The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-20 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AN t , CUATiYIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. to il ? i lloney Market has remained firm, but quiet c i i "'Y'• The inquiry has only been of a moderate aiLaracter, but the supply of capital afloat shows a ; l e s lit di minution. The quotations for the best el,.lrities have been 4f, 5 per cent. amount of specie taken out by the Delta, L uell left to-day for India and China, was £17,750. 3.3411:111.e prospectus has appeared of the Rio de eir ° Gas Company, which has been formed for t e n' P u rPese of acquiring a concession granted some 4 i -3 : L ea l's ago for lighting the city of Rio de Janeiro suburbs with gas. The result of the work 18''.3°1 the und er t a ki ng, f rom t h e commencement in e a t,. f t° the present ti me , h as b een , it i s sa id, h ig hly be e aet nrY, and its sale to an English company has f ro ' effected for the purpose of obtaining assistance t he European money markets to aid the de net°Preent of the resources of the country. The 410 profits for the year 1863 amounted to £64,500, Per tn t' the Year 1864 t o £65,000, or upwards of 10 eellt • on the proposed purchase-money, namely, the Under the terms of the concession It o C : ln iPany will be at liberty to introduce t ar . 41i0 all machinery and raw material neces /1'1: to the manufacture of gas free o f duty. an agreement for the purchase of the concessions, i° °f all the valuable gasworks, connected build andbona propert y in Rio, provides that the conces- INC e shall bear the preliminary and all other ex 's of the company, up to the time of the under deeng b eing handed over to them, and an Imperial iee Obtained, approving the transfer, and reeog . - Tli e rtg , th e company as a Societe Anonyme Brazil. £lse„ li rs re hase-money will be paid as follows : b al. " , uuo out of the deposits on allotment, and the theallee, £ 45 0,000, on 30th June next, or so soon eoinreafter as the property is handed over to the co p a nt, and th e I mper i a l d ecree o bt a i ne d. Th e Nt il Y has th e option of paying one-half of the tfi c uase - money in fully paid-up shares. The pro - f ro ° he undertaki ng will accrue to the:shareholders t 60 ,ki lst July next. The capital required is u7OOO i n shares of £2O each. Two o'CLo Pa ris, this morning, according to Reuter , s e a '` v a te, the 3 p er C en t. Rentes were 67f. 45c. of il ; ler e has been no alteration to-day in the prices be e ; li glish Stocks. A very moderate business has th e i — ne gotiated, and quotations generally remain at ail r former values. Consols for m one y are 89+ :I, XB9s for the account. Th e N ew Th rees an d 4 llee d Annuities a re 88+ 89 ; E xc h equer 4 s . t o P r eto; India 5 per Cents 1031 +; ditto Enfaced ter Cent s ., 8 9+, and ditto 5} per Cents., 109. oreign Stocks, although they have not been a loe, have generally exhibited firmness. Turkish tip Cents., 1862, are 701 71 • ditto Consolides, 2 4 52i; • Mexi can, 27 New,; do. 26 4 ; Greek, 14. 2. ; Spanish Pas s i ve, 321 1 ; d o . C er tifi cates, f e l ; Italian, 64+ ; do. New, 1+ dis.; Con 444etate, 56 58 ; E gypt i an, + 1+ prem. ; Danu- L i ' 1 dis• par ; an d M ontev i dean, 3+4 prem. t ile Railway Share Market the dealings have ill on a very moderate scale, prices however have several instances shown increased firmness. aki' llt ° ll have improved 55., South Eastern, 10s., 7,l"rreat Northern and South Eastern each £l. kale P ereign and Colonial lines remain without i ga a,i l change. 911 0 ;',., and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, but tio 4 ' ° ria generally remain without material altera -0,4 Me tropolitan Districts Railway Company wa ter are quoted 3+ prem.; General Irrigation and S upply of France, prem. ; Rio de 1 ° Gas, 11+ prem. ; West London Docks, ( Ity - China Steamship, 1+ 2+ prem. ; and °f Milan Improvement, 31 + prem. . 1, (1%,,,11J11T1511 FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ‘ 11 , t o ee':;'.ol4ExT FUNDS. !, 1 2 1.. A 4to Consols I ' t ° Thit, o w ,-oat 1 ,, _ , M ar. 9 B9; I Ae ° iae ' "'educed BB9 h t ° 21 , r Cent B9 8+ , o, per Ce nt. 41 14 6 per ~, Jan. 1894 — bl o kiti e; Cent. Jan. 1873 — L b for 3 0 Yrs, expire sth Jan 1880 , 4, 11 02t e d 0 3:re, expire sth April,"lBBs — {t e , ",ra Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — " J e. "'ills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent ) k Do. £5OO - 18 kk ) of t il , £lOO and £2OO 1 4/4,N Q. i and Stock, 5.1 per Cent — D"' 4 l2 l ,7.t r : v tilasimENT SECURITIES. A c 10i p er Cent., April 1874.- _ / - ,1 , 1 5 .„4 bu o. ZArent. July, 1870 bo, 4 Per illt b ., • c‘ e ,.., eut., Oct. 1888 u• t ' "fleate s — D o kf ace b:s ,,per di Paper 4 per Cent B9l ~. b oi ~,. ent., Jan. 1872 4b0°.4 Per ent., May 1879 lO9 b o • o ,4_CeUt., Aug. 1866 — • 41 4 0 £l,OOO — pm Ab,, r £ l ,OOO 4'41 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. k41 141' 4 110 4 d D o. 4 5 ~,, s, 5 per Cent — 41 per Cent ___. tp eo L o Pe _ r Cent., 1852-58-60 f ,,b 0 (30 ,. 4. 1 , 1863 'hit '1) .. ,,,, e8 6 Cent — ) 4 4 6 ~,,' kient Deferred 3 per Cent ) 'ol o ° ' 41 vex' Cent — C 1, Per : t.ia il Cent — D G p„ 6 ,Per Cent. _ 6 1 , e k , eut ttit 44 %kie l i t eent., 1864 — D o a b ,' £, 5 5 paid —pm Al° p e —r ‘Jeut., 1825 4,444 C o ent., 1864 ii i : 44 , .ent., 1773-77, £25 paid 1 12 pa 'r a ucipalities o 11 7 ,„ — dis par , b , g eed } .r Cent ___ _ o,tlo,,ttd Issue b b, u , )3 onds Do kli • 1864 _ 0 4 'l 3 , £55 id 1 11 4o e l . . °11 at Pa li li Pm b ° ) p i , en, Consolidated, 1 per Cent — (i t 0 . k ° Visional Land Warrant — t i e 'it 5 1 . ° ° Bonds ~ to. e! Per C en t s ., 1824-5, ex Coup ons lA ' i Pon ttt n o, u i s I . Lift 5 ).83 9 per Cent. — V°, , 5 r kll ,,d 1850 - 1) - oics-r uent (Maremmana Railway) t II ° J3 4 ,I,i__ ........... ibN 1 5 + , ElO p a id A ce Per Cent. — D, °ll llt bo 5 p e 1864 261 k i to4 `) t te ll r e e b e cs at..Anglo-Frelich — -4 ocr i E e t otli l lil eati p, L . 25f 20c — dis 4 14 1 u . Per Cent., £25 paid - pm b NI Pe nal 5 per Cent b ° 2 pe 4 da ),o 1 ) _. r c ell , _ A "io qer r ' €l ll, pL 40 114 " iJ o gi, u A l warrants (Hectares) b l l t C ent cu 1 ) po. Pe r r , • la arren Do0t„ 4e, eo Cent.., 1862 hf, lint A Fie A DD se e° - Per Cent 1853 1/4o a De unt ., , 4 4,4 Cent , 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, :-- '', b o 4 p ll e nt • b e l i i) Cent. 1822 £ St. Do , er Cent ' lB5O " Do u k 1860 D° I r f ilo p et Cent., 1859 ti li ka Cent., 1862 11 1864 Ate Per Cent . b -4 11 3 cl uut / 47+ 53 1 89i i _ Do 4 Q ft cent b e. , Ist ew ,t „bo A,ec Deferred EitZo'tas'''lt ...... — 4oi 1 A Iva ~_4l:teeoil_, 0 0 'Aai 0 e tit _ ~Tteekr i_ een ic , of Coup not funded l4i (tt t4 lli ut D 4 6 p er cell? ............ D ° P Ae. o l ' er Cent: 1854 — 6 pe ,_ ll rit . b o .ike r Cent . 92 11°6 P:1. 1114 ... "6°6 Do A o eu i . . i. i6i e t) kiipliit ... ,--- " _ 0 / 101 ;~_ v ~,4Jl:,?,ll,9e,arttr Cent.lm,llB63 ~ , .63 ,;tezilei., r,ALeed, 4 per Cent — tIo.. 4,:!:: per Cent " 6'' nut .... e. A Der C eut, i ii _- 1)0. reoll2lt pe _ ................................ k lii II uent, 1 864 _ i L l iti ah ends on the above payable in London. l i V e lail;' 4 4 , Per Cent. Ex. 10 Florins bhei i tte l Der cent. :Ex. 25f. Oti,°•.tie ute s, 3 Per Cent. _ , th count % P Per Cent Ex 12 Guil ---- -N ktl Pe t Cent a - bo. _ . ertifi....tes t-, uent 1861, Ex. 25f. ,ol4e ” ... orn TWO O'CLOCK. 1i,;, 8 , li on 891- 1 .ekeon,:i tivi --- 89f .t elTool C ottonMarket—This Day. ably---I.4abtolii)tetter atinT -4— provini lTrices. Sales, pro. 5 )000 bales. SHARE MARKETS—This day. OTIDISAin" TI VRES AND STOCKS. Railways. I raid.l Closing I Business done. Price. Wol., & Str. Val myth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A gets no div. D. B ttl6p.c.