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• nese operations were in a great measure suspended, Owing to the intervention of the Christmas holidays. At Manchester prices have remained firm for 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'CLocx. The Liverpool cotton market to-dcy opened strong, with an active business doing, at steady rates, and sales probably 5,000 bales. The French Three per Cent. Rentes to-day were 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 928 for transfer and the Bth instant, and 924 for February 10. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced have im proved to 928 4 ; Exchequer Bills are 12s. prem. ; Bank Stock is firmer at 2331 235; and India 5 per Cent. Loan, 1081. 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 fiat at 84 85 ; ditto 1858, 701 71; ditto 1862, 671 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, 952. #; anclYenezuelan 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 value. Sambre and Meuse brought 9! 8 ; Bahia and San Francisco, 201 ; Recife and San Francisco, 18%; Bombay and Baroda, 1041 1; East Indian, 1071 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1051; and Great Western of Canada declined to 121 121. Joint -Sto c k B an k an d Mi scellaneous shares were Without material variation. Alliance of London and Liverpool realised 20; London Chartered of Australia, 278 ; London and South African, 241 ; Ottoman Bank declined to 321 33; and Union of Australia to 521 1 ; Crystal Palace stock receded to 351; and Royal Mail Steam brought 551. -RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. R educed Annuities 9235 3i 21 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 921 1 1 INew 3 per Cent. Annuities ndia Stock Ditte Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Debenture s , 4 per Ct , Oct,, 1863 1001 Consols for Acc oun t 921 I Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 2i per Cent l2 8 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4 3 / 4 per Cent., 1852-58-60 If.gpptian 7 per Cent 9 5 3 /4 Ditto, Second Issue per Cent er Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons, 163/4 1 Mexican 1 Ditto Account.... Moorish Imperial . per Cent New Granada 2 per Cent 271 Ditto Deferred, Ex Hectares Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Ditto Scrip, £25 1862 71 6 paid 3 1 Pni a Russian 5 p er C ent., 1822, £ St 99 Ditto 41 , Cent. 1850 Ditto 5 per Gent., 1862 n Hanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account 541 Ditto New D e f erred D itto Account 46 i 1 Spanish C er t. of Coup not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 1 Ditto 6 per C ent. 1858 841 4 Ditto Account. Ditto 6 per Cent.. 1862 .............. • • VDitto Account ..................... (371 i 1 1 8 7 1 enezuela, 3 per dent ................ -- Ditto Account ......... _. ... . ..... 231 4} Ditto 6 per Cents., 1862 ( * Scrip), £53 pd 11 dis Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 4 per Cent., Ex. 10 florins .... 681 9 Dutch 2} per C en t., Ex. 12 Guil ........ Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Ditto Account ...................... 701 70 THREE O'CLOCK. C onsols, MoneY . , ................... 921 1 Ditto Acoount Jan. 8 ............ 92i t I 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 packet left Gibraltar the Sumter (now changed to the Gib raltar) was b e i n parator coaled and ge t t i ng a crew, pre y tg Startin g on her voyage to England. The flew captain having steamed round the works, Udder British colours, was immediately chased by the Federal gunboat Ottawa, with her guns loaded and men at quarter. On perceiving the Federal vessel approaching the land within the three miles limit, the Governor, Sir William Codrington, ordered the batteries to be manned and the guns made rFady 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. Froude, we (Critic) hear, is about to resign he editorship of Fraser•s Magazin*, which he has conducted ever since the lamented death of Mr. J. W, Parker, the younger. Norfolk News) at Lord Stanley is (says the Nor e of Haywood them Hall, pre sent on a vi-it to Richard Bagge,Esq., at Lynn. Hi s l o rdship has visited the su n disasters, and examined the localities a nd mea ns ado pted rahland to remedy the evils. Orders h ave b een g iven that the Imperial hunt ing es t a bli s h ment, wh i c h s i nce the Ist October last has been at Compiegne, shall leave that place on the 4 th inst. for Font a i n ebleau, where they are to be kept until the will end of Sept em b er . Th e h un t s a t F on tainebleau re commence in the course of the present month. PORTSRIOUTEI, Jan. 4, 6 p.m.