The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-14 00:00:00

NOTICE. DISRAEL I'S CHARLES I. The New full Revised Edition of THE LIFE AND REIGN OF CHARLES I. By J. DISRAELI. Edited by his Son, D. DISRAELI, M.P. Will be ready Immediately, In 2 vols. Bvo., price 283. bound. Orders receiN%d by all Booksellers. Henry Col!urn, Publisher, 13, Great -Marlborough-street. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, THE GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. IRIS EVENING. The LAST WEEK BUT ONE of the present season. Lab'tzky's Quadrille of " All Nations." The Solos in " God Save the Queen," In the Great Quadrille of All Nations,will be sung by INladlle. Angri. The Military Bands, the Corns of Side Drums, and the English Choristers. Overture to Anacreon, Cherubini. The Grand Fest Overture Lindpainter. • Grand Seleetion from llalevy's New Opera, "La Tempesta ;" Angri, Miss Poole, Molique, J. and H. Labitzky, Franc, Richard son, Remusat, Prospere, Arban, Zeiss, Baumann, Barret, Mayoock, and Miss Goddard. Musical Director, Composer, and Conductor—M. Balfe. Conductor of La Musique de Danse—Hen• Labitzky. Promenade (admitting to the lla'f-Circles, Gallery/ 1 6 and Pit Stalls) .. .. • • .. The Doors open at Half-past Seven, and the Concerts will com mence at Eight, and terminate about Eleven. Boxes and Stalls to be had at the Box-office, where Programmes of the performance n ay be obtained. Mr. Thomas Maste. s of the Polytechnic Institution, the Coloseum, and Royal Botanic and Zoological Gardens, will supply the Refresh ments and Wines, &c., &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton. MR. MACREADY. THIS EVENING, Will be performed KING LEAR. King Lear, Mr. Macready, After which A RADICAL CURE. To be followed by AN ALARMING SACRIFICE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. TILLS EVENING. Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE GRAY. Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed ord, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling flop. Captain Kitetlyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin. To be followed by a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN THE GREEN ; or, Hints on Eti quette. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Keam and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the First Part of HENRY IV. falstrff, Mr. Bagley. To conclude with THE WONDER. Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. Massingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office, Oxford-street, from Eleven till Four o'clock. ROYAL LYCEUM TIIEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed SIMPSON AND CO. To be followed by A DAY OF RECKONING. To conclude with A PRACTICAL MAN. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. G. V. Brooke, To conlude with ALLOW ME TO APOLOGISE. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Last week of the gorgeous Spectacle. Extraordinary series of attractive novelties. Second week of the Revival of TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. THIS EVENING, The Grand new Spectacle of TIIE ENCHANTED PALFREY; or, The Warrior of the Crescent. Together with Batty's Splendid Scones of the Circle, introducing the 3lagnificeht Stud and Company of unequalled Artistes. The whole concluding with the Equestrian Drama (for the first thane these five years) of TURI'IN'S RIDE t o YO RK. IV particular desiro, shortly will be produced, KENNILW ORTH or tile Golden Days of the Virgin Queen, with new and costly cos turnee. Extensive Preparations are now being made for the production of a new and original Equestrian Comic PantAnime, written expressly for this Theatre, by G. 11. Itodwell, Esq. Box-of leo open fro:n Ele n ven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson. Wl}ll WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAT —Hot fling 34 min. after 9 !Evening 7 rain. after 10 To-3 ow/cm—Morning 3S min. after 10 f Evening 9 aim, after 11 THE `FEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, DECEMBER 14. TIIERMOMETER, IN THE SILVDE. 46—highest since noon yesterday. 39—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day, at noon. BALOMETER, 29.66. Wr S.W.— Morning, fine sunshiny weather; Afternoon, strong breeze and cloudy. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning. -The stations are arranged in order of latitude. KINGSTOWN. (Dumas) -Wind S. W., gentle breeze overcast. PLYMOUTH-Wind S.E., gentle breeze-partially cloudy. PoitTsmoum-Wind S., gentle breeze -overcast. BRIGHTON-Wind S.E., gentle breeze-overcast. SOUTHAMPTON- Wind S.W., strong breeze-foggy. FOLKESTONE-Wind S.W., gentle breeze-overcast. TUNBRIDGE-Wind S.E., gentle breeze-overcast. BASINGSTOKE -Wind S.E., gentle breeze - overcast. BRISTOL-Wind S.W., calm-scud, rain. READING-Wind S.W., calm-foggy. GREENW IC 11-Calm -overcast. SWINDON -Wind S. light airs-partially cloudy. OXFORD -Wind calm -overcast. LEIGHTON Wind S.W., gentle breeze-ov ercas t . COLCHESTER-Wind S.W.,calm-foggy. RUGBY- Wind S., gentle reeze-foggy. PETERBOROUGH-Wind S.W., calm-scud. YalatouTH -Wind S.W., calm-foggy. HomtEAD-Wind S., strong breeze-partially cloudy. LIVERPOOL-Wind S.E., calm-cloudless. MANcIIESTER-Wind S.E., gentle breeze- principally clear. LEEDS- Wind S.W., calm-partially cloudy. Yoak-Wind S , gentle breeze-partially cloudy. LANCASTER-Wind S. E., gentle breeze-partially cloudy. SNAP-Wind S., calm - scud, rain. SUNDERLAND -Wind S.E , gentle breeze-overcast. BEATTOCK-Wind S.W., strong breeze-rain. EDINBURGH - Wind S.E., strong breeze-partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Thursday morning at nine o'clock :- CORK -Wind S.W., light breeze-foggy. LIMERICK-Wind W. calm-cloudless. lILLINGAR - ind S.W., gentle breeze - principally cloudy. DUNDALK-Wind S., gentle breeze-clear. BRIGHTON-Wind S., calm-rain. LEEDS - Wind S.W., calm - foggy. YORK-Wind S., gentle breeze overcast DARLINGTON -Wind E., gentle breeze - overcast. WHITEHAVEN-Wind N.W., gentle breeze- partially cloudy. 4 . 47 , OA, . . r . f ,-,‘.--:_ 7 • : ~,,„ ! -"k. ~. . . 4 ),- .vt w !. _ „of . A , , ---, - - - k • A• •• . - ~• •ay te „'l , V .4 , 7 .;6 ;ri 0. f .1 t - 4r. law'' , - . . 11 • ,:!,.' IV 'Wm gittc LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1850. The investigation into the case of Mr. GEORGE SLOANE for the alleged ill• treatment of the unfortu nate girl JANE WILBRED, which had, on its first bearing on Saturday last, excited so great a sensation in the public mind, was yesterday resumed before Mr. Alderman HumenEar, at the Guildhall. Al ' though a summons had been issued requiring the at tendance of Mrs. SLOANE, she did not make her ap pearance. Further evidence was taken, and the case was eventually remanded until Mrs. SLOANE could ba brought up, the worthy Alderman expressing his intention, as soon as the depositions were com pleted, of sending both the parties for trial to the Central Criminal Court at the January sessions. The same bail given for Mr. SLOANE last week, viz., himself in 2001. and two sureties of 1001. each, was continued for his further aprearance. But one side of the case has, as yet, been heard, and the Learned Counsel for the defendant expressed his confident opinion that " a different complexion would be put upon the case when it came fur trial," and declared that Mr. SLOANE was " as eager to court the strictest investigation as the public were to re quire it, and that his friends were equally sanguine with himself that by so doing he would be able entirely to exonerate himself in the eyes of the world from all blame in the affair, and ultimately to regain his for mer position." We hope most sincerely that such may be the case. It is indeed melancholy to find an educated gentleman, who has hitherto occupied a re spectable position in society, called upon to answer a charge of so horrible and disgusting a character but we confess that, in the face of such evidence as has already been elicited, we cannot par ticipate in Mr. CLARKSON' feeling of confidence, nor can we anticipate that the public will altogether "suspend their opinion" until in possession of some rebutting testimony. The attenuated ap. pearance of the poor girl, the complete prostration of her strength, afforded too painful a corroboration of the truth of her statement, and of the absence of the nutritious food required by a growing girl of her age. That there has been guilt somewhere appears to be too palpable. But on whom does it rest that is the question. On husband, or on wife, or on both, or on any and what other person ? A prima facie case has been made out, and the ogee lies on the defendant of removing it from his own shoulders. If Mr. SLOANE was anxious for the immediate vindication of his own character he should have entered into some explanations to remove the heavy load of odium he has already incurred. He has not thought proper to do so, being doubtless, influenced by sufficient reasons. He cannot, there fore, hope