The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-16 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market still dull and generally unchanged since Yester daY. Supposed sales will not reach more than 2,000 or 3,000 bales. _ - TAE E DUKE OF ATIIOLE, Who is, as already stated , ery sad condition, though not worse than some weeks f -'8 or 80 , suffering from cancer in the face; his disease has me months past been regarded as hopeless. d ' ll / 1 EARL OF ELGIN'S DISEASE, it is said, was r° Ps37 at the heart. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of 321adY Beatri,:e Violet Graham, daughter of the Duke and ths t n il e , ss of Montrose, with Mr. A. W. Fulke Greville, of ito'st3lLife Guards, ' and eldest son of Colonel and Lady 64 vine, was solemnised yesterday at St, George's utchl liauover-sqiare, / id 33 34 550 660 57 60 id par 26 27 5 62 4i l 5 8 10 4} 41 12 13 4 4t 38 40 2 2. 1 1 14 16 51 6} 1 4 90 1 00 1i 11 22 21 5 5 42 44 415 425 60 65 30 32 k I 18 19 9A 10i 18 20 205 115 87* 92i 224 27} 1 1i 11i 12 155 165 21 22 2} 3 [ARES. 100 PREFERENCE S Great Western Orig. 44 per cent pf., Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 88 2 Lon Jon and S.-Western 44 per Gent, Ditto, Portsmouth perpet. anus. of Ls. 6d., 21 LINES LEASED A] FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 98 Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 pJr cent., 1154 Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 4 Midland Bradford pref. stock, 954 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8f Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent, 18/ Dutch Rhenish, 171- N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 10} Sambre and Meuse, 81 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 201 1 Turin anti Savona, Ditto (all), 14 (lira.) 58 Cri U Coppernbitr,eed Mexican l U SB EIGN MINES. Yud nara a 1% Slinl St. Johna o ut i n 2 y l 6 d i t 6. Australia Wallualitna G M(l'l ' 6i 6 A.gra and Uniteei j S ° e lN T- STOCK BANKS. &Mance Bank o f L on ice (BMA 114 13 Anglo Austrian, n e tm and Liverpool (Urn.), 441 • e a n d s i andßaa 7n6lk'oorttufnuedisae.,Alimus.t.ra7lif Chartered c r l a, and China, 33 n, China, and Japan Ulm.), 291 9 / C H i i t n y au l s O ta B Imperial Ottoman, 174 18 17/ 18 Laud Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 4/ London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 50 / 49/ London and Comity, 65} London Joint Stock, 371 London and Westminster, 79/ 81 Merchant Bank, litn., 7 6} Oriental Bank Corporation, 5R} Standard o ar i d A ot us l t i r r a it i i i s a, h s S 3 outh Africa (11mi), 21f MISCELLANEOUS. Crystal Palace, ?51 Esst,lndia Irrigation and Canal, I,:i7 i D g is uy e dri o st u oil n a: t , C ,Cß o oa r my p , omire alrcial z tion, limited, fn ~e n.d C o nr id:::::l Finance of London, li en ' , 6 4 1 j ll . l l tlnoioeiot'nrel c count, i tttjtoi°l:kni:Cl r i r w ei rs, n tal inancial Society,Association,lmprovements, inn limn, ie • :B 1imn,9213 South de Cit D 1 Australiantto 44 Land, 33 — Van Diemen's Land 10i 10i 11 By advices fromfranaburg the Price of gold is 4251 per mark and th tandard e short exchange ou London is 13.41 p er £1 s t er li ng . S gold at the English Mint:price is, therefore, about 3-lOth per cent. dearer in -Hamburg than in London. The coarse of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 160 to 1661 per cent., and the premium on gold is:about 51i per cent. At these rates there is scarcely any profit on the importation o f gold from the United tates. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). 4.- COURT OF BANKEtTIPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE SPARHAIi-JUDGMENT-A ritAvDIJLENT ATTORNEY. This bankrupt was an attorney in Basinghall-street, and applied about a fortnight since for his discharge, and after a long examination judgment was deferred. The leading grounds of opposition were for fraudulently contracting debts. The debts amount to £4,190, and the assets about £2B. The charge of fraud was made out by a Mr. Lockington, formerly a client of the bankrupt. Bankrupt brouEht an action for Mr. Lockington, and recovered the amount, re ceiving three bills, which he got discounted, and applied the proceeds to his own use. The charge of contracting debts without reasonable prospect of being able to pay was made out by his own admission, au he had been hopelessly insolvent for S or 10 years,' although he had been doing an extensive business —discounting bills for his clients—and he also con tr,tcted loans ; bat, on the whole, the business was unprofit able. He had been living at the rate of £l,OOO a year, which was more than his gross profits and a private income which his wife was entitled to. His Honour briefly referred to the facts, and severely censured the bankrupt for his extravagance. All tho grounds of opposition had been made out, and said he should mark his sense of such gross misconduct - , especially on the part of an attorney, and suspended the order of discharge for nine months, without protection for six, except one, months, to give the bankrupt , an opportunity of appealing if he thought proper to do so. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) THE WATERLOO-ROAD MURDER. Samuel Wright, bricklayer, was this morning placed in the dock to plead to an indictment, charging him with the wilful murder of a female named Maria Green. The prisoner, on making his appearance, seemed quite overpowered by the horrible nature of the crime with which he was charged. Immediately he took his position in front of the dock, he took hold of the upper part of it with both hands, and during the time he was before the learned judge kept swinging himself backwards and forwards. The Clerk of the Arraigns said—Samuel Wright, you stand indicted for killing and slaying, with malice afore. thought, Maria Green. How say you, are you guilty or not guilty P Prisoner (in a very faint voice) —Guilty. The Recorder asked him if he knew the nature of his plea of guilty ? Prisoner—Yes; I'm guilty. The prisoner was then removed. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) Immediately Mr. Justice Blackburn took his seat on the bench, The prisoner was again placed in the dock, when The Clerk of the Arraigns said the prisoner Samuel Wright was indicted for the wilful murder of Maria Green, to which indictment he pleaded guilty. Mr. Justice Blackburn asked the prisoner if he clearly understood the effect of pleading to an indictment for wilful murder. He 'wished him to consider well his plea, and although he by no means wished to persuade him to plead not guilty, yet he wished him to weigh well his determina tion. Prisoner (faintly).—l'm guilty. Mr. Sleigh said he had been instructed to prosecute in the case, and having read the depositions, he saw no ground for asking for a postponement of the trial. The Learned Judge said he also had read the depositions, and saw no grounds for not proceeding with the trial. The chief usher made the usual proclamation for silence• whilst the sentence of death was being passed. While this was being done Mr. Justice Blackburn put on the black cap, which, being seen by the prisoner, he dropped his head upon his hands in the most despairing manner, and during the remainder of the awful proceeding, he, with difficulty, seemed to keep a standing position, owing to excessive trembling. _ . _ The Learned Judge, in passing the dreadful sentence of the law, implored the prisoner to make the best use of the short space of time left to him on earth, as he could hold out no hope of mercy being extended to him. The learned judge then, during the most profound silence, Sentenced the prisoner to be hung by the neck until death, adding, "May Almighty God have mercy upon your soul." The Ordinary of Newgate, Mr. Davis, who was on the bench, then pronounced the word " Amen," and The condemned murderer was removed fronYthe dock by the warders of the prison. The sentence will be carried into effect at Horsemonger lane gaol on Monday, the 4th of January. THE CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AT WILTON'S MUSIC- HALL. Peter Molloy, vocalist, was indicted for the manslaughter of John Bunn, a North Sea