The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-09 00:00:00

ONEy MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Great activity to-day has been noticeable in dis eetuat circles, the requirements of the commer c i a l classes still being very numerous and important. T he general rate for three months' securities has c , ca tinued at 41 per cent., and the b ro k ers h ave h a d 1 " 8 capital at their disposal owing t o th e recen tl y lar ge business they have negotiated. There were no bullion operations of importance a t the Bank yesterday. The Oneida, which left te-day for the Brazils, took out £13,700. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 10 this day, are in round figures as under :-- 1865. ... £60,477 ... 97,562 ... 19,990 15,089 ... 46,256 ... 17,910 Great Western North western South Western •.• Brighton kidland • Bouth Eastern Great 1864 £56,400 92,679 18,216 14,210 43,828 16,537 - Northern ... ... 33,421 31,343 Bri stol and Yorkshire ... 35,927 35,280 and Exet e r ... 5,648 5,196 orth E as t ern 54,269 52,448 ,i'" Gre at Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 17,320 17,458 "reat Eastern ... 29,534 27,729 These returns, when compared with those of the c°l 'resPonding period of last year, are of a very satisfactory character. On the Great Western there 1 : a n increase of £4,077 ; o n th e N or th W es t ern o f 88 3 ; on the South Wester n o f £1,774 ; on th e 4,Bri ghton of £879 ; on the Midland of £2,428 ; on „ Il e South-Eastern. of £ 1,373 ;on the Great No rthern of £2,078 ; on the Lancashire and York :lllre of £647 ; on the Bristol and Exeter o f £452 ; 11 the North Eastern of £1,821 ; an d on th e G rea t a4 Atern of £1,805 ; but the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln exhibits a decrease of £l3B. Two o'CLocx. 7Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's egrara, the French 3 Per Cent: Rentes were 67f. e• Inanimate. the market improvement of / per cent. has taken place in Izarket for English Funds. The rise has been due to some large investments, as well as to a pur e4a-se by the G overnmen t b ro k er o f N ew Th rees. 89 °11 sols for money are 88 and for the account 8 • The New Threes and Reduced Annuiti es are 87 / ; Exchequer Bills, 6s. prem. ; and India 5 ' t Cents., 104. Foreign Securities have not fluctuated to any qat erial extent, and business has been dull. Turkish G pe r Cents., 1862, are 72 1 ; do. Consolides, 52* ; Mexican, 251 261 ; do. New, 251; Greek, i v ,,t 21 ; Spanish Passive, 321 ; do. Certificates, ~."t 1 61 ; It a li an , 63i 64 ; d o . N ew , 21 1* '4 dis. ; 4 (1 the Confederate Loan, 38 39. ) 341 siness in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, and prices have generally shown 41 4 I Pward tendency. Midland and North Western 6 114 Lancashire and Yorkshire have each improved Great Western, 15s ; and Great Northern A 4 1 , t i °e k, £1 ; but London, Chatham, and Dover, ; ,.., (411 1. Eastern, Berwick, and South Eastern have declined ss. 4 .11 e Foreign and Colonial lines remain dull at ut pr ev i ous pr i ces . ank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in tmoderate request, at steady rates. Alliance are 4 ked 331 1 ; London and Westminste r , 941 ; a i on of L on d on , 521 53 ; C rys t a l P a l ace S toc k , ; and International Financial, 61 1. Ri o 44aneiro Gas shares are quoted 1 r prem. ; South p oh , c an Land and Finance, 11 14 prem. ; Metro- District Railway, 51 6 prem. ; and Varna ;;Iray, 3 1 prem. p a lle subscription list of the Varna R a il wa y Com ,43r cl osed yesterday, applications having been -ccei v 416 ed for 106,399 shares, th e num ber to be 'led being only 30,000. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 Goy x Dor, RNIIENT FUNDS.. kdent. C onso l s 6 per A ccount, April 6 BB4 9} lie °ent. Reduced 864 74 Nei 3 Per Cent B7 64 7} I v 2 , b o / Per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 41e,* . t , Per Cent. Jan. 1873 Do for 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do tor 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs — e h (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — irkuer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 6 pin £5OO t. VO Lek ° • • £lOO and £2OO h._ f England Stock, 54 per Cent 248 1 - ' 4 .9..1 CI rtdi n , ODITILNMENT SECURITIES. : t i ` o 4 Stock, 104 per Cent., April 1874 2154 D e. , 4 oeunt b e. " Per Cent. July, 1870 bo Account b e . I ,Per Cent., Oct. 1888 D o I „,'ertilicates — be Zwaced Paper 4 per Cent — b e . E,Por Cont., Jan. 1872 b e A t Per Cent., May 1879 — Do.. ' ~ Per Cent., Aug. 1866 — 1) 0 kiends, £l,OOO • Under £l,OOO bt u . an FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4 St it - t l l . tt Bonds, 5 per Cent b o. lan 5 per Cent 4 4 1 Per Cent ., 1852-58-60 to O. ~ 1863: 13 11°8 Ayres 6 per Cent — b° Account 904 t o l s' l Per Cent. (D e f erre d 3 p er Cent.) Do.ll 6 Per Cent — 10 t0 . 1 1 3 - 1 Per Cent — n lan 6 per Cent. — Do ,- Per Ce n t, tb o. '?e . r Cent, 1864 — ,= kih, h , tr IP, £ 55 paid —Pm Do, " Per Cent., 1825 — ' 5 b 0. , Per Cent., 1864 — I t p illThrjer Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — k„uoie Principalities ltlad op upaid — dis tl o,, ,"+e"ur Consolidated, 1 per Cent — i pu tt r ovisional Land Warrant — . 0 0 k il 7 per Cent — 'uo.' sec per Issue — b .tloo B onds o b • 1864 9s} 4 5 4 ( h bo l et iP, £sb paid 'telt ' co unt pm b Pe C 0 Ae _ r outs., 1824-5, ex Coupons 4 b "cl. 0 'mint No li nt _ 1) blala, Ite. 1 83 ,, 5 per Cent. — nI , 4 and 1850 — D o 1 8 " 6 ,per Cent (Maremmana Railway) l ie "° k ki k r iP, £lO paid b o 4 3 per DE r C ent. I), bc c ount 1864 25 kbo t ,per Cent. Anglo-French } kl tl tfvi t e nch Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis !f t o tisl i it° 5 pe r ' Cent., £3O paid b o 9 ,roal nl aci P a erial 5 per Cent DO L o P ° f r Cent — A oj, 'erred t i l livi 44 , , e l Warrants (Hectares) 0 a ,_ - -1 per Cent. DO <leer Cent. (Uribarren) — i % ,,,. 4 Per Cent ' 1862 rh o ,, , Do A e e o se 3 Per Cent., 1853 a r 2lint .— k. o . 4rr.,Cent, 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, 'B, Do 474 e ti. 6 lint Cent., 1822, £ St., 0 Per Cent., 1850 t i r , ° 6 p e ,, lB6O b - 6 Pe r Cent., 1859 '44 rs'r Cent., 1862 .1) 0 141. 41 K 1864 ' 4 1,,,,: A ec u Per Cent fplol l a °lint D o e _ Per Cent — D° akz, Deferred — . el 1 3 : 41 ` 3 °,lint 4l } ti o A Orr e Do Ct o , iftth 0 lint 324 'A ° A ' r t• of Coup not funded — 't t( tloj r ; e4) lint kt,, a , A ~,, u ll G -r-r Cent. — 1 ) A oe Per Cent. 1854 — D° s glint 93 i e o At, C ent. 1858 — l° 414114,._ ........... e pe ...owl' s ip 4,,Z Cent i 862 c ) . 4 1 ,, Out ... •,:9,441a..,n• 1863 l e , 1) 4 „: ,:,,? it. i l a:E. , o -40,, i —od, 4 per Cent 984 1) • 4e, - Per Cent. D ° o : 6 p :lint b At r ent., 1862 ° s t °lint Per c ,i k b. d ent. ; 1864 tili 4 ivid end tq , k ti p son the above payable in London. ki k u ,-.., lu tk li, .1. 4 , p e r Cent. , Ex. 10 Florins . I , ,t iv . p peter cent Ex. 25f. _ l i i 4oh Per c o ea t, Ex. 12 Guil It, o, Ite nte ot Certifi..tes _ li Ae , 3 per 1 :1 4.4 6 co u nt Cent. — 0 4 Per c o t ece lint 'lt, 1861., Ex. 25f. °ll4 0l L° . 8 , It THREE O'CLOCK. Ac °n eY .. co_ Ac cos t -- 74 72i 2 f 72 At 41)001 Cotton Market—This Dap, Uuellanged Sales, about 4,000 bales. h 8• r inceSS -Alber t moon, i s, and r ent to 'lnan e° ;,-; and ded by Prin ce Bruce loroug h Queen kdelPil i n. Dis. 