The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-14 00:00:00

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The r."—The )1. /17. ;ounty, containB 0 and in r inachi: rates his machi rm their a hand s 7 .A; paper. is State his tw o ,hing f or ell made as what the ear s cnowirig rraignea s• l o f the tw , p pare nd CO •enersni duties ban the ig man ed with nd. lie ors, t'''" for the Stun t 1 rwar cle ' Latur e 0- f tran sfer re, al i° i s to the dries lea Eon h ad tted for 'n ,„;co i cola 'end the ir Lians• XONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There has been a moderate inquiry for discount accommodation this morning, owing to the arrange ment of the account at the Stock Exchange. The rates out of doors have been firm, viz., n and 8 per cent. for first-class bills of short date. Loans from day to day on English Government securities have ranged from 7i per cent. The following gold ships from Melbourne are announced to be on their way home :—The York shire, on the 16th November, with 15,0540 z.; the Lightning and the Pride of the Ocean, both on the 20th November, with 11,094 oz. and 11,3610 z. re spectively ; the Moravian, on the 22d November, with 2,6000 z. ; the Wennington, on the 24th Nov., with 5,5700 z. ; the Sarah Grise, on the Ist Decem ber, with 12,6300 z. ; the Roxburgh Castle and the Omar Pasha, both on the 2d Dec., with 14,2880 z. and 6,7500 z. respectively ; the Clutha, on the sth December, with 2,2320 z. ; the True Briton, on the 19th December, with 36,1070 z. ; and the Wave of Life, on the 20th December, with 14,7170 z. The Sir John Lawrence also sailed from Sydney on the 16th November, with 14,8480 z. The whole amount by these 12 vessels is valued at £589,004, of which about £200,000 may be considered due. The amount of £70,000 was taken into the Bank yesterday. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of £1,270 9s. 4d., on account of the dividends on the debt of Ecuador. New Granada Debt.—Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received the following remittances on account of New Grenada dividend :—From the custom-house of Satanilla, £llO 9s. 2d. ; from the custom-house of San Jose de Cucuta, £576 3s. 2d. ; making a total of £686 12s. 4d. Two o'CLoca. According to Reuter's telegram, the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68f. 95e. Firm. Buoyancy continues to be the principal charac teristic of the English Stock Market. Investments are now more frequently made, because the public are finding, some of them to their cost, that a small yearly interest is better than 'promises, and in some cases nothing but promises, to pay a large amount. Consols have advanced f per cent., namely to 874 for money, and to 871 4 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 864 87} ; Bank Stock, 247 ; and India 5 per Cents, 1024 4. Foreign Stocks in several instances show heavi ness. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 384 39 ; Mexican, 224 4; Greek, 134 4 ; Spanish Passive, 264 27 ; Certificates, 154 4 ; Italian, 604 61 4 ; Confederate Loan, 5 7 ; Brazilian Scrip, 14 4 prem. ; and Egyptian Railway Scrip, 4 4 prem. ; United States Govern ment 5-20 Bonds 674 4 ; Erie Shares, 514 52 ; and Illinois, 744 4. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been moderately active, and an improvement has taken place in prices. Great Eastern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South Eastern have each im proved ss. ; Great Western, North Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, each 10s. ; Great Northern, 15s. ; and South Western and Midland, each £l. The chief feature in the Foreign and Colonial undertakings has been a reaction in Grand Trunk of Canada, which are now dealt in at 45 464 ; Great Western of Canada have also declined to 164 17. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Alliance, however, have improved to 274 281 ; London Joint Stock are steady at 474 ; Joint-stock Discount flat at 34 4; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., are quoted at 191, 194, being a shade firmer. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Der Cent. Consols Do. Account, March 6 B7l 3 per Cent. Reduced B7} I I New 3 p er Cent B7 1 s New) 21- per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yr e , exp i re sth April,lBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Au g ., 1908 — E Do (Red Bills, Xl,OOO, 3 per Cent. 3 7 die Do. £5OO — die Do £lOO and £200 Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10} per Cent., AprillB74 — Do Account . 2lo} 8 Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enlaced Paper 4 p er C en t B7l 8 DO. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 D 0.51 per Cent., M a y 1879 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Do. under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 1 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 — Do. 1865 Do A ccoun t 75/ ~, Do. Scrip, £35 paid z nenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 6 per Cent Do. 4f per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do Account — Equado r New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent 93} Do., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds — ripeeok£lDoo Account . 1864 0 (i Bonds 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Do. Coupons Do. Account tkatemala 5 per Cent. — Italian 5 per Cent 1865 Do Account DO . Mare mmana R a il way 1, 'Lexicon 3 per Cent Do- Account Do 1864 1, 330 6 per Cent. 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B ° 6 per Cent. 1862 ,(01 Account 671 I L- 3 '_ XlOO Bonds B ° 6 per Cent., 1863 — D °os Accountr Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip °•a„ 4 38/ f I vezi ez „ k'er Cent. Guaranteed — •Di t ,"ela 3 per Cent. jr:),, Lo account ° 6 per Cent, 1864 B Dividends on the above payable in London. ut c h 2 , 1) 0 , 3 Per CAut., Ex. 12 Gail 6l ii+1.,40,..ker Cent. Certificates 96 Itali a ,;`,.-tcentes 3 per Cent. b o 't a o per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. 00480'Llsce°foll:t 61/ 601 THREE O'CLOCK. 80. A cornoney ‘ l . 87f1 Liverpool Cotton Market. —This Day. 7,(Totebrnalaersk. et opens steady. Saks probably about fat _ SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share/ Railways. i p aid. l Closing l Business Price. done. ►Bi'tst.ol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian .... ,Cork and 8and0n...... 93 95 129 30 70 80 13 15 44 54 68 70 70 72 Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June, Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. E.London, scrip Certi, Do. Glasgow S. Western, Great Eastern, ( )rd . stk. Do. E. Ang,l. st. No. 114 118 39 40 6i 7i Great North of Scotian , Great Northern D.). A stock Do. B btock 128 i 129 147 Do. ew, is. at 25 pri. GtS, and W. of Irelan Gt. Western -Origins'l 1) . S. Vai. Rail g,uaj Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxtord Do. Newport Do. PO 92 59i 5% 59 61 40 42 35 37 101 .03 122 123 J`9 91 95 98 35 37 45 50 126 12 7 94 95 62 64 134 135 3 s}l, 1 lip 98 10 Lanc shire & Yorkshire L.,ndon and Blackwell Lou., Brigh., & S Coast 'Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & orth Western Lon. & South Western' Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan.. Do. New I Do Extension Metropolitan District. Do _ do. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Midland • Do. £9 Share 124 125 li 111 93 95 Do, Birmin.. At Derby vlid Kent . .. 'North British ... Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun, Nth. Eastern—Berwiell Do. (.4.1 , 1•E purohast. Do. Leeds ..... Do. York D 6, Carlisle ... SEI 59 7 24 111 113 Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. 