The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-17 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The English Stock Market is dull, and a decline 431 has taken place in the Funds. Consols are 87 for money, and 871- j for the account. It 'l5 understood that Messrs. La Tou.he and Co., of bublin, have appointed the National Provincial .Qlll l of England to act as their agents in London. tile failure of Messrs. Hinde and Gladstone was announced yesterday afternoon. They were ~e r igaged principally in the Swedish trade and their llahltities are said to be very considerable. The , movements of the precious metals during the Past Week have been on a rather limited scale. The f lrli Ports have amounted to about £361,431, chiefly r eel the West Indies and Pacific ; while the ex- P ( nts have been to the extent of £200,777, the railer portion of which has been despatched to 421 bay and the:Continent. Two o'CLocx. bee llie demand for discount accommodation has n 2 considerable, but no change in the rates has l' tb rl'ed, as they are still 5k 6 per cent. for the wet bills. 8 7 , k 4 ecording to Reuter's telegram the French ee per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68f. 82c. +/ear s .. In the English Stock Market the Funds have re corm. per cent. Consols are 87* I for money, abd 874 for the account. The New Threes and R educed Annuities are 85* I ; Exchequer Bills, 1 :* dis• ; India 5 per Cents., 1021 ; and ditto ° Me, 17s. prem. In the Foreign Market there is very little change 14 Prices. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 374 381 Mexi !;tll) 221 ; Greek, 151; Spanish Passive, 28*1 ; t he Certifi cates, 16* ; Italian, 61* 4.; Confederate Lo an, 6 7 ; Brazilian Scrip, 21 * prem. ; Chilian Loan Scrip, 2j 34 prem. ; and Egyptian Scrip, I t re nl• United States 5-20 Bonds are 71,1 72 ; Erie, - 1 57 1 ; and Illinois, 801 81. zusiness in the Railway Share Market has been ver y dull, and few changes of importance have c'eeerred in prices. Great Eastern have advanced ti and Great No r ther n A Stock and North Eastern ,s ery f i c k each I, while North Western and Sout h " 1 -stern each declined 4 and Metropolitan, 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines generally show 110 material change. i3 ank and Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive. flan k Of London are dealt in at 264 271 ; English j ( tlit Stock at 9 91; European at 11* ; Union of London at Mk ; Hudson's Bay Company at 164. 1. i; London Financial at 9110 ; National Discount p °ll Vany at 121 ; and Overend, Gurney, and `' o .) at 17i 11. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING 'PRICES. a GeVERNMENT FUNDS. Der Cent. Consols D o 87 1 1 8 • Account, April 5 ,Iser Cent. Reduced B5l 1 1:1"v 3 per Cent B5 1 e n w 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — ' °s per Cent. Jan. 1873 — annuities,, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 .„ -1 - 10 . for 30 yrs, expire sth AprilBBs — k:;'„,, ° CRed Sea Telegraph), Aug., I°oB — . "'"equer Bills , £ l , 000 3 per Cent. 5 dts S, , , D £5OO — D o 13 4 1. £lOO and .£2OO 4 4 of England Stock, 5 per Cent b„,,' 4 • 1 1 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. "44.11, Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — n" ° ' 5 Per Cent. July, 1870 -°. 4 per C en t" Oct. 1888 D o :. Certificates O. PAt ufaced Paper 4 per Cent Ds' ' 0 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ° 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 — e• and 4per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do D 0• under .£l,000 Ar e „„ 4 -111 , () REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. m 4, 1L , - ""ne Republic, 6 per Cent., .£l5 pd — pm Da Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — zpi b er Cent — °' Lope r Cent., 1852-58-60 1863 1 .,_ D. 1865 — &Jo Account 741 xd Do 134,, • S cr i p, £35 paid h -t tes Ayres 6 per Cent _ ."0. Account 1 ) 3 c) £ICO Bonds c iv. . I Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Don 3 per Cent — 001 0 • ,_ 4 l Per Cent 73 Luba lulan 6 per Cent. h ra , 6 ,Per Cent. ti 6 ' d Per Cent., 1825 I ni..an Principalities t o ,,,,.',Aceount r'''„ or New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — L gy",,Z_Provisional Land Warrant — Z''''''‘u 7 per Cent 9Ol h e'l Second Issue 2O 4 "0 £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 931 te £lOO Bonds 94 4 °' Gover nmen t Railway Debentures. (ir eor • 1 5 paid — Pm .0 -- 5 Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons „et. Account t ,titt've• Coupons it u t a e : 4l -ala 5 per Cent. — D 4 5 Per Cent 1865 0 • 1 Do' As_ccount — ke zetaremmana Railway — ij e all 3 per Cent °. Aecowat , Do 1864 — ..., 0 6 11 0 „, Fter Cent. Anglo-French — lirLeViclean 6 per Cent, X. 30 paid h r ur iell Imperial 5 per Cent e . h /t Grana& D° - i l -0 per C a ent -° D f a e erre D o , 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) D 6 ,per Cent, 1864 P ~ ° kkaranteed, 4 per Cent — e - " 1 i 5 Cent., 1865 Dan per -, a ° ° •,,Amount I), per Cent. (Uribarren) il, 4 per Cent., 1862 P ort :: Account -311 3 C t , 1853 $1)00 Per ese C pe en r t., 1 e 8 n 56 . , '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 4 u ,: Acount .1) -- ,; 4 , 4 11 5 per Cent, 1822, £ St BBl )3, ' A i per Cent. 1850 D r ," . :4 Per Cent" 1860 Do" '' Pei Cent. 1859 b c ; Per Cent. 1862 904 Nil,. 'Per Cent. 1864 — 8pa,r, 1471 5 per Cent Do ',u 3 per Cent .k..aecout Do -IN err Deferred h? Account it)e P assive 81;`,1-'4.1tecount 2Bl t r , 18) ; Cert. of Coup not funded — twel•keeount Hi I i ,1) 0 7 8 ,, 11 , Per Cent. — '`. l lralPer Cent. 1864 — D o -- ' Per Cent. 1854 Account 13 15 0 6 Per Cent. 1858 D o 4 ceeunt 661 D 4100 Bonds Do ° 6 Per Cent. 1862 — D o A ccount 6 Bl .13, 410 0 Bonds 691 1 .1)(: 5 6 Per Cent., 1863 D o A Perunt Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip —3B 7i vane Acco;4 Per Cent. G uara nteed — Dit'L l ' e la 3 per Cent. 1) 0 7 account . Do, APCeuat nt., 1862 — aecot 1) 0 , j) ,°. 1864 — ' 't per Cent — 1) Ih vidends on the above payable in London. 114 ~, t , D o :3' Per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — F ~,,. per Cent. Certificates — Ate.4 4 '' gentes 3 per Cent. 4 A 1.1 - Per Cent 1861, Ex. 25f. o .k„ ~ . 'count von. TWO O'CLOCK. 7 18 f or money ' 8711 4ceount R ? SPANISH WAR IN THE PACIFIC.—A commu- Nat eB (311 from Guayaquil by the We .st India mail -,. 4 , atr tha t notice h a l been received there from Quito that tW e e-1 of alli ance was s i gne d on th e 30th o f J anuar y be l'ex-,4l„the Ecu a d or i an G overnmen t and the Chilian and the Warn Ministe rs a t Quito to support those Republics in Of %e? Provoked with them by Spain. The authoritiesand of P una re ported that two!steamers, supposed c4l,Privateers, had appeared in the Gulf of Guayaquil and 4a4;. ll , llje ated with the pilots, making inquiries about the Scil Merchant vessels lying at that port. tic• U ARTIN's HALL. —A very successful drama- Lailberf°rulance was given last night at the above 1 111 ) ,, t he gentlemen amateurs of the St. James's Dramatic f aid of the NationalLifeboaklnstitution, man d y ea re ',lai;qahionables being present. The pieces pl , a . y a e nd w , e , A Speaksanti First?" " Charles the . Twelfth' hi; Legacy.' To particularise the very ' excellent 1,4\14000f the adios and gentlemen concerned .the would draraa be f (24 0 , but we may mention that in ec 'gni z ' es the Twelth" M r . W a lter Tracey (whom we re eas Captain 'Walter Bevan) acquitted himself with er ` cl it, as be w as per f ec t i n hi s i m p er sonation of the ke tell astar, whilst Mr. Waring Prendegast, as Adam Born e kept th e audience in convulsions with his humour feat acting . Mr. H. J. Prendegast also was a leading N ee la th e entertainment, and by his fine delivery lent cittrl n , b3 : his presence. The band of the Grenadier Guards ' l 4" eYen!nz,z plv?d, f.' oule charming music. SHAME MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian.. Cork and Bandon.- Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„ Perth, & A b.June E.London, .trig Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at. No. 't Great .'ti orth of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New. is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D. S. Val. Rail gua.l Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford ) Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwell Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Shef., & Lincoln Retropolitan. Do. New Do. x ension.... „ I E t • Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd, Mid!and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby Mid Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N'E purchase. Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 ... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. atJok Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff' Vale Do. C Vale or Neath Waterford & Kilkenny, Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwell P a id . ' Closing Business Price. done. 9) 92 131 132 65 70 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 - d 118 123 33a 404 as Za 123 124 14 142 8) 91 59 GO 51} 1 131 60 6 40 12 34 38 .02 104 1204 121 86 88 45 96 36 3M 44 18 121 123 92 43 64 6 132 134 2j 2ip 1 lip 97 98 12,i 124 1 3 ' 92 14 CO 6?, `,B 30 109 110 70 72 109 110 35 37 10 11 p 122 125 ly 2p le ep 74 76 10 12 148 149 68 79 112 11 51 53 74 76 8 9 141 114 3 Itr 102 104 51 63 40 i 123 1391 1 1 1201 1211 2 92} 134 9 6k 7 107 a 7 1241 4 601 110 51 10 711 521 11 2 74a BRITISH Atlantic te Stiawrence Bom., Baroda, AL Cen. In. gu_ 5 per cent Do. F shares Buffalo it Lake Huron Do Prpference utl:, Bran t, <IL G oderiuh 6 p.c. .872-3- # Calcutta & S. E., lim :;ape Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p' East. Bengal, gu., 5 o, East Icslhtn, gu. 5 p.c.l Do. J Eitasiori Grand Trunk of Caned 4. Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. lst rref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d PAL Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. M Pref. stock Do. do. deferred ... • Do. 4th Pref. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. •0 • Gua. 5 per cent.. _.. Do. New gtia. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Wus. of Canada.. Da. New . Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8-1 Indian Branch, limited, Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension 3lelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. &t Hudson's Bay N. 81. C' da, Op° Ist pf.bs Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do t . Do. Punjaub Do.lndus St. Flo COLONIAL GO VE RD (British Columbia, 6 pen cent., Dec. 31, 1872. ... Can.G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-64 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G-.Hopc, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct , 1890-190 G Do. do: 1881,-9 Do. Jan. &July, 1890-91 per cent. 15 April ana 15 Oct., 1000 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do ilaurltius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 .. Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.15 Do. 1195, Feb. & Aug.. Natal ci . ov. 6 per cent.. N. B. Gov. 6 p.o.Ja.&July N. S.W. G0v.5p•c.,186b Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189.! New Zealand, 6p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... ... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 1. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oct lESSIONS, 53 60 103 104 d frp 61 7 10 11 76 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 101 102 IC4 105 34 36 89 90 65 67 60 63 59 61 50 55 45 49 42 45 34 36 33 15 109 1 0 1 2 1i 2 99 100 91 93 161 17 3/ 311 ll* V 6 86 e 8 1 yd 100 10 9 83 67 89 62 64 8 82 086 996 98 99 i 4 98 99 BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, Um Chirerton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake wal Is East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea li ast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great Laxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist •n Grenville Herod's Foot . Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Nlwyndy Iron Ore, Urn New Se ton North Roskear N. Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper United.... Providence Uny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lira, West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chirerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 2.1.0 294 2.14.0 31 2.14.0 1 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 4.4.6 2.13.( 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 3.2.0 18.18 9 15.15.6 9 all 8 9 15 17 569 580 I 18 20 8 9 31 41 34 4 1 7 9 3 3} 5 7 20 21 14 2 3k 26 28 sf 33 40 45 5 7 4 44 2} lid 35 40 13 15 32 34 390 410 2 2} 18 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 1 2 8 10 75 80 1 165 175 82i 874 25 274 3 b 205 215 15 . 17 Y.REFERENCE SHARE% Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2, 991 Great Eastern, E. Anglian, B stock 6 per cent. pf , Ditto, No. 1, 5 per cent. stook, 98, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, per Cent., 871 FOREJGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam. 10; 11 Imperial Mexican. lim., 121 Paris and Orleans, 34i Sambre and Meuse, 9 San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 161 Frrtthlt~N MINIM Anglo •Brazilian Gold, limited. par Chontalea Gold and Silver Xining, at 4} Fortuna (lim.), Linares, Um., 2 Sr. Jobn del hey, Um., 5471 Washoe Gold, lim., 51 Ditto (£4), BANKS. Alliance, lirn.. 281 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 13 Bank of London. 271 Bank of Otago, lim., 8 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. 241 Chartered filer. of India, London, and China, 181 Colonial, lim., 43 Consolidated Bank, lira., 91 Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., 9 European Bank, Rm., 111. Imperial Bank, lim., 29 Imperial Ottoman, 13 London BAnk of Mexico and S. America, Urn., 15 i London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 London and County, 76/ London Joint Stock, 48 London and South-Western, Urn., 18 19 London and 1! estminster, 951 5 National Bank. 751 National Provincial of England. Ditto, 2d and .id issue, 451 Oriental Bank Corporation. 524 2 Provincial Banking Corporation, Rm., fif Standard of British South Atrica, 13 Union of London, 531 DOCKS. Southampton, 58 MISCELLANICOIIB. Australian Mort. Laid and Finance. lim., 51 Atlantic Telegraph, S per cent. gua., 21 Berlin Water Works, Um.. 10k Bo:..bay Gas, iim., Company of African Merchants. Um., 31 Credit Fonder and blobilier of Englana, 81 - Ditto, new, 7/ Crystal Palace, 374 Ebbw Vale, 17k Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 41 I Fairb dm Engineering, 64 Gen. Credit and Finan3e of Landon, lim.. 41 t - General Steam:Navigation, 27 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cav our), 91 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. Ib7o, issued 81 International Financial zociety, Urn., 6/ Joint Stock Discount, 11m., 10 4 London Financial:Association, lim 101 I Millwall Freehold Land and Dock,;7l 4 ti 71 8 M ,dras Irrigation and Canal, 21 Ditto (all), 171 Merchant Shipping, lim., 11 north British and Mercantile Insurance, 191 Ocean m arine Insurance), 21/ Oriental Inland Steam, -a National Discount e othpany, 13; 4 14 131 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 171 f Ist 171 181 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 71.1 Telegraph Constructien and Maintenance, BM., Ditto (X 12., 1k Uniyers.al Marin?, Insurance, Urn., 3/ POSS. ME NT S ECUR 94 96 93 96 95 97 t.O 82 79 31 102 )C4 105 107 105 107 IC2 IC4 90 D 2 1(2 104 106 1 8 102 104 103 105 103 (05 1 1 2 104 iou 102 93 95 92 94 87} 88 100 102 8g 84 P 8 103 98 100 104 106 106& 107 i THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1866. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH STREET. EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BT A TRADES MAN.