The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-10 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Madrid Gazette of the sth contains nothing
more relative to Morocco than a report from Gen.
Gasset, commanding ad interim the first corps
d'armee, which gives an account of an affair on the
24th on the road to Anghera, in which affair as
usual the Moors are stated to have been defeated,
but in which, nevertheless, they were able to carry
off their wounded and killed. From what one of
the journals says it would appear that the chaplains
who accompany the troops are like those of the
middle ages, warriors as well as priests, the chap-
lain of the Madrid battalion of riflemen being re-
presented as having in various engagements figured
in sacred vestments, armed with a carbine, and ex-
cited the soldiers to be courageous. The Emperor
of Morocco is stated to have increased the pay of
his troops, and in consequence volunteers were
flocking in to him.

THE NEW JUDGE.—The vacant seat on the bench,
in the room of the late Mr. Justice Crowder, has been filled
by the appointment of the Solicitor-General, Sir Henry
Keating. No decision has, we believe, been at present
arrived at as to the successor of the Solicitor-General, but
the names of Mr. Edwin James' Mr. Wilde, and Mr.
Itoundell Palmer are mentioned as likely to be appointed.
The advices from Marseilles mention the failure
of Messrs. Zangroniz and Co., in the sugar trade, for about
£480,000.

The London, Chatham, and Dover (East Kent:
directors at their board yesterday agreed to the proposal o
the South-Eastern Company to discuss the question of
arrangement in the form of a lease instead of a fusion.

It is said that the Great Ship Company have
yesterday entered into some financial arrangement to re-
lieve them from the pressure of current claims. Their
liabilities to bo met immediately aro said to reach £15,000,
against which they have only £l,lOO in the hands of their
bankers. There is, however, £7,242 due from arrears of
calls, so that £36,658 is the exact sum to be provided. The
amount of shares issued is £303,258, and £20,742 remains
to be issued.

MINES.—The Mining Share Market has been
active and excited this week, and some very sudden ad-
vances have taken place. The telegraphic system of report-
ing the various changes in the complexion of certain lodes
during different hours of the day adds much to the variety
of the market, though it renders it rather more difficult for
a weekly chronicler to note correctly its different phases.
The discovery " telegram" also plays its part, and within a
few minutes of a lode having been cut into in Cornwall it
is known in London, and is succeeded by so many tele-
graphic orders to buy shares, that a scene of excitement
ensues not easy to describe, and which causes a
very rapid, if not n very lasting, rise in prices.
Such a case occurred this week in South Cara-
don Wheal Hooper, a mine wo have often
called attention to from its good locality. The same
thing happened a short time since in East Caradon, a mine
persevered in for seven years, with varying prospects, but
with a good object in view, and from being almost unsale-
able, a flash of the electric wire sent up the value to
£40,000 ! If we mention these things, they are to show
that steady perseverance in a good locality generally meets
its reward, and holders of shares should never feel too much
disheartened if their property does not at all times stand
high in the share market. The author of a new work,
called " Britain's Metal Mines," says, and very truly, that
mining has suffered from people being too sanguine of im-
mediate results and impatient of delay, and that caution in
beginning, and patient perseverance in achievement, are
cardinal virtues in mining.—Mining Journal.

STATE OF TRADE.--MANCHESTER, Dec. 9.—The
market is rather quieter, though the business offering is
equal to the supply. The difficulty of securing early de-
liveries stands in the way of further orders, but prises are
very firm. The advices from Bombay are good, but at Cal-
cutta trade was quieter, and heavy orders being already in
hand for the India and China markets, buyers are not so
pressing about placing additional contracts. For the home
trade there is a brisk demand, especially from printers. In
yarns manufacturers continue good customers, and rather
more business had been done for the Mediterranean. The
Germans are buyers, and a demand continues for India.

In the Court of Exchequer, yesterday, the case
of " Fenhallow v. the Mersey Harbour and Docks Com-
pany," which has been before the court five days, termi-
nated. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with
£40,000 damages, the amount claimed by the plaintiff for
the injury sustained by his vessel.

