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

XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The market for discount accommodation con tinues steady, and there is no alteration in the rates. The amount of £4,000 was taken from the Bank of England yesterday. It is announced that the application list of the Imperial Land Company of Marseilles will be closed on Wednesday next, the 7th inst., at four o'clock, for London ; and on Thursday, the Bth inst., at 12 o'clock, for country applications. Two O'CLOCK. The Fulton, from New York, has arrived with £lO,OOO. Very little business has been recorded in the market for Government Stocks, because specula tion is very dull, and the interest derivable is not aufficient in these times to attract the attention of investors. Consols are 864- 87 for money, and , 87 1 .1 for the account. Reduced Annuities and th e ' 4 eNv Threes are also a little firmer. Bargains have t aken place in India Stock at 2104, and in the 5 per C ents. at 1024 /. Exchequer Bills a little flatter. C omparatively little business has been transacted in the Foreign Market. Saturday, as asual, being a very quiet day, some of the latest quotations are as follows :—Turkish 5 per Cents. are 38 ; ; Mexican, 224 4 ; do. New, 204 ; Greek, 16; 4; Spanish Passive, 27/ ; the Certifi cates, 161 ; Italian, 604 61; Brazilian Scrip, 1; 2 Prem. ; Egyptian Railway Scrip, 4 / prem. ; and the New Chili an L oan , 2/ 3; prem . U n it e d S tates Government 5-20 Bonds are 70/ ; Erie Shares, 54/ 65 4 ; and Illinois, 784 79. Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, although prices in some instances sh ow less firmness. Midland and Great Eastern La ncashire each d ec li ne d 10 s ., an d G rea t W es t ern an d Eastern and Yorkshire each 55., w hil e S ou th tinstern have improved 55., and Great Northern A Stock £ l. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is not m uch change. Grand Trunk of Canada, however, ha ve improved to 374 /. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain at steady tat ". Alliance are deal in at. 284 29 ; City Bank, at 21 4 I ; London and Westminster at 96 ; ; nt Stock Di scoun t h ave d ec li ne d t o 2/ 3 ; an d Uv erend, Gurney, and Co. 191. Jilt shares of the Imperial L an d C ompany o f arFieilles are quoted 3 3; prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 8 G OVERNMENT FUNDS. ber Cent. C onso l s 8 Do. Account, March 6 B7 61 le er Cent. Reduced B 5l I i N ew 3 per Cent B5l e r\ l'i' 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A ''''°- 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — -41nuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 DoD for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — X,.„,? (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — die D° Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. 6 die 80. Do £ 5OO — £lOO and £2OO i ''' 0 I England Stock, 5 per Cent I h 7 I ,_ Th IANT GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -- -,\"41 Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 2lOl .. Do. Account jj ? * 5 Per Cent. July, 1870 ~,°. per Cent Oct. 1888 4i c . , ,0. ertificates E —° . Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent s° . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 11 °. 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 Bo Bens 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 - I)°., £l,OOO — 0 under' £l,OOO O lO 15 pin A r V OREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. '4• , 11st gentine Republi c , 6 p er C en t., £l5 pd — p m B,..„, 4ja n an n Bonds, Cent 5 per Cent, 1859 DO. - 5 per ---0. 4 1 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 1 ., Do. 1865 — —° Ace t 731 xd Do. Seri ? l in , _ . 800.. p, £3,3 paid ouos Ayres 6 per Cent 0. A.ccount Do 4 40 Bonds B3 ei lii 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) e O l 4°3 . 8 per Cent — 0 ,onibian 6 per Cent. 1 ) 0 ' 4 1 ; 6 per Cent. t 1 ,T 1 ', 3 per Cent., 1825 ll,' I Per Cent., 1863 Dan Per Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid 41:lulu. Principalities Ilador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — t,„.., P rovisional Laud Warrant r ti all 7 per Cent B9l .o ° ., Second Issue — ° XlOO Bonds D ° D o :1 £lOO Bonds • 1864 931 3 ,- 931 °' Cover t Railway Debentures. 92 D o. . nmen (ir eek X l O paid — Pm Bboo. ... jscepoeurnCt ents., 1824-5, ex Coupons •-- 10 1G ~, oupons twat. y. Account itataala 5 per Cent. — D o j ai l per Cent, 1865 B 0• Acco t Mare n ke_ mmana Railway — Do•jlean 3 per Cent Account' , Do 1864 .L., 0 6 Id ° Per Cent. Anglo-French Otevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid hiu°rieh Imperial 5 per Cent - e,w Granada . N . 1 30 2 per Cent 4.)0 Deferred .... .... - h Bo Land Warrants (Hectares) ' O . 6 per Cent, 1864 e D 0 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent . 1) , 0. Account 0 ? 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) I), u 41 Per Cent., 1862 irpiguese 3 per Cent., 1853 D 0• 3 per Cent , 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, h "0. Account . 45/ rt ils . e c , 14 , °15 per Cent. 1822, £ St — 1):: I} Per Cent. 1850 0' ll Per Cent, 1860 I) d pex Cent. 1859 — e 5 per Cent. 1862 13440rTi00:45:.accePeucoor5uuCniipettenrtc. l e B n 6 t 4 — e ls . ll 3 Per Cent Dot New Deferred 37 Bo assive — SilttniA,,ecotuit 271 1 fi n ---8 ; Cert. of Coup not funded S wed,- ....ceount l6l 1 , D o l 4 Per Cent. 4 . arki sk s.Per Cent. 1864 D o A ''' ' Per Cent. 1854 B o ` R ' e count 9ll D o - A Per Cent. 1858 D o `' ° c o unt 0 0 100 Bonds 6 D o A Per Cent. 1862 Bo ...ecount 661 D o R OO Bonds D o 5 " Per Cent., 1863 — D o A Pc'r Cent. 1865, paid up Scrip — D 0 `'' e ceunt ' V• 4 ha etie„ z- , . - r Cent. Guaranteed — Ditt o - ' 3 , a 3 p en C D o G a ccount — D ° Per Cent 1862 — A,...__ , 7','_e o lllll. D o. V°. 1864 — tper Cent — 44 4 , 4 lvidenas on the above payable in London. ~elg.i''',, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins "liteo l . ; 4 l Per cent., Ex. 25f. p p to i ‘l pe pereAnt., Ex . . 12 Guil It G34°11 t Ce nt. Certificates — -44 pentea 3 per Cent. Do e "'A connt Per ent., 1861, Ex. 25f. .... 0 0 „_ 8 f or m 4 , 1(A TWO O'CLOCK. 0 A 1) , n . . . money ount B7i 1 k, t" (3 veinent of Workhouse Infirmaries. t T h„. MEETING THIS DAY. eat , ouleots proposed by the originators . of this t be n n t e s vo o - f tio -"Arernent are the reform of the sick d . epar m a e ene_ al I:letroPOlitan workhouses, the consolidationiantbeg me- Ii of the workhouse infirmaries by lit t :' 41 4 the support of those infirmaries y a metro- N o. S - ::: t a r l of Carnarvon presided at the meeting hold to `Qs z i°o i d lis's R ooms, and was supported a number of Lett llit by Y, p r elates, and influential members of the laity. lartrs We re read f rom M r . Charles Dickens, 4 Mr. r J e: ti l'etti'' 411 Mr. S. J. Cl ar k e, an d other gentlemen, re Ilg their i nability to attend, but expressing their on_ ttu4l)Pl'°val of th e objects of the association and their ill Ile " ) Ili" W ies for it s success. t°oW in conformity with the object of the m eet hi Zer Were V unanimously agreed to, and the proceedings, - eery satisfactory, then terminated. W ho • nedi 'itle, n our American friends are in want of 1 A t ' with c o to the well-known tri of nfidence we refer them C 44 1, h tssrs. T. Newberry and Sons, of 45, St. Paul's i , 4l Der e tZ ar ", Who supply American medicines genuine as ' 4144 14 - Ws learn that theyare the solo agents for several a 141)R,,,,! reniedial product; to which wo may refer in e tt riat i ssue. P i 411).k\-STAI4 PALACE. —ONE SHILLING DAY.— py s ea . ' March 2.