The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-22 00:00:00

HALIFAX MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. The .soiree of the Halifax Mechanics' Institute was held on Tuesday night, in the Odd Fellows' Hall, and was most respectably attended. The company in cluded John Waterhouse, Esq., the mayor, who presided on the occasion ; the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, who is one of the borough representatives ; Richard Cobden, Esq., 11. P., John Abbott, Esq., John Baldwin, Esq., Dr. Alexander, Colonel Pul lard, &c., &c. The Rev. M. TURNER, the secretary, read a very gratifying report of the position of the institute, showing that during the past year it has made consi derable progress, and has now subscribing and ordi nary members to the number of 628, besides an ex tensive and excellent library. The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting, and was followed by J. CROSSLEY, Esq., who in a few appropriate remarks moved that the report read by the secretary be adopted by the meeting. Sir CHARLES WOOD seconded the adoption of the report, and said he could not but look to these insti tutions as one great branch of that general hn which he felt deeply anxious to see promote d t 3 rough out out the length and breadth of the land.-1 d Their worthy chairman (the Mayor) had alluded to ) borne difficulties which attended this subject of educa tion, because of those feelings which a re implanted in those interested in the promotion of education—feel ings which, even if one thought them mischievous, they were bound to respect. — (aear, hear.) Educa tion was, therefore, one of those subjects which must be pressed forward, but they must leave it to the people to speak for themselves, aid them in their efforts, and not drive them on faster than they are willing to go.--(Hear, hear, and cheers.) He was glad to state to them. his opinio n th a t th e —h e wou ld not call them pre judices, but— s t rong f ee li n gs which had interfered w ith the progr ess o f genera l e d uca ti on , were fast w earing . away - . (Hear, hear.) He be lieved that the general conviction was, that educa tion was one of the fi rs t thi ngs w hi c h th e y oug ht to prom ote ; and though it was one of those things which bad been beset with difficulties, he believed that in a few years they would see a much more rapid progress made in favour of general education than had been the case for many years past.—(Cheers.) With regard to that portion of their mechanics' in stitution which provided instruction for the junior members, he felt the same interest as in the other departments ; he believed it to be even more useful than the other, as it tended to raise the character of society at large.—(Hear, hear.) Now, with regard to that which was not a portion of general education —that which afforded the means of self-instruction, which members of these institutions were able to ac quire, he believed that to be of the greatest value. One of the greatest advantages which persons in easy circumstances possess over those less favourably placed than themselves, is the command of books and the means of information ; but institutions of this kind put into the power of the classes alluded to facilities which they would otherwise be unable to obtain. Having at some length pointed out the importance to the working classes of using the opportunities afforded to them in these insti tutions of access to useful information, he concluded by observing that they must look to others than him.. self for information to guide them. All he could do in this way was that which he had done, to express his approval of the principle of mechanics' institu tions. The only way in which be could help them was by contributing to the new building, and if 1001. would he of any service to them, they should be most heartily welcome to ite—(Loud and repeated cheers.) Mr. Ricnaten COBDEN, M.P., next addressed the meet i ng , strongly recommending the Halifax people to emulate the example of their neighbours at Hud• dersfield, who possessed a much larger and more suit able institution, with one-third more members. He (Alr. Cobden) had heard Lord John Russell say something to the effect that an educational test would not be a bad franchise to be admitted into this coun try, and he had been trembling—he hoped their Right Hon. Member would not say anything about it at the next meeting of the Cahinet.—(Laughter and cheers.) Huddersfield has 1,650 members in its Mechanics' Institution, with only one Member, while Halifax has two representatives and only 600 mem bers in its institution ; and while Huddersfield has built and provided accommodation suitable for her institution, Halifax, which has got plate-glass win dows, luxurious private houses, and superior mills, has thrust her institution into a garret.—(Laughter and cheers.) He (Mr. Cobden) hoped nothing would be said about it out of that hell—(Hear, hear)—but if it was, that it would be mentioned with the distinct understanding that the men of Halifax had resolved that before the coming year was out this stigma— this great stigma—on so important a Parliamentary borough should be wiped out ; and that they would have a nobler, a far nobler institution, than anything his friend Schwann could boast of at Huddersfield.— (Cheers.) He was the other day attending a dinner given to Mr. Walker, a distinguished American citi z-el, who was entertained at a public dinner in Man • ches';er. Its the cour,e of his speech Mr. Walker took the opportunity of counselling them in the same way as 21'. Abbot Lawrence had done, and telling them to see that the people of this country were better educated. Wow, he (Mr. Cobden) did not like it that people are to coma from a new country and tell them that the people of Old England were an ignorant set of people, and wanted to be better educated.—(Hear, hear) England should take the lead of America. It was so in the time of ancient Greece, for they foiled that in the new settlements which were formed, they all sent their youths back to Greece to be edu cated. Bat they never heard of Americans sending back their children to be educated in England. And why ? Because, so far as real practical education was concerned, England was in the rear of America. When they went into a cotton-mill, and looked at rubbish called cotton was•e, they would say it was a strange idea for any Chancellor of the Exchequer to think of putting a tax on that. And if they were to see the great waggon-full of rags going through the town, they would say that was a queer sort of com modity for a Chancellor to put a tax upon.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) And, true enough, he never did think of taxing this waste and these rags. These were sometimes converted into a sort of wadding and used for firing off towiing-pieces—wadding for a gun. Still the Chancellor did not think that was a proper thing to tax. But these things were sometimes con verted into reams of paper, which were made into primers and grammars ; and then, although the Chan cellor did not tax the article with which parties might shout a partridge or a snipe, yet when it was con verted into an article to teach " a young idea how to shoot," forthwith his excellent friend, their represen tative, placed an exciseman on the paper, and before it could be used in their school-rooms and libraries be put a tax upon it.—(Cheers.) There was another tax to which he would refer. 'they had now in almost every mechanics' institution a news -room ; and he Would challenge every secretary in every institution to answer him this question, whether in almost all the institutions in these two counties of Yorkshire and La' cashire, the news room had not kept alive the insti tution ; whether they were not the greatest attrac tion these institutions had ?—(Hear, hear.) Such being the case, then came the question whether news papers, which furnish the greatest amount of instrue tioa to men engaged in the world, ought to be taxed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for let then bear in mind that the plea set up, that the tax put upon the newspaper was for pa 3 ing the carriage of it, did Idol apply; f or as man y o f t h em knew, they got their L: KIM! newspaper long before the post could deliver than, and consequently they did not get the carriage for the stamp.— (" Hear, hear," and l ou d ap pleuse.)P"A." About thi s time twelvemonths, when allu ding to ae thi s very in the Manchester Athe num, he quoted a was more made by a writer t o th e effect that there W !Imre useful knowledge in the Times newspaper th an i n whole history of Thucy didee. Well, this w ee the opinion to express, but he thought, after twel ee s en tr o on g was a great deal to be saidneftohorpse:Tt.c reflection, that there For instance, he that day brought with him at would be of sage of the American President. ° l. ; kt .fi c ieling the be importence to all time, but Tv': as 159. y. as setrhee which was important to men of the preeeZPaartichle of fore, to tax newspapers was ten times taxes on the works of Thucydides. But in tile ea „ of modern newspapers they tax it twice, first o e all the paper, and then the stamp.—(Fieur.) But in addition to this advertisements were taxed, and a mechanic w h o advertised for a situation bad to pay is. 6d. duty, while the man who advertised an estate of 100,0001. had no more to pay.