The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COIYILIERCIAL TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market is much easier to-day, and there is a very general belief that the rate of dis count at the Bank of England will be lowered on Thursday next. Lately gold has been sent into this establishment, where it is rather largely accu mulating, and there is every likelihood that the 'IT* of floating capital of the joint-stock banks will soon be increased by the payment of the rail way dividends in March. Under these circum stances the market has been inactive, and the quotations for the beat bills tend in a downward direction. There was a further influx of £103,000 into the 1341 1 k of England yesterday afternoon. At Amsterdam the rate of discount has been re duced from 64 to 6 per cent. The subscription list of the Mont Cenis Railway Company will close on Saturday next, the 24th inst. The Stock Exchange committee have appointed the 23d inst. a special settling day on the shares of Charles Lafitte and Co. More firmness has been apparent in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days. Sugars have slightly improved, while mode rate transactions have been rep or t e d i n coffee at stead y prices. Rice has been dull, but without material change in value. A rather large quantity of China tea is announced for public sale to-day, While tallow has been in moderate demand, and slightly enhanced quotations are current for forward delivery. Two o'CLocK. The English Stock Market has been rather active a nd very firm to-day. The Funds show a rise of * per cent., and the public have been buying for in vestment rather freely. Consols, for money, are an t and for account, 871 88. The New Threes d Reduced Annuities are 87f ; India Stock, 208 21 1; and do. 5 per Cents., 1071 Quotations for Foreign Stocks have been well ma intained, consequent upo n the n egotiation o f a lar ge business. Mexican are 224 23 ; ditto New, S 1 ; Greek, 13f 14 ; T ur ki s h 5 per Cent s ., 30* 1 ; Itali an Passive, 271 ; the Certificates, 15/ 16 ; 4.bali an, 60i ; t Confederate Loan, 45 5; Brazilian Scrip, 1. 2* prem.; and Egyptian Railway Scrip, 1 Prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 68 4 ; Erie Shares, 52f 4 ; and Illinois, 761. Business in the Railway Share Market has been wore animated, and a slight advance has taken Lincol n , Great No r th ern , Manchester, Sheffield, and 4411c01n, and North British have each advanced 10s., and North Western 55., while South Eastern have declined 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain t at about p rev i ous ra t es , G ran d T run k of Canada ' le i/ 1 g marked 43 44. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain quiet, without material change. London Joint Stock have im proved to 471 ; London and Westminster to 96f ; 1 - T eion of London have declined to 53f ; Joint ! tack Di scount are dealt in at 44 5 ; National Discount Company at 141 1 ; and Overend, Gur ney, and Co., at 191 1. Charles Lafitte and Co. are quoted 31 3/ prem. ; and Mont Cenis Railway prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK GOITERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols 8 D e. Acco un t , M arc h 6 BB 7 Per Cent. Reduced B7l go e W 3 per Cent B 7l i i i h vf 2i per Cent. Jan. 1894 _ A, 4 ,'' 5 Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — —..,Duities, 30 . yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — t (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — .. tchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. — dui Do. £5OO — 13 Do £lOO and £2OO aht. •—• 0 1 England Stock, 5 per Cent 1xt,,.. 1,,,,, ..+ll GovERNALENT SECURITIES. -. 1 ',' 4 4 Stock, 10* per Cent., April 1874 2OB 11 -uno Account r ) O . 5 per Cent. July, 1870 D - 1, O • 4 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 o. Certificates — 'in% Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — i) *". 5 per Cent Jan. 1872 1 1 ° ' 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 . — D — °- 4 per Cent., Aug. 1886 — ,0. Bonds, £l,OOO — "0- a nder-£l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 4rgentine Republic, 6 per Cont., £l5 pd — ko st • 8p„,,t 14 , 0 Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 - / T - Luan 5 per Cent — --°' Loper Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1865 —,, 1863 j) Ac count •76 5i . Buenos4lll3, £35 paid Ayres 6 per Cent _ Do. Account c hu 33 , o la. I.tt Per per C r e c n e t n ( t Deferred 3 per Cent.) C li e. 4i per Cent. r,olornbian 6 per Cent. — Dan B ,per Cent. h ili sli 4 per Cent , 1825 - " (3 . 4 per Cent.;lB63 12 1 ' - ' O . 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities 0 A.ccount — flador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant gyptian 7 per Cent no. Second Issue . 1) 0 ~ £lOO Bonds De Do. 1864 94 ( 1 .& 10 £lOO Bonds -4e ek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 1 0 - Account 0. Coupons tv."o. Account I .4 `, 4 .teni.ala 5 per Cent. — "..,,, , latt 5 per Cent, 1865 :',-;0 Account e - Marmmana Cent Railway — I.,xican 3 per — uo. Account Dn 1864 2O II U n —° 6 Per Cent. Anglo-French Iftitevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid °o no , r 4 .. imnerial 5 per Cent ev '' Do Granad a 2 pe r C° bele ent D. ft b„ rre,.. o",,Liand Warrants (Hectares) il."Yer Cent, 1864 — pen' l uaranteed, 4 per Cent 121: ja n 5 per Cent., 1865 oo• Account 0 0 Per Cent. (llribarren) — Port - n .. 1 Per Cent., 1862 D o - '" °B6 3 per Cent., 1853 S D o 3 Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, - 451 4 1; (4 0 14 2 1 , 5 Per Cent., 1822, £ St 9ll DO A .l l Per Cent. 1850 ,t) ',l Per Cent., 1860 1. . per Cent. 1859 ° o 5 Per Cent. 1862 9Ol i 891 ktrd• ‘ l , Per Cent. 1864 — j) 0 111140 5 per Cent D o £ 1 (0 Bands — (ipttislii Per Cent — Per Cent -113)D Account t i ! li. cecw Deferred — DoC" -Ei• ount Passive — F 3 ~,„; 1 1- , e unt 9.1 -1 I b t, — ` B o Cert. of Coup not funded Bwatcount l6l 151 16 ~„ D,c B :, 4 per Cent. Dims ' , 4 :' Per Cent. 1864 6 Per Cent. 1854 DOO Account B o 6 Per Ce n t. 1858 D 0 £1 691 1) 0 •£l.OO Bonds —B O 6 Per Cent. 1862 „.,00 Acco unt 67 61 40' ° £lO O B on d s — D o 5 6 'Per Cent.,1863 I) Per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip Ditt ilel a 3 Per Cent. — 15-1;-,, account — DO. deco Cent., 1862 ' '',;ceount ",?. 1864 — A 484 r; '''' iv iclends on the above payable in London. N1z.,';'14,5 Per Cent. Ex. Ex. 10 Florins I) at - 1,. 4 .3..*# Per cent.," Ex. 25f. D o i 't Per °Ant., Ex. 12 Guil 6l Pl'e - re r CenL Certificates 961 It I . IeI L t al lan ~ 4 es 3 per Cent. — ". D o A ' P Cent 1861" —• Ex. 25f. - - ceo er unt . 6Ol Co TWO O'CLOCK. ...41, 0 _ . D o '' for A naonev ' '' e coluat " :lf 1 ~..._ lat e l: el. e was considerable trouble in New . York the " lo ng the hid e merchants and tanners, owing to ' 14„act that th e Custom House authorities hadreceived toLructions from th e Treasury Department at Washington Of kevent cattl e who import of any hid es suppose d t o b e those „. b' rop e , x.:11...ye died of the pl ague so l ong prevalent in 1)/2E1'1811S OF THE C OLOURED POPULATION OF THE p:11ICT oP COLVMBIA. —The officers appointed by the _ vedyt te ..., . d Bureau for taking the census of the coloured Peecrlation of the District of Columbia have completed the tweallaashing-ton city, and find therein upwards of ntY-three thousand coloured persons. SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKs. Share) Railways. I p aid. ' Closing 1 Business Price. done. • ristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc E.London, c crip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Wcstcrn Great Eastern, Ord. at k. Do. E. Angl. st. No. '2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.). A stock .. Do. B stock 93 95 131 33 65 70 13 15 44 5i 68 70 70 72 - -d 114 116 39 4u 6i 74 29 131 148 149 Do. dew, ts. at 25 pail Gt S, and W. of Ireland 00 92 6 , .1 C 3 t. Weste.n I) S. VA). Rail Do. South Wales .... Do. W. Mid.