The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-10 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market to-day is rather more plenti fully supplied, and the rates continue firm. Gold to the amount of £14,000 was taken to the Bank yesterday. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have ap pointed Thursday, the 15th inst., a special settling day in the scrip of the Ottoman Six per Cent. Loan of 1865 ; to be marked. Notice has been given by the contractors of the Egyptian Government Loan, 1862 (first and second issues), that the Coupons due Ist March, and the Bonds drawn for redemption, will be paid on any Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday, on and after that date. At the Union Bank of Australia yesterday, ten ders for £250,000 Queensland debentures were opened. £150,000 were sold at the bank's minimum Price of £97 15s. per cent., and the remainder were 'withdrawn. The movements of the precious metals- during the Past week have been on a limited scale. The im ports have amounted to about £215,130, chiefly from New York and Australia, and .the exports have been £208,239, the greater portion of which has been despatched to the East Indies and the Continent. Two O'CLOCK. According to R eu t er ' s t e l egram the French Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 68f. 70c. Flat. In the general discount market there continues a fair demand, and late rates are maintained The Foreign and Colonial lines continue in active, with the exception of Grand Trunk of Canada, which are dealt in at 46 47. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain very quiet at about former rates. Imperial Ottoman are dealt in at 13 ; London and Westminster, 95 ; London and County a 79} ; London Financial at 1 2 4 ; National Discount Company at 154 ; and Overend, Gurney, and Co., at 19 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING - PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 6 Der Cent. Consols Do. A ccoun t , M arch 6 B7l °Jer Cent. Reduced B6l u m ew 3 per Cent B 6l 1 mevi. 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 691 DO. 6 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — *ill_rluities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. , 1880 b O , f or 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs — 1 0. „,k 0 (Red Sea Telegraph), A ug ., 1908 — - ` eo equer Bills, £1,000,3 per Cent. 3 dis Do. £5OO — D .GO £lOO and £200 44 • 1 3 k of England Stock, 5 per Cent 4, 1 , 111 : 0 1.0 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -"l.,klan Stock, loi- per Cent., AprillB74 2ll +-Jo Account 1 -, 11) °. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 ," 0 . 4 per Cent., O c t. 1888 'O% Certificates — DDo. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — 0 .5 per C en t., J an . 1872 5 1 per Cent., May 1879 Do °. . 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — 120. Bonooo " 0 . Und er £l, o£l ,oo B pm A • FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSIN G PRICES. Braz Ustrian C ent per Cent, 1859 — , ilian 5 per - .- uo. Lo per Cent., 1852-58-60 . 1863 — , Do. 1865 D u 0 A ccount 75 4/ o . Buenos• Scrip, £35 paid 4i,Ayres 6 per C en t — TIC'• Account 010 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Do'. 841 6 per Cent C olo 4- j. per Cent — e , Mixon 6 per Cent. —• oo- - 14,1.7114 , Per Cent. D o, -84 3 per Cent. , 1825 — , 1) 0 . per Cent, 1863 D a „,' s per Cent, 1773-77, £25 paid — bri"jan Principalities -0 Account 751 Vaador Ne w C onso lid ated, 1 per Cent — ''° •).Provisional Land Warrant ygti.an 7 per Cent . I) 1 Second Issue — 0 £lOO Bonds Do Do, 1864 —(i xlOO Bonds j e j k 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 0 - Acco t u lul D o ' -po ns (t1 1 ,,' Account Italia kala 5 per Cent. — u 5 per Cent, 1865 b ° Ac h_ count kte; v i' l laremmana Railway ij o ' c all 3 per Cent • Account 1864 Do n i:)° ) 40 41 . " Per Cent. Anglo-French — to o ,„'1 11 ' 1 , dean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Wolvan Imperial 5 per Cent .e., ranada —e 2 per Cent D o Deferred 1) 0. ° 6 6)e l ' a ucl Warrants (Hectares) ~ D o r Cent, 1864 — ert,,,nnuaranteed, 4 per Cent — b o '0 5 per Cent D o 8 4t0 count a D o ti Per Cent. (Uribarren) — ort z Per Cent., 1862 DoVese 3 per Cent., 1853 sll,3Do.4Pecer Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 4 - 51 % , omit D o A nn 3 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Doper Cent. 1850 bo A "' Per Cent., 1860 D o " Per Cent. 1859 13 5 Per Cent. 1862 9ll 1 ktr(?t, l 6 . Per Cent. 1864 — 1) 140 5 per Cent D°o Account ' p .41(0 Bands 13, %Li. 4.0. 4i8 . per Cent B o 0 3 per Cent b ..,,,A.ccount 1),-° . ' lo lv . Deferred 1) - 4 ecount Do p . — _ $/3 A P assiv e — ' lB .:ja c eount 26k 1 Q bo Z e ert• of Coup not funded — Wedi c , T , co met of 141 151 Do, 4 per C en t. — T urkti Per Cent. 1864 Po 4 4 , 6 Per Cent. 1854 — uo 6 "tulint ti o , Per Cent. 1858 -. Do eccunt 70 D o R 100 Bonds D o " 4 Per Cent. 1862 Do oUtit , 6'71 8 D ° tlOO Bonds D° Scar P er Cent. Cent . 1 1 8 8 6 6 5 3 6B-1 71 D° A c P, £35 paid — Lek o. 4 "Junt 381 l ii PlPer Cent. Guaranteed — o e ' 4 3 Per Cent. — D o 6 ac count — It IP' Cent., 1864 36} 51 alio. ll'idends on the above payable in London. D Per Cent. 1861 Ex. 2sf. ceo Unt " (),., . 611 4 4 , TWO O'CLOCK. 130.:kefLar money 'punt 871 1 4ql'llll ENER-.----------------.A.L POST- OFFlCE.—Yesterday evening i. r4 : )-ee 's of the Circulation Department, General Post- , f l4 (l e g ) 1 . 131 e a farewell dinner at the London Co :"411)art4:4111), to Mr. Bokenham, the late Controller e erv o ie f e th ef e 3 , Zent, Who retires from official life after a service 1;44 ors, rilte chair was taken by Mr. Anthony Trollope, ere_ '''' the l'ic° chair by M F. I. Scudamore, assistant-se 0 kto al ir —l.* 11( 1 th ? Post -office. The company numbered season, and l'eti eet e dinner included every delicacy of the 0.. 11kie ttl: . 4 th 6 greatest credit upon Mr. Clark, the pr ' 1 °3 , 41 t After tile dinner the chairman gave the usual is:434lr a l li ts ii o_f ., :` The Q n" " The Prince of Wales and f th e Y He then, an admirable speech, gave the e l'te ii , ° .40 evening, "Mr. Bokenham," at the same tp , ati tin . t t itt eti b 0 that gentleman a suitable address, be t a t u e t a if t a u im l n l d y ) ,., fr ee Z:9'6111101, accompanied by a magnificent I 'll'a v ! ,; "c cons pure silver, most elaborately chased and 41i lk '34, sting of tea ' and coffee-pot, sugar-basin, kl%%tell! ewer and two salvers en suite. The whole was en t,, t il l a handsome oaken chest, highly polished. Mr. hi 4441 ' - ', Who was much affected with the kindness I) ' ll had 1' i l i,, , prompted the presentation of this token of . esteem ' Drother officers, suitably acknowledged the gift. The English Stock market exhibits a better tone. Consols have improved / to 864 1 for money, and to 871 f for the Bth March. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 861 1 ; Exchequer Bills, • 'is. to 2s. dis ; Bank of England Stock, 247 ; India Stock, 211 ; ditto 5 per Cents, 1021 4 ; ditto En laced 5 per Cents., 100/. In the Foreign Stock Market there is not much business doing, though prices exhibited buoyancy. Turkish 5 per Cents. are 381 1; Mexican 211 22 ; do. New, 19/ ; Greek, 13 1; Spanish Passive, 26 i ; the Certificates, 15k 1; hall" 61 1 ; the Confederate Loan, 41 5i ; Brazilian Scrip, 4 1 prem. ; and Egyptian Railway Scrip, 1 f prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 67/ 1; Erie Shares, 52f 4 ; and Illinois, 74f 1. In the Railway Share Market there has been very little animation, and prices generally have shown little change of importance. Midland, however, have improved 10s., and South Eastern, ss. ; while Great Western and North-Western have each de clined ss, ~~ g, ac ?rincess id, and ?rincesg r Tees- ey yes- e drive Jycculn ight. yester- i p Iron ia i for on the 0 miles of dig' e, and A seen 3el was 61 Life to lee heavy ;clock le Van feboat ngside ugger. nately ;ot off t o wed achors le two tits are woken I some tbells, ds, on )sition g reat Kirk- It In , hard y this shore upon pieces vould ) f the )t at y the ice of 'his Day ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. - Bristol and Exeter .... It et Caledonia]. at Cambrian 60 Cork and Bandon...