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Seward 'o It more than id equipped e weeks' re• r Erie, wb° ing (the 7th sly urge the s the extent the British ith the ques• ed States t° ►Li American )f Canadian ?.ased 20 per xnadian pr o• anada tal e° IT, and 1 0.5 ion against irther action med the col apportioned IL. we have 1 13 ; the 27th ()'' of January' deices frail ye. , .... :ws from the ;,-- ecember all anuary. d eight doP down of the he mails f° 1 files to the the Privl dneere grie f 7, the Rol o ,l stained, an nithy, teen and ° mournia' ;itizens ec e ! , and unso r I an addl .° ss was sus• Lepisla ti l !d in acco rd' pl ac e on tu o ho noon, in t, G o vern ° ' ,t 11 o'cic' cl i ant - Gener a , i mandev w id Mem ber PP, Acting= 001 Dool al SavanO r oorkur, tb° Y. Third t .ere, Fou r e istra ;y putt,Do d; And t' ;eCretarY . tC I P he Conv e y sore, gra°. d third 113 , has b eeli ,he Ban ke f h note 0, and I ', ment, wit h rernlnellt otf ioverar tie° r , 'ely cell o gal on t to the disP ll , 'h o lders 'Y„ the cl iS ; the Mad rii i in-Chie f° , utta to Oil ab has P r c ; od has b ee d business ed A.rmy, Ifficers 15 'able 11°330 S Council tubers s ~ Advoo 3 ` ef ry ; blr. ,evenue' 4 krbutbtl° Charloo, Ls bees a r '0 ngal C l . lo Mercal ltl b° , Mr. J o o [r. Clare 362-6 3 . . 0 BO mount tor stinint os iowever, ships, tnctionecl; liture 111 for stirnate s o an lncr or t-gnarlr loyal''' . er m a jestli , rtificerS ne, r 5 ' eiv , .8,292; r e ' y the S to vy the sblP s , ) ,' he re r 32. a seam en ft 41 140 1 • 01 4 ' of ;‘, &c. V°, a fi' ons yt . 'or the c° d e ath Flu o f tile they vy form Lie d ; l'iotti°:gter a d egell : t e an i liti IxiSOIV - ell II 7TY NEWS. 1 SHARE • 310.NEY 111,1 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 2-10ths per cent. cheaper in Hamburg, than in London. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a steady demand 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 92i 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 9 31 I; the 5 per Cant. Annuities 109; Exchequer Mills, March, 13s. to 16s. prem. ; and ditto, June, 15 s. prem ; Bank Stock is 241 2421 ; India ditto 224 226; ditto 5 per Cent. 1064 y ; ditto 4 per Cent. Enfaced Paper 89; ditto 5 per Cent. 1011; and ditto Debentures 994. 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 84:1 4 ; ditto, 1858, 7441, ; Chilian 103 . 1 ; Equador 18,1.; Mexican 341 35 ; Portuguese 47 i ; Russian 102 ; Spanish 532; ditto Passive 20; ditto Certificates 81 ; Venezuela 26 ; French 41 per Cents. 99f. ; and Italian 5 per Cents. 68k. 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 declined 55.; Caledonians, Lancashire and York shire, North Westerns, and South Easterns, 10s.; and Midlands, £l. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have also shown less firmness. Austrian and Lombardo- Venetian have declined to 197,- ; Great Luxembourg have improved to 103 7 1; Grand Trunk of Canada have receded to 251; Great Indian Peninsula to 1001 ; and East Indian remain steady at 102 and 1021, Joint S',ock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares suEtaia about previous rates. City Bank realise 96; London. and County, 401; Oriental Bank, 541 ; Union of London, 311 32; Crystal Palace Stock, 32 to 321. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. -Bank Stock a per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93/ 5 93 25 3 per Cent. Co nso l s A nnu i t i es New 3 per Cent. Annuities 935 :1 5 per C ent. Annuities lO9 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent B9 Ditto 5 per Cent. lOll 2 Ditto 51 per Cent lO7l Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ce n t., O c t., 1863 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 991 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO ~ ... ... . .... Consols f or A ccount, March 6.. .. . 93 India Stock f or Account, 5 per bent ...... Juno.m 1065 E xchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.., March. 16 13 p 1.5 pm Ditto Small ... Ditt o £5OO ...... 16 13 pm 1 5 pm ............... 16 13 pm ! 15 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1852 Chilian 6 per Cent 914 Ditto 44 per C en t , 1031 . B5l Equador New Consolidated •.. Greek 81 Imperial Moorish Scrip Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. — Ditto Account . Russi an 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St lO2 11 Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 61 1 Sardinian. 5 per Cent. .. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Ne w L oan Ditto A.cco int Di tto £lOO B on d s • 75 4/ i 6 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. , i) itto Account 7 ertenuela, 3 per C en t .. Ditto Account Italian, D:vidends on th e a b ove paya bl e in London. e lle , . Rentes, nt., 41 er Cent., Ex. 25f 9 95 f. 5 per Cent 68 1 Consols, Money THREE O'CLOCK, 925 3 Account CITY, Two o'CLoCK. The Money Market remains in a quiet state, with a steady demand for commercial purposes, and the terms accented 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. SPORIING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER —TUESDAY. For the Waterloo Cup there was little change. Mr. Bake, Lord Lnrgan, and Mr. Gavin Steele were made rather better f avourites, and there were many inquiries about M-r.Cloudes dale, but less than 25 to 1 was refused. or 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. o There Ore very fe w vo l umes opened 20n the to 1 City and Suburb:.. bein n, but th e y h ave made a favourite, g taken 'wad wanted against Phantom. Closing prices GREAT WATERLOO CUP. 100 to 8 agst Mr. Gibson's nomination (offered) 100 to 6 a.gst Mr. Spinks's 100 to 5 agst Mr. Campbell's (offered) 100 to 5 agst Mr. Bake's (taken) 100 to 5 agst Lord Lurgan's (taken) 100 to 5 agst Mr. Cloudesdalo'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 toi 1 agst Zetland (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Star of the West (taken) LINCOLN lIANDICAP. 