— Oxford 59 41 43 35 37 101 , 03 123 124 89 91 1,7 98 35 37 45 5 127 127 k 94 95 65 653 (34 )35 3 ,ip 1 131 , 98 10 Do. Newport I ‘o. Hereford.. e Lan ishi re &Yorkshire L ndon and Blackwall Lon., Brig - h., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shot., d; Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension.... Metropolitan District. Do du. do. Do. and St. John'sW'd Mid and Do. £9 Share Do, tiirmin.. & Derby vi id Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwicid J 27& 128 1i 111 96 a CO 62 7 28 112 114 Do. (.3-.N •E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. ti took. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1861 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire ' N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E . Aber. stock I ; o. Scot, Mid. stick Shropshire Union south Devon 4outh E,stern ;tattles, Wok., ez Wok Tail Vale Do. C Pale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornivall BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Rom., Baroda. Cen.ln. . _ gu. 5 per cent.. .. Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & S. E., lim al e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk ot Canad% Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 3d Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stook Do. do. deterred ...• Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gus. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. 0 Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do (;reat W , R. of Canada..l Do. New Do. 6 p. 0. Bds. pay. 1873 I i 0.51 do. pay. 1877-8 fndian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c ...• Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. finds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. 131.C'da, 6pc Istpf.bs. Scinde . Do. Delhi Do. do cti Do. Puniaub 1 Do.indus St. Flo COLONIAL GONER] British Columbia. 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872 ..: . Can.GOv.6p.c.Lia.&July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept ')o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed sk Cape (*.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 oo.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 1830-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, N0v.1868, 6 p. Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan..and July 1 1 Do. IN7B Do. 188?, Mayls, Nov. •1 Do. 1815, Feb. Jz Aug ac a 1 ..ov, e percent N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja./e.lul) N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 185, Do. .5p c. 1871 to 187 c, Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... ... Nova &Alia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 - Queensland Gov. 6 p. c. a. Aus.Gov. 8 p,c 1868 4 Do. 18:8 & upwards.. Vic,Gov. 6 palls &July Do. do, a pril & Oct.. BRIT I, Cam. Consol. Cold, Um Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist , Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) Mast Caradon East Cam Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'i Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StAubyn(G wen. Great L orey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville fierod's Foot llingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley wyndy Iron Ore, New Seton North Roakear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crotty .. Prosper United........ Pr .vidence Uny Ldant S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. South Condurrow ...... S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan itraxPark ............ Tin 'Croft . Vig - ra and CI, gan, West 14.ssett(llinoa VV. Caradon (I. , skeard West C hi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan, Wheal Buller (Redrutti Wheal Mary Ann (Men 1 Wheal Seton 'Wheat Tielawttey (Lis 72 73 108 109 37 S 8 10i 110 121 126 1 3 2p 14 2p 75 27 11 12 147 149 j 68 70 112 114 53 55 76 761 8 9 147 150 3 11 102 104 51 53 :BSIONS , 53 6') 99i 1001 ad 11) 74 8 10 11 74 78 90 98 63 70 100 102 100 101 102 103 45 4g 87 90 68 70 60 (3 62 64 63 56 48 51 44 47 38 40 36 :48 103 104 P 3 2 P c 9 100 91 93 l 7 17g 3 3 1 : 4i4 84 < , 6 1 4cl 9.) 101 90 t 2 86 8S 64 66 8 82 98} 99i 98 99 L•i 93 99 1021 f 44 4 3 3S 1011 4 'MEANT SECUR: 94 96 93 t 6 95 97 tO 82 73 SO 101 103 104 106 104 108 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 1 8 102 104 103 105 103 1(5 1(4 10s 9, iOt 93 95 93 95 87& 88 100 102 82 84 c 8 103 N 100 104 106 105 106 94 14 16 570 00 19 2t 61 7h 11 3i. 11 )2e , 3 31 5 7 20 21 le 2 3/ 4 3C 32 1 31 40 4? 61 51 5 7 4 4e 2/ 14d 40 30 13 15 1 t 37 39 410 430 2 1 1 8 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 776 82 183 15 8) 95 25 27il 3 s . 2io 23 1 16} 174 ItisiIeICRENCE `HARKS North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 80k Waterford and Kilkenny, 6 per cent., 52i FORE) ON RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 16f Ottoman (Smyrna to Ablin), Si Sambre and Meuse, 81 Fi 'REIGN MINEF. Cape Copper. lim.. 11 Chontalea Gold and Silver Mining, 41 r rontino and tiotivia mold. lim., St. John del Rey, 11m., 55 41 United Mexican, licn., 4 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 734 BANKS. Agra and Mssterman's, Um., Mk e, lim.. 29 9 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 124 Bank of Egypt, 31 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 431 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 21 4 City, 2 Consolidated Bank, lira., 94 English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 20 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., Ditto, issued at 2 pm., Ditto. new, 184 Imperial Ottoman, 131 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 44 London Bank of Alexi.° and S. America, lim., 141 London and River Plate, Ditto, issued at pm., 34 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 London and County, 774 London Joint Stock, 474 London and 1% estminster, 961 National Provincial of England. 112 Provincial Bankiug Corporation, lira., 7 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. lira., et it o, issued at 2 pal., 14 Union of London, 51 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gna, Ceylon Company, ill Company of African Merchants, Um., 31 Credit Yon°ler and Itobilier of Eiwianu, 81 Ditto, issued at a prem.. of whi•sh £2 is to pay, 51 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, lira.. Gen. Credit, and it'inanze of London, lira., 5 Hudson's Bay, 171 Imperial Mercantile Credit Am., Jim., 6 International Financial ,ociety, Jim., 51 f Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour . P 1 .Joint Stock Discount. lim., I I London Financial Association. lira , 13 1 National Discount Company. 141 I Northern Assam Tea, lira., f 1 Ditto, B, 41 Overend, Gurney, and Co.. lira., 19in Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 701 1.1 Scottish Australian Investment. Jim.. 1231 , Universal Marine. Insurance lim.. 31.4 A son of the late President Polk is employed with two blacks, the three at $5 per day, in taking care of mules purchased by a Northern speculator at the army sales near Nashville. Benjamin Phinney, a wealthy farmer of Rockport, Illinois, was recently poisoned to death with strychnine by his fifth wife, a pretty girl, whom ho married six weeks ago. There are 631 freedmen's sehools.in the South, 1,240 teachers, and 65,034 pupils. 'OSSK 111 M. 2.1.0 294 2.14.0 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1566. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) RYVES V. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. This case has been so frequently before the public that it may be scarcely necessary to state that the petitioner, Mrs. Ryves, claimed to be the legitimate granddaughter of the Duke of Cumberland, brother of George IV., and that she obtained a decision in favour of her claims, so far as proving her legitimacy as daughter of a Mrs. Smees, the alleged lineal descendant of the Duke of Cumberland. Mr. Bourke, on the part of the Attorney-General, moved that the hearing of the case should be postponed, which was agreed to. POLIC.E INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. FORGERY ON TIIE NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENG LAND.