The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-18 00:00:00

Suckling calves, 108 to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs,
20s to 28s.

TOTAL SUPPLY.

Beasts _ __
i 2,300
Cows
Sheep
Calves ... ... 190
figs. 390

FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts
Sheep
Calves
Pigs

MEAT MARKETS.

NEWGATE AND LEADENRALL.—The supplies of meat
are moderately good, and the demand is inactive, as
follows :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s
6d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 6d per 81bs,
by the carcase.
SOUTHALL, December 17.—Prime stock was in fair re.
quest, at full prices ; otherwise, the trade was sluggish, as
Beef, from 3s 4d to 5:3 Od; mutton, 3s 8d to
5s 8d;. veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 4d per
81bs, to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, December 17.—A fair average business doing,
as follows : Beef, from 3s 6d to 6s Od ; mutton' 3s
10d to 68 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 6d
per Blbs ; suckling calves, 10s to 18s; quarter-old store
pigs, 20s to 29s each; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB Os
each.

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BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to t
cap. 32, for the week ending
of Dec., 1862:

ISSUE DEF
fates issued ..—.X28,709,•30,

Z 28,709,8301

BANKING D
r't oprietors' Capi-
tal X 14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-

tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

counts) 8,507,144
Other Deposits 14,033,994
Seven Day and
other Bills 746,580

Dec. 18, 1862.

.C 40,938,241 I
W.

he Act 7th and Bth Victoria
on Wednesday, the 17th day

ARTMENT.

Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3.0.34,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 14,059,830
Silver Bullion ....

:PARTBIF.NT.
Government Seen-

£2B, 709,830

titles (including
Dead Weigh tAn-
nui ty) £11,084,517
Other Securities 19,357 846
Notes
Gold and Silver 971,825
Coln

X 40,938,241
MILLER, Deputy Cashier.

2HE 2ICEE7.OF•LEAVE SYSTEM.

A large and influential meeting, presided over
by the Mayor, was held in the Town-hall, Liver-
pool, yesterday, for the purpose of concerting
measures for urging upon the Government the pro-
priety of adopting either the system which has been
so successful in Ireland in reference to the convict
establishments, or such other as may be expected to
produce the like results. Amongst the gentlemen
present were Mr. T. S. Raffles, the stipendiary magi-
strate ; Major Greig, the chief constable ; Rev. Mr.
Carter, gaol chaplain ; Mr. Jamieson, governor of
the Borough Uaol, and most of the resident magi-
strates and merchants. After a few remarks
from Mr. William Earle and Mr. James Aikin,
both of whom pointed out the necessity for a prompt
change in our present ticket-of-leave system, Sir
Walter Crofton, C. 8., director of the Irish convict
prisons, addressed the meeting at great length. He
said that the English system of treating convicts
was confessedly a failure, as he prophesied in 1858
that it would be, while a lengthened experifnce of
the Irish system had most satitfaCtorileproved
beneficial alike to the criminal class an to the
public at large. What was wanted in England
was a careful system which would both punish
and amend the criminal, and a systematic regis-
tration of his offences, so that every fresh out-
break of crime would at once involve a cumulative
punishment. Ho would advise Ew special prison,
and specially stringent punishment for the hardened
criminal class, and a system of voluntary transpor-
tation for those anxious to amend. Ultimately the
following resolutions were agreed to :—"1. That
in the opinion of this meeting the notorious and in-
creasing insecurity of life and property in England
proves the existence of some vital defect in the
present system of dealing with offenders." "2.
That the encouraging results which have followed
upon the adoption of the convict system now in
operation in Ireland determine this meeting to urge
upon her Maje7's Government the expediency of
giving that or some similatteystem a fair trial in
England, under the managffent of men friendly to

its priuciples." The meeting was also addressed by
Mr. Raffles and Mr. W. Ruthbone, who spoke in
favour of the Irish system, and by Mr. J. J. Still,
who urged several objections against it.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT THE

DUNDEE THEATRE.