pilot, on the 23d of November at Wilton's Music-hall, Wellclose-square. It will be recollected that the deceased, on the night of the 23d of November, went to Wilton's Music-hall, and while there, he became, owing to his intoxicated state, very unruly and annoying. The prisoner was singing a senti mental song, when the deceased called out "shut up" twice, which greatly excited the prisoner, when he jumped off the stage, and struck the deceased two blows with his fists, from the effects of which, it was stated, he died. A witness, of the name of Solomon, said he was in the Hall on the night in question. He saw the deceased there. He was annoying everybody. He heard him call out "shut up," when Molloy jumped off the stage and struck him twice. Deceased staggered and fell from the effects of the blows. and eventually died. The surgeon, who had made a post mortent examination, in answer to Mr. Sleigh, who defended the prisoner, said it was quite possible that some fall or blow, given two or three hours before, might have caused the bursting of a blood vessel, and the blows received from the prisoner might, therefore, not be the primary cause of death. Mr. Sleigh, having addressed the jury for the prisoner, called Frederick Smith, waiter at the Three Tuns public-house, Jewry-street, who said deceased was in and out his master's house during the whole of the afternoon of the 23d of No vember, drinking. He was very quarrelsome to every per son in the house. A foreigner was there, whom he called a rogue and a t hief. Deceased wanted to fight the foreigner, and got up for the purpose of doing so, when he fell down. When deceased was raised from the ground, it was found that blood Was oozing from one of his ears. The landlord of the house and the foreigner alluded to having given confirmatory evidence, The jury, after five minutes' deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty, but strongly recommended the prisoner to mercy on the ground of the gross provocation he had received. The learned Judge said he could not pass over it without some slight punishment, and for that reason he would defer sentence for the present. Later in the day the learned Judge sentenced the prisoner to 14 days' imprisanment in Newgate. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Keating.) Robert Ward, 48, tinplate worker, was indicted for un lawfully, by fraud, enticing away and detaining Emily Wright, a child of the age of 12 years, with intent to de- prive the parents of the said Emily Wright. The prisoner was also detained on a similar charge with respect to a girl named Agnes Barton. The evidence described a great amount of immorality, and at its conclusion, Mr. Lewis, who defended the prisoner, contended that in order to bring the prisoner within the provisions of the Act of Parliament, they must be fully of opinion that there was a forcible detention. Mr. Justice Keating said the jury would have to say whether the fact that had been stated in evidence, viz., that the locking of the girl in the room by the prisoner, although she afterwards made her escape therefrom, was a detention within the meaning of the act. The jury found a verdict of not guilty. The prisoner was then indicted for the misdemeanour, viz., the abduction of a girl under the age of 16. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The learned Judge sentenced him to 12 months' impri sonment with hard labour. `V `~ a nd ,and ;nrn nded 'aunt -d A. 'astle ,news wads ttivg the >sia. :.,ora yes- suit° f r ed )ar able c os° er ect 'roal the nee; forg for tter dlle. [Jord (iii' xed reet co j.)-1 le 0 trYl of IYIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The discount market this morning is easier than it was at the concluding hours of business yester day, when a reaction occurred, end S per cent. was the lowest quotation for the best short-dated paper. ''ow, however, greater disposition is being evinced by brokers and others to secure business, and the ".ciinimarn charge has fallen to 71 and 7i per cent. the inquiry for accommodation is not very strong, ttnd as th e supp li es o f t h e open market are exces sive, and competition is excited, there are but com paratively few applications made at the Bank of England. A large portion of the Mexican dollars by the last Packet have been sold at ss. ld. per oz., being 2-id. below the price realised for the previous supply. A first dividend of 10s. in the pound is now in course of payment by the official manager of the yerefordahire Banking Company, under the wind ing -up order in Chancery. The dividend proposed at the meeting of share holders to-day of the Crystal Palace Company amounted to 2 per cent. (2s. per share). There was a slight downward movement in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday comprised an inflax of £27,000 in bar gold, and the Withdrawal of 10,000 sovereigns for shipment to Alexandria. The Seine, from the West Indiee, has brought X 320,000. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this morning (according to Mr. Reuter's telegram) the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66.40, 6 6.50 ex Coupon. Heavy. During the earlier hours of business the tendency °f prices in the market for the English Funds was decidedly unfavourable, and a further decline of 1-16th was added to the depreciation experienced Yesterday afternoon. Since then, however, pur chasers have come forward, and although their operations have not been extensive, they have im- Parted a firmer tone, and a recovery has ensued, the latest prices being 908 4 for money, and 911- for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are now as low as 901 4 ; but India 5 per Cents. remain steady at 106.1, and the Enfaced ditto at 104 ; India Bonds are 14s 6s. dis.; and Exchequer Bills, 11s. to Gs. dia. There has been a paucity of business in the Foreign Market, and prices are depressed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 701 4 ; ditto Cansolides, 45i 46k; Mexican, 334 4 ; Greek, 25: i; Spanish Pas sive, 324 I ; ditto Certificates, 124 13 ; Russian, 881 ; Peruvian, 851 86; and the Confederate Loan, 36 38. The agents of Messrs. Baring Brothers in Venezuela advise that they have received 53,620 dole. for the dividends. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been limited, and prices have not varied to any im portant extent. Great Eastern, Midland, and North-Eastern (Berwick) have improved 55.; while Great Western have declined ss. ; Metropolitan and South Eastern, 15s. Business in the Foreign and Colonial markets Continue very dull, without any material change as regards prices. In Bank and Miscellaneous shares there has been very little animation. London and West- Minster have improved to 79; ; Chartered of India, Australia, and China to 334; London Joint Stock to 371 ; Hudson Bay Company's shares have re ceded to 114 y ; Mercantile Credit to 8; and Egyptian Trading Company to 34. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 234 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 Ol I iii New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities — 5 per Cent. Annuities, Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire nth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4l Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pei Cent. 1870 lO6B Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent lO4 Ditto 5i per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 99t 9 )3ank Stock for Account Dino bonds 1:1,000 l4 dis Ditto under £l,000 Consols for account, Jan, 7.. 9l 901 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l.OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent H 6 Ditto .E5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £3O paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Cbilian 6 per Cent nitto 41 per Cent, B 3l t uba,., 6 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — Colombian 6 Scrip £l5 pd D anish 4 per Cent., 1863 .