—. al 20 Cornwall al at Dublin & Belfast Juno lO at Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc 1( 100 E.London, scrip Certi 2 Do. at Glasgow &S. Western 10 t Great Eastern, Ord. s tk. 10 st Do. E. Angl. et. No. 2 10 at Great North of Scotland 10 et Great Northern lO st Do. A stock lO at Do. B stock lO at Do. New, is. at 25 pm 10 at Gt S. and W. of Ireland 10 at Gt. Western -Original st Do. S. Val. Rail gua. 10 at Do. South Wales et Do. W. Mid.— Oxford p et Do. Newport 1( et Do. Hereford 1( at Lancashire & Yorkshire 1( at London and Blackwall 1( at Lon., Brigh., & S Coast 1( st Lon., Chat., and Dover 1( st Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. 1C et Lon. & North Western IC st Lon. & South Western IC at Man., Slid., & Lincoln 10 at Metropolitan. al 10 Do. New 10 Do. Extension... ( Metropolitan District. al 100 Do do. do. 1 10 Do. and St. John'sW'd at Midland ' 1( 9 Do. £9 Share at Do, Birmin.. & Derby 1( 25 %lid Kent ... a at North British .... ... . 1( at Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. IC at Nth. Eastern—Berwic 10 25 Do. G.N•E purchase to.: at Do. Leeds at Do. York lO at Do. Carlisle . . ... 25 Do. Stock. & Darling al 25 Do. do. 1860-61 1 t North London lO 10 Do. do. 1864 10 Do. do. 1865 at North Staffordshire 10 10 N. &S. W. Junction at Scottish Central st Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 101 at Do. Scot, Mid. stxak at Shropshire Union at South Devon at South Eastern 10 Staines, Wok., & Wok al at Taff Vale lO la Do. C it Vale of Neath it Waterford & Kilkenny 10 .0 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 it West Cornwall. p aid. i Closing i Business Price. done. 93 95 129 :30 75 85 13 15 _4i 5i 30 8j 9 4513 f f 3696 i 71 1251 6 91 1 59; I 137 tilt 6h124 4 i 721 P 72 31 BRITISH P 00 Atlantic & St. Lawrence a. tit / Bom.,Baroda, Cen.ln. 104 gu. 5 percent... 20 Do. F shares 104 Buffalo & Lake Huron at 10 Do. Preference al 1 Buff.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- 101 at Calcutta &8. E., lim lOl Bt 'ape Town & Dock, gu lOl )0 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi al A East. Ben sal, gu., sdo 10( A East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 10( 10 Do. J Extension 11 it ilrand Trunk of Canada 101 10 Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c al 10 Do. Ist reret Bonds al 10 Do. do. deferred .... al 10 Do. 2d PIN f. Bonds al 10 Do.do. deterred 00 Do. nd Pref. stock al 00 Do. do. deferred al 00 Do. 4th Pref. stock al 00 Do. do. deterred al at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c 20 •o. Gua. 5 per cent 11 20 Do. New gua. sp. c bt Ut. South of India gun. 5 per cent st D 0 41 per cent .... 10, st D !Oi tr;reat Ws. of Canada.. al !Co/ Do. New ~ ....1. )0 Do. 6p. c. Bds. p a y. 1873 al 10 Do. 50 do. pay. 1877-8.. al ,0 Indian Branch, limited it Madras, gua. 5 p.c 104 it Do. 41 do tOi it Do. 4' do O Do. Fifth Extension st Melb. Cor. 6p. o. Bnds. 10 SO MeL & Hudson's Bay.. al Bt N.Rl.C'da,6polstptbs. 10 It &hide ... It Do. Delhi :0 Do. do 1g it Do. PunJaub oAn F it Do.lndus St.Floi, " 1( COLONIAL GO VERN. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 10 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja. & July 1877-84 1 ,3 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOl Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 101 Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 101 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 101 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 101 •-• Do.Apt&Oct, 1890-1900 101 •—• Do. do; 1880-9. 101 Do. Jan. &July, 1890-91 101 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOl Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. c 101 Do. 1878, do. 101 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. 1 t 10, Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug V Natal qov. 6 per cent l'oo N. B. Gov. 6p. c. Ja. uly 10( N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 10( Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 10( New Zealand, 6p. cent 10( Do. 5 per cent lOl Nova Soutia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9l Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOl S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 10' Do. 1878 & upwards 1( 'Vics,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 1( Do. do, April & Oct.. 1( BRIMS MINES. 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, Um. 1 Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 15 17 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 670 690 Drakewalls 2.1.0 I 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 18 20 East Caradon 2.14.6 6 7 East Cam Brea 3l 91 4! East Grenville 2.14.0 34 4 East Gunnislake 8.3.6 4 1 East Love!! 3.9.0 114 124 E. WI Russell (Tavlstk 10.8.0 3 31 Gam.& StAubyn(G 7/CD. 66 5 7 4 Great L .ixey, limited all 20 21 Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 14 2 Great Wheal Busy. 14.9.6 34 4 G. Wheal Vor (Helstml 40 3C "32 Grenville 8.18.0 34 34 Herod's Foot .... 8.10.0 40 42 Hingston i)owns 5.10 .6 6/ 61 Margaret ;Uny Lelant 13.17.6 6 7 Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 44 4 Aiwyndy Iron Ore, lim . ef 2i lid New Seton North Roskear N. Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4.4.0 1 1 North Wheal Crotty Prosper United.. ... • Providence Uny Lidant 10.6.7 37 89 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 410 930 South Condurrow -- S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 18 22 -.. stray Park 35.15.6 9 11 Tin Croft 9 19 20 5 Vigra and Clogan, lira, all 4 6 West Bassett (Mogan 14 3 4 W. Caradon (Liskeard 9 8 10 West Chiverton ll 79 82 West Seton 474 190 200 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 95 ICO Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 27 85 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 5 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 7 17 18 1.051 II 201 1 rktEFERENCE tillAttiGs North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and Rail., 804 PREFERENCE SHARES AND,,STOOSB. London, Brighton. &c., 44 per cent., 1858, Ditto, new, 4i per cent., 1883, 93 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham R. and G, 90 14 FOREJGR RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish. 221 Ottoman (Smyrna to .Aiding, 81 9 Recife and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 131 Sambre and Meuse, 5 per cent. pf., FOREIGN MINIM. Cape Copper, Um.. 114 Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, 44 5 Prontino and Bolivia Gold. lira., 16 St. John del Rey, lira., 524 34 Wor:hing (limited), BANS& Alliance, lim.. 261 1 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 121 Australasia, 711 2 Bank of Egypt, 321 Chartered Iler. of India, London, and China, 46 6/ Consolidated Bank, Rm., 91 1 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 191 Hindustan, China, and Japan, ilm., Ditto, issued at 2 pm., Ditto, new, 17 Imperial Ottoman, 13 Ditto, new, 11/ Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4 London and County, 79; London and 11 estminster, 95 Merchant Bank, lint., 26 National Provincial of England. Ditto, .d and 3d issue, 45 MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, lim., 11 Credit Fonder and llobilier of England, 8 Ditto, issued at a prem., of which £2 is to pay, 5/ Crystal Palace, 351 41 Ebbw Vale, 8 English and Australian Copper, 11 Fairb dm Engineering, 6 Gen. Credit and Finance of L mdon, Ilm., 51 Hudson's Bay, 17 Imperial Mercantile Credit A 550..11m.. 51 1 I International Financial -ociety, lim., 51 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Carour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redern. 