The Express. — London, England, 1867-02-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1867. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) coI'IZT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. T. • iii Ni,i (. • • ...obi liief Justice and .i Special tor cI*LEN P. V t*././:1'. - . W . 04 pl.l`oent for libel. fvfilt,V..d i!.to this l't ttiorm i (rola the I nd It airy. . .h•felolatit ple.ole.l not :m.l n just:fieation. .• staiinoeis and Mr. Kidd were c,iitoiel for the • • s I je:iiit and 'lr. Pi...Hoick . ris defendant. titor, Mr. ll.iy, is an :achite: i.uiveyor. •e b )le.olow•rii.ol. in !lie New Kent. ef . , il. t.t i• as i.ttorriey of the lino Jur/. The pro , ecutor's ca.,. Was ; he married Mare Hamilton. 1, r 11. Hamilton, ,iiaplain of the • , Sin intivid. The lady had a contingent at mOld. The prosecutor al!cgtl t hat the • ,casioltal aramations of .11.1 th a five d.,ys after th. It: iage to NUM St • .14 of " I d between • ly pressing on his daughter that she ought • p o wer nt drawin_: che q ue, are her . The proses-atm declined to give her that authority. •1 ,; 1..1 ro •01111' bl . tWet - fi the hnsband ..• I a 1 1 .... w,-r,• :111 the inter f. ••. . of the father. I lnr char,;,- made against the father I t'a .1,1 that lie ',intod a certain medical ••. •.. att, 1,1 Id..;atighter, who should keep a book and iii it eviiything that came under iris ohs,rv.ition d.t in attt•ndance, and conlionnieate them to the father. A . last things la.came milwarable, and for sea crap years all reonrse between the prosemitor's wife am! her re!..tis e s .•...sni. .tttempts were ele by the fattier to get his (11lightUr tohive her husband and live with him. andinake the prosecutor inn:y for her support. There was All only child, a boy, and the father wish...l her to bring him with r. 1 lis t h e Ist June, Ise G , the piersecutur left his r. -al. 0...• at P..ng.• to attend to his basin. ss.. 1.1 win n lie I' • •I/ r,• .1 Earn,- 1,,- found Lis wife hail left, was then in. ;.•• red liy Inc son [lsar. on the Saturday lin.% ions. she had a letter (tutu her father, which, after reading, she 1..: really mit into her pocki•t. The following day he tele ph. .1 ta ti,. chief roust:J.le of Essex, :Lad he found f.. n.. In: that his wife was residing with her fath. rat 1.1 gaol, Una under Medical treatment. The ..• also alleged that his wife took with her 1._.ne.....i•th of jew..ll. y, table linen. plate, (cc. Reliance on a letter received by the husband from his s.de, the Nil of June, the day after she left her hem.. a. follows, " Dearest love,— I aal come home for 1110 stay as long you eau. Y4llll. affectionate , MMY ANN .. - -as showing the affectionate feeling ti n•sisr..l at that time between them in opposition to t 1.•• Inar.• on the other able that lie hail continually i!!•t! ....tent her. 'Die prosecutor mole sevei•al applications t. ohmini his wife and to see her, but the father refused • a•-i - 1., give her up or allow bins to see her. He then am...it n 1 to a judge at chambers for a habeas corpus, but .n. of the wife having made an affidavit, as it , • , • • .1,1 under the intim...., Nof I h. • father, in which •Ia• stated she was with her fn.ther of her own ft-, Nit) and that she wished to remain there. Ye writ was refused ; the prosecutor then applied to In -re his wife removed to an :eiylitui in cruet that he uni t ,.' sec ha r and have her properly attended to—not f..r ti.• lorpose of degrading her. lie failed in that, and slam m,.1.-r the advice of counsel the husbaiol applied to a ~, s trate at flow-street, fur gllttilltfilifi against the Rev. I:. Mailiitolland others. That application was reported the morning papers on the litliJniy, the names, however, la iog unlit te.l. The case in question, which was published i n ft,- tv o r s ,forvf rhroaic/... at the defendant's request, depied the accuracy of the statements made to the magis trat.. et Bow-street, and was stated to contain many aliti deliberate fals.•houils. The letter stated that it W.lB not true that Mr. Hay bad fur several years lived Whin Iris wife in uninterrupted happiness, but on the con. tray Lis treatment of hit wife for the last live years was m u st objectionable, and he Lail compelled her to do the most menial labour, swearing at her, ...el that Iris conduct had been no dreadful to. •..r.ls his wife that in a state bordering on distraction she I.ft his home on the t-.t of June. The defendants toil acted,. the Rev. G. 1). Haiuiltords legal advisers and they alleged that St/ far front his being the person which the prosecutor represented him, he was respect e d by every magistrate ant clergyman in the county of Essex, every nue of whom would speak of him in the highest terms. Tire hushanil denied that he ever treated his wife unkindly r.r d.•prived her of any comforts, but that ho had received contimial indignities from his wife's friends ever since they Lail been married. The pro,TlltOr wa.4 called and corroborated the opening at.itenknt of counsel. lu cross-examination he said he had not kept a servant for five yeas, but his wife was allowed a charwoman whenever she wished. His wife sometimes had to light the tires, make the beds, and empty the slops. The Lord Chief Justice—Don't you call that menial work IVitnesses were called in support of the prosecutor's cute, and to show that he And his wife appeared to live on atfectionat•• tertrt. ,The env fur the proave-,•.t ion had not concluded when our 1, port left.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prius in Loudon.—(Before Lora Chief Justice Bovill and a Special Jury.) GEORGE r. FO(OCK AND OTHER. 4. . . . . The plaintiff in this C4l-I,` was a clerk and warehouseman en.ployell in King-street, Cheapside ; and the defendants it boot and shoe manufacturers. The action WWI to lecover damages for injuries sustained by a fall consequent upon stepping on a loose 84.: 'Kohl pole. Mr. 1). Seymour, (,).C.. and Mr. A. L. Smith appeared fur the pLintiff • and Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Mr. H. for the defendant. The plaintiff and his brother gave evidence as to the ac cident. They said that about half-past tior 7on the evening of the 17th January, last year, they were walking home along the Southwark•bridge-road. The defendant was at that time building a large warehouse in that line of th'roughfare, and had a hoarding erected on the footway The pl.:italics brother passed safely round the hoarding, but the plaintiff, who immediately followed, put his foot upon a loose scaffold pole lying there and fell, and his head tint, k the ground with great force. It was added that the night was wet and dark, and the poles were not fenced or lighted, but the witnesses also said that they hail known of the poles being there for a week, and had seen them night and morning for a week before. The plaintiff's brother and another witness said that the pole which caused the accident had shifted some foot and a half from the position where it had been previously lying. The Lord Chief Justice, upon this evidence, expressed hi.