The Sun. — London, England, 1860-02-16 00:00:00

RONEY _MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocC. The demand for money having slightly dimi nished, while the flow of gold from the Bank of England has ceased, a further advance in the mini mum rate of discount no longer excites discussion. A recurrence of unfavourable symptoms would, no doubt, create uneasiness, but at the present moment the prospects of the market are more satisfactory, and unless fresh adverse influences should arise, it is not improbable that easier rates will soon be established. At the Bank of England yesterday there were again no bullion operations of importance. The dividend to be proposed by the directors of the Ottoman Bank is 163., with a bonus of 12s. per share, being together at the rate of 14 per cent. per annum. _ __ The directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway have determined to recommend a dividend for the half year, ending Dec. 31 last, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The half-yearly interest on the Anglo-Peruvian Active Bonds has been advertised for payment. A moderate amount of business was transacted in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were tolerably well supported. The sales Were estimated at 6,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed steadily, anl quotations generally were firm. Meetings have been convened to-day of mer chants, Ac., and of the wine trade to protest against the Budget. Business in the English Stock Market continues quiet, but the Funds are steady, the few operations entered into for money and account having pro duced no change of importance. Consols have been dealt in at 94: for money, and at 941 for the account. The market is still influenced by the un easy feeling produced by the Budget, which it is expected will be modified to an important extent, if not altogether rejected. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 94-t- Z ; Long Annuities are firm at 171 ; India Stock has improved to 2201; ditto New to 103d7 ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is 97: ; ditto 51 per Cent. ditto, 103 d ; Exchequer Bills are 235. to 265. prem. The Foreign Stock Market continues very in active, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 781 to 794 ; ditto New, 66 to 664; Mexican is firm, at 214 ; and Brazilian 41 per Cents. re• main at 94. The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares are 2k 1,- prem.; Universal ditto, i t, I prem. ; and the Canadian Loan is 11 21 prem. Tho London and Provincial Marine Insurance shares are about prem. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, asunder : 1860. Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland ' 35,101 South. Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 5,711 North-Eastern North British 5,287 Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,414 Skrewsbury and Chester West Hartlepool Ediaburgh and Glasgow 5,401 Glasgow and South-Western 6,242 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 1359. £26,186 67,131 12,704 10,861 32,278 14,988 22,717 30,100 6,477 32,643 5,119 4,092 2,391 3,089 5,290 6,034 • 8,245 5,726 The above returns show a continued and steady improvement in the receipts of most of the principal lining. On the Great Western it amounts to £1,751, on the North-Western to £4,366; the South, Weatern to £1,234; the Brighton to £1,050; the Midland to £2,823; the South-Eastern to £865; the Great Northern to £1,880; the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £3,060 ; the North-Eastern to £1,129 ; the Edinburgh and Glasgow to £lll ; the Grand Trunk of Canada to £2,588, and the Great Wes tern of Canada to £439. Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, and more firmness has pre *ailed in prices. North Westerns, and South- Esisterns have improved 55., and Caledonians, Great Westerns, Brightons, and Midlands, 10s. ; Vile of Neath have declined £2. The Foreign and Colonial Markets continuo quiet. Great Luxembuurg are at 6-Z- ; East Indian, Grand Trunk of Canada and Great Western of Canada have declined about ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show very little variation of importance. Bank of Australasia have improved 10s.; and Ottoman Bank, 10s. ; Peel River Land declined £l. AR.i'SIDE 71114D11 TIEN DIY AT ONE O'CLOOK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 941 3 3 4 per Ceat. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 943 3 Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 — Ditto for 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 173 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. '.. 1033 Ditto Enfaeed Paper, 4 per cent. — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 54 per Cent Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO nate under £l,OOO Consols for Account (March) Inds. Stock for Acounnt — Ditto 5 per Cent. E :chequer Aline, £l,OOO, lid 26 l Ditto £5OO 26 3 Ditto Small, lfd 71KOES OF FOREIGN FVNDS AT ONII O'CLOCK Drazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 4i per Cent., 1852 Ditto 41 per Cent. 1858 Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Tuilcieh 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan = Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 941 f Ditto Account (March 8) The extra penny postage on newspapers to the Australian Colonies has been abolished on all those sent via Suez. A WORD TO TRAVELLERS.—There are some things to be avoided in Paris, and " rosbir is one of them. As soon as the gargon sees a customer is an Englishman (weil we are easy to identify) he takes rather a wicked plea sure in asking him to take " rosbir —but avoid it. A French ox has generally seen long service in the plough before beingsent to the butcher.—Once a Week. LOANS TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS.—The total faun issued out of the Consolidated Fund and advanced to his Majesty the King of Sardinia in the years 1866 and 1856 was £2,000,000. The interest and contributions towards the Sinking Fund received up to the 31st of Dec., 1859, • amounted to £78,861 15s. lid., leaving to be discharged £1,921,138 4.. ld. The sums issued out of the Consolidated Fund for payment of the interest and sinking fund on that portion of the Greek loan which was guaranteed by this country in the year 1843, amounted, on the 31st of Dec., 1869, to £788,007 4s. 7d. ' The Greek Government repaid, in .1847 and 1848, £31,084 lls. Bd., leaving a balance still due of £756,922125. lid. These facts are certified by Mr. Laing, Secretary to the Treasury. STEAM AND SAILING SHIPS.--From a return just made to the House of Commons it appears that at the pre sent moment there are 48 screw ships of the line, 25 frigates ( s crew), and 9 paddle frigates, 9 screw block ships, 16 corvettes (screw) 45 screw and 35 paddle sloops, 169 screw guivessels and gunboats, 8 screw floating batteries, 18 screw and 43 paddle transports, troopships, tenders, yachts, &e.., and 4 screw mortar ships and floats aflo a t, making 345 screw and 11l paddle ships, and giving a total of 456 vessels. There are also 11 ships of the line, 9 frigates, 4 iron-caged ships, 5 corvettes, 15 sloops, 23 gunboats, which are either unrgoing the process of conversion or are being built. Of effective sailing ships of the line we have 15 and 22 frigates, of which 12 and 6 are respectively fit to be converted. In addition to these there are 22 sloops and 84 mortar vessels and floats still propelled by sails; m akin g a grand total of 666 steam and sailing vessels, of which 599 are now afloat. THE OLD ROTTEN BOROUGH OF SEAFORD.