The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-06 00:00:00

ONEy MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCB. Two O'CLOCK. rm Acco rding to Reute r ' s t e l egram th e F rench ttr ee per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68f. 75c. --Lea vy. The English Stock Market has been very firm to y, and sh ows an improvement since last evening of nearly per cent. This advance is of course ccnnpared with the prices at the close of business it Yesterd ay, when values receded on account of ru ,2nrs respecting the embarrassment of a large con ‘ract°r• Consols are now 86 13-16 15-16 for money 411(„18ii 1 for th e M arc h account. Th e N ew Threes 1311.0 Reduced A nnu i ties are 86/ 87 ; Exchequer ,2 , 111 5, 3 s. to 2s. dis. ; Bank Stock, 245; India Stock, ; and ditto 5 per Cents, 1021 1. Foreign Stocks exhibit steadiness. Turkish 5 per „ C ents, are 39 1 ; Me x i can , 201 21 ; di tto N ew, 181 l e ; G. reek, 121 13; Spanish Passive, 251 1 ; th e t er tficates, 141 1 ; Italian, 611 ; the Confederate ° n, 51 6 ; Egyptian Railway Scrip, 1 1 prem. ; :nd Brazilian Scrip, I 1 prem. United State Go- Yell n nent 5-20 B on d s are 671 1 ; Erie Shares, s 551 ; and Illinois, 751 1. The ope ra ti ons i n the Railway Share Market have been ,, very limited, and, in several inst ances , a t Ilughtly reduced rates. South-E as t ern, N orth- E a stern (Berwick), Metropolitan, Lancashire and Yo rkshire, and Great Eastern have each declined 1. Gra nd Forei gn an d C olonial lines are quiet. 'rand Trunk of Canada havo improved to 421 431. I B ank and Miscellaneous Shares are inactive, but , e4e rany maintain f ormer pr i ces. London Steam it °Png Comp any Sh ares are quoted 11 2 prem. ; 441 Chas. Laflitte and Co., 3 31 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 8 (3101'',..RNMENT FUNDS. Dr Cent. Consols ' • j3 _ ent. Consols 3 .. Account, Feb. 8 — Row 3 Reduced B6/ 7 4: w 3 , Per Cent B6/ 7 1) 1 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 44`)1ii,.. Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Do . LlBB , 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 zei .le ( l led Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — 1)(01uer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 3 3 £5OO ta D o ~ England .£lOO and £2OO tilr .. 11,z1, Stock, 5 per Cent Indiol GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Don Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 2lOl ). st o ol Do. ', Per Cent. July, 1870 e°o. _. , C_ertificate s Per Cent., Oct. 1888 —D o .-sufaced Paper 4 per Cent — 1) 0 : °5 P e r Cent., Jan. 1872 Do . 4 1 Per Cent, May 1879 — 0. T , Per Cent, Aug. 1866 — Do under £ l,OOO 13411striall.rBOREIG_N FUNDS—ONE , O'CLOCK. razilia Centr Gent, 1859 D o. 4 11 c' Per i t per Cent, 1852-58-60 1 0 0 1863 I) Account 1865 D ° —u count 111 4 08 8c A riP, £35 pa id )3 0 . A •°,3rres 6 pe r C en t — 101 ulint f ail Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) p D a ; Per Cent — 10 b ., b 'l Per Cent — 413 - '''`' i an 6 per Cent. — I)El,:itV Per Cent. 0 3 N . 1 Per Cent, 1825 — 6 D o. 5 Per Cent, 1863 — tttu l b i Per Cent., 1773-77, .£25 paid ~, D o Aan P rincipalities `ltikr e celliat j ) or i\T ew . t o. p r . .Consolidated, 1 per Cent — fByhii,s_ ?yisional Land Warrant — o " 4 ( .0 i per Cent — NI 'eeend u 414 Bon ds e 13 no. 1864 93 (i t ° 4100 B eek 6 onds De . A c Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons D o •, count 13 Coup ons (NaZzAceouut I tkli an 4 , 14 5 per Cent. — D o A u Per Cent, 1865 4Do3 i e ttr ount exicall ,°,llmana Railway — Do. A " Per Cent N ue ollut 20/ tl ik 6 de r Cent. 1864 lBl 1 1 kootttevider Anglo-French 4 Ori & 1 1 lan 6 per Cent., £3O paid elr Q.„ 41 Perial 5 per Cent h aa aja , '' - ' 0 2 "a /), t Per C ent 13 1 t ,D O eferred 7 ''' 3 . G 44(1 Warrants (hectares) ta ) Pei bo eilra Cent, 1864 ec res Doranteed, 4 per Cent — 1 4 5 Per Cent — ...,co Do 3 Per not 011 tp_errC_ent. (Uribarren) — n Do x_ ve cent., 1862 o,tl/4 Qeount P 0 rese 3 per Cent 1853 Doak4Bl '"t D4 l Per Cent., 1822, XSt o 42 -Per Cent. 1850 Do )e 5 Pez Cent. 1839 "ird, h • ". Per Cent. 1864 D 07 ,1 44 5 per Cent 0 '4O Bands — 4 u• _ ,ani o, l Per Cent bo. 7 4 3 Per Cent D "ew D f 0 g e erred — 5 6 c eeunt b ° Passiv e ° Ac e e — Nai s h °lllat ...... 25 130 oe_. • t31 1 , e Ae co . i l_'_, of Coup not funded — ,„ dish 4 U e rt 1 , uo : 4 , 1 P Cent. — Dogrkish6Per Cent. 1864 o 4 Per Cent 1854 — be. 6 ec °Lint ... • . D o A Per ent : . cr:~_ Do * ' °°ol lnt 6 ' °B 13 , ElOO ~c, ................................. ...• D° 6 p er -1V1(18 Aco ou ,r l t. 1862 6 . 0 , ,E lOO ~~ 6 p e i ti c Duds b_ Sp o ,, , ent.,186 3 /- 1 ° S ori ` k , ent. 186 5 D o paid V eil ?. 4 gleet Do o ak: Per Cent o cou nt • 4,1 bi vic ient., 18 64 35i e el ,rife a, 5 ends On the above payable in London.. blPeha <r4 p P e 2 r r C ent., Ex. 10 Florins .0 Per ci lt, Ex. 25f Lo 4 r e'llt E e oh Certific ..,3 01 _ bo 4 for TWO O'CLOCK ' Aefs l ileney 86 13-16 15-16 5 -011,,, .............................. Uaett"" .............. 86 13-16 15-16 . 871 1 ..........__................ AN t -------... A curious ell' ,stitirtitia je:ILGICAL DIFFICULTY.— t.,44._lately occurred relative to The t he tskullstwo o 1441,24'1Y Gerard, bishop of Toul. had fall Preserved the same reliquary, and as . the labels hea o ds f ot tl then , thereinse 4 ell Off err ed no means of distinguishing one Bishop of 44;11 other. In the difficulty, Mgr. Lavigerie, ethnologist, oftto k4,,C., l'equested M. Gordon, known as an e one i l , C'lle them. That savant immediately recognised bel " a ds as that to , of a Gaul, whilst the other evidently . etie lP as .... _up a Man of a different nation. That distinction l,nrined by the fact that St. Gerard was of Gallic the P 4 Ote of a " St- Ictansuy a Scotchraan. Likewise, ti ter four teeth in the skull of the latter, a circumstance I 4404:114 fel -ind to be mentioned in one of the labels, fully 1 heti laic! ideatity,--QaAgnani. TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market continues easy. and although there is slightly more demand for accommodation this mo rning the rate s rema i n at 7i, and 7i per cent. for the best short-dated paper. The sum of £Bl,OOO was taken out of the Bank of England yesterday for shipment to the continent. The directors of James Schofield and Sons dividend hav e i ssue d a report, which recommends a u lvidend at the rate of 1 9 i per cent. per annum. At a meeting of the shareholders of the London and South Western Bank, held to-day, a dividend at t he rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free of income t ax, Was agreed to. :A. meeting of the cre dit ors o f M essrs. C. and J. r ßo wman, sug ar re fi ners, o f Whi techapel, took ace yesterday. Th e s t a t emen t , prepared b y the accountants, was presented, showing the liabili ties to amount to £90,000, and the assets to £B,OOO It was resolved that the estate should be . ' °llll d up in Bankruptcy. The Secretary of the Stock and Shareholders' I nquiry and P rotection Association thus writes : ",r have authority for contradicting the exaggerated reports which have again been circulated to the Prejudice of shareholders in the London Financial as sociatio n in respect to the difficulties of another railway contractor. The amount of these liabilities e 30,000 on l y, against £75,000 held of undoubted 4ecu rities. Let shareholders be firm to themselves and to facts, an d t h ey may b e saved the traps , N l h ich bear speculators in these shares have laid for SHARE MARKETS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. Paid.! Closing Business Price. done. iiribtol anu Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon—. u 3 95 129 30 94 96 13 15 4& 54 68 70 70 72 !Cornwall Dublin Sr Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. E.London, t:crip Certi. DO. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 114 116 40 41 7 8 Do. E. Angl: et. No. 4 Great North of 6cotlanct Great Northern Do. A stock '2B} 129.1 145 AO Do. B stock Do. Is. at 25 purj G t 8, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original 1) . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South \Vales Do. W. Mid.—Oxtord Do. Newpc, t Do. lie, eford 92 01 581 59,i 59 01 39 , 11. 34 37 101 03 121 1122 t. 9 91 91 98 35 37 Lane ,shire ,t Yorktdnre; L nden and lilackwalb Lon., Bri,fh., At 6 Coast Lon., ( 'bat., and Dal - . r Do. Metrop. A Lon. (iz North Western Lon. & South Westril Man., Shet., 41z Lincoln Metropolitan.- Do. New Do. Extension 126 3214 03 95 59 594 130 137 22 3 p 1 lip 98 10, Metropolitan District. Do_ do. _ do. Do. and John'sW'd Mid!and Do. .C 9 Share 124 125 it 93 15 Do, Birmin.. ,t Derb %lid Kent .. North British 58 59 Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. (i.N'E purch.nt Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Po. Mock. & Do. do. 1860-61 North London 7 28 111 113 Do. do. 1864 Do. to. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish C,ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock o. Scot, Mid. st..usk Shropshire Union South Devon -outh Er, stern itaines, Wok., do Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha 1, West Cornwall P Atlantic & St.Lawrcnce Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent— Do. r shares Buffalo Jr Lake Huron Do. Preference BufT.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & S. E., lim al:e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. 13' East. Ben,;:al, gu. ' 5 do East Indian, go. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Do. do. deferred .... Do. 3d Pref. stock.:.. Do. do. deferred .... Do. 4th Pref. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 'o. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. Gt. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent ~ • D 41 per cent Do ..... Great VV( s. of Canada-1 Do. New .. ...... Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay 1873 1)o. 5i do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's tray N. ftl.C'da, 6pc Ist pf. bs Scinde .... Do. Delhi 1 g Do. do Do. Punjaub ) 'a Do.lndus St. Flo COLONIAL GO VER: British Columbia,6 per' cent., Dec. 31,1172.. ICan.GOv.6 p.c.ja.Sz July 1877-84 : Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Da. 5 p. c. Mar, & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. o. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 1889-9 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9, Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nuv. 1868, 6 Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 ,78 188?, May 5, Nov. 1 1 Do. 1895, Feb. & Auz fatal ov. c per cent N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&,luly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186r . Do. 5 p.c. 18.1 to 187 t Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sc ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-v Do. 1878 & upwards 'Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, A pril & Oct 72 73 105 106 37 38 10 11p 124 126 2 2t p 2 26p 75 77 11 12 147 149 64 66 112 114 55 57 74 748 8 i 145 150 3 Ip, 101 103 51 53 SSIONS, 53 6:) 99 10) id 10 64 6i 10 11 75 80 96 98 65 70 100 102 100 101 102 103 90 42 87 89 66 68 57 62 57 59 52 57 46 50 42 1 6 36 38 31 35 102 IC3 I P 94 100 91 93 161 )6a 4i 4 4 , 2 94 84 46 1 ha 99 100 90 92 88 88 64 66 8 82 98 99 98 99 98 N T SECUIi 93 95 93 86 93 96 79 61 78 SO 101 103 104 106 IC4 106 101 103 90 92 101 103 106 l 8 102 104 103 ,05 103 1(5 1 , '4 ;06 9! *Ol 93 115 92 94 87 89 100 102 82 84 97 99 991 LOO 104 106 105 106 BRITISII MINES. ICam. Consul. Bold, lim Chiverton Clifford amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakevralls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea mast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'! Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great L :xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Rusy...., G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenville flerod's Foot •••• Flingston Downs Margaret Uny Lelant Mare Valley rtwyndy Iron Ore, lin, New Se con North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Illogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper Pr •vidence UnyLdant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Cl. , gan, West Bassett ( l Hogan W. Caradon (L , skeard West Chi rerton West Seton - - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal T 1 elawney (lis: 9 10 15 17 570 350 I I 18 2 1 1 6 7 11 3 35 4 I 115 125 3 31 5 7 20 21 15 2 35 1 3C 32 34 31 40 42 51 51 5 7 4 45 2i lod 40 30 13 15 i 1 1 37 39 410 430 2 :1 8 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 79 82 190 200 05 1(0 27 80 3 5 2io 23 , 17 18 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 4, per cent., rd. at 10 per cent. pm., 101 3 treat Western Orig. 44 per cent:pf., 914 Mid Consolidated, 6 pe, 'cent. stock, Di to. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., - Ditto, 41 per cent. irred., 101 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton. &c., 44 per cent., 1858, Ditto, new, 4} per cent., 1863, 93 froitElGN BALL WAYS. Ant werp and Rotterdam, Ili Bahia and San Francisco , ii.a.) gua. 7 per cent., 151 Belgian Eastern Junction, 1/ Sambre and Meuse, sit FOREIGN MINER. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 41 1 Dun Pedro, North Del Key, par St. John del Rey, lim., 55 4i DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 731} 3 BAN K.:N. Alliance, lim., 261 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 8 3 Consolidated Bank, Bra., Id f East London, lim., 413 European Bank, lim., 111 Imperial Bank, lira., 271 Imperial Ottoman, 13 Ditto, new, 12 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 41 London and Comity, 764 National Provincial of England. Ditto, d and 3d. issue, 45 Ifnion of Australia, 5 , 1 1 Union of London, 523 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gus., 21 Berlin Water Works, lim., 11 Canada Company, 81 Continental Union Gas, lira., 91 Credit leoncler and Hobilier of England. 81 1 Ditto, issued at a prem.. of which £2 is to pay, 51 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim.. 41 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 101 f Gen. Credit and Finance of Lannon, 11111 4 5 1 Hudson's Bay, lei 1 Imperial Alercantne Credit Am., lim.. 61 51 International Financial society, Joint Stock Discount, lim., 411 1 Land Securities, lira., 3 London Financial Association, lint, 141 1 13/ Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, Al National Discount c ompany. 