The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-07 00:00:00

ot ,„;ue r ll ', 4 lrea° 1 teFil ill oh 0 1 d 0 3 ",:1;" ,1 110 LL' ) E AN: COIvIMERZIAL lII' TFT„.I,IG.EII.OI - - -10- CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The continued active demand for accommodation :Duch has recently prevailed in discount circles has, r a rather large extent, diminished the resources of enforcing and b ro k ers, an d t h ey are now consequen tl y full terms for all the business they nego tiate. Inc rate for the best short-dated paper to ci" ha s been 5 per cent. A large number of Indian f „_ have fallen d ue t o -d ay, an d th ere h as , there fore, been a f a i r average enquiry. During the last few days there has been only a 41oaer ate amount of b us i nes s tra n sacted in the 1., °reigi 1 and Colonial P r oduce Markets. The ope raf - ; eus in tea have been deferred until the public In sales, which commence to-day. Sugars have been raoderate request at steady prices, while superior eseriptions of coffee have found buyers at fully late , Cations,Rice has been in better demand, but tallow, Limited tra nsac ti ons h ave b e e n r epo r ted in and prices have shown a downward move- eat for both present an d forward delivery. ti. l - 4 e Lond on and Provinc i al Mortgage B an k o f gland is a new i n stit u tion, requiring a capital of o b': 0,000 in shares of £25 each. The principal vi L ec t Which the directors have in view is the pro g facilities for the negotiation of freehold and a 'eseriptions of property. The Bank will act as bu 'I dents for adva nc i ng mone y on public and private t x — _,ngs and will issue mortgage debentures at ti;ct r ates of inte res t. Th e success of similar insti 4°ns ha s s ti mulated the project i on of t hi s b an k , am t he directo rs are sangu i ne o f se cu r ing a large Profitable business. The shares are quoted 1-o 4 prem. I ,:!he Stock E xc h ange C omm i ttee h ave appo i n t e d 'day, February 10, a special settling day in the (i ts of the Norwegian Charcoal Iron Company 1 8 7, i ted), for b arga i ns on an d a ft er S e pt em ber 1, i ts not to b e mar k e d a t presen t . Th e comm ittee v e also or d ered the shares of the Anglo-Egypt i an Bank (Limited) t o b e quo t e d i n th e official list. a ad li °re ign Stocks have not engaged much attention, 11. ( : P ri ces, in most instances, have exhibited weak- C s . -Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 704 ; do. °llBol ides, 52 1; Mexican, 27,t 28; do. New, 26i Greek, do. 231 ; Spanish Passive, 32. 1 1- ; Cert ificates, l4s -g ; Italian, 64Y ; do. New, dis. 131 ' e lla• ; Confederate Loan, 55 56 ; Egyptian, 1i ;P r em. ; Danubian, par prem. ; and Montevidean, 4 o Prem. Two O'CLOCK %el l 4 Paris, this morning, acco r di ng t o M r . R eu t er ' s %Tata the 3 per Cent. R en t es were 67Pf. P lat. The English Stock Market was very depressed at e eommenement of business, and a decline of 1 r Cent. occurred. Shortly afterwards a few pur 'bases improved the quotations, and Consols are Quoted 891 for money, and 891 4 for March. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 1; Annuities, 14.7-16 ; and India 5 per Cents., 1031 1. 3 , r pRITISII FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. per ';•! S itxmEyr FuNDs. • to. u . nt. Consols h p, r ri 4 e Ccount, Feb. 9 B9t i N ew r 3 ut. Reduced B Bi i i l`tew 21 Per Cent BB ti 1 i t h ,..i per Cent. Jan. 1894 — .4,,,..." . 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Do`.-414ities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — l. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 1417-16 ° (lied Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — I) k x , £5OO —. chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent - -1 I) t , o. £lOO and £2OO 4114 of England Stock, 5i- per Cent 246 . -8 lll tx D(1;. --' GOVERNMENT SECITRITIES 4 17 0 11 Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 Account .b ° ' 5 Per Cent. July, 1870 'c t D o cour t D o 4„Per Cent., Oct. 1888 b:;• ~.uertiufa Rcates — bc"; t ced Paper 4 per Cent — IV Per Ce n t., J an . 1872 .0,,' ' . ,i - per C en t ., M ay 1879 — 1)o b -1 Per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do. _vords, £l,OOO — pm ' under £l,OOO 444,, FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCX, tta 2 , l - I ; _r 4 ° 1 Bond s , 5 p er C en t — .1), -- ',, 1 5 per Cent — - 'I per Cent '1852-58-60 81 1 ., 1) 0. .7 1863 D ° il ° B .A.yres 6 per Cent — D o Account — ellii I Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cont.) 006, 41 1 3 per Cent l -011 eul-, - jau 6 per Cent. — Do „ Per Cent. •Oaili o ," P.,er Cent., 1864 b o ', O Per Cent, 1825 ~11-,- Per Cent, 1864 _ suai l :' ? Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid. — E ,, llbiaz Principalities zbuc 425 paid i pm par 4 3.- pm s4jDtia ll 7 per Cent 9Bl 9 8 Do Do. 1864 96 5- 1 1 6-1- , bo o Be riP, £35 paid — pm Itil., Account l)," 1° .„r New Consolidated, 1 per Cent ____- 13 ' P rovisional, Land Warrant b o ° ', Second Issue — tire 1,. 41 00 Bonds — D o e- ‘) Per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons -- -- Do C° uPons .Q ° ,,,.. b t- T o a la 5 per Cent. 1ta1i a . ° ;.,", 0 9 and 1850 — 4 4 •- u per Cent (Maremmana Railway) D, . oc -4 3 per Cent. — . Account p, p c " (J h . 1864- 261- )21 ° - Per Cent. Anglo-French — D°o B e ,„_. . dig b ' T 7 £53 paid ells 4 0 ' re4 ch Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c 110,.,4teideau 5 per Cent., £25 paid New Bll Imperial 5 per Cent Z tlranada' _ b ( ; ) i ., 2 Per Cent - „1), - .1 1 eferred re - L 'alicl Warrants (Hectares) ) 3 1 01 41 per Cent. D o ° A 3 Per Cent. (Uribarren) — 1),,1 Per Cent., 1862 I'o rt "' ecount ° -Allguese 3 per Cent., 1853 -- _ bccount - ° 3 Cent 1856, '7 '9, '6O '62, '3, b per ~ 7 7 tils ° , o A ccount 47 * - tau 5 Cent. , 1822, £ St., ..1 ) per ~,,, 41 per Cent., 18 5 0 Da a 1860 ))„° -, Per Cent., 1859 D o - u per Cent., 1862 : D o R s. , • 1864 nAttl•.£6 ai 1/ 14414 s Cent d l'atiai, pe r h ilish 3 per Cent Account co ccount t 47/ D o -New Deferred 3 0 b un t eP assive Account 32- '2, 3 411 0 44 1 1 Cert. of Coup not funded Kior t ai'k i e eo unt 4 - Cent. Pe ' D o A 6 per Cent. 1854 1)0 nount Do ' A per Cent. 1858 I)',",•,,eecunt 72- 4 ', 100 Bond s 76 D u, Per C en t . 1862 701 b",fleee unt D o Be n d s 0 per Cent. 1863 . be' Guaranteed, 4 per Cent "V'e ll ° o , l i Per Cent l - j( - ) -11e la 3 per Cent. t • Account o ° . per Went, 186 9 47 ° A eco 1) 0 ' Per Cent., 1864 43 ins Dividends on the above payable in London. 11 1 :183a, 5 per Cent, Ex. 10 Florins per cent, Ex. 25f. Frh,°•,4 Per Cent. Certifiaaes h--e-Q4Bentes, 3 per Cent. "0. Account It i tt ite b 2 1 Pe t Ex. 12 Gull Par en63l. Do, - Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. 641 0. Account C h (),,•8018., Money TWO O'CLOCK. Do_ Account "Je• karch .......... 89i ,i 'ver -- p.ool Cotton Market—This Day. A eß* ' t he sale s willlzar ket, si nce t h e rece i pt o f t h e A mer i can h„ -RI Per the Moravian, has again become dearer, probably amount to 8,000 bales. lloy Th eir ,Ar" ENGLISH OPERA, COVET-GARDEN.- -"'o3ral ttecolli . Highnesses the Prince honoured the ‘ , 0 131 ,,'ed by the Prince of Leiningen, . and Princess of Wales, NZ' talglish. Opera House with a visit last night, and --4nessed the performance of the new opera, " Constance," nd tb hi , e Pantomime, royal in which Donato danced. Their be remained till the close of the entertainment. 4 -KEPRESENTATTOX OF MAIDSTONE.—It is and li)rti• nced that Mr. Edward Ladd Betts, of Preston Hall, an stone j. Edward will contest the representation of Maid t°l'alle at the next general election with Mr. Charles Bux -414 Ilr. Lee, the sitting members. li., I')IIESENTATION OF NEWPORT.