7to I agst Zuleika (taken and offered) 7to 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) L IVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst Huntsman (offered) Bto 1 agst Th e D ane ( offered) 1 4 to 1 agst Jealousy (taken) 14 to 1 agst Thomastown (taken) TIIE GREAT WATERLOO COURSING MEETING. DRAW FOR THE WATERLOO CUP. Th o following are paired against each other :—Stanmore agst Ada, Jingall agst Trafalgar, Referee agst Mayflower, bribery agst Romping Girl, Blue Cap agst Skyscraper, Master Richard against Balmoral, Blue Hat agst White Lon, Haphazard agst Belligerent, Blanchstte agst Falcon- Side, Baffler, agst Windermere, Derrock agat. Sir Harry, Roaring Meg agst Barrier, \Vine Biscuit agst Bude Light , W hipcord agst Kildonan, Forty-six agat Slip, Bell agst ~T l:l, gomar, Rienzi agst Getsar, Canaradzo agst Sea Pink, Rngwater agst Dinah, Sixty-one agst Sapphire, Earl U ussell aga i ns t G o ld en H u e, G rorar agst Wild Duck, Bi rthright agst Look Out, Master Leotard agst Baron Law, ' Wild Sea agst Barrow, Reliance agst Bird of Prey, Bold Bffort agst Silkworm, Confederate agst Othello, and Sir Geo rge Williams's Bo wfell agst Lord Uffington's Picton. TILE PRICE OF GOLD. P t jhe quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and f T e short exchange on London is 25f 15c per £1 sterling. 1 , 4 e ° , nparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 413 'sloSdper ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is o ut 1-10th p er cent. dearer in Paris than i n L on don. 13 advices from Hamburc , the price of gold is 4261 per mark, std the short exchange on ' London is 13.61 per £1 sterling. lord gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about tos per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. co e course of exchange at New York on London for bills at Bdays' sight is 113 to 114 per cen t ., an d the premium o n 1 . , in about 31 per cent. At these rates the importation of u. horn the United States would leave n trifling profit. CIS DAY.) ORDINARY SH.it:LiES AND STOCKS. Railways. ---- Paid Closing Closing Business Price. I done. Bir., Vol., and Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bost.,Sleaf.,and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian (Cornwall.... and Band on ... A gets no div Do. B Cornwall .......... . .. ti (3p c.t) an. has I Do A been aio B. Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dtin.,Perth,&Ab. June. East A Indian ........ Ea stern Counties ........ E astern Union, A s t oc k , Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U 3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow :Edin., Perth, & Dundee; !Glitsg. and S. Western.; rGreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do El do Gt. S. an t W. of Ireland (Great Western . Do Str Val gua. stock ;Trish South Eastern •• 1 Lancashire & Yorkshire ; London and Blackwall; Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast; Lon., Chat., and Doverl Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western; L'derry & Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Matyport and Carlisle. Do I 5hare5........, Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby ; Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland) Do. shares Mid Kent 13.14 all J all 6.4.0 Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, Ros Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs 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 I North Staffordshire I L . nd rr S an Canal Portsmouth Junction W. a a Portsmouth Rh 3 mney Scottish Central Scot.. N. E., Aber. stock Do Sc Mid. stock.. Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union .... Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lanc.Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster Do Do .. Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim..? Waterford & Kilkenny I Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do lst class Do 2d class (W. Hartlepool Har.&R 1 West Midland Oxford 1 Do Newport 1 Do Hereford' 1 - --'g' ,9.16.1 61 7 96 07 1061 107 5 6 42 44 1(4 11 20 201 55i 574 54 57 36 38 13 100 100 100 100 92 94 34 al 101 103 100 100 100 100 100 118 119 118 119 134 136 104 106 701 71j 57 6) 160 100 100 100 100 100 1075 108 59 60 119 120 44 45 965 07 101 102 9 11 43i 44 68 70 651 66- 100 100 100 [6.13. 100 100 100 12.10 981 4 991 p 551 65! 871 88 99 101 51 6 d 101 11 94 96 127 129 45 17 102 104 46 48 36} i 118;}; 118/ 18 135 71/ 70/ 1071 I 0 97 1 1 1011 I [33 2 1 - - 37 39 831 84, 68 70 99 101 61- 301 ii 381 Si 9 6 P 5 } 6 6 p 144 148 554 564 2 34 dip - - 128 131 69& 661 i 6 878 f 100 121 i i ..... ...._ 7 71 47 49 43 46 90 92 MI 1 1 4 1 4 681 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead., Buckingh - ns.4re. Chester & Holyhead lOO Do 53 55 Do. 56 per cent 100 Do 125 127 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 46 Do. Woodbridge.. . 100 • • • • Gls. Barr. &Neils.Dre.t. 100 Caledon — . • Do. new Gloster & 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. El*omley, 6 per c. all Da.. ... • • • • Loudon & GreenwS. ich 100 Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen , Lon.,Tilb.& S. - tTiend 100 Peto &Co Bl 63 826 Lowestoft gua. 1 p c.. 100 Norfolk 111nc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& 111 31 01 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 15.5 6 E mut. 5 per cent... ' 'Counts, pA , p Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all Do Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—ilartlepool 1(0 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western Preston and Wyre. 1 all keirf i 44 46 Do. 4 shares ..... . A. all Do. ••• • .. • • • • Roystn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 133 135 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 122 124 Do. Do.. South Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.W .. .. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn 'C Croydon all L.&Brp, - ,tn 86 96 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. p aid. l Closing I Business Prices. Done. 25 !Blythe an d T yne 10 p.c . 28 pref. issued at £5 .... all at Bris. & Exet. 4p c. at.. 100 93 95 20 Do. shares at Caledon. qr. shris, No. 2 100 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent all 20 21 61 Dun. Perth, &Aber.Jun all 6 61 10 Do. Ist Class Pref all st E. Angn. Class Aso. c 7OO 99 101 et E'. Coun. Ex. 5 P.C. N o. 1 100 109 111 • st Do No. 2 100 109 111 110 •at Do. new 6p.c. st lOO 126 128 • at Eastern Unon, 4p. c— 100 81 83 at Do. sp. c . ' guar lOO • st Edin.