The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-19 00:00:00

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Leig h toning Do give th e ough for ---- ;hteous, ,1 Thomas , mportant tunatelh a t the with the lause stra were formanc e er of the he operg than t he rat, when bout fur' and se esterditi vonleut4 . lya plan s, o° l1 a , sli °l ' ge did acticalli 10' 33 ice d c harge Lvailable that the ishnot d ; 3 0 101 12' e xcer 3ain fined for drectoro broke' I pa pa lat rate that tio mild /30 B a in vs • no - its thfl" b. a ra te attained ne hing• , n t tle's, maill" - , n 1 tl. lO within he tele; pr eseo I wire!: ch th©9 eon r 3 c altP L gut •diLRI•I at tl,9'. Lel). Dir. -_tlP Vie Coas t ' s itia'° 3310NEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Decxoase Bullion Increase Rest BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK G OVERNMENT FUND ° Der Cent. Consols . Do. A ccount, Feb. 8 871 G,,,,per Cent. Redu ce d 87 6 i 7 '''"L-c",,, 91-.... t.-Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — 'annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. f or 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs — , Do (Rea Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — '' l chequer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. 3 Do. £5OO 5 2 pq D ° £lOO and £2OO 5 1 -B ;_ z ik of England _St oc k, 5 per C ent 247 TIAII GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India n, Stock, 10/ p er C en t ., AprillB74 2OB Do Ac coun t De. 4 5 per Cent. J u ly, 1870 o. l p er Cent., Oct. 1888 e. Certificates D DO • Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent 0 0 . 5 p er C ent . , J an. 187 2 . 5/ per C en t., M a y 1879 Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — ~,1 )0 . Bonds, £l,OOO l5 l'o• under £l,000 11„,. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ',._ 44 trian Bonds, C than 5 ent 5 per Cent, 1859 — , per '''°. 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 , Do. 1865 '',.-,'o Account 74i 5 t " 0 . Scrip, £25 p a id pm Iletios Ayres '6 per Cent D 0 Account 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 p er C ent ) --Luan 6 per Cent D O , 4 1 C per Cent olombian 6 per Cent. AM per Cent. ` 1 , 1 .; 1 181.1. 3 per en, 1825 4 per CeCnt, t. 1863 ti . "°. 5 peP Ginn et polities 1773-77, £25 paid — t tnubi an 1, 1)0 Account 73 -ln gYPtador New C onso lid a t e d , 1 per C ent — 130., Provisional Land Warrant ian 7 per Cent 4 , ) ,°., Second Issue 4 -'0 £lOO Bonds 2l Do. 1864 9 /- 9 14 mt &Yip £ l OO Bonds 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex C oupons s 1 40 . Acco un t ,- Coupons Account DO "atetriala 5 per Cent. £B6 paid i n u, . 18 39 and 1850 - I., d an 5 per Cent, 1865 0. Account O .Alaremmana Railway 4-'„0 Scrip, £671 paid jeo 5 per Cent., 1864 e Xicau 3 per Cent U 0• Account 214 Do 1864 Ig o 6 per Cent. Anglo-French u o Fren c h S cr ip, E x. 25f 20c......... —'Ll o ntevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid ,00rish Imperial 5 per Cent OW Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred D 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) 13 . 6 per Cent, 1864 t , Bo Guaranteed, 4 per Cent e ,ruian 5 per Cent 4) 0 . Account Jp. 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) -uo 41 per Cent., 1862 p 1)0 Account 69 01 11v- ties° 3 per Cent., 1853 1) 1 , 0 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, lt,'" o . Account - B ,sian. 5 per Cent., 182.2, X St 41 per Cent. 1850 2 per Cent., 1860 Dn -0 3 per C on t. 1859 5 per C en t. 1862 ° 5 per Ce n t. 1864 934 aVirlian 5 per Cent " u ,„O £llO Bands " 0 . 11 per C en t knish . 3 per Cent it to account D i O t to New Deferred Account ~„u0 ?a&-ivo A 4 ccount 261 h 4418 11 Cert. of Coup not funded 470 Account 1 1 64 ish 4 per Cent. er Cet. 864 -r ' 0 •8 41 1). 6 p per Ce n nt. l 1854 Ac cou nt 9O • ; h ° 6 per C en t. 1858 )0 Account 694 .) £lOO Bonds ( 0 ) A 6 cp:oruCn t e nt. 1862 0 0 1)0 £lO O Bond s ° 6 per Ce n t., 1863 5 per Ce n t. 1865 ° S crip £35 paid 1)0 Ac c ount 40 4 v" 0 . 4 per C ent. Guaranteed 4- ' ersilezuela per Cent. 0 Acc ount A. 4 8, Dividends on the above payable in London. .rian, 5 pr Cent., 4-1, per cent. E , Exx. 2 10 Florins . sf. ,nclißentes 3 per Cent. Lteh 211,37 Cont., Ex. 12 Guil to, DTWOO'CLOCK.O gols for money ............................... 87 , account .................................... TLVE O'CLOCK. The Money M ar k e t i s easier i WE n consequence of the favourable Bank of England return. There is only a small inquiry for accommodation, and dis counters evince a disposition to take the best abort dated paper under 7 per cent.,--the general quotation current during the last few days. Some favourable changes have taken place during the week in the position of the Bank of England. The return shows an increase in the reserve, and a falling off in the bills discounted. Subjoined are the particulars : Active Circulation -X21,406,250 40,345 ... 13,031,834 ••• 144,005 • . 3,502,696 Increase •.:: •.:. 72,333 Public Deposits ... ... 3,270,495 Decrease ,„ 373,143 Other Dep os it s ... ... 14,385,209 Decrease ..• ... 1,846,353 Seven Day and Other Bills Decrease • 434,759..• ... 20,056 Government Securities ... ... 9,870,976 ' Decrease 19 974 Other Securities 19 , 599 , 599 Decrease 2,331,595 Notes Unemployed ... • 5,427,750 Increase 149,505 The return from the Bank of France shows a farther falling off in the bullion of £440,000, and an increase of £653,340 in the notes in circulation. The commercial bills discounted have received an addition of £48,000, and the Treasury balance of £76,000 ; while a decrease has taken place in the advances on stock of £20,000, and of £816,000 in the current accounts. The report of the directors of the Midland Banking Company, for presentation at the forth coming half -yearly meeting, has been issued. It states that the disposable business amounts to £11,215 18s. 4d., and recommends a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free of income tax. Two O'CLOCK. The English Stock Market has been very active, and prices have advanced, in consequence of the better prospect of monetary affairs. The Funds show an improvement of # per cent., compared with, the latest prices yesterday. Consols are 87 * for money, and 87/ I for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 86/ 87*; Ex chequer Bills, ss. to is. dis. ; Bank of England Stock, 247 ; India Stock, 208 ; ditto 5 per Cents., 1021 ; ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., 101; and ditto fonds, 15s. prem. The Market for Foreign Stocks has been well Supported, and prices ge nera ll y i n di cate f i rmness. T urkish 5 per Cents. are 39/ 40 ; Mexican, 214 ; ditto New, 19/ k ; Greek, 134 141 ; Spanish Pas sive, 254 26 ; the Certificates, 13/ 14* ; Italian, 61 4 s ; the Confederate Loan, 6 7 ; Brazilian Scrip, 1* prem. ; and the Egyptian Railway Loan 11 Prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds; 65 / 66* ; Erie shares, 571 f ; and Illinois, 764 j. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued rather quiet, although in several instances slightly enhanced rates are established. North fastern (Berwick) have improved ss. ; Great *Western and Midland, each 10s. ; and North *Western, 15s. The For eign and Colonial lines remain without Change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are inactive, at about former rates. • Bank of London, however, have improved to 147* 148 ; London and Brazilian, t ° 4 6 ; Bank of Australasia have declined to 71/ k ; ueint-Stock Discount, to 7 and Overend, Gurney, and Company, t o 20/; ; London Steam ~ -I- ° Wing Company's shares are quoted 1* 2 prem.; , Charles Lafitte and Co., 2* zi prem. ; Galatz Ca me Company, prem. ; English and American , a nk, 1 1/ prem. ; an d B r i t i s h C onvention Bonds of Mexico, 68 72. 'his:Day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 'are/ Railways. I Paid. 1 Bristol and Exeter .... 