The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-26 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1851. THE SUN, LONDON ) T .11. t .11-.4 Sii,AA.l. 4 :, M 4k723-(ThUrSdIY.) ..... LINES LEASED A T FIXED RENTALS. Bhr. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices BusinessRAILWAYS. Companies. Thursday Thursday 1,19 COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Bhr. Paid RAILWAYS. I Closing Price* Business done Thursday. Thum 'ay. St. 100 Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 92 -94 ••• St. 100 Clydesdale Jc. Caledon ... 95 - 97 941 6 25 all Col.Stour Vy, E.U.diE.C , 12 - 14 CITY, Two o'CLocK. 12i 10 kmbg. Nottng Bost. a. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.e Gt.Northn 128 - 132 The City presents quite a holiday appearance, dr Eastn. Junc....... 41 - 5i 5 ! all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 31 - 4 although a large number of merchants, &c., all Belfast & Ballymena 8 - 84 St. 100 Glas. Barr. dr Caldonian. 13j all irinng. Wolverh. it Neils. Direct. and their employes are compel:ed. to attend, Stour Valley ...... ... 58 -70 Bt. 100 Do. New Do ... -- .• owing to the departure of mails this evening St. 100 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn ... - for India and China, via Marseilles , and to the... Cheshire Junct...... ••• --..- 50 all Hull & Selby. Y. St N.M. 105 - 106 25 all Blackburn 9l - 91 25 a ll D o . 4 Shares. D o --• •.• Cape by H,M.S. Lyra. The banks, too, must 25 all Blyth & Tyne original 124 all Do. 1 Shares. Do - -. be kept open, but it has been resolved to X 25 (iss. at £45).... ,•_•• 121 all Lon.dtGreenw S.Eastern l2 - 13 St. 100 ristol dr Exeter.-- ol - 58 close the private establishments at 3 o'clock. The St. 100 'aledonian. ....... ... . 813 -82 i 811 2 20 all IDo.Freference Do 23 -24 St. 100 Lon. &S. Pete &Co 92 -94 93 shops, or the principal part of them, are shut, and, St. 100 Chester dr Holyhead 33 •--• 35 10 i 91 ID°. Bark. Sh Do 1 - 4 d Manch.Bxton. Ln.diN.W 50 a judging from appearance s, the few wh i ch remain all Cork and Bandon. ... 7 - 9 5 / 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. •• • - - all ; and Matlock & Midld. 21 - 21 open, except fruiterers, (te., might just as well be 20 all Cornwall 3l - 41 4 St . 100 Mdld.B ra dfd. Midland... 89 - 91 90 4 closed little or no business being transacted. 10 all Do. A - ••• 61 51 Newmarket , 10 8 Do. B ,. - .. 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJenc ••• - ... (1 BuryE.G.spc. E. Count- par - 113 The Stock Exchange being shut "by order of 50 all N.&Est.s p.c. Do 54 - 66 551 5 the Committee," the Funds remain at nominal quo- 25 all ,Dun. P. &Aber. June. 8 - 8 / 50 all Do. 6 p er et- Do ... ... St. 100 East Anglian ...... ... 18 1 - 19 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do tationg, although an improvement would no doubt 20 all l Eastern c t,' 57 - 58 i 58 1 71 oun ie5..... ••• - ••• 25 all Prost. 4 Wyre L. &A. W. ... - ... be established, in consequence of the Bank of Eng- St. 100 lEasternUnion,A•stk. 40 - 44 124 all Do. 4 Shrs. ADo - eos land return, if the markets were open. St. 100 IDo., do. 8............. 30 - 32 St. 100 Ro y stn.&Hit. Gt.Nort 128 - 131 25 84 IDo. New A 4.410 .... *be 10 all ,Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 71 - 71 71 i The weekly return of the Bank of England made 12 all iS. Staffordsh. M. MClean 8t - 93 25 174 East Kent . ......... 17 - 18 up to Wednesday, the 23d inst., shows some 2 1. 100_ !East Lancashire...... ...... 91 - 93 50 all IWes.rVal.g6pc Stk.diDar. ... - ... 25 all Do Do 3Ol -31 i 31 very satisfactory results. The improved strength all East Suffolk ......... ••• - ••• 10 4 Do. - -. St. 100 iWiltsdiSomrst Gt.Westn. 82 - 84 -----. of the establishment having warranted the dire c - St. 100 ; Edinburgh &Glasgow 61 - PREFERENCE SHARES. all lEclinb. andFeebles ... •. 62 0 tors in affording increased accommodation to the .7... , t. 100 - ,Edinb.Prth.liDunde( 29 - 30 291 30 25 a ll Blyth an d Ty ne 10 p. commercial community by the reduction i n their '0 all F or thand ClydeJunc. ... ... c.pref.(issd.at 503.) ... - . St. 100 'Furness ...... ....... - ••• minimum rate to 8 per cent. The reserve of St. 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 89 - 91 notes has been increased by about one million and St. 100 'Glasgow& S.Western 89 - 91 10 all Great N. of Scotland 9 - 94 20 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. ... - ... St. 100 Caledn. £lO 44 p. c. 94 - 96. 951 4 a half, and the buillion by over a million and a si,.. 100 'Great Northern st. 100 ;Great A. Stock .. 82 - 84 82 3 St. 100 Ches. & Ho. 54 p.c. ... - ... St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... ... - ... quarter. In the other securities there is also a St. 1100 D 0 .., B. Stock - 123 1221 3 marked improvement, the reduction being over one St. 100, 'Gt Sth &West.(lre) 96 - 93 64 all Cork&B.andons4p.c. ... - ... all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. 6 - 61 St. 'lOO Gr e at 64 Western. - 54s 51 31 41 1 million. The active circulation ha s been dimi- St. 100 Do. Str.V.R gua.St 58 - 62 St. 100 E. Anglian Cis. A Sh. - - - St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B Op. c. 105 --s 110 nished by about three hundred and eighty thou- 12 all Irish South-Eastern. ••• - ••• St. 100 Do. do. Cis. C7p. c. 106 - 112 5C all Lancaster &Carlisle. 76 - 79 sand, and in both the public and private depart- St. 'lOO Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l 105 - 108 161 144 D Thin s 7. - 8i P s 0., St. 100 Do, No. 2 lO3 - 106 ments a striking improvement is perceptible. 161 12 Do. New Thirds ... 7 - Eli, St. 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St 1 2 1 .- 124 1231 Active circulation diYorkshirs 93 - 931 , 931 1 20 all East Un. , G. 6p. C. ... - .., Decrease - I 5 all Do. 5/. 0 per cent. ... - ... Bullion 10,753,281 3 / Do., Wst. Riding Uzi. •-- I . 10 all Do. 104 Debentr.Sh. ... - ... Increase - .. 111 all London & Blackwali 51 - 61 51 6 St. all Do. do. 4 per cent._ ... - ... Rest - 106 1051 5 St. 100 East Lancash.6p.cts. ... - ... I ncrease - 961 961 131 6 4 5 all E.diW. York. J. sths ... - ... 10 9 Edin.diGl. sp.c. Sh *Public deposits - - .- St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. 67 - 69 Increase - • -- , Other deposits 15,151,818 121 5 Do. Ei g hths ld - 1 ( 4 4 & St. 100 Furness, sp. c .... .. ... - ... St. 100 Gies. S.W.G.ip.c. ... - ... Increase - 94 931 1 St. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 1 15 - 117 Seven-day asd other bills - .. S t. 100 D o. s p. c. R e d eem. Decrease - •.. at 10 p . . c. prem.... 106 - 108 107 5,492,756 Government securities - 39 1 39 4 1 ......... St. 100 Do. 44 per cent .. ... 97 - 99 97 8 46,625 10 , 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's •••• - •••100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. a t 5 Increase 28 088,186 Other securities , ..- _. p. c. prem. - 62 10 all Gt.N.of Scot.lst Pia 93 - 101 Decrease •••••• - -20 18 Gt. S& W. (Ireland) ... - ... Notes unemployed - 64 63 1 20 18 Do. 4 pert. Prof. St. ... - ... Increase - •" 50 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 53 - 6 . 25 all Do. 4 5h are5.......... ••• - - , The Bombay mail arrived at Malta on the 23dst. 100 Do. con. red. 44 p.c. 86 - 88 iuu all Newcastle &Carlisle.. ••• - - St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 81 - 83 inst., and is expected here on Monday. 25 ' all Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd. 12 - 13 St. 100 Do. irred. 4 per lent. Si - 83 82 • • 50 9 Newry & Enniskillen ••• - - St. 100 Do sp. c. red. pref. 93 - 95 95 BRITISH FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES -TEURSDAY. 20 I all Newry, Warrenpoint 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. 9/ -91 (From the Official List:) i & Rostrevor .. -.. 10 all Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S. 154 - 164 Ensinessdone. St 100 N0rf01k......... ..... - 61 60 59/ 10 all Do. do. sp. c. d 0.... 91 - 93 B.nk Stock 2184 50 34 Northn.Counties Un 31 - 3 ) d St. 100 Do. Birm . Gua. Stk. 67 - 69 68 9 3 per Lent. Reduced Annuities - 504 491 26t all Do. Chesil, Qua. Sh. 171 - la Now :3 per Cent. Annuities 931 1 4 St. 100 North Devon, Rail & 131 all Do. do. do. B3 - 9 India Bonds. .t.:1000 - Dock Stock 2O al Do. do. do - 13 13/ Ditto, under glOOO 2O d St. 100 Do., A Stoc k ......... ••• - a• St. 100 Lan.& York. 6 pc.St. ... - ... Consols fer Accdunt - ~. St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No.l ... - , Ex-- - -nnai Hilts, 24d. St. 100 N.Eastern-Berwick 95 90 953 4 5 st. 100 D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0.2 ... - £lOOO . - ... St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. 