--Admissions on payment, 1,164; ditto ol:i tickets; 1 , 55 5 —total visitors, 2,719. ,po. t 1 Friday. by rrin ce , I attended i g , arrived 12 o'clock f the late Der of her ce in IVaitingt d Colonel f of their 3 Duke of on in the age drips Princes s ; Brown's left the ,0 join tho my Lock klexandrA paigutout and Air s ' i'arrance s th of Mr. me Court the e ldest of justice :dinburg h .arly yes' for some iorth and e cooing, , r ogresse n ,rn, 11 2 t° ry 0% 151- nrie Pa rts Lie lino of r -plough , ly Th ° re and all Lat exP e " rains on detain ed ga ged in the °Pe exposed ?ached to who wa s that he 3 , leading, ie foun t ' farm ill an e9l stleb 311 snow In de" 6). in the or rt the I to ti" e eded 511 in 13 , 1 ‘ the r ad sc -11.,„ ns fro : )Cee d at t dep t.- lgra dle) obtirg it hat ( I _ l lB ' eeeweei‘ 13 0 ;et ) bu t A lll :drift; mon ths :400 P e , 111 b• t 5" 01 s erf ! s dug del° a r roduce ' r. we be Lt Lis ,„00, j0tru .49.035, a au b , o , o ,as, ar Da rn coshed SHARE MA RKE T S,—T his Day. - - ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid./ Share i Railways. Paid Price. L done. Closing I Business Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 93 95 131 ;32 65 70 13 15 4 6 67 70 70 72 Cambrian Cork and Bandon Corn wall 'Dublin & Belfast Junc.l Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc.; t.London, scrip Certi.l Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Norther❑ Do. A stock 117 110 38} 39 61 7i 121 126 14) ft: Do. B stock. Do. New, is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Irelan Gt. Weste.n -Origina . S. V4l. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxtortll 83 90 60 604 60 6 39 41 3 i 38 t 2 119} IZo 87 81 96 98 38 10 44 48 122 :23 92 13 64 65 133 134 3 Hp 1 lip 97 f 9 123 123 2 21 27 e 9 61 63 Do. Newport Do. 11 er eford Lane tshire Sc Yorkshir L.rndon and Blackwall Lon., Heigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Hoyt Do. Metr . op. Ex. A Lon. & 2 orth Westeru Lon. & South Western' Man., Shet., Sc Lincoitr Metropolitan..... Do. New Do Extension... Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and :t. John'sW'd NI id and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin & Derby ‘lid Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. , Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. G.N •E purelisst Do. Leeds Do. York DC, Carlisle ..... Pb. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London .. Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish C,ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock t 'o. Scot, Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon 'outh E. stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Tail' Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenn Waterloo & Whitcha West Cornwall BRITISH Atlantic & St. LaVirenCe Born., Baroda, k Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. 1' shares Buffalo t Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Godericp 6 p.c. 872-3- ,• • • •••• • Calcutta & S. E., lim Care Town , Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p Nast. Ben al, gu., 5 do, East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 EXtensiou Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred ...• Do. 2d Prtf. Bonds Do. do. deferred .. • • D 0..? d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred ...- Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred .. •• Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New giia. 5 p. c.. t. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent Do. 4f per cent Do (reat Wvs. of Canada.. Da. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 1)0.5) do. pay. 1877-8.. fndian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c ... • Do. 4f do Do. 4i.dg Do. Filth Extension Mclb. Cor. 6 p. c. finds. Mel & Hudson's nay.. N. 111.C'da, 6pc Ist pf.bs. Scindc Do. Delhi d Do. do ;S• Do. Punjaub...•l Do.lndus COLONIAL GO VER: IBritish Columbia, 6 per] cent., Dec. 31,1572.... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. A; Sept )o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk : Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 187:t yo.Apl.etiOct. 1890-1900' Do. do: Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 , Do. 5 per cent. 15 Aprilii and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c. Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, May 15, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Natal , -lov. 5 per cent N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly N. 8. W. Gov. 5 ire., 1861 Do. 5 p.c. 18;4 to 187, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189! New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sc •tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 6. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-: Do. 1878 & upwards 1 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRIT I Cam. Consol. G old, lint Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake tval Is East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cam Brea s,ast Grenville East Gunnislake East Love,l E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen.l Groat L.ocey, limited Great South Tolg,us 1 Great Wheal Busy._ G. Wheal Vor Grenville Ilerod's Foot •••• Hingston Downs ...... Margaret (Uny Lelant 3larke Va11ey.......... iiwyndy Iron Ore, liw view Sewn ........ North Roskear ........ N.Wh'lßassett(lllog,ran' North Wheal Crotty Prosper United........ Pr ,videnee Uny Lklant S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. South Condurrow ...... S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan &tray Park .. .......... Tln Croft .......... Vigra and Cl:gan, West Bassett (Mogan 1 W. Caradon (Liskeard West Chirerton ....... . West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton %vlical Tieiawney 7 28 109 110 70 ;2 106 1(8 35 37 106 110 122 125 14 2p 16 2p. 75 77 11 12 148 149 60 71 112 114 51 63 76 77 8 9 141 144 3 tPI 102 104 , 51 63 1091 # P ESSIONS, 66 6) 02f 1001 id fp 7,1 8 10 11 74 78 96 98 65 70 100 102 100 101 102 101 35 38 87 90 68 70 60 63 62 64 53 50 48 51 44 47 38 40 36 38 107 ICB 2 P 1071 I 16f 71 S 9 ICO 91 93 17/ 1 3 3k 71 P 2 04 84 e 6 1 9) 101 90 92 86 88 64 66 8 82 98i 99i 98 99 a 4 ,, 98 99 17 161 Z 10 3 ICO IT SEC ali ITIES. 94 96 93 95 9? t 0 82 7S SO 101 163 104 106 104 105 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 1 S 102 1(4 103 1,05 103 105 IC4 100 99 101 93 95 93 05 874 S 8; 100 102 8t 84 f 8 101 pg 100 104 106 1081 1074 8 9 15 17 560 68) I 1 19 21 8 9 3 4 3i 4 QA 106: a 31 5 20 21 3i 4 3C 31 3} 3I 33 40 4i 5 t; 4 4; 2i 14c1 35 4) 13 15 I 4.4.6 2.13. t 7.1.6 10.6.7 11 3.2.0 18.18.9 32 34 390 410 2 i 8 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 75 '165 175 80 1.5 25 3 5 25 215 1 16} 17.!I VIINFERNN(IIII SHARE& Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per et., 1(3 North Eastern, Cone. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 4y per cent. stook rd., 96 North Eastern, York, IL and Selby purchase, 101 FOREIGN RAILWAM. Bahia and San Francisco, 11. n., glitz. 7 per cent., 15 fi Belgian Eastern Junction, 2 it Dutch Rhenish, 22J Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), Si Sambre and Meuse, Sambre and Meuse, N per cent. pf., 91 San Paulo. 