The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-23 00:00:00

MARKET MONEY - AN n COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There was a partial expectation that the Bank of England directors would, at their weekly court, this toorning, have reduced the rate of discount to 4 per cent. It is, however, very generally considered that t he measure has only been deferred for another t ‘ v eek, because money is much cheaper on the Con tinent, g o ld i s fl ow i ng i n to the vau lt s o f th e B an k here, and trade is very inactive. In the course of a Short time the distribution of the Government divi dends will, undoubtedly, increase to a large extent the floating capital of the discount market, and , co mpetition will be excited among brokers and b ackers for the business brought forward. The enquiry for accommodation to-day has not b een large, and the rates have remained at 4/ per cent. for the best bills, with exceptional operations at 48 per cent. • The Bank of Belgium has reduced its rate of dis count to 3/ per cent. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 1 ° this day, are in round figures as under :-- 1865. 1864 G reat Western £61,567 £59,524 B erth Western ... ... 99,178 95,220 Borah Western • ... ... 22,031 20,409 ... ... ... ... 15,529 15,203 igliton kJ- ldland ... 45,757 44,176 south Eastern ... 19,266 18,166 Great Northern ... ... 35,422 31,742 •cr • 41• leashire and Yorkshire ... 36,302 35,480 • stoY and Exeter N orth Eastern ... 5,582 5,611 ... 55,916 51,971 If alithester, Sheffield, and Linoolnshire 17,506 19,959 ( frost -Eastern ... 28,538 26,834 These returns, when compared with those of the s imilar period of last year, are generally of a very satisfactory character. On the Great - Western there is an increase of £2,043 ; on the North Western of £3,958 ; on the South Western of £1,622 ; on the Brighton of £326 ; on the Midland 'lf £1,581; on the South Eastern of £1,100; on t he Great Northern of £3,680 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £822 ; on the Bristol and Exeter of £165 ; on the North Eastern of £3,945 ; and on he Great Eastern of £1,704. The Mancheste r , 'lleffield, and Lincoln, however, exhibits a decline °f £2,453. Two o'CLocr. ,The English Stock Market has been very flat to '4lY, and prices have tended downwards. One cir etuastance which has contributed to the heaviness "f quotations has been the announcement of the f ailure of a broker who, it is believed, has accounts n ° Pen in nearly every d e p ar t men t o f th e house. nisols, for money, are 89 ~ and for the account, I. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities 41 ' ° 8 74 ; Exchequer Bills, 4s. to 6s. prem. ; India K Per Cents., 104 k 105 ; Enfaced 4 per Cents., 8 ° and Bonds, 11s. prem. Business in the Railway Share Market has re mained very inactive, and the general tendency of I tices has been towards a decline. Caledo n i an an d G reat Western have each receded s s . ; S ou th Western and North Western, each 10s. ; and I r ighton, 15s. ; while Great Easter n ha v e i m p rove d O s. ; and South Eastern, ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the °Pprations have been on the most limited scale, W ithout any material change in values. L sank and Miscellaneous shares remained exceed- L u glY dull. London and Westminster, however, ha ve advanced to 94 ; Imperial Ottoman have de ett4lted to 164 ; European Bank to 13i ; General s tock and Finance are steady at 6- 4 1 ,. ; Joint b t c:ck Discount at 7-1 8 ; South African Land and ',,lllanc e are quoted 18 2 prem. ; and Rio de Janeiro 'lts, 1 if prem. ~I C r e ry little change has occurred in the Foreign 6 'arket, and business is rather inactive. Turkish Per , Cents., 1862, are 734 ; do. Consolides, '',uk I; Mexican, 264 f ; ditto New, 258 ; Greek, `, l i 22 ; Spanish Passive, 324 33 ; do. Certificates, ' 7 i 188 ; Italian, 63k 4 ; ditto New, 3} 3 dia. ; 44 4 the Confederate Loan, 33 35. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 8' GOVERNMENT FUNDS. •Per Cent. Consols 13 °. Account, April 6 B9} Neer Cent. Reduced B7l 1 NCR 3 per Cent B7/ 4 ~,IT 21 p er Cent. Jan. 1894 — 4 -4 'o. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — 40 uities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 D 0.„., for 30 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs — ",° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — -e llequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent — Do. £5OO 4 Do. '.£loo and £2OO sank of England Stock, 51 per Cent — I, ll ',:buar GovERNMENT SEcunrrus. 'glut Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — °D -/,Account - I\ °. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 '`',,o. Account 4-',,0. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 0 . Certificates — D O.r, Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent B9 "" 1 .,0. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 r., ° . 5 4 per Cent., May 1879 — ,A- 1 . per Cent, Aug. 1866 _ .. 4 . 1 .,, 0 ., Bonds, £l,OOO ll pm . 4-10 . under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 41 1 s . , trian Bonds, 5 per Cent ',,azilian 5 per Cent 4 '0 % 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 B uenos Ayres 6 per Cent — et Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 11 , il ian 6 per Cent — t, D O. 44 per Cent BOl 0 1 , 0 nabian 6 p er C en t. — 11 - 1 ,` 4 , 6 per Cent. - 1 -,° 5 per Cent., 1864 — b a '" o . Scrip, £55 paid — pm Ilisb. 3 per Cent., 1825 D ° . 5 per Cent., 1864 — bPer Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — a-Uubian Principalities D k 0 X 65 paid — d ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — e jo .7 Provisional Land Warrant — gptian 7 per Cent 941 ~0., Second Iss Do £lOO Bonds 95 4 D Do. 1864 96 4 Greeks° crip, £55 paid 5 Cents 1824-5, ex Coupons - r ,per ~ '' - ',O Account ,'-'O. Coupons 4' 4 ' o Account —6Bl l 'atemala 5 per Cent. I t 1) , 0 . 1839 and 1850 — a n k'i 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) DO, 1865 b' e J o Scrip, £25 paid t‘xican 3 per Cent. ' O . Account 1, bf, 1864 ii ° 6 per Cent. Anglo-French 4 0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — dis I,outevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid i',i o o rish Imp er i a l 5 per Cent ',lv Granada 124 4 "0 2 per Cent — 4',0 Deferred I\:' - ' 0 Land W arran t s (Hectares) h rl lvian 41 per Cent. ij° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — ° 44 per Cent., 1862 1 , 0 ',. 4 0 . Account )3 0 geese 3per Cent., 1853 D ° Accoun t • /) 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 1, -0 Account 471 riau 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., ° 4 4 per Cent., 1850 D o D o , 1860 De r Cent., 1859 e 5 per Cent., 1862 D o 114 di 1864 hnian 5 per Cent — t,°. Account Dt ' i eh 3 per Cent Account 4B ll ° New Deferred — D_...0 A ccount — ° ...ccount , Passive ii.;' -'0 Account 32/ jl lli sh Cert. of Coup not funded twelAccount l7l 18 174 T 1 ,,, b 75 1 1. 4 per Cent. — 121-', Ac 6 per Cent... 1854 — bo cot 94 D ° 6 Per Cent. 1858 to Account 704 I , j, ° ) £lOO Bonds , 75 D ° Per Per Cent. 1862 b° Account 731 . I ) `,'• £lOO Bonds 734 4 bu 6 Per Cent. 1863 1 1 ' ° Guarant d, 4 per Cent e4 e2 teed, -r,_ . uela 3 per Cent. inio. Account D o 6 Per Cent, 1862 j 5 • Account ° 6 ,051 r Cent., 1864 4l/ . D AL, ividend s on the above payable in London. De1K....11„, i' al a ,r l , 4 s per Cent., Ex. 15NFlorins teb, 13 6 3, i per cent., Ex. 25f. 1°44%'1 Per Cent Ex. 12 Gull ~ 3 4 .Rer Cent. Certifi.,..tes roj 1., 1 )0... A 4- writes, 3 per Cent. '4l .lia ti leCOUllt be . '' Per Cent, 1861, Ex. 25f. Accou n t 004 601. TWO O'CLOCK. bo:` , lio 414 ° 0 U ne nt y Share 13.14 et st st 50 20 20i 10 100 100 100 205 205 100 100 SHARE MARKETS—This clay. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. :i Railways. I Paid.' Closing I Business Price. done. Kir., Wol., & Str. Val I Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter `Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A A. gets no div , B tillOp.e.p.an.has been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & A b.June. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl: st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A stock Do. B 'o Do. New, is. at 25 pu Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n -Original D . S. V4l. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do W. Mid.—Oxford'' Newpo Do. Lane :shire & Yorkshire L - ,ndon and Blackwali Lon., S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., She., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisl e Do. shares Metropolitan. Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin & Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. A shares void Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth ;AL Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Do. do. 1855-t8 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. New Do. do. 1864 ... North Staffordshire N. & $. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock ('o. Scot, Mid. stick Chews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok 'raff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny' West Cornw tll W.Hartlepool Har.& It Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable BRITISH P Atlantic & St. Lawrence , Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aux. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta & S. E., Um a e Town & Dock, gu Demera , a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben: al, gu , 5 do East ',Alan, gu. 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 Pr, f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. Id Pref. stook Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pret. stoek . Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India (lim ) gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent.... Do Great W , s. of Canada.. D New . Do. 6 p. o. Bds. pay 1873 Do. do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B S. itl.C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Sclnde Do. Delhi Do. do gri 6. Do. Punjaub Do.lndus St Flo 100 100 100 100 110 100 10 10 10 100 100 100 100 100 100 COLONIAL GO VERMIEN' 'British Col'umbia,6 perj cent„ Dec. 31, 1572: . Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 - Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D.. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 1 )o. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p i‘. Inscribed ak Cape G. Hope, 8 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: 190-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1691 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1-78 - Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ih Natal v;ov. o per cent.. N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. dc•l uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 p c.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189: New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent Nova So Ala Gov. 6 p. 0 sterling', 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c 1 8. A.us.Gov. 6 p,c 18 ,4 84 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITI rUam Coned. cold, Um IChiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon • as t Cam Brea East Grenville lLast Loved ... E. W'l Russell (Taviatk Gam .& StAubyn(Gwen. Great L trey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist ,u Grenvil.e Herod's Foot Hingston Downs Margaret (tiny Lelant Marke Valley Niwyndy Iron Ore, lim Nangiles New Seton North Downs North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (I ilogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr yidenee Uny Lslant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Frau. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West tiassett (D. logan W. Caradon (L skeard West Chi verton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Whea LudoAt Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Setou Wheal Ti elawney (Lis. Wheal .. ettErEUENCE tILLA.BEb. Great Northern. 5 per cent., 111 Great • orthern, 4i per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 100/ Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 103 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di to. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 133 North Eastern, York. H. and Selby purchase, 10 North Staffoidshire, 211 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4i per cent. pr., Ditto, pzr cent pf., 92 LINES LEASED AT FIXED:RENTALS. Nottngham and Grantham R. & U, 911 Royston, Hitch., and Shep., 130 Shrewsbury and Hereford, 851 FORE) GN RAILWAYS; Bahia and San Francisco k lhn.) gua. 7 per cent., 141 f 1 Imperial Mexican, Um., 2f San Paulo (Um.), gua. 7 per cent., 17 Alliance (tim.), 341 Anglo Austrian, 7} Australasia, Ditto, new, 71i Bank of New Zealand, 17i Brazilian and Portuguese, lira.. 11 British and Californian, 11m., oi City, 1191 Consolidated Bank, Um., 10i I European Bank, lira., 13} Imperial Bank (1im.). 1 31 Imperial Ottoman, 161 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 5 A London Bank of Mexico and S. America, 1im.,181 London and County. 72i London, Hamburg, Cont. Exchange, lira., 4 London Joint Stock, 47 London and 11 estminster, 94 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., Ditto (X 10), Si National Provincial of England. 158 Oriental Bank Corporation. 56i MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., 31 1 City of Milan Improvements, Um., 91 City Offices, Btu., 51 Continental Union Gas, lim., 10} Credit Fonder and Mobilier of kngland, 10 1 Ditto, new, 8 1 East India Irrigation and Canal, 01 Ebbw Vale, 71 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 4/ Financial Corporation, 1 Fore-street Warehouse, lim.,'B Joint Stock Discount, lim., 8 7} London General Omnibus Company, 3} Lon on and Provincial Marine, 31 North British and Mercantile Insurtnce, lim., 18 Pewnsula and Oriental Steam, 83 Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, lira., 5} Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, lim., 24,1 Ditto, (£7), 5 By advicis from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 sterlin Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 6-10ths per cent. dearer in London then in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London ior bills at 60 days' sight is about 249 per cent., and the premium on gold 127 per cent. At these rates there is a small profit on the importation of go'd from the fled States. 94 " 128 129 5 6 66 68 !E3 17 81 86 107 1 9 451 461 7t 129 130 1101 /41i 129 .30 83 90 72! 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(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RB GEORGE BAXTER-THE PATENTEE OF PRINTING IN OIL COLOURS. This bankrupt, the well-known patentee of printing in oil colours, applied to-day for his order of discharge. The debts and liabilities are stated at £4,800, but it is antici pated that the assets upon realisation will produce a sur plus.—His Honour ruled that the bankrupt was entitled to his order.—Order accordingly. (Before Mr. Registrar Winslow.) IN RE BARROW. This bankrupt was described as a warehouseman in Milk-street, Cheapside. The debts are stated at £lB,OOO, and the deficiency £ls,ooo.—His Honour ordered the case to stand over till April 19. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) STlll3l3B' TRADE PROTECTION SOCIETY AND ITS SUBSCRIBERS. ➢PIERS Y. CRAIG. This was an action to recover £9 Bs., for negligence In not taking the necessary steps to recover a debt due to plaintiff by a person in Chesterfield, whereby the same is now irrecoverable, and is so stated by defendants' local agent. Plaintiff is a tradesman of Southampton, and defendant (for whom Mr. Woollett appeared) manager to Stubbs' Mer• cantile Association, 14, Gresham-street. Plaintiff, who is a subscriber to the association, stated that he had a debtor in Chesterfield, and ho instructed defendants to collect the debt. There were certain rules to be observed, and plaintiff had forwarded to the office a white ticket and a yellow ticket ; the white ticket was a notice to the society to apply for the debt, and the yellow ticket was a notice to sue. That would be the case in the ordinary course of things, but plaintiff urged that even upon the white ticket, under the circumstances, the defen dants should have proceeded. It appeared that the debtor had executed a bill of sale, and in consequence of this the debt was lost. Mr Woollett called ono of the clerks in Stubbs's office, who deposed that the yellow ticket had never been for warded. Plaintiff said that he did forward if. His Honour ruled that, upon the evidence of Mr. Spils bury, there was no proof that the yellow ticket - had been forwarded to the defendants. Plaintiff would be non suited. Mr. Woollett applied for the costs of a number of wit nesses from the office. Plaintiff thought it was extremely unfair to bring such a lot of persons forward in this case. However, the defen dants would not get much by it, as he should withdraw his subscription. Plaintiff nonsuited with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBING A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT—SINGULAR CASE. —James Madgwiek, lately coachman in the service of Mr. William Vansittart l M.P. for Windsor, residing at No. 27, Dover-street, Piccadilly, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with stealing a saddle, four bridles, and some other harness and horse clothing, the property of his master. Mr Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared for the prosecution, and said the prisoner, who had been about three years in the service of Mr. Vansittart as coach man, was lately discharged owing to his giving way to habits of intoxication. After the prisoner was discharged Mr. Vansittart discovered that the prisoner had stolen a quantity of harness, and had been going about to the various tradesmen and ordering goods in his name. He (Mr. Lewis) would proceed with one charge that day, and then asked for a remand. Mr. Vansittart said that on the 15th of this month he discharged the prisoner, who had been three years in his service as coachman, and he afterwards discovered that a great deal of property had been taken away. He after wards went to a public-house kept by Mr. Hayley, in Adams-mews, Grosvenor-square, and acked Mr. Hayley if he had got any harness, and he said he had, and would give it up, and he did so. The harness produced (by Binstead Webb, 112 C) was his property, and bore his crest. George Crook, butler to Mr. Vansittart, said that on Saturday week he saw the prisoner remove some of the harness from the house, but he did not say what he was going to do with it. In answer to Mr. Lewis, the prosecutor said he never authorised the prisoner to sell the harness. Mr. Bayley, of the Royal Exchange, Adams-mews, Grosvenor-square, said the prisoner, who was a customer, told him that he had some things he wanted him to see? and he went with the prisoner to Duke-street, St. James's, where the prisoner showed him some harness and horse clothing, and asked him to take charge of the property. Ho did so, and on seeing Mr. Vansittart's butler, that person told him not to give them up. In answer to Mr. Lewis, the witness said ho did not buy the harness of the prisoner. The prisoner owed hith a bill and he thought it would be a security, but not directly Of late the prisoner had behaved like a deranged man, but it was not from drink taken at his" house. The prisoner said the harness was his own property, and ho had offered to have it done up to be used of nights from a feeling of generosity. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a pity such singular generosity had met such a reward. (Laughter.) Mr. Lewis, in asking for a remand, said that Mr. Van sittart's object in giving the prisoner in charge was that the state of his mind might be inquired into. Mr. Tyrwhitt reminded the prisoner. Mr. Vansittart said ho did not wish to be hard on the prisoner, as he thought he was deranged. ME SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1865:1 MIDDLESEX SESSIONS-March 22. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A SON.—Charles Hopper, a man about 30 years of age, was charged with ill-treating and threatening his parents, respectable people living in the Vauxhall-bridge-road. _ _ . Mr. Edward Hopper, defendant's father, said that on Monday night last he came to his house at a late hour and demanded admission. He was refused admittance, when he used the most violent threats from which danger was apprehended. Mr. Arnold—What was the reason he was refused ad mittance ? The father—ln consequence of his dissolute drunken habits we refused to let him in. Ho had previously been forbidden the house. Mr. Arnold—Has he been guilty of any personal violence to you ? The father—Yes, he has, and to his mother and sister also. It is only a week ago that he knocked me down by brute force, and roughly handled his mother and sister. He threw his mother down twice, and our whole family is much alarmed at his conduct. He has threatened to smash the whole lot of us. Mr. Arnold—What is he ? The father—He has been in the army, and left after ten years service. He is of no trade. He never would learn any. He was put to a good many things, but would pay no attention, and then went into the army. _ . , - Defendant—Part of what he says, sir, is true, but great part is not. My mother was ill, and I wanted to see her. The father—ife has so terr Med his mother that sbe is afraid to see him. Mr. Arnold called upon defendant to find bail to keep le peace to his family, THAMES. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A TnAvELLEn.--Joseph Whiffen, late clerk and traveller to Messrs. Williams and Co., wholesale grocers, of Duncan-street, Whitechapel, was brought up on remand, charged with embezzling upwards of X3OO, the moneys of his employers, which he had received for them and on their acceUnt. The prisoner had beon for twelve years in the service of the prosecutors, who had treated him well and paid him liberally. Tile prisoner absconded a short timo since, and he was next heard of at Taunton, in Somersetshire, to which place a deteCtive officer, named Dunaway, No. 11 11, pro ceeded a fortnight ago, and receired the prisoner from the Superintendent of police there, by whom the prisoner was arrested. Dunaway mentioned the charge to the prisoner•, who said, "Yes, it is quite right; it has been going on for two years. Let me see the papers taken from me, and then I can tell all my defalcations to a farthing. The officer said your defalcations aro above £2OO, to which the prisoner replied no, it is under £2OO. Dunaway now stated that the prosecutors bad already dis covered the prisoner had cheated them of £238 4s. 5d., and they had not yet waited on all their customers. The pri soner also said to the officer, what does Mr. Williams say about it? Dunaway replied, he says you must have the money somewhere, you have had so much money lately that you cannot have got rid of it. The prisoner said its all gone except £2O, which I put into a bank, and you will find a deposit note at home in a box in my bed-room. Dunaway proceeded to the lodgings of the prisoner, in Rich mond-street, East-street, Walworth, and found in his box a deposit note of the London and County Bank, Lambeth, for £2O, and dated March 10, 1865. The note was produced, and, all that the prosecutors will obtain is the amount named on it. Mr. Edmund Dawes, of 21, Mason-street, Old Bent-road, grocer, proved the payment of £lB 18s. 9d. on Feb. 23, and £l2 13s. 9d. on March 9, to the prisoner. Mr. Charles Knowles, of 1, Redcross-street, grocer, paid to the prisoner £37 13s. 10d a few weeks since. Mr. Williams said the receipts produced were in the pri soner's handwriting, and that the prisoner had not ac counted to him or his partner for the money he had re ceived of the two last witnesses, A fourth payment was about to be proved, when the ma gistrate said three cases were enough, and committed the prisoner for trial, THE QUEEN AND THE WINDSOR AND ETON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION.—Her Majesty has graciously intimated her intention to contribute a number of valuable works of art to the exhibition of oil and water colour paintings, articles of vertu, and works of special local interest which the committee of the Windsor and Eton Literary Scientific Institution are about to collect in • the Town-hall, Windsor. STEALING TIN Peter Sullivan, 22, and John Endish, 32, were indicted for stealing Nibs. weight of tin, tilt property of the Lon don, Italian, and Adriatic Steam Navigation Company (Limited), on board the ship Clotildt, lying in the London Docks. Mr. Poland prosecuted; Mr. Collies appeared for Eng lish, and Mr. Warton for Sullivan. The jury found the prisoners guity, but recommended them to mercy. The Assistant-Judge sentenced them to be each impri soned and kept to hard labour for 12 ;months. ROBBERY OP SHIPS' !AILS. Archibald West, captain, and Joht Scatterly, mate, were indicted for stealing five ships' sails, value £3O, the pro ptrty of Patrick Cobles, from the slip Ann Mitchell, lying in the City Canal. Mr. Poland prosecuted ; Mr. Metalfe defended West ; Scatterly was undefended. It appeared from the evidence that West and Scatterly were respectively captain and mate d the brig Ann Mit chell, lying in the City Canal, until Feb. 24, when they were discharged; and on Saturday, the owner, with Mr. M'Nab, the new master, went on board, and the sails were then all safe. About 4 o'clock the sane afternoon Scatterly was on board, and the captain was dressing at the time. There was only a boy named M'Donald besides the captain and Scatterly on board, and Scatterly ordered the boy to go ashore and fetch some gin. He was absent for about 20 minutes, and when ho returned he saw a cart alongside the ship with some sails in it. He was then sent to the Isabel, another ship lying some distance off, and told by Scatterly to ask if there was a certain person on board ; and when ho went back the cart with the sails was gone. About five o'clock the cart with the sails was taken up to the gate of the East and West India Dock, and as it was then too late to obtain a pass from the captain, Scattorly came up, and he being known as the mate of the vessel, Payne, the constable, allowed them to pass out of the gates. These sails were sold to a marine store dealer named John Hillyer, of No. 4, Victoria-place, West India-road, for £3, and they were subsequently sold to another marine-store dealer for XS. The only fact to connect the captain -with this transaction was, that ho was on board at the time the sails were taken away, and that he must have been aware that the sails were being taken away. The jury found Scatterly guilty, and West not guilty. Several Witnesses gave Scatterly a good character. The Assistant-Judge said the marine-store dealers might think themselves fortunate they were not placed in the dock for receiving stolen goods, and he should refuse to allow them any expenses. Hp sentenced Scatterly to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for four months. In answer to Captain West, The Assistant-Judge said he did not think there was any imputation whatever against him. AN AMERICAN INTENTION. Frederick Thorneycroft, 29, was indicted for stealing a silver-gilt watch and chain, and the sum of £l4 10s. 'and upwards, the property and money of William Newman Brake,in a dwelling-house. There was a second indictment against him for stealing two scarf pins, value £6 and up wards, the property of Edward Fryer, in a dwelling-house. The prosecutor in the first case is a surgeon in the Royal Navy. In the month of February last he was staying at the Norfolk Hotel, Norfolk-street, Strand, and on Feb. 24 he went into his room, and soon fell asleep, and did not awake till about nine o'clock the next morning. He was not sure whether he locked his door, but on the following morning on getting up, he found that his watch, money, and other articles were gone. On the same morning Mr. Fryer, another gentleman lodging at the Norfolk Hotel, found his door handle tried, but no further attempt was made to enter his room, as a light was burning ; but on a previous day he had missed some valuable scarf pins from his dressing-table. At five o'clock on the morning of the 25th the prisoner, who had also been two or three days lodging in the hotel, went away, staNg that he had to leave town by an early train. On the Ist of March, Sergeant A ckrell, 15 F, from information which had reached him, went to Ber ners Hotel, Berners-street, and there he found that the pri soner was lodging, and he said he should take him into custody for a robbery at the Norfolk Hotel. To this he re plied that ho had only just come from the country, but afterwards admitted that he had been at the Norfolk Hotel. He was then observed by the officer to bo fumbling with something by the side of the bed, and on taking hold of his hand found in it the instrument produced, which was sknownused of " American tweezer s ," an d it was d for of clipping tightly the end o f th e k ey u b t y h teh purpose e which projects, beyond the ward, and thus enabled any one to unlock a door from the outside as well as from within. There was no doubt that this instrument enabled the pri soner to unlock the doors, and thus commit these robberies. The instrument had been tried at the Norfolk Hotel, the Berners Hotel, and the Great Northern Hotel, and it would open every lock, even when locked inside, by turning the key. The Assistant-Judge remarked that it appeared locking a room door afforded no security whatever. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The Assistant-Judge said this was an American inven- tion, but he was happy to find that they had intelligence enough in England to detect its rise. He should not then pass sentence upon him, and in the meantime, between then and the next session, if he thought fit to give any account of the stolen property, it would be taken into con sideration in the sentence that would be passed upon him. ASSAULT. Peter Keenan, 73, was indicted for an indecent assault upon Mary Ann Daniels. Mr. Collins prosecuted, instructed by the Society for tho Protection of Women and Children. The prisoner was found guilty, and The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to 12 months' hard labour. • PLUNDERM CABS. Samuel Dawes, 24, and William Chubb, 27, were indicted for stealing a portmanteau and other articles, value £3O, the property of Arthur Phillip Hawthorne. From the evidence of Mrs. Clow, it appeared that on the night of the 27th of January, at half-past seven o'clock, she saw a cab go along Compton-street, and one of the pri soners got up behind and took off a portmanteau and put it on the pavement. The other prisoner then assisted to carry it, upon which Mrs. Clow went up to them and made a re mark, when they dropped the portmanteau and ran off. Having placed the portmanteau in a place of safety, she went in pursuit of the prisoners, and lost sight of them. She then gave information to the police, and at length Ser geant Ackrell, 13 F, succeeded in apprehending them. Both prisoners were found guilty, and former convic tions having been proved against them, they were sen tenced each to be kept in penal servitude for ten years. MARKETS—This Day . METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was about an average supply of beasts on sale here to-day, in but middling condition. Sales progressed slowly, at Monday's currency. The best Scots sold at 5s 2d per 81bs. Sheep—the show of which was only mode rate—ruled steady, at full quotations. Downs, in the wool, sold at Cs 6d to 6s 8d ; out of the wool, 5s 6d per 81bs. Lambs were dull, at from 6s to Gs 8d per 81bs. There was a fair inquiry for calves, at full prices, viz., from 4s 03d to 5s 8d per 81bs. Pigs moved off steadily, at late rates; but milch cows were a dull inquiry, at from £lB to £22 each. Per 81b to sink the offal. sded sded Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 6 1 o Pme crs-wool sheep 6 0 6 4 Second quality do .. I 2 4 6 Prime s'thdown 00.6 6 6 8 Prime large oxen ..4 8 4 10 Large coarse calves. 