—(Hear.) He then contrasted the conduct of England with that of America, it being in the latter country a fundamental principle that everything which bore on th e e d uca ti on o f the people wag freed f rom fiscal exactions. In conclusion, he saidif he had any claim upon the working men in the way his frie n d Mr. Crossley had mentioned—that was in having b ees in instrumental e in cheapening their bread, he would implore to them m h tc! spend whet th e y no w saved in the edu ce them food for the tn i„ d. Ift they did thi s , it wou ld their children, in g i v i ng be the means of ra i s i ng society intellectually and mornlly. ba liv i i ri c ing e , a ft otsigsrg.7st,e(rie t f h e a r t rin t ! ur t l o the proposed new e mployed on the s ubscribe 2,000/. arnoigstatmheornn them ; and th or e 1 the people, re st E s h h O ou u l l ( i i l aggregate 12,0aOrvitili"°Wn"s' who be raised by subscriptio ns kern, and the community at merchants, the /115:' I. Alderman Baldwin, Colonel%% larg e . - ..-- A - , , , ,Pollard, and Mr. A Mrin , bairn, of Ariancnester, having addressed the . iif : e latter in 2 3 some practical remarksan d o ria rire - r inime:otthrtag. of mental culture to mechanics ' - sans, -tie ' sual vote of thanks was given to the v i s i tors and.ths4 irman. ~ .. The meeting did not break up until after 1 0 o'clo c k. ... 4 is IN VALID SOLDIERS.—Upwards of 4,000 men have been discharged from the army during the present Tear U unfit for the service. THE SUN, FRANCE. The Constitutionnel and the Pays contain leading articles on the great question of the election. The Constitutioanel says— '. Electors of France, honest men of all opinions, Louis Napoleen Bonaparte asks if, in your opinion and your conscience, the in trepid act of the 2cl De cember was good ; he asks you if by that act, ac complished by him in order to s ave you, at the price of his own life, he merits that you should continue your confidence in him, and give him the right o f completing his work ? To this impor tant question, on which depend the destinies of France, he asks you to reply in the ballot which commences on Saturday, and finishes on Sunday evening, by Yes' or by No. If you reply Yes, you have a Government which . has told you with the certainty of a prophetic patriotism, in face of the great trials with which a s ociety may be threatened—' France shall never perish in my hands,' and who having already proved to you, by an unheard-of s u ccess, the truth of that expression, will prove it to you still better, when, to the force of his faith, he should add that of your renewed assent. If you should reply No,' you will in your blindness open the terrible abyss which the superior foresight of Louis Napoleon has discovered in the future, and which his powerful hand has began to close." The Constilutionnel proceeds to show what might have been expected, if the plot of the enemies of the President in the National Assembly had succeeded as regards him. A military dictatorship and civil war would, it says, have been the inevitable consequences. The article concludes as follows : " This is a very incomplete summary of the cala mities of which the success of the political conspiracy would infallibly have been the source. And never theless this political conspiracy was ready. It only waited an opportunity ; it had its measures all pre pared. The Questure, its military staff, had made all its arrangements for the act to follow the vote as the thunder follows the lightning. It will, perhaps, be said that the conspiracy did not break out, that the bad in tentions had been repressed by weakness ! What then would have been the consequence? The revi sion was impossible. France would be carried into 1852 by that cursed Constitution from which she could not be delivered. Those thousands of secret societies of which we have before given the sketch would have organized, recruited, united, and armed themselves. France having no longer at her head anything but a Government in its last agony, would be delivered up to the horrors of a universal Jac querie, and perhaps, alas! to the shame ofinvasion. The act of December 2, therefore, prevented two immense ca lamities, and assuredly one of them a political conspi racy, which, even if it had the force to conquer, wo uld have been radically incapable of main taining and pacifying its victory ; and an im mense Communist conspiracy, which, if it had found its field of battle and its time, would have carried the power of evil to an irresistible degree, and as far as horrors unknown to humanity. And now, eleztors of France, honest men of all opinions, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, who has warded off such great misfortunes, who has already changed ell the terrors of French and European society into a state of security almost miraculous—Louis Napoleon asks you if he has done well, if he deserves to retain your confidence, and to continue his work of social salvation. We have your patriotism and your good sense as a guarantee that you will reply Yes." We find in the Pays an animated appeal to the pa triotism and good sense of the French people. The salvation of society depends, says this journal, en tirely upon the moral force to be given to the Presi dent. We extract as follows the concluding portion of the article:— "In 1814, when a million of foreign soldiers covered the soil of our country, the Empire crumbled to pieces under the weight of the humiliation which the invasion imposed on the country; but the nationality did not perish on that account, as the Monarchy took it up. France changed her rigime; but under Louis XVIII., as under Napoleon, she remained always France. In 1830, when the hereditary monarchy fled to its third exile, it did not carry away with it either the country, or society, or authority, or even Royalty, which was to revive in another family. It was only a revolution of dynasty. In 1848, when King Louis Philippe ascended the hackney-coach on the Place de la Concorde, nearly at the same spot as Louis XVI. ascended the scaffold, he carried with him the prestige snd dignity of Royalty; but he did not carry away the sovereignty of the nation, which could declare itself in a Republic. It was only a !evolution of government. But at present a revolution would cause France not only t o change her name, institutions, and constitution, but would lead to a change in her nature, since it would affect her, not in her political right, which is relative and variable, but in her social right, which is eternal and immoveable. It would be a revolution of society. At least, let not this government of a superior and divine kind, which is at the same time the origin and the object of humanity, totally perish. Men are free to act; they may at their own option cling to error or to truth; they may perform all the acts of life without rendering an account to any one but God. But society belongs to no one, for it appertains to all. It is an inviolable deposit, which we have received from our ancestors to transmit to our sons, charged in their turn to hand it down to their de scendants. Men cannot sport with it, and cannot ex pose it through personal pride. Individuals, parties, opinions, systems, everything ought to be sacrificed to its preservation, when such a sacrifice is useful. It is that sacrifice which we now ask from our country, our friends, our cnemiel, and, in particular, from those who ac cepted the liPpublio as a better form of civilization, liberty, and progress. Whatever may be our sen timents, impressions, regrets, and hopes, let ns make it without hesitating, and let us vote on Saturday next, without thinking of legality which has ceased to exist, and obeying the necessity which calls for our vote. Le gality ! we cannot any longer revive it, we can only avenge it. In allowing a vote of necessity to fall from our conscience and our hand, we will exhibit the only useful and possible patriotism, that of common sense." The Press., which on its re-appearance contained leading articles in support of the President, is, and has been for the last three days, entirely silent, and no motive is assigned by it for this suspension of edi torial comments. The Moniteur du Loiret contains the following : " One of our trieudi has given us somo curious details relative to the prisoners at. Ham. He had a few days since an interview with General de Lamorictere, and was the first person who had visited the General since his arrest. M. do Lamoriciere knew nothing of the events which had taken place since the morning of the 2d of December, and was not aware of the presence of several other Generals and representatives in the fort of Ham, where each of them thought himself alone. General de Lamoricil,-e told our informant that, with the exception of the loss of liberty, he had no complaint to make of the manner in which he had been treated." The Municipal Council of Dijon has transmitted the following address to the President : M. le P.Cident,— The Municipal Council of Dijon has the honour to offer you the expression of its most earnest gratitude on the occasio❑ of the great act which his been suggested to you by your love of country. Sarong in the imposing manifestation by which the people testified its confidence in you on the 10th December, 1848, you conscientiously tried to effect an amicable solution of the difflcultiies without number with which parties encompassed your infant government. In vain France, by demanding loudly the revision of a Constitu tion that had its birth in the midst of tempests, supported you with her sympathies in that struggle of patience and self-denial. In vain the Councils-General supported by their decisions the demand of a reform which seemed capable of preventing the perils that threatened the coun try. Bad passions, reckless of so many warnings, did ❑ot the less continue to prepare for us in 1852 the most frightful calamities. It is true that, in the name of all that is most holy in the interests of a great nation, you adopted and executed the most heroic resolution to be found in history. The wicked trembled, the good have bacome re-assured,' in pursuance of the noble promise you had given. And the population of our fair Bur gundy, under the impression of that immense benefit, will hasten to take part in the grand ballot you have proposed, in the same manner that they crowded only some months since, on your passage to our city. We have the honour, &e. "Dijon, Dec. 15, 1851." THE MEDITERRANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.