The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-24 00:00:00

1101 V .AN]) CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.
The Bank of England return, completed to the
218 t inst., is of a satisfactory character. The bul-
lion, however, only shows a slight increase. The
reserve of notes has not varied to any important ex-
tent. The public deposits, as usual at this season
01 the year, have been largely augmented, owing
to the active collection of the revenue prior to the
payment of the half-yearly dividends. The active
circulation shows a slight diminution, consequent
111)on the increase in the Government balances. The
various items of the return, and the changes they
Present, will be seen in the subjoined table :

Active Circulation ..
Decrease ..
Bullion .. .
Increase ..
Rest - -

.. £20,645,610
.. 102,510
.. 17,001,740
• • 1,855
.. 3,148,926

Increase .. • • • •
Public Deposits • . • •
Increase .. ••• • •
Other Deposits • . . •
Decrease .. • • • '
seven Day and other Bills ..
Decrease .. .. • •
Government Securities • .

5,827
.. 9,575,026
.. 636,039
.. 13,310,224
.. 326,536
• • 756,107
.. 29,523
10,925,157
No alteration.
Other Securities .. .. .. 19,596,996
Increase • 181,439
Notes Unemplo.ied .. :: :. 10 112,015
... Increase .. • • .. .. ' 68,830
. In the Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon,
:I Blight advance was apparent in the rate on Ham-
ourt,
o•

The Ripon, which leaves on the 26th instant for
£°2TbaY, will take out £145hic,850 in silver, and
,955 in gold, the whole of wh is on private
iteeaunt.
la the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the
transactions were again rather limited, and prices
TrainedTh without any alteration of importance.
sales were estimated at about 6,000 bales.
"'one() Monday last the imports of specie have
:seil about £381,381, and the exports £181,095,
141°13191v° of the following shipments direct from
Thursday
to the Continent during the week ending
t'arsday last :---Gold coin, Oporto, 264 oz. ; ditto,
d.°lllogne, 120 oz. ; silver coin, Boulogne, 1,200 oz. ;
11'4,tof Belgium, 500 oz.
e1,.116 English Stock Market has been exceedingly
1,761, as business has been as much curtailed as
gall
Nevertheless the quotations have been
They
Maintained, Consols being 95: t,, ex dividend.
tll. are now a shade flatter, viz., 951 f;. The
ib..allsactions on speculative account have been almost
t-"Dended, as the operators are not inclined to
dater into new engagements just before the holi-
a 18. The New Threes and the Reduced are
8:' u,at 95a ; India Loan Debentures are steady
r, "i ; ditto New Stock is 1041 ; and the Exche-
lller Bills have improved to 28s. and 31s. prem.
haThe few transactions in the Foreign Market
6 e not caused any change of importance. Turkisk
tll'm Cents. are 761 to 771 ; and the New, 631
641. Venezuela Bonds have been dealt in at 2131.
1:864a.nS per Cents at 110, and the 3 per Cents.
ea The shares of the Ocean Marine Insurance
aitnl,PanY are 11 ± premium, and of the Universal
; about par to prem.
Eke San. Paulo Railway shares are quoted
Aretnium.
ill the Railway Share Market there has not
beau touch activity. One or two of the principal
jl.oe).°,' however, are a shade firmer. Midland and
South
Eastern (Berwick) have advanced 10s., and
j.,•llL' Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and
15s.
to T Foreign and Colonial lines have not varied
any ll°
important extent. Lombardo-Venetian im-
iPeti about 55., and Grand Trunk of Canada ss.
o East Indh..n declined about 15s.
been stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have
444.1 very inactive, at about previous quotations.
1),,..4°11 and Westminster are a shade firmer, and
"insular and Oriental Steam have declined
about Li.

BRITISHp:, FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
li
ti.C.,""lt. Reduced Annuities 993 1
4:16' Per Cent. Annuities ...
b. s Stock
vitt. Ilebentures, 1858
iengels for Account (Jan, 10)
Mie Steak for Acounnt
bi+
1041 i
R --.• 1859 5 Cent
%,34 ? per .
31 28 31
b., equer Bills, Sl,OOO, lid
1)14 £5OO .... . .............. 31 28 31
‘te Small lid.' ..." - " 3l 28 31
? . . .....
1, FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
}finesse, 1853, 3 per Cent.
I)ihuan, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent llO
ii,,, •u, 3 Per Cent., 1859 661
,74,15 h 3 per Cent
it "Igo .Account
4,110,411 6
Ditto per Cent. —
Nevi Loan Ditto Account
‘7,_Jitte uaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Tnecuelan 21 per Cent
Ditto Aoceant ...
.. 28/
Dividends on the above payable in Londoi.

