The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-26 00:00:00

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Prer 3/1 ,,, 9 1" horse °-", de ' )c1 that tUa the altho er t Lek, tin d well°s ;se 0 f a cts - tehed j efe' t . et 0° oto ais° 418 ) m lie 13 called O .cv ;Slling he of r y a it. to Wilt ofV e '„ 1: 10 • lA7 ;ill t 0 13— y stody: , in colr:4 [Wee d. b ew o the itie ted t __ ac o IP L 40 bIIeS S esivoto) ir T h° C and c° stitililci g 04,0 Nich 119' 1 t ° send bill the ',1 ) 43 hin , .6s. i n Dot V igraenti XECUTION OF THE PLAISTOW MURDERER-THIS DAY. f The e xecution of Ferdinand Kohl, for the murder of a °rei gter in the Plaistow - marshes, took place at Springfield "G 4°l , nea r Ch elmsford, at 9 o'clock this morning. Not 111ithstauding the i nc l emency of the wea th er th e crow d was I „, lne se• The wre t c h ed man ascended the scaffold with ;3711lia«Step, and protested his innocence to the last. He fell I almostocent, so Ixelp me God . when the drop ' and immediately the culprit was dead. The Metropolitan District Railway• THIS DAY. le T l be first o r di nary general Meeting of this company was the a . t th e i r o ffi ces, 2, Queen-street-place, Westminster— m dßi ght Hon. th e E arl of DEVON in the chair. A fter the usual preliminaries, T he noble CHAIRMAN said that, as they were assembled for the first time at an annual meeting, it devolved on him, as tthheir provisional chairman, to make a few observations on -fbeir present position and future prospects of the company. e Y had no t yet issued their prospectus or appealed to the public for subscriptions towards the capital that was orel u t ir ed for th e undertaking. That was in consequence s hav ing been ne cessary to enter i nto various i nqu i r i es 4 / 1 to pay careful consideration to the peculiag, and gene reaaltifoenatuza of the line, so as to be enabled in their aPPli euPPort to lay before the public such a careful a / 1 4 complete prospectus as would make them acquainted With fb f "" e Possible demands which might be required - s o ta r the exigencies of the line. (Hear, hear.) The C ements of the cost of the undertaking were not suf ficiently matured to be submitted to the public, /3 , 11 t he s authorised to state that their proSpectus would be shortly prepared, and then they would be in a position make an appeal, which they believed, from the Illaerits of the case, would be cordially responded to. l e ar, hear.) They remembered that a committee tald bee n appoint e d a t t h e i r last meet i ng to cons id er lis ti me when they should open the subscription 3' an d fortifi e d by the additional powers conferred 'Wi. the present meeting they would be prepared to proceed Zthout further delay. (Hear, hear.) The noble chairman ilcluded by s t a ti ng his firm conviotion that the line would ,ralest satisfactory and r emunera ti ve . (H ear , h ear .) Th e fol -4 leg noblemen and gentl emen were a pp o i n t e d di rec t ors: — e Right lion. the Earl of DeVon, Chairman; Lord Naas, t ak air. W orms, the Hon. F. Lyon, M.F. ; Alderman Li on Mr. C. Gilpin, M.P.; Mr. Henry Wolf, Colonel the • Talbot, Mr. Wilkinson, Major Vereker, Mr. Sher- Austin, and Mr. Baxter. M.P. iinb'iueeephroceed. lags terminated with a . vote of thanks to the th e airman for the efficient service he had rendered to .0 e r , w , • .pally. kONEy NABRET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, I.ICTION IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. The reduction to 5 CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. lan d rate of discount, per cent. in the Bank of Eng so long expected, realised this morning. Th e material difference has been Which has existed during the past week in the value of money out of doom and at the Bank of England, float'e limite d call for accommodation, and the large ng balances of bankers and others lying idle, Pointed to further concessions being made ; and the aeilraost total exclusion of the authorities from the ulirrent discount business rendered the adoption of of e ,,measure on their part a necessity in the interests capital Bank stock-holders. So great is the supply of tti , and the confidence of discounters in the f or the tendency of money, that the quotation til e ''te negotiation of the best short-dated mercan- In - Ptaterhasbeen lowered since the official announce- Dr ell ''' ° k Place 6 to 4 per cent. But there is little . iirehability that for many days yet any greater faci iieliN will be afforded, because the number of bills this 4 for • • • of the measure adopted in anticipation cior n i n very large, and an ac tual • g must have been now e xisc , 14quiry for accommo d a tion is therefore it is, the—eted to pre va il for some t i me to come. As Vith i P h , e ,g r ess Which mone t ar y affairs has made am '' ' L e Past month is exceedingly satisfactory, tered-31,trade cannot n ow be said to be much fet toN t. by discou n t restrictions, it is hoped that the DroPortio erce ns ° i the c oun t ry w ill expan d t o greater Ilas% be allo wance of inte res t f or d e p os it acc o un t s itlehldine.ll re duced by th e pr i nc i pal d i scount houses, ,E3eMessrs43lltit ' - 7 ‘ Me sara. Alexa n d er C un liff es an d Co., 4i i verend' Gurney, and Co., the National c at ea - u, 4 ompany, g te., to 4 per cent. for money tliclr 4l Per eent. f or seven d ays ' no ti ce o f n oti ce.a wal 7 and to 4i . per cent. for fourteen days' 4r . 11. nt m * 111 N I t Carman having resigned his W . k ill a S Official assignee, h as j o i ne d the firm of A P Z °l 'd, and Co., the accountants. the tankler Bum of i 1.9 000 in gold was taken into .. ' The lastesterday. la the . day for receiving applications for shares t . for Loudonrl tish Slate Company is Wednesday, Feb. 1, Ti, , and Saturday,the country. ~ -e hi,l, Feb. 4, for 0) shares- 'era of scrip certificates of the new (or are required of the Agra and Masterman's Bank, tory to depositthem at the bank, prepar a te issue , Th e i„ e of definitive certificates for the same. lo thi s -8' of railway d a , , _ . receipts, 4 are, In round figures, as under :- 1865. 1 86 4 ... .„ £60,836 £57,662„, 95, 579 90,783 ... 19,413 17,444 ... 15,596 13,220 G nat W OSte pri South O W estern e "exa It. - '4l & and Jouth i .. 4, aste • rn 4 reat INT -- 17,295 La li ? rtil°ll l ''. .'. .:, 33,487 31,93_ 2_ ... •• . .., 1496,382657 43,565 iaii ekshire and .‘;'• • ••• •• • • .. 4840 34,395_ North am txete4r°riEshire ... • 5,341 5 , 09 ' 1 . karthh M eru ••• •.• ~. 54 671 51,114 Great-""IleSt r zi. "' ••• ••• *** ' 17,537 ,p a.set-e'rirlefaeld, and Lincolnshire 1 8 ,800%e retin, *** ". *** 31,406 28,403 0 / laiat --".87 when compared with the same period Ila,ra, Yea r, are generally of a very satisfactory ._ etea4-'er. On the Great Western there is an 9 in oil th e of Z 3,174, on the North Western of £.4,7 6 7 'cif k 2 e , ) South Western of £1,969, on the Brighton h aate'u767 on the Midland of £2,800, on the South u thiliclon the Great Northern of £1,555, Ilriqoe Lancashire and Yorkshire of £445, on the of £3 and Exeter of £249, on the North Eastern toj, - ' 57 7 on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin -1,1(11f £1,263, and the Great Eastern of £3,003. thei r eh '',llareholders of the East London Bank heldpre ted 4;1-Yearly meeting to-day. The report to the ci•-sol'ihacloPtion stated that the amount standing iiit°lllk,e'l t q profit and loss, after making ample ,7 8 . 7€lll i11t34(1 and doubtful debts, was £13,596 dotting44terest.),l--e" the amount of current charges. tilted "Ile customers, rebate on bills not ma -441,,1at 6 Per cent.), and the sums written off the 44(its standing to the debit of Bank premises of ,Pteliininary expenses • there remained a balance th '37841 18s. 10d. The directors recommended neee Payment of a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. , annum, free of income tax, which would absorb ;',4)500, and leave £1,341 18s. 1 together with L l ' le rebate, £1,893 10s. ld., making the sum of L',235 Bs. lid. to be carried forward to the present '44-Year. Two O'CLOCK, I At pari3, this morning, according to Mr. Reutesr's k-INraill, the 3 p er C ent. R enter were 66f. 9c, avy. ihrhe markets for stocks and shares have been f very e , 411i4tate to-day, and although the rate o ,0. 