--Mr. C. Wyke -4'01: Martin, formerly member for West Kent, has m ute entatlon of the borough of Newport, an- Are his intention of becoming a candidate for the re -4'l'll Dmieral election. Isle of Wight, at SHARE MARKETS—Thi3 day. ORDINARY SHIRES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. I red.! Closing Business Price. done. Bir., Wol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne .. • • Boatel and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon ..... • Cornwall Do. A I A gets no div. till6p.c.p.an.has . Do B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun,.Perth, & R b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.,. A stock Do. B o 132 131 Li 61 32 34 16 17 87 8 1 107 1 0 46 47• 7 8 133 135 153 15 13) 33 Do. .New, is. at 2i pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Neste n -Ori_inal I) S. IT„Li. Rail ,e,ua. Do. South Wales Do W. 3lid.— Ox erd Do. Newpo t 80. Ile eford.... Lanc shire & York,hire ',Tilden and Blackwali Lon , & S Coast . Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do. * shares • Metropolitan. Do. New Nlid and Do, Birmin . & Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. 8 shares vi id Kent .. No th British Do. Ed., Pth ,"& Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. G.N •E purchase Do. Leeds 90 9?. zli P. 57 61 49 5 , .02 1 01 1174 118 81 61 106 107 36 28 1 2 12', 98. 9N 61 63 129 13 21 2'p 138 la* 107 1(9 54► 55 6 27 1 3 113 71 72 104 10, Do. York Do. Carlisle ..... Do. ::tock. & Darling. De. d 1855-t8 Do. do. 180-61 North London Do. New Do. do 18r4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish G..ntral Scot. N. E , Aber. stock Po. Foot, Mid. stick h•ews & Welchpool 1 Shropshire Union Soutti Devon , outh E stern ;taines, Wuk., & Wok 'Taff Vale Do C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw W. Hartlepool Har.& Do. A. irredeemable Do. A redeemable 38 39 1 12T 96 10p 122 125 11} It I 11), 805 81t 11 114 138 142 43 45 (0 G . 57 59 831 81 9 1 160 165 110 113 33 40 75 78 BRITISH r, 'OSSESSIONS. Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom., Baroda, A Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent Do. shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6p. c. bds. Aux. 1, 872 Do do. July 1,1873 55 68 101 105 p4i ar 5p ri 9; 75 6) Do. do. June 1, 1574 Calcutta it 8. E., lim.. e Town Ai Dock, gu. Demers , a, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben :al, gu , 5 Co East ILII9 t n,. gu..5 p.c. 97 93 73 85 1: 0 102 1001 101 101 102 Do .1 Eitin sloti Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bond -1 charge 6 pm Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred ... Do. 2d Pr( f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. stock 19 2) 59 91 67 64 58 60 6 , 63 54 56 50 b 3 45 , 48 26 2S 25 27 101 1(2 ids p par it p Do. do. deferred ....I Do. 4th Pref. stock .. Do. do. deterred .... Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.e. so. Gus 5 per cent.. Do. New gua..e p. c.. Gt. South ollndiatitra.) gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do Great W, s. of Canada.. D New. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 o°. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do: 41 do g) 100 81 9 12 114 d 85 1-0 7(1 tO 9t} 101 i 9! 94 88 9) Do. 4o do Do. Fifth Extensionl MAI). Cor. 6 p. c. 'lnds.' Mel & Hudson's Bay I Few Brunswick & Can Class A and B NT. Bl.C'da, pc lst pf bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do I Do. Punjaub Do.lndus St Flo " 01 63 3 5 82 8 99 100 g' 160 id ip 100 t 94 97 100 {lOO 2 109 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec.3l, 1572 100 - - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&J uly 1877-4 ;00 92 94 93 2 Do. 6p. c. Feb & Aug 3i 0 94 05 -- D sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10 / ' 94 06 / 1 0. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 81 83 801 Do. 5 p Inscribed sk 100 81 83 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 10 166 1 1 0. April & Oct. 1880-1 100 103 108 Do. do: I'9o-1 100 107 1 1 9 100 Do. Jan. & July, 1591 lOO 106 1(..8 103 Ceylon, Nov 1840, 6p. c 100 102 101 Do. 1878, do lOO 108 110 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1-78 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. /5 100 108 110 Natal '3ov. a per cent lOO 105 107 N.B.Gcv 6 p.e.Ja.& July 100 91 07 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p 'COW 00 98 100 Do. 5 p.c. 18 Ito 1876 100 92 94 Do. 5 p.c. 1883 to 1592 100 91 93 92} 2 New Zealand, 6p. cent 1(,0 103 105 Do. 5 per cent.... 100 86 88 Nova Sc,tia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 IC.O 95 97 Queensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 102 303 1r.3 t 3. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c 18.8-8 100 -- Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 105 107 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 100 Do. do, n Aril Oct lOO lon 1 03 i 107 k 8 BRITISH MINES. 2 cam Consol. Gold, lim 1 1 . Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated — 29 31 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 573 555 Drakewalls 2.1.0 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 30 4 -- East Cara'lon. 2.14. 121 13 asp Cana Brea 3.4.0 01 7 -- East Grenville 2.7.0 3 34 East Loved 2.13.6 13 14 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 4 4 Gam & StAubyn(Gwen. 60t 6 8 4 Gr•at L4xey, limited all 17i 181 Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 21 3. G. Wheal Vor (Heist Ai 40 33 31 Grenvii.e 7.8.3 21 3 Herod's Foot Hingsten Downs 4.18.0 31 4 Margaret 'Uny Lelant 91 6 8 Marke Valley 4.3.0 51 61 4 NOwyndy Iron Ore, Jim 21 it Old Nanglies New Se tun North Downs 3 3 24 14 1 16 4 North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 3.10.0 North Wheal Crofty 2.8.0 2 21 - - Prosper United 7.1.6 3 34 Pr•.vidence Uny L/aut 10.6.7 31 33 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 530 550 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18. 2/ 25 Stray Park . 40.17.. 144 151 Tin Croft 9 14 15 West Passett (Mogan W. Caradon (L'skeard 9 7 West Chtverton ll 65 70 West Seton 474 200 210 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 89 1024 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 II 1 1 Whea Ludo,,tt 3.12.. I Wheal Mary Ann (lien 8 13 15 Wheal Setoe Wheal Ti elawney (Lis 7 18 20 Wheal Uniat 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Kaneheater, Sheffield, and Liaeoln, 6 per cent., PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pi., 97 London. Brighton. Az.c , per cent., 1658, 961 South Eastern 5 per cent., 1859, 956 LINES LEASED AT FIXED:RENTALS. Null and Selby, 110 i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 10 Banta and San Francisco t li.a.) gua. rcr cent., 16 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 10i FOREIGN MINES Cape Copper, Rm., 11} 13ANliff. Alliance (lim.). 351 Ditto, issued at W pm., of which 10 is pd., 20: 29 Anglo Austrian, 7a Australasia, 721% Bank of Egypt, 321 Consolidated Bank, lira., 11 Continental, Jim., 191 Ditto, new, 91 a East London, lim.. 61 imperial Ottoman, 17f 1 a Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 51 London and Comity, 781 London Joint Stock, 471 . 