1C st Caledonian ' 10 st .Cainbrian. 50 . ;ork and Bandon.... al :0 'Cornwall . al It Dublin & Belfast June. 101 It Dun„Perth, & A b.June. 1U 10 tlLondon, bull) Certi. 21 110. 11 at flasgow &S. Western It. et ;rest Eastern, Ord. stk. -10 at Do. E. Angl. at. No. ? 101 et irreat North of Scotland 101 st Treat Northern lOl rt Do. A stock lOl at Do. B stock lO4 at Do. New. is. at 25 pm 10 st Gt S. and W. of Ireland lot et it. Western -Original 1 , C at I) S. Val. Rail gua. 100 at Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid.— Oxtord 100 at Do. Newport lOO at Do. Het eford 00 at LancAshire & Yorkshire 100 st L..ndon and Black wall' 100 at Lon., Brigh., & S Coast 100 st Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 st Do. Metrop. Xx. A lOO st Lon. & 'North Western 100 at Lon. & South Western 100 st Man., Shet., & Lincoln 100 at 10 Do. New 7 10 Do. Extension e 100 5 Metropolitan District all ( Do do. do. 1( 10 Do. and St. John'sW'd 1 at Midland 9 Do. £9 Share at Do, Birmin.. & Derby 11 25 slid Kent . et North British at Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun lt st Nth. Eastern—Berwick it 25 Do. G.N*E purchase 16.1 et Do. Leeds at Do. York lOl et De. Carlisle ..... 101 25 Do. Stock. & Darling. al 25 Do. do. 1860-61 et North London 10 Do. do. 1864 10 Do. ao. 1865 st North Staffordshire .. 10 N. &S. W. Junction .. at Scottish Central at Scot. N. E Aber. stock 101 at t .o. Scot, Mid. stxk lOl st Shropshire Union 101 at South Devon lO at , outh E stern 10 Staines, Wok., & Wok al It Taff Vale lOl .0 Do. C It Vale ot Neath it Waterford & Kilkenny 101 0 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 t West Cornwall.... IClosing Price. 93 95 28 129 94 96 13 15 _4i 55 to I 68 - 70 ;0 70 72 112 114 41 42 7i Si 127 128 0 145 HO 91 93 58& 59 38 40 34 37 ,01 1221 12. is 9 Al 101 103 35 37 48 to 1251 noi 9.t 25 f 2 F 3 135 136 23 21p I lip 100 102 )0 124 124 5 11 111 )0 93 95 67 68 7 28 110 112 )0 1 72 73 )0 1 105 106 1 36 37 6 10 1t p I 123 126 5 2 2,p, 5 2 24p1 10 76 77 11 11 12 00 45 148 0 66 68 0 112 114 55 57 AI 73 75 11 8 9 )0 147 150 3 3 !p ►0 101 103 10 49 51 1( 6 51 BRITISH P DO Atlantic&St.Lawrence al .. et Bom Baroda, , tCen.ln. 00 / gu. 5 percent.. W Do. E shares :Oi Buffalo & Lake Huron al [0 Do. Preference al 10 I Buff.,Brant, &Goderich I 6 p.c. 872-3- lu st Calcutta tS. E., lim 10 st 'ape Town & Dock, gu: 10 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pt al it East. Ben.i.al, gu. , sdo 10 ' East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. 10 20 Do. J Extension II st Grand Trunk of Canada 101 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c al .00 Do. lat ?ref. Bonds al ;00 Do. do. deferred at 00 Do. 2d Pr( f. Bonds al 00 Do. do. deterred 00 Do. 3d Pref. stock al 00 Do. do. deferred 00 Do. 4th Pret stock 00 Do. do. deterred st Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c 10( 20 I 'o. Gua. 5 per cent 1 20 Do. New gua. sp. c st Gt. South of India .. gua. 5 per cent at D‘. 41 per cent I st Do ... 204 Great Wes. of Canada.. a, 204 Do. 100 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 al 100 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. al' 10 Indian Branch, limited st Madras, gua, 5 p.c .... 10( at Do. 42 do io( at Do. 44 do 10( 20 Do. Fifth Extension 'A at Melb. Cot 6p. c. Bnds. 10( 50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay al, st N.Rl.C'da,6polstpf.bs to( st Scindo 1( st Do. Delhi ~, d 1 , 20 Do. do m di. at Do. Punjaub.... ~.5 1 at Do.lndus St. Flo ~ ''' COLONIAL GO VERN - British Columbia, 6 per cent., De 0.31, 1872 10 - Can. Gov. 6 p. caa. dz July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. Sz Aug, lOl - Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 101 - 1./o. sp. c. Jan. & July 10 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 10 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 10 - Do.Apl.4kOct , 1890-1900 10 . Do. do: 1880-9 10 - Do. Jan. &July, 1890-91 10 - Do. 5 per oent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lO • Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. c 10 , - Do. 1878, do lO • Alauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan._ and July • Do. 1 ,4 78 • Do. 1882, May i 5, Nov. ,1 10 • Do. 1895, Feb. Aug AI • Natal '4ov. S per cent ll N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja. &July IC N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t, IC Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1871, 10 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 10 New Zealand, 6p. cent 10 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So dia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 l9 Queensland Gov. 6p. c 11 3. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18e8-9 11 Do. 1878 St upwards 1! Vic,(3rov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 1( Do. do, 9pril & Oct.. 1( BRITIS 2 Cam. Congo'. Gold, lim. - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist - Drake walls 2.. - East Bassett (Illogan) 2l - East Caradon 2.1 - East Cam Brea - East Grenville - East Gunnislake 8.3 - East Loved - E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.1 - Gam.& StA übyn(G wen. 6 4 Great L .xey, limited a, - Great South Tolgus O.l - Great Wheal tsusy l4. - G. Wheal Vor (Heist 41 - Grenville B.l - Herod's Foot .... 8.1 - ilingston Downs 5. 1, - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.1 - Marke Valley 4. 1, 4 tiwyndy Iron Ore, lim - New Se ton - North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassett (Illow,an North Whesl Crotty -- Prosper 7., - Pr vidence Uny Isdant 10. - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) - South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1 -- stray Park 35.1 - Tin Croft 5 7igra and Cl. gan, lim a, - West kassett (Mogan - W. Caradon (L.skeard - West Chiverton l, - West Seton. 4 - Wheal Bassett 'lllogan - Wheal Buller (Redruth 11 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. - Wheal Setou • Wheal Trelawney (Lis VICEFERENCE ..ti I 9 20 21 1 570 590 1.0 / 1 :9i 18 20 14.6 84 94 3} 5t of 14.0 3 4 3.6 4 9.0 12 14 .8.0 3 4 66 5 ry ,1 20 21 14.6 11 2 .9.6 31 31 03 18.0 :3} Si 10.0 40 4 - .! r 0.6 151 5/ t 7.6 5 7 10.6 4 41 2/ 21 101 1:4 40 50 184 13 15 1.0 1 / .3.( 1.6 - : - 17 39 1i 410 430 Z.O 2 zi 18.9 8 22 15.6 9 11 9 19 20 111 4 6 11 3 4 9 8 10 11 80 83 17i 190 200 51 95 It.o 16 27 30 8 3 6 184 2'5 220 7 17 18 Waterford and Kilkenny, 6 per cen Lt., 51i 1051 311 I &ND RTOCIES. 185 S, 97 PREFERENCE SHARES London, Brighton. &c., 44 per cent., South Eastern 441 per cent., 1859, Ditto, 5 per cent., XB6l, 94 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Wlits and Somerset, 831 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 114 104 Banta and San Francisco , It.n.) gut. 7 per cent.. 1 4 4 15 4 Namur and Liege gua. 146. per annum, 9 Recite and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 13 Sambre and Meuse, 51 per cent. pf., Of San Paulo, 11w., gua. 6 per cent., 164 FOREIGN hi IN - EP. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 3i lerontino and ►solivia Gold, lim., if f Washoe Gold, lim., 6 BANKS. Anglo Egyptian, 1im.,!13 Anglo-Italian, lira., It Australasia, 7.i Bank of British Columbia, 211 Bank of Egypt, 30 Bank of London, 1471 8 City, 104 3 Consolidated Bank, lint, 10} Hindustan, China, and Japan,Lilm., 18i Imperial Ottoman, 13 Ditto, new, 12 London and Brazilian (lint.), 43 London and County, 821 London Joint Stock, 491 London and 1% estminster, Rational Provincial of England. 