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

NONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCR, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The English Stock Market is dull, and a decline of has taken place in the Funds. Consols are 8 7 for money, and 87e I for the account. It is understood that Messrs. La Touche and Co., of Dublin, have appointed the National Provincial sank of England to act as their agents in London. The failure of Messrs. llinde and Gladstone was announced yesterday afternoon. They were engaged principally in the Swedish trade and their liabilities are said to be very considerable. The movements of the precious metals during the Past week have been on a rather limited scale. The Imports have amounted to about £361,431, chiefly from the West Indies and Pacific ; while the ex ports have been to the extent of £200,777, the greater portion of which has been despatched to Bombay and the:Continent. Two O'CLOCK. The demand for discount accommodation has been considerable, but no change in the rates has occurred, as they are still 5/ 6 per cent. for the best bills. According to Reuter's telegram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68f. 82c. 11 eavy. In the English Stock Market the Funds have re covered / per cent. Consols are 87/ 1 for money, ,and 871 a for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 85/ ; Exchequer Bills, 6 s. dis. ; India 5 per Cents., 102/ a ; and ditto Bonds, 17s. prem. In the Foreign Market there is very little change in prices. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 37/ 38/ ; Mexi can, 228 1; Greek, 15f ; Spanish Passive, 28/ ; the Certificates, 16f ; Italian, 61/ ; Confederate man, 6 7 ; Brazilian Scrip, 21 / prem. ; Chilia n ~ 44 °an Scrip, 2/ 3/ prem. ; and Egyptian Scrip, 1 / prem. United States 5-20 Bonds are 71/ 72 ; Erie, 5 71; 56 4 and Illinois, 80} 81. Business in the Railway Share Market has been very dull, and few changes of importance have Occurred in prices. Great Eastern have advanced 1, and Great Northern A Stock and North Eastern Be rwick each 1, while North Western and South Eastern each declined 1 and Metropolitan, /. The Foreign and Colonial lines generally show 110 material change. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive. B ank of London are dealt in at 26/ 271 ; English J oint Stock at 9 9f ; European at 11/ 1; Union of London at 531; Hudson's Bay Company at 16/ 17 4; London Financial at 9/ 10 ; N a ti ona l Di scount , a .,crropany at 12/ ; and Overend, Gurney, and vo., at 17/1 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING 'PRICES. . tiCVERNMENT FUNDS. 0 Der Cent. Consols a Do. Account, April 5 Nper C en t . R e d uce d B5l f eW 3 per Cent B5 ';9' 21 per C en t. J an . 1894 — AP°. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — -.Quitfities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 DO. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — 1 1 .. 1) ? (Red Sea T e l egrap h), A ug ., 1908 — -""eaequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent, 5 dis bo. £5OO — 1 _ Do £lOO and £2OO 41 E of England Stock, 6 per Cent 1 11ZIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. "all Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — P.,°- 5 per Cent. Oct 1870 1 ; 1 °. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ‘-,,„0. Certificates — D° ° . Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — ''' ll °. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 ;:). 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 — 'go. Deb., 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 ~J -I° . Bonds, £l,OOO — "0. under £l,000 A p ,., FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. u ."oelltine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm ilr —tri c,,a o Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — t z .... 5 per Cent — 0. doper Cent., 1852-58-60 1863 , Do. 1865 — 70 Account s _ 741 xd t V. crip, £35 paid r , e ° o s Ayres 6 per Cent ....o. Account Do £ICO Bonds th ; l:) , ,s ? 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) , Do per Cent 0 0 1 0 • 4 1 per Cent 73 Cub ri olsan 6 per Cent. — ~ 6 Per Cent. p all ' ll 3 per Cent., 1825 — tuilian Principalities — N 0 Account — i ador N ew C onso lid ate d , 1 per C ent — Is s -, Provisional Land Warrant — Ptia t i 7 per Cent 9Ol „ )0 . Second DO £lOO Bondslssue 204 Do. 1864 931 13 0 £lOO B on d s O. Government Railway Debentures — 15 paid — pm /l eek 5 Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons ..-',,,(3. Account tia-)0 Coupons it44l.rernala 5 per Cent. t$ i 1 5 per Cent, 1865 TN-0 Account ke'"o. Ilaremmana Railway cf i cau 3 per Cent 0. Account b 0 Lin 1864 11r 0 6 per Cent. A ng l o -F renc h °ll tevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid k°orish Imperial 5 per Cent '',!,%' Granada ,"() 2 per Cent ",0 Deferred b o uo Land Warrants (Hectares) r \ * 6 Per Cent, 1864 p " . ' 0 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent eisttlViaia 5 per Cent., 1865 ? ) 0 . Account b 1 Per Cent. (Uribarren) iy - ' 4 1 Per Cent., 1862 A 0 . Acco un t j, rni guese 3 per Cent., 1853 r l 3 per C en t., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, it, 1-0. Account 11 8 0 441 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St BB4 3) 4 per Cent. 1850 2 0 4 ,1 1 per Cent., 1860 L o Per Cent. 1859 — D u, Per Cent. 1862 9Ol 84 1 , Per Cent. 1864 tps,;', L au 5 per Cent iF ts h 3 per Cent 1)0 Account ri ° New Deferred —0 Account 2.,0 ..,'O Passive t t, (0 ? ; A, c eount 2Bl 1) -4 • 80 Ceo Accountrt. of Coup not funded N l6l 1 1 ~Di sh 4 per Cent. T— ikti:; 4 4 per Cent. 1864 1) h 6 Per Cent. 1854 D o A bu -,-ecount n o ° per Cent. 1858 i') Account 661 b ° 41 00 Bonds D ° 6 Per Cent. 1862 ;-;13 Account 6Bl D ° £lOO Bonds 1),, ° Per Cent., 1863 — Do .cxe r , - u . , Per Cont., 1865, paid up Scrip — 71 V(o,2* V (o ,2* 4 Per Cont. Guaranteed — --vzu e i .Dit t a 3 per Cont. a) 0 account — b ° 6 Per Cent., 1862 — °. Account ° b Pp- 1861 — -I . POT Cent bu tt , 1-) iVidenClS on the above payable in London. , b o g ` 2. i . Per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil !I're tt , il l . _per Cent. Certificates 1 44 4 ' Itentes 3 per Cent. li o 4 5 per Cent" 1861, Ex. 25f. Account 0 0 „._ oi, f TWO O'CLOCK. .s, 0 0 4 ec = o o l r ua n t ionoy . 87 871 i Ilic?„ SPANISH WAR IN THE PACIFIC.-A commu %titt,B"ll from Guayaquil by the West India mail tr,, t hat notice hal been received there from Quito that of alliance was signed on the 30th of January be -6e4 t he Ecuadorian Government and the Chilian and er tiyi th e art Ministers at Quito to support those Republics . . in (I f th e .l. Provoked with them by Spain. The authorities to! ) , l aland of Puna reported that two!steamers, supposed eo ki kivateers, had appeared in the Gulf of Guayaquil and 4,lllaoieated with the pilots, making inquiries about t h e s,ll,.4ll,roerchant vessels lying at that port. tie merchant HALL. -A very successful drama ktiit.'etformance was given last night at the above the gentlemen amateurs of the St. James's Dramatic faeg aid of the National Lifeboat:lnstittition, many lead (' Wilhienables being present. The pieces played were re ° speaks First?" " Charles the Twelfth" ; and A a eti4 -41 ,„ Pi t l ag Legaey.” To particularise the very excellent t avic; ' 9 ' the ladies and gentlemen concerned would be f etZna, but we may mention that in the drama o the Twelth" Mr. Walter Tracey (whom we r - tre tt t; 8 Captain Walter Bevan) acqUitted himself with I lur D . ret itt, as h e was peilect in his impersonation of the I:tr4k""uaster, whilst M r . W ar i ng P rendegast, as A d am 5 0 41 , ' k ept the audience in convulsions with his humour feat Mr. H. Prendegast also was a leading o b o in the entertainment, and by his fine delivery lent duri,„, sthis Presence. The band of the Grenadier Guards '4O evening played some charming music. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. Share ! Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & A b.,' uric ..London, scrip Certi LO. (3 1 aszow & S. Western G relit ICsetern, Ord. s k. DO. E. Angl. st. No. Great North of Scotland' Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. New, Is. at 26 pn• Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D,.. S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... 1)o. W. Mid. Oxiord Do. Newport ...... Ho. Hereford Lancishire& YorkBliire L:,ndon and Blackwall Lon., Brigt.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. lc North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., do Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New . . Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and fit. John'slY'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin tt Derby Hid Kent .. !North British .... Do. Ed., Pth & Dun. Nth. Eastern — , lerwick Do. G.N•E pureham. Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-G1 North Londou Do. do. 1864 ... Do. do. 1885 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock , o. Scot, Mid. st ..sck Shropshire Union 'South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok ,Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha West Cornwall 9) 02 131 •32 65 70 13 15 4 6 67 73 70 72 118 123 30 40 4 , 6, ?b .2.3 121 14• 142 8) 91 50 CO 60 6 40 42 33 88 'C2 :04 1204 121 86 88 I's 96 36 38 41 18 121 323 92 t 3 61 6 132 134 21 2/p 1 lip 97 98 L2?} 121 p 92 e 4 CO 6? • 8 30 109 110 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 51} 1 131 40 e 123 1321 i i 1211 2 92} 131 } 91 6k 7 972 7 1241 4 601 2 110 1g 1) 1) 713 52} 1} 2} Paid. Cl"thg itufshiese Price. done. PatITISII 100 Vt.tlantic& Lawrence' at _ Bom.,Baroda, A Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. ] shares U 4 Buffalo & Lake Huron 10 Do. Preference too f Buff ~Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- 1 ... ••• • • at Calcutta £b. E., lim at 2ape Town & Dock, gu 00 Demerara, 7 p.o. per. p' 3t East. Bengal , gu., sdo 3t East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. 20 Do. J Extension at Grand Trunkof Canada 100 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds 100 Do. do. deterred ... • 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock. 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook 100 Do. do. deterred at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c 20 0. Gua. 5 per cent ZO Do. New gua. 5 p. c at Gt. Soul hot India gua. 5 per cent at D . 41 per cent et Do 204 Great Vir, s. of Canada.. 204 Do. New ,00 Do. 6p. 0. Bds. pay 1873 10C t 55 do. pay. 1877-8 10 Indian Branch, limited at Madras, gua. 5 p.o at Do. 41 do st Do. 44 do 20 Do. Filth Extension st Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. 50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. st N. da, 6po Ist pf.bs. at Scinde ..... st Do. Delhi 20 Do. do at Do. Punjaub... • t'a at Do.lndus COLONIAL COVER: British Columbia,6 pert 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 Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. C. Inscribed sk Cape (I.llope, 6 p.c. 187 a Do. Apl. &Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do' 1880-9. Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1865, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Slauritlus, S p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1678 Do, 1882, May 15, Nov. IC Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal qov. 6 per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189 e New Zealand, 6 p. cent, Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.o 18e8-1 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, April & Oct 70 72 109 110 35 37 10 11p 122 125 if 2p, 2p 74 76 1 10 1 2 1 148 149 63 70 112 114 51. 53 7t 70 8 9 141 144 3 1 p 102 104 51 53 lESSIONS, 61 60 103 104 id It , 6, 7 10 11 76 80 96 08 65 70 100 102 101 102 1(4 105 34 36 88 90 85 87 60 63 59 61 50 55 45 49 42 45 34 35 33 h 5 l 109 10 I 1y 2 i, l li 2;) 99 100 91 93 16, 17 4 , 1 94 (18 86 e 8 1 4d 100 10 9 93 87 89 62 64 8 82 98} 994 98 99 &•I 98 90 1001 1 100 j T S ECUE 94 96 93 96 95 97 1-0 82 79 51 102 IC4 105 107 105 107 102 104 90 82 1(2 )94 196 1 8 102 104 103 /05 103 (05 1 , 2 104 100 102 93 95 92 94 871 88; 100 102 88 84 V 8 101 98 100 104 100 100 1074 :13141 8 9 15 17 56) 58) / 18 20 8 9 3f 44 34 4 7 9 3 34 5 7 20 21 14 2 34 4 26 28 31 31 33 40 4i 5 5 7 4 44 24 10 35 4') 13 15 1 32 31 390 410 2 ii 18 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 1 2 8 10 75 50 165 175 826 876 25 276 3 5 205 215 15 17 11. hiII:HENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2 99i Great Eastern, E. Anglian, B stock 6 per oent. pt., Ditto, No. 1, 5 per cent. stock, 98 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., 87i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam. 10/ 11 Imperial Mexican, lira., 12} Paris and Orleans, 34i Sambre and Meuse, 9 San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 161 Fott.mitiri MINIM Anglo •Brazilian Gold, limited, par Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 31 41 Fortuna (11m.), 21 I,lnares, lim., 2 Bt. John del Rey, lira., 541 Washoe Gold, lim., 51 Ditto (.E4), 4 BANES. Alliance, Um.. 28} Anglo Egyptian, Urn., 13 Bank of London. 27/ Bank of °tag°, lira., 8 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 24/ Chartered 4ler. of India, London, and China, 16/ 7 Colonial, Um., 43 Consolidated Bank, Urn., 91 Eng ish Joint Stock, Um., 9 European Bank, lim., 11/ Imperial Bank, lira.. 29 imperial Ottoman, 13 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, Rm., 15 / London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 London and County, 76/ London Joint Stock, 48 London and South-Western, 18 19 London and 11 estminster, v 54 5 National Bank, 75/ National Provincial of England, Ditto, 'ed and 3d issue, 451 , Oriental Banx Corporation. 524 2 Provincial Banking Corporation, lira., 6/ Standard of British South Africa, 13 Union of London, 531 DOCKS. Southampton, 58 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Lard and Finance. lim., Atlantic Telegraph. 8 per cent. gua., 24 Berlin Water Works. lim., 101 Bombay Gas, lim., 51 Company of African Merchants, lim., 34 Credit Fonder and Robilier of Englanu, 8/ 1 Ditto, new, Crystal Palace, 3 4 Ebbw Vale, 171 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., Fairb drn Eng.neering, 64 Gen. Credit and Finance of Landon, lira., 44 General Steam; Navigation, 27 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavourl, 92 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1r370, issued 81 International Financial z‘ociety, Urn., 64 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 10 London Financial:Association, lim. 101 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock,:7l I a 7 8 M ,dras Irrigation and Canal, 24 Ditto (all), 171 Merchant Shipping, lim., 11 orth British and Mercantile Insurance, 191 Ocean at arine Insurance), 211 Oriental Inland Steam, National Discount ompany. 131 1 14 131 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 171 1 1 181 17118} Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 71) Telegraph ConbtructiLn and Maintenance, lim., Ditto (.£l2', 111 _ Universal Marine, Insurance, lino., 34 BRITISII M. Cam. Consol. Gold, Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavlst Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East earn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavlstk (Am.& StAubyn(G wen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist .0 Grenville Herod's Foot Elingston ',owns Margaret (Uny Lelant Marko Valley Viwyndy Iron Ore, 11w New Se con North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illog,an North Wheal Crotty Prosper United__ „ Pr .vidence UnyLalant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Conti urrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Ckgan, West i , assett (11 logan W. Caradon (I , skeard West Chi verton ....... . West Seton Wheal 'Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 2.1.0 29 2.14.6 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 +.4.6 2.13. t 7.1.6 10.6.7 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 9 all OSS: LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, ISM. THE SUN, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH STREET. EITRAORDINARY ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A TRADES. , MAN.