TWO O'CLOCK.

Console , Money
Ditto Account (Jan. 10) .. 951 as d

Tins DAY'S SHIPPING.

41,Zei..41/cllct Dee. 24.—Wind this day at noon, South ;
te breeze, and mild weather.
11%1;141)4'P/ 3.—Wind, S.E.—Sailed--Eliza, for
eit Dec..
e Celeste, for Bilboa ; St. Michael, for ditto.
Tr lit
e
`keeri....l"ANtic, Dec. 22.—Wind, S.W.—Arrived—The
t"" w, from. Quebec.
litell,llllol3Tit, Dec. 23.—Wind, W.—Arrived-•Cathe-
;."l St. John's, Newfoundland.
tro -"I; Dec• 23 Wind W.—Arrived—Erromanga,
IA Rot* 1
84 ea •
Fent ell.PAi Dee. 23.—Wind, S.—Arrived—Don Ricardo,_o
e4ttiali'dern ; Ueda, from Cuba ; Redate, from San 6
1154e1l ti„811; Dec. 23.—The Rover (schr.), of Goole, hasd
lealtY -1,144 in here by two smacks to-day, derelict and
,)I,i,l7_ving been fallen in with yesterday at 9 n 2111., the_o
v4lllOB 4.'8'1;7 N.W. by W., distant about 12 moile . N
diktqn of?sulaicitflon board. The Providence (sloop) fsGoole,
rgited 20th of Dec. ; two men saved, and a boy
ST
*614 111t4Iti Dee 23.—The Trial for Dublin, which
tepi.e,,'t iaah tooro at Grannairs Dec. 8, offo yesterday, and was
n Dromore harbour.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

Vito
Arriu
2.4.—coionist, from Quebec.
ca. • .•
meulan, screw steamer, for the West Coast of

(tir atTIMARINE AND BRITISH 'TELEGRAPH.)
tS r •
; tide 1 GRA
hour'VESEs flood,, Saturday Morning.
vedtil tzved, Dec,23._Helen,
otl frmuGaji
B.thamer, f Rot-
to'idltailt, !team:, ;romucte Osnd ; Albion,rom steamer,
s
• v..
fro°olwici;s: tier,. Majesty's ship Dee, from westward, for
1:11 Lend L'izzy, from London, for St. Michael's ; Salacia,
04
Mott, fo4Nett. for S
Yo haugai ; St. George de Avero, from
Advice, from
411 W rk.
Quebec, for London.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.

rs that the
4,zR/NO•CROSS RAILWAY.—It a
ittect ,i-7 Preliminary steps have been talk
Parliament
ttlr ,f7Tiowers obtained in the last session of
from London-
,l4itlea.;°,_Quing the South-Eastern Railway
.._ _
o cross.
peneatO carry into
411 e—,;"" a terminal west-end station at Chan g
Ilikin, V'tailed plans, prepared by Mr. Hawkshur_i_w-n,
fora-or:la aribraitted to the Admiralty and the
approval,°
tbe cr,'',46 Tlutnies, and, having received their
bridge is of
the 1•-',...a, will now be proceeded with. The C.E.,
la, urtnoetn as the lattice girder, and will ca. rryrfevenura
ter: °f Ililway, together with two roads for foot p 8
kullgi.ll.o 011 each side of the railway. The wholeswefi_llthbee
4118,-44 en seven piers, the two existing puer
k,atinsion.bridc,e (which 'will be removed) .
erected
04 _ able for thebwork ; the five new piers will be• r after
tollildrical iron piles sunk into the bed of the river, d
aud
being made
klontllBW aid economical process recently inven
._
..ge
84, her securing the foundations of the Chelsea bnd
tt. VI, aimilar structures. The works have been let_
.to
occh,, 3 taes, the well-known contractor, and will probably
:RY about two years in construction.
will
L...4-'ATIt op TUX TALKING PISIL—The public _
e,"4..,llrPriaed to hear that this wonderful luaus natuerc has
itel. to exisst. The recent hard frost affected it very
, rely a d
4CI , -, 1:1 on Wednesday afternoon about half. past six
4 ()eic it ceased to show 'of life. Soon after the
, "ti W t any signs
' o4t ea her set in it began to give indications of. being
it 4 4 fb°4°rt"," and was very ill for three days previous to
Viit}:3-Leing totally unable to perform. It was covere4
14,,,,. blabets and the water let out of the tub. . Several
44Te eal gentlemen acquainted with the natural history of
coar,"llim.ls were sent for, and they gave what advice they
%lit', which was acted upon. The animal, however,bc.
1/4,4 to get worse, and on the Wednesday afternoon, enlg
to R,'). tO eat anythinn., the wife of the proprietor went in
tail'„9 It• It clistinctlfrecognised her and answered her
Ir.Y by its peculiar grunt of " mamlna." On tryn:ig ,(''
aloe itself to come near her, the effort was too mucl tor it,
ri,py'4 1_ fell over on its side and expired. The loss will be a
Itleo2leavy one to the proprietor as ho was deriving a good
th:tb), toe from its exhibition, and not long since was •ffered.
'Peculator the sum of £1,500 for it. It was impossible
that
0 anin?al could live any length of tin.ie under the
tirions of its very artificial existence. It eN
of
tee‘larator animal, but belongs to the creeks land
inletsAeud
to kit; eft water, and consequently it could hardly be
too_ irvive such a change as a residence in a tub in a Londons
flood.
involve; it might, perhaps, have "tippedtiltie
roa2_, for years in a priLperly-constructed basin in .
*ft,:te department of the Zoological Gardens. Its length
4; between eight and nine feet, weight 800 lb., five years
") ELnd it consumed fromlslb. to 501 b. of fish a-day.

SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAY.)

ORDINARY SHARES A:

Share

nftilways.

Paid.

Business

Atlantic & St Lawrence
Leased at G per cent..
Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd

12.10

iall
}lOO
all

E 6 E 8

Amberg•., Notting*. Bost.

gu. 5 percent
Do. Addit. Capital A
Do. Do.
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Do. New
Do. Preference
Builalo,Brant.&Godrich
6 p. ct. this. 1 AuLr., 1872
Do. do. 1 July, 1873
Do. do. 1 June, 1874
Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim.
Cape, E astn. Prov. (Lim.)
Cape Town & Dock Scrip
Central Oude (Limited)
Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c.
Demerara

94100}
17i 11
id! par
4 fiid

13.14
Stock

- -
and Eastern Junction
Belfant and Ballymena
Bir Wol and r. Val •
Bir., La., and Ch. June
,Blackburn
Blyth and Tyne
Bost. Slefd..t Mid. Conn
Bristol and Exeter ...•
Caledonian
Cork and Bandon
~
ik,armarthen & Cardigan
Cork, Blkrock,&Passage
Cornwall
Do. A A roves. no div
Do. B untilßp.c.per au
hasbeen pd.toß
Dublin andßelf ast June
Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc
East Anglian
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union A Stock
Do. do. B Stock

all
all
all
1 100
100

5 6}

stock
Stock

Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c.
,East Indian, gu. 5 p. c..
Do. F Shares Ext.

Do. Jubbulpore _

Stock
Stock
Stock
Stock

D 0.45 p.c. Bids. pay.'s9
Do. 45 p. c. Debeutrs.
Geelong&Melbourne
Geelong Corporation 6
per cent. Bonds
I Grand Trunk of Canada
Do. 6 per cent. Pref
Do. 6 per cent. Debentr
Do. 7 per cent. 18 62
Do. do. 1867
De. do. 1872
Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e
Do. New, gua.s per cent
Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip
guaranteed 5 per cent.
Gt.W. of Canada Shares
Do. New
Do. Bonds pay. '76,with
ept. till '6O
Do. do. '73 till '6O
Do. do. 'Y3 without opt
Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do
Madras, guar., 45 p. c
Do. do. 5 per cent
.Do. 41 p. c. Extension
Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c
Do. Fourth do.
Do. do.
Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds
Newßrunswick&Canda.
Ry.&Land(Lim.)g. 6pc
Class ACapitl. Share
Do. do. Land do
Do. do. B. Capital do
Do. do. Land do
(Jude (Limited)
Scinde cf
Do. New
Do. Punjaub ~te4 ‘.!
Do. Indus. St. Flo. ag,
St. Andrews & Quebec A
Trinidad(Limited) Scrip

11.3 0.

38.
2s. 6d.
7
all
5
100

all
all
all
}lOO

Stock
Stock

par *p

14 Idi

Stocki
Stock
10
Stock
Stock!
Stock]
Stock;
Stock
Stock
12
Stock.'

