The Sun. — London, England, 1865-03-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Great activity to-day has been noticeable in dis e4„,ll4t Circles, the requirements of the commercial ;:,lases still being very numerous and important. The general rate for three months' securities has 111tinued at 4i per cent., and the brokers have had capital at their disposal owing to the recently age business they have negotiated. atThere were no bullion operations of importance the Bank yesterday. The O ne id a , w hi c h l e ft tO-day for the Brazils, took out £13,700. to The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up t his day, are in round figures as under : Great l'irestern ••• 1101111. Western •• • Elouth Western • • k ighto n Itictizt 1865. 1864 ... ... ....£60,477 £56,400 ~. ~. ... 97,562 92,679 ... ... ... 19,990 18,216 ... ... ... 15,089 14,210 zd ... ... ... 46,256 43,828 ' l3ll th Eastern 17 , 910 eat Northern 33,421 R.: hue 16,537 31,343 and Yorkshire ... ... 35,927 35,280 ")ingtol and Exeter ... 5,648 °llll ern ka East 54,269 „, Q' el lester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 17,320 ' ea t Eastern 29,534 5,196 52,448 17,458 27,729 Lese returns, when compared with those of the ,desponding period of last year, are of a very i's'tlsfactory character. On the Great Western there 4 4 ' 1 increase of £4,077; on the North Western of ; on the South Western of £1,774 ; on the ti i q e ghton of £879; on the Midland of £2,428 ; on South-Eastern of £1,373 ; on the Great A her n of £2,078 ; on the Lancashire and York °fe £647 ; on the Bristol and Exeter of £452 ; t he North E as tern of £1,821; and on the Great t ern of £1,805 ; but the Manchester, Sheffield, ,„ "mu Lincoln exhibits a decrease of £l3B. Two O'CLOCK. t q k t Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's 7 7 e gran; the French - 3 per Cent. Rentes were 67f. c • Inanimate. ti, kil iraprovement of k per cent. has taken place in keemarket for English Funds. The rise has been 6. _to some large investments, as well as to a pur f7e by the Government broker of New Threes. 8:'‘ols for money are 881 k, and for the account 41 - The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are Pei 87 / 1 ; Exchequer Bills, 6s. prem. ; and India 5 V°ents., 104. 1 4 r eign Securities have not fluctuated to any , o ‘erial extent, and business has been dull. Turkish 5 3 Pe i r Ce n t s ., 1862 , are 72 k ; d o . C onso lide s , 52k w ) 1 1 . ; Mexican, 258 268 ; do. New, 251 ; Greek, 1 ; Spanish Passive, 328 8 ; do. Certificates, ae d ; Italian, 631 64 ; do. New, 21 18 dis. ; t he Confederate Loan, 38 39. 'll3iiiess in the Railway Share Market has been 44 °4 r ately active, and prices have generally shown ku ll Pward tendency. Midland and North Western L ancashire and Yorkshire have each improved Ito ' Great Western, 15s ; and Great Northern A j a r ° e " , £1 ; b u t London, Chatham, and Dover, k at th Eastern, Berwick, and South Eastern have dedi n d e ss. e Foreign and Colonial lines remain dull at bout Previ ous p r i ces . t tw a tilz and Miscellaneous Shares continue in k - 'e r ate request, at steady rates. Affiance are t tli 4 d 334 ; London and Westminster, 941 ; 33 °11 of London, 528 53 ; Crystal Palace Stock, , ; and International Financial, 6k 1. Rio all eiro Gas shares are quoted 8 prem. South 1, 5 4,... e an Land an d Finance, 11 11 prem. ; M e t r o- V/in District Railway, Si 6 prem. ; and Varna 1 11 / ay, 3 1 prem. e Subscription list of the Varna Railway Coro, eta ?; Closed yesterday, applications having been l ot s for 106,399 shares, the number to be cl bein g only 30,000. 40 BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Der e IIINISENT FUNDS. 4ene,t. Consols itkrlccount, April 6 BB Di 03 eat. Reduced • 861 71 , V2per Cent B7 6/ 71 , D o. , Per Cent. Jan. 1894 — ` o 4 iii ,..Per Cent. Jan. 1873 bo. , i ' le s, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 I , D o gr 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — ' l ‘\""'ed Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — aker Buis, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 6 pin 11 ‘ ,. 1) o. £5OO v o c, £lOO and X2OO 1 1 .14) ' England Stock, 51 per Cent — kfli ki l i kji GOvERNmENT SECURITIES. ' ll3 t) r t °Ck, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — Do - s ' e celint Do, Per Cent. July, 1870 Account 1 10 4 0 Per Cent., Oct. 1888 60, ' e rtifieates — Dc, 4 faced Paper 4 per Cent — 0 : `,Per Ce n t., J an . 1872 D 0 u) - per Cent, May 1879 , 1 ?0 il Per Cent,Aug.Aug 1866 — 4 . l o: 4 ' o llds ' £l,OOO klder £l,OOO 4 44t t . i .._ FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. t kzifc' 4 4 „ Bonds, 5 per Cent '. l O. ( l l 6 per Cent :q c per Cent., 1852-58-60 „t l4 ? °B 4 _ 4l ._Yres 6 18631 per Cent — h . ?? 1 `;‘ ,o urit 906 -kiilk Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 00. 11 4 1 6 Per Cent — Cilloroape_r Cent L" 671' 6 per Cent. — N 5 Per Cent. — 0. Pe r Cent, 1864 — Do 4 3 1.1 P .f.-55 paid Pm Per 6 Cent„ 1825 — V?. 5 Per Cent, 1864 — 11,1111,0er Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid 0,6,1' Principalities — N or c ) _Paia _ dis ik, dewil i Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Ati o , Visional Land Warrant — 4 Pe Cent —D° ~ e _ r ,4 0 ;end Issue — J 3( Ronds t ° l3 o „.'• 1864 95-1 Vt 5 .4 . , - ,.1 3 1 "..55 paid I ° Pt s e ° ll lit — pm to Ac Per C en t s ., 1824-5, ex Coupons V 5 . e e°ll llt 4 84 Otip, Ito tt lala 118 0l: 163 9 5 Per Cent. tI t•th ig s er Carid t ~P ent (Maremmana Railway) `)? I . ie kti tt l a P 7 £lO p a id 5 A n _ Per Cent. — •-•un a 26 51 1)0 /),.. nt ~b 6 De 1864 25 i 10:,P,,, a Cent. Anglo-French — 'o , 9 l . d 'ell Scrip, Ex 25f 20c — dis tt) o l ,,Nilli e4l3 - 6. per — Cen., X3O paid qpm .1:1 % It 111 Perial 5 per t Cent ° 2 p o lla ‘ — h ° t o r Cent — i' 'rot ferr e d tttt N t" Warrants (Hectares) 1) 5 3 1 , e ll Per Cent. a tt 1,04.1 Cent (Uribarren) — ° ' Pe r • 4,Cent., 1862 — IN Le'ant b' Ae t e- ' 3 Per Cent., 1853 ,e 3 pe e lint % 4 5 .4 1.4 • Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, )3 41 44 s ° lllit 471 IP it Per Cent., 1822, £ St., D ° ° ' P er Cent., 1850 e n 3 p er 1860 ly 5 -- ',.,_a Cent. 1859 . 0 BN. Pe r Cent., 1862 1) 1 01 k . 0 titk K 1864 "k il : A te " Per Cent b Nli e llat DolsZ e .Per Cent eA Q b eferred I\ o I' e°lll lt 11 n 41 . Da At e ' v e , IN p e liat 321 'l , , A -e it 0 it ect, ee o f Coup not funded -- k t ,ol l i t l6 I b u N4 4 6 Per Cent. Do Ac e e'r Cent 1854 — o b ° 6 k e llat 93 D° Ac e r C ent. 1858 0 0 11 11 t D ° e p o tends 14 .i r (.., — sktc., o „ - ellt• 1862 .1) • 1,-, 'tilt .... h o e up ts _ ............................ V"? Per () c 'acts N ' 4 4.,,, a 11t• 1863 P ) o, 4 ll Ta, Tti,e e e:l4 per Cent — 14' 6 'elliit Cent. h A `k 'eeo -e n l l 1862 6 Ilan Per c, D - elat• '1864 ti tt. • d„ ' h j ds on the above payable in London. 'tit ol , 4 l . Per Cent, Ex. 10 Florins b. pace2Der cont., Ex. 25f. _ 'kel!.Per out. Ex 12 Guil — ttl lt• out. A e, ,, ten n i ~a les — ,10e ' 5 cri li ,: s t , ° Per Cent. — 0.4 t . er oe ...... . •• eeoutit at., 1861, Ex. 25f. 631 ii o ° l B, I„ t _ TWO O'CLOCK. 4.e?0',„116,3r "4, Z i t,.. --,-_---- ____________ Zi on - .t , o 4 01 Cotton Market—This Day, '\rk(=t Illici ' ran ged. Sales, about 4,000 bales. ... 41 ~,,. SHARE MARKETS—This day. Share► Railways. ; Ir., Wol., & Str. Val , Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A gets no div B been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. IV( stern Great Eastern, Ord. st k. Do. E. Angl. st. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern D ). A stock Do. B Do. New. ts. at 25 pm Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste n p . S. gua. Do. South Wales:— Do W. Mid.