The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-25 00:00:00

MONEY MARICET AND 017'Y NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. During the last few days there has been rather more activity in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets ; the demand, however, has been chiefly for home consumption. Tea has been steady, at fully late prices, and for the better qualities of sugar rather higher rates have been paid. Coffee has b een i n fa i r deman d , par ti cu la r ly good qua lities of plantation Ceylon, which sold at full values. Cocoa continues dull. Rice, however, has been very inactive, with little change to report in values. There has been a moderate inquiry for fruit, and both currants and Valentia raisins have been dealt in at late quotations. Saltpetre continues Stea dy, at about previous prices ; but tallow is dull with a slight downward tendency—P.Y.C. being quoted 525. 6d. per cwt. in all positions up to De cember. At the usual quarterly sales of foreign and Colonial wool, which commenced yesterday after n°oll, there was a fair attendance of home buyers from the manufacturing districts, but few foreigners Were present. The biddings were by no means animated, the present aspect of political affairs on the Continent tending to check confidence, and the Prices current were only equal to those realised at the close of the last sales in December. The small quantity of Australian wool in yesterday evening's catalo sue has prevented any accurate estimate of the present state of the market being formed. T he quantity announced is already 33,000 bales, chiefly from the Cape of Good Hope. The sales will terminate on the 15th March. Thee Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with it very dull appearance, and 8,000 bales were sold a t, in some instances, lower rates. On the Stock Exchange a limited business was transacted in Railway Shares, and prices were unaltered. In the general discount market the inquiries are limited, and the terms charged for accommodation Show no alteration. The silver market is being suppled by consign tient 5 from the continent. The BUron Osy, from Antv i'erp, is announced this morning with a parcel valuud at £40,000. _ _ _ The fifth ordinary meeting of the Chartered Bank of In.dia, Australia, and China, was held to-day ; Mr. Mitchell, M.P., in the chair. The report was brief, but satisfactory, and showed a net profit of £24,037 175., from which the directors recom- Inenaed a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per iturtuni. There was an adjourned meeting of the Scottish Australian Investment Company to-day, for consi dering the propriety of raising £200,000 more capital at 5 per cent. in this country for employ- In ca in the colony. The question led to some dis cussion, but was agreed to ultimately. At the meeting of the Great Ship Company held t° , 'lan it was stated that the purchase of the vessel nod been completed for £165,332, and the sum of 1 61,482 subscribed in shares and money. There / l aB a short discussion on the subject of new directors and other matters, when the meeting adjourned. There has been very little variation in the market fo r. public Securities to-day, the few transactio ns r ecorded having been concluded at about previous rates. The continued firmness of the Funds is ehi efly dependent upon the course of values on the Paris Bourse. Already a slight improvement has been established in the Rentes, which has created 11 snore cheerful feeling in the market. Consols for money and account have been 951 ; a, and at p re sent the tendency is rather unfavourable. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced Annuities I re heavy at 951 96 ; the New 21 per Cents. are mark e d 79 , an d L ong Annuities, 181. India Loan D ebentures are firm at 981, and the Bonds at 15s. t°l93 . prem. Exchequer Bills are marked 34 5. to 375 . preen. very moderate amount of business has been tr ansacted in the Foreign market, and prices in Most instances are fully supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 90 to 901; ditto, New Loan, 791 to 801; ditto, 2d issue, 6 to 51 dis. ; Peruvian 41 per Cents. have improved to 931 and 931; Russian 5 per C ents. to 1121; ditto 44 per Cents. to 991 ; and Spanish _3 per Cents. to 441. Portuguese are flat, at 161 46 ; and Dutch 21 per Cents. at 65. Vene attelan Deferred are firm, at 171. The New Aus trian Loan is 1t to 11 discount. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., give the following 113 the prices of the American Securities : Redeemable. Prices; U nited St a tes 6 per Cents 1867- 1868 o• 6 per Cent Bonds Alabam a 5 per Cent. Bonds — 78 80 ~. entucky 6 - per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 93 94 trYland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds 95 97 assachusetts 5 per Cent. Str. Bond s ?hi° 6 per Cent. Stock lBB6 96 98 p e nnsYlvania 6 per Ct. Stock — 82 1 83 1 ,ennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 86 87 ,Miniessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers 82 84 ninia 6 per Cent. Bonds lBB6 85 8 7 B o lrginia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 84 86 /u t° P. 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 90 92 Illinois C en t ra l 7 per C en t. pno!s C en t ra l 6 per C en t.. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. (Freelands) illares, 60 dols. paid ist. ehidogan. shares s tral 8 per Cent 1869 85 87 45 50 .. uw York Central 6 per Ct., not convertible .. N ew York Central 7 per Ct , c onvertible from June 15, 1 '1E: ss9hare's 1864 93 95 76 78 New York and Erie, 7 per Ct., ad mortga ge New York and Erie 7 per Ct., _conve r tibl e Ddo. New York and Erie, 7 per Cf., 1875 38 42 13 15 r sharesshar es ll ama 7 per Ct., Ist mort- IN gate Str. Bonds, not cony 1859 100 102 '' o . cto., lat. do. The Railway Share Market has exhibited rather less b uoyancy, and in some instances a decline of abou t I to 1 per cent. may be noted in values, c ompared with yesterday. Eastern Counties, Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, and North British, have receded ss. ; Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, Midland, and South- Eastern, 10s. ; and Caledonian, £l. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings are very inactive. Prices, however, have been fully supported, Lombardo- Venetian and Paris and Lyons having been dealt in at yesterday's rates.• Grand Trunk of Canada have improved about ss. East Indian are steady, It 1031 to 1031 ; and Indus Steam Flotilla has improved 4'l. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are ix very limited request. London and County have advanced ss. ; Oriental Bank, ss. Ottoman B an k declined ss. ; and Union of Australia, 15s. Royal Mail Steam and Scottish Australian Investment are also a shade firmer. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 95; 6 5} 6 3 Per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per C ent. A nn uities .............. 9 - 1 6 Noy' 21 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, ex pire sth Jan., 1860 — , Ditto 30 Years , expire sth Apr., Indi D ittolBBs lB} a Stock .' 981 Debentureg.............. Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 Consol s for Account.... March. June. E xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 3 7 4 I Ditto Advertised PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian 4t per Cent 9 31 P Ditto Account i cntlguese, 1853 , 3 per Cent. Russan, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ll2k Ditto 4. per Cent. R Panish 3 per Cent 441 Turkish 6 per Cent 9 Ol Ditto New Loan Ditto 2d Issue Ditto Account _d V enezuelan 5 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent l7} Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2f per Cent... 6.5 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9 51 1 Buyers ' Consols for Account On the arrival of a train from Corbeil, the day before yesterday M. Caille, a gentlemen of some property of ,that place, waefound dead in one of the carriages in which no had travelled alone. A medical man being sent for tilcmclinced his death to have been caused by apoplexy. Caille had, itsupposed, set out for Paris on business, as . he had considerable property in his pocket, consisting of event etfta family b —a_nic-notes, gold, inscriptions of Rente, and railway shares. His were immediately informed of the m elanchol y telegraph, and the body was taken backto Corbeil. DAY. wiled at in was rning , ctors, e pre- ?d by ?, Mr. 1 per the rward 803 449 354 heers. Ace of !:dwin t gen- Dudest )quent r they imosi ted it amost local wors). a had closed eeting bution, secure Gene nn the r was ma the Alder- r writ eeting ire the to say he last Lerman rt Mr. might ded by ting to !opted. lemons ing in he and eartily erstein elieved is then Bass, luting Ir. W. Lke the and to rt had n hour the in mob in cheer th )unced 'S :- e most r, with listrict S : ington. Z 26 Zl9 1t32 151 132 288 301 115 244 my on breach vi that nosity embly more Le had Ls soli- sting, tanks night , near s wifo n and SHARE MARICET.-( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. p aid. Closing \ Business Price. Done. 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 10 61 6•1 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all 8 9 Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction lOO 63 65 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 31 63 Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon all • 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall I all 45 55 A roves. no div. 10 Do. A 1 all until6p.c.per an. 10 Do. B hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all 25 Dun.,Perthot Abr.Junc all 05 01 Stock East Anglian lOO 155 161 l 5 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 60 61 605 460 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 44 46 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 28 30 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U'ds) 81 25 East Kent all 13 15 Stock East Lancashire lOO 94 96 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 701 714 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 27 28 271 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn la) 95 97 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 Stock Great Northern lOO 104 105 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 87 89 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 137 138 137 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 1045 1051 Stock Great Western St oc k Do.Str.Vl.Rall Gua.Stk lOO 56 57 12 Irish South Eastern all 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 12 85 90 161 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 P Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 95 955 955 16 Do. do. F 416 6 lld 9 Do. do. £9 shares . 7 1 id 8 Do. West Riding Union 5 20 Do. Southport 11.6.3 London and Blackwall all 6 1 pi 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh 4l Stock Lon.,Brif s rliton &S.Coast 10() 10 9 100+ .. Stock London & North Westn 100 95 05f 951 5 125 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 914 921 9 2 1 1 } 25 L'derry. &. Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 37 371 10 Metropolitan 3 d Stock Midland lOO 101 103 101 f i 4 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 76 78 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 25 Do. Shares all 100 Nevftstle and Carlisle all 25 New., AL...., & Hereftl all 11 1 12 4 10 Newry & Armagh (def ) 9 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe all 62 Stock Norfolk lOO 64 50 North. Counties Union. 31 31 It d Stock North British lOO 581 595 581 1 Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO Stock Do. A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock lOO Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 92 135 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchas • 1613 4 1 1 d d Stock Do. Leeds lOO 47 481 471 Stock Do. York lOO 78 /8f 77f 8 Stock North London lOO 101 103 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction 23 is. 20 North Staffordshire._ 174 5 4/ d 125 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 8 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 29 31 10 Peebles all 20 Portsmouth 7 5 d 10 Rhymney lO Stock Scottish Central lOO 114 116 Stock Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 27 275 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 85 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 45 47 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 31 21 d Stock South Devon lOO 37 381 Stock South-Eastern lOO 173 /31 731 3 Stock South Wales 20 SouthY.orks.&Riv.Dun all 13 135 20 Do. do , 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek all 8 11 25 Stockton & DarlingtOn all 37 38 25 Do. do. 1854 221 25 Do. Stockton & Hartlepool 161 Stock Taff Vale lOO Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 Stock Vale of Neath lOO 72 76 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 21 3 5 Do. B all 6 65 20 West London all 10 Do. let Class all 20 Do. 2d Class all PREFERENCE SHARES. Share Railways. Clotting Paid. Price. 15 Blythe and Tyne ICC per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk Bris. &Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares tock Caledon £lO, 4i per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, si pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct. 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pe. „ . 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. Stock East Lane. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York..Tcn. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin.l'erth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. &S West. , !: a.spe Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct Stock Do. 5 Redm.,lop.c.pm Stock Do. pc 45 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf Stockf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)4 p. ct. pref. Stock 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 44 ict. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. 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. et. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan, & York 6 p.c. stock Lon. &Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 L on . & N. W. Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.et. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 she. Londondy.& Ennis sh. Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. IDo. 4 per cent .. ...... Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stook Stock, Stock 12 12 Stoc 6 Stock 12. Stock Stock Stock 6 Stock Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. it. INewport,Aber,&c.pref.s 1 p. c. redeem, at s p. c. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. ss. e. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. p. c. Pref. do. 1847 IDo. ay.ltal.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Do. York, 11. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire .... Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. n per c. pref. stock Do.,A.berdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4i per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 4.00) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. 49 51 94 96 103 105 125 127 116 118 6 6} 99 102 110 116 108 112 115 117 114 116 132 134 81 83 74 76 Thiene'. Done. 132 81 2 if 113 115 '1"0 12" x,lll 113 `lO7 108 64 (,41 11 11i 10 10 16 17 10 10 73 75 19 20 9i 10 14 141 140 142 1120 122 1163 168 1 122 124 681 701 1) 140 142 103} 1044 1 iP 96' 98' 91 10 11/ 12 9 10 12 114 98 99 i dis p id p 23 2:1 120 122 ill 113 99 101 10 11 244 25 103 105 103 105 10-1 17 29 30 33i 34* 48 51 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Bnsineu Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchleyl all I ,Ln & N.W - MISCELLANEOUS. Buckinghamshire lOO ILn & N.W 98 100 Clydesdale Junction. ' 100 'Caledonin 103 105 Closin g l i n g uae d one Colchester, Stour Val ' all E.U.&E Cl 7 18 171 Shar . Miscellaneous. Pald. Price. E.Lincohishirea.6p.c. , 100 Gt. North. 143 145 E Union,HarwichShs.' all E.Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge llOO - 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 12 13 GlB.llarr.&Neils,Drct 100 Caledonin 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 220 250 Do. New lOO Do. — 25 Australian Agricultural 19 33 34 Gloster& Dealt Forest all Gt. West. 