The Express. — London, England, 1868-02-07 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1868. CLERKENWELL. cßtn. I.V4ZATION Or • WIFE. '1 arts ffodge,• bricklayer, about 45 years of age, was .ght up on a warrant by George Moss, the warrant .er of Sc. Mary, Islington, for having deserted His wife. ry Hodge, and leaving her chargeable to the parish of t,gton. : appeared from the evidence that the defendant and • wife were discharged from the workhouse on the sth ty last, on which oocaoion the board allowed the de ...at to have 10.., a pair of boots, two shirts, aril apair • --,kings. On the 7th of May the wife was re-admitted Las since been chargeable. Inquiries ware instituted :.=ruing the husband, but nothing was beard of him his apprehension on a warrant when he said be had smiting at Kennington-lane and earning tie. a day ; 1,,d. sent three times to the workhouse to inquire for • wtfe, and as he could learn nothing of her he thought : t she was dead, and so therefore troubled himself no orr.hout her. The defendant said he was very sorry, and if allowed take his wife beck again. Larker sentenced him to one month's imprisonment s hard labour. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. •• •UNTLE3IE24 " CHARGED WITH BRUTALLY ASSAULTING THE POLICE. roe Rielontoltd, of No. 3, Cecil-street, Strand ; Jaffa of No. 4, Dyer's-buildings, Holborn ; Bohol of No. 115 Gray's-inn-road; and Alfred , rne, of ILOTO/gtol2-street, Itegent's.park, all ^nbed as gentlemen , were charged before Mr. with being drunk and behaving in • disorderly in Jermymstreet, and also with cowardly and assaulting policmeonstables Cane, 35 C, and Ali t.; c, , riKeers jostled against the police, who were in plain end when remonstrated with one of the men 'one a. violent blow on the eye, and so severely I wood as to produce a severe contusion on the side ice. _ . _ Knox committed the prisoners for trial. SOUTH WANK. ' NIIFD ( RANGE AGALNST A LICENSED VICTUALLED. E , leur , l Pure/tate. teenager to Mr. Thomas Gram -130 proprietor of the Olive Bench wine and spirit at the corner of the Waterloo-road sad the Lowe: was charged with assaulting Mary Ann Davis. complement, one of the wont-behaved young in the district of the court, said that about 12 o'clock on the Ist instant she went into the Olive Branch public-bonne to have something to drink. The defendant was behind the bar at the time, and he not only refused to servo kir, bat eseataked her face, and knocked her down. Be jumped frees behind the b ar, and kicked her out of the booms. She was most brutally ill- Mr. Edwin, who we retained for the defendant, denied the charge altogether. His client was a highly respectable young man, and Mr. Grammer had great confidence in him. The prosecutria was well known to the police as a thief and very bad character, and sa she created a disturbance in the have the defendant wee compe ll ed to turn her out He used no more violence than necessary tondo it. John Newbury, under - barman to . rammer, said that the defendant told the complainant that he should not serve her, as she was using bad language. The cam plainant refused to go, so that witness was compelled to assist in ejecting her. She was neither struck nor kicked. Henry Morton, 63 L, said that he saw the complainant follow some gentlemen into the house, and knowing her to be a notorious convicted thief he watched her, and saw her try to force herself between the gentlemen. The defendant told her to behave herself, and on her using disgusting lan guage he turned her out. There was no particular violence mad. The Magistrate observed that the defendant had done no more than hie duty to his employer; therefore he dis missed the complaint. THE SOLICITOR-GCNCRAL AND THE REPRESENTA TION or Hrherote.—The newly-appointed Solicitor-General (William Baliol Brett, Fag., Q.C.), left town this morning for Holston, to meet his constituents. An opposition to the learned gentleman's return is contemplated. THE Rev. B. Spnas.—The Times has the fol lowing :—" Sir,—l have just read your article on the mysterious disappearance of Mr. Speke, and but for my knowledge of the man I should be inclined to agree with your conclusions. You will, I hope, out of regard to his character and profession, allow publicity to the follow ing statement from one who is in no way con nected with his family, who has lemma him in timately, and who was the last of his friends who saw him. He was my colleage in • curacy at Banbury— his fine curacy. He was there most exemplary and earnest in his duties, and when he went to take charge of a living in De vonshire he left the town with the respect and regard of all the parishioners, whether rich or poor. When, soon after his disappearance, I visited that town and infonned some of his old people of it, they mourned for him as for a brother, and instinctively felt be had been • victim to violence. From Devonshire, 11 years since, he proceeded to his present living, and during the whole of his incum bency he has seemed to live but for two things, hie parish and his family. Though in an affluent position, he has, for the sake of the poor, denied himself the comforts, if not the necessaries, of life. His whole time has been given to them, and almost the last I thing he did was at his own cost to arrange • mode I of relief for the distressed. It was a most touching spec tacle to see his people in church mourning for him on the Sunday when his disappearance had become known, and his recovery seemed hopeless. It happened that I travelled with I him on the Wednesday from Chard to Salisbury, and that we were almost alone during the journey, and though I thought nothing of it at the time, I have since remem bered with satisfaction his perfect freedom from absence of mind or forced spirits. It is, I am sure, perfectly in,- I passible that lie can have purposed such • shameless enterprise as to absent himself from hie home or his work. He was by no means a likely MAU to be I entrapped;. he was • very mire and abstemious moo in I youth and at college, and has been so to my knowledge ever since ; and the only alternative but violence is • sudden aberration of intellect, of which there were neither personal nor hereditary symptoms. His family will be grateful for the pOlieity you have given to his disappear ance, and it is at to be hoped that the unceasing and varied efforts of his friends and the authorities may notate to us a man whose loss is felt by this whole neighbourhood to be a public calamity.