'rinc ess 5. Brice, ,erforra 'ace Igst tho or, ball " the 321 Disrael i rosvo' r marqui s . G hioneo Count s n t Bar°n )1 1 S* le Cur s ig O yea r o ()f the f the Gu t 1114 .1:0• 01 ' ed oniP l6 of ©n ao ' h 'ft ei r „ o - dof , ge for °vll 1 n ot 013 pth las of i e ttor t : `-11` w., S re. ra tio - o able P ` — ba cl from, ablic ° slo t achroig d e ij Loseco•-- duals are/ ittee s oze o y of o p Loo t be ept• t m oiv ais , pre" r o• T f the cy 0 vo Do t o ralY h a_ re f h o ir 1 ° 3 ,- io f r • are ' - 7,t, 00 0 V ia s tate d ' ea eloP begere tol'rie 1;0 01 ntte n os ei ra re cr ° PA ` . t 00- J s to r Pt` 4iT3 hoo l rs to ti rea t of nt le . ott o• ; ,ns ' l ,lO 00 0'7 to De - t arl w ife bit; 0: pe tit' o o f o ttiv ) od rcc eil e • ST oriti " Guth 4 CO 4 lO Y „Ct i°ll of O Ve c .A 4 t .e with a e ,Ol ;4 T"' Do' SHARE MARICETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways. I raid.' Closing I Business Price. done. 131 r., Wol., do Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Corn wall all 100 I'o 110 all all 91 93 130 j 1311 1 , ,O) 1 61 5 6 Do. A 4 gets no div. Do. B j till6p.c.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun„Perth, & a b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wt stern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Norther° Dl. A stock Do. B Do. New. is. at 25 pm GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Neste n Oridnal . S. Va.. Bail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.— Ox'ord Do. Newpo t Po. He eford 48 1 i f} ol 1271 ISBt 9 8 721 3 2j 31 50}50 1 1 3; 1131 85+ 103+ 3•1 8 951 116 i 59 Lane shire & Yorkshire L Aidon and Blackwali Lon., Brizh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. a. shares Metropolitan. Do. New Mid and 117; 17 6 131 1 301 11 Do, Hirmin d 5 Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. 4 shares %lid Kent No , th British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. (I.N•E purchase Do. Leeds ...... Do. York Do. Carlisle Po. Stock & Darling. Do. do. 1855-% Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18c4 . North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish C,ntral Scot. N. E Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. at Jck h - ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon -outh E. stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenn): West Cornwall W.Hartlepool Han& it. Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. BRITISH P, Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, A Cen.l n. I gu. 5 per cent.. Do. le shares Buffalo k Lake Huron, _ Do Preference Buff.,Brant, dz Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug'. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1,1873 Do. do. June 1, 1474 Calcutta dz 8. E., lint 'a e Town & Dock, gu. Demera-a, 7 p.c. per. p' East. Benal, gu ' 5 do East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. 11ort. Bond! 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c l'o. Gua 5 per cent., Do. New gua. 5 p. c.•' Gt. With of India gua. 5 per cent Do D . 41 per cent Great W. s. of Canada D New., Do. 6 p. o. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited, 3ladrag, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B 1. I.C'da, pc let pf.bds Scindo Do. Delhi Do. do ts 4 Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St Flo -•- 66 68 16 17 88 90 107 1 9 45i 461 6 7 1271 128! 133 139 130 ,32 88 90 72f 73 49 5' 46 49 102 10( 113 114 85 66 10: 104 38 39 1161 1161 951 59 dO 117 117, )11 ) 130/ 100 102 51 53 r 5 26 107 108 63 65 9) 100 384 394 1 114 124 p, 94 10p 118 120 114 12 1 lip 77 78 114 Ili 138 142 44 46 19 61 57 59 82/ 831 9 I'i IGO 165 31 4tp 108 110 73 76 ISIONS. 62 65 100 101 id 1p 4i 5 ti 9;1 74 78 97 9j 75 85 it() 102 99 100 100 101 174 18 65 68 56 68 1 60 62 53 55 50 53 45 18 25 27 21 26 103 101 Id p' p 93 100 12i 32d 85 tO 77 EO I I d! 99; 1001 o: 94 88 9:► 62 64 3 5 82 81 98 100 9i 100 d id 1.8 Iko 94 97 fT SECUE 85 SS 85 83 85 83 75 78 15 73 103 166 105 107 106 108 101 106 102 101 IU3 110 102 104 101 106 IGB 109 105 107 90 93 98 100 92 91 CO 91 104 106 87 90 92 9% 10! 104 105 107 107 i 104 INES. COLONIAL GO VERNMEN' British Columbia, 6 per Cent„ Dec. 31, 1572. ...I Can.G . 6v.6 p.c..ja.&July 18;7-S4 Do 6 p. c. Feb. & Au;; D.'. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 1)o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Capc G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 Do. do: 1.,00-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1863, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 X7B Do. 1882, May 5, Nov. ,6 Natal qoy. 6 per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July N. S. W. Gov. 5 p - c.,1866 Do. 5 p. c. 181 to 876 . - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 8 per cent.... Nova Sc _Ala Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 18P8-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRIT', Cam Consbl. Vold, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon as t Carn Brea !Cast Grenville East Loved E. W't Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. Great L orey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenvil e Herod's Foot •••• Ellngston Downs Margaret , IJny Lelant Marke Valley VI wyndy Iron Ore, UM Nangiles New Seton North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper Tlnited Pr vidence Unyletlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft __ ;West l'assett (Iliozan ;W. Caradon (L skeard West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Whea Ludoott Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Whoal Trelawney (Lis Wheal Uni,n ...... PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4i per cent pf., 051 6 Great 'Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 1031 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di. to. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 1321 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 10 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 41 per oent. pr., Ditto, new per cent pf., 981 LINES LEASED AT FIXED:RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent.. 112 London and Chatham, 41 per Cent., 88 Ditto. Corn. Fund stock 5 per cent.. 94 Nottngham and Grantham R. 8c (1. 80,1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg. 121 Imperial Mexican, lira., 2f FOREIGN MINES, Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. CO., f United Mexican Ilra;, BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, lim., 1252 6 51 Allianoe ( 1 1m.). 33111 Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 IS pd., 231 Anglo Austrian. 72 Anglo-Italian, lim., 71 British and Californian, lim., 5 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 191 European Bank, lim., 111 Hindustan, china, and Japan:(lim.), 27 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 24 lonian, new, 51 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 • London Bank of Scotland, Urn.. 7 London Chartered Bank ofAustralia, 231 London and County, 731 London Joint Stock, 47 London and South African, 22 London and 11 estminster, 941 Provincial Banking Corporation, Um., 31 South Eastern, lirn. ' 101,10 Union of Australia, 634 Union of London, 53 21 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance. 3 1 Bo , i.bay Gas, lim., 6 City of London Real Property, 1im..121 City of Milan Improvements. lim., f Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 9/ Ditto, new, 11:1 Crystal Palace. 334 41 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., ill Discount Corporation. 