152 k Ditto, .d and 3d issue, 45 Provincial Banking Corporation, lint., 71 Standard of British South Africa, 151 Union of London, 51! rz - r MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 23 Berlin Water Works, Urn., 11 Bo , i.bay Gas, lim., 5f Ceylon Company, 91 Co“ , mercial Union, Insurance, Credit fonder and Mobi ger of hugland, 83 f Electric Telegraph, i 33 6 Fore-street Warehouse, lim. ' 114 Gen. Credit and Financ e 01 L ondon, lim., 6 Hudson's Bay, 161 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim. , 74 International Financial , ociety, 11 111, 5 3 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 73 3 • London Financial Association, lira ~ 7 183 19 Lon on aid Provincial Marine, 24 iti , dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto, new, 18 Freehold Land and Dock, 6 O ierend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 2 3 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—PLYMOUTII, Wednesday. —The Union Company's Royal mail steamship Saxon, Commander Edward Baynton, from Table-bay Dec. 14, St. Helena Dec. 22, and Ascension Dec. 25, arrived in the Sound this morning. She brings 75 pas sengers, and the captain and officers and portion of the crew of the late steamship Dane. Her cargo consists of 84G bales of wool, 428 hides, 104 bundles sheepskins, 41 bales goatskins, 143 tons copper ore; one quarter cask, 12 half aums, two ankers, and one keg of wine; five cases ostrich feathers, one box old silver, ono boz foreign coins, and geYeral packages sundries. (SESSIONS. ll 1 5s 60 10 0 10) 8 id (si lu 11 75 80 96 98 )0 60 70 11 100 102 )0 100 101 )0 1(0 102 15 - - )0 1 35 36 11 87 89 11 67 69 it 57 62 11 57 59 11 52 57 11 46 50 11 42 46 LI 3l 36 11 33 35 100 102 6 6 alp 93 100 91 93 11 161 IN .8 4i 11 1.2 04 11 84 c, 6 1 99 100 10 9O 92 10 86 88 [1 I 63 65 1 8i 82 U .00 N 102# 00 1014 1024 2 I Id ,00 98 99 .100 ENT SECU. )0 93 r 0 93 lo 93 ,ITIE.S. )0 104 ►0 101 i 0 90 92 /0 10J 102 1 0 104 147 101 103 01 - 10 - i 4 1 102 W 4 103 .103 1 0 98 100 0 92 114 1 0 1 0 102 O 92 93 O 87 88 O 100 102 O 82 84 10 97 99 10 99i 100 0 1103 105 104 106 MINES. Business done. SHARE THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JAMTARY 19, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, 410-- COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Chief Justice Cockburn and Justices and Blackburn and Mellor.) BRYANT V. FOOT. Mr. Mellish this morning resumed his arguments in this case, which has been pending since 1863. It came before the court as a special case, the ques tion to be decided being what was the legal fee, if any, payable to the clergyman for performing a marriage ceremony in the parish of Horton, in the county of Bucks. The decla ra ti on c h arge d that the defendant, who is rector of the parish, refused to marry the plaintiffs, and the defence was that they refused to pay the usual fee of 13s. 4d. for the rector and clerk. The parties got into some complicated pleadings, and when the matter was brought before Mr. Justice Blackburn he ordered them to be struck out, and in their place a special case as to what was the legal fee for a marriage in the parish of Horlow was directed to be argued before the court. Mr. Mellish contended, for the plaintiffs, that the law was perfectly clear that a clergyman had not a lien on his fees, but that he must per form the service first, and when he had done that, then demand his fee, and, if not paid, he must sue in the Ecclesiastical Court. for it. His main objec tion was that the fee was too large, and that it was impossible to believe that it bad existed from time immemorial. The value of 13s. when Richard the First returned•from the Holy Land was equivalent to £2O of the present money of the realm, and it was therefore absurd to say that it had existed at that sum ever since the time when legal memory commenced. There were, unfortunately, cases in the agricultural districts where this enormons fee actually prevented parties going through the marriage rite . and there fore, although that did not to uc h th e ma in point, it was only another circumstance which showed the impolicy - of fixing the sum at such a figure. When fees were established for marriage under the 6th and 7th of William IV., in the registration offices, the Legislature fixed Is. for notice, which was equiva lent for banns, and 10s. for marriage by licence, and ss. otherwise, and it was unreasonable th a t the fee claimed at Horton should be equal to two weeks wages of an agricultural labourer. Ho wag of opinion that the fee was an uncertain one, and that it was bad, and could not be maintained. The learned gentleman having concluded his argument, The Court said it would t a k e ti me t o cons id er i ts decision. THE QUEEN V. WINSOR-THE WHOLESALE CHILD MURDERERESS. Chief Justice Cockburn, seeeing the Solicitor- General in court, said there was the case of the Queen against Winsor standing on the paper, and he did not think it ought to be indefinitely post poned. The Solicitor-General said he had communicated with Mr. Folkard, the counsel for the defendant, and he hoped the case would have been ere this disposed of. • CircUmstances, however, had trans pired which had prevented it. - Chief Justice Cockburn said the case could be taken next Wednesday or Thursday. The Solicitor-General said that would be incon venient to him as he had to appear in the Banda prize money case on that day. It was eventually fixed that Winsor's case should be taken on Saturday week. The point to be argued, it will be recollected, is, whether the prisoner can be put in peril twice for the same offence. The A Judge, at the first trial discharged the jury, who could not agree as to their verdict when she was indicted for murder, and a new trial was had, the prisoner found guilty of wil ful murder, and sentenced to death, but her counsel altogether objected to the legality of the secolid trial. Sentence, however, had been respited until the point now before the court is decided. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) TODD V. TODD. This was a suit by the wife for a dissolution of marriage on the ground of her husband's adultery and disertion. The respondent was permitted by the court to appear and answer a considerable time after the petition had been filed on him, and he traversed the allegation of adultery. Dr. Spinks and Mr. Price appeared for the peti tioner, and Dr. Tristram for the respondent. From the opening of counsel it appeared that the respondent held a situation of £5OO a year on a plantation at Assam, in which he held a share. The marriage took place in London in October, 1861. The parties had been engaged for some time, but the marriage was opposed to the wishes of the lady's parents, with whom, however, a reconciliation was effected, and they were on friendly terms with the respondent shortly after the marriage. The re spondent and the petitioner went to Calcutta, and 1 err shortly afimr- thoit- arri-ral +hero the conduct of the respondent to his wife became very strange, and he openly avowed that he had loved her at the time of the marriage, and that he made her his wife entirely from a sense of honour, as they had been engaged. He subsequently stated that he loathed her, and ultimately sent her to her parents in England, with whom she at first resided, but afterwards removed to France and Germany, with a view to perfect her in the languages of these countries. Before the separation the respondent settled an allowance of £l2O a year on his wife. It further appeared that in 1864 the respondent was living in London and Paris, and it was discovered that he was then living in adultery. The petitioner was afterwards induced to commence the present proceedings. (The case was not concluded when we went to press.) essential. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. - MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SON COMMITTED FOR ASSAULTING HIS MOTHER. —John Hardy, about 30 years of age, described as a labourer, was charged before Mr. Knox with vio lently assaulting his mother by striking her with a chair. He was further charged with stealing two chairs, the property of his father, but that charge was not pressed. Mrs. Johannah Hardy, the wife of a clerk, residing at 29, Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital, said that yesterday the prisoner, who was her son, came to the room and took away her looking-glass. She went out to look for a constable, and on her return saw the prisoner coming out of the house with two chairs on his head. She went up to him and told him they were her chairs, when the pri soner—she having a baby in her arms at the time —struck her on the head with the chairs in a violent manner, knocking her down, and she had to go to the hospital to have her head dressed. The prisoner had threatened to murder them ; and, although they gave him a share of everything they had, he treated them very cruelly. James Dawson, a porter, residing at 21, Berner ton-street, Caledonian-road, said he saw the priso ner knocking in the door in a violent manner. A constable proved taking the prisoner into cus tody, and hearing him threaten at the station to do for his father. Mr. Knox said he seldom heard anything which filled him with more disgust and horror than the present case. It was a case to be dealt with with severity, and he should commit the prisoner for six months, with hard labour. was alone responsible for the still, and had been working it ever since it was erected. The prisoner said that what the officer had stated was perfectly right. He was out of work, and was told if he was detected he would not be imprisoned, and that only the still and utensils would be seized. Mr. Pargiter was recaaed, and said the spirits seized had been manufactured from molasses wash. The stuff was hawked about the sea-coast and in land towns and villages as smuggled brandy. It was not rectified. Mr. Paget said he had no alternative but to fine the prisoner £3O, and in default to' be imprisoned for three months and kept to hard labour. Mr, C. Buxton, M.P., on American Affairs , Mr. C. Buxton, M.P., is in the habit of delivering an annual address at the Reading-rooms at Cromer, Norfolk, on the events of the preceding twelve months. He has just reviewed 1865. Upon the American question the hon. gentleman said the crowning event of the history of the past year was the overthrow of the South. Having remarked upon the futile nature of the prophecies indulged in with respect to the late war, Mr. Buxton said :—Thoso who took the side of the North at that time Lave a right now to triumph over those who differed from them ; but I confess that even at this day I for one look back with bit ter regret on the ruin and devastation that has befallen that fair ]and, on the hundreds and thousands of homes that have been filled with mourning, on the sufferings of those who have perished on the ruin and waste of wealth, and the heavy burdens tied round the neck of the American people. However, we may indeed rejoice that the ter rible strife is at last over, and that the triumph of the Northern arms has been attended by the great and glorious achievement of the abolition of slavery. That is, indeed, no slight consolation for all the miseries which this war had entailed. Another result of the war cannot but be gratifying to us as Engfishmen, and that is, that the character of our American brethren, who are bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, has unfolded itself in such 1111- expectedly brilliant colours. They have shown mar vellous vigour, endurance, and force of will. Except at the first battle of Bull Run, the soldiers on both sides have performed prodigies of valour. The two governments, having everything to create on the spur of the moment, made, of course, many blun ders, but altogether showed extraordinary power of organisation, and the art of war probably was never learnt so quickly by a previously untrained people. No personal sacrifices of money, or of comfort, or of life, could for one moment damp or deter them ; and last, but farfrom least, with some exceptions, and especially in tho infamous treatment of Northern prisoners by the South, I must say that this great civil war was conducted on both sides with admirable humanity. Any one who is familiar with the histories of other civil wars cannot but have noted with heartfelt satisfaction the self-control displayed by the com batants in the greatest of all civil wars, and the conduct of the Government of the re-United States towards the sub jugated South has been marked on the whole both by sin gular clemency and by statesmanlike wisdom. The prin ciple on which that Government acted has been that of endeavouring rather to win back the South to take its place once more as a partner in the Union than to deal with it as a conquered enemy. The President and his co) leagues have done all that men could do to conciliate the South, and enable her to return to the Union without any bitter feelings of humiliation or disgust. If anything, this policy, sound as it was in principle, was carried too far. Many of us here began to feel no little alarm lest Mr. Johnson should virtually sacrifice the freedom of the slaves by leaving them completely under the heel of their former masters. I for one thought he was making a grievous mistake in not insisting from the first on the essen tial stipulation that the evidence of negroes should be taken in courts of law exactly like that of the whites. At first, however, all seemed to go smoothly. The South, astonished at this unexpected treatment, seemed willing frank 4 to embrace the offers made to her, and to be ready to acquiesce in the facts of her position. But during the last two months the aspect of affairs has changed, and the old obstinacy and bitterness of the South has revived. Most of the Southern States have been showing of late a sullen determination to thwart the will of the North, to repudiate her authority, and, above all, to make the freedom of the negreas a mere nomi nal boon. Some are insisting on a recognition by the Union of the debts they have incurred in rebellin g against it, and, generally, they have been adopting a variety of measures of the most cruel character, by which the negro would still be virtually almost as much as ever a slave. They are especially determined not to allow his evidence to be taken in a court of justice. Now this obviously is a vital point. It is plain that if a negro cannot prosecute a white man or bear evidence against him, there is no limit to the violence or ill-usage which he may receive at the white man's hands. Fortunately, however, the South showed her head too soon. If she had waited with acme what more patience, the Southern States would have been brought into the Union, with their privileges and powers as largo as ever. But the violence of temper and malignity of purpose which they had so incautiously displayed had alarmed the North. Mr. Johnson himself appears to have felt that his policy was somewhat too connaing i cud au cordingly left it to Congress to decide on what conditions the Southern States should be restored; but I greatly re gret that the House of Representatives, instead of adopting the wise and noble principles of policy on which Mr. Johnson was inclined to act, seem now determined to show their irritation against the South, and to treat her not as a reconciled sister, but as a subjugated foo. I have little doubt, however, that this is temporary, and that ere long the Northern States will be content to restore the South to full union ; but at the same time, enforcing those definite and stringent stipulations for securing the freedom of the negro which experience has already shown to be TAT TERSALLS'—Last Evening THE DERBY. 1000 to 90 agst Student (taken) 500 to 25 agst Janitor (taken) • Scarcely a dozen members present, and only the abo're bets came under our notice. Bank of England Returns..--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to t; cap. 32, for tho week ending he Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday ; Jan. 17, 1866. P RTMENT. 188 US DE f ,Notes issued ...—.£26,831,000, Government Debt £11,015,110 Other Securities .. 