—Your obedient servant, G. T. GOWRING. Ilminster, Feb. 5." LONDON GAS CoMPANIER AND CoNsCHERS. — In the first of a series of articles on the gas supply of London the Daily Nora points out the magnitude of the interests I which are liable to be affected by legislation having foe its object the regulation of the gas service of the metropolis. According to official returns no leas than 530,3371. was dis tributed to the form of dividends by the 1:1 companies in London, upon a capital of 5,84:3,1:Wf. The consumers have also great interests to defend, no less than 1,500,00 W. a year being paid to the London companies for gas. The great benefit which the Act of 1860 conferred upon the com panies was that it relieved them from the fear of competi tion, and gave them tolerable certainty and a period of rest. The immediate result of the " districting" arrange ment was • rise in the divideuds, which was followed by • corresponding increase in the value of share,. The agitation of last year, and which pro mises to be renewed, has shown bow much the enhanced value of the property depended on a maintenance of the monopoly, for since it began prices on all bands have been quoted considerably lower. The parliamentary committee of 18titi reported in favour of the continuance of the system of " districting." on the ground that it con. duced to economy of administration, and advised that every facility Amid be given by parliament for the further extension of the system of regulated monopoly, either in the way of amalgamation of ex isting companies, or of the disposal of the interests of the several metrop o litan companies to parties representing the ratepayers of London. The committee of 1867 proposed to give the consumer greater control than be now enjoys over the supply, and recommended that if the companies refused to give a better supply at a cheaper rate, parla ment should authorise the transfer of the business to the' City of London, the Metropolitan Board of Works, or some other authority. The act of 1860 created ex pectations which have not been realised. It seems to have encouraged a large number of ' persons to buy London gas shares, in the belief that they had at length found the grand deaideratum of the invee tor—pronerty as sure as Three per Cents., yielding • re turn equal to the dividend upon old East India stock ; and these purchaser' now regard any interference with their interests as equivalent to confiscation. It is certain, how ever, that parliament has not handed the gas consuming public over into the hands of the present companies, and that unless they can make terms with their customers, their monopoly will soon be brought to an end. PoRrLAN I, CAIN Vl4 T ESTABLISHMENT.—Sonic little excitement has been occasioned at Portland during the past week by the detection and punishment of two of the warders employed at the convict prison for being in un lawful communication with the prisoners under confine ment. The system of " trafficking" between the words.rs and the convicts seems to have been on the increase of tate, and consequently a vigilant watch has been set by the authorities to check the unlawful intercourse which has been serried on. On Friday last a warder, named Morris de Young, was taken into custody, charged with conveying letters out of the prison, and supplying tobacco to a Belgian convict named Milkienwies. The desire evinced by the prisoners to obtain tobacco is manifested in the fact that 120 oz. of bread is willingly exchanged for an 011DOe of " weed," while many of the convicts would readily forego a meal in order to possess themselves of a small portico of that luxury. The convicts teal, it appeared, intrusted letters to the warder, who bad posted them, and had supplied 21b. of tobacco in all to Milkieowiez, for which he was sen tenced to three months' hard labour. On Monday another war der, named Peter Aldereley, was charged with • similar offence, and was detected in the set of fetching • parcel from the Weymouth railway station, containing tobacco end money, which he intended to deliver to • convict named Batt. He had also posted letters to a Mrs. O'Brien, 42, Buttesland-street. Holton, and the parcel I was addressed to" William Thompson, to be left at the Weymouth station till called for. The offence was fully proved, and he was sentenced to four months' hard ' labour. TUE PENALTY OF REFUSING TO BECOME A I SPICIAL CONSTABLE. —Yesterday, at the Leeds Town-ball, before Messrs. Ellenhaw and Cooper. Mr. Thee. Addison 'Miley, of Gledhow, came forward in answer to a sum mons c harging him with haring neglected to take the oaths as a special constable. The summons was addressed "Thomas Titley, Leeds," and stated that on the 31st January, the defendant being then liable to serve as • special constable for the borough of Leeds for one year, an order bad been made upon him asking him to take the oaths on the 4th February, but that he had neglected to do so. Mr. Ferns, who appeared in defence, raised an objec tion to the summons on the ground that one of the christian names of his client had been left out, and because it described Mr. Titley as living in Leeds, whereas be lived at Gledhow. The objection was not sustained, and Mr. Titley agreed to accept the summons on the necessary corrections being made in the document. In answer to the bench, however, he said that he objected to serve, and Ellershaw stated that in justice to those parties who had henceforward to be sworn on being asked to do so, be had no alternative but to inflict a penalty of 51. with costs. The money was at once paid. —Leeds Meteors , . TRIPLE Buirns.--f)ln Sunday morning a woman named Susan KeliT, a pauper in Liskeard IJBioe was de livered of three children at • birth. They are all girls, and are living, and doing well.—Waters Daily Mercury. On Friday evening the wife of John Reed, jobbing gam dense, of Springfield Wharf, Springfield, was delivered of three children, girls, one of whom survived her birth only a few hours. The two other with their mother, are doing "as well as can be expected." but unfortunately the husband is not, having been out of work for some tin's past, —Chelmsford Chronicle. COMPULSION AT TEILLINO.