The Sun. — London, England, 1866-02-21 00:00:00

Y.ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL ENTELLIGEN‘ tk, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Tho Money Market is quiet, hardly any busi ness having been negotiated. The expectation is very general that the rate of discount will be re duced to-morrow, and people are consequently holding over their bills. An amount representing £93,000 was taken to the Bank yesterday. , It is st a t e d t h at the di rectors of the Commercial Lnion Assurance Company have decided upon de claring a dividend of 74. per cent., free of income tax, for the year ending the 31st December last. The report of the committee of investigation ap pointed by the shareholders of the Joint-Stock Discount Company has been issued. The commit tee recommend the retirement of the present board of directors, and that the call of £5 per share be rescinded, and £2 10s. be made in its stead. Two o'CLocit. According to Reuter's telegram, the French T hree per Cent. Rentes were quoted at 69f. 12c. Firm. The English Stock Market has been rather in active to-day, and quotations have indicated a degree of heaviness. Consols are 878 for money, an d 87 i for account. Other descriptions, such as foreign bonds, and the different classes of share property' show a slight and general depreciation. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 871 i ; Annuities (1885), 13 11-16ths 13-16ths ; Exche quer Bills, Gs. 2s. dis. ; and India 5 per Cents., a 4. In the Foreign Stock Market prices are generally lower. Turkish 5 per Cents., are 381 ; Mexican, 27 .1 23 ; ditto New, 20 ; Greek, 13:1- 14/ ; Spa nish Passive, 27 ; the Certificates, 131 s ; It alian, 601 1 ; the Confederate Loan, 4 5 ; Brazilian Scrip, 14 2 prem. ; and Egyptian Railway Scrip, 4 prem. United States Government 5-20 Fonds are 68/I ; Erie Shares, 53 ; and Illinois, 76i. a 4 4• Business in the Railway Share Market has been inactive, and prices generally are depressed. Great Western have declined £1 ICs. ; Great Northern, £1; Caledonian, Great Eastern, and Midland, each 15 s. ; and North Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and North Eastern (Berwick), each 10 3 . The Foreign and Colonial lines are also a shade lOv ver. Grand Truuk of Canada have declined to 42 ; and Great Western of Canada to 17*. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive. Alliance are dealt in at 29 1; European at 12i ; London and Westminster at 96 * ; Joint Stock .iDis count„ at 41 . ; London Financial at 13 ; N a ti ona l Discount Company at 14* a ; and Overend, Gur 33eY, and Co., at 191 8. Charles Lafitte and Co.'s shares are quoted 31 3fr prem. ; and Mont Cenis Railway Company, lf 1- prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. , GOVERNMENT FUNDS. ' D r i* Cent. Consols D u - Account, March 6 ",,,Per Cent. Reduced N 'e s w 3 , per Cent B7l 1 `',.;° 2 1 per Cont. Jan. 1894 '''° 0 er Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l3 13-16 11-16 Ex T (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — --c-equer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 6 3 Do. £5OO 2 Do £lOO and £2OO Ba h l_ 1 -- -- of England Stock, 5 per Cent i„'ll‘ l31 -A-N . GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 — DoAccount Do ' 5 per Cent. Jul 1870 -,-,-°. 4 per Cent., Oct. y , 1021 1888 A- , 0. Ce r ti f i cates D o. Enfaced P aper 4 per C en t B7 °. 5 per Cent , Jan. 1872 r l ° • 5 i- per Cen• t., May 1879 — -°• 4 Per Cent , Aug. 1866 — Bonds, £l,OO ue. under £l,OO O O A rOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4rgentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — 8 ustr „ i .aa Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 r tt , tian 5 per Cent — .. Loper Cent., 1852-58-6 U 1863 T, Daunt 1865 --',.° 76 Lie 5..; .. 8 4 • cup, 4d) paid Do Ayres 6 per Cent — ,o. A ~, - b o .t. , ount Chi li 4 . Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) D° 4l 6 Per Cent — e ,• 41 per Cent — r,?teMbian 6 per Cent. — t li a °!l 6 per Cent. .t„ 811 3 per. Cent., 1825 — v.'. Per Cent 1863 D°' 5 Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid — Do4llbian Principalities Account 751 &iqua.dor N ew Consolidated, 1 per Cent — E gx D o., Provisional Land Warrant — ptian 7 per Cent 93/ 1 4) ,°•, Second Issue — Lk) £lOO Bonds D o £lOO Do. 1864 9 37 I Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures 9ll , 00. £l5 paid ureek 5 Do, Aoc p o e un r Cents., ents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Coupons , 43 - Account s-it,llateinala 5 per Cent Italian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do Account , no. Maremmana Railway 00. Account Do 1864 2Ol kept per Cent Anglo-Freh — „,,,-"entevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Z(.oorish Imperial 5 per Cent "ew Granada D Do 2 per C en t — o Deferred D o. o . d , Warrants (Hectares) ~ uLau Per Cent 1864 — p e '-' 0 G. u aranteed, 4 per Cent o vi an 5 per Cent., 1865 D °. Account to ° 3 per Cont. (Uribarren) — Po t 4 1 Per Cent., 1862 D ogues° 3 per Cent., 1853 b,, Vi Per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, it usB l' A ccount b e a ll 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — b,•* A - 1 - . per Cent. 1850 t,',', l ,i - Per Cent., 1860 D°" pes Cent. 1859 D e - Per Cent. 1862 Sard ; °. Per Cent. 1861 — ), .ni n 5 Cent o ~. per uent 144(0 Bands l i Per Cent — Dopaz,_ _to:opr Cent D° : L „'; unt New Deferred — 1 ° 4e eelltit I.,a3:lount e7i belsll Cert. of Coup not funded 18 Wed h c ceuilt l5/ 1 Do i - 4 Per Cent. — ril •41 -urki, w , Per Cent. 1864 b e ' 6 per Cent. 1854 — to -,i.cconnt — b e ° A Per Cent. 1858 o o Ac count 6 91 k I I) 100 Bonds — Do G iy,_ per Cent. 1862 — Ds'o Account 661 6 i xlOO Bonds 13 ( , : ) ) 5 6 Per Cent.,1863 63 0 Per Cent 1865, paid up Scrip — 0 A e 1 00 A count3Bl 1 Vez,e P © r Cent. Guaranteed — Ditto 3 Per Cent. ace __ e Gaccount .--. 3) Per Cent 1862 — 0. Account ~ D e , I) , . 1861 .4, „a54. ; , 11 ' 41 e/ids on the above payable in London. ,felh,,ia',"ll,s par Cent. Ex. 10 Florins b !Jo 1 per sent., E. 12 Gull 62 i t i a e l p.el l R eotes t• Certificates 97 3 per Cent. d a'l _a s P e r Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. ° - -ecou r a 61 601 1 Coi l THREE O'CLOCK. 1P °1 , 8 4 10r Money I) 0 , '' ° e o lint - 871 1 ...............-......._..............—... tTit utt t lrtio co 0 AT BIRMINGIIA3I.—This artiste has Zis fir s i. llt a new path for the excitement of sensationalists. 4 . he r i. -- aPPearance at Birmingham was a perfect success. leavofolrreetors of the Crystal Palace have extended his Pear at s a ,ifew days longer, b u t h e mus t p os iti ve l y reap ntire _ " Yuenharn early in March, as he engaged for th o Fu xt a ,,"' terd a AL MISADVENTURE AT MILE END.—Yes illg itsYlvalfternoon as a fune ra l process i on was wend at t ew, y along the Mile End-road towards the cemetery 4 / 1 0 tw o 7 ai. of the. carriages, containing three gentlemen rati,,„. f __ .ies, fairly broke down, the hind wheels sopa the r 4 c l - °°l the vehicle and retreating some distance along rassi B t m th_4,!rowd presently surrounded the carriage and easaut ..,_7s.°,l.Beouifited inmates to emerge from their un nrt, e__,l'itiert- One of the ladies appeared very much ar e ha "'I Was conveyed to a neighbouring hotel ; but we h e PPY to stat e that no serious consequences are appre b 43 1 the ,11:3,,,c,arr,ingo is the property of Mr. Quarterman. ()oil reso vuuSouthern Post Offices, 2,000 have outl l , PeUed. There are 360 Postmistresses in the ;day. . High drove tnce. ,v al la ived at ith her Lords \yalcs, m a jor Dube , n will ngbaln asenta- ,semen. n um- Court DS will rawing se who under 'ill also Ljesty's of the o f the itehall• scount my, in nty of Kent, lion• Goa f Car ; pro ? 