170, issued 90, 7.1 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 48 1 London Financial Association, lira., 12 London General Omnibus Company, lim, 51 dray Irrgation and Canal, Ditto (all), 171 Mediterranean Extension Telegraph, lim., National Discount Company, 151 1 Northein A 6PIIII Tea, lira , B, 21 Oriental Financial, lim., 101 Ocean arine Insurance), 2 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 191 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 7( 1 Ditto, new,`s i Quebrada Land, Rail, and Mining, lim., lthymney Iron, 24 84 Royal Mail Steam, 110 A 'ociete Financiere d'Egypte, lim.. 61 Thames and Mersey (Marine) Insurance, lint, 71 a Union Marine, Liverpool, lim., 38 Universal Marine, Insurance, lim., Upper Assam Tea, lira., 41 The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 108} to foti per cent. At these rates;there is no profit on the importation of gokl from the Unite 5 atea, lo I 68 7 6 0 70 72 )0 114 116 )0 3 , 4 40 ►0 7 g 10 1 1281 120 0 140 147 92 9f 581 69, 59 61 39 41 35 87 101 103 121 122 89 91 93 98 35 37 126 nal 94 95 59 594 136 138 8 lip 1 lIP, 98 10.) 611 1 6 ,11 10 6 • )0 1 124 125 5 11 Hi )0 93 95 58 69 :7 28 .11 113 )0 72 73 )0 106 107 11 37 88 t 6 10 11 p; ).) 124 126 5 2 2,p4 5 2 24p )0 77 79 11 11 12 10 147 149 10 64 66 10 112 114 00 - - 10 65 67 0 78 74 11 8 9 L 47 150 3 3 A) 10 101 103 51 53 ;SESSIONS. 66 60 )0 99 loi 8 id 11 7 71 tp '1 10 11 /0 75 80 10 96 98 10 65 70 11 100 102 0 100 101 0 102 103 4 5 ) 1 9 - 5 4-s 1 87 89 L i 68 70 11 60 (3 11 6 62 3 53 50 11 48 51 11 44 47 11 40 4 t El 37 4) 10 102 103 6 6 t 3 P 93 100 io 91 93 2 11 161 [8 41 4 'I 11 62 14 11 81 d 6 2 1 d )0 93 101 )0 90 92 )0 86 88 2 11 I 64 66 )0 8 82 [OO 081 991 100 I 2 .00 98 99 :ENT SECU . 10 1 C 4 )0 93 )0 93 )0 79 10 73 10 101 10 104 )0 I 104 106 10 1 101 103 10 90 92 )0 101 103 10 106 1.8 102 104 10 1 103 105 ',) I 103 105 p 11C4 106 ,0 93 101 0 93 95 10 1 92 10 87 X) i 100 102 )0 1 82 84 10 I 18 100 ) 0 I N 100 0 1 104 106 105 100 SHARE THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUA RYA 10, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OP QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prius before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) CAMPBELL. LORD WENLOCK. This was an action for a breach of contract brought by Colonel Fiztroy Campbell, against the Right Hon. Lord Wrenlock. The declaration stated that the defendant took from the plaintiff a fur nished house at 49, Eaton-place, for a period of three months, commencing on the 22d April last, the rent being 500 guineas for the quarter, and left before without notice. Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Mr. Stretton, were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mr. Karslake, Q.C.. for the defendant. From the opening statement of counsel it ap peared that in February last the plaintiff called on Mr. Douglas, a house agent, in business in the neighbourhood of Belgrave-square, and stated that he required a furnished house in London for three months. Mr. Douglas informed him that there was a house of Colonel Douglas's, which was then occupied, but would be vacant on the 22d of April, and Lady Wenlock and her daughter were permitted by the tenants to inspect the house. In the early part of February the plain tiff wrote to Mr. Douglas, saying that he approved of the house, :but that he wished to see the apartments. He was allowed to do so, and he suggested that there would be some alteration in the servants' room required, but ultimately he con sented to the agreement, and his butler and other servants took possession of the house on the 23d of April. His lordship and family arrived on the 28th. Mr. Abbot, the plaintiff's butler, expressed himself dissatisfied with the size and the accommo dation of the house to Mr. Douglas's clerk, and also said ,it was usual to give a commission on taking a house. He was told that it would not be given in the present instance, but ultimately he was offered a sovereign in respect to some stables at the rear of the house which the de- :endant required. The servants after this told his lordship that the house was swarming with bugs, and he removed the day after his arrival to the Clarendon Hotel with his family, but the servants remained for a few days longer. His lordship in formed Mr. Douglas of the representation that had been made to him, and the latter proposed to send some men to examine the beds and apartments generally, but his lordship would not consent. He then refused to fulfil the engagement, and a correspondence ensued between him and the plain tiff, but without any arrangement having been effected. It further appeared that the house had been examined by some of Mr. Douglas's men after his lordship's servants left, and no traces of the ver min question were discovered. John Laurence, who was in the employment of Mr. Douglas, deposed to some of the facts in the preceding narrative, and it further appeared that there was no written agreement signed by the parties, but that his lordship stated he would not avail himself of any benefit to his case from that circumstance. By the parole agreement between his lordship and Mr. Douglas, it was arranged that the former might sub-let the house during his term if he felt so disposed, with the permission of Colo nel Campbell. That permission was given, but his lordship declined to act upon it, on the ground that he was no longer a tenant of the plaintiff's. Lord and Lady Wenlock, Abbott (the butler), and other witnesses were called for the defence, who contradicted flatly a great portion of the evidence for the plaintiff. The further hearing of the evidence was then adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —This Day. BOW-STREET. ASSAULTING A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT.—Henri* Rink sell was placed at the bar charged with assaulting S Lawrence Palk, M.P. From the evidence it appeared that the Commissioner of Police had placed some additional constables at the foot of Westminster -bridge to protect the foot-passengers cross ing the road from Parliament-street to New Palace-yard from the stream of vehicles constantly coming from the south side of the water, and visa versa. Yesterday after noon the prisoner was driving a cart at a slow, pace along Bridge-street towards the crossing above-mentioned, when the police-constable observing Sir Law rence Palk about to cross the road on his way t) the House of Commons, he put up his hand to signal the prisoner to pull up before he came to the spot This he refused to do, and as Sir Lawrence had full pos session of the road, and was full half way across, the hon. member narrowly escaped being run over by the prisoner disobeying the directions of the constable. A scuffle took place, during which Sir Lawrence Palk received a violent blow from the whip the prisoner held in his hand. He was accordingly taken into custody, and charged by the hon. member with assault. The prisoner said he was going at a very quiet pace, and that before he could pull up the constable took hold of the horse's head, upon which he remonstrated with him. The injury the gentleman had received was purely acci dental. Mr. Flower said it was of the utmost importance that great care should be exercised at the crossing at the foot of Westminster-bridge, especially at this time now that Par liament was sitting. The Commissioners of Police had done all in that way in their power, by stationing addi tional constables to control to a certain degree the vehicles passing over the bridge. It was of importance that order should be maintained, and Sir L. Palk had been assaulted by the prisoner whilst he was in dispute with the cabman. He should fine him 205., or 14 days' imprisonment. The fine was paid. Giovanni Roe, a foreigner, residing at 6, Seymour-street, Euston-road, was placed at the bar on remand, charged by Monckton, an officer of the F division of police, on special duty at the Charing -cross Railway, with loitering about the station for an unlawful purpose. The officer said he had observed the prisoner at the station for the last four or five weeks upon the arrival of. the Continental trains, and seeing him go up and accost several foreigners during that time, he felt it his duty to ascertain the business which called the prisoner to the station. He spoke to him on the subject, when he seized him by the collar and tore his coat. On searching him he found five purses, each containing coin amounting in the gross to £3, a gold watch, and other property. The prisoner said it was a freak of his to carry the purses, and that he was only at the station to see whether any of the passengers arriving from the Continent were known to him or not. Mr. Flower said it was curious that a person 'Should carry so many purses. He, however, should only fine him 10s. for the assault on the officer and 10s. for the damage to the coat. The prisoner said he would not pay the fine, as he would not encourage robbers. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SYSTEMATIC BREAKING OF JEWELLERS' WINDOWS AND WHOLESALE ROBBERIES.-Wm. Carr, a young man, de scribed as having no home, was charged before Mr. Knox with breaking a pane of glass of the value of -£l5, the property of Mr. D. Cave (formerly with Messrs. Hunt and Roskell) jeweller and silversmith, No. 127, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. Mr. Wm. Charles Rann, assistant to Mr. D. Cave, jeweller and silversmith, of 127, Mount-street, said that yesterday evening about six o'clock he was in the shop with another assistant, when ho was alarmed by hearing a heavy rumbling noise, and finding the brick (produced) had been hurled through a large pane of glass. On attempting to open the door he at first thought some per son was holding it so as to prevent it being opened, butafter getting it open, he found that the door had been fastened to some railings outside. On getting outside he saw the prisoner, and on seizing him he asked why he was stopped as ho had done nothing, the prisoner being at this time inside some railings attached to the house. With the assist ance of another person he took,the prisoner into the shop, and a constable was then sent for, and he was given into custody. On examining the window it was ascertained that diamonds of the value of £5OO had been abstracted, no doubt by an accomplice of the prisoner, there being at the time diamonds of, the value of £3,000 in the window. Mr. Knox remarked that it was a serious case. Police -constable Jones said that, on taking the prisoner into custody, he said that he got his living by singing, and that having nothing to do was the cause of doing what he had done. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. It may be remembered that Mr. Pyke, jeweller, New Bond-street, had a similar robbery committed at his house a short time ago, the property of which, £3OO value, was carried off, and there is little doubt by one of the same gang. It therefore behoves jewellers, and persons having valuable stock in their windows, to exercise great caution. Fatal Accident on the Great Western Railway. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. A frightful accident occurred on the Great Western railway near Leamington this morning at 7 20: A goods train having run off the line dur ing the night. While the single line was being worked, three platelayers, named John King, Daniel Giles, and John Bister, ignorant of this fact, were m orking on the lino at the time. The 712 train came up. King was killed on the spot, Giles was so injured that he died shortly after wards, and Bister escaped with comparatively slight injuries. MARK E TS,--This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Considering the time of year the supply of both fruit and vegetables at our market to-day was good; on the whole, the trade ruled steady at our quotations. FRUIT—Pine apples, 8s to 10s; hot house grapes, 8s Od t o lOs ; foreign d o , i s to 2s 6d ; filberts, is 6d to 2s Od per lb ; apples, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per half sieve ; oranges, 4s Od to 8s ; lemons, 3s 6d to 7s per 100. VEGETABLES —Red cabbages, 2s Od to 3s Od; white do., 6d to is Od; Savoys, 6d to is 2d; celery, 10d to is 6d; horseradish, is to 2s Od per doz. heads ; greens, 3s Od to 4s Od ; turnips, is 6d to 2s Od ; carrots, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; onions, is 9d to 2s Gd per doz bunches ; brocoli, 8d to 10d ; forced rhubarb, Os 6d to is 3d per bundle ; Brussels sprouts, is 6d to 2s Od per half sieve ; seakale, 2s Od to 28 6d ; and mushrooms, 9d to is 3d per punnet. POULTRY. Turkeys, 55 Od to lOs Od; geese, 55 6d to 9s; goslings, Os to Os ; ducks, 2s 6d to 3s 6'd ; ducklings, 3s to 4s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to is 9d ; wild do, is Od to is 5d ; pigeons, 10d to is 3d each ; Surrey fowls, 8s to lls Od ; do. chickens, Gs to 8s ; barn door fowls, 4s 6d to 7s per couple. English eggs, 12s to Os ; French do., 9s to 105 Od per 120 ;• Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 5d ; English is 2d to is 7d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 3s Od per lb; soles, is to 4s 6d per pair; cod, 2s Gd to 12s 6d ; brill, is to is ; mullets, 2s to 4s ; doreys, is Od to 7s each ; turbot, 2s 6d to 20s each ; whitings, 3s to 12s ; haddocks, 4s to 20s per dozen ; fresh herrings, 8s to 12s; mackerel, 50s per 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton 3s Gd to 5s Od ; veal, 4s 2d to 58 2d; and pork, 4s Odto 5s 2d per 81bs by the carcase. WHITECIIAPEL. Beef. from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; veal, 4s 2d to 5s 2d; and pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per 81bs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 7id. to Bd. ; of household ditto, sd. to 7d. per 41bs. loaf. 'HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 2d to 3d. ; 64 to 72 lbs, 3d to 3fd ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 3d ; 80 to 881bs., 3fd to 4d ; 88 to 961b5., 4d to 40 ;96 to 1041bs. Od. to Od. H orse hides, 9s to 10 8 Od ; ca lf s ki ns (light), 2s to 4s ; full, 6s Gd ; polled sheep, lls Gd to 14s Od; half-breds, lOs Od to 128 6d ; downs, 7s 6d to 9s 3d. SHERIFF'S COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) A CHOICE OF LAW.--STONES V. HENDERSON. This was an action to recover £llss. for a quan tity of crinoline steel, defendant having paid £4 13s. 9d. into court, and pleading never indebted as to the remainder. ATI% Lewis, sen., of Ely-place, for the plaintiff, called witnesses to show that an order had been given for a large parcel of crinoline steel, under a sample, and that defendant, after receiving it, had broken the bulk, accepting a portion and returning the rest to plaintiff in such a state as to be unfit for use. For the defence it was sworn that all crinoline steel had to be subjected to a certain process before it was put into the skirts, and that after this parcel had gone through the necessary ordeal a large por tion proved unfit for use, and was returned in good condition to plaintiff. His Honour said that he was inclined to believe defendant's case ; but Mr. Lewis might have a non suit, and bring his action before a jury in the Mayor's Court, if he were so minded. Mr. Lewis said he would do so. His Honour —Then I will nonsuit the plaintiff, and order the money defendant has paid in to be returned to defendant. Mr. Lewis thought that was hardly fair, as de fendant at all events admitted owing £4 16s. 9d. In the superior courts, when money was paid in, a plaintiff was nonsuited, and still had that money. His Honour thought as the parties were going to begin in another law court all over again defendant was entitled to be able to pay in the money to that court, and plead in the usual form as to the remain der. The parties had chosen their law, and plaintiff would be nonsuited, defendant having costs. SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.—The Union Com pany's screw steamship Saxon, Capt. Baynton, sailed hence this afternoon for Ascension, St. Helena, and the Cape of Good Hope, taking 70 passengers and a full cargo. She will embark the mails at Plymouth. BARNUM'S GO-AHEAD-ITIVENESS !