The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-19 00:00:00

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Genera! .nder-111- Member Acting- Doclair vanoof ; cur, the' On Vile , s, rnira F mirth :am, the Deputy' and the 'etary to Council. grand , . hird in ' Las been Bank of e which and has nt, with 3ment of ernment - censur on the dispute elders it the die- Madras -Chief of a to con- has pro has been 3iness of my, died :ers have le name' ouncil ers :-. dvocate' ; Mr. C. enue. buthn.ott .arloo. been op. al Civil prcantile :r. Job 11 Charley !-63. , unt in 9 0 mates for Fever, in' lips, ikc'' :Honed bl are in the' mates for a inereso ,uard sell; Na p °l N' Majesty 6" leers elo' £35, 552 ' ; 292 ; thy" he Store the N/ 14 hips) , ~, Tile rs amen sou' of £2, 44 1, Sce. ; ' s and ¢l • the Cory e dea tbl ,r of the For ro ll Icrios cu minister deSee n' xa nliVg ° asolYell DIO.N.EY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocu. The Money Market remains in a quiet state, with a steady demand for commercial purposes, and the terms accepted by the Joint-stock establishments and private firms continue to range a fraction below the Bank of England minimum. The bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday comprised the withdrawal of £lB,OOO in gold. The Pera which leaves on the 20th inst. for the East, will convey £126,397 in specie, the greater portion of which is in silver. In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon there was no change of importance. Gold is now about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris, but 2-10tlis per cent. cheaper in Hamburg, than in London. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a steady demP.nd was experienced at former prices, and the sales reached 8,000 bales, 4,000 of which were for exportation and on speculation. The half-yearly meeting of the Oriental Inland Steam Company took place to-day. The report stated that the additional steamers in the service of the company were being satisfactorily employed on the Ganges and Indus Rivers, and that the mail service was easily performed. In due time the company would occupy their natural position as Oriental General Carriers, both by land and water. A large increase was anticipated in the general river traffic of India, and measures would be taken to open up the channels of internal trade in all directions. There has been very little business in the English Stock Market to-day, and the Funds have remained without the slightest alteration. Consols are 92a 93 for money and the account, but the quotations are very little better than nominal. Notwith standing the continued paucity of business, how ever, the market upon the whole exhibits a firm appearance. The New Threes and Reduced are 93 i 4f the 5 per Cent. Annuities 109; Exchequer March, 13s. to 16s. prem. ; and ditto, June, 15s. pram ; Bank Stock is 241 2421 ; India ditto 224 226; ditto 5 per Cent. 1064 ; ditto 4 per Cent. I Llfoeed Papet 89 ; ditto 5 per Cent. 1011; and ditto Debentures 991. Rather less animation has been apparent in the Foreign Market, and lower prices have been cur rent for several of the principal stocks. Turkish 6 Per Cents, are 841 4 ; ditto, 1858, 74/1 ; Chilian 1031 ; Equador 18-a' ; Mexican 341 35 ; Portuguese 47 i ; Russian 102 ; Spanish 534 ; ditto Passive 20 ; d itto Certificates 81; Venezuela 26 ; French 41 per Cents. 99f. ; and Italian 5 per Cents. 681. The Ottoman Loan is 651 66. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued moderately active, but prices have exhibited a downward tendency. Eastern Counties, Great Northerns, Great Westerns, and . South Westerns d eclined 55.; Caledonians, Lancashire and York S hire; North Westerns, and South Easterns, 10s.; and Midlands, £l. The' Foreign and Colonial undertakings have a lso shown less firmness. Austrian and Lombardo venetian have declined to 194 ; Great Luxembourg h ave improved to 101 a ; Grand Trunk of Canada have receded to 254; Great Indian Peninsula to 100 1; and East Indian remain steady at 102 and 1021, Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares sustain about previous rates. City Bank realise 96; London and County, 401; Oriental Bank, 541; Union of London, 31t 32; Crystal Palace Stock, 32 to 321. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Lank Stock a per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93i 4 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 934 t 5 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent B9 Ditto 5 per Cent. lol} _Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto , ditto Aug. 1864 or 66.99 t India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 106 i . - March. ' June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d 16 13 pm 15 pm Ditto £SOO Ditto Small l6 13 pm 1 15 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1852 Chilian 6 per Cent lo3f Ditto 41 per Cent - Bs± Xquador New Consolidated Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account . Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St lO2 Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 6l/ Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account _Ditto New Loan Ditto Acco Aat Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ..... ... Ditto Acco un t Te ne :me 1a , 3 per Cent .. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. French Relates, 41 per Cent,, Ex. 25f 99 f. Italian, 6 pe r C ent., 1861 6B/ TWO O'CLOCK. Console, Money Account "COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam Antwerp ........." 25 40 25 45 11.t'aEtprtaiistb:11(; ..g.h Brussels 25 40 25 45 _ 13 7t 1 3 8 .... ' ****** Short. 25 12f 2 5 1 71 Marseill es 3 Months. 25 40 25 45 F ran kf 25 40 25 45 'Viennaort on Main e —118 k 14 5 14 15 Trieste Fetersbur h . 32/ 32f, Berlin g Madrid 4 Cadiz Le h orn — 25 52} 25 57/ Milan 25 50 25 55 Genoa — 25 50 25 55 Naples Palermo — 120 120 k Messina -120 k 120 k _ Lisbon — 521 521 Oporto — 521 521 Rio Janeiro Now York Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 0 0 South American Doubloons 0 0 0 COMPENSATION FOR ACCIDENTS.—The bill to amend the law relating to the recovery of damages by work tam and servants, and of compensation by the families of workmen and servants killed by accidents, brought into the House of Commons by Mr. Ayrton and Lord Robert Mon tagu, has been printed. It provides that whenever any workman o r servan t s h a ll b e i n j ure d i n consequ ence of his not master, d. or any other person employed by his master, be wchgany act or pro v idi ng an ything which may requisite h cirproper, or doing any act or providing anything may okr b , or be improper, in or for carrying on w the undertakin g , b business in employedi n o r aboutby or anw ich such workman or servant shall shall master ac count of his master, !the n such workman be entitled to recover from hi s or servant i r damages for such n jury by an action at law; provided always, such injury shall not ha' - re been suffered in consequence of any wilful act or omission of a fellow work - man or fellow servant for which such fellow workman o r fellow servantis punish able as a criminal offence, and p rov id e d also, such action shall be commenced within twelve calendar months after such injury shall ha ve occurred. Further:— That whenever the . death of any workm an or servant shall be caused by a wrongful act, neglect, or default, whi c h, if death had not ensued, would have entitled such workman or servant to recover damages under this act, then and in every such case the person who would have been liable to an action for damages if death had not ensued shall be liable to an action for damages according to the provi eon of the said recited act. SLEEP WALKING.