The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-16 00:00:00

districts nd from taincd a ;erstein. former jority of state of 9 ions and several r. H. L. 'lace for it would o Gene cut, Mr• it opera ,hat Mr. h e nest orenoon, , d. duly ion of a the re e at the in the n Meyer Ikestone o bands, ;es were e drawn be was vas sur , conspi ntefi ore. rough, fficer for ipon the ttes. rer Aus lerson to port and C111)1COtty xon was country, firmly to haracter )enwich friends iat gen ction at lomons, -esident to the ien the n, Mr. Harry ever, to a resi- Aly, as 1 Mon- Flebone work- met his ;erview Mended state wen in fuller day of ere in- is were Lt, can ig dis appro- hn ex own to be con eld on market vas no change les was but all at full former at full tt fully lour. 940 )90 skg 70 blv Ls 4d; I to 4s hops, arish, ;gots ! y had sack. onshel ed on Dught V XX" 11101V2Y MARICET AND CITY NEIVS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There is very little alteration to report in the general appearance of the money market, the de mand being exceedingly quiet and supply abundant. Payments on account of calls, or loan instalments, create scarcely any influence, and the terms chaiged for discount accommodation were lower than for some years past. The introduction of the Indian Loan may for the moment stimulate the inquiry, but while trade continues quiet, and speculation is discouraged, no material rise in the quotations is anticipated. About £BO,OOO in Australian gold was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited little variation from those current on the previous post day, with the exception of Vienna and Trieste, which showed a slight advance. Tho course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is quoted 109, a rate which leaves scarcely any profit on shipment of specie to this country. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and prices were without material altera tion. The sales only amounted to 5,000 bales. In the Railway Share Market business was rather more active, and prices were firm. The public sales of East Indian indigo, which commenced on the Bth inst., closed yesterday after noon. The quantity declared for these auctions was 8,114 chests in the A, and 1,790 in the B cata -1°11;ae ; total, 9,004 chests. Kurpah descriptions , wore in good d eman d th roug h out t h e sa l e, b oth for the home trade and for export, and realised about the rates current at the last October sale. Dry leaf Madras advanced about 2d. per lb., while good qualities of Bengals and Oudes improved about 2d. to 4d. per lb. Of the quantity offered, viz,, 9,904 chests, 3,628 chests have been withdrawn, 2,424 bought in, and 3,852 were sold. The terms upon which the Venezuelan Govern ment propose to arrange their English debt, on Which no dividends have been paid for 12 or 14 years, are scarcely as satisfactory as could be de sired. Inasmuch, however, as they are ten dered with much apparent sympathy for the sufferings of the bondholders, and are as favourable as the exhausted state of the country's revenue will allow, it is probable that they will obtain a ready acceptance. It will be seen, by the Particulars annexed, that the Government propose to pay no more than 3 per cent, on the Active, an d 1 1 per cent. on the Deferred. A clause might be inserted, to the effect that a more liberal allowances hould be made, if, after the lapse of a few years, the finances of the Go vernment should be sufficiently recruited. Although alder provi s i on m i g h t h ave been expected, it be far better for all interested to secure Moderate terms, if rigidly observed, rather than a kern ample arrangement which the Government mi ght find itself unable to carry out. At the general meeting of the proprietors of the English, Scottish, and Australian Char tered Bank, held to-day, a dividend at the rate of £4 p 1. er cent, per annum was recomme n d e d. 1 lie net available balance of profit was £13,568 ld., which the directors appropriated for the 4 7 ° ve purpose, and also applied £5OO to the reduc- Lion of preliminary expenses, £l,OOO towards Bank promises, and £2,068 19s. ld. to the further increase (3 :„ f the re serve fund, which would then stand at 48,960 6s. 2d. There was some discussion, but it w as not important, and the report was adopted. t . In the E nglish Stock Market to-day the transae "ons have been rather limited, but the quotations iare tolerably steady, and notwithstanding the con tinned depression of the Paris Bourse, the specula 9tors for a fall operate very cautiously. Consols r tran s f er have been 951 1, and for Account also alt and the market has been without the least t erat ion worth recor di ng s i nce th e commence nt of business. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities are ~St e ady at and 96k. Long Annuities are acid"arked 11 ; Exchequer Bills are 335. to 36 5 . p rem ., the Bonds 1001 ; India Loan Debentures a re '4, and ditto Bonds 18s, prem. An average amount of business has been trans "ed in Foreign Securities, and prices in general e xhibit a slight downward tendency. Turkish 6 Per Cents, are 001 to 01; ditto New Loan, 791 to 4 831 ; and ditto Scrip, 2d issue, 6 t o 51 di scount ; 4 _ 141 °4 per Cents. have receded to 1021 ; M ex i can 1 20 1, ; Peruvian 3 per Cents. to 731 ; P or t uguese 4o "° 45 1 and 46 ; Russian 41 per Cents. to 99 ; and v enezuelan Deferred to 17. Danish 3 per Cents. are firm at 861 7 ; and Dutch 21 per Cents. are ste ady at 652-, The Austrian New Loan is a b ou t t° dis, The Rail way S hare Market has been moderately act ive, but on several of the principal lines a slight decline has t a k en place. Chester and Holyhead, great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Mid alld, and South -E astern have declined ss. ; Edin• ur gh, Perth, and Dundee, and North British, 10s.; a \v. nd Cal e d on i an, £1; Eastern Counties, South "tern, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and -`°l't h- Eastern (York), i m p rove d a b ou t s s . has the Foreign M ar k et a very li m i te d b us i ness been done.. Lombardo-Venetian Old Shares ,11,ave receded to 87,-, and the New Shares to 61 6t. amur and Lieg e b roug h t Si . The colonial li nes are a s h a d e f i rmer. East i an have a d vanced to 1021 1021, and Grand Trun k.., of Can a d a to 301 301. Great Indian Penin sula are steady, at 100 and 1001. tner e F or Joint -St oc k Bank and Miscellaneous Shares A has been on l y a li m i te d i nqu i ry. Bank of Lustralasia d ec li ned 10s.; Bank of Egypt, £1 ; 6 "don and Westminster, ss. ; and Oriental Bank _B. to 105. London 'a n d C oun ty i m p rove d 10 s ., :nd Peninsul ar an d Oriental Steam, 10s. Red Sea I ndia Telegraph brought about former rates. 3131111:rjSII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON 96 E 6 0 1 'C 6 L i OCK. 3 '-ent. Reduced Annuities 95 i i i i ister Cent. Consols Annuities Lon 3 Per Cent. Annuities 'l6 Annuities expire sth Jan., 1860 ll biiii ih dia ttosto3ojear ' s, expire sth Jan., 1860 l5-16 __tt Debenture s 9Bk 8 ..s.u!tto Bonds, £ l,OOO -1-htto under £l,OOO C onsols for Account 9 55f March June. 1? ..„Itchectuer Bills, £l,OOO, 2,d. & 11d.. 36 ,,,, 3 I uitto Small, 11d. . ... . ... °° Exchequer Bonds,.lBli9, .3i ......... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS A. T ONE O'CLOCK. ~.banish, 1825, 3 per Cent. ba n i sh, 3 per Cent. Pew Ditto Account vian 41 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent I,oDitto per 73} ell ! Niles°, 1853, 3 per Cent. ...bate 3 per Cent. •.... .Ditto Account • 451 6 nssian, 1 822, £ St., 5 per Cent Ditto 41 pe r Cent. 81 " al l an, 5 per Cent _ T ea,.„ eh 6 per Cent _ Ditto New Loan 801 79i i Ditto Acc unt , D itto 2d Loue 6 d JJ.,,i,tto Account .. 1 d 1 2/ x Ren e G uaranteed, 4 per Cent. Pzllela, per Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent l7 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2k per Cent 6sk Consols y TWO O'CLOCK. 