The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-07 00:00:00

r- .-- youth who rsed in the 7 appe ared the Church , the Bizer, The o r ' I his turn , living, and of the ran - Na.ch other. con cluded t have been I the fi n 33- 0 pOSSe SS 3 im froin an to weather , ry i n three entertain- e heroine is ries of the ,ed and vi igland," in f << Nathan ry interest rer thus to t on mere " AIDP c first is 3 conal o6i. ;trospec ti ve m Streets' the doings Cl u bs an d in Athletic Laure nce rds the u 135 be remain ,ell Street , Lndia," and It the title le reader to 3erry. F°l - pao before last, r Lytton L ppreciott f !, t h e effortoa isoners aD o looksollos while the by active impo r > +At say, " 516 egular proceedi n g rination• little asant enough i t° e nor inc'' _ -- , W! 1 .. March 13101166' A al „•,.bnis o• nioraibt Tiage (I'l'l3 the F ril l their S et t Hohe lll° ' ' its DaYY O lcting ° s, th° t levee 0 0 long* 5 of chfine s t• Y (10 bor 0 /. maul 0 f ge nu a lodge-raary ho c ow Ito o ir/ en NY t ea been e lec t icl t h e arnii I). pu4 u 011i e— thc ) ,rred, a n d a laA ndand ' cnontia• tlerllo sat°a 0 LngeSl ,; ioYeeS hold willtho eh, sg 1 bo izn_o oajogy r• The r ° pia a ev and p Prili eu n o her S ere y StoDol., GO' Major" 1,0 r , w ho e 1.3.7 - vrivi jestf't 3 /30 ,0- harle s A vot : 13 • In Av )usohol~llou. ral 0 eeper the 0 _ ttri are); r° cl • is 103 r 0 8 11 0 LOU'' r , t l a or to so a , reaB ur. , B3 , 7 A s 31 to De tid e 'or So ll ' e JO onsOrt' ge (o who StiCC-corl' LaS l loe° 13. • • ed the A r c 1 113 3 0 1; 19 a • of .-- sa lvo 6 and ve ssel t Q uo , of kay bo e st; Ire st 3ll s it c e - t suc 3 of t he o. el c 311 a ; „ ll e '° tor, its 11s-° f -t • 1 icrs c° aif tor e iai -11 eir 3 Wit h tb DIONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Discount Market continues to show a little animation, and the rates remain firm at 6! and 6i per cent. There appears to be little or no prospect of a change being made in the official minimum to-morrow, and the brokers are therefore more - willing to take long-dated bills at lower quotations than short descriptions. The sum of £15,000 in gold was sent into the Bank yesterday. In the City the question which is being eagerly discussed among all classes is what will the directors of the Joint-Stock Discount Company determine ? Will they continue with their business or resolve to wind up their estate, and, in Stock Exchange Parlance, cut their loss ? From the large number of shares thrown upon the market and saleable at ss. and 10s. each, although £lO has been paid upon them, it would appear that the opinion of holders is for the latter course of proceeding. Two O'CLOCK. Although very little business has been negotiated in the English Stock Market, there is nevertheless a firmness in prices. The Funds have slightly reco vered, and are 863 1 for money, and 871 1 for the account in April. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 85 I ; Exchequer Bills, 6s. to 3s. dis. ; Bank of England Stock, 249 251'; India Stock, 20 8 2103- ; ditto 5 per Cents., 1021 ; and ditto Debentures, 1001. Sales have principally predominated in the Foreign Stock Market. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 381; Mexican, 221 3 ; do. New, 203 3; Greek, 16 1 ; Spanish Passive, 271 1 ; the Certificates, 161 ; Italian, 613 62 ; the Confederate Loan, 63 73 ; Brazilian Scrip, 11 2 prem. ; Egyptian Railway Scrip, 1 -1 prem. ; and the New Chilian Loan, 21 prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 70- 1 ; Erie Shares, 531 541 ; and Illinois, 771 783. Business in the railway share market has re teamed dull, but prices in some instances have shown more firmness. South-Eastern, Midland, South- Western, Great Western, and Great Eastern, have each advanced 55., and Metropolitan 10s. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there 1 . 8 little variation of importance. East Indian have Improved 55., and Great Indian Peninsula 10s. Lank and Miscellaneous Shares continue very quiet at, in some instances rather lower quotations. European are dealt in at 12* 8 ; Union of Aus tralia at 523 533 ; Union of London at 533 54 ; Joint Stock Discount at 1 13; National Discount Company at 131 4 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co. at 18f 1. The shares of the Imperial Land Company of Marseilles are quoted 33 33 prem. ; and the Anglo- American Telegraph Company, 3 1 prem. ISAITISI FUNDS—ONS O'ULOCIC GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 Der Cent. Consols O. Account, March 6 864 7 N eer Cent. R e d uce d B5l 5 I ~,.w 3 per Cent B5 i Now 2i- per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A DP. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — ‘klinuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 O. fo r 30 yrs, exp i re st h AprillBBs — 1 , DP (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — lloquer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 6 3 dis Do. £5OO — Do £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent DIDIAN GovERNIIENT SECURITIES. r 'lldian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 2OB 101 Do Account D o. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Res. Enfa ce d P aper 4 per C en t — 0.5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 per Cent., May 1879 — B°. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 D 0• Bonds, £l,OOO — 1,0 . unde r £l,OOO BiIiFSOREIGN 11731D5-0101 O'CLOCK. Ar gentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd pm ri azanan Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Cent D O . 4/ per per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 , Do. 1865 rio Account — xd E .1)0 . Scrip, £35 paid u,„erlos Ayres 6 per Cent D' - '°. Account 0 X1(.0 Bonds eb 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) -- r tl . o 6 per Cent n •'-'°. 4 * per Cent 74 1 C-01,nrablan 6 per Cent. — t, u ua, 6 per Cent. p alli sll 3 per Cent., 1825 — „aunbian Principalities o a dor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — EO., Provisional Land Warrant — g . , Pti a n 7 per Cent 9Ol . I 'o £lOO Bondslssue 921 , De. 1864 93g. ~-0 £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures — Creek 1) 0 £l5 paid - pin Ltaoi.: :: po r n C s ents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account , Do. Account naten - iala 5 per Cent. 5 per Cent, 1865 ik, Do Nlaremmana Railway 6ll "'t,,' , rican 3 per Cent uo. Account Dn 1864 2Ol 1 , Do 6 per C ent . A nglo - French 41 .t.ontovidean 6 per Ce n t., £3O pa id t ao orish Imperial 5 per C en t New Granada ~Do 2 per Cent 1.-', O Deferred i o 1 -' 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) ___ - ° r; 6 per Cent, 1864 D '-' 0 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent `ePlivian 5 per Cent., 1865 1) 0. Account 1,4.; D° o u 4 3 1 p c pe e o r e ur C nc e t n e n t . t, .(, U l r B i 6 b 2 a r r e n ) 661 1111sa:ag:ne5se 3 per Cent., 1853 1 - o ° .. 3 4 p e e e i o • u C n e t nt., 1856 '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 1t0 45 1 per Cent., 1822, £ St — 11 -,-, ° per Cent. 1850 4-'3 41 per Cent., 1860 D P° 3 per Cent. 859 n K E - .-, Per Cent. 1862 la. 0 5 per Cent. 1861 — E linian 5 per Cent P n alli sh 3 per Cent r.,° Account— ° New Def erre d 1)- -° Account Do Passive — 6,110 Account 271 1 .. .A lli sh Cert. of Coup not funded — 18 -° , 4o count l6l 13'ish 4 per Cent. T 1 . 