The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-21 00:00:00

'ONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL IN TELLIGENGE. CITY, TWELVE o'CLocK. Some withdrawals of money from the discount Market, for payment of the dividend due in a few days on India bonds, have slightly diminished the supplies of capital at the disposal of bankers and brokers. No alteration, however, has been made in the rates for accommodation, although the de mand has 'continued rather active. The best bills are negotiable at 4i per cent., and exceptional transactions are reported at 41 per cent., thus showi ng that the expectation that money will become easier is still entertained. A portion of the fine silver brought by the West India packet Tasmanian has been sold at ss. Per ounce, showing a decline of id. About £BO,OOO in bar gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. During the last few days there has been very little animation exhibited in the markets for foreign and colonial produce. Sugars, however, have been dealt in, to a fair extent, at about previous rates. For superior descriptions of coffee. there has been a good inquiry, and fully late rates have been readily Obtained. Rice has been in moderate request, While in fruit, spices, and saltpetre scarcely any business has been reported. In the tallow market , the operations for both present and forward delivery have been to a fair extent at steady rates. Two o'CLoca. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cent. Renter were 67f. 17c. Inanimate. The English Stock Market has presented a much firmer appearance to-day, although there have been no movements of importance. The operation of the Government broker, who has been a purchaser of £16,000 New Three per Cents., has slightly in fluenced prices. Consols for money remain at 89 14, and for the account 8911. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 871 4; Exchequer Bills, 3s. to 6s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents., 1041; Enfaced do., 1001 ; and the Bonds, 15s. prem. The changes in the prices for Foreign Stocks have only, in a few instances, been material. The Confederate Loan has advanced about 1 8 per cent. to 34 36. Turkish Consolides remain at 524 53 ; Mexican ex all are 2681; and the New Loan is 2 544; the last being a little flatter. Greek Bonds are 214 ; Spanish Passive continues at 334 1; but the Certificates have improved *to 171 4. Italian 5 per Cents. have declined 8 to 63 1 4 ; but the Scrip of the New Loan is 4 better at 31 3 dis. Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, and in some instances prices have Shown more firmness. Great Western have im- Proved 55., Brighton 55., North Western, 55., and Metropolitan £1 ss. Midland, however, have de clined 155., and North Eastern (Berwick) ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without any change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous shares remain in mode rate request, at steady rates. Alliance are dealt in at 331 34 ; London and County, at 721; Oriental Bank at 564 8 ; General Credit and Finance at 61 1; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam at 82 83. South African Land and Finance are quoted 2 21 prem. ; Rio de Janeiro Gas, 1 11 prem. ; and Atlantic and Great Western Certificate of Debenture, 6 8 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. „ GO VER NMENT FUNDS. °ler Cent. Consols . Do. Account, April 6 B9l !Per Cent. Reduced B7l 1 1 1 Jaw/Jr 3 per Cent B7l 1 1 mew n per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs — ~. Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — mizchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 3 6 Do. £5OO — Do. £ lOO and £ 2OO , lA3* of England Stock, 51 per Cent Shut , INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 'udian Stock, 10} per Cent., AprillB74 2151 161 141 Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5i per . Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO l5 pm Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent — zrazilian 5 per Cent — Do. 4} per Cent., 1852-58-60 Lo. ' 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — ~ Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ~h ilian 6 per Cent — Do. 41 per Cent 8()I * C olombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba,, 6 per Cent. Do 6 per Cent., 1864 — Do. Scrip, £55 paid Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 — „ Do. i perl77-77, £25 paid — Danubi an Principalities 3 „Do .£65 paid 3 dis xluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent — Do., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 1864 951 4 Do Scrip, £sa paid Ureek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ox Coupons Do Account - Do. Coupons Do Account Bl Uuatemala 5 per Cent. • Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) 681 Do 1865 ~.Do Scrip, £25 paid 4 exican 3 per Cent. Do. Account Da 1864 2 OZ Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — 'Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis kontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada 2Bl Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Cent. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 44 per Cent., 1862 , s Do. Account .rorttiguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account -- Do 3 periCent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do Account 471 4 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 44 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 S ardinian Do 1864 5 per Cent — b Do. Account I °l:mulch 3 per Cent Do Account — Do New Deferred — Do Account 4ll Do Passive ~ Do Account 331 1 ' oo anish Cert. of Coup not funded - Do Account l7l 1 1 , rirsdich 4 per Cent. — e urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — D 0 Account — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 D 0 Account 7l "o £lOO Bonds ~s -1 7 ;0 6 per Cent. 1862 — ,"0 Account 73 1 3 ' D o. £lOO Bonds 734 1 1 t.,' o 6 per Cent. 1863 b ."O Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — v euezuela 3 per Cent. — Do. Account 130 . 6 per Cent, 1862 — " rs o• Account " 0 6 per Cent.,1864 — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins belgian, 4/ per cent., Ex. 25f. 11 ,teb. 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — " 0 4 per Cent. Certifies — Fr ench Rentes, 3 per Cent. — It , 0 . A c p count ti an 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. " 0 . Account co nsols, Mone )21 y , 0 . Acc oun t „, T I TREE O'CLOCK. 891 .1. 89-1 Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market continues depressep, and prices irregular, 4 2 14 in favour of purchasers. Sales probably 2,000 " I ' 3 ,000 bales. S TRANGE SUICIDE OF A WOMAN.—Yesterday an ricluest was held on the body of Matilda Barnes, a \via ° NY', 38 years of age, who committed suicide on Thurs day nightby hanging herself from a hook in her room. She 1110 ' 1 Previously tied her right hand to her knee in order to bee effectually carry out her purpose. She had recently In great poverty, and had said to a neighbour, " I thcannot see my three children starve, and I will not see 01 41 go into the workhouse." The jury returned a verdict Slii°4lo While in a state of unsound mind. SHARE MARKETS —This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. E .,, 1 , 1. 1 Closing I Business Price. done. 94 96 121 i 95 6 4 181 5 6 Share! Railways. 13.14 st st st 50 20 131 r., Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon...— Cornwall Do. A A gets no div Do. B till6p.e.p. d an.has been pa to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & A b.June. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wcstern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. at No. •t Great North of Scotland Great Northern D ). A stock • • Do. B JO Do. New, is. at 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western D . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Hereford... Lane shire & Yorkshire L-.ndon and Blackwell Lon., Brizh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan.... Do. New Mid and Do, iiirmin . & Derby Mid. Gt. W.. Ireland Do. shares Vid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N*E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. De. da. 1855- 4 8 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 18r4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Ctntral Scot. N. E ~Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. st ,ck ' , trews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon touth E stern l'itaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny' West Cornw W.Hartlepool Hat& lt. Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. BRITIS If P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, h Cen. In. gu. 5 perpercent... Do. 1 shares Buffalo Az Lake Huron Do Preference .. Buff.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aux. 1, 87:t Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, Is7l Calcutta & s. E., lim a e Town & Dock, gu Demera I+, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben . al, gu ' 5 Co East gu. 5 p.c. Do .1 EitCnsiori Grand Trunk ot Canad Do. Equip. Alort. Bond i charge 6 p.c Do. Ist ref. Bonds Do do. deferred ... Do. 2d Pr. t. Do. do. deterred Do. d Pref. stock Do. do. defer red Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. o. Gua 5 rer cent.. Do. New gtia. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (11m , gua. 5 per cent D , 41 per cent Do great W. S. of Canada.. D . New ...... Do. 6 p. e. Bds. pay 1873 00.5, do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited, Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4; do Do. Filth Extension Sfelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Itel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B V. lil.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do . $ 6 . Do. Punjaub.... EuD Do.lndus St Flo u" 66 68 )6 17 8k 86 107 1 9 45, 46) 6a 7i 129 130 14th i4_' ; 129 .30 88 00 722 73, 63 65 49 51 45 47 !CO 10! 114 i 1.15 87 68 101 165 38 19 1161 317; 95 96 58i 5.0 1241 125 11 );p 132 132 101 1( 3 52 53 t 5 26 106; 107 66 67 9) 100 37 38 10 11 p 8 i 9 3 P 118 120 14 12 1 'tip 76 77 11* 111 138 142 94 46 57 59 57 5J 81i 5k 84 9 155 153 3 4 p 108 110 74 77 40 41 5} ;SIONS. 63 sfi 100 101 id ;1 4} 5 ei 9 74 78 97 99 75 85 1( 0 102 99 100 100 101 171 18 Si 9 , 66 68 56 58 60 6z 53 55 50 53 45 18 25 27 21 26 103 101 Id id it 1? 93 100 12y 12d 85 tO 77 EO d 994 100 9: 94 88 9u 62 64 3 5 82 81 98 100 ICO 2d Id v 8 100 94 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31,1572 100 Can. G ov.B p.c.Ja.&J uly 1877-A Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug leO r 9 91 D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10 89 91 sp. c. Jan. & July„ 100 78 82 80 795 Do. 5p 0. Inscribed ak - 100 78 82 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 103 106 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 100 105 107 Do. do: P. 90-1 100 106 108 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 105 107 Ceylon, Nov 1868, 6p. c 100 102 101 Do. 1878, do. 100 1( 5 107 Mauritius, s c, 1873; Jan. and July Do. 1-78 Do. 1882, May 15, Nov. 0 104 108 109 Natal L.cov. n per cent lOO 105 107 N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&.l uly 100 88 92 N. z_ 4 . W. Gov. 5 ire., 18f.6 00 98 100 Do. 5 P.C. 18 Ito X 87e 100 92 9* 931 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 90 91 915 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 104 106 Do. 6 per cent.. 100 87 90 Nova Sc tia Gov. Wp. c sterling, 1875 FO 91 93 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 101 104 103 3. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 1818-0 100 -- Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 105 107 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 Do. do, a pril & Oct lOO 109 110 1091 BRITISH MINES. 2 cam Consort, old, lira 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated — 29 31 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 580 59) Drake walls 2.1.0 } ; East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 125 175 16 -- East Caradon 2.14.1 14 15 as t Cam Brea 3.4.0 6 6) -- East Grenville East Loved 2.13.6 10 11 105 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 31 45 Gam.& StAubyn(Gwen. 605 6 8 4 Gr. at L xey, limited all 19 10 Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 2 2i G. Wheal Vor (Heist .6 40 33 34 GrenviLe 7.8.3 24 3 Herod's Foot . 8.13 24 36 Hingston Downs 4.18.0 35 4 Margaret , Uny Lelant 94 6 8 Marke Valley 4.3.0 45 5 4 Mwyndy Iron Ore, liu, 24 11 Old Nangl les New Se ton .. . 215 35 45 Worth Downs 3 - North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 3.10.6 4 t North Wheal Crofty 2.8.0 15 2 - Prosper United 7.1.6 3 34 Pr vidence UnyLtnt 10.6.7 33 35 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 530 550 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogsti 18.18. • 20 25 tray Park 40.17.. 15 17 'in Croft 9 144 15' West vassett (Mogan W. Caradon (14 , skeard 9 7 8 West Chiverton ll 80 62( West Seton 474 190 100 • Wheat Bassett 'lllogan 55 100 105 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 Whea Ludoott 3.12.: 5 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 11 13 Wheal Seton Wheal Tielawney (Lis 7 19 20 - - Wheal Uni i'REFERENCE SHARES Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 105 London and Brighton, 5 per cent. gua. stock, No. 1, 109 Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per et., to North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 44 per cent, red., VS PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, Sic , 6 per cent. 2d pf., 72 London and South-Western, 44 per cent., 974 Metropolitan 5 per cent., 1031 South Eastern 4i per cent., 1859, 90 2 LINES LEASED AT FIXED:RENTALS. Lancaster and Carlisle, 2114 Hull and Selby, 109 FOREIGN' RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco t liin.) gua. 7 per cent, 141 Belgian Eastern Junction, 14 N. Rail of Buenos Ayres, gua. 7 per cent., 7 San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 171 BAN Kb. Ara and 3ltsterman's, lim., 119 ►dance. 34 3/ Blink of British Columbia, 171 Bank of New Zealand, 17 Brazilian and Portuguese, lira., 101 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 321 1 Consolidated Bank, lira., 10f East London, lint., 5; European Bank, lim., i3l Hindustan, china, and .►apan.(lim.), 251 Imperial Bank (lim.). 314 Imperial Ottoman, 16/ 17 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 9/ 51 London and County, 721 lg London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, firm, 5, 41 London and South-Western, lint., 20/ Oriental Bank Corporation. 56i Ditto, new, 521 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. lirn.. 101 Standard of British South Africa, lira., 231 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Lard and Finance, Um., 3/ Berlin Water Works, lim., 91 Ceylon Company, 91 Commercial Union, Insurance, Si Consolidated Discount, lim , 5 Continental Union Gas, lm., 103- 11 Contract ,orporation, lim., 3 Credit leoneier and Mobili, r of England, 10 1 9& 101 Ditto, new, 85 8 71 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 112 Discount Corporation. 135 Financial Corporation, 5 Gen. Credit and Finance 01 London, Um., Hudson's Bay, 151 I Humber Iron Woks, International Financial Society, lim., Joint Stock Discount, lim.. 8 i t 7i- 8 London Financial Association, iim., 21 1 London and Glasgow Engincerii,g and Iron Ship, Him, 6 ,dras Irrigation and Canal, Milwall Iron Works. Eti ational Discount. Company, Um., 14j National Financial, lira.. 8 New Zealand Trust and Loan, lira., 21 1 North British and Mercantile Insurtnce, lim., 18 Ocean slarine Insurance)."22js Otago and Southland Investment, 11 Ottoman Financi tl association, lim., 7; 5 , Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, Um., DIU . % new, 3t Pentnsula and Oriental Steam, 83 2 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, lira., 4; 51 Thames and Mersey Marine:(lnsurance), 'OSSE. FHE Stfrt,, LOIN Daring Capture of Two Federal Generals, - es - The Richmond Enquirer gives the following ac count of the capture of Generals Crook and Kelly at Cumberland, in Maryland, by Lieut. M'Neill and 30 Confederate .troopers :—" The Confederate party crossed the Potomac in front of the town at a late hour on the night of the event, and capturing the only sentinel to be seen, induced him to divulge the countersign. The main body of the detachment was then