6 per cent., lei South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 5} FuREIGN Cape Copper, lira., Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 4i N rontino and Bolivia uold. lira., if St. John del Rey, lim., 54 5 4 BANK s Agra and Masterman's, Lim., L 4.1 34 Alliance, liras., 284 9 Anglo Austrian, 64 Bank of British Columbia, 214 Bank of Egypt, 23 Bank of New Zealand, 194 Barned's Bank, lirn., 10 English and American, Um, 6) English, Smell, and Australian Chartered, 20 English and Swedish, lira.. 1544 European Bank, lirn., 12 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., 19 Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 18 4 Imperial Ottoman. in Ditto, new, 12 4 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 44 London Think of Al exi:o and S. America, Urn., 154 London and County, 774:8 London Joint Stock, 484 Merchant Bank, Jim., 244 Oriental Bans Corporation. 54 Provincial Banking Corporation. 11m., 7 Saluda. Punjaub, and Delhi. lira., 54 Lit'o, issued at 2 pm.,',24 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 24 4 Bombay Gas, Jim., 54 City of London Real Property, lira., 4 City Offices, Um., 44 Credit roncler and Mobiller of England, 81 Credit Fonoier of Mauritius, Dm, 71 8 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lira., 6 4 Ebbw Vale, 84 Electric Telegraph, 136 Fore-street Warehouse, lira., 101 Gen. Credit and Finance of I.)utton. Ilm.. 5 Hudson's Bay, 174 4 Imperial Mercantile Credit sso., Ilra., 6 International Land Credit. lira., 6 Joint Stock Discount, lint., 44 4 London and Caledonian Marine, Jim., 31 Merchant Shipping, Um., 124 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 4) National Discount < ompany, 141 1 National Provinctal Marine, lira , • orth British and Mercantile Insurance, 204 Overeud, Gurney, and Co., lira., 194 Beverley Tucker and George N. Sanders are at present in London. Mr. Pike, American Minister at the Hague, has, wo learn, tendered his resignation, to take effect from Ist June next. 3 9 1 1 1 1 124% 14 .1 Li) 59} I t iln 88 93 1221 2 92i 3 131 123! i FOSS: 100 100 100 all 100 100 1031 i 37i 7 f ME N' 2.1.0 294 2.14.8 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.;) TB E (TN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MA.RCII 3, 18€6. a seat near Sergeant Ballantine, was surrounded by friends, and the result of the case appeared to give the fullest satisfaction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STABBING.-Emily Bullock, a young woman, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Mrs. Anna Tenuchi, of 25, Grafton-street, by cutting her on the head with a knife. The prosecutrix said—The prisoner has been lodging with me for some time. Yesterday evening, about half past 8, she came in while I was cooking something for tea, and said, " Have you done my chop ?" and on my saying 1 had not, but would, she took up a knife from the table and stabbed her onco on the head and once in the cheek, and then struck her on the shoulder with the handle of the knife. 1 went to the Charing-cross HoLpi tal to have my wound attended to, and on returning spoke to a sergeant, who took the prisoner out of a beerhouse. Tho prisoner —We had been drinking together all day. Don't prosecute me. The prosecutrix—l don't want to hurt you, only I was obliged to come here. Agnes Tenuchi, a little girl, daughter of the prosecutrix, said—l saw the prisoner take up the knife and stab my mother twice, and then struck her on the back with the handle of the knife. Sergeant Leech, 14 C—ln consequence of what the pro secutrix told him he went to a beerhouse and took the pri soner into custody. On telling her she was charged with stabbing the prosecutrix, she denied doing so, stating that it was the landlord who had done it. Tne prisoner was drunk, and always is drunk, and the prosecutrix and the prisoner are generally drunk together. Mr. Knox—That is no reason why they should murder each other. The Prisoner—Did I not have a mark on my forehead when you took me into custody ? . _ _ Sergeant Leech—l did not see one. Mr. Knox—l shall remand the prisoner, and you, Ser geant Leech, can make inquiries at the hospital to see ii any danger is likely to result from the prosecutrix's wounds, THAMES. SANGUINARY AFFAIR.—VERY NEARLY A MURDER.— John Tuson, a strong, powerful, middle-aged man, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with violently as saulting and attempting to strangle Joseph Winslow, a young man. Mr. Charlos Young, solicitor, conducted the prosecution, and said a murder had been nearly committed, and that it was a case for a jury to determine. The complainant had not recovered from the effects of the outrage committed upon him. The complainant said he was now living at No. 6, Edwin-terrace, Burdett-road, and was a plasterer. The prisoner was also a plasterer. He was indebted to the de fendant about £4 10s., and Tuson held a suit of clothes and a ring valued at £5 as a security. On Saturday after noon last they met at the White Horse public-house in Bow-common-lane. The prisoner, without any provoca tion, struck him and knocked him down. and then fell upon him, twisted his scarf for nearly a minute, and almost strangled him. Several men pulled the prisoner off him or he must have been killed. He got up and ran out of the house. The prisoner followed, seized him by the scarf again, got him down, put his knees on his chest, and again twisted his scarf very tightly. He became insensible, and should have been murdered if a young man had not cut the scarf. The witness then produced the cut scarf. Several witnesses, including the landlord of the White Horse, confirmed the statement of Onslow, and said if his scarf had not been cut he would have been a dead man. The complainant was quite insensible, all but strangled, and was "as black as ink in the face" for some time after the scarf was cut. Daniel Smith, 415 li, a police-constable attached to the court, was directed by the magistrate to look at the com plainant's neck, and he said there is a dark mark round it. There is no doubt he has been much hurt. Mr. Partridge said this was too serious a case for him to dispose of summarily, and he should commit the prisoner for trial. Mr. Gorum, clerk to Mr. Hodson, a solicitor, who ap peared for the prisoner, said the assault was committed under circumstances of gross provocation, and called William Burns, from whose evidence it appeared that the prisoner addressed the complainant very offensively, and his wife came in directly afterwards. Onslow then said that while he was ill in bed the prisoner's wife brought some gruel to him, put her arm round his neck, cuddled him, and called him my dear. The two men then fought, and he saw them both on the ground. The prisoner was then committed, and bail was refused. MARKETS.---This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Only short supplies of fruit and vegetables were on sale. There was a steady demand for most descriptions of pro duce at fall prices. FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; hot house grapes, 12s to 15s ; foreign do, is Od to 3s Od ; filberts, is Gd to 2s Od per lb ; apples, 2s Gd to 4s Od per half sieve ; oranges, 4s Od to 8s ; lemons, 3s 6d to 7s per 100. VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, 2s Od to 3s Od; white do., 9d to is 3d; Savoys, 6d to is Od; celery, Od to Os Od; horseradish, 9d to 2s Od per doz. heads ; greens, 3s Od to 4s Od ; turnips, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; carrots, 4s Gd to 5s 6d ' • onions, Os Od to Os Od per doz b unc h e s ; brocoli, 6d to 8(1; forced rhubarb, Os 9d to is 3d per bundle ; seakale, is Od to 2s Od ; mushrooms, 9d to is 3d per punnet; Brussels spouts, is 9d to 2s Gd per half sieve. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BAVARIA. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 3. The Hamburg' and American Company's steamer Bavaria has arrived here with 119 passengers for England, France, and Hamburg—a large cargo, and $l,OOO in specie for the latter port. She sailed from New York on the 17th ult., and experienced strong head winds throughout her passage. The Bavaria passed the steamer Fulton on the 24th ult. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Mongolia arrived off the Needles at 3.5 a.m. ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIAN. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 3. The extra screw steamship Peruvian, Captain Ballantine, from New York on the 17th ult., ar rived here this morning. Her news has been an- ticipated. ARRIVAL OF TIIE AUSTRALASIAN. NEW YORK, FEB. 21. Money tighter. Gold, 134. Exchange on Lon don, 148 f ; on Paris, 380. Stocks tending down wards. New York Centrals, 911 ; Illinois, 114 ; Erie, 801; 5-20 Bonds, 1031. Cotton slightly firmer. Middling Upland, 46. Flour dull. Wheat quiet. Corn heavy. Provisions steady. Coffee heavy. Sugar and molasses dull. Petroleum, crude, 29 30 ; do. refined, 46 48. SAVANNAH, FEB. 17. Cotton dull. Middling, 42f 43. The President has vetoed the Freedman's Bureau Bill, causing considerable Congressional and popu lar excitement. The Senate failed to pass the Bill over the President's veto. The House of Representatives has adopted a resolution from the reconstruction Committee that no Southern members shall be admitted until Con gress pronounces them entitled to representation. CHICAGO, ILL., Feb. 8, 1866. Business is unusually brisk in Chicago. Not withstanding the strong prejudices existing against the railroads in the people of the North-west, they daily pour into the city vast freights, and their pas senger travel is great. Conventions have been recently held at Pontiac, Pepin, Genesee, and Ottawa, by the farmers of this State, for the pur pose of devising a means of resisting the encroach ments of moneyed monopolies. Fifty miles from Chicago it would take just four bushels of corn to buy a single bushel of iron, and the freightage on the produce of farmers is such that it exhausts all the profit of the farmer. Wool is being raised in large amounts, and affords a more remunerative occu pation. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YoRK, Feb. 17, 1866. Many financiers in Europe have expressed surprise that gold should continue at such a high premium as 38 per cent. in New York since the war is fully over, the resources of the country so immeasurable, and the credit of our Government so good. As the price of gold regulates the price of 5-20's and other American stocks in Europe, I will try and solve the problem. Gold ere this would have been down near par, had it not been for the bear speculators of Wall-street, all of whom thought they could make fortunes by operating for a fall of gold after the rebellion had been crushed. But as all the gold in New York available for speculative and commercial purposses is only about $30,000,000, and the speculators have sold at least $100,000,000, expecting to buy it back at a handsome profit, the consequence is that gold has been greatly over sold, and the borrowers of the precious metal for the last month have been compelled to pay from to per cent. a day commission for the use of it to fulfil their contracts. As long as this state of affairs continues, and as the stock of gold in Wall-street is increasing but very little—all the gold dust and bars received from California being shipped weekly to Europe on freight—it is folly to expect gold to depreciate in premium to any extent. On the contrary, any hasty legislation of Congress relative to Mexico, or on any other delicate foreign question, would instantly send gold up again by frightening the speculators for a fall, who would have to buy largely to fulfil their contracts. I repeat, it is speculation alone that keeps gold at a premium. The finances of the country are sound —the revenues con stantly increasing and no man doing a legitimate busi ness thinks of buying gold at any premium, as there is unlimited confidence in the national currency. As soon as the speculators got weary of their trade in gold, the pre mium will soon sink of its own weight in the neighbour hood of par. Old 5-20's, or those issued in 1862, are get ting very scarce here, and a few large orders from abroad would send them to a very high figure. Of the 314 mil lions original issues it is estimated all are held in Europe, except perhaps $10,000,000, and if the foreign demand continues it will be impossible to supply it, for it is a sin gular ',circumstance and shows how eccentric foreign capitalists are—that they will not buy at any price, any other description of our Government Bonds except the 5-20's of '62 though there are several other descriptions of bonds that pay the same interest, and can be bought for some two to three per cent. less, only they have 18 instead of 16 years to run before the principal is paid. This ought to be in their favour, but for some unaccountable reason foreigners will not touch them at all. But. they will have to buy them or get none of our bonds very soon, as the old issues, as I have before remarked, are nearly ex hausted. Money is freely offered on good securities at 5 and 6 per cent., but there is an uneasy feeling in money circles pending the action of Congress relative to Secretary DUCulloch's new bill for funding the currency, and lenders are cautious. It is doubtful if Congress will authorise the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow money in foreign countries. Although a foreign loan would unquestion ably bring down the price of gold, still there are a good many financiers who think our Government would do bet ter not to become directly indebted to any foreign country. We have a large debt, but let us owe it to ourselves, and than we shall be independent, is their mode of reasoning. The following aro the last two returns of the New York Banks : Discounts. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. 8 8 Feb. 3, 242,510,382 10,937,474 21,494,234 191,011,695 Feb. 10, 242,608,872 10,129,806 22,240,469 188,701,463 AMERICAN RAILROAD EARNINGS FOR JANUARY. 1866 1865. Increase Decrease Atlantic and Great Western Chicago and Rock Island Erie Illinois 582,828 '646,051 36,777 Michigan Cen . tral Michigan Southern 314,598 363,996 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. The imports of merchandise at the port of Now York wore, for the week ending Feb. 9, $6,582,700 ; and for the week ending Feb. 2, $7,200,636 ; and since January Ist $30,118,010. The exports from this port have been for the week ending Feb. 9, $5,256,425, and since January 1, $32,050,324. 282,438 306,324 49,398 The closing quotations this evening are—U.S. 5-20's, 1031; Eries, 81; New York Central, 901; Illinois Central, 1141; Gold, 1371. WALL STREET. COTTON. The amount of cotton remaining in the Southern States at the close of the rebellion has now been pretty well as certained to have been 1,400,000 bales, and the new crop of last year 400,000 bales, or 1,800,000 bales in all. About 1,450,000 have now come forward, of which 630,000 have been exported to Europe, 300,000 taken for home consumption, leaving on band at this point and in the Southern ports 520,000 bales, with 350,000 bales more to come in before the new crop, which will begin to reach the market about August next. The probable amount of cotton which will be exported this current season will be about 1,000,000 bales, worth $160,000,000 in gold, which forms a very good set-off—to say nothing about our other exports—to the large imports of dry goods now taking place. FRANKFORT, March 1. There has been a rise in the price of United States 5-20 Bonds during the last week of 3i per:cent., which has been caused by large purchases by investors here and in other parts of Germany ; also some orders have come in from Russia. ;Russia baying all through the late war in America been the firm friend of the Northern States, her bankers and capitalists aro now very naturally investing in American Bonds, which pay such a high rate of interest as the 6 per 5-20's. There have been but few parcels of American bonds received here during the last two months, the prices till recently ruling lower here than in New York; and as there is constant buying, the late steady rise has, of course been natural and legitimate. Tho closing quotations of to day are, United States 5-20's, 74 ; Exchange on Lon don, DA ; Exchange on Vienna, 114 k. X. X. AMERICAN SECURITIES IN THE PROVINCIAL MR. SOTHERN AND SPIRITUALISM. Central Criminal Court.