to be restored to the good opinion of the public until he has done so. Audi alteram partem is, however, a golden rule, and, although we cannot extenuate the conduct of Mr. SLOANE, we shall abstain I from increasing the prejudice existing against him our only desire is that there should be a full and searching inquiry into all the facts and circumstances of the case, that full and complete justice should ba rendered in the premises. And all we require, and we believe that the public will not be satisfied with less, is that the attendance of the accused parties should be secured, so as to avoid the possibility of their non-attendance at the appointed time. Now, we must confess that we are by no means satisfied on this point. The case at present assumes a very serious aspect. The very life of the un fortunate girl has been exposed to the most imminent peril, and she is not yet entirely out of danger. A medical gentleman of high character (Dr. MARSDEN) declared, on oath, that " if it had not been for the interference of Mr. I'neeer- MORE and Mr. FRY she must have died. She could not have existed in that state many days longer," and that "it was entirely owing to want of food and warmth. There were marks of violence on many parts of her body, particularly about her neck and shoulders." The Learned Gentleman added "I have been in the constant habit of seeing cases of extreme distress, in many of which the persons have died in a few hours after their admission into the hospital, but I never saw a case at all approaching the appearance pre sented by that girl. I could not have believed a person could be so reduced and live. She was cer tainly the most perfect living skeleton I had ever seen in the course of my life." If then there should be a conviction, and that no mitigating circumstances are brought to light, it is clear that there must be a se vere punishment, which the forfeiture of 2001. would be by no means an equivalent for. , It may, therefore, be considered that the suggestion of Mr. Poerrerex, thrt " the former bail was not sufficient to insure the re-appearance of the defendant," was well worthy of notice. We have had repeated instances of the amount of bail being considerably increased at a sub • sequent examination, and if ever such a departure from the original rule were justifiable, the ease under notice would appear a fitting instance for the exercise of a precaution so salutary. It may be said that Mr. SLOANE'S profession, from the exercise of which he realises a handsome income, affords a better guarantee for his appearance than any amount of bail that could be required. If he became a fugitive he would for ever relinquish his prac'ice. There is certainly some weight in the argument, and we are quite willing that some allowance should be made so far as the male defendant is concerned. But nothing of the kind can be alleged on behalf of Mrs. SLOANE-- she treated the summons with contempt. It is true that it was stated that she was unwell, that she had received an injury to her leg by slipping into an area accidentally ; hut this was a mere suggestion, there was no evidence whatsoever to sustain it, no affidavit or certificate from a practising surgeon as to the nature of the injury. We confess that we have never known a case in which so easy a credence was yielded to an uncorroborated assertion, not even professing to be made on personal knowledge. Mrs. SLOANE has no professional standing to forfeit, no income to relinquish, should she thiek proper to take a trip to the continent—she has given no bail whatso ever for her appearance. There is nothing to show that she will be forthcoming on the appointed day. Every circumstance indicates that she is even more deeply compromised than her husband. The care of a female domestic, the adequate supply of food, falls more within the province of the mistress than of the master of an establishment, and the direct evidence proved that personal violence had been much oftener resorted to by Mrs. than by Mr. SLOANE. It was Mrs. SLOANE who hired the girl, who picked her out as the healthiest looking of the lot submitted to her inspection, and whose choice was confirmed when she heard that the wretched victim " had no friends to come to bother her." It was Mrs. SLOANE who took away her blan._ ket, who refused to allow her even a draught of water with her bread and mustard, and who beat her because she was suspected of drinking a portion of the cat's meat broth ; it was Mrs. SLOANE who superintended her diet (! ! !) and beat her most frequently, accord ing to her own testimony, and it was Mrs. SLOANE who was seen by Mrs. HILL violently beat- ing the girl, and " dragging her by the , hair of her head out o f th e room.' Mr. CLA.RIESON repeatedly objected to any statement respecting Mrs. SLOANE'S conduct, alleging that it could not be evidence against Mr. SLOANE. We can easily perceive how desirable it would be that that gentleman should take his trial alone. How large a portion of the evidence would be inadmissible if Mrs. SLOANE were not present in court ; and yet there is no security whatsoever for her appearance. The war rant that was issued is not to be put in force until " she is in a fit state to leave her bed." But who is to tell when that time may arrive, or that she, when able to move, will await the visit of the officer, whose duty it will be to take her into custody. We cannot forget that she sent a message to Mr. PHILLIMORE (whose disin terested philanthropy in the melancholy transaction is deserving of the highest praise), that "ill as she was she would get up to take the girl out of his care to the workhouse." Why could she not make a similar exertion to attend the inquiry at the police-office ? We must confess that we have never known a ma. gistrate so easily contented, and that we are by no means satisfied with this part of the case. It appears to us absolutely essential to the ends of justice either that the warrant should be forthwith put into execu tion, or that ample security should be given for the appearance of Mrs. SLOANE to abide the issue of the inquiry. The Bi shop of LoNDox bath at length " screwed his courage to the sticking place," and the Rev. W. J. E. BENNETT has ceased to be stage-manager of the theatres clerical S! . . Paul's, Knightsbridge, and St. Barnabas, Pimlico. The episcopal courage, how ever, bears a marvellous resemblance to that of the raw recruit who is placed in the front of the battle, and given distinctly to understand that his comrades will fire upon him at the first symptom of an attempt to retreat. The recruit, finding it rather less dange rous to advanco than to recede, boldly steps forward, and becomes a hero on compulsion. So is it with the Bishop of LONDON ; and if we wish to see hini ad vance in the good path on which he has entered, we must keep up the pressure upon him, or our Ecclesiastical WHARTON, who has all his life tong been consistent only in being inconsistent, will fall back upon his old habits, and be as heretofore, " Everything by turns, and nothing long." On the 9JI of December the Bishop of LONDON ac• cepted the resignation of Mr. BENNETT. Why was it not accepted on the Ist of July ? 03 that day his Lordship received a long communication from Mr. BEN NETT, setting forth his reasons for the manner in which he conducted himself as an officiating minis ter of the Church as by law established, in which we find the folios ing passage : " I look at this moment around me—l look at that fearful heresy which will very soon, it is to be feared, so tar prevail tigainst the Church, that it will compel the institution of a priest to the cure of souls who has been judged by tl,e Church herself unsound and unfit fur that cure. I look at the popular will of this Church, which determines to have it so." Now this passage, if it means anything, means that the laity are not members of the Church; that they are the mere slaVes of the priest, who is their master instead of being their minister, I servant, as all Protestants hold that he is ; it means that the priesthood are superior to the State, and such being his opinions, Mr. BENNETT is perfectly igh tin the conclusion at which be arrives. " The end," he says, " is a growing conviction that I am not rightly, ca - ,not be rightly, according to the inter pretation of the Church by the present bishops, and as it is willed to be by the State, a true member of its priesthood." It is abundantly clear that no gentleman hokliog the opinions of Mr. BENNETT - Can be a true number of any Establishment in connexion with the State; and as if to avoid the possibility of mistake about the matter, Mr. BENNETT in a subsequent part of his letter designates the State " as the kingdom of this world as against the kingdom of CHRIST ;" and having laid down those principles, he tells the Bishop, " I hope it will be clearly understcod that, conscien tiously, I cannot forego any of the Principles which in this letter I set