—The total number of oases of fever at Teriing, in • population of 900, now amounts to 260 ; the deaths to 30. Dv. Thames report to the Privy Ormacil, which lies before us, discloses an utter neglect ci the meet ordinary and decent sanitary provi sions, a disbuds( state of immorality, physical degene rw of the p ovladon, overcrowding, and every condition which eau imp neglect of duty by the local authorities. The Witham board of gnardians is the " local authority" in the sense of the Sanitary AAA, NM A main obj ect of that sat wee to enable the Home Secretary to eon local authorities to do their duty in then matters. Here surely is • case in which the government ought to He vitality to the act by compelling complianse with the p revisions there made for the preservation of the public - health. — British Necked Jorossi. BETTING 11‘149101DFIV—CTX. 19- DLY.h • 2.30 r.w. &somewhat numerous mortar to-day, suidbusiness pretty good. There is, how•ver,, as uselisalar feature to reseed. The Lincolnshire Handicap remained in about the mama position as yeeterday, sad there was no away. On the Liverpool Port Royal was again subjected to considerable hostility, 40's and 50's being laid in plant, • For the Chester Cup Abergeldie was not in such good re - quest, 22 to 1 being offered against him without a response. Beaming had an improving appearance, being backed at 20 to 1, while at a few points more a good amount of business would have been transacted. Several bets were laid on the Two Thousand and Derby, The Earl for the latter race being in good request. Quotations : LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 9 to 1 apt Czar (t and oil) 100 to 6 Ring Charming (0 aud off) 20 to 1 Cauthleen (w) 20 to 1 Mount Palatine (off) 100 to 3 Rhine Wine (t) LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL. 100 to 7 aid Fin (t) 100 to 7 Tennyson (0) 100 to T Tuiculanum (off) 100 to T— Daisy log) 21 to 1 Pearl Diver (off) 25 to 1 Helen (off) 25 to 1 Thalaesius (off) 33 to 1 Despatch (off) 50 to 1 Port Boys' (t & off) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 apt Beaming (0) 22 W 1 Abergeldie (o, t2sto 1) 1000 to 35 Dab' , (t) 1000 to 30 Paul Jones (t and off) 1000 to 30 Dealt (t and off) 1000 to 20 Bracken (t) 1000 to 15 Rhine Wine (t) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 100 to 8 apt Typhoeus (t and w) 1000 to 26 St. Ronan (t) DEBBY. 100 to 6 apt The Earl (0) 45 to 1 See Saw (t) 1000 to 15 St. Ronan (t) 1000 to 15 Courtmantle (0) 2000 to 20 Franchise (0) BANK OP EGYPT.-(THIS DAY.) The twelfth annual meeting of the shareholders was held at 1 o'clock, at the City Terminus Hotel , Mr. J. Beamise-Mootte in the chair. The report, which appeared some time ago in the Express, having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN moved its adoption. He commenced by expressing his deep regret at the compulsory absence of the chairman of the board, Mr. Tine, adding that that gentleman's health bad much improved since be went abroad, and the directors hoped goon to see him back. He then alluded to inquiries which bad been made at the office by two or three shareholders with regard to the accounts. As regarded the large cash balance on the 31st of December, namely, 241,0001., which was one subject of inquiry, he remarked that the existence of such a balance show the great confidence felt in the bank in Egypt. Th e whole whole of the A 4,000/. put down in the accounts for government securities, except about 5,0001., was in Treasury bonds, and he was happy to say that during the 12 years of the bank's existence all snob bonds had been punctually met at maturity. No bad or doubtful debts had been made during the last half-year—(hear, hear) — and great credit was due to the managers in Egypt for the manner in which they had conducted the business daring such en eventful year as the last. The shareholders must be their own judges as to the future, all the directors could do ng to state that the bank was in a sound condition. As they all knew, trade in the east was not as flourishing now as it was some time no. With respect to cotton he wished to state that the value of the imports of cotton from Egypt into England in thu srst ten months of the last three years were as follow 10,546,0110/. ; 11466, 7,065,0001. ; 1e67, 0,310,000/. The decline in the importations was not such as might have been anticipated considering the enormous deprecia tion in the value of the staple in this country. On the other hand, there had been an increase in the cereals amounting to about 500,0001. The value of the silk which had passed in transitit through Alexandria in the first ten months of the last three years was as follows:—ls4s, 5 160,0001.: 1866, 3,121,000/. ; 11467, 3,068,0001. The bank bad been appointed the agent of the British government in Alexandna, and it bed to trans act all the government business, including that of India. It bad also the business of the Peninsular and Oriental Coniny, and of the Telegraph Company. No institution in pt stood higher than theirs, and they were on friend y terms with other companies in that country. (Cheers.) Mr. THCRTWax (a director) seconded the motion. After a short diecusaiou, in which satisfaction was ex pressed by two or three shareholders at the statement pre. sented by the board, the report was adopted unanimously. A dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for the last half year with a bonus of it . per share , maki n g , with the dividenel of the previous half-year, 18 per cent. for the year, was then declared. The retiring directors having been re-eleeted g oo neing terminated with a vote of thanks to the . LONDON COM P A NY .-( PROVINCIAL TELEGRAPH COM - - This day the ordinary general meeting of share holders was held at the company's offices, Cannon-street; Mr. BIiEWAND in the chair. It appeared from the report that there bad been an in crease in revenue for the half-year of 1,089 r. as com pared with the previous half-year, and of 906/. over the corresponding period of last year. The increase in the number of messages for 1867, as compared with 1866 was 25,087. At the cline of the half year the addition to the private telegraphs represented rentals of 5001. a year. the chief portion being government contract, for a period of years. The CHAIM! As congratulated the shareholders on the lion they they had attained. They had been prostrated by the lames sustained by the greet gal* in January. 