33, it friends pport 3r-tulle [s zeal 3 count pendi- 1y de tarried mour► In ottr, and a , bora innliS a maul' 3 d the ced by b ra in L con' slight in th e ended r th e N 3; Ire Cl' COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per - cent., Dec. 31, 1872 100 - Can.G 0v.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1..0 93 96 963 - Do. sp. c. Mar. & Sept 10.) 95 97 - Do. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 t- 0 82 - Do. sp. e. Inscribed sk 100 75 50 - Cape G.Hopc, 6 p.c. 1873 100 101 103 Po.Apl.&,Oct. 1590-1900 100 104 106 - Do. do' 1830-9 100 104 10i - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9 100 1(1 103 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 90 92 - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.) 100 101 103 - Do. 1878, do lOO 106 1 8 - Mauritius, 6p. c, 13:3, Jan. and July - Do. 1878 . - Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. it 100 103 105 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug.. 190 1(4 106 - Natal , lov. 6 per cent.. 100 93 101 - N.8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&.l uly 100 93 95 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1861 100 - - - Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 1871 100 93 95 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. 100 874 FB, - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 100 102 - Do. 5 per cent.... 100 82 84 - Nova Sc ,tia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O IS 103 99 - 4ucensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 98 100 99} - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,C 1868-9 100 - - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1 ,.0 104 106 - Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - - Do. do, el pril & Oct lOO 105 106 107 BRITISII MINES. 2 Cam. Consul. Gold, lim. I - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3O 14 16 - Devon G. Cous. (Tavist 1 570 590 - Drakewalls. - East Bassett (Illogan) 294 19 S t - East Caradon 2.14.0 64 74 - East Carn Brea 3l 44 4: - s,ast Grenville - East Gunnislake 8.3.0 } - East Loved 3.9.0 11 124 - E. WI Russell (Tavistk 10.8. 3 31 - Gain.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 7 4 Great L ,xey, limited all 20 21 24 - Great South Tolgus 0.14.6 14 2 - Great Wheal 34 - G. Wheal Vor (llelst , t 1 40 3C 32 - Grenville 8.18.0 21 - Herod's Foot 8.10.0 40 42 - [iingston Downs .. . ... 5.10.6 5} 53 - Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 5 7 - Marke Valley 4.10.6 4 44 4 Ilwyndy Iron Ore, lira 21 24 146 - New Se ton - North Roskear - N.Wh'l Bassettallogan 4.4.0 }a North Wheal Crotty - - Prosper United 7.1.6 - , vidence Uny Lvlant 10.6.7 37 39 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l} 410 930 - South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 38 22 - Stray Park . - Tin Croft .. 9 19 20 5 Vigra and Ckgan, lim.. all 4 6 - West Bassett (Mogan .. 14 3 4 - W. Caradon (L , skeard I) 8 10 - West Chiverton ll 774 82 - West Seton. 474 185 195 - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 8 ► es - Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 25 274 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 3 b - Wheal Seton -- Wheal Ttelawney (Lis 7 164 174 rREFERENCE ISHARiqh London and N.Western, Bedford and Cambridge 90 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., Ditto, 4i per cent. stock rd., VS LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London Tilbury, and Southend, 93 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 16f 1 } Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 81 Sambre and Meuse, 9 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, t6l FOREIGN MINE:. United Mexican, lim., 21 Yudanamutana of S. Australia, lira., 1 f 1 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 73 i / BANKti. Agra and Masterman's, lira., (51 5 Alliance, lim., 291 9 Anglo Austrian, 7 Australasia, 72 Bank of British Columbia, 211 Bank of Egypt, 314 4 1 Bank of London. 138 Bank of Victoria, Australia, 431 Chartered Bank of India. Australia, and China, 24 English and American, Um., 51 Eng ish Joint Stock, lira., 91 European Bank, lim., 12 1 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 41 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 141 London and Brazilian tibia.), Ditto, new, 71 London and County, 771 81 London and W estminster, 961 6 Provincial Banking Corporation, Urn., Gi Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. lira., 6 1 Union of Australia, 53 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 161 1 • Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Berlin Water Works, lim., 191 I • Bo.bay Gas, lim., 51 Canada Company, 82 Ceylon Company, 91 10 City of Moscow Gas, lira , 5 Commercial Union, insurance, 7 , " Company of African Merchants, lira., 31 Credit Foncler and Mobilier of Englanu, 81 1 Credit Ftmeier of Mauritius, lim., 71 Discount Corporation, .11 1 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, Um., 61 East India Irrigation and Canal. 91 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, bra., 41 Electric Telegraph, 139 Fore-street Warehouse, Jim., ICI Gen. Credit and Finance 01 Loncton, Ilm., 5 4/ Home and C )lonial A ssurance, lim, 34 Hudson's Bay, 171 1 Imperial Mercantile credit Asso., Um.. 61 International Financial:bociety. lim., 51 Joint Stock Discount, lim., 41 4 1 Land Securities, 11m., 31 1 London and Caledonian Marine, lira.,, 31 London Financial Association, bin , 13 London General Omnibus Company, 51 :dras Irrigation and Canal, Ditto (all), 171 ilwall Iron Works, 4 National Discount Company, 141 Northern Assam Tea, lim , B, 41 Overend, Gurney, and Co., I Telegraph Construct', n and Maintenance, Ditto (.£l2), 81 S Universal Marine, Insurance, Urn., 3 4 Warrant Finance, Um., 64 SHARE 'his Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. I Share / Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian.. Cork and Bandon Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc Dun„Perth, & b.Junc E. London, ecrip Certi Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Ang,l. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern D.). A stock Do. B stock Do. I\ ew, ts. at 25 pn, Gt S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original D 7. S. 1741. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Oxford Do. Newport Do. Ilereford Lanc..shire&Yorkelnre London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., ('hat., and Dover Do. Metrop. 14:x. A Lon. & orth Western. Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District. Do do. do. Do. and St. John'slV'd Mid and Do. £9 Share Do, 13irmin.. & Derby iTid Kent 'North British Do. Ed., Pt , & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. Ii.N•E purchast Do. Leeds Do. York De. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. & Darling. Do. 10. 1860-61 North London .. Do. do. 1864 Do. do. 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock to. Scot, ➢lid, stock Shropshire Union South Devon tioutli Eastern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha I West Cornwall I raid.' Closing I Business Price. done. D 3 95 132 133 65 70 13 15 4i 5i 68 70 70 72 115 117 38 40 6) 76 129 131 148 149 PO 92 6) i 61 59 6 4Z 44 35 37 101 1 03 123 ;24 89 91 97 99 35 37 45 5) 127 1271 95 16 65 651 134 135 , 3 1 97 C 9 93 1311 1271 128 2} I 90 98 (2 64 7 28 112 114 85 d 38 1 a i a 120 30 621 1 591 COI 43 i 37 61 127 i 6; 9) 5 134] 128 I 71 8} 7 i i P 72} 771 7 1 1 BRITISH POSSE Atl antic .L• St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, A , Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. F shares Buffalo it Lake Huron Do Preference Buff., Brant, &Goderichi 6 p.c. 872-3- Calcutta & S. E., ai e Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p East. Ben,al, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. st 'ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prk f. Bonds Do. do. deterred . • • • Do. Pref. stook Do. do. deferred • •• • Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred I Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. C Gt. South of India .