—WiIIiam Henry Lawrence Freer alias De Passe, was placed at the bar charged with forging and uttering a cheque for £l5O upon the bank in question, purporting to be signed by Dr. Fred. Temple, the head master of Rugby School, such signature being a forgery. Mr. Sleigh, who appeared for the prosecutrix, said the prisoner he believed was very respectably connected, and had been carrying on business in the Midland counties ; and it appears that he had availed himself of the facilities offered to gentlemen residing in and out of the metropolis for having letters addressed to her house in Beaufort buildings, Strand. She inserted an advertisement in the London papers stating she had accommodation for gentlemen to write and address letters to and from her house, and som time afterwards she received a letter from a person named " D Passe," stating that ho should soon be in town, and should avail himself of the facilities she offered to gentle men coming from the country. He stated that he would be found a very desirable lodger, and that he should have a very great number of letters addressed to him. As a favour, he requested Mrs. De la Motto to take a cheque, which ho had enclosed in a letter, to the bank, and get it cashed. She was to retain one of the £5 notes for herself, and forward the rest to him at Nottingham. She took the cheque to the bank, but was told that, as it was drawn on the Rugby branch, it could not be paid without a commu nication from that place, as Dr. Temple had not an account in London. From circumstances that after wards transpired, the cheque was placed in the hands of Inspector Thompson, of the detective force, and he communicated with the police in Nottingham, and there the police set out to discover the writer of the letter. The Nottingham police went to the public-house to which it became known the prisoner had had several letters ad dressed to him. The chief constable found, however, that the prisoner had gone to Birmingham, and, from certain inquiries he made of a Miss Griffin, he wrote to the pri soner at Birmingham, telling him that there was a large letter waiting him at the post-office in the Derby-road. Police officers were placed to watch the person applying for the letter and follow the person home, not to arrest them. This was done, and a day or two after the prisoner was taken into custody in company with two females at Nottingham. It, however, was found the females were in no way connected with the forging, and they were discharged. The prisoner on being taken into custody of course denied al l knowledge of the forgery, but certain letters would be read which would prove such a statement to be altogether un true. At the prisoner's lodging a seal was found which corresponded with the wax impressions of the seal with which the prisoner's letters had been secured. He could not complete the case against the prisoner to-day. There fore, he should have to ask for a remand. The learned gentleman then called Mrs. De la, Motte, who said—l resided at Beaufort buildings, Strand. In the month of January I caused advertisements to appear in the London papers stating that gentlemen residing in the country could have their letters addressed to and forwarded from my house. I re ceived a letter, signed "De Passe," about the Bth of Feb., containing a cheque for £l5O upon tho Rugby branch of the National Provincial Bank of England, purporting to be signed by F. Temple, and asking me to get it cashed at the bank. I endorsed the cheque before I presented, and then went to the bank in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, but it was presented out of the usual course. I afterwards re ceived another letter on the 11th in the same handwriting, asking why the cheque had not been cashed, and the notes sent to Nottingham. Prisoner gave directions that an answer to his letters should be inserted in the morning papers stating why the notes had not been sent. 1 was to retain £5 of the money I received from the cheque, on ac count of the expenses he was sure to incur when ho took up his residence in her house. Dr. Frederick Temple said- -I reside at Rugby, and am head master at Rugby School. I keep an account at the Rugby Branch of the Provincial Bank of England. The signature to the cheque now put into my hands is not in my handwriting, and it has not been placed there by my authority. It is a very good imitation of my writing. 1 knew something of the prisoner ; he came from a very re spectable family. The signature is a very excellent imita tion of mine. Mr. Freeman said,—l am chief constable of Nottingham I received a letter from Inspector Thompson on the 14th, and afterwards I went to the public-house, "The Royal Children," Castle-gate, Nottingham. Lthere found certain letters and some seals, which I now produce. The seals corresponded with the impression on the different letters received from the prisoner. I afterwards had an inter view with the prisoner at his request, when he asked if his wife was in custody. Ho then said, "I confess it. I dil it. Nobody had any thing to do with it but myself." I sent the cheque to Mrs. Dela Motto. The cheque he further said was one of three he had left when I had an account at the National Provincial Bank, at Rugby. He was handed over to the London police yesterday, at Nottingham. Sergeant Palmer gave evidence corroborative of the statement of the prisoner made to Mr. Freeman. James Bredmer, a cashier and temporary manager of St James's Branch of the National Provincial Bank of England, said tho cheque was not cashed, as it was not drawn on the St. James's Branch. Mr. Sleigh said the evidence had come out so conclusive that he shculd at once ask that the prisoner might be at once committed. Mr. Flower said the case was quite complete, and he therefore fully committed the prisoner for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. JEALOUSY—ASSAULT ON A WlFE.—Richard West, a youngiman, described as a gold beater, of 18, Crown-street, Soho, was brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt on a warrant by O'Shaughnessey, one of the warrant officers, charged with assaulting his wife. Mrs. Mary West, who had a bad black eye, and cried while giving her evidence, said—On Saturday night my husband was going out, saying he had a little job to finish at the shop. I told him I would go with him and wait for him, but he objected and thou went out. Having a sus picion of him I followed and saw him walk to St. Martin's Church where he waited alfew minutes, and was then joined by a female. 1 followed them and saw them go down a street in the Strand. I walked up and said, " Who is this female ? why its Louisa." The female then said to my husband, "Is this your wife ?" and my husband then tried to get rid of me, but I would not leave him; and after tak ing a glass of ale together we wsnt home, when he took some money from the mantelpiece, and then struck me in the eye, saying, " There, take that you —, for watching me." Mr. Tyrwhitt—Do you know the young woman ? Tho Wife—Oh, yes. She has a husband and four chil dren. She used to be, after my husband when she was single.. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Have you any children ? The Wife—Yes ; two. He had no businsss to be out with the female. The Prisoner—l went out to meet a young man. Mr. Tyrwhitt —But you met a young woman instead? The Prisoner—My wife provoked me. A witness corroborated a portion of the complainant's statement. Mr. Tyrwhitt (to the prisoner)—You will have to make your peace with the husband of the other lady, and have to find a bail to keep the peace to your wife for six months. THAMES. TRICKS OP CRIMPS.