The Express. — London, England, 1867-03-07 00:00:00

11 ...s• I*.V 11 , .V rt ' ' - Tins PAL ) th:r.l stain • .f dm omit rtmec to .et resumed • - d Wit. I:trt.uCts Moll. under the presidency • , r I: IN • of the pr. s toil , day being re la objeCtiOrl • Mr. Sri A N.,/f 0,04:i.M. to 4•ll`tiOn of Mr. tottaidter of Ow coat rem, 114 matt., ale .i 1: 11,,i, 41111 C tri. , l“l the etnifetenze 11, Ntet kshire miners he %sat, tint • rof any tiaile sot it ty. lie therefore • Mi. Mtn. to,: Is nig aon inht r ~ f a trade elt,able to ,tree ou till: tout: more et./.11. .• I. the n mantion. : .•11.11C.1. -eruct delegates rkpriONSin4 t •..,t t lit t . WAS lit. n•pres.entatice miner en the . ,tel S. r.. 11, -.. r .•tti..n.• Were pr0pu,...1 with the helon• the conference. 11:o!iol:, I t 111, In tilt following resolution : rvielerin,.„ , ;non: ethcient the cone •$. $ no la t yi relay. three, mote to ti.t to C011•1-t of One I k pre. , • 11..1 t in of the three great brain:hes of in , $ the $ stton, iron. and ruining interest He •I: E$ wo:$:$1 meet the .list rgent views of the re-.elution. The three branches -•• to I• by tiic resolution ,• 1. , 011,00i1 o.en. ;col il‘ stiltor ensued, which 111 th.• .1.1.6 w. of Mr. Uoillielly's resolution by a ,• wi Iv accordingly.. t.. 1 a4ri ea to. \ I I thun elect, ,1 on the committee for the _ ant,-i. st. Mr. John Kant. fur the ironworkeni. awl . for I ln . cot too Oper.ttiVC9 ; ni.,king the cum to u.a. h tit, counnissiun of inquiry tun . N..10.1.tN , / 1.1. 1110V,t11}1.0. Mr. Huglirs.the ilrlrgato of nn. H, nhuuld L o .01d,.1 to thr tlepot.,tioo uppoilitr4l tint not. cryt.tiy. 'l t. d tLr rt solution, Which N agrt ett r ,+:1 thin aht.,,lhek..l that nut having up till •••I, It Ce IS .••I any r.ph fro. the Hooke Secret.try to ,5 t ',III to illlll to tccricr..ikl.ULltillll f ruw t . • . . ••• • • • • . • .• • 111• 11.1.1 I , l•ltti r tkl Mr. Walpole, n,"1% w‘•.s.ige th.da written reply hhould C..tot vritx th, .t.l,utirtwa for tern:shun:at. I , -EAv:ERS' 11.11:1: fi;i: MIRING THE PARIS in a parliamentary re- • • :pies of the from Lord llarris 31111 Mr. N) i, M.l'. teheirineei resla•ctively of the 1131111011. 4 • .1.. :OA ;tti4i Partin Eastern Railway Coin. ; • • . .dl otlif i 4, to the Chancellor .1 the Exchequer, , • • to the ee.noillathni 44 p e s s oigerif baggage during contiiiimine of th.• Paris , ellibition, and of the cedreir l• lice L. 4444111 t ill. Tn.:444411Y and the Commissioners of -•••• . 4411 rho ,ahlect. 'rho final decision of the govern• • io the following Treasury letter dated tb• nit., awl .ohliessed to Mr. Wll.3kill, M.P. ,411.,- ein directed by the Lords t'onimissioners of her • •.,.. , T14..14411424 (44 aryl:tint you, in reply to the mano r la, srntrd by the ili•putation that hurt in Downing fi f• •t. on the 2. 41, .lauliely last, in order to urge her Ma p go,ernioeust to dispense with the search of pessen• • . dining t h e Colltifilrilirr of the Paris Exhibi- • th a toy li.tve, at the inst,nce of the Chancel- le' ef the IT,iuq ucr, made fol flier and snore minute in miry tiv• Fr, oclt system of duties, both imperial and !tel, and ~,to the 1. gulations under which drawback is •we.l on goals exported Ito:,, France ; they hare also the 1%4,4 a 11141411 which yon based your general that the ilitlereoce of prices in the two coun t • - :• ~'.t sufficiently gr ee t t o le a d to the smuggling of •.. end spit ifs to an appreciable extent : and they ..:• : to state that they un a bl e to satisfy themselves that t' • .ipreliensions winch they expressed in their fanner I• • t , 14113.44.5e1l to Lord I arris and yourself are unfoundcul. • convitirta that the difference of taxation alone I.: •. en the two ...lint rit•non t how two articles would Leave s• • 0 a toarAin for profit on inip..rtation into Great Britain .•• mete (wily smuggling a otter of great temptation to Lt..cra pulou,. persons ; and a hil e anydoulds on Bus head re 1, no,they cannot reconcile it withtheirilutytodispense with in, caution which protect,. not only the revenue, but the I cu•st duty-paying tradesman. They can only renew the given by tli, to On the former occasion, that they fell Is. alweys reedy to aiford itssistaume to the railway 11114-41114,, if the latter are only disposed to co-operate them. in mitigating the inconvenience to which pas f•..g.l3 are subjecte.l.--1 an, fee , (Signed) "Crowd: Went) HUNT." TLe l' *ssioners of Customs were strongly against tL prayer of the memorial, and in their communications Treasury they enter very minutely into the diffi which stand in the way. They state that articles gold arid sibs, r plate are not unfrequently brought over Ly Vsssullgt.ll ; and that it is not true that the prices of spirits in England and France are nearly alike. They say also that tobacco is much cheaper in Paris than in Landon ; cigarettes are sold at four a penny, ant more expensive cigars are only about two. thirds of the Limilon price. Experience prover' that passengers do now bring dutiable articles' in their I,,gg v.:v.—tobacco, cigars (frequently in considerable eau,le•cologne, and other perfumed spirits being found by the officers. A privilege granted to French pa-, tiger traffic could not, the commissionets say, be with lald fists passengers coining front Germany, Belgium awl the sited States. , " NatwAhttanding all Mr. Within may say to the con trary," write the commissioners, " them is a great pro pensity amongst people generally, even amongst some of those who are recognised as ladies and gentlemen, to bring into this country custowable articles without paying the duty ; anal the feeling is very general that, as they have mice lohl for their goods, it is quite fair to use them at home without any fresh payment, an argument which, if it were worth anything, would extend to importations of tea. sugar, wine, &c., which any gentleman might import on his own account. The records of the department and the experience of examining officers fully support this ; but we are induced to oppose the mug valuta for dispensing with the examination of bs;:gage, not from a considenition of what bond travellers would be likely to do to defraud the revenue, but from what would certainly be doe by the systematic "muggier if the examinationof bag g..' e were alone away with ; unit we are influenced not only by a desire to protect the revenue from loss, but also by a feeling that it would not be just or fair to the honest trader, who imports his guods in a legitimate way, and pays his duties, to open a door by which a dishonest speculator might obtain his goods without payment of duty and therefore on inure advantageous terms than the fair dialer. lair own views ou this point have been confirmed by the ?Onions which have been obtained from some of the lead ing firms in the tobacco trade, both wholesale end retail, as well se ( non t h ee • d ea li ng in perfumery." The cone nu...toners then subjoin a summary of those opinions osnit tin: merely the names of the firms. There is no reason to suppose that the :average time required to pay the *- gag,. of passengers during the forthcoming Exhibition will be Hutch. if any, in excess of the time now oc cupied, if the railway conipanies do their part, by l'euviiling proper accommoda• ion, and a sufficient number of porters to sort and convey the additional number of Imexage., in like no ras we shall be prepared to pro- VI•le 4 larger staff (according as circumstances may require), of pick e d offiamrs, is. as to afford all practicable may for th e delivery of the lautituri.