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 3 1 Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 21 31 Hull and Selby 1)o. 4 Sliares all Do. Do. Shares all Do. London&Greenwich . 100 S. East 65 67/ 20 Do. B, 7p.c. ti 11862 .. all 19 21 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co. 90 92 90/ 100 Canada Land 32/ 120 123 Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. — _ 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all 9 10 L ow estoft, gua. 4p. et. 100 Norfolk .. Stock Cop.3iin.olEng.&Smitg all Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. _ 25 Do. Preference 7/ per ct all 24 25 Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk all LN W&M 21 34 5 Crystal Palace. all 11 11 Mids b . &Redcr,.6p.c all Stk.& Dar ~. 5 Do. Preference all 4 51 31id.BradfordPa. Stk. 100 Midland .98lt 0 20 Eastern Steam all Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 pm Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 102 105 5. 5. 6. E.Counts. 1 i p 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co. all , 1 11 58 60 10 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel. 100. i f Id Do. 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) all 1 1/ cent. all Do. Do. Fixed 5 per ce • 20 GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim all NDoogr.utadhrona..n&6ipecEeadrscetsnLs..Cp....i.. all Do. L&N W Preston and Wyre. I all & L.Yk. ] 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 A. all Do., 20 London Discount : 1 4 0 3 L i o e n d d i i e G r. e . n. Electric O m n i b Teleg 0 s C o aasllll _l l } l I_ l } l d Do. } Shares Shf.ltoth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 1811 6 . . I an • & Yk IGt.North. 142 144 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 4 7 25 National Discount Co 5 1/ /d 4 South Sta ff ordshire .. all M'Clean .11 1} 10 Netherlands Land S Do. sltans'bilryii&cilLl4ereSfhoerPd 1 :11 T Brassoy 9i l !i Wear Valley, g. 6 p.c. all Stk.& Dar 10 Do do all 1 2 do . 100 N.ltr.SzNovaScotia Land 80 I sv V i m i I t s m a e n d d o n S & om c e r r o s y e d n t . 1 P D R e o e lid . . New ss: Sea jzr i S e h inn a t r da e . I s 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim ) all i i 20 North of Europe Steam all ____ —-- 1 Oriental Gas 1 a 99 11 G L,lB lr r e gtn st 99 8 9 ; 91 all f 1 DOCKS. Telegr.Steam* 15s. 3 d is par :5 Peel River Land & Min. all 2 3 Closing Bllliblegli Share Docks. i Paid Price. Done. 50 Do. New al lB 10 12 13 p ---- s:opMar 3 85 1 4 p 853 50 Rhymney Iron Stock Commercial lOO 15 Do. New all 7} 7} Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref. Min. 100 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 62 Crt 633 Stook East and West India... 100 1 Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) all 120 130 121/ 6 Stock London lOO 25 South Australian Land. all 36 38 Stock St. Katharine lOO -- 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all 4 1 Stock Southampton lOO _ 1 Do. do Registered all I 1 Stock Victoria 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.ot TJpr. Can. 5 ..._ z 0 Do Now lB -- 100 ,Van Diemen 's Land _.. 284 9 11 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Sk Stock Stock, Stock Stock, 10s. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 251 I 25 Stock all 1100 6 100 100 100 100 all THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 25, 1859. FOREIGN. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(TIIIS DAY.) T.RATES. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices.) APPEAL-GRESSLEY V. MOUSLEY. The further hearing of this part-heard appeal was re sumed this morning. This was an appeal from a decision of Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart, setting aside the sale of Mr. Mouseyl's in terest in the property in question. Sir Richard Bethell, Q.C., resumed his argument for the appellant, Mr. Mousley, and is now being heard. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN GOODS BY FALSE PILETENCES. —William Day, described as a servant, was charged with attempting to obtain a quart bottle of Eau de Cologne, the property of Mr. Robert Douglas, perfumer, &c., of 23, New Bond-street, by falsely representing that he was sent by Captain Kepple, of the Army and Navy Club. From the evidence of Henry Filbury, clerk to the prose cutor, it appeared that on Wednesday afternoon the prisoner came to the shop and asked if they had an account with Captain Kepple, of the Army and Navy Club. He informed him they had, and he then asked for a bottle of Eau de Cologne, and he then handed him a 2s. 6d. bottle. The prisoner then pointed to a quart bottle, and said he would take that, but Mrs. Douglas refused to let him do so, and said she would send it immediately. He then gave an address, and went away, and the Eau de Cologne was sent to the address, but the person was not known there. Tho captain's correct address was afterwards ascertained, when it was found he had given no such order, and requested, if the prisoner was met with, that he might be given into custody ; and, on his being subsequently met with, he was handed over to a con stable. It was stated that it was not the first time of the prisoner's being at the court, and that he was only just out of prison for a similar offence. The prisoner, who said he had no regular home, was then remanded. THAMES. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGIS- An ordinary meeting of the magistracy of Middle sex was held yesterday at Clerkenwell—Mr. Pownall in the chair—for the transaction of busi ness relating to the county. Mr. Maude, the deputy clerk of the peace, laidbefore the court some bills and other Parliamentary papers, having refer • ence to country interests. Mr. C. H. Cottrell, the chairman of the Committee of the Colney Hatch Asylum, called the attention of the court to th‘ first clause of the proposed L unac y L aws Amend ment Bill, which he said would seem to give the Secretary of State the power, without the consent or sanction of the committee, to transfer the lunatic paupers of the City to the coun ty asy l ums. It was a general provision, but it applied to the City of London more than any othe r pl ace , an d some t i me ago the corporation applied to the Court to take all the City lunatics into their asylums —a proposition which the requirements upon their asylums would not allow them to entertain. This clause would give the Secretary of State the power to compel them to take the City lunatics whether they were willing or not, which might involve outlay for enlargements, and he moved therefore that it be I referred to the Committee fer General Purposes, &c., to consider and take the necessary steps to protect the interests of the county on that behalf. Agreed to. On the report of the Committee for Accounts, &c., being brought up, Mr. KEMSHEAD, the chairman, informed the court officially of the death of Mr. Baker, the coroner, and said the sheriff would take the necessary steps for the election of a successor. The hon. magis trate paid a high tribute to the character of the deceased gentleman, and said the committee always entertained the highest respect for him, although in the discharge of their duty to the county they frequently had to dissallow fees for inquests which were unnecessary. The committee recommended the Court to order payment of the costs incurred by Reynolds, an inspector of weights and measures, in a case which had been brought before the Court of Queen's Bench. There was a conviction against the Receiver• General of the Metropolitan Police for false weights used in sending out coals to the constables at Stepney station, upon the proceedings of Reynolds, but the conviction was quashed by the Court of Queen's Bench. Mr. Kemshead said it was quite clear that the inspector went beyond his duty in this case--perhaps in the zeal with which he regarcien his duty , i,c had no authority to take the steps lie did. He might have communi cated in the first instance with the Commissioners of Police, who would immediately have remedied the matter, instead of proceeding against the Re ceiver personally. As