1866. But the works were so strengthened and improved since that calamity, that a few shillings would repair the in jury sustained by the gale of last Saturday, one of the severest ever known in London. (Hear, hear.) The wee surges were sent and delivered with speed and punctuality. The government had leaned notices of their intention to bring in a permissive bill for taking into their own bands the telegraph system of the oountry. But he understood that this only applied to the public end not to private telegraphs. The object of the government, he understood, was to extend telegraphs to all the post-offices in the kingdom, and to establish a low uniform scale for messages as was done in Switserland and Belgium. He understood that certain companies intended ' to oppose the bill. They would not adopt that course, but would wait till they knew what the government proposed to do. (Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving the adop tion of the report. Mr. DYER seconded the motion. Captain 51,,x0.EA hoped the directors would endeavour to obtain a reduction in the price demanded from them by other companies, and would look M the quotation of the shares on the Stock Exchange. Mr. Hears was glad to find that the company bed poem to the turning point, and hoped that the directors would give the shareholders an increming dividend every half year. Mr. Hrromoes hoped that the 5,000 preference share would be offered in the first instance amongst the sham holders pro reel. After some further remarks the report was adopted, and • dividend et the rate of 10 per cent. per annum declared. 119111 4 111WARICETtrfINS own edwon; With the excepiian of the English hinds, which have declined 1-16 to per cent., upon a few reali sations, the stock markets are firm to-day. . B& 1- way securities are inquired for, and better in seve ral cases, owing to transaction* to close specu lative accounts. The dividends recently declared by several companies are considered satisfactory but the public still avoid making purchases. Fo reign Bonds are in request, especially the Viceroy of Egypt's Loan, which has been bought to a eon siderable extent upon the announcement that the government guarantee may perhaps be added to this security. Portuguese scrip is unchanged. Colonial government debentures are steady, and banking and financial shares dull. The applications for diseount are upon a very , limited scale, while the supply of money is extremely large. The general rate for the best paper is nto lf per cent., but exceptional transactions have oc curred at lit. Loans on English government secu rities are offered in the Stock Exchange at 1 per cent. Consols are quoted 931 to 4 for money, and 93 7-16 to 9-16, or 931, for the' new account (March 5). The Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents. are inquired for, at 931 to The railway market is firm, and prices show an improvement. Great Northern original stock has advanced 1 per cent. ; ditto A, as well as Cale donian and Great Eastern, 1 ; and most of the other lines, Ito 4. Subjoined are the prices : Metropolitan, 1091 to 1 ; Great Western, 461 to 1 ; London and North Western, 118/ to 1191; Mid land, 106/ to 1071 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1261 to 1271 ; Caledonian, 791 to f ; South Eastern, 71 to 1 ; Great Eastern, 321 to f ; Great Northern, 110 to 4 ; ditto A, 11 0 / to 1114 ; London, Chat ham, and Dover, 18/ to ; North British, 361 to 37 ; London and South Western, 87 to 89 ; Brighton, 461 to / ; Berwick, 1041 to 1051; and York and North Midland, 97 to 98. Canadian Railway shares are steady. Great ' Western are at 16 1 1 to 7 ; and Grand Trunk, 151 to 164. The foreign stock market is firm, but most of the speculative descriptions are unaltered. The Vice roy of Egypt's Loan and Egyptian of 1864 have advanced 1 per cent., the present prices being 751 to 76 and 91 to 92, respectively. Peruvian of 1865, however, are lower, at 761 to 774. Chili= of 1867 are quoted 88 to 89 ; Turkish of 1862, 61 to 62 ; ditto 1865 (Five per Cents.), 324 to 1 ; ditto Six per Cents. (1805), 54 to ; Greek, 13 to 1 ; Portuguese scrip. 14 to 1 pram. ex div. ; Spanish New Three per Cents., 361 to 37 ; Italian of 1861, 431 to i; Mexican, 16 to 1 ; and Russian of 1864, 881 to 891. American securities have been dealt in to a moderate extent. The 5-20 Bonds are quoted 711 to 1, being 1 lower. Erie Railway shares, 47 to 1, showing no change ; and Illinois Central, 874 to 1, a rise of 4. Bank shares are rather dull, in consequence of a preponderance of sales. Alliance and Oriental have declined 10s. —viz., to 13 to 12 dis., and 414 to 421 respectively. Union of London are at 33; to 341 ; Imperial Ottoman, Ito 01 dis. ; London and County, 52 to 54 ; and London and West minster, 674 to 684. The half-yearly meeting of the Great Western Railway Company will be held on the sth of March. The annual meeting of the Grosvenor and West end Railway Terminus Hotel Company (Limited) is convened for the 26th instant. A petition for the winding up of the Imperial Land and Investment Company (Limited) is to be heard before the Master of the Rolls on the 15th instant. HALT-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. There is a demand for the English funds, which exhibit a recovery of i per cent., Consols being quoted 93} Foreign bonds remain firm. Mexican have risen Railway stocks, however, have receded to per cent., the most important movement being in Metropolitan and Caledonian. Private &deices from Egypt state that there is a possibility that the Viceroy of Egypt will add to the Pasha Loan the government guarantee. Should this be done there is no reason why that stock should not rank as high as the 7 per cent. stocks of the Egyptian government, issued by Messrs. Oppenheim, Nephew and Co., in the years 1862 and 1864. The amount of gold withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for the Continent was 77,0001. The proposed dividend on Great Northern Rail way stock for the half year is announced at the rate of 7} per cent, per annum, against 8 for the corresponding period of 1866. This allows 31. 15s. on the ordinary stock, 31. on the B, and 41. 10s. on the A. The Bristol and Exeter dividend is also announced at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum carried forward against 4i. Thu amount e ft to be is 1,1631. The Great Western Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of 2381. over the corresponding period of 1867 ; the Great Northern, a decrease of 2,102/. ; the Great Eastern an increase of 2,2591. ; the London and South Western, an increase of 1,913/. ; the London, Chatham, and Dover, includ ing the Metropolitan Extension and branches, an increase of 4281.; the Metropolitan Extension, separately, an increase of 1051.; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, an increase of 2,5221.; the North Eastern, an increase of 1,0851.; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire , an increase of 8941.; and the North British, an increase of 1,6721. The half-yearly meeting of the London and North Western Railway Company is oontened for the 21st inst., and will be made special, to authorise a subscription of 80,0001. towards the Carnarvon and Llanberia Railway Company, as wall as " the conversion of the shares and stock of the South Staffordshire Railway Company, the Bangor andl Carnarvon Railway