The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-22 00:00:00

3270,V 3.1-I.7IIfET A ND (PITY NB TVS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. There is still an abundant supply of money, and the rates of discount continue easy. Owing to the facilities offered in the open market, the inquiries at the Bank of England continued limited. The annual meeting of the London and County Banking Company will take place on the 6th prox. for the declaration of a dividend and other business. The half-yearly meeting of the National Discount Company took place to-day, at which a report was read showing that the gross profits for the six months ending the 31st ult. were £43,123 125., and after making allowance for bad and doubtful debts, the directors recommended an increased dividend to the proprietary, viz., at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum free of income tax. There is a decrease of £2,700 in the traffic receipts of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway for the past week. The Indus from Alexandria brings £1,350 in specie. No material alteration took place in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon. Gold is now about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London, and 3-10ths percent. cheaper here than in Hamburg. There was more activity in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, owing to an export demand for shipment to the Federal States, and prices were firmer. The sales were fully 4,000 bales. A further sum of £40,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday. The Bank' of France has reduced its rate of die count from 5 to 41 per cent. The directors of the Bank of Amsterdam have also lowered their rate—viz., to 31 per cent. There was a meeting to-day .ot the creditors of Mr. Frederick Meyer, trading as Charles Ogleby and Co., oil merchants, &c., of Lambeth. The balance sheet presented showed that the liabilities amount to £53,244, and the assets to £58,443, leav ing a surplus of about £5,200 in favour of the debtor. The statement presented was regarded as favourable by the meeting and a resolution was agreed to appointing a committee to investigate the affairs of the estate, and to report as to the best mode of dealing with the estate. At the meeting of the London and Mediterranean Steam Navigation Company, held to-day, the director's report was adopted after a long dis cussion. The market for Public Securities opened firmly at the improvement established on the preceding afternoon. Consols are 921 93 for money and the 6tii proximo. Business is very quiet, speculation being very much curtailed. The New Threes and the Reduced are firmer at 921 ; Exchequer Bills, Alai-ch, 17s. prem.; ditto, June, 20s. ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is 105! 7 7,-, being steady. Rather more business has been transacted in the Foreign Market, and priees tend upwards. Turkish 6' per Cents. are 831 . ; ditto, 1858, 73i 741; M ex ietn have advanced to 291; Spanish to 63 ; ditto Deferred to 43 ; ditto Certificates to 61 ; Venezuelan to 24 ; Dutch to 651; Buenos Ayres are 91, and the Deterred 311 1. The Moorish Loan is 4 1 51 preen. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been of a more active character, and prices generally exhibit inc,-eased buoyancy. Eastern Counties, Great Westerh'Et Lancashire and York shire, North Western, an d NTorth Eastern (Berwick) have advanced 55.; Caledoniao, Brighton, Midland, and South Eastern, 10s.; and South Western, £l. The Foreign and Colonial undeFtakings continue in moderate favour at steady rates. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian realise 19; Dutch Rhenish, 161 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 21; east Indian, 1011 6; and Great Indian Peninsula, 100. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have continued in fair demand. London and West minster improved 10s.; Chartered of India, Aus tralia, and China, 55.; Van Diemen's Land shares, however, have receded ss. BRITISH FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK. 3pet - rent. Reduced Annuities... per Cent. Consols Annuities .. New 3 per Cent. Annuities.. Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 9-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent...... Ditto 5 per Cent lOOl 1001 Ditto 51 per Cent tin to Bonds Xl,OOO `n 5 Ditto under £l,OOO C.'insols for Account, Feb. 6 93 2i itdia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent 10,1 March. I Jun=. 28 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... Ditto £5OO .. 17 : Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per. Cent, 1860 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ..... Ditto Deferred, 1 per Cent. 3ll 1 Equador New Consolidated Alexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. 29/ i 9 k Grenada Active Ditto Deferred Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. — Ditto Account `ardinian o per Cent. .. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Accouh't Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cen t. — Ditto New Loan Ditto Account ... Ditto £lOO Bonds: •• 761 6 - Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on th . e above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil — Ditto Account .. 65h Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861.. I . TWO O'CLOCK. Consols' Money Ditto Account • 92k 3 TIIIS DAY'S ,SWIPPING. -.~-- LONDON, Jan. 22.—Wind this' day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze and fine . weather. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 21.—Wind Poard, from Demerara; Gorpen Vleet, from ,lavannah. Sailed— lier Majesty's ship Revenge, for Qu eenstown ; her Ma jesty's ship Warrior, for Lisbon. CARDIFF, Jan. 21.—Wind E.—Saile% I—Mary Ann, for lialifax, N.S. CLYDE, Jan. 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived— -C. F. O'Brien, from New York. NEWPORT, Jan. 21.—Wind E., with snow. —Arrived— Gleaner, from Hamburg for Callao. Sailed- -Thornhill, for Halifax, N.S. TILE PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mil to prem., and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 Cterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint prict. l of £3 17x. 100. p er ounce f or standard gold, i t appears t h a t go,id is nearly 2-19ths pe.'• cent. dearer in Paris than in London. 13 y advices from .hamburg the price of gold is 425} per mat k, and the short exchange on London is 13.54 per £1 sterling.. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sig, , ht is 1141 1 to 115 per cent.. At these rates the im portation of gold from the United States yields about the came profit as it did previous to the suspension of cash pay ments in America. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto ... - Rotterdam .. 11 17 11 171 Antwerp... - ...... •• • 25 40 25 45 Brussels .. - I daraburgh.. Paris ar seilles . . . 3 Months. 25 421 25 471 Ditto .. •• • • ...... 25 421 25 4 7± 'M. • . Frankfort ,on M - aine• • —llB 1181 _ - Vienn a 14 30 14 40 •• • 14 30 14 35 Triesto - . •.• ,1 —3 2 t Peter s h u r-th . ' . Berlin .• b . . .---. 4SR 48 IVadricl '', . -T-.. .. ••• 481 48R- Cadiz • 25 67i .• 25 60 Le,ghoru. . — 25 65 .. • 25 60 Milan • _ Genor, 25 60 25 65 391 401 119 i I\ -jalfio ' 1191 1191 • Qler, '„ 1191 521 I les Si ° - 51i 521 ( 1 - , isb( 01 " _. 52 Por to — £0 3 17 0 9 i `7 /9 -t4 ore igu Gold in B a r s (st an dard) .... 0 It 3 ican Dollars 8 il•i er in Bars (Standard) ..- •• • • )f 00 0 5r .nth American D ou bT ioons .. •• . - - _ SEYERE SNOW STORM IN 'SCOTLAND.-- A Grief %respondent writes. —This district has been visited by the 'Perest snow storm which has occurred since the merao tll4l44 storm of 1837 -38, which lasted three months. On t L ° .41 ')orish and hig h grounds between Muthill and Braco, ° Arlo won SSunda` • was 15 inches deep ; in the western ,211 'trict s about Loc . aomhead, the fall amounts to about 18 tuesa, about the S ma ' Gl e n and the road leading to cues, tiff . depth is still greater. SHARK MARKET-(THIS DAY). Share) Railways. 