„ Ditto Provisona L ' and Warrant — liutch,'2l per Cent. Ex. 12, Guilders Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct. Oct., 1863 E ( luador New Consolidated, 1 ' per Cent — k4C,/ptian 7 per Cent — r)itto, Second Issue al eeit 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account — G uatemala 5 per Cent. - , Ditto Account • • -- a ,, t4 lian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) 4 exican 3 per Cent Ditto Account koorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Ditto 2 er Cent. Ditto Deterred — Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 3per Cent. D itto Account — Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account B5l 6i Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 4B/ -Ditto Account Ditto, 1863 Ditto Scrip, £l6 paid. ... - pm iluseian 5 p er C ent., 1822, £ St Ditto 41 pe r C ent 1850 ' Ditto 18 60 . Ditto 3 pe r C ent., 1859 ************** Ditto 5 per C ent. 1862 ************ —3l Sardinian 5 pe r Cent ******* *********** R 4 4 * Ditto Account. ******************** Spanish 3 per Cent ******************** Ditto Account ..................... 6 4 Ditto New Deferred - Ditto Account Ditto Passive ...... Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded - Ditto Account Swedish, 4 per Cent Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account .............. Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 'V enezuela 3 per Cent. .................. . .. .oitto Account - Ditto 6 per Cen2 Ditto Account 186 551 Dividends on the above payable in London. -uutch2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 4± per Cent., Ex. 25f.... I)itto Account.... Italia, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 fra ncs — Ditto Account.. • Ditto Scrip (1863) £l2 Se. 3d. paid — p m THREE O'CLOCK.I' Co nsole, Money 4 04 2 Ditto Account . Share. 100 Sk 20 Railways Itlantie .1z Si Lftwrenet Bom.,Barodat.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per oeat.. • Do. New . ...... to too stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stook lOC 100 10 stock stock stock 20 stock 50 100 stone et ock 8"00k Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and 'MC Huron Do. Preference .. • • Butt alo,Brant,&G odricli p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 157:. Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. Juue 1, 1674 Cleutta.&S.Eastn.(Liu Cape Town t Dock Serii Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. 0. Do. do. ti Ext Do. do. H do. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. ao. deferred Do. 2d Prel. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pi ef. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndfarenuk.gua.sp.e Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer Do. New ...... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. 1)o. 5} p. c. do. '77-8.. • Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 12 p. 0. Extension Dc. 44 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. 3lelb.Corp. n p. o. Bnds. 31elb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. a Mortg. Bds. Newlir uuswiok s Cands Class A and B. N. itl.C'da6 pc Ist pt Ws' Soinde I Do. Delhi Do. do cs * Do. Panjaub 1. * .. Do. Do. •• • t Do. indus.St. Flo.) COLONIAL GOVER t,su.t.Tov. 6 p.c.J &J uly 1877-81 .. Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. I)o. 6 p. c.Mar.& Sept. I)o. S p. C. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock 'ape G.Hope, 6 p Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 Do. 1891 I Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 0p c Mauritius 6 per cent I Natal Gov. 6 per cont IN.B.Gov. p.c. a.&July Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. G oV. 5 p I,lBt - A - Do. 5 p. c.,18t.t to It7r Do. d0.,1888 &upwds New Zealand 6 p cent. l Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c , sterling, 1875 Queensland Gcv. a p. c IS. Ails G0p.c.1878.& up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. io 6n.c. An.&Ook.. ^ 11f,.---- Business don, 107 i T SECURITIES. SHARE MARKETS,—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOuf,S. Paid.' Closing ' Business Share Railways. I . 13.14)131r.. Wol., and Str. Val all 8 83 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Jlost.,Sleat.,andMid.Oo all 8 83 st !Bristol and Exeter st !Caledonian lOO 1183 1193 50 !Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 64 7 10 Do A A gets no dii )all _ _ 10 Do. B fill op c.p an.has , .. been paid to B. ) an 50 Dublin & Belfast June.l all 38 50 25 'Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc.! all 16 17 st 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 91 96 st Glasg. and S. Western.! 100 107 109 at ;GreatEastern, Ord. stkl 100 483 40/ 49 8} st ! Ditto A stock ' 100 45 47 st I Ditto East Anglian at 100 73 83 st !GreatNorthot Scotland 100 et ,Great Northern... lOO 124 126 at I Do A stock et I Do Bdo , 100 13 , 1 136 st 'Gt. S. an:lW. of Irelanol 100 96 98 at. :Great Western at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 at ,Lancashire it Yorkshire IGO 108/ 1091 at ;London and Blackwal I 100 71 73 st :Lon. Bright. ,& S. Coast 100 1 0 7 ,09 107 1 st !Lon., , Clint., and Dover 100 434 411 44 st :Lou. & North Western 100 1061 1074 107} 7 at Lon. & Sw.th Western 100 101 102 at !Man., Shef., .1z Lincoln. 100 173 483 50 'Maryport and Carlisle. all 1 2 4 , o 2 shar all et Metropolitan all 1114 114 1113 at !Midland 3.4.0 I Do New at I Do Birming. & Derby 100 96 OS 50 Mid. (it. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 I Do Cray Line et !North British st lEdin., Perth, & Dundee 100 24 t 6 st !Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 101 1013 1 01 4 i 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 —ii i 41 at Do Leeds lOO 58 683 at Do York et Do Carlisle.... lOO at North London 1 0 I Do New ' 916.4 North Staffordshire 10 17. and S. W. Junction all It 113 st !Scottish Central at 'Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 42 14 et Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 98 100 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all et ,Shropshire Union st ;South Devon. st ;South Eastern st South Wales et S. York. and River Dun 100 i 97 S 0 974 20 ; staines,Wok.,andWok all 94 003 25 !Stockton 41; Darlington all a 73 372 25 Do l7 9 10 i, z 5 Do New, 1860 8 73 7/ 1, et Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 8 5 63 10 Do C 3 24 33 p 50 Ulster 25 Do (2.10 Do 53 at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim ! 100 170 175 st Waterford .1& Kilkenny, 100 et West Cornwall ' 100 tit W. Hartlepool Har.iirlt) 100 st West Midland -Oxford: 100 -- st Do Newport 100 -- at Do Hereford, 100 I BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Pant. all 100 100 100 100 100 ton all , 100 (100 ' 100 2 all 100 MEN 100 100 100 100 100 106 i 105 4f 1102 i 1021 i 1091 i BRITISH MI: Cambrian Consol. Gold I aittord Amalgamated-1 Deven G. Con.. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd !East Caradon East Carn Brea.. E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ; (.lam.&St.Aupyia(Gwen ) , Great South Tolgus :G. Wheal Vor (11 - eiston !Grenville j [ler:Ws-Foot tungsten Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelaut Matte Valley.. Ilyndy Iron Ore (Lim ; New Setun North Downs Wh '1 Basset(lllozan North Wheal Crotty Var Consols (St. Blaze) Vrovidence (Uny South Caradon(St.Cleer, S. Cant Brea (Illogan) S.Wheal loran. (Illogan, !Stray Park Tamar Silv.,t Lead Mm fin Croit West Basset (Illogau) W Cr radon (Liskeard West Seto Wheal Basset (Mogan , Wheal Bulleratedruth; Wheal Kitty(U.Lelant;l WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann; LI en ' 1 Wheal 3eton . Yi'healTre►awney (Lis.; I Wheal Union 3.1.0 2,6.9 10.6.7 1} 18.15.9 ,30.17.6 41 5 2.0.8 3.0.8 8 58i 7 3.17 Closing Price. 59 G 1 116 IC7 4 p 1 1 p 6 6} i3i gi 103 105 lot 103 108 109 1064 1 , 74 1 1 41 ) 20 21 fp 73 75 52 61 66 69 50 53 48 51 38 42 27 29 22 14 ICB 109 1 / 1 ) 1} 111, 105 106 9:1 10 11 104, 92 95 86 88 iP 1051 106 i 100 101 46 100 57 59 3 5 82 84 106 107 1t 6 107 #l3 105 106 101 103 104 105 tOt 104 102 104 12 93 9: 93 106 ' 10S 109 111 109 111 112 114 110 112 ( :13 108 I<)7 109 ►Ol 106 100 102 101 102 101} 104 110 112 I tOS 107 1:1 113 1/1 113 107 109 109 110 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SCRA.TCHINGS.