forth and advocate ; and if I remain in the cure of souls by those principles I must be per mitted to abide." This letter was dated on the 15th of July, and in the October following —so that ther e was ample time Afforded to the It ight itev. Pr e l a t e t o we i gh sad • well consider the contents of Mr. 13ENNETT'S letter— we find the Bishop of LONDON making use of the f( Rowing very remarkab!e language is reply= " You tell me that you cannot c.mscientiously forego any of the principles set forth in your lever. My re monstrance to you uas directed against certain practices —practices in behalf of which you offer no valid defence, and which ycu surely cannot consider of vital import ance. If I restrain you from these practices, which I feel myself bound to do as far as I can, I cannot think that your conscience will be seriously aggrieved, or that a sufficient casus will havo arisen for your leaving the ministry, to which you have hitherto been so z cicnsly devoted." It would appear from the above passage as if the Bishop of LONDON agreed in principle with Mr. BENNETT, but lacked the courage to carry the prin ciple into practice. We would fain hope that such is not the case, and that the Bishop may be able to show that his words are capable of bearing some other meaning, for we can scarcely suppose that a gentle man who believed the State to be the kingdom of this world, as opposed to the kingdom of CHRIST, would either accept its honours or take part in the conduct of its affairs. Those who hold such opinions may or may not be fitted to hold Episcopal office in a Church unconnected with, and unprivileged and unpaid by the State, but they certainly cannot honestly continue in a Church the Bishops of which are Peers of the realm by Act of Parliament, and by Act of Par liament only, and all the officers of which receive their emoluments and exercise their authority solely because the law so wills it, which law the Legislature may to-morrow alter or abrogate should the majority of its members be so minded. It is clear, therefore, that it is the pressure from without which has in duced the Bishop of LONDON to take that step in De cember which he hesitated to take in October, and as there are many other ministers of the Established Church who indulge in the same practices and bold the same principles as Mr. BENNETT (he himself mentions the names of Mr. DODSWORTH, Mr. Ricia- ARDS, Mr. MURRAY, and Mr. IRONS), it will not be safe to relax the pressure until a full inquiry shall have been made into the principles and practices of those gentlemen and of others, and a distinct decision on the subject elicited from the Weathercock of the palace of Fulham. Mr. DYCE SomnaE.—lt was stated yesterday in the Court of Chancery, that this gentleman has disappeared in a very mysterious manner from his accustomed haunts in Paris. He was to have been examined by a medical com mission in October last, but he objected to the persons ap pointed, and refused to attend, although he had earnestly solicited the inquiry. MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR.—The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Captain John Duncan King, half-pay unattached, to the post of Military Knight, vacant by the death of the late Captain Lorimer. Captain J. D. King served in Holland and the Peninsula from July, 1609, to the end of that war in 1814, including the capture of Walcheren and siege of Flushing, battle of Busaco, action at Fuente Guinaldo, affair at Aldea de Ponte and Osma, battle of Vittoria, and battles of the Pyrenees on the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th July, 1813. He was severely wounded in the right shoulder on the 28th. The gallant officer was also pre. sent at the capture of Paris, 1815. Capt. King has received the war medal with three clasps. DISTRESSED NEEDLEWOM EN'S SCCIETY.—A lady has expressed her readiness to become security for the rent' of a house for seven years, not exceeding 1001. per annum, as a hcme of industry and an asylum for twelve aged females in connexion with this society, and several upholsterers at the west-end have signified their intention to forward arti cles of furniture for its equipment. THE "SUN" PAPER.—We are indebted to Mrs. Bingham, of Broad-street, for an early copy of the express edition of The Sun, forwarded to this city by its spirited pro prietors, and which contained the earliest report of the im portant speeches of her Majesty in reply to the addresses pre sented to her at Windsor on Tuesday—Br istol Mercury. THE ROYAL SOCIETY.—The Royal Society, at the last annual meeting, awarded " the Royal medal ' to Mr. Benjamin Brodie, F.B.S. (eldest son of Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., her Majesty's Sergeant-Surgeon), for his papers "on the chemical nature of wax." It is nearly forty years since the Royal Society awarded "the Copley medal " to Sir Ben jamin Brodie for his paper "on Poisons;" the only instance of father and son receiving the same distinction. NORTH LONDON COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, CAMDEN Towx.—The second half-yearly distribution of prizes to the pupils of this school took place at the vestry-rooms, near Old St. Pancras Church, yesterday afternoon. The meeting, which was numerously attended, was presided over by the Rev. Thomas Dale, who, in commenting on the examination just terminated, congratulated his parishioners on the rapid progress which this institution had made since its opening in January, and, in conjunction with the other examiners, complimented the pupils on the improvement and proficiency manifested by them in their respective branches of study. An essay on the invention of steam was read by J. H. Hughes ' and was much applauded. The me e ti ng was ha mourously addressed by Joseph Payne, Esq., and subse quently by the Rev. D. Laing, who announced his intention of contributing a prize for elocution. The proceedings ter minated by the presentation of a tea-service to the Rev. Pri ncipal of the school, the gift of his pupils. BATH.—Mr. W. H. Gore Langton, of Newton park, has given the handsome sum of 1001. towards the erec tion of public fountains in Bath. THE MEN FOR THE Tsatas.—We like an active man, who has the impulse of the age-of the steam-engine in him. A lazy, plodding, snail-paced chap might have got on in the world fifty years ago, but he won't do these times. We live in an age of quick ideas; men think quick - speak quick-eat, sleep, marry, and die quick- and slow eoaches ain't tolerated. "Go a-head, if you burst your boiler!" is the motto of the age; and he succeeds in every line of busi ness, who has most of the snapping turtle in him; " be up and dressed" always -not gaping and rubbing you r e y es , as if you were half asleep, but wid awake for whatever may turn up, and you may be somebody before you die. Think, plan, reflect as much as you please before you act; but think quickly and closely, and when you have fixed your eyes to an object, spring to the mark at once.—Califern - Paper. M. Soyer, so celebrated for his magic cookery, has taken Gore House, formerly the residence of the late Lady Blessington, for the six months of the Great Exhibi tion, at a rent of 6004 for that time. It is to be fitted up as an hotel, and the beautiful grounds are to be laid out for entertainments in the style of those afforded to the public at Cremorne. ANOTHER MURDER IN E3SEX.—KELVEdON, DEC. 12.—This county has again been the scene of a very tragical affair. Some days ago a party of labourers, amongst whom were John Hall and a lad named William Clarke, were re turning from work at Earls Colve, a village a few miles dis tant, when they had some words. The altercation became more serious, when Clarke plunged his pocket-knife into the abdomen of Hall, and inflicted a severe wound; The poor fellow liegered at a neighbouring cottage until the 9th inst., when he expired. An inquest having been held, the jury re turned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against William Clarke." The coroner accordingly made out his warrant for the priso ner's committal to the county gaol at Chelmsford. ROBBERIES FROM RUGBY F."CHOOL.—William, Charles, and Thomas tholes, brothers, and William Sutton, were brought before Mr. J. Atly, at the magistrates' clerk's office, Rugby, on Thursday morning, charged with having broken into the swelling-house of the Rev. C. T. Arnold, one of the assistant-masters at Rugby School, on the night of the 12th ult., and stolen a quaet ity of jewellery from the studies. Thomas Morns and William Sutton were arrested at Lutterworth on Friday week on suspicion of having stolen a gold chain aril breguet seal, which they had offered for sale. William and Charles Morns were also taken into custody, and on the former were found a silver lever watch, with massive silver chain, breguet pencil-case, a knife, and swivel-seal, containing four impressions. The articles found in the possession of the prisoners were identified by three of the borders at Mr. Arnold's as their property. William Hiorns, it appears, was in the employment of the cabinet maker who had the contract for keeping the studies, &c., in repair, and went weekly to see- whether repairs were re quired. At the house of the prisoner's father a large quan tity of jewel!ery-, knives, books, &c., were found, supposed to be the produce of other robberies. The prisoners were com mitted for trial at the quarter sessions of Coventry. EXTENSIVE PLATE ROBBERY. NOTTINGHAM, Fitipar.