The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-07 00:00:00

NORTHAMPTON-SATURDAY.

There was a fair average show of wheat to-day, but
advance upon last week's prices. Other articles as before. ,
—White wheat, 40s to 44s ; red, 35s to 42s ; fine, —5
to —s per qr. Barley, 35s to 39s—grinding. 28s to 30s .
Oats, 28s to 32s per 24 stone. Beans, 38s to 425. Peas;
34s to 40s per qr.

YORK-a

;ATURDAY.

We were supplied with a fair quantity of wheat to-day,
and prices were in favour of the seller.
Wheat, red 37s to 40s Oats.... lBs to 203
White do .40s to 45s Beans 38s to 403
Barley .298 to 32s Peas .....---8 to —8
Malt, 62s to 64s per qr.; rye, 30s per qr ; flour, 30s
to 32s per sack.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Dec. 19.
via Marseilles Dec. 13.
brazil and Cape Yards, by British packet. Jan. 4.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Dec. '2.9.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Dec. 19.
via Marseilles Dec. 13.

Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec. 12.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, viii Southampton Dec. 19.
_ _

_ .
via Alareeillea Dec. 13.
India (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. 12.
via Mareeilles Dec. 6.
Portugal.... Jan. 4.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 12.

via Marseilles . Dec. 6.
Newfoundland
Oporto and Vigo
U. 6. and British N. Amarica, by Brit. packet.... Dec. 9 •

. by U.S. packet
by Canadian packet Dec. 12.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneritie Dec. 19.
Bahamas, via New York Dec. 17.
Mexico ....Dec. 29.
All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, 1 Dec. 14.
California. and British Columbia.

THE AFRICA.—At the end of last month the
Council of the Mercantile Marine Service Associa-
tion, Liverpool, submitted to the Committee of the Privy
Council for Trade a series of remarks in reference to the re-
cent sentence for the suspension of the certificate of Captain
Stone, of the Africa, in the hope that, upon consideration,
their lordships might see proper to reverse the sentence of
Court of inquiry. The observations were as follows :—" 1-
The verbatim copy of the evidence given upon the occasion
does not, the council believe, upon a fair construction of it,
bear out even the opinion of th nautical assessors, upon which
the sentence was given. 2. It was impossible to weigh the
evidence in favour of Capt. Stone against the opinion of the;
nautical assessors, who were not exposed to strict cross-
examination upon the reasons which led them to the con-
clusion on which the sentence was pronounced, while Capt.
Stone, the accused, was subjected to the strictest cross-
examination, and, practically, their lordships will see that
he is condemned upon the assessors' interpretation cf ars
admission extorted from him. 3d. An unprecedented alte-
ration appears upon reliable evidence to have taken place in
the currents of the Gulf Stream, with the extent of which
the assessors were and are not acquainted, and the extent of
which is still even imperfectly known to any one. 4. The
soundings in the neighbourhood could not have told with.
certainty the position of the Africa, had soundings been
taken. 5. The course pursued by Capt. Harris in his cross-
examination of Capt. Stone, the question put, and the opi-
nions expressed by him in court, appear to the council to
show that he considered himself somewhat in the position of
a prosecutor as well as an assessor. , 6. The sentence states
Captain Stone to have been guilty of a culpable want of
caution, The council is anxious to point out to their lord-
ships that a culpable fault is such as would expose Captain
Stone to a prosecution and conviction, had a passenger been
injured, and the owners to a verdict against them by ship-
pers of goods. There appears no reason to suppose that this
is or would be the case. 7. It does not appear to the council
just to single out Captain Stone for inquiry, while the great
majority of cases are not inquired into at all. 8. The coun-
cil cannot suppose that it was the intention of the Legis-
lature that in these inquiries the person whose character
and certificate depended upon the result should bo exa-
mined on oath against himself, as that is a procedure 'IC
variance with all the principles of jurisprudence; and with
to the anomalous mode in which the charge WO
made, or rather decided, during the inquiry, and the pro-
ceedings were conducted, the council refer their lordships to
the circumstances that in inquiries before the local marine
Boards, involving the suspension or cancelling of a certifi-
cate, a distinct charge must be made, and a copy of
it
handed to the accused at least 48 hours before the court
sits. The Board of Trade, in their reply, dated December
3, state that they have received a memorial from Captain
Stone appealing against the decision of the court, and that
they have in their reply (in which they have entered fully
into the circumstances of the case) informed Captain Stone
that they do not feel themselves justified in interfering with
the decision of the magistrate and his assessors.
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