The Sun. — London, England, 1863-01-05 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The demand for accommodation in the money market to-day is very moderate, and there is little business at the Discount Office of the Bank of Eng land. The Arabia, from America, has brought £22,300 in specie. Tenders are invited by the Agents General for Crown Colonies for a Cape of Good Hope 6 per Cent. Debenture Loan of £29,500. The accounts from the manufacturing districts are for the past week satisfactory, although busi• ness operations were in a great measure suspended, owing to the intervention of the Christmas holidays. At Manchester prices have remained firm far both cloths and yarns. The woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield has continued active, while at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhamp ton the operatives have been fairly employed. Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool cotton market to-dny opened strong, with an active business doing, at steady rates, and sales probably 5,000 bales. The French Three per Cent. Rentes to-day ware opened at 70f. 65c., being an advance of rather more than id. per cent, since Saturday. There has been a meeting to-day of the share holders of the Union Bank of Australia. The re port, which was unanimously adopted, stated that a net profit of £82,547 was available for distri bution, and a dividend of 8 per cent. for the half year was declared. Speculation continues extremely dull in the market for the English Funds, and the operations of the public as investors are yet too limited to create animation. Nevertheless the quotations are Well supported owing to the favourable position of monetary affairs, and the quietude of continental politics. Consols remain at 921 I for transfer and the Bth instant, and 921 ; for February 10. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced have im proved to 92-2. ; Exchequer Bills are 12s. prem. ; Bank. Stock is firmer at 233} 235; and India 5 per Cent. Loan, 108 f. The most prominent feature in the Foreign Market has been a further decline in Turkish Con solides, viz., to 381 1-, in consequence of renewed sales. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are flat at 84 85 ; ditto 1858, 701 71; ditto 1862, 67-1 1; Egypian are steady at 951 ; ditto, second issue, firmer at 941 95; Greek, at 161 ; Mexican, 32; Portuguese New Loan, 461 471; Russian ditto, 951 1 ; and Venezuelan Scrip, 11 dis. In the Railway Share Market business continued very dull, and prices exhibited little variation of Importance. North Westerns and North Eastern Ber wicks receded about 55., while most of the other lines dealt in brought previous rates. The foreign and colonial undertakings were in moderate request, without any material change in laue. Sambre and Meuse brought 91 ; Bahia and San Francisco, 201 ; Recife and San Francisco, 18 1 ; Bombay and Baroda, 104/ ; East Indian, 107 1; Great I n di an P en i nsula, 1051; and Great western of Canada declined to 121 121. Joint -Sto c k B an k and Miscellaneous shares were 'Without material variation. Alliance of London 41:1d Liverpool realised 20; London Chartered of Australia, 271; London and South African, 241; Ottoman Bank declined to 321 33; and Union of Australia to 521 d ; Crystal Palace stock receded to 36 4 ; and Royal Mail Steam brought 551. BR- ,tt.ITISH FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock, . . ............ 3i 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 1 3 per Cent. C onsols Annuities 1 India Stock. . •"""••••••• Shut. Ditto 5 per Cent .......... ... . Ditte Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent..... • — Ditto 5 per Cent. ....... .. . 105/ Ditto Debentures 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 1001 C onsols for Ac coun t 92 Exchequ er Bill s, £lOOO, 21 per Cent l2 1 8 1 Ditto Small 12 FOREIGN F UNDS —CLOSING PRICES, Brazilian 5 Dittoper Cent ... .._. Buenos A4i per Cent., 1 852-dB-60 Ayres Ditto 1 per Cent.p (Deferred 3 . per Cent ) 381 Egpptian 7 pe r C ent 951 1 Ditto, Second Issue Mexican 3 per Cent .... Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent IN . ew Granada 2 per Cent 271 Ditto Deferred, Ex Hectares 6l Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 1862 Ditto Scrip, £25 paid . i Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 3l 99 Pm Ditto 4i per Cent., 1850 Ditto 5 per C ent., 1862 953 921 1 i Spanieh. 3 per Cent Ditto Ac count.. Ditto New Def erred Ditto Account. .......... ...... 46 1 Spanish Cert. of • Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 B4 Ditto Account ...... . ............ Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account. DiDitto 6 per Cent. 1862 Veneztto Account. oDiuela, 3 per Cent tt Account .......... . ... . ... . . Ditto 6 per Cents., 1862 (Scrip), £s3 * pd 11 i s Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 6 per Cent., Ex. 10florins .. • • 681 9 Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gil -. Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificatesu . • Italian, 5 per C ent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ... Ditto Account Consols, M one y . . D itto Accriut, ia'n'..8................ 921 t ....... 9 21 1 ....... THE SUMTER. accounts received at Malta on the 30th ult. from Gibraltar state that the Confederate steamer Sum ter has been sold at that place for £4,000 to an English merchant, who came from Liverpool for the purpose of purchasing her. The United States Minister at Madrid has protested against the sale which, he says, will not be respected by the Fede ral cruisers, as she is a Federal vessel seized by the rebels at New Orleans. Instructions have been asked from the home Government as to whether a register is to be given to her. When the packe left Gib raltar the Sumter (now changed to the Gib raltar) was being coaled and getting a cr ew , pre paratory to starting on her voyag e t o E ng l and. The new captain having steamed round the works, under British colours, was immediately chased by the Federal gunboat Ottawa, with her guns loaded and men at quarter. On perceiving the Federal vessel approachi ng t h e land within the three miles limit, the Governor, Sir William Codriugton, ordered the batteries to be manned and the guns made ready for action, upon which the Ottawa sheered off. A Federal sloop of war was also at Algesiras, watch ing the Sumter. If a register is granted to her she will have to be escorted to England by a British ship of War. Mr. Fronde, we (Critic) hear, is about to resign he editorship of Fraser's Magazine, which he has conducted ever since the lamented death of Mr. J. W. Parker, the younger. Lord Stanley is (says the Nor folk N ews) at pre sent on a visit to Richard Bagge, Esq., at Gay wo oo d Rau, Lynn. Hi s l ordship has v i s i te d the wen Marshland disaster;, and examined the localities an d eo f th means adopt e d to remedythe evils. Orders have been given that the Imperial hunt ing establishment, which since the Ist October last has been at Compiegne, shall leave that place on the 4th inst. for Fontainebleau, where they are to be kept until the e nd of Sept em b er. The hunts at Fontainebleau will re commence in the course of the present month. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 4, 6 p.m.—The gales of the Past week have driven a large number of merchant ItoB in f rom the Channel to the anchorages at St. Helen's ti Spithead, and th e M o th er b an k. Th e wea th er con e eh 48 unsettled as ever, a sm ar t ga l e b e i ng succee d e d by oort lull, heavy 'quails again succe e din g in their turn. at 10 a.m., the barometer had fallen from 30-0 t e :. c c i ,, t° 29 '6 du r i ng the previous 24 hours. At 10-a.m. yes there was but little difference, but at 10 a.m. to-day it h ad falle n 24 tenths further. Since this morning the mercury has remained steady, but several smart squalls have the east end of th e i sland, and the weather altogether rs an angry appearance. The wind has ranged since Wednesday from B.S.W. to N.N.W. t , 13 Y a decisi on o f the Minister of Public Instruc fl7 the i n d emnities annually granted to the divisonal pro- Zors of the colleges of Paris are suppressed, and their Bend salaries raised as follows : —lst class, 2,400 1 r. ;2d c l ass , "4' i iitotekl oj 1,809ir l mid I,2oQtr, respegtiTelYi SHARE MARKETS--This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOeKS. Closing Business ( Share l Railways. I Paid.l Price. done. • Bir„ Wol., and Str. Val IBlythe and Tyne. ..., Rost.,Sleat.,andMid.kJo 'Bristol and Exeter ..., Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do AI A Lrets no di Do. B till6pc.pan.hap been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares .• Metropolitan Midland Do New _ Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & 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. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock. , 1 Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Delon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. ,an dWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale., Do 8.. Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny i West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 13.14 S 81 fi 61 86 S$ 116 116} - - 61 41 43 13 14 87 88 105 107 46 47 43 45 24 25 126 i 127f 1 131 132 136 138 104 106 671 (8 109} 1091 71i 721 118 119 874 884 974 68 1014 10 1 241 404 41 1 9 129 129 i 111 lip 97 99 53i 541 26 27 991 1001 56 67 881 181 126 128 108 110 i 1p 4 31 d 11 11i 118 120 47} 484 104 106 47 49 334 344 88i 89 684 Ggi 100 103 7 8 89 40 104 101 1 p 7 7 148 150 p 44 5 p i 24 3 p: 554 564 2i 3i pi i di pl 87 90 140 145 29 31 43 45 35 37 94 28 BRITISH Pi Share, 100 stk 20 204 10 100 1 100 100 Railways Minato & St Lawrene( Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . .. . Buffalo and LaKe Huron stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock Do. Preference ...... Buffalo, Brant,&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 187.9 Do. do. Juno 1, 18:1 Clcut ta.kt S. I+l as tn Cape Town & Dock Seri) Eastn. Bengal go. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... ... .. Do. do. H _do. . Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. stock Do. - do. 1867 .. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPenin.g - ua.sp.o Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1862 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer ISSE Paid. 10t , 100 100 100 100 100 Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5a p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. 0. .. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Dc. 44 do ........ Do. Fifth Extension. IMelb.Corp. 6 p. 0. BndB. Meib. da Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. I Newßrunswick et Camb. Class A Capital Shar; Do. do. B Capital d 0.. ., IN.Rl.C'da6 pc Ist )l bde Sande Do. Delhi 8 ..J Do. do w P I Do. Punjaub .... 01 . r t 'Do. Do. ••• • • go Do. Indua.St Flo.) '4 100 (100 100 2 15 ICO t 100 ,SI ONS. Closing Price. _ 87 69 1041 165 i 52 53 3 5 3 5 83 65 104 106 103 104 et i 20 et stock P 1031 104 i 99 101 Business don, 101 f 5 4 an 1051 xn 107 j i an 331 an 22} 105; ; xn 12; 121 1 1 10 1 100 21 1 1 1 1032 4 xn xn 2} xn an 100 XII COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 1 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 106 108 1074 7 o p Sept. 100 106 108 108 D D o. sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 971 971 971 1 ad Do. 5 Inscribed stock, 100 05 e 7 97 Cape G.Hope, 6 p _ 0,1873, 100 1.03 110 1094 Do.Ap & Oct 1880, 100 111 113 Do. , 100 112 114 -- Do, Jan. & July, 1891 1890 .. j 100 111 113 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p 0, 100 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 104/ 1054 1041 xd Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct., 100 N. S. W. G ov. 5 p c.,1866' 100 99% 1004 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 995 1004 Do. d0.,1888 & upwde 100 99 991 991 9 xd New Zealand 6p. cent., 100 108 110 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. l sterling, 1875. lOO 105 106 Queensland Gov. 6p. c.' 100 LC 8 110 S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 109 111 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.datily 100 - I Do. to 6 p.c. A0.&00t.. 100 lO 94 1091 1091 1 1 BRITISH MINES. 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 fp I Ch fl ord Amalgamated.. 21 23 ,Devon G. Con, (Tavist., 1 600 510 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 53 65 1 ,East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. p fP :••••• lEast Caradon 2.14.0 44 45 444 EaAt Carn Brea.... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ; 7.19.0 31 14 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 574 15 17 Great South Tolgus l7s 7 76 14. Wheal Vor (Helston' 40 6 51 IGrenville 0.15.1 44 5 Elermr s- Foot 8.12 43 50 llingston Downs 4. 7.0 2i 21 Lady Bertha - IMargaret (Uny Lelant 95 40 12 Clarke Valley.. 4 4yndy Iron Oro (Lim ) V. 4ds pr New Seton .. 191 145 155 North Downs 24 21 21 N.WII '1 Basset (111o4ai, ?.17.0 24 8 north Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey 1/ 5 6 30 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 .1 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer 11 385 395 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 2% 21 I S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.1•.9 90 95 iStray Park — 5 'Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 45 10 Tin Croft 9 13 I West Basset (Illogan) l4 13 14 1W Oaradon (Liskeard, 5 26 28 West Solon Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 77/ 824 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 475 821 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 74 84 WhealLuthott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 15 16 Wheal Seton 584 240 250 245 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 16 11 17 4 Wheal Union 3.13 51 6} PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent, stock, 95 Cornwall, 5 per cent. guaranteed, 20; Great Eastern, E. Union 4 per cent. guaranteed, 84; Gt. Western ( perks & Hants Ext.), 5 per cent., rd. pf., 100 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 961 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., £6, 5 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 104 i South Wales, gua. 4i per cent., 1859, 101 West Midland, Oxford 2d guaranteed stock, 120 Ditto, Newp. 5 per cent. pref., Redeemable at 5 pm, 1021 LINES LEASED AL' FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 961 London and Chatham 4; per Cent., 901 90 Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 97i 7 North Western, 17 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 137 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, n i 8 Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 201 1 I Eastern of France, 211 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent. (Urn.), 3 .1 21 3 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12 Recife and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 181 1 Royal Danish, 18 4 Sambre and Meuse, 101—Ditto, 5j per cent. pref., 91 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 10 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 231 West Flanders, 7i Western and North-Western of France, 2L MINES. East dcl Rey (11m.), FOREIGN 2—Fortuna aim.), tk —Linares, 7$ Mont. Aureos Braz. Gold Min. Co. (lim.), 2k Port Philip, 14 I o—Santa Barbara Gold Mine (lim.), 14:4 1 St. John del Rey (lim.), 55 Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lim.), gr JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Aa and United Service (iim.), 93 Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (1im.),20 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, Ilindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 8j 8 London and Brazilian (lim), 321 London, B. Ayres, and It Pl a t e (li m. ) , 64 6i London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27t standard anodt BCoriltoinshials,o4ll Africa addresses of loyalty sent In opposition to thkein from all parts of the William 1., the Liberal deputnliesof Prussia to King their electors signatures to addresrsees°ol3:4ining from their attitude in the National Assembly, to der Reck, chief of the district of Belga•rd, M. f e circumscription of liccilin, looking on this step of the electors as a blameable proceeding, has issued a rescript on the subject. EXTENT OF A HOTEL.