The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-01 00:00:00

IiONEy MARKET AND COXIVIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Withdrawal of money from the discount co 'et has slightly increased the demand for ac aiisi,tnodation, but the rates still remain easy at 44 b 4- 1 per cent, for short-dated bills. In the Stock -uxch an am ge the inquiry for loans has also been larger, da the quotations have been higher than yester it Y .' No twithstanding this increase in the demand belS considered to be merely temporary, and the lef gill Still entertained that the official minimum h e lowered t o-morrow. th ti er „ th e foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon dsi i was no m a t er i a l a l terat i on. e City of N ew Y or k h as arr i ve d f rom A mer i ca ,991. 111 , 1 , c o ' he s hare list of th e D agen h am (Thames) Dock 4 4 111 , 13a nY will b e c l ose d f or L on d on on Mo n d a y and on Tuesday for the country - . t a4 " t e rail from G uayaqu il h as b r ought a remit of £236 12 s . ld. on accoun t of the dividends % eth e debt of Ecuador. s:,l,e '8 e report and balance-sheet of the English and o w Bank, to be p r e s e n t e d o n the 14th inst., 31. r t ,he net p ro fit s f rom i ts esta bli s h men t t o th e ~u eeem ber last to be £12,912, and after appro qiviadung £1,685 towards preliminary expenses a Q 2 ,, en d is rec ommen d e d o f 9 s . per s h are , l eav i ng 11 4 1 2 4 to be carried forward. iti e'c'nsequence of representations having been pa v e t o the directors of the Varna Railway Corn kia! at the time for receiving applications for x re t B was too limited, the last day for applications do e n -elid ed to Tuesday, the 7th of March, for Lon ' and - Wednesday, the Bth March, at 12 o'clock, the Country, fare C rown Agents . for the Colonies disposed of a e el), er porti on of the Maur i t i us Government 6 per av eis t. L nan to-day to the extent of £104,700, at an itt4 e rate of £lO3 6s. Id., leaving a balance still the k P m es ed of amounting to £44,900 to complete -vO,OOO originally advertised. At p Two O'CLOCK. ttle r , a rlg, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's G 5, 7411 1. the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. The t day , liglish Funds have declined * per cent. to eottill-nci the market for this description of stocks th ea li es dull. Notwithstanding the prospect of „il,3,ei: 111 °Iley and the low prices of stocks, there B Pe elii ' ll indisposition on the part of the public to s t4;: at e• Consols are 884 * for money and the k v ;"; r 4t ., and 881 89 for the April account. The Ati ll , i .l 4 llr ees and Reduced Annuities are 881 1; do. 1 03. 1. ", 1 885, 14 17-16 ; India 5 per Cents., 1 05: ; cll3 . 4 per ents., 984 99; ; do. 51 per Cents., A 4l ark "lleral decline has taken place in the Foreign Aer and business has been very dull. Turkish 6 4; Cents., 1862, are 721 1 ; do. Con.solides, 1 01 21 l ‘lexican, 26*1 ; d o . Ne w , 25/ e; Greek, 1 Spanish Passive, 32* s ; do. Certificates, kei: h ; Italian, 631 1 ; do. New, 11 11 dis.; Vene sl,-,11864, 39 41 ; and Confederate Loan, 48 50. titi li j l le B s in the Railway Share Market has con ae M oderately active, although prices have in ta4t:' instances shown less firmness. North \\:egteill (Berwick), have declined 10s. ; North 1 44 , and Great Western and Metropo pihoe t re s i s. gn and Colonial lines have remained a llY material alteration in values. t tht Shares have been dealt in to a moderate ex- Al liance remain steady at33l ; Chartered of to s;4llstralia, and China at 31 8 ; London and roster have improved to 95 ; Oriental Bank I VNt` T ' a rid National Discount Company to 141 4 a ; Rio d -"°ndon. Dock Shares are quoted 2 21 prem. ; Nce Jan eiro Gas, f prem. ; City of Milan Im %lent, 3i 1 prem. 3„,. c 0 SIIITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. t N COIItXIIRST FUNDS ent. e„ 1 ' • si'vkelvt.3o4,,eeilete.iußeutd, u s i p !: s c r i . 9 BBl 9 81 , wo2a Cent BBi 88 4 i 1 88 i i i c . 4 ,17 Cent. Jan. 1894 - qiiiiit. l'''''r Cent. Jan. 1873 - be, 4 ' 8 ,30 • , b for 30 Yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 - t k e (lt ed Yrs, expire sth Aug 1885 l4 7-16 elle, Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 - bctiter bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent. .... - 11 Do. £5OO - of , £lOO and £2OO Itil,p34Ax'r4Gugland Stock, 51 per Cent 248 6 b 4 4Bt nek ° „ "V . MNSIENT SECURITIES. I, ° .A,,,„ 10 / per Cent., April 1874 (Jo ` ,o unt - Do.`iPer Cent. July, 1870 o, 'count 13 4 Pe o, 0 r -ent., Oct. 1888 bo, ~ertificates _ N . -,-44faced Paper 4 per Cent _ .0 4). 'giPer Cent" Jan. 1872 - Do, A l' Per Cent., May 1879 lO9 o, Bo n er Cent., Aug. 1866 - o 4) ci cts, £l,OOO - ta cier £l,OOO - pm ilii„tri •O REIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. 1'444 s, 5 per Cent - bo. l o 5 Per Cent 1 Per Cent .,B34 til b 0 1852-58-60 glee A. 5 . 1 . e... 1863; - C bil? P e r C ' e 6 Per C ent - t a : n 6 „„,. 14. peferred 3 per Cent ) - t 4 ° 4 1 p' - ',' r , t°l la, l3l B blB-11- e - ar t _ - D o 5 Per c ell , Cent. be4l)?B'ip4p,exe4st; pri d 64 - D o A 3 Per Cent., 1825 - pm I) - Per a - 1 14 o, 6 pe ent., 1864 - 4 1111 4 4 I,Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid - Vt2s l 'uciPalities - N ail P,akl - die par 0. , %, NJ...Cent 94 + l O R io ‘-„;°1 issue - b 1 4 . B o nds - b ° leri 1864 941 5 P 4, 0 4 k P, .£55 paid - Pm 1144 0r ee NT ellu t (1 ) p l•u :eiv Consolidated, 1 per Cent itk 6visional Land Warrant Ve, o Per Cents 1824-5, ex Coupons - , 4 0 • ou,,_ -, 211 i r 1 b` et 4147 48 t„. 1 8 ,,„ per Cent. 1 1 % 6 " alba 1850 - , i. b° 186 tr Cent (Maremmana Railway) - 44, ° . kie r i,„ .... , - C o 'eat, at' , xth paid i ll 1 dis . 4 per Cent. b ee eunt D1) 0 t 261 ° 6 1864 251 k o ° Frenchent. An 10-French - 6t e 8 f „ 0 4 ,,,, vid e ,„, , er l P, x. 20£ 20c - dis N: 1 11 t,„7 °Per Cent., f.. 30 paid - Pm b Qr s ,,, - .Perl▪ al 5 per Cent - . 1 ) ' 0 A ce g o ada .......« . - b 2 Pe l int.--. ip bef Bent I' eI, e d ownrl W 41 arrants (Hectares) -- b a N - ver Cent. - b ° Al „ r ent. (Uribarren) _ p o, 4 rer c eut ott, ce o4 0862 - b'EN ee Itt e t Ace. Per Cent., 1853 - b 3 Nl:,,Aer,leent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 47 b., 1 44 6 'tut - W o 4 p e l3 , er Celli., ....... £ eii., - )3, Cent., 1850 - b 0 6 3 1 860 - ~ .. h. r 0, 11 4 . 1 / 4 4 Per n eut., 1859 - kt 4 l,. "tit, 1862 bo' l 41 5 4 . 1864 1:1. • Ace . - -r Cent - ° i 8 ° tint - D o oe Per Cent - , l t e;:unt ..... 474 bp A t _ b e f e ,.,:_ . : .................. - gb o P' ° uut ....... ,o Cel l ................................ 7k t "0 - Pt,' 'tc ' ° ▪ f Cfunded Nibh outt Coup not - - Dtiet, ' i Per ▪. 6 .......... .. - t b,,, 6 4 z,„ P 4 er t . Cent. 1854 - Do At,. ti Ent. .. : . i .tf t i c o'lilit '°° - 70 691 ~4 1G _ ) 301 ; 2 , . . Ij joA eZ- Ce ll 'i t- 8 1862 - - b° .ciZ l pt .... „o q ,e tolia-s ili \f t - L: 1 0 Qrlat eetit. 1863 O tt lela, r44 teed e 4 - 1) 4 0 , 4eo 3 per __ter Cent - 14; 6 pe -°ll nt e 4 - , ~ Client, ' l) 5 esol o ' , lt lit 1862 - , t. i t er ee _ : ... . , 4 41 4 _ vid e „%t:, ( 1 3 -864 4O 1 39 li p kii 7) 5 pe ' r Z e n the above payable in London. 1P 1 24 41 ' i t, Ex. 10 Florins - P t q.l Percycent. Ex. 25f. - ,%I t l a leer Centt, tx 12 Guil A) 14,0 • • - Itm.°. A utes i ertifi...tes - 14, 4 eeo li ' Per Cent. _, N sDe count .. . A r ce_: ............... ~. 4. ecolu it ° I., 1 861, Ex. 251 - toi l .. 4"l', ec l i to "° 3 - ......... T 634 1 TWO O'CLOCK. R4kte,),1114., BB. pal .A.cco•z:i 89 41 , ih P _ 4 4) 1 3 t 'Or t 1 Xt' og 4 ' 3 1° 4 0/51 3 la c r$ c A CV° r 1,0 ..4 4, lif eV Of s, 9, 0,0 ,o los o i 46 5 66 4 6 0 66 / 6 366 SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. raid.l Closing I Business Price. done. Share Railways. Li 1 Bir., Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A gets no div Do B till6p . c.p.an has • been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.June. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. W( stern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A Cock Do. B :o Do. New. is. at 25 pm, Gt S. and W. of Ireland Weste n . S. VA , . Bail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.-ox:ord ro. NC WRO Do. He Lane shire &Yorkshire Lyndon and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast' ,Lon., Chat., and Dover, 'Lou. & North Western, Lon. & South Western Man., Shei., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. # shares Metropolitan Do. New Hid and Do, Birmin . & Derby Hid Gt. W., Ireland Do. 6 shares %lid Kent .. No th British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun N th. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. Stock. & Darlin 5 De. do. 1855-58 5 Do. do. 1850-61 it North London O Do. New O Do. do. 18C4 It North Staffordshire O N. dr S: W. Junction .t Scottish C, ntral it Scot. N. E .Aber. stock it t'o. Scot, Mid. stick .0 ' 4 h.ews & Welchpool it Shropshire Union it 3outtt Devon it :outh E stern 0 itaines, Wok., & Wok it Taff Yale Do. C_ It Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwill W.Hartlepool Har.&U.. Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable .. 100 100 ICO 100 10 100 10 P.•O 10 100 BRITISH POSSE Atlantic St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, Cen. In. gu. 5 per cent... shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1,1573 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & S. E., liar 'a e Town & Dock, gu Demera , a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben.! al, gu , 5 Co East 'Alan, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Caned q Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. 7d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.e Gua 5 per cent • _ Do. New gna. 5 p. c Gt South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Vir, a. of Canada New .. Do. 6 p. c. BcIA. pay 1873 Do. 5 t do. pay. 1877-8. • Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c ... • Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B q. itl.C'da, pc Ist pt.bds Scinde .... Do. Delhi d Do. do tr,l Do. Puniaub p2o Do.lndus St Flo 95 97 131 132 ti 6 66 68 16 . 17 85 87 107 l' 9 96 47 7 8 120. 127 j 11.. 14 127 .3 88 90 72 73:', 49 51 47 5 102 tot 1161 1171 86, 574 10: 104 36 17 1 (),1 121 98 99 6) 61 117 I'B 14 I.lp 13s1 129 107 1(9 5t 53 z 5 16 111 llt 67 68 1024 10 : 381 394 I'4 12ip 91 10p 121 --. 121 111 12 1 14) 8) 81 111 114 138 142 44 46 IV 61 5i 5.3 86 66 9 1 160 165 3i 4tp 109 111 75 78 ,SIONS. 65 67 100 1 01 jd 4} 5 bi 74 78 97 99 75 8 5 1( 0 102 99 100 100 101 17A 18 es 9 66 68 56 58 60 6.! 53 35 50 53 45 98 25 27 21 26 10) 101 id IP fd 1P 93 100 8 9 12i 12d 8% CO 77 f 0 d 99 } 4 1 004 0! 94 88 9.., 62 64 3 5 82 81 98 100 9: ICO I d id v 8 1,0 94 97 COLONIAL GOVERNAIENT SECUR IBritish Columbia, peri cent„ Dec. 31,1572.... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-'4 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 1/o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk Cape IT.Hope, 6 - 0.C:1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: I'9o-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 186 R, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 - Do. 188t,'ar15, Nov. it Natal , ;ov. 8 per cent.. N.B.Gov 6 p.c.Ja.AO uly N. B.W. Gov. 5 p c.,1886 Do. •spc. 18 1 to 18n Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... Nova &Ala Gov. 6 p. a sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.GoY. 6 p,c 18c8-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.0.1a & July Do. do. pril & Oct BRIT! , Cam Consol. cold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Taoist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon as t Cam Brea East Grenville East Loved E. W'i Russell (Tavistk Gam .& StAubyn(Gwen. Great L axey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist au Grenville Ilerod's Foot ilingston Downs Margaret (tiny Lelant Marke Valley Viwyndy Iron Ore, lira Nang' les . New Se ton North Downs North Roskear N.W h'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr vldence lJnyLelant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park . Tin Croft West Itassett (Mogan W. Caradon (L skeard West Chiverton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redrutla W hear Ludoutt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis Wheal T.lni,n... . 9) 92 90 92 93 05 73 80 78 80 Ico 105 107 106 108 101 106 102 104 108 110 JO Z 104 101 106 ICB 109 105 107 90 93 98 100 92 91 90 91 101 106 87 90 92 96 102 104 10 107 10Th 1011, INES. PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCIES. Metropolitan 5 per cent., 103 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bahia and San Francisco (11. n.) gua. ?per cent., 161 Belgian Eastern Junction, 11 Dutch Rhenish, 21 Ditto (s 11), 251 Sambre and Meuse, 61 per cent. pf., 91 BANKS. Alliance (lim.), 33, Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd.,:let Australasia, 744 Ditto, new,:7 British North American. 44 Chartered Bank of India. Australia, and China, 311 1 Consolidated Bank, lim., 101s11 East London, lim.. 51 European Bank, lim., 5 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), Ditto, issued at 2:pm., 241 Imperial Bank (11m.), 33 lonian, new, 61 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23 Llndon and Count, 74 London, Hamburg, y Cont. Exchange, 1im.,7101 London Joint Stock, 47,,s London and Westminster, 95 Merchant Bank, lim., 33 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Um., 201 194 Oriental Bank Corporation. tin Sande, Punjaub, and Delhi, Ban, 114 South Australia, 34.: DOCKS. East and West India, 133 MISCELLANEOUS. City of London Real Property, lira., 21 City of Milan improvements, 9 bi C►ty offices, Urn.. 5i Continental Union Gas, lint, It} I Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., Faiglish and Australian Copper, 11 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 8 Gen. Credit and Finance of London. lim.. Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., Italian Irrigatton (Canal Cavourt. 12 Joint Stock Discount. Bra., 8 I Land Securities, lira., 2f London Financial:Association, lim., 211 Di ilwall Iron Works. 5k 5 ational Discount Company, Bin., 141 Oriental Commercial, lim., 7 Peninsula and Oriental Stearn. En Thames and Mersey Marine:(lnsurance), Urn., 71 A singular result has attended the musical com petition opened by the Prefect of the Seine in November last for choruses without accompaniment, intended for the communal schools and adult classes in Paris. Fifty-two pieces were sent in, of which nineteen were considered worthy of a second and more intimate examination. The jury awarded the three gold medals of 300 f. each, for the three best, to Nos. 135, 137, and 136, in the order named. It turned out that all three were the composition of the . same . competitor, Prince Edmond de Polignac. :sU M 11 18.18.9 6 1 30,17. 6 6 29 31 580 59J 3.12.81 25 29 141 161 6 6.; 4 10 11 3f 41 6 8 17 :8 13 2i 34 35 21 8 24 36 3a 4 6 8 41 5 11 Ofd 16 18 35 45 12 14 i 14 2 3 81 33 35 530 550 20 25 15 17 141 18i 74 8i 8 60 62i 190 100 100 105 111 13 190 200 19 20 i I THE MIN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIING, MARCH 1, 1865, #l ; c4o , 61111 Tin/1114r ,t„ HER MAJESTY, WINDSOR CASTLE, Feb. 28. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, went to London this morning, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, Lady Augusta Stanley, Major-General Hon. A. N. Hood, and Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros. Her Majesty drove to the station of the Great Western Railway, where a special train was in waiting to convey the Royal party to Paddington. Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold also left the Castle for London, at half-past ten o'clock, attended by Major Elphinstone and Mr. Buff. Soon after the Queen's arrival Viscount Palmer ston had an audience of her Majesty. Prince Albert Victor came from Marlborough house to Buckingham Palace to see the Queen. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Helena, Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, left Buck ingham Palace at half-past five o'clock for Windsor Castle. Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold remained at Buckingham Palace. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback yesterday afternoon, attended by Major Teesdale. The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen. --;- The Queen's Court. The Queen held a Court at Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Helena, Princesk Louise, Princess Beatrice, Prince. Arthur, and Prince Leopold, and attended by the - Marchioness of Ely, Lady Augusta Stanley, Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood, Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros, Major Elphinstone, and Mr. Buff, arrived at the Palace from Windsor Castle at 12 o'clock. The Prince and Princess of Wales arrived at Buckingham Palace from Marlborough-house shortly before three o'clock, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, Earl Spencer, Lord Harris, Lieut.-General Knollys, Major Teesdale, and the Hon. R. Meade. Her Majesty's body-guard of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms was on duty at the court, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Topham, the lieutenant. Lieut.-Colonel William M'Call, the clerk of the Cheque and adju tant, and Captain Philips, the sub-officer, were also present with the corps. The royal body-guard of the Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the interior of the Palace, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel C. Pat terson, the Exon in Waiting. Major-General Fitz maurice, the lieutenant, and Lieutenant-Colonel Cooke, the ensign, were also present. A guard of honour of the Coldstream Guards was in attendance in the court of the Palace. . The Queen, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Helena, Princess Louise, and the other members of the royal family, entered the White drawing-room at three o'clock. In attendance upon her Majesty were Earl Rus sell, her Majesty's. principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the various members of the royal household. The Countess Russell was prevented by unavoid able circumstances from attending the court. The Earl of Ducie, captain of the Yeoman of the Guard, was prevented by the severe indisposition of a relative from being present. Viscount Gough, the gold stick in waiting, wa also unavoidably absent. The Queen wore a black silk dress with train, trimmed with crape and jet ; a Mary Queen of Scots cap, with long veil, the cap ornamented with large diamonds. ller Majesty wore besides a necklace, cross, and brooch of diamonds, the Ribbon and Star of the Order of the Garter, the Victoria and Albert Order, and the Order of Louise of Prussia. The Princess of Wales wore a petticoat of rich white satin, trimmed with plaitings of tulle and blue velvet, and tunic of tulle richly em broidered ; train of blue velvet, trimmed with a border of rich blonde. Headdress of blue velvet, ornamented with diamond stars, feathers, and veil. Necklace, brooch and earrings of pearls and diamonds ; orders, Isabella of Portugal and Victoria and Albert Badge. Princess Helena wore a train of rich green and white silk, trimmed with green and white ruches ; petticoat of white glace, covered with white grena dine, trimmed with niches and bunches of pink roses and lilies of the valley. Head-dress, roses and lilies of the valley, with feathers and veil. Orna ments, diamonds. _ Princess Louise wore a similar dress and similar ornaments. Various members of the Corps Diplomatique had the honour of being invited to this court, but some few were prevented by absence from England, in disposition, or other unavoidable causes from attend ing. Previous to the reception her Majesty gave an audience to M. Schleiden, the Minister Resident from the Hanse Towns, to which he was introduced by Earl Russell, K.G., her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and con ducted by Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Cere monies. _ _ After the reception, Earl Russell and Lord Bloom field had audiences of the Queen. .--.4.-- Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Countess (Dowager) of Westmorland with her company at dinner yesterday evening at the countess's residence in Portman-square. Lade Geraldine Somerset was in attendance. A distinguished circle was invited to meet her royal highness. The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Cavendish do not intend to arrive at Devonshire House till after the Easter holidays. After leaving Holkar Hall for the south the duke and family are expected to pass a fort night at Chatsworth. The Duchess of Roxburgh has left the Clarendon Hotel for Windsor Castle. The Marquis of Downshire and the Earl of Hills borough leave Belgrave-square to-day for Combermere Abbey, Cheshire, to attend the funeral of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere. The Marquis of Bowmont has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Floors Castle. The Earl of Bradford, according to the accounts received in town yesterday, was a little better. His lord ship is still in a very dangerous state. _ _ The Earl Cowper does not leave on his mission to the King of Denmark until the second week in next month. Viscount Bangor has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Bournemouth. Yesterday morning the marriage of Lord Rose hill, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, eldest son of the Earl of Northesk, with Miss Elliot, eldest daughter of Rear- Admiral Elliot, superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard, took place at the parish church, Portsea, which was crowded by a vast concourse of spectators. The ceremony was per formed by the Rev. E. S. Phelps, chaplain of Portsmouth dockyard. A number of relatives and friends afterwards partook of breakfast at the admiral superintendent's resi dence in the dockyard. Lord and Lady Rosehill left Ports mouth in the afternoon for Dover, on their way to Paris. OUR COLONIAL FISHERIES.—It may interest our readers to know the great extent of the colonial fisheries, the population (omitting Canada West) being about two and a quarter millions ; the annual returns giving more than one pound's worth of fish exported per head. The quantities cured in 1860 were (not including Canada or Labrador) —Dried cod, 1,497,697 quintals ; mackarel, 131,184 barrels; shad, 7,649 brls. ; herrings, 357,379 brls. ; herrings (dried), 35,557 boxes; alewives, 12,505 brls. ; sal mon, 0,405 tierces; do. smoked, 2,738 brls—while the ex ports of fish from Great Britain were £878,000 in 1860, those frow Ireland were under £3,000, while we imported £BO,OOO of herrings. If the Fishery Commissioners would give returns similar to those made in the colonies, we could form some opinion as to the value and position of the trade, but we are quite in the dark. It is to be hoped that the fish curing of Norway, Denmark, the United States, France, and our colonies will be represented at our National Exhibition. There is a mine of wealth in the sea. Our people do not require fixity of tenure or a landlord and tenant bill to catch them, but only industry. The merchants, shopkeepers, and farmers have money enough if they would only imitate the Cornishmen and Scotch. Returns might bo annually made to Parliament of the'quantities of the various kinds of fish cured, as well as the value of those saved fresh.