4 ,., dis tally -t has been lowered, the measure was so gene ePeeted that it has exerted no influence upon ~, Jia, / 114 (b eFi. The dealings have been few, either bona c e d e d aPeeulative. The Funds have slightly r3e fo,;'lLaaid Consols are 891 i for money, and 89, i 44 w ' t account. The New Threes and Reduc i ed . I llliti e ttf s are 881 898; India 5 per Cents., 1031 8 , 1 1Q 4 i .. 5 Per Cents., 101 1 ; and do. 51 per Cents., l e! b i tile oreign Stock Market generalheaviness has Pl'll,oP,Parent, and business has been very dull. i telid„,. l. 6 Per Cents., 1862, are 701 %s d . s- ' „ 56 i i ; Mexican, 27i 28* ; do. New, 2618 tike k, ai 2 41 ; Spanish Passive, 321 1; do. Cer preen 141 1 ; Italian, 64* 1 ; do. New Scrip, li 14. ' 41 . ; Confederate Loan, 55 56 ; Egyptian, A r ena . it 4 1 • , Danubian, 1 01 dis. ;and Montevidean, .. i . pre ) , 1 4 0 , be ql 'e Railway Share Market the operations have irsp or ° , ll a ' very limited scale, and little change of '''4lle has taken place in prices , Great Western, Metropolitan, and Great Eastern have each im proved 55., and North Western 10s., while South Western have declined 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines are inactive, at about previous values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain very quiet. City Bank are dealt in at 1121 113 ; London Joint Stock at 50* ; Alliance at 33* 341 ; and London and County at 80. General Credit are marked 6.1 7 ; International Financial, 7* 8. City of Milan Improvement shares are quoted 41 prem. ; Darjee ling Tea Company, prem. ; and Atlantic and Great Western Certificates of Debentures, 18 24 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Feb. 9 9O 89/ 3 per Cent. Reduced BB 9/ New 3 per Cent' ' B9/ si New 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. 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 — pm. D. £5OO _ Do. £lOO and £2OO — Bank of England Stock, 54 per Cent 2421 4 Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 104 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. 54 per Cent,, May 1879 llO4 DO. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO pm Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ho. '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, £25 paid paid Danubian Principalities Do £l5 paid Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent... 0., Provisional Land Warrant......... Warrant.........— Egyptian 7 per Cent 9Bl Do., Second Issue — Do. £lOO Bonds Do. - k 1864 — Do. Scrip, £35 paid Pm Do. Account — Pm Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account - — Do. Coupons — Do Account ,• Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent. — Do. Account Dt. 1864 261 Do 6 per Oent. Anglo-French Do Scrip, £53 paid Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis Montevidean s:per Cent, £25 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent — 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. (ITribarren) — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account -- Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do Account 471 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do q per Cent., 1850 Do 1866 — Do 3 per Cent, 1859 — Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 Do Scrip, £65 paid pm Sardinian 5 per Cent Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred .. Do Account Do Passive Do Account 321 1 1 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 1 Do £lOO Bonds 7 of 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., 1864 — 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 — Trench Rentes, 3 per Cent. — Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account . dis ,„ 82 40f TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B9t Do. Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market very dull and irregular Sales probably 2,000 or 3,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day LoNDox, Jan. 26.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with rain and snow. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 25.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Golden Spring, from Sunderland for Almeria, leaky, and with loss of bulwarks. - - - - MILFORD, Jan. 24.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Montezuma, from Liverpool for Alexandria. FALMOUTH, Jan. 25.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Leda, from Pandermere. DOVER, Jan. 24.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed—C. H. Jordan for Philadelphia. ILFRACOAtBD, Jan. 25.—Wind N.—Arrived—Vincenzo from Genoa for Cardiff. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. The Turkish frigate Paiki Susret, which has been at this port for the last six months receiving her machinery, left at 11 a.m. for Spithead; on leaving salutes were exchanged between her Majesty's ship Irresistible and the frigate. The Peninsular and Oriental steamship Pera, which has just completed a thorough overhaul and refit, arrived in dock at 10 a.m., from the Thames. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 26—Hanover, steamer, from Havre; Baron Osy, steamer, from Antwerp ; Nora, steamer, from Har lingen ; Earl of Auckland, steamer, from Rotterdam. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, Jan. 26.—Star of Scotia, from London for Cal cutta. FORD, Wednesday Night.—The passengers au ee have WRECK OF AN AFRICAN MAIL STEAMER.dWr vrEXo-f the outward bound African ma i l steame r Armenianjust arr i ved. The steamer struck t h e bankArklo w w reeA at midnight on th e 24th , an d h as b ec ome a total great exceptmfoaunry. Pas Fo s ur eng o e f rs th w e crew o ereonb f l ost in e n d eavouring to render assistance to t h e s teamer. pwe were saved also ~,, MR. BAR NES, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUE NTS.-- with on 1 5- Barnes, M.P . for Bolton, addressed his constituents on Tu esday evening, n o t a h r e d, l b ig u h t t a sh ll i were d the du during g et t in h g e expressedsession, their and p a satis factionpassed seda vote of con fid ence in their representative. THE RAILWAY hising e , when conduct tL WAY ACCIDENT AT BLACKHEATH TUN NEL—The further inquiry into the circumstances attend ing this lamentable catastrophe had been adjourned to this afternoon at the Railway Tavern, Blackheath, but in con sequence of the witness Randall not being sufficiently re covered to undergo an examination by the coroner and jury, Mr. Cartter further adjourned the inquiry sine die. DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL E x lIIRI TI ON.—Gre at pre parations are already being made by the Executive Committee for the musical part of the opening ceremony, on the 9th May. The orchestra will be arranged after the model of the one at Birmingham. The organ, which will be very large and complete, is build ing by Messrs. W. Hilland Son, of London. The number of performers will reach 1,000, and the whole will be under the direction of Mr. Joseph Robinson. It is intended to make the music, on this occasion, as great a success as it was at the opening of the first Irish Industrial Exhibition at Dublin, on the 12th May, 1853. Vocalists are to be invited and selected from the choirs in Liverpool, Man chester, Bradford, Leeds, Birmingham, and other towns and districts within easy travelling distance of Dublin. The number of shooting licenses delivered in France in 1864 was 321,000, being 17,000 more than in 1863, THE UN , - LONDON, THURSDAY tVENING, JANUARY 26, 1865. The bankrupt's brother admitted that he had asked his sister to sign the bills, and that he had passed them to a creditor, to whom he owed £3OO. He did this because security had been asked for. Witness had been bankrupt, and his order of discharge had been suspended for three months. His Honour considered that the bankrupt had given bills without reasonable means of being able to pay them, and therefore the order of discharge would be suspended for six months, with protection for two months. (Before Registrar Winslow.) IN RE CHRICHTON. This bankrupt was described as a commission agent of the Baltic and Dundee trade, and to-day came up for his order of discharge upon debts £14,856, with no statement of assets. An application was made for an adjournment, in order that further accounts might be filed. Order accordingly. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES AND THE PUBLIC-IMPORTANT DECISION. THE ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY V. BESSET. This was an action to recover 9s. 9d. extra charge upon a message sent by the defendant to Constantinople some time ago. A gentleman who appeared for the company said that the defendant sent a message in French to Constantinople, and the clerk who estimated it charged six words short. It had been found that the party who penned the message had joined some of the words together, and this misled the clerk, who did not understand the language. Defendant (who is a foreigner) urged that it was the duty of the company to have charged a proper sum at first. He had sent a certain message which the company contracted to carry to Constantinople for a given price. Defendant apprehended that this was the only contract between him self and the company, and that the latter- could not recover any excess that might arise. His Honour endeavoured to explain the matter to de fendant without avail, until a long conversation ensued in French, when the defendant said it was the duty of the telegraph clerk to estimate the number of the words in the message when it was left at the office. His Honour pointed out to the defendant that the com pany charged under a certain tariff, and that tariff was so much per word. If the company had only charged 40 words, and there proved to be 46, then it was clear the charge for the six words could be recovered. Defendant thought it was very hard upon him. His Honour—You have received the value of the 46 words, and must pay for them, but I shall not allow any costs, as I think the company ought to have sued the de fendant before. Here is a delay of nearly twelvemonths. Plaintiff's representative—We applied directly the mis take was found out. His Honour—But you may have misled the defendant by this long delay. You ought to employ a clerk who un derstands French if you contract to carry messages in that language. Verdict for plaintiff without costs. SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share Railway s. 13 1 8t at at 50 20 Bir., Wol. ' & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall . 91 93 1301 131, Do. A IA- gets no div. Do till6p.e.p.an.has . B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & A b.June. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. An,gl. st. No.? Great North of Scotland Great Norther° DJ. A stock Do. B Do. New, ts. at 23 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Original . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Ox ord Do. Newpo t Do. He eford Lane, shire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Bri4h., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle DO.i shares Metropolitan.... Do. New 11.1 id an d Do, 13irmin . Jr, Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. h shares ;lid Kent No-th British Do. Ed., Pth ,'& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. stock. & Darling. Do. d 1855-:.8 Do. do. 1860 7 61 North Loidon Do. New Do. do. 1864 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish C. ntral Scot. N E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. stick gh ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon 'ouch B stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw tli W. Hartlepool Har.& Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. Li 6) 32 34 16 17 87 8 I 107 1 9 43 47 7i 8! 100 100 ICO 100 10 131 131 151.1 1554 129 3 100 10 10 1 0 100 100 90 9: tOj 81 59 6) 47 49 ;0 , 10) 11e1 116 81 8.5 109 1:0 37 39 1414 122 98 99 61} 62 1281 129 H 2* 2;lp 134 1281, 107 1(9 54 55 Y 6 27 113 114 71 72 103/ 104 i 38 39 1 12tp Si lop 122 125 111 12 1 79 Bi. 11 114 138 142 43 95 10 62 52 54 874 Ei 9 1 , 160 165 3} 110 113 39 41 75 78 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 40 i 123 i 2 i 93 1291 81 1381 1 83 791 87 i Paid.l Cpl°rice. done.sing Business BRITISH POSSE (Atlantic St. Lawrence Born.,Baroda, Az Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. N' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bda. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1374 Calcutta & S. E., lim.. .'a e Town do Dock, gu. Demers• a, 7 p.c. per. p: East. Bengal, gu , 5 Co East Icdiau, gu..5 p.c. Do. J Bitension Grand Trunk ot Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do..lst rref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, t. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. defer red Do. 4th Prat. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim ) gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent.... Do Great Wyo. of Canada.. D ). New Do. 6 p. c. Bd3. pay 1873 Lio. 5, do. pay. 1877-8.. Endian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B NT. ttl.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do ta . Do. Puniaub duo Do.lndus St Flo 100 {lOO 2 100 100 COLONIAL GOVERNME British Columbia. 6 per cent„ Dec. 31,1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 0 )0.'5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 lb°. April & Oct. 1880-i Do. do: 1-90-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1888, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius,' 8 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 - Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. :5 Natal ‘;ov. 6 per cent N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &.l my N. S. W. Gov. 5 p C.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18 1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c, 18:'8-9 1)o.1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. la & July Do. do, 13 pril & Oct ISIONS. 57 89 100 101 par Ip l 4f 5i • ei 75 6) 95 98 75 85 ICO 102 100 101 101 102 20 21 89 91 63 70 58 60 63 85 54 56 51 53 46 48 27 29 26 28 100 101 jcl j par -i PI 93 101 81 91 lil lid 85 SO 78 E 2 1 04 d 99 101 94 88 9u 81 83 3 5 82 84 99 100 93 ICO d ip 100 1 1 94 97 IT SECUI 92 94 95 97 95 97 82 84 82 H 103 106 105 108 107 1 9 106 108 102 101 108 110 101 106 105 107 108 110 105 10? 91 93 98 100 93 95 9 94 103 105 87 f 8 98 98 101 102 105 107 ID7i lo3il INES. 6i 6 32 33 580 600 16 i 18 # 2i 3 54 32 34 ,530 550 20 25 14i 154 14 15 74 8b 7' 8 - 65 70 200 210 9711 liiri _ 13 1 15 1 195 205 18 20 lOC} I 1001 100 i 1 101 1001 1001 100 IT lES. 92 i 104 1071 8 STATE OF TRADE, CARDIFF, Jan. 24.—The steam coal proprietors are doing a large business, and the orders on the books are sufficient to keep the collieries in active work. From the continental markets there is a brisk inquiry, and there is little difficulty expe rienced in obtaining the current market quotations, provided the supplies can be delivered within a spe cified time. The Aberdare collieries, where the greater part of the coal exported is raised, are, as a rule, on full time, and an immense quantity is sent daily from the valley. Lantwist house commands a ready sale, and prices are firm, but no alteration has been made in the list rates. The report that it was intended to reduce the wages of the colliers turns out to be incorrect, exceptin so far as regards the collieries where the coal is used at the ironworks. A meeting of the Welsh ironmasters has been held in reference to the proposed reduction in wages, and it was unanimously resolved that it should be 10 per cent. There is no doubt entertained in this district that the reduction will be accepted by the men, as the latter are beginning t o admit that the masters were obliged, from the state of trade, to resort to the course they have taken. DUNDEE, 24th.