15 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Jim., Hudson's Bay, 16 Humber Iron Wo:ks, 3 2} Imperial Mercantile Credit Assn., lim., 1 International Financial society, Um., 61 Joint Stook Discount, lim.. Si London County Land and Building, 1im.,711 London Financial Association, lim., 2 0 / 1 London General Omnibus Company, 31 1 ational Discount Company, lim., 141 Ocean'al arine Insurance), 221 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail, Um., Ditto, new. 3I Peel River Land and Mineral, 391 Royal Mail Steam, 91 Societe Financiere ti' Egypte. lina., 8i Thames and Mersey 2ia,rineainsurance), lim., Ti 103 10 10 110 100 ICO 100 100 100 103 100 'OSSE H M li 18.18.9 30.17.6 3.12.81 6 6 29 81 680 59) 19 a 21 14 15 6 4 ti 9 10 3) 41 6 17 '8 If 34 85 2) 3 ?4 38 31 4 6 8 4) 5 19 Ofd 16 18 35 45 12 14 4 2 3 31 33 35 530 550 20 25 15 17 141 154 71 7 8 81 CO 321 190 '4'oo 100 105 11 } 13 1 190 200 19 20 I f THE MIN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1865. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Common Jury.' IVITITMORE T. WHITMORE AND BRETTELL. This was a suit instituted by the husband for the disso lution of marriage on the ground of the wife's adultery with the co-respondent. The respondent denied the charge, and alleged cruelty and adultery on the part of the peti tioner. According to the opening statement of the learned coun sel for the petitioner the parties were married in 1857, the husband being a grocer, carrying on business in Dudley. After the marriage they resided together in Hall-street, and about a month after the marriage the wife was con fined, which manifestly showed that there had been inter course between the parties previously. He (the learned counsel) did not consider this as detrimental to the petitioner, for it appeared to him to be the proper course for a man to marry the woman after such in timacy. They lived together for some time amicably, but about the year 1860 the wife displayed a good deal of tem per, and they occupied from that time separate rooms, and subsequently the wife lived away, and the various acts of adultery were committed which were alleged in the peti tion. He would call the witnesses before the jury, and ho thought when they had heard them they would give his client the relief asked for. Three or four female domestic servants were then exa mined, all of whom stated that Mrs. Whitmore soon after her marriage treated her husband with great unkindness. She used to say that she only married Mr. Whitmore for his money, and that she was not going to live all her days with such a bald-headed old monster. Witnesses were also called to prove the principal allegation in the petition. At the close of the case for the petitioner, the Queen's Advocate addressed the Court for the respondent. As there were nearly 20 witnesses to be examined, it was not expected that the case would terminate to-day. POLICE INTEL LIGENCE, —This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. TIM SOCIAL EVIL.—Two young women named Harriet Crawford and Ellen Joyce were charged before Mr. Knox with loitering in Rupert-street for the purpose of prostitu tion, to the annoyance of the inhabitants. Mr. Louis Mercik, tailor, of No. 59, Rupert-street, said that about 11 o'clock the previous night, while turning from Coventry-street into Rupert-street with a friend, the prisoners came up and accosted them, one of the prisoners behaving towards his friend in a most offensive manner. He told the prisoners to go away, and as they would not do so, he gave them into custody. Cave, 35 C, said the prisoners were given into his custody for annoying Mr. Mercik. He had seen the pri soners, who he knew to be prostitutes, walking up and down Coventry-street about ten or a dozen times during the half-hour before they were given into custody, and he had noticed them accost several gentlemen before accosting the complainant and his friend. Mr. Mercik said that the nuisance was so bad at the corner of the street that his sons could not go out of the house without being accosted, and his wife and daughter without suffering a great deal of annoyance. Mr. Knox said it was a monstrous nuisance, and the in habitants had a right to the protection of the law. It was quite true that this part of London was rendered uninha bitable through it, families being driven away and houses rendered unlettablo. He was perfectly prepared to give the inhabitants all the protection he could, and he should inflict a fine in every case of 40s. or a month. THAMES. Mr. Barker, of the Clerkenwell Police-court, presided in ;his court to-day for Mr. Partridge. SAILING NEAR THE WIND.—An elderly man, named Stafford, applied to the magistrate for a warrant against a public lecturer for defrauding him of £lO. Mr. Livingston, the chief usher of the Court, explained that the applicant saw an advertisement in a newspaper of a secretary wanted, and answered it. The advertiser en gaged the applicant at a salary of £2 "per week, and re quired a deposit of £lO. The applicant was dismissed at the end of one week, and could neither obtain his salary of £2 or the £lO he had deposited with his master's principal. Mr. Paget had been applied to for a warrant, and did not think the conduct of the man complained of amounted to a false pretence. Mr. Barker—Nor do I. Mr. Stafford said he had brought a gentleman with him to substantiate his statement, and to prove that the public lecturer had obtained a model from him and refused to re store it to the owner. Mr. Barker said as an application had been already made to Mr. Paget, he would advise the applicant to apply to that magistrate on Monday morning next, when he would again preside. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.—Mary Sullivan, 45, Michael and John, her sons, both tall and powerful men, and Mary, her daughter, all of 17, Perriwinlde-street, Ratcliff, were brought before Mr. Barker, charged with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting Police-sergeant Sutherland, 46 K, Donald M'Kay, 275 K, Isaac Pawsey, 485 K, and William Walker, 488 K, police-constables. Last night Michael Sullivan was in the White Swan publichouse in the Commercial-road making a disturbance. Ho was turned out, and stopped outside swearing and making a disturbance. He was requested by Mr. Kay to go home. He bade defiance to the constable who went upon his beat, preceded by the prisoner, who was swearing, shouting, andthreatening the constable. At the corner of Perriwinkle-street the prisoner used very disgusting language, took his coat off, and fastened his braces round his waist. The other prisoners came out and got him in doors. John Sullivan came out of the house again, used blasphemous expressions, and offered to fight the con stable. Margaret Sullivan came out with the candle stick and struck the constable on the hat, which fell off. John then seized Mr. Kay's stock, got him down on his back and knelt upon him. M'Kay said, " Don't choke me," and a man came up and exclaimed, " Don't choke the man." Sutherland came up and drew his staff. Tho prisoner John then ran indoors, and he was followed by the sergeant and constable. On at tempting to take tho male prisoners into custody they made a fierce attack on all the complainants, and also upon another constable named Custer. A fierce conflict ensued, and the police-constables drew their staves and laid them about the heads of Michael and John Sullivan, whom they marked. An Irish witness was called, who said the police " bate and kicked all the prisoners most dreadfully anyhow." Mr. Barker fined John and Michael 40s. each, Mrs. Sullivan 205., and her daughter 10s., each, and said he passed those light punishments in consideration of the in juries they had received. MARKETS--This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of beasts hero to-day was moderate, and most breeds moved off slowly, at Monday's currency. The general top figure for Scots was 5s 2d per 81bs. The show of sheep was tolerably good. Downs and half-breds sold steadily at full quotations ; otherwise the mutton trade was heavy, at late rates. Downs, in the wool, sold at 68 4d to 6s ed ; out of the wool, 5s 2d to 5s 4d per 81bs. Lambs ruled heavy, at from 6s to 6s 8d per 81bs. The inquiry for calves was steady, at previous quotations, viz., from 4s 6d to 5s 8d per 81bs. There was a fair demand for pigs, at full prices. In milch cows very little was doing. _ _ Per 81b to sink the offal. ads d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 6 4 0 Second quality do .. I 2 4 6 Prime large oxen ..4 8 4 10 Prime Suits, &c.... 5 0 5 2 Crse. and inf. sneep.4 6 5 2 Second quality do „.5 . 