The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-17 00:00:00

CONEY MARKET AN D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. • CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Il ardly sufficient ti m e h as y e t e l a psed for the favourable returns issued from the two national ba nking establishments of England and France to Produce any effect upon the Money Market. The In q u iry for discount accommodation has been very B°l4l to-day, although bankers and brokers have a good supply of capital at their disposal, they have not made any alteration in their charges for the negotiation of the best commercial bills. The lowest quotations continue at 4-1 5 per cent., and the pub lic are evidently looking out for further facilities be ing afforded. India A quantity of the bar silver brought by the West steamer Seine has been sold at ss. ltd. per ou nce. The Moravian, from Melbourne, has brought ' 65 ,604. The return issued from the Bank of England p r esents some encouraging features, as will be ob served from the following details :- 4eti ve Circulation £19,935,105 Bullion Decrease 14,553,871 B est Increase 42,260 • Publi c D In cr 10,183 posits s e 6,572,512 Other Increase 319,620 Deposits 13,969,659 tier Increase n. e "Jay and Other Bills 00.. Increase vernuaent Securities O ther S ecurities No alteration. 18,886,988 N om Increase 355,935 The Weekly return from the Bank of France is f se s° of a sati s f ac t ory c h arac t er . Th e b u lli on h as been in creased £613,333 ; while a diminution has tai • en place in the bills under discount of £1,366,666, t 4 t he i o advances of £60,000, in the notes in circula k 4 4 2° of £173 , 333 , and in the current accounts of ,000. Two o'CLoca. t ei 4t Paris, this morning, according to Reuter's I h e g r ain, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. 35c. b T he English Stock Market to-day has been very t il Yant, a n d an i mprovement o f 1 p er cent.- has 11 4 " a place in the Funds. A great support to prices b een another large purchase of New Threes by e Government broker, and the market copse tiilebtly presents a very favourable appearance. B, °ll sels for money are 894 1, and for the account 41 : 1 I. The New Threes and Reduc e d A nnu iti es 6 e 88 i I ; Exchequer Bills, B s . p rem. ; I n di a 5 per s e ats., 1031 4. ; do. 4 per Cents., 98.1 99 ; Enfaced Per Cents., 101; do. 54 per Cents., 110 ; and 40. Debentures, 98k. Foreign. Stocks are generally better, and business More active. T ur ki s h 6 per Cents., 1862, are 1 4. 71; ditto Consolides 1 ,52 I;llexican, 27+ ; ,34. , 2 °' Ne w , 26 1 ; Greek, 221 ; Spanish Passive, New, do. Certificates, 141 4 ; Italian, 644. 4. ; Otto New, 1-1 4 dis• ; Confederate, 57 59 ; Egyptian, tit prem. ; Danubian, 1 dis., par; and Monte dean, 31 41 prem. r rhe op era ti ons in the Railway Share Market hav e tiet been o n a very li m i ted scale, and prices have va ried to any important extent. Lanc as hi re an d 1 1 -r.t "llire have declined 55., and South East ern '",. l lilproved ss, i tt a e Forei gn an d C o l on ial undertakings remai n : r iv e, without any material change in values. ank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in eiTterate request. Alliance have improved to 331 wirered of Indi a , A us t r alia, and China to 331 ; e Oriental Bank Corporation have declined to at Hudson Bay Company shares remain steady ah ar °l • Metropolitan Districts Railway Company ar ic i e ., are quoted 24 24 p rem . ; C ana l I rr igation S tec Water Supply of France, I 1 prem. ; China thlnsiliP Company at 1114 prem; City of Milan i' rev eraent, 3'l 4 prem. ; and Registered Land, Prem. GOB RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a poia.NBLENT FUNDS. D el lt• Consols 4 1) - Ac e° 89 i I. 4)e r oe4 lint, Mar. 9 If *3 t• Reduced B4 ei,r2per Cent BBi I D o ; Per Cent. Jan. 1894 — 411 111;44 Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — D o f l e B , 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 k b- 0 6, 1 ' 30 y r 8 , expfre sth April, 1885 l4 5-16 7-10 kel i '"'d Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Dower Bills, £5OO £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 8 11 %It o f T „ £lOO and £2OO 1 4,,, .'ngland Stock, 5f per Cent 246 Ilia4li GOVERICMENT SECURITIES. 1) o ' Ste c k, 10-1. per Cent., April 1874 — bo A c count Do. A Per Cent. July, 1870 D o. :•ceount Do.',Per Cent, Oct. 1888 , kj ertifi _ t eates bo; 5 ofd Paper 4 per Cent D o. mper C en t., J an . 1872 b0." 4 / Per Cent., May 1879 llO b o. i cbPer4ds Cent., Aug. 1866 9Bl o. - £l,OOO —pm 44 der , Xl,OOO — Pm 4 4 ° REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4, tti4 - , Ziji tt Bonds, 5 per Cent — o.D „11 Per Cent _ t h :per Cent 1852-58-60 .1 -„e tea • 1863 t 110 / 4 3'res 6 per Cent _ kik Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) bo 4 Per Cent 4 rolo riib Per Cent — Da, 6 44 6 Per Cent. osirPer Cent. • — kDo. Cent., 1864 — 1)1 : 4 374 £sspaid pm t 0. 5 5 per Cent., Cent., 1864 — 4 1tuy Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — D 144 Prin • alit' t 0, t25 p .4 cip ies dis par W ti ' 4l 7a per Cent. 9B B •' Second Issue — , h 0 1 .,.20 Bon D o & . ,,, O. 1864 95 1 Do ' el l £sb paid A„ P, % 1 1,14 or lu e nt nsolidated, 1 -- Cent iPm 6 1)(l o • .' Pr ovi w aio C n o al Land Warrant ' t esi ck lo o Bonds — Do. ": Per Cents 1824-5, ex Coupons e ft" (1 o A pons 4 4, e unt b galal IRp Per Cent. -ia 8 — and 1850 — Do 4 Per I , ° 186- Cent (Maremmana Railway) 1 4 e ' ic i l .? ~rie ..l, o P, £lO paid No, .i . ' u Per Cent. — D ec4u ut b o c 1864 D 6 per Cent. Anglo-French - It 0 pr k„.. °4 tepi e ci l lell Scrip, E x . 25f 20c — dis k - Zrial l r e ,,.. a u 5 per Cent, £25 paid — pm e l3 o Gr,j 4 gt ada Perial 5 per Cent Do 2 A - , ,,0 Deer c ent _ kici ferred Nrittall4 Warrants (Hectares) Do a per .Per Cent. Oil Cent (Uribs,rren) — pokso..4.Per Cent., 1862 NI te ennt D o I len Da4.- Per Cent., 1853 - bo a h . ce p m 111, ° 4 e (- e r Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, kiso eant 471 b 4 . Per Cent., 1822, £ St., D c) Per Cent., 1850 , — 1860 1 ) 1)(10 is a Pe ba t Cent., 1859 1/413 • —l. Cent 1862 .) Dolan 5 1864 1 :11, A Per Cent — D° A m ee ei , , 'h a nt h A ee Per Cent — 0 Is/ ci luit D ear 11 p ° Ae,.. Deferred — 0 pass -o utt 39 Vic) A ll7 O Do. t i - t 7 e 6 ) e ll . 11 t • , p lt4Ac coli f t,,, of Coup not funded — tit i ß ak P ;i l de .. u .. t .. ...................... b ° Ac t P e r Cent. 1854 _ 6 ° lint .. _ . 6 I,er b° Ac e() C ent. 1858 — 0 4 /o ,,unt ...... . 72 ..., 0 u B„,_ : 77 Do E Per ri u "a A e - ent 1862 bo G 11 4 t .. b h e ._ ~. V enn ° IV: r rit. 1863 --__ z tra altee , 1)0 vela 3 , t, 4 per Cent , • A .en.. Per Cent. " 0 . 6 s'unnt b p er , ...... . ................. b ° . A ce 'ent, 186 . 2 . fl•' bp0i3.40:10iai:;56.4 •k ll t t lyt tia. viclends on tha above payable in London. lt2; 5 per c ent E tel t o4 p er cent • , ,, x x.2..0 . Florins ... D— bo. ,o , nte st 3 „„: -F' •zat Ilt ell - ' 4C Ount P" Cent. — D 2 1 it.o. . p er ce . • ... .. ..... :•• •• ••• ............. ...... ttli til l Per Cant, nt, Ex. 12 Guil 1 )0 5 p er a Certifi-,ted • Ace, iiilt °la, 1 861, Ex. 25f. 0.,,, sm D 0 7 82 Id olley THREE O'CLOCK. ...e coatit ........... BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bont,Baroda..t Cen.ln g,u. 5 per cent bo. L• shares Buffalo & Lake Huron' Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds, Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1,1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & S. E., ltm.. 'a e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p: East. Benv.al, gu ' 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canad Do. Equip. Mort. Bond,* 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist era. Bonds Do. do. deferred 'OSSE Do. 2d Pr. f. Bonds Do. do. deterred Do. Id Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. 6p.m 1 0. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (hm ) gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great W. a. of Canada.. De New. • • Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 1 , 0. 