--This Day. (Before the Deputy Recorder.) This morning Mr. Benjamin Coleman appeared in surrender of his:recognisances answer to an indict ment charging him with having written and circu lated a libel on Mr. Sothern, the celebrated comedian of the Haymarket Theatre, in the Spiritual Maga zine. The libel, it will be recollected, made grave imputations against Mr. Sothern's private character as a gentleman and a married man, all of which he said were utterly and entirely untrue. A full re port of the examination of the defendant appeared in The Sun on the occasion of the inquiry at the Mansion-House before the Lord Mayor, and there fore it is unnecessary to republish it on the present occasion. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Montague Williams appeared for Mr. Sothern, and Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Lewis were for the de fendant. The jury having been sworn, Mr. M. Chambers, on the part of the defendant, said he wished to plead guilty to the indictment, and to make the most ample apology in his power to Mr. Sothern for the pain the publication of it had caused him. He, on the part of Mr. Coleman, said he had no desire to extenuate one word of it. The libel, it would be recollected, was contained in an article in the February number of the Spiritual Magazine, the subject of which was the truth or falsehood of spiritualism, and Mr. Sothern's opinion of it. The article in question was in the first instance extracted from a New York newspaper, but Mr. Coleman had introduced into the article a letter written from America, and had alsa commented upon a letter which Mr. Sothern had addressed to a Glasgow newspaper with respect to the matter in question. He entirely exonerated that gentleman from the charges made against him in the letter from New York, and he begged to assure the Court that the defendant had no hand in either concocting or sending that letter from America. If the trial had been put off for a short time he should have been able to prove to the satisfaction of the Court that such was the case, but as that course could not be adopted the Court would have to look at the libel and all the circumstances under which it was pub lished. Mr. Sothern and Mr. Addison had exhi bited at Scarborough certain performances to show— Sergeant Ballantine said he should object to any further statements in the matter. Whatever Mr. Sothern had exhibited was no reason for imputing to him a crime of the most unjustifiable description. There was no truth whatever in the assertion that Mr. Sothern had ever exhibited, as his learned friend was about to state. He had done no more than any private gentleman was entitled to do in his own house—viz., to illustrate his belief in the entire absurdity of spiritual manifestations. He should object to the introduction of such matter to justify the libel complained of. Mr. Chambers said he knew nothing of the doc trines of spiritualism, but as far as Mr. Coleman was concerned he knew that he was under the im pression that the phenomenon was attributable to other than ordinary causes. Whether his faith was well or ill founded he was not going to say, but Mr. Sothern wrote to one of the Glasgow papers stating that he had discovered the deception practised by the Devonport Brothers, and that communication begat observations in the Spiritual Magazine, which ended in the long article complained of. Mr. Coleman inadvertently, as he (Mr. Coleman) thought, wrote a letter stating that he was prepared to prove all that was published. In preparing the article for publication Mr. Coleman had, unfortunately for himself, been labouring under the impression that by omitting certain portions of the letter from America, and substituting in its place a number of asterisks, he had removed all ground of libel—that it had removed the sting from the asser tions ; but that was not the case. In the letter that Mr. Coleman had written he had unfortunately not really expressed what he intended to say ; he did not mean to say that he should be able to justify all that had been published on the matter, but all that he, being a believer, had written, and this fact only ' tended to make— The Deputy-Recorder asked if Mr. Sothern's letter in the Glasgow newspaper made any personal imputations against those who practised spiritualism. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said there was no impu tation against Mr. Coleman, and the letter of Mr. Sothern was only an answer to the attacks that had been made on him in the Spiritual Magazine. Mr. Chambers—Mr. Sothern in his letter said he could only look at spiritualists as idiots and .swind lers, and also that the practice of spiritualism was a fraud, an impudent chicanery, and a blasphemous indecency. The court would here see the contro versy had got hot and strong—(laughter)—but he would not pursue that matter further. The impu tations on Mr. Sothern's character he now, in the fullest manner, withdrew. Mr. Coleman had no hand in the publication of the advertisement that had given Mr. Sothern so much uneasiness, and all that his client intended to say when he wrote the letter about justification was that he should be prepared to justify all he (defendant) had written, not all that had been published. Under those circumstances, it was for the court to say whether there should be a high or low sentence. There were believers in the truth of spiritualism, and Mr. Coleman was one of them, and it was only follow ing out that belief that Mr. Coleman had written what he had. If there were any other way than he had adopted of setting Mr. Sothern right with the public, he, on the part of Mr. Coleman, would be only too happy to adopt it. Sergeant Ballantine said he was perfectly sensible of the weight that ought to be attached to the apology coming from a gentleman of the high standing of his learned friend (Mr. Chambers) at the bar. When he withdrew every imputation against Mr. Sothern, and said there was not one word of truth in it, he had done all that a gentle man could do. He should not, therefore, say one word in aggravation. The whole statement, how ever, which was a wicked and wanton falsehood, had given Mrs. Sothern much pain, and that lady was in court, ready to say that she was a happy wife, having a good husband. It did not become him to be hard on a fallen adversary, and Mr. Sothern, as a kind-hearted and honourable gentle man, would not press hardly upon an erring fellow creature. The Deputy Recorder, in passing sentence, said that the defendant on his own con fession, had been convicted of a misdemeanor. The libel was a very gross one, and was cal culated to inflict great pain upon a gentleman placed as Mr. Sothern, who was a married man and a public personage. There was no doubt that the defendant published the libel, and the prosecutor was entirely justified in taking the most