•••• • gua. 5 per cent D . 4f per cent Do '3reat W• R. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay 1873 1 54 do. pay. 1877-8.. 1 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.O .... Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extensiou lelb. Cor. 6 p. c Bnds. Mel. az Hudson's Bay.. N. lil.C'da, 6pc Ist pt. bs. Scinde A Do. Delhi Do. do Do. I'uniaub 1r Do.lndus 100 100 "JO all 100 100 72 73 103 110 37 18 104 124 126 11 2p, 14 2pi 75 ;7 11 12 117 140 68 /0I 112 114 53 55 77 77, 8 0 144 118 3 tp! 102 IC4 51 53 :SSIONS. 6s 6) 09a 1001 id ID 7s 8 10 11 74 78 96 98 65 70 100 102 100 101 102 103 45 49 87 90 68 70 60 63 62 64 63 56 48 51 44 47 38 40 36 38 103 101 Il', 2 PI co 100 01 03 171 171 3L 3iq 12 r 4 84 1 4(1 93 101 90 1)2 86 88 64 +6 S 82 981 991 93 99 I 4 93 99 37} 1011 6 4 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1866. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE WOLFSOIIN. The bankrupt was described as an umbrella maker, of Portland place. To-day an application was made to annul the bankruptcy. It appeared that there had been an ar rangement under which a compromise was to have been paid. Certain costs, however, were not paid; and his Honour remarked that to-day was fixed for the last exami nation and order of discharge, and as certain forms had not been complied with, the case must be adjourned. The debts were £14,700, and a meeting of creditors had been held, but the accounts were not properly on the fi!e. Mr. Linklater contended that the bankrupt had dono all in his power, and therefore he was entitled to his orders. His Honour said he should adjourn the case. PDLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A WRETCHED PAnt.—Jane Elizabeth Chard, of No. 2, Cross-street, Carnaby-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting her husband. The Complainant said—My wife having been out all Monday night, I spoke to her last night on her coming home, and this morning she threw a shell at my head, cut ting it as you see, and then took up a knife to me. Palestine Exploi ation Fund. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. have received a third report from Captain Wilson, Royal Engineers, in charge of the first ex ploring party of this association. The party ar rived at Tell Hum (N.E. end of the Lake of Galilee) on January 20, moved to Khan Minyeh on the 25th, and to Mejdel (centre of west side of lake) on 27th, at which date the report was despatched. Your obedient servant, GEonGE GROVE, Hon. Sec. Sydenham, Feb. 20. " Topography.—Astronomical observations have been made at Tel el Lady, Hunin, Kedes, Safed, Tel Hum, and Khan Minych. A reconnoissance sketch has been made of the district around Banias down to the junction of the Banias and Hasbany rivers, across the valley to Mtelleh, and thence fol lowing the dividing ridge between the waters of the Litany and Mediterranean and those of the Jordan down to Safed, embracing also a large por tion of the country on either side. The bad state of the weather, cold and wet, drove the party from Kefr Birim, but they have to return to investigate the ruins there and at Meiron and Yarun, and other places not previously described, and will have an opportunity of getting in the topography of Jebel Jurmuk, and connecting it with the former work. A reconnoissance has been commenced of the coun try bordering on the lake, and this Captain Wilson hopes to carry right round, and also to trace out the whole of the wadys running into the western side of the lake. Archteology.—A sketch has been made of the Castle of Hunin, the northern portion of which is surrounded by a ditch cut in the solid rock to a depth of, in some places, 20ft., a work apparently of great antiquity. At Kedes some excavations were made on the site of the ruins ; the western building is -a tomb containing 11 loculi ; the eastern one is a temple of the sun, of about the same date as Baalbeck ; the richly-worked lintel over the main entrance was dug up. Close to the temple, and evidently belonging to it, an altar with a Greek in scription was found, which has been squeezed and copied ; a finely-worked buried sarcophagus was dug up, in better repair than those exposed to the air. Detailed plans have been made of the mould ings, &c., on both the buildings and the sarcophagi sufficient to reconstruct the former with great ac curacy. On the same bill some curious tombs were found, of one of which a plan was made. A. little more than two miles south-east of Kedes, on an isolated hill, called Ter Harab, were found the re mains of a large of very ancient date ; the walls of the citadel and a portion of the city wall could be. traced. This Captain Wilson regards as the long sought-for Hazor, in preference to Tel Khureibeh. At Tel Hum the White Synagogue had been so far excavated and its plan and ornaments carefully re corded, but nothing else had been found. The ruins of Chorazin at Kerazeh turn out to be far more im portant than was suspected ; they cover a much larger extent of ground than Tel Hum, and many of the private houses are almost perfect with the exception of the roofs, the opening for doors and windows remaining in some cases. All the buildings, including a synagogue or church, are of basalt, and it is not till one is right in amongst them that one sees clearly what they are ; 50 or 100 yards off they look nothing more than the rough heaps of basaltic stones so common in this country, Drawings have been made of the mouldings, &c., and a plan of the large building as far as can be made out. " Photographs—Two views of niches and foun tain of Banias, seven views of castle of Banias, three views of town and citadel of Banias, one view of Hazor, Oak Grove, three views of sarcophagi at Kedes, one view of large tomb at Kedes, seven views of temple at Kedes, four views of rains at Kerazeh, and five views of ruins at Tel Hum. The broad cutting in the rock above Ain et Tin proves to be a portion of a large aqueduct which formerly conveyed the whole of the fountain at Tabighah into the plain of Gennesareth for irriga tion. The water was raised in a tank and carried round the contour of the Tabighah valley to the plain: The aqueduct still stands in small portions at several points, and can be easily traced the whole way by the number of stones with cement adhering to them lying on the surface of the ploughed fields. Specimens of the waters of the fountains have been kept, and their temperatures taken. "At Irbid some progress had been made in ex cavating the synagogue. Two additional photo graphs had been taken, one of an aqueduct hewn in rock, and one of the plain from above Khan Minyeh. The reconnoissance had been advanced to Mejdel, and observations made at Khan Minyeh. The maps are greatly in error in this district. The whole of the ancient system for irrigating the Ghuweir has been traced—though on a smaller scale, it was as perfect as that of the Damascus plain. The mounds at Khan Minyeh had been ex cavated for two days, but without much result. The pottery and masonry appear to be compa ratively modern. The maps promise to be a valu able addition to the topography of Palestine." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—This DAY. The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. BARNETT took the oaths and his seat for Woodstock. MANCHESTER, SHE FFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY i3ILL. On the motion that this bill be read a second time, Mr. WATKINS moved, as an amendment, that it be read a second time that day six months. He said the bill sought to upset the deliberate opinion of a committee of that house, as it proposed to remove one of the fixed bridges of the railway with which he was connected and in its place erect a swing, bridge, which he thought was fraught with the most dangerous consequences. After a short discussion, the amendment was carried and the bill thrown out. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY (ADDITIONAL POWERS) BILL. This bill was read a second time. DOUBLE RETURN. Mr. O. HARDY informed the Speaker that he, having been elected for the University of Oxford and Leo minster elected to sit for the University of Oxford. NEW WRITS. New writs were ordered to issue for the election of mem• bers for Tiverton, Brecknock, Lancashire (Northern Divi• sion), London, Limerick, Sunderland, Ripon, and Leo• minster. GAS COMPANIES. Captain GRIDLEY moved for return or statement from every gas company established by Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, stating the several Acts of Parlia ment under which established; the rates per 1,000 cubic feet at which such company have supplied gas in the years 1864 and 1865, and the average price of the coal used by the company in each year for the same period; also stating the:amount of fixed capital invested by each gas company, and the rate per cent. of dividend to the shareholders or proprietors on their shares in each year. The return was ordered. NATIONAL FAST. Sir B. BRIDGES asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it was the intention of the Government to recommend the appointment of a day for national fast and humiliation, in consequence of the national calamity of the cattle plague ? Sir G. GREY said the opinion of the Government was clearly expressed in the letter he had addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury. He thought it much better to trust in the voluntary means now in progress rather than to issue an order in Council. Days of fast wore now being set apart in certain places by the clergy, on which God's blessing was asked on the measures which had been taken to stop the cattle plague. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. Sir R. PEEL asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention had been directed by the Govern ment inspectors of railways to the alarming condition of several of the arches of the viaduct spanning the Tame Valley, near Tamworth, on the Midland line of Railway, and inquired what steps had been taken by the Board of Trade in the matter, with a view to the protection of life and property ? Mr. M. GIBSON said ho had not been able to obtain so much information as ho desired. The accident alluded to took place on that part of Midland Railway opened in 1839, at which time the Board of Trade had no power of inspection. He would look into the matter more closely, and lot the right hon. baronet know the result. JURIES IN CRIMINAL CASES BILL. Sir C. O'LOUGHLEN moved the second reading of his bill, which was meant to remedy some of the great incon veniences which at present existed in the jury laws. His bill had nothing to do with cases already decided; it re lated to the keeping of juries, and to the discharge of juries. Now, for his part, ho could not see why any difference should be made between juries summoned in misdemean our cases and those called together to dispose of felony cases. The jury in misdemeanour were allowed to go to their homes, supposing the case lasted over the day, and he thought it unjust that juries in felony cases should not be allowed the same privilege. That matter had been dealt with in his bill ; and another hardship, which had long betn complained of he had attempted to deal with. Where it became necessary to lock up a jury for the night, his bill directed that they should be taken to an hotel and be supplied with beds, instead of continuing the inhuman practice of locking them up in the court house, the judge by the present law having no power to direct their removal to an hotel. Ho also proposed that the judge should have the power of ordering jurors re freshment. The bill laid down most distinctly that the judge should not have the power of discharging juries ex cept in the several instances specified in the bill, and then followed the directions with respect to juries, in cases of illness either of the judge, the witness, or the accused. The measure would prevent a repetition of the scandal that had occurred in Charlotte Winsor's case, as it directed that the judge should have the power of dis charging the jury after they have been kept in confinement a reasonable time, which time he (the judge) shall decide, and from his decision there should be no appeal. (Hear.) He begged attention to the 13th clause of the bill, by which it was distinctly enacted that it should be legal on the part of a jury to return a verdict on Sundays. (Hoar.) Ho hoped the house would allow the bill to be read a second tune, wheu any amendments hon. members might think it advisable to make could be settled in committee. Mr. NEAT T supported the second reading of the bill. He thought it was a very good bill, and calculated to remedy an ovil in the present state of the law which had too long existed. Mr. S. B. MILLER objected to many of the provisions of the bill as altogether unnecessary. Mr. WATKINS thought the bill ought to bo allowed to go to a committee, because, in his opinion, the hon. mem ber had made out a complete case, showing the necessity that existed for an alteration in the law with respect to the locking up and discharging of juries. Mr. G. HARDY said he had no objection to that part of the bill giving the judge power to order the jury refresh ment. He, however, did not think it would be wise in the house to pledge itself to the proposal in the bill with re spect to the discharge of juries until the case of Charlotte Winsor had been decided in the Exchequer Chambers. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he should not have opposed the measure if the hon. baronet had confined it to the giving of rofeeshments to jurors after they had retired to consider their verdict. With respect to the provisions relative to the discharge of juror►, he could not give his assent to tho measure now before she house. The case of Charlotte Windsor had been alluded to dur ing the discussion on the bill, but if the Exchequer Chamber, in the case about to be submitted to it, con firmed the judgment of the Court of Queen's Bench, the law with respect to juries will bo settled as clearly as it could possibly be. Ile thought the bill, at present at all events, ought not to be allowed to proceed. Ho aid not think, in nine cases out of ten, the verdict would be satisfactory to the public, if tho jury were to be allowea to separate during the trial, and before giving their viordict. If his hon. and learned friend would limit the object of his bill to giving refreshment to juries ho would not oppose it, but if the other provisions wore passed then he should feel it his duty to object to its second reading. The hon. and learned gentleman then postponed the mo tion for the second reading of the bill until the lath of April. TELEGRAPHS (ILELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. The house then adjourned. MARKETS.---This Day. MARK LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were but moderate. The condition of the produce was very middling, and all good and fine dry samples moved off steadily, at full quotations. Inferior qualities, however, were a dull inquiry, on former terms. With foreign wheat the market was moderately supplied. On the whole, the trade was firm, and a fair amount of business was transacted, at full prices. Floating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, at late rates. The supply of barley on sale was very moderate. The trade in consequence ruled firm, and the value of good and fine malting produce had an upward tendency. The malt trade was firm, at fully late - rates. The market was but moderately supplied with oats. The demand ruled far from active, at late rates. Both beans and peas met a slow sale, without leading to any change in prices from last week. There was a moderate demand for flour, at late prices. 