The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-10 00:00:00

A ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a steady demand for discount accommn dation, and the rates continue firm. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £352,500, and the exports £347,300. The Arexican dollars, by tho last packet, have been sold at 5s 3d per oz., being a further advance of 4d. The Continental Exchanges exhibited no mate rial alteration yesterday afternoon. Notice has been given that £2,060 has been re ceived by Messrs. Baring Brothers, from the Cus tomhouse of San Jose de Quinta, on account of New Grenada dividends. The British and American Exchange Banking Corporation is introduced with a nominal capital of £1,000,000, in 20,000 shares of £5O each, the first issue to comprise 10,000 shares, on each of which it is not intended to call up more than £25. It is brought forward for the purpose of dealing in ex changes between this country and America, and ope rations are to be commenced by the establishment of an agency is, New York. The directors also ex pect a large business between America and the ports of India and China, which will be conducted in conjunction with the Oriental Bank. There will be no promotion money." The project has been well received in the City to-day, and the shares are already dealt in at I- to 1 prem. The Inns of Court Hotel Company is to erect, on the site of the George and Blue Boar, in Hol born, an hotel containing every modern improve ment, end very ample accommodation. Besides the ordinary requirements of the neighbourhood, the concentration of the several law courts near this locality, and the increased demand that must arise for hotel accommodation, render the project highly desirable. The capital required is £lOO,OOO in shares of £lO each, and interest upon the amount paid, at 5 per cent., is to be allowed from the date of payment until the opening of the establishment. The exceedingly remunerative character of hotel business, conducted under the joint-stock system, has been fully demonstrated by the success of the existing companies. Another million of capital (of which one-half is to be first issued) is likewise required for the City of London and General Fire and Life Insurance Company, the shares of which are to be £25 each. The company is stated to be brought forward with out any " promoters' " charges, and solely by traders who rely mainly on the support of their own connexions. The Continental Bank Corporation has also been brought forward, and the proposed capital is £1,000,000, in shares of £lOO each, the first issue being limited to 5,000 shares, on which the pay ment of £25 is contemplated. This project is also designed with a view of facilitating banking and exchange operations, but in this case between Eng land and the continent. The chief office is to be in London, and the first branch in Paris, but other agencies are to be opened according to the progress of the enterprise. The directors are very influen tial, and there can be no doubt of the success of the enterprise. It is attracting considerable attention, and the applications for shares are already very numerous. The hall-yearly meeting'of the National Discount Company will take place on the 21st inst. Two o'CLocK. A little depression hae been apparent in the English Stock Market to-day, but the decline has not amounted to k per cent., Consols having closed at 939 for transfer, and 938 1, for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced have been quiet; the former is marked 93 93i, and the latter 93k. Ex chequer Bills have risen is., viz., 14s. and 18s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents. have been dealt in at 1083 8 ; do. 4 per Cents. Enfaced, 961 ; do. 5 per Cents., 106; and do. 51 per Cents., 1121 113. A fair amount of business has been recorded in the Foreign Market, but prices in some instances have shown a downward movement. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are 841 851; ditto, 1858, 71 1 ; ditto, 1862, 671 681; and the Consolides, 40 1, ; Egyptian are 951; Italian are heavy at 691 709; Mexican, at 31i ; Pt•ruvian New Loan, at 89 4 ; Russian ditto, at 953 96; Spanish Passive, at 241 ; the Certifi cab s, at 91 ; and Venezuelan 3 per Cents., at 231 24. Business in the Railway Share Market continued dull, and prizes were a shade flatter. Great Northern, Great Western, and South Eastern re ceded ss. ; Caledonian, 10s., and Bristol and Exeter and Great Northern A Stock, £l. London and Brighton, and North British, however, improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines were without material alteration. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re mained steady at previous quotations. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 237 5 ;per Cent. Reduced Annuities per Cent. Consols Annuities 936 / 3 2 New 3 per C en t. A nnu i ties 93 3 annuities, 30 yrs, expi re sth J an., ,880 l2i Ditto for 30 yrs, -- expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Se a Telegraph), Aug. 1908 22 India Stock 228 Ditto 5 per Cent Ditte Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 96 Ditto 5 per C en t Ditto 51 per Cent, Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100/ Consols for Account, Feb. 5 931 Excheq uer Bill s, £ lOOO, 21 per Cent lB 14/ Ditto £500 Ditto Small lB 14 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. , 1852-68.-60 .. 93/ Chilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent Equador New Consolidated l6l Egpptian 7 per Cent 9si Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coup.ms — Ditto Coupons Italian 6 per Cent. (M aremmana Railway) 731 2 Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account 3ll Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada 2 per Cent Ditto Land Warrants . 41 Ditto Deferred 6l 4 Peruvian 41 per C ent. Ditto 1862 Ditto Account.. Portugues e 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account •47 Ditto 1862 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 4i per Cent., 1860 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 ... Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto Account.. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account.. 1 itto £lOO Bonds 7s Ditto 6 per Cent. IBi 2 Venezuela, 3 per Cent ...... • — Ditto Account ... ... .. ... Ditto 6 per Cents., ' 1862 (Scrip), £53 pd It i dis Dividends on the above piyable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f, ...... __ Ditto Account ...................... 691 701 TWO O'CLOCK. I t Consols, Money 93i i Ditto Account MAIDEN SPEECH.—M r , LORD PALMERSTON'S the Premier de- John 'l'imbs, in writing to the Builder relative to a discussion which has arisen as to where a livered his first speech, says : " In of the first-floor of the number of the Builder you state that in a room la te hcuse No. 345, Strand, 'at one time the haveoffice of the e Coto ler, Lord Palmerston is supposed to made maiden speech.' In this, I think, you are m is taken. only house of which you speak was the office of the C o ur ier in a house in its hitter days, previous to which it was . The fur ther westward. In a little book, ' A Compa nion to the Theatres,' which I wrote in 1829, in the t frontis piece, the Courier office is shown to be the house eas of the English Opera•house entrance. The Cour i er house front, which I remember many years, was of Egyp tian character in the lower floor, and is shown in Cooke's nice print, ' Old Exeter Change.' It was, I think, re moved on nuking Wellington-street. In the' Picture of London' for 1 810, it is stated to be No. 348, Strand. Still, Im cert ain that thi s was the Palmerston, house ; for the Picture of Zondon, 18 06, among ' The Cou r i er o the evening papers, gives pposite S omerset House.' Now, here are three Courier offices ; and as Lord Palmerston began his political career in 1 806, his maiden s refer may Peach to which you have bee n made in th east named house ; the l Courier, i n d ee d, seems to have chan its politics. E xcuse this ' ged it s o ffi ce as often as tion of cart-rop e ' note; but identifica- London localities is a dear subject with your old toigers!' BRITISH POSSESSIONS. • Closing Share Railways Paid. Price. Business done 100 Atlantio& St Lawrencc all 67 69 - B t k f Bom.,Baroda&.Centlna 100 1051 1061 1064 xn Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New . ..... 