The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-03 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The market for discount accommodation con tinues steady, and there is no alteration in the rates. The aldount of £4,000 was taken from the Bank of England yesterday. It is a nnounce d th a t th e a ppli ca ti on li s t o f th e i mperial Land Company of Marseilles will be closed O n Wednesday next, the 7th inst., at four o'clock, for London ; and on Thursday, the Bth inst., at 12 o'clock, for country applications. Two o'CLock. The Fulton, from New York, has arrived with Very little business has been recorded in the market for Government Stocks, because specula tion is very dull, and the interest derivable is not sufficient in these times to attract the attention of investors. Consols are 86} 87 for money, and Nefor the account. Reduced Annuities and the 'sw Threes are also a little firmer. Bargains have taken place in India Stock at 210}, and in the 5 per Cents. at 102} /. Exchequer Bills a little flatter. Comparatively little business has been transacted in the Foreign Market. Saturday, as asual, being a very quiet day, some of the latest quotations are as follows :—Turkish 5 per Cents. are 38 ; Mexican, 22} ; do. New, 20} ; Greek, 161 ; Spanish Passive, 27} ; the Certifi cates, 161 Y ; Italian, 60/ 61; Brazilian Scrip, 11 2 pretty, ; Egyptian Railway Scrip, } prem. ; and t he New Chilian Loan, 2/ 31 prem. United States Government 5-20 Bonds are 701 ; Erie Shares, 54/ 55 1 ; and Illinois, 78} 79. • B tisiness in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active, although prices in some instances show less firmness. Midland and Great Eastern h ave each d ec li ne d 10 s ., an d G r eat Western and ._ Easter n and Yo r kshire each 55., while South t;astern have improved 55., and Great Northern A Stock £l. In the Foreign and Colonial lines there is not much change. Grand Trunk of Canada, however, ha ve improved to 37} /. B ank and Miscellaneous Shares remain at steady rates. Alliance are deal in at2B/ 29 ; City Bank, Join Stock Discount have declined to 2/ 3 ; and Ov erend, Gurney, and Co. 19i. The shares of the Imperial Land Company of Marseilles are quoted 3 3; prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. a Der Cent. Consols N 1)0 . Acco un t , M arc h 6 B7 61 Per Cent. Reduced B5l I 1 New 3 per Cent Bsf "e n vt 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — A 4 ' o ' 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — -uauities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan. 1880 D O . for 30 yrs, exp i re sth April;lBBs — ,° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — ue quer Bills, Xl,OOO, 3 per Cent. 6 dig Do. £5OO — Ba Do £lOO and £2OO Ilk Of England Stock, 5 per Cent I\r t ,„ i bd '. -4. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - i; ta ll Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 2lOl r,O Account ::', O . 5 per Cent. July, 1870 uo. Do 4 per C ent., O ct. 1888 . Certificates 13,0. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 -, E t) * per Cen., May 1879 _ -°. Deb., 4 per t Cent., Aug. 1866 - n h o . Bonds, £l,OOO — "0. under Xl,000 VOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. il "krgentine Republic, 6 per Cent., £l5 pd — pm k sh .. l i l n n Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 5 per Cent 0— -°' Loper Cent., 185`2-58-60 ~ . 1863 , Do. 1865 D .-,0 Account 731 xd o R . tu • ''crlP, £35 paid / 31 c 1 , 01 3 Ayres 6 per Cent B • aunt 0 X1(0 Bonds B3 Do Ch• . 1 Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) ili a , I , Cent — Cob 01 . . per Coilubian 6 per Cent. t h al 6 per Cent. L i , i , B4 3 per Cent., 1825 C . : 4 per Cent., 1863 D a , u ; 5 , Per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid t muoran Principalities quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — E .l) V°., P rovisional Land Warrant — i pt lall 7 per Cent B9l D °., Second Issue — ° XI- 0 0 Bonds — BO Do, 1864 931 i ~,£lOO Bonds 'O. Government Railway Debentures 92 Do - Ur 0; 4 2 . ° paid — pm n e— . per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons -0. Account Do. c oupons ~.210. Account iiVernala 5 per Cent. — n iall 5 Per Cent 1865 °- Account ' B_ 4 0 . llarenamana Railway — ~- l e au 3 per Cent n°kio. A.ccount Do 1864 R 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ~ontevidean 6 per Cent., X3O paid tloorisb. Imperial 5 per Cent N eal Granada —Do 2 per Cent . Do Def erre d DO . Do Land W arrants (Hectares) c'. 6 ▪ _per Cent, 1864 r , u 0 Guaranteed, 4 p er C ent ' Vivian 5 per Cent., 1865 130 . Account Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) P r y ° 4 i Per Cent., 1862 ° ll ll guese 3 per Cent., 1853 ' 3 Der Ce nt ., - 1856 , ' 7 , '9, '6O, '62, '3, —I ) b 0. Account -bus s ; 0,,, 5 per Cent., 1822, X St — D O ' 1 per Cent. 1850 0 4 ,, per Cent., 1860 e o 6 per Cent. 1859 t o 5 , Per Cent. 1862 fia rdi :, Per Cent. 1864 spl •aian 5 per C en t 11-4311 3 Gent 0 per— Doo Account New Deferred D Nc Account D 0 Passive Bt, a n ecount 271 1 4111811 Cert. of Coup not funded --- 11313 A ccount l6 wecli sh 4 0 0 , per Cent. T,,,, L ; 4 ,1 per Cont. 1864 - 1) 444.8 . 11 6 Per Cent. 1854 Do Account 9ll n ° 6 Per Cent. 1858 -0 Accountll)o £lO O Bond s h e 6 Per C en t . 1862 ' 66i -13 b Account 661 Co £loo Bonds - f 7 uo n A O z per Cent" 1863 - 110. u, Per Cent., 1865, paid up Scrip _ Vt- - Account . 4 tier Cent. Guaranteed — '4O . 6.,zilela 3 per C en t. 1110 6 account - Do' Acc Per ou Cent" 1862 — nt /2 , Do. 1864 °' li Per Cent — 4 -Dividends on the above payable in London. tl it ,. 11 ,,e1 : ta' 4 , 5 p3r Cent., Ex. 10 Florins "--' S h -- ,', 4 i - per cent., Ex. 25f. „D e o - i l Pe , ' C.nt., Ex. 12 Gull _ .‘re,,,,1,-teer Cent. Certificates 14." rites 3 per Cent. — 11 -4 6 Per tent. , 1861, Ex. 25f. -a Accoun — Co - -Rol TWO O'CLOOK. .or money " A ccount 87 1131.0vement of Workhouse Infirmaries. Th e MEETING THIS DAY. I N Ob Jects proposed by the originators of this benevo ; ttl I"velnent are the reform of the sick departments o Ai'fttll,B4°Politan workhouses, the consolidation and gene t —gatliaation of the workhouse infirmaries in the me- D0 t 74 1, and the support of those infirmaries by a metro rate. la T o" Earl of Carnarvon presided at the meeting held to ; the " Wil lis's Rooms, and was supported by a number e L et , Y, prelates, ' and influential members of the laity. t'llart"rs were read from Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr. J. ttetti Mill, Mr. S. J. Cl ar k e, an d other gentlemen, re tire thei r i nability to attend, but expressing their en- e,2eP pro val of th e objects of the association and their , st wis hes for it s success. B °ltitions i n conformity with the object of the meet ,wilieWti e r e unanimously agreed to, and the proceedings, Wer e very satisfactory, then terminated. ei ll ile4 our American friends are in want of medi fir e s, with confidence we refer them, to the well-known e: l n °f Messrs. T . Newberry and Sons, of 45, St. Paul's t,a;rchYard, wh o supply American medicines genuine as Pai citteci• We le arn that they are the solo agents for several siell(thleuse queut re in medial products, to which we ma y re f era ssue. City" b;Pl'it, A I - AL PALACE.--O NE SHILLING DAY.— s, March 2 . — ..9dissions on ment, easoll tickets, I,sss — m total visitorpa y s, 2,719. 