—Sligo Independent. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKIVOOD.—The Right Honourable William Gladstone, M.P., is the subject of the first article in this number, and it is continued from the account furnished last month. This essay is written in a first-rate style, and while it renders ample justice to Mr. Gladstone's brilliant powers as a debater, and great talent in many ways, it expresses genuine regret at the in •onsistency of his conduct, and the confused nature of his politics, now allying himself to the Church and State party, under whose auspices he made his entry into public life, and again appearing to conform in words and theories to those of the extreme opposite in political tenets. Many readers will be glad of . this opportunity of acquainting themselves with the retrospective career of one who must undeniably be regarded as one of the leading Inca of the age, both in abilities and position. There is nothing to wonder at that a p'riodical of such a class as this should regret and feel indignant at the contemplation of Mr. Glad stone's career. He has twice refused the offer of the Con servative leader to enter into office with the party with which he has professed a common sympathy, and which his influence might have supported to its own advancement, and the welfare of the country, since nothing is so destruc tive as abandoning all things to the domination of one par ticular clique. The concluding remarks of this article are forcible, if not flattering. "Isheto be Lord Palmerston's successor? We should think not. No Tory will support him, not one old Whig family will follow him. The House of Commons, if at all constituted as it now is, would not tolerate his want of temper for a day. He has nothing to look to but the extreme Radicals, and they are not as yet strong enough to give either a policy or a Prime Minister to this great country." " William Blake" is the title of the second subject ; it is well worthy of perusal, presenting us, as it does, with a graphic sketch of a man who was decidedly out of the common, and whose peculiarities are well worth observing. Of him, it is truly observed, that "he was a good man, and had some of the elements of greatness in him ; he is better deserving, perhaps, of being held in memory than some others of world-wide reputation." " Miss Majori banks," is continued at some length, and we meet with a very descriptive 'account of the difficulties with which that ambitious young lady hal:lp contend in her efforts to obtain a high place in the eirefe"it Carlingford. The deep contriv ances to which she resorts are most cleverly told, and the scene in which she confounds Mr. Bury by her dexterous movement is capitally told, and forms an entertaining episode in the narrative. There is great skill displayed in the description given of this heroine's manoeuvres from the outset, and her plan of engaging the fine contralto to sing duets with her, shows a descrimination that soars far above the petty jealousy and mean prejudices that often interfere to spoil the effects of female performances. The paper on " Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's Poems" will doubtless be read with interest, and it deserves to be so, for it is written with care and discernment. The concluding observations are well worthy of attention by the author to whom they refer. "Why," it is asked, "should Sir E.B. Lytton be dolorous?" The former poets of England and Scotland were joyous in the extreme, and "he should not now, unless his ambition is altogether satiated, proclaim that all is vanity." " Etoniana, Ancient "~rind Modern," continues the superior sketches before met with of this time-honoured institution; and in this instalment we find an account of the last Montem which was held in 1844, when Prince Albert's carriage was stopped at Windsor bridge, and he gave the royal donation of £lOO. Some of the accounts here given are most interesting, and will serve to refresh the memory of many concerning this popular public school. "Piccadilly" is the title of the last sketch ; it is very amusingly told ; and its continuance will doubtless afford amusement to many. We meet, besides, with " Guy Neville's Ghost," an entertaining reminiscence,which may well serve to beguile an hour ; so • that no one can complain of dullness or want of interesting contents in this month's number of Maga. TEMPLE BAR.--" Sir Jasper's Tenant" is not very important in this number ; but the adventures of " Dorothy" are amusing, so is the account of the stranger's visit to the abbey, and his subsequent re turn to his hermitage more a hermit than ever. " The Red Hat" is a curious sketch of the time of Richelieu, and relates the hair-breadth escape of a man whose life hung in the balance. It is told in a very inge nious manner, and is an exciting episode of old times. "Royal Marriages with Subjects" is a very sensible article, that contains some well-deserved strictures upon the pre sent absurd custom of making no marriages for the royal family except with Germans. It is truly said that the " royal marriage law is, in the opinion of many, open to grave criticism ; not a few people consider it an outrage on nature, and would gladly welcome the very re sults to prevent which it was devised. " David Chantrey" is continued in an interesting style, and in this part David seeks an acquaintance that will evidently have a considerable effect upon his future career. "Paid in Pull" is concluded in a powerful manner, but as mysteriously as might have been expected. The most pleasing sketch met with in this story is honest Sir Charles; who is quite a relief after the plots and machinations of tha others. There are some read able papers met with hero. " Our Navy of the Future" is a suggestive sketch, deserving notice ; and "In State" and "Vampires," at least, form an agreeable variety to the other more solid subjects met with. There are also some verses that enliven the perusal of the magazine, and complete the uniformity of its contents. CORNIIILL.—" Armadale" is continued at length, and becomes very exciting as it proceeds. The plots of Mrs. Aldershaw and her friend Miss Givild are very skilful, and one reels puzzled to make out how so simple a young man as Allan will manage to escape their machinations. At any rate, it is satis factory to find out that Allan has got the start of them, and arrived at Thorpe Ambrose before they think he has left the Continent. Allan's debut is very amusingly told, rTo in fortune rt this un e and accounta g and his introduction to Mi ss Mib raw i s qu it e original in its way. C good destate a man este i comin s novelty. "Monsieur Bat on " i s a very me l anc h o l y little curiousgfrorn unexpectedly into a largo its sketch, that is touchingly told, and this little pic ture of simple life illustrates many of the qua lities that make the joys and sorrows of life. " Wives and Daughters" also progresses satisfactorily in point of interest and excitement. Roger follows the gene ral example in payi ng h omage to Cynthia to the neglect of Molly. The poor Squire is envir d by difficulties,and one Osborne does his best to get him into worse troubles. The contrast between the brothers is very great, and well de picted. Mrs. Gibson is as displeasing as usual in her dic tatorial style and affectation of simplicity. After the stormy weather that we have experienced for some time .ast, some readers will very likely be glad to peruse an account of " The Winds" which is here given. This learned treatise is well worthy of perusal, presenting us as it does with a very detailed description of a subject little understood by the generality ; at the same time the writer does not encourage us to expect too much in this study, as yet, for he says that "Meteorology is a very young science, if it deserves the title of science at all ; and until observa tions for a long series of years shall have been made at many stations, we shall not be in the possession of trust worthy facts on which to ground our reasoning." "Willie Baird," a Winter Idyll, is a plaintive sketch, that attracts by its simplicity and mournful pathos. " Isernia, L'Addio'' is another of the Italian sketches of which so many have appeared in this periodical. " Position of Landscape Painting in England" is an article that makes some good suggestions upon this interesting theme, and ably dis courses upon the prevalent errors of its management re specting "exhibitions," &c. "A Midsummer Ride in South China" is an entertaining sketch, that presents a good contrast to the other subjects here met with. LONDON SOCIETY.