The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-16 00:00:00

l'Vfol'_lEY MARKET COUMERCIAL NTELLIRIF,NcIit A large increase is shown by the following parti culars of the Bank of England return in the reserves of bullion and notes : A.ctive Circulation Decrease -20,763,240 ... 252,900 ... 3,296,114 ••• 239,121 ... 3,568,952 ••• 11,400 4,930,382 ••• 880,478 ... 12,176,119 ... 168,081 ... 403,297 ••• 6,004 ... 9,865,483 No alteration. Other Securities ..• 18,853,393 Decrease ••• ••• ... 274,288 Notes Unemployed ... 6,286,945 Increase •.• ... 380,625 A general meeting of shareholders of Reuter's Telegram Company will be held at the London Tavern on the 2d March next, for the purpose of considering the steps taken by the directors to utilise a valuable concession obtained by Mr. Reuter from the Hanoverian Government, for lay ing a telegraph cable between the English and Ranoverian coasts. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days there has been very little animation. Sugars have barely sustained former prices, while full rates have been readily offered for superior qualities of coffee. Rice has been in mode rate request at steady values, and the public sales of East Indian indigo have continued to progress with animation at full rates. Tallow, however, has remained dull, and prices generally are a shade lower for both present and forward delivery. Bullion Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase increase Other D e p o sits Seven D a b y ecrease and Other Bills Government Securities ... Two O'CLOCK. According to Reuter's telegram, the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 69f. 10c. Firm. The market for English Government Securities has been active and firm, and quotations have been further improved. Consols are 871 1 for" money, and 87 jfor the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 871 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 3s. • 2 s. die. ; India 5 per Cents., 1021 ; and do. 4 per Cents., 974. A general rise was observable during the earlier hours of business in the prices of Foreign Stocks, but a slight reaction has since occurred through realisation. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 381 1; Mexican, 221 j ; the New, 201 ; Greek, 131 4 ; Spanish Passive, 27/ 1; Certificates, 161; Con federate Loan, 5 6; Brazilian Scrip, 21 prem. ; Egyp tian Scrip, 7 1 prem. ; United States 5-20 Bonds, 68 1 1 ; Erie Shares, 521 531 ; and Illinois, 671. Business in the Railway Share Market has been animated, and prices have shown increased firm ness. North British and South Eastern have each inaproved £1 10s. ; Great Northern A Stock, Great Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Mid land, each £1 ; and Great Eastern and North Wes tern, each 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without c hange of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares generally exhibit a Strong improvement. Alliance are dealt in at 281 9 ; London Bank of Mexico at 14 141 ; and Over end, Gurney, and Co., at 191 /. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK „, GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ° Der Cent Consols Do. A ccoun t , M arc h 6 BB 7/ ',Per Cent. Reduced 875 ~ ,1 1 I; r W 3 per Cent B7i 1 '`ew 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — a tunties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — 1 ,, Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — ' l chequer Bills, X 1,000,3 per Cent. 3 dis Do £5OO — dis Do £lOO and £200 Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent I,,l.„l`rerAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'MISR Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do Account 1 ,- ) ,°. per Cent. Oct 1870 '-' O . 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do.Enfaced P a p er 4 per Cent —l 5 per Cent Jan. 1872 °- 5 4 per Cent., May 1879 — D 0 .4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO _ Do. under Xl,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 p er C ent, 1859 1 3razilian 5 per Cent — Do. 44 per Cent., 1852-5 8-60 671 o. 1863 Do. 1865 ... Do Account 76 i. Do. Scrip, £35 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do. account Do 1 per C en t. (D e f erre d 3 p er C en t.) ~ ibilian 6 per Cent — D o. 41 per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent. .. — Cuba, 6 per. Cent. D anish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — DanubianlD% ser Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Principalities Do Ac count — t rtador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — t o„ .Provisional Land War ran t — gyptian 7 per C en t 110, _. Second I ssue — D o £lOO Bonds 941 5 r , ee k Do. 1864 93 1 k i _ Do £lOO Bonds C 93 Cent 5 per en s., 1824-5, ex Coupon, 'Jo. Account Do. Coupons . 1:) . Account .111ateratla 5 per Cent. — ta i, lia a 5 per Cent, 1865 .'0 Account .• Maremmana Railway — ...exican 3 per Cent 00. Account D° Dn 1864 2l ?Cc 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — 1 entevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid I,4.4eorish Imperial 5 per Cent 6 ,'W Granada . r .;'o 2 per Cent 4 ,-; 0 Deferred D & 10 Land Warrants (Hectares) DO 6 Per Cent, 1864 _ ? ''o Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Doean 5 per Cent, 1865 Account 684 D°e 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — P n , 4 per Cent., 1862 -,!`rguese 3 per Cent., 1853 ;,'° d per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 111;•10. Account jr e i ta 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 9l Do A ,-4 per Cent. 1850 .D o ;1 per Cent., 1860 be' ' Per Cent. 1859 b,, 5 Per Cent. 1862 9Ol 894 li ard ". Per Cent. 1864 . ini all 5 Cent D per to Account o ° o 41 • CO Bands sp a n hi li per Cent ,acisli Cent Do . per Cent IL: Passive 364 411 364 ~ ssive p_."o Account 9 74 4 -mol e .. D° 'A Cert. of Coup not funded S . l„. 0 Account l5/ 161 Irish 4 per Cent. / 1 14 .1 3 ) z i 4- i- i , per Cent. 1864 I) 8 " 6 Per Cent. 1854 D: -- ccount 1)0 . Per Cent. 1858 I), A ccount 7Ol Dos 1-00 Bonds . 1), , 674 Per Cent. 1862 5Z £lO O Bond s D e P per Cent., 1863 — u Per C-, ent 1865, paid up Scrip 3Bl 0 A , count V t • 4 Pe%Cent. Guaranteed 3Bl 4 ens blu e _a 3 Per Cent.— D° 6 account D°. Al A cc Per ount Cent., 1869 • 1)9 . 1864 ittoi l `Dividends on the above payable in London. D o „1 Pe" P.nt., Ex. 12 Gull Ptitt•ehet*Reer Cent. Certificates _ 97 I ", rues per Cent. — La 0 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. — Co nsols f or • • 'TWO O'CLOCK. ._ up, 4 000 nione gut y .............................. 874 1 ..... .... . ... .. ... . ................ 87 i TWELVE O'CLOCK. There has been very little doing in discount circles to-day. The supply of floating capital is not abundant, but there is also no great demand for accommodation ; 8 per cent., however, is gene rally the minimum charge of the brokers. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Tuesday, the 20th instant, a special settling day in the Scrip of the Egyptian Government Rail- Way Debenture Loan, to be marked. The Contract Corporation have made a call of £5 per share, payable on the 14th of next month. Mr. W. S. Dixon, of the Govan Iron Works, Glas gow., and Mr. Isaac Solly, of Enfield, have joined the board. - 2 with .inces s SHARE DV.RKETS.—This Day. Share! Railways. etistol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian . . ..... Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall üblin & Belfast June un,.Perth, & 4 b.Junc E.London, scrip Certi DO. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. z Great North of Scotland Great Northern DJ. A stock ... Do. B stock 93 95 130 31 65 70 13 15 4i 5} 68 70 70 72 114 116 39 40 6i 7i 1284 129 147 198 % et Do. New, is. at 25 pn, Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste.n Original . S. V4 l . Rail gua. Do. South Wales . Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hey eford 90 92 59 6 4t 43 35 37 ,01 03 122 123 69 91 96 98 35 37 45 50 126 327 94 95 64 641 134 i 35 3 'it, 1 lip 98 10 , Lancishire & Yorkshii4 L ndon and Black wal Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and DOVrA Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & orth Western. Lon. & South Western Shel., & Lincoln. Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension 100 I Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. Rad ht. John' sW'd Mid Auld Do. 49 Share Do, iiirrnin.. & Derby ►lid Kent 1261 127: li 11.; 96 98 58 59 7 28 112 113 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 40 1 40 p aid. i Closing I Business Price. done. North British ... it Do. Ed., Pth Dun It Nth. Eastern-I;erwies. 5 Do. (.I.IV•E purch4.t. ;t Do. Leeds it Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock . o. Scot, Mid. st Jck Shropshire Union south Devon -outh E,stern ;tattles, Wok., & Wok rail' Vale Do. C Vale of Neat Waterford & Kilkenny' Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwall bRITISH Atlantic Az gt. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda,,v Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent.. D. N ,sbares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta ,t S. E., lim ai.e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Ben- al, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do J Extension 1 6 rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds I charge 6 p.c Do. Ist ''ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Yr. f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Du. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India ..... • gua. 5 per cent D if per cent.. •• I Do great Wt.& of Canada.. Do. New • Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 I to. 5c do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Filth Nlxtension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. finds. Mel do Hudson's Bay N. la C'da,6pe Istpf.bs Scinde . Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub 1 ,„ 0, 0 Do.lndus 72 73 107 108 37 38 toe 110 124 126 11 2p 75 27 11 12 147 149 68 70 1 112 114 53 55 74 744 8 9 147 150 3 p 101 03 51 53 :SSIONS. 6i 6J 99i 100 id iu 7, 8 10 11 74 78 96 98 65 70 100 102 100 101 102 103 45 49 87 90 68 70 60 53 62 64 53 56 48 51 44 47 37 40 36 36 103 104 PI 99 100 91 93 14 171 4t 4i 132 14 81 e 6 1 9) 101 90 92 86 88 84 86 8 82 98i 996 98 99 I i ,l 98 99 ioLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR. British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31, 1972—, .1 ICan.GOv.6 p.c.ja.,t Jul 1877-84 Do. 6 p. o. Feb. & D,). 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. t. Inscribed sk Cape (i.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do,Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9' Do. Jan.&July, 1690-9 I Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. ►o. 1882, bray 5, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. Natal ~ ov. 41 per cent.. N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.StJull N. 8. W. Gov. 5 p . c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18 - 1 to 187 cl Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent Nova Scuba Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja Jr July Do. do, April & Oct C 4 96 93 be 95 97 t 0 82 7S BO 101 103 104 106 104 108 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 1 8 IC2 104 103 105 103 105 HI 108 99 101 93 95 93 95 876 88 100 102 8z 84 V 8 103 98 100 104 100 105 106 BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. V old, lint IChiverton Clifford A malgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. Drake walls.. East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake.. East Loved E. WI Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. Gn at L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist ‘1 ) Grenville Herod's Foot Hingston Downs Margaret illny Lelant Marke Valley m wyndy Iron Ore, liw New Sewn North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett ( Illogan North Whe4l Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence UnyL,lant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) Sc.uth Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, 11M West I 4ssett (Mogan W. Caradon (Llskeard West Chi ver ton ....... . West Seton. Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setou Wheal T►elawney (i:la: fit 91 14 16 570 590 ){ 19 2t 6f 71 I* 41 31 4 11 12f 3 31 5 7 20 21 11 2 34 4 3C 32 3} Sf 40 42 4 51 5 7 4 4 21 lod 40 50 13 '5 i ? 37 39 410 43i 2 ,8 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 774 82 183 195 8) 95 25 27k , 3 8' 2A 23 16i 17t t Great Western Orig. 4i per cent 'pf., Great Western, 5 per cent., rd. pt., .ALC6b le()K.MaGr ttAIL WAYS. ntwerp and Rotterdam, Barna and San Fraueisoy, 11. n., gua. 7 per cent., 151 '4 rest Luxembourg. 1611 Namur and Liege, gua. 6 per cent. pf.,191 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), bi 9 Sambre and Meuse, BM2 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, '6 West Flanders, 8 FORJII 3N STINICP, Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, q St. John del Key, lini., 55 6k United Mexican, 11w., 21 11 BANKS. Albion, Alliance. Jim.. ! - ‘Bl 9 Bank of British Columbia, 211 Bank of London. 12:4 84 Bank of vtago, lira., 8 Bank of New Zealand. 174 Chartered Bank of India, Australia. and China. 24 Chartered \ler. of India, London, and China, 461 Colonial, Um.. 434 Consolidated Banx, lim., 911 Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 101 English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 2 European Bank, lim., 111 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm.,r_lB Imperial Bank, lim.. 29 Imperial Ottoman, 134 Ditto, new, 124 12 Lard Mortgage Bank of India, lim.. 44 London B +nk of Mexico and S. America. lim., 144 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23} London and 41 estminster, 96 Midland Bank, lim.. 20 New South Wales, 45 Oriental Banx Corporation. 53 Provincial Banking Corporation. 1 11 n, Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, Bra., f 1 Union of A ustralia, 53 11 Union of London. 51 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim., 10} 7, \ anada Company, 80 C edit i'oncier and Niobilier of England, 81 } Discount Corporation, Ili Vgyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 41 g. , glish and Australian Copper, 1} Gen. Credit and Finance of I,ndon, lim.. 1. Home and C lonial A ssurance, lim, 3} Hudson's Bay, 171 Imperial Mercant il e Credit Asfio., lim., 61 51 International Financial ,odety, lira., a 1 Joint Stock Discount, lira., 4} 4 London Financial Association, lira., 13& London and Glasgow lingineeriug and iron Ship, Sm, 101 National Discount . ompany, 14} Northern Assam Tea, lim., - Ditto, B, 3, North British Australasian, 56 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 191 Union Marini., Liverpool, lim., 3h} ,Van Diemen's Laud, 9 A provisional arrangement has been made for the amalgamation of the Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi Bank Corporation with the National Bank of India. An extraordinary general meeting of the Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi Bank Corporation will be held on Monday, the 26th inst., at the London Tavern, at one o'clock. cTs — sl 2.1.0 29 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.;►.0 LAW INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. Superintendent Gibbs—He has given it up since. Defendant—l will admit I left my beat at night, but I had been drinking and did not know what I had been doing. I had been drinking the greater part of the day. Mr. Selfe —Did he appear drunk, Townsend, when you went to him and he said he would not do any more duty ? Witness—No, he appeared perfectly sober. Mr. Selfe—How long has he been in the police ? Superintendent Gibbs—Seven months. Mr. Selfe— Will ho be continued in the police after this. Superintendent Gibbs—Certainly not. This is a most serious offence. Mr. Selfe—Has he been reported before? Superintendent—Yes, for drunkenness. Mr. Selfe—lt is a very bad case, defendant. You are fined £4 or a month's imprisonment. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Mr. Justice Lush and a Special Jury.) JORDAN V. THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 1866 COMPANY. Mr. Karslake, Q.C I ., and Mr. H. James, appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr. Sergeant Tindal Atkinson, and Mr. Wood for the defendant. The action was brought to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the de fendants, who denied the charge. The plaintiff lived at Woolston, and had carried on the business of butcher, fishmonger, poulterer, at Portswood, both places being near Southampton. The accident occurred on the after noon of the 7th September last, while he was walking up and down the lower platform of the company's station at Portswood, waiting for the train to Southampton. The platform was constructed of gravel and wood, and his foot slipped • into a hole and he fell on his back. His nervous system and spine were so seriously injured that he was compelled to use crutches, and suffered from paralytic symptoms up to the present time. His wife and family depended on him for support, and since the accident be had lost his business. William Jordan corroborated the greater part of the pre ceding narrative, and said that last year his business from all sources brought him about £300.' While he was laid up a rival started in the same business, and he was obliged to dispose of his things to maintain himself and his family. He attributed the accident,solely to the gross negligence of the defendants, who had not sufficiently provided for the safety of persons using the platform. Some witnesses were called on behalf of the plaintiff, and one of them deposed to the fact of having several times seen holes in the lower platform at the Patswood station. As the defendants limited their plea merely to non-lia• bility the medical testimony was dispensed with. The case was proceeding when we went to press. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. P. Stuart.) ARDEN Y. PARRY, EDWARD V. PARRY. The surveyors to whom the question of modifying the proposed wall at the rear of the building had been referred yesterday were unable to agree, the surveyor on behalf of Mr. Parry being of opinion that the alteration could not be effected without materially injuring the building. His Honour expressed his regret that an arrangement had not been made between the parties. On the suggestion of the court a modification in the plan was agreed to. Mr. Malins observed that the terms exacted from his client were very hard. His Honour, who said he could not then make any order to stay proceedings in the cause, granted an injunction to restrain the defendant from erecting the wall except in conformity with the modification specified. SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) LEVY V. BENJAMIN.-MISPRISION OF FELONY. -IMPORTANT DECISION. This was an action in which the plaintiff had agreed to refrain from prosecuting defendant's son, in consideration of defendant undertaking to pay the value of tho goods that his son had stolen. His Honour, upon reading the form of the undertaking said—" This will not do. How did you obtain this ?" Plaintiff—l entrusted defendant's son with four coats, and he took them to a house with my man. He managed, however, to get away from my man, and made off with the goods. His Honour— In fact he stole them. Plaintiff—That was so. His Honour—And you agreed not to prosecuto upon being paid ? Plaintiff —I did try to catch him, and spoke to the police. The police endeavoured to catch the son, and then the old people came to me and paid me two pounds down, giving me the undertaking upon which I now sue. His Honour—Then you admit that you desisted from prosecuting the thief in consequence of his relatives pay ing the value of the stolen goods ? Plaintiff—l do. His Honour—You have committed a very serious °Mince, i Have you ever heard of such a thing as misprision of felony ? Plaintiff—Yes, I know it. His Honour—And for committing that offence you have rendered yourself liable to an indictment, upon conviction, to seven years' transportation. It is perfectly clear that you cannot recover in this case, and I am not sure that it is not my duty to send the document upon which you have sued to the clerk of the Central Criminal Court. Plaintiff appeared rather astonished at the position in which he had placed himself, and his Honour, after pinning the undertaking to the process of the court, said I find a verdict for the defendant, who is entitled to get back the money he has already paid. Verdict for defendant. POLIC.E INTELLIGENCE.—Thin Day, BOW-STREET. DRUNK AT A RAILWAY t 3 TATION. —Edward Jervis, steward of a steamboat, was charged with being drunk and making a disturbance at the Gower-street station of the Metropolitan Railway, and assaulting James Sharp, a ticket inspector. James Sharpe, ticket inspector, No. 31, said the prisoner came to the station last night and wanted to go to Pad dington. He had the half of a return ticket. 'Witness de clined to let him enter the train, as he was so drunk that it would have been dangerous to allow him to travel on the line. Witness told him so civilly, but he declared that he would go, using many oaths, and foul expressions, in the hearing, and to the annoyance of other passengers, including ladies. Witness put him off the platform, out side the gate, and shut it against him, while the train went by. When the gate was re-opened he again attempted to force his way in. Witness, with assistance of the porter, proceeded to remove him up the stairs to the street. He became very violent, and struck witness in the face with such force that he himself, from the rebound, fell back, and knocked his hand against the bannisters, inflicting a severe wound. He then flung himself down on the stairs and struggled so hard that it was with some difficulty that witness and the porter, even with the further assistance of a policeman called in from the street, were enabled to get him upstairs. At the sta tion-house his hand was dressed by the divisional surgeon. The prisoner's head was so strapped and bandaged as to leave but little of his face discernible. This statement was cox roborated byJoseph George Page, the station porter, and Policeman Frost, 168 E. The prisoner admitted that he was the worse for liquor, but said he should have been quiet enough if Sharpe had let him alone. He insisted that the injury was oc casioned by Sharpe knocking him down. This, how ever, was distinctly denied both by Sharpe and by Page. Mr. Vaughan said it was quite clear that the prisoner had gone to the station in a drunken condition, when he was unfit to travel by the train. However, he seemed to have received a severe injury, and in the hope that it might be a warning to him when he wanted to travel by the rail to go to the station sober, he (Mr. Vaughan) should discharge him. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. A CLEVER AMATEUR DETECTIVE.