4 6 5 2 Prime Scuts, $c....5 0 5 2 Prime small d0......5 4 5 8 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 6 5 2 Large hogs ••3 6 4 0 zecond quality do ..5 45 1 0 Small porkers ...4 E 4 10 Lambs....o; Gd to 6, Od. Suckling calves, 19s to 225; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s ,o 27s eaoh. Read of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 4lO BeAets - 1,110 Ccwa Sheep Calves ll2 Cows 000000 • •••• • Sheep Ca ves lO5 Piga 260 I Pigi MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—These markets are fairly supplied with meat,. and the trade is steady, a s follows : Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 3s 4d to 5s Od per 81b by the carcase. SOUTHALL, March 22.—0 n the whole, the trade ruled steady, and prices were well supported. Beef, from 3s Gd to 5s 2d; mutton, 4s Gd to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; pork, 3s 811 to 4s 10d per 81b to sink the offal. ROMFORD, March 22.—Beasts were a slow sale, and rathos. Other kinds of stock were firm in price :—Beef, from Bs 8d to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s 8d to 6s 4d; veal, 4s 2d to be 2d; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs. Buckling calves, 178 to 208; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 265; and milch cows, £l7 to £l9 each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.- - Meadow hay, £4 4s to 15 5s Od; clover £5 58 to 16 6s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to 11 14s per load A moderate demand. --- CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 79 6d ; clover, £5 5s to £6 6s ; and straw, £1 88 to £1 14s per load. Supply limited. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 58 Od ; clover, £5 5s to £6 76 6d ; and straw, £1 78 to £1 14s per load. Trado inactivo. BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. — tioulanpathic practitioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cotta as being the most healthf al of all beverages. When the doc trine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country there were to bo obt ,fined no preparations of cocoa either at tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut was either supplied in the crude state, or so unskilfully manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London, Homeeopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn his attention to this subject, and at length succeeded, with the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by the perfect trituration it receives in the process it passes thro.igh, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. For general use Epps's Cocoa is distinguished as an invigo rating, grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most deli cious aroma. Dr. Llassal, in his work, "Food and its Adulteratio..s," says —"Cocoa contains a great variety of im portant nutritive principles—every ingredieat necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body." Again: "As a nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." Directions—TWO teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured in tin-lined ilb., lb., and 11b. labelled packets, and sold by all grocers, confectioners, and chemists. - nvr.] SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—WEDrmsDay. The Subscription Rooms to-day were again thinly at tended, and the only noteworthy features of the business were the " knocking out" of Grinder for the Northampton shire Stakes, and the further decline of Breadalbane for the Two Thousand Guineas. Nothing was done on the Derby. Closing prices : NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 10 to 1 agst Skeffington (taken) 100 to 8 agst John Davis (taken) 100 to 7 agst Vest colt (taken) 100 to 6 agst Hartley (taken) 20 to 1 agst Grinder (offered) 25 to 1 agst Arcturus (wanted) 100 to 3 agst Lion (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 10 to 1 agst Mcestissima filly (taken) 14 to 1 agst Peon (offered) 25 to 1 agst Lady of Coverdale (wanted) 25 to 1 agst Agatha (taken) 33 to 1 agst Sampson (taken) 40 to 1 agst Swordsman (taken) 40 to 1 agst Friday (taken) 40 to 1 agst Suspicion (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 3to 1 agst Liddington (offered) 11 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) 14 to 1 agst Breadalbane (offered) CHESTER CUP. 9to 1 agst Lord Zetland (offered) 100 to 8 agst Ackworth (offered) 14 to 1 agst Lion (offered) 25 to 1 agst Highflyer's dam colt (taken) 40 to 1 agst Merry Hart (taken) WARWICK SPRING MEETING—WEDNEspAr. A continuance of the winter weather produced a smaller attendance, but the sport was of a better order. The Two- Year-Old Stakes brought out a large field of candidates for future fame, among them Qui Vive and Proserpine the most conspicuous, though Alberta, a slashing King Tom filly with fine action, found many admirers. After a delay of five and thirty minutes they got off, and the first hundred yards decided the, issue of the race, the favourite Qui Vivo getting quickly ..on his legs, and, with the exception of Proserpina, who kept up with him for a short distance, literally ir running away from his field. The Great War wickshire Handicap only had five starters, and Stanton, reversing her yesterday's running, defeated old Gibraltar after a race between the two from the entrance of the straight by three lengths. The snow had been threaten ing all the morning came on heavily just previous to the race for the Union Hunt Cup, and it was with some diffi culty the colours of the jockeys could be made out from the Stand. It was won with great ease by the favourite, Little Goy. Princess Dagmax bolted with her rider, Murray, before the Selling Race, and, jumping a gate at the bottom of the course, flung him heavily. He was, of course, se verely shaken, but no bones were broken. The Hurdle brought the afternoon's sport to a conclusion in better weather, with a prospect of its lasting. The Debdale Stakes of 5 sous each, with 25 added, for horses carrying 12st each, that have been regularly and fairly hunted. Winners extra ; with certain allow ances. Two miles. 6 subs. Mr. E. C. Clayton's Diana, 6 yrs, 12st (Owner) 1 Mr. Cherry's Constancy, 5 yrs, 12st (Owner) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Diana, who made all the running, and trotted in the winner by two distances; Constancy, who showed temper repeatedly, was pulled up on entering the straight, and walked in. Welter Handicap, of 10 sovs each, h ft ; gentlemen riders ; professionals extra; winners extra. One mile. 6 subs. Lord Stamford's Gemma, 6 yrs, list 71b (Mr. Edwards) w.o. The TwQ-Year-Old Stakes of five sovs each, with 50 added; for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst 71b. Winners extra. About three furlongs. 