The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-31 00:00:00

~_ ibt i n. 30. Prine e° 1 Divine y 1110r11' 11 nig h ; attended irrived at to-d* :ended by aila has b" 11 a stituti °ll rt ant ser ' It Viet" 30, IS 6d ' ,tingt ° "° 26th inct, oat 1031 ! rrnon fro ov to ollv • tion t" a vo recel' a wit b pie the Pec rhne SgeS tC' r t h e LCO U KNOL“6. rt tli" f health t)ti not ha 33111 C ....- follow' ' fil night. g•P• A K / N $ . GA RT. " name y esteru l ie NI ° CX' 4 4 Charit'; e cotio c" l the C3tlblPet, .tOW II le's' , na til e fro — n ip The n i onte llll3 ' 3 . o e ill lay tO ey• On in ,„ to's" tLoia Grail of r i tillier ; 1-g ree ierts 3 . 60 beia Lief ivouri',„. hfah~e' Sit liter f _py e or c arE c a vie l o t ,a flighu ess o co Mrs. P l iqe k of the Y,,a, T roia - 1 0 a toic locv, r 11011 1, A , marldr3l LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) SWEETLAND V. SWEETLA..ND.-JTJDGMENT. In this case, which stood over for judgment, the testator Signed five out of six sheets of a will, leaving off at the end of the fifth sheet, and in the middle of a sentence, a lthough all the sheets had been duly signed by the attest,- ing Witnesses. For the will, it was contended, that the five first sheets contained all the necessary disposition of the property, which was in no way affected by the last S heet, and that the testator had given the document to his brother, and stating that it contained his last will and testament. The learned Judge said that the act which required the s ignature of the testator on the last sheet was imperative, attd therefore he must pronounce against the will. PLAIN V. PLAIN-JUDGMENT. Ifs lordship delivered judgment in this case, which was tried by him last Saturday, when he stated that he felt b °uad to consider the circumstances. The wife clearly proved adultery against her husband, who had left her for two years and upwards, and the only question was whether there had been desertion in a legal sense. For the husband it was stated that he had written letters io his wife offering 1 0 take her back, but that these were not delivered to her by her daughter until two years subsequent to the desertion Ile did not believe the wife to have been ignorant Of these letters, but other letters by the respondent clearly proved that he had no intention to receive her back. He W ould, therefore, make the decree nisi. GEARY T. GEARY AND WILSON.-JUDGMENT. The only question in this case was whether or not a Person who had been charged with adultery with the wife 13f the petitioner should not be made a joint co-respondent With another party whose name was placed on the record, a na his lordship decided in the affirmative. COURT OP BANKRUPTCY. IN RE T. S. COBB.-THE EAST OF ENGLAND BANK. This bankrupt was described as a printer and tanner, of Great Yarmouth, and he was a shareholder in the East of flgland Bank, which has lately caused so much distress by its failure. His liabilities, in respect of shares in this 1344 k, are £2,700. &n application was made on behalf of the assignees that t he case should be adjourned for two months for the ex< akination of certain witnesses, and for the production, if Necessary, of full accounts. Order granted. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKETS. f. SM ITIIPIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 lOs; clover, lOs to 1G 10 s • a nd s t raw , £1 8 s t o £1 12s per load. 11 PPIY small. ~.‘-'llllHER.Lkism.—eadow hay, £4 108 to 1.5 lOs ; clover, 7,1') 08 to ..£6 lOs ; M an straw, £1 8s to .£1 12s per load. j ' r ,,ade firm. xg l artcuArEL.—Xteadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 lOs ; clover, lOs to tea s steady. £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. COLONIAL. l'r4 . — Business has been dull, and the few dealings eatered into have been at about previous rates. • SC GAIL—The market has remained inactive, but supe r,or d escriptions of West India have sustained former t rie es• In th e re fi ne d mar k e t th ere i s no ma t e rial change ' )l. eport. e „ 3P PE E.— Tho demand for colonial qualities has been. bi -c erate and prices have remained steady. VI CE —A fair amount of business bas been done, and st Indian descriptions support previous values. rl4l, Lot The market has been dull, and quotations for bou 1 pre sen t an d f orwar d d e li very h ave ten d e d down itards• P.Y.O. o n the s p o t i s quo t e d 42 s 6d t o 42s 9d r h, 4 2s 6d; and last three months, 43s 3d to 43s 6d Per cwt. COAL MAR Price per ton at the 8. d. pot on Gas._ 14 0 -14rIvaiatyingand DliffCTli 22 0 .17.a11s End Harton 16 9 End Haswell_ 19 6 vis°ll 's W.. Hartley 16 0 I,,ainbert's Ila,rtley 15 0 "'lke•l3 6 leitoer Primrose 18 0 18 6 Ships at mnrke :ET, J. 30. close of the market. s. d. Heugh Hall lB 6 Walls End Hetton Tunstall Bowers West Hartley 16 0 Cowpen Hartley Walls End Belmont l7 0 South Hetton East Hartlepool Hartlepool t, 56 ; sold, 38. NET A .RKE AND 00 IaMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. seln spite o f c h eaper money, the commerc i al classes 41i1411 l oth to enter into large speculati v e e n ga ge - N in , t, and, what w ith th e d e t err i ng i n fl uences a t t i -t k s ome three months ago, when discount restric k°4 Were the rule and not the exception, the 1; e • liel 'al trade of th e coun t r y h as be en brought th i , ttlll narrow limits. The Money Market is now, -efore, very quiet, and were it not that the - -e L it a t the Stock Exchange causes a little more settle in -14,44,7 for accommodation the aspect of monetary p aler Would be inactive. The rate for three months' 44 is still 4i per cent., with a few transactions at l y ; Per cent. The brokers have plenty of money at idle, and will no doubt b e soon g l a d t o use it s3w er quotations. D a ring the last few days there has not been much pr na tion in the markets for forei gn an d co l on i a l ab c) , 4llc e• Sugars have been in moderate reque s t a t th e ,, ' Previous rates. In coffee, cocoa, and rice t k ' b e has been no material change in values, while li /e a .' 4 been neglected. Tallow has continued in demand for both present and forward de i/ at slightly reduced quotations. l'im e , St eek Exchange Committee have appointed share "a3r, Peb. 2, a special settling day in the asked for J ewett and Co. (Limited) ; no quotation t t ransactions entered into on and after 431 P ember 24 last. The committee have further fOiZ e , cl t he new debentures of the Cape of Good t 4 14 - „," -° verninent to be officially quoted , and the the Fairbairn Engineering Company to be w e e k lis ts in the daily lists, instead of the twice-a -1,. t ea T ' ee Central Argentine Railway Company have sh ar e e a call of £2 pe r s h are, making £6 10s. per F eb) Called up, payable on or before the 28th A r4 ,arY, at the Consolidated Ba n k. th Q v ' i vidend is reco m me n ded by th e di rectors of Fili ar "rk-st ree t Fl ax-sp i nn i ng C ompany of 6s. pet N t e ' free of inco m e t ax , b e i n g e qua l t o 10 per Pt ia l l es ann um on t h e pa id -up cap i ta l . Ye 4ri e Australian Trust Company, at their half- Oivi d meeting to-day, have declared their usual T li e nti at the ra t e o f 8 per cent. per annum. 4 1111, 1 ? re port of th e H um b er I ronworks and Ship -11441,41g Qompany, for presentation at the first or k44; , i 4 ,Rell e ral meeting of the sharehold ers , g i ves a litifierh,"4teinent respecting the introduction of the t hr f ,,,,,ng to the public last year, the obstructions t l'aet: t , 11 its way, and the lesser value of the con -4eilted.l/4en at the time of the purchase than repre- Ptogre N egotiations are now stated to be in shi ll, f or cancelling these contracts. All the ; 11 4to c ePt one which remains the property of the h e Co 1 1 „ ° ` er s, in process of being built at the time ' 11 (1 ,11 3a nY Was started, will have been completed , 4 , ll 'an,,, eliNt ered next month ; and a provisional Lt le C a l ' l neut has been made for the acquisition of I ;q l ll4 ( , ll. „ a ri ci a Works at Birkenhead. It is also re- N. 40 - `tell that the name of the company be e etni,,7 to the Hull and Liverpool Shipbuilding At ii i 4Y .