—Mary Smith, a woman about 50 years of age, who refused her address, was charged before Mr. Knox w ith a tt empt i ng to pick the poc k e t s o f several ladies in Oxford-street. William Sherer, a young man, residing in Great Port land-street, said that on the previous afternoon he saw the prisoner walking between several ladies in Oxford-street, and saw her hand in the pockets of five different ladies. As he recognised her as a woman who had before been at the court, he gave her into custody. Burns, 335 A, proved receiving the prisoner in charge. She denied the charge, and said she was looking for her brother, who was an omnibus conductor, but she after wards said she was admiring the ladies' fine dresses. She refused her address. Sergeant Cole, 23 C, said the prisoner had been twice convicted at that court and once at the Mansion-house. when she pretended to be a widow, wearing widow's weeds The prisoner, who either was or pretended to be very deaf, said she was a little flighty, and had been in an asylum, and that she had been sent to prison from that court, but that was merely on suspicion. She had a brother who was an omnibus conductor, but, being tired of that low and disreputable life, he was going to America to join the Fenians. She only waited a moment to look for him, when the young man came up and handed her over to a con stable. Mr. Knox committed the prisoner as a suspected person for three months with hard labour. A few weeks ago Sherer detected a boy robbing the stall keepers at the London Crystal Palace. WESTMINSTER. EXTRAORDINARY:CIIARGE:AGAINST A POLICEMAN. —James Beasley, a police-constable of the B division, was brought up on a warrant charging him with leaving his beat while on night duty, to the imminent danger of persons and property. James Townsend, 254 B, said—On Wednesday night at 10 o'clock I marched with the defendant and other men to their beats. I saw the defendant to his beat and left him there. At half-past eleven, from information I received from Police-constable Pace, 142, I went to the defendant's lodging. I knocked at the door, and defendant came and ahswered it himself. I asked him his reason for having left his beat in the manner ho had done, when he replied, "He did not mean to do any more duty—ho was tired of the police." 1 cautioned him to be at the superintendent's office the next morning, but he was neither there nor at the office of the Commissioner. He was taken into custody yesterday. Mr. Selfe—Had he his uniform on when you went to his house on Wednesday night and saw him? Witness—No. Ho was undressed as though he was going to bed. s3lfe—What has he done with liia uniform ? THAMES JUVENILE OFFENDERS.--JameS Farlow, Richard Brown, and Frederick Lavender were brought up on remand before Mr. Paget charged with stealing a large quantity of iron, the property of the North. London Railway Company, from their line at Bromley. A boy named Thomas Winters, the son of honest and respectable parents, dwelling in Weston-street, Bow-com mon, saw the prisoners remove a large coupling chain and other pieces of iron from a truck on the North London Railway, and conceal them in the Prince of Wales run ning ground, which they reached through a hole they had made in the fence. Young Winters gave in formation to a John Grantham, a watchman on the line who recovered the whole of the stolen iron, which was lying in a heap iu the rear of the Prince of Wales Tavern. The value of it was 7s. There had been other property stolen off the line, and the prisoners were sus pected of being concerned in the robberies. When Grantham was in search of them they ran away directly they saw him. On being taken into custody by a police-constable, and before a word was said to him by the police-constables, they said, "We know what you want us for, it's for the iron, we did not take it all, we are innocent." Mr. Paget committed the prisoners for trial. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. HARROW RACES-THIS DAY. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] Handicap Selling Stakes. Five furlongs. Run at I. Benanoar, Bst 121 b; Shuzale, Bst; Leah, Bst; Elise, 7st 121 b; Duchess of St. Albans, 7st 91b. All are here. Hunters' Stakes. About three miles. Run at 1.45. Bracknell, £lOO ; Fairloff, £lOO ; Woodpigeon, £5O; King Arthur, £5O ; Bolingbroke, £5O, are here. To be sold for the above sums. Middlesex Grand Open Handicap Steeplechase. About three and a half miles. Run at 2.3o.—Rochester, Ostrich, Princess Dagmar, Agnes, The Rogue, Johnnie, Arlescott, are here. All paid forfeit excepting the above. Sellibg Handicap Steeplechase. About two and a half miles. Run at 3.15.—P011y Hopkins, 12st 71b; Light of Other Days, 12st ; Idiot, 11st 121 b ; Killarney, 11st 91b. All are here. Stand Plate. About three miles. Run at 4.—Ballycasey, 12st 71b; Pantaloon, list 101 b; Tonio, list 91b. All are here. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tms Dar. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 7to 2 agst Copenhagen (taken) 9to 1 agst Caithness (taken) 10 to 1 agst Valiant (taken) 14 to 1 agst East Lynn (taken) 16 to 1 agst Provisor (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lucky Star (taken) 20 to 1 agst Historian (taken) 25 to 2 agst Minette (taken) CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Bolgrave (taken). 50 to 1 apt Salpinctes (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 14 to 1 agst Cortolvin (taken) 25 to 1 agst Emblem (taken) DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. TuRsDAY, MARCH 13. Acceptances for the Doncaster Spring Handicap. S Leger Course, lm. 6fur. 132yds. Age st lb' 8 8 12 2 ValiantL o PrivateerrdC on y n : : • g: ha m : 7 9 Lallaßedo Lima filly ... 4 7 2 u ß in ookh . 4 a 7 7 7 7 'Bonaparte 4 7 0 Little Goy (h b) 5 7 0 Fitzroy ... 3 6 7 Aldcroft ... 3 6 6 Age st lb Musician ... ... 3 6 5 Lady of the Tees... 3 6 5 Lochiel ... 3 6 3 Ditty Free... ... 3 6 1 Begum 3 6 1 Treasure Trove ... 3 6 1 Three per Cent. ... 3 6 0 Miss Haworth ... 3 6 0 Eakring 3 6 0 MARKETS.---This Day. MARK LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were moderate. The condition of the pro duoo woo vory middling, and the trade 6 - cuetally ruled inactive. The few dry samples on offer, however, changed hands at full prices. With foreign wheat the market was fairly supplied. For most descriptions there was a moderate demand, and Mon day's currency was steadily supported. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late rates. The supply of barley on salo was but moderate. The trade was firm, at quite previous quotations. In malt sales progressed slowly, at Monday's currency. Oats were in but moderate supply, and the trade ruled quiet, at late prices. - Beans met a slow sale, at late prices. For peas the trade was quiet, on former terms. There was only a moderate demand for flour, at late rates. SHIP ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat.alt. . Flour. English and S co t c h 1840 Barley 1480 . M Oats 1570 910 2190 Irish Foreign 14,990 5980 4650 380 sks. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale are but moderate, and the trade rules firm at the annexed quotations:— Per Blb by the carcase. Inferior beef s d s d s d s d 2 10 3 4 Inferior mutton.... 3 6 4 0 Middling do. 3 6 310 Middling mutton.. 4 2 4 8 Prime large do 4 0 4 2 Prime do• 4 10 6 2 Prime small d0....4 4 4 6 Veal 4 8 5 8 Large pork 3 10 4 8 Small pork 5 0 5 4 Lamb, Os Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP. The hop market is quiet, but for the time of year the business doing is moderately good. There is no change to notice in prices, the quotations, as regards good and fine hops, being firm. New Mid and East Rents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings lOOB to 140 s COLONIAL. TEA — The market has remained very dull, the trade having deferred operations until the public sales, which commence on Tuesday next. SUGAR—Business has been inactive, and a very limited quantity has been offered at public sale, prices generally being a shade lower. COFFEE—There has been a good demand for both Plan tation and Native Ceylon at fully previous rates. RICE—A moderate business has been done in cleared descriptions at steady prices. INDIGO —The public sales have continued to progress with considerable animation, and the rates established at the commencement of the series have generally been well supported. TALLOW—The market has remained rather dull. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 47s 9d ; April to June, 50s ; and last three months, 5s 3d per cwt. Liverpool Cotton Market. —TLis Day. The market opens steady. Sales probably about 10,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Feb. 16.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with rain. FALMOUTH, Feb. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Marianna, from Buenos Ayres for Antwerp. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 16.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Wavelet, from Philadelphia. DOVER, Feb. 14.—Wind S. W. — Arrived—Ville de Paris, from St. Nazaire. HOLYHEAD, Feb. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—St. Louis, from Liverpool for Calcutta. GRIMSBY, Feb. 15.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Scotland, for Ha vannah. GLOUCESTER,suIina. Feb. 15.—Wind S.W.—A rr i ve d—N ere id , from CLYDE, Feb. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sydney, from Demerara. CARDIFF, Feb. 11.—Wind S.W.—Sailed.—Cora, for St. Thomas. YARMOUTH, Feb. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—The Coldstream, from London. COWES, Feb.l4.—Wind S.W . — Arrived—Recovery, from Liverpool for Cardiff, with loss of mainmast, sails, and other damage. HARWICH, Feb. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—The Dido, from London for Seaham. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII. I GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived—Normandie, steamer, from Dunkirk. Sailed—Citizen, steamer, for Bordeaux. DEAL, Friday Morning. Anchorod—Clymine, for Port Phillip; Chylie, for Port Cawing—both frOR London. 621 31 2i 31 123 1 98 7 3.i4 0 3 1271 7 654 5 1351 5 104 71 981 128 7} 8 60 NI 60j 113 I P 38 f 103] i ITI Its, 1061 6 5 141 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS_LAST EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack al five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Sandown and Newport (Isle of Wight) Railway B; 1 1 was read a second time. INNOVATIONS IN CHURCH PRACTICE. The Earl of SHAFTESBURYIaid a petition on the tablo from certain members of the Church of England in Derby shire, setting forth that innovations in the service of the Church Establishinent were going on to a veep large ex tent, and praying for the interference of Government to arrest the progress of the same. " • THE CATTLE PLAGUE. Some petitions were presented from different parts of the country, praying for the adoption by Government of measures of an immediate and stringent character, to stay the progress of the cattle disease. Lord CAMPBELL asked the question, of which he had given notice, relative to the steps which Government pro posed to take in reference to the cattle plague. He asked if the Government proposed to adopt the suggestions made by the Earl of Derby the other night on this subject. Earl GRANVILLE replied in the negative. The Marquis of SALISBURY moved for cet:ain re turns relative to diseased cattle imported into the port of London, and said that that importation had gone on to a considerable extent. He thought it right that steps should be adopted at once in reference to this matter. The Ei'rl GRANVILLE assented to the production of the returns moved for. PRISONS' ACT. The Earl of CARNARVON moved for copies of instruc tions issued by the Home Secretary ill relation to the Pri sons' Act. The returns were ordered. THE CATTLE PLAGUE. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH moved for copies of all orders made by couris of quarter sessions relative to the cattle plague since the Order in Council of 16th December, 1865 ; and for a copy of a letter from the Secretary of State tt? the chairmen of quarter sessions relative to the said order. Earl GRANVILLE said the documents referred to would be laid on the table. • The Duke of MARLBOROUGH said that it would be more convenient if there were an analysis of the docu ments presented to their lordships than their being given in extenso. It was very desirable that immediate action should be taken on this most important matter. The Duke of BUCCLEUCH said he hoped that the or ders in Council would extend to Scotland. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. METROPOLITAN AND ST. JOHNS'-WOOD RAILWAY. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. DOULTON moved the immediate rejection of this bill, because it sought to invade one of the most beauti ful places near the metropolis, viz., Hampstead-heath. (Hear, hear.) This bill sought for powers to take 29 acres of the heath, which would be but the first step towards the total desti action of this one of the largest open spaces left to pent-up artizans of the metropolis. It was quite title that those 29 acres were not entirely re quired for the purposes of the railway, but if powers were given to take this land by the company it would for ever be removed from the power of the house. (Hear, hear.) He thought this extremely undesirable, especially at a time when the First Commissioner of Works had given notice of his intention to bring in a bill to deal with the open spaces in and around the metropolis. He therefore moved the bill be read a second time this day six months. Mr. F. POWELL supported the amendment. Tooting Common had been entirely destroyed, a 'ld now it was sought to destroy Hampstead-heath. Mr. WATKINS thought the ordinary course ought not to be depalL,ed from in this case, but referred to the committee vp stairs. Mr. T. HUGHES strongly deprecated the house grant- ing powers to new metropolitan ra; l way companies to pull down and cut up any desc4tion of property they pleased. (Hear, hear.) The system ;f persisted in would soon as sume a state of social tyranny that would be pm-lastly un endurable. The railway came in, pulled down the houses without the least compensation, and the poor people were tmaed out without compensation, and in the place of the usual inhabitants of the district the railway contractor brought in a large body of nay vies, for whom no shelter was provided, and thus they were left to shift as best they could. Ho hoped the house would reject the bill. The SPEAKER put the question, when the bill was re jected without a dh ision, the " ayes" being ye , y few and feeble, "whilst the "noes" were particularly emphatic and numerous. NORTH METROPOLITAN RAILWAY BILL. On the motion that this bill be read a second time, Mr. DOULTON said, although he was not quite satisaed with the bill, ke did not believe it interfered to such an extent with the open spaces as the preceding one; he should not object to its second reading. Tha bill was read a second time. HIGHGATE, HAMPSTEAD, AND CHARING-CROSS RA IL WAY. The second reading of this bill, another of those tail ways who sought for powers to cross Hampstead-heatl , was postponed until Monday next. UNDUE RETURN. A petition was presented against the return for Han wich. PRIVATE PROPERTY AT SEA. Mr. GREGORY said on the 2d of March he would urge upon the attention of the Government the advisability of pressing upon foreign Governments to take steps for the prevention of the seilures of private property at sea, with a view of making it a poi don of international law. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS Mr. LIDDELL asked the Secretary of State for the Home DepaiLment whether it was the intention of the Goverment to propose to continue the act 24 and 25 Vic., c. 113, relating to industrial schools, which exp'red on the Ist of January next ? S;- G. GREY said it was the intention of the Govern went to continue the act until the end of the presen session. THE LOSS OF THE LONDON. Sir J. PAKINGTON asked the President of the Board of Trade whether it was true that a counsel retained by the friends of some of the passengers lost in the London to attend the inquiry into the causes which led to the foundering of that ship, retired from the investigation be cause he was not permitted to cross-examine the witnesses; and, if so, what steps had been taken by the Board of Trade to elicit by an inquiry the whole facts so connected with that melancholy event ? yr. M. GIBSON said it was quite true that counsel had been refused permission to cross-examine witnesses at this inquiry, and had, therefore, retired from the case. lir. Trail!, the magistrate, had refused the permission in order that the inquiry might be conducted according to the provisions of the Act of Parliament. Had the application been allowed, it was the opinion of Mr. Traill it might have compromised the rights and liabilities of certain parties which might have to be tried in a court of law. Great inconvenience would have arisen had the cross-examination been permitted, and an oppor tunity thus presented of anticipating the decision of a court of law. The gentlemen conducting the proceedings had the privilege of suspending the certificates of those in command of ships under certain circumstances, but further than that they could come to no final conclusion in connection with the great calamity. Sir J. PAKINGTON said in consequence of the answer of the right hon. gentleman he should call the attention of the house to the subject on an early day. S ~'WA - EOF LARGE TOWNS. Mr. SCHREIBER asked the Secretary of State for the Home Depal:,ment whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to propose, early in the present ses sion, any additional legislation with regard to the sewage of large towns ? Sir G. GREY said he had no such intention. CATTLE PLAGUE (IRELAND). in reply to Col. FORD; Sir G. GREY said instructions had, he believed, been given to inspect all vessels arriving at any place on the Irish coast, but he could not say the exact nature of them. The hon. and gallant member, however, might rest satisfied that the attention of the Irish Government was closely directed to the matter. The O'DONOGUUE asked the Attorney-General for Ireland whether he did not think there was great danger in delaying the introduction of a measure to meet the re quirements of Ireland should the cattle plague extend there ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND said he had no fears on the matter. A measure, however, had been prepared, and as soon as it had received the sanction of the Government it would be brought forwr.':d for con sideration. Sir R. ANSTRUTHER asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether in those counties in which a rate for compensation had been raised by volun tary assessment, those who paid such rates would be re lieved by the amount they have already paid from con , tributing to the rate to be raised to the local authority. Sir G. GREY said it was not easy to give an explicit answer to the question, but he assti-ed the hon. member that the greatest care would be taken to prevent undue pressure upon any pal ticular district. Lord ELCHO said the Scotch members had been inN:ted by the Lord Advocate to meet to-morrow in the members' tea-room. Now, he should like to know what subject was to be considered ? The LORD ADVOCATE said he wished to hear the views of Scotch members with respect to certain porLiors of the Cattle Plague Bill. He thought they might go over the clauses of the bill which affected Scotland, and agree upon certain matters which would facilitate the progress of the bill through committee. JAMAICA. Sir J. FAKINGTO;sT asked the Secretal for tiv! Colonies if he proposed to ' i ltroduce the Jamaica Govern ment Bill that evening. Mr. CARDWELL said it had been thought advisable to introduce a measr-e that evening, but the discussion of it would be taken on Monday evening next, on the occasion of its second reading. NEW COURTS OP JUSTICE. Mr. C. BENTINCK asked what steps were being taken with respect to the building of the new law courts ? Mr. COWPER said the selection of the design for the new courts of justice would be by competition. As that matter would be a very extensive and intri cate ono, the number of architects who would be entitled to compete would be limited. The gentlemen who were to enter into competition would be nominated by a committee composed of some of the leading members of the legal profession, and a number of the members of that house. CATTLE DISEASES BILL. The house then went into committee on the bill intro duced by the Government. Clauses up to 5 were agreed to, and Clause 6 was post poned. Mr. BRIGHT renewed his protest against indiscriminate slaughter and against the principle of compensation out of rates raised from the whole community, par.icularly to the extent proposed 133 the bill. He objected altogether to retrospective compensation, and urged the Goverment to reconsider the compensation clauses. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the questions then before the committee were two—first, whether they were prepared to give compulsory powers for the slaughter of infected cattle; and secondly, whether such powers should be conferred without compensation. These propositions hardly admitted, he thought of dis pute, but with regard to the rate of compensation he was not prepared to say that that contemplated by the bill might not be too high. The amendment was withdrawn. Mr. J. B. SMITH referred to the practice followed in Russia in granting compensation where cattle affected by the rinderpest had been destroyed. Lord CRANBORNE pointed out that in Belgium two thirds of the value of the slaughtered animal were allowed, in addition to the meat where it was fit to be sold for human food. It was, after some discussion, resolved to retain in clause 13 the words " not exceeding £2O ;" but the Chancellor of the Exchequer subsequently moved to strike out from the words " such sum not exceeding two-th"rds the value of the animal, as they (the local authorities) shall think fit," the words " two-thirds," and substitute for them " one half." He thought " one-half" the value would be ample and literal inducement ,to the farmer to declare when his stock was affected with the disease, whilst the power would be left to the local authority of adapting the precise amount to the circumstances of the case. Sir F. KELLY had heard the proposition with regret and surprise. It seemed to him to have been dictated by the member for Birmingham. Sir J. PAKINGTON also condemned the propozal, as founded upon the "Bright fallacy" that the bill was in tended for the benefit of landowners. What they were doing must be justified on the principle of public policy or it would not be defensible ; and on that principle he urged the Government to hold out a liberal inducement to the owners of stock to come forward and declare when their beasts were affected. Lord J. MANNERS complained that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had taken the h0u...0 altogether by surprise, and trusted the committee wovid vindicate the Govern ment in their original proposition, and reject the amend ment. Mr. BRIGHT intimated that he thought that, on tho whole, the change was a reasonable settlement of a que;:- tion of difficulty. Col. W. Patten, M. Dent, and Mr. Henley also expressed their opinion that "one-hall" wag a fair proportion; whilst Mr. Dutton, Mr. Newdegate, Sir J. Trollope, and Mr. Duncombe were as decidedly in favour of the clause as it stood. Mr. DISRAELI, consider'ng the question with reference to the general interests of the country, and givLng credit to Ministers for a desire to act with energy in the promo tion of those interests, had counselled his friends to sup port the Government in the cou'se they recommended in this emergency, He presumed that the bill was the result of calm and mature deliberation ; though it might neces sarily present some crude characteristics; but he was not prepared for such a sudden change of opinion on the ques tion before the committee. He was inclined to believe that the first proposition was best. Under these circum stances, however he hoped his friends would not go to