&Glass p.c. shares 100 112 114 • at Do. 4p. c. guar. S, &I, lOO 90 92 •at Furness, 5 per cent lOO at Glas.& S.West. go. 5 p.e lOO et Great North ern, s p. c lOO 119 121 • at 1D0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 113 115 - et Do. 41 p. c. do lOO 106 103 . et Do.sp.C.Redfr.atsp.c.pm 100 109 111 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. all at Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 10 102 1011 60 Great W es t. (B er k s an d -. Ilants Ext) 5 per cent 6 at Do. redeem. 41 p. c t lOO 98 100 - st Do. redeem. 4p. c t lOO 89 91 at Do. irredeem. 4p. et._ 100 90 92 at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 100 102 104 1C 8 Do. Birm. pref. shar e s all 91 101 4 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she all 17 18 2 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all 101 11 10 at Do. Birm. guar. stock l OO 77 79 5 2ti Do. Ches er. guar. shares all 201 211 2 13 Do. do all loi 101 2 20 Do. do all 151 16 10 100 Lan. & Car]. 41 p.c. prof SO 10 at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 1 35 137 et Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10dpe 100 20 s:', Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO 2 at Do. 41 p. c. (Bl ac kb . p er lOO ;02 104 2 at Lon.&Brig•.sp.c.gu. No.l 100 112 114 2 2 at Do. 5 per cent do. No 2 100 112 114 & at Do. 6 per cent. db.__ 100 135 140 at Do. 5 p er cen t . d o. N o. 4 100 112 114 5 at Do. 7 p e r cent pref. stk 100 1 50 155 2 at Do. 6 p. c . d o( W .E.&C.P.) 100 '26 129 10 at Do. 4 p c. s t . (di v.def.lll ' 6s 100 74 76 101 st Lon.Chat.&Dov. s p.c.pf. 100 95 97 964 t 21 51 at Lon. &N. W., C'ov. & Nuneaton, 5 per ce n t 21 100 at Lon. & S.W es t. 7 p. cent. 2 at., late 3d shares st Do. 1.4 per cent 2s 6d Do. (Prtsm. perpL a n ns 1( 121 of 2s 8d 21 Londondy. & Cole. i shs alt 12 Londony. & Ennis.l shs all 131 131 5( at Man. Sh. & Lin. 0 per e t. 100 124 1 26 10( 6 Do. £6 at Do. 31 per cent... 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent... 5 1 fpm 12} Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. all .. _____ 124 Do. 4/ per cent......... all .. 1 ( .. st Midland Con. 6p, c. stk. 100 .. 1( .. at Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c 100 136 138 10( 21 at Do. 41 p.c. pref. at. rdem 100 103 105 at Do. 43 p.c. irredeo ma bl e 100 —1( 6 Do. 41 per cent..,.. . 1( . all .. .. 5( at Do.Leic. andllit.4per c t 100 94 96 at Norflk. sp. c. Ex. at. 1846 100 .. 5( .. at Do. 51 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 100 .. .. 2( at D 0.5 IVay.ValEx.st.lB47 100 .. 2( .. at Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 3`. at Do. New gua. 5 percent 100 109 1 11 11 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. she. 7 11 11pre 1( 10 Do. do. do. all .. .. at Nth.Dvn.RaiL&Dck.Co. 100 .. .. 25 et. at N-East. Cons. pref. 4 pc. 100 .. .. at. at Do. 41pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. .. at Do. G. N. E. 4p. et. pref. 100 100 102 at, 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 8. 13.4 97 99 at 2 0 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 13 1 di s p ar d 11 12 3 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 .. .. 20 25 Do. York, 11. &S. Purch. 1G 10 .. .. t. 20 North Staffordshire.... all 1 dis par 5 10 Rhymney Guaranteed.. all 22 23 2 at Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. C. pref. stock.... 100 at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p. c 100 .. 1 .. st Do. 7p. c, pref. stock 100 .. 1 .. 1013 . South Devon, Ann, 10s. all '132 136 2 10 , Do. Fixed 41 p er cen t a ll 10 11 5 10. 6. South Eastern(Reading 4 Ann., 1.0.6) at Do. 43 per cent et Do, Fixed 41 poi cen t 140 101 103 10 at South Wales, gua. 4p. c . 100 .. .. 25 at Do. 41 per cen t .. . 10 at Do. d o . 1859 lOO .. .. 5 a t Do. 5 per cent. lOO .. .. at S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 87 90 100 1 20 Do. sp. C. gua. 13 I 14 p 1 2 5 Stock. & Dar. Asp. C , all 28 29 25 Do. B6p. c all ,32 34 1 10 25 st Do Ne Do. C6p. c all 31 33 st. D urp o. ort 5 2 p d c d p o z . st Virated & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 42 45 50 at W. Mid.-Oxf Ist g•tia stk 100 128 130 at 50 100 123 126 20 at • Do. Perpet.6 p red. 100 103 105 c. pf 1866 100 124 128 50 at Do. • = 18 till 1869 100 120 125 100 st. DOCKS. at, ------ _____ OCKS. 1 stock Commercial. 1 ....... stock Do. 4 per Cent. Pref .Min. 100 1 100 1 _ 10 stock East and West India stock London.. , ........ stock A kathanne. stock Southampton ....... No 20 stick ::• - istoria ...,.....1 Ho 99 101 5 20 !DO NOW .••••••••• 1 . 3 .6 2 4d , P 10 d 110 1G f tit. fHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY E VENI NG, FEBRUARY LAW LA , TELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) Paid. Closing Price. THE NAVY. Business COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Common Jury, NEALE V. NEWMAN. 64 67 - 100 101 56 6 d A 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 bear 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 horse-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 15th 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 launched. 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 Armstrongs 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 suc 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. 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 dis 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 nisce. 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. 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. 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 8-inch teak planking to the sides of the armour-plated screw frigate Royal Oak, 51 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 aro 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 otherwise preparing 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 futnaces 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, E, Gage, acting second master, additional, to the Indus, for the Lee; Peter Wood, chief engineer to the Cumberland, to the Indus, for the Rattlesnake; George Elliott, acting second-class assist.-engineer, to the Indus, for the Magicienne ; and J. Phillips, second-class assist., confirmed in the Clio. TBIS DAY'S MARKETS. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THis DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at a few minutes after 12 o'clock. Railways. Share, 100 atk 204 10 Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. New .. . . Do. Preference ...... Clcutt a. ezS.Eas tn. (Lln ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip 'Demerara... Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 4i p o. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864.. Do. 1865-1870 Do. 1866-1871. Do. do. G Ext !Grand trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d I'ref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiarentn.gua.sp.c. I Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim 1 , guaranteed 5 percent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt Do. 5a p. c. do. '77 do Madras guar., 5 p. 0.1 Do. 4t p. c. Extension Do. 4) do Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bnds Ncwßrunswick & Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pe Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital do. Do. do. Land do. .... 1 Scinde .......... . a.: Do. Punjaub ... 4 5 Do. Do. ...... • • ce o Do. Indus. St. Flo. ge, Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 100 all all all all 1100 100 1 all all /100 15 all leo FOREIGN Algerian ..... Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... ....... Ball.&S.Fran..Lint.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail 100 Copiapo 10 Ditto Extension .... 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France .... 20 Grand Ens Guar. 6p. c. 20 Do. do. 20 Great Central of France 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. ahs... 20 Italian Junction 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... 20 Lyons & Geneva. 20 Namur & Liege 20 Do. 6p. o. Pref. ........ 16 Northern of France 16 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. 20 Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn) , 20 Paris, Lyon s, & Medi ter. 20 Parts & Orleans 20 J Recife & S. Fran. (Fern ) gua. 7 p. ct. lim 20 Riga & Dunaburg 20 Royal vanish.... 6 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 5. per cent. Pref 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 26 Southern of France 20 S. East Portugal 7p ct 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 5} p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France 20 Western of Austria 20 Western of Switzerland 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref 20 Zealand . . . BRITIS MINES. - Alfred Consols (Puilaek) 3.9.3 4 t 20 British Iron - Clifford nil 31 33 - Devon G. Cone. (Taoist ) 1 410 420 - East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 60 62/ - East Caradon ....... 2.14.6 30 31 - East Carn Brea... ' 3.0.0 101 11 - E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.7.0 3 31. - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 661 13 15 - Great South Tolgus l7s 4 4i - G.Wheal Alfd. (Phil ad( - G. Wheal Vor (llelston) 40 - Grenville .. 6.1 f - Herod's-Foot - Hingston Downs 4.1 - Lady Bertha - Nrargaret (tiny Lelar. 9; - Mark e Valley.. 4 31yndy Iron Ore (Lim )I - North Downs - North Frances (Mogan 12. - N.Wh'l Basset allo2;an , - North Wheal Crotty 2.2. - Par Consols (St. Blazey) 1/ 10 Providence (Uny Lel nt. ) 10.1 - iortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 - South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 - 3. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.1 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim al - - Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.1 - Stray Park 27 5 ramar Silv.dz Lead Min 4l ,0 Tin Croit 9 - Vale of Towey (Carm ) 13s - West Basset (Illogan) l, - W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 - West Seton - Wheal Basset (Mogan' 5, - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 - Witt.' Edward (Cale.) - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 - Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) ' 61 7 a 36 38 2} 2 43 45 ft 10 10} 5d ipmi 54 6.7 42 44 1 315 ' , 25 11.6 24 3 tll 1'4.9 109 4 1671 ' 19. 29 31 14 2 9 ... 9.94 FOREIGN ri 121 13/ i 39 tl 1 270 280 i 97k 1021 ; 70 78 f 11 2 7.2 101 111 15 16 I 18 19 NES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,L im all 5 Brazil Land tic Mln.Co all 1 Clarendon Cons.MioCo 10 Cobra Copper Copiapo I f)unAlotin.Cop.rilin Q. Co 3 , East Del Rey (Limited) 2 jFortuna. 20 'General 2 IGt, N. Cop. of S. Austr iKapunda (Limited) 3 Linares 6 I Lusitanian 1 Mariquica 1 .N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 20 iPontgibaud Silver,Lead I Mining* and Smelt 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 1 20 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 28.2,81 United Mexican al 1 Worthing*(Limited) j all _ (Bs. 11 32 34 6 6 8 ail 1 1 f I ll 2 zi ill 22 24 1 pr p 1 1 p ill 8 9 2 d pr rall ; 2 I I 11 2 4 1 1 11 Is. li 'Rpm 64 66 81- 91 i 3 f:IVOi 5 1 I 1001 100 102 1/ 2i 1021 104 2if 1 721 11 2 101 100 12 7i 8 5 6i I OP so/ low 1011 102, 99 101 102 102 102 103 104 105 25 26 71 73 60 63 40 42 90 45 37 40 37 40 1001 101, pr 99i 1001 12a 12i 8 71 98 102 03 95 gpi 1001 92 94 90 92 5 7 4 6 roli 1026 pr 98 d CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh arrivals of English wheat to this morning's market were very moderate. Dry parcels were scarce, and consequently ruled firm in price ; otherwise the trade was in a sluggish state, at Monday's currency. _ _ With foreign we were fairly supplied, and sales generally progressed slowly, yet prices were generally maintained. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, at late rates. All kinds of barley were a dull inquiry, and secondary qualities were rather drooping in value. Malt was dull, and the quotations were with difficulty supported. 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. Malt. Oats. Flour, 230 1 120 1 1,6901 1,870 1,080/mak s 620 Irish 3OO F0reign........ 2,410 1 380 1 .9 0 0 brls, BOROUGH HOP. An increased ammuit 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 48 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Sibs. WOLVES IN WALLACHIA.