—A curious case of somnam bulism occurred lately at Stokesley. A poor woman named Alice Thubborn, commonly known as Elsy IVapps, who has been in the habit of working for a farmer named Wm. Smith, dreamed that her master had gone to call her up, and to tell her that her mistress had broken her leg, and that they had a cow calving. The poor woman was awoke I :s' a thorn in the hedge catching hold of her ca p , and herself out in the lane fully dressed, with her work 1401 s in her hand. and about a quarter of a mile from her cottage. Onreturning she found the door locked, but the ,key in th e d oor. Sh e h a d r i sen , dressed herself, un locked t he door, and then locked it after her, but not taken the key out, a nd walked out of the town before she a woke, which, out for the thorn, she might not have done until she had reached her destination,—York Herald. An Irishman being'asked why he wore his stock - t e e d juivaeor iansgse v, id o eou em t,. ” replied, " Because's there's a ho le on SHARE MART ET--('HIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Business Share I Railways. i Price. done. 1 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co ' Bristol and Exe:er • Caledonian Cork and Banton Cornwall 74 8 64 7 96 07 1061 1071 A gets no did Do A till6p c.p an.has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June.' IDun.,Perth,& Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock, Do Bdo do 1 DoNw A, late E U 3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee IGlasg. and S. Western.l IGreatNrthn.of Scotland !Great Northern. Do A stock Do 13 do Gt. S. an i W. of Ireland Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock 12 Trish South Eastern .. st Lancashire & Yorkshire st London and Blackwall st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st Lon., Chat., and Dover; st Lon. & North Western , st Lon. & South Western 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle.; 12i Do shares 10 Metropolitan st Midland 6.4.0 Do New Do Birming. ct Derby Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent _ Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, nos Norfolk North British N or. Dev. RailttDk. stock Do A stk ; A revs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß, Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick, Do G. N.E. purchase Do'Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. El. & Canal Portsmouth Rh 3 mney Scottish Central - Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do - Scot. Mid. stock Shrews: and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eiistern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. ,Stockton & Darlington Do I Do New, 1860 !Taff Vale.. Do Pref. No.-1 ThamestlavenDk&Raill jUlster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford ez Limerick West Cornwall West London Do I st class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford, 5 6 42 44 10} 11 20 204 564 674 54 57 36 38 92 94 301 31 101 103 118 119 118 119 134 136 104 106 71} 711 57 6 1071 108 GO 62 120 121 44 45 97 676. 101 102 6 11 44i 441 8 8} 133} 133! 11 Ilp 1 102 104 68 70 66 664 931 991 d p 55 5} 87/ 89i 99 101 5 _,5 cl 19i 11 94 90 126 128 45 47 101 103 46 48 37 39 841 85 68 70 99 101 5 81 381 314 8 4 9 4 5 # 6 4 P 144 148 55* 561 21 31 *dip 1128 131 7 7i 47 49 43 46 90 92 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. . ' Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co. /5 Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead., Buckingh 'IPA:IIre- Chester & Holynea6.. 10 0 Do. 53 55 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O E. Lincolnsh. gApr c. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 4} Do. Woodbridge.. 100 • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Dra " . 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Glos Ler & Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 109 111 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100'Ln.&N.W 199 204 203 2 Lon. and Chat. Ext B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Do. .. ... . • • • London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern . 62 64 Do. Preferen e Lon.,Tilb.& S. ' , herd 100 Peto &Co Bl 63 82/ Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do ti pier cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.OrMatlock all LNW& M 3/ 41 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarktßury gua. 5 per , cen , t.. x - . 1 5. 5. 6 • i E Counts. p} p Northn.&E as tn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all Do. Do. Fixed I p c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool PO IN. E. Ber .. .. North Western Preston and Wyre. i all , 11 , 1q . Z . 1 44 46 Do. i shares A. all Do. • • ••• . .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 133 135 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 122 124 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO (It. West. 92 94 Wimbledn t Croydon, all L.&Brgtn 8/ 9/ PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. Paid./ Closing Business Prices. Done. Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... ......• • • Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & flail Copiapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ...... Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. o. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ...... Norwegian Trunk Pref. 0 t'm n (Smyrna to Aidn), Paris, Lyons, & Medi ter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. et. Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish ....... Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust &Lomb Venetin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p ct West Flanders Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France West , rn of Austria western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand .. . 6 1 _pi 1 I 1 11 12 4i 4 i 1p 23 z 4 10 10} Bt. ti 20 21 89 40 8 10 84 74 41 44 54 66 3 n 1 12 15 81 8; I I; 9t 2ip 28; t9i 3 10 104 22 23 16 15; 16& Z loi f 6 i i 19; BRITISH. MINES. Alfred Consols (Philack) 3.9.3 20 British Iron Clifford nil 31 113 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist , 1 405 415 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 50 624 East Caradon 2.14.6 30 31 East Cam Brea L. VV'l Russel (Tavistk 7.7.0 23 3/ Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ` 161 14 16 Great South Tolgus l7s 4 44 G.Wheal Alfa. (Phil ack G. Wheal Vor (Helston' 40 64 7 Grenville 6.15.6 11 11 Herod's- Foot 8.12 36 38 Elingston Downs 4.14 2/ 2 Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant' 91 43 45 Mark e Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 24 id /pm North Downs 26 5 54 North Frances (Mogan 12.3 Basset (1110 4an, 2.0.0 3 34 Yorth Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) If 74 6 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 42 44 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 I South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 315 '25 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.11.6 2# 3 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all * 1 ?.