— Ox ord Do. Newpo.t Do. He. eford Lane .shire &Yorkshire Lmdon and Blackwell Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln 151aryport and Carlisle Do. shares Metropolitan. Do. New. Mid and ... Do, I3irmin . & Derby Mid. Gt. W.. Ireland Do. 4 shares %lid Kent North British Do. Ed., Pth Dun Nth. Eastern Berwick. Do. G.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle . . .. Po. Stock. & Darling. De. do. 1855-58 Do. do. 1860-61 North Londou Do. New. Do. do. 18(4 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock t o. Scot, Mid. stack •4hrews & Welchpool 1 Shropshire Union South Devon 'outh E stern gtaines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath• Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W.Hartlepool Han& it Do. A irredeemable Do. A redeemable 100 100 100 100 It 0 100 1 0 1(0 10 100 100 'OSSE 91 93 1301 1311 5 6 66 68 16 17 88 90 107 1.9 454 46i 7 8 1271 128; 133 139 130 32 88 90 72i ;3 49 5' 46 49 ;02 '‘() 113 114 83 136 10 104 38 39 1161 1161 954 06i 59 50 117 1174 II 130/ 134 1 [OO 102 j 51 53 z 5 26 107 108 63 65 9) 100 38} 394 11i 124 p 9i 10p 118 120 11} 12 1 lip 77 78 11& 111 138 142 44 46 to 61 57 59 82 134, 160 165 34 Op 108 110 73 76 ORDINARY MARES AND STOCKS. 1301 463 i 127} I.Bt 9 8 soi 50 831 3 1 21 I raid. ' Closing I Business Price. done. 721 3 24 3} 193} I'3i 1 85} 1931 3 f 8 951 1161 69 117} 17 :6 131 301 BRITISH P, Atlantic & St. L awrence Born., Baroda, k Cen.ln., gu. 5 percent.. Do. l shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference Buff.,B rant, & Goderich 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Vo. do. June 1; 1879 Calcutta do S. E., lim 'a e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben2,al, gu ' 5 do East lodian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunkof Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do do. deferred Do. 2d Pr, f. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. 5p.0.1 Gua 5 ier cent. Do. New gua. 5 p. c. Gt. South of India (lim. gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent... Do Great Wr a. of Canada. D.l. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Pb. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limite Madras gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. 'Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B 1. ill. C' da, pc Ist pt. bds Scinde Do. Delhi Do. do ti Do. Puniaub Do.lndus St Flo " ,SIONS. 52 65 100 101 id :11) 41 ei 74 73 97 93 75 85 110 102 99 100 100 101 17& 18; Si 9) 65 68 56 58 60 61 53 55 50 53 45 48 25 27 21 26 100 101 id P 93 100 124 12d 85 77 EO d 991 100: 9: 94 88 9J 62 64 3 5 82 84 98 100 9i 100 Id id r 8 1,0 94 97 rT SECUR: 85 88 $4 83 83 84 75 78 ;5 73 103 106 105 107 106 108 101 106 102 104 108 110 102 104 104 ►O6 1(8 109 105 107 90 93 98 100 92 91 90 91 104 106 87 90 92 94 101 104 105 107 1071 104 1081$ INES. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT rßrittsh Columbia,6 peri cent„ Dec. 31, 1872: Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 - Do 6 p. c. Feb. & D sp. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p P. Inscribed sk Cape U.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. April & Oct. 1880-4 Do. do: 1890-1 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 188?, May 15, Nov. It Natal goy. o per cent.. N. B. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. uly N. B.W. Gov. 5 p v.,1866 Do. 5 p.c. - 18_1 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 6 per cent.... Nova &Ala Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. C 6. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18e8-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. - J a & July Do. do, t% pril & Oct BRITE ni Cam Consol. told, lim Chiverton Clifford A malgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Cara ion as t tarn Brea East Grenville East Love.l E. W l l Russell (Tavistk Gam. & StA übyn(Gwen. Great L ixey, limited Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (Heist Grenvil 1 e Ilerod's Foot .... llingston Downs Margaret iUny Lelant Marke Valley wyndy Iron Ore, lito Nangiles New Se ton . North Downs North Roskear S.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crotty Prosper United Pr vidence Uny Lqlant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft West I assett (I I Logan W. Caradon (L skeard West C hi rerton West Seton Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth hea Ludo At Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Tz elawney (Lie Wheal 3. 12.81 8 58} 6 6 20 31 680 59) 19 . 21 14 15 6 6.; 4 ft 9 10 31 44 6 8 17 ;8 If 2i 34 35 2j 3 ?.4 36 34 4 6 8 41 5 11 Old 16 18 35 45 12 14 1 2 3 38 33 35 530 550 20 25 15 17 144 15; 8 6 7 3 / 4 B b ' 60 528 190 1:00 100 105 It 13t 190 200 19 20 i I PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4i per cent pi:, 961 6 Great Western, 5 per cent. rd. pref., 1034 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Di to. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 132 i North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 10 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 4i per cent. pr., Ditto, new per cent pf., 913 i LINES LEASED AT FIXED:RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 per cent.. 112 London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., 85 Ditto. Com. Fund stock 5 per cent., 94 Nottngham and Grantham R. & C., u 0) FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Imperial Mexican, Um., a FOREIGN MINER! Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., I United Mexican lima, 41 _ BANKS. Agra and Masterman'e, lim., 1251 mtianoa 33iii Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd., 23} British and Californian, lim., 5 English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 191 European Bank, 1im., 1l Hindustan, china, and Japan:(llm.), 27 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 24 lonian, new, 51 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Urn., 4j London Bank of Scotland, Um.. 7 London Chartered Bank ofAustralia, 231 London Joint Stock, 47 London and South African, 22 London and 11 estminstcr, 941 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim , 31 South Eastern, lim. ' 101 . 10 Union of Australia, 631 Union of London, 53 21 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Mort. Lar.d and Finance. lim., 3 Credit Fonder and Mobilicr of England, 91 Crystal Palace, 33i 41 Discount Corporation, 15 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 61 Hudson's Bay. 15 Humber Iron Works 43 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., International Financial Society, lira., 6/ Joint Stock Discount, lim.. St London General Omnibus Company, 3} Ocean. Marine Insurance), 24 Thames and Mersey Marineainsurance), lira., 7} F. ROYAL DUCHIES.—The annual accounts of the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall have been laid before Parliament. The income of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1864 was £40,012; the salaries and other expenditure, £13,734, and the sum of £26,000 was paid over for her Majesty's USQ. The sum of £4,000 assured in the Law Fire Insurance Society on the Savoy Chapel is in hand, and is held for the restoration of the chapel. The income of the Duchy of Cornwall for 1864 amounted to £68,411, the salaries and other expenses to £15,699, and the sum of £50,003 was paid over for the use of the Prince of Wales. 214 3 32/ 3.10.6 2.8.0 7.1.6 10. 