4 5 8 s de d Pme crs-wool sheep 5 10 6 2 Prime 'thdown co.° 4 6 6 La ge coarse calvcs.4 6 5 2 Prime small d0......5 4 5 8 Large hogs .3 6 4 0 Small 4 2 4 10 Lambs....o4 (d to Od. Eucklln,g calves, 19s to 255; and quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 26s each. ~ SPOON, SPOONER, PLIIMPTRE." Newdegate and Whalley. (From the Scotsman, March 8.) The English are sometimes called an unimagina tive race ; but in reference to anything pertaining to the Pope their Protestant old women of all ages and both sexes dream dreams and see visions which the most prolific producer of fictitious horrors could not surpass. In the late lamented Mr. Spooner these worthy people had, in the surviving Mr. Newdegate they retain, a comically constant representative ; but their fittest mouthpiece is Mr. Whalley. The member for North Warwickshire has a little method in his madness, and in spite of his prejudices, talks like a gentleman ; but the member for Peterbo rough's anti-Papal utterances are sheer unblushing nonsense, and mere unbridled bigotry. Fortu nately, his measure was taken long ago ; and he can give no offence now either to the Catholics he insults by reviling or the rational Protestants he insults by " representing" them. He was. in full force on Friday night; and the house, sure of fun, shouted for him as the gods of the gallert used to call for Tomßarry-. The house was not disappointed. Mr. Whalley, in the midst of much laughter, in formed his hearers that Mr. Pope Hennessy's party had large fortunes left it every day, besides receiv ing a million per annum from the public purse; blamed Sir George Grey for not interfering in the M'Der mott case, lauded Mrs. M'Dermott to the skies as a model mother, and hinted that her Majesty ought, like the London dead walls a few years ago, to be ceaselessly inquiring " Where's Eliza?" He drew a fearful picture of Chelsea and Brompton trembling under the tyranny of proud foreign priests, and seek ing in vain for succour at the Westminster Police Court. He gravely argued that Mary Ryan, the in sane nun recently sent to Belgium, could not be, and could not have been mad, because some solicitor, in Mr. Whalley's -opinion " second to none in his profession," had paid her a visit, and said that she was not out of her. mind. He earnestly hoped that the outraged Protestants of England would not be goaded into a rising for the purpose of razing Roman Catholic convents to the ground ; but, to prevent the people from taking the law into their own hands, -he was evidently in favour of the Governments anticipating the menaced destruction. Mr. Newdegate's nonsense was not so rabid in phrase as Mr. Whalley's, but it was quite as ridiculous in its asserted or insinuated facts. He would have the country believe that it is quite a common thing for heads of Roman Catholic religious houses in England to inveigle the young of both sexes into the cloister, and to immure them in subterranean cells if they strive to make their escape. ' He hints darkly at violation and murder. In Staffordshire, he says, the influence of the Pope is, so powerful that people are afraid to reveal conventual crimes and scandals that make them shudder ; adding, rather drolly, that these poor people's fear-frozen lips continued sealed until Inspector Field paid the district a reassuring visit. After all, then, even Staffordshire thinks an English policeman more potent than the Pope ; so, even there there is not much to be feared. Now, stories of ab ductions, solitary confinements, and other more hor rible conventual horrors, solemnly told in Parliament, no matter what the evidence, are sure to be accepted by the anilely Protestant portion of the community with a shiver of delicious dread. It is an article of faith with these credulous folks that there is a Jesuit governess in every other family, and that the reverend gentlemen in linen dog-collars and strait waistcoats who walk our streets are to a man the most subtle of schemers, although a good many of them certainly don't look the part. But can any person of average intelligence believe the charges which are brought against convents generally in this kingdom ? That abroad and at home, in bygone times, the most loathsome vice and the most cruel crime have stained convent walls is undeniable ; and in spite of the good service which the conventual system has done both to literature and humanity, it is,' save in very rare exceptional instances, a system in such flat contradiction to in nocent natural instincts that anywhere and anywhen it is likely to lead to abuses. What proof of such abuses, however, in Great Britain, does Mr. Newde gate adduce to justify his general picture of nunneries and monasteries in this country ? A Protestant jury disposed of his Smee and Hutchin son case; a Protestimt magistrate of his MDermott case. A medical Lunacy Commissioner has declared Mary Ryan to be insane. Young Harrison, the Westminster " captain," who was suddenly converted and fainted under the opera tion, seems to have been a hobbydehoy so weak both in body and mind that it is a wonder how he obtained the captaincy of his famous school. Of course, his weakness made the attempt to prosely tise him not very creditable ; but such a lad most probably would have been lost to Protestantism— no great loss, by the way --if the Brompton Oratory had never been founded. Mr. Newdegate told a story of a Cambridge undergraduate who had been induced to enter a monastery ; and what was t th hi e n e k n o d f of th e th n is ur t s hr er illin y rh g yme :_ narrative ? It makes one " I'll tell you a story Of Jacky Manory, And here my story's begun ; I'll tell you another Of Jack and his brother, And here my story is done." His brothers went after the undergraduate claimed him as a minor, and took him home. Another of Mr. Newdegate's stories —his crack sensation narrative—shows equally that the law is quite strong enough already to prevent any one from being confined in a monastery or nunnery in England really against his or her will. Convent gates cannot keep out a writ of Habeas Corpus, As Sir George Grey excel lently remarked, those who in Great Britain continue in a convent of which they are weary, are kept within its walls not by physical but by moral restraint—they are coerced by the vows which their consciences will not allow them to violate ; and how is Parliament to help persons so circumstanced ? Mr. Is Tewdegate would be horrified at the idea of English recognition of convents if Parliament were to enact that in this country, as in France, religious vows should not be taken for more than five years ; and if Par liament did so enact, could any Act of Parliament prevent religious vows from being taken and kept for life ? It was justly objected to Mr. Newdegate's motion for a Select Committee of Inquiry that he promised no definite scheme of legislation afterwards. What he would like, no doubt, would be to abolish Roman Catholic celibacy here and everywhere—indeed;,:the Roman Catholic religion everywhere ; but this is a task slightly beyond the power of the British Parliament, and the House of Commons acted wisely in refusing a Committee which could do no good, and might breed much bad blood. It may not bo pleasant to think that the conventual system is extending itself in Great Britain ; but there is no proof that here it is anything like so black, in practice, as Mr. Newdegate paints it, or thlt the law as.it stands is not quite competent to prevent it front becoming so; whilst any un prejudiced person who really knows anything about the Roman Catholicreligionsvliouses that have arisen in our midst will readily admit, with Sir George Grey, "that there aro many of these establishments in which th e p ersons w h o enter devote themselves sto a life not of asceticism, but of active virtue and beneVol9?re, employing th4ir whole time in the education of the young, the ref orm o f cr i m i nals, or other works in which' •Protestants may well desire to imitate them." DECEASE OF A LADY CENTENARIAN.