The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-09 00:00:00

*porters that the prosper, „ e to th' 11 -eir COIIII seconded m i n -0115 1 i 4r. Sl l3 ` l ; the P r°. ;f thani" 7 !" .-- -- - " . iligl: Feb• 8' atten ded sebae l ' ove Co tes Edg ard to her les oat drip'. fuverll°'' of O: t jor T ec o Poi° )11 141°. , rote° /ladle) 3 ,fter li° :;ll )0 e i'lleso l a st 0 , 61 ; circ le r os• orn o . Pre y se o i.a / o suall Sit Lt vos tel eI OPr )II • Y + xras ur I ,fr , 1. gr. ". their °°- vo Ye'ter ,aCe 6 Fan— debt den or -1, 0 co 01 4 botiT e oll ned ) fr. ;relay' Des 4 15, tl3-110V c 10' W . 1 841. a , ba d iiber;4l; l otto , T NIG° ONEy stances also at rather lower prices. Alliance have MARKET ' - declined to 344 k ; Imperial Ottoman to 178 k ; Metropolitan and Provincial to 18k ; and Royal Mail Steam to 97. The shares of the London and 'Provincial Mortgage Bank of England are quoted 4 14 'prem. ; Irrigation and Water Supply of France, 28 -/ prem. ; Metropolitan District Rail way, 14 k prem. ; Registered Land Company, 1 prem. ; and City of Milan Improvement, 34 38 prem. AN y, COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The daily i ntroduction of new joint stock com- P al lies and the belief that numerous others are in tecniteu l plation, is a c ti ng un f avoura bl y aga i nst t h e the to cheapen money , . The requirements of t :'e Public t o pay subscriptions, besides a little more for us ual activit y i n commerce, keep up the rate 4eCOlrini odation at the Bank of England mini -4. um . Ther e i s likewise a continual drain of gold f r°l4 this market to the Continent, which fact also exci tes app re h ension. The floating balances of bankers and brokers are not so large as recently, 4 1 ,% id e ven wer e t h e inquiry for money not so great at present 4 1ai , the quotati ons wou ld th ere f ore re n firm. 33 abo ut £24,000 i n gold was taken out of the ank Yesterday for the Continent. th .kt the first or di nary ' general meeting of the held arehol ders of th e C re di t F onc i er of Maur i tius, f r tc ' - daY, the report stated the ava i lable surplus was orn Profi ts amounted to £5,196, an d a di v id en d 44 ,, re columended of si x s hilli ngs p er s h are , b e i ng e rate of about 5 per cent. ine last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to d ay, are in round figures as under 1865. 1864 ••• •.. £58,661 £56,768 99,122 95,053 ..• BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Feb. 9 B9 1 h per Cent. Reduced BBi 1 New 3 per Cent BBi 1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 4 pm Do. £5OO par Do. £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 54 per Cent 2 4 8 INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, Di per Cent., April 1874 — Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — pm Do. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUIiDS—ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cut Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do Account Do I per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chilian 3 per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent. — Cuba, 6 per Cent. Do 5 per Cent., 1864 — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do .£25 paid Egyptian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue Yi64 Do. 951 i Do.'Scrlp, £55 paid Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Do. £lOO Bonds — Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do Account — Do. Coupons — Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do. 1839 and 1850 — Italian 5 per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent. Do. Account ... 18,771 19,024 ... 15,644 15,017 ... 44,024 43,469 ... 19,421 17,651 .1-ri ... ... 32,091 30,109 ... 35,270 35,023 dis par 98 27'i Dc. 1864 24 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — Do Scrip, £53 paid Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20e — dis Montevidean 5 per Cent., £25 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 2 per Cent Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 41 per Cent. Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do. Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account -- Do 3 per,Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do Account 471 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., Do 41 per Cent., 1850 Do 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 Do 1864 Do Scrip, .£6b paid Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account — Do New Deferred — Do Account — Do Passive — "iDo Account 321 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l4l Swedish 4 per Cent. — Turkish 6 per Cont. 1854 — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account • 72 Do £lOO Bonds 75 Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do'Account 7O 1 / Dot£loo Bonds i 7Ol J. Do 6 per Cent. 1863 — Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent 9B/ 9 Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do. Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1862 — Do. 6 per Cent., 1864 — Do. 11 per Cent 9l Do Account - Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Do. 4 per Cent. Certifi.Ates — French Rentes, 3 per Cent. 78f Do. Account . -— Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull G3 Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 23f. Do. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B9 1 Do. Account Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The market opens very quiet. Sales about 4,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Feb. 9.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze and fine weather. BRISTOL, Feb. B.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Louise, from Demerara ; Thomas, from St. John's, N.B. ; Soni, from Sulina. GREENOCK, Feb. 7.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Scutaria, from Sagua la Grande. FALMOUTH, Feb. B.—Wind W.—Arrived—Wm. West, from Rouen for Gloucester. Sailed—Alpine, for Cal cutta. MUMBLES, Feb. 7.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Joseph Thomson, from Coquimbo. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 9.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Alacrity for the Cape of Good Hope. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. B.—Arrived—Saxon, steamer, for the Cape of Good Hope. HOLYHEAD, Feb. B.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Mary Stowe, for Monte Video. SUNDERLAND, Feb. B.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Jane Broom for Cuba. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Feb. B.—lsabella, from Engelholm ; Margaret, from Cronstadt ; Effort, from Stroomstaat ; Catherine, from Gothenburg. . DEAL, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Feb. B—Lightning, from London, for Plymouth. Passed—Energy, for Valparaiso; Juno, for Buenos Ayres; Sancta Anna, for Brest—all for London. AFFAIRS AT NEW ORLEANS.