1,164 ; ditto .... ofrw4l itim: Friday. y rrince attended ;., arrived .2 o'clock the We r of he r e in St. Waiting, Colonel of their Duke of n i n the ;re drio Princess Brown's left the join the t Lock exandrs aignton, id Mrs. 1-ranee's of Mr. e Court a eldest justice inburgh rly yes )r some rth and coming , g ressed I , up t° r cool - Le parts line of plough/ The and All ; exPe" )roved force snow SHARE MA RKE TS,—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing ! Business Share ' Railways. P— " . l Price. done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall Dublin & Belfast Junc Dun„Perth, & n b.Junc €.London, ecrip Certi 93 95 131 .32 65 70 13 15 4 0 67 70 70 72 Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern Da. A stock • • Do. B stock 117 110 38} 393 61 71 121 126 14) 14 Do. New, Is. at 25 po. GtS, and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste:n •. S. V4l. Rail gua. Do. South Wales 83 90 60 04 Do. W. Mid.— Oxford' Do. Newport. 60 6 39 41 31 38 it 2 'O4 119} 12' 87 8) 96 OS 38 40 44 48 122 123 92 43 64 63 133 134 3 lip 1 97 t 9 Do. Hereford. .. Lano ,, shire& Yorkshire l L.)ndon and lllackwa4 Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., chat., and DOVVZ I Do. Metrop. Ex. A 1 Lon. do North Western Lon. & South Western, Man., Shet., & Lincoln, Metropolitan. Do. New Do Extension.... Metropolitan District Do do. do. Do. azd .tt.John'siV'd Midland Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin...t Derby k I id Kent .. (North British 123 123 f 2 21, 47 99 Do. Ed., Pth , & Duna Nth. Eastern—Berwici, Do. G.N'E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle 1 1 0. `took. & Darling. _ _ 61 63 7 2.8 109 110 70 72 103 1(8 Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 35 37 10. 1 lop 122 )25 1 2p 16 2 p 75 77 11 12 148 149 69 71 112 114 Do. lo 1865 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. ,N. E , Aber. stock +)o. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union South Devon •3outh E +stern & Wok r t a a ff in V es ale Wok" Do .0 Vale of Neath Waterford & Ki !keen Waterloo & Whit eha West Cornwall 5t 53 76 77 8 9 141 144 3 pi 102 104 51 53 EIRITISEI Atlantic & St. Lawrence Born., Baroda, .t Cen.ln. • • go. 5 per cent Do. I' es hares Buffalo & Lake liuro* Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- •• • • ••• • • Calcutta it 8. E., lira.. at e Town Sz Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p' Nast. Ben4al, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c...... Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred .• .• Do. 2d Pri.f. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred ... • D0..1t1 Pref. 5t00k.... Do. do. deferred ... • Do. 4th Pref. stock .. Do. do. deferred ... • Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 'O. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. c. • G t. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent D . 41 per cent Do great Wes. of Canada.. DJ. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 5y do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.O Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Filth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. It I.C'da, 6pc lstpf.bs Scinde ...... Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub.... .71 Do.lndus lESSIONS. 53 au 99i 1001 id 10 7# 8 10 11 74 78 96 98 65 7u 100 102 100 101 102 101 35 38 87 90 68 70 60 53 62 61 53 50 48 51 44 47 38 40 BS 58 107 ICB a 11) 99 100 91 93 171 171' 31 92 #4 84 e 6 1 4o 93 10 90 92 86 88 64 fib 8 • 82 981 994 98 99 i 4. 98 99 17 161 10 1 1:0 T SECUR: 4 :4 96 93 56 95 97 t 0 82 73 SO 101 103 104 100 104 105 101 103 90 92 101 103 108 1 8 102 104 103 XO5 103 105 114 06 99 iOl 93 il5 93 95 87i 88) 100 10• Z 84 84 98 100 98 100 104 100 1064 10:1 8 9 15 17 560 58) 1 1 19 21 8 9 31 41 31 4 91 * 101 3 31 5 7 20 21 11 2 31 3C 31 3} 31 33 40 41 5 5 7 4 41 21 10:1 31 4) 13 15 1 32 34 390 410 2 If 18 22 9 11 19 20 4 6 3 4 8 10 75 60 165 175 80 v 5 25 274 3 5 - 2 - 5 215 10 174 KRENCE SHAKEh, Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per et.. 1(3 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 4 , per cent. stock rd., 96 hortli Eastern, York, IL and Selby purchase, 10} FORIOGN RAILWAY h. Bahia and San Francisco, 11. n., gua. 7 per cent., 15 Belgian Eastern Junction, 2 Dutch Rhenish, 221 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), St Sambre and Meuse, Si Sambre and Meuse, 56 per cent. pf., 91 San Paulo. lien., 6 per cent., 1 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, '5l FOREIGN MIN xe. Cape Copper, Um.. 11i Chontalea Gold and Silver Mining, 4/i rontino and ISOlivia ii old, lira., St. John del Rey, lira., 54 5 4 BANK Agra and Misterrnan's, lira., t 44 34 Alliance, link_ 1:81 9 ‘ng lo Austrian, 6/ Bank of British Columbia, 214 Bank 01 Egypt, 23 Bank of New Zealand, 194 Barned's Bank, lim., 10 English and American, lire.. 6j 4 English, Sco.ch. and Australian Chartered, 20 English and Swedish, lim.. 154.1 European Bank, lim., 12 1 Hindustan. China, and Japan. ilm., 19 Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 184 Imperial Ottoman. 131 Ditto, new. 12 1 Lard Mortgage Bank of India. lim., 91 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, lim., 154 London and County, 774:8 London Joint Stock, 484 Merchant Bank, iim., 264 Oriental Bana Corporation. 51 Provincial Banking Corporation, lim , 7 Scinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi. lim., lit o, issued at 2 pw.,121 MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., 21 Bombay Gas, lim., 51 City of London Real Property, lim., 4 City Offices, lim. 41 Credit Foncler and Mobilier of England, 84 4 Credit Funnier of 3lauri tins, lim., 7; 8 East Indian Land Credit and Finance, Bin., 6 1 Ebbw Vale, 84 Electric Telegraph, 136 ?ore-street Warehouse, lim., 101 lien. Credit and Finanae ei LJnuon. Ilm., 5 Hudson's Bay, 17.' Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso.. lim., 6 International i..and Credit. lim., 6 Joint Stock Discount. Inn., 44 4 London and Caledonian Marine, lim., 31 Merchant Shipping, lim., 124 Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 41 National Discount t ompany. 14/ National Provincial Marine, lim, 14 orth British and Mercantile Insurance, 204 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., 194 Beverley Tucker and George N. Sanders are at present in London. Mr. Pike, American Minister at the Hague, has, we learn, tendered his resignation, to take effect from Ist June next. COLONIAL GOVERNMEIs British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31,1472.... Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja..t July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl.&ocl, 1890-1900 Do. do: IS3O-9' Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9' Do. syer cent. 15 April and Oct., 1900 Ceylon. Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. o, 1873,, Jan. and July 1 Do. 1..78 ...... t to. 1882, May 15, Nov. Do. 18J5, Feb. & Aug atal ov. Is per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July N. 5. W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186t Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187 t Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189! New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 .4neensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-P Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja 4July Do. do, A pril & Oct BRITISH M Cam. Consol. cold, lim Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Carn Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake. East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StA übyn(G 7/Cll. Great L ,xey, limited Great South Tolgus.. Great Wheal Busy._ G. Wheal Vor (Uelst Grenville licrod's Foot llingston Downs ...... Margaret (Uny Lelant Marke Va11ey.......... Ylwyndy iron Ore, lim New Se con ........ North Roskear ........ N.Wh'l Bassett( Ii log an North Wheal Crotty Prosper United........ Pr vidence Uny Lblant S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. South Condurrow ...... S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan Stray Park . Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard West C hi verton ....... . West Seton . Wheal Bassett 'lllogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 2.1.0 29i 2.14.6 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 8.18.0 8.10.0 5.10.6 13.17.6 4.10. f 431 381 4.4.0 2.13.( 7.1.6 10.6.7 li 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 39 1 1241 141 Iz 59 1 I 1 1191 88 98 1221 2 021 3 134 1231 i 1091 i P 1081 7 38 i 53 761 It FOSS 1031 i 37i 7 1 rrri ES. THE 60N, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1866. MR. SOTHERN AND SPIRITUALISM. Central Criminal Court.---This Day. (Before the Deputy Recorder.) This morning Mr. Benjamin Coleman appeared in surrender of his:recognisances answer to an indict ment charging him with having written and circu lated a libel on Mr. Sothern, the celebrated comedian of the Haymarket Theatre, in the Spiritual Maga zine. The libel, it will be recollected, made grave imputations against Mr. Sothern's private character as a gentleman and a married man, all of which he said were utterly and entirely untrue. A full re port of the examination of the defendant appeared in The Sun on the occasion of the inquiry at the Mansion-House before the Lord Mayor, and there fore it is unnecessary to republish it on the present occasion. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Montague Williams appeared for Mr. Sothern, and Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Lewis were for the de fendant. The jury having been sworn, Mr. M. Chambers, on the part of the defendant, said he wished to plead guilty to the indictment, and to make the most ample apology in his power to Mr. Sothern for the pain the publication of it had caused him. He, on the part of Mr. Coleman, said he had no desire to extenuate one word of it. The libel, it would be recollected, was contained in an article in the February number of the Spiritual Magazine, the subject of which was the truth or falsehood of spiritualism, and Mr. Sothern's opinion of it. The article in question was in the first instance extracted from a New York newspaper, but Mr. Coleman had introduced into the article a letter written from America, and had also commented upon a letter which Mr. Sothern had addressed to a Glasgow newspaper with respect to the matter in question. He entirely exonerated that gentleman from the charges made against him in the letter from New York, and he begged to assure the Court that the defendant had no hand in either concocting or sending that letter from America. If the trial had been put off for a short time he should have been able to prove to the satisfaction of the Court that such was the case, but as that course could not be adopted the Court would have to look at the libel and all the circumstances under which it was pub lished. Mr. Sothern and Mr. Addison had exhi bited at Scarborough certain performances to show— Sergeant Ballantine said he should object to any further statements in the matter. Whatever Mr. Sothern had exhibited was no reason for imputing to him a crime of the most unjustifiable description. There was no truth whatever in the assertion that Mr. Sothern had ever exhibited, as his learned friend was about to state. He had done no more than any private gentleman was entitled to do in his own house--viz., to illustrate his belief in the entire absurdity of spiritual manifestations. He should object to the introduction of such matter to justify the libel complained of. _ _ Mr. Chambers said he knew nothing of the doc trines of spiritualism, but as far as Mr. Coleman was concerned he knew that he was under the im pression that the phenomenon was attributable to other than ordinary causes. Whether his faith was well or ill founded he was not going to say, but Mr. Sothern wrote to one of the Glasgow papers stating that he had discovered the deception practised by the Devonport Brothers, and that communication begat observations in the Spiritual Magazine, which ended in the long article complained of. Mr. Coleman inadvertently, as he (Mr. Coleman) thought, wrote a letter stating that he was prepared to prove all that was published. In preparing the article for publication Mr. Coleman had, unfortunately for himself, been labouring under the impression that by omitting certain portions of the letter from America, and substituting in its place a number of asterisks, he had removed all ground of libel—that it had removed the sting from the asser tions ; but that was not the case. In the letter that Mr. Coleman had written he had unfortunately not really expressed what he intended to say ; he did not mean to say that-he should be able to justify all that had been published on the matter, but all that he, being a believer, had written, and this fact only tended to make— The Deputy-Recorder asked if Mr. Sothern's letter in the Glasgow newspaper made any personal imputations against those who practised spiritualism. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said there was no impu tation against Mr. Coleman, and the letter of Mr. Sothern was only an answer to the attacks that had been made on him in the Spiritual Magazine. Mr. Chambers—Mr. Sothern in his letter said he could only look at spiritualists as idiots and swind lers, and also that the practice of spiritualism was a fraud, an impudent chicanery, and a blasphemous indecency. The court would here see the contro versy had got hot and strong—(laughter)—but he would not pursue that matter further. The impu tations on Mr. Sothern's character he now, in the fullest manner, withdrew. Mr. Coleman had no hand in the publication of the advertisement that had given Mr. Sothern so much uneasiness, and all that his client intended to say when he wrote the letter about justification was that be should be prepared to justify all he (defendant) had written, not all that had been published. Under those circumstances, it was for the court to say whether there should be a high or low sentence. There were believers in the truth of spiritualism, and Mr. Coleman was one of them, and it was only follow ing out that belief that Mr. Coleman had written what he had. If there were any other way than he had adopted of setting Mr. Sothern right with the public, he, on the part of Mr. Coleman, would be only too happy to adopt it. Sergeant Ballantine said he was perfectly sensible of the weight that ought to be attached to the apology coming from a gentleman of the high standing of his learned friend (Mr. Chambers) at the bar. When he withdrew every imputation against Mr. Sothern, and said th ere was n ot one word of truth in it, he h a d d one a ll t h a t a gentle man could do. He should not, th ere f ore , sa y one word in aggravation. The whole statement, how ever, which was a wicked and wanton falsehood, had given Mrs. Sothern much pain, and that lady was in court, ready to say that she was a happy wife, having a good husband. It did not become him to be hard on a fallen adversary, and Mr. Sothern, as a kind-hearted and honourable gentle man, would not press hardly upon an erring fellow creature. The Deputy Recorder, in passing sentence, said that the defendant on his own con fession, had been convicted of a misdemeanor. The libel was a very gross one, and was cal culated to inflict great pain upon a gentleman placed as Mr. Sothern, 'who was a married man and a public personage. There was no doubt that the defendant published the libel, and the prosecutor was entirely justified in taking the most active steps the law allowed him to vindicate his character from the aspersions cast upon it, because more than his own happiness was concerned in the matter. The defendant had overstepped the bounds of fair con troversy in what he had published, but Mr. Sothern had kept within the limits of law in proving that, which the defendant firmly believed, to be false. He (the Deputy Recorder) did not say that spiri tualism was true or false— he rather believed it was true, but he had not seen any of it. (Laughter.) The defendant, in his part of the controversy, had introduced a direct personal slander ; therefore he had placed himself within the reach of the law—he had, as had been said by a very high authority, thrown away the arms of a warrior and taken up those of an assassin. It therefore became his duty to consider what punish ment, for such a proceeding, should be awarded. He had done so. lie did not think it was likely that Mr. Sothern would ever more hear of the matter from the defendant, and therefore he thought the retention of his recognisances was not required, and he should inflict a penalty of £5O upon the defendant for the use of her Majesty the Queen, and order that he be imprisoned until the fine was paid. The court throughout the time the case was under discussion was filled with members of the theatrical profe2aion. Mr. Sothern, who occupied a seat near Sergeant Ballantine, was surrounded by friends, and the result of the case appeared to give the fullest satisfaction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STABBING.-Emily Bullock, a young woman, was chat ged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Mrs. Anna Tenuchi, of n, Grafton-street, by cutting her on the head with a knife. The prosecutrix said—The prisoner has been lodging with me for some time. Yesterday evening, about half past 8, she came in while I was cooking something for tea, and said, " Have you done my chop ?" and on my saying 1 bad not, but would, she took up a knife from the table and stabbed her once on the head and once in the cheek, and then struck her on the shoulder with the handle of the knife. I went to the Charing-cross Ho:pi tal to have my wound attended to, and on returning spoke to a sergeant, who took the prisoner out of a beerhouse. The prisoner—We had been drinking together all day. Don't prosecute me. The prosecutrix-1 don't want to hurt you, only I was obliged to come here. Agnes Tenuchi, a little girl, daughter of the prosecutrix, said—l saw the prisoner take up the knife and stab my mother twice, and then struck her on the back with the handle of the knife. Sergeant Leech, 14 C —ln consequence of what the pro socutrix told him he went to a beorhouso and took the pri soner into custody. On telling her she was charged with stabbing the prosecutrix, she denied doing so, stating that it was the landlord who had done it. Tne prisoner was drunk, and always is drunk, and the prosecutrix and tho prisoner are generally drunk together. Mr. Knox—That is no reason why they should murder each other. The Prisoner—Did I not have a mark on my forehead when you took me into custody? Sergeant Leech--I did not see one. Mr. Knox—l shall remand the prisoner, and you, Ser geant Leech, can make inquiries at the hospital to see if any danger is likely to result from the prosecutrix's wounds. AMERICA.. ARRIVAL OF THE BAVARIA. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 3. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Bavaria has arrived here with 119 passengers for England, France, and Hamburg—a large cargo, and $l,OOO in specie for the latter port. She sa il e d from New York on the 17th ult., and experienced strong head winds throughout her passage. The Bavaria passed the steamer Fulton on the 24th ult. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Mongolia arrived off the Needles at 3.5 a.m. ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIAN. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 3. The extra screw steamship Peruvian, Captain Ballantine, from New York on the 17th ult., ar rived here this morning. Her news has been an ticipated. ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALASIAN. NEW' YORK, FEB. 21. Money tighter. Gold, 134. Exchange on Lon don, 1481 ; on Paris, 380. Stocks tending down wards. New York Centrals, 911 ; Illinois, 114 ; 801 ; 5-20 Bonds, 1031. Cotton slightly firmer. Middling Upland, 46. Flour dull. Wheat quiet. Corn heavy. Provlions steady. Coffee heavy. Sugar and molasses dull. Petroleum, crude, 29 30 ; do. refined, 46 48. SAVANNAH, FER. 17. Cotton dull. Middling, 423- 43. The President has vetoed the Freedman's Bureau Bill, causing considerable Congressional and popu- , lar excitement. The Senate failed to pass the Bill over the President's veto. The House of Representatives has adopted a resolution from the reconstruction Committee that no Southern members shall be admitted until Con gress pronounces them entitled to representation. CHICAGO, ILL., Feb. 8, 1866. Business is unusually brisk in Chicago. Not withstanding the strong prejudices existing against the railroads in the people of the North-west, they daily pour into the city vast freights, and their pas senger travel is great. Conventions have been recently held at Pontiac, Pepin, Genesee, and Ottawa, by the farmers of this State, for the pur pose of devising a means of resisting the encroach men+s of moneyed monopolies. Fifty miles from Chicago it would take just four bushels of corn to buy a single bushel of iron, and the freightage on the produce of farmers is such that it exhausts all the profit of the farmer. Wool is being raised in large amounts, and affords a more remunerative occu pation. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW You; Feb. 17, 186 G. Many financiers in Europe have expressed surprise that gold should continue at such a high premium as 38 per cent. in New York since the war is fully over, the resources of the country so immeasurable, and the credit of our Government so good. As the price of gold regulates the price of 5-20's and other American stocks in Europe, I will try and solve the problem. Gold ere this would have been down near par, had it not been for the bear speculators of Wall-street, all of whom thought they could make fortunes by operating for a fall of gold after the rebellion had been crushed. But as all the gold in New York available for speculative and commercial purposses is only about $30,000,000, and the speculators have sold at least $100,000,000, expecting to buy it back at a handsome profit, the consequence is that gold has been greatly over sold, and the borrowers of the precious metal for the last month have been compelled to pay from to per cent. a day commission for the use of it to fulfil their contracts. As long as this state of affairs continues, and as the stock of gold in Wall-street is increasing but very little—all the gold dust and bars received from California being shipped weekly to Europe on freight—it is folly to expect gold to depreciate in premium to any extent. On the contrary, any hasty legislation of Congress relative to Mexico, or on any other delicate foreign question, would instantly send gold up again by frightening the speculators for a fall, who would have to buy largely to fulfil their contracts. I repeat, it is speculation alone that keeps gold at a premium The finances of the country aro sound —the revenues con stantly increasing and no man doing a legitimate busi ness thinks of buying gold at any premium, as there is unlimited confidence in the national currency. As soon as the speculators get weary of their trade in gold, the pre mium will soon sink of its own weight in the neighbour hood of par. Old 5-20's, or those issued in 1862, are get ting very scarce here, and a few large orders from abroad would send them to a very high figure. Of the 314 mil lions original issues it is estimated all aro hold in Europe, except perhaps $10,000,000, and if the foreign demand continues it will be impossible to supply it., for it is a sin gular [circumstance and shows how eccentric foreign capitalists are—that they will not buy at