—" When the laying of the Atlantic Telegraph was nearly completed, I was in Liverpool. I offered the company 41000 sterling ($5,000) for the privilege of sending the first twenty words over the cable to my Museum in New York—not that there was any intrinsic merit in the words, but that I fancied there were more than $5,000 worth of notoriety in the operation. But Queen Victoria and Old Buck' were ahead of me. Their messages had the preference, and I was compelled to take a back seat.' "—Barnum's Humbugs of the World. The Methodists are fast recovering the ground lost by them when the Southern wing seceded.— In Louisiana and Texas more than 20,000 coloured Methodists have broken off their connection with the Southern Methodist Church and joined the Northern Church. Bishop Thompson organised in December, in New Orleans, the Mississippi annual conference of the church, which already numbers 17 preachers and over 22,000 members. A Biblical Institute has been opened in the city of New Orleans, and a new church organ. The New Orleans Advocate has been started by the Rev. Dr. J, P. Newman. In Kentucky 25 ministers of the Southern Methodist Church, with about 5,000 of the white members, have declared their intention of joining the Northern Church. The coloured congregations either have already taken the same step, or intend soon to take it. In Georgia the Rev. Mr. Caldwell, a member of the Georgia annual conference, is now labouring as a missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church. There are about eighty Americans spending the winter in Berlin, Prussia, chiefly students. They have Sunday worship together. The ministers who officiate are Mr. Denniston and Mr. Hepburn, Pres byterian ; Mr. Stuckenberg, Lutheran ; and Mr. Simon, Mr. Mead, and Mr. Gage, Congregation Mists. PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND THE BAGDAD AFFAIR. —The Times correspondent says the recent lawless ness on the Rio Grande is regretted in the United States. Our people sympathise with Juarez ; but overriding all their sympathies, there is an intense desire for peace. They would sacrifice even their sentimentalism to maintain friendly relations abroad, and while they gave their sympathies full flow so long as no overt act was committed that would im peril peace, when the act came it was deeply re gretted. They did not wish or expect it. A partisan press applauded it, but President John son knew better than the newspapers the real feel ing of the country when he ordered the apprehen sion of R. Clay Crawford and his band, commanded General Sheridan to investigate the matter, and discover who was at fault, and again ordered the strictest observance of neutrality. The country will support no man or no party, however popular, in a new war, but it will support any man or any party that maintains the peace. HAY SMITHFIELD. —Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs ; clover, £5 5s to £6 los 0(1 ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. A moderato inquiry. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 15s ; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ) • and straw,. I £l 18s to £ 2 os per load. _ Trade firm. WIIITECHAPEL—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs; clover, £5 lOs to £7 Os Od; and straw, £1 IGs to £2 2s per load. Demand inactive. Liverpool Cotton Market. —lbis Day, Market opens rather quiet. Sales probably 8,000 or 10,000 bales. Jefferson Davis and Secretary Stanton , The Washington correspondent of the Times has Le following regarding the supposed plot to • rescue Jefferson Davis from his confinement :—" Jefferson Davis, who for some time past has rested so quietly in Fortess Monroe as to have been quite overlooked by all but the restless Congress men who are anxious for notoriety by moving treason resolutions,' has again suddenly loomed up before the public gaze. A plot has been discovered—so says Secretary Stanton, whose familiarity with plots should entitle him to judge —a plot has been discovered, and, of course, frustrated, the object of which was to rescue Mr. Davis from Fortress Monroe. Officers high in command at the fortress have been dismissed for supposed complicity, and there has been a sudden weeding out of the workmen in the fortress and the people of the adjacent little village of Hampton. Hundreds, on very short notice, have been banished from the neighbourhood of the fortress to gain a livelihood elsewhere as they can. Vessels have been forbidden to anchor in certain parts of the harbour, and, as is customary on such occasions, vessels made inside the fortress arc strictly forbidden. Although a great hubbub has been raised, the general impression is that there has been no plot at all, but the excitement has been created by the wish of an odious War Minister, whose power is fast departing, to keep his name before the people as a zealous public servant, The newspapers have availed themselves of it to urge Mr. Davis's trial, fof then all danger of plots would be over. No one is more anxious for the trial to begin than Jefferson Davis himself ; his counsel are constantly urging it upon the Administration, but they do not see fit to order any trial, and Mr. Davis bids fair to re main in the fortress until death rescues him. The gentlemen selected for counsel by the distinguished prisoner —Mr. O'Conor, of New York, whose re putation as a lawyer is world-wide, and Mr. Reed, of Philadelphia, well known in England as the American Minister to China in 1858—proud of the honour conferred upon them, will make a good fight for their client ; but our strange Adminis tration, which no longer seems to govern by any rule, prefers to debar the prisoner of the trial in a civil court which he demands as his constitutional right." COM3ION LAW FEE STAMPS.—Under the Act 28 Vic., cap. 45, which came into operation on the Ist ult., the fees payable in the superior courts of common law are re ceived in stamps, and we understand that for the fees pay able at the assizes, adhesive stamps can be obtained at the offices of the distributors of stamps for the respective towns in which the assizes are held. In order to prevent incon venience, it is desirable that the solicitors having causes for trial should, on attending at the courts, have in their possession a small quantity of each description of the ad hesive stamps that may be required. THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT COMMISSION.—From the report and evidence published it appears that the following were the members of the commission who were of opinion, "that capital punishment might safely, and with advantage to the community, be at once abo lished :"—Dr. Lushington, Mr. Bright, Mr. C. Neate, and Mr. W. E wart. The Right Hon. Mr. Justice O'Hagan ap pended the following as his opinion :—" I am of opinion, with much deference for the great authority of those who think otherwise, that the weight of evidence and reason is in favour of the abolition of capital punishment. I should, therefore, sign the declaration prepared by Mr. Ewart, but that I doubt whether public opinion in this country is yet ripe for the acceptance of such a change ; and if it should bo accomplished, without the sufficient sanction of that opinion, I fear the reaction which might follow on the per petration of some great crime. I think, also, that the sub stitution of a minor penalty would render essential serious modifications in the discipline and machinery of our pri sons ; and such modifications, whilst I believe them to be possible, may bo difficult, and remain to bo devised. On these grounds, having regard to the practical scope of your Majesty'a commission, I cannot join in simply advising im mediate abolition ; but so far qualifying my adhesion to the terms of the declaration, I am prepared to adopt the principle which it embodies. (Signed) Tnos. O'HAGAN." The following append a declaration that they are not pre pared to agree to the resolution respecting private execu tions :—Dr. Lushington, Mr. W. Ewart, Mr. C. Neate, the Lord Advocate, and Mr. Bright. A summary of the evi dence occupies 40 pages of the blue-book. TILE BAGDAD FILIBUSTERS.