--Extract from a New Orleans letter of the 13th of Jan., 1865:—" The trade regulation proclamation is beginning to cause cotton to flow in here. So little trust was put in the good faith of the Yankee Governmental officials and manifestoes that it looked quite certain that no cotton would be forthcoming from beyond the lines, and I suppose the consciousness of this feeling on the part of those who would control the coveted production of immoral and enervating slave labour,' as Seward stigmatises our staple in his correspon dence on your Relief Fund, has induced the authorities to grant permits without stint, and offer every facility for getting their own share of the plunder. Still, it costs 50c. a bale for a permit, whether the permit fructifies or not. You have to pay $250 cash to the issuer of permits, a sort of perquisite in advance, for the right to bring in your 500 bales, or at the same ratio more or less, whether you ever have a chance to get out of the city ; so it may happen that a bonus is paid here for the privilege of being snapped up and conscripted on the other side of the lines. Such is the fashion of the times ! A gunboat., the Venango, was re cently destroyed with cotton on board a short distance up the river, so that it is likely there may be many slips be tween the cup and the lip. A cargo of 500 bales got safely down, though somehow or another it caught fire. There is a great deal of talk about the demoralisation of the people here and of the corruption existing. I think the people are as true to the cause, as uncompromising and un tameable as ever. Many, it is true, are seeking temporary, if not new, homes in Mexico ; but the general conviction , appears to be in the ultimate triumph of the Southern people, and that they will secure the rights they have so long striven for. Numerous arrests still take place upon the most frivolous pretexts, too. A member of a family writing to another beyond the lines, if the missive should be intercepted, is sure to subject the incautious writer to incarceration in a dungeon. Tho son-in-law of yester day received sentence in a prolonged imprisonment at the Tortugas for this kind of offence ; in fact, they consider any one having aught to lose as fair game, and they run him down as such accordingly. Mr. has been much afflicted ; he lost his only son and an interesting daughter within two weeks of scarlet fever, and his house was searched by detectives while the dead lay therein. W e are fast getting to be rivals of Poland in our relations with the best Government ever framed. I think Russia will have gracefully to yield to the United States so-called." THE LATE JULES GERARD.—Father Codant, superior of Dominicans, has offered to receive into a ladies' school at Sevres, belonging to that order, one of the daughters of M. Jules Gerard. It appears that it is the nieces and not the daughters of M. G6rard, who are left un provided for.—Galignani. Great Western "• North 'Western ••• ts Neste, rn .. Lt on •- Gru b An a Paste rn t Northe: Lan -.4 " 4 ire a Bri stol -ad Yorkshire N, 4141 Exeter 0 rth5,410 5,174 Matic te 54,301 53,106 Great E -'er, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 16,358 17,418 a‘st ern The 46a V." ••• 29,655 30,032 Se returns, when • compared with those of the ce e l fi , s B P °ll ding period last year, are, with a . few ex- Q,`,uns, of a satisfactory character. On the 01;"at Western there is an increase of £1,893 ; th e . t ,, h e North W es t ern , o f £4,069 ; on q q , v,-urighton, of £643 ; on the Midland, .“7, 55 , on the South Eastern of £1,770, on the ;)-ti,c Northern of £1,989, on the Lancashire and Q.• l' R ' sili re of £247, on the Bristol and Exeter of a nd on the North Eastern of £1,195 ; the t 6 ". 7 :' West ern, however, shows a d ecrease of £253, am ' 31 anche s t er, Sheff i e ld , an d Li nco l n of £l,OBO, 7 4 ti le Great Eastern of £377. Il 41'4 A ct was passed in the last s ess i on o f Parlia ei:it for authorising the compl e ti on o f an i nner c ' e of railways north of the Thames." A company p 0 ,, 110 W formed for carrying into execution the kriwers conferred by the act in question, which will nee the construction of what are called the rti:hern connecting lines. These lines will cour tat Kensington and, pass through Brompton, gravia, Westminster, and along the Thames b ankment, stein i tY.' Th e i r t i tle i g the Strand to Cannon-st ree t, „t their ndicates, not as might be thought, tit route lies on the southern side of the port es, but that they are to form the southern 4 et i°l3 - of an elongated oval, of which the present co , rPolitan or " Underground" Railway mainly ta tititil .c t es the upper or northern side. The advan -1:11:31* the contemplated line to the public traffic Po % • 418 at once seen ; and if any doubts could ptokblybe raised as to the necessity or remunerative k at l e ets of the lines, a further consideration of the has wo uld instantly remo ve th em . Th e sc h eme la t o - readY received the sanction of Parliament. It kilit,°ll' i n connection with the ex i s ti ng Metro street Railway from Paddington to Farringdon tll4'h.which in it s p resen t i ncom pl e t e s t ate, and qivid' e , i °Pen only two years, pays seven per cent. ent and the shares are at a premium of 30 per t a :-,ne Metropolitan Railway has already o Conecessary Acts of- Parliament for exten (:'/Ze,i.,t/valds and eastwards, and the Southern ° tiler e d - ing Line will take up the link where the of %,,l r qs it, and proceed to complete the ceinture Nb' e 114ication. How this is proposed to be done se en from a list of the intended stations, 'he Ac t e hig 'where the West London Extension of 41 ,04 d -,4Politan Railways leaves off, in the Rich-' qter e -• °ad, between Brompton and Walham Green . 414 i in ten ten stations from that point to the termi -10 -street,`-'annon City—namely, Kensington, ttioetcliva,rs-rtaotaido,n Cromwell-road, Sloane-square, , Westminster-bridge, Charing n 1 'l'l°llolk-street, Bridge-street (Blackfriars), h a'atlY7 Cannon-street. Ultimately the line e co w . 'lulled to a junction with the Metro oli iPtlaim-.waY at Trinity-square, Tower-hill, P with d grip te stations at King William-street, e lane so as to perfect the " Inner cfrcle. ,, - . 1 4t 11 ern connecting lines, it will be observed, ° v ers - rOp olit °4 ary scheme. The construction of the a ll Railway, and of other railways tra of Pa rts of London and the suburbs, form a th the aeto,,,. . 1 , -*/ guide to an estimate of the expense and kli)eettirrts certain to ensue. The first point., b t. 3 th e : e, may be calculated to a farthing eti lrns, the results already obtained are . ut th a mat aclr clilla th e ry that the real difficulty is to esta t.,,,t h a , jast augmentation of passenger traffic I,"' i way: eci ue 4 e4 seen to ensue on the opening of a 4 , 4 11,4, Ile eted with the Metropolitan system. 