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June . Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.). A stock Do. B o Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.— Or ord Do. Newpo t Do. Hereford........ Lane 'shire &Yorkshire LDndon and Blackwali Lon , & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shei., & Lincoln Blaryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan Do. New Mid and Do, itirmin Derby Mid Gt. VT., Ireland Do. # shares %lid Kent No . th British Do. Ed., Pth ,'& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. U.N•E purchahe Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlible Do. stock. & Darting. De. d 1855-'8 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1814 .. North Staffordshire N. & S. W Junction Scottish C ntral Scot. N E Aber. stock ! o. Scot, Mid. st •4h - ews do Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon south E stern itaines, Wok., Az Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Nea!li Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw ‘V.Hartlepool liar &It Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. PRITISII Pi Atlantic & St.Lawrenct. Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. le shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference .. Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6p c. bds. Aug'. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1,1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta dz 8. E., Um e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p* East. Bengal, gu ' 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension Grand Trunkof Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist eref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds Do. do. deferred D0..1d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock .: Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. p. c Gt. South of India (lila ) gua. 5 per cent D . per cent... Do Great W. B. of Canada,. New ; Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 5$ do. pay. 1877-8.. fndian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension sfelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B v. Rl.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds iScinde ...... . ,Do. Delhi ,Do. do t' 16 . Dpoo..lPndaunsiaSutbkio COLONIAL GOVERNSIEIs [British Columbia,6 pert cent„ Dec. 31,1372.... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-! , 4 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Au 4 D sp. 0. Mar, tz Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape (*.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 April & Oct. 1680-1 Do. do: 1/,90-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1691 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, n p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1-78 Do. 188 May:s, Nov. it Natal '4OV. n per cent N.B.Gov 6 p.c.Ja.& I uly N. W. Gov. 5 p . 0., 180; 1 Do. 5 p.c. 18 1 to 1876 1 Do. 5 p.o. 1888 to 189! New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling*, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, c. pril & Oct BRITI Cam Consol. Gold, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ass Cam Brea Nast Grenville East Love.l E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam & StA übyn(Gweu. Great L .xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist it GrenviLe Herod's Foot .... Hingston Downs Margaret .Uny Lelant Marke Valley viwyndy Iron Ore, Hui Nangiles New Se ton North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper linited Pr vidence UnyLvlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West l'assett (Mogan W. Caradon (L skeard West Chi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redrutlf %Vilea Ludo.tf Wheal Mary Ann (Men. IVheal Seto!' Wheal Ti elawney (Lis Wheal Uni.At 95 97 131 132 t 6 32 34 16 17 86 88 107 It 9 4r4 47; 7 8 131 131 117& 14g 13i :33 88 90 ;91 791 58 60 18 50 102 tOl 116} 117 81 83 101 104 35 17 1 u 121 984 911 59 di 116} 1174 1 VIP 137 137. 106 ICB 53 r 4 z 5 .t 6 1111 114 69 70 104 1041 33 39 I}l2!p t)i 10p 122 125 114 12 1 Vp 8) 81 11 114 138 142 45 47 i 9 61 59 Al 87 87 9 1' 160 165 4p 110 113 33 40 75 78 ;MONS. 56 67 100 j 101} par 41 6 ti S) 74 73 p 7 0) 75 85 1(0 102 100 101 1001 101 18 19 9 91 67 6') 57 69 6t 63 51 56 50 53 45 48 26 28 25 27 10Ji 101. id p par hp 93 100 8} 12 11jd 85 tO 77 EO d 100 101 0! 94 83 9J 62 64 3 5 82 81 99 100 9 ) 100 d Id f•9l 1001 94 97 T SECUR 91 9a 90 92 04 08 79 81 70 Si 103 106 103 108 107 109 106 108 102 101 108 110 102 104 105 iO7 108 110 105 107 90 03 08' 100 52 91 91 93 103 105 86 83 92 OS 10! 101 105 107 1071 1031 INES. hi 6. 31 33 575 585 32 35 13 14 6 6. 4 4 . 6 9 106 4 41 6 8 17 18 26 21 334 316 21 3 S 4 36 31 4 6 8 5 56 16 Old 17 19 35 45 14 6 10 1 6 1 2 2i 3 3t 33 530 550 29 25 14i 15! 14 25 7a 86 is 63 66 200 210 100 105 9_ 11 I -- q 11 13 195 205 19 20 i i PREFERENCE 8 [ARES. .6). 23 South Eastern (Reading Anne., M.O. PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Metropolitan 5 per cent.. 104 LINES LEASED AT FIXED:RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 217 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 121 & Imperial Mexican, Ilm., 31 Namur and Liege gua. 141. per annum, 81 Royal 1 , anish, West Flanders, 8 _ FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim., 111 Port Philip, 11 BANKS. Albion, 8 Alliance •Bm.). 341 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd, r .1 9 1 Anglo Egyptian, 1im.,:131 Australasia, 74/ Bank of New Zealand, 171 British and Californian, lim., 6 British North American. 441 Chartered Aler. of India. London, and China, 55 City, 116 L I Consolidated Bank, Um., 10/ English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 19/ European Bank, lim., 1, i t Hindustan, t,hina, and Japan (lim.), 28 Imperial Bank (lim.), 31/ Imperial Ottoman, 17/ London B.,nk of Mexico and S. America, Jim., 91 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23/ London and County, 71} London Joint Stock, 479 Mercantile and Exchange. lira., Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 19 / National:Provincial ot:England. Ditto. 3d issue, 461 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. lim., 11/ Standard of British South Africa, lim., 24/ Union of Ireland. Um. e3} MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 17} Berlin Water Works, aim., 9i f Ceylon Company, At Coinmerciai Union, Insurance, firt Credit Fonder and Mobilier of Lngland, 82 Crystal Palace. 34i 5 Fore-street Warehouse, aim., 8 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, aim., of Hudson's Bay, 14 I Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., Um., 7 International Contract, 8i North British and Alercantile Insurance, aim., 171 Rio deJaneiro City Improvements. Um., 241 t Ditto, new (e), 5 Royal Mail Steam, 981 Scottish Australian Investment. lim.. 122 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Him. 7 iLl Universal Marine, Insurance, 1im.45.11i By advic:s from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.3: per £1 stcrltn2*. Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, at abort 1-10th per cent. dearer in Hamburg th to in London. 41 700 1031 t 35i 120) I I 118 i 191 19xd 69 8 5 : i 5 1 : i 'OSSK 100 {lOO 2 100 100 ITIES. :sH M 21& 3 32t 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 li 18.18.9 30,17.6 THE SUN, LONDON, MONEMY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1865. ormly rt piEN-= ligUr HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Saturday. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High ness Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. _ _ - The Hon. Flora Macdonald has succeeded the Hon. Emma Lascelles as Maid of Honour in Waiting. Sunday. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived at the Castle yesterday from Greenwich Park. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey also arrived, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the Royal family. The Queen, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, attended Divine service this morning in the Private Chapel. The Rev. W. R. Jolley preached the sermon. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive on Saturday, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Stonor. The Prince and Princess of Wales had a dinner party in the evening. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, the French Ambassador, Viscount Falkland, Duchess of St. Albans and Lady Diana Beauclerk, Earl Granville, Earl and Countess Russell, Lord Harris, Lord Lyons, Lord and Lady Proby, Hon. Sir Frederick Bruce, Hon. Francis and Mrs. Stonor, Mr. C. L. Wood, Lady Geraldine Somerset, and Colonel Home Purves, in attendance on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, Lieut.- General Knollys, and Major Teesdale. The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Hon. Mrs. Stonor and Major Teesdale in waiting, at tended Divine service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning. -- 4 Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will honour the Earl and Countess of Fife with their presence on Thursday, the 2d of next month, at a small dance, to take place at, their residence in Grosvenor place. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland have arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-place, from their seat, Battle Abbey, Sussex. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde arrived in Stratton-street on Thursday evening, from Hor tumna Castle, county Galway. We are sorry to learn his lordship is suffering from indisposition. The Earl and Countess of Tankerville are ex pected in town in a few days from Heron Court, Christ church, where they have been staying on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury. Viscount Melville will leave town to-day for Melville Castle, N.B. Lord and Lady Proby have arrived in town from their seat, Eton Hall, Oundle, for the season. Lord and Lady Abercromby hare arrived at Thomas's Hotel, for the season, from Scotland. . . Sir John and Lady Johnstone have arrived at their residence in Belgrave-square, from their seat, Hack ness Hall, near Scarborough. _ _ . Lord and Lady Charles Bruce have left town on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, at Savernake Forest, Wilts. Lady Margaret Reaumont has issued cards for assemblies on Tuesdays, the 7th, 14th, and 21st of next month, at the family mansion in Piccadilly. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli gave a parliamentary dinner on Saturday evening, at his residence, Grosvenor gate. There were present the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl Stanhope, the Earl of Orford, Viscount Courtenay, Hon. George Boyle, Hon. Alexander Baring, Sir Brook Bridges, Sir Thomas Bateson, Sir Henry Stracey, Colonel Edwards, Mr. Surtees, Mr. Davenport Bromley, Mr. Treherne, Mr. Cobbold, Mr. Bond, Mr. Paull, and Mr. Brookes. General M'Clellan is expected to arrive in Rome in a few days. The general has been invited by the celebrated American sculptor, Mr. Story, to spend some time at his residence in the Barberini palace. Mrs. Story to a oonnootion of the general, her sister having married Dr. WClellan, of Philadelphia. DRAMATIC, EQUESTRIAN, AND MUSICAL SICK FUND ASSOCIATION.—The ninth annual festival, on March 1, we premise, will be ono of more than usual in terest, from the fact that that popular and rising member of the House of Commons, John Francis Maguire, Esq., M.P., will take the chair, and wo are sure from the unusual esteem in which he is held publicly and privately will draw a large assemblage round him. Tho event itself is one of tho most agreeable and charming of the season. GALLANT LIFEBOAT SERVICE.—BLAKENEY, NOR FOLK, Feb. 18.—I have to report (says the Rev. R. H. Tillard, M.A.) that the Blakeney lifeboat of the National Institution went out on Friday to take off the crew of a barque wrecked about six o'clock that morning to the eastward of the harbour. The boat was rowed up Cley Channel and then hauled over the beach on her roller skidds, and again launched within a very short distance of the wreck. The barque's crew could not have got off in their own boat, though the distance was so short, owing to the position of the ship and the heavy sea running. They were therefore taken, 13 in number, into the life boat and safely brought on shore. The barque's name is the Amana, of Sunderland, bound from the Tyne to Savona with coals and cinders. She broke up in the course of the morning, and has now just disappeared. The main mast went by the board just after the crew were taken off by the lifeboat. CHARLES DICKENS'S PEOPLE'S EDITION. —ln about three weeks, says the London Review, we may expect to see the shop windows occupied by the cheap edition of Mr. Dickens's works, great preparations for which are now being made at the publishers'. The cheap edition will consist of a new impression of the ss. double column edi tion, adorned with frontispieces, and in appropriate covers —the price to be only 25., and each novel perfect in one volume. It is expected that the sale of the People's Edition will be enormous. GOOD LIVING AT PARIS.—Very curious statistics are published in the French papers, by which it seems that Paris dines at the rate of two millions of francs per day (X 50,000), including 80,000 f. (X 3,200) for brandy and liqueurs taken at dessert, and B,ooof. (X 320) for toothpicks. This would bring the dinner of each inhabitant of Paris to if. 25c. (Is.) per day. A MURDERER'S CONFESSION.—A man, named Jas. Stewart, was recently executed for murder at Bathurst, in Australia. Before being led out upon the scaf fold he wrote the following confession:—" I, James Stewart, who am to suffer the extreme penalty of the law on to-mor row, make the following true statement :—I am the man who escaped from the Bernallawatchhouse, in the colonypf Victoria on Jan. 21, 1862, and the money then and there taken from me belongs to Valere, the storekeeper, of Violet Town. lam also the man who stole two horses from Mr. Dunn, livery-stable keeper, Geelong, in the aforesaid colony of Victoria, about 10 years ago. And also, about the same time, I robbed Dr. Leck, of Portland Bay, in Victoria ; and also the same who robbed Mr. Thompson, of Wardiallock, Victoria; and Mr. Henty, of Portland, a little after, of horses. lam also the same man who stuck up Mr. Watts, of Fort Fairy, Victoria, and who stole Mr. M‘Law's horses from the same place. I made my escape from Big Dick, the policeman, at Horsham, Victoria ; and I it was who robbed a man of £4O, at Kennedy's publichouse, Hopkins river, Victoria. It was I, too, who took one horse, saddle, and bridle from Mr. Bostbck, of Elephant-bridge, Victoria ; and it was I who committed the robbery between Four Posts and Horsham. I also robbed Mr. Meredith, of Mount Gambier, Victoria, of a horse, bridle, and saddle, and fire arms. I also stole a horse, bridle, and saddle from Brown, Mount Napier, Victoria. I also broke into Mr. Valero's store, Violet Town—the same whom I robbed of the money —and stole' a revolver, which I left at the Junction public-- house, at Ballarat. 