= opinion that as the plaintiff well knew the poles were there, it could not be said that there was no want of care on his part in stepping over them ; and he thought that be mast iionsuit the plaintiff and reserve to him leave to move the full court. Upon this intimation an interview took place between bis lordship and the leading counsel in his lordship's pri vate room, And the result was that an arrangement was come to. CoMr. Huddleston , his return into court, said that the defendants. though most likely not legally liable, had Loulsointly consented to give the plaintiff lOOf., upon the terms that a juror should be withdrawn. Mr. Seymour said that the conduct of the defendants deserved the term which Mr. Iluddleston had bestowed upon it ; it was handsome. No evidence was given as to the plaintiff's injury, but it wall said that his head was so seriously hurt that he had 1.011 unable to attend to his business as he had done ber"re. juror was then withdrawn. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Itcfore Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE MATTHEW SHIELD. The bankrupt, a railway contractor, of Victoria-street, Westminster, recently applied for his order of discharge. Thr liabilities' are upwards of 43.000 f. ; the assets and pro leery held as security are estimated at a large amount, but, consisting to a great extent of debentures a n d un f u lfill e d nntnicts, are of a doubtful character. At the last sitting t'.e bankrupt was directed to make some amendments his statements of the amount due to him, and addi tinc..l ..ecounts have since been filed. Mr. kedge, for the assignee (Sir Charles Fox), offered To opposition. and said that no benefit would result to the estate from further adjournment. Mr. I:. Griffiths opposed for the directors of the Bem rid,p• Railway and I'ier esny, who were returned as , :ehturs t o th e b an k ru pt o f 2.21)01., but who denied that :hoy ~ wed him a farthing. They asked that the bank upt should be ordered to amend his balance-sheet in that I..•rtieular. Mr. donna, on behalf of the assignees of F. F. Druce, thcitor. :ilso a bankrupt, objected to the sufficiency of z • i,inal accounts rendered. The bankrupt had re , ..rne.: LH debts as good at upwards of 8,00 W., but all the •s had received, though the vase had been twelve .`wails in court, was about 100/. The whole balance • : a myth, and the alleged assets would never be • Mr. . 1 :1ITIP9, for the bankrupt, contended that he had :he information in his power. d ll.ii.our directed that a memorandum should be • ! I the accounts stating that the six gentlemen ' •I in thy bill of the Redford and Leamington Railway "-d'-~•.ywere to be the first directors of the company, :I the bankrupt did not know whether they were .•;• . • .mt. As to the objection of Mr. Griffiths, if the • m.t chose to put down in his balance-sheet OS • persons who were nut debtors. he might be made • for it in another way, :AA if he bail sworn what was false he must take the come. M . .. :ikons then submitted, in opposition to the order of • : Li., that the bankrupt had contracted debts without ..!.• weans of payment. He had been twice bankrupt ' iu lelO and 1860--ad now came to the court ' t o unsecured creditor: upwards of 10,0110/., with • • ..f only 100/., fur the alleged debts of SAO/. were likely to be recovered. did not think he should be justified in the or.let of :• ireOit pm, Veenigii aware that he had been twice naiikrupt before, chi., to bins credit, notwithstanding hi. antecedent , , it did not be in their mouthi to raise that objection. The eider would therefore be grant,l. , itated that the li,likrartcy el liwd) hail been mini:lied, and it Wos the intentitc of the ininkruid to annul the tne,elit one. (Before Mr. Commissioner e.rn.) • I \ II I IM .--.UT ;Ml'. The bankrupt, .1 farmer, of t:raystock, Hants, recently applied for his discharge from debt. of 2.31.01 d, The c.re was a remarkahle one. The bankrupt had been thim, n into difficulties through the misconduct of his wife, who had forged her mother's signature to a legal document, .0..1 was now undergoing a sentence of imprisonment. Honour said that his first impression was that the bankrupt was answerable for the art of his wife but ..s the jot). on the trial of the wife had cmirely acquitted the bankropt of any participation in the fraud, the covet would grant the order. IN RV Itt:G.oll ...... h.utkl tipt, ag u le,ther seller, was a re tir,l j Dig of the Siiihiar l'ourt of Bombay. The t , he use hag Levu Irc.intlitly before the court. He now obtained ilia order of digLitarge on a eeiiig to ,et aride 21,0 i. a year out of his pension. (Velure Mr. Conunissioner Wh.slow.) -•• •• • --- - IN RE N. .\ RI4—ININtIsoN4ENT UNI , ER 11IE NEW COUNTY QUItT .11 The Istulaujit was a tailor, of Lvver-street. St. Luke's, [outlet ly of Ringwood, This was an applica. tine fur release, under jwciiliar eiren,istances. The bankrupt hail been committed under an older of the county court judge at Fordiugbridge, }huts. under the new equity jurisdiction of the county courts, for non payment of 11 1 , 40111 of lrinf. in his evacity of executor under the will of William Ward dect,sed. Hi, I lonour held that this was .lUiVU!knit to a bre.ah of trust, awl declined to into:ere to order the bankrupt's release. DR. MARY WALKER DISTUMIANCE AT NT. JAMES'A HALL-REPRI MAND DY THE MA(;ISTHATE. k1:1.1)0R01:611-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Frederick Pearce, a medical student at Univer sity College, end residing at No. 15, Talbot.road, Camden town, was charged before Mr. d*Eyncourt with creating a disturbance at St. James's-hall, stud also with assault ing 311.. Ambrose Austin, the manager of the hall. Mr. Sayer, from the office of Mr. Edward Lewis, of Crest Marlborough-street, appeared for the prosecution, and in opening the case said that on the previous night Dr. Mary Walker, a lady who was well known as having adopted the medical profession. delivered a lecture at St. James's-hall, when a large number of medical students attended 3::(1 created a great disturbance, their object being to stop the lecture. On a previous occa sion a large number of medical students had towembled at St. James's-hall, and created a similar dis turbance, but there was not the sameescuse on the present occasion for their disgraceful conduct, as the lecture being delivered last night by Dr. Mary Walker was unconnected with medical matters—it being a lecture descriptive of that lady's captivity amongst the Confederates for four months, and it being for the benefit of the poor schools of Bermondsey, and a clergyman presiding on the occasion. Mr. Ambrose Austin, manager of the St. James's-hall, and sworn constable said :—Last night Di. Mary Walker delivered a lecture at St. James's-hull, for the benefit of the poor schools of Bermondsey. A great many young men were assembled in the gallery and body