The Sun. — London, England, 1865-02-13 00:00:00

I,llar Feb. 11 ' he i r usual, r EB . 12. noon With yesterday o with her ales• Saturdah conaPa''' ,ed ;t. James." the Pri nce and m a jor v i ce at th e aing• the ita. d Me °ll l l CISO II 7 an the Stlb• ike of S t ' earl of St. 50ut1 10119- xi the o' Drian a ' Night. 3asiou ed d ill , Y the l bje t nd,; o'clock Lieids/ 31161., pe als, an . o death, 0.0 a P ubll o health f g lit lito u !ous )3 7 the ti6° a 130 01 ed re Pass ioev it e rat vs io at 3 I than le c od i° th °, f h h of -r e ,,, t ): the 2 ; t Lor, e 1 gg ) tit leap l iral t i a , un til t of t i j o i, „ eill or iS nis",, o f th e „ Ole tl bre her , ge f l tie , poi J" 'tf laroolll i t, 1,49 I,o l" ito ci SO6, i sl 3 rOO feo:: 4 heif c , $ 0 r ho i jy, e 1101° , se ti - 11 f ti er; e , • l l crh o and of I .o°o o f P OV ziae of , e tioko, of 00 4 0 0 ir te 3 t o , req ,tided el 4 ;14 NEY - MARKEi ANL) COXMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Tw.E.LvE O'CLOCK. daThe continued demand for monetary accommo .ti°4 appears somewhat inexplicable ; discounters t unable to account for the recent heavy inquiry, o.e trade is not large, and the subscriptions to stock enterprise are now rather restricted. It ti, ay be that the requirements of the public to pay aee,l'evenue collections are the chief cause of the s iv itY daily witnessed in the Money Market, and °, the a nimation now witnessed may soon b e ex - Pee ted to cease. The rate for short bills is 5 per a4 ce ' l t., but there is more capital afloat, and brokers Yet do not seem inclined to afford any concession. efAtlfurther sum of £5,000 gold was taken out ~e tank on Saturday. e 44 Seine has arrived from the West Indies with ' 4 1683 3. Th b in report of the Maritime Credit Company has 11, issued prior to the meeting on Wednesday. 4 0 ; profits derivable from interest and commission to the 'e co mmencement of the business in July tite r 3 31 st of December, after deducting rebate of £l4 on bills not yet due, have amounted to pe be ': 10 s. 9d. After defraying the current ex able's of management, &c., there remains an avail the balance of £10,267 3s. 6d. Out of this sum free'trectors recommend a dividend of ss. per share t ate Of in come-tax, for the half -year—being at the tag ~( 4, 1 ° Per cent. per annum—which with income one' : 41 absorb £1,729 18s. 11d., that £l,OOO, being ate t L ti l of the preliminary expenses. be written off 41 5 en 4,000 b e pl ace d t o a reserve f un d , l eav i ng the CO of £3,537 4s. 7d. to be carr i e d f orwar d to - t l iv account. • Two O'CLOCK At telegrall; this morning, according to Mr. Re u te r ' s tittj e l ll, the 3 p er C en t. R en t es were 67f. 20 c. 4 The un shiess d o i ng. 11 t 1 ;:glisli Stock Market has again been very gteat,. --ga Y, but prices have not changed. The Arethe P a rt of th e a tt en ti on o f mem b ers i s g i ven t o thetefPar a tions for the fortnightly settlement, and be ff ° ee r e at present no l arge amoun t o f b us i ness can c h The Funds have not altered, and Con the a;ntiatie at 891 4 for money, and at 891 1 for t i l ea r 11)1 t. The N ew Th rees an d R e d uce d Annul 'll(liaa - e k . BB l ; Exchequer:, Bills par to 2s. pre m . ; Th,,tlier Cents., 103 f s ; and the Bonds 10s. pm. m arket for Foreign Stocks has been inactive, eexibirY lit tle alteration in prices has b een per kekie e• Turkish C onso lides are fi rm a t 511 52 ; B teekl ll ex. all have declined to 27* 1, but the New °22.1?-teraained at 261 *. Greek have receded 4 i ; 8 tll S panish Passive have advanced to 321 otter ' t he Certificates to 15 I. Italian are c a t 64 1 and the New Scrip at 11 11 di s . k okfe clerate Loan is steady at 55 56 ; E gyp ti an o k is lit prem. ; Danubian, 1 dis. par ; and Lll 4 1 5 1 •nrem e 4 /.r • `IN b ee -ahsactions in the Railway Share Market Sig e l very limited, and prices have shown little k erwi importance. Midland and North Eastern The'et,'o, however, are a shade firmer. °l ltet i : ° reign and Colonial lines remain with taiaitlge of importance. a nd Miscellaneous Shares are dull, but fully ii. l / 46 111 ‘ ,. e cl Previous p r i ces . 4 14.1: 111 ed are th e current quotations of some of b ' el Pal new undertakings :—Registered Land, ; City of Milan Improvement, 31 31 t eINI "ile rn Putitan District Railway, 11 2 prem. ; Oreth'“iga.tion and Water Supply of France, ki tof ; ; and Lond on an d P r o v i nc i a l Mo r tgage •-in gland, 11 prem. 1444V-I,4tITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. kr. eAeti-7.0)40XT FUNDS. 4t, A r, lISOIS 1„s 4eat-lkilt,,, Mar. 9 991 le* - Per. --"'-uteed BB to2iile Qeat 44 4 t Ceat /kit Per o • Jan. 1894 — I), le4, p eat. Jan. 1873 — o.(l4fc'r 34„.37ra, expire sth Jan., 1880 114„ed 4' B,LeXpire sth April, 1885 — 0 ber 13 graph), xelegraph), Aug., 1908 — b. Tel £l,OOO, 4 per Cent - NI, O. £5OO par 2pm 1 lk)of 11,,,1,, £lOO and £2OO `111164, o° '11(1 Stock, 51 per Cent lpm olp4),lrX, ItIiBIENT SECURITIES. /13)0.44,,e0111it1°1 Per Cent., April 18.7., ____— boo. AZ ee=ii::iiii *** iwiat. ''''''''' lO3 Iv 1 pee tint Y' 1, v,, rO,„, * . - ;•,'o, -'es,•• Oet. 1888 ~,,0.'1,14,,Tbes ' , per -' Paper 4Cent — D°•tl6l,Perere•ut•• Jan. perl72 P. Or 01e1,1t., May 1879 -'O, -"ad 'll-L, Au 1866 — ittld 8' X 1 00 g. er , 0 lO pm Alb, `l,000 1/4„b,a,4 t'Oltpr, "44- -50 ---rli FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK 1)o II 5 licla• 5 4,, per Center Cent — q,B il-Per 0 — lt o, exit. 1852 58 60 tY 4 ' - - b kheB 6 1863 (4,1i1' I ttilt . Per Cent — Peorce,:, ............. . . . (;q..0 per Cent Deferred. 3. per Cent.) -- „ortlf Per , ''' 'all 'ellt 6,. 6 .