an object had been gained, however, in the constables getting their proper allowance of coal, the committee thought the officer ought not to bear the costs, and recommended the Court to order them to be paid by the treasurer. Mr. ARMSTRONG would take that opportunity of recurring to a notice he, on a former occasion, had on the paper, that these inspectors should be re quired to furnish returns of what they did for the salaries they received, the seizures that took place, and the fines imposed upon delinquents. They called quarterly for their salaries, and were elected from year to year, and that was all the Court knew about them. He hoped the committee would adopt some measure to enable the Court to know what these officers did for their salaries. Mr. BURSLEM was glad the inspector acted as he did, for it was clear that the police-constables had been deprived of their proper allowance of coal, and he hoped the Court would pay the costs. Mr. KEMSHEAD said the inspectors were the ser vants of the county, and of course were under the control of the committee, to whom, if required so to do, they were bound to furnish returns of their proceedings. The matter would be considered. On the special report of the Committee of Visitors of the Colney Hatch Asylum, relating to the pro ceedings recently instituted against Mr. Daukes, the architect, for negligence, &c., in the erection of the building, which resulted in Mr. Daukes' favour, being brought up for consideration, Mr. J. WILSON, at considerable length, depre cated the course which had been adopted by the committee as oppressive to Mr. Daukes, and unfair in principle, for which an amende ought to be made by the Court.. A long and animated discussion ensued. Mr. KEmsnEADthought the result of the trial Railways. Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah. & S. Fran.,Li m.7p. c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessas Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pi stoj a, 5 p.c.pf Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref ' Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish • Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 5 per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference . W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand Closi ng Paidd Price. 41 4 i Pi' 7 8 1 it 41 2} 5 61 6i i ipl 19 21 8 ) 8 34 36 — P 81 91 4 24 321 33 51 53 1 d 61 7 9f 20 201 51 5 9 i 9 23 24 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share! Railways. ! Pam Closing Business " Price. Done. Atlantic & St Lawrence ) Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda& Cent. Ind ' I all E 9 all 78 80 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo, Brant. & Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.JES.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) CsapoToNrn S. Dock scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara I d 20 2 4 100 1 100 4 all , 100 100 100 1. 3. 0. (11 I_ di ta. Gd. 2 all 5 100 all 174 20 Stock Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c. East Indian, gn. 5 p. c , Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext - 7 -8 85 N 82 86 80 84 id i p Do. Jubbulpore D 0.44 p.c. lids. pay.'s G eelong& Mel.g, ua.s p. c Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pret Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 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 ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'l3 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. all all ) 100 1 00 all 100 all Sto. Stock II 20 I NI 100 I S took Meth. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share.. Do. do. Land d 0... Do. do. B. Capital do. Do. do. Land d 0... Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip 0 ude (Limited) Scinde 4.> Do. Do. New 4 2 Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. he 47 St. Andrews & Quebec- ITrinidad(Limited) Scrip' Mines. I 2e. all 1 all all all all all all ss. 1 15 all 10 5 F -: p~ • ltr2i 103 d' I r; 19 20 I 2O 21 PI f . d c it d Id par 1021 1 314 29} SKELETON-KEY ROBBERY ON SUNDAY NIGHT.—John Dalton, a well-known associate of thieves, aged 21, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged with being concerned with three other men, named Franklin, Jones, and Lappage, in entering the dwelling-house and shop of Mr. Thomas Hall, oil and colotirman, No. 2, Old Manor-road, Stepney, and stealing therefrom : tyro carpet-bags, wearing apparel, and other property, value £5, therefrom. The robbery was effected while the prosecutor and his family were absent frsm home on Sunday last, and the street door was opened by means of a skeleton-key. Two carpet bags containing wearing apparel and other property were re moved from the bedroom. A portion of the stolen articles were traced to Franklin, Jones, and Lappage, and a s t rong prima facie case was made out against them, and they were remanded until this day. The prisoner Dalton was arrested yesterday, and he was identified as one of four men who were seen near the house of the prosecutor on Sunday evening ; and while three of them were inside the house effecting the robbery, the prisoner was on the look out in the street, and when the robbery was completed the pri soner opened the door, let out his confederates, and: went away with them. Dalton has been repeatedly in custody, and is believed to have been concerned in other skeleton key robberies, which have been very numerous in all parts of the metropolis owing to the incautious manner in which people secure their doors. George Franklin, Charles Jones, and George Lappage were subsequently arraigned in the felon's dock with Dal ton, and the evidence taken on Monday last was read over. an -di Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, said he appeared for Jones d Lappage. Mr. Hall said, although he valued the things at £5 only, he could not replace them for £l5, and that £2 15s. in gold and copper monies was taken from the shop. Evidence was given of the finding of a great portion of the stolen property in the house of the prisoner Franklin, at No. 3, John's-place, Stepney. Witnesses were called to prove the identity of Jones and Lappage, but failed, and they were discharged. Mr. Yardley ordered the depositions to be taken against Dalton and Franklin, and they were committed for trial. A PERFECT NUISANCE.—Mary Owens, a middle-aged Irish woman, who has been for some time past very peace able, and who was formerly a very drunken and disorderly character, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with creating a disturbance, and using vile and threatening language towardi Mrs. Charlotte Perkins, the landlady of the Marquis of Wellington publiehouse in Cornwall-street, St. George's-in-the-East. _ BRITISH MINES. I Pai d. Closing Businees '''" Trice. Done. THE UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. The following reply has been made . by . Mr. Carlyle to an application for permission to nominate him for the office of Rector of Marischal College, Aberdeen, in the prospect of an election : " Chelsea, Feb. 11. Dear Sir,—l am much obliged to you and your young friends in Marischal College ; but there are two reasons why, as appears to me, you ought not to proceed with your nomination. The first is that you have no good likelihood, as far as I can guess, of carrying your election. This is a very important preliminary reason. The second is, that being extremely busy in these months, and otherwise averse to travel, and, in truth, an enemy rather than a friend to public haranguing as at present practised, I do not think it likely I could get to Aberdeen on such an errand, even if you were unexpeetp:l l y successful. Pray desist, therefore. fo me the honour is without importance at this stage of my life, and, in fact, has no value at all, except, as testifying your regard to me, of which Jean now otherwisehold myself assured. And to you have not I already spoken'—to such of you as care to listen—and, with a great,deal of delibera tion, given you the truest advice I had ? Accept many thanks from me, and believe, all of you, v oters for and vo ters against, that nobody, elected or eligible, can wish you more truly than I do continued increase of intelligence and of all the nobleness that should go along with it. And so, with sincere regards and thanks, I remain yours faith fully, T. CARLYLE. Mr. John Forbes, Marischal College, Kingsland-house, Aberdeen. THIS DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANgE. Upwards of 4,000 quarters of English wheat have arrived up to our market this week, coastwise, chiefly from Essex and Kent. Fresh up to-day, however, by land carriage the receipts were small, and the show of samples was by no means extensive. We have little or no improvement to notice in the demand for any kind. Monday's prices, how ever, were supported. We were well supplied with all kinds of foreign wheat, and some samples realised full quotations; but inferior parcels were very dull. The barley trade was tolerably active, at full prices. Fine malt realised extreme rates, but other kinds were very inactive. We had a fair consumptive demand for oats, beans, and peas, at full prices. Flour met a dull inquiry, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. English 4,310 I 3,840 ; 9,150 ; 7,930 Irish Foreign 630 2,910 I 8,840 ; 1 Flour. 