The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-25 00:00:00

CONEY MARKET ANn COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. i .There is less dema n d fo r m o n ey in the general "laeOunt market, owing, in some measure, to the el Pectation of an early reduction in the official Il ialtnum, but as the supplies are not very abundant, br okers still charge 48 for the best bills. there the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afterno on 'ere was no material alteration. About £16,000 in gold was taken into the Bank Yesterday. Since Saturday last the imports of specie have airiOlinted to £189,500, and the exports to £136,700. The suspension of Messrs. Smith, Douglas, and C °.) and Messrs. James Smith and Co., of Liver pool, has been announced, w ith liabilities between £30 0,000 and £400,000, principally in connection with the produce markets. This house is connected nth that of Messrs. Grant, Smith, and Co., of Cal cutta, but the latter firm will not suffer severely in c°4B equence. The prospectus has been issued of the Finan cial Insurance Company, requiring a capital of ' 1 )000,000, half of which is to form the first issue ' ll shares of £2O each. It is not contemplated to cu ll up more than £2 per share. The company was s tablished last year, and has conducted a very large 1 441 1 successful business in this cowl*, in France, Italy, and the Mauritius, and it is now proposed to tend operations still further in other parts of the World. Only a portion of the shares above named to be offered to the public. The boards of direc tion are numerous, and from the details given in the p r ospectus of the operations of other companies, t he business appears to be a remunerative one. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. Thomas S tirling Begbie, who suspended payment on the Quitter, inst., the balance-sheet presented by Messrs. Ball, and Co., the accountants, showed liabilities amounting to £350,000, the greater por- I ti en of which is secured or otherwise provided for. 4 is estimated that under any circumstances the 1 1 . 11 secured creditors will receive a dividend of 10s. ul the pound. It was unanimously resolved that t he estate be wound up under inspection. Two o'CLooi. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's legram the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. u2 e. Firm. rise of 8 per cent. has taken place in the English Funds, notwithstanding a sale of £lOO,OOO C onsols by one broker for the next account. The mark e t appears buoyant, owing no doubt to the p r ospect of easier money very shortly. Consols have risen to 891 for money, and 891 for account. Foreign Securities have not varied materially, ' ll 4 business has been moderately active. Turkish 6 Per Cents., 1862, are 731 1 ; do. Consolides, 531 i l l ; Mexi can , 26i 1 ; ditto New, 251 ; Greek, 20/ ; 1 ; Spanish Passive, 321 8 ; do. Certificates, 171 8 ; Man, 631 1 ; ditto New, 3k 3 dis. ; and Confede rate Loan, 354 36k. The transactions in the Railway Share Market eve been moderately active, and a further slight 1111 Provement has taken place in prices. Metro politan have advanced £1 ; Great Eastern, 10s. ; 41 k 1 Great Northern, Brighton, and Midland, each ss. Great Western and South Eastern, however, 44 Tve each declined ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there been very little animation, and quotations lain without change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in limited request, at steady rates. Alliance are dealt in at te 34 l ; English, Scottish, and Australian Char ted at 20 ; London Joint Stock at 464 47 1 ; Union of London at 511 521; London Financial at 21 ; and Thames and Mersey Marine at 7i. South A frican Land and Finance are quoted 11 11 prem. ; No de Janeiro Gas 1 11 prem. • BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a • GOVERNMENT FUNDS. per Cont. Consols • ,'" 0 . Account, April 6 B9l Vex. Cent. Reduced B7l SOW 3 per Cent B7l 1 1 Ow 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 721 4 1 1 ) % 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 .Imities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 DO. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, Do k,,, (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908... 'euequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent — o. £5OO — ll' a Do. £lOO and £2OO I, k of England Stock, 5f per Cent shut lAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. I ndian Stock, loi per Cent., AprillB74 — Do Account — De. per Cent. July, 1870 ~.,0 . Account , 0 . 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 ''-',„ O . Certificates — _ h -00. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — * u r, ° . 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 "-' O . 51 per Cent, May 1879 — D O. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — i ., l) e. Bonds, £l,OOO — Pm ' O . under £l,OOO 4 48 . FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 14 a, tre m Bonds, 5 per Cent ".'r zilian 5 per Cent — DO . 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 t Do. 1863 tlenos Ayres 6 per Cent — 1 - . )o I p er C en t. (D e f erre d 3 p er C on t.) Viaii 6 per Cent 0 '''' °. 4-} per Cent — °, enibian 6 per Cent. Cuba ti nt. i,Da 6 per Cent. - h ° 5 per Cent., 186 4 — -0. Scrip, £55 paid pm D anish 3 per. Cent., 1825 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 — D 1) 0. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — a is liubian Principalities p. 4 . 10 £65 paid 3f dis -`l,llador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — t' Ll o., Provisional Land Warrant — gy.yptian 7 per Cent 941 Second Issue — C0.,4 " 0 '£100 Bonds 931 Do. 1864 961 4, 130 Scrip, £55 paid pm reek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons -- ''-',.,0 Account . " 0 . Coupons D O Account 4,° Account Bl r,temala 5 per Cent. — 1 f ." 4 0 . 1839 and 1850 — 74 jan 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) 681 _ND° 1865 11 - ' 0 Scrip, £25 paid 1.,/lean 3 per Cent. — ' " 0 . Account • , Dc. 1864 — 1 .,'" ) 6 per Cent. Anglo-French 5 ll juo F renc h S cr ip, E x . 25f 20c — dis r 4 tevidean 6 per Cent, £3O paid — pm Ceriah Imperial 5 per Cent ~'W Granada .„ - "0 2 per Cent ' -u,O Deferred uo Land Warrants (Hectares) _ Tivian 4h3er Cent. ])."° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — --.° 4 1 per Cent., 1862 1) 0 1) ,. 4 ° . 4ccount /3'Nuese 4 3 per Cent., 1853 b e Account D 0 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, " 0 Account k 3 ian 5 Cent 1822 £ St .., - r, per , , ~ 'JO 41 per Cent, 1850 D e 1860 t ° per Cent, 1859 1: ) 6 per Cent., 1862 ° 1864 Sar dinian o 5 per Cent 4, • Account 4 talish 3 per Cent '' - ' l , O Account • r ,'''' o New Deferred f 1 .,'" 0 Account 4-',O Passive 4' o Account 321 Pish Cert. of Coup not funded - tico Account l7l •T o ', e Llish 4 per Cent. b 41 . 81 h 6 per Cent._ 1854 1) ° 6 per C ent. 1858 b_ 13 Account — Zo o £lOO Bonds i 75 6 per Cent. 1862 D? Account 731 bo ,-,rli D ° £lOO Bonds 73t 1 4 .b 6 Per Cent. 1863 7, 34 " aranteed, 4 per Cent D ° • _ u ezuel a 3 per C en t. b o • Account ' Do. Account • 6 per Cent.,1864 4l k iist . Dividends on the above payable in London. 11 t1 * ' °ll , 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 1 ) '' ° ' l , 4 'At e ", ~ 1 per cent., Ex 25f. . ', D o '1 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil m'r, 7s4 , i .per Cent. Certifi-aes Ilkitentes, 3 per Cent. . • Account s D o. Aper Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ccount ti • TWO 891 O' I CLOCK. I) 118° A 0 l a, Money • ccount 14 ~ 48 - ,: i verpool Cotton Market—This Day. a 4,—..- ) 0 0 e Market continues quiet. Sales, probably v or 5,000 bales, at about yesterday's prices. !. SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I Paid. C P I orischel.g I Business done. Share/ Railways. 13.14 at at et 50 20 10 10 Do. B .o Do. Newport Do, Birmin . & Derby Mid Gt. W.. Ireland Do. 6 shares vi id Kent North British Do: Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle .... Po. Stock & Darling. ,Blr., Wol.. & Str. Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter „ Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall 'Do. A A gets no div Do till6p.e.p.an.has ' B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Duu,.Perth, & A b.June. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wtstern Great Eastern, Ord. stk, Do. E. Angl. st No. Great North of :Scotland Great Northern D A stock Do. New. is. at 25 pru Gt 8, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -UriAnal D . S. Vsl. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.—Oxford, Do. He eford Lane shire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln Marypo'rt and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan Do. New Mid and De. do. 1855-!8 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New.. Do. do. 18C4 North Staffordshire N. dr S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock i. o. Scot, Mid. stick Shrews do Welchpool Shropshire Union .. South Devon 'outh E stern I.3 taines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C . Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny' West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har. & Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. ie shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug.], 872 Do. do. July ],1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & S. E. lino a e Town & Dock, gu Demera' a, 7 p.c. per. pt Nast. Ben:al, gu , 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bondz, 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds Po. do. deterred Do..?d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim , gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cen t Do Great W, s. of Canada.. Dr , . New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 44 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. !Inds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B v. /{l.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Pun aub in Do. Indus St. Flo." 95 97 128 129 5 8 66 68 16 17 84 86 107 I'9 466 474 ( , 6 74 1284 1294 1404 /414 129 .30 8S 90 721 731 61 65 49 52 45 47 :00 to! 114) 115 87 t 8 101 105 38 39 1161 117} 95 96 57i 58 124 k 125', not 1 2* 34 1p 100 1(2 52 534 z 4 15 106 107 66 67 93 09 37 38 10 1i pi 8} 9 i p 118 120 1 lip 76 77 11 138 142 44 46 67 69 57 69 81 at 88 155 153 3 4 p 108 110 47 49 74 77 1(0 5i 1171 5i n 1251 6 Oi 6 1311 2 102 ,t 1061 n r6l 98 91 SIONS. 63 t 6 1011 102 i id ;1) 41 5 9; 65 70 98 JOO 75 85 1( 0 102 99 100 100 101 171 18, 83 9) 61 66 56 b 8 60 6! 53 55 50 53 46 48 25 27 21 26 103 101 id } p id i p 93 100 81 81 12i 12d 85 4,0 77 d 100 101 93 95 88 9u 62 64 3 6 82 81 1004 1011} 100 10i d v 8 11*1 94 97 IT SECITR 93 92 r 9 91 89 91 79 81 78 82 103 106 105 107 106 108 105 - 107 102 101 1(5 107 102 104 105 107 108 109 105 107 88 92 98 100 92 91 91 93 103 105 87 90 91 93 102 104 105 107 8O 1 801 109 110 'NE S. 51 6 29 81 580 59) 20 25 14 15 • 6 6 4 f 4 11 124 31 4 6 4} 19 ‘,lO 2 2 32 33 4 •i 5 36 34 4 5 7 5 54 1 1 0 1 18 18 35 45 12 14 4 14 2 3 34 33 35 530 550 20 25 15 17 144 154 7 6 8 4 7 8 60 524 190 kOO 100 105 11* 131 195 205 19 20 I 1 COLONIAL GOVERNMEN' pritish Columpla,6 pert cent„ Dec. 31, 1572....1 Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.dt July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug 11%. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do; 190-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. t Natal goy. o per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.l uly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p •c., 1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent Nova Sc tia Gov. 6 p, c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18A8-8 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITI, tam. Consol. Gold, Um Chlverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara , lon as t Cam Brea East Grenville East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StA übyn (Gwen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist )1) Grenville Herod'S Foot Hingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Valley viwyndy Iron Ore, lim Nan gi les .. New Se ton North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United.... Prwidenee Tiny Lelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan ' tray Park Tin Croft West Bassett allogan W. Caradon (1.4 skeard West Chive ton West 5et0n...... Wheal Bassett illogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheat Ludoutt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis. Wheal ljni .n PREFERENCE SHARES. and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, [xi Foi \ orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 10 percent. pm., 108 Western Orig. 4i per cent pt, Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 103 i 4 onsolidated, 6 per cent. stock, ,to, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 133} Bristol Great Great Great Mid C Di PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. great Eastern 4i per cent. pr., Ditto, • per cent pf., 97 ' Ditto, new, 94k Midland New £5 shares, 41 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Hull and Selby, 203} Nottngham and Grantham R. & G. 001 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Central Argentine, 3 Imperial Mexican, lim., 3 West Flanders, S • FOREIGN MINES, Irudanamutana of S. Australia, lira., 1i BANKS. Agra and Mtsterman's, lim., Ditto, new, 614 Alliance Mini.. 34i I Bank of British Columbia, 171 British and Californian, lira., tf English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 20 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), 131 Imperial Ottoman, 17 London and Brazilian (lim.), 42) London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lim., 3i London Joint Stock, 471 61 London and 11 estminster, 94 National dank. 91/ Oriental Bank Corporation. t 6 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. lira., 11 South Eistern, lim., 10 Union of Australia, 631 Union of London,62l If MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural, 19 Berlin Water Works, Rm.. 91 British Indian Tea, lien.. 12i Commercial Union, InsuranJe, PI Consolidated Discount. lim., 41 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 101 Ebbw Vale, 7] 8 ; Egyptian Corn. and Trading, Um., q Financial Corporation, ] Fore-strcet Warehouse, lim., 81 1 Gen. Credit and Finance of Loudon, lim., Home and C lonial A ssurance, lim , 51 Hudson's Bay, 151 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., Bra., 8] International Financial society, lim., e 1 London Financial Association, Lim., 21 1 Madras Irr gation and Canal, Ditto, new, 19] Milwall Iron Works, 51 National Financial, lim., 7} Panama, New Zealand, and. Australian Mail, Um., Ditto, new, 3] Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, lim., Smith, linight,gand Co., lim., 21 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Trust and Loan Company cf Upper Canada, 5 4 West India and I'aCiilo Steam, 1im,,14k 'OSSK THE bin% LONDON, SATURDAY EVENIING, MARCH 25, 1865:, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SHAMEFUL CRUELTY.—Henry Field, a carman in the employ of Mr. K6nd Allaire, dyer to her Majesty, of No. 1, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and 72 and 73, Mortimer street, Cavendish-square, was charged before Mr. Knox, at the instance of Mr. William Love, chief officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with cruelly torturing a horse by working it in an unfit state. The horse was brought to the mews at the back of the court for the magistrate's inspection, and its appearance was truly shocking. Besides having scars nearly all over its body it was so lame in one leg through disease of the hoof that it could only hop along. Simeon Sell, an officer of the Royal Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, said that while in Conduit street, Regent-street, he saw the defendant in charge of the horse attached to a van. Seeing the horse was standing on three legs he examined it and found it suffering from disease of the hoof of some standing, and to be besides totally unfit for work. _ _ _ The defendant said the van had only about one hundred weight in it at the time. Mr. Knox, after viewing the horse, said he would remand the defendant, and a summons could be taken out against the owner. A person attended on the part of the owner of the horse and said he was willing to have it killed at once, and the horse was taken away for that purpose, the officer of the society accompanying it to see that it was put out of its misery. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. RUGBY RACES—THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) These races were - postponed until Monday. Snow very deep. FARMERS' MAIDEN PLATE (Yesterday). The winner of this race objected to. Freemason Government in Portugal. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Tablet : , Sir,—Many thanks for the insertion in your proto- Catholic paper in London of my letter of the 22d last. Thank God that the Catholic organs at last begin to listen to the voice of truth and real fact in regard to my country's just cause and lawful king— both so deeply wronged by England ever since 1826. Against such truth the generality of the British public have kept their ears hermetically closed for the last 39 years, and the columns of almost all the British papers have been denied to its assertion, all through prejudice, the effect of most scandalous and calumnious Masonic representation and false hood. The British Catholics in particular owe my coun try—that is to say, its great Catholic and legitimist majority—a great debt of reparation, by reason of the .mistaken support given (as I mentioned in my last letter) to the freebooters who accompanied Don Pedro to Portugal, with the deliberate intention and prospect of plunder and profane robbery. I have somewhere (though I cannot put my hand upon it at the moment) a decoy song, which was stuck up on the window of a crimping shop at Greenwich, where ragamuffins were recruiting for the Pedroite army in 1831. In some of the stanzas or verses of this precious composition (if I am not mistaken, and I think my memory serves me tolerably well), one of the inducements offered to the braves (ruffians) invited to assist in the holy cause was, that they would be able in Portugal forcibly to enter convents, rob them, &c. The burden, or refrain, to be repeated after each verse, I remember well, It was this : Then who shall stop Our hands At what we like the best— From plunder or from gold, When we are in foreign lands? Such were the noble aspirations of those knights of liberty and freedom (to themselves) whom the British Catholics formerly so much contributed to let loose upon my pooi country, to rob, to profane, ' and to destroy its most sacred and noble religious, civil, and political institutions ! We, therefore, Portuguese Catholics and .Legitimists, have a claim upon our fellow Catholics in Great Bri tain to help us, with their sympathies at least, in redressing, in any possible way, so many wrongs. As they have for so many years given a willing and mistaken ear to calumny, let them hear at least now with some attention the truth. They ought to know well now from its fruits what sort of tree they helped in importing and planting in the Portuguese soil. I will try to help them in this knowledge, if you allow me to do it in your columns, by adducing authentic facts, past and present, that I hope shall leave no doubt in any upright mind about the real character of the self styled liberators of Portugal. When our revolutions, in 1829, 1830, &c., were bamboozling the British public here, and through the British press the rest of Europe, so as to get from John Bull's pocket the millions wherewith he helped them in ruining their most ancient and faithful ally, they magnified and exaggerated to the utmost the riches and treasures of the Church in Por tugal, especially of the convents and regular Orders, as being ample security, when the patriots should have triumphed, for the repayment of capital and interest of the ruinous loans and contracts they were making in this country—in the first loan some 22 per cent. was the real value they received for each £lOO borrowed from the Jews here, and a good por tion of such value was received in bad stores, ac coutrements, &c. The Portuguese Church was to pay for all that ; I remember how the correspon dent of the Times, when on one occasion he was re lating some festivity at the Cathedral at Lisbon, on describing the mitre worn by the patriarch, which the said correspondent had been contemplating with covetous eyes, on account of the jewels shining upon it, he observed that it would go a great way to pay a large portion of the debt made here for the masonic restoration of Portugal. This happy restoration was at last effected, thanks to the Jews, to Lord Palmerston, to Louis Phillippe, and to immaculate Christina : the property of the Church, secular, and regular, was taken, and confiscated, and sold ; and the Morning Chronicle in 1834-35, &c., published long lists and accounts of the sales, and the immense sums realised at the auctions. Stupid John Bull was delighted and was clapping his hands, on read ing of such results, at the arrival of each Lisbon packet, and applauding himself for the excellent speculation he had made in lending his sovereigns to the Portuguese liberators. But the property of the Church soon disappeared, and not a farthing of the so-called National Debt was paid out of it. It went by hook and crook into the hands and pockets of the patriots, who were laughing in their sleeves at Mr. Bull's simplicity ; and trusting to him and to their delusions for new loans upon loans, which they have not been stingy in contracting, whenever their purse was emptied. There was, however, still remaining a little pro perty, which, without being precisely Church or convent property, was still in some way attached to churches, and administered and dispensed under the Church supervision, as being in the main the patri mony of the poor and helpless. Several times the Freemasons have been casting longing eyes upon this property—that of Confraternities, Misericor dists, hospitals, &c., as I mentioned in my first letters, published by you on the 4th inst ; but they had refrained from seizing it, for fear of the indig nation of the people, especially in the provinces of Minho and Beira. They remembered that the wish of the notorious Costa Cabral to interfere with such property had already greatly contributed to the celebrated Revolution of 1846, which would have cost the good Queen de facto Donna Maria her unlawful throne, were it not then for the Citizen King (not long after Mr. Smith), who, in some manner, forced England to sign the pro tocol of June, 1847, and to co-operate through Maitland's squadron, with the Spanish army, in putting down both the Junta of Oporto and the Legitimists. In justice to Lords Russell (then Prime Minister) and Palmerston, it must be said, that then they were for non-intervention in Portu gal ; but (through the interference, I was told, of Prince Albert) they were outvoted in council on the point, and forced to interfere, as Mr. B. Osborne distinctly stated in Parliament, without being con tradicted, in the magnificent and celebrated speech, by virtue of which the electors of Middlesex were induced to invite him to stand for the representation of the metropolitan county, after the resignation of Colonel Wood, in the same year, 1847. That, however, which Costa Cabral failed in doing by at once treating the charitable institutions as the Church had been treated (that is to say by despoil ing them sans facon), the present Freemasons in Lisbon want to effect by deception and humbug. Reversing the practice of the old alchynaists, who tried to convert all sorts of things into g2ld, the Lisbon Masonic Paracelsuses wish to turn every thing valuable into worthless paper (and to turn the valuables