-Mr. John Banger, shell fishmonger, No. 372, Oxford street, was charged before Mr Knox with being drunk and attempting to commit suicide. Sergeant Stephens, 11 C, said—About.four this morning I was in Oxford-street and heard a noise in front of the house, No. 372, Oxford-street, and on looking up at the second floor I saw the defendant hanging out of the win dow, having on only his shirt. Knowing the defendant, I said, "Mr. Banger is that you ?" I then knocked at the door and was let in by Mrs. Banger. I went to the second floor as quick as I could and found the defendant out of the window holding the window sill with one hand. I took hold of his arm, and with tho assistance of another con stable got him inside the room, and then found that ho was drunk. I asked him why ho had done it, and ho replied, " My family has made mo do this, and I'll do it again." Mr. Eliza Banger, the wife of the defendant, stepped forward, and said, in answer to Mr. Knox—My husband has no other cause for acting as he has done but drink. He is a habitual drunkard. Mr. Knox —For all your sakes 1 will have him detained a few days so that he may be kept from drink and spoken to by the chaplain, and it may be a warning to him. The defendant, who remained silent, was then taken to the van. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CUBA. NEW YORE, March 7, Morning. The following are the heads of the news brought by the Cuba . The Reconstruction Committee in the House of Representatives have reported a resolution to admit Tennessee into the Union on certain conditions. A resolution has been introduced in the Com mittee on Foreign Affairs for the United States Government to guarantee a Mexican Republican loan of $50,000,000. The Fenian agitation continues active through out the country, and subscriptions are pouring nfro m all parts. Money easy. Gold, 1231. Exchange on Lon don, 145 ; on Paris, 3f. 90c. Stocks firm, but active. New York Centrals, 90i ; Illinois, 114 ; Erie, 86i ; Five-Twenty Bonds, 103 k. Cotton quiet ; middling Upland, 44. Flour steady. Wheat dull. Corn declining. Provisions dull. Coffee steady. Sugar quiet. Molasses dull. Pe troleum—crude, 27 ; refined, 44. The week's exports of cotton from New York has amounted to 17,000 bales. NEW ORLEANS, March 3.—Cotton, 46. The North Shore Tragedy at Sydney. AUCKLAND, Jan. 8. It would almost appear that there is a rivalry between Sydney and Auckland in crime as well as in trade. It is certainly remarkable that two atrociaus murders should have been committed in these two toWnS at the same time. The Kinders, husband and wife, who figure so largely in the Sydney tragedy, are well known in this town, where they resided for some time before their removal to Sydney. Henry Kinder, the murdered man, was a younger brother of the Rev. John Kinder, a graduate of the University of Cambridge, and head master of the Auckland Grammar School, who married the daughter of Archdeacon Brown, of Tauranga. The younger Kinder hold the appointment of teller in the Auckland branch of the Union Bank of Australia, and, though known to be a man of intemperate habits, discharged his duties in such a way as to secure the confidence of his employers. During his residence at Auckland he formed the acquaintance of a Miss Wood, the daughter of a land agent or land shark, who enjoyed the reputation of being wealthy, and made her a proposal cf marriage. It is said that the girl, who was then only 20 years of age (this happened six years ago), was extremely averse to the match, and opposed it in every way till her father compelled her to accept Kinder's offer. The latter, after his marriage, became more addicted to intemperance than ever, and it was understood that their union was an unhappy one, but no public scandal occurred during their residence in Auckland. They' afterwards removed to Canterbury, where they formed the acquaintance of a settler of the name of Jackson, one of the subordinate actors in this immoral drama. An improper intimacy sprung up between this man and Mrs. Kinder, which was carried on when they had made the wretched husband in sensible with drink. Jackson wasishameless enough to confess this in open court. After temporarily residing in Canterbury, Daiiedin, Iniercargil, and other places in the south of Now Zealand, the Kinders removed to Sydney, and occupied a lionAe at the North Shore. The husband was removed from the Union Bank, and found employ:- ment as teller in the City Bank, whose appointment he continued to hold till his death. A skilful dramatist collects all the principal characters to form a grand tableau before the curtain falls—the niceties of art have been equally preserved in this case. Hood, the land shark, after pur suing his call in different parts of New Zealand with in different success, found himself reduced to poverty, and removed to Bathurst, near Sydney, in the hope of improving his fortunes. Jackson, Mrs. Kinder's paramour, who seems to have been equally unfortunate in his affairs, followed her to Sydney, took up his abode, in her house with the coniv ance of her wretched husband, who seems to have had no sense of his own infamous position. A new actor now ap pears on the scene in the shape of the most unlikely per sonage of romance, a Hebrew dentist. Bertrand, the Jew, is a married man, but at the sight of Mrs. Kinder he forgets his marriage vows, and resolves to make her his own. He mesmerises his wife, or, at least, exercises some occult in fluence over her till she becomes his accomplice, and aids him in carrying out his plans. He sends Mrs. Kinder his dianiond ring, and is accepted as her lover; Jackson is dis carded and bribed by the Jew to remove to Melbourne. Bertrand tells him significantly, on leaving, that he may soon expect to bear of Kinder's death, and Jackson seems to have fully understood what this expression implied. No wonder that such a man should declare in open court that the mind of man is very base—he, assuredly, was the basest of the base. I wish to skim lightly over the surface of this mars of moral ordure ; I envy not the man who Would wish to probe it to its lowest depths. Bertrand, the Jew, re solved to murder Kinder, to divorce his own wife, and to marry Mrs. Kinder ; he certainly displayed the subtlety, the energy, and the heartlessness of a demon in carrying out his plans. One day it was repeated in Sydney that Kinder had shot himself through the head with a pistol; no one acquaintedwith the habits of the man was surprised to hear that he had taken his own life. Mrs. Kinder, Ber trand, and his wife gave evidence at the inquest, and a verdict of temporary insanity was returned. The report of Kinder's death reached Jackson at Melbourne, and he resolved to profit by it. In a letter which he addressed to Bertrand he reminded him of his parting words, and swore that he would denounce him as the murderer if he did not pay him .