•• "The Cu.towdonwe Department has always," add the commissioners, '• shown the greatest willingness to make ..rrangements for the examination of passengers' baggage eua hoard the weasels in which passengers arrive when ade aia.de space and facilities are afforded ; it has been the practice to do so fur many year on board the steamers :anteing from the continent by the River Thames, a stecial set of officers being bounded at Gravesend for the pupo. e , and we should be equally ready to adopt similar att.angeatents on board the steamers crossing (ruin France t!. Darer Or Folkestone, but we apprehend that the hali!...l.p ace on those vexed., the roughness of the pas as=e• eel other impediments, would prevent the adoption ..a.b as course, as the presence of the passengers at the ex .a.in.ation would be indispensable. We think also that t' • atdde van or other space could be afforded in a r. deny train with means of access for the passengers they, to.** I ::' , f . t-C , flonel 11. C. C. Owen, C. 8., Staff •,l kAval Engineers fur the Western District, died :Ale ri,i. lourniog,iit his residence, at Plymouth. Theu.i4li mimit.,rial reflecting telescope at an r l. ° . „ in I . pper Holloway yesterday, the continu ,. •IP t., Of the profile of the moon on the sun s.'2o until was 'dainty distinguished. The moun t :..• .•., the dark in.irgin of the moon were beautifully • ze.f qs,n tue 111111i110W1 disc behind, the protube ,., the s.E. side of the moon being the moat pro .. id. the Le-Lititz mountains standing out in bold re to 10.11 the sun was totally hidden by kn. eloud. At 10.40, only eleven minutes pre ' • tLe termination of the eclipse, the profile of the se. n with a comparatively smooth outline, oti Isom the sun's disc. It WSJ seen also through ,•••• that a tremendous snowstorm was taking 1. • I. mid air, only an occasional flake reaching the ' , I. The dense masses of ,hiring snow passing before .A.,An•A ns di, of the sun seen in the large aperture of .• s. rated a most extraordinary spectacle. snow to tarsideti vision appeared only se clouds. LAW INTELLIGENCE._ (THIS DAY.) EQUITY COURT. (Before Vice•Cbancellor Sir H. Moline.) nr nc ECEN 0, GURNEY', AND CO.—EX PASTE n.tKEN AND YliK. The Attorney-General moved in this case that notwith standing the order of the court of the lstit of February, the effect of a hick was to retain the names of Mr. Oakes and Mr. l'i sk upon the list of contributories in the winding up of the company, their names should be removed, that the register of shareholders and list of contributo ries should be rectified accordingly, that the call made by' the official liquidator should not be en hires tl, :mil that all proceedings against these gentle men in respect of these shares should be stayed. Ile submitted that if, since his honour's decision, new facts had lien discovered, Mr. Oakes and Mr. Peek were not precluded by the former proceedings from bringing them forward as ground for the removal of their names front the list, so that every point that could be raised might be argued, mid the whole case brought before the appellate court at once. The ground upon which the pre. Kent application was made was that there was no legally constituted company, because there was no memorandum of tiasociation signed by seven subscribers and duly registered according to the provisions of the Act of Ista, and that therefore :di proceedings in the winding up in chambers or in court were invalid. The Vice Chancellor thought it rather late to discover that now. The point was so obvious that he could hardly understinil bow it was that it was not discovered before. Sir R. Palmer took the preliminary objection that the rout t could not entertain a question of this kind upon an application to remove a name from the list of contribu• fairies, though it would be a proper argument for dis charging the winding up order. The Vice-Chancellor said that while the winding up order existed be must assume that it was properly made, and he could not hear an application to take a name from the register on the ground that there was no company. The winding up order was wade ou the 11th of May, so that it had taken ten mouths to discover that the company was not duly constituted. The Ittorney.Ceneral observed that there was an appeal before the House of Lola from his honour's decision, and it was desirable that every point should be raised there. If the court refused to entertain the question now raised that would be a decision which would also be subject of appeal. The Vice.Chancellor—There is an order of the Lord Chancellor that there is a company to he wound-up, and you a,k nie in the face of that to say that there is no The Attorney-General said there might be a company though it was not duly incorporated under the act of 1 ati2. It might be that the only shareholders were the members of the old firm of Overend, Gurney, and Co., and tho , c who came in as directors when the limited company was formed. The Vice-Chancellor said he must assume that the company was duly constituted and therefore that every one who had taken shares and whose name was duly registered according to the act of parliament was a mem ber of the company. The Attorney• General contended that Mr. Oakes was not properly on the list of members. Sir R. Palmer remarked that that question had been decided, and the order of the court enrolled fur the pur pose of appeal, and therefore the motion upon which the decision was given could not be reopened on the ground that something had been omitted in the argument. The Attorney-General stated that the grounds of his application were that the memorandum and articles of as sociation had recently been found to be ►t variance, the articles empowering the directors to amalgamate with or purchase other businesses, and that the voluntary winding up under supervision must be treated as null. Mr. Swanston, on the same side, urged that the motions might not be disposed of on the preliminary objection, but that they might rather stand over, with liberty to move to discharge the winding-up order. Mr. Mellish and Mr. Roxburgh were with Sir R. Palmer for the official liquidators ; and Mr. Cole and Mr. C. L. Webb represented the creditors. The Vice-Chancellor—The order for winding up was made iu May, latiti. Mr. Oakes, considering that his name was not properly on the list of contributories, gave notice of motion before my leaned predecessor in November last to have his name taken off the list of contributories. That motion came