of the hall, and they created a great disturbance. The young men appeared to he medical students. Mr. D'Eyncoart—What sort of disturbance did the young men make? Mr. Austin—They yelled, and shouted, and sonic of them had short sticks, which I believe were loaded, and they hammered with them. Mr. d'Eyncourt—How many young men do you think were there ? Mr. Austin—About 100—souse in one part, and some in another. I went into the gallery and placed myself amongst them, and turned the principals out of the halL After the first part of the lecture there was a great noise, and I went to the gallery again. The young men were then walking in file, and tramping with their feet like soldiers, and making a great noise, and some of them tried to join their companions in another part of the hall. The defendant said to me " Let me get you outside and I'll break your head." I told him I was the constable, and tried to get him out. The defendant then toek hold of my collar and resisted my putting him out, and but for the police I might have been knocked down. Sergeant Wheatley, 291 A, and Police-constable Fraser, 322 A, gave similar evidence to Mr. Austin, both speaking of the disturbance as being very great, the Latter officer further stating that he heard one of the disturbers say, " We'll club together and pay the fine." The defendant denied assaulting anyone, and said that he was coming from the top of the hall when the first wit ness caught holdof him and pushed him down half-a-dozen stairs. Mr. Austin—l merely pushed the defendant to prevent his joining his friends in another part of the hall. The defendant called Mr. Edwin Dement, Mr. Thomas Jones, and Mr. Alfred John Pearce, all students at the University College, and they stated that Mr. Austin very roughly pushed them, and also the defendant, and never told them that he was a constable. Mr. d'Eyncourt said that the manager and constable (Mr. Austin) was quite justified in what he did in trying to stop the disturbance, and he did not think a parcel of young men could complain if under the circumstances they were a little roughly handled. The defendant bad not been guilty of violence calling for a fine, although it was proved that he had resisted the constable. He should call on the defendant to find two sureties in 100/. each to keep the peace for three months. To say that the conduct of the medical students last night towards a lady who bad joined the medical profession was ungentleman like was too mild an expression —it was unmanly. The lady's coming forward as a member of the medical profession appeared to have excited the jealousy of the young men. Their conduct had been most unworthy of them, and he felt surprised that • body of Englishmen should have been guilty of that miserable wretched con duct towards a young lady. EXTRAORDINARY PROPOSAL OF DOUBLE MUR DER AND SUICIDE AT CAMBERWELL. Mr. W. Carter, the Surrey Coroner, held an inquest last night, at the Duke of Wellington Tavern, Wyndham-road, Camberwell, on view of the body of Frederick Dunton, a man 30 years of age, who cut his throat, after an ineffectual attempt to compel his wife to poison herself and her child. Elisabeth Dunton, the widow of the deceased, said that he was a hairdresser, carrying on business at No. 18, Wyndham-road. He had formerly been in very prosperous circumstances. His business in the Wyndham-road was complete failure, and ail months ago witness had to go out to service at Dulwich. A fortnight ago she had to return from service, because it was necessary that she should, out of poverty, go into Lambeth workhouse to be confined. This circumstance gave him great digress of mind, and he became much excited. On WednesoLty weekhe proposed to her that she should poison the little boy (the only child living out of four), which was just aged three yearn. Hepro duceil a bottle of prussic acid, and asked her to administer some to the child. He said dud when she had done so she should take sonic herself, and that be would drink some also. He urged her to destroy herself and the boy, saying, " We are in such poverty we cannot live together, and therefore the best thing we can do is to take prussic acid." She replied, 'lf you choose to take it. I shall not do so, neither shall the child." He became very angry, and when he found that he could not argue her into it he struck her. He also proposed to kill her father, because he would not let them have money. She was in great fear for her life ; she remembered that shortly after her marriage he had made a proposal that they should drink poison together, and she was afraid that finding her stubborn be would kill her himself. He used to keep get ting in and out of bed and walking about in a state of great nervous excitement. On Saturday last she became so alarmed that she pretended 4. him that she was going that day into the Lambeth workhouse, to be confined, and she went next door to Mrs. Chapman, and slept there that night and Sunday night. The Coroner asked the witness whether she was not aware of the fact that the proposal of her husband was one to commit two murders as well as a suicide? The witness, who was in tears, said that she knew the real nature of his project, and that moreover she believed he intended to murder her himself as she would not con sent- The Coroner—Then why did you take no precautions to save the life of your little son? Witness—Because I thought that his object was to destroy the lives of the whole of the family, and that he was too fond of the child to kill him unless he could also kill me ; and I never believed he would commit suicide, unless we all died together. I thought he was determined to destroy us if he could. He made the pro posal formerly in Holloway. lie was formerly given to excessive smoking and drinking, and I believe that was the first reason of his not being able to control his mind. He was quite sober when he proposed the poison, how ever. On Monday ramming last I went into the house to see if the child was alive, and I found him safe asleep on the bed in a back room. But on the door of the shop my husband lay in a pool of blood, quite dead. I was greatly t, rrified. and I iun out for help. Mr. John Chipman, a grocer, living at IN Wyndham. road, said he gtve Mrs. Dunton a ,loinicilo bilause he had once heard Mr. tiunton say to her " I will cut your throat, and do for you." That was said, no doubt, when she refused to poison the child and herself. The deceased's business was a hairdresser, and did not succeed, and be did not know what to do to make out the rent. He was never seen to snide. The jury rrturned a verdict " that decoased committed suicide by cutting his throat while in a state of unsound mind." LO.V.OOtV AND NORTH WESTERN E.:ILWAY. (THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting .4 the prnprietor. was held at n00n...t the Euston Station ; Mr. RICHARD Moos in the chair. The report. which had been previously issued and pub lished, having been taken as