—The following horses have been struck out of their engagements at the Manchester Steeple-chase Meeting, which will be held on January 1, to Mr. Sohn Swindells, jun.:—Hurdle Race : Topsy, 5 yrs. Trial Stakes : Sledmere, 4 yrs. Steeple Chase : Red Robin, aged ; Pot-pourri, 5 yrs ; Rooks the Gardener, 5 yrs; and Creole, 5 yrs. SHIPPING—This Day. LownoN, Dec. 16.—Wind this day at noon —South- Westerly ; light breeze, and fine weather, but a little cloudy. PowrsaiouTH, Dec. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Con stance, from London for Barbadoes. Sailed—Lady Milton, for Otago— , her Majesty's ship West, for the East Johannes, for Maranhani. LivEnrooL, Dec, 15,—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Hound, from New York. Sailed—Ambrose, for Bombay—Hindoo, for Sierra Leone. KING ROAD, Dec. 1 4.—Wind W.—Arrived—Catherine, from New York. lIPLT , , Dec. 15.--Wind ''.S W.—Arrived—Coronet, from Quebec. Rumßm.t, Dec. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Pomona, from Queb ,3 c• QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 15.--Arrived--El;•ra Jenkins, from latmltlan. (BY .lAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GnAvEbEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 16—Holland, from Ostend. Sailed, Dee. 16—Sixtieth, and Belgium, steamer, for Ostend. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. BIARLBOROUGH-STREET. The greater portion of the time of the magistrate (Mr. Tyrwhitt) this morning was taken up in hearing charges of begging. In one case a man named Thomas Roberts was charged with begging of persons leaving Farm-street Chapel. On being taken into custody by Moore, 187 C, two bags were found in the prisoner's possession, one con taining 9s. 4d. in silver, and the other 69. ld. in copper. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for 14 days. Three Italian boys named Josef Bosini, Antonio Antonio, and Castino Jean Baptiste, were charged with begging in the Haymarket, and as they were well known to the police, Mr. Tyrwhitt c.immitted them for 14 days each, and in doing so the worthy magistrate said he looked upon the boys with considerable pity. They were brought to this country by mercenary personi,*who would even destroy them if they could get ss. out of them. They were turned adrift, or allowed to lie on stairs at night if they did not bring home a certain amount of money, and in sending them for 14 days to prison he thought it would be better than anything else he could do. WESTMINSTER A POOR COUNTRYMAN IN LONDON.—Martin M'Cor mack, a young man in the garb of a rustic labourer, was charged with begging. John Prose; a policeman of the B division, said that he found the defendant last night begging at Princes-gate, Knightsbridge. He saw him accost several people. When witness spoke to him the defendant said that if he did not take him in charge for begging he would have to take him for something else. _He added that he had been waiting about some time for a policeman. Mr. Arnold—Do you know him ? Witness—No, he is a stranger to me. Mr. Arnold—What have you to say, defendant P Defendant—l had no where to go to, even to lie down, and had not the price of a lodging, so that I was glad to be taken to the station-house. Mr. Arnold—You should apply to the workhouse. Defendant—lf you go there they wont do anything for you. Dir. Arnold—Have you tried ? Defendant—Yes, T tried this week at St. James, West minster, but it was no use. Mr. Arnuld—Who did you see ? Defendant—A gentleman at the gate, who would not give me anything. ' Mr. Arnold—You have gone to the wrong person. You have applied to the pirties, I suppose, at the workhouse, who had no power to do anything for you. You should have applied to the relieving officer, who is bound by law to attend to your complaint. I suppose you went to the work house and applied to be let in for a night's lodging ? Defendant— Yu, that is what I asked for, but I did not get. Mr. Arnold—Workhouses are not refuges where persons may go for a night's lodgings, or be taken in at all times. There are appointed hours for persons to apply for relief, and those me the times at which you must go, and where they are bound to relieve you. Where do you come from ? Defendant—Near Birmingham. Mr. Arnold --When did you come to London? Defendant—Only last week. Mr. Arnold—What was your object in coming here? Defendant—To get work. Mr. Arnold—You can't do that either by begging or getting into the workhouse. Defendant—l don't know what else to do. What am I to do? Mr. Arnold--There was no obligation upon you to come to London, and it was very foolish for you to do so. Every body has a right to do the best they can, and Sou certainly had as much right to come to London as I should have to go to Birmingham, but leaving home for a strange place with the mere chance of getting work was very foolish. Where have you tried to get employment ? Defendant—l went to the docks and to Enfield and back. I don't know what to do. I want somewhere to go to. Mr. Arnold—l shall remand you until Tuesday to see if you are known. If your story is true, coming up on this chance way to London was very unwise. THAMES. HEARTLESS HUSBANDS.—A respectable young woman, named Sophia Eliza Best, applied to Mr. Woolrych for a protection order. She stated that her husband, Henry Sweetland Best, deserted her on the 17th September last. At that time she was very ill, her life was despaired of, and her child was lying by her side in a dying state. The child has since died. Her husband had previously intimated that he intended to leave her, and would never return. She had never seen him or heard from him since. She was anxious to protect the little property she possessed in the event of her husband's return. Mr. Woolrych granted the order, and advised the appli cant to register it at the Bow County -court within 10 days. ANOTHER HEARTLESS HUSBAND.—A. poor, half.staried woman, named Marsh, who has seen better days, and whose application was highly recommended, respectfully asked for a little aid from the poor• box Lund. Her husband formerly carried on business as a broker in Little Britain, near Bartholomew Hospital. He absconded with his servant girl a few years since and proceeded to Australia. Ho had previously converted everything he possessed into cash, and left her and her three children in a destitute condition. She struggled to carry on the business as long as she possibly could, and tailed. All her furniture and effects had been disposed of to procure food. All she cauld earn, with the assistance of her daughter, in making up shirts was 7d. per day. That employment was very precarious, and she was now without the means of procuring a meal. Her husband, who was doing well at Pert Phillip, with the infamous woman, sent her a letter, but not a farthing of money, and she despaired of ever Peeing him again. Mr. Woolrych kindly sympathised with the starving woman, and directed Mr. Livingstone, the chief usher, to assist her with a donation from the poor-box fund. Terrible Accident on the North-Eastern Railway. Yesterday an accident happened to a passenger train on the North-Eastern Railway, which in its results has probably been without a parallel in the history of railway misfortune. The circumstances are very brief. At 7.15 a.m. the Government train to Hull and Leeds left York and proceeded without interruption to the first station, Copmanthorpe, some' three or four miles from the city. The morning was very dark, but otherwise favourable for travel ling. The train, consisting of an engine, two guards' vans, and some eight carriages, left Cop manthorpe station, and proceeded on their jour ney at an easy rate, but when opposite the fifth mile-post from York, Reynolds, the guard in the first van, was alarmed by feeling a sudden shock, which shook him violently. He was about to look out of the van window, when another shock threw him back with considerable force into the van. As soon as he recovered he looked out and saw that some six or eight carriages were loose from the first portion of the train, and were turned topsy turvy down an embankment some 10 or 15 feet high. At the same instant the screams of the passengers and the crash of broken carriages led to the impression that a frightful accident had occurred, and the most prompt measures were resorted