13.14 25 10 st st 50 20 ;Bir., Wol., and Str. Blyth and Tyne ost.,Sleaf.,andNfid.Co ; Bristol and Exeter • ;Caledonian 'C ,rk and Bandon Cornwall 'Do A A gets no div ti 116 p c.p an.has Do. B been paid to B. 'Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June East Anglian !Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U 3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an I W. of Ireland Great Western 7i 8 64 7 95 07 1031 104 Do Str Val gua. stock Trish South Eastern .. Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Illackwalll Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen. Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. __Do # shares Metropolitan Midland Do New _ _ 6.4.0 Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle ! Newry, Warnpt, & nos Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.RailleDk.stock Do A stk ; A revs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire [9.16.4 N. and S. W. Junction. I Not. Gran. Rl. & Cana' Portsmouth Rh 3 mney Scottish Central - Scot. N. E., Aber. stock st Do Sc - d. kid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpool st Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer st South Devon 25 S. Durham & Lane. Un st South Eastern st South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok ,an dWok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 ,Thamesil avenDk&Rail 'Ulster Do 12.10 Do Vale of heath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class 5 6 42 44 101 11i 18 20 54 65 48 62 34 36 91 93 301 31 101 103 114 115 111 112 132 134 104 106 at 69i 57 6, 108 10& 58 60 119 121 45 47 941 0511 96 a 9 11 44} 44/ fi 7 133 i. 134 Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.tt R West Midland Oxford Do Newpor Do Hereford 1 4 )p 103 105 64 66 65i 66 014 102 d p 574 58 894 90 98 100 41 41 d 10i 11 92 93 124 120 42 44 98 100 46 48 37 39 78i 79 66 68 97 99 5i 6 394 40} 16p 6 7 p 55i 564 2 d i p 88 92 1271 134 6 0 84 86 47 49 44 46 89 91 ORDINARY SHARDS AND STOCKS. raid. i Closing i Business Price. done. 1041 4 69} 1 9 1081 i 59 121 95 I 97/1 441 I 134 * 3/ 101; d 79 671 7 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Pa i d. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co. a Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln. & N.W Birkenhead.,_ Buckingh Chester & H Ilyhead.. 100 Do. 534 54} Do. 54per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Vat. 100 E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. gapr c. 100 Gt. North. 135 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 4} Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drtt. 100 Caledon Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest all It. Hull and Selby all N. Mid 111 113 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 200 205 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all Da .. Loudon & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 82 64 Do. Preferen o Lon.,Tilb.& S. .Viend 100 Peto &Co B2 64 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk .• Do 6 pier cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 31 44 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 15.5. 6. E Counts. par p gua. 5 per cent... Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all ,Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1(.0 'N. E. Ber North Western Preston and Wyre. all L&N.WL. yk . 44 46 Do. 4 shares A. all 'Do. •• • • Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 134 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 'l.`Brassey 120 122 Do. Po. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 91 93 Wimbledn Az Croydon all L.&Brgtn 84 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. Paid.l Closing Business Prices. Done. 92 94 all 214 6 6i 101 103 109 111 108 110 124 126 81 83 111 113 90 92 116 118 1 112 114 104 106 1 103 110 97 99 98 100 88 90 69 91 100 102 9k 1( 17 18 10} 11 76 78 20 201 10k 10f 151 151 134 136 102 104 113 116 113 116 136 13S 113 116 152 155 127 130 73 75 95 97 112 114 131 14 126 128 Pra 68 70 tlmn 131 140 103 105 93 4)5 111 113 109 111 1 lipm, 100 102 98 100 i die par - - - dis pal 22 23 132 13(1 10 11 24 'lO2 104 102 104 9S 100 86 84 lip 28 29 32 31 31 33 42 45 124 128 122 125 101 103 120 124 118 121 Share/ Railways. 'Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Ibis. Exet. 4p.c. st Do. shares Caledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun. Perth, .t Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref E. Augn. Class L sp. c. E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. I Do No. 21 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redro.lop.c. pm Do. 4. p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redtr .atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of Scot. let pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berke and, Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. et Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. e. redeem. pref 'Do. firm. pref. shares 1 Do. Chesters p.c. pf. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she Do. firm. guar. stock Do. Chesterguar. shares, Do. do Do. do Lan. & Carl. 4i p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.llarnsl.stLs 2s 10dpe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur Lon.&Brig.sp.o.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cestlo. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do, 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4p c. st.(div.def .111'65 Lon.Chat.&Dnv. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent. et., late 3d shares Do. 4# Tier cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anus of 2s 6d Londondy. & Cole. she f,ondony. & Ennis. she Man. Sh. & Lin. S per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Do. redeem. (3percent... I Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 41 per cent... Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 41 p.c. pref. et. rdem Do. 4i p.c. irredeomable Do. 11 per cent..... . Do.Leic. andHit.4per ct N,rflk. 5 p. c. Ex. et. 1816 Do. 0 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lB47 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New ,gua. per cent... Do. Bor. Un. f,r. prf. shs. Do. do. do. Nth.Dvn.Ttail.&Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... • Rh ymney Guaranteed.. Scottish North-Eastern 32 p. C. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 4} per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4 per cent Do, Fixed 41 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 ., p. c. gua Do. 5 4 1). c•lua• Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c... Do. B 6 p. c... Do. C 6 p. c• • • Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. \V.Alid.-Oxf Ist guastk Do. 2cl do. Do. Newport 5 p.c.pfred Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pc. 1866 Do. till 1869 DOCKS. stock ;Commercial lOO _ sto ck Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min 1 100 stock ;East and West India stock !Loodor .—•• •• ! 100 is 7 59 stock St, -Katharine. ! 