—Mr. Sargood, a commercial travel ler, applied to Mr. Partridge for a summons to compel a seamen's boarding-house keeper to restore £ll to a foreign seaman named Charles Sinson, under these circumstances : Mr. Sargood said the foreigner, who accompanied him home in a British ship, Was invited, by a promise of a snug berth and good treatment, to board and lodge in the house of a crimp named Lewis Allen, of No. 7, Gill-street, Lime house. The seaman deposited £l4 with Allen when he received his wages for the voyage. When the sailor asked for his money a few days afterwards Allen said ho had used it for his own private purposes. The seaman took a summons against Allen, and on tho day it was made returnable he persuaded the foreigner to accept £3, and promised to pay the remainder on Saturday last. The promise had not been realised. Yesterday the sailor again asked Allen for the balance, and the boarding-house keeper coolly told him he had spent the money and could notpay Mr. Partridge said there were Sailors' Homes established for the benefit of seamen of all nations in Well-street, Whitechapel, and the East India Dock-road, Poplar, whore they were taken care of, and any money lodged with the Superintendents was returned to the seamen or safely in vested for their benefit. While such excellent institutions existed with every safeguard for seamen, he was surprised they would entrust themselves to the care of boarding. house keepers and people called crimps. He would grant another summons against Allen under the 236th section of the Merchant Shipping Act. He asked when the sailor last demanded his money. --., Mr. Sargood—This morning, sir. Mr. Partridge—Take your summons. The statement made by three sisters, French girls named Balls,, was that they lived in Westminster, their father being an itinerant musician, who played "classical music" in the streets. Last evening, at half-past 7, they were in Exeter-street, Chelsea, with their brother, when one of four boys, who were together, struck the youngest girl, and stole a cake from her. The girls then chased all the boys, who ran away, and caught the offender, but he escaped again ; and as they returned through Exeter-street, came up to the prisoner, who was in front of his father's shop. He asked the little girl if she had caught the boy. She said, "Mind your business, or I will slap your face." He said "Do it," and placed his face in close proximity to hers, so that the elder sister fearing he would strike the little one, pushed the prisoner away, whereupon the prisoner seized the nearest one to him, and struck her violently on the nose, causing it to bleed pro fusely. Mortimer to Mr. Arnold—The girls' admitted that the push was hard, and that prisoner's hat went off. The defence, as supported by two witnesses (three were called) was, that the girl gave the first provocation, that the prisoner was struck on the back of the head, and then struck at a girl who pushed him, missing her and hitting the smallest. The father of the prisoner said he had offered an apology and compensation, which was refused. Mr. Arnold, after telling ono of the witnesses for the defence, that his conduct was improper in the court, and he would not be believed on his oath, said it was a difficult matter to decide, but his opinion was, that the parties lost their temper, and the boy being pushed perhaps hit the girl in mistake. He recommenned the parties to retire and come to a settlement. The parties retired, and the mother of the prosecutrix was compensated. The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. The Massachusetts Anti-Slavery So:iety, which, if not the oldest association of the kind in the United State:, has certainly been the most active, held its annual meet ing on the 25th January. The Society has now reached its thirty-fifth year of existence, thirty-five years of agitation and boisterous action. It has done very much to keep alive the opposition to clava - y which formerly existed in America, and it has seen the triumph of the principles Which were advocated by its members by violent and unexpected means. Some of the members of this association believe that its mission is ended, and they would gladly retire from a contest in which for many years they fought courageously against the preju dices of their countrymen with little hope. William Lloyd Garrison, who has been foremost among these agitators, who in his time has borne more abuse and misrepresenta tion than any man in the United States, is one of those who believe that the object for which he has co long sir uggled has been attained, and he would fain rest from his labours, and enjoy his remaining years of life in quiet ness. He advocated the dissolution of the society because it had no work to do. Wendell Phillips, on the contrary, insisted that the continuance of the society was necessary, that the freedmen required assistance and counsel, and that until their just rights as men were fully obtained, the society should continue its administrations in their behalf. Between the friends and opponents of dissolution there was a contest, and the latter triumphed. New officers were elected, and the society is to be continued. Mr. Phillips will henceforce be the leading spirit. Mr. Garrison, it may be presumed, will retire from active participation in its affairs. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 1866. President Jo hnsn's N:ONV on the Constitutional Amend ments and the Agitation of the Negro Suffrage Ques- tion. The following is the substance of a conversation which took place to-day between the President and a dis- Onguished Senator :—The President said that he doubted the propriety at this time of making any further amend ments to the constitution. One great amendment had already been made, by which slavery had for ever been abolished within the limits of the United States, and a national guarantee thus given that the institution should never again exist in the land. Propositions to amend the constitution were becoming as numerous as preambles and resolutions at town meetings called to consider the most ordinary questions connected with the administration of local affairs. All this, in his opinion, had a tendency to diminish the dignity and prestige attached to the constitu tion of the country, and to lessen the respect and confi dence of the people in their great charter of freedom. If, however, amendments are to be made to the constitution, changing the basis of representation and taxation (and he did not deem them at all necessary at the present time), he knew of none better than a simple proposition, embraced in a few lines, making in each State the number of qualified voters the basis of representation, and the value of property the basis of direct taxation. Such a proposition could be embraced in the following terms : Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within the Union according to the number of qualified voters in each State. Direct taxes shall be apportioned among tho several States which may be included within this Union according to the value of all taxable property in each State. An amendment of this kind would, in his opinion, place the basis of representation and direct taxation upon correct principles. The qualified voters were, for the most part, men who were subject to draft and enlistment when it was necessary to repel invasion, suppress rebellion, and quell domestic violence and insurrection. They risk their lives, shed their blood, and peril their all to uphold the Govern ment, and give protection, security, and value to property. It seemed but just that property should compensate for the benefits thus conferred by defraying the expenses incident to its protection and enjoyment. Such an amendment, the President also suggested, would remove from Congress all issues in reference to the political equality of the races. It would leave the States to determine absolutely the qualifi cations of their own voters with regard to colour ; and thus the number of representatives to which they would be en titled in Congress would depend upon the number upon which they conferred the right of suffrage. The President in this connection expresses the opinion that the agitation of the negro franchise question in the District of Columbia at this time was the mere entering wedge to the agitation of the question throughout the States, and was ill-timed, uncalled for, and calculated to do great harm. He believed that it woulxl engender enmity, contention, and strife be tween the two races, and lead to a war between them, which would result in great injury to both and the certain extermination of the negro population. Precedence, he thought, should be given to more important and urgent matters, legislation ' , upon which was essential for the re storation of the Union, the peace of the country, and the prosperity of the people. WESTMINSTER. TRIFLING AFFAlR.