The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-01 00:00:00

- -- - - ---- - -- , _ - UV CE. Ai O.N_,/ , :i' MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE MARK ET-(THIS DAY.) e e CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. esente.d to the There is more activity in the Money Market and I t , ~,1 Closing Business rsday, states the rates tend slightly upwards. Shari Railways. -1- a'"• Price. done. f-year ending At the Bank of England yesterday there were I 94,646 85.2 d., no bullion operations of importance. 13.14 fir., Wol., and Str. Val all 75 8 25 Blyth and Tyne - - n the corres- No material alteration took place in the Foreign 10 Bost,Sleat,andMidAlo all 61 7 The state- Exchan st Bri'3tol and Exeter es yesterday afternoon. st Caledonian lOO 106 107 108 75 Lnt show that Since Monday last the imports of specie have Zg gr rk N an ai l l Barn. "' all - - gets no div ) all - Lang the s i% been about £215,900. n lO Do A v IA all 5 6 : trelel been paid an.has b paid to B. l an - - rates, taxes, The sum of £11,995 was paid yesterday into the 10 Do. B 7s. 10d.; and Indian Treasury on account of the Scinde Railway, 50 Dublin & Belfast Junc. all 42 44 25 Dun„Perth,& Ab. June all 105 11 vice, £18,073 and £9,075 on the Punjaub, in anti&ipation of the at Eastl Anglian lOO 20 21 205 . 9d. After final call, at 'Eastern Counties lOO 57 68 555 46 5 at !Eastern Union, A stock 100 55 58 its of branch In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi- at Do Bdo do 100 30 39 25 DoNw A. late E U3ds 'ai - lividends on Hess was moderately active, and prices were steady. st East Suffolk - - '5, &e., there The sales were 7,000 bales. Edinburgh & Glasgow lOO 93 94 at Edin., Perth & Dundee 100 305 301 305 1 sd. available An exceedingly quiet tone has pervaded the at Glasg. and S. Western. 100 102 103 103 5 10 GreatNrthn.of Scotland all - - ited stock of English Stock Market to-day, but previous quota- at Great Northern lOO 114 115 30s. stock,or tions have been steadily maintained, Consols being at Do A stock Do B do will absorb 9 3,, 1 for transfer and the 6th inst., and 931 t- for st Gt. S. an W. of Ireland 100 106 108 ' a balance April. The New Threes remain at ; 93 ! 1, the Re- at Great Western .. at Do Str Val gua. stock 00 57 a) forward to duced at 931 931; Bank Stock has declined to 2421 12 Irish South Eastern - - ,„,,„ at Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 1075 1075 IL'Ol t the directors India ditto to 2241; and the 5 per Cent. is at 106 k st London and Blackwall 'OO 60 62 the 13th of 1071. at Lon., Bright ~& S. Coast 100 120 122 st lon., Chat, and Dover 100 46 47 „ , ein the pas- An active business has taken place in the Foreign at L on .& North Western 100 931 945 v 3 l t at Lon. & South Western 100 99 100 99 5 mounting to Market, and prices, in some instances, show more 25 L'derry tt Coleraine .. all .. oned almost firmness, Mexican have improved to 341 35; L'derry & Enniskillen. am 911 at %lan., Shef., & I,incoln. 100 43 44 ine between Brazilian, to 1031 ; Spanish Deferred, to 431 ; 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - - 121 Do 5 shares all - - ig a decrease ditto Passive, to 194 -1- ; and ditto Certificates, to 71; 1 0 Ikretropolf tan all 84 85 85 the convey- . Turkish 6 per Cents. are 854 4 ; ditto, 1858, 721 at Midland 6.4.0 Do New 2.14. 11 ilp P .3 portion is lex div. ; Italian 5 per Cents. are 674 681; ditto at Do Birming. & Derby 100 101 103 150 %lid Gt. W. of Ireland all - - eceipts upon New Loan, 104 dis.; and the Ottoman (Mires') 25 Do. 4 shares - - other points Loan is 65 1 4 1.• 25 Mid Kent - - 1 0 Do Cray Line all - - red and no The operations in the Railway Share Market 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - Newry Warnpt & Ito& all - - of the new' have been limited, but a further slight improve- at Norfolk - ' lOO 69 71 Lost parallel tent has taken place in values. Eastern Counties at North British st Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock - - an average and Midlands have advanced 5 5 . ; Caledonian and st Do A stk ; A nes no d 100 tin 6 pc. has been pdß 100 100 _ - - ad from the South-Easterns 10s. ;• Lancashire and Yorkshire, at Do B stock - - 15 8 . s t Nth. Eastern - Berwick 100 974 93 975 5 i es as far as 25 D o , G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 1d p d d adversely The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have at D o Leeds lOO 55 555 at Do York my. It was been dull at ab ou t p rev i ous ra t es . at North London Do new of Strood, J oint - Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares 19.110 or th6 , l N Staffordshire new cow- show no change of importance as regards prices. 10 N. and S. W. Junction all IN 11 at Not. Gran. RI. & Canal 100 95 06 attain por- . 20 Portsmouth - - BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 10 Rhs mney - - ?Ai by this Bank S tock :ed ; while 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 935 5 at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 45 47 per Cent. Consols Annuities r fares fixed New 3 per Cent. Annuities - - at Shropshire Union .... 100 47 49 t traffic to S India Stock - - stations on 5 per Cent. ' Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent - 25 S. Durham & Lane. Un. all - n „ , . iese eircuta- Ditto 5 per Cent 1025 1 at South Eastern at South Wales 100 68 70 6 75 t nd equalise Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 at S. York. and River Dun 100 100 102 99 Ditto ditt. April, 1864 100 20 Staines , Wok ., andWok. all 5 1 64 65 5 Ind the nog Consols for Account, March 6.. [est. After March. Jung. 25 Do l3 81 91 p h Excequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 22 - 25 Do New, 1880 5 5; 64 p le directors st Taff Vale. Ditto £5OO .. -- - at Do Pref. No. 1 - - 3 result has i Ilitto Small - 25 Thames H avenDk& Rail 22 - - It may be Ditto Advertised l7 20 50 Ulster Ins adopted FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 25 Do 2O 21 31 Brazilian 5 per Cent liversion of Ditto Account at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 128 131 outes ; that Ditto 45 per Cent, 1858 - - Chilia n 6 per Cent - 50 Watertord & Limerick. all - - eon largely , Ditto 41 per Cent B5 / 20 West Cornwall all 65 75 receipts at Xquador New Consolidated - - Ditto Land Warrants 4 10 Do Ist class - •e to reduce .20 Do 2d class all - - Guatemala 5 per Cent 675 at W. Hartlepool Har.&R. 100 - - :ompetitiont , Imperial Moorish Scrip 5 at West Midland Oxford 100 47 49 mtinued to -Mexican, 3 per Cent - 100 43 46 44 1 1 with ' r efs- ‘ ,Ditto Acco nt .. 345 5 at Do Hereford{ 100 90 92 New Grenada, 2 per Cent sadvantage 1 eruvian 4/ per Cent •. 99 1 81 LINES LEASED, AT FIXED RENTALS. 'ro'fdied by Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. aring crow! Ditto 3 per Cent when this I)o ttliguese 3 per Cent., 1853 . Co. s Price. Done. Ditto Account f the most n Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '6O 45/ Lion in the Spanish 3 per Cent ..._- . ~ ‘ , Birkenhead.,Bedtordandßletchley all Ln.&N.W - e of about Ditto New Deferredloo Do.&G.W 86 88 301We- s ane° Ditto Account Chester& Holyhead.. 100 Do. 94 96 53 55 'eptionablY Ditto Passive Turki s h Cert. of Coup. not funded ver, to sup' -uurkish 6 per Cent. - Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 , nee, which Ditto Account - - last year. Ditt o N ew Loan E.Union,llarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 45 than made Ditto Account aarriage of Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. -Venezuela, 3 per Cent Do. new bran c h e s of .. -- DAto 14 per Cent .. 125 Gloster &Dean Forest all (-1 , -. West. .. .. the one of Hull and Selby all YIE.N. Mid 109 111 Dividends on the above payable in London. half-year. i batch '25 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil... 655 Do. halves exhibit all nitro Cei-tificates, 4 per Cent... Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 195 200 Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 6B 75 85 erenewsle Lon. and Chat. Ext. B TWO O'CLOCK. 6 per cent rtment, 87 Consols, Money ns having Account Lon.,Tilb.& S. • "rend 100 IPeto &Co B2 84 locomoti•al Lowestoft gua. a p e.