„(Limited). t r ! th e _ r e half -yearly meeting to-day of shareholders "' th e d''°'llt-Stock Discount Company the report Rro, -Lrec tors presented stated that the balance til e al profits mad e d ur i ng th e s i x mont h s ending nßa,i4t,lllt., aft er reserving an amount as provision 1„ titat 'c " I n respect of bad debts, greatly exceed ssa e s e in) e i li 4 e 6 ve l d 72 w l i 3 ll s. u l lt o i d ma Th ly is b a e m f o o u u n n t dr ter , , ' til It expeilsing rebate on bills not due, and the cur ate reg e es, has enabl e d t h e di rectors to i ncrease tile r ate f und to £30,000 , t o d ec l are a di v i dend ll Od . eo f 6 per cent. per annum, amounting to t Per e h o profitan to carry forward £3,243 2 s . and loss d new account. Two o'CLocK. At Parrs this morning, according to Iktr. Reuter's Iti ab t ). 4111 , the The 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 05c. The • vet v . 41arket for En g li s h Stocks has again .bee n and for and although the declining 11411,1 - Nat el ' Q f pure of inone t° a,y o ught to b r i ng f orward a large c hasers, the public seem :loth tofor°ui sPe any i mportant extent. The Funds remain for d, a ll :he I aced Co nsols for money are 89i ; and nt •Th e New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89:41 j. ; India 5 per Cents, 1031. a ; and Bonds, 10s. prem. There has been very little animation in the Foreign Market, and prices have not varied materially. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70i a ; ditto Consolides, 51 -I ; Mexican, 28/ ; ditto New, 261,- 27*; Greek, 23-1 24*; Spanish Passive, 321 a ; ditto Certificates, 14/ ; Russian, 89fr s ; Confede rate Loan, 54 56 ; Italian, 64-a -a.; ditto New Loan, prem. ; Danubian, 1 Of clis.; and Montevi dean, 5 6 prem. Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, and prices have slightly- im proved. North-Eastern (Berwick), Lancashire and Yorkshire, Great Western, and Great Eastern have each improved ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines show little varia tion of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been dull. Alliance are dealt in at 341 4 ; Consolidated at 111 ; Metropolitan and Provincial at 191 ; and London Financial at 221 a ; City of Milan Improvement shares are quoted 3 3/ prem. ; and Darjeeling Tea Company, b prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cont. Consols Do. Account, Feb. 9 B9i b per Cent. Reduced BBf New 3 per Cent New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cont. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 -- Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent • Do. £5OO Do. £lOO and £2OO _ _ I Bank of England Stock, 54 per Cent — Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — pm Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-6 u Do. 1863 • — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do I per Cent. (Deferred. 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 5 per Cent, 1864 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, .f 25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do £l5 paid — dis Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent 9Bl Do., Second Issue Do. £lOO Bonds 99 8 Do. 1864 96 51 • Do. Scrip, £35 paid Do. Account Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do Account Guatemala 5 per Gent. — Do. 1839 arid 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent. — Do. Account Dc. 1864 26* 7* Do b per Cent. Anglo-French — Do Scrip, £53 paid Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis Montevidean 5 per Cent., £25 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada Do 2 per Cent 2B* Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April, 1864 — Do do Aug., 1856 — Peruvian 41 per Cent. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 4 per Cent., 1862 Do Account — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 4i. per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 - Do 1864 Do Scrip, .£6b paid Sardinian 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cent — Do Aeeolant ~, 4B} Do New Deferred 4o* Do Account 4Ol Do Passive . — Do Account 321 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account — Swedish 4 per Cent. — Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account 721 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 7Ol f Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1863 — Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 — Do Account — Do. 6 per Cent., 1861 — Do. 11. per Cent — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — Do. 4 per Cent. Certifi.Ates -- French ]4entes, 3 per Cent. — Italian 5 per Cont., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account Consols, Money Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. .... 891 .... 891 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market opens with a rather better inquiry. Sales, probably about 4,000 bales. Napoleon lll.'s Life of Cesar, The Athenmum says, in reference to this forthcoming work :—" To show how fine a thing it is to be an Empe ror and an author, let us state that Napoleon the Third —with a view to carefully learning the military prac tice of the Romans at the time of Coosa; and in order to make his forthcoming history of Julius as perfect as study under favourable circumstances will permit—caused an able and learned officer of artillery to ascertain the mili tary costume, the arms, armour, accoutrements, trappings, and other warlike instruments—including those proper for siege service, the camp and the field, and to reconstruct the same in the most perfect manner that care and bound less wealth allowed. At the Tuileries has been formed a museum of such articles, derived from ancient sculptures, descriptions, and drawings on pottery, &c.; there appear the tents, waggons, standar4 haversacks, straps, boats, bridge Machinery, shovels, the balista, falarica, catapult, bow and arrow. Each has been carefully reproduced and fitted for use, so that when the author desired to see a tribune, centurion, decurion, or private soldier exactly as Caesar saw him, all that needed to-be done was to call a Cent-Garde and clothe him from the museum. The ghost of Caesar himself might be invoked with even less of fear than Brutus had, and the " Ay, at Philippi," of the un matchable spirit have no terror for his successor." Another of our weekly contemporaries remarks upon the same subject as follows :—" The first volume of the Vie de'Cdsar,' as intended for private distribution, is in quarto. The book itself belongs rather to the class ' panegyrics' than to the sterner one of historical biography,' and the shade of the great Roman, as in a dissolving view, now and then disappears sufficiently to bring the forms of the two Napoleons, uncle, and nephew, prominently forward. The Marseilles paper announce the publica : - tion of the first volume for the first week in March. The work will consist of three volumes octavo, each containing from 40 to 50 sheets, at 10 francs per volume and of an atlas of maps, the price of which is not yet named. To this Ost Deutsche Post adds, that an Italian translation will also appear, so that the work will be simultaneously issued in French, English, German, and Italian. The Geroldische Buchhandlung of Vienna has secured the right of translation into Garman by payment, it is said, of 20,000 thalers. To Professor Ritschl, of Bonn, has been entrusted the German version, and each sheet, as soon as struck off, will be forwarded in duplicate to the Emperor of the French, an accomplished German scholar, who will finally revise the translation and attach his signature to each sheet. The entire proceeds will be given to the poor. The same paper says that for the right of translation of the first volume alone, the English publishers have paid 11,000. To Mr. Thomas Wright, the antiquary, has been confided the translation into English. Mr. Wright is eminently quali fied for the task ; he is a thorough master of the two lan guages, and has a knowledge of Roman antiquities in France and Germany no less than of those which exist in Britain. A new house in course of construction on the Boulevard Bonnefoi, at Toulouse, suddenly fell, two days since, and buried in its ruins a mason, and a young woman of 22, who had come with his dinner. Immediate measures were adopted for extricating them, but both were dead when taken out. The accident is :supposed to have been caused by =ovations made too near the foundations. TILE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1865. BRITISH POSSE 100 {lOO 2 100 100 ISIONS. 