1 stole a horse from Mr. Osborne, of Bendigo, Victoria. I robbed Mr. F. Hunter, of Mount Gambier. I robbed Mr. Bowman, of Wakefield, South Australia ; and Mr. Collier, of.the Murray river, Victoria ; and it was I who stole a horse from the chief constable of Fort Fairy, Victoria. I committed a forgery of £lO on Mr. Ware, of Spring Creek, Victoria. These are some of the numerous robberies I have committed, and which I now deeply lament. I, James Stewart, also humbly and most sorrowfully confess that I am the murderer of Charles Verdhun, and for which awful crime I now most peni tently pray the Almighty to have mercy on my soul: and I do sincerely hope my awful punishment may prove a warning to all." HIGGINS WAS TABOOED.—HOW ABOUT BETHELL? —From the Parliamentary proceedings at the close of last week we observe that, at the meeting of the House of Lords on Friday last, immediately upon the Lord Chan cellor taking his seat on the woolsack, he (the Lord Chan cellor) informed their lordships that, in conformity with the power conferred upon him by the statute he had ap pointed the Hon. Slingsby Bethell to the vacant office of Reading Clerk and Clerk of Committees of their lordships' House, and he begged to move that the appointment bo confirmed, which it was —immediately. But still—for all that Higgins having been tabooed—How about Bothell ? MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The trade for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday ruled steady. In prices, no changes of importance took place. There was a fair demand for most descriptions of spring corn, and previous quotations were steadily sup ported. The flour trade was steady, at late rates. Tho state of the corn trade, both on the Continent and in America, continues inactive, and prices have a drooping tendency. Very moderate supplies of English produce were received up to our market last week. The imports from abroad were unusually small, viz., 5 quarters of wheat ; 7,900 barley; 12,360 oats; 140 sundry seeds; and 450 sacks of flour. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our' market, to-day, wore very moderate. The condition of the produce exhibited a decided improvement from last week, yet the trade both for red and white samples ruled far from active. Factors, however, were firm in their demands, and last Monday's prices were steadily supported. At the close of business, the bulk of the supply had been disposed of. Only a moderate supply of foreign wheat was on the stands. Generally speaking, the trade was quiet ; and mil lers showed but little disposition to • operate extensively either in American or Continental produce. In the tran sactions effected, however, the full prices of Monday last obtatned. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average [request and prices ruled firm. There was a moderate supply of English barley on the stands, and the show of foreign produce on offer was tole rably large For grinding barley there was a fair demand, at an advance of ls. per quarter. In malt only a moderate business was transacted at previous quotations. The market was moderately supplied with oats. Both for English and foreign qualities there was a good demand, and prices advanced quite is. per quarter from Monday last. In some instances the improvement was is. 6d. per quarter. Peas ruled firm, at an advance of le. per quarter. The market was scantily supplied. The supply of beans on sale was very small. Last week's advance in prices consequently was well maintained, and in some instances rather exceeded. In flour about an average business was transacted at full currencies. The supply of barrels on sale was small. Particulars. 1851. 186.! 1863. 1864. 1805. Stock this day.... 70.910 43.635 45.8 5.! 60.889 46.401 c Price of Y.C. .. t 59593 to 46601 to 14531 to 40.61 so 41e 3d to —6 Od —s od —s 04 —8 Od 40s 93 Delivery lastweek I,COI. 1,79$ I,'Bl •,885 I,f3i Ditto from June 1 61,435, 96,952 63,796 57,161 91,372 Arrivals last week :802 173 10 169 Ditto from June 1 1(8,251 83,826 71,3'2 80.203 72,752 Pike of Town .... 60s 34 41s 64 46s 64 438 04 443 3d LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Winslow.) IN RE JOINT LEIGH-THE FAILURE OF A LATE POLICE- COURT MAGISTRATE. -CURRENCT PER IMP. MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 383 to ils Ditto, 1861 Ditto, white, 1863 4ls 453 Ditto, 1864 Norfolk and Linocln, red, 1864 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, 1864 Rye-- Barley—Grinding 22s 25, Malting Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 648 618 Brown Kingstown and Ware s4s els Chevalier Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding l9s 233 Potato Youghal and Cork, black lBs 238 Cork, white 193 23, Scotch, Feeding Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey 32s 369 Maple White 34s 37s Boilers 34s 37s Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 30s Stockton and Norfolk 26s 28s American, per barrel l9s 259 METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The show of foreign beasts in to-day's market was mode rate; sheep and calves, limited. Sales progressed steadily, and the quotations had an upward tendency. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, were tolerably good, and, for the most part, in prime condition. Nearly all breeds met a slow inquiry, and in some instances prices were a shade lower than on Monday last. However, the best Scots and crosses produced 5s 4d per 81bs. The supply of beasts from Ireland was very middling, From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 2,200 Scots and crosses; from other parts of Eng land, 700 various breeds; from Scotland, 385 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 110 oxen and'heifers. The show of sheep was very limited, but in full average condition. About one-third of the supply was out of the wool. The mutton trade was active, at an advance in the quotations of fully 2s per 81bs. Downs, in the wool realised Gs 4d per 81bs. Some half-bred tegs, with prime skins, changed hands at 6s 6d, and even 6s 8d per 81bs. The top figure for clipped sheep was 5s 2d to, in some cases, 5s 4d per 81bs. The few lambs on offer readily produced 7s to 7s 4d per 81bs. _ _ _ Calves were in short supply and good request on higher terms. The top price was 5s 8d per 81bs. The pork trade was firm, at enhanced quotations. Per 81b to sink the offal. s de d sdsd Crse. inf. beasts... 3 8 4 2 ' Pme ore-wool sheep 5 8 6 0 Second quality do .. t 4 4 10 Prime sithiaown 00.6 2 6 4 Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 2 La ge coarse calves. 4 6 5 2 Prime Scots. &c.... 5 2 5 4 Prime small do. 5 4 5 8 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 6 5 0 Large hogs .3 6 4 2 Second quality do ..5 2 5 6 Small porkers ..4 4 410 ed to 0. Od. &lading calves. 18s to 22e ; and quarter-old atom pigs. 21e 2CB each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 1 l5O Cows. .. Cows Sheep ... Calves l2l Caves la Pigs 2LO Pigs — The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 4,507 head. In the corresponding week in 1864, we received 2,865 ; in 1863, 2,889 ; in 1862, 1,282 ; in 1861, 3,059 ; and in 1860, 1,921 head. gedats -•. : .. 4,210 IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Beasts. Amsterdam 9 Antwerp l2 -. Boulogne 346 -. Bremen lO -. Calais — ••• Commis -- ..• ..• Dordt. Dunkirk Hamburg - ••• -- ...• ... ... Harlingen-- 255 -.- -- ... 3 ... 3 Ostend 35 ." 110 ._ -- ... 12 ... -- Rotterdam 582 - 108 ... -- ... 133 ... 304 Oporto... l2B ... --- ..• --- •.• - •.• 71 ... - .... 16 ... - -- ... - ... - ... 506 -- ... - ... 12 ... - ~ - ... 120 ""- • 1 • ''''. ••• ".- - ... - ... 245 .--. ••• Total ..,,,,.1413 ... 1740 ... ... 176 ...1178 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1864 1863 782 ... 1833 ... ... 354 ... 1862 314 ... 761 ... ... 199 ... 8 1861 1860 "..—. le• A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market onMonday,February22, 1864, and this day, Monday, February 20, 1865. Per Bibs, to sink the offal. Feb. 22, Feb. 20, 1864. • 1865. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 Bto 4 0 3 Bto 4 2 Second quality do. 4 2 4 4 4 4 410 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 5 0 5 2 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 6 2 6 4 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 2 4 8 4 6 5 2 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 8 4 4 — 4 10 Beasts 3,970 Sheep . 18,760 Calves 380 Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, February 23, 1863.—Beasts, 3,360 — sheep, 16,240—calves, 143—pigs, 510. February 24,1862—80a5t5, 4,180 —sheep, 17,140—calves, 116—pigs, 405. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. - But moderate supplies of town and country-killed meat are on sale at these markets. On the whole, the trade is steady, at our quotations. Per 81b by the carcase. adsd tided Inferior beef ......3 2 3 6 Inferior mutton 3 8 4 2 Middling da.. ...... 3 8 4 2 Middling mutton 4 4 4 6 Prime large d0.....4 4 4 6 Prime do 4 8 4 10 Prime 5ma11,d0....4 6 4 8 Veal 4 4 5 4 Large pork ........ 3 6 4 4 Small pork. 4 6 4 10 BOROUGH HOP. Thero has been a good demand for English hops since our last report, and all qualities have changed hands at fully late rates. Good and fine foreign hops aro in fair average request, and prices rule farm. Inferior foreign hops, however, comm and very little attention. The import into London last week was 6 bales from Antwerp, 74 from Ostend, 338 from Bremen, 14 from Rotterdam, and 25 from Dunkirk. Mid and East Kent ..... ....• 1108 to 2008 per cwt. Weald of Kent .............. 105 s to 155 s Sussex . ................ 100 s to 140 s Yearlings .................... 1008 to 14 1) s Bavarian .................. 1003 to 19 s ~A merican .................... 1008 014 s „ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Moderate supplies of home-grown potatoes are on sale at these markets to-day. In most qualities a steady business is doing, at our quotations. Last week's import was 30 tons from Jersey, 40 from Caen ; 100 sacks from Boulogne, 5 baskets from Rotterdam, and 117 tons from Antwerp. Per ton. Yorkshire Regents Flukes. 120 s to 140$ Kent and Essex Regents Boe to 100 s Scotch Regents Rocks .. 70s to 80s Foreign WOOL. The trade for all descriptions of English wool continues very quiet. The amount of business transacted since our last is small, at the recent fall in prices. In the value of colonial wool, in the private contract market, very little change has taken place ; the market, on the whole, may be considered steady, notwithstanding that buyers operated cautiously in most descriptions. The first series of public sales for the year will probably be commenced on the 2d This extraordinary case, which was reported in The Sun a few days since, again came on for hearing to-day. The accounts have been fully published, and it will be remem bered that upon the last occasion there was considerahle opposition to the order of discharge being granted. Mr. Linklater appeared for the bankrupt, and Mr. Reed for the assignees ; while Messrs. Sargood and Griffiths op posed on behalf of certain creditors. Mr. Brough said that he appeared for a creditor who not being aware that the case was coming on on the last occasion, now wished to put a few questions to the bank rupt. His Honour observed that this would be extremely in convenient, as the evidence was concluded on both sides. Creditors should inquire as to the day of hearing. The creditor in question said he had not inquired when the case would come on. He had been to prove his debt on two or three subsequent occasions. _ _ Mr. Brough urged that he should not wish to ask more than four or four five questions, which would be very short Mr. Syme said—l am a private gentleman, a retired licensed victualler, and live at 41, Westmore-park-road, Westminster. In Dec., 1863, I had an application from Mr. Leigh to advance money. I saw him personally at 9, Sell yard, Doctors' Commons. Mr. Linklater asked what would be the nature of the opposition ? Mr. Brough—Contracting debts without a reasonable expectation of being able to pay them. Witness—Mr. Leigh informed me that all his debts did not exceed £5OO. A bill was drawn up, and I advanced about £l6O. The amount of the bill was £175. I cannot re collect how much I advanced to him, although I can remem ber the exact words he used. I think I advanced £155. Mr. Leigh said nothing about his salary being encumbered, and if I had known his circumstances I certainly should not have advanced the money. He said he only had one other bill out. When the bill was presented the answer was " no order." Cross-examined—l do not know Mr. Antrobus, a soli citor. I came to know Mr. Leigh through Harris, of Doctor's Commons, and no one else was present but my self, Leigh, and Harris. To the best of my recollection I advanced £155. I will swear it was more than £145. His Honour—£2o for £175 for three months. Witucao—l took a Olicquo in 1.7 pookot ready to sive tlao bankrupt. It was drawn in the office after hearing Mr. Leigh's statement. I generally carry one or two loose blank cheques. This being the evidence, his Honour asked the bankrupt how old ho was? Mr. Loigh—Fifty-six. Mr. Griffiths asked to put one more question as to the charges on the bankrupt's salary of £1,200 when he was a police magistrate. Mr. Leigh—At the time I was discharged there was only a charge of £BOO on my salary. Mr. Sargood said he should rely on two points in the 159th section, and he did not think the bankrupt's attorney would be able to get over them. There would be a general complaint that the debts as a rule were contracted without a reasonable chance of their being paid. The learned counsel then reviewed the evidence given in the case. His Honour inquired if Mr. Sargood meant to allude to the other debts ? _ _ . Mr. Sargood said he should be obliged to touch upon them, though he should confine himself as much as pos sible to the debt of his own client. There could be no doubt that the bankrupt had not acted properly, and though he had been pressed by force of circumstances, yet no feel ings of sympathy ought to be allowed to prevent the public being protected by the judgment of this court. He (Mr. Sargood) could not help thinking that tho bankrupt had made a groat mistake when he applied to be removed from his comparative obscurity in the country to the open glare of his position in London, where he surely could not help to lessen his obligations. Speculations on the Stock Exchange and other matters had helped to swell the list of his debts, and at last he was driven to do that which he must now look'back upon with great abhorrence. Now, as regarded the trans action with Mr. Flight, it was quite clear there could have been no reasonable expectation for paying back the money advanced. Mr. Flight advanced £6OO in hard cash, of which £l5O had been repaid. There was a large rate of interest charged, but Mr. Flight never charged less. He sold money to those whose difficulties induced them to apply to him, but no rate of interest could ensure a money lender against positive deception and fraud. The argument which would perhaps be brought to bear against Mr. Flight, fell then to the ground. Let the Court look to the fact that Mr. Leigh came from the coun try with £25,000 of debts, and how could he possibly hope to pay them? The Mutual Loan Fund lent its money at a very moderate rate of interest, some 20 per cent. The credit of private purses having been exhausted, the bankrupt was compelled to fall back upon Mr. Flight and the Mutual Loan Fund. When the crash came all the creditors were astounded. A deed was prepared, and Mr. Leigh offered £BOO per annum as a sum to liquidate debts amounting to £30,000 —not enough to pay the interest. Then the creditors could not help referring to the statements and representations