151 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 191 Quebrada Land, ttail, and Mining, lim., 5 41 Universal Marine, Insurance. lira., 31 It is rumoured, with what truth we cannot state, that tho daughter of a prominent Confederate envoy to Europe (John Slidell) who not long since married a wealthy Frenchman (Erlanger) has left her husband and come back to her father. The late rebel General Crawford has arrived at Brownsville, with authority from Juarez to recruit an American division of troops for the Liberal army. R e _ cruiting offices have been established at various points in Texas, and the enrolment of men is progressing rapidly. The Imperial commander Mejia, at Matamoras, has become alarmed at this movement, and is strengthening the de fences of the city in anticipation of an attack. Generals Lew. Wallace aid Logan are reported as connected with this project. 100 100 100 100 all I 100 all 100 100 100 10.13.4 10u ,00 100 all OSSE MEN' 2.1.0 296 2.14. E 3 2.14.0 8.3.0, 3.9.0 10.8.01 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 8.18.0 8.10.0 5.10.6 13.17.8 4.10.6 4.4.6 2.13. , 7.1.6 10.11.7 li 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury, FITZGERALD V. NORTRCOTE AND STONE. The further hearing of thiA case was proceeded with this morning, and the interest \ it excited was evinced by the crowded state of the court. The case for the defence was that Mr. David Fitzgerald, by his return to Oscott, had again subjected himself to the discipline of the establish ment, and that having identified himself with a combina tion that had been formed for the purpose of annoying the clerical students, it became imperative on Dr. Northcote to expel him. The following witnesses were called for the defence : The Rev. Spencer Northcote, examined by Mr. Kars lake—He was a D.D. and A. 8., and had graduated at Ox ford. He had been appointed President of Oscott College in 1860 by the Catholic Bishop of Birmingham. In that institution there were six or eight clergymen and a body of divines, some of whom were used as teachers, and he was responsible fur both masters and students. Before his time there had been a body of clerical as well as lay students. It was not true that the clerical students were supported at the college out of the pensions paid by the lay students. The bishops sent the former to the college, and were responsible to him for their pensions, but he did not know from where the funds came. Many of the clerical students came from Sedgely preparatory school, but not more than two or three in a year. There were not at any time since he was president more than twelve such students, and at present there was only half that number. The clerical students were of a lower class in society than the lay students, several of them being the sons of trades men. In the college there were three classes of students, namely, poetry, philosophy, and rhetoric, and the students in these classes had certain privileges which those in the lower classes had not, and amongst these was permis sion to go out in bodies of three, but they were not allowed to go into any private house unless a special permission were given. When David Fitzgerald returned to the college he was subject to the same rules as previ ously, and ho would not receive him on any other terms. There was no other arrangement to the contrary even mentioned, and between the period of his matriculation and obtaining his degree at the London University he was not exempted from the discipline of the College. The rule respecting the prohibition to the upper-class students to enter private houses was here read. Mr. Coleridge observed that a public-house was not a private house. (A laugh.) The witness continued—Those boys in the philosophy class were not subject to corporal punishment, nor were the students above 17. He had heard a complaint of Fitz gerald having had spirits in his room prior to his leaving the college for matriculation, and when he returned to the college, he remonstrated with him. On the 25th of Feb ruary, 1865, he received a complaint from Mr. Stone re specting David Fitzgerald and three others having been in a public-house. He read Fitzgerald a lecture, and said that if he was not guilty of actual criminality, his conduct was very close upon it, as he was at the time undergoing punish ment for other breaches of discipline, and involved a defiance of the authority of the prefect of discipline. On more than one occasion Fitzgerald had been complained of by the other prefects. The rev. gentleman then proceeded to state that he had been informed by the sub-prefect of the existence of the movement of the lay students in regard to the clerical students, which went under the designation of A.8.C., or the Anti-Bunker Confederation. He had heard the term " Bunker," and knew that it applied to the clerical students, but ho was not aware that there was any special meaning attached to it. A pocket book had been discovered in Fitzgerald's room relating to the confederation which contained, amongst other matters, items under the head of " The Birth and Parentage of the Clerical Students." He sent for Fitzgerald, and questioned him on the matter in the presence of Mr. Stone, and Fitz gerald said there was nothing at all in it, and that it was all nonsense. Ho had some time before told Fitz gerald that a repetition of misconduct on his part would lead to his repulsion, and that he intended to write to his father respecting him. He did not carry out the latter threat, because Fitzgerald promised amendment. Here the rev. gentleman read some of the memoranda out of the pocket-book, which wore of a personal character, and he stated also that he had elicited from Fitzgerald the names of some of the students who were engaged in the confede ration. The case was proceeding when we went to press. SURREY THEATRE. Last night Miss Avonica Jones made her reap pearance at this elegant theatre, after an absence of three years, in a new four-act drama, entitled " East Lynne." The piece is founded on Mrs. Wood's popular novel of the same name, but the dramatiser (Mr. John Oxenford) has in many instances had to compress and simplify the original in order to bring it within the limit of stage representation. The plot of the piece successfully performed last night is as follows :—Lady Isabel Carlyle, the wife of a flourishing solicitor, deserts her lord and master to elope with a consummate scoundrel, one Capt. Levi son. The motive that urges her to this fatal• step is unfounded jealousy. Mr. Carlyle has been in the habit of holding secret communications with a Miss Barbara Hare, the daughter of a justice in the neighbourhood ; but these communications have relation entirely to business. The lady's brother, Richard Hare, has borne for many years the suspi cion of murder, and has borne it unjustly, seeing that the murder in question was committed by Levison. However, young Hare has been hiding from justice for some time, when he suddenly makes his re-appearance in his native place, carefully dis guised, and succeeds in comvincing his sister of his innocence. Hence the reason for Barbara's myste rious consultations with Mr. Archibald Carlyle, which lead to the elopement of that gentleman's wife. She, however, soon discovers the true character of Levison, and indignantly expels him from her pre sence. Stung by remorse, she determines to revisit East Lynne for the purpose of seeing her children, and, under the disguise of a governess, she enters the dwelling of her husband, but only in time to witness the death of her son. The