—Our limited business has been done privately in flax, tow, and codilla on the spot to-day, and the sales reported are" rather under last week's prices. Upwards of 200 tons were put up to auction, fully half of which found buyers at, on the whole, taking quality into account, fair prices. Free on board business continues to be done to a mode rate extent for shipment at the various Russian ports in spring, at prices lower in proportion than present quotations on the spot here. Jute is in fair request, especially the better qualities, ana an ave rage business has been done since last report. The market for yarns opened quietly to-day, and for a time little . was done, but some spinners reduced their quotations subsequently, which brought forward buyers, and a considerable quantity changed hands. There is little change in the de mand for linens, and prices of various qualities are rather lower than last week, but the large previous forward sales keep manufacturers independent of the present demand, and this hel p s to sustain the value of goods here. The American market is a ex st t a e te nt are being made to as could be wished, but s y bi et p i m n other foreign mar kets, and stocks here do not accu aactofariry mulate so much. L EICESTER , 25th.—There has been a fair amount e s n o t s s a t t o isf of business doing in regular goods in the hosiery trade during the last few days, and business is being pretty generally resumed at the warehouses. In the rural districts there is also rather more doing. Yarns hold up in price, and the market continues steady. There is not much doing in wools, but high prices are maintained, NOTTINGHAM, 25th.--There is a little more doing in lace goods both for the Continental and the home market, but the orders are small, and likely to con tinue so as long as the uncertainty of the price of the raw material continues. There has been a little more demand for silk mechlins. All silk goods are higher in price in consequence of the rise in the raw materials. Cotton yarns maintain their price, with the exception of low numbers, which are giving way a little, but not sufficiently to induce manufacturers to work for stock. There is also a little more doing for France and America, but the Italian trade is very quiet. There has been more business doing in • hosiery, particularly in goods suitable for the home trade. There are no stocks on h an d, and manufac turers are determined to make only to order. Yarns remain firm in price. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE " FRIENDS OF PROGRESS" LOAN ASSOCIATION.-Mr. Knox handed the following letter to our reporter : "10, Macclesfield-street, Soho-square. " Sir,—l am induced, in justice to all parties connected with the Friends of Progress Loan Association, held at the Three Tuns, Rupert-street, Haymarket, to complain of a word used in reporting a complaint made before you on Thursday last by a poor man named Peakall. The repre sentation made to you evidently led you to believe that the late secretary had absconded, such, however, is not the fact, as will be confessed when I state that his name is William Cross Smith, and that he resides at 28, Henrietta street, Covent-garden. It is, however, unfortunately true, that from some cause at present unexplained by him, and which he appears to be unable to explain, he having, as he says, taken the position at the decease of a former secretary some two years since without know ing the state of the society's funds. There is' a large deficit shown by contrasting the arrears on loans with the stock credited to members, and that in consequence of the numerous notices of withdrawals the funds have become so reduced as to render it impossible to meet any further claims until the arrears due on loans are recovered by a county court process, which will neces sarily occupy a considerable portion of time; and hence has arisen the difficulty in meeting the just claim of the poor man Peakall, which all parties connected with the society must, and do regret. I trust, sir, you will pardon the liberty I have taken in intruding on your valuable time by placing before you the facts I have mentioned, and should be greatly obliged if the reporter attached to your court would do me the favour in some way to correct the statement which has gone forth through the press, either by the publication of this letter or otherwise, which is cal culated to do much injury to another society of a similar character held at the same house, as well as to the landlord himself, a straightforward and strictly honourable man. I am, sir, y our obliged humble servant, " CHARLES FRANCES BARBER, Sec. pro tern. "A. A. Knox, Esq." . . Peakall, who is about 70 years of age, attended to-day and received the sums which have been sent for him by benevolent persons, expressing his gratitude for the kind ness shown him. THAMES. A TOWER HILL ROBBERY.—John Herrod, alias Ahearn, alias Heron, a well-known thief, was brought up on re mand before Mr. Paget charged with stealing a watch from the person of Mr. William Dick, of Castle-road, Old Bent road. On the 18th of the present month, at half-past 12 o'clock in the day, Mr. Dick was passing over Tower-hill, and stopped in the middle of a crowd to see a man performing, and his watch disappeared immediately. He saw the chain drop from the prisoner's hand, and seized hold of him. He let him go again whilst he looked for his watch. The pri soner decamped, and was followed by the prosecutor to the Black Horse, in Leman-street, Whitechapel, where he gave him into custody. The prisoner asked Mr. Dick if he did not offer to be searched. The reply was in the affirmative, but the offer was made after the watch had been handed to a confederate. Mr. John Nicholls, clerk, of Edmond-road, Bow, was standing alongside the prosecutor, and saw a movement as if the prisoner had taken his watch, and saw a man run away from behind the prosecutor. The prisoner made a long defence, which was all taken down in writing by Mr. Bowdler, the second clerk, who certainly exhibited great patience. The defence amounted to this : that a crowd assembled on Tower-hill, that he went to see what was the matter, that he was accused of stealing a watch, and that he made an offer to be searched, which was rejected. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Frederick Coventry, aged 19, and described as a tailor, of Tabernacle-walk, Shoreditch, w as charged with committing a very daring highway robbery in Ratcliff-highway, where there is generally a lawless set of scoundrels and loose women preying upon sailors and others. Last night a sailor was passing along Ratcliff-highway, when he was stopped by the prisoner and three other fel lows. He endeavoured in vain to pass on. The thieves hustled him. and the prisoner snatched his watch from his waistcoat pocket, and ran away with it. He was pursued by the sailor, who called " Stop thief " as loud as he could. A police constable named John Shep pard, 43 H, was in Princes-square, near the Swedish Church, when the prisoner approached Sheppard, stopped him, and the prosecutor came up directly afterwards, and said " that is the man who robbed me of my watch." Sheppard took the prisoner into a private house, searched him, and found the prosecutor's watch upon him. The prisoner, in defence, said that he picked up the watch, and he certainly ran away with it because if he had given it up to its owner, and mentioned how he found it, he would not have been credited. The prisoner was committed for trial. WESTMINSTER. ROBBERY BY A FASHIONABLY DRESSED WOMAN.