posted in a convenient position, and the lieutenant commanding, with several of his men, boldly rode into the town, which was garrisoned by over 400 Union troops. The head-quarters of General Crook were at one hotel, and those of Kelly at another, and, their locations being duly made known by the captured sentinel, the daring partisans made their way to those of the former, arriving just in front of which the lieutenant halted, and inquired of the sentinel if the General was in. Receiving an affirmative reply, he said he had important despatches to him, and dismounting, followed by his men, advanced to the sentinel, gave the countersign, and passed in. Upon entering the hotel, the squad was received by an old negro woman, who, it appears, was the " night clerk" of the establishment, and upon making known their desire to be conducted to the room of General Crook, the old domestic looked at them with a kind of humorous suspicion, and remarked, Well, you all is de strangest soldiers, I declar—you— you—you must take de light ye'selves, and go fast; I'll pint de room out to you. I won't carry you dar, though, no how.' It did not make any differ ence to our bold cavaliers which method the old woman preferred; they took the light and the lead, and, in a moment or two, were in front of the door, where the old woman hastily left them. After several responses from within, entrance was ob tained. "Is this General Crook?" asked the Lieu tenant, holding the light to give full view of the General, as he drowsily looked at them from his bed. Yes ; what do you want ?" was the reply. ' I,' said the Lieutenant, am General Rosser,' and, drawing a pistol, and presenting it, added, ' I have some very important business with you, General Crook, and will give you precisely two minutes to get up and put on your clothes.' The bewildered General did not know how to reply, and did not dare to resist. He saw at a glance that it would be as useless as danger ous to attempt escape by raising an alarm, and he did not stop to solve the mystery of so unexpected a call. He obeyed at once, and a gentle suggestion of the propriety of keeping quiet being whispered in his ear, he passed out with his escort as mute as a mummy. On their egress, the party persuaded the sentinel on duty to follow them, by inducements similar to those submitted to the general, and, mak ing their prisoners mount behind them, rode back to the main body. In the meantime a second detach ment rode up to the quarters of Gen. Kelly, when a similar scene occurred, and that officer was, in due time, under guard. But the party was not content. Ascertaining the quarters of the adjutant-general, they gave him a call, and found him in bed with his wife. This capping the climax of the night's sport, the rendezvous was regained, and, with their prisoners riding behind them, the command recrossed the river, and sped away through Hampshire. By some means the affair was discovered soon after they left, and a whole regiment pursued them to no purpose for 50 miles. Upon being presented to General Early at his head-quarters in the Valley, the prisoners were received with the homely but no doubt acceptable greeting, Take seats, gentlemen, I presume you are tired after your ride ; ' and then added the hero of brilliant victories and stunning defeats, with an intensification of that fine-tooth comb peculiarity of his enunciation, I expect some enterprising Yankee will be stealing off with me in the same way one of these days." Fxtraordin..ry Affair. A very extraordinary case came to light at Preston on Saturday. For some time past there have been rumours in the town to the effect that a young man, about 35 years of age, named Thomas Wylie, who a few years ago occu pied a very good position in Preston, and was engaged in the cotton trade, was fastened up in an old warehouse behind the parish church, in St. John's-place ; that he had never been out of the building for some years ; that he was secretly fed through some mysterious hole or door ; and that he was a most frightful spectacle in personal appearance—filthy, ragged, haggard, and more like some deserted, concealed savage than a human being. It was also reported that he had lost his reason during his long term of imprisonment, and that both bodily and mentally he Was in a most deplorable condition. The real facts of the case have just been made known, and it appears that the reports which have been prevalent, although considerably exaggerated, have had far more foundation in truth than many persons supposed; that although there has been a good deal of exaggeration in the case, much of a very singular and mysterious character surrounds it. A few years ago Wylie, after having beck employed as a lawyer's clerk in Preston for some time, commenced business as a reed maker and cotton manu facturer. He had four establishments—one at Preston, two at Bolton, and one at Manchester. His usual place of residence was at Preston, where his parents lived, and where he " set up" his father in business. Wylie pros pered well in his trade for some time ; he employed many operatives ; he regularly associated with gentle men connected with the cotton trade, and, like other persons engaged in manufacturing pursuits, he went regu larly to the principal market of the county—Manchester, Liverpool, and Blackburn. In 1857, however, when the monetary panic set in, he lost a good deal of money, and fortune ever afterwards seemed to recede from him. Three years ago, while battling with misfortune, a Preston soli citor, who was the agent for the property he occupied in St. John's-place, in that town, " distressed" him for a small arrear of rent. Wylie wrote to the owner of the property in London, but he simply referred him to the agent, who was relentless as to the arrears, and eventually sold him up. Wylie's goods, which had cost him a good deal of money, and were still worth a considerable amount, were sold for a sum which scarcely amounted to a twentieth part of their value. The conduct of the agent so embittered Wylie's mind that he determined to remain on the premises, which ho had on a lease, until the full expiration or period of his tenancy ; and he has so far kept the determination intact. For three long years he has lived in the empty building, re solved to avenge what he considered to be the injustice in flicted upon him by the agent. The building is at present most dilapidated ; inside there is nothing in the world but an old loom and a dirty old bed ; the floors are dusty, filthy, and worm-eaten. Outside the windows are smashed, the walls cracked, and the signboards, which used to refer to a prosperous man's business, are paintless and illegible. The place looks like the very image of some of those dismal old buildings which grim writers love to tenant with spectres and hobgoblins. For three years Wylie has been the only occupant of these lonely rooms which used to reverbe rate with the noise of busy machinery; for months together he has never stirred an inch from the place ; for a year at once ho has had no fire to cheer his isolation—day time has been cold, night time has been entirely dark to him. The people living in the neighbourhood knew that he was con cealed in this wretched old building; but this was all they did know. They never saw him come into the street ; and nobody except one of his old workmen, who now and then visited him by stealth, seemed to have any idea as to how ho existed. The neighbours, out of curiosity, occa sionally knocked at the door; but the only response was a dull echo through the empty rooms. For the first year of his voluntary imprisonment no person appears to have vi sited him, and a man residing next door who kept a regular look-out for him, never once saw him during that period. Since then Wylie has crept out at intervals after dark, and gone to a house adjoining, where he has got morsels of food and portions of fuel. When he first showed himself to the inmates of the house in question they were perfectly houi fied at his condition. They had known him in his better days, and to see him as they did, when he quitted his hid ing-place in the dark for a few minutes, shirtless, shoeless, ragged, and with a pale haggard face, the very picture