—Mr. John Banger, shell fishmonger, No. 372, Oxford street, was charged before Mr Knox with being drunk and attempting to commit suicida. Sergeant Stephens, 11 C, said—About four this morning I was in Oxford-street and heard a noise in front of the house, No. 372, Oxford-street, and on looking up at the second floor I saw the defendant hanging out of the win dow, having on only his shirt. Knowing the defendant, I said, "Mr. Banger is that you ?" I then knocked at the door and was let in by Mrs. Banger. I went to the second floor as quick as I could and found the defendant out of the window holding the window sill with one hand. I took hold of his arm, and with the assistance of another con stable got him inside the room, and then found that he was drunk. I asked him why lie had done it, and he replied, " My family has made me do this, and I'll do it again." Mr. Eliza Banger, the wife of the defendant, stepped forward, and said, in answer to Mr. Knox—My husband has no other cause for acting as he has done but drink. He is a habitual drunkard. Mr. Knox —For all your sakes 1 will have him detained a few days so that he may be kept from drink and spoken to by the chaplain, and it may be a warning to him. The defendant, who remained silent, was then taken to the van. AMERICA. ----~- ARRIVAL OF THE CUBA. NEW YORK, March 7, Morning. The following are the heads of the news brought by the Cuba . The Reconstruction Committee in the House of Representatives have reported a resolution to admit Tennessee into the Union on certain conditions. A resolution has been introduced in' the Com mittee on Foreign Affairs for the United States Government to guarantee a Mexican Republican loan of $50,000,000. The Fenian agitation continues active through out the country, and subscriptiOns are pouring nlfro m all parts. Money easy. Gold, 1231. Exchange on Lon don, 145 ; on Paris, 3f. 90c. Stocks firm, but active. New York Centrals, 901 ; Illinois, 114 ; Erie, 86i ; Five-Twenty Bonds, 1031. Cotton quiet ; middling Upland, 44. Flour steady. Wheat dull. Corn declining. Provisions dull. Coffee steady. Sugar quiet. Molasses dull. Pe troleum—crude, 27 ; refined, 44. The week's exports of cotton from New York has amounted to 17,000 bales. NEW ORLEANS, March 3.—Cotton, 46. 1 . The:North Shore,..' rilragedy at Sydne.l. A reKLAND, Jan. 8. It would almost appear that there is a rivalry between Sydney and Auckland in crime as well as in trade. It is certainly remarkable that two atrocious unu•:lens should have been committed in these two towns at the same time. The Kinders, husband and wife, who figure so largely in the Sydney tragedy, are well known in this town, where they resided for some time before their removal to Sydney. Henry Kinder, the murdered man, was a younger brother of the Hey. John Kinder, a graduate of the University of Cambridge, and head master of the Auckland Grammar School, who married the daughter of Archdeacon Brown, of Tauu•anga. The younger kinder livid the appointment of teller in the Auckland branch of the Union Bank of Australia, and, though known to be a man of intemperate habits, discharged his duties iu such a way as to secure the confidence of his employers. During his residence at Auckland he formed the acquaintance of a Miss Wood, the daughter of a land agent or land shark, who enjoyed the reputation of being wealthy, and made her a proposal of marriage. It is said that the girl, who was then only 20 years of age (this happened six years ago), was extremely averse to the match, and opposed it in every way till her father compelled her to accept Kinder's offer. The latter, after his marriage, became more addicted to intemperance than ever, and it was understood that their union was an unhappy one, but no public scandal occurred during their residence in Auckland. They afterwards removed to Canterbury, where they formed the acquaintance of a settler of the name of Jackson, one of the subordinate actors in this immoral drama. An improper intimacy sprung up between this man and Mrs. Kinder, which was carried an when they had made the wretched husband in sensible with drink. Jackson waslshameless enough to confess this in open court. After temporarily residing iu Canterbury, Dunedin, Invercargil, and other places in the south of New Zealand, the Kinders removed to Sydney, and occupied a house at the North Shore. The husband was removed from the Union Bank, and found employ ment as teller in the City Bank, whose appointment he continued to hold till his death. A skilful dramatist collects all the principal characters to form a grand tableau before the curtain falls—the niceties of art have been equally preserved in this case. Hood, the land shark, after pur suing his call in different parts of New Zealand with in different success, found himself reduced to poverty, and removed to Bathurst, near Sydney, in the hope of improving his fortunes. Jackson, Mrs. Kinder's paramour, who seems to have been equally unfortunate in his affairs, followed her to Sydney, took up his abode in her house with the coniv ance of her wretched husband, who seems to have had no sense of his own infamous position. A new actor now ap pears on the scene in the shape of the most unlikely per sonage of romance, a Hebrew dentist. Bertrand, the Jew, is a married man, but at the sight of Mrs. Kinder he forgets his marriage vows, and resolves to make her his own. Ire mesmerises his wife, or, at least, exercises some occult in fluence over her till she becomes his accomplice, and aids him in carrying out his plans. He sends Mrs. Kinder his diamond ring, and is accepted as her lover; Jackson is dis carded and bribed by the Jew to remove to Melbourne. Bertrand tells him significantly, on leaving, that he may soon expect to bear of Kinder's death, and Jackson seems to have fully understood what this expression implied. No wonder that such a man should declare in open court that the mind of man is very base—he, assuredly, was the basest of the base. I wish to skim lightly over the surface of this mars of moral ordure ; I envy not the man who would wish to probe it to its lowest depths. Bertrand, the Jew, re solved to murder Kinder, to divorce his own wife, and to marry Mrs. Kinder ; he certainly displayed the subtlety, the energy, and the heartlessness of a demon in carrying out his plans. One day it was repoi ted in Sydney that Kinder had shot himself through the head with a pistol ; no one acquainted with the habits of the man was surprised to hear that he had taken his own life. Mrs. Kinder, Ber trand, and his wife gave evidence at the inquest, and a verdict of temporary insanity was returned. The report of Kinder's death reached Jackson at Melbourne, and he resolved to profit by it. In a letter which he addressed to Bertrand he reminded him of his parting words, and swore that he would denounce him as the murderer if he did not pay him £2O. The Hebrew was more than a match for him ; instead of yielding to his demand, he denounced him for having written a threatening letter, prose cuted him, and had him sentenced to 12 months' imprison ment. Murderers have often an irresistible impulse to con fess their crime. Bertrand yielded to this impulse, and told his sister that it was he who fired the pistol at Kinder's head, and gave him poison to put an end to his sufferings. The Duke of Buckingham, who spent the night with the Countess of Shrewsbury after killing her husband in a duel, was thought a monster of vice. What name shall wo bestow on Bertrand, the Jew, who compelled his own wifo to share the same bed with himself and the widow of his victim ? The story would be incredible if the evidence were not overwhelming, that these three un natural beings descended to this the lowest depth of human infamy. After a time Bertrand's sister found it impossible to conceal the guilty secret which had been confided to her, and denounced her brother as Kinder's murderer. Tho three accomplices in the crime were at once apprehended, and, at the investigation which