3.631,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,18.1,0 0 Silver Bullion • £26 831,0`01 £26,8.4,000 ,:rAnTm EN T. Government Seen- cities (including Dead WeiglitAn- - nuity) _ 19,87 ,976 Other Securities 19,999,599 Notes Gold and Silver 847,834 Coin 1 £36,146,159 '. MILLER, Chief Cashier. The Casual Poor in Lambeth Workhouse. At the meeting of the vestry of the parish of St. Mary, Lambeth, held at the Vestry Hall, Kenning ton-green, last evening, and presided over by Mr. Robert Taylor, Mr. GEORGE HILL called the attention of the vestry to statements which had recently appeared in some of the newspapers respecting the treatment of the casual poor in Lambeth Workhouse. These statements having been circulated throughout the country, Lambeth Workhouse had become the sub ject of general comment, and he considered that the sooner the matter was explained, and an answer given to these statements, the better it would be for the parish authorities and the credit of the p ar i s h a t large. In order, therefore, to give the guardians an opportunity of explaining, he would ask them, in the first place, whether there was such a casual ward as that described by the writer in the newspapers. Secondly, whether the baths were in such a filthy state as he described ; and, thirdly, whether there was that want of superintendence which he com plained against. Mr. RHODES, one of the guardians, stated in reply, and as the result of inquiries he had made into the matter, that the statements Mr. Hill had referred to were very much over-coloured, and in many points devoid of truth. The area on which the workhouse stood was entirely built over, and there was conse quently no room for the extension of the premises. The guardians had, however, in the terms of the Act of Parliament, fitted up two casual wards; one for males and another for females—the former ca pable of accommodating 31 men, and the latter 30 females. These wards are , fitted up in the most comfortable manner, with fire and gas, and having beds separated from each other. There were three warders attached to each ward. They had been highly approved of by the Poor-law inspector, and certified by him. The baths were immediately below these wards, and there was a stair covered with matting leading up from them to the men's ward. On the night in question, *the Bth of January, there happened to be a much larger number of casuals requesting admission than on previous occasions. There were, he believed, as many as 64 men and boys, while the new casual ward could only accommodate 31. In this emer gency the shed, or what was called the crank yard, was had recourse to. It was made as comfortable as circumstances would admit of, and the floor being stone a platform of wood was erected for the parties to sleep on. Coverings were given them in theshape of four rugs to each, two of these being sewn toge ther, and 74 shirts were distributed among the 64 casuals, which showed that no one could have been without one. In regard to the state of the baths, they were at present under repair, and the paupers had to carry the waterin pails for the supply of them, which was no easy matter, but he was assured there was nothing filthy to be seen about them unless it had been the scum of the soap on the water, for they did give those parties soap to wash themselves with. There were three warders who had charge of the casual wards, but all the warders in the house could not prevent those parties from talking obscene language. They might, however, state that the guar dians had given up the use of the shed, and had re solved on hiring lodgings in the neighbourhood for the use of the casual poor who might seek admis sion, and which they had not accommodation in the house for. These they had hired at the rate of 4d. per night. The Rev. J. F. LINGHAM, the rector of the parish, said that in consequence of the statements he had heard depreciatory of the workhouse administration he had himself visited it last night, and was prepared to say, from all that he had seen and the explana tions which had been made to him, that the state ments referred to were much exaggerated, and in several instances untrue. He believed thatthe whole matter had been got up for sensational purposes, and was, in fact, exaggerated and over-coloured. Mr. FRANCE said he had visited the shed in ques tion, and could testify as to the account which had appeared in the newspapers respecting it being true in every respect. Mr. D 0 ULTON, M.P., said—The guardians having complied with the act of last session, and fitted up two casual wards, which had been highly com mended by the Poor-law authorities, he did not see what blame was to be attached to them. These wards were considered large enough to accommodate all the casual poor who would seek accommodation, but the fact was, these wards had been made so comfortable that larger numbers came seeking ac commodation than was ever anticipated, or which could ever have been anticipated, and in such a case what were the guardians to do ? They could not have refused them admission, as if they had they would have been pulled up before the magistrate next day. They had done the best thing they could under the circumstances, and even admitting that the shed was in the condition in which it had been described, he maintained that no blame could be attached to the guardians, as they had no other re source. He must,however, say that if in consequence of the large influx of casual poor seeking accommo dation at the workhouse, and for which there was none, the guardians were to hire lodgings for them, as they were told they were now doing, at the rate of 4d. per head per night, it would soon become a serious matter on the ratepayers. As the act was very hurriedly passed through Parliament at the close of last session, he considered that it would be necessary to endeavour to obtain an extension of i _ during the ensuing session. Mr. GILES contended that the statements which appeared in the newspapers had been fully borne out by the facts of the case. In fact, the guardians had admitted it by discontinuing the use of the shed. But for these statements they would no doubt have continued the use of it. The matter then dropped. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. The arrivals of English wheat fresh up to our market to-day were very moderate. The trade for good and fine dry samples ruled firm, at full prices ; but damp produce was a dull inquiry, at Monday's currency. With foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied. The trade was firm for all qualities, and previous quotations wore supported. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, and prices ruled firm. Barley was in fair supply, and the trade for all qualities ruled quiet, at about late rates. The malt trade was quiet, on former terms. Oats were in but moderate supply. The trade, however, ruled quiet, but at full prices. Beans and peas met a slow sale, at the late decline in their value. Flour was in but moderato request, at late rates. bHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 770 780 1,390 2910 850 Irish Foreign 2570 320 5390 820 sks. 3930 brls. The Insurrection in Spain. (From the Correspondent of the Times) MADRID, Jan. 15. "Events follow, but do not resemble one another." History never repeats itself, not because the same cause could fail to produce the same effects, but because the causes, however similar, can never be thoroughly identical. It occurred to me, as it naturally did to most other persons, to look upon Prim's military revolt at Aranjuez as a mere repe tition of O'Donnell's mutiny at Vicalvaro. There was and is very great similarity between the situation of Spain in 1854 and the condition of the country at the present period. Independently, however, of the actual merits of the different actors, the stage itself is essentially changed. We must take into account the powerful influence which railways