1 32 - 137 Isibuu - 23 , 1 St. 100 Do. do. sp. c., N 0.4 112 - 115 S nali - 521 52 St. 100 Lon. & N.W., Coss & ?xch St 100 Do. York 83 - 84 83/ 13 1 Nuneaton s r. 0 t... ... - ... Ditto, equer Bonds, 1558, 34 per Cent__ - 1559 - 95 St. 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. 10 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Ramp. late 3d Shares ... 150 - 160 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS-THURSDAY. Bra=oan 5 per Cent. stead, . .. - ... 121 all Londy.& Color. 1 Sh. ... - .., Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 96 20 ' 171 North Sta.ffordshire.. 31 - 31 131 14 124 all Loncly.StEnnis. 4 Sh. ... - ... 20 all North Western.• • - ' „ •• St. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 114 - 117 Mexican 3 per Cent 194 Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent 76 5 10 all N. & S.Westrn. Juno. 8 - 9 NI 6 41 .o. do. do. £6 ...11 Ditto Account 77 St. 100 Oxford Worcester & St. 100 Do. do. 31 per cont. 63 - 66 Russian Bonds, 1522, BSt., 5 per Cent - Wolverhampton..... 30 - 31 31 124 all Marypt. &Carl. 4 p.c. ... - ... 20 16 Portsmouth lO - Sd , 1 21 all Do. 4 4 per cent •• - ••• Ditto, 44 per Cent. 9 71 Spanish Bolds, 3 per Cent. - - ... St.sl2t 100 00 104 D 0 . d. Do. c d eo o on . n. - . B so r 1 . . 13 6 i p r:6 c. p S .o t - 13 . 0 . ..._. J. 313 1. . St. 100 Scottish Central ...... 104 - 10 6 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. -St. 100 Sect. N.E.Abrdn. St 24 - 25 4 . Ditto Account 2630 1 St. 100 Shropshire Union .... 46 - 48 St. 100 Do. 41 p. c. Prof . Pref. St. 95 - 97 Turkish isonds, 6 per cent 934 iI i 10 6 Sitingbourne &Sheer. 4 - 3 .• St. 100 Do. L. &H.Pref. St. 85 - 87 Ditto Account 951 50 1 100 South Devon 33 - 35 10 all New., Aber., &c., pr. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. - ... Venezuela Bonds, 44 per Cent - ••• , 10 all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. d o 104 - 111 Dividends on the above payable in London. St. 1 0 0 South W a l es 784 - 794 x 0 10 all Norf k.Deb.4 p.c. Sh. .. - ..„ Belgian 21 per Cent., ex. 25 francs 20 all S. Yorksh. River Dun 12 -14 d St. 100 Do. 5 /3. c. Ext. 1846 ... - ... Do. 44 per Cent.. ex, 25 francs - 6 d St. 100 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 ... - ... a MAKE O'CLOCK. 20 all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. 9- 11 St. 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. '.,1847 ... - ... Consols account, Jan. 8 9311 ad 25 all Stockton & Darling.. 35 - - 37 St. 100 North British 191 - 103 1011 25 15 Do. do., 185 4 - ... -------- __ .- 25 5 Do. do., 1 8 K 5 - 6.. St. 100 N. E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. 193 - 95 MARKET NEWS.-(This Day.) ... 161 1 Stockton & Hartlep l ... - - ... 17 81 Do. do. do ll - 3 St. 100 Taff Vale .. -. 20 13 Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 ... - „ am. St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 ... - ... 121 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848... ... - ... COVENT GARDEN. 25 22 Thames liar. D. &R ... -- - 25 10 Do. York 11. &S. Pur. 11 - 1' Most descriptions continue in good supply and fair re- 2 2 0 0 20 all North Staffordshire_ 214 - :42 N . d, e a K t 11 0 . k . Neatly.. .....• . n . n . .; 1 . . 9 . 1 - -,_ .. 204 ... 20 St. 100 Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 quest, at fall quotations :- all all W Val at e er o f f d 50 all Waterford&Limerick ... - ... p.c., Ist guar....... 111 - 112 112 nun , . 20 all West Col nwall... - ... St. 100 Do. 6p.c. 2d guar._ 101 - 103 Pineapple', per lb. 4s6d to 68 Filberts, per 10 0 1 b 40s to 503 10 all , West End of London St. 100 ,Do. do. Debeutr. St. ... - ... Colonial do., ea. Os Od to Os Od Cobs., p. 100 lbs. Os to Os 1 and Crystal Palace 7 - 9 81 all 'Scot. Ceut•New Pref. ... - ..„ Grapes, per lb 3s 6d to 8s Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to 10d 5 all I Do. A - 31 St. 100 Sc.N.E.Alser.g.6p.c. 110 - 112 110 11 Foreign do., Os Od to Os 03 Walnuts, per 100 2s to 5s Od 5 all Do. B - 6 Melons, each ....Oa Od to Os Od Figs, per doz Os to Os Od . St. 100 Do, do. 7 p.c. pt. St. 102 - 101 Peaches, p. doz. Os to Oa Od Strawberries, per 20 all West London . - ... 10 all I Do. First Class St. 100 Do. d 0.3 4 p.c. pf. St. 68 - 72 Nectarines, do. _ .0s to Os Od pottle - 101 Apples, p. h. svas od to 2.6 d Gooseberries, per 20 all I Do. Second Class...l .., - ... 10 all Do, fixed 4/ pr cent ... - „„ Pears, per doz ...1. to 4s Od half sieve ....0.0.1 to Os Od 10 all I Wimbledon &Croydon j ... - ... 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Oranges, per 100.'.4s 6d to 108 Currants, p. h. sv. Os Od to Os Ann.) of £1 Os. 6cl. 22 - 22 0 Lemons, p. doz. is Oa to 28 Od Flume, per do. Os Od to Os Od BRITISH POSSESSIONS. St. 100 Do. 44 per cent 94 - 96 - 991 Apricots,p. doz. OsOd to Os Od Green gages, per h. sv.oB to Os [CO all iAtian and St. Law. ) - St. 100 Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh 93 - 95 18 - cli ... - ... 9 Bombay, Baroda, an St. 100 Do. New 44 pr. cent ... - Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od Raspberries, p.po'.l. 03 to 03 Cen•lnd,guar. 5 p.c. 14 - 11 101 1 1 st. 100 .Wales Gua. 4p. c. ... - ... VEGETABLES. 18 all Do. - -. 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. .. St. 100 o. do. 44 p. c Greens, p. doz. bun. 2s to 3 s o d Shallo ts, p er lb Gd to 8d 204 18 Buffalo & Lake Hur. 61 -6d 141 ~, .. . - ... Cabbages, do. is 63 to 2 s Od Horser addish, p . b. Is6d to 4s 100 100 Buff., Brnt. & 25 all Stock. &Dar., sp . c. ... - „, Savoy do., p. do. Os Od to Os Od Parsley , p er do. 23 to 4d Godch.ll an _B5 . 100 100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72' j " 25 19 Do. do, do. - .. Cauliflowers, do.lsOd.to 3sod Celery, per do is O d to la 6d Do. do., 1 July, '73 75 - 80 St, 105 Waterfd&Killr. 6pc ... - „, llrocoli, p. bun. is 03 to is 3d Beet, per doz. is 03 to 24 Od 100 100 Do. do., 1 June, ' 74 76 - 80 1 77 BRITI SH MI N ES. Potatoes, per ton 803 to 140 s Parsnips, per do. Os to O s Od 20 2s. Calcutta and S. Eat. ... - e... 3 New do., per cwt. OsOd to Os Small salad, p.:pun. 04 to 03 20 2s6d'Centra l Oude (Lim.) . . - .., . . 2112,Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 1.2 - 13 Peas, per hsiev Os Ocl to Os Od Mushrooms,p.ptl.ls6d to4Bod 11 - 11 , 20 . 14 British Iron - 7 Turnips, per bunch 2d to 4d Artichokes, each ...6d to 8d ... 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 100 - 110 2020 10 1 8 C D ey o l . on ß. A do sh . arcs .. -- .. Carrots, per bunch... 4d to 68 Lettuces, per scr. ls 6d to 2s lO 1 Dev.Gt.Cnsls. (Tar.) 420 - 440 174 all Demerara . - -. Cucumbers, each Os to Os Od Endive, per doz. is to is Gd ... 274 East Basset (Iliogan) 90 - 100 20 2s. Eastern Bengal - 1 1 I Garlic. per b 6cl to Os 88 Radishes, p.d.bun. is to 2803 ... 1486 Great South Tolgus.. 131 - 141 St. 100 East Indian 4110 - 111 1101 10 1 i ... 11/3 Grt.W. Alfrd. (Plink.) 4 - 5 Sorrel, per sieve Od to Os Tomatoes, per hrs.% to Os 03 ... ... ... 1357 7 4 / GNNI. Lady wdt Frances. y N . V ieVr Bassetto h r t ( 1 H elst n . ) 1 - 1 Spinaeh,p. d0...1s Od to 286:1 Walnuts per 100 ...0d to Od 120 15Shares l3 -2p 17 00 all Do. 41 p.c.Bnds ,'57 ... - ... Brussels sprouts, per Chilies, per 100 is lid to 2s Odi - 1 100 all Do do , do '59, dollo ga n) (Illogan) half do 28 01 to 3s Od Capsicums, per 100 Os Od to Os .. -- -. .. 11 8 1 -- 9 121 20 all Geel.ong.d; do., urn; Onions, p. bush. Os Od to Os Od Rhubarb, p. bun. Od to Od guar. 5 per cent.... 183 - 191' 181 19 New do., per bunch Od to Od Asparagus, per 100 8s to 108 St. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada 43 - 45 444 4 6 ... 6115 North Wheal Crofty 4 .- 5 . : 1 21618. 9 94. ss P S P ..o a o lr r r evt i a.. Co e r aF I r Cons, ad s nonua U c. I ( . B sms ( t i N . :. V B ni ci 0 . 1 a x oi n gec d ne Y ori 1 ).) 2 4 1 3412 7 400 -: 1 1 9 5 1 14 French beans, per Seakail,perpun.2s 6d to 3s Od 100 all Do. 6p. c. Deben... 80 -8581 2 1 ••••: half-sieve ... Os Od to Os Od Turnip greens, per 20 all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c. 213 - 22 I 21/ 3 ••• Leeks, per do 2d to 3d bush OBO3 to Os Od 20 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. 1 - 14111 53 34 I - 35 2 4 3 0 ti 224 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. 