAPTURE OF A LIVERPOOL TRIEF.—On the 13th of August, 1862, a robbery was committed in the middle of the day at the office of Mr. S. Hughes, Duke. street, Liverpool. A clerk, named Lewis, said a man ca me into the office and struck him a violent blow on the head with a blunt instrumen t, rendering him insensible. o n an examination of the premises, a bag containing £2 19 was missed. The surgeon who attended Lewis found tha t his skull had been nearly fractured by the blow. T he police, however, we re afterwards led to doubt Lewis', was ment, and he was taken into custody, and subsequently oLate.. sentenc ed to nine months' imprisonment. It Was also ascerta i ne d that a man named Thomas Th was living at a fa shionable hotel in cove nt .:l4Bl barden, who mixed up in the matter. A Londonwadsetdecritni V k e in svas g Thomas sent to this hotel, and found Thomas, who Was very indignant at s uch a charge , but o a fortnight ago, hi: , was in th e h a bit o f ca lli ng his indignation London. He officer officer to a pint of half-and - ha lf. While the o discodiscovered i i t s h t oe a n t o. f lie was th e n t a k en befo r e the s indignation he was this magistratest viw i mahsee nasrairtfe:wi ytaedsi°, and s e nt f or letters at the Post - office Liverpool, w h ere he arrived on Wednesday night. LIFE IN A COUNTRY liousE.—From the eve of the 12th of August iu the North, and of the let of September everywhere else, hundreds of country houses for, though it is highly assemble frequent parties, many of which are scarcely with out visitors till the beginning of the following Londonlseeesa; son. The custom is mainly confined to the British e _ , Isles; Bel gians, and others, the law relative to the division r ato pro perty will always so dwarf the majority of fortunes of t heir prevent it from ever figuring conspicuously h 8811 d Prosperity social system ; and the amount of ri be ea appreciated by the French, o ty enormous, looking which it indicates amongst us must be No house where at the style in which thin I f a less income than £lO,OOO months can be kept going entertainment is the order gs a with to which things are w he e s ll te o ss a-year. The different degronee whethei the host d or i ~ and ill done depends chieflyn! is et understan varies I l l i g ut little (whichever happens to reign) The reale aimed at zealous, or the rev • ers f e ortunes £4,00 e or £5,000 a °the° autumn and winter of say anywhere simplySn'alletrain fewer people, dinner, year, entertain same number of d here there are carriages every body gives day; everriv-- an is l h s e s s often ; but in reading , keepers ---- drive people out, bet t h e y ro rare. At W , rr kc. There are, it : to dress for dinner, beholds him selfon going -- 'de in vast sheets of looking a bachelor, d on every Bide reflected f no fewer than 18 wax candles, and at -less, by the light o couple hasa private sitting room which can b 0 at the fall of day, and again ii.--- each • i nhi inated both is brilliantly illuminated 6 a i is t d ru e champagne exceptional married eac h cases, g Cornhili Provided for their especial use, and even when t he party breaks up at night ; editions of the principal first-rate p l i o e s w t : P : e P e e n r y s Zie p s are not forgotten ; but what can astonish ' hout going had without Afagazine. GrEAT FIRE ON TIIF YORKSIIIRIf. WOLDS. Til E ' following are additional particulars —Therespecting the a t a pi t ies where 1 0 3 v d er ay en s' incendiary fire which occurred on Tuesday n i g h t, and con tinued burning the greater part of 'Wednesday, upon. the farm of Mr. T. Green, of Roolz-lale, in the YorkstUre \Vold district. The stackyard contained nine large copings —rectangularly-shaped stacks, common on the 'Welds. Of those, two of wheat, one of barley, and one of oats are entirely consumed—the remaining five being saved by the efforts of the Mutton firemen, who continued to work up to noon. The loss of corn and stlaw i, roughly put down at £1,200 to £1,600, tho property dP.,Aruyed being insured. SasFici en tell on two mon who hail been at Mr. Green's to _ be fec a l short time before the fire, and Police-constable Farrah tra re., them to the \Vold village, Wcaverthorpe, where b r a ey tiP ou P B . headed them in a lodging house. The P ris"er , B o a not been men who have served as farm servants, but have names of engaged since Martinmas. They gbv°Blreet, Burling. William and John Marshall, of StiL°lllle-re travelling the ton, and arc brothers. They state they were having been at Wo.da at search of employment, and t o be czumilaed a t Rookdale. The prisoners are cne illalton to-morrow. 1 , ess the tat el le ess at- E .,nt ,nd ;h- ess ate can rat sir [Of n et or' Lke be tee 1 3.14. 1 6.4.0 19.15.4 1 12.10 61 7 821 i 118 125} 1294 631 } 952 1