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Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 41 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. Rl. C'da, 6pc Ist pf. bs Scinde .. A Do. Delhi Do. do 4 . Do. Funiaub Do.lndus St. Flo, COLONIAL GO VER: British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec.3l, 1472 . Can.GOv.6 p.c.ja.Jz July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 1 )0.5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 00.Ap1.& Oct. 1890-1900 Do. do; 1880-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9, Do. 5 per cent. 15 April' and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, May i 5, Nov. t, Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug ' Natal qov. 6 per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.4t,/ ul) N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1886 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187 t. Do. 5 i 3.0. 1888 to 1891 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent Nova So , tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-t Do. 1878 & upwards Vio,tiov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, A pril & Oct , BRITI Cam. Consol. Cold, lira Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon 'East Cam Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake ... East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StA übyn(G wen. Great LAxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville Ilerod's loot ,,,, llingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley Mwyndy Iron Ore, lilt New Se ton North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper PrJvidenee Uny larlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (thogan W. Caradon (Loskeard West Chiverton ....... . West Seton ..... Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 72 73 107 108 37 38 104 11ip 124 126 11 2p 14 tip 75 77 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 53 55 73} 73; 15 - 9 147 150 3 t 1 101 103 51 53 ISIONS. AI 4•) 994 1004 Id to 7# 8 10 11 74 78 96 98 65 70 100 102 100 101 102 103 87 90 68 70 60 03 V 62 53 56 48 51 44 47 40 4: 37 40 102 103 1 bl 93 100 91 93 10 56i 4} 4 •.7 92 14 84 d 6 1 4ci 91 101 90 92 86 88 84 88 8 82 984 99a 98 99 a 98 99 [T SECU: ,ITIES. 94 96 93 94 95 97 t 0 82 76 SO 101 103 104 106 104 105 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 1,8 102 104 103 tO5 103 105 IC4 706 99 101 93 95 93 n 87i 88; 100 102 8: 84 SS 100 98 100 104 106 105 106 Ei 94 14 16 670 69u i 1 * 19 Lt 64 74 1* 41 ai .4 11 121 3 31 5 7 20 21 le 2 , 31 4 3C 32 40z 1 4 3/ a 51 5 7 4 41 2/ 40 60 13 15 t 37 39 410 93J 2 it 18 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 77i 82 185 125 8') us 25 27i1 3 5' no 23 161 17i ['REFERENCE SHARES North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 80 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALo. London and Chatham, 4} per Cent., /81 YORE) (IN RAILWAY. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 11{ i Bahia and San Francisco ,11.0.) gin. 7 per cent., 151 I Belgian Eastern Junction, 1/ Dutch Rhenish, 22j 3 Eastern of France, 21+ Great Luxembourg, 16 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 9 81 Sambre and Meuse, 91 Ft)REIGN Chontalea Gold and Silver Mining, 11 Fortuna (lim.), 3k rrontino and Bolivia Gold. lim., St. John del Key, lim., 54 51 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 73 BAN Ks. Agra and Masterman's, lim., 55} 5 Alliance, lim.. 27} 1 8 Bank of British Columbia, 211 Bank of London. 13.) I Bank of New Zealand, 171 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., City, 194 Colonial .lim., 43} 3 Consolidated Bank, lim., 9 1 European Bank, lim., 12 Imperial Bank, lim.. 23 imperial Ottoman, Ditto, new, 12 it Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4} } London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 131 London and Brazilian rlim.), 45 London and Couuty, 77 51 7 London Joint Stock, 471 I London and South African, 16 Mercantile and Exchange, lim., 5f Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 161 Midland Bank, lim., 20 New Zealand Bank Corporation. lim., 1 I Oriental Bank Corporation, 52} 2 Oriental Commercial Bank, lim., late N. F., 3 24 1 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim., 7} Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim., C} 6 Union of A ustralia, 52 Union of London, 53 } MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 2; 3 Australian Mort. Lard and Finance, Urn.. 51 China Steam ~ h ip and Labuaa Coal Company, 1/ 2 Credit Fonder and liobilier of England, 81 Credit Foncier of Mauritius, llin., 84 Egyptian Com. and Trading, Inn., 4/ E; glish and Australian Copper, 14 Gen. Credit and Finanue of London, Hudson's Bay, 171 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira.. 5; / International Financial society, 51 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 4 3441 Land Securities, Um., 34 London and Caledonian Marine, lim., 4 London Financial Association. lim 121 1 1 National Discount Company. 14 131 Ocean Marine Insurance), 214 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 194 1 1 Peninsula and Oriental. Steam, 714 701 Ditto, new,`sl Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, lira., 4E4 Royal Mail Steam, 1;24 , South African Mortgage and Investment, lim., 14 Union Marine, Liverpool, lim., 34 3 9 1291 3) 2) 148 7i 59 1 i i 122; 32 fr 74 Hi 36} i 26; 7} 6, 95 621 34 3 1311 2 125 61'6, 5S } 112} 726 1 1(8 100 all 100 100 100 6.13.4 100 100 100 all 73, 4 3j 'OSSEI 3)I tii 103 y 3 'MEN' ,Sll it . THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY' I - EVENING, FEBRUARY' 14, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. . (Before the Lord Chief Justice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) WALKER Y. MILNER AND ANOTHER—THE CORNHILL BURGLARY. This was an action brought by Mr. Walker, the jeweller and watchmaker, tho burglary at whose premises in Corn hill a short time ago created so great a sensation, against Messrs. Milner and Company to recover the value of the loss they had sustained by relying on the warranty given to a certain safe purchased of the firm, it being represented as a burglar proof and fire-resisting safe. Mr. D. Seymour and Mr Brown appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Edward James and Mr. Webster appeared for the defendants. The case for tho plaintiff having been stated, which was in effect a repetition of the facts connected with the bur glary, which are so well known, Mr. Walker, the plaintiff, was called. He said—l wished to purchase a safe to secure my stock of watches and jewel lery on the premises I was about to open in 1838 in Corn hill. Wont to Messrs. Milner's establishment in Moorgate street, and there I saw Mr. Hopley, the manager. I told him I had taken a shop in Cornhill, and was going to open it for the sale of jewellery and watches, and there being no convenience for a person to sleep on the promises, I wished for an iron safe that would protect my property when I left. I and my son went over some safes, and fixed upon one. We talked over the matter, and thought the one se lected would be very suitable. I asked the price, and I think he said five or six and twenty pounds ; but he said it was not the kind of safe he should recommend. He said, I will show you one of strong holdfasts, thief-proof safe. I asked him if he could warrant the article, as being thief proof, and he replied, " I can, no thief can break into that safe." I asked him two or three times whether I should be perfectly safe in leaving my valuable property in the safe, and he said "Yes, perfectly." I