to stop approaching trains, and to alleviate the suffering and alarm of the passengers. The engine was detached from the train, and at the next station transferred itself to the other line, returning to York at the greatest speed to spread the alarm. In an in. credible short space of time, J. Cabrey, Esq., the company's engineer, and A. Christisen, Esq., the general passenger superintendent, were quickly on the spot, accompanied by Mr. J-Rutter, Mr. Nichol son, and Mr. Baines, the chief officials, and a body of workmen. On arriving at the scene of the accident it was found that the whole of the passen gers, some 50 in number, had scrambled out of the carriages, and were crowded about the debris of the smashed carriages. Several medical gentle men had been called upon, and they accompanied the special train to the spot, where they at once busied themselves in ascertaining the extent of the injuries of the passengers; and now we have to relate the most remarkable portion of this otherwise serious accident. Though some 50 men and woman had been turned over and over down an embankment, in railway carriages proceeding at the rate of some 20 miles an hour, not one was killed, nor was there any one seriously injured. Indeed bruises were somewhat scarce, and the doctors had but little claims upon their attent i ons . One man had his foot crushed in one of the carriage doors, but his injury was not serious, and he proceeded to York by the next train. Another man was very much shaken, and he stayed during th e day y at a neigh. bouring farm house. The third of the wounded was a gentleman whom it is feared has been injured internally, though he is sufficiently well to proceed on his journey home. Several of the other passen gers were alarmed, and had sustained slight con cussions, but nothing of that serious nature which Was expected from the character of the accident. The exertions of the railway officials were, of the most strenuous nature, and the debris was so soon cleared away that little or no interruption took plac e to the traffic on the line. We may also add that the strength of the company's carriages was a powerful means o f pre serving the lives of the pas aengers. THE SUGAR DUTIES. We have been favoured with the following letters on this subject : "TO RICHARD COBDEN, ESQ., H P. "Dear Sir,—As an old free trader, who fought under you in the ranks of the Anti-Corn Law League, I am sure you will excuse me for expressing surprise on reading the re port of your speech to your constituents at Rochdale. I find you saying, 'There is no longer any question ot free trade and protection to discuss,' whilst the article of sugar, se cond only to corn as an article of food and consumption, is in much the same position as corn was at the time of the free trade agitation, viz., a sliding scale of duties, pur posely contrived to protect the home refiner at the expense of the grower and the consumer. " Surely, you must have forgotten that it was to Lord George Bentir.ck that we are indebted for the present clumsy method of collecting the revenue on sugar, and that he was only the mouthpiece of the home refiners when he proposed the classified scale of duties on brown Muscovado, brown clayed, white clayed, and refined, raising the duty at every stage of improvement in quality. " Now, sir, I have been connected with the sugar trade for 35 years, and remember well how it was iu the old slavery days, when the West India interest had the exclu sive monopoly in this market. True, some foreign sugars were imported, but by excessive preferential duty they were excluded entirely from home consumpti on. But the y wer e refined in bond, and lump sugar was expor ted from here to the West Indies that the negroes might use it, and send home every pound they produced of brown monopoly sugar for the poor tax-ridden English labourer at double the cost of the lump sugar exported out of England. I remember the first introduction of sugars from Mauritius and the Essandies, and it was only after many years' strugg le that those growers succeeded in getting justice by having their sugars placed on the same scee of duties. And e ven then every precaution was taken that it was Briti sh grown, and yet this monopoly did not flourish. The West Indian planters were periodically ruined, and were frequently at the doors of Parliament corn plaining of distress, and asking for fresh bounties, for re mission of taxation, or for Parliamentary loans. After the abolition of slavery, a gradual reduction of duty took place in foreign sugars, and the West Indian interests were for the last time completely ruined, but somehow happened to survive, for the days of competition produced the natural result of stimulating energy. Attention now began to be paid to economical production, and machinery, such as crushing mills and vacuum pats, were being extensively introduced into our colonies, when the unfortunate law of classified duty was adopted. Mark the consequences. One Newcastle firm had established works at Cossipore, in the East Indies, and had gone to very great expense in fitting them up with the best machinery, vacuum-pans, &0., for crystallising sugars. This they did to great per fection, and succeeded in sending the most perfectly pre pared sugars ever imported into this country. For every improvement they made, the Government took more than the benefit from them in increased duty, and it not un frequently happened at their sales that the inferior sugars brought them more money than the finest qualities when the duty was deducted off the prices. What was the consequence P The firm was ruined by protection. At that time large imports were made to Newcastle by three other firms, and that for some years has been entirely abandoned. Take another instance. A West India proprietor told the writer that in consequence of our absurd law they had laid aside three vacuum-pans on their plantations, and now, by adopting a German patent, they were producing rum, which brought 5s to Gs a gallon, such as generally brought only 2s to 3s, and thus, because of its being a fixed duty, they knew exactly what they were doing. As regards sugar, they now send it in the crudest possible state, to secure its being charged the lowest rate of duty. And this is not the exceptional rule, for nearly all foreign sugars, as well as much of our West India, and part of our Mauri tius and East India sugars, are imported to this country in such a state as to be quite unfit for consumption until they have passed through the hands of the refiners. Mr. Fairie, a large refiner, in a letter published in the Urocer ot November 21, says that it appears from Travers and Son's circular, that their sales are four times as large for refiners' produce as for all kinds of colonial sugar—and this, I think, will about represent the truth with the trade generally—that four-fifths of the sugar trade has passed into the hands of home refiners. And yet this gentleman admits that buyers and sellers of sugar must generally be content with an examination by the eye, the touch, and the taste, and what is sufficient for them must be sufficient for the officers of Customs. He remarks further that the mere strength of sugar is not the guide as to the class to which any sample may belong, for two kinds may contain equal quantities of pure sugar, and yet differ in price 10 per cent. " Thus, even by the showing of the refiners, the classifi cation of sugar is attended with great practical difficulties and the Customs rule is the rule of thumb. This leads to different rates of duties being charged in different ports for the same sugar, and to constant disputes between the merchant and the Customs Board ; whilst the producer is baffled in all calculations as to what rate of duties his sugars will have to pay. This difficulty could all be got rid of by a low fixed rate of duty, and it should be much lower than at present, when this primary article of consumption pays from ljd to 2d per lb duty. Yet this great question is never treated in Parliament on the true basis, that of a question for consumers, who ought to be allowed to purchase on equal terms from the best markets in the world ; far it is a