2 - - 201 Buffalo and Lake 10 Do. Preference 100 Buffalo,Brant,&Godricl, 100 77 80 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 78 76 100 Do. do. June 1, 1+,:4 100 73 76 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lin ) 100 104 106 xn st Cape Town & Dock Seri] 100 1081 109} 1041 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 100 106 I( 8 xn stock East Indian, gu. sp. e. 100 1071 1(8}f 108 7f x n2o Do. do. G Ext 5 1f lip xn 20 Do. do. H do. stock ;Grand Trunk of Canada 100 22 23 100 , Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 75 37 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et all 65 67 66 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 34 36 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 34 36 100 Do. do. 1872 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 106 107 1061 xn 20 Do. New gua. sp. c l2 1 lip 20 Do. January, 1862 stock jGt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 percent. 100 104 100 soi IGt. W. ofCanada Shares all 121 12; 121 f 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 wlth't opt all 98 100 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8 all 91 23 10 'lndian Branch Limited 7. Id f p stock "Madras guar., sp. c. stock Do. 41 p. o. Extension 10v 98 10' stock Dc. 4+ do lOO 94 "i 6 20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 - - xn stock iNlelh.Cort, 6p. c. 102 - 50 IMelb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bd all - 20 INuw Br unswick ei Caw! , Class A Capital Shan. all 3 5 20 i Do. do. B Capital do. ,N.ltl.C'da6 pc Ist pf bds 100 83 65 atoc Aeindc .... •••• • • 1' 5; 1021 10.1 st 5 :Do. Delhi 1 ' 100 1 1 31 1 1 44 1014 xn Do. do 2 4 4p 24 xn 20 'Do. Putijaub . 1 p st !Do. Do. . . . , leo 04 105 xn mtick ; Do. Indus.St:Flo.) (1.): .100 102 101 xn i.,1;:-.%IEN 1 s i -4,1,11 y - 1877-S4 - Do. tp. c. Feb. & Au...;. 1 100 'lO6 )03 - I Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Scot.! 100 106 1(8 - Do. sp. c. Jan.&July.! 10 , ' col 971 97 64 xd Do. 5 Inscribed stock, 100 5 t'7 - Cape G. Hope, 6 p c. 1873: 100 ,0, s lO Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 i 100 111 113 1124 Do. 1890! 100 112 114 - I Do. Jan. & July, 1891..', 100 111 113 - Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c! 100 - - .N.l3.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July; 100 1044 1054 105 44 xd - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.! 100 - N. S.W. 6 ow. 5 p c.,18661 100 991 100 1 - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 9 J 100; - Do. d0.,1888 & upwde 100 97 O. 994 xd - , New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 108 110 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - 1875 ' 10 , 105 106 - , Queensland Gov. 6p. c 100 I' 9 111 - ; s.Aus 61,0.187'6.dt up 1 100 109 111 Vie.Gov.6p.e.Ja.&July 100 1 107 100 1 0 84 - 'Do. to 4 ma. 100 1110 1104 ; 1104 110 105 Ico 1 1i 9 111 ,109 111 1107 109 1110 11( 4 BRITISH MINES. Cambrian Consol. Gold Chnord Amalgamated Devon G. Cone. (Tavi et I East Bassett (Illozan) East Clogan Gold Ltd East Caradon East Cam Brea... E. W• 1 Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus.... G. Wheal Vor (Helston; Grenville .. .. Elerod's-Foot Eiingston Downs Lady Bertha Hargaret (tiny Lelant; Starke Valley.. Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) New Setun North Downs • • I.wh'i Basset (Illoz,an, North Wheal Crotty .. Par Consols (St Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer 3. Cam Brea (Illogao).. !i.Wheal. Fran. (Mogan, Stray Park Tamar Silv.to Lead Alin rin Craft West Basset (Illogan) W Carodon. (Liskeard) West Seton •••••• Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Kitty (G.Lelant) WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton . • wheal Treiawney (Lis.), Wheal Union 1.14.6 3.0.0 7.19.0 57t 17s 40 6.15. P 8.12 4.:7.0 2.0.6 1 0 81 110 i E 10 461 4f Ii 20 471 51 5 2.0.8 2.10.8 8 581 7 3.13 21 ij 21 31 i PREFERENCE SHARES. Edinburgh and Glas ,, ow, 5 per cent., 111 GtWestern ( erks & Hants Ext), red. 4i per cent., 9811 London, Chatham, and Dover :) per cent. pref., 96 LINES LEASED A FIXED RhNTALS. London and Chatham 4. per Cent., s 2 Midland, Bradford pref. stock. 97} Shrewsbury and Hereford. 1375 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 7 8 Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 211 1 Great Luxembourg, Ai N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent. (lim.). 3 Recite an .1 San Francisco (Um.), gua. 7 per cent., 19 Royal Danish, 4 Sambre and Meuse, 11 San Paulo Rm.), gua. 7 per cent. (all), 23} Turin and SavonA. 3 FOREIGN MINES. Mont. Aureos Braz. Gold Min. CO. (KM.), 21 1 Port Philip, 13 Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lim.), 33 f JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (11M.),20 A us: ralasia, 72f Bank of Queensland (lim.), 41 31 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, lO Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 21 Imperial Bank (lim.), 10; London and Brazilian, (lim.), 311 2 1 i London, B. Ayres, and R. Plate (lirn.), l2f London I, h irtered Bank of Australia, 273 i London Joint Stock. 6 IV London and N irthern (Rm.`, 33 London and South African, 21 Oriental Bank Corporation, 551 Standard of British South Africa (11111 DOCKS. London, 60} - MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, P3l Great Ship (Um.), Italian Irrigation Canal, London Gem ral Omnibus Company (lim.), 1i National Discount Company, St I it Peninsular and 0 ieutal Stearn, n 3(} Rio de Ja ne i ro City Impr ovements, 29—Ditto ( 2 V 3 i bubmarine Telegraph (Registered), Van Diemen's Laud, 111 SHARE ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCkS. Share Railways. Paid ' Closing Business Price. done. 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,and Mid.k;o Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do ••n A Lrets die Do till6pe pa has . ' B ' been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast .Tune. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh Sr Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. 'Great ' , astern Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Nncrlian st GreatNorthot Scotland !Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares i Gt. S. an I W. of Ireland ;Great Western st Do Str Val gr u a . stock st Lancashire Yorkshire st London and lilaelfwall stLon., Bright.,& S. Coast, I st Lon., Chat., aad Dover! st ton. & North Western st Lon. 11, South Western st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 1.2 i Do # shares 10 Metropolitan 81 Midland i. 4 .0 Do New _ _ I Do Birrning. fi Derby Nfld. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent _ _ Cray Line North British 'Eain., Perth, Si Dundee Nth. Easdern—lierwick Do, G.N. E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle . North London Do New North Staffordshire 2:. and S. %V. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scat. Mid. stock Shrews. and Weletipool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 ,Taff Vale.. Do B. Do C Ulster Do I Do 'Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford do Kilkenny West Cornwall 'VV. Hartlepool Har.&R. , West Midland Oxl ord Do Newport Do Hereford 41 43 13 14 87 88 105 107 151 46i 42 44 24 25 128 129 1331 131 A 136 138 104 TO5 671 (71 110 114 72 73 118 119 :•8 19 98 08' 102} 11.34 414 42 9i Oi [29} 2c1,1 i 7 Rc 97 99 521 536 254 264 100 100: 57 68 891 891 126 128 108 1:0 1) 4 3H d 11 111 118 120 471 481 104 106 47 19 33* 341 891 59/ F. 84 (.9i 100 103 7 8 39 40 lot 10 p 7* 71 it, 148 450 41 51 25 Sz p 551 2 1 P *d * p 87 90 140 145 29 31 43 45 35 37 94 26 The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Awls is about at Li par, and the sterling. On s hort exchange on London is 25.20 com paring these rates with the English Mint 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard g old, it appears price o hatn - o i ldl 3 about 1-10th per cent. dear er in London than in Paris: s By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4221 per mark, and the short exchange on L ondon is 13.41 per £1 sterlin g . Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at CO days' sight is 140 to 146/ per cent., and the premium on gold is 321 to 33 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS.--The Moniteur of yesterday announces that the French Emperor will open in person the legislative session of 1863 in the grand hall of the Louvre on Monday next, the 12th inst., and that he will receive tho oaths of those members who have not yet taken them. The ceremony is to begin at one o'clock :precisely, and every one present is to be LoAtecl by A cIAATON - Poilt 12 At the lotint! 0.10.4 12.10 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING.; JANUARY 10, 1863. IRIMINAL COURT.---This Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PICKPOCKETS AT THE LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE.-- Mary Ann Groes, 5, Baker-street, Commercial-road East, and Joseph Purcevill, address refused, but who was said to be the husband of the female prisoner, were charged with being concerned with a female, not in custody, in stealing a purse and contents from Mrs. Pratt, of Leinster-gate, at the London Crystal Palace, Oxford-street. Mr. Edwin Coxthorpe, surgeon, of 6, Regent place, Clifton, Bristol, and 11, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, said he was induced to watch the prisoners and a female who were standing at the corner of Great Portland-street, and saw the women leave the man and go into the London Crystal Palace. He followed them from stall to stall and saw them make several attempts to pick ladies' pockets, Groes being the acting person and the other standing near at the time. Being determined to watch closely ho kept close to the women and distinctly saw Groes put her hand into a lady's pocket, and withdraw it with something in it- Witness stepped up t') the lady and asked her whether she had lost anything, and she replied, " Yes, my purse." He then told the lady to go to the office and wait for him, and went back and saw the other female, caused her to be detained, but, in consequence of the lady not going to the office the woman was allowed to go. He then went outside into Great Portland-street, and saw the male prisoner standing at the same place as he had seen him be fore, and saw Groes, whom he had lost sight of, join him and walk with him down Oxford-street. He then followed til he saw a constable, when he gave them in charge. A constable proved seeing the female prisoner put her hand into her pocket and throw away some silver, and 14s. 6d. was picked up. On the male prisoner £6 10s. was found. He had made inquiries and found that the man lived at the address given by the woman, that they were husband and wife, and that they lived at a brothel. A lady in court said that she had her pocket picked yes terday afternoon, at the London Crystal Palace, of £4 in gold, and some silver. _ _ Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, having cross-examined the witnesses, Mr. Knox remanded the prisoners for a week. WESTMINSTER. THIEVES' VOCABITLARY.—John Williamson, William Baxter, and Charles Hale, three flash-looking fellows, were charged with loitering about the streets with intent to commit felony. Sergeant Hornblower, 24 B, said that at nine o'clock last night he and another officer were on duty in plain clothe , . in Eaton street, Pimlico, when they saw the three prisoners walkin g up and down scanning the houses. Witness and the other officer crossed over to the corner of Ranelagh-street, immediately after which the prisoners came towards them, when Hale suddenly touched William son's arm and said " Slops." Mr. Paynter (with marked surprise)—Said what P Witness said " Slops." Mr. Paynter—And what in the name of goodness does that mean? Witness —It means us. Mr. Paynter—Means us. I don't understand you. Witness—" Slops" is what they call the police now amongst thieves. Mr. Paynter—ls it indeed ? It is the first time I ever heard it. Witness—And then he used another slang ward, upon which all three went away as fast as:they could up Gros venor-place, and we followed till we met a policemen in uniform and then we took them into custody. Mr. Paynter—Do you know them ? Witness—Well, they are the daily associates of thieves. Mr. Paynter—How long were they walking up and down as you describe ? Witness— About a quarter of an hou r or t wen ty m i nu t es . There was a burglary comm itted in Ebury-street only two or three nights ago , and finding these men loitering about, we of course knew that they meant no good. Mr. Paynter—Where do they live ? Witness—At a low lo d g in g - house in Westminster, well known as a complete den of thie ves. • Prisoners y ae h thaedrany unlawful intentions. ? was hardly suffici en t p r o ve d is justify . trfya people.ya n denied en thieves must walk about a s we ll a discharged the accuse d, b u t sa id it was capture had pr even t e d a ro bb ery . ss juiother probable ic tortheir v thoughti c tHe conviction, t h n , e MARKETS---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of produce is seasonably good. Generally speaking, the demand rules steady, and prices are fairly supported. S. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 8 0 to le Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 iiirapes, per lb 3 0 to 6 0 Foreign do. 1 0 to 1 6 Melons .. Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 1 6 to 3 0 Pears, per do )ranges, per 100 3 6 to 8 0 Lemons, per 120 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries ht svLO 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 B. d. s d Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto. puno oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 Bto I 9 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per d0z..... 0 oto 0 Damson . .. 0 0 to 0 0 Currants, per b.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Haspberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 shallots, per lb 0 6to 0 8 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 8 rflorseradieb, pdo 1 oto 2 0 Red ditto 1 6so 3 0. Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 4 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 9 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 oto 0 0; Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Urocoli, per bun. 010 to 1 3; Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 80 to 140 0; Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr pd 0 oto 0 0 I Mushroomed) ptl. 1 oto 1 6 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6to 2 0 I Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cabbage lett,se,ore 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 Mint and s *vory.. 0 3to 0 4 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, IL -sv. 0 oto 0 01 T om atoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s. 1 6to 2 6 I Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 2 6to 5 0 C a psicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 o to 0 0' Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 French beans, h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 1 oto 2 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 12s Od ; geese, Os Od to 8s Od each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is to 2s Od each ; wild do., 9d to is 2d ; pigeons, 10d to is each ; large Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s Od • chickens, 6s Od to 75 63; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 6s Od; capons, Os Od; hares, 3s Gd to 4s Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each p heasants, 4s Od to 5s Od ; partridges, is Gd to 2s Gd ; woodcocks, 3s Gd to 4s ; snipes,Od to Os Od; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, is 