95.1 Consols I , Mone # for Account On Tuesday next Mr. Slaney will move for leave t o introduce into the House of Commons a bill to facilitate grants of land to be made near populous places, for the use Of regulated recreation of adults, and as playgrounds for Door children. SUICIDE AT STEPNEY. —Yesterday morning a determined act of self-destruction was committed by - Mr. Thom as Braithwick Noble, aged 43 years, the proprietor of the Globe Ale Stores, Globe-road, Mil e - end. It app ear s tth hat the d e c ea s e d had a dru n k en quarrel with his wife on Previous night, when ho atte m pt e d to stab her, and rove her out of the house. Yesterday morning he hung 41 Mself by a rope in the cellar, and was found dead when l' tonie neighbo ur s came in. It seems that the deceased had nved unhappily with his wife for some time past, in cense telt° of jealousy, and he was subject to periodical a tt ac k s °- " cur ium. An inquest on the body will be held this day. LOVE I N A W ELL.— W e gave a f ew weeks ago °lir readers an account of a daring feat by a female in the v illage of Swaff ham Prior, named Martha Morgan, in des "Tiding a well to fetch up a pail. It seems her courageous C 3 n duct Won f or h er the attachment and attention of a brisk Widower close by, named William Ferrer, who took her for rbetter, for worse," at our church, on Saturday last, °b ing that it was her daring feat that stimulated him to T,64..ets oer w „ as ho sh ou l d then have a wife who could say more " 426 th Inge.P ives OWene, could in the hi s t or y o f their lives.—Cam- ORDINAI,Y SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways. 12.10 ; Amberg., Notting. Bose. I and Eastern Junction, 50 !I:Agfa:lt and Ballymena 13.11 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Stock; Birk., Lanc., and Chesh J Junction 25 Blackburn 25 lllyth and Tyne Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock 'Caledonian Stock :Chester and Holyhead 50 ;Cork and liandon 20 ,Cork, Blkrock,&Passage 20 Cornwall 10 JD°. A EA roves. no div. 10 Do. B until6p.c.per an. hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Illublin andßelfastJunc. 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc Stock , East Anglian Stock I Eastern Counties Stock Eastern Union A Stock Stock ; Do. do. 11 Stock! 25 I Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 25 ;East Kent Stock East Lancashire 20 [ East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg* and Glasgow StockiEdin.,Perth, & Dundee 10 'Forth & Clyde Junolon Stock; Furness Stock:Glasgow& South Westn 10 ;Great North of Scotland Stock Great Northern Stock! Do. do. A Stock Stock. Do. do. B Stock Stock ;Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Stock; G reat Western StockiDo.Str.VLltail Gua.Stk 12 lrish South Eastern 50 'Lancaster and Carlisle 161 ;Do. Thirds 1613 -PDo. New Thirds Stock; Lancashire & Yorkshire 16 Do. do. F £l6 9 I Do. do. £9 shares 3 Do. West Riding U n i on 20 'Do. Southport 11.6.3 London and Blackwall 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast Stock London & North Westn 12 Do. Eighths Stock;London& South-Westn 25 I L'derry & Coleraine 25 ; L'derry & Stock Man., She, & Lincoln 10 ;Metropolitan Stock; Midland S took iDo. Birming. & Derby 50 ;Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) 25 Do. Shares 100 iNeutastle and Carlisle 2.5 ;New., Aber., & Herefd 10 ;Newry & Armagh (def.) 20 'Newry, Warpt., & Ros StockiNorfolk 50 ;North. Counties Union Stock •North British Stock;Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dlt. Stk Stock IDo.A Stk.— Arec.no div 1 until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock 'North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S.Westn.,Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North- Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer 1 iSouth Devon ; South-Eastern South Wales ISouthYorks.&Riv.Dun I Do. do ;Staines, Wok., & Wek.. 'Stockton & Darlington. iDo. do. 1854 Do. do. 1855 ;Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale IDo. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 'Vale of Neath ;Waterford & Kilkenny ;Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London ;Do. Ist Class.... Do. 2d Class 61 6,1 8 9 85 48i SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) paid 1 Closing Business Price. Done. 66 68 31 33 .- 95 96 851 e6} 48i 49 41 51 9} 10 14 16i 62 63 45 47 29 31 13 15 95 97 71 72 29 29i 96 98 10 10i 1011 105; 88 90 137 139 1044 1051 50 57 56 57 84 88 12i p 11 9 124 p l 1 98 6 2 61 1081 1021 95-1 061 1 Id 921 93 38 39 11;11f 102; 76 78 12 13 (4 66 3/ i d 61i 62 91 d 1 1 4 481 78 79 iOl 103 4 44 d 13& 131 7 8 29 31 115 117 271 271 85 87 45 47 44 24 d 37 38 74 75 62 i Stock Stock Stock. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock. Stock Stock] Stock Stock, Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock 76 83 6 ig 3 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. 25 !Blythe and Tyne 1( per c. pref. (issued at 250) jStk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct Stock' 20 Do. do. do. Shares tock'Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct. e Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c 61 4 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun Stock E.Angn. Class A 7& spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock Do. do. N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. I Stock East Lane. 6 per ct 1 5 lE.& W. York. Jcn. fifths, Stock; Edin.&Glas. spc shares , Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc.; S tock Furness, 5 per cent , Stock,Glas.,US Weil'. ~ .r a. spc Stock 'G rent Northern, 5 p. ct Stock!Do. 5 pc ltedm.,lop.c.pm Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 I Do.sp.c. Redm..s pc. pm 10 'Gt. Nh. of Scotld, lst I Df Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 41 Stock ! p. ct. pref. Stock ; IGreat West. (Berks and; Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. . Do. Redeemable, 44 pet Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et , Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares, Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf ; shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref ! Do Birming. guar. stock' Do. Chester guar.sharesi Do. do. do I Do. do. do. I Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.ll IDo. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.& S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londoody.& Ennis i sh nan.,Sll., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. naryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent .. Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock 134 20 Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stoci Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Do. Mid-Con. 6.p. o. Stock Do. Con. Brie. &Bi 6 p.ei. n Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leis. do Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&e. pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. Of c. . c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. 5 p. Frei. do. 1847 Do. ay.liral.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, cu a. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dik.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 1 p. e. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. I. Do. do. Quarters, 1846. . Ho. York, H. ac S. Purch. North Staffordshire ,* Ox. Wr. Wol. 6 pc. fag . Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 44. p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 34 per e. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.o. Ist Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. Stockton and Dar. 5 p.a. Do. 6 per cent : Waterford dz Kilkenny, 6 per cent. all 1 100 100 100 100 100 all P. 4, 1 Closing Business Price. Done. 114 49 51 94 96 1103 105 6 6i 100 103 113 118 103 112 1115 117 114 116 132 134 81 83 75 76 113 115 120 122 111 113 107 108 64 66 !11 11} 92 94 85 E 7 86 88 99 101 10 10} 161 174 10 10 73 74 19 20 94 10 14 14t ,140 142 1120 122 j 163 168 122 124 68 - 70 1140 142 1 104 105 96 1 98 0i 10 111 12 9 10 111 113 98 99 i dis p id p 23 23i 121 123 111 113 99 101 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock stock) 10 11 244 25 103 105 103 105 14 17 1 29 30 83 34 48 51 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - all 100 100 . all . 100 Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val E. Lincol nsl re,g. 6p.c E Union,HarwichShs Do. Woodbridge •• Gls.Barr.&Nells,Drct.• Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rall Hull and Selby Ln& N.W Ln& N.W Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt. North. E.Counta. Do. Share; Do. Shares London&G reenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk Midsb.