8 7a London and Westminster, 95 4% Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 71 1 Provincial Banking Corporation, Dm , 31 Standard of British South Africa, lim', 211 Union of Australia, bla Union of London,s2i 31 DOCKS. East and West India, 1331 Southampton, 591 9 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., 3 Bo hbay Gas, lim., IS City Offices, Um_ tip Continental Union Gas. Um.. 11 Contract ,orporation, lira., 41 Crystal Palace, 356 Ebbw Vale, 31 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 51 Financial Corporation, Fore-strt et Warehouse, lim., 91 Gen. Credit and Finance of Loudon, lire., 7 1 Hudson's Bay, 15/ Humber Iron Wo. ks, 21 International Financial society, Rm., 7,1 Italian Irriat , on (Canal Cav our), Ditto,s per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, S2l 2 London Financial Association, Urn., 22/ London and (Miaow En2, , lneering and iron Ship, Lon oa aud Provincial Marine, 31 Marine Investment, lim ,13/ National Discount Company, lim., 15 1 National Provincial Marine, 2 1 Oriental Commercial, lim., 7 Oriental Financial, lira., 3 Ottoman Gas, lim., 4 Royal Mail Steam, 971 Scottish Australian Investment, lim.. 123 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 71 Trust and Agency of Australasia, lim., 7i Universal Marine. Insurance, Um., 5/ Warrant Finance, lim., 81 13 1 et et 8t 50 20 100 st I N 20i 10 100 1 201 204 100 100 100 100 'CO 100 10 103 10 F 0 10 100 rHE SUN, LoNno.N, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1865, OPENING OF A ItLIAMEN Te THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, We are commanded to assure you that her Ma- 'sty has great satisfaction in recurring again to the 47 6} advice and assistance of her Parliament. The negotiations in which the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia were engaged with the King 81f i of Denmark were brought to a conclusion by a treaty of peace ; and the communications which her Majesty receives from foreign Powers lead her GO) 102} 117} to entertain a well-founded hope that no renewed disturbance of the peace of Europe is to be appre- 06 i 24 11 981 6:1 ended The civil war in North America still unhappily continues. Her Majesty remains steadfastly neutral between the contending parties, and would rejoice at a friendly reconciliation between them. 129 j ef 1331 103 A Japanese Daimio in rebellion against his Sove reign infringed the rights accorded by treaty to Great Britain and to certain other Powers ; and the Japanese Government having failed to compel him to desist from his lawless proceedings, the Diplomatic Agents andthe Naval Commanders of Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, and the United States of America, undertook a combined operation for the purpose of asserting the rights which their respec tive Governments have obtained by treaty. That operation has been attended with complete success ; and the result has afforded security for foreign com merce and additional strength to the Government of Japan, with which the relations of her Majesty Ito I are friendly. 1121 551 6 Papers on this subject will be laid before you. Her Majesty regrets that the conflict with some of the native tribes in New Zealand has not yet been brought to a close, but the successful efforts of her Majesty's regular forces, supported by those raised in the colony, have led to the submission of some of the. insurgents ; and those who are still in arms have been informed of the equitable conditions on which their submission would be accepted. Her Majesty has had great satisfaction in giving her sanction to the meeting of a Conference of Dele gates from her several North American Provinces, who, on invitation from her Majesty's Governor- General assembled at Quebec. Those delegates adopted resolutions having for their object a closer union of those provinces under a Central Government. If those resolutions shall be ap proved by the Provincial Legislatures, a bill will be laid before you for carrying this important measure into effect. fBl 74 101: ; I Her Majesty rejoices at the general tranquillity of her Indian dominion, but her Majesty regrets that long-continued outrages on the persons and property of subjects of her Majesty, for which no redress could be had, have rendered it necessary to employ a force to obtain satisfaction for the past and security for the future. Her Majesty deeply laments the calamity which has recently occasioned great loss of life and pro perty at Calcutta and at other places in India. Prompt assistance was rendered by the officers of the Government, and generous contributions have been made in various parts of India to relieve the sufferings which have thus been occasioned. Ilrt)y. HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Feb. 6. Earl Granville had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday, and returned to London to-day. The Prince and Princess of Wales The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive yes terday, attended by the lion. Mrs. Stonor. The Prince of Leiningen arrived at Mnrlborough House, on a visit to the Prince and Princess of The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, went to the Royal English Opera, Covent-garden, in the evening. PARLIAMENTARY ENTERTAXMIENTS.—Last night Lord Palmerston and Earl Granville gave their usual Par liamentary banquets to their political supporters. The Earl of Derby and the Right Hon. B. Disraeli also enter tained their friends prior to the commencement of the par liamentary campaign. Viscount Bangor has arrived at Claridge's Hotel from Monkstown, near Dublin. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— This Dap• 'MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING A CAPTAIN'S WATCH.—NOTORIOUS THIEVES. —Emily Blomfield and Ellen Davies, alias Williams, alias Gorman, both young women, were charged, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with stealing from the person of Captain Isaac King, who is also an adjutant of volunteers, and resides at Park-road, New Wandsworth, a gold watch of the value of £lO. The prosecutor said—About a quarter past 1 o'clock this morning I was going along Piccadilly, when one of the prisoners got in front of me, and the other by my side They asked me to accompany them home, but I told them that I would have nothing to do with them. They then turned sharply round, and as they did so I felt a touch at my side. After going about two yards, a woman asked me if I had lost anything, and I then found my chain was hanging down in front of me. The woman told me that the two women had gone up Great Windmill-street. I spoko to police-constable 330 A, and he went after the pri soners and brought them both back. My watch was afterwards found down the area. The whole affair did not take a minute, as I would have nothing to say to the women. Joseph Kettlewell, 330 A, said—On the prosecutor tell ing that me he had been robbed of his watch, and that the women had gone up Great Windmill-street, I went after them, and, seeing a constable, asked him if he had seen two women pass. lie said he had, and I went with him, and took the prisoners into custody. William Watson, 299 A—ln consequence of what the last witness told me I went after the prisoners, and heard Blomfield say, " Sling (throw it away) it, Nell." The pri soners were then standing over a grating at the corner of Archer-street, and directly after I saw the watch fall from Davies' hand down the area. I afterwards picked up the watch, which had been broken at the bow in the usual manner, in the area. Wm. Gordon, 33 C—Davies was convicted of felony in October, 1861, a previous conviction being then proved. She was sentenced to four years' penal servitude, and had only been out of prison a month, having eight months more to serve. I have known her as a thief for eight years, her last name being Gorman. I believe the other prisoner has also been convicted. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoners for trial. The prosecutor asked that the case might be settled by the magistrate, but Mr. Tyrwhitt said he could not deal with them, as they were well-known thieves. ,o defraud. MIDDLESEX SESSlONS—Yesterday. LADY CADOGAN'S BRACELET AND Mn. ATTENBOROUGH. John Wright, who was convicted last session of steal- . ing a gold bracelet, the property of Lady Honoria Ca,dogan, in a dwelling-house, was brought up for judgment. The Assistant Judge (to the prisoner)—Do you persist in saying you know nothing of the ring ? Prisoner—l have not the slightest knowledge of it. Mr. Attenborough was then sworn, and he said he was was sorry the report of the trial had appeared, as it had been most prejudicial to him, and he was most anxious to explain everything connected with it. The Assistant-Judge—At the trial it was stated that the stolen articles were taken to your place of business by the prisoner—that he was a total stranger to your assistant, who bought the bracelet of the prisoner for ten guineas, although he stated that he had only recently:bought it for fifteen guineas. Now, how much of that statement do you wish -to deny ? Mr. Attenborough said there had been no attempt to destroy the identity of the bracelet, and as regarded the value of fifteen guineas, in the opinion of his assistant it was not worth more. He thought that it was cheap at the price, and as it appeared that the prisoner was tired of it, he thought that ten guineas would do for it. It was worth about £l4. As regarded the stones, they were worth more than he expected. He was very sorry that this had occurred, and he would do anything that he could. He had carried on business in the neighbour hood respectably for twenty years. As the prisoner said where he came from, if he were selling stolen goods he would have convicted himself. His foreman had bought the bracelet cheaper than he ought to have done ; but he (Mr. Attenborough) could find no grounds for the censure which had been passed upon himself. He felt most acutely the censures which had been passed upon him, not only by his lordship but by the press ; and it was easy for people to make observations, but the man must have been no better than a lunatic to go and sell a stolen bracelet at a place where he was well known. The Assistant-Judge—What you have said will go forth to the public, who will no doubt form their opinion. As for myself, I must say I see no reason to change my awn., It was said that you gave the information which led to the recovery of all the property, but that is not the case. The learned Judge then sentenced the prisoner to 18 months' 1 1 hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Feb. 6 MANSION HOUSE. A r,rtion of the iol:owiag appeared in our impression of yesterday. THE ALLEGED FRAUDS UPON INSURANCE COMPANIES. —James Arnott, Wm. Sedgwick, and Chas. Thorn were - • • placed before the Lord Mayor, charged with conspiring together to obtain, and obtaining by fraudulent pretences, from the Royal Exchange Insurance and other insurance and assurance companies large sums of money with intent Yv The charge proceeded with to-day was that the pri soners, all engaged at Xierrilon's wharf, sent in claims for a certain number of bales of jute, nearly 1,000, to the in suranc3 offices, alleging that the property had b3en destroyed by the fire which took place at Mer::ton's wharf in November last year. Josiah Fay, a labourer at Barrey's Wharf.—Until re cently I was in the service of Messrs. Barrey Brothers, Merriton's Wharf, Dock-head. I was discharged at Christ mas last. I left in consequence of the slackness occasioned by the fire. My duties were to take the weights of goods landed or to do labourer's work. It was part of my duty to assist in storing goods away. I have occasionally taken the weight of bales of jute. I recollect in the summer of last year the ship Onward arriving. I took the weights of the goods (bales of jute) brought by the ship. I entered the weights of jute in a landing book. The tallies were fastened to each bale with a piece of wire. The marks on the bales were the letter S above the letter 0, with a figure 4 on the left hand side. Mr. Sergeant Atkinson asked what Mr. Humphreys intended to prove by the course he was adopting. He ob jected to asking witness anything that could be proved by the production of the property in court. Mr. Humphreys said he proposed to show that certain returns of jute as destroyea were made to the insurance offices, which jute was now in existence at another wharf at the present moment. Examination continued—l took the weight of more than 500 bales ex the Onward, and I saw the tallies affixed to the goods. The name of the ship and the weight of the goods were marked on the tallies. Before the bales were marked they were taken into the yard and stored. The goods were not moved from the stack until after the fire in November. After the fire on the Bth of December, I assisted in taking down part of the stack. Mr. Sedgwick,'the prisoner, gave me orders to break down 200 bales for delivery. I was assisted to co. so by a man named Burgess. Burgess asked Sedgwick if he were to pick out any particular weights. He said, "No, take them as they rise, this 200 will furnish the ship, the rest are for us." I and Burgess took the 200 bales down. Sedgwick was our foreman. I don't recollect seeing Arnot on that occasion, but some days after the &h of December I heard Arnott say to Sedg wick, as he was standing near the new warehous, that Mr. John was in a very ba,l way about the stock of jute by the Onward being over. A few days after a man named Callaghan and myself received some directions as to the bales of jute from the Onward by Sedgwick. We ware told to take the tallies of the remaining bales of the On- ward jute. We were to place them so as they could be moved in a truck for re-storing. We were to be particular ; we took the tallies off, and put them into a bag, and when the job was finished the tallies were to be burnt. A small bag was brought by Sedgwick for the purpose, and placed upon some timber near the stack. We took down the stack and put the tallies into the bag, as directed. The bales were taken away and placed in another part of the premises. Sedgwick was present during the whole of the day directing the works. I saw Mr. Arnett and Mr. Alfred Barry also present in the early part of the day. Later in the day Dell came and "blew me up" in presence of Mr. John Barry and Sedgwick about not returning some "spanners" that had been borrowed. On the Friday that I left I observed a great quantity of that pro perty on the wharf. • There were about 350. They then had on them tallies marked " City of Dublin." They were in the new warehouse. I went upstairs and saw them when I went to get something I had left. When I came back I asked Sedgwick what he had directed Burgess to ask me what I went up stairs for. I asked him if he thought I was going to put. a bale of jute in my pocket. I also saw some of the bales re-marked as having arrived by other ships. Just after I left the wharf I went on the 4th of January and gave information of ;what I saw to the in surance officers. On the 11th of January I went to Merri ton's wharf. Arnett, Mr. Alfred Barry, Mr. Whiting, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Radnall were there. Mr. Whiting said, addressing me—You have something to say about some goods which were kept back from the fire officers which were not burnt. I said " Yes," and then went on to say that I with another man had taken the tallies off 350 bales of jute from the ship Onward, and that they had been re marked as part of the cargo of the City of Dublin. I also said if they pulled down some of the bales they would find they had no tallies. Upon this Mr. Whiting asked Mr. Alfred Barry what he had to say. That gentleman turned round and said " Now, Mr. Arnett," and he admitted it was true. I also charged Mr. Alfred Barry with having 100 bags of rice, and only seven were repre sented to the fire insurance offices as being on hand. Mr. Barry referred to Arnett, and he said it was true. I also said at the June fire, you kept back a parcel of jute from the Sebastian Cabot, and also some brought by the William Cole, the Ann, and the Raleigh—in all about 300 bales. That they had been, after being removed to different ware house, finally burnt in the November fire. Arnott admitted this also to be true. I said if he denied it I would chair lenge'him to bring up the landing book. Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis, on the part of Mr. Sedg wick—A week after I left the wharf I went to the fire offices. I made no communication to anybody before I told the insurance office. When I removed the tallies from the jute I know I was doing wrong, but I was acting under my foreman's orders. I don't know that by so doing I was committing a fraud. I believed the tallies were being removed from the jute to defraud the fire offices. 1 didn't give notice to the fire office before I left the wharf. It would not have answered my purpose to do so. I acted under my foreman's orders. I might ;have made some remarks to some of the other men. I might have said to some one " Th,ey are doing the doll trick to-night." I have said that Mr. Sedgwick and Mr. Arnett were not to blame in the matter, and I believe what ho did, he did for the firm. I was present when stock was being taken after the fire. I did not help to land the cargo of the City of Dublin. The mark put on the jute, ex Onward, was the same as that used on board the City of Dublin. I know that there has been mistakes at the wharf in delivering goods. I have known that if all the bales from one ship could not be got at some brought by another was taken and delivered. I have been at St. Katherine's Dock. I was dismissed from that employment. I was collector and treasurer, and before I was discharged I had £4O in my possession belonging to the men. I kept away for a few days, and then I said I had lost the money, and so I had. It was not believed. I was discharged from the dock. • Mr. Lewis—Who was the foreman of the jury ? Witness—l'll not answer another question without you ask for the remainder of the story about the money. Mr. Lewis—You shall answer my questioris. Witness—l wont. You are injuring my character, and I will defend it as well as I am able. Mr. Humphreys, the solicitor for the prosecution—l will ask you about the matter in ro-examination. The Lord Mayor—lt is only right that the witness should be told that he will have an opportunity of explain ing himself. Witness—l'll answer any question, now I know that. Mr. Lewis—Have you ever given evidence before a ma gistrate before ? ,Witness—No. Mr. Lewis—Nor ever been in a court of justice Witness—Only once, when I was fined f or getting tight. (Laughter.) before they Re-examined—l went to two police would o theuld have £ :Ii . an ythin g was y i e t , he hu lo t s l s N r vi i a t h c ed e he i rifsot:ttetixrnras.b s o u e f t n a g t lengthtodo Another Great Burglary. The shop of Mr. John Walter, chronometer-maker and jeweller, of No. 63, Cornhill, at the corner of Sun-court, was broken into on Saturday night, when articles valued at £6,000 were carriedoff. The upper portion of the house No. G 3, let off as offices, wcs approached by a side door in Sun-court, which at night was secured on the outside by strong patent locks, no person being left in charge. The groundfloor was converted into two shops, one oc cupied by Mr. Walker and the other by Messrs. Mitchell and Harris, tailors, who also occupy the basement under both shops as cutting rooms. The shop of Mr. Walker, when closed, was entered by a door at the back, which was gained by the side en trance in Sun-court to the upstairs offices. The shut- ters of the shop were of iron, and had some open Tugs in them, diroughwhich the police could see the interior, the gas oeing kept alight day and night when the premises were closed. At the rear, which looked into Sun-court, there were similar apertures in the shutter, while inside the shop there were look- ing glasses so fixed as to reflect the iron safe and everything about it, and which could be readily seen by persons looking through the openings in the shutters in Sun-court. The robbery was discovered about 8 o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. Walker's assistant, on unlocking the side door in the court, found it only partially locked, but the inside door was secure. On his getting into the safe-room at the back of the shop he saw at once . what had happened. The safe doorhad been burst open, and all the most valuable portion of Mr. Walker's stock which had been removed from the shop windows and counters on Saturday evening, consisting of gold watches, chronometers, diamond rings, pins, studs, bracelets, earrings, and other kinds of jewellery, and the cash box, containing a quantity of gold and some valu able securities, was gone. As soon as the robbery was made known to the police, Mr. Hamilton, the superintendent of the City detective force, and seve ral experienced officers, made a minute examination of the place with a view of ascertaining how the bur glary had been committed. It appeared that the thieves in the course of Saturday afternoon must have secreted themselves in some of the offices in the upper part of thebuilding, and have been locked in the house when the housekeeper left at 6 o'clock. The burglars commented their operations in the offices of Sir C. Crosley, the ex-sheriff, on the first floor, by cutting a hole by means of a centrebit through the flooring, into the shop underneath of Messrs. Mitchell, the tailors. With the aid of a kind of rope-ladder, which they made fast to a pair of tongs placed across the hole, the thieves lowered themselves into the tailor's shop. It would appear that their reason for not cutting a hole at once into Mr. Walker's shop was to avoid the noise and damage which wouldhave en sued by the mortar and plaster of the ceiling falling on and shattering the glass frames on the counters ; and the glass shades over the clocks, and which would have instantly attracted the attention of the passers-by, who, by looking through the aperture, could have noticed what was going on. The burglars having safely got into Mr. Mitchell's shop, attempted to cut through the partition at the back so as to gain the room to Mr. Walker's place, but after re moving some of the panels they met with an iron lining which successfully resisted their efforts. They then descended into the tailors' cutting room, which extended under the shop of Mr. Walker, in addition to that of Messrs. Mitchell, and by means of a chair placed on one of the cutting boards, they succeeded in cutting their way through the ceiling and floor ing above into Mr. Walker's safe-room. It is tole rably clear that the possession of the valuable con tents of the iron safe was their chief object, as none of the other stock of jewelry and watches in the frames on the counters and shop-windows had been disturbed. The safe is one of Milner's patent, about 4ft. or sft. in height, 3ft. inbreadth, and some 2ift. in depth, and stood in a corner of the room. It bears ample proof of having been operated upon with great violence for the purpose of bursting it open, a task which required probably the united strength of.three or four men. Small steel wedges had evidently been introduced in the opening of the door, and by the aid of crowbars and a powerful leverage, the door had been burst open, tearing away the bolts and inner casing. The burglars must have