startling fact that, with our increasing population, whose consuming power in all other articles is so very largely in creased, the consumption of sugar is almost stationary ; and though the Chancellor of the Exchequer ventured a calcu lation that the reduction of the tea duty would lead to a large increase in the consumption of sugar, up to a recent date his expectations had not been realised. I commend the subject to your serious attention, for within the last few weeks an advance of 103 to 12s per cwt. has taken place in sugar. Owing principally to a failure of the beetroot crop in France, large purchases have been made on French account, and , o nl y the ot her day, 2,000 bags of Cossipore were bought in Liverpool at 50 s. per cwt. b eca use the high rate of duty, 163 . per cwt. , was equivalent to a bounty of £2 3s. 4d. per ton on their export. This ad vance is equal to 25 or 30 per cent, on the value of sugar— a serious extra charge to the public—for the working classes must pay an extra ld. per lb. on every pound of sugar with which they sweeten their tea or coffee. Anything that tends thus to limit the consumption, to deteriorate the quality, or to raiee the cost of sugar to the public—as, I think, the present law in relation to sugar is doing—must be deserving the consideration of all political economists, but doubly so of the Apostle of Free Trade. " I am, dear sir, with profound respect, yours truly, "E. S. HILLS, "Newcastle, Nov. 30, 1863." "TO E. S. HILLS, ESQ. " Midhurst, Dec. 3, 1863. " Dear Sir, —I have already been favoured with the views of Mr. Travers on the sugar question, and can only repeat that the subject shall have my attention when brought before Parliament. I thought I had as keen a scent as most people in such matters, but I was bound, to admit that I did not see that protection' was necessarily involved in the principle of the scale to which he objected. The only real solution of the sugar question is to abolish the'cluty altogether. But with the present scale of Govern ment expenditure that is, of course, out of the questicn.—l remain, truly yours, "R. CO B DEX. "B. S. Rills, Esq." MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. There was a moderate show of samples of English wheat on the stands to-day, for the most part of poor quality. The trade, however, was very dull, and even selected parcels were difficult of sale, at Monday's fall in the currency of is per quarter. With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup plied. All descriptions sold heavily, at the late decline in prices of is per quarter. With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup plied. All descriptions sold heavily, at the late decline in prices of is per quarter. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, on rather easier terms. The supply of barley was large. Fine malting parcels supported previous rates; otherwise, the trade was dull, at fully the recent fall in the currency. Malt sold heavily, at Monday's decline in prices. The supply of oats on sale was by no means extensive, yet the demand ruled inactive, at barely late rates. Beans and peas were a dull inquiry, and prices had a downward tendency. In flour a very moderato business was transacted, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. 1,510 Wheat. Barley. Malt. oa3tsdo English..." 2,070 830 I 000 5OO I Irish.. lO 500 900 sks, Foreign...—. 5,860 6,250 brls. Flow. WHITECILAYBL. The supply of meat on sato is somewhat extensive, and the demand rules inactive, as follows : eef, from 2s 8d to 484 d; m utton, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; yard, B 3s 8d to 48 6d; an d pork, 3s 6 d to 45 4d per 81b8 by the carcase. 130R01101-1 110 P. Our market is firm, and the value of fine produce ha s an upward tendency. R IIS STA AND DENMARX.-- v ll s 7 i. e s fi o n t ( t i h i e la i t a h s e t r cattiens e t te - ,oifveAnugbysbuthreg K a u d s e s t i a an iledana Government to State Councill o r Ewers, charged to compliment King Christian on the occa sion of his accession to the throne. The representative of the Emperor Alexander has for his spetial mission to induce King Christian to modify the consticition of the 18th of November, by which, rightly or wrongly, he is accused of wishing to incorporate Schleswig in the Danish monarchy. Moreover, he was instructed to declare to the Danish Cabi net, that if it did not yield on this point the Powers w ould throw upon him the resp ons ibilit y o f the C onsequences which might result from the refusal of that inai*.zfi•;u• GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL. St. Peter's Abbey at Gloucester, now the Cathedra Church (according to a very interesting account of it given. as follows by one of the Saturday Reviewers), was a very early foundation, its beginning dating as far back as the year 681. But, like most of these early foundations, the establisment went through many vicissitudes, and was de stroyed and refounded more than once with very different objects. Originally a house of nuns, it lost its succession of Abbesses in 767. King Ecgbet ht is said to have refounded it as a college of secular priests, which lasted till 1022, when the first Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, changed it into a Benedictine monastery. The account in the history reads as if he did not, as was done in so many other places, turn out the Canons whom he found there, but compelled them to take the Benedictine vows : " Ric Wolstanns clericos, qui ecclesiam Sancti Petri antes rexerant [et] custodierant, sub protectione Dei et Apostolo rum Petri et Pala et regula Beati Benedicti, in eadem ccclesia regulariter collocavit, et Edricum quondam in abba tem et custodem monasierii illius consecravit, qui moms clam blud xxxvii. annis custodivit." In estimating this change, we must always remember one light in which it was likely to appear to a reformer of those days. When a church was served by monks, any general non-residence was impossible, and divine service could hardly be intermitted or grossly neglected. But the secular Canons, before the institution of Vicars and Residen tiaries, constantly neglected their churches in the most scandalou s way . Th e i r non - res id en ce, in fact, is one of the ' great complaints of ecclesiastical writers long after this time, The first mention of th e church is in 1058 ' when Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester , r, afterwards Archbishop of York—the prelate who crew Harold and William w within one year —rebuilt and consecrat e d it. But, as usual, the small size of the native English. fabric—for the size seems really to have been the m a i n point of difference—dissatisfied the Norman occupants of the whileh house after the Conquest, and a rebuilding took placeEaldred's church was still almost new. .In 10 89, the fir s t atone of sinew church was building, laid by Abbot Ser lo, and the possibly only the choir, was consecrated in 1100. Fromt r h is time, for a long way on, our notic es consist mainly of fie some of which, in the exaggerate d lan g ua g e o f the chroniclers,es, are said to andto thing most of these more o r lees dama g e was the build ings of the Abbey ; and, in 1102, it is distinctly said lthat the church was burne d—" ecclesia i g ne cre mate est.'' as usual, it is not neces sar y to construe these words very But, rigidly, and it seems m ost natural to suppose that t he Nor man work of the presbyte r y , which may still be seen under the lacework of perpendicular panelling which has , been thrown over it, is part of the church of Serie. The nava, so like the contemporary nave of Tewkesbury, so unlike the common proportions of a Norman design, probably followed the fire of 1102. It is curious, however, that, though the church is constantly spoken of incidentally as standing and in use —as, for in stance, at the burial of Robert Duke of Normandy, before the high altar in 1134, and at the coronation of Henry 111., in 1216—still there is no direct mention of any building till 1222, when the " great eastern tower"— " magna turris Gloucestrensis cceleeiao orientalis"—was built. This no doubt means the central tower—in a church of the old Norman