—The usual liberal allowance of tales, sketches, poems, and pictures meet us in this lively magazine—always, one of the pleasantest and best written of the lighter serials. The illustrations are plentiful, and of a sort to catch the reader's eye and attract the popular taste, giving a really life-like representation of the beaux and belles who form, for the most part, the dramatis persona of its contests. One of the most lively and agreeable papers in this number is the article on "Mummeries and Drolls." The forgotten characters of ancient pantomime, and the sketches of the serio-comic figures, can hardly fail to provoke a smile from the gravest reader. " The Merchant Princes of England," an interesting series, is continued with spirit, and the achievements of Josiah Child, of London, shows of what stuff our nation of shop keepers is made. " The Greek Ambassador" is a sketch of a not very clever or courteous practical joke, and " Try a Tutorship" is a light story of the troubles of a private tutor, who escapes from his perplexities better, perhaps, on the whole, than he deserves. " A Miss in her Teens Keeping House," recounts the ill success of an adventurous damsel of fifteen, who, in her mother's absence, rashly at tempted to guide the reins of domestic government, and who was in turn the "martyr to the cook's extravagance, the housemaid's insolence, and the man-servant's supremo contempt," until a substantial unfashionable country friend came valiantly to the rescue. " Drawing:room Poetry" is the title of a review of the poems of the late W. M. Praed, who gives a brief outline of his caree r , an d co pi ous extracts from his very clever and charming verses. The story of " The Lady in Muslin" proceeds with interest, though the fair heroine is still involved in unapproachable mystery. THE ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE.—Miss Braddon's story of " Only a Clod" still retains its prominent position in this serial, and it l osesnothing in interest , though that interest grows of a painful character. Mephistopheles advances rapidly in his task of sowing disunion between the husband and wife. Maude is again the fashionable but terfly that she was when we first knew her, before tho knowledge of her father's difficulties brought out her better qualities. The reader loses patience with her, though, when she so far forgets her principles as to associate con stantly with her quondam lover, Harcourt Lowther the evil genius of the piece. It is to be hoped that justice will be satisfied by the identification of that modern Apollo with the undiscoverable Robert Lesley. Two missing ones are found in this number. Maude unexpectedly meets Julia Desmond, and Francis Tredetthyn catches a glimpse of Susan, with what result remains to be seen hereaftar. The second part of "My Uncle's Honeymoon" ends the narrative of its hero'sadven tures much as we expected, so that the reader is not bound to sympathise too deeply in his sorrows. A sketch of the career of Machiavelli is worth reading, and so is an article on " Gold Worship in America," more trenchant than com plimentary to our transatlantic 'cousins. A paper on " Charqui," the oiiginal name of jerked beef, describes the whole method of preparation. • It is justly remarked, after a dissertation on the exclusive nature of English cookery, and the benefits our poorer classes lose thereby, that it is useless to recommend articles of food and drink on the strength of their chemical properties. Fooa against which there is a kind of prejudice, from lack of use, rather than from any actual reason, may be better introduced to the multi tude through the agency of cookshops and soup kitchens. There is nothing unpleasant in the idea of the dried American beef, which is veritable beef from the wild healthy cattle of the boundless prairies, and has nothing to do with horseflesh, which there, as here, is more scarce and more valuable, and a little practice would soon render it popular enough among a people who eat dried cod from Newfoundland, and salted herrings from Australia with relish and satisfaction. THE SIXPENNY MAGAZINE.—The wild and singu lar story of " The Fate of Thorsghyll," is continued with some interest. Felicia recovers the use of speech, and promises eventually to recover her memory likewise, when she will be able to unravel the mystery of her father's death. A sensible paper on the " Education of the Young," contains some excellent remarks on that difficult question. We have two bio graphical papers on Royal ladies of very opposite characters —Margaret of Navarre, wife . of Henry the Fourth of France, and Christina of Sweden, the eccentric daughter of Gustavus Adolphus. Ladies who wish to study the pretty art of Diaphaine will find full directions for doing so under the head of Parlour Occupations. TIIE VICTORIA MAGAZINE.—A paper on " Mid dle Class Education opens this number, which is well written, and dwells a little upon the grievances of the schoolmasters as well as of the scholars. The writer favours the suggestion of a scheme of scho lastic• registration, similar to that provided for the medical profession under the Medical Registration Act. The great object of this plan is the exclusion of unquali fied persons from the profession, and it is hoped that it would conduce to the improvement of education and the elevation of the schoolmaster. The writer of this paper is likewise indignant at the custom of reserving the best gifts in the profession for the clergy, which he considers unjust to the whole body of lay teachers. We have two stories which, in true magazine fashion, are continued from num ber to number. One, "The Warden of Saint Briavelis,l' is a romance of olden days, while the other, " Trouble at Thornhill," is a domestic story of our own time. "Among the Black Bogs," by Lucy Edgar, gives an interesting ac count of an attempt to train and civilise some of the young Australian aborigines. Mr. Herbert Graham enters very fully into the consideration of " English and Scotch Cri minal Verdicts," and the usual comments on the literature and social science of the day are found at the conclusion. THE ENGLISHMAN'S MAGAZINE. No.III. Riving tons.