The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-10 00:00:00

The Jewel Robbery in the City. Pubt --le meeting of the inhabitants of.the ward of Corn "', -conv ened upon re u i s i t i on to the alderman o f the ward, Corn et held yesterday at the Great Room, St. Michael's-court, police l i l, to t a k e into consideration the conduct of the City connection with the great jewel and watch rob - rie s which h avelatelv taken place in the City. Mr. Alder ,a4tl nd artsr presided, an d t h e meet i ng was very numerous l y aluentially attended. The CRAIR3fAN said he was glad to see so many influen tial iuhabit ants of the ward present, showing that they all 48•371 1 4e t hised with the loss which their neighbour had sus u,...• _(Efear, h ear. ) been rat 1, -Elt (the suff erer b y th e late robbery) said he had premises of negligence in not properly seeing to his police $e ECe felt deeply how he had been treated by the st a „ ' • 'le thou g ht a f ter his great loss, and the circum -1101i:es attending the robb ery , th e c hi e f commissionerof self e wo uld have p a id hi m a visit and ascertained forhim all the p ar ticulars, and not have entrusted that duty to mateeahor ter he sti, and offieers. (Hear.) Mr. Walker then read a let- Ogr ilit ha ad dressed to the commi ss i oner o f p o li ce on th e acquainting him of the robbery and its great th e ' which h e rece i ve d a reply merely stating that th e Partic u lars of th e ro bb ery were being inquired into. He w addres sed another l e tt er t o th e comm i ss i oner o f po li ce e,Sting inf ormation as to the name and age of the police re Who was on the beat at the time. He received . no itsvilly, but d 44 inspector of the police called upon him and h i f o e i ,."qua why he required these particulars. He candidly th e - u Lt h e d him it was to lay before this meeting. Since Mr. e ( ,, _bad heard nothing further. (Shame.) Were ooLoM°lca, goldsmith and jeweller, whosepremises t r. recently plundered in a similar manner to those . of Li s r , balker, detailed the circumstances connected with brro k i s s€ : and that he could only obtain the stereotyped thought that the ma tt er should inquired into. He Policethit 'W' be as a bad p o li cy th e cons t an t c h ang i ng o f nte - Th e it on the City beats. prkti CItAIRMAN said he understood it was the constant ao • ue to change the beats of the City police, a 1 31 Wh o , , ae thought highly detrimental to the efficient per ifol~ree of their duties. and t h ,• • I flcn (of Cornhill) severely condemned the conduct l ong e fficie ncy of the police. He thought they must no 1 4 4 7 1 ' . r ., rel Y on the police. but must employ . private „ watc h keettn moved the following resolution :. That this 14 4 4 , g l ee PlYdeplore the numerous burglaneswhich have k h l, °a ce in the City, and is of opinion that the greater due kke of these burglaries might have been prevented had car' o f viligance on the part of the police been shown.' . 4 0 W as ' ..t) " .:**l TT (of Cheapside) seconded the resolution. te ev 'Due of those who had taken all means of self-pr.o he c0 .°11 7 but When he saw what was going on around him the I tsed to great anxiety, feeling the i gross inefficiency toht eh vu,, dee as at present conducted. He was prepared f to to '" that the City police were a superior body o . men Ivithethnietropolitan police, but still he was not satisfied h - L e Present selection of men out of the City force ; they Pro re o ' ut nuclei-paid men, and not of that class required to bea t r e j". r t he vast amount of property in the City. (Hear, Pris e c they expected good men, they must pay a proper ` 41)1. th e m• Ch rs ) Th e c ( ee . r ate of /214-41 31. ix said he had always advocated a higher 1 , t a ,,, Pay to the police, feeling the amount at present paid the insufficient to procure and retain good men for 0,. Messrs.plug Cross, Price, Hughes, Sarl, and other gentlemen Other sPoken, the resolution was adopted unanimously. de resolutions resolutions were also adopted unanimously, co ffi n- - rieet"lag the inefficiency of the police, arising from msu e rd and th e want of a proper selection of the . men, Pa • nPulit he Police committee of the corporation to diate attention to the subject. 3'• un me • The meet' ing concluded with a vote of thanks to the chair -10 ea who 11 V r °raiSed to use his influence in the corporation rry out the object of the meeting. 4 °NEY MARKET AND CC/ RMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Th e CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. t inn e e Tlirements of the commercial classes con bah, 'Mil a large sc a l e , an d as th e ava il a bl e th e e'lar l ee s f bankers and brokers show a diminution, Pa l) , b a s e e for negotiating the best three months ' The ilas, in many cases , b een slightly advanced. cen t quotation, however, has generally been 5 per at e 4ll (l there appears li t tl e d ou bt b u t that the koli a ': 4 i : be ad vanced should the d eman d f or accom - Th c , 4 l ll continue active during the next few days.. of Engla n d re t urn is of a favourable ; 1e the reserves both of bullion and notes th - bee n increased, while there is a diminution Acalysis °ther securities. Annexed is our usual - % , ion £20,279,855 104 cre me ...... Increase 1 4 7511,611 public 50,987 3,608,953 ........... ........ . ......................... oe .ease . Lacroasse ‘kt et r 4 t)sits . .. ....... ecrecru....... 94,670 6,20,892 711;440 13,f9.4,063 '633,931 Da jag() 463,950 Goy 1 3 - a ucl Other Bills , ecrea se 2,478 11,023,211 0 0, -441elit S ecurities -.5 1 . ~, . No alteration. loteli Illtie tieS 132,881 11e rc er ptp u y e e d 8,141,375 T he 114erea„ 289,060 l'('Ilt etd,„ 111( Of France lowered its rate for discount Th e e ? to per cent. 441. d -ein alid fo r gold to the Continent is falling 111:4 411 , ° MY . £lO,OOO was withdrawn yesterday 41 from the Bank of England. Ne b.lbs tet4rll issued from the Bank of France is L : ii -q t . b,RIY satisfactory. The bullion . has been .m e e e b -ci 83 2,000, while the notes in circulation j' v e b e : 11 climinished £260,000. '11) )° -ell le ssened £600,000, and The the discounts ad . vances tjf t i ° 3 ° , l , T h , e Treasury balances show an increase Odttll, sec eo a a ll a d the . current nt accounts £384,000. e general meeting of share- - il li tat i r :, r) ,, f ihe London and Caledonian Marine statedln 'IN tell" ‘,041p,.. Iv 1 4 u held to-day, the report l' bk ‘ n e t eivena pant, not having elapsed since the - v: ti-118 of th°ll vermouths began, the directors i 't'lln-c't. 41tellti ou e of co dealing with the underwriting s 4l ,ttr et ; the present occasion, but turning to the t '4 qt ~,-.. aeeo4/It, the proprietors will perceive t 4'5'15 done has been well employed, the large sum t he ; h I N• ld. h ' gbeen received for interest on i gle tZtl iavestinae t s Without infringing upon ,44'a,,,4eiPles of all n prudently conducted marine 4,..lortfee business, the directors are of opinion that t' 4 l, Y it(ii oft he advantages derived from this source 'l% iiegitilnately divided among the shareholders ; 4 1)4 1'it ' , o 'g r et A e _ f°l ' e, . P . ropose a distribution of five per l ' '4l3l '' 're shil lings per share, free of income tax, ` e kt, - °ll and after Th day, the 16th February I,lle d i ;%gra'hifeetors of the Electric and International " 4 1'1 ) . 11,-' Cornpany recommended at the half -4'l' t ile h -eet ing of shareholders to-day a dividend bli ringvaq RiX months of £4 per cent. 411' th kltillikt i - e last few days there has not been much I'L„ss,' I S ° l , llll the Foreign and Colonial . produce mar 'e itf - ' 4l 's have sustained about previous prices, 4-4 cle qt-eijor d escriptions of coffee have been a ),T„e(1 :,_4l)er• The public sales of tea have pro- ' Cie • \'''Y QoWly without much change in prices, 41: 11 4 1a n e :, v , c ° , rice, saltpetre, and . tallow, there has °4 hba 1 age a mount of business reported, at ''`‘Arious prices. t At p • Two O'CLOCK 4114, this morning 0 20c. according It4kNiu, the ' R tes were th et per Cent. en to Mr. ,, R 7f e . uter's , ;Ill' steadily ;114014015/1 Stock Market has been steadily very hgliaqi,(l to-day, although business has from the •qailit'' The favourable returns issued III ) cll., °f England and France have assisted to keep money al., 4tatiotla at former values. Consols fore New 111 N& , and for the account 891 i. a . the Ah : aOcl Beduced Annuities are 881 8 , 1 kilt. 