2,580 NEIVGATE ANL Tho supplies of each kind scale, and the trade generally 920 sks 30 b 1 Per Blbs. by. s. d. s. d: Inferior Beef 3 0 to 3 4 Mid. d 0..... 3 6 to 3 8 Pm.larwedo. 3 JO to 4 0 Do. small do. 4 2 to 4 6 Large pork.. 2 6 to 3 4 I LE ADENHALL. of meat are on a moderate rules steady, at full prices. the Carcass. a d. s. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do 3 Bto 4 2 Prime do. 4 4to 4 8 Veal 3 Bto 4 8 Small pork BOROUGH HOP. The show of new hops continues very moderate, and all kinds moved off steadily, at full prices. In yearling and old qualities very little is doing, at late rates. Mid and East Kent pockets 7os to 120 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do s4s to 70s ~ Sussex do s4s to 666 COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been rather inactive, but previous prices have been fully supported. Common Congou is quoted 13d to 130 per lb. SUGAR.—For middling and good grocery kinds there is a fair inquiry, and pricesare well supported ; other qualities, however, are flat. In the refined market there is a mode rate home demand at former quotations. COFFEE.—The market is quiet, but good qualities of Plantation Ceylon continue to be fairly inquired for, and late rates are fully supported. RlCE.—There has been a very limited izquiry, and no change whatever can be reported in Talmo. FRUlT.—There has been rather more inquiry for ordi nary qualities of currants, at rates varying according to quality at from 30s to 34s per cwt. Yaleatia raisins are at steady rates. SALTPF.TE.E.—There has been a steady demand for the bettor qualities, but no change in prices c.tn be noted. TALLOW.—The market still continues' dull, and prices have a downward tendency. P.Y.C., on the spot, and for March delivery is quoted 52s 6d per cwt. • Business Done. had placed the Court in a conspicuous position before the public ; and that the proceedings against Mr. Daukes were scarcely warranted. The case did not even go to the jury; and this report ought to be a lesson to any one engaging an architect. Mr. N. LAURIE said the question was a very narrow one. Did the committee act rightly on the evidence of professional men placed before them? They had no personal motive against Mr. Dankes ; they acted, as he thought, to protect the interests of the county in an important institution, and to ensure the safety of the patients it contained; they acted upon competent legal and professional advice, and had done what the interests of the county required, and no more. Mr. C. IL COTTRELL, the chairman of the coin • mittee, entered into an elaborate defence of the course the committee had taken upon the authority of a resolution of the Court. The justices were de feated, he said, through a cabal among architects to prevent the question being decided in the Queen's Bench. The committee had performed their duty to the county in bringing the action to see whether Mr. Daukes was or was not responsible for the defects in their asylum, of which he was the architect, and they proceeded upon what they deemed competent evidence, but there was a con flict of opinion. (The hon. magistrate's speech was of considerable length, and he was much applauded at its conclusion.) Upon the motion of Mr. Burslem, it was referred to the Committee of Accounts, &e., to consider whether it would not be for the benefit of the county to appoint an architect at a salary, with liberty to practise for himself. The prison and other reports having been dis posed of, the Court adjourned. MRS. SWINFEN'S ACTION AGAINST THE LORD CHANCELLOR. Some months ago we announced that Mrs. Swin fen, the successful litigant in the celebrated cause of "Swinfen v. Swinfen," had brought an actiou against the Lord High Chancellor of England under circumstances which will raise a question materially affecting the privileges of counsel, and which will render the cause one of great legal and public interest. A brief recapitulation of the facts will render the case intelligible. An issue had been directed by the Court of Chancery to try the vali dity of the will of Samuel Swinfen, by which he bequeathed a large estate to his widow. The will was impeached by the defendant as the heir at law. The case was tried before Sir Cresswell Cresswell, then a puisne judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in the spring of 1856, when a compromise vas entered into between the learned counsel on both sides, Lord Chelmsford, the present Lord Chancellor, who was then Sir Frederic Thesiger, being counsel for the lady, and Sir Alex. Cockburn, now Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, representing the heir at law. By this arrangement the defendant was to secure to Mrs. Swinfen an annuity of £3,000 a year. Mrs. Swinfen, on hearing that this compromise had been entered into, was exceedingly dissatisfied, and refused to give her consent to carry it out. The matter gave rise to fresh legal proceedings, both in the Common Pleas and the Equity Courts. Even tually the Master of the Rolls directed a new trial for the purpose of establishing the validity of the will. The case was accordingly tried in Stafford shire, and Mrs. Swinfen succeeded in establishing her claim to the property bequeathed by her late husband. Mrs. Swinfen now brings her action against Lord Chelmsford for having, as her counsel in • the first cause, prejudiced her rights by the compromise into which lie had entered on her behalf. There are several counts in the declaration, which charge the noble delndant generally with having entered into the compromise in violation of his duty as counsel, and in defiance of her expressed will and instructions, Another count alleges that the de fendant was in collusion with Sir C. Cresswell, the learned judge who tried the cause. The Lord Chancellor has put several pleas on the record. He denies his knowledge of any want of authority, and that he had entered into any collusion with the judge. It is further pleaded that the defendant had every reason to believe that Mrs. Swinfen's interest would be benefited by the compromise. This cause, as originally fixed, was to have been tried at Stafford in March, but in consequence of the issition of the noble defendant requiring his presence in London, and the great impediment which would accrue to public business from the circumstance that lie and other distinguished pe-- sons were compelled to attend a trial in the country, the venue has been changed to London. Under present arrangements the action will be tried in the Court of Exchequer, at the sittings after next term at Guildhall, as a special jury cause. As, however, special jury causes arc not taken at these sittings, the consent of the parties must be obtained. The noble defendant has, we understand, intimated that he will afford every facility for the immediate trial of the case. Mr. Kennedy, who was counsel for Mrs. Swinfen on the last trial as to the validity of her husband's will, has been retained for her in her action against the Lord Chancellor, whose interests have been in trusted to the advocacy of the Attorney-General. Share) Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 7 8 7 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 465 475 East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 215 225 Great South Tolgus.. 