—Clerical elocution has lately been so much dis cussed that we are not surprised to find the subject of the first paper in this semi-ecclesiastical serial to be " Reading and Chanting." The author of it, the Dean of Ely, concludes his remarks by the very sensible observation that first-rate reading must be based upon first-rate education, and with that foundation formal rules may be chiefly dispensed with. He gives, however, three rules for the guidance of the reader, which are : 1. To finish each word. 2. Not to drop the voice at the end of a sentence. And 3. Always to read from a full chest. There is no doubt that the observance of these simple rules would be a great blessing to many readers and hearers. A sketch of the vivid and interesting life of Madame Guyon will attract the reader, and the lover of fiction will find himself amply supplied in "A Sailor's Yarn," "The New Patent Safety Fireproof Chest," and a mystical legend of the middle ages. One of the most interesting articles in the number is the sketch of the career of General Oglethorpe, the founder of Georgia. At a time when that State has been the theatre of the war it will be read with special curiosity. It records " the singular, and as we believe unparalleled fact concerning Georgia that it was founded by an individual from purely benevolent motives, and that he lived to see it a free commonwealth. General Oglethorpe died at the ago of upwards of 100 years, retaining his faculties to the last, and deeply venerated by his country men." There are several poetical contributions of a superior character. One of them, " The Battle of Varna,', is full of fire and spirit, and teaches a stern moral. THE ENGLI 0 MAN'S DOMESTIC MAGAZINE Beeton, Strand.—Of all the marvels of cheap serial publications, the " Englishwoman's Domestic Maga zine is certainly the greatest. Besides the literary contents, which is fully equal to the average, there is aVerfeet mine of feminine treasures contained in its unpretefiding cover. Sheets and plates, colgureil awl spreaol before the astonished gazer their apparently inexhauAible stores. Fashionable toilette designs and instructions for the manu facture of all the component parts of a lady's-attire for the boudoir, the promenade, or the ball-room; patterns for fancy work, prettily printed in colours, and looking charm ing enough to engage the fingers of Queen Titania herself ; and finally, an original song, printed separately in very good type anti style. If the fair dame who obtains all these treasures for the moderate sum of one shilling be not satisfied with her bargain she must certainly be very hard to please. THE YOUNG ENGLISHWOMAN. Beeton. Price Sixpence.—This is another of Mr. Beeton's multum ie parvo publications, being, however, more of a literary miscellany than its companion, and thus better adapted to tho younger members of the household. It has also a number of patterns for useful and ornamental needlework, and a touching engraving called, " The Empty Cradle." LE FOLLET.—This recognised standard of Parisian fashion shows us some rather startling toilettes for the month of March, and gives us in its printed matter an amusing " Valentine to a Dressmaker." THE ECLECTIC.—The Eclectic for March has several well written papers, mostly, however, ad dressed to members of Dissenting chapels. JULIUS CESAR. The following is the brilliantly graphic description of the personal aspect of Caesar as delineated (liv. ii. cap. 1) by the Emperor Napoleon 111 : " To these natural gifts, developed by a brilliant education, were joined physical advantages. His lofty stature, and his finely-moulded and well-pro portioned limbs, imparted to his person a grace which distinguished him from all others. His eyes were dark, his glance penetrating, his complexion colourless, and his nose straight and somewhat thick. His mouth was small and regular, and the lips, rather full, gave to the lower part of his face an expres sion of kindliness, while his breadth of forehead indicated the development of the intellectual facul ties. His face was full, at least in his youth ; but in the busts which were made towards the close of his life, his features are thinner, and bear the traces of fatigue. His voice was sonorous and vibrating ; his gesture noble, and an air of dignity pervaded his whole person. His constitution, which at first was delicate, grew robust by sober living, and by his habit of exposing himself to the inclem ency of the seasons. Accustomed from his youth to manly exercise he was a bold horseman ; and he supported with ease privations and fatigues. Habi tually abstemious, his health was not weakened by excess of labour nor by excess of pleasure. Never theless, on two occasions, once at Cordova and then at Thapsus, he had a nervous attack, which was erroneously thought to be epilepsy. He paid par ticular attention to his person, shaved with care, or had the hairs plucked out ; he brought forward artistically his hair to the front of his head, and this in his more advanced age served to con ceal his baldness. He was reproached with the affectation of scratching his head with only one finger for fear of deranging his hair. His dress was arranged with exquisite taste. His gown was generally bordered with the laticlam ornamented with fringes to his hands, and was bound round the loins by a sash loosely knotted—a fashion which distinguished the elegant and effeminate youth of the period. But • Sylla was not deceived by this show of frivolity, and he was wont to recommend that people should have an eye on that young man with the flowing sash. lie had a taste for pictures, statues, and gems ; and he always wore on his finger, in memory of his origin, a ring on which was engraved the figure of an armed Venus. To sum up, there were found in Caesar, physically and morally, two natures which are rarely combined in the same person. He joined aristocratic fastidious ness of person to the vigorous temperament of the soldier ; the graces of mind to the profundity of thought ; the love luxury and of the arts to a passion for military life in all its simplicity and rudeness. In a word, he joined the elegance of manner which seduces to the energy of character which commands. Such was Caesar at the age of 18, when Scylla pos sessed himself of the Dictatorship. He had already attracted the attention of the 'Romans by his name, his wit, his engaging manners, which were so plea sing to men, and, still more so, perhaps, to women.' ,SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, NOTTINGHAM RACES-THIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. FOREST PLATE. •Wild Duck . 1 Clairvoyant 2 Shakespeare Three ran, BETTING AT MANCHESTER-TUESDAY. Many of the members being at Nottingham, the rooms wore but thinly attended, and there was very little busi ness done on future events. Closing prices:— LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 9 agst Tony Lumpkin (taken) 100 to 8 agst Emblematic (wanted) 100 to 7 agst Arbury (taken) 100 to 7 agst Jerry (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 100 to 6!tgst Lion (taken) THE DERBY. 1000 to 30 agst Longdown (taken) IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—Dus DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past 2 o'clock, it being Ash Wednesday. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time :—Burton_ upon-Trent and Nottingham Railway ; Greenock Police and Improvement ; Greenock Railway ; North of England Union Railway ; and Port Glasgow Police and Water. (LEFT SITTING.) Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market steady but quiet. Sales, probably 3,000 bales. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,--This Day. -4. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERIES AT TILE FIRE LAST NIG-HT.—Walter Lee, de scribed as an engineer, living in Dorrington-street, Leather-lane, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with steal ing a breast-pin last night at the fire at Saville House, Leicester-square. Robert Ward, a compositor, in the Metropolitan Police Information-office, and residing at 4, Essex-place, Old St. Pancras-road, said he was in Leicester-square last night witnessing the fire at Saville House, when he felt a touch at his neck, and on putting up his hand he felt that his pin was gone, and immediately seized the prisoner's hand, which was on his breast. The prisoner tried to get away, but he prevented his doing so, and gave him into custody. At the Vine-street police-station the prisoner told him that he had made a mistake, and that he would have to pay for it. . _ Fraser, 322 A, said that on taking the prisoner into custody he said he knew nothing of the prosecutor's pin: He was searched, but tho pin was not found. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a week. Thomas Owens, a lad, who said he was a slater, residing in Hamilton-yard, New Cut, Lambeth, was next charged with stealing a silver watch of the value of £6 from the person of Mr. Henry Barton, chemist, of No. 300, Holborn. The prosecutor said he was standing in Leicester-square, opposite the fire, about 10 o'clock last night, when he felt a pull at his watch, and on putting his hand down felt the chain attached to it, and which was also attached to his waistcoat, stretched tightly out under the arm of the pri prisoner, who was standing in front of him. He asked the prisoner what he was doing, and he tried to get away, and at the same moment the chain fell in front of him (prose cutor), the watch having been detached from it. He kept close to the prisouer, and gave him into custody. Bolton, 594 A, said that hearing cries of " Police," he went to where the prosecutor was standing in Leicester square, and took the prisoner into custody, but he did not find the watch. The prisoner --All I have to say is that I was pushed by the crowd. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for trial. It is a noticeable circumstance that notwithstanding the immense number of persons present to witness the fire the above were the only charges brought before the magistrate. 46 f 5f 721 31 21 1021 37* 8 116 1 151 117 k 151 131} i li:01 31 ITIES. THAMES. DARING ROBBERY ON THE RIVER.—John Levy, a Jew, aged 36, a metal collector and dealer in marine stores of 4, Cambridge-road, in the parish of Bethnal-green, and near Mile-end-gate, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with feloniously receiving three tiles and 35 ingots of cop per, he well knowing the same to have been stolen. Mr. Lewis (firm Lewis and Lewis) Ely-place, defended the prisoner. Mr. James Hayes, a lightorman and barge-owner of Water-lane, City, stated that last Wednesday one of his lighters war, loaded with about ten tons of copper in the East India Dock. In consequence of an unavoidable delay it was too late to get out of the East India Dock that night with the tide. On Thursday morning the barge was navi gated to the St. Katherine Dock, and moored alongside the ship Lucerne. On the same morning he received informa tion that GG ingots and three tiles of copper had been stolen He gave immediate information of the robbery to Mr. Evans, the superintendent of the Thames Police. He wont to the St. Katherine Dock and ascertained from the mate of a ship who received a portion of the bulk of the cargo of copper, that there was a deficiency of three cakes. He found 35 ingots of the stolen copper at a shop in Drury-lane. Joseph Marks, a Jew, of No. 7, Tilley-street, Spitalfields, metal dealer, said the prisoner called upon him on Thurs day morning last with lOcwt. two quarters 221bs. of copper, and bargained for the sale of it with lead, brass, and other things to be delivered next day. Mr. Paget—Ho brought the copper with him, and you were to receive the other goods on the following day ? Witness—Yes, sir ; I paid him by cheque £ll6 is. 7d. I paid him a fair price for the copper. I can buy for cash in the City at 84s. per cwt. In answer to Mr. L. Lewis, the witness said—l have known Levy for several years, and he always conducted his business in a respectable manner. Robert John Major, inspector of Thames Police, said, from information received, he went to Mark's warehouse in Tilley-street, and afterwards to the prisoner's house, and asked him if he had sold any copper to Mr. Marks or had bought ingots and tiles of copper on Thursday morning. The prisoner said, " I shall not answer you." He then took the prisoner into custody. Richard Knight, a Thames police-constable, No. 27, said the prisoner was in his custody in a cab on the way to the station-house, and said he was surprised and agitated when the inspector came into his shop, and he was sorry he had not answered the questions put to him. He also said he had bought the copper of Mr. Robertson, of Brook-street, Ratcliff, and sold it to Mr. Marks. Mr. L. Lewis safd he had a very good answer, a triumphant answer to this case. Mr. Levy was not at all to blame, and bought the copper at 8-}cl per lb, en tered the weight and full particulars in his book, and sold it to Marks for a halfpenny per pound advance on the price he had given. Mr. Marks, who was an equally respectable dealer, carrying on an extensive business, had sold the copper at an advance of one farthing in the pound. The prisoner had done all that an honest man in the conduct of an honest and legitimate business would do. The copper was bought in the regular way of trade, and openly. Isaac Levy, a lad, said he kept his father's books. There was an entry in the buying-in-book of the purchase of 22 cwt, 22 lbs of copper of Mr. Robertson, of Brook-street, Ratelift at Sid. per pound. The price given was £4l 2s. Bd. His father sold the copper again to Mr. Marks for fid. per pound, thereby realising a halfpenny per pound profit. - In answer to Mr. Paget, the witness said—l know Robertson. Ho lives in Brook-street, Ratliff. My father has bought lead and brass of him. Marks recalled—l sold the whole of the copper I bought of the prisoner at an increased price. Mr. Hayes said the value of the copper stolen from his lighter was £66. He had recovered the whole of it. He identified a tile and an ingot produced by the Thames police. Mr. Paget—lt resolves itself into this. This copper has been stolen from a barge, and directly finds its way to the prisoner's shop.:;lt was in his possession. He is remanded till Wednesday next, March 8. On the application of Mr. L. Lewis, the magistrate said he would take b a il—th e p r i soner 's own personal recogni sance in £2OO, and two sureties of £lOO each. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, March I.—Wind this day at noon—South - Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but a little cloudy. FALMOUTH, Feb. :28. —Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Sea Skimmer, from Mazagan. 'DARTMOUTH, Feb. 28.—Wind S.W. sc h oon er is ashore, and half sunk, near to the Eastern Blackstv one.—Her PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arried Majesty's ship Supply , from Malta ; left Gibraltar on the 21st inst. P ENZAN CE, Feb. 28.—Wind S.—The PiOROOr, steamer, d S w ansea, for London, struck the Rundle from Bristol an stone, and foundered immediately. CARDIFF, Feb. 28.—Wind S.—Arrived—Grand Pa cific, from Martinique; Ocean Child, from Gibraltar. Sailed —Speedwell, for Havannah. HOLYHEAD, Feb. 27.—Wind W.—Arrived—Sales, from Liverpool for Manilla. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) ___ GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrivod, March I.—Amelia, from Yokohama; Glasgow, from Windsor, N. 8.; Maas, steamer, and Cologne, steamer —both from Rotterdam. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Anchored,—Adelaide, of Dartmouth, from the north, for the west. The American Debt. According to the from New 'York a been opened by the to This will gup the deb 4 t --..