—This morning, at six o'clock, Mr. J. Sulky, of Albert-street, in thi, town, discovered, on proceeding down stairs, that his shop had been broken into the night previous, and property removed, ceasisting of gold and silver watches, gold brooches, gold signet and other rings, Albert gold and silver watch-guards, silver spoons of all descriptions, a great number of ancient coins, and other valuable articles. The back premises connected with the shop enter into the burial ground of the. Castle-gate meeting-house, and the thieves entered through a window looking into the grave -yard. It is not known at present what time the robbery occurred. Everything was safe at twelve o'clock, and no noise what ever was heard during any part of the night. The velue of the property stolen has been estimated at more than 3001. Since the robbery was discovered the Nottingham police have been on the alert, but nothing has yet transpired to lead to the apprehension of any of the robbers. DEATH OF THE REV. F. EDGEWORTILIVe regret to Learn that the Rev. F. Edgeworth, late Roman Catholic priest at Clifton, died a few days since at Antwerp. Mr Edgewortb, who had been for some years since his departure from Bristol residing in Brussels, went from that city to Ant werp to preach charity sermons there. Feeling fatigued, however, he went into a room of the house where he was staying, and was soon after found in a sitting posture, dead by the bedside. It was Mr. Edgeworth who commenced building the chapel at Meridian-place.—Bristol Mercury. The aggression of the Pope of Rome, and the vaga ries of his metropolitan satellites, constitute a question more emphatically dealt with in the vast districts of Green w i c h and Woolwich than in any other locality. The P rotestant dwellers in these parts, not satisfied with the great "Black heath demonstration" of last week, have this week in the town of Woolwich encored the pageant, and immolation of his Holiness, with the interesting adjunct of retaining " the Judge and Jury Society," of the Garrick's Head, Bow-street, to try the Pope and Dr. Wiseman, and which trial came off on Wednesday last, in the Leeture-hall, Powis-street, before upwards of 300 persons, including many fashionably-dressed tactics. The town was all excitement, gentlemen on horse back, cardinals in full costume, monks, friars, &c., occupied the streets, anxious to learn the dread event. The Lord Chief Baron presided at the court, and the jury found the de fendants "guilty." The sentence was that the Pope and his vicegerent should be burnt in effigy on "public grounds," either on Plum pstead- common or Blackheath, and which sen tence will be assuredly carried into execution. LARGE TURNIP.—Mr. John Blackett, of Street House, near Warcop, last week pulled a wl - ite globe turnip which weighed 211 b. Mr. Blackett says that in the same crop he could pull two or three cart-loads, nearly the same weight. They were grown from saw-dust whieh he had thrown into the pig - stye to make manure. —Curlisle Journal. • • PAILUIZE.—An extensive failure in the iron foundry trade has occurred here; the firm of Aitken, Mathie, and Co., of Kelvin Dock Foundry, having stopped payment to an amount stated to range between 30,0004 and 35,000/. The iron merchants and brokers on 'Change have suffered beVerely. Wasyou; Courier, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The Assembly was occupied in the discussion of the new law imposing more stringent penalties upon the practice of usury. This retrograde system of legislation is supported by a strange union of the Lt-gitimatists, the parti• pretre, and the Socialists, who all from different motives regard the commer cial inter(sts with " envy, hatred, and malice," and notwithstanding the opposition of it!. LEON FAUCHER and the few members who understand political economy as a science, the Bill has passed two readings. The principle upon which it is founded is one of true Socialism, and the Socialist is, therefore, the only party which is logically right in supporting it. The trial of the twenty-two persons charged with having formed part of the Secret Socialist Society, called the Nemesis, terminated yesterday. The jury, after three hours' deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty against fourteen, and cf not guilty in favour of eight. Two—namely, DE VALORY and HENNEY—are condemned to two years' imprison ment, 500 f. fine, and interdiction of civil rights for five years ; CORBET to fifteen months' imprisonment, 1001'. fine, and five years interdiction of civil rights ; GOUFFE, BERETTA, BROQUET, BERAUD, SELLENET, JAYET, and VALTIER to six months' imprisonment, loof. fine, and two years' interdiction; GOESET and CHANCEL, on account of extenuating circumstances, to six months' imprisonment. The prisoners left the court shouting " Vive la Republique." The Monileur has another mass of decorations of the Legion of Honour. The following are the items of the weekly Bank account : Francs. Specie in Paris ~. 338,969,068 Ditto in branches ... 115,831,267 Bills in Paris portfolio ... 52,787,402 Bills in branches ... 86,738,939 Bills lying unpaid in Paris ... 304,456 Bank notes in circulation in Paris 402,836,600 Ditto in departments 82,420,72 5 Credit to Treasury ... 73,014,150 Private credit acc oun t s ... 78,957,351 Ditto in branches . 26,243,754 There is less gold by t wo an d a half millions, and less notes by upwards of six millions for the Paris department, while the portfolio shows a reduction of two millions, There is, on the contrary, a more than corresponding increase under these different heads fur the provinces. The credit to the Treasury has increased nine and a half millions, private credit ac counts have fallen off four millions for Paris, and two millions for the departments. Government Stock continued to improve in price at the Bourse. The Five per Cents. opened at 95f. 20c., rose to 95f. 50c., and closed at 95f. 35c. ; the Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 60J. ; Orleans Railroad Shares, 8301. ; Rouen, 6251.; Havre, 250 f. ; Great Northern, 4721. 50c. ; Avignon, 192 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 4011. 25c. ; Basle, 1321. 50c.; Bordeaux, 3851.; Paris and Strasburg, 3531. 75c. ; Tours and Nantes, 242 F. 500. ; the New Piedmontese Loan, 85f. 20c. BUSINI SS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TEE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 13. Boulogne and Amiens, 81—East Indian, 12—Luxem bourg, 2M—Namur and Liege, 73 %—Northern of France, 15—Orleans and Bourdeaux, 2 X—Faris and Rouen, 25 Sambre and Meuse, 3—Tours and Nantes, 4. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the Bth have arrived. Their contents are unimportant. The Bolsa was closed on the Bth. GERMANY. The retreat of the Prthsian troops from the Elec , torate continues. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. It is disputed whether General WILLISEN resigned the command of the Holstein army or was deprived of it by a direct act of the Stathalterschaft. That there have been differences of opinion between them has long been known. The foll ow i ng ex t rac t f rom a letter from Kiel gives the reports there on the point : _ _ " Disputes had arisen between the Stathalterschafc and the commanding General on the appointment of officers, the plans of operation of the army, and its dis tribution. On the course to be pursued under present circumstances a complete difference of opinion arose. The General would not undertake any further attack on the enemy, and wished to dismiss the Pm. , sian troops in the service. In consequence M. 11-3 i ler the Stathalter, after a previous sittit g cf the Council of State, gave General Willisea his dis miaal without his having demanded it; the pension of 2,000 thalers yearly is expressly scoured to him. The command was offered to General von Baudissen, who de clined it on account of bad health; it was then given to General von Horst." Extensive preparations have been made for an at thetack o en n thweathe Danish lines, b ut it has been deferred by oper. NEW CHURCH OF ENGLAND.