„,., bss,er CI. Cent. — I) o Pere at 4ktiNri eat. b Fki a A, ts., 1864 ,t 1). l Jer 0 ° Paid pm 0,5 v"l' 0 etiti 182'- titl4lly kt ellt, 18 0 io ;an °ent' 64 t 4 A 15,1 •• 1773-77, £25 paid — i 4,4 Pala eiPalities °4 Ae ......... tee t ........ 41A4a4 Is 4 ......... DI) b'' 130 slle .. to t) acle ....... 14,1,10etrisp, 4,5•184 - LA) Al.oeW Paid sltitio,:nai ~,°llBolidated, 1 per Cent — o°4-4 Laud Warrant — t)°A Per 0 da .... (; eco et,t 44.; eo '414 8•1 1824-5, ex Couponi )0,7441111k% .......... ,},,,,,,, , 4, , a 1., -Flop 4Aa ' pez:•,, I, Ittiq juent , tat, 8,, ....... dis par 98i bo.n,Te,oe ,50 ........... D° co ~,,It 01 b b NAil 'eat arenunan% R • . , , . , Railway) to t .t. ' ............... eA,lt 1864 26i \rat, rt 4 ~t 53 ngio_pr ,51.;:i'id en Pa ench dis *gil lean 6per, E 1) qr Illb .e x• 25f 20c — dis 1)52 4114c1:11.11 5 ent. 4•25 . Pm Per d paid hAe 4,b° ,ief r ent 0 ~, er,e.,llt .................... Vl'lo,ialla \4l ......................... " t° a ile4l ~ art:8'111. 1,1)00.1 , eveer deir caeci:;res) 0,1 pet r,tit. ~,t, b Vet4ent,`, uirl _. bSA etie 314 862 barren) Bla ko Per ...... k, A kl4lt Cent.,..... icle ~e • .... 185.i - I) 4 (311illit•7 iW ..... .. bii Per .... -, '7, ,6 ;°,5 ... . :,•••••. IP Per 0°,41"i".• .. ' 7 62, '3, b°, a ellt.:118-, :i ..... tat 6 ipleet Oe 18P ........ 114,14 r Cent' i _0 tto 4 ii3o69 .... • . 4. :A 6 A 1 ... „IN, eeolitter 0 tt 8‘4,1 to.,,aiert e t to 4ecolliitee.4t oo Aetlt be _e... i be l'itt,Z3lat! wed 1)111.4N ve tio, 01114 1,, k e ....................... ,til et eto rt. of _ 114: 4 rt ... 60up not . i ho it 6e c*,,e•ii..t........., onde.a —JAI .1. j.;'o q 'lc.,A7r oe, • ............... 1- 4. I lAt 'et . t. 18- tA t , ..... al r, t c 0.., - , eiat . ~..• ............ "'o "11, 44t 1808 II A r ce.. otitio4lltt.t. iio. . . 0(01 e : _ .. .. i. 2 ,i 4 q„, ri-11,00418 ......................... )kiinin-riett . i t ............... iOf bt, 4e.elit 3 teed Aud 1). e eouller 6: Per 6„,1i ................. 01 ~° 6 NI, 'lt . at, ..... .... ............... —9Bl :.ut)zttli,Ni:eie6rur!te4.4(i.tt:., oil 1!... ................................................................................ 41-21- 1 ~,,,5,.}.41,i pPeerr cent • .0° above ptiyable. in London. bug '' Ce cent ti Es, 10 pin 1t140071te8,1 Crtil• 25f. rills ... _ 1.1.14,11. IZtit, Per cei-41:.tes .................. ,o . port i ....... ~ .................. ,kell.Q onev ............. : . 4... f..................: 64= 6 4,e,,,, Ceh, .7 t)EI 1.,,. ............... s'l:itll —'ll4t •I'l 1861 t Gull ........... .. 7 LX 0 ......... toqi,,, ttverp°4onci::: ........................................... T.. ....... O'CLOCK. i 1)10,,41 1: et .C___________zla_rk-e-t----1819ii is Day, %tort ivr-- -------------. }f)°o 1,14 a. 4, e°llt. urtie3 dull. o, , aies :'), 000 or Atlantic & St. Lawrence j Bona., Baroda, Cen.ln. ( gu. 5 percent... Do. F shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, & Goderich ( 6 p.c. bds. Aug. 1, 872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, IS:4 Calcutta & S. E., lim 'a e Town & Dock, gu Demera , n, 7 p.c per. p East. Bengal, gu , 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort. Bolide , 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d PAL Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c t'o. Gua 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c.. Gt. South of India (lim.) gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great W s. of Canada.. D. , . New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension %felb. Cor. 6 p. c. Ends. Mel. & Hudson's Bay New Brunswick & Can Class A and B Y. It 1. C'da, pc Ist pf.bds Scindc Do. Delhi Do. do t's Do. Puniaub Do.lndusSt.Flo SHARE MARKETS —This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share! Railways. I Paid.l Closing I Business Price. done. Bir., Viol., & Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon Cornwall Do. A IA gets no div. Di% B . t • been paid to B Dublin & Belfast June. Dun,.Perth, & A b.Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow Glasgow & S. ‘1"( stern Great Eastern, ()rd. stk. Do. E. Aug!. st. No. ?. Great North of Scotland Great Northers D ). A stock Do. B ,o Do. Nexv. is. at 25 pro Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Weste , n D . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.— Ox'ord Do. Newpo t Do. Ile-eford Lane shire & Yorkshire - L - ndon and Blackwali Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle shares Do. New Mid and Do, Birrnin . tt, Derby Mid Gt. W., Ireland Do. 4 shares slid Kent _ _ North British Do. Ed., Pth Dun, Nth. Eastern - Berwick . Do. U.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle . . .. Po. Stock. & Darling. De. do. 1855-:8 Do. do. 1850-61 North London . Do. New Do. do. 1814 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish CI ntral 132 13 Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stick ews & Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon -ouch E stern Staines, Wok., & Wok Taff Vale Do C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornw iU W.Hartlepool Har.&R Do. A irredeemable Do. A. redeemable IcIUTISII P ti 6 , 3? 34 16 17 87 8.) 107 1 9 464 7 8 130 132 118} 149 ! 13) 33 90 92 cl S 1 58 60 49 5* 102 WI 117 1171 1 81 81 101 106 36 38 1 II 1211 98b 94A 61 al! 1261 1274 2t 2p 137 1374' 106 108 54 55 Z 6 27 1121 11 I 7a4 714 1031 10i 38 39 1 12ip 9i 10p 122 125 114 12 1 lfp 8) 81 11 114 138 112 43 47 f 0 57 49 87 87. 9 1) 160 165 31 41:. 110 113 3 40 75 78 ZION& 56 LB 1004 1013 par ip 4} 5 ri 93 75 6) 97 93 75 85 1 , 0 102 1001 1011 1004 101 18} 19 89 91 67 69 57 6 4 61 63 51 b 5 50 53 45 18 26 28 25 27 101 102 id p par 1p 93 100 8} 9 12 11;11 85 40 76 f 0 d 100 101 9! 