—Edmund Webb, a well-dressed boy, 12 years of age, was charged before Mr. Arnold with au assault on a girl 14 years of age. The Magistrate having expressed his opinion that the case might have been settled elsewhere, Unted States Postal Arrangements. Mails for the United States aro made up in London every Saturday evening, Wednesday morning, and Wednesday evening. Letters for the Saturday and Wednesday evening mails must reach the General Post-office by 6 o'clock p.m., and those of the Wednesday morning mails by 6 o'clock a.m. that d a y. N ewspapers must always be posted mailshalf a are eh taken n e a u r. i e p art. Queenstown,T he Wednesdayon t h wn Saturday'sa day, by the Liverpool steamers. The Wednesday morning mails are taken by th e S outhampton steamers. e Mails from the U n it ed States are due in London on Mondays and Thur s d ays of each week. afnoldlo Periodical works not of daily publication, issued in the shape of pamphlets, may be sent to the United States, California, and Oregon, by packet, at the following rates : —Not exceeding 2 oz., id. ; above 2 oz., but not exceeding 3 oz., 6d.; above 3 oz., but not exceeding 4 oz., Bd. ; with an addition of 2d. for every , additional ounce up to 16 ounces, above which the privilege does not extend. At the same rate of postage, any pamphlet not weighing more than 8 oz (even though it be 'not a periodical publication) may be sent to the United States, California, and Oregon. This postage is only the British portion, a further sum being charged on delivery. The periodical works or pamphlets must always be sent in a cover open at the ends (not more than one being sent in a single cover), and the postage must be prepatd. Oth er pr i n t e d papers or books (except those spec ified above), addressed to the places above named, are liable to letter rate of postage. There must be no writing, ' or other marks upon such periodical works, pamphlets, &C., or upon the covers, ex cept the names and addresses of the persons to whom they are sent; nor upon the covers must there be any printing, except the names and addresses of the persons to whom they are sent and the names and addresses of the senders. Any other writing, & 0., will render the packets liable to letter rates of postage. hiniegf as yet failed to act upon of the Lighthouse Boaid LIG HTHOU SES ON THE SOUTHERN COAST.-7n tchoonsreecicoumenmceenodfatCioonnos h very little progress has been made in the work of re establishing lighthouses on the Southern coast. There are yet upwards of eighty lighthouses and boats along the Congress e a,j coast from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to the coast of Texas that need to be put in working order. Many of the houses and boats are only partially damaged. and would require very little time and expense to thoroughly repair them, while again some of the most extensive works have been ent!rely destroyed. As soon as Congress makes an appropriation for this purpose the work will commence in earnest. A New York paper, speaking of the ceremonies attending tho inauguration of the Governor of New Jersey on Tuesday, says they included the formal restoration of that Sta:e to tho Union. The Boston (Massachusetts) Herald says that about low: mouths ago Mr. Lewis Fisher, a fresco painter, while engaged in his occupation on the oiling of a church in. Chelsea, accidentally fell from a staging to the pews be neath, a dis;:anee of twenty-five feet, breaking several of his ribs and receiving cerious internal inju• ies which w"I disable him for life, and from which he is now confined to his house. A few weeks since the`unfortunate man had a b 11 pre,:ented to him by the trustees of the church for re- F.iring the pews on which he fell, amounting to the sum of $7.60, and he paid it. IMPERIAL PARLIAIUNT HOUSE OF LORDS. --LAST EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat oa the woolsack at fire o'clock. • . PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Dagen ham Dock Railways, Flintshire Oil and Canal, Hornsey Gas, Mersey Docks, Pagham Harbour, South Essex Rail way, Titanic Steel and Iron, Downs D - ock, Thames Subway, East India Irrigation and Canal, Holdorness Em bankment and Reclamation. ART BILL. On the motion of Lord STANLEY of ALDERLEY this bill was read a second time. TELEGRAPH ACT AMENDMENT BILL, On the- motion of Earl GRANVILLE, this bill We 8 read a second time, the standing orders 37 and 38 being dispensed Is ith. CATTLE DISEASES BILL. Earl GRANVILLE, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that it would be unnelessary to d;rect the attention of their lordships to the circumstances that ren dered legislation 'on the subject of the cattle plague impera tive. He explained the principal points in the bill, which had already been fully discussed in the other hOuse. Ho had no doubt their lordships would see the advantages of the bill, the object of which was to west the progress of the calamity, the extent of which was not disputed. He con cluded by formally moN.lng the second reading of the bill, and for that purpose the suspension of the standing orders Nos. 37 and 38. The Duke of DUCCLEITCH complained that their lord ships' house had been called upon to legislate upon this important subject precipitately, and the coyrse which had been adopted was similar to that in the case of tho suspen sion of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland last Saturday, without any similar necessity. Ho thought no case had been made out for the superseding, as proposed by this bill, of the jul:sdiction of the local justices of the pe.:ce in Scotland in reference to a matter like that before the house. Earl GRANVILLE said that the details of the bill might be considered in cotrmitteee, and therefore he thought it was not necessary to do more at present than to read the bill a second time. The clauses could be d . - cussed fully in committee. The Eatl of DALHOUSIE did not oppose the pr:nciple of the bill, but he objected to the slur which it virtually cast upon the magistracy. The bill was then read a second time. The house then went into committee on the bill. The Earl of DERBY was understood to say that some modifications of the clauses would be desirable. The Marquis of BATH said that the bill would be in. operative until another bill on the same subject was in. troduced. Clauses 1,2, and 3 were agreed to without further dis cussi on. On clause 4 there was some discussion, iu tho course o. which Earl GRANVILLE repeated the substance of what he had previously stated, but the clause was ultimately agreed to. On clause 5, The Duke of ARGYLL defended the courr3 which the Govelament had adopted in reference to the powers they had given to the commissioners of supply in Scotland in levying a rate, and the administration of the same, becav, he conterded they were the proper patties to be entrusted :th such functions. After a few humorous observations from Lord DERBY upon the differences of opinion which existed among mem bers of the Government upon the merits of the clame, which were replied to by Lord GRANVILLE in a s'milar tone, The house divided, when the amendment was negatived by a majority of 52 to 15. The remaining clauses were agreed to, after short dis cussioi ; but