returned to the offices of Sir C. Crosley by hauling themselves up with the plunder through the hole in the flooring, and afterwards reached the street by breaking open the side door, which was secured by patent locks on the outside, and got clear off with the booty unobserved. It should be stated that while in the offices of Sir C. Crosley they contrived to open an iron -safe, and possessed themselves of the contents of the cash box, money, and documents. They left behind them a rope ladder and a very formidable life preserver, showing that they were prepared to offer a most deadly resistance in the event of their being detected. GENTLEMEN OF TIIE HOUSE OF COMMONS, Tier Majesty has directed the estimates for the ensuing year to be laid before you. They have been prepared with every attention to economy and with due regard to the efficiency of the public service. _ MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, Her Majesty commands us to inform you that the general condition of the country is satisfactory, and that the revenue realises its estimated amount. The distress which prevailed in some of the manu facturing districts has greatly abated ; and the Act passed for the encouragement of public works in those districts has been attended with•useful results. Ireland during the past year has had its share in the advantage of a good harvest and trade, and manufactures are gradually extending in that part of the kingdom. Various measures of „public usefulness will be submitted for your consideration. Bills will be laid before you for the concentration of all the Courts of Law and Equity, with their attendant offices, in a convenient site ; a measure which her Majesty trusts will promote economy and despatch in the administration of justice. The important work for the revision of the Statute Law, already carried to a considerable extent by recent Acts of Parliament, will be completed by a bill that will be laid before you. Her Majesty hopes that this work may be a step towards the formation of the Digest of the Law. Bills will also be submitted for your considera tion for the amendment of the laws relating to patents for inventions, and for conferring on the county courts an equitable jurisdiction in causes of small amount. Your assistance will also be invited to give effect to certain recommendations 'made to the Home of Commons, after inquiry directed by that house, into the operation of the laws regulating the relief of the poor. A bill will be laid before you founded on the re port of the commission for inquiring into public schools ; and her Majesty has directed that a com mission shall be issued to inquire into endowed and other schools in England, which have not been in cluded in the recent inquiries relating to popular education. Her Majesty commits with confidence the great interests of the country to your wisdom and care ; and she fervently prays that the blessing of Almighty God may attend your councils, and may guide your deliberations ( to the attainment .of the object of her constant solicitude, the welfare and happiness of her people. MARKET S --This Day. II AY MARKE TB. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 lOs ; clover £5 10s to £6 10s ; and straw, £1 8s to .£1 14s per load, Trade slow. - CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 10s to £5 10s ; clover, £5 10s to £6 103 ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 15s per load. A slow demand. WIIITECI3APEL. — Meadow hay, £4los to £5 lOs ; clover, £6 lOs to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 88 to £1 14s per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEA.—Business has been dull, the trade having been engaged with:the samples of the large quantity to be offered at public sale this day. SUGAR.—The market has remained dull, and only good grocery descriptions have sustained former prices. In the refined market a fair amount of business has been entered into at steady rates. COFFEE.—There has been a moderate enquiry for colonial descriptions, and late prices have been generally well sup- ported. RlCE.—East India descriptions have been in good demand and have realised fully former rates. T,►LLow.—Tho market has remained rather quiet, and quotations for both present and forward delivery have shown a downward tendency. P. Y. C. on the spot is quoted 41s. 6d. ; April to JanuaLy, 425. ; and last three months, 435. 3d. per cent. was discharged. I will give Mr. Lewis 12 months for him to see if he can find out that I ever used a penny of the money. Sedgwick is as much bound to obey his orders as I am, and it was , that fact made me say I did not think he was to blame in the matter. John Frederick Martin, another labouring man, lately 'employed at Merriton's Wharf, provedthe writing of a lot of tallies similar to those placed on the jute per the Onward. Sedgwick directed him to write them. Arnott did not come into the warehouse while he was there. -The fire occurred on the 23d of November. After that he was working in Sedgwick's gang, and in that capacity he wrote thousands of tallies for different ships. He recollected the salvage being taken, but he did not know who did it. By Mr. Lewis—Arnott was Sedgwick's superior officer, and consequently he would have to obey his orders. He did not know when he was writing the tallies City of Dublin that ho was doing wrong. He was directed to do it by the foreman, and he did it. There was no secrecy about the matter. Mr. Roberts, auctioneer, of Threadneedle-street, on behalf of the insurance offices, proved the receiving of a list of articles said to have been destroyed at the fire in Novemb:n., accompanied by a note signed, on behalf of Barry Brothers, by the prisoner Thorn. Thorn said that ho merely acted in the matter as cones- pending clerk. The prisoners were remanded until Saturday next Failway and other Companies. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The directors of this company have resolved to recom mend to the proprietors at the general meeting on the 16th inst. that the dividend for the half-year ending the 31st of December last be at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum on the ordinary capital stock - of the company. FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST ) RIDING JUNCTION. The half-yearlyineeting of this company was held yes terday at Preston ; Mr. T. B. Addison in the chair. The report stated that the gross receipts for the past half-year amounted to £3,788, being £462 more than those for the corresponding half-year of the preceding year. The working expenses were increased by £ll4. The net balance amounted to £1,498, out of which a dividend was recommended of 2s. per share. The report was adopted, and the dividend declared. MONKLAND. The directors of this company state in their report that the receipts for the half-year ending the 31st of December last amounted to £45,097, against £43,301 for the corre sponding half of 1863, showing an increase of £1,796, and the working expenses and interest to £21,798, against £23,445, showing an increase of £1,353. The net balance amounted to £20,299, against £19,856 for the same half of 1863, showing an increase of £443. The working expenses were 44.5 per cent. of the receipts. The directors were enabled to recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock, leaving a balance of £2,248, which, on being added to the reserve fund, in creased it to £7,001. A branch line of three-quarters of a mile in length had been constructed from the Rhotts line to Benhar, to provide access to a mineral field which was being opened out, and a considerable accession of traffic was expected from this source after the minerals had been