57 69 100 101 par 41 5 ti 9,! 75 6) 93 08 75 35 1(0 102 100 101 1001 101 k 19 23 59 91 67 6 , .) 58 60 61 63 54 36 50 63 46 48 28 28 25 27 100 101 id p par # p 93 101 Si 9 liS Ild 85 0 78 E 2 / id 991 1013 92 94 88 9.? 61 63 3 5 82 81 99 100 9) 100 f d 1 p 0 1(0 94 97 92 94 V 5 07 94 05 81. 83 8L 83 106 1U 107 If 9 106 108 102 101 108 110 100 )Co 103 100 ]CO 101 108 105 iO7 108 110 105 10? 91 93 98 100 02 91 91 93 103 101 87 F 8 96 93 101 i lot: 1101 i 101 1011 1 20 [Oll 1 ITIES. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. THE LATE BURGLARY IN THE STRAND.—Thomas Brown alias Scotty, remanded on this charge, was again placed before Mr. Flower. The prisoner was now defended by. Mr. Beard. The former evidence having been read over, Inspector Brennan said, from further information ho had received, he thought it expxlient to apply for a further remand ; in the meantime, hcwever, he would produce two additional witnesses. Mrs. Geddes said she kept the Lowther Hotel. On the 23d of November three gentlemen applied for beds at her house at half-past 10. She could not recognise the prisoner as one of them. ' The persons had the beds which were in two rooms. no tallest of the three paid . for the lodgings, and while ho was doing so she observed that he carried a carpet bag. The one now shown her is the same. At four o'clock the next morning she was awoke by hearing three men coming down stairs. She allowed them to pass .her door, and she then looked over the landing, and thenime said he wondered whether the servant was up, and ahe then told them she was not, and afterwards she asked them if they were going away so early. They said they had left their carpet bags and that they were going to return. They had a light with them. They were the same persons as she had let the beds to over night. Mrs. Mary Mears said she resided in the Hackney-road. Prisoner formerly lodged in her house. He rented one furnished room. When he first came he brought some luggage with him, amongst which was a carpet-bag very similar to the one produced. • Inspector Brennan said tha was all the evidence he had to offer to-day. Mr. Flower remanded the prisoner for a week. The body of the court, es on all the former examina. Lions, was crowded by detetive officers and the genera public. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DAMAGING A FIRE EscAPE.—Edward Whitford, cab. driver, bage 3145, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and incapable of driving his horse and cab, and also with damaging a fire escape, the property of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire. ' Mr. Edward Brown, foreman to Mr. Clarke, fire escape manufacturer, of Crescent-mews, Burton-crescent, 'at _ ended to watch the case. Police-constable Cirpenter, 219 C, said that about two o'clock that morning, while in Oxford-street, he saw the defendant driving his horse, attached to a cab, at the rate of eight miles an hour. The defendant drove against the fire escape and then commenced driving faster than before, but was stopped by the fire escape conductor, and on being taken off his cab it was found that he could not stand, and he was then taken to the station. Fire-escape conductor Burnett said that while standing by his box the defendant, who was going at a rapid rate, drove against his escape, and did serious damage to it. Mr. Brown said he had inspected the escape, and the damage amounted to about £lB. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the defendant 20s or a month for being drunk, telling Mr Brown that the amount of damage was too high for him to deal with, but that ho had a remedy elsewhere. BREAKING OPEN A TILL.---David Parker, porter, in the employ of Messrs. Bickers, booksellers, Leicester-square, was brought up charged with breaking open a till and stealing £8 10s., the moneys of his employers. Mr. John Harwood, manager of the business, said that on the previous evening, while the assistants had gone to tea, he saw the prisoner with a pair of pinchers in his hand at the desk where the postage stamps were kept. His at tention was called off for a moment by a customer, but, hearing the sound of money, he turned round and saw the prisoner close the money till, He then sent for Mr. Bickers, and on examining the till found that it had been broken open, the pincers having been used as a lever. On the pri soner being searched, above £8 were found upon him. Mr. Bickers said the prisoner had been in his father's employ for about 19 years, and he believed had always been honest till lately, when he had given way to habits of in temperance. At first the prisoner denied the charge, but afterwards admitted it, and £8 10s. were found in his coat pocket—that being about the amount missed from the till —and at his lodgings a purse and some books, their pro perty, were found. Sergeant Shillingford, 4 C, proved finding four volumes of Macaulay's History of England and a purse at the pri soner's lodgings, No. 17, Stacey -street. Mr. Bickers said the books had never been sold. He wished to state that he would not have prosecuted the pri soner, believing he was half mad from drink, but they had so many porters and packers in their employ that he was obliged to do it for the sake of example. He wished the prisoner, however, to be leniently dealt with. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner. We have been requested by Mr. Frederick Pickton printer, of No. 89, Great Portland-street, Oxford-street, to' state that no person of the name of George Alfred German —the name of the person who was yesterday fined for snowballing—ever resided in his house, or was ever em ployed in his printing office. - THAMES. ROBBERY BY A DOMESTIC SEBYANT.