£2O. The Hebrew was more than a match for him ; instead of yielding to his demand, he denounced him for having written a threatening letter, prose cuted him, and had him sentenced to 12 months' imprison ment. Murderers have often an irresistible impulse to eon fess their crime. Bertrand yielded to this impulse, and told his sister that it was he who fired the pistol at Kinder's head, and gave him poison to put an end to his sufferings. The Duke of Buckingham, who spent the night with the Countess of Shrewsbury after killing her husband in a duel, was thought a monster of vice. What name shall we bestow on Bertrand, the Jew, who compelled his own wife to share the same bed with himself and the widow of his victim ? The story would be incredible if the evidence were not overwhelming, that these three un natural beings descended to this the lowest depth of human infamy. After a time Bertrand's sister found it impossible to conceal the guilty secret which had been confided to her, and denounced her brother as Kinder's murderer. Tho three accomplices in the crime were at once apprehended, and, at the investigation which ensued circumstances transpired which leave no moral doubt a; to their guilt, though there is reason to believe that Ber trand's wife acted from :compulsion. Jackson, released from prison, repeated the words which Bertrand had used in reference to Kinder's expected death on his leaving Sydney. Bertrand's apprentice swore that his master fre quently avowed to him his intention to murder Kinder, and induced him to purchase a tomahawk and pistols, and to accompany him to his house at night for that purpose. Bertrand's sister gave the minutest details of his confes sion. Among Bertrand's papers was found a diary, in tended for Mrs. Kinder's perusal, and written after her removal from Sydney, to Bathurst, where she joined her family after her husband's death. No love-sick hero of romance has ever written or spoken anything half so extravagant or absurd, and the style betrays the greatest intimacy with the sensational novels of the day. It contains nothing which will servo directly to incriminate him, though it contains many expressions which might be applied to the crime of which he is supposed to be guilty. His confession to his sister was of the most extraordinary character. He was driven to madness by the thought that the woman he loved was at the disposal of another man, and resolved to destroy him. His wife and his mistress were to bo witnesses of and accomplices in his crime. Everything was arranged beforehand—the day, the hour, ' and the place. While Kinder was standing iu a room in his own house, with the two women in front of him, Ber trand discharged the pistol at his head, seated him on a chair, and placed in his hand the pistol he had just fired, and letters written by Jackson to his wife, containing evi dence of their guilt. It was only when his arrangements were completed that the two women turned round and saw Kinder holding the pistol and the letters in his hands. The wound was not mortal, though it affected his intellect and his power of speech. Often and again the poor wretch affirmed to the doctor who visited him that ho did not shoot himself, though his mind was too much impaired to allow him to give any account of the affair. Bertrand, dreading discovery, resolved to anticipatea by administer ing poison to his victim. The cup was mixed by Mrs. Bertrand, and handed to Kinder by his own wife. All were thus equally implicated in the crime, and had an equal interest in concealing it. Bertrand's next object was to obtain a divorce from his wife. He p l ace d temptation in her way, and tried to induce her by threats to yield t o it ; but ho writes in his diary—" It is my misfortune to have a wife who is virtuous." Ho had pledged his word of honour to his wife that he would never cut her off by poison; and this fact proves that the poor woman had reason to apprehend such a fate. Much sympathy is felt for her, as sho was merely a blind instru ment in the hands of herhusband, and no more responsible for her acts than if she had been an automaton. At least such was the general impression, and her release from pri son has given general satisfaction. While there can bo no doubt of Bertrand'J guilt, it is doubtful whether the evi dence will be sufficiently strong to convict him. The affair has created quite a sensation in Auckland, whore the Kin tiers were well known, and the trial of Bertrand will rank among the causes cilebres of criminal jurisprudence in the Australian colonies. " THE DEATH of LUCRETIUS" ill said to be the title of the Poet-Laureate's new poem. SIR EDWIN LANDSEER has actually completed the second model of tho lions for the base of the Nelson column! THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE IMPERIAL " VIE DE JULES CESAR" will not be published, it is said, till the Em peror Napoleon 111. has satisfied himself whether a third Alesia in Savoy has any title to dispute the claim of authenticity with those put forth for Franche-Corot! and Burgundy. THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE is reported to have been found at last. Hermetic art and alchemy are no longer fabulous things of the past. MM. Dr. Henri Fabre and Franz have placed before the Academy their discovery of the means of transmuting silver, copper, and quicksilver into gold. Our readers, who wish to grow rapidly rich are referred to a paper in the Revue Scientiftque portion of our Paris contemporary, L'lllustration, of the 3d of February, for the details of this great discovery. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Last evening, between seven and eight o'clock, a most destructive fire broke out at Mr. Stephen Cox's livery stables, Clifton-road, Maida-hill, adjoining the Spread Eagle. We are sorry to say that Mr. Cox lost nine horses, two of them being very valuable, be sides other property. Tho sufferer, we understand, is not insured. • EXPECTED FENIAN DISTURBANCES AT LEEDS.— We learn by electric telegraph that in consequence of rumours of an expected Fenian outbreak at Leeds the police force has been Augmented by the addition of 40 county officers and 50 resident pensioners. A large num ber of members of local volunteer corps and 600 tradesmen have been sworn in as special constables. The mayor an nounced to them that pike-making and secret drilling were going on in the town, and that there was a regular com munication between Dublin and the Fenians there. IRELAND. DUBLIN, March 16. The grand jury of the county Roscommon, The O'Conor Don, foreman, have declared their approval of the measures of the Government against the Fenian conspiracy, and passed the following resolu tion with reference to the constabulary :—" The high sheriff and the grand jury of the county Ros common, assclubled in spring assizes, 1866, unite in bearing testimony to the universal loyalty of the constabulary in this county during these times of temptation ; and wish also to testify to their good conduct, skill, activity, intelligence, and zeal in the faithful discharge of their duties." Ten were arrested yesterday by Inspector Arm strong and a large party of police, on suspicion of Fenianism. Two, Warren and Nugent, a supposed deserter, were found in a lodging-house, 19, High street ; and Fix, at 112, Francis-street ; and two more at 149, in the same street. They gave the following account of themselves :—J. Hayden, is an ex-policeman from Waterford ; J. Leedom a gunsmith from London ; J. Heron from Listowel, Kerry ; J. M'Enery, tailor, from Nenagh ; R. Lacy, from Castle Dermott ; J. Gannon, from Roscom mon ; J. Joyce, a native of Dublin, who served in the American army ; and O'Brien, a pikemaker. They had all come to Dublin within a few mouths, some within a few weeks, and, though out of em ployment, they were living comfortably. It is sup posed they were waiting for the " rising." A young gentleman was brought up yesterday charged with having a double-barrelled pistol in his possession without licence, but as the police did not think he had any evil intentions he was admitted to bail. Hugo and O'Curry, arrested on the Ist of March for being in possession of ammunition and military instruction books in Nelson-street, were yesterday allowed by Mr. Stronge to stand out on bail, but ' their companion, Hunt, arrested at the same time and place, was committed under the Lord-Lieuten ant's warrant and sent to Mountjoy Prison. Nine teen prisoners under sentence in the Antrim county gaol have been removed to Downpatrick Gaol, to make way for the prisoners sent from Dublin. Yesterday another batch of 25 Fenian prisoners was sent from Mountjoy Prison to Belfast by the 8 o'clock a.m. train. They were taken to the ter minus in prison vans strongly guarded by mounted police. In the course of the day a number of pri soners of the same class arrived by train from Ennis killen, and were lodged in Kilmainham Gaol. Two more Fenian prisoners have been lodged in Clonmel Gaol from Carrick-on-Suir. The Clonmel Chronicle states that in that town and neighbour hood 26 persons have been arrested, one of them a travelling agent of the brotherhood. lle always took a first-class ticket and lived at first-class hotels, faring sumptuously every day. FRIDAY EVENING. The Gazette of this evening contains an order in Council under the recent Act 29 Vict. cap. 4, for bidding the importation intu Ireland from Great Britain of any swine, gnats, turnips, mangold wurzel, dung, hay, straw, fodder, or litter likely to carry infection. The Lord-Lieutenant has proclaimed the Baronies of Narragh and Itheban East and West, Kilkea and Moone, in the county of Kildare. Mr. H. A. Herbert was elected to-day for Kerry without opposition. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week, Miles opened. Receipts. Railways. ..., 1860. 1865. 1866 1865 .£ t Belfast and N. Counties . CO/ 991 1,3 5 9 Le 97 Belfast and County Down.... 44 } 14} 64.5 677 Blyth and Tyne 36 36 2,151 2,195 Brecon and Alert hyr Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 5,8 , 81 5.583 Caledonian, Scottish Central 415/ 408 25,561 23,553 Cambrian l3O 121 2,119 2.086 Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 311 - 388 - Cockermouth and Workin - - Cork and Bandon 2O 20 415 355 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l ei 142 122 Cork and Youghal Cornwall 651 651 1,660 1.499 Deeside l7 17 2 9 299 Do Extension Dublin & itellastJ unction.... 83 61 1,3.1 1.250 Dublip and Drogheda 75 75 1.5;3 1.4;8 Dublin and Meath Oub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 919 2,615 2,929 Forth and Clyde Junction - - Furness, are 5O 6) 3,764 2.991 Glasgow & - Soutlf-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E. Union Great Northern 404 dolt 33,703 83,84) Great North of Scotland 6B 53 1,364 1.e35 Do Branches 42 1! 982 1,091 GL Norton. & IVestn. (Irel.) B3 711 6 5 445 'it.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3B'} 887} 7,844 6 898 Great Western 1292 1270 61,015 61.1 78 Hull & Hornsea Highland Irish North-Western 145 145 1,703 1,632 Lancashire & Yorkshire 4'..,3 403 42.780 37,260 Limerick and Enn:43 241 241 1 21 / ..65 Limerick and Foynes 26 } 26 144 Llanelly 461 441 595 591 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London .1z South-Western Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2931 2574 16 , 2 51 15, , 163 Loudon, Chatham, & Dover; f 1349 127 1 7,811 6.713 all Metropolitan Extension /12 111 j 3,992 1,675 Do. Kent Loast Lon., Tilbury, & Southend Ilan.,Sheffieleh& Lincolnsh .. 246 2i 6 19,618 17,581 Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham.. 91 91 1,36/ 4%77 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (inch N.-Western) 6774 663} 48,539 44 7a9 Midland Gt. Westn. of Irind 2601 2609 4,778 4.676 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,t50 2,707 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 12071 1160} 61.474 59,066 North London ll a 4.5:i2 3.277 North Staffordshire 258 258 7,:01 7.625 Pembroke and Tenby ll9 114 90 51 Rhymney Ai 191 1,055 1, 0 7 5 Scottish North-Eastern l3B 138 5,4 55 11 24 Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,1+7 816 South Devon South-Eastern 315 328 19,071 37.652 Taff Vale 6l 01 5,91 . 2 6,19 Ulster Vale of Clwyd ... 10 10 113 , W a t er ford and Kilkenny..... 31 31 415 /53 Waterford and Limerick..... 77 77 3,048 1,251 W'haven EIGNCAeaNIDto,&EgN dint .. 10 10 004 600 Fott COLOIAL. t ___ 828 30,290 29,151 Austrian ..................... 8:28 Bahis and San Francisco .• • . 761 781 183 591 Belgian .Eastern J unction.... 261 261 331 3'9 Bombay, 13aroda, & Cen. India 306 185} 10,098 5 , 11 G Detroit and Milwaukie 159 189 3,9E2 4,495 Dutch Rhenish ...... lOBl 1181 4,689 5,104 Eastern oi France l5 1 14;. , 3 67,51 60,128 Eastern Bengal East Indian - - Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 22,955 24,145 Great Centrai of Belgium 285 261 6, E 57 6.007 Great Indian Peninsula 6-19 585 41,931 20,5E6 Great Luxembourg l3l 134 5,586 4.533 Great Southeen of India Great Western of Canada 315 345 14,1,72 6,303 Madras. Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 778 713 17,064 14,843 Northern of Canada ......., ~ 94 91 ~410 1,319 Northern of France 724 724 59027 51,419 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons, & slediterrn 2006 197) 136,48) 124,138 Paris and Orleans lB2l 1618 75,1 . .9 43,302 Recife and San Francisco. &c 771 77/ 2,311 1i55 Sc nde ll's 105 2,217 2,1 0 Do. Punjab, &c 253 45 1,818 '243 South Austrian, &c ..... Southern of France 663 823 2 ,132 26,781 Victoria Welland. West & N-Wn. of France Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Bouthamptou Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16 Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet April 6 Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Asoension, and St. Helena Mar. H. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou; hampton Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16. Falkland Islands India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Mar. 21 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton. Mar. 16. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 25 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Mar. 18. Mar. 16. Ditto, via Marseilles _ Mauritius, via Southampton Mar. 16 Ditto, via Marseille 3 ......................... ••• ...... . Ap II ril 7. Newfoundland ..,.,.April 0. Portugal .......... .... Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon•• • ............ United States and British North America, by Bri- 22. tish packet ........................ • . ............ Mar. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton ......................... .. .... Ditto, via Cork ................. .. Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Mar, 16, West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and M e xico ............••• . Mar. 16 Cuba and Mexico Feb. 3.... Bahamas, via New York. April s. B er muda. ditto April II West Coast of Afrioa. Madeira, o adeira, and Tenerilf .... April 12 THAMES SUBWAY.—Last night, at eight o'clock, a crowded public meeting was held at the Literary Institution, Deptford, to take measures for promoting the formation of a subway for foot passengers and vehicles under the Thames from Deptford-green to the Isle of Dogs. The chair was occupied by Sir Charles Bright, M.P., for Greenwich ; and it was stated that the plan (the bill for which had passed the second reading of the House of Com mons) was to have two iron tubes 17 feet in diameter, each tube to have a roadway for vehicles of 14 feet, and two pathways of 3 feet 6 inches on either side of the roadway. Resolutions wore adopted in accordance with the objeCts, of the meeting, and a local committee Ivas appointed to [ promote the carrying out of the project. WESTMINSTER. A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR--John Arthur Bright, a de cently-attired young man, whose head was enveloped in bandages, and whose face and clothes were smothered in blood, was charged with being drunk and. riotous, and assaulting Jesse Fowler, 269 B. Jesse Fowler said, at a quarter to 3 that morning he was called to Regent Music Hall, Regent-street, Westminster, and went to quell a disturbance. In a back room ho found the prisoner, three other men, and a woman. The pri soner was frightfully cut about the head, was in his shirt sleeves, and was smothered in blood. They were quarrel ling and fighting. He sent for thelandlord, and Mr. 11. F. Margetts, the proprietor, came. All four rushed at him, and he retreated ; ho came back again and charged the prisoner with stealing a purse, containing a sovereign, and IGs. in silver, from the barmaid. With the assistance of two other constables he took prisoner to , lio station. As soon as they got into the station the prisoner twice ran at witness and assaulted him, and as no one came from the Regent to press the charge, ho was charged with the assault. The witness was cross-examined at length by Mr. Louis Lewis, of Ely-place, for the prisoner. Ile didn't complain on the way to the station that he had been kicked by the constables. O'Shea, 156 B, corroborated the constable as to tho as sault. He complained at the station that Mr. Hargett had assaulted him. Sergeant Cozens, 28 B, also bore witness to what took place in the house. The magistrate ordered Mr. Margetts and his waiter to be sent for, as Mr. Lewis applied for summonses against them for assaulting this man in a room by himself. A lady also appeared to prefer a charge of assault against Mr. Margetts. Tho case was put back for his attendance. THAMES. MISSING CHILDREN.