17s 12 13 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillaci) 11.18.8 25 35 G. Wheal Vor (llelston) 91 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 81 6 7 North Wheal Crotty 7.9.4 21 34 N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) nil. 51 61 -- Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 15 16 17 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 1 1 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 21 445 455 Sovth C. Brea( Illogan). 2 25 3.} i S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 220 230 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 45 1/ 11 10 Tin Croft 9 35 4 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - Vale of Towey (Carm ) 12s 6d 1 West Basset (Illogan) l4 20 22 W. Caradon (Liskeard). 20 65 70 -- Wheal Basset (Mogan). si 215 225 Wheal Buller (Itedruth) 5 115 125 Wheal Edward (Cals.). 55 24 21 --Wheal Kitty (U. Lelan t 1.7.2 11 12 --Wh'lMaryAnn (Meithe 8 47 49 Trelawney (Link . 45 30 32 FOREIGN MINES , 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim lOs # p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £Sp ) 27 1 2 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 105 111 5 Do. Land and Mininp. - ,Co ' all 11 25 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper all 37 39 Cepiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 21 2 3 Linares all 81 94 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 New Granada all 5 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 p 20 Poutgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 4 5 5 Port Philip 1 1 30 Santiago de Cuba 165 1 11 28.2.8/United Mexican all 25 3 , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Paid. Closing Business Share Securities. Prices. Done. - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 1135 1145 1135 144 --Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 1115 1125 Do. 6p.e.Mr.4 Sep. 100 115 116 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &Jtily 100 1111 1121 -- Do. 6p.c.Ap. SE Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1015 1025 NovaScotiaG 0v.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1111 1125 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 110 111 11G5 Vict'Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 107 109 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share) Closing Business Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Price. Done. Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, stated the case for the pro secution, and said the husband of Mrs. Perkins kept a most respectable and well-conducted house, and was a guardian of the poor. The prisoner had been in the practice of coming to the house of his client on fre quent occasions in a state of intoxication and making use of the most horrible and filthy language, throwing stones, and using diabolical threats. Mrs. Per kins would be reluctantly compelled to repeat the offensive language. Mr. Perkins had also been insulted and threat ened, and his business repeatedly obstructed. The prisoner had in fact become a perfect nuisance. Mrs. Perkins confirmed the statement of her solicitor. The prisoner made a disturbance at the house twice yester day, and upon the second occasion brought stones and threw them at her, but she was too close to her to do any harm. Tho threats were of a frightful character. She always refused to serve the prisoner with any liquor or beer. Maurice Lane, a police-constable, 397 K, said the priso ner was very drunk and disorderly. _ _ The prisoner expressed her sorrow for what she had done, and Mr. Yardley committed her to the House of Cor rection for 7 days. Agra&UnitedServlceßk 'Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial Com. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. o Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England 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 25} 25} 1} 1 d 16i 17 211 22 47 49 39 40 20 201 65 67 52 54 1 - 84(11 8 1 i all all all all all ' all all 29 31 70 72 994 ROI' d p ar 16 16.1 4i 4} d 100 105 100 105 100 105 96 98 11 18i 1 1 8 9 ;109 F_RENCII REPUBLICAN DEMON- STRATION. Last night a public meeting, convened by the committee of French proscrits, known as the " Commune Revolutionnaire," was held at Fitzroy Hall, Little Portland-street, Oxford Market, in commemoration of the second French Republic of the 24th of February, 1848. About 250 proscrits of all grades, and of both sexes, and almost entirely French, were present on the occasion, the building being filled iu every part. The interest manifested in the proceedings of the evening, even by children, was something remarkable to witness ; and on every countenance the bitterness of exile seemed to be softened by the hope that out of the impending European crisis some relief for their sorrows a n d sufferings might at length arise. It is proper to add also that the greatest decorum and mode ration characterised the speeches that were deli vered by the several speakers, which were also filled with genuine expressions of sympathy for the oppressed of every despotism. The proceedings commenced at nine o'clock, when the chair was taken by a French gentleman,whose name was not communicated to the meeting, but whose impressive language immediately engaged the attention of his auditory. He reminded them that this was the eighth annual occasion on which they had met in exile to commemorate the Revolu tion of February, 1848, which they all had so much reason to extol, and the overthrow of - which by the very man whom it had elevated from an inglorious expatriation to supreme power, they had so long and still so bitterly deplored. The object of their meeting there that night was to keep alive in their memories and in their hearts that revolution, which must ever be dear to them for the purity and devo tion which it called into action; but that was not all that was incumbent upon them at such a time. It was their duty, each according to his own powers, to assist in the concentration of thought and energy, and, if necessary, of material means, by which they could be restored to the exercise of the rights of which they had been dispossessed, and to the country from which they had been shamefully driven. To that great end he urged them to give their minds, and in the meanwhile would assure them that success was far more possible than ap peared to them now. (Cheers.) In conclusion the chairman announced that M. Felix Pyat would address them. - M. FELIX PYAT accordingly ascended the tribune, and was greeted with cordial and long continued cheering. Silence having been restored, -he proceeded to deliver a discourse, the subject which was Le Bonaparte et L' Italie, and which, for upwards of an hour, was listened to with breathless attention. It would be impossible, of course, to attempt. to do more than offer our readers a general sketch of a speech which embraced such an infinitude of political pants, and entered into anticipations of the future on almost all possible hypotheses; but it was upon the great European question which now stands for solution, that the orator made the deliverance of the French nation to depend. He opened by pointing out at once forcibly and grandly, that it is idle to look to Louis Napoleon as the future de liverer of Italy. To the Italians he would be just what he had been to the French—a master. The French nation were, in fact, on the eve of another 2d of December ; but it was a European 2d of December, which had been foreseen and predicted ever since the former one, as they had in vain sounded in every ear. In France the coup (IWO cost them a republic ; in Europe it might cost them more—their country. Bonaparte would not free Italy, but would expose France. That was not exactly a prophecy. Alas ! it was a souvenir. At the rate at which the Empire was going, if France did not stop the Emperor, Europe would. M. Pyat then proceeded to examine