upon clause 10, which had been postponed, Lord LICHFIELD proposed an amendment requiring inspectors to state in writing their reasons before entering upon any premises. The amendment was lost, upon a division, by a majority of one. The bill was then read a third time and passed. Their lordships adjourned shortly before 9 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS-LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual how.. HAMPSTEAD, HIGHGATE, AND CHARING-CROSS RAILWAY. On the motion for the reading o: this bill, Mr. HUGHES moved as an amendment that the bill bo read a second time that day six months. He said this was another bill of the same sort as that they had thrown out the other evening, and he did not think that he should so soon have had to come before the house to ask them again to stand the poor man's friend, and refuse its assent to the proposal for the read'•ig of the bill a second time. He should oppose every railway bill that did not compersate or reinstate every person turned out of his house or lodg ing bemuse he did not happen to hold a lease. Mr. SAMUELSON supported the bill. Mr. LOCKE said he shor'd suppoA the amendment o/ his bon. rend the member :or Lambeth. Lord R. CECIL thought that the object of the hon. mem ber might be better gained by an alteration in the Lands Clauces Consolidation Act. Mr. WALPOLE thought the course suggested MS ave good one. Mr. HUGHES said he had a clause in preparation to the effect suggested by the noble lord opposite, but he was under tile impression that ho could only effect Is object by taking the course of opposing all metropolitan railway bills until the amendment was made. Col. WILSON-PATTEN said that it would be better for the hon. member to allow the bill to pass a ;.:3cond reading. It was quite open to him afterwards to move a resolution with the object he had in caw for the consideration or the hou.,e. If it was agreed to, it could be introduced into all metropolitan railway bills passed during the present session ol Parliament. Mr. HUGHES said he would adopt the suggestion of the hon. and gallant gentleman opposite. The amendment was then withdrawn, and the bill was read a second time. EPPING FOREST. Mr. DOULTON said that on an early day he should ask the Government whether they were aware of the great extent to which Epping Forest was being enclosed, and also whether they wore aware that Lord Cowley had en closed a great polaon of the forest. He should conclude his queltions by asking the Cove; ment whether they in tended to introduce any bill on the subject of the enclo stre of open spaces dv•.ing the present seL3ion. RAILWAY DEBENTURES. Mr. HANKEY asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he intended to propose any measv-e this session for the registration of debentures issued by railway companies, with the N:ew of enabling debenture holders or lenders of money on debentures to ascertain whether the companies are in a position legally tp issue such deben tures. Mr. M. GIBSON said a bill was in preparation, and would be brought forward without the smallest delay, the object of which was to prevent railway compa,niea exceed ing the powers given them under their Acts of Parlia meat. NATIONAL GALLERY. Lord H. LENNOX asked the Chancellor o: the Exchequer whether Mr. Boxall, R.A., had been appointed to the post of Director of the National Gallery, in the place of the late Sir Charles Eastlake ; and if so, whether any and what alterations had been made in the relations existing between that officer and her Majesty's Government? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said Mr. Bosall had been appointed as successor to the office held by the late Sir C. Eastlake, but the relations of that office with the Treasury would remain as heretorore. The object of his noble friend the First Lord of the Treasuty had been to secure the services of the most effici.nt gentleman, especially as there was no positive requirement that the gentleman nominated to such a post should be ()later a painter or an architect. Ho knew that the appointnent was ono that would have met with the approval of the late talented director of the National Gallery. Lord 11. LENNOX asked whether the appo;atment was for five years or for life ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said th 3 appointment was made under the usual circumstances, and was for a certain number of years. DEEP SEA FISHERIES. Mr. E. CRAUFURD asked the Lad Advocate whether it was his intention to introduce any bill during tho re sent Evsion founded on the recommendations contained in the report of the Sea Fisheries Commission ? The LORD ADVOCATE said in the present state of matters ho could not, say what course would be adopted. CATTLE STATISTICS. Colonel WILSON-PATTEN asked the President of the Board of Trade when he would ba able to lay upon the table of the house information with respect to the num ber of cattle in the United Kirg-dom ? Mr. M. GIBSON said the returns of cattle that had been called for would bo mule by about the sth of Ma-ch. No time would be lost in making the aggregate ratite, - which ho hoped would bo laid on the table after the Easter Recess. The returns, it must be borne in mind, were purely voluntary. He could not say that the returns would be continued for the future, as those about to bo produced were merely experimental, and until that experi ment had baen fully tested, it was impossible to say what would be done in the future. Mr. GREGORY asked whether the Government in tended bringing in a bill with respect to the cattle diseaze in Ireland. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said such a bill had been prepared, and immediately it had received the approbation of the hish Government it would be submitted to the house. SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT IN IRELAND. Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked if it was legal for a bill to re ceive the royal assent on a Sunday morning ? Sir G. GREY oaicl there was no law preventing the house sitting on Sundays. It might, in certain cases of great urgency, become actually necessary. CATTLE PLAGUE BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill (the ono brought forward by Mr. Hunt). Mr. HUNT explained the exceptions to the general pro hibition of the removal of cattle which the bill proposed to allow. Up to the 25th of March beasts moved from one farm to another would be allowed to travel 200 yards along a high road ; beasts landed at a port would be allowed to move to a slaughterhouse 500 yards, and moved from a farm to a slaughterhouse two miles along a high road. There would be exceptions in favour of calves, working oxen, and milch cows required for seagoing vessels. After the 25th cf March sound cattle would be allowed to be moved at a change of tenancy, under the license of the local authorities, and during two periods of seven days in each quarter for the purpose of stocking farms. He pro posed also to allow a relaxation for breeding purposes. The operation of the bill, he further expl.Lined, might be suspended by Order in, Council at any time after the end of April next. On clause 13, which contains a general prohibition of the movement of cattle, a long discussion was raised by a proviso, proposed by Mr. 11. VIVIAN, which was ulti mately agreed to, with amendment; and which suspends the prohibition in large districts having well defined boun daries, and declared by the Privy Council free from the cattle plague, and gives the local authorities power to make orders to prevent the introduction of diseased cattle, and to regulate the movement of cattle within those districts. On clause 14, which allows cattle moved from one part to another of the same farm to pass along a highroad for a distance of 200 yard; Mr. BOTILL carried an amendment, by a division of 146 to 83 votes, allowing them to travel any further distances under a licence, and on the sugges tion of Lord ORANBOURNS the further distance was limited to