'Oh , lf4) 1885, 14 746 ; India 18 4 ; d itto ' • ditto Debentures, 6 6, 98, ° 4 per Cents, 99 , ill ` h e , i• 5 per Cents., a few 441. Poreign stocks there have been only Spans 11 but quotations have generally been steady. , 1)444 usoes, 51+ 52i ; Greek are . N 4 Passive Bonds 32* + ; and the Certifi 2 c 3 ate i s, l LonLoh' ; l‘lexiean li 27 1; and the New is 6 , , . , ex . a , are i 8 41 i" the N. . l, Italian are steady at 6 4 ' ,_ 44 i er p is better at + + dis. ; the Confederate 4 t li :I buoyant at 54 56 ; Egyptian 1)41, 4ill'elll ; Danubian has receded to i dis. to • scrip remains ii A hi, i‘loutevidean is again 4+ 5-1 prem. I IsKet, --e as prevailed the *la . ' illel ‘ ton h -in Railway Share Pdeliey.4ll(l Prices have shown a slightly upward 11,•44iteili La4cashire and Yorkshire and South , I,7Nt ; hal ' . ° e ach un• proved ss. ; Caledonian, Great .O+OllQl-11. and ketropolitan each 10s. ; and Greaq. fi;:ru A Stock, 15s. 41 litti he P°reign and Colonial undertakings there change of importance to report. olg Feb• 9 ' I nd Pri nce ove yester' o f Athol° Y the 11°Ti. tt nea ende d uvoill 3 0 took 11° and 'pr o d , rr i ve d fO t l er Mai" raleS• , k yesterag ,g a ge mire d as boo- re , e by l'i s r ties Ding P 4 131. en' ;h of a t the be• g par so the Pl t ° r ll bO sad° 11 010 Bank and 'Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive • Alliance have receded to 331 Imperial to 31k, London and South Western to 20i 21, while Bank of Australia have improved to 73i ; Hudson Bay Company are dealt in at 151 and London Mercantile Discount at 41. Registered Land Com pany shares are quoted 1 prem. ; City of Milan Improvement, 31 k prem. ; Metropolitan District Railway, 1i 2 prem. ; London and Provincial Mortgage Bank of England, f 1 prem. ; and Gene ral Irrigation and Water Supply of France, 1i 21 prem. ; the share list in this undertaking will close at four o'clock for London applications, and at two o'clock to-morrow (Saturday) for those from the country. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Mar. 9 B9/ i b per Cent. Reduced BBl i New 3 per Cent BBl New 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 ll 7-16 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent — Do. £5OO — Do. £lOO and £2OO — Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent 246 7 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 10/ per Cent., AprillB74 — Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July; 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. si. per Cent., May 1879 Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 94 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — pm Do. under £l,OOO — pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 45 per Cent , — Brazilian 5 per Cent -1001 Do. 4Eper Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent • Do Account — Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 3 per Cent Do. 4/ per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent, 1864 Do; Scrip, £55 paid Danish 3 per Cent, 1825 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid Danubian Principalities Do £25 paid Egyptian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds 99 8 Do. 1864 931, Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Do. £lOO Bonds Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account — Do. Coupons Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent. . Do. Account 811 dis par 97f Bf, 274 I Dc 1864 261 Do 6 per Cent. Angie-French Do Scrip, £53 paid Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis Montevidean 5 per Cent., £25 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 4 per Cent. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) • Do 4i- per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account -- Do 3 per. Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do Account 474 Russian 5 per Cent, 1822, £ St~ Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 Do Scrip, £6b paid Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account Swedish 4 per Cent. Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854.. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do'Account Do,AIOO Bonds , Do 6 per Cent. 1863 , Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent 98 1 ,, Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 Do. 6 per Cent., 1864 Do Account Dividends on the above payable in London. 47/ 70 f 18k Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Plerins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Do. 4 per Cent. Certifia,tes French'Rentes, 3 per Cent. Do. Account . Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B9 1 Do. Account SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CARMARTHENSHIRE HIINT STEEPLECHASES. THURSDAY, The County Members' Plate (Handicap) of 8 sous each, 4 ft, and 1 if declared, with 50 added ; second to save his stake. Over about four miles of hunting country. 9 subs. Mr. W. R. H. Powell's Ace of Hearts, aged, 12st 71b (T. Davies) 1 Mr. R. N. Riddell's Prince of Wales, aged, lOst 91b (Mr. J. R. Kiddell) 2 Mr. R. Temple's Hunting Horn, aged, lOst 111 b (Mr. Thompson) 3 St. Florence, The Fawn, and Newton also ran. Won by a length, two lengths between second and third; nothing else passed the post. Newton fell at the first fence, and The Fawn refused three-quarters of a mile from home. The Selling Steeplechase of 3 sovs each, with 40 added ; weight for age. About three-quarter miles of country. 7 subs. Mr. W. R. H. Powell's Gaylad, aged (£80) - (Pope 1 Mr. Owen's The Lass, aged (£25) (Richards 2 Mr. G. Lort Phillips's Jack, aged (£80) (M. James) 3 Six ran. Won by five lengths, ten lengths between second and third. The winner was bought for 81 guineas by Mr. Wil liams, of Aberdare. The Borough Members Plate, of 3 sovs each, with 25 added. About three miles of country. 4 subs. Mr. W. R. H. Powell's Banting, aged (J. Pope) 1 Three ran. 'ACCEPTANCES FOR T. NATIONA: Li V /MPG OL GRAND 103 Subs. The Mandingo (late Chamade) 12 10 Penarth 12 6 Emblem m _. 12 4 L'Africane „. 12 0 Jerry 11 12 Flyfisher „ 11 12 Emblematic .„ 11 10 Leonidas 11 10 Joe Maley (late North Lancashire) 11 10 Acrobat _. 11 9 Meanwood .„ 11 9 Arbury 11 8 Piggy Wiggy 11 8 Sly Fox 11 7 Express 11 6 Sinking Fund (late Harry) ... 11 6 Alcibiade „. 11 4 Silve rr „. 11 2 Shropshire „. 11 2 Vindictive ... „. 11 0 Hall Court 11 0 Merrimac 10 12 Lightheart ... 10 12 Bridegroom ... 10 12 Princess Dagmar ... 10 12 Agag 10 12 Freshman ... . 10 10 Careless Boy (late De- _ _ _ st lb Balder 10 10 Marble Hill ~. 10 10 Fenton ~. 10 10 Vivandiere ... 10 8 Who dare say 800 10 8 Ballycasey ... 10 8 Governor ... ... 10 8 Cheerful 80y... ... 10 8 Irely ... 10 8 Philosopher ... ... 10 8 Stanton ... ... 10 8 West End ... ... 10 8 Brewer ... ... 10 8 Jacob •.. ... 10 8 Mistake (late Muffler) 10 8 Tumbler ... 10 6 Miss Barbara 10 6 Church Militant 10 6 Real Jam ... ... 10 6 Bunbury ... 10 4 Tony Lumkin ... 10 4 Gamecock ... 10 4 Meteor 10 4 Innellan 10 0 Cockatoo ... ... 10 0 Czar ... ... 10 0 Lord Poulett's Ace of Hearts ... 10 0 Chester 10 0 Market Gardener 10 0 Hawthorne ... 10 0 Dwarf 10 0 ception Overton ~ 10 10 ~ 10 10 THE LATE STORM.—The great storm of wind and snow on the 29th and 30th ult., which was so little felt in Inverness and the immediate vicinity, has, among other disastrous consequences, led to the destruction of a vast number of valuable trees in Glenquoich. In this dis trict the wind began to blow from the south-east about mid-day of Sunday, continuing with great fury for 48 hours, and in its course sweeping down upwards of 4,000 trees on the estate of Glenquoich, the destruction being mostly confined to the east side of Craig Laidh, on the left of the road from Laggan. Among other timber which has been laid prostrate is the large walnut tree in the garden beside the old castle, and supposed to be some 200 years old. The force of the wind was in this quarter almost unexampled, driving masses of ice six inches thick from one side of Loch Oich to the other. In Strathnairn and Strathdearn many of the houses were for some days lite rally snowed up, preventing all egress or ingress.—lnver ness Advertiser. st lb THE SUN, LONDON, FRIOAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1865. POLICE INTEL LIGENCE,--This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SYSTEMATIC UTTERERS OF COUNTERFEIT COIN.