—A hotel has just beer completed in St. Louis, which is thus described "It is eight stories high, contains 515 rooms, 21 parlours, 27 acres of plastering, seven acres of flooring, 32 miles of bell-wire, 9f miles of base board, 12 miles of gas, steam,and water-pipe, 11 mile or 1,980 yards of hall, 810 windows,and 14,000 feet of painted imitation of cornice, The quantity of bricks used in the building is 8,000,000, In the basement there is a railway running the entire length, for the trans . portation of heavy articles, and above are two steam eleva tors for lifting fuel and baggage from the ground to the gore Om, 6.4.0 19.16.4 12.10 THE SUN, Mill - DON, MONDAY 3 ,;EVENENO, JANUARY 5, 1863. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.---This Day. MARKETS—This Day. bales from the Cape of Good Hope, 129 Port Natal, 2201 Algoa Bay, 779 Port Philip, and 80 bales from Shanghai. OLD COURT. The January sessions of the Central Criminal Court com menced this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Sheriffs, and other civic authorities. Although little more than a fortnight has elapsed since the grand jury empanneled at the December session were discharged, there are 73 cases to be disposed of, and the number of prisoners for trial is 93—namely, 82 males and 11 females, _ _ _ There is only one case of murder, and that is of a pecu liar character, the prisoner, a woman named Jane Hunt, being charged with the murder of her child by jumping into the Serpentine with it in her arms, no doubt with the object that both should lose their lives. The child was drowned, but the wretched woman was saved; and as her act, in the eye of the law, amounted to the crime of wilful murder, she must be tried for that offence. There are three or four cases of manslaughter. The most serious of these cases is the charge against the captain, the chief mate, and the boatswain of a merchant vessel of having caused the death of one of the crew by brutal violence, the accused parties having been com mitted, both by the coroner and the police magistrate, for the offence of manslaughter. There are twelve cases of robbery with violence ; and among the prisoners is a man named Hurley, who is accused of being concerned, with the man Marks, sentenced by Baron Bramwell to penal servitude for life, in a very brutal act of robbery and violence at Chelsea; the prosecutor, it will be re membered, having had seven of his teeth knocked com pletely out of their sockets by a formidable instrument called a knuckle-duster. It is again a peculiar 'feature of this calendar that it does not contain a single charge of robbery against any lettercarrier or other official connected with the Post-office, so that it would seem, from the experience of the last four sessions, that the regulation making it a compulsory act to register every letter containing money or valuables passing through the Post-office has had the effect of entirely abolishing this de scription of crime. Besides the cases above alluded to, there are several charges of burglary, cutting and wound ing, and other serious offences; and one very important case, that was postponed at the last session, will also have to be disposed of. This is the case of the six men who are charged with stealing the Bank of England note paper from the mills at Laverstock. and also with having organised a most extraordinary system of forgery, which they hoped to have successfully carried out by being in possession of the genuine note paper. It is expected that the Attorney- General will be specially retained to conduct the prose cution. The judge this session will be Chief Baron Pollock and Mr. Justice Keating. Walter Saville was indicted for feloniously assaulting and stealing four cloaks from Susannah Yallivat. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. A lad named Brown pleaded guilty to an indictment for felony. The Recorder asked if anything was known of the prisoner. One of the officers from the Mansion-house said the pri soner had been frequently convicted of felony. Alderman Challis asked for the dates of the convictions. He thought it very unsatisfactory for such general state ments as that just made to be given in court. The officer said he could not give the information, as the prisoner had been before the Lord Mayor so many times. The Recorder sentenced him to 4 years penal servitude. William Beaumont pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing a watch, value £l5, from the person of Eugene Bomoulli. The Recorder sentenced him to nine months imprison ment with hard labour. George Bates pleaded guilty to an indictment, charging him with stealing several sums of money, the property of his master. The Recorder sentenced him to twelve months imprison ment. James Condora also pleaded guilty to an indictment for felony. He was sentenoed to eighteen months imprisonmrnt, with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BUROLARY.—THREATENING TO " BOOT" A JUDGE.— Two fellows, named Wm. Spencer and Thomas Leonard, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with burglary. Richard Wolf, 106 F, said—At a quarter past three on Sunday morning last I was on duty in Denmark-place, St, Giles's, and from some footmarks on a wall at the rear of No. 27, Denmark-street, a beershop kept by a Mr. Row land, I was led to believe that some persons had been over the wall. I then went round to the front door, and lis tened, and heard persons moving about in the bar, I re mained a few minutes till another constable came up, when I placed him at the back of the house to watch, and then rang the bell to rouse the landlord. The constable then called out to me and said, " Here they are." I then went to the back of the house, and heard some one trying to un fasten the back door. I then put my shoulder to the door and forced it, and found Spencer in the yard. I asked him what ho did there, and he replied, " Nothing, sir." I then took him into custody, and handed him over to the other constable, and on searching the yard I found a pair of steps against the wall, and leading to a back window. I entered through the window, which was unfastened, and on the tap room table I found a quantity of knives and forks, boots, and other articles, all packed up ready for removal. I examined the premises, and found an inner door leading from the tap room to the bar had been forced open, and the bar in great confusion. The constable I had left at the back then gave an alarm that some one was going over the wall at the back, and Leonard was taken into custody by another constable. Wm. Baldwin, 133 E, said--I was placed at the back of the house in Denmark-place on Sunday morning, and went into the yard with the last witness and saw Spencer there, and took him into custody, and afterwards saw Leonard go over the tiles towards some leads. I called out, and the con stable went after him. I searched Spencer, and found some cigars, biscuits, and a pocket handkerchief on him, all of which were identified by prosecutor. Charles Shawe, 125 8,. proved finding Leonard secreted in the yard of a neighbouring house. Sergeant Hill, 5 F, said—l took Leonard to the Bow street station on Sunday morning. On the way Leonard said to Spencer, "I told you you were making a -- sight too much noise, and that the slop (constable) was at the door listening. It was a glass of very good old ale, wasn't it. (Laughter.) He keeps a glass of very good ale, don't he ? For this job I want to get to Australia. I tried hard for it in 1859, but if he don't send me this timo I'll boot the old judge. I'll have my boot ready unlaced for him." A knife was found in the tap-room, a strange one to the landlord. Mr. John Rowland, of 27, Denmark-street, beershop keeper, identified the articles produced as his property, and said the place was safe when he went to bed. George Gray, superannuated