the leading points of the understood aims of the French Government in Italy—the suppression of revolution, the evacuation of the Austrians, the secularisation of the Roman Government, and the federation of Italy under the presidency of the Pope. These he soon showed would not remove the permanent causes of discon tent which rankled in that unfortunate country, and which nothing short of a national restoration could effect. He looked upon war as a result not to be questioned, and contemplated its consequences thus, in the concluding words of his speech :—" Ah! if there be a mortal pain in exile it is to foresee the misfortune which we cannot prevent ; it is to have no other means of warding it off than to foretel it ; it is that in the moment when France has need of all her children and of her most faithful citizens, we shall be unable to make a vow of our lives to serve her, or of our deaths to save her. May our eyes close far away from her rather than look upon the horror of such a day. It is a last word, a word of affliction deep as is our love. For if once the sword be drawn, we have only to gather in silence, and to await in anguish worse than death the event of a war which must be mournful in either case : victory, and the oppression of Italy by France ; defeat, and the invasion of France by the kings. Orsini was right on the 14th Jan." This speech was loudly and repeatedly applauded; and for graphic power, the judicious and telling use of ridicule and satire, and lofty and touching elo quence, has probably seldom been exceeded. Mr. JonsoN, who described himself as tho author of a history of the French language, then moved a vote of thanks to M. Pyat, which was seconded and supported by M. Picquet, M. Becker (a German), and M. Bonnin, and carried amidst loud applause. We must not omit to mention that the trium phant return of Mr. Edwin James for Marylebone was mentioned by Mr. Bonnin, in connection with his spirited defence of Dr. Bernard, and elicited a perfect hurricane of applause. The " Marseillaise' was then sung, and the pro ceedings closed at midnight, with a vote of thanks to the chairman. STORNOWAY.--THE GULF STREAM. Lieutenant Chimmo, F — .R.G.S., of her Majesty's steamer Seagull, has just delivered a lecture in the Town Hall, of Stornoway, Sir James Matheson, Bart., M.P. in the chair, principally on the aneroid barometer, the newly-discovered element ozone, and the effect of the Gulf Stream on the Hebrides. On the last subject he said : " All atmospheres - are guided by currents of the ocean. The currents bring with them their warm vapours, which temperate and heat our atmosphere. As a building is warmed by the vapours arising from boiling water, so are we indebted to the va pours of a comparatively hot water for the mildness of this place. That current to which we are par ticularly indebted is the Gulf Stream, those waters which have a temperature of 80 degrees, originating in the Indian Ocean, passing round the Cape of Good Hope, brought across the equator by the S.E. trades, launched into the Gulf of Mexico, whence they take a course for the western shores of Europe, and their warm and pleasant atmosphere is wafted to us by the prevailing south and south-west winds. This warm vapour, meeting the colder atmosphere natural to our coast, is condensed into rain, and hence the great quantity of rain in the island of Skye, which during the last eight months has mea sured 32 inches, and in the month of December 71 inches. The hills of Skye, 3,000 feet high, attract these rains ; but in Lewis, which is comparatively level, not near the quantity falls, hence the supe riority of the climate and hence its mildness. " In St. John's, Halifax, south of you, the har bours are frozen in since November or December last. They , do not enjoy the warmth of the Gulf Stream; it is deflected to our shores before reaching theirs, and passes close to the Banks of Newfound land, meeting the cold and chilling waters of the Arctic regions. Do you not, then, consider your selves a much-favoured people ? trAd although you may have heavy rains with these warm winds, yet I cannot find any bad effects ; you roam about in your wet clothes all day, and I have known many of you come out of you r fishing-boats at night and turn into your bed with your wet clothes still on you, and in the morning your clothes have been still wet. Now this must convince you what a healthy atmo sphere you must inhale to repel these effects ; you could not do so in any other place. I should like to put one of you in wet clothes for a night in London, Manchester, or Glasgow, an d the next morning would show you the difference of climates • you would h av e cold, sore throat, rheumatism, and everything that is disagreeable. Rheumatism is rather pre valent here ; but I have taken the trouble to make minute inquiries, and I find it exists only in those persons who confine themselves to their houses and rooms, not to the sailor and the farmer who breathe a pure air, but those who sit over a large fire, and shut their doors and windows, the cool air outside condensing the warm one inside (which may be seen on the glass), is inhaled, and you breathe your own artificial atmosphere instead of a pure and naturally healthy one ; hence your pains and aches; I would, therefore, strongly recommend more out-door exercise, if you wish to enjoy a life free from troubles. I can assure you all that I am a living illustration of what I have been endea vouring to convince you of. During a residence of two years in London, I was seldom without a sore throat, cough, cold, or some other disagreeable dis order. I have been eight months in Skye and the Hebrides, and although I have been frequently wet through on hills and in boats, I have not known h This what either a sore throat or cold i s, and m y health has visibly and wonderfully improved: d stream, which brings you a warm, mild, and healthy temperature and c limate, is, one of your greatest blessings ; it is an atmosp. ere peculiar to yourselves, containing benefits which many cannot • enjoy." Lieutenant Chimmo then explained at some length the properties of the ozone, and the means of detecting it s presence in the atmosphere. He however, ran away, and after he had gone some distance, he heard the report of a gun. It turned out that it was Charlery who had fired it, and had killed Podenier. But, when questioned by the authorities, he said that the man had attempted to force his way into the house, and had actually broken in the upper part of his door ; and that, in ' consequence, the shot was fired in self-defence. As, however, it appeared that at the moment at v: hick Podenier was shot, he was in the rotardt— some distance from the house, the landlord was taken into custody. Two days back he was brought to trial for manslaughter before the Court of Assizes of the Mayenne. But he protested that 4 he had pulled the trigger of his gun without taking aim, and at the moment he did so he had enter tained the apprehension that the man was about to renew his attempt to break into the house. The jury, believing his statement, and finding that he had alway borne a food character, acquitted him. The Court of Assizes of the Ille-et-Vilaine three days ago tried a farmer, named Poulard, of La Pongerais, and his son, an Baptiste, for murder. An account of the crime alleged to have been committed by them has already been given in the Messenger. At the latter end of September last a young man, named Deniel, who had been in the service of the elder prisoner, disappeared, and on the 11th Oct. his dead body, with the head sepa rated from the trunk, was found in a field at a short distance from Poulard's house. As the de ceased was known to have had an intimate con nection with Poulard's daughter, by which she had become enceinte, and to have refused to marry her, and as that man and his son bore ill-will to him in consequence, they were suspected of having perpetrated the crime, and they were arrested. The son at once confessed that they had committed tho murder. After the indictment had been read, the young man was interrogated as follows :—" You aro accused of having caused the death of Deniel—do