before me, and was very fully argued during five days in Jaouery last, on which occasion I thought everything that could be urged on the part of Mr. Oakes was heard, and I decided that the name of that gentleman must remain on the list. My order has, I understand, been enrolled with a view to an appeal to the House of Lords. and therefore it is now an order of the Lord Chancellor. A new motion is now made by the Attorney-General that Mr. Oakes' name may be taken off the list on the ground of matters discovered since the last hearing. Two preliminary ob jections are taken—first, that while the winding up order stands no motion can be made on the footing that it is not a valid order; and secondly, that it in red judicatur. The Attorney-General proposes to support his motion on these grounds—first, that there was no memorandum of association subscribed by seven persons, and that with out that there can be no incorporate company ; secondly, that there is a variation between the prospectus and the memorandum of association, inasmuch as while the pro. spectus proposed only to purchase the business of Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co., the articles empowered the directors to purchase the business of any other bill brokers ; and thinlly, that there is no voluntary winding-up order under supervision, and no appointment of liquidator can bind Mr. Oakes. The first and third of these grounds go to the regularity and propriety of the winding up order, but while that order stands my opininion is that it is not competent to me to hear any motion for taking Mr Oakes off the list, on the ground that there was no valid company. The winding-up order is conclusive upon that subject, and until it is discharged I must consider that there was a valid company, that there was a valid order to wind up, that there was a proper me morandum of association, duly subscribed by seven persons, that there was a valid incorporated company, and that the winding up order under supervision is binding upon Mr. Okes. I WI, therefore, distinctly of opinion that I cannot hear a motion founded upon an objection to the evidence of the company and the validity of the winding up. With regard to the second point of the recent discovery of a variation between the prospectus and articles of associa tion, if I were to accede to the rehearing of the case on any such ground I should be encouraging a laxity of practice for which there would be no excuse. It is so obvious a point, the very one which arose in the Russian and in Ship's cases, that I cannot hear it add that it is a new discovery. The whole matter was fully present on the previous occasion, and was commented upon by the Attorney-General himself, and therefore it is not a new discovery, but a New argument upon that which I have already decided. On all these grounds I accede to the preliminary objections, and must therefore dismiss the motion with costs ; and I think the motion of snob vital importance that the creditors are entitled to their costs. I totally discountenance the application, which was wholly unjustifiable. The same order would be made in both cases. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) %woo v. WWI) AM) STANGER. This morning the petitioner's case was resumed. The evidence by which it was supported consisted chiefly of that of servants, who deposed to various acts of familiarity between the respondents. One of these witnesses, who at the last trial had spoken only of seeing them in an equi vocal position, now gave positive evidence of adultery. She accounted for this difference in her story by stating that on the last occasion she was too much ashamed to say all she had seen ; but having since been married, and having been told that her reticence had lost the use, she had resolved now to speak the whole truth. (The case WWI proceeding when our report left.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before . 111r...Conintiasioner. Holroyd.) .11N . RE N. C. HACKIE. This was the sitting for discharge. The bankrupt was described as a sherry shipper, of $7, Great Tower-street, and of Xeres-de-la-Froatera, in Spain. The indebtedw2ss is stated at 73,042/. ; assets and property held as security Mr. H. Griffiths supported the bankrupt. Mr. Reed, for the assignees, said that although the lia bilities were considerable, a large portion of the amount was .lue to bankrupt's relatives. The bankrupt,it appeared, was also bankrupt in Spain, and in accordance with the direction of the court, the assignees had communicated with Spain, in order to ascertain the position of the bankruptcy there. An answer had been received giving the desired information ; it was stated that the bankrupt's THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1867. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) HANDICAP PLATE. Half & mile. Queen of Trumps, Thit ifarle7junia, 7st 61h Her La.ly. ship, 74 21b ; Panacea, list 121 b ; Sylph, 64 816 ; King Charles, list 71h. All are here. VETERAN STAKES. Three miles. Lincoln, erley, Gemerre, Shakespeare, and Dermot Asthore are here. GRAND MILITARY GOLD CUP. Three miler. Pixie, Remedy, Forloni Hope, The Falcon, King Arthur, King Pippin, Tally Flu , Bird of Passage, Lincoln, and Tiger are here. LIVERPOOL SPRING CCP. One mile and a half. Honesty, Skirmish, Fortunatus, Duchess of Wellington. Honestish, Wellesley, Rejoinder, Clarice, Foresight, and King Charles are here. 1'i11) I ''oBrrrr. l Wsithuess, Musketeer, and The Russian Bee. MILITARY HINTERS' RACK. Three miles. The Falcon, Newcastle, Amy, The Cardinal, and The Banker are here. • STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP. Three miles. Dermot Asthere, Lightbmirt, Rennet, Shangarry, Re volver, Despatch, Silver Star, Doctor, Sea King, Sensa tion, Bodkin in, Duke, King Arthur, and Genievre are here. l'Arn Foßreir.—Flyfither, L.S.D., Albrighten, and Grace Darling. Annivan.—Wandering Blinstrel, Mn. Allan, and Edg baaton. THE ALLEGED HURLER IN BERMONDSEY.- ANOTHER MAN ARRESTED. INQUWT.