511IP ARRIVALS THIS WEEP. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 2050 1120 1970 2380 88U Irish Foreign 2670 26350 120 mks. COMPARATIVE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OP GRAIN. For the week ending Feb. 'For the corresponding wook 17, 1866. last year. Qrs. Aver. 1 Qrs. Aver. Wheat 61,055-45s 9dl Wheat 67,929-38s 4d Barley 63,361-33 s 9d Barley 60,089-29 s 2d Oats BOROUGH. HOP. Our market is quiet ; nevertheless, all descriptions of hops support late rates. WIIITECHAPEL. The supplies of moat on salo are tolerably large, host descriptions are in fair demand, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 10d to bs 2d ; veal, 48 4d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 4s to 5s 4d per Blbs by the carcase, A BODY WASHED ASHORE.--BREST, Feb. 17.-- The body of a woman, apparently that of an Englishwoman, of about 28 to 30 years of age, was washed ashore on the south-east coast of the island of Hoedic on the 1211 inst. There were three rings on one of the fingers, the inscrip tion on which could not be read ; on a remnant of a shift rou4* neck are the words "Emily do J3onl anit" Tho Prisoner—Were you not blind drunk last night ? Complainant—No. You had been drinking. The Chief Clerk (Mr. Nokes)—lim she over struck you before ? The Complainant—Oh, yes ; she stabbed me in the shoulder once, four years ago. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Have you any family ? The Complainant—We lost ono child through her drunkenness. Mr. Tyrwhitt (to the prisoner)—You appear to have cut your husband a good deal. The Prisoner—That-was with a potato I throw at him yesterday. He's a beast. The Complainant—She cut my head with the shell. Mr. Tyrwhitt—The prisoner will have to find one bai to keep the peace towards her husband for three months. THAMES. DARING STREET ROBBERL — James King, a youth, well known to the police, and who has been convicted several times, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with steal ing a bottle of port wine, valued at 4s. 6d., the property of Mr. Christopher Hall, wine and spirit merchant ? of Ro. 47, High-street, Aldgato. William Jarvis, a porter in the employ of the prose cutor, stated that yesterday evening he was on his way to the St. Peter's-road, Stepney, and carrying a wine cooper's basket containing six bottles of port wine and a bottle of pale brandy on his back. Ho suddenly felt the basket was lighter, and on turning round saw the prisoner with a bottle of port in his hand, and :running away as fast as he was able. Ho asked a gentleman to look after the basket and its remaining contents, and pursued the pri soner, who dodged him up and down several courts and alleys in the Mile-end-road until he was stopped by a young man named George Nadur, who turned him back, and he was detained. James Strew], a police constable, No. 656 A, Reserve, stated that the prisoner was a notorious thief, and had been convicted twice, once for stealing goods from a cart in the Whitechapel-road, and upon another occasion for steal ing a piece of beef from a butcher's shop. Mr. Paget committed the prisoner for trial, and directed that the judge should be informed of the prisoner's con victions after the trial. Stroud said the prisoner had been in custody at other times, and stole his mother's bad linen off her bed and sold it. The lad was ono of the most audacious thieves in the district. SAVAGE ASSAULT. —Kerry \Varr and Stephen Fitzgerald, Irish labourers, wore charged with violently assaulting John Pales, a police-constable, No. 99 11, in Upper East Smithfield, last night. The prisoners were passing along the street intoxicated, and meeting the police-constable they attacked him with out the semblance of provocation. One pulled off his coat and knocked down the constable, and the other fell upon him and beat him. Both prisoners and the wife of ono of them kicked him, and when ho got up to defend himself with his staff the woman took it from him. The constable, who received 20 blows and kicks, was quite exhausted, and some bystanders interfered and secured the ruffians. Mr. John Hayden, of No. 1, Agnes-villas, Hibernia-road, Hounslow, Middlesex, saw the outrage, which was a most savage one. The constable was kicked and beaten for nothing at all. He felt it his duty to come forward in the cause of law and order. The prisoners were each sentenced to one month's im. prisonment and hard labour. Liverpool Cotton Market. —TI is Day. The market opens with a fair inquiry. Sales probably 8,000 bales or more. Launch of the Ross Winans Cigar-ship. On Monday last the remarkable structure known to tra vellers up and down the Thames as the cigar-ship was launched from the yard of Mr. Hepworth, at Cubitt Town. This singular-looking craft has been built for Messrs. T. and W. L. Winans, from designs for which they aro the patentees, being the fourth which they have constructed upon the same principle. One was built several years since for them at Baltimore, and from this, which was propelled by a large screw in the centre of the ship, they obtained a speed of fifteen knots per hour. Two smaller ones, each about 70 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth and height, have lately been launched at St. Peterkburg and Havre. The present ship is 256 feet in length and 16 feet in breadth, being of the same breadth as that built in America, and 26ft. longer. Her shape along the sides and bottom is that of two arcs of a circle, the screw shaft running from end to end along the centre, being the chord of both arcs, and she floats exactly up to her centre in the water, as was proved on her being launched. Up to the water line she is con structed of the finest iron plates tin. thick ; and above this she is of steel plates 5-16iu. in thickness. She is divided into twenty water-tight compartments, and 181 t. at each end is fixed to the screw shaft and revolves with it. This shaft is 7iin. in thickness in the centre, but near the screws is 15in. thick. It is worked by three upright cylinder high-pressure condensing engines, supplied with superheated steam by four boilers, of a construction similar to those of locomotive engines. A fourth cylinder is added, whose work is to shift 20 tons of lead to counteract the tendency to roll from the motion of the screw. The engine-room is in the centre of the vessel, and the boiler -room and furnaces aro below—the first being 20ft. iu length and the other 25ft. In front of the engine -room is a smoking saloon, handsomely fitted up beside, 12ft. in l ength, and behind which are sundry state rooms, with berths &c. Further forward is the cook' s galley, and yet f urt h er is the forecastle, where are the 7 berths of the firemen and engineers. Abaft the engine room are the saloon, 26ft. in length, and several state rooms. There is accommodation on board for 30 passengers. Pro ceeding further aft you come to the sleeping apartments of the crew, where is the windlass, a long crank to be worked by hand, and hero also are the anchors, which aro like two great clock weights suspended in a couple of canisters, which rise from the bottom of the ship, and are open below. Through these tubes the anchors, weighing a ton each, are lowered, and aro supposed to be quite strong enough to hold a vessel giving so little resistance to tho water as this vessel is expected to offer. The engines aro in all of about 250-horse power, nominal, but it is intended to work them to from 1,500 to 1,800-horso power. The screws will pro trude beyond the widest part of the vessel 3ft. on each side, being 22ft. in diameter, and are constructed with 9 blades. Near the screws and 6ft. in towards the centre of the ship aro the rudders, which aro - worked by machinery placed between the funnels. Tho dock is 130 ft. in length by 10Ift. in width, and from it rise two telescope masts. She was launched just at 4 o'clock yesterday, and being built level on the cradle she went into the water so that the centre of the vessel touched the water first. Mrs. W. L. Winans broke the bottle on her point, for it can hardly be called a bow, and naming her the Ross Winans wished her success. The idea of her inventors is that such vessels would bo of the utmostr ave valuewithaillseavaend passengers ; woulddaily mails to anduin steadiness ; and that, we speed might were such vessels employed, America. However events may justify th ese gen tl emen ' s expectations, travel they have so far com menced an experiment great for car r upon an almost unexampled scale, and with an amount of spirit and judgment worthy of American citizens, and which will insure them the hearty good wishes of all. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. I GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived,Three Anns, Secret, and ; Augusta, from Dantzic. Sailed, Feb. 21—Vigilant , screw steame r , f ur C a l a is ; opel ve l Fob. i, f r 21—Pride —f ) r u i n d k o i o rk f Ipswich, Belgium, screw steamer, for Ostend ; Earl of Southesk, for Adelaide. Wednesday Morning. DEAL, Passed, Feb. 20—Adonse, for Guernsey ; Modora, for Cardiff ; Rio Grande, for Jamaica —all from London. Passed, Feb. 21—Ems, screw steamer, from London, for Caen. Anchored—Patricia, from London, for America. The Price of Gold. -e'----- The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 178. 10id. per ounce fbr standard geld, it appee.rs that gold is nearly 3-iCths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advic , :s from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sttrlin - Standard gold at the Englibli Mint price is, there.ore, at about the same price in London and Hamburg. The gourse of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 107 per cent. At these rates there s no profit on the importation of go'd from the United States. Election Petitions. The list of disputed returns has been augmented by the following petitions recently presented to the House of Commons : BARNSTAPLE.—The return of Mr. Cave for this borough has been petitioned against by two elec tors, who impute bribery, corruption, treating, and intimidation as having been practised by Mr. Cave and his agents and friends, upon which grounds the petitioners pray that the return of that gentleman may bo declared null and void. CARLOW BOROUGH.—A petition has been pre sented by two electors, who pray the house to annul the return of Mr. Stock, to whom by himself and agents they impute bribery, corruption, treating, intimidation, abduction of voters, undue influence, and other illegal practices. DEVONPORT.—SeveraI electors live presented a petition against the return of Mr. Ferrand and Mr. Fleming, whose majorities over the competing can didates at the general election—Mr. Phinn, Q.C., and Mr. Brassey, jun., they declare to be but col , ourable, and consisting of the votes of disqualified persons. They also allege that many good votes were tendered for Messrs. Phinn and Brassey which were not received, which, if duly counted, would give those gentlemen the highest positions on the poll. It is also alleged that the sitting members by themselves and agents were guilty of bribery, treat ing, and undue influence, and the petitioners con clude by praying that the return may be amended by substituting the names of Mr. Phinn and Mr. Brassey for those of Mr. Ferrand and Mr. Fleming. HEREFORD CITY.—In the case of this city a second and, we presume, a counter petition has been pre sented, impugning the return of Mr. G. Clive, who, with Mr. Baggallay, also petitioned against, was returned at the general election. The petitioners allege against Mr. Clive the usual charges of bribery, corruption, and intimidation, which they submit make the return of that gentleman illegal, where fore they pray that it may be annulled. SANDWICH.—Two members of the Government, Lord C. Paget and Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, are attacked by a petition from two electors, who allege that the return •of the sitting members is invalid, such return having been obtained by corrupt and illegal practices. It is averred in the petition that Lord C. Paget and Mr. Knatchbull-Hugessen, by themselves and agents, made promises of money and other valuable considerations in order to induce electors to vote for them, and not for the opposing candidate, Mr. C. Capper. WAREHAM.—The return of Mr. Calcraft for this borough is disputed by two electors, who in their petition declare that the sitting member owes his ma jority over Mr. Drax, his opponent, to the use of illegal means, and therefore they pray the House of Commons to annul such return. THE IRISH SECRETARY. —At the last moment a petition has been presented, the requisite recognisances being entered into, against the return of Mr. Chichester Fortescue for Louth. It is not believed that there are the slightest grounds for this proceeding, the'object of which is to prevent the immediate issue of a new writ consequent upon Mr. Fortescue's acceptance of the appointment of Irish Secretary, and so keep him out of the houso for several weeks. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. 6,PORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LINCOLN RACES.-MIS DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. BLANKNEY HANDICAP. Trag,.'dY (Loates) 1 Venture, some (Hear tfield) 2 Actor La lifechante. (Parry) 0 Knight of the Whistle (Carroll) 0 Elastic , (Elphick) 0 Credulity Cleopatra (Kenyon) 0 Advance Won by half a length; a length between second and third. Betting -2 to 1 agst Cleopatra, 2to 1 agst Venturesome, 5 to 1 agst La Mechante, and 8 to 1 agst Tragedy. THE CITY HANDICAP of 5 sous each, with 50 added ; certain winners extra. Six furlongs. Lord Westmorland's Indian Star (Kenyon) 1 Mr. Wilkinson's East Lynn.. (Carroll) 2 Lord Stamford's Gemma The following also ran :—Historian (Parry), Pantaloon (J. Grimshaw), Reindeer (Hibberd), William Pitt (Heart-. field), Elactic (Elphick), Pink (R. Challoner), Opposition (Storey), Musician (Foster). Betting-4 to 1 each agst Musician and East Lynn, 6 t•o to 1 each agst Reindeer and Gemma, 14 to 1 agst Indian S tar. Won by three-quarter of a length ; two lengths between second and third. HENDON RACES.-THIS DAY. The COUNTIES' STAKE of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for hunters ; list 71b each ; Penalties and selling allow ances. Three miles. Comet Woodpidgeon . ......... (Silkes) 2 The following also ran :—Crucifix (Roberts), King Arthur (Ellisson). Betting-5 to 4 agst Crucifix, 2to 1 agst King Arthur. Won by a length. Winner sold for £4O. The MIDDLESEX HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, with 25 added; certain winners 71b extra. Two mites. Smite ...................(M0nkf0rd) 1 Fairplay (APlrney) 2 The following also ran : Conjuror (Tait), Snagg (States), Almeric (Ellison). Betting-6 to 4 agst Sinite. Won by two lengths. The SELLING STEEPLECHASE of 3 soya each, with 20 added ; four-year-olds, 10st 101 b ; five, list 121 b ; six and aged, 12st 71b ; allowances. About three miles. Polly Hopkins .. „ (Knight) 1 Balleycasey.. .... • •• • • (Barton) 2 Light of Other Days . • (J. Reeves) 3 Paleface (Bally) 0 Idiot (Calcraft) 0 Grisette (States) 0 Express Betting-6 to 4 agst Polly Hopkins, 2to 1 agst Light of other Days, 4 to 1 agst Grisette. Won by a length, bad third ; nothing else passed the post. The LICENSED VICTUALLERS' CUP of 25 gs ; llst 71b each; certain winners extra. Two miles. Sir Bobby (Mr. Barry) 1 Ascot (Mr. Martin) 2 Sinite (Monkford) 0 Belphegor (Hogard) 0 Mystery (States) 0 Betting-5 to 4on Sinite. Won by four lengths. Lord Dundreary and Spiritualism. MANSION HOUSE.