from the police, owing to injuries inflicted on him by a ruffian, said Leonard received 12 months' imprisonment in 1858, and in 1859 three years' penal servitude, 13 convictions being then proved against him. Committed for trial. WESTMINSTER. A TECHNICAL ADVANTAGE,—Catherine Harrington, a dirty, diminutive woman, was brought before the magis trate charged with being drunk, and begging in Onslow square. Police-constable William Kemp, 238 B, stated that yes terday afternocn he was attracted by an outcry from Onslow-square, and on going there found the prisoner fol lowing a lady who was going to church. Prisoner, as she walked after the lady, was swearing at her. Mr. Arnold—Did you hear what for P What did she say Constable—She was swearing at her for refusing to give her a penny to buy bread. The prisoner was drunk, and I immediately took her from the lady. On her way to the station-house the prisoner said that she had come from Hammersmith that morning, and had got no home. At the time she was following and swearing at the lady the prisoner was accompanied by another woman with a child without shoes or stockings, but she went away directly I came up. Mr. Arnold—Did you see the accused beg of any one else ? Witness—l did not, but I was, after she was in custody, informed that she had been annoying a gentleman at his house in Onslow square, and had mated a disturbance there. Mr. Arnold —What was her conduct in going to the station ? Witness—She made a great disturbance as she went through the street. She was altogether very noisy and troublesome. Mr. Arnold (to prisoner)—What have you to say to the charges ? Prisoner—l have got nothing to say. Mr. Arnold—Your conduct is very bad ; it is a very scandalous case, and had the charge of begging been dis tinctly made out I would have given you the severest pun ishment, but as it is not, I commit you for seven days for being drunk and riotous. Q AROTTING IN LIVERPOOL.—I t is f eare d that the being at i Practi ce of g garottin, which in London, is nowextending to Liverpool, Lhiayslately some been instances so rife having cctce to thl e knowl e d ge o f th e p o li ce o f gen tl emen stance atacked u Mr. rtobitznely places late at n i g ht. I n one in mt by a s was going home early in the morn ing when he w as two men in S a li s b ur y- s t ree t. One of the fellows acc os t ed h :ipti‘r. askedi. in R h o i b mf s o o r n som re e m oney to buy tobacco w i t h ,. fusing to give him any, another aijad t m , : o n came up an d garo tted m him. Fortunately , however, ii his breast he did n o t sus ' tain much injury from t he at tempted strangulati on , and a police officer made his appearance befo re a robbery was effected. MARK-LANE. Only moderate supplies of English wheat were ot, sale in the leading country markets held on Saturday, and the trade ruled firm, with an upward tendency in prices. Malt ing barley reached extreme rates, and other spring corn was steady as to value. In flour a fair average business was transacted at full quotations. The corn trade on the Continent continues inactive at previous rates. Advices from America represent the wheat and flour trade in a sluggish state, with a limited export inquiry. Up to our market last week the arrivals of English grain were small. The imports from abroad amounted to 26,452 quarters of wheat; 30,112, barley; 10,605, oats; 7,244, beans; 945, peas; 5,300, tares; 3,272, linseed; 10,924, rapeseed ; 4,760, maize ; 720, sundry; 253 sacks and 18,162 barrels of flour. The fresh arrivals of English wheat to this morning's market wore very small, and the greater portion came to hand in poor condition. Dry samples were in request, and they were quickly disposed of at an advance in the quota tions, compared with Monday last, of is per quarter. Damp qualities, which commanded but little alteration, ruled firm as to price. The show of samplesiof foreign wheat was tolerably ex tensive. Nearly all descriptions were in steady consump tive request, and prime Dantzic, as well as red American, produce realised an improvement of is per quarter on last Monday's currency. In the latter rather an extensive busi ness was transacted. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at fully previous rates. Fine malting barley was very scarce, and was rather dearer than on Monday last. Medium and inferior qualities sold steadily, at full prices; but grinding and distilling sorts moved off slowly, on former terms. Good and fine malt was in fair average request, at full quotations. Inferior qualities, however, sold slowly, at late rates. With oats the market was but moderately supplied, and the trade ruled steady, at quite previous rates. Beans, the supply of which was moderately good, met with a slow sale, yet prices were supported. The show of peas was only moderate, yet there was activity observed in the demand for any kind. The quota tions, however, were unaltered from Monday last. Nearly all kinds of flour were in fair average demand, and in some instances rather more money was obtained. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL 11.3•13VA15, Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old 483 648 Ditto, white, new 47s 53s Ditto, old 6os 578 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —B —s Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 268 358 Malting, new Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 5OB 66s Brown Kingstown and Ware 568 708 Chevalier 668 258 Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding. 20s 258 Potato Youghal and Cork, black ... 188 25s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 228 268 Beans —Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey, new Maple White, new Boilers 4lB 428 Flour—Town-made Suffolk 34 386 Stockton and Norfolk. ...... ..... 34s 358 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was a fair average supply of foreign stock on offer in to-day's market for the time of year, both as regards number and quality. From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning were only moderate, but the quality and condition of most breeds were good, especially those at hand from Norfolk and Suffolk. On the whole, the beef trade was steady, but at Thursday's decline in the quota tions of 2d per 81bE. The best Scots realised 4s 10d per 81bs. The Scotch beasts were, for the most part, in prime condition; but they were mostly composed of crosses. There was a fair show of Irish beasts, but they met a dull inquiry, at low rates. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we from other parts of Eng land Scotland 340 Soots and re o c received i t v h i o l v , 8a d i stricts various s Scots, b7 or bre e d s e ds; shorthorn s , fro and crosses; from the Nshorthorns;from crosses, and from Ireland, 400 oxen and heifers. With sheep, we were very scantily supplied. All breeds moved off freely, at prices quite equal to this day se'nnight, —some very inferior Downs having realised 6s per 81bs, and a good clearance was effected. The general top figure for mutton was 5s 101 b per 81bs. Calves--the supply of which was by no means extensive —sold heavily, at the late decline in value. The highest price was 4s 6d per 81bs. We have to report a slow sale for pigs, at about sta tionary prices. Per Sib. to si s. d. a. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 4 Second quality do. 3 6 3 10 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, e.:c. 4 l 4 10 Urse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 2 Second qualitydo. 4 4 4 10, Suckling calves, 108 to 20s 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. ink the offal. a. d. s. d. Primeers-w001.d0.5 0 6 6 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 8 6 10 Largo orse. calves 3 4 4 0 IPrime small do 4 2 4 6 Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 4 8 and quarter-old store pigs, Beasts FOREIGN SUPPLY. Besets .. 950 Sheep Calves Pigs . ... — Cows Sheep Calves l6O Pigs. 290 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Jan. 6, 1862, and this day, Monday, Jan. 5, 1863. Per 81b. to sink the offal. Jan. 6, 1862. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 2 3 6 second quality do 3 8 to 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 4 6 5 2 Prime Southdown do. .. 6 4 5 6 Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs 6 Neat small porkers Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs 360 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Jan 7, 1861.—Bee sheep, 19,900—calves, 65—pigs, 300. JAN. 9, 1860.—Beasts,: 4,830 —sheep, 2 148—pigs, 220. The total imports of foreign atom into London, last week, amounted to 1,669 head. In the corresponding week in 1862, we received 3,164—in 1861, 1,118 —in 1860, 1,862 —in 1859, 2,310—in 1858, 601—in 1857, 1,370 head. IMPORTS INTO LONI)01.4 LAO WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 492 .. 699 340 .. Harlingen •• — • • • • Hamburgh . • . Boulogne. . Medimblik • • Jan. 5, 1863. 3 2to 3 4 3 6 310 40 4 6 4 8 410 38 4 2 4 4 410 50 5 6 5 8 510 00 0 0 34 4 0 42 4 6 38 4 4 46 4 8 8,430 20,900 its, 3,660 4060—calves, Dordt - .. NieuDiep - - • . Amsterdam — .. • • '-' • • "'-' • • ...- Antwerp. • • Bremen. — • • Corunna. - • • Ostend .. • • - • • --- • • 28 • • - Tonning — • • Total .... 492 .. 699 .. - .. 368 .. - The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1862 4Bl .. 2,476 .. .. 207 .. 8 18A1 .. 213 .. 776 ... —7.. 129 .. 61 1860 355 .. 1,167 .. .. 330 .. 62 1859 391 .. 1,745 .. .. 174 .. 7- 1858 B4 .. 362 .. —74 .. 155 .. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair aver*ge supplies of meat are on sale at these markets to-day. Good and prithe qualities move off steadily, at full prises; otherwise, the bade is dull, at our quotations. Per 81b. -by the carcase. sdad sdad Inferior beef 2 6 2 10 Middlingmutton 3 8 4 2 Middling do. 3 0 3 6 Prime do .. 44 4 6 Frime large do. 3 .8 3 10 Veal Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Small pork ~ Large pork 3 4 3 10 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 BOROUGH HOP. Since we last wrote there has been an improved demand for hops, and all good and fine samples have fully supported previous rates. Inferior produce has changed hands some what slowly, at late currencies. Last week's import amount ed to 153 bales from Bremen ; 82 from Hambro' ; 3 Ostend; 33 Dunkirk; 63 Antwerp; 1,751 bales from New York. Mid and East Rents Weald of Rents Sussex . Belgian Bavarian American........ ll6s to 130 s ~ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Full average supplies of home grown potatoes have been on sale at these markets since our last report, and large quantities have again been received from Continental ports, In all qualities sales have progressed slowly, at about pre vious quotations. Last week's imports was 45 tons from Dort ; 232 tons from Rouen - ; 401 tons Dunkirk ; 125 tons Boulogne; 92 tons Dieppe; 14 pocks Bremen; and 4 sacks from Brussels. Yorkshire Regents 9os to 120 s per ton. Do. Flukes Do. Rocks Kent and Essex Regents loos to 130 s ~ Scotch Regents Do. Rocks Foreign sos to 70s ,) WOOL. The business doing in English wool is by no means ex tensive. Previous quotations, however, are well supported. Colonial wool is held at the full prices current at the close of the recent publlo Wee. Last week's import WM 290 SEEDS. Cloverseed, trefoil, and canary seeds are a dull inquiry; but the market as regards linseed and rapeseed, rules firm. The cake trade is in a sluggish state, at barely late rates. Turnip,White,p.bus 11s to 14s Swede —s —s Mustard, Brown 9s 12s White, Tares, New 7s 6d 8s 6d Old per quarter - s —s Cutlery, per quarter 46s 52s Rye grass, new 8 -8 Clover, Red Eng., et. —s —s White Foreign Red —s s White —s —s Trefoil, new. —s —8 Carraway —s Coriander —5 —8 Hempseed, per qr —s —s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 748 Crushing Baltic --s —s Odessa —B —8 Linseed Cake, p ton —s —8 English £lo Os.£lo 10s Foreign £lO Os .£l.l 58 Rape Cakes,p tonZ6 Os £6 15s Rapeseed, new,pr qr 68s 72s TALLOW. St. Petersburg Y.C. is in Blow request, at 44s 9d per cwt, on the spot, 44s 6d for January to March, and 44s 9d for March delivery. Rough fat, 2s 3 3 / 4 d per Blbs. 1858. 1859. I 1860. 1861. 1862. Stock this day.... 31,905 44,453 72.626 54.71) 54,625 Price of Y.C. 51s01 torts qd to 60s0d to'slo 9d to 44s 9d to 515 3d —a Od —5 Od -s dO —s Od Delivery last week 1,565 1,101 599 1,009 1,358 Ditto from June 1 66,153 48,987 53,957 82,72.5 49,901 Arrivals last week 335 327 581 2,582 448 Ditto from June 1 86,491 81,359 99,489 80,683 66,217 Price of Town .... 53s 6d 59s 6d 61s Od 52s 9d 46s 6d HORRIBLE MURDER NEAR WIGAN. WIGAN, Sunday morning. —One of the most horrible ad ditions to the criminal annals of the kingdom was made late on Friday night or early on Saturday morning at a small colliery situated in Haigh, near the town of Wigan, and not more than a mile from the boundary of the borough. The hurriedly gathered particulars of the affair are given below, and certainly, if they are borne out by evidence, as we believe they will be, a czime unparalleled since the atro cious murder of Mr. Pass by Cook, of Leicester, many years ago, has been perpetrated in the pleasantly situated town ship of Haigh. The scene of the murder is the Bawkhouse, or Button Pit, a colliery belonging to the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, and standing about 600 yards from the Red Rock-bridge, on the canal from Wigan to Lancaster. It is in the township.of Haigh, and not more than half a mile from the Worthington Papermills, where only last month a watchman was brutally assaulted by burglars who in tended to sack the counting-house. The seam worked at the Bawkhouse Colliery is the Arley Mine, and as the pit makes a great deal of water a pumping engine has been erected, and is kept at work night and day. On Friday evening, about six o'clock, a man named John Barton, a fireman and engine-tenter came on duty on the night turn, he having to attend to the fire and to keep the engine at work. He was healthy and in good spirits, and when he was left by his brother workmen they little thought they were then looking upon him for the last time. At 3 o'clock next morning the fireman who had to relieve Barton came to his work as usual, and was astonished to find the fire under the toiler completely out, the steam very low, and the engine stopped. He sought in all directions for Barton, and, as he was not to be found, he proceeded to his residence, a short distance from the pit, to see if he was there. Barton's son, alarmed at the disappearance of his father, got up and assisted in the search, and on a minute examination of the cabin near the fireplace blood was dis covered sprinkled on the floor, and a crowbar was also found with blood upon it, Information was now given to the po lice, and the tidings spreading rapidly through the neigh bourhood, a further and complete examination was made, when drops of blood were traced from the cabin to the fire hole, and the plate in front of the furnace was also found to be smeared with gore. The horrible supposition which this circumstance gave rise to was that Barton had been foully murdered and his body then thrown into the boiler fire to be consumed. This, we regret to say, was almost imme. ately confirmed. The ashes of the furnace were carefully raked out, when several small articles were discovered which placed the fact almost beyond doubt. What was found may be epitomized as a couple of handfulls of the charred rem nants of human bones, a few buttons, a buckle, two double teeth, and a few small nails, used in the making of boots, and termed " sparrablas." The latter were found at the ex treme end of the furnace, and the teeth near the door, thus leading to the conclusion that the body had been pushed in feet foremost. If this was so, there is no doubt that the fierce draught of the furnace would soon consume the corpse, and leave but the fragments we have mentioned to tell the horrible tale. The motive of the murderer or mur derers it is difficult to conjecture. Barton was a respectable, quietly disposed man, and the idea that he was murdered in revenge by any enemies he might have is utterly