16
164
StoCk
Stock
Stock
25
Stock
12}
Stock

DO:Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds)i
East Suffolk

Do
,Edinburg and Glasgow
,Edin.,Perth, & Dundee
Forth & Clyde Junction,
Furness
Glasgow & South Westn
'Great North of Scotland
Great Northern
Do. do. A Stock
Do. do. B Stock
Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld)
Great Western
Do.Str.Vl.Rall Gua.Stk
Irish South Eastern
Lancaster and Carlisle
Do. Thirds
Do. New Thirds
Lancashire & Yorkshire
;London and Itlackwall.
; Lon., Bri liton &S.Coast
!Lond. Chat. and Dover
London & North Westn'
Do. Eighths
London& South-Westn
L'derry & Coleraine
L'derry & Enniskillen
Man., Shef., & Lincoln_
Metropolitan
Midland
Do. Birming. & Derby
Mid. Gt. Went.(lreland)
Do. Shares
Neweastle and Carlisle
New., Aber., & Ilerefd;
Newry & Armagh (act.)
Newry, Warpt., & Itos
Norfolk
'North. Counties Union '
,North British

291 90

—id

101 l
101 21 1031
par ip
Par it)

100 101
10 21

951
134
112

ill t i

991 ;
65 ;
115 141
981 8 1
97; ;

all
100
118

Stock
10
Stock
Stock

38* 8 I
1091

n !

11
is
58.
1 all
15
5
all

41 43
95 96
73 74
85 87
75 77
73 75
1001 1011
d par
f 4d
131 13}
7 61- d
98 102
98 102
98 102
92 95
91 93
100 102
00 94

20 20}
id 1 p
p

Stock
50
Stock
Stock
Stock

all
100
3/1
100
100

AIJ.'

id iip

rAYS.

Stock
Stock
25 i
Stock
Stock,
Stock

Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk.
Do.A Stk.— Are,c.no div.

41 q

I until6p.c.hasbeenpdß
Do. B Stock
North-Eastn.--Berwick
I Do. do. G.N.E. Purchase
Do. Leeds
IDo. York
'North London
'North Staffordshire
No. & Sou. W. Junction
Oxford, Wor.,& Wolyer
Peebles

ll' 16

94151 5
d

all
all
all
all
all

2i 21

1 d
4f 4f d
25f 26f

Stock

Portsmouth
IRhymney
!Scottish Central
Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock
;Do. Scottish Mid. Stock'
!Shropshire Union
iSittinubourne & Sheer '
South Devon
!South-Eastern
South Wales
SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun
IStaines, Wok., &
Stockton & Darlington.!
Do. do. 1855
Do. do. 1858
!Stockton & Ilartlepooll!
NTaff Vale
Do. Preference, No. 1 !
ThamesHavenDk&Rail!
Ulster

all
all
all
all
all

Stock
Stock
Stock
Stock

Stock
Stock
Stock
Stock

Stock
Stock

16j
100
100

12 101
Stock
10
Stock!

Do.

Do.
Vale of Neatli
Victoria Station & Piml
!Waterford & Kilkenny,
'Waterford & Limerick
West Cornwall
W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal
Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till

7 p.c. has been pd. to B
Do. B ..
!West London
Do. Ist Class
IDo. 2d Class 1

21 3pl

8! 8f
191 20
38 39
9
10 P
37 874
55 57
id id

li
100
91
100
all
all
all

all
all
all
all
all

COLONIAL GOVER:

1------;'REEEREgn .hARES
Share Railways. Paid. /
a. Closing Busineill
Price. Don
- -
25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per
C. pref. (issued at £5O all
f Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 96 98
120 Do. do. do. Shares l4
Stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 102 104
12.65 10 Do. Quar. Shares,
Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all
20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. „I all
65 Dun.Perth,&Aber.Jun. all 51 0
Stool( E.Angn. Class A 7& spc 100 100 102
Stoc Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 112 115
Stoc Do. do. Class C 7 pc ... 100 104 106
Stoc E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. No.i 100 114 116
Stoc Do. do N 0.2 100 113 115
Sto Do. New 6 per et. Stock 100 128 190 128
Stoc Eastern Union, 4 per et. 100 84 86
Stoc Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 111 113
Stoc Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 100 90 92
Stoc Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 00 76 77 70
Stoc Furness, 5 p 1
er cent .... 100
Stoc Glas. &S West., a. 5 pc. 100 115 117
Stoc Great Northern, sp. ct., 100 18 120
Stoc , Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pml 100 112 114
Stoc Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 1 100 106 108
100 Do.sp.c. It edm.,s pc. pm 1 80 86 88
10 'Gt. Nh. of Seotld, Ist pl ! all 191
stock c Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 111 up 98 100
1 p. ct. pref. Stock
50 Great West. (Berke and
eEmxatb.
15e
,p 4. citp. .c.t
StocSt o c
DD
00i..i Rants)
Redeemable,
Stock Do. Irredeemable, do. . 100 91 93 91
Stoc Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref: 100 102 104 104 34
1006 9-8 100— 993
4p. ct.' 100 89 91
8 Do. Birm. Prof. Shares all 10 101
1
all 17 18
10 Gts.tWareesst. Ches. 8 p.c.pf
10 Do. do. sp. et. pref all 105 114
Stoc Do. Birming. guar. stock 100 75 76
264- Do. Chesterguar.shares all 20 21
135 Do. do. do
20. Do. do. do.
Stoc Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 39 141
Stec Do.Barnsl.St.Cs 3slodpc 100 r
Stoc Lon.& Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 118 MO
Stoc Do. pref., sp. C. ...No. 2 100 118 120
100 --
Sloe Doe.aNtoenigpu.ao.,t.6 p. et.. 100
Stoc Do. do. sp. c. No. 9 100 118 120 119
5 Do. do. 41 per c. shares 41
25 Lond. Chat. and Dover all
Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov.&Nun-
&Olt L on.& S. W, 7 p.ct. stock,
late 3d shares lOO
121 f‘ondondy & Cole, lAs all
121 Londondy. & Ennis Ish all 10 11
Stock Nian.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et lOO 125 130
6 Do. £6 4l 5 /p 51
Stock, Do. 35 Der cent. i 100 68 70
10 , Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 5 1 1 p 51
121 131aryport & Car., 4 p.c. all
I Do. 4 per cent.
121 I , Do.
Stock Nfld. Con. 6p. c. Stock 100
Stock Do.Con.Bris.&l3lr.6P.et. 100 140 142
Stock; Do. 41 p. C. pref. stock lOO 102 104
6 jDo. with option till 18601 3 1 1. p
Stock Do. Leic. & llit.pref. st.l 100 95 96
10 {iNewport,Aber,&e.pret.sl 1 all 10 1111
1 p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c.r m 1 I
10 IDo. Perpet, 6p. c. with
I option till 1866 all 113 121
Stock Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares 100
Stock Do. sp. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 100
StocklDo. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100
Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100
Stock; North British, 5 per cent 100 111 113
Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 110 112 109
Stock Nth.Dev.ltail.& Dik.Co. 100
Stock I N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100
Stock Do. Consol. Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93
Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 98 99
17 Do. do. do. 8 13.4. 1 3 p d
20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13
121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846
25 Fo. York, IT. &S. Purch. 10 D ip
20 North Staffordshire ... . all 23 21
Stock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6pc. lstg 100 125 127 125
Stock ID°. Redeem., 2d gua 1 100 125 130
Stock Do. Irredeem., 2d gua. 100 117 120 118 19
10 Rhymney Guaranteed. 81
81 Scottish Central, new pt a
Stock Scottish North-Eastern 100 _
stock 31 per c. pref. stock lOO 73 75
Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc.l 100 120 122
Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 _
10S. South Devon, Ann. 10e. all 101 115
10 1 Do. Fixed 41 percent. all ...,..
1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading
Ann., 1.0 6 ) all 24 241
Stock Do .45 per cent lOO 103 101
Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c.lstis. 100 102 104
Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 -__
Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO -..-
k
Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. 100 84 87
25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e. all 281 291
25 Do. B 6 per cent
25 Do. C 6 per cent all 34 331
Stock Waterford & Kilkenny. ,1
6 per cent.

6i 7
9 94.
21 22
51 51
91 10
22 231

101
101
101

1021
102
102

11104 111

,IIEO

14 15
,180 210
33 34

44 5

35 37
19 21
13 15
108 112
8 9
231 24
1i 1
54 5
101 103
106 108
par 1
11 li

1 d
$t
1

4 5
1 I

i 1
i d 11

52 55
78 80
11 13

22 24

6 7
51 53
130 140
36 88
1
1

12 11

BRITISH MINES.

!Agra&UnitedServioeßk
lAustralasta
'Bank of Egypt
Bank of London
!Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo
!British North American
'Clittl. Bank of India. &c
;City
In. Lon.&Ch
;City
Colonial
Corn. Bank of Canada
'Commercial of London
Eng,' Scot., & Aus. Ch
Gen I3k. of Switzerland
Lon.Char.Bk.otA.ustral.
London and County
London Joint Stock ..
London & Westminster
Nat. Prov. of En; "cp.nd
Do. new

82 84
22 23
50 52

1191 201

National Bank
New South Wales
Orient .I3k. Corporation
Otteman Bank

Provincial of Ireland .
Do. New
South Australia

'Union of Australia ,
Union of London
Unity Mutual

THE SON, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENINO, DECEMBER 24, 186.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS D 4 Y.)