— " Aud now I'll tell you a little history about these sort of voters. In the borough of Seaford the franchise belonged to all inhabitant housekeepers paying scot and lot. The Duke of Richmond had chalk-pits near at hand, and he brcinght 27 of, his labourers into the borough as taxpayers, so as to make them electors. Some of them were rated as occupying houses really tenanted by widows, or revenue officers, who could not vote. One lived under a boat turned upside down ; another was taxed in respect of a stable; and a third of a cottage that had been pulled down and never rebuilt. Of course ' the Duke paid the rates. Well, the general election of 1790 came on 18 days before these voters had resided there six months. Here was a fix again f But the returning officer, who was a dependant of the Duke's, Put off the poll till the eighth day after the proclama • tion, as he was entitled to do, and then the Ministerial candidates—nowinees of his grace—made long speeches against the admissibility of every vote that was tendered against them—there were no registers of votes in those days —and got the returning officer to administer to each elector the six oaths of allegiance , abjuration, supremacy, declara tion of test, residence, and bribery. Spinning it out in this way it took one whole day to poll four votes. Thus the election was tided over the remaining eight days, and then, their term o f res idence being completed, the chalk-diggers were marched up in a body, their votes given and accepted, and the poll was closed—smack I That was something like corruption, sir I There is somehing great about dodges' of thitt sort. It is true that the House of Commons declared the election void • but what of that ? The charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava was not suoPaaaftlii Sir; 131-1 t it was dashing. grand, heroic—something to talk about— and so wu lay Lord Duke's chalk-diggers' dodge I"—Once a rock. D last ,ons.." pre- ',inert. theo- . He igheat Mims meg it mition wer is ) won• 4, Hi s Now, h the when e day' ' Eng ig the ihaken is ad 'one* its Ld *en . when, Lborata n con- Hi' Ji one. mance if, and r Libra• tidal , to um in the memo- Dr him, rent, Lin gain, of brain, screw aid save, e grave, ar away:, lore will LCO stop; e of ths ,e mean/ 'ht have le hoard Btrongth id work nothing 'rink his er still. id rents, .ree- per- nor• nor istreil : x to poi. rchanco, to drinkt wn. your you will. to be t.ll .s a cold I' nth dear, Le ear? old 'twos ht, 'twas cause to bank. s decline, of cheap edule D ; hall be I eral Sir emeterp re h ave augmen: rank sue Dting of London' not thinX ms of the or him to win•g the 1 of hopth the statr it it wait rt of 01 0 hops 611/' lerstana Ja honour ers of the es officer . .„ pe otil on' II ( unittee 0 Lu g rod,' le guin— a dinne r, e sent• r c yes te lad 1T;h•f• to lcl was a ea ting ° t of il l. r . • _ f rte . t o , rk . raw" e i the 9a he the )I]. ° th • deck , a t . is thor I SHARE MARKET.-( OUDIN.ZtItr S FIARES railways. A 01 1%00.t. and Eastern Junction Belca,-,t and Bahymen2, !Bin, Wol., and Str. Val Birk., La., and Ch. June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun Bristol and Exeter „ 'Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, BI krock,&Bas sage Cornwall Do A •(A rcves no div i untle,p.c.per an. . Do. B hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin andßeltast June. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.J unc !East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee , Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do,Str.VIR ail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern 1 Lancashire & Yorkshire) London and Blackwall. Lon.,Briffhton&S.Coastl Lond. Chat. and Dover) London & North Westn' Do, Eighths Londoo& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Sian., Shef., i lfaryport and Carlisle . Do. do. Shares Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby ; Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) l ; Do. A Shares Mid Kent Do. (Cray Lime) Newostle and Carlisle New., A,! , er., & Hereid;• Newry & i.rfnagh (aet) Newry, Warp t., & floe Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no di v until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London North Staffordshire No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central IScoth. N. E., Aber. Stock IDo. Scottish Mid. Stock !Shropshire Union !Sittingbourne & Sheer 'South Devon South-Eastern 'South Wales ; South Yorks.&Riv.Dun :Staines, Wok., & Wok ;Stockton & Darlington Do. do. Stockton & llartlepool , Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster Do. Do. Vale of Neath Victoria Station & Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall Nest London Do. Ist Class 'Do. 2d Class Paid. all 100 100 100 Closing Blanes Price. li 100 13 all all all all all 0 6i 8 ei 73 74 lli 12i 64 7 104 106 93 gl 6 61 74 8 134 14 574 68 39 41 27 29 804 81i 29 NI 100 102 168 1081 97 98 133 135 112 114 69 694 80 65 100 1004 66 6$ 110 112 12 13 99 994 1 924 $ 34 2 d 1072 1081 85 87 gi 10i 57 69 3i d 611 621 93 931 11 491 I 7E4 77 107 109 9 3 35 36 94 71 81 14 16 113 115 27i 38 84 86 47 49 4 3 d 42 14 874 88 71 72 70 72 6 8 37i 38 3 9 p 9311 41 55} i 24 3 56 p 1 10 t1 62 P 101 11 5f 61 6 4 Oh 1091 671 1111 Ki i i 931 1 3 1011 PREFERENCE MARES. 931} 474 77 SS 71 Ile I Closing Bodeen Railways. Paid. j Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne It per t 0. pref. (issued at £5O) Brie. & Exet.4p.ct. Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Perth,& Aber. Jun E.Angn. Class A 7 & Spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 po E. Conn. Ex. 5 pot No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per et. Stook Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Edin.azGlas. 5 pe shares Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas. &S West.- - a. 5 po. Great Northern, 5 p. et. Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 45 p c do, do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt G W (Ireland) 4 i p. ct. pref. Stock rent West. (Berke and , Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct 1 Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et I Do. Irredeemable, do.. Do. 5 p. et. R edeem.Pref. I Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c.pf.sh. Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do. Binning. guar. stock ) Do. Chester g - uanshares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnel.St.£s 3810dpc Do. 0 per c. (E. Lan) IL on. & Brig.spc. gu. No.l IDo. , 5 p. 0 N 0.2 ' Do. gua., 6 p. et. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 45 per c. shares Do. 7 percent. Pref. St. Do. 6 p.c. do.(W.E.&C.P.), ID 0.4 p.c S.(div.d cf. til'6s), Lond. Chat. and Dover ton.& N. W.Cov.& Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon. &S. W, 7 p.ct. stock,' Londondy & Cole, she. Londondy.& Ennis 5 sh. & Lin., 6 p. et. Do. £6 Do. 35 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent Warort & Car.. 4 p.c. yp Do. 44 per cent .. Do 95 97 1102 104 all }lOO Nfld. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ot. Do. 44 p. o. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leto. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s 1 p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Do., till 1869 Nortik 5 p.c. Ex.Stk,lBlB Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 D 0.5 WavVal.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent; Do. New, „crua. 5 per centl N-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c.t Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 TAo. York, H.& S. Pure'. North Staffordshire Ox. wr. & wol.dpc.lstg Do. Redeem., 2d Va. • • . D it y . r n r e e y d e G e m u , r a 2 r rl t a g e n d a : Scottish Central, new pl Scottish North-Eastern 34 pero. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 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 44 p.a. Ist is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. atm Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.a. Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent. Watrfd & Kilkny, tlp.c. 511 6 99 101 112 116 106 107 114 116 113 115 128 136 82 84 ,111 113 90 92 77i 784 10; 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 116 118 120 122 112 114 106 108 87 89 94 43 97 99 87 89 89 91 100 102 10 101 17 18 181 lot 75 77 20 21 10 101 15 151 139 141 116 118 116 118 138 143 116 118 153 157 133 136 66 68 21 22 !117 119 124 127 I I 1 66 6tl I 1i- 19 141 103 103 • 93 95 10 104 it 12i U . lip LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. paid • Leasing Closing! Busbies' Co.'s. Price. I Dom !Atlantic Az St Lawrencei Leased ate per cent. r.om.,l3aroda&Cent.ln( gil. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A j Do. Do. - BA, Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference , Buffalo, Brunt. &G odrich '6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug.., 18:2 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta. & S. Ea s trn. Lim., Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim.); Cape Town & Dock Script Central Oude (Limited) ,Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal. g u.sp.c East ;. - u.5 p. c Do. F Shares Ext , Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p. c. Debentrs Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1861 Geelong&Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref. . Do. 6 percent. Debenti. Do. 7 per cent. 1C 62 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 1 'Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. Do. New, gua.s per cent., Gt. South. of Ind.Lim.— guaranteed 5 per cent Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. e. Extension., Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrun swick& Cando. Ry.StLand(Lim.)g.ip - C 1 Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. 11. Capital do Do. do. Land do Dude (Limited) Scinde 4 Do. New {a 0 Do. Punjaub 52 Do. Indus. St. Plo Ea u ," St. Andrews & Quebec A Triuidad(Limited) Scrip lietliorti mutt ti'eteltley all Ludt N. W .. •• Ruckiirdiamshire lOO Ln& N.W 99 101 Chester & Holyhead lOO Do. 504 31 Do. do. 54 p. ct lOO Do. 124 126 Do. do. sp. ct. Clydesdale Junction lOO Caledonin,lo3 105 Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E C, 16 47 E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c lOO Gt.North.ll4o 142 E Union,HarwichShs , all E.Counts.j 4} 44 Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct, 100 Ualedonin Do. New lOO I Do. Gloster& Dean Forest all j Gt. West — Hartlpool.Dck.&KaHrJ all , Yk.N.& lir Hull and Selby Do. } 4 Shares ! all I Do. Do. Shares j all ,Do. Lanc.&Carl.gua.s p.c.l 100 iLn& N 4 W,208 212 2104 11 London&Greenwieti . 100 S. klast 164 66 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend.: 100 Peto &Co 193 95 Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct.l 100 'Norfolk 1 Do. 6 per cent 1 100 Do i _ 3lanc.,Buxtn. & Matk., all LN W&31 1 21 3 Mid. B radford Prefer- ence Stock Newmarkt.,llnryEx 1 5. 5.6. E.Counts 1 1. i P gu aranteed 5 p. c. 1 N or thn.& Eastn. 5 p.c., all I Do. , 57 69 Do. do. 6 per cent...., all I Do. ' I 1 all 1 Ilidlmid . 144 15 ix vc ed es s te p r e n r cent all Do. ,L&N W 1 I North po .Fixed ' Preston and Wyre. 1 all I& L.Yk. i Do. 4 Shares A) all Do. 1 s l t h o r y . s l t v n „ , b i r i 3, l . t sz e l Hereford' Shep 100 100 1 , T G t B .N r a o , r s t o h y Do. Do. 1 ,!.• ii P South Sta ff ordshire ..' all Wuican . 101 11 1 1 35 04 137 106 Wilts and Somerset.. , 100 Gt. West; 90 92 Wimbledon& Croydn.j all L.&Brg - tn! 7i Si DOCKS. Share Dooka. Dow. ______ I p a id 1 Crrloioasin! SWUM S tock!Commerci al lOO Stock ;Do 4 perCent.Pref .Min lOO —, Stork' East and West India lOO ..... Stock ILonilon IQQ ..... Stock l St. Ic atlittri i nc,,,, Stock koielhampton lOO -••• StockVictorla • ....• IN ••NI•• •• • • 100 102 104 It: DO New .•..u•....... 2 --- 13.14 Stoek THIS DAY.) :siD STOCKS. 111 113 109 111 91 93 95 94 1 }d 1 id 23 24 124 t 26 125 130 117 120 76 78 122 124 ►25 130 11 11i 24 24f 101 1 03 101 103 92 94 101 103. 88 88 23 29 33 34 32 33 50 55 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEER 13*ARY 16, MO. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) HOUSE OF LORDS. (Peers present :—The Lord Chancellor; Lords Brougham Cranworth, Wensleydale, and other Peers.) APPEAL-EWING V. CRAWFORD (OR EWING) ET AL. The further hearing of this appeal was resumed this morning. Mr. Anderson, Q.C., was retained for the ap pellant. This was an administration suit under the will of the late Jas. Ewing, Esq., of Levenside, merchant, Glasgow. The testator, by his will, directed his trustees, in the event of his not leaving a child, to pay a legacy of £20,000 to his nephew, John Humphrey Ewing Crum, mer chant, Glasgow, the appellant, if he did not suc ceed to the estates of Levenside on the death of his widow ; and if he did succeed to that estate, to pay him the interest of £lO,OOO until he got possession of that estate. The widow is now in possession as life-renter; and a question arises whether the testator intended succes sion or enjoyment of the estate before payment of the lega ales. The testator died on 29th November, 1853, leaving a widow, but no children. The First Division of the Court of Session in Scotland unanimously held that the events contemplated by the testator in the 6 and 7 purposes or articles of the trust, viz., the apellants succession to the estate of Levenside had not yet happened, and that he was not yet entitled to take the legacy in question. At the conclusion of the arguments of emnsel, the Lord Chancellor affirmed the decision of the Court of Session, and dismissed the appeal with costs. The other learned and noble lords entirely concurred. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evens.) IN RE DURALL-CERTIFICATE MEETING. solicitor. I have no personal feeling in the matter. I hope it will be arranged as soon as possible. Mr. Bovill said Mr. Ingram was quite as anxious as Mr. Scully that the subject should be closed. A gentleman at the bar had been named, and the inquiry would be taken immediately. The Lord Chief Justice said he was pleased at the ter mination of the case. It was entirely of a pecuniary na ture, which he trusted would be settled to the satisfaction of both parties, who were gentlemen who must frequently come iu contact ; and he hoped that in the end they would think no worse of each other than they had done before this unhappy difference arose. The jury was then discharged. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. GYE V. HUGHES. This case was resumed this morning. It is not expected to conclude to-day. This was the certificate meeting in ~he matter of the bankrupt who was described as of Bond-street, milliner and dressmaker. Mr. Lawrence opposed, and examined the bankrupt at some length upon various matters, more particularly in re ference to some goods which had been pawned. After hearing the bankrupt's explanations, the learned Commissioner said this was a crass in which he could award an immediate certificate of the, second class. The debts in the balance-sheet commencing January 1, 1858, and ending November 17, 1859, are—To creditors un secured, £685 ; creditors holding security, £116; creditors to be paid in full, £llO. The assignees have in hand £125. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. 1 Paid. ,i ng Cl° Businesp Mae Price. FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes Bali.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessao ICarmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo 1 Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France 'Euphrates Valley 'Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c ;Great Central of France iGt. Lnxem. Con. ells Itali an Junction 'Lake Constance & Rale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lyons r. n d Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Parls,Lyons, and Medit Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riva and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati 'Royal Danish ißoyal Swedish 'Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre and Meuse Ds. 54 per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5} p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand COLONIAL DOVE. Can. tiov.6 p.c J a. & July Do. 6p. c. Fb. &Aug. Do. 6 p.c.3lr. & Sep. Do. 6 per cent. 1879 Do. 6 per cent. 1878 N. B. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. o. Deb. 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New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. A ustrin. Inv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Serip.l _Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can Van Demon's Land BRITIS Share) Mines. MINES. Paid. i C ueing 1 Prioe. I, Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illotr,an), East Caradon • • ...... E. WI Russl (Tavistk.) Gam.BzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.), Great South To G.Wheal Alfd,(Phillack) G. Wheal Vor (flelston) Grenville Herod's-Foot ..... Hingston DOWI4II Lady Bertha Niurgwet (uny Lelant) North Downs North France s Rom) 'N.WhI Basset (Mogan North Wheal Orally Par COUSGict (St. Blazy). Providence (lJny Lelat) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) South C. Brea( Ill 001). S Wheal Fran. (1110ifan Stray parif ........ Tamar gilver and Lead Minin Co Tin Cr0 ft...... Vale of Tom,- (Grin ). West %pilot (Illogan) W, Coradon (Liskeard). West Seton . . .. 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The following short summary will bring the whole of the circumstances connected with the case back to the recollec tion of our readers : The action was brought in the first instance by the plaintiff, Mr. Vincent Scully, an Irish barrister, a Q.C., and formerly M.P. for the county of Cork against Mr. Herbert Ingram, the proprietor of the Illustrated London News and M.P. for Boston, to recover compensation in damages for representing that he (the defendant) had pur chased an estate called Castle Hyde, in the county of Cork, from the late John Sadlier. Mr. Vincent Scully (the plain tiff) was acquainted with the late John Sadleir, whose gigantic frauds are already known to the public, and who terminated his career by suicide on Hampstead-heath. In 1851 Sadleir was indebted to Scully in the sum of £9,000 for money lent, and Scully having by him ready money to the amount of £lO,OOO was desirous of investing the whole in the purchase of an estate in Ireland, through the Encum ii bared Estates Court. The . property of Castle Hyde, in the county of Cork, was put up for sale in December, 1851, and Sadleir, by direction of Scully, purchased it for £19,425. Sadleir bought it in his own name, in trust, for Mr. Thos. Ayres, of Bath, representing to the plaintiff it would be better to re. sell in the market if it appeared that the Purchaser was an English gentleman. Afterwards the plaintiff tried to get his £9,000 from Sadleir, but failing to do so, he authorised him to re-sell the estate, and Sadleir wrote to him telling him that he had got a purchaser at a profit of £6OO in the person of Mr. Herbert Ingram, the defendant. The plaintiff consented to this arrangement, and expected that the purchase would be completed. Sub sequently the plaintiff was persuaded by Sadleir to start as a candidate for the county of Cork, but in order to give him a status in the county he was desirous to possess some landed property within it. Sadleir having told him that his friend, Mr. Ingram, w‘eild readily re-sell the estate, the plaintiff entered into negotiations with him on the sub ject, but not being able to come to terms the negotiations were broken off. After Sadleir's death, Mr. Scully, from certain circumstances, alleged that Mr. Ingram never pur • chased the estato at all, but that he (plaintiff) was virtually owner of it, and could have asserted his rights by moving in the Encumbered Estates Court in the usual way. It was also discovered that Sadleir had deeply mortgaged the property, so that as far as the plaintiff was concerned the estate was irretrievably gone, and compensation was sought in damages against Mr. Ingram, the plainti ff, for lending him self, as alleged by the learned counsel at the trial, to the misrepresentation that he was owner of the estate, when, in fact, he never had any interest whatever in it, and a verdict wee given for the plaintiff—damages, £3OO. When Mr. Bovill obtained the rule calling on the plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, he stated that at the trial at Guildhall there was little evidence to show bow Mr, Ingram could have been benefitted by the alleged misrepresentation, or what motive he could have had in making it. The jury came into court twice, and said that they could not agree ; and it appeared that half, or a certain number of them, were not prepared to find that the defendant was an accomplice with Sadleir in the fraud. The transaction took place in May, 1853, and at the trial a mass of correspondence was pro duced by the plaintiff for the first time, and the Lord Chief Justice adjourned the cause early on the first day, that Mr. Bovill might have an opportunity of perusing it. Before the trial the defendant' applied for leave to administer in terrogatories to Mr. Scully, which was refused ; and the defendant never received the usual notice to inspect and admit these letters, which were for the first time brought to his notice at the trial. It appeared that Mr. Scully was desirous that Mr. Ingram should have every information that existed in connection with the case, and it was afterwards discovered, on examining the papers produced by the plain tiff, but which the defendant's counsel had no opportunity of examining at the time, that one of them contained an extract dated June, 1853 (the month after Mr. Ingram deolined to have anything more to do with the estate s , taken from the books' of Messrs. Sadleir, Morrogh, and Kennedy, the solicitors of John Sadleir and of Mr. Scully, to the following effect "John Sadleir, Esq. (Ca s tl e H yde Estat,„;), June, 1853. "Instructions to prepare outline of tb e title to this es tate, comprising the manor and land. of Castle Hyde, er ' Carregreen, Eddy, Coolmackey, oolore, Knockananing. and Farranelahessey, t o l a y betoreMr Scully . to" Perusing original paten'. of 1611, a ndi other . documents, to enable us to prepare ~,utline. "Draft outline o f seven pages po s t . Copy, " " Attendt, g Mr. Scully therewith. Ins~-actions for deed of conveyance from Mr. E. Morrogh. " A trustee to Wm. Dargan, £2,600. Esq., in consideration of " Draft deed, one skin. " Engrossing. " Stamp, £125, afterwards cancelled. " Attending Mr. Morrogh when he executed the same. " The arrangements being broken off. " Attending to cancel stamp." Mr. Bovill contended that as Mr. Ingram had abandoned the purchase in May, 1853, and Mr. Scully in the June fol lowing was dealing with the estate as his own, the Court accordingly granted a rule for the present proceedings. Mr. Edwin James, at great length, entered into the whole transaction on the part of Mr. Ingram, when The Lord Chief Justice asked whether it was not possible the case could be settled out of court. It appeared that nothing dishonourable was intended to be imputed by Mr. Scully against Mr. Ingram or by Mr. I ngra m against Mr. Scully. The case appear e d s i mply a pecuniary dispute, and such being the case, he thought there was a mode by which the difference between the two gentlemen could be settled. Mr. James said that Mr. Scully was anxious that kverY • thing connected with the case should be rigidly inquired into. The Lord Chief Justice said no charge of fraud was made. If there had been he should not have advised .the course he did. Mr. Bovill, for Mr. Ingram, said his client was perfectly ready to meet any charge made against him. After the verdict that had been passed against him, it would be the height of indiscretion for him to advise anything but a public investigation. The Lord Chief Justice asked whether it was not pos sible for Mr. Ingram to have been deceived by Ssdleir as well as Mr. Scully. He did not see why Mr. Ingram should not be as much inclined to settle this dispute as Mr. Scully, especially as there was nothing dishonourable ad vanced against him. If the learned counsel meant to im pute fraud, then it was imperative that there should be a public and not a private investigation. Mr.. Bovill said whether a charge of fraud or no fraud was made, he was perfectly ready to meet it. Mr. Ingram felt it necessary that every inquiry should be made into the whole transaction. The Lord Chief Justice would not, under the circum stances, make any other remark. Mr. Bovill thanked his lordship for his suggestion, and the case was about to proceed. when a consultation took place between the counsel for both parties. After it had gone on for some minutes, Mr. James asked the learned judge 'whether they might trespass on his time for a few minutes. The Lord Chief Justice replied in the affirmative and quitted his seat. All parties then left the court, After an absence of about a quarter of an hour. The Lord Chief Justice took his seat on the bench and said he had considered the care, and he could not see that there was any question of personal dishonour involved in it, and it was better that it should be settled amicably in pre ference to fighting it out. Both gentlemen, it appeared to him, had been placed in a false position by the machine tions of a person whose unhappy end they were all ac quainted with. He was glad all imputations of dishonour had been withdrawn, and that the subject in dispute was to be settled in an amicable way as befitted the position of both parties. Mr. Bevil' said