scouted by the residents in the district. The most probable supposition as to the intention was to rob him, as he was known to pos sess a rather valuable silver watch, and that the thieves, instead of stunning him only, did more than they intended, and, perhaps, after a violent struggle, killed him, next throwing the body into the furnace as the easiest mode of disposing of it, and the one least liable , te-lead to tetec , tion. No traces of the watch have as yet been found, and it probably with a little odd money Barton had upon him would appear to be all the booty obtained in return for 04 commission of the atrocious crime. Barton was nearly 60 years of age ; he was married, and had several children. The family is highly respected in the district, one of the brothers of the murdered man holding a farm in Haigh, under the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres. It is impossible to overestimate the horror and consternation which this event has caused, not only in the immediate neighbourhood but throughout the town of Wigan and its environs. The die. trict has for same time been perfectly free from crimes of any magnitude ; indeed it is near 25 years since a murder of any description was committed, and, singular to state, the victim then, as now, was a person employed at the Earl of Crawford's collieries in Haigh. This immunity had created a feeling of security among the inhabitants, but this event has already filled the community with a terror which the capture of the offenders alone can allay. The police were most assiduous in their exertions yesterday, and no exertion will b spared to discover the offenders. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The entertainments on Satur day were somewhat varied by the performances of Don Jose Manuel, who appeared for the first time at the Palace. His feats on the slack wire were very much ap plauded. He will appear again this day. Blondin's en gagement terminates on Thursday, when he will perform at the Palace for the last time. Half-crown Day, Satur day, January 3.—Admissions on payment, 1,521; ditto by season tickets, 2,356,; total visitors, 3,877. A very successful experiment was made two days since at Havre with a gun invented by Count Hau detot, for throwing a rope from the shore to a ship in dis tress. The rope was carried a distance of 240 yards by a shot weighing ten pounds. The inventor says that the greatest distance to which a rope has been thrown by a similar instrument is 200 yards, and that the shot used weighed twenty pounds. THE NEWCASTLE MURDER.—The prisoner Yeas, charged with the murder of the woman whose body was found in the West Walls on Thursday morning, was brought before the magistrates on Saturday; and an in quest was also opened before the borough coroner, J . T. Hoyle, Esq. The woman was identified as the wife of a tailor named Docherty, living in Buckingham-street ; and it was proved that the husband saw her alive on Wednes day night about eleven o'clock ; that she was then partly intoxicated, and refused to go home with him until she had had more drink ; that she went into a public-house in Gal lowgate for that purpose ; that her husband left her there, after another ineffectual attempt to get her borne and away from three men who seemed to be following her; that the prisoner was seen to drag her into the West Walls about two o'clock ; and there to abuse her to such an extent that one of the three spectators said he was murdering her, and all three went to seek a policeman. They were unable to find one, and returned, and found the prisoner still with the deceased. The three, who are youths about 16 years of age, then went away ; and the prisoner was afterwards seen at Mr. Wilkinson's house, where he told other men that a woman was lying in the West Walls. The prisoner was apprehended, and mania a statement at variance with facts ; and on his coat and shirt blood was found, and he gave an unsatisfactory account of the manner in which the blood came there. The investigations before the magis trates and coroner are not concluded. BLOODSHED IN AMERlCA.—Throughout the year the American Union has been involved in a war without precedent for its extent, its possible issues, or the magnitude of the means employed. During that period the contending sections have fought at least six grand battles, Corinth, Pittsburg, Fredericksburg, Antietam, and the two contests of the Chickahominy, have twice summoned all procurable fighting men into the field, have contended in at least forty minor but bloody engagements, have tested the use of iron .clad steamers, and have suffered to the full the miseries which attend all war, as well as those which spe cially wait on a great war of kindred. At least three hun dred thousand men must have been prostrated on both sides, from three to four hundred millions of money have been expended, and the seeds of a permanent hate have been planted between nations who, enfranchised by the same rebellion, for eighty years have obeyed a common Government.—Spectator. THE THISTLE AND THE TUSCAB ORA.--A ._...1 be to pondent in a contemporary observes co rres- g u scarora co r r ect the impression implied in the narrative relating t o the Thistle and Tuscaror a, viz., that the T Thistle Leo a d ft t e h r a l t e g av av ill e g eh M a a se time attempted to overha ul the deira. It was her M a j esty's shiP ._Par to the Thistle, wi th the object of Leopard the fact that she had not been captured by the Tuscarora, for, although the Yankee sloop of war returned to the anchorage in Funchal Roads, it was suspected to be only a ruse, and that she had quietly left a prize crew on board the Thistle. According to Mhave Mr. Underh ill's stateme nt this appears not to been t h e e ase, but that the Tuscar ora was rea ll y scaredoftby the Leopard, and that the Thi s tl e go t away scot free. The Leopard not being able to overtake the Thi , tle had to give up the chase, and so b ot h t h ese vessels remained d iA igno rance of each other's intentions, 127 1311 301 1i 676 1 1 i 10911 72 i 114 97 i i i i 1021 2 94 1 1291 1 54 1 3 1 99; 89 81 6 THE SILK TRADE. With regard to the silk trade, the following re marks are from Messrs. Durant and Co.'s circular : " We beg to hand our annual statement of stock, im ports, and deliveries of silk. You will find an in creased_ import of 5,200 b a l es i n Chi na s ilk ; o f Trus showing Japan silk; and 1,450 in Canton silk. an agg rega t e i ncrease as compare d w i t h l ast year of fully 10 per cent, in the weight of silk both of the imports and deliveries. The aggregate stock remaining in average, especially warehouses i s th e same as last year, a high especially as 5,000 b a l es China and Japan silk are now in course o: landing, and prices close 20 per cent. above the quotations of last year, still the new year opens with a buoyant appearance. The extent of business done and the amount of the deliveries in the year 1862 has been very large, almost on a par with our largest year s , b u t we fearr the result has not been satisfactory, certainly it has not been so to our home manufacturers and throwsters. All hope of a return to profitable trade vanished very early, and the high range of prices, and the slug gish nature of the demand for goods made it one long continued struggle for them. Importers have on the whole done fairly well, but to speculators and dealers i t has been a year of great opportunities. Starting with moderate prices, cheap money, and the expectation of a re petition of the lamentable shortness of the European crop, one element only was needed, and that was courage—no trifling requirement, looking at the generally depressed tone of the market and the miserable result of the trade of the two previous years, the large stock and the almost certainty of the continued limitation of demand from America—still that courage was not wanting, many believing that the limitation of demand from America could not oontinue. Slowly but boldly they commenced their operations very early in January. At first the effect was comparatively slight, hut by the middle of February an advance was established of 10 per cent, and this was increased to 20 per cent, before the close of March. Then came the first halt followed by a retrogade movement, and from that moment the course of prices was subject to frequent fluctuations more or less important—never receding to the lowest point from which we started but scarcely regaining the highest point till the middle of November, when the impression became very strong that the total quantity from China and Japan might not exceed 75,000 bales. The down ward movement commenced in April and continued till the beginning of May—it had then reached 71 to 10 per oent.