into their own pockets), as I formerly stated. The Masonic Chamber of Deputies has already approved "in the generality " the spoliating project of law, but petitions and re monstrances against it, written in energetic terms, are being sent from several congregations to the Chamber of Peers, imploring them not to allow such disastrous measures to pass into law. Had I not been these last days very much engaged with indispensable work, I would have sent you some extracts of such petitions ; illustrative at the same time of the value to the nation, and especially the poor and miserable, of the institutions which will be ruined by the perfidious law now proposed, and of the crying injustice of such law. Not having had leisure, however, to prepare such extracts, I will send you the translation of my own protest, which I wrote, had printed and posted by the Brazilian and Lisbon packet, on the same day of the date : PROTEST. (Translation.) "In the name of the lawful sovereign of Portugal, King Don Miguel 1., by the powers I have from him, and in my own name, by my own right, as a Portuguese citizen, asserter and maintainer of the sole true and lawful consti tution of the kingdom, which could not bo validly altered or revoked but by the legal forms and means, historical, well known, and used, in itself established; in the name of all the true Portuguese who agree with me and with these principles, who do not hold themselves as ' conquered,' but as oppressed by the infamous Quadruple Alliance, and its wicked consequences ; who do not understand their true right to national liberty, inde pendence, and legitimacy to have become obsolete in 30 and some years, any more than it had in 60, previous to 1640 —I protest loudly against the spoliation and disguised rob bery which is being proposed and discussed in the impious, Masonic, and anti-national assemblies now sitting in Lis bon. " And should it happen at any time (which is far from impossible, or even improbable) that the true Portuguese people shall recover the power, as they tenaciously pre serve the wish, of restoring themselves to their just liberty and authority, they will hold as null and abusive all that may have been done by virtue and in execution of the pre sent spoliating project, should it pass into a revolutionary kw. And from the buyers or purchasers in auction of such properties now belonging to the corporations threatened with spoliation, shall the same properties be duly and un flinchingly claimed, by virtue of this protest, as of the scandalous injustice and rapacity which call for it. " *To this end, all true Portuguese and Catholics are re quested to collect, preserve, and sedulously authenticate, in the best manner they can, all the notes, memorandums, documents, and proofs, whereby in proper time and occa sion, may be identified and recognised the properties of which now so infamously and perfidiously it is endeavoured to defraud poverty, sickness, misery, the orphans, the nation. A. R. SARAIVA. London, March 8, 1865, 21, Nottingham-street, Marylebone. P.S.—Of course, the Freemasons in Portugal, and their compeers elsewhere, will laugh at my pro test. Their laugh will not disturb my sleep; and, as truth is really beginning to recover its rights, and the world cannot fail to receive a great impulse in that direction from the admirable and providential Encyclical of the Holy Father, I shall merely reply to the cynic Freemasonic laugh.—Rira mieux qui rira le dernier. March 15, 1865. • THAMES. THE INJURED WIFE.—EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION. — Mr. Philby, solicitor, came before Mr. Partridge, and asked him for an order to protect the goods and monies of Mrs. Elizabeth Piper, a most respectable and worthy woman, who has for some time, with the assistance of her friends,.-carried on the business of her husband, a master butcher, at No. 24, Cable-street, St. George-in-the-East. George Piper, the husband of the applicant, is a drunken and dissipated man, and he was committed from the Thames Police-court for 21 days, three weeks since, for two days cab hire, amounting to 425., although he had £22 in his pocket when he first hired the cab. Three are other summonses waiting for him at other police court for non-payment of tab fares. Mrs:Philby urged that as the husband's imprisonment had just expired, the necessity for a protection order under the Matrimonial Causes and Divorce Act was very pressing. He called Mrs. Piper, a very intelligent and well educated ivonian, who said she was married to her husband at Hackney parish church, on July, 1846, and they had six children. Her husband lived with her until October last, when he aban doned her. He had been carrying on an adulterous inter course with another woman, she believed with more than one. He had treated her very badly, and failed to provide her with money and necessaries since October. She had possession of the butcher's - shop in Cable-street, and was enabled to carry on the business by the credit given to her by salesmen and others. Her mother paid the last quar ter's rent of the house. She had not bought any furniture since her husband left her except to the extent of 20s. Mr. Partridge said the applicant had no property ac quired by her own industry except 20s. worth of furniture to protect. Mr. Philby said the applicant had maintained herself and children by her own indefatigable industry, and she was afraid that her husband would interfere with her business. It was a most painful case. On the one hand a drunken, worthless husband cohabiting with another woman, and on the other hand a virtuous and industrious wife maintaining herself and her children respectably by her own unaided exertions. Mr. Partridge asked Mrs. Piper when she last saw her husband. Mrs. Pipor said he was in her house and slept there two days before he was committed to prison. Mr. Partridge said he was sorry he could not assist the applicant. There was no desertion of the husband, nor any goods of the wife to protect. He could not grant the order of protection. If the husband ill-used the wife or threatened her the law would interfere in her behalf. WESTMINSTER. A CRITELLY HARD CASE.—James Davis, ft poor emaciated looking young man, was brought before Mr. Arnold, charged with unlawfully hawking goods without a license. Police-constable Thomas Rowe, 113 B, said at half-past eight last evening ho heard that defendant was going into different shops hawking something. He watched him for some time and found he had some cards of shirt buttons and others of a like description. He went to the door of Mrs. Ashbold, 15, King's-place, King's-road, Chelsea, and she bought seine buttons of him and paid him. He had first accosted her by asking if she wanted to buy some buttons, and she had about a dozen and a half. Witness then went up and asked him whether he had a license, and upon his saying he had not he took him into custody. Mr. Arnold—Did he sell to other persons ? Witness—To several, but I did not hear what passed. Mr. Arnold (to defendant)—What have you to say ? Defendant—l have been laid up very ill, and I was sell ing these things to get me a living. I did not know I was doing any harm. Mr. Arnold (on looking at the statute) said—The law says your not allowed to hawk unless you have a licence, and the penalty is £lO, which I have no power to reduce. How long did you see him, constable ? _ _ . . Witness-1 'watched him 20 minutes. Mr, Arnold —Have you had any direction from the Excise on matters of this sort ? _ _ _ Police Sergeant—None from the Excise, but from the Commissioners of Police, in consequence of hawkers going down areas very often and committing robberies. Mr. Arnold—lt is difficult to say where the line is to be drawn. Children who go about selling lucifer matches are hawkers. Have you any friends, defendant ? Defendant—None. Mr. Arnold—You have no fixed residence ? Defendant—None. Mr. Arnold—l must require you to find one bail in £2 for your appearance on Thursday, when some one must attend from the Excise. MARKETS—This Day, COVENT GARDEN. Our market is seasonably well supplied with fruit and vegetables. There was an average business doing, at the annexed quotations : FRUIT. 