ground plan, more truly eastern than central—over the choir, The tower then built has, of course, made way for the Perpendicular structure. In 1239 the church was consecrated, doubtless in pursuance of the general orders then given by Papal authority for the con secration of all churches which remained unconsecrated, which one is surprised to learn was the case with several cathedrals and great abbeys. Three years after, in 1242, the present vault of the nave was added—the Norman church doubtless had only a timber roof—and we are dis tinctly told, in one of the most interesting notices on re ccrd, that it was actually built by the monks with their own hands : Et anno Domini millesime ducentesimo quadragesimo secundo completa est nova volta in navi ecclesire, non aufilio fabrorum ut promo, sed animosa virtute monacho rum item in ipso loco existentium. - - In the same year the south-western tower was began by Prior Walter St. John. This no longer exists. The archi tects of the great Perpendicular central tower seem to have thought that their work would have greater dignity if it stood absolutely alone—so the western towers were sacri ficed, and the present west front utterly unworthy of such a church, is the result. In 1300 we hear of another fire, which burned the " parvum campanile, et magna camera et claustrum." It is not, however, clear whether they were absolutely destroyed, nor do we know exactly what is meant by " parvum campanile." It could not be the newly-built south-west tower, which stands quite away from the cloister; but it may well have been the north-western tower, which doubt less deserved to have been called " parvum campanile," as compared with either of the two latter ones. John Thoky, who was Abbot from 1306 to 1329, was a memorable man in the history of the convent. The south aisle of the nave was built in his time; this is well known as one of the most beautiful examples of decorated work in England, and which probably set the fashion for similar rich windows at Ledbury, Leominster, and elsewhere. In his days, also, the deposed King Edward 11. was murdered at Berkeley. Three other monasteries, Bristol, Kings wood, and Malmesbury refused to receive his body for fear of Roger Mortimer and Queen Isabella. The Abbot of Gloucester was of another mood, and braved all hazards in what we may suppose he thought was the cause of loyalty— 'ate tamen abbas sun curru honorifice ornato cum armis ejusdem ecclesiai depictis, eum a castello de Berkeley ad. duxit, et ad monasterium Gloucestrim eat delatus, abbate cum toto conventu solenniter revestitis, cum prooestione totiu.s civitatis est honorifice susceptus, et in eoclesia ibidem in parte boreali juxta magnum altare traditur tumu landus. Strange to say, the despicable King, when once mur dered, became a local saint. Multitudes of pilgrims flocked to his grave, no less than to those of Waltheof at Crowland, or of Simon at Evesham. Their offerings were so bounti ful that, during the reign of the next Abbot, John of Wig naor (1329-37), the south transept—" ala Sancti Andreas," a phrase which Mr. Hart seems hardly to have understood — was rebuilt. This has been often confounded with the building of the south aisle of the nave, but the dates in the Chronicle are quite distinct and perfectly clear. This tran sept, as Professor Willis showed in 1860, is distinctly per pendicular work. It is early, indeed, and has much of earlier detail hanging about it, but it still bears the un mistakeable impress of the perpendicular style, and it may fairly count as the first instalment of the great perpendicu lar recasting of the whole east part of the minter. Now this date is one of the most important facts in architec tural history. We thus have the perpendicular style, in all its most distinctive features, a good half century earlier than anybody had thought. The claim, therefore, of Win chester to be the first example, and of either Edington or Wykeham to be the inventor, of that style at once falls to the ground. This is the last entry strictly belonging to the church. The central tower, the present Lady chapel, and the re casting of the presbytery, all of which may be looked on as carrying on the work begun by Thoky in the south tran sept, belong to a later.• date than the present chronicle takes in. But in the time of Abbot Frocester, who suc ceeded in 1381, and who was living when the chronicle ends, we get the completion of the splendid cloister, cer tainly the gem of work of its kind and style. A' MODERN JUSTICE SHALLOW.—Late in the evening an offender was brought before one of our mayors, haying been detected in stealing a smock -frock from a pawnbroker's door. " Look in ' 13urn's Justice,' " said his worship to his son—" look in the index W fur smock trock," " Can't find it there, fath er, not there." hat ! no law against stealing smock-frocks ?D— my heart, young fellow, but you've had a lucky, escape." (Even Justices in those times might incur the penalties against oaths.) The constable demurred at the discharge of the prisoner. " Well, well, lock him up, and we'll see the own clerk in the morning."—Charles "night's _Recollections. B UR IED ALlvE.—Last Thursday evenin g a fatal acc id e nt occurred at B arnhill colliery, aboute three so miles from Dudley. Connected with the works there is an old shaft, which it was determined to reopen and d epen, as to reach a still unwrought measure of ironstone. The ho work was left t o a sinker named Thomas Parke em ployed as his assi stant a man named Thomas Marrs. I n t hi s district all th e p its are built round with bric ks, and the ope ration involves a good deal of dan ger unless the utmost care an d c aution are ob served. Whe n several feet in depth have been built round, the proper mode of Proceeding i s to place a think piece of wood, kno wn as a curb, under the lowest course of bricks, which i s drawn of chains connected with balks of up tight by means the sides of the pit-mouth. of timber laid across commenced operations in the When Parkes and Marrs appurtenances necessary t pit, the chains and all other vided for them. From o secure their safety were pro however, than didnot a desire to save themselves trouble, noon, the mager of use the chains. On Thursday at warned them of their the colliery descended the pit and any attention to his danger. They did not, however, pay as they had remonstrance, but continued to go on be feet of new ell doing. By Thursday evening about nine brickwork had been added to the old. and about five feet of space beneath this again had been cleared, and Was r e p uy for building up. Marrs was about to commence work when he observed chat all the new brickwork and a portion of the old was giving way. lie gave an alarm to his companion, but the sides of the pit gave way, and the latt er was buried is the rubbieh. Marrs managed to run up a ladder, and make th e signal to theanksman to let down the engine r o p e. At this time he wasso standing the up to the armpits in bricks and rubbish. As as rope came down lie faste ned it under his arms, and was ge was badly bruised about the hoisted to the surface. Mad and face and some parts of the body, but fortunately no bones were broken. Means were of course at once adopted to recover the body of Parkes. This work was accompanied with no little difficulty and danger, as the old brickwork continued to fall in large masses at intervals, T wenty-six hours elapsed from the time of the accident till the recovery of the body. It was shockingly mangled. The only person blameable for the accident is the deceased himself. His age was 42, and he was a widower, without family, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, DEC. 16. It is stated on good authority that a Ministerial crisis certainly exists. Herr von Sebuteriing having declared that, he cannot remain in °face with his present colleagues. Among the causes for dissatisfaction which he has communicated to the Eaaperor is that he was not supported by Count Rechherg on the religious question now form ing the object of negotiations with Rome. It is hoped that Herr von Schmerling will surmount this crisis as his leaving the Cabinet would be considered a national calamity. Privy Councillor Herr von Lasser has, however, declared that the Constitutional system in Austria would be in no way effected by the crisis. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.. AMERICA. [REUTER'S TELEGRAM.] SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 16. The North German Lloyds' steamer America, from New York on the sth inst., has arrived. She brings 98 passengers for Southampton, Havre, and Bremen; 52,700 dole. for England, 163,671 dole. for France, 700 dols. for Bremen; 34 bags of mails and 1,400 tons of cargo. She spoke the steamer Bremen on the 7th inst. NEW YORK, DEC. 5. The President is hard at work on his Message when well enough. The greater portion of it is in type. o that e r o y n c t o h n e s e reunion qu 'r es h t e io .a n 'e it t° w Y i o ll rk be ri b .m ri e e s f, and ay s tendency. " The President declares that the coun try has not yet arrived at that point in the progress of the war where so great a question can be clearly discussed." The Message will be shorter than the precedin g one s . The herald says it is well understood that the President's Message will be of an intensely radical character —so much so as to settle the question of a Republican nomination for the Presidency. The President regard s the slavery question as practically closed, and that legislation should treat it as a thing passing away fer ever. He will urge the present as the time to make a final disposition of the political curse upon the nat i on, while the war shall be prosecuted for the preservation of the national life and the integrity of the Union. The Congress was to assemble on the 7th, and it was expected that the house would be organised, and, together with the Senate, be ready on the fitly for the reception of the President's message. PRUSSIA. BEItLIN, Dee, 14. Works for defence are pursued actively on. the Prussian emote. The Austrian contingent is t o pass through Berlin on the 17th. The Court h as gone into mourning fora fortnight for the death of the King of Denmark. FRANKFORT. FRANKFORT, Dee. 15.—Five millions out of the seventeen millions, voted yesterday b y the Diet, must be paid within a fortnight. Austria and Prussia have to furnish two-thirds of the sum. Royal English Opera, Covent Garden, The grotesque opening to the Covent Garden pantomime is entitled " St. George and the Dragon ; or, the Seven Champions and the Beautiful Princess." Whilst Mr. Byron has adhered in all the more important points to the original story, he has added to the dramatic interest by the introduction of many new incidents ; and by making the Dragon an agreeable scoundrel, rather than the stock pantomime monster, has given a novelty to the opening which is highly refeshing. The pantomime opens with the release of the Seven Champions from the -spells of Kalyba, the enchantress, and we then follow St. George (Mr. W. H. Payne) and his servant Kickeraboo (Mr. F. Payne) to Egypt, where the King Ritollollemy (Mr. Thomas) is endeavouring to make up a match between the Prince of Ethiopia and the Princess Sabra (Miss Collinson). However, the Dragon (Mr. Rouse) carries her off, and St. George is the only one, who has the courage to follow to her rescue. The scene in the Dragon's Nursery, in which St. George and Kiekeraboo hide, pro mises to be immonsely droll, and the last scene of the pan tomime deals forth retributive justice; t h e Dragon being killed, the Princess rescued, the Et hio p ian lover sent to the right about, and St. George rew arded by the hand of beauty. The t rans f orm ation scene of the "Hall Of Chivalry" is one of the most magnificent/ tasteful, and elaborate that Mr. Grieve has ever executed (in which will be assembled knights in real armour, esquires, and pages armed cap-a-pied, in all the glorious panoply o f feudal war), and bids fair to become the talli of the metropolis. Extensive Robbery of the Duke of Bruns, wick's Jewels. nh descent, A robbery of di amonds to the value of from 8,000,000 f. to . 9,000,000 f. (between .000.000 and £400,000) mitted on Tue sda y night last, at the hotel of th e Was "ta- Duke o f B r unswick, in Paris. On the Ist of Jur y l hi re d a young wan, named Shaw, of Eglisast the Duke w h o speaks sever al language's, as sec on d v humble v alet de chambre. Hs appear ed to be above his hum Condition, and, in a o s h or t time, be gai ned the confi dence close a ttention to his d u t ies. The D uke possesses a col f his master by his lec ti o n of diamonds said to be the riche:ot in Europe. la , port i o n of them are deposited in an iro n c h es t, placed in ith two doors, one of h i s b e dchamber, and supplied ingeniously concealed in the W w hich is opened by a Spring wa i nsco ating, and th e other persons only, among whom by a key. Three or f oar was Shaw, were acq uainted w ith this fact, but th e ke y was never entrusted to any of them. On 'f nesd ay the Duke, on leaving home for t4e afternoon, informed Sh aw leave his bed come the followin the chest open and mends in the iron the spring, that he expected a jeweller to g Morning to mount sorae of the dia er er d. en ter his bedroom w the morning, he had le ft the second door of n chest, and that, in order not to have to li t e an f d he could open the other btlett.teuch we iting further d esired Shaw I then went o i ut, and when not return until between one . and two in the morning, e n he was surprised not to find Shaw at vein post. The Duke supposing that his valet was asleep tup to his bedroom and found that he was not there, but he observed en the b e d a number of bags in which he kept his diamonds. They h a d evidently been ,abstracted from the iron chest. On a further examination he discovered a number of dia monds scattered about as if they had been abandoned in. a moment of fli g ht. Th ese diamonds were worth at least 1,000,000 f. The Duke descended to his bedroom on the first floor and summoned his servants. They all appeared but Shaw. The Duke asked them what had become of the latter, telling them at the same time that his diamonds had been stolen. They replied that Shaw had left the ho tel at 10 at night and had not returned. The Duke next orza.. mined his iron c hest, and ascertained that diamonds to wit the o f 9,00,000 f. had been h value o w. in gold p i e ces of 100 f. There was a pocket-bo o k i n 20, t h e iron chest containing d b a nk notes to the amount .of 100,000 f. an d various valuable securities which the thief ha l e ft. Inform ation of the robbery was immediately given to the Prefect of Police, and a telegram was receive within a d f ew hours from Boulogne-sat-tier, announcing th e capt a t o of Shaw a nd all the stolen property. Ninety-six parcel ,F; o f diamonds and other precious stones were Several found i l. h is poc k e ts and a leather b elt round his person, together with a n umber of gold p ieces of 100 f. In rep l y ques tions addressed to him by the law oilies t, to the 8,000,0001 a ll the diamonds he had abstracted we S h aw said that cer t a in he had neither lost nut re there, an d h e was given any away. The jeweller valued the diamonds at abo ut of them are of extraordinary bea uty anti g reat va l ue, one . button being worth 450,000 (L 18,000). Th e gold was like wise all found, with the exc ep tion prisoner admitted ho h a d s of 1,100 f., w hi c h th e pent in P ar i s , Sh aw was t h en lodged in the town p r i son , food until the chief o f the where he refused to acce r tt any secret police arrived from Paris the following day. He was ' rh then persuaded to do so, being in a very weak state. 1 e prisoner, with all the valuables, arrived in Paris on Th sti asserts ay. Shaw asserts that he n ever before committ e d an u . y crime, either in his own country or elsewhere. lie ma intains that during the four months he passed in the Fel-N-4, ‘e of the Duke of Bruns wick ho never thought of committing a robbery until thnrweoideaedwtaa hat he I,llly su ggested to him when the Duke i f had left the door of the iron chest open. TIIE ExpENSES OF COLONEL CRAWLEY at •iaershot have been reckoned at £5O a day. Trili SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECENIBER 16, 18133, _T-_ ,NTTWITVO /VT A••••• pee ••-.•.. rry