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. h the train MATRIMONIAL .1 - 104.2 C AT HULL. IVlnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW&II 31 35 or the, due ___ Mid. Bradford Prefer ' rereairing ence stock the in appeared about a fortnight ag o th ere viorks ex-Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6. E Counts. p 5 p gua. 5 per cent... past half- Guwrdian the following advertisement :- Northn.tE as tn. sp. c. all Do. port of the 1 A gentleman, aged 29, of high respectability and edu- Do. 6 per cent..... all Do. 1 and have cation, whose present income is £250 per annum, desires to Do. Fixed sp. 0.... i a t ll Do . Ber . be placed in correspondence with a young lady, amiable North Western 0 . miod. The good-looking, of good family, and with similar means, with L&N.W 3ount dur- ' a Vie w t o matrimony. Address, in strictest confidence, and, Preston and W y re. 1 all ~,,, L.yk. 144 46 i. 9d., less , if agreeable, enclosing carte de visits, M 97, at the printer's. Do. 1 shares A. all IDo. • • ••• . .. .. Royatn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 IGt.North 134 136 1254 )lus lands. A number of young fellows at Hull replied to Shrewsby & Flereforo 100 IT Brassey' 122 124 1215 expended- t .„,,,11ia advertisement, and the bait was taken in Do. Do. n London- WiltsSoith aSntr Somerset 100 1 T .': - "lanch;aster. The advertiser represented him-m-tu 93 95 which are I Tf . to be a Prussian by birth, carrying on Wimbledn V Croydon all L.&Brgtn 81 91 von tribll- - - - - Sharißailways. I . Paid.[ Closing Business l Price. done. 13.14 Bir., Vol., and Str. Val all 75 8 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost.,Sleat,and Mid.ilo all 65 7 st Bri3tol and Exeter st Caledonian lOO 106 107 108 75 50 Cork and Bam.on all 20 Cornwall all 5 6 10 Do. B till 6p c.p an.has , all A gets no div I 10 Do AI i r all 4 been paid to B. .. 50 !Dublin & Belfast June. all 42 44 25 Dun.,Perth,& Ab. Junc all 105 11 st !East Anglian lOO 20 21 205 at :Eastern Counties lOO 57 68 555 56 5 at ! Eastern Union, A stock 100 55 58 at Do Bdo do 100 30 39 25 DoNw A. late E U3ds ' 9 5 st East Suffolk at Edinburgh & Glasgow lOO 93 94 at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 305 301 305 1 at Glasg. and S. Western. 100 102 103 103 5 10 GreatNrthn.of Scotland all at Great Northern lOO 114 115 at Do A stock at Do Bdo at Gt. S. an W. of Ireland 100 106 108 at Great Western .. . . 100 715 715 705 5 at Do Str Val gua. stock 00 57 6') 12 Irish South Eastern ,„ „ t at Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 1075 1 0 7 j ivot st London and Blackwall 1 00 6) 62 at Lon., Bright ~& S. Coast 100 120 122 at lon., Chat., and Dover 100 46 47 ~ at Lon. & North We s te rn 100 93/ 041 931 4 at Lon. & South Western 100 99 100 99 5 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all .. 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 9 11 at Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 43 44 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 125 Do 5 shares all 10 Metropolitan all 85 85 8 5 at Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 101 103 150 %lid Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 20 Newry, Warnpt, & Kos. all at Norfolk lOO 69 71 at North British at Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 at Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß 100 at Do B stock lOO st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 975 93 975 5 5 25 Do, G.N.E. p urc h ase 16.13.4 1d p d at Do Leeds lOO 55 555 at Do York at North London 10 Do new 5 i 1.16.1 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 104 11 at Not. Gran. RI. & Canal 100 95 06 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhs mney st Scottish Central st Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 45 47 , at Do Sc , t. Mid. stock lOO 103 106 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all at Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer, all at South Devon lOO 37 39 25 S. Durham & Lane. Un all _ st South Eastern at South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 100 102 99 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok all 55 6,5 65 5 25 Stockton & Darlington all 386 395 25 Do l3 84 94 p 25 Do New, 1880 5 5 5 6 4 p at Taff Vale. st Do Pref. No. 1 25 Thames H avenDk&Rai I 22 50 Ulster 25 Do 2O 25 34 2.10 Do at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 128 131 at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick. all 20 West Cornwall all 65 75 20 West London 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class all st W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO — at West Midland Oxford 100 47 49 at Do Newpor - 100 43 46 44 5 at Do Hereford{ 100 90 92 A number of young fellows at Hull replied to this advertisement, and the bait was taken in Manchester. The advertiser represented him !elf to be a Prussian by birth, carrying on e nbiness as a commission agent, &c., in this city The Hull young lady was represented being a Miss Wallis, having £1,500 in cash, two h ouses, yielding an annual rental of £lB each, and wi th great expectations from a relation, some 84 Years of age, upon whose death she would receive an a dditio na l £7OO. A must tender and lively corre tbPondence took place, and the wife-seeking Prussian 1 , 11 " ET in raptures with the lady's position. Ulti mately an interview was arranged to come off at 6, 1 11 ' 1 . The gentleman wished at first that the the should meet him at Goole, but this to declined to do, and, therefore, he consented. ,go to Hull. The Hull wags accord tial-13' engaged the services of a young lady to lei e ß et The con fi ding fellow arrived from d a - , n ellester by the seven o'clock train on Thurs hi: evening, He was most respectably dressed, and in le anner appeared to be that of a person moving dr good sph ere o f soc i e ty. Th e yoking lady was ee e ssed in d ee p mourn in g , h av i ng a veil which con til ed her featuros, and she carried in her hand a ; 11141 1 white handP:erchief by which she was to be 4 i ee gnised. H e so on espied the fair lady parading h e n Platform, and he went up to her and accosted r in evidently the most polite terms. The lady ven te red into conversation with him, and they walked i e l . l Platform t oge th er for some minutes, during l a 0 1 they were o bj ects o f cons id era bl e interest to a nd of young fellows who were congregated about. it o .ue stranger, however, seemed to pay no attention he antics of these wags, being too much occupied ..'kith the young lady, upon whom he appeared to stow a touching amount of attention. Presently, a 4 13 Was hailed, and the interestin g coup l e seate d i ,etnselves in it, and were driven to a h ouse , w h ere "e3T both alighted. It was not until the gentl eman `was fairly seated in the front room that he dis- Covered he had been victimised. He was here met 1 37 about 20 " cousins" or " near relations" of the kind' T i ll as is generally the case in matters of this w as unmercifully assailed with jeer s and Indifferent joks. After a time it was suggested that the matter might be " made up" if he would stand 'lt dinner and some wine for his tormentors. This 'le refused m ost resolute l y to d o , an d said it was al l a mistak e ; he had come to Hull on business, a nd he had never advertised for a wife. This !tatement availed him little, and his ruthless kaiersecutors determined that an "unpleasant ex anould be made of him." He was seized, hi hat hat w as smashed in, his stick was ta k en f rom $t m, and he was then thrust ignominiously into the 2 0 r. Here h e was rece i ve d by a :roved of about I , o _ "nen and boy s w h o h a d assem bled, and were in I %,!3eilsion o f t h e secret. H e was k noc k e d a b ou t t i 2 l te a dog i n a f a i r ," th e peop l e k ee pi ng u p a con thunal chorus of " How's your wife," " What about gLC twn hous=es," "Have you got the £1,500 yet," ci , He was pursued through several of the prin t'at streets in the town, about two or three thou bed People "chaffing" him on his way. At last t wo as cond uc t e d back to the railway station by tti Police constables, where he was kept in safe k a ste clY until the departure of the night train for N t 7,l l , e hester. An immense concourse of people th - ,„"ed to viitness his departure—the mob speeding Parting guest with a farewell groan. from a' posed to land at a Camp , ie triage :es hay: ntendou lat:ed to direo steps to osary• li Th GREEK LOAN.