1 6.7 18.18.9 30.17.6 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCE! 9, 1865. SPOON, SPOONER, PLIIMPTRE.,, Treaty between Spain Spain and Peru, Newdegate and Whalley. (From the Scotsman, March 8.) MADRM, March 3. The following is the text of the treaty of peace concluded between Spain and Peru : The English are sometimes called an unimagina tive race ; but in reference to anything pertaining to the Pope their Protestant old women of all ages and both sexes dream dreams and see visions which the most prolific producer of fictitious horrors could not surpass. In the late lamented Mr. Spooner these worthy people had, in the surviving Mr. Newdegate they retain, a comically constant representative ; but their fittest mouthpiece is Mr. Whalley. The member for North Warwickshire has a little method in his madness, and in spite of his prejudices, talks like a gentleman ; but the member for Peterbo rough's anti-Papal utterances are sheer unblushing nonsense, and mere unbridled bigotry. Fortu nately, his measure was taken long ago ; and he can give no offence now either to the Catholics he insults by reviling or the rational Protestants he insults by " representing" them. He was in full force on Friday night ; and the house, sure of fun, shouted for him as the gods of the gallery used to call for Tonsßarry. The house was not disappointed. Mr. Whalley, in the midst of much laughter, in formed his hearers that Mr. Pope Hennessy's party had large fortunes left it every day, besides receiv ing a million per annum from the public purse; blamed Sir George Grey for not interfering in the M‘Der mott case, lauded Mrs. M'Dermott to the skies as a model mother, and hinted that her Majesty ought, like the London dead walls a few years ago, to be ceaselessly inquiring " Where's Eliza?" He drew a fearful picture of Chelsea and Brompton trembling under the tyranny of proud foreign priests, and seek ing in vain for succour at the *Westminster Police Court. He gravely argued that Mary Ryan, the in sane nun recently sent to Belgium, could not be, and could not have been mad, because, some solicitor, in Mr. Whalley's opinion " second to none in his profession," had paid her a visit, and said that she was not out of her mind- He earnestly hoped that the outraged Protestants of * England would not be goaded into a rising for the purpose of razing Roman Catholic convents to the ground ; but, to prevent the people from taking the law into their own hands, he was evidently in favour of the Government's anticipating the menaced destruction. Mr. Newdegate's nonsense was not so rabid in phrase as Mr. Whalley's, but it was quite as ridiculous in its asserted or insinuated facts. He would have the country believe that it is quite a common thing for heads of Roman Catholic religious houses in England to inveigle the young of both sexes into the cloister, and to immure them in subterranean cells if they strive to make their escape. He hints darkly at violation and murder. In Staffordshire, he says, the influence of the Pope is so powerful that people are afraid to reveal conventual crimes and scandals that make them shudder ; adding, rather drolly, that these poor people's fear-frozen lips continued sealed until Inspector Field paid the district a reassuring visit. After all, then, even Staffordshire thinks an English policemanmore potent than the Pope ; so, even there there is not much to be feared. Now, stories of ab ductions, solitary confinements, and other more hor rible conventual horrors, solemnly told in Parliament, no matter what the evidence, are sure to be accepted by the anilely Protestant portion of the community with a shiver of delicious dread. It is an article of faith with these credulous folks that there is a Jesuit governess in every other family, and that the reverend gentlemen in linen dog-collars and strait waistcoats who walk our streets are to a man the most subtle of schemers, although a good many of them certainly don't look the part. But can any person of average intelligence believe the charges which are brought against convents generally in this kingdom ? That abroad and at home, in bygone times, the most loathsome vice and the most cruel crime have stained convent walls is undeniable ; and in spite of the good service which the conventual system has done both to literature and humanity, it is, save in very rare exceptional instances, a system in such flat contradiction to in nocent natural instincts that anywhere and anywhen it is likely to lead to abuses. What proof of such abuses, llowever, in Great Britain, does Mr. Newde gate adduce to justify his general picture of nunneries and monasteries in this country ? A Protestant jury disposed of his Smee and Hutchin son case; a Protestant magistrate of his M'Dermott case. A medical Lunacy Commissioner has declared Mary Ryan to be insane. Young Harrison, the Westminster " captain," who was suddenly converted and fainted under the opera tion, seems to have been a hobbydehoy so weak both in body and mind that it is a wonder how he obtained the captaincy of his famous school. Of course, his weakness made the attempt to prosely tise him not very creditable ; but such a lad most probably would have been lost to Protestantism_ no great loss, by the way—if the Brompton Oratory had never been founded. Mr. Newdegate told a story of a Cambridge undergraduate who had been induced to enter a monastery ; and what was the end of this thrilling narrative ? It makes one think of the nursery rhyme : "Her Majesty Donna Isabel 11., Queen of Spain, on the one part and the Republic of Peru on the other, desirous of putting an amiable end to the conflict that has unfortunately arisen between the two nations, have appointed as their respective ministers plenipotentiary— " On the part of her Catholic Majesty, Don Jose Manuel Pareja y Septien, Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Isabel the Catholic, &c., and on the part of the Republic of Peru, Don Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, general of bri gade, &c. The above-named plenipotentiaries, after having examined and exchanged their full respective powers, which they have found in due order, have agreed to the following articles : " Art. 1. The Government of her Catholic Ma jesty having disapproved the proceedings of its agents on the coasts of Peru in taking possession of the Chincha Islands, upon the plea of revindication, and the Peruvian Government having, at the same opportune time, also immediately rebuked, as the Government of her Catholic Majesty had sup posed, the violence done to the Spanish Com missioner at Panama ; as the Government of the Republic has made known through its circulars and diplomatic agents to uphold its honour, the principal obstacle which opposed itself to the evacuation of the Chinchas is thus removed, and they will consequently be evacuated by the naval forces of her Catholic Majesty and handed over to the person appointed by the Peruvian Government to receive them. "Art. 2. The Government of Peru, in order radi cally to obviate any possibility of disagreement, and to confirm its amicable sentiments towards Spain, will accredit a Minister to her Catholic Majesty. " Art. 3. The Peruvian Government never abso lutely refused to receive the Spanish Commissioner, and the Government of her Catholic Majesty having proclaimed in the diplomatic circulars of June 28 and Dec. 9 last, that the title of special commissioner in no way prejudices the rights of Peru to indepen dence, it has been agreed by the contracting parties that the Government of her Catholic Majesty may send to Lima, and that that of Peru shall receive a special commissioner charged to institute prosecu tions and claims in the matters now pending in con sequence of the affair of Talambo. 