Company, the Vale of Clwyd Railway Company, the South Leicestershire Rail- I way Company, and the Birmingham, Wolver- hampton, and Stour Valley Railway Company, and the Preference Shares of the Warrington and Stockport Railway Company into shares or stock of the London and North Western Railway Com any." The directors will also seek power to t exercise the borrowing powers of the company to the extent authorised by the company's acts of parliament." What amount of new capital is referred to in this last clause has not transpired. The Anglo-Austrian Bank have just issued a prospectus, inviting subscriptions for shares in the Anglo-Hungarian Bonk. The object of this new undertaking is to employ capital in the valuable and increasing field presented in Hun gary—a country of vast undeveloped resources. It was originally proposed to establish at Pesth • branch of the Anglo-Austrian Bank, but partly at the instance of the Hunwisn government, • sepa rate national back has decided upon, having its seat at the Hungarian capital, and a committee in London. The prospectus, mentions that " the chief manager, Mr. Stein, is well known to the Anglo-Austrian Bank as • man 01 ability . , efixpe rience, and integrity." The fi rst capital isfixed at 1,000,000/. ' or 100000,000 florins Lallyerl, divided into 40,000 shares of SOL each, whish 15,000 will be offered for public subseripties the 10th and 11th indent emnneowlY In London, Perth, and Vienna. The sta tutes provide that the bank shall not o pen until the above capital is subscribed, sad 40 per cent psid up on each share, To meet this stipulation' subscribes will be required to pay a deposit se 21. par share on an pliagten, a nd tio• res saining 61. on the 25th last It Is added that, "attar' the • I- t a l i 4 1 - .1 , .1 above amounts have been paid up the letters of dbiaSsitt will be apotlyerged as soon as possible for "fityrisional sharestO baker." The undertaking is eonstituted under statutes approved by the royal Hungarian government, and uaden which the liability of shareholders is Malted to the amount of their respective shares." The report of the directors of the Anglo-lonian ' Steam Navigation Company, to be presented at the general meeting on the 19th inst., states that the company' trading during another year of " most heavy commercial depression " has been attended with a profitable redraft. The belancedtheet shows a net profit of 3,4001., of which the directors re commend that 1,677/. be applied to the payment of a dividend for the past year at the rate of 5 per cent. on the paid-up capital, and 1,500/. to the establishment of a fresh reserve fund to meet the depreciation in the company's vessels, in accordance with the present depressed value of shipping pro perty in the market. A balance of 2739. will then remain to be carried forward. A general meeting of the Charing-cross Hotel Company is called for the 24th instant, when a dividend is to be declared. The machinations of speculators, whether for the rise or the fall, have of late been organised and carried out with increasing skill and audacity. A clever conspiracy to create a fictitious rise in Midland Railway stock was defeated on Monday last through the vigilance of the London Stock E: change. By the post of that morning the fol lowing letter was received by Mr. Slaughter, written on official paper, and purporting to give moat favourable information on all the points in which interest was felt : Midland Railway, Derby, Feb. 1, IBe.B. To the Secretary of the Loadoa Stook Exchange.—Sir, — I am rreeqgnested to state that a committee of shareholders and Midland directors had a meeting this ahernoos, when a resolution was pared to abandon the *Atli and Carlisle Ilse, the London and North Western board haying made very reasonable Were for the working of the Scotch traffic °for the Minister and Carlisle line. A second resolution was pained to postpone several other projects for five years. This will reduce the amount of new capital required to very narrow limits. Further, the auditors have pearly completed our ectionnts, which indicate a dividend at the rate of iii. 10s. per cent. per annum for the pan half year.—Yours resp ectfully (signed) G. N. BROWN; Secretary. — To . Slaughter, Esq., Stock Exchange, London. Unfortunately for the conspirators, they omitted to seal the letter in the way in which letters to the London Stock Exchange are usually sealed. This omission on their part excited suspicion, and the letter, the object of which is perfectly clear, was not posted up as it was designed to be. There is no security against attempts of this character be yond that of vigilance on the part of the estabhsh meats through whom the conspirators propose to act. We are glad to find that the directors td the Midland Company have uttered a reward of 30/. for the discovery of the offenders ; and it is to be hoped they will be detected. It will be remembered that on Tuesday—the day following the one on which the above spurious communimtion was re ceived—the Midland Hallway dividend was duly announced by authority at the rate of .51 per cent. per annum. The following is the official return of the cheques and bills cleared in the Beakers Clearing-house for the week ending Wednesday, Feb. 5: Thursday, Jan. 30 E10,19Q.000 Friday, Jan. 31 Saturday, Feb. 1 Monday, Feb. 3 Tuesday, Feb. 4 12,8102A011 Wednesday, Feb. 5 0.976.000 C 6,110,000 GmeGIC DZABY6IIIII4 Chief Impeder. tiker2,7Bs La Ilia DI Prradateri Cepa& d 14. 5 60 .0 0. la d W,aIS [Wilk D•Nola/ ON eluding itzeisq dim. loads. Caw iala National Debt. at and Dtv ma y) 4,116,78nt Misr Dermas de,ata,liaa Is day sad aka Bab 648,1111 4144 6 . 7 . 136 LA ~ t ,W a.W Bankers' Clearing.house, The total above shown is the heaviest by nearl tire millions that has yet been published. The- amount of bills due on the 4th, though still compa ratively light, seems to indicate some improvement in the internal trade of the country. The chief effect, however , has been produced by the Stock Exchange settlement on Friday, the 31st, and, from the magnitude of the amount—nearly 2O millions--then reached, it is evident that there is a decided revival of speculation in the railway and foreign stock markets. The return of the Bank of England for the week en ding Wednesday, Feb. 5, compared with that fur the previous week, shows the following changes : Circulation Moue r.35,642,755 Decrease r 610,7 X 5 Circulation motive 74,676,380 Increase 554,850 Public deposits .„. ..... 