& Redcr, g.6p•c• Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 guaranteed 5 p. c. 3 Npo Do.o r . t dF h o n i x. SD 6e dp h e ' s a rp s ce t e n. rn Preston and Wyre. t j Do. Shares A. Roystn,Hitch.4 Shep Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6P. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somenet.. Wimbledon& Croycln. Caledonin Do. Gt. Week Yk.N.&."Er Yk.N.31(1. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co. Do. Norfolk Do LN W&M Stk.&Dar Midland . E.Counts. 98 100 104 106 17 19 142 144 4 4J 2f 11 981601 58 60 Do. Do. Do. L&N W 1 & L.Yk. Do. Gt. North. Lrn.& Yk Tjlarassoy M'Clean Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West. L.&Brgtn 1142 144 gi n 11 q 1 90 92 8 9 Railways. paid, Leasing I Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. 1111 113 65 67J 115 120 9 ° 92 Share Docks. Stock Commercial . _. .. . .... . 100 Stock Do 4 perC,ent.Preflitin. 100 .... Stock East and West India... 100 Stock London ................ 100 Stock St. Katharine .......... 100 Stock Southampton .......... 100 Stock Victoria ............... 1 100 101 ^ 103 co Do NOW O. ..... tI 18 ... DOCKS. Paid Closing Business Price. Done. 561 7 95 1 £ 61i 61 95 , 61 921 3 38 1 1021 77 611 i 931 4 all 100 34 100 100 100 100 100 1613 4 100 100 100 £3 Im, 174 all all 100 all all all 22i 7 161 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all 36 1 i THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16', 1859. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) JUDGMBNT.-ROTTON V. BARRON. His Honour the Master of the Rolls said—This is a sum mons taken out to vary the chief clerk's certificate. The plaintiffs who make the application here are the Commis sioners under the Charing Cross Improvement Act, and the defendants are the officers of the parish of St. Martin. The act requires that the parish shall be protected from the loss of rate assessments on old houses pulled down for the for mation of new streets or parish improvements, during the time occupied in rebuilding, and the surplus of the rates levied on the new houses shall, after deducting the rates payable on the old houses, be paid to the commissioners under the provisions of the 46th section of the act. The Chief Clerk, on taking an average account of rates for three years on the new houses, and deducting these Item the rates payable on the old houses, certified that there was no surplus balance payable to the commissioners. Take the rates from 21st July, 1855, to 21st July, 1856, to be £2,692 13s. 2d., and take the rates at 2s. Ild., if inadequate they might raise it Is. 3d., and that would give a rate of 35. 2d., and there would be a surplus to be applied to the commissioners for purposes under the act of £1,794 15s. 6d. On the other hand, take the average of three yearstumount of rates collected on the old houses, and the rates collected on the new houses during three years, ending 31st May, 1856, £2,448 2s. id., and taking the rate at 2s. 6d., it would be reduced to £1,883; it would be reduced above a third, and leave a deficiency of £BB. His Honour considered that the best criterion to ascertain the amount of rate of the parish was to take the amount of income-tax £25,325 minus is. 11d. to be deducted in respect of repairs; that would reduce it £2,305, and, deducting the old rates, there would be a surplus of £463 9s. Bd. to the commis sioners, instead of a deficiency of £BB as before stated. His Honour observed he had no power to compel the parish to adopt any state of assignment, but the plaintiff was at liberty to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench for a mandamus to compel the parish to make a fair and proper rate, and upon it to ascertain the amount due to the com missioners. His Honour considered under present circum stances the certificate of his chief clerk was right and must be confirmed. His Honour confirmed the certificate of his chief clerk with costs, with liberty to apply. Mr. ACKROYD supported the second reading of the bill. He said these marriages were very common amongst the working classes, who, satisfied that they were not for bidden by the law of God, had no scruple in contracting them, and were therefore, so long as the present law was unaltered, living in a state of what some might call eon cubinage. General THOMPSON said that as all his constituents wanted to marry the sisters of their deceased wives— (laughter)—he must say a few words in favour of the bill en their behalf. It was a fact that the community were in favour of it, and he could not understand how a man who saw his sister-in-law paying attention to her nephews and nieces, and supplying the place of their mother could pre vent entertaining for her those feelings which would induce him to make her his wife. (Hear, hear.) Mr. STEWART opposed the bill, and/condemned legis lating for this country without including Scotland. Sir G. LEWIS supported the second reading of the bill. When they looked to Protestant and Catholic countries they found that these marriages were permitted in some form or another. This law against marriage with a de ceased wife's sister was opposed to the feelings of the people tat large. He asked the house if it was to retain the present state of the law, when such was the case ? The present law, he repeated, did not exist in other countries at present, and did not exist in this country until 1835, and taking this into consideration, as well as the popular feeling that had been exhibited, and the extremely stringent and painful character of the law, he trusted the opposition would not be persisted in, and that the bill would not only be read a second time that day, but would shortly become the law of the land. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WALPOLE said that although in Prussia, which was a Protestant country, marriage with a deceased wife's sister was legalised, it was also lawful for an uncle to marry his niece, and were they prepared to go to the same extent ? When they were preparing to alter a law that so deeply affected the social state of all classes, they should bring forward the most satisfactory reasons for the change. If they pressed this bill they would have to make an altera tion in the law of divorce in the provisions, which related to incest ,• and he believed the effect of the change pro posed by This measure. After some further discussion the house divided. The numbers were— For the second reading Against it Majority -60 The bill was then read a second time. Baron M. ItontscHlLD took the oaths and his seat for Hytho. The house then adjourned. DISCOVERY OF II UMAN REMAINS. An interesting discovery was last week made on the estate of Sir George Ha m p son , a t Th urn h am . While some men were engaged in levelling what appeared to be a chalk mound in a field almost on the brow of Thurnham-hill, after digging through the chalk to the depth of between two and three feet, they came to the natural soil, and on going about a foot and a half lower they f oun d th e re mains of a number of human b e in gs lyi ng i n a c i rc l e , in regular order round the mound, with their heads pointing to the centre, and the feet of others meet ing the heads of those placed in the outside row. The remains of a horse were also found lying with them, but there were no relics of any description to indicate to what people of a bygone age they belonged. The bones were in a remarkable state of preservation, considering the length of time the bodies must needs have been deposited there,—certainly not later than the earlier period of the Saxon invasion, 1,500 years ago,—the perfect sheletons being traced as .they lay in the soil, but not admitting of removal in that state. One of the skulls has been placed in the Maid stone Museum. The mound was of considerable size, and the chalk at the top had evidently been shot on to the earth. The remains of seven bodies were found in the space of about three rods, and by far the greater portion of the mound still remains un disturbed.i This place of ancient sepulture s situate but a short distance below the ruins o f the ancient fortification known as Godard 's Castle, from its having, as some authorities tell us, been built by Godardus, a Saxon ; but from the urns found in this locality, and other evidence there can be no doubt that the Romans had a station there, of which it is i highly probable that Godard's Castle s a relic, though it may have been afterwards used and re paired by the Saxons. Some even suppose tha t i t was a British military position before the landing of Ctesar — a conjecture which is by no means in,- probable, from its advantageous site for observing the extensive valley below, and the important stretch of surrounding country which it commands. ---South-Eastern Gazette. FATAL ACCIDENT IN DUBLIN BAY.