read, The CII‘DIMAN moved the adoption of the report :mul accounts. lie commenced by expres•ing the disappointment and regret of the directors at the reduction of the dividend. which was owing, he said. in a great degree, to the collapse of trade last year. It was to be hoped that a. trade revived there w 0,11.1 be an improve ment in the revenue. At the last meeting he was anxious to retain a quarter per cent. of what was divided, in order to equalise dividends ; hut many proprietors whom the board consulted objected, and in consequence they gave way. The expenditu r e had been watched very carefully, and instead of reducing the number of trains they had better wait for returning prosperity. They were now paying dividends on nearly 2,(00.000/. of capital which was unproductive. They had nearly reached the culmina ting pond of the exceptional expenditure. and a reduction might, therefore, be looked forward to under that bead. Thirty-seven miles of double line had been relaid in the last half.year, .rtel forty miles were now laid with steel. An regarded the coat of coals there was no additional cost per train mile run. Wages, material:, and almost everything else had been -.Mg against them during the last balf-; - ear. They had been unfortunate as regarded accidents. The total amount paid in the last year for damages was 118,000/., 74,000/. of which was for injury and flight. and the remainder for damage and delay of goods. The arrears of law expenses were nearly wiped off. The rates were augmenting throughout the country, and they had had a considerable increase of as seseimenta in matters over which they had no control. The advanced rate of interest for money was a serious drawback. having involved an additional charge of 22,000/. in the last half year. The report of the audit committee must have convinced the proprie tors that the accounts were perfectly honest. For the audit they were greatly indebted to Mr. Crossfield, who for the last seventeen years had devoted his time and attention to the matter as if it were his own busi ness. (Hear, hear.) Nothing, he would remark, was more important than a strict and efficient audit. There were this year no less than 317 private bills before parliament, against ti. 37 bills last year. All the directors could do in that ova ect was to Watch. railway legi,latiou so far as it affected the interests of the com pany. (Cheers.) In reply to a Pitoritimit, The Irainsiax said the board were prepared to join the Liticashire and Yorkshire board in enlarging the neston station, but there was a difficulty ill coming to an agree ment on the subject. Although that station was the most inconvenient one on the whole line, there had been no aecideut for the last 20 years. Mr. Mtemeld. said be had come there in consequence of having received a circular from a gentleman who exprearied his extreme dissatisfaction with the directors. Ile had wished to see " in the flesh " a gentleman who was dissatisfied when the dividend was over ii per cent. and the value of the stock more than 20 per cent. above par. (Cheers.) He had himself been a railway agitator, but he always said that he was to be bought over for a price, and that price ems a dividend above 5 per cent. (Hear.) He deprecated subscriptions or subsidies to other under takings—an instance of which he regretted to see indicated in the report—astheyhad inflictedgreat lossonrailway com panies. He would suggest the great desirability of 'their converting the debenture bond debt into debenture stock. On that subject he dirt not coincide in what appeared to be the tendency of parlia rneut last night. The lion. member for Stockport (Mr. Watkin) stated that 100,000,0001. off railway deben ture debts were well secured ; and of that amount 12,000,0001. was bola by this company. If the government were to guarantee 3S per cent. the companies concerned would be largely benefited and the public revenue obtain a large profit. Irrespective of that however, he believed the great hulk of the debenture holders would in ordinary times be willing to exchange their bonds for four per cent. debenture stock. The CHAIRMAN, in reply, said that anything that had been done for some years in the shape of extension was not speculative, hut done solely to provide feeders, and that policy would be strictly adhered to. As early as 1850 he strongly recommended the conversion advo cated by Mr. Michell. In that matter they were strong enough to stand alone, the revenue being almost enough to pay off the debentures as they fell due. Whenever an opportunity for conversion arrived it would not be neglected ; but it was not desirable for them to associate themselves with companies which were in a far inferior position. A large amount of debt had already been converted at 31 and no less than 2,000,000/. at 4 per cent., and he tolieved they would ultimately be enabled to convert the whole of the re mainder at the latter rate. (Cheers.) A SHAREHOLDER expre sse d his disapproval of the ex tent of the staff of officers, observing that Queen Victoria did not appear to be so well served. (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) As regarded the audit, he regretted that it not include the directors. _ _ _ Mr. SMITH (chairman of the audit committee) said everything had been done by that committee that they possibly could do to make the audit a thorough one, and he believed the tendency of their report was to restore public confidence in railway debentures. (Cheers.) Mr. MILLs complained with regard to the revenue an nounced in the report, namely, 1,529,4491., that he had no proof of its having been received. (Laughter.) A SHAREHOLDER having made some remarks on the re lations of the company with the Midland Company, The Cusiamas said the board was most anxious to work amicably with that company, and they had done all in their power. He hoped that some friendly agreement would be effected between the two boards. The report was then adopted. The following resolution was then passed :—" That a dividend of 31. 7s. lid. per 1001. stock, and so on in pro portion, on shares of a lower nominal amount, be now de. clared out of the net profits of the company, up to Dee. 31 last, upon the ordinary stock and shares of the proprietors entitled to the same, after waking or allowing the usual deductions on the amounts not paid up, and deducting the proportion of dividend payable in respect of any period for which the proprietors of shares are not eutitled to a dividend." _ _ . The following resolution was also adopted :—" That the proposal to execute the works stated in the report of the directors be approved • and that this meeting sanction the addition to the capital of the company of the sum of 227,3851. for such purposes ; and that the charge to it account of 5,3451. 