-(THIS DAY.) • At half-past ten o'clock this forenoon Mr. \V. J. Payne resumed, at Guy's Hospital, an inquiry touching the death of Michael Wilton, aged 53 years, who was ,e supposed d to have been Maker k of leather. On last Monday week in the evening he went into the King Jelm's Head public house, Bennondacy.square, and he treated several persons to drink. A man named Crawley and a woman named Harriet Gilbert. a widow, who had partaken of the deceased's beer, left the house between 11 and 12 o'clock ; the deceased followed them, and all three were seen to go into a fish shop, when Wilton again stood treat. Gilbert represented to Bade, the fishmonger, that she was the deceased's wife, and she took :id. belonging to him. They left the shop together. Next morning the deceased was found lying in Long-walk, Bermondsey, not far from Crawley's door. He had serious injuries to the head, and he died therefrom the same day. His pocket was torn, and there was no money on his person. The injuries to the front of the deceased's head might have been at tributed to a fall which he had received in the public. house, but those at the side and back of his head ap peared to have been caused by kicks or blows. Crawley and the woman Gilbert have been arrested by the police ou suspicion of having robbed the deceased. Inspector Sillifant produced a plan of the Long-walk, Bermondsey, the street in which the deceased was found lying injured, and on it was marked the residence of the man Crawley, and the house in which the woman Gilbert had lived, The inspector said that the police had arrested another man on suspicion of being concerned in the mur der. His name was William Blaney, and he lived near the man Crawley. The arrest took place on Monday. He had been taken before the magistrate, who remanded him. Robert Beavis, 490 ?d, said that when he came up to the deceased on the morning in question he found bbn lying on the ground. Two policemen, named Langley and Burt, were standing near him. It was then a little before 4 o'clock in the morning. Neither of the police men had their staves in their hand. Witness did not see a policeman strike the deceased. There was a civilian standing near, he said that the man was drunk. The man Blaney, now in custody, was not that civilian. Police-constable Longley said that when he first saw the deceased on the ground no one was near him. Three policemen came up in half a minute. He looked like a drunken man. .Witness shook him. He raised him slightly off the ground. He did not let him fall on the ground and injure the back of his head. The police did not strike the deceased. Sergeant Hereon said that he bad arrested the man Blaney. He lived at No. 23, Abbey-street. He said, "I went into the King John's Head on Monday night about 11 o'clock, and had a pint of beer. There were two pints of beer on the counter. Wilton was there. I paid for my beer. I left at 11 o'clock. I went to the fish-shop, and had fish, which I paid for. I left Crawley, Gilbert, and the deceased there. It was 12 o'clock. I went to a baked potato-shop in the Grange-road, and took one pennyworth of potatoes home to my family. That is all I know of it." Witness went to the shop—to Grange-road—but they did not re member serving the prisoner. Police-constable Burt, 164 11, said that he thought the deceased was drunk when he saw him lying on the pave ment. He did not see the police strike him. Police-constable Hawkins said he was quite certain none of the police struck the deceased while he was present. Margaret Higgins, a widow, living at No. 3, Long-walk, Bermondsey-square, said that the amused man Crawley lodged in the first floor of her house. Crawley went out at 7 o'clock in the morning of the day of the alleged murder. Witness did not see him until the morning after. He then went to work as usual. He had not returned home at 12 o'clock on the night of the fatal occurrence. There were other young men living in the house. Their names were Sweeney, Callaghan, and Bar rett. There were two young Barrette. They came in at 7 o'clock on the night in question after they had had a row in the square. Witness saw Crawley in custody. He said, "I am innocent. 1 was so drunk that I did not know that I was in the King John's Head." There were three rooms in witness's house. One was a kitchen. A juror —Could Crawley and the woman Gilbert have taken the deceased into the kitchen of your house without your knowing it! _ . . . .. Witnese—l do not know. Ido not think they would do it. Elisabeth Pope, the wife of an engineer, living at 112, Long-walk, whose house was exactly opposite Crawley's, said at 10 minutes to 1 on the morning of Tuesday week she was waiting up for her husband, who had gone to the theatre. She fell salsep and was awoke by a loud knocking at a street door. She went to the window and looked out and said, "Is that you, father ?" She meant her husband. The man Crawley said, " No, ma'am, it's me." Crawley was quite alone at that time. The street was quite quiet, and Crawley, who was very tipsy, then went and closed his door. He 'tumbled from the effects of drink. At 20 minutes to 2 o'clock her husband re turned home. In a short time witness asked her husband if he heard a noise. She heard • " sort of a noise" at the top of the square, u if four or five men were quarrelling. Witness and her husband then heard four or five men run past their window. They were on witness's side of the street. She did not hear them call out. Their " footsteps soddenly ceased," as if they had turned off abort down some turning. Witness heard nothing more. In the morning, at 9 o'clock, witness beard that the deceased had been found on the pavement. A juror said that Crawley could get into his house without knocking. His street door was on the latch. The witness could not say whether any of the men had turned into any of the houses in her street. She heard no person groan. The potboy at the King John's Head said that he was present at the row in the tavern on the night that the de ceased was there. The sow was between two men, and the deceased did not interfere in it. He was drunk, and be left thel house. At 10 minutes to 1 o'clock the boy saw the deceased, two men, and Crawley standing outside the house. There was a woman with them. That woman was not Mrs. Gilbert. Mrs. Gilbert went away with two men some time previoualy. The boy would know the other woman again. The Coroner said that as the case went on the plot seemed to thicken, for other people were brought into the affair. the fishmonger, was rec.illed, and he Raid that the accused Blaney was with Crawley. Gilbert, and the de ceased in hia house on the night in question. It was then 10 odnutes to 1 o'clock. The Coroner ear tltat there was a strong case of suspi cion against the persons at present in custody, and he thought that it would be advisable to adjourn the inquiry, for the purpose of getting further evidence. Four men dept in Crawley's room, and it would be well to have them brought before the wort and let them state at what time the man Crawley had gone to bed on the night of the alleged murder. The Proceedings were accordingly adjourned. FALL or Snow.—(Tees DAY.) —As early as 2 o'clock this morninganow commenced falling, and has con tinued at intervals up to the time of our going to press. At 10 o'clock the wind was blowing in a northeasterly direction. and the large flaked of snow drifted thickly about as in the depth of a severe winter. The steamboat traffic was • touch impeded, the pilots being unable to see which course to steer. The thaw of the snow on its de scent has made the streets very muddy and unpleasant. SA MORS AND CRIM PS. —The chaplain to the Sailors' Home asserts that "nine•tenths of the misery suffered by sailors' wives and families might be wholly avoided if their wives could meet them at their ships, and take them straight home. These homes must necessarily be close to the docks and shipping offioex. The chief mischief arises within twenty-four hours of his first patting foot on shore." For my part, I don't see what is to prevent each seaman receiving part of his pay when the ship arrives in dock, as the act requires. Let a policeman attend to prevent crimp* and other thieves from entering the ship, and an omnibus or van come alongside and take our and ourselves to the railway station, or to any baggage within four or five miles, for Is. or so a head. We could then go straight home at once, the rest of the wages, with the papers, being forwarded to our homes through the post-office. How many sailors' wives and families would bless the shipowner who took this little trouble on their account ! Ah, but what would the crimp interest say ?