8. d. 8. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 0 Foreign do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 8 0 to 12 0 Foreign do 1 0 to 2 6 Melons . 0 0 to 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hi-sv. 2 0 to 4 0 Pears, per do Orauges, per 100..4 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberries hf sveu 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 IL a. a d Mu berries,pr pt 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 2 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0 Peaches, per d 0... 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 „ Plums, per d 0... 0 oto 0 8 Damsons, pr d 0... 0 oto 0 0 VEGET, Greens, dz bunch 4 6 to 5 61 Cabbages, pr doz 1 S so 2 6 RBI ditto 2 0 So 1 0 Savoy do., pr dz 1 3 to 2 (5 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 8 to 2 Brocoli 1 0 to 1 4 Potatoes, per ton 60 0 to '4O 0 New ditto, pr put 1 0 to 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 0 to 3 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6 to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 0 to 0 0' Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Green peas,n.-sv. 0 0 to 0 0 N'rench beans,h.s. 0 0 to 0 0 Onions, doz. h.s, 1 3 to 1 9 New Do., dz bun 0 0 to 0 0 1 spinach . . 0 0 to 0 0 , 1 Brussels sprouts 1 8 so 2 01 POUL ABLER. Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 1 oto 1 3 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 6 Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes. doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 9 to 1 3 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 6 Seakale, par bun. 1 oto 2 0 'TRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to lOs Od ; geese, Os Od to Os Od each goslings, 6s Od to 10s Od ; ducks, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, 4s Od to 6s Od ; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each ; wild do., 10d to is 4d ; pigeons, Os 8d to is Od each ; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s Od ; chickens,7s Od to 8s Od ; barn door fowls, 4s Od to 7s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 3s Od to 38 6d ; ptarmigan, is Od to is 3d each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ; partridges, Os Od to Os Od; woodcocks, 4s Od to 5s Od; snipes, ls 6d to Os Od ; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; widgeons, is Od to is 6d ; plovers, is Od to is 3d each ; guinea fowls, 5s Od to 6s Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 7s 6d to 9s Od ; French do., 6s Od to 7s Od_ per 100_; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; trout, Os Od to Os Od ; eels, Os 10 . d to Is Od ; prawns, Os Od ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and hali but, 6d per lb ; turbots, 4s Od to 15s Od; cod, 3s Od to 12s Od ; brills, Os Od to Os Od ; doreys, is Od to 7s Od ; mul lets, is Od to 2s Od ; lobsters, is Od to 4s Od ; crabs, Os 6d to 3s Od ; plaice and garnets, Os Od to Os Od each ; soles, Os 3d to 3s Od per pair ; common oysters, 12s Od to 60s Od; natives, 84s Od to 90s Od per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to 4s Od ; haddocks, 6s Od to 12s Od ; smelts Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os Od to Os Od per 120 ; fresh herrings, Os Od to 108 Od per 120 ; bloaters, Os Od to Os Od per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os Od per brace. WHITECIIAPEL. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; veal, 4s 01 to 56 Od; and pork, 38 4d to 58 Od per 81bs, by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 315 8d to 5s Od ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; and pork, 3s 4d to 58 Od per 81bs, by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from bid to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3fd ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, Bid to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4id ; 961 b to 1041 b, Od to Od ; 1041 b to 1121 b, Od to Od. Horse hides, 9s Od to lOs Od ; calf-skins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 6s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, —s Od to —s Od ; half-breds, lOs Od to lls Od ; Downs, 7s 6d to 8s 6d; shearlings, is 7d to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od ; clove; £5 5s to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 5s Od ; clover, £5 5s to £6 60 ; and straw, £1 Bs. to £1 14s per load. A firm inquiry. WHITECITAPEL.—Moadow hay, .£4 4s to £5 58 Od ; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s Od ; and straw, £1 88 to £1 14s per load. An active demand. . , SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. GRAND MILITARY IND RUGBY HUNT STEEPLE CHASES.-FRIDAY. These sports were held over the same course as last year, near the village of Clifton, about three miles from Rugby. The ground, which is the pick of the Pytchley country, is all grass, and a most happy selection was made, the view of the running being uninterrupted. Doubts were enter tained of the steeplechases coming off, as the frost was so severe that even the running streams were thinly coated with ice, and snow remained under the hedges and in the shade. A most damaging canard was industriously circu lated at Warwick on Thursday, to the effect that the steeplechases would not come off at Rugby, but were ex pected to take place over the Warwick course. It is useless to remark that the report had not the slightest foundation, and the conduct of the originator of the rumour has been highly censured. The weather opened fine, but the air was keen and frosty, and at times thin, fine snow fell amidst sunshine. Tho card contained four races and a match, and as will be seen from the appended report pro duced some excellent sport: The Grand Military Gold Cup, value 100 guineas, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 100 sovs added, for horses the property of officers on full or half pay of the army and navy and embodied militia ; 12st each ; winners extra ; gentlemen riders. Three miles over a fair hunting country. Mr. Stevenson's (12th Lancers) Glencairn, 12st (Owner) 1 Major Ainslie's (Royal Dragoons) Remedy, 12st (Captain Tempest) 2 Lord Adare's (Ist Life Guards) Who Dare Say 800, 12st (Mr. Harford) 3 The following also ran :—Merrimac, Bell's Life, Podarces Winifred, Simpleton, and Contralto. Betting-7 to 4 agst Merrimac, 3to 1 agst Remedy, 6 to 1 agst Bell's Life,' 7to 1 agst Podarces, 10 to 1 agst Glencairn, .100 to 8 each agst Contralto and Who Dare Say 800. Glencairn made play; followed by Who Dare Say 800, Merrimac, Podarces, Remedy,- Bell's Life, Winifred, and Simpleton, in the order named. Contralto having refused at the first fence, was left two fields in the rear, and subse quently refusing, was pulled pp. After going half a mile Glencairn and Podarces refused, and became last, the run ning being carried on by Remedy, who, however, was re passed by Glencairn in the Aucceeding half-mile, and he held the lead past the stand, soon after which he refused again, and descending the hill Merrimac took up the run ning, but was soon passed by Remedy. Glencairn, mean while, rapidly made up his ground, resumed the lead more than half a mile from home, and though closely attended by Remedy and Who Dare Say 800 over the brook, he continued in front to the end and won a good race by two lengths ;:Who Dare Slty 800 a bad third; Bell's Life fourth, Merrimac fifth, Winifred sixth, and Podarces was seventh. Simpleton, who refused several times, was beaten off. The Grand National Hunters' Steeplechase of 10 sous each with 100 added, for hunters not liable to the race-horse duty ; four-yr-olds' and upwards ; gentlemen riders ; winning jockeys 51b extra. About four miles. Mr. John Merry's St. Lawrence, 5 yrs, 12st 21b (Mr. Percival) 1 Mr. Calder's Farnborough, aged, 12st 101 b (Mr. T. Parker 2 Mr. Butler's Grey Momus, 6 yrs, 13st lib (Capt. Tempest 3 Mr. T. Ivens's Dewdrop, 4 yrs, 13st llb ...