any price, any other description of our Government Bonds except the 5-20's of '62, though there are several other descriptions of bonds that pay the same interest, and can be bought for some two to three per cent. less, only they have 18 instead of 16 years to run before the principal is paid. This ought to be in their favour, but for somo unaccountable reason foreigners will not touch them at all. But they will have to buy them or get none of our bonds very soon, as the old issues, as I have before remarked, are nearly ex hausted. Money is freely offered on good securities at 5 and 6 per cent., but there is an uneasy feeling in money circles pending the action of Congress relative to Secretary M'Culloch's new bill for funding the currency, and lenders are cautious. It is doubtful if Congress will authorise the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow money in foreign countries. Although a foreign loan would unquestion ably bring down the price of gold, still there are a good many financiers who think our Government would do bet ter not to become directly indebted to any foreign country. We have a large debt, but let us owe it to ourselves, and then we shall be independent, is their mode of reasoning. Tho following are the last two returns of the Now York Banks : Discounts. Specie. Circulation. Deposits. 8 Feb. 3, 242,510,382 10,937,474 21,494 8 ,234 191,011,695 Feb. 10, 242,608,872 10,129,806 22,240,469 188,701,463 AMERICAN RAILROAD EARNINGS FOR JANUARY. 1866 1865. Increase Decrease Atlantic and Great Western Chicago and Rock Island Erie Illinois ... 582,828 546,051 36,777 Michigan Cen tral Michigan Southern 314,598 363,996 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. The imports of merehandise at the port of New York were, for the week ending Feb. 9, $6,582,700 ; and for the week ending Feb. 2, $7,200,636 ; and since January Ist $30,118,010. The exports from this port have been for the week ending Feb. 9, $5,256,425, and since January 1, $32,050,324. The closing quotations this evening are—U.S. 5-20's, 1031; Eries, 81; New York Central, 901; Illinois Central, 1141; Gold, 1371. WALL STREET. THAMES. SANGUINARY AFFAIR.—VERY NEARLY A MURDER.— John Tuson, a strong, pOwerful, middle-aged man, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with violently as saulting and attempting to strangle Joseph Winslow, a young man. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, conducted the prosecution, and said a murder had been nearly committed, and that it was a case for a jury to determine. The complainant had not recovered from the effects of the outrage committed upon him. The complainant said he was now living at No. 6, Edwin-terrace, Burdett-road, and was a plasterer. The prisoner was also a plasterer. He was indebted to the de fendant about Li 10s., and Tuson held a suit of clothes and a ring valued at £5 a. a security. On Saturday after noon last they met at the White Horse public-house in Bow-common-lane. The prisoner, without any provoca tion, struck him and knocked him down, and then fell upon him, twisted his scarf for nearly a minute, and almost strangled him. Several iaen pulled the prisoner off him or he must have been killed. He got up and ran out of the house. The prisoner followed, seized him by the scarf again, got him down, put his knees on his chest, and again twisted his scarf very tightly. He became insensible, and should have been murdered if a young man had not cut the scarf. The witness then produced the cut scarf. Several witnesses, including the landlord of the White Horse, confirmed the statement of Onslow, and said if his scarf had not been cut he would have been a dead man. The complainant was quite insensible, all but strangled, and was "as black as ink in the face" for some time after the scarf was cut. Daniel Smith, 415 K, a police-constable attached to the court, was directed by the magistrate to look at the com plainant's neck, and he said there is a dark mark round it. There is no doubt he has been much hurt. Mr. Partridge said this was too serious a case for him to dispose of summarily, and Le should commit the prison( r for trial. Mr. Gorum, clerk to Mr. Hodson, a solicitor, who ap peared for the prisoner, said the assault was committed under circumstances of gross provocation, and called William Burns, from whose evidence it appeared that the prisoner addressed the complainant very offensively, and his wife camp in directly afterwards. Onslow then said that while he was ill in bed the prisoner's wife brought some gruel to him, put he: arm round his neck, cuddled him, and called him my dear. The two men then fought, and he saw them both on the ground. The prisoner was then committed, and bail was refused. MARKETS.--This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Only short supplies of fruit and vegetables were on sale. There was a steady demand for most descriptions of pro duce at hill prices. FRUIT—Pine apples, BsTo 10s; hot house grapes, 12s to 15s ; foreign do, is Od to 3s Od ; filberts, is Gd to 2s Od per lb ; apples, 2s 6d to 4s Od per, half sieve ; oranges, 4s Od t o 8 s ; lemons, 3s 6d to 7s per 100. VEGETABLES—Red cabbages, 2s Od to 3s Od; white do., Od to is 3d; Savoys, 6d to 1s Od ; celery, Od to Os Od ; horseradish, 9d to 2s Od per doz. heads ; greens, 3s Od to 4s Od; turnips, 2s Od to 2s Gd; carrots, 4s Gd to 5s 6d ' • onions, Os Od to Os Od per doz bunches ; brocoli, Gd to 8.1; forced rhubarb, Os 9d to is 3d per bundle ; seakale, is Od to 2s Od ; mushrooms, 9d to 1s 3d per punnet; Brussels spouts, is Od to 2s Gd per half sieve. POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to lOs Od; geese, Gs Od to 10s; goslings, s to Os ; ducks, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; ducklings, Os to Os Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od ; wild do, is Od to is 4d ; pigeons, 9d to 1s 4d each ' • Surrey fowls, 8s to 12s Od ; do. chickens, 7s to lO s ; b arn door fowls, 5s Od to 7s per couple. English eggs, 8s to lOs ; French do., Os to 9s Od per 120 ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 4d ; English Is 4d to 1s 7d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od per lb; sales, 2s Gd to 5s per pair; cod, 5s Od to 15s ; brill, 3s to 10s ; mullets, 2s Gd to 5s ; doreys, 2s Od to lOs each .; turbot, 5,8 Od to 20s each ; whitings, 3s to 128 ; haddocks, 4s to 205 per dozen ; fresh herrings, 8s per 120. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; veal, os 01 to Gs Od; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s Od per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten broad in the metropolis are from 71d. to Bd. ; of household ditto, Gd. to 7d. per 41bs. loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides 56 to 64 lbs, 2 l d to 3d. ; 64 to 72 lbs, 3d to 31d ; 72 to 801b s, 3d to aid ; 80 to 881bs., 31d to 4d ; 88 to 961b5., 4d t o 42d ; 96 to 1041 b 5., Od. to Od. Horse hides, Os to lOs Od ; calf skins (light), 2s to 4s ; full, 6s 6d ; polled sheep, 12s 6d to 14s Cd • half-breds, 108 Od to 12s 6d ; downs, 8s Od to lOs Od. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s ; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trade heavy. CUMBERLAND.—Meadcw hay, £4 4s to £sl7s 6d; clover, £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. A fair demand. WHITECHATEL.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 15s ; clover, £5 5s to £6 17s 6d; and straw, .