201 all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 19 - 194 191 i i 2 S. Cern Brea (Illogn.) Turkeys, 5s Od to 258 Od ; Poults, Os Od to Os Od; Geese, 204 10/, Do. New - lia ••• S. Od to 7s Od each ; Goslings, 5s Od to 7s Od ; Duck- 100 all Do. Bds., payable '57 ... - ... ••• 5 huge, 2s Od to 3s Od ; tame rabbits, Is Od to is 9d each ; 100 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O lO5 - 110 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 3 - a Wild do., 103 to is 2 d; Pigeons, 63 to 101 each ; lar g e 100 all Do. do., 73, do. - 110 10 9 Tin Croft 3 - 4 Surrey Fowls, 7s to 108; barn.door d0.,4s Od to 5s Od; Chick - 100 a ll Do. do., '73, without ••• 40 Un.Mines (Gwennap) . 1 . - ... ens, 4s Od to 63 Od per couple; Capons, Os 03 to Os ; Hares, opt ion 101 - 103 .., 1286 V. of Towoy (Camara) 4 - 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Grouse, 3s Od to 4s Od each • Pheasants, 20 all 'Madras, guar. 41 p.c 19 - 20 ~. 11 W. Basset (Illogan).. 21 - 22 211 2e 9d, to 3s 6d ; Partridges, is 03 to is 6d ; Woodcocks, 38 20 all I Do. do., 5 per c. 214 - 224 2O W. Caradon (Liskrd.)loo - 110/ Od to 3s 6d ; Snipes, Od to ls; Teal, Os 83 to Os 101; Wild 20 10 Do. 43 p. C. Eaten /3 - 1 p 101 ... 51 Wh. Basset (Mogan). 145 - 155 ' bucks, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Widgeons, is CI to is 61; Plovers, 8d 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c 1 - 11p1 54 6 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 280 - 290 to la O d each ; Guinea Fowls, Os 03 to Os ; Roasting pigs, 5s 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do, 1 - I,p 53 61 53 6 „. 54 Wh. Edward(Calstck) 63 -74 0 0 to 108 Od each. Ostend fresh butter, -s to -s 00 ; 20 55. Oude (Limited) l ... 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Limit) 14 - 16 English do., is 2d to is 4d per lb. ; English eggs, 14s 20 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c . l 21 - 3 p ... 8 Wh.Ma.Ann (Menht.) 45 - 48 Od. to 168 Od; French' do., 12s to 13s Od per 120; Leverets, 20 all Do ... - .. i 44 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 23 - 25 2s Gd to 3s 6d each. -_____ NEWPORT. FOREIGN. FOREIGN MINES. Beef, from 3s 03 to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 83 ; lamb, Os Od to Os 03; veal, 3s 2 d to 4s 6d; p ork, 3s 8d to 5s Od 10 all Antwrp & Rotterdam 64 - 61 6,1 / 20 7 1 Australian - 1 1 20 18 Ardennes es* ._ 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (IL) 4 d -- par Per 81bs., by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 1 - 11 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued 20 16 Beziersto Graissessac ... - at £5 pm) - 21 Beef, from 28 103 to 48 4d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 83; lamb, Os Od to Os 03 ; veal, 3s 2d to 4s 83 ; pork, 6 all C eaux&Toulo ••• 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ... - ,„ Coal Mines and Ry. 3 - 41 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 10 - 11 10 34 Od to 5s Od per 8 1 bs, by the carcase. 20 12 Dutch Rhenish - 4d 94 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min. BILLINGSGATE. 20 all Eastern of France - 27 Co. of Jama i ca...... ... - ~, d Turbots, 2s 01 to 103 20 2s. Euphrates Valley - Brills, is Od to 5s eac h ; Salmon, 20 all Do. New Os 03 to Os Od per lb ;C od Fish, 2s Od to lOs each ; S oles, 4d.. .. ... 16 Copiapo - 12 to 2s 6d per pair • Trout, Os 03 to Od per lb ; Lobsters, 6d tol. all Dun Mou n t a in Cop -3111 6d; Crabs, 6d 20 18 Gt, C en tral to 2s 6d; Whitings, 2 s Od to 10 l p er doz. ; of France ... - ..• 20 all Great Luxembourg... 7 - 7 . 4 per Mining C 0..., id - 1 p Common Oysters, 168 to 20s • Natives, 40s to sas per bah. ; 10 4 Italian Junction ••• -•• 2 all Fortuna - Icl Mackerel, 508 to Os per 100; ' Smelts la 6d to 0 - ' Od per dos.; 20 all Lake Cond. & Bale ... - ... 20 all General - 14 15 Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, Os ' Ocl to Os Od per gallon ; 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... - ...d 3 all Linares - 83 • Bloaters, 4s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herring s , 61 Od ' 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 41 -43 p 103 . 5 13 Lusitanian - Id to Os per 100; Scotch do., 03 ; Sprats, 61 Od to 03 per 5 all Lucca ez Pist.sp.c.p. ... - „ 1 all Mariquita bushel; Doreys, is Oil to 53 each ; Haddocks, 4s to 12s pet 20 all 'Lyons and Geneva .., 26 - 27 1 all New Granada doz. • Pike, 6.3. ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 5s Od to 7s; 20 all Lyons & Mediterran, ... - ... 1 all Noveau Monde Mullets, Os6d to is 6.1 each; Plaice, 4d to Is each; Halibut, ••• 20 all Pont.Sil.LdM.&Smlt i - 6 . -- "e • _ 6O per lb ; Flounders, is 6d to Os Od per doz. ; salt fish, 331 all Maria A n tenla 10 all Do. New -a .. 5 1 Port Philip 5l 0 4 per lb ; Eels, 8d to Is; Carp, is to 5s ; Tench, sl to 58 20 all Namur & Liege 30 163 Santiago de Cuba ... 11 - • 2 11a40a1100191 , li i: Bhei n oori s .:lG t .ip ral noe.6 ia fp " per brace ; Gamete, Od to Oa. 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Prof. 191 - 20 281 a ll United Mexican MISCELLANEOUS. ioiLerkusist La n d ..i:O4 3 4 - 43 BREAD. 16 all Northern of France.. 374 - 38 38 .- 2 3: 6 24 f 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Fref 8 - 9 19 s. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from id to 8d ;of household ditto, 5.5 d to 643 per 4lb loaf. 20 I all Paris and Lyons 331 -34 34 1 20 all Paris and Orleans 52 - 54 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) HIDES AND SKINS - ••• 20 7 Reeife di San Frau., .a n . et;e Am eri ca n r Wg s Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 31d to -d ; 641 b to 72113, 31310 all lAustraln. Royal Mail ... - (Pernam.) g. 7F. c• d - 8p 9 TA ) 343 ; 721 b to 801 b, 34d to -; 801 b to 881 b, 34d to 34d ; 2 F3 1 52 5 0 :5. S. 881 b to 9616, 31d to 4d ; 961 b to 10416, 4d to 44d • 1041 b , 10 74 Rome and Frascati ..: - . 10 2 ;Do. New his. at 5/. d ... - . . 113 124 to 11216, 41d to 41d ; upwards, -d to -3 ; horse hides, 20 all Royal Danish .• 144 --- 414 : a ri n . & c J e u i l t y . 1 1 2 1 1:01 1- 1 1 2 1 1 5 1 5 1104 11 / 100 32 all ' Cop p er Min. of Eng. 27 - 32 -_ „a 9 d to Os -d ; Calf skins, light, 2s 63 to 4s Od ; ditt o 5 all Royal Swedish l_ ls , , 10 /1, 75 Od to 78 6d ; Polled Sheep, 4s Gd to 6s Od ; Bents, 20 all Sambre and Meuse 7 I n 4 311 6c1 to 4s 3d; Half-brads, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; Downs, 2 3 93 to 10 all Do. 54 per cent. pref - a 3s 4d ; Lambs Os to Os 03 ; Shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. 20 all Southern of France 24 - 84 all West Flanders 43 - 0 22 221 10 all Do. 54 per c. Prof , 84 9 5 ell Crystal Palace 1- n HAY MARKETS. 20 all W. N.W. of France 261 - 274 5 all Do. Preferenc e SMITHFIELD. - Meadow hay, 21 108 to 41 Os; clover, 20 6 Western of Austria... .. - ... 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ~ •31 10. to 51 ss; and straw, If Os to 11 109 per load. 20 all West. of Switzerland ... - ••• 20 all Eastern 5team......., • - - Supply good, and trade rather dull. 6 all i Wiest aden - a. St. 100 Electric Telegraph ... 16 __- 105 -- CUMBERLAND.-Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 Os; clover, 6 all Do.B p. cent. pref. .., -- ... 1 all Electric Tel , of Ir e ! , „, 31 12s to 5/ Se ; and straw, 11 5s to 11 lOs per load. 20 all Zealand - .. 5 all En.danst.Cop.SmCo 1/ - li 10 10s.iEur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. .., _ 1 a Trade less active. Supply moderate. ----- 9 all [Eur.&Am.Stm.(lim.) 41 - 4 5i AL WHITEOIIAPEL.-Meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 03 ; clover, JOINT-STOCK. BANKS. 20 ‘ll Gen, Ir.Sc.Col.(lim.) ~, .. " 's 31 10s to 5/ 5s ; and straw. 11 5s to 11 9s per load, A. slow inquiry, at barely late rates. 40 all Australasial 17- 81 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. - • . 125 1831 Bank of Egypt - 31c1 153 20 5 London Discount ... 11 1:3 31 t--- lt,o 50 Bank of London 4O - 45 4 all Loud, Gen. Omnibus 31 - 3 • . TH E NEW WING TO SOME/WET Hours.-Of this large 40 all Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co ... - . 50 all British N. American ... - ... 20 10 If.fagdalens, St. Navig. ~, - , •• 10 all 'Mediteran. Elec. Tel, ... - . •• addition to Somerset House, the whole of the external 100 20 50 ;City 8 ;C.13k.0f In d. A &Cli d • 10 84 ID°. Extension Tele& ... - .., works have been finished, with the exception of six de -56 - 60 10 all [Mexican&S.Amerien ..„ - ... 100 25 Colonial - 131 3 gently designed iron candela bra in front, which are sur ... - 001 l mounted with elliptical glass lamps. Two of th ese are 00 20 C ommerc i a l o f L on d . 201 see • 10 6 Netherlands Land.- / -1/ Placed at th e en t rance doorway of the new building, and 20 all Eng.Scot.&Aus • Cat. 18 -18 10 all Do. Do. - 3 two others at each end of the carriage entrance, which 20 all Lo . n.Ch. Bk,efAast. 