—The gales of the 'past week hav e d r i ven a l arge n umber of merchant ,8 ahips in fro m th e Ch anne l to t h e anc h orages at St. Helen's en -Roads, Spithead, and the Motherbank. The weather con eues as un se ttl e d as ever, a smart ga l e bet; ;,acceeded by short lull, heavy <quails again succeeding in their turn. On Friday, a t 10 a. m., the barometer had fallen from 30.0 down to 29.6 during the previous 24 hours. At 10 a.m. yes terday there was but little difference, but at 10 a.m. to-day it had fallen 21 tenths further. Since this morning the mercury has remained steady, but several smart squalls have occurred, heavy banks of clouds are driving rapidly over the east end of the island, and the weather altogether gears an angry appearance. The wind has ranged since Wednesday from S. S.W. to N.N. W. By a decision of the Minister of Public Instruc tion, the indemnities annually granted to the divisonal pro fessorsa of the colleges of P ar i s are suppressed, and their zed salaries raised as follows :---Ist l 2 400 f •2d lass, 8.8 13800 fro ; 41,4984 800fx Won' 8, , c 1— I reripea.yeqt BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share 100 Atlantic &St Lawrene. all 67 69 atk f Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind 10 , 1011 1051 1011 641 xn 1 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New ... . . 2 - 201 Buffalo and Lase Huron all 54 51 10 Do. Preference .... . all 7 2 ei 100 Bufralo,Brant&Godric . ll 10 ., 77 80 1 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1873 100 78 75 100 Do. do. June 1, P-74 100 73 76 st Cleutta.&s. Eastn.(L' 100 103 105 Zn st iCapeTown at Dock Scril 100 108 119 stock jEastn. Bengal gu. sp. e 100 105 It 6 105 4 xn stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 106) 1(74 107 1 4 In 20 Do. do. G Ext 5 1 I.in xn 20 Do. do. H do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 22 (3 22/ 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 74 76 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et all 64 66 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 34 86 10 0 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 100 Do. do. 1872 stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 105 106 1051 I Xn 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 1 lip 121 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent 100 1031 1041 201 Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 121 13 121 1 1 201 Do. New 18 8 74d 10 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 98 100 100 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8 all 91 43 10 !Indian Branch Limited 2 id 1p 24 1 stock 'Madras guar., sp. c. stock Do. 41 p. o. Extensior 100 97 99 stock Dc. 44 do lOO 98 20 I Do. Fifth Extension. 2 X.ll stock I Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 52 53 100 Do, 7p. c. &lortg. Bds. all 20 iNewßrunawick Candy Class A Capital Share all 3 5 20 Do. do. B Capital do , all 3 6 N.RLC'da6 pc Ist hds . 100 83 95 stock .Scinde .......... (100 104 106 st Do. Delhi a 100 103 104 xn Do. do 2 1 $ p 24 an 20 Do. Punjaub C 15 4 p st Do. Do. . I 100 1031 1041 xn stock , Do. Indus. St. Fl o. ) 1100 99 101 100 xn COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c, Feb, & Aug - . 100 106 108 1073 7 Do. ap. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108 108 Do, sp. c. Jan.&July. 100 973 971 971 1 xd Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 95 97 97 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1873 100 103 110 1093 Do.Ap & Oct, 18801 100 111 113 Do. 1890' 100 112 114 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 111 113 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 N.R.Gov. 6 p.o.d a.&July 100 1043 1053 1041 xd Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. G ov. 5 p C., 1866, 100 993 1005 Do. sp, c.,1871 to 1876 100 995 1005 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 05 993 9 Xd New Zealand 6p. cent., 100 108 110 I Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. o.' I sterling, 1875 ' 100 105 106 Queensland Gov. 6p. c 100 ICB 110 S. Aus G6p.c.1878.&up ; 100 109 111 - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - 'Do. to 6 o.e. ArL&Oct.. 100 lc93 1091 , 1093 j BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ip Chnord Amalgamated 21 23 Devon G. Con..,"Tavist , 1 500 510 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 53 65 1 (East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. P 1P I East Caradon ...... 