100 62 65 stock !Soutliampt•on st.Jok I, V ic toria ... ....... ..,•-•••, 100 97 99 20 iDol New . ,-....P.P.w.a.0 1 2 1 4 1 4 THV SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1862. i Id !Business done 1014 I I THE WINDRAIII CASE. The Master (S. Warren, Esq., Q.C.), this morning, on taking his seat, said he trusted that during the time the jury and himself would be occupied in arriving at a decision in a case of such momentous importance, no attempt would bo made to impede or interrupt them. It was a most diffi cult task they had to perform, and it would require all their care and attention. Mr. Karslake, in resuming his remarks on the summing up of the evidence adduced in favour of Mr. Windham, commented strongly on that given by the Llewellins, and contrasted it with that of the Dignums, who, he said, was the most reliable. He thought that the great object of the petitioners had been to damage the value of the testimony of the Dignoms, because they had refused to take side with General Windham. He next referred to what took place on the occasion of young Mr. Windham being in consultation with his uncle and a number of lawyers, in the month of August, rela tive to the disposal, by exchange, of certain por tions of the estate. At that time it did not appear to him that Mr. Windham was considered a lunatic, and neither, he supposed, was it so considered by the gen tlemen taking part in that consultation, yet it was strange that it had been said by the other side that Windham had been imbecile really all his life. With respect to the life Mr. Windham had been in the habit of leading, it might be that it was one of vice and profligacy, but then it was not because a man was vichus and ill disposed that he was to be considered a lunatic. Mr. 'Windham's marriage might be considered unfortunate, and a thing to be regretted, but he looked upon it as an act of infatuation, and Mr. Windham was not the first person in the world who had given way to such a thing. Persons very much superior to his station in society had been guilty of acts of a similar nature, and therefore he must not be taken as one who had committed an act without parallel. (The learned gentleman was addressing the Court when we went to press.) 101 i 21 62 3 LA TV INPELLIGENCE.—(?his Day.) COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Justices Wightman and Williams, and the Judge Ordinary,) SIIEDDON AND SIIEDDON V. PATRICK. This morning Miss Sheddon made an application to the full Court to reconsider the whole of the evidence and the decision that had been already given in this case, which was adverse to her father, William Patrick Sheddon. who claimed to be the son of William Sheddon, of New York, who died in the year 1798. The whole question resolved itself on the fact as to the legality of the marriage of the grandfather and grandmother, acmding to the laws of Ame rica. Tb e case was fully heard, and occupied a fortnight before the full court, when the judgment given was agairst the petitioners, on the ground that tle letter of Nov. 12, 1798, was not a genuine document. The petitioners had since presented a petition for a rehearing, on the ground that fresh evidence had been received from America, and Miss Sheddon said s he was now in a position to show the court good grounds for the granting her a rehearing of the case. The lady then proceeded to go through the whole of the voluminous evidence adduoed when the case was first before the Court, and said she trusted that her application would be granted as an act of compassion, of humanly, and of j us ti ce . Miss Sheddon was proceeding with her arguments at the time we went to press. S FIERRIFS' COURT. TRADE PROTECTION SOCIETIES AND THE PDELIC.- IMPORTANT DECISION.--D)0 V. WOODS. This was an action to recover £lO damages, alleged to have been sustained through the improper collection of a certain debt, plaintiff being a grocer of Cambridge, and defendant proprietor of a trade prctection society, known as "Wood's Mercantile Informant and Trades' Guide." The facts of the case appeared to bo these :—Plaintiff was induced, by a person named Thomas, to become a sub scriber in defendant's society, which, as an equivalent, con tracted to "collect debts." A person in Ireland owed plaintiff £lO 9s. 6d., and plaintiff put the debt into defen • dant's hands. Defendant's agent in Ireland collected the debt, and received 9s. 6d. in cash and a cheque uncrossed, drawn upon the Downpatrick Bank, and payable to " Doo or bearer," instead of "or order." Defendant's agent en closed in a letter the cheque and a post-office order for the 9s. 6d., but the letter was alleged to be stolen in transitu, and some person had cashed the cheque. Under these cir cumstances plaintiff sought to recover damages for the loss of the cheque. Mr. Gibbons, for the plaintiff, urged that it was not pro per upon the part of the defendant's agent to receive such a cheque as the one in question. It was useless to plaintiff in Cambridge, and it could not be said that defendant had used due diligence in the collection of the debt. Mr. Allan (instructed by Mr. Clarke, of Stanley-place, Paddington-green), for the defendant, urged that defendant could not be held liable. Here he collected a debt, and he forwarded the debt (in the shape that he received it) by post. Surely the Court would not say that of a postman st le the cheque defendant was liable. There was the well known case Warwick and Nokes in Roscoe's nisi prius Peake's reports, in which Lord Kenyon had laid it down that the agent was not liable for the loss of the cheque in transitu. The Court held that that case was decided upon the ground that the agent transmitted the cheque in the mode usual with the parties. Here it could not be said that the defendant had "collected a debt" by accepting a cheque so loosely and improperly drawn that any person might receive upon it. It was a hard case upon defendant, but plaintiff must have a verdict with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) THE INEFFICIENT BLOCKADE OF THE SOUTHERN PORTS. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. The English funds, in the face of the increasing ease in the discount-market from the influx of gold to the Bank, continue with a heavy tendency. The fact that, if France or any other Power should demand the concurrence of England in disavowing the inefficient blockade of the Southern ports by the Federal fleet, it would be difficult to find a logical plea for refusal, is apparently the main considera tion that induces the public to look cautiously at future contingencies. Theevidence seems complete that, if the present nominal blockade is to be re spected, the provision of the Treaty of Paris that a blockade shall not be recognised unless it be real must be looked upon as cancelled, and an impression prevails that this result would be distasteful to all statesmen who recognise the claims of commerce and civilization. The meeting of the French Cham bers on the 27th inst., and of the English Parlia ment on the 6th of February, may be followed by some important declarations on the subject. The initiative is thought likely to be taken by France, since the effects of the cotton dearth are more severe upon that country than upon Great Britain, where a great compensation is found in the impulse given to India. At the same time, it is seen that this country can have littlt inducement to forego joining in an imperative enforcement of legal principles, as the popular and almost universal cry in the Federal States seems now to be that every advantage which can be gained, whether from success at home or from the forbearance of foreign nations, is to be hailed as a means of hastening the time when the Trent affair can be " avenged." Still, notwithstanding this consideration, the feeling here would be in favour of leaving the Washington politicians to work their own way through their anarchy and bankruptcy undisturbed by foreign reclamations, if it were possible to do so without a sacrifice of prin ciple.