active steps the law allowed him to vindicate his character from the aspersions cast upon it, because more than his own happiness was concerned in the matter. The defendant had overstepped the bounds of fair con troversy in what he had published, but Mr. Sothern had kept within the limits of law in proving that, which the defendant firmly believed, to be false. He (the Deputy Recorder) did not say that spirij tualism was true or false— he rather believed it was true, but he had not seen any of it. (Laughter.) The defendant, in his part of the controversy, had introduced a direct personal slander ; therefore he had placed himself within the reach of the law—he had, as had been said by a very high authority, thrown away the arms of a warrior and taken up those of an assassin. It therefore became his duty to consider what punish ment, for such a proceeding, should be awarded. Ho had done so. He did not think it was likely that Mr. Sothern would ever more hear of the matter from thedefendant, and therefore he thought the retention of his recognisances was not required, and he should inflict a penalty of £5O upon the defendant for the use of her Majesty the Queen, and order that he be imprisoned until the fine was paid. The court throughout the time the case was under discussion was filled with members of the theatrical profession. Mr. Sothern, who occupied POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to lOs Od; geese, 6s Od to 10s; goslings, s to Os ; ducks, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; ducklings, Os to Os Od ; tamo rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od ; wild do, is Od to is 4d ; pigeons, 9d to 1s 4d each ; Surrey fowls, 8s to 12s Od ; do. chickens, 7s to 10s ; barn door fowls, 5s Od to is per couple. English eggs, 8s to 10s ; French do., Gs to 9s Od per 120 ; Ostend fresh butter, 1s Od to is 4d ; English 1s 4d to 1s 7d 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 Od to lOs each ; turbot, 5s Od to 20s each ; whitings, 3s to 12s ' • haddocks, 4s to 20s per dozen ; fresh herrings, 8s per 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; veal, 5s 0.1 to Gs Od; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s Od per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from ild. to Bd. ; of household ditto, 6d. to 7d.'per 41bs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 Ibs, 24d to 3d. ' • 64 to 72 lbs, 3d to 31d ; 72 to 801b s, 3 d to 3-id ;80 to 881bs., 3id to 4d ; 88 to 961b5., 4d to 4-id ;96 to 1011bs., Od. to Od. Horse hides, 9s to 10s Od ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s ; full, Gs 6d ; polled sheep, 12s 6d to 14s Od; half-breds, 108 Od to 12s 6d ; downs, 8s Od to lOs HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; •and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trado heavy. CUMBERLAND._Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 17s 6d; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s; clover, £5 5s to £6 17s ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade slow. A tlantic and Great Western Rail way. Mr. J. M'Henry has written the following letter to a prominent gentleman of Philadelphia : The Atlantic and Great Western I Railway Offices, No. 5, Westminster-chambers, } Victoria-streat, Westminster, S.W., Loudon, January 3, 18GG. Dear Mr. Dougherty -4 see that the opponents of the Atlantic and Great Western aro endeavouring to make a diversion in favour of the Pennsylvania Central by the old cry of " British capital," which, I fancy, has been been long since played out. Sir Morton Peto was in the United States, with other friends, as my guest, and is in no manner responsible for my movements, social or financial. On the contrary, I am responsible for all of his. I intend to make the influence and operations of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company reach into Philadelphia and into Pittsburg, connecting both these cities by an unbroken communication with Chicago, Cleve land, Buffalo, St. Louis, and Cincinnati, and am fully pre pared to meet any opposition, fairly conducted. My views of the future of railways and their manage ment are very different from most of the railway people in America. I know there is traffic for double or treble the existing mileage. I know my lines will be very prosperous, and I am sure that the Pennsylvania Central and Philadelphia and Erie will, at the same time, be mo r e p ros p erous th an ever. Business begets business, and even now the dor mant traffic of the great 'Wost is tenfold the active. Give the Western Status a sure, a speedy and a cheap transit at all seasons for their produce, and the present prosperity of tho whole country will be paled by the future. For nearly 50 years my family have been not obscure residents of Pittsburg and Philadelphia, and I have now investments in Pennsylvania exceeding those of any other single proprietor. I yield, therefore, to no man in pride of the State, and am determined to make my position useful to it, and honourable and profitable to myself. I have been the means of spending 30 or 40 millions of foreign capital in and about ,Ponnsylvania without doing Pennsylvania any harm, and I claim the privilege of spending as much more to open up the Western and Central counties as a part of a system of railway Communication which, in ex tent, construction, and management of its traffic in goods and passengers, shall be unequalled in the world. Vested interests, with their usual selfishness, may not like to be disturbed, but they will find in the long run that they aro more frightened than hurt ; that they must yield in any event to the greater interests of the whole State; that Pennsylvania does not belong to any corpora tion, and that I shall succeed in my plans. I am, dear Mr. Dougherty, most faithfully yours. JAMES MEENIIY. Daniel Dougherty, Esq., Philadelphia. STOCK MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 24.—Grand Trunk stock quiet; Buffa loes steady ; American securities firm. The following were the sales to-day :—Grand Trunk of Canada, 421 Great Western of Canada, 16 13-16 ; Erie, 534 ; West India and Pacific Steam Company, 14 ex div. pm. ; Con federate Loan, 44. 11.AnzesTE.R, Saturday, Feb. 24.—United States 5-20 !Years Bonds, 69}. Monday, Feb. 2G.—Fair b us i ness. Advance in American and Canadian stocks. The follow ingl were the sales :- U n it e d St a t es 5-20 y ear s b on d s , 69k , this account ; 70, next account ; Illinois Central shares, 771, this account ; 77k, next account ; Erie, 54f, this account ; 544 1 next account ; Great Western of Canada, 16k. Tuesday, FA. 27.—Moderate business. Prices generally lower. The following were the sales :- United States' 5-20 years, bends, 70f ; Illinois Central shares, 73; Erie, 54 5. Wednesday, Feb. 28.—Market flat. The following sales were effected : -United States' 5-20 Bonds, 71; Illi nois Central shares, 784 ; Confederate Loan, 51; Grand Trunk of Canada, 40 38 7. Thursday, March I.—United States' 5-20 Bonds, 70; Illinois Central shares, 78; Erie, 55 ; Buffalo and Ls ke Huron, 6 13-16 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 37 LEEDS, MOU ..y, Feb. 26.—United States' 5-20 bonds, 70+. Feb. 27 . —United States' 5-20 Bonds, 70+ + I dols. AMERICAN SECURITIES IN THE CONTINENTAL THIRD EDITION, SUN OFFICE, 6 O'CLOCK-, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Lay, 0 MANCHESTE R BETTING -THIS DAY, BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 12 agst Cortolviu (taken) 10 to 1 agst L'Africaine (taken) 11 to 1 agst Laura (taken) 11 to 1 agst Alcibiade (taken) 20 to 1 agst Turnus gelding (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ibex (taken) 50 to 1 agst Thoinastown (taken) VICTORIA CLUB BETTING.