—Louisa, Radford, aged 15, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing a diamond ring, valued at £25, a gold brooch, some articles of millinery, and other property, belonging to her master, Mr. J. M. Freeman, surgeon, and medical officer of Mile-end Old-town and St. George-in-the-East. Mr. Freeman, who is a very humane and kind-hearted gentleman, was reluctant to proceed against the girl, and if certain conditions were complied with, would at once withdraw from the prosecution ; but on Mr. Paget saying he could not make terms with the prisoner, he said he must go on. Mr. Freeman said it was a most unpleasant duty to prosecute his servant, and made several excuses for the prisoner. He said he lived with his family at No. 361, Mile-end-road. The prisoner had strange peculiarities, and among others a want of memory. A bracelet and other things had been missing, and when the girl had been informed they were lost, and the articles had been named, she produced them. One day a drawer wits accidentally opened, and one of his chil dren recognised some property belonging to his sou. The prisoner was spoken to about it, and she said, " Oh, yes, I carried them about in my pocket for some time." A few days after that ho went to a drawer and missed a diamond ring worth £25. Mr. Paget—Was the drawer unlocked ? Mr. Freeman replied iu the affirmative. The drawer had been unlocked many years. There were diamonds in the next compartment of the drawer. He wore the diamond ring at intervals, and sometimes put it away for two or three days. Inquiries had been made by the police, and the property could not be found. A valuable brooch was missing. At last the prisoner's box was opened, and some sleeves and other articles of millinery, an ivory counter, some cartes d e thite, and other things were found. They belonged to him and his family. On the discovery being made, the prisoner said, "Oh dear, no. I never put them there at all. Mrs. Freeman or Miss Freeman must have put them there to ruin me." The ladies were anxious to save her, as he was, and sent for her parents. They wished her to be discharged and sent about her business, and not prosecuted ; but the police, from inquiries, had no doubt the girl had taken muchproperty, and said she ought to be prosecuted. He did not believe the girl took the diamond ring and gold brooch for the ordinary purposes of theft, and that those articles had either gone into the canal near his residence or down the water-closet. She had taken it, admired it for its beauty, and put it away again, or lost it. Her memory was very defective. The prisoner made a long defence. She exhibited no signs of mental incapacity. She said she picked up the cartes de visite on the floor while cleaning it and • being on her knees at the time, and with a scrubbing brush in her hand she put thorn in her hand, intending to restore them. She knew nothing about the cuffs and other things owned by Mrs. Freeman. She had never seen the diamond ring and brooch. They were never lout in the .house, she was certain. Last Tuesday Mr. Freeman said to her, "Have you seen a ring lying about?" Next day he said, " I will give you a sovereign if you find the ring." Yesterday "he went on so about his diamond ring," and called in a policeman and sent for her parents. The girl then went on for some time in a deprecatory style relating to the arrangements of the house, in which there was nothing to find fault with but a want of respect on her part towards a kind master and mistress. Mr. Paget remanded the prisoner for a week. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE This day. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Prince, from Guernsey. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. No arrivals. Sailed—The Monarch (in tow), for London. PAUPERISM IN STAFFORDSUIRE.—Returns have been published of the state of pauperism in the county of Stafford in the first week of the present year. ~The general result is that there is for the whole country a slight increase in the number .()f 'inmates in the workhouses,-and a somewhat larger decrease in the outdoor paupers. Tam worth, which showed a considerable increase last year, this year shows a decrease, the recipients of relief being less than in the first week of 1863. There is a marked increase in the number of paupers relieved in the Walsall union. In the union of Newcastle-under-Lyme only ono person in 50 was in receipt of relief, whilst in the small union of Seisdon, near Wolverhampton, one person in 13 was an actual pau per. Next to Newcastle, Cheadle, Stone, Burton, Leek, Wolverhampton, and Stafford stand best for the small pro portion of paupers to population ; while next to Siesdon in the general prevalence of. resort to parochial relief came Tamworth, Lichfield, West Bromwich, and Dudley. DETENTION OF TRAINS FROM SNOW.—The trains running into Leicester have, in many instances, been de layed by the unusual quantity of. snow which has fallen. In one cutting the snow had drifted to the depth of be tween six and eight feet. It is also sported that several shocks of earthquake were felt in ..Leicester on Friday morning. SHARE MARKETS—This clay. Shari Railways. 13 1 Wol., 6tr. Val Blyth and Tyne Matll and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall 01 t 2 13ti 133 Li 6, 10 Do. AE A. gets no div. tillop.e.p.an.has 10 00. B been paid to B' Dublin & Belfast Juno. 0 Dun„Perth, & a b.June. 33 Edinburgh & Glasgow st Glasgow &S. Wtstern it Great Eastern, Ord. stk. It Do. E. Angl. st. No 2 it Great Xorth of Scotland It Great Norther t Dr. A stock - • .. t Do. B Do. is. at 2i pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n Original D . S. Vd.l. Rail gua.' Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.— Ox:ord Newpo.t La t Lane :shire & Yorkshire t L_ndon and Black wall t Lon,, & S Coast t Lon., that., and Dover ;t Lou. &• North Western t Lou. & South - Western t Man., Shel., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle 2 4 Do. shares Lt Metropolitan. a Do. New tMid and Do, Birmin Sr, Derby Mid Gt. W.. Ireland. Do. shares mid-Kent INo, th British Do. Ed., Pth ;Az Dun Nth. Eastern Berwiekl Do. G.N'E purdiase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Po. Stock. & Darling. De. 1855-:8 Do. do. 1880-61 North London .. Do. 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Atlantic fe St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do le shares Buffalo ,t Lake Huron _ Do !'reference Buff.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Auz. 1, 87:: Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcatta & 8. E., Um.. a e Town & Dock, gu. Oemera , a, 7 p.c. per. p Nast. Ben_;al, gu ' 5 do East It.dian, gu.. 5 p.c. Do. .1 EitZnsiori Grand Trankof Canada Do. Equip. lUort. Bond -1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist eref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prcf. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c I'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. Sou .h of India (hrn ) gun. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Ws a. of Canada.. D New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 5i do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 4? do Do. 4i do Do. Filth Extension llelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. & Hudson's Bay.. New Brunswick & Can Class A and B v.ltl.C'da, pc Ist pt. bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. PuWaub z Do.lndus St Elo Total Destruction of the Surrey Theatre by Fire. The Surrey Theatre, in the Blackfriars-road, the favourite theatre on the south side of the water, was at a late hour last night totally destroyed by fire under the following, circumstances. At about 20 minutes to 12 o'clock the last scene in the panto mime of " Richard Coeur de Lion was being played, and Rowena, the clown, had just begun his per formance of a burlesque solo on the trombone, when, happening to cast his eyes to the ceiling of the theatre, he saw a strong light reflecting through the aperture over the chandelier. At once suspect ing there was a fire, he with great presence of mind left the stage quietly and communicated his suspi- ' eions to Mr. Green, the acting manager. That gen tleman at once despatched some of the stage car penters to see what was the matter, but at the same moment some of the audience were alarmed by a cloud of smoke descending through the aperture' named, and the cry of fire was raised. Mr. Green came upon the stage and implored the people to leave the house quietly, and the curtain was at once lowered. Fortunately, the audience, which had been by no means large during the evening, was at that time extremely scanty, and the house was speedily cleared without accident. At the time the last few people were leaving, the flames burst with great fury through the ceiling, which was composed of thin laths and painted canvas, and in a very short space of time caught