wretched mother now throws off all disguise, calls for her husband, and dies broken-hearted in his presence. Captain Levison is discovered to be the perpetrator of the crime for which Richard Hare was suspected. He is sent to penal servitude for life, and the innocent man is restored to his position at East Lynne. The part of Lady Isabel, of course, was represented by Miss Jones with all that intensity which invariably marks her performances, and in the last act she held the tears of her audience entirely at command. She was, during the play, recalled twice before the curtain, and at its termination she again had to make her appearance to receive the hearty ap plause of a very crowded house. Mr. Edgar as Levison, Mr. Thompson as Dell, Mr. Maclean as Justice Hare, and Miss Rose Ogilvie as Barbara Hare, each supported their respective parts with care and efficiency. The drama has been placed upon the stage in a manner that shows that the lessee and manager, Mr. Shepherd, is determined to rival in beauty of decorations and appoint ments the most celebrated theatres in the metro polis. The glorious pantomime of King Chief, and the wonderfully brilliant and extraordinary trans formation scene, concluded the evening's entertain ment. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE —This day, LONDON, Feb. 6.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; blowing a strong breeze, and fine weather, but a little cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. s.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—H er Majesty's ship Chanticleer, from Malta; loft on the 22d Jan. HOLLHEAD, Feb. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Castilian, from Liverpool for Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, Feb. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived--General Windham, from Charleston. KINGROAD, Feb. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sir Colin Campbell, from Philadelphia for Bridol. SWANSEA, Fob. s.—Wind N.W.—Sailed•-Theta, for Coquimbo. Foreign Mail Packet List MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 13 Brazil and Cape Verde. by British packet Mar. 6. Ditto, by French packet Feb. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and at. Helena... Feb. 22 China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sou , hampton Feb. 19. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 13 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton. Feb. 13. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Feb. 19 Ditto, via Mar.eilles , Feb. 13 India (Bombay), via Southampton. Feb. 13 Ditto, via harseilles Feb. 7 Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via Marseil e+... Feb. 7. Newfoundland • 4 Feb. 14 Portugal Mar 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 Cork Ditto, by Canadian pacliet, via 1 4 ondonderry„reb. 9, Fraudulent Personation of the Duke of St. Albans. " The Duko of St. Albans ! Has his lordship left his card ?" "No, sir," was the reply ; and then the captain's answer came, "Indeed, then he has left a message ?" "No !" " There's a mistake, gentlemen, surely, for the Duke of St. Albans is an intimate friend of mine." "There can be no mis take, because we have spent some time with his lordship, who has just returned to the Royal Hotel." Captain Seymour still expressed a doubt, and asked to have a description of the "duke." It was no sooner given than Captain Sey mour replied, "I tell you distinctly that your late guest is not the duke, who, I have reason to believe, is at this time with the Prince of Wales at the royal seat at Sandringham." The dumbness of modest, men upon their own merits could not be more extreme than was the silence of the astonished officers of the ship, and one of them immediately penned a note to Mr. Pearse, of the Royal Hotel,. stating that the captain of the Royal Adelaide had convinced the officers that the Duke of St. Albans was not in the county. Unfortu nately the messenger despatched with the note wore the uniform of the service, and when he entered the hotel he was confronted by the person to whom the note referred. " Captain Dashwood," alias " the Duke," was smoking in the lobby, and espying the naval dress, coolly said to the youth, " What brings you here ?" The boy said he had a note for Mr. Pearse. " I'm Mr. Pearse," replied Capt. Dash wood, and adroitly took the note, slipped into the coffee-room, and a moment after reap peared, and sent away the boy, to whom he said, " There is no answer at present ; I will write the reply." Upon this the captain proceeded to his bed -room and straightway fulfilled his promise, for he wrote to the officers of the Royal Adelaide, berating them severely for their suspicions and the manner in which they had acted on them, Strange to say, he paid his bill, was then driven by his order to the pawn-office of Mr. Smith, Whimple- street, and there pledged a watch worth about £3O for £5, and drove to Devonport, handing the ticket of the watch to the cabman in payment for hi 3 fare, The cabman left him at the station, where he took a ticket for London, and on his arrival wrote a letter to the officers, full of stern rebukes for th e i r incre . _ _ dulity. At length the imposition came to the ears of the Duke of St. Albans, who directed inquiries to be made concerning the swindler, with a view to his prosecution. The next that was heard of Capt. Dashwood was that he had victimised hotel-keepers and others at Truro and in other towns in Cornwall. Colonel Vivian, the chief of police at Plymouth, at once put himself in telegraphic communication with various places, and learned that the " captain" was at Great Yarmouth, whither Colonel Vivian at once proceeded, and soon succeeded in gaining possession of the " captain," who is now in custody at Truro. The Sufferings on Board the Jane Louden. STATEMENT OF THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE CREW. The following statement has been made by Capt. Cesey, the late commander and only survivor of the crew of the British ship Jane Louden, laden with timber, from Quebec for Falmouth, for orders, who was rescued from the water logged ship by the Dutch barque Ida Elizabeth, of Rotter dam, from Batavia for Amsterdam, under very painful cir cumstances : "We sailed from Quebec on the 28th of November. Nothing particular occurred until December the 20th, in lat. 37.47, at 8 a.m., fresh wind from S.W., which increased to a gale at noon, the barometer 2816. The gale increased, and at 6 p.m. a complete hurricane ; all hands at the pumps, the ship straining heavily, and making great quantities of water. On the 21st, it still blowing a hurricane, the ship making more water, the pumps not able to keep her free, sea making a fair breach over her, and all hands lashed to the pumps. At noon a heavy sea struck the ship on the star board side, smashing three boats, and washing them over board, with all the fresh Water and every movable article on d h e e c l k d . • :a S t o t u b n e im d t ed e th ru e pumps and found five feet water in the g with close reefed topsail and reefed fo in re , sLil t i b t blewefore hurricane. t t h e e ribbno s ; all h Triedands commenced to ke the' foresail again at the pumps. At 6.30 p.m., in spite of every exer tion, the ship was full of water, the sea completely burying the hull, and all hands obliged