—Two women, named Belinda Thomas and Eliza Brown, were charged before Mr. Knox'with uttering connterfeit coin. The prisoners went into the shop of Mr. Wilson, stay maker, of Carnbourne-street, and having selected a pair of stay; tendered a counterfeit half-crown. On being told it was bad they left the shop leaving the coin behind. They then went to the shop of Mr. Saul, a furniture broker, in Castle-street, and while tendering a second bad half crown, Mr. Willson's assistant and Rough, 310 A, entered, and the assistant gave them into custody. They were then taken to the Vine -street police-station, and while there Sergeant Leech, 14 C, observing that Thomas ap peared to be very uneasy, and was trying to secrete some thing she had in her hand, seized her hand and took from it a third bad half-crown, and in the station in an old glove were found 13 more bad half-crowns--evidently thrown where they were found by one of the prisoners Subsequently Sergeant Leech went to the lodgings of the prisoners, and he there found the fellow glove to the one picked up with the coins in the station. There was another charge against the prisoners for uttering a counterfeit half crown at the shop of Mr. Weems, of Phoenix-street, Cla rendon-square. The prisoners were remanded, that the Mint authorities might be communicated with. ROBBERY BY A SOLDIER.—William Taylor, a private of the Grenadier Guards, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing three breast-pins, the property of a licensed hawker of jewellery named Knott. The prosecutor went with a box of jewellery into the Royal Standard public-house, Piccadilly, and while serv ing a customer the prisoner took the three pins up, as the prosecutor supposed, to look at them. Having finished serving his customer, the prosecutor asked the prisoner for the pins, which the prosecutor observed him putting up his sleeve. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the pins, and directly after lifted up his foot and asked the prosecu tor if a pin on the ground belonged to him. This was one of the pins, and had no doubt been dropped by the prisoner after he had denied having any of them. The prosecutor then observed another pin up the prisoner's sleeve, and this the prisoner also dropped, at the same time stating that if the prosecutor accused him he would " knock his brains out." The prosecutor then sent for a constable, who saw the prisoner try to pass a third pin, and one of those the prosecutor missed, to, another soldier who had just entered the house. The prisoner was then taken into custody. In answer to Mr. Knox, tho prisoner's sergeant said he had been in the regiment five or six years, and did not bear a good character. Remanded. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. The Music Halls and the Theatres. LAMBETH POLICE COURT.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. Charles Morton, the managing director of the Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company, appeared this day before the Hon. Mr. Norton, to answer a summons taken out against him by Mr. F. B. Chatterton, one of the lessees of Drury Lane Theatre, charging him with having permitted stage representations at the Canterbury Hall. Mr. Besley said he appeared there on behalf of Mr. F B. Chatterton, one of the lessees of the Theatre Royal , Drury-lane, as the representative of Mr. Mapleson, Mr. Pechter, Mr. E. T. Smith, and Mr. Horace Wigan, to make out a complaint against Mr. Morton for having permit ted the performance of stage plays at the Canterbury Hall, he not having a license from the Lord Chamberlain to do so. It had been said that the lessees of the theatres enjoyed a monopoly, but he said that was the error, as the regulations of the Lord Chamberlain had certain restrictions, which certainly did away with such an impression. The theatre managers were under the control of a public officer, and they were also under certain heavy restrictions with re spect to the plays represented, while the music halls, who could only be reached once a year, were under no such re strictions. The Act of Parliament upon which he relied in order to prove a case against Mr. Morton was the 6th and 7th Vic., c. 68, sec. 28, and he might as well say that the representation of which he complained was the entertainment produced last Christmas. It was entitled " Hodge Podge ; or Butterfly Christ mas P ar ty, a Sh a d ow Sketch," by W. F. Vandervell. The characters, or phan toms, as they were called, were seven in number. First, there was Hodge Podge, a young man who works for a farmer ; Squire Crabtree, his friend ; Blue-eyed Susan, Butterfly, and Papillon. There were also three witches and fairies. The whole of the entertainment was published in a little book, which was delivered to any person who visited the place. There were songs and dialogues embraced in it, and at the end of the entertainment a transformation ensues, then follows the comic business, and the whole concludes with a very brilliant display of fireworks. He would put in the specification of the patent awarded to Messrs. Dircks and Pepper for the "Ghost" illusion, as it was called, in order that the magistrate might be enabled to fully understand his remarks. Mr. Prentice objected to the specification of Messrs. Dircks and Pepper being referred to, as the illusion at the Canterbury Hall was not produced according to the inven tion of those gentlemen. Mr. Besley said he thought he should bo able to show that it was very similar. The illusion was produced by reflection, the real representation was placed below the stage. Mr. Arnold asked whether the mirror was on the upper or lower stage ? Mr. Besley said the reflection was . transferred from the mirror, which was below the glass on the upper stage ; but, he must say, he thought it was but a quibble on the part of the defendant, when they alleged that " Hodge Podge" was not a stage play, because it was only produced by shadows. He should call before the magistrate evidence to prove that the entertainment was a stage play within the meaning of the Act, and also to prove that the Canterbury Hall was fitted up with a stage front, borders, and stage accessories, and when the witnesses had given their evidence he felt sure he should have made out a case against the defendant, and to call for the infliction of penalties mentioned in the act. The following were then called : Mr. Frederick B. Chattertcn, who said, I am in partner ship with Mr. Edmund Falconer as lessee of Drury Lane Theatre. On the 13th of January I went to the Canter bury Hall. I went into the stalls; I saw there were foot lights, a proscenium, a green curtain, and a drop scene. There were musical instruments at the side. The persons in the Hall were smoking and drinking. Before "Hodge Podge" began the footlights were extinguished. That is to increase the effect of the illusion. The performance commenced about a quarter to 11 and lasted 35 minutes. Before the curtain was raised the ordinary pantomime overture was played. Upon the curtain being raised I saw scenery and borders, and also three figures on the stage. Mr. Prentice—Three figures ? Mr. Chatterton—Three shadows, then. I thought they were figures at first, but when I saw them exit I found they were shadows. Examination continued -I had one of the little books already referred to. All the other characters were shadows then as far as I know. I saw all the shadows, or, as they are called in the pamphlet, "phantoms of the brain." The words of the book were distinctly spoken by living charac ters, but I am not quite aware how the spectral illusion is produced. There was a transformation at the end of the entertainment, and then I saw the comic business. The back scene changed. It was a sylvan scene. I recollect it changing to a brick wall. In the burlesque opening there was a plot, or, speaking professionally, I should ,say the burlesque opening of a pantomime was performed. I did not wait until the finish. Cross-examined by Mr. Prentico.