--A return to Parliament itf °lll3 a us th a t th e balance due by the Greek Government in - Peet of th e G ree k loan is £847,544 16s. ld. h T he q'ireeto r s of the Natal Cotton Company avi t g ceaipleted the purchase of cotton estates in the dis -11;" of Univoti, a rrangements are being made for the 41 k 11 ,, a ging director to proceed to the colony without delay. " 41l eh surprise has been created by the announce preiat that the French Government have commenced hostile f e °e f e is e dillgs against the banking firm of M. Adam and Co. theme offence of having recommended their clients to sell 4 } per C en t s . an d i nves t i n the leading railway secu dll:B Yielding a better return. Considering the ef fect pro oii, ed the recent mismanagement, which allowe d the iloustance to transpire that the Government were dis- Vt )Rea , 0 borrow in Loudon at the rate of 6 per cent. in order virEtuP•erate on the Paris market while the Bank of France i h. ,! lowering its rate to 4 per cent., this fresh instance of io'llsicretion is calculated to damage the reputation of M. and to cause capitalists in general to withdraw the ulid.ence they were otherwise disposed to entertain regard -4.ft.:his sagacity and fair intentions. the t a ppears that the applications for conversion of 411; terezhslt 4f per Cents, under the plan proposed now Q unt to ,h two-fifths of the total stock. END. held at 2e chair. the half enses to, :on, said year v. 5 At the iderable s being t. The .emune !cidedlf 3e with line. innittee. )urpose-1 luld be A n the lethara 0 ter' DOE - terdal ►ry ill en in- e coil- ) first s and ing ?ctors , e fore Grin- Iwo „ o rs Loped 70 0 a out PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. Paid.[ Closing I Business Prices. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 P.C. pref. issued at £5 all at Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. at 100 93 95 20 Do. shares at Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 100 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 percent all 20 21 81 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun all 6 64 10 Do. Ist Class Pref all at E. Angn. Class Asp. c lOO 100 105 at Ir. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 109 111 at Do No. 2 100 109 111 at Do. new 6p.c. at lOO 127 129 st Eastern Union, 4p. c— 100 82 81 at Do. sp. c. guar lOO at Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 112 114 at Do. 4p. c. guar. S. &Li lOO 90 92 at Furness, 5 per dent lOO st Glos.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c lOO at Great Northern, sp. c lOO 119 121 at D 0.5 p.e.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 113 115 at Do. 44 p. c. do lOO 106 103 st 10 (Dao. N . sp h t . . of e rc o .a . t i s s p t . c p . r p e m i l a o l o l I_lo I_l2 at Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 100 102 60 Great West. (Berke and Hants )Cxt) 5 per cent 6 at Do. redeem. 44 p. ct lOO 99 101 994 1004 st Do. redeem. 4p. ct lOO 90 92 at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct lOO 91 93 st Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 100 102 104 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares all 94 10' 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs all 174 18 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she all 104 11 at Do. firm. gua”. stock lOO 77 79 264 Do. Chester guar. shares all 201 214 134 Do. do all 10 10/ 20 Do. do all 15 18 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pref SO at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 138 138 at Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10d, e 100 at Do. Bp. c. (East Lan.) lOO at Dcr. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur lOO 102 104 at Lon.&l3rig.sp.e.gu. No.l 100 112 114 at Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 100 112 114 at Do. 6 per cent, do.— at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 112 114 at Do. 7 per cent pref. atk 100 152 156 at Do. p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 118 131 at Do. 4 p ast(div.detliP6s 100 75 77 at Lon.Chat.&D.v. s_p.c.pi. 100 96 97 95 4 at Lon. &N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 at Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares at Do. 1 1 ner cent 2s 6d Do. (Prtam. perpl. anus. of 2s 6d 12i4 Londondy. & Cole. she all 124 I,ondony. et Ennis. shs all 134 13/ at Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. 100 124 126 126 54 6 Do. £6 at Do. al per cent. 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent 5 4 4pm 124 Mary port & Carl. 4 pr. c. all .. 124 Do. 44 per cent all .. at 311,11 m -id Con. 6p. c. stk . . 100 st Do.Con.Bris.& p.c 100 13' 136 at Do. 44 p.c. pref. at. rdem 100 103 105 at Do. 44 p.c. Irredeemable 100 6 Do. 44 per cent ~.. all .. at Do.Leic. and Hit4per ct 100 94 96 924 at sp. C. Ex. at. 1846 100 at Do. 54 p. c. Putt st. 1847 100 .. at Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lB47 100 .. at Nort British. 5 per cent. 100 111 113 at Do. New gua. 5 per cent 100 109 111 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. 7 14 lipm 10 Do. do. do. all .. st Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dek.Co. 100 at N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 .. at Do. 44pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. at Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref 100 100 102 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 8. 13.4 20 Do. Leeds 6p. e. No. 1 13 4 dia par ;41 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 .. 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 20 North Staffordshire.... all 4 die par 10 ithymney Guaranteed.. all 22 23 at Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 .. at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 .. at Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 .. 10s. South Devon, Ann, 10s. all 135 140 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent all 10 11 10. 6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.8) at Do. 44 per cent at Do, Fixed 44 per cent 100 101 103 at South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 .. at Do. 44 per cent at Do. do. 1859 lOO .. at Do. 5 per cent lOO at S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua lOO 87 90 20 Do. sp. c. gua, 17 it 15 p 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 274 284 25 Do. B6p. c all 32 34 25 Do. C6p. c all 31 33 at Watrid & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 42 45 43 at W. ) , lid.-Oxf lst gua stk 100 128 130 :127 at Do. 2d no. lOO 120 125 st Do• Newport 5 p.c. Kred 100 101 103 c. pf. 1866 100 121 124 at Do. Perpet6p. st Do. till 1869 100 117 120 DOCKS. --- stock Commeroial lOO stock ( Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min 100 stock ;East and West India 11 0 124 126 stock London ,•• 100 68 60 stock ,St. Katharine. lOO 60 62 stock ISouthampt-on lOO 00 99 . 'I st,olt ilrictoria ...... •• I 1 01 2 0 IDOI 2 id p I * - 7' ....~ i '-- .. „~ - __ BRITISH POSSESSIONS. - . POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(Th is Bay.) Closing Price. Railways. Pald. Business done MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Attalla° & S. Lawrence' fictl.,Baroda&.Centlnclj 68 72 100 101 6 64,1 T.;NPROVOKED ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.—COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE.—John Galloway, a tall, well-dressed man, was charged before Mr. Yardley, with unprovokedly assaulting a female named Chandler. extra; about three miles. Gu. 5 per cent.. Buffalo and Lake fiuron Do. New Do. Preference Cleutta.&; , .Eastit. (1, , • ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town Sc Dock Scrip Demerara........., Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 44 p o. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1855-1870 8 8i '5 :)* The complainant said she was walking near Albemarle street the previous evening, when the prisoner came up and deliberately kicked her twice on the knee without saying a word. She followed him with the intention of giving him into custody, and he went into apublichouse and then came out, and saying, " You are here, are you," struck her a severe blow in the face. Do. 1866-1871 Do. do. G Ext Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867. The prisoner's only excuse for his conduct was that he had lost a sovereign. Mr. Yardley —I , o you mean to say that because you lost a sovereign you kicked an unoffending woman who gave you no provocation. Do. do. 1872 .. Gt. IndiaPenin, g - ua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. olCanada Shares Do. New .. ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. C. do. '77 d 0... Madras guar., 5 p. c.;;.. Do. 41 p. c. Extension , Do. 4i d 0.... .... I Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. ; Newßrunswick a Canda. The prisoner sa'd it was not exactly for that, but he had been drinking. Police-constable, 186 C, proved seeing the prisoner de liberately strike the complainant, and that he had been drinking. Mr. Yardley committed the prisoner for a month with hard labour. Ry.dcLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. .. Scin de Do. Punjaub E Do. Do. ........ ..) Fs et Do. In due. St. Flo. ' (Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. THE SUN, LONDON; SAT CIRDAY E VLNING, MAR CH 1, 1862, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: READING STEEPLECHASES-FRIDAY. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 25 to 1 agst Playman (t). The Innkeepers' Plate (handicap) of 50 sovs ; winners Mr. A. Yates's Playman, lOst 71b (including 71b extra) (Nightingall) 1 Mr. W. Holman's Sunbeam, lOst 111 b (in. 71b extra) (G. Holman) 2 The following also ran :—Longrange, Luff, Marmion, Eheu, and Venison. Betting--6 to 4 agst Playman, 4to 1 agst Luff, sto 1 agst Marmion, and 7 to 1 agst Sunbeam. The refusing commenced at the first fence, and four only of the seven came to the brook, at which Luff fell, but was quickly remounted, and passed the stand about 80 yards behind the other three. Venison then was first, Playman second, and Sunbeam third ; at the next fence (the double) Playman and Venison fell, the former being remounted without losing much ground. Sunbeam then went on with a strong lead, and had none but Playman near her into the ploughed field opposite the stand, where Luff refused, and was out of the race, Venison going on about 500 yards behind. At the turn towards home, Sunbeam went wrong, and was turned round. Flayman passed the stand alone; after an interval came Sunbeam, and half a mile after her Venison, who persevered to the hill and then was stopped. Playman cantered in first by nearly 300 yards, and Sun beam was the only other that passed the post. A Handicap of 5 sovs each, 1 ft, with 20 added. Winners extra. About 2} miles. Mr. Land's Ascot, 9st 121 b (Mr. Martin) 1 Mr. Nightingale's Catherine, 9st 101 b Mr. Humbolt's Broadbrim, lOst:7lb (Mr. O'Kelly) 3 Captain H. Rhy's Old Post, lOst (car, lOst 31b) (West) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Broadbrim, 2to 1 agst Ascot, and 7 to 2 agst Catherine. Broadbrim made the whole of the running, Ascot and Catherine lying alternately in second place, until they entered the winning field, when Ascot got in front and de feated Catherine, who passed Broadbrim at the distance very cleverly by a length. Broadbrim was four lengths from the second, and Old Post took no part in the race after crossing the first three fields. The Berkshire Hunt Stakes of 3 soya each, with 20 added, for horses the property of and ridden by gentlemen, far mers, tradesmen, or their sons or grooms, &c. Optional selling weights. About 3 miles. Mr. E. Hayward's The Flat, aged, list (60 sovs) (Mr. Pullen) 1 Mr. G. R. Cross's Forester, aged, 11st (L 100) .. (Owner) 2 Major Fletcher's Grey Kitty, aged, list (X6O) (N. Long) 3 The following also ran :—Aniseed, Cannon Ball, Grey Polly, Duchess, Mr. Kent's mare, and Undecided (late Fawn). Betting-4 to 1 aget Undecided, sto 1 agst Flat, 6to 1 agst Grey Polly, and 7 to 1 each agst Cannon Ball and Duchess. The moment the flag fell the lot began to speed, and before reaching the brook were running in all direc tions. Grey Kitty S and The Flat alone came straight. Grey Polly then got over, and was fcllowed by Duchess Aniseed, and, after a wide interval, Undecided, Cannon Ball and Mr. Kent's mare having falllen together at the, first fence. At the double beyond the stand Aniseed fell, and Polly immediately afterwards took up the running and carried it on at a moderate pace to the ploughed land at the fence into which Duchess and Undecided fell. On reaching the brook a second time Polly, The Flat, Grey Kitty, Forester, and Aniseed cleared it, and passed the stand in the order named. Aniseed fell at the double, and the rest went on as before. On entering the starting-field Grey Polly bad a lead of several lengths, but was evidently going her best, and fell heavily at the brook, Enoch, her rider, on endeavouring to rise, being knocked down by Mr. Kent's mare, who was loose. The Flat and Forester then passed the winning chair by themselves, the former win ning by six lengths and Grey Kitty about 100 yards from thew, coming in third. The winner was sold to Captain Horton Rhys for 82 guineas. A Selling Handicap Steeplechase of 5 sovs each, lft, with 25 added ; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs. 14 mile. Mr Nightingale's Catherine, 9st 101 b .. (Owner) 1 Mr. A. Yates's Goldsmith, lOst 91b .. (Monaghan) 2 Brine and Knuston also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Catherine; sto 2 agst Knuston ; and 3 to ] agst Brine. Knuston made running at a good pace, followed by Ca therine and Goldsmith, Brine being last to the fence into the ploughed land, where she fell. Knuston continued his lead to the top turn, where he refused, and went wrong. Catherine and G old smith then raced together to the straight, when the mare came away, and won easily by 20 lengths. No advance upon the selling price was offered for the winner. WARWICK SPRING MEETING—TUESDAY, Mar. 18• The Willoughby Handicap of 15 soya each, and 6 only if declared on or before March 4, with 40 added. Two miles. Age at lb Petra (h b) 6 11 7 Yorkshire Grey alO 9 Emblem... Wortham Loiterer Quicksilver Gavazzi 4 10 3 Prince Imperial -10 3 The Great Warwickshire Handicap, of 20 soya each, 10 ft and 5 only if declared on or before the 4th of March, with 100 added. Two miles. 35 subs. Age at lb Cosmopolite The Lawyer 4 8 5 Weatherbound 5 713 Man-at-Arms Danae 5 7 7 Fabius Jingling Johnny 4 7 6 Will o' the Wisp 4 7 5 Finlande Milverton Rollcall Gouvieux Prince of Denmark a 7 2 Newstead Killigrew Paul Clifford.... 4 613 Noblesse Loiterer 6 6 12 Age st lb Watersprite Worcester a 10 0 Romeo .. a 9 9 Harry 6 9 7 Vesper St. Lawrence 3 8 12 Warminster Age at lb Rhcebus 4 6 12 Gavazzi 4 6 12 Shropshire 4 6 12 Pagoda Conscript Prince Imperial Tolurno . Jacintha Leonora 3 5 9 Watchflre .. 3 5 9 St. Lawrence 3 5 7 Sappho Violet 3 5 7 Satenella Guerilla 3 5 7 Thunderstorm The Cutler 3 6 7 The forfeits of Jealousy and Longrange have been paid. TIIIRSK SPRING MEETING.—The following stakes close and name on Tuesday next, the 4th of March, viz. the Sowerby Plate Handicap, Hunt Cup, Silver Cup, and the Hurdle Race. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.—The following horses have paid forfeit, or been drawn:—Cup—General Hess, Yorkminster, Esther, Dominic Sampson, Queen of Trumps, Antares, Warminster, and Sagittarius; Aintree Plate Spicebox, Leontes, Cronstadt, and Shillelagh ; Handicap Hurdle Race—Northam, and Margery Dew; Sefton Han dicap—Spicebox, General lless, Leontes, Shillelagh, and Antares ; Handicap Plate (three furlougs)—Leontes and Shillelagh ; Handicap Plate (half a mile)—Spicebox, Leontes, and Shillelagh. SCRATCHINGS.—The following horses have been struck out of their engagements :—On the 17th ultimo, at 9 a.m., Gaylad out of his Lincoln and Nottingham engagements and the Derby Hurdle Race, Blind Hnokey and Cairo out of all their engagements, and Bannockburn, Jerusalem, and Freshman out of all engagements for which the weights have been published. On the 18th, after 6 p.m. Esther out of Liverpool Spring Cup. On the 19th, at 9 a.m., Spicebox, Antares, Dominic Sampson, and Leontes out of their Liverpool engagements, and Queen of Trumps out of Liverpool Spring Cup. On the 20th, at 9 a.m., Wortham out of the Liverpool Hurdle Race. On the 22d, at 12 15 p.m., Freestone out of her Lincoln and Notting ham engagements. On the 24th, at 9 a.m., Ace of Clubs out of the Belvoir Castle Stakes at Croxton Park, and Yorkminster out cf Liverpool spring Cup; at 11 a.m. Senior Wrangler out of Trial Stakes at Lincoln, and Dux out of Lincolnshire Handicap ; at 4 20 p.m., Prince Frede rick and Estella out of their Lincoln engagements; and atter 6 p.m. all Mr. Hodgman's horses out of their Liver pool engagements, except Mutineer in the Hurdle Race. On the 25th, at 9 a.m., Warminster out of Liverpool Spring Cup, and The Miller out of the Nottingham and Derby Hurdle Races ; and at 12 30 p.m., General Hess out of the Liverpool Spring Cup and Sefton Plate. s uP FOREIGN Algerian ..... Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... ....... BahAS.Fran-Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she Italian Junction Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref....• •• • • , Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn) Paris,Lyons, & Medi ter. Paris & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Pero ) %ua. 7_p. ct. Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish ....... Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust &Lomb VeneLin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p ct. West Flandern ..,..... Do. 5f p. o. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. Western of Austria.... Westvrn of Switzerland Wiesbaden . . Do. 8 por cent Pref Zealand BRTTIS Alfred Consols (Phila,ek) ffritish Iron. 1 Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Taoist.; East Bassett (Illogan)• • Past Caradon ...... - I`ast Ca-n E. Russel (Tavistli. , Gam.&St Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolzus (E .Wheal Alfa. (Philack G. Wheal Vor (Helston' Grenville Elingston Downs Lady Bertha Niargaret (tiny Lelant Mark e Valley.. Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) North Downs North Frances (Illoga N. WWI Basset (Ill° ;au' North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) E'rovidence(Uny Lelnt. , Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Caen Brea (Illogan).. S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim ~ Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv./z Lead Min Pin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illoiran) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illog;an) Wheal Buller(Redruthl Wilt:a Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) FOREIG Australian BonAccord Copper,Lim. Brazil Land Az Clarendon Cons.MiaCo Cobre Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.llling..Co East Del Rey (Limited) Fortuna. General Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) I- . 3 Linares 5 ILusitanian 1 Mariquira 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 20 I'ontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... 5 'Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 20 St. John del Rey (L.) 28.2.81 United Mexican . 1 Worthing (Limited) COLONIAL GOVERN Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-82 Do 6p. cent.lBB3-4 Do. 6p. cent. -- Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. a. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Inscribed stock Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO Do. 1890, Do. Jan. & July, 1891 1 Ceylon, Nov.lBBl, 6 p c N. ii. Gov. 6 p.e..la.&July Do. 6p. O.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. G ov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876, Do. do., 1888 ds up wdel New Zealand 6 p. cent. INova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c steriincg, 1875 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up IVic.Gov. 6 p.c, Ja.. &July Do, do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 100 101 1014 102 1 100 102 1014 1 02+ 102 103 1034 104 26i 274 72 74 61 63 44 46 45 48 41 44 40 43 100} 101/ pr L dp 100 101 13 13/ 74 7 100 104 94 96 100 101 92 95 90 92 5 7 4 6 10E 103 } pr 95 98 $ i , BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.-YESTERDAY. For the Grand National Steeple Chase, Tumbler was in great force, and anything over 8 to 1 would have been freely taken against the Huntsman ; Jealousy was supported at 100 to 8 ; and 100 to 7 would have been taken about Thomastown. The Dane receded to 100 to 8 (offered). For the Chester Cup, 30 to 1 was wanted about Weasel ; 25 to 1 was taken agst Hadji Stavros, but afterwards 300 to 10 was offered. There was little done on the Derby-100 to 3 was offered agst Malek ; and for the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes any advance upon 10 to 1 would have been taken agst Wingrave, and any advance upon 100 to 8 about Alvediston. Closing prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 8 to 1 agst Huntsman (taken) 100 to 8 agst Jealousy (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Thomastown (offered) 100 to 8 agst The Dane (offered) 100 to 6 agst Tumbler (taken freely) 100 to 6 agst Corona (offered) 100 to 6 agst Northern Light (offered) THE DERBY. 100 to 3 agst Malek (offered) 100 to 1 apt Clarissa colt (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to lon the field (offered) 10 to 1 agst Wingrave (offered, take 100 to 9) 100 to 8 agst Alvediston (offered) 100 to 6 agst Hubert (offered) 10 to 1 bar two CHESTER CUE. 20 to 1 agst Vest colt (offered) 25 t o 1 agst Weasel (offered, take 30) 30 to 1 agst Hadji Stavros (offered) 33 to 1 agst Agag (taken) 33 to 1 agst Caller Ou (offered) 50 to 1 eget Reindeer (taken) 1/ 11 2 68/ 0 8/ 1' SECURITIES. MEN' 1 los 111 1107 109 109 1 11 99i 1001 OS 100 111 113 1111 113 1111 113 1106 107 99 100 974 9R4 97 98 107 109 ,1074 1083 108 110 104 108 107 108 1091 i 10 1001 1)71 1071 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 AgraeaTnitedServiceSt 60 87 89 40 Australasia all 66 88 25 Bank of Egypt all 21 22 21/ 100 Balk of London ..... 60 80 82 50 British North American all 53 54 20 Chtd.Bank of India, Arc. all 214 22 211 25 Ch. Mer. of In. i. on.Ar Ch. all 33 35 100 City 100 Colonial . , Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 20 Eng.. Scot., Jr Aus. Ch.. all 181 191 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 261 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 251 161 20 Do. new all 2SI 28 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Afrioan lO pr 113 10 100 London & Westminster 20 8u 81 100 Nat. Prov. of England 12 20 Do. new 50 National Bank ..... 25 2C N ets South Wa1e5...... all 26 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new 25 South Australia .., 25 Union of Australia 50 Cat of London 100 Unity 60 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 5 51 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim) all 29 82 20 Do. 11,7p.e.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 324 Canada Land all 113 116 10 Chanislands Tel. (Lint) all 10 China & Japan Cos st dz River Steam Naviga. 24 st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg. all 25 Do. Pref.:l per cent all 12 16 at. Crystal Palace st. De. Preference st 1)o. R p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 105 108 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 74 Do. B 74 14 04 20 E.lndialrrign. & Canal 1 pr 4pm 14 at. Electric Telegraph 100 96 99 25 Do. New l5 5 English &Aus. Copper all 21 34 15 Gen. Steam Navigate ni 14 -- 1 Great Slip Limited) all 1 Do. 174 p. et Preference all 4 4i 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 44 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 14 1; 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 24 24 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim all 4 5 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim) 5 1 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 2 ld 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die. all 4 4 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 13 16 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all ; 14 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all 1 4 11 I Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 11 14 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) all 74 74 at. Peelit.Lud.&Min.(Lim) 100 52 53 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 88 70 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red Sea&ln.TeLg.4lp.e. all 184 191 19 50 Rhymney Iron all 164 174 15 Do. New all 44 54 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 53 55 544 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 135 140 25 South Australian Land all 33 35 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 1 # 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do all 4 6 2 Telegraph to Ind a(L ) 1 4ds /p 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (lim)lst is. I pr 20 la Ln.00.5/1 Vpr.Can, 5 1 1 11 61 • 1 10 6 ) oat 9 10vi naimg 24 7 1014 I 12 1001 131 101 all /100 15 all 100 RAILWAYS 6# e — P I 1 I 1* 11 12 4 4 23 24 14 114 F fi 20 2l 40 41 8 10 84 74 42f 434 54 65 3 lid 13 15 84 n g A ipm 284 t 94 - - 10 3 10ij 21i 22i I ES. I 1 31 113 410 420 17 60 304 31 101 11 21 3} } 11 13 4 4i 6i 7 2 21 35 37 2} 2 .1 .0 4 . 10 10& i d }pm 4 1 Si 3 3i If 2} 7 e 40 42 315 25 2i 3 95 105 29 SI 1 1 9 9 3 1 12i 131 40 42 270 280 974 1024 65 70 11 11 11 12 15 16 17 18 ME 16 114 1 Ei I 3.9.3 tl4.d 3.0.0 7.7.0 56/ 17s 43.15.6 N. 12 4.14 1.12.1 47, 4.3.0 12:3 2.0.0 2.2.9 11 10.0.7 5.11.61 all 18. g 27 19. 13s 6d 48 7 1.7.2 MINES. 1 I t 44 11 11 di.. 32 24 6 8 1 11 i t 21 2f 22 24 id i p 1 ii P 8 9 i d A pr i i pr 2 4 1 11 lip q m 62 64 si 9 14 I lif THAMES. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—A CANDIDATE FOR PENAL SERVITUDE.