YELVERTON V. YELVERTON.—The judgment de-
livered by Sir C. Cres.swell in this case, onWednesday last,
will not, it is understood, have the effect of terminating
these extraordinary proceedings. Major Yelverton having
established an Irish domicile for himself and wife, Mrs.
Yelverton's friends have decided on taking immediate steps
in the Irish courts of law to establish the validity of her
marriage, and for this purpose have retained the services of
the Attorney-General for Ireland.
At a meeting of the London Chartered Bank of
Australia yesterday, Mr. Duncan Dunbar in the chair, the
proposed dividend was declared at the increased rate of 31
per cent., free of income-tax, for the six months ending in
June. It was stated that the directors have every reason
to believe that the augmented distribution can be continued.
The new bank at Victoria has been erected in a substan-
tial manner and without ornament, and the board have
already commenced writing off certain sums on this account.
The advices from Australia by Thursday's mail are satis-
factory. A rigid scrutiny has been made of the bills now
held, and it is believed that not one will turn out bad or
doubtful. A loss of £l,OOO by a recent failure has already
been provided for. The reserve is now raised to £20,000.
In answer to a question it was mentioned that, in concert
with some other banks, the practice of allowing interest on
deposits was discontinued. Others, however, retaining it,
the bank were obliged also to return to it from the falling
off in their business. The directors and chief officers 'are
alike opposed to the system.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT DEPTFORD.—Yesterday
morning, between four and six o'clock, a fire broke out in
the premises belonging to Mr. J. Cockle, an oil and Italian
warehouseman, 17, High-street, Deptford. The inmates
were in their beds asleep. An instant alarm wasgiven, and
messengers were sent to her Majesty's dockyard for the aid
of the engine and a body of police, and a mounted express
was despatched to London for the fire brigade. The engines
of both establishments attended, and a good supply of
water having been procured, the firemen and police went
to work, but they were unable to gain the mastery over the
fire until the stock in trade was destroyed, and the whole
building, severely damaged. The loss will fall upon the
Sun Fire-office. The whole of the inmates escaped unhurt.
The origin of the fire could not be acc3unted for.
FIRE IN ELLIOTT'S-ROW, ST. GEORGE'S, SOUTH-
WARK.—AN AGED FEMALE DANGEROUSLY BURNT.—
Yesterday morning between two and three o'clock a fire of
a most alarming, character broke out at Mrs. Jane Eglere's
residence, No. 90,'Elliott's-row, St. George's, Southwark
The inmates were alarmed by cries issuing from the back
parlour,and upon entering they found Mrs. Jane Eglere,
aged 62, upon the ground enveloped in flames. An alarm
was immediately raised, and the police were despatched for
the engine. In the meantime the unfortunate woman was
extricated and the flames extinguished. The unfortunate
sufferer was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, but not
the slightest hopes were entertained of her recovery. This
sad calamity was caused by the old lady falling asleep
while sitting at her fireside.
RAILWAY ACCOMMODATION FROM ROCHDALE TO
Blcur.—The rapid increase of manufaefories, stone delphs,
and population, along the road from Rochdale to Bactip, has
stirred up the inhabitants in Healey Bridge Mill, Facit,
Whitworth, and Shawforth, to make some attempt to supply
the deficiency. For this purpose a meeting was held on
Wednesday evening at 'Whitworth, to consider what steps
should be taken towards promoting the formation of a line.
The meeting was attended by most of the owners of land and
manufactories, and E. G. Kay, Esq., presided. Mr. John
Bright, M.P., had promised to attend, but, being away from
home, he sent a letter promising to assist them as far as lay
in his power, as "such a line of railway is much wanted,
and, in my opinion, it will repay for the capital that will
require to be expended upon it." A resolution in favour of
the proposed flue was passed; and J. Bright, Esq., M.P. ;
E. G. Kay, Esq.; It Munn, jun., Esq.; R. Itostron, Esq.;
arid E. Whitworth; Esq., were appointed a deputation to
see the directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway,
to learn their views with regard to the undertaking.—
jla;whester Guardi«ll.

We regret to announce the death of M. Poins9t,
senator, member of the institute, and one of the most
eminont mathematicians in Europe, in his 82d yoar. He
was a pupil of the Polytechnic School at its formation, and
soon became one of its most distinguished professors. In
1813, he was made member of the Academy of Sciences, in
the room of the Count de Lagrange. The works of M.
Musa are looked on as an authority, and it will be long
before his loss in the seiqntilic world will be supplied.