two miles. The discussion of the first 27 clauses, some of which, however, were postponed, occupied the house until close upon 1 o'clock, when the Chairman was ordered to report progress._ _ The National Debt Reduction and the Savings Banks and Pcst-of f ice Savings Banks Bills passed through com mittee. The house adjourned at 5 minutes before 1 o'clock. COTTON IMPORTS INTO THE UNITED STATES. The last census returns represent the average annual value of foreign cotton manufactures of all kinds imported in the United States from 1821 to 1839, inclusive, as amounting to $10,624,687, the highest amount having been nearly $18,000,000 in 1836, and the lowest about $6,500,000 in 1838. From 1840 to 1865, both inclusive, the average annual importation increased to $16,795,418, the yearly exportation of the same averaging $909,114. The average imports of the last three of those years was $28,811,966. These values during the later periods consisted largely of piece goods from Great Britain, which has enormously increased her ex ports of cottons. Of plain white British calicoes alone American importations increased from 10,000,000 yards in 1846 to 85,000,000 in 1856, 'and of painted or dyed calicoes from 13,500,000 in the former to 97,000,000 yards in the latter year. In 1860 America received from England altogether 226,776,939 yards of cottons of the declared real value of $3,849,915 ; but in the first two years of the war the quantity fell off to 74,680,537 yards in 1861, and 97,375,709 yards in 1862. The total value of cotton manufactures imported from all countries into the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1862, was only $5,254,258. STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES. —Tho Secretary of the Interior, in response to a re solution of Congress, has communicated a I'9t of the cities of the United States, with the statistics of their manufactures, including those haNing ten thou sand inhabitants and upwards. It includes one hundred and two cities, beginning with New York and ending with Newport, Ky. The total capital employed is $417,129,234 ; hands employed, males, 410,920 ; females, 147,000 ; value of products, $874,934,827. New York stands first in the list : —Capital, $61,212,757 ; males employed, 65,483 ; females, 24,721; value of products, $159,107,369. Philadelphia employs a capital of $73,318,885 ; male operatives, 68,350; females, 30,633 ; value of products, $135,979,777. Cincinnati, third in or der:—Products, $46,000,000; capital, $17,000,000, in round numbers. Boston—Products, $36,000,000 ; capital, $13,000,000. The other principal cities produce as follows :—Brooklyn, $34,000,000 ; Newark, $22,000,000; St. Louis, $21,000,000; Bal timore, $21,000,000 ; San Francisco, $19,000,000 ; Lowell, $18,000,000 ; Prov:dence, $15,000,000 ; Louisville, $12,000,000 ; Richmond, $12,000,000 ; Pittsburg, $11,000,000; New Bedford, $11,000,000; Chicago, $11,000,000 ; New Orleans, $10,000,000 ; Manchester, $10,000,00(1 ; Troy, $ 1 0,000,000 ; Rochester, $10,000,000. RECORDS OF THE WAR. - The Surgeon- General of the United States has applied for the assignment of the property known as Ford's Theatre for the deposit and safe keeping of the records relating to soldiers discharged for dis ability incurred in the service, or who have died in battle, in hospital, or in rebel prisons, and the Sec retary of War has written to the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, recommending the application, and that authority should be given to purchase the place, and an appropriation made to fit it for the reception of the records in question, which are among the most important of the Govern ment, both as relates to the Government itself and to individuals, for they aro the records and the papers upon which the widows and orphans of those who are entitled to the support and bounty of the Government depend as evidence of their just claims. FORD'S Theatre was the scene of the murder of the late President, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and there would seem to be no more fitting purpo3e to which the building could be applied than to have the spot hal lowed by his blood consecrated to the preservation of the memorials of those who, like himself, suffered as martyrs in the national cause. TILE FREEDMEN. The Savannah Republican receives the most encouraging accounts in re gard to the actions of the Freedmen. in North and South Carolina, and Alabama, they ire said to have surpassed the most sanguine expectations of the friends of free labour, end agreeably disappointed those who lacked con fidence in the system, and prophesied it would prove a signal failure. The officers of the Bureau in these States are besieged from morplig till night by hunclrees of them ftlin'OUS to make contracts either Ivlth their foi.ner masters or those Tor whom they have taken a special liking. It matters not whether this favourable turn of affairs is attribu table to their having made the discovery that they must do something to keep off the grim phantom of starvation, or whether they are moved to it by the same incentives that operate upon the rest of man kind. Whether it comes from the promptings of an empty stomach or a heart in the right place, the fact remains the same, and speaks volumes of good cheer to the hearts of the struggling, almost despon dent people. We are content to know that it is so. The prospect brightens. Instead of fears being en tertained that there will be a short crop of the great staples of the South, in some places, where the law of supply and demand is none too well understood, there is a feeling of apprehension lest the yield will prove too great. Of course this is all mere moon shine, as every one will understand who w ill take the trouble to examine th e facts and fi g ures, but better that than a well-grounded fear that another year is to be lost to the work of rebuilding the shat tered fortunes of the Southern people. Cholera is devasting the Island of Guadaloupe west average hlaies ' of and tl e it a is sail th po at p a t t ila t t h io e n last o f tenaccountsthousand t h e daily people, was as high as ono hundred and thn.y-one. At d:4, in a ono place, P o int-a-Titre, ono hundred and forty-nine per sons died betwe en t he 19th and 22d of December. The w hole population of the Island must soon be swept away if this rate of mortality should continue. Stringent precau tions were being taken to prevent the spread of the pesti lence to the other West India Islands, and thus far with success. Cholera was introduced in Guaclaloupe by a ves sel from Marseilles, and the pilot of the ship is in custody for his gross neglect in not giving warning to the autho rities that the disease was on board. TILE MANUFACTURE AND TRADE IN WOOL.— While the woollen manufactures of the United States have doubled since the commencement of the war, it is shown by official figures that in the four years ending June 30, 1865, the of wool imported shoddy and woollens make anaggregate $130,000,000 of which the unmanufactured wool amounts to 287,000,0031b5., costing $45,000,000. Nearly all the impors of woo under the late taiiff came in either at three or six cents. per pound, the duty ave raging less than five cents. The wools of Au4ral;a, and South Africa, which are fine merinoes, are invoiced at less than twenty-four cents per pound. In Missouri and Arkansas there are thirty-two negro-schools, with forty teachers and 2,827 scholars, 130 149 1 Si 62f 59j 0 123 k 3 I 1271 i 94 65k 5 133 128 I 73 7 1 1 9s 63 21 31 1131 It 1051 9 771 I 7 ITILS, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day, LINCOLN RACES.—THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC 'TELEGRAPH. Trial Stakes. One mile. Run at 2.—Wiseman, Saccha rometer, Alberta, Donnybrook, Old Warden, Opposition, Wild Boy, and Sidewind are here. Selling Handicap. six furlongs. Run 2.30.