—l went to see whether " Hodge Podge" was a pantomime. There was no living person on the stage. The music was perfect as far as I could judge. I saw the scene change, but not in the manner of theatres. I saw the large inverted sheet of glass, but I cannot say how it was placed. I ,thought the gas was placed at the back of the stage. There was no living person on the stage during the time. I saw a sylvan scene changed to a brick wall. Mr. Prentice—But that was not on the stage. It was in ,he glass, you know. Mr. Chatterton—lt seemed to me as if it was done on the stage. We have had Pepper's Ghost at Drury-lane Theatre, but I don't know what was the contrivance at the Canterbury Hall. I was perfectly of opinion that if "Hodge Podge" was performed on the stage, it was a stage play. I have been twice to the Canterbury Hall Tavern. I am under the impression that everything was reflected in a looking-glass. I consider a magic lantern used to illustrate stage effects a stage play. If, ac cording to my opinion, Shakspere's soliloquy of " The Seven Ages of Man" was illustrated by the magic lantern, it would be a stage play. I consider " Punch and Judy " a stage play ; it was the origin of all plays. Re-examined—l saw the movements of the lips of the performers. The voice seemed to come from the stage — the thing was so cleverly done. I have seen nothing like it at the Polytechnic. Mr. Horace Wigan said—l am the lessee of the Olympic Theatre. I went on the 30th December to the Canterbury Hall. I saw the representation of " Hodge Podge." I saw the shadows, and also the head of one of the actors, and the properties above the level of the trench in which the actors were below. I presume that the occasion on which I saw the head of the performer it was occasioned by the actor being more agile than the others, and jumping too high. I saw Hodge Podge. It was, according to my opinion, a regular play. It had a plot. [The witness here related the whole of the story of " Hodge Podge.") I considered it a regular pantomime —a very good one, and very well done. I was not on the level on the occasion I have referred to. I was above, so I could see below. Mr. Besley—You consider it a stage play? Witness—Oh yes ; certainly. Mr. Prentice —That's got to be proved yet. Cross-examined—I have been but once to the Canter bury Hall. I went to see whether the entertainment was an infringement of the Act of Parliament. I don't think there was a living person on tho stage. I don't say there was an actual change of scenery on the stage, but it was changed below, and reflected on to glass which was visible. I should say it occurred on the stage below and reproduced on the upper stage. I will not swear there was a glass on the stage at all. Mr. Prentice—Then it must have kept very clean. I Mr. Norton—Were you there before the performance began ? Mr. Wigan—No, it had began when I arrived. Mr. Norton—You could, if you had been, say whether you saw scenery. Mr. Wigan—The whole thing was very perfect. I have given evidence before in a case. Mr. Prentice—ls there anything objectionable in the little book ? Mr. Wigan—No, only it is objectionable to me to have it played at all at the Canterbury . Cross-examination continued—l don't think there was any person on the stage. What I saw could not have been produced without actors below. When I was examined SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share/ Railways. 13 1 Bir., Wol. ' & btr. Val. Blyth and Tyne Brlstel and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon 133 131 ICorn wal 1 Do. A A gets no div. an has• • • Do. B till6p c p • been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun,.Perth, & a b.J uno. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. Do. E. Angl: st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.). A stock Do. B do Do. New. is. at 25 p m Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western D . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport ... Do. Hereford Lane 'shire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Brie,h., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan...... Do. New NH& an d Do, Rirmin & Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. 4 shares vilid Kent IN°, th British .. Do. Ed., Pth ;-& Dun. Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. U.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darling. De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 .. Korth Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. et Jck "h-ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon youth E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok 'fair Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw4ll W. Hartlepool Han& R, Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable ti 61 32 34 16 17 87 8.1 107 1 9 464 4",' 7 8 100 100 100 100 1. 0 130 132 148} .149 13) .33 90 92 Si S 1 i 58 60 49 51 102 10.1 117 1171 81 64 101 106 36 38 1 'll 1211 981 99i 6)/ 611 1261 124 21 21p, 137 134 106 108 54 55 Y 6 27 1121 1121 7 0 4 714 1031 101 38 39 14 124 p Si lop 122 125 114 12 1. li 8) 81 p 11 114 138 142 45 47 f 0 6! 57 0 87 87 9 1) 160 185 3 6 4 10 110 113 1 33 40 75 78 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 96 132 J 46j I 1313 1491 81 901 £Ol 1 68i 117 i I i 83) nil 41 121 i 991 81 61/ 'l27} 1 137k i f 107 i 1121 1 103} i 58 7 811 87i I Paid Closing I Business 'i Price. done. ___ BRITISH P' Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. Do. l shares Buffalo Lake Huron A I 20 £O4 10 Do Preference Buff.,B rant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bele. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1.874 Calcutta & 8. E., Um a e Town & Docic, gu. Demera-a, 7 p.c. per. p' East. Bengal, gu , 5 do East L. dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bond: 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds. Do do. deferred ... Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds. Do. do. deferred ... Do. Pd Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c t 0. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lira ), gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great Wis. of Canada.. D). New. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 5) do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension nelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B I. Et I.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scinde .... Do. Delhi Do. do `7l Do. Puniaub E.D Do.lndus St Flo " ISSK ISIONS. 56 1001 101 i par f p 41 5 91 75 61 97 92 75 B 5 1( 0 102 100; 1011 1006 101( 18k 19, 69 91 67 69 57 69 6t 63 54 56 50 b 3 45 48 26 28 25 27 101 IC2 id p par p 99 100 81 9 12 110 85 90 7d E 0 Id 100 101 91 94 88 90 61 63 1 101 1011 1 10 261 10t* 1 1001 i 1 all 10) 100 {lOO 2 100 100 3 5 82 81 99 100 9 i NO d Id t , cli 1006 94 97 _ • COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec.3l, 1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1827-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 90 92 D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10) 91 06 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 79 81 794 Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk 100 70 .81 Capo G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 103 108 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 100 106 108 Do. do: 1890-1 100 107 109 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 l6O 108 108 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. c 100 102 104 Do. 1878, do lOO 108 110 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. lt7B Do. 1882, Mayis, N0v.16 106 108 110 Natal '3ov. 6 per cent lOO 105 107 N.B.Gov.Bp.c.Ja.&July 100 91 97 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p '6.4886 00 98 100 Do. 5 p.c. 18'1 to 1876 100 92 94 Do. 5 p.O. 1888 to 1892 100 91 93 911 21 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 103 105 Do. 6 per cent.... Nova ScAia Gov. 6p. C sterling, 1875 l9O 94 •97 Queensland_Gov. 6p. c lOO 102 104 1031 21 S. Aus.Gov. 6 9.0 1868-9 100 Do. 1878 & upwards l' 0 105 107 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 100 Do. do, A pril & Oct.. 100 1074 1084 1071 81 71 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam. Consul. Gold, lim 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated — 81 33 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist I 573 585 Drake walls 2l 0 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 32 35 --East Caradon 2. 30 14.6 13 14 as t Cam Brea 3.4.0 6 13! -- East Grenville 2.7.0 21 31 East Love ,1 2.13.6 13 14 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 4 44 Gam. & StAubyn(Gwen. 601 6 8 4 Great L4xey, limited all 17 18 Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 21 21 17 G. Wheal Vor ( elst in 40 33 34 Grenville 7.8.3 21 S Herod's Foot . 