SHERIFFS' COURT.:
(Before Mr. Kerr.)

EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYED.-NO. L THE CLEUE...-GOLE.
SMITH V. HYAMS.

104 f

This was an action to recover £5 for wages actually
earned and alleged to be due in March last.
Mr. Abbot, for the plaintiff, said that his client had been
decoyed away from a good situation by the defendant, who
agreed to pay him 40s. a week wages. Plaintiff entered the
service, and acted for two weeks and a half, but finding
that he could get no money he left, and brought the present
action.

Plaintiff was called, and deposed to the above statement.
Mr. Beard (producing a piece of paper)—ls that your
handwriting, plaintiff ?
Plaintiff—Yes.

1021

Mr. Board—Your Honour will see that that document
is an I 0 U given to defendant by the plaintiff in April
last. Upon that I 0 U he has been sued, and judgment
recovered; and, in spite, ho conies hero with this action
against us. Your Honour will toll him that such actions
should not be brought.

411
95f
73 ft

His Honour (reading)--Why, plaintiff, you admit owing
in April, after the alleged accruing of your claim, to Mr.
Hyams, £3 18s. . Oh, Mr. Abbot, you cannot carry the
case further.

74
101 i 1

Verdict for defendant, with costs.
NO. IL-THE BARMAN.-JESSVP V. NEWBY.

131 1
101

This was a claim for a month's wages in lieu of notice.
Plaintiff is a barman and defendant a publican, and plain-
tiff stated that ho agreed for £22 per annum, a month's no-
tioe on either side. Plaintiff entered the service on the
23d November, and was discharged by the defendant on the
4th of the present month.

1001 i
94

Mr. Beard (for defendant)—What did plaintiff (Newby)
discharge you for ?

Plaintiff—Ho made a false accusation against me. H•
accused me of taking money. If he did see mo coming
from the till, it was only in the ordinary course of my
duties.

1 ;SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Mr. Beard—Defendant's impression is that plaintiff ob •
tained the situation by a false character, and by imposing
on the Licensed Victuallers' Protection Association.

Hie Honour—You cannot expect mo to try him for that
now.

Mr. Beard—No. Dofondant will give you his version of
the history, after which your honour will, I am sure, give
him a verdict.

12 111

[TINS.

Easiness
Done.

Defendant then said that, soon after plaintiff was engaged,
he observed a strange man come to the house. He would
not allow any one to serve him but the plaintiff, and wit-
ness had missed money.

Mr. Beard—And you discharged him immediately ?
His Honour—ls all cases the first month is only on trial,
and if defendant was not satisfied he could discharge plain-
tiff, or rice versa.
Verdict for defendant.

W 1
116
114

NO. 111.--TITS LABOURER.-IMPORTANT DECISION.-
MASSEY V. PAWLXY.
ThiPwas a claim for three days' work.
Plaintiff said he was a servant engaged by the hour.
Mr. Beard—You left defendant's employment at a mo-
ment's notice.

Plaintiff—Yes. I got a bettor place.
Defendant—Plaintiff was a weekly servant, paid 18s. re-
gularly.
Mr. Board contended that as a weekly servant plaintiff
could .not recover, having absented himself from his
work.

His Honour said it was important that labourers should
know that when they wore engaged by the week they must
not absent themselves. Defendant was entitled to a
verdict.

IMPORTANT DECISION ON COMMISSION-HALL V.

BALLARD.
This was a claim for clothes supplied.

Mr. Buchanan stated that this was a claim for clothes
supplied to a sailor upon the recommendation and guarantee
of defendant.

Defendant admitted owing the debt, but submitted that
he was ontiled to 25 per cent. commission.
Mr. Buchanan—You have not pleaded a set-off. You
must bring another action if you have any grounds.
My client will tell his Honour that defendant made a profit
upon the clothes, and that the price charged was so low
that the amount would not boar a discount.

~ -

Defendant—lndeed, I made no profit. The sailor did
me, for he went away and nevor paid. Plaintiff has fre-
quently allowed rue and others 25 per cent.
Plaintiff—Yes, upon a good order and for cash.
His Honour—You must pay this debt, defendant. You
should have pleaded a set-or.
Verdict for plaintiff.