of starvation, they were naturally much shocked. Within the past few months Wylie has improved a good deal in appearance ; but he is still a most wretched, pitiable ob ject, and any one acquainted with him when he was a smart,well-dressed, energetic young man would not recog nise him now in his squalor and abject misery. A few weeks ago his father died, and efforts were made to get him to attend the funeral ; but neither the entreaties of his mother nor the solicitations of hisfriends could induce him to stir from his lair. He was ashamed, it was thought, of his appearance ; at any rate, he had some strange objection to leaving his dilapidated hiding-place. He watched from a window the funeral cortege pass by the building to the cemetery ; immediately afterwards he darted out of sight, and was seen by no one for several days. Wylie is a man of considerable mental ability, and his long period of con finement and separation from the world has neither dimmed his intellect nor weakened his powers of con - rersation. It is said that during the greater part of the time he has been shut up in the old building referred to he has been engaged in studying certain chemical subjects. He has friends in Preston, Bolton, and Manchester. The lease of the pre mises which he holds will expire in May next, and he is determined to remain " all alone in his misery" until that time, and longer if possible. 1154 15 1(4 } ;17161 95 i a I 5 1241 4 5j 5 6b 3 . 1311 i 1 i Ic6l 7 661 6 98} 1015 2 101; 21 1! 21 in 17 101 f 21 ‘ON, TUESDAY FivENING, _MARCH 21, 1865. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. The crowded state of the Subscription-room indicated the growing interest in the great races now in the market, and speculation for a time was both brisk and heavy, and marked in some instances by noteworthy features. For the Northamptonshire Stakes, The Grinder, who came with a rush in the, morning at the Victoria Club, was in such force as to displace Skeffington in the premiership, and put an extinguisher on John Davis, 'his own stable companion. Hartley, notwithstanding his Doncaster defeat, was occa sionally backed, and The Beaver and Vest colt had each a small party of friends. Lion was completely knockeeout. On the City and Suburban nothing was done of any conse quence, and both the favourites were very strong. For the Chester Cup Lord Zetland was firm, and the rise of Lion was in proportion to his decline for the Northamptonshire Stakes. For the Two Thousand Liddington was hardly in as good force as he was during the last week, for in ono instance 3 to 1 was laid against him, and at the close 55 to 20 might have been had without difficulty about him. Breadalbane was backed for some money at 7 to 1, and if his starting could be only guaranteed he would see half that price. Chattanooga's downward tendency met with a further impetus by offers of 12 to 1 going begging about him. Bedminster had lots of friends at 100 to 6, and may be pronounced the firmest horse in the market. For the Derby tho most startling point was that of Breadalbane being a better favourite for money than Liddington, as 6 to 1 was taken freely about him, while the same odds were offered at the close against the latter without being responded to. The Duke held his own ground firmly, and Bedminster was in good demand at the quoted price. Chattanooga ominously declined to 28 to 1, and Rifle and Oppressor both retrograded. Beneath are the current prices : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 15 to 2 agst Grinder (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Skeffington (offered) 100 to 6 agst Hartley (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Beaver (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Vest colt (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Lion (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 12 to 1 agst Mo3stissima filly (taken) 15 to 1 agst Peon (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lemonade (taken) o i tESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) 100 to 7 agst Lion (taken) TWO THOUSAND. sto 2 agst Liddington (offered)-3 to 1 laid once 7to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken freely) 12 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Bedminster (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Zambezi (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Broomielaw (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst licenig (taken and offered) THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst Liddington (taken and offered) 11 to 1 agst Duke (offered) 100 to 6 agst Bedminster (taken) 28 to 1 agst Zambezi (taken) 28 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) 30 to 1 agst Oppressor (taken) 33 to 1 agst Ariel (taken) 40 to 1 agst Rifle (offered) JEMMY Gnimsuaw.—The report of this popular jockey's engagement to Lord Stamford is unfounded. YORK STEEPLECHASES—TUESDAY, March 28. Handicap of three miles and a half. c i ap co o rt f s in ovs each, with 100 The added;G Great tY winnersork hAigiTe extra.Halt2a Age st. lb. - Jail Court o v . lb. , 6 10 11 Joe Maley Bridegroom (h.b.) a 12 0 Sly Fox I. 11 12 Rook the Gardener a 11 8 Bell's Life Meanwood 6 11 4 Creole 6 11 4 Portland a 11 2 The Rogue a 11 0 True Heart Fly-by-Night (h.b.) Ross 6 10 10 Church Militant 6 10 7 Caution Young Tollerton 5 10 7 Princess Royal Chance (h.b.) 6 10 3 Foresight • 5 10 2 Vivandiere a 10 2 Little Lady The Beau Caller Ou (h.b.) a 10 5 Dr. Bowe (h.b.) 6 10 0 )d. March 20, at noon. Magician Sir Robert 6 10 11 Skirlaugh Squire (h.b.) The Old Squire a 10 11 Weights publisher The Main Drainage Works, -- a* --- On Saturday afternoon a body of about 200 gen tlemen, formed of the principal English and conti nental civil engineers, inspected the Crossness Out fall Sewer Works,' the point to which flows the whole of the sewage of the southern side. The party was attended by Mr. J. W. Bazalgette, the engineer of the Metropolitan Board, and among those present were Mr. Lindley, the engineer of Hamburg, Mr. Murray, Mr. Pollock, Mr. Woods, Mr. Braithwaite, Mr. Forde, the telegraphic engineer, Mr. Phipps, and Mr. Black. A special train conveyed the visi tors from Plumstead over the line laid down by the contractor, Mr. Webster, to Crossness Point, whence they were conducted by Mr. Bazalgette into the sewage reservoir, On entering which each visitor had a lighted candle handed to him, and the vast re cesses of the brick cavern, or series of caverns, covering a space of six and a half acres, were further illumined by the burning of magnesium wire. In explanation, Mr. Bazalgette stated that the works beneath the reservoir comprised two other chambers, the lowest for the reception of the drainage, the top one for the se wage to be " lifted" into, and from which it would pass into the second or middle one to flow at ebb tide into the river, and so pass down to sea. He stated that on the south side of the river there were, as on the north side, high, middle, and low level sewers, the high and middle level draining an area of about 20 square miles, and the low level a like area, the contents of the last named sewer being pumped a height of 18ft. into the high level at Deptford, whence they flowed by gravitation to Crossness reservoir, which was capable of receiving 50,000,000 of sewage during the two tides. He was questioned as to the founda tion of the reservoir, it being apparent that the soil must be a dangerous one, and he replied that in order to obtain a foundation a peat soil, 15ft. to 20ft. in depth, was dug through so as to permit of the concrete being laid on the gravel, which it Was for the whole depth of the peat. Some of the visi tors squeezed themselves through the penstocks and go got into the culverts, where they wandered about making themselves thoroughly acquainted with all the details. At different parts Mr. Bazalgette and his shief on the southern side, Mr. Grant, gave short addresses, explanatory of the materials used on the works, and of the engineering details. On ascending to the surface the party came full in view of the upper works, comprising engine-house, with a workshop on either side, a manager's house, and cottages for workmen, the whole