-THIS AFTERNOON. This afternoon the summons granted against Mr. Cole man of 12, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, and 51, Pem bridge-villas, Bayswater, a gentleman connected with the Spiritual Magazine, was heard before the Lord Mayor in the Justice-room in the Mansion-house. The gentleman complaining of the article which the defendant had printed was Mr. Sothern, the celebrated actor and representative of Lord Dundreary. He denied altogether that there was the slightest truth in the article, but, on the contrary, the statements contained therein were false and libelous. MraSerjeant Ballantine represented Mr. Sothern; Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, was present for Mr. Coleman ; and Mr. Chamberlain, of Basinghall-strect, appeared for Mr. Kent. Mr. Lewis said he had been instructed to appear to an swer a charge of libel preferred against Mr. Culeman ; but, as the summons had not been duly received, he (Mr. Lewis) begged that his lordship would adjourn the hear ing of the case for a week, with the view of affording him an opportunity of preparing an answer to the charge. And, again he (Mr.,Lewis) was personally unwell, and quite unprepared to go into the case. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said there was only one ground upon which he would accede to the application, and that was in consideration of the ill-health of Mr. Lewis. All that ho intended to do was to prove the libel, and to ask his lordship to send the defendant for trial. He then laid down the law of libel, and contended that upon public grounds he ought to object to the adjournment, and, upon reflection, thought he would do so, and he accordingly protested. Mr. Lewis hoped the case would not be taken at that time. He was not at all prepared to proceed, as a portion of his evidence had yet to be got from Glasgow. Sergeant Ballantine said they would admit at the part of the case relative to the Glasgow letter, they wanted to go on now. He intended to put Mr. Sothern into the box, not for the purpose of examining him, but to allow Mr. Lewis the opportunity of cross-examination as to the truth or falsehood of the charges contained in the libel. Mr. Lewis said as they were determined to proceed ho had nothing to do but to get as much as was possible of the defence entered on the depositions, and therefore he should put a few questions to Mr. Sotherit. Mr. Sothern then entered the witness-box, and was sworn. Mr. Lewis—ls your name, sir, Sotheen or Stuart ? Witness Sothern. Mr. Lewis—And never, I suppose, sometimes Stuart ? Witness—l was known for some time in America by the name of Stuart. Mr Lewis—Did you not originally belong to a theatrical company in New York ? Witness—Well, yes. Mr. Lewis—ln the years 1854 to 1856 ? Witness—That is so. Mr. Lewis—And during that time you endeavoured to teach spiritualism ? Witness—Quite so. I did so in a free and open manner. There was no charge made for the instruction. There were some other gentlemen in the circle of the names of Harroway, Wolff, Norwood, and others, but I don't recol lect of the name of Hooper. Mr. Lewis—l suppose you had some high personages come to see your performances. Witness —Judge Edmonds and other gentlemen used to come. Mr. Lewis—And you kept this up for two years. Witness—Yes. The circles met about once a week, but we were constantly changing. I was the medium. • Mr. Lewis—Then the medium was the principal of the seance ? Witness—Yes, myself and another named Wolfi. Mr. Lewis—For two years, then, you admit you prac tise deceit, if deceit it was. Witness—Yes. Mr. Lewis—Then you admit for two years you were practising deceit ? Witness—No, I don't. (Laughter.) Nothing of the kind. Mr. Lewis—Upon your oath, did you not practise deceit ? Witness—Well, what do you call deceipt. (Laughter.) You put your questions strong. (L a ughter.) I don't k now what you may call deceit. to Mr. Lew is—Pretending to t each that which you know be false. that ; I wished to discover th e Witness—l don't say truth or falsehood of spiritualism. Witness—l can't say t hat. I mus Mr. Lewis—And it requ ired two yet say o lwas no do . it. t satis fied in less than two years. ndth e conc l usi on you arrived at was toad velrsfer.ij A e s w pi i r s i — tnaliani. Wit ne s s —Yes. I was n earl y convincel the first day I tried it, but others w ere not. making fools of them ? told them so (Loud r audience that you were Mr. Lewis—Will you swear that you have told Witness—Yes, positively,.• I did ' four years ago.not make it known laughter.) Mr. Woolf assisted me. I left New York about three or before I loft that all I had been preaching was humbug. (Laughter.) Mr. Lewis—Don't you know that there are persons who now believe in what you taught ? Witness —Upon my soul, I can't believe they do believe it. (Laughter.) Mr. Lewis—Do you believe, on your oath, that others believe it ? Witness—Upon my soul. Mr. Lewis—You needn't say that. Witness—Well, then, really—(laughter)-4 don't think there is a sane man who has not a few spirits about him. (Loud laughter.) What I wish to say is that Ido not see how any sensible man can believe it. (Loud laughter.) Mr. Lewis here said ho came to a portion of his case that he could not go on with—l referred to a letter written by the plaintiff to a gentleman in Glasgow. Mr. Ballantine—We admit the letter, so you can go on. Mr. Lewis—l wish much for an adjournment, but as it is insisted I must go on. Have you been practising spiritualism since you came to England ? Witness—Yes, on a small scale—(laughter)—but always at private houses. Mr. Lewis —And you have endeavoured to make others believe that true which you knew to be false. Witness—You see— The Lord Mayor—You had better, Mr. Sothern, merely answer Mr. Lewis's question. Witness —You see, my lord, he puts them in such a way that his object is evidently to make me contradict myself. I have endeavoured to make people believe it true. I did at one of these circles jump about like a dog, but I did not bite a bit out of my trousers. (Loud laughter) I did, with four other gentlemen, pursue a gentleman with knives at one of these meetings. There was a summons taken out, but it was withdrawn. The gentleman knew it was all a joke. Mr. Lewis—Then the gentleman who took out the sum mons knew what had been done was a joke ? making such a foul accusation. It is entirely and utterly untrue to say that there is not the slightest difference existing between myself and my wife in the matter It is a false and scandalous assertion. Mr. LEWIS then addressed the aldermen, and con tended that the label Ives merely copied from an American paper. By Sergeant Ballantine —I believe that the spiritualists aro impostors. I never admitted that I had ravished a young lady. There is not the slightest pretence for Mr. Ballantine—Your neod not reforto the libel, because we alleged it was sent over by your client to America, ou purpose to bo inserted in the publication there, in order to come back to London. The defendant said that such au expression was untrue. Mr. Lewis proceeded with the address, and said that the present proceedings were adopted in order that the defendant's mouth should be closed. lia.d he pro ceeded by civil action then the defdndant could have been put in the - witness-box, and had Mr. Sothern brought the matter forward, ho would have adopted that course. The Lord Mayor said he would not take upon himself to say, but a jury must decido that question. The defendant was then committed for trial, but bail was accepted for his appearance at the