—Argosy for March. liabilities, under his Spanish bankruptcy, amounted to roi,ooo/., and the assets wee' expected to prodisce about Ilk in the pound. The Spanish creditors bad no intention of taking any part in the proceedings here, nor would the English creditors be allowed to participate in the assets in Spain. It was further stated that the order of discharge by this court would not exonerate the bankrupt from his responsibilities under the Spanish law, nor vice versa. The assignees had taken the ease into consideration, and they consented to the bankrupt receiving his order of discharge. His failure appeared to be attributable to inexperience ; the debts proved under the bankruptcy amounted only to 3,500/. ; the assets had realised 2,210., and it was anticipated that the English creditors would ultimately be paid in full. His Honour, without calling upon Mr. Griffiths, said that as the requisite information had been obtained with regard to the Spanish bankruptcy, which it appeared ,lid not is.terfere with nor was in any way affected by the proceedings in this court, there did nut seem to be any TUMIOII for delaying the allowance of the order of dis charge which would accordingly be granted. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) GUILDHALL. REFUAING To PAY ULCERS FARE. Henry 11 . itnris, 20, Waterloo-road, was placed before Sir Robert W. Carden, charged with being drunk and re fusing to pay the excess railway fare from Farringdon street to Moorgate-street. Thomas Ad.un, odd that the prisoner arrived by the 12.37 train (midnight) at Aloorgateatreet, and gave up a ticket for Farringdou-street. He demanded 24. from the prisoner, being the amount of the excess faro. He said he had been to sleep, and should not pay it, and re fused to give his name or address. Witness threatened to send for the police, and Le said he:did not care for the police, and used foul language both to the collector and to witness. The prisoner said he was drunk, and had gone to sleep, and passed his station. He did not know he had any money, or be would have paid it. Since he had been locked up he had found 314.1. that had got into the lining of his waistcoat. Sir I:. W. Carden fined him 2s. 61. or three days' pri.onmeat. NIsCONIWCT AT A RAILWAY STATION, Alfred mut Welker Fitch, two brothers were charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance at the Broad-street railway station. John Pattison, a constable at the Broad-street station, said the two prisoners came into the booking-office the worse for liquor. They wanted two tickets fur Hackney. A cabman ha l refused to take them because they were drunk. The hooking-clerk refused to let them have tickets fur the same reason. Alfred then attempted to block up the window, and witness was obliged to pull them away. Alfred then tried to collar him and put his leg round wit ness's and they both fill, but %Itch underneath. He then took them to the station-house. The prisoners said they were very sorry, but they were drunk :it the time. Sir R. W. Carden fined them k. each for being drunk. IMHBERY 1 , 11011 A TILL. . . Daniel West, who was remanded a few days ago for stealing some silver in a glass out of • till in Harp-alley. was again placed at the bar and sentenced to three months' hard labour as a rogue and vagabond. BOW•STREET. 311,1:AK EN 11,ENTITY. Jahn Quinnell, employed at a news agent* in Tun bridge-wells, appeared to his recognisance., having been remanded on bail on the charge of stealing a breast pin, value 101. the property of Herman Behrman, a German. Mr. Stevens, front the solicitor's office of the South- Eastern Railway (on whose line the prisoner's father ix employed at Tunbridge-wells, attended. The prisoner's master, Mr. Henry Nye, of Tunbridge wells, news ngent, said he had known the prisoner for about 18 months, and had employed him to fold papers, commencing at about 90 minutes to 9 o'clock, a.m. He hail attended every day for the last three months. He was usually engaged till half-past 10 or 11, He could not have been absent on the day in question or any day during the period mentioned without witnesa's knowledge. The prisoner has a spinal affection which had is considerable effect on his movements, so that he found, for instance, a difficulty in stooping, and certainly could not run as represented by the prosecutor. Witness give him an excellent character, and said he had come from Ttinbridge•wells on purpose. To Mr. N'aughan —The day that the prisoner did come to town—on which day he was taken into custody—he had previously obtained leave of witness, who employed a substitute for that occasion. Mary Blaver, a married woman, residing at Rustall, near Tunbridge-v.1:11s, stated that on the morning in question the prisoner called upon her for the amount of a payment due to the Royal Liver Society, to which he was collector. She remembered the date, because on that day there was a strike of the builders, and the prisoner was talking to her about it. Mr. Vaughan felt it would be uselesa to proceed any further in this cane. Ho had no doubt that the last wit ness, who fixed the date by that of the strike, did actually see the prisoner on that morning near Tunbridge-wells,and it was impossible that he could have been in town the same morning. He gave the prosecutor full credit for sincerity in his conviction that he was the man ; but it was clearly a mistake, and be must be discharged. WANDSWORTH. WHOLESALE NUNDAY TRADING. James Warnal, the landlord of the Eagle heer-shop, Park-place, Clapham, appeared to answer an adjourned summons fur opening his house fur the sale of beer, ire., before the hour of 1 o'clock on Sunday morning the lith ultimo. The case was heard last week, when police constables Kempater and Saffill, of the W division proved watching the defendant's house from 8 o'clock in the morning until 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and counted 77 persons enter and leave his premises during that time, several had jugs and bottles, and others came out wiping their mouths. They also proved seeing the defendant standing in front of his house nearly all the time. On that hearing an excep tion was taken to the summons, when the magistrate de cided upon amending it, and granting an adjournment to allow the defendant an opportunity of meeting the case. Inspector