built, somewhat in the Elizabethan style, with coloured bricks. The most prominent building is the chimney shaft, which is 200 ft. in height, and is not unlike a Venetian watch tower. These upper works are built over the reservoirs, and occupy about eight acres of ground. The visitors expressed the greatest satisfaction at what they had seen, and thanked Mr. Bazalgette for the view he had afforded them of these great works. On Tuesday last.kr.. Bazalgette read a paper at the Institution of Civil Engineers on the " Metropoli tan system of drainage and the interception of sewage from the River Thames." He glanced at the early history of London sewerage, and showed that up to about the year 1815 it was a penal offence to discharge sewage or other offensive matters into the sewers, cesspools being regarded as the proper receptacles of house drainage, and the sewers as the legitimate channels for carrying off the surface waters only. He went on to show that as the population of Lon don increased its subsoil became thickly studded with cesspools, and after the date given overflow drains from the cesspools to the rivers were allowed, Previously open brooks—the and the Bayswater became polluted and were covered in, though this work has means been only gradual, the Ranelagh being in some bilele which ie the h Tye bou the rne, places an open sewer and an offensive nuisance at the present time. He then described the working of the Commissions which were appointed to deal with the growing evil of sewage in the metropolis, and showed that they so dealt with it as to carry it at once into the river opposite the growing city, to which it became more and more offensive through being discharged at low water, and so kept floating up and down at every turn of the tide. He detailed the steps by which the system of main drainage now nearly completed was arrived at, he entered upon a minute description of the works, and stated that there were about 1,300 miles of sewers in London and 82 miles of main intercepting sewers. The total pumping , power was 2,380 nominal horse power, with an average consumption of 20,000 tons of coal. The sewage on the north side of the Thames at present amounted to 10,000,000 cubic feet. each day, and on the south side 4,000,000 cubic feet a day ; but provision had been made for an anticipated increase up to 11,500,000 and 5,750,000 cubic feet a day respectively, in addition to a rainfall of 28,500,000 and 17,250,000 cubic feet a day respec tively, or 63,000,000 cubic feet. The total cost of the works would be £4,100,000, and as sections of the works had been in operation from two to four years, and the larger portion of the whole for more than one year, the principles upon which they were based had already been fairly tested. THIRD EDITION. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. WARWICK RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TRIAL STAKES. East Lancashire Catalogue Stockinger Four ran. HANDICAP PLATE. Gownsman Tragedy Six ran. WILLOUGHBY HANDICAP. Buck - foot . Stanton Manchester . Snowball Idle Girl Idle Boy Seven ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 25 SOVS. Four ran. FARMERS' PLATE. Que Vive Sweet Ann 2 STAND PLATE. Golden Dust Wild Duck 2 Hawkshaw 3 Six ran. RACING STAKES. Ambrosia 1 Vicksburg 3 Princess Dagmar Six ran. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE BTAKES, Bto 1 agst The Grinder (taken) 10 to 1 Bar one (offered) 2,000 GUINEAS. 100 to 30 agst Liddington (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Breadalbane (offered) LONDON GAZEFTE—This Evening FOREIGN OFFICE, 31AncH 21. British subjects who have arrived in Rome with their passports duly vised by a Pontifical Nuncio or Consul will be able to depart with the sole visa of the Pontifical police, and consequently without the visa of her Majesty's Con sul, as was heretofore the case. ALincH 10. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint James Hay Wodehouse, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Raia tea, to be her Majesty's Consul at Para. MARCH 20. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Alberic Allon as Consul at Birmingham for his Majesty the Em peror of the French. . _ _ The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. C. Tatham as Consul at Colombo, Ceylon, for his Majesty the King of the Belgians, • The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Henry Loftus Allen as Consul at Dublin for his Imperial Majesty the Sultan. WAR OFFICE, MARCH 18, The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Colonel George Jackson Carey, of the 2d Battalion of the 18th Regiment, to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Agra and Masterman's Bank was read a second time, and the Ramsbottom Gas Bill was read a third time and passed. LAW RELATING TO BANKRUPTCY. Lord MONSON presented a petition from the mayor and corporation of Boston, Lincolnshire, in favour of a revision of the law relating to bankruptcy. LEGISLATION WITH RESPECT TO RAILWAY LIABILITIES. Lord DONOUGHMORE presented a petition from a gentleman in Ireland praying that in the contemplated legislation on this subject any claim which should take a retrospective operation should not be sanctioned in any bill introduced. ELECTION PETITIONS ACT (1848) AMENDMENT BILL. The report on this bill was brought up and agreed to. AFFIRMATIONS (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of Lord CHELMSFORD, this bill was read a second time. PERSONS COMMITTED FOR DEFAULT OF PAY MENT IN CIVIL PROCESSES. The Marquis of TOWNSHEND asked if her Majesty's Government intended to take any steps to rectify an omis sion in their regulations made by the Justices of Middlesex, in consequence of which there is no provision for the re ception of persons committed to prison in default of paying moneys ordered by police magistrates in civil processes at the police courts. He explained that some hardships had taken place in regard to this matter for which he thought there should be a remedy. Earl GRANVILLE was understood to say that the sub ject was coming before the Queen's Bench shortly, and that no doubt a remedy would be supplied. CASUAL POOR. The Marquis of TOWNSHEND asked whether the practice adopted by the guardians of thepoor in the metro polis of turning out of workhouses at early hours in the morning casual poor persons who have no employment or places of residence had met with the direct sanction of the Poor Law Board ; and whether, on the contrary, in ac cordance with the law for the relief of the poor guardians ought not to provide food and shelter at all times for all destitute persons, irrespective of the places of settle ment, until they may choose to discontinue receiving it, or until they are passed to their respective parshes. The noble lord contended that the present state of this question was one that required immediate alteration on the ground of common humanity. It was at once cruel and unjust to allow a poor person to be ejected from a work house without being provided with food and shelter. He had witnessed a case of this description last week, when a poor man was wandering about the streets without means of or any chance of employment, and the sufferings that would be endured by a person under such circumstances and at this inclement season of the year could scarcely be described. Lord HOUGHTON said that he had moved for certain returns on this subject, which had been laid before the house, and similar returns had been moved for in the other House which he believed had not been produced. There was more difficulty in dealing with this matter than perhaps the noble Marquis imagined. The present was a matter that affected not only the administration of the poor law, but the character of the people of this country. The law had provided shelter and food for the poor, but private benevolence had interfered and supplied assistance for the vagrant poor, and nothing was more dangerous than to hold forth any attraction to the unfortunate from the coun try to come to the metropolis, believing that they would receive greater comfort than was afforded by the legal asylum provided for their necessities. It was a pain ful spectacle the increase that had taken place in the number of vagrant poor wandering about the streets of London, and he repeated that any attraction held forth to that class to come to the metropolis was most injurious in its tendency. He regretted that there was not some repre sentative of the Poor-law Board in the house to give them information on the subject, and he believed tha the Poor law authorities were most desirous of affording relief when in their power. Earl GRANVILLE said he thought the noble lord (Houghton) had clearly stated the difficulty that existed in reference to this matter. He could state that the Poor-law Board were quite unaware of any such cases of hardship as those alluded to by the noble marquis, and were always willing to give relief when it was proved that the appli cants stood in want of it. The Earl of HARROWBY expressed a hope that this subject would receive ample consideration. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—This EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. NEW MEMBER. Lord CHARLES BRUCE took the oaths and his seat for North Wilts, in the room of Mr. Sothern Estcourt. PRIVATE BUSINESS. . The following bills were react a third time and passed : Poole and Bournemouth Railway ; Brighton, Rove, and Preston Constant Service Water; Crystal Palace District Gas ; and Great Eastern Railway (Bishop Stortford Rail way Purchase). PETITIONS. Mr. LASLETT presented a petition praying for a reduc tion in the duty on fire insurance. Mr. EWART presented similar petitions. Co]. SYKES presented petitions from several Indian officers praying for redress. Sir G. BOWYER presented similar petitions. The O'CONNOR DON presented a petition praying for an alteration of the law as regards landlord and tenant. Sir J. SHELLEY presented a number of petitions for open ing the metropolitan bridges toll-free, and also petitions for the reduction of fire insurances. Mr. WILD presented a petition from Bodmin praying for the reduction of fire insurances, and also for a reduction of the mileage duty. Mr. BAINES presented petitions from Liverpool and Birkenhead in favour of the reduction of fire insurances. STAGE CARRIAGES. _ _ Mr. HUNT moved for a return connected with the stage carriage licences, in - continuation of Parliamentary paper of session 1859. PATENT-OFFICE ACCOUNTS. Mr. HODGKINSON moved for a copy of the reports made to the Commissioners of Patents by Mr. Hindmarch, Q.C., and Mr. Greenwood, Q.C., the Commissioners ap pointed to institute inquiries in reference to the Patent office accounts, and of any evidence on which such reports were founded, and of any answers that may have been made thereto. The return was ordered. PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE. . Mr. HANKEY asked the Secretary for State for the Home Department when he proposed to introduce his bill for the better protection of life and property against fires in the metropolis. Mr. BARING said he hoped to introduce his bill very shortly. WATERWORKS RESERVOIRS. Mr. FERRAND asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if Mr. Rawlinson, the Government en gineer, had made any other reports on the state of Water works Reservoirs than those already published ; and, if so, whether he would lay them upon the table of the house ? Sir G. GREY said a report had been made in the present year with respect to certain waterworks at Rochdale ; there would be no objection to lay the reports on the table if the hon. gentleman moved for it. PUBLIC EXECUTIONS. Mr. LAWSON asked the Secretary of Stato for the Home Department whether his attention had been called to the horrible scene which took place at the execution of Matthew Atkinson in Durham ; and whether he had made inquiry into the conduct of the authorities who had the management of the execution ? Sir G. GREY said he had made no inquiry, because the day after the unhappy occurrence the governor of the gaol had written to him with respect to the matter. He had, however, written to the high sheriff of the county express ing a hops that greater precautions would be taken for the future. CONSULAR REPORTS. Mr. BAINES asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether it was intended to issue the con sular reports of the secretaries of legation, for the infor mation of the mercantile public, at shorter intervals ? Mr. LAYARD said arrangements had been made at the Foreign-office for the more speedy issuing of these reports. He hoped they would be laid on the table in future at the end of every month. OFFICE OF WOODS AND PORESTS. Mr. A. SMITH rose to move for a select committee to inquire into the Office of Works and the Office of Woods and Forests and Land Revenue. He stated that the ex penditure of the two offices some years ago was £36,000, whilst in the last 10 years they cost £ 68 , 000 a yea r, showin g that there was a regular increasing amount from year to year. The hon. member urged that the general management was so defective and inefficient that the most searching inquiry was imperatively demanded. There were errors connected with the demolition of the State Paper-office and re-building of the of the new Government offices in Downing-street which ought to be strictly inquired into. Then with respect to the woods and forests, there had been many of the estates disforested at the expense of the public which ought not to have been permitted. The moneyreceived for the timber which had been cut down and sold, when these forests were converted into building land, ought to have been paid into the public exchequer, instead of which it had been appropriated by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests just as they pleased, without the slightest attempt to obtain the sanc tion of Parliament for its outlay. (Cries of "Divide, divide.") He should be extremely happy to divide, but he should not proceed to the division until he had concluded his statement,and it would be well for hon. members to give him their attention for a ',short time, because then they would know which side to take when the division came. Mr. NEATE thought it very desirable that the com mittee should be granted, believing from personal experi ence it was certainly necessary. Mr. F. PEEL said there had been several inquiries into the working of these two departments, and that there was no need for any further examination. [LEFT SPEAKING.] Mr. ROBERT SAWYER (our old friend of Pick wick ?) in a letter to the Daily News, tells a fair story apropos of Dr. Cumming and the spread of Roman Catholicism. "This morning," he says, "I spoke about it to a friend. Bob,' says he, I've read that learned doctor's works, and I'd take his word before any newspaper in the world: But, Bob,' says he, what's it matter ? The whole concern is going to bo wound up right off, out of hand, either next year or the year after, and it will be all the same to you and me and those Catholics." WHITEHALL, MARCH 20. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. 'William Bradstreet to the rectory of Theberton, in the county o f Suffolk, and diocese of IClorwith, void by the death of the Rev. Henry Hardinge. • MARCH 21. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. George Stewart Burns to the church and parish of Saint Mungo, otherwise called the Inner high Church of the City of Glasgow, in .the presbytery of Glasgow, and shire of Lanark, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Robert son, D.D. WAR OFFICE, PALL MALL MARCH 21. Ist Regiment of Dl:agoon Guards-LWilliam Nicholas Sadlier, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Reginald Chalmer, promoted. 2d Dragoon Guards Lieutenant Francis O'Beirne to be Captain, by purchase," vice Brevet-Major Arthur Cassidy, deceased, but whose commission is allowed to be sold ; Cornet Benjamin Edmonds to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice O'Beirne ; Charles Arthur de Neuf vine Lucas, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Edmonds. sth Lancers—Quartermaster Charles Wooden, from 6th Dragoons, to be Quartermaster, vice Charles Bedford, ddceased. Bth Hussars—Charles Howe Cuff Knox, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vico Daniel Joseph Keane, who retires. 