--43etween three and four o'clock on Monday four men, named. Pat M‘Loughlin, Matthew Shannon, Geo. Shannon, and Ilenry Shannon, proceeded in a small boat down the Bay of Dublin. for the purpose of boarding a vessel expected to arrive by the up-tide. After passing the Poolbeg, Light a heavy firstthe boat narn upset, e fiwhiac thovepefished. The tw o o th ers when, we regret to say, c lung to the boat and oars, and were picked 'up by a tug s t eam er coming towards the river. Strangely enough o ne of the men rescued was on e of the most helpless of the t s h qu e all two struck men ek cre w, having a wooden leg. The bodies of the two drowned men have not been yetiound,—Freeman's burnal; IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. . HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY). The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed : Berks and Hants Extension Railway, Mid-Kent Rail way, Witney Railway (No. 2), Malden and Sheen Valley Drainage, Wells and rakenham R a il wa y. Mr. C. FORSTER moved the following, which were agreed to :—That the order for the second reading of the Atlantic Telegraph Company Bill be read. and discharged. That the bill be withdrawn. Th a t l eave be given to bring in a bill to alter and amend the Acts relating to the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and to enable the company to raise additional capital; and for other purposes." That Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. Samuel Gurney do prepare and bring in the bill. PETITIONS. Mr. SPOONER pre s ented a petition from the inhab tants of Brompton, setting forth that they viewed with great apprehension the spread of popery. in England, and the dissemmination of the " Garden of the Soul" in the arm Mr. y . DENNISON presented a petition praying for the repeal of the duty on paper. Mr. W. 'WILLIAMS presented five petitions to the same effect. TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) BILL. Sir R. FERGUSON moved the second reading of this bill, and said he proposed that it should bo referred to a select committee. After a few words from Sir D. Norres, Col. French, Mr. Mr. M'Mahon, and other hon. membeis, This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be corn. mitted this day four weeks. MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL. Lord BURY, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that though he was prepared to answer any objection on the part :of the hon. member. (Mr. B. Hope) who had an amendment on the paper, '.'he believed he would be consulting the feelings of the house if 'he abstained from any observations at present. He would, therefore, merely at the present moment move that the bill should be read a second time. Mr. A. A.B. HOPE said ho had to complain of the per dnacity with which the noble lord had pressed forward this measure. The noble lord had given no reasons for his sup 7 port of the bill, and merely acted on the principle, sic vole sic jubio. It was most improper that a measure like the present, which so seriously affected the social con dition of the community, should be only placed in their hands that morning, and therefore they were called on to decide on its principle with undue haste. He denied that there had been an adequate demonstration on the part of the people in any part of this country, as shown by peti tions, to justify the introduction of,this bill. He contended that the preponderance of feeling in the country was against the bill. (No, no.) As long as gentlemen cried " No, no," he would cry " Yes, yes." (Laughter.) He repeated that if the community were fully canvassed, his assertion would be found to be correct, and he must strongly denounce the attempt made by the supporters of this bill to bring the brand of discord into the heart of the social circle; to change the sacred and tender feelings of the sister towards her brother-in-law, and to make her shrink - 11.am the most innocent attentions on his part. Its effect, also,. on the interests of her nephews and-nieces would be most injurious, and they could no longer look forw t ard with sincerity to her protection and affection as to that 9f a second mother. If they admitted that it should be legal for a man to marry his sister-in-law, they would inevitably come to the rendering legal marriage with a niece, which was the case in those countries on the continent when the former was sanctioned by law. "No, no.") He did not propose to deal with the religious pkrt of the question, be cause the arguments which he had- brought forward last year had not' been answered ; and he heard one gentleman state that a charity girl would confute a bench of bishops on the religious part of the subject. He concluded by moving that the bill be read a second time -that day six months. ' Mr. BALL, in supporting the second reading of the bill, said he had heard nothing from the hon. member (Mr. Ho ,w) to induce him to change his opinion on this question, and he could not see how what was considered to be cor rect in 1835, should 'iot be regarded as- just and proper in 1859. (Hear, hear.) He had not so much acquaintance with religious societies as the hon." member, but he was connected with several of them . , and they were in favour of the measure. Moreover, they had the fact that there were petitions presented from no less than 750 clergymen of the metropolis, who, he believed, formed the majority of the clergy in London. So far from being productive of the evils predicted by the honourable :member for Maidstone, they would have directly the contrary effect. Sir F. BUXTON expressed his surprise that the hon. member should have asserted that there was not a strong popular feeling in the country, when they considered the petitions presented on the subject, and the opinion of the majority of the press throughout the country, which strongly advocated the legalising of the marriages in ques tion. If these marriages were not opposed to the Word of God, why should they not be legalised by the law of man ? In fact, it was most desirable that they should decide on this question without furth er d e l ay, an d b y th at means terminate the suspense which at present prevailed in the minds of the community, so long as the matter was unde cided. It had been contended that these marriages were opposed to the book of Leviticus ; but was it not a fact that the Jews, who were the best interpreters of the text of the Old Testament permitted these marriages from the very com mencement. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. DRUMMOND said it was a strong proof of the ' progress of liberty that within the space of one week a bill was introduced to sanction incest and another to sanction sacrilege. (Laughter.) He deniedthat it had been proved to the satisfaction of any reasoning mindthat the marriages proposed by this bill were not directly opposed to the Word of God. (Cries of "Oh, oh.") When the papers sane tioned incest they did so for some interested motive, - but they had no such plea for the act they proposed to commit. It was against the law of God to form these marriages, and the word of man could not set aside that of. God. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Sharp Railways. 100 18 18 [Atlantic & St Lawrence' Leased at 6 per cent..! Bom.,Baroda&Cent.ind gn. 5 per cent o. Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. BI Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 16 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 187^ Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874, Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim., Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.),' Cape Town & Dock S cr ip' Central Oude (Limiteu) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara !Eastern Beng,al.gu.sp.c 'East Indian, U. sp. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.4.1 p.c. _lids. pay. '59 Geelong& Mel.gtia.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt.S.of Ind Lim.—Scrip ' guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with slit. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'l3 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4, p. c. Exter sion. • Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do iNorthof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde ,Do. 1:1 I Do. New te 8, I Do. Punjaub I Do. Indus. St. Flo. bt:,"' St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 201 204 100 100 190 Stock! Sto. i Stock, 100 100 20 20i 20, 100 1 100 100 100 S took Closing i Business 'Pa i d* Price. Done. all 9 all 78 79 4 id' 17 d Id 161 1100 85 90 82 86 80 84 #d par 100 100 1. 3.0. 2s. 6d. 2 all 5 100 all all ) 100 1 00 all 100 rill I IP 1 2e. 102 i Icl 1024 ) pll all all all all all I tpl ) 111 19 20 1021 1 30 31 71 73 89 91 991 100i' I d p arl 301 1 151 16 4 41 cl 101 106 104 106 102 104 98 100 11 184 19 20 18 19 f rd 1 d - -d - --d'. 20 1 p 21 d fp 1 1(1 1004 100 id FOREIGN. Closing I Business Share Railways. I Paid. Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 4; 54 20 Ardennes all —P. 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7».c 3 a 1 d 5 Belgian East. Junction all 2 20 Beziers to Graissessac. all 7 8 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 1 24 20 Dutch Rhenish 6 !Eastern of France 20 !Euphrates Valley 2z. P 20 ;Great Central of France all 20 'Gt. Luxem., Con. she an 6 1 6 1 10 Italian Junction 8 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Te-nhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian 8 4 1p 8; 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf all 20 Lyons and Geneva 33} Maria Antonia all 20 Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all £1 8/ 81 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 19/ 20A 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 94 20 Ottoman, g - u a. 6 per cent 7 4 211 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 33 332 20 Paris and Orleans all 52 53 20 ( Recife& S. Fran. (Pero.)) ad 9 gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunabur; 4 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse all _6} 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 84 West Flanders all 10 Do. 51 p. c. Prefererce 20 W. & N.W. of France all 23 24 20 Western of Austria 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all BRITISH MINES. Share' Mines. Paid I Closing ' Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 61 74 20 j ritish Iron ~ l5 24 34 ondurrow (Carr borne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tevist.). 1 465 475 East Bassett (1110 - ,an). 30 185 195 Great South Tolgus 174 12 13 G.Wheal Alfd.(Philla -,) 11.18.8 24 34 G. WI al Vor(Helston) 94 1 t Lady Bert'ia North Frances (Illogan) 84 6 7 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 24 34 N.Wh'l rasset (Illogan) nil. 64 74 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 ,16 17 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 ! Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 64 44 1 * SoutliCaradon (St.Cleer) 24 460 - iSor h C.'Brea( Illogan). 2 24 24 IS IV heal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9220 230 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Wning Co 44 11 14 10 Tin Croft 9 34 4 Unitednrnes(Gwennspl 40 - Vale of Towel (Carm , 128 6d West B: suet 20 22 W. Ca, . don (Liskeard). 20 65 70 Wheal Basset (Mogan). 54 215 225 Wheal Buller (Redeuth) 5 115 125 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 54 24 24 Whea! Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 11 12 WWI Mary Ann (Meuhe) 8 47 49 47 Wh'l Trclawney (Lisk.) 44 131 33 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim los par p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 27 1 2 14 20 IDo.St.Johr delßey,Lim l5 10 12 5 'Do.Land ardMiningCo 1 all 14 24 1 Clarendon Consols Min- , ing Co. of Jamaica 1 d 40 Cobra Copper all 38 40 Cop , po l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.o all 2 Po -iuna 20 General all 194 201 3 Linares I all 81 9. 5 Lusitanian 1 Mr 7iqrla , all 1 New Granada all 1 N.Rhir eCop.o" S.A us.L 10 1 p 14 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 44 5 5 Port Philip 1 30 iSantiago de Cuba l6l 1 1 28.241 lUnited Mexican , all 1 24 34 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Paid. C i l , o r s ice in s g . B D us o i n n e e . ss Share Securities. • Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 1134 1144 1132 144 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Ang. 100 1114 1124 Do. 6 p.c.3lr. k Sep. 100 111 116 • 1154 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 100 111 112 Do. 6 p.c. Ap. 8., Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1004 1014 1014 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 111 112 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 1 110 111 Vict'Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 1107 109 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Sharel Joint-Stock Banks. !Paid. C l. o r 7 ce in . g I Brote.ess Agra&UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of India, are City Colonial Com. Bank of Canrda Commercial of London Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. Prov. of Engler d Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank.... Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London's 90 92 26 26 91 241 1 56 58 2 I'l 61 63 20.11 loi 17 21i 22 47 49 39 40 20 204 65 67 19i 180 MISCELLAN EOUS. Miscellaneous. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works . . Do New, issued at ."5 dis British American L: - ..nd Brit. & Irish Mag. Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C Canada Land Chan. I elands Tel.(Lim ) Cop. Min.otEng. & Smltg Do. Preference 74 per et Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ. &Arn. Stm.(Lim ) Gl. Iron ScrewCol.(Lim Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.G en. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.c.Pref.,i s R. at idle N. tr. &NovaS cotiaL and N.B.Australasian (Lim.) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Ups. Can VIA Diemen I laud _•• all all all 15s. all all all all all all a Sli pawl Closing laugneudono Price. 12 13 n 5 22,5 33 84 I 21 31 39 41 19 21 13 15 113 115 9 10 24 25 3 11 102 105 1 14 I 11 1i It di 6 14 i 4 d 1 2 1 1i 15 18 i 1 1 }2is par 64 85 13 14 1 d 25_ 26 7* 71 120 1 - 32 i 35 37 I 8 31 SHERIFFS' COURT. MEDICAL MEN AND DIPLOMAS.-STREET V. ANDERSON. The plaintiff is a surgeon and physician, and sought to recover the amount of his bill for attendance upon defendant's daughter. His Honour—Aro you a qualified practitioner ? Plaintiff—Yes. His Honour—And hare you a diploma ? Plaintiff—Yes. • His Honour—Have you it with you? Plaintiff—No. His Honour—You should always have it with you The diploma is granted as much for your protection as for the detection of unqualified practitioners, ,charlatans, and quacks. Since the passing of the new Act, no qualified practitioner should set foot in a court without his diplonia. Plaintiff said the new officers had not registered the dip plomas just yet, butthey would be out very soon, and that registration would answer every purpose. Plaintiff then proved hie case. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(TRIS DAY. THAMES. APPLICATION FOR A pROTXCTION OnnEn.--Mrs. Franks, a respectable and lady-like wonian, the wife of Nicholas Franks, a mariner, applied to the Hon. G. C. Norton for an order of protection to secure her property and business from the rapacity of her husband, who deserted her three years ago. The applicant carries on the business of a tobacconist and cigar dealer, at No. 190, Ratcliff-highway, and by her in dustry and frugal habits has managed to amass a little pro perty, and to maintain herself and her two sons in a com fortable manner. Her husband was an Italian, and before he deserted her behaved in a very brutal manner towards her. He was once fined in that court for an assault, and was guilty of many irregularities. He squandered her earnings, and suddenly left her. Before he did so he said he Would return and remain with her as long as she had a penny, and would then desert her again. She believed he emigrated to Australia, and she had not heard of him since. Mr. Norton immediately granted the required order, and it was made out by Mr. Weddle, the second usher, and de livered to Mrs. Franks. EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION.—An elderly woman, named Susan Mason, of Bedford-row, Maidstone, Kent, accompanied by Mr. James Johnson, the proprietor of an exhibition Called the Eastern Saloon, opposite Limehouse Church, came before the Hon. G. C. Norton, and stated that a month ago a woman, Catherine Walker, of Hanover street, Rotherhithe, applied to Mr. Yardley for the restora tion of her son, who, she said, was 15 years of age, and was stolen from her when he was four and a half years of age , and sold to Johnson for 30 s . Th e b o y was delivered tc; Mrs. Walker on a subsequent day, and was still with her. Mrs. Mason now declared that Mrs. Walker was an im postor, for that the boy was her grandson. Mr. Norton—Who were his parents ? Mrs. Mason—James and Charlotte Brethorton ; and he was born in Canterbury. Brotherton was a basket-maker. and married my daughter, who is now dead. Mr. Johnson said the boy was regularly articled to him by his mother when he was five years old. Mr. Norton said that Mrs. Walker and the boy were now living in Rotherhithe, and referred the applicants to the Ureenwich Police-court. DICKSON v. THE EARL OF WILTON. TO THE EDITOR Or THE SUN. SIR, —There is a mistake in your report of my evidence on this trial, which' perhaps you will be kind enough to allow me to correct. I allude to the following statement :—" He also gave evidence with respect to some shakoes that had been obtained from Messrs. Isaacs, for which Colonel Dickson had received payment from the Wellington Fund, but which the Messrs. Isaacs had not been paid." I beg to say that this is a subject on which I am entirely ignorant, and did not in any way refer to during my evidence.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, H. J. WALLACK, Capt., 2d Tower Hamlets Militia, Late Capt. 77th Regt. Feb. 16, 1859. LIBEL.—LORD ERNE V. PORTER.—An action for libel, in which the Earl of Erne was plaintiff and Mr. John G. V. Porter defendant, was brought to a close on Tuesday, when the jury found for his lordship a verdict of £3OO. The libel was contained in a pamphlet written by the defendant, in which he charged Lord Erne—as a direc tor of the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway—with corrupt conduct and general neglect of the interests of the pro prietary. On the part of the defendant it was urged that his commentaries upon the conduct of the plaintiff were not dictated by malice, and he disclaimed the imputations of corruption in his animadversions upon his lordship. The trial lasted three days in the Common Pleas. TREASURY APPOINTMENTS.—The following is a copy " of any Treasury minutes in relation to the appoint ment of a successor to the late Assistant-Secretary of the Treasury, and other arrangements with regard to the per manent offices of the department consequent thereon" : " Treasury Minute, dated 21st January, 1859.—My Lords are pleased to appoint George Alexander Hamilton, Esq., to be Assistant-Secretary to this Board, in the room of Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, resigned. Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, Bart., is called in, and takes his seat as one of the Joint-Secretaries of the Board. Let the usual commu nications be made to the Postmaster-General, and to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England." THE BANK OP ENGLAND.—£I,OOO,OOO is returned as the amount of stock, &c., bought by the Bank of Eng land, or on which any sums wer e a d vance d f or t h e pu bli c service by the Bank, in the year ended the 6th of January, 1859, and it still remains undischarged. The following is the amount of the dividends due and not demanded, which consequently remained in the coffers of the Bank in each quarter of last year—viz. :--On the 6th of April, 1858, £212,437; on the sth of July, £97,435; on the 10th of October, £98,433 ; and on the sth of January, 1859, £143,923. PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.121 per sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4241 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.41 137 £1 sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex change is about at par; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rate leaves scarcely any profit on the importation of gold from the United States. THE BURNOPFIELD MURDER. NEWCASTLE, Monday Night.—We have received the following from our Newcastle correspondent :—" It is understood that a man, at present under sentence of four years penal servitude in Portland Prison, has confessed to having shot poor Mr. Stirling, the young surgeon, whose distressing death at Burnopfield, near this town, caused such a sensation three years ago. The Home Secretary has sent the statement of the person who declares he committed the deed to the mayor of this borough. This is the second time within a very short period that a person has confessed he was Mr. Stirling's murderer. It is hoped that every exertion will be used to sift the present statement to its foundation, no less in the interest of the public than of the two men, Rayne and Cain, who so nearly died for the crime. It is the con viction of a large number, who know these men well, that they are innocent, and certainly their conduct since the trial strengthens that impression. Rayne follows his usual trade of a smith at Winlaton, and conducts himself with great propriety. Cain has abandoned the business of smuggling, and has the charge of a gentleman's garden in Blaydon. He has held this situation ever since his acquital at the Durham Assizes in 1856, and by his industry, sobriety, and uniform good conduct, has won the respect of his neighbours and the full confidence of his employer. Both these men, it is said, will willingly lend any assist ance in their power in furthering the investigations of the magistrates and police." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER,.—TUESDAY. Business to-day bore more of a cheering aspect than it had for several days previous, the attendance at the rooms being good, and many horses' names for different events in troduced. Actual transactions, however, were not plenti ful, nor characterised by any N ery heavy outlaying of money. For the Liverpool Steeplechase Jealousy was firm at any advance upon 11 to 1. The Brewer was friendless at 12 to 1. Weathercock would have been supported at 100 to 7. Our quotations in other respects for this event are made up from offers. For the Chester Cup 100 to 6 was taken several times about Drogheda, 1000 to 40 was taken about Herne, and 500 to 15 about Polestar. The arrival of Gorse hill at Mr. John Scott's stable has not made him more popular in the market than he was, less than 66 to 1 b e i ng refused about him. Lord of the Manor was a little in de mand at 100 to 7 for the Two Thousand. In other respects the following list of prices will suffice : LINCOLN HANDICAP. 12 to 1 agst Englit Rose (taken) LINCOLN STEEPLECHASE. Bto 1 agst Escape (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 11 to 1 agst Jealvsy (take 12 to 1) 12 to 1 agst The Brewer (offered) 100 to 8 agst Weathercock (take 100 to 7) 100 to 6 agst Little Charley (offered) 100 to 6 agst Jean du Quesno (offered) 100 to 6 agst Miss Harkaway (offered) 20 to 1 agst Ghika (offered) 25 to 1 agst Escape (offered) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Little Agnes (take 12 to 1) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Drogheda (taken) 100 to 3 agst Polestar (taken) 2.5 to 1 agst Herne (taken) 45 to 1 agst Simpleton (taken) 50 to 1 agst Harraton (offered) 50 to 1 agst Raspberry (offered) 50 to 1 agst Wilton (offered) 66 to 1 agst Gorsehill (taken) 66 to 1 agst Broadbrirn (offered) 100 to 1 agst Bevis (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 100 to 7 agst Lord of the Manor (taken) DERBY. 100 to 6 agst Electric (offered) FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S_ OFFICE, FEB. 12. Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty will hold Levees at St. James's Palace on the following days, at two o'clock: Wednesday, the 23d instant. Wednesday, the 2d of March next. REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED_WITH REGARD TO THE QUEEN'S LEVEES AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE. By her Majesty's command,—The noblemen and gen tlemen who propose to attend her Majesty's Levees, at St. James's Palace, are requested to bring with them two large cards, with their names clearly written thereon, ono to be left with the Queen's Page in attendance in the corridor, and the other to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, who will announce the name to the Queen. PRESENTATIONS. Any nobleman or gentleman who proposes to be pre sented to the Queen must leave at the Lord Chamberlain's Office, before twelve o'clock, two clear days before tho Levee, a card with his name written thereon, and with the name of the Nobleman or Gentleman by whom he is to be presented. In order to 'carry out the existing re gulation that no presentation can be made at a Levee excepting by a person actually attending that levee, it is also necessary that a letter from the nobleman or gentleman who is to make the presentation, statingit to be his intention to be present, should accompany the pre sentation card above referred to, which will be submitted to the Queen for her Majesty's approbation. It is her Majesty's command, that no presentations shall be made at the levees, except in accordance with the above regulations. It is particularly requested that in every case the names be very distinctly written upon the cards to be delivered to the Lord Chamberlain, in order that there may be no diffi culty in announcing them to the Queen. The State apartments will not be open for the reception of company coming to court until half-past one o'clock. ADDRESSES. The same regulations apply to the presentation of Addresses or Petitions. A card containing a statement of the object of the ad dresses or petitions, with the names of the persons who are to present them, must be sent to the Lord Chamberlain's Office two clear days before the Levee. Two other cards, containing similar information,• are to be taken to the Levee, one to be delivered to the Queen's Page in attendance in the corridor, and the other to the Lord Chamberlain, who will read its contents to the Queen. On these occasions no other statement is to be addressed to her Majesty. A Deputation to present an Address is not to exceed four persons. The members of a Deputation, who have not previously attended Court, must be presented to the Queen. DE LA WARR, Lord Chamberlain. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 14. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. College of the Holy Trinity of Dublin—The Right Hon. James Whiteside, her Majesty's Attorney-General for Ire land, in the room of George Alexander Hamilton, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Northstead. Town of Galway.—John Orrell Lever, Esq., in the room of A. O'Flaherty, Esq., -whose election has been declared void. University of Oxford.—The Right Hon. W. E. Glad stone, of Christchurch, M.A., having accepted the office of Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. WAR-pFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 15. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Edmund Thomas Palmer, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon; Robert Farquharson, M.D , to be Assistant-Surgeon. 4th Regiment of Foot—Major William Wilby to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase • Captain and Brevet-Major Dominic J. Gamble, to be Major, without purchase, vice Wilby; Lieutenant Henry Budgen Manic to be Captain without purchase, vice Gamble ; Ensign William John Holt to be Lieutenant, withou chase, vice Budgen Maule. BREVET. Second Captain Arthur A'Court Fisher, of the Royal Engineers, to be Major in the army. Second Captain and Adjutant George Montagu Stopford, of the Royal Engineers, to be Major in the Army. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. 2nd Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Capt. Spence Derington Turner, half-pay Bengal Army, to be Captain, vice J. W. Fredericka, resigned ; Henry John Gresawell Harrison Gent., to be Ensign, vice Edgar Gardner, pro moted. _ _ King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia—George Alexander Warburton, Esq., to be Cap tain, vice Harris, retired. Royal Wilts Militia.—Edmund G. Benson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Davies, promoted. BANKRUPTS. William Tibbs, parchment manufacturer, Ketton, Rut landshire, to surrender, Feb. 25, at two, and March 25, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Goodman, leather merchant, Birmingham, Feb. 28, and March 18, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. John Knott, draper, Maidstone, March 1, at half-past one, and March 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Judah Costa and Charles Davis, foreign importers, Min o- Feb. 28, at eleven, and March 30, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Fowler, grocer, Bradford, March 3 and 25, at eleven, at the I.4peds District Court. James Windsor Slegg, builder, North-street, Stroud, Feb. 28, at twelve, and March 30, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Thomas Rattrap, ironmonger, Bedford-place, Commer cial-road-East, Feb. 22, at twelve, and March 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Thomas Alexander, watchmaker, Castle -Douglas. Bather, Mills, and Co., commission merchants, Glasgow. Robert Freir and Sons, woollen manufacturers, Gala shiels. Archibald Rough, sen., upholsterer, Edinburgh. COURSE OF - EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAT. Amsterdam Ditto 3Vonths. 11 171 11 18 R ot t er d am — 11 171 11 18 Antwerp Brussels — 25 30 25 35 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles ..... . Frankfort on Maine — 1181 118 3 Vienna .........• .• 10 65 10 .A Trieste Petersburgh — 35 351 Madrid Cadiz — 491 49 L e ghorn — 29 70 Genoa — 25 50 29 75 Naples Palermo l2l 121 41 1211 52 i 121 62} 52 53:1 Messina — Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — • • E.I. Co's Ms. lac use bin. 60d Calcutta, Co.'s rupee Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 24 East India Company's Bills drawn, from the 24th ult. t. the Bth inst. Bengal... Madras Bombay £0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 £0 0 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. 13 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) 29 0 5 a AMERICAN " SPIRITUALISM."—The .73ostoa Tra veller has the following mysterious statement :—" We re • gret to hear that a gentleman of this city, of distinguished literary and scientific attainments, one who bears a vene rated name, and whose genius and scien ce have given an important improvement to the cities of the United States, has been so far bewildered in the mazes of spiritualism as to believe that he is wrongly mated with an amiable and de voted wife, and has found his spiritual affinity with another young lady. As we have been informed, the wife, though heartbroken by the d eve lopment, and having one child, has assented to the request of ber husband for a separation, and he has gone to Indiana to procure a divorce, in order that he may marry . his new affinity . , who we believe is, like his wife, a lady of Intelligence, aaaability, and irreproach able in character." THE LATE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE IN WHITECRAP_EL. Yesterday afternoon Mr. William Baker, the coroner for East Middlesex, opened an inquest in the London Hospital, on the bodies of Charlotte Low, aged 33, and Emily Williams. aged 15, the two persons who lost their lives in the fire which occurred in the premises, 57, High-street, White chapel, some particulars of which appeared in this journal ou Monday last. The coroner and jury having viewed the bodies, the following evidence was adduced : Charles Palmer said that he was an assistant to Mr. Walton. The eldest deceased was his master', housekeeper ; the youngest was a servant in the employ of Mr. Walton, who had been a grocer in the same house for 25 years. He went to bed at twelve o'clock at night, having previously seen Mr. Pickney turn the gas off. Mr. Abbott, who was injured by the fire, bad the management of the premises. Mr. Walton was away at the time. His master was insured, ho believed, for £1,200, but he considered that sum mould not pay the loss. There were six persons besides the deceased sleep ing in the house, who were rescued by the fire escape. They made for the front window, and three were taken down the escape from the first floor and three from the third floor windows. The conductor of the Royal Society's escape, after ascending his machine twice, and saving six persons, went athird time to the back of the house, and reached the trap