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.10.0 1024 1074 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 44 14 2 10 Tin Croft 9 81 94 94 Vale of Towey (Carm ) 13s 6d West Basset (Mogan). 14 124 134 W. Caradon (Liskeard 5 39 41 West Seton ' Wheal Basset (Illogan' 54 974 1024 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 70 78 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 71 11 2 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 104 114 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 15 16 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 18 19 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim all 5 Brazil Land & 311n.C0 all 1/ 14 1 Clarendon Cons.MiaCo ; 40 I Cobre Copper all 32 24 C o piapo l6 6 8 1 ,DimMoun.Cop.Ming.Co, ail 1 1/ 3 East Del Rey (Limited)l 1 1 14 2 D'ortuna. 20 General all 22 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 pp p 14 1 If Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 14 p • Linares all 8 9 5 Lusitanian 2 4 d pr 1 Mariquita all I 1 IN.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 4 1 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... l ail 2 4 5 Port Philip I 1 1 14 1 I 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 14 l 4 pm 14 2 20 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 65 66 654 41 6 28.2.84 United Mexican. ail 84 94 1 Worthing (Limited) i all 1 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'Can.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-92 Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. -- 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 106 108 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 109 111 Do. 5 per cent lOO 984 994 99/ Do. Inscribed stock 100 97 99 -- Cape G.Hope, 8 p c,lBBO 100 110 112 Do. 1890 100 110 112 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 110 112 Ceylon, Nov.ll, 6 p N.B.Gov. op.e. 86 Ja.&July 100 1054 1064 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 106154 N. S.W. G ov. sp. c., 1866 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 974 984 98 7/ Do. d0.,1888 & upwde 100 964 974 97 New Zealand 6p. cent. ICO 106 108 :Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c I sterling, 1875 lOO ,1074 1084 S. Au5,G6p.c.1873.& up lOO I 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 104 106 - bo. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO !RA 1074 1074 'Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. 'Cornwall. 5 percent Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref E. Angn. Class A 5 p. c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do - No. 2 I Do. new 6 p. c. st 1 Eastern Union, 4p. c— 1 Do. 5 p. c. guar 1 Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares I Do. 4p. c. guar. S.& D I Furness, 5 per cent I Glas.t S.West. gu. 5 p.c 1 Great Northern, sp. c I D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm I Do. 4a p. c. do Do.sp.c.RedlC.atsp.c.pm I Gt. Nh. of :Scot. let pref. Gt. Sr. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 45 p. ct I Do. redeem. 4 p. ct I Do. irredeem. 4p. ct I Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. ] Do. Birm. pref. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she Do. Birm. guar. stock / Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do Do. do . Lan. & Carl. 44 pc.. prcia Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10dr e Do. 6 p. c. (East. Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.l Do. 5 per ceiaLdo. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. a 5 . Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 ' Do. 7 per eent pref. stk ' Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) ' Do.4p c. st(diy.detliP 65 Lon. Chat. &Dov. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent. at., late 3d shares Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anus. of 2s 6d Londondy. & Cole. 4 she tondony. & Ennis. a she Man. Sll. & Lin. 6 per ct. 1)0. £6 Do. 34 per cent...... Do. redeem. 6percent... Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 44 per cent. ... Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 45 p.c. irredeomable Do. 44 . per cent. .... . . Do.Leic. andllitlper ct Norflk. 5 p. g.. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 5a p. c. ref. at. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lB l 7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. Do. do. c 6 p. do. . Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. C. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Porch. North Staffordshire.... Rww::ht Stock. i n d e . _ y o G x u f ara n t e e d . . Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,g - ua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent ,South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4,', per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent ee . c. ga South Wales,,ingustppa.c..4 gua.p. C. Do. 41 per cent Do. do, 1859 dwp & s, D i a i r ti .A ey s : p 6 .i :o::. Do. B 6 p.c Do. Perpet.6 let . gua stk, Do. 2d do. pf 1866 DSD Yorkshire, poo:e. o r Do. till 18691 DOCKS. stook ;Commercial ..... ..-- .- , 1 100 I stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret..lllin. , 100 stock East and West Indi a , 100 1 23 125 125 1 It stock I.r w ondo - ...... I lop -57 .. 1 .9 stock ISt. Katharine.......... . 100 60 62 stock .Southampton lOO Stick Victoria llOO 99 101 20. DOI NOW ......r.ismites; 2 , 1 a „ r • 93 95 20 21 6 6i 99 101 109 111 109 111 126 128 81 83 112 114 90 92 'll9 121 113 115 106 103 109 111 98 100 98 100 89 91 90 .02 [O2 104 91 10i 17 18 10 11 77 79 20) tli 10 1(4 15 16 [35 137 102 104 112 114 112 114 135 140 112 114 150 155 126 129 74 76 95 97 131 131 [24 126 1 apm 69 71 I bra 136 138 103 105 94 96 111 113 109 111 11 lipm 100 102 97 09 4 dis par i dis par' 22 23 '132 136 10 11 241 25 101 103 101 103 86 84 i lip 28 25 32 34 31 33 42 45 128 130 123 126 103 105 124 128 120 125 13.14 25 10 st st 50 20 19.16.1 12.10 961 1061 i 118} i 118& 135 i 71} 74 60 1071 I i 971 ei 101} f 133 2 4332 i 871 10 12/ 84 & i it _ all all all all 100 IRE SUN, LONDOI, WEDNESDAY EV NI ?'TG, FEBRUARY 19, 1862. Share 100 stk 20i 20; 10 Business done 51 I 1001 102 n 21 1021 104 251 1 721 11 2 stock stock FOREIGN LA IV .I2V TELLIG.ENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Common Jury.) NEALE V. NEWMAN. This was a testamentary suit instituted by the plaintiff to prove the will of Robert Newman, a coalheaver, who died in Stepney on the 12th December last, which was die. puted by the brother of the deceased, who pleaded that the will was not duly executed, and that the testator was of unsound mind. From the evidence it appeared that the testator died of consumption at the age of 53, leaving property to the value of about £BO to his niece. The medical man and other wit nesses proved that the testator was in a sound•state of mind when the instrument was signed. • The brother of the deceased, however, said the will sought to be proved differed essentially from that he had read soon after his brother's death, The legacies were quite of a different nature. 