— about the second week matters began to mend, and when news arrived from America that for a day or two induced the belief or rather hope of modification if not arrangement of the difficulties, we had recovered the fall of 71 to 10 per cent, which had been established, and fora few days the idea entertained of a further advance, but as the favourable ex pectations passed away so prices began to recede, and the close of June found us again 7} to 10 per cent. under the highest point. This tendency continued till the arrival of the new China silk in August, and the first transactions were upon that parity, but upon receipt of the China telegram early in September of very large settlements and large shipments for the overland route, a further fall of 5 per cent. was established. This extreme depression was short lived—early in October, an opinion began to gain ground that the large settlements, twice, indeed three times repeated must be the consequence of a well founded belief in the shortness of the crop, and that the large quantity brought down from the interior was to be looked upon as a measure of precaution, and arising from the altered mode of business in China rather than a proof of the existence of increased quantity. Very large business was done, the deli veries of the month reached almost the highest figures known, except in the month of March and in November; we again reached the highest figures of March and May, and with them we commence the year, notwithstanding the quiet trade and small deliveries of December. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Jan. s.—Wind this day at noon—South; fresh breeze, and cloudy weather. QUEENSTOWN, Jan 3.—Arrived—St. Bede, from Mauri tius; Nile, from Demerara; Lovetrand, from New York; Que-n of the Isles, from Mazagan. FALMOUTH, Jan. s.—Arrived—Eliphalet Greely, from Akyab. SCILLY, Jan. 3.—Arrived—D. H. Watzen, from New York. PILL, Jan. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Dauntless, from New York. INVERNESS, Dec. 3,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Flying Fish, from Montreal. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Scutari, from London, for Calcutta, with loss ofjibboom; Reginald, from London, for Madras ; Queen of the East, from Lon don, for Kurrachee • Wellington, from London, for Ade laide ; Byzantium, from London, for New York, with loss of sails. - - - HULL, Jan. 3.—Wind W.S.W.—Arriv ed—Parj a, from Buenos Ayres. (AY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived—Eagle, from Boston, wmdbound ; Favourite, from. Alexandria ; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan. EtailedPeninsular, steamer, for Gibraltar. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 4—Bombay, for Calcutta; Clipper, from Guernsey; Cleopatra, from Demerara; Crinoline, from Algoa Bay; Blandina Dudley, from Callao; Black Water, from Kurrachee ; Bonnie Dundee, from Calcutta. Arrived, Jan. s—Glasgow, from Belize; Gnole, from Danizie. DEAL, Monday Morning. Anchored—Jacoba, from London, for Galatz. IN TERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. Mr. Sydney Whiting has lately received from the Prussian Go vernment, through the Prussian and Zollverein commis sioners, a magnificent porcelain vase from the Royal Berlin collection, ti gether with a letter expressive of their appre ciation of the great assistance rendered by Mr. Whiting in his capacity as editor of the official catalogue. MAKING " MONEY."—According to the New York, Tribune, in the week before Christmas there were 520 presses " in full blast" making postal currency. Abd-el-Kader, on his way to Mecca, visited the works of the canal of Suez, in company with N . de Les seps. LORD PALMERSTON .—ln the management,indeed, of the House of Commons and the treatment of our domestic politics there has been no inconsiderable success but in Lord Palmerston's foreign policy, and amidst the thousand and one questions with which he has dealt, it is hard to say what measure remains in which permanent suc• cess has been, or is likely to be, achieved by his adminis tration. The maintenance of Turkey has sometimes been cited as the happiest result of his diplomacy ; and for the present condition of the Porte Lord Palmerston unquestion ably deserves the credit. His earlier efforts were bent to undo the famous treaty of Unkiar Skelessi ; his latter years were devoted to the conduct of the Crimean war. More Turkish than the Turks themselves he has sustained the Ottoman Government against French and Muscovite and Greek, against the Christian rayah and the Egyptian pacha lik, and has often gone far to justify in appearance, though not in reality, the recent charge, by a French author, of converting the Russian into an English protectorate. For this he " jockeyed Russia, soft-sawdered Austria and Frus h • sia, and rebuked that bugaboo of English statesmen, Fr . en f c ambition," in the language of a write r already quoted Or this he was content to alienate our oldestailios, and to narrow our foreign relations to a precarious dependence upon the friendship of France. But with all this the inevitable hour has only been postpone d : discord, bankruptcy, and internal cor and neither is the "sickn ess " of the dangerous contensions of her heirs r r u o p r t t i e o n c u a r r e e d gr n o o w r in t if i p e diminished, The difficulties of that question have been at all times undeniably great, but the generation—whether now or hereafter—which shall be compelled to deal with them will hardly find that these have been lessened by postponement. To this Lord Palmerston is probably in different. "Posterity has never done anything for us, and why should we make sacrifices for it," was his re cent justification of a heavy debt imposed on the future revenues of the country ; and the same make-shift and hand-to-mouth character may be traced through the entire course of his diplomacy. To Lord Palmerston the words of the Latin historian may be justly applied— ".Fuft iater bona malaqueniutus." Intuitively clear in his perception of the bearings of a question and vigorous in his treatment of it; intimate with the under-currents alike of society and the House of Commons ; with a warmth of sympathy which has made many friends, and a physical organisation which has defied the anxieties of half a con: the tury of office, he extorts admiration even in the midst of censure. But he is, perhaps, for that very 84_‘ r io: faults conduce and ability, his more dangerous as a statesman, :: I° .B u n g g ush charac onal eminence amidst 13.* are often so akin to the prejudices where we ought Ines of English ter that wo are tempted u to ie more justly to condemn. o Combine to fruitfulness of resource, his I"r s igeuiz ,, ,:ae t .te he r, str a o ll ng th r e jrrdgltgef future is pronounced these those whn the impartial awandicinhfeerZe°l'lliesha-s contemporaries; dazzle the impartial award many deservedly be loss r emem b ere d t h an t h e of pr inciple, of consistency, want mar ks the 33 y ears of Lord Palmerston's foreign policy.— exc ellences Church and State _Review. - The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, liart ,M.P * , has left Whitehall- gar d ens, on his return to Ireland. Lady Emily Peel is staying at Nice for the winter, and we are happy to add that her ladyship is improved in health. Since St. Denis, who was martyrised about the year 275, up to the present time, 110 bishops and 17 arch bishops have administered the Church of Paris. Among those prelates there are seven of the first centuries whom the Church reveres as saints; 11 have been honoured with the purple, and some have borne the title of Chancellor of France. FIRE AT BIRMINGHAM.