£1 16s to £2 2s per load. Trado slow. Atlantic and Great Western Rail way. reytis gentleman f t written following h th il e adelphia:_ letter to prominent Mr. J. Jent Tile Atlantic and Great Western I Railway Offices, No. 5, Westminster-chambers, } Victoria-street, Westminster, S.W., London, January 3, 1866. Dear Mr. Dougherty —I see that the opponents of the Atlantic and Great Western are endeavouring to make a diversion in favour of the Pennsylvania Central by the old cry of " British capital," which, I fancy, has been been long since played out. Sir Morton Pe,to was in the United States, with other friends, as my guest, and is in no manner responsible for my movements, social or financial. On the contrary, I am responsible for all of his. I intend to make the influence and operations of the nt Phil a d e lphia and into Pittsburg, connecting both these eit t t l s by cn unbroken communication Company reach into n with Chicago, Cleve land,Aeai and a u Great reke Western e e s e t m ern n : Buffalo, St. Louis, and Cincinnati, and am fully pre pared to meet any opposition, fairly conducted. My views of the future of railways and their manage ment aro very different from most of the railway people in America. I know there is traffic for double or treble the existing mileage. I know my lines wall be very prosperous, and I am sure that the Pennsylvania Central and Philadelphia and Erie will, at the same time, be more prosperous than ever. Business begets -business, and oven now the dor mant traffic of the great West Is tenfold the active. Give the Western States a sure, a speedy and a cheap transit at all seasons for their produce, and the present prosperity of the whole country will be paled by the future. Forave been not obscure residents Philadelphia, and I have now g investments in Pennsylvania exceeding those of any other nearly o f Pittsburgi 5 ttosurg years andmy single proprietor. I will yield, therefore, to no man in pride of the State, and am determined to make my position useful to it, and honourable and profitable t 6 myself. I have been the means of spending 30 or 40 millions of foreign capital in and about :Pennsylvania isqhout doing Pennsylvania any harm, and I claim the privilege of spending as much more to open up the Westert and Central counties as a part of a system of railway o)rnmuuication which, in ex tent, construction, and manag3ment of its traffic in goods and passengers, shall be unecnalled in the world. Vested interests, with their usual selfishness, may not like to be disturbed, but they will find in the long run that they are more frightened than hurt ; that they must yield in any event to the greater interests of the whole State; that Pennsylvania does not belong to any corpora tion, and that I shall succeed in my plans. I am, dear Mr. Dougherty, most faithfully yours. JAMES 3PUENnY. Daniel Dougherty, Esq., Ililtulelphia. COTTON. The amount of cotton remaining - in the Southern States at the close of the rebellion has now been pretty well as certained to have been 1,400,000 bales, and the new crop of last year 400,000 bales, or 1,800,000 bales in all. About 1,450,000 have now come forward, of which 630,000 have been exported to Europe, 300,000 taken for home consumption, leaving on band at this point and in the Southern ports 520,000 bales, with 350,000 bales more to come in before the new crop, which will begin to reach the market about August next. The probable amount of cotton which will be exported this current season will be about 1,000,000 bales, worth $160,000,000 in gold, which forms a very good set-off—to say nothing about our other exports—to the large imports of dry goods now taking place. • FRAIMFORT, March 1. There has been a rise in the price of United States 5-20 Bonds during the last week of 3i per:cent., which has been caused by large purchases by investors hero and in other parts of Germany ; also some orders have come in from Russia. .Russia having all through the late war in America been the firm friend of the Northern States, her bankers and capitalists are now very naturally investing in American Bonds, which pay such a high rate of interest as the 6 per 5-20's. There have been but few parcels of American bonds received here during the last two months, the prices till recently ruling lower here than in New York; and as there is constant buying, the late steady rise has, of course been natural and legitimate. Tho closing quotations of to day are, United States 5-20's, 74 ; Exchange on Lon don, 119 f ; Exchange on Vienna, 114 k. X. X. AMERICAN SECURITIES IN THE PROVINCIAL STOCK MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Feb. 24.—Grand Trunk stock quiet; Buffa loes steady ; American securities firm. The following were the sales to-day :—Grand Trunk of Canada, 421 ; Great Western of Canada 16 13:16; Erie, 531; West India and Pacific Steam Company, 11 ex div. pm.; Con federate Loan, 41. . ELNCIIESTER, Saturday, Feb. 21.—United States 5-20 Years Bonds, 69k. Monday, Feb. 26.—Fair business. Advance in American and Canadian stocks. The follow ing were the sales : United States 5-20 years bonds, 694, this account ; 70, next account ; Illinois Central shares, 771, this account ; 774, next account; Erie, 54}, this account; 541, next account ; Great Western of Canada, 164. Tuesday, Feb. 27.—Moderate business. Prices generally lower. The following were the sales : United States' 5-20 years, bends, 701; Illinois Central shares, 73; Erie, o 4 5. Wednesday, Feb. 28.—Market flat. Tho following sales were effected : —United States' 5-20 Bouds, 71; Illi nois Central shares, 784 ; Confederate Loan, 51 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 40 38 7. Thursday, March I.—United States' 5-20 Bonds, 70 ; Illinois Central shares, 78 ; Erie, 55 ; Buffalo and Lake Ifuron, 6 13-16 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 37 8 7. LEEDS, Monday, Feb. 26.—United States' 5-20 bonds, 70/. Feb. 2 7.—United States' 5-20 Bonds, 701 I doll. AMERICAN SECURITIES IN THE CONTINENTAL SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Dap, VICTORIA CLUB BETTG.—(THis DAy.) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 12 agst Cortolvin (offered) 9to 1 agst La Africaine (taken and offered) 13 to 1 agst Mistake (taken) • 13 to 1 agst Laura (taken) 13 to 1 agst Creole (taken) 100 to 6 agst Merrimac (taken) 18 to 1 agst Real Jam (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ibex (taken) 30 to 1 agst Turnus gelding (taken) • 33 to 1 agst Philosopher (taken) 32 to 1 agst King of Hearts (taken and offered) 40 to 1 agst Glencairn (taken) 40 to 1 agst Effenburgh (offered) 40 to 1 agst Hall Court (taken) 40 to 1 agst Hornet (taken) . 40 to 1 agst Frank (taken) 50 to 1 agst Thomastown (offered) 50 to 1 agst The Doctor (offered) 100 to 1 agst Accident (offered) 100 to 1 agst Oswestry (taken and offered) LONDON GAZET I'E—Last Evening. 4. FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 20. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint James Reginald Graham, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul for the Balearic Islands. STOCK MARKETS, • AMSTERDAM, Friday, Feb. 23.—Illinois shares, 82+ ; United States 5-20 Bonds, 72 15-16 ; Five per Cent. United States Bonds, 67.1 ; Six per Cent. ditto, 73+. Saturday, Feb. 24.—Illinois sh ares , 821 ; United States 5-20 Bonds. 72 11-16 ; Five per Cent. United States Bonds, 67 15-16 ; Six per Cent. ditto, 731 Monday, Feb. 26.—Illinois shares, 824 ; United States 5-20 Bonds, 72 15 16 ; Five per Cent. United States Bonds, 68. Tuesday, Feb. 27.—Illinois shares, 831; United States 5-20 Bonds, 73 7-16 ; 5 per Cent. United States Bonds, 68 9-16 ; Six per Cent. ditto, 741. Wednesday, Feb. 28.—United States 5-20 Bonds, 734; Five per Cent. United States Binds, 69 ; Six per Cent. ditto, 741. FRANKFORT, Friday, Feb. 23 . —United 5-20 Bonds, 73. Saturday, Feb. 24.—United States 5-20 Bonds, 72. Mon day, Feb. 2 6 .—United States 5-20 Bonds, 73t. Tuesday, Feb. 27. - -734.. Wednesday, Feb. 28.-74. BERLIN, Friday, Feb. 23 . —United States 5-20 Bonds, 731; Saturday, Feb. 24, 728; Monday, 26th, 74k; 27th, 74+ ; 28th, 75. HAMBURG, Friday, Feb. 23.