94 88 9u 61 63 3 5 82 81 99 100 91 100 id id t-9i Ico,l 94 97 I 13 1 st st st 6) 20 100 {lOO 2 100 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent„ Dec. 31,1872 100 Can.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.&July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug lOO 90 92 D,.5p. c. Mar, & Sept 10) 94 06 1 )0. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 79 81 80 Do. 5 p Inscribed sk 100 79 81 Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 100 103 106 Do. April & Oct. 1880-1 100 106 108 Do. do; 1290-1 100 107 119 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 lOO 106 108 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 102 101 Do. 1878, do. 100 108 110 Mauritius, 6p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1..18 Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. 5 103 108 110 Natal qov. d per cent lOO 105 pp N. B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.luly 100 91 97 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1866 00 98 100 Do. 5 p.c. 18 Ito 1876 100 92- 94 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1892 100 91 93 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 103 105 Do. 6 per cent lOO 86 88 -- Nova So tia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 l9O 94 97 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO -102 104 1035 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18.'8-9 100 -- - - Do. 1878 & upwards 1 0 105 107 Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July 100 - - Do. do, A pril & Oct.. 100 1071 1035 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cam Consol. (told, Jim. 1 t Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated — 31 33 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 573 585 Drake walls 2.1.0 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 32 35 East Caradon 2.14.6 13 14 ast Carn Brea 3.4.0 6 6' -- East Grenville 2.7.0 21 31 East Loved 2.13.6 13 14 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 9.10.6 4 4) Gam & StAubyn(Gven. 601 6 8 4 Great L ixey, limited., all 17 18 Great South Tolgus 1.1.0 24 2 , G. Wheal Vor (Heist ,n 40 33 31 Grenvil e ' 7.8.3 21 3 Herod's Foot .. 8.13 74 36 Hingston Downs 4.18.0 35 4 Margaret (Uny Lelant 91 6 8 Marke Valley 4.3.0 5/ 65 4 %lwyndy Iron Ore, Jim 25 It Old Nangiles 19 17 19 New Se ton North Downs 3 3 21 14 1 16 4 North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 3.10.6 1 11 North Wheal Crotty - - Prosper United 7.1.6 3 84 Pr vidence UnyLc•lant 10.6.7 31 33 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 530 550 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 20 25 Stray Park 30 17.6 145 15 • Tin Croft 9 14 15 West 14assett (Mogan W. Caradon ( L skeard 9 7 8 West Chi verton ll 61 66 West Seton 474 200 210 291 Wheal Bassett Mogan 5i 100 105 Wheal Buller (Redruth 10 9 11 11' hea Ludoott 3.12.8 1 1 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 1 1 13 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Ids 7 19 20 Wheal Unim ...... 4 4 I PREFERENCE SHARES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 90 Great orthern, 41 per cent., red. at 10 percent Great Western, 4 per cent. irred., 86 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto. Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 132 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, I South Eastern (Reading Anns., £1.0.6), 23 • Pin., 99 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 5 per cent. pi., ICO FOREIGN RAILWAYS. rahla and San Francisco slim.) gua. 7:per cent., 16 Recite and San Francisca (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 14 FOREIGN MINES, Mariquita, t. _ St. J4ihndel . Rey (iim.), 34 United Mexican licn;, 41 BANKS. Agra and Misterman's, Ditto, new, issd at 30 pm., calls paid in advance, 62 Alliance , rl m l . 3 3 1 Australasia, 734 44 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim., 101 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 33 Consolidated Bank, Um., 101 East London. lim., 61 Imperial Bank (liin.), 31 Imperial Ottoman, 171 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira., 5 London and %V estminster, 94& 54 41 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 181 Oriental Bank Corporation. 554 Standard of Britishpouth Africa, Urn., 24 Union of Australia, 531 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 171 Credit Fonder and Mobiitcr of England, 9 Ditto, new, 5f East India Irrigation and Canal. 5 Fore-street Warehouse, 1im.,184 Gen. Credit and Finance of Loudon, Um., f 1 7 Hudson's Bay, 151 Imperial Mercantile Credit A sso., Jim., 71 International Financial society, lim., 7 Joint Stock Discount. lim.. 9 Lon oo at.d Provincial Marine, 31 Pen.nsula and Oriental Sic am. t-3 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 71 The accounts from the various manufacturing districts for the past week have, in some instances, been of a favourable character. At Manchester a good business has been done in both cloths and yarns for the home trade and for exportation, at fully late rates. 'The Woollen trade of Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield, has shown symptoms of animation, the chief inquiries having been for spring goods. The hosiery and lace departments of Leicester and Nottingham have been seasonably active, while a considerable business has been done in most departments at Birmingham ? Sheffield, and Wolverhampton. 100 100 160 100 10 'OSSE THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1865. MA Day. per cwt. on the spot, 41s 6d for April to June, wad 42s 9d to 43s for October to December delivery. Town tallow commands 41s 6d net cash. Rough fat is selling at Z's 2d per 81bs. Particulars. 