—The Pe ninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Bentinck, Captain Hillock, arrived here at an early hour this morning, bringing the heavy portion of the East India, China, and Mediterranean mails. The Bentinck brings dates from Alexandria, Dec. 7th ; Malta, the 11th ; Gibraltar, the 15th. The Bentinck made the run from the Rock of Gibraltar to the Start in three days 16 hours. Our advises from Gibraltar state that the differences between the Em peror of Morocco and the French Government are not yet settled. The reply of the Emperor being unfavourable to the French demands, accordingly all the French residents embarked on board of the Charo steamer of war, but subsequently landed again, and i l L i ri b n e g e u n nderstood that the Pasha of the Province Thesc sure subs ided, tude 33 de g . d'Affaires, crew saved by F r enchempowere d to treat with the French on:irnnal tit a t c h h e e l excitement , had fo foundered n i a n e r s e o board the Benti trade was gradually reviving. ; at d me in in la ea til . longitude 23 deg. west ; brig Aimable, and put on Gibraltar, for passage to England. The screw steamer Tiber, sevenand a half d ays from Liverpool, ved at Gibraltar on the 14th instant. Her Majesty's ship Resistance sailed from Gib raltar on the 15th for England. Her Majesty's ship Ganges sailed from Malta for En g l and on the 7th instant. At Gibraltar exchange on London was quoted Soi ; Spanish pillared dollars, 1+ per cent. premium. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) Captain Horatio Austin, C. 8., the ex-commander of the last Arctic expedition, it has been reported, will aucceed Captain A. L. Corry as Superintendent of the packets at Southampton. We believe there is not the slightest foundation for this report. Rear-Admiral the Hon. M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., M.P., is absent from Whitehall at his country seat, Fishbourne, Chichester ; and the Secretary, IVIr. Parker, M.P., i s on a v i s i t to the Earl of Yarborough, at Brockle s by- Park, Lincolnshire. Rear-AdmiA nd Deans C. 13.1 it is ti"er" a stood, will accept the Chiltern Hundreds on the opening of Parliament, the first week in February. He will not hoist his flag on board the Britannia, 120, at Portsmouth, nor will he resign his post at the Admiralty, before that time. _ _ ADMIECALTY CHANGES.—It is now stated that on the retirement of Admiral Dundas from the post of senior Naval Lord of the Board, the vacant seat will be given to Commodore Eden, now Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard ; that Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., now Superintendent of Deptford Dockyard, will remove to Woolwich, and hoist a Commodore's broad pendant ; and that Captain Austin, C. 8., will succeed to the Superintendentship of Deptford Dock and Victualling Establishment. We give this as a mere report. We have no confi dence in it. CHATHAM GARRISON.—The troops in garrison have been placed in orders for the practice of route marching during the winter months. The usual amount of leave granted at this season of the year is already thinning the garrison. ARMY RETIREMENT.—Major Ashmore, 16th Regi ment, is about to retire from the service by the sale of bis commission. He entered the army in February, 1826. HYDRADAD AND MEEANEE PRIZE MONEY.--The period having expired for making the distribution of the second dividend in India, it is expected that the lists of the unclaimed shares will shortly arrive in England. The following infantry regiments stationed in Ireland are first on the roster for foreign service, viz., 71st Highland Light Infantry, Ist Battalion ; 89th, 39th, 14th, 9th, 62d, 17th, 52d Light Infantry, 63d, 81st, 35th, 27th (Inniskilling), 90th Light Infantry, and 91st, Ist Battalion. Regiments in Ireland for service in Mediterranean :-40th, 31st, 57th. The following regiments of cavalry stationed in Ireland are first on the roster for Great Britain, viz. :- 7th Queen's Hussars, 6th Dragoon Guards (Cara biniers), Ist (King's) Dragoon Guards, 7th Dragoon Guards, sth Dragoon Guards, 4th Royal Irish Dra goon Guards. Major-General Aitchison, late in command at Madras, and his aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Crawley, 15th Hussars, are on their passage to England by the overland route, having embarked on the 13th of November. Major. General Godwin, C. 8., appointed to the Bengal command, arrived at Calcutta on the 17th of November, and has been posted to the Sirhind division. DRAFTS ion THE CAPE.—The authorities at the Horse Guards have issued orders for detachments of all the regiments, now serving at the Cape of Good Hope, to be in readiness for immediate embarkation to joi❑ their respective service companies. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 20. ROTHSCHILD V. ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. This was an action to recover the value of a box of golddust, which was alleged to be lost through the neg ligence of the defendants. The Attorney-General and Mr. Wiles appeared for the plaintiffs, and Sir Frederick Thesiger, Mr. Crowder, Mr. Greenwood, and Mr. Bovill for the defendants. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in stating the ease to the jury, said—The action was brought by Messrs. Roths child, the eminent firm of the City, against the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, to recover the sum of 2,2601., the valise of a box of golddust, which, among other boxes of the same character, was delivered to the company, for the purpose of being conveyed from South America to this country, but was lost in the course of the journey. In April of the present year the plaintiffs had 11 boxes of golddust at Panama, which they wished to be brought to London. Their agent at that place, a Mr. Davidson, accordingly de livered them to the company's agent, and received from him a bill of lading in which the company undertook to deliver them in the same good order and condition at the Bank of England, injury or loss by the act of God, the Queen's enemies, pirates, robbers, fire, accident by ma chinery, dangers of the seas, ' roads, and rivers, excepted. The boxes were numbered from 151 to 161, and were shipped at Chagres, in the steam-ship of the company called the Great Western. The vessel arrived at the Southampton Docks on the 7th May, and the goods were landed on the following day. She brought home a great quantity of specie contained in no !exit than 283 boxes. On being landed they were placed in waggons belonging to the South-Western Railway. The eleven boxes of Messrs. Rothschild were loaded in a particular waggon, which contained alto gether forty-six boxes. The waggons were sent up to London on the night of the Bth, and when the train arrived at the Nine Elms Station on the next morning, it was discovered that three oat of the 283 boxes were missing ; one of them being the box now in question. On the same day, the ash, Messrs. Rothschild received a letter from the company intimating the loss, and stat ing they would be happy to adopt any measures, or to afford any information which might lead to its recovery. To this Messrs. Rothschild replied that they considered the company was fully responsible for the safe delivery of the goods at the Bank of England, and they would leave them to take the necessary steps in the matter, though ready to afford every information in their power. The question that arose on this state of facts was whether the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was responsible to Messrs. Rothschild for the loss so sus tained. They, the defendants, said the loss came within one of those cases of exemption from liability which were mentioned in the bill of lading, viz., losses by robbers and the dangers of the sea and road. They alleged they were prevented delivering the box in con• sequence of robbers and the dangers of the road. Now this defence involved questions of very great importance, nut only to the company but to all the merchants in this country who imported bullion from South America, especially as the company possessed the monopoly of the carrying trade and steam-packet between South America and England. The gold was originally ob tained on the western coast of South America, and was brought across the isthmus of Panama to Chargres, which was on the Atlantic side of the country —it thus passed through a country very much disturbed, in which there were none or very bad police, and fre quently exposed to the incursions and attacks of rob bers. It became necessary to have troops to protect the goods so transported. Before the gold got to the sea, it had to pass a considerable way down the Chagres river in barges, and here, too, the danger of transit was considerable; and he apprehended that the excep tions in the bill of lading had reference to risks of this kind, and not to a theft committed after the goods ar rived in England. He should show that the loss of the particular box arose from the negligence and want of foresight of the defendants. The gold was brought up from Southampton like ordinary merchan dis,,, in waggons covered with tarpauling. Instead of placing it under the care of the railway company, and paying an additional sum, they left it to the charge of their own servants, and the robbery was occasioned by their carelessness. The CHIEF BARON said it would be a question whether a robbery c )mmittcd between Southampton and London came within the exceptions in the bill of lading. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said no doubt it would, but ho was prepared to contend, even supposing the loss was excepted by the contract, that the negligence of the company was the primary cause of the . loss. Admissions with regard to the receipt, non-delivery, and contents of the box, being put in, Sir FREDERICK THESIGER, for the defence, said the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company had no desire to avoid any liability to which they were properly exposed, j and their only anxiety was to have some uoicial decision as to the extent of the liability which was imposed upon them by such a contract. Ho admitted that whether goods so stolen came within the meaning of the excepted cases was a question of law entirely for his Lord hip ; and the only point to which the jury would have to direct their attention was that of negligence. He should prove that there was no negligence on the part of the defendants. Every precau tion was taken to ensure the safety of the property. The train by which the boxes were conveyed to London consisted of sixty-nine carriages - and trucks, and started at nine in the evening from Southampton. The waggons containing the boxes were covered with tarpauling, well tightened down and then locked, and four of the steam-packet company's servants travelled with the train for the protection of the property, and whenever the train stopped they got out and kept their eye upon the boxes. At half-past ten the train arrived at Winchester, and it was hero by a preconcerted plan that the robbery was effected. It appeared that about four or five o'clock in the morning of the 9th a boy living at the Jolly Farmers' public-house, Winchester, went down the garden for the purpose of bird-nesting, and he discovered among some high grass a box which turned out to be one of the three stolen from the waggon. Suspicion fell upon a person of the name of Pamplin who was seen to come to the spot shortly afterwards, and he was arrested, tried, and con victed. Sir Frederick contended that under these cir cumstances the plaintiffs could not recover against the company, a robbery of this nature being one of the road. Evidence as to the way in which the goods were packed and guarded was then gone into. The parties agreed that the points of law arising under the contract should be reserved for the Court above. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then addressed the jury, in reply, on the question of negligence. The CHIEF BARON, in summing up the evidence, told the jury that the defendants were responsible for the goods provided ; the loss did not come within the ex cepted cases mentioned in the contract, and that negli gence on the part of the defendants had nothing what ever to do with the question. If the contract did not contain such an exception then the defendants would be liable, whether the loss was occasioned by their negli gence or not. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs for the full amount on the principal pleas, subject to the opinion of the Court above. The jury intimated they considered there had been ❑egligence. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 20. (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) IN RE GRANVILLE.—JUDGMENT. Ills HONOU R had reserved judgment in this case. He now said,—There was a case before him a few days since of Augustus B. Granville, who was adju dicated a bankrupt as a boarding and lodging house keeper. This was one of those cases in which it was difficult to apply the principles of the bankrupt law. Here the trading was in small matters, indeed, sufficient to bring him within the operation of the bankrupt law, but quite distinct from his main pursuit, which had been for years that of A physicuw, and he had LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, lB5l. ; been carrying on the practice of medicine with great success, and if he had confined himself to that he , would have kept himself clear of embarrassment. The bankrupt had passed through the usual stages, and he had now arrived at the last stage—the application for his certificate, by which he would be absolved from all bygone engagements. To this application for his certificate there was not only no opposition by the creditors, but it was obvious that the principal cre ditor, who was also the assignee, a gentleman of the highest character and respectability, was extremely favourable to the bankrupt. He was of opinion that the fact of a large body of creditors uniformly abstaining from making opposition was strongly in the bankrupt's favour. There was no one found among the nu merous persons Dr. Granville was connected with to oppose his certificate or to gainsay the request he now made. He (the Commissioner) must therefore start in this case by saying that this absence of op position appeared to tell favourably in the bank rupt's favour. There was another feature in the case which was extremely favourable to Dr. Granville, that throughout his large dealings, and in every part of them—for they had been very various—everything he had done was as it were recorded, and every far thing of expense was vouched ,by certain books and documents which the official assignee said gave a complete and true history of all his transactions, his outgoings and incomings, so that no person could doubt the truth and accuracy of these accounts. And he (the Commissioner) must apply to Dr. Granville the rule applicable to all, that such a circumstance was always very favourable.to a person who failed. The great majority were without those proofs, everything in fact being estimated, and creditors were left to raised accounts, as they were sometimes called, or supplemental accounts, but the better term would be accounts guessed at. No such imputation, however, could be cast upon Dr. Granville, as, whatever were his faults, they were transparent, which any one might see by reading the documents. He (the Com missioner) could not but contemplate with regret and pain this case, where a gentleman of talent far above the ordinary class, who if he had confined himself to his profession, in which he so excelled, would have reached nearly the top of his profession, as it appeared he was making a large income indeed ; but it had happened to him, as it too often did with men of genius, a rage for speculation entered his mind. He had thought of schemes and adventures which it was scarcely credible he could have ever en tered into, First, he wanted to establish a company called the Thames Improvement Company—but he (the Commissioner) could not quite see the connexion of that with medicine—of which he said he was manager and director; he would have much better have managed and directed his patients. The next thing he did was to become a shareholder and direc tor of the Benevolent Life Insurance Company. He then got to other speculations, and engaged in the farming business, which he took to in 1844, and he imputes one cause of his failure to the measure passed for free trade in corn subsequent to his taking the farm, which, in consequence, had . reduced hi s profits. These were what he specified as the causes of his failure, but he had forgotten one speculation. He had conceived an idea that he could establish some sort of traffic in Seltzer water, by which he would obtain profit and make a large fortune. But he did that which was certain to get rid of a fortune—be embarked in a Chancery suit, which was still going on, and it appeared that the progress of that suit had lost the creditors a very con siderable amount for costs expended. What had he to do with Seltzer water ? Why did he not confine himself to that pursuit in which he was excelling and making a comfortable subsistence ? A circumstance that was favourable to the bankrupt was this--that upon looking at his expenditure it would be found that it was quite within the range of his gains and profits. He had not indulged in profuse personal ex penditure, but it was very small, considering his posi tion as a physician, as he had appearances to keep up; and it appeared to him (the Commissioner) to have been extremely moderate, and certainly within rather than without the limit to be assigned to persons in his circumstances. These circumstances bad induced him (the Commissioner) to think he might accede to the wish of the bankrupt to have an immediate certificate, and it was not only the wish of the bank rupt himself, but of the gentleman who from the be ginning had been a firm and untiring friend to him, and the wishes of both would be complied with. If there had been opposition, perhaps he might have been disposed to take another view, but there being no one to oppose, he did not see anything to induce him to step out of the ordinary course, and to say " No" to what so many people wished. He should grant an immediate certificate; the only question now re maining was of what class. This case was not to form a precedent to others who embarked in specula tions without the excuse made for Dr. Granville. Parties who had ample means were not to be repro bated if they kept within the amount of their own funds; but parties had no right to speculate without the means of meeting any adverse results which might ensue—to speculate upon the funds of other people. The judgment of the Court was, that Dr. Granville should receive an immediate certificate of the second class. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) IN BB J. B. MAY. The bankrupt was a draper of Camden-town. His accounts from March, 1848, to July, 1851, showed— capital, 7741., subsequently increased by a legacy of 755/. ; unsecured creditors, 6,872/. ; creditors holding security, 974/. ; the assets are expected to realise about Mr. Lawrence supported, Mr. A. Turner opposed. There t 2,6 was 00/. a ihs wave the certificate meeting. very i protracted h e ari ng , but in conse o quence of the Commissioner reserving his judgment H our report is deferred. IN R MARRIOTT. The bankrupt was a seed merchant, of Leighton Buzzard. This WAS a certificate sitting. His Hosious granted a certificate of the third class. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. —York, Dec. 19 Rf Ann gill, llt;l aged 25, was _ • NISICHILD Baron•PLATT. indicted for the wilful murder of her infant male child on the 20th of October last, at Wakefield. Mr. Overend and Mr. Hardy appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Pickering defended the prisoner. It appeared from the statement of the various wit nesses, and from the opening g of the Learned Counsel for the prosecution, that the prisoner was a servant girl, and that about four years ago she had been de livered of a child. She herself was an illegitimate child, and had been brought up and taken care of from infancy by old Mrs. Gill, the landlady of the Blue Bell public-house, in Kirkgate, Wakefield, whom she was accustomed to call " mother •" and Mrs. Gill's son, who now kept the public-house, she was in the habit of calling " brother." When out of service she usually went to old Mrs. Gill's until she could find another situation. The prisoner had for merly livid with a Miss Anty, of Dewsbury, and on leaving Miss Anty's service some time ago she went into the service of a Mr. Smith, a porter merchant at Wakefield, where she remained till the 4th of October. On leaving that situa tion, being out of service, she went to old Mrs. Gill's to stay, and remained there till the 20th of the same month, when she again entered the service of Miss Anty. Miss Anty, on engaging her, asked her, from her appearance, if she was in the family way, when the prisoner replied, " I'm as much in the family way now as when I left you." It appeared that in June the prisoner had consulted a surgeon, who told her she was pregnant, and that he was sure the child had quickened. Another servant maid at Mr. Smith's, where she was then living, had also perceived her con dition, and told her she was pregnant, which the pri soner then admitted, and said she was about to be married to the father of the child. On the night of Sunday, the 19th of October last, old Mrs. Gill's son and his wife and family retired to rest between ten and eleven o'clock, and about five o'clock on the fol lowing morning the prisoner rapped at Gill's door and said she was going to Dewsbury. She bad told them the night before that she was going by the half-past five Government train in the morning. They had advised her not to go by that train, but she said if she did not she would have to pay more. She then went, saying "Good bye to you; will you be good enough to send my boxes after me to Dewsbury ? ' She had been observed about one o'clock that same morning by a neighbour of the Gills—a Mrs. Fell— going across the yard to the privy ; and a son of Mrs. Gill, who worked in a factory, and who had to go to his work between five and six o'clock in the morning, on going downstairs found the prisoner in the kitchen, apparently lighting the fire, and she asked him if he would help her. She was then wearing a victorine and a light straw bonnet, and was dressed as if in readiness for going out. He then went out to go to his work, and he heard the prisoner come out after him, and saw her going towards the railway station. He saw her carrying a bundle and a basket. On the Saturday night before this (the 18th of October) the prisoner had a blue band-box in her room at Mrs. Gill's, and on the Monday morning, the 20th of October, the day she left, the bat- box was gone. That morning there was a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Government train going from the Wakefield station to Dewsbury at half-past five o'clock, and a railway porter, named Jackson, was at the station at five o'clock. On opening the doors there was nothing in the passage to attract attention, and he saw the train off and several passengers in it for Dewsbury. After the train had been gone some three or four minutes, a woman came to the window where the tickets were delivered and asked for a ticket for Dewsbury, and she was told the train was gone. She then asked what time the next train went, and was told at 11.30 o'clock. Some one was with her to whom she was heard to speak, and, from the answer given, that person was supposed 'to be a man. After she was gone a blue bandbox was found by Jackson in the passage at the railway station, without any address upon it, and it was thereupon taken into the booking-office and opened, and in it was found the dead body of a male child wrapped up in some linen, quite warm and bleeding. The neck was slightly cut on one side, but more severely on the other, the artery being cut through. From the evidence of the surgeon the child had been born alive, and in his opinion the cuts had been made before death. Intelligence of the disco very of the child immediately spread, and a man and woman walking near the railway station were taken into custody on suspicion of being the persons who applied for the ticket for Dewsbury. This, however, turned out to be a mistake, and a reward was offered of 251. for the apprehension of the criminal, and a further reward of 501. and a free pardon for any ac camplice were afterwards offered by Government. From suspicious circumstances affecting the prisoner, she was taken into custody on the 2d of November, and on examination by a surgeon, though difficult to express an opinion, from her having had achild before, he gave it as his opinion that she had recently given birth to a child. She was also seen walk ing into Dewsbury that same morning at nine o'clock carrying a bundle and a basket. Gill's premises were then searched, and discoveries were made which indicated that the prisoner had been de livered at Mrs. Gill's of a full-grown child. A piece of cloth was found there which formed part of the cloth in which the dead child was found wrapped, and which had formed part of a chemise belonging to the prisoner. After this the prisoner had said to Mr. M`Donald, the superintendent of the Wakefield police, that she bad had a miscarriage at Gill's of a four or five months' child, and that she had thrown it into the privy. On searching the ashpit up the yard of Gill's house an afterbirth of a full-grown child was found. While in custody the prisoner wished to see a clergyman, and the Rev. Mr. Jones, curate of the parish church at Wakefield, saw her, and to him she made a statement that she was delivered on the night of the 19th of October of a child, and that Gill came into her room, took the child, and murdered it by the bed. She afterwards said that Gill and his wife had murdered the child. All the family of the Gills were, in consequence, taken into custody. It was elicited in cross-examination of one the policemen examined, that while before the magistrates, when Gill was discharged, he stooped down and kissed the prisoner. Gill, however, stated, when asked as to this, that as he passed at the magistrates' table he said to her," Well, you've made a bonny job of yourself." She answered, " Will you forgive me ?" He said he did, and shook hands with her, and stooped to do so, as she was seated, but did not kiss her. (In their evidence Gill and Mrs. Gill, and other witnesses, entirely contra dicted the prisoner's statement.) The Learned Counsel for the prisoner then addressed the jury for the defence, contending that the evidence was inconclusive to fix this crime on the prisoner; that her statement to the clergyman was made when she was scarcely conscious of what she said from terror and exhaustion, and was not to be relied on ; and that it was physically impossible for the prisoner, if she had given birth to a child, as alleged, on the night of the 19th of October, to have got up next morning at five o'clock, and after walking with her bundle and the child in a bandbox to the railway station, to have afterwards walked six miles to Dews bury. The child must, therefore, have been placed where found by somebody else. It being now ten o'clock the court was adjourned until next morning. — December 20. Mr. Baron PLATT this morning proceeded with great care to go through the voluminous evidence, occupying nearly two hours in summing up. The jury having retired, after an hour's absence, found the prisoner Guilty. His LONDSHIP, having put on the black cap, then proceeded to pass the awful sentence of the law upon the prisoner. His Lordship held out not the slightest hope to her, as her crime had been aggravated by her falsely charging another with it, and that other ber foster brother, who had given her hospitality. His Lordship in the usual form then sentenced the pri soner to be hung by the neck until she was dead. The rest of the day was occupied by the trial of a poaching case possessing little interest. In the Crown Court Mr. Justice Maule was occu pied all day in trying rape cases and cases unfit for publication. _ The grand jury were discharged this morning. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL. Henry Martin Flanagan, aged 60, described as a gentleman, was placed at the bar on remand before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with obtaining from a woman named White 11. 3s. Gd., under the false pretence that he was clerk to Mr. }lorry, the barrister, and that for that sum Mr. Horry should defend her husband, who subsequently was sentenced to trans portation. Mr. Horry was now examined—He said he was a barrister, and had chambers at No. 1, Warwick-court, Holborn. He had not received any money from the prisoner to defend a man named White, who was tried at the Middlesex Sessions and transported. The prisoner never was his clerk, and he was never au thorised to receive fees except when he was specially sent for them, he (Mr. Horry) sometimes having em ployed him as a messenger. He never authorised the prisoner to represent himself at the House of Deten tion as his clerk. Cross- examined—l knew the prisoner as an attor ney's clerk, and if I had not taken briefs from him, all the other members of the bar at the sessions would have been glad to do:so. I have not been in the habit of giving him the clerk's fee when he brought me briefs. Might have done so in some cases. I cannot swear that I have not. I have received the depositions in cases from :him, and defended prisoners with no other instructions. To the MAGISTRATE—That is a very commonprace tice with the bar at the sessions, and it is customary to take the guinea without a clerk's fee at all. I have no clerk at this time. I cannot say I have not done it. I never gave the prisoner the half-crown out of the guinea. Flanagan and Mrs. White came to me on the Monday of the sessions, and she instructed me to make a motion to put off the trial of Edward White until the next session. She appeared in great trouble and distress. She promised to pay me the money at the end of that week or the next. The fee was 11.33. Gd. The prisoner introduced her to me. I made the motion, and Mr. Witham postponed the trial. I have defended prisoners and made motions, believing that the fees would be paid afterwards. In such cases the prisoner has received the fees, and paid them to me afterwards. I have defended cases on the promise of the prisoner that I should be paid. I have received briefs from him. I expected to receive the fee for the motion in question from him. I should have looked to him for the fee entirely. Re-examined—l did not understand the prisoner to be a❑ attorney. I have known him to be a clerk to several attorneys, viz., Davis, Head and Williams. I knew him first in 1847. I then lost sight of him for two years, and saw him again two years ago. He gave me briefs, but in no particular character. He brought briefs and clients, and the parties sometimes came without him. I did not authorise him to re ceive money for me, but I had not forbade his receiv ing it. If he did receive money, I expected he was to pay it to me. In this case I expected he would re ceive the money and pay it to me, not as my clerk though, but as a client. The Clerk (Mr. Mould)—Without reference to this case, are there not a number of persons who prowl about the court to get hold of poor persons under the pretence that they are attorneys or clerks ? Mr. Horry—Yes, and every member of the bar at that court takes briefs from them. I objected to it ten years ago, and called a meeting of the bar upon the subject, to reverse the whole system. I proposed that there should be a regular roll of the attorneys of the court and their authorised clerks, so that counsel should receive briefs from none but them, but it was not carried out. I wish to say that lam not in par ticular an example of this system. It is general amongst the bar. The MAGISTRATE, after recapitulating the facts, said he should commit the prisoner for trial. Flanagan said Mr. Horry had behaved most cruelly to him in denying that he was his clerk. "I have been living with him?' he said, "for six years in the same chambers, and I have signed all his papers and been consulted in all his business matters; and didn't I make an application to my schoolfellow, the O'Con nor Don, who was a Lord of the Treasury, to get him made a county court judge; and didn't I intro duce all my friends to him as clients ? I have two brothers of my own barristers; and I declare to God I never had a penny of this woman's money. I had to write on the chambers-door every morning where I was going. Ob, Mr. Horry, what a cruel man you are 1" The prisoner was fully committed, the Magistrate consenting to take bail for his appearance to answer the charge at the sessions. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Arnold Gerber was charged before Mr. Hardwick with uttering a forged cheque, purporting to be drawn by Messrs. Selim, Dean, and Co., for 340/. on the London and Westminster Bank. George Tozer, clerk at the St. James's-square branch of that bank, said that that morning the pri soner presented to him for payment a cheque for 3401, signed " Selim, Dean, and Co." The bank had cus tomers of that name, but as it was directly discovered that the signature was not in the handwriting of the firm, the prisoner was questioned as to the party he had received the cheque from, when he mentioned the name of Sims, and said he received it from that person. Mr. Dean, Mr. Selim's partner, said the cheque was not in the handwriting of his partner or himself, and the prisoner was an utter stranger to him. • The prisoner, in anwer to the charge, stated that being in want of a situation, he had advertised in one of the morning papers, and in reply thereto he received the following note :—" If A. G. has not yet met with an engagement, he is requested to call to-morrow (Friday) by one o'clock, at 06mond's Coffee-house in the Strand, and inquire for Mr. Sims. If found suitable he will be engaged." He went to 03mond's Coffee-house and asked for Mr. Sims, but was told by the landlady that that gentleman had left a note for him. The note stated that Mr. Sims had waited for him and had gone towards St. James's-park, and would be found leaning against the Duke of York's pillar. He went there and found a well-dressed stranger who said his name was Sims ; and after some conversation, he told him to call on him at the same coffee-house on the following day lie did so, and was engaged, and the cheque i❑ ques tion given him to go to St. James's-square with, and get cashed. The prisoner was remanded to Tuesday next for further inquiry. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.— Her Majesty's yacht Fairy, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H., embarked the Queen and Court at Cowes yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, and conveyed them, under the customary honours, to the Royal Clarence Vic tualling establishment, Gosport, where they disem barked, and were received by the Hon. Miss Byng, Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, G.C.M.G., the Com mander-in-Chief ; Rear-Admiral Superintendent Prescott, C.B. ; Lieutenant• General d'Aguilar, Act ing Lieutenant-Governor; Captain Superintendent Sir Edward Parry, and the other officers of the Cla rence-yard; Messrs. C. Stovin (manager), Beattie (chief engineer, &c.), and R. W. Stevens (superin tendent of the South-Western Railway Company), and a guard of honour of the 48th Regiment, com manded by Lieutenant-Colonel Ward. At five mi nutes to twelve o'clock the Royal train in charge of Mr. C. Stovin, left the Royal station for Windsor. Her Majesty and family appeared in excellent health and spirits, The half-yearly examination of mates in the Royal navy, and cadets of the Royal Marine Corps, termi nated yesterday at the Royal Naval College, when Mr. Edward Field was declared qualified, and ad judged the Lieutenant's commission awarded to the most proficient; and Messrs. E. C. L. Durnford, E. Gladstone, U. L. Morris, J. G. Shanks, A. C. J. M'Meekan, and G. F. Walker, Marine Cadets, were recommended for commissions as Second-Lieutenants in the Royal Marine Corps. Mr. Mends, landing waiter at Southampton, is ap pointed Surveyor in the Customs at this port, vice Baskett, deceased; and Mr. Dawes, landing-waiter at this port, removes to Southampton, vice Mends. Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, Commander-in-Chief at this port, has most handsomely consented to become the patron of the Portsea Free School. PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY.—The flag-ship Impreg nable, 104, will be paid off and recommissioned on the Ist of January next with a complement of 208 men. The steam block-ship Sanspareil, 81, having com pleted her boilers, was this day warped to the jetty. The circumstances connected with a collision off the Start on Wednesday have excited a great amount of interest here. According to the account of Captain A. Van Oosteroom, the Corinthian was seen at eight o'clock in the morning under two topsails, mainsail, foresail, fore and aft mainsail and mizen, jib and staysail, on the larboard tack, sailing down Channel ; wind variable, S.E. to E.S.E. The Theodora and Sara was close-hauled on the starboard tack, under topsails, maintopgallant sail, foresail, mainsail, jib, staysail, gaff-mainsail, and mizen. About nine o'clock the Corinthian struck the Dutchman between her cathead and stem, and cut completely through her bow, causing her to fill and sink in about an hour. The Theodora and Sara left Batavia on the Bth of September, called at St. Helena on the lit, and sailed therefrom on the 2d of November. Her cargo of sugar, coffee, and tin, and the vessel, have been esti mated at the value of 25,0001. She was 400 tons burden, and had a complement of 15 hands; in addi tion to them the Corinthian brought to this port the captain's wife and daughter and Lieutenant Baron van Heeckereen van Branzenburg and five soldiers, invalided from the service of his Netherlands Majesty at Batavia. Every attention has been paid to the suf ferers by Mr. Luscombe, the Consul for Holland at Plymouth. The Aboukir, hired ship, with pensioners and their families and male convicts, last from Portsmouth, arrived on Friday. After embarking 60 or 70 con victs from the Dartmoor prisons, she sails first fair wind for Hobart-town. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH, DEC. 20.—Masters—Alexander M. P. Mackey (1825), to be Master commanding the Nereus, 42, store depbt at Valparaiso ; James Ton kin (1832), to the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship at Sheerness. Acting Assistant-Surgeon—Richard Evans (1851), to the Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth. Second Master—Thomas C. Tilly (1851), to the Britannia, 120, at Portsmouth. Midshipman—Edward Hawes, to the Impregnable flag-ship at Devonport. Naval Cadet—F. W. Egerton, to the Britannia. The Geyser steam-sloop, recently paid off at this port by Commander Edward Tatham, on her return from the South-east coast of America station, was taken out of the east dock to-day and taken into the basin, and the Intrepid screw-steam-vessel was taken into the vacated dock during the same tide, to have her sea-cocks examined and any defects in her bottom made good, as she is to be made ready for sea with the greatest dispatch, and will proceed with her sister vessel, the Pioneer, and the Phoenix, both screw steamers, to the Arctic regions early in 1852, to make further search for Sir John Franklin and his companions. The Highflyer steam sloop was taken out of the west, or King 'William IV. Dock, this afternoon, to make room for the Pioneer, and the latter vessel will be taken into the dock on Monday morning to be made ready to proceed to the Arctic regions. The Fury, steam-sloop, Commander Edward Tatham, was taken out of the basin to- day into the river, and will shortly proceed to the Mediterranean station. Captain Sir. Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Sur veyor of the Navy, visited Woolwich-dockyard yesterday for the purpose of inspecting the Agamem non, SO, now nearly ready for launching, wbich will take place about March next or the end of the finan cial year. The engines with which this fine vessel is to be fitted are of GOO horse power, by John Penn and Son, Greenwich, and are in an advanced state. They will be ready to be put on board immediately after the launch. The Royal Albert, 120, was also inspected by Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, as it is intended to have her fitted with a screw and auxiliary engines. She is in so forward a state that the requi site alterations to fit her with a screw•propeller may be effected and her launch take place before the end of 1852, and she will then have been ten years on the stocks, as she was commenced in 1842. The Royal Albert is of 3,394 tons, old measurement. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20.—A firm but quiet trade to-day. MANCHESTER, DEC. 20.—The trade throughout the week has continued exceedingly languid, the dealers and bakers acting with such extreme caution that but few transactions have occurred in any article, sad these could only be effected by accepting offers at slightly reduced rates. The arrivals of oats and oatmeal from Ireland at Liverpool and Runcorn are to a fair amount, but of other produce limited; and from our own coast the supplies likewise continue scanty. . From abroad the imports of wheat and flour are tolerably extensi►e, the latter in cluding a larger quantity of French than of late, but of Indian corn only moderate. Our market this morning ruled very quiet, and general runs of both wheat and flour must again be noted the turn cheaper. Oats and oatmeal moved off slowly, and barely supported their pre vious value. NOTTINGIIAM, DEC. 20.—At Derby yesterday the supply of wheat was large, and was consequently easier to purchase. But few samples of barley were exhibi ted, and good qua liti es were rea dil y so ld at previous rates. No change o ccurre d i n an y o ther article, save new beans, and these may be noted fully Is per quarter lower. Wheat, red, 33s to 38s per 36 stone; white, ditto, 40s to 445. Barley, for malting, 24s to 28s; ditto, for grinding, 23s to 25s per 30 atone. Oats, old, 22s to 26s per 24 stone; ditto, new, 18s to 21s. Beans, old, 36s to 39s per 38 stone; ditto, new, 30s to 335. Flour, 27s to 288; super, 30s to 31s per 20 stone. At Newark on Wednesday supplies were very limited, in conse quence of the previous week's depression, and a smaller quantity of business was done than for many weeks past. For wheat the trade was epecially languid, and little or no change took place in prices. Barley was a trifle lower for general samples, with but a flat demand. The inquiry for oats and beans was not better than last noted, and the former decreased in value f rom 6d to is per quarter. No variation i n price can be quoted in the latter. Wheat, white, 41s to 44a; red, 36a to 395. Barley, malting, 26s to 295; grinding, 186 to 235. Oats, 15s to 265. Beans, 29s to 34. Oth er l ocal markets also show diminishing suppli es this w ee k, occas i one d b y previous depressions in prices, and the advice to the farmers, by the I)u ko of New cast l e and others, not to force their produce into the hands of factors at the pre sent low quotatione. At our own market to day, with a moderate supply of wheat, last week's prices were fully supported, and really fine sampl es b e i ng scarce were more sought after. The s h ow of b ar l ey was not large; fine qualities were rather dearer, and inferior more saleable at their previous value. In cats and beans no alteration DALKEITH, Dze. 18.--The relative weight per four bushes of the three prices of wheat were lest 71b, 18st 21b, and 16st 81b. Oats, 13st 01b, llst 131 b, and list 31b. Barley, 16st 01b, 15st 101 b, and 14st 81b. Peas and beans, 19st 01b, 18st 111 b, and 18st Olbs. Qrs. Best. `"- "' Current. I n f er i or . 346 Wheat ... . ..... Z 2 2 0 £1 17 0 £1 10 0 1642 Oats ........ .... 12 0 019 0 011 8 1132 8ar1ey............ 16 4 13 0 019 0 77 Peas and Beans 118 0 115 0 17 0 Average of wheat 36s Od. ABIADIXIT I DAc t 1 9 ....Qui5-.ostl l6, Ud tg 16i 9d, ---------------------------/ I Ogl e "' i 401b5 p er bushel; foreign oats, 0050 d to 17s Od, 401lopil ;0 0 barley, 21s Od to 22s id. 521bs per bushel ; I)B° l ' l 2 i:4o °i ed, 52Ibs per bushel; wheat 005 to 425; oameal ~s. o „....pee d i, t4t p aod e l r 6lodtwo b ; o:l; flour, 29s to 3 , 8 Od per sack. Pr ° ''''l ° ditto , 4 ", p 6 op d rekr p , e p r set l ro b ns ; et : n m e,, u s 3 t o t sd o o n d, to t c o l i 33 t t ss o 6 , d6 4 dt d ; I a t to o pbo 6 l s d pt ; eoer / b c ee ' o d ro t i o nt: es (i4 ; ; 4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to Od; hares! cdt „goi to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, pl. '' ,i ; b e o, eggs, per doz, 1 s to Is 3(1; cheese, per cwt, 005 to,;'ok,,d, pe s t o pair, 2s 6d to 3s Od; chickens, itto, Is tid t ' u ' " , /easir'l 2 t dto2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, 25 to 256 d; t urkey t ._ intel et. o9s Od; geese, ditto, 7s to 86 ; butter *for esp,ortat ow_u,'ol'oo,o to cure), sd per cwt, 00s to 565; eggs. wholesale priee,ofosreucf 141bs _, ~ 41b loaf cash, 5d ; credit, 6d ;6dk Pe r , . ark, Isre u ud to Os Od;pork fine, rn 11 fib to Os Ou , ' O , to 01 ' 3s 6d to 4s 3d ; ship rk s a r 'barrel of 204 lbst„, to Oil; Meal-Oatmeal, 4d o to is e sd; barley ust, ..7,1,0 peasemeal,_ s Is 7d to is 8d; aids, Od to 6d ; ,' e o l 7;d 7 10 10 to_ 1 3d; flour, Is 7d to Is 8d• barley, per lb, lid , flour, Is 4d to Is sd. ' At ol s orkeb GLASGOW CATTLE NI ET DEC. 18,---2 ° ,, 1, , - 1 ' to-day the numbers wAeRreS-c'attle, 579; , s f e sales b ee f In consequence of the small supply of 00' 1 , 1 , i : tot as bee r r e e a a si l l i y sed eff 4 e s e cwt, sinking the offal; all sold. current 4' , 5 to 435, effected, with an upward tendency. 