— We are informed, and have no reason to doubt the accuracy of our informa tion, that it is intended by some of the more influential Tractarian clergy, who are expected forthwith to secede from tie Anglican Establishment, to form a new religious community, which, at present, they call a New Church of England ; but which, it is supposed, they will designate the Primitive Church of England. Some of the parties to whom we refer have conscientious scruples against recognising the Supremacy of the Pope; others cannot bring their minds to acquiesce in the propriety of worshipping the Virgin Diary; while others consider the doctrine of priestly celi bacy as al tog ether unwarrant e d b y Scripture. Besides, consequentl the example of Mr. Bennett were they to join the several of the Puseyite clergy, Who, it is believed, a r e are on marriedthe e v e men,o of followingand, Church of Rome, or, as the favourite expression is, " become reconciled" to that church, they would at once be divested of their clerical importance, and be reduced to the humiliat ing necessity of submitting to be lost amidst the host of un distinguished laymen. The New Church of England will be, it is said, based on the principle of recognising the right of every clergyman within its pale to practise whatever ritual he may prefer; the understanding however being, that the ritual, as well as the doctrines, will be essentially Romisb. It is understood that ample funds for erecting new churches, and carrying on public worship in them, will be at the dis posal of the leaders of this embryo new sect.—Advertiser. PLY MOUTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE —A special meeting of this body was held at the Exchange on Tuesday, the Right Hon. the Earl of Morley, the chairman of the chamber, in the chair, when it Was resolved to memorialise the Lord Chancellor in favour of the permanent establishment in Plymouth of the District Court of Bankruptcy, and a resolution was passed to assist the directors of the Screw Steam-ship Company in establishing Plymouth as the port of arrival and departure of the Cape mails. —Plymouth Journal. SALE OF A WIFE. —The Stockport Mercury tells a strange tale of a sale which is alleged to have recently taken place at the New Inn, Norwich End, in the county of Derby, between George C., agent to a gentleman in the neighbourhood and Elisha G. cattle dealer, by_the sa id G. offering t o sell the other his wife, for the sum of 5,. i s ., which was the more readily agreed to in c•nstquence of the purchaser being a widower, and very desirous to obtain so fair a partner for so trifling a sum. After some consultation it was arranged between them that the purchaser should go to claim his purchase on the following Monday, which he did accordingly, and on entering the house he made known to Mrs. G. the purport of his visit. The unfortunate wife gave vent to a flood of tears at being thus shamefully dis posed of. APOTHECARIES •HALL. -- The following ore the names of the gentlemen:who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, Decomber 12, 1£.50: William Morse Graily Hewitt, Badbury, Swindon, Wilts; Henry Tenfold, Brighton ; John Chamberlayne Barry, Draycot, Chippen ham, Wilts; James Jeken, Dover; Lucius Warrillow, Bir mingham ; Albert Fleming, Birmidgbaru ; Samuel Morris, Colchester ; Henry Manley, Crediton, Devon ; Thomas Henry Stocker Pullen, Sidmouth, Devon. The registration of the medical students attending the metropolitan schools has been concluded at Apothecaries-hall. 1,116 students have been registered for the medical session, 1850-51, the largest number since the session 1842-3. Of these 371 are new students. AN ACTIVE SHIP AND CREW. —The new schooner Lady Louisa Stuart, of Nairn (at which port she was built), lately accomplished a very speedy voyage, having made the passage from Nairn to Seaham, discharged, loaded a cargo, and accomplished the return trip all within nine days! Vcy• ages of this kind add to the reputation not only of a vessel and its master, but of all connected with her.—lnverness Courier. The Cologne Gazette of the 11th inst. states that the Rector of HESSE has determined not to return to Cassel, but will fix the seat of his Government, for the future, at Fulda; he may, however, now see fit to modify his arrangements, as the cholera broke out at Fulda on the 11th. The King of PRUSSIA has appointed MANTEUFFEL President of the Cabinet, and Von RAUMER Minister of Public Instruction. The opening of the Dresden Conferences has been postponed from the 18th to the 25th. The sum monses to the different German Governments to at tend them are issued in the joint names of Austria and Prussia. Letters from Vienna of the Bth state that Austria has determined to support a proposition for a liberal reform of the German Diet. The reduction of the Austrian army is ordered. Tlae new Austrian tariff has been completed. Some of the measures will be introduced at the beginning of the next year. Oa the Ist of May, 1851, the whole system will be in operation, and the export and import laws published in 1829 and 1838 will become null and void. The goods which are li able to duty are divided into 32 principal, and these again into inferior classes. The Customs must be paid in imperial florins (three pieces of 20 to the florin). With the exception of salt, gunpowder, to bacco, and preparations liable to explode, all goods can be exported and imported without any special permit being requisite. The new tariff is particularly favourable for raw materials of all kinds. Many ar ticles which are now subjected to heavy duties will ' be entirely free, and the impots on others considera bly reduced. The duration of the tariff, which is for the whole of the Austrian dominions, is fixed at five years and a half, and no change can be made in it, except by decree of the Imperial Diet (and this is not very likely to happen), or in case of a Customs Union with Germany and Italy. CEMBER l4, 18b6 TILE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS raid. 1 Nominal p r i m. 1 Business done 1 1 to-day. IG% to 11U 1% 1 dia. 11 1 4 11 dls. Vi 1 5 % — 5 % dts' 6 I 3% -I p. to 2 .... 28 5g 9 p 5 65 - 1 34 P 10 -11 lo 174 -76 7% 17% -18 , 0 105 % - 10% ,0 1G -17 13 -13% .6 81 - : 23 —2l Ms, 3% -3% 2% -2% 1% 1 - 1% ..34 -I._ 10 I 5i -6g [ % ,3 4 % dis. % P 0 I 10% —ll ad, i 0 56 -58 i 0 55 -57 13 5 - 7 p 7% -7% •• •-• -5; 10 19 - 1934 15 11;4 -12 6% 2% - u I - 31 -33 27 -29 6% - 7 I 3- 2 14- 34 6 81 : 15 16% -17 1234 534 -5% ,24 11% - 11% .23 123{, - 12% i 0 40 -42 P. )0 242 - 245 76% 77% 5 4% —3% die. 00 98 100 :5 49 —5O 2% 22 —23 i 0 69 —7l 3 4 5% —6% p. 47% 26 —27 p 00 57% 58% 3% 11 10% die. Ll% I 7 1 ,4 dis. 6 1% 1 Ms. i 0 95 -97 i 0 1 14 - 15 9 3% —2% dls. 17 33{ 3 dim. 5 i% X dia. 10 '4 4P [5 .. -.. 6 3 6% -7% 86 -87 9 1034 - lIM $0 57 -GO i 0 157 -60 )0 136 —l3B 15 4 113( 11% :0 23 34 24% 10 12634 —127% 7 4 4 34 p. 1 2 % -2 'k p. 0 7734 783 2 34 11% 10% Ms. 9% 8 34 db.! 5 23( 2 34 p. -- •• - 14 15 .. -.. 7 % •• -•• 5X 1 4 1 ,‘ —37 i )0 26 -27 15 11% - 12% tO 10)4 - 11 2 0! 3U —21 i :0 1 47N - 48% .. 20 li% dis, 23 —25 129 - 131 •• ..... •• •• ^.• •• 17% i.. _.. 2% ak 21 —2i 15 —l4 dls. 15%-16% 4%-4% 8 —B% 47. —5% OA —8 die. , 0 16 - 16% 15 42 -43 036 734 - 8 p. 4034 21 i 0 143 -44 15 118% --- 19 G dl9. 17 15 - 5 3% _ 3% dls. 16 4 211% —24 1% — di.' 1% - 214 8 %:- EN 16% - 16% 4% —4% dis. Fe — 1% pm. 11% 12 U % Pm. par Ni pm. 1 -1% 2 - 2,j -8% 14% -15% ”C- 4% Cull. 33 -36 24N 25% 6 —5.% di& le% 10% 23 —3% ion, 1 - -- ii) dis. iN = i.x 2:Zf i 3 17% 10 % 5% 6 6 10% xO3, 19X Ai 12 16% 17% 5% 12% % 77 % % U lox 5a6 95% 125 12G% 207 i 21 17% 3% 77% 7834 3 dis. 48% 48 % 15 % 944 5i 18% )6 19 6}i die. db. 2294 U 8% 19 5 % % [24 23%124% 3% 8 % % 8% 34 ii 87% 15 2% % Seville, A nglo•Mexican (is. bl, p.) Asturian Australian ........ . ... Parma Range ....... Blaenarvon Iron and Coal Bolanos Scrip British Iron.. Brazilian Imp. (is. 51. p.) Do. Cocaes and Cuiaba Do. St. John del Rey.. Cobre Copper Copiapo • Genera 1.............. Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures. Do. Red Debentures .. Santiago de Cuba Tin Croft United Mexican —. •• Canada ....... Gen. Steam Navigation . Penin. & Oriental Steam. Royal N:ail Steam ...... [We cannot be answe] ?llh T',;, Pala. I Nominal Prices. 1 13 01 13 5 24% 30 9 10% 11 ANEOUS. 42% 44 26% 27 89% -- 91 j l 66% 70 tile errors of the Official Lists , 28 2 8311 EISCELL, ___ .•• Increase ... ... Public Deposits ... ... Increase ... ... Other Deposits ~. ... Decrease ... ... Seven Day and other Bills Wle for 3 - 3 ! , *4 --- 3 3% - 14%-1614 32% - 33% 54 - 5 13% - 13% - Dicrcase Other Securities Increase "Regatding the cotton licences, Mr. Falconnet has taken upon himself to confirm the sale, in consideration of a further sum of 50,000 dollars being paid by the pur chasers. " As regards the money in the hands of Manning and Mackintosh, he trusts by indulgence and energy to guard the interests of the bondholders from ultimate loss. " Mr. Falconnet further promises a remittance of 70,000 dollars from the produce of the cotton licences by the next mail. " The Clyde brings 17,000 dollars (of which 10,000 were to have gone by the previous packet) from Tam pico, and 42,000 dollars from Vera Cruz, on account of the dividends. The committee are not aware of the amounts which she may bring to Colonel Facio from Tampico and on account of the tobacco revenue." In the Amsterdam market, on the 18th instant, Dutch Stock was in request, the Two -and-a-Half per Cents. being 564. At Frankfort, on the 11th, Austrian Metallics were 73i to and at llamburgh last Tuesday the rate of Exchange on London was f lower, being 13 2 The quantity of Silver exported this week, up to Thursday, direct from London, is 131,000 ounces, and of geld 7,2891. in coin, and 9,480 ounces in bars, partly to the Mauritius. Last weck's official report omitted 30,000/. of gold coin sent to Sydney, and 57 ounces to Oning partly to the closing cf the transfer-books, and partly to the renewed fall in the exchanges, the English Funds are flatter. Consols h ave teen 97, t h en 96i !