Abrook then announced that another summons would be taken out for the following Sunday, and the magistrate said both cases could be heard together. On this occasion witnesses were called in the first case to prove that they saw no Sunday trading, and that the only persons who went in and out were the defendant's family and his eight lodgers. In the second case Police-constable Saffill proved that between 7.45 and 11.30 on Sunday morning, the 24th ult., he counted 72 persons, 6 of whom were females, enter and leave the defendant's premises. The constable said he knew many of the persons as living in the neighbourhood. The defence wiia the same as in the other case. It was stated that there were eleven lodgers in the house on that day. Mr. Ingham said if he had any doubt about the first ease he had none about the second case, for that he fined the defendant 54. and 2s. costs. Notice of appeal was given, when Mr. Ingham said in that mac he should adjourn the rust summons. The defendant was consulted with, and after a short time the notice of appeal was withdrawn and the line and costs were paid. THE LATE OCTAVIIIB OAKLEY.—We regret to notice the death of Octavius Oakley, one of the oldest members of the Old Society of Painters in Water Colours. Mr. Oakley was originally a portrait painter, and acquired considerable celebrity in that branch of art, hut he will be beat remembered as a delineator of rustic figures, Savoyard boys, die., and notably of gipsies, all of which he rendered with a striking fidelity to nature, and reproducing with great power their individual characteristics. EXTRAORDIN•BY LETTER Or A TILL ROBBER AT SOUTH SH lEI.I..—At the South Shields Police-court un Monday, W. Franks, grocer's assistant, Market-place, was charged with having stolen Bs., the property of Win. Lawson, grocer, King-street, South Shields. Some money had recently been missing, and on Thursday a few marked coins were placed in the till, and shortly after Mr. Lawson missed one of the shillings. He immediately' charged Franks with having taken it, and after mune denial. Franks produced the shilling and left the shop. On the following morning, a letter was received fromhim ad mitting his guilt, and on Saturday he was taken into cus tody. The following is a copy of the letter received, and, as will be seen, it is rather a curious document :—" 20, Market - place, South Shields, March 1, 1867. Respected Sir,—Tho' tossing in a sea of grief, I cannot allow the moment to pass without dropping you a line. I should not for one moment attempt to pal liate my tranegression, far otherwise—the more I view it, the more its magnitude increases, but probably you may conclude from what has transpired, that I, in whom you have reposed so much confidence, have Mat all regard for honour, truth, and integrity, an outcast in whose word no reliance can be placed. Judge not so harshly. My estimation of those essentials of character is at the present time higher than it ever was. Place to my credit ' truthful speaking.' Tho' I have sinned—sin not against me by the imagination that I have to any extent defrauded you. Rest your mind in peace on that matter. Necessity (which you may think somewhat strange on my part, tho' not if you knew all .7 little affairs) is the mother of invention, and that which is a law unto itself, prescribed the remedy I adopted to-day, ' abstraction.' 'Teas not the first occasion on which I have transgressed The Eighth. The amount each time being uniform, but see the P.S. I ask your forgive. ness. Blast not by Hue and Cry the prospects which are now vastly circumscribed of your late unworthy servant, W. F. P.S.-Bs. abstracted, 2s. I refunded, and Is. returned to day. I had resolved, when able, not one fraction should W. F. owe to W. L. Should you feel disposed to pay over to Joseph the remnant of my 41 days' wages, after deducting the above and 51d. for goods, it would be very acceptable. Sir,—l really do think it to be your duty to let the entire family know the purport of this note." The charge having been proved against the prisoner, he was sentenced to one month's hard labour. MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Oil eOzuoi. The English funds are flat, and have experienced a fresh fall of 1 per cent., owing to the somewhat serious character of the news from Ireland with reference to the Fenian disturbances. The monthly settlement in Consols is now in course of comple tion, and the arrangements show that the public or the banking interests have of late been steady investors. The supply of stock is ace. rdingly small, and the rate of " continuation" does not ex coed 2 per cent. per annum. British railway securities have given way in several vases, but Great Western stock is inquired for, at a slight recovery, upon the announcement that there is no truth in the rumour lately current that the company had resolved to pay the dividends on their preference capital in deferred warrants. Most of the specu lative foreign bonds are lower. The rate of discount for choice three monzlis' bills is unchanged, at 21 to 21 per cent. The sup ply of money is large, and the demand moderate. The charge for short advances on stock is 2 to 21 per cent. Consols are now quoted 94 to 2 for money, and 9q to 91 for the 10th of April. The foreign stock market shows depression. Turkish Bonds of 1865, Spanish Passive, the Committee's Certificates, and Chilian and Danu bian scrips have declined ; to f per cent., but Russian scrip has improved !. Turkish of 1865 are quoted 306 to I ; Greek, 16 to 1 ; Spanish Passive, 22 to ; ditto Certificates, 14} to t ; Italian of 1861, 53g to e ; Mexican, lit to ; Russian Scrip, 2M to / prem. ; Chilian Scrip, 2to 1 die. ; and Danubian Scrip, 2to V I die. United States 5-20 Bonds have declined f per cent., but Erie Railway shares have improved 4, and Illinois Central are steady. The present quo tations are as follows :—The 5-20 bonds, 74 to 1 ; Erie Railway shares, 351 to 364 ; and Illinois Central to t. Anglo-American and Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference shares are quiet, at 15i to and 21_, to 2, respectively. International Financial shares are quoted 2 7-16 to 5-16 dia. ; London Financial, 18 to 17 die. ; General Credit, 21 to 21 dis. ; Credit Foncier, 6 to 6 dis. ; National Discount, 7! to prem., ex div.; and Hudson's Bay, 151 to 161. It is understood that the agents of the Danubian loan have sent a circular to some of the defaulting subscribers, announcing that unless the amount due on allotment is paid at once legal proceedings will be taken to enforce it. No bullion was sent into or taken from the Bank yesterday. Since the date of the last return toloool. has been withdrawn, and 7,000/. sent in from abroad. The bidding, for 3,000,000 rs. in bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of England. The minimum price was fixed at Is. 11W. on Calcutta and Madras, and is. no. on Bombay. No ten ders of importance were received at these prices, which show, as regards Calcutta