—The New York Herald says there has been some excitement created by the recent news from Mexico that a few hundred Americans crossed the Rio Grande, stormed the imperial city of Bagdad, captured a party of imperial troops, and actually sum moned a couple of Napoleon's gunboats to surren der. All this might have been expected. There are plenty of roving fellows to be found, especially among the discharged officers and soldiers of the rebel army, to undertake raids of this kind, for which, of course, the United States Government is not responsible. Although the 'Monroe doctrine was literally represented in the persons of the parties who participated in this freak, not one of them had any political idea upon the question. They regard the French and Austrians in Mexico as filibusters, and they thought they might as well do a little fili bustering too ; so they made a dash at Bagdad, scared the soldiers of Maximilian, and carried off a goodly share of booty. They had probably read the statement of M. Drouyn de Lhuys to Mr. Bige low that if the United States wanted to settle any difficulty in Mexico they must make application to Mexico and not to France, and they were just act ing on this diplomatic suggestion. The Murder at Brighton. Yesterday John William Leigh was taken before the magistrates at the Town-hall, Brighton, for further exami nation, on the charge of having on the night of Thursday, the Ist inst., shot Harriet Harton, his sister-in-law. The unfortunate lady, who was 45 years of age, was the land lady of the Jolly Fisherman Inn, which is situate in Market street, Brighton. On the above-named night she was seated in her bar talking to two gentlemen who were standing outside the bar door; there were also three other gentlemen sitting in the bar parlour, when the accused man entered the house. Directly Mrs. Harton saw him she jumped up, and ran into the parlour, as though she feared he was going to injure her. But she had hardly got half across the room when the prisoner pointeda Colt's revolver and deliberately fired at her. The ball passed through the deceased, and grazed the temple of a gentleman seated in the room. He, however, ran to the assistance of the poor woman, who leant upon his shoulder for support. A moment afterwards the prisoner went within two feet of her, and deliberately fired at her a second time. Mrs. Harton then exclaimed, "He's killed me, he's killed me," and then staggered half-way down some steps outside the room, when she fell, and lay groan ing till the arrival of medical assistance. The man accused of this crime is 28 years of ago ; about 5 feet Ginches in height, strongly built, with small round features. He wears a slight light moustache, and his hair cut closely to the head. He went to live at Brighton about three years ago, and at that time went by the name of " Captain Leigh," having, according to his own statement, been in command of a vessel of his own. Previous to this, however, he served in her Majesty's navy during the war in China, but sub sequently deserted and became one of the crew of the Ala bama. He is a man 9f superior education. His dress, either a velvet monkey jacket or a sealskin coat, gave him the ap pearance of a showy man ; indeed, it is said that when he first went to Brighton, he led a very fast life, but his re sources failed him, and then he took the Odd Fellows' A rms , in Queen's-road. But, not succeeding in this busi ness, he sold the last of his property, consisting of £7OO in the Three per Cent. Consols, and went about a year ago to Brentford (Middlesex), and there treated for another public house, but the magistrates, upon hearing his character, de clined to transfer the licence of that house to him. This, it is said, so exasperated him that he declared ho would destroy the house, and, so far as breaking the windows, tearing down the gas-fittings, and breaking up the stairs went, he carried out his threat. He was, it is said, after wards sentenced to three months' imprisonment. for the damage he did. Two months ago his wife, the sister of the deceased woman, went to live at Brighton, and refused the prisoner's frequent importunities to reside with him. This it would appear took him to Brighton recently, as he wrote to his wife requesting her to meet him atthe Bedford Tap on Tuesday night, the 30th ult. She, however, did not comply with his request. But it was subsequently ascer tained that the prisoner had been there, and that he had in his possession three pistols. His wife's not meeting him seems to have increased his anger, and on the Thursday morning he made ono or two unsuccessful attempts to get into the house of which his sister-in-law was landlady, but succeeded in doing so on the night when he committed the crime with which he is charged. The demeanour of the prisoner after being placed in the dock was that of such extreme indifference to the position in which he stood that murmurs rather of sympathy than of condemnation fell from the lips of many persons who crowded the court. The depositions taken last week were read over and signed-by the different witnesses, after which it was inti mated that there was no-further evidence to be adduced. The prisoner, after being cautioned in the usual way, said he had nothing to say beyond that "all the witnesses had spoken the truth except Mr. Payne." lie was then for mally committed to take his trial for the wilful murder of Harriet Harton. A second charge of " shooting at Super intendent Bamden, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm," was then formally preferred against the prisoner, upon which he was also sent to take his trial. He was then removed from the dock. The presiding magistrate afterwards highly eulogised the courageous conduct of Superintendent Barnden, who had, he said, by bravely risking his own life in securing the prisoner, doubtless saved the lives of several other persons. The American House of Congress. The Washington correspondence of the London Times gives a curious description of the etiquette of the United States House of Representatives. In the great hall there are always restless gentlemen wandering up and down with their hands in their pockets, immediately in front of the Speaker—for there is no restriction upon them in this respect--or they stroll to each other's chairs, plant their feet on the desks (these are generally Western members), and make free use of the spittoon which is placed by the side of every seat. The galleries meanwhile are crowded with strangers, who do not fear to applaud when anything is said which takes their fancy. It is true that the Speaker instantly calls " Order" and Idrops his hammer, b u t th e app l ause i s renewed when • ever another hit is made. Lately, for instance, Mr. Rogers, one of the New Jersey members, was mak ing a somewhat noisy and excited speech, when he happened to allude to Mexico, and called upon the South as well as the North to " drive the Imperial despot out of Montezuma's halls." The people in the galleries at once clapped their hands as if they had been in a theatre. The result of this licence is that more than one member habitually speaks to the gal leries rather than to the House. Of late two-thirds of the strangers present have been negroes or dis charged soldiers, now without occupation in Wash ington, and therefore able to indulge in legislative studies. The general aspect of the House is always one of disorder. When the Speaker has left the chair it bears some resemblance to a large bar-room, minus the " drinks." Members light cigars and seat themselves at their desks for a comfortable talk. They have " got through" with their speeches, and now prepare for a " splendid time." Such is their way of describing this happy period of the day. Perhaps in the evening the hall is occupied by a teetotal meeting or an assembly of Primitive Metho dists, who make the galleries reverberate with their thunders against the desperate wickedness of the human race, especially on the other side the At lantic. ti THAMES A RUNAWAY KNOCK.