173 - 181 171 5 all Do.B p.o.Pf.iss • at ld 2l - 3 5 2 Do, Do, - 1 d g ton-street. r • is on a line with Weill] t t eet At the rear of the 20 all Ditto New - , 50 20 'London and County ~. - . 273 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 16 - 18 edifice, which forms one side of Somerset House, a very 50 i 'Lncl.&E.Bukng.Cory, .., - ••• St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. , ... 95 6 great improvement has been effected ; t he .- 50 10 London Joint Stock. ... .-- ..... 281 1 all N. B. Australasian... .1 - 3 two lower stories of the old building reinair,ing as they for instead of 00 20 Lond.andWestminsts ... - ... 454 3 20 all - Nrth.ofEuropeSteans .., - ... did for so many years in comparative darkness, the 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... - ... 1 all Oriental Gas - 11 ground has been levelled to the basement, the inclined 20 10 Do. New 1 10s„ Do Now Shares 3d -1p way leading to the river judiciously narrowed, and an 50 k 22/ National Bank - .. 5 all Peelltr. Ld. di Minrl. 2 - 21 21 area 27 feet wide been formed, by whi c h a large body 20 I all New South Wales ... - ... 50 all eninsnlar & Oriental 72 - 74 73 of light is thrown into the lower apartm en t s . There is 25 all Oriental Bank Corp 32 -3433/ 21 3 50 10 Do. New -6 p' 161 yet a very considerable amount of work to be done in 20184 - 183 181 I 50 all Rhymney Iron the lower portions of the new wing in connection with 100 20 Ottoman Bank al Ireland 100 60 Royal Mail Steam.... Si - 56 25 Provinc of ... - ... 61 Do. New ' 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1/ - 13 11 i what is termed the "Stamping Department," which 10 ;all involves much care and sound construction. The new 1 Aus B.&G.Ini•Co. ,„ - ... St. 100 S. Aus. Gov. 6 p.c.bds. . - ... building is designed by Mr. Pennethorne, the architect. 25 all 'Sout h 25 all South Austral. Lan 33 - 35 5 - R. I:Australia - 35 1 all Submarine Tel. Seri 3 - 1 Mr. John Kslk, builder, Pimlico, has the contract for --• ... 4 14 1 all Do. Registered - i 2 1 Do New .............. ... the various works, excepting the sculpture of the este. - -2 ' . - ... 221 25 all Union of Australia... 49 - 51 20 5 Trus.Ln.Co. Up. Can. ... - ... tier, whioh was executed by Mr. Theed.-Building 1.00 284 VanDemen'e Land,. 9 -- 11 NM& l 0 50 Unity Mutual ......... ' .“ 50 10 Union of L on don .... ... .... ... d - 00 t West.rußk of Loud et '''- end POLICE INTELLIGENOE. —(This Day. TEE 31,1iVIIFAOTURrNG DI4;TRICTS. THE LATE EVANGELICAL CONFERENCES IN BERLIN. WESTMINSTER. MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—George Cox was charged with assaulting and wounding Mrs. Benland, a middle aged woman. There is little or no improvement traceable in the accounts from the manufacturing districts this week, and the condition of some of them is even less satisfactory than it was some weeks ago. At Birmingham the utmost quietness prevails in almost every branch of trade. The factors' orders have been getting smaller for several weeks past, and during the last few days a very limited number of orders has been given out. The falling off in the orders from the agricultural districts has begun to be now observable, while with the manufac turing districts there is scarcely any business doing. At Bradford several additional failures in the wool trade have been announced, A large open air meet ing of operatives was held at the beginning of the week, but the opportune attendance and explana tions of one or two leading manufacturers had the effect of pacifying the workpeople present. About 1.0001. had been subscribed for the purposes of re lief, the distribution of whichhas since commenced. At Belfast there is a considerable increase of appli cants for parochial relief ; it is computed that inde pendently of the muslin weavers between 500 and 600 women and girls obtain assistance in this man ner. At Carlisle hundreds of handloom weavers are reported to be unemployed, and those who occasion ally get employment have to submit to further re duction in prices. Many of the factory hands are suffering great privations, and there is a marked increase in the numbers of women who go from door to door seeking alms. At Clitheroe the state of things is rather improving, there being now only one mill not running full time. At Chorley trade is said to be on the whole decidedly wors-, wild the sufferings of the operatives are not exceecle 1 by those of any other town in the country. At Etalifax matters are still in a very unsatisfactory state-, and only some of the smaller manufacturers have recom menced running short time ; but although numbers of people are unemployed the working population are better off than those of other districts, and it has not yet been found necessary to open soup kit chens er adopt special measures of relief. At Liverpool more failures have occurred, and there is no improvement whatever in the condition of the humble classes. At Leicester things are much the same as they were reported last week. At Man chester the applicants for Poor-Law relief are still increasing. At Middlesborough, in the Nor - h Riding of Yorkshire, a strong body of miners and puddlers who have been thrown out of employment by the contraction of operations in the iron trade made a threatening demonstration in front of the mayor's house, demanding " work or bread," but the chief magistrate succeeded in dispersing them for the time, and on a renewal of the demonstration a detachment of military were summoned from York, which effectually prevented any disturbance. At Middleton the distress continues, but the state of trade appears rather better, for the mills gene rally are working fuller hours. At Macclesfield there is no improvement in the staple trade beyond a little more employment in one or two establishments. The number of rations served out from the soup kitchen is on the increase. At the north-east ports the shipping is said to be in a more depressed condition than it has ever been since the repeal of the corn and navigation laws. Shipping is generally slack at this period of the year, but at this season, on account of the low freights, an immense amount of tonnage is laid up, and consequently a great number of seamen on shore are unemploverl. The people, however, con duct themselves with exemplary patience. At Old ham the labouring population continued in a very depressed state, and the applicants for poor relief weekly increase. At Preston the working hours of the mills remain about the same as last week, but a rather more gloomy feeling prevails owing to the prospect of an extension of the hours of labour ap pearing rather more remote. At Padiham, also, there is very little alteration in the time of running the mills. At Rochdale there has been symptoms of a slight improvement in the cotton trade in the outskirts of the town: The pressure on the paro chial funds is still, however, on the increase, and in Wardleworth there is a larger increase than before. At Rossendale distress is on tho increase, and the number of applicants for relief greatly augmented. At Stafford the staple trade is not under so much pressure as those of other places. Thera is a good deal of stagnation in business, but this is expected to be only transient. The colliers on strike in South Staffordshire came to a resolution on Tues day last to return to work on the following day, being satisfied that the recent reduction of their wages was owing solely to the reduced price of iron in the market. The colliers in North Stafford shire have not repeated the disturbances of last week, which are said to have been instigated by men from other counties, and appear willing to as sent to the reduction of 6d. per day in the wages. At Sheffield there has been little more employment at some establishments, owing to its being Christ mas week, but for the great majority of workmen there is no change for the better. The local fail ures are unimportant. At Swansea the trifle of the port is increasing. The North Shields' sailors held a meeting on Wednesday at which they determined to resist the reduction of their wages from 5/. to 41. 