4 , ,i, 3,5 , F t i ii, l ,ch r e iOT so 3 ; p 9 ll ":o , ci e b i3tr e i (: , saini)wasand sheep i a n l g so th s e h o o ff rt a , l ; but prices remained stationiaiii mutton 51d, current 4d 1, 43-d, inferior 3d tcl ba ot O tt .. sheep at the a to ll rrh so e ld r . w o reo, 9j '' 10 sheep, 2605. .: We l' file i v DUBLIN, DEC. 19.-The only altersaa, ,__;as, report in our corn-market since 'Tuesday is 10;'1'010 to' in ' a l r 'h k e et co d r o r y cc iv tn s u s pies of oats and barley, which meta / e n ' gle I ° B h . e day,_ and were in some instances a `bad osi be Indian corn was less easy of sale, 00 i 35 6a to quoted 6d to Is cheaper. Wheat, hits,.. , .. o; los ; 22s 64 red ditto, 17s 6d to 21s 6d ; r''' °s tall: Ha Od e ; oats, new 9s 6d to Ils 3%; toe 4/°i:, lOs a 6d to 12s Od; bakers' flour, per &i t " l ib, 27 6 d brley, Ils Od to 15s; Indian corn , r r 45° ' 29s Od; rapeseed, 14s Od to 16s 6d per barrel. TP CORK, DEC. 19• a broa d ' bof We have to report some arrivals from _ oppr oac e o, Christmas, are very moderate, the suPPl,,ver b s !•6l beingb- I.e r l e s e , i barley, 2,118 brls, at 103 to 12s p st er i Wheat, 1,191 brlae potsnloyf:_hume grain, even with the oeisifor tbe of el; bto . Joao, Doi 0 a rrel' of bo leY eo at 9s to 106 9 ' d per barrel. The isl i u ;t e l sad l ' o b • firmly maintained; oats have declined a """le'isg t o ' 9 5, remains without change. The busin eeryo, s ,l o ised se ~ pared l and foreign wheat has been on ae ; d t b04, 6 ey maintains the same firmness 0311Di f ', o dor ) I ,' f e outtended the season. The dull advices frow .-7 /) , , sou ei to depress the oat trade very looterso to 6i F o r should be disposed to quote the artic' e 0300 rear barrel lower. Holders woul be boll tia 0 0, sad v s sonable concession, but purchasers still bold boe P oe result is that the few transactions w hich q uota 0 place are on the most restricted scale. L 9 0 ,04 1 1. ° , 6 1,ers value of black oats lOs to 103 3d, of " ite • n cipa l ... etr . to m lls per barrel free on board. The P ri ..„ e lied t h eo of hving, in the anticipation of an advance, str , do .. ,,i 0 selves during the past and previous buyers a r ' t be trade now is rather quiet, and need)" bur,lictoce s b l r iia the market, and even they submit with rel f er9 cl oi, can demand.asd nd t c a saa n clp e at aherbcolaeuesi although h e f : ow Coarse flours cootiooo y e t res lrl 0 0 an The trade in Indian corn alsi i a ctua lly7 ' ,t o t eslo wert l t n e s icdaenrn realisationtohte qhnuioogifthe. pricesprice cien3 6 ci ale d I , , Cw"., 10 Barrels. n o, OP - 20 - do 23 White wheat 20s 6,1 to 00s Od oos 0( 1- '" 71 Red wheat l7s 6d to 189 6d 100 Ditto lBs 6d to 195 0 d 23 Ditto .l9s Od to 20s od, 14 d•#' l6 29 3 66 96 2 09 6 3 1 1 DBO D DB e a r ai l t t r t tat t t e l o o oe . y . . . 103 Od to lis N i i, o f 0 11s 8d to 115 1 0 e, lls 10d to 125 t•la N tld Os Od to Os Od 10 8s 6d to 10° Odl . 005 0d... 845 Ditto log Od to lOs 2d c o lOs 2d to 105 6d 28 , Od 00 barrels white 286 Pigs oit h Quantasold at the Highest rriro berel , SO pigs. Wheat ;lB °d 4 : o ecl7 s " 's ...4: 31 0 ". 1,P 6 Wheat, of Grain and Number o 3 f l P b i ar e, ler: , l P ti .ir r i g l ' 1,490. Barley, 2,045• Oats, ''' B f 6 0 E O s - PRICES OF BU Ti- - 00 . 0 eSt CANT. First 1* S S F T i e o h x c u i t or r h dn t hqdquuqa quality u l l a a i t . ... 65s Thir d q u t t ' l t; " ;''''' '. .... 4 ' i: quality t l yr y i y l t t 7 . Fifth qualit Y 48s Sixth clusit9. fide. 1:/. ,; CoRIC. Return 6 of Cattle sold for week eaeliocgoi, 62 13 , 1 0 • seconds, 7t)".7; FFF;h:tqh41;11..::::::. ........ : : ,1 . '''''''''' : igs, 1,412. Sheep, 19 5 %, 6 d ; 0 ,,,140 1° h t 5, 2 f n e 6e r :: w ,Bdrp t e . asain O t r eo :a r _tnn s .. 7p -- 11:016: F sd6c i 6 r wdped s t l r.oh l io 1 iute s s. 6 hIn d odkI t si o nsul t s ,: te0 1 4 10 6 : 06 0 1 ; toto w v L i ., . 0,1 1: : • 0 0 0 , , , l t sg9 s t I.7: 3 l: 2 ;ra s t°Bl to 40a Od; 36. Per average 00.-o,d°dper tonln.'dHianay-cluasr°6l:7l.l2.4Siodtre:t2:oo9sll:ol 15s Od to 2 9 I ° CMbid 93 ' Wheate!h batter' c o sli,,, household loaf 4id t o 5d 41b• ft'-- dila. Co" 10d per lb. per • 1 , ban 0 , ; e ft , atovner.ageßrledasd.Ldea er f Newport Eggs -5a 6d to 6a Od Pe cion , 0 p o 0 ,1 13s 16, Od ; Lydney a s • Lan 40' rOl Whisky,: 4 : l per ton. Tallow 001 Od .t: g allon' 4‘ l 0, to 61d ; mutton 5d 4. ° A , i st0„ 10 „J to 51 g r e , -Beef 4 , 1 25 0. p., 68 9d per hol'°°6ld; 1 0 pet e r 6d; pork -4,f to Od ; bacon 6d to '"' f,,,i/ lio " 01. ' tO . Ho ps 818 s to 9/0s per cwt. Bangor slatiensis 15 / to , p ' ef 9 0 0 ,1 ton. Bark-Barbary 71 Os to 8/ Os ; Vile 4 , to l'' 00h, Os 6103 ; Spanish 01 per ton. Fleece it/0011„10 9 6: 1 0 Itgol ditto, 24s 2 2 4 9 5 / ttoo3oo4l.4peerrtonFi:hriertc . l2 _11: 1 ;;I: 1 0 :0 ' lf il e i r l ditto, ton. T 2 1 i mlbsesrbarrel. foundisflu' 3 J "lit' '0 Market per - t e o la n e ; l, deals , 151 rlstlonto' i''3l. p ar e '. T 09 1; n, 2ls to 30s; salted 22s to 30 0 p „:, il a v so 00 a° . to to 31d per lb. Potatoes, white 30 7 to a 00d. Guano- Peruvian' Ili 10s teL ' per ton. Tar--Are -reS' - -- ,5.1 A RAILWAY SHARE MP' i ts 20. flriii Dsc• ,O. . 03 A 417,rea - j n 1 v. i t , uor ti A• qlai STOCK Exert's/fa r ad prices higher. BE.R_ISTThOe share inar re follow:—Caledonian, f e o' 6 al : _ fli n fli r;.l: ll ,t or ir e t ; cashire, C Great ere • Western, 85i. Preference, Quarters,Br Bristol a nBd—El:taie,rl:ol ii i 0 1 :: 1 : British,A . NOE.— The trarisa _ „, t i e s, , 10.., 0r tb: . i h Leeds Ea Ixecd 1 l o a n n ia a n, B l lfo — r -dE, LIVERPOOL,a 1 s o t e i r341:1.....Cteif9:51 Western, New Quarters, 3 p.- 161 „i3. i „,I O P 7—York and North Midland, A 10, ,t et '",,,,, shire and Yorkshire, - 57 STOCK MANCHESTER, D' s 6 WO be ' fel le ee ' r ExcH.ArroE.—The share Irifirl'et pi re 1 1! / 1) 0 0 with a tendency upwards. The transactioaftbes,6foiai,d, Eastern Counties, 6), East Littleashirey and f' sid ,to , odt °co g 'R.ft P' (C), 134 n. p.--Manchester, Buxton, A i ,,,re, t . - di `2'%—]Manchester, Sheffield, 'and Line°.'l3'" tlf- P- , , ..., $9ll la. Preference, ei 121h—Midland, 504 r ot Dover, 20%. t . O. ,101,0til BIRMINGHAM Ds -. : 2 4 Sra',, l AP ',,ft e " STOCK Ex - ep cc- A CHAlgoz.—There lass been st 0., o l ow: railwa ' , y business transacted during the P.3,oo,,l.roillgictea e e s r t s e r s r 6 , , — b u N y o e r r t s h l n n ave fluctuated according to the v ariau ° o v. i'' t ra - 11 10 !London. The market was very quiet to•.dc, 55 1 / 2 “ , h- s W ell ife u re t icle,%ierl a Wolverhampton, and Dudley (calls dulY P l ',„,re' u d, w 0 ' N t o 8 P. Among the closing prices,"'lmidl3 olle --Mancheser ~, bid ,1314 dis.—South-E _______....._......,,„ astern and Dover, buye 0 00 141 S is ta li fTo SEABORNE M' ( o xio. [N signifies that front ins by the n• the mails are Sent 2 , „vb. , night—and Mby the morning'''sP sredlslherirSe,lrslb6,2ol;r:s:iti;;l 0. ./S gt Fr° t di. Po t 004. , oe , - ao. , Wfle General poat- London PLACES. rCH A rha m aimun eri eou c .r. a g ( h b . y ... Brit. pkt.) •• Li C ,l ol4 lP ri ...' N l De---c. 26 4 io• ' p i it 4 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Dec. 23 .• Ve;',, kt e , 4 America (by U.S. pkt.) •• .„ r • ve , Brazil Africa (West coast).. Nl4th of the Mori': Doi 1 1 Alexandria* •• .. N r 19th & 30th Of u' v . Doce: i opt'l,l4 o ' tt, B e l gium N Daily •• " t i; So u b ap !De f Buenos Ayres .. :•. 3, M 1 9th of them tn° 0 1111 "1% roattii- o a f te: California(viaChagres)M lc 17th of MOP ru ral Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month , Constantinople* .. • • N 7th 17th 27th of ir , " so utT o pl• i ye c;jo/ Central America .. M2d & 17th of Vt. f .i. Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed.. pi t Greece* .. Honduras .. A1... . 18634NN Rolland India (via S • o • uth • am M p. B ; M Wednes. "'"„ai 9 00 0 3 .if f Ireland 7Tl7twhthilcitfdhtai2h7fy:oadum:.;. Dvp:orycleecittiri M 20th of the M e n a i po , or ri India (viaMarsoilles) N Isth& 24th gin ° tt glli t ' NTN Twice Tuesday afayat h:e y F i i i ° o ° , ll t, t t . .. 1 1 11 :0 11 . ';e4 Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. M 20th of the inoptb 341 . l/ J t. Mediterranean (via po „ l op Marseilles) ••.. N Bth& 24th of I so1 0 :: $ 00 . Mexico .. 20 of the Men% • 'stiw Madeira M 9th of them o ' l 2 `,, t h 1 Poll' Malta* „. 7th,i7tb,1901, / gc. 30th of niefoirwyr, Napless N sth 15th 25th ,f, Ipol o Papal States* • • .. N sth 15th 25th 01 0 _ s I Peninsular.. M 7th 17th 27th of Fr so ot Peru 17th of the 113 0 i f t1. , , poT Tuscany* .. N sth 15th 25 1 h West Indies .. M 17th of tho nioaw West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the Mouth ' Dims r flar. * The mails to those countries French pcket vi 4 The direct Havre M mail arseilles. from London _sl,!,, s, month NV11 ... be made 1P three times a THS' OF A s ot! On the 19th inst., at West-str( lady of Dr. Fround. On the 18th inst., the wife Albemarle-street. On the 19th inst., Mrs. Walle OF A DA' On the 18th inst., at Cumb the wife of John A. T. Stnytt On the 16th inst., at F Richard Surtees. MA On the 18th inst., at Tr Case, Esq., Major 3 2 d R daughter of the late Liec son, K.C.B. On the 17th inst., at Frederick llotham, rec the late Vice Admirel fourth, daughter of R. At Hampton Coy Seymour. At Carlisle, on t proprietor of the On the 13th Charles Southw On the 17th F.R. S. , late Board of Tra , On the 1' crescent, onr On the 1F ingham, at On the of the lat London No. Stre Mir X P to Coy De