1851. 186.1 1863. 1864. 21205. --- Stock this day.... 71.109 45,527 47.215 6 .E 45 48.039 Price of Y.C. t I 6050 a to 46531 to 4450 1 to 4059 1 so fl a 3d to —sod —sod Od —s Od 41a 64 Delivery lastweek 1,468 1,281 1,575 1,639 '2,905 Ditto from June 1 63,434 95,157 62,412 55,076 09,734 Arrivals last week 572 175 65 19 Ditto from June 1 107,149 83,653 71,322 80.071 :2,752 Price of Town .... 60s 3d 485 64 464 6d 435 Od t 145 3d SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Tiay , - -411-- CITY BETTING. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 6 agst Lightheart (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Real Jam (offered) 20 to 1 agst Tony Lumpkins (taken freely) _ - LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. 100 to agst Manrico (offered) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 1000 to 30 agst Peon (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Friday (taken) 1000 to 33 agst Summerside (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 100 to 6 agst Thalestris (taken) 100 to. 6 agst Skeffington (taken) 20 to 1 agst Lion (taken freely) TWO THOUSAND. 100 to 15 agst Chattanooga (taken) 9to 1 agst Liddington (taken) THE DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Zambesi Percentages to Servants. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sin,—We have the permission of his Grace the Duke of Sutherland to send you the enclosed letter. We think the publication of it would tend mate rially to lessen the evil complained of. We are, sir, your most obedient servants, London, Feb. 11. A WEST-END FIRM "Stafford-house, Jan. 26 " Sir,—lt has come to my knowledge that the custom of giving percentages on the amount of tradesmen's bills, or other equivalent perquisites, very generally prevails. • "I wish, therefore, to direct your attention specially to the subject, with a view to its discontinuance, so far at least as my establishment is concerned. " This practice is alike unfair to the master and to the servant—unfair to the master, because to enable the trades man to pay this tax he must add the amount to the price charged for his goods, and unfair to the servant inasmuch as it places a temptation constantly in his way. " Viewed in this light it can only be looked upon as a custom which every right-minded tradesman will willingly aid in abolishing, and, therefore, I have resolved to dismiss from my service any servant who may in future be detected receiving per centages, or an equivalent. Nor will I after wards obtain goods from the tradesman who gives them. " I am, your obedient servant, " SUTHERLAND." MARK-LANE. There was very little activity in the demand for wheat, in the countrymarkets held on Saturday. Good and fine dry samples, however, commanded, in most instances, a ready sale, at fully late rates. The spring corn trade was quiet' without material change in prices. For flour, there was a moderate demand, on former terms. Both on the Continent, and at New York, the trade for wheat, flour, maize, and nearly all descriptions of spring corn is dull, and, in some instances, prices have given way. The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, wore very moderate. The imports from abroad amounted to 52 quarters of wheat ; 6,484 barley ; 33,647 oats ; 1,205 bans ; 735 tares ; 7,356 linseed ; 10,157 rape seed ; 230 sundry seeds ; and 100 sacks of flour. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 388 to 11s Ditto, 1861 Ditto, white, 1863 4ls 45s Ditto, 1864 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, 1864 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, 1864 . 46s 52s Rye-- Barley—Grinding 22s 253 Malting Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 548 618 Brown Kingstown and Ware 648 (18 Chevalier Oath —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding lBB 228 Potato Youghal and Cork, black l7s 21s Cork, white Scotch, Feeding l6s 213 Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey .. l2B 368 Maple White 343 378 Boilers 348 378 Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 2Bs 308 Stockton and Norfolk 268 28s American, per barrel l9s 258 METROPOLITAN CATTLE. For the time of year the supply of foreign stock on sale here to-day was good, but chiefly in middling condition. The trade may be considered steady, at full prices. The arrivals of beasts from our own grazing districts were moderately extensive. The quality of most breeds, however, was only middling. The supply from Scotland was in excellent condition. On the whole, the beef trade was in a sluggish state at, in some instances, a decline in the quotations, compared with Monday last, of 2d per 81b. The top figure for Scots and crosses was 5s 4d per 81b. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received 2,300 Scots and crosses ; from other parts of Eng land, 700 various breeds; from Scotland, 304 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 110 oxen and heifers. Notwithstanding the severity of the weather about a moiety of. the sheep—the show of which was small —was out of the wool. The quality of most breeds was good, and the demand ruled steady at fully last week's currency. Prime Downs sold at 6s 2d, but a few half-breds, with very fine-wool, realised 6s 4d and even Gs 6d per 81b. Clipped Downs produced 5s per 81b. A few lambs were disposed off at from 7s to 7s 4d per 81b. Calves were in moderate supply and steady request at full prices, viz., from 4s 4d to 5s 6d per 81bs. We have to report a good trade for pigs on rather higher terms. Per 81b to sink the offal. s d d a ds d Crse. do inf. beasts... 