1 „ ; ° ' ,i - per Cent. 1861 D O u-s u 6 er Cont. 1854 D O Account b° C Per Cent. 1858 D 0 Account 661 1)0 £lOO Bonds — D 0 6 per Cent. 1862 ,0 Account 67 4JO £lOO Bonds D o n r Cent., ,,,e 1863 DO Account 0 p -- per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip — D~ 381 8 A V e4 ,,' 4 Ver Cent. Guaranteed 9Bl I) i t z to "la 3 per Cent. 1)_ account et , iler Cent., 1862 — 0. Account 121 0 P i °. 1861 371 '1 Per Cent 4 Dividends on the above payable in London. ~tiatr i . t.Ar,.; 'ni 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins .1.) °', 41 per cent., Ex. 2sf. "c h 'I G •D o 4. per Cent., Ex. 12 uil — Pre w ,,,l'p s er Cent. Certificates — ltai` l tentes 3 per Cent. I . F"' 3 per Cent., 1861. Ex. 25f. 0 Account C°ll),o.la. for money TWO O'CLOCK. 861 1- Do'' A 4e count prig I'll bec -E THEATRES OF PARIS.—A circular has just tend addressed by the Count de Baciocchi, superin th . m . 4 t of theatres, to the directors of Paris. It announces Po rtt i 7,: C arPentier is named inspector, MM. Forges and t0ri1:',,,."21 assistants, and M. Bourdon commissary-inspec of thej4Q° Points out that in conformity with the regulations °f th e I ' d August 1850. the authorities should be notified g 11- 43 .3' and hour at which will take place the last three ti le rehearsals of every new work in order that one of ter:Mcials mentioned above may bo present. The diroc ka are a lso instructed to take measures that rehearsals giv eth 4 .8 complete as possible. The inspectors are to ca (u r Permission on l y a ft er a sa ti s f ac t ory per f ormance, a nd 16c1 c ! If ter the ch anges w hi c h t h ey or d er s h a ll h ave b een , ut. 4J UET. took 4 - 1 ' ST. GERMAIN.—A duel with swords the „ 13 %.. a ce a few mornings back at St. Germain, be- Lareinty, a delegate from one of the French • 0 174 11 ,1 3 ',ud Viscount Rollie, deputy and member of a the mil"'n formed by Count do Chasseloup-Laubat, at jo I :!' s trY of M ar i ne. M. Rollie was slightly wounded h er 0 : hand, but i s a b le to attend the sittings of the Cham iheiuu It i r l al• The mee ti ng i s sa i d to have arisen from an dal '..oo b y the delegate that the viscount was not pre y connits //Aut. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. - Share Railways. OItDINARY sIIAIiES AND STOCKS. Paid.l Closing Business Price. I done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon.... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc. &London, bcrip Corti. No. _ 'Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s Lk. Do. E. Angl: et. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, is. at 25 p GtS, and W. of Irelanl Gt. Weste.n S. Val. Itail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. slid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford Lancashire &Yorkshirj London and Blackwali] Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Mctrop. Ex. A.. 1 Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Westcrn i Man., Shet., & Lincoln, Metr0p01itan.......... Do. New Do. Extension..... Metropolitan Distriel Do - do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birrain.. ,t Derby ‘1 id Kent ... North British _ Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun.i Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling, Do. 10. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 ...... Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Do. Scot, Mid. st JOE Shropshire Union South Devon South E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neatli Waterford & Kilkenny, Waterloo & IVhlteha West Cornwall Bu TISII Atlantic St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. Du.. 5 per o. F' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant,& Goderich 6 p.c. :872-3-;........' Calcutta & S. E., lim.. aE e Town t Dock, Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pl East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East lodian, gu. 5 p.c. l Do. J Extension .. Grand Trunk ot Canada, Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c ... . .. Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.., Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prd. Bonds.. Do. do. deterred ... • Do. 3d Pref. stock.... Do. do. deferred ... • Do. 4th Pref. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp. c. l'o. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 4l per cent Do Great W& s. of Canada.. Da. Neu , .. • .... Do. 6 p. c. Bds• pay. 1873 00.54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Had ram, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Fifth Extension Mclb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. RI. C' da, 6pc Ist pt. ha Scindc Do. Delhi Do. do ca . P- • r Do. Puniaub Vto Do.lndus St. Flo `'" COLONIAL GOVEK British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.‘t July 1877-84 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug.. Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do: 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-190 Do. do: 1830-9 , Do. Jan. &July, 1890-9 , Do. 5 per cent. 15 April ancl . ls Oct., 1800 Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p. c Do. 1878, do llanritius, fi p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Auz , Natal Gov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.ALJnly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p.c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1878 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.C.Ja & July Do. do, .0 pril & Oct 1 BRITI Cam. Consol. Gold, lira Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavlat Drakewalls I East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 4 Great L •xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist , e Grenville Herod's Foot .... aingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, lim New Seton North Itoskear N.Wiel Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United... Pr,videnee Uny I.(flant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clugan, West I iassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Llskeard West C hi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett ( Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary dun (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis PREFERENCE BHA HRH. Great Eastern, E. Ccunties Ex., No. 2. 100 Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pl., 100 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, 103} 4 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent.. Ditto, £6, 4! North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 4i per cent. stock rd., 96 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 70! PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and S.