4 ' Art. 4. Peru shall endow its minister in Spain with full powers to negotiate and conclude a treaty of peace, friendship, navigation, and commerce, similar to that concluded by Chili or other Ameri can Republics. " Art. 5. The said treaty shall, at the same time, contain the bases for the liquidation, acknowledg ment, and payment of sums owing by Peru on account of seizures, confiscations, and loans during the war of independence, or for any other reason whatever, to the subjects of her Catholic Majesty, provided the latter unite the conditions of Spanish origin, and of having continued and still being Spanish subjects. _ " Art. 6. The high contracting parties agree that the liquidation and acknowledgment mentioned in the preceding article shall be made only in virtue of demonstrated authentic and of f icial proofs, and never in virtue of testimonial or other similar proofs. Art. 7. Should any difficulty arise or doubt exist as to the liquidation and acknowledgment of one or several of the sums claimed, these difficulties shall be solved by a commission of six persons, three be ing nominated by each of the contracting parties. "Art. 8. Peru shall indemnify Sp a i n f or th e 13 millions of Spanish dollars which she has been com pelled to disburse to cover the expenses incurred since the Government of the Republic declined the good offices of an agent ,of another Government friendly to both nations, refusing to treat with the agent of her Catholic Majesty in these waters, and thus delaying the restitution of the Chincha Islands, which was spontaneously offered. " The present treaty shall be ratified by her Catholic Majesty, and by his Excellency the Presi dent of Peru, and the ratifications shall be ex changed at Madrid within A period of 90 days. "In token of which We, the undersigned Ministers Plenipotentiary of her Catholic Majesty and the Republic of Peru, have signed the same in duplicate and attached thereto our respective seals. On board the frigate of her Catholic Majesty, Villa deMadrid, anchored in the roads of Callao, January 27, 1865. (Signed) " JOSE MANUEL PAREJA. " M. J. DE VrvANco." 44 I'll tell you a story Of Jacky Mallory, And here my story's begun; I'll tell you another Of Jack and his brother, And here my story is done." His brothers went after the undergraduate claimed him as a minor, and took him home. Another of Mr. Newdegate's stories—his crack sensation narrative—shows equally that the law is quite strong enough already to prevent any one from being confined in a monastery or nunnery in England really against his or her will. Convent gates cannot keep out a writ of Habeas Corpus. As Sir George Grey excel lently remarked, those who in Great Britain continue in a convent of which they are weary, are kept within its walls not by physical but by moral restraint—they are coerced by the vows which their consciences will not allow them to violate ; and how is Parliament to help persons so circumstanced ? Mr. Newdegate would be horrified at the idea of English recognition of convents if Parliament were to enact that in this country, as in France, religious vows should not be taken for more than five years ; and if Par liament did so enact, could any Act of Parliament prevent religious vows from being taken and kept for life ? It was justly objected to Mr. Newdegate's motion for a Select Committee of Inquiry that he promised no definite scheme of legislation afterwards. What he would like, no doubt, would be to abolish Roman Catholic celibacy here and everywhere—indeed, :the Roman Catholic religion everywhere ; but this is a task slightly beyond the power of the British Parliament, and the •House Of Commons acted wisely in refusing a Committee which could do no good, and might breed much bad blood. It may not be pleasant to think that the conventual system is extending itself in Great Britain ; but there is no proof that here it is anything like so black, in practice, as Mr. Newdegate paints it, or that the law as it stands is not quite competent to prevent it from becoming so; whilst any un prejudiced person who really knows anything about the Roman Catholic religious houses that have arisen in our midst will readily admit, with Sir George Grey, "that there are many of these establishments in which the persons who enter devote themseives to a life not of asceticism, but of active virtue and benevolence, employing their whole time in the education of the young, the reform of criminals, or other works in which Protestants may well desire to imitate them." DECEASE OF A LADY CENTENARIAN.—On Wed nesday last, at her residence, 22, Hanover-crescent, a maiden lady, of the name of Burchell, died at the advanced age of 100. The deceased was a remarkable instance of longevity, having up to the time of her decease the use of all her limbs and the possession of all her mental faculties. A parallel instance of the endurance of nature's powers to such an advanced age is to be found in the case of Mr. Foster, the well-known Derby centenarian, who has attained the age of 102, is in the enjoyment of good health, and daily pursues his avocation of travelling to sell charts and similar articles. We may add, what is more surprising than all, that his youngest child is only 10 years old.—Brighton Guardian. BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.—Romosapalio practitioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doo trine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country there were to be obt fined no preparations of cocoa either at. tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut was either supplied in the crude state, or so unskilfully manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London, Homceopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1819 to turn his attention to this subject, and at length sucoeeded, with the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by the perfect trituration it receives in the process it passes through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. For general use Epps's Cocoa is distinguished as an invigo rating, grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most deli cious aroma. Dr. Hassall, in his work, "Food and its Adulterations," says -"Cocoa contains a great variety of im portant nutritive principles—every ingredient necessary to the growth and sustenance of the body:" Again; "As a nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." Directions—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured in tin-lined ilb., ;lb., and 11b. labelled packets, and sold by all grocers, confectioners, and chemists. - [Aim.] IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT said that he considered that further evidence was necessary, and he feared that such statement indicated a desire to have a royal commission appointed, which would have the effect of shelving the subject for years. He had endeavoured to force the Government into action on this subject, and it was not until he had failed that he determined on introducing the present bill. He would ac cede to the wish of the house and withdraw the bill, on th e understanding that the Sewage Utilisation Bill should be read a oecond time. The bill was then withdmwn. ' SEWAGE UTILISATION BILL. • On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Sir G. GREY said that, according to what he he had previously stated, he would consent to the second reading of this bill, although he thought that the details should be carefully considered in committee, with a view to their amendment. The bill was then read a second time, and referred to a select committee. AFFIRMATIONS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill was read a second time. PRIVATE BILL COS TS (RECOMMITTED) BILL. This bill went through committee, and was ordered foi third reading. HOUSE OF COMMONS—LAST EVENING% The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter-past 12 oieloOk PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Glasgow City and Suburban and Harbour Railway Bill, and the South Ham (Devon) Railway Bill were read a second time. On the motion of Mr. C. FORSTER the following motions were agreed ;,to :—That the order for the second reading of the Neath and Brecon Railway Bill be read, and discharged—That the bill be withdrawn. That the minutes of the evidence taken before the committee on the Glasgow Markets and Slaughterhouses Bill, in session 1850, be