101 1001 12 The Court were of opinion that the will sought to be proved was a genuine document. The Judge-Ordinary then pronounced in favour of the will, and commented in severe terms upon the audacity of the brother in coming into court to contest the will. He immersed him in the costs of the suit. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DEFRAUDING A LADY.—Margaret Dent, a respectably attired female, described as a laundress, but who refused her address, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with obtaining by false representations money from Lady Caroline Neeld, of 26, Upper Brook-street. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Lady Caroline Neeld, on being sworn, said, yesterday the prisoner was shown up to me by my servant, when she said she was a widow, with two children, and that she was sent to me by Mr. Hare, the clergyman of the district, for assist ance, at the same time stating that Mr. Hare had had a a letter from his wife stating that she was ill. I did not believe her statement, and then remembered that she had been to me last year, saying that Mr. Hare had just gone abroad, and that being his domestic servant, he had told her to call on me. lat that time gave her tI, and I have not seen her again till the second visit yesterday. At that time the prisoner gave an address I could not find. At her first visit she said her mother had been pew-opener at St. Mark's. Knowing that she was an impostor I gave her in charge, first having given her 2s. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, Lady Caroline Neeld said—_ I parted with the £2 believing then that she wa4 sent by Mr. Hare, and that she was, as she said, going into the hospital. I told her that if she went into the hospital, I would see after her children. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tnis DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at a few minutes after 12 o'clock. The Rev. Joseph Watson Hare, of St. Mark's, said—l never gave the prisoner any authority to go to Lady Caro line Neeld's, and never saw her before. I have heard that she has been to other parishioners, and Lady Manners. King, 76 D, said—l was sent to Lady Caroline Neeld's. I charged the prisoner with obtaining money by false pre tences, and she said she had only gone there to get a letter for the hospital, as her chest was bad. Lady Caroline Neeld—She never said a word about the hospital yesterday. King—She told me that she was a widow with two children, and since she has told me that the children are dead. . Mr. Tyrwhitt (to the prisoner)—l am afraid you have been some time carrying on this system. Prisoner—l never got the two sovereigns. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l shall remand you for a week. Mr. Hare said he should not be able to attend, as he was going abroad. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Then she will have to be discharged. I cannot help it. Lady Caroline Neeld—l think it a pity that such an im poster should escape, after I have done my duty in coming forward to protect the public. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. 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STEALING, AND UNLAWFITL POSSESSION.—George Clarke, who was attired in a very seedy suit of clothes, and who was described as a seaman, aged 25, no home, and a native of New York, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing a large and heavy overcoat, the pro perty of John Davis, a waggoner and labourer, in the em ploy of Messrs. Vickers and Co., the distillers. • The prosecutor was delivering a load of gin yesterday evening at the house of a publican in Shadwell, and his coat was thrown over one of the horses attached to the waggon. The prisoner watched an opportunity while the prosecutor was on his way from the ca r t t o th e public house with a can, which contained four gallons of gin, to remove the coat, and ran away with it. The prosecutor was compelled to deliver the can of gin before he could pur sue the itrisoner, who was, however, stopped by others with the coat in his possession. Davis valued it at £l. The prisoner said be picked up the coat, andthat he was in distress. Mr. Woolrych—You are an American ; sailors and sol diers are wanted in the States. You might have obtained a berth on board a Federal merchant ship if you had been so disposed ; but ycu prefer thieving, going about and stealing whatever you can lay your hands on. You are sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment and hard labour for the unlawful possession of the coat. STEALING AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION.—Matthew Jackson, aged 43, described as a wheelwright, of No. 5 Boundary-street, Shoreditch, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing an iron lathe wheel, value Li, from the premises of Mr. David Hart, in the White chapel-road. The prisoner was seen to enter upon the premises of the, prosecutor and steal the lathe wheel. He walked off with it, and was immediately afterwards stopped with the wheal in his possession. He offered no explanation or excuse for his conduct. It was stated that another lathe wheel of similar value was stolen from Mr. Hart's pre mises on Saturday last. The prisoner said a man asked him to carry the lathe wheel a short distance, and promised him 4d. for the job. Mr. Woolrych said there was no doubt the prisoner had concocted that very stale and flimsy defence when he was locked up last night, for he made no defence of the kind when given into custody. The prisoner most probably smelt blood on Saturday, and non-detection made him bold, and caused him to remove the second lathe wheel. He convicted the prisoner of being unlawfully possessed of the lathe wheel, and sentenced him to 21 days' imprisonment and bard labour. APOPLEXY MISTAKEN FOR DRUNKENNESS. Mr. Brent, the deputy coroner for West Middle sex, prosecuted an investigation at Paddington yes terday into the circumstances attending the death of Mrs. Susanna Bayford, aged 50, wife of William Bayford, a cabman, residing at 2, Stanley-street, Paddington. The husband said he last saw the deceased on Saturday morning. She was then rather unwell, being subject to fits. She had occa sion to pay a visit to relations in Holborn in the evening, and left him getting into an omnibt to return home the same evening. 