6d to 2s Od ; widgeons, Os Od to Os Od ,• plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 8s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, 12d to is Id ; English, is 2d to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, 12s Od to 13s Od ; French do., 95,.0d to 108 Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. BILLINGSGATE . Salmon, 2s Od:to Os Od ; trout, Od t o Os ; eels, 6d to Is ; prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; cod, 2s Od to 15s Od ; brills, is Od to lOs Od ; doreys, is Od to lOs Od ; m ullets, Os Gd to 2s 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, Gd to 2s ed • ' plaice and garnets, Od to Os Od each ; soles, 6d to 35 Od per pair ; common oystsrs,—s to —s ; natives, —s to —a per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 7s ; haddocks, 4s to 12s ; sme lts, is Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 50s per 120 ; fresh herrings, Os per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and each, Oe Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s Od ; mu tton, 2s 10d to 4 s 2 d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; vea l, 3 s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81bs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s Gd to 4s Od ; mu tton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and p or k, 3 s 4d to 48 Gd per 81b. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 71d to Bd, of household do., 51d to 7d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 31d to 40; 961 b to 1041 b, 31d to 41d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 8s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 10s Od to 12s 6d ; half-breds, 8s 3d to 10s Od ; Downs, 6s 6d to 8s 3d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. 'his Day. CENTRAL C 8 8i fi 86 68 1151 116 88 7 115} f 61 71 46 241 129 8/ 1341 1 5 671 1 110 73 2 1.81 381 98 1021 91. A 1291 i f 981 7i 129 8 891 i THE GREAT BANK PAPER ROBBERY. -THE SENTENCES. On his lordship taking his seat this morning, Robert Cummings, who was acquitted last night of the indictment on which he was charged, was again placed in the dock. _ Mr. - Giffard drew his lordship's attention to the case of " The Queen v. Stubbs," in support of the objection he had raised last night against the discharge of the prisoner. Mr, Justice Blackburn said he was well acquainted with the case, but the decision that had been given by the Court of Criminal Appeal confirmed him in his view of the case, and therefore ho directed the prisoner's acquitthl. He should like to know whether it was intended to proceed with any of the other indictments against Cummings. Sir F. Kelly said he would not detain the jury any fur ther. He had since last night spoken to the gentlemen who had instructed him, and, after great consideration, although it had been thought possible that, during a fresh investiga- lion, some circumstances might transpire tending to crimi nate the defendant, yet, after the decision of his lordship respecting the confirmation of the evidence as against Cummings, and as there had already been a delay in the trial, he should therefore not ask for any further postpone• meat. Mr. Justice Black',urn thought this determination quite right, and as no evidence was to be offered on the other in dictments against the prisoner, he would be acquitted. The jury were then sworn. The Clerk of the Arraigns then informed the jury that there were nine indictments against the prisoner for felony, and it was their duty to see whether he was guilty or not. The learned Judge told them no further evidence would be offered, upon which _ _ The jury immediately returned a verdict of not guilty. A smile of satisfaction passed over Cummings' counte nance, but his lordship gave directions that he should not be discharged until he had passed sentence on the other prisoners. George Buncher, William Burnett, James Griffiths (the prix ter), and Henry Williams (engraver) were then placed in the dock for sentence. Hi,4 Lordship, in addressing Griffiths, told him he had pleaded guilty to the i dictments against him, and during the trial it appeared that he for years had been engaged in forging Bank of England notes. It was an offence of the most serious nature, and but a few years ago it was an offence for which his life would have been forfeited. Had tl.e ingenuity which he undoubtedly pozsessed been directed to an honest course, there could be no doubt but that it would have produced him much more than he had ever received by di,honesty, because detection sooner or later was sure to overtake those who engaged in it; His offence was further aggravated, because he must have been well aware that he was assisting in a most important and material manner those who had stolen the genuine paper. The consequences of any number of forged notes getting into circulation was impossible to foresee, because numbers of innocent persons might become in volved, and unfortunately some might suffer for an offence which they had not committed. He felt it his duty to pass upon him the most severe punishment the law allowed, namely, that of penal servitude for his natural life. The prisoner then retired, and Robert Buncher stood forward. His Lordship told him that his offence was only a shade different from that of Griffiths, as he had acted as the monied agent in theendeavour to put an immense quantity of forged Bank notes into circulation. He had consider able doubt whether he ought not to pass upon him the maximum sentence allowed by law ; but feeling his offence was a shade, and but ashade, different fromthat of Griffith,, he should sentence him to be kept in penal servitude for twenty-five years. Burnett was the next sentenced. His Lordship told him that he had on his own confession admitted his guilt of a serious crime. His offence was a bad one, but still there was even a shade of difference between him and the other two persons who had just received their sentence. He had been. previously convicted, and when he brought the paper to London he must have known that he was in p' ssssion of that which he knew to have been stolen. The sentence of the Court was that he be kept in penal servitude for twenty years. Williams, the engraver, was the last to receive his sentence. His Lordship told him that he also had pleaded guilty to a very serious offence, viz., that of preparing and engraving a plate to rel resent portions of a Bank of England note for the prisoner Griffiths. The favourable character he had re ceived yesterday would be taken into consideration, yet the offence t 3 which he had pleaded guilty rendered him liable t o penal servitude for 14 years. He could not have bad any doubt but that he was working for a person whose object was to commit forgery, and it was a lamentable thing that, being in possession of such ingenuity as he had been shown to possess, he should have tune , ' it to a bad purpose. The learned judge then sentenced the prisoner to four years' penal servitude. Cummins was then placed forward, when his Lord shic told him that he had been acquitted solely because he thought it a proper rule in our laws that no person should be convicted on the testimony of an accomplice without it was clearly corroborated by other testimony. He wished to warn him, and through him, others, that invariably where any number of persons conspired to commit a great crime, as soon as a reward was offered there was sure to be a rush of treachery as to who should be first to denounce his confederates, and therefore escape from detection and punishment was impossible. He trusted that he would abstain from a further pursuit of crime, because in the event of his ever being placed in that dock again the present state of things would be recollected, and a most severe punishrm nt would be inflicted. His lordship directed Cummings to be discharged. Brewer was liberated from custody last night. Course of the Exchange—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 161 11 17 Antwerp — 25 371 25 421 Brussels — 25 375 25 421 Hamburgh — 13 61 13 61 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —118 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 355 36f Berlin ..