5, do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.o Do. 43 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Ends. Mel. do Hudson's Hay New Brunswick Sr Can ,SIONS. 56 67 100} 1011, par ip 4k 5 ri 74 78 97 0 75 85 110 102 100 101 100} 101 18 19 Class A and B g. da, pc Ist pf.bds Selnde a Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Pun i aub F , a I Do.lndus St Flo E 9 91 67 69 57 69 6f 63 54 56 60 63 46 48 26 28 25 27 10)1 101• p par i p 93 100 SI 9 12 110 85 40 77 £0 I d 100 101 94 88 9J 62 64 3 5 82 81 99 100 9 I 1(0 j d 91 1:0 , H 97 1031 1001 11 1 261 6 1016 1 8 I 1001 i 100 {lOO 2 100 100 ADI I t 9 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31,1572 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 18;7-:.4 Do 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1(0 00 92 D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10 , 94 06 1 `o. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 79 81 80 Do. 5 p Inseribrd sk 100 79 81 ( !,,• (~Hope, 6 1873 100 WI 106 , Uct. 100 10:1 108 —1) d.); iOO 107 I'9 Do Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 106 I , :ts !Ceylon, Nev 1818, 6p.c ; l' 0 I'' 2 104 I Do. 1378, do lOO 1. 11 0 Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 .... : IGO 105 107 Do. 1882, May:s, N ov. .' 100 198 110 Natal , -;ov. o per cent lOO 105 107 N.B.Gov 6 p.c.Ja.&-I.uly 100 90 93 91 N. $. W. Gov. 5 p c.,1866 00 98 100 Do. 5 p.c. 18 Ito 1876 100 92 91 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 91 93 New Zealand, 6p. cent ICO 103 105 1041 Do. 6 per cent.... 100 86 88 -- Nova So .tia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 YO 92 94 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 102 104 1031 5. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18:8-t 100 -- Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 105 107 ViC,Gov. p.e.la &July 100 - Do. do, n pril & Oct lOO 1071 1031 108 7; BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam Consol. bold, lim 3 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. 31 33 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 573 555 Drakewalls 2.1.0 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 32 35 East Caradon 2.14.1 13 14 14 as . ; Cam Brea 3 4.0 6 6 -- East G:enville 2.7.0 4 4i 41 1 Eabt Love.] 2.13.6 91 101 Iv 4 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 4 4, Gam .& StAubyn(Gwen. 604 6 8 4 Great L ixcy, limited all 17 18 Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 21 21 G. Wheal Vor (Heist 40 331 34 34 GrenviLe 7.8.3 21 3 Herod's Foot 8.13 14 36 Uingston Downs 4.18.0 31 4 Margaret , Uny Lelant 94 6 8 - - Marke Valley 4.3.0 5 64 4 *1 wyndy Iron Ore, Ihn 24 11 048 Nanglles 19 17 19 New Se ton North Downs 324 3 141 16 i North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(Dlo,gan 3.10.6 4 14 North Wheal Crofty - Prosper United 7.1.6 3 84 Pr vidence Unyl.Aant 10.6.7 31 33 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 530 550 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 20 25 Stray Park . 30.17.6 141 154 Tin Croft 9 14 15 . West Passett (Illogan 11 74 8 1 W. Caradon (L.skeard 9 7 8 West Chiverton ll 63 66 %Vest Seton 471 200 210 Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 5 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 1 1 9 CO 1 11 Whea Ludoutt 3.12.. Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 11 13 Wheal Setou Wheal Tf elawney (Lis 7 19 20 Wheal Uni_n .. 4 4 SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. P a id . / Closing I Business Price. done. Share/ Railways. ITT st st st 50 20 Bir., Wol. ' & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A A. gets no div tillO.c.p.an.has Do. 13 been p paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. st k. Do. E. Ang,f. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A stock • • Do. B o Do. New. is. at 25 pm Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Orienal O . S. 1 7 41. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. 'RM.-0x ord Po. Newpp:ti Do. IT e• Lane ,shire &Yorkshire L , ndon and Blackwali Lon., Bri,th.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lou. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle DO.I shares Metropolitan . Do. New 'Mid and ... Do, liirmin & Derhy Mid Gt. W., Ireland 4 shares Kciit No^th British Do. Ed., Pth %Sr Dim Nth. Eastern 'Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York ' Do. Carlisle Do. stock. & Dirling. Di. 1855,58 Do. do. 3850-61 North Londou . I►o Ni-w Do. do 1--4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish C. ntral Scot. N E Aber. stock 'O. Scot, Mid. 4 wk ' , trews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon 'outh E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W.Hartlepool Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemab! e . • 95 97 131 132 ti 6 32 31 16 17 85 88 107 1 9 4,1 471, 7 8 131 13: 117. 148 13) .33 88 90 591 79f 58 60 48 50 102 tOt 116} 117 83 6s• 101 104 35 37 1 0 321 984 9:14 59 6) 116} 1176 1 1 'L 137 1:37 106 108 H 53 t 4 z 5 26 1111114 69 70 1021 10 I, 33 39 1 4 12.! p ti 10p 122 1 . 5 11 Is 1 1:p 8 , 81 11 Ilk 133 142 W 43 47 (9 61 59 61 87 87 9 1 160 166 33 Vp 110 113 33 40 75 78 60i 60 871 i "'REFERENCE 81 Great Northern, ty per cent. . red. al Hreat Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref. Waterford and Kilkenny, 8 per cent HARMS. t 10 per cent. pm., 103 104 i t., 43 LINES LEASED AT FIX London and Chatham, 4 per Cent., Ditto. Corn. Puna stock 5 per cet London, Tilbury, and Southend, 10i ED,RENTALS. WAYS. IeOItIOGN RAIL A ntwerp and Rotterdam, 9i Bahia and Sara Francisco gua. Imperial Mexican. lira., 3 I'auio gua. per cent.. 17 1 South Austrtan and Lombardo Venetian, :2 West Flanders, 8 7/ FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, Urn., Don Pedro, Nor h Del Rey, Dun Mount. Copper Min. Co. lint, I St. John del Rey (Lim.). 33 4 Yorke Peninsula, Tim., f Yutianamutana of S. Australia, Tim., l 2 BANK 7 per cent., 161 Alliance 331 / Ditto. issued at i 0 pm., of which 10 is pd., 18 1 Anglo-Italian. 1im.,1 8 Au4tralasia, 74 Bank of Egypt, 311 Bank of London. la 3 1 3 British and Californian, lim.,'E6 Chartered Bank 01 India, Australia. and China. 331 Chartered vier. of India. London, and China, 55 I Consolidated Bank, Jim_ 101 4 European Bank, lim., 141 Hindustan, china. and Japan (uIM.), Ditto, new, 101 Imperial Bank (lim.). 311 Imperial Ottoman, 171 London Think of Mexico and S. America, lirn., 14 London and Brazilian aim.), 431 London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lira., 91 London Joint Stock, 471 el 71 London and South African, 2 t/ London and South-Western, lim., 21 London and 11 estminster, 941 51 Mercantile and Exchange, lim., 71 Oriental Bank Corporation. ssl 7/ 81 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim , 31 Standard of British South Africa, lam., - Ditto, issued a' 6 pm., 9 Union of Australia, 51 MISCELLANEOUS. Bo.i.bay Gas, lirn., 54 City of London Real Property, lam., 21 City Offices, lim., 51 Commercial Union, Insurance, 81 Credit Fonder and Mobiller of England, 91 Ebbw Vale. 31 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 84 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 61 Hudson's Bay, 151 1 Impend Mercantile Credit Asso., Um., 7 1 International Financial Society, lim., 61 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cav our), Dltto,6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 80 London (ieneral Omnibus Company, 31 Madras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto,:new, 191 • OceanlM arine Insurance); 21 Peninsula and Oriental Steam. E3l Societe Finacciere d'Egypte. Urn., 4 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), Hutt 74 791 I 1 ; 71 105f4 35 129 i [ 116 i 117 txd 6 1371 1 it., 91 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,,. FEBRUARY 17, 18Q5. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) BANCROFT V. BANCROFT AND ROMNEY, This was a suit entered by the husband for dissolution on the ground of adultery, and the petitioner claimed damages. Mr. Overend, Q.C., said the petitioner was a stationer, residing at Levershulme, Manchester, and a widower at the time he was married to the respondent, who was the sister-in-law of Mr. Rumney. They lived happily together for some time, until the petitioner discovered that his wife had had a child about 13 years before, of which her aunt's husband was the father, and that the child was still living and reported to be the respondent's neice. The petitioner became exasperated on having been deceived ; quarrels ensued, which resulted in acts of per sonal violence by the petitioner, who was bound over to keep the peace, and that resulted in a separation. Antecedent to this Romney had been in the constant habit of writing to respondent at her house dur ing the petitioner's absence, and on inquiries being insti tuted evidence was obtained which resulted in the present suit. Previous to this the respondent filed a petition for a judicial separation on the ground of cruelty, which the jury found had been committed, but the Court did not decree until the hearing of the husband's petition. The wife went to live at the house of Mr. Walker, where Mr. Romney constantly visited her, and beyond this it would be proved that a Mrs. Pilkington saw her at her own house before the separation with Mr. Romney, coming downstairs, and Mrs. Bancroft said she had been showing him where the water-closet was, which would, however, be demonstrated to the jury as being unnecessary, as he (Romney) had previously been all over the house, and, besides, there was another closet downstairs to which he could have gone. He had been in the con stant habit of going to the house at other times. At another time, Mr. Pilkington, the foreman of the petitioner's business at Back Piccadilly, saw Mr. Romney in the back office with Mrs. Bancroft, and he had his arms round her, and was kissing her, and at another time Ile (Pilldngton) saw them in a similar position, Mr. Romney having one of his hands up the respondent's clothes. The jury would draw their own inferences from such facts if proved. There would, however, be a great body of evidence as to other acts. A domestic servant named Yates would be called, who was in the service of Mr. Bancroft from May to July, 1863, and she would prove that Mr. Romney constantly visited the house in Mr. Ban croft's absence, that he always asked for Mrs. Bancroft, that they kissed each other and went into a private room where they stayed some time ; that Mr. Romney used then to go away, and Mrs. Bancroft shortly after used to go out and said she was going to Mr. Bancroft's place of business, and she used to be away all day and come home just before Mr. Bancroft returned. The petitioner could not be called to give evidence whether she visited him or not, but the jury would draw their own conclusions from all the circumstances, and say whether it was not a reasonable inference that she frequently went to meet Mr. Romney. On one occasion the servant also spoke to her about being very much flushed, and Mrs. Bancroft said that she always did when any one came to see her unexpectedly. A cabman, named Longbottom, would also be called, and it would be shown that in the month of September Mr. Romney and Mrs. Bancroft hired his cab, and directed him to drive down Plymouth-road. His attention being called,he turned round and looked in the cab, and if his statement were true there could be no doubt that adultery was then committed. Beyond that the learned counsel said he should call a Mrs. Smith, a brothel keeper, Bowman-street, Charlton-upon-Medlock, and she would prove that Mr. Romney and Mrs. Bancroft were in the habit of coming to her house, and though Mrs. Smith's calling might be open to observation, still her evidence would be found quite straightforward, though as regarded the identification when she was taken to Mr. Walker's house to identify Mrs. Bancroft, where she was then living, but when she got to the door Mrs. Bancroft ran away the moment she saw her, and shut herself in a cupboard for four hours, refusing to come out, saying that she knew Mrs. Smith had only come to identify her, and at last was got out of the house with a shawl completely over her face, and the means of identification by Mrs. Smith was therefore extremely limited. Still further, Mr. Walker would be called, andhe would prove that Mr. Romney fre quently called to see Mrs. Bancroft while she was at his (Mr. Walker's) house; and on one occasion after Mr. Rumney had gone, he (Mr. Walker) found she was much dejected, and having gone into her room on some pretext, having suspicions, he saw the bed was very much disordered, and when he asked Mrs. Bancroft how it was she said Mr. Rumney had been up there, as she wanted to show him a letter. It would be left to the jury whether they had any doubt that something improper had taken place. Mr. Walker told her that he was sorry she had ever come there, and that he would rather have given £lOO than that she should have done so. She cried very much, and said she was ruined, and begged him not to say anything against her. However, Mr. Walker did tell Mr. Bancroft, and would repeat his statement before the jury. Witnesses of the names of Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Latham, and Mrs. Slackwood also state that they had seen Mrs. Bancroft and Mr. Rumney together, and they went to the house of a Mrs. Gill, at 17, Baker-street, a house of notoriety in Manchester, and no doubt could bo entertained of the purpose for which they went there. Mrs. Gill would not give evidence or state anything for fear she would injure the reputation of her house—(laughter)— but the other witnesses would prove that the respondent and co-respondent went there. A Mrs. Manders, a Mrs. Woolby, and a little girl would also give evidence, and if the facts were detailed as he (the learned counsel) had faintly shadowiid them forth, the petitioner would be en titled to a verdict, and such damages as the jury may think fit. Evidence was then called in support of this statement. The case will last over two days. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE JONATHAN MATTHEW s.—THE MULLER TRIAL. This bankrupt was described as a cab proprietor, of 68 Earl-street, Paddington, and to-day ho came up for his last examination and order of discharge. The accounts filed show debts, £672 17s. 6d., and deficiency the same amount, there being no assets of any kind. He places his expenditure at £l5O per annum for the last ten years, and states :—" I consider' am entitled, for my personal benefit, to the rewards of £lOO offered by the Government, £lOO offered by Roberts and Co., the bankers, and £lOO offered by the North London Railway Company, for the discovery and conviction of the murderer of the late Mr. Briggs in July last. I gave information which led to such convic tion, and I do not consider such rewards should pass to my assignees." The case was not concluded when this report left, but an adjournment was anticipated to settle various disputed points, more especially as to the reward. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market quiet, but steady. Sales, probably 5,000 bales. The directors of the Trinidad Petroleum Company have issued a circular to their shareholders, inform ing them that the provisional contract with the vendor has now been completed, and with such great advantage that the purchase of the lands and estates in the island of Trinidad has been reduced to less than one-third of the original amount. The property being now vested in tne company, the sale of asphaltum in the colony for paving and other purposes, in Paris and elsewhere, which has hitherto been between 4,000 and 8,000 tons per annum, yielding a profit of 7s. 6d. per ton, will henceforth be carried on for the sole benefit of the company. The directors have the gratification of announcing that they have received notice by this mail that the Colonial Government have ceded to the company all the ungranted Crown portions of the Pitch Lake. The iniormation and experience that they acquired, justify the directors in announcing that the opera tions of the company can be profitably - carried on, Other by distillation in Trinidad, or by the impor tation of the raw material to this country. The directors consider that they have cause to congratu late the shareholders upon the condition and pros pects of the company ; and believe, that with their cordial co-operation, the company, as a commercial undertaking, will prove eminently successful. During the last few days there has been a mode rate amount of business transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets. Sugars have been in fair request, at fully previous rates. For coffee there has been a good demand, at about former prices, while limited dealings have been reported in rice, fruits, and spices, without any material change in values. Tallow has been dull, and quotations for both psesent and forward delivery exhibit a down ward movement. The Share-list of John West and Co. (Limited) will close on Wednesday next, the 22d inst. Earl Bathurst, accompanied by his sister, Lady Emily Ponsonby, has left town for Brighton, where his lordship has taken a house. The Earl of Orford has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Mannington Hall, Norfolk. The Earl and Countess Russell received at dinner yesterday evening, at their residence in Chesham-place, his Excellency the Belgian Minister, Lord Henley, M.P., Lord Dufferin, the Dean of Westminster and Lady Augusta Stanley, the Hon. James Kenneth Howard, Lady Louisa Howard and Miss Howard, Sir James and Lady Mary Wilde, Mr. George Lefevre, M.P., Mr. John Bornilly, M r . Layard, M.P. &g. POLICE INTELLIGENCE S —This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CONVICTION FOR SELLING SFIRITS WITHOET A LICENSE — £5O Fm.—Blaze Rosetti, wine merchant, of No. 51, King street, Regent-street, was charged before Mr. Knox on a warrant, by Inspector Bowles, of the C division, "for that he did, at a certain place, unlawfully sell certain spirits, to wit, brandy and gin, without being licensed for that pur pose, at 51, King-street, St. James's." A quantity of spirits found in the prisoner's house, and taken possession of by the police, were produced in court. Police-constable Charles Butcher, 137 C, said—Last Sunday evening about 12 o'clock I went to the prisoners house,where he carries on the business of a wine merchant, I had two other men with me, and we went in the front parlour, and the prisoner came up from the kitchen. I asked him if he sold wine, and he said he did. Ono of the men within then called for a bottle of claret, for which he paid ls., and the other asked for a bottle of port and paid Is. 61 for it. I then asked the prisoner if he sold brandy, and he said he did, and that he had plenty of good cognac and gin and wine at different prices. I said I would take a bottle of brandy, and I purchased one, paying the pri soner 3s. 6d. for it, and one of the others purchased a bottle of gin and paid for it. Thos. Abel llunt, of No. 33, Grosvenor-mews, one of the men spoken of by the constable, said—l purchased a bottle of gin of the prisoner and paid him for it. Mr. James Morrish Osmond, division officer of Excise— The place is licensed for the sale of wine but not spirits. Inspector Bowles—Last night I apprehended the pri soner and found in a cupboard several bottles of brandy, gin, and rum, several wine-glasses, and a number of bot tles of ale. Mr. Knox—Are there any previous convictions against the prisoner ? Inspector Bowles—There are not, but he has long been suspected of selling spirits, especially on Sunday mornings. Mr. Knox—Prisoner, do you wjsh to say anything? Prisoner—l am guilty. Butcher—He has been carrying on the practice for years, but in consequence of it being a private house it has been difficult to get proof. Mr. Knox—The prisoner is liable to be fined £2OO. The police . had stated that they believed the prisoner had been carrying it on for years. I will not go to the full extent, but shall fine him £5O, or three months WESTMINSTER. THE MARQUIS OF TOWNSHEND AND TURNING POOR PAUPERS otrr OF WORKHOUSES.—When the presiding magistrate, Mr. Selfe, took his seat on the bench this morning, a communication was made to him by the Mar quis of Townshend, which was followed by a person of respectable appearance, standing in the witness box at the magistrate's request, to make a statement. Applicant said he went last night to the outside of the Westminster Workhouse, York-street, and there found a number of poor persons without home or habitation, and in a state of destitution. He felt it his duty to make some inquiries amongst them, and they told him that they were there for the purpose of obtaining shelter, and explained to him that the course was to receive a ticket there from the porter, which they took to the workhouse at Kensing ton, where they were admitted for the night, but deprived of shelter by being turned out in the morning. Mr. Selfe—What do you want? Applicant—l wish to know whether in either the spirit or the letter of the law such a thing is right as to eject a poor person from the workhouse on such a morning as this ? Mr. Selfe—l must decline to give opinions upon either the letter or the spirit of the law without any case before me. Applicant—What is the remedy for the poor who are expelled from the workhouse into the inclemency of the weather ? Mi. Selfe--The course I should propose to you is to me morialise the Poor Law Board on the subject. Ido not at any time shrink from the expression of my opinion in any matter which comes under the cognisance of the Court, but I cannot be expected to give general opinions upon the propriety or impropriety of the exercise of the functions of others exercising authority. Marquis Townshend—Ten or twelve poor creatures were turned out this morning, notwithstanding the great severity of the weather. Mr. Belle—ls there any person here to complain of any thing over which I have jurisdiction ? Applicant—One of the poor persons can be called ; they are here. A young man stood forward and said—l slept at Rom ford the night before last. I applied to the Westminster Workhouse at 6 o'clock last night, and had an order I took to Kensington last night. Mr. Selfe—You do not seem by your appearance—which, however, may be deceptive—to be unable to obtain your living. Poor Man—l have just come out of the fever hospital. Mr. Selfe—Did you have any food when admitted last night ? Roor Man—Nothing—they refused me; but they gave me four ounces of bread this, morning. Mr. Selfe—What brings you to Westminster? Poor Man—l was strongly recommended to go there. I did not want to leave this /willing. Mr. Selfe—Your appearance is that of an able-bodied man, and I don't think that a porter or person of that de scription, giving answers at the workhouse door, is required to do more. He certainly would not be the person required to give permanent relief. When is the relieving-officer sitting ? The police said at that moment. The poor man and those by whom he was accompanied were directed by the magistrate to go to him. THAMES. A QUIET MORNING.—There were only four night charges at this court, three from the H division and one from the K division. The district contains 300,000 inhabitants, besides the St. Katherine, London, West India, and East India Docks, in which there is always a large population of all nations. John Mullins, an Irishman, was charged with breaking a large pane of embossed plate glass, valued at 305., in the Black Horse publichouse, in Well-street, adjoining the Sailor's Home. The landlord of the house said his plate glass was in sured ; and Mr. Partridge sentenced him to pay a fine of 7s. only, or suffer 10 days' imprisonment. Caroline Hawes was charged with making a disturbance in the house of Mr. Palmer, baker, Hardwick-place, Com mercial-road. Her excuse was that she went after her husband, who is in Mr. Palmer's employ. The prosecutor said the husband of the prisoner was a very hard working, steady, and sober man, and that his wife was on the town. Roche, the gaolor of the court, and Inspector Allison, one of tho K division, said the prisoner was a very bad woman, and had been frequently in custody. The prisoner said her husband would not maintain her, and she was compelled to have recourse to the streets. Mr. Partridge said she must not annoy her husband's master, and if she had any legal claim on her husband she must apply to the officers of the parish in which she lived. Two cases of felony were then heard. In the one the prisoner was discharged, and the other remanded for a week. The details were devoid of interest. Mr. Partridge said he must oo ngratulate the public on tho quiet state of the district, and adjourned the court for a quarter of an hour. He ordered the court to be cleared for the sake of ventilation. He would take the remanded cases directly they were ready, and afterwards proceed with the summonses and warrants. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE — This day. LONDON, Feb. 17.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breezo and cloudy weather, with snow. _ MY •• FALMOUTH, Feb. 16.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Three Sisters, from London for Newfoundland, leaky, and with other damage. HULL, Feb. 15.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Zig Zag, for St. Michael's. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 16.—Wind N. N E ; A E rri2 A ed rr — iv L eci im_e c ri o c n k i S.W.—Arrived—Queen of sc rew steamer, from Lime rick. sta C snmEL Aßn ce, f u rDos, F m , BF .T ile a bb n o. . ai 6 1 ._ 5.— w W in i d nd the Seas, from New York. PonTsmounr, Feb. 15.—Wind Sailed—Fathero, for Poole. CLYDE, Feb. 16.—Wind &E. — Sailed—Ceres, for Mel bourne; Antonio, for Savannah. GLOUCESTER, Feb. 15.—Wind from Now York. (nY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 17—Furet, steamer, and Providence, both from Gravelines; Duck, from Caen. DEAL, Friday Morning. No arrivals. FIRE AT A PRINTING AND STATIONERY WORKS AT NEWTON.—About 3 o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out at the extensive works of Messrs. M'Corquodale and Co. (Limited), at Newton. The fire originated in the envelope department, but the cause is at present unknown. It spread rapidly and gutted the building. No workpeople were on the premises at the time. The amount of damage done has not been yet ascertained, but the stock was in sured for £18,250, which it is believed will more than cover the loss. It is a curious fact that a few months since the entire premises of the same firm in Liverpool were con sumed by firo. The printing office at Newton, which was some little distance from the stationery works, escaped. PARDONS TO FRENCH SOLDIERS.—On the propo sition of the Minister of War 618 military prisoners have experienced the effects of the Emperor's clemency. Of those men, 385 have obtained the remission of the re mainder of their imprisonment, and the 233 others a reduc tion of the duration of their respective Aentences. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. ILLICIT DISTILLATION IN IRELAND. Lord CLEMENTS moved an address for returns of the names of the officers the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland had considered it necessary to appoint for the purpose of carry ing out the provisions of the several acts for the suppres sion of illicit distillation in Ireland within the counties of Clare and Donegal. Lord GRANVILLE objected to the return that it would be only a list of the constabulary in those counties, as the whole of the force were empowered to act in cases of vio lation of the revenue laws. Lord CHELMSFORD thought the question deserved consideration, as the intention of the Legislature was that the revenue officers should have different duties and powers than those of the constabulary. Lord GRANVILLE defended the present system on the ground of its superior economy anal efficiency. The motion was withdrawn. Lord LYVEDEN deferred his qUestion on the defences of Canada till Monday next. Their lordships adjourned at 20 minutes past 6. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. OHEETHAM took the oaths and his seat on his elec tion for the borough of Salford. COURTS OF JUSTICE BUILDING BILL On the motion for the second reading of this bill, there was discussion, in the course of which Mr. BAILLIE expressed a hope that in the erection of these new Courts provision would be made for the erection of model lodging-houses for those poor persohs who would be driven out of their tenements. The neglect of such provision was a disgrace to the country, and he alluded to the different system that prevailed in France under the rule of the present Emperor. Colonel SYKES bore personal testimony, from experi ence, to the inconvenience of the present courts. Mr. WALPOLE objected to the plan proposed, which he did not think would effect the object which was con templated. He thought it would be better to make provision for the concentration of the courts by the erec tion of buildings that would harmonise with the Houses of Parliament. They would have to incur unnecessary ex pense for courts, some of which existed already. Mr. MALINS totally differed from Mr. Walpole on the subject of the site, and was perfectly satisfied with the financial part of a scheme which, he thought, did the Go vernment great honour. The AT T ORNEY-GENERAL said, that if the right hon. gentleman the member for the University of Cambridge had bean present on Friday last he would have found that the questions he now put were then answered by anticipation, but he was glad to take the opportunity of answering them again. With regard to the site, the right hon. gentleman had evidently formed an opinion very different from that expressedby the other persons who had given their attention to the subject. The want of adequate space at Westminster was quite conclusive against the idea of concentrating the courts of justice there, because that would perpetuate one of the greatest evils they wished to remedy by concentra tion, viz., separating the courts from those parts of the town where barristers had their chambers and solicitors generally had their offices. He pointed out the great loss of time and expense caused by such separation to barristers and solicitors, and said that expense was only a slight approxi mation of the loss sustained by the suitors. With regard to the House of Lords and the Privy Council, he entirely agreed with the hon. and learned member for Wallingford. There was no magic in Downing-street, and he did not doubt that the Privy Council might find a chamber in the new Palace of Justice. The population who would be displaced by the buildings he admitted ought not to be forgotten, but as the number of houses to be taken was only 400, the population could not bo nearly so large as an hon. member had represented, and experience had shown that the law of supply and demand would furnish people so displaced with lodgings and houses elsewhere. He thought that, in point of economy, instead of perpetu ally patching up the existing courts, it would be better to have a good building at once. He agreed with his hon. and learned friend the member for Wallingford that the pre sent buildings were devoid of all the accessories of a court of justic, and he thought it most extraordinary that, as re garded some of these courts, the nation should be tenant at-will of the private Society of Lincoln's-inn. With re spect to the question of cost, he thought that the estimate £750,000 might be reasonably relied upon as the cost of the buildings upon the proposed site. The property had been surveyed by the late Sir Charles Barry, and by Mr Abraham in 1861, and at the request of the Treasury Mr. Pennethorn, the architect of the Board of Works, had valued house by house last year. Mr. Hunt, the surveyor, also went carefully into the subject, and he was satisfied that the estimate of £750,000 might be relied upon. With regard to the suitors' fund, that consisted of surplus divi dends and surplus fees, the result of the management of the funds of the Court of Chancery by the State under acts of Parliament, and it represented the aggregate profit of past management. Tho funds which would remain after what it was proposed to take would be amply sufficient to answer all the demands of suitors. Then came the question of the charges upon