the drapery running round the boxes, and the proscenium and stage curtain, from which it at once extended to the scenery, and the whole stage became a mass of flame. The scene on the stage and in the dressing-rooms of the theatre at this time was almost indescribable, the numerous actors and actresses who had been engaged in the pantomime running about in the greatest confusion, and the screams of the ballet girls were heartrend ing. To add to the horrors of the scene, Mr. Hink ley; the gas superintendent - 6f The theatre, to - a - voi'd explosion, turned off the gas in the back portion of the theatre, which was thus for some time left in :otal*darkness. Had it not been for the prese nce o: . _ _ _ _ mind displayed by Mr. Green, the acting manager ; Mr. Rowella, the Clown ; Mr. Evans, the Panta loon ; Mr. Vivian, the Sprite, and some other of the pantomhnists, the loss of life behind the scenes would probably have been considerable. Those gentlemen, at the risk of their own. lives, dragged the screaming and terrified women and girls through the burning scenery to the stage door, from whence they were conveyed to their homes in a but lightly clothed and fainting state in cabs provided by the police. The last persons brought out of the burning building were several children, who had been repre senting the characters of fairies in the transformation scene. Messrs. Rowella and Vivian having reported to the stage manager that all persons had been saf removed from the theatre, they made their own escape, dressed as they had been while playing their respective parts, no persons engaged in the panto mime having had time to change their dress, so rapid was the progress of the fire. In less than ten minutes from the first alarm, indeed, the whole in.. terior of the theatre was one mass of flames. While the above scene was taking place inside the building, there was the greatest excitement in the neighbourhood of the theatre. Crowds of people, attracted by the reflection of the flames, which, shooting high up, illuminated the air for miles around, came rushing up, and cabs, loaded with people, were being driven to the scene from all directions. Within 10 minutes of the alarm being given a strong body of the M and L divisions of police from the Stones-end and Tower-street stations arrived on the ground, and, by dint of great exer tions, cleared a sufficient space for the engines, seve ral of which, both steam and manual, had by that time arrived, the powerful steam engine of Mr. F. Hodges being amongst the first arrivals. So rapid, however, had been the flames that, before any of the engines could be brought to play, the whole interior of the theatre was completely burnt out, the roof, galleries, and boxes, falling in rapid succession, and nothing was left standing of the building but the portico and front wall, facing the Blackfriars-road. Several small houses, also, in the rear of the theatre, occupied by poor people, had by this time fallen a prey to the flames, the inmates barely eseaping with their lives. The theatre was bounded on the north side by the Flowers of the Forest Tavern, kept by Mr. Osmond ; and on the south by the Equestrian Tavern, kept by Mr. Harris, the governor of the Licensed Victuallers' School, and both these houses being in imminent danger, the attention of the firemen was directed to save them, in which efforts they were successful. For at least a quarter of a mile round the theatre the streets were strewed with burning embers from the theatre, and several persons were severely burned by the large flakes of fire which fell upon them. So intense was the heat that the fronts of the houses on the oppo site side of Blackfriars-road facing the theatre were much scorched, and the wood work was only kept from igniting by copious streams of water being played upon it from two engines specially detailed off for that purpose. About 1 o'clock Mr. Shepherd, one of the lessees of the theatre, arrived at the scene of destruction, and was immediately surrounded by the male members of his company, all dressed in their theatrical costumes, but begrimmed with dirt and smoke and saturated with water, the result of their efforts in the first instance to extinguish the fire and afterwards in rescuing the female portion of the company. His first inquiry was, " Are there any lives sacrificed ?" and on being informed that it was thought every one had escaped, he fervently ejaculated, " Thank God for that !" So rapid was the fire that not a vestige of any thing belonging to or in the theatre was saved from destruction. The new and splendid scenery, the valuable properties, the costly wardrobe, the money receipts of the evening, and every article of clothing belonging to the company, were all consumed in a few minutes. Much commiseration was expressed by the neighbours and the crowds of people present for the lessees of the theatre—Messrs. Anderson and Shepherd. Although insured to some extent their loss will be very great. At least 300 persons will also be thrown out of employment at a season when there is little opportunity of obtaining any other en gagement. The part of the house where the fire was first observed, immediately above the chandelier, was used as the painters' and carpenters' workshops, but its origin cannot at present be ascertained. It is certain, however, that the catastrophe did not arise from any cause immediately connected with the performances of the evening. - At 3 o'clock this morning the fire was still burn ing, but all further danger was over. The firemen, however, were playing upon the burning ruins, and an immense crowd of people was assembled look- ing on. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT RECUR British Columbia, 6 per' cent„ Dec. 31, 1 572 Can. Gov.o p.c.Ja.& July 1837-b4 6 p. c. Feb & Aug'. S P. c. Mar. & Sept 5 p c. Jan. & July r. Inscribed sk Calm Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do: I'9o-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1808, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. iBB May i 5, Nov. Nal al .lov. o per cent N. B. Gov 6 p.c.J &July N. S. W. Guy. 5 p c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18 1 to 876 Do. 5 p.C. 1883 to 15.9.! New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent...... Nova ScAla Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18 8-1 , Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6p.c.Ja &July Do. do, pril & Oct BRITI Cam Consol. bold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. Cravat Drake wal Is East Bassett (Mogan) East Cara :ton as Cam Brea East G:enville East Love 1 E. W'i Russell (Tavistk Gam & StA übya(G wen . Great L ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vur (11e1st Grenvil e Herod's Foot Elingston Downs Margaret ,Uny Lelant, Marke Valley ilwyndy Iron Ore, lin, Naugi les .. New Se ton North Downs.... 1 North Roskear N.Wici Bassett (11logan North Whe.,lCroity Prosper United... Pr vldenee UnyL lane S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Wheal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park Tin Croft West Bassett (Il.ogan W. Caradon 11.eskeard West Chirerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redrutb whew Ludo tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis Union 3.12 A 8 581 LINES LEASED AT FIXEU:RENTALI3. Lyndon, Tilbury, and Southend, 101 BANK'S. A.rra and 31 tsterman's, lina, - Ditto, ne e, issd at Iu pm , c ails paid in advance, 62 Ditto, ditto. 61 Alliance (tim.). 34 i Ditto, issued at £0 pm., of which 10 is pd., MI Anglo Austrian, 71 Consolidated Bank, Hal., 113 East London, Ern., 6 imperial Ottoman, 17 Laud Mortgage Bank of India, Urn., 6 London Bank of Alexis° and S. America, 1im.,:93 London and County, 79 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 193 )riental Mint Corporation, 6} 7f Provincial Banking Corporation, iim , South Eistern, lira., tlt I Inion of Australia, t 3 Miton of London, 53k MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works,'lim., Of Continental Union Gas. 10} Contract Corporation, lim., 41 Credit Foncier and Alubiii,r of England, 8) 1 Crystal Palace. 