under which the bankrupt had obtained the money, and they were astonished at the fraud perpetrated upon them. He (Mr. Sargood) was obliged to use the word " fraud," although it gave him great pain. Upon the subject of rash and hazardous speculation on the Stock Exchange there could be no doubt that the bankrupt depended on some lucky coup or other to relieve his position. It was then for the court to put aside all personal feelings of pain or reluctance. There wore two or three courses open to the court, and the refusal of the order of discharge would not meet the merits of the case. If the court were to take away Mr. Leigh's miserable retiring pension what good could possibly accrue ? There remained no course open to this Court in the present case but one, and that was to sentence the bankrupt to a term of imprisonment for his conduct to his creditors, and from this punishment the bankrupt could not help to escape. Mr. Griffiths called attention to the particular mode in which Mr. Cole's debt was contracted. It must be remem bered that at the very time the bankrupt obtained the money from Mr. Cole, he had charged his salary with £BOO per annum, for debts amounting to £30,000. Mr. Leigh had shamefully abused his position as a police court magistrate by calling to his assistance Mr. Beard, ono of the professional practitioners of the Court at which Mr. Leigh presided. His Honour must remember that Mr. Beard had been called by the bankrupt into a private room and induced by him by certain representations to introduce Mr. Coles to ad vance the money. Mr. Coles' was the worst case of all, and his money had been advanced but a very short time before the bankruptcy upon statements certainly false and deceptive. If the court should be of opinion that there had been false statements, then his Honour would, without doubt, bring those portions of the Act of Parliament to bear upon the case as would best meet it. The case was proceeding when we went to press. The West London Docks and Warehouses Com pany requires a capital of £500,000, in £2O shares, with the view of constructing a canal basin with wharves and warehouses adjoining the vicinity of the Victoria railway bridge at Battersea. The objects of the undertaking are two-fold : firstly, to supply good wharf and warehouse accommodation to the south-western district of the Thames ; and secondly, to accommodate the traffic of the vario us railways, which converge to the point at which the wharves will be situated. NEWPOUT, Feb. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mary Ann, and Saladin, from Bilboa. RAMSGATE, Feb. 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hother, from Hull for Rio Janeiro. SWANSEA, Feb. 18.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Claudine, for Valparaiso. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 19—Lion, steamer, from Harlingen. Arrived, Feb. 20—Schwan, steamer, from Bremen. DEAL, Monday Morning. Anchored—Jane, for Salcombe ; Odessa, screw steamer. for Malta; Fortuna, for Genoa; Britannia, for Gibraltar — all from London ; Susan Ann, and Barnard Castle—both from the North for the West ; Leo Fanny, from Rustanjee for Falmouth. The accounts from the various manufacturing districts represent that business generally has been very dull. At Manchester prices of both cloths and yarns have been rather lower, consequent upon the late advices from America. The woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield has been dull, the late severe weather having delayed operations in spring goods. At Leicester and Not tingham there has been rather more activity, while at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton a more cheerful tone has prevailed in most depart ments. An interesting ceremony was performed on Satur day afternoon at the girls' school of the Clergy Orphan Corporation. At the beginnfng of the present century Mr. James Farmer bequeathed £15,715 to the society on con dition that on every twenty-first anniversary of his death the committee should award £5OO to the orphan in the school whom they considered most worthy of it. On Saturday one of these presentations was made by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The fortunate recipient of the money is Miss Fayrer, daughter of the late Robert rayrer, of Emmanuel Church, Camberwell. LEOTARD REPUDIATING HIS WIFE.—A trial is in process before the First Chamber of the Tribunal of Toulouse. Silvia, Bernini, wife of Jules Leotard, the celebrated performer on the trapeze, has applied for a separation from her husband, while he, on the other hand, has pleaded nullity of marriage on the ground of default of publication and of the consent of his parents. There could be no doubt of the fact of his marriage, which was duly performed in London in the presence of a Roman Catholic priest, as was shown by a certificate produced by Madame Leotard. The marriage took place in the month of July, 1862, and for some months the gymnast and his wife lived and travelled together. At length M. Leotard left his wife at Turin to fulfil an engagement in Paris. During his absence she learned through a letter from a stranger that Leotard had repudiated her as his wife and spoken of her as his mistress. On this she instantly repaired to Paris, whore she found the report to be only too true. The unfortunate woman in despair threw herself into the Seine, but was rescued, and has lived to bring this action against the hus band who had so cruelly wronged her. The Advocate Imperial has pronounced in favour of Madame Leotard, but the judgment of the Court has yet to be given. The Imperial Court has just heard an appeal from a judgment of the Civil Tribunal in an action brought by M. Benedict, a horse dealer, against the Princess Wolkowski, to recover 12,500 fr., the value of certain horses alleged to have been purchased for the latter by a person named Londynski, acting for her. It appears that in 1861 and 1862 the princess had employed Londynski as her confidential agent, and that he purchased of Benedict, in her name, certain horses which were delivered at the princess's stables, and subsequently used for her car riages. Some time afterwards Londynski absconded, after embezzling considerable sums of money belonging to the princess, for which offence he was tried by default and condemned to five years' imprison ment. Benedict, who had always considered the princess as his debtor, then applied for payment of the 12,500 fr., but she refused to admit her liability, on the ground that the horses had been purchased by Londynski on his own account. Benedict then commenced proceedings to recover the money, and as he proved that the horses had been Tri bunal de livered at the princess's stables and used by her, h buna.l appealed, gate hut j u e d e gm eh e e n twians unablehisfavotour. Thetheproduce any princess n ° satisfac torymereedvitdeenhceer by toshtohweplaintiff,, the the smt firm had that . e n en ot been ed do - i judgment with costs. WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S (NOT ALWAYS) A WAY.—In the majority of cases, where testa tors make their own wills, or have them prepared by incompetent persons, they unconsciously provide food for the lawyers. To save a few pounds in his lifetime, a tes tator will often deprive his children and legatees of hun dreds after his death. It is an old saying and a very true one, that the village schoolmaster and the parish clerk are the lawyers' best friends. Nearly every one thinks him self competent to draw a will, a document which requires more skill and caution in its preparation than any other that could be named. Even lawyers themselves who draw their own wills often make mistakes. Sir Samuel Romilly's will was improperly worded, and that of Chief Baron Thompson the subject of Chancery proceedings. The will of Bradley the celebrated conveyancer, a man who spent all his life in drawing other people's wills, was set aside by Lord Thurlow for uncertainty ; and a late learned Master in Chancery directed the proceeds of his estate to be in vested in consols in his own name !