1.14.4 , 44 45 443 East Carn Brea... 3.0.0 11 113 iE. WI Russel (Tavistk. 7.19.0 33 S 1 ram.JzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) 574 15 1 7 Great South Tolg - u5.... 17e 7 75 - (4. Wheal Vor (Helston' 40 6 63 'Grenville 6.15 c 43 6 Herod's-Foot 8.12 45 50 Hingston Downs 4.'7.0 23 21 ILady Bertha Margaret (Ony Lelant 4 40 42 Mark e Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 2k 3da pr New Setun l9) 145 155 North Downs 25 23 21 S.WIOI Basset (11104 - an ')..17.t 25 8 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey 15 5 6 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt., .1 43 South Caradon(St,Cleer, 14 385 395 3. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.6 23 21 Fran. (Mogan 18.1•.9 90 95 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 45 t 10 , Tin Crott 9 13 14 !West Basset (Illogan) ll 13 14 1W Cartdon (Liskeard) 5 26 28 West Seton . ..... 473 285 295 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 51 771 825 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 473 525 8 10 w W h h e ea m l L K u i d tty ot ( t U.Lelant) 2 2 . . 1 0 0 ..6 8 9 71 3 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 15 16 Wheal Seton 583 240 250 245 W heal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 163 173 Wheal Union 3.13 51 63 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 ( verks & Hants Ext.), 5 per cent., rd. pf., 100 I 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., 1044 South Wales, gua. 44 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 4i per Cent., 901 90 / Midland, Bradford pref. stock, 974 7 North Western, 17 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 137 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 7; 8 Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 201 11 Eastern of France, 211 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent. (lim.), 3"/ 21 3 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aldm), 12 Recife and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 1811 Royal Danish, 16 a Sambre and Meuse, 101 —Ditto, 5I per cent. pref., 91$ San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 10 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 231 West Flanders, 74 Western and North-Western of France, 21 SHARE MARKETS—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Share' Railways. i Paid, 13.14 Bir.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A I A lets no di Do. B ti II 6p e.p a n. I la been paid to B. Dublin k Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. 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 5 Do. £5 shares St IGt. S. an iW. of Ireland at Great Western at Do Str Val g - ua. stock et Lancashire & Yorkshire at London and Blackwall et Lon., Bright ,& S. Coast) St Lon., Chat., and Dover et Lon. & North Western at Lon. & South Western st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 125 Do 5 shares 10 Metropolitan at Midland 6.4.0 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 Car1i51e........., North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews, and Welohpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do 19.16.4 Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do 12.10 Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland Oxford' Do Newport Do Hereford Closing Business Price. I done. 8 8i CI 61 86 86 116 116/1 61 11161 41 43 13 14 87 88 105 107 46 47 43 45 24 25 1261 t27i! 131 132 136 138 104 100 671 ( 8 1094 tO9l 71i 72i 118 119 37i 3.84 971 e 8 1014 1024 404 41 9i 9 # 129 1294 11 11p 97 99 54541 26 27 991 100; 56 67 881 EBI 126 128 108 110 1 4 st d p 11 114 118 120 474 484 104 106 47 49 33i 34i 884 89 684 MI 100 103 7 8 39 40 1 7# ' 7 1 p 148 150 P 44 5 p 24 3 p 55i 564 24 31 p d p 87 90 140 145 541 3; 99; 29 31 89 8 6 43 45 35 87 94 26 FOREIGN MINES. East del Rey (1im.),2-I;;ritnaTliin:j,ll—Linares, 71 Mont. Aureos Braz. Gold Min. Co. (lim.), 2k Port Philip, 14 i i—Santa Barbara Gold Mine (lim.), 10j I St. John del Rey (11m.), 55 Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lim.), JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 93 Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (lim.), 20 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 9. Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 8) 8 London and Brazilian aim.), 321 London, B. Ayres, and 8.. Plate (Um.), 54 64 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 271 Londonland Colonial, 41 U- London and South African, 24 I Standard of British South Africa (Urn.), 10 In opposition to the addresses of loyalty sent from all parts of the kingdom of Prussia to King William 1., the Liberal deputies are obtaining from their electors signatures to addressp. -i• T • their attitude in the N, der R"'sl- Ast;;;:l adhesion to ig y e:rd • 1V!• Von —an, chief of the district of - B e circumscriptioa of Kceilin , lookin g on this s i t l eP h o e f the electors as a blameable proceeding, has issued a rescript on the subject. EXTENT OF A HOTEL.—A hotel has just bees 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, 9i miles of base board, 12 miles of gas, steam,and water-pipe, 1h 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 iiivrs above, THE SUN, LUNDON, MONDAY - 7,EVENINn, JANUARY 5, 1863. t • CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.---This Day. 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-once 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 Vallivat. 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 sentenced to eighteen months imprisonmrnt, with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. BVRGLIRY.—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 he 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—l was placed at the back of the house in Denmark-place on Sunday morning, and went into the yard with the last witness and raw 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 E, 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 time 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 afternoon 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 ? 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 Bee the accused bog 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 crsated a disturbance there. Mr. Arnold—What was bGr conduct in going to the station P 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 say to the charges ? Prisoner—l have got nothin- Mr. Arnold—Y , - to say. scaPd-' conduct is very bad ; it is a very case, and bad 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. GAROTTthat the ING IN LIVERPOOL.—I( is feared t, in London, is now extending to Liverpool, some instances stackedb p e r i a n c g t i a c t eofgar in o t l t o i n n e : which plaees I lateas a l a t t n e i l g y h t, been In soone r in- Mr. n f i havi ng come to the knowledge of the police of gentlemen stance Mr. Robinson was going home early in the morn ing when he was met by two men in Salisbury-street. One of the fellows accosted him, and asked him for some money to buy tobacco with, and upon Mr. Robinson re fusing to give him any, another man came up and garotted him. Fortunately, howeve r , a t d h c eloasteteropted strangulation, and a in consequence o f the gen • to his b reas t he did not sus yhifsrohme made his a ppearance before 4 3 police officer e a robbe ry W I effected, t ta le i m n ainnulacholdininjugr MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Only moderate supplies of English wheat were on 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 25,452 quarters of wheat; 30,112, barley; 10,606, oats; 7,244, beans; 945, peas; 5,300, tares; 3,272, linseed; 10,924, rapeseed ; 4,760, maize ; 720, sundry ; 253 saoks and 18,162 barrels of flour. The fresh arrivals of English wheat to this morning's market were 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 sampleslof 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 MEAIIIIRD. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old 485 54s Ditto, white, new 476 538 Ditto, old 5OB 57s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —6 s Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 26s 358 5 Malting, new Malt—Suf f olk and Norfolk 505 668 Brown Kingstown and Ware 565 701 Chevalier 668 255 Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding. 205 255 Potato Youghal and Cork, black .. 188 256 Cerk, white l9B 26s Scotch, Feeding 225 26s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey, new Map1e........ White, new 405 418 Boilers 4lB 42s Flour—Town - mad e Suffolk 395 386 Stockton and Norfolk ........ 345 356 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 SIbE. 