—Times' City Article. LANDING' O 1 THE TROOPS AT ST. JOHN'S', NEW B.RUNSIVICK. FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, Jan. 5. Great credit is due to our newly-appointed Lieu tenant-Governor, the Hon. A. H. Gordon, for the prompt steps taken by him for the reception at St. John's of the troops destined for Canada. On hear ing of the probable arrival of the Australasian and other transports, and there being no existing ac commodation for such a force as the vessels were likely to contain, the Lieutenant-Governor at once assumed a responsibility not strictly belonging to him, being one of a purely military character, and, in the absence of a qualified military officer, gave immediate orders for the commencement of the necessary works. The Volunteers were called on for sentry and fatigue duty, and with a hearty good will they responded to the call; nor were the city and inhabitants of St. John behindhand in the alacrity and liberality with which they performed their part. Buildings were at once placed at the disposal of the Government. It was late on Sunday when the works were commenced, and by Tuesday night, and before the troops arrived, quarters for nearly 3,000 men were provided, completely and comfortably arranged, each man having a separate crib, with bedding, shelves and benches, arm-racks, pegs, and everything in perfect order, ready for the soldier and his kit. The exertions of the Lieute nant-Governor and the energy shown by him were, it is stated, cordially acknowledged by Colonel Kennedy, commanding the Military Train, on his arrival at St. John's from Halifax, whither he had been despatched by Major-General Commanding the Forces to see to the due provision for the expected troops. In fact, all worked with a will ; and, while the forethought, energy, and good sense of the Lieutenant-Governor are highly praised, the earnest, loyal, and generous spirit that animated every class, even to the workmen engaged, is a sub ject of honest pride to us all, and ought to serve as one among the many hints now being given to our neighbours of the thorough anti-Yankee feeling that pervades the entire population of British Notth America. TEE " INQUIRY D ODGl."—Patrick M'Namara was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being concerned with a woman, not in custody, in stealing a purse containing some silver from the pocket of Mrs. Harriett Rowbotham, of No. 8, Greek-street. THIS DAY'S iiIAREETS. Mrs. Rowbotham said—On the evening of last Monday week she was crossing Greek-street, and a man and woman came up and asked the way to Euston-square station, and then to Museum-street. She told them as well as she could, and they appeared to doubt the way, and said they had been directed the reverse Way. The prisoner is the man, and altogether she was at least from five to eight minutes in conversation, and she could not getrid of them, so offered to point the way to Oxford-street, going out of the way to do so. She then felt a sudden jerk at her side where the manwas—the jerk being so sudden that it moved her, and she felt the man's hand pass behind her towards the female. As soon as she got to Soho-square she said " Here is a policeman, and he will direct you rightly," and he did so. The man and woman then went on, and after wards she thought their conduct very strange, and on feel ing in her pocket missed her purse containing some silver. She saw the prisoner again last night. Mr. Lewis cross-examined the prosecutrix with the view of showing that she was not certain as to the prisoner's identity, but she said she was certain the prisoner was the man. CORN EXCHANGE. There was a very small supply of English wheat on sal• here to-day, and the trade ruled firm for all qualities, at quite Monday's quotations. In f,,reign n heat a fair business was transacted, and late currencies were well maintained. The supply on offer was somewhat extensive. Floating cargoes of grain changed hands to a moderate extent, at full prices. Mrs. Rowbotham—The man was on my pocket side. Mr. Lewis—Then he got on the right side of you. (Laughter.) _ Robert Hallen, 34 C, proved that on the night in ques tion the prosecutrix called to him to direct a man and woman—the prisoner at the bar was the man. The man asked the way to Museum-street, and he directed him. About 10 minutes after she came back and told him that her pocket had been picked, and she believed by the man and woman. Sergeant Joy, 9 C, apprehended the prisoner Prom a de scription he received from the prosecutrix. He was in company with thieves at the time. He said he (Sergeant Joy) was wrong, but would go to the station. The prisoner was put with others, and she identified him, as also did Hallen. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate on prisoner's behalf. Sergeant Joy said he wished for a remand, as there were other cases, and prisoner had been convicted. Mr. Tyrwhitt refused to deal with the case, and commit ted the prisoner for trial. Barley moved off heavily, at Monday's decline in the quotations of is per quarter. Malt was in slow request, at late rates. Good and fine oats were steady in value ; but low an& damp parcels were a dull inquiry, on former terms. THAMES. In beans and peas, a very moderate business was passing, yet no change took place in the quotations. The flour trade, though far from active, was firm, at full prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oath. Flour. 310 50 350 270 sacks. Wish 1 1,580 F0reign........ 10,980 1,200 $ 4,3501 sks. 23,740 brls. DARING WATCH ROBBERY ON TOWER•HILLe-JOhll Crawley, a well-known thief, about 21 years of age, with a Jewish cast of countenance, from the robbers' colony of Fashion-street, Spitalfields, was brought b e f ore M r . Wool rych, charged with stealing a silver watch, value £7, from the person of Neal Delany, a mariner. The prosecutor said that yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon he was passing over Tower - hill when he saw two men fighting. They were surrounded by a mob of low charac ters. He attempted to separate the cpmbatants, and at the same moment the prisoner and another man pressed against him and jammed him close to the railings which surround the e two Tower uf moat, very much. He called out to th can't you let me pass ?" lhe two thieves continued p r essing against him, and the rfia n "Let hurt me hi pass m ; prisoner made a violent snatch at his watch, possessed him self of it, and handed it to his companion, who ran away with it. He seized the prisoner, who said, "There is the man that has stolen your watch," and pointed to the man who ran away. He retained fast hold of the prisoner, and secured him until a police-constable arrived. His watch was worth £7. The bow of the watch was broken by the force with which it was snatched from his pocket. Mr. Edward Clark, master mariner, confirmed the state ment of the prosecutor. Child, a police-constable of the I division, said that he was on Tower-hill and saw a man he knew to be a thief running fast. He was not then aware a robbery had been committed, and did not stop him. A. few yards further on he saw the prosecutor and the prisoner struggling, and then learnt a robbery had been committed. He knew the man who escaped well, and should be able to secure him if the prisoner was remanded. Mr. Woolrych asked if Tower-hill was not a notorious place for watch and handkerchief robberies ? Child—lt is, sir. A great many robberies have been committed there. Mr. Woolrych asked the prosecutor how long he intended to remain in London, to which he replied eight or nine days. The prisoner was remanded for a week. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. )Closing Price. Paid. 4i tsi 99/ 100/, 4i 5 d 0 7i 99 100 101 102 99 101 101 102 101 102 21 22 52 (5 50 54 34 37 38 42 32 85 32 84 99} 1 0 0 e I pr 94 1001 Ilt Ila Ok 95 98 88 92 99 100 92 94 5 7 4 6 101 10E * pr 9! 98 I E d FOREIGN RAILWAYS 20 Algerian 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 64 6; 20 Ardennes.... 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c l5 5 Belgian East. Junction all 44 4 20 Bezlers to Graissessae all Carmeaux Mine & Rail 30 104 111 100 Copiapo . 10 Ditto Extension all 4 81 , . 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France 20 Grand Rue Guar. 6p. c all 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 94 94 91 20 Italian Junction . 20 Lierre & Turnhout all 20 Lyons & Geneva, 20 Narnur & Liege 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. 