--(THIS DAY.) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 12 agst Cortolvin (offered) 9to 1 agst La Africaine (taken and offered) 13 to 1 agst Mistake (taken) 13 to 1 agst Laura (taken) 13 to 1 agst Creole (taken) 100 to 6 agst Merrimac (taken) 18 to 1 agst Real Jam (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ibex (taken) 30 to 1 agst Turnus gelding (taken) 33 to 1 agst Philosopher (taken) 32 to 1 agst King of Hearts (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Glencairn (taken) 40 to 1 agst Effenburgh (offered) 40 to 1 agst Hall Court (taken) • 40 to 1 agst Hornet (taken) 40 to 1 agst Frank (taken) 50 to 1 agbt Thomastown (offered) 50 to 1 agst The Doctor (offered) 100 to 1 agst Accident (offered) 100 to 1 agst Oswestry (taken and offered) STOCK MARKETS. AMSTERDAM, Friday, Feb. 23.—Illinois shares, 821 ; United States 5-20 Bonds, 72 15-16 ; Five per Cent. United States Bonds, 67/ ; Six per Cent. ditto, 731. Saturday, Feb. 24.—Illinois shares, 821 ; United States 5-20 Bonds. 72 11-16 ; Five per Cent. United States Bonds, 67 15-16 ; Six per Cent. ditto, 731 Monday, Feb. 26. Illinois shares, 821 ; United States 5-20 Bonds, 72 15 16 ; Five per Cent. United States Bonds, 68. Tuesday, Feb. 27.—Illinois shares, 83k; United States 5-20 Bonds, 73 7-16 ; 5 per Cent. United States Bonds, 68 9-16 ; Six per Cent. ditto, 741. Wednesday, Feb. 28.—United States 5-20 Bonds, 731 ; Five per Cent. United States Bonds, 69 ; Six per Cent. ditto, 741. FRANKFORT, Friday, Feb. 23 . —United 5-20 Bonds, 73. Saturday, Feb. 24. United States 5-20 Bonds, 72 1 . Mon day, Feb. 26.—United States 5-20 Bonds, 731 Tuesday, Feb. 27.-731 Wednesday, Feb. 28.-74, • BERLIN, Friday, Feb. 23 . —United States 5-20 B on d s, 73k; Saturday, Feb. 24, 72/; Monday, 26th, 74}; 27th, 74}; 28th, 75. .HAMBURG, Friday, Feb. 23.—United States 5-20 Bonds, 661; Feb. 24th, 66k; Feb. 26th, 661; Feb. 27th, 671 ; Feb. 28th, 671. . The Coupons due Ist March on the Erie Railway Loan, 1865, for £BOO,OOO, negotiated through Messrs. J. S. Mor ganpaid at their office, 22, Old Broad street.and Co:, will be France and the United States. The New York _Herald, alluding to the delicate relations existing between France and the United States in reference to Mexico, says :—France and the United States have a mutual respect each for the other. We felt the fellowship of France in the gloomiest period of our history, and it will require many bitter experiences to erase from the memory of the nation the fact that the French were our allies in the war which gave us existence as an in dependent people. We have had the sympathy of France, and we have in turn sympathised with her in all her glorious aspirations and attempts. We have regretted her errors and grieved over her mis fortunes as earnestly as we have admired the mag nificent heroism of her sons. Indeed the lives of the two nations have reacted upon one another in so marked a degree that it seemed at one time to have established a political twinship between us. French blood was shed in our cause on the fields that made us free; and the influence that her par ticipation in our struggle had upon France enlarged her nature, opened her eyes to her position and rower, and enabled her in turn to throw down her own tyrants—till intoxicated with the glorious draught of liberty—to take her position as the leader of the free nations of the earth. War there fore could not be kindled between these two nations without doing violence to the traditions and senti ments of both ; and whatever form political com plications may take, however the peace between America and Europe may be broken, there is no people whom our countrymen less desire to meet in battle than the people of France. But there is a limit to the forbearance that these sentiments would impose. We want plain dealing from the Emperor on the withdrawal of his troops from the Mexican territory. While we respect France, and are quite content that her pride should be spared as much as the unfortunate nature of her position in Mexico will permit, we also have to assert our own dignity as a great nation, and cannot submit to any un worthy trifling and trickery. France stands in a dilemma in Mexico—that is a national calamity ; but they must remedy that who brought her there. It is her calamity, not ours ; and if there is to be any expense of national dignity it must be the dig nity of France that suffers, not that of the United States. France is the loser ; and it is the loser, not the winner, who pays. While we are not disposed to press the advantage of a victor, it is a fact too notorious for concealment that France went to Mexico as our enemy, as one too ready to triumph in our supposed fall ; and it is an abundant gene rosity that we give her the opportunity to with draw. She must not abuse that opportunity. There must be no chicanery, no weaving of a web before the world that is to be unwoven in the secrecy of diplomatic darkness. Mexico must not be another Rome. When we reflect upon the condi tion of Rome and recur to the Emperor's repeated promises to withdraw his troops from that city, and remember that the troops are still there, all must conclude that Napoleon's promise to withdraw his troops is not enough. High as certain states men rate the plighted faith of the ruler of France, the simple truth is that his plighted faith is no de pendence. We must have something better than an ambiguous phrase—something even better than a distinct and positive promise would be—before the atmosphere clears between us and France. We must see the troops go. The New York Times discusses the good faith of the Emperor's speech regarding the withdrawal of his troops from Mexico, and especially the Empe ror's allusion to the fact that the Government of the United States was invited in 1861 to take part with France, England, and Spain in the Mexican inter vention. The United States Government declined making a quartette in the partnership of Septem ber, 1861—not from any dislike to join France, England, and Spain in any enterprise which should promise fair and honourable returns, but from a sense of what was due by the most powerful of the Republican Governments of the American Conti nent where the destiny of a sister Republic was concerned. In the very crisis of a domestic war this honourable position was never deviated from for a single moment. America struggled against rebellion as well as she could—sometimes under skies as black as midnight—but in the extremest hour the true men who conducted her international affairs never faltered even for an hour when the question of continental independence in the Wes tern hemisphere was at stake. The Secretary of State at Washington was neither more nor less complaisant in this Mexican imbroglio when Lee was leading his forces northward across the upper fords of the Potomac than he was when the final surrender of Lee sealed the fate of the rebel Con federacy. As there was neither craven-heartedness nor abnegation of principle in the hour of apparent weakness, so likewise is there to-day no uillainous mis givings in the hour of complete triumph. The business of the United States now is simple. They are unfit to have allies if they cannot trust them. France has maintained a friendly position, and they must either trust what she proclaims, or cease to maintain the semblance of a hollow friendship. H they have endured grievances at the hand of Mexico, they must be prepared to admit otherthat i n d a e t n io ti n c s al may t with their have own, enduredleast ofg