'Stephen Thorough good, a conductor of an omnibus plying from Not ting-hill Gate to Whitechapel, deposed to having taken up the deceased at the corner of Fetter-lane, Holborn. On arriving at the Royal Oak the pas sengers complained that deceased was offensive from intoxication and vomiting. He found her lying along - the seat, to his mind evidently drunk, and at the request of his passengers he took her out of the omnibus and placed her on a door step in West bourne-grove, at the corner of Monmouth-road. ' Police-constable 366 A stated that he found deceased, apparently drunk and incapable, on the pavement in Westbourne-grove, a short distance above the Royal Oak. A man was trying to - get her up. He took her to the station-house with the assistance of another constable, she walking there staggeringly with their help. Sergeant Rouse, 15 D, deposed that at 9 o'clock on Saturday evening deceased was brought to the station and charged with being drunk and incapable. She exhibited the strongest symptoms of drunkenness, and was unable to give her name and address. He saw her put into one of the cells, and he himself placed a pillow under her head, and had a fire lit to warm the cell. He gave instructions to the constables that it was a drunken case, and she must be carefully looked to. She was visited throughout the night every half or three quarters of an hour. He saw her himself but three quarters of an hour before she was discovered dying. Medical assistance was obtained within 25 minutes but by that n, divisional a ti f m te e r s h h e o r h c s o a ndi e t x io p n ire b d e . cam i z ir k . n ß ow ro n w , police surgeon of liensal-green, made a post mor tem examination of the body. The condition of the brain showed that the deceased had been sub ject to fits. He could not detect any spirits. Death was wholly caused by apoplexy. If she had been conveyed to her home and received every attention her life could not have been saved. The symptoms spoken of by the several witnesses were just as much signs of apoplexy as drunkenness. It was a very difficult thing even for a medical man to distinguish intoxication from apoplexy. Bayford, the husband, assured the deputy coroner and jury that he had been credibly informed that she had drimk but a glass of stout during the whole of Saturday. The deputy coroner, in summing up, said it was a most unfortunate mistake of the police, but just such a mistake as was likely to happen in such a case. It was very difficult, indeed, as the medical gentleman had stated, to determine drunkenness from apoplexy and therefore he did not see that any blame could be attached to the police. After a protracted inquiry a verdict was recorded to the effect that the deceased was found insensible in the public road, and died in a certain police cell from a natural cause. gt jack," said a man to a lad just entering his teens, " your father is drowned." "Darn it, he's got my knife in his pocket I" said the young hopeful. Mrs. Partington wants to knew if the Pope sent any of his bulls to the cattle show? PRIVATE BUSINESS The following bills were read a second tie :—Bristol and South Wales Union Railway, Crystal Palace District Improvement, Drayton Junction Railway, Edinburgh and Glasgow and Caledcnian and Dumbartonshire Junction Railway Companies ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Glas gow, Dumbarton, and Helensburgh Railway Companies; Launceston and South Devon Railway, Maryport and Car lisle Railway, Middle Level Drainage and Navigation, &c., Saint Giles-in-the-Fields, Disused Burial Ground, Shef field and Chapel-en-le-Frith Roads, South Yorkshire Rail- way and River Dun Company (Transfer, &c.), and Wes. ton-super-Mare Pier. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. On the motion of Mr. WHITMORE, leave of absence was granted to Sir William Miles for a month on account of domestic affliction, and by Mr. CHILDERS to Mr. Monsel for a fortnight for the same came cause. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by several members against the revised code of education. Mr. M. MILNES presented a petition from Dublin and Armagh in favour of the Marriage of Affinity Bill, Mr. COX presented a petition from 3,000 married women in the metropolis to the same effect. Other petitions of a like import were presented by Sir S. C. LAN; from the parishes of St. Margaret and St, John, Westminster; by Mr. C OLLIER, froth Plymouth; and by Sir M. PETO, from Dorsetshire. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICES ABOLITION DESPERATE ESCAPE OF A PRISOYER F.R0211 A RAILWAY TRAIN. A rumour reached Edinburgh on Monday to the effect that Mr. Samuel Robinson, the late editor and proprietor of the Fifeshire Journal, who recently absconded under suspicion of having forged bills to a considerable amount, had thrown himself, early on Monday morning, from the railway carriage in which ho was being conveyed from London in the custody of the chief constable of Fifeshire. On inquiry, we find that the rumour was quite correct, and the circumstances, so far as we have been able to ascertain them, are as follow : —Mr. Robinson's presence in London having been traced by means of certain letters written by him to persons in Cupar, the London police were com municated with, and succeeded in apprehending him a day or two ago. On receiving information to this effect the chief constable proceeded to London, and brought him off by the express train leaving London at 9.15 on Sunday night. The superinten dent and his prisoner occupied one of the compart ments of a first-class carriage, and Robinson was secured to his companion in the usual way by a pair of manacles passing round both of their wrists. The carriage doors on both sides were locked. All went well during the first part of the journey, and on the arrival of the train at York, about 2.45 on Monday morning, the chief constable and his pri soner were supplied with tea from the refreshment room. The train arrived at Darlington about 4 a.m., and as soon as it slowed on approaching the station, the chief constable was heard shouting for the guard, who immediately went to him, found him greatly agitated, and heard from him that only a few minutes previously the prisoner suddenly slipped his hand from the manacles, leaped on the window; which happened to be down, and threw himself out heels-over-head. As the chief constable was a much stronger man than the prisoner, this could scarcely have happened unless he had been taken unawares, having possibly been dozing at the time, but on this point we have no information. There would appear_ however, to have been a struggle, for the chief constable's wrist was bleed ing profusely, and stains of blood were found both on the panes of the carriage door and on the floor. As soon as the train stopped-the chief constable got out, and went off to get the assistance of the Dar lington police to aid him in discovering and recap turing his prisoner. In the meantime a pilot engine was sent back about a mile along the line, and the Edinburgh train was detained for 15 or 20 minutes until it returned, but no trace of the fugitive was dis covered. It was at first believed that, from the speed at which the train was going at the time of the occur rence, Mr. Robinson could scarcely have escaped without sustaining severe, if not indeed fatal in juries. We learn, however, by a special telegram from Darlington, received at a late hour last night, that he is supposed to have escaped unhurt. He is not yet in custody, but he has since been seen, and the police are on his track.—Scotsman. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TVESDAY. For the Waterloo Cup there was little change. Mr. Bake, Lord Lurgan, and Mr. Gavin Steele were made rather better favourites, and there were many inquiries about Mr.o loudes dale, but less than 25 to 1 was refused. For the Lincoln Handicap, Zuleika has rather the call of Suburban. The same price was taken about each of them, and afterwards offered on the field. There are very few volumes ope4d on the City and Suburban, but they have made a favourite, 20 to 1 being taken and wanted against Phantom. Closing prices : GREAT WATERLOO CUP. 100 to 8 agst Mr. Gibson's nomination (offered) 100 to 6 agst Mr. Spinks's 100 to 5 agst Mr. Campbell's (offered) 100 to 6 agst Mr. Bake's (taken) 100 to 5 agst Lord Lurgan's (taken) 100 to 5 agst Mr. Cloudesdale's (offered) 100 to 4 agst Mr. Gavin Steele's (taken) THE DERBY. Bto lon the field (offered) 20 to 1 agst the Marquis (taken) 35 toj 1 agst Zetland (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Star of the West (taken) LINCOLN HANDICAP. 7to I agst Zuleika (taken and offered) 7 to 1 agst Suburban (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Ducat (taken) 10 to 1 agst Arcadia (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. Bto 1 agst The Marquis (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst Huntsman (offered) Bto 1 agst The Dane (offered) 14 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 14 to 1 agst Thomastown (taken) THE GREAT WATERLOO COURSING MEETING. DRAW POR THE WATERLOO CUP. The following are paired against each other :—Stanrnore agst Ada, Jingall egA Trafalgar, Referee agst Mayflower, Bribery agst Romping Girl, Blue Cap agst Skyscraper, Master Richard against Balmoral, Blue Hat agst White Lion, Haphazard agst Belligerent, Blanchette agst Falcon side, Baffler, agst Windermere, .Derrock agst Sir Harry, Roaring M e g agst Barrier, Wine Biscuit agst Buda Light, Whipcorlagst Kildonan, Forty-six agst Slip, Bell agst Ingomar, Rienzi agst Getsar, Canaradzo agst Sea Pink, Kingwater agst Dinah, Sixty-one agst Sapphire, Earl Russell against Golden Hue, Grorar agst Wild Duck, Birthright agst Look Out, Master Leotard agst Baron Law, Wi Reliance agst Bi r d o f P re y, B o ld Effort agst agstSsit Barrow , lkworm Confederate ags t Oth e ll o, an d Si r l d George Williams's Bowfell agst Lord Uffington's Picton. RACING PIXT FEBR' Lincoln JRES FOR 1862. LITARY. 25 Nottingham S 6 Derby Spring 11 Liverpool S 13 Doncaster AP Northampton Croxton Park 4 Epsom Spring Ponteland Coventry l7 Warwick Spring Shrewsbury S .. 27 Newmarket F S 5 Chester Spring York Spring Newmarket C 2l Catterick Bridge Abergavenuy 24 Think [AY. Epsom Summer 3 Chelmsford ll Manchester ll Ascot .. 17 Salisbury Bath Harpenden 3O Odiham Bibury Club Newton Stockbridge 3 Winchester Newmarket Worcester Liverpool Newcastle Hampton Carlisle ;UST. ( Wenlock l5 York Stockton 26 Egham Lichfield 26 I Ludlow .. 29 :MBER. Leicester ll Doncaster Richmond Monmouth 25 Manchester 26 Newmarket E 0 OCTOBER. 'LY. Abingdon Pontefract Hungerford Nottingham Southampton 22 Stamford.. 24 Marlborough 26 Goodwood An , Radcliffe O .• • Brighton ........ 6 Brighton Club ........ 7 Lewes 8 Wolverhampton Reading EEPTI Devon and Exeter 2 Derby ... . Great Yarmouth Plymouth Oxford 4 Warwick 9 Bedford Newmarket S 0........ 1 13 Newmarket II BILL. Mr. HADFIELD having moved the second reading of this bill, Mr. NE WDEGATE objected to the measure, as the taking away the reservation invested in corporations by the Test and Corporations Act would have the effect of converting such corporations into political clubs,and would operate most prejudicially as regarded the Church of England. It would have the effect of creating confusion among the institutions of the country, and therefore, without any desire to con trol or limit any man's freedom or rights he considered this measure would be the means of diverting cor porations from their legitimate administrative functions, and making them, as ho had said, mere political cluVs He therefore should oppose the measure as being unneces sary and uncalled for, and he hoped the hon. member would not proceed further with the measure. If he did, he would move that it be read a second time that day six months. Mr. SOTHERON ESTCOURT also opposed the mea sure, and hoped that the Government would take the mat ter into their own hands. Sir GEORGE GREY said he did not consider that the measure was of such importance as to induce the Government to take it up, and that it might be with greater propriety left in the hands of private members. He did not think that the measure would have the injurious effect ap prehended, and he should be ready, as on former occasions, to support the second reading of the bill. Sir MORETON PETO also supported the measure, and expressed his belief that instead of operating prejudicially to the Established Church, it would have the very opposite tendency, as it would do away withit declaration which had long been a source of heart burning, and had induced dis affection to that church. Mr. WALPOLE said he could see no practical evil which the passing of the measure would inflict, and he shou d support the second reading of it. The house then divided, when there appeared—. For the second reading Against it 54 Majority for the second reading —9 The bill was then ordered to be committed on Friday next. MARRIAGES OF AFFINITY BILL. Mr. M. MI LNES moved the second reading of this bill. Colonel LYGON said on former occasions bills to a similar effect had been submitted to the house, but they had always been put down for discussion at a later period of the session. At the present time there were many members connected with Irish and Scotch constituencies who had not yet arrived in London, and as the question involved in the measure created great interest in those two countries, he thought it unfair to bring it on for discussion till they were present, and had an opportunity of fully considering and discussing it. So fat' as regarded the principle of the measure, he considered that it would lead to endless litigation and confusion. If they took away the prohibition which prevented a man from marrying his wife's sister, he could not see that they could with justice maintain the prohibition which prevented a man from marrying his wife's niece. If they once broke ground, and swept away one, they must go on until they swept away all prohibitions at present on the statute book. If it was argued that there was not in the Old or New Testaments anything which prevented a man from marrying his wife's sister, then they must hold, upon the same ground, that there was nothing in either of them which prohibited the other prohibitions as regarded affinity, and must com e to the conclusion that the prohibition against a man marrying his wife's niece or his daughter-in-law was n o unbinding as the one preventing him from marrying his wife's sister. It has been said that the Bishops of London and Durham had signified their approval of the removal of the prohibition as regarded marriage with a deceased wife's sister ; but though at one time he believed those right reverend prelates . hfid expressed themselves somewhat in that manner, they had since changed their