10s. 81, certified by the auditors to have been expended in the half.year ending 31st December, 1866, in the improvement of the permanent way, be and is hereby approved." Mr. R. Benson, Mr. G. C. Glyn, DI.P., and Mr. S. It. Graves, M.P., who retired from the direction by rotation, were re-elected. The meeting proceeding to fill up the two vacancies in the direction when our report left, the first candidate proposed being Mr. Bickersteth, of Liverpool. It appears from a parliamentary return that on the lst January there were in the brigade of guards 91 Roman cstliolics, viz. :-81 privates, 4 officers, 1 sergeant, 1 drummer, and 4 corporals. The winter festivities at Paris, consisting of balls, receptions, [Stem, and dinners, have now thoroughly commenced. At the last ball at the Tuileries the coiffure of her Majesty was particularly remarked as being a re. miniscence of the famous regent period. The Empress wore a number of rare black diamonds, which at the pre- sent moment are highly esteemed and much sought after, very ►:oge prices being paid for this rare gem. The Liberte states that during the Universal Exhibition a grand chess congress is to be held in Paris order the auspices of Prince Murat, Prince de Villafranca, Count de Casablanca, and M. Devinck. The principal celebrities of the noble game are expected. America will be represented by Morphy, Prussia by Andersen, Austria by Steinitz. England by Roden, France by De Riviere, and Hungary by Koliach. THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE COLONIES. — The Bishop of London still bankers after an established church in the colonies, or after a church which is to be voluntary and yet under the control of special laws, after laws which are to be something less than laws, and a supremacy which is, and is not, to be legal ; and tries hard to fortify his mind against the conviction that the thing he wants is anomalous and impossible. We are obliged to him, however, for having been the occasion of eliciting from Lord Carnarvon a very clear assertion of the true view of the subject, an assertion which may be fairly called courageous, coming from a minister of the crown. He explains the circumstances under which the crown was advised to leave the Canadian episcopate to consecrate a bishop without the form of a mandate—a step of great importance, because it destroys that which gave colour to the notion of a supremacy over the Canadian church ; he declares himself ready to pursue the same course in other cases ; and he affirms plainly that in colo nies where the church is not established by law, the supre macy has no existence. Tee House of Lord., a cool audi ence but not insensiMe to the merits of a speaker who is master of his subject, knows his own mind, and explains himself with facility and clearness, gave him its sober ap plause, and he had the approval of Lord Taunton and the just acknowledgments of the Bishop of Oxford.—G uardio it. MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Oirs o'Orkoz. The transactions in the .t.?...ck Exchange are still upon a very limited scale, and the tone of the various markets is dull, notwithstanding the favour able returns just issued by the Banks England and France. The uncertainty prevai:ingwithrespect to the reform question, the debate upon which will commence in the Howe of Cominoils on Monday, combined with the continued introduction of fresh securities, tends to prevent at the moment any buying of in:portantr on ac count of the public, aid the speculators take advantage of the consequent weakness of the market to press sales. Consols have declined a per cent. Several of the British railway stocks are to I lower, while South Eastern bas given way to the extent of Foreign securities are quiet, but Danubian scrip has fallen 1 per cent. Grand Trunk of Canada Railway stuck is inquired for. The demand for money is moderate. and the supply large. The general rate for the beet paper is 2 1 to 2{ per cent., but exceptional transac tions are reported at 20., .ueing 0 below the minimum at the Bank. The inquiry at that establishment is, therefore, very moderate. The rate for short advances in the Stock Exchange is lk to 2 per cent. Console are now quoted 90! to 1 for money, and 90f to for the account (March 7). In the foreign stock market the most note worthy change is a reduction of 1 per cent. in Danubian scrip. Chilian scrip improved / per cent. this morning, but has since experienced a partial relapse. Greek Bonds are better. The other speculative descriptions exhibit no variation. Turkish Bonds of 1865 are quoted 30k to 3 ; Greek, 15k to I ; Spanish Passive, 22k to I ; ditto Certificates, 14k to / ; Italian of 1861, 53k to / ; Mexican, 17„ to ; ; Russian Scrip, 24 to prem. ; Chilian Scrip, 2; to 2 die ; and Danu bian Scrip, ft to g dis. United States 5-20 Bonds are Eat, and have de clined 0 per cent., viz., to 7 is to 2, the telegrams from New York reporting lower prices, as well as a rise in the premium on gold. Erie and Illinois Central railway shares have also receded 3 to .?•. per cent., the Fresent quotations being 37 to k and 77 to k respectively. Anglo-American Telegraph shares are steady, at 15/ to k ; and Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent. Pre ference, at 2i to 1. International Financial shares are quoted 20 to 2k dia. ; London Financial, 18 to 17 dis. ; General Credit, 2k to 2/ dis. ; Credit Foncier, 5 7-16 to 5-16 die. ; National Discount, Bft to ; prem., ex div.; and Hudson's Bay, 16/ to 0. In the foreign stock market yesterday the prin cipal feature was an important fall in Chilian scrip, upon the announcement made in the morn ing with regard to the anticipated issue of stock in this market. The fall is said to have been greatly promoted by speculative sales, but the almost universal distrust which prevails in the public mind is well illustrated in the sudden collapse of the market for a doe: which has hitherto maintained its position with great steadi ness. Though no one imputes any concealment to the honourable firm by whom this loan was brought out, it is yet evident that all the latest facts con nected with Chilian finance were not com prised in the loan prospectus, and, under these circumstances,. it .is suggested that a natural solution of the present difficulty would be found could arrangements be made for keeping altogether off the London market the 1,120,9201. of Seven per Cent. Bonds, lately con verted from Internal Eight per Cents. This solu tion of the affair seems the more reasonable, be cause, under existing circumstances, it is very doubtful whether this internal converted debt of Chili would be admitted to quotation in the Lon don Stock Exchange. There were no bullion operations at the Bank yesterday. The Chariot of Fame has arrived from Melbourne with 42,0001., which will be sent to Paris. _ Amongst the first fruits of the appointment of Mr. Laing to manage the finances of the Great Eastern Railway Company is the announcement of an issue of 652,300/. of 5 per cent. de benture stock, being the balance of the deben ture capital, which the company are authorised to raise by their special acts. The debentures are in sums of 1001. each or in larger amounts, and there is an accumulative sinking fund, to be applied half-yearly, by which the whole of the stock is to be extinguished in 52i years. The sinking fund is to be applied by purchase in the open market as long as the price of the stuck does nut exceed 120 per 100 ; or if above that, by annual drawings, paying off the drawn stock at 120 per 100. This latter portion of the plan is stated to be specially attributable to Mr. Laing. In addition, each de benture is to be convertible into ordinary stock of the company, at par, at the option of the holder, at any time during its currency, upon giving three months' notice in writing. The price of issue is par, or 1001. per cent., and the instalments are to be paid up by the Ist of August. Including 5 per cent. interest upon prepayment, the net price of the 1001. debenture is 97/. 