3 8 4 2 Pme crs-wool sheep 5 6 5 10 Second quality do .. t 4 4 10 Prime n'thdown a 0.6 0 6 2 Prime large oxen ..5 0 5 2 La ge coarse calus.4 4 5 0 Prime Scots, &c.... 5 2 5 4 Prime small d0......5 2 5 6 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 4 4 10 Large hogs ....3 6 4 0 econd quality do ..5 0 5 4 Small porkers 4 2 4 8 Lambs... .0a Od to 0i Od. Suckling calves, 170 to 21s; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s o 25s each. _ _ _ ___ ______ Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 9,550 Beasts 970 Ccws. .. Cows . . Sheep .. Calves 192 Ca ves lOl Vigs 330 Pigs — The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 6,573 head. In the corresponding week in 1864, we received 2,024 ; in 1863, 2,142 ; in 1862, 821; in 1861, 1,221 ; and in 1860, 1,207 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Amsterdam 37 Antwerp 3 Boulogne lOl ... Bremen ,.. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. - •.• - 12 ... - ... 362 Cadiz Corunna Dordt. Dunkirk Hamburg Harlingen 294 ... Ostend 3O 108 Rotterdam ... 731 1256 Vigo... 195- .. • -- - •. • - - .. . - 259 ... - ••• - ... 119 336 ... - ... - ... 124 .. ." ••• 1 •• - •.• -- ... - ... 411 ... 321 - ••• Total 1612 2154 435 926 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1864 1863 550 447 ... 407 ... 4 1862 1861 BO3 2682 206 ... 1860 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market onMonday,Februaryls, 1864, and this day, Monday, February 13, 1865. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. Feb. 16, • 1864. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 Bto 4 0 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 5 4 5 8 Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 Beasts 8,690 Sheep 14,650 Calves Pigs SuPPLIEs ON SALE, February 16, 1 863.—Beasts, 4,210 sheep, 15,760—calves, 117—pigs, 310. February 17, 1862—Beasts, 3,96 o—sheep, 15,410—calves 89—pigs, 255. Feb. 13, 1865. 3 Bto 4 2 4 4 410 50 5 2 52 5 4 4 4 410 50 5 4 5 6 510 60 6 2 00 0 0 44 5 0 52 5 6 86 4 0 42 4 8 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of moat on sale at these markets is moderate. For all qualities the trade is firm, and prices are higher than on Monday last. Per 81b by the carcase. s d s d sdad Inferior beef 3 2 3 6 Inferior mutton.... 3 8 4 2 Middling do. 3 8 4 2 Middling mutton-1 4 4 6 Prime large do 4 4 4 6 Prime do 4 8 4 10 Prime small d4)....4 8 410 Veal 4 4 5 2 Large pork 3 6 4 4 Small pork. 4 6 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. The supply of English hops on sale is small, and the trade is firm for all qualities, with a steady demand for good and fine samples at fully late rates. There is a moderate supply of foreign produce on offer, for good and fine qua lities of which the trade is steady at full currencies. The import into London last week was 118 bales from Antwerp, 26 Ostend, 96 Bremen, 21 Hamburg, 31 Rotterdam, 44 Bou logne, and 150 bales from New York. Mid and East Kent ...... llOB to 200 s per cnr`. Weald of Kent Sussex Yearlings loos to 108 „ Bavarian American loos to 14 s „ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of home-grown potatoes on sale at these markets are moderate. On the whole, the trade is steady ; indeed, good and fine samples sell somewhat readily on rather higher terms. With foreign produce the markets aro very moderately supplied. Last week's import from all quarters was 90 tons. Per ton. Yorkshire Regents Flukes 1* Os to 140 s Kent and Essex Regents . 80s to 100 s Scot°h Regents Rooks Foreign.... SEEDS. The demand for cloverseed has fallen off, but the quota tions remain unaltered. For most other agricultural seeds the trade was inactive. The transactions in linseed have been on a moderate scale, at full prices. Rape and oilseeds are dull, and the quotations have a drooping tendency More business has been done in cakes, and prices rule firm. urnip,White,p.bus.2Cs to 22s Swede —8 —s Alustard, Brown —a - s White, Taxes, Spring...... - s - a New winter, bush 9s 10s Cutlery, per quarter 4is 50s aye grass Clover, Red Eng., ot. 628 120 s White Foreign Red sls 708 White s6s 808 Trefoil ..... 3ss 48s WOOL. Carraway 33s 33s Coriander 123 24s ' Hempseed, per qr 4os 43s Linseed,Eng.sowing 70s 7. s Crushing Baltic —s —s Odessa —B -s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £loos -CH Os Foreign .2:9 lOs £llos Rape Cakes,p ton £5 Os £5 lOs Rapeseed, new,pr qr 71s 78s We have to report continued depression in the trade for English wool, and, both as regards long and Down quali ties, the tendency of prices is strongly in favour of buyers. For colonial wool, however, in the private contract mar ket, there is a moderate demand, and very little change has taken place in prices from Monday last. The import into London last week consisted of 1,800 bales from Cape Town, 445 Port Philip, 53 Swan River, 200 Mossel Bay, 200 Ma dras, and 572 bales from Taganrog. Current prices of English wool per lb. 8 d Fleeces —South Down hoggets . 2 0 Half -bred do 2 2 Kent fleeces 2 2 ouch Down ewe and wethersl 11 Leice. ter do 2 1 Sorts Clothing 1 8 Combing. 1 8 TALLOW. The tallow trade is dull to-day, and prices have a droop ing tendency, New p.y.o. is quoted at 41$ 3d to 41s 6d 8 d 2 le 2 4, 2 24 2 0 2 2 2 04 2 2 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day LONDON', Feb." 13.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze and cloudy weather, with snow. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arried—Her Majesty's ship Gvyser, from Gibraltar; Northumberland, from Bombay. DARTMOUTH, Feb. 12.