31 subs. Mr. Pardoe's Qui Vive, 9st (including 41b extra) (Custance) 1 Mr. Giubilei's Proserpine, Bst 111 b (Inc 41b extra) (A. Edwards) 2 Mr. Hodgman's Variety, Bst 71b (M orr i s ) 3 The following also ran :—Sweet Ann, Jessamine, Tinder, Harriet, Cynthia colt, Cotillon, Merry Lass, Alberta, Ele Ole, Blue Bell filly, Life Guardsman, and Gussie. Betting-2 to lon Qui Vive, sto 1 agst Proserpina, 7to 1 agst Alberta, 20 to 1 agst Merry Lass, and 100 to 3 agst Jessamine. In taking her preliminary canter the last named unhorsed her rider, and ran into the town, but was brought back, and shortly after joined her horses at the post. Upwards of half an hour was lost before Mr. M‘George could get them in anything like order. At last an opportunity presented itself, and they left the starter, widely spread, Proserpine, on the inside, having slightly the best of it, the favourite lying on the right, on the outside of whom were Tinder, Life Guardsman, Ele Ole, Harriet, and Jessamine, the others lying close in their wake. The leading division retained their relative positions to the distance, where Custanco brought up the favourite, and in the next few strides he headed Proserpine and came on with a clear lead, which he increased as he came along, and won in a canter by three lengths ; Variety finished a bad third a length in ad vance of Ele-Ole, Sweet Anne, Life Guardsman, Cynthia colt, Jessamine, and Tinder, who finished abreast. The last three were Gussie, Albeit, and Merry Lass—the latter having been left at the post. The Great Warwickshire Handicap of 25 sous each, 10 ft, and sif declared, with 100 added; winners extra; the second horse to receive 25 sous. Two miles. 32 subs, 16 of whom declared. Mr. Scott's Stanton, 7st 71b (Cannon) 1 Mr. Lowe's Gibraltar, aged, 9st (Custance 2 Mr. Scott's Buckfoot, 4 yrs, 7st 51b Oulu 51b extra (S. Adams 3 Mr. W. Scott's Nu, 3 yrs, Gst 71b (inclu. 51b extra (Carroll 4 Mr. Hidson's Joe Maley (late North Lancashire), aged, 7st 91b (Bundy) 5 Arkansas was struck out at 2 p.m. Betting-5 to 4 agst Gibraltar, sto 2 agst Stanton, 4to 1 agst Nu, and 8 to 1 agst Buckfoot. Nu went to the front immediately the flag was lowered, and made the running, closely attended by Buckfoot, Gib raltar, and Stanton, Joe Maley lying last. As they pro ceeded up the hill, Buckfoot joined his stable companion, the pair running together to the mile post, where the latter took a clear lead, the pair being upwards of half a dozen lengths in advance of the favourite, close at whose girths came Stanton. At the T.Y.O. post, Gibraltar and Stanton drew towards the leaders, who, as they approached the bend into the straight, were beaten, leaving Gibraltar pos session of the lead, which he retained to within the distance, where Stanton got to his head, the pair run ning locked together to the enclosure, where Stanton, getting his head in front, won very easily at last by three lengths. Buckfoot, who headed Nu at the stand, finished a wretched third ; Nu and Joe Maley cantered in a long way in their rear. The Walton Handicap, of 5 sovs each, with 25 sovs added, for all ages. Winners extra. Five furlongs. 13 subs. Mr. Pardoe's Tragedy, 3 yrs, 7st Grimshaw) 1 Lord Stamford's Lemma, 6 yrs, 9st 101 b in. 51b extra) ( r. Wombwell .f Mr. Scott's Belgrave, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Carroll Mr. T. Hughes's Juliet, aged, Bst 21b (T. French 4 The following also ran :—Grisette, Usher, Chicquot the Jester, Regenerator, Generalissimo, Ambrose, and Cotillon. Betting-7 to 4 agst Tragedy, 4to 1 agst Regenerator, sto 1 agst Juliet, 6to 1 agst Grisette, 10 to 1 each agst Gemma and Usher. Juliet got away in front, but after running a few strides she was headed by the favourite, who came on with a de cided lead, which he retained to the end, and won in a canter by a length. Gemma, and Belgrave, who got up opposite the Stand, finished with a dead heat for second. Juliet was fourth, close up ; Regenere.or was fifth, Grisette 'sixth, and Usher next. The last three were Cotillon, Generalissimo, and Chiequot the Jester, the latter having broken a bloodvessel. The ITnionliunt Cup, of 50 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 3 SOTS each, for horses which have been regularly hunted for 4-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for aga ; jockeys extra. Two miles, on the flat. 14 subs. Mr. Smith's Little Goy, 4 yrs, 10st 101 b (inc 51b ex) (Gardiner) 1 Mr. Allen's Byfield, aged, 12st 71b (Mr. T. Percival) 2 Mr. E. C. Clayton's Diana, 6 yrs, 12 st 41b (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—Tommy, Wild Duck, Eily O'Connor, Snowball, Joseph, Aural Dean, Walton, and Brighton. Betting-4 to lon Little Goy, 6to 1 agst Snowball, and 10 to 1 agst Joseph. The race was run in a heavy fall of snow, Diana making the running, having Snowball, Byfield, and Joseph as his immediate followers, the rear division being brought up by the favourite and Tommy. Proceeding along the meadows the two leaders were joined by the favourite, their followers at the same time becoming widely spread. On entering the straight Snowball gave way, and his place was taken by Byfield, who ran with Diana to tho dis tance, where Little Goy came out and won in a canter by four lengths. A length separated the second and third ; Snowball was fourth, Wild Duck fifth, Tommy sixth, and Brighton next. The last three were Eily O'Connor, Joseph, and Walton. A Selling Race of 5 sovs each, with 25 sovs added, for 3- yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, with selling allowances. Winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 3 subs. Mr. Laurence's Sister Mary, 3 yrs (.£2O), Est (car. Est 31b) (J. Grimshaw 1 Mr. Bevill's Alvecliston, 6 yrs (£6O), 9st (Mr. IV. Bevile 2 Mr. Brayley's Princess Dagmar, 3 yrs (.2O), 6st (Murray) 3 Betting-5 to 2on Sister Mary, who waited to the Stand, and won easily by half a length. Princess Dagmar bolted prior to starting, and jumped the entrance gate and disposed of her rider, who, fortunately, escaped injury. The winner was bought in for 55 guineas. Match, 100, h ft. Half a mile. Mr. J. Graham's Cairngorm, 2 yrs, 7st 101 b (J. Nightingale) 1 Mr. E. Brayley's Blackbird, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b (Cowley) 2 Betting-11 to 8 on Cairngorm, who made all the run ning, and won by a neck. Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. Winners extra. The second to save his stake. Two miles over five flights of hurdles. 33 subs. Mr. Turner's Knave of Trumps, 5 yrs, 9st 31b (J. Page) 1 , Mr. W. Saunders' True Heart, yrs, 10st 71b (j. Knott) 2 Mr. T. E. Shaw's Deception, aged, 9st 61b (car. 9st 81b) (Rothera) 3 Lord Poulett's Ace of Hearts, 5 yrs, 9st 61b (States) 4 Betting-7 to 4on Knave of Trumps, 7to 1 agst True Heart, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Won very easily by a length and a half. A bad third. Ace of Hearts refused, and was stopped. BETTING ON THE COURSE. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 10 to lon the field (offered) 20 to 1 agst bar one (offered) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 10 to 1 agst Bedminster (taken) RUGBY RACES. The Course is in very good order. The Grand Military Gold Cup will be run for to-morrow, at half-past on? RACING FIXT ICES FOR 1865. 11A11 Vincennes Chelmsford Spring Grand National Hunt Barham 3O Lewes Spring 3O APRIL. Vincennes Northampton 4 Croxton Park Newmarket Craven l7 Durham Canterbury Spring Abergavenny - - 2 O 2O Thirsk 2l Cardiff 25 Epsom Spring HEALTH OF LONDON, (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday the births in London and nine other cities or boroughs of the United Kingdom were 4,368 ; the deaths 2,982. The annual rate of mortality in the week in those ten large towns was 28 per 1,000 persons living, and was less than in the previous week, when it was 29. In. London the births of 1,185 boys and 1,125 girls, in all 2,310 children, were registered in the week. In corresponding weeks of ten years, 1855-64, the average number, corrected for increase of popu lation, was 2,115. The deaths in the same time were 1,388. The average number for the eleventh week in ten years (corrected) is 1,499. The actual return shows an excess of 39 over the calculated number. Whooping-cough and typhus were decidedly more fatal than any other complaint in the zymotic class, and the numbers referred to those diseases were almost equal-88 to the former, 85 to the latter. There were 189 deaths from phthisis and 200 from bronchitis, both numbers being above the respective averages. A wireworker, aged 37 years, received a fatal injury from a waggon in King William-street, and died on the 6th of March, in Guy's Hospital. A horsekeeper:was