to take to the rigging. At midnight the gale considerably abated, the barometer rising fast. On the 22d, at 10 a.m., the weather being moderate, the crew were able to leave the tops and get on deck. Commenced finding provisions, and got bread and butter, potatoes, and some turnips into the top; at noon it commenced to blow very hard from the S.W. to N.; myself again compelled to take to the top. At 6.30 p.m. thegale had increased to a hurricane, causing the seato rise ter. Nin e o f th e num b er fearfully, which struck the ship, he av i ng h er on her beam ends, into theher mastse ri,, washing all hands and myself in the w in number. at once met a watery grave ; myself an d t h e remaining fi l with wat seven, with a hard struggle, gained the wreck. By this time the bowsprit, foremast, and maintopgallant-mast were carried away by the sea. The remaining part of the crew got on the ship's side, and there secured ourselves as well as we could ; but in about one hour and 20 minutes, the squall being over, the ship rolled to an upright posi tion, and we again took to the maintop, but to our sorrow found all the provisions we had saved washed away, the cabin forecastle washed overboard, and nothing left on board in the shape of provisions. At 4.30 p.m. the whole of the stern frame came out, taking rudder and stern post with it, the cargo coming out very fast. 23d, the weather moderated, and nothing particular occurred until the 6th of January, when ono of the crew, named Alfred Bolton, fell from exhaustion, and at nine on the same evening ho died, and the next morning we committed his body to the deep; haying " been 14 days without food of any descrip tion. On the 7th, one more, William Thomas, a native of Wales, died; and in spite of all I could do the men would drink salt water, which drove them mad. On the day after (the Bth), four more died from exhaustion, cold, and hunger, leaving • me and the carpenter alone. We were so much exhausted that we could not move the bodies into the sea, so we lowered them on the deck of the vessel. On the 10th the carpenter died, I then being the only survivor, and on the next day as well as I could lowered the body on .the ship's deck. On the 23rd of January I was taken off the wreck, after being there 28 days without food of any description, by the Dutch barque Ida Elizabeth, of Rotterdam, from Batavia for AmSterdam. Names of the drowned :—E. Malby, chief mate, native of Cornwall; Samuel Bird, boatswain, native of Padstow; John Cnew and Evan Davis, seamen, both of Wales ; John Conolly, seaman, of Scotland ; James Griffiths, boy, of Milford ; and Thomas Gate, 7 boy • John Henry, cook an d steward, of Padstow. (Signed) " Captain CESEY, late master of the ship Jane Louden." The new daily paper at Detroit will be issued March Ist, and will be called the Post. A company has been formed oil a basis of $20,000 capital, The Plymouth police have in their custody a per son who is perhaps best known as " Captain Dash wood," although he has assumed several names, of which he appears to have made use whenever by so doing he could Perpetrate a fraud on the public. The gallant captain recently visited Plymouth, where he coolly entered himself on the books of the Royal Hotel as the Duke of St. Albans, and being a man of pod address, and not only presentable, but even distinque in appearance, it is not strange that those who had never looked upon the Lincoln shire nobleman should not question the identity of the new-corner. During his stay at the hotel the titled visitor made the acquaintance of an officer in her Majesty's service, and the result was that he was requested to visit H.M.S. Royal Adelaide in Hamoaze. his lordship assented, greatly to the de light of all the officers of the ship, excepting Cap tain Seymour, C. 8., who was unaware of the in vitation. At length his lordship was conveyed on board, and, after looking over several por tions of the ship with intelligent interest, was ushered into the mess-room, and was before long seated with the first lieutenant and the other officers before as good a dinner as such gentlemen would be expected to provide for such a guest. Purser, stew ' ard, and cook had not cogitated in vain ; several of the dishes were incomparable, and the wine was in plenty and of the richest. The " Duke" displayed reciprocal delight, and the joy of the mess increased, for his lordship's condescension had added one of the most notable entries to their list of visitors to the ship. In recognition of the honour all the officers mustered in full dress, and when at length the plea sures of the dinner were to be succeeded by a with drawal of their guest, a heartiness worthy of glad dened hosts was manifested, and the guest departed with all the honours due to station, grace, and vir tue. Half an hour, however, had hardly elapsed when the officers learned that the captain was within his cabin, and with some eagerness Capt. Seymour was waited on and informed of the visit of the duke, and how the most had been made of it for the honour of the ship and of the service. Capt. Sey mour expressed a glad surprise, and at once said Quarterly Return of the Marriages, Births, and Deaths in England. The registers of the United Kingdom show that 113,972 persons married in the quarter that ended in September last ; that the births of 239,439 chil dren, and the deaths of 159,524 persons of both sexes, were registered in the three months ending on December 31. The recorded natural increase of population in 92 days was 79,975, or 869 daily. Exclusive of 8,101 foreigners, 36,256 emigrants sailed from these islands in the same period. So about :391 emigrants left daily ; and allowing for defects in registration, which has only recently been established in Ireland, the increase at home has been about 520 daily. The death-rate of the United Kingdom differs little from the average of England and Wales to be here discussed. The several facts concerning the other divisions of the kingdom arc fully set forth in the reports of the Registrar-General of Scotland and the Registrar-General of Ireland. The estimated population in 1865 of England, Scot land, and Ireland, is 29,772,294. The corrected death-rate of the quarter is 2.220 per cent. ENGLAND. This return comprises the births and deaths re gistered by 2,200 registrars in all the districts of England during the autumn quarter that ended on December 31, 1865 ; and the marriages in 12,811 churches and chapels, about 5,302 registered places of worship unconnected with the Established Church, an.l 641 superintendent registrars' offices, in the quarter that ended on September 30, 1865. A few fatal cases of epidemic cholera occurred during the quarter in the districts of Southampton and of Portsea Island on the southern coast of England; there was also a slight outbreak in Ep ping ; but the number of deaths by cholera has been inconsiderable, and the epidemic has left no traces. The mortality was above the average, but it was below that in the corresponding quarter of the pre vious year. The birth-rate was above the average. The marriage returns are for the quarter• ending in September, 1865. - The rate was much above the average. Weddings were more rife than they were in the previous summer, or in the summer of any year since registration began. This implies that the great body of the people were prosperous. MARRIAGES. 