4,110,362 Increase 565,113 Other deposits Government securities in banking department 14,068,246 No change. Other securities in banking department 16,443,736 Decrease 1721 , 22 Coin sad bullion in both departments Seven day and other bills 648,296 Increase 40,!43 The Beet 3,326,913 Increase 26,561 Notes in reserve Total reserve (notes 4t cools) , in banking department 13,077.,854 Decrease 789,241 ' The chief change is the heavy withdrawal of pri 7 vate deposits, a portion of which, no doubt, had been accumulated to meet the bills due on Tues day, the 4th, and although this movement has been partly counteracted by a diminution in the Bank'S•advances on private securities, and by an influx of government deposits, the reserve has been drawn down to the extent of 769,2414. The de cline in the coin and bullion is as much as 564,391/., which exceeds by about 35,0001. the amount °NJ cMlly stated to have been parted with fur export during the week. _ - - - BANK OF ENGLAND. An Amami persoast to the Act 7th sad tah .e. 22. or for the wash as on 44 edoselay, the sth day of F 4 bray, 8 J DstmainciT. Notes hosed C55,542,7e.5 Ooversinent dela_ /11,015.104 Other securities.. S,ls6.4su Gehl ode and bel lies 90,642,755 War bates - ii6,6 42 . 710 vittliart. Gorinusea .law L 14.088.144 l Otber beconska 16.44&73.3 I Nola Gold sad Ulm • • 1,11;40 iu.ae►,ne T. MAY, 'THURSDAY IMMO. Consols, which closed yesterday at NU to 1, both far meow and the new account (sth of March), oponed this morning at the same quotation_ and eloped at 94 to 1. The Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents. were quoted at 3 o'clock 931 to 1. The olllcialbuidnees report bias Wows: — Three per Cent. Como* for money, 931, 1, 101, I ditto, for account, 931 ; Three per Cents. R•linced, 94 ; New Three per Cents., 931, ; Red Sea Telegraph, 101 ; Bank Stock, 250 ; India Five per Cent. Stook, 112, ; ditto Four per Cent., 101, 1 ; ditto Four per Cent. "03 4 aced rapee paper, 87 ; ditto Five per Cent., 103 ; ditto Plve per Cent. Debentures, 1055 ;ditto Bonds, 405., 45a., prem. The Indian government Five and Four pea Cent. stocks were inquired for and firm. Exchequer Bills remain at 20s. to 255. prem. Bank of Emiland stock was in demand, and rose 11., the last price being 248/. to 2501. The foreign stock market was firm, with an en creased amount amount of business, consisting almost en tirely of purchases. Egyptian Bonds (including the Viceroy's loan) were in good demand, and im proved to 1 per cent. Turkish of 1854 rose 1 ; ditto of 1862,} ; ditto of 1866 (Five and Six per Cents.), to New Grenadian Three per Cents. Peruvian of 1862, and Portuguese, ; Spanish New Three per Cents., Mexican, and Portuguese scrip, 1 ; and Italian of 1861, 1-16. The latter were better at one period of the day. Brazilian of 1865 were exceptionally dull, and declined 5. There was a fair demand for bank shares, and quotations were firm. Chartered of India Aus tralia, and China, Chartere d Mercantile of India, English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered, and Oriental met with inquiry, and rose ss. to 111. ; London and County declined 10e. The shares at the financial companies were with out variation, at the following prises :—lnterna tional Financial, Ito 11 din, ex div. ; General Credit, 2 9-16 to 7-16 die., ex div. ; and Credit Fonder, 61 to 61 dia. PAOTINOIAL saris MAARKJITS. Ling/VOL, F 1 6.—flaw Ito -day : Caledonian, umiak • —Tarnas, 131—Groat Beaters, 311 1 1-Greet Northers A, 110—Gnat stern.44li—lan -whirs and Yorkshire, 1261 7 —Landon amt North Wasters. 11 3 1 19 11 it 14 19 &atm, Sheffield, and Ihseciashlre. 43 06 i zami n c l- k etrotioNtsa. 111 1 It 1 1 101 111 11—Nidland. I 7 /76171 7 North British, 361 1 —North Kasten', capital stock. 106—Smith Neater% 1 ILI 1 1 I N and 11101 k el Canada. 11l 16—Erte, { 7l—hot - '. "darn 1 1(Limited' d. --Queen tantrum% 1-16 d.—MArnevlcan 91 Atlantic Telepupb 8 per cent., Vatted Kingdom Company. 31—National Steam tpCompany (lintited4 7 Callao Dock, 190. )looning'. Fan. 6.—A very good bubo. again today, and at greatly Improved prices. but marital not so good at the close. ltokkow. Valigdio, and Comps/ilLoiraitsd), par—Cale donian. 78 191911 9 1 I—Eriss. 47 rest LAW% Sli tillut I—Oreat Northern A. 1081 9 10 1 111 11 I Trmk of Canada, 161 16—Gmet seam 441 I—Lenc shire and Yorkshire, 110* 1-loodon. lirightm. and Swath Coast, 4411 I—Loodoa sod Caledonian Winne Insurance (Li -6 3 —London and North Western, 1161 11 1 so ter sad County Bank. 3 p. — M a n ch est er . aod 11 Lamle ant-- 7111 1 llitto, g 6 shares prof 61-13etropollOrm, 10 4g 1 11 101—Masud. 106 f 7171 1 7 1 7—North 361 11 11 1— South Eastern. 711 et L i 1 4 8 / 6 . I_ll7 mantes Mann Marine Insurance (Limited), p.—Uattea States 6-80 Years' los, 711—Dover 6 per cent. (1 ), 97 id.— Ditto, 61 per cent.. No. 6.90 xd.— London and South Western, 88—limsroods, 74 d.—Great Northern A, 1111 1 11 11 —slakes Oss, 131 I.buimmogAn. IM.6.—Busintes done : South Staffordshire Teased) Railway, at 67--64•Nordshire Joint Stock Bank Li mited) at 194—end Sallow (Waited), Oldbury, at pm. elodni pekes: BritanaCtrArahelted) 1 1-16 buyers —Midland en Worst. 1$ lea.. borers - Hcoadol We and glib mindradi, 11 dk, Wlets—Midland Contract ,Ihnited), 10 to 8 din,—nod Staffordshire Wheel and Axle (IWO*, 1 din, sellers. _ THE Nom RUMEN DIVIDINDI.—(By Tele graph.)—Benriek, 8 per sent. per mama ; York, 15g per cent. ; Leeds, per cent.; Carlisle, 8 per Cant. ; and Dar lington, 81 per east. CuTSTAL PAy.Aos. OWE SHILIZEG DAT.-- THURSDAY, Fee. 6.—Atheinicas on poymen!g t 2,153; thao by swan ibises., 1.860 ; Wig 4.000. I:A.W INTELLIGENCK. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF EXCHEQUER. 5. . i l'rius.—(Bef ore the Lord Chief Baron sod Special Juries.) WYATT 1% PLUME. ...tt action to recover 1091. fie. fad., the amount • cote of a firm of parliamentary agents. • l: of pleaded not guilty. Q.C., and Mr. H. Lloyd appeared for the show for the defendant. . Messrs. Wyatt and Metcalfe,were parlia at, in Parliament-street, and the defendant • T iu Lincoln's-iun-fiehis, and acted s mile iloloting a bill for a railway of half a in h:roni to the Downs. It was said that this a line, projected by a Mr. Garrett, who oi be bad obtained the bill, to transfer the . the Prighton Comr•any, and, if poasible, to thou the contract for its construction. The I.oweeer, thrown out, and the plaintiffs now • ,t, the defendant liable for their claim. e• ~h mid as it was impossiblep to work a line of pen dently, theprobability was that it krn ~tiered to the Brighton Company, end if it they would ha ve had to pay all the expenses 1.4 the hill. It did not follow that the promoter hol t h e contract for making the line, but if they would have to buy him off. ti ronellvion of the