—A young woman attired in a handsome silk dress and other appro priate clothing, who gave the false name of Rosena Mont gomery, was placed at the bar charged with the following export robbery : Ann Mappledorum, a respectably attired woman, living at 1, Cherry-bridge-road, Pimlico, said that last night about 7 o'clock she was going over Vauxhall-bridge, when she was met by the prisoner and another woman equally fashionably attired, and they asked her the way to Chelsea Cottage. She directed them to the best of her ability, and while she was doing so they robbed her of her purse. • Mr. Arnold—How do you know that they stole your purse ? P rose cutrix—l had it safely in my pocket with the money it contained, which was fortunately only 3s. 9d in silver, at the time I passed the toll-gate at the bridge, and I missed it the very moment after the prisoner and her companions left me. I then turned round, hastened after them, and overtook the prisoner just as she was leaving the bridge. She told me she would give me £2 if I would let her go. She made that offer repeatedly, at first in reply to my charging her with having stolen my purse, and she said a gentleman had picked the purse up on the bridge. Prisoner—She wanted the money she had lost, and I re plied that I supposed she would like £2. John Lively, hackney-carriage attendant, Millbank, said he took the prisoner into custody, who repeatedly offered the prosecutrix £2 to let her go. Mr. Arnold (to prisoner —I find you have refused to give your address. Prisoner—l have just buried my father, and I did not like to give my address because of exposure. Prisoner was remandbd. MARKETS—This Day. -,p. ------- MARK LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Wheat, 38s 10d ; barley, 28s 9d ; oats, 19s lld ; rye, —s to —s ; beaus, —s —d ; peas, —s —d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 78,214 ; barley, 75,753 ; oats, 9,855 qrs. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts in our market to-day was moderate, and in fair average condition. Most breeds were in request at Monday's currency. The best Scots sold at 58 2d per 81b. With sheep we were scantily supplied. The mutton trade was steady at full prices. Downs and half-breds realised 5s 10d to 6s per 81b. The show of calves was limited, and the veal trade ruled inactive on former terms, viz., from 4s 4d to 5s 6d per 81b. Pigs com manded very little attention, at from 3s 4d to 4s 6d per 81b, whilst milch cows were very dull. Per 81b to sink the offal. s d s d s ds d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 6 4 2 Minas-wool sheep 5 4 5 8 Second quality do ..4 4 4 10 Prime b'thdOWll d 0.5 10 6 0 Prime large oxen ..5 0 6 2 Large coarse calves. 4 4 5 0 Prime Scots, &c.... 5 4 5 6 Prime small da ..... 5 2 5 6 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 24 6 Large hogs ..3 43 10 second quality do ..4 10 5 2 Small porkers ...... 0 4 6 Lambs....os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 16s to 225; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beds t s 1,6 0 Beasts .... Cc ws l2O Cows. ......... ... ....... Sheep Calves lBO Ca yes l7O Pigs - 312 Pigs — MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATB AND LEADENHALL.—The demand for meat is somewhat inactive, at the trade is following prices Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 10d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 10d to 48 8d ; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81b by the carcase. ROMFORD, Jan. 25.—The trade generally ruled inactive, at about previous quotations :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s 4d ; mutton, 4s 2d to 6s Od ; veal, 4s 2d to 5s 4d ; pork 3s 4d to 4s 6d per Blbs. Suckling calves, 17s to 20s quarter old store pigs, 20s to 255; and milch cows, £l6 to £l9 each. SOUTHALL, Jan. 26.—Trade firm for good and fine stock, as follows :—Beef, from 4d to 5s 4d ; mutton, 4s Od 6s 2d veal, 4 s 4d to 58 6d 3s ; pork, 3s 4d to ls 6d per 81bs. to sink the offal. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 lOs; clover, £5 10s to £ 6 10 s ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Trade quiet. C U MBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4los to £slos ; clover, £5 lOs to £6 lOs ; and straw, £ 1 8 s to £1 12s p er load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4los to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 lOs to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Trade steady. COALS EXPORTED FROM TIIE UNITED KINGDOM DURING 1864.—The total exports of coal from the different ports of the United Kingdom during 1864 was 8,074,325 tons, being an increase over the previous year of 544,984 tons. During the month of December, 1864, the exports from the northern ports were 220,873 tons; from the York shire ports, 27,183 tons ; from Liverpoo l, 83,892 tons ; from o of rts, the Severn ports, 222 , 706 tons ; from the Scotch 60,137 tons; being an increase ove r the previous month p 11863 of 128,1.98 tons. BRITISH M 'Cam Consol. old, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake wal Is East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ast Cam Brea East Grenville East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (lielst )1, Grenvil e Herod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs Margaret lUny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, lira Nangiles New Se ton North Downs North Roskear N. W If 1 Bassett ( I I logan North Wheal Crotty Prosper linited Pr vidence UnylAlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft West liassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L , skeard West C hi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Butler (Redruth tv Ludo.tt Wheal Mary Ann (Men. Wheal Seton Wheal Ti elawney (Lis. Wheal Uni.n 2.1.0 2.14. 3 4.1 2.7. 2.13.0 0 9.10.6 601 all 1.1.0 7.8 - .3 8.13 4.18.0 4.3.6 321 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10.6.7 1} 18.18.9 10.17.6 3.[2. PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 2, 105 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred 86y North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 44 per cent. red.. 0 8 ii FOREI GN RAILWAYS. Wan and San Francisco ,11. n.) gua. 7 per oent., 16E16 Imperial Mexican, Um., By FOREIGN MINES, Aiamillos, limited, BANKS. Albion, 21 • Australasia, &Mance 34 41 • Bank of Egypt, 32/ i n issued at 20 pm., of which 1 0 Is pd., 19 / Bank of New Zealand, 161 4 City, 112/ 13 Consolidated Bank, Um., 111 1 East London, lint.. 61 European Bank, lint., 14; Lana Mortgage Ban k India, lint., 51 1 London Bank of mexico and S. America, lint., London and Brazilian aim.), 46 London and County, 80 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, 1im.,:101 London Joint Stock, 604 Mercantile and Exchange. lint., 81 1 , Standard of British South Africa (lime), 241 Union of Australia, 624 Union of London, 63k DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 72 3 MISCELLANEOUS. City of London Real Property, Jim., 3 C r edit Fonder and Mobiii , r of Engand, ei Discount Corporation. 14 Financial Corporation, g Fore-street Warehouse, Jim., 9 Gen. Credit and Finance of London lirn.. 7 Imperi ercantile Credit Aliso., lim.. 8 International Contract, 7 6i International Financial Society, lim., 7i Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour;, Ditto,6 per cent. Bonds, redein. 1870, issued 90, 822 Joint Stock Discount. lim.. Land Securities, I.m London Financial Assoc iation , lim., 231 Ditto, new. 23i Lon on and Provincial Marine. 31 National Discount Company, , 1 5 i National Financial, lira.. 6 Ottoman Financial Association. lim., 9 81. Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 80 Scottish Australian Investment. litn.. 128 Trust and Agency of Australasia, HMI 1 Universal Marine. Insurance, lim., 51 5 Upper Assam Tea, lim , 6j FATAL DUEL.