ho felt great pleasure that the proceedings had terminated as they had. He never intended to impute anything dishonourable to his opponent. The Lord Chief Justice expressed his gratification at the announcement. Mr. Scully, the plaintiff, who had during the morning occupied a seat near Mr. James, rose, and addressing the bench, said—My lord, may I be allowed to make one re- I mark ? I have left the case entirely in the hands of my RE VVIGDAHL. This was a certifiee.te meeting under the estate of the bankrupt, a most extensive coal exporter. The losses are set down in the balsa:ice-sheet at nearly £lO,OOO, sustained in consequence of the sudden closing of the late Italian war. Mr. Lawrence, for the assignees, called attention to the accounts, and said that probably about 2s. 6d, in the pound would be realised. The losses had excited the anger of the trade assignees. Now, it appeared, that the loss was through a shipment of coals as a speculation during the late war. The Emperor of the French had, however, purchased very largely, and the speculation proved a failure. Mr. Lawrence contended that the bankrupt had, with only a capital of £285, gone most rashly into these speculations, and, in fact, was placing his counters against his creditors' guineas. The bankrupt had kept good books, and had exerted himself most energetically in assisting the assignees to realise his estate. The bankrupt then read a long statement, at the conclu sion of which his Honour awarded the bankrupt an imme diate certificate of the second class. SHERIFFS' COURT. MR. HARRISON AND THE SUPER-MASTER.HARRISON Y. HOLLINGSWORTH. This was a judgment summons. Plaintiff is the well known athlete, and defendant was lately connected with the supernumeraries at one of the Lyndon theatres. Ms. Abbott appeared for the defendant. Mr. Harrison said the debt had been contracted under the following circumstances :—Defendant was a super master, and the debt was for refreshments supplied. Mr. Abbott offered £2 down, and. £2 per month. Plaintiff declined, and said that he really could not agree. His Honour inquired how plantiff would take it ? Plaintiff—l really cannot take it after standing so long. Mr. Abbott—The defendant is here and can tell your honour his exact position. _ _ . His Honour again asked plaintiff how he would take it, and not being quickly answered, made the order as required by defendant. POLICE IN2'ELLIGENCT-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULT ON A COMPOSITOR, AND FALSE ACCUSATION. —Charles Perkins, a house decorator, living at the Black Dog public-house, Markham-square, Chelsea, was charged with assaulting John B. Weaver, of 80, Gloucester-street, Cambridge-heath, a compositor. The complainant said he was passing along Cranhourne • street on the previous evening, having just left his employ, when the defendant, who was far fro►n sober, seised him by the collar, and said he was one of the persons who had robbed him in a public honse. He told him he was entirely mistaken; but ho persisted in the statement, got a large erowd round him, and detained him for 10 minutes, and on a constable, Smith, 72 C, conking up, he gave the defendant into custody. The defendant said he was not sober at the time, but somebody had robbed him in the public house. Mr. Bingham, in fining the defendant 205., said he would recommend him to keep sober for the future, or, at all events, not to give innocent persons into custody, as he had not only kept the complainant a prisoner inthe streets, but disgraced him also. A NICE LODGER.—Emma Taylor, of 49, Well-street, Middlesex Hospital, was charged on a warrant by 0' Shaughnessy, one of the warrant-officers, with threaten ing the life of Mrs. Mary Ann Wilson, wife of Mr. Wilson, surgeon. It appears that Mr. Wilson, who is in s very delicate state of health, has only lately taken the house, the defen dant being at the time a lodger, and that she had threatened the life of Mrs. Wilson, and also to sot the house on fire. The defendant was ordered to leave the house this day, and her husband's security was taken for her future good behaviour. THAMES. ROBBERY IN A COUNTING-HOUSE.—A tall well-dressed man, about 27 years of age, who gave the name of Thomas Maybury, and said he was a bricklayer, was brought before Selfe charged with stealing money in the counting house of Mr. William Jones, the proprietor of lime works in High-street, Wapping, near the Thames Tunnel. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. Jones that yester day afternoon his clerk had just retired from his desk into the inner counting-house, and that Mr. Jones entered the outer counting-house suddenly and saw the prisoner and another man, " equally as respectable," standing close to the desk. Before Mr. Jones could ask their business the prisoner's confederate dropped the lid of the desk and ran away. The prisoner asked Mr. Jones some ques tions about plaister, which the prosecutor did not answer, but laid hold of him and said, " You have robbed me." An immediate alarm was raised, and the prisoner's confederate was pursued, but made his escape. The prisoner was given into custody, and conveyed to the Thames Police-station, close by. On his way he dropped a packet containing ss. worth of half pence, which was recovered. Another packet containing a similar amount was found in his coat pocket. Mr. Jones missed four or five packets, each containing ss. worth of coppers from the desk in his counting-house, and he could identify the one dropped by the prisoner and the one found upon him as having been taken from the desk. There was gold and silver to a large amount in the desk, and the prisoner and his companion would have carried away a large booty if they had not been suddenly interrupted. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said, I wish you to settle it here." Mr. Selfe—Why do you wish me to settle it here ? The prisoner—lt is my first offence. Roche, the gaoler of the court, who is remarkable for his recollection of old offenders, said if the prisoner was re maNded it would be found that he had been often in cus tody for various offences. The prisoner —Never before Roche—Yes ; and you have been tried and convicted. Mr. Selfe—When did that occur ? Roche—Too many years ago for me to fix the time. Mr. Selfe had very little doubt in his own mind the pri soner was an old offender ; but, as there was no actual proof of a former conviction, and the prosecutor wished him to dispose of the case summarily, he shoUld do so. The robbery was a most audacious one, and he sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. THIS DAYS SHIPPING. LONDON, Feb. 16.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.W. ; moderate breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 15.—Wind, N. to N.N.E., foggy.— Sailed—The Barbadoes, for Barbadoes. Itorrnitasm, Feb. 14.—The Hollins, reported yesterday as sunk near Ilelvoot, had been in contact with the Aller ton Packet, from Middlesboro', moored in the Channel, which is making much water. SCILLY, Feb. 15.—Arrived—The Ende avour, fr om Port Madoc to Portsmouth, a derelict ; crew taken off previously by the Springfield, Cowes to Cardiff, arrived here. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Mornittg, Wind, N.E. Arrived—John and Sarah, from Brussels ; Havre, steamer, from Havre ; Courier, steamer, from Jersey : Wil liam and John, from Sunderland ; Theodore, from Shields ; Edith Maria, from Hull; Eleanor, from Sunderland; Rankin, from Glasgow ; Ellen, from Shields. Sailed—Cheshire Witch, for Swansea; Jane Cochrane and Hannah, for Cardiff; Cicely, Sunflower, and Wilber force, for Sunderland ; Fellowship, for Seaham ; Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey; Alliance, steamer, for Havre. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind, N. Arrived, Feb. 15—Urgent, from Quebec and Carnarton and not from Iquique, as reported. Sailed, Feb. 15—Centurion, for New Orleans ; Marie Adele, for Nantes; Iris, for Sierra Leone. Sailed, Feb. 16—Albanian, screw steamer, for Genoa ; Braganza, for Lisbon; W. W. Scott, for Rio Jauiero ; Ashland, for New Orleans. Arrived, Feb. 16—Margaret Jane, from Barmouth, with cotton, ex Britannia; Spy from Arklow, with wrecked goods, ox Ann Mitchell. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A GENTLEMAN PROM LompoN BRIDGE.