(Mr. Ellison 4 Mr. W. Mytton's Electra, aged, 13st llb (Mr. Lawrence 5 The following also ran :—Blackberry, Revolter, Alonzo, Lady Godiva, and Anne Page. Betting-2 to 1 agst St. Lawrence gelding, sto 1 agst Farnborough. 6 to 1 agst Grey Momus, 10 to 1 agst any other. The St. Lawrence gelding led for a short distance, when he gave way to Anne Page, who, falling at the fence pre ceding the brood after going rather more than a mile, Gr y Momus closely attended by Blackberry, went on in front, Dewdrop, Farnborough, Alonzo, Electra, and the St. Law rence gelding being well up. About a mile and a half from home Electra ran to the front, but in the next hall-mile Grey Momus took a commanding lead. The latter closed up with Farnborough after getting over the brook, and the two raced home together. The St. Lawrence gelding, who had been lying a long way off, rapidly drew up in the last half-mile, came with a rush when the other two were ap parently standing still at the top of the bill, and won on the post by a head; a length separated the second and third, and the others placed were the only animals who passed the post. _ _ A Military Match, £lOO, h ft; list 71b each. Grand Military Course. Major Ainslie's Miss Arthur (Captain Tempest) 1 Capt. Maurice's Fitzgerald's Kate (Mr. Lawrence) 2 Botting-3 to 1 on Miss Arthur, who made all the run ning, and won by 20 lengths. The Veteran Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with added money ; 12st 71b each ; winners, 71b ; twice, 141 b extra. Military Steeplechase Course. Captain P. Yates ns Charity Boy, 13st...(Capt. Ricardo 1 Mr. Duffield's Bounce, 13st 71b (Capt. Coventry 2 Mr. Carew's Tommy, 12st 71b (Capt. Barclay 3 Hermit and Julia also ran. Betting-12 to 10 agst Bounce, 3to 1 agst Hermit, sto 1 agst Charity Boy, 6to 1 agst Tommy. __ Won by twenty lengths ; a bad third. The Farmers' Maiden Plate of 100 sovs, for hunters; four yr-olds, 11st 121 b ; five, 12st 71b ; six and aged, 13st ; about 3 miles. 20 subs. Mr. W, Daniel's Basilisk, 5 yrs, l2st 71b ...(Mr Parker) 1 Mr. Jas. Milward's Lady , Stanford, 12st 71b (Owner 2 Mr. W. Berridge's Vanity, C yrs, 13st (Mr. Johnson 3 The following also ran :—Telegraph, The Monkey, Sober Robin, Blackbird, Harkaway, Velox, Despised, Rosalie, Fugleman, The Count, Sultan, Rocket, and Mayfly. Betting-5 to 2 each agst Basilisk and Lady Stanford, 6 to 1 agst Mayfly, 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by four lengths ; two lengths between second and third. The Selling Steeplechase did not fill. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. N ORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 9to 1 agst John Davis (taken freely) 9to 1 agst Skeffington (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Huntsman's Daughter (taken) 100 to 7 agst Vest colt (taken) 100 to 6 agst Battaglia (taken) 100 to 6 agst Hartley (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 10 to 1 agst Mcestissima filly (offered) 20 to 1 agst Lady of Coverdale (taken) 20 to 1 agst Agatha (off, t 25 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Peon (taken) 33 to 1 agst Moldavia (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mail Train (taken) 40 to 1 agst Accident (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst Liddington (offered) 10 to 1 agst Bedminster (take 12 to 1) 11 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Ariel (off, take 20 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Breadalbane (t ,ken) CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (offered) 13 to 1 agst Lion (taken) 13 to 1 agst Aekworth (offered) 25 to 1 agst Highflyer's dam colt (taken) 66 to 1 agst Persuasion (taken) 100 to 1 agst Merry Hart (offered) THE DERBY. •11 to 2 on the field (offered) 11 to 1 agst The Duke (taken freely) 25 to 1 agst Oppressor (taken) 30 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) 33 to 1 agst Ariel (taken) HORSES STRUCK OUT OP THEIR ENGAGE MENTS. March 17, after 6 p.m., Catalogue and Mary Ramsay, out of the Warwickshire Handicap. March 18, at 0 a.m., all horses in Mr. T. Wadlow's name, out of their engagements at Warwick. At 4.30 p.m., Ver ger, out of the Northamptonshire Stakes. March 20, at 9 a.m., Rosina and Queen Bee, out of War wick engagements ; Penarth, out of Warwick engage ments. At 1.20 p.m., Voluptas and Sisyphus, out of War wick engagements. , . , March 21, at 9 a.m., King of Club; out of all handicaps to date. At 2.16 p.m., Gen. Hess, out of all engagements. At 5.55 p.m., Gordian Knot, out of all engagements. March 22, at 9 a.m., Merry Hart, out of the Chester Cup; Summerside, out of City and Suburban ; Manrico, out of the Warwickshire Handicap. March 23, at .10 a.m., Peon, out of St. Liz Handicap at Northampton and City and Suburban at Epsom. At 1.30 p.m., Redmond and Dino, out of the Grand National Hunt Steeplechase. Now ready, price 2s. 6d., by post 2s. Bd., " BAILY'S TURF GUIDE." Spring edition, 1865. London : A. H. Bally, Cornhill. G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, Hyde-park; executes commissions. Price list sent. Baily's Spring Edition now ready, 2s. 6d., sent post free.-L-ADvT. THE CIVIL SERVICE ESTIBIATES.—Yesterday were issued the estimates, No. 2, " salaries and expenses of public departments," for the year ending March 31,1866. The amount required is £1,580,185, being an increase as compared with the grants last year of £31,607. In print ing and stationery there is an addition of £21,245, and in the postage of public departments of . £13,235. Poor-law commissions are increased by £3,582, the Board of Trade, &c., by £2,980, the lunacy commissions by £2,463, the public record by £1,355, &c. On the other hand, the sum required for the Mint exhibits a decrease of £6,792, for the Foreign-office of £5,130, for the Privy Council-office of £3,464, and for the General Register-offices of £2,462. 47& i i I 102} 1 2 18 17} ITIES. LONDON GAZE 17TE---Last Evening FOREIGN OFFICE, MAncix 15. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint David Livingstone, Esq., D.C.L., lately her Majesty's Consul at Quillimane, to be her Majesty's Consul in the Territories of all African Kings and Chiefs, in the interior of Africa, not subject to tie authority of the Kin g of Portugal, or Of th e King of Abyssina, or of the Viceroy of Egypt. MARCH 23. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Senor Fede rico H. Hemming as Consul in London for the United States of Venezuela. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 21. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE LN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Wilts (Northern Division)—Charles William Brudenel Bruce (commonly called Lord Charles Bruce), of Hertford-street, in the county of Middlesex, in the room of the Right Honourable Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Estcourt, who has accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of her Majesty's Manor of Northstead, in the county of York. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 24. RoyalArtillery—Captains to be Lieut.-Colonels—Edward Atlay, vice Wm. Maxwell, seconded ; Brevet Lieut.