a division. Ultimately the clause was amended as suggested by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and in that shape was agresd to. On clause 16, directing the slaugh 4 3r of cattle which have been herded with diseased animals, a motion of Mr. Blight to amend the clause by providing that such animals should be slaughtered only with the consent of the °neer, led to much discussion, which ultimately terminated in a division, and the confirmation of the clause by 388 to 50. Clause 17, relating to the value of slaughtered animals, was amended by the addition of a proviso that parsons violating the regulations should be excluded from com pensation. Clause 18, the retrospective clause, and the 19th and 20th, as to isolation of infected places, and the rules to be applied to them, were postponed. On the 21st clause, " movement of cattle," Mr. HUNT proposed amendments to the effect that no cattle should be moved on any railway before the 25th of March, 1866, or along any highway, elnal, navigation, or river, except in certain cases to be expressly provided for. Sir G. GREY said this propos-I necessarily involved the stoppage of every market for fat cattle throughout the Ingdom. The effect of that would be to change the sup ply of live cattle into dead meat, and thus, in the absence of the requisite facilities, materially interfere with the sup ply of food and greatly enhance its puke to the people. Mr. HENLEY supported, and Mr. IlEimArt (in the inte rest of Newcastle) opposed the amendment. Mr. LOWE expressed his strong opinion in energetic terms in favour of adopting one simple, unvarying rule to be applied to the whole country. The discussion was continued amidst the marked im patience of the house, and at 12 o'clock a division was taken on this, the most important portion of the bill, when there appeared— For the amendment 264 Against it Majority against the amendment The amendments were then agreed to. Mr. BOUVERIE, as the commi.tee had now reached the exceptions to the clause, moved that the chairman should report progacss, in order that time might 133 afforded to consider them. Sir G. GREY consenting, the motion was agreed to, and the house resumed. The National Debt Raduction Bill, the Savings Banks and Post-office Savings Banks and the Pensions BD, were severally :ead a second time. THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA. Mr. CARD WELL rose and said—ln accordance with what I understand to be the opinion of the house, I will now proceed to lay the bill relating to the Government of Jamaica before the house. I will make no statement with reference to the general subject, but merely explain what are the contents of the bill. The bill will then be in the hands of members, who will have an opportunity of consi dering it before the debate comes on. Now, sir, it will be in the knowledge of all those who have looked into the papers with reference to the late events in Jamaica that the Jamaica Legislature in the first place passed an act for the revision and reconstruction of their own Constitution ; but upon receiving from me an intimation that I should be ready to submit the question to the judgment of Parlia ment—if it should seem desirable to Parliament that I should do so —the Governor submitted that to the Jamaica Legislature, and that assembly readily assented to the sub stance of a new f orm o f C ons tit u tion being left entirely in the hands of the Crown. And it is stated by th Legislature was in his despatch, th a t th e un d e rstanding of the .ed out k o was that, if pas se d by th e Crown, it should ooldbuercee w catered took then its full and pl a i n mean ing. No's, the then was this. It b e i ng our opinion that it would not b e the present state of it s right to call upon Parliament, in knowledge respecting the colony of Jamaica, and whole y Wie to of the inquiry into r ecent events 1, nt in s et y m e t mepforg, finally nal colony shall what the form government shall be—(hear, hear)—Wo think that the wiser course y would simply bo to ask thehouseofto ratifyjamafotehe itself has which the Legislature e for the government of the colony fora period. The has arrived at, and thus in P i T n v t ' i d on is that Parliament should II governmentar agree, in the first instance, to substituting lu fo ef r m t i he r to hitherto government of the colony,that now in force in Trinidad . hear.) And we propose to in Council. n th () ; bill the shall be i y n We propose t period shall be three years. That to do that, with the permission will a limited period, and that h the commission of inquiry, whether derived through enable Parliament to judge, by the aid . of the . informa tionthe measures taken i n p ursuance of the Order in Council are likely to be productive of benefit to the colony. A n d then, when the experiment has been tried, Parliament will be called upon either to supply some other mode of govern.. i ing th e colony or simply to ratify the syst em experimen tally adopted. Mr. B. COCHRANE said the right hon. gentleman the Colonial Secretaay believed it was possible that the fate of this bill might be influenced by the result of the inquiry at present going on in Jamaica. That bring so, he would sug gest whether it would not be better for him to wait for information from that colony before introducing a bill which was to change the whole constitution of the island. Mr. WALPOLE thought it was quite clear that when the Government of Jamaica had abdicated their functions nothing was to be done but immediately to provide some other machinery for' the government of the island. He would like, however, to know from the right hon. gentle man the Secretary for the Colonies whether he intended in the bill itself to Lpecry the kind of government which, by Order in Council, was to be given to Jamaica? Mr. CARDWELL—No. Mr. WALPOLE was of opinion that the hon. gentleman had made some little mistake, He (Mr. Walpole) held that the kind of government which he intended the Crown by Order in Council to proclaim in the colonies should •be specified, and that it should not be left 4 matter of uncertainty. Sir J. PAKINGTON said he would reserve his remarks on the question till a future occasion. Mr. CAVE said that such a measure as that now pro-. posed by the Government had for some years been con sidered necessary by all who knew anything about the colony. COURT OF CHANCERY AND COMMON LAW COURTS (IRELAND). On the motion of Mr. LAWSON, leave was given to bring in a bill to amend the constitution, practice, and pro cedure of the Court of Chancery in Ireland ; and also a bill to amend the pleading, practice, and proCedure of the Courts of Common Law in Ireland. The Jamaica Bill, and the other bills for which leave was given, were brought in and read a first time. KIDDERMINSTER ELECTION. A petition was presented complaining of an undue re turn for this borough. The house adjourned at five minutes past one o'clock. OUR PARIS LETTER. The following appeared in part of our impression of yesterday : PARIS, Wednesday Evening. Several of the Paris papers have not appeared to-day, in consequence of yesterday being Shrove Tuesday. A letter dated the 10th hist, mentions some important particulars regarding the position of affairs between France and Italy. General La Marmora, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has just sent to the Marquis de Tagliacarne, Italian Minister at Madrid, a--note in which he protests very ener getically against the langlsage and tendency of the diplo matic documents emanating from the Cabinet of Madrid on the subject of the Roman question, and recently published in Spain in the Spanish red-book. In this note the General recalls to recollection that he declared, before the recognition of Italy by Spain, in a despatch to Baron Cavalchini, Charge d'Affaires of Italy at the Court of Madrid, his opinion as follows :—" The Government of King