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

NONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There is more activity in the Money Market and the rates tend slightly upwards. At the Bank of England yesterday there were no bullion operations of importance. No material alteration took place in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £215,900. The sum of £11,995 was paid yesterday into the Indian Treasury on account of the Scinde Railway, and £9,075 on the Punjaub, in anticipation of the final call. En the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi ness was moderately active, and prices were steady. The sales were 7,000 bales. An exceedingly quiet tone has pervaded the English Stock Market to-day, but previous quota tions have been steadily maintained, Consols being 93! Qfor transfer and the 6th inst., and 931 for April. The New Threes remain at 93! ; the Re duced at 934 93-Z ; Bank Stock has declined to 2421 India ditto to 2241; and the 5 per Cent. is at 106 Z 104, An active business has taken place in the Foreign Market, and prices, in some instances, show more firmness, Mexican have improved to 341 35; Brazilian, to 1031 ; Spanish Deferred, to 43*; ditto Passive, to 191 4; and ditto Certificates, to 7g; Turkish 6 per Cents, are 851 4 ; ditto, 1858, 724 ex div. ; Italian 5 per Cents, are 671 681 ; ditto New Loan, 1 01 dis. ; and the Ottoman (Mires') Loan is 654 I. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been limited, but a further slight improve meat has taken place in values. Eastern Counties and Midlands have advanced 55.; Caledonian and Se nth - Easterns 10s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 15 5 , The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been dull at about previous rates. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show no change of importance as regards prices. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 1 , 3 Per C ent. Consols Annu i t i es 1 ' e w 3 per Cent. Annuities 93a a India Stock ,- , ; . Ditto 5 per Cent. , lo7k 6/ Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent lO2l a Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 Ditto ditto April, 1864 100 Consols for Account, March 6 931 March. 1 June. ,Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 22 Ditto £5OO .. D itto Small 2O i Dit to Advertised l7 20 Brazi lian 5 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. per Cent Ditto Account lO3l Ditto 41 pe Cent, 1858 pe Cbi lian 6 err Cent — Ditto 41 per Cent B5 1 cltittdor New Consolidated ~., Ditto Land Warrants ..... .4 ‘matemala 5 per Cent InlPerial Moori s h S cr ip 671 5 Ai titan, 3 per Cent „ . .10itto Account 341 5 41,1 Grenada, 2 per Cent 1 "avian 4l per Cent bitto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. /N . 1,,,...,,,itt0 3 per Cent uguese 3 per Cent., 1853 D'i+ — I.,]?inLo Account i.t.to 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '6O 451 " 1,1 1 3 er Cent Dtt.ttoo PNaeswsivDeeferred • P Ditto Account 194 i Sp a I t : it i tt s oo h AN C ee e cw r o t un . L o o f ta C n oup. not funded 1111cish 6 per Cent — 851 1 Dlr. . I‘ —.o Account ~„ Ni,---'4O Guararteed, 4 per Cent. et.ezuela, 3 per Cent .. Date, 15 • per Cent •• 125 D ffi. ~ 11);:vidends on the above payable in London. v 3 : - --cu 21 per Cent. Exchange 12 Guil. Itl:t.'' Certificates, 4 , per Cent... " il an, 5 per Cent., 1861 Cons ols, Mon ey TW 068 74 84 K O'CLOC. 93R 1 Account ZIATRIMONIAL _HOAX A2' HULL. About a fortnight ago theYe appeared in the G uardian the following advertisement : „ A gentleman, aged 29, of high respectability and . edu tati°/1, whose present income is £250 per annum, desires to F 0 placed in correspondence with a young lady, amiable, oodw-looking,.of good family, and with similar means, with to matrimony. Add ress , i n s t r ict es t confidence, and, IL a greeable, en c l os i ng carte d e v i s i te, M 97 , at the printer's. t h !‘ number of young fellows at Hull replied to selfadvertisement, and the bait was taken in ,anchester. The advertiser represented him to be a Prussian by birth, carrying on ei ll t sinss as a commission agent, &c., in this Y. The Hull young lady was represented 1, 48 0 b eing a Miss Wallis, having £1,500 in cash, two d yuthseryettlding an annual rental of 118 each, an )'ears of expectations from a relation, some 84 a ge , upon whose death she would receive an kiditional X7OO. A most tender and lively corre st, „.c-nuence took place, and the wife-seeking Prussian wa a k lit j a rapture s w ith th e l a d y ' s p os iti on . Ulti lial7,l an interview was arranged to come off the lad y " The gentleman wished at first that tla, 811.ould meet him at Goole this t o u echned to do, and, therefore, he consentconsented to Hull. The Hull wags accord meet,_engaged the services of a young lady to k,; The confiding fellow arrived from da 4 l , -e uester by the seven o'clock train on Thurs o,"„euing. He was most respectably dressed, and In manner appeared to be that of a person moving are a g o od sph ere o f soc i ety. Th e y oung l a dy was et a i t B ,, e d in de e p mourn i ng , h av i ng a ve il w hi c h con staap4 her features, and she carried in her hand a re ed handkerchief by which she was to be th;g t lised. He soon espied the - lair lady parading 1 4 - Piatform and he went up to her and accosted r . e lite evldEntly the most polite terms. The lady th e red into conversation with him, and they walked Nvhz Platform together for some minutes, during Thy of they were objects of considerable interest to a ° f Young fellows who were congregated about. t o ti granger, however, seemed to pay no attention Veite antics of these wag s , b e i ng t oo muc h occup i e d bea t t he Young lady, upon whom he appeared to cab W a touching amount of attention. Presently, a lh e ,‘ l 'as hailed, and the interesting coupl e seate d 14' Ue lves in it, and were driven to a house, where I;,„''l' b oth alighted. It was not until the gentleman to ": fairly seated in the front room that he dis h ve le(' he had been victimised. He was here met 14 8 . 0 0ut 20 „cousins" or "near relat i ons " of the Ekna as ishind generally the case in matters of this , he w as unm b er e cifully assailed with jeers and tkl_lffere.nt jokes. After a time it was suggested that agloaakiter might I I :one r and some Win n : a f d o e r tiochmeenwtnoursld. stand This all tefused most resolutely to do, and said it was a mistake • he had come to Hull on business, 4.1 1 d _ stet ue had never advertised for a wife. This he,.`e'roent availed him little, and his ruthless 'itill'aecutors determined that an " unpleasant ex h;_l3.llo mould be made of him" He was seized, hi e h at was smashed in, his stick was taken from store f he,was then thrust ignominiously into the 2 0 ,," e t• Here he was received by a crowd of about I , o ' rnen and boys who had assembled, and were in :;ii7ession of the secret. He was knocked about ti lie a dog in a f a i r, " the people keeping up a con tlmaal cho rus o f " H ow ' s your wife, " " What about two houses," "Have you got the £1,500 yet," ti e He was pursued through several of the prin taPal streets in the town, about two or three thou ellwaapsecoonledu‘c‘teehda ffi b ancgk" tiloicatheonrahiilswway.staAtiotnlabsyt t oo police constables, where he wasaykept in safe eust o dy until the departure oefotoheeounri immense ms g e h o t bo tfsrpaepi speeding ip f n o l g r e 14 auchester. An the to witness his departure—the 'e Parting guest with a farewell groan. it LOAN.--A return to Parliament 1 T .41qM RE GREEK s us that the balance due by the Greek G overnment respect o f th e G ree k loan i s £847,544 16s. ld. T he directors of v the Natal Cotton Com pany l l'g completed the purchase of cotton estates in the hetdis zn' of till voti, arrangements thareeeobleoinnygwmithadoentfodreltahye. 411 aging director to proceed to have commenced tat that the Preneh Government t s : Mu ch surpris . e h.'es been created by the anendohuonsetiele ended their c 1501.1.,,edings against She banking firm of I\l..Adlaiemntasntdo Co. sell th eir 'cke offenc e of having recommended tit 1 per Cents. and invest in the leading railway secu i lea, yielding a better return. o l ' lced by the recent mismanagement, ent were die' _kirrnstance to transpire that the Government ewrihnigehthealelffowecetdptrhoe red to borrow in London at the rate of 6 pei Bank of France v°_()Perate on the Paris market while the . stance of 4 A 10 werin its rate to 4per cent., this fresh in _ l ac p_ er . g cent. in order 1,,, etton is calculated to damage the reputation of M. ' I Q, and to cause capitalists in general to withdraw the in ence they were otherwise disposed to entertain regard- It 3s ea city and fair intentions. 11 10 t , 4 PPears that the applications for conversion of 4ba -wrneh 41 per Cents. under the plan proposed n (441 b. to about two-fifths of the total stock. to the states Ss.2d., aorres- state w that he six taxes, L; and 18,073 After )ranch ids on there ailable ock of ock,or %bsorb lalanse Ord to sectors 3th of Le pas- ing to almost t ween !crease mvey- ion is s upon points tnd no Le neve arallel verage lm the far all versely It was 3trood, • corn por- y this while ,§ fixed Re to a one on ircum- palise he neW After rectors ilt has may be dopted ion of 1; that argely ipts at reduce etition •ks es t half t of the 1 have I. The dur 1., less• lands. )ended )ndon ch are itribu autho- funds 6nnon- ase of other )y , the warty" taken a bill ucted 'om a 3cl to , ad at :,rafiqe have , ndect ed t® lirec ps to ary. la at hair. half es to , said ar as t tine rable being The lone redly- SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAY.) Share I Railways. 13.14 25 10 st st 50 20 10 10 iPir., Wol., and Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bost.,Sleaf.,and gid.L!o Bristol and Exeter Caledonian IC - irk and Bandon Cornwall gets no div I Do A I A till 6p c.p an.has Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Pun ~ Perth,& A b. Junc lEast Anglian 11.. stern Counties . lEastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U 3ds lEast Suffolk ;Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee !t;lasg. and S. Western. reatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern 7i 8 64 7 931 944 106 107 Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western ; Do Str Val gua. stock ;Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and illackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Eon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon, & South Western L'derry & Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen. M an., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares Metropolitan Nridland Do New . 6.4.0 Do Birming . . & Derby %lid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry, Warnpt, & itos Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rati&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London 19.16.4 Do new North Staffordshire 'N. and S. W. Junction. Not. Gran. Itl. & Canal Portsmouth mney Scottish Central scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Sc 4. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Duni Staines, Wok., an dWok. ,Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 (Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. I ThamesHavenDk&Rail ;Ulster Do . 12.10 Do . I Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny IWateri ord & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har. &R. West Midland Oxford Do Newpor Do Herefordt 5 6 42 44 101 11 20 21 57 58 55 58 36 39 93 94 3cli 30, 102 103 114 115 112 113 134 138 108 108 71i 71 57 6) 107 f 107 f 60 62 120 122 46 47 931 011 99 100 , 127 129 45 47 103 106 47 49 all 100 100 1))0 all all 37 39 844 85 68 70 100 102 5 1 8 i 381 34 84 91 p 5} 64 p 144 148 551 Mif 24 3i d/Y 87 92 1 128 131 Q 7i 47 49- 43 46 90 92 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid) Closing 1 Business Price. I done. 108 7! 201 on 4 6 4 301 1 103 i 113 f 70& i 106 i 93i 4 99 I 1291 I 97 1 1 } d 85 I 671 7 99 Si 44 i FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp le, Rotterdam. Ardennes.... ....... Bah.&S.Fran-Lim.7p.e. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine 46 Hail C0piap0................ Ditto Extension .... (Dutch Rhenish ....... Eastern of France .... Grand Rus ( lulu. 6 p. c. Do. do. ureat Central of France ) Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre (lc Turnhout .... Lyons Geneva Namur .S 5 Liege ........ Do. 6 p. c. Pref. .... Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn) l'arls,Lyons, l Mcditer. Paris dz 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. et. 1irn...... Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lirn, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p ct. West Fiandern ..,..... Do. 5i p. c.Preferenco.. W. & N.W. of France .. Western of Austria.... Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... Do. 8 por cent Pref.. Zealand 9 11 43 44 si Si 129, 1291 14 lb 101 103 69 71 65i 66 97i 93 d p 55 651. 87 875 101 103 ti _5 d, 101 11 95 96 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing, Business Co. s Price. i Done. I-- Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.& N.W Birkenhead. Buckingh q ll re. Chester & Holydead.. 100 Do. 53 55 Do. 55 per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.U.&E.O E. Lincolnsh. gApr c. 100 Gr. North. 136 138 1385 75 E.Union,HarwichShs all 141,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 Gls. Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hull and :-elby all Yk.N. Mid 109 lit Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N.W 195 200 Lon. and Chat. Ext B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Da 111 London & Greenwich 100 IS. Eastern 62 64 Do. Preferen • Lon„Tilb.&b !bend 100 Peto &Co B2 84 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do n per cent lOO Do. 31nc.,8xtn.,& Matlock all LNW& 31 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 5. 5. 6,E Counts n o gua. 5 per cent... - p Northn.ctEa,tn. sp.c. all IDo. Do. 6 per cent..... all 1 Do• Do. Fixed sp. c.... all IDo. N. Eastn—Eiartlepool U 0 N. E. Ber North Western L&N.W Preston and Wyre. all & L. y k. 144 46 Do. shares A. all 4 )0. ••- • .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 't.North. 134 136 1255 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 IT Brassey 122 124 1211 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 93 95 Wimbledn t Croydon all L.&Brgtn 85 95 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share I Railways. I Paid.( Closing Business Prices. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c pref. issued at £5 all - - at Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. at 100 93 95 20 Do. shares - - at Caledon. qr. ahrs, 'Co. 2 100 - - 64 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all - - 20 Cornwall, 5 percent..., all 20 21 64 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun. all 6 64 10 Do. Ist Class Pref all - - at E. Angn, Class Asp. c lOO 100 105 st E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 109 111 at Do No. 2, 100 109 111 at Do. new 6p.c. at lOO 127 129 at Eastern Union. 4p. c- 100 82 81 at Do. sp. c. guar lOO - - at Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 112 114 st Do. 4p. C. guar. S. & u lOO 90 92 at Furness, 5 per cent lOO - - st Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c, 100 - - et Great Northern, sp. c lOO 119 121 st D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 113 115 st Do. 45 p. c. do lOO 106 103 st Do.sp.c.Redrr.atsp.c.pm 100 110 112 10 Gt. Nh. of 'cot. Ist pref. all - - st Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 100 102 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 6 per cent 6 - - at Do. redeem. 45 p. et lOO 99 101 991 loot at Do. redeem. 4p. ct lOO 90 92 at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct lOO 91 93 st Do. sp. c. redeem. pref lOO 102 104 8 -)0. Birm. pref. shares all 94 104 10 Do. Cheaters p.c. pf. shs all 174 184 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all 101 114 at Do. firm. guar. stock lOO 77 79 264 Do. Chester guar. shares all 20 214 134 Do. do • all 10 101 20 Do. do all 15 16 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pre( 80 - - at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 136 138 at Do. Barnsl.st£s 2s 10d, e 100 - - at Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO - - at Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur lOO 102 104 st • Lon.&Brig.sp.c.eu. No.l 100 112 114 at Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 100 112 114 st Do. 6 per cent do lOO 135 140 at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 112 114 at Do. 7 per cent pref. atk 100 152 156 at Do, li p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 128 131 st Do. 4 p c.st.(div.def.lll•6s 100 75 77 st Lon. Chat. &Dov. sp.c.pf. 100 96 97 95; st Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent 100 - - at Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares - - at Do. 4' per cent - - 2s 6d Do. (Prt am. perpL arms. 1 of 2s 6rl - - 124 Londondy. & Cole. 4 shs all - - 124 Londony. & Ennis. 4 shs all 134 131 at Man. Sh. & Lin. 5 per ct. 100 124 126 126 54 6 Do. £6 at Do. 34 per cent lOO 69 71 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 4 fpm 124 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c all .. .. 124 Do. 44 per cent. at Midland Con. 6p. c stk. 100 .. .. at Do.Con.Bris.& fir. 6 p.c 100 13' 130 st Do. 44 p.c. pref. at. rdem tOO 103 105 at Do. 45 p.c. Irredeemable 100 - - 6 Do. 44 per cent at Do.Leic. andHit4per et 100 94 96 924 at N,!rflk. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 .. .. at Do. 54 p. c. Pref. 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. shs. 7 14 11pm 10 Do. do. do. all .. .. st N th.Dvn.RaiL&Dck.Co. 100 .. .. at N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 .. .. at Do. 44pr. et. redeemable 100 .. .. at Do. G. N. E. 4p. et. pref 100 100 102 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 8. 13.4 - - 4 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 13 4 dis par :d 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 .. .. 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 10 .. .. 20 North Staffordshire.... all 4 dis par 10 1-1. hym. n. . szk4aesyhDp. , Gera reru: ca4Aeor npapst.n. etcp. e. ed . . all 22 23 at Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 .. .. at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 .. .. at Do. 7p. c. pret. stock 100 .. .. 10s. South Devon, Ann, 10s. all 125 140 102: stDDocoiook.. Fixed 44 per cent all 10 11 10. 6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6) :I st Do. 4a per cent 1771. 4 102 i 308 i. Do, Fixed 44 pea cent 100 101 103 South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 .. .. at Do at Do" .. odx ri.kn 1859 y,6p. lOO . . . . at s. -.> •,.5 pey cent 20 gua.gcua. 111® •• • • 25 .o. 13 '' • • - 25 Do Batt Ww.a3triildd.4 R. c6p. c all 31 33 at Do.Newportts. lsdt gna stk -.! 00 126 130 :127 at Do. 1110700 12420 12455 43 100 101 103 st Do. Peprpoe.t.6 st 121 124 11869 100 117 120 --- DOCKS. _-- ___ stock Commercial lOO stock . Do. 4 per Cent. l'rei.Min lOO - stock East and West India p.pc.. etdp., pioff...iiic: stockstock !sli,to.nidiaotrilia.r.in..e, .. ... , lOO 68 ~,., ; 100 60 6; stock Southampton lOO - stiook i VpiArei wa .: ....... ..................... 1002 ti iop, THE SUN, LONDON; SATURDAY EVEMING, MARCH -1, 1862. THIRD EDITION. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE'. READING STEEPLECHASES-FRIDAY. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. extra; about three miles. EGYPT. A communication from Alexandria of the 10th February says :—" The Viceroy is at Cairo at pre sent. An agreement has been concluded between his Highness end the Suez Canal Company, by which he has agreed to furnished thirty thousand men for the works of the canal, on condition that the company feed the men and give the Government forty francs a month for each man. The Pasha is to pay the men as soldiers, in which capacity, nominally, they are in fact being taken from the villages. It is said that 10,000 men have already been thus furnished. The labour thus bought and sold is nothing more nor less than that of slavery for the time being. The Canal Company have also hired, with the assistance of the Govern ment, twelve Kazis, or Arab judges, at a salary of 500 piastres a month each, to reside at the Canal works on the Isthmus, and administer justice, or injustice, as it may be worth their while, amongst the Egyptian workmen. The Company has also established on the Isthmus schools for the Euro pean and Arabic youth—it is to be presumed of both sexes, since some Seems de Bons Pasteurs have been engaged in connection with the schools. The Company is also said to be extending its operations on the side of the Valley of the Nile, where it is reported to have made a new acquisi tion of 5,000 acres of land, in addition to the nearly 19,000 acres already purchased in the summer from the Viceroy, who had, a little before, bought it from the estate of the late 11-Hami Pasha." POLICE INLALLIGEN U.E.—( This hay.) MARLBOROUGH -STREET. UNPRovoicED ASSAULT ON a FEMALE.—COMMITTAL WITHOUT A FINE.—John Galloway, a tall, well-dressed man, was charged before Mr. Yardley, with unprovokedly assaulting a female named Chandler. The complainant said she was walking near Albemarle street the previous evening, when the prisoner came up and deliberately kicked her twice on the knee without saying a word. She followed him with the intention of giving him into custody, and he went into apublichouse and then came out, and saying, " You are here, are you," struck her a severe blow in the face. _ _ The prisoner's only excuse for his conduct was that he had lost a sovereign. Mr. Yardley—Po you mean to say that because you lost a sovereign you kicked an unoffending woman who gave you no provocation. The prisoner sad it was not exactly for that, but he had been drinking. Police-constable, 186 C, proved seeing the prisoner de liberately strike the complainant, and that he had . been drinking. Mr. Yaidley committed the prisoner for a month with hard labour. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 25 to 1 agst Playman (t). Age st lb Cosmopolite The Lawyer 4 8 5 Weatherbound Man-at-Arms Danae 5 7 7 Fabius Jingling Johnny 4 7 6 Will o' the Wisp 4 7 5 Finlande Milverton Rollcall Gouvieux . a 7 2 Prince of Denmark a 7 2 Newstead Killigrew Paul Clifford 4 6 13 Noblesse Loiterer 5 6 12 BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst Huntsman (taken) 100 to 8 agst Jealousy (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Thomastown (offered) 100 to 8 agst The Dane (offered) 100 to 6 agst Tumbler (taken freely) 100 to 6 agst Corona (offered) 100 to 6 agst Northam Light (offered) THE DERBY. 100 to 3 agst Malek (offered) 100 to 1 agst Clarissa colt (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3to lon the field (offered) 10 to 1 agst Wingrave (offered, take 100 to 9) 100 to 8 agst Alvediston (offered) 100 to 6 agst Hubert (offered) 10 to 1 bar two CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Vest colt (offered) 25 to 1 agst Weasel (offered, take 30) 30 to 1 agst lladji Stavros (offered) 33 to 1 agst Agag (taken) 33 to 1 agst Caller Ou (offered) 50 to 1 agst Reindeer (taken) The Innkeepers' Plate (handicap) of 50 sous; winners Mr. A. Yates's Play man, lOst 71b (including 71b extra) (Nightingall) 1 Mr. IV. Holman's Sunbeam, lOst 111 b (in. 71b extra) (G. Holman) 2 The following also ran :—Longrange, Luff, Marmion, Eheu, and Venison. Betting -6 to 4 agst Playman, 4to 1 agst Luff, sto 1 agst Marmion, and 7 to 1 agst Sunbeam. The refusing commenced at the first fence, and four only of the seven came to the brook, at which Luff fell, but was quickly remounted, and passed the stand about 80 yards behind the other three. Venison then was first, Playman second, and Sunbeam third ; at the next fence (the double) Playman and Venison fell, the former being remounted without losing much ground. Sunbeam then went on with a strong lead, and had none but Playman near her into the ploughed field opposite the stand, where Luff refused, and was out of the race, Venison going on about 500 yards behind. At the turn towards home, Sunbeam went wrong, and was turned round. Playman passed the stand alone ; after an interval came Sunbeam, and half a mile after her Venison, who persevered to the hill and then was stopped. Playman cantered in first by nearly 300 yards, and Sun beam was the only other that passed the post. A Handicap of 5 says each, 1 ft, with 20 added. Winners extra. About 2i miles. Mr. Land's Ascot, 9st 121 b (Mr. Martin) 1 Mr. Nightingale's Catherine, 9st 101 b Mr. Humbolt's Broadbrim, 10st:71b (Mr. O'Kelly) 3 Captain H. Rhy's Old Post, lOst (car. lOst 31b) (West) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Broadbrim, 2to 1 agst Ascot, and 7 to 2 agst Catherine. Brnadbrim made the whole of the running, Ascot and Catherine lying alternately in second place, until they entered the winning field, when L scot got in front and de feated Catherine, who passed Broadbrim at the distance very cleverly by a length. Broadbrim was four lengths from the second, and Old Post took no part in the race after crossing the first three fields. The Berkshire Hunt Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for horses the property of and ridden by gentlemen, far mers, tradesmen, or their sons or grooms, &c. Optional selling weights. About 3 miles. Mr. E. Hayward's The Flat, aged, list (60 sovs) (Mr. Pullen) 1 Mr. G. B. Cross's Forester, aged, list (XlOOl ..( Owner) 2 Major Fletcher's Grey Kitty, aged, list (X6O) (N. Long) 3 The following also ran :—Aniseed, Cannon Ball, Grey Polly, Duchess, Mr. Kent's mare, and Undecided (late Fawn). Betting-4 to 1 agst Undecided, sto 1 agst Flat, 6to 1 agst Grey Polly, and 7 to 1 each agst Cannon Ball and Duchess. The moment the flAg fell the lot began to spread, and before reaching the brook were running in all direc tions. Grey Kitty and The Flat alone came straight. Grey Polly then got over, and was followed by Duchess Aniseed, and, after a wide interval, Undecided, Cannon Ball and Mr. Kent's mare having falllen together at the, first fence. At the double beyond the stand Aniseed fell, and Polly immediately afterwards took up the running and carried it on at a moderate pace to the ploughed land at the fence into which Duchess and Undecided fell. On reaching the brook a second time Polly, The Flat, Grey Kitty, Forester, and Aniseed cleared it, and passed the stand in the order named. Aniseed fell at the double, and the rest went on as before. On entering the starting-field Grey Polly had a lead of several lengths, but was evidently going her best, and fell heavily at the brook, Enoch, her rider, on endeavouring to rise, being knocked down by Mr. Kent's mare, who was loose. The Flat and Forester then passed the winning chair by themselves, the former win ning by six lengths and Grey Kitty about 100 yards from their, coming in third. The wiener was sold to Captain Horton Rhys for 82 guineas. A Selling Handicap Steeplechase of 5 sovs each, lft, with 25 added ; the winner to be sold for 50 soya. mile. Mr Nightingale's Catherine, 9st 101 b .. (Owner) 1 Mr. A. Yates's Goldsmith, lOst 91b (Monaghan) 2 Brine and Knuston also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Cathezire ;sto 2 agA Knuston ; and 3to 1 agst ins. Knuston made running at a good pace, followed by Ca therine and Goldsmith, Brine being last to the fence into the ploughed land, where she fell. Knuston continued his lead to the top turn, where he refused, and went wrong. Catherine and Goldsmith then raced together to the straight, when the mare came away, and won easily by 20 lengths. No advance upon the selling price was offered for the winner. WARWICK SPRING MEETING—TUESDAY, Mar. 18 , The Willoughby Handicap of 15 sovs'each, and 5 only if declared on or before March 4, with 40 added. Two miles. Age st lb Age st lb Petra (h b) 6 11 7 Watersprite Yorkshire Grey .. a 10 9 Worcester a 10 0 Emblem 6 10 8 Romeo .. a 9 9 Worthatn Loiterer Quicksilver Gavazzi Prince Imperial .. 4 10 3 The Great Warwickshire Handicap, of 20 soya each, 10 ft and 5 only if declared on or before the 4th of March, with 100 added. Two miles. 35 subs. Age st lb Rhcebus 4 6 12 Gavazzi 4 6 12 Shropshire 4 6 12 Pagoda Conscript Prince Imperial Tolurno 3 6 7 Jacintha Leonora 3 5 9 Wa tchfire St, Lawrence 3 5 7 Sappho Violet 3 5 7 Sal enella Guerilla 3 5 7 Thunderstorm The Cutler 3 5 7 The forfeits of Jealousy and Longrange have been paid. THIRSK SPRING MEETING.—The following stakes close and name on Tuesday next, the 4th of March, viz. the Sowerby Plate Handicap, Hunt Cup, Silver Cup, and the Hurdle Race. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.—The following horses have paid forfeit, or been drawn :—Cup—General Hess, Yorkminster, Esther, Dominie Sampson, Queen of Trumps, Antares, Warminster, and Sagittarius; Aintree Plate Spicebox, Leontes, Cronstadt, and Shillelagh ; Handicap Hurdle Race— Wortham, and Margery Dew; Sefton Iran dicap—Spicebox, General Hess, Leontes, Shillelagh, and Antares ; Handicap Plate (three furlongs)--Leontes and Shillelagh ; Handicap Plate (half a mile)—Spicebox, Leontes, and Shillelagh. SCRATCHINGS.—The following horses have been struck out of their engagements :—On the 17th ultimo, at 9 a.m., Gaylad out of his Lincoln and Nottingham engagements and the Derby Hurdle Race, Blind Hookey and Cairo out of all their engagements, and Bannockburn, Jerusalem, and Freshman out of all engagements for which the weights have been published. On the 18th, after 6 p.m. Esther out of Liverpool Spring Cup. On the 19th, at 9 a.m., Spicebox, Antares, Dominie Sampson, and Leontes out of their Liverpool engagements, and Queen of Trumps out of Liverpool Spring Cup. On the 20th, at 9 a.m., Wortham out of the Liverpool Hurdle Race. On the 22d, at 12 15 p.m., Freestone out of her Lincoln and Notting ham engagements. On the 24th, at 9 a.m., Ace of Clubs out of the Belvoir Castle Stakes at Croxton Park, and Yorkminster out cf Liverpool Spring Cup; at 11 a.m. Senior Wrangler out of Trial Stakes at Lincoln, and Dux out of Lincolnshire Handicap ; at 4 20 p.m., Prince Frede rick and Estella out of their Lincoln engagements; and after 6 p.m. all Mr. Hodgman's horses out of their Liver pool engagements, except Mutineer in the Hurdle Race. On the 25th, at 9 a.m., Warminster out of Liverpool Spring Cup, and The Miller out of the Nottingham and Derby Hurdle Races ; and at 12 30 p.m., General Hess out of the Liverpool Spring Cup and Sefton Plate. - For the Grand National Steeple Chase, Tumbler was in great force, and anything over 8 to 1 would have been freely taken against the Huntsman ; Jealousy was supported at 100 to 8 ; and 100 to 7 would have been taken about Thomastown. The Dane receded to 100 to 8 (offered). For the Chester Cup, 30 to 1 was wanted about Weasel ; 25 to 1 was taken agst Hadji Stavros, but afterwards 300 to 10 was offered. There was little done on the Derby-100 to 3 was offered apt Malek ; and for the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes any advance upon 10 to 1 would have been taken agst Wingrave, and any advance upon 100 to 8 about Alvediston. Closing prices : BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. Atlantic St Lawrence Bom.,Earoda&.Cent hid Cu. 5 per cent.. ...... Bull:110 acid Lake fl flume DO. New Do. Preference ...... Clcuita.&,;.Eiishi.(Li ) Cape,Easin.Prov. (Lim.) CapeTowu & Dock Scrip Demerara.. ....... Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 44 p c. Debentrs. Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864.. Do. 1865-1870 Do. 1856-1871. Do. do. G Ext.— . Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras guar., 5 p. c.'; Do. 4 p. c. Extension Do. 4, Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds.l Newßranswick t Canda fly.,SzLand(Lim.)g.6pcil Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ ) 106 stk 20i 29_4 174 stock stock' 100 100 100 100 stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 20 20 100 100 stock stock stock stock Paid. Closin4 Price. 68 72 100 101 6 6id 8 81 5 :,t„ i OP 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. Do. do. Land do stock stock Scinde . Do. Punjaub Do. Do. ...... • • ~ce Do. Indus. St. Flo. ae, Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. BRTTIS I MI ES. Alfred Consols (Phitack` 3.9.3 1 20 British Iron Clifford nil 31 83 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 410 420 fast Bassett (Illogan) 3O 47 50 48 7 East Caradon ..... 30% 31 East Cam Brea... 3.0.0 101 114 111 11' '1 Russel (Tavistk. 7.7.0 24 3% Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.' 561 11 13 Great South Tolgits l7s 4 4% 1. Wheal Alfa. (Philack G. Wheal Vor (Helston 40 61 7 Grenville 6.15.6 21 21 Herod's- Foot N.I2 25 37 llingston Downs 4.14 2% 21 Lady Bertha ITargaref (Uny Lelant ,11 : 42 44 - Starke Valley. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 24 id fpm forth Downs zi 44 51 North Frances 12.3 N. WWI Baseet (Illo2,an' 2. 0 .0 3 31 North Wheal Crofty 2.2 0 11 21 Par Consols (St. Blazey' 11 7 8 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt. , 10.6.7 40 42 SortridFe Cons. Min. Co. 1 1 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer 11 315 25 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.11.6 21 3 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all '.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1• 4 .1± 95 105 - Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 4l 1 1% 10 Pin Croft 9 9 91 Vale of Towey (Carm ' 13s 6d West Basset (Illogan) ll 121 131 W. Caradon (Liskeard` 5 40 42 West Seton , 471 270 280 Wheal Basset Mogan Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 65 70 Whc‘si Edward (Cals.) 71 11 11 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 15 16 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 17 18 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim all 4 5 Brazil Land & Min.Co all 11 11 1 Clarendon Cons. MiaCo ; dis. 40 Cobre Copper all 32 24 Copiapo l6 6 8 1 DunMoun.Cop.Miner.Ce ail 1 11 3 'East Del Rey (Limited) 1 1 1 11 2 ;Fortuna. . all 2% 24 20 General all 22 24 2 i Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 %d p 11 'Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 11 p 8 Linares all 8 9 5 Lusitanian 2 1 d pr 1 Mariquira all 4 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L pr 20 ;Pontg,ibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... ail 2 4 • 5 Port Philip 1 1 14 1% 1 Scottish Austrin. ' 10s. 11 lip m 1; 2 20 St. John del Rey (L.) 15 62 64 68% 28.2.81 United Mexican ail 81 9 984 1 Worthing (Limited) 1 all 4 I COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'Can.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-S2 Du 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. -- 100 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. Az Au(r. 100 107 109 - Do. p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 109 111 - Do. 5 per cent lOO 991 1001 109 Do. Inscribed stock 100 08 100 ,Cape G. Hope, 6 p 0,1880 100 111 113 ; Do. 1890 100 ;111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 111 113 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p c 100 - - N. ti. Gov. op.o.Ja.&July 100 106 107 Do. Bp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 99 100 1001 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 974 984 Do. do., 1888 & upwris 100 97 98 971 New Zealand 6p. cent. ICO 107 109 ;Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c ster:lng, 1875 lOO 1074 108/ S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 108 110 ,Vie. Gov. 6 p.c. Jo. &July 100 1 104 106 . Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oet lOO , 107 108 1071 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 ' A gra&UnitedService B, 50 87 80 40 1 A.ustralasia all 66 68 25 Bank of Egypt all 21 22 , 211 100 Baak of London 50 British North American all 53 54 20 iChtd.Bank of India, &c. all 214 22 211 25 , Ch. Mer. of In. ion.& Cli all 33 15 100 ICity 100 Colonial ...... ......... 25 39 41 20'11 'Corn. Bank of . Canada.. all 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 18, 191 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all j 261 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 25f 261 20 Do. new all 2511 26 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Airican lO pr ip 10 100 London & Westminster 20 80 81 100 Nat. Prov. of England 12 20 Do. new ..... ....... 50 National 13<ink ..... 20 Ne r , South Wales.-- all 25 I ( Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new 25 ' South Australia .., ... all 31 1 25 Union of Australia .... all 45 47 451 7i 50 Uni 1, of London 100 Unity olutual BO MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 16 17 10 Atlantic R. 511. Stm (1d) all 2 3 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 96 28 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 51 50 British American Land 40 50 11.&I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 3? 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 321 Canada Land all 113 116 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim , ail 10 China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 21 at. Cop.slin.ofEng.&Smitg-. all 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent. all 12 15 at. Crystal ntiace st. Do. Preterence st I D°. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 105 108 10 lE.lndia & Lon. Ship A 7l 16 Do. B 74 14 04 20 lE.lndialrrign. & Canal 1 pr ipm 18 It at. Electric Telegraph 100 96 99 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aug. Copper, all 21 38 15 Gen. Steam Navigate in 14 1 Great Slip Limited) all I / 1 Do. 176 pcl Preference all / 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 1; 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2* 21 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim all 4 5 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all 25 National Die. Co. (Lim.) 5 1 1 p 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 2 1d 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B die. all 4 1 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 13 16 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.), all 11 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 14 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 1 16 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) all 78 7 1 at. Pee l ß.Lnd.&3lin.(Lim) 100 52 53 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 68 70 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4lp.c. all 181 19 19 50 ,Rhymney Iron 9 Do. New . 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 53 55 544 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 135 140 25 South Australian Land all 33 : 4 5 1 ,Submarine Tel. Scrip al. 1 1 1 Do. do. Registered a.l 10 Do. do . all 4 1 6 1 .. . 2 Teleg,r ' , ph to Ind a (L.) 1 Ids f P 10 Trust and Agency of . A u strlasia (lim)lst Is. I pr p 20 TrA Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 14 11 0 8 1 5 ij. dom Tel. Co. (lien.) 1 14 4 ,4 10 Van_Dinlen'9 Laud 284 9 10 100 101 101 i 1021 100 102 101 i 102, 102 103 1034 1154 26y 274 72 74 61 63 44 46 45 48 41 44 40 43 1004 101 pr 1p 100 101 13 13 74 7 100 104 94 96 100 101 93 95 90 92 5 7 4 6 102 10 i pr 95 98 $ i , all /100 15 all 100 1 RAILWAYS 61 6; - 1 1 -P . 1; 11 12 4i 4 in 23 44 Ili 114 Fi /4 20 21 40 41 8 10 84 74 42/ 13i 54 56 31 211 13 15 Si 8 91 9t ipm 11 lip 28 494 71 7f 10 104' 214 22* Business done THAMES. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—A CANDIDATE FOR P ENAL SERVITUDE.—WiIIiam Brown , al ias Broom, better known by the soubriquet of remand charged with stealing a silv er watch and a gold guard, valued at £l7 10s., from the person of Mr. William Radcliff, a stevedore of No. 6, Prince's -street, Ratcliff highway. "Nimble Bill," was brought up on A few nights ago Mr. Radcliff left his home with a jug in his hand for the purpose of obtaining the supper beer for himself and family, and was about to enter a public-house when the prisoner accosted him and made a sudden and very rough snatch at his watch guard, and dragged it from him with the watch. Before Mr. Radcliff could recover from his surprise, the prisoner was off with the watch and chain. Instant pursuit was made after the fellow, who well deserved the title of "Nimble Bill," for he soon out-stripped his pursuers and was lost sight of, Mr. Radcliff gave immediate information to the police, and from his description the prisoner was apprehended on the fol lowing morning as he' was entering a coffee-shop in Rat cliff-highway. He stoutly denied the charge made against him, and said he was not in the Back -road, St. George, where the robbery was committed, on the night in ques tion. Mr, Radcliff had seen him 100 times in the Back road, and knew him well. Daniel Davey, a police constable, No. 109 11, said the prisoner was only 20 years of age, and had been in custody 10 or 11 times for robberies, and summarily convicted seve ral times. The prisoner was convicted in March, 1860, in that court for stealing a watch; and sentenced to six months impriscnment and hard labour, and in March, 1861, he rel ceived a similar sentence for a watch robbery. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and begged of the magis trate to "settle it here." He was informed the powers of the court were exhausted, and was committed fur trial at :he sessions. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. Fair average supplies of produce have been on sale here to-day. Generally speaking, the trade has been steady, at prices without material change from those quoted last week. FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 8 0 to 12 0, Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 10 0 to 15 0 Foreign do 2 0 to 2 6 51elons, each Peaches, per doz 0 0 to 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per sicve2 6 to 5 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 3 6 to 9 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 8 0 Apricots, per doz 0 0 to 0 0 a. d. sd. Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 o 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 0 Figs, per d0z..... 0 oto 0 0 Damson . 0 0 to 0 0 Gooseberries ht 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 6 to 4 6 Cabbages, pr doz. 2 0 to 4 0 Savoy do., pr dz. 0 10 to 1 4 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 3 0 Brocoli, per bun. 1 0 to 1 3 Potatoes, per ton 90 to 160 0 New ditto, pr ewt. 1 0 to 0 0 Peas, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 0 to 3 6 Carrots, pr do 3 6 to a 6 Cucumbers 0 0 to 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Green peas, h. -sv.l2 0 to 0 0 Brus. sprouts, h.s. 1 6 to 2 0 Onions, ht. sv 1 .3 to 1 9 New Do., dz bun 0 0 to 0 0 French beans, Ls. 3 0 to 5 0, Leeks, per bunch 0 0 to 0 0 I NEWGATE AND Shallots, per lb .. 0 10 to 1 0 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 3 oto 4 0 Mushrooms.p ptl. 2 oto 2 6 Artichokes, pr dz 0 6to 0 0 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 I Rhubarb, per bun 0 6 to 1 0 Asparagus, pr do. 5 oto 7 0 Seakale, per pun. 0 0 to 0 0 LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 10s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each geese, 5s Od to 7s Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks 2s Od to 3s Od; rabbits, is 6d to 2s Od each; wild do., 9d to is 3d ; pigeons, is to is 3d each; large Surrey fowls, 6s Od to 12s Od; chickens, 6s Od to 8s Od ; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to Gs Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each; ptarmigan, is Od to is 6d ; partridges, is 6d to 2s 6d ; woodcocks, 3s 6d to Os; snipes, Is to Is 6d ; teal, is Od to Is 6d ; wild ducks, is 6d to 2s Od ; widgeons, 10d to is Od ; plovers, is Od to is 6d each ; guinea fowls, 6s Od to 8s Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 8s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to is 2d; English, is ld to is 4d per ;lb ; English eggs, 8s Od to 12s ; French do. 7s Od to 9s Od per 120 ; leverets, Os Od to Os Od each. BILLING SOATE. Salmon, 2s 6d to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d psi lb. ; turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 7s Od ; brills, is Od to Cs Od ; doreys, is Od bo 7s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to 2s 6d ; lobs' - .rs, 6d to 3s Od ; crabs, ad to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d t 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 12s ; haddocks, 4s to 15s ; smelts, is Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od to Os Od per dozen; mackerel, 40s; fresh herrings ; its to Os ; bloaters, Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2cl; veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Blbs, NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s lOd to 4s 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; and pork, 3s Sd to 4s 8d per Blbs. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 81c1 to 9d, of household do., bid to 8d per 41b loaf. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s ; clover, £3 10s to 10s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s Od per load. Trade dull. _ J. CUMBERLAND..—Mettiow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 10s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s •' clover, £3 lOs to Sb lOs ; and straw , £ 1 8 s to £1 ]6s per load. Trade inactive. COAL N (Frioes of Coal per Ton a a. d. t the close of the market Byass's Bebside West. Hartley l5 0 Wylarn .. 15 0 Carway and Duffryn Malting .... 24 0 Do. Anthracite.. 21 6 Lambert's West Hart . l4 9 ley Walker Primrose 11 6 Holywcll l5 0 Eden Main l5 3 Ships at mark, B. d. Walls End. Haswell . l7 0 Byron .......... l6 0 Kelloe ...... ... ..... l6 6 Hartlepool 16 6 Ridde11,,,,.. l5 6 Easington ... ..., 14 6 Thorpe .. • • .. l5 0 Tursdale 12 0 Tunstall ........ l5 0 :et, 27 ; sold, 23. 7711 S DA I 'S SHIPPING. L N N at times. 7bi:td cloudythia day at noon—North mod P ORTSMOUT H, Feb. 28 . — Sailed—Ca nova , f or M on t e o e r a D t e o b , r e 11 e l z rch and l. fi Video; ll.M.'a ship Virago, for Plymouth. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed, March I—Naparima, from London, for Trinidad. r , 271 7 154 42i 101 l i 12 .100 i 131 i 101 14 16 1111 E! I TILE CIVIL TVAR IN AMERICA. (From the Daily News.) There can be no doubt that the time has arrived when we must f rm a judgment for ourselves, lade ! pendent of American guidance, about the course and [ probabilities of political affairs at 'Washington. There is naturally a strong desire on all hands to guide European opinion, and we are presented with the sanguine views and pet projects of every sec tion which has a plan to proposeor a point to carry. Amidst incompatible representations of how the land lies, and assurances from divergent parties that each is sure of success, we must hear what each has to say, and keep our judgment suspended as to the way in which victory will incline. The letters of our correspondents in the Daily News of Monday and Tuesday last must have suggested to our readers something of this kind ; and when, again we com pare them with the American correspondence of other journals, we may plainly perceive that it is an hour of crisis at Washington, and in each sec tion of the country, and that each party desires to impress upon England that it will have the three- [ tion of affairs presently, and that it will gratify all the desires of friends in Europe who have thus far remained unsatisfied about the true cause and ten • tency of the struggle. It is a clear duty now for us to take whatever pains are requisite to under stand the position of affairs at the moment when a choice must be made at Washington of one course among several. Of the South there is little to be said, except that the despondent tone of the Richmond papers, and other utterances in the Border States, is no longer met and corrected by the jubilant mani festoes of the Southern cities. On the contrary, the more thoroughgoing Confederates seem to have passed into the other extreme, and to be addressing their fellow-citizens in a tone of despair. If this sort of appeal is really suitable to the situation, it will soon be seen whether there is or is not any considerable portion of the population disposed for continued Union, on the simply terms of giving up slavery and the political privileges it carried with it. The evidence seems to us just what it always was, that the Confederacy must collapse whenever attacked with energy, and that there are districts where the inhabitants would be glad to exchange slave for free labour, and to have Washington for their metropolis, rather than Montgomery or Rich mond. The military and civil action of the Northern Government will soon disclose what remains to be known of the condition of the South. The grand question now is, what that Northern action will be' Some journalists, correspondents, members of Congress, and political speakers in the several States, endeavour still to disguise the actual diver gence of opinion and aim, by declaiming on the " Union " as the object of the conflict, and the all-sufficient appeal to the twenty millions of the North. But this will not do now that the President has taken his stand on the Constitution, with an evident intention of standing or falling by it. And he means by this that he will observe the terms of the Constitution precisely as it exists, with its pro-slavery provisions, and not in a mere general way under an understood arrangement for amending the Codstitution as soon as the South should be effectually dealt with. The pro-slavery provisions were, till recent times, only two ; the one giving the three fifths suffrage to slaveholders, and the other binding all the citizens of the whole nation to return fugitive slaves. Recent legislation has added heavily to the burden of these provisions, and it has been clear from the outset of the struggle that the Washington Government must surrender one thing or the other—it must surrender the pro slavery provisions of the Conititution or the sup port of the anti-slavery portion of the Northern population. Mr. Lincoln has manifested his inten tion of upholding the Constitution i n its entir ety, and it is an unseemly levity, or worse, in any jour nal, speaker, or writer to pretend that there is a good working agreement between the President and the whole body of Northern citizenship. In the same breath with such assumptions, we are told that slavery-, the one mighty cause of the conflict, is about to be abolished. Slavery is the one mighty cause of the strife ; but what is the evidence that it is about to be abolished ? A bill is to be brought before Congress which will provide for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia—the District over which Congress has unrestricted power. Well, this move has been made often before ; what is to happen now P Some assure us that it will succeed ; and others are certain that it will fail. It ought to succeed, now that the Con gress is weeded of Confederate members ; but already this session a move in the same direction has failed. The Federal soldiery declare, almost to a man, that they will not be employed as slave-catchers, nor as escort to negroes delivered up to their owners. This is an interesting manifestation of opinion and feeling in an important class of society ; but, as regards action at Washington, it indicates only that there may be antagonism between the army and the Government. _ _ The abolitionists have for months been circulating a form of memorial to Government, by which they propose, and petition for, a freeing of the slaves wherever the Federal flag advances (in accordance with interpretations of the constitution by very high authorities), and moreover pledge themselves to contribute all they have, if necessary, to start and sustain a sound organisation of labour on the Southern plantations, under Federal officials. The answer to this is Mr. Lincoln's demonstratio❑ that he abides by the existing constitution. Next, we are desired to regard as a settled mat ter the disposal of the Confederate States when ac quired by the North. The soil of those States is to be remanded to the condition of Territories, as the Territories of the Republic are before arriving at a capacity to be States. The revolted States are to be governed from Washington, under a system of free labour. Some say the negroes are to be banished, as the President recom mended in his Message ; and others that the negroes are to be trained and elevated into the condition of the best free blacks of all countries. Our correspondent at Washington, in the letter which we published last Tuesday, tells us that we shall soon see a second middle class arise under such management, by which the whole South will be retrieved and reconciled. But the President is meantime pronouncing for the existing constitution; and nobody explains what is to be done with the planters who happen to be of the Confederate party, while that new organisation is being carried on. Mr. Gerrit Smith, of whose recent avowals our correspondent of Monday speaks, under the date of February 6, is best known in this country by his attempts on behalf of those very planters, before the war broke out. He instigated and headed a movement for collecting funds for the purchase of the whole four millions of Southern slaves. The scheme failed, of course; and it is heard of now chiefly as a warning against following the lead of the excellent man who proposed it. Mr. Gerrit Smith is a generous and devoted man, worthy of all honour in his own sphere ; but he does not under stand politics. As he is put forward just now as, in some sort, an authority, it should be un derstood that he is not one of the body of Abolitionists pro per, and that he heads no party, P He therefore will not help his country to a solution of its present difficulty. N e ither do the o litical or other. Aboli tionists proper seem able to do s o. The y are bearin g testimony to the right principle and the true ex pediency, and their organ, th e Standard, has recentl y avowed that the hour of crisis has come ; but the y are not a political party , and it does not a pp ear that any action is to be expected from them. What else ? There is the great Union party of get the Union back ag a i n . T h i s pp th ort Mr. Lincoln, and s t r i ve to pre the North, which w ould p er p etuate Slav ery with p al a l rt i y ts w h il e l a s r u t vent that abdication which is now so strongly and widely rumoured. The slave-traders in the Atlantic ports, the Mammon worshippers of all sorts, and the Union worshippers, and the quiet Tories who ar e disturbed by the restless spi r i t o f the time, are no w i support section great complace ncy a b out Mr. Lincoln's deci ll o h f i m t h t e o p t e h o e p l u e t m w o h s t o . a r T e h f e o r r e i s s i o a n n , o t a n her d large sustaining the C metitution till the South is sub dued, and amending it afterwards. Then, there is the great Republican party, which has become much more anti-slavery than Mr. Lincoln since it elected him. The numbers, strength, and reputa tion of this party increase daily ; and on it rests the hopes of the country. Through it we see that ptblic speech has become free at Washington, and in churches and lecture-rooms where no anti-slavery doctrine could have been uttered a year ago. Through it we may hope to see power and autho rity, reason and principle, always at command at Washington, in case of any official shrinking from the responsibility of what must be done. On this party rests the hope of the Republic. It can save the Republic easily enough, if aware of its duty, and Properly sustained in it. Meanwhile, it is false patriotism—if, indeed, it be not treason—to pretend that there are no difficulties and disagreements in Northern policy. The difficulties are grave ; and the disagreements involve nothing less than the future virtue and liberty of the Republic. It is our part to show that we are awake to this Act. and not fit subjects for such coaxing, concealment, and false colouring as are employed for the comfort of the timid on the spot. We see, as we always have seen, that a frank and sound emancipation policy Is the only safe and expedient one for the North ; and our vigilant attention must now be fixed on the parti es an d the individuals who promote or dis courage th at policy. It is too late now to pretend that the promoters and opponents of that policy, and the waiters upon Providence in regard to it, do, or ever can again, w or k t oge th er as if un i te d b y a common patriotic enthusiasm. 211 E BLOck ADE OF THE SOUTH _AMERICAN PORTS, A Parliamentary paper, published yesterday, contains a mass of correspondence from the British Minister at Washington, the cansuls in the Ame rican ports, the admiral on the station, and the officers under his command, to the effect that the blockade maintained by the Federal fleet is not effective. The last of the papers in the return is the following letter from the celebrated Mr, Mason to Earl Russell, written in London on the 17th inst.:— " 109, Piccadilly, Feb. 17. "My Lord,—l have the honour to transmit to your lordship herewith (by permission) re turns of vessels entered and cleared at the block aded ports of the Confederate States of America at the respective dates to which they refer. Your lordship will observe that the returns from the ports of Charleston and Savannah are only up to the 31st of October last ; from New Orleans, Mobile, Pensacola, and Lavaca to the dates given in August, and from Wilmington till 10th Sept. Your lord ship will further observe that in the list from New Orleans a large number were inland by the river Mississippi, and therefore involved no question of a breach of blockade. Wishing to be perfectly frank, it may be proper to remark also that others from some of the ports may have been quasi inland, that is to say, through the estuaries and sounds along the coast. I state as an example, from New Orleans to Mobile, where the route for small vessels may or may not have been through the inland sounds. But in regard to the latter, Ido not see why the obligations of a blockade do not extend as fully to them as by access to the port from the open sea. These estuaries or sounds are accessible by inlets from the sea, and, if not guarded, the ports to which they lead maw be reached as successfully by sea-going ves-els of light draught through those channels as by a direct sea route. That the Govern ment of the United States so considered, is proved by the fact that the inland sea communication be tween New Orleans and Mobile, Charleston, and Savannah, and perhaps other places, is claimed t o be blockaded by naval forces of that Government., Ile transcripts herewith were those furnished to me by my Government, to be communicated to your lordship. Although purporting to be copies of the original returns, they were copies made at the proper department at Richmond from those returns, and are therefore authentic. I as k permission also to include herewith a printed list of vessels enterea, and cleared at ports in Cuba from and to the block.' aded ports of the Confederate States. These, for the most part, are enumerated in September ; and all for the months of November and December are of course not included in the transcripts from my Government. This paper, sent to me from Havana, was taken from official documents there by a gentleman of intelligence and integrity, well known to me, and worthy of entire reliance. The marginal notes are, of course, unofficial, The fact (assumed) of the arrival of the vessels cleared (at their ports of destination) ;was matter of notoriety, from the almost daily intercourse between Havana and those ports. I have no offi cial returns from my G evernment for the months of November, December, and January, to be accounted for in the fact that until very recently it could not be known when I might reach London. But, as your lordship is doubtless aware, breaches of the blockade at meat, if not all, of these ports by vessels of large as well as of small tonnage, both in wards and outward bound, have been during the last three months, and yet are, constantly reported. I have, &c. (signed) " J. M. MAsoN." TRIAL OF S )1 ALL BORE RIFLES AT WOOLWICH. The contest begun on Wednesday last in the Woolwich-marsh among the six gunmakers already mentioned in The Sun was again resumed yester day morning between Mr. Whitworth and Mr. Henry, who fired 60 rounds respectively over the short range of 500 yards, employing the three rifles allotted by the regulations in succession, and firing 20 rounds from each. The next pair of competitors were Mr. Turner and Mr. Ingram, who also com pleted their complement of 60 rounds, commenced on Thursday. The north-easterly wind, which was still unabated, was exceedingly detrimental to the accuracy of the aim ; nevertheless, the state of the diagrams proved the unerring precision of the wea pons, as Mr. Whitworth and Mr. Henry's shot marks on the target could each be covered, as stated by the marksman, with the crown of a man's hat. The operations of yesterday were totally free from the dissatisfaction which disturbed the trans actions of the previous day, and there appeared a disposition on the part of Lord Eloho, Capt. Mild may, and other members of the council, to follow out the regulations without the minutest deviation. The competitors, however, expressed much dissatisfac tion at the appointment of Gen. Hay as the sole and. absolute umpire, as it was alleged that the General was unalterably biassed in favour of the Whitworth rifle, and was thereby not sufficiently accessible to the complaints of the competitors at large. The visitors yesterday, no doubt influenced by the state of the weather, were not so numerous as on the pre ceding days, but the interest in the contest was in no way relaxed. Mr. Blanch, of Liverpool, at tended in and exhibited including ibitedso a new some very ingenious us articles of his stopper, sight protector, and snapcap, which were much ad mired. A telescope of 34 feet focus length, having a 2 3 object glass, Hay, wh o sa i d he u was stand, was also k with . n a t n rn e d r u e n c e t d ey b e y -p L ie n c r e d , on Burya tri podfor the National Rifle Association's General edwith i ma t e s r, m M er r it . s, p e r s o t . d highly , f Cnoccekspu r street, qiah for their p urpose, and di rected the inventor to forward one f or th e use of th e council by the earliest opportunity. O n account n o o - available ca of the Royal Laborat ory Department r equ i r i ng the u se of the range this morning f or t h e purpose of w l u ab i l n c e testing a quantity of powder in demand for imme diate use for cartridges, the Council of the Associa tion yesterday received intimation from Colonel Bower that their proceedings this morning could not be renewed before 1 o'clock, when the range would again be placed at their disposal. A telegram is stated to have been received from the Red Sea Telegraph Cable Repairing Expedition to the effect that the cable between Suez and Jubal Island (200 miles) has been successfully repaired, and that it was con nected with the island on the 26th inst. A station will be opened there at once, and the company have arranged with the Post -office for the Peninsular and Oriental Company's vessels to call there for messages, The land line between Alexandria and Suez, which was carried away by the floods in October, has been reinstated, and is now working, so that messages may be sen t di rec t t o J u b a l, i ns t ea d of stop ping at Alexandria. SUGAR MANUFACTURE IN FRANCE.—The season for the manufacture of sugar from beetroot hi France com mences on the Ist of September, and during th e five months which had elapsed at the end of January th e production had reached nearly 129,000,000 kilogramm es, the amount . of production at the corresponding period of last year . having a o i f ne su d g i ar na t c y ti t v h e e , been but 88,500,000 kilogrammes, showing an increase during the five months' operationsTthhiessy.eearre.souflatbs per e cent. The number of sugar reanufactunes in operation this shoal season exceeds by 11 those of . the previous. season-348 five manufactories t u o fa th ct e or m ie an s have remained against 337 ;of which 135 are the single department du. Nord ;an i d mp b u u l t s against 12 the precedi ng. season. energetic relief afforded in May, 1860. with ittee pose into d be the ham ter- GE- ally r in ?.on aret and D a :ors ~.