-Westarn per cent.,,9l LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Preston and Wyre, 42 Royston, Hitch., and Shep., 125 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, Ili Dutch Rhenish, 22 Great Luxembourg, 161 San Paulo, litn., Lua. 6 per cent., 16 South Austrian and Lombardo VenetianAl 61 f FOREIGN MINES. Australian, HD Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 3 I Cobre Copper, 16 St. John ael Rey, lira., 54 Yudanamutana of S. Australia, DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 71i' BANKS. Bank of British Columbia, 21i Barned's Bank, lim., Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., Consolidated Bank, lim., English and American, lira., 61 Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., European Bank, lim., 121 Imperial Ottoman, i3l Ditto, new, 121 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 11 London and Inver Plate, Ditto, issued at 11 pm., 31 London Chartered Bank of Australis, 23 London and 11 estminster, 1:6 Midland Bank, lim., 2U National Provincial of England, Ditto, , d and 3d issue, 4511 Provincial of Ireland, 83 Union of Australia, s'} 21 Union of London, 54 31 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2; a Canada Company, 88 Ceylcn Company, Ditto, A - shdres, 2/ Credit Fonder and Mobiller of England, 8.1 Ebbw Vale, 8} Egyptian Corn. and Tradinz, Um., 4i Gen. Credit. and Finance ot London, lim., 4 Hudson's Bay, 17/ Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim.. fi International Financial society, lim., International Land Credit, lim., 6 Joint Stock Discount. lim., 1 15 London Financial Association. lira., 121 National Discount Company, 134 I Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., Peninsula and Oriental steam, Ditto, new. 5) Royal Mail Steam, 120 Submarine Telegraph, 55 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, lint, Ditto (.£l2', ,2 Thames and Merse a (Marine) Insurance, G 3 95 '3O 32 65 70 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 117 119 38i 39 61 76 121 126 11. If 83 90 50 60 61 39 41 3•i 38 103 104 1191 120 87 8) 96 Di 38 40 44 48 121 123 91. 43 63 6 132 113 a ,ir 1 111 97 19 123 123 2 21 d 5 61 63 7 23 109 110 70 72 105 1(8 35 57 104 110 122 125 1} 2p 14 2p 75 ;7 11 12 148 149 69 71 112 114 5t 53 75 76 8 9 141 144 3 f p 102 104 51 53 6t 1321 3 2 123} I I ESSIONS, 53 61 02i 10(1 1 Id fp l 74 8 10 11 74 78 96 98 65 70 100 102 100 101 102 101 - - 35 38 87 90 68 70 60 G 3 62 64 53 56 48 51 44 47 38 40 36 38 107 ICB P 99 100 91 93 171 17a P 2 01 81 66 1 4d 99 101 90 92 86 88 64 66 8 , 82 981 991 98 99 98 99 1091 I to ross: 101 105} 41 5i .51E NT SECU !"4 VG 93 96 95 97 t 0 82 73 SO 101 103 104 106 104 106 101 103 190 100 100 140 100 100 18 100 98 100 104 100 90 92 101 103 106 1.8 102 104 103 105 103 (C 5 1(4 106 99 101 93 95 93 95 87i 88, 100 102 85 84 106} 1.070 ITIES. di MINES. 8 9 15 17 560 18/ i 1 18 20 7 8 32 41 31 4 _ s i _I Pr 1(7,6 3 31 5 7 20 21 I 2 311 4 3C 31 31 31 33 40 4i 5 5 7 4 4. 10 35 4 1 13 II .1 1 32 34 390 410 2 II 38 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 75 F 0 165 175 80 95 25 27 3 5 2 5 215 16i 17i 2.1.0 2.11.6 31 2.14.0 8.36 3.0.0 10.8.( THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wylde and a Special Jury.) lIITCHENS V. HITCHENS. The Late Dr. Whewell. A Bold Experiment. The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Wambey were counsel for the petitioner, and Mr. Sergeant Parry and Dr. Tristram for the respondent. _ In this case the husband, Arnelius Hitchens, prayed for a dissolution of marriage by reason of the adultery of his wife, who denied and recrimi nated the charge, and further pleaded desertion and cruelty. From the opening statement of counsel, it ap peared that the party with whom the respondent was alleged to have committed adultery was unknown, - and the Court considered that it was a case in which the name of a co-respondent might be dis pensed with under the power vested in the Court. The petitioner was the son of Captain Hitchens, who had formerly been in the East Indian army, and the petitioner was his only child. The marriage was solemnised at Woolwich on the 26th of April, 1861, the petitioner being then in his 17th year, and the respondent, who was the daughter of a washerwoman who worked for the military at Woolwich, was 26. At the time of the marriage the respondent was living with her mother, who was a widow, and the other occupants of the house were a spinter sister and a child 10 years of ago, of whom nothing was known. On the marriage coming to the knowledge of the parents, they refused to receive the petitioner or his wife, or to make them any pro vision, but eventually the father consented to allow them £2 ss. a week, on the condition of their ceasing to live with the wife's family. The parties led a cat-and-dog life, and it was agreed that they should separate on the 30th May, 1862, Capt. Hutchins agreeing to allow the respondent £1 10s, a week, and to provide for a child with which she pretended to be pregnant. The petitioner and his father had been since living iu America, and he had not cohabited with his wife since their separation. The respondent had removed with her mother and sister to Boulogne-sur-Mer ostensibly with the ♦iew of establishing a school there, and on the 26th July, 1863, a child was born, of which it was alleged that the respondent was the mother. Up to this time the respondent's allowance had been regularly re mitted to her, but circumstances were discovered which led to a suspicion of her adultery. Mrs. Kitchens, the mother of the petitioner, said that she was at presentliving in Bond-street, Brook street, and proved the ago of her son, and his re sidence in America for the last two years. Mr. Arthur Walker, of the firm of Walker and Mortimer, :proved having remitted the money to the respondent. The case was not concluded when we went to press. SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before Dlr. Commissioner Kerr.) RAILWAY LAW.-A NOVEL POINT.--PALMER V. THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAIL- WAY COMPANY. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for loss upon certain goods carried by the company. _ _ _ Plaintiff said that the goods had been consigned to him by a firm in the country, and when they were delivered he found them damaged by the rain. His Honour—Have you any evidence as to the condition of the goods when sent to you? Plantiff—No, but I know they were damaged by rain when I received them. An attorney's clerk, who appeared for the com pany, contended that plaintiff was not the proper person to sue. His Honour ruled that this was so, and that the consignor had his remedy against the company. Plaintiff was non-suited. THE CALIGRAPHIC MYSTERY-- JONES V. SA3IL'ELS. This was action to recover an amount for cutting a block as a kind of advertisement of defendant's business. Plaintiff said he had received an order for a block of a card containing a caligraphic mystery, which defendant intended to use as a means of advertising. Defendant said he did give an order for the block to be drawn but not to be cut, and plaintiff cut it without any order. Plaintiff said that at first advertising by means of caligraphic mysterious cards was a novelty, but now it was common, and so defendant refused to receive the work. His Honour said it was a case for a jury and adjourned it. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. -~- MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CURIOUS CHARGE OF STEALING A CHEQUE. — Eleanor Hudson, a good looking young woman, was charged, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with stealing a cheque for £3 10s., the property of Mr. Charles Napper Thomas, a student at St. Mary's Hospital, and residing at No. 16, Porteous-road, Paddington. The Prosecutor said—Last night I was walking in the " market" (the Haymarket), when the priso ner came up and asked me to treat her. I said I had no money, but that if I could get a cheque cashed I would do so. I handed her the cheque to look at, and she then said she could get it cashed, and refused to give it to ine back, and oa my saying I would give her into custody, she tore the cheque in two and threw it away, and I have only been into custody. to recover one half of it. I then gave her custody. Mr. Tyrwhitt—What time was it? Prosecutor—Half -past one. Mr. Tyrwhitt—That's the time they change ? backers' cheques in the Haymarket, I suppose Prosecutor—Yes. The Accused—l met the prosecutor at the top of the Haymarket, and he gave me what he calls a cheque. I said " Oh, this is n othing but a bit of paper," and threw it down, and then he gave me in charge. I was only in his company two minutes. The constable came up and picked up the piece of paper. Bennett, 43 C—The prisoner was given into my custody in Coventry-street for stealing a cheque. She said the prosecutor gave her the cheque in the Haymarket, and then said she had not got it. I af terwards found on the ground a portion of it. The prosecutor and prisoner were both in liquor. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l do not won d er a t your being giveninto custody, but I shall discharge you. THAMES. THE SMOKE NUISANCE ACT.—Mr. John Wright, ropemaker, of Millwall, Poplar, appeared before Mr. Partridge, upon an adjourned summons taken out by Inspector Beare, of the K division, and which charged the defendant with having a furnace in use on his premises, so constituted as not to burn or consume its own smoke. When the case was first heard it was proved by Inspector Beare, by a police constable, and by Mr. William Sandison, engineer, in the service of, the Government, that dense volumes of black smoke issued from the defendant's chimney shaft, and that it was a nuisance to the locality, and complained of by the inhabitants. Mr. Wright promised to abate the evil if time was given. He was allowed a month to make the [necessary alterations. It was now announced that the furnaces had been fitted with an apparatus from the firm of Wright and Co., patent smoke-consuming apparatus manufac turers, of Shepherd's-lane, Homerton, and that the performance of the apparatus in consuming the smoke was complete. Under these circum stances, it was suggested that a nominal penalty would satisfy the Crown. Mr. Partridge—Then, the defendant has made his own smoke-consuming apparatus. The defendant—No, sir ; the Wrights of Homer ton are my namesakes. I have no interest in this patent, except in the apparatus for my furnaces. Mr. Sandison, who had, by agreement, been paid by the defendant for his last inspection, said the result of the alterations and the new apparatus was highly satisfactory. He begged leave to state that before the new apparatus was fixed, the smoke nui sance had existed a long time. There were two chimney shafts continually smoking. Mr. Partridge—l am glad the nuisance is abated, but the nominal fine must be 40s. and costs. These cases impose great trouble and inconvenience on the authorities and the remedy is generally very late. Liverpool Cotton Market.—Tiffs Day. Market opens very strong. Sales probably 12,000 or 15,000 bales. BREECH-LOADING RIFLES.—In most of the Par liamentary reports published yesterday the name of an in ventor of a breech-loading rifle which was favourably spoken of by the Marquis of Hartington, was spelt Schneider instead of Snider. The former name would lead the public to imagine that the inventor is a German, whereas ho is of American birth. After the unfavourable report we published yes terday, the news of Dr. Whewell's death can create little surprise, though the event must still excite a shock among Cambridge men all over the world, who had associated him with their recollections of the University. The Master of Trinity was the head of the residents at Cambridge no less by the vigour of his intellect and the range of his acquire ments than by his position as the head of the greatest College, and the place he held in academic society was due more to himself than to his office. His towering figure was one of those soonest known by the undergraduate, who had heard of his renown long before he came into residence, and when he quitted the University at the end of his career the Master of Trinity was the man above all others whom he remembered as the representative of Cam bridge learning and Cambridge dignity. Half a century has passed since Dr. Whewell himself took his degree. He was born at Lan caster in 1795, and his career may be taken as evidence of what could at all times be accom plished, even in the most unreformed condition of our educational institutions. His parentage was humble, and it is said that his father intended to de vote him to his own handicraft, but he was sent to the Free Grammar School of Lancaster, and pro ceeded in due course to Tri‘:iity College. His posi tion intheMathematical Ti:pos as Second Wrangler, followed by the acquisition of the Second Smith's ' Prize, proved the possession of the intellectual rowers which he cultivat-d up t) the day when ho suffered the accident which has since proved fatal. That a Second Wrangler should be in due time Fellow and Tutor of his College is a matter of course, but Mr. Whewell possessed an intellectual vitality which was not satisfied with the mere work of a College Tutor. In 1828 he was elected Professor of Mineralogy, succeeding to the char which had been founded for Dr. Clarke, and when the British Association was formed he was requested to draw up a report on the condition of that science. It was in connection with the British Association (of which he was President in 1841) that he drew up the Report on the Tides, and on the Mathematical Theories of Heat, Magnetism, and Electricity, which rank among the first of his mathematical produc tions. Before this he had been chosen to write the Bridgwater Treatise on Astronomy, and it is, perhaps, this circumstance which first suggested to him the History of the Inductive Sciences, published in 1837, followed in 1840 by the Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, which are undoubtedly the works by which he will be best known in after years. In 1832 he resigned the professorship of Mineralogy, but in 1838 accepted the Professorship of Moral Philosophy, which he held till 1855. In 1841, during the Minis try of Sir Robert Peel, he was nominated to the Mastership of Trinity on the resignation of Dr. Wordswoi th, and in his position he took an active part in introducing into Cambridge the new studies which have since been recognised by the institution of the Natural and Moral Science Triposes. A s Pro fessor of Moral Philosophy he founded prizes for the encouragement of that study, which he himself always pursued with avidity. He edited Sir James Mackintosh's Introduction to the Study of Ethical Philosophy, published a couple of volumes of his own on Morality, and among his latest productions were some translations of the Ethical Dialogues of Plato. If we add to the list, in which we have taken no notice of mere University text-books, Lectures on Political Economy, delivered at the desire of the late Prince Consort before the Prince of Wales and other stu dents ; an edition of the works of Richard Jones on Political Economy, Arch itectural Notes on Churches in France and Germany, and Some Specimens of English Hexameters, published in a book containing similar efforts by Sir John Herschel, the late Arch deacon Hare, and Mr. Lockhart, we may give some idea of his