-1, and are now 961 for Account. Exchequer-bills have been 645. to 675., and India Bonds 84s. to 865. premium. Bank Stock is at 2131, Foreign Securities are rather animated. Mexican have been 36, and since 35i. Tbey are now about 35h to 361. Equador h ave realised 3/1 t. Chilian Bonds are 3i and Buenos Ayres 524 to f. Brazil Bonds realise 87 to Peruvian have been buoyant at 804 to 811. Spanish Three per Cents. are 394. Dutch Two aud-a-llalf p2r Cents. firm at 58i. Shares look better again. Monday is settling day. Consols ••• •• ••• ••• QUARTER TO THREE. Ditto Account 97 96 11 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 213% per Cent. Reduced AnzuitieF... 97A, % 8 per Cent. Consols Arms Now 3 1 4 por Cent. Anna. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7% India Stock Do. Bonds, 1000/ B4 86 p nonsols for Account 97 96 5 ,04 X - chequer Bine. . 2d. Marc l%d h. June , 1,060/. 500/ •••• •• ......... • 0-- Small 64 67 p 64 67 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. B 7 l /2 87 Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.... 52% Ditto Account Chilianßonds,6perCent ...... ~ Ditto 3 per Cent Equador Bonds Grenada, 1% per Cent. Greek Bonds, 1824 an d 1825 Ditto Ex Over -clue Cenpons 4 3 /4 M ,xican 80ne5,1846,5 per Cont., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Ditto Account . • 3614 361,435 - Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent B l l,i 80% 1 Ditto for the Account Ditto Deferred Thissian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent.., Ditto 4t, per Cent 97 14t% Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,lB4o ... 39 3 4 Venezuela Bonds 5l 31% Dividends on the above payable in London. batch 2) ; 4 per Cent.. 12 Guild Ditto 4 oar Ceat. Certificates COURSE Oi usterdam .... 11 1454 Ditto, three months .. 11 16 1 4 Rotterdam 11 16 14 Antwerp •. 25 22% Brussels .. 25 22% ELtnaburgh ......M.B. 13 6 Paris, 3 days'sight • 24 97% Ditto, 3 months .... 25 20 %milks 25 22% Bourdeaux.... • .. • Frankfort on Maine.... 118 Vienna, effec. 13 b Trieste, d1tt0.......... 13 5 Petersburg's, Sll. REe.. 37 Arldrld .............. 4934 Cadiz .. 50 Barcelona EXCHANGE. Gibraltar •••• • • • • •••• Leghorn 80 90 Genoa •••• • • ...... •• .. 25 90 Milan .. •............. Venice.... .......• •• Naples ...... •••• • • •• per0z........ Messina Lisbon.... • • .......... 1Up0rt0.......... • • Rio Janeiro • • ...... 13nenos Ayres ........ New York, 60 days'slght vinhvielphia •• • . • • .... 414 1244 124 4 53% 53% 27% PRICKI OP IIrILLION, PM' OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 Tortuga] Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .• . 0 411 34 silver in bars 0 5 1% their wheels per sonsproperly secured, occurred at the farm of Mr. Another u sinr thrashing unfortunatemachines instance without. of h t a h v e ing folly o f on the .ith ins`.: a married man, and spindle right foot severely injured, which any common. foresight. Mr. n S a t m or e r d y, w in iso U n pA g ve o l t l F b e is n, l iu 'u ig n i b i s t , l s 'a u % r - g e e b o e n e , n h i el e 4 e s n e t n e , d t f b o y r, found it requisite to ampu tate. part if the foot. ihe yoor man has been daily put without pain. under the influenc e e of mesmerism, and the wound is pro gressing very rapidly to a cure, and IVIONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sails of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were from 6,000 to 7,000 bales. The market was firm, and prices tending upwards.—ln Railway Shares a good business was done at advanced prices. The Bank of England Weekly Return to the 7th instant exhibits various changes arising from the near conclusion of the quarter. The public deposits increase, and the revenue is expected to prove favourable. The private balances are curtailed simply from the increased investments made in Consols, &c., for the ensuing divi dends. The loans upon securities were again increased. The active circulation was rather extended frcm this cause, and the bullion brought into more active play. Compared with the preceding week, the changes were as follows : Notes Issued Decrease Rest ... 29,348,915 ••• 20,870 ... 3,092,924 ••• 7,186 ... 9,775,399 ... 376.647 ... 9,775,399 ••• 14,395 ... 1,253,998 •k• 11,408 • 12,722,488 ••• 261,120 Notes ... 10,642,205 Decrease • 120,130 Bullion . 15,942,198 Decrease . . 67,673 Active Circulati on 18,706,710 Increase 99,26o Yesterday afternoon, contrary to expectation, the im provement which occurred on Tuesday in the rates of exchange, was not sustained. On the contrary, the quotations for bills upon some of the continental cities were lower than ever, Paris, at short, being down to 24 92i to 97i. Antwerp 90 days was 25 15 to 25, Amsterdam 11 14 to Ilamburgh 11 15i. to 16, a marked reduction, and Frankfurt 1171 to 118. Trieste was firm, at 13 3 to 9. The weekly Railway Traffic returns look well again in the aggregate. Eastern Counties still suffers from the increased competition, but North-Western stands its ground. Great Northern, North Stafford, and other undertakings, compare most advantageously with former periods. In a very interesting circular upon railway prospects, furnished by Mr. Thomas Allsop, the average receipts of various lines far the twenty-two weeks since the lit of July last, are higher in every instance, except Eastern Counties, which has declined 13 312/. North- Western, with 481 miles additional open, has taken 69,480/. more, and on fifteen lines the excess, compared with the co; ev - ...nding period of last year, is no less than 449,486/, althou z h many of the new branches are very uuremunerating. The broker just named estimates the annual revenue of the North-Western at a minimum of 2.225,000/, and anticipates an increase of dividend at the next meeting. The Great Western can pay 4 per cent. probably, and increase considerably its reserve fund, while the South-Western benefits by the falling in of a contt act for maintenance of way ; Great Nor thern is expected to develop its resources steadily, and Midland will benefit if the 501. shareholders are settled with. The non-dividend•paying lines have been in much request, and some have much better prospects before them. The South-Eastern will profit largely by next year's exhibition. The approaching close of the capital aocounts of all the principal lines is an important circumstance towards the restoration of public confidence; and avoidance of Fast errors, with honest administration, are the chief things wanted. Mining property is likewise pointed out as offering many temptations, owing to the continued prosperity of the Cornish and Devon mines. About forty of those at present in full work pay more than 90 per cent. on their cost, and a greater number pay from 20 to 80 per cent. Tho West Buller Shares, last year at 40/, now sell for 7751. Wheal Providence and Bodmin Wheal Mary are highly spoken of. A meeting of the Mexican bondholders is convened for Monday, the 23d inst., to take into consideration the plan that has passed the Mexican Legislature for a settlement of the debt. The Committee of Mexican bondholders have re ceived from their agent, Mr. Falconnet, from the city of Mexico, under date of 4th November, 1850, the official advices confirming the promulgation of the decree for the settlement of the foreign debt, " Mr. Falconnet states that the Minister of Finance is disposed to propose to Congress a modification of that article of the Act which reduces the interest to 3 per cent. in perpetuity, so as to limit the duration of that re• duction. 8 18% - 18% 8 14 7% - - ISG p - 13 - 13% 15 !2 - 5 3 6% 6 1 4 die, 12 3 5% —51 i 8 9% 10 5 .. —.. 20 11 —l3 10 5% 6% 20 84— 93 1 1% 1 dls. 10 1374 14% 6% 3% 3 WE. 50 12 —l4 25 11 —l3 9 % 3 % 3 die. 30 10 I 21% 22% .. 50 23% —24 .5 I 34 3 dia. '• •••• • • to • • .• 934 I 9 7 dis 1734 . 3 . _ .. [3 - 334 4 - 5 ' 0 15 - 161,4 IC BANKS. 274( - 28 42M - 43 9% - 10 25 - 251( 18% -18 X 27% - 27% 17% - 18 42 -42 15% - 15% 34A - 15% 123 i - 13 ..!. =.• Railways. Midland Gt. West. (Ire., Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. .. 61 Newcastle and Carlisle.. les Do. quarter shares .. 2; Newmarket • • .. • • 2; Do. extension scrip .. 