91,726 persons married in the quarter that ended on September 30, 1865. The rate of marriage was 1.732, or 0.127 above the average. The increase of marriages was general, but it was striking in Yorkshire, where the woollen trade flourished in an extraordinary degree ; Lancashire was also recovering from its depression. In Lon don the marriages exceeded by nearly 1,000 the marriages in the summer quarter of 1863. BIRTHS. 179,020 births were registered in the last quarter of the year 1865. The birth-rate was 3.370, or •073 above the average. The daily births were 1,046, or 81 per hour. The number has varied little in the last three summers in any of the di visions. INCREASE OF POPULATION. As the births were 179,020, the deaths 121,304, the natural increase of population was 57,716 in 92 days, or on an average of 627 daily. About 15,367 emigrants of English origin sailed in the 92 days from the ports in the United King dom at which there aro emigration officers ; 7,833 sailed to the United States, 823 to the American colonies, 5,518 to Australia, and 1,193 to other places; on an average 167 English emigrants left the country daily. PRICES, PAUPERISM, AND THE WEATHER. The price of wheat is rising. It was 38s. sd. a qr. in the last three months of 1864, and 445. 10d. a qr. in the last three months of 1865. The rise is nearly 17 per cent. on the low price of 1864. Beef by the carcase in London was on an average sid. per lb.; about l id. below the price of the correspond ing season of 1864, and id. per lb. dearer than it was in the autumn of 1863. The mean of the quoted prices of beef ranged from 44d. to 7d. a lb.; mutton from sid. to 81d. in the last three months. The average price of mutton in the last three autumns was 6d., 6-1-d., and 6id. d lb. The rise in the price of beef was 10 per cent., of mutton 15 per cent., in two years. This was partly the result of panic, and of interference with the supply of the markets, as the destruction of stock had not been considerable when the prices rose; and the rise itself was anticipated and augmented by the extra profits of the butcher. The best potatoes at the waterside market, South wark, sold at prices ranging from 60s. to 90s. a ton; from 3s. to 4s. Gd. the cwt. The prices are much lower than they were in the autumn of 1864. On an average 129,036 paupers received complete relief in the workhouses; 725,259 paupers out of doorsreceived relief sufficient to supply some of their wants, but not enough for subsistence. The numbers relieved in the workhouses scarcely varied ; the numbers out of doors fell from 804,941 to 771,879, and to 725,259 in the last three autumnal quarters. The temperature of the quarter was 46 deg. Fahren heit, equal to 8 deg. centigrade. The autumnal season was characterised by high temperature, storms, and a heavy rain-fall. The mean temperature of the year at Greenwich Obser vatory was 2.3 deg. above the average of the sea son. The temperature of December there was nearly as high as that of November ; its meau temperature was 3.4 deg. above the average of 94 Decembers. The rain-fall on 47 days was 9.2 inches at the Royal Observatory, or 2.1 inches above the average. The excess of rain fell in October, when the fall was 5.9 inches ; in December the fall was only 0.9 inch, or fully an inch below the average. The rain-fall determines to some extent the water supply, and the excess in October made up the de ficiency in the early part of the year. The rain-fall depends upon a great number of conditions, and consequently varies in every part of the country. Thus 20.2 inches of rain fell at Allenheads, 19.1 at Truro, and only 5.8 inches at Liverpool Observa tory. The average rain-fall at Mr. Glaish er's 50 stations was 11.4 inches ; which is equivalent to 1,151 tons of rain per acre, or to 42,561 million tons on the whole area of England and Wales. If the country ever suffers from the want of water, it is from defective storage or defective distribution. In the mountainous regions the annual rain-fall in some places has been found to amount to 190 inches. It would be a great advantage to get the water of the hills unpolluted for the supply of men and domestic animals in the plains. DEATHS ; AND THE STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. The threats which were held over our heads of a new form of fever, the invasion of two points of the southern coast by epidemic cholera, which has ravaged the Continent, and the prevalence of cattle plague all over England, led us to await the result of the returns with some anxiety. It is gratifying under these circumstances to find that the mortality has been lower than it was in the autumn of 1864, and has been only •104 above the autumnal average. 121,304 deaths were registered in the quarter, and the mortality was at the rate of 2.284 per cent. annually. In the districts of the chief towns the mortality was at the rate of 2.564 per cent., or •134 above he average The mortality in the country districts was, as usual, lower than the mortality in the town districts; it was at the rate of 1.927 per cent., and only •042 above the average of those districts. Thus the rate of mortality in the country districts was about 19, in the town districts nearly 26, and in the kingdom generally nearly 23 per 1,000 living. The mortality was lowest in the south-western counties (19), highest in the north-western counties :29) ; thus the annual rate was 10 per thousand higher in Lancashire and Cheshire round the Mersey than it was in the counties between the Bristol Channel and the Channel which divides England 'rom France. It is gratifying to find that the mortality rate of London (24) is lower by 2 in 1,000 than it was (26) in the autumn quarter of the previous year. The mortality has been excessively high through the year in prosperous Yorkshire ; it is still 2 above the county average (23), but it is somewhat lower than it was in the autumn of the previous year. As a general rule the mortality has been higher than their average in the counties north of the Dee 114 40 391 7 1454 5 581 & 121 I 97 i 126 i } 124} d 4 Ulf 12 72i hti I(2k 42t 2 3i 361 71 len 11 IT 1E S. and of the Humber, and lower than the average in counties of Wales and of the Midland and Southern region of England, around the basins of the Severn, Trent, and Thames. The great towns of the United Kingdom may be arranged thus in the order of the autumnal mortality rate per I,ooo—Bristol 24, London 24, Dublin 26, Birmingham 26, Edinburgh 29, Hull 29, Leeds 33, Salford 34, Manchester 36, Glasgow 40, Liverpool 41. The mortality in 63 of the country districts was 18 during the same season. It is sad to see this great sacrifice of human life in so many of our large towns, where the productive industry of the country is most active, and ~ vhere the science of the country is applied to almost every purpose, except the maintenance of the hygienic conditions on which men can live in health. It is satisfactory to observe at the same time traces of dawning light.. London has undertaken great sewage works ; Manchester is already supplied with abundance of water; and we may hope to see ere long a generous rivalry in our cities in the race of improvement. When pure water on the constant supply System is brought to every house, and the dirt in cesspools, which is the source of