18s. 4cl. The list is to be closed on the Ist March. _ The Great Western Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of 1,7321. over the corres ponding period of 1866 ; the Great Northern an increase of 2,7421. ; the Great Eastern an increase of 216/. ; the North Eastern an increase of 3,962/. ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire an increase of 2,738/. ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire an increase of 7641. ; the North British an increase of 9791. ; the London, Chatham, and Dover, including the Metropolitan Extension and branches, an in crease of 6621. ; the Metropolitan Extension an increase of 47/. ; and the Kent Coast an increase of 301. At the meeting yesterday of the Land Securities Company the report, which announced that the directors are not in a position to declare a divi • dend, was adopted after some discussion. The Chairman stated that the board hope at the next meeting to be in a position to present a much snore favourable balance-sheet, or it shall be left with the shareholders to decide as to the propriety of winding up the undertaking. The annual meeting of shareholders of the Mer cantile and Exchange Bank (Limited) is called for the 28th inst., at Liverpool. The general meeting of the Rent Guarantee So ciety is called for the 28th inEt. ; and of the Lowe hold Investment Company fur the same day. The subjoined notice of the silk sales is from the circular of Messrs. Durant and Co., issued yes terday : The periodical public sales ccmnienced yesterday and are concluded. The quantity offered was about 1,000 bale. Bengal silk, s,ooobales China, and 1 ,200 bales each Japan and Canton silk—of these about 350 bales Bengal,and 800 bales China were printed at "taxed " prices—generally lii. to 3s. under previous nominal market rates. Some few small parcels also were printed to be sold without reserve. The result is, that about 300 bales of Bengal silk and 700 bales China have been sold on an average, perhaps, of about tid. above the " taxed " prices ; almost all the other silk was allowed to pass without any bidding!. The general market quiet, but it is hoped and expected that these reduced lutimt• will lead to business, all consumers being more or lees out of stock. The return of the Bank of England for the week ending Wednesday, Feb. 20, ownpared with that for the previous week, shows the following changes : Circulation issue 1~13,251,075 Ira:ream ki2,995 Circulation active 22,Z es,:vo Decrease 3:t1,195 Public deposits 6,203,8 44 Decrease titiri,Sl2 Other deposits Government securities in banking department 13,111,068 No change. Other securities in banking department 15,291,350 Decrease 116,192 Coin and bullion in boils departments Seven tiny and other bills 19,::11,4;:1 Increase 13-1.031 449,001 Lecreeee 00,736 LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (BT ELECTRIC TILEGIAPH.) HARROW MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) HANDICAP PLATE. Five furlong's. Wild Hee .. ••• Medicia 2 Venturer 3 ••• ••• 9 ran. SELLING STARES. Half a mile. Heliotrope, Glowworm, Sea Gull, and Miss Skeiratt are here. SELLING HANDICAP. Two miles and a half. Salamis, aluinus, Er.ao, ant Diploma are here. MIDDLESEX GRAND OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Three miles and a half. Sir Bobby, Game, Sprite, lAuly Douglu, and Jack's Alive are here. Pain Foal VlT.—lbex, Bridegroom, Sea King, Aubrey, and Vindicator. BETTING IN LONDON.-(THIS DAY.) IiALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK. The attendance to-day uas not very numerous, and the business transacted was limited. Plaudit was not in very good odour for the Two Thousand, as much as 9 to 2 being laid. The highest offer against The Rake for the Derby was 10 to 1. Quotations as follow : TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. to 2 apt Plaudit (t and w) 6to 1 Julius (t and off) 10 to 1 Hermit (off) 15 to 1 Vauban (t) 'JD to 1 The General (off) DERBY. Bto 1 apt D'Eatournel (off, t9to 1) Kto 1 The Rake (off, tl2to 1) 1800 to 100 Plaudit (t) 18 to 1 Hermit (t) 1000 to 40 Julius (off) 2,000 to 00 Plaudit for the Two Thousand, and D'Estour nel for the Denby (t). COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MARK-LANE.-(THIS DAY.) Fresh up, this morning, the arrivals of English wheat were en a limited scale, and in but middling condition. For most kinds the demand ruled inactive ; nevertheless, Mon lay's prices were supported. We were tolerably well supplied with foreign wheat. Selected maniples commanded extreme rates. Inferior kinds were dull, but not quotably lower. The arrival of floating cargoes of grain off coast has been rather extensive. There is, therefore, a good assort mec.t of Black Sea wheat for sale. . . . In fine barley very little was passing at late quotations. Grinding and distilling sorts moved off slowly on former terms. The malt trade was heavy at the late decline in prices. The supply of malt was seasonably goal. Oats were quite as dear as on Monday, owing to the moderate extent of the arrivals. There was a fair demand for beans, at full quotations. In peas, however, very little was doing, at late rates. Both English and foreign dour changed hands slowly, at last week's prices. The supply of the latter in warehouse is still large. Clover seed was in steady request, at full prices ; but all other seeds were somewhat heavy. In cakes, very little was paining. rXERENT NUM. ENO LI&IL Per Qr. a a 'Hilt Ira, Kali, "i:e7, - ait ill to tor. . „ 'now 64 to 63 „ Do. wh ite, old CI to 71 Per Qr. OM. a. &Gla i r:to 39 W 36 •• to 30 „ whate II to 23 BMUS. Muss= Tick Harrow ... 35 to SO .. 33 to 45 .. 42 to 16 36 to 37 PIA& Grey 37 to 38 Maple 3B Is 40 White 4e to ♦t Boilers _ FLOUR.. Town made, per 380 lbs. Household 66 to 66 Country Norfolk and Suffolk, el ship 43 to 45 One. a s Danish and Swedish ll4 to SS Loot= IS to se saes Danish Zgyptlea 34 to 18 .... 37 to 33 INDIAN CONS . White 56 to 38 Yellow FLOOR. _ __ . U.) Novena and Van:c7rn " " zed, new ligattbig — Orlndlog .. 33 to 52 .. 