-Col. Henry Le Geyt Bruce, vice H. E. L. Thuillier, seconded ; Brevet-Major Donald McNeill, vice Craven- Hildesley Dickens, seconded ; Brevet-Colonel Edwin Beaumont Johnson, C. 8., vice Donald Campbell Vanrenen, se conded; William Clarke Francis Gosling, vice James George Balmain, seconded; Charles Douglas Waddell, from the Supernumerary List, vice Ronald Macpherson, seconded. Second Captains to be Captains—Brevet- Major William Todd Brown, C. 8., vice Atlay ; Charles M. Mercer, vice Brevet Lieutenant - Colonel Bruce ; David Thomson, vice Brevet-Major ; Brevet-Major Wallis Dowell, vice Brevet-Colonel John son, C.B. ; Brevet-Major Morgan Crofton Sankey, vice Abraham Richmond Fuller, seconded ; Henry Richmond Brownlow, on the Supernumerary List ; Brevet-Major James Shaw Gibb, vice John Fulton, seconded ; Francis William Stubbs, vice Brevet-Major William Todd Brown, C. 8., seconded ; John Beaumont Swete, vice Gosling ; Robert Cameron Henchy, vice Francis Cobbe, seconded ; Alexander John Ogilvie, Vice John Frederick Adolphus M'Nair, seconded ; Patrick St. George Gnome, vice Elliot Minto Playfair, seconded. Lieutenants to be Second Captains Frederick Eustice Lewes, vice Brevet-Major Brown, C.B. ; Hamilton Smithett, vice Mercer ; Andrew Douie, vice Thomson ; Richard Thomas Hare, vice Brevet-Major Dowell; Charles Edward Nairne, vice Brevet-Major Sankey ; Hector Munro, vice Brevet-Major Gibb; William Gully, vice Stubbs ; Hugh Chichester, vice Henry Twisden Forbes, seconded; Duncan Scott Pemberton, vice Cle ment John Mead, seconded ; William Robert Craster, vice Henry Archibald Mallock, seconded ; William Hull Caine, vice Swete ; Wardlow Manderson, vice Henchy ; Charles Randolph Buckle, vice Ogilvie ; Marmaduke Littlejohn Monckton, vice Greame ; John Ford, vice Hugh Gordon Thomson, seconded; Wallace William Benson, vice Thomas Hawkins Turner, seconded. Gentlemen Cadets, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenants—Stuart Smith, vice Charles Edward Hood Symons, who resigns ; Philip Keith Lonsdale Beaver, vice Lewes; George Rushout Godson, vice Smithett ; Norton Powlett, vice Douie; Francis Wm. Hastings Medhurst, vice Hare ; Alexander Bell, vice Nairn ; Joseph Davison Tyzack, vice Munro ; Charles Fitzherbert Errington, vice Gully; Charles Edward Brown, vice Chichester ; Richard Walter O'Grady, vice Pemberton ; Arnold de Beer-Baruchson ' vice Craster ; Wm. Baldwin St. George, vice Caine; Wm. Perceval Graves, vice Manderson ' • Henry Holmes Costobadie, vice Buckle; and Joseph Seymour Biscoe, vice Monck ton. Royal Engineers—Captain and Brevet-Major Henry Drum mond to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lake, seconded ; Second Captain and Brevet-Major William 'W'arrand to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Drummond ; Second Cap tain George Greeter to be Captain, vice Young, seconded ; Lieutenant Edward Talbot Thackeray to be Second Cap tain, vice Brevet-Major Warrand ; Lieutenant John (ireenlaw Forbes to be Second Captain, vice Untster ; Gentleman Cadet Russell Richard Pulford, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenant with tempo rary rank, vice Thackeray ; Gentleman Cadet Joseph James Curling, from the Royal Military Academy, to be Lieutenant, with temporary rank, vice Forbes. ADMIRALTY, MARCH 22. Royal Marine Artillery.—Colonel Second Commandant George Colt Langley, Deputy Adjutant-General, to be Supernumerary Colonel-Commandant. Royal Marine Light Infantry.—Major-General Fortescue Graham, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-General, vice Lieutenant- General Sir Samuel B. Ellis, K.C.8., deceased; Colonel- Commandant Thomas Lemon, C. 8., to be Major-General, vice Graham ; Colonel and Second Commandant Joseph Oates Travers, C. 8., to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Lemon ; Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel George Lambriek to be Colonel and Second-Commandant, vice Travers ' • Captain and Brevet-Major James Ainslie Stew art to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lambrick ; First Lieu tenant George Frederick Blake to be Captain, vice Stewart; Second Lieutenant Cyril Frampton to be First Lieutenant, vice Blake. MARCH 21. Tho following promotions have been made : Mr. James Knight to be First Class Assistant Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 15th March, 1865. MARCH 22. Mr. George Roe to be Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 13th March, 1865. Joseph Wallis, Esq., has been this day promoted to the rank of Staff Commander in her Majesty's Fleet. Mutat 23. _ _ Mr. James Painter M'Ewan has been this day promoted to the rank of Master in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority from sth February, 1865. MEmonAynum—Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K. 0.8., is appointed Vice-Lieutenant of the counties of Northumberland and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, during the absence from England of Earl Grey, the Lord Lieutenant. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 17 Ditto 3 Months. 11 19 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 50 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 20 Ditto 3 Months. 25 45 Marseilles Maine - / Frankfort on the 120 Vienna — 11 42/ Trieste — 11 -. 421 11 11 12 gi 25 55 25 55 13 93 25 30 25 52 25 55 1201 11 ^- 4 r 1147 f Petorsburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa — Naples — 25 Li 25 57 25 57 25 57. 25 ;2/ 25 621 25 57/ 25 621 Palermo Messina Lisbon — 51 ' - 511 Oporto — 51 51-1- Foreign Gold in Bars (Standar) per oz. ... £3 17 9 Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New 'Zealand, via Southampton..• April 18. Ditto, via Dfarseilles ........................• April 12. Brazil and Cape Verds„by British pa.c.et April 6. Ditto, by British packet............ Mar. 2!. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena April 23 China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton April 4 Ditto, via Marseilles Mar.;29 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via SoUthampton April 4 Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via Southampton, Ditto, via alarseilles Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil e Newfoundland April 12. Portugal •• • • ..... • • ........ ...... 6. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon... United States and British North America, by Bri- tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via C.:rk Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Mar. 21. West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe April 12, West Indies and Pacific (except Balla:1188, Cuba, and Mexico . _ Bahamas, yia New York. Apri, 6 DEATH OF A BELGIAN STATESMAN.—BeIgium has just lost one of her most illustrious public men--11.Lebeau, member of the National Congress, and one of the persons formerly engaged in drawing up the Belgian constitution. He was several times Minister, and highly esteemed by all. The King has sent to the widow an autograph letter of con dolence, THE GREAT JEWEL ROBBERY, The following appeared in our late Edition of yesterday evening : This morning the further examination of Brown, alias " Scotty," Hurley, Caseley, Geoffrey, Roberts, Wilkinson, alias " Carrotty Fred," and Brewerton, with Ann Caseley, Louisa Brewerton, and Martha Geoffrey, charged with the burglary at Messrs. Walker's, of Cornhill, took place before the Lord Mayor. Whilst the prisoners were awaiting their removal from Newgate this morning to the Mansion-house, " Scotty" made a savage attack on his fellow-prisoner Caseley, and, doubtless, would have inflicted severe injury on him had not the prison officials properly secured him. The case seemed rather to increase than diminish in in terest, as the court was crowded to such an excess that the atmosphere was almost insupportable. • - When the witness, Susan Price, came into the witness box, the prisoner Scotty became very violent, and desired that the witness might be so placed that he might see her face. The Lord Mayor—l desire you to remain quiet. Scotty—l won't until I see her face. No ono need be afraid of speaking the truth. The Lord Mayor—l desire you to remain quiet. Scotty—l won't. I won't stay here at all ; I will go down stairs. Three constables, however, took up their position near Scotty, and he then remained quiet. Susan Price, of 14, Alfred-street, Barnsbury, said—l have been acquainted with the prisoner Brown (Scotty). He introduced himself to me as a traveller. A month after I went to live with him as his wife, and I continued to do so until he was apprehended. We lived at York House,Con stable-alley, Hoxton. In July last we were living at Great Cambridge-street, Hackney. I remember the robbery at Mr. Johnson's, in 1864, and once before it I saw Geoffrey. After it he lived in the same house as we did. Before