referred to the committee on the bill. PRISONS BILL. This bill was read a second time. COUNTY VOTERS' REGISTRATION BILL. Mr. HUNT obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to the registration of county voters, and explained that he proposed to remedy the de fect that existed under the . present system, by rendering it compulsory that persons should be informed when it was intended to offer any objection to their being placed on the list of voters. After some discussion, leave was given to bring in the bill. MARRIED WOMEN . (IRELAND). Mr. Longfield obtained leave to bring in a bill to provide for the security of tho property of married women sepa rated from their husbands in Ireland. The house then adjourned. HEALTH OF LONDON, (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday the births in London and nine other cities or boroughs of the United Kingdom were 4,227 ; - the deaths 2,995. The annual rate of mortality in the week in those ten large towns was 28 per 1,005 persons living, and was much less than in the previous week, when it was 31. In London the births of 1,125 boys and 1,117 girls, in all 2,242 children, were registered. In cor responding weeks of ten years, 1855-64, the average number, with a correction for increase of popula tion, was 2,115. The deaths in London returned for the week were 1,482, against a corrected average (for the ninth week of the year), of 1,489. The actual num ber was, therefore, almost the same as that obtained by calculation. Eighty-one deaths were referred to. whooping cough, and 67 to typhus. Four fatal cases of the latter disease occurred in the Kensington Town sub-district ; 18 were returned by the London Fever Hospital in Islington. Bronchitis continues to decline. In the week that ended February 4 it rose to 339 fatal cases ; in that which ended March 4 the number was 206. Eleven persons were registered as having been killed by horse conveyance. Seven persons died at . the age of 90 years and up wards. The oldest was 96 years of age, and was a pensioner of the Greenwich Hospital. A horsekeeper died of glanders after 9 weeks' ill ness, in King's College Hospital. A labourer died in Shoreditch workhouse, aged 55 years, from bronchitis, accelerated by want and exposure. A boy, aged 9 years, died at 4, Ashfield-place, in the Ratcliff sub-district, from diseased lungs, acce lerated by privation. A labourer died from " poisoned condition of blood," in consequence of being employed in white lead works. In Liverpool the births were 393, .the deaths 319 in Manchester the births, 286, the deaths 206 ; in Salford the births 95, the deaths 66 ; in Birming ham the births 247, the deaths 147 ; in Leeds the births 200, the deaths 129 ; in Bristol the births 113, the deaths 81; in Edinburgh the births 94, the deaths 99 ; in Glasgow the births 384, the deaths 310 ; in Dublin the births 169, the deaths 157 ; and in Vienna in the week ending the 28th ult. the deaths were 359, when the temperature was 33.1 Fahrenheit, or 5.2 deg. lower than in London during the same week. The rate of mortality was 26 per 1,000 in Lon don, 30 in Edinburgh, and 32 in Dublin, 35 in in Liverpool, 30 in Manchester, 31 in Salford, 23 in Birmingham, 30 in Leeds, 20 in Bristol, and 38 in Glasgow. in Vienna the rate was 33 in the week ending the 25th ult., when the rate in London was 28 per 1,000. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.749 in. The reading fell to 29.36 in. on Tuesday, and rose to 30.18 in. on Friday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 42.1 deg., which is 2 deg. above the average of the same week in 50 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest day temperature was 52.7 deg. on Tuesday. The lowest night temperature was 30.9 deg. on Saturday. The mean daily range was 12.9 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 5.3 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 82, complete saturation being represented by 100. On Sunday the humidity almost reach saturation, having been 97. The wind was in the south-west on the first three days ; on the next three in the north-west ; and on Saturday again in the south-west. There was rain on three days and the whole fall was 0.32 in. RIVERS WATER PROTECTION BILL. Lord R. MONTAGU, in moving the second reading of this bill, said that the object of the measure was to pro vide a remedy for an evil that was admitted. The neces sity for legislation on this subject was shown by the peti- , tions presented from such places as Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, Ceventi y, and other towns, praying for the introduction of some measure calcu lated to meet the evil complained of, namely, the pollution of rivers throughout the kingdom. The present bill contained provisions that would meet the evil in question, and it was the result of careful inquiry before different committees, comprising members who were best qualified to deal with the subject ; consequently there was a prima facie cue made out in support of the bill. He brought forward this bill in accordance with the wishes of the committee, although he was aware that its provisions required alteration, and that it could not pass this session. He merely wanted the house to affirm the principle of the bill, and to pledge itself to the formation of such a measure, and not to its obstruction. The noble lord went in detail through the evidence brought before committees on the subject to show that the pollution which prevailed in the streams and rivers of the country was the destruction of fish to an extraordinary extent, leading to whole families being deprived of a profitable source of living, and that it was most injurious to public health. From the evi dence to which he adverted, it appeared that on the canal at Bridgewater a scurf was formed on the surface so thick that birds could walk across it ; and one instance was adduced before the committee to the effect that a party fell into one of the streams so pol luted _and his trousers was dyed a - dark blue, and the dye was so tenacious that no bleaching or washing process could restore the injured garment to its original colour. (Laughter.) That instance in itself was sufficient to prove the fearful extent to which the impurification of rivers went of late years. The noble lord cited the testimony of Dr. Letheby, Mr. Rawlinson, and other analytical chemists, in confirmation of his state ment as to the noxious state of the Metropolitan and other rivers, and contended that the utilisation of the sewage was the only effectual remedy for the admitted evil. It was well known that water carriage was the cheapest of all modes of conveyance, and a temptation was offered of disposing of sewage by depositing it in the rivers and streams, which should be counteracted. He referred to China, Japan, and other countries whose standard of civilisation was much lower than that of England, where the advantages of utilising sewage was admitted and realised. The sewage at Croydon had been disposed of on the most profitable terms, and viewed in a mere pecuniary point the result would be most valuable, for it was estimated by economists in Flanders that human sewage was worth 255. or Ns. a year per head. Some stated it at only 10s. a head, and Messrs. Hope and Napier put it down at merely six shillings a head, but it must be remembered .that they dealt in the article, and even at their estimate the value of sewage was shown. He accused the Government of being open to great censure for not having dealt with this subject before the grievance com plained of attained to its present magnitude, and with which local boards of health declined to grapple. The object of the bill was to apply the same principle that was adopted in regard to the Metropolitan Board of Works, and its provisions prevented injustice being done to individuals. By