--Elizabeth Gotliff, a poor Australian woman, who was very ill, and labouring under great tre pidation and anxiety, came before Mr. Paget to solicit his advice and assistance. Her unfortunate case is best told by the following statement read by the magistrate:—" The bearer, Mrs. Gotliff, has been known to me for some little time. I believe her to be a respectable person, reduced by poverty and distress to her present condition. A severe illness obliged her to go into an hospital some months since, and, while there, the persons who had charge of her children, receiving no answer to a letter they had written to Mrs. Gotliff, took it for granted that she was dead, and, having made arrangements for going to England, took the children with them. Mrs. Gotliff's earnest desire is to earn sufficient money to follow them, and for this purpose she solicits the aid of all be nevolent persons, being unable, through ill-health, to earn the requisite sum herself.— Phillipen C. Beecher, St. James's Parsonage, Melbourne, sth of August, 1863." The applicant also put in a certificate from Mr. A. M. Ramsay, minister of the United Presbyterian Church, Melbourne. The applicant added that she left her children with George Brown, an engineer, her cousin, and his wife. Brown used to work on board steamboats. She went to diggings and other places after them, and at last was sent by subscription to England, whore she arrived last Christ mas. Her resources were exhausted, she was in great dis tress, and all her property was pawned. She could learn no tidings of her children. Both were girls. Ono was 10 and the other 12 years of ago when she went into the hospital. Mr. Paget said it was a distressing case. He would see what could be done for her. Mr. Livingstone, chief usher, to whom the caso was intrusted, had no doubt the poor woman had told the whole truth. MARKETS.---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Fair average supplies of fruit and vegetables are on sale. The trade is steady, at our quotations. FRUIT—Piue apples, 8s to 10s; hot house grapes, —s to —s ; foreign do, 1s 0d to 3s Od ; filberts, is Gd to 2s Od per lb ; apples, 2s Gd to 4s Gd per half sieve ; oranges, 4s 00 to 8s ; lemons, 3s 60 to is per 100. VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, 2s Od to 3s Od; white do., 80 to Is 3d; Savoys, 80 to is 3d ; celery, 00 to Os Od ; horseradish, is to 2s Od per doz. heads; greens, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; turnips, is Gd to 2s Od ; carrots, 4s Gd to 5s Gd ; onions, Os Od to Os 00 per doz bunches ; brocoli, 6d to 8d ; forced rhubarb, Os 9d to is Gd per bundle ; seakale, is Od to 3s Od ; mushrooms, 9d to is 3d ; now potatoes, is to is 3d per punnot ; Brussels spouts, is 3d to 2s Od per half sieve. POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to lOs Od; geese, 6s Od to 9s; goslings, s to Os ; ducks, 3s Od to 4s Od ; ducklings, Os to Os Od ; tam© rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od ; wild do, is Od to is 4d ; pigeons, 9d to is Od each ; Surrey fowls, 8s to lls Od ; do. chickens, 5s to 8s ; barn door fowls, 5s Od to 7s per couple. English eggs, 8s to lOs ; French do., 6s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 4d ; English ls 2d to 1s Gd per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od per lb; soles, 2s 6d to 5s per pair; cod, 5s Od to 15s ; brill, 3s to lOs ; mullets, 2s 6d to 5s ; doreys 2s 6d to lOs each ; turbot, 5s Od to 20s each ; whitings, 3s to 123 ; haddocks, 4s to 20s per dozen ; fresh herrings, 8s per 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Gd ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d; and pork, Bs 10d to 5s 2d per 81bs by the carcase. WITITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s id; and pork, 3s 10d to 53 2d por 81bs by the carcase. BREAD. Tko prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7d. to Bd. ; of household ditto, 51d. to 7d. per 41bs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 3d to 30. ; 64 to 72 lbs, 3d to 3d ; 72 to 801bs, 30 to 4d ; 80 to 881bs., 4d to 4d; 88 to 961b5., 4id to n d ;96 to 1041b5., Od. to Od. Horse hides, 9s to lOs 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s ; full, Os Gd ; polled sheep, 12s Od t o 15 s Od ; half=breds, lls Od to 14s 04; downs, 9s Od to 108 6a ; shearlings, 2s Od. HAY, SMITTIFIELD.—.I.Ioadow hay, £4 4s to £5 10s; clover, £5 5s to 46 12s 6d ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. Trade heavy. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s Od; clover. £5 5s to £6 12s Od ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per load, Trade inactive. WI - MEM - LAPEL—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 12s; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 4s per load. Trade slow. The Grand Military Gold Cup, run for at War wick Grand Military Steeplechases yesterday, the 16th inst., and won by Captain Johnstoue's fronsides, ridden by Col. Knox, Consists of a tazza-shaped vase and cover, remarkable for its truly artistic shape and propor tion. A very gracefully designed and elegant stem sup ports the body of the vase, around which are executed in richly chased in alto-relief some charming groups of fruit and flowers. Around the cover are four medallions, in each of which, in repousse work, is one of the late Mr. Herring's well-known racing subjects of " Saddling," " Tho Finish," and the "Paddock," ecc. The whole is surmounted by a finely modelled horse and jockey. This " objet d'art" was designed and manufactured by Messrs. C. F. Hancock, Son, and Co., of Bruton street, Bond. street, and like all their productions is full of genuine artistic feeling in design, and excellence in work manship. They are much to be commended in having returned to the example set by the old Italian metal workers in treating it in the manner known as " Parcel Gilding," which consists of laying on the chased and raised parts a layer of dead gold, and leaving the bright portions in plain silver. This prodUces a very pleasing effect, and at the same time preserves the artist's labour from injury. Last evening about 8 o'clock a large floor-cloth manufactory in Kennington-lane caught fire, and being stored with inflammable materials was speedily in a blaze, causing much alarm in the immediate neighbour hood. The flames shot up into the air, lighting up for some time the whole southern districts of the metropolis, and crowds of people made for the spot. The fire was seen from the head-quarters of the fire brigade before any alarm was carried there, and Captain Shaw, with about 60 men and all the available engines of the establishment, arrived promptly and rendered such assistance in the emergency as only experience and skill can afford on such occasions. By 12 o'clock last night the captain and his men had not returned to their quarters, but by that time the fire was probably under control, as little or no flame was visible from a dis tance after 9 o'clock. EMIGRATION TO QUEENSLAND.