witnesa's examination, • Chief Itarou held that there was no evidence • r a the pLiintiffs by the defendant, and di ., wuNalt COCRT OF DIVORCE. (1:ofore Six J. P. Wilde.) o it r. MAUI/MAN. 140, 411%, .4M44 Dr. Tristram, for the petitioner. I N , I for a .1,..1ut10n of marriage on the ground of a dultery. etitioner is the we of a manufacturer at Bolton, in ,line. and he m arried the respondent in 1835. Boon inse Mrs. !birdman gare herself up to drink :the 1 riitirel neOect,ed her husband and her household f„ disappeared, and was lost dght of for I Itiiiintely she was discovered residing at a I n h. r ehouse in Manchester, leading the life of a • etuule.l a decree nisi. t uu.n, ,MAILTIN, .'ND WARD. ~tu.t..l, for the petitioner, who prayed for a dim>. on the ground of his wife's adultery t A.. C.l.reVOrldeDt B . .ni3ee took place in 1858, the petitioner being a 1.i..t 1:nolford. They lived together upon pretty NI °, when the petitioner coming home • found his wife away from home. He ~ich of her, and ultimately discovered her at a ••!1:;. upon the knee of the co-respondent Martin. h., ed Martin's little finger better than Child's .quarrel ensued, and the wife left her hus •••:, tiler. child won afterwards went to America. . a vls months. On his return he found his wife . •!, the other co-respondent, Ward, as his wife. ehip granted a decree nisi. COURT OF ARCHES. ai the Hight Hon. Sir Hobert Phiffineore.) FLANANK V. 15111P8011. 01 ritualism in the Church of England was 1:a the ritting of the court, being the thizd day of I,!, urn resumed his argument, following Dr. Deane, • hr part of the defendant, the incumbent of East oth. when• the practices complained of were intro .• .1 which the promoter, as churchwarden, insisted 1,.1n41 not m compliance with the law and the pre ,. honk. The learneaconneeldiacussedthe goodie* iict ion in the reign of Henry VIII., and sub that it was legal to use lighted candles, as there .a.lcr for their removal, either by law or H. lie referred to the remarkable argn ..f Dr. Deane yesterday on the passage in • . in which the Apostle Paul alluded to " water" in the bloody rite, whereas the Look of Exodus only spoke of " blood." The •ma both, and was a strong commentary in sup tia. 'oiled chalice. The learned counsel concluded .a hr insisting that the burden of the proof in . rams was on the other side. Both parties were to be respected, and the arms of mother church enough to embrace all. a.c will probably be continued to-morrow. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Hr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE ALFRED JAMES IBAWORTII. hankrupt, en insurance broker, of Nicholas-lane and kenham, came before the court with liabilities of . ; assets and property held about $5O/. He ascribes • .ilure to insufficient capital and losses in discount. • 3,OnW. of the debts are in respect of claims collected underwriters upon losses. Reed appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Law '••r the bankrupt. was no opposition ' • but a gentleman who repre the landlord of the bankrupt's premises undo the • ..atplaint that be was kept out of possession, and II ..lour met the case in the usual way by stating that • nu power in the matter, but recommended the •q,t to use his influence for restoring possession to ' .ml lord. . pointed out that a sum of 50/. received by the •:. I .t h a d nut been paid over to the assignees or ao • ...1 for. I,arance said the bankrupt had had no allowance, k..pt the 50/. for his maintenance. • ed said the assignees were willing to maks the ~t a certain allowance, the balance of the 50/. • ..dl to the estate. 1..3h1y the question was left to the decision of the ,b,ignee, and the order of discharge was granted. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) IN RE ABRAHAM HARM'S. otrupt, a merchant, of Bow-lane, recently ap- Li> discharge from debts of about 5,000/. ; no • •, '.• lionour. in giving judgment, said that he had been tour times before and once insolvent, and the Al those failures did not amount to 2s. Gd. in l'n.ler the present bankruptcy there farthing. The court ought to do the it could to stop the career of such a 11, bat contracted a debt of 1,003/. with the I. otk. giving them as security certain acceptances given for his accommodation, and which to 1., worthless, somo of the acceptors not to the bankrupt, and others not being to be iv one ease it appeared that he bad given a •. ~,e,pt for him. Contracting a debt on • •• • hul l o of Each a character was simply it was difficult to understand bow the • ,• • should have allowed themselves to be •• . but that was no excuse for the bankrupt's t.. v.l it was to be regretted that he could not be • in a crimlual court. He had contracted ‘l.•bt with the Albion Hank without probable •i payment ; but as be bad been in prison five court would not sentence him to further im • • Lt. lie would, therefore, receive an order of dis , which would protect bin person, but would not .t Lis future acquired property. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) atter i tt ;tally Tur pri Alit '`the fa Mr. K r. tbt ' , TI e •14;411 MINIIB.-(rH18 DAY.) o'Ciorm- The mining market is moderately active to-day,w but prioessellirrypresertt-riomovementt via shares are quoted.. .1n to 'Of ; Great Vor, 10} to JV4 ; North Treskerby, Ms. to '44s. ; West Draewalls, 7s. 6d. to 10s. ; New-Lovell, Vs. to lire ; Prince of Wales, 3 to I ; Wesit Chiverton, 67 to 68 ; West Caradon, 10 to 11 ; Wheal Seton, 85 to 874. Sum mer Hill, 10f to f ; North Crotty, 3to f : and West Great Work, af to f. Subjoined are the prices for foreign and colonial mining shares, :--St. John del Rey, 19 to 21 ; Don Pedro, 21; to ;1 prem. ; Anglo-Brazilian, par to f prem. ; Pestacdua, dia. to par ; Chontales, par tot prem. ; Loma Grande, par to t i prem. Anglo-Italian, Sr p to L prem. ; United exioan, If to f ; Fruntino and Bolivia, 13-16 to 15-16 ; Port Phillip, If to 4, ex div. ; Central American, f dis. to par ; and Anglo-Argentine, I to it prem. At the meeting yesterday of the Royal Cobre Copper Companyi(Limited) the report of the directors was received and adopted. The chairman statedthat if the whole of the arrears of call are paid, and the claim against the railway company adjusted, this undertaking will be free from liability. The report of Mr. Clemes upon the property was submitted, and an adjournment agreed upon, to take the same into consideration. At South Con•lurrow meeting yesterday the ac- Atl counts showed a credit balms of 359/. A call of • I 2s. per share was made. (For to-day's Store Lists mos pop 4.1 COMMERCIAL AND MARKET& MARIC-LASE.