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 Ifrom other parts of and crosses; crosses; from the Scotland 340 Scots and receivedNlland no rdtheon lvdistrictsc o b7 t or s e ad s h h s o o ; r r t t If h ro o or r n in n a s 0 crosses, and from Ireland, 400 oxen and heifers. With sheep, we were very scantily supplied. All breeds moved off freely, prices o quite equal to thi s day se'ianight, mevery ry Downs having reali se d 6s per 81bs, so inferior a t D and a good clearance was effected. The general top igure for mutton was 55 101 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 ls 6d per Blbs. We have to report a slow sale for pigs, at about sta tionary prices. Per Slb. to sink the offal. - - s. d. s. d. S. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 2 3 4 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 0 5 6 Second quality do. 3 6 3 10 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 8 5 10 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6 Large arse. calves 3 4 4 0 Prime Scots, etc. 4 ri 4 10 Prime small do 4 2 4 6 Urse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 2 Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Second quality do. 444 10 Small porkers 46 4 8 Suckling calves, 10s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts FOREIGN striermr. Beasts Sheep Calves ......... Pigs Cows — Sheep .. 17,600 Calves l6O Pigs. 290 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices o 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, Jan. 5, 1862. 1863. Ooarse and inferior beasts.... 3 2 3 6 3 2to 3 4 Second quality do Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c 4 8 410 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. .. 3 8 4 4 4 4 410 Prime coarse-woolled do 4 6 5 2 5 0 5 6 Prime Southdown do. Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs 638 4 4 Neat small porkers 4 8 5 0 4 6 4 8 Beasts Sheep .• • • 19,640 20,900 Calves Pigs 360 420 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Jan 7, 1861.—Beasts, 3,560 — sheep, 19,900—calves, 65—pigs, 300. JAN. 9, 1860.—Beasts,`, 4,830 —sheep, 21,050—calves, 148—pigs, 220. The total imparts of foreign atom into London, last week, amounted to 1,569 head. In the corresponding week in 1862, we received 3,164 —in 1861, 1,118 —in 1860, 1,852 —in 1859, 2,310—in 1858, 601—in 1857, 1,370 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAO WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam ... . 492 .. 699 ~, .. 340 .. Harlingen .... .. • • '' • ' Hamburgh .... .. _ .. . . , .. Boulogne. — .. Medimblik .... .. Dordt NieuDiep Il• Amsterdam Antwerp. .. ' Bremen — .. Corunna. Ostend — . • Tonning :: ..... .. 28 .. - -- • • - .. - • • - Total .... 492 .. . 699 .. .. 368 .. The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1862 4Bl .. 2,476 .. 207 .. 8 1861 .. 213 .. 776 .. —7.. 129 .. 61 1860 355 .. 1,167 .. .. 330 .. 62 1859 391 .. 1,745 .. 174 1858 B4 . 362 155 NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. Fair average supplies of meat are on sale at these markets to-day. Good and prime qualities move off steadily, at full priees ; otherwise, the trade is dull, at our quotations. Per 81b. by the carcase. d r d Basel Inferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 Middlingmutton 3 8 4 2 Middling do. 30 3 6 Prime do .. 44 4 6 Friine large do. 3 8 3 10 Veal. .. 3 6 4 4 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Small pork ~ 4 0 4 6 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 amounted to 163 bales from Bremen; 82 from Hambro' ; 3 Ostend; 33 Dunkirk; 63 Antwerp; 1,751 bales from New x ork. Mid and East Rents . 90s to 180 s pet evn. Weald of Rents - . 84s to iG( 0 Siissex 4,,, • • 908 to 150 s „ itielgiati .. • , 94s to 130 s ~ Bavarian .44:4 109 s to 130 s „ American llss to MO I; BOROtGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Full average supplies of home grown potatoes have been on sale at these markets since dit 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 90s to 120 s per ton. Do. Flukes Do. Rocks 7ss to 90s „ Kent and Essex Regents loos to 130 s „ S co t c h Regents Do. Rocks Foreign WOOL. The business doing in English wool iF by no means,et eu se : tensive. Previous qu otations, however, are well uPP°rl O Colonial wool is he ld at the full p rices current at th o e impoyt of the recent public Patel Last weeh'i! bales from the Cape of Good Hope, 129 Port Natal, 2201 Algoa Bay, 779 Port Philip, and 80 bales from Shanghai. 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 Canary, per quarter 46s 52s Rye grass, new s —s Clover, Red Eng., et. —s --8 White Foreign Red —s s White —s —s Trefoil, new. —S Carraway —s Coriander —s —s Herapseed, per qr —s —s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 70s Crushing 665 70s Baltic —s —5 Odessa —s ---8 Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £lo 06.00 lOs Foreign £lO Os 5s Rape Cakes,p ton.