35 Discount Corporation, 14 East Indian Eivanct • I. bin., 6 Egyptian Cora. and Trading, lim., 5} Fore-street IVarehouse, lim., Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11m.. 7 Imperi,a Mercantile Credit Ass°. lim., 74 International Financial Society, lim., 71 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour,, London linancial Association, iiut., 2 I Lon o i and Provincial Marine, 34 Madras Irrigation and Canal, ... Ditto (alb,' 'lO4 National Oh-count Company, aim., 151 I Ott( man Finlnei .1 A smociat:on, lira., 9 Rio do Janeiro City lii . provements, aim., 25 Universe[ madl:. Insurance, Um., ti KING OTIIO'S CLAIMS ON GREECE.—At the sug gestion and through the mediation of Austria negotiations have been entered into at Athens on the subject of the claims of King Otho for the restitution of his private for tune, which is still withheld from him. Two commissions are now occupied with this question —one to examine the legal value of the claims made, and the other to fix the amount of the indemnity. THE STATE OF EMPLOYMENT IN ROCHDALE.— The chief constable's return of the state of trade in the cottton mills within the borough of Rochdale for the week ending the 28th of January, shows that there are now working full time 1,477 persons ; in December the number was 1,719. Number working five days, 328 ; previous month, 769 ; working four days, 317 ; previous month, 618 ; three days, 358 ; previous month, 205 ; two days, 455; previous month none ; stopped altogether, 6,806 ; previous month, 3,330. The relieving officers' returns for the last week show that during the week 3,857 persons have been relieved at an expense of £312105. sd. ; and increase in cost over the previous week, of £lO ss. 3d, 105 107 1074 1034 INES. [SU M. 2.1.0 30 2.14.6 3 4.0 2.7.0 2. t 3.6 9.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 7.8.3 8.13 4.18.0 94, 4.3.0 214 3 321 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 18.18.9 ';30.17. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. Owing to the confusion and excitement that prevailed during the raging of this disastrous fire, it was impossible to collect anything like strict particulars as to the cause of the fire or where it commenced. A report was current at the time that the disaster had been occasioned by an escape of gas from the grand chandelier hanging over the centre of the pit. This upon careful inquiries turns out to be incorrect. It appears from the statements made by the master car penter, Mr. Yokes, who has been 11 years connected with the theatre, and also Mr. Stephen Smith, the treasurer, that the fire was not occasioned by an escape of gas. Mr. Hinkley, the gas engineer, was standing at the back of the boxes talking to the treasurer, when all of a sudden Mr. Smith noticed the people in the pit rising and attempt ing to leave. Upon looking up to the well hole over the chandelier he noticed sparks falling, when he said to Mr. Hinkley, " Good heaven, what is the matter, run and turn off the gas of the great chandelier." Mr. Hinkley immediately ran down and crossed, by means of his pass key, the stage, ascended to the property-rooms, and also got to within four feet of the carpenter's shop, which run over the room of the pit. He then saw an immense quantity of shavings in a regular blaze, and the flames were beating round the workshops with the greatest fury. Ho could then see that all attempts to save the theatre would prOve fruitless, and he escaped, but how ho did so ho could not tell, beyond the fact that he laid hold of the rope ladder, which was a very dangerous expedient. It should hero be stated that Messrs. Shepherd and Anderson had the' scenery for a new nautical piece pro ducing, to be entitled " The Mariner's Compass," in which some elaborate scenery was being prepared to rreprestent, shipi, and to show an awful storm at Margate. That cause shavings, caused by the vast accumulation, was . the ca m . r. of the catastrophe, little doubt is now entertallle. a Mather, the waster carpenter, was always con sidere d very careful man, and, of course, it was impossible in pre paring scenery of such magnitude to keep the flooring of the workshops properly swept ; if such could. have been done there is no doubt but the theatre woald have been perfectly safe. Mr. Yokes, the master tailor, stated that he was in the house on the first attempt of the audience to leave, when he noticed sparks of fire falling through the well-hole of the chande lier, which left no doubt in his mind that the fire was raging in the carpenters' workshops. At that time the scene of the comic business of the Pantomime was going on, and the carpenters and scene shifters were just getting ready the fiutle, entitled the "Retreat of the Forest of Fancy." At this time M. Chapino's juvenile troupe of females were dressed ready to take part in the last scene. Upon the alarm being given Mr. Yokes managed to rush with the children in their stage_ dresses and wreaths round their heads into' the street; and he passed' them over to his own house on the opposite side of the road, where, to his credit and humanity he supplied them with tea and gpld meat. Four children, belonging to Mr. Osment, the landlord .of the Flowers of the Forest Tavern, and on the north side of the theatre, he also took away to his own house, and treated them in the same way as ha did the Chinese troupe. One very unfortunate circumstance connected with this gentleman is that he kept in the wardrobe of the theatre the well known Yokel - specimen of cording, 'Which was greatly ad mired by the late Prince Consort and the Quedn, and obtained the prize medal at the Great Exhibition of 1851. The specimen alone cost him £lOO in its preparation, and independent of that loss he has been deprived of other pro perties valued at the lowest at £2OO. Mr. Stephen Smith, the treasurer, who leased the box saloon has also lost the whole of the valuable mirrors, the splen didly appointed chandeliers, and the whole of the stock of brandies, wines, and even the takings of the night-- Un fortunately this gentleman was only insured for £loo, a sum far below his actual loss. Messrs. Wade and Patching, who kept the pit saloons, have also lost the whole of their property, including Stock in trade, the rich fittings, and other effects, and, unfortunately, they were not insured for a single penny. Tho treasury of the theatre, although between heavy brick walls of .great thiclatess, has been entirely destroyed, and the books, checks, and . ofher documents have been consumed, but fortunately the money taken at the front of the house the previous night had been placed by Mr. Stephen Smith in one of the Patent Reliance fire-frikf safes, and the contents are peifectly sale, but cannot be reached until the side walls aro shored up. The moment the flames reached the stage, and before any members of the corps dramatique became actually aware of the existence of the fire, Rowena, the clown, Mr. T. Evans, the harlequin, Mr. Beckenham, the pantaloon, and Mr. Vivian, who performed the part of the sprite, and a comic policeman, rushed out of the theatre in their stage dresses, and, mingling in the crowd, had a most motley appear ance. How the columbines got out is at the present a mystery, but they were all saved, as they have since been seen, but they were unable to tell how or by what means they got out of the theatre. Mr. Smith, the treasurer, informed our reporter that when the curtain rose the previous night there were not more than 40 persons in the house, and, although