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—San Jose from St. Jago do Cuba. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 11 . — Arrived—Simda, from London for Moreton Bay. BRISTOL, Feb. 11.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Sir George Seymour, from Mauritius. FALMOUTH, Feb. 12.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lizzie, from Cardiff for Warsaw, with loss of bulwarks and other damage. CARDIFF, Feb. 12.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Adventure, for St. Thomas. SWANSEA, Feb. 12.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Gamina., for Valparaiso. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Feb. 12.—Friar, from Holmstadt. DEAL, Monday Morning. Sailed—Randolph, for London, in tow; The Forester, for the River, to wait the breaking up of the ice. MR. STANFIELD'S contribution to the forthcom ing Royal Academy will be a large picture of the Bass Rock, in the Firth of Forth, with 'lantallon Castle in the distance. A BUST OF SCRIBE, by Mdlle. Fanny Davesne, has been placed in thefoyer of the Opera Comique. Mr. BALFE is in London, busy, we are told, over his newest opera. If what we have heard has any foun dation, this is a work which the world may well expect with more than common eagerness.—Athenxum. PICKWICK, as the product of high animal spirits in a young genius. —Mr. Dickens has, in the opinion of most people, never again reached the excellence of this very early performance. The peculiar charm of " Pick wick" is obviously of a nature only to be supplied in a man's youth. The observation of external circumstances, and especially of odd and whimsical circumstances, is un doubtedly of wonderful keenness. But this alone goes a very short way. It communicates a certain superficial brillliance to the story, but it does not penetrate deeply enough to produce a sense of really good workmanship. The book will not, in this respect, stand the test of close inspection. We become too quickly aware that the inferior characters are mere names of cer tain personified absurdities, and even the inimitable Sam Weller begins to fade into a shadowy unsubstantial form when too rigorously investigated. The charm of which we speak is due simply to exuberant animal spirits, associated with great natural powers of humour. No man could be in the state of intellectual exhiliration necessary for writing after the fashion of " Pickwick" after he was thirty. He might possess more delicate humour, and have a much wider stock of observation; but the unflagging vigour which converted everything that met his eyes into matter for inextinguishable laughter could hardly be expected to survive. An imitation of the book would resemble the contortions of an old gentleman trying to join in the games Of a schoolboy.—Saturday Review. Mr. BEALE, M.P.—A handsome testimonial, con sisting of a service of plate the value of 1,000 guineas, and a full-length portrait by Mr. Lucas, was presented to Mr. Beale, M.P., last week by the shareholders in the Midland Railway upon that gentleman's retirement from the chair manship of the board of directors, over whom he has pre sided for a period of 20 years. The presentation took place at the Midland Hotel, Derby, at a dinner at which Mr. Bass, M.P., Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., and other local cele brities were present. Mr. Beale acknowledged the com pliment paid to him in a few well-expressed observations, and the health of the artist, Mr. Lucas, having been pro posed by Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P., was duly honoured. THE WEATHER IN EDINBURGH.—A s h h a a s r p had f the which has prevailed during the p as t f ew days, effect of covering the lochs with a thick coating of ice. Duddingston and the other sheets of water in the vicinity of the city were on Friday visited by large numbers of people, who enjoyed the recreations of skating and cur li ng. The ice, although somewhat rough in places, was in very good condition, and there was only a amall portion of it marked off as dangerous. The frost showed signs of giving way on Friday night.—Seetsman. inquiry —consisting of d Ge T ne H ra E l Sir Alexander court Woodford, of r, G.C.8., C o l one l o f th e W Scots Fusilier Guards, president; Colon e l d e B at h e, S cots o Fusilier Guards ; Colonel Wynyard, Grenadier Guards ; Colonel Stephenson, Scots Fusilier Guards ; and Colonel Prince Edward of Saxo Weimar, Grenadi er G uar d s—has taesnsesmntbleodlotnl Dawkins, o e investigate of thecertain disputes in which Lieu -CColdstream G uar d s , i s i n conflict with Lord Frederick Paulet, commanding the Brigade of Guardtr—Armyand Navy Gazette. ARTEMUS WARD'S SPEECH AS TO WHETHER THE NEGRO IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR :--" Feller Sitter suns,—The African may be our brother. Severil hily rispectable gentlemen and some talented females tell us so, and for argyment sake i might be injoosed to grant it, tho' i don't beleeve it myself. But the African isn't our sister and wife unkle. He isn't severil of our brothers and fust wife's relations. He isn't our grandfather and grate grand father and our aunt in the country. Scarcely —and yet nu meris persons would have us think so. It's troo he runs Con gress and severil others grossery's, but he ain't everybody. But w we've e got g to he's got us , an d how aH o r , a s t ao r rful noosance . Perhaps he isn't to blame for it. P'raps he was cr ea t e d f or some o n the do about African , i t or he wise purpis, like the measles and New En g l an d rum , b u t it's mity hard to see it. At any rate he is here, and as I stated to Mr. What-is-it, it's a pity he coodent go off some whores quietly by hisself, whero be could watt red weskits and speckled neckties, and gratify his ambition in veils interestin wayse without havin a eternal fuss up about him. Perhaps I'm bearing down too hard on Cully." CHESS MATCH BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The committee of the St. James's Chess Club have completed their arrangements for playing a chess match by electric telegraph between London and Dublin. The London players will meet on Wednesday evening, Feb. 22, at their club-rooms, 20, King-street, St. James's. The wire will be brought into the club-rooms, both in London and Dublin. Twelve separate games will be played simultaneously. THE Loss OF THE BOMBAY.