9th Lancers—Cornet William Savile to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thomas Albin Saunders, who retires; Frank De la Garde Grissell, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Savile. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel Ernie Kyrie Money to be Colonel, vice Charles Samuel Reid, removed as a General Officer; Captain and Brevet-Major Henry Francis to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Money ; Second Captain Alfred Digby Denniss to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Francis ; Lieutenant Edward Fraser to be Second Captain, vice Denniss ; Lieu tenant Henry Watts Stockley to be Second Cap tain, vice Maitland Warren Bouverie Sabine Pasley, retired upon half-pay ; Gentleman Cadet Arthur Green wood Walker, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenant, vice Stockley ; Gentleman Cadet Woodburn Hunter from the Royal Military Academy to be Lieu tenant, vice George Peploe Brown, who resigns; Gen tleman Cadet John Thomas Bury, from the Royal Mili tary Academy, to be Lieutenant, vice Darell Robert Jago, who resigns ; Gentleman Cadet George Tindal Prety man, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieu tenant, vice Edward James Walker, who resigns ; Gen tleman Cadet Joseph Durham Erskine Huddart, from the Royal Military Academy, to bo Lieutenant, vice Fraser; Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Frederick Brad- Shaw, from the Rifle brigade to be Assistant-Surgeon vice Alexander Campbell McTavish, whose appointment from the 60th Foot lias been cancelled. Royal Engineers—Captain Francis John Moberly to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Chambers, who retires upon full pay ; Second Captain William Henry Edgcome to be Captain, Tice Moberly ; Lieutenant Henry Robert Mead to bo Second Captain, vice Edgcome; Gentleman Cadet William Gustavus Nicholson, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenant with temporary rank, vice Mead. 7th Foot—The first Christian name of Ensign St. George is Waldyve, not " Waldyne," as stated in Gazette of 14th February, 1865. 24th Foot—John James Harvey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice William Thomas Much, promoted. 25th Foot—Evan John Christian, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henry Kemble, transferred to the 80th Foot. 30th Foot—Captain William John Brook to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Top ping Atcherley, who retires; Lieutenant William Glas cott to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brook; Ensign Thomas Brown Stewart to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Glascott ; Ensign Henry Kemble, from 25th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Stewart. 44th Foot—Lieutenant Matthew Skinner Smith to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Thomas Orton Howorth, deceased; Ensign Henry Harpur Tabb to be Lieuten ant, without purchase, vice M. S. Smith; Gentleman Cadet George Gosselin, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Tabb. 50th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Frederick Young to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Denote Lee, who retires ; Ensign George James Campbell Allardice to be Lieutenant, by purchase. vice Young; Cecil Loftus Wellesley Reade, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Allardice. 88th Foot—Quartermaster Thomas Lawrence, from half pay, late 51st Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Matthew Evans, deceased. 98th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Francis Swinford to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sidney . Henry Hey wood, who retires ; Ensign Allan Grceme Raper to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Swinford; Ensign James Anthony Corballis to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice James Frederic Elton, who retires ; Domi nick Downes M'Causland, Gent., to bo Ensign, by pur chase, vice Raper ; Edward Tickell Bayley Sparks, A AL MEGDeInc DEPARTMENT.—The to beEpAEßmhe appointmentnisigEnN,Tby purchase, yieCorboaf Assistant- Surgeon Surgeon Tobias Barnwell, from the Rifle Brigade, which appeared in the Gazette of 20th September, 1864, has been cancelled. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel Osborn William Samuel Chambers, retired full-pay, Royal Engineers, to be Colonel, the rank being honorary only. Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. Humphreys Kirby, 94th Foot, having completed the qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel under the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858. Lieutenant Colonel Augustus William Murray, C. 8., half pay, late Ist West India Regiment, Deputy Adjutant- General in the Windward and Leeward Islands, having completed the qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant- Colonel, to be Colonel under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 14, 1858. To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Major Henry Butler, 57th Foot ; Major George A. Ryan, 70th Foot ; Major Fiennes Middleton Colvile, 43d Foot; and Major Charles Ughtred Shuttleworth, 68th Foot. To be Majors —Captain Harrison Walke J. Trent, 68th Foot; and Capt a i n F re d er i c k A ugus t us Smith 43d Foot. In consequence of the promotion of Colonel Gazette ofohn McCoy to tb the rank o f M a j or -G enera l, in the p in a s y ta L n i t e , t t e h f e th u e n ß de e r y m al e A nt l i .t o u n l e e d ry r w c h e e rs on l9 th ee e n lle ier ti t r e ed hi F m ul a li the etiine Brevet-Colonel oftheir Charlesretirement, il e rri ck John Geddes Walker. t ß o ur b n e l a v h e M n aj ß oi r •- e G ve e Brevet- e rl o BANKRITPTS, That portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupts had not arrived when we went to pre— ss. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, March 21.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; blowing a strong breeze an a fine weather, but very cold. CLYDE, March - 20.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Elise, from St. Jago de Cubs. PILL, March 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Armigo, from Tarragona. PLYMOUTH, March 20.—Wind N.E.—Arrived - Orient, from Callao for Rotterdam. BRISTOL, March 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Romaneo from Sulina. HOLYHEAD, March 20.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Earl of Mar, from Manilla. FALMOUTH, March 20.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Maid of Athens, for Matamoras. OFT SHOREHAM, March 19.—Arrived—A foreign schooner, from Rio Janeiro, _ PORSTMOUTH, March 20.—Wind S.E.—lt has blown a gale here all night. PENZANCE, March 20.—Wind S.S.E—It has blown a strong gale hero all night. THE GALE OF SUNDAY. LOWESTOFT, Sussex, Monday Night.—About 8 o'clock this morning, blowing a strong gale from the. eastward (reports Capt. Joachim, R.N.), a schooner under Danish colours ran on the Newcome Sand. The sea was breaking over her, and the Lowestoft lifeboat of the National Institution was immediately launched, and, with the assistance of a steam-tug, was enabled to close with the vessel, and brought them safe into this harbour. ARKLOW, Ireland, March 19.—1 regret to have to report (writes the Rev. R. E. Eaton) the total dis ablement of • the Arklow lifeboat, belonging to the National Institution. About noon to-day a schooner went aground to the north of Arklow River, while the wind was blowing a hurricane on shore, and a tremendous sea was running on the bar. The life boat was launched at once, and in going over the bar was drawn by the heavy sea with such violence upon the North Pier that her port side was stove in, as well as her after air case. The crew escaped with difficulty, one man being severely injured. The boat was got up the river, where she now lies. The crew of the schooner, five in number, were fortunately rescued by the rocket apparatus. We may add that the National Institution has arranged to send at once another lifeboat to Arklow, in lieu of the disabled one,—the society having always two or three spare lifeboats ready for any emergency. ST. IVES, Cornwall, Monday, Night.