door, but then the room was in flames. The de= ceased persons were the first to give the alarm by knocking at the third floor, and they must have returned back again to dress, as they were found partially clothed. Mr. Abbott tried all he could to get to the females, but the fire was raging so fearfully that be was unable to do so, and he in consequence called out to them to run to the trap door. He could not form any opinion as to the origin of the fire. icir. John Comley, surgeon, of High-street, Whitechapel, said that he `sip ; present when the bodies were found. Both. _pergons„-_died from the effects of burns and suffoesifton;' , Samuel Wood said thikt" he Was a conductor to the Royal Society for the protection of Life from Fire. On Saturday morning laTst a police officer called out, saying, " Sam, bring your escape, for here is a fire." He went immediately with his machine, and rescued six persons. He next tried to get to the room in which the deceased were, but the fire was coming out like jets of gas. He tried to open the door, when it fell upon him, and he was obliged to crawl on his hands and knees and get down the ladder of his escape, head foremost, the upper part of the machine being on fire at the same The learned coroner summed up at great length, )ointing out as he proceeded the different points searing upon the case. The jury, after consulting, returned a verdict that the deceased were cacidentally burnt to death in the fire, but how the fire was occasioned there was no evidence to prove ; ilnd added, that the greatest praise was due to Sam el Wood, the Royal Society's co n d uc t or , f or hi s extraordinary exertions rendered upon the melancholy occasion. A subscription has been already set on foot by the inhabitants for-the conductor. SHOCKING DEATH OF AN AGED AND DESTITUTE FEMALE. Yesterday an inquiry, which lasted some consi derable time, took place in the Board-room of St. Luke's Workhouse, King's-road, ChelEea, before Mr. Wakley, coroner for West Middlesex, touching the death of Elizabeth M'Carty, aged 67, a destitute creature, who died from the alleged neglect of the authorities of the above workhouse. The evidence was of a very voluminous nature; but the brief facts of the case are as follows : From the evidence of Police-constable Murphy, 99 B, it appeared that about two o'clock on Friday morning, the 28th ult., he found deceased lying against some rails in Chelsea New Bridge-road, and, in answer to questions put to her, she stated she was homeless and destitute. He then took her to the workhouse, where she was admitted, being in a very exhausted condition. Deceased was not at all intoxicated, but evidently suffering from illness. Joseph Lamb, the night porter, said he received the deceased, and showed her to a room in which was a bed, and then left her, and in the morning, about nine o'clock, on going into the room I saw she had not been in bed. By the Coroner—When brought in she was not intoxicated, but seemed exhausted. She was left alone in the room. By the Jury—The deceased had no refresbment offered her, and there was no fire in the roomwhere she was left. The coroner and jury both expressed their great surprise that no kind of help or nourishment was offered to the deceased when admitted, as it had been shown that she was in an exhausted condition. Mrs. Humphries (the nurse) said she saw de ceased in the morning, and offered her the break fast allowed to the casual paupers, consisting of half a pint of gruel and a slice of bread, but deceased was unable to take it, and at the same time com plained of faintness and sickness. Timothy Wells, the gate porter, stated that the deceased left the house about half-past 12. o'clock on Friday, and she said Mr. Tubbs, the relieving officer, had refused to give her an "order for relief," and on a second application to the master he refused to admit her, in consequence of Mr. Tubbs having refused to give her an order. _ _ . David It - ow, an inmate, said deceased waited in the house from half-past nine until half-past 12 o'clock, having made an application for an order to Mr. Tubbs. Mr. Tubbs here explained that he was busy at the time giving out the " relief bread," and there fore could not attend to the deceased, and on inquiring for her after that duty was over found she had left. The jury considered that in the condition the de ceased was she ought to have been attended to im mediately. Mr. Dickenson, surgeon to the workhouse, said deceased was in a dying state when admitted, and stimulants were given, but she expired. From a post-mortem examination he had found that death resulted from laceration of the brain, producing extravasation, caused perhaps from a fall. The coroner having summed up, remarking upon the melancholy nature of the case, the jury after a long deliberation, returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony, but added that great neglect had been shown by Mr. Tubbs, the relieving officer, and they hoped in future more caution would be used in the case of casual paupers. The inquiry then terminated. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 16.—Wind this day at noon W. ; light airs and cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 15.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Zo diac, from Mauritius, for Falmouth ; Enterprise, from Sierra Leone. — HOLYHEAD, Feb. 15.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Dol phin, from Liverpool, for Hong Kong; Royal Arch, from „London, for Bombay. NEWPORT, Feb. 15. —Wind W.N.W., a gale.—Arrived —Doncaster, from Onega. Sailed—Palmyra, for New York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind W. Arrived—Clemente, and La Poule, from Cherbourg; Thomas Powell, steamer, from Cardiff; Ann, from Tagan rog ; Georges, from Cherbourg. Sailed—lsabella Croll, steamer, for Cardiff; Ceres, steamer, for London. .LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind W. Arrived —Eleanor Thompson, from Valparaiso; Reso Lution, from Surinam ; Annie Lawson, from Malta. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELTORAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind, W. ; tide, half flood • weather line. Arrived, Feb. 15—Faugh!a-Ballagh, from Rouen ; Osprey, from Seville • P erseveranc e, from Medemblik. Arrived, Feb. 16—Rio 2 Plata, from Zalcahnano ; Rail way, from St. Michael's. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind, W. ; fresh. Arrived and anchored—St. John, for Cardiff; Franklyn, for Cape of Good Hope; Kenne Annie Maria, for Havre—. all from London; Annie, from Shields; Lydia, from Shields —both for Carthagena. Several of the outward vessels which sailed yesterday have put back again. THE —The Secretary of R 'uli 'i t c is E s ' lled his regulationS for for admission to II of candidateser Majesty' a the:examinationCompany's) civil service in India.An , P a r li e d sid of en the (no longer the State lli f E o r I NDIANIn dlain C rj o i n i n7 j i l has SE j ca ndidates neld26i nwill°blled°slieleilictejdulfyoriltehlet ex fliorlthat ofMadras, and 7 for that of Bombay; os a uf n c i ß i e n ee a isl t sg i f o au n ll, w in all 11. The subjects to be got up for the examination are the language, literature, and history of England, Greece, • R om e, France, Germany, and Italy pure and mixed mat h e matics, natural science (ehymistry, electricity and magnetism, " natural history," geology, and mineralogy), l og ic and mental and moral phil osophy, Sanscrit and Arabic (both language and literature) ; 7,376 marks will be allotted, of which 1,500 to English and composition, and 1,250 to mathematics. A second examination must be passed by the selected candidates in Sanscrit, the vernacular dialect principlesof India, of the history and geography of India, the g enera l jurisprudence, the elements of Hindoo and Mahomedan law, and in political economy. No candidates will be allowed to set sail for India until they shall have passed this examination, or after they have attained the age of 24 years. They must also give good proof of their sound bodily health and good moral character. Lord Stanley has decided to allow £lOO to each of the selected candidates to meet the expenses that must be incurred by been them before they proceed to India. The age has . fixed at 25 for candidates who may pass their first exams . Uon in July, 1859 ; after that *age will be Z 4. Sharel Stochl stock)