extraordinary versatility and industry. Men of such wade and varied attainments as Dr. Whewell possessed are always open to the suspi cion of being but superficiaPy aeirainted w N ith sonic of the branches of knowledge on which they write, and the Master of Trinity was sometimes disparaged as Leibnitz was in his day. The saying that " Science was his forte and Omniscience his foible" is well known, though it had, in truth, less real ground than even epigrams usually have. Dr. Whe well was doubtless not uniformly great, but he reached a high degree of excellence in everything he attempted. It is probable that defects in his man ners encouraged those who were ready to disparage what they were unable to measure. Dr. Whewell was at times disposed to overbear opponents, and for some years his influence in the University was marred by resentment against this defect. At the same time he often exhibited au urbanity which, coupled with his universal knowledge, made him a delightful companion. Much must be allowed to a man who is compelled to tolerate persons much his inferiors in ability; but Dr. Whewell must be allowed to have exhibited an occasional disdain of those who :might fairly be deemed on some subjects his equals. This was in part, however, probably attributable to the high estimation in which he held the College of which he was the head, and which was wholly free from any alloy of per sonal vanity. He was prouder of Trinity Colley than of any of his works, and would have sacrificed everything to magnify it. And it must be added that he endowed it with almost Royal munificence. Some seven or eight years since he built, al his own expense, a hostel for the reception of some of the overflowing student'; of Trinity, who had been com pelled to live in lodgings for want of rooms in Col lege, and at the time of his death he had commenced still larger works by way of addition to the former building, which be had unwillingly deferred in con sequence of difficulties in obtaining the necessary site, but the completion of which, we have reason to believe, he took care to provide should be inde pendent of the accident of his death. Dr. Whewell was twice married and twice a widower. His first wife was Mi's Marshall, a sister of Lady llonteagle, and he caused a mortuary chapel in the Cemetery at Cambridge to be built after his own designs as a memorial of his affection. She died in 1854, and he married secondly, in 1858, the widow of Sir Gilbert Affieck, a sister of the late Mr. Leslie Ellis, himself a Fellow of Trinity, whose virtues and his rare abi'ities are treasured by his friends, and not least when alive by Dr. Whewell. His second w:fe died on the Ist of April last. The Mastership is in the gift of the Crown, and is worth about £3,000 a year. MARKETS.—This Day. MARK LANE. A fair average supply of English wheat was on sale here to-day in moderately good condition. The trade, on the whole, ruled steady, and Monday's currency was well supported. The market was fairly suppli e d w ith f ore i gn wheat. For most qualities there was a fair demand, and prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at full prices. The supply of barley on sale was very moderate. The trade for all descriptions was very firm, and the quotations had an upward tendency. Malt was in fair demand, at extreme rates. Oats were in good supply, and the demand ruled steady, at full prices. Both beans and peas met a slow sale, at Monday's cur rency. The flour trade was quiet, on former terms. nle ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wiled. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 910 1120 1390 240 620 - Irish Foreign bls. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending March For the corresponding week 3, 1866. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 69,205-45s 7d Wheat 87,168-38s 6d Barley 48,306-34 s 11d Barloy ..... ....55,640-28s lld Oats 10,530-23s 5d Oats WITITECIIAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is somewhat extensive. Most descriptions aro in fair demand, at the annexed rates : Beef, from 2s lOd to 4s 6d; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d; veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 5s 2d per 81bs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The market for all kinds of hops rules quiet. In prices, as compared with Monday, very little change has taken p l ace , Soon after midnight on Monday a special train left Euston station upon a strangely exceptional errand. More than a hundred skilled workmen and labourers, marshalled by gangers, contractors, and agents, took their seats in it, in ordered fashion, but with a mysterious and determined air, as if some more than usually weighty business were on hand. One carriage was devoted to stout tools and imple ments, and the train, thus freighted, reached Tring at 1.30 yesterday morning. A procession was formed at the station—each man shouldering a crowbar or other implement—and a compact phalanx, 120 strong, marched out, two and two, into the moon light. A walk of three miles brought them to the side of Berkh arn pstead Common,nearest to Ashridge park, the seat of Earl Brownlow ; and the objects of the expedition were then first made known to the rank and file. The greater portion of this common, occupying a space some two miles in length and from three-quarters of a mile to a mile and a half broad, was enclosed a fortnight ago by Earl Brownlow ; and we learn that Mr. Augustus Smith, of the Scilly Islands, as the owner of an estate neer, and therefore as a commoner acting in concert with his neighbours, had determined to test his lordship's right to this course in a very practical way. The whole of the iron railings, consisting of stout " uprights," five feet high, and with broad metal bands at close intervals between each, were to be thrown down before daylight, Mr. Smith and the commoners taking all responsibility, chartering the train, and engaging the men. These last were told off in detachments a dozen strong ; the substantial joints of the railings were first loosened by hammers and chisels, and the crowbars did the rest. Before 6 o'clock yesterday morning the whole of the enclo sure was levelled to the ground ; each stout upright having the metal bands, its tributaries, first neatly folded round it, and then being laid upon the turf it had recently served to close in. It was 7 o'clock before the alarm was given, and by the time Mr. Paxton, the late Sir Joseph Paxton's brother, and Earl Brownlow's steward, appeared upon the scene Berkhamptead Common was enclosed no longer. It was too late to do more than prote3t against the alleged trespass, and this was energetically done. Meanwhile the news spread, and the inhabitants of the adjacent village and dis trict flocked, upon the scene. In carriages, gigs, dog-carts, and on foot, gentry, shopkeepers, hus bandmen, women, and children, at once tested the reality of what they saw by strolling over and squatting on the common, and cutting and taking away morsels of gorse, to prove as they said, "the place was their own again." The cost of the three miles of iron railing removed is said to have been more than a thousand pounds ; and that of its re moval must have been c3nsiderable. Whatever may be the result of this daring return to what is called " old constitutional form," and however it may be viewed by the legal authorities before whom it will be speedily brought, it must be regardel as one of the moss decided and vigorous protests against alleged usurpation which have occurred in our own prosaic, peaceful, and order-loving times. —Daily News. HEALTH OF THE METROPOLIS. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Report.) In the week that ended on Saturday, March 3, the births registered in London and 12 other large towns of the United Kingdom were 4,409 ; the deaths registered 3,620. The annual rate of mor tality was 31 per 1,000 persons living. In London the births of 1,026 boys and 1,061 girls, in all 2,087 children, were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of 10 years, 1856-65, the average number, corrected for increase of population, was 2,172. The deaths registered in London during the week were 1,545. It was the ninth week of the year; and the average number of deaths for that week is, with correction for increase of population, 1,481 The actual number returned for the week is in ex cess of the calculated number by 64. The recent coldness of the weather accounts for the increase of the mortality. The deaths had been less than 1,400 in the first and second weeks of February, but they rose to 1,630 in the third week, and now there is a decrease of nearly 100 deaths on the last number. In the last three weeks the deaths from bronchitis were successively 131, 210, and 230; thoee from pneumonia in the same time 59, 95, and 60; from phthisis 170, 214, and 201. The mean temperature in each of the last four weeks was 45.8 deg., 38.9 deg., 36.2 deg., and (last week) 34.4 deg. In the first six weeks of the year the mean weekly temperature was only in one instance below 43 deg. The air became decidedly colder in the se cond week of February. Small-pox was fatal in 16 cases ; measles in 43 ; scarlatina in 35 ; typhus in 51; diarrhoea in 24. _ At 20, Sidney-grove, Islington, on2oth February, the widow of a blacksmith, aged 69 years, died of " embolism of pulmonary artery, accelerated by destitution." (Inquest.) The following 7 deaths by carriage accidents were registered in the week :—The son of a carman, aged 17 years, killed by the upsetting of a van ; died on the 26th February in the East India-road, Poplar. A carman, aged 42 years, run over ; died on the 24th February in the West London Hospital. A pauper, aged 75 years, run over; died on 26th February in the Broadway, Hammersmith. A cab driver, aged 21 years, thrown from a cab in the City-road by collision with another cab ; lived 20 hours; died 19th February in St. Bartholomew's Hospital. A fishmonger, aged 47 years, fell from a cart in the Strand ; lived 32 hours ; died on 23d February in St. Bartholomew's Hospital. A car man, aged 34 years, injured from the blow of a waggon wheel ; died on the 25th February in the London Hospital. The daughter of a cabinet maker, aged 5 years, knocked down by a cart ; died on 27th February in the London Hospital. The annual rate mortality last week was 26 per 1,000 in London, 27 in Edinburgh, and 32 in ; 29 in Bristol, 33 in Birmingham, 45 in Liver pool, 37 in Mancheater, 37 in Salford, 35 in Sheffield, 39 in Leeds,26 in Hull, 36 in Newcastle upon-Tyne, and 33 in Glasgow. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.331 in. The barometric pressure was 29.71 in. on Sunday, and it fell to 29.01 in. on Wednesday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 34.4 deg., which is 5.6 deg. below the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day after Sunday; and on Wednesday the amount of defect was 8.6 deg., on Thurs day as much as 11.9 deg. On the last five nights the thermometer fell below the freezing point of water; on Thursday the temperature was as low as 22.5 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 5.5 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 80, complete saturation being represented by 100. The wind blew on Sunday and Monday from the south-west; afterwards generally from the north-east. The rainfall was 0.74 in., most of it on Sunday and Tuesday. Snow fell on three days. FROGMORE HOUSE.—The improvements and al terations at Frogmore House, consequent upon the conver sion of that royal abode into a future residence for Prince Christian and her Royal Highness Princess Helena, aro to be commenced forthwith. The Queen and Princess have just paid a visit to Frogmore in order to suggest the ne cessary alterations. CLERICAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. Thomas C. Prickard, M.A., late curate of Wilby, near Wickham Market, Suffolk, to the rectory of New Radnor, South Wales, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Rev. George Richard Turner, M.A., who had accepted the Crown living of Kelsbell, near Royston, Hertfordshire. SEIZURE OF A FENIAN COUNCIL—DUBLIN, Tuesday Night.—Another Fenian council was broken up to-night in a public-house on Cork Hill. The brother of the proprietor and 27 others were arrested. There was no resistance. Numerous clergy in South Devon have agreed to accept the certificate of the registrar instead of banns in church, and to celebrate the marriage ceremony on the pro duction of such certificate. They have further agreed that no fees either for banns or certificate be charged in the parish where the marriage is not celebrated, HOUSE OF COMMONS—TiIIs DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at twelve o'clock. CHURLS RATES BILL. Mr. HARDCASTLE rose to move the second reading of this bill, and was left speaking. HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. ROYAL COMMISSION. Tho Royal Assent was given by Commission to tho following bills :—The Telegraph Act Amendment Bill and the Cattle Disease (Ireland) Bill. The Royal Commissioners were—The Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Bessborough, and Viscount Sydney. The sitting was then suspended until five o'clock, when the LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack. • wanted was the abolition, not tile , Concealment, of tho gallows. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HERRING FISHERY (SCOTLAND). Tho Duke of ARGYLL presented apetition from fisher men on the coast of Argyleshiro and other parts of Scot land, complaining of the present mode of catching herrings on the coasts of Scotland, which was calculated to inter fore with the salmon fishery. THE STATE OF IRELAND. Earl GREY postponed his motion on this subject, which stood for Friday next, Until that day week, in con sequence of the indisposition of the noble Premier. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a socond time :—Ryde Station, Anglesea Central Railway, South Kensington Road, Swansea General Railway Station and Hotel, and South Kensington New Road. CASHEL'S DIVORCE BILL. This bill was read a second time in the early part of the day, their lordships having been specially summoned for that purpose. CATTLE DISEASE. Earl GRANVILLE read reports which had been received on this subject, which were laid on the table. The Duke of ARGYLL presented patitions relative to the transmission of cattle by railway as regarded healthy cattle. DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. On the motion of the LORD CHANCELLOR, this bill went through committee. SAVINGS BANKS AND POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS BILL. On the:motion of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY, this bill went through committee, and was ordered to be reported. RAILWAY REFORM. The Earl of BELMORE moved for a copy of the me morial to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, signed by the Lord Mayor of Dublin at a public meeting held in that city on the 2d of February. The motion was agreed to. THE APPROACHES TO THE HOUSES OF PAR- LIAMENT. The Earl of SHREWSBURY asked her Majesty's Go vernment if, in completing the approaches to the two Houses of Parliament, it was proposed to make any,pro vision for the shelter of the horses and carriages of the members of the two houses ? Earl GRANVILLE said that temporary shelter would be afforded for horses and car.iages, and when tho law courts were removed other arrangements would be made for effecting the object of the noble lord. The house then adjoulnred. HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. LONDON (CITY) CORPORATION GAS BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. CRAWFORD said that after the second read ing he should move that the bill be then com mitted to a select committee of twelve members, of whom five shall be nominated by the committee of se lection, and that it be an instruction to the committee to inquire into the operation and results of the Metropolis Gas Act, 1860, in order to ascertain whether they have divided more than 10 per cent., as settled by that Act. The honourable gentleman then stated the ob jectionable manner in which the City of London had been supplied w ith gas, and that all complaints were useless. The corporation had determined to take the matter .into their hands, and the present application to Parliament was the result. Many of the great companies made considerable profits, and had divided more than the maximum allowed by the act ; therefore the public had been precluded from all reduction of the price of the article. He could not:see why the gas companies should object to the committee, provided they had not . divided more than 10 per cent. profit as allowed by the act. if they had divided more than that sum they had, in point of fact, charged the public more than they had a right to do, because the act expressly laid it down distinctly that after that percentage had been paid all surplus should go in reduction of the price to be charged for the article to the consumer. The Corporation of London feel ing that the grievance had be some unbearable—that the acle supplied was of the commonest description, wh 4 lst the price charged was much higher than the companies had a right to charge—had thought it right to come for ward and ask Parliament for powers to deal with such an oppressive monopoly. Viscount CRANBOURNE thought the house had agreed to cm tain proposals with respect to the existing companies, and therefore it would be a breach of faith for Parliament to sanction this bill. Ho was byno means satisfied about the quantity of the supplied to the consumer. Yet he could not consent to the bill, which would only disturb, s thout improv;ng, the matter complained of. Mr. ADAIR strenuously opposed the bill being read a second time. Alderman LAWRENCE supported the second reading. He said the great gas companies seemed to be afraid of going before a committee, or else they would not object so strenuously to the bi'l going before a committee. The gas companies supplied a pure article to the House of Commons, whilst that supplied to the general consumer was of a greatly inferior quality. The groat gas com panies might depand that demands would continue to be made to Parliament until the present monopoly was broken up. Sir G. GREY thought there would be no breach of faith in reading the bi'l a second time, and he thought the best course to adopt was to allow the bill to go beforo a commi:,ee as proposed. Mr. ROEBUCK said, from the appearance of the house, it was quite clear it had been packed for the occasion. (Hear, hear.) And by whom had it been packed ? Why, by the gas companies. (Hear, hear.) They had taken membez s by the button and asked them to vote, and, such being the case, he asked the house if it was consisent w;th its own honour that they should allow such a proceeding ? He asked the house, therefore, to study its honour before they con sidered the propriety of extending the existence of a very intolerable monopoly. Mr. CRAUFURD opposed the second reading of_ the bill. (Divide.) Mr. AYRTON rose amidst loud cries of " Divide," and said he should suppot t the proposition, because he was cer tain without some parties possessed of large funds appeared before the committee little good would be dono. Tho City of London wanted to combat the gas companies, they said, in the benefit of the public generally, as it was the first time they had ever passed from gastronomy to gas. (Loud laughter.) He hoped the house would give them the opportunity of spending this money usefully, and agree to the second reading of the bill. (Loud laughter.) The house then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it Major ity The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be refei fad to the committee as proposed by the hon. member for tho City of London. MID-LONDON RAILWAY BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Earl GROSVENORebjected to the pyoponal, and moved as an amimdment that the bill be read a second time that day six months. He said it p2.s..;sd through the metropolis for about three miles, all of which ground was now covered with houses, it would cross Bond-street and Hanover square, and it was posseszed of capital to the amount of £3,000,000, but he thought that there were certain lines yet to be completed before they could judge of the advisability of Parliament giving its assent to the billnow under discussion. Lord STANLEY said until the inner circle of railway, which had already received the sanction of Parliament, had been constructed it would be impossible to a r,:ve at the conclusion that the pre ;ant railway WAS required. The Mid-London Railway would interfere greatl4, with private property and trade, and'creato the great4st incon venience. He thought at present it would n ot be advisable to sanction the second raading of this bill. Mr. T. CHAMBERS supported the bill because the lino of railway was much required, and because the pro cnsation to all those meters proposed very libe ral comp disturbed iu their homes b y its cons ,t_ uction . The amendment of the noble oarl was agreed to, an d the bill was rejecte d without a division. Ou the motion of Mr. BRAND, a now writ was ordered for the election of a member for the county of Kerry, in the room of Colonel H. Herbert, deceased. Mr. CHAMBERS obtained leave to bring in a bill to legalise marriage with a deceased wife's sister. Leave was given to Mr. COLVILLE to introduce a bill to prevent clerks to justices in counties conducting the pro secution of any offender committed for trial by the justices for whom he is acting as clerk. Mr. IJIBBERT asked leave to bring in a bill to permit capital punishment to be carried out, under certain regu lations, within the interior of prisons. These regulations were that the punishment of death should be inflicted only in the presence of the high sheriff, the gaol authorities, and the representatives of the public press, and that a coroner's inque3t should be subsequently held on the body. Sir G. GREY did not oppose the introduction o , f . the bill, but stated th a t a measure was i n " re p ara ti on by the Under Secretary of State embodying the principal recom mendations of the Royal Commissioners on capital punish ment. Mr. GILPIN regarded all measures of this partial cha racter as concessions to public opinion. What was really Mr. EWAIIT and Mr. B. CARTER supported the bill, and the Motion for leave was agreed to. Leave was also given to Mr. CHAMBERS to bring in a bill to explain the act of the2oth and 2lstyears of her pre sent Majesty, chap. 85, "to Amend the:Law relating to Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in England," and the Legitimacy Declaration Act, 1858, And to Mr. IL LEWIS, to bring in a bill to enable ves tries and district boards within the metropolis to grant superannuation allowances to officers who may become disabled by infirmity or ago to discharge the duties of their offices. The Qualification for Offices Abolition Bill was read a third time and passed. Prance Alfred's Annuity Bill was passed through com mittee ; as was also the Marine Mutiny Bill. Tho house adjourned at a quarter to eight o'clock. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE--This Day. LIVERPOOL RACES-THIS DAY. EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. WELTER CUP. Malvern Clown . racquet . . Four ran. ARRIVED.—Rogue, Malvern, Junious, Hornet. BETTING ON THE COURSE. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 13 to 2 agst Alcibiade (taken) 9to 1 agst Cortolrin (taken) 100 to 8 agst Africain (taken) 20 to 1 agst Doctor (taken) 20 to 1 agst Ibex (taken) 20 to 1 agst King of Hearts (taken freely) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. MARCH. Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lowes Spring W... AP Ne winarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring Oros ton Park 7IG Northampton 2O Windsor Spring ......... 22 Newcastle Spring 2B LUL. Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring IG Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 2l Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden • York Spring Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge Manchester Ascot Summer Windsor Summer 5 Newton V** Hampton 7 Odiham l2 Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 JIT Liverp00l Beverley 2O Ipswich . 21 Hungerford .26 Newcastle on-Tyne ...... 26 Curragh 26 Worcester LY. Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down /loyal Corp lB Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton '2s Huntingdon Goodwood .31 Brighton Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPT] Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB UST. York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter . ...... Tunbridge 23 Derby Summer 29 Weymouth SO :MBER. 1 Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall OCTOBER. Northampton 2 Newmarket Houghton 22 I Newmarket 2d October 8 Worcester Cumagh l6 NOVE :BER. Lincoln Liverpool Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 IRISH RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. APRIL. Tralee MAY. Curragh Baldoyle Spring B, 9 I JUNE. Carragh 26, 27, 28, 29 JULY. Carlow SEPTEMBER. Curragh 4, 5, 6 CONTINENTAL RAC. 18' .NG FIXTURES FOR La Marche 4, 25 Vincennes ll, 18 AIL. Vincennes Pau 2, 4 Paris (Spring) 2,8, 15, 22, 26, 29 Bordeaux l9, 22, 26, 28 Bruxelles Bruxelles 3, 6 Chantilly (Derby) 6, 10, 13 La Marche 2l Vissembourg 2 1 Paris (Summer) 26, 27 Vincennes 3 Montaüban T. Toulouse . 2 - 1, 23 Toulouse St. Omer Rouen - 8, 9 Metz B, 9 Amiens LY. Abbeville i Le Pin 22 Chalon-sur-Saone ... 22, 23 Salutes 2B, 29 Caen 29, 30, 31 UST. Le Mans Laon l9, 20 _ _ _ _ AUG Deauville."... ......... 4,5, 6 Rochefort 5 Bourge5... Valenciennes Moulins Cherbourg , Tarbes l9, 22 Blois 26, 28 Baden-Baden 3l LAMBETH UNITED ROWING CLUB.—The members and friends of this well-known club, numbering nearly 50, celebrated their annual dinner at the Fleece Tavern, Duke street, Stamford-street, yesterday ; Mr. Robert Bain in the chair ; Mr. Cross, the secretary, in the vice-chair. The usual loyal toasts having been given and responded to, the Chairman gave an interesting account of the rise and pro gress of the club. Ho then passed a high eulogium on the services of Mr. Cross, the secretary, and concluded an admirable speech by proposing "Prosperity to the Club.' Tho remainder of the evening was spent with great hilarity, and the party separated, the members resolving to do their uttermost for the future prosperity and renown of the club. LONDON GAZETTE--Last Evening. FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 3. The Queen has bee n pl eased to approve of Mr. Frederic Bankhage as Coasul at Montreal, Canada, for his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M Theodor Knaus as Consul in London for his Majesty the King of Wurtemberg. INDIA OFFICE, MARCH 3. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard Couch, Esq., now a Judge of the High Court at Bombay, to be Coief Justice of the said Court. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Charles Sar gent, Knt., to be a Judge of the High Court of Bombay. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Wm. Markby, Esq., Barrister at Law, to be a Judge of the high Court at Calcutta. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Charles Collett, Esq., of the Madras Civil Service, to be a Judge of the High Court at Madras. CROWN-OFFICE, MAitcfr 2. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN TUE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Tiverton —The lion. George Denma n , i n th e room of Henry John, Viscount Palmerston, deceased. County of Limerick— Colonel the Right Hon. William this day Monsell, Vice-President of the y o uyA offi LLY rs , h M a ikn ve cn bee 2 n . Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations. pro moted to the rank of Master in her Majesty's fleet Erasmus Croydon Roberts, Esq. Charles eet : Gulliver, Esq. ; Joseph Shellabear ; Frederick The undermentioned Vivian, Esq ; Heaver Sugden, Esq. • Alf red Smith Bradley, Esq. ; Wil liam Horn, isq. ; Francis John Stringer, Es q.• Geo .1 rge Ed Gray, Esq. ; Thurston Edward Gresley Jackson, Esq. - Frederick Kibbey Taylor E ) Esq. ; and John Bell Jh' Bq' o nson, Esq. . • Andrew William Miller, ARthl 5: Commander Robert Bo M yle Miller has been promoted to to the rank of Retired Captain in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority from the 14th ultimo. Commander William Mould has been promoted to the rank of Retired Captain in her Majesty's Fleet. Lieutenant Edward Hobart Seymour to be Commander in her Majesty's Fleet. Mr. John Levinoe Stockting has this day been promoted to the rank of Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 6th February. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 19 Ditto 3 Months. 12 2 12 2} Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 52k 25 52* Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 22 30 Ditto 3 Months. 2 5 52 2 25 571 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 1211 1211 Vienna — 10 60 10 65 Trieste — 10 GO 10 65 Petersburgli - 291 629 6 29 *.9 Berlin... Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples 29* 46i 46i 25 7 6 * 2 1 25 4 67} 25 62* 25 67* 25 62* 25 67* 25 621 25 67* ;.cg. AUG 100 5 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 100 2 100 100 391 I 1091 71 a 107 !2i 78 5 361 6 71 i 1y I