—Yesterday (says Mr. James Young), in reply to a signal of distress from the Brigantine Eclipse of St. Ives, the lifeboat of the National Institution stationed here, was taken to Lelant and launched to leeward of the vessel. The wind was blowing a strong gale from the S.E. at the time the lifeboat left St. Ives. Before reaching the vessel, however, the weather had moderated, so that a pilot gig at some risk had boarded her and had rendered the required assist ance. It was found that the brigantine had a good deal of water in her hold, having shipped some very heavy seas. Two of her crew were disabled, who were brought ashore in the lifeboat. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-This Evening. - Amsterdam . Short. 11 16} 11 17 Ditto 3 Months. 11 191 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 50 25 5W Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 20 25 27 Ditto 3 Months. 25 45 25 50 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine —120 k Vienna — 11 45 11 521 TrieSte — 11 45 11 521 . Petersburgh Berlin Madrid — 474 471 Cadiz ... • _47l_ 47-3- Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples — • 25 57f 25 623 Pakrill() Messina - 2 Lisboa Oporto Foreign Gold in Bars (Standar) per oz. ... £3 17 9 MURDER IN A HAREM AT CONSTANTINOPLE.— We read in the. Levant Herald of the Bth : " The house of Ahmet Effendi, an employe at the Porte, residing at Scutari, has, during the recent Ramazan, been the scene of a sad tragedy. It appears that an Arab slave, purchased 12 years ago, and now 17 years of age, formed part of the Effendi's household, and for some time past has been earnestly entreating the family to grant him his freedom. He so far succeeded as to obtain a promise that he should be set free during the Bairam. Tho Effendi's wife, while agreeing to this arrangement, proposed to de lay the event till summer, when they could fete his entry into freedom with the same festivities that were intended to celebrate her son's marriage, which was then to take place. Sullen and incensed at this delay, the slave took advantage of the absence of his master and the whole' of the household—except the hanuin and himself—at mosque, to enter the harem, and deliberately strangle his mistress. Tho cunning savage then hastened to meet his master, whom he encountered at the mosque door, and told out loudly that ho had done his bidding in murdering his mis tress. Accompanied by the police and many other persons the Effendi hurried home, and on entering the harem, truly enough found the corpse of his murdered wife. The slave then asked his master's thanks for having so well executed his bidding. Under this charge the bereaved Effendi was taken prisoner by the police, and remained in the common prison till the authorities had fully investigated the tragic affair. The charge of the slave was made with much ingenuity and persistence, and it was only by a chain of fortuitous circumstances that the Effendi was able to establish his innocence beyond doubt, when of course he was set at liberty, and sentence of death by hanging was passed against the murderer. The latter, as is the custom, was on throe days of last week marched between two police officers through the streets of Scutari, bearing before him a placard stating the crime of which he had been found guilty, and the judgment passed upom him; and the authorities only await the necessary firman for carrying it into execu tion. This dreadful crime has cast a sad gloom over Scu tari, extending far beyond the roof under which it was per petrated. The murdered lady exercised an unusual amount of charity towards her poorer neighbours, 25 families of whom were in a great measure dependent on her bounty during the inclement season ; in the month of Ramazan her benevolence took a still wider range, and many are the destitute hearts to which the Bairam just closed, in conse quence of her death, brought none of its wonted enjoy ments." ANCIENT POMPEIAN BRONZES. SO/Ile very remarkable antique works have recently been dis covered amid the buried city of Pompeii, and the Italian Government, under whose direction the excavations have been made, have, in the most liberal manner, permitted copies of the works to be made. Two copies of these works are now onview at Mr. Philips's, of Cockspur-street, and they are calculated to give a very favourable idea of the state of art during the Last Days of Pompeii. An examination of these works will go far to show that art at that time was not in that state of decadence which some writers have supposed. The figures now accurately re produced in bronze, and stained to imitate the antique, are a Narcissus and a Silenus. The former is a most graceful figure, having all the charms of a youthful Apollino, and he is represented as listening to the nymph Echo. The figure is undraped, the limbs are beautifully modelled, and the head and features aro of pure classic type. The Silenus is a most masterly work. The broad, stout, mus cular frame, contrasts in a striking manner with the more graceful outline of the Narcissus. The left arm is held aloft, and the hand firmly grasps the neck of a serpent, the body of which coils round in a circle, and the tail rests upon the left shoulder of the supporting figure. The ring formed by the reptile's body has three acanthus leaves at tached to the outer edge, and with the ring serves to sup port a rare basket of fruit, a lamp, or any other suitable article. There is a wonderful expression about the fea tures of the bacchanalian-looking figure ; and his broad face, which is somewhat of the negro type, has a self satisfied grin of content, as though the Silenus were chuckling over the feat which he has accomplished, and which has required 811 his strength to perform, and all his skill to preserve his steadiness. The legs are spread wide apart to give additional firmness to his position, and the right hand is doubled, having originally, no doubt, held a flagon, or wine cup. The head is encircled with a wreath of grapes and vine leaves, the delicacy of the mo delling of every part of which deserves the highest praise. The figure is partially draped, and the limbs display great muscular power. The discovery of such works as these will not fail to encourage the Italian Government to con tinue the excavations, which, under the able direction of M. Fiorelli, have already been attended with such valuable results. The Memorial de Lille relates a case of wife-sell ing which occurred last week at Maretz, near that town. The wife of a weaver named Lasselin left her hus band some time since to cohabit with another weaver named Dron, and as she refused to return, Lasselin offered to sell her to her paramour for 200 f. Dron thought the price too high, and offered 120 f., but the sale was ultimately effected at 126 f. 25c. As neither of the men could write, they ap plied to a third person to make out a deed of sale, and to draw a bill of exchange for the purchase money, to which Dron affixed his mark. It is remarkable that neither buyer nor seller seemed to have auy doubt as to the legality of this shameful bargain, and were much surprised when in formed that they would have to answer for the same before the Correctional Tribunal. The Tribunal of C orrect i onal Pol i ce on F r id ay tried a man and a woman, both English, and un able to speak a word of French, who were arrested a f,,,w days since while a funeral ceremony was being performed at the Church of St. Roch in the act of picking pockets. The woman gave the name of Kepfs, and the man that of Robinet, and they pretended to have arrived from England on the previous day only. They were both dressed in black, and had mixed with the mourners as if the deceasat had been a relative of theirs. A witness deposed that when the procession was leaving the chu rch the female p r isoner pushed against his wife and st ole her p ortmonnaie. He im hmeerdeaett, ely N ' vh se ile izeshdehheardanpdasfsoeudnadthtiwrd to the male prison e r, ino portmonnai es lyi ng a t -whose pocket it was found and afterwards recognised by the owner. The evidence being conclusive against both pri soners, the tribunal sentenced each of them to three years' imprisonment and five years' surveillance of the police. CARDIFF, March 20.—Wind E.—Sailed—Agamemnon, for Jamaica. t I I J 0~~ 1 136 ic lC ' pi' Ado 100 {lOO 2 100 100 129 k 142 11 721 3k 5 8 n 8 10) 2 1001 11