16 Northern of France all 884 391 16 Do. New Shares _—.. 15 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 10 20 Yaris,Lyons, & Mediter %,11 41 42 20 Pads & 0r1ean5........ all 52 64 534 20 Recife &S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7_p. ct. 1im...... 19 34 31c1 2 0 Riga & Dunaburg...... all 2 0 Royal Dani5h.......... all 12 15 I 5 Royal Swedish .... all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 81 81 10 'Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... all 91 04 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 6 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 18 ; 14p 19 26 Southern of France.... all 264 274 20 S. East Portugal 7 p et. 7 - 84 West Flandern .... all 7 74 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference.. all 94 101 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 21 22 20 Western of Austria.... 6 20 Western of Switzeziand all 6 Wiesbaden ... ... . .... all 6 Do. 8 per cent Prof.... all 20 I Zealand . . all BRITISH MINES. 'Alfred Consols (Philack) 3.9.3 20 British Iron CliMord nil 28 20 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 380 890 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 50 524 East Caradon 2.14.6 294 304 301 39 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.7.0 2: 24 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 561 16 18 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 34 4 G.Wheal Alfci. (Phi lack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 51 61 Grenville 6.15.6 11 2 14 Herod's-Foot 8.12 38 40 Hingston Downs 4.14 21 3 •-• Lady Bertha ITargaret (tiny Lelant) 91 42 14 North Downs 2l 51 54 North Frances (Illogan) 12.3 2 1 Basset (1110 ;an) 2.0.0 21 34 North Wheal Crofty 'Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 7 8 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 41 43 - Sortrichze Cons. Min. Co. 1 4 South Ca.radon(St.Cleer) 11 320 830 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.11.6 34 4 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all 1 S.Wheal Fran. (Illop, - ,an) 18.1 - 4.0 110 120 Stray Park 2719. 29 31 — 6 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 44 If 2 10 Tin Crott 9 I 71 7 Vale of Towey (Carm ) 13s 6d 4 4 West Basset (Illogan) l4 I 13 14 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 46 18 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan), 5% 874 924 Wheal Buller(ltedruth)! 5 75 85 WlitAl Edward (Cals.), 74 ' 11 21 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)l 1.7.2 74 St Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 15 16 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)' 7 t 16 17 , FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim all 1 1 5 Brazil Land & Min.Co all 11 11 1 Clarendon Cons.MittCo ; - die. 10 ,Cobre Copper all 34 36 - Copiapo l6 6 8 1 ;DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 1 11 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 1 2 li'ortuna. . all 11 21 20 'General all 23 24 21Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr lpr 1 p 11 11 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 11 p 2 3 Linares all 74 8 5 Lusitanian 2 1 d pr 1 'Mariquica all 1 / 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 1 1 1d 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt..., all 2 4 5 'Port Philip I 1 11 11 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) j 10s. 7 lipm 14 20 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 62 65 '65 28.2.81 United Mexican 1 IWorthing(Limited) 1 all f 1 --- ---... COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July, ! - 1877-9 .l 100 108 109 108 - Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2! 100 - - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-9. 100 - - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 109 111 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 109 111 - Do. 5 per cent lOO 98 99 - Cape G.ltope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 108 110 - Do. 1890 100 109 111 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 104 106 - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - - N. S.W. G ov. sp. c.,1866 100 97 99 991 - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 911 98 - Do. do., 1888 &upwds 100 96 98 971 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 105 107 - S. Au5,G6p.c.1873.& up lOO - - - Vic. Gov. 6 p. c. Ja.&July 100 102 104 1021 - IDo. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct ! 100 1041 1051 101; 5 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 gra&l7nitedService Bk, 60 85 87 I 40 9.ustralasia all 65 67 '66 25 :;tank of Egypt all 22 23 100 Ba'ak of London ....... 50 7t 73 73 2/ 50 British North American all 50 52 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 21 211 11l 25 Cli.Mer. of In. hon.& Ch all 33 05 100 City 100 Colonial .. 25 57 39 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada all - - 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch all 19 191 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - - 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 25] 261 251 61 20 Do. new all 211 26 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.African lO pr t!p 100 London & Westminster 20 72 74 73 i 100 "Tat. Prov. of England 42 - - 20 Do. new ....,....... -. 12 - - 50 National . 13...nk ..... - - 20 N et South Wales all - - 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank ... .. . 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 - - 85 10 Do. new . • all , - - 321 25 South Australia .. c all 1 - - 25 Union of Australia 50 Uni )1 of London 100 Unity Mutual 1 60 , .... - MISCELLANEOUS. 10 lAng,lo-11exican Mint all 14 15 10 !Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (1d) all 1 2 1000 !Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 ' , 5 27 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 -- 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 51 51 50 British American Land 40 50 13.&1.Mag. Tel. A. (Lint) all 29 32 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 321 Canada Land all 106 103 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lini '1 all 10 China & Japan Ceast & River Steam Naviga. 21 st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smitg ali 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent. st. Crystal Palace at. ' DO. Preference st !Do. A p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 101 IC4 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 7l 16 Do. B 7l 11 01 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 pr fpm at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper all 31 21 15 Gen. St m Navigati n 1 14 -- 1 Great Slip Limited) all 1 1 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 1 Do. 171 pct Preference all i 2 5 Lon. District TeL (Lim.' 41 I 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.' all 1 14 20 !Madras hr. and Canal 1 2 21 10 !Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim. all 5 25 !National Dis. Co. (Lim. , 5 it it p 20 !Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 11 id 10 Netherlands Land all 5 I Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis all 4 4 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 14 li 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). 'all 11 14 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 11 11 10 , Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) all 7 8 at. !Peeln.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 49 51 50 ' E'en. & Oriental Steam all 70 72 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4lp.c all 19 20 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 16 Do. New all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 50 52 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 135 140 25 South Australian Land 'all 33 35 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip., all 1 Do. do. Registered ..., 'all 10 Do. do ;all 461 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (lim)lst is. I pr I p 20 Tr..t Ln.Co. 01 Upr.Can. 5 1 14 5 U. IV dom Tel. Co. (11w.) 1 14 of 100 VC PLOOlga'S L tad 2si a lO 9} Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent. Do Do. Buffalo and L axe Huron Do. New . ...... Do. Preference Ruflalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug , . 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. .1 uric 1, Is7 - i Cleutta. &S. Eastn. •) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town &Dock Seri! , Ceylon G uarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara... Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. e East Indian, gu. .5 p. c. Do. F Shaiei Ext... Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. S per cent. Pref Do. 24 Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do: do. 1872.. G t. In diarentn.gua.6p.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. N. ofCanada Shareb Do. New Do. 6 P.C. '73 with't opt Do. p. c. do. '77 do Do. 5 p. c. do. '7B do Madras guar., 5 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. Op. c. Extension Do. 4i do.. Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick Canda Ry.dzLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. Oude (Limited) Scinde ...... •• • • Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ........ e.? Do. Indus. St. Flo. g e g Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine hops are in steady request, at full prices; but inferior qualities are a dull inquiry, at about previous rates. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat aro moderately extensive, and the trade rules somewhat inactive, as follows : Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s to 4s 4d veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s Sd per 81bs. by the car case. BRUTAL MURDER.—A murder of a very revolt ing character has just been perpetrated in the house of an Irshman in Mary.street, Aberdare. The name of the mur derer is Thomas Carroll, and the victim is a young man 24 or 25 years of age, named Patrick Bansfield. B•Ith are natives of Ireland. The circumstances are as follows :—lt is the habit among the disorderly classes in the mining dis tricts for men to club together to purchase beer before the closing of the publichouses on Saturday nights, and then to take it to one of their houses, where the carousal is pro longed far into the Sunday morning. Liquor having been obtained in this way on Saturday night and stored at the house in Mary-street before mentioned, the deceased and Carroll sat drinking, and some quarrel arose between them. Words were followed by blows, and the two men at last fought. After some blows had been exchanged they closed, when Carroll was observed by a woman who lodged in the house to take out a knife,with which he stabbed his antago nist several times in the left breast. Bansfield staggered forward, groaned heavily, and threw up his hand, and it was then observed that blood was gushing out from the wounds so rapidly that in a short time the floor was covered with it. The persons present at once lent assistance, and the wounded man was carried off to bed. Medical aid was procured and the police were called in. Police-sergeant James, of the Glareorganshire constabulary, was speedily on the spot, and, finding what had oocurred and the dan gerous condition of Bansfield, ho at once took Carroll into custody. Mr. Rees Mills, surgeon, did all he could for the unfortunate sufferer, but his wounds were mortal, and he died in about 10 minutes after Mr. Mills arrived. A post mortem examination was subsequently made, from which it appeared that Bansfield had received six stabs, three in the face and three on the left side, one of which had pene trated the heart. On Monday the prisoner was brought before Mr. J. C. Fowler, the stipendiary magistrate for Merthyr. Mary Brien, wife of Patrick Brien, de posed that the prisoner, the deceased, and some others who lodged at her house in Mary-street, Aberdare, came in about 12 o'clock on Saturday night. While the deceased was having his supper, he asked the prisoner to consent to a marriage with his daughter. The prisoner re plied that he would not, and the matter dropped. S ome time afterwards beer was sent for. While it was being drunk the deceased and prisoner began disputing, and after a time they commenced fighting. Ellen Driscoll ated that, hearing the scuffle, she got out of bed and came down stairs, when she saw the prisoner draw his knife and strike the deceased with it on the left side of the breast. Her husband was trying to part them, but the prisoner made a rush past him and stabbed the deceased. She saw the knife in his hand, and had seen him with it before. It was a sort of dagger-knife, and had a guard and spring back to it. The deceased groaned and then staggered into the bedroom, where he died in a few , minutes. The prisoner went out shortly afterwards. Wit ness followed, and saw him with the knife still in his hand. He said, " If any one comes within reach of my arm, I'll rip him open." 'Ho subsequently returned into the kit chen, and was feeling in his pockets as if to find his knife, when Driscoll and the others seized him. P.S. Matthews said the prisoner was brought to the police station on Sunday morning and charged with the murder. He was much the worse for liquor. He said, " Oh, ,ser geant, this is a bad job ; I'm sorry for what I've do ne., Mr. Rees Mills, surgeon, stated that there were six wounds, one of which had penetrated the heart. The prisoner, who declined to say anything in defence, was committed for trial for wilful murder. stook, stock 141 191 MR. MASSEY, 111. P., ON 211 E AMERICAN WAR. Mr. MASSEY, the member for Salford, addressed a meeting of his constituents last night. The hon. gentleman, after a glance at the past session, re ferred at considerable length to the Trent affair and to the civil war in America. He wished he could say that with the restoration of the men seized, all cause of anxiety as to our relations with America had ceased. But in Mr. Seward's despatch there were propositions laid down in which it was , impossible for our Government to acquiesce ; and it was necessary for us to contradict the law, and to say that we would not be bound by it. We were told "'You are harsh in the construction of the American case. This despatch was not written for you ; it was addressed to the Americans." What sort of an apology was that ? (Hear, h ear .) Could not the American people be told that they must do that which was right and just? If it was to be done, must their Government veil it over with some lawless and mean pretence? H e be lieved that no invective applied to the conduct of the people of the United States during this unhappy war was so censorious, so condemnatory of that people, as this apology by their friends. (Hear, hear.) There was another cause of anxiety. The Northern States had established a blockade of the whole of the Southern coast ; but it had been so done that, according to the law of nations, there had never been an efficient blockade, and it had only been recognised at all through the courtesy and forbear ance of the maritime States. We had submitted to be deprived of the staple material of our industry, rather than construe too strictly the question of com pliance with the law of nations. Both ourselves and the French had suffered, and he feared were destined to suffer still more, from the blockade. He was re lating no State secrets, for he knew none; and it was notorious that the French Government had re peatedly and earnestly remonstrated with our Go vernment to join with them in putting an end to that which was no blockade. (Applause.) Our Government, desiring rather to err on the side of what was strictly right and just, than to have any imputation brought against them, had hitherto re sisted the importunities of France. But how