—At an early hour yesterday morning a most desperate attempt at suicide was made by a gentleman named I'. Chapman, whose relatives reside in the neigh bourhood of NValworth. It appeared that the unfortunate gentleman jumped from the parapet of London Bridge into the river, and was carried by the stream under the vessels• Fortunately the Thames police w ere on the spot, and suc ceeded in rescuing him. lie was conveyed to St. Thomas I Hospital, where he now remains. No cause is assigned for the act. 1014 1 101 f 75 98 1 1 ,AILWAYS. all all all all all 21 2i li te l cll 24 25s} all all all all all 6 1 7 11 14p1 8 8 19 19 34 361 - -r 9 10 30 &51 53 65 1} Id 13 15 54 6 8k 19 20 } :I :1 22 23 41 41 4 par I 1 SECIJR] 113 116 109 111 112 114 09 110 99 100 99 100 99 100 108 100 ,09 111 I no 111 lIEOUS. all r 14 15 1120 170 132 13 41 61 38 41 20 22 14 15 1120 125 8 9 23 244 5 5i 91 103 106 108 p2al II I 1 d 1* 1 11 1 c 1 1; 21 51 52 78 80 12 14 21Pi 23 8f 7 52 53 120 130 35 36 1 1 1 -11 12 ,ITINS. .NOVEL ENGINEERING OPERATION. A very novel engineering operation was described at a reeent meeting of the Institution of Civil Engi neers, by Mr. F. C. Stileman, one of its members. This was an enlargement of the Lindal tunnel, on the Furness Railway, which as a single line, was com pleted and opened in June, 1851. The facilities af forded by this railway having led to a great develop ment of the mineral traffic of the district, en Act of Parliament was obtained for the formation of the Ulverston and Lancaster railway, thus completing the chain of coast railways between Lancaster and. Whitehaven, and so onwards to Carlisle. It then be came evident that a single line would be insufficient to accommodate the traffic. Consequently, in August, 1854, it was decided to widen the line, and to en large the Lindal tunnel. The tunnel was increased in width equally on each side of the existing single line tunnel, the level of the rails remaining the same. Before the works of enlargement were commenced, the contractor, Mr. Tredwell, suggested that another single or twin tunnel, parallel with the existing one, could be constructed with less risk; and he offered to complete it for the same sum, notwithstanding the additional excavation necessary in the approaches. This proposition had not been favourably entertained, because there was no precedent for such a work, and because it was known that there were many and grave disadvantages in working a single-line tunnel. From its limited area, the atmosphere in such a tunnel after the passing of heavy trains becomes so charged with steam and sulphurous vapour, that the plate layers cannot work for any length of time continu ously, and hence there is a difficulty in properly lifting and packing the permanent way. Again, the condensation of the steam upon the rails in single line tunnels practically increases the expense of working. From the commencement of the Lindal tunnel works in June, 1855, to their completion in Nov., 1856, nearly seven thousand five hundred passenger trains, conveying one hundred and twelve thousand passengers, and two thousand one hundred goods trains, carrying two hundred and five thousand tons of minerals, &c., ex clusive of light engines, passed through the tunnel, without the slightest casualty to either description of train, or any accident even of the most trivial character to any individual. A special code of rules was arranged for working the traffic, and for watching and signalling every train. The stations at each end of the tunnel were in telegraphic com munication, and there were semaphore signals at each entranee, connected by an endless wire. The wire was fastened to wheels at various points, having cranks outside the trough in which it was enclosed. A signalman whose duty it was to remain in the tunnel, could by means of a portable lever, lower both semaphore signals simultaneously. As a precautionary rim-, sure, the signalman sounded a large gong on being informed by the telegraph that a train was ap proaching; and it was not until he had satisfied himself that no impediment existed to the passage of the train, that he lowered the signals, and thus sanctioned the engine drivers to proceed.— Mechanics' Magazine. 21I1S DAY'S MA RKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 43s 6d ; barley, 34s lld ; oats, 21s lld ; rye, 29s 9d ; beans, 38s 4d; and peas, 36a Od. THE SIX. WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 43s 10d ; barley, 34s 7d ; oats, 21s 4d ; rye, 31s lld ; beans, 38s 6d ; peas, 36s 6d. ENGLISH ORLIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 111,617; barley, 77,063 ; oats, 17,391 ; rye, 131; beans, 6,715 , peas, 2,085 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. A fair average supply of beasts, both as to number and quality, was on offer in to; day's market. All breeds met a slow :inquiry ; nevertheless, compared with Monday, no change took place in the quotations. The show of sheep was moderitte, and the mutton trade ruled inactive, at the late advance in prices. Prime swell calves sold readily— other descriptions of veal slowly, on former terms. Pigs were in fair request ; but mulch cows were very dull. Per 81be to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. drinf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Second qualitydo. 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 101 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 4 2,, Second quality do. 4 4 4 10! Suckling calves, 18r to 22s ; Ms to 295. .1 o. d. R. d. l i Primecrs-wool do. 5 0 5 4 Pm& S'thdowndo.s 6 i 8 Largo crse. calves 5 2 5 6 Prime oxiall do 5 8 6 0 Large hogs 3 6 3 10 Small porkers ; and quiz-W.3ld afore pig', FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts l3O Sheep Calves . . 95 IPigs TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs 320 MEAT MARKETS. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. - The supplies of meat are seasonably good, and trade generally rules heavy as fol lows :—Beef, from 2. 6d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s Sd ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 2d ; pork, 3s 6d to 5s Od per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTUALT„ Feb. 15.—The supplies of each kind of fat stock in to-day's market were fair, and which changed hands steadily at full prices, as follows : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, us 10d to 56 6d ; veal, 4s 8d to 5s 6d ; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs to sink the offal. Roatronn, Feb. 16.—We had a slow sale for beasts, but otherwise trade ruled firm, viz :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d :to 6s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 8d ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per Sibs ; suckling calves, 14s:to 18s; quarter old store pigs, 22s to 26s each; milch cows, with their small calf, £l6 Os to £lB 5s each. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SruAKEn took the chair at twelve o'clock. PETITIONS. Several petitions were presented against the abolition of church rates, the Highways Bill, and legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister. PRIVATE BUSINESS. On the motion of Mr. C. FORSTER, the Brighton Im provement Bill was withdrawn. • The following Bills were read a second time :—Border Counties and North British Railway Companies, Caithness Roads ; Caledonian, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Scottish Central Railway Companies ; Consett District Water, Dublin Corporation Water, Epsom and Leatherhead Rail way, Great Northern and Metropolitan Junction Railway, Horsham and Steyning and Beeding Roads, Leeds Town ship, Leice . ster Cemetery, London asd North-Western Railway (No. 3); London aid North-Western, Great Northern, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Companies; Mersey Dock and Harbour Board, Mirfield Gas, North and South Lanarkshire Roads, Pontefract and Castleford Railway, Portsmouth New Railways, &c., Rugeley and Abbots Bromley Railway, and West Hartle pool Harbour and Railway. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.-111eadow hay, £2 153 to £4 N ; clover, £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 53 to £1 10s per load. Trade steady. • CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 173 to £4 as ; clover, £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 10s per lead. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2153 to £4 6s ; clove!, £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 10s per load. Trade firm. Captain Enger, or the 40th Regiment, has been appointed a Deputy Assistant-Adjutant-General, and is attached to Colonel M'Murdo, Inspector-General of Volun teers.—.lrtny and Navy Gazette. There is considerable difficulty experienced in determining the merits and claims of the various medical officers of the Army, who might be considered eligible to succeed the late deeply-regretted Director-General. It is understood that Dr. Taylor was summoned from Chatham. and that Dr. Gibson was ordered no from Aldershot by telegraph when the news of Dr. Alexander's death reached the authorities.—Army and Navy Gazette. The Moniteur de la Flotte (Feb. 9), in announcing that the command of the Chinese expedition has b t en given to "a general officer of the grade of vice-admiral, in con sideration of the important part to be played by the fleet, which "will consist of 60 ship s of war,', observes that no other Power has ever assembled such a numerous fleet in those distant waters. Our excellent contemporary may be correct, but assuredly our Government will not permit duo French to give a numerical superiority to their contingent of the expedition by sea. Our allies may take as much as they like of the glory, but they must not get more than their share of the solid advantages. It is absolutely ne cessary that for every French pendant there sh ou ld b e a t least one English whip flying, even though we admit that m any of the " batimens de guerre" of our allies are little iron guaboats.—Army and Navy Gazette. THE RELIGIOUS DISSENSIONS IN ST. GEORGE'S IN-THII.EAST.—Mr. Rosier, clothier, of St. Georg e-street (Ratcliffe highway), who has been cited by th e Rev. Bryan King, the rector, to the Consistory C o u r t, h as b een served with the copy of "articles," calling upon him to answer charges of brawling in the parish church of St. George's in-the-East. FATAL ACCIDENT.—A man named Barnes, while driving a waggon underneath an archway in Little Stan hope-street, Mayfair, yesterday morning, was crushed be tween the load in his waggon and the top of the arch. He was frightfully injured, and died on his way to the hospital. NARROW ESCAPE or BARNUM.—Mr. P. T. Bar num was nearly suffocated, a few nights since, in conse quence of having neglected to turn off the "register" in his sleeping-room, the house being heated by a furnace. The room was small, and windows ant doors being closed there was no ventilation. Mr. Barnum found himself unable to walk on awaking in the morning, and has not yet en tirely recovered.—Baston Courier. CHURCH RATES AT WOOLWICH.—About twelve months since, after an exciting contest, a church rate was refused at W oolwich by a majority of 111. The church wardens have again convened a vestry meeting to consider the question of making a rate, and the organist of the parish church has forwarded a circular to each ratepayer, stating that, in consequence of the want of funds, he has not received his salary. The anti-rate party have issued placards denouncing the attempt to inflict church rates upon the inhabitants, and a strong contest is expected. Our leading contemporary announced in the early part of the week that Major-General Sir James Scarlett was about to succeed Sir George Wetherell as Adjutant-General at Head. Quarters. The statement dyes not rest on good foundation. Sir George Wetherell, we have reason to be lieve, will continue for some time longer in the office of Adjutant-General, inasmuch as the Duke of Cambridge is very anxious to have the benefit of his services in arrangin. g .. w hatever new measures the Government may adopt resp.e?t_ ing the reorganisation of the Indian Army. We Ena a Y rd l i n a ; co ntradict the statements which have appeared r Lord Seaton's successor in the Irish comman d having yet been settled upon the subject. r e n g : n oth l/ a in i g, Navy Gazette. WATER IN PARlS.—There is one .n al t l h -s e u ir ffi h c o i u e se nt s reason why the French use as little wat e r by th e backet . The as they can avoid. It is paid for water to cleanse the sys tem of egouts, or drains, for supply i ng d to carry off the rain-water streets, ' to fill fire-engines, nb ut n ts o , and government,corporation, retailed n b b y es rmi the n.e ge is complete ; but every dr op, a of water for household pur poses is brought to the deor water-carriers, who are p o w er f ul 10,000, with whose privi leges water-works were invented, has been strong enough to in terfere. The Emperor is strong, and called absolute; but I,e has many masters, not the least of who m is the water carrier — o f Paris. Nothing could be easier than to supply Paris with water to the very attics, for the Seine has a areater fall than the Thames at Richmond-bridge ; 3v ery attempt to introduce water-works is opposed by the wa ter-carriers, who will not allow water to be taken from the fountains in greater quantities than in bucketfuls, except by themselves, and it is a hazardous thing for a touch-and go dynasty to throw 10,000 able •bodied men out of employ ment.—Once a Week. THE INDIA HOUSE, Col. SYKES gave notice that, en the motion for the ad journment of the house on Friday, he would ask if there was any truth in the report of the removal of the business of the East India House to the Victoria Hotel ; that some of the manuscripts of the East India House were to be destroyed, and if so, what steps will be adopted to provide premises for the East India Company ? CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT (l 854) AMENDMENT BILL,. Mr. MELLOR, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that, since the introduction of the measure, he had received letters from different parts of the country, not only sympathising with the principle of the bill, but ap proving of its provisions. He had already explained the nature of the bill, and he would not detain the 'attention of the house at any considerable length. In the first place, he would state that he proposed to give a certain amount of dis cretionary power to judges in dealing with parties convicted of having received bribes or offered bribes, by which the maximum punishment to be inflicted for such offences should be six months' imprisonment with hard labour. Seine con sidered that his bill did not go far enough in dealing with these offences, and that it should have been rendered more stringent in regard to those who were proved to have been guilty of bribery; but the fact was that in many cases a trap was laid for those who were induced to offer bribes, and therefore in some instances the party receiving the bribe was the more criminal party, and consequently should suffer the severest punishment. The judge would be able, from the complexion of the case, to decide between the respective degrees of the criminality of parties charged with those offences, and therefore to inflict the proper punishment. He then alluded to the re cent case of attempted bribery at Norwich, is which a town councillor was offered a sum of £5OO to induce hint to vote for an alderman of the borough. To show that an altera tion in the existing law was requisite, when an inquiry into the circumstances was ordered, one of the persons called on to give Evidence refused to do so because it would tend to criminate himself. He believed he was correct in stating that there was a feeling on both sides of the house that something should be done by Par liament in order to remedy what was an apparent and serious evil. He did not propose his bill as a final mea sure, but merely as a provisional one, which would have the effect of repressing the evil. (Hear, hear.) He referred to the committee appointed to inquire into the elections at Gloucester and Wakefield, in the latter of which boroughs a large amount of money was proved to have been ex pended in direct bribing, in hiring bands of ruffians to intimidate the electors, and in beer and spirits to corrupt the voters. He proposed by his bill that no candidate should be allowed to pay election expenses, other than those excepted by the existing Act of Parliament, and that any money expended for election purposes should be paid through the medium of an election agent and election. audi tor. He did not approve of the latter official, as he con sidered him at present little more than a useless machine ; but he did not intend to deprive him of his func tions. Finally, he proposed to do away with paid canvassers altogether, and he called on the house to accept hie bill, which, if it was not final in its operation, would have the effect of diminishing the evil which was a degra dation to the country.. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUNT approved of some of the provisions of the bill, though he did not consider it an e ffi cient measure as a whOle. He contended that the evil which the bill proposed to remedy would not be effectually suppressed unless mem bers of that house and candidates for election were prepared to carry out the spirit and letteT of the laws passed by the Legislature in reference to this subject. Sir H. GOLDSMID oppose 4 several of the provisions of the bill, and the principle it proposed of repressing bribery by severe penal enactments, which experience had shown to be fallacious. He referred to the history of crimes in this country, to which severe punishments were applied to support his proposition. ror instance, capital punishment had failed to prevent the commission of forgery, which was diminished by doing away with the cir culation of notes of small amount, which removed the temptation to commit the offence. Again, in the case of smuggling, the severest punishment hadi been found inoperative as a repressing agency; but when there was an alteration in the excise the offence was re- duced, because its commission ceased to be profitable. The hon, member then proceeded to argue in detail in suppers of his proposition, that bribery, like other offences, was to be prevented or repressed by removing the temptation to its commission, rather than punishing it severely. Mr. A. STEWART approved of the bill generally, but considered that it would be desirable it should be referred to a select committee. He disapproved of the provision with respect to paid canvassers or messengers, as being open to practical objection. Mr. COLLIER defended the provision of the liiU whieb. gave judges who tried cases, of bribery a discretionary power as to the amount of punishment to be inflicted. Hon. mem bers in the house denounced bribery as a degrading , of fence, but their sincerity would be doubted so long as they did not invest the judges of the land with power to inflict on those committing it a degrading punishment. (Hear, hear.) He approved also of the provision by which money for election expenses should be paid only through an election auditor, and he proposed to add that any person infringing that provision should lose his seat. Having expressed his approbation of other clauses of the bill, he contended it would be desirable to appoint a public prosecutor in cases of bribery. He had introduced a bill last session by which a public pro secutor wl‘s proposed ,to be appointed in the case of offences generally, by which prosecutions would be entrusted to a public officer, and not left to the carelessness or malice of private individuals. Some practical difficulty had been encountered in the details of • the bill, but he thought on several grounds that the proposal might be adopted in the present instance, la which public morality was concerned. He would support the second reading, but thought the bill should be referred to a select eommittee of the house. Sir G. GREY said that he thought before legislating on this subject there should be a most searching inquiry into the operation of the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act. (Hear, hear.) He objected to the provision by which severe punishment was to be inflicted on persons convicted of bribery, because he believed the effect would be to prevent juries convicting such offenders. He approved of the indemnity to witnesses who gave evidence, and it was owing to this indemnity they had ob tained such full disclosures in regard to Gloucester inquiry and. Wakefield. He was opposed to some of the other provi sions of the bill, and suggested that the he proposed should precede the second reading. (Hear, hear .) Mr. MACAULAY also obj ected to the provis ion inflict ing severe punishment i n c a ses of bribery, which he believed would prove inoperative. He defended the ap pointment of election auditors, which had been designated as nugatory, and believed that no case had been mad e ou t aga inst its continuance. After a few words from Mr. M. MILNEs in favour of re ferring the bill to a select committee, Mr. MELLOR said he would defer to the wish of the house, and withdraw the moti on f or th e secon d rea di ng of the bill. The motion was then finally withdrawn. Mr. E. JAMES moved that it be an instruction to the committee to consider and report on the operation and effeet of the Corrupt Practices Prevention Act (1854), and the Acts continuing the same, and also upon, the operation and effect of the Election Petitions Act (1848), and whether any further measures are necessary for the prevention of corrupt practices at elections. He contended that the office of election auditor, as at pre sent constituted, was utterly. illusive and nugatory. He called on the house to deal promptly and effectively with the subject of corrupt practices at elections. In his opinion the Government ought to take the matter into their own hands, and bring forward some fitting measure, instead of allowing the subject to be taken up by a private member. Mr. KINGLAKE seconded the motion, and contended the office of election auditor, which he considered had been properly designated by the report of one of the late election commissions as a mere screen,was not to protect, but to de ceive the public. After some further discussion, in which Mr. Philips, Mr. Pullen, Mr. W. P. Martin, Mr. Denby Griffiths, and other hon. members took part, The motion was 'agreed to. ELECTION PETITIONS ACT (1848) AMENDMENT BILL. The second reading of this bill was postponed till Tues day next. ,ADULTERATION OF FOOD OR DRINK BILL. On the motion of Mr. SCHOLEFIPL., this bill was read a second time. , TRAMWAYS (IRELAND) BILOL,er Sir R. FERGUSON (on the reading rd of the f se or lec g t oi co ng m i ni nt it o te co e, d to ay a Sir E. bens :—Mr. Cardwell, Sir R. Ferguson, r a Lord J. Brown., committee moved t f °ll 2l fa- o t ti It o w i , ;; N n b g: a l s re b: f n e i r e r m ed - Col.breville, Col. Dunne, Mr. F. Russe ll, and Mr. Has. Grogan, Col. French, Mr. H. Herbert, Lord C. Hamilton, Mr. H. Hamilton, Mr. Hutt, Mr. Daviso n , Berl—Agreed to. EAD-UrgnS, BILL. CHARITABLE was read a e a to be committed next Wednesday second time, and order On the motion CHA f WAYS A R o T xt A r ß L H AND MEANS. The house then went into committee of Ways and Means. Mr. LAING to Majestyt hat towards forthe ma kin g g ee d t h e supply granteddefi c iency m the rants for the service ot the year ended the 31st day of g iarch, 1859, the sum of L 407,649 be granted, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri tain and Ireland. The CHAIRMAN was ordered to report the reaolution e and the house resumed. VALUATION O F R A TEABLE T w EABLE PROPERTY The report on this u(b s b ro ught up, and leave wee given to bring in a bill founded-on it. MR. BALFE, THE IRISH MAGISTRATE. Col. DUNNE moved for a copy of the commission for an inquiry into the conduct of Mr. Balfe, a magistrate of the county of Roscommon, accused of having committed a cri minal offence—together with the report of the commis sioners appointed to make the inquiry, and correspondence connected therewith. Mr. WHITESIDE seconded the motion. Mr. CARDWELL entered into some explanations, after which a discussion ensued. The motion was agreed to. ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST. Mr. BUTLER moved an address for & copy of all correspondence that had taken plaee between, the Rev. Bryan King, the vestry of St. George's-in-thr i -East, and the Bishop-of London, relative to the disturbances in the parish church.—Ordered. The house adjourned shortly after five o'clock. We understand it is in contemplation to form an additional military district in England, comprising some of the Midland Counties.—•irmy and Navy Gazette. 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