-BUCHAREST, JAN. 29. —The weather has 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 townbwomen, and belonging to a leading family, was returning to town in her sledge, when the horses, becoming frightened, overthrew the vehicle, and the unfortunate lady was cast on the ground, and soon devoured by the wolves. Another case occurred just on the other side of the bridge. An un fortunate pedlar was attacked by a pack of those ferocious animals, but before he was killed two mounted gendarmes arrived, and fired on them ; they were frightened away for the moment, but, notwithstanding the appeals of the poor man, the gendarmes left him wounded on the road, and shortly after the wolves returned and finished his suffer ings, Ten or twelve other fatal oases have been reported, PRIVATE BUSINESS The following bills were read a second time 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 ITelensburgh Railway Companies; Launceston and South Deven 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 Dir. CHILDERS to Mr. Mouse 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 Martiage 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. LANE, from the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster; by Mr. COLLIER, from Plymouth; and by Sir M. PETO, from Dorsetshire. QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICES ABOLITION BILL. Mr. HADFIELD having moved the second reading o; this bill, Mr. NEWDEGATE 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 front their legitimate administrative functions, and making them, as he had said, mere political clubs. 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 mai 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 with a 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 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 is 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 far 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 corn to the conclusion that the prohibition against a man ° marrying his wife's niece or his daughter-in-law was as 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 had 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 I.e 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 preserited 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 bur den 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, w e as there any prohibition in the Scriptures aguatmthst then n thm they There was none in the New Testament, b were thrown back up on a chapter in Leviticus, and that chapter. But that one verse did not to one verse 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. It was said that the apostolic canons prohibited these marriages. But the apostolic canons prohibited many marriages which even bishops themselves had since contracted. They, for instance, for bade bishops to marry with servant girls. (Laughter.) But these restrictions were now for the most part disregarded. Therefore these apostolic canons being the chief stock in trade of the opponents of this measure, he thought they gave them but little ground to stand upon. (Hear.) There being, therefore, no prohibi tion in the Scriptures against such marriages, he could see no reason for the opposition to this measure. It was not meant by the passing of it to comp e l th e co ntraction of such Ilar.- riages, but all that was intended was to peymit . those of hear.) their nature and their feelings, and do so. (Hear,they who wished to contract them to follow the instinct would see If they looked at the case in h e Prohibitions. It the impropriety of maintaining anothert li e f which it ewas thealways statuteeonfstenefdathnfs ee nus, to maintain nature,it would be disregarded by many, and. .was well known maintain a prohibition ap peared to him therefore impreper . to main inconvenient, book pro and biti the moral sense which was antagonistic to the religion, and portion of the community. Among th e of a large p were contracted higher classes these marriages Ti ng y and were considered by them bin h law orer classes the case of God, but among the Po well kwn was different. Among them it was take that ' on the death of the wife, the sisterwouldebetween her place in the family, and if the marriage her and her sister's husband were prohibited, they • would live together in a state of coneubinag e 'it not einevitable effect of the prohibition, and considering . falsified by the Old or New Testament, an d not at variance with the principle of civil and religious liberty, he cordially gave his support to the second reading of the bill. (Cheer s .) BLACICBURNE opposed t Mr• it on the the measure, and founded his opposition to 10th and two following verses of the 18th chapter of Leviticus. He trusted the house would throw out the measure upon the second reading, and that they would never have such a disagreeable subject again before them. Mr. HEADLAM said he had voted in favour of this measure ever since he had had a seat in the house, and on the present occasion he had seen no reason to alter his opi nion. He would not go into the theological arguments on the subject, as he considered that house was not the place for theological discussion and all they had to do was to a pply to the questi on that' principle based upon justice and morality which guided the discussions of that house. There could be no doubt that in former years these marriages were tolerated and recognised in this country to all intents and purposes. They prevailed throughout all classes of society, from the highest to the lowest, and there was not an atom of proof of an instance of any one of them ever having hem set aside. During all that time whew ouch COLONIAL GOVERN MEN ICan.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-82 Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 Do. 6p. cent. --- 10( Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 101 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 101 Do. 5 per cent lOl Do. Inscribed stock 101 Cape G.llopc, 6p c,lBBOl 101 Do. 1890 101 I Do. Jan. & July, 189 1 lOl Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p 0' 101 N. B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 101 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 101 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c.,1868 101 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 101 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 101 New Zealand 6p. cent. 161 ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 lOl S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up F . NTlc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct.. 100 ; JOINT-STOCK BANKS. BO Agra&UnitedService Be 10 Australasia t 5 Rank of Egypt )0 Bank of London , 50 British North American 10 Chtd.Bank of India, ttc. 15 Ch. Men of In. Lon.