these funds, which repre sented a saving of the State for the management of the funds of the auditors. It would require in round numbers the income of about 1/ million ; of that they took only ono million, leaving half a million in order to provide for the existing annual charges, without having recourse to the public purse. These annual charges consisted of compen sation and terminable annuities, which were falling in at ' the rate of £3,500 per annum, and which would entirely expire in about 18 years if not redeemed ; but by this bill they intended to give power to the Lord Chancellor to buy up these pensions from those who might be desirous of selling them. Mr. Finlaison, the actuary, had valued these terminable annuities at £380,000, but taking them at half a million they would have not only a reserve of half a million, but a further sum of £lOO,OOO arising from an accumulated surplus. Now they had satisfied them selves and the treasury were perfectly satisfied that a million of stock and the accumulated surplus would be amply sufficient to meet the whole of the compensa tions until the time when they would finally fall in. But if no terminable compensation should be redeemed, and if the whole should be paid out of the ono million stock, the result at the end of 18 years would be that there would remain £150,000 stock for the reduction of the suitor's fees. Under these circumstances there could be no doubt that the State would take no charge on itself, except the £200,000, which would be a moderate sum for the sites which would remain, and the rents now paid by the Govern ment, and which, of course, would be saved. His right hon. friend (Mr. Walpole) had suggested that this fund belonged to the suitors, and that it should be appropriated to the legitimate purposes of reducing the fees. Now he had already stated that the words, " belonging to the suitors," conveyed no meaning to his mind. (Hear, hear.) If they meant an individual right to money, it would involve a spoliation, but there was no human being who had any legal or moral right to one shilling of this money. (Hear, hear.) It was money belonging to no person, and the ques tion was, whether the State had made an appropriation of it which it could not revoke. But he contended that there had been no appropriation at all, and they now proposed to apply it in the same manner as it had been partially used before, only for a far more important purpose. As to the fees charged upon suitors, they amounted at present to only about 8 per cent. upon the whole cost of litigation, and if the fund were applied to their reduction the fees would amount to about 4 per cent. ; but the solicitors who gave evidence stated that the suitors, by the carrying out of this proposed scheme, would be gainers by ten times the amount. (Hear, hear.) His hon. and learned friend tho member for Cambridge University tho other evening said that the report of last year was at variance with this scheme, but upon that point he must correct his hon. and learned friend, and state that Mr. Field, Mr. Rogers, and Mr. Cookson were not opponents of this mea sure for the concentration of the courts of law and equity, but they thought that their proposition of charging a per tentage upon the cash balances would supply the fund necessary for the payment of the annuities and compensa tions. Ho would ask the house not to allow themselves to be led astray by any argument for delay, but that they would give a fair.and candid consideration to the scheme, which he felt sure would not involve any charge upon the State beyond that which had been avowed. (Hear, hear.) Sir F. GOLDSMID said that there was only one point to which he wished to call attention, and that was, that judging from experience in reference to the improvements made at the East end of London, he believed that the result of this measure would be to remove a large number of persons, and to drive them into much more crowded dwellings. (Hear, hear.) That should be provided for when they went into committee on the bill. Tho bill was then read a second time. COURT OF CHANCERY, IRELAND (No. 2), BILL. Mr. WHITESIDE moved for leave to bring in a bill to alter the constitution and amend the practice and course of proceeding in the High Court of Chancery in Ireland. After a review of past abortive attempts at the reform of the Irish Court of Chancery, he developed the scheme pro posed in this bill, the main features of which, as regarded the constitution of the court, were the abolition of the Masters and the appointment of a Vice-Chancellor to be taken from one of three judges of the Landed Estates Court. He expli s tined the amendments proposed in the practice and proceedings of the court. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL did not oppose the in troduction of the bill, and leave was given. Mr. CARDWELL moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the annexation of the territory of British Kaffraria to the Cape Colony, setting forth the considera tions which rendered the annexation of this territory ex pedient and politic, though, for reasons assigned by the Governor, the measure had not the formal concurrence of the Cape Colony. Leave was given. Sir C. O'LOGHLEN obtained leave to bring in a bill to declare and amend the law in :relation to the keeping together and discharge of juries in criminal ca ses. The house adjourned at a quarte r before eight . ght o'clock. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS-THIS EVENING. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his scat on the woolsack at the usual hour. THE READING CLERK. The LORD CHANCELLOR announced that he had appointed, subject to the approval of their lordships, the lion. Slingsby Bethell to the office of Reading Clerk and Clerk to Private Committees of the House of Lords. THE CASE OF THE LATE ABDUCTION FROM DOVER. The Marquis of TOWNSHEND moved for copies of all correspondence relating to the abduction of a nun named Mary Ryan. Earl RUSSELL said there was no objection to the pro duction of the correspondence. EDUCATION. Earl GRANVILLE laid upon the table the minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, the first to pro vide that small schools, not less than two, and not more than six, might be provided with a c er tifi ca t e master, and the second to make provision for the better examination of those attending evening schools. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THIS EVENI NG. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The standing orders were declared to have been com plied with in the case of several private bills. The following bills were read a second time : Blaydon Gas, Lanarkshire County Prison Board, Linlith gowshire Roads, Liverpool Licensing, Mellis and Eye Railway, Rastrick Gas, Regent's Canal (Limehouse Basin and Cut), Spilsby and Firsby Railway, and Wood Green, Winchmore Hill, and Enfield Railway. The second reading of the Liverpool Licensing Bill was postponed until the 24th inst. • PETITIONS. Petitions in favour of a reduction of the duty on fire insurance were presented by Mr. H. Berkeley, from the bankers, merchants, and other inhabitants of Bristol ; by Lord Fermoy, from the inhabitants of Marylebone ; by Lord Stanley, from the inhabitants of King's Lynn. Se ventlother petitions, to the same effect, were presentedfrom different parts of the country. Col. Sykes presented a petition from several officers in the Indian army, reiterat ing complaints .of grievances under which they had laboured, and praying for redress. POLAND. Mr. HENNESSY gave notice that he would bring for ward a motion on the subject of Poland. THE EMBASSY AT WASHINGTON. Mr. WATKIN asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Mr. Burnley Hume was still in charge of the Embassy at Washington ; and if so, when her Majesty's Ambassador, Lord Lyons, might be expected to resume his duties ? Mr. LAYARD said that there could be no doubt of the ability with which Lord Lyons had discharged the important and laborious duties which devolved on him. In no single instance had he not received the approval of her Majesty's