10s. per voyage in the London coal trade, although many of them are already out of employment, and some suffering severe privations. The iron trade in Yorkshire continues extremely depressed, and operations are confined to the nar rowest possible limits, only a few establishments completing large orders are on full time. The coal trade is materially affected by the stagnation in manufactures, and the demand, usually good at this season of the year, has greatly fallen off. No tice of a reduction of wages has generally been given, but the abatement has hitherto been quietly submitted to. A Berlin letter, dated Dec. 20, says :—Threo months have now elapsed since the close of the Evan 4 - elical Conferences in this city, and numerous events of the liveliest interest to England have since then occupied public attention. Before, how ever, the subject has fallen into oblivion with the general reader I will venture to claim admission for the following remarks connected with it, on the score of its importance to that numerous portion of your readers, the religious world in England. The conferences have also some claims to respect from the world at large from having been le2l succes, from having been what their originators professed they should be, and from their not having cost more than the expenses were estimated at in ad vance. _ _ _ . . . — The prisoner was recognised as a man who had been convicted and sentenced to three years' imprisonment for having killed another woman with whom he coha bited named Ann Weavers. On the witnesses in the case being called, they were found to be absent. Mr. Paynter inquired the cause. The police replied that the prisoner's friends had taken them out of the way. Mr. Paynter desired the police to state what they knew of the transaction. Sergeant Wright, 6 13, stated that on Thursday night, at half-past ten, he was called to George-court, St. Anne-street, where he found the prisoner had committed a desperate assault upon a woman named Benland. They had had some words, when he felled her to the ground by a violent blow, and then kicked her on the head with his heavy boots. She was so seriously injured that she was lying in a perfect pool of blood. Witness took him into custody, and had the injured woman conveyed to the hospital in an insensible state. Mr. Paynter said that he bad heard quite enough to determine him to remand the accused upon this very serious charge, which might result in fatal consequences. The accused was then remanded, and summonses issued to compel the attendence of the necessary wit nesses. To begin with the last point first—viz., the ex penses. At the final sitting of the local committee for the management of the conferences the total expenses were stated to have been 3,942 th. 15 albg. (4411. 7s. 6d.), of which the fitting up of the Gar rison Kirche amounted to 932 th. The contribu tions from all quarters amounted to 3,214 thalers, of which 1,000 had been contributed by the muni cipality of Berlin ; the whole sum, in fact, which that body had voted was 1,500; but, as the balance of the total expenses was covered by the 1,000, it was dedided by the local committee not to draw the remaining 500. In the same way the King's offer of a second pecuniary contribution, if the expenses should not be covered by the forthcoming subscriptions, remained ' unavailed. No resolution has as yet been come to with regard to the balance and the proceeds of certain articles still on hand, it being thought advisable to give a little time for 'the possible . appearance of further claims on the committee not yet brought in. The evangelical conferences were what their originators intended they should be—viz., an as sembly of Protestant Christians from all countries; tor, according to the printed lists, which, however, do no t contain nearly allthe names of those who took part in the proceedings, Prussia contributed 876 members, othtr German States 103, Engl Ind 1613, France - 12, Spain 1, Italy 2, Hungary and Bohemia 7, - Switzerland 11, Holland 10, Belgium 4, Denmark and the German Duchies 11, Sweden 2, Russia 12, Turkey 2, and Greece 2. Thus, Europe altogether sent 1,222, Asia 3, Africa 3, America 23, Australia, 3. The total of these printed names amounts to 1,254, of whom only 689 belonged to the clerical profession. The only European States of any consequence that did not contribute any quota at all to the above number were, naturally enough, the Papal States, Austria (the Crown lands), Por tugal, Naples, and Tuscany. The above figures, 1,254, have, however, no reference at all to the number of hearers present at the conferences, of whom no account was kept, but their numbers can be guessed at, as the Garrison Kirche is capable of containing 4,000 persons, and during the eight meetings that were held was on the average tWo thirds full. BRUTAL CONDUCT OF SOLDIERS.—George Sloarer, a private of the Grenadier Guards, was charged with brutally assaulting several persons. It appears that a man and his wife were walking through the street, at Chelsea, last night, when the defendant and another soldier attacked them. A man named Davis said he would not see a woman ill-used in that way, upon which defendant struck him. Both soldiers were taken to the station, but as the woman etJuld not identify the one who struck her, that charge was not preferred, but defendant was detained for the assault upon Davis, and two or three policemen who had been much ill-treated. Defendant, who bears a very bad character in the regiment, was remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE RESULTS OF BEING A GENTLEMAN. —John Bryant and Selina Bryant, two well-dressed persons residing at No. 44, Frith-street, Soho, were charged before Mr. Bingham with being drunk and disorderly. Police-constable 150 C deposed that about half-past 11 o'clock on the night of the 24th inst., he was on duty in Rose-street, Soho, when his attention was called to the defendants, who were much the worse for liquor. The male defendant was very noisy, and on his requesting him to go home quietly, he refused, and commenced making a nuisance against the door of a private house. Witness went up for the purpose of removing him, when he struck him a violent blow on the side of the head with his fist The female defendant also pushed him about, and tried to get the gentleman away. Witness, however, after some trouble, succeeded in conveying them to the station. Mr. Bingham (to the male defendant) —Wkat relation is the female to you ? Defendant--My wife, sir; but I can assure you she was not drunk, as stated by the constable. I admit being the worse for liquor, for which I am very sorry. Mr. Bin g ham—What are you I Defenda;it—A gentleman, your worship. Mr. Bingham—Oh, if that is the case, you must be fined 20s. for striking the constable. Your wife is dis charged. _ . The conferences were also un succes, inasmuch as the object aimed at by the originators was more than fully attained. Among the results of the confe rences may be mentioned the extension of brotherly love, sympathy, and co-operation among the Pro testants of different churches, the attainment of distinct information on statistical and other points, the knowlepge of successful or defective institutions within the church, the publication of hardships, re quiring alleviation, the promotion of truth and tole ration by the intercommonication of views and con victions by men desirous of concurring In unity rather than of seeking divergence and disunion, '&c. Though the conferences may have been a long way off what many simple-hearted and pious parsons, particularly Germans, took them to be—viz., the dawn of a Christian millennium, the commence ment of a new era of -fraternity, toleration, and love throughout the pale of Protestant Christen dom, the foundation-laying of a new church to St. John, as already there are chniches in the spir t of St. Peter and St. Paul ; though they may have been ' none of those, they were nevertheless really confer ences of Christians, and they impressed all who attended them with a conviction that the promoters and. participators in them were in earnest and sincere, and were taking the right road to attain their ends. Further it may be stated that these conferences, held as they have been under the open patronage and undisguised favour of a king, in a large and imposing building, freed from the trammels of bureaucratic control and police surveil lance, have become a religio-political Power which has been more or less recognised in its working and efficiency by foreign States. Not only did foreign religious bodies depute some of their mem bers to be present for the sake of communicating their own wants or collecting information, but also churches and Governments sent persons thither to " watch the proceedings" and propagate their views. Thus the Danish Government, for in stance, found itself induced to commission a most able man, the probst (rector) of Tondern, to attend the c .nforences and vindicate the course it has taken in Schleswig, in depriving so many German ministers, professors, and schoolmasters of their posts