said, " Then we will have tho safe, according to your re commendation." I asked him the price, and I think he said 40 guineas, but lam not quite sure. I paid for it by cheque, and Mr. Hopley said ho would send it to Cornhill, and that he would fix it by his own workmen. The safe is the one now in court. There was a discount of 10 per cent. off. [lnvoice and cheque for £36 produced. The invoice was for the delivery of one holdfast fire-resisting safe, £42 Os. 6d. No. 4f B, No. 3.] I was given a printed circular in the shop, but I did not preserve it. I have searched for it, but cannot find it. It was a printed paper ; it had figures of safes, numbers, and prices upon it; similar to the one nowplaced in my hand. I find 41 B, No. 3, in it. It is the same as the one supplied, and the price, I perceive, is £4O 2s. 6d. Ido not know where this order came from. The safe was placed in Cornhill, where I occupy two rooms on the ground floor. It was put in the back room, and means were taken to make the safe visible to the police at night. Holes were cut in the shutters. The windows of the back room looked into Sun-court, and the shop was kept lighted with gas all night and on Sundays. The door of the safe was painted white. I also had a mirror placed in the back room, so that any person looking through the shutter could see the safe, or any person at it. A policeman, had he looked through, could sea all that was going on. Sir Charles Crossley occupies the first floor ; in fact, they are all offices in the house, except the top floor, which is occupied by a photographer. I did not occupy the whole of the ground floor ; part of it was occupied by a tailor next door. I bought a safe of Messrs. Milner for my other place of business in Princes-street, Leicester-square. Mr. E. James objected to any question relative to other safes than the one in court. The examination, however, proceeded—The safe put up in Princes-street was the one that Mr. Bramell, the engi neer, experimented upon. Cross-examined by Mr. James—l have a distinct recol lection of all that took place between myself and Mr. Hopley. The circular I have been speaking of seemed to me to be the identical one given me when I purchased the safe for Campbell, but I cannot say distinctly. I did not toll Mr. Hopley the value of the articles to be placed in the safe, and did not say whether it would be either £l,OOO or £lO,OOO. There was a partition in the back room behind where my men worked; it was sft. or Eft. high. It was put up at the back window for two men to work at, but they could not be seen from the shop. It did not extend right across the shop, the safe being placed in the corner ; looking from the shop into Sun-court the safe would be in the left-hand corner. Holes were made in both front and back shutters ; looking through the shutters from Sun-court the partition would intercept the view of the safe. The partition was put up about two or three years ago. Tho safe was placed in its position in 1858. It did not extend up to the coiling. There wore two holes in the shutters in Sun-court, and looking through these holes the person would see the safe. The Lord Chief Justice—What, perfectly? Witness —Yes, my lord. Looking from Sun-court into the glass the reflection of the safe was seen perfectly. Mr. James—The partition, then, as I understand you, did not at all tend to confuse the sight of the safe I= Mr. Walker—lt did not. Mr. James—Please look at the circular and see whether there is not a higher class of safe than that which you se lected. Mr. Walker—l cannot say if there weirs, but if you will point out the exact item, then I will look. My sight is very defective. Mr. James—Don't you see now at the place indicated that there are higher class safes than that you purchased? Don't you now see No. 4 extra strong holdfast safe, No. 5 first-class extra strong ditto ? Mr. Walker —Yes. Mr. James—Did you tell Mr. Hopley anything about burning gas in the shop all night, or holes in the shutters for the police to look through ? Witness—No, nothing. Mr. James—You have iron bars now up in the front of the shop at night ? Witness—l es. Mr. James—On the principle, I suppose, of shutting the stable door after the steed has been stolen ? (Laughter.) Witness—No, I cannot say that. Mr. James—Well, they have been put there since the robbery ? Witness—Yes. Re-examined by Mr D. Seymour—The fastenings of the shutters were previously lined with iron. An attempt had been made to break into the shop when I had the shutters, and in consequence of their recommendation,l had the gas kept alight and the holes cut in the shutters. I throw my shop entirely open at night. Lord Chief Justice—Don't some person sleep there at night ? Witness—No, my lord; it would kill them to sleep in the shop. By Mr. Seymour—The partition did not come higher than the mirror. It was, in fact, above the partition. Lord Chief Justice—You could see it from the holes ? Witness—Yes, my lord. Mr. D. Seymour—What--did you tell Mr. Hopley the nature of property to be placed in the safe ? 'Witness—l told him I was going to place in it watches and jewellery. Eord Chief Justice--Mr. James only asked a question as to the value of the stock to be placed there. Mr. D. Seymour—Were you aware when you bought the safe there was a higher class than that you purchased ? Witness —No, certainly not, my lord. Had ho said the price for an article of the description I required was £lOO I should have bought it. Mr. Frederick Walker—l am son of the plaintiff. I ac companied him to Moorgate-street to the shop of the Messrs. Milner. He told the gentleman attending there that he was about opening a watchmaker's and jewellers shop in Cornhill, that his stock would bo very valuable, and there not being convenience for a person to sleep on the premises he should require a good safe to keep valuables in at night. He told the gentleman that he had been re commended there by the Messrs. Mappin. The witness then went on to confirm the statement of hie father with respect to the conversation between him and Mr. Hopley when the safe was purchased in 1858. Tho safe in court was sold to my father as being one of their best hold fast, fire-resisting, and thief -proof safes. That I recollect perfectly. The price of the safe, as compared with others in Messrs. Milner's shop, was remarked upon by my father, and Mr. Hopley said it was occasioned by the quality of the iron and the strength of the workmanship. My father asked him if he was certain the safe was burglar proof, and he said we might leave our property in it with the greatest security, and rest perfectly satisfied that the safe could not be opened without the aid of the key. My fatb3r then con sulted with me, and we agreed that it was best to take Mr. Replay's recommendation, my father remarktng, "Of course you can warrant the safety of any stock in the safe ?" Lord Chief Justico—Wh•,'.c answer was made ? Witness—Mr. Hopley said, " You seem not perfectly satisfied, Mr. Walker, but I have given you good advice, and that you will never regret having purchased this safe." Mr. Hopley gave us several certificates, and asked us to recommend them amongst our friends. Mr. Seymour—Was any higher priced safe than that purchased by your father mentioned ? Witness—Certainly not. I recollect the robbery. I was sent for from Regent-street. Mr. Hoploy came. Mr. James—l object to Mr. Hopley's conversation ; ho is not in the position of agent to make admissions. The objection was sustained. Cross-examined—l shall be 20 years of age in Septem ber. I don't know anything about the management of the establishment at Cornhill. Mr. John Thomas Walker—l am the eldest