ensued, circumstances transpired which leave no moral doubt as to their guilt, though there is reason to believe that Bor trand's wife acted from :compulsion. Jackson, released from prison, repeated the words which Bertrand had used in reference to Kinder's expected death on his leaving Sydney. Bertrand's apprentice swore that his master fre quently avowed to him his intention to murder Kinder, and induced him to purchase a tomahawk and pistols, and to accompany him to his house at night for that purpose. Bertrand's sister gave the minutest details of his confes sion. Among Bertrand's papers was found a diary, in tended for Mrs. Kinder's perusal, and written after her removal from Sydney, to Bathurst, where she joined her family after her husband's death. No love-sick hero of romance has ever written or spoken anything half so extravagant or absurd, and the style betrays the greatest intimacy with the sensational novels of the day. It contains nothing which will servo directly to incriminate him, though it contains many expressions which might be applied to the crime of which he is supposed to be guilty. His confession to his sister was of the most extraordinary character. He was driven to madness by the thought that the woman he loved was at the disposal of another man, and resolved to destroy him. His wife and his mistress wero to be witnesses of and accomplices in his crime. Everything was arranged beforehand—the day, the hour, and the place. While Kinder was standing in a room in his own house, with the two women in front of him, Ber trand discharged the pistol at his head, seated him on a chair, and placed in his hand the pistol he had just fired, and letters written by Jackson to his wife, containing evi dence of their guilt. It was only when his arrangements were completed that the two women turned round and saw Kinder holding the pistol and the letters in his hands. The wound was not mortal, though it affected his intellect and his power of speech. Often and again the poor wretch affirmed to the doctor who visited him that ho did not shoot himself, though his mind was too much impaired to allow him to give any account of the affair. Bertrand, dreading discovery, resolved to anticipate it by administer ing poison to his victim. The cup was mixed by Mrs. Bertrand, and handed to Kinder by his own wife. All were thus equally implicated in the crime, and had an equal interest in concealing it. Bertrand's next object was to obtain a divorce from his wife. He placed temptation in her way, and tried to induce her by threats to yield to it ; but ho writes in his diary—" It is my misfortune to have a wife who is virtuous." Ho had pledged his word of honour to his wife that he would never cut her off by poison; and this fact proves that the poor woman had reason to apprehend such a fate. Much sympathy is felt for her, as she was merely a blind instru ment in the hands of her husband, and no more responsible for her acts than if she had been an automaton. At least such was the general impression, and her release from pri son has given general satisfaction. While there can be no doubt of Bertrand's guilt, it is doubtful whether the evi dence will be sufficiently strong to convict him. The affair has created quite a sensation in Auckland, where the Kin ders were well known, and the trial of Bertrand will rank among the causes celebres of criminal jurisprudence in the Australian colonies. " TIIE DEATII of LUCRETIUS" is said to be the title of the Poet-Laureate's new poem. SIR EDWIN LANDSEER has actually completed the second model of the lions for the base of the Nelson column! THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE IMPERIAL "VIE DE JULES CESAR" wilt not be published, it is said, till the Em peror Napoleon 111. has satisfied himself whether a third Alesia, in Savoy has any title to dispute the claim of authenticity with those put forth for Franche-Comt6 and Burgundy. THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE is reported to have been found at last. Hermetic art and alchemy are no longer fabulous things of the past. MM. Dr. Henri Fabre and Franz have placad before the Academy their discovery of the means of transmuting silver, copper, and quicksilver into gold. Our readers, who wish to grow rapidly rich are referred to a paper in the Revue Seientifique portion of our Paris contemporary, (.'lllustration, of the 3d of February, for the details of this great discovery. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Last evening, between seven and eight o'clock, a most destructive fire broke out at Mr. Stephen Cox's livery stables, Clifton-road, 3faida-hill, adjoining the Spread Eagle. We are sorry to say that Mr. Cox lost nine horses, two of them being very valuable, be sides other property. The sufferer, we understand, is not insured. EXPECTED FENIAN DISTUEBANCES AT LEEDS. — We learn by electric telegraph that in consequence of rumours of an expected Fenian outbreak at Leeds the police force has been augmented by the addition of 40 county officers and 50 resident pensioners. A large num ber of members of local volunteer corps and 600 tradesmen have been sworn in as special constables. The mayor an nounced to them that pike-making and secret drilling were going on in the town, and that there was a regular coin munication between Dublin and the Fenians there. IRELAND. DUBLIN, March IG. The grand jury of the county Roscommon, The O'Conor Don, foreman, have declared their approval of the measures of the Government against the Fenian conspiracy, and passed the following resolu tion with reference to the constabulary :—" The high sheriff and the grand jury of the county Ros common, assembled in spring assizes, 1866, unite in bearing testimony to the universal loyalty of the constabulary in this county during these times of temptation; and wish also to testify to their good conduct, skill, activity, intelligence, and zeal in the faithful discharge of their duties." Ten were arrested yeSterday by Inspector Arm strong and a large party of police, on suspicion of Fenianism. Two, Warren and Nugent, a supposed deserter, were found in a lodging-house, 19, High street ; and Pix, at 142, Francis-street ; and two more at 149, in the same street. They gave the following account of themselves Hayden, is an ex-policeman from Waterford ; J. Leedom a gunsmith from London ; J. Heron from Listowel, J..M'Enery, tailor, fr om N enag h ; R. Lacy, Kerry ; from Castle Dermott ; J. Gannon, from Roscom mon ; J. Joyce, a native of Dublin, who served in the American army ; and O'Brien, a pikemaker. They had all come to Dublin within a few months, some within a few weeks, and, though out of em ployment, they were living comfortably. It is sup posed they were waiting for the "rising." A young gentleman was brought up yesterday charged with having a double-barrelled pistol in his possession without licence, but as the police did not think he had any evil intentions he was admitted to bail. Hugo and O'Curry, arrested on the Ist of March for being in possession of ammunition and military instruction books in Nelson-street, were yesterday allowed by Mr. Stronge to stand out on bail, but their companion, Hunt, arrested at the same time and place, was committed under the Lord-Lieuten ant's warrant and sent to Mountjoy Prison. Nine teen prisoners under sentence in the Antrim county gaol have been removed to Downpatrick Gaol, to make way for the prisoners sent from Dublin. Yesterday another batch of 25 Fenian prisoners was sent from Mountjoy Prison to Belfast by the 8 o'clock a.m. train. They were taken to the ter minus in prison vans strongly guarded by mounted police. In the course of the day a number of pri soners of the same class arrived by train from Ennis killen, and were lodged in Kilmainham Gaol. Two more Fenian prisoners have been lodged in Clonmel Gaol from Carrick-on-Suir. The Clonniel Chronicle states that in that town and neighbour hood 26 persons have been arrested, one of them a travelling agent of the brotherhood. He always took a first-class ticket and lived at first-class hotels, faring sumptuously every day. FRIDAY E VENING. The Gazette of this evening contains an order in Council under the recent Act 29 Vict. cap. 4, for bidding the importation into Ireland from Great Britain of any swine, gnats, turnips, mangold wurzcl, dung, hay, straw, fodder, or litter likely to carry infection. The Lord-Lieutenant has proclaimed the Baronies of Narragh and Rheban East and West, Kilkea and Moone, in the county of Kildare. Mr. H. A. Herbert was elected to-day for Kerry without opposition. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Railways. Miles Opened. Receipts. 1E63. 1865. 1866 1865 £ L Belfast and N. Counties 9)} 99} 1,859 1.E97 Belfast and Comity Down.... 44} 4t } 645 677 Blyth and Tyne . 36 56 2,151 2,195 Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter l2l} 121} 5,881 5.583 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4ls} 408 25,561 23.553 Cambrian 139 121 2,119 2,086 Cocliermouth K & Penrlth Cockermouth and Workiu Cork and Bandon 2O 20 413 355 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6i t,} 142 123 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 6si 65} 1,660 1.499 Deeside l7 17 2 9 299 Do Extension Dublin & Belfast J unction.... 63 63 1,3,1 1.250 Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,573 1.478 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 91i 2,615 2,979 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c .... 50 51 3, . 764 2 991 _._ _._ ........ ......_. GlasgoW & South-Western 249 149 10:803 9,954 Gt. Eastern,Nrik..&E.Union 7211 6681 30.502 31 802 Great Northern 404 404 33,705 33,64 4 Great North of Scotland 6B 53 1,304 1.035 Do Branches 42 4 t 982 1,091 Gt. Nortim. & Westn. (Irei.) B3 711 6 5 455 91.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3875 8874 7,844 6 898 Great Western 1292 1270 61,015 61.154 Hull & Hornsea Highland Irish North-Western 145 145 1,703 1,633 Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 42,780 37,260 Limerick and Ennis.. 241 241 121 163 Limerick and Foynes 261 264 61 144 Llanelly 461 464 595 3,1 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London & South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 2671 16,251 15.164 London, Chatham, & Dover; f 1345 127 ) 7,811 6,743 all Metropolitan Extension 112 114 j 1,992 1,675 Do. Kent toast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend &lan.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 95 94 1,361 1,277 blaryport and Carlisle Metropolitan 4l 31 3,711 2, 4t2 Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6774 66:34 48,539 447e9 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2614 2601 4778 4 . .676 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,850 2,707 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12071 1160 1 64,474 59,066 North London ll 9 4,532 3,277 North Staffordshire 258 258 7,901 7.626 Pembroke and Tenby ll4 114 90 51 Rhymney l9l 191 1,055 1,075 Scottish North-Eastern . . 138 138 5,455 6124 Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,147 816 South Devon 9B 794 3,601 3,519 South-Eastern 315 308 19,071 17,652 Taff Vale 6l 61 5,912 6,19 ( Ulster 1054 1051 2,601 2,519 Vale of Clwyd Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 415 158 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,646 1,254 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 064 600 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 30,296 29,154 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction 264 264 331 329 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 145 9 1 10,098 5,116 Detroit and Milwaukie 3,982 4,495 Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 1,689 5,101 Eastern of France 15',1 1483 67,551 60028 Eastern Bengal East Indian , 1129 11051 - - Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 22,955 24,145 Great Central of Belgium 285 261 6,857 6,007 Great Indian Peninsula 6241 585 41,931 20,586 Great Luxembourg IR 134 6,596 4,533 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 345 14, ,, 72 6.383 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 778 713 17,064 14,843 Northern of Canada ... , 94 94 1,410 1,319 Northern of France ... ... 724 724 69027 51,419 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 2006 1971 136,184 124,138 Paris and Orleans lB2l 1618 75,1..9 08,302 Recife and San Francisco, &c 775 774 1,371 1256 Sclnde. .. Do. Punjab, &c 253 45 1,818 243 South Austrian, &c .. .. 1798 1646 51,543 49,093 Southern of France 863 823 2 .132 26,780 Victoria Welland 25 25 87 175 West & N-Wn. of France Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton., Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16 Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet April 6 Ditto, by French packet Mar. 22. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Mar. 24. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16. Falkland Islands India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Mar. 2 1. Ditto, via Mareeilles .......... » ....Mar. 16 India (Bombay), via Southampton.. Mar. 16. Ditto, via Ilarseillee .. - Mar. 25 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 16. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16. Mauritius, via Southampton Mar. 16 Ditto, via Marseille 3 Newfoundland ... , April 11 Portugal April 6. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. ........... 4? United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Mar. 22. Ditto, by United States packet. via Southamp ton ...... ... Ditto, via Cork ................. .. . Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Mar. 16. West Indies and FACHIO (except Bahamas, Cuba, and )Sexioo Mar. 16 Cuba and Mexico Feb 31. Bahamas, via New York. April s. Bermuda, ditto April 11 West Coat.t of Africa. Madeira, and Tcneriffe .... April 12 THAMES SUBWAY.—Last night, at eight o'clock, a Crowded public meeting was held at the Literary Institution, Deptford, to take measures for promoting the formation of a subway for foot passengers and vehicles under the Thames from Deptford -green to the Isle of Dogs. The chair was occupied by Sir Charles Bright, M.P., for Greenwich ; and it was stated that the plan (the bill for which had passed the second reading of the House of Com mons) was to have two iron tubes 17 feet in diameter, each tube to have a roadway for vehicles of 14 feet, and two pathways of 3 feet 6 inches on either side of the roadway. Resolutions were adopted in accordance with the objects of the meeting, and a local committee was appointed to promote the carrying out of the project. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WARWICK RACES—This DAY.; LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] WELTER. HANDICAp cup. Jack's Alive Gamecock . Corsica., Five ran. HANDICAP. Wild Thyme Lord of the Manor Balornock MILITARY HURDLE RACE. Merrimac 1 Westbury Four ran. Won by ten lengths. CHALLENGE CUP. Cortolvin t Bolingbroko Five ran. Won in a cantor. A SWEEPSTAKES. L Lincoln Cloistor .. ... t . 3 Sweet Spirit ___ . Nine ran. Won ty a length. HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Beuazet Sir Bobby Merrimac . a Fire ran. Won by eight lengths. MANCHESTER BETTING-THIS DAY. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. sto '2 agst Mail Train (offered) 10 to 1 bar one (offered) TWO THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst Lord Lyons (taken) 4to 1 agst Student (offered) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Lord Lyons (taken) 14 to 1 agst Student (offered) 40 to 1 agst Blue Riband (offered) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THIs.DAy. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Mail Train (offered) 10 to 1 agst Scamander (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (taken and offered) 13 to 1 agst Raglan (offered) 20 to 1 agst Kingsley (taken) 22 to 1 agst Ethelred (offered) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 1 agst Salpinctes (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 2 agst Lord Lyon (wanted) sto 1 agst Student (taken and offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 18 to 1 agst Delight (taken freely) DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Student (taken and offered) Alarming Accident on the LoDdon, Chatham, and Dover Railway.—This Day This afternoon an accident of an alarming and serious nature occurred on the London, Chat ham, and Dover Railway at the point known as the Stewart's Lane Junction. A passenger train had just arrived at the junction, when a goods' train appeared coming at full speed, and, despite all en deavours to arrest its progress, it came into violent collision with the passenger train, and caused the greatest alarm to the whole of the passengers. The railway servants at once set about render ing assistance to those injured by the collision, when it was found that a lady, whose name it was impossible to ascertain, had received severe injury about the head, and her face was cut in many places by the broken glass of the lamps and windows of the carriage. Three or four other travellers were also injured by the force of the col lision, and received much injury by being pitched from their seats. The railway authorities are very reluctant to give any information relative to the accident. In fact, all they will communicate is an admission of the accident having taken place at the place stated. A WORD ABOUT SKITTLE-SHARPERS.--My ha pression is that those who fall victims to this class of men are generally self-conceited persons who have an exaggerated idea of their own acuteness—an over-confident belief that they cannot be imposed upon. " Young men from the country " are famous for this kind of foolish pre sumption, and they are, of course, the easiest prey. Yet, within the circle of my own acquaintance, I knew a sensi ble young man, born and bred in London, who allowed himself to be duped in this manner. He was standing looking in at a shop window, when a stranger, of about his own age, soft-spoken and plausible, joined him, entered into a conversation, walked on with him, and finally asked him if he had over played at skittles. The sensible young man replied in the negative. How curious ! The stranger had never played either. What fun it would be to sea what sort of a game it was. To be brief, they went to a skittle-ground, played for some little time with varying success, the sensible young man ultimately losing the ton or fifteen shillings ho had about him, and actually agree ing to go home to get some more money. While the ex citement of the game lasted he had no suspicion he was being robbed. It was not until half-an-hour's walking in the fresh air had somewhat cooled him that he recognised the fact.—Once a Week. AMERICAN FINANCE.—The internal revenue for the fiscal years ending the 30th June, 1864 and 1865, was £23,430,000 and £42,225,000 respectively; and, calculating according to the average of the offi cial returns for the first 33 weeks, the aggregate this year will reach the vast sum of £65,000,000. It is even believed in America that the 19 weeks of the fiscal year still remaining will show a conside rable increase over the average of the preceding weeks, and that the total internal revenue will approach £67,000,000. The Customs revenue is equally elastic. It is calculated, on the basis of the official returns for about two-thirds of the year that have already expired, at £36,000,000. U these anticipatio h anticipations tbeeresult b realised, hi e as cht t h o e u r n e dg seems in now little doubt, ; since the revenue will exceed by £12,000,000 the estimates which its Finance Minister made up after five months of the year had passed. The expendi ture of the Government, including the charge for the public debt, is not placed by any competent authority at more than £60,000,000 in gold; and, after reducing the internal revenue to a gold value, we find that the receipts would exceed £84,000,000, leaving a surplus of £24,000,000 for the reduction of debt or taxation. This is an ample margin for substantial relief, and if poli tical convulsions can be avoided, there seems scarcely a limit to the capacity of the country for meeting the public needs. In the face of deficient value in the exports, the commercial returns present the prominent fact of constantly increasing rates of duty. Thus, in 1864, goods were thrown on the New York market to the amount of £36,846,000, at an average duty of 36} gr pe e r a c t e e n r, t. b ; ei w ng hile, the amount was still at an average duty of 46i per cent. Tak in g the peace months from Jul y 1 to December 1, 1865, the sales of forei g n goods in New York w ere £26,925,000, on w hich were £43,882,0 00 , i1866f levied the eno rmous Customs of £ 13 , 01 5,000, or o be still nea on therly49p se, theerinceerneta.Theet swollen rurns tid ° seems t for th week end ing February 17, in the great commercial city , showing an importation of 1 - , 33,290 against $3,772,661 for the same we e k of the preceding year; while the Customs • received for the month of January at the same port alone amount to £2,500,000. Now, when we consider that, in specie value, the exports have not much exceeded three-fourths o f th e imports—that there is a la r g e falling off i n gold remittances—and that, notwith standing these facts, the exchanges are not adverse to Y New - - or--we have some elements for appre ciating the g reat amount of Amer ican Stocks which must have been purchased in Europe. The result seems to be that America is buying on credit in this country and others some of t h e supplies rendered absolutely necessary by t h e consumption and ex haustion of four years of w ar, but that credit is (riven, not to the merchant, but to the Government. ' The business ought to be s a fe and profitable for ex circumstances, the us ; and, under e. United States are not paying greater rates than they can rea dily bear. The trade between America and ourselves is profitable to both, and its increase is an additional guarantee for peace and cordiality in our mutual relations. It is therefore a subject for congratulation instead of alarm. WESTMINSTER. A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.—John Arthur Bright, a de cently-attired young man, whose head was enveloped in bandages, and whose face and clothes were smothered in blood, was charged with being drunk and riotous, and assaulting Jesse Fowler, 269 B. Jesse Fowler said, at a quarter to 3 that morning he was called to Regent Music Hall, Regent-street, Westminster, and went to quell a disturbance. In a back room he found the prisoner, three other men, and a woman. The pri soner was frightfully cut about the head, was in his shirt sleeves, and was smothered in blood. They were quarrel ling and fighting. He sent for the landlord, and Mr. H. F. Margetts, the proprietor, came. All four rushed at him, and he retreated ; he came back again and charged the prisoner with stealing a purse, containing a sovereign, and 16s. in silver, from the barmaid. With the assistance of two other constables he took prisoner to 'he station. As soon as they got into the station the prisoner twice ran at witness and assaulted him, and as no one came from the Regent to press the charge, he was charged with the assault. Tho witness was cross-examined at length by Mr. Louis Lewis, of Ely-place, for the prisoner. He didn't complain on the way to the station that he had been kicked by the constables. O'Shea, 156 B, corroborated the constable as to the as sault. He complained at the station that Mr. Margett had assaulted him. Sergeant Cozens, 28 B, also bore witness to what took place in the house. The magistrate ordered Mr. Margetts and his waiter to be sent for, as Mr. Lewis applied for butunionses against them for assaulting this man in a room by himself. A lady also appeared to prefer a charge of assault against Mr. Margetts. The case was put back for his attendance. THAMES. MISSING ClllLDREN.