—WiIIiam Brown, alias Broom, better known by the soubriquet of "Nimble Bill," was brought up on remand charged with stealing a silver watch and a gold guard, valued at £l7 10s., from the person of Mr. William Radcliff, a stevedore of No. 6, Prince's-street, Ratcliff highway. A few nights ago Mr. Radcliff left his home with a jug in his hand for the purpose of obtaining the supper beer for himself and family, and was about to enter a public-house when the prisoner accosted him and made a sudden and very rough snatch at his watch guard, and dragged it from him with the watch. Before Mr. Radcliff could recover from his surprise, the prisoner was off with the watch and chain. Instant pursuit was made after the fellow, who well deserved the title of "Nimble Bill," for he soon out-stripped his pursuers and was lost sight of. Mr, Radcliff gave immediate information to the police, and from his description the prisoner was apprehended on the fol lowing morning as he was enterin g a coffee-shop in Rat cliff-highway. He stoutly denied the charge mado against him, and said he was not in the Back-road, St. George, where the robbery was committed, on the night in ques tion. Mr, Radcliff had seen him 100 times in the Back road, and knew him well. Daniel Davey, a police constable, No. 109 H, said the prisoner was only 20 years of age, and had been in custody 10 or 11 times for robberies, and summarily convicted seve ral times. The prisoner was convicted in March, 1860, in that court for stealing a watch, and sentenced to six months imprisonment and hard labour, and in March, 1861, he re guilty, a n d b egged of the magis tceived a similar sentence fo r a watch robbery. ra T te he to settle prisoner it h pleadedere," He was i n f orme d t h e powers o f the court were exhausted, and was committed for trial at the sessions. , • TRIS DAY'S DIARIZETS. COVENT GARDEN. Fair average supplies of produce have been on sale here to-day. Generally speaking , the trad e h as b een s t ea d y , a t priceS without material change from those quoted last week. FRUIT. s. d. 6 . d. s. d. ad. per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Grapes rlb 4 oto 4 6 er bus 0 oto 0 0 tc l: oo o e eni a g piplddeeor b o s pe. each r.. 0 0 I 8 20 0 00 t t t o ot 00 1 1 g 205 800 0 f A mc C oh Filberts,benr rou t nieds per lb. 0 oto 0 0 p ep 61elons, each 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Peaches, perdoz.. 0 oto 0 d Figs, per d0z..... 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Damson .. 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per sieve 2 6to 5 0 Gooseberries hf sv 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do .... 6 oto 11 0 ICurrants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Oranges, per 100 3 6 toe 0 Pl ums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Lemons, per 100.. 3 6to 8 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Apricots, per doz 0 oto 0 0 Ras Pberries,prpt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 6to 4 6 Shallots, per lb .. 0 10 to 1 0 Cabbages, pr doz 2 oto 4 0 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 4 Paisley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 lier doz. ~ 1. 6to 2 0 B Cauliflowers,roc oPotatoes,ll, per per, tu p onn d . z 9110 1 000 to o 0 : 0130 3 0 0 pB C e ae l er e st I. ; a y ps, p er d o. 0 ot o 0 0 New ditto, pr ewt. 1 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 3 oto 4 0 Peas, per sieve 0 oso 0 0 Mushrooms.p ptl. 2 oto 2 6 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 6 Artichokes, pr dz 0 6to 0 0 Carrots, pr do 3 6 toe 6 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 01 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb 6too 8 ; Radis h es, dz hods 00to 0 0 Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 1 T o matoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv.l2 oto 0 0 W a lnuts, per lee 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s. 1 6to 2 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, hf. ay 13to 1 9 Capsicums, p er do 00to 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 R h ubarb, per bun 0 6 to 1 0 French beans, h.s. 3 oto 5 0 Asparagus, pr do. 5 oto 7 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 OSo 0 0 Seakale, per pun. 0 oto 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 10a Od; poults, Os Od to Os Od each geese, Os Od to 7s Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks 2s Od to 3s 04; rabbits, is 6d to 2s Od each; wild do., 9d to is 3d ; pigeons, is to is 3d each; large Surrey fowls, 6s Od to 12s Od; chickens, 6s Od to 8s Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each; ptarmigan, is Od to is 6d ; partridges ' is 6d to 2s 6d ; woodcocks, 3s 6d to Os; snipes, Is to Is 6d ; teal, is Od to is 6d ; wild ducks, is 6d to 2s Od ; widgeons, 10d to is Od ; plovers, is Od to is 6d each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 8s Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 8s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is to la 2d ' - English, is ld to is 4d per :lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to 12s ; French do. 7s Od to 9s Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s 6d to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. ; turbots, 2s 641 to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 7s Od ; brills, is Od to 5s Od ; doreys, is Od t.o 7s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 28 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 3s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 3d to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 12s to 20s ; natives, 428 to 44s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 12s ; haddocks, 4s to 15s ; smelts, is Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od to Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 40s ; fresh herrings, 6s to Os; bloaters, Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 10,1 to 4s 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; and pork, 3s Bd.to 4s 8d per 811 m. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d. ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Blba. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Bjd to 9d, of household do., 6id to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, nd to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 41d; 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to 41d. Horse hides, 8s to lis Od ; calf skins, light 3s Od to 4s Od ; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; potted sheep, Sits Od to lls Od ; half-breds, 8s Od to 98 6d ; Downs, 6s Od to 7s 6d ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, is 2d to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITILFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4lss , clover, £3 lOs to £5 lOs ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s Od per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4lss; clover do., £3 10s to £5 10s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 16s ; clover, £3 10,4 to £b 10s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Trade inactive. COAL MARKJT. (Mies of Coal per Ton at the close of the market 8. d. __ _ _ Byass's Bebside West Walls End. Hartley . ... 15 0 Haswell Wylam ..15 0 Byron ......16 0 Carway and Duffryn K elloe Malting 24 0 Hartlepool 16 6 Do. Anthracite.. 21 6 Riddell Lambert's West Hart- Easington .... ......14 6 ley l4 9 Thorpe . 16 0 Walker Primrose 11 6 Nuredale. l2 0 Holywell 16 0 -Tunstall Eden Main 16 3 s. d. Ships at market, 27 ; sold, 23. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTEILDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam . 11 18} 11 18? _ _ Antwerp .. 25 40 Brussels — 25 40 Hamburgh — 13 71 Paris .. Short. 25 10 Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 1181 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin ,— 9 8 25 42f 25 42f 13 81 25 20 25 47} 25 471 118/ 14 10 14 15 323 9 12 48a 48i 25 471 25 47 25 47a 40 1201 1201 52} 521 48/ 48 25 21 25 521 25 52/ 401 1201 120 52 52/ Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Now York ...... —' Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per oz £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) ..........• .......... South American Doubloons 0 0 0 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March I.—Wind this day at noon—North moderate breeze and fine, but cloudy at times. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. M. — Sailed—Canova, for Monte Video ; H.M.'s ship Virago, for Plymouth. od—Kent, for Melbourne. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 28.—Sail (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, March I—Perseverance, from Medemblik ; The Rhine, from Antwerp; Bruiser, from Hamburg. Sailed—Nautilus, for St. Kitt's. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, Feb. 28—Pilgrim, for Singapore; Julia, for Cherbourg ; Bride, for Swan River—all from London. passed, March I—Naparima, from LoAdon, for Trinidad. k ~~ THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (From the Daily News.) There can be no doubt that the time has arrived when we must f am a judgment for ourselves, inde pendent of American guidance, about the course and probabilities of political affairs at "Washington. There is naturally a strong desire on all hands to guide European opinion, and we are presented with the sanguine views and pet projects of every sec tion which has a plan to propose or a point to carry. Amidst incompatible representations of how the land lies, and assurances from divergent parties that each is sure of success, we must hear what each has to say, and keep our judgment suspended as to the way in which victory will incline. The letters of our correspondents in the Daily News of Monday and Tuesday last must have suggested to our readers something of this kind ; and when, again we com pare them with the American correspondence of other journals, we may plainly perceive that it is an hour of crisis at Washington, and in each eee tion of the country, and that each party desires to impress upon England that it will have the direc- tion of affairs presently, and that it will gratify all the desires of friends in Europe who have thus far remained unsatisfied 'about the true cause and ten tency of the struggle. It is a clear duty now for us to take whatever pains are requisite to under stand the position of affairs at the moment when a choice must be made at Washington of one course among several. Of the South there is little to be said, except that the despondent tone of the Richmond papers, and other utterances in the Border States, is no longer met and corrected by the jubilant mani festoes of the Southern cities. On the contrary, the more thoroughgoing Confederates seem to have passed into the other extreme, and to be addressing their fellow-citizens in a tone of despair. If this sort of appeal is really suitable to the situation, it will soon be seen whether there is or is not any considerable portion of the population disposed for continued Union, on the simple terms of giving up slavery and the political privileges it carried with it. The evidence seems to us just what it always was, that the Confederacy must collapse whenever attacked with energy, and that there are districts where the inhabitants would be glad to exchange slave for free labour, and to have Washington for their metropolis, rather than Montgomery or Rich mond. The military and civil action of the Northern Government will soon disclose what rtmains to be known of the condition of the South. The grand question now is, what that Northern action will be ? Some journalists, correspondents, members of Congress, and political speakers in the several States, endeavour still to disguise the actual diver gence of opinion and aim, by declaiming on the " Union " as the object of the conflict, and the all-sufficient appeal to the twenty millions of the North. But this will not do now that the President has taken his stand on the Constitution, with an evident intention of standing or falling by it. And he means by this that he will observe the terms of the Constitution precisely as it exists, with ite pro-slavery provisions, and not in a mere general way under an understood arrangement for amending the Constitution as soon as the South should be effectually dealt with. The pro-slavery provisions were, till recent times, only two ; the oue giving the three-fifths suffrage to slaveholders, and the other binding all the citizens of the whole nation to return fugitive slaves. Recent legislation has added heavily to the burden of these provisions, and it has been clear from the outset of the struggle that the Washington Government must surrender one thing or the other—it must surrender the pro slavery provisions of the Constitution or the sup port of the anti-slavery portion of the Northern population. Mr. Lincoln has manifested his inten tion of upholding the Constitution in its entirety, and it is an unseemly levity, or worse, in any jour nal, speaker, or writer to pretend that there is a good working agreement between the President and the whole body of Northern citizenship. In the same breath with such assumptions, we are told that slavery, the one mighty cause of the conflict, is about to be abolished. Slavery is the one mighty cause of the strife ; but what is the evidence that it is about to be abolished ? A bill is to be brought before Congress which will provide for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia—the District over which Congress has unrestricted power. Well, this move has been made often before; what is to happen now P Some assure us that it will succeed ; and others are certain that it will fail. It ought to succeed, now that the Con gress is weeded of Confederate members ; bat already this session a move in the same direction has failed. The Federal soldiery declare, almost to a man, that they will not be employed as slave-catchers, nor as escort to negroes delivered up to their owners. This is an interesting manifestation of opinion and feeling in an i:nportant class of society ; but, as regards action at Washington, it indicates only that there may be antagonism betweea the army and the Government. The abolitionists have for months been circulating a form of memorial to Government, by which they propose, and petition for, a treeing of the slaves wherever the Federal flag advances (in accordance with interpretations of the constitution by very high authorities), and moreover pledge themselves to contribute all they have, if necessary, to start and sustain a sound organisation of labour on the Southern plantations, under Federal officials. The answer to this is Mr. Lincoln's demonstration that he abides by the existing constitution. Next, we are desired to regard as a settled mat ter the disposal of the Confederate States when ac quired by the North. The soil of those States is to be remanded to the condition of Territories, as the Territories of the Republic are before arriving at a capacity to be States. The revolted States are to be governed from Washington, under a system of free labour. Some say the negroes are to be banished, as the President recom mended in his Message ; and others that the negroes are to be trained and elevated into the condition of the best free blacks of all countries. Our correspondent at Washington, in the letter which we published last Tuesday, tells us that we shall soon see a second middle class arise under such management, by which the whole South will be retrieved and reconciled. But the President is meantime pronouncing for the existing constitution ; and nobody explains what is to be done with the planters who happen to be of the Confederate party, while that new organisation is being carried on. Mr. Gerrit Smith, of whose recent avowals our correspondent of Monday speaks, under the date of February 6, is best known in this country by his attempts on behalf of those very planters, before the war broke out. He instigated and headed a movement for collecting funds for the purchase of the whole four millions of Southern slaves. The scheme failed, of course; and it is heard of now chiefly as a warning against following the lead of the excellent man who proposed it. Mr. Gerrit Smith is a generous and devoted man, worthy of all honour in his own sphere ; but he does not under stand politics. As he is put forward just now as, in some sort, an authority, it should be understood that he is not one of the body of AbolitioLists pro per, and that he heads no party, political or other. He therefore will no t h e l p hi s country to a solution of its present difficulty. Neither do the Aboli tionists prop er seem a bl e to do so. They are bearing testimony to the right principle and the true ex pediency, and their organ, the Standard, has recently avowed that the hour of crisis has come ; but they are not a political party, and it does not appear that any action is to be expected from them. What else P There Is the great Union party of the North, which would perpetuate Slavery with all its heart to get the Union b ac k again. This party will support Mr. Lincoln, and strive to pre vent that a bdication which is now so strongly and widely rumoured. The s lave -traders in the Atlantic ports. the Mammon worshippers of all sorts, and the Union worshippers, and the quiet Tories who are disturbed by the restless spirit of the time, are now in great complacency about Mr. Lincoln's deci sion, and will support him to the utmost. There is another large section of the people who are for sustaining the Constitution till the South is sub dued, and amending it afterwards. Then, there is the great Republican party, which has become much more anti-slavery than Mr. Lincoln since it elected hina. The numbers ; strength, and reputa tion of this party increase daily ; and on it rests the hopes of the country. Through it we see that public speech has become free at Washington, and in churches and lecture-rooms where no antislavery doctrine could have been uttered a year ago. Through it we may hope to see power and autho rity, reason and principle, always at command at Washington, in case of any official shrinking from the responsibility of what must be done. On this party rests the hope of the Republic. It can save the Republic easily enough, if aware of its duty, and properly sustained in it. Meanwhile, it is false patriotism—if, indeed, it be not treason—to pretend that there are no difficulties and disagreements in Northern policy. The difficulties are grave ; and the disagreements involve nothing less than the future virtue and liberty of the Republic. It is our part to show that we are awake to this fact. and not fit subjects for such coaxing, concealment, and false colouring as are employed for the comfort of the timid on the spot. 