grievances, e k v i a n n d e e s s u , .f c i e n n o t t ff • to justify their demanding and enforcing redress. All Americans have had a rig ht to protest against ; has been the continuan ce of an intervention which aimed at political prop a gandism and the moment f the Federal Gov ernment has the fairand as surance that this presumptive object frank itis bound by all the laws which bind independent communities together in honourable friendship to accept without cavil and without dispute such de clarations as those of the Emperor of the French. The antecedents—looking to Italy and the exterior relations of the empire generally—of the Sovereign of France, moreover, justify this faith. The hope of Mexican regeneration has not been entirely dis tant from the thoughts of other'statesmen than the Emperor. And the question is one which may re cur—and which must recur—to other minds, after the last French soldier shall have left the soil of Mexico. The Americans at Hamburg celebrated the 22d of February. Consul Andrews sent out circulars inviting the Americans in that vicinity. _ _ In Paris Washington's birthday was appropriately kept. Circulars were extensively issued, signed by ex- President Phillmore as chairman, asking a general attend ance. Other nationalities were not invited. A Jamaica and the United States. We have heard it intimated that the growing in terest now being felt in England with regard to Jamaica will lessen that which has been expressed for the friends of freedom in America. But we apprehend this conclusion is not a correct one. The opposite result will be found to be the fact. The more of a popular movement there is with reference to reform in Jamaica, the more thoroughly will public attention be directed to America, for the simple reason that like causes always produce like effects. It is the remaining influence of the old system of slavery in Jamaica that has produced the dreadful events of the last few months. So in America. Slavery brought on the late terrible war. Slavery committed the horrible excesses of which the bloody record of the conflict gives the details. Slavery glutted Libby prison and Castle Thunder with. thousands of groaning and pining Union prisoners ; slavery clotted the ground and smeared the pens of Andersonville with the bleeding and putrid bodies of scores of thousands of the dying and dead defen ders of Freedom ; slavery took the sword to smite down Liberty, and by the sword it perished. For the same reason, what remains of its spirit in Ame rica continues its unholy work against its late vic tims. It hunts them on every field where it was so triumphantly conquered by liberty. It seeks to re manacle free limbs, by resorting to every subterfuge of cruel custom and more cruel law. It denies them education at every step of their progress, that they may the more easily be kept in perpetual subjec tion. It refuses to pay them fair wages, while it exacts, if possible, a greater amount of labour. It is easy to see that this state of things is exactly similar to that which, for more than a quarter of a century, has been perpetrated on the negro in Jamaica. Surely it is important to show the friends of reform in Jamaica how these things are treated by the Government and people of America. We think, therefore, that instead of the interest in the progress of freedom in that country growing less it must inevitably increase. The workings of the Freedmen's Bureau should not be lost on England. The independent and voluntary efforts in a similar direction, made by other lovers of equal rights— efforts promotive .of pure and undefiled religion, virtue, the ordinance of marriage, temperance, and. other good things—will be found, we should think, well worthy the notice of the Christians, philan thropists and reformers of this country. The lesson of Jamaica is a world-wide one ; and the cause of impartial liberty everywhere must be plead through the events connected with that lesson, until that President Johnson's Policy. The New York Times sump arises the late expo sitions of the President's policy to the four delega tions which recently waited on him at the White House, and fully endorses his position. The bur den of his remarks to the Western delegation, and through them to the country, was as to the neces sity of constantly keeping in mind the broad vital principles which lie at the foundation of the Re publican political structure. They are the principles by which he has constantly striven to guide his ac tion ; and they are the principles to which the action of Congress, the action of parties, and the action of all good citizens should always conform. If any measure contravenes them—if any policy is anta gonistic with their spirit, such measure or policy should be abandoned. For these principles— though they may not all be based on absolute po litical truth—are, whether judged by reason or by their results, the nearest approach to political per fection of any governmental principles which in any nation have ever been established. Moreover, they are fixed in American institutions, and are intelli gently upheld by the vast majority of the people. Whenever men would openly assail them, or in sidiously undermine them, the . President, as the nation's executive and constitutional head, utters his warning, and attempts to bring them back to the great first laws of the nation's organic existence. Those who think this course unnecessary or super fluous at the present time are careless stu dents of the events and doctrines cf the day, and negligent of the inevitable tendencies of some of them. Our contemporary is struck with the intelligent and practical character of Mr. Johnson's reply to the negro delegation (which we published last week). Such a question as that of the position of the negro race in the American poli tical and social system can neither be viewed nor settled upon purely abstract theoretical grounds. The circumstances of the past cannot be wholly ignored ; the incidents of the present cannot be overlooked ; the conditions of life and society, and communities, must and even the prejudices of labour and development—the e ducation , the senti ments,be taken into the account. This is the . philosophy consti eodlitieneaclylife and with views as based upon mere ex pediency, .PthrestildleenntezJroochsnr inter viewannddwileiultuguhpoanbsintraheistiouistsmay stigmatise such era t o n s of ofouerxpp political action. pedie a n f c u y n , d e a u m eh en ee ta u r element d oftu consti tute wise COURSE OF EXCHANGE —Last Evening. .____. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 Ditto 3 Montb.s. 12 2 Rotterdam Antwerp Brussels ....... HambuParis.... rg Ditto... ................. 3 Months. 25 50 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 121 Vienna. — 10 60 Trieste lO 60 __ Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan I— ,lif 2 22 5 55 661 1 Genoa Naples 22 25 6 —......, 11 19 12 2* 12 2* 25 60 25 62f 13 10k 25 BO 25 55 25 55 121 f 10 65 10 65 29a 6 29} 4Ga 471 25 67} 25 67* 25 70 25 70 Mrs. Bigelow, the wife of the U.S. Minister at Paris, has been very seriously ill of late. A son of John Slidell is employed in Erlanger and Co.'s banking office, in Paris. General Fitz John Porter is still in Paris on business, .connected with some of the Colorado Gold Mines. Mr. Murphy, the U. S. Consul-General at Frankfort, has obtained leave of absence, and expects to sail in the Germania from Hamburg on the 3d March next. He will be absent about three months. Over 140 Americans were present at the cele bration on Washington's birthday at Berlin. 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