and Madras, an advance of 2 per cent., and as regards Bombay an advance of 3 per cent., compared with the terms officially fixed on the last occasion. Much satisfaction is expressed in City circles at the large majority-45—obtained on Tuesday night for the second reading of Mr. Leeman's Sale and Purchase of Shares Bill, the result of the di vision being regarded as • proof that, whatever modifications the present measure may undergo in conmatee, some legislative enactment will be passed this session to prevent a recurrence of the injury inflicted last year by unprincipled specu lators on banking establishments, and on credit generally. It requires little argument to prove that banks occupy an exceptional position amongst the joint-stock share property of the kingdom. The welfare of the banks is identical with that of the community generally, so closely are all our in terests mixed up with theirs, and thus it becomes a matter of broad and vital importance to pre vent the recurrence of recent events in perhaps an aggravated form. In spite of all that has been said relative to the alleged ad vantage of having a speculative market for this class of shares, it seems certain that Mr. Leeman's bill is popular amongst the majority of bona tide holders. It is difficult to see what reasonable ob jection can be taken to the proposal that sell e r s o f bank shares shall be required, at the time when entering into the transaction, to verify its bona fide character by stating the numbers attaching to their shares in the company's books. To call this an interference with free trade is little less than absurd. A general court of the proprietors of the Bank of England will be held on the 14th inst., " to consider of a dividend." Another general court will be held on the 9th of April for the election of a governor and deputy-governor for the year en suing ; and on the following day, the 10th, 24 di rectors will be elected. It is understood that the London and Colonial Company (Limited), an undertaking started in 1859, is to be wound up, and that liquidators have already been appoint ed . The capital is 31;0,000/., of which 209,0601. is paid up. The last dividend was 12} per cent. The report of the directors of the Van Diemen's Land Company, to be presented at the annual meeting on the 14th inst., recommends a dividend of 6s. per share. The following memorandum is from the second committee of debenture holders of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, which was appointed at the meeting held on the 4th inst.: The committee of debenture holders of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, which was appointed at the blic meeting held on the 4th inst.. have elected Mr. Bigot chairman. Acting on the lit of the resolutions pissed at that meeting, condemning Mr. Hodgeon's hill for raising money in pnority to debentures, and resolving that any such bill ought to be strenuously opposed, the committee took immediate steps to oppose it, and in °rinse quence the bill was thrown out yesterday on standing orders. Mr. Hodgson's application before Vice-Chan. cellor Stuart a: chamber', for leave to have the tolls in the receiver's hands applied to the payment of the expenses of the bill just thrown out, was also successfully opposed by the committee, the application being refused by the Vice-Chancellor. The rumour that the Great Western Railway Company had resolved to pay the dividends on their preference capital in deferred warrants is ex plicitly contradicted on authority. We understand that a contract has just been signed by Mr. Cyrus W. Field, acting on behalf of the New York, Newfoundland, and London Tele graph Company, with the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, for a submarine cable between Placentia, Newfoundland, and Sydney, Nova Scotia. The line will he laid in the early part of the summer. Mr. Field, having effected this very satisfactory arrangement in the interests of Atlantic telegraphy, will leave for New York in the Great Eastern on the 20th of March. The London and North Western Railway traffic return shows this week an increase td 3,8851. over last year; and the Midland an increase of 3,09&. IVIIINERI)AT EVEN] G. Consols, which closed yesterday at 91 to 1 .both fur money and to-morrow's settlement', opened this morning at 90/ to 91, and closed at 90i to ;. For the 10th April the last price was 90i to 91. The Three per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents, also declined 1 per cent., being last quoted 88a to 2, ex div. The offic ial busi ness report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Con sols, for money, 904, 1, 90/, i ; ditto, for account, 91, 90k, i ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 883, , ft 1, ex d 3 iv. ; New Three per Cents., Bs' 4 l , i ,i, ,ex div. ; Annuities, 1883, 194, 1, ex d iv.' ; ndia Five per Cent. Stock. 107„, I ; ditto Four per Cent., 92i, e:: div. • ditto Five per Cent., o enfaced" rupee paper, 1021, I. The India Five per Cent. stock continues in I demand for investment. Exchequer Bills were quoted 12e. to 17s. prem. Foreign stocks sympathised with the depression observable in most other securities. Danubian scrip was offered, and experienced an unfavourable reaction :of I per cent. Buenos Ayres Six per Cents. and Peruvian of 1865, declined 1 per cent.; Russian of 1862, ; Spanish Passive, Chili= scrip, and Turkish of 18661, ; and Italian of 1861, Russian scrip, and Greek, !. Portuguese and Turkish of 1862, however, improved. j. MIXES.-(T918 DAY.) thrs o'CLocs. The mining market is moderately active to-day, with a fair aitiollitt of general business. Some of the present quotations are asfollows:—Princeof Wales, 53e. to 555. ; Ea.4t Carn Brea, 3to f ; East Cara don, sto I : Wheal Seton, 1025 to 1071 ; Drake walls, 12s. to 15s. ; West Drakewalls, 7s. to 9s. ; West Caradon, 9i to 101; Great Retallack, 2i to 3 ; Great North Downs, .q to a ; Great Vor, 19 to ; North Crotty, 5.; to ; ; East Lovell, 10 to IL ; and Chiverton Moor, 8 to I. A general meeting of the Santa Barbara Gold Minin• Company (Limited), in liquidation, willbe held at Liverpool on the 15th inst., " when a statement of the accounts and a report of the state of the company for the past yearwill be laid before the meeting." RAILWAYS.-(THIS DAY.) Ow. ceoLocii. The railway market is flat, and the general course of pricex unfavourable. Metropolitan, London and North Western, Midland, and S..uth Eastern stocks are offered, and have declined to 1 per cent. Great Western, however, is 1 better. Metropolitan stock is now quoted 121 i to A, ex div.; Great Western, 411 to 421; London and North Western, 1181 to 1, ex div. • Midland, 118 to 1, ex div. and ii ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 126 to 4, ex div.; Caledonian ' 116 to 117; South Eastern, 671 to ; Great Eastern, 301 to 1 ; Great Northern, 117 to 118, ex div. ; ditto A, 1221 to 1231, ex div.; London,Chatham, and Dover, 171 to 18 ; and North British, 341 to 351. Grand Trunk of Canada Railway stock has de clined / per cent., the present price being 201 to 1. East Indian and Lombardo-Venetian are steady, at 1062 to 1074 and 16:: to respectively. [For to-day. share Lists see page 4.1 COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. (THIS DAY.) (ST LLD:RaIe AND LNTIRMATIONAL TZLNORt►D.) (►ROM OUR OWN CORRISPONDENT.I The market quiet. &lea probably about 7,000 bake. MINCING-LANE.