Monday, owing to the inclement state of the weather, the house was what is called, in theatrical parlance, a very "indifferent" one and as is the usual case after the transformation scene: many persons who take no interest in what is termed the comic business had left the house, so that when the panic took place there were not more than about 1,000 persons in the establishment. Considering that not more than that number was present at the time it seems not a little 'remarkable that the audience should have escaped as well as they did. Com paratively speaking, very few were injured, and those only by bruises by being forced against the walls and wickets in their endeavours to escape all at once. These persons were attended to by Dr. Donovan, but none of the cases are of a serious character. How it was that the extensive premises belonging to Mr. Harris, known as the Eques trian Tavern, and those of Mr. Osment, the Flower of the Forest Tavern, both adjoining the theatre, escaped destruction may be ascribed principally to the ser vices rendered by the land steam engines. Had it not been for the services rendered by those steamers, and the plenti ful supplies of water furnished by the Lambeth and South wark Companies, nothing could have prevented each of those buildings from sharing in the general wreck. At an early hour Mr. Hodgman, one of the partners in Shand and Mason's land steamers' factory, was in attendance look ing after the steam apparatus, and Captain Hodge was also in attendance with the Prince of Wales land steamer, with engines from every part of London under the personal direction of Captain Shaw, the Chief of the Brigade. So great was the crowd in the course of a few minutes, that Captain Harris, ono of the Commissioners of Police, and Superintendents Webb and Branford, M division, with over 100 constables and inspectors;took up their positions, and formed a large space for the firemen to pursue their dangerous avocations. Upon the top of Mr. Harris's pre mises was a tremendous coat of royal arms, and as the three Royal Society's escapes were being raised in front of that establishment, and Mr. Charles Whyte, of the County Fire Office, was passing under, the ponderous mass c.f or namental work fell with a tremendous crash within a foot of Mr. White and the escape conductors. Fortunately, no one was injured by the occurrence. The Surrey and Hat cham Volunteer Brigade rendered great assistance. It is satisfactory to state hat Messrs. Shepherd and Anderson, the lessees, were ins u red, but not beyond £2,000, which is far below the actual loss. Both these gentlemen had left the theatre, and had gone home, when a tradesman in the neighbourhood took a cab and proceeded to Mr. Shepherd's private residence, and when the door was opened by the servant he was told that Mr. Shepherd had gone to bed. Without any ceremony he rushed up to his bedroom, and informed him that the theatre was on fire, and he then pro ceeded to Mr. Anderson's address and informed him of the same fact. At one o'clock to day the firemen were still at work, throwing water upon the still smouldering ruins. The official report describes the theatre, wardrobes, and scenery as being entirely burnt out. The building belonged to Colonel West, and was insured in the Phoenix and other fire offices, and the lessees were insured in the Phoenix. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh had an interview with the Right Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., at the office of her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, Whitehall-place, yesterday. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office from the Governors of the West India Islands and Van couver's Island. The Hon. Maria Clara, Dowager Lady Lechmere, died on Sunday last at Great Malvern, in her 78th year. THE COTTON SUPPLY FOR 1865.—0ur estimate of the probable supply and consumption of cotton during the year just commenced appears to be regarded by those qualified to judge to be as correct as such conjectural calculations ever can be. On two points only have we re ceived criticisms which appear to suggest so slight modifi cation of the anticipations we expressed. 1. We are re minded that a considerable proportion of the increased supply which welhave obtained from the three Indian Presidencies since 1860 is owing not altogether, nor per haps principally, to increased production, but in a very considerable measure to the diversion to our markets of the large quantities which used to be exported to China, but which during the last four years have been attracted hither by our high prices. For example, the real in crease of exports from Bombay has not been from 508,000 to 1,043,000 bales, but only from 710,000 bales to 1,043,000; and a similar remark may be made with even greater force in reference to the Madras and Bengal ex ports. It is probable, therefore, that the augmented growth in India may not be as large as has been believed, and that our calculation of the supply thence may be a little over sanguine. 2. It is thought by some competent observers that we have over-estimated the dispersion of the factory population by _migration and permanent absorption into new occupations. The most careful inquiries have, we are informed, only been able to trace the disappearance from the cotton districts of about 40,000 persons ; and this num ber includes young children as well as actual factory hands. Still, we incline to doubt whether the residual numbers could work up more than 40,000 bales a week of such cotton as now constitutes the average of our imports.—Econornist. THE ENGLISH STYLE OF DELIVERY.—A casearis ing out of the charges lately•made against the Rev. John Sharp, minister of the quoad sacra parish church, New Pitsligo, and which are being investigated by the Presby tery of Door, came before the Sheriff Court, Buchan, on Thursday. Mr. Sharp prosecuted Mr. David Sturroek, parish schoolmaster and session -clerk, New Pitsligo, ou the following grounds :—That ho (Mr. Still-rock) had drawn up and sent to the clerk of the Presbytery a statement to the effect that on a Sunday, November 13, Mr. Sharp behaved himself in a manner unbecomingand unseemly for a clergy man ; that at a meeting of the Presbytery at New Pitsligo on the 14th of December he voluntarily emitted a state ment in the following, or wordsof similar import :—" That on the aforesaid Sunday Mr. Sharp came to the pulpit with a hasty and hurried stop, his face being red and his eyes inflamed, and that he was under the influence _ of drink or had been drinking ; that on said occasion Tr. N e n o Sharp placed peculiar emphasis on certain 13 vd . s Eh reading, a chapter in the Book of ProverlAtBPon wry faces lish style in delivering the sermon, and . a p b een drawn up iu the pulpit. These statements to hold an with an intent to damage his c o b Presbyterya character a clergyman, and having led th in vestigation into his conduet,_ e c c a t ' ing l him Consi ( leral)le Ines his feelings and rept l _ tation, the libel cone lu and trouble, and seriond e sl.dv for , £l2 tl'ned for the defe nder thatbeen alleged hi ;; matters of " I, dam. It ‘ it adno a t ge s was main statement s wer e false or untrue, and that having d rawn up thethe s r t e a g t u e e rn e e t notf tastime r s session-clerk, h k , t and es e weregivens evidence a t pri vilege." O n the part of Mr. Sharp it was pleaded that though it was not said the statements were untrue, they were distinctly specified as prejudicial, and it wcx natu rally to be inferred they were false. The point of privi lege was denied, and a case in the Free Church referred to, where it was held that in no circumstances was a person "privileged" in giving evidence against. his clergyman. The case was then adjourned for a week.—Btichan Observer. SPOETING INTELLIGENCE, TA T T ERS A L L-'B.