- IcE)hunasts F fr ed esh er l al oan Gn o v f er Z nin l2 rest that nofrewthihacnh:tatsooth,ooe roa,toeooofstinertelhig, th in e ir ann ethna u c a ti l m b_ a ur di_ not m :hob todenm is paid, will be in excess of that of the wit' 118 0na e i debt of the United Kingdom. Even ness of the war, the nature of this fact gether lost sight of, and the New York Journal of Com merce, in its capacity as aleading organ on economical questions, has placed it before the people in a ll its bearings. " A national debt," it is premised, " be ing a grievous burden, the people of America will be restive under it." Long training is requi s it e even in the best circumstances before communities will submit quietly to a constant weight, and America such patient endurance cannot be ex pected." It will be borne under the excitement of the present conflict, but not longer, unless those who are to sustain it can see their way to the end, and find it materially lightening year by year. Hence it is essential that a plan should be devised for its speedy redemption. "It must be paid or it will be repudiated in some form, for the American people will never settle down under. it, to bear it evermore." The problem is then fairly started, "Can it be paid?" a a n n d d i t n he a na Jo n u e r h na s / hn of Commerce rtertfineth be anh liev asb e th een at it supposed. can, Indeed, " with the recuperative powers of the Ame rican people, a debt of double the amount might be extinguished within the lifetime of the generation is now yet com " coming n o s t i nn i la to 's ateonemstmit. theA And, a t l r t y ho t n o gh an i y t plan for providing the means of such payment," the Journal then proceeds to point out the most obviourA methods that suggest themselves. The first i s g. a grand national subscription"--a project which is de clared not to be Utopian, lad " eminently American in principle." If only two million s o f perso that is to say, about one in every ten of the men , women, and children in the Federal States —wo u ld under take to give an average of £240 each, t , the State might be cleared in a day." It would be the cheapest method that could be invented, but the Journal of Commerce has some fear that " enough of the two millions might hold back to spoil it." Failing the grand national subscription, the next idea is to divide the debt into three equal parts, and assess it as a direct tax upon the country, the whole amount to be collected thus in three years. " This would seem harsh to many, and yet it would be healthy surgery compared with the slow torture of long ymrs of debt." A third alternative " popular with a large class" is to raise the amount in a few years by a tax on exports, especially cotton and to bacco. The Constitution must be amended to effect this object, as it prohibits Congress from laying a tax on the exports from any State, but " a proposi tion is already before Congress initiating such an amendment." Beyond the alternatives thus cited the Journal of Commerce does not at the moment perceive anything, but a conviction is expressed that even if none of these should be found 'the true one the exigencies of the future will develope method wiser and better than any of them. With so plain an exposition of the prospects which must constitute their reliance, furnished by one of the most conservative and best-informed commercial papers of the United States, the bondholders, whether at home, in Germany, or elsewhere, can have little title, whatever may henceforth take place, to complain of having been blinded. If they feel sanguine on the point of a national subscription, or that the people will, at the end of the war, submit to the healthy surgery of taxing themselves to pay off 600 millions sterling in three years, or that an export duty on cotton andtobacco sufficient for the pur pose will not effectually transfer the trade in those products to other countries, or that some wiser or better method than any of these will be devised, they will doubtless look upon their investments with perfect confidence. If, on the contrary, they enter tain misgivings on these points, they must bear in mind the distinct warning they have had that "re pudiation in some form" will be resorted to. LONDON GAZE tTE---Last Evening • _ _ WAR-OFFICE, Fes._ 10. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of General his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, K.G., K. 5.1., to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the First Class, or Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 27. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles H. Page as Consul at Cardiff for his Majesty King of Hanover. INDIA OFFICE, FEB. 20. Her Majesty has been pleased to a pp o i n t th e Ri g h t H on. William Nathaniel Massey to be an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor General of India. DUCHY OF CORNWALL, FEB. 25. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Seal of the Duchy of Cornwall, appointing John Michael Williams, of Caerhayes Castle, Esq., Sheriff of the county of Cornwall. ADMIRALTY, FEB . 25 . Royal Marine Light Infantry—gecond Lientonant Warner Wright Spalding to be First Lieutenant, vice Bree, re signed. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. - 4 - Amsterdam Short. 11 15i Ditto 3 Months. 11 18 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 42i Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 12i 11 . 161 11 19 11 19 25 47 25 47 13 8, 25 20 Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 120 Vienna — 11 55 Trieste — 11 55 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid — 471. Cadiz 25 45 25 45 120/ 11 60 11 60 30/ 47f 47t Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples — 25 57 25 62 Palermo Messina 25 62k Lisbon _... 25 51.1 57 511 Oporto —51 k Foreign Gold in bars (standard) per 0z.....£3 17s. bd. The Countess of Antrim gave birth to a daughter on the 26th ult. at Glenarm Castle, in the North of Ireland. The Viscountess Holmesdale will hold an assembly on Friday next, the 3d inst. The General Credit and Finance Company of London (Limited) are in receipt of advice from their agents, Messrs. H. L. Boulton and Co., dated La Guayra, 9th February, 1865, of duties collected as follows on account of the Venezuelan Loan of 1864 :—Per statement No. 27, from Puerto Cabello, $2,746 14c. ; ditto No. 28, from Puerto Cabello, $4,558 44c. ; ditto, No. 17, from La Guayra, $5,063 48c. ; total, $12,368 06c. The 81st Regiment, shortly expected to arrive in England from foreign service, will on arrival march into quarters at Gosport. special The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt. E. Lacy, will embark to-morrow at Portsmouth the heavy. baggage of the 59th Regiment, and on the follow ePmobrtas,rmkouotbn by y oard the ing morning the regiment, composing 23 officers, afterwards sail for the 783 men, 7 horses, 103 soldiers' wives, and 102 sol diers' From the Clyde the Himalaya returns s di h train e ip r s whichchildren, from Aldershot , will will illimmediatelyar r i v a e n d a t at Portsmouth to England with the 92d Gordon Highlanders, strength of 29 officers, - 727 men, six horses, n a d nd pro l3 ceed s s to oldi th er e s will disembark from the Himalaya 'e a c in hi p idr at e AldershotTll°ei sol diers' o b : d y a- D di o ers ckyl v r iv d e , s a , a special train on the Lond on and So u th-W es t ern Railway. The Edgar, 70, screw line of battle ship, Capt. G. P. Hornby, flagship of Rear-Admiral Sydney Colpoys Dacres, C. 8., was undocked at Portsmouth on Saturday, after receiving a new metal lining to her screw shaft tubing and other repairs. Yester day she left Portsmouth harbour on a three hours' trial of her machinery, under the supervision of Capt H. Caldwell, C. 8., commanding the Ports mouth Steam Reserve, and staff. This proving quite satisfactory the ship afterwards returned to the har bour and was made fast alongside the dockyard, where she will be completed in cabin and other fit tings to convey the Earl of Sefton and his suite to Lisbon. The Edgar is of 3,904 tons, is fitted with engines of 600 horse power nominal, by Afauds r. lay, Sons, and Field, and manned by a crew of some (00 officers and men. ~` 1 f ter qu a , s tie ;11t15 n ot i oS rf tilt) 'ontt ♦'itb , r io ll4 le t° s s,tis" ,11116 Col a a th e vino [ t lie Ito do iiiiti' 0 39 001 Og le° ( 1 ii° ....a 0, 6 :110 1ii ) V9i.91. Lg re fer gr . Y 's o dor; of tal l° of ad t u 9 tv~ V 03 6 0 0 1 1. 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