—The ship WaßEl fell, of the Black Ball line of packets, Captain Reynolds, arrived in tho Southampton Docks on Monday evening from London, to embark emigrants, and will sail thence to-day (Saturday) for Brisbane. She has taken on board at Southampton 288 emigrants, consisting of 16 married 7puples, 110 single women, 133 single men, and 20 children, COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Since my last letter gold has declined from 137 to 134, or 4 pe r cent, in the week just past. Government has been a large seller of gold, and the California steamers have brought over $2,000,000 of the precious metals during the last few days. The mines of the Pacific States are now sending weekly an average of $1,800,000 in gold and silver to New York, and in the absence of any export demand, of course specie is rapidly accumulating at this point, which is the great cause of the late decline. There was held by tho sub-treasury at New York, on March 1, $48,000,000 in gold, and by the banks $14,000,000 more, making in all 62,000,000, nearly .£13;000,000, or as much as the Bank of England held according to last accounts received here. This being the case, why should gold be at such a premium as even 33 per cent ? Greenbacks, considering our enormous revenue, and the revenues of the country, are worth par in gold to-day, if they are worth anything ; and I anticipate the day is not far distant when our Government notes will bo worth 100 in gold. 5-20's have risen about 1 per cent during the week, and Erie and Illinois Railways have advanced 2 per cent. The following are the last two returns of the New York Banks: Discounts. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. 8 • 8 Fob. 17, 1866 243,068,252 10,308,758 22,983,274 189,777,290 Feb. 24,1866 239,776,200 14,213,351 22,959,918 183,241,404 DRY Goons.—The market for domestic dry good in this city has been dull and heavy throughout the week. Pur chases are extremely light, and sol e ly f or consump ti on. The stock of goods in hand is accumulating. The market closes to-day dull and unsettled. The foreign dry goods market is quiet, and transactions are made chiefly at auction. COTTON.—The market was rather strong in tone ; there was less pressed for sale, and quotations were better, al though there was less done. The market, however, must be regarded as in a very feverish state, and liable to ex treme fluctuations. Sales 2,500 bales, at 43}c to 45c for Middlings. BREADSTUFFS.—There was a strong upward turn to the market, with some activity. The foreign advises and re duced stocks are in favour of the buyer. The common and medium grades of State and Western Flours were 5c to 10c better, and quite active. Sales 9,600 bbls at $6.75 to $7.35 for Supers ; $7.40 to $7.80 for Sound Extra State; $8.85 to 8.60 for Shipping and Round Hoop Ohio ; $7.60 to $10.25 for Extra Western; $10.40 to $14.50 for Double Extra Western and St. Louis. Southern flour was firmer, but quiet ; sales 700 bbls at $8 75c to $9 90c. for supers ; $lO to $l5 500 for fancy and extra. Canada flour was decidedly firmer. Sales 400 bbls at $7 75c to $8 15c for common ; $8 25c to $ll 50c for good to choice extras. Rye flour was quiet at $4 75c to $5 50c. Corn meal was dull, but firm. Sales 250 bbls at $3 750 for Jersey, and $4 35c for brandy wine. Glum—The wheat market was decidedly firmer and more active. The dimand was chiefly for fine rods for milling. Sales 60,000 bushels at $1 62c to $1 68c for Mil waukee Club ; $l. 70c for amber do. ; $2 20c for red West ern ; $2 30c to $2 32c for amber Western and State ; and $6 30c - for white Western. Corn was decidedly firmer, and but sparingly offered. Sales 60,000 bushels, including unsound mixed at 75c to 78c ; sound Western mixed at 78c to 81c ; Jersey and Dela ware yellow at 82c to 81c. Oats were rather firmer, and Wily active. Sales 40,000 bushels, including Canadian at 55c to 56c ; Western un sound At -19 c to -46 a; State at 56p to 38c; Jersey and Southern at 30c to 52c. DEUGs, DYES, &c.—The market is quiet, except for che micals, in which more business has been done. Sales in clude small lots E. 1. Castor oil at $3 323-c to $3 35c ; 10 ccroons prime Honduras cochineal 95 cents gold; 300 to 500 tons soda ash, 71c to 9c; 675 casks bleaching powder, 51c to 51c —now held higher ; 30c do. to arrive 3ic to 32c ; 140 drums caustic soda, 14-c —now held at lle to 112 c ; 300 do. to arrive, 71-c gold; 250 kegs bl carb. soda, 11c to 111 c ; 15 tons sal soda, 4 ; 5 casks cream tartar, 30 gold ; 10 do. regulus antimony, 131 ; 10,0001bs gum kowrie, partly sifted, 39 ; rough do. may be quoted 35 ; 10,0001bs English white sugar lead, 42 ; 5 tons do. in bond, 10fc gold; 5,0001bs American brown do., 25, cash. DYEWOODS—The demand has fallen off, and the market is dull for St. Domingo logwood, at $2l to $23 currency. IRON—The market is firm, but not active. In Scotch pigs we notice a sale of 250 tons Glengarmock, at $49, ea ship, and 100 tons, in lots from yards, at $5O to $5l. American is firm at $4B to $5O for No. 1, and $47 to $4B for No. 2, as in lots and delivery. We notice the sale of 150 tons old cast-iron at $42. • LEAD—Has been in moderate demand, and is rather firmer, at 61c to 62c, gold. Oils—Linseed oil is quiet at $1 38c to $1 40c. Lard oil is selling at $1 80c to 81 85c. Sperm oil has been quiet at $2 40c for crude. - PETHOLEUSI.—Tho market was dull, and pricos droop ing., at 27c to 28c for crude; 41c to 45ic for refined, in bond; 62c to 64c for refined, free. RicE remains-quiet at 9e to 91e for Rangoon, and 12c to 13c for Carolina. • SPELTER is dull at 70 gold. StroAn.—Raws were rather more active, but without any advance, though some holders ask a trifle higher prices. We quotg—Fair to good refining, 101 c to 10ic. Sales 880 hhds at 101 e to 12c for Cuba, 220 hhds Marti nique, private terms, and 212 boxes Havana, part 121-0 to 14}c. Refined having declined nearly is in the past week, are more active at 1610 for soft white ; 14c to 151 c for yellow. TonAcco.—There is not much doing. Sales 83 hhds. Kentucky, 7c to 21c; 50 bbls Yam, private terms. Wool4.—There is nothing doing this week in wool, more than the last —every thing seems to be quiet ; no manufac turers arZi in market, and there is no speculative demand, Prices are declining for low and medium wools, and fine descriptions are less wanted. We hear of no sales of any importance, FREIGHTS are very dull for weight, but cotton fs going forward freely. To Liverpool —5OO bales cotton, 5-16 d, and per steamer, 600 bales at 7-16 d. To Bremen, 300 bales cotton at V. The exports from this port of some of the leading articles of domestic) produce have boon as follows : Past Sinn° Same week. Jan. 1. time '65. Cotton, bales . 6,721 88 , 251 7 , 217 Flour, 'bbls 16,095 173,187 223,889 Corn Meal, bbls 1,600 - 14,994 26,802 Wheat bush ... Corn, bush 61,495 906 , 9 9 6 7 4 , 591 Rye, bush .....► 17,123 61 , 888 Oats, bush .1 a Lb, Ul4 Beef, 'Ws and bbls... 882 9 , 9 93 18,631 Pork, bbls .. . . ........ 867 11,192 25,467 Bacon, •tc., 1001b5... 13,021 19 , 9 50 82,187 Lard, 1001bs . ....... 6 , 25 . 89,417 65,529 Cheese, 1001 b; ...... 407 22,283 69,108 Butter, 1001 b......... 391 1,736 38,861 • Ashes, Pots, csks... •.. 672 578 A s h e s, Pearls, csks. 11 21 119 Beeswax, 1b5.... ..... ... 38,632 56,711 Hops, bales .......••••• ... 112 5,037 * Rosin, bbls... ... ... .. 2,590 30,993 1,564 Crude, Turp.,bbls... ... 110 895 Spirits,Turp.,bbls... 126 ••• 857 Tar, bbls ........ 1 17 1,968 866 443 8 7 29 0 T a llow, 1001bs ...... 1,573882 2 1 2 7:7 1. 3 15 0 Tobacco, pkgs ...... Tobacco, lbs . t ...... 137 , 683 3 80,756 1,023,077 Oil, Sperm, galls .•• ••• 21,933 31,593 Oil, Whale, galls .!. __ l _, . 3,128 4,768 Oil: letroletiin, galls 695,186 4 ,504,277 1,563,728 Oil, Lard, ga115...... 3,380 5,048 Seed, Clover, bags... 1 , 5 - . ? 27,347 6,664 Staves, M. ............ bo 1,383 2,649 Oil Cake, 100Ibs 74,736 48,672 Whalebone, lbs ...... ..• 95 ,788 8,834 MARCH 3 (Evening). — T he closin g quotations of stocks this evening is as follows :—Gold, 1331 . Erie, 851; Illi nois Central, 1151; 5-20 United States Bonds, 103. WALL STREET. CANADIAN RECIPROCITY TRFATY.—The Recipro city Treaty expires to-day (17th inst.), in consequence of the notice given by the United States Government on the 17th March, 1865, to terminate it at the expiration of 12 months horn that day on the ground that "it'is no longer for the interest of the United States to continue it in force. The treaty came into operation on March 16, 1855, and was made for 10 years certain, and further until the expiration of a year's notice from one of the contracting parties. BREACH 9F . PRO3IISE OF MARItIAGE.