—Elizabeth Gotliff, a poor Australian woman, who was very ill, and labouring under great tre pidation and anxiety, came before Mr. Paget to solicit his advice and assistance. Her unfortunate case is best told by the following statement read by the magistrate:—" The bearer, Mrs. Gotliff, has been known to me for some little time. I believe her to be a respectable person, reduced by poverty and distress to her present condition. A severe illness obliged her to go into an hospital some months since, and, while there, the persons who had charge of her children, receiving no answer to a letter they had written to Mrs. Gotliff, took it for granted that she was dead, and, having made arrangements for going to England, took the children with them. Mrs. Gotliff's earnest desire is to earn sufficient money to follow them, and for this purpose she solicits the aid of all be nevolent persons, being unable,' through ill-health, to earn the requisite sum herself.— Phillipen C. Beecher, St. James's Parsonage, Melbourne, sth of August, 1863." The applicant also put in a certificate from Mr. A. M. Ramsay, minister of the 'United Presbyterian Church, Melbourne. The applicant added that she left her children with George Brown, an engineer, her cousin, and his wife. Brown used to work on board steamboats. She went to diggings and other places after them, and at last was sent by subscription to England, where she arrived last Christ mas. Her resources were exhausted, she was in great dis tress, and all her property was pawned. She could learn no tidings of her children. Both were girls. One was 10 and the other 12 years of age when she went into the hospital. Mr. Paget said it was a distressing case. He would see what could be done for her. Mr. Livingstone, chief usher, to whom the case was intrusted, had no doubt tho poor woman had told the whole truth. MARKETS.---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Fair average supplies of fruit and vegetables are on sale. The trade is steady, at our quotations. FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; hot house grapes, —s to —s ; foreign do, is Od to 3s Od ; filberts, is 6d to 2s Od per lb ; apples, 2s 6d to 4s 6d per half sieve; oranges, 4s Od to 8s ; lemons, 3s 6d to 7s per 100. VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, 2s Od to 3s Od; white do., 8d to is 3d; Savoys, 8d to is 3d ; celery, Od to Os 0(1; horseradish, is to 2s Od per doz. heads; greens, 3s Od to 4s 6d; turnips, is 6d to 2s Od ; carrots, 4s Gd to 5s 6d ; onions, Os Od to Os Od per doz bunches ; brocoli, 6d to 8d ; forced rhubarb, Os 9d to is 6d per bundle ; seakale, is Od to 3s Od; mushrooms, 9d to is 3d ; new potatoes, is to is 3d per punnet ; Brussels spouts, is 3d to 2s Od per half sieve. POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to lOs Od; geese, 6s Od to 9s; goslings, s to Os ; ducks, 3s Od to 4s Od ; ducklings, Os to Os Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od ; wild do, is Od to is 4d ; pigeons, 9d to ls, Od each ; Surrey fowls, 8s to lls Od ; do. chickens, 5s to 8s ; barn door fowls, 5s Od to 7s per couple. English eggs, 8s to lOs ;.French do., Gs Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Ostend fresh butter, 1s Od to is 4d ; English is 2d to is Gd per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od per ib; soles, 2s 6d to 5s per pair; cod 5s Od to 15s ; brill, 3s to 10s ; mullets, 2s ad to 5s ; doroys 2s 6d to 10s each ; turbot, 5s Od to 20s each ; whitings, 3s to 12s ' • haddocks, 4s to 20s per dozen ; fresh herrings, 80 per 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; veal, 4s 0,1 to 53 4d; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per Blbs by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s Od; veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s 2d per Sibs by tho mean. BREAD. Tke prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 71-d. to Bd. ; of household ditto, 01d. to 7d. per 41bs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 3d to 31E • 64 to 72 lbs, 3 d to 3-id ;72 to 801bs, 3id t o 4d ;80 to 881bs., 4d to 41d ;88 to 961b5., qd to 41d ;96 to 1041b5., Od. to Od. Horse hides, 9s to lOs 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s ; full, 6s 6d ; polled sheep, 12s Od t o 15 s Od ; half-breds, lls Od to 14s Od; downs, 9s Od to lOs 6d; shearlings, 2s Od. HAY, SMITIMELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to £6 12s 6d ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. Trade heavy. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s Od; clover. £5 5s to £6 12s Od; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load, Trade inactive. WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 12s; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 188 to £2 4s per load. Trade slow. The Grand Military Gold Cup, run for at War wick Grand Military Steeplechases yesterday, the 16th inst., and won by Captain Johnstoue's fronsides, ridden by Col. Knox, consists of a tazza-shaped vase and cover, remarkable for its truly artistic shape and propor tion. A very gracefully designed and elegant stem sup ports the body of the vase, around which are executed in richly chased in alto-relief some charming groups of fruit and flowers. Around the cover are four medallions, in each of which, in repouss6 work, is one of the late Mr. Herring's well-known racing subjects of "Saddling," "The Finish," and the "Paddock," ezc. The whole is surmounted by a finely modelled horse and jockey. This " objet d'art" was designed and manufactured by Messrs. C. F. Hancock, Son, and Co., of Bruton street, Bond street, and like all their productions is full of genuine artistic feeling in design, and excellence in work manship. They are much to be commended in having returned to the example set by the old Italian metal workers in treating it in the manner known as " Parcel Gilding," which consists of laying on the chased and raised parts a layer of dead gold, and leaving the bright portions in plain silver. This produces a very pleasing effect, and at the same time preserves the artist's labour from injury. Last evening about 8 o'clock a large floor-cloth manufactory in Kennington-lane caught fire, and being stored with inflammable materials was speedily in a blaze, causing much alarm in the immediate neighbour hood. The flames shot up into the air, lighting up for some time the whole southern districts of the metropolis, and crowds of people made for the spot. The fire was seen from t%e head-quarters of the fire brigade before any alarm was carried there, and Captain Shaw, with about 60 men and all the available engines of the establishment, arrived promptly and rendered such assistance in the emergency as only experience and skill can afford on such occasions. By 12 o'clock last night the captain and his men had not returned to their quarters, but by that time the fire was probably under control, as little or no flame was visible from a dis tance after 9 o'clock. EMIGRATION TO QUEENSLAND.—The ship Wans fell, of the Black Ball line of packets, Captain Reynolds, arrived in the Southampton Docks on Monday evening from London, to embark emigrants, and will sail thence to-day (Saturday) for Brisbane. She has taken on board at Southampton 288 emigrants, consisting of 16 married couples, 110 single women, 133 single men, and 20 children. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Since my last letter gold has declined from 137 to 1331, or 31 pe r cent, in the week just past. Government has been a large seller of gold, and the California steamers have brought over $2,000,000 of the precious metals during the last few days. Tho mines of the Pacific States are now sending weekly an average of $1,800,000 in gold and silver to New York, and in the absence of any export demand, of course specie is rapidly accumulating at this point, which is the great cause of the late decline. There was held by the sub-treasury at New York, on March 1, $48,000,000 in gold, and by the banks $14,000,000 more, making in all 62,000,000, nearly £13,000,000, or as much as the Bank of England held according to last accounts received here. This being the case, why should gold be at such a premium as even 331 per cent ? Greenbacks, considering our enormous revenue, and the revenues of the country, are worth par in gold to-clay, if they are worth anything ; and I anticipate the day is not far distant when our Government notes will be worth 100 in gold. 5-20's have risen about 1 per cent during the week, and Erie and Illinois Railways have advanced 2 per cent. The following are the last two returns of the New York Banks: Discounts. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. Feb. 17, 1866 243,068,252 10,308,758 22,983,274 189,777,290 Feb. 24, 1866 239,776,200 14,213,351 22,959,918 183,241,404 DRY GOODS.-The market for domestic dry good in this city has been dull and heavy throughout the week. Pur chases are extremely light, and solely for consumption. The stock of goods in hand is accumulating. The market closes to-day dull and unsettled. The foreign dry goods market is quiet, and transactions are made chiefly at auction. COTTON.--The market was ratter strong in tone; there was less pressed for sale, and quotations were better, al though there was less done. The market, however, must be regarded as in a very feverish state, and liable to ex treme fluctuations. Sales 2,500 bales, at 434 c to 45c for Middlings. BREADSTLIFFS.-There was a strong' upward turn to the market, with some activity. The foreign advices and re duced stocks are in favour of the buyer. The common and medium grades of State and Western Flours were 5c to 10c better, and quite active. Sales 9,600 bbls at $6.75 to $7.35 for Supers ; $7.40 to $7.80 for Sound Extra State; $8.85 to 8.60 for Shipping and Round Hoop Ohio ; $7.60 to $10.25 for Extra Western ; $10.40 to $14.50 for Double Extra Western and St. Louis. Southern flour was firmer, but quiet ; sales 700 bbls at $8 75c to $9 90c. for supers ; $lO to $l5 50c for fancy and extra. Canada flour was decidedly firmer. Sales 400 bbls at $7 75c to $8 15c for common ; $8 25c to $ll 50c for good to choice extras. Rye flour was quiet at $4 75c to $5 50c. Corn meal was dull, but firm. Sales 250 bbls at $3 75c for Jersey, and $4 35c for brandy wine. GRAIN.-The wheat market was decidedly firmer and more active. The demand was chiefly for fine reds for milling. Sales 60,000 bushels at $1 62c to $1 68c for Mil waukee Club ; $1 70c for amber do. ; $2 20c for red West ern; $2 30c to $2 32c for amber Western and State; and $6 30c for white Western. Corn was decidedly firmer, and but sparingly offered. Sales 60,000 bushels, including unsound mixed at 75c to 78c ; sound Western mixed at 78c to 81c ; Jersey and Dela ware yellow at 82c to 84c. Oats were rather firmer, and fairly active. Sales 40,000 bushels, including Canadian at 55c to 56c ; Western un sound at 40c to 450 ; State at 5640 to 58c ; Jersey and Southern at 50c to 52c. DRUGS, DYES, &C.-The market is quiet, except for che micals, in which more business has been done. Sales in clude small lots E. I. Castor of? at $3'324c to $3 35c ; 10 ceroons prime Honduras cochineal 95 cants gold; 800 to 500 tons soda ash, 71c to 9c; 675 casks bleaching powder, 54c to 51c-now held higher; 30c do. to arrive 3jc to 34e ; 140 drums caustic soda, 104 e-now held at 11c to 114 c ; 300 do. to arrive, 74c gold; 250 kegs bl carb. soda, lie to 114 c ; 15 tons sal soda, 4 ; 5 casks cream tartar, 30 gold ; 10 do. regulus antimony, 134; 10,0001bs gum kowrie, partly sifted, 39 ; rough do. may be quoted 35 ; 10,0001bs English white sugar lead, 42 ; 5 tons do. in bond, 104 c gold; 5,0001bs American brown do., 25, cash. DYEWOODS-The demand has fallen off, and the market is dull for St. Domingo logwood, at $2l to $23 currency. IRON-The market is firm, but not active. In'Scotch pigs we notice a sale of 250 tons Glengarmock, at $49, ex ship, and 100 tons, in lots from yards, at $5O to $5l. American is firm at $4B to $5O for No. 1, and $47 to $4B for No. 2, as in lots and delivery. We notice the sale of 150 tons old cast-iron at $42. LEAD-Has been in moderate demand, and is rather firmer, at no to 64e, gold. Ons-Linseed oil is quiet at sl3Bc to $1 40c. Lard oil is selling at $1 80c to $1 850. Sperm oil has been quiet at $2 40c for crude. PETROLEUM.-Tho market was dull, and prices droop ing, at 27c to 28c for crude; 44c to 454 e for refined, in bond; 62c to 64c for refined, free. RICE remains quiet at 9c to 944 for Rangoon, and 12c to 13c for Carolina. SEELTER is dull at 7c gold. SUGAR.-Raws were rather more active, but without any advance, though some holders ask a trifle higher prices. We quote-Fair to good refining, 104 c to lOic. Sales 880 hhds at 104 c to 12c for Cuba, 220 hhds Marti nique, private terms, and 212 boxes Havana, part 124 c to 144 c. Refined having declined nearly lc in the past week, are more active at 164 c for soft white ; 14c to 154 c for yellow. TOBACCO.-There is not much doing. Sales 83 hhds. Kentucky, 7c to 21c; 50 bbls Yara, private terms. WooL.-There is nothing doing this week in wool, more than the last-every thing seems to be quiet ; no manufac turers are in market, and there is no speculative demand, Prices are declining for low and medium wools, and fine descriptions are less wanted. We hear of no sales of any importance. FREIGHTS are very dull for weight, but cotton fs going forward freely. To Liverpool--500 bales cotton, 5-16 d, and per steamer, 600 bales at 7-16 d. To Bremen, 300 bales cotton at The exporte from this port of some of the leading articles of domestic produce have been at follows :- Past Since Same week. Jan. 1. time '65. Cotton, bales 6,721 88,251 7,217 Flour, bbls 16,095 173,187 223,889 Corn Meal, bbls Wheat bush Corn, b us h 61,495 906,996 74,591 Rye, bush Oats, bush 35,00 40,000 ... Beef, tcs and bbls 832 - 9,993 18,631 Pork, bbls Bacon, &c., 1001bs 13,021 19,950 82,187 Lard, 1001bs Cheese, 1001bs Butter, 1001 b 391 1 ,736 38,861 Ashes, csks 672 578 Ashes, Pearls, csks. 11 2 1 119 Beeswax, 1b5.... Hops, bales _ 1 12 5,037 Rosin, bbls 2,- 90 30,993 1,564 Crude, Turp., bbls _ 110 •.• S pirits, Turp.,bbls l_26 895 137,68 U 380,756 1,023,077 357 Tar, bbls Tallow 100Ibs Tobacco, pkgs 21,933 31,593 Oil, Whale, galls • 1 , 5▪ 1 ° 8 ,128 4,768 Oil, Petroleum, galls 695,186 4,504,277 1,563,728 Oil,To a s c p c e o l ,. s galls. .. .. , .. Oil, Lard, galls •••_ 8,380 5 , 048 Seed, Clover, bags 1 )523 27,347 6,664 Staves, M. ............ 85 1,383 2,649 Oil Cake, 1001bs ••• 71 ,736 48,672 Whalebone, lbs ...... ••• 9 5,788 8,834 MARCH 3 (Evening). -The closing quotations of s t oc k s eveningthis Erie, 854 ; Illi nois Central, 1151 5-20 United States Bond s , 103 . WALL STREET. is as follows : - Gold , 1334. CANADIAN RECIPROCITY TREATY.—The Recipro city Treaty expires to-day (17th inst.), in consequence of the notice given by the United States Government on the 17th March, 1865, to terminate it at the expiration of 12 months from that day on the ground that 4, it is no longer for the interest of the United States to continue it in force. The treaty came into operation on March 16, 1855, and was made for 10 years certain, and further until the expiration of a year's notice from one of the contracting parties. BREACII OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—MiSS Alice Mangnall brought an action at the Lancashire Assizes against George Warr for bfeach of pro m i se o f marr i age. The plaintiff was a lady residing in Eccles, and tho defen dant a slate merchant at Bolton. The damages wore laid at £l,OOO. After a conference it was stated that a verdict would bo taken by consent for £3OO. 1001 1 100) 'TIES. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK. 9 82 r 2 100 st I 20 204 10 100 1 h• 0 100 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 2 100 100 190 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 93j 4i 10d# ;