and telegraphs have since the last 11 years placed at the disposal of the Government. We must consider the different organisation which has lately been given to the State ; the changes introduced into the military system ; the altered disposition of the people. Army and country have been strongly centralised, distances have been comparatively annihilated, and modern contrivances have so much economised time that an exploit which once required three months must now be achieved in three days. There is little doubt but General Prim is in the eyes of Spaniards a far more popular hero than O'Donnell was at any time. His valour is of a more dashing character ; his liveliness and courtesy pre sent a favourable contrast to his rival's stiffness and uncomrnunicativeness. But O'Donnell is in possession, and has on his side all those who have nothing to gain 'by a change. From the colonel upwards the army is under the control of Marshals who have comfortably feathered their nests. Truly there is no lack of aspiration and restlessness among the non-commissioned officers ; but discipline has been strenuously established, and the steed is tho roughly broken, however fretfully he may champ on the bit. We heard of four generals being leagued with Prim at the outset ; but Pierrad and Nouvilas were put out of harm's way, and such officers as Milans del Bosch, who have been with their chief throughout, have thrown no other weight into the scales than that of their sword. The plot in the various corps was said to be widely spread ; but O'Donnell had conjured the storm with timely pre cautions ; disaffected regiments were displaced or put asunder, suspected officers removed, the backbone of the conspiracy broken ; and when Prim, who was all the time playing with the cards Da the table, seeing all his plans upset, hurried on to a conclusion, it was found that out of a thousand partisans, only one—that poor Major Campos at Avila—deemed himself bound to strike a blow for his leader. For the rest, we had and have symptoms of dissatisfac tion, of anxious expectation here and there among the various garrisons, but nowhere an outcry for Prim, nowhere an outbreak. The attitude of the people is not greatly different from that of the army. The discontent is indeed very general ; there is everywhere a vague, unde fined longing for change. Were the public feeling , allowed a free utterance, no doubt an immense ma jority would pronounce in favour of Prim, although they have but little reason to entertain a high opin ion of him ; a change they would like, but not at the expense of the dangers and sufferings entailed upon them by a revolution. The Spaniards revolt, but do not fight. Rather, I should say, they only cheer on the soldiers who revolt and fight for them. We have been for the last twelve days looking out for squalls in Barcelona, in Valencia, in Seville ; but the expectation was, not that the mob, but only that the garrisons would rise ; the troops have been firm, and the populace hardly gave signs of life. Could a town be brought to venture on an insurrec tion, and were it even mighty Barcelona itself, an isolated fact would have but slight consequences, and an overpowering force could easily be brought to bear on a single pointin a few days. Of all places in Spain, Madrid is the least likely to show fight. With the best materials in the world for barricades, the narrowest streets, and thickest paving -stones, the Madrilenos show the least talent in the world for revolutions. The distress among the lowest classes baffles description. The summer and winter have been equally bad seasons for Madrid ; trade is at the lowest ebb ; not only labourers but clerks and overseers are everywhere thrown out of employment, and the men out of work throughout the provinces never fail to come and swell the ranks of the starv ing multitude in the capital. The elements of strife and bloodshed are rife enough about us ; but there is something stronger even than want and despais to keep them down, and that is bodily fear. Their would-be leaders, the champions of the Progresista party, have either fled or are hiding; a few are in the hands of the public force; the noted haunts of discontent, the hatching nests of plots and enzeutes popular clubs and newspaper offices are closed ; we have occasional, almost involuntary, attempts at disturbance at the Puerta del Sol, or at some of the Lower Quarters. We had a rush of people with lowered bayonets at their heads in the first -named locality even last evening ; but as for a regular set to, it would be madness to look for anything of the kind on the part of these Madrid people. The Pro gresistas and the other Liberal politicians set up their Retraimiento as a magic watchword. They shirked a legal struggle in which they were in duty bound to engage. No wonder the people equally put their trust in inaction, and leave it to the gods or the saints to fight their battles. Abandoned to himself, uncheered by the slightest demonstration in his favour, Prim can hardly bear up for any length of time, nor would any prolonged resistance on his part now avail either himself or his country. What might have happened had he struck one great blow and distinguished himself with some brilliant achievement at the outset it would now be idle to speculate. I have given up all hope of making out the position of the belligerent parties from the bulletins published daily in the Madrid Gazette. By all accounts we ought to be led to the conclusion that the insurgents, or part of their forces, at least, were yesterday at Alia, in the district of Caceres, towards the end of Estremadura; they were closely followed by Zabala, and had Echague in front, who showed determination to cut off their retreat. The probabilities are, never theless, that the rebels are striving to reach the Por tuguese frontier, and that the Government will not oppose their exit if it can possibly help it. In the whole matter of this movement of Prim there will, in all likelihood, not be a single blow struck, not one drop of blood shed. It will be found to have cost not a little, neverthe less. The waste , inseparable from the march of so many large columns of troops will be immense ; and no less considerable the losses occasioned by the stag nation of trade and industry, and the discourage ment of all useful enterprise. Possibly some good .may also arise from this as from most other evils. O'Donnell's G overnm ent may be so far stre ng th ened by their easy victory as to be able to be magnani mom, and to exercise a permanent and thereby a beneficial sway over the destinies of this distracted the rulers may reviveeonntr country. e fi T d h e e n c s e e n a s al ° o o n f g stability b subjects. What Spain requires above all things is peace and security, work and work's wages . Liberty is a good thing, but order—real order—is also good. A free Constitution is a great desideratum, but even with an indifferent one, education, economy, toleration, and all other social blessings are to be attained. The greatest evil that Prim's movement will be found to have in flicted upon Spain is the interruption of all real Par liamentary labour, the postponement of all salutary Government measures. The Chambers, it is need less to say, have hardly met for the transaction of any business for the last fortnight. The Minister of the Finance is, I am told, quite ready with his Budget, but he has had no opportunity of present ing it. Possibly, also, the movement of such numerous corps m ay have the effect of somewhat affecting the correctness of his estimates. The same Minister is hurrying on the work of the Commis sion charged with drawing up the project for a reform in the Customs duties and navigation laws. The Commission was sent, or will soon send forth their interrogatorios, sets of questions by which inte rested parties are consulted as to the expediency of the proposed