you admit your guilt ?" " Yes, I assisted my father in - killing him." " State how the thing passed." " On the 15th Sept. we learned positively what we had long suspected, that my sister was enceinte by the deceased, and my father abused her a good deal. In the night of the 16th, when Deniel and myself were in bed together, my father came into the room, and making Deniel get up, asked,' Why have you deceived my daughter ?' Deniel made some reply, when my father seized him, and a very violent struggle took place between them. Aly father called to me to help him. I did so. We dragged him into another room, and then my fat h er grasped him by the throat and strangled him !,, " Was any one else in your room P" ‘‘ And t in the Yes, next m y brother Jules, 14 years of age. and ~s iv s sister and our room to ours were my mother t. first ‘ s ' e D i z i e d d D h e i n n i t e , l h c e r y criedo ut ?"I lelp, e m s 'y w f l i i • e ie li n in ds y , dying !: va a s nd_ . he t d wie e repeated the same I S i :l a l a n Cl i n ' into 3,o u theyour sister,nex next and room the!" cry when he you see your mother, 4, Did you see 1 "No ; there was no light, makeDeniel much resist ance," Did you hold him down l whe l n h a h l e d ?" " Yes, he struggled w, good as d i d . a e g a g l e . d " from his own room ?" shoulders." " And what Yes, your c father h3dr the " He grasped him by the throat with a both ero l is 1 , hands." " How long did that scene last ? ' " I should say about ten minutes." "Did your_ father say anything during the struggle ?" " Yes , but I do not recollect what." " What did you do with the dead body ?" "We took it to e. heap of manure outside." " How did you convey it there ?" " I held it by the shoulders and my father by the feet." " What did you do after wards ?" "We made a hole about two feet deep, and buried the body. We then went to bed, but did not sleep much." " And the next day, what did you do?" " I attended to the oxen as usual, and my f a ther unloaded a cart of wheat. " " Did the other labourers ask what had become of Deniel ?" " Yes, they asked—and we answered that he had no doubt gone to work on the railway." " How long did the body remain in the manure ?' " Three or four days, but as a bad stench arose from it, my father resolved to remove it. Accord ingly, in the middle,,o,f,htihade tnhiegdbetcewaes:d a got s to up, nightcap and c arried it to the field. on ?" " I did not notice ; but we fetched his hat from the house , a nd p laced it b y his side." Did you not also put a knife near the bo dy 9 "ye make it appear that he had committed suicide." The witness afterwards deposed that becoming ala nue d, som e days after, at the inquiries which everybody, and especially isar en t s made, about Deniel, the father brother Jules to go to the fineld es field, to told witness's find the body, and to come back in appa rentth e terror. They all pretended to feel profound witnesssorw added wh when the that t d a body was discovered. The his sister had misconducted her self with other men before becoming acquainted with Deniel. In answer to all this the father could say nothing more than that u 1 • s son bore ill-will to him, and had told falsehoods. The jury declared both guilty, but with extenuating circumstances, and the court condemned the father to 20, and the son to 10 years' hard labour. The court, moreover, -condemned them jointly to pay 100 f. a year to Deniers father,— GsYynani. also expressed a hope that Stornoway would be selected by the Board of Trade as a suitable place for erecting an aneroid barometer for the use of fishermen and sailors. CRIME IN FRANCE. The Court of Assizes of the Moselle has just been occupied three clays in trying a woman named Barbier for murder, and a zouave named Closset for complicity before the crime. On the 25th July last the dead body of the woman's husband was found in a field near Einschwiller, and as his head was beaten about in the most frightful manner, and as he had wounds in different parts of his person, it was evident he had been murdered. It being known that his wife had not only long maintained a criminal connection with Closset, but had borne animosity to her husband, she was suspected of the crime. There being no marks of any struggle hav ing taken place in the corn field, it was thought pro bable that the man had been murdered somewhere else and that his body had then been conveyed there. On going to his house a quantity of blood was found in his barn, and numerous agricultural implements in it were stained with blood. One of the woman's neighbours also stated that two afternoons before she had seen the man return home in a state of intoxication, and go to his barn to sleep; also, that a few minutes after she had heard the woman cry ing out to her husband, apparently in anger. Another neighbour stated that on the same after noon a little boy had told him th a t i n pass i ng Barbier's barn he had heard a noise of peopl e fi g h t ing and killing each other, but that he (the neigh bour) had not troubled himself to go and see what was the matter. As no one else, except the woman, had been in the barn at the time, it was considered certain that she was the murderess. With regard to the zouave, it appeared that, not content with carrying on a criminal connection with the woman, he had repeatedly insulted and menaced the man; also, that one day in June last, after abusing him in gross terms, he had knocked him down, and beaten him in a savage manner about the head with --- a stone, For this assault he was condemned to eight mouths' imprisonment by the Tribunal of Correctional Police of Sarreguemines, and he was undergoing that punishment when the murder was committed. But both before and after his con demnation, he made use of language which left no doubt on the minds of his hearers that he and the woman had planned the murder of the man. He often said, " It is certain that Barbier will die either by my hands or those of his wife !" " Bar bier will Noon have to be carried to the cemetery, and it is I who will send him there !" and so on. Moreover, it was ascertained that he had mom than once strongly recommended the woman to murder her husband, and in order to accomplish the crime with ease, to make him drunk with spirits ; likewise that he had repeatedly exhorted her not to be wanting in courage at the critical moment. In addition, it appeared that when the man was carried of to prison the woman was heard to promise him solemnly that before his release her husband should be dead. The jury declared the woman guilty with extenuatin ,, circumstances, and the court condemned her to hard labour for life. As to the zouave, he was acquitted; but in order that he might not escape the punishment which he appeared to deserve, the public prosecutor had him tried for having some time ago brutally assaulted his own father, whereby he had been guilty of "cutting and wounding. On that charge the jury convicted him, and he was condemned to six years' hard labour. Just before the judgment was pro nounced, the woman confessed that it was she who had murdered her husband, and that she lend perpetrated the crime with a log of wood which she had afterwards burned. She also confessed that. she and her eldest daughter conveyed the body to the field in which it was found. As some workmen were at an early hour in the morning of the 19th Oct. hest going to work at _ _ Craen (Mayenne), they found the dead body of a man still warm, lying in the middle of the road, with a gunshot wound in the breast. He was recognised as oue Podenier, a stableman, employed in the town ; and on investigation these facts were ascertained :—He and one Robert had on the previous night at a late hour been drinking at a public-house, kept by a man named Charlery. A quarrel, arose between him and Robert, and they exchanged blows ; Charlery having - interfered, Podcnier had a struggle with him also. Whilst the conflict between the last two was going on,. Robert went out, and presently after Podenier,. ; having been expelled from the house by the land lord, came up and attacked Robert. The latter, -~:~~`- Tho ewart He 1. An in the isonor Sharel 100 20.11 100 MI 111 I