19 to 43 30 to 33 HALT. lbw, Norfolk, asul Suffolk 7O to 75 IClngston and Ware 70 to 75 Brown 66 to 64 RYL Now 32 to S 9 OATS. _ _ Ingilsk, feed ---- 24 to 30 , potato Sookb, feed Fon Per Qr. WIRAT. S Mateo and Konigs berg 59 to 72 Rostock & Realm- Danult Itostrian, hard soft ansehosn. red „ white to Bemis. Grinding Diitlling Malting . Per Qr 29 to it .. 34 to 3S 93 to 33 Enoch, per sack.... 45 to 62 0463 Spa „ 46 to 62 Dutch brewing 2B to 31 American, per eirt .. 26 to PC feeding ortarvArtt OF GRAIN, a c ., INTO LONDON. B Y WATR9 CARRIAGE. FROM FEB. 16 10 FEB. 21, BOTH INCLUSIVE. Wheat. Barley . Malt. Oats. Flour. qrs. am gra era. beta. sacks MlidtandScoten 1610 1490 4130 40 .. 6320 Foreign 6120 4930 .. moo 610 960 - - Total I 9730 I otro I 4180 118260 610 6260 LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) (By ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH.) (TROY OCR OWN cotarge(rantirr.) Orrrov.—There is but little change to report in the market. Sales about 8,000 bales. --....-- - -,--- -- Coal. — The market fairly attended. Wheat in limited request, at late rates. Flour dull and lower. Beans 6d. per quarter cheaper. Barley the turn lower. Oats and oatmeal quiet at former prices. Indian corn heavy at 6d. per quarter decline ; mixed, 38s. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-(THIS DAY. (THIS DAY.) (sT ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TZLEORAPIL) WWII OUR ONN CORRESPONDRNTA Wheat in moderate request, at L. reduction. Barley slow sale, and turn cheaper. Beans and oats steady. 31 INCOTG-LANE. —(THIS DAY. ) . . SUGAR—The market continues very quiet, but the limited business doing is at about the previous value. bolden refusing to sell at any decline. Refined is also in limited request, and prices have a declining tendency. COFFEE.—For good coloury qualities of Ceylon full prices are paid, but grey sorts have sold at barely the pre vious value ; ordinary grey, 74. 6d. to 71s. 6d. ; low middling and middling, 74 6d. to 795. TILA. —The market continues quiet. About 7,000 pack ages of Indian teas will be offered on Tuesday next. Rux.-200 puncheons of fair Demerara sold at Is. 7d. to Is. 71d. 50 puncheons offered at Is. 9d., and 50 pun cheons of Berbioe at Is. 6d. RICE. —A small parcel of Neeranzie sold at 11a. 91.. crab, and business has been done in Carolina at full rates. Pirrea.-30/1 of Penang sold at 2 15-161. CorroN.—A fa rbusineu has been transacted, but prices rather favour buyers. Hzier. —About 110 tons of Ruggles has been sold at the reduced prices of 301. 10s. to 311. 10s. for clean. Sevreirraz.-4,000 begs sold at steady prices, at 19s. to 19e. 6d. for cash and short prompt. COCHISLAL—Since the auctions the market has been quiet, but steady. TALLOW MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) The market u steady. Town tallow is quoted 42a. Gd. ; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 42e. Gd. ; March, 425. lid., April to June, 425. Gd. ; October to December, 43e. Gd. to 43e. 9il. HIDE MARKET. —(THIS DAY.) LEADINHALL.—Hides : 561hs. to 641b5., 2jd. ; 6416 e. to 721b5., 24d. to 3d. ; 721ba. to 801bs., 3d. to 31d. ; 8016. to 8816., 30. to la. ; BBlbs. to 961 be., 3:ld. to 4d. Horse hides, os. to 10s. 6d. Calf skins, light, 2s. to 4s. ; full, 7s. BERMONDSZT.—Sheepaine : Polled, 10s. to 12s. ; hulf brads, os. to /Os. ; downs, 6s. to 7s. 6d. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Mews. Pattanden and Smith report • stowly demand for consumption for all hops of last year's growth, at firm rates. Stocks of all kinds are in a very reduced state. DEATH or MR. C. T. TOWER.—Death has this week removed from the roll of the Essex magistrates the oldest of its members ; and our obituary contains the name of C. T. Tower, Esq.. the venerable owner of Weald Hall, who has been in the commission of the peace for more than GO years, and filled the office of high sheriff of the county in the year 1840. 1.7 p to three or four years ago he haul continued to take part in the public business, judicial and political, of the county, in the quarter and petty session, at the hust ings, and in the popular meeting; but latterly the infirmities of age had confined his efforts to the promotion of the interests of the town of Brentwood and the imme diate locality in which he resided. He often exhibited at the local and London shows ; and there will be a feeling of regret among agriculturists far beyond the borders of Essex, when it is known that the father of the Smithfield Club is dead. The deceased is succeeded in his estates by Christopher Tower, Esq., his eldest son, who was born in 1804. He was formerly Lieutenant-Colonel of the West Essex Militia, and married Lady Sophia Francis, daughter of Earl Brownlow.— Ckdnuferd Chronicle. Bo . Holies The Rest 3,862,269 D.-cream Notes in reserve Total reserve (notes & coin) in banking department_ 12,015,82;1 Increase 469,=G The government deposits exhibit a diminution, but, as there has been a large increase in the pri vate deposits, accompanied by a repayment to the Bank of a further portion of its advances on private securities, the reserve presents a fresh increase of nearly half a million. A continued reflux of coin from the internal circulation is shown by the in crease of 134,031/. in the coin and bullion, in face of the fact that the import and export movements of the week were ahnoat exactly balanced. BANK OF An A 'count pursuant to the Act week ending on Wednesday, 1551.3! DEPJ .1.'53,491,076 ENGLAND. ft.ll awl Bth vie., e. for the , the 93th .la, et Feb., 184:4'. ,ARTMENT. Ooverrune.at debt.. t 11,015, 1, 41 Other securities.... 3,Do1,11k1) Gold ouln anal bol -18,11,075 bullluu LM1,291.073 PARTIMIT. Goveriunent Secu rities (including Dead Weight An oints) Other St:curiae' Notes Goid and &fine Coin 5,43 . 18,241. P. MAY. Deputy&iikiii; TiIItRBDAT EVIIIII%II. Notes Issued 633,281,075 RANKING Di Proprietan* Depttal 614,553,000 Rest Public Deposits du eluding Eveheq., Sur. Banks, Coin of National 1.),14, and Div Ace , wits• Other De/waits Sewn day and .4hez BRIs £43.32ti,241 Feb '2l. 1867. Consols, which closed yesterday at 91 "sellers," for the 7th of March, opened and closed to-day at 9O to 91. For money the last price was 904 to :.',. The official business report is as follows: Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 00„, 1, 904, : ditto, for account, 90i ; Three per Cents. Re duced, 901, 4 4 ; New Three per Cents., °O.!, ; Bank Stock, 254, 2 ; India Stock, 216 ; ditto, Five per Cent., 107 i, 7 ; ditto Five per Cent. " enfaced, " 1024 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half per Cent..lo7i, 4 ; ditto Five per Cent. Debentures, 1624 ; ditto Bonds, 325. prem. Indian government securities were steady, with a fair demand. Exchequer Bills were unaltered at 13e. to lie. prem. MINES.