—United States 5-20 Bonds, 661; Feb. 24th, 66 4; Feb. 26th, 664; Feb. 27th, 67+ ; Feb 28th, 678. The Coupons due Ist March on the Erie Railway Loan, 1865, for £BOO,OOO, negotiated through Messrs. J. S. Mor gan and Co., will be paid at their office, 22, Old Broad street. France and the United States. The New York Herald, alluding to the delicate relations existing between France and the United States in reference to Mexico, says :—France and the United States have a mutual respect each for the other. We felt the fellowship \ of France in the gloomiest period of our history, and it will require many bitter experiences to erase from the memory of the nation the fact that the French were our allies in the war which gave us existence as au in dependent people. We have had the sympathy of France, and we have in turn sympathised with her in all her glorious aspirations and attempts. We have regretted her errors and grieved over her mis fortunes as earnestly as we have admired the mag nificent heroism of her sans. Indeed the lives of the two nations have reacted upon one another in so marked a degree that it seemed at one time to have established a political twinship between us. French blood was shed in our cause on the fields that made us free ; and the influence that her par ticipation in our struggle had upon France enlarged her nature, opened her eyes to her position and rower, and enabled her in turn to throw down her own tyrants—till intoxicated with the glorious draught of liberty—to take her position as the leader of the free nations of the earth. War there fore could not be kindled between these two nations without doing violence to the traditions and senti ments of both ; and whatever form political com plications may take, however the peace between America and Europe may be broken, there is no people whom our countrymen less desire to meet in battle than the people of France. But there is a limit to the forbearance that these sentiments would impose. We want plain dealing from the Emperor on the withdrawal of his troops from the Mexican territory. While we respect France, and are quite content that her pride should be spared as much as the unfortunate nature of her position in Mexico will permit, we also have to assert our own dignity as a great nation, and cannot submit to any un worthy trifling and trickery. France stands in a dilemma in Mexico—that is .a national calamity ; but they must remedy that who brought her there. It is her calamity, not ours ; and if there is to be any expense of national dignity it must be the dig nity of France that suffers, not that of the United States. France is the loser ; and it is the loser, not the winner, who pays. While we are not disposed to press the advantage of a victor, it is a fact too notorious for concealment that France went to Mexico as our enemy, as one too ready to triumph in our supposed fall ; and it is an abundant gene rosity that we give her the opportunity to with draw. She must not abuse that opportunity. There must be no chicanery, no weaving of a web before the world that is to be unwoven in the secrecy of diplomatic darkness. Mexico must not be another Rome. When we reflect upon the condi tion of Rome and recur to the Emperor's repeated promises to withdraw his troops from that city, and remember that the troops are still, there, all must conclude that Napoleon's promise to withdraw his troops is not enough. High as certain states men rate the plighted faith of the ruler of France, the simple truth is that his plighted faith is no de pendence. We must have something better than an ambiguous phrase—something even better than a distinct and positive promise would be—before the atmosphere clears between us and France. We must see the troops go. The New York Times discusses the good faith of the Emperor's speech regarding the withdrawal of his troops from Mexico, and especially the Empe ror's allusion to the fact that the Government of the United States was invited in 1861 to take part with France, England, and Spain in the Mexican inter vention. The United States Government declined making a quartette in the partnership of Septem ber, 1861—not from any dislike to join France, England, and Spain in any enterprise which should promise fair and honourable returns, but from a sense of what was due by the most powerful of the Republican Governments of the American Conti nent where the destiny of a sister Republic was concerned. In the very crisis of a domestic war this honourable position was never deviated from for a single moment. America struggled against rebellion as well as she could—sometimes under skies as black as midnight--but in the extremest hour the true men who conducted her international affairs never faltered even for an hour when the question of continental independence in the Wes tern hemisphere was at stake. The Secretary of State at Washington was neither more nor less complaisant in this Mexican imbroglio when Lee was leading his forces northward across the upper fords of the Potomac than he was when the final surrender of Lee sealed the fate of the rebel Con federacy. As there was neither craven-heartedness nor abnegation of principle in the hour of apparent weakness, so likewise is there to-day no uillainous mis givings in the hour of complete triumph. The business of the United States now is simple. They are unfit to have allies if they cannot trust them. France has maintained a friendly position, and they must either trust what she proclaims, or cease to maintain the semblance of a hollow friendship. If they have endured grievances at the hand of Mexico, they must be prepared to a dmit that other nations may also have endured grievances, if identical with their own, at l east of a kind sufficient .f against d r ss . to justify their demand in g All Americans have had right a d to protest rt has been the continuance of an intervention which aimed at political p the Federal Government has the fair and frank as surance that this presumptive object is disavowed, it is bound by all the laws which bind independent communities together in honourable friendship to accept without cavil and without dispute such de clarations as those of the Emperor of the French. The antecedents—looking to Italy and the exterior relations of the empire generally—of the Sovereign of France, moreover, justify this faith. The hope of Mexican regeneration has not been entirely dis tant from the thoughts of other statesmen than the Emperor. And the question is one which may re cur—and which must recur—to other minds, after the last French soldier shall have left the soil of Mexico. The Americans at Hamburg celebrated the 22d of February. Consul Andrews sent out circulars inviting the Americans in that vicinity. _ In Paris Washington's birthday was appropriately kept. Circulars were extensively issued, signed by ex- President Phillmoro as chairman, asking a general attend ance. Other nationalities were not invited. MARCII 2. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Pierre Joseph Fran - lois Paul de Laya as Consul at Malta for his Majesty the Emperor of the French. WHITEHALL, FEB. 28. , The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. George William Fox, Lord Kinnaird, K.T., to be Lieu tenant and Sheriff Principal of the shire of Perth, in the room of Thomas Robert, Earl of Kinuoull, deceased. . 'MAUCH 1. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Robert Hall Baynes, 8.A., to the vicarage of St. Michael, in the city of Coventry and diocese of Worcester, void by the cession of the Rev. Ashby Blair Haslewood, B.A. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 28. MEMBERS RETURNED . TO PAnuAmEsT.