sessions. Arch Lbishop Manning and Mr. Whalle TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—May I ask you kindly to insert in your jouratt the two following letters, addressed by Archbishop Man ning to Mr. Whalley, with reference to that gentleman's quotation, in the House of Commons on the Bth inst., of r passage from the Eclectic Review, which ascribed to the Archbishop, and those who net with him, the proposition that "the English Government was an usurped Govern ment, the enemy of God," ecc. 1 omit less important documents in the correspondence which ensued upon this assertion ; viz. —(1), the Arch bishop's first note of inquiry to Mr. Whalley, on the report, of his speech appearing in tho Times; (2), Mr. Whalley't reply, to the effect that he had quoted the charge re f erred to from the Eclectic Review; (3), Mr. Whalley's courteous answer to the first of the two letters now enclosed; in which, among other expressions that do him honour, he stated that in the debat% he had announced. the archbishop's repudiation "of th e words and sentiments referred to," though he only read to the house a portion of the explanation sent to him. At the same time he entirely consents to the publication both of that letter of the archbishop and of the succeeding one which now accompanies it. 1 omit also, on account of their length, the extracts fox warded to Mr, Whalley with the first letter, from a volume entitled "Essays on Religion . and Literature, by Various Writers," edited by the archbishop in 1865. They will be found, p.p. 375-7, the author of the particular Essay, " Christianity in Relation to Civil Society," being Mr. Lucas. I am, Sir, your faithful servant, 8, York-place, Portman-square, 21st February. _ W. IL ANDERDON. 8, York-place, Feb. 16, 1866. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge your letter of yesterday in reply to mine of the 11th instant. It apptiars from your statement that the report of your speech on the night of the Bth instant is substantially correct. The quotation of the words ascribed to me was in in verted commas. And the words were ascribed to me by name. So I find the report to stand in various papers. I have to-day obtained the August number of the Eclectic Review of 1865, and examined the page you re fer to. 1. In the first place, the Eclectic Review does not ascribe the words to me. It states them to be contained in a book of which I was editor. You, sir, stated in the house " These are the words of Dr. Manning." They are not my words, and 1 feel sure that you wil see at once the course which in candour ought to be taken. The volume referred to contains several essays, each eignod the name of the author, who alone is re.spou- Bible for its statements. No such words, nor any such substance, is contained in the essay contributed by me. 2. But, it may be said, that, as editor, I should be re sponsible for suffering such words to be published. The words aro not to be found in the whole volume, nor the substance of any such words, but are visibly a falsifi cation of the passage which I now enclose ; which, as you will see, has no reference to England whatsoever, but to the infidel French Revolution, and the influences of it, which have revolutionised to a great extent the modern society of Europa and South America. But I have communicated the facts of this correspond ence to the author of the Essay, who will take such steps as ho may think fit with the editor of the Eclectic Review. Ido not complain of you, sir, for being misled. Tho confident tone of the Eclectic Review would lead any truth ful and honourable man to believe that the passages in in verted commas were quotations faithfully made. But I feel that your own sense of candour and of honour will dictate what is due to me. I do not yield, sir, to you in loyalty t 3 my Sovereign ; and my life, which has been neither short nor private, is ample witness of my words. I feel what you have said as a wound ; and I ask of you to undo the wrong which I readily believe you unwittingly did. I ask it not for my own sake only, but for the sake of those whom you say my name may influence ; for you have cast it with what soever weight it may have into the wrong scale, and made it weigh in a direction towards which no word or act of mine has ever yet so much as inclined.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, 11. G. Whalley, Esq., M.P. f llEmir E. MANsixo. 8, York-place, Portman-square, London, VV., Peb. 19, 1866. Sir,—l have this moment read in the Parliamentary re port of the debate on Saturday last the personal explana tion made by you on the subject of the words you had, through error, ascribed to me; and I beg to thank you for the prompt and candid course you have taken. You will, I feel sure, acknowledge the justice of what I now add. It would have been more satisfactory if you had stated that the words had never been spoken by me, or SO much as known by me. And in order to preclude the possibility of mistake, or of any other person being misled, as you have unconsciously been, which both on private and public grounds I consider o f much ;impedance, I request your consent to the publi cation of my last letter, together with this note, in which I gladly express my assurance that you made the original statement in full belief of its correctness, and my sense that in the course you have so promptly pursued, you have made me an honourable reparation. I have the honour to be, sir, your faithful servant, fi H. E. MANNING. H. G. Whalley, Esq., M.P. SLIPS OF TILE PEN,—Gen. Taylor immortalised himself by perpetrating one of the grandest bulls on record in which he attained what a certain literary professor calls " a perfection hardly to be surpassed." In his presidential, address he announced to the American Congress that the United States were at peace with all the world, and con tinued to cherish relations of amity towards the rest o f mankind." Much simpler was the blunder of an En g li s h officer during the Indian mutiny, who informed the public) through the 71,1718.1, that, thanks to the prompt measures of Col. Edwards, the sepoys at Fort Machison " were all un armed and taken aback, and, being called upon, laid down their arms." There was nothing very astonishing in as Irish paper stating that Robespierre "left no children be hind him, except a brother who was killed at the same time ;" but it was startling to have an English journal assure us that her Majesty Queen Victoria was "the last person to wear another man's crown." Addison lays it down as a maxim, that when a nation abounds in physicians it grows thin of people. Filibuster Henninpen seem to have agreed with the essayist, or he would hardly have informed General Walker, in one of his despatches, that "Doctors Rice and Wolfe died of the cholera, and Dr. Lindley sickened, after which the health of the camp visibly im proved." Intentionally or not, the stout-hearted soldier suggests that the best way of getting rid of the cholerais to mak e s h ort work of the doctors. Among the obituary notices in a weekly pape r not rnany . n monthspub ago, there appeared th e name o f a certain He Bean, with the following eulogium attach .; y an d steady attached to o was greatly esteemed for his strict pro a This is a worthy Sunday Tames from its first number. ,, pendant to Miss Hawkins's story o f the undertaker writing to the corporation of London , " I am desired to s b u l bs conduct through life, he having been to the su bscriber inform the Court of Aldermen Mr. Al ermen n ot far short, Gill died last night, by order of Mrs. Gill is ; and, uss aud's announcement point of absurdity, is Madam© T of the exhibition of the effigy of the notorious Palmer, "who was executed at Stafford, with two hundred other celebrities." 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