extending powers to local boards to deal with this question, the object which he had in view would be accom plished. - Sir G. GREY said that the noble lord had expanded a great deal of argument in proving what was not denied, namely, the evils of polluted water, and the desirability of utilising sewage, a subject on which a great difference of opinion existed, so far as related to the value to be realised. He did not think the bill would effect the object proposed, and would vest the Home Secretary and local board with an authority that was opposed to the Constitution of the country, by conferring on them powers that would super sede the existing local government throughout the country. (Hear, hear.) The borrowing powers proposed to be given to local boards were of the most extensive character, and the effect of the bill would be to overthrow every local act now in operation, and he trusted the noble lord would not press it to a second reading, or that the house would not sanction its principle. (Hear, hear.) Mr. KENDALL objected to the bill as being most dan gerous to mining and other interests of the country. Mr. JACKSONfollowed on the same side, and said that if the bill were passed in its present form it would have the effect of throwing hundreds of thousands out of em ployment. He moved that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. BRIGHT seconded the amendment, and said that as a member'of the committee which sat on this subject, he must deny that the provisions of this bill were justified by a recommendation from that committee. The noble lord (Lord R. Montagu) in the course of his remarks referred to a particular mine in Wales, with which he (Mr. Bright) was acquainted, and he could inform the noble lord that he was quite misinformed in regard to the neighbourhood. A few gentlemen interested in fishing made statements upon which the noble lord founded his opinion; but the fact was that the interests involved in the preservation of fish were not for an instant to be placed in competition with those connected with those branches of industry with which the bill would deal most injuriously. He contended that if a measure like the present were passed it would lead to social revolution, which would place the noble lord in a very unenviable position in the eyes of the country. Mr. SELWYN said that he thought this subject should be taken up by Government, having already been before the house for the last ten years, and the evils complained of having been fully admitted. (Hear, hear.) He consi dered that a bill produced by a private member was not calculated to succeed. Mr. HIBBERT said that although his name was on the bill he did not, as a member of the committee, approve of all its details. No doubt, when great manufacturing works were carried on, the effect would be to impurify the rivers to a great extent, but he believed the manufacturers were disposed to do what was in their power to meet the grievance, the existence of which was not denied. He would vote for the second reading of the bill on the understanding that it would be referred to a select committee, but he thought the best course for the noble lord would be to withdraw it, and throw the sole responsi bility of dealing with the question upon the Government, by which it had been so long and so culpably neglected. Mr. ADDERLEY said that the noble lord who had intro duced this bill was entitled to the thanks of the country ; but, at the same, thought it would be more advisable if he w.ithdrew it, and not press the house to a division. In his opinion, the subject could be dealt with best by the intro duction of a bill enabling local boards to unite for the purpose of preventing the pollution of the rivers. The danger with which this bill proposed to deal was very pressing, and called for prompt legislation. (hear, hear.) Mr. LEVESON-GOWER agreed with hon. members as to the imperative necessity that existed for immediate legislation on the subject. Colonel EDWARDS was of the same opinion, but thought that the matter could be best dealt with by a mea sure emanating from Government. Colonel SYKES said that the extent to which the evils of pollution of the rivers went was proved by the fact that the inha.bitatants of Cheltenham had promoted a bill to obtain water from the Thames, because they were unable to get pure water from the large river Severn. Mr. FERRAND referred to different streams and rivers, including the Ayr, which had been unpurified to so con siderable an extent, to show that the question should be dealt with by Parliamentary action, in order in all proba bility to prevent some fearful epidemic breaking out. Mr. LOCKE said that the house was much indebted to the noble lord for having introduced this bill, and he be lieved that it would coerce the Government to take the subject up without further delay. He would admit that the Government had shown a disposition to deal with the question by the proceedings adopted in reference to the Thames Conservancy Bill, but at the same time he thought the time had arrived when this subject should be promptly considered. He did not think that the argu ments against the bill were conclusive, and he was by no means convinced that mauufacturers would receive the injury or injustice that the opponents of the bill alleged. Sir F. GOLDSMID said that there was no doubt, from what had been already developed, that legislation on this subject was imminent. . Sir G. BOWYER said that the difficulties inherent in this subject were of a description that rendered it by no means a matter of surprise that the noble lord (Lord R. Montagu) should not in his billhave surmounted them, but he believed that every hon. member would agree with him as to the ability with which the noble lord had brought the subject before Parliament. He thought the best mode of dealing with this subject would be to extend the powers that were already in existence, and to enable the Attorney-General to take procedure against parties deposit ing sewage or any other offensive matter in rivers or streams. Mr. AYRTON contended that even if the present bill were not adopted the recommendation of the committee should be acted on, and another bill on the subject intro duced. (Hear, hear.) After a few observations from Sir F. KRT.LY, Mr. HENLEY said that the question arose as to whether in in dealing with this matter, the house should adopt com pulsory legislation, to which, no doubt, some objections existed. _ Lord R. MONTAGU said that ho was much pleased with the discussion that had taken place on his bill, and he vindicated the course he had adopted in, forcing the house to deal with the subject. The Home secretary BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS. The following telegram has been received by Reuter's Telegram Company (Limited), from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany, March 8: MARSEILLES, MARCH 8. The Massilia, with the above mails, arrived here to-day at 10 a.m., having experienced severe weather. The mails leave at 11.30 a.m. for London. Ihe Late Fire at Saville House. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. S 18, —The undersigned tradesmen, in the immediate locality of the late fire, having had the following facts brought under their notice, beg to solicit space in your valuable journal to bring them under the notice of the benevolent public. Upwards of 30 persons, male and female, including vocalists, instrumentalists, a ballet troupe, stage atten dants. ;waiters, and porters were engaged at the Odeon Music Hall, many of them living on the premises which were large. As nothing was saved these persons have lost all, except what they stood upright in. Many of these have also lost their furniture. All of the performers have lost their wardrobe proper ties, &c., which are the means by which they might obtain other situations, and as the company was a very poor one, they are really in a very destitute condi tion. Being most of them foreigners, they have not the power to bring their misfortune fully under the notice of the public. We therefore beg of you to give them 'the benefit of your great circulation. Personally, we shall be glad to receive any small sum that the benevo lent may forw'ard to us. Mr. Strange, the proprie tor of the Alhambra, has kindly given them a benefit. A benevolent donor, under the signature of " F. R." has given them .