the robbery Brown took me to Mr. Johnson's premises. He did not tell me where we were going. When we got to Johnson's Scotty opened the side door and shut it again. He opened it with a key. It was between 7 and Bon a Sunday even ing. Ho told me I was to stand before him so that no one should see him. He did not go in ; he simply tried the door and shut it again. He then said they were going to break into Johnson's. I know Hurley. He came to see us once or twice, but I've not seen him for the last 12 months. They used to talk about houses to "do" if they could. On the Saturday previous to Johnson's robbery Scotty went out. He said he was going to meet Geoffrey. From the conversation I gathered that Geoffrey had the " tools." Brown did not return home until four on Sunday afternoon. He came home alone, bringing some jewellery with him. He took it oat of his pocket. It consisted of earrings, rings, pins, lockets, brooches, 'and other things. I did not see any watches. He gave me a pair of ear-rings. He did not tell me where he got the jewellery from. He said the next morning he expected Hurley, who was going to dispose of the goods. About 12 o'clock Brown (Scotty) said he was going across the park to meet Geoffrey and Hur ley. He took the jewellery with him, but he brought it back when he returned home in the evening. About a fortnight after I was with Brown when he met Barrett (Geoffrey) in the Bethnal-green-road. Brown said he was not content with his share (£6O). He said he ought to have more. Barrett said it was all nonsense, lie had had his fair share. In September last Barrett, with his wife, came to lire in the same house with us. They occupied the two parlours. I have seen both Geoffrey and Brown filing keys. The vice (produced) belonged to Scotty. I have seen keys in it. It used to be fastened on the mantelpiece. I took some jewellery to a man named Coombes, as he thought our place would be searched on account of the silk robbery. They were after Brown and Barrett for that robbery. The bag pro duced is the one I took to Coombes in Bow-lane. It con tained the jewellery,watch, and ringslhat Brown was wear ing when he was apprehended. I locked the bag . and gave the key to Brown. I recollect seeing the reward up for Walker's robbery. I had heard Brown and Barrett talk about trying to get in there for months. I heard them talking about going to a blacksmith. I have seen augres and other things in their poSsession—skeleton keys, for instance. I don't know what a screw jack is. I have seen Brewerton visit Barrett about two or three times during the time they lived in our house. Brewerton—Mr. Lewis, why don't you tell the woman what to say ? Mr. Lewis—l shall ask whatever question I please. When they met, what used they to talk about ? Witness—They all talked about Walker's and Johnson's business. Caseley—She says all, my lord. Am I included in the "all," my lord? The Lord Mayor—No, she says nothing about you. Caseley—Very well, so that I understand that "all" means that I am exempt. Witness continued—l visited Brown when he was in prison. He told me to go to Palmer's and to Caseley's and tell them he was in trouble, and that he must have a soli citor. Caseley said he was very sorry, and that he would do all he could. The Lord Mayor—Do you wish to ask anything, prisoner Brown ? Brown—Yes, but I've a bluff way of speaking, so I hope you'll excuse me. I'm not very handy at asking questions. The Lord Mayor—Ask the questions ; don't make statements. Scotty—When the police came to our houso wasn't I in bed when they came? Witness—Yes. Scotty—Did I throw Inspector Brennan on the bed? Witness—No. _- In answer to further questions put to her by the prisoner Scotty, I had my hand on the mantelpiece when Ranger took the watch up. The police searched the place, but they did not find any skeleton keys. Scotty—How long have you been in the police service ? Witness—l never was in their service. Scotty—l can prove you have been driven about London by Inspector Potter for the last three weeks. Witness—Well, if I have, you have done the same with Mrs. Coombes. You took good care you would never do it. You had your fancy woman, you know. The witness here in an excited manner said, " How about Jessie Hay?" The Lord Mayor—l desire that only questions be asked. Witness;you need not answer anything not connected with the evidence. Scotty—She shall answer the questions I put to her. The Lord Mayor—Not without they refer to the evidence. Scotty—Well, but all the truth shall come out. To witness—Don't you think you and I would have been better friends if I had allowed you to go on the streets ? Witness—You scandalous villain. The Lord Mayor—The witness need not answer that. Scotty—Oh, yes, she must. I have a public duty to perform. (Laughter.) I have—(laughter)—and it's but just you should know the character of the witness. Scotty—How long have you been a prostitute ? Witness—l deny I ever have been a prostitute. Scotty—Have you never sold stolen property for a ilsh. monger named James ? Witness—No, never. Scotty—Did you never show me a key which you said belonged to Thompson's warehouse in Bow-lane, and didn't you wish me to break in there ? Witness—No, I swear I never did. Scotty—l'll have it all out, so you may as well speak the truth. My lord, she and I broke into Thompson's. Witness—l deny it. Scotty—You may easily do that. The Lord Mayor—lf you wish to make a confession of all the robberies you have committed I am quite ready to hear it. The witness denies that she has done as you say. Scotty—She's sworn to speak the truth, and have it all. Witness—lf you want it all out, why don't you have it ? I have sworn to tell the truth, but I've not sworn to the silk robbery or the bullion place. You know you broke into Bennock's. (Sensation.) If you want it all, why don't you have it out ? What did you break my ribs for ? `Fitness—lt's false ; you brokewi thßecausayouwentmy ribs because other men. v you said I had £l9O in notes belonging to ono of your companions from the bullion place. _ _ Scotty—Did you never carry my tools for me? Witness —Yes• Scotty —And where did you lefty() them ? Witness—Where did I leave them? Why I left them with the Coombes's. I never had tools in my place but once. Seotfy—Didn't you show me a key belonging to Alice's of Angel- street ? Witness—No, you offered 10s. for the key after they had the Bramah lock put on. Scotty—My lord, the witness standing in the box has got on a dress that was stolen from a linsey place in Red cross-street. _ Witness—Well, if I have you gave it me for carrying the tools, and it is not much of a one after all. Caseley—You know all tho men concerned in Johnson's robbery ? Witness—Yes. - - - Caseley—Was I one of them ? Witness—No. An Inspector of the Thames Police proved the finding of nine watches in the Thames. The warders of several prisons were next examined, and proved a number of convictions to penal servitude against the male prisoners. Caseley was proved to have been sen tenced, amongst other things, to four years' penal servitude on the 4th June, 1860, for stealing a quantity of plate. The Lord Mayor—How Inuch time was remitted ? Caseley—None, my lord ' • I did it all, and brought a good character hom e w ith me. The police-constable of the N division can speak to this if he likes. I was apprehended on such a number of frivolous cases that Mr. D'Eyncourt was sick and tired of seeing me, so they brought in a re cruiting sergeant into tho police-court and enlisted me into the rifles. They made a soldier of me because they could not get me transported. That's the way thieves are made, and then society blames them for being dishonest. Mr. Merriman addressed the Lord Mayor for the prisoner Wilkinson, and The Lord Mayor said Mr. Lewis had abandoned the charge he had against him, but Mr. Pater attended to prefer a fresh charge against him. The case of Mr. Walker was concluded against the pri soners, upon which they were fully committed. 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