much longer was that to last ? Was this inefficient and paper blockade to be eternally respected ? (No, no.) Were we to submit to be starved ? (No.) Were we to expect our great neighbour, France, to submit to be starved ? (No.) Were we, in this year of 1862, for the sake of favouring a fero cious and frantic civil war, to allow the great ports of commerce to be closed, all the operations of trade to be suspended, credit to be deranged, unoffending persons to be subjected to un paralleled privations, and many of our poorer countrymen absolutely to be reduced to penury and starvation ? (No, no. " Three cheers for Mr. Massey.") It would ill become him, who had been connected, in however humble a capacity, with the Government of the country, to counsel his fellow countrymen to precipitate measures; and if he saw any object or purpose useful to themselves, or beneficial to mankind, which could be evolved from this frightful internecine war, he should counsel his countrymen to submit to their privations, and to allow the war to take its course. (Applause, and interruption, which lasted for a minute or two.) An addition had lately been made to the blockade, which materially altered the question; for it had hgen sought not only to blockade, but to de stroy the great outlets for commerce. There was now some doubt whether Charleston harbour had been really destroyed ; but Commander Davis, who had charge of and sunk " the stone fleet" boasted that in a very short time the port would be destroyed for ever. This was not a blockade, but an attempt to make war upon nature itself—to defeat those beneficent provisions which nature had made for the safety of mankind. If the statement of Commander Davis was true, coupled with the other facts that the blockade was inefficient, and was likely to last for an indefinite period—then, speaking in the interests of peace, and desiring the freedom of commerce, he declared that for the sake of humanity—for the sake of the interests of the civilised world—for the sake of the people themselves•who were involved in this mad, and hopeless, and aimless contest—that it was the luty of the great maritime powers to consider whe ther the time had not come, by mediation and by friendly interposition—(hisses and applause)--1 to endeavour to put an end to this state of affairs. (Cheers.) That was his opinion, and that was the policy he meant to support in the House of Com mons. (Loud cheers.) THE CLEARANCE OF THE PRISONS. THE QUEEN'S PRISON. IN RE MILLER-THE PRISONER FOR DEBT FOR FIFTY YEARS. At the visitation of this prison by M r . R eg i strar Hazlitt yesterday , Captain Hudson, the governor, having reported that rdr. Wm. Mill er , t h e aged i prisoner, who has beenincarcerated for nearly half a century for a debt which he maintains he never contracted, was too ill to attend before the court, the Registrar proceeded to hear the case. Mr. Miller, on being asked to take the usual oath, said—l object to be sworn, as my examination has been taken before. I cannot agree to these proceed ings at all. The Registrar—l warn you that your refusal will be punished by a month's imprisonment in the com mon gaol. Most of the other prisoners who have been before me here declined at first to be examined but they all eventually submitted with the excep• tion of one, who will be, consequently, sent else where. The prisoner, after some hesitation, then took the oath, and said I was brought to this prison in July, 1854, with the intention of going before a judge, I was not able to go, however, as I lost the affidavits which had been prepared. I attribute my difficul ties to being unlawfully arrested by Joseph Cull, in the year 1814 for a sum of £l,OOO, which I can prove by documents in my possession never was due to him. My property consists of a life interest in houses situated near Christchurch, Hampshire, my native place. I applied for my discharge before Lord Chief Justice Wilde, and should have obtained my liberty but that my documents w i were intercepted th ro ugh the misconduct of the sheriff. I have re ceived no rents since my imprisonment. The Registrar—l presume you have no means of paying the usual bankruptcy fees? Mr. Miller —I will not be made a bankrupt. The Registrar—Mr. Miller, I require your sig nature to this examination. Mr. Miller—Sir, I do not wish to be disrespect ful, but I would rather be shot than sign it. I owe no man a farthing, and I am determined not to be made a bankrupt. The Registrar—Your cont umac y w ill cause your being sent to the common gaol, but it will not pre vent your bankruptcy. There is a clause in the new act which says that where a prison er i s con tumacious, he shall be committ e d t o gao l, and be adjudicated a bankrupt. Mr. Miller—l have read the act, but find that the consent of the party is necessary before he can be made a bankrupt. I will go before a judge and get liberated in that way. Captain Hudson—Mr. Miller, in refusing to sign you are only injuring yourself. You have often expressed a wish to be released, and now the means are;offered you of getting out of prison. Your bankruptcy is inevitable, and by s i gn ing this do cument you will avoid much trouble. A provision has been made for your maintenance when you are discharged, and I understand some money has been . subscribed for your benefit ; but none of t will be placed at your disposal until you leave this pla ce . Mr. Miller—Before a fortnight has elapsed I s h a ll have obtained a discharge t hrou g h a judge's order, but I have resolved never to be a . bankrupt. The Registrar—You c annot avoi d bankruptcy now. You will be brought up before the Bank ruptcv Court, where your contumacy will b e dealt with by the Commissioner. if you sign you will get your liberty forthwith, and you can then pi ()- cure better air, and many comforts from which you are at present debarred. Mr. Miller, who seemed greatly agitated, per sisted in his refusal, and the Registrar withdrew. The following, from. New York, contains a neces • s ay e xplanation respecting some recent arrivals of cotton obtained after the capture of Fort Beaufort :—" You will doubtless notice that the Vanderbilt has arrived from Beau fort with 3,697 bales of cotton. This would seem a large quantity, but when I tell you that the bales are small-sized gunny bags, or such as were intended to be used (filled with sand) to build fortifications, not containing over 301 b. or 401 b. of cotton each, and that unginned' or seed cotton, you will see that it amounts to little or nothing. That re ceived some. time since from the same quarter was of like character," 1)IPLOMA:11C _DESPATCH OF 27L 121dLIAN GOVERNMEI'2'. We-have received a copy of a circular despatch, addressed by Baron Ricasoli, under date of the 31 inst., to the representatives of Italy at the various foreign courts. The despatch commences with a reference to the discusbions in the Chamber of Deputies, and the important decisions as to the finances of the country, at which, after the most thorough investigation and searching criticism, the legislative body has arrived. The vote of confidence in the Ministry is alluded to, rather for its impor tance as again sanctioning the programme which is conducting Italy towards entire unity, than for the gratification it affords to individuals. The practical prudence and firmness displayed by the Chamber is referred to with natural pride, espec:.ally as shown in the trei.tment of the difficult questions of Rome and Venice. "Despite," it is said, "the difficulties which we have encountered, the Chamber has again declared that Rome is necessary to the unity and. tranquillity of Italy; but at the same time it hc.'s given its attention to the documents placed before it by the King's Government, and has avowed that the nation is sincerely devoted to religion, and ready to grant with the greatest eagerness the surest guarantees that Catholic consciences