—On Wed nesday last, at her residence, 22, Hanover -crescent, a maiden lady, of the name of Burchell, died at the advanced age of 100. The deceased was a remarkable instance of longevity, having up to the time of her decease the use of all her limbs and the possession of all her mental faculties. A parallel instance of the endurance of nature's powers to such an advanced age is to bo found in the case of Mr. Foster, the well-known Derby centenarian, who has attained the age of 102, is in the enjoyment of good health, and daily pursues his avocation of travelling to sell charts and similar articles. We may add, what is more surprising than all, that his youngest child is only 10 years old.—Brightori Guardian. B RE AKF A ST BEVERAGE.—Hou oeva tw o practit i oners, and the medical profession generally, r ecommen d cocoa as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doc trine of homceopathy was first introduced into this country there were to be obt:ined no preparations of cocoa either at. tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut was either supplied in the crude state, or so unskilfully manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London, Llomceopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn his attention to this subject, and at length succeeded, with the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by the perfect trituration it receives in the process it passes through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. For general use Epps's Cocoa is distinguished as an invigo rating, grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most deli cious aroma. Dr. Hassall, in his work, "Food and its Adulterations," says —" Cocoa contains a great variety of im portant nutritive principles —every ingredi4ut necessary to the growth aad sustenance of the body." &gain: "As a nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than ether coffee or tea." Directions—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured In tin-lined jib., ;lb., and llb. labelled packets, and sold by all grocers, confectioners, and chemists. - [Ann.] Treaty between Spain Spain and Peru, MADRID, March 3. The following is the text of the treaty of peace concluded between Spain and Peru : " Her Majesty Donna Isabel 11., Queen of spain, on the one part and the Republic of Peru on the other, desirous of putting an amiable end to the conflict that has unfortunately arisen between the two nations, have appointed as their respective ministers plenipotentiary— " On the part of her Catholic Majesty, Don Jose Manuel Pareja y Septien, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabel the Catholic, &c., and on the part of the Republic of Peru, Don Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, general of bri gade, &c. The above-named plenipotentiaries, after having examined and exchanged their full respective powers, which they have found in due order, Piave agreed to the following articles : " Art. 1. The Government of her Catholic M. jesty having disapproved the proceedings of its agents on the coasts of Peru in taking possession of the Chincha Islands, upon the plea of revindication, and the Peruvian Government having, at the same opportune time, also immediately rebuked, as the Government of her Catholic Majesty had sup posed, the violence done to the Spanish Com missioner at Panama ; as the Government of the Republic has made known through its circulars and diplomatic agents to uphold its honour, the principal obstacle which opposed itself to the evacuation of the Chinchas is thus removed, and they will consequently be evacuated by the naval forces of her Catholic Majesty and handed over to the person appointed by the Peruvian Government to receive them. " Art. 2. The Government of Peru, in order radi cally to obviate any possibility of disagreement, and to confirm its amicable sentiments towards Spain, will accredit a Minister to her Catholic Majesty. " Art. 3. The Peruvian Government never abso lutely refused to receive the Spanish Commissioner, and the Government of her Catholic Majesty having proclaimed in the diplomatic circulars of June 28 and Dec. 9 last, that the title of special commissioner in no way prejudices the rights of Peru to indepen dence, it has been agreed by the contracting parties that the Government of her Catholic Majesty may send to Lima, and that that of Peru shall receive a special commissioner charged to institute prosecu tions and claims in the matters now pending in con sequence of the affair of Talambo. " Art, 4. Peru shall endow its minister in Spain with full powers to negotiate and conclude a treaty of peace, friendship, navigation, and commerce, similar to that concluded by Chili or other Ameri can Republics. " Art. 5. The said treaty shall, at the same time, contain the bases for the liquidation, acknowledg ment, and payment of sums owing by Peru on account of seizures, confiscations, and loans during the war of independence, or for any other reason whatever, to the subjects of her Catholic Majesty, provided the latter unite the conditions of Spanish origin, and of having continued and still being Spanish subjects. " Art. 6. The high contracting parties agree that the liquidation and acknowledgment mentioned in he preceding article shall be made only in virtue of demenstrated authentic and official proofs, and never in virtue of testimonial or other similar proofs. " Art. 7. Should any difficulty arise or doubt exist as to the liquidation and acknowledgment of one or several of the sums claimed, these difficulties shall be solved by a commission of six persons, three be ing nominated by each of the contracting parties. "Art. 8. Peru shall indemnify Spain for the 13 millions of Spanish dollars which she has been com- pelled to disburse to cover the expenses incurred since the Governnient of the Republic declined the good offices of an agent of another Government friendly to both nations, refusing to treat with the agent of her Catholic Majesty in these waters, and hus delaying the restitution of the Chincha Islands; which was spontaneously offered. " The present treaty shall be ratified by her Catholic Majesty, and by his Excellency the Presi- dent of Peru, and the ratifications shall be ex changed at Madrid within a period of 90 days. "In token of which we, the undersigned Ministers Plenipotentiary of her Catholic Majesty and the Republic of Peru, have signed the same in duplicate and attached thereto our respective seals. On board the frigate of her Catholic Majesty, Villa deMadrid, anchored in the roads of Callao, January 27, 1865. (Signed) " JOSE MANUEL PAREJA. " M. J. DE VIVANCO." Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Beasts .. . 