'lle `` Railways in their Social Relations," zi e 4 , t Year,%T;lion to the British Almanac of the pre -1,14' tail•ii;a---" The eagerness with which any te li N t 3; facilities are seized is strikingly dis yetqs b "t l e fact that the average number of pas (l/441: (it 4 , 3 : the Metropolitan Railway during the 44,L g ° Pened in January, 1863) was 21,000 !! ) ,'` ) o d ail 'uring the first six months of 1864, about 4 tha - Y. Again, the opening of the London, attri /4, and % t , Dover Railway, from the Elephant ye ackf ria te to the new station at the south side of Oriaisgo ra-bridge, was immediately followed by a e xtension of traffic both upon the Metro °tensicm lines and upon the. lines of the '44ai al nad e • 41,, 11Rin rtakin g . The number of passengers k„ l Ned a nd out of the Blackfriars station at once iC4er a eit3llsiderably over 60,000 a week." The 11 •1 h C (14 t Ita at o nnecting Lines will enable the 'l‘ 4 till, is o f the n o bl e , wea lth y, or t ra di ng 0 of th Qa b, °u gh which they w ill p ass t o 1114 e kr e Vail to the terminus of every one t an bra, ;so that the passenger traffic they eo4l7,ykree will not be confined to the metropoli k%te,e;4k4eeet,alwie, but will be hailed as an immense it)i ltl ' a g 'Y almost every individual leaving or e c , ll ' l Oil. One immense advantage the cleveveelabn-ell.peeting Lines may challenge, which t he O ily by their one or t wo s i ster li nes b°'.eat b o -Let roPolita n purposes. They p ossess 1 , 4 4 ° . i4l ob °ll that Parliament will not allow them I •4e ,N.1(In• eer r • • bY an inju r i ous an d expens i ve co -1 ra hers attl re, aln lines h ave b een sanct i oned by the Fill be a it er the f u ll est consideration, and none 0440 ed ellte rtained. With suc h p rospec t s, e t e ? the . , n°n b ases so fully guaran t ee d b y expe ntee ilatleial s uccess of the South ern Connect . , At 1) ‘1e,,,,1, ~,411; this morning, according to Mr. 67f. 25c. ------ Two O'CLOCK R Lo e c u ic tees 1 1 1 4 '"„ ', t he 3 beeper Cent. Rentes were 67f. business !,,,t''' theo ',Atari an exceedingly hill"— market is "c)11E4,: English Stocks to-day, and the mar Iti'lli,nehtly veiy--- The Funds dull and heavy. lor4inge depressed and Consols are quoted New 'llt -11Q3 ', and 89 3' i f the account. The „_.. ql 4nd ReducBed for are 881 i - ; ' 2 ' 14114" Ilills par to 4s. prem. ; India 5 per Cents., II a•aci aced ditto, 102. tit'a In has been yer little animation or fluctu ts a .: N I 'SE ' the Foreign Mayrket. Turkish 6 per Cents., 4 ; te a 74 4 ' do Consolides, 51* i ; IN:1 ' 0 New, 2 . 6-1 A.i Greek, 23 1 ; Spanish Gil lve) 2.i. 'd 4 ' Certificates, 14 -a i ;Mexica.n, Italian: 0 ; ti,, ,_... ; o. 4Nti ah v * IN ew, 4 i dia. ; Confederate, 54 56 , '44 4,1 11 prem. ; Danubian, 1 di s. 1. prem., • ; ti 111sili-evidean, 4 .1 51 prem. line 4 SF4 in the Railway Share Market has con-_ I ve l)is, . i"9. dull, and \liqt "on Ber prices have shown increased ( . 1 • South Eastern, North Eastern (_ . 1 . )' an d Cal 'at \--v. great Eastern have each declined ns• , mo i °stern and Metropoitan:each 15s ; and 114.L.,-an and North Western each £l. Ivitllo4"jeign and Colonial undertakings remain NIA" e4a ng , .. e ef importance. 4114 zliscellaneous Shares are, in some in- alea t. Shar 13 1 st st st 50 20 14 i 10 i 14 2 24 3 8 4 31 33 530 550 20 25 144 151, 14 15 74 80 7 8 63 66 200 210 99 1024 9 11 13 1 1 15 195 205 18 20 PREFERENCE SHARES. London, Chatham. and Dover 5 per cent. pref. North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., 92 FREFErtENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent., pi., 98 6} London and Blackwall, 4i per cent. stk. 95 London and South-Western, 4} per cent , 100} LINES LEASED AT FIXED.:RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and Southeni, 100 FOREIGN RAILWAYS: Antwerp and Rotterdam, 10 Bahia and San Francisco tli.n.) gua. 7 per cent., 15& 16 1 Dutch Rhenish, 211 BANKS. Alliance (11m.), 311 31 Ditto, issued at Wpm., of which 10 is pd., r _l9 Anglo Austrian, 75 Anglo-Italian, lira. , 85 Australasia, 7251 Ditto, new,:63l Bank of London. 1521 3 Chartered filer. of India. London, and China, 561 City, 116 Colonial, 11m.,42 5 Consolidated Bang, lim., 11 105 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered. 19 European Bank, him, 151 Imperial Bank (Urn,), 32 imperial Ottoman, 175 5 London B.ink of Mexico and S. America, 11m.,;(11 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 231 London and County, 78 75 London Joint Stock, 475 London and South-Western,lim., 211 1 London and 11 eatminster, 95 Mercantile and Exchange, lim., 75 5 Metropolitan and Provincial Bang, lim., 181 National Provincial of England, Ditto, Id issue, 46 Oriental Bang Corporation. 581 Provincial Banking Corporation, lire , 34 Standard of BritishlSouth Africa, lire., Ditto, issued at 10 pm.. 91 MISCELLANEOUS. Boa bay Gas, lim., 55 5 Ditto, new, 4 5 British Indian Tea, )ire. 13 Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 85 Ditto, new, 55 f Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lim„ 75 Ebbw Vale, 35 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, 11m., 45 Fore-street Warehouse, Um., 9 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., 65 7 Hudson's Bay, 151 1 Humber Iron Woks, 3 25 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 74 International Financial 13ociety, lire., 65 Joint Stock Discount. 11m., 91 London County Land and Building, !im., 15 London Financial Association, lim., 225 Lon 'ort a , td Provincial Marine, 35 National Discount Company, Jim., 15 North British and Mercantile Insurance, lire., 185 18 °mania] arine Insurance), 241 Ottoman Gas, lim., 14- 1 Pentnsula and Oriental Steam, 83 2 Ditto, new, 56 Royal Mail Steam, 97 Universal Marine, Insurance, Um. 5/ rHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9,1865. T SHARE 'his day. LAW INT, (This Day). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. PRIVY COUNCIL, (Before Lord Chelmsford and Lords Justices Turner and Knight Bruce.) THE UNITED STATES.-JUDGMENT. 'el Railways. I r a i d. / Closing Business Price. done. Str. Val. Blyth and Tyne Bost*l and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall This was an action •brought by the proprietors of the Otter steamer, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been inflicted through the negligence that occurred on the occasion of the launch of the United States, below London Bridge, on the 9th of March, 1864. It appeared that the Otter was going down the river on the afternoon of the day in question, when she was struck by the Columbine which was driven against her by the United States, which was then launched. The proprietors of the United States contended that the damage was caused by the negligence of the persons in charge of the Otter, who omitted to attend to the announcement that had been made as to the intended launch. The case was heard before Dr. Lushington, assisted by the Trinity Masters, who decided in favour of the defendants. The case came before their lordships on an appeal from that decision. 13! 13 Do. A (A gets no div. Do. till6p.c.p.an.has, been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Pertit, & e b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Wt stern Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern D A stock. Do. B co ... Do. New. is. at 21 pm Gt S. and W. or Ireland Gt. Weste n -Original D . 5. Val. Rail gua. Do. South %Vales Do. W. Mid.— Ox:ord Do. Newport Do. Ire eford Lane :shire & Yorkshire London and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lou. & South Western Man., Shot., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan Do. New Mid and Do, Birmin & Derby Mid. Gt. W.. Ireland Lord Chelmsford delivered an elaborate judgment this morning, and said that their lordships were of opinion that as there had been some departure from the prescribed prac tice in regard to giving the proper signal at the time of the launch, the respondents should pay half the amount of the damage claimed, but no costs were to be allowed on either side. COURT OP BANKRUPTCY. (Before Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE LEONE.