8.13 34 36 Hingston Downs 4.18.0 34 4 Margaret tUny Lelant 94 6 8 - Marks Valley 4.3.0 51 61 4 3lwyndy Iron Ore, 11w 24 16 04 Nangiles New Se ton North Downs 3 3 21 14 1 161 North Roskear N.Whl Bassett(lllogan 3.10.6 I 1 1 North Wheal Crotty _ Prosper United. —.— Pr vidence Uny ',slant 10.6.7 31 33 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 530 550 - S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 20 25 Stray Park 30.17.6 141 151 Tin Croft 9 14 15 . West Bassett (Mogan l4 74 86 W. Caradon (L skeard 9 7 8 West Chiverton ll 83 66 63 West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 54 100 105 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 9 11 - Whea t Ludoott 3.12.8 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 11 13 Wheal Seton Wheal Tr elawner (Lis 7 19 20 Wheal 4 PREFERENI Great Northern, 5 per cent., 1: North Staffot dshire, 21} PREFERENCE SHA Great Eastern 46 per cent. pi, South Eastern 5 per cent., 186 310 SHARES. 14} 131 ,RES AND STOCKS. ~ 80 I, 88 FOREIGN RAILWAYS: Bahia and San Francisco klix.) gua. 7 per cent., 151 Central Argentine, i A amur and Liege gua. 14f. per annum, 8 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf., 194 Recife and San Francisca (Um.), gua. 7 per cent., 14 131 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 17 BANKS. Albion, 7/ Alliance i Lim.), 331 4 31 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd.,"18/ Australasia, 73/ Bank of utago, lim., 5 41 City, 116 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 193 19 Imperial Bank (11m.). 32 1/ Imperial Ottoman, 171 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23/ London and County, n London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lim., 10/ London Joint Stock, 471 London and South - Western,Bm., 211 1 London and 1% estminster, 954 Merchant Bank, lim., 2,1 Mercantile and Exchange, lim., 7/ Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Urn., 181 Midland Bank (lim.). 18 National Provincial of England. Ditto, Id issue, 461 S :Inde, Punjaub, and Delhi. Urn., 114 South Eastern, lim., 11 Standard of BritishlSouth Africa, Um., .241 Ditto, issued at 10 pm., 91 Union of Australia, 544 4 Union of London, 521 pocKs. East and West India, 1321 London and St. Katharine, 72 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 17& Bo ..bay Gas, lim., 5 IL Ceylon Company, 91 Commercial Union, Insurance, 8 Continental Union Gas, lim., 11 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 9 Ditto, new, 51 Credit Fowler 01 Mauritius, llm„ 7} Crystal Palace. 34 Ditto, Preference, 110 Discount Corporation. 13 Ebbw Vale, 3 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lint, 4/- E glish and Australian Copper, 1/ Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Um., 7 8/ Joint Stock Discount, Urn.. 91 1 London Financial Association, Dm., 221 London General Omnibus Company, 31 London Mercantile Discount, 1im.441 Lon oa pr.d Provincial Marine, 31 Madras Irrigation and Canal, 41 North British and Mercantile Insurtnce, I ' lll., 17 1 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 82i Si Scottish Australian Investment, lira.. 12l 41 Trust and Loan Company cf Upper Canada, 41 Universal Marine. Insurance, Ern., 5/ I West India Alicl Pacific SteaW , llW ,lb WESTMINSTER. ROMANTIC ROBBERY.—Five boys, named Debretzen, Salter, Sharman, Whitby, and Maskell, were placed at the bar, charged with a robbery of a somewhat romantic character. Mr. Lambert, of 42, Upper Belgrave-place, said he had a pigeon-house on St. George's-wharf, belonging to the Grosvenor Canal. His pigeons were safe at seven o'clock on Tuesday night, but on the following morning the whole of them, 13 in number, were missed. The pigeon-house could only be reached by a: ladder from the wharf, and the latter was locked up and secured at dark on Tuesday night Information was given to the police, and the birds were found at two pigeon -fanciers' shops. James Youngman, of Dorset-street, Vauxhall Bridge road, said that the first four named prisoners sold him a number of the pigeons, stating they were their own. A fair price was given for them. Joseph Judd, of Strutton-ground, proved buying the re minder. Sergeant Hornblow, 24 B, said that being informed of the robbery , he examined the prosecutor's premises to see how the birds had been stolen. He found that some timber floating on the canal had been collected, and a raft manu factured of it, by which access had been obtained to the wharf from the opposite bank. There were some other robberies of a similar description in which most of the prisoners were implicated. The first named prisoner was sentenced to two months, the next three to one month, the other a day. THAMES. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON POLICE -CONSTABLES.—Edward Lappage, a thief, and Elizabeth Watson, a woman of the town, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with being concerned, with another, named William Tyler, with assaulting and wounding two police-constables, named Thomas Venables, No. 141 K, and Edward Jeffrey, No. 529 K. Tyler was remanded by Mr. Paget on Wednesday, Lappage and Watson were arrested yesterday. On Tuesday afternoon last Venables was called upon to supress a disturbance in John's-place, Baker-street, Step ney. The population of John's-place consist almost solely of the dangerous class, and robberies and outrages have been frequent there. Venables took a man in custody, and Lappage made a furious attack upon him, and kicked him. He was also struck on the head with a poker, and a serious wound inflicted, from which the blood flowed copiously. The female prisoner also attacked him, threw mud at him, and said you shall not assault my brother. Bricks and other missiles were thrown at the constable, his face was bruised, and his left eye blackened. He was overpowered, and drew his staff, which he was compelled to use. He held on to the prisoner Tyler, who kicked and beat him. The constable received many blows and contusions from bricks and stones. He has been on the sick list since the affray, and will not be able to resume his duty for some days. _ _ _ Jeffrey, whose head was bandaged, and who is also on the sick list, said he found Tyler kicking his brother constable, who was fearfully knocked about by the dis orderly mob. Bricks were flying about in all directions from the windows of the houses, and the people were flourishing broomsticks, tongs, and pokers. Lappage struck him several times. He received a great many severe kicks about the body, and was knocked quite senseless. He recollected no more. Inspector Griffin, of the K division, spoke of the dan gers of John's-place, the lawless character of the inha bitants, and the illness of the constables, who were not likely to recover the injuries received by them for some time. Mr. Partridge said his colleague,-Mr. Paget, had alread remanded one prisoner until Wednesday next, and he should remand Lappage and Wilson until that day. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of English wheat were small. There was no activity, however, in the demand either for red or white qualities, yet prices ruled stationary. The market was but moderately supplied with foreign wheat. In most descriptions sales progressed slowly at late rates. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly at previous quotations. The market was moderately supplied with barley, and the trade generally was in a sluggish state. Good and fine malting produce was held at full prices, and in the value of inferior barley no change took place. About an average business was transacted in malt at late rates. There was a good supply of oats on sale. For nearly all qualities the trade was dull, yet no change of importance took place in prices. Beans were in short supply, and the demand for them ruled steady at late quotations. _ _ Peas met a slow sale. Monday's prices, however, were supported. Tho flour trade was steady at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat.Barley.Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 830 2,410 2,120 70 870 Irish — 1,410 Foreign NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderate, but far from extensive, supplies of town and country-killed are on sale at these markets. The trade generally is firm at the annexed quotations Per 81b by the caroaae. adad Inferior beef 3 0 3 6 Middling do.. 3 8 4 2 Prime large do 4 4 4 6 Prime small clo 4 6 4 8 Large pork . 