On Saturday night, an episode not set down in the bills
was presented on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Dundee.
Mr. Gardener Coyne was acting the part of Jamie Fitzpa-
trick, in " The Bleak Hills of Ireland." Several of the
audience were thinking, from the manner of the perform-
ance, that all was not right behind the scenes ; and at last
there was an explosion that showed their surmises had not
been unfounded. In the second act, immediately after the
changing of the " wines." Mr. Coyne came forward and
sato,--- 1 must st, p the performances. Ladies and gentle-
men, I am sorry to interrupt your pleasure in any way; but
as Mrs. Caple has not, as usual, and as sic has done every
night this week, given a statement to my agent of what is
in the house, I cannot go on with the piece. This is my
fourth engagement in Dundee, and I have always done well,
and I am sorry that on this occasion we should have to part
in a way that is not quite regular." Tremendous applause
and hooting followed this short statement, the house being
well filled in all parts. Miss Goddard, lessee of the theatre,
had followed Mr. Coyne on tie stage, and for a minute or
two after he had finished she patiently waited till the audi-
ence would give her a hearing. On the noise subsiding
somewhat, she said she had never before been accused either
in the profession or out of it of not having met all demands
properly made against her. (Hear, from several gentlemen in
the boxes.) With regard to Mr. Coyne, she said an en-
gagement had been entered into with that gentleman to
perform for 12 nights in the theatre under her management.
In the early part of the week the houses had not been so
good as he had anticipated, and on Wednesday morning he
had complained of them. She understood that the com-
plaint was made only as a pretext for his breaking his en-
gagement with her, in order that he might fulfil one he had
entered into since he came to Dundee. (Several voices in
the pit—" It's false, it's false.") Hissing and applause en-
sued for some minutes, and when Mr. Coyne was again heard
he was speaking of the previous success of his perform-
ances in Dundee, and at the same time denouncing the
stinginess (as he called it) of the present management,
which refused him on Wednesday night 21d. to buy three
slices of ham for his performance of " Handy Andy."
Roars of laughter followed this sally, one gentleman asking,
" Were you worth it f" and another inquiring whether
Mr. Coyne had not got his supper before he came to the
theatre. The scene that ensued almost baffles description.
The whole house was in an uproar, Miss Goddard and Mr.
Coyne remaining on the stage confronting each other like
two combatants, only waiting the opportunity of finishing
their fight, while all sorts of questions were being
put to each of them, and counsel of various kinds addressed
to both. Mr. Harris, the stage manager, afterwards came
forward, and there was somewhat of a lull till he asked to
be allowed to say a few words "in behalf of Miss Goddard,"
when the uproar began afresh; and, though Mr. Coyne
again appeared, this time in deshabille, the matter in dis-
pute was not in any way cleared up, as none of the expla-
nations offered would be received. In a few minutes the
curtain was raised, and the performances were brought to a
conclusion without Mr. Coyne's assistance, and amidst a
good deal of noise.—Dundee Advertiser.

ELECTION FOR CITY SOLICITOR—(THIS DAY ).
At a Court of Common Council, held this afternoon, tho
list of candidates were reduced by a show of hands to two—
rr.. r.relfrm enact Mr. Croeby. At the final vote 114
voted for Mr. Nelson and 59 for Mr. Crosby. Mr. Nelson
was then declared duly elected.

ANOTHER OF OUR BULWARKS GOING.—What is
the use of a jury ? it may possibly be asked, when nearly
every week one sees that the verdict of a jury, by appeal to
the Home Secretary, has been set aside. We used to boast
that trial by jury was one of the chief bulwarks of the Bri-
tish Constitution ; but while Home Secretaries pooh-pooh
our juries as they do, we think that such a bulwark is at
best a rather shaky one. Serving on a jury is not a plea-
sant occupation, and is quite a waste of time when verdicts
are ignored as they recently have been. If further evidence
be furnished, to prove the innocence of a prisoner, the new
trial should take place before the jury who found guilty :
so that they, if they think proper, may themselves. reverse
their verdict. Trial by Sir George Grey is not trial by a
jury: and it is by jury-trial that all. persons who aro
charged with being felons should be tried. We Britons
often boast about our " twelve men in a box"—but while
their decisions are pooh-poohed by higher powers, twelve
men in an omnibus might talk about the case, and their
verdict in the matter would do every whit as well.—
Punch.

EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION.—The dividend of
three per cent. that has just been declared by the Crystal
Palace Company, making not less than eight per cent, for
the entire year, will shortly be exhibited at Sydenham.
The court, selected to display it, will be the Alhambra, as
being best adapted to the marvellous nature of the exhibi4
tion. Mr. Bowley, the sleepless secretary, says it will be
the greatest novelty ever yet shown within the walls of
Penge Palace. He doubts whether Blondin ever would be
able to mount as high as this dividend in safety, or with-
out running imminent risk of falling half way in the
perilous ascent. There will be an additional attraction
about this extraordinary exhibition c,,nsisting in the fact
that very few shareholders will believe it until they see it.
The thousands that will be thus attracted by curiosity to
the spot, it will be impossible to calculate. We only hope,
for the benefit of an institution which is most admirably
conducted, and that should be a source of honest pride to
the country which has produced it, that a like exhibition
may be repeated for many lustre' to come, and that the
shareholders may take a deeper interest in it every year.,--
Punch.

OUR COMPLIMENT FROM GREECE.—Brittannia
presents her compliments to France and Russia, and begs
them to observe that honesty is the best foreign policy.--
Dinah