Victor Emmanuel dc3s not recognise the right of the Catholic Powers to ask explanations relative to religious interests which are not in question, and which are not less dear to it than to the Cabinet of Madrid." General Mar mora proceeds to remark in this note that the conditions of the Treaty of Sept. 15, 1864, concerns exclusively France and Italy. The most important portion of the note consists of an energetic complaint in reference to a despatch of the Spanish Minister, M. Bermudez de Castro, in which that Minister, although recognition had been made of the kingdom of Italy, "expressed a hope that some provinces which now form a portion of the kingdom of Italy may eventually be detached from it." In reference to this letter, I may add that a certain degree of anxiety has prevailed in Paris for the last few days upon the subject of the relations between Italy and Spain, and that the Bource has been influenced by reports of the re signation of General La Marmora. These reports, how ever, have not yet been confirmed. . Accounts from Turin mention the death of Count Rodolphe de Maistre, son of the celebrated author of "Le Pape" and " Des Entretiens sur le Gouvernment Tem poral de la Providence." The Count was Major-General be the Piedmonter3 army, and for his long services the King Charles Albert rewarded him with the cordon of the supreme Order of the Annonciaale. He died in his 75th year at Borgo, near Turin, at the chateau of his sister, the Duchess de Laval Montmorency, a name well known to France. The late Count Rodolphe was the author of "Memoires, Lettres, et O'puscules de Joseph de Maistre," and added some biographical notes respect:ng his illus trious father. The meeting of shareholders of the Credit Mobilier, to which I directed your attention, unanimously adopted the resolutions for amendments in the statutes of the company and the important one authorising the doubling of the capi tal, which will be raised from 60 to 120 millions by means of the issue of 120,000 new shares, to. be reserved exclu sively for the holders of old shares. The French are proverbially a very gay and lively people, but the Parisians at least, generally speaklng, are a strictly religious community also. But yesterday Paris devoted itself to amusement and enjoyment, but Ash Wed nesday being come, and the Roman Catholic Church en joining certain religious observances and abstinence, a languor has come over the spii:t of the inhabitants of the metropolis, and all seem bent upon performing their reli gious duties. lam not going to trench upsn theological points, but as a recorder of facts I will state that, so early as six o'clock this morning, some of the metropolitan churches were crowded; and I have reason to believe that the suburban churches were also filled at that early hour. During the day this religious fervour has not relaxed. When Lent begins, in each parish the mytdemant of the bishop is published. The mandemant of the Archbishop of Paris, M. Darboy, for the Lent of 1866 deserves perusal by all thinking and educated persons, from the excellent moral lessons it conveys, and merits consideration entirely apart from its religious character. The subject is le. Devoir—our Duty. The archbishop, after proving that persons in all stations and in all classes have duties to per form, says You who speak or use the pen in schools, assemblies, or the press, remain faithful to your duty, that is to say to truth and virtue. You have intelligence, be cause it is your mission to impart it to others ; never of fend against things worthy of respect and which bestow honour upon families and fortune upon the peoples. What is the most beautiful ornament of your young daughter, the charm and ornament of your son, is sincerity of Faith, innocence of manners, and the delicacy of virtue. Do not let your writings tend to change this feeling in those who read or hear you. Only pronounce words capable of doing good, and sign your name only to articles which you will not have to regret at your death, and for which your son will never have reason to blush." As some of the eminent Lentpreachers of Paris may not be unkhown to your readers, I give a list of the appoint.. ments just made for the present Lent season. The preacher at the chapel of the Tuileries is the Abbe Deguerry, curate of thelitadeleine, Notre Dame; the Father Felix, St. Eustache; the Father Matignor, St. Germain l'Auxervois ; the Abbe Thomas, the Madeleine ; the Abbes Joseph end Augustine Lemann, St. Roch ; Father Mingard, St. Augus tine (a new church); the Abbe Bceuf, St. Louiren Ile ; the Abbe Daisne, chaplain to the Emperor, Notre Dame de Loretta; Father Bazin, St. Phii;pp.3 du Route; Father Stanislas, Trinite; Father Leprince, St. Clotilde ; the Abbe Loyson, St. Etienne du Mont; Father Lefebvre, St. Germain des Pros; the Abbe Flurol, St. Sulpice; Father Souirieux, St. Thomas d'Aqu 4 n ; Father Faucilion, St. Mary ; Father Soinie, St. Nicholas des Champs; the Abl- 3 Normand, Blanes Manteaux ; the Abbe Brocard. At St. Paul, the Abbe Fleuret, a preacher of note, formerly of St. Sulpice; at the Abbaye-au-Bois, Father Janin. In what is now called new Paris there are 57 churches. Again is there a strange and sudden change of weather. This morning the gardens and fields near Paris were covered with white frost, and th'q evening a rather strong and cold wind prevails. The barometer betokens more storm. THE BRA ZILS. (By Telegraph from Lisbon.) Rio JANEIRO, Jan. 24. Exchange on London, 25f i. Coffee good, first, 7,100; second, 7,200. Shipments to the Channel and North of Europe, 8,000 bags ; to the Baltic, 7,900; to the Mediterranean, 19,600; to the United States, 24,800. Stock, 90,000 bags. Freight, 475. 6d. Bank of England Returns,•--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to cap. 32, for the week ending the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 1266. PARTMENr. Governmt. Debt..£11,015,100 Other Securities 8,634,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Silver Bullion ISSUB DE Notes issued !..,..£27,050,185 .£27,050,185 BANKING D: £ 27 ,050,185 :FARTICENT. Governmt. Seen rities(including Dead Weight Annuity) £9,865,483 Other Securities 18,583,393 Notes .....' 8,286,9 45 Gold and Silver Coin Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Hest Public Deposits (including Ex- A poiCenfl CegemebsgotCl:uuNaeinnrsatß'sdstia)i°BDon.na.n;evva National , 9 30,382 Other Deposits 12,176,119 Seven Day and other bills 403,297 £35,631,750 Feb. 15, 1866. £35,631,510 W. MILLER, Chief Cashier. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.—The workmen em ployed at Berkeswell Itsctory in taking up the hearthstone in the servants' hall prior to the required alterations have found a human skeleton underneath the stone. It appeared to be of full size, and lay with the face side devrnwards, the arms brought up on the back. A sandstone was placed on the head, and another sandstone on the feet. The bones were not more than four feet from the fire-grate. Near the above lay the remains of another slall bone under the same stone. The bones were very much decayed, from the length of time they had lain there, so much so that on removing them they fell to pieces and most of them crumbled to dust. The coroner (Mr. W. S. Poole) lies directed the remains to be sent to the Demonstrator of Anatomy at Queen's Col lege, Birmingham, who will report to him thereon, and he then intends holding an i nq uest. —Leamington Chronicle. Why is Prince Christian of Schleswig-liolstein like Bono) , the elder? —Because he's the caaplltivtheeofyo(uSynt.: Helena.—Punch. ON THE FASHIONABLE COLOURED HAIR.---(c "why IAgIT a days Dea r gmaie,s"issaliidghotldbelfadresiLuyiwich. - 1 k r ~_ 'r " 0: 1, a nd a d the ?.c1 the jag. ) ected at St. 3d visit Grand nder by the )f th e mu st die . / nett' CO 20 `4oi 10 [OO 1 100 100 all 100 100 'lOBl t 371 64 3f 75 I 171 i 95} 6