son of the plaintiff. The whole of the portable stock of the shop in Cornhill was placed in the safe at night either by myself or Mr. Smith, the foreman. Mr. Smith put the stock away on the night: previous to the robbery. I went to the pre mises on the 6th. I was not the first to arrive. I found the safe had been broken open and the stock taken from it. The value of the contents in the safe at that time was be tween £5,000 or £6,000. We have recovered some of the property, but the loss to the firm by the robbery amounts to £2,326, exclusive of the trust property, which amounted to over £l,OOO. Mr. Smith, the foreman of Messrs. Walker, was ex amined—He said he never heard that the police had repre sented that the partition obstructed their view, and that the glass in the mirror was not kept bright. After the robbery he did not hear that the police had complained of the want of care on the part of Mr. Walker. There were, however, complaints made about other portions of the pre mises. The glass was cleaned as often as it required. It might have gone for a month. Thomas Casley, one of the burglars, was then placed in the box ; he wore the convict's uniform which bore on the right arm a mark of good conduct. He said I was sen tenced to 14 years penal servitude on the 10th of last April for my participation in the Cornhill burglary. I went to Mr. 'Walker's premises on the 4th in company with four companions. 1 know Sun-court well. (Laughter) I went into 68 Sun-court at 10 minutes past G. We wont into the floor over Sir C. Crossley's and sat down. (Laugh ter.) 1 had two companions. We sat there until we received A signal that Mr. Smith had gone house in the omnibus. We then went into Sir C. Crossley's offices, the floor above Mr. 'Walker's. We opened Sir Charles's safe first. (Laughter.) We remained in Sir Charles's until 12 o'clock on Saturday night before doing anything. We commenced operations to get into the tailor's shop at 12.20 on Satur day night. We est boles in the ceiling to get through. Mr. Webster—You let yourselves down, then ? (Laughter.) Casley—Just so. (Laughter.) We glt into Mr. Wal ker's shop at 5 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. We got into the back office from out of the tailor's cutting-room. We cut away the ceiling and flooring to do so. I and another man took some tools with us, such as crowbars. (Laugh ter.) Mr. Webster--What did you do when you got in? Casley—The first time ? Mr. Webster —Yes. Casley—We had to go back again because we had a signal that the police were coming round. (Laughter.) Mr. Webster—You got in again. What did you do ? Casley—We tested the safe to see whether it was pos sible to open it under the disadvantages we were labour ing. (Loud laughter.) The Lord Chief Justice—What do you ca:l " testing" ? Casley—By placing a wedge in it. Mr. Webster--Was the safe locked ? Casley—Oh yes, Mr. Walker always locked his safe. (Laughter.) The Lord Chief Justice—Of course, or how could they have broken it open. Mr. Webster—What did you do first ? Casley—We drove in a wedge and found it held the wedge, and then we kneiv it would give. A good safe would resist the wedge. The policeman on the beat did his duty. Ho looked through the aperture every time he came round. We had to take the wedge out every time, so I know it. (Laughter.) We opened the safe at the bottom of the door. We could not work above a foot above the ground for fear of being seen. We put in a testing bar first, and found the door give. I said " The door's open." We put in a second bar, and the door at once yielded. Mr. Webster—How long were you in opening the safe ? Casley—We went to the shop at 5 minutes past 3. The whole property was secured, and we were in Sir Charles Crossley's washing ourselves at a quarter to 4. (Loud laughter.) There was about 400 watches, but I can't be sure of the number. We did not expect to find the safe in Mr. Walker's place was Milner's. We thought it was one by Tann. His is easier to open than Milner's, and Griffiths' is easier to open than Tann's. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Webster—You've had a good deal of experience in opening safes. Casley—Unfortunately, yes. Wo have experimented on two of Milner's safes furnished for the operation. One took us six, and the other seven hours, because we had to use unlawful means. (Laughter.) That is, means that could not bo used by a burglar, because they made a noise. (Laughter.) This was in 1859. The safe we practised upon was a No. 4 Milner. It was fully opened in six hours. Mr. Webster—Was that with lawful means ? Casley—You must now speak in your own way (Laughter.) You are not a burglar, you know. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Webster—Well, then, what you call lawful means, that is you used the best tools known. Casley— Yes ; we opened it in six hours. Mr. Webster—Did you use smooth or rough wedges ? Casley—Never used a rough wedge ; I have never seen them. A wedge might get rough with use. (Laughter.) We use the wedge to get the alderman in. (Laughter.) Lord Chief Justice --What is the alderman ? (Roars of laughter.) Casley—The long bar, my lord ; it will open anybody's safe—(laughter)—it don't matter how good it is. Lord Chief Justice—Well, then, when the alderman is got in it's all up with the safe ? Casley--Yes. Mr. Webster—Have you a lord mayor to use ? Casley—No ; we've got a citizen (laughter) —and a smaller ono still that is called the citizen's friend. (Loud laughter.) It would not do to call things by their right name, you know. It would not do to say " Get me a crow bar." (Laughter.) "Hand me the alderman" is much better. (Loud laughter.) "Just send a citizen to me" would not occasion much curiosity. (Loud laughter.) The safe, as I have said, made but a faint resistance. Some further evidence having been adduced, the case was adjourned until to-morrow. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Fob. 14. Tho Hamburg and American Company's steamship Germania arrired here this morning with 126 passengers, 45 bags of mails, $160,660 for England, and $l,OOO for Hamburg. She met with westerly winds throughout her passage. On the 9th inst. she spoke the French steamer Washington, from New York, bound for Havre. The Germania left New York on the 3d inst.; her news has, therefore, been anticipated. THIRD EDITION": SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—This DA T. The SPEAKER took the chair at two o'clock. CATTLE PLAGUE BILL. - Sir G. GREY moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. HUNT said ho should not object to the second reading of the bill, but he should reserve to himself the • right - of moving, if he should think proper, any alteration of the bill. He calculated that the Government ;bill was not made to effect the object intended. Concessio as had been made to certain towns to the great detrix lent of others. He considered the bill a bad one, and he did not move its rejection, because he was too much alive to the danger of delay. Were he to move its rejection •the Go- Ivernment party would at once say it was a party motion to bring about a Ministerial crisis and produce a state, of chaos in that house. lie had supported the Government on many occasions, but since the removal by the hand of death of the great master mind, his opinion as to the existence of the present Government was by no means heightened. He consented to the second reading of the measure, bad as it was, solely to prevent further delay, but in. commit tee he could not see that it could pass without the first 20 clauses were omitted. Ho thought, struggle how they might, the bill oven to be in the slightest