reached. The bill for the amalgamation of this undertaking• with that of the Edinburgh and Glasgow had been ar ranged. Should the act be obtained in the ensuing session of Parliament, it had been agreed to anticipate the pro posed date of amalgamation and to unite the companies on the 31st July next. The revenue account for the half-year ending Dec. 31 last showed that 45,097 had been received, and £20,082 expended in working, £4,716 paid for interest on loans, leaving a balance of £20,299. The expenditure on capital account amounted to £967,141. CORK AND BANDON. The total traffic receipts for the half year ending the 31st Dec. last amounted to £9,845, which included the working of the Kinsale line, showing an increase of £lOO as com pared with the corresponding half of 1863. The balance sheet showed a profit of £2,353 for the half year, out of which the directors recommended a dividend on the No. 1 preference shares at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum for the past half year ; and they also recommended payment of the deferred warrants No. 2. preference shares, for dividend due tho half year ending the 31st Dec., 1863, making toge ther £2,208, and leaving £144. The directors wore in formed that the West Cork and Macroon Railways would shortly be opened for traffic. The capital account showed that £417,431 had been expended to the 31st of December last. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the following bills were declared to have com. plied with the standing orders of Parliament : METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.—To confer further powers on the company. To enable them to abandon one of their junction railways already authorised, and to adopt another, to make a lino to the Hammersmith-road, and to raise an additional capital of £150,000 and £50,000 loan. GRAVESEND LANDING STAGE.—For a railway from Den ton to Chalk, near Shorne Battery, with a landing stage and warehouses. Capital, £150,000; loan, £50,000. DOVER, DEAL, AND SANDWICH.—For a railway between these points, at an estimated cost of £llO,OOO. NORTH KENT EXTENSION. For a railway from the North Kent at Denton to the Coastguard station on the Medway opposite Sheerness, together with a pier, wharves, &c. Capital, £120,000; loan, £40,000. WYCOMBE.—Extensions to Uxbridge and Great Marlow. Capital, £300,000 ; loan, £lOO,OOO. ELY, HADDENHAM, AND SUTTON.—To extend the line from Sutton, in the Isle of Ely, to St. lye's, with powers to the Gitat Eastern and Great Northern to use the same, with power to raise an additional capital of £66,000, and loan of £22,000. BARNSLEY, ACXWORTR, AND PONTEFRACT.—For a rail way between these points. Capital, £225,000; loan, £75,000. CARMARTHEN AND CARDIGAN.—For branches near Kid welly, and to extend the time for purchase of lands and execution of works. SWANSEA AND ADERYSTWITH JUNCTION.—For new branches, and to raise £57,000, and borrow £13,000. SOUTH LANCASHIRE.—For railways between the Lanca shire and Yorkshire, London and North Western, and river Mersey, with a dock on the Lancashire shore of that river. Capital, £00,000; loan, £200,000. _ _ _ . WEST CORNWALL.—To enter into working arrangements with other companies and to lease or sell their undertaking. WEST RIDING AND GRIMSBY.—To raise £50,000, and bor. row £16,000 to carry out works already authorised. FISIIGUARD BAY AND HARBOUR.—For construction of a railway from the South Wales Railway to Fishguard Bay and a harbour at Goodwick-pier. Capital, X - 250,000 ; loan £83,000. DUBLIN METROPOLITAN JUNCTION.—For railways in and near Dublin. Capital, £lOO,OOO ; loan, £133,000. BELFAST AND COUNTY DOWN, AND BELFAST AND HOLY WOOD AND BANGOR.—To authorise the transfer to the Bel fast, Holywood, and Bangor Company of the Holywood branch of the Belfast and County Down. _ _ _ NEWRY AND GREENORE.—Fornew works and deviations, DUBLIN, RATHMINES, and RATHGAR.—For extension to Bfesington and Dublin. Further capital, £200,000; loan £66,000. The other companies were the Lancashire Union(for new lines) and the Buchlastleigh, Totnes, and South Devon. The non-compliances included the Monmouthshire. The bill of the Thames Valley and London and South- Western was withdrawn. ELECTRIC AND INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAP The report of the directors states that the progressive advance in the revenue of the company for many years past had continued, with slight interruption, during the six months just completed. There was a diminution in the cost of maintenance, arising from the liberal provision on this account made in former half years. There was, how ever, included under this head a sum of £4,485 for the con struction of the pneumatic apparatus at Liverpool, Man chester, and Birmingham. The net profit on the opera tions of the company for the half-year, after making every provision for the working charges, interest on debentures and loans, and the special vote of £l,OOO to the late secretary, amounted to £54,076 against £50,568 in the corresponding period of 1863. The directors recommended a dividend of 4 per cent. for the half year on the stock and shares of the com pany, leaving a balance of £14,831 to be added to the trust fund, which would then, with the accumulated interest, amount to £54,672. The directors had decided on extend ing their system through the north of Ireland, and con necting Belfast with Scotland by a cable across the Chan nel near Portpatrick. This extension would bring into communication with England and the Continent the active commercial districts of Ulster, and the company would also be secured by the possession of a double connection from such an interruption and consequent loss of tra me i of as had recently occurred by the temporary failure their cable from Wexford to the Welsh coast. In rep ing this cable the directors had used some miles os e, shore-end, specially constructed for the o f thick expense of this renewal would be charged against the,fsund for that purpose. The other extenshonnasilonfsthine cleonmgptahn, ypsrinys ci_ tem during the half-year wer e T le revenue account for the pally for railway companies• half-year showed that £l4l,prllacl been receiveofxm,o7.d, and £87,513 expended, leaving . lanceba TELEGRAPH TO INDIA (LIMITED). dinary general meeting ga of-sthrieseco;mpany was Moor te t t Sir The fourth or held yesterday at the office, Mac donald Stephenson in the chair. Mr. MAYO, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the directors had received the half-yearly payment of £1,250 from the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, for the rental of the Company's line in Egypt to the 31st December last, and recommended that a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, be paid to the shareholders for the half-year ending the 31st of December last, payable on and after the 15th inst. Tho capital account showed that £59,088 had been received, and £56,399 expended, leaving a balance of £2,689. T he CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it was simply for the purpose of distributing £1,250 in payment of a dividend among the proprietors at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the past half-year, free of income tax. Ho did not know that it was necessary to take uptheir time with any observations. The directors had recom mended them on a former occasion to remain quiet, and not to force the sale of their property, but await the result of negotiations still going on. The success of the Persian Gulf line was placed beyond doubt, and if the working of that telegraph should prove as satisfactory as the laying of it, the traffic on it between China and India would be very great, and would not only