--HEAVY FAILURE. The bankrupt was described as b, merchant of Love lane, and to-day he came up to pass his examination and for the order of discharge. The debts are £254,000, with assets £160,000 . ; leaving a deficiency of £94,000. His Honour ordered an adjournment for accounts, which had been ordered to be produced on a previous occasion. Do. 4 shares %lid Kent INO;th -- gri British Do. Ed., Pth ,7z Dun Nth. Eastern - Berwick Do. G.N*E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Car ..... Po. Stock. & Darling. De. 3855-:8 Do. do. 1860-01 North London .. Do. New SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) COACHING" AND "GRINDING" FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AT OXFORD, M'SHANE V. MASON. Do. do. 1864 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Cintral •3cot. N. E , Aber. stoc] ro. Scot, Mid. stick. ;h-ews & Welchpool. Shropshire Union This was an action to recover XI for two months' tuition of defendant's son, plaintiff being a tutor of Barnsbury House, Liverpool-road, and defendant being a doctor of medicine, of 16, Redcross-street. Plaintiff said that defendant's son was anxious to com pete for a scholarship at Oxford, and plaintiff coached him with his mathematics for two months. South Devon.. youth 1.1 stern h3taines, Wok., & Wok Taff Do. C Vale of Neath His Honour thought that the charge was not at all high. Defendant deposed that he did not owe the money. His son was going to Oxford, and before he departed it became necessary for him to go to some preparatory establishment. Plaintiff recommended Mr. Rutter's, at Broxbourne, in Essex, the terms being 30s. per week for board, lodging, and tuition, and this money had been paid. Defendant handed up a letter which had been written by the plaintiff upon the subject. (Waterford & Kilkenny' West Cornw W.Harilepool Har.&B. Do. A irredeemable.. Do. A redeemable ..1 His Honour read it, and found that plaintiff had pointed out to defendant that he was paying great attention to young Mason, and that he hoped defendant would give him a fee of £2 per month, in the event of James (the son) getting a scholarship, as no one but plaintiff would "grind" so attentively as plaintiff had done for the two months during which the son had been at Rutter's. His Honour—This puts you out of court,;l;intiff . Plaintiff—Surely I am entitled to be paid my fee. I should like to ask defendant a question. I can swear that the a was only for board and lodging, and not for tuition at all. His Honour—l read your own letter, and I find from that that you ask the fee as a matter that had not been previ ously agreed upon. You have been paid the a per month ? Plaintiff—l have had nothing yet. The sou did not get a scholarship. I paid very great attention to the son, and if he had paid attention he would have been safe to have got the scholarship. My coaching was worth £5OO to him. His Honour—l do not think that too much coaching would make the scholarship safe. THAMES. Defendant—l never promised the plaintiff that I would pay hi m £2. My agreement was that my son should go to Mr. Rutter's, and that £6 per month was to include everything. Plaintif—Then I shall put it to your Honour if it is likely that a man can be coached and ground for £6 per month. His Honour—l have nothing to do with that. All I have to do is to administer the law, and upon your own letter you are out of court. Plaintiff—But he never answered my letter. Hfs Honour—He was not bound to do it. Plaintiff—His sou promised that I should bo paid, and that son is now in court. His Honour—Well, you can call the son, and make him your witness if you like. James Mason (the son) said—l went to Mr. Rutter's, and the agreement was that £6 per month should be paid for everything. I never promised plaintiff that I would ask my father for the money, nor did I tell plaintiff that my father had told me he would pay the fee. His Honour—Here is your own witness. Plaintiff—l should like his last answer to be taken down, as I can produce witnesses from Rutter's to prove that it is untruo. His Honour—Then you have your remedy. At present you will be non-suited. Plaintiff non-suited, with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE S —This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CHARGE OF CONSPIRING to SET FIRE TO A HOUSE.— Herman Meyer, of No. 90, Queen-street, Cheapside, mer chant, and Wm. Noble, of No. 17, Forster-street, New North-road, clerk, were charged before Mr. Knox with conspiring together to set fire to the house No. 21, Frith street, Soho. Mr. Montague Williams, instructed by Mr. Clarence Harcourt, appeared for the prisoner, and Mr. Albert in terpreted. Mr. Joseph Picom, of 21A, Frith-street, Soho, said—l wanted some money, and wanted a bill of sale on my house, and Meyer lent me £4O on Friday week, taking a bill of sale on the house and furniture as security. After he lent me the money he called me to his office and asked me to sign a bill of sale for £550 on Tuesday week. I did sign it, under threats. The threats were that if I did not sign the bill he would seize my goods. When I heard this I consented to sign the bill of sale On the Tue s d ay f ollowing he proposed to set fire to the house, sayi ng , " Mr. Joseph, it will be one of the best things you did in your life if you set fire to your house,' and as he threatened to seize my goods I accepted the pro posal, fearing the brokers would come into the house. The same or the next day he advanced me £39 more. Ho did this on account of my consenting that he should do as ho pleased. It Was by consenting to his offer that he advanced the money, and Meyer made me sign a bill for £B7. This included the £4O and £3O. On Saturday last he gave me pother £25, as I was to make a bill of sale for £l2O. On Saturday Noble and another man named Grey commenced bringing things to the house. At first I did not know what they were, but since found them candles, pitched or tarred wood, and two bottles containing Whit e li qu i d, but I do not know whether it was petroleum or no t. O n M on d a y they brought f our parcels containing 81bs of grease. On Saturday he saw Noble bring a carpet-bag, but did not know what was in it. Noble lodged in the room No. 6 since Saturday, and it was in that room the articles were put, Noble keeping the key. Mr. Knox—Up to this stage we have not heard that Noble said anything to him. Prosecutor—Noble did not speak to me, and if he had I should not have been able to understand him. On the Monday Noble and Gray told me that I should leave the day following, and that as soon as I left they would set fire to the house. On Tuesday Gray came, and we had a con versation. I said, " You shall not set fire to my house at all." This was said to Gray, but Noble and a clerk of Mr• Meyer's were present. Gray said, " You ought to have informed us of this before. Now we have brought all the necessary articles here. I said, " I allowed them to because Mr. Meyer had threat enedoods, and I was afraid he would." Gray then left the house, but Noble and the other brbring three the a r t t i ic th man remained. Yesterday Meyer came, very angry, and e le s s t?s e e r i e ze onl m y y g again said he would seize the goods, that he never in tended to set fire to the house, that it was all a lie, and he then took Noble away with him. A discussion arose, and in spite of three policemen he took Noble away with him, Noble taking the key with him. I then went and made my complaint to the police. Mr. Knox—Did the pollee come to the house, and did they findianything ? Prosecutor—The police came and a locksmith was sent for, but I did not go into the room. Mr. Knox—l would like to know whether he saw with his own eyes Noble bring anything to the house in the way of combustibles or not. Prosecutor—l did not. HEALTH OF LONDON, (From the Registrar-General's TVeekly Return.) Knox—Ask him, Mr. Albert, if tho house was in because we have heard no motive for setting the on fire. Mr. Albert having asked the question, prosecutor said— On the Tuesday before the house and contents were insured for £l,OOO. I know it because Mr. Meyer told me o, and Mr. Meyer's clerk accompanied me to the office — the insurance office. It was in a street past Temple-bar, No. 21. I had an old policy of the house with me, and said I wanted to renew it. Inspector Williamson—l believe it was the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Office, 29, Fleet -street. Prosecutor—They kept my old policy there. By Mr. Montague Williams—We were insured before in the same office, but did not remember the name. I have been insured ever since. I had the house eight months ago. The house was insured when I bought it, and I continued the insurance. The clerk of Mr. Meyer had the old policy. I left it at the office. I believe the clerk's name is Shaw. The policy produced is not the policy the clerk took to the office. There is another policy. There were two policies in existence when I took the house—one on the house and the other on the furniture. They were transferred to Metteau. I have seen the policy produced before. I have had £97 from Meyer in all. I only gave one bill of sale for £558. I never had my papers in my house. They were always with my solicitor. Why I gave a bill for more than £97 was because of expenses. He read a paper to me tell ing me what he liked. I know that if Ido not pay the bill of sale my goods can be seized. The bill of sale I signed was not read over before I signed it. There was a lawyer present, but I did not know his name nor the witnesses' names. I was told to sign it, and did so. I believe two witnesses were present. I did not see them sign their names. I signed my own name, but I can't say w hat names were on the paper. At first I did not wish to sign the bill, but on Meyer saying, " Very well, very well, I'll seize the goods," I did so. I did not at first wish to sign the bill. [A paper was here handed to the prosecutor which he had sent to Meyer, stating that he was in want of money.] After the first £4O was advanced he made me sign the bill for £550, as he would not, after the house was set on fire, have got more than £l2O. The first proposal to set fire was on the 30th, and in consequence of the proposition ho was made to sign the bill of sale. They told me on the 28th to make a claim for £550. I only signed one account be sides the bill of sale. Mr. Montague Williams—We deny having any bill of sale at all. We advanced the £l2O on the two discounts produced. Prosecutor—l did not want £550, as it was under the threat that I should be sold up that I signed the bill of sale. Gray has left the house and Ido not know where to find him. Noble did not say anything to him. Before Noble came Meyer made me sign a paper, giving Noble authority to come to the place so as to give him time to see better that he did not repent of his bargain to set the house on fire. I know Shaw ; Ido not know Meyer applied for a summons yesterday against me for threats. I saw Meyer on Tuesday. I did not seize him by the throat, nor demand £l5O more of him. I sent a man yesterday to come to some arrangement about the £l2O. I did not tell Shaw that I had got the combustible in the house, and that if Meyer did not let me have £l5O I would bring a charge against him, in proof of which I may state that Shaw does not know French, and I do not know English. When Meyer made the proposal about setting fire, Gray and Shaw were present. I did not give anybody into custody. I made my complaint, and they took who they thought proper into custody. Ido not know whether I mentioned Gray's name as I was so complexed. Mary Callman, a widow, servant to Mr. Picom, said— Ido not sleep in the house, being a daily servant. Yes terday morning, hearing Noble call, I went to his room, and pointing to some candles hesaid "If you take them out Gray will give you something." He then said the reason why Gray would not take them himself was that Gray and the master had had such a disturbance that they were going to shoot each other. Noble then went to a black bag, and took out a bottle, having unlocked the bag. He put the bottle into my pocket, saying that my apron would cover it. He amid I was to leave it somewhere, and that Meyer would be sure and give me something for it. I then fetched him a Telegraph, and left the bottle at a shop in Frith-street, and on my return my master and Mr. Meyer were quarreling in the passage, and Mr. Noble said if I would go and remove the black bag he was sure it would bo a£lor £2 to me. I told him that I would have nothing to do with it ; that I did not know what it meant, and that I was trusted within the ',house. He then told me to take up a slop pail and remove a tin can I should find there. I said I would not do so. By Mr. Knox—l saw the black bag yesterday morning for the first time. I went afterwards to see what the bottle contained, and found it to be paraffin oil. I gave it to Sergeant Druscovitch yesterday, about twelve o'clock, in my mother's passage. [the case was proceeding when we went to press.] STEALING TEA IN THE LONDON DOCK.—James White, a carman, was charged with stealing a pound of tea in the London Dock. The prisoner was in care of a van drawn by two horses, yesterday afternoon, in the London Dock. He received a load of tea at a warehouse, and on his way to the gate with his team he stopped and put some clean straw in his horses' nosebag. Other movements of the prisoner attracted the attention of a constable, named Edward Ellis, who stopped the prisoner on reaching tho western gate in Upper East Smithfield, and found under the straw in his nosebag a pound of clean and good tea. The prisoner said that the tea was a " shaking" out of cases which constituted a former load of teas he had taken from the London Dock to a warehouse in the City. He now set up the same de fence, and said he took the tea he was charged with stealing into the dock, and was bringing it out again when he was arrested. Ellis produced a sample of tea taken out of a chest which had been broken open and plundered in the dock. Mr. Eldridge, belonging to the establishment in which the prisoner is employed, said the tea in the nosebag was not sweepings, but good clean tea, exactly similar to that in the case which had been plundered. The prisoner implored the mercy of the Court. He raised the stale cry of a wife and large family in palliation of his offence, and said ho should lose his situation if he was convicted. Mr. Paget—l know you will and ought to lose it. You are a dishonest man. I sentence you to be imprisoned for one month, and kept to hard labour, for tho unlawful pos sesion of the tea. THE MURDERER'S DAUGHTER AND HER PARAMOUR.