£lO ; Capt. Hodges has behaved most handsomely ; and Madame Parepa has in the most generous manner offered to sing for them, if a suitable con cert can be organised. Other kindly suggestions have also been received. We are, Sir, your obedient servants, P. DUSSONQUAY, New York Hotel, Leicester-street, Leicester-square. WILLIAM C. PRICE, 51, St. Martin's-lane. JOSEPH MmumsKo, 21, Ryder's-court, Leicester-square. ROBERT LEMON, Lemon's Hotel s Cranbourne-passage, Leicester-square. ARTHUR DEJONGE, hat manufacturer, 44, Great Windmill street, Piccadilly. The committee appointed by the company sit daily from 11 to 5 o'clock, at the Black Swan, Ryders-court, Leicester square. The Southern Confederacy. The following letter from Captain (now Admiral) Semmes, written to a friend in England, though prior to recent events, gives an interesting account of a part of the Confederacy little known in this country : " Alexandria, Louisiana, Dec. 7, 1864. " My Dear—,—YOu perceive that I am not yet at home, after more than two months of wayfaring. You heard of me from Broomsville, Texas. From this place I have travelled all the way hither, by coach and railway, and arrived nearly a week ago. My journey thus far has been in every way satis factory ; my only inconvenience being that I was not master of my own person, but was forced to become public property. All the towns on the road side turned out to meet me ; some with formal ad dresses, to which I was obliged to reply and all with demonstrations, not of kindness only, but of appa rently real affection. My name and that of the Alabama, which seemed to be known by every woman and child in the country, were the open sesame that unlocked all doors and hearts. Hotel keepers refused to receive payment of their bills, and my way was franked in the coaches and in the railways. This was all very gratifying to me per sonally, but I was still more gratified at the temper and disposition of the people with reference to the war. Never was a people more united in their re solution to be free. All the burdens imposed by the war are borne, not only without milliner or com plaint, but cheerfully. The man gives freely of his substance to the government, and lays down his life, if need be, in the battlefield, entrusting his fame to posterity; and the woman yields to the grim visaged monster her husband, father, son, and brother, with the resignation and faith of a martyr. Glorious, glorious woman ! " The state of Texas, through which for the most part I have been travelling, has not only not felt the ill effects of the war, but has even prospered by it. The enemy attempted an inva sion of it at two points, but was beaten at both, and driven back with disaster, and has not since renewed the attempt; nor is he likely to do so during the remainder of the war, as he is concen trating all his forces for the campaigns in Virginia and Georgia, having vainly imagined that if he could capture Atlanta and Richmond the war would be at an end ; the fact being that even Richmond is of no more importance to us than any other frontier town. You will see this when I tell you that we are not now dependent, as we were in the beginning of the war, upon two or three points (of which Richmond was one) for the production of arms and other mate rials of war, but that these necessary articles are produced all over the country, and that the produc tion of them is annually increasing. The state of Texas alone has within her limits all the materials, and is fast getting the appliances for equipping and maintaining armies, and when you reflect that she has three times as much territory as the empire of France, and that countless herds of horses and beef cattle wander over her boundless prairies, you can well imagine with what contempt this warlike people regard the insane threat of subjugation. If our armies were driven to-morrow across the Mis sissippi river, we could still fight the enemy for a century to come in Texas alone. So dismiss all your fears, my friend. Our independence is an accomplished fact, let the war continue as long as the Yankee pleases, and with what varying resultsk it may. One of the most frequent question.stias asked me on my journey has been as to the disposition onf England towards us. I found a good deal t of en on igno rance and some prejudice among this subject, and one of my most been to set themright upon it. An pleasing my dw e? ie n n duties the has me, e, ul tha o t ur ni f n as e- t learned, as they always did from tenths of the English people are not to indeed, eed, friends, but our warm admirers, great, d was rejoicing.th sur eeofMajor Semmes, here. meeting h ul av y e had the . anticipated plea son, mee He has had the good fortune to see a great deal of active service in the field, having been in eleven battles and some forty skirmishes. I was proud to hear from all quarters such good accounts of him. All being quiet here just now, he has obtained a furlough, and will go home with me to visit his mother and sisters. It may be a long time before you hear from me again, as the enemy is pressing the blockade of Wilmington with great vigour, and, indeed, may even capture it.--Yours, " R. SEMMES." 994 991 loot 161 711 i I ,ITIES. SPORT I* 'IIIB Dap. LIVERPOOL RACES —THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) WELTER CUP. Terr0r....................... ........................................ . 4. Sluggard .................................. Janicoton ............................................................... 2 .................... „ ....... 3 Six ran. .£4O HANDICAP PLATE. Doeford Jupon Virtuous Fivo ran. NURSERY CUP. Idle Girl Donnybrook Filbert Six ran. LAW INTELLIGENC E— This ra COURT OF DIVORCE, (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Oommon Jury.) WHITMORE V. WHITMORE AND BRETTELL. This was a suit instituted by the husband for the disso lution of marriage on the ground of the wife's adultery with the co-respondent. The respondent denied the charge, and alleged cruelty and adultery on the part of the peti tioner. According to the opening statement of the learned coun sel for the petitioner the parties were married in 1857, the husband being a grocer, carrying on business in Dudley. After the marriage they resided together in Hall-street, and about a month after the marriago the wife was con fined, which manifestly showed that there had been inter course between the parties previously. He (the Itrarned counsel) did not consider this as detrimental to the petitioner, for it appeared to him to be the proper course for a man to marry the woman alter such in timacy. They lived together for some time amicably, but about the year 1860 the wife displayed a good deal of tern per, and they occupied from th at time separate rooms, and subsequently the wife lived away, and the various acts of adultery were committed which were alleged in the peti tion. He would call the witnesses before the jury, and ho thought when they had heard them they would give his client the relief asked for. Three or four female domestic servants were then exa mined, all of whom stated that Mrs. Whitmore soon aftei her marriage treated her husband with great unkindneF. - 0 3 . She used to say that she only married Mr. Whitmore for his money, and that she was not going to live all her days with such a bald-headed old monster. Witnesses ware also called to prove the principal allegation in the petition. At the close of the case for the petitioner, the Queen's Advocate "addressed the Court for the respondent. As there were nearly 20 witnesses to be examined, it was not expected that the case would terminate to-day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-S TREE T. THE SOCIAL EVIL.