—Miss Alice Manuall brought an action at the Lancashire Assizes against George Warr for breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff was a lady residing in Eccles, and the defen dant a slate merchant at Bolton. The damages were laid at £l,OOO. After a conference it was stated that a, verdict would be taken by consent for £3OO. ,ITI ES. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WARWICK RACES-THIS DAT. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] WELTER HANDICAP CUP. Xack's Alive Gamecock Corsica 2 a Five ran. HANDICAP. Wild T hymo Lord of the Manor ,Balornock VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—THIS D.Y. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 5 to 2 agst Mail Lain (offered) 10 to 1 agst Setunander (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (taken and offered) 13 to 1 agst Raglan (offered) 20 to 1 agst Kingsley (taken) 22 to 1 agst Ethelred (offered) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 1 agst Salpinctes (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 2 agst Lord Lyon (wanted) sto 1 agst Student (taken and offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 18 to 1 agst Delight (taken freely) DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Student (taken and offered) RACING FIXT [RES FOR 1866. :CII. MA. Lewos Spring Crox ton Park l6 Northampton .... ..... 2O 'Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 28 Th. Newmarket Craven 11 P. Durham 2 Blackheath Sr. Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge 5 Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring lO T hirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring '&6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 24 Ascot Spring Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge Manchester Ascot Summer JU: Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne . 26 Curragh 26 Worcester ,Y. Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3L ______ Jilt Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon R ea di ng Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB AUG Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Eghtun l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPT Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB OCTI Northampton 2 Newmarket 2d October 8 Curragh HOVE. Lincoln Liverpool UST. York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter 23 Tunbridge 24 Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O ;MBER. IRichmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket let October 2.5 ' Walsall IBER. Newmarket Houghton 22 Worcester :BEll. Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 IRISH RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. APRIL. Traleo MAY. Cumtgh 13aldoyle Spring B, 9 I JUNE. Curngh 26, 27, 28, 29 JULY. Carlow SEPTEMBER. C arragh 4 , 5 , 6 OCTOBER. Curragh l6, 17 18 A WORD ABOUT SKITTLE-SHARPERS.—My im pression is that those who fall victims to this class of men are generally self-conceited persons who have an exaggerated idea of their own acuteness—an over-confident belief that they cannot be imposed upon. " Young men from the country " are famous for this kind of foolish pre sumption, and they are, of course, the easiest prey. Yet, within the circle of my own acquaintance, I knew a sensi ble young man, born and bred in London, who allowed himself to be duped iu this manner. He was standing looking in at a shop window, when a stranger, of about hie own age, soft-spoken and plausible, joined him, entered into a conversation, walked on with him, and finally asked him if he had ever played at skittles. The sensible young man replied in the negative. How curious ! The stranger had never plated either. What fun it would be to see what sort of a game it was. To be brief, they went to a skittle-ground, played for some little time with varying success, the sensible young man ultimately losing the ten or fifteen shillings he had about him, and actually agree ing to go home to get some more money. While the ex citement of the game lasted he had no suspicion he was being robbed. It was not until half-an-hour's walking in the fresh air had somewhat cooled him that he recognised the fact.—Once a Week. AMERICAN FINANCE.—The internal revenue for the fiscal years ending the 30th June, 1864 and 1865, was £23,430,000 and £42,225,000 respectively; and, calculating according to the average of the offi cial returns for the first 33 weeks, the aggregate this year will reach the vast sum of £65,000,000. It is even believed in America that the 19 weeks of the fiscal year still remaining will show a conside rable increase over the average of the preceding weeks, and that the total internal revenue will approach £67,000,000. The Customs revenue is equally elastic. It is calculated, on the basis of the official returns for about two-thirds of the year that have already expired, at £36,000,000. If these anticipations be realised, of which there seems now little doubt, the result wiil be astounding ; since the revenue will exceed by £ 12 ,000,000 the estimates which its Finance Minister made up after five months of the year had passed. The expendi ture of the Government, including the charge for the public debt, is not placed by any competent authority at more than £60,000,000 in gold; and, after reducing the internal revenue to a gold value, we find that the receipts would exceed £84,000,000, leaving a surplus of £24,000,000 for the reduction of debt or taxation. This is an ample margin for substantial relief, and if poli tical convulsions can be avoided, there seems scarcely a limit to the capacity of the country for meeting the public needs. In the face of deficient value in the exports, the commercial returns present the prominent fact of constantly increasing rates of duty. Thus, in 1864, goods were thrown on the New York market to the amount of £36,846,000, at an average duty of 36fr per cent. ; while, in 186 5 , th e amount was still greater, being £43, 882 , 000, at an average duty of peace months from July 1 6 t i n per December the the sales of foreign goods 4e cent. 1, 1865, in New York . were £26,925,000, on which were l ev i e d the enorm ous Customs of £13,015 , 00 0, or t h e increase, the returns for th e week end nearly 49 per cent. The swollen tide seems to be i s n t g ill Februaryell 17, in the great commercial city, s h o wing an importation of $8,133,295 aga i nst $3,772,661 for the same week of the preceding year; while the Customs received for the month of January at the same port alone amoant to £2,500,000. Now, when we consider that, in specie value, the exports have not much exceeded three-fourths of the imports—that there is a large falling off in gold remittances—and that, notwith standing these facts, the exchanges are not adverse to New York—we have some elements for appre ciating the great amount of American Stocks which must have been purchased in Eu ro p e. The result seems to be that America is buyingon credit in this country and others some of the supplies rendered but that credit ex haustion of four years of war, the Government. l3 profitable for absolutely necessary by t he consumption and civen not to the merchant, but to e O n s a a l fe ci a r n eu d instances, the The as; b a u n s d i n , paying greater rates than United States a re not e s u s !) d o e u r gh e t x e t e o P t b i to they can readily bear. The trade between America an d ourselves is p rofitable is an additional guarantee for peace and cordiality in our mutual relations. It is therefore a subject for congratulation instead of alarm. Tile wuree of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 sight is about 1071 per cent. At these rates theserofft on the Importation of go tr , :m the tj uitcl days' (I nois States > ` i } 100 100 100 all 100 100 MEN' 190 100 100 110 100 100 106 ;