—(TBUS DAY.) Only a moderate quantity of wheat was received fresh up this morning frnu Er .3 X and Kent. and the bulk of the supply came to hand in poor condition. The trade for all descriptions ruled quiet, and the value of inferior produce was barely maintained. With foreign wheat the market was well su pplied. Sales progressed slowly, at about pre vious quotations. A number of vessels have arrived at ports of call. Wheat met wit;: a s.aw aale, at drooping prices. Spring corn afloat was tolerably firm in Price. The show of barley on the stands was limited. Fine malting parcels were scarce and dear ; whilst in other descriptions a moderate business was concluded, on former terms. Malt moved off alowlp, at late rates. The eat trade was !inn, but the demand was by no means active. The supply was small. No change took place in the value of either beans or peas, the inquiry for which was only to a moderate extent. For flour the dentawl was inactive. on farmer terms. Linseed and rapeseed were in fair request. Most agri cultural seeds wore tint in value, with a limited sale. Cakes moved off slowly. eunnENT PRIMA 157401.11111. P.O fir. i • • Cle s. 371 to is 24 to 33 .. t 4 to 33 Witt tr • - 0/.IIL Ease; Kant, red, 'O6 t.. ; Ssotcli potato •• • • '47 6i, to 7:.. kWh, wadi INo. white, '66 —to - 1 wkate ***** ~ ~ 07 tZ, to. iS ! 1211illi Norfolk and Lincoln ' llonegos red 11.0 MIT ' Harrow ... flatting Distilling Grinding 3:.4 to 36' Grey 0. ! Maple 114 Ewer, Norfolk. wi I ; White Suffolk B2 to sa boilers Kingston and Wars 62 to 0 I FLOUR. Brom 6O to 57 , Town made, nor 280 44 Krn. I Tbs. Now 43 to 68 • Nonseliold fa to 61 004. Country 0 to 37 DOW% Mod 26 to 33 Norfolk and Suffolk, potato oath, food Voniala. Per Qr. Tor 10. WllO. a S. 040. a I. Dalitzleani Nang& Danish and Snsdish. 27 to 31 berg 7O to 57 Russian *** ... 17 to IN Rostock a Notkicia • lieltin burl 76 to AO I Imolai Danish G ui don, hard soft American. rod American. to 721 lioera whit , baaid33. I White . Grinding Diaulliog .... Malting 0.435. zipaniak . .. 62 to 67 brewing Gnirk teedin2. 74 to 16 Oanadlaa .. .. 30 to 311 ARRIVAL.du. INTO 'LONDON NY WATS% CAIItIAGN EllO5l FEB. 3 TO FEB. C., Wilt INchu idyl. 40 to 42 40 to 43 41 to 44 tu PIUS. 42 in 44 46 to 47 41; 4f48 44 to 48 to -- 42 to 43 42 to a HI to a 11111.14111 001 M. 45 40 a 4.5 14, 55 Berlo.. laidt Mtn. , hoar. I qrs. I qrs 41.9. 1104. *mks. Fatelleir&Seo4ol, 270 ; uto 1400 30 3311 Mei.... 1049 l lOO I 3 11 L L 10 , 1;00 1439 ---,--- lo4al ......,,I 4410 11:10 : 100 03 1300 170 11910.4,00 qrs. LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKET!. (THIS DAY.) (nr nunnurn.) Irstoir ocit N WILItTSYOSSIST.) Corroo.—The market mutinies* steady. Sales about 15,000 err 20,000 bales. Conn.—Tee market fairly attendeeL Wheat rattier better demand, we ans ey's rates. Flour 641. per bsrrtl sal pack cheaper. De Gd. cud peas Is. 11. lower than Tow da. Oats and outmeal favour buyers. Indian Cern moderate .l em and at late race,. mixed 4:ls. to 4.15. Gd. WAKEFIELD COl UT irellAre tN St AKKET.--(THIS DAY.) .L (raou ( , 11 own( COHRIESPOWDENT.) The wheat trade roles dull, and pr as are rather lower to sell. barley firm. Deana and oats as before. fe SIERCING-LANZ.—(THIS DAY.) Suons.—There is oniutymoderate amount a business doing, without further in prices. °reverie, 305. 6d. to 325. ; Demerara , 4* • mystallised, Me. to Ms. ; Mrus brown. ote7;d Th• beetroot, N oe U, at 34*. liefairmi is also q uiet, without alteration in prices. ..—Tbe p irit ü blic sales of plant a tion Ceylon con- CorrEl g tinue to o off with sp. at firm prices ; grey, small to bold, 615. to 715.; rotary, fine fine ordinary to good middling, 71e. to tfft. TEA.—The market is rather quiet, but there are no sellers anima at firm prior. FRClT.—Corraets art mole in req uest, chiefly common , at 21:18. ed. to 21s. Itum.—io puncheons sold, Jamaica, N. 2i1.; Lsewards, Is. 10d.; Demerara, le. 114.• also. 40 blade., at 24. Rem— Sales are oorifineiCto small parcels Da/lam, for sub, at Os. 9a. COTTON. —The demand continues very active, and prices are now ja. per lb. ahoy , . thole of last week. The Bake for the week *mount to 21,100 bales on the spot and 2,800 bales for arrival. Jerz.—The market, is steady but quiet, at last public ' sales Ores. Sat rrents.—No salon Medea. Inotoo.—Ansiness has seen transacted at a per lb. above last quarterly rtion prices. TALLOW VIARKET.—(TIIIB DAY.) The markt tis 4eady. Tows tsilow, 41s. 9d. • Peters burg T. Q. on the spot, 421. 3d.; Jsasas7 to Notch, 425. to 424. 3d. ; Ootobse to December, 435. lid. HIDE MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) 56165. to (Albs., 3d. to 3d. • Nibs. to 721 b.., 30. to 30. ; 72 164 . to 80114., sgi. to 3d. • 8016+. to 631b5., 30. to 4d. ; Shiba. to 961 h... 'WA* 41d. H one bile, hs. thL JOS& Gd. Calf skim, light, 20.6 d. to 4s. ;full, 7s. BEINOKDISIT.—Sbeepakins : Polite], Ti. to 8 1 . ; ball breds. fe. Od. to 6s. 6d.; downs, 4s. Od. to ss. Gd. BOROUGH HOP MARICHT.—(THIS DAY.) Mims. Pattonden and Smith report theie have been e few males of doe dcaeriptiorna during ties week, et • redue• ties of 10s. to 12'. per owt. on lest west's pnces. Last night a meeting upon the established church in Ireland was held in the Rosemary Branch Assembly. • moons, Peckham ; Mr. W. Edwards presiding. In intro. duds( the proosedings, he said Ireland and Fel:denim had certainly occupied a large proportion of public attes. tics dariag the lest few months but while every right. =Wald pureed must condemn the' which had bees emessbthrl with recent agitation, it behoved all who wen" lateessied in the well being of the kiugdom seriously to ewrither the condition of that distracted country. Apart hem *stealth agitation there had been greet &rah& health existing, and is was but right that the ground el ,• it amid be earnestly inquired into. There the the had and the question se the church establitheesnt. =Zell, there was so dthylog it, wee a great blonder, ethlisegh many defended it on moment of its reissionthr cheaseeer. Hr. Hawn Jones, in commerving hie address, inhered to Mr. Bright ' s pecocad, whit& he odd would ath beer • sosamit's considwahaa. If adepthd, it would only be as aggra _whoa of the frith diflthhy nothing but im. partial dismadowment of an religions meth be contended, would meet the caw On the preceding evening • meeting was bad la Kesethgten epos the same subject. bir. J. We Mike presided, and after en address from ble, Mason Jonas, the adept!• u of • petition for the abolition • of the Irish church sad for the impartial dieendoement of all desomi ns tMas VAS nnaniscoaely carried. . l k 1 I ,„ a ,~ l~