among a population that speaks only German. (Out of consideration for the King of Prussia and his Government, this and every other subject, such as the position of the Protestants ha the Austrian dominions, that could possibly have a political tendency imputed to it were treated iu com mittees apart from every public sitting of the i conferences.) The opportunity of so many men of different nations and languages meet ing together for a common object was, moreover, duly turned to account to organisefor future activity a network of committees for the various portions of Protestant Christendom, with appropriate agents for the acquisition of correct information on subjects connected with religion. How sadly deficient Eng land has hitherto been in correct views of foreign matters may be seen in these two instances. The Evangelical Alliance some time back forwarded to the Assembly of the Scandinavian Churches a repre sentation of grievances based on a totally groundless foundation, and accordingly received a most un answerable refutation of its statements. It has now sent an agent into Schleswig to inquire into the truth of the matters complained of and their ca uses, and has arrived at the truth. The same with our Government, which has hitherto most blindly backed up the Danish Government in its maltreatment of the German Duchies. It has lately sent a trusty and intelligent agent into Holstein to inquire into the real state of the case., and now finds otcasion, from his report, to reverse its previous practice. Tile accused paid the money, and hurriedly left the oourt, evidently ashamed of themselves. THAMES. ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.—A young woman, named Sarah Keys, about 20 years of age, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel, the property of her master. Tile prisoner bad been in the service of Mr. Simon Jacobs, an outfitter, No. 73, Ratcliff Highway, for about three months, and the prosecutor had recently missed articles from his stock consisting of 12 pair of trousers, 15 coats, 30 waistcoats, and other articles, which he valued at 301. and upwards. Suspicion was directed to the prisoner, and it was ascertained by the police that she had been in the practice of pawning her master's property after she had ab stracted it from his stock. She pawned a suit of clothes at one place for M. 6s. 4d., waiatcoats at another, and various other things at different times. Only one-third of the stolen property was prodaced and identified. The prisoner generally ?awned the goods she had stolen in the name of Robinson, and she asserted that one pawnbroker, with whom she had pawned a waistcoat, had several other articles in his warehouse which she bad pledged in the name of Robinson. The pawnbroker, a respectable man, who conducts his business, solemnly denied the trtth of the prisoner's statement. Mr. Yardley—l can't give credit t, the assertion of a person charged with felony, against tie oath of a man. Fray, an intelligent detective officer, said he had no doubt the prisoner had been urged to commit the robbery by an infamous old woman, who was out of the way. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Yardley sen tenced her to four months' imprisenment and hard labour. MN LAUNCHING-WAYS AND OLTEOZTACKLE OF THE LEVIATHAN. The difference between the manner in which these ways were constructed and that described is very great, as the following account of them wil show. The first step in preparing for the launch was to clear away the mud and dirt to a regular inclination of 1 in 12 from the ship down to low-water mark; after which, the fiv4 rows of piles forming each way, and varying from 25 feet long near the ship, to about 6 feet near low-water mark, were driven ; the two outer rows on each side of each way were pitched 3 feet apart, and at a distance of 20 feet inside them another row ; but these inside rows, three in number, were pitched feet apart, so that the breadth of each way, viz. 80 feet, was divided into five stripes, of 20 feet wide, extending from the bottom o f the ship down to low-water mark. To the sides of these piles, just below their tops, balks of timber, called waling-pieces, each about 12 inches square, were bolted, on the outside of each row only, by li-inch iron bolts, and the surface of the mud over the area of 80 feet wide, was then covered with a layer of concrete, barely 1 foot thick, upon which other balks were laid, about 2 feet apart, and in lines parallel to the rows of piles ; these balks were also about 1 foot square and concrete was then put into the empty space between them, and levelled to an even surface with their tops; so that instead of the ways being cons t r ucted on "2 feet of concrete," the whole superstructure is carried upon only " 1 foot' of this material, and the support derived from the bolts in the waling-pieces against the heads of the piles. As an instance of the amount of calculation and foresight exhibited throughout this famous launching exploit, it may be mentioned that when the ways were completed it w as " found " that t h ey were n ot wide enough ; that is t o say, th a t they were not sufficiently strong to carry the great w e i g ht about to be " lowered" down them, and the co nsequen ce was, that each way was increased in width b y an add i t i on o f 40 feet I which was done by drivi ng a row of piles on eac h side of each way, at a distance of 20 feet from each outer one, thus making the rows o f p il es in each wa y se ven in number, and concrete, balks, waling-pieces &c. were added, as was done is const ruct i ng the par t a l r e a dy completed. What addition thi s made to the fi rs t e s timate for the launch would be an i nteresting i tem ; b u t th er e can be no doubt that th e t o t al coat will form a v a luable re cord , for the archives of the Institution of Civil Engineers, where they might be enrolled as a sort of thing to be avoided, with a salutary far from their efficiency e ffect. As to the " check tackle" and machinery, so hav ing been proved, o r th e i r having i n an y wa y been shown to be of the slight est utility in c h ec king the ship, th e contrary is satisfactoril3o preyed by the fact, that when the ship stopped after her first movement, and at the moment it was reported that she was held by this check tackle, there was at least one foot of slack between each cradle and check-drum; Another circumstance has proved the complete uselessness of these costly appen dages, viz.—that at every renewed attempt to launch, and with everything slack, and nothing to stop her but "friction," it has been found nearly impossible to start her, or keep her in motion with the overwhelming power applied to get her along. I n stead of carrying on a set of vagaries (dignified by the title of experiments) with a couple of pieces of balk, some rails, and a few tons of iron, in order to discover (?) the amount of friction of metal upon metal, which, by-the-by, I remember was done some thirty years since by Morin and others, it would have been far better to have profited, in this in stance at least, by the experienc e of others. I should think Mr. Scott Russell must feel happy in having no share of the responsibility of this disastrous experiment in launching resting upon his shoulders.—Cossapendeni of the Builder. A letter from Rome of the 19th states that the Princess Helena of Russia had had an audience of the Pope on the previous day. She went to the Vatican with her suite in the state carriages of the Russian ambassador. THE VACANCY ON THE IRISH BENCH.—No announce ment has yet appeared as to the new judge, and all sorts of guesses are made on the point. It seems to be generally believed that Mr. Fitzgerald will accept the place. The ages of the Irish judges are such that other appointments must, in the nature of things, soon claim attention. Chief Justice Lefroy is 83, Jndge Perrin 82, Judge Moore a few years less, Mr. Justice Ball is 70, and Baron Richards over that age. Judge Pennefather, the oldest of all, has reached 86, and, notwithstanding his physical infirmities, is one of the clearest intellects on the bench A BANKER COWHIDE]) BY A LADY IN WISCONSIN.