—Wi1d Boy, Benanoar, and Munchausen are here. To be sold for £3O each. Brocklesby Stakes. About half a mile. Run 3.15. Problem, Ibis filly,.Dixies Land, Nonchalance, Stapanhilt. Blanche of Mich - noble filly, Charles IL, Elburg, Regentess, Ariel, Monmouthshire Lass, Miss Bateman, Phantom Sail, Festival, Bounceaway, Libertine, and Go'ander dam -colt are h?re. Lincoln Handicap. Oue mile. Run at 4.—Saccharo meter, Donnybrook, Gamma, Stockinger, Twilight, Lucky- Star, Historian, Copenhagen, Pantaloon, Skirmish, Pr o _ visor, Filbert, Sidewind, Grapeshot, East Lynn, Welbeck, Advance, William Pit t, Minnette, Lady Sophie, Dulcimer, Pink, Hasketon Maid, Miss Haworth, Wellesley, Helio trope, Treasure Trove, Nizam, and Bogum are.here. petted, Mephistopheles. Hurdle Race. Two miles. Run 4 .3 l l—Clairvoyant°, Ply-by-Night, Patience, Hawkshaw, Love Letter, Ace of Hearts, and Dermot Asthore aro hero. TAT TERSALL S: —Last Evening LINCOLN HANDICAP. 2to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken and offered) 11 to 2 agst Valiant (taken) 9to 1 agst Caithness (taken) 100 to 7 agst Saccharometer (taken) 100 to 7 agst East Lynn (taken) 100 to 6 agst Provisor (offered) 22 to 1 agst Skirmish (taken) 30 to 1 agst Twilight (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lucky Star (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Advance (taken) _ - LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9to 1 agst Laura (taken) 12 to 1 agst Cortolvin (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 5 to 2 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 7 to 2 agst Student (taken) DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Rustic (offered) 50 to 1 agst Strathconan (taken) 60 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken) RACING FIXTI FEBE IMES FOR 18G6. ;VARY. Lincoln 2O Nottingham Spring ...... n Cli. Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring Croxton Park l6 Northampton 2O Wiadsol7 b'prix:s Newcastle Spring 2B AP Newmarket Craven 2 Durham 2 Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 ' Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring 341 • Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring lO Windsor Summer JU 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 2l Epsom Sure finer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer 29 Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tytte 26 Curragh 26 [ Worcester TY. Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 2l Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l. AUG Brighton Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham 14 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings 2l SEPT] Warwick September 4 Curragh Leicester Doncaster York August 2l Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter . ..... 28 Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O :MBER. Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Brecon l7 Newmarket Ist October 25 Canterbury lB I Walsall OCTOBER. Northampton 2 1 Newmarket Houghton 22 Newmarket 2d October 8 Worcester C urragh HOVE. MBER. Lincoln 1 Liverpool I Shrewsbury I Leamington Hunt ...... PUGILISM. EDWARD O'BALDWIN AND GEORGE ILES FOR £lOO. Two of the biggest mex;;;hoev r entered the ring con tended yesterday for £lOO, and more interest was attached to the encounter from the fact that it was presumed that the victor would most likely be the coming challenger for the Championship, after Mace and Goss have settled con clusions. It has always been maintained that a fight be tween two big men, if both be determined, cannot last long, and yesterday's struggle fully bore out the remark. Iles was brought into notice by his game fight with Joe Wormald on the 14th of June, 1864, when, although de feated, ho did not succumb until two hours andsix minutes had elapsed, the subsequent Champion in the last round knocking him out of time. Of O'Baldwin's previous doings it is not necessary to say much, as he, like his present op pcnent, has only once entered the ring. On the 21st of October, 1863, he met Andrew Marsden, of Nottingham, by whom ho was so easily defeated as to furnish merely a funny episode in fistic annals. Since the Giant, as he is called, has been under a cloud, and his first attempt being so unpromising an undue prejudice has attached to his name. Iles is a man of aft. liin., weighs 12st 10Ib, and is in his 25th year; O'Baldwin stands 6ft. 7in., and scaled Hist. ; ho is the same age as Iles. They left Waterloo station yesterday morning early, and got off to a place some 30 miles down the line, accompanied by a good sprinkling of ring-goers. The stakes were pitched on a moor, and Iles, t a i f n t g er .s t r h a e s t e o v s e s i , 2, w a l n is d p s u oin t i e m th on h face to ngeci th h e sun. and The satth b e ringet side ; but heavy money had been laid previously at 6 to 4 ()Liles. Tho mon began by sparring cautiously, Iles being the first to hit on the body, and OTaldwin countered him slightly with the left on the side of the head. A cry of "Police" was raised, and the men went in to fight pell mell, Iles giving a rib-roaster, and getting away. O'Bald win delivered one on the mouth, and Iles was short in re turn.—(Seven minutes, and first blood for Iles given.) The referee now ordered the men to desist, and to start for London. A trip down the river was resolved on, and a second ling formed. The odds were now 5t04 on Bald win, who had shown that he could hit hard, and act on the defensive with great judgment, astonishing both his friends and enemies. Round two was begun by O'Baldwin planting twice in succession in the ribs very heavily, without receiving. For ten minutes the hitting was slightly in favour of O'Bald win, and getting warmed to their work Iles sent in a few hot 'uns on the ribs, for which he had to pay dearly by receiving on the nose and forehead. This sort of work continued for about hall an hour, when Iles' face showed heavy marks of punishment, and he slipped down question ably—(34 minutes). e th d ir p d lu ald ; la l s i t rou eslu n n d g , in wh g ie i h n hwisalsileecsfthcnaltn:tcehteeurtP•iisbbesdl,oawbnyidngcrieeftcoeerrimviliiineng, without flinching, fearful punches on the head and face. Iles was now clearly out of the fight, as the Giant followed him up, and though Iles did get some hard ones on O'Ealdwin's chest they seemed to have little effect. The latter's blowg, on the contrary, disfigured the face and chest of Iles. Two most effective right-handed deliveries from O'Baldwin—one on the jaw and the other on the left eye—towards the latter end of the fight completely stupified Iles, and following up his advan tage, O'Baldwin made short work of his man by planting a left-hander in the face, which sent him to grass. There was now no hopes for Iles, and his backers humanely gave in for him, though the poor fellow begged hard to be allowed just to fight "another round," and remonstrated strongly when he found that the sponge had been thrown up. The way in which O'Baldwin fought surprised all who had seen him defeated by Marsden in 3/ minutes. The friends of the "Great 0" were by no moans hesitating in their predictions as to the future wearer of the Champion's belt. Their favourite is certainly big enough, if he is good enough, for a champion in Brobdignag or Patagonia. CALCUTTA AND CIIINA MAILS. ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 18. The Poonah left at six p.m., and the Mongolia at four p.m. this day. The former may be expected at Manilla on the 24th inst., and the latter at Southampton on the 3d March. The Bengal arrived at Suez on the 11th inst., (three days early.) It is rumoured in Parliamentary circles that Sir Hugh Rose has demanded further instructions from the Government with regard to his duty in Ireland. Sir Hugh put down a rebellion, but says that he has the example of Governor Eyre before his that t s 1 ; 1 e th e :11 : 1: t knows how to,, ()::,:tvr.- UST. 7. ►cess rice, urch hero Ala- rrie, ing at a the ords ours and Lod oath aged iger ,reef, ey ls licL 1, is , in rue' . ard, i s to side be 3 0 co" 100 100 100 all 100 100 10011