opinion, and were opposed to the removal of the prohibition. He contended that the Act of 1835 did not bear the con struction put upon it in respect of these marriages; and whatever might be stated in respect of them, he was certain that very few of such marriages existed among the poorer classes. (Hear, hear.) He had the statement on this sub ject of an hon. gentleman who was once an ornament of that house, Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood, who said that he had made inquiries in the parishes of St. Mar garet and St. John, and he had found but very few. Mr. MONCKTON MlLNES—Seventy-four, Colonel LYGON—If there were 74, they ought to have more satisfactory evidence on the point than the statements of an anonymous society. Sir William Page Wood had only found two such cases, and two others had he believed been sent him since. As regarded the petitions which had been presented in favour of the measure, it was easy to multiply these when two guineas were freely allowed for every four hundred signatures obtained; but petitions so got up were no criterion as to the feeling of the public on the subject, and were unworthy of any attention. He trusted, therefore, that a further examination of the mea sure that house would refuse to sanction, and prevent at once all further discussion on the subject. (Hear, hear.) Mr. COLLIER considered that the burden of proof lay on those who opposed this measure. As to a man being disqualified from marrying any particular woman the ten der of proof lay upon those who forbid the banns, and not upon the parties who wished the marriage consummated. Those marriages were sanctioned in every country in Europe except their own, and putting aside what was called the moral instinct of parties, he would ask, was there any prohibition in the Scriptures against them. There was none in the New Testament, but then they were thrown back upon a chapter in Leviticus, and to one verse in that chapter. But that one verse did not bear out the argument of the opponents of this measure, for it simply stated that a man should not marry his wife's sister during his wife's lifetime, but it did not say that he should be prevented from doing so after his wife's death. (Hear, hear.) And besides, they had it in evidence taken on this subject, and given by one of the chief Rabbis in London, that the Jews were in the habit of constantly con tracting such marriages. rLEFT SPEAKING.] TIIIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 19.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly; light breeze, and dull weather, with occasional showers. FALMOUTH, Feb. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Betty, from Rangoon. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 18.—Arrived—Europa, steamer, from Boston, and proceeded for Liverpool. HOLYHEAD, Feb. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Witch of the Wave, from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres. OFF HURST CASTLE, Feb. 18.—Arrived—Cryton, screw steamer, from Alexandria. PETERHEAD, Feb. 16.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—lntrepid, Resolution, Elenora, Xanthus, and Victory, for Green land. ----- SHIELDS, Feb. 18.—Wind &E.—Sailed—New Era, for New York. ANTWERP, Feb. 18.—The Falcon, screw steamer, from Hull to this port, is off Ostend, with her machinery broken down ; a tug has gone in search of her. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Dream, from Newport. Sailed—Euroclydon and Marquis of Bute, for Sunder land; West Lothian, for Seaham. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Friends, from Dunkirk. Sailed—lberia, steamer, for Oporto ; Sir E, Banks, steamer, for Calais ; Belgium, steamer, for Ostend ; Albion, steamer, for Boulogno. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Accrington, from Calcutta, for London (in tow); Noonday, from San Francisco, for London; Tornea, from London, for Bahia. Sailed—Kent, for Jamaica; Esmok, for Calcutta; with all outward bound. If a man who makes a deposition is a depositor, does it necessarily follow that the man who makes an allega tion is an alligator ? There is but one man who can believe himself free from envy, and it is he who has never examined his own heart.—lrelvetious. . - - ..... CON FOR EXETER HALL.—Why are American Treasury notes like the Jews ? Because one has to pay a great deal to effect their conversion. RAILWAYS 1321 4 2 NOVEMBER. Worcester 4 Liverpool ... l2 I Hereford IRISH RACING FIXTURES FOR. 1862. MARCH. Howth and Baldoyle 5pring........ 18 APRIL. 22 Athlone . Kildare Hunt 8 Curragh April 7 --- - Tullamore lB I Tullamore MAY. Cork 1 Galway Hunt 2O Nenagh .............. 7 Tipperary I Howth and Baldoyle.... 14 I Juss. Westmeath .. 3 I Curragh Jun© JU • LY. • Bellewatown AUGUST. 7 r Roscommon .... 21 Heath 1 3 r Ualway .............. Wicklow SEPTEDIBER. 3 Tramore .............. 16 C Curra g h arlow Londonderry ...•••••. OCTOBER. 15 Limerick... ........... i Ardee ........... , .... 99 Curragh .............. 22 I Down Royal Corporation 31 NOVEMBER. Armagh .............. 6 TEE TRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of , gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25f 150 per £1 sterling. On co mparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 re. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 426} per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 sterling, Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 113 to 114 per cent., and the premium on gold is about 3i per cent. At these rates the importation of gad trora the United States would leave a trifling THE NAVY. iA letter from Malta, of the 14th February, an nounces the arrival at that island, on the 9th inst., of her Majesty's steam yacht Osborne, Master- Commander G. Bower, from Portsmouth and Gib raltar, and her departure on the following day for Corfu, whence she was to leave for Trieste, to em bark his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who was to proceed in her on a tour in the Levant. Her Majesty's steam corvette Icarus, 11, arrived at Malta on the 13th from England, and the despatch boat Banshee the same evening from Alexandria. The Icarus was to proceed to Candia. The order for changing the name of the iron cased ship Triumph, 50, to Prince Consort, was re ceived at Pembroke on Saturday. It is presumed she was selected to boar the name of the late illus trious Prince, as being the furthest advanced of her class of any ship now building. An effort will be made to launch her in June. She will be armour plated from stem to stern. About 320 shipwrights are employed upon her. The wale and bottom planking are all fastened and about one 'half caulked —her engines, of 1,000 hone-power (by Maudslay and Co.), are nearly completed. The magazines, store-rooms, &c., and other works in the hold are in a very forward state ; iron beams are in place for the reception of the lower deck, and the main deck is now in progress of being laid. The smiths are employed preparing the iron beams for the upper decks, the whole of which are to be of iron and co vered with thin iron plates underneath the wood deck ; some of the smiths on this work are