-TutiRSDAY. TWO THOUSAND. 7to 1 agst Broomielaw (offered) 10 to 1 agst Liddington (taken) 10 to 1 agst Zambezi (taken) . 100 to 7 agst Chattanooga (offered) 100 to 6 agst Rifle. (taken) 100 to 6agst Gladiateur (taken and offered) THE 11 to . 2 agst Liddington (taken) 9to 1 agst Breadalbane (offered —take-10) 12 to 1 agst Duke (taken) 100 to .6 agst Chattanooga (oftered- , - - -takb 20) 20 to • 1 agst Bedminster (offered—take 22) 30 to 1 agst Offiressor (taken) • 30 to 1 agst Rifle (taken and off.) - 33 to 1 agst Zambesi (taken) ' • 40 to 1 agst Buck (taken) 50 to 1 ag,st Christiiias Carol (taken freely) 50 to 1 agst Joker (taken) 100 to 1 agst Black Draught (taken) 100 to 1 agst Brown Dayrell (taken) 2000 to 15 agst Pepper's Ghost, to £lOO Christmas Carol was backed for £lOO, 40 to . l afterwards offered. L'Afrieain (late Felandr) is struck out of fife 'Amok'. Grand Steeplechase Handicap. _ RACING FIXTURES FOR .1865 J.INUAItY. Harrow .... FEBRUARY. Birmingham. l4 Nottingham Spring 2B Lincoln Spring 2l I MARCH. Derby Spring 2 West Drayton . 2 Liverpool Spring 7 Shrewsbury Sprin g lO Doncaster Spring Vincennes .......... Warwick - Spring Vincennes Chelmsford Spring 2B Grand National Hunt Bail tun - 3 0 Lewes Spring 3O RIL. Vincennes ... 9 Northampton Croston Park 4 7 Newmarket Craven l7 Durham ! 1 1 Canterbury. Spring ~. Abergavenuy 2O Thirsk Ol Cardiff . - -.0 E 116011.1 . Bpring J 41-, Newmarket Ist Spring... 1 Chester York Spring Salisbury lB Bath 23 littrpemku Epsom Vincennes Chelmsford Manchester Summer Hampton.. Newton Newcastle Odiham Bidbury Stockbridge 27 Ascot l3 Beverley l4 Liverpool Alexandra Park 2O Newmarket July Carlisle Worcester Abingdon Stamford l3 Winchester lB Nottingham Southampton . 19 Chesterfield Goodwood Down Royal Corp AUGUST. Brighton 1 I York Brighton Club Lewes 4 Lichfield 2B Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Egham l5 Baden 3l Royal Windsor l7 Stockton — SEPTEMBER. - Leicester 7 I Monmouth 2l Doncaster Brecon lB 1 Newmarket Ist Oct 2G Richmond OCTOBER. Northallerton 5 Newmarket Ho. M Newmarket 2d Oct ... 9 I Vincennes Vincennes NOTE: HER. Liverpool Autumn Shrewsbury STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1865. FEBRUARY. Harrow I Carmarthenshire 7, 9 Datchct l6 17 CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day). (Before the Recorder.) POST-OFFICE ILOBBERY. Charles White, aged 49, described as a gasfitter, of Red Lion-passage, was indicted for feloniously receiving the contents of a post letter containing a money order, the property of the Postmaster-General, well knowing it to have been stolen. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to mercy on account of his previous good character. Mr. Metcalfe, for the prosecution, suggested that it might further the ends of justice if sentence was deferred. Sentence deferred. STEALING POST-OFFICE LETTERS. A man named Tyron, who pleaded guilty to stealing let ters containing cheques was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Foreign Mail Packet List. - Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British pac .et Fe b. 3. Ditto, by British packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and :Lt. Helena Feb. 19. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou hampton Feb 1. LDitto, via Marseilles . • Feb. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Feb. 2. Ditto, via Marseilles & • ...•••.Feb• 12. India (B.mbay), via Southampton Feb. 11. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 5. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil e Feb. 5. Newfoundland Feb. 13. Portugal Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... Un:tEd states and British North America, by Bri tish packet Feb. 1. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp tcn ...... .. ; .... . Ditto, via C,rk Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Fc b West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Temeriffe Feb. 10. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico Feb. 28. Bahamas, via New York. Feb. 9. Bermuda, ditto.... • Feb. 13. Cuba and Mexico Jan. 18. RAILWAY TRAFFIC AND . THE DIVIDENDS.—The dividends which have been declared up to the pre sent time afford very gratifying indications of the sound ness and general prosperity of railway property throughout the country. In the face of the steady growth of tho manufacturing, commercial, and shipping interest, it is not surprising that railways should enjoy a large share of the improvement manifested in all other branches of industry and enterprise. The increased business of the country has told with unusually good effect on the earn ings during the half year ending December, 1864, of all these lines which traverse. the manufacturing and mineral districts. Thus the Cumberland lines—the Maryport, and Carlisle, and the Whitehaven junction show receipts aug mented by not less than 13 per cent., and the Furness 12 per cent. The Great Northern has an increase of 111 per cent. in its traffic, th e N ort h Eastern 104, and the Midland 10 ; the London and North Western shows au increase of 8 per cent. upon its already enormous traffic ; the Man chester and Sheffield 71, and had it not been for the strike in the South Yorkshire coalfield, the per centage would have been still greater ; so much so, indeed, that, accord ing to the statement of Mr. Watkin at the meeting held on Wednesday, the Company would have been enabled to pay a dividend of 31- instead of 21 per cent. The Lancashire and Yorkshire, despite the difficulties under which the cotton manufacturing industry is carried on, still obtai ned an accession of traffic over the corresponding half year to the amount of 71 per cent. ; the Blythe and Tyne, a nd the Whitehaven and Cleator, each have added 7 per cont. to prosperity of their traffics ; the Cockermouth and Work: pngerteeen,n6t.i The West Hartlepool, 5 ; and the North Stafford , generalextut those in tShoeutchoeurnntlines t though ha also notshared to The result of six the northern and midland districts. is to show a total months' working of the Princil93ll e in v e e s r the gross increase of receipts a £1,368,000 . So earnings al of 1863. far as the divi dendsof the corresponding half_ ye ar concerned, they tiwinstunthea already announced are been earned the augmented r eceiptswithout any cur tile responding increase inworking expanses, thus afford of greater attention to the ingev id e nceitems of expendi ture t h e partthe comp an i es. on o f managers of The Man chester and Sheffield has, for instance, earned in the last ha lf year £35,273, at an increased cost of only 21 per cent., se that the additional 71 per cent. of gross traffic has yielded not less than 79 per cent. of net profit. We have reason to believe that the accounts yet to be issued by the companies above named will also show considerable improvement in the important matter of working expenses.—Railway 24 - en's. At the half -yearly meeting to-day of shareholders of the London and South-Western Bank the report which was presented stated that, after making ample provision for bad and doubtful debts, the gross profits, including the sum of £2,541 10s. id. curried forward from last account; amount to £20,391 12s. Id., and that after deducting all charges for expenses, interest to customers, &c., there remains a disposable balance of £7,533 18s. 2d. The directors recommend that £3,770 16s. Bd. be appropriated to the payment of a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum free of income - tax ; that the sum of £5OO be written off preliminary expenses ; that £5OO be added to the reserve fund, and £1,102 Bs. 2d. be set aside on account of rebate of bills not matured, leaving the balance of . £1,660 13s. 4d. to be carried forward to profit and loss new account. 100 st { 214 10 100 100 1(:0 -1 .0 1. ) _