--Borough of Brecknock, the Earl of Brecknock; Northern Division. of Lancaster, the Marquis orlitirtington-s- Borough of 2uu derland, John Candlish. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, MARCH 2. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Edward Alfred J ee, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vica-Alexander Ilar grea,ves Brown, who retires. 7th Dragoon Guards—Major and Brevet-Colonel Wel lington Henry Stapleton, Vicount Combermere, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Major, vice Fitzroy George Smith, who retires upon temporary half-pay ; Captain Robert Clarke to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet- Colonel Wellington Henry Stapleton, Viscount Comber mere, who retires • Lieutenant James John L on d on , McAdam to be daptain, by purchase, vice Clarke ; Cornet Morris Bayntun Crosbie Yescombe to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice McAdam ; Leslie Trevor Bishop, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Yes combe. _ _ _ 19th hussars—Cornet Frederick Henry Huth, to be Lieu tenant, vice Henry Edward Kensit deceased ; Gentleman Cadet Lewis Archibald Charles Cook, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, vice Huth. 21st Hussars—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Ebenezer John. Hatchell to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice W. Harvard, pro muted on the Staff. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieut. Anson Swinton to be Second Captain, vice James Sconce, seconded ; Lieut. John Wm. Borrad a il e t o b e Second Captain, vice John. Tasker, who resigns. Ist Regiment of Foot—Lieut. George Philip Lucas, from the Bengal Infantry General List, to be Lieutenant, vico A. Bloomfield, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps. 7th Foot—Ensign Harry George Wakelyn Ford, from the 11th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Alfred Bligh Parnell, deceased. 10th Foot—Lieutenant Spencer Edward Orr to be Captain, without purchase, vico W. H. P. Gordon Bluett, seconded on appointment as District Inspector of Musketry in India. 11th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Stewart Grant Baxter, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ford, transferred to the 7th Foot. 21st Foot—Ensign Cecil Bowes Robinson to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice George Vautier Lambe, who re tires ; Gentleman Cadet Henry Woolgar Griffith, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Robinson. 35th Foot—Liwtenant Richard Trimen to be Captain, without purchase, vice Thomas Lloyd, seconded an ap pointment as District Inspector of Musketry in India; Ensign Aylmer Peter Gerald Dowdall to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Trimen. 42d Foot—Ensign Cohn Spens to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice G. T. Maitland, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps ; Ensign Wm. King Suther, from the 99th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Spens. 51st Foot—Lieut. John Forbes Pinkey, from the Madras Infantry General List, to be Lieutenant, vice A. W. C. Read, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps. 73d Foot—Ensign George Edward Earle to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clement Wolseley Featherstonhaugh,' who retires ; Gentleman Cadet George Francis De Budo Davidson, from the Royal Military College, to be En-. sign, by purchase, vice Earle. 74th Foot—Ensign Richard Leigh to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant F. N. Woodall, appointed provisionally Lieutenant Assistant Instructor to the Schools of Musketry. 99th Foot Gentleman Cadet Thomas Morris Jenkips, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Suther, transferred to the 42d Fo o t. 101st Foot—Lieut. Spencer Henry Mackay, from 39th. Madras Native Infantry, to be Lieutenant, vice A. J. C. Birch, transferred to the Bengal Staff Corps. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening. Amsterdam Short. 11 18 Ditto 3 Months. 12 2 Rotterdam Antwerp — 25 521 Brussels Hamburg Paris Short 25 22i Ditto 3 Months. 25 50 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 121 Vienna — 10 60 , Trieste — 10 60 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid — 46} Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa — 25 62 Naples — 25 62k 11 19 12 2 12 21 25 GO 25 C2l 13 10t 25 30 25 55 25 55 121-1 10 65 10 65 29i 6 291 46 47 25 671 25 67i 25 70 25 70 President Johnson's Fo'doy. The New York, Times summarises the late expo sitions of the President's policy to the four delega tions which recently waited on him at the White House, and fully endorses his position. The bur den of his remarks to the Western delegation, and through them to the country, was as to the neces sity of constantly keeping in mind the broad vital principles which lie at the foundation of the Re publican political structure. They are the principles by which he has constantly striven to guide his ac tion ; and they are the principles to which the action of Congress, the action of parties, and the action of all good citizens should always conform. If any measure contravenes them—if any policy is anta gonistic with their spirit, such measure or policy should be abandoned. For these principles-- though they may not all be based on absolute po litical truth—are, whether judged by reason or by their results, the nearest approach to political per fection of any governmental principles which in any nation have ever been established. Moreover, they to ottnhunebt unnecessary rociPle President, s a ry head, or super fluousutters are fixed in American institutions, and are intelli gentlyl upheld by the vast majority of the people. Whenever Whenever men would openly assail them, o as th i 0 sidiously undermine them, them back to his nation's lva r n executivewarning , an d organic existence. the great first laws of the nation's Those who think this course . struck time are careless stu dentsf the events and doctrines cf the o present Our contemporary is negligent of the inevitable tendencies day, and attempts and constitutional s ofsome at of tl t ie hem. with the intelligent and practical character of Mr. Johnson's reply to the negro delegation (which we published last week). Such a question as that of the position of the negro race in the American poli tical and social system can neither be viewed nor settled upon purely abstract theoretical grounds. The circumstances of the past cannot be wholly ignored ; the incidents of the present cannot be overlooked; the conditions of life and society, and labour and development—the education, the senti meats, and even the prejudices of communities, must be taken into the account. This is the philosophy which President Johnson dwelt upon in his inter view with the negthoughoes ; and d neon mere may , stigmatise such views as base such considerations of expediency consti tuteeal life and a bstractionists a fundamental element of our political of all wise political action._____ Mrs. Bigelow, the wife of the U.S. Minister at Paris, has been very seriously ill of late. A son of John Slidell is employed in Erlanger and Co.'s banking office, in Paris. General Fitz John Porter is still in Paris on business, connected with some of the Colorado Gold Mines. Mr. Murphy, the U. S. Consul-General at Frankfort, has obtained leave of absence, and expects to sail in the Germania from Hamburg on the 3d March next. He will be absent about three months. Over 140 Americans were present at the cele bration on Washington's birthday at Berlin. The meeting was at Governor Wright's house, and was a very plea sant one. easy :11 an ,NV t° deed 1 the ith s pe r that ase , aP' aro sea 100 st 1 20 206 10 100 1 190 100 100 all 100 100 100 {lOO 2 100 100 190 100 100 F 100 100 :NES. 107 i I Vit 7t 107} 6 trilE