2 Newport, Abergavenny, and Ilereford Newry & Enniskillen .. Newry, Warrenpoint, Rostrevor .. • • Norfolk • . • • I Do. New 201. shares.. Do. Extension .. Do. guar. 5}4 per cent. Do. Waveney Valley.. Northern Counties Union North British.. Do. l'reference North Staffordshire .. North-Western .. Oxford, Worcester and • Wolverhampton.. .. Preston and Wyre Do. Halves (A) Reading, Guildford, and, Reigate.. .• I Royston and Hitchin Do. Shepreth Exten... Scottish Central .. 2 Sc•Ar;sh Midland .. 2 Do. new .. .. 2 Shrewsbury & Birming. Chu, s A.. .. 13 Dc. Class 8.. • • • • 9 1 Do. New Guarantee.. Shrewsbury & Hereford ewsbury and Chester (Nor. W. Min.) .. Do. Halves Do. Oswestry .• Do. New.. • • • • • • Do. 8 per cent. Pref. . Shropshire Union South Devon .. Do. Preference .. South Staffordshire South-Eastern .. Do. do. 4% per cent... South Wales.. South Yorksh. and. River Dun .• • • • • .. Sheff., Roth., and Goole, N. Div., guar.s p cent. Do. do. South Div. .. Swansea & Loughor, &c. 'raw Vale Extension .. Thames Raven Dock and Railway .. Vale of Neath Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick Waterford, Wex., Wick., and Lublin Wear Valley, 6 per cent. guaranteed .. Do. do. do. .. Do. do. do. .. West (loniwall Whitehaven and Furness Windsor, Staines, and S. Western Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth York, Newcastle, & Ber wick Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchan or preference ...: Do. .. .. .. .. Do. Hartlepool Dock and Railway 101 York and North Midland 51 Do. Preference • • •. 11 Anglo •Italian (late Ita• kith and Austrian) • • Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Demerara .. Dutch Rhenish • • East Indian •• • • Do. do. do. • • Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto Louvain ala Sambre .. Luxembourg • • • • Ditto • • • • Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege .. • • Northern of France • • Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans Paris and Bouen Paris and Strasbourg .. Rouen and Ifavre Sambre and Meuse . Strasbourg and Basle .. Tours and Nantes .. Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hassell .. West Flanlers Australasia ............ British North America.. Colonial .............. Commercial of London.. London Joint Stock .... London and Westminster National Provincial Eng. National of Ireland Provincial of Ireland.... Do. New .. ........ Union of Australia .... Union of London Union of Madrid FORE: 6 13 4j 20 I [NT STI Aberdeen.. .. • • • • g Do. Preference • • 8 Ainbergate, Nottingham,l Boston, & E. Juncion Ayrt•hire and Galloway • •1 Bell ast and County Down' 3 Berks and Hants Eaten.!, (Great Western Fer.. petual 5 per cent) I mingham and Oxford) Junction, calls dulyl paid, or with a guar... 2 , Do. without a guar... 2 , Birming., Wolverhamp ton, and Dudley, calls duly paid, or with a, guarantee .. Do. without a guar. .. Birming., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley .. 13 1 Birkenhead, Lances., and Cheshire Junction •• 2, Bristol and Exeter.. • • 18, Buckinghamshire • • • • 1 , Caledonian • • • • 51 Do. 101. Preference Do. Clydesdale June. 5 , Chester and Holyhead 5 , Do. Preference • Clarence .. 78 Do. Ist Class, 6 per ct. Do. 2d de., 5 per cent. I Do. Gov. Loan,4 pr. ct. Direct Lond. and Portam. Dublin and Belfast Junct. 4 Dundalk and Enniskillen 8 1 East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) • • • • 2; Do, (181. E. & H.) .. Do. (31. 10s.) 6 per cent. Preference .. Do. (Si.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71. 17s .) 7 p. c.Pref. Eastern Comities 2 Do. Eaten., 5 percent. No. 1 .. •• •• 6 1 Do. No. 2 .. 6 1 Do. New Preference, 6 per cent. .. Do. North. and East. 6 per cent. .. 5 Do. do. 5 per cent .. 5 Do. do., New • • • • 4 Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares .. 2 Do. do. do. .. , Do. do., 14 & C shares 2 Do. do., scrip, guaran. 6 per cent. • • • • 2, East Lancashire • • • • 2; Do. New quarters .. Do. 6 per cent. pref. quarter shares.. .. 4 East Lincolnshire, gua. 6 per cent .. • • • • 2; Edinburgh and Glasgow 5 1 Edin., Perth, and Dundee 2; Do. Newport .. • • 1; Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorch. Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, 51 Do. pref. consolidated _ Do. do. G. D. &C. stack 8 Gloucester &Dean Forest Great Northern • • • • 2: Do. halves, A, deferred u Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. pref. .. Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • 51 Do. eighths .. Great North of England . 101 Do. new 40/. .. • • 41 Do. new 30/. • • .. 34 Do. new 15/. • 11 Great Western .. 10 1 Do. New, 17/. .. - • 4, Hull and Selby .. • . 5, Do. half shares .. 2; Do. quarter shares u Lancaster and Carlisle .. 51 Do. thirds .. 11 1: Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire 101 Do. quarter shares .. 2: Do. fifths .. • • I Do. F. 20/. .. • • .. Do. new, guaranteed 6 k,er cent. .. •.•101 Do. Yludders. & Shoff. 51 Do. West Riding Union 1 Leeds and Bradford • • 51 Leeds and Thirsk ..51 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 1 Do. pref. 6 p ct., No. 2 1 . Do. pref. 6 pet., No. 3 Do. prcf. qrs., 1848 ..11 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. . 1, London and Blackwall • • 11 , London, Brighton, and South Coast • • • • 101 Do. guarteed. 5 per ct., late Croyd,n thirds.. Do. preference, 5 p ct. 51 Do. preference, cony. 5 per cent., 1852 Do. new guaranteed, 6 per cent. .. .• 104 London and Greenwich . 12 1' Do. preference .. • • 21 London and N.-Western 104 Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths .. . • • J; Do. 101. sh. & B (c) London and 81-Western . 101 Do. new 50/. . • 4: Do. new 40/. .. • • 3 Do. new preference • • I Londonderry & Coleraine 21 Do. half shares .. 1 Lowestoft, guar. 4 per et. 21 Do. do. 6 per cent. • • 21 Londonderry and Ennis killen. .. • • •• 21 Do. half shares • • • • ' Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock .• • • I Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire .. 101 Do. quarters, No. 1 .. 2; Do. new, 10/. preference 14 Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union .. 4 Midland .. • . • • • • IC , Do. consolidated pref. 10 Do. 50/. shares .. • • 3 Do. Binning & Derby 10 Do. Consol. Bristol & Binning., 6 per cent. 10 Do. Bristol & Glouces. 4 Do. do. do. ••29 1 Do. Erewash Val. pref. 54 Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. 2% 1 0 aGN. to 33 6d each. NEWPORT. .„ Beef, from 2s 43 to 3s 6d; Mutton, 2s 6d to Is. Veal, 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Pork, 3r Od to 4s 03 p er 8 ' ViTHITEOHAPEI.. 44 Sal Beef, from 2s Od to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 23 to -- Veal, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Pork, 2s 6d to 3s 1 0 d per 81b6. BILLIGSGATE Salmon, is 2d to Is 6d pe N r lb; Turbots, . 3s to 8s 6d; 1 --, s'„de 8d to is 6i; Cod Fish, is 63 to 4s each; Soles, eli; 10d to 2s Od per pair; ditto small, 2s Od to 3 s 03 p er d°s 6d Eels, 7d to is per lb; Lobsters, 8d to 23 Od; Cr 1 ; 131 ; 0 0, to 2s Od each; Shrimps, Os to 2s Od per gallon; r ril- Oa 08 Od per lb; Mullets, 03 to Od each; Smelts, 0 ! to Os 01 per doz; Mackerel, 6d to 9d each; Wh it ' ll "to ' Is 9d to 3s Od per doz; Plaice, 03 to 03; Gurnets, Odb. 03 Od; Haddocks, 43 to 8d; ditto dried, 2d to 4d eat.: Skate, Od to 03 per lb; Oysters, common, 8s to 1 ,1;; ditto best natives, 30s to 33s per bushel; Carp, Os - g - t i Pike, Os Od to Os each; Fresh Herrings, 2s 03 to 2 9 "- per 100; and Sprats, 23 01 to 5s Od per bushel. 1.672.30.11. D. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis aff, "rom 7d to 71d; of Household ditto, 5d to 6id HIDE IYIAREET. 641 b t ° Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to Od; ditto, 721 b, lid to 2d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to lid; 801 b to 881 b, 20 to 3d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3 d t o 31 Z ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 30 to 4d; ditto, 104Ib to 11 . 2 " t 3 0(l• dat o s 4d to 44d. Calf Skins, light, Is 6d full, 6s to Os 03; Horn Hides ' 5s 61 to Os 0.3;; Skins, Os Od to Os 01; Polled Sheep, 5s Od to 6s : Bents and Half-brads, 4s 4d to 5 s 3d ; Downs, 332" to" 4s Oct each. MAY SZAIMETEI. C o o per, SMITEFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 311 5 %; , sa d. 31 Os to 41 Os ; a n d Straw, 11 03 to 1/ is p ar ta - Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at bar el y . tionary prices. R i 61 C tIMBERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 63 to -- ( I. Chver, 31 03 to 410 s; and Straw, 1/ Is to 1178 per 1 0 Supply good, and trade doll. q/ 15 -0 WHITECHAPEL. --Meadow Hay, 21 63 to --, Clover, 3103 to 4125 ; an d St raw, 110 3 to 11 63 per Witito Generally speaking, the demand ruled heavy, 14 rates. QUEEN'S BENCH.