11115 DAY'S MARKETS.

1121 3

not 11

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

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COVENT-

STEALING A MAJOR'S GOLD WATCH AT TILE GALLERY
OP ILLUSTRATION.—Fredorick Martin, 6i, Sydney-street,
Bethnal-green, a weaver, was charged before Mr. Bingham
with stealing a gold watch of the value of £2O, the property
of Major Robert Boothby, of the Artillery, residing at 5,
Clarendon-place, Hyde-park-gardens.
Major Beothby said that at 20 minutes after 10 on the
previous evening he came out of the Gallery of Illustration
for the purpose of calling his mother's carriage, and having
waited a few minutes, there being a number of persons pre-
sent, he beckoned to the ladies, and at that moment felt a
tug at his chain, and on putting his hand to his chain found
that his watch was gone. The prisoner was close to him
at the time, and the nearest person. He observed the pri-
soner change colour, hesitate, and then walk away. He
then spoke to a constable, and the prisoner was taken into
custody.

Our market is well supplii
tables, for which there is a fa:

sltti
e. d. e. d.
Pine apples, perlb 4 oto 7 0
Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0
Grapes, per lb 5 oto 10 0,
Foreign do 1 3to 1 6 ;
Melons, each
Peaches, per doz 0 oto 0 0
Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 i
Apples, per SY. 2 6to 5 0
Pears, per do 4 oto 6 0
Oranges, per 100 4 oto o 0
Lesions, per 100 4 oto 8 0
Apricots, per dos 0 oto 0 0

Sergeant Joy, 9 C, said he believed if the prisoner was
remanded he should be able to show that ho was known,
though he was not certain that he had been convicted.
The prisoner said he had been into the Gallery of Illus-
tration to see the entertainment. He knew nothing of the
watch. He was a weaver at Bethnal-green. _ .

Joy said he had seen the prisoner at the Bower Saloon,
and at the saloons in Whitechapel.

Mr. Bingham said ho would have inquiries made, and if
they were not satisfactory, would remand the prisoner till
Thursday next.

THAMES.

CONVICTION OF A DESERTER FROM TILE MILITA.—
John Jarrett, a dirty and dissipated young many was
brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with deserting from the
Tower Hamlets Militia. The magistrate, on reading Um
charge, as entered in the police-sheet, said the regiment to
which the prisoner belonged was not embodied now.

Timothy Cox, a police sergeant, 45 K, said the prisoner
deserted from the regiment while it was embodied and met
for drill, and that he took his uniform with him, and dis.
posed of it.

Mr. Selfe said the person who bought the uniform was
liable to a heavy penalty.
Cox said the prisoner was now wearing the regimental
boots, and that he found him drunk in a public house, and
arrested him for desertion. The prisoner said I don't care,
you can only give me 3 months imprisonment for it.
Mr. Solfe convicted the prisoner of desertion, and said ho
would bo a disgrace to any militia regiment, lie fined him
L 5, and in default of payment, 3 weeks imprisonment.
ROBBERY BY A GERMAN MUSICIAN.—AIbert Altheburg,
a German musician, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged
with obtaining a violin and two bows, value £4, by false
pretences, and with stealing a coat, two waistcoats, a jacket,
a shirt, and a pair of boots, the property of Henrich Leh-
mann, of the Pelham Arms, George-street, Grosvenor-
square. The parties are both musicians, and had been
lodging together at the Running Horse public-house,
iu Duke - street, Grosvenor-square. About a month
ago, while the prosecutor was from home, the prisoner
absconded, taking with him the articles abovo-mentioned
belonging to his countryman, which he soon disposed of,
and spent the money he received for them. He also went
to a house in Whitochapel where Lehmann had left a
violin and two bows, and said Lehmann had sent him for
them. The violin and bows wore delivered to him, and he
pawned them, and squandered the money in public-houses
and among loose women.

Mr. Wisitgen, an interpreter, who translated the evidence,
said tho prosecutor had behaved very kindly to tho pri-
soner, and had been put to great inconvenience by the loss
of his clothes and his violin.

The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Selfo sentenced him
to throe months' imprisonment and hard labour.

THE "HON." RUGH ROWLEY.