crushed by a horse against a wall, and died in St. Bartholomews hospital. On the 7th instant, at Josephine Villas, Hackney, a female, Queen's pensioner, aged 53 years, died of "exhaustion from want of proper food and nourish ment" (Inquest). At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.808 in. The reading rose to 29.93 in. on Sunday, and fell to 29 60 in. on Monday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 36.3 deg., which is 5.4 deg. below the average of the same week in 50 years. The mean daily temperature was considerably below the average throughout the week. The highest day temperature was 44.8 deg. on Friday. The lowest night temperature was 29.5 deg. on Saturday. The thermometer fell on six nights below, or to a point little above the freezing point of water. The wind was generally NNE till Friday, then ESE. No rain. WATER SUPPLY OF LONDON. Water plays so important a part in the health of London that it is necessary to keep a strict watch over its purity. This can only be done by chemical analysis, which at once detects the presence of foreign matter derived from sewers or other foul sources, and which is poured into our rivers. The waters of the eight London companies have been analysed with a most salutary effect ever since the last epidemic of cholera ; and for this the coun try is indebted to the late Di.. Robert Dundas Thomson, F.R.S., who never failed until his death to supply the analysis of the waters of the eight companies monthly, without any remuneration for his own services. The Registrar General feels it to be his duty to place this fact on record. Professor Hofmann has undertaken to conduct the analysis for the future, and has suggested some extensions in the appended report. The Registrar General has also received valuable suggestions from Dr. Druitt, President of the Society of Health Officers, and from Dr. Letheby, health officer of the City of London. Rain water contains little or no solid matter. It is pure. The London waters contain variable quan tities of foreign matter :—the New River contained 29.60 parts by weight in 100,000 of such solid matter, the Kent 38.07 parts, the South Essex 43.36 parts. Of this matter 2.00 of the New River water, 1.55 of the Kent, 2.70 of the South Essex, was or ganic and other volatile matter chiefly of organic origin. The quantity of such matter was greatest in the Southwark and East London waters. The South Essex water and the New River water re quired the smallest proportions of oxygen for oxi dation ; the waters of the Chelsea, Lambeth, West Middlesex, and Southwark Companies required the most. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, March 23.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; blowing a strong breeze and fine weather, but very cold. CAME:VON, March 21.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Hudders field, from Iquique for the Clyde. _ . _ . _ _ ... DUBLIN, March 22.—The Sperring was driven ashore north of Arklow pier. CLYDE, March 21.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Glen withy, from Iquique. Sailed—William Connal, steamer, for Bordeaux. LIVERPOOL, March 22.—The Stadtsraad, from Cagliari for this port, lost part of her deckloop, and sustained other damage. PENZANCE, March 21.—Wind S.E—Arrived—Adven ture, from Demerara for London. (ET MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, March 22.—Loch Leven Castle, from Shanghai ; Cosmopolitan, from Rotterdam. Arrived, March 23.—Jessie, from St. Michael's; Earl De Grey, from Pomaron. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, March 22.—Cillena, for Callao ; Thomas Sl y all for Kanagawa ; Inez, for Saffa ; Catherine, for Quebec—all from London. Passed, March 23.—Magnificent, from London, for Port Phillip; Eagle (schooner), from the west, for London. Passed in tow, March 23.—Danno, from Adelaide; White Star, from Melbourne; Allerpo, from Wellington; Tudor, from Callao ; Southern Cross, from Penang; Henry (ship), from the west; Calcutta, from Calcutta—all for London. Mary Bibby, 'who was 'convicted at the Man chester assizes, on Monday, of the manslaughter of her child, was on Tuesday sentenced to fifteen mouths' hard labour. RESPITE OF THE CONVICT POTTER.—Two of the commissioners appointed by her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department to examine into and cer tify to the mental co n diti on o f th e mur d erer , J a mes Potter, arrived at the County gaol, Derby, yesterday morning, and shortly afterwards visited Potter's cell. They examined the Rev. E. W. F o l e y, th e c h ap l a i n, an d o ther officers of the prison. The gove rnor o f th e p r ison has received an official letter from Sir Geor g e Grey, intimating that her Majesty has been pleased to order the respite of Potter for seven days, solely to afford time for the commissioners to in quire into the state of the prisoner's mind. ESCAPED PRISONERS.—Two young men, named respectively Michael Brennan, 18, and Walter Walker, 20, were convicted before Mr. Justice Shee, at the Manchester Assizes on Tuesday, and sentenced each to seven years' penal servitude. After the sentence they were removed to a cell underneath the court, as usual in such cases, and locked up to await removal. But when the door was subsequently opened, it was discovered that both the prisoners' had escaped.. An investigation and proper in quiry appear to have established the following as the way in which the culprits attained their liberty, which has not yet been interfered with :—There was a trap-door for ven tilation at the top of the cell, which is on the ground floor of the assize courts, and it is supposed that one of the pri soners was lifted up to this ventilator by the other, and then drew his companion after him. From thence they passed under the gallery of the Crown Court till they got into the blowing-room connected with the ventilating ap paratus of the court, where they would find a ladder. They found the blowing-room door locked, but there was an aperture over it, and through this they made their way, dragging the ladder with them into the air-chain y anbmere.Ts ofhis brought them to the front of the building, and, by the ladder, they readily reached one of the large apertures under the grand entrance of the court to tho west. Through this they would have easy egress into the open air. They Were not dressed in the prison dress. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS--LAsr EVENING. The SPEAKER took the chair at 25 minutes past 12. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. BRAND a writ was issued for the election of a member for North Devon in the room of Mr. Buller, deceased. SMALL BENEFICES (IRELAND) ACT 1860 AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. CRIMINAL CASES (EVIDENCE) BILL. The. second reading of this bill was postponed until Monday next. MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY (IRELAND) BILL. Mr. LONGFIELD moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to protect the property of married women in Ireland, in cases of divorce and judicial separation, in like manner as under the Divorce Court in this country. The motion was agreed to. RAILWAY TRAVELLING (IRELAND) BILL. Sir C. O'LOGHLEN moved the second reading of this bill, the object of which was to increase the facilities for travelling in Ireland on Sundays, and to run at least one train on that day. The bill also proposed to place third class passengers in that country on the same footing as those of a like class in England. Thera were various trains, it was true, run on some of the lines, but then they were despatched at such inconvenient hours as actually to amount to a disregard to the orders of the Board of Trade. The bill, it was true, was opposed by some gentlemen opposite, who contended that it was a great hardship to run trains on Sunday, because the Sunday traffic did not pay, but he contended the act of Parliament laid it down that trains should be run each day, and it was, he believed, for the Board of Trade to say whether the directors of railways were to cease ,to run trains whenever they felt disposed. He was one of those who did not see why the comfort of a few railway officials should stand in the way of a great public convenience. He hoped the house would accept the present measure, and thus serve a great public necessity. Mr. BLAKE opposed the bill, on the ground that it was a piece of ex post facto legislation, imposing on railway companies new conditions which were contrary to the act of Parliament by which they were governed. Many of the great railways in Ireland when trains were run on Sunday were very badly attended—in one instance the number of passengers on one just amounted to three, whilst another, a railway 74 miles long, run their trains without any pas sengers at all. (A laugh.) If the bill passed at least 800 officials would be engaged on Sundays, and all for the purpose of accommodating not a twentieth part of that number of passengers. He moved that it be read a second that day six months. Mr. LEFROY seconded the amendment, and contended that the hon. and learned gentleman had not shown the slightest necessity for this bill. He had yet to learn that 800 persons, at a cost of £5,000 a year, were to be employed on the Sabbath to accommodate some ten or a dozen people. He hoped the hon. and learned gentleman who had brought in the bill would not put the house to the trouble of divid ing, but withdraw the motion for the second reading of the bill. Col. DICKSON condemned the manner in which the opposition to this bill had been got up. Circulars had been addressed to every member as late as eight o'clock last night, whilst those who were opposed to the bill were not favoured with a copy of the document. On behalf of his constituents he should give his hearty support to the bill. Sir H. CAIRNS observed that the bill raised an impor tant public question, altough it was not a Sunday ques tion. It was a question of interfering with the mode in which trading companies carried on their business. If the principle of the bill was sound, why did he confine its operation to Ireland, why diet he not embody the provi sions of the measure in a bill for the United Kingdom. He counselled the hon. gentleman to withdraw the bill, and introduce another of the nature he had mentioned. Lord J. BROWNE said he was of opinion that the people in Ireland were generally in favour of this bill, and therefore he should support it. Mr. ROEBUCK pointed out that railway companies were not like persons carrying on ordinary trading, but were possessed of peculiar powers granted by Parliament. It was the duty of the Legislature in such cases to protect the interest of the public against such companies. The question here was whether the Board of Trade should be intrusted with functions for the protection of the public. Railway companies were not common carriers ; they were very uncommon carriers— (laughter)—being in fact the monopolists of the carriage of certain districts. He could not believe that the interests of the railways affected by this bill were in such a desperate state as to be utterly ruined if they were compelled to run one train every day. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Major GAVIN supported the bill. Railway companies must not expect impossibilities. Owners of race horses did not win every stake they entered for, and if the neces sity of the case required that a train should be run on Sun days, the railway proprietors must be content with the pro ceeds it produced. He believed a great number of people would be greatly benefited by such an arrangement, and therefore he should vote for the second reading. Mr. LONGFIELD thought the "public" which the bill proposed to accommodate consisted mainly of three or four members of that house. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He would not touch upon the religious element introduced into the discussion both as regarded Scotland as well as Ireland. He thought a man might as well go to Dumbarton on a Sunday and dine there, or stop at home and get drunk. (Laughter.) He thought a man might as well go to Limerick on a Sunday —although it was one of the most melancholy places he was ever in— (laughter)—and have his dinner there, or stay at home and get drunk (loud laughter) which was the alternative. (Loud laughter.) Seriously speaking, he did not think that it had been shown the accommodation asked for was required, and therefore he should vote against it. Lord DUNKELLIN expressed his intention of voting for the second reading. After a few words from Major Hamilton, Captain Stack poole, and Mr. Robertson, The house divided, when there appeared— For the second reading Against it 42 Majority —3 The bill was accordingly lost. WAYS AND MEANS. The house then went into committee of ways and means. Mr. BRAND moved that, towards making good the supply granted to her Majesty, the sum of £15,000,000 be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland. The vote was agreed to. The house resumed. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES ACT. The second reading of this bill was postponed until to morrow. The house then adjourned. THE yIRE AT STANGATE• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six, —Referring to the accounts published in the papers of this morning of the fire which occurred on my works last night, I beg to say that the damage done is by no means so extensive as is represented. I have every hope of being able in the course of a few days to be in a position fully to resume business. As the reports published might induce customers to withhold orders, I trust you will give insertion to this, and oblige your most obedient servant, GEORGE JENNINGS. London, March 22, 1865. . - MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN.—On Monday, the 20th ult., these artists gave a, "reading" at the ancient city of Panama, the pieces selected being a portion of Shakspere's "King John," dsworth's "We are Seven," Aytoun's "Execution of Montrose," and Macaulay's " Horatius- Codes." The audience, many of whom had never in their lives seen a historic performance, seem to have been delighted. On the 21st Mr. and Mrs. Kean quitted Panama , for Jamaica, Admirers of Tennyson will read with interest the following extract from the register of deaths at Hamp stead :—" Mrs. Elizabeth Tennyson, died 21st February, 1865, aged 84 years ; her sister, Miss Mary Anne Fytche, died March 10th, 1865, aged 83 years. These ladies were the mother and aunt of Alfred Tennyson. They both resided for many years in one house near Well-walk, at Hamp stead, and they were both buried in one grave at Highgate Cemetery, and thoPoet-Laureate attended as chief mourner on each occasion.—Guardian. _ _ A further sum of £3,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The Ripon has arrived from Alexandria with £129,000. The failure has been announced of Messrs. Andrew Fachiri and Son, merchants, of Cullum-street, with liabilities estimated at about £BO,OOO. The house has been established about 12 years, and has carried on a considerable business in cotton. Messrs. Quil ter, Ball, and Co. are the accountants engaged to prepare a statement for the creditors. The directors of the Home and Colonial Assur ance Company have published their report for pre sentation at the next meeting of shareholders, and recommend a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, from the Ist Ma y last. The Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company have issued their r eport, and the accounts show an available bala nce for dividend of £3,631 195., which, after deducting the interim dividend of s the proprietors in August last, and 5 per cent. from the preliminary p writing it nitn.gpaid off to expenses, will allow of a further payment, making up a dividend of 6 per cent, for the year ending December last. OSSE,