find work enough for it, but for four or five other lines. The Government, no doubt, would prefer an alternative line by the Red Sea to laying duplicate lines along the same route, in case the Persian Gulf line should fail, for then the alternative line along the Rod Sea would become indispensable. (Hear, hear.) n o believed that the year 18G5 would see many thousands of miles of submarine telegraph successfully laid. Some of the submarine lines were a great deal too cheaply con structed, the cables weighing something like one ton per mile. It was now found that cables constructed of grefiter strength and of at least four tons to thn mile were the best; .abk , s of z...t kas quired, and should Ml , ' to se, and lay a sea line Lrvey of the groaL,l tons to tho mth were re- contractors now who had no f ,ar ~k:ug au sea-line, provided they had a. careful survey of the route it was to take and the section of the bottom. The directors had conducted the affairs of the company with the utmost economy ; the office and other expenses did not exceed £2OO a year ; they had used every exertion to promote the interests of the company and had received no remuneration, nor did they want any, as they felt bound to exert themselves to the last. But, at the same time they confidently believed that a Red Sea line would be absolutely needed, and they therefore wished the shareholders to wait and see the result. Mr. DENT seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. After a few remarks from Mr. Bnecx and Mr. GODFREY on items in the accounts, and an explanation by the CaLiR MAN, the report was adopted ; the dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum for the past year was declared ; the retiring directors, the Hon. J. Byng, Mr. W. Dent, and Ad miral W. H. Hall, were re-elected, and also Mr. J. H. Prank lin, the retiring auditor, with an allowance of £lO 10s. for his services. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors for their zeal and exertions in promoting the interests of the com pany was carried unanimously. _ BIRMINGHAM JOINT-STOCK BANK (LIMITED). At a meeting of the shareholders at Birmingham yester day the directors were authorised to confirm an agreement for an amalgamation with Attwood, Spooner, and Co. It was also agreed to raise the capital' from £2,000,000 to £3,000,000 ; and the report of the directors, recommending a distribution for the past half-year at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum, was confirmed. ~~ _ w BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND BANK. The directors of this bank have directed a dividend of £1 10s. per share (£5O paid) for the half-year ending De cember 31. SOUTH KENSINGTON HOTEL, The second half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the hotel; Mr. T. Vaughan in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The profits for the short time the hotel was open prior to the 31st of December last amounted to £l2l. On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. Wood, the report was,adopted. A resolution was also passed declaring that for the future the advertisements of the company's meetings in the Times should be considered a legal notice, the Chairman stating that the directors would send a notice round to the share holders as usual. The remuneration of the directors for the past year was fixed at £3OO, and that of the auditor at £lO, and they were all re-elected. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TERSALL'S-T HURSDAT. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 20 to 1 agst Arbury (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Emblem (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Real Jam (taken and offered) 22 to 1 agst Tony Lumpkins (taken) 25 to 1 agst Czar (taken) 25 to 1 agst Morocco (taken) 25 to 1 agst Shropshire (taken) 30 to 1 agst Freshman (taken) 30 to 1 agst Flyfisher (taken) 30 to 1 agst Merrimac (taken) 33 to 1 agst Meanwood (taken) 40 to 1 agst Creole (taken) 1000 to 25 agst Market Gardener (taken) TWO THOUSAND. Bto 1 on the field (offered) 9to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken freely) 9to 1 agst Zambezi (taken) 10 to 1 agst Liddington (taken)l 12 to 1 agst Rifle (taken) 100 to 8 agst Archimedes (taken) 100 to 7 agst Bedminster (taken) 20 to 1 agst Koenig (taken) CHESTER CtiP. 20 to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken and offered) 33 to 1 agst Harcourt (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lion (taken) 33 to 1 agst Clown (taken) 33 to 1 agst Balham (taken) 33 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) THE DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Liddington (taken) 9to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) 18 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken) 12 to -1 agst Duke (offered) 100 to 6 agst Bedminster (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Archimedes (taken) 22 to 1 agst Broomielaw (taken) 25 to 1 agst Rifle (taken) 33 to 1 agst Zambesi (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken) 40 to 1 agst Long-down (taken) 50 to 1 agst Friday (taken freely) 66 lo_ 1 agst Farewell (taken) RACING FIXT FEBR Birmingham l4 Lincoln Spring 2l MARI Derby Spring 2 West Drayton Liverpool Spring 7 Shrewsbury Spring lO Doncaster Spring l4 Vincennes AP Vincennes Northampton 4 Croxton Park Newmarket Craven l7 Durham Newmarket Ist Spring 1 Chester 9 I York Spring • l6 Salisbury lB JU Vincennes Chelmsford' 7 Manchester Summer Ascot l3 Beverley l4 Liverpool Alexandra P: rk 2O Jt Newmarket July Carlisle Worcester Abingdon Stamford l3 Winchester lB AUG Brighton 1 Brighton Club Lewes 4 Huntingdon Wolverhampton Heading Egham Royal "Windsor SEPTE: Leicester ..................... . Doncaster .................. 12 8rec0n........................ 18 Richmond .................. 19 OCTO Northallerton 5 Newmarket 2d Oct 9 Vincennes ROVE: Liverpool Autumn Shrewsbury STEEPLECHASE F KTURES FOR 1865, MARCH. Liverpool .................. 8 Chertsey 16, 17 S Sh carborou gh rewsbury ............... 10 Grand Mil. (Rugby) 24, 25 ............ 16, 17 Torquay2B AP West Somerset I Abergavenny 20, 21 THE SAFFRON-HILL MUMMER.—Yesterday the Sheriffs of London, Alderman Dakin and Alderman Besley, appointed Wednesday fortnight, the 22d inst., for carrying into execution the sentence of death passed on the Italian Polioni, at the Central Criminal Court on Friday last. THE COALPIT CATASTROPHE IN BELGIUM.—Since the occurrence of the frightful explosion in the coal mine at Dour, in Belgium, by which so many lives were sacrificed, subscriptions in aid of the families of the suffer ers have poured in from all parts of the country, and the charitable stream still flaws onwards. A goodly sum has been raised by a musical society belonging to a coal-mining district in a rernoto part of the country, the members of which have visited Brussels in their quaint costume and have given entertainments in aid of the cause. JRES FOR 1865. VARY. Nottingham Spring 2B Warwick Spring Vincennes Chelmsford Spring ...... 28 Grand National Hunt Barham 3O Lewes Spring 3O Canterbury Spring Abergavenny 2O Thirsk 2l Cardiff 25 Epsom Spring ... 25 MAY. Bath 23 Harpenden 26 Epsom 3O Hampton 2l Newton Newcastle Odiha,m Bidbury Stockbridge rLY. Nottingham lB S out hampton l9 Chesterfield 2O Goodwood .. 25 Down Royal Corp VITST. York 22 24 28 29 D vir lLF3i e el e Y 'ne r v y nhbil:Slaludtnuti d l h in E n x e ter Baden 3l 31 Stockton :31BEIL Monmouth 2l Manchester Autumn Newmarket tat Oct 26 tit alsall IBER. Newmarket Ho. M 23 Vincennes MR. -1 ingl patl l Y e -ld , ; teal' ire °C is—t o Lloo t . a dal dar ity; oenls' la st,:'r) `lll` ~. b, 3 oan l / o '. 1 , 1 ' B si H .1- E~