— A. correspondent of the Chicago Tribune, writing from Janesville, Dec. 5, says :—" On last Tuesday the good people of Janesville were furnished with a bit of excite ment, growing out of the cowhiding of Mr. John P. Hoyt, a well-known banker of this city, by Mrs. Cla rinda A. Andrews, the proprietress of a milinery store. In the morning, as Hoyt was passing up West Mil waukie-street to his office, Mrs. Andrews saw him from her store on the opposite side of the street, and seizing a stoat cowhide which she had provided for the purpose, crossed the street, and the following conversation en gttwhhe e el t rha t ta r ai a don i on t traitor thea tpyohi lady a m adi e hys sued :—Mrs. A. Is your name Hoyt H. (bowing politely), 'lt is, madam.' Mrs. A. You have acted eawrn proceeded whip m h y wo hvaeus over husband.' feelinglynoaydd tt administer aiAndscteera and d i s t se h hv o oe u trl wt shoulders f ia e u r r appreciated by the recipient. The proceeding of course collected quite a crowd, and the bystanders interfering, Hoyt escaped from the clutches of Madame A. A warrant was pro cured from the police-court, and the lady brought before that tribunal to answer a charge of assault and battery. As sapient dispenser of law in that court fined her 50 dollars and costs, which sum was promptly paid by the citizens. The cause of the difficulty was alleged sharp practice with a mortgage and bad faith on the part of Hoyt." R li a a ce A , uni A cc— D S P PE a cr a:r eL Z — vs Glessas.—S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle- Powtxhabrvuta"TairasscTol; —BI3IIOTrintAAN,D street, Piccadilly. Observe —opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. Those Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and -a-half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For tho waist coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every pm , pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They aro invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful powers. -- Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dan. gerous effects of furtber powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most, remote part of the world by send ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instimment for dearness, entirely different from all others, surpassing anything of the ,kind that has been, or probably can, be produced. Being of the same colour as the sk in, is not perceptible, It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at churchand at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of • singing noises in the cars is entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could bo desired.-39. Anse marle•street, Piccadilly.—Oppoito the York Hotel, W) The precedents that suggested these conferences at Berlin in this year were the conferences of Christians held in London in 1851 and in Paris in 1855. The encouragement to hold them here' emanated from the King of Prussia ; the actual invitation to at tend thorn was issued by the Berlin Committee of the German Branch of the Evangelical Alliance ; but it was the hearty response made to this invi tation by the Evangelical Alliance in England and the numerous suffrages it collected in favour of the Berlin Conferences which made the latter pos sible, and contributed so much to their prestige. It has been often asked what is the object of the Evangelical Alliance ? In the absence of any dis tinct formula put forward by the Alliance itself, I conclude from its various transactions and the expressions of its members that its object is to render patent the catholicity of doctrine that lies hidden utider the diverse forms of Protestantism, and thus deprive of its weight the Romanist's objection that Protestantism has no church, no creed, and no real entity. As a first act towards a creed common to all Protestants, the Evangelical Alliance has designated nine points of doctrine on which both our esta blished churches in Great Britain and all denomina tions of Dissenters concur. These nine at ticks have sub,equently found numerous adherents in the rest of Europe, and it is for the purpose of in creasing the number of those adherents and of pro moting Christian toleration, brotherly charity, and Protestant unity that the conferences lately held here and elsewhere wore got up. Of the incidental advantages arising from the late Berlin Conferences the Prussians will doubtless, derive a larger portion than our countrymen, who are more accustomed to the arts of public life. MARRIED WOMEN.—From Thursday next the Act passed in the late session to enable married women to dispose of reversionary interests in personal creates will take effect. It is dec'ared that after the 31st of Decem ber inst., it shall be lawful for every married woman, by deed, to dispose of every future or reversionary interest, whether vested or contingent, of such married women, or her husband in her right, in any personal estate whatsoever to which she shall be entitled under any instrument made alter the 31st of December 1857 ; and also to release or extinguish any power which may be vested in or limited or reserved to her in regard to any such personal estate, as fully and effectually as she could do if she were a femme sole, and also to 7elease and extin. pleb her right or equity to a settlement out of any per sonal estate to which she, or her husband in her right, may be entitled in possession under any instrument, save and except that no such disposition, release, or ex tinguishment shall be valid unless the husband concur in the deed by which the same shad be effected, nor un less the deed be acknowledged by her in the manner prescribed. The provision is not to extend to any reversionary interest to which she shall become entitled by virtue of any deed, will, or instrument by which she shall be restrained from alienating or affecting the same. The deeds permitted by this act are to be acknowledged in the same manner as deeds under the 3d and 4th Wm., cap. 74, for abolishing fines and recoveries. The powers of disposition given by this act are not to inter fere with other powers, nor to extend to settlements of married women upon their marriage, The new law is not to extend to Scotland. LLOYD'S biLIPPINCI.--(thia Day.) LONDON, Doe. 26.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.; light breeze and hazy. Coins, Dec. 25.—Wind —Arrived—Peerless, from Havre for New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, Deo. 25.—Wind S.W . —A rr ived—Colum bia s from Callao._ _., __ _ _ oLOIJORSTER, Dec. 25.—Wind S. W.—Arrived — Josh ua and Mary, from New York. MILFORD, Dec. s.—Wind N.w. _ Arr i ve d —Douglas, from Prince Edward's Island. CLYDE, Dec. 24.—Wind. S. W._ from Newfoundland. HULL, Dec. 24.---Wind W.—Sailed—President, from Port-au-Prince, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, 10 Lin ' Wind N.W., fine. s a v n r d e, Atalanta, s t eamer, f ro m Jersey; Sailed—Despatch, steamer, for Jer sey ; H a vre, steamer, Alliance,Havre. Arrived—Wonder steamer, LivEnrooL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Off—Scottish Chief. QUUENSTOWN, Deo. 24. Wind S.W. Arrived—Rde, from Constantinople ; Medora, Mauri tius ; Wellington, Callao ; Perseyer aai t Venice ; Nor wood, Callao ; Anjo de Guard°, Ca z i z . ' (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind W.; 1 hours ebb ; Weather hazy. Arrived, Dec. 25—Sylph, from Bordeaux. Arrived, Dec. 26—Rosa, from Guernsey, DEAL, Saturday, 9 &in' Wind N.W. ; lig6t, hazy, Anchored— Tanjore, from Leith for Matanzas. Sailed—Berbice, from Campbell for Riclaton. f TVIII FM lAL YS NV .17' C BRISTM AS-DA I (From'' Huaut.) rUri I cannot tell why I am. I am not lien, lam not handsome. I have nothing to leave, and very little to give away. I have no expectations. lan not exactly young. I don't keep a carriage. 