£6 Os £6 15s Rapeseed, new,pr qr 68s 72s TALLOW. St. Petersburg Y.C. is in slow request, at 44a 9d per cwt, on the spot, 44s 6d for January to March, and 44s 9d for March delivery. Rough fat, 2s 3id per 81bs. 1858. 1859. 1860. 1861. 1862. Stock this day.... 31,405 44,453 72,626 54,71) 54,625 Price of Y.C. 31s Od to 5 4 759 d to 60s0d to 51s 9d to 44s 9d to 51s 3d —8 Od —s Od -s dO —8 Od Delivery last week 1,565 1,101 599 1,009 1,358 Ditto from June 1 66,153 48,987 53,937 82,723 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 .. 538 6d 59s 6d 61. Od 52s 9d 468 8d 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 crime 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 iu 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 boiler 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 plata 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 " sparrables." 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 to lead to detec• tion. No traces of the watch have as yet been found, and ii probably with a little odd money Barton had upon him would appear to be all the booty obtained in return for the 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 bolding 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 dia. trict has for some 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 Iwill 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 gaged ent terminates on Thursday, when ho will perform at tho 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 Vass, 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 home and away from three men who seemed to be fo llowin g 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 ono 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, mid made 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 aro not concluded. BLOODSHED IN AMERICA.--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 ha th v e e been planted between nations wh o, enfranchised by won sams rebellion, for eighty ye ars have obeyed a cora Government. —Spectator. THE THISTLE AND THE TUSCARORAB..--A I beg to pendent in a contemporary observes relating to corres correct the impression implied the Thistle and Tuscarora, Thistle after leaving Ma - time attempted to overhaul, vitzi.i,eit;att the Tuscarora a secon d :loifipLeopard that gave chase deira. It was her Majesty verifying the fact that she to the Thistle, with the objehc had not been captured b u y r , n t ed e T to u t s h c e ar a o u ri c t h , f o o r r a , g a e l i t n ho F u u gh ne t h h a e t Yankee sloop of war rot Roads, it Was suspected to be only a ruse, and that she had quietly left a prise crow on board the Thistle. According to Mr. Underhil's statement this appears not to have been the c ase, but that the Tuscarora was really scared oft by the Leopard, and that the Thistle got away scot free. The L e opard not being able to overtake the Thistle, had to give up the chase, and so both those vessels remained in igno rance of each ether's intentions. 127 131# 30, 1i 6741 i 1091 1 72 i 1181 67 1 i 1 i 1021 2 9.1 1 1291 1 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 creasedlBooin import of 5,200 bales in China silk ; of Japan s ilk ; an d 1,459 i n C an t on s ilk. Thus s howing an aggregate increase as compared with last of yearfully 10 per cent. in the weight of silk both of the imports and deliveries. The aggregate stock remaining in the warehouses i s th e same as last year, a hig h averag e, es pecially as 5,000 b a l es Chi na and Japan silk are now in co urse o: landing, and prices close 20 p er cen t. a b ove th e quo t a tions of last year, still th e 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 l a rge, almost on a par with our largest years, but we fear 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 it 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, lookingat 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 continue. Slowly but boldly they commenced their operations very early in January. At first the effect was comparatively slight, but 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 namely 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 7i to 10 per cent.— 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 7i 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 prides began to recede, and the close of June found us again 7i 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. 6.