— Roger Scanhtn, an Irishman, aged 53, and formerly a sea man's boarding-house keeper, in good circumstances, but now reduced to poverty by dissipation and strong drinks, and Mary Sophia Mullins, 30, daughter of an Irishman named Mullins, who was hanged in front of Newgate four years ago for the murder and robbery of an old widow lady named Elmsley, were brought up on a charge of be ing drunk, disorderly, and annoying Mr. Thomas Crafford, a refreshment-house keeper, of No. 20, King-street, Tower hill. The prisoners have been frequently in this court, and are a most disgraceful couple. The woman Mullins, whose extraordinary likeness to her late father was noticed by many in the court, is a person of notoriously bad charac ter, and has been living in a state of concubinage with Scanlan for some time past. lie preferred a charge against his daughter, a Mrs. Murphy, a few days ago, for stealing silver spoons, which he had given to her on the day of her marriage. Mr. Paget dismissed the charge with.indigna tion, and said Scanlan ought to be prosecuted. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor for Mrs. Murphy, said that he would cer tainly bring an action against her father if he was worth powder and shot. _ _ - - Payne, a police constable, No. 94 11, said that Mr. Crafford, in whose refreshment house the prisoners had misconducted themselves, was not in attendance. The prisoners were discharged and hastly left the court. Mr. Crafford arrived a few minutes afterwards, and was ♦ery much annoyed on hearing the prisoners were at liberty. He said they had committed a serious outrage in his house, and he had been a great sufferer by them. The mortality of the week ending Saturday last is higher than it was in the ten cities of the kingdom. The births were 4,196 ; the deaths were 3,557 in the week; and the average rate of mortality was 34 per 1,000. The rate was 31 in London, 33 in Edinburgh, and 37 in Dublin, 42 in Liverpool, 35 in Manchester, 31 in Salford, 30 in Birmingham, 38 in Leeds, 30 in Bristol, 44 in Glasgow. A highrate of mortality consequent on the late inclement weather prevails in London. In the week that ended on Saturday last the deaths of 1773 persons were registered ; in the previous week the number was 1747. In the corres ponding weeks of 10 years, 1855-64, the average numbei of deaths is, with a correction for increase of population, 1530. The deaths in the present return, therefore, exceed by 243 the estimated number. Three hundred and seventy deaths occurred last week from zymotic diseases, the corrected average number being 324. Typhus was fatal to 95 persons, a number consider ably above the average, which is 52. Whooping cough destroyed the lives of 86 children ; 6 of these cases were registered in the sub-district of St. Paul, St. George's-in the-East, and 4 in that of St. George-the-Martyr, Holborn. Sixteen deaths occurred from small-pox, 28 from measles, 46 from scarlatina, and 5 from diphtheria. Five hundred persons died from diseases of tho respira tory organs (exclusive of phthisis), the corrected average number being 381. Bronchitis proved fatal to 339 persons, of whom 163 were above sixty years of ago. One hundred and two deaths occurred from pneumonia, 180 from phthisis, 78 from disease of the heait, and 178 from diseases of the brain and nervous system. Thirty-two deaths were caused by accidents. Eleven persons died from fractures or contusions, 10 from burns or sbalds, and 7 from suffocation. Four persons committed suicide. A needlewoman, aged 37 years, died on the 30th January, at 15A, Skidmore-street, Mile-end, from suffocation produced by food entering the windpipe. A tobacconist, aged 55 years, was found dead on the 17th January, at 11, Braithwaite-place, Kensington, from pneu monia, accelerated by his denying himself the necessaries of life. A dock labourer, aged 56 years, died on the 24th January, in the Rhodeswell-road, Stepney, from ex posure to cold. Two persons were killed by vehicles in the streets. The deaths of seven nonagenarians were recorded; the eldest was a men who had attained the age of 97 years. Last week the births of 1,175 boys and 1,102 girls, in all 2,277 children, were registered in London. In the 10 cor responding weeks of the years 1855-6 the average number (corrected) was 2,115. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.144 in. The barome trical reading was 29.85 in. at the beginning of the week, and decreased to 28.75 in. on Wednesday. The mean tem perature of the air in the week was 39.3 deg., which is 1.3 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 52.1 deg. on Thursday. The lowest night temperature was 19.9 deg. on Sunday. The entire range of temperature in the week was therefore 32.2 deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 36.4 deg. ; that of the lowest was 34.8 deg. The differ encer between the mean dew-point temperature humidity i a t temperature was 2.5 deg. The mean degree of h of the air was 91, complete saturation being_ represented by by 100. 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The eighth ordinary annual meeting of this company was held to-day at the London Tavern—J. S. Wortley, Esq., in the chair. The Secretary read the report, which gave a very satis factory account of the operations of the company, and the balance-sheet showed an amount in cash and securities in favour of the company up to the 31st December last of £144,24G 12s. 3d. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that on the present occasion it would not be necessary to make those expostulatory observations which he had done at previous meetings, for it would be evident to every ono who read the report that their position in this, their third year of experiment, had been most successful. 1,120 miles of cable were perfectly manufactured since their last meeting, and it was of a quality superior towhat was required by the contract into which the Company had entered. The late commercial crisis which had been so disastrous to other undertakings had been beneficial to them, for it had enabled them to obtain a higher rate of interest for their money, and they had discharged their liabilities, from which it was clear that they were placed in a flourishing condition. Mr. MOON seconded the motion, which was unani mously agreed to. The ordinary business was then transacted, and a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. LEEDS. A meeting, called by circular, of the Leeds and West Riding Liberal Registration Society, at which the committee of the Leeds Working Men's Reform Association were invited to attend, was held at the Leeds Stock-Exchange-hall on Tuesday afternoon last, " to consider the desirability of at once bring ing before the constituency a second Liberal candi date for Leeds." After some discussion it was unanimously resolved to invite Lord Amberley to address the Liberal electors at an early day, with a view of becoming a candidate, along with the pre sent Liberal member (Mr. E. Baines), at the next election; and a deputation of five electors was ap pointed to wait upon :his lordship with the invita tion of the meeting and to receive his lordship's answer. WOODSTOCK. Lord Alfred Churchill has issued an address to his constituents, or rather to the •electors of Wood stock, announcing that, the opinions which he en tertains " being no longer in harmony with the in fluence that supported his previous election," he shall be reluctantly compelled to relinquish all fur ther claims upon them when Parliament is dis solved. TAUNTON. Mr. Barclay (of the firm of brewers), who unsuc cessfully