—Two young women namial Harriet Crawford and Ellen Joyce were charged before Mr. Knot with loitering in Rupert-street for the purpose of prostitu tion, to the annoyance of the inhabitants. Mr. Louis Mercik, tailor, of No. 59, Rupert-street, said that about 11 o'clock the previous night, while turning from Coventry -street into Rupert-street with a friend, the prisoners came up and accosted them, one of the prisoners behaving towards his friend in a most offensive manner. He told the prisoners to go away, and as they would not do so, he gave them into custody. Cave, 35 C, said the prisoners were given into his custody for annoying Mr. Mercik. He had seen the pri soners, who he knew to be prostitutes, walking up and down Coventry-street about ten or a dozen times during the half-hour before they were given into custody, and ho had noticed them accost several gentlemen before accosting the complainant and his friend. Mr. Mercik said that the nuisance was so bad at the corner of the street that his sons could not go out of the house without being accosted, and his wife and daughter without suffering a great deal of annoyance. Mr. Knox said it was a monstrous nuisance, and the in habitants had a right to the protection of the law. It was quite true that this part of London was rendered uninha bitable through it, families being driven away and houses rendered unlettable. He was perfectly prepared to give the inhabitants all the protection he could, and he should inflict a fine in every case of 40s. or a month. THAMES. Mr. Barker, of the Clerkenwell Police-court, presided in this court to-day for Mr. Partridge. SAILING NEAR THE WIND.—An elderly man, named Stafford, applied to the magistrate for a warrant against a public lecturer for defrauding him of £lO. Mr. Livingston, the chief usher of the Court, explained that the applidant saw an advertisement in a newspaper of a secretary wanted, and answered it. The advertiser en gaged the applicant at a salary of £2 iper week, and re quired a deposit of £lO. The applicant was dismissed at the end of one week, and could neither obtain his salary of £2 or the £lO he had deposited with his master's principal. Mr. Paget had been applied to for a warrant, and did not think the conduct of the man complained of amounted to a false pretence. Mr. Barker—Nor do I. Mr. Stafford said he had brought a gentleman with him to substantiate his statement, and to prove that the public lecturer had obtained a model from him and refused to re store it to the owner. Mr. Barker said as an application had been already made to M. Paget, he would advise the applicant to apply tq that magistrate on Monday morning next, when he would again preside. MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.—Mary Sullivan, 45, Michael and John, her sons, both tall and powerful men, and Mary, her daughter, all of 17, Perriwinkle-street, Rateliff, were brought before Mr. Barker, charged with being drunk and disorderly and assaulting Police-sergeant Sutherland, 46 K, Donald M'Kay, 275 K, Isaac Pawsey, 485 K, and William Walker, 488 K, police-constables. Last night Michael Sullivan was in the White Swan publichouse in the Commercial-road making a disturbance. He was turned out, and stopped outside swearing and making a disturbance. He was requested by Mr. Kay to go home. He bade defiance to the constable who went upon his beat, preceded by the prisoner, who was swearingi shouting, andthreatening the constable. At the corner of Perriwinkle-street the prisoner used very disgusting language, took his coat off, and fastened his braces round his waist. The other prisoners came out and got him in doors. John Sullivan came out of the house again, used blasphemous expressions, and offered to fight the con stable. Margaret Sullivan came out with the candle stick and struck the constable on the hat, which fell off. John then seized Mr. Kay's stock, got him down on his back and knelt upon him. M'Kay said, " Don't choke me," and a man came up and exclaimed, " Don't choke the man." Sutherland came up and drew his staff. The prisoner John then ran indoors, and he was followed by the sergeant and constable. On at tempting to take the male prisoners into custody they made a fierce attack on all the complainants, and also upon another constable named Custer. A fierce conflict ensued, and the police-constables drew their staves and laid them about the heads of Michael and John Sullivan, whom they marked. Au Irish witness was called, who said the police " bate and kicked all the prisoners most dreadfully anyhow." Mr. Barker fined John and Michael 40s. each, Mrs. Sullivan 205., and her daughter 10s., each, and said he passed those light punishments in consideration of the in juries they had received. MARKETS—This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of boasts here to-day was moderate, and most breeds moved off slowly, at Monday's currency. Tho general top figure for Scots was 5s 2d per 81bs. The show of sheep was tolerably good. Downs and half-breds sold steadily at full quotations ; otherwise the mutton trade was heavy, at late rates. Downs, in the wool, sold at 6s 4d to 6s 6d ; out of the wool, 5s 2d to 5s 4d per 81bs. Lambs ruled heavy, at from Gs to 68 8d per 81bs. The inquiry for calves was steady, at previous quotations, viz., from 4s 6d to 5s 8d per 81bs. There was a fair demand for pigs, at full prices. In milch cows very little WAS doing. Per 81b to sink the offal. s d d d s d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 6lt 0 rMecre-wool sheep 5 10 6 2 0 8 5 4 1 20 PrimeLage c s o m a a r l s l e d c o a . l . v e .. 5 :5 4 t 4 i 5 5 2 8 Second quality do ..1 2 4 6 "'ripe s'thaown a 0.6 4 6 0 large oxen ..4 r P r zi m m e e — 3 6 4 o 5 4 5 8 Small porkers ...4 2 10 Lambs....os Cd to 0., Od. Second d an ciduianiift.ysdboee .p.. 4 6 5 2 Large hogs Suckling calves, 198 to 255; and quarter-old store pigs, 215 to 265 each. Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts...... ..... . ...... 400 C0w5..... ...... Sheep Ua yes Pigs 1,120 Settee .. ,40 C.,ws. Sh e ep . Calves 212 Piga 34J GOO 204 MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderately good, and the trade is steady at our quotations. Beef, from 3s 2d to 48 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 10d ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; pork, 38 4d to 5s Od per 81b by the carcase..l SOUTHALL, March B.—Boasts moved off slowly on lower terms. Other kinds of stock ruled about stationary. Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s 2d ; mutton, 4s 6d to 6s 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d 7 • pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per lbs. to sink the offal. - . BAMFORD, March B.—Each kind of stock moved off slowly at onr quotations :—Beef, from 38 4d to 5s 2d; mutton, 4s 8d to 6s 6d; veal, 4s 4d to 58 Od; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs. Suckling calves, 16s to 20s ; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 255; and milch cows, £l6 Os to £l9 Os each. HAY MARKETS. SMITIEFIELD.—Ifeadow hay, £4 4s via 5s Od ; clover, £5 5s to 16 6s Od ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load. Trade dull CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 7s 6d ; clover £5 5s to £6 66 ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 14s per load A blo w inquiry. \ 100 OM 2 100 {lOO 100 100 103 100 100 120 100 100 10 100 100 2.1.0 ICO i 87 5 i II