-(THIS DAT.) SOkIA R.—The market continues firm with a fair demand at previous prices; the private sales include brown Jamaica, 31a. 6.1. to 32e. td. ; Mt. Kitt., 326.04 to Ma. lid. ; Ber bice awl Demerara, 31s. 61. to Us. 4:4L ; brown Bengal, ; unclayed ale. Gd. Refined is in mode rate request at the previous value. C.YVFIE has sold steadily at firm prices. Plantation Ceylon. fine ordinary to low middling, 745. lid. to 77e.; middling and good middling, 7th. to &la.; peabcrey, 87a. to 81‘.. —About 600 bags have been sold in public solo at easier rites ; Grenada, 695. to 70s. ; Trinidad, 000111/011 to fine. Cos. to 745. ; superior, 975. to 10 . 2*. Rru. —A small parcel of good fair Demerara sold at is. 71d. RICE. —No sales reported. SA i.rrenus. —No ad.., reported. Beices at previous prices. 1,500 bags of Penang pepper sold—common, 2 15-16 d. ; Acheen, 24d. ; tring, 31(1.; 300 bags Aleppe, 3!1.1. to ; 150 bates of cassia hoe% second pile, 16i. ; 350 barrels of Jamaica ginger, 60s. to 7041. ; 1,200 bags of Bengal at 275. ; and 3,700 bags of pimento at barely the previous value, at 2d. to 2A.1. FR ,, 71% —There is a fair demand for currants At 21s. for low to 345. for line. Raisins ale without change. Co rroo. --UP/ bales sold at easier pries*. Je rat. —The market continues quiet. INI Mg). —The quarterly public .ales of Guatemala con tinue to progress very stay, and common qualities show a alight advance. TALLOW MARKET.-(TATS DAY.) The market is steady. Town tallow is quoted 41*. 9d. ; Petersburg T. C. on the spot, 425. M. to Us. ; March, 425. to 435.; April to June, 425. 9d. to 435. ; October to December, 435. 9d. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. (THIS DAY.) The number of 'awls on offer to day is very small, the dens ad is also very limited, and it is with ditlier.lty that Monday's quotation. are realised for choicest descriptions. Several inferior qualities remain unsold. There Is a good supply of sheep, and there are very few buyers. Although we retain Monday's quotations they are only obtained in few instances. Calves are also rather lower. The amount of briduess transacted is very small indeed. Our foreign supply consists of 230 beasts, 2,760 sheep, 136 calves, and 100 pigs. Per stows of Slbs. ad. a & Per stone of Elba ad.s. d. Best ,cots, Derefda 6 0 3 4 Best Dos&111-0656 u 0 6 41 Best obort.horns •10 5 Bed Long-w 0015.... L. • 6 fi,COlll qual 'beads a• • 0 Do. do. Shorn.... 6 •• • Calve, 114 Beat Dna & 1112-brads B 0 6 Bea 4, at market, 490: sheep Do. do. u • • • lambs and Wou., S.GAI u d ve., 18.1; SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) - - Mr. Charles James Easton reports trade at the fol town.; prices, viz.: —Prime clover, from 100.. to 110 s. ; inferior ditto, 80s. to 925. 641. • prime wound cut clover, 90s. to ¶:n. . • inferior ditto, 5 0 s. to 70s. ; prime meadow hay, 75a. to 955. ; inferior ditto, 555. to 955.; straw, 445. WEATHER. REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) THUIt%DAT, MARCH T. I A N. 18. T. W. 1 . 1 1... ITireme. 1 W.l R. 1 to 12 E. D. ---- ----- .. Nairn 30.10 36 E. N. 2- 1 2 , N. E. b- • 2 Aberdeen 130.10 36 E.N.E. 4 8I It. b i:. l' .92 Leith 2B3e: 37' L 4 6 E. N. E. .i 1 I 4 Ardro.tan '29 96 38 E.N.E. 6 4 ! E.N.E. , - 3 Oreen,bstle *1.94 38 E. 84 : E.N.E. I - c , 3 Video: la.-I I- -, -. : - - - rape I leer '- .- .- 1 .. __., _ _,_ Liverpool Holyhead 29.743: E. N. E. 1 6 7 ! N.N.N. 1 .. 0.01 2. Pen r.uice. '29 64 3N.Y.. 5 N. 461 N.E. cb '- 3 Ibex! f.9.57 34 N. E: 3 3 N. E. ! I. - 068 4 Lorien4 .N.4514 E.S.E. 12 1 S i N.N.E. :0, :- 3 Roche t , ot 2 - 2 Mtn, il h 23.67 37 N. F. . i 2, 7 ' N.Y.. .3,6 .- . i Weymouth !11.0035 EN E. 1 4 3; 18 K. 1 1 ,, !- ' Portal :oath 23.6::: 34 E.N. K. 1 4 8 , N. E. I c 1 - S Lond:6 - Yann,uth 2O 69 34 E.N.E. 8 81 N.E. j a 091 6 Scarip.r.otgh 29.84 36 E 16 7 E. N. E. lEh 0.1! 6: Shich: , 23 93 :01 S.E. I 6 6' N.E. !oa - 7 13eliler RS:MARKS. The pr,ornre of tha anno.phere has decreased geiter..;:c. bout rather m..rr in the smith than In the north of the 1.. since )c , trnlay morning ; and is still in - catt , l, iu vcoU. •,.. the windy continsie north-easterly. moderate to frcala p••enlay they blew strongly in plaoes, and In I...inion, at shout :lame p in., there war a sh..n. Mliidl with hail, 101 l ..e.: snow. Hall is reported (non Ahenleen and svurborough cue haiku on the east and south coasts Temperature, have (TaLIMAI slightly. Bright aurora was s...rn at! Nairn hot nista. The era is rough on the east coast. The Bishop of London has named the Right Rev. Dr. Graves. the recently consecrated l'ishop of Limerick, to be the preacher at the special evening service :it. Paul's Cathedral. on Sunday, the 17th inst. The Bradford New Exchange is to be or: by a public luncheon at 2 o'clock on Wednesday next. Amongst the guests announced are Sir F. Crowley. M.P., Lord F. Cavendish. M.P..Mr. H. W. Wickham. M. Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., Mr. E. Baines. M.l'., mint- Colonel Croeland, M.P., the mayors of Manchester, Leeds, Halifax, &c. HERK JOAcHim.—Herr Joachim is diztiny;ai~hcl from other eminent violinists by the quantity, s well :is by the quality of his gifts. Ernst may have Mal th.,t strange romantic tire which is perhaps never found to the same extent in a perfectly balanced mind ; FN.:anti:li may have possessed a kind of madness and, we must sav the word, trickery, which at once infected and bewildered hi s audience; Sivori may possess the sweetness long drawn out, which wraps the soul in laetrile and .i. light; Wieniawski may haunt us like the red light of Mephis topheles in Plug, with his wild snAchea of cam-tennis and demon-like memo—but no one possesses so many qua lities combined, and combined in such harmony ani n ot balance, as Herr Joachim. His intonation strikes as it were the key-note of his genius. The great pianoforte makers tell us that there is but one true quality of tone for voices and all instruments--dependent on the cha racter of certain vibrations ; that all tone atitisth us, in proportion as it approaches certain ascertained forms of vibration, which may be made actually visible by wind strewn upon a vibratory surface—the sand arranging itulf in certain waves according to the sound vibrating. Dread• wood and Heard maintain that their fittest instruments approach the true tone ; they say that Jaichint, Tiatti, and some others, possess it. Whether the scientific theory be true or not, one thing is certain, that the great players have an intonation which, whilst it may escape descriptive analysis, plaoe• a deep chasm between mem and ordinary players.—Arguo for March.