As the public will naturally be anxious to learn
the pedigree of this distinguished person, who has
figured for the last week or two at the 'Westmin-
ster Police Court, wo extract the following letter
which has been addressed to the editor of the
Times ;

Sir,—ln reference to the letter that appeared in the Times
of yesterday from Messrs. Sturt and Baly, as solicitors for
the Right Hon. Frances Dowager Lady Langford, and the
Hon. Richard Thomas Rowley, of the Royal Kent Rifles,
wherein they state that annoyance had been occasioned to
their clients in consequence of its having been supposed by
persons unacquainted with the family that the above-named
respondent was the brother of Colonel Rowley, I am re-
quested by my client, the lion. Hugh Rowley, to state that
Colonel the Hon. R. T. Rowley, of the Kent Rifles, is not
the brother, but the uncle and late guardian, of the Hon.
Hugh Rowley, and that Frances Lady Langford is his
grandmother ; and, on the part of the Hon. Hugh Rowley,
I have to express his regret at the annoyance it is alleged
his grandmother and uncle have experienced, I have also
to add that the Lady Langford referred to in the proceed-
ings my client has been recently compelled to institute
against his late wife is the Right Hon. Louisa Augusta
Lady Langford, the mother of my client and of the late
peer, and the widow of the late Right Hon. Hercules Lang-
ford, Baron Langford, who was the eldest son of the above-
named Frances Lady Langford.

I have the honour to be your obedient servant,
ELDON E. TOWNE.
30, Burton-crescent, W.C., Dec, 23.

THE LATE CROYDON STEEPLECHASE—
GREAT CRY AND LITTLE WOOL.
The suspicions and distrust which the recent
"doings" at Croydon excited are not likely to be
entirely removed by the decision which the stewards
of the meeting promulgated on Monday last. In-
deed, that decision is regarded by a large majority
' of the sporting public with considerable dissatis-
faction, and it is, undoubtedly, calculated to in-
crease the feeling of discontent which the whole
affair has excited. Charges implying the most
disgraceful conduct were openly made, and it was
expected, from their grave nature,that they would
be publicly proved, or publicly rebutted. A jockey
was openly accused of tampering with his weight,
and several persons, who have been long connected
with the turf, were pointed out as his accomplices.
The suspicions which were entertained were not
expressed by mere inuendoes, for they were noisily
and angrily uttered. Indeed, with so much vehem-
ence did certain persons give vent to their dissatis-
faction, that, with few exceptions, the entire sport-
ing community became inoculated with their
doubts, and received the announcement which was
made by the stewards, of their determination to
enter into a searching investigation of the matter,
with no little pleasure. After the lapse of a fort-
night, however, and a delay which served only to
stimulate their curiosity, the stewards have issued a
notice which has, as we have already stated, caused no
little disappointment and grumbling. That an affair
which has caused so much sensation in racing circles,
an affair which involved the gravest charges of dis-
honesty, should be disposed of by the flippant
words of the announcement excites wide discontent,
especially after the bother which was made about
procuring evidence, and the intimation which was
given that the stewards were thoroughly in earnest
in demanding a full explanation of what appeared,
and does appear, to be a very ugly business. The
public is not satisfied, and they now fancy that the
whole affair assumes the shape of a compromise. If
there was any foundation for the charges which
Mr. Harrison and others made, it should be indi-
cated ; and if the individuals who were accused of
malpractices be innocent, they should take measures
for the vindication of their character.

The stewards aro clearly blamsnble for a derelic-
tion of duty, in allowing the alleged doings at
Croydon to be thus cavalierly disposed of. They,
were responsible on accepting office for the manage-
ment of the meeting, and to them the public looked
with confidence, believing that they would do all in
their power to cause the proceedings to be carried
out in accordance with the principles of honesty
and fair play. These remarks do not apply exclu-
sively to the stewards of the Croydon Steeplechases
—for, unfortunately for the interest of the sport,
many gentlemen accept the office of steward with-
out ever thinking of the responsibility they incur,
or imagining that any, duty attaches to their posi-
tion. The alleged misdeeds at Croydon and the
lame and impotent conclusion to which the busi-
ness has been brought, has inflicted another heavy
blow on the popularity of the sport, and sore dis-
couragement on those gentlemen who have endea-
voured to promote the prosperity of an attracttve
and thoroughly English pastime.—Sunday Times.

GARDEN.
3d with both fruit and vege-
ir demand, as follows :

g. d. a. d
Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0
Filberts, per lb 1 oto 1
Cobnuts, per lb 0 oto 0 0
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 •
Figs, per dos 0 6to 0 0
Strawberries p ptl 0 oto 0 0
Gooseberries sv 0 oto 0 0
Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0
Plums, per do.
Greengages, pr do, 0 oto 0 0
Raspberries,prptlo oto 0 0