—The Moniteur de la Meurthe an nounces that M. Pompuzan, 34 years of ago, veterinary sur geon of the 2d Dragoons at Toul, has been lulled in a duel by an officer of the same regiment. The weapon used was the sword. The seconds declare that everything was con ducted in the fairest manner. Directly M. Pompuzan fell he was carried to the hospital, but he was dead before h e arrived there. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) SELBERBERG T. ISILBERBERG. This was a t7;ilt --- instituiek by the wife, praying for judicial separation from her husband, the respondent, on the ground of cruelty. The petitioner said the marriage took place in 1845, the parties being of the Jewish persuasion. The respondent represented himself as the son of a gentleman, and stated that he had an income of £6OO per annum. After the marriage they went to Germany, and very shortly alter he began to treat her very cruelly, especially while they were residing at Dantzic. They afterwards returned to England, and the respondent (the petitioner having discovered that his representations with regard to his income were entirely untrue) became ma nager to a cigar importer in Pall-mall, and also of a shop in St. Martin's-le-Grand. Their private residence was at Hornsey, at which place he treated her with the greatest brutality. She was confined to her room on many occa sions by his conduct, and two or three times she was com pelled to send for medical aid. On one of these occasions he ill-used her very shortly before her confinement. He horsewhipped her, struck her violently with his fist, and compelled her and her infant to sleep upon the floor without the slightest covering. The petitioner then de tailed various acts of cruelty, and the surgeon was called to speak of the injuries the petitioner had received, but with respect to certain specified acts alleged by the peti tioner he did not confirm her evidence. The Judge Ordinary said that although the petitioner had not substantiated entirely the allegations alleged in her petition, yet she had proved a case of the greatest cruelty against the respondent, and he therefore grant her the relief she prayed for. Decree nisi accordingly. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Hoiroyd.) IN RE ELIZABETH GREEN. This bankrupt was described as of no occupation, but living at Peckham, and to-day she came up for order of discharge. _ _ The bankrupt was an invalid, and was allowed to be seated, being represented by Mr. Lewis. The accounts disclosed debts, slue upon accommodation bills, £270, with no assets. Mr. Sargood, for the assignees, said he had been in structed to oppose, and would, therefore, put a few ques tions to the bankrupt, who stated that she had lived with her sister up to Septemberlast, and had no property, depend ing entirely on her friends for her living. She had been induced by her brother, who was now bankrupt, to put her name to two bills, in order that he might be placed in a better position. ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Jan. 24. J. Lubbock, Esq., F.R.S., president, in the chair. A paper " On Civilisation in North Celebes," by Mr. Wallace, was read. The author described briefly the physical aspects of North Celebes and the general character and appearance of its inhabi tants. The main topic was the Dutch system of employing the chiefs as cultivators of coffee, and the improvement in civilisation, which, under this system, had been made by the natives. They go out (he said) cheerfully to their labour along with their relations and neighbours ; they have no task master over them, and they work pretty much as they like, under the general direction of their chief and the European " controlleurs." Thirty years ago the country was a wilderness, the people naked savages, garnishing their rude houses with human heads. Now it is a garden worthy of its sweet native name of " Minahosa," good roads and paths traverse it in every direction, some of the finest coffee plantations in the world surround the villages, interspersed with extensive rice fields, more than sufficient for the support of the population. The people are now the most industrious, peaceable, and civilised in the whole archipelago. They are the best clothed, the best housed, the best fed, and the best educated ; and these results are attribut able in a great measure to the system of govern ment now adopted by the Dutch in their Eastern possessions. Now, there is not merely an analogy ) there is in many respects an identity of relation, between master and pupil, or parent and child, on the one hand, and an uncivilised race and its civilised rulers on the other. We know, or think we know, that the education and industry and the common usages of the civilised man are superior to those of savage life, and as he becomes acquainted with them the savage himself admits this. Competition and free trade are excellent things of themselves, and produce excellent results, but we do not think of turning out boys and girls at 12 years old to get their own living and education by free competition. It appears to the author, however, that it was doing an equally unwise and unjust thing when, having obtained power over a country inhabited by a savage people, we exposed them at once to the full tide of competition with our highly elaborated civilisation, and expect them to thrive under it. Who can doubt but that the New Zea landers were capable of improvement and civilisation under some system, which, treating them for a while as children shouldhave educated and protected them ? Instead of that, we have brought them into direct contact with English wealth and energy, vigorously developing itself for its own ends, and the result must inevitably be sooner or later the extermination of the native race. In Ceylon and in India we have English capital largely invested in coffee and indigo culture ; but can we point to any corresponding im provement in the moral or social condition of the natives ? In Java and in North Celebes, on the other hand, the population is steadily increasing, and has greatly improved in material and moral con dition. The people get wealthy, and the Govern ment obtains a large revenue without direct taxes, and at the same time is carrying on the education of the whole race towards a higher state of society. The system which produces such results the author believed to be a good one, and he thinks that we should hesitate in applying the principles of free competition to the relations between ourselves and savage races, if we ever expect them to advance in civilisation, or even to maintain their existence upon the earth. _ _ A long and animated discussion followed, in which Mr. Craufurd vigorously opposed the Dutch system. Mr. LAING, also, while admitting its success in Java and Celebes, did not consider it of general applicability, nor so good in the main as our own system of free intercourse. Professor Huxley, Mr. F. Galton, and the Presi dent more or less supported the views of Mr. Wal lace. The Ice Accident at Leeds. Yesterday Mr. Blackburn, the Leeds coroner, held an inquest on the body of Miss Mary Jane Bulwer, aged 16, daughter of Mr. G. Bulmer, surgeon, and on that of Mr. W. Lyndon Smith, aged 28, of the firm of W. Smith, Son, and Co., woollen merchants, Leeds, who were drowned on Monday evening by the breaking of the ice at a large pond on the estate of a gentleman named Cooper, at Gledhow, near Leeds. The pond is 500 yards long by 100 wide, and it is a place at which Mr. Cooper freely allows skating except on Sundays. About 150 persons were skating on this frozen pond on Monday afternoon, but by five o'clock the number had become much less. The deceased young lady went there with some companions of her own sex, and an assistant to her father, Mr. Sam Haigh. A chair was upon the brink of the pond, and a medical student named George Broughton first pushed Miss Bulmer's sister about the ice in it, and then pushed Miss Bulmer herself in it a short time, when the ice broke at about 10 or 12 yards from the side where the water is 14 or 16 feet deep. The ice there was only an inch thick, while in other