measures. The eels are being asked whether they wish to bo skinned. A lapse of 40 days is allowed for the answer. Possibly this may give rise to reply and rejoinder. Months will thus be lost ; the Session will come to an end, and the world will have one more proof of the wisdo m of that saying, " The Minister who wishes to know how not to do a thing need only refer it to a Con e , mission." The Excavations at Malton. During the past fortnight the excavations in pro gress by the North-Eastern Railway Company, on the eastern side of the British, and subsequently Roman, military station atMalton, have beenpushed across the great outer breach, or vallum, defending the quadrilateral, of the camp. The excavations Dave yielded the most important results, the British and Roman periods being most clearly defined by the sections. The previous notice showed that two British tumuli had been exhumed from below a ro vering of disturbed Roman gound—the result of a levelling of the land in the beginning of.the present century. Two lesser trenches had also been cut across, showing British and Roman periods plainly recognisable. At a progress of about 50 yards the rock (oolite) was struck, the superficial covering being very thin —not more than 2 feet of soil, full of Roman pottery. Among the objects found was a fine red bowl, ornamented, of the ware known as bastard Saurian, but which the Rev. Mr. Porter, of Yedingharn, confidently traces to the Castor pot teries (Durobrivi.). Near it was found a silver coin of Severus. Both these articles were sold by the workmen. The Crown, however, is claiming the coin as treasure trove, and the bowl clearly belongs to the lord of the manor, Earl Fitzwilliam, whose agent, Capt. Copperthwaite, was compelled by these irregular proceedings to put in a claim ; and the other antiquities are located in the Lodge, Malton, or are held by Mr. Monkman, or the Rev. W. Green well, of Durham. The great outer trench, or covered way to the camp, has been cut across within the last few days, and the results of the excavation are of the greatest historical importance. The section of the trench is about 16ft. wide by 20ft. deep, the level of the railway being short of the bottom by some 6ft. or Bft. ; therefore the full section has not been exposed. Thiswas proved by thrusting a crow bar overhead in soft, unctuous soil. If this trench is ever probed to the bottom, it must be outside the railway boundary, and the excavations will pro bably be continued next summer. The lower part of the great trench was filled with striated soil, showing layers of charcoal and mixings of burning' s, charcoal and bones of animals, for a height of some feet above the railway level. [Probably five feet more were below.] The deposits yielded one stone implement and two flint flakes (knives), these being the only signs of human occupation. At the division between the British and Roman periods there was plainly distinguishable a line of semi-ve getable deposit, not exactly to be classed as peat, but showing sufficient vegetable remains to prove that there was a period of vegetation and moisture in the trench before the upper portion was filled with the dibris of the Roman occupiers —the con querors. Just under the semi-peaty line in the sec tion an entire skeleton was found, the body being doubled up after theßritish fashion, and surrcunded with large stones. It could not be said a rough cist was formed, nor yet a cairn—there was every evidence of hasty burial—probably of a Brigantean hero, who had fought forhis birthright and was buried where he fell. Among a great number of navvies it is difficult to collect remains, but of this skeleton Captain Copperthwaite succeeded in obtaining very nearly the whole. What was very important, the skull was perfect with the exception of part of the jaw. The position in which this burial was found suf ficiently stamped it as British, and Mr. Greenwell pronounced the skull to be a very one British speci men, with a parietal breadth of 80, as to 100 in length. The lower jaw is square and 'strong, and corresponds very closely with a fine Northumbrian skull in the collection. Singularly enough the fron tal suture of the Malton skull remains—a very rare occurrence—and the type is brachy-cephalic, the age being about 40 years and the sex masculine, of strong make. It is evident, from a curious molar, that toothache was common, or at least known, to the Brigantes. Some of the teeth were wanting (had been lost), and it was plain that the wisdom teeth had been lost early in life. If there were any articles interred with this body they were not recovered. Immediately above this burial the soil began to show fragments of Roman pottery, of undoubted local make, but mixed pretty freely with the red ware and the bluish-black ware of the Castor potteries. This deposit reached to within a foot of the surface, and showed that in Roman times the trench had been rapidly filled. The upper part of the rampart had, however, been thrown down early in this century. Among the deposits of the Roman period a bronze fibula—a greyhound coursing a hare (see illustra tion in Wright's " Celt, Roman, and Saxon," p. 343), was found, together with a bronze ring and an agate seal, having two doves seated on an urn, from which issues a flame. Captain Copperthwaite regards this as being a votive offering to Venus. The cutting of the stone is admirable The bronze leg of a Roman figure was also found —very singularly of a similar type to one found 40 years ago by the father of Captain Copperthwaite. On the loft of the trench, and just below the surface, a cist, or sarcophagus, containing a body of full length, and laid very Christian-like—east and west —was found. The cist was hewn out of two blocks of native oolite, and if it ever had a lid, the levelling process of 1860-6 had removed it. Indeed, it is strange how the coffin itself could have escaped de tection. This burial was found just at darkening, and next morning the bones of the skeleton were missing; they had been stolen during the night, only the occipital bone of the skull remain- _...... _ ing. The cis; measures 6ft. 9in. by Ht. bin. byinternally, and is of i mmense weight,placed in the L o d ge lo in. anddeisepnowfinall grounds, Melton. This burial was undoubtedly late Roman. There were found associated with it some half-dozen bone pins, a b one b o dki n, an d a very fine red "ba s t ar d Saurian " ware lachrymatoly, all of which are held by Captain Copperthwaite. Some other trivial matters, tending to show the nature of the burial, and to distinguish it from a twelfth century interment, were found. The ex cavations are still being carried on, but chiefly in the rock, and it is thought the ancient fortifications have all been passed. [verpoo: Cotton Market—This Day. .et steady. Sales probably 10,000 bales. At the half-yearly meeting, to-day, of the Pore street Warehouse Company, a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. was declared. At a meeting of the Board of the London and Provincial Marine Insurance Company, the direc tors have resolved to recommend at the ensuing general meeting a payment of bonus of 5 per cent. on the paid-up capital of the company, in addition to the payment of interest for the half-year ending 31st December, 1865, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and to increase the reserve fund to £25,000. During the last few days there has been a very limited amount of business transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars have been in very moderate request, at barely previous prices. Coffee, however, has been in fair demand at steady rates, and superior descriptions have advanced 6d. to is. per cwt. Rice has been more inquired for, while tallow has been dealt in to a seasonable extent for both present and forward delivery, at steady quotations. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—The North German Lloyd screw steamship New York, Captain K. von Otoren dorf, sailed for New York to-day at 2 p.m., with German, French, and English mails, 72 cabin passengers, 13 pack ages of jewellery from Havre, value £5,500, and a full cargo of general merchandise. LADVERTISEMEN"T.j—HoIIoway's Ointment.--Turn which way you will, go where you please, persons will be found who have a ready word of praise for this ointment. For chaps, chafes, scalds, bruises, and sprains, it is an invalu able remedy; for bad legs, caused by accent or cold, it may be relied upon for effecting a sound and permanent cure. In cases of swelled ankles, gout, and rheumatism, Holloway's ointment gives the greatest comfort by redic ing the inflammation, cooling the blood, soothing the nerves, adjusting the circulation, and expelling the im purities. This ointment should have a place in every nur sery. It will cure the long list of skin affections which originate in childhood, and gain strength with the child's growth. WANDS WORTH. SMOKING IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES.--Lord Rane lagh and Mr. Tuoker were brought before Mr. Dayman charged with smoking in a railway car riage on the London and South-Western line. As none of the passengers made any complaint, the magistrate mitigated the penalty to 10s. each. The fines were immediately paid. THAMES. REVIVAL OF AN OLD OFFENCE.—George Brown, a tall, well-dressed man, 55 years of age, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with carrying on illicit distillation in an unentered place. At one time private stills were plentiful in the district, and the revenue was extensively defrauded. Scarcely a week passed for several years without a case of this kind. The officer who had charge of this case seized eleven private stills in the me tropolis in a fortnight, and the people working them were all convicted. There have not been more than eleven cases in the metropolis for the last two years. There has not been a case of the kind at this court for 18 months. The use of mythilated spirits, licensed by law, by hatters, dyers, furniture polishers, and others, and the in creased vigilance of the excise officers, has almost extinguished illicit distillation. Mr. F. Pargiter, au officer of Inland Revenue, stated that he proceeded to the house No. 8, Bed ford-street, Bedford-square, Stepney, this morning, in company with Mr. Vanstone, another officer, and upon going down stairs into the back kitchen he saw a copper still set in brickwork, with the head and arm off. They fitted the head and arm to the still and made it complete. There were 20 gallons of molasses wash in a state of fermentation in tubs, a half gallon of raw spirits (the produce of the still), a worm, yeast, and all the necessary implements and ingredients for carrying on illicit distillation. There was a woman in the kitchen, who said, " This is his affair, not mine ; it don't belong to me ;" and also said the man who was the owner of it was upstairs, and that he took the kitchen in November last, at three shillings and sixpence per week, and she thought it was for the manfacture of chemicals. He found the prisoner in the house, and he said he BANKING p c' oprietors' Capi tal .E14.553.0 0 ,) ttcst Vublie Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ae- counts) 3,270,495 Other Deposits— 14,385,209 icven Day and other Bills . 434, ! 59 £36,146, 59 Jan. 18, 1865. The last official accounts from New Zealand are very favourable. Four regiments of British troops are re turning home. Not only was commerce decidedly on the increase, but progress was making in the gold discoveries, and immigration was steadily advancing. MISS LONGWORTH AND THE " SATURDAY RE viEw."—The Caledonian Mercury says :—Six of the jurors who voted the Saturday Review article to be no libel, with the three who were for giving a verdict in favour of the pursuer, have made solemn declaration; in the presence of magistrates and justices of the peace in their :respective localities, that they gave their verdict under an erroneous impression of the law of the case, and that since they read the judgment of Lord Jerviswoode in the public papers—a judgment which some of them say they did not hear at all when delivered, and others aver they heard only very indistinctly—they have felt con vinced that they did Mrs. Yelverton injustice, and that they would now give a verdict in her favour. The nine jurors severally ask for a new trial, on the ground that without it injury would continue to be wrongfully in flicted on Mrs. Yelverton, and that they themselves would suffer under the conviction that in ignorance or mis appiehension they had done her that injury. Application will be made immediately for a now trial. A number of the friends of MI s. Yelverton, however, looking at the moral effect of the present change, aro advising her to rest content with it." REPRESENTATION OF NOTTINGIIA3I.-011 Wed nesday evening a meeting of the Nottingham Inde pendent Society was held at the Black Boy Hotel. Reso lutions were passed pledging the members to give their support, morally and pecuniarily, to Sir Robert Clifton, in defending his scat as representative of the borough in Parliament against the petition with which he is threatened, and also resolving to present a petition against the return of Mr. Samuel Morley, as having been secured by bribery, intimidation, corruption, and other unconstitutional means. Further subscriptions to the amount of 800 wore received. After the transaction of some business it was resolved to hold a public meeting in the large room of the Durham Ox Inn on Friday evening. Lady Clifton has consented to preside over the Ladies' Central Committee. THE MURDER IN SHROPSHIRE.—The young man, James Childe, who was apprehended on a charge of having murdered the step-son of Mr. Meredith, in a mill near the latter's residence, on Sunday last, was brought up for examination yesterday at Bridgnorth. The evidence tended to show that the accused could not have been at the mill at the time the murder was committed, but the magistrate remanded him. The weapon with which there is every reason to conclude the murder was perpetrated has been found in the mill. It is a blacksmith's steel punch, about eight inches long, and of the diameter of a mufti; finger. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale are moderate. The trade is steady, and prices of all good and fine qualities rule firm. rer 81b by the carcase. sd s d inferior beef 2 8 3 4 Middling do. 3 6 4 0 Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Prime small do 4 4 4 6 Large pork 3 8 4 8 Lamb, Cs 0 sd s d Inferior mutton 3 8 4 2 Middling mutton 4 6 4 10 Prime do 5 0 5 2 Veal 4 0 5 0 Small pork. 4 10 5 2 Id to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a quiet trade for most kinds of hops. Good and fine samples, however, rule firm in prices, whilst inferior produce is unaltered in value from our last report. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings loos to 140 s „ COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales of China have proceeded without animation, at about previous current rates. SuoAß.—There have been few dealings of importance, and previous rates have with difficulty been maintained. In the refined market prices are also a shade lower. COFFEE.—The demand for Plantation Ceylon has been steady, and superior descriptions havo brought an advance of Gd to Is per cwt. RlCE.—There has been a good demand for cleaned de scriptions on the part of.: the trade, and fully late quota tione are supported. TALLOW.—The market has exhibited more animation, and prices for both present and forward delivery are a shade higher. P.Y.C., on the show, is quoted 47s 6d to 47s 9d ; March delivery, 48s 3d to 48s Gd ; and last three months, 496 3d to 19A 6d per cwt. 412 } I 691 6) 531 60 101 i 2 1281 1 1 1351 6 5i I 121 j 5 fj 1111 i 12 11] P 34i f 1011 1 ~;' a . p 1001