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if the required appropriations had been made for the purposes. Notwithstanding our very limited re sources, however, the report of the Secretary will exhibit to you a satisfactory proportion in prepara tion, and certainly of the early completion of vessels of a number and class on which we may confidently rely for contesting the vaunted control of the enemy over our waters. " The financial system devised by the wisdom of Your predecessors has proved adequate to supply all the wants of the Government notwithstanding the unexpected and very large increase of expendi ture resulting in a great augmentation in the necessary means of defence. The report of the Secretary of the Treasury well exhibit the gratifying fact that we have no floating debt ; that the credit of the Government is unim paired, and that the total expenditure of the Go vernment for the year has been, in round numbers, 1 75,000,000 dols., less than one-third of the sum Wasted by the enemy in his vain attempt to con quer us ; less than the value of a single article of export, the cotton crop of the year. " The report of the Postmaster-General will show the condition of that department to be steadily im proving, its revenues increasing, and already afford ing assurances that it will be self•snstained at the date required by the Constitution, while affording ample mail facilities for the people. " In the department of Justice, which includes the Patent-office and Public Printing, some legis lative provisions will be required, which will be specifically stated in the report of the head of that department. "I invite the attention of Congress to the duty of o rganising a Supreme Court of the Confederate States, in accordance with the mandate of the Con stitution. " I refer you to my Message, communicated to th e Provisional Congress in November last, for such farther information touching the condition of Public affairs as it might be useful to lay before V u, the sh or t i n t erva l w hi c h h as e l apse d s i nce no t ying produced any material changes in that con dition other than those to which reference has already been made. "In conclusion, I cordially welcome the Repro- Eentatives, who, recently chosen by the people, are fu lly imbued with their views and feelings, and can so ably devise means to the needful provisions for the public service. I assure you of my hearty co- operation in all your efforts for the common We lfare of the country. (Signed) " JEFFERSON DAVIS." At the head police office, Dublin, on Thursday, f°l4 ' womeNinmates of the South Dublin Workhouse, were charged with having attempted to burn the workhouse last We ek. The prisoners were committed for trial. WAKEFIELD ELECTION PETITION.—Our Wake field correspo n d en t s tat es th at a p e titi on was f orwar d e d to London yesterday from the Liberals of that borough, who Pray that Sir John Hay may be unseated. The petition alleges bribery, treating, and undue influences. VOYAGES OF THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAMSHIP. Melbourn e Great B r it a in is advertised to sail from Liverpool for 41 elbourne on the 16th of May, and this induces the reflec ticn that it is only due to the spirited exertions of her grivners to call public attention to the passages of this ex traordinary vessel. To the Great Britain must be traced t he first practical application, on a large scale, of steam 1 1 . ! Q c 1 as a secondary, and not as the principal motive power '4 a vessel ; and the remarkable regularity of her pas sages sufficiently proves that such an adaptation can alone accomplish a voyage of upwards of 13,000 miles, 4 a moderate length of time and at no exces lve e ll:le/Ise. Going back to 1858 we see that her passage ont in November was made in 64 days ; home in 67. The succee ding passage in 57 days out, and 62 days home. The 1 7,, e1t Passage was 62 days out and 68 days home. The fol jag passag e 63 d a y s ou t an d 66 h om e. Th e l a st Aus tralianmail announced her arrival out in 63 days; and she telegraphed as having left, a full ship, on the 13th of 1 11141 'Y, but as she was coming round the Cape of Good I, ) Pe her p assage mos t likely may be prolonged a f ew d a y s . Q a result of three years' passages thus clearly demon strates that the use of steam as an auxiliary enables the len gth of th e voyage to be reckoned upon with certainty, Within a day or t wo , an d contrasts favourably with the nn certala and o ft en pro t rac ted passages of the merely sailing vessel, p a 's lsi T IN PARIS.-" The Lent season," says a li letter, 4 g turns out to be more pleasant than the Vinter, on account of the more rational style of enter taining and o f d ress i ng th a t it b r i ngs w ith it. I n the reli 'l , " 18 World indulgences are proclaimed at St. Roeh, musical ses Illos to chanted at St. Eustache, and pilgrimages enjoined a ....a QJ of the_ eitv insanine c hurch close to the Luxembourg. Any one who walks °l* drives there and pays a franc for this ill-executed piece °I art, in the immediate vicinity of Delacroix's glorious frescoes, obtains for his soul the benefits which a visit, under• taken of course with pious intentions, to the Holy Sepul chre, would confer on it. In the salons of the Duchess Trevose and the Princess Galitzin, chess-playing is resorted to about twice a week. In other hotels litanies are said for the success of the Pope, the Ring and Queen of Naples, and the destruction of all the enemies of the church. The same thing takes place in nearly all the Roman Catholic churches. In the English Episcopal chapels there are Lent lectures once a week, and seven times in one in the imme diate neighbourhood of the Madeleine, whfch is an humble imitation of St. Barnabas, Pimlico, but which is just as well attended by ladies at a loss for some means of passing their time. The Empress listens once a week to the exhor tations of a Dominican friar, and spends the rest of the Week in giving concerts and matinees. The Princess Clo tilde is constant in her attendance at her oratory. But she does not look more serious than anybody else when driving a little pony pbtaton of wicker work in the Bois de Bou logne, every morning, from nine till eleven o'clock." A HULL SHIP SEIZED BY AN AMERICAN CRUISER. `-The American news contains an account cf the capture of the Labuan British screw steamer (owned at Hull), of 1 ,200 tons burden, while lying at Matamoras—and, it is a lleged, clearly in Mexican waters—by the United States sh ip -of-war Portsmouth. The vessel has been sent to the North for adjudication, and the captain was detained as a Inisoner. The Lauban left this country with an ordinary ea rge, comprising no warlike materials of any kind, and was loading with cotton at Matamoras, on account of a M anchester house, for her return voyage. The charge a gainst her, and which is believed to be entirely unfounded, 1.8 t hat she had landed ordnance stores a t M a t am o ra s, but It u 3 to understand how even that plea can cover a 111 -zure by an American vessel at a Mexican port. The 4. , 13 Island correspondent of the New York Times says th at " the capture was so clearly the result of an unfortunate mistake, that the delivery of the vessel to the English a uthorities and the payment of a heavy bill of costs by the United States Government are regarded as almost certain." EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF BITROLARY.