-(TBIS DAY.) OK' o'CLooz. The amount of business in British minoej, shares is small, but Great Retailed: and Prosper United are in request, at 3to and 3il to II respectively. West Chiverton are quoted 59 to 61, ex div. ; Tincroft, 111 to 121 ' • Great North Downs, 31 to 4 : Prince of Wales, 355. to 375. ; North Ctofty, sto 1 ; Chiverton, 71 to 8 ; Great Vor, 16 to 17 ; and East Lovell, 9} to 10. At the sale in Cornwall yesterday no change took place in the standard for copper ore. The variations in foreign and colonial mining shame comprised a rise of 2s. 6d. in Kapruida, and a reduction to the same extent in United Mexican. With reference to the Den Pedro North del Rey Gold Mining Company (Limited), we are officially informed. that the whole of the accounts ha% e not come home by the last mail as was expected, but sufficient information has arrived to enable the directors to state that they will recommend a dividend of 2s. per share, or upwards of 14 per cent., at the general meeting, which will be held early in March as possib e. RAILWAYS.-(THIS DAY.) Oars o'Ctoor. In the railway market to-day South Eastern stock shows chief depression, and has fallen 5 per cent. Metropolitan, Great Western, London 4..1.1 North Western, Midland, and London, Chatharn, and Dover have declined I, but Great Eastern is better. Metropolitan stock is now quoted 1242 to t, ex div. ; Great Western, 492 to 50 ; London and North Western, 122 5 to ; Midland, 1235 to ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 1262 to 127 ; South East ern, 69 to : Great Eastern, 31i to ; Great Northern, 1205 to 1214 ; ditto A, 128 i to ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 182 to ; and North British, 374 to 38. Grand Trunk of Canada Railway stock is in request, and has improved per coat.—via., to 21,1 to 2 ; East Indian is stead) , 1061 to 2 ; and Lombardo-Venetian, at Icg to 1,. [Fur Share lasta I. prim 1 1 PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS. LP/missal., FRB. 11.--BMos today: Grog Eastern, 311 1— Great Western, 501—Lanceattire sod Yorkshire, 127 74 x.l. Landon ate' North V. astern, MI 4—Manchester, Shedield, :::.d Lincoln, stl—Midland, 1244—Bouth Eastern, Est 1 4 8 I—Bir'sen head. 59-13iiffalo and lake Huron, 44 5-10—Grand Truth of Carets, 201 114 t—tireat Western of '.laneds. 14 13 li 14 13 13-16—Erie, 3;l—Five Twenties INK", —Grtat Lunetni.. tap, 11 li-16—Llverspail Financial Association. 2 il.— Maritime In surance, 4 S.—National Steam Company, lu d. 21.—There was a tl it market, and prices were easier. Some of the railway stocks, including Eastern, gave way very decidedly. Credit Fancier of Eig'apid :Limited., 54 d.—Erles, 274 7 4—Great Eastern, 311 I—i di*cali Luxemimurg, El—Great Northern A, ISt 4--Grand Trunk al Calialia, 21 4 t {—Great western. 304 Iliinoh, 'is—LaiwiaeLire and Yorkshire, 1274—Landon and North Western, 1224—Man chester SbeMeld, and Lincolnshire, 501 50 I—Metropolitan,1—Metropolitan, 1244 4—Midland, 1241—Ditto, New 5 per cent. Coniertitile, f t p.— North Staffordshire. 701 id.—Soutii &Mena 704 ' 70 fen X 1 f I—Spanish1—Spanish Passives, f—Thames and Hersey arra* I Insurance ,Limitedi, 34 p.—talon Bank, 24 s.--Turkiell Finis per Cent., 301—Allautle and Urea& Western Consolidated No:d i:we Bonds, 234 4. 1112.21.—The transactions to-day were in Senile Statfonlidalre Railway Stock ay es; Birmingham Banking Cipps slug shares 'limited) at 2 prem. (lining prices: Letitia' .itid North Western Beltway, 1224 to 1234; Midland, Lristol, six! Eir minahani Railway New *V, 11-10 to 4 prem : Nottligi . Joint Stock Rank ,3 to 2ilia Station-Isidro Joint iii - ic Bank Limited', ll prem. buyers : Birmingham Fitiaosi.d (Li mited ,11to 11 die. Midland linancial 14 to 14 ilia ; mid Patent Shaft and Asletree Limited', 11 tot prew. Or pus, Fes. W.—Three per Cent. Consols, 9al 4—New rues per Cent. Stock, 894 4—lndia Five t er tent . Stack (transfer - J's at the flunk of Ireland , , 107—Back of Ireland (Lupe paid), —llll.erribin Banking Company .4:25 paidi, 301— National 13,dik i again paid', 64—National of Live I ,Linilted) .Lib paid), 15-- Ditto for *tenant. 15-I . rov Bank .E 23 paid), lee—Moak Balk eio paid , 341—Cork and Bandon iall Wit) 11-I.llu'il:a and Belfast Junction 6100 paid', Wicklow, Wexford ,4100 paid, for account, ,ss—Dreat Southern Western '.1:100 paid , Poi—Midland Great West' ru 601—Ditto, fur account, trOk - Belfast and Northern lisiuties Four per cent. perp. : all paid), 8114. THE ARCHDEACON'S A.•riEE.—Then lie wau again about to leave the room, but she stopped hsm. " W,tit a moment, my dear." " Why should I wait r " That .. a may listen to me. Surely you will do that when I ,sk you. I will write to Henry, of course, if you bid me ; and I will give him your message, whatever it may le ; but not to-day, my dear." " Why not to-day r " Be cause the sun shall go down upon your wrath beim. I become its messenger. If you choose to write to,Liy yourself I cannot help it. I cannot hinder you. If I ;tux to write to him on your behalf I will take icy instrtiet: , :us from you to-morrow morning. When to-morrow Ilk 1 It; comes you will not be angry with me because of Cm delay." The archdeacon was by no means satisfied ; but he knew his wife toowell, and himself too well, and the word too well, to insist on the immediate gratitiestMn of his passion. Over his bosom's mistress he did exercise a certain marital control—which was, for be:twice, quite entficiently fixed to enable him to look down with thorouilt contempt on such a one as Bishop Proudie ; but ha Is as not a despot who could exact a passive obedience to every fantasy. His wife would not have written the letter foe him on that day, and he knew very well that she would not do so. He knew also that she was right ; and yet he regretted his want of power. His anger at the preset moment wa• very hot, so hot that he wished to wreak it. He knew that it would cool before the morrow ; and, no, doubt, knew also theoretically, that it would Le 'mat fitting that it should cool. But not the less was it a matter of regret to him that so much good hog anger should be wasted, and that he could not lur e his will of his disobedient son while it lasted. lie might, no doubt, have written himself, but to base done so would not have suited him. Even in his anger he could not have written to his son without rain the onlinary terms of affection, and in his anger he could not bring himself to use those terms. "You will find that I shall be of the same mind to-morrow—exactly.' Le Kahl to his wife. " I have resolved about it long since; and it is not likely that I shall change in a day." Then he went out, about his pariah, intending to continue ti think of his son's iniquity, so that he might keep his anger hot— red hot. Then he remembered that the evening weu',l come. and that he would say his prayers ; and lie s.hoo•k his head in regret—in a regret of which he was only half conscious, though it was very kten, and wt. jell he iLd not attempt to analyse—as he refltcte.l that his rage would hardly be able to survive that ordeal. How COOllllOll with us it is to repine that the devil is not stronger over us than ' he is.— The Lust Chronicle of Bars,!. ,2,e! ( _)6 I 1 T