—Alexander Peterkin, a grave looking, middle-aged man, and described as a clerk in the service of the North London Railway Company, was charged with unlawfully knocking at a street door. Mr. Thomas Gray, a surgeon in Poplar; said he had been greatly annoyed by frequent ringing of his bell and knocks at his door by foolish and disorderly people. This morn ing, at a quarter before 2 o'clock, he was in his parlour writing a letter when ho heard the voices of two men laughing outside. He heard some one directly afterwards on his door-step, and immediately after a loud knock at his door. He got up and opened the door, and saw the pri soner and another man running away. He followed them and they separated at the end of the street. He caught the prisoner and gave him into custody. Prisoner was under the influence of liquor, but not drunk. He denied having knocked at the door. In answer to a question by the magistrate, police-con stable 147 K said the prisoner gave his right name and address. Prisoner—l am innocent of knocking at the surgeon's door. Mr. Partridge—The probability is that either you or your companion knockod at the door, but there is no proof that you did so. It is a very annoying practice, the amuse ment of fools, to knock at doors. You appear to be a re spectable man, and have given your right name and ad dress. You are discharged. WESTMINSTER. • A FIT CASE FOR lIANWELL ASYLUM.—Elizabeth Cor bett, a girl of 20, who has been at this court several times charged with creating disturbances at Chelsea Workhouse, assaulting the porters, and doing damage, was charged this morning with breaking six panes of glass, value 35., at the workhouse of St. Liike's, Chelsea. George Blandford, the porter, said that prisoner came night at 7 o'clock, an d was ad went to the mast er ' s d oor, and rung to nt the t;d h house bae . casual, onT She i h F e r masterd ay desired him to fetch a police man. When he came with the policeman she went into the hall and tried to fasten herself in. Witness opened the door, and then she smashed six of the windows with her hands, and was taken to the station. In reply to Mr. Selfe, the witness said she was not con sidered insane by the medical officers. Sho behaved her self as long as she,was allowed to have her own way. The night porter, M‘Lachlan, said prisoner had been threatening him several nights this week. He never spoke to her. She discharged herself voluntarily last Wedndesday, and had annoyed them ever since. The prisoner, whose parents are insane, and who is herself undoubtedly mad, at times, went into a long detail of the treatment she had experienced at the hands of the master, matron, sad all the officials of tho workhouse at Chelsea. She complained that on this occa sion she had to walk about the courtyard in the drenching rain to avoid the horrible language of the other paupers in the wardroom, and when she complained to the master and asked him to interfere, ho shut himself up in his room with the matron and jeered at her through the window. When she saw a policeman coming she preferred a night in the police-station to being abused and assaulted by casual paupers, and smashed the windows to be.lock e d up. S he now lost her temper, and having violently threatened several persons, ris Mr. Selfe sent ence d h er to seven days, imprisonment for tho damage. Prisoner said she had witnesses to call, and her relatives would employ a solicitor. She was always being ill treated and threatened. Mr. Selfe ordered her at the expiration of the seven days to find a surety in £5 to keep the peace for three months. She was removed, threatening the master, matron, and porter. MUTINY ON THE HIGH SEAS.—On Thursday three sailors, named M'lnnes, Kennefick, and Sharp, were charged before the Liverpool magistrates with mutiny on the high seas on board the barque Rosendale, from Cardiff to South America. On the outward voyage the prisoners and others of the crew were stated to be very unruly, and on several °cessions refused to obey orders. At Bahia, where they were imprisoned for a row on shore, they were heard to express their determination to take an early opportunity of knocking the mate's brains out. On the homeward voyage they continued their misconduct, and on an attempt being made to put Kennefick in irons ho resisted, the other persons helping him, and ISPlnnes laid the mate's head open with a blow from a belaying pin. The captain was stunned with a blow from a sling shot, administered by Sharp, and the mutineers then took possession of the fore part of the vessel. The captain put back to Pernambuco, where the prisoners were ordered by the consul to be put in irons, and they were thus conveyed back to Liverpool. Two other mutineers were discharged at Pernambuco, there being no room to bring them home in the vessel as prisoners. After hearing all the evidence the Court ordered the prisoners to bo imprisoned without hard labour for 12 weeks. 1001 100 1 , :21 1 46 5j 7 51 7 6 40 8 41 40} 301 40 374 1 21- 8} e 8} ITIES. Chandler and the American War Party. The Philadelphia correspondent of the London Times says there is a large party in the United States who would like nothing better than to em broil their country in a foreign war—with England, if possible, or, if not with England, with France. This fanatical and destructive element controls by far too large a proportion of the members of Con gress, and had not the acts of the President and Cabinet time and again proved their intense desire or peace at any cost, the efforts of the destruc tives would render foreign relations very critical. The leader of the War party is Zachariah Chandler, a Senator from Michigan, one of those tall, raw boned, hard-featured specimens of manhood, in whom the Western States abound, a man who is no debater or speech-maker, but whose iron will and unremitting energy and intense fanaticism have for years marked him out as a high'priest for every American crusading party, whether it be a crusade against slavery, General M'Clellan, Jefferson Davis, or, as now, against England or France. Chandler during the fury of the war was the master-spirit of the famous " Committee on the Conduct of the War" that set up and pulled down generals, and was the terror of every army :officer, from Winfield Scott and General Grant down to the lowest cadet in the service. It was Chandler who, long before hostilities were thought of by the majority of Americans, wrote the letter advising " a little blood-letting" to settle the difficulties between the North and South. And now, still at the same destructive work, he is at the head of every movement ,looking to a new war and ne w bloodshed. He has ableseconds in his disreputable labours, and can control a large share of the mem bers of both Houses of Congress. To his prompt e p E r i e n s; e n r t o a r t , i s v e which Minister h alr at,e frightened prompt ings are due the resolutions continuall y l a i d on the ta i b g l i e , te o n f the edt liiieousFereonf French Washington into such great s o li c it u d e a b out Mexico. SHIPPING I NTELLIGENCE—This day. --~- LONDON, Feb. 10.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 9.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Gladiator, from Pernambuco. Orr NORTH FORELAND, Feb. S.W.—AtTived— Alliance, from Hartlepool for Cuba. CLYDE, Feb. 9.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Huntly Castle, for Singapore. PILL, Feb. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Nereide, from Sulina. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 9.-IVind S.W.—Arrived—Saxon, screw steamer, from Southampton. PALMOUTIr, Feb. 9.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Rana, from Cardiff. DARTMOUTH, Feb. B.—Wind S.W.—Arrivod—Fleeting, from Teigninoutla for Newfoundland. party. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK. BELGIUM. VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Tats DAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 7 agst Cortolvin (offered, take 15 to 1) 100 to 6 agst Laura (taken) 22 to 1 agst Innellan (taken and offered) LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 100 to 6 agst Copenhagen (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 5 to 2 agst Lord Lyon (offered) 4to 1 agst Student (taken) 100 to 7 agst Augusta (taken) 100 to 7 agst Jack-in-the-Green (taken) DERBY. 100 to 15 agst Rustic (offered, take 7 to 1) 10 to 1 agst Student (offered) 22 to 1 agst Janitor (offered) 50 to 1 agst Strathconan (taken) LINCOLN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Mephistopheles (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Treasure Trove (taken) 25 to 1 agst Historian (taken) nto 1 agst Wild Bee (taken) • LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to C agst Laura (taken) 2 . 0 to 1 agst Innellan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Balder (taken) 28 to 1 agst Light Heart (taken) CHESTER CUP. 33 to 1 agst Saladin (taken) WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bartholomew's nomination (offered) 25 to 1 agst Mr._ J. Jardine's nomination (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Mr. R. Jardine's nomination (taken freely) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Brocklebank's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr Gibson's nomination (taken) 33 to 1 agst Mr. Mather'snomination (taken andoffered) 40 to 1 agst Mr Stocker's nomination (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gorton's nomination (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Bake's nomination (taken) RACING FIXTURES FOR 1866. FEBRUARY. 20 I Nottingham Spring 27 MARCH. Derby Spring 1 Crox ton Park 1 G Liverpool Spring Warwick Sprin g Doncaster I Lewes Spring Lincoln . ....... Newmarket Craven 2 Durham Blackheath & Woolwich 2 Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Lichfield Spring Chelmsford Spring It/ Ascot Spring 1 Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Liverpool Beverley 2O Ipswich Hungerford Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Curragh 26 Worcester L Y. JU. Windsor Summer 5 Newton Hampton 7 Odiham Bibury l3' Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 I Thirsk .10 Epsom Spring Newmarket Ist Spring l6 Liverpool Hunt Cup '2o Chester Curragh 24 Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge 2l Manchester Ascot Summer 29 JU Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading Nottingham: Down Royal Corp lB Stamford l9 Radcliffe 23 Winchester 24 Southampton 25 Huntingdon Goodwood 3l York August 2l. Plymouth Lichfield Devon and Exeter Tunbridge 2B Derby Summer 29 Weymouth 3O UST. AUG Brighton 7 Brighton Club Lewes lO Egham l4 Wolverhampton l4 Stockton v. 15 Oxford l6 I Ha stings 2l SEPTEMBER. Warwick September 4 Richmond CuFragh Hendo n Leicester 6 Monmouth Doncaster Brecon l7 Newmarket Ist October 25 Canterbury lB Walsall OCTOBER. Northampton 2 Newmarket Houghton 22 Newmarket 2d October 8 Worcester Curragh NOVE/ Lincoln Liverpool .BER. Shrewsbury Leamington Hunt l9 THE CASE OF CHARLOTTE WINSOR.—The solici tors for the defence of the culprit Charlotte Winsor whose execution was fixed to take place on Monday, hav ing given notice to the Home-office that the Attorney- General had issued his fiat for a writ of error to the Ex ' chequer Chamber, on the ground that the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench is in direct opposition to a decision given by the judges in Ireland, where, when a jury was discharged on a criminal charge without giving a verdict, the proceedings became illegal, the Homo Secretary has granted a further respite till after Easter term. CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE AND JEFF. DAVIS.-- The Springfield Republican denounces Chief Jus .ce Chase for refusing to bring Jefferson Davis to trial, and imputes to him improper and disgraceful motives. According to our contemporary, Mr. Chase is ambitious of the Presidential chair in 1868, and dares not commit himself against Davis for fear cf a loss of Southern influsenieninegatg back and forth the next t E hL t u th gh e t p h o e pui ch a a r n f ;ng elingrelationsswinging and changing tem per of South and North, now more than ever almost, demands alike Davis's trial, conviction, and execution. So much is being forgiven to the rebel lion and to the rebels, and yet so much of their old spirit is still present in the country, that the loyal people, not in passion, but in sober sadness, are coming firmly to the conclusion that a historical monument should be erected to the depth and height of ,this great crime of treason ; that not so much punishment but conspicuous warning is needed for the benefit of the nation ; and that in the person of Jefferson Davis it can be most simply, most surely secured. And yet, as everybody can see, with the position of the chief justice and the motive for it, and the disposition of other presidential candidates to gain favour also in the South, such a result is not likely to be attained. The country is more likely to be worried into acquiescence in some surrepti tious disposition of his person and his case ; some compromise with the crime and the criminal, through a rivalry of the men in power for the Southern vote in 1868. And our contemporary exclaims, in a burst of indignation, " What a conclusion to the majestic march of our last five years' history is thus bef ore us !" r A.D VERTISE,LENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Cold IVeather.—The sudden severity of tho weather has sadly disturbed the general health. Affections of the throat and chest are found in every household, and the quickest means of cure are Holloway's renowned remedies. They prevent congestion, inflammation, ulceration, bronchitis, hoarseness, and cough. This soothing ointment only re quires to be well rubbed twice a day on the afflicted parts to effect an immediate and marked improvement in all the symptoms of disease. Both ointment and pills are devoid of danger. Both medicaments are compounds of the finest balsams, intimately allied by nature and accurately com bined by art. They conduct to cure and restoration with unfailing certainty. Lord Digby -will leave Belgrave-square to-mor row, to join Lady Digby and family at Miniern House, Dorset, where his lordship is about to entertain a select M. BERRYER.—A case in which .4)1. Berryer was engaged, relating to an appeal against the public prosecutor from a judgment of the Tribunal of First In stance, denying to M. Hugon d'Angicourt tha title of Count de Poligny, came on last week in the Imperial Court of Besancon. Just at the moment when the judges were taking their scats the first president addressed 31. Berryer in the following terms :—" Al. Berryer, the court is happy to see you at its bar. Fifty years ago you were already. pleading in this building, and the remembrance of you h as never passed away. Your presence is an honour for the bar of Besancon, and the young advocates whom I rejoice to see throngingse numerously around you will count amongst the brightest days of their career that in which they will have had the privilege of hearing such a pleader as your self." A banquet was offered to the groat orator in the evening. BRUSSELS, Feb. B.—The Senate was occupied to day in discussing the Penal Code. The Minister of Justice spoke in favour of abolishing the punish ment of death, but the Senate pronounced for its maintenance by 33 votes to 25. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FnmAv Although there was a tolerable attendance at the rooms to-day, very little business was done. However, from offers and bets laid to small sums we were enabled to make out the following list of quotations, which may be taken as the current prices : .•,.I..'''‘ iclay• kept, Ding few I, ill mill ,ntly ible, evi- isly* I to the ied all. 5 it r et Zt to ~_ 96 96 St 80 103 106