—Chambcrs's Journal. THE FEDERAL AR3IY.—The pay of private sol diers in the Federal army in 1861, with bounties, was $4OO for three years, which under the old rate of ex change was nearly £lOO. The high price of drinks, clothes, and other articles reduces it to one-half that amount, and makes it a good deal less than the pay of the British soldier. There is, however, an item of about $3O a year for clothing, which makes the pay nearly as good. Soon after wards an increase of £l4 was given to the soldier. In Sep tember, 1864, the pay for three year s was augmented to $B6B, or about £174, according to the old value of money. In December of that year a corps of veterans was formed under Hancock - , which receives the highest pay ever known —viz., £6 ss. a month. New York boasts that she paid to volunteers in the State not less than £13,000,000 in green backs last year. The officers are calling . out for some in crease to their pay to establish their equilibrium. . pr -A es ri e : and Navy Gazette. A communication from Flensburg, in the General receipts, Correspondence of Vienna, says :-- financial a dministration in the Duchies is expenses, very favourable results. The ordinary giving which amount to 7,000,000 thalers (26,250,000 f.), d cu t p h a e tio suffice not only to meet all the current tthoedtewforagry t e h at e p c n o w st er o s f , a o n c payment of the bllt n by the troops of inte rest on the part of the Danish debt whi c h h as fallen The Lincoln meeting, fined to commence to morrow, it is very doubtful if it will take place, owing to the reappearance of the frost. The first event set for decision on the opening day is the Trial Stakes, which is likely to fall to the lot of a three-yr-old, as they have much the best of the weights. Last year the first two were three-yr-oldg, viz., Anglo Saxon and Siva, but the first mentioned had to succumb to-Benjamin and Partisan in the Lincolnshire Handicap. The frost having interfered with the work of so many horses, the fields for the various handicaps will no doubt be small. Terror or Sancho should defeat all the old horses engaged in the Trial Stakes. Very few horses up to the present time have figured in the quotations for the Lincolnshire Handicap--Heurlys, Manrico, and Donny brook being backed for most money. The former ran very well last year in France. The French division ran third for the Trial Stakes last year, and first and second for the Lincoln Handicap, and it would not surprise me to see them do the same on the present occasion, as, besides Heurlys, they have also Jarnicoton engaged, who is a speedy animal over a mile. The same may be said of both Maurice and Donny brook, but as the latter belongs to the Crooked division lie had better be let alone -till some stronger demonstration be made in his fairour. The race will result in a match be tween Heurlys and Manrico, and the judge, I anticipate, will hoist the number of • HEURLYS as the winner of the first race of any importance in 1865.. A FRESH MAN, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LINCOLN, MONDAY. In consequence of the severe frost, Lthese .aces are po6t poned until Wednesday and Thursday nelr..t. BETTING AT MANCHESTER —SATURDAY. There was a good attendance at the rooms to-day, and a fair amount of business has been transacted. For tho Liverpool Steeple Chase Emblematic was in great demand, closing at 10 to 1. Lord Zetlancl was in force for Chester Cup, 1,800 to 200 having been taken about him in one bet. Very little doing on other razes, and nothing at all on the Derby.—All bets being off on the postponed Coursing Meeting several new books have been opened on Waterloo Cup, in the nominations for which several chances am anticipated. Closing prices : prox. The arrivals at present amount to 46,509 bales, con sisting of 6,308 bales from Sydney, 16,390 from Port Philip, 403 from Van Dieman's Land, 4,613 from Adelaide, 53 from Swan River, 142 from New Zealand, and 19,000 from the Cape of Good Hope. Advices from the Australian colonies state that the new clip of wool was good, and that at the leading ports Of shipmont a fall in prices of from id to ld per lb had taken places in the prices current at the com mencement of the season. Current prices of English wool per lb. ad s d FlEces -South Down hoggets ...... 2 o 2 Half -bred do 2 2 2 4 Kent fleeces outh Down ewes and wethersl 11 2 Leice!ter do 2 t 2 2 Sorts -Clothing 1 2 C Combing 1 8 2 2 SEEDS. Clover seed is in steady request, and late rates are fully supported. Canary seed is dull, but no mhterial change has taken place in the currencies. Linse . ed is firm at en hanced rates, but other seeds are in limited •requost on former terms. Cakes have advanced ss. per ton, with an active inquiry. Turalp,White,p.bus.2ts to 22s Swede -8 -s Mustard, Brown s White, Tares, Spring —B New winter, bush 9s l Os Canary, per Auarter 44s 50s Rye grass Clover, Red Eng., ot. 62s 12qa White Foreign Red s4s 70s White s6a 80a Trefoil Carraway 339 339 Coriander .2s 249 Herapseed, per qr 4os 439 Linseed,Eng.sowing 709 719 Crushing 6os 648 Baltic --9 —9 Odessa —s —s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £lo Os .£ll Cs ...... ...... Foreign £9 Ms £ll Os Rape Cakes,p ton Os a 10s Rapeseed, new,pr qr 71s 78s TALLOW. The tallow trade is dull to-day, and prices have given way. New P.Y.C. is quoted at 40s. 9d. per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow commands 41s. 6d. net cash. Rough fat remains quoted at 28. 2d. per 81bs. • 1011 1 i 1001 POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This Day. THAMES. Munnmous ASSAULT.—Thomas Shea, aged 20, and Matthew Campbell, 21, Cockney Irish, who are well known to the police, and were described as dangerous men, were charged with violently assaulting Wm. John Shomey, a cabdriver. The complainant's face was contused, his eyes swollen and blackened, and there were six surgical plasters on his head and face. He stated that he was standing on the threshold of a beer and refreshment house in the Commer cial-road, throo doors from the Stepney railway station, when the prisoner accosted him, pulled his nose, and took his hat away. He asked what was meant by that, and Shea knocked him down, and when ho was down both prisoners kicked him about the head, body, and face. Campbell also took his strap and badge away. He got up , bleeding profusely from the head aftd face. Shea knocked him down again and swore at him. The language was fearful, and he believed ho should have been murdered if the bystanders had not interfered. Ho gave no provoca tion whatever to the prisoners, and ho had never seen them before. ; There was a third man with the prisoners,. who also struck him, and made his escape. Mr. G. Hoyles, son of a Lincolnshire farmer, and Mr. Hider, a licensed victualler, confirmed the statement of the complainant, and said that the outrage was a very savage one, and that the cabdriver was in a state of great suffering. and bleeding copiously. The wounds were caused by kicks. Edward Dillon, a police sergeant, 19 K, said he found the cabman bleeding very much from wounds, and he de scribed the three men who had beaten him. He found the prisoners in a publichouse, and both tried to make their escape. After he had taken them into custody he had much trouble with them. They attempted to ran away, they swore and blasphemed terribly, and run away twice. Both had been frequently punished for violent assaults, and were drunken and disorderly fellows. The Magistrates said the prisoners were bad and dange rous men, and had assaulted an unoffending man in a most brutal manner. Shea appeared to be the worst of the two, and he should sentence him to two months' im prisonment and hard labour. Campbell was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment and hard labour. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Feb. 20.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; strong breeze and fine weather, with hard frost. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Jason, from St. Jago de Cuba ; Santa Anna, from Havannah ; Express, from Pomeron. KINGROAD, Jan. 18.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Ocean Empress, from Manilla. - . FALMOUTH, Feb. 19.—Wind N.W., fresh gales.— Arrived—Josenzo, from Moulmein ; Balmoral, from Sa lina. SPORTING NOTES. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 6to 1 agst Ifeurlys (taken) 10 to 1 agst Manrico (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 10 to 1 agst Emblematic (taken freely) 100 to 7 agst Tony Lumpldn (taken) 100 to 7 agst Lightheart (taken) 100 to 6 agst Jerry (taken and offered) 18 to 1 agst The Czar (taken) 25 to 1 agst Emblem (offered) 25 to 1 agst Real Jam (offered) 1000 to 30 agst Arbury (taken) 100 to 3 agst Joe Maley (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Thalestris (offered) 100 to 8 agst Skeffington (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 7to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken and offered) 100 to 14 agst Liddington (offered) 10 to 1 agst Zambesi (offered) CHESTER CUP. 9to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 100 to 6 agst Ackworth (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst La Toucques (offered) WATERLOO COURSING CUP. 100 to 7 agst Lord Uffington's nomination (t and off) 20 to 1 agst Lord Stair's nomination ((taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr. H. Haymond's nomination (offered) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bland's nomination (offered) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Randell's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bateman's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. J. Jardine's nomination (offered) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Jones's nomination (offered) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Croft's nomination (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring MARCH. Derby Spring 2 West Drayton Liverpool Spring 7 Shrewsbury Spring lO Doncaster Spring l4 Vincennes Warwick Spring ... 21 Vincennes Chelmsford Spring 2B. Grand National Hunt Barham 3O Lewes Spring 3O Canterbury Spring Abergavenny 2O Thirsk 2l Cardiff 25 Epsom Spring MAY. Vincennes Northampton 4 Croxton Park 7 Newmarket Craven l7 Durham Newmarket Ist Spring 1 Chester 9 York Spring Salisbury lB Bath 23 Harpenden 26 Epsom 3O Vincennes alual rn f "..r1 _ 7 Manchester Summer 7 Ascot l3 Beverley l4 Liverpool Alexandra Park 2O Hampton '2l Newton Newcastle Odiham Bidbury Stockbridge Newmarket July Carlisle Worcester Abingdon Stamford l3 Winchester lB Nottingham .18 Southampton l9 Chesterfield Goodwood Down Royal Corp EIYST. AUG' Brighton ' 1 York Brighton Club Lewes 4 Lichfield 2B Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Egham l5 Baden 3l Royal Windsor SEPTEMBER. . Leicester 7 Monmouth 2l Doncaster Brecon lB Newmarket Ist Oct 2G Richmond OCTOBER. Northallerton 5 I Newmarket Ho. M Newmarket 2d Oct 9 Vincennes Vincennes NOTE: Liverpool Autumn MEER. Shrewsbury The Confederate Forces. (From the New York Herald.) The rebels have still in the field three armies which may claim to be organised, viz., the army of Northern Virginia, the army of Tennessee, and the army of Missouri. The principal of these is the army of Northern Virginia, now commanded by Gen. Joe Johnston. The army consists of four army corps of infantry and two of cavalry. There are 11 divisions, embracing 44 brigades, or 207 regiments, with 44 batteries attached. Accurate data shows very conclusively that the regiments in the army of Virginia will not ave rage over 225 men to the regiment, and 150 to the battery, which would give an aggregate of 54,375 as the infantry force of Johnston's army. The two cavalry corps of Wade Hampton and Fitz Hugh Lee number 46 regiments. To this force should be added the command of General Breckinridge,which is really a part of Gen. Gordon's corps, temporarily detached and mounted, and which is held at all times in readiness to go to the aid of Richmond. This will give 62 as the number of cavalry regiments in the army, and a total of 13,950 cavalry, or a grand total of 67,325 infantry, cavalry, and artillery as the effective strength of the prin cipal army of the rebels. Gen. Hood's army looks stronger on paper than it really is. He entered Tennessee with an effective force of 35,000 men, including Forrest's cavalry. The official reports of General Thomas, and numerous show confirmatory statements which have been publish, This leaves him an effective force of 20 , 000 men, conclusively that his losses amounted to 15,000 lying men. apparently helpless in the interior of Mississippi and Ala bama. In order to invade Misso uri the entire department idle and in the organisa forces of General Price, whichapl General Pagan, his suc cessor,tion under the command tr tr e o a o t p f s ro t m he Mis souri, organised army left to Smith of General Kirby Smith was searched for troops, and the represent theonly d, or o gan n its iValker and other divisions of his to o in t ce he the transfer army to General of Walker command. His army, according Thus of w t e he ha r v e e be t l h s e a e t ffective force of organised armies only a fraction the three 100,000 s tmen.ateni good ' s Upon an 1 theiro untamounted, m ov ii e a r ne n of the enemy must be placed. It will be seen that i n the roster appear the forces in the departments of souri, to 23,000 men. Bragg, Hardee, Hill, Maury, Dick Taylor, Walker, Ma g ruder, and Buckner. These sub departme n t s o f the - three y grea t military zones or divisions o f t h e Confederacy are b u t shells unprotected by re gu l ar l y organised forces, and depending for safety on the natural obstacles of swamps, deserts, and mount a i ns, and the few militia whom the necessity of self-protection ' has forced into a weak and incomplete organisation, are There large numbers of these regiments, but th e i r effective for ce . ii s by no means great They are no doubt being rapidly increased by conscrip tion, enforced without mercy under the pressure of Sherman's advance ; but they can never become formid able to an army of veterans like Sherman's. These militia and garrison forces muster, according to our roster, 90 regiments and about 12 field batteries, not in cluding those of forts still in rebel possession. The militia organisations doubtless average a greater number of men to the regiment than do tho veteran regiments in consequence of the lighter duty required, and other ap parent reasons. Our best information leads us to suppose the militia and home guard organisations average about 500 men to the regiment, and the full complement of men to a battery (150). This will give us, therefore, a total of 46,000 men. It is believed that there aro not over 5,000 men employed in garrison duty on the coast, at Mobile, Charleston, &c. This, added to the above, will give te 51,000 as the grand total of the rebel forces outside o f h organised armies. tlx ° ..et Share 100 100 100 100 10 100 100 all all all 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 it,o 101 100 100 2.1.0 30 2.14.6 3 4.0 2.7.0 2.13.6 9..6 6 O all 1.1.0 7.8:3 8.13 4.18.0 9i 4.3.0 3.12.8 8 58i 97 e 4 leo i 1051 101 a 1 9 f 1 107 k