— Madrid Citilia Leghorn .. 25 521 25 571 Milan ..... ......... 25 50 25 671 Genoa — 25 60 • 25 675 Naples — 25 521 25 62i Palermo —. 25 60 25 65 Messina — 25 60 26 65 Lisbon — 521 52/ Oporto -- 52/ 63 Baron Renouard de Bussieres, member of the Legislative Body, and Director of the Paris Mint, has been named Director of the Credit Mobilier Company. _ _ A second grand ball at the Tuileries will take place on the 22d January. A grand diplomatic dinner was given last even ing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris. The temps denies that there is any foundation for the intelligence given by the Constitutionnel relative to increasing the sum allowed to the members of the Institute, from 1,500 f. to 3,000 f. a-year. The Temps asserts that not only is the alleged augmentation most un likely to take place, but that the majority of the members are oppoEed to any advance, lest a pecuniary motive should be assigned for seeking a place at prsent looked on at one altogether of honour. Preparations are being made at present in the Salle dee Etats, at the Louvre, for the opening of the Legis lative Session on Monday next. ZEUAOH.—Th e f o ll ow ing TRH BltEADALkiiriz P caveat was lodged yesterday with the Sheriff Clerk of Chancery :—Should a petition be presented by John Alexander Gavin Campbell, Esq., of Glenfalloch or by any other party, praying to be served nearest and lawful heir of tailsie and provision, or in any other character, to the Most Noble the Marquis of Bredalbane, who died on or about the Bth day of November last, the subscriber craves to be heard on behalf of Charles William Campbell, Esq., of the 19th Regiment of Bengal Cavalry, eldest son of the now deceased Charles William Campbell, Esq., formerly residing at. Boreland, and thereafter at No. 11, Howard-place, Edin burgh, the nearest lawful heir to the title and estates of Breadalbane.—Henry Buchan, S.S.C. Edinburgh, Bth Jan. 1863," We understand this caveat is founded upon an al legation of illegitimacy against either the late Mr. Camp bell, of Glenfalloch, or his son. SHOCKING STORY.—The Phare de la Loire pub lishes a letter from Cayenne, of Dec. 1, which states that some days previously a boat manned by six convicts, under the care of an inspector and a keeper, left the Isle La Mere to earry two days' rations to some workman at the Isle Le Pere, about a league distant. When some distance from land the convicts fell upon the officers. The inspec tor, seeing resistance useless, jumped into the sea and swam to land, but the unfortunate keeper, who eould not swim, was murdered and thrown overboard. Boats were soon sent in pursuit, but without success. It was subsequently ascertained that the convicts landed at Maroni, and, after wandering about for three days in a starving state, mur dered a negro, whom they found fishing in a boat, and ate his body raw. It was reported that the murderers had afterwards gone to Demerara, where they were arrested. The Journal du Havre states that two of Admiral Fitzroy's meterological despatches were posted up at that port on Tuesday, announcing high southwest winds for that day, accompanied by rain, and for Wednesday winds varying from west to north and east, with a little sno w. The journal adds that as thou predictions are cal culated .for England, and as the columns of wind seldom o ccupy a greater brea dth than 30 or 40 kilometres, they may not t l prove entirely correct on the French side,of the ‘ THE WAR IN CHINA. (From the Gazette of last night.) WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 8. The Secretary of State for War has received a deep itch and its enclosures, addressed to him by Brigadier-General Staveley, C. 8., commanding her Majesty's, troops in China, of which the following are copies Headquarters, near Kah-ding, Oct. 24, 1862. Sir,- —I have the honour to report, for your infor mation, that the Chinese authorities having ex pressed their willingness to place a garrison in Kah-ding,, if the allied forces would recapture it for them, the place was taken by storm after a bomb bardment of two hours this morning, by the force under my immediate command, mentioned in the accompanying return marked (A), as well as the British naval force under Capt. Borlase, C. 8., and the French troops, placed respectively at my dis posal by Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope and Capt. Fangon, commanding his Imperial Majesty's forces in China, also the so-called Ward's force, under the command of an American (Colonel Burgoviene), and Lieut. Kingsley's 67th Regiment, battalion of 500 Chinese, and six mortars worked by Chinese, under Lieut. Cane, R.A., all detailed in return marked (A). The guns and mortars were got into position during the night, and opened fire so soon as the walls could be seen. At eight o'clock two prac ticable breaches having been made the French and British each established their bridges, the British under the direction of Lieut. linevitt, R.N., and Lieut. Lyster, R.E,, the storming parties of the 31st and 67th Regiments, under the command of Capt. Christian, 31st Regiment, then planted their lad ders and entered the place without opposition, the enemy escaping by the opposite side of the city. The place had been considerably strengthened since our last visit by an outwork made to flank the walls, and protected by a sort of bomb-proof, which, however, was not proof against 8-inch mortar shells. I gave over the place to Colonel Burgoviene and his men, and, except the storming parties, none of her Majesty's naval or military forces were allowed to enter it. The recapture of Kah-ding completes the radius of 30 miles round Shanghai, which it was decided should be cleared of the Tai-ping rebels. I trust that the excellent conduct of the troops under very tempting circumstances, and the very arduous nature of the service, will be favourably considered. I wish to mention for favourable notice Capt. G. Gordon, commanding Royal Engineers; Capt. Mansergh,DeputyAssist.-Adjutant-General ; Capt. Gammell, Deputy Assist.-Quartermaster-General; Dr. Rennie, 31st Regiment, Senior Medical Officer ; Assist.-Commissary-General Thompson, in charge of Commissariat; Lieutenant Jebb, 31st Regiment ; and the Prince Wittgenstein, of the Ist Prussian Lancer Guard Regiment, who acted as my aides-de camp. I take this opportunity of recording the great assistance I have invariably received on the occa sions of the various expeditions from Mr. Consul Medhurst, and Mr. C. Alabaster of the consular service. I also wish to mention the services performed by Commander Strode, of her Majesty's ship Vulcan, who was employed during the whole of the opera tions against the Taepings, and whose name was in advertently omitted in my recommendatory de spatch ; also of his first lieutenant, Lieutenant Grant. Commander Strode had the working of the naval 32-pounders on all occasions when they were used, and was assisted by Lieut. Grant. In transmitting a list of casualties, marked (B), I have much satisfaction in calling your attention to the senior medical officer's report (herewith for warded) on the health of the field force.—l have, &c., C. STAVELEY. Brigadier-General Commanding H.M.'s troops in China. The Right Hon. the Secretary of State for War, War-office, Pall-mall, London. RETURN OF CASUALTIES AT THE STORMING AND CAP TURE OF K.AII-DING, OCT, 24, 1862. Royal Artillery—No. 3 battery, 14th brigade—Gunner John Doolan, severe wound of face; 1 gun lascar, slight wound of hand ; No. 8 battery, 14th brigade—Gunner John Leonnard, killed ; Gunner George Green, slight wound of shoulder. 