parts of the pond it was much stronger. It appeared from the evidonceat,the inquest that, besides the deceased lady and gentleman, five other gentlemen risked their lives and behaved in a most praiseworthy and gallant manner in attempting to save those who unhappily after all ,were lost. Thoso persons were Mr. Sam Haigh and Mr. G. Broughton, medical students or assistants ; Mr. James Broughton, professor of music ; Mr. Naylor, son of a member of the well known woollen firm ; Messrs. B. Gott and Sons, and Mr. Osmond Rhodes. The middle of the pond was very much cracked, and some of the skaters avoided it, but Mr. G. Broughton, who propelled the de ceased young lady in a chair, had frequently gone over the same spot, and he considered it was one of the safest places, The deceased gentleman, Mr. W. L. Smith, was in the middle of the pond when a shout of danger arose, and on reaching the place where Miss Bulmer had fallen in he tried to rescue her, and while doing so the ice broke under him. His head could be seen above the water, but he wa6 lost because the ice kept breaking whenever he attempted to get out. Mr. G. Broughton fell over head into the water at the time that Miss Bulmer disappeared, but his brother got him out with a stick. Mr. James Broughton's evi dence was very important and painfully interesting. He said he was far away from the fatal spot when he per ceived that something had happened, as all the 20 or 30 persons on the ice a minute or two before had disap peared. He shouted for his brother, but got no answer. He saw five or six people standing and not doing anything. He skated up to the place, and the ice had closed up again, but soon a hand appeared out of the water, and he reached his stick to it, but the ice gave way and he fell in. He went over head, and with his stick tried three times to get on the ice, but he could not. He then managed by some means to get out—he did not know how—and he felt some one had hold of the other end of his stick. It was his brother, and he got him out, but he was nearly lost, for he was unconscious for some time after. He did not think he saw anything of Miss Bulmer, but there was a surging in the water. Nor did he see anything of Mr. L. Smith. There were persons on the bank, but they made no effort at a rescue. If they had made an effort this lady and gen tleman might have been saved. At all events, if ropes and ice-poles had been at hand they would certainly have been saved. He should have gone into the water a second time, but he was so fatigued with getting his brother out. When a cord was brought from the lodge, near the residence of the proprietor of the estate, Mr. Naylor and Mr. N. Rhodes stripped and went in. Mr. Naylor thought he had seized one of the bodies, but it turned out to be only a coat. It was thought by some of the wit nesses at the inquest that everything was done which could be done prudently to render assistance, for the ice at the side where the bodies had gone down was in such a state that it would have been very dangerous to go upon it. The Coroner remarked that people might bevery desirous to save life, but it was not expeeted that they should prejudice their own safety. An hour and a half at least transpired before the bodies were recovered, and Mr. Carter, a surgeon, who was then present, thought it was too late to attempt resuscita tion. A police-sergeant living in the neighbourhood de posed that the ice was weak at that particular place, because it was near that part of the bank where the water from some very high ground runs into the pond, and there is a d lso va a s dyke close by. He considered that the ice on this pond booni. not safe the day after the accident, though there had bers coo_ another night's frost, and yet people in large nu: tinned to skate there. The Coroner, in sum , facts of this distressing case, said in his o e to blame. If people would go on the ice and blame. He tunate results took place, they baalodnebeen no roci _ itancy thought it was quite clear there _ughton,P for he had or rashness on the part of Mr. t G "r ° • I) n n is t in t c og h o nu u P afor eh - e the whatever estate, mighthe wasb be the B s" ul te m d er e t v h e e r re th b e e tr r ea isk c e h d er b or e s es e gested that ropes and assvponou f ae. b e n tdo p os ▪ v e• A i n d e j bu d er during yt mooakn Misss u t h g r eady to discharge it ; but providing his recreation. neighbours Thet he o no one would becoin skating dituusirys e:ondtfe season ooamrre rJ . C ; o b o t p l t er t r li o P t ChiFoown e n r e s r a o i said, , rcel be considered the duty of a such apparatus 11 juryportu of indulging of f factories, and uncle of Miss Bulmer, r expressed su b condolence Miss Bulmer's family with Mrs, verdict . " accidental death." m Rickards, re turned of ngeitnytienlati who freely a f i a l v e o w u e r d ite the endon Smith, the widow of the deceased gentleman —con dolence which was all the more sincere because he had lost his life in attempting to save his (Mr. Rickards's) niece. Also ho expressed his deeply grateful sense of the noble efforte used by the other gentleman before-named. SPORTING INTEL 'LLIGENCE. ,Iwin. 4 BETTING AT MANCHESI 'ER—WEDNESDAY. WATERLOO (COURSING ') CUP. [OO to G agst Lord Uffington's nomination (offered) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bland's nominatioo (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Mr. J. Jardine's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Haywood's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Dr. Richardson's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Jones's nomination (offered) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Randall's nomination (offered) 50 to 1 agst Mr. Gibson's nomination (taken) 66 to 1 agst Mr. Cunningham's nomination (taken) TWO THOUSA.ND. 7 to 1 Nast Broomielaw (offered) 10 to 1 agst Zambezi (wanted) THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst Liddington (wantAl) 100 to 11 agst Breadalbane (offered) 100 to 6 agst Chattanooga (offered, take 20 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Rifle (offered) 40 to 1 agst Longdown (taken) 45 to 1 agst The Buck (taken) Funeral Oration by Victor Hugo• T (From the Guernsey Star.) At the interment of Miss Emily de Putron, which took place at the Foulon Cemetery on Thursday last, M. Victor Hugo pronounced the following oration over the grave " Within a few weeks we have been occupied with two sisters—the one we have married, and now we are bur ying et madeofacultybelieve. t l o o i efv see. e. the other. Such is the perpetual agitation of life. Let us loving. C I F u r a i t L h h bow, my brethren, before inflexible destiny. And let us bow with hope. Our eyes are made to weep, but they aro the ede e ti a l r l t usa is nnoo m tthf a eo d rrg e ee t xit o st s teha u n ff tee er in , s b tph u rinis t itg springs from also unquiet from life, which is consoled by love, it is the heart which believes. The son hopes to find again his father, the mother will not consent to lose her child for ever. This revolt against an nihilation is the grandeur of man. Tho heart can never orr. The flesh is a dream which fades away ! This trance, were it the end of man, would take from our extistence every sanction ; we cannot cont en t ourse l ves w i t h th i s vapour —which is mere matter—we must have a certainty. Whoever loves knows and feels that the props of man aro not upon the earth. To love is to live after life. Withont this faith, no deep gift of the heart were possible. To love, which is the aim of man, would be his punishment. Para dise would be a hell. No !—be it declared aloud—the loving creature demands the immortal creature. The heart must have a soul. There is a heart in that coffin, and that heart lives. At this very moment it listens to my words. Emily de Putron was the gentle pride of a respectable and patriarchal family. Her friends and neighbours found enchantment in her grace, and pleasure in her smile. Sho was like a full-blown flower of joy i n the house. From her birth every tenderness surrounded her ; she grew up happy, and in receiving happiness she dark ness ? No. It is we who are in darkness — she is in the gave it. She is gone. Whither is she gone ?