Government. In referring to the labours of Lord Lyons, he said that in one year alone his correspondence and despatches amounted to 69 large folio volumes. The noble lord had returned to this country in consequences of the state of his health, and no one now would wish him to resume his duties at the riskof his health. Mr. Burnley Hume was filling his place during his absence, with the full approbation of the Government. MEDICAL OFFICERS OF IRISH UNIONS. Mr. BAGWELL asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether her Majesty's Government propose to adopt the resolution of the select committee of 1858, and place the medical officers of Irish unions on the same footing as similar officers in England and Scotland, one-half of whose salaries are paid from the public revenue. Mr. F. PEEL explained that there were some difference in regard to medical officers which accounted for the differ ence of their position as compared with that of the same class in this country. THE ARMSTRONG AND WHITWORTH COMMITTEE. Sir J. HAY asked the Under Secretary of State for War to lay the report of the Armstrong and Whitworth Com mittee upon the table of the house. The Marquis of HARTINGTON said that the report was not ready. PARTY PRO CES S lONS —IRELAND. Mr. O'REILLY asked the hon. member for Belfast whether he would proceed with his motion relative to the late disturbances in Belfast before the report of the com mission appointed to inquire into the subject, which the Chief Secretary for Ireland had stated would be laid upon the table of the house in a very few days, was in the bands of members ? Sir H. CAIRNS replied in the affirmative. COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS Lord R. MONTAGU asked why the committee of public accounts was not appointed at tho same time as the other standing committees, and when that for the present session would be nominated ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the accounts were not yet presented with which the com mittee had to deal. FOOD FOR CATTLE. _ _ Mr. FENWICKasked whether it was intended to print a report of the experiments recently made by direction of the Board of Trade on the relative merits of malt and barley for feeding cattle ; and if so, when we might expect it to be in the hands of members ? Mr. HUTT said ho would take care that the report and papers should be in the hands of hon. members in time for their full consideration. THE CHURCH OF ST. BENET, CITY. Mr. CRAWFORD asked the member for Kilmarnock, as a Church Estate Commissioner, why the removal of the church of St. Benet, Gracechurch-street, and the union of the benefice with that of Allhallows, Lombard--treet, had not been carried into effect, as recommended by the said commissioners ? Mr. BOUVERIE said that an act had been passed for the purpose of enabling the two parishes to be united, and for the sale of the site of the church in ques tion. That act was very complicated, and the pivot on which the whole matter turned was the sale of the site. of the church, to which the archbishop, the bishop of the dio cese, the Home Secretary, and the archdeacon of the diocese should be parties. The site of the church was very valuable, and, as he understood, was estimated at £30,000. All the parties, with the exception of the archdeacon, approved of the union of the parishes, but he dissented from the po licy of selling the sites of churches. NOTICES OF MOTIONS AND ORDERS OF THE DAY. Lord R. CECIL moved that the Speaker be requested to give directions that a copy of all notices of motions and orders of the day standing in the order book of the house, be circulated among members every Saturday morning. The SPEAKER said that there would not be much diffi culty as regarded the printing, and the expense would be trifling, therefore he had given an order to meet the object of the motion oft he NAVY noble lord. ESTIMATES. _ _ Lord C. PA GET brought up the report on the Navy Estimates, which was ordered to lie on the table. NATIONAL EDUCATION. Mr. BRUCE, in laying papers on the table, said that some minute alterations had been introduced into the Government system in order to render it more efficient. So far as populous parishes were concerned the subject worked well, but as regarded less populated parishes the contrary was the case. The right hon. gentleman cited several in confirmation of his statement, and said the alterations would relate to the inspection of schools and other details, and the papers on the subject would be laid on the table within one calendar month after the assembling of Parlia ment. In reply to Sir J. PAKINOTON, Mr. BRUCE said he had consulted the Speaker, and as certained that it would be informal to give notice of his (Mr. Bruce's) intention to make any motion on this Budget, but he would afford, in private, to hon. members every in formation. (Hear, hear.) ARMY ESTIMATES. The Marquis of HARTINGTON brought up the Army Estimates, which were ordered to lie on the table. PARTY PROCESSIONS IN IRELAND. Sir H. CAIRNS asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland a question relative to the commission of inquiry into the re cent disturbances at Belfast, and called the attention of the house to the circumstances connected with hat commission, and to the administration of the that commission, against processions in Ireland, and moved for Paprs. Ile regretted as much as any other person the religious e animosities that prevailed in Ireland proach this subject with any party sp f ed e a la ltalteration. re irit. and I h t o could o n t o t a b P e - H de e n re ied fe t iT h e e d re a w t " so a m s some t l e e o n f gt things t w he hi s c t h at r e eq of ui h contended that the commission was open to grave objec tion. The commission certainly included members of the Irish bar, who, by their ability, had attained this position. But it appeared that one of them, Mr. Barry, was counsel for parties who were involved in disturbances which took place in 1858, and deprecated a commission on the subject at the time. It also appeared that he was adviser to the crown, which circumstance was not calculated to inspire confi dence as to his impartiality. The hon. and learned member then spoke on the scope and constitution of the Commis sion, and was [LEFT SPEAKING.] COURSE OF EXCHANGE-This Evening. Amsterdam Ditto Short. 11 15 11 15 Rotterdam 3 Months. 11 18 11. 181 11 18 11. 18f Antwerp Brussels 25 45 25 50 Hamburg Paris — 13 7f 13 if Short 25 10 25 20 Ditto 3 Months. 25 40 25 45 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine —119 f Vienna — 11 60 11 65 Trieste — 11 571 11 65 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid•::, Cadiz 4 46, k Leghorn Mil an 25 60 Genoa Naples — 25 60 25 55 25 60 Palermo 25 55 25 60 Messina . — 51 51 1 Lisbon 51 511 , °P F "t or ° eig - n . ' (Yold. ************************* £3 17s. 9d. - _ LONDON GAZETTE ---'this Evening OFFICE, FEB. 16. his S Royal Highness the is hereby given will, b command of the Queen, hold levees Prince of Walesiwee on behalf of her Majesty, on Wednes day, St. James Pa a , March next, and on Wednesday, the 22d of the Bth of CHAMBE.vßeuLtiNiat' h n ext, at 2 o'clock. Not L ic O e ßD 3i t t c , - th e Queen's pleasure that presentations to his Royal Highness at these levees shall be consid ere d as equivalent to presentations FOREIGN-OFFICE, o n h E e l r G Ma - Majesty. N I CE, FEB. 9, The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Win. Tasker Smith, Esq., now Registrar in the Mixed Commis sion Courts at the Cape of Good Hope, to be her Majesty's Consul at Savannah. CROWN-OFFICE, FEE. 15. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE LN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. City of Cork—Nicholas Daniel Murphy, Esq., of Lau riston, in the county of Cork, in the room of Francis Lyons, Esq., who has accepted the office of Steward .or Bailiff of her Majesty's Manor of Hempholme. Borough of Tru ro — Fretlerick Martin Williams, Esq., in the room of Montague Edward Smith, Esq., who has ac cepted the office of one of the Justices of the Court of Cozn mon Pleas. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 17. MILITARY STORE DEPARTMENT. —Deputy Assistant-Supe rintendent of Stores Henry P. Travers to be Assistant her Majesty Superintendent of Stores, vice Fret; superannuated; Deputy Assistant-Superintendent of Stores Robert W. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 14. be fu e r i t i be r r el o n c o cas ve i d on fi f o o m r h t is he seiti n ce Y B: hCaayssinlgianso The undermentioned officers have been this day promoted to the rank of Surgeons in her Majesty's Fleet:—Alfred Septimus Pratt, Esq., Constantine Keenan, Esq., James C. Eastcott, Esq., A. M-Bride, Esq., M.D., J. Comrie, Esq. M.D., James Martin, Esq., M.D., William Anderson (A) , Esq., John Lee Sands, Esq., Frederick Augustus Brice, Esq., M.D., and George Bellamy, Esq. Mr. John Penfold Pasco has been this day promoted to the rank of Paymaster in her Majesty's Fleet. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. T.A.TTERSALL'S.-THURSDAY. I The attendance this afternoon was meagre, and conse quently all attempts to throw spirit into the several efforts at speculation failed. Instead of betting on the approach ing handicaps and the great events of the spring and sum mer, the probabilities of more frost and snow, or a thaw, were more frequently discussed, especially in connection with the Waterloo Coursing Meeting at Altcar, which, in consequence, of the severity of the weather, has been post poned from day to day. The subjoined list of quotations presents nothing worthy of especial mention, except, per haps the advance of the French horse, Heurlys, for the Lincolnshire Handicap, the downward tendency of Chat tanooga for the Two Thousand, and the manifest disposi tion to back Liddington for the latter race. Closing prices; LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Dir. Vaillant's Heurlys (taken) 100 to 8 agst Mr. 'Whiteside's Manrico (taken) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 6 agst Mr. Chadwiek's Jerry (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. T. Wadlow's Shropshire (taken and offered) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 14 to 1 agst Lord Coventry's Thalestris (taken) 100 to 7 agst Mr. R. Sutton's Skeffington (taken and offered) 100 to 7 agst Mr. C. Smith's Lion (offered —take 15 to 1) TWO THOUSAND. 13 to 2 agst Mr. Naylor's Chattanooga (taken and offered) 9to 1 agst Mr. J. Merry's Liddington (taken and wanted) 10 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Rifle (offered—take 12 to 1) 100 to 8 agst Count F. de Lagrange's Gladiateur (offered —take 14 to 1) DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Mr. H. Chaplin's Breadalbaue (taken) 11 to 1 agst The Marquis of Hastings's The Duke (offered, take 12 to 1) 25 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Rifle (taken) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-THURSDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 12 to 1 agst Lightheart (offered, take 13 to 1) 12 to 1 agst Emblematic (offered, take 13 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Tony Lumpkin (taken) 20 to 1 agst Jerry (taken) 20 to 1 agst Czar (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Emblem (offered, take 25 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Real Jam (offered) 33 to 1 agst Joe Maley (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 14 to lon the field (offered) 500 to 30 agst Lion (taken) 100 to 6 agst Skeffington (offered) TWO THOUSAND, 100 to 15 agst Chattanooga (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Liddington (taken) CHESTER CUT. 11 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (offered, take 12 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Ackworth (wanted) THE DERBY. sto 1 agst Liddington (offered) 10 to 1 agst Breadalbane (offered) 100 to 6 agst Bedminster (offered, take 18 to 1) 1000 to 15 agst Audax (taken) RACING FIXT RES FOR 1865. FEBR' Lincoln Spring 2l MA: Derby Spring 2 West Drayton Liverpool Spring 7 Shrewsbury Spring lO Doncaster Spring l4 Vincennes VARY. Canterbury Spring Abergavenny 2O Thirsk 2l Cardiff 25 Epsom Spring MAY. Nottingham Spring ICH. Warwick Spring Vincennes Chelmsford Spring . ...... Grand National Hunt 29 Barham 3O Lewes Spring 3O IL. Vincennes Northampton 4 Croxton Park 7 Newmarket Cra vcn l7 Durham Newmarket let Spring 1 Chester 9 York Spring Salisbury lB Vincennes Chelmsford 7 Manchester Summer 7 Ascot l3 Beverley l4 Liverpool 1 Alexandra Park 2O Newmarket July Carlisle Worcester Abingdon Stamford l3 Winchester lB Bath 23 Harpenden 2G Epsom 1 U Hampton 2l Newton Newcastle Odiham Bidbury Stockbridge Nottingham Southampton l9 Chesterfield Goodwood Down Royal Col lIST. I York Plymouth Lichfield 2B Devon and Exeter 29 Derby Summer 30 Weymouth 3l Baden 3l Stockton — SEPTEMBEIL. AUG Brighton 1 Brighton Club Lewes 4 Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Egham l5 Royal Windsor 1 :1 2 1 Brecon lB Richmond Leicester . Doncaster Monmouth 2l Manchester Autumn 22 Newmarket Ist Oct 26 'Walsall OCTOBER. Northallerton 5 I Newmarket Ho. M 23 Newmarket 2d Oct 9 Vincennes Vincennes NOW,: Liverpool Autumn STEEPLECHASE F. MARC [llElt. Shrewsbury 'IXTURES FOR 1863. Liverpool Shrewsbury Scarborough l6, 17 Torquay 2B API West Somerset REL. 1 Abergavonny 20, 21. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton Feb. 'S. Ditto, via Marseilles Brazil and Cape Verde, by British pao.et Mar. 6. Ditto, by British packet Feb. 2!. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and .•:.!t. Helena Fee. 19 . China Penang, m g, and Singapore, via Sou hampton FFeebb. 18. Ditto, Falkland Islands . .............. Feb.— Indiap Gibraltar, i(tßto m pia vblaa 50uthampt0n............ u a r t I: e a i m ii e p a t 0 n .......... . ............. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Feb. 18. .. Feb. —. ........... . .... y), via Southampton.. ................ Feb. 28. Ditto, via Marseilles ...........• . .......... ...Feb. 20. Mauritius, via Southampton ..................... Mar. 14. Ditto, via Marseil e i... ...................... . Mar. 8. Newfoundland ..................................... Feb. 15. Portugal . ............. . ..... . ..... Mar. G. Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon. • United States and British Nor , h America, by Bri tish packet ........................ . ....... Fcb. 15, Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp- ten ................ . • . • Ditto, Tilt C.3rk ............. ... • . .......... Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry.. Fe b West Ccast of Africa, Madeira, and Tt..n .. e . r . i ............ re : 1 7 5 1 West Indies and Pacific Mar. )3 (except 8 1111111 - 1 0, Cuba . and Mexico .... , Bahamas, via New fork. ......... Feb. 13. Bermuda, ditto .... liar. 9. Cuba and Mrxlco .... Feb. ZS. GAS EXPLOSION.--Yesterday afternoon, between 5 and 6 o'clock, a fearful explosion of gas occurred a t the house of Mr. Hemstead, grocer, Coltman-street, Greenwich. At the time stated the gas in the shop was about to be lighted, and on a candle being taken in for that purpose an explosion immediately took place. The win dows and doors were blown into the street, the bare walls alone being left standing, and Mr. Hemstead's wife and three children were partially buried under the rubbish. Medical aid was immediately obtained, and although Mrs. Hemstead and her husband and children, together with a man who was passing at the time, are seriously injured, no fatal result was anticipated. The cause of the explosion is supposed to have been a leakage . from one of the gas mains, occasioned by the metropo itanmain drainage sewer works. THE NAVY.—The account of the naval receipts and expenditure for the year ending 31st March last has been presented to Parliament. It shows that the amount granted during the year on account of the navy was £10,736,032. To this has been added £206,496, the balance of the advances from the vote of credit for the China war. The expenditure amounted to £10,746,177, leaving a balance of £196,350 unspent. 100 100 'Co 100 10 100 1 0 1(0 10 100 100 100 100 all ail all 100 ;00 100 16.134 10) 10) all 5 100 all 47 6