31st Regiment—Captain A. Mitchell, slight wound of hip ; Private William Cripps, slight wound of head 67th Regiment—Private William Mason, severe wound of leg. Naval Brigade—Her Majesty's ship lmperieuse —1 petty officer and 1 seaman, severely, and 1 seaman, slightly, wounded. Her Majesty's ship Euryalus-1 petty officer and 2 marines, severely, and 1 seaman, slight y, wounded. Her Majesty's ship Pearl-1 seaman, mortally, 1 Marine Artilleryman, severely, and 1 seaman, slightly, wounded. French Force-1 Chasseur, severely wounded, 1 sailor, slightly, and 1 Corps Chenois, severely wounded. Lieutenant Kingsley's (67th Regiment) Corps of Disci plined Chinese-1 sergeant and 2 rank and file, severely wounded. Ward's Force of Disciplined Chinese, now under Colonel Burgoviene-3 killed; 2 dangerously and 5 severely wounded. Recapitulation-1 officer wounded ; 4 men killed ; 1 mor tally, 2 dangerously, 18 severely, and 8 slightly, wounded. Total casualties, 34. D. F. RUNNIE, M.D., Surgeon, 31st Regiment, Senior Medical Officer, Shanghai Field Face. Camp before Kah-ding, Oct. 24, 1862. Sir,—l have the honour to forward the annexed list of casualties amongst the allied forces engaged this morning at the assault and capture of Kah ding, in transmitting which it affords me much plea sure to be able to report for the information of the brigadier-general commanding that nothing could be more satisfactory than the sanitary state of her Majesty's troops since leaving Shanghai, there being at the present time but two men non-effective from sickness, namely, soldiers of the 67th Regiments suffering from ophthalmia.—l have, &c., D. F. RENNIE, M.D., Surgeon 31st Regt., Senior Medical Officer, Shanghai Field Force. The Deputy Assistant-Adjutant-General, China. ADMIRALTY, Jan. 9. A despatch, of which the following is a copy, has been received from Vice-Admiral Sir Janes Hope, K.C. 8., the commander-in-chief of her Majesty's ships on the East India and China station, relating to the recapture of Kah-ding, near Shanghai : RECAPTURE OF KAH-DING. Headquarters, near Kah-ding, Oct. 24, 1862. My Lord,--You will be pleased to acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that the force noted underneath moved out of Shanghai on the 22d inst., under the command of Brigadier- General Staveley, Captain Fangon, and Colonel Burgoviene, of Ward's Chinese corps; and that Kah-ding was retaken this morning after a feeble resistance.—l have, &c., (Signed) J. HOPE, Vice-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. The Right Hon. Lord Clarence Paget, C. 8., M.P., Secretary of the Admiralty: List of Casualties in the Naval Brigade under the Com mand of Brigadier-General Staveley, during the Expe dition against the Rebels at Kah-ding, on the 24th of October, 1862 : Imperieuse—Stephen M'Coy, captain after-guard, se verely wounded ; Charles Townrow, ordinary, severely wounded ; Wm. Bushford, ordinary, slightly wounded. t Euryalus—John Kilbury, gunner's mate, :severely wounded; Martin Connor, A. 8., slightly wounded; Mi chael Connor, private R.M., slightly wounded; jcJo seph Slythe, ordinary, slightly wounded ; John Halifax, private, KM., severely wounded. Pearl—John Farrant, gunner,R.M .A, Daniel Dighton, ordinary, mortally wounded , ed C bling, ordinary, slightly wound . J. IT O PE, vice-Admiral. (Signed) ,severelyilwrowa_admed! While numerous and zn3portant improvements are proceeding in Paris, the suburbs are not for gotten. A new porcelain manufactory is being constructed oilsltleoe foreigno bstienarr chi naa contains a o i n f t s h e at Sevres by command of the Emperor, of which the first d building is nearly finished. The facade of the new build jog fronts the park of St. Cloud, and in this . part the museum comprises three distinct i e s c ni o u m sell os ai d of suety description of Tg first r T et h materials i of which it is composed. the poduce of t' the third specimens . of every description of French earthenware • andcomprises patterns o Yr9e Daanufeettire sins its foluadatiou. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 5s Od ; clover, do,, £3 lOs to £5 10a; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND..—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 ss; clove•, £3 lOs to £5 104 Od ; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s per load. A steady demand. WHITECHAPEL. — Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 ss; clover do., £3 10s to £5 10s ; and straw, F 1 12s to £1 16s per load. Tra , fc firm. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 10.—Wind this day at noon--South- Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. _ _ FALMOUTH, Jan. 9.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Home, for Boston; Dickey Sam, tor Demerara ; Simeon Hardy, for Barbadoes. CARDIFF, Jan. O.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Victoria, from St. Michael's. SWANSEA, Jan. 9.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Zehline, for Coquimbo. MILFORD, Jan. 9.—Wind S.E.--Arrived—Athenaeum, screw steamer, from the Clyde for Bordeaux, with cargo adrift and steam pipe dangerous; had experienced heavy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 9.--Wind S.E.—Arrived—White Rose from Melbourne ; Wellington from Adelaide ; Re gina, from Madras. , TORBAY, Jan. 9.—Wind S.—Sailed--Germ, for Buenos Ayres. PLYmounT, Jan. N.E.—Sailed—Kent, for Melbourne. SCILLY, Jan. 9.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Onward, for Melbourne. (By MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, J an. 9—Alexander, from Charlotte Town. Arrived, Jan. 10—Agina, from Dunkirk ; Pacific, from Rouen; Surprise, from Guernsey; Dauphoil Castle, from Foo-chow-foo ; Carleton, from Calcutta; Ida, from Brus sels; Harmony, from Bordeaux; Alliance, from Amster dam. Sailed—Durban and Prince Alfred, for Port Natal ; Lady Stanley, for Bermuda. DEAL, Saturday Morning. No arrivals. Sailed --Nearly all the outward bound, for the westward. A large brig is on s hale on the main, near Kingsdown. ,Further particulars at present unknown, FRUIT. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. iTlMES.—Yesterday a remarkable trial came to an end by the conviction of the men charged with forg ing Bank-notes with paper stolen from the mills where alone it is manufactured. There is nothing strange about the crime except the success of the prisoners in overcoming the chief difficulty which lies in the way of such enterprises. That a knot of men, more or less in the habitual practice of fraud, should forge a few £5 and £lO notes, and victimise unsuspicious tradesmen, is no new thing, but the anxiety which prevailed a few months ago was justified by a circumstance peculiar and alarm ing. A kind of panic was caused by th e announce ment that a quantity of paper used in the manu facture of Bank-notes had been stolen from the mills at Laverstoke, in Hampshire, which for a great number of years have exclusively supplied the Bank of England. The well known qualities of this paper have always been looked upon as the best safeguard against forgery. Its texture and strength, with the watermark and other peculiarities, hav e hitherto been inimitable by the most clever fabrica tors. The mills were founded so long ago as 1720, and during the whole of this period the Messrs. Portal from generation to generation have been manufacturing paper for the Bank of England. And this has been done with such skill that, ac cording to the statement of Sir F. Kelly on the pre. sent trial, during the century and a half which has nearly elapsed not one sheet of note paper has ever been successfully imitated. But the security which has been caused by this long exemption from fraud seems to have induced too much confidence. Crime in these days is practised with a skill which requires ever increasing watchfulness to meet it. The pre cautions taken at the Laverstoke Mills, though no doubt sufficient to prevent any novice or blunderer from becoming possessed of the paper, were no ob stacle to a man trained to a knowledge of the pro cess, and watching his opportunity day after day. Hence the comparative ease with which the wit ness, Henry Brown, who appeared as Queen's evidence at the trial, was able to abstract quanti ties of the paper. This young man was tampered with by the prisoner Burnett, who, no doubt, was on the look-out for such an instrument. Brown, according