—Liver- Pool (says the Mercury of that town) is evidently infested at present by a gang of daring burglars. Whether the steeplechase had anything to do with bringing these gentry to the good old town we cannot say, but it is clear there are some adepts in their profession prowling about seeking *bora they may plunder. On Wednesday evening last Mr. Samuel Thorneley, of Lord-street, who resides at No. 31, Edge-lane, looked, as usual, before retiring for the night at the fastenings of the house, and found them all safe. The following morning, about 2 o'clock, he and the other h lmates of the house were aroused from their slumbers by a 'violent crash and noise. Jumping from their beds, they called out "Who is there ?" but received no answer, and /fore young Mr. Thorneley could dress himself the thieves Fr om got cl ear o ff, t a ki ng w ith th em , h owever , no plunder. a careful examination of th e premises there is little do ubt that the b urg l a r s fi rs t ma d e an a tt em pt to enter the house from the back. They had broken the sash of the pantry window and forced open the window. In conse quence of the stancheons, which prevented any large aper ture, it i s suppose d th a t, as i s o ft en d one i n suc h cases , a child had been lifted in at the window, in the hope that F r would be able to open the door from the inside. jere t the pantry the child must have got into 'Le butler's pantry, the window shutter of which W as fastened with bolts and cotters. Although ho I ; 2 7coved the cotters, still the child could not get out of the close, pantry, as the stancheons in the window were too 1 , ()8 e) and there was no getting through the door, as the 13 ,4 - 1 8 , ite t l e rn n er: ib s_ g_was on the other side. The child was in this dil emma he could not get into the house through the pantry, and the window in the other pantry being high from the ground he could not get back again the Way he came, and no man outside could p ush his arm far en ough in t o be of service in assisting h im out of the tra p into which he had been forced, much to the annoyance, no doubt, of th e leaders o f t h e gang , who were waiting for ad 144en• Under these circumstances, there was only one ''. ea P e rate alternative. To have allowed the ch ild to remai n 14 , t he Pantry till morning must have le d to certain det ection,. and the r ef ore the thieves appear to have deter mined, at a ll h azards, to rescue the c hild. Going round to th i e hall window, they with s me powerful instrument forced iu one -f ourt h o f t h e w i n d ow f rame , broiling the glass, smashing the shutters, and bursting open the fasten nge• It must have been the crash when this was done that aroused the inmates. The thieves made their way at once , • the butler's pantry, and, not noticing the fastening, b uret the door open, and so liberated the child. Whether t hey took their departure by the way they entered or c , i , l rough the front door is not known, but they got clear off. '" )11 40 of the gang must have been severely cut, for on exa mining the ball window the remaining panes and'sill of the 'Window were found to besprinkled with blood. The police on the alert. MOREY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The general discount ma c r o ke t t in h u a e s d b e e n e s n y. very quiet to-day, and the rates have n About £68,000 in gold was sent in to the Bank of England yesterday. The Foreign Exchanges, yesterday afternoon, exhibited no important change. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £228,000, and the exports £732,000. The annual meeting of the Oriental Bank Corpo ration will take place on the 17th proximo. A dividend of 3 per cent. for the half-year has been declared by the directors of the New York Central Railroad Company, payable to the London shareholders after the 20th inst. The half-yearly dividends have been announced for payment on the 3 per cent. Peruvian Bonds; 3 per Cent. Danish, and Brazilian 5 per Cents. On Monday next, the 17th inst., a call of £2 103. per share, amounting in the aggregate to £412,500, becomes due on the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway shares, and Metropolitan Extension. A fair amount of business was reported in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices ex hibited no change. The sales were estimated at 7,000 bales. sh are 100 atk 20/ 204 10 THE SITN,' LONDON, :SATURDAY I EVENING, MARCH 15, 1862. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) BANK OF FRANCE. CRUELTY TO CAR HORSES—Thomas Jordan, cab-driver, badge 10,126, was charged by Mr. Wm. Love, chief officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with having cruelly ill-treated and tortured a horse. _ - The following is the account for month ending Thursday, March 13 : ASSETS. c. Cash and ingots .. • • 143,885,054 94 Cash at the branch-banks • • 266,340,231 Bills due to be paid t o -d a y.. 999,786 58 Bills becoming due in Paris, of which 69,729,155 f. 50c. are from the branch banks . • .. • • • 352,050,160 10 Bills in the branch-b an k s • .. 285,74 4,964 Advances on coin and ingots 12,233,733 59 Do. in the branch- banks • • 2,030,700 Do on French securities • • 141,933,000 Do in the branch-banks 8,079,900 Do on railway shares and bonds 42,641,400 Do in the branch-banks • • .. 20,706,200 Do on Credit Foncier Bonds . • 246,700 Do in the branch-banks • • • • 195,000 Do to State by treaty, 1848 .. 30,000,000 Rentes of the reserve-fund • • • 12,980,750 14 Rentes, disposable funds .. 29,872,390 26 Rentes immobilised (law of June, 1857) .. 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank .. • • 4,000,000 Real property of branch-banks .. • . 5,918,755 Expenses of administration .. • 645,491 60 Sundries .. .. 20,491,802 33 1,485,996,019 54 LIABILITIES. Capital .. .. .. • • • • New Capital .. .. .. • • • • Reserve-fund • •• •• •• New Reserve •• •• •• •• Reserve-immobiliere .. .• Profits to be added to Capital (Art. 8 of law June 9, 1857) . •• • • • Notes to bearer in circulation in Paris and 91,250,000 - 91,250,000 - 12,980,750 14 9,125,000 - 4,000,000 - 2,316,503 57 A buoyant tone has pervaded the market for Public Securities again to-day, but business has been quiet, as usual at the close of the week. Con sols are 93a 4 for transfer, and 93/, f, for the 10th proximo. The New Threes are steady at 921 ; the Reduced at 921 ; Exchequer Bills at 19s. to 225. prem. ; Bank Stock is at 236 and 237 ; India ditto at 222 and 224; and the 5 per Cent. 107! I. As usual on Saturday, the dealings in the Foreign Market have been of a limited character. Turkish Securities have been particularly buoyant, the old 8 per Cents. having improved to 852 86; ditto, 1858, 72 I ; ditto, £lOO Bonds, to 731; and Chilian 4i per Cents., to 86,1. Mexican are flat at 341 ; Venezuelan, at 241 ; and Italian 5 per Cents. at 661 671. _ _ . The operations in the Railway Share Market have been moderately active, and, in several in stances prices have shown increased firmness. Bristol and Exeter, and North Eastern (Berwick) have advanced 55.; Caledonian, 10s.; Great Wes tern 15s. ; and Great Northern £1 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines were in mode rate request, without any material change in values. with the exception of Grand Trunk of Canada, which declined about 15s. to £l. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have have been in rather more request at slightly en hanced rates. London and Westminster have improved 55.; London and County 55.; Oriental Bank ss. ; Crystal Palace Stock ss. ; and Penin sular and Oriental Steam ss. . BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92a 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 92f it Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 154 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. !tato Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent lo2a Ditto 51 per Cent lo7k Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 Ditto (Mt* Aug. 1864 or 66 100 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Consols for Account, April 10 921 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent March. I June. 19 22 19 22 19 22 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... Ditto £5OO .. Ditto Small — FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Milian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent . .. Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. 344 / Imperial Moorish Scrip 5l 5 New Grenada, 2 per Cent Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds 73} Venezuela, 3 per Cent .. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto April Account COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YISTERDAY. Amsterdam'port. 11 16 11 16} Ditto Rotterdam — 11 184 11 184 Antwerp — 25 45 25 50 Brussels — 25 45 25 50 Hamburgh — 13 n 13 81 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —118 j Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin 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 Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons 48J 48# 25 60 25 60 25 50 40 120 120 52i 521 486- 48a 25 571 25 55 25 55 40i 1201 1201 536 636 Do Str Val gua. stock. Irish South Eastern .. Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares Metropolitan Slidland 9 91 1281 129 1 1 1 0 p 98 100 6.4.0 Do New Do Binning. & Derby fid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent _ Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle, Newry, Warnpt, do Ros Norfolk North British Nor.Dey.Rail&Dk.stocl: Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pelß 10 B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do,G.N.E. purchase Do'Lecds - Do York North London [9:16.4 Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. Rl. & Canal Portsmouth Rhy coney Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock st Do Scot. 'Mi d. stock 10 Shrews, and Welchpool st Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer st South Devon 25 S. Durham & Lane. Un at South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok. ,an dWok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do Pref. No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster Do 12.10 - - Do Vale of Neath 'Victoria sta. and Pinf 1 Waterfbrd dt Kilkenny Waterford R 5 Limerick West Cornwall West London Do lst class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford. Do Newport Do Hereford 70 72 661 Mt 98i 99 d 55 56 87 88 101 103 5 q d 10i 11 128 130 48 50 106 108 47 49 36 33 871.871 67 68 99 51 101 Al 361 374 7 4 6 8 4P 5 p 145 150 55} 564 24 d i 3 4 p RS 92 129 132 441 9 i i 1291 i 68 7i 991 I 88i 104 5 12 13 101 6! 71 36i 7 86 51 1471 48 49 44 46 89 91 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. " Co. s Price. Done. — Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W ^— Birkenhead., Buckingh -T . sitre. Chester & liolyhead.. 100 Do . 53 55 Do. 52per cent 100 Do. 125 127 1274 Do. 5 , 100 Do. ll2 114 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Va'. 100 E.U. & E.O E. Lincolnsh. gapr c. 100 Gl.North. 137 139 1394 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 44 Do. Woodbridnx... 100 • • • • Gls. Barr. &Neils.Drci. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster & DePn Forest all Gt. "Ires . t. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 1.97 202 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent I Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Do. . .... .. .. London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen a Lon.,Tilb.& S . -i . ,7lend 100 Peto &Co B2 64 83 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do.' • • • • lklnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 33 :;,', Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5.6. B Counts. p i p gua. 5 per cent... Nori hr. &Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent....., all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... I all IDo. N. Eas:n—Hartlepool 100 , N. E. Per .. .. North Western L&N WI Preston and Wyre. 1 all ~ L. i. k. i 43 45 Do. .y shares A. all IDo. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 iGt.North. 135 137 3 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 7 Brassey 121 123 Do. Do. South Staffordshire lOO Ln.iisT.W fp .. .. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. 'West 93 95 944 Wimbledn t Croydon all L.&Brgtn 84 9S PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. Closing Business Paid. 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 - st Caledon. qr. shra, No. 2 100 F,} Cork & Bandon, 54 p. C. all 20 Cornwall. 5 per ant all 20 21 64 Dun. Perth, & Abe - . ,Jun all 6 el 10 Do. Ist Class Pief.. all et E. Angn. Class A sn. c. 100 100 105 st E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 104 110 at Do No. 2 100 108 110 at Do. new 6p. c. tk, lOO 125 127 at Eastern Union, 4p. c— 100 82 81 st Do. 5 guar lOO at Edin.& p. Glas.s p.c. shares 100 112 114 st Do. 4p. a guar. S. & u lOO 90 92 at Furness, 5 ner cent._ 100 at Glas.& SAT est. gm 5 p.c. 100 at Great Northern, sp. 0 lOO 115 117 at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 111 113 at Do. 44 p. c. do lOO 104 106 at Do.sp.c.Redmatsp.c.pm 100 107 109 10 t;t. Nh. of Scot. lst pref. all at Gt. Sn. Sr W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 99 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 6 per cent 6 at Do. redeem. 46 p. ct lOO 100 102 at Do. redeem. 4p. et._ at Do. irredcem. 4p. ct lOO 91 93 at Do. sp. C. redeem. pref lOO 103 105 103 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares all 94 103 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pt. shs all 176 184 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pl. shs all 104 11 at Do. Birm. guar. stock lOO 75 77 284 Du. Chesler. guar. shares all 20 tl 134 Do. do all 10 104 20 Do. do all 151 151 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pret 80 at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 136 138 1394 at Do.Barnsl.st£s 25 10dpe 100 et Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO st Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur. 100 101 103 st Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.l 100 113 115 at Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 100 113 116 at Do. 6 per cent do lOO 135 140 at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 113 115 at Do. 7 per oent. pref. stk 100 152 156 at Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 129 133 at Do. 4 p c.st (div.detlil'6s 100 75 97 at Lon. Chat. &Dov. sp.c.pf. 103 96 97 at Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent 100 at Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares st Do. 44 per cent 2s Ed Do. (Prtsm. perpL arms.' of 2s ed all 124 Londondy. & Cole. shs all Condony. & Ennis. she all 134 14 st Man. Sh. & Lin. 9 per ct. 100 125 127 6 Do. £6 at Do. 34 per cent, 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent... 5 4 Ipm 124 Nlaryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. all 12/ Do. 44 per cent„... • ... all .. at Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. 100 .. 1401 st Do.Con.Bris.& Bin 6 p.c 100 137 139 140 st Do. 44 p.c. pref. at. rdem 100 102 104 st Do. 43 p.c. irredeemable 100 6 Do. 44 per cent . . all at Do.Leic. andHit4per ct 100 92 91 at Norflk. sp. C. Ex. st. 1846 100 .. al Do. 54 p. a Prof. at. 1847 100 .. at Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lBl7 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. she. 7 11 11pm 10 Do. do. do. all „ at Nth.Dvn.Rall.&Dck.Co. 100 .. at N-East Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 .. st Do. 46pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. .. 100 at Do. G. N. E. 4p. et, pref 100 99 101 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 3. 13.4 96 98 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 13 d 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 20 North Staffordshire.... all . dis Par 10 Rbymney Guaranteed.. all st Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 • • • • at Do.Aberdeen,g - ua.6p.e 100 at Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 10s. South Devon, Ann, 10a. all 135 140 10 Do. Fixed 46 per cent all 10 11 10. 6 South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) at Do. 45 per cent at Do, Fixed 44 per cent 100 101 103 at South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 st Do. 41 per cent lOO .. st Do. do. 1859 lOO .. • • at Do. 5 per cent lOO • • at S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua lOO 85 87 20 Do. sp.c. gm 17 if 1 4 p 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. 0 all 28 29 25 Do, B6p. c all 32 34 25 Do. C6p. c all 32 34 at Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 st W. Mid. -Oxf Ist gua stk 100 126 130 st Do. 2d d 0.... 100 120 125 123 at Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.reci 100 101 103 at Do. Perpet.6p. c. pf. 1866 100 121 124 st Do. till 1869, 100 116 122 DOCKS. stook 'Commercial lOO stock I Do. 4 per Cen'.l'ref.Min.i 100 stock East and West India .. 100 125 127 s took London ..........«•••• 100 58 60 stock St. Katharine. lOO 60 62 stock i Southampton 100 StookV i stori a.. ...... 100 99 101 I .. 20 DO Neiv ...••?9•10440 2 d FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian - 14 1 Bon Accord Copper,Lim all 4 8 1 5 Brazil Land & Alm.Co all 14 11 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo ; dim. 40 Cobre Copper all 32 34 l eopi.zro l6 6 8 1 I DunAtoun.Cop.Mines.Co ail 1 11 3 'East Del Rey (Limited) 1 2 'Fortuna. 20 'General all 22 24 2 ,Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 pr 4 p =l7 CaroppnlB.ool.. 767p8.2.66: 14 ;Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 14 p 1 Linares all 8 9 5 Lusitanian 2 i d pr 1 Mariquita all ; 1 N.RhineCopof S.Aus.l I i pr 20 ,Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 Port Philip ••• • , I 1 1 14 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) 1 108. n lipm 2 i 20 St. John del Rey (1..),.., 15 61 63 64 2 28.2.81 United Mexican 1 Worthing'', (Limited)._ „I all 4 4 p P i c. ce j n a. :igB3 jul - y 4 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. • 100 109 111 109/ Feb. do Atm 100 107 109 p. cent. -- 100 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 107 109 Do. 5 per cent lOO 99; 100; 99; 100 Do. Inscribed stock 100 98 100 -- Cape G.llope, 6p c,lBBO 100 ,111 113 Do. 1890 lon 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 111 113 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p o 100 N.IS.Gov. 0 p.c..l a.&July 100 104 1064 1051 D o . 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. sp. c.,1866 100 gg 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 971 981 Do. d0.,1888 & upwdo 100 197 98 New Zealand 6p. cent. 100 108 110 1084 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c f sterling, 1875 lOO 108 109 S. Au5,G6p.c.1873.& up lOO 108 110 Vic. G ov. 8 p.c. ,Ta.dauly 100 104 106 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 107 1071 1071 MIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 15.—Wind this day at noon--North• Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather cloudy. SWANSEA, March 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Corn wall, from Cuba. PORTSMOIITII, March 14.—Wind foggy.—Arrived —Theodore and Julie, from Foo-chow-foo for Hamburg. TRooN, March 15.—Wind' S.W.—Sailed—Candia, for Demerara. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, M arc h 14—G aze ll e, f rom El s i nore ; Sophia, from Emden; Jelt, from Faro; Charlotte, from Helsing borg ; Truant, from Grenada; Runnymede, from Foo chow-foo ; Crescent, from Guernsey. Arrived, March 15—Tre Venner, from Lokken. Sailen—Concordia, for Boulogne. y Morning. Passed, March 14—Henriette, DEAL for Saturda Batavia • Governor Hall, for Si erra L eone —b oth for London ; Lady Cecelia, from Shields for Point de Galle. THE BOMBAY MAIL.—The Valetta and Ellora, with the above mails, left Alexandria on the 13th inst., at sunset, for Marseilles and Southampton respectively. The Malta brought the mail to Suez, arriving there on the 12th. OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.—The Ceylon arrived at Gibraltar, and left for Alexandria yes terday morning (14th). All well. THE ENNISKILLEN AND BUNDORAN RAILWAY. — The first sod of this line, which is to extend from Enniskil len to Bundoran, was turned on Thursday. THE WINDHAM CASE.—THE COSTS.—The argu ments before the Lords Justices closed yesterday afternoon. Their lordships reserved their decision. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA.—It appears that cir cumstances having prevented the production of Mr. F. Clay's operatta, " Court and Cottage," for Mr. Harrison's benefit this evening, there will be a miscellaneous concert instead, in which Mr. Harrison will be supported by a variety of vocal and instrumental talent. The distinguished prima donna, Madame Guerrabella, has kindly consented to give her valuable aid on the occasion. THE CETHIN COLLIERY INQUEST.—The jury in this case have returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against the colliery viewer, John Moody. SERIOUS CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST A POLICE CONSTABLE.—PoIice-constable Job Tidy, 154 N, attached to the police-station, Upper-street, Islington, was placed at the bar of the Clerkenwell Police-court, before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with stealing a silver watch and gold guard chain from the person of Mr. Wm. Wood, solicitor's clerk, in St. James's-road, Holloway, the prosecutor being drunk and incapable at the time. He was remanded. THE BOURBONISTS IN NAPLES.—A letter, dated Naples, March 8, says :—Yesterday evening, at about eight o'clock, the police found in a hut on the Champs de Mars, near the tavern called the Pulcinello, a quantity of bombs, arms, and combustibles, some Bourbon proclamations, and a white flag with the fieur de lys. Two men in charge of 1 this depot were smoking, drinking, and playing at cards, in the hope of averting suspicion by their apparent unconcern. The reactionist clique at Rome is very active. A procla mation has been circulated here, exhorting the Neapolitans to recall their king, and drive out the ' foreign barbarians.' a ppeal to civil war is pri n t e d in the Pope's own print ) This ing..office, as an official stam p upon it pr oves . Th e brigand ch i e f Chiavone, now restored to the g oo d graces o f F ranc i s 11., who h a d quarrelled with him, is collecting forces at T errac ina for a fresh raid. SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share] Railways. 13.14 25 10 st et 50 20 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Blyth and Tyne IBristid and'Exeter Caledonian Cork and Banc ° 1 Cornwall gets no div Do A I A ti 116 p co an.has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno it East Anglian it Eastern Counties it Eastern Union, A stock ,t Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Glasg. and S. Western. GrcatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western • • Paid.l Clwing ' Business Price. done. 7 8 6f 7 93 94 1981 1091 93 1091 10 91 51 110 42/ 23/ 59 } 9 B/ I 118 4 116 k i 75} 5 i 198! 9 81 69 60 125/ 46 94/ 5 4! 5 101/ 24 41 43 10 11 214 224 57 68 58 60 38 40 92i 934 304 31 102 101 [l6-1 1174 !134 1144 132 134 103 105 7/4 73 57 59 107! 1014 59 61 122 125 45i 464 94 041 101 102 9 11 43 44i BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ['Paid. all 100 all all all all Closing Price. 72 75 101 102 61 61,1 8.1 5 I SP 100 101 1024 1021 100 102 1014 1024 102 103 1034 104} 27 28 78 80 68 70 48 50 48 52 42 45 41 44 101 102 pr 4p 100 101 131 131 7 64 101 103 95 97 100 101 92 95 91 93 5 7 4 6 1021 103 i I iP 9.8 100 i f d Railways• Atlantic & St Lawrence I.lcni.,llaroda.t.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent......., Buffalo and Lake Ilttron Do. New . ••• • • I Do. Preference Cleutta.k.s.r:astn. (1, • ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town .t Dock Serif Demerara iEastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. 'East Indian, ga. 5 p. e. Do. 4i p o. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Do. 1866-187 1 . Do. do. G Ext Grand Trunk of Canada 4 Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et Do. r, per et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenln.gua. s p.c Do. New gua. 5 p. C Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. IV, of Canada Shares 1- Do. New Do. 6 P.C. '73 with't opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras guar., 5 p. Do. 4f p. c. Extension Do. 4,i do. Melb.Corp. 6 p. e. 13nds, i NewArttnewicXzt Canda Ry.ctLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Sharc Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital do. Do. do. Land do. •e. - Sande ........ c i.a Do. Punjaub .... 4 5 Do. Do. ........ ? s Do. Indus. St. Flo. 7 ,sg. Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp St Rotterdam Ardennes ...• ••• • • • • Ilah.,tS.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to GraiSfieSS&C rCarmeaux Mine & Rail oplapo .... •• • ••• • • • Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish ••• • • • Eastern of France •• • • Grand Bus Guar. 6 p. e. Do. do. Treat Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction • • • • Lierre & Turnhout .. • • Lyons t Geneva .• •• • • Namur & Liege •••• • • Do. 6p. e. Pret. ..... . Northern of France.. • • Do. New Shares —•• • • Norwegian Trunk Fret. Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn) Parls,Lyous, do Mediter. Paris & Orleans.... •• •• itecife & S. Fran. (Peril.) ,Tua. 7 p. ct. lira .. • • • • Riga ,t 5 Dunaburg.. •• •• . . Royal Danish • • •• Royal Swedish . •• •• Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre (ft Meuse ...• • • Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lira, g. 7 p.c. S.Aust &Lomb Venetin Southern of France • • • • S. East Portugal 7 p ct. West Flanders ..... Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France •• West"rn of Austria.. • • Westorn of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand BRITIS. Alfred Con soffi(Philack)i British Iron ... . Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan).• East Caradon ...... East Carn Brea... E. W'l Russel (Tavistk. Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus .Wheal Alfa. (Philack G. Wheal Vor(Helstoril Grenville Eferod's- Foot ....... • • it ingston Downs. ... Lady Bertha liargaret f Uny Mars e Valley Myndy Iron Ore (Lim.) North Downs ........•• North Frances (Illogan N. WWI Basset (1110 4an) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &G en., Lim i... Wheal Fran. (Mogan ) Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Saton Wheal Basset (Illogan ) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Whi..l Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) Business done 73 101} I 102 j I f .27} 61 1011 I I .121 Mr. Love attended to prosecute. Mr. Guest, officer of the Royal Society, said he was passing through Berkeley-square when he saw the defend ant driving a horse and cab, and noticing the restless move ments of the horse, he had the defendant stopped, and on the pad on the horse's back being lifted it quivered, and showed signs of pain. There was a wound on the top of its back larger than a crown-piece, and it appeared to be deep, and blood and matter came from it. The defendant appeared to have been drinking, and would not alter the harness so as to keep it from the wound, but admitted, hi his own words, "it was rather too bad," and that he was not aware of it. It was impossible that he (defendant) could be unaware of the state of the horse. The defendant said he was sorry he had taken the horse out. He had never been before a magistrate till then, and hoped he would be dealt leniently with. Mr. Love said he felt bound, in justice to the defendant, to say that since he had taken out the summons he had ascertained that defendant was a respectable man, and bore a good character for his treatment of horses ; but the society had received so many complaints of cruelty by cabmen, that he had felt it incumbent upon him to came forward. The magistrate (Mr. Tyrwhitt) after indignantly re marking on the cruel practice of working horses in such a state, fined the defendant 10s. and costs, the defendant's character saving him from a heavier penalty. ANOTHER CASE.—William Haydon, an omnibus driver, bearing the badge 11,096, was also charged by Mr. Love with having cruelly tortured a horse by working it in an omnibus whilst suffering from wounds with which the harness was coming in contact. The evidence of the society's officers went to show that the horse was suffering from wounds on its shoulders and withers of a very bad character. The Magistrate said that omnibus men and cabmen seemed to have no feeling at all, and they used their horses as though they were mere machines. He should fine the defendant 10s., and he had better take care not to come to that court again on a similar charge. TIIIS DAY'S MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. There has been a full average supply of vegetables on sale here to-day, and the show of fruit is seasonably good. Generally speaking, the demand rules inactive as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 8 0 to 14 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes, per lb 12 0 to 24 0 Foreign do 2 0 to 2 6 Melons, each Peaches, perdoz 0 0 to 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per 4 sieve 2 6 to 5 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 3 6 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Apricots. per doz 0 0 to 0 0 s. d. s d Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 4 oto 4 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 • Figs, per d0z..... 0 oto 0 0 Damson 0 0 to 0 0 Gooseberries hf sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, pr pt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 4 01 Shallots, per lb .. 010 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 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Brocoli, per buu. 1 oto 1 3 Beet, per doz. .. 1. 6to 2 0 Potatoes, per ton 80 to 160 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr swt. 1 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 2 oto 3 0 Peas, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p ptl. 2 oto 2 6 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 6 Artichokes, pr dz 0 6to 8 0 Carrots,pr do 3 6to 5 6 r Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers ' 2 6to 5 0/ Endive, per score 0 oto 0 o Garlic, per lb 0 6to 0 8 / Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 01 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv.l2 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Brus. sprouts,h.s. 1 9to 2 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, ht. sv 1 6to 1 9 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 .3 to 0 8 French beans, h.s. 1 oto 3 0 Asparagus, pr do. 5 oto 7 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 OSo 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 6 oto 7 0 NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 108 Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 4s Od to 7s Od ; goslings, 6s Od to 7s Od ; ducks, 3s Od to 5s Od ; rabbits, is 6d to 2s Od each ; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; pigeons, 9d to is 2cl each; large Surrey fowls, 7s Od to 14s Od; chickens, 5s Od to 8s Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 38 6d to 4s Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each; ptarmigan, is 6d to 2s Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, 4s to 4s 6d; snipes, Is 6d to 2s; teal, is 6d to Os Od ; wild ducks, is 9d to 2s Od ; widgeons, Os 9d to is Od ; plovers, is Od to is 6.1 each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 8s Od ; roasting pigs, 6s Od to 8s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to is Od; English, is ld to is 6d per lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to 10s ; French do., 7s Od toe 80d per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 6d to Is ; prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei ; turbots, 2s 6d to 18s ; cod, 2s Od to 108 Od ; brills, is Od to 10s Od ; doreys, is Od to 53 Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 2s 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 3s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 3d to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 12s to 20s ; natives, 42s to 44s per bushel ; whitings. 3s Od to 10s ; haddocks, 4s to 20s ; smelts, is Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od to Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, 60s ; fresh herrings, 8s to Os; bloaters, Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. the branch-banks - T. .. .. 838,195,925 Do. to order (Post-bills) .. . 9,090,062 71 Bills payabl e a t s i g ht „ .. 8,071,938 Ace, cur, of Treasury Creditor .. .. 169,676,322 74 Various accounts current .. .. .. 200,563,060 82 Do. branch-banks .. .. .. 34,373,303 Dividends to be paid .. .. .. 1,426,641 75 Arrears of values deposited .. .. 1,571,836 38 Discount, interest, and expenses .. .. 8,066,836 50 Re-discounts of the last half-year .. 2,727,525 79 Sundries 1,310,313 10 NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s Od ; veal, 3s Sd to 4s Sd ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 8113 s, WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 8d to 4s Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per Sibs. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 81d to 9d, of household do., 61d to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 31d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 341 to 3PI ; 801 b to 881 b, nd to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 41d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to 4P. Horse hides, 9s to lOs Od ; calf skins, light 2s Od to 3s Od ; do. full, 6s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 9s 6d to Ils Od ; half-breds, Os Od to Os Od ; Downs, 6s Od to 7s 6d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, is 2d to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s ; clover, £3 lOs to £5 10s ; and straw, £1 Se to £1 16s Ocl per load. Both hay and straw were in slow request at our quotations. CumBERLAND.--Metv - low hay, £2 Os to £4 158; clove! do., £3 10e to £5 10e; and straw, £lBs to £1 16s per load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 Ms; clover, £3 lOs to £6 10s ; and straw. El 8s to ]6s per load. A moderate demand. EXTRAORDINARY AND EXCITING SCENE IN AN AMERICAN CH URCH. A scene occurred in St. Paul's Church, Alexan- dria, Virginia, on Sunday morning, Feb. 9, 1862, which has perhaps never had a parallel among ci7ilised nations, certainly not in the history of this country. The officiating clergyman, Rev. K. J. Stewart, had just got through the Morning Prayer of the Episcopal Church as far as the Litany, the prayer for the President being omitted, but without anything in its place, and was proceeding with the Litany, when an interruption occurred of the cha racter which the law designates as " brawling"— that is, the intervention of noise and tumult by cer tain persons, who had come to church with the in tention of interrupting the service should it not pro- teed according to their wishes. These persons corn- over the letter for delivery. The postman of the menced the disturbance as soon as they found the walk was then sent for, and on attending he was prayer for the President omitted. One of them, interrogated why he had not delivered the letter to Capt. Farnsworth, of the Bth Illinois Cavalry, who the firm. He denied ever having the let ter, and on sat near the chancel, dressed in uniform, with some uced be stated that it was not five or six of his soldiers near him, undertook to the receipt being prod of f iciate in prayer (if prayer it can be called) by his signature, and that it was a i forgery. The offi reading the prayer for the President of the United cials of the Post - o ffice at once i nst i tuted the fullest States. How far he went does not appear in the inquiry, with a view of ascertaining who had got confusion; but soon quitting his position as the possession of the letter, but we believe that nothing offerer of prayer, he advanced to the altar where satisfactory was elicited, except that the letter h a d Mr. Stewart was kneeling, still continuing the Litany, and ordered his arrest. Mr. Stewart was been fraudulently obtained by means of a deep dragged from hls knees by the soldiers. The ground laid scheme, either by some one connected with the of the arrest of Capt. Farnsworth distinctly avowed Post-office, or by some person who had a perfect to be the omission of the prayer for the President knowledge of the registered letter issue department of the United States. With this avowal he said," 1 arrest you by the authority of the United States, as and of the way the business was transacted. It is a rebel and a traitor." " And I," responded Mr. stated that on Messrs. Leaf finding that the letter Stewart, who by that time had advanced to the was missing, they at once gave the usual notice to chancel rails, to Captain F., " summon you to an- the bankers to stop the cheques and notes. Unfor swer at the judgment seat of the King of kings and tunately, however, the warning was too l a te. The Lord of lords for interfering by force of arms with chequeshad been paid, and the notes had been ex- His ambassador while in the act of presenting the changed for gold at the Bank of England. So the petitions of His people at His altar." The solemnity m of this appeal apparently caused the parties to fall matter at present stands. Anoth er reg istered l e tt er , back and pause, but soon the soldiers were ordered to containing, it is said, £2,000, is reported to have seize Mr. Stewart, which two of them did with great disappeared under similar circumstances. It is not violence, forcing the prayer-book from him, one of long since a registered letter from Lincoln to one of them drawing a revolver. Another revolver was presented to an old and venerated citizen within the the bankers in Lombard-street was abstra c ted, and chancel, when the officer ordered the soldier not to these frequent losses have occasioned some nneasi fire. Very soon a considerable number of armed sol- ness in the City, inasmuch as the Post-office do not diers appeared in the church. Mr. Stewart, refus- hold themselves responsible for the contents of re ing to yield voluntarily, was dragged by force from the altar, and through the aisle, out of the gistered letters. The Post-office, it is understo od disavow all responsibility ; and in that case, sup church. He was in the surplice, which he wore through the streets and at Captain Farnsworth's posing the facts to be as reporied, the system of quarters, where he was taken. registration must be regarded only as a delusion. Capt. Farnsworth said that he went to church It is by no means improbable, however, that if the intending to arrest Mr. Stewart if he should offer question of responsibility should come before a court any prayer for the Confederate States. Near him of law pa yment having been in the same pew sat Mr. Morton, the detective agent the fact of a s pecial made to the Post-office havethe fullye of special ox e r of the United States Government, who there gave . orders to Captain Farnsworth to make the arrest, care, which care c ould _ which was executed as above described. Mr. Mor- cised, will cause a ve rdict to be rendered against ton has declared that he was acting under authority them, even although they may plead thas they have from Washington. The scene in the church was always given notice o f non-liabilit y . such as may be imagined under such circumstances. Gentlemen were indignant and excited, and ladies giving utterance to their feelings of grief and indig nation, but of course no serious effort was made to wuippixa .—The bill to amend the law as to the w hipping of juvenil es and other offenders,brought in by Mr. Hadfield a nd others, provides tha t where the punish ment of whipping is awarded f or any offence by order of on e or more jus tice or j ustices made i n their power of summar y conviction, or exercise of his or o rder, sentence, or conviction in Scotland awarding suchpunishment, by the C our t of Justiciary, or by any sheriff or magistrate, the shall specify the number of strokes to be inflicted and the caseinstrument oof n o ff t e o n b a e e ruswe whose number of strokes o i s n e age does of them, and in the does not exceed 14 years, the the m blaietod shall not exceed 12. prevent the arrest. Mr. Stewart was taken away, and the congregation dispersed. It is proper to state that these proceedings were without the knowledge of General Montgomery, the military governor of the city, and were strongly condemned by him when they came to his know ledge. He telegraphed to Washington for instruc tions from the Government, which, when received , were of such a nature as to lead to Mr. Stewart s release after a few hours' detention.—Boston Courier. Yesterday, at three o'clock, the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Cubit, the Lord Mayor, and Sir Charles Eastlake, the president of the Royal Academy, who were recently nominated by the Queen to advise her Majesty in the choice and mode of execution of a design for the proposed national memorial of the lamented Prince Consort, held another conference on, the subject in the Coun cil Chamber of the Fine Arts Commission, at the Palace of Westminster. Mr. Marshall, the chairman of the Ross and Mull Granite Company, attended before the committee, and gave additional information respecting the block of red granite, about 106 feet in length and some 12 feet square on an average, which had been discovered in an unleased quarry there belonging to the Duke of Argyll, and to which the attention of the committee had been pre viously directed as suitable for the intended memo rial. He produced a diagram of the stone and plans, prepared by Captain Moorsom, the company's en gineer, showing its position and outline, and that is about 500 yards distant from the sea. He ex plained that it had been uncovered to the extent of about 106 feet, and that as both its ends are still embedded, it may be found to be of even a greater available length than that. Upon the whole, the information he gave went to impress the committee that this block of granite afforded greater promise of grandeur and aptitude for the pur pose of a monolithic obelisk than at first they had been led to imagine. For the present therefore their attention is concentrated upon it, though they have received communications upon the subject from the owners and lessees of other granite quarries in the kingdom, especially one from Lord Falmouth, who has made a generous offer in the event of his quarries of serpentine being found to contain a single stone of sufficient dimensions. It is under stood that the Duke of Argyll has intimated to the committee his desire to present them with the stone to which reference has been made on his pro perty in the Island of Mull, if eventually it should be thought to fulfil the condition on which her Majesty decided in favour of an obelisk as a fitting memorial of her illustrious Consort. On the assumption of such a gift by his grace the Granite Company, who lease some of the adja cent quarries to that in which it lies, have given in two estimates—one of £25,000, as the probable cost of quarrying the stone, shaping and polishing it on the spot, and removing it to the water's edge; the other of £15,000 for those operations, less the po lishing, which in that case would be done in Lon don. Mr. Marshall calculated that the interval required for the operations covered by the first estimate would extend from the present time to the summer of 1863. It remains to be stated that the Memer!al Fund now being raised at the:Mansion-House amounted last evening to £40,500. Among the donors yes terday were Lord Redesdale, £lOO, and the Grocers' Company, £lOO. LWANCIIESTER PATENT LAW _REFORM . A o SOCIATION, A general committee meeting of the Manchester Patent Law Reform Association was held yesterday afternoon in the B Committee-room of the Town Hall. The chair was taken by Mr. William Fair bairn, LLD., F.R.S., and there were also present-- Messrs. Marshall, W. B. Johnson, John Bell, James Potter, W. Routledge, E. Scott, P. Grant, Peter Effertz, T. Cooke, C. Schiele, J. Revelle, T. Clay ton, and E. J. Hughes, hon. secretary. The. meeting was especially called to consider the report of a sub-committee to which the resolu tions proposed by a committee of the British Asso ciation for a reform of Patent Laws had been referred. The sub-committee, after considering what defects in the working of the present law re quire amendment, and after examining carefully the resolutions of the British Association, had re solved to recommend certain alterations which they were of opinion would not interfere with the rights of inventors, and at the same time, by preventing a number of useless patients being - granted, would be an additional security to the public. These altera tions, as subsequently amended by the general meeting, were as follows : 1. That a Court of Commissioners or Examiners shall be appointed, to consist of three members, eminent for their r scientific acquirements, one to be conversant with mechani cal engineering, the second with chemistry, and the third a barrister, or law officer, with a sufficient staff of assistants, who shall devote the whole of their time to the Patent office, and be paid liberal salaries out of the funds arising from the fees paid for letters patent. 2. That the said Commissioners shall grant provisional protection for in ventions on application as heretofore. 3. That the Com" missioners shall carefully examine each invention as pro visionally protected, as to the novelty thereof. 4. That the Commissioners shall, within two months from the date of the provisional protection, either authorise the grant of the patent, or inform the applicant that they have doubts about the novelty of the invention, stating their reasons, and referring him to the authorities they de pend upon for proving the want of novelty, or, if ne cessary, to require further particulars than are contained in the provisional specification; in such case, the applicant shall furnish additional descriptions within one month after receiving such notice, or such longer time as the Commis .sioners, in their discretion, may deem necessary. 5. That the applicant shall have one month to file his specification, after receiving the decision of the Commissioners. 6. That any person interested in opposing the grant of any patent shall give notice of his objections to the Commissioners pre vious to the expiration of two months from the date of pro visional protection. 7. That when the Commissioners report against the novelty of any invention, the applicant shall have the privilege of asking for a re-examination, at which he shall produce either viva vote evidence before the Commis sioners, or give them additional particulars in writ ing. 8. That the applicant shall pay reasonable fees for such re-examination, the fees to be regulated by the Com missioners. 9. That all cases of infringement shall be tried in the first instance in any of the ordinary courts of law, before a special jury of gentlemen conversant with the sub ject-matter e That decision either of party such jury u rhya to oe the Judges the & that ; if they confirm the judg -1 men t already given, their decision shall be final ; but if they j p e o c w - power sittingf t tcr appealing o f dispute. in agains tßanco,a 0 n . differ, an appeal to the Privy Council shall be allowed, but whose decision shall be final. 11. That if the patentee shalt find that he has claimed something in his provisional specifi cation which is not new or useful, he shall be allowed to dis claim the same in his final specification. 12. That the £5O tax now payable at the expiration of the third year, and also the £lOO payable at the expiration of the seventh year, be abolished, but £5O, payable at the expiration of the fifth year, be substituted therefore. After some discussion the resolutions were agreed to. A New York correspondent says :—" Standing near me at the execution of Capt. Gordon to-day was Edwin James, the celebrated criminal lawyer of England. He is getting po.ted in our criminal matters. James said it was one of the most delightful executions he had ever attended, gentlemen were present. There were not and what seemed to su r p rise him the most was the fact— that none but fhthareboneoxind intenance and wamithounthteedwtoor:lo9f,Oro67a. osvtaetressOmpaerinrsoen;,present besides the soldiers o f RAMSGATE HARBOUR. —The revenue of the Roya l Harbour of Ramsgate for the year 186 0-61, C hi e fl y the passing absorbed £12,925 of this im provement, revenue, salaries and allowances reduced to £2,005 and various which remained at the year's end to be , the net balance added to the fund of the Harbour Trust, then amounting FOUNDERING OF peruses, together with ASuip to £93,211. AT SEA.—On Thurs day the T. B. Bertram ship, C com mander, arrived at Kingsto n aptain W. Nichols, harbour, from New York, laden with grain. She sailed from New York on Feb. 12, and experienced heavy Weathe r during her entire pas sag e. 48, about 500 miles west of the coast of Ireland, i n l at. long. 16, the wind bl ow i ng a whole gale at th e ti me, she in distress ; b u t, Owing to spok e the a large full-rigged ship was t empestuoustotally character of the weather, the captain any assistance that day. With moat una ble est commendable o en a d ff a o h rd lo humanity, however, he stood by the distressed ship off and on till ne x t d ay , w h en, th e wea th er mo d era ti ng, a b oat was lowered from the evidently sinking ship, reaching the Bar tram in safety with captain, mate, crew, and one lady, a passenger; in all 20 persons. The vessel proved to be the Sultan, from Africa to Liverpool, laden with guano, Captain Steel, commander. The vessel was stated to have left in a leaky state, the water, owing chiefly to the violence of the sea, gaining upon her so much that she is believed to have gone down in 20 hours after she was abandoned, although an invention of Captain Steel's, a kind of windmill capable of pumping out 20 tons of water in an hour, was kept con stantly going till the moment the crew left. The captain saved his papers and valuables, the lady losing all her spare clothing at the moment of leaving the Sultan. The Ber tram, in lat. 45 deg., ionic . 70, also fell in with 16 casks of 'thin a diamond. To C • oil, marked ,411," wi ther again Nichols, awarded mu ch praise cannot b e for of the Bertram, to o his humanity. RAILWAYS ea 6/ / 1k ik 11 12 4i 4 23 .24 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 10U I Agra&UnitedService f.O 88 90 40 Australasia all 68 70 25 Bank of Egypt all 91 22 100 Ba.ak of London 50 British North American all 54 56 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 216 22 211 25 ChAter. of In. 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Ilf 12 13 15 3 i 4 li 7 g 1 40 42 113 e .6dl 20 Si 1 1 4 21 59 i 104 - ..., 8 10 Si 74 424 434 5 4 i 6 4 nd 8 1 81 9 1 et 1 1 29 4 3% 7 $ 7f 10 10), 23 22i ___ 2 30 82 405 415 1 7 60 30& Si 1I 21 -l 3 n lz 14' 4 GI 7 21 31 2/ 35 2 37 42 14 10 ioi d 4 1 Li iprn 315 '25 4 3 95 165 29 31 1t si 101 14 14 40 42 270 280 97 4 104 95 70 11 la 11 12 15 16 17 18 1,485,966,019 54 LE27ER OF THE EMPEROR OF THE F.REA CH TO THE SING OF _ITALY. In the course of the debate on the address in the Corps Legislatif on Wednesday, M. Billault read the following letter, addressed in 1861 by the Em peror Napoleon 111. to King Victor Emmanuel. It is dated some days after the official recognition of the Italian kingdom by France : " Vichy, July 12, 1861. "Monsieur mon Frere—l was happy to be able to recognise the new kingdom of Italy at the mo ment when your Majesty lost the man who had contributed the most to the regeneration of his country. By so doing I wished to give a fresh proof of my sympathy in a cause for which we had fought together. In resuming our official relations, however, I am compelled to make some reserves for the future. A government is always bound by its antecedents. It is now 11 years that I have supported the power of the Holy Father at Rome ; in spite of my desire not to occupy militarily any portion of the Italian soil, circumstances have always been such that it has been impossible for me to evacuate Rome. In doing so without weighty guarantees, I should have forfeited the confidence which the chief of religion had placed in the protection of France. The position is still the same. I must therefore frankly declare to your Majesty that while recognising the new kingdom of Italy, I shall leave my troops at Rome so long as it shall not be reconciled with the Pope, or as long as the Holy Father shall be threatened with seeing the States still remaining to him invaded by a force regular or irregular. In this circumstance your Majesty may be well persuaded that I am influenced solely by a feeling of duty. I may entertain opinions in opposition to those of your Majesty. I may think that political transformations are the work of time, and that a complete aggregation cannot be durable except in asmuch as it shall have been prepared by the assi milation of interests, ideas, and customs—in a word, I think that unity ought to have followed, and not preceded, union ; but that conviction has not in any way influenced my conduct. The Italians are the best judges of what suits them ; and it is not for me, the issue of popular election, to pretend to weigh on the decisions of a free people. I therefore hope that your Majesty will unite your efforts to mine, in order that for the future nothing shall happen to disturb the good harmony so happily re-established between the two governments. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERIES AT IHE GENERAL POST-OFFIC.E. During the last few days considerable anxiety has been created amongst the bankers and merchants in the City by the discovery of the robbery of a regis• tered letter, containing notes and cheques of the value, it is reported, of £5,000, the whole of which has been realised in gold at the Bank of England. Upon waiting on the Secretary of the Post-office at St. Martin's-le-Grand , our reporter was informed of the following facts :—On Friday, the 7th inst., a letter was registered at Waterford, addressed to Messrs. Leaf and Co., Old Change, London, and duly forwarded to the metropolis. It is known to have safely reached St. Martin's-le-Grand, as the authorities have adopted a plan of requiring the postmen to sign a receipt when registered letters are handed over to them for delivery to the parties to whom they are addressed. On the occasion in question the clerk of the registered letter department called the postman by name to the pigeon hole of the office. Somebody answered, who at the time was believed to be the proper per son, and after signing the usual form of receipt the registered letter in question was given him to deli ver. Nothing more was heard of the matter until the middle of the week, when a communication was received from Messrs. Leaf inquiring the reason why the registered letter in question had not been de. livered. The clerk of the registered letter depart ment was at once referred to, and he produced the postman's receipt to show that he had duly handed / THE PRINCE CONSOR2 mEmo_nr.a.z. vy of to, 3g be 3st ar 5 6 17i stock stock! 100 100 100 100 stock stock [lOO 15 all 100 all all 1C all all 1.14.6 3.0.0 7.7.0 56t 17s 6.15.6 311 4.14 1.12.6 4.3.0 12.3 2.0.0 2.2.9 lk 10.6.7 1001 1 1001 i 61 17j 4 161 i 11i 12 120 f 1021 ~