—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; Queen 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. PonTsmount, 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 • laid(); Byzantium, from London, for New York, with loss of sails. HULL, Jan. 3.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Parja, from Buenos Ayres. (AT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived—Eagle, from Boston, windbound ; Favourite. from Alexandria; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan. Sailed—Peninsular, steamer, for Gibraltar. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 4—Bombay, for Calcutta ; Clipper, from Guernsey; Cleopatra, from Demerara; Crinoline, from ..9.1g0a Bay ; Bland►na Dudley, from Callao ; Black Water, from Kurrachee ; Bonnie Dundee, from Calcutta. Arrived, Jan. s—Glasgow, from Belize ; Gnole, from Dant zio. 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, together 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 M. de Les- seps. LORD PALM ERSTON .—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 ho "jockeyed Russia, soft-sawdered Austria and Prus sia, and rebuked that bugaboo of English statesmen, French for am bition," in the language of a wri t e r already quot narrow ed this he was content to alienate ou r oldest allies, and to our foreign relations to a precarious dependence upon the friendship of France. But with all this the inevitable hour has only been postponed : discord, bankruptcy, and internal cor ruption are growing, and neither is the " sickness" of the Porto c u r ed nor the dangerous contensions of her heirs dimini s h e d. The es 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 — "Fat inter bona malaque tntxtus." 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 cen o i tury of office, he extorts admiration even In the luic l4 o , e , censure. But he is, perhaps, for that very s r i s e rfaul ts °f her we ought more dangerous as a statesman, thoiigo li , a , c h„, e _ are often so akin to the prejudices ter that we are tempted to condouneo,o and ability, hi t more justly to condemn. Hie r ° o l j i e minence amidst his fruitfulness of resource, lines of English cter all these • his c hara combine to feeling which cross contem jarring and inferior collealtesP,e t of poraries ; but when the f pir di nye iepaire; of f f L eo o n ra sis p te a n im ey e , rs a t n on d , dazzle the judgm en 0 future ispronounced tuo strong impartial award d e servedly tb be these many excellences will less remembered than the want o justice which marks the s o f f oreign policy.— tc left Whitehall-gardens, Hon. v i S "' ir . Robert Peel, M.P., has Church Right d a 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 BIR7.IINOHAM.—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 stories were soon destroyed, as wa s also a g ood deal of stock, consisting consisting of gun furniture, bar rels, and fittings. kpro perty destroyed has been estimated at upwards of ksvv THIRD EDITIO SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE--This Day. GAINSBOROUGH RACES.—Trus DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. UNITED HANDICAP. Corkscrew 2 Canteen Five ran. Joe 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 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 9to 1 agst Sacharometer (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Hospodor (taken) 22 to 1 agst Automaton (taken) 25 to 1 agst Carnival (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tom Fool (taken) 26 to 1 agst Blue Mantle (offered) 25 to 1 agst National Guard (taken) 30 to 1 aget King of 'Utopia (taken) 45 to 1 agst Pratique (taken) agetl agst e c 8 h a ethel s F o i o r t: t ( ( t a t a k k e e n n ) 50 to 1 agst T age (taken and offere d) 5 5 0 0 t t o e and offered) 50 to 1 agst Woldga (t a k en ) 50 to 1 agst Tambo ur M a j or (ta k en ) 1000 to 10 agst Glenochty (taken) 1000 to 10 aget Bright Cloud (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Maccaroni (take s ) .000 to 400 agst Lord Chliden, S -acaxomoter, and .Elos- Podar (mixed) TWO THOVSIND OVINEA.S. 4to 1 agst Hospodar (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1863. FEBRUARY. 25 Lincoln MARCH. Nottingham Spring 3 Doncaster Spring ......17 Derby Spring Liverpool Spring lO Northampton .. 24 Sh rews bury l2 Croxton Park 27 _ APRIL. Newmarket Craven 6 Epsom Spring 16 Durham Catterick Bridge 8 York Spring ...28 Thirsk M. Chester 6 1 Bath 14 I Marlborough Jr] Harpenden l5 Epsom Manchester 27 Ascot 2 Newton 10 . .10 Hampton Odiham l6 Bibury Club l7 Stockbridge lB Chelmsford 23 Newcastle 23 Carlisle .... Worcester Newmarket July 7 Abingdon 14 Hungerford l6 Au, LT. Nottingham ............ 