zymotic dis ease, is carried away to fructify the soil, the muni cipal authorities will have laid the solid foundations of the sanitary edifice. The inspection of articles of food by health officers, measures for the regulation of lodging-houses or of any of the houses in which fever is generated, and several other duties, they may also undertake ; but of ter all this is done, the crowning success must be achieved by the people themselves. Temperance, self-control, and skill in protecting themselves and their children from evil are every day called into requisition. The preser vation of life depends upon careful attention to small things, and should be taught as a part of com mon education. Mr. Leigh's able sanitary report on Manchester shows how much has been done, and how much re mains to be done, in that city. It is to be regretted that Manchester has yet no health officer, but it is indebted to the Statistical and the Sanitary Socie ties for the publication of much valuable practical information. ENGLAND IN THE YEAR 1865. The births returned in the year amounted to 747,870, and the birth-rate was 3.563 ; . it is the highest on record. The numbers will be carefully revised at this office, for publication in the annual report, but it is not likely that the birth-rate will be sensibly reduced by the operation. 491,360 deaths were registered in the year, and the death-rate was 2.341 ; that is, 0.125 above the average of the 10 years 1856-64. To 18 deaths in each of those years, out of the same number of people 19 died last year. The mortality was ex cessively high throughout the year in Yorkshire and Lancashire. In town and country the rate was much above the average in the winter quarter, near the average in spring, and slightly above the ave rage in summer and autumn. The excess of registered births over registered deaths was 256,510, or 1.222 per cent. on the popu lation, which is the rate of recorded natural increase, of which the results are modified according as emi gration sets in the strongest current inwards or outwards. The marriage returns of the last quarter of the year are not yet in the office, but the marriage rate of the year will,without doubt, be above the averagQ. This country was threatened, not only by cholera, but by yellow fever in the year. The Hecla, from Cuba, laden with copper ore, entered Swansea Har bour, lying between a low inhabited island and the town, at 9 a.m. on Sept. 9, and landed James Saunders, sick ; he died in the course of the day. On Sept. 23 the registrar of Swansea received the certificate of the death of John Jesse by yellow fever, and this certificate was sent by the Registrar- General to the Council-office, who immediately, through Dr. Buchanan, instituted a searching in quiry into the subject. Twenty-nine persons who had been in or near the 'Mehl were attacked by the fever, and 13 persons died of it in Swansea, one in the Eleanor sloop, and one in Llanelly. The disease did not spread by contagion, but it was apparently induced by the diffusion of the fever miasm among the people. Judicious measures were taken for ro moving the llecla from the harbour, and for puri fying her foul interior. The last death by yellow fever occurred on Bth October. In this case, as well as in the invasion of South ampton by cholera, the importance of attention to the hygienic condition both of our merchant vessels and our seaports is clearly seen ; for a foul ship instead of merchandise carries from land to land the seeds of depopulating diseases, and a foul seaport supplies the soil in whi c h th ey ran kl y germinate. I Railway and other Companies. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The directors of this company have resolved to recommend to the proprietors at the general meet ing on the 15th inst. that the dividend for the half year ending the 31st of December last be at the rate of 5} per cent. per annum on the ordinary capital stock of the company. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN. The report of the directors states that the total traffic receipts for the half-year ending 31st of De cember amounted to £257,216, and for the same half of 1864 to £226,476, showing an increase of £30,740; of which £22,009 was derived from pas sengers and £9,032 from goods. The net surplus revenue for the half-year amounted to £120,865, out of which the directors recommended that a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum be paid to the proprietors of the consolidated stock of the company, which would leave a balance of £26,066, of which they recommended that £7,000 be transferred to the reserve fund, and £3,000 to the credit of the insurance fund, leaving £16,066 for the next account. The decrease on the postal ser vice and military traffic for the past half-year had been £1,400, but on every item which denoted im provement in the country there had been a very sa tisfactory increase; on passengers, goods, and cattle it amounted to £32,272. They believed that this in crease had arisen as much from the improved condi tion of the agricultural community as from allY extraneous sources. Three bills were now before Parliament in which the company were interested — a bill promoted by the Cork,Youghal, and Queens town Company, to confirm the sale of that line to the Great Southern and Western Railway Company; a bill promoted by this company t o effect a junction at Cork with the Cork, Youghal, and Queenstown Railway —in which powers had been taken to raise £15,000 for the construction of the junction, and in addition, £65,000 for the purpose of putting the Cork and Youghal line in a proper and efficient state of repair; and a bill promoted by the Parsonstown and Portumna Bridge RailwaY Company to autho rise the Great Southern and Western Railway Com pany to subscribe £13,000, to enable them to fi n i s h the line. The capital account showed that £5,712,521 had been expended. REUTER'S TELEGRAM (LIMITED.) The second ordinary general meeting of this com pany was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. J. Holland in the chair. The report stated-that the net profits for the half year ending the 31st of December amounted to £5,418, including £2,412 brought forward from the last account, which admitted of a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, which would absorb £1,804, and after placing £2,000 to the reserve fund there would remain £1,574 for the next account. All calls on the shares had been paid, with the exception of those due on about 100 shares. Branches had been recently opened in Belgium, Holland, and Egypt, which were now doing a profitable business. It had been determined to establish a branch in India, which would open another field for a large extension of business. In future the meetings would be held annually, but the usual interim dividends would be declared. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the dividend, though large, was not what they expected. The business in the past year had not been as good as they anticipated, which was perhaps consequent on the cessation of the Ameri can war. The profits were, however, increasing, and he hoped those of the present year would make up for any deficiency which had occurred during the year 1865. Telegraphy vas rapidly extending, and he wished to observe that Mr. Reuter had ob tained a concession to lay a cable from the Hano verian coast to England. The term of the conces don was for 30 years. The state of the money market for some time past had prevented the scheme from being carried out. Mr. STOPFORD seconded the motion for the adop tion of the report, which was carried unanimously. Sir J. Hay, the retiring director, was re-elected, and Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co. were appointed auditors for the current year. A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. RAILW AY BILLS. The examiners resumed their sittings yesterday. Before Mr. Smith the following bills passed standing orders :—Merrybent and Darlington ; Mid Hants, Pembroke, and Tenby ; Cambrian (Steamboats) ; Great Southern and Western ; and the West Brom wich and Walsall. There was no appearance in the cases of the Caledonian (Extension to Largs) and the Fareham and Netley. The Salisbury and Yeovil and the Stockbridge Bills were adjourned. In Mr. Frere's Court the standing orders were de clared to have been complied with in the following cases :—The Barry (alteration) ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire (Extension of Time, &c.) ; the London and North-Western and Whitehaven. Junction ; the South Staffordshire ; the Bishop's Castle ; the Downpatrick, Dundrum, and New castle ; and the Mold and Denbigh Junction (Branches and Deviations). The standing orders were not complied with in the case of the Solway Junction (Branches). The consideration of the Lon don, Brighton, and South Coast (Surrey lines), and of the Great Western (further powers), was ad journed. BOMBAY AND MAUaiTrus MAILS. MARSEILLES, FEB. 5. The Poonah, with the above mails, arrived here at 9 a.m. to-day. The mails leave for London at 11.30 a.m. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. • - TATTERSALLS'—Last Evening LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 6 agst Creole (offered—take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Innellan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Cortolvin (taken) 33 to 1 agst Laura (taken) • 33 to 1 agst Lightheart (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 25 to 1 agst Nutrition (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 5 to 2 agst Lord Lyon (taken and offered) 4to 1 agst Student (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Jack-in-the-Green (taken) DERBY. 100 to 15 agst Rustic (offered, take 7 to 1) 15 to 2 agst Lord Lyon (taken) 11 to 1 agst Student (offered) 20 to 1 agst Janitor (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Wolsey (taken) 50 to 1 agst Strathconan (taken) 66 to 1 agst Laneret 66 to 1 agst Jaek-in-the-Green WATBRLOO (COURSING) CUP. RACING FIXT URES FOR 1866. ;ITARY. FEBR Lincoln 2O MA! Derby Spring 1 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring AP Newmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring Ascot Spring -- .1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Windsor Summer Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 JU Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham Down Royal Corp lB AUG I Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton l5 Oxford l6 Hastings EPT] Warwick September 4 Curragh 4 Leicester 6 Doncaster Brecon l7 Canterbury lB VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tuts DAY. LINCOLN HANDICAP. 12 to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken) 16 to 1 agst Pantaloon (taken) 25 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 12 to 1 agst Mail Train (offered) 16 to 1 agst Lansdown (offered,) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 18 to 1 agst Creole 20 to 1 agst Innellan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Cortolvin (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 30 to 1 agst Copenhagen (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bartholomew's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Gibson's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Jardine's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. J. Spink's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Brocklosbauk's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr Haywood's nomination (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Mather's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. E. Jardine's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr J. Johnstone's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lord Stairs' nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. G. A. Thompson's nomination (taken) Nottingham Sp r i ng 27 CII. Crox ton Park l6 Northampton 2O Windsor Spring Newcastle Spring 2B 'IIIL. Thirsk lO Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup 2O Chester Curragh 2l Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer 29 Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh I Worcester SLY. Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester Southampton Huntingdon IGoodwood UST. York August 2l Plymouth 23 Lichfield 27 . Devon and Ex e t er 28 Tunbrid ge 2B Derby Summer '29 Weymouth 3O :MBER. Richmond Hendon Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2l Newmarket Ist October 25 Walsall BUSINESS PROSPECTS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. —The Shreveport (Louisiana) News entertained the opinion awhile back that business, the coming year, would be, comparatively speaking, dull ; but from indications that journal is happy to say it feels confi dent that there will be considerable activity mani fested in commercial transactions, and if there is any falling off it will be but trifling, For this assertion we have very good reasons. The small farmer who heretofore raised but little cottonouble whatwM pthrisiceseoasf theon e s x ts e p r l t e, h a im nd sel l f ro o d n uc a e c , c i o f li n n o t t d of the high has been his customary crop, a t th e lowest estimate one-half more. The same w ill b e the case with i t f h t e h l e ar w g h er ol c e la: ot the e planters , Southern All very true. And people, willw “ithouetxert refe rence to their former circumstances, themselves energetically, perseveringly, and indus triously, the future will be made as secure as it is possible for the skill and labour of men to accom pwle ave ish h . Further along, i n the ar ti c l e f rom w hi c h quoted, the Shreveport News says :—" We have made it a business to converse with well-in formed gentlemen on the subject, and, from all that can be gathered, we feel justified in so expressing our opinion in regard to business prospects for next year. One or two large planters informed us that not one of their negroes had left them, or exhibited any signs of dissatisfaction, though perfectly wel l posted on the change of their social relations, and that they judged the negroes were p e rfectly con tented to remain on the plantations of their former.ll masters. . . Further, persons have been and are still renting h g a r s o :o ri t u p g roved itself the great srteallptlien,gcfoatrons, which, ha view though it King,' may yet prove such. The demand fo r implements of itself denotes a determina tion to make up for what i farming people are stirring themselves ; they have had instilled into them, as it were, a new life, and the planter at leisure is now seen bustling about like one commencing anew," et 20 20i 10 100 luo 100 100 all 100 100 1001 i 99 a 88 1 83i 111