contested the representation of this borough some years ago, will be a candidate on Liberal principles at the next general election. Mr. E. W. Cox, the barrister, who professes Conservative principles, will offer himself for the seat, which it is expected will become vacant by the retirement of Mr. G. Cavendish Bentinck. Mr. Arthur Mills, one of the sitting members, will offer himself for re election. EAST SURREY. Mr. Brodrick, a son of Viscount Midleton, intends offering himself as a candidate for the representa tion of East Surrey at the next election. Mr. Alcock and Mr. Locke King, the sitting members, will offer themselves for re-election. LANCASTER. By the death of Mr. Samuel Gregson, who has for some years been the senior member for Lancaster, and who died at his town residence yesterday (Wed nesday) morning, a vacancy occurs in the represen tation of this town. As yet no candidate has appeared in the field, but among those spoken of as probable candidates are Mr. Schneider (formerly M.P. for Norwich) in the Liberal interest ; Mr. H. T. Wilson, of Liverpool, or Mr. W. A. F. Saunders, of Wennington-hall, near Lancaster, in the Conser vative interest ; and Mr. G. F. Head, who is pledged to come forward on independent principles at the first vacancy. There is, however, some talk in the town of inviting Viscount Amberley to contest the borough. The late member was a Liberal, and a staunch supporter of Lord Palmerston's Government. The New Theatre, Greenwich. The pantomime produced by Mr. Sefton Parry, the energetic manager of this new and elegant theatre, having proved a source of great pleasure to the numerous audiences that have assembled every evening since its production at Christmas, he now wisely determines to follow up its success by pre senting to his friends a series of sterling plays, supported by the best talent procurable. On Mon day evening he produced a new drama, entitled, " How to Act, or a Lesson by David Garrick." The play is a representation, or perhaps, we should say, a translation with improvements upon a foreign drama, for which the stage and the public are in debted to Mr. Herman Vezin, who also now plays the leading character of David Garrick. Miss B. Foote, who is a pretty actress, represents Mary Moleseye, who having seen Garrick on the stage, falls desperately in love with him to the annoyance of her father, a matter-of-fact feather-dealer (Mr. W. Foote) and to the consternation of Arthur Quillet (Mr. T. Pugh), a young lawyer, also in love with Mary. The father, believing his daughter in love rather with the stage trappings than the man, invites Garrick to his house, that Mary may see him off the stage, thinking her affection would wane. Garrick comes, and here it is that Mr. Vezin shows himself to be an actor of no mean order. He tells a story of a child in danger, apparently to teach the father what acting can do, but which in reality works his audience into a state of melancholy excitement, indeed, which moves not a few of them to tears ; then, when he gives way, and becomes the ardent lover of Mary, he is as much at home ; again feeling he is in error, he seeks to disgust her by feigning intoxi cation, and attributing to the wine the brilliancy of his genius. In this variety of character, again Mr. Vezin shows himself the perfect master of his art, and it was not astonishing that applause should greet him at every possible interval. But Mr. Vezin is not a new man on the boards ; he has already made a reputation for himself, and the people of Greenwich and Mr. Sefton Parry, whose energetic management of this beautiful little house does him the greatest credit, may congratulate themselves on possessing for a time so talented an artist. As an elocutionist he is all that can be desired ; as an ac tor, it is difficult to find a fault in him. Although the theatre is a short ride from the metropolis, such facilities now present themselves, both for leaving and returning at an early hour, that we recommend the admirers of sterling acting to visit the new theatre, as we can promise them a very pleasurable evening's entertainment. Foreign Mail Packet List. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton..... Feb. 18. Ditto, via Marseilles - Feb. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet Mar. 0. Ditto, by British packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Feb. 19. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton—Feb 18. Ditto, via Marseilles Feb. 19. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton . Feb. 11. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Feb. 18. Ditto, via Marseilleslndia (Bombay), via Southampton... • . . ................. . 1 1 1 2 . Marseilles . Ditto, via Marseilles ..................... 2 1 0 1 .. Mauritius, via Southampton ............ • e w D i o i u t Ditto, 1vainad......... ............ Marseil e ................................................ Illl:leeabri. 15.8 ...... • ....Feb. 0. Portugal .................. .. ......... Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet .. .. .......... .. ....... Feb. 9 . Ditto. by United States packet, via Southamp - tc.rt ........ . .......... . ............ Ditto, via Cork acket, via Londonderry Feb W es t Coast of Afric a, Madeira, and Tenerilre lO. Ditto, by Can adian p West Indies and Pacific (except Bahax.as, Cuba, Feb. N. and Mexico .. Feb. 13. Baham as, via New York. Feb. 9. MADAME TUSSAIJD'S.—A full length portrait model, taken from life, of Kohl, who was recently executed at Chelmsford, for the cold-blooded murder of Theodor Christian Fuhrhop, in November last, at Plaistow Marshes, has been added to the Chamber of Physiognomy, in Baker-street. We are happy to say that the exhibition has been unprecedOntedly well attended by visitors during the holidays. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BLACKHEATH AND I;V-00LWICH MEETING. soya. each, to go to the fund. A 6 bo t u i t i fi th ve ul fiff jloaorpn 'WEDNESDAY. The Woolwich Plate (Flat Race) of 40 sovs ; entrants 2 Mr. J. Coney's Sister Mary, 3 yr Mr. Samuel's Chicot the Jester s '4 yrs. B Mr. Marsh's Mysterious Lady, 4 furlongs. 1 Yrs, - 'lst 51b (Bushnell 3 7st 111 b (Sharp 2 Mr. H. Wright's Hurrah, 3 yrs, Est 101 b ... lint 4 Betting-4 to lon Chicot the Jester, ;1 1 .::: * de p ia, about a length in advance of Mysterious Lady, elose up with whom was Sister Mary. Rounding the turn into the straigbt Sister Mary took up the running, and, overhauling Chi t the Jester, won a good race by a length ; Mysterious 1,, 1 , The a bad third, and Hurrah fourth, beaten off. The West Kent Handicap Steeplechase of 5 soy a (melt, with 50 added ; winners extra. About three miles and a half. Mr. Brayley's Ibex (h. b.), 5 yrs, lOst 71b (inc. 71b ex.) ago) 1 Mr. Shaw's C are l ess B oy (li . b . ) , age d , lo s tl3lb (J. Tandj 2 Piggy Wiggy, Bravo, Ballinasloe, RAID., and Lawrie Martin also ran. Betting-6 to lon Ibex, 4to 1 agst R. M. D., 7to 1 agst Careless Boy, 8 to 1 agst Bravo, 10 to 1. agst any other. Ibex led past the stand closely attended by Ballinasloo and Piggy Wiggy, Bravo following at a slight interval, the rear being brought up by Careless Boy and Lawrie Martin side by side. Approaching the brook Ballinasloe took up the running, and coming round the turn passed. Ibex, who being eased by Page, was afterwards passed by Piggy Wiggy, R. M. D. going on