to his own account, at first refused, but after his scruples had been removed he set to work to steal the paper, and succeeded without much diffi culty. He first took three sheets, enough for six notes, and then five sheets of £lO-note paper, then 10 sheets of " fifties," and then larger and larger quantities,—enough to manufacture an immense sum of false money. This is the most important part of the whole business, inasmuch as it shows that the machinery for preventing fraud by the workpeople at the mills is not thoroughly efficient, and that in the interest of the public it must be re vised. But it certainly is not a matter of wonder that a manufacturer should be occasionally the vic tim of a fraud of this kind, when we consider the facilities of wrong-doing possessed by the persons employed, and the skill of which they are masters. The prisoner Brewer, who was accused, but ac quitted, of stealing part of the paper and deliver ing it to Brown to be given to Burnett, was a man of position in the mills, as possessed of no mean talents and ingenuity. He had a share in inventing a machine for impressing the watermark on bank note paper, which machine had been patented by his brother, who was then and is now employed in the works. When the paper was in their posses sion the forgers set about forging the notes, and in this a man named Griffiths was employed, who, if his own account of himself be true, must be an eminent character in the criminal ranks, and one whose detection is no small benefit to society. When the police broke into his place of operations 'they found a printing press and 21 forged Bank of England notes without date or signature. On a bed in the room were 20 forged £lO-notes finished and £25 forged £5-notes. "Mother plates" and copper-plates for making the watermark were also discovered. The proprietor of these extensive works made a clean breast to the police. lie said he had some more plates in a field, and this on searching was found to be the case; and he confessed that "he had been engaged in printing forged notes since 1846 ; that he had printed the whole of the forge d notes on the Bank of England for the last 17 years, that he had printed on genuine paper stolen from the mill 180 £5 notes and twenty £lO notes for a person named Buncher, and twenty £5 notes for another person." Such were the experi enced and professional rogues whose machinations have caused such alarm in the trading community. Happily, they have been brought to justice. Brewer is acquitted, but Buncher and Griffiths are found guilty by the jury, and Burnett pleaded guilty at the first. Great credit is due to the police for their energy and skill in bringing the whole to light; and it is now to be hoped that, with new precau tions at the mills and at the Bank, such frauds will be made impossible for the future. HERALD.—Although no credit can be given to the stories told by some of our French contempora ries of conversations between Herr Von Bismarck Schonhausen and Count Karolyi, the Austrian Am bassador at Berlin, or between Count Rechberg and Baron Werther, the Prussian Minister at Vienna— the venue is laid indifferently in either city—in which Austria is emphatically warned that unless she ceases to sustain the smaller states of Germany against Prussia, and at once witbdraws_the little project of Federal reform she is now pushing through the Diet, the Prussian Government will recall its representative at Frankfort, declare the Confederation at an end, and occupy, " without so much as saying, by your leave," Hanover and Hesse, there can be doubt that the two great German Powers are on as bad terms as are consistent with ' the maintenance of diplomatic relations. Friendly they never have been since the great Frederick robbed Maria Theresa of Silesia. From that time 1 they have been rivals for the preponderance i n , or, as the stock phrase has it, for the hegemony of Germany. Since 1815 the Federal Diet has been the scene of their contests, and nearly every time that the quarrel has risen beyond its ordinary state of distrust, dislike, and polite hostility, it has been upon some question connected with the application o f t h e power of the Confederation or the interpre tation and reform of its constitution. It is so now. The inconveniences of the Federal system have proved so great that every state acknowledges some thing must be done, and for the last two or three years the ministers of the second-rate states have been engaged, with the concurrence of Austria, in elaborating projects for reform, all recognising more or less the popular demand, but all, of course, repudiating that leadership which Prussia claims. Meanwhile, Prussian statesmen being quite sure that they can never carry such a proposition as they want in the Diet, have formulated a policy of their own for Prussia, in the shape of the establishment within the Bund of a smaller confederation, grouped around Prussia herself, by mutual agreements, ac cording to which the Sovereigns of these stat_etsoabree to resign the care of governing to Prussia , d iga:ow de lin return secured their positions. c Glares, or rather Herr Von m P i: u s s o s h on h ausen if the delegate plan is believed to have declared, that Bis is persisted in the Confededration is violated, and the greatdelight o:thtiongbetter, and who must be considered at an representatives to support Prussia of the Danes,who wish forenn gett i n g . ri o f a compact which has will instruct their rep in the hope of been a stone round their necks since the day it was formed. This is the pretext of the quarrel. The success of Austria in procuring the non-ratification o f the commercial treaty with France is another very sore point with Prussia, and there are at least half a dozen other tt ma ers upon which two powers fighting for influence in Germany can easily quar rel. The quest ion is, will anything very serious come of it ? That depends entirely upon Prussia. It is Prussia who is now seeking for grounds of quarrel, who is fretting, an fuming, and threatening. Aus tria keeps within her right, and, although she means to maintein her own, certainly has no desire to come to blows. That is more than can be said of Prussia, although she has as much real interest as Austria to keep the peace. In provoking a war for unity of Germany she would probably postpone it for another hundred years. But Herr Von Bismarck. Schonhausen hates Austria, and the necessities o f his position point to a war with her as the su re way i to the conquest of his opponents at home. liv ro lies upon the traditional hatred of Austria felt by the Prussians, and he has more reason in his reli ance than we could wish. We cannot feel quite sure that the House of Deputies would be proof against the temptation of crushing Austria and uniting Germany under Prussian sway. There are some who would say, "Let us seize the opportunity, we can secure our liberties afterwards." Still we do not think it probable that the Prussian constitu tionalists would fall into the trap, nor do we think Herr Von Bismarck Schonhausen will go at all beyond threatening. In such a war he would as suredly have no ally among the Soveroigns of Germany, and still less would he have that alliance with the peoples upon whom, in the days of Aus trian absolutism and Prussian semi-constitutional- ism, he might have relied. Austria is not yet popular in Germany. Its active politicians are so enamoured of their project of a united Germany, to the success of which the excision of Austria is essen- tial, that they will see no good in her; but, if they love Austria little, they like the present Prussian system less, and they certainly will give no aid to a power which wantonly devastates the Fatherland with war o n l y to i mpose upon it a system far more illiberal than that which now prevails. There will be a great many desp a t c h es b etween A ustr i a and Prussia, and p oss i bly fighting. expensive preparation, but no - POST.