degree effective, must be made to stop all carriage of cattle for the present on railways, and more stringent regulations enacted for the moving of cattle on the high road. Mr. BRIGHT thought there appeared to him to be a good deal of party feeling mixed up with hon. gentle men's anxiety relative to the existing calamity. (Hear, hear.) He thought the house was doing that which was unwise; they were legislating in a panic. The great object of the Government appeared to him, afteran attentive perusal, to be an attempt at isolation, in which the hon. gentleman opposite did not go far enough. The next was that there was to be a Government permission to slaughter all cattle attacked with the disease, or suspected of being ill ; and the third point was compensation. He thought that grant ing power for indiscritnate slaughter would tend to set aside all'attempts to arrive at a curative for the disease— (hear, hear)—and farmers would take no steps, but would quietly allow the cattle to be killed, because they would receive compensation. In the Irish bill it was thought possible that dogs might carry about the disease, and therefore all humble curs—(laughter)—were to be kept in close confinement. Now, he should like to know from the hon. member for Northampton whether the coun try gentlemen, who were so strongly represented in that house, would stand well with the country if the sport of fox-hunting was carried on for the next month or so ? In the paper that contained a report of the great meeting held at Northampton, at which about 2,000 persons were pre sent— Mr. HUNT—Five hundred. Mr. BRIGHT was sorry that there was not greater interest taken in the measure; but in the paper to which he had alluded he found there were no less than fifteen packs of hounds fixed for meet ings during the week, and who could tell the number of miles and extent of country those hounds would traverse ? (Hear, hear, and laughter.) If the disease is carried about by everything that flies—by everything that creeps—why not things which run ? (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He could not approve of the compensation clauses, because the - compensation was to be paid to rich men in that house and out of it—(hear, hear, and oh, oh)—when nothing of the kind was ever thought of in the cases of those who lost so much by the cotton famine. (Hear.) He had been told that the cattle disease had not killed more auimalslast year than had died of the lung disease in 1860, and he should like to know if that could be contradicted. That circumstance showed the want of agricultural ;statistics, and who had been more indisposed to allow such to be collected than the farmers themselves. He objected to Voting money out of the funds of the country to pay compensation to rich and well-to-do farmers ; and what they should do was to strike out this indiscriminate slaughter, and those by which compensation was to be voted out of the taxes wrung from the poor and struggling artisans, in order that rich men might be compensated for that which they could well afford to bear. He wondered they were not ashamed to pass such a measure. Col. LINDSAY supported the bill of the Government in preference to that of the hon. member for Northampton, as he looked upon the latter as too stringent and unwork able. The farmers had never expressed a wish that fox hounds should not run. If they had the country gentlemen would at once cease from such sport. The hon. member for Birmingham had transgressed the rules of that house in speaking of that which he did not understand. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) A fly might carry the disease, and a bird do the same, but a foxhound did not do so. (Loud laughter.) Ho should support the bill of the Govern ment. Mr. LOWE said the hon. member for Birmingham had endeavoured by his speech to get up a fight between the humble cur and the lordly foxhound, and to manu facture a grievance. (Hear, hear.) He denied that the bill was brought forward to benefit the rich and large landowner at tho expense of his less fortunate brother farmer. The compensation was to be given to farmers for the public good, and therefore the money ought to be taken from the general contribution. He pressed on the Government to reconsider the question of conveyance of the cattle by railway, because it was impossible to clean the railway trucks so thoroughly as to render them free from contagion within the time allotted. The bill, he be lieved, without these alterations were made, would share the fate of many excellent people—namely, it would die before it was thoroughly understood. (Laughter.) He hoped the Government would withdraw the 18th clause, which would remove a matter of much dissatisfaction from the bill. Mr. J. S. MILL said he agreed in the main with the member for Birmingham ; but there was a point in the bill which he could not assent to, and that was the compensa tion proposed by the bill, which he looked upon as exces sive; because by the bill as it stood the farmer would be a gainer by the compensation if two-thirds the value of the animal slaughtered was adhered to. He did not lookupon the producer as the great sufferer—the consumer would have to pay an increased price for his meat according as the producer increased his price, which he would do as his losses increased, and in that way the consumers would be those who would suffer most, and therefore were the best entitled to any compensation. (Hear, hear.) He thought an aristocracy should have the feelings of an aristocracy, and that they should not be the first to come in and set up a claim for compensation. They bore all the honours of the country, therefore they ought to bear the brunt of an emergency that might arise. Viscount CRANBOURNE thought compensation would be looked upon not as an agricultural but a national ques tion, but he felt:certain that the superstitious reverence of the Government for local authority would utterly destroy the bill, and therefore he hoped the right hon. gentleman would oven at that late stage reconsider the conclusions he had arrived at. Mr. AYRTON wished to know from tho Government how the compensation was to be levied on animals slaugh tered in the metropolitan markets. It might arise that the animals would be hurried from certain counties, whore they were attacked by the disease, to the Metropolitan Cattle Market for slaughter, and the compensation would there fore be cast upon the metropolis. He thought to become entitled to compensation the animal ought to have remained in a certain locality some time before the owner of it could receive compensation for its slaughter. He should like to hear the opinion of the right hon. gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department on that point. Mr. ACLAND hoped the Government would adhere to ho presont provisions of the bill, because a departure from them would, in his opinion, prove fatal to the mea- sure. Mr. N. GRENVILLE supported the bill brought by the Government. Sir G. GREY thought as there was a general agreement ,with respect to the bill of the Government, it should be now read a second time. He should not object to the bill of the hon. member for Northampton passing the same stage in order that the question, upon which there was a diversity of opinion, might be raised in committee. The bill of the Government, as also that introduced by Mr. Hunt, were then severally read a second time and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS—LAST EVENING. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. In reply to the Earl of WINCHILSEA, The Duke of MARLBOROUGH said that the means adopted in consequence of the order in Privy Council had the effect of extending the disease, for where farmers found that they were not to receive a compensation for the slaughter of their cattle, they concealed the disease in their stock, and took the matter into their own hands, thereby disseminating the epidemic. After a few words from Lord POLWARTII, The LORD CHANCELLOR said that the Order in Council referred to by the noble earl (Winchilsea) was, ho thought, warranted by the spirit, if not by the letter, of the act of 1848. h was by his advice that it had been issued, for it was the only one that would have been effec tual for the purpose in view. No great harm could in any case have been done, because the order only authorised the destruction of animals already affected by disease. The Earl of DERBY said that the object of the act of 1848 was distinctly liniited to the prevention of diseased cattle being offered for sale. He could not understand how it was supposed that such an act empowered the Privy Council to issue an order for the destruction of cattle not offered for sale. It was a most e xtraordinaryptretch of the nature of an act of Parliament to say that because they had powers to enforce the provisions, therefore they had power to give any orders they thought fit to give effect to what they called the object of the act. It was admitted that these orders did not come within the letter of that act. A number of persons, then, had had their cattle destroyed Icontrary to law—that was, without the sanction of the law —destroyed by an inspector without authority, because there was no one to give that authority. Under these cir cumstances the persons so deprived of their property had fair and legitimate claim for compensation, and for com pensation not to be levied on their neighbours and them selves—(cheers)—but from that Government who, contrary to law, had deprived them of their property. Every person whose cattle was destroyed had a perfect right to bring an action for damages. Except in these particular cases his own opinion was that the Government had fallen short of what the law authorised them to do ; but clearly every person who had suffered by their wrongdoing ought to be compensated out of the public funds. Ho would much rather not look back to what. had been _done rightly or wrongly; but would look forward to what could be done at the last moment. ,The members of the Government must agree that bptit in this house and, in another place there had been no, indisposition fairly to consider the ob ject they bad before them, and no desire to put factious embarrassments in their way. On the contrary, all parties desired to render every assistance in their power. It ho was rightly informed, the measure proposed by her Ma jesty's Government was of a very intricate and comp:icated character. There was another and a rival bill brought forward by an independent country gentleman, but there were proposals on which all were agreed ; and, on the other hand, there werea variety of minute details on which there was the greatest possible conflict of opinion. He would suggest to hor Majesty's Government whether, in this pressing emergency, instead of proceeding with all the details of a bill in all its stages open to discussion, they might not endeavour simultaneously in both houses to pass resolutions on which there was no difference of opi nion. Take, for example, the prohibition of fairs and markets—the prohibition of the removal of stock, at all events—until the 25th of March, as well as the power to slaughter diseased or infected animals, and to prevent the passage of cattle on roads or railways. In cases where animals were slaughtered under the direction of the Go vernment, the parties whose animals were slaughtered should be entitled to compensation. If these four resolu lutions were passed through both houses together, leaving over the details of the bill and the question of the mode of compensation, the Government might pass an Order in Council givingeffect to thos e reso l ut i ons until the 25th of March. That course might be completed in three days, but he felt it was doubtful whether a bill of the compli cated character of that proposed by the Government would pass through in three weeks. If they took the resolutions he should not be disposed to criticise too severely the terms in which they might be brought forward. Earl GREY cautioned the Government against the adop tion of the suggestion just made. It seemed to him that even in the face of this plague such a course would be a dangerous precedent. Nothing was more important than that Parliament should adhere to ordinary practice. He . _ _ would therefore rather that the bill were allowed to pass with lilt% discussion, leaving the responsibility of the measure to her Majesty's Government. The Marquis of BATH hoped the power of slaughtering would not be given to the present inspectors, and that the restrictions as to the removal in the south-west parts of the country would be limited to the end of the present month. Earl RUSSELL expressed his opinion that the Orders in Council came within the scope of the act of 1848, which enabled them to make regulations for preventing the spread of the disease. The order therefore was given, as neces sary for preventing the spread of the disease, that cattle should be slaughtered, and he had observed, from various meetings on the subject, that this step was absolutely re quired to be put in force. The question the noble lord had raised was as to whether the public purse should be made to pay compensation. The Earl of DERBY—OnIy, in those cases where the cattle were slaughtered by the inspectors without the au thority of the act of Parliament. Earl RUSSELL said the noble earl took it for granted they had exceeded the powers of the Act of Parliament. If the inspectors had done anything illegal, there could be an action against them, and of course the Government would indemnify the inspectors. In fact, what those in spectors had don• was to destroy a nuisance. There could not be a greater nuisance than diseased animals from which there was a danger of the disease spreading throughout the country. With regard to what the noble earl said as to leaving this matter to the resolutions of both houses, he agreed with the noble earl on the cross benches (Earl Grey), that that was a dangerous precedent. There might be some question raised as to the authority of those resolutions. It appeared to him that it would be better to take the opinions of the two houses in the ordi nary way. He did not see why the resolutions should not be put in the clauses, and be agreed to in the manner in which the Legislature was carried on. The Earl of CARNARVON held that the slaughtering referred to in the Act of 1848 applied only to sheep, and not to horned cattle. According to the well-known maxim, " delegatus non potest delegari," he could not un derstand how it was that the Lords in Council had power to issue the orders they had to the local authorities. Earl GRANVILLE had no doubt, that it was perfectly competent for the Lords in Council to issue the orders which they had made. The judgment of the Government had been justified by the conclusions of the Attorney- General, who was assisted in the matter by the Solicitor- General, and by the permanent Under Secretary of the Home Department. Tho LORD CHANCELLOR desired to protest against the supposition that he had authorised anything which he believed to be illegal. Ho admitted that the Government was in a great difficulty on account of the loose wording of the act of Parliament. Still, although the particular pro vision related to sheep, thegeneral body