can desire for the dignity and independence of the Holy Father. On the subject of Venice the Chamber has expressed itself with equal firmness and moderation. In recommending an armament to the Ministry, it has not sought to provoke any premature conflict, but only to show Europe that Italy seeks to put its forces in just pro portion to the requirements of its position, and that for the rest, it leaves to the wisdom of its Go vernment the choice of the occasions and means which are deemed suitable to realise in an effec tive manner the recovery of that part of •Italian territory." The results obtained in so short a space of time, and in the midst of all the diffi culties attached to a state of transformation, show, it is contended, that Italian unity is now esta blished on the firmest basis ; and the altered state of the southern provinces is cited, amongst other proofs, as affording remarkable evidence. The circular concludes as follows : " The construction of railways and of a great number of other public works is in active progress, and while giving employment to thousands of hands greatly contributes to advance the morality and well-being of the people, bringing nearer the time when communications will be facilitated, and more development be afforded to commerce and in dustry. A well-organised postal service by land and sea secures the rapidity of correspondence throughout the Peninsula. The army which, if our enemies were to be believed, it was impossible to assemble and keep united, because of the different elements of which it is composed, proves—by its affectionate unity, by its intelligence, by its discipline—that the Italians of all the provinces are well qualified for military life. Finally, the burdens upon our finances are not yet beyond the resources of which this nation can dispose, and Italy will soon show that she is rich and patriotic enough to face all the wants of her national resurrection. If then, an impartial eye is directed to our position and attitude, it must necessarily be recognised that Italy seriously desires its independence, and commands the necessary means for attaining it. Such in reality is our position : and this position I hope will preserve to us our old friends, and acquire for us new ones." ME SEASON AND TILE ARMY. Intelligence through private as well as published channels indicates the existence of severe suffering among the National troops, owing to the severity of the weather. Save in exceptional instances, un provided with winter quarters or fuel, they are ex posed to the unwholesome effects of the keen cold, without other beds than the frozen ground, or other covering than the regulation blanket: Their case is not so desperately Lard, perhaps, as that of the British army in the Crimea. They are at least sup plied with abundance of warm clothing, and have a liberal Commissariat, food being the producer of animal, if not of artificial heat; but animal heat, unaided by fires and the comforts of a warm bed, escapes too rapidly to permit the resting or sleeping soldier to retain the active vitality necessary to uninterrupted health. The tent, invented for use in tropical climates, is a wholly inadequate shelter amid such rigours as the present. Its easy carriage adapts it partially to the wants of an army in active motion, Ns hatever the season, but for armies at rest, and at rest in the most inclement of winter wea ther, nothing could be more unsuitable. And what forests or coal-pits could furnish heat to a host of 200,000 men, situate as is the army of the Potomac? It is no matter of surprise, therefore, that the indi vidual soldier complains, and finds no consolation in the assurance that the enemy, coming from a region of perpetual summer, and half-clad, half-fed, and demoralised, must be suffering far more acutely than himself. The case is not one of those where the pains of others acts acts as an agreeable panacea for the dissatisfied and ill at ease, But what the army wants—not more greedily, perhaps, than the public—is action ; and its very discomforts are the best guarantee that action is not to be much longer deferred. The Administration is unquestionably realising, slowly, certainly, but quite surely, a judicious and masterly policy. It is not desirable that a great and in fact the decisive battle of the war, should be fought in the neighbourhood of Washington. The National cause has too much to lose by repeating the ill-advised experiment which on the 21st of July placed the National capital, with the archives of the Government, and the prestige secured by holding that local symbol of sovereignty, at the mercy of the rebels, who, had they been conscious of their opportunity, might now be holding their Confederate pandemonium in the Halls of Congress. Confident as it has now every reason to be, of the superiority and capacity of the National army, Government has no disposi tion to stake so large a venture as Washington upon the accidents of battle. The rebels offer no equal wager. The main strength of the insurgents iis upon the Potomac. They can hardly be said to have an army elsewhere. T o remove that strength and diminish it by compelling it to retire, is ob viously the only means by which the decisive battleground shall be transferred to a safe distance, and the odds of victory turned unmistakeably in favour of the National arms. But were the Union troops on the Potomac placed in winter quarters such removal could not take place. 'The rebels would at once seek similar shelter. The sufferings of their unaccustomed soldiery would be relieved ; n confessed by the universal,Rich vwould be quiet e d ; m t h o e nd spirit pa p o e r f to disaffection, bealm nst and with the spring their l e g i ons would start up in readiness to renew the contest for thechaiephitaGl.enTehriasl with all practicable i‘ re i s c u i l e t th e p p r l e a v n e s n t . of G . ; o n v e e r m a 1 en S t c s ot a t re making which rapi dity, WIN is carrying out must compel the evacuation of the lines at Manassas under penalty of certain and irreparable disaster. We have the highest reason to believe that ten days will not elapse before retreat will present itself to the minds of the rebel leaders as the alternative of hazards they will never choose to encounter; and the retreat will be followed vigorously and without pause by the National forces. If, as we do net be lieve, this retrograde movement shall ever have pause enough to render a general engagement pos sible, the rebel army will be in no condition to make a successful stand. They will have no leisure to repeat elsewhere the impregnable intrenchments of Manassas; and in the open field, and upon equal con ditions, they have never in a single instance held their own against the arms of the Republic. It is a satisfaction, therefore, to know that the distress our brave fellows are enduring for the moment are an unavoidable incident of a policy which must in sure an early end of the war, and their return to the ease and comforts of peace. There is to b e action, and action followed by success. If for a day weather, they will be less exposed, only a few days hence, to the biting discomfort of frost and ill hence, to decimation on the battle field. To advance rebel defences with the bodies of t hous To go i n t o now would be to cover the neig hbour a h n o d o a d o o f f go th od e and true men, needlessly slaughtered. winter quarters would be sim l p t ly is to b ette r postpone to su ch waste of life until spring• accept the inconvenience of the moment than either dread ful alternative; and our men, who have endured so long and patiently, will find the reward of their endurance boozier than they antieipate.—New York Times. 25 ) ) 2s ed 124 124 10. 6. all all all • 100 100 100 100 100 100 so 6 Share' 106 stk 18 17b stock stock 204 204 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock 2O 204 10 100 { 100 100 <. i H