& Ch. )0 City 10 Colonial.. . 11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. 10 Eng., Scot., Aus. Ch.. 10 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland Lou. Char.Bkof Austrai :0 Do. new i 0 London and County i 0 London Joint Stock .0 London and S.Airican )0 London (lc WestmineCerl 10 'cat. Prov. of England • 1 :0 ,Do. new i 0 !National Bank .. ; New South Wales.-- ( Orient. B. Corporation . :0 j Ottoman Bank ... .00 Provincial of Ireland 10 I Do. new. 25 I South Australia 25 I Union of Australia 10 'Unto:. of London . Unity 88 90 66 67 21 22 76 77 52 53 21i 22 32 84 95 101 89 41 all all all all all 181 19 254 ?0 25‘ 391 404 :14i A 54 :.4 p 77 8J 54 55 21 22 42 43 31j 32j MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 16 17 10 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (1d) all 2 3 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 26 28 10 ,Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 51 51 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 52 20 Do. 13,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) ail 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 325 Canada Land all ill 113 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all 10 China & Japan Coast & River (Steam Naviga '25 et. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smitg all 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent all 16 17 st. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference st Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 105 108 105 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 76 1G , Do. B 75 15 05 20 'E.lndialrrign. & Canal 1 pr spm 11 at. Electric Telegraph 100 96 99 985 7 25 Do. New l5 13 5 English &Aus. Copper all 3 35 15 Gen. Stgam Navigate n 14 —-- 1 Great Slip !Mulled) all 5 i 1 Do: 175 pct Prefere nce all I 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 45 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 1; 11 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 24 24 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 4 5 10 Do. 8 pa' cent. pref .. all 25 National I)is. Co. (Lim.) 5 5 p 5 20 Nerbn.Coal&lron (Lim.) 5 2 le 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Prefl.iss.atl dis all 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 15 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all 11 15 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 1 14 10 Orintl. In. Steam(Lim.) all 774 75 st. Pee l ß.Lnd.&lllln.(Lim) 100 51 53 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 68 70 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g,.4sp.c all 195 195 :19/ 50 Rhynaney Iron all 17 19 18 Do. New....-........ 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 53 5: st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 134 13.) 25 South Australian Land 'all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip alf 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do all 4 6 2 Telegraph to India (L ) 1 ds 5p 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (lim)tst is. 1 pr 20 Tr...z Ln.Co. of U pr.Can. 5 15 11 p 5 i ll. dom Tel. Co. Ulm.), 1 15 05 10 Ilrall.DbaleU'A Land I 205 0 10 . .: - .ILWAYS Of 4 i 1 -p I 1 1 11 12 4i 4 23 24 P lal NI tzt 20 21 40 ..41 8 10 8} 7i 43 44 54 66 31 41 12 15 8f Eif 1 1 281 291 7a 7s 10 iO/ 22 23 1 1 1 1} 1; 2 C 5 415 9 T SECURITIES. ~e} # 106 51 98 7} 97 } ,107 i 107} i i i 66 7 109 112 )0 106 103 )0 109 111 sick 904 )0 111 )0 110 )0 1110 10 ,110 ?c , 1104 99 100 974 PBi 97 98 106 108 '1074 1084 104 106 107 1071 251 0 51 401 40 1 35 41 10 1 54i 2111 1 1 33 I 311 2 11 POLICE 11171 1ELLIGENCE.—(77118 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. 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 I, and I have not seen her again till the second visit yesterday. At that time the prisoner gave au 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 was 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. 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 L a d y C aro li ne Neeld's. I charged the prisoner with obtaining money by false pre tences, and she said she bad 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) —I 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--I think it a pity that such an im poster should escape, after I have done my duty in coming forward to protect the public. THAMES. STEALING, AND UNLAWFUL 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. Tho prosecutor was delivering a load of gin yes4erday 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 cart to the 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 prisoner, 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, and that 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 21days' imprisonment and hard labour for the unlawful possession of the coat. STEALING AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION.—MaItheW 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 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 wheel 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 .D.I?UNKENIVESS. Mr. Brent, the deputy coroner for West Middle sex, prosecuted an investigation at Paddington yes terday into the circumstances attending the death of llrs. 