of the act included cattle. Further, what he had intended to convey was, that as the act in question was of a remedial character, it must be construed with a view to the detect intended to be rectified. As for the objection founded upon the maxim " delegates non potest delegari," all he could say was that the consideration had not :escaped the attention of the Government, but they had come to the conclusion that in this instance there was no delegation of authority at all. The act authorised was the act of Privy Council, and all that the justices had to do was to say whether it applied to a particular district or not. After some observations from Lord MALMESBURY and Earl GRANVILLE in reply, the subject dropped, and Their lordships then adjourned. Ex-Confederate Generals in the Southern States. If there is any peculiarity of the American people which can surprise Englishmen and Europeans, it is the ready alacrity with which the foremost leaders of the armies, North and South, have returned to the pursuits of peace. Many of the more promi nent ex-officers of the late Confederacy are setting most excellent examples in this respect to their Southern fellow-citizens. The smoke of battle had scarcely drifted away from the field of Five Forks before Fitz Hugh Lee was gathering together the freedmen on his desolated plantation in Virginia, and engaging them at wages to assist him in work ing his broad but wasted acres. General Pillow also did the same thing in Tennessee, and other Confederate officers imitated himself and Lee. They seemed to realise their position and the con dition of the States in which they reside, and with a true sense of duty they went to work at once, without waiting to see what the United States Go vernment intended to do in the matter of recon struction or restoration. Their country was impo verished by the war, and the only way to relieve its wants was to commence immediately to repair their ruined farms, and place them again in a state of cultivation. In their estimation it was proper to leave politics alone, and trust to the wisdom of the National Government for an adjustment of the difficulties surrounding them in their new relations to the freedmen. In this they acted wisely, and while numbers of their Southern fellow-citizens are dissatisfied with what has been done toward restor ing harmony, the men who exposed their lives a n d jeopardised their property i n the cause of treas on have been industriously p u rsuing peaceful avoca tions, and counselling th e ir neighbours, by word and example, to submit quietly and obey the behests of their Government. We learn from C inci nnati the fact that ex- Generals Pillow, Hood, Heath Longstreet, and others, once ce l e brated in the Rebel ranks, city making extensive have been in tha t purchases of p loughs and other agricultural im plements, while at the same time they engaged some sixteen hund red white labourers to go South and aid them in developing their plantations. This movement on the part of these in should exert a great and beneficial influence throughout the Cotton States. When such personages as Hood and Longstreet set the example of enterprise and submission to the laws, and exhibit a de • sue to ad vance the interests of their section of the Union, it behoves their countrymen to emulate abandon the foolish opposition again s t the Govern ment which exists in so many portions of the Southern States. The best thing the people of the late rebellious Commonwealths can do is to go to work, as Hood, Pillow, Heath, and their asso ciates have done. Rascalit y, whether it be steal ing, murdering, or plotting treason, is generally originated among thriftless idlers. An industrious man is a contented man, and has no leisure to de vise mischief. Considering the miserable condition of affairs in the late Confederate States, we should think that work would be the motto, the watch word in every Southern community. MARKETS.—This Day. The supply of English wheat on sale hero to-day was but moderate. The few dry samples on offer were dis posed of at Monday's prices ; but damp produce was ♦ery dull, at about late rates. With foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied. On the whole, the trade was firm, at the full prices of Monday. The amount of business transacted was moderate. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair average request, at full currencies. Barley—the supply of which on sale was but moderato —ruled firm, at fully late rates. There was only a moderate demand for malt, at pre vious quotations. Tho supply of oats on sale was moderate. There was a fair demand for most descriptions, and prices wore steadily supported. Beans wore dull, at late prices. For peas the trade was quiet, on former terms. Flour was in fair average request, at late rates. 6111 P ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 1530 1320 920 240 215 U Irish Foreign 9420 510 180 sks. COMPARATIVE Q U ANTITIES AND PRICES OF GRAIN. For the week ending Feb. For the corresponding week 10, 1866. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Aver. Wheat 67,466-45s 5/1 Wheat 66,918-38s 4d Barley 66,734.-33 s 6d Barley 62,164--29 s 2d Oats 11,532-23s 6d Oats BOROUGH EIOP. The hop market is quiet, at the prices of Monday. As regards good and fine hops the trade is firm. WIIITECHAPEL. The market is moderately suppliod with meat, for which there was a fair demand; as follows Beef. from 3s Od to 4s 6d ; mutton 3s Gd to 5s Od ; veal, 4. 4d to 5s 4d; and pork, 3a 10d to ' 55 4d per 81bs by the carcase. The Frice of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.2) per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 175. toad. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By adviccs from Hamburg* the price of go ld i s 424 per mar k and the short exc h a nge on London is 13.4} per £1 stirlin . price is, there:bre, at in London and H amburg. The course of exchange at New York on L on d on for bill s at sight is 10815 to ICBf per c ent. At these rates there about Standard th e same gd price at the English Mint 1560 days' no profit s on the importation of go'd Iran the United Sates. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 16 Brazil and Cape Verds. by British packet Msr. 6. Ditto, by French packet .......... . Feb. 2t. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 22 Chi na , Penang, and Singapore, via Sou;hampton—Feb. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles ............ Feb. 27 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .................. Feb. 19 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.— Feb. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles ........... ..... Feb. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton. • Feb. 2S. Ditto, via Marseilles . . Feb. 22 Mauritius, via Southampton Mar 10 Ditto, via Marseil es Mar, 10 Newfoundland • . . Feb. 14 Portugal .....Mar 6 . Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, ria Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Feb. 16. West Ceabt of Africa. Madeira, and Teueriffe u Mar. 12, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Da _ - VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tms DAY, LINCOLN HANDICAP. 