fourth, Careless Boy 11th, I N e v a e e Lawrie Martin sixth, and B ravo seventh. This ordeK was awri The e lotM Martin got tin safely mai ntained till aft er c l ear i ng the fence past the Stan r s D. L d, improved his is the b positionrook where and R. joined 3i the . p . bolted out of the course, and going up the hill Bravo got on better terms with his horses, and took the lead crossing the ploughed l and, followed by Ibex, next to w h om, close together, came Careless Boy and Piggy Wiggy, th e l aw.: two being R. M. D. and Ballinasloe. Thi w s maintained for th e next half mile, when Carelesss orde Boy r a led to the front, and entering the ploughed land led las" six lengths ; Ibex came next, R. M. D. third, Ballinasloe fourth, and Bravo and Lawrie Martin, a long way in the rear were pulled up at the next fence. No change took place ' till within a quarter of a mile from home, where Ibex took: the lead, and won easily by three lengths M. D. arid Ballinasloe walked in, but did not pass the pos t. The Military, Volunteer, and Tradesmen's Plate, a hind_ some Silver Cup, for horses-the property of officers, volunteers, and tradesmen ; weight for age, with certain peualtics and allawances. About three quarters of a mile. Mr. Jacob's Rosina, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b .................. (Potter 1 Mr. Rose Price's Simpleton, aged, list 101b...(llorrigan 2 Mr. G. Fenwick's Queen Bee, 4 yrs, lOst ...(Forster p i The following also ran :—Vision, Bankrupt, Mistletoe, a:Od White Stocking. Betting-2 to lon Rosina-5 to 1 agst Vision. Rosina jumped off in front, made all the running, and won cleverly by a length ; Simpleton was second, a head in advance of Queen Bee ; Vision was fourth ; and Bank.. rapt and Mistletoe were the last two. A Selling Steeplechase of 3 sovs each, with 25 added ; weight for age, with selling allowances. About two miles and a half. Mr. B. Land's The Don, by Cossack—Ariel, aged WO), 12st (B. Land) 1. Mr. Somers's Bravo, aged (£2O), list. (G. Steg.gles.) 2 Mr. Fitz's I r i s h B oy, 5 yrs (£3O), lOst 111 b (Par.Zo) 3 Leamington, Remnnerator, and Irish Lass also ran. Betting -2 to 1 agst Irish Boy-5 to 2 agst the Don-3 to 1 agst Leamington -4 to 1 agst Bravo, at first 2to 1. Irish Lass made play with Leamington and Irish Boy in attendance ; but soon after passing the Stand Remunerator took up the running, followed by Leamington, Irish Lao s , The Don, Bravo, and Irish Boy, but at the next fence Re munerator refused, and The Don, overhauling the leaders, clearedthe water jump in advance. Going into the ploughed land Irish Boy took a clear lead, which he held till within a quarter of a mile from home, where Ben Land brought up the Don, and challenging Bravo and Irish Boy within the distance, a good race ensued between the three, The Don winning by two lengths ; a length divided the second third ; Remunerator walked in fourth. The winner was not sold. Bravo was claimed by Mr. Fitzgerald under the Grand National Steeplechase rules. The Farmers' and Tradesmen's Cup of 50 soya ; weight for age, with selling allowances. Half a mile. Mr. Saltmarsh's Confusion, aged (£5O), Bst 91b (Comery) 1 Mr. Breather's Duke of Cambridge (£3O), Bst 111 b (incl. 21bs ex.) (Steggles) 2 Mr. H. Wright's Hurrah, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st (Flint) 3 Betting-5 to lon Confusion, who made all the running, and won easily by four lengths ; the same distance separated Hurrah from the Duke of Cambridge. The winner was not sold. The Selling Flat race did not fill. BETTING AT MANCHESTER--WEDNEspar. WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 100 to 7 agst Lord Uffington's nomination (off, t 100 to 6) 100 to 7 agst Mr. Haywood's nomination (offered) 100 to 6 agst Mr. Jardine's nomination (offered) 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bland's nomination (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's nomination (offered) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Croft's nomination (taken) 35 to 1 agst Mr. Jones's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Stocker's nomination (offered) 50 to 1 agst Mr. T. S. Reed's nomination (taken) 50 to 1 agst Mr. Barron's nomination (taken) TIIE NEWMAR. ;1' HANDICAP. Age st lb Dollar ... 5 9 7 Tomato ... ... 4 8 1 Thalestris 5 7 11 Skeffingtou ... 4 7 11 Fantail 5 7 11 Apennine 4 7 10 Beatrix 4 7 7 Suspicion ... ... 4 7 6 Giant 4 7 5 Sandal 4 7 5 Accident ... 5 7 5 Wandering Minstrel 4 7 4 Sheridan ' ... 4 7 4 Oakapple ... 5 7 3 Raglan ... ... 5 7 3 Age st lb Alabama ... ... 4 7 2 Lapidist 6 7 2 Battaglia ... 4 7 1 Sprite ... 4 6 8 John Davis ... 4 6 7 Troubadour 3 6m 1 6 Spring Gun 3 6 Swordsman ... 3 6 2 Black-eyed Susan... 3 5 12 Sympathy ... ... 3 512 Kate Hampton ... 3 512 Elaine ... 3 5 9 Grace Darling 3 5 7 Puck ... 3 5 7 Glen Isla ... ... 3 5 7 HORSES STRUCK OUT OF ENGAGEMENTS. Jan. 31, at 4.27 p.m., The Crow, out of Lincoln Handicap Feb. 2, at 9 a.m., Brick, out of Lincoln Handicap. Feb. 6, at 9 a.m., Shropshire, out of Lincoln Hurdle Race. Feb. 6, at 2 p.m., Pupil and Rose, out of all engagements at Lincoln. Feb. 6, at 1.15 p.m., Eltham, out of all handicaps to date. Feb. 6, at 5 p.m., Leoville, out of all handicaps in which she is entered. Feb. 6, at 5 p.m., Mabel colt out of all engagements. Feb. 6, at 4 p.m., Lightning, out of City Handicap at Lincoln. Feb. 6, at 3.20 p.m., Harold, out of all handicaps to date. Feb. 7, at 9 a.m., Knave of Trumps, out of Lincoln Hurdle Race. Feb. 7, at 9 a.m., Chaff and Petit Oiscau, out of all han dicaps to date. Feb. 7, at 9 a.m., Bellman, out of Lincoln Hurdle Race, Feb. 8, 8 7 , , a a t t 9 9 P p e rf ru va as te io er n , , o o u u t t o o f f L L fu in e co olu ln a ll n a a n c dic irci p. Handicaps. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865. FEBRI Birmingham .. . ............. 14 Lincoln Spring ............ 21 .UARY. I Nottingham Spring 2B MA Derby Spring 2 West Drayton Liverpool Spring 7 Shrewsbury Spring lO Doncaster Spring l4 Vincennes Warwick Spring Vinpennes Chelmsford Spring Grand National Hunt Barham 3O Lewes Spriog Vincennes Northampton 4 Croxton Park 7 Newmarket Craven l7 Durham Canterbury Spring Abergavenny 2O Thirt4k Cardiff Epsom Sp'it'es 2s Y. Bath 23 H ar penden 26 Epsom 3O Newmarket Ist Spring... 1 Chester York Spring Salisbury lB Vincennes .................. 5 Chelmsford .................. Manchester Summer ..••'• Ascot ........................ 13 Beverley ..................... 14 Liverpool .................. 19 Alexandra Park............ 20 Ju] I Hampton 9l Newton Newcastle Odiham Bidbury Stockbridge ...... Newmarket July Carlisle Worcester Abingdon Stamford l3 Winchester 18 Nottingham ............... la Southampton ............... hi Chesterfield. .............. 20 Goodwood ............. . ..... 25 Down Royal C0rp......... AUG Brighton 1 Brighton Club Lewes Huntingdon Wolverhampton Reading Egham Royal Windsor SEPTE: York Plymouth Lichfield 2a Devon and Exeter 29 Derby Summer 30 Weymouth 3l. Baden 3l Stockton :BER. Leicester 7 Monmouth 2l. Doncaster Brecon lB Newmarket Ist Oct 26 Richmond OCTOBER. Nortliallerton 5 I Newmarket Ho. M 23 Newmarket 2cl Oct Vincenues Vincennes NOVE: Liverpool Autumn [TIER. STEEPLECHASE F. Shrewsbury 'IXTURES FOR 1865. MARCH. Liverpool Shrewsbury Scarborough 16, 17 Torquay ..................... 28 West Somerset 5 A b erga venny X 0.21 UST. N I