employed until eight p.m. Fourteen of the plates arrived by rail on the Isth instant. The building for the reception of the machinery for bending, planing and drilling holes in the plates is in course of construction, with a view of being completed by the time the ship is laun c h e d. A very suitable site has been selected, close to the side of the dock, so that the least possible amount of labour will be involved in passing the plates from the workshop to the ship. The experimental firing from the wooden model of Capt. Cowper Phipps Cole's gun shield, built on the deck of the Hazard sailing sloop, commenced at Portsmouth yesterday, under the supervision of Capt. R. S. Hewlett, C. 8., commanding H.M.S. Excellent, Capt. Coles being also present. The day's firing was from one of the two guns with which the shield is fitted, and so far has been at tended with the most satisfactory results; the con cussion in the shield from the gun's discharge being very slight, and the smoke being drawn from the tower and shield almost instantaneously with the gun's discharge. The firing may probably extend. over some days, to enable Capt. Hewlett and the inventor thoroughly to test the working of two 100-pounder Armstrong's within the base of a cone the diameter of which is but 15ft (a base, however, which yesterday's firing apparently proves to be of quite sufficient diameter), and to discover any pos sible minor defects in the equipment of the heaviest calibred firing full charges with shot under such novel conditions as their working under cover of the shield involves. The experiments will be re sumed probably to-day by firing the two guns simultaneously. Yesterday's firing Placed the sue cess of the double-gun cupola, or shield, beyond doubt, and the greater portion of the future experi. mental firing will be, as we have already stated, a mere matter of practice, to render the whole as per fect as possible, and to enable the plans for the new shield-ship to be completed at once, which of course could not have been done while any doubt remained as to the space required for the towers and their shields. The Java, target ship, has been brought down to Portsmouth harbour from the Porchester lake, and. berthed alongside Portsmouth dockyard, where she is having other sample armour plates (from the Lancefield and Parkhead forges) affixed to her sides for testing purposes. The operation of fixing the 12-inch and B.inch teak planking to the sides of the armour-plated screw frigate Royal Oak, M guns, under construc tion at Chatham dockyard, is now completed, and preparations have been commenced for fitting the massive slabs of iron, which will encase the vessel from stem to stern, as soon as these have been re ceived from the contractors, by whom they are at present being prepared. The vacant space on the eastern side of the slip on which the Royal Oak is building is now being converted into a large work shop, which will be covered in with a glass and. iron roof, for the reception of the whole of the powerful machinery to be used in drilling, planing-, shaping, and otherwisepreparing the armour-plates and fixing them to the vessel's side. It was at first decided to bend all the plates cold, and a hydraulic machine sufficiently powerful to perform that opera tion, has been received from the firm of Messrs. Baillie, 'Westwood, and Campbell, but, as one ma chine will not be able to prepare the slabs of iron with the celerity required, a portion will be formed into shape hot, the necessary furnaces and ma chinery being built adjoining the shed under which the Royal Oak now lies. The defects in the De fence, Resistance, and some others of the iron ships in having only their broadsides plated with iron will be remedied . in the Royal Oak, every portion of which will be encased in iron, the plates in the parts most exposed to shot being 41 inches in thick ness. The following appointments and promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty : —Capt. C. F. Schomberg to the Edinburgh, vice Capt. D'Eyn court, whose period of service has expired ; Capt. T. P. Thompson to the Cumberland, in the room of Capt. Schomberg; Capt. J. B. Marsh to the Imaum, vice Capt. Mellersh ; Commander R. B. Creyke to be Capt. on the reserved list ; Lieut. E. M. Dayrell and Lieut. Walter Stewart to the Imperieuse, for disposal; Henry J. Swainson, master, from the Wellesley to the Indus, for the Rattlesnake ; Thos. Gage, second master, additional, to th e Indus, f or act i nghe Wood, chief engin eer t o the Cumberland, to the Indus, for the Rattl esna k e; George Elliott, acting second-class assist.-engineer, L ee; to the Indus, for the Magicienne ; and J. Phillips, second-class assist., confirmed in the Clio. MIS DAY'S MAREETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh arrivals of English wheat to this morning's market were very moderato. Dry parcels were scarce, and consequen tly ruled firm in price; otherwise the trade was in a sluggish state , at Monda y' s currenc y . With foreign we were f airl y su pp lied, and sa les generally progress ed slowly, yet pric es were g enerall y maintained. Fl oa ti ng cargoes of grain rates. All kinds of barley w ere a dul l inquiry , an d secondary qualities wgueionr value.teaitnl io i:n were with difficulty su pported. Malt request, a t l a t e alt were ratherwwasdull,androodthpein q Oats moved off slowly, yet no change took place in their value compared with Monday. Beans and peas were in fair supply and heavy request at about previous currencies. Flour changed hands • to a limited extent on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. ___ Wheat. Barley. - 1,1i1;: Oats. Flour. • 230 ' Ito 1,090 1,870 ' 1,080 sack.. Irish.. ........ I 620 300 2,410 380 1,900 brls. BOROUGH HOP. An increased amount of business has been transacted in most kinds of hops, and prices have been well supported. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is moderate, and the trade rules heavy at the annexed rates : Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d; veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per 81bs. WoLVEs IN J WALLACIIIA.—BUCHAREST, lAN. 29. —The weather firth been extremely severe of late, and the wolves have in consequence been more than usually daring in their attacks. A few days since Madame Carisoglus, one of our handsomest townswomen, an d belongin g to a leading family, was returning to town in her sledge, when the horses, becoming f r ightened, overthrew the vehicle, and the unfortunate lad y was cast on the ground, and soon devoured by the wolves. Another occurredfeoar s t e unat pedlarewas just on athtteacoktehderbsy a idepoafetk of the bridge. ferocious 4n un animals, but before he was killed two mounted gen d armes arrived, and fired on them they were fright ene d away for the moment, b u t, notwithstanding the appeals of the poor man, the gen darmes left him wounded on the road, and shortly after the wolves returneda nd finished his suffer ings. Ten, or twelve other fatal cases have been reported* 1 2a 6d' 12i 12i 1b: 6. 100 100 100 all all all all all all all 2i all all 100 100 100 al I all all all 100 all 100 'all all al all 1 5 1 2) I i II