'We see, as we always liAve seen, that a frank and sound emancipation policy is the only safe hnd expedient one for the North ; and our vigilant attention must now be fixed on the parties and the individuals who promote or dis courage that policy. It is too late now to pretend that the promoters and opponents of that policy, and the waiters upon Providence in regard to it, do, or ever can again, work together as if united by a common patriotic enthusiasm. THE BLoci , ADE OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS, A Parliamentary paper, published y es t er d ay , contains a mass of correspondence from the British Minister at Washington, the c3nsuls in the Ame rican ports, the admiral on the station, and the officers under his command, to the effect that the blockade maintained by the Federal fleet is not effective. The last of the papers in the return is the following letter from the celebrated Mr. Mason to Earl Russell, written in London on the 17th inst. : " 109, Piccadilly, Feb. 17. "My Lord,—l have the honour to transmit to your lordship herewith (by permission) re turns of vessels entered and cleared at the block aded ports of the Confederate States of America at the respective dates to which they refer. Your lordship will observe that the returns from the ports of Charleston and Savannah are only up to the 31st of October last ; from New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, and Lavaca to the dates given in August, and from Wilmington till 10th Sept. Your lord ship will further observe that in the list froniN ew Orleans a large number were inland by the river Mississippi, and therefore involved no question of a breach of blockade. Wishing to be perfectly frank, it may be proper to remark also that others from some of the ports may have been quasi inland, that is to say, through the estuaries and sounds along the coast. I state as an example, from New Orleans to Mobile, where the route for small vessels may or may not have been through the inland sounds. But in regard to the latter, Ido not see why the obligations of a blockade do not extend RS fully to them as by access to the port from the open sea. These estuaries or sounds are accessible by inlets from the sea, and, if not guarded, the ports to which they lead may be reached as successfully by sea-going vessels of light draught through those channels as by a direct sea route. That the Govern ment of the United States so considered, is proved by the fact that the inland sea communicatio n be tween New Orleans and Mobile, Charleston, and Savannah, and perhaps other pl aces, i s claimed to ts herewith were th ose f urn i shed to me by my Government, to be commun i cated to your be rh e blockaded transerip by naval forces of that G overnment. lordship. Although purporting to be copies of the original returns, they were copies made at the proper department at Richmond from those returns, and are therefore authentic. I ask permission also to include herewith a printed list of vessels entered and cleared at ports in Cuba from and to the block aded ports of the Confederate States. These, for the most part, are enumerated in September ; and all for the months of November and December are of course not included in the transcripts from Illy Government. This paper, sent to me from Havana, was taken from official documents there by a gentleman of intelligence and integrity, well known to me, and worthy of entire reliance. The marginal notes are, of course, unofficial. The fact (assumed) of the arrival of the vessels cleared (at their ports of destination) was matter of notoriety, from the almost daily intercourse between Havana and those ports. I have no offi cial returns from my Government for the months of November, December, and January, to be accounted for in the fact that until very recently it could not be known when I might reach London. But, as your lordship, is doubtless aware, breaches of the blockade at mcst, if not all, of these ports by vessels of large as well as of small tonnage, both in wards and outward bound, have been during the last three months, and yet are, constantly reported. I have, &c. (signed) " S. M. MASON." TRIAL OF S3IALL BORE RIFLES AT WOOLWICH. The contest begun on Wednesday last in the Woolwich-marsh among the six gunmakers already mentioned in The Sun was again resumed yester day morning between Mr. Whitworth and Mr. Henry, who fired 60 rounds respectively over the short range of 500 yards, employing the three rifles allotted by the regulations in succession, and firing 20 rounds from each. The next pair of competitors were Mr. Turner and Mr. Ingram, who also com pleted their complement of GO rounds, commenced on Thursday. The north-easterly wind, which was still unabated, was exceedingly detrimental to the accuracy of the aim ; nevertheless, the state of the diagrams proved the unerring precision of the wea pons, as Air. Whitworth and Mr. Henry's shot marks on the target could each be covered, as stated. by the marksman, with the crown of a man's hat. The operations of yesterday were totally free from the dissatisfaction which disturbed the trans actions of the previous day, and there appeared a disposition on the p ar t o f L or d El c ho, Capt. Mild may, and other members of the council, to follow out the regulations without the minutest deviation. The competitors, however, expressed much dissatisfac tion at the appointment of Gen. Hay as the sole and absolute umpire, as it was alleged that the General was unalterably biassed in favour of the Whitworth rifle, and was thereby not sufficiently accessible to the complaints of the competitors at large. The visitors yesterday, no doubt influenced by the state of the weather, were not so numerous as on the pre ceding days, but the interest in the contest was in no way relaxed. Mr. Blanch, of Liverpool, at tended and exhibited some very ingenious articles of his invention, including a new muzzle stopper„ sight protector, and snapcap, which were much ad mired. A telescope of 3* feet focus length, having a 2 object glass, with an erect eye-piece, on a tri pod stand, was also introduced by Lord Bury for the National Rifle Association's maker, Mr. West, of Cockspur-street, which General Hay, w h o said he was already acquainted with its merits, pro nounced highly available for their purpose, and di rected the inventor to forward one for the use of the council by the earliest opportunity. On account of the Royal Laboratory Department requiring the use of the range this morning for the purpose of testing a quantity of powder in demand for imme diate use for cartridges, the Council of the Associa tion yesterday received intimation from Colonel. Bower that their proceedings this morning could not be renewed before 1 o'clock, when the range would again be placed at their disposal. Atelex,.,._ telegram is stated to have been received from the Red Sea Telegraph Cable Repairing Expedition to the effect that the cable between Suez and Jubal Island (200 miles) has been successfully repaired, and that it was con nected with the island on the 26th inst. A station will be opened there at once, and the company have arranged with the Post-office for the Peninsular and Oriental Company's vessels to call there for messages. The land line between Alexandria and Suez, which was carried away by the floods in October, has beeu reinstated, and is now working, so that messages may be sent direct to Jubal, instead of stop ping at Alexandria. SUGAR MANUFACTURE IN FRANCE.—The seas on for the manufacture of sugar from beetroot in France Com mences on the Ist of September, and during the five m onths which had elapsed at the end o f January the production had reached nearly 129,000,000 kilogrammes, the amount of production at the corresponding period of last year having been but 88,500,000 kilogrammes, showing an increase during the five months' operations this year of about 60 per cent. The number of sugar manufacturies in operation this season exceeds by 11 those of the previous season-348 against 337 ; of which 135 are in the single department du Nord ; and but five manufactories have remained inactive, against 12 the preceding season. These results show the impulseeti given to the man u f acture of sugar by the r e e n li e e r f g affO red in May, 1860, Share - 100 - stk 204 204 stock 1 stock ~,: