The Sun. — London, England, 1862-03-25 00:00:00

mac, killing seventeen men, and wounding Com mander Buchanan, who afterwards died. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Mißcil 11, EVENING. Money easier. Gold, 1 , ;1- to 11 premium. Ex change dull. Bankers' bills, 112. Stocks.—Large speculative sales. New York Centrals, 848 ; Illi nois, 661 • Eric, 36 • Cotton buoyant ; sales of two days, 5,000 bales ; 'middling Upland, 29c. to 291 ; c. Flour tending downwards; wheat inactive; corn hnov.Y. Provisions dull. Coffee inactive. Sugar quiet and unchanged. Molasses in good demand. 1110. A 1. 1' 31412178 T AND CITY NBJVS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days has continued moderately active. Tea has remained at steady prices, but sugars have been a shade cheaper. Coffee has been in active demand at full rates, while rice, fruit, and spices have been without material variation. A good demand has been experienced for saltpetre, but tallow has been dull at 465. per cwt. for present delivery, and 48s. for last three months. Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yes terday was inactive, and prices underwent no Chan ge of importance. The sales were only 3,000 bales. A rather large supply of gold, viz., £109,000, 'vas purchased by the Bank authorities yesterday. The Mexican dollars by the Seine have been disposed of at ss. 07,1 per oz. The Result, from Australia, has brought £157,612, It nd the Arabia, from New York, £35,290 in specie. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway ° f Canada for the week ending the 7th inst. ara nanted to £10,106, against £9,410 last year. I, ° ll the Brighton Railway the traffic returns a decrease of £931, and the South Eastern of 4,912 for the past week. The tell parti,lulars of the New Turkish Loan were made known on the Stock Exchange yester day afternoon. The amount required is £5,440,000, t° be issued in bonds representing £8,000,000 6 per een t• stock, which is t,9 be issued at the rate of 68 P i et cent. The bonds to bear interest from Ja n . 1, : 62 , payable half-yearly in Lond on. The loan to reaeemed in 231 years by a sinking fund of 2 per cent, p er annum, commencing the Ist July, . 863 , the bonds to be drawn by lot half-yearly and paid off at 100. A special com m issioner has been „ 'PPeinted by her Britannic Majesty's Government, t the request of his Imperial Hig,hness the Sultan, t( ' assist i n th e d ue a pplication of the proceeds of th e loan to the consolidation of the floating debt 11°4 extinction of the depreciated paper money. il scount at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum will na allowed, if the whole of the instalments' are paid at once, otherwise the calls are arranged as lollows: 15 per cent. on application ; 15 per cent. on allot nlent ; 10 per cent. on 15th May ; 10 per cent. lst July ; 10 per cent. Ist September ; 10 per cent. Ist November ; and 8 per cent. lat January, 1863. The new security is 21, 2 prem. A steady business is still reported in the general aLseount market, and the inquiries are much smal ler than usual at this period of the year, owing, of course, to the general depression of trade. The ra tes, however, may yet exhibit a little more firm ness before the payment of the April dividends, ? wi ng to the revenue collections, the subscriptions to the Turkish Loan, and other descriptions of new Nut stock enterprise. The ,appearance of the Turkish Loan, and the ecn itisue,rl heaviness of the Paris Bourse have pro duced an unfavourable effect upon the Englis h F unds, wh notwithstanding the depression of Yesterday, have shown a further tendency to recede, and Consols have been 931 -; for transfer, while for ti me account they were 9 3 ; 94 , althoug h at one dr ae they we re decidedly feeble, at 93k. The 'Peculators have been induced to effect extensive 84105 , partly for We purpose to realise profits, and Partly for a declin.'i in price. The New Threes It li r e 92i ; the Red - cced, 92? ; ; Exchequer Bills receded to 17s. E, \nd 20s. prem.; India 5 per Ce nts. are 108; 1; and the Debentures, 100. Foreign Securities have - been quiet and depressed. 4 arkish 6 per Cents. have declined to 84 and 842 ; ditto, 1858, 71 to 71; ; dii'to £lOO Bonds, 731 ; Mexican have receded to 34 K 1; Brazilian 41 per C opts., to 924; Sardinian, to til ; ditto Passive, to 19 ; and Italian, to 661 Z; the Moorish Scrip is 5; prem. ; Russian remain at 99; and Dutch 4 per Cents., 1021 ; ;`.he New Turkish Scrip is flat, at 1; 24- piem. The dealings in th e Railway Share Market have been of an o Y xtremel limited character, and prices have exhibi, 4 ,ed no material alteration. Lon• don and Brighton, South Westerns, and North Eastern (Berwick), hov“,;'er, have receded about C S.; while South Easterns have advanced 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings busi ness has also been :restricted, and quotations re niain chaniTe of importance. Great Luxembourg realise 11?-k 'I; Bahia and San Fran eisco 183 1 ; Recife and , an Francisco, 162 ; Great Western of Canada, 13: ; ;East Indian 1042 " 4 1; Great Indian Penivsvila, 1021. Joint-St oc k Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are, in some instances, ash a de firmer. Ottoman Bank has improved 261 ',AI ; Crystal Palace Stock to 361; Red Sea and Lidia Telegraph Com pany are firm at 187,-. Alliance Bank of London 'and Liverpool are quoted 3 to 4pr em. BRITISH FUNDS--ONE O'CLOCK. l , er Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 a 1 ''' z., P Br Cent. Consols •Annuities i'" 7 3 per Cent. Annuities nth a 6teck Ditto 5 per Cent. _Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent I ) itto 5 per Cent lO3l 3 DAto 51 per Cent lOBl / Di, lo Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 Ditto ditto April 1864 100 Nsol s for Account, April 10 94 ildia S lock for Account, 5 per Cent b 'xcheqi.wr Bills £l,OOO, 3 per Cent.. l7 20 Di,,9£ 500 .......... `1 bitto Stu& ill FOR'XIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ,13 raziliati 5 p er Cent Ditto 41 pe.r Cent, 1860 Milian 6 per Cent — Ditto 41 per Cent Danish 3 per Cksnt. , 1 5 25 81 Cl' renada Aclive Do. Ex over-due Coups. & Hectares lok Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto A ce o,int Imperial Moolish Scr i p Russian 5 per ,cent. 1822, £ St .. Ditto Account • ardinian 5 per Cent. Ditto Account . Bl Spanish 3 per Cent — Ditto Passive ...... 4 - larkisla 6 per Cent... • Ditto Account .... B5 1 41 Ditto New Loan — nit to Account Ditto £lOO Bonds 731 Thvidends on the above payable in London. D utch 2'l per Cent., Exchange 12 Gull — it nitt o - C er tifi c ates. 4 uer Cent. 'Can, 5 per Cent., 1861 TWO O'CLOCK. C D~a ol , 11 Toney 93i Ditto Account ..... XI'RAOO_II,DINABX LONGEVITY. —There are at pre tent livi ng in the town of Crieff five men and two women :h ose ur dt e d ages amount to 639 years, and the whole per appe. ar to be enjoying good health. We question if anoth er p a rich in Scotland with a similar population could Produce su, sh a number of patriarchs.—Caledonian Mercury. GOING THROUGH WITH IT.--We are told from America that there is a well in Oil Creek which has attained a depth of 875 feet, and yet yields no oil. The proprietors seem determine ~ L. l not to give it up, however, and are boring "To as hard as , ever. They have written on their derrick, 0 oil, or China ;" and the peop le thereabout think they have a longish journey before them. ABSOLUTE JUSTICE —The Falkirk ,Herald says ----A- few a d two ladies took out tickets at Croy Station f , go ays, tYlasgow. Both ladies had umbrellas with them, and, i t Or heir c onven i e nce, left them in the office at Cro y till return. One of the ladies returned by the 5 o'clock 11 4111 in the evening, and called at the of fice at Cro y for the s brella s h e h a d left in the morning , when sh e obtained ilorasession, not of her own, but of the other lad y 's um brella, which she took hone an d laid aside without taking 7:3' notice of it, till, on the m ornin g of Monday last, P lice const& Ible called on the poor lady, took her and the umbrell a I • nt o custody, and conveyed her to the jail at Dum barton, whor e she is now incarcerated. I t would seem that t he 1 wa, s not accused or convicted of ste alin g the um brella, her 0, 'fence being her not intimating the m istake to ‘4O station-m, Viter. ....a........._ SUN, LONDON, SHARE MARKET-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid I Closing Business Price. done. 7i 8 Ct 7 1 92i 911 1111 1126 7} 41 43 10 11 221 23 57i 68/ 59 51 3t) 41 91 93 32} 321 103 105 1161 1171 115 116 132 134 104 106 74 741 58 60 1081 1081 58 59 123 125 454 46% 931 911 102 104 23 i ssi 8 1171 744 1 1 esi f 124 91 I 104 f 9 11 43 44 9 91 1284 1281 98 It 1 00 311) 68 70 671 cln 981 Mt }ld 551 $6l 87 874 102 103 P 4 k 4g ilo dta 10f 111 f 128 130 48 50 106 108 46 48 9SI 8 i 8 d 87i 1 7 10 ti 5j 37 38 83i 831 68 69 100 102 51 61 37 38 8i 9i p 1 5 6 p i 145 150 55i 564 24 d 34 p. __l( 90 ° 93 129 132 48 40 44 46 83 90 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. ' Pa id . Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletehley all Ln.&N.W lb*kenhead . Buckingh •nsultre. Chester& Holyhead.. 100 Do 54 56 Do. Wiper cent 100 Do 126 128 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. ll2 114 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.1.T.&E.0 E. Lineolnsh. g 6 pr c. 100 Gt. North. 138 140 E.Union,llarwichShs all E,Counta. 4 4} Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • • • • Gl s. B ar r.&Neils.Dr t. 100 Ca .. . • Do. new _„.. . •• • • • Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. • Wes . t . . .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves • Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 199 203 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Do. . ... .. .• London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 62 Do. Preferen . Lon.,Tilb.& S.. -. Vlend 100 Peto &Co B5 87 Lowestoft gua. t p c.. 100 Norfolk Do n per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 31 4 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 gua. 5 per cent... 5. 5.6. E Counts. p i p Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool ICO iN. E. Ber .. .• North Western Preston and Wyre. 1 all L& N.W &L. yk. i 43 45 Do. i shares A. all iDo. ••- • .. .. R oys t n .Hiteh.& Shep. 100 Gt.. North. 135 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 121 123 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 93 95 Wimbledn t Croydon all iL.&Brgtn n 9} PREFERENCE SHARES. . Closing Business Share! Railways. Paid ' Prices. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 all st Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. st 100 93 95 20 Do. shares at Caledon. qr. ahrs, No. 2 100 64 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 per ant—. . all 20 21 64 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun. all 6 64 10 Do. Ist Class Pref.. et E. Angn. Class Asp. c lOO 100 105 at E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 109 111 st Do No. 2 100 108 110 11104 st Do. new 6p. 0. el - 100 126 128 at Eastern Union, 4p. c— 100 84 86 st Do. sp. c. guar lOO at Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 110 112 at Do. 4p. c. guar. S. & v lOO 90 92 st Furness, 5 per cent lOO at Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c lOO at Great Northern, sp. c lOO 116 118 at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 112 114 at Do. 44 p. c. do lOO 104 106 at Do,sp.c.Redir.atsp.c.pm 100 107 109 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. all st Gt. Sn. &W. clreland) 4 per cent lOO 97 99 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 et Do. redeem. 44 p. ct lOO 100 102 at Do. redeem. 4p. ct lOO 91 93 st Do. irredeem. 4p. et lOO 92 94 at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 100 103 105 Do. Birm. pref. shares all Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she all Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all et Do. Blrm. guar. stock lOO at Do. Chester guar. shares all 76 78 at Do. do all 77 79 at Do. do all 175 185 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. prel 80 at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 137 139 at Do.Barnsl.st£s 25 10doe 100 at Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO st Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur lOO 101 103 at Lon.&Brig.sp.o.gu. No.l 100 116 118 at Do, 5 per cent_do. No 2 100 116 118 st Do. 6 per cent. do., et Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 116 118 st Do. 7 per cent pref. stk 100 152 156 at Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 138 142 .at Do.4p c.st(div.deLlir 65 100 76 78 st ' Lon.Chat&Dov. sp.c.pf. 100 964 974 964 at Lon. &N. W., Gov. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 at Lon. & S.West, 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares 100 st Do. iA per cent , 100 2s 6d Do. (Prtam. perpL anns.; Of 28 8d I all 124 LondOndy, & Cole. she all 124 Londony. & Ennis. shs all 14 126 24 14 4 4 at Man. Sh. Lin. 0 per ct. 100 6 Do. a . . 44 4 lem • Isot Do. Do. r3eldpeeermc.e6npter. 124 Mary port & Carl. 4 pr. c. all .. • • 124 Do. 44 per cent. ... •,• . • all .. •• • st Midland Con, 6p. C. stk. 100 . • • • st Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c 100 138 140 at Do. 44 p.c. pref. at, rdem 100 102 104 at Do. 44 p.c. Irredeemable 100 6 Do. 44 per cent . all .! at Do.Leic. andHlt4per et . 100 92 94 at Norflk. sp. C. Ex. at. 1816 100 .. • • at Do. 54 p. c. Prof, st. 1847 100 .• at Do.sWay.ValEx,st.lB47 100 at Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 at Do. New g,ua. 5 per cent 100 109 111 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. 7 14 lipm 10 Do. do. do. all • • • • at Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. 100 .. • • at N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 .. • • et Do. 44 pr. ct. redeemable 100 • • • • st Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref. 100 100 102 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 8. 13,4 97 99 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 13 4 4 d 12i Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 . • • • 25 Do. York, EL &S, Parch. 10 • • • 20 North Staffordshire„ . . all * * (Rs par 10 ithymney Guaranteed.. all 1 st Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. 0, pref. stock. 100 • • et Do.Aberdeen,F.,,ua.6.p.c 100 .. . • at Do. 7p. c. pret, stock 100 • • 10s. South Devon, Ann, 105. all 138 142 l 10 Do, Fixed 44 per cent, all 10 11 5 1 0. 6. South Eastern(Reading Ann., 1.0.6) at Do. 4A per centlo. 1 . 10 . 3 . st Do, Fixed 44 per cent 100 1101 103 2 c asat t ott s. South Dyoo.rstspotie. Wales, gua, 4p. c. 100 00 Do. 44 per cent lOO • • • • at rrdecc:e.4ns cent. .I c B . gg s9 uu aa 1 1 0 00 107 .81.5 87 . 1 p 100 . 25 S p.tock. & Dar. A 5 all 274 284 1, 25 Do. B6p. o all 32 24 k at W. Illibr.d.:Oxf 21Cdst6agopu'acs; a 25 l a ooo l o l 32 34 at Watrf d & Kilkny, p. c.l 100 142 45 at 1 ' 1 1 26 26 128 125 a t Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf •red. 100 'l O l 1 6 3 C l I at Do. Perpeta -1 ) . o• Pr. 1866 100 1123 125 L- at tilt 1869 , 100 1119 123 DOCTis. a stock Commercial lOO aD ' Easto. 4 p and e r C w e n e t s tr Indiaef. n . n o n o -- 126 128 t - t ste3 , ot i kk k London .......... a- stock St. Katharine........... 100 to s took SOutham.pton st.,okVictoria ....... ...•••••• lOO gg 101 I 6 20 DO' NOW ~.•....norease 2 id pr BRITISH POSSESSIONS, 1 C Pc Paid. 81 8f 5 pi 70 72 104 1021. 6 6jd Railways. 'Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per oent... Buffalo and L axe Huron I Do. New Do. Preference _ Cleutta.,v". Ewan. ( Lit.) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town Sc Dock Scrip Demerara.. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. 44 p o. Debentrii. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864.. Do. 1865-1870 Do. 1815-1871 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. o Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 peicent. 1 Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras guar., 5 p. $347.. Do. 41 p. o. Extension Do. 46 do.• ~....1 Melb.Corp. 6 p. 0. Bnds. l iNewßrunswickot Canda Ry.ZzLand(Lim.)g. 6 pe Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do.. " •• Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. •• • • 1 Scinde ... ..... 4 . 8 Do. Punjau . b .. •• i e Do. Do. ..• —.. ac? Do. Indus:St. Flo. gme, Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 ltp 1004 1014 104 105 100 102 104 102,E 102 103 1034 1044 254 26& 75 77 ' 65 68 44 46 45 48 40 42 40 43 100} 101 k iP 1004 1014 137 i 7 7 i 7 101 103 06 98 100} 1011 94 96 91 93 d 5 7 4 6 1038 104 P 208 201 99 101 d Mishima done Share Railways. 13.14 25 10 st st 50 20 Bir., Wed., and Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Eost.,Sleaf.,and 111d.1 0 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do A A tzets no die Do B till 6p e.n an.has . been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Ab. Junc East Anolian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo clo DoNw A. late E U ads East Suffolk Ed inhurp,ll & Glasgow iEdin., Perth, & Dundee !Glasg. and S. Western. 'GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do Bdo (3 t. S. an IW. of Ireland Great Western ...... st Do Str Val gua. stock st Irish South Eastern .. st Lancashire & Yorkshire st London and Blackwall st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st Lon., Chat., and Dover st Lon. & North Western st Lon. & South Western 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12i Do I shares 10 Metropolitan st Midland 6.4.0 Do New . _ -• I - Do Birming. it Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland' Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle. Newry, Warnpt, & nos Norfolk North British N or.Dev.Rail&Dk. stock Do A stk ; A revs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß, Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do,_G.N.E. purchase, 19.16.4 Do'Lecds Do York North "London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. Rl. & Canal Portsmouth Rhs mney Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dint Staines,Wok.,antiWok. Stockton & Darlington 12.10 Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 Thames HayenDk& Rail Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick 'West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class IW. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland -Oxford Do Newpor Do Hereford FOREIGN RAILWAYS Algerian ....... .+ Antwerp do Rotterdam Ardennes... .. •••• .. • • S.Fran..Lim. 7 p. c. Belgian East. Junction , Beziers to Graissessac 1 carmeaux Paine dt Rail all all all all rCo_piapo .....• •• .. • • • • • • Ditto Extension .... , Dutch Rhenish ... •• Eastern of France .. Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. - Great Central of France Gt. Luzern., Con. she Italian Junction .... • • LiArra Turnhout Lyons & Geneva. .. •. • • Namur & Liege .... • Do. 6 p. 0. Pref. .... • • • • Northern of France ...• Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Ot'mn (Smyrna to Aidn) parls,Lyons, & Mediter. Parts & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Perm) gua. 7 p. ct. Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish . Royal Swedish ....... Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per oent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c S.Aust &Lomb Venetin Southern of France.. • • S. East Portugal 7 p ct. West Flandero ...... Do. 5i p. 0. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria ... • Westurn of Switzerland Wiesbaden • • Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand 61 di - llll -P / 1* 11 12 44 4 , i i P 23 244 11; 121 8! fi 20 21 NI 404 8 10 7i 6i 43 44 53 65 3: 2!d 14 16 8; Si 1i 1p i lp 91 m 30 31 7f 71 10 )0i 23 24 30 82 405 415 14 46 33 34 121 134 2i 3 14 16 3 34 7 7i 2i 3 35 37 2 2i 46 47 91 101 id par 4} 5 3} 3} 11 2} 5 6 41 43 32 1 0 a3o 2i 3 105 110 30 32 14 11 104 10t 13 14 40 42 270 280 974 1024 60 65 11 11 13 14 144 15i 17 18 BRTTIS Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cone. (Taoist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ..... • East Carn Brea E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) Gam..t St.Aubyn(Gwen ) Great South Tolgus (.Wheal Alfa. (Philack G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's-Foot Elingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Leant) Mark e Valley.. Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) North Downs North Frances (Illogan' V.Wh'l Basset (1110 ;an) 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 &Gen., Lim :-!.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min_ Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illogan) W Caradon. (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U. L elant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) i - .9 - . - § ?..14.6 3.0.0 7.7.0 561 17s X3.15.6' 8.12 4.14 1.12. e 9Z -4.3.0 2f 24 12.3 2.0.0 2.2.9 If 10.6.7 5.11.61 all 18.18.9, 2719.1 113 s 6d 474 51 5 7} 1.7.2 121 i FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim all 5 Brazil Land & Mln.Co all 14 14 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo — dis. 40 Cobre Copper all 32 S 4 Copiapo l6 6 8 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail d ip 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 1 14 2 Fortuna 20 General all 22 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr id p Kapunda (Limited) 1 *l4 p 3 Linares all 8 9 5 pLusitanian 2 i d }pm 1 iMariquita all * 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L dri 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt..., all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 1 I 1 ;Scottish Austrin. 10s. 1 20 St. John del Rey (L.)... 1 15 5 8 160 m ' 5} i 8 28.2.84 United Mexican all 7} 8 1 'Worthing (Limited) i all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-82 . lOO 109 111 1094 Do 6p. cent.l333-4 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. -- 100 - - Do. Bp. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 107 109 Do. 6p. e. Mar. & Sept. 100 107 109 Do. 5 per cent lOO 994 1004 1004 Do. Inscribed stook 100 98 100 -- Cape G.Hope, 6 p e,lBBO 100 111 113 Do. 1890 100 113 114 Do. Jan. & July, 189 1 lOO 111 113 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 8p o 100 N.R.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 1064 1074 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c.,1868 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 98 99 Do. do., 1888 &upwds 100 97 98 INew Zealand 6p. cent. 100 108 110 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. o sterling, 1875 lOO 108 109 S. Au5,G6p.0.1878.& up lOO 108 110 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 105 107 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1074 1071 1074 4 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 AgraSaJnitedService Bk 60 88 90 40 Australasia... all 70 72 25 Bank of Egypt all 21 22 211 100 Bak of London 50 British North American all 54 58 20 Chtd.Bank of India, dm all 211 22 211 25 Ch. ler. of In. Lon.it Ch. all 33 85 100 City ... 50 83 92 100 Colonial ......• 25 39 41 20 . 11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 20 Eng.. Scot., •Iz Aus. Ch all 181 19 18/ 19 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 241 251 20 Do. new all 24 25 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.African lO id /pr 100 Louden & Westminster 20 78 78 761 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 20 Do. new • • 12 50 Nationalßank ........ 25 20 Ne w South Wales all 88 40 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Proviuoial of Ireland 10 Do. new - 25 South Australia all 35 341 25 Union of Australia 50 Unto.. of London 12 32 33 108 Unity Mutual.. 6O MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 17 18 10 Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (1d) all 2. 3 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all —— I 25 Australian Agricultural 19 27 28 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 Si 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 42 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 911 82i Canada Land all 115 118 10 Chan.lslands TeL (Lim ) all 10 China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. 2} st. Cop.Min,o/Eng.&Smltg. alt 25 Do. Pref. 7i per cent all 12 15 at. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference at Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 104 107 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 74 10 Do. B 7 14 04 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 pr 4pm et. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New 5 English & Aus. Copper all 21 3 a 15 Gen. Stcam Navigate m 14 1 Great Slip I dmited) all i 1 1 Do. 174 p . ct Preference all i 1 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 4i 4 4 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1} lt 2 1 0 0 liMeadd.raEsxltrern..anTdelC.a(Lnaintl ) all 2: i 251 311 10 Do. 8 per cent. pref all .... 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 pr i p 20 Nerbu.CoalSzlron (Lim ) 5 2 C 10 Netherlands Land .. . 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl 100 N.BrANovaScotiaLand 81 13 16 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 14 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). 'all 11 14 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 115 10 Orintl. In. Steam(Lim.) all 6 7 at. Peelu..Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 53 55 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 67 69 50 Do. New 3O 11 13 20 Red Sea&ln.TelJg.4ip.c all 181 194 181 all 17 18 100 Royal Wei Mail 1 Iron Steam all 44 5i 5 1 0 5 R h DYom. 60 54 56 et. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 135 140 25 South Australian Land (all 33 3 5 I. Submarine Tel. Scrip aP 10 Do. doDo. . Registere do d 2 ,Telegraph to India (L ) 1 par ip 11 10 (Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (11m)lst is. 1 pr i p 20 Tr.S Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 nlf 5 u . IC dom Tel. Co. (12r0.) 1 14 u 4 10 9 v o n Di993e0 2 0 li. 114 104 j I TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, Ha LAW IIY TELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) BURROUGHS V. BURROUGHS. This was a suit instituted by the wife against her hus band for the restitution of conjigal rights, It was heard before his lordship some time ago when judgment was postponed. Sir F. Slade said he was instructed to ask for the judg ment of the court in the case. The Judge Ordinary said ho was not prepared to give it. AITICROUGHS V. BURROUGHS AND SILCOCK. This case, it will be recollccteL, was heard a short time ago, when the petition for divo:Te was presented by the husband against the wife on the ground that she had been guilty of adultery with the co-respondent. Dr. Swabey made an application that the wife's expenses to the termination of the suit might be paid by the husband. Dr. Spinks opposed the application on the ground that this might, as the case had been to recently disposed of,:be an application for a new trial. He also opposed it as, during the progress of the trial, it appearedithat the wife had been fighting the case of the co-respondent. His lordship refused to interfere at present. POLICE INTELLIGENCR.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. RIVAL SIIOEBLACKS. — SamtteI Lucas, one of the St. Vincent de Paul Shoeblack Brigade, was charged with assaulting William Tims, another shoeblack of the Red Brigade. The complainant, a pale-faced little fellow, said he had cleaned a gentleman's boots when the prisoner demanded the half of what he had received, and because he refused to give it he gave him a violent blow on the nose, smothering him in blood. James Stevens, 112 C, said the complainant had lost a good deal of blood. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner 205., or 14 days. John Julien, a Frenchman, who has before been charged with assaulting the police, was charged with assaulting John Chapman, 79 C, and fined 108., or 14 days. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S—MONDAY. NORTHAMPTON STAKES. Bto 1 agst Prince Plausible (taken) 10 to 1 agst Rapparee (taken) 10 to 1 agst Dusk (taken) 100 to 6 agst Incitatus (taken) 100 to 7 agst West End (taken) 100 to 7 agst Schism (taken) 20 to 1 agst Finlande (taken) 20 to 1 agst Carisbrook (taken) 25 to 1 agst Panique (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 4to 1 agst Maid of Honour (taken) 15 to 1 agst Dictator (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tisiphone (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 10 to 1 agst Suburban (taken) 12 to 1 agst Phantom (taken) 12 to 1 agst Ducat (taken) 20 to 1 agst Camerino (taken) 25 to 1 apt Vest colt (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 3 to 1 agst Old Calabar (take 7to 2) sto 1 agst Marquis (take 11 to 2) 10 to 1 agst Wingrave (taken) 25 to 1 agst Tolurno (offered) THE DERBY. 16 to 1 agst Marquis (taken) 40 to 1 agst Cellarius (taken) 40 to 1 agst Athleta (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Clarissa colt (offered) BETTING AT MANCHESTER-MONDAY. The day was nearly occupied with a game of see-saw with Prince Plausible and Rapparee. All prices, from 10 to 1 to 20 to 1, were laid against the Prince, and then as regularly taken down to 9to 1. But as 100 to 10 was the last we saw booked, we make that quotation. Rapparee did not get beyond 100 to 6 being laid; the last we heard was 100 to 8 (offered). Schism was at 20 to 1 (offered). There were many inquiries about Dusk and West End. We heard no price offered against Dusk; and the highest offer against West End was 100 to 6.—For the Earl Spencer's Plate, the Maid of Honour was freely supported, the highest offer at the close being sto 1. Closing prices : NORTHAMPTON STARES. 10 to 1 agst Prince Plausible (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst R.apparee (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst West End (offered) 20 to 1 agst Schism (offered) 20 to 1 agst Bally Edmond (offered) 20 to 1 agst Finlande (offered) 40 to 1 agst Santa Claus (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 6to 1 agst Maid of Honour (taken) 100 to 6 agst Fravola (taken) 10C to 6 agst Spicebox (taken) 100 to 6 agst Confidence (offered—take 20) 140 to 3 agst Rockley (taken) 100 to 3 agst Lopcatcher (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst 011 Calabar (taken) 12 to 1 agst Nottingham (offered—take 14) DERBY. Bto lon the field (offered) CHESTER CUP. 30 to 1 agst Simla (taken) RACING FIXT' RES FOR 1862. .Cll. MA: Shrewsbury S .. 27 Edinburgh Spring 29 IL. Newmarket C 2l Bishop Auckland Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 24 Thirsk Northampton 1 Croston Park 4 Epsom Spring Liverpool Hunt Club Ponteland Newmarket F S 6 Chester Spring l3 York Spring Salisbury Bath Harpenden .23 NE. Epsom Summer.. 3 Chelmsford ll Manchester ll Ascot .. 17 Beverley lB Newcastle Hampton Carlisle six. Odiham Bibury Club Newton Stockbridge 3 Winchester .. 4 Newmarket Worcester Liverp00l Abingdon Pontefract Hungerford Nottingham Southampton 22 Stamford 24 Marlborough 25 Goodwood AliC Radcliffe 4 Brighton 5 Brighton Club Lewes .. 8 Wolverhampton Reading Wenlock l5 ■srTv Devon and Exeter 2 Derby ... Great Yarmouth Plymouth Oxford .. 4 Warwick 9 Leicester ocTi Bedford Newmarket S 0 l3 NOY York Stockton 26 Egham Lichfield 26 Bridgwater Ludlow .. .. 29 Doncaster Richmond Walsall Monmouth 25 Manchester Newmarket F 0 Ill'Ell. Worcester Hereford .. 10 Gloucester Newmarket H :MEER. Liverp00l Shrewsbury .... A DELp II I THEATRE. first ttled time, and for nearly an hour "A Private Inquiry," was L producedastn igl t a h e n r e e w t.e farce the kept the audience in a continued state of laughter. The fun of the trifle consists in the . perplexities of a certain i elderly gentleman, a Mr. War Tow (Mr. J. L. T oo l e ), in- volves himself in his over anxious endeavours to ascertain the treatment his daughter is receiving from her newly married husband. His first uneasiness is occasioned by zeading a case reported in the newspap ers as having taken place in the Divorce Court, where the words "the name of the party did not transpire" occurs. This: person, he at once believes, to be his son-in-law, Mr. Madison, an d th ere upon he determines to act as a detective, and "nose out" the whole affair. He rummages his son ' s apartments about for proofs of his misconduct, an d, finding a coat, he searches the pocket and there discovers a letter signed "Laura." This letter has been given to Madison by his wife who has just received it from a dear friend of hers, who is about to pay them a wedding visit. Warricow at once a ssumes it to be a love letter of a lady friend of Madison's, and acts on that supposition, the result being that he involves the whole of the parties in a jealous quarrel, to mend which, Warricow, to remove the mistake, which he begins to perceive he had made, makes " hot love" to the wife of his son's visitor. He is discovered on his knees at the l a d y ' s f ee t by th e husband, and things, instead of improving, becomes worse and worse. At last Warricow produce s th e l e tt er h e h a d taken from Madison's pocket, in justification of his con duct, when the mistake is explained, and all got a hearty laugh at Warricow's expense. Mr. Toole, as the over-anxious and suspicious father, acted with al that quaint drollery for which he is so re markable ; and Mr. David Fisher, as Madison, was a very pattern of a newly. married man. - Miss Kate Bland made her first appearance as Mrs. Madison , and produced a very favourable impression by her lad y lik e acting. The other puts were most effectively supported by Mr. Billington and Miss Kate Kelly. The piece was announced for repetition by Mr. Toole amidst the loudest applause of a very large audience. THE MALT DUTY. -- -MBETING OF IJIALSTEBS. Last afternoon a numerously attended public meeting of malsters was held at the Corn Exchange Coffee-house, Mark-lane, for the purpose, as stated in the notice convening the meeting of " Consider ing the best means to be adopted for obtaining an alteration of the present unjust system of collecting the malt duty." Mr. J. J. GRIPPER, the Mayor of Hertford, having been voted to the chair, stated that for some years the maltsters had been labouring under consider able disadvantages arising out of the mode in which the malt duty was collected, and which they conceived bore unjustly upon them. He considered that the injustice of the present system must be apparent to all who considered it, for under it about eight weeks after the malting season, which RS he had stated occupied about six or seven months, all the duty upon the malt made had to be paid, while the article could not go into consamp till the end of 12 months. So that the Government had their money in hand for months before the goods on which it was charged went into consump tion, which was a great hardship upon the maltster. Mr. GRAY then moved a resolution to the effect, that in the opinion of the meeting the present mode of collecting the malt duty was unjust and inju rious to the trade, and that a deputation be ap pointed to wait on the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the purpose of asking him for some extension of the credit of the malt duty. The resolution was unanimously adopted. THE ACCIDENT ON ThE NORTH KENT RAILWAY. Yesterday Mr. Hilder, the coroner for the borough of Gravesend, opened an inquiry at the Town hall into the circumstances connected with the accident which took place on the North Kent Railway, between Gravesend and Strood Stations, on the previous Thursday, by which George Wal ler, the bead guard of the up train to which the accident occurred, lost his life, several of the pas sengers being more or less injured. Previously to commencing the inquiry the coroner explained to the jury the reasons which had induced him to hold the inquest, the body of the deceased having been removed to Gravesend after the acci dent. Mr. Eborall, general manager of the South- Eastern Railway ; Mr. Rees, the company's soli citor ; Mr. Ashcroft, principal engineer, and other leading officials of the company were present at the inquiry. Mr. Eborall, addressing the coroner, said the com pany regretted exceedingly that an occasion had arisen to inquire into an accident on their railway, but on the part of the company he was anxious that the fullest inquiry into the cause of the occurrence should be made, and every facility would be given the coroner and jury by the railway in the prosecu tion of the investigation. After the jury had been sworn they, proceeded, accompanied by the coroner, in a special train to the spot where the accident happened. Through the exertions of a numerous body of la bourers the engine of the train had been removed from the deep ditch into which it had fallen on the left side of the up line, and was placed on the metals. It appeared to be in excellent condi tion, and a careful examination by most of the jury failed to detect any flaw in either the wheels or axles which would in the least account for the van in which the head guar d was riding when he wbll met with his death. The line at the spot appeared accident.accident w e The re a l b s broken o inspected, carriage a destroyed in the as the break to be in excellent conition—well-ballasted and in admirabte order. It appears to be probable, how. ever, that the accident arose through one of the rails breaking on the occasion of the express train passing over it a few minutes before, and on the next train following the engine was thrown off the line. At the request of the coroner and jury, Cap tain Tyler, the Government Inspector of Railways, was at Gravesend, was sent for, and he at once proceeded to the scene of the accident to inspect the line. At his request the rails, sleepers, ballast, &e., for several yards were removed in order to ascertain the general condition of the line, which was found to be in first-rate order. After spending considerably more than three hours in the examination of the line, the engine, and carriages, the jury returned to the Town-hall. The coroner stated his intention only to take suf ficient evidence that day as to the identity of the deceased, and then adjourn the inquiry until the following Friday. Richard Cassingham identified the body of de ceased as that of his brother-in•law. His age was 38 years. Deceased was married, and had five children. He had been in the employ of the com pany 17 years. Mr. Jas. Henry Gramshawe, surgeon, deposed to having been called, about 4 o clock on the day of the accident, to visit decease& whom he found lying dead in a cottage adjoining the line. Death had been occasioned by very serious injuries. The Coroner then adjourned the inquiry until Friday next. A subscription has been set on foot for the widow s and family of the deceased. -UST. :1311R. IRISH RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862. APRIL. Kildare Hunt 8 Athlone Skerries Hells ... , . 23 Tullamore 24 Curragh April Tullamore Cork Nenagh Howth and Baldoyle l4 Jv Galway Hunt 2O Tipperary Weitmeath 3 Curragh Juno Bellewstown Down Royal Corporation 23 AITGIIIIT. Heath 7 I Roscommon Wioklow BIIPTBIO3IIB. Curragh Carlow .. 10 Jenkintown Park 24 Londonderry . . l2 Oaro . 18311. Limerick Curragh - iici ea .. 29 Down Royal Corporation 31 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, March 25.—Wind atis day at noon--South- Easterly; light breeze and cloudy, with rain; weather very mild. - - - - PLYMOUTH, March 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Cordelia, from Sydney. QUEENSTOWN, March 24.—Arrived—Arabia, steamer, from New York. PORTSMOUTH, March 24.—Wind S,E.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Chanticleer, from Sheerness, with two gunboats in tow. NEWPORT, March 24.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Leone, for Mauritius. OFF DARTMOUTH, March 24.—Arrived—Ballaret, from London for Shanghai. SWANSEA, March 23.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Maria Sophie, for Valparaiso. OFP SHOREHAM, March 24.-Irrived—Result, from Melbourne. TLIOTEIO TELIODAPD. SOUTIIAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Dispatch, steamer, from Havre; Eleanor Thompson, from Swansea. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, March 24—George Duncan, from New York ; Maria Hay and Albert Edward, from Calcutta ; Brothers, from Demerara; Swift, from Dunkirk; Express, from Copenhagen; Water Sprits, from St. Michael's; Martha, from Dram. Arrived, March 25—Dart, from Guernsey ; lloppett, from Dantsic ; Etheldreda, from Macao; Reward, from Demerara; Sophie Theodorine, from Alexandria; Tickler, from Guayaquil. DEAL, Tuetiday Morning. Passed—Wallace, from Calcutta for Bremen; Cossipore (in tow), from Bombay for London. Anchored—Enmore, from London for Barbadoes. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mile pm 6 g the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about S-10ths per cent. dearer in London than.in Paris. By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 4264 per mar k, and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 114 per cent., and the premium on go 1 S per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation of gold from the United States. EARL RUSSELL AND THE SLAVE TRADE IN CUBA. —ln reply to the memorial forwarded by Mr. A. Black, M.P., and signed by Mr. Dunlop, on behalf of a meeting held recently in Edinburgh, on the subject of the Cuban slave trade, the following communication has been received from Mr. Layard :—" Foreign-office, March 19, 1862.—Sir, —I am instructed by Earl Russell to acknowledge the re ceipt of a memorial, signed by you as chairman of a meeting of the inhabitants of Edinburgh, calling the attention of her Majesty's Government to the Cuban slave trade, and praying that prompt measures may be adopted for insisting on the fulfilment by Spain of her treaty en gagemen t s w ith this country for the suppression of this traffic. I am, in reply, to acquaint you that his lordship is in communication with the Spanish Government on this subject, and will omit no measures for accomplishing the purpose desired. -- I am, sir ' your most obedient humble servant, A. IL I LAT Atap. Mr. John Dnulop.'P CONFEDERATE REPORT OP THE BATTLE OF _FORT DONNELSON. We find in the Atlanta (Georgia) Confederacy the official report cf General Pillow, who commanded the Confederates at Fort Donnehien. The report is very long and would fill several columns of our paper. General Pillow took com mand at Fort Donnelson on the Bth of February, and he says that he immediately set to work to improve its de fences. This was done under the supervision of Major Gil mer, chief engineer of General A. S. Johnston's Staff. Be fore the works were completed Pillow states General Floyd, his senior in rank, arrived. He then says : " I had placed Brig adier General Buckner in connuarA o f the right w:nr, and Brigadier-General Johnston in command of the left. By extraordinary efforts we had barely got the works in a defensible condition when the enemy made an advance in force around and against the entire line of outer works." He then gives tho details of the fighting on the 12th and 13th (the gunboat fight included), all of which our readers are familiar with, The General continues thus :—. " On the 14th inst. the enemy was busy throwing his forces of every arm around us, extending his line of invest. ment entirely around our position and completely envelop ing us. On the evening of this day we ascertained that the enemy had received additional reinforcements by steamboat. We were now surrounded by an immense force, said by prisoners to amount to 52 regiments, and every road and possible avenue of departure was cut off, with the certainty that our sources of supply by the river would soon be cut off by the Enemy's batteries placed on the river above us. At a council of the general officers, called by Gen. Floyd, it was unanimously determined to give the enemy battle next day at daylight, so as to cut open a route of exit for our troops to the interior of the country, and thus save our army. We had knowledge that the principal portion of the enemy's forces were massed in encampment in front of our extreme left, commanding the two roads leading into the interior, one of which we must take in leaving our position. We knew that he had mused in encampment another large force on the Union Ferry road, opposite the centre of our left wing, and another in front of the left of our right wing; his fresh arrival of troops being encamped on the bank of the river, two and a half miles below us, from which latter encampment a stream of fresh troops was continually pour ing around us on his line of investment, and thus strength ening his general encampment on the extreme right. At each of his encampments, and on each road, he had in posi tion a battery of field artillery, and 24-pounder iron guns on siege carriages. Between these encampments on the roads was a thick undergrowth of brush and black jacks, making It Impossible to advance or manoeuvre any large body of troops. The plan of attack agreed upon, and directed by Gen. Floyd to be executed, was that with the main body of the forces of our left wing I should attack the right wing of the enemy, occupying and resting upon the heights reach ing to the bank of the river, accompanied by Col. Forrest's brigade of cavalry ; that Brigadier-General Buckner, with the forces under his command, and defending the right of our line, should strike the enemy's encampment and forces on the Winn's Ferry-road ; that the forces under Colonel Heiman should hold his position, and that each command should leave in the trenches troops to hold them. In this order of battle it was easy to be seen if my attack was suc cessful, and the enemy routed, that his retreat would be along his line of investment to wards Winn's Ferry-road, and thence toward his reserve at the gunboats below. In other words, my success would roll the enemy's force in retreat over upon General Buckner, when, by his attack in front and rear, we could cut up the enemy and put him completely to rout. Accordingly, dispositions were made to attack the enemy. At 5 o'clock a.m., of the 15th, I moved out of my position to engage him. In less than half an hour our forces were engaged. He was prepared to meet me in advance of his encampment, and he did meet me before I had assumed line of battle, and while I was moving against him without any formation for the engage ment. For the first half hour of the engagement I was much embarrassed in getting the command in position pro perly to meet the foe. Having extricated myself from the position and fairly engaged him, we fought him for nearly two hours before I made any decided advance upon him. He contested this field most stubbornly. The loss of both armies at this portion of the field was heavy; the enemy's particularly, as I discovered by riding over the field, after the battle, with General Floyd. The enemy having been forced to yield this portion of the field retired slowly towards the Winn's Ferry-road, Buckner's point of attack. He did not retreat, but fell back fighting us, contesting every inch of ground. The fight was hotly and stubbornly contested on both sides, and it consumed the day till 12 o'clock to drive him back as far as the centre, where Gen. Buckner's command was to flank him. , While my command was advancing and slowly driving him, I was anxiously expecting to hear General Buckner's command open fire in his rear, which not taking place I feared some misapprehension of orders, and came from the field of battle within the works to learn what was the matter. I there found the command of Gen. Buckner massed behind the ridge within the works, taking shelter from the enemy's artillery on the Winn-road, it having been forced to retire before the battery, as I learnt from him. My forces were still slowly advancing, driving the enemy towards the battery. I directed General Buck ner immediately to move his command round to the rear of the battery, turning its left, keeping in the hollow, and attack and carry it. Before this move ment was executed, my force, forming the attacking party on the right, with Forrest's regiment (cavalry), gallantly , charged the battery, supported by a body of infantry, driv ing it and forcing the battery to retire, taking six pieces of artillery— four brass and two 24-pounder iron guns. In pursuing the enemy falling back from this position Gen. Buckner's forces became united with mine, and engaged the enemy in hot contest of nearly an hour with large forts of fresh troops that had now met us. This position of the enemy being carried by our j dint forces, I called off further pursuit after seven and a half hours of continuous and bloody conflict. After the troops were called off orders were immediately given to the different collmands to form and retire to their original position in the intrencb ments. The operations of the day had forced the entire command of the enemy around to our right wing, and in front of General Buckner's posi tion in the intrenchments, and when his command reached his position he found the enemy rapidly advancing to take possession of this portion of the work. He had a stubborn conflict, lasting one hour and a half, to regain it, and the enemy actually got possession of the extreme right of his position, and held it so firmly that he could not dis lodge him. The position thus gained by the enemy was a most commanding one, being immediately in the rear of our river battery and fieldwork for its protection. From it he could readily turn the intrenched work occupied by General Buckner, and attack him in reverse or advance under cover of an intervening ridge directly upon our battery and fieldwork. While he held this position it was manifest we could not hold the main work or battery. Such was the condition of the armies at nightfall after nine hours' conflict on the 15th inst., in which our loss was severe, and leaving not less than 5,000 of the enemy dead and wounded on the field. We left upon the field nearly all his wounded because we could not remove them. We left his dead unburied because we could not bury them. Such conflict and courage has, perhaps, never before oc curred upon this continent. We took about 300 prisoners and a large number of arms. We had fought this battle to open the way for our army and relieve us horn an invest ment which would necessarily reduce us and the position by famine. We had occupied the whole day to accomplish our object, and before we could prepare to leave, after taking in the wounded and the dead, the enemy had thrown around us again in the night an immense force of fresh . troops, and reoccupied hcuisttiuorgiginoffal p o o ur siti rs on tre in at ih . e w lin e e h o s f d investment, thus tl,OO h2usoagain troops, all told. A large proportion of these we had lost in the three battles. The command had been in the trenches night and day for five days, exposed to the snow, sleet, mud, and ice water, without shelter and without adequate covering, and without sleep. In this condition the General officer held a consultation to determine what he should do. General Buckner gave it as his decided opinion that he could not hold his position one half-hour against an assault of the enemy, and said the enemy would attack him next morning at daylight. The proposition was then made by several officers to again fight through the enemy's line and cut our way out. General Buckner said his command was so worn out and cut to pieces and demoralised that he could not make another fight; that it would cost the command three-quarters of its numbers to cut its way through, and it was wrong to sacri fice three quarters of a command to save one quarter ; that no officer had a right to cause such a sacrifice. General Floyd and Major Gilmer I understood to concur in this opinion. I then expressed the opinion that we could hold out another day, and in that time we could get steam boats and set the command over the river, and probably save a large portion of it. To this General Buckner replied that the enemy would certainly attack him at daylight/ and that he could not hold his position half an hour. The alternative of the propositions was a surrender of their position and command. General Fl o yd said that he would neither surrender the command, n o r would be surrender himself a prisoner. I had t a k en the same position be done,. General Buckner said he was satisfied nothing else could and that, therefore, h e wou ld surreenwdeoruithdetpulrnaceoivnercotmh mand. General Floyd said that b command oommaud. to T h o im th i i f s G h e e ne c r o al ul v d ü b o e ku a o l Thereupon rlouswerseedittott:nt withdraw his hi . s t over I ' s w o ould neither agurl p Under r ner these directedere General Floyd turned the coin . I instantly to General Buckner, saying render the command his s r Colonel Forrest to cut and sent wmayys out.e lf a enemy for an armistice of six hours to um a flag of truce to the stances General Buckner accepted the ..command, negotiate for terms of ca pitulation. Bef ore this flag and communication wa s delivered I retired f rom the garrison." to uad Pasha's mission T mtursz RELIGION.—During FHE Syria , a very ancient A ra b book, relating to the religionof the Druses, was di scovered at Pilater, a large village d near Baalbak. it i s said that Fnad Pasha has b ar ged a one of his aide s -d e-camp, Major Chain Bey, to _rge_ usL udate this work into the Turkish language. Very little i s known as to the origi n and foundation of the Drnse reli gion, and there is r eason to hope that this old work may throw some light on their superstitions and religious belief. Galignatits DEATII OF PRINCE WINDISCIIGRA2Z. Prisce Windischgratz, whose death is announced in the latest accounts from Vienna, entered the mili tary service in 1804. He commanded the cuiras siers of the Grand Duke Constantine at Leipsic, and distinguished himself during the French cam paign at Troyes and La Fere-Champenoise. His military renown, however, dates from the year 1848, when he suppressed the Sclave movement in Bohe mia, and maintained a four days' battle with the inhabitants of Vienna. His wife perished at Prague on the 11th of June, in the same year, having been killed while sitting at a window during the emeute. Conqueror at Prague and Vienna, he was defeated by the Hungarians, having been driven from Pesth- Buda by Georgey in April, 1849. Since that time he has lived in retirement. The last days of this reactionary chief were saddened by seeing the prin ciples against which he had fought so obstinately, carried out, partially, at all events, by the govern ment which he was supposed to have saved. On one occasion, during the first session of the Reiche rath, his chagrin found expression. He asoended the tribune of the Upper Chamber, and prophesied new catastrophes, the necessary consequence, he said, of the statute of February ; and he announced that he was, as heretofore, ready to protect Austria with his sword. This language found no echo, hdiodwnevoter,inthe subsequently chamber, appear life. prince in public SLR GEORGE GREY AND THE MA DRIES. The absorbing topic of interest here is the pro succeed, gress of Sir G. Grey's policy for th e pac ifi cat i on o f ion the country. The croakers say he w th h a o t le hi s s ch th e e m o e ry is is b a u l t to a g s e p t l h e e n r d vidisido ne l a us—fitter willforry that his not and the platform of Exeter Hall than for the bureau of a statesmen. Such sentiments are not very compli mentary twohthoemgared t hepe o s p a l y e i o n f g E s a n n g a l a d n o d i n , g t h a e t p E h x i e l a t e n r - Hall tell most powerfully upon the best interests of thousands and tens of thousands of the human race, Neither do I participate in such ideas. I merely give them as the opinions of those whom I call croakers. They may be good meaning people in the main, but they have a strange predilection for gunpowder. They don't want, perhaps, to destroy the Maories, but they want to thrash them ; and they devoutly believe that it is impossible to govern them until they have been thrashed. Sir G. Grey thinks otherwise, and he means to try it. He will not employ force unless he is compelled to do so, and I believe that he will carry his point without assistance from the bayonet and rifle. The outlines of his scheme are already before you in the newspapers, and it is already in operation in some districts. The Bay of Islands has fallen in with his plans, and the ma chinery is already in motion there. Mr. George Clarke, the former chief protector of aborigines, is the commissioner. Lower Waikato has also em braced the new " tikanga," and Mr. Fenton, the author of the celebrated " Report," which led to the researches of the Waikato Committee, has un dertaken the duty of inaugurating the movement. Many of the chiefs of Upper Waikato (the strong Kingites) still stand aloof. But Sir George goes steadily ahead, and, if I mistake not, he will cir cumvent them. To give you an idea of his tact and skill in seizing hold of every opening afforded by his opponents, I may relate the clever manoeuvre under cover of which he carried his predetermined point of moving a large body of troops on to the frontiers of Waikato. His object is to make roads through the country, and when this is done war may be said to be rendered impossible. The; na tives, especially the Kingties, would naturally re. gard the movement of the troops with suspicion and alarm, but Sir George contrived to make it appear as only the necessary and unavoidable consequence of their own policy. When he visited Waikato, the leading men of the King party had arranged that a guard of honour, consisting of 20 men from each of the tribes adhering to the King move ment, should alternately attend upon Ma tutaura, and by their presence convince the governor that the Maori King was, in the esti mation at least of his own people, equal in. dignity to the representative of the Queen. Sir George was aware of all this. When some of the leading chiefs of the King party came to see him he said, " I hear you ha -; , e appointed a guard of 20 men to take care of your King." " Oh, yes," was the reply, "have we not a right to do so ?' " Well, perhaps it may be all right," replied Sir George, " at all events I shan't attempt to pre vent you. But if you consider your own man in such danger as to require 20 men, armed, to be constantly with him to protest him, I shall require a great many men to take care of all my pakehas; who are scattered up and down the country, and I shall at once send 2,000 soldiers toMaungatawhiri." The chiefs were nonplussed at this piece of effron tery, and at first treated it as a joke. "Kahore," said they, " you are only humbugging us. What do you want with soldiers so near Waikato? We shan't hurt your pakehas, but we don't like your soldiers to come here." "Oh, no, lam not joking, I assure you," was the quick rejoinder, " It is only fair that if your one man requires a guard of 20 soldiers, my hundreds of men, belonging to the Queen, require a guard too; and a guard of 2,000 men they shall have, whether you like it or not." According to Maori idea this logic was unanswer able, as the discomfited chiefs were compelled to grin and bear it, Sir George, no doubt, highly amused at their dilemma. Consequently the troops have been moved without affording the malcontents even the shadow of a pretext for objecting to the demonstration. The incident is trifling in itself, but it shows how clever a tactician Sir George is, h an ti ci ng eo t r h r e es M po a ti o .. . Mao ries h s w twh theiradm i ownrabl qualifiedadmirably p o n s._ for u --Auckland dent of the New Zealand _Examiner. TRIM DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITTIFIELD..—Meadow hay, £2 Oa to £4lss ; Clover, £3 lOs to £5 108 ; and straw, 8s to £1 16s Od per load. A slow trade for both hay and straw, at our quotations. CIIMBERLAND.--M.eal.ow hay, £2 Os to £4 15s; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 10s; and straw, £lBs to £1 16s per load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 15a; clover, £3 lOs low to e m £ 5 a n lOs d. ; and straw, £l. 8s to £1 1 6 s per load. A COLONIAL. TEA.—A moderate amount of business has been d one , and prices have been well maintained for all qualities. StTGAE..—The market has been dull, and in some i n .. stances prices have slightly given way. Refined descrip tions, however, have realised p revious values. COFFEE.—There has b ee n a brisk inquiry for good an d fine qualities, and quotations have tended upwards. RICE.—For the better descriptions of East India there has been a fair demand ; no material alteration, howe v er,ere can be reported in values. SALTEETIU3.--MaiiloBB h as been more active, and in most instances enhanced rates have been obtained, TALLow.—The market has remained dull; ever, o f shown little change of import prices, how the aPot are quoted 48s, and last th an "' P:f.C. on ree 48s per cwt. months' delivery COAL MARKET. (Prices of Coal per Tara at the close of the market Wads; End. Byass's Bebside West d. Hartley .. . .15 0 Wylam ........ 14 6 Holywell ............14 6 Tanfield Moor . ...... 12 0 Tanfield Moor Butes..l2 0 North Pelton ......... 12 0 West Hartl ey 15 0 Walker Primrose 11 0 Hastings Hartley • • • • 15 Catway and Duffryn Malting Do. Anthr a cite. .21 6 'd. Eden 14 . 9 Acorn Close.. Byron ....14 0 South Kelloe l6 6 Framwellgate l4 9 Cassop Whitworth.. Hetton .. l6 6 Peases West .....14 6 South Hetton l6 6 Heugh Ha 11.... 14 9 Hartlepool 15 9 South Hartlepool, 14 Haswell Keiper Grange.... ..16 0 Braddyll's He ..... 16 0 Walls End. Stewart's .. . l6 0 Ritson lielloe Ships at market 77 ; sold, 49. THE REVISED CODE--A writer in a contem porary says :—" The Government seems to have embarked without a chart on what proved a boundless sea of ex peEnBXe.C"ESSIVE CRUEL Ty...—. 41 f r ightful act of barbarity has just been committed at the village of Stan iker, in Hun gary. , A young girl, who w as struck with n aen tal aliena tion, t h h a e d v b i nz n d had from natural os u xob arisen , and the p eo p le, r efw sing to believe by way p ro of, o ver a brazier of fire, wad. uses, held her, severely of that oho exP ired ehortlY 4 - f terivez 4 burnt her so tes th• or, Ot CL 9 1281 84i 68} Share) stic 1 24 20,E 10 17i stock stockl stock stock 20 20 100 100 stock stock stock stock atocki stock all flOO 15 all 100 1 i 9 } 102} 1 4 i 121 I ~i'