21 Winchester ............ 21 Goodwood ........ • • • • • .28 Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lewes Reading , UST. York August ........ I S.. Devon and Exeter ...... 19 Egham .. 25 SEPTE: Derby Summer Lichfield •••• 1 Leicester Doncaster ..15 0 CT, Newmarket S. 0 ..12 21 Li n coln Autumn Nov: Worcester 3 MBE% Brecon 2l Monmouth ... 24 Manchester Autumn ....25 Newmarket Ist Oct. ....29 OBER. I Newmarket Houghton ..26 CBER. Shrewsbury Autumn...l7 SPEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1863. JANUARY. Manchester FEBRUARY. Carmarthenshire Hunt 2 Aberystwith Hunt ...... 16 Scarborough 11 Birmingham . ........ •23 Reading MARCH. Grand National Hunt (Market Harborough ...26 IRISH—APRIL. Kildare Hunt l5 INDEX TO THE CLOSING OF STASES. Chester Jan. 1 Harpenden ........ Jan. & Liverpool Spring 1 Hungerford ............ 6- Liverpool July .. 1 Lewes a Manchester Abi ng don .. 6 Newcastle Ascot Bath Bibury Club 6 Odiham ................ 6 Brecon Brighton Catterick Chelmsford Derby Spring .. 6 Derby Summer 6 Stockbr id g e ............ E g h am 6 Stockton 6 Devon and Exeter 6 Epsom Sprng . . 6 Winchester Epsom Summer: 6 Worcester ...... Goodwood Hampton .. 6 York 5pring5.......... ~ 6 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 Debourges, re siding at Thavenetso. Gaumy's wife, and their 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 prisoners, 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 load, young Debourges took aim at the father, and pulled the trigger, but the cap only exploded, and the threA3 prisoners, on hearing the n oise, took to fight. Whilovertook the e his son ran after Gaumy, Debourgee Meanwhile the son returned from pursuing Gaumy, woman, and secured her after some resistance. and told his father that he feared the latter would soon return with his gun and murder one or both of them . He had scarcely spoken when two shots were fired from a hedge about ten paces distant, and Debourges fell seriously wounded in the abdomen old chest, both shots baying struck him. Hie 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 Preside nt's questions. As the evidence was conclusive, till jury at once returned a verdict of g uilty against three, and the Court sentenced Gaurny "otnalemf, labour for life, his wife to five years' The moment i l ra a Pr a l house of. and ordered their son to be detainre.d correct* until hie tvventieth yea io firinity, but began to eon pretended to have he husband. the sentence wasp ronounced the man no longer verse eagerly with the jo t of the executions I :a that BD E EXEcVTIoN OF S ) THE LITERrOOL ivitri arzitEn• ---On Saturday, at noon, the fourth cud. arose out of tho last assizes wafi carried into effect at the Lancashirecounty gaol, Thomas Edwards, who was found guilty upon uno undoubted evidence of the wilful murder of Isabella Togue. LAYING OF THE TELEGRAPH CABLE BETWEUS CAGLIARI AND SICILY.—The Hawthorne, screw . steamer, from Cagliari, has arriTed at Maretimo Island, 12 miles from Sicily, having laid the cable successfully to that port. She was ordere d 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 or PETROLEUM. —In Ametica an oil has , been for many years collected by the Seneca Indians for medical purposes, chiefly as a stimulating embrocation; but the first discovery of a largo supply was made in 155 9, when a vein was opened in boring in search of a salt springi; The supply was at first apparently inexhaustible ; on e " e , alone is stated to have yielded 7,000 gallons per daj',. null , another to have discharged 100 gallons a minute. A large part of that which was first produced ran to.waste, fl Om the imposEibility of procuring vessels to contain it . ; so . that ) eventually, the whole district became o dorous with oil, the very ground being sticky with it, and . every object wad contaminated. It was said that the oil was everywhere; that it was tasted in the beer, and flavoured e ven in th w hi s ky; that it might be smelt in the bread, and eaten its the bacon; that the very sheets were oily ; that the wato given yo u to wash in . had a - film on the surface, and that the towel left an oily deposit on your face.—Oil Track: .Revoir. Although the precise day is not yet fixed upott 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 end of the montli of 'lB.reh.—Coort Joiongt. in est 'l5 ia. an I a, IRS in tho ono is rer :le ow lcd