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 omnibus 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 int o one o f 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 after her condition became known, but by that time she had expired. Mr. Brown, divisional police surgeon of Kensal-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 apoplexy. dreceived eve r y a tt en ti on If she had b e en conveyedwaslife o wholly utol dchaneurostehhdoamvee been s ave d . T he symptoms by 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 drunk but a glass of stout during the whole of Saturday. The deputy coroner, in summing up, said it was a most unfortunate mistake of th e po li ce, b ut j ust such a mistake as was likely was very difficult, indeed, as the medical gentl e man to happen in such a case. It had stated, to determine drunk enness f rom apop l exy and therefore he did not see th a t any bl ame cou ld b e 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. "Jack," said a man to a lad just entering his teens, " your father is drown e d . " " Darn it, ho ' s got my knife in his pocket 1" said the young hopeful. Mrs. Partington wants to know if the Pope sent any o f hi s bulls to the cattle show? 16 15/ le I 23*g lo} 11- ai I i 1t 20 marriages were contracted, and when th e contraction of them was common and universal, was there the slightest evidence that any injury had been inflicted on morality or. religion in consequence of their prevalence ? There was no such evidence. Had they been pregnant:with evil or scan dal to morality or religion, no doubt they would have had bishops and clergymen denouncing them from the pulpit, but the pulpit never gave out any loud sound on the subject, and there was never heard any oomplaint or murmur at their prevalence. (Hear, hear.) The object, of the bill of 1835 was to establish the validity of such mar riages which had previously taken place, unless proceed ings were taken against the parties so married within a certain time, and to legalise such marriages in future, un less objections were taken to them within a certain period.. That was in effect legalising such marriages. But objec tions having been taken to the second clause, which legal ised such marriages in future, that clause was withdrawn in order to secure the passing of the other one legalising such marriages up to a certain time, the house having at the same time clearly indicated its favourable opinion as to the legality of such marriages. While, however, previous to that act there had been no complaint, ever since there had been a continued agitation for an extension of that act, and the legalising all such marriages in time to come, while at the same time, no man who wished to contract a mar riage with pie: deceased (wife's sister was deterred from doing so, believing that there was no law of God prevent ing him from doing so. (Hear, hear.) The fact was, they had no argument with which to meet a man who wished to contract such a marriage to the illegality; and believing that the passing of the measure would do away with a great deal of inconvenience, and prevent a considerable amount of immorality, he cordially supported the second reading of the bill. (Hear, hear.) Lord R. CECIL opposed the measure. He considered that the same restriction which prevented a man from having two wives, prevented him from marrying his de ceased wife's sister. That was the legitimate argument to be drawn from the prohibition, as stated in Liviticus; and the bigamist might with the same reason that, as his con science and his instinct told him there was nothing in Scripture to prevent him having two wives, he was not going against th e d octr i ne of Scripture in following that instinct and have his wives. He did not believe that the passing of this measure would be the means of satisfying public feeling and opinion in respect to the marriage ques tion ; for if they passed the measure they would set the whole kingdom a thinking who they might marry and who they might not. (Laughter.) If he was about to found a new republic, he might make such a law, but in the mean time he would move that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. BALL having seconded the amendment, Sir G. GREY said he would not go into the theological argument, but he considered, from all the evidence they had before them on the subject, that they might with propriety make some relaxation in the present law. (Hear, hear.) He concurred in the able arguments which had alre a dy been uaged in favour of the measure, but he must say in. no social point of view it was not proper that this subject. should year after year came up before Parliament for dis- • cussion. (Hear.) He thought the hon. gentleman who had brought forward the measure was justified in bringing it forward on this occasion, considering as he had no doubt. did that there was a large portion of the public anxious for such a measure passing, but at the same time it would be fraught with :much disadvantage to keep public opinion agitated year after year on the marriage questien, and ho hoped they would at once come to a final decision respect it. (Hear.) Mr. WALPOLE cautioned the house against disturbing the marriage law, which had been the same ever since the introduction of Christinity into the country. It had been uniform and consistent ever since not only in England, but also in Scotland and in Ireland, and as there was no law which had so raised the character of woman land given her that place which she ought to hold in the social, scale, he cautioned them against interfering with it. (Hear.) He argued that religion was a matter which ought not to be needlessly brought into discussion in that house, but he hesitated not to say that in all the laws, civil and sacrt'd, they would find it laid down that these marriages are pro hibited, and say what they might there was !no questions that a man was prohibited from marrying her sister-in• law upon the same principle that a woman was prohibited from marrying her brother. in-law. (Hear.) The relationship wiei the same, and the prohibition was equally atrong in both cases. He found, on looking at the list of prohibited mar riages, now 30 in number, that 20 out of the 30 were mar riages of affinity. Now, was it intoned by this bill to le galise marriages of affinity? They knew well the at empt to do that would be going in the teeth of the Scriptural prohibition, but would not the legalisation proposed have the effect of lowering the woman in comparison to the man by prohibiting her from doing that which the man was per mitted to do ? The hon member who had charge of the measure was a man of learning, a historian, and a poet, and as a historian he would asked him to go back to the days of ancient Rome, and see what the historian Tautus saysof an interference made with the marriage law then prevalent, and which had ended in inducind indelicacy and shame. The hon. member was also a