—into dawning light. She is in the light, in the truth, in the reality, in the recompense. These early dead who have done no ill are the blessed of the grave, and their heads rise gently from the tomb towards a mysterious crown. Emily de Putron is gone to seek on high everlasting serenity—the complement of an innocent existence. Youth is gone to "eternity, beauty towards the ideal, the pearl towards the ()dean, a spirit towards its God. Go, soul ! The marvel of this great celestial departure, which we call death, is that those who thus depart still remain near us. They are in a world of light, but they, as tender witnesses, hover about our world of darkness. They are over us and near us. Oh, whoever you may be who have seen a beloved being sinking into the tomb, do not think that it has left you. It is always near. It is beside you more than ever. The beauty of death is its presence. In expressible presence of a soul which smiles upon our tear ful eyes ! The being that we mourn has disappeared but has not departed. We no longer see its gentle face—but we feel that we ara beneath its wings. The dead are in visible, but they are not absent. Let us be just to death. Let us not be ungrateful to it. It is not, as has been said, a ruin and a snare. It is an error to think that here, in this darkness of the open grave, all is lost to us. Here everything is found again. The grave is a place of res titution; here the soul resumes the infinite ; here it re covers its plenitude ; here it re-enters on possession of all its mysterious nature ; it is set free from the body, from want, from its burthen, from fatality. Death is the greatest of liberties : it is also the farthest progress. Death is a higher step for all who have lived upon the height. Dazzling and holy ascension ! Every one receives his increase. Everything is transfigured in the light, and by the light. He who has been no more than virtuous on earth becomes beauteous ; he who has only been beauteous becomes sublime ; he who has only been sublime becomes good. And now I, who am speaking, why am I here ? What brings me to this grave ? By what right do I ad dress the dead ? Who am I ? Nothing! But lam wrong —I am something. lam a proscript. Yesterday exiled by violence—to-day a voluntary exile. A proscript is a van quished, a calumniated, a persecuted man, a man wounded by fate and disinherited of his country ; a proscript is an innocent man weighed down by a malediction. His bless ing ought to have virtue in it. I bless this grave. I bless the noble and gracious being that lies there. In the desert we find the oasis, in exile we meet with souls. Emily de Putron has been one of the lovely souls that we have met with. I come to pay her the debt owing by a proscript whom she has consoled. I bless her in the dark profound. In the name of the sorrows whereon she gently beamed, in the name of the trials of destiny which for her are ended, but which continue for us, in the name of terrestrial things which once she hoped for, and of celestial things which she now obtains, in the name of all she loved, I bless this lifeless being. I bless her in her beauty, in her youth, in her innocence, in her life, and in her death; I bless her in her white sepulchral robe, in her home which she has left desolate, in her coffin which her mother has filled with flowers, and which God is about to fill with stars." The funeral service was performed, in French, by the Rev. Mr. Nicolle, 'Wesleyan minister, in the presence of a large concourse of persons whom the expectation of hear ing the eloquent poet had attracted. The Botschafter of Vienna states that the last Austrian despatch addressed to the Bavarian Go vernment relative to the views of Austria in the question of the Duchies, has been received with much favour at Munich. M, Von der Pfordten is said to have declared himself well satisfied, and to have expressed his gratitude for the attitude ob served by Austria in the negotiations with Prussia, as also his confidence in the federal tendencies of the Imperial Government. The same journal learns from Dresden that the Saxon Cabinet has expressed itself in similar language on the Austrian policy. THE PERUVIAN EXPEDITION. —The Union and America Peruvian war corvette remain in Plymouth Sound, fitting out. Strenuous exertions are being made by the loaders of the expedition to get the vessels effec tively manned. On Tuesday 16, and on Wednesday 43 men were shipped. The majority of these men are pro cured from London. The crew that have been previ ously shipped, it appears, have, however, been much dissatisfied with their treatment on board. Mutinous feelings have been exhibited, within the last few days, and on Wednesday morning over 20 of the men formerly shipped left and came ashore, refusing to continue in the service. AN AMERICAN COTILLION.—NOW g O_ tu lv hpeyf u r ..l 3a l m o r enlighten the uninitiated in the mysteries of a cotii tilion. It is a compound, complicated kind of dance, evidently constructed from the elements and fragments of freedom theykia ns likegt they ey- and many other dances—a good deal of quadrille, a strong taste of lancers, a flavour of polka and waltz ; the whole highly seasoned with Indian war-dance. You never stand still, neither can you lounge and talk sof! h n t hone g s g t to your partner. No ; it's real, b ow - t ide, dowur had left off dancing. I soon discovered why the their clothing.jack jackets a jacket trained a and 'tooonut gallantly. M ' cares and toils, and red shirted like the rest dwai runnerst c c o o a u td l could not ru ll h e a n u v n e g s o t o n o a d i r t ,e in, g. pantomime time. How m . i anjut danced on. till the grey never clearly remembere.d , partner was a gem, In t 11:3 h I :o f Nye: o gt ot i e li endurancethle windows, av f ian a gdge b oo a t l wt l hst e h:e t wAm gi i r arm l h i ee n. (l- . the ,htatini that d t t e to a h l la i d n t gst the w d a with all its behind e w :m m v e eile tø d could Veek ' do in European ' morningt, easterni, Was s e r n e e v a e hr l l i l a c: 1 :s: p d t l h an er d h s. usb ß a u n t once d, Wo3IEN ihsanAdßo3niceElcmuo.r_e.—uOnsctile m a ar to please themselves, as in more on ci e v e ilis xc e e countries, a d ne girlsn jo y a flirting,gs ccbh about tolove-making, marrying se ed, and then only and all is changed. From that time until she bears a chil . d, she never speaks to any in private. After she becomes a mother she may speak to her mother-in-law first, and after the lapse of certain periods, to her own mother, her sisters-in-law, and her own sisters. She is always veiled, even in her own house; she never speaks to male strangers, and she seldom or never leaves the house. Her finery, jewellery, and ornaments can be shown only to those of her own sex ; and in every way her seclusion is as complete as that of the Turkish women. On the other hand, the Armenian women seldom downy hard work; they remain at home while their husbands labour in the fields, and they enjoy, probably on account of their acquaintance prior to marriage, much more respect and confidence from their husbands than falls to the share of the Turkish wife, who, moreover, has to divide with two or three rivals the little affection or re spect which her husband deigns to bestow on her. As the Armenian woman can only talk in her own house below her breath, that none of her male relatives may hear what she says, it follows that the consequence which usually re sults from the residence of so many women in one house, incessant quarrelling, is quite avoided.—UsAer's Journey from London to Persepolis. 100 )00 103 100 100 100 100 1(,0 100 ICO 100 100 10 100 100