—On Saturday morning, a little before two o'clock, a fire was discovered on the ex tensive premises of Messrs. Brooks and Son, gunmakers, in Whittal•street, Birmingham. The flames had spread rapidly before the engines arrived. The roof and two upper tc stories were soon destroyed, as was also a goo d deal ohf o m e s nro consisting of gun furniture, barrels, and fittings. 4 perty destroyed has been estimated at upwards of 00v THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. GAINSBOROUGH RACES.—Tnis Diem BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. UNITED HANDICAP. Corkscrew Canteen Five ran. Jos Maley came in first, Multum in Parvo second ; but both having went on the wrong side of the post, the race was given to Corkscrew. TATiERSALLS'—THIS EVENING. THE DERBY. 13 to 2 aget Lord Clifden (taken) 9to 1 aget Sacharometer (taken and offered) 100 to 8 aget Hospodor (taken) 22 to 1 agat Automaton (taken) 25 to 1 apt Carnival (taken) 25 to 1 agst Toni Fool (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (offered) 25 to 1 agst National Guard (taken) 30 to 1 agat King of Utopia (taken) 45 to 1 agst Pratique (taken) 50 to 1 ags t T age (taken and offered) 5 Giles the Fi rs t (t a k en an d offered) 5 000 t 50 to 1 apt T.ambour Maj or (t a k en ) 1000 to 10 agst Glenoc ht y (taken) t ° t o o 11 I ageta agstg 5t Wohi g , (taken) Michael Scott (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Bright Cloud (taken) 1000 to 10 agst liaccarout (taken) 1000 to 400 agat Lord Chifden, Sacchronioter, and Hos podar (mixed) TWO THOITSAND OUII LS. 4to 1 agst Hospodar (taken) RACING FIXTU FEBRI Lincoln MA: Nottingham Spring 3 Derby Spring 5 . Liverpool Spring 10 Shrewsbury l2 Ar: Newmarket Craven 6 Durham Catterick Bridge 8 Thirsk M, Chester 6 Bath l2 Marlborough ll Ascot 2 Newton lO Hampton lO Odiham 16 Bibury Club • l7 Ju: Worcester 2 Newmarket July 7 Abington 14 Hungerford 16 Ave Brightcn Brighton Club 6 Lewes Reading l2 _ SEPT] Derby Summer Lichfield Leicester Doncaster .. 15 _ __ OCT , Newmarket S. 0 ..1 2 Lincoln Autumn 21 IRES FOR 1863. lIARY. ..25 Doncaster Spring l7 Warwick Spring 17 Northampton 24 Croston Park 27 tIL. Epsom Spring ••,• 16 Newmarket F. 5.... „ ..20 York Spring ...28 Salisbury LY. Harpenden l5 Epsom l9 Manchester 27 Stockbridge lB Chelmsford 23 Newcastle 23 Carlisle 3O Nola . Worcester .. 'LY. INottingham ............ 21 Winchester ............ 21 Goodwood .............. 2'B York August IS Devon and Exeter l9 Egham ,, 25 'MBER. Brecon Monmouth 24 Manchester Autumn Newmarket Ist Oct. )But. Newmarket Houghton ..26, MEER. I Shrewsbury Autumn....l7 SPEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1863. JANUARY. Manchester FEBRUARY. Carmarthenshire Hunt Scarborough H Birmingham .... ..... ,23 Reading l2 Lincoln MARCH. Grand National Hunt (Market Harborough ...26" IRISH—Antm. Kildare Hunt 15 INDEX TO THE CLI Cheater Jan. 1 Liverpool Spring Liverpool July Manchester Abingdon • . 6 Ascot Bath Bibury Club Brecon Bright on Uatterick Chelmsford 6 6 Derby Spring Derby Summer 6 Egham 6 Devon and Exeter Epsom Sprng Epsom Summer: 6 Goodwood Hampton 6 DSING OF STAKES. Harpenden Jan. 6. Hungerford Lewes 6 , Lincoln Spring G Newcastle Newmarket .. Northampton .. 6 Odiham 6 Nottingham Spring 6 Nottingham July 6 Roadiug 6 Salisbury Stamford Stockbridge Stockton... 6 Warwick Spring Winchester .e e Worcester York Spring • 6 York Spring' Ole. 1 et CRIME IN FRANCE. The Court of Assizes of the Indre has just tried a man named Gaumy, charged with attempting to rob and murder a farmer named Debourge,g, re siding at Thavenetso. Gaumy's wife, and ti,:eir son, a lad thirteen years of age, were also charged as accomplices in the attempt to rob. On the 29th July last, Debourges perceived that a quantity of wheat sheaves had been stolen from his fields, and the next night he and his son determined to keep watch and catch the thief if possible. They ac cordingly concealed themselves in a thick hedge,the son armed with a gun and the father with a pitch fork. About midnight they saw three persons enter the field, and recognised them as the prisoVers, who had been long known to live by plunder, as the father had already been condemned four times for thefts, and was well known to be a desperate cha racter. While the thieves were collecting their 100 di young Debourges took aim at the father , and pulled the trigger, but the cap only exploded , a nd the three prisoners, on hearing the n oise, took g his son ran after Gaumy , Debourges overtook the woman, and secure d her after so to flht llhile , some resistance. Meanwhile the son returned from pursuing Gaumy, and told his father that he feared the latter would n urn his gun and murder one or both of o them. He had scarcely spoken when two shots so r m et . with were fired from a hedge about ten paces distant, and Debourges fell seriously wounded in the abdomen and chest, both shots having struck him. His wounds, however, did not prove fatal, but he will feel their effects as long as he lives. Gaumy and the two other prisoners were arrested next day,. In court the elder male prisoner behaved with the ut most hardihood, contradicting and threatening al the witnesses. The woman pretended to be deaf and dumb, and gave no answer to the President: questions. As the evidence was conciusiv.eisttabli jury at once returned a verdict of guilty y ag har acineatine d in a house or three, and the Court sentenced i a a l . 7risonment, year. The moment labour for life, his wife to five yearsG' and ordered their h son her h to us b b e correct* until hi.entywiennfitriemdthity, pronounce th e wbuotman the sentence was pretended to have _ l began o longer non-. verse eagerly vilt EDWARDS, THE LIVERPOOL iv / gi l .rfE c I T ER7 l4 0 O- u l7 Saturday, at noon, the fourth and t he last of the executi ons th at arose ou t o f th e l as t assize., was carried into effect at the Lancashire county gaol, upon Thomas Edwards, who was found guilty upon undoubted evidence of the wilful murder of Isabella Tongue. LAYING OF TUE TELEGRAPH CABLE BETWEEN CAGLIARI AND SICILY.—The Hawthorne, screw steamer, from Cagliari, has arrived at Maretimo Island, 12 miles from Sicily, having laid the cable successfully to that port. She was ordered thence to Malta, to ship additional cable required to complete the line to Sicily, the ship having been taken out of her course by currents, ORIGIN OF PETROLEUM. — In America an oil has been for many years collected by the Secleca Indians for medical purposes, chiefly as a stimulating onibrocation; but the first discovery of a large supply was made in l ! SON when a vein was opened in boring in search of a salo ns rint The supply was at first apparently d ay , inexhaustib le: anti' alone is stated to have yielded 7,000 gallons Per - to large another to have discharged 100 gallons a wi :v i t i tste from th part of that which was first produced ren , "natal:li d , and flavoured every ( ven object :n wasthe impossibility eventually, c . ss b e e c l l s tm tee ,0 odorousnttoa i c ontain it ;• wast e, so i l t , h t a h t u e , given you t 0 wash r . d a beer , t filmh a t e v o e u ry tam gr in ou ate nd d. be l in t the oil was everywhere; whisky ; that it might be smelt in the bread, and eaten in that it was tasted the bacon; that th e . very sheets were oily; that the orate left an oily deposit on the surface, and that towelthe on your face.-017 Trato Re:4w. Although the precise day is not yet fixed upon for the marriage of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, we are enabled to state that this important even will most likely take place at the latter and of the month. of March,—Ceurt Jourtin.e. dis hue run iich two any itan de f its sing rain as a ye a rm- Fuld no :es- ins. as les, but n 3,. ►rk, des >le ; des iaa 336 ast Cho 3tEi les s ato ber 3ry as rd,. the in - eat .15 an is MS ed ed le as P of ~? L