poet, and he would ask him to look at the picture which Shakspere had drawn of the con duct of Gertrude, Queen of Denmark, in her marrying with her deceased husband's brother. He would see from all these instances that the interference with the marriage law was no matter to be trifled with. Ho should therefore op pose any alteration of the law, and he did not believe that there was any such disadvantages felt on the present state of the law throughout the country. Mr. C. BUXTON said, after the number of petitions which had been presented praying for the abolition of this law, it could not be said that there was no interest felt by the country on the subject, while besides these petitions they had no less than the archl.ishops, 19 bishops, and some 400 or 500 clergymen in the n e i g hb our h oo d o f ondon, all declaring that the prohibition in question has not sanc tioned by the Scriptures, and that it ought to be abolished ; and that being so, he considered they ought to have no hesitation in passing the present measure. Sir E. COLEBROOK E said if the measure was extended the whole of the United Kingdom he should give it his supT port. He would, however, support it more as a social ques 'ion than as a religious one, as he considered that, while there was nothing in the Scriptures autorising the prohi bition, great inconvenience was caused by it to a large por tion of the community. Mr. S I'OONER would also look at the question as a social ono. He had come to the conclusion, from inquiries he had made, that the evils of being debarred by this pro hibition from marrying were very great, and operated most prejudicially, and he weuld give his support to the measure. Mr. A. KINNAIRD said he was certain the extension of the measure to Scotland would be looked upon with great dissatisfaction, and he should feel called upon to vote against the second reading of the bill. Mr. M. MILNES said he would not trouble the house at night, but would refer to a few of the objections which had been raised against the measure. It had been stated that by this measure he was about to disturb the law of marriage, which had been in existence for the past 300 years. But he was no such things. The law of marriage had al ready been disturbed, and by this measure he was only en deavouring to realise it to a proper state, and to reconcile it with the consciences and feelings of the people. It had also been said that the question had never been agitated before; but was it not the fact that the English Reformation mainly hinged on this marriage. It had been therefore agitated before, but previous to the act of 1833, he believed that it operated satisfactorily. It was that law which was carried to an extent which Lord Lyndhurst, who introduced it, never intended, which had been the cause of all the dis turbance, for he could not understand the justice and pro priety—a law which declared a marriage legal up to a cer tain period, and then declare it to be illegal. (Hear, hear.) How did the law of England operate in the case of a legacy bequeathed to a wife's sister ? (Hear.) Did it in that case recognize any relationship ? No such thing. (Hear, hear.) On the contrary the wife's sister in that case was treated as an alien, and in that character the law of England alone recognized her. Deeming it, therefore, unjust that these marriages should have once been permitted, and then pro hibited, he had introduced the present measure in order to remedy the wrong which had been committed, and the uneasiness which had been caused. He had seen through out the country, he had seen among his own tenants, and he had been informed by the clergy men of the diocese in which he resided, the evils which pervaded, and the unsa tisfactory state of things which existed in respect of this marriage question, and he hoped the house would support him in the present effort to remedy them. (Cheers.) He considered that he had conformed to the feeling of the a h n ou d s h e e b t y h e e x u t g e h n t d a in s g re te r m de e d as t u h r e e fe t nn o l e r r e e l e a u ri n d try an t d h S at oo h t e land , was j s u e n s t t i e fi d e d t h i a n t d d o a i y n g in s f o a v lr a c u m r e the t h v e a r i m o m us su p r e e t . i t i on s e h s h e e r s hs d. pre- The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading .. 144 Against it Majority in favour of the second reading —ll The bill was accordingly read a second time and ordered to be committed on the 12th of March. ooit MEANS. te The housee of Ways and o S ne AN in D to ha l v V e AY g Means, Mr. PEEL moved the following resolution ,—That, to wards making good the supply granted to her Majesty, for the service of the year ending the 31st day of March, 1862, the sum of 1973,747 be (granted, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland." The resolution having been agreed to, the house resumed. MARRIAGES (IRELAND.) Sir H. CAIRNS obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the Solemnization and Seques tration of Marriages in Ireland. The bill was read a first time and ordered to be read a. second time on the 31st March. MERCHANDIZE MARKS. gone The house hav ing into committee. Mr. M. GIBSON obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law re l a ting to the Fraudulent Marking o f Merchandize. The house having resumed, the bill was read a first time. j The house then ad ourned at half-past four o'clock. TIIIS BAPS SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 19.—Wind this day at noon—Sonth. Easterly ; light breeze, and dull weather, with occasional showers. FALMotTH, 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. Orr 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 S.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. (Br SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Friends, from Dunkirk. Sailed—lberia, steamer, for O p orto ; Sir E. Ba nks, steamer, for Calais ; Belgium , steamer, for Ostend ; Albi on, from Calcutta, for London (i n tow); DEAL, 'Wednesday M orn i ng. Passed —Accrington, E fo s r m L ok on: f o or n steamer, for Boulogne. ; Tornea, from Calcutta; with London, for Bahia. Noonday, Sailed_ li ft o ei m i t, S f a o n r J F a r m an ai c : s a c ; o, all outward pound, stock stock