3 4 4 2 stied Inferior mutton 3 4 3 8 Middling mutton-3 10 4 4 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Veal 4 o 5 0 Small pork. 4 4 4 8 BOROUGH HOP. The trade for good and fine hops continues firm at fully late rates; and there is a fair a mount of activity in the de mand, both quality. asr are reg ards English as well as f ore i gn pro d uce , of superior Inferior hops a dull inquiry at about previous rates. Mid and East Kent ..... llos to 200 s per cwt. Weald of Kent Sussex . Yearlings lOOB to 140 a Bavarian American lOOB to 14 s la the occasion referred to, I was asked whether " Sir Roger De Coverley" was a stage play, and I said it would be, if done in a theatre. I consider the Lancers, as done in " The Corsican Brothers," a stage play. . Mr. John Maclean—l have been some time in the thea trical profession. I saw the heads of the performers as described by Mr. Wigan. I was curious to discover how the illusion was produced, and I got as near the end of the balcony as possible. I there saw the lower glass was in front of the performers—that is, between them and the audience. Mr. Norton—Was there any scenery in the upper stage ? Witness—Yes, there was a set scene on the upper stage. Examination continued—l went behind the scenes by Mr. Morton's invitation, and, after the performance was concluded, I was shown the whole of the means taken to produce the illusion. Cross -examined—I should not consider Pepper's Ghost a stage play. _ _ Mr. Norton—lf it was represented on the stage ? Witness—No. That would not be a stage play, it would be a representation of Pepper's Ghost on the stage ; but if you make it do anything, that would be quite another matter. Cross-examined—lt would be quite possible to produce all that I have seen at the Canterbury other than on a stage. Mr. Besley then tendered a specification of Professor Pepper's patent as evidence, but Mr. Prentice objected to its reception. Mr. W. Donne—l am the examine' of plays in the office of the Lord Chamberlain. I have been to the Canterbury Hall and seen and heard the entertainment "Hodge Podge. ' I.considered what I saw to be a proper burlesque—the opening of a pantomime. All such pieces that have been performed at the theatres have been sent to the office. .If . -- the Canterbury Hall had been licensed by the Lord Chamberlain, the entertainment must have been submitted to me. The entertainment at the Canterbury was a repre sentation at first produced somewhere out of view, and then a representation on the stage which was visible. Cross-examined by Mr. Prentice—When I first saw the entertainment I was quite surprised that such extraordi nary results could be produced. I did not at first know that it was produced by shadow. Mr. Prentice-1 hope you were pleased with what you saw. Mr. Donne—Yes ; it was very cleverly done. Mr. Besley—That is my case, sir. Mr Prentice said he appeared there on the part of the directors of the Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company, who, to produce the entertainment which had led to those proceedings, had expended a sum of money between £l,OOO and £2,000. If anything more than another could show the success of the entertainment, it was the fact that it had excited the jealousy :of Messrs. Mappleson, Wigan, and other theatrical managers, and that it been sufficient for them to institute these proceedings with a view to prevent such representation for the future. The proceedings had not emanated from the Lord Chamberlain's office, but had been set on foot by the jealous and envious feelings of ma nagers, who grudged the success Mr. Morton's entertainment had elicited. They had not been actuated in the business by any public motive, but merely by their own private interests. He might, however, mention that in the event of the de cision of the magistrates being against them, they intended to submit a case to the judges in the superior courts. The real question the magistrate had to decide was whether Mr. Morton had infringed the said section of 6th and 7th Vic., cap. 68. He contended the entertainment was not a stage play, and nothing was done on the stage; but, on the contrary, what created such applause was merely an optical illusion, and nothing more. Mr. Norton—You don't mean, Mr. Prentice, to deny that there was a stage ? Mr. Prentice—Well, in one sense all the world's a stage. Mr. Norton—Or scenery. If you take any stage and scenery the effect would not be so good, and not so many persons would go. Mr. Prentice--It's all in the looking-glass. Mr. Norton—One of the witnesses distinctly said there were side wings and borders. Mr. Prentice—The question to be decided to-day is not, I respectively submit, sir, one of scenery, but whether certain hew and ingenious inventions can be construed a stage play. I hope when you have heard what Mr. Mor ton has to say you will be of opinion that it is not a thea trical representation within the meaning of the Act. Mr. Charles Morton then came forward and explained at length the difference between Professor Pepper's patent and the patent he with others had taken out for the illusion produced at the Canterbury. In answer to the Mr. Prentice, Mr. Morton said there was not a single living person on the stage during the whole of the performance. It is quite possible if people go where theaudience are not expected to go— the top of the house, for instance, they could not see into the trench in which the performers were. At rfirst the people did not know from whence the shadows came, but they now knew pretty well. The stage was not originally set up for the ghost representation. It has existed in the hall for a long time anterior to the ghost discovery. Nothing is represented on the stage. Everything is reflected from the mirror. zr Mr. Norton—l have to consider the nature of a new and important invention especially with respect to Mr. Morton, as well as the view taken of it by the other side, and be fore I give my decision. I am anxious to give the matter my best and most attentive consideration. Mr. Prentice—Well, sir, perhaps you will go and inspect it. Mr. Morton will feel the greatest pleasure in showing you everything by which the music is produced. Mr. Norton—Well, a magistrate cannot see too much. I shail accept the invitation to see the entertainment. t Mr. Prentice—l am only too happy that such is your in tention. Mr. Besley—l hope, sir, you will look at it from the audience point view. (Laughter.) Mr. Norton-4 shall look at it from every point of view. Mr. Besley—Might I ask, sir, that notice be given to both parties a day previous to your giving your decision? Mr. Norton—Well, I will give my decision, say this day fortnight. Further proceedings were then postponed until the 24th instant. COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales have continued to progress very slowly, without any material alteration in the prices obtained. SUGAR.—The market has been moderately active, but only superior qualities of West India have found buyers at about previous rates. In the refined market there is little variation to record in value. COFFEE.—There has been a fair demand for good and superior descriptions of Colonial, which have sustained former rates; inferior qualities, however, have been a shade lower. RicE.—A good demand has prevailed for East India, and fully late rates are obtained for superior qualities. SALTPETRE.—The dealings have been on a very restricted scale, without any material change in value. TALLow.—Operations for both present and forward de livery have been limited, and quotations show less firmness. P.Y.C. on the spot and to March is marked 41s. 6., and last three months Os. per cwt. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT - - HOUSE OF LORDS—Tilts EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE ADDRESS. Lord SYDNEY (the Lord Chamberlain) read her Majesty's answer to the Address, adopted by the House of Lords in reply to the Royal Speech, as follows :—" I thank you most sincerely for your loyal and dutiful Address. It is satisfactory to me to be assurred that the various measures which shall be submitted to you for the amendment of the law will receive your careful consideration, and it will always be my earnest endeavour to co-operate with you in promoting the happiness of my people." THE BELFAST Lord LEITRIM moved for some papers relating to the Late Belfast riots, but afterwards withdrew the motion, and their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. A large number of private bills, in which the Standing Orders had been complied with, were read a first time. PETITIONS. Mr. MORR presented petitions from the Tower Hamlets and other places against the transportation of British cri minals to any part of Australia. Mr. BAINES presented a numerously signed petition from the mayor, corporation, and inhabitants of Leeds ge nerall in favour of an extension of the elective franchise in boroughs and counties. Mr. BRIGHT presented petitions from Birmingham and other places'to the same effect. ELECTORAL FRANCHISE. Mr. BAINES gave notice that on the 21st instant he would move for leave to bring in a bill to extend the fran chise in the boroughs of England and Wales. (Hear.) ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS. Mr. BENTINCK gave notice that on an early day he would move for leave to bring in a bill to prevent the frequent recurrence of accidents on railways. LEGACY AND SUCCESSION DUTY. Mr. LOCKE KING asked whether it is the intention of the Government to introduce any measure, whereby the claims of the Crown, especially in matters of legacy and succession duty, would be limited to some fixed period, in like manner as simple contract debts are now limited with respect to private individuals. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that instructions had been issued to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to revise the existing sys tem, but this was a very complicated subject, and had not yet received a report in reference to it. PROVISION AGAINST FIRES, &c. Mr. BUTLER asked when it was probable the commis sioners appointed to inquire into the Government powder magazines throughout the kingdom will make their report; and whether it was the intention of Government to intro duce a bill to compel the owners of public buildings to pro vide sufficient means of escape in the case of fire. Sir G. GREY said that a commission, of which Sir John Burgoyne was the chairman, had been appointed to inquire into the most efficient means to be adopted for the protec tion of life by the prevention of accidents, not only in Government magazines, but in other powder magazines throughout the country. THEATRES AND PLACES OF PUBLIC AMUSE- MENT. Mr. H. LEWIS asked the Home Secretary whether it was his intention to produce a measure rendering it obliga tory that in future the plans for theatres and all other places of public amusement should be submitted for approval to an architect, to be appoined for that purpose by the Government, &c. Sir G. GREY said that there was no intention to intro duce any such bill at present. The Lord Chamberlain had adopted very stringent measures with the last three years respecting the construction of metropolitan theatres and the securing adequate means of egress. Similar means might be taken to prevent accidents in music halls and provincial theatres. TRANSPORTATION TO AUSTRALIA. _ _ Mr. MOOR asked whetier it was the intention of Go vernment to discontinue the transportation of criminals to Australia, and, if so, at what period such discontinuance would be commenced ? Mr. CARDWELL said, from the papers laid on the table of the house, it was apparent that the Government pro posed to recommend to her Majesty the discontinuance of trans-British criminals to Australia, and that the same would take effect in three years. THE RIVER TYNE PILOTAGE. In reply to Mr. HODGSON, . Mr. M. GIBSON said that a bill on this subject would be introduced nexi week. JUDGE •COURS AL. Mr. PEACOCKE asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Judge Coursal in Canada had been dis missed in consequence of any communication from the Go vernment at home •, if so, whether such communi ca ti on was made at the instance of the Government at Washing ton. Mr. CARDWELL said he had received no official infor mation on the subject, and if the gentleman in question had been dismissed, it had been by the Governor-General of Canada acting on his own responsibility. REVISION OF TURNPIKE TOLLS. • Ig reply to Mr. WESTERN, Sir G. GREY said it was not intended to introduce a bill on the subject. RIGHTS OF TALOODARS AND CULTIVATORS OF OUDE. Lord STANLEY asked the Secretary of State for India whether the inquiry now being carried on into the respec tive rights of the talookdars and cultivators of Oude is in ursulince of instructions issued by him ; and whether he would lay on the table any correspondence has passed ou the subject. Sir C. WOOD, who was very indistinct, was understood to say that the policy of Lord Canning on this subject would be adhered to. IRON-CLAD SHIPS. Sir J. ELPHINSTONE asked the Secretary to the Ad miralty to lay Admiral Dacres' report on the iron-clad ships in the Channel fleet upon the table of the house. Lord C. PAGET said the report alluded to could not be laid on the table at present, although it had been reckived. THE CONVENTION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND no to THE UNITED STATES. also dtwet ea r e e i ln - s On the motion for going into Committee of Supply, Sir J. WALSH asked the First Lord of the Treasury for fnformation relative to the circumstances which have led en laVs e ; clt to the notice by the Government of the United States of North America to terminate the convention under which the mut Canadian u S p t :n te fit -out specting.the abrogation of the treaty of com gt m h er i the provinces of British North America and the United States by the late Lord Elgin ; and moved for all papers and correspondence connected with these subjects. The hon. baronet entered at some len coetcl:e to show the importance of this subject. H e the greatest advantages had resulted to this country, that well as Canada, from the convention which his c oun t ry, as sought to set aside, and that a spirit ich it Was now existed, both in the Northern and _ of great hostility America, in regard to this count Southern States of trality which it was thought expedientcountry, from the neu to the belligerent States. to adopt in regard Lord PALMERSTON said that he did not intend to enter into any discussion as to the present state of the re lations between the United States and this country, as he did not consider such discussion would be conducive to the public interest. (Hear, hear.) He said there had been two arrangemeints enteYea into between this country and the United States. The first was in 1817, and it related to the limitation of the naval force which was to be kept on the coasts of the United States and Canada. That was not a convention, but merely a formal arrangement. There was a treaty in 1854, which was a treaty of reciprocity. With regard to the first arrangement it was merely of a temporary character, and the desire on the part of the United States to terminate did not prove hostility to this country. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the treaty of 1854 Government had received no official communication on the subject, and if such were received the papers would be laid on the table, and he appealed to lion. members not to be influenced by paragraphs that appearedithe American news p a pers, or to suppose th a t they represented cor rectly the views of the Government of that country . COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY The house then went into committee of supply, and passed the usual general resolution in regard to the estimates. COMMITTEE OF BANKS OF ISSUE, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the following resolutions :-1. That it is expedient to make pro vision for empowering county banks of issue to obtain relief from certain restrictions, upon payment from time to time of a certain charge in respect thereof. 2. Any compen sation payable by the Bank of England to any such privileged bank for the determination of its right to issue notes shall be repaid out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. rLEFT SITTING. j LONDON GAZE r TE—This Evening. • DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Christo pher Davidson, Esq., to be Treasurer and Accountant- General for the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. INDIA OFFICE, FEB. 7. The Queen ttas been pleased to appoint L ew i s Ch ar l es the Innes, Esq., of the Mad r as Ci v il Service, to be a Judge of High Court of Judicature at Madras.' AIRALTY, . 