—It is one of the principal disadvantages attendant on the system of government adopted in the United States of America that almost every offi cial appointment is made to depend on political or party influence,and is of comparatively shortdurationoaos for Democracies have a horror of granting life, being fearful of making the recipients indepen dent of their control. Eternal change is considered by the Democrat to be absolutely essential to the preservation of due equilibrium between all classes in the Republic. Hence no one, from the Chief Magistrate down to the postman, holds office during life, or even during good behaviour. The President remains in office only four years, the members of the House of Representatives are elected biennially, and although the judges of the Supreme Court are, like our own, removable only by impeachment or petition of the Legislature, still the judges of the several States are, many of them, e l ec ti ve an d ap pointed but for limited periods. The minor officials in the State receive their nomination from the par ticular party which happens to be in power, and with that party they stand or fall. It is needless to observe that it would have been impossible to have devised a system more actively conducing to jobbery than the one we have noticed. Long before the present war broke out, end when the American Constitution was submitted to no unusual strain, the corruption and the trickery which distinguished the operation of its administrative system were so public and notorious that the American people ceased to be ashamed of them, and oven brought themselves to believe that they were inseparable from a sound political system. It is easy to under stand, when hostilities began, and when it was found necessary to increase twenty-fold the administrative staff of the State, how, under such a system, the candidates for appointments were selected. A few facts became public shortly after the commencement of the war which gave the American nation an inkling of what might be expected in the way ofjob bery and peculation if the contest was prolonged ; but we believe that the revelations which have now been made, and those for which we must wait until the termination of the war, will exhibit an amount of fraud and corruption in the management of the finances of the State which will be unexampled in the history of republican or monarchical govern.. ments. As the result of a secret investigation, which during the past two months has been instituted into the state of the public accounts, it has been dis covered that great frauds have been committed upon the Government. In the city of New York alone no less than half of a gross sum of one mil- lion six hundred thousand dollars, which was paid on account of the amp, was paid fraudulently. This appears to refer to one series of transactions alone, and proves that peculation can be so fear lessly and so successfully carried on in one of the first commercial cities in the world, that the Go vernment can be cheated out of 50 per cent. of its disbursements, It is said that at least a thousand persons have been implicated in these transactions, including some of t' e principal merchants and brokers in New Y rk. What may be :he extent of the frauds c6natnittel:l :n other departments of the State we do not know, but there can be little doubt that they have been equally extensive. The out break of the war was the signal to every sharp witted merchant and contractor to "do a smart thing" if he could. Tho contracts were notoriously sold to the highest bidder, with the significant drawback that the purchase-money went not into the coffers of the State, but into the pockets of the public officer who had the patronage of the appoint ment. It will not be difficult for those who are even slightly conversant with the system of public con tracts to conjecture how contracts thus bargained for were subsequently fulfilled. We recollect shortly after the war began, and when the Govern ment were straining every nerve to arm their troops, hearing of a fraud having been committed which for audacity was perhaps unrivalled. The Govern ment had purchased a large quantity of firm-arms, the greater portion of which they were obliged to condemn as useless. The condemned guns and pis tols were sold at a merely nominal price to a pur chaser who tendered for them, and were imme diately afterwards transported by the latter to the camp of Gen. Banks, in Kentucky, and sold at the regulatirn price to that officer, who e agerly snatched , at an opportunity of arming his troops. We forget how many thousand d ollars the smart" contractor netted by this tr ansaction, but s ubsequently, when the frau d Was discovered, h e was a ll owe d to go unpunished. It is worthy o f no ti ce t h a t w hil s t 1::; 1 Forts Lafayette and Warren were filled to over flowing with political prisoners, in no single instance has the Federal Government inflicted punishment on a fraudulent contractor. The consequences are such as might have been expected. Peculation has become a recognised calling ; and the broker or con- tractor who cannot swindle the state to the extent of one dollar out of every two which are paid to him does not understand his business. The vice has extended so far now that it would almost savour of injustice to punish those who have only imitated their neighbours in doing acts at which the Govern ment connived. The Government may, and it is to be hoped will, reform their administrative system, but little benefit can accrue from punishing offences which they have taught the great masa of the com munity to regard with leniency. which we trust may b e f ound effi ie remedy for typhus fever has A cheap and simp le increasing cases in L ancas hi re. Y east a e b a e c e . u_s s __A"; rov i v ityingpropet ties are sa id to be such that a table uagingoenegt thee l, sp 7 on fal administered every ten minutes restored a patient when life was all but extinct. A small quantity infused in the drink of those w h o cannot obtain sufficient nourish.. ment might enable them to resist the depressing influence of long-continued scarcity. The experiment is at any rate worth trying. VALUE OF NEGROES IN GEORGIA.—I witnesssed a sale of negroes a few days since at Thomasville, Georgia, the result of which I feel induced to give you, be lieving it will receive a space in the columns of your valu able paper, and hoping at the same time that the issue which contains it may by chance fall into the hands of the Yankees, in order to illustrate the confidence which the planteis of Southern Georgia, at least, have in the institu tion of slavery, notwithstanding their (the Federals) mer cenary threats of total emancipation, &c.:-1. A man, black, 25 years old, 1,930 dole; 2, a man, ditto, 60 years old, 1,500; 3, a boy, ditto, 15 years old, 1,650 dole ; 4, a boy ditto, 11 years old, 1,400 dole ; 5, a boy, ditto, 10 years old, 1,250 dole ; 6, a boy, yellow, 14 years old, 1,70 0 dole ; 7, a boy, ditto, 12 years old, 1,300 dole; 8, a boy, ditto, a years old, 1,300 dole ; a boy ditto, 18 y ears old (carpenter), 3,000 dots; woman, black, 1 0 , a 22 years old, 1,500 dole ; 1, a w o man, oman,ditto, 2 4 years old, 1,450 dole; 12, a woman , ditto, 20 years, and two children, 2,900 dole ; 13, a woman, ditto, 22 years old, and one child, 2,150 dole ; 14, a woman, ditto, 20 years old, and one child, 2,350 dole; 1 5 , a woman, yellow, ditto, 24 years old, and tw children, 2,950 dole; 16, a woman, ditto, 37 years old, 1,050 dole;;17, a woman, ditto, seamstress and house servant, 2,975 d o l e ; average per capita, 1,414, This negro property, belonging to Mr. D. L. Miller, was sold, in accordance with his wish, at public outcry, he being in the service of his country. I have heard of several sales far exceeding this in this section of Georgia, by executors, administrators, Sze., for the purpose of distribution, and think the foregoing sale a sufficient " nut" for the black republicans to Crack."'" Georgia XWegraph, -- - a:~. N. plies n as m. 0... -----... .1 1 .11 :.2/ 16 .. 20 .. 2s ::30 15 . .19 ..21 18 2 .3 :_3O iVe O 'ler, lord, The St: the i de