--cfms DA -Y er ") d Sittings at Nisi P r i us , at G u i l dh a ll, be f or e . D CAMPBELL and a Special Jury-) RA ILWA I ELAM V. THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTER N COMPANY. doe ,f This was an action brought to recover the v- n titt certain goods in the s h a p e of luggage which th e Pli s il• had entrusted to the London and North-Wee t . r e ft r pool way Company, to be conveye d b y t h em from .o' l ' to London. The damages were laid at 1,000 1 - „„ OW Mr. M. Chamber s , Q.C., M r. B ramwe ll, and T A "Bion, derson, were counsel for the plaintiff, Mr. Alfillolles who is a surgical instrument maker at 22 1 h y the street; and the defendants were rep resented Solicitor-General and Mr. Lush. Mr. CHAMBERS, having stated the plaint iffs called the following witnesses:— te r en d Mr. 11. Snowdo n —l am an ornamenta l path ,„ Seri gilder. In May, 1849, I p rocee d e d from Lond 011 ;:otilf York, which I reached on the 29th June. Thep ;850111 Mr. Elam, joined the v e ss e l at Spithead. On th e t a bad out he showed me a parchment with a seal to i t "- one got a, patent for; he also sh owe d me two pa intinget o t was a head and the other a s hi pp i ng piece. Vier:the day after the arrival of th e vessel at New .113-ort' plaintiff's luggage, consisting of seven boxes, on e r la manteau, and a bed, was ta k en out of the 'We i :* t wo, and contentslu g e e fell out out one nn ot the thered up and put into ab• • Iseu l t cas k. The Jugg.g was then taken to a Mr. Bainb 'd ' w h ore I' un til ethdeeebko.xesib,hre.oykewael:r: ro. ri ge s, Thrk unpacked. We remained at New York the re c t e h e e ded 2d to P j h u i l l y a all that • time. The plainliff and I then r ob' could not succeed.„o embarked for h a n n g d l; twining employment in . * delph T ia bo I plaintiff remained ini .,_ ro; America. Both the plattlil b o th ' I were unwell w ld same luggage that th n e rdet p ui l n a rn in tinh ti ge ff st c ho a i r pN ri N e e d we o -Y ut o w r°k ith i:lnlw ar ll4 shipped on board of the home-bound vessel, w hit- wss rived at Liverpool on July 27, when the luggeg e § nal taken ch arge o f b y the Custom-house officer in th e of wey. It was afterwards taken to the goods station ro „ the railway, with the plaintiff's address on carder P ag e. perly nailed on. A ticket was given for the logtly The plaintiff wrote his name in a book at the rah; 1 station on that occasion. The plaintiff and afterwards proceeded to London, on Sundai, , Jul © 29. About four or five days afterwards the plaintiff called on me. I saw him about thre e - e war ° afterwards in Whitecross-street Prison. I a fter yv o f saw him in the Queen's Bench Prison. In J enus "the this y( ar ho caked on me, and I went with him to r house of a Mrs. S ears , in Grt at C as tle-street, Leieesdte 1 square. I had a conversation with Mrs. Sears, an do. afterwards proceed( d with the plaintiff to the goods gy prtment of the London and North-Western liouir ;A4O YlL:e';e; SIIIPP/NG.—( THIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC 14 --Wind this day at noon , S. ; light air.; and tine.—The Rueteingee Cue ajee, Bowes left Singapore 26'h July for China, and has not since been heard cf. ANTWERP, DEC. 12.—The Merle , H avre to Cape Hay Lien, cif ilLed on the reeks at Bailleur during a fog, pot off with less of keel and forefoot, and p ut into Cher bourg. I3oSToN, Nov. 27.—The Superior , Harbour Grace, Newfoundlend, to Barbadoes, was capsized in s hurricane 14th Oct., cut away both masts, and righted, and lied fallen in with on the 24th under jury maits, and supp with all eke wanted. SHEERNESS, DEC. 13.—The New Fa ir Trader, of Yarmouth, is on shore on the Maplin San ds, l y ing very badly, and surrounded by smacks. BRIDLINGTON, DEC. 13.—The True Brito n schooner, of and for Yarmouth, went on shore at Flamborough Head yesterday. Levearecoe, DEC. 13.—Wind S.S.E. to S.Vir.--Arrd. as Wilson, Maranham; Marmion, New York; Williem, Prince Edward's bland. Sid. A ndrew Colville, ill; raise; Alpha, Barbadoes,• Joseph Weir, Adelaide, Sou:h Australia; Morgiana, Calcutta • Emelia, Valparaiso; Brilliant, Trinidad; Adaleti, Calcutta; St. Thom as; Hawkhill, St. Domingo; Thomas Fulden, New Orleans; Peter Morey, ditto; Hero of Sidon, Apalachicola; Ad' miral, Savannah; Johannes, New York. Off P° ll ' gieen, Calcutta; Ferezepore, Bompay; Morzapol• Ashburton; James Sanderson, Carmata, Feta, Ili °3l.° ' and Glasgow schooner. WEXFORD, DEC. 13.—A few casks of brandy hay° been picked up, which must be from some vessel lost not far distant. Londen, is on shore. WELLS, DEC. 13.—The Albion schoon er, for of Lout h DOUGLAS, ISLE of MAN, DEC. 11.—Several, pieces o f wreck, supposed to have been the lop-sides of a stearater; were floating in the bay yesterday. A cow, and a sclu,_ r ,. hamper marked "G. and G. , 2,330," with rope have washed on shore. • ty'S DEAL, DEC. 13.—Wind S.N.—Arid. her gaps ship Waterwitch, Africa; Chilian, V I aiso• Are °ll9 ' a par , __, Banks ~ Buenos Ayres; Gustvo Adolphe, Ahreosel Santa Cruz. Arrd. from the River, Indian Chief, Cer ion; Tropic, Jamaica.her Nl 6 ' PLYMOUTH, DEC. I hand.ee, I—Wind S.W.S.W.—Arra. , sty,' jesty's ship Cyclops, Coast of Africa. Sld. her e ship OF Harlequin Coast f Africa W . als o F PILL, , o DEC. 13.—ind W.S• ll7 * --Ir Evans, Quebec, for Gloucester. KINGRoAD.—Put back, Ina, for Jamaica. Bombay; Deborah, M'Ferson, Callao; r.aader, QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 12.—Arrd. Josephine, e--- Lima. BELFAST LOUGH.—SId. Jane, Mobile. many bi n ' TORBAY, DEC. 13.—Part cf a circular raahoe been nacle marked " Daniel Heron, Glasgow' has picked up. Nor- WISBY, Nov. 25.—The Stanislaw, Bohne, to koping, put into Burgsrek 22d inst., lealtY. • 1 mafora STCCILHOLII, DEC. 3.—The Victoria °T he • lOW , Wanderer, Rosa, was lost on Nayal 13th ult ; crew landed. The 1)0 um , Ekends to Riga, was wrecked off DODIeSDOeS 21st o• master, three men, and a portion of cargo saved. ibo, NEW HELLESSUND, Nov. 28.--The Laura Memel to Hull, has put in with damage , from collision_ auRETAL,d must dDEC. 3 ischarge. to .—The Carolina, STRALSUND, DEC. 9.—The El St. Petersburg, Lebau, was lost Dago e , 12th ult .; part of cargo sav: to e Malmo% D n. - wt., Amsterdam, was stranded at Preg ro w (Durs), 7 th crew and materials saved. , eer hear is CRONSTADT, DEC. 3.—The entrance to tne ee , e , t he completely blocked up with ice, which shifts ‘i n 1., 14 ' 50 . wind, but does inot extend much beyond this. 'looted ward all is clear, but to the eastward all is e° with ice, and impassable. For the time cf MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) CO VENT-GAILDEN. f V e g r tables were on offer t :-day, good Win e .: we re year, very large supPlie6 ° ~, w ee doing in them, at full prices. Mostkinds of Frill" held at comparatively high rates. I, neoth° °" Fruits—Pine Apples, 4s 6d to 7s per lb ; 3d r lb; Grapes, 2s Gd to ss; ditto, foreign, 8d to Is 3d P 6 e , pe r h Pears, is Gd to 5s Od per dozen; ditto, 5 5 1 0 01; ttn - sieve; Apples, dessert, 4s 6.1 ' to 93 per 3d per 100; Almonds, cooking ditto, 4s to 6s 6d; Oranges, 8d to le 95 per dozen; ditto, per 100, 6s to 10s; Lemons, 56 t ..,° p e t, 211 to 3s per ib; Walnuts, is to 2s 6d per 100;14sal' ditto; 5s 61.1 to 6s per peck; ditto, s.r. t - , Os to 18s per bushel; Brazil Nuts, 12s to Filberts, 65s to 75s per 100 lbs. Vegetables — Savoy Greens, Is 6d to 2s Gd per 'dozen bunches; Poop; Cabbages 9d to is ,d per ,a 0 1:1; 9d to is per half sieve; Potatoes, 60s to 10 0 s P e o d per ditto, 3s Od to 4s 6d per cwt; ditto, 29 Od to 31 Rod bushel; Turnips, Is Gd to 3s Od per dozen hun c ,,, hes 2 ; cl Pe r Beet, 9d to is Od per dozen; Leeks, Id ,1"„fote 2 5 bunch; Celery, 9d to is 6d 'per bundle; us" — i' s 6a sieve; Onions, 3s 9d to P 6s 6d to 5s Od per dozen bunches ; ") S inach, is Od t° s hell per halfOd Per,,b.ll4esti- Shallots, 6d to 9d per Ib; Garlic, 4d to 8d pe r lb; _ , , 0 chokes, Is 9d to 2s 3d per half sieve. Endive, l a lo a cis 2s Od per score; Small Salad, 2s 6d to 00 Pe r bo ele; punnets; Horseradish, is 3d to 4s Od Pro to 3 A a Mushrooms, is Od to 2s 6d per pottle_; Fenu, r e l v - e ae, _, Per bunch; Savory, 2d to 3d per bunch; '''' ono" to 3d per bunch ; Parsley, 3d to 4d P er Spanish Onions, 12s Od to 18s Od per box. 1 Turkeys, 4s to 102 Od; Geese, 4s,Od to 6s 6d; . ,,, d i t to, ~,,, A 1.1.• ,4 _ MOW - G.BMM AND zDADNON.--- DOW Bds Gd to 2s . 6.1 ; Tame Rabbits, la to is Gd; W i e lu d to 7 6 Surrey Fowls, English, 0d; Barn-door Fowls, (h .) . is; Pigeons, Gd to 9d; R oas ting Pigs, 46 ", 3 , Od oe,dis t o E to ae ss' g i g s s, 2d lls p O er d i t b o ; 12 p s a O r ( t i r ; id F g r e e .s nch i s d o it a t e ,: ;o t s e_ 9 l 3 : se t : w ta ls, 9a 2 o s ci 8 ; ddittotosCs hoidoltpeenr:00011:0; , re 2 t s s, 6d 2s t 0 ; and Irish ditto, 8s 6d to 8s 9d per 100; ."'" 1 9J; I li s a 9 re d s to 2 n s i 3d ; P fi b l eas T ants e ,2s -c. to 3; -- ; Leverets ' 3 O.' - rcl d to 9d; Snipes, 9d to Is• Wild Ducks, is to us 6 1 L ; 20 6 a to 3s le l es i , w a la, goons, 9d to Is; and ' Plovers, Gd to is; Yiroolie°°. I Business done to-day.