7. Li eutenant William DM Coles to be FEB Retired Commander, under her Majesty's Orders in Council .of Aug. 1, 1860, and July 9, 1864. BREVET. Major-General John Edward Dupuis, C. 8., from the Supernumerary List, to be Major-General on the fixed establishment, vice Major-General Richard Say Arm strong, deceased. BANKRUPTS, That portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. COURSE OF EXCHANGE —This Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 141 Ditto 3 Months. 11 17f Rotterdam 11 15 11 181 11 18t 25 50 25 50 25 50 120 k 11 6 0 11 60 30} Antwerp — 25 42/ Ditto 3 Months. 25 42i Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 119} Vienna — 11 55 _ _ __ Trieste:: 11 55 Petersburgh Berlin • Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples 301 461 461 25 57* 25 57* 25 571 25 57* 47 47+ 25 621 25 621 25 621 25 624 Palermo Messina Lisbon — 51 1 Sri Oporto — 511- 511 Foreign Gold in bars (standard) per 0z.....£3 17 s. 9d. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. WOODGATE V. RIDEOUT (OF THE MORNING POST). This is an action for liable, in which the damages are laid at £20,000, against the proprietor of the Morning Post, for certain observations which appeared in that journal on a suit in Chancery (re the Egrement Estates). The particulars of the alleged libel were detailed, and Mr. Bovill, for the plaintiff, set out the history of Mr. Wood gate's connection with the Egmont family, and then called the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, M.P., th e E ar l o f Egmont, and the plaintiff to prove the good faith of the plaintiff in all that was done by him professionally, and to negative the imputations of fraud contained in the alleged libel. Mr. Lush, Q.C., for the defendant, urged that the articlo in question was a fair comment upon a trial, and a reason able conclusion to be drawn from the facts then elicited in the Court of Chancery. The Chief Justice having summed up, the jury found verdict for the plaintiff —damages, £l,OOO. A Plea for Garden Flowers. " Crocus," in a letter to the Times, says;:—Some months since prizes were offered by the Royal Horticultural Society for the best and most complete collections of dried plants. Alarmed for the safety of a few rare weeds, the whole body of botanists joined in loud outcry against the offer. It is high time that lovers of common garden flowers should also be up and doing. We have it on the best authority, on that of Sir Joseph Paxton, that horticulturists are neglect ing all plants excepting those which, like racehorses, will bear taming to compete for the stakes on a fixed day in the London season. Nobody could object, of course, to prizes being offered for successful experiments in plant dynamics but we ought all to protest against the total neglect of many of the loveliest ornaments of the flower garden, oc casioned by the high premiums awarded to nurserymen for forcing on and retarding the flowering of costly plants. The more rare plants which the dreaded army of weed hunters seemed likely to destroy would have been missed only by a few botanists who had a hope of adding them to their own collections, but the extermination of our hardy garden ornaments would be a widely felt calamity. Had the botanical locusts gone forth, they would have made but little impression on our violets and primroses and the other cheerful companions of our country rambles, and most of us could have borne with equanimity the extirpation of a few inconspicuous plants which had never gladdened any other eyes than those of a botanist. Many of us, indeed, would have been philosophers enough to regard the disappearance only as another interestinginstance of the influence of civili zation in hastening on in a country's flora the action of the " law of natural selection ;" but none of us, excepting nurserymen with wealthy connexions, or the few botanists who regard flower cultivators as meddling, mischief-making busybodies in Nature's garden, could be indifferent to the loss of our old companions, the common flowers of our par terres. Having lately seen notices of weekly shows of spring flowers, I supposed that Sir Joseph Paxton's remonstrances had worked their due effect, and that the danger to our favourites, like that which threatened the rarities of the bo tanists, had blown over ; and on Saturday last I went to South. Kensington to see the crocuses advertised in your journal for show on that day. Judge of my disappointment, how ever, when I found, not a show of crocuses (some 15 or 20 from the society's gardens were all that were to be seen), but a show of costly plants of ornamental foliage; of plants, however beautiful in themselves, quite beyond my means of cultivation. Is the crocus considered by exhibitors no longer worthy of a horticulturist's attention ? Or .does it not suit the aristocratic circle of nurserymen who show plants at South Kensington that the taste for our old and cheap friends should be revived ? I see advertised a society for the pro tection of the interests of exhibitors. A society for the protection of common garden-flowers appears at the mo ment more wanted; or a society for the protection of the frequenters of exhibitions, who pay large admission fees, in order to provide prizes for plants which few can either cultivate or afford to purchase. Let the council of the Horticultural Society look to it. The botanical hornet's nest which they brought about their ears for endangering a few wretched weeds will be nothing to what they will suffer at the hands of our lovers of common flowers if they are either bullied or cajoled into allowing our garden favourites to disappear. This would undoubt edly be considered by the multitude a case of unnatural selection. The society is, I hear, making attempts to improve the education of gardeners. Allow me, through your columns, to offer a few suggestions. Let it duly inculcate on the minds of the rising generation of gardeners that their desire to exhibit should never interfere with the interests and pleasures of their employers. Let it take as the subject of m its on fi t rs h t s p i ri n x t e h e e s y sa e y a , r,in "There which, soughtev e t rai o be gardens iy,thingso f f or b a e l a l u th ty e may be then in season." And let it, for its first lesson in practical gardening, take " the cultivation of the crocus." The Price of Gold. ani ttdhaNrtecinlevgoyEldon:giciiitsoahnna p at li p .o e t i : l : de t s that gold is Li sterling. On the The Isi short oqruto exchangetatlonolgoonl d Londonat aria is s s 2 a s b . mt p l. e i r per mille pm., and ere i or: lc for e b O l 1 1 I 8 4 3 ) t about A t these 249 perrat rates cent., h t rather more than 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than ill premium on London. ertioleansec;•afotersatl: Tile course of exchange comparing p ro a i r d. ing p the importation of god fr,,m the United s a small profit on States. gold 1 days'd 1.2 sight percent. is By advie4s from hamburg the price price of gold is ' and the short exchange on L Standard gold at the English ondon is 13.31 per .£1 attrlfe-. ago t 1-10th per cent. dearer Mint price is, therefcre, at in Hamburg than in London. MR. ALBERTO LAURENCE.—The announcement of the Royal English Opera Company that, when not cast for opera, their singers would be available for concerts was almost immediately followed by the engagement - of Mr. Alberto Laurence, the baritone, to .sing the music ill "Elijah," at the representation of the oratorio given at Bel fast, on the 3d instant, by the Belfast Vocal Union, in commemoration of Mendelssohn's birthday. The perfor mances took place in the Ulster Hall, under the direction of Dr. Chipp; and the Belfast journals speak in the highest terms of admiration of Mr. Laurence's conceptions and rendering of the music. On the 6th inst. Mr. Laurence was engaged as a substitute for Mr. Sims Reeves at the Beaumont Institution, Mile-end, and on Wednesday next Mr. Lau rence will sing at Burslem, in Staffordshire, in two con certs, sacred and secular. He will bo accompanied in this trip by Madlle. Linas Martorelle, Mack,me Fanny Huddarti and Mr. Henry Haigh, all distinguished members of Mr. the Royal English Opera Company., but not in the cast a Frank Mori's new opera, " The River Spite," just 1)10 duced. *I