1,120 Caws. s 40 sheep .... .. Calves 212 Pigs 34,1 Foreign supply. Beasts Cows • • Sheep Ca ves 204 Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderately good, and the trade is steady at our quotations. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s ad to 4s 10d ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; pork, 3s 4d to 5s Od per 81b by the carcase.l SOUTH ALL, March B.—Beasts moved off slowly on lower terms. Other kinds of stock ruled about stationary. Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s 2d ; mutton, 4s 6d to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per lbs. to sink the offal. ROMFORD, March B.—Each kind of stock moved off slowly at onr quotations :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s 2d; mutton, 4s 8d to Os 6d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od; pork, 3s 6d to 48 10d per 81bs. Suckling calves, 16s to 20s ; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 25s ; and much cows, £l6 Os to £l9 Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay . , £4 4s to £5 58 Od ; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 7 s to £1 148 per load.' Trade dull CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 7s 6d ; clover £5 5s to £6 6s ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load A slow inquiry. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to.£s 5s Od ; clover, £5 5s to £6 7s 6d ; and straw, £1 is to £1 14s per load. Sup& moderate. • ROYAL DUCHIES.—The annual accounts of the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall have been laid before Parliament. The income of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1864 was £40,012 ; the salaries and other expenditure, £13,734, and the sum of £26,000 was paid over for her Majesty's use. The sum of £4,000 assured in the Law Fire Insurance Society on the Savoy Chapel is in hand, and is held for the restoration of the chapel. The income of the Duchy of Cornwall for 1864 amounted to £68,411, the salaries and other expenses to £15,699, and the sum of £50,003 wa s paid over for the use of the Prince of Wales. THE COSELET MURDER.—Cecilia Baker, who was sentenced to death at the Staffordshire Winter Assizes, along with Richard Hale, for the cruel murder of their illegitimate child, and who was respited in conse quence of being pregnant, has given birth to a female child. Nothing has, as yet, transpired as to the intentions of the authorities with regard to the wretched woman, the extreme sentence of the law still hanging over her. HEALTH or LONDON, (From the Registrar-General's TVeekly Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday the births in London and nine other cities or boroughs of the United Kingdom were 4,227 ; the deaths 2,995. The annual rate of mortality in the week in those ten large towns was 28 per 1,005 persons living, and was much less than in the previous week, when it was 31. In London the births of 1,125 boys and 1,117 girls, in all 2,242 children, were registered. In cor responding weeks of ten years, 1855-64, the average number, with a correction for increase of popula tion, was 2,115. The deaths in London returned for the week were 1,482, against a corrected average (for the ninth week of the year), of 1,489. The actual num ber was, therefore, almost the same as that obtained by calculation. Eighty-one deaths were referred to whooping cough, and 67 to typhus: Four fatal cases of the latter disease occurred in the Kensington Town sub-district ; 18 were returned by the London Fever Hospital in Islington. Bronchitis continues to decline. In the week that ended February 4 it rose to 339 fatal cases ; in that which ended March 4 the number was 206. Eleven persons were registered as having been killed by horse conveyance. Seven persons died at the age of 90 years and up wards. The oldest was 96 years of age, and was a pensioner of the Greenwich Hospital. A horsekeeper died of glanders after 9 weeks' ill ness, in King's College Hospital. A labourer died in Shoreditch workhouse, aged 55 years, from bronchitis, accelerated by want and exposure. A boy, aged 9 years, died at 4, Ashfield-place, in the Ratcliff sub-district, from diseased lungs, acce lerated by privation. A labourer died from " poisoned condition of blood," in consequence of being employed in white lead works. In Liverpool the births were 393, the deaths 319 in Manchester the births, 286, the deaths 206 ; in Salford the births 95, the deaths 66 ; in Birming ham the births 247, the deaths 147 ; in Leeds the births 200, the deaths 129 ; in Bristol the births 113, the deaths 81; in Edinburgh the births 94, the deaths 99 ; in Glasgow the births 384, the deaths 310 ; in Dublin the births 169, the deaths 157 ; and in Vienna in the week ending the 28th ult. the deaths were 359, when the temperature was 33.1 Fahrenheit, or 5.2 deg. lower than in London during the same week. The rate of mortality was 26 per 1,000 in Lon don, 30 in Edinburgh, and 32 in Dublin, 35 in in Liverpool, 30 in Manchester, 31 in Salford, 23 in Birmingham, 30 in Leeds, 20 in Bristol, and 38 in Glasgow. in Vienna the rate was 33 in the week ending the 25th ult., when the rate in London was 28 per 1,000. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.749 in. The reading fell to 29.36 in. on Tuesday, and rose to 30.18 in. on Friday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 42.1 deg., which is 2 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 52.7 deg. on Tuesday. The lowest night temperature was 30.9 deg. on Saturday. The mean daily range was 12.9 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 5.3 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 82, complete saturation being represented by 100. On Sunday the humidity almost reach saturation, having been 97. The wind was in the south-west on the first three days ; on the next three in the north-west ; and on Saturday again in th e sou th-west. There was rain on three days and the whole fall was 0.32 in. 8 3121 994 991 1001 16( IVES. 1081 THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day LIVERPOOL RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) WELTER CIIP. Terror 1 sluggard 2 Jarnicoton Six ran. £4O HANDICAP PLATE. Doeford Jupon .... Virtuous 3 Five ran. MERSEY CUP. Idle Girl Donnybrook Filbert Six ran. STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP. Mistake Ladbrook Lass Brian Borhoime Ten ran HUNT CUP. , ............................3 Master Horatio Georgiana Six ran. HURDLE RACE. Knave of Trumps Zara 3 Beau 1 Eight ran. LATEST BETTING. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 100 to 7 agst Huntsman's_ Daughter (taken) 100 to 7 agst Verger (taken) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 on the field (offered) 20 to 1 agst La Toucques (taken) THE BANK OF FRANCE, PARIS, MARCH 9. The Bank of France has reduced its rate of dis count from 4 to 3f per cent. IMPERIAL . PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at the usual hour. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. The LORD CHANCELLOR brought in a bill to abolish imprisonment for debt, or rather so much of it as remained unrepealed by recent legislation. The general opinion throughout the country was that imprisonment of a debtor for nonpayment of a debt was neither just nor useful, and although the present opportunity might enable them to make certain improvements in the bankruptcy laws, yet he did not intend to deal with the ques tion at present. By the present bill it was proposed to abolish imprisonment for debt, and that no formal discharge by the bankruptcy laws should be available to protect future property unless the bankrupt should have paid a dividend of ss. in the pound, or unless he obtained the assent of his discharge from four-fifths of his creditors. The bill was read a first time. THE CASE OF MR. EDMUNDS. The following Peers were appointed a select com mittee to inquire into all the circumstances connected with the resignation of Mr. Edmunds, of the office of clerk of the patents and clerk to the commissioners of patents, and also his resignation of the office of reading clerk and clerk of out-door committees in that house. Also to inquire into all the circumstances connected with the grant of a retiring pension to him by this house :—The Lord President, the Earl of. Derby, the Duke of Somerset, the Duke of Montrose, the Earl of Durham, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Donoughmore, Lord Panmure, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lord Houghton, and Lord Chelmsford. BRAZIL. In reply to the Marquis 'Of CLANRICARDE, Earl RUSSELL said that some further papers relative to the conduct of Brazil in respect to Montevideo would shortly be laid upon the table of the house. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS--Tuts EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. MR. ALDERMAN ROSE. It was reported that Mr. Alderman Rose had not attended on a select committee of which ho was a member, and was ordered to attend to-morrow on pe nalty of being brought up to the bar of the house. PETITIONS. Mr. Musa presented petitions from Indian officers praying for a redress of their grievances. Colonel SYKES also presented petitions to the same effect, and from shipowners and merchants of Aberdeen in favour of an improvement in tho condition of officers em ployed in the Customs. Mr. EWART presented a petition from Liverpool against he duty on fire insurance. Mr. MILLER presented a petition from the inhabitants of Leith, praying for an inquiry into the condition of per sons employed in mines. Several petitions were also presented from different parts of the country in favour of a repeal of the malt tax, for the utilization of sewage, &c. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Lord H. LENNOX gave notice that he would move a resolution to the effect that it would be desirable to place the management of the British Museum under the con trol of a minister of the Crown. (Hear, hear.) VESSELS ON THE HALIFAX AND BOSTON LINE. Mr. BAXTER asked if the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Ship Company were employing vessels 17 years old on the Halifax and Boston line ; and if, at the expiry of the contract with that company, the Government intended making new arrangements. Mr. F. PEEL said that as far as he could understand there were two vessels 17 years old on the line between Liverpool, Boston, and Halifax, but he did not hear of any complaint as to delay. The contract would not expire until 1867, and the committee which sat in 1860 did not think it necessary to recommend any subsidy for the postal ser vice. - THE ENCLOSURE IN LEICESTER-SQUARE. Mr. DAWSON asked whether, in the present state of the enclosure in Leicester-square, it was in the power of the Government either to remove or repair the mutilated statue, and otherwise improve the dilapidated condition of the space in the centre of the square ? Mr. COWPER said if the matter rested with the Govern ment the statue would not be allowed to remain in its present disgraceful condition, but the square was the pro perty of private individuals who did not do what he considered was their duty in respect to this subject. There was an act passed last session called the Garden Enclosure Act, which would come into operation this session, and would provide a remedy for the present state of Leicester-square. The Metropolitan Board of Works had given the owners of the property in question the necessary notices, and at its expiration would take the proper steps in reference to this subject. THE BUDGET. In reply to Mr. WHITE, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that he was not in a position to state when he proposed to bring forward his financial statement, or whether it would be made before or after Easter. He would endeavour to give his hon. friend some more precise information if he re peated his question. RELATIONS WITH BRAZIL. Mr J. WHITE asked whether, with a view to re-estab lish friendly relations with Brazil, it was the Mention of Government to bring in a bill this session for the repeal of the " Aberdeen Act "? Lord PALMERSTON said it was not the intention of Government to bring in any such bill as that alluded to, because if that act were repealed it would lead to the slave trade being resumed between Africa and Brazil to an un limited extent. It would be impossible to prevent that, as was shown in regard to Cuba. However, negotiations had been entered into with the Portuguese Government in order to establish friendly relations between Brazil and Great Britain. (Hear, hear.) PENSIONS TO OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS Mr. D. GRIFFITH asked the Chancellor of the Ex chequer whether he had been correctly understood to mean that the House of Lords claim the privilege of grant ing pensions out of the public money to their O wn officers, as of their own authority, dm. ? The it w as n oCHANCELLORtus usual ffor thisof the house tomake EXCHEQUER any y e explained r ed that into the remuneration of the officers of the other h a fee fund at their disposal, out of It w appeared that the House of Lords hhaideh a they fund call edu paid some of their officers, but with regard to when they were in want of funds this appearedthehouse of m' Commons, when t Some years no deman .. dheweaassemtandies o s n ess t i h o i n s . house, and that he believed would be THE . RIVER PLATE, &c. Mr. MAGUIRE asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether he had any objection to state to the house the sub stance of the information received by the English packet as to the condition of affairs in the River Plate; and whether in structions had been given to the British Minister and Ad miral to prevent a recurrence at Montevideo of a similarly deplorable sacrifice of life and property by the Brazilians and insurgent forces, as the Under Secretary of State lately mentioned had been occasioned at Paysandu, by the same invaders of the Republic of Uruguay. Lord PALMERSTON said that the British Admiral in command at Montevideo had remonstrated wit the authorities at B raz il , an d suggested means forh the protection of the property of the English, and other foreigners residing there. He was sorry to say that the war that was going on in the country referred to was car ried on in a manner that Was very repugnant to the feel ings of European countries ; but the Government did not propose to interfere further than in regard to the protec tion of property. THE CONFEDERATE CRUISERS. Lord R. CECIL asked whether any co mmunications had been received at the Foreign-office from the American Government demanding compensation for losses occa sioned to citizens of the United States by the operations tcon:amci.ssioned by the Go-. v of ern th m e A en i t ab o a f m th a oeCroontfheedr vesselser ateStes Mr. LAYARD said that no such communications had been received. Mr. BRIGHT enquired if there were any claims made against the American Government for compensation on the part of Englishmen for injuries which they had sustained, during the present war. Mr. LAYARD answered in the affirmative. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Col. TAYLOR, a new writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for the southern divi sion of Wilts, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Sotheron Estcourt, through illness. NAVY ESTIMATES. The house went into committee of supply. On the first vote for making up the complement of men for the service of the navy, Sir M. PETO resumed the debate which was adjourned last Monday. He thought that the noble lord (Lord Clarence Paget) had afforded honourable members more ample information in regard to naval matters than some of his predecessors, but at the same time he did not consider he had succeeded in rendering his information quite intelligible. Ho contended that the army was not ill a state of efficiency, and referred w Bermuda, which •Ras left without dock accommodation ; and he adverted s:zso to Sheerness and Chatham, which he asserted were not in a satisfactory condition. He referred to the Royal Sovereign, the Royal Alfred, and some other vessels recently con structed. He thought it had become a very serious ques tion how far it was desirable to carry out the system of fortification beyond the extent the house had already sanctioned. The expense of supplying ordnance for the armies of the forts under course of construction would amount to £17,624,304. (Hear, hear.) He called the attention of the house to tho decision of the case of the Queen v. Fennell, in which the mind of the Lord Chief Justice was satisfied as to the right of the Government to plead the Royal prerogative in regard to the invention of Mr. Fennell. He thought it was most unfair to i ventors to press the Royal prerogative, the effect of which might be to induce them to offer their inventions to the Governments of ether countries, where they would be rewarded for them if they were ap proved. He referred to certain competent authorities to show that in adopting new inventions the administration of naval affairs was defective, and that in many instances the conduct of the Admiralty was most reprehensible. The Admiralty was slow in adopting those inventions, and they ought to have a scientific board to decide on their merits without leaving them to be determined by any naval authority, however eminent. He denied that there was any false economy on the part of the house in voting estimates for the purposes of the navy, for during the last five years they had voted £58,000,000, and they were entitled to be satisfied that the navy was not in a state of efficiency. [LEFT SPEAKING.] Bank of England Return,•--This Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act ith and Bth Victoria, cap. 82, for the week ending Wednesday, March 8, 1865. 111BUIS DEPAIITMENT. Notes iseued Government Debt X 11,015,1( 0 Other Securities .. 3.6.31,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 13,910,5:0 Silver Bullion .... £28,56),590 X28,1;00,5',0 BANKING D oprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 acs! Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners 01 Na- - tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A n.. nuity) £11,023,211 Other Securities 19,828,885 Notes Gold and Silver 818,017 Coin counts) 7,677.721 Other Deposits Seven Day an d other Bills 450,525 £10,429,773 V I X1\429,773 MILLER, Chief Caahicr, March 9, 1865. The Southern Confederacy• The following letter from Captain (now Admiral) Semmes, written to a friend in England, though prior to recent events, gives an interesting account of a part of the Confederacy little known in this country : " Alexandria, Louisiana, Dec. 7, 1864. I "My Dear—,--You perceive that lam not yet at home, after more than two months of wayfaring. You heard of me from Broomsville, Texas. From this place I have travelled all the way hither, by coach and railway, and arrived nearly a week ago. My journey thus far has been in every way satis factory; my only inconvenience being that I was not master of my own person, but was forced to become public property. All the towns on the road side turned out to meet me ; some with formal ad dresses, to which I was obliged to reply and all with demonstrations, not of kindness only, but of appa rently real affection. My name and that of the Alabama, which seemed to be known by every woman and child in the country, were the open sesame that unlocked all doors and hearts. Hotel keepers refused to receive payment of their bills, and my way was franked in the coaches and in the railways. This was all very gratifying to me per sonally, but I was still more gratified at the temper and disposition of the people with reference to the war. Never was a people more united in their re solution to be free. All the burdens imposed by the war are borne, not only without murmer or com plaint, but cheerfully. The man gives freely of his substance to the government, and lays down his life, if need be, in the battlefield, entrusting his fame to posterity ; and the woman yields to the grim visaged monster her husband, father, son, and brother, with the resignation and faith of a martyr. Glorious, glorious woman ! " The state of Texas, through which for the most part I have been travelling, has not only not felt the ill effects of the war, but has even ( prospered by it. The enemy attempted an inva sion of it at two points, but was beaten at both, and driven back with disaster, and has not atllhehisrefmoraciensdefrorofthtehecwaraarp,aasignhseinisircofrngciennia since renewed the attempt ; n or i s h e lik ely to do so t d r u a rin tin g g and Georgia, having vainly imagined that if he could capture Atlanta and Ri c h mon d t h e war wou l d b e at an end ; the f ac t b e i ng that even R i chmond is of no more importance to us tha n an y other frontier town. You will see this when I tell you_ that we are not now dependent, as we were in the beginning of the war, upon two or three points (of which Richmond was one) for the production of arms and other mate rials of war, but that these necessary articles are produced all over the country, and that the produc tion of them is annually increasing. The state of Texas alone has within her limits all the materials, and is fast getting the appliances for equipping and maintaining armies, and when you reflect that she has three times as much territory as the empire of France, and that countless herds of horses and beef cattle wander over her boundless prairies, you can well imagine with what contempt this warlike to-morrow across the Mis our armies were driven we could still cxas alone. So di sm i ss all fight the enemy f or a century people regard the insane th reat of subjugation. If SiSSin ippi r t i u ver c , ome your fears , m y friend. Our independenc e i s an accomplished fact, let the war continue as long as the Yankee pleases, and with what varying results i t ma y. One of the most frequent questios asked me on my journey has been as to the disposition of England towards us. I found a good deal of igno rance and some prejudice among my countrymen on most this subject, and one o f my pleasing duties has been to set them right upon it. And when they had learned, as they always did from me, that nine tenths of the English people are not only our fast friends, but our warm admirers, great, indeed, was anticipated the rejoicin g. I have had the ' plea sure of meeting my son, Major Semmes, here. He has had the good fortune to 3CC a great deal of active service in the field, hay ing been in eleven battles and some forty skirmishes. I was proud to hear from all quarters such good accounts of him. All being quiet here just now, he has obtained a furlough, and will go home with me to visit his mother and sisters. It may be a long time before you hear from me again, as the enemy is pressing the blockade of Wilmington with great vigour, and, indeed, may even capture it.—Yours, 44 it. SEMMES." 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