9 to 2 agst Copenhagen (taken) 100 to 7 bar one (offered) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 11 to 1 agst Laura (taken) 100 to 6 agst Cortolvin (taken) 500 to 20 agst Merrimac (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 5 to 2 on the field (offered) - Offers to back tho field against two for £lOOO. Emigration to the Southern States, The Commissioners of Emigration at New York have lately published the annual statement of the number of emigrants which have arrived, at that port. They numbered 201,275 in 1865. The desti nations of the new comers are also given, and as the Southern people are eagerly inviting white emigrants to settle among them, it will be interesting to know how they have succeeded since April last. It there fore appears that of the whole number of emigrants, Arkansas acquired 5 ; Alabama, 10 ; Florida, 5 ; Georgia, 21 ; Louisiana, 294 ; Mississippi, 34 ; North Carolina, 27 ; South Carolina, 45 ; Texas 21 ; Vir ginia, 583. Total, 1,045; or less than one two - 1 hundredths of the whole. The great Western States absorbed the greater proportion. Illinois took seventeen thousand, lowa over thirty-seven hun dred, Michigan over four thousand, and -Wisconsin nearly sixty-five hundred. Even Massachusetts absorbed nearly ten thousand of the new-comers, whilst New York retained the lion's share, over ninety-one thousand. The Southern States, by natural advantage, fertility of soil and climate, with undoubted means of enriching : the industrious ad venturer, has many attractions which no other States in the Union possess. Why, then, the reluctance of adventUrers to seek this rich country, where wealth and independence is promised to every man that labours ? Undoubtedly it is because there has not yet been shown by the inhabitants such a respect for the rights of industry that it will be profitable for any man who believes in the dignity of labour to settle among them. So long as the South ende4- yours to degrade labour by oppressive laws, which are designed to reduce him to the merest pittance, and keep him in abject want, every man who has regard for the dignity of his avocation is warned away. So long as a particular class of men are per mitted to arrogate to themselves peculiar honour, they repel the advances of every stranger who might be useful to them. The emigrant will ask, for his labour at the South, as good wages as he can get at the North. If he is to compete with a class of so-called freedmen, who are compelled to accept whatever payment their generous " master race" chooses to accord under the pressure of unjust laws, he will decline the job altogether, and go where the conditions of freedom, personal independence, and political equality are assured to him. This accounts for the fact that although the South has been call ing out lustily for white men to come down and cultivate its fertile fields, it has been found impos sible to induce more than one man in twenty-one to respond to the call among all the emigrants at the principal point of arrival in the United States. Bonds of the Southern States. When the rebellion broke out, the Southern States were indebted to English and other capital ists in the sum of fully £30,000,000. Their bonds were in the English market chiefly, and were con sidered good investments. The interest had al ways been promptly paid, with the exception of that on the famous Mississippi bonds, and the holders felt no uneasiness. The money procured on these obligations were expended by the different States on internal improvements, mainly in build ing railways and public works. Since 1861 the interest on thoAe bonds has not been paid, except in one or two instances soon after the Rebellion com menced, and before the Federal fleets had sealed up the Southern ports. Consequently the interest had been accumulating, and being added:to the prin cipal makes the entire debt £38,000,000. Naturally enough, the bondholders are somewhat anxious, and they have'held meetings at which a variety of opi nions were expressed as to the ability of the South ern States to make good their promises to pay. At their last meeting they appointed a committee to address a circular to the respective States and cor porate bodies, inquiring what steps they would take to meet their obligations, and proposing, pro vided the arrearages could not be settled, " to fund all the arrears up to the present date in a bonded debt, bearing the same rate of interest as the ori ginal bonds, but, if possible, having the coupons payable in London, with such a sinking fund as should insure the payment of this new debt within twenty years." This idea, we learn, meets with favour in the Southern States, and is advocated by many leading men. They feel that in, addition to the taxes now imposed upon them, it would be ex ceedingly burdensome to impose a tax upon the people at the present moment for the purpose of paying the accrued interest, and it could only be done by this additional taxation. The proposition made by the bondholders is fair and liberal, and it is probable that it will be ac cepted by the different Legislatures and Corpora tions of the Southern States. They cannot afford at present to send their money to England, and it will be better for all parties that it should remain where it is, to aid in building up the shattered for tunes of the Southern people, and assist in develop ing the natural resources of their country. At the expiration of twenty years they will be able to pay off the new debt, while in the interim they would experience no trouble in meeting the interest on the original bonds. American ShippiLg. The Secretary of the United States Treasury, in a report submitted to Congress on the llth of January, announced that the total amount of American tonnage before the war might '')e stated in round numbers at 5,000,000, and that ,‘ 910,466 tons have actually disappeared from our lists for all causes ; 800,303 tons transferred to foreign owners, and 110,163 tons destroyed by pirates." Some idea may be formed from this of the amount of injury inflicted by the rebel cruisers. The Secretary has not much sympathy for those who forfeited the privileges of the American flag in a time of danger. He expresses the opinion that " the transfer, in many cases, it is believed fic titious or fraudulent, of American bottoms to a foreign flag, has been a favourite expedient by which to escape the payment of war rates of in urance and to avoid the risks of capture." The owners of a large portion of the 800,000 tons, which were nominally transferred to foreign s countries during the terrific struggle in America, are now claiming readmission to the benefits of American registry. He is unwilling "to advise, in their favour, anyyelaxation of therigoird the law:" The Board of Trade of Philadelphia considered this question at a recent meeting, and it recommends the readmission of vessels denationalised by " transfer of flag, an d not by actual sale, during the rebellion ; but opposes "the admission of f ore i gn sailing or steamships." The Farmers of America. The census returns of in giving the : 8 — 60, occupa tions of 8,287,043 of the people of the United States, enumerates as farmers 2,423,895, and as farm labour. ers 795,679. These statistics indicate that only a little more than one-third of the working popula tion of the country produced the enormous crops of that year, which included the following : Wheat, 173,104,924 bushels ; rye, 21,101,380 bushels ; Indian corn, 838,792,740 bushels ; oats, 172,643,185 bushels; rice, 187,167,032 pounds ; tobacco, 434,209,461 pounds ; ginned cotton, 5,387,052 bales, of 400 pounds each; Irish potatoes, 026 t atescan produce g 111,148,867 bushels; sweet p otatoe s , 42,095, bushels. The great necessity of the countr y , in view of the ease with 'Which a com p arativel y sm all por tion of its inhabitants can su pp l y all th e agricul tural products it can consume, is cheap transpor tation,roln v by so theth a t farmers ers en oorfmtohues Westernexcess of s rind a market. 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