1; have not the smallest label of a title stuck on to name. Then why am I always invited out oz; Christmas-day ? I have so many invitations that, if I had the same number of heads as a -beet of postage-stamps, I believe there would be a dinner for every one of them on that clay. How is it ? Why there's . Curmudgeon, the - - young Cur, as we call him. He is well-connekad. He is so rich that he might sleep on a mattress of bank-notes every night, and not feel the pressure in the least. He has so many un&es and aunts in the peerage that they are almost numer ous enough to fill a " ledger" by themselves. There is a baronetcy at his feet, into which he cannot help tumbling some day ; and he has legs, and a nose, and a mouth, and a pair of eyes, as regularly drawn as his salary at the Circumlocution Office, and we all know what a handsome figure that is. Well, notwithstanding all these attractions —and he wears pegtop trousers into the bargain, which, perhaps, are the very loudest pegtops about London—it is as much as he can do to get an invite on that universally dining -out day, the 25. h of December. I did hear that last year be dined at the Hercules Club in solitary grandeur all by him self. He was the only man in this monster-gran diose dining-room on thit day, and had the whol corps of twenty-two servants and thirt een boys (all of them in livery and crested buttons) to wa it upon him. lam told that it was a most affectingsight, especially when his plate of plum pudding was brought in. It was a thin slice, with a sickly blue flame that seemed to be dancing in derision over it. The butler had to leave the orom. It was too much for him, poor fellow ! Now, when I go out on Christmas-day, I try to make myself as happy as I can. I not only amuse myself, but I try to amuse others. The children meet me in the 101, and we are friends in a mi nute. • No necessity for an introduction. I may have a whistle, or a lot of Bonaparte's ribs, or a caricature, or an orange, or some friendly offering in my pocket ; and the moment I hold out my hand, they come to me as naturally as possible. We romp, and play, and dance, and are as happy as though there were no powders in the world, and there was no chance of the doctor coming to see us the next day. I make them rabbits• on the wall that stand on their hind legs, and eat, and scratch their long ears with their fore paws. I cut them basket's, death's heads, &c., out of oranges , and other patterns most curious and comical to behold. I get my first and second fingers to represent the legs of a Highlander, and in that capacity, and with a handkerchief for a kilt, they scamper round the tray, and dance a hornpipe—which, for accuracy, could not be surpassed by Mr. T. P. Cooke. With the simple aid of a napkin, my hand conjures up an old woman's face that makes them die of laughing ; and their astonishment knows no bounds when, after superhuman efforts of strength, I succeed in pushing half-a-crown through the mahogany-table, and it is distinctly heard to drop through on the opposite side. They never tire of listening to my imitations of Punch, and they ask me again and again to bark like the dog Toby, which canine imitation is so wonderfully life-like that pussy rounds her back and takes up a defensive attitude on the hearth-rug to resist any invasion of it. Most zoologically curious are my assumption of various animals—without pride or affectation. I believe I have an entire poultry-yard in my throat. My cock-crowing was, I tell them, the very identical salute of the man that made the sun in Kentucky rise by mistake a good hour earlier than usual. They laugh, and their laugh ing makes me laugh, until we are told that grand papa cannot bear so much noise, and we had better go into the passage and play by ourselves. Here new games are started. We have coach and horses up and down the hall, and all ove rth house ; and then on the landing there is a shriek raised for "Baste the Bear !" It falls to my lot to be the bear, and I have a very negligent keeper, for the youngster does not appear to be the least on the look-out, nor attempt to catch any one, but seems all the time to be doubled up with excess of laughter, and, if I mistake not, at my expense too. I only know I get a rare amount of basting, and might be the bear up to the present moment, if the landing, after tea, had not been wanted by the young ladies for acting charades. lam enlisted in the theatrical corps. Somehow, to the great amusement of everybody the most ignoble characters are allotted to me. The daughters of the house (they are sweetly pretty)have a plersure in dressing me up as grotesquely as they can. Their greatest fun consists in smothering my face in old ladies' caps and bonnets, and I have a shrewd sus picion that that particular style of head dress does not tend much to increase my beauty, for I notice that the effeLt my appearance produces on the com pany is always one of the most uproarious merri ment. The old people go into convulsiqns of laughter, the boys clap their hands, and even the servants put their aprons up to their mouths, and, with a guttural effervescing sound, like the opening of soda water botttles, disappear hurriedly down the kitchen stairs. To give a sample of my general treatment, I will mention that my first character was Don-key. I was unanimously elected as the most fitting representative of that unintelligent animal, and the shouts that saluted my entrance into the drawing-room, as I trotted in on all fours with Miss Julia (aged five) on my back, and a pair of fur gloves tied on each side of my head by way o f donkey's ears, and a long bell rope hanging behind me as the beat likeness of a tail, were, I must say, most complimentary to my powers of imitation. I don't know what it was that inspired me to bray, but it sounded so natural, and it so clearly went home to the hearts of everybody, that the loud explosion of laughter that ensued would have done poor Curmudgeon'stheart good to have heard it. I am not going through each separate stage of a Christmas party. I imagine Christmas parties are very much the same, where good feeling binds all hearts in happy unison together. There is a family likeness, I fancy, that runs through such rejoicings. The characters are very much alike, and the pro ' gramme of time-honoured amusements does not vary much in our honest English homes. I need only refer, with becoming briefness, to what I do on those happy occasions. If a song is wanted, I sing. I have no voice, and so I make no fuss about it but sing. I generally get to the end of the first verse with tolerable success (and, entre nous, it is something about the earth being a toper), and the audience laugh ; but I am rarely asked to go on with the second. If a hand is wanted for a game of cards, I am your man ; and I can play without losing my temper, or quarrelling with my partner because he will not play the precise card I want. If you want a good bowl of punch, ask me to brew it. I compound it as conscientiously as I should draw up my will. As in the latter no dear one should be omitted that was worthy of remembrance, so in the former not a single good ingredient should be left out that was dear to our recollection, and all should have their full quantities meted out to them, ac cording to their true deserts. If a dance is afoot, I am ready to dance until the house shakes again, the floor jerking up and down as though the room were a big bottle that was beingcleaned, and we were the shot inside that were cleaning it. You will never see me leaning against the door, standing on my dignity, waiting for a partner worthy of my in ferior self, but I s art off instantly, either with the eldest of the youngest of the party. lam not above offering my hand even to a poor deserted " wallflower." The musicians tire - before I do. I can keep it up with the nimblest of them, and during the intervals of repose I can flirt, or joke, or ask conundrums, or take off popular actors, or imitate bricks tumbling down the chimney, or do a little bit of conjuring with the cards to amaze the young ones, or drawing one's chair up to the fire, can listen patiently to the pleasant chatter of the old dames talking affectionately about their grand children, and even if a cab is wanted I flatter myself I can fetch it in quicker time than anybody. The time flies gaily as a butterfly on its first day from the crypalis. I don't think—l don't do much more than I have described. Somehow, friends seem pleased -to Pee my face, plain as it is. Christmas-day is a day of extreme happiness to me ; I enjoy it with all my heart, and re , ,ret that it does not cc me oftener than °lieu a year. Perhaps it is this sen- eof en joyment that makes me an acceptabl e guest with others. I laugh, I eat, I drink, I cu t my capers, I enter con anion into every pas s i ng fun, and am a perfect victim at forfeits. Th ere is no folly that I am not ready to be a partner in. Cork ing my face does not make me angry. If I can oblige every one I am only too happy to do it. Laugh at me as y ou w ill , you cannot o ff en d me. From snap dragon to kissing under the mistletoe, there is nothing that conies amiss to me. I love chil dren. Their society has the effect for the time being of making me feel younger myself ; as for old behave ki n dly to those w ho can onl y; for a limited people, the mere fe elin g of reverence makes me period be our gues ts and companions. Call me easy, simple, w eak, goodnatured, childish, if you will, foolish, don't mind. After all they are not bad. qualities, per haps, since they contribute so largely to my own enjoyment • , and who knows but they ma y be the very reaso ns wh y I am al w a ys invited lout on Christmas -day ? And, perhaps, the absence of those same qualities is also the reason why Cur mudgeon, with his means and superior recommen dations is so rarely invited out on the same day.