—The Court reassem bled on Saturday morning at 9.30. A number of witnesses were examined, and all the evidence given was merely cor roborative of that already adduced. The Court again ad journed at 5 p.m. till this morning at 9.30. LAW INT: —This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE BAKER.-EXTRAORDINARY CASE. This bankrupt was described as of Plumstead, drape; and to-day he came up for judgment. The case has been before the court on previous occasions, and the bankrupt has attributed his failure to the loss of £1,500 in bank notes. Inspector Hamilton and Detective Brett have in vestigated the affair, giving evidence upon the subject. To-day his Honour gave judgment, remarking upon the peculiar character of the facts in the case. It would seem that the bankrupt had carried on business as a draper at Woolwich, and having sold this for a considerable sum of money departed for the Continent. During his sojourn at the gambling-houses of Wisbaden, he wrote a letter to a friend in England, detailing with much pathos and lamen tation the nature of his doings, and pointing out the hor rors and dangers of gambling. Leaving this part of the case, his Honour would come to the evidence given by the bankrupt in reference to this loss. He averred that he had put the £1,500 notes in a cigar case, which he placed in his right hand trousers pocket. As he was leaving the steamboat at Folkestone, the cigar case struck against the side of the gangway, and he took it out to put it in a safer place, when it dropped upon the deck of the vessel. He stopped to pick it up, when a pressure from behind caused him to kick the cigar case, money and all, into the sea. (Laughter.) When the bankrupt arrived here he com municated with the police, and every-exertion had been made to get the money. One of the notes had come in from Germany ; and it seemed to his Honour that instead of the notes falling into the sea, they had fallen into Baden. The bankrupt told one tale to Inspector Hamilton tally ing to some extent with that given at first. To detective Brett he said that as he was coming up the steps of the steamboat from the cabin he saw two persons coming up behind him. He fancied that he felt a hand in his pocket and missed his money soon afterwards. Now, it appeared that the persons who had given their cards were very res pectable, and no stain could rest upon them. In a further conversation with Brett he admitted that he had been divorced from his wife, and owed a considerable sum of money to his attorney, which he did not feel at all inclined to pay. The police had taken a good deal of trouble in the matter, but without success. His Honour then referred to the examination of the bankrupt in this Court, and the cross-examination of Mr. Reid. The letter which the bankrupt had written to his friend came upon him quite by surprise. Mr. Reidasked him why he thought of going through the Court when he had in his pocket three times the amount of his debts, and the bankrupt said he did not choose to pay an unjust demand, referring to the rule of the Divorce Court as to allowing the costs. He then returned to his original statement as to the loss of the cigar case in the water. His Honour at some length eviewed the evidence in this remarkable case, and said the question was whether the bankrupt had sufficiently ac counted for the loss of the money. There was no doubt he had the money, but his Honour had also no doubt he had lost some of the money in gambling, and that he had fully determined not to lose any of the rest when he came to this court. His Honour could not help thinking that there had been some trick and contrivance on the part of the bankrupts to prevent his creditors obtaining their rights. His Honour did not believe the evidence of the bankrupt, and should adjourn the case sine die, with pro tection to enable the bankrupt to appeal if he thought fit. POLICE INTELLIGENCES—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SNOWBALLING.—Froderick Christy, a lad, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with throwing snowballs in the streets to the common danger of passengers. Police-constable Gordon, 33 C, said that about half-past 9 o'clock last night, while in Panton-street, he saw the prisoner with four or five other lads, some of them engaged in making snowballs while the others were throwing them at the passers-by. Having seen the prisoner throw a snow ball at a young man, who was then in court, he took him into custody, the others getting away. Henry Arnold, of No. 6, Brewer-street, Golden-square, proved that while crossing Panton-street he was pelted with snowballs, but he could not say who struck him. The lad had nothing to say. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that he was bound to inform the pri soner he could not be permitted to pelt persons passing along the streets. It would not matter if a number of boys pelted one another, and no doubt most of them had done it in their time. As there was nothing furious about the snowballing he would only fine the prisoner ss. THAMES. THE LAW OP MASTER AND WoRxmAN.--AMr. C. Young, solicitor, applied on behalf of Mr. Emery, a master cooper, in Blackwall, for a warrant to apprehend one of his jour neymen, who, with eight others, had abandoned their mas ter's service, leaving work unfinished. The matter was of groat importance to master coopers, who were in the prac tice of paying their men in advance for work they con tracted to execute. The man against whom he applied had been paid for making a cask, and had left the establish ment of his master before it was completed. Sometimes Mr. Emery had advanced as much as £4 and £5 to his workmen, relying on their honour to repay the amount by executing work to the value of the money paid in advance. Mr. Paget granted a warrant for the apprehension of the workman complained of. A FIT of DRUNICENNESS.—John Robinson Gibson, a well dressed man, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of himself, on Saturday night last, in Cannon-street-road, St. George-in the-East. Samuel Rawlins, 116 lf, said the prisoner was quite helpless, and he took him to the station-house for security. The prisoner said he met with a few friends from the North and drank some whisky, which overpowered him and rendered him senseless. Mr. Paget—What are you ? The Prisoner—A solicitor. Mr. Paget—A solicitor, and drunk and incapable in a public street ? The prisoner—lt was a fit. Mr. Paget—Of drunkenness. It is very disgraceful for a man in your position and belonging to be so helplessly in toxicated. I shall fine you ss. The penalty was paid. Captain William Purey Cust, one of the equerries to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, died on Saturday evening, at the Marquis of Northampton's resi dence in Piccadilly, after a lingering illness. Captain Cust was the eldest son of the Hon. William Oust, fourth son of the first Earl Brownlow, and nephew of the Hon. Colonel Peregrine Cust and General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. Mr. and Mrs. Binney Key have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Mr. and Mrs. T. Farmer Bailey have arrived a . the St. George's Hotel. Mr. Deacon, the eminent pianist, gives his first matinee musicale d'invitation on Friday next, at his resi dence, 10, Wimpole-street. Preparations are being made at Windsor Castle for the reception of her Majesty and the Royal Family, who are expected to arrive there on Friday next.—Court Journal. We are sorry to say that the Princess Louise has not yet recovered from her attack of neuralgia, from which her Royal Highness has been suffering since her return from Scotland last year.—Court Journal. The Prince of Wales had the misfortune to lose a valuable hunter, on Thursday last, from some internal disease. The animal was at the stables at Cumberland Lodge, and was worth 400 guineas. —Court Jonrnal. B UNH ILL -FIELDS C E lIETERY. —The long pending, and, as many consider, the momentous question of what is to be done for the decent preservation of the rest ing-places of the many celebrities interred in Bunhill-fields is likely to come to a speedy settlement through the prompt and energetic action of the corporation. A sub-committee of the city lands have had an interview with the Ecclesias tical Commissioners on the subject. It is expected that a roport will be speedily produced, which will completely re move the fears and satisfy the expectations of the public.— City Press. His Royal Highness the Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Wed nesday, the 15th inst.—Army and Navy Gazette. We are informed that Mr. Hutt, the Vice-Presi dent of the Board of Trade, will immediately proceed to Vienna to negotiate with the Austrian Government the terms of a commercial treaty. The Earl and Countess of Bessborough have arrived at their residence in Charles-street, Berkeley_ square, from Bessborough House, their seat in Ireland. _ . Lord and Lady Abercromby have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkely-square, from Scotland. Count Regnaud de St. Jean d'Angely and Baron de Pierres have left the Clarendon Hotel for Paris. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Milles and Sir Thomas and Lady Gresley have left the St. George's Hotel. The Chancellor or the Exchequer had a dinner party at his residence, Charlton-house-terrace, on Satur day. The company included Sir John Romilly, the Right Hon. J. S. Wortley, Mr. Roebuck, M,P., the Queen's Advocate, Sir R, Hill, Mr. J. Mill, Mr. Chadwick, Mr . T. Hill, Mr. Watkin, Mr. Allport, Mr. Greg, the Rev. Mr. Lake, Mr. Marsh, and Mr. W. H. Gladstone. HEALTH OF CARDINAL WI SEM AN.—C arclinal Wiseman continues to linger without the remotest hope of recovery. Three bulletins have been issued daily since Thursday. The following was the report of his medical advisers late last evening :—" The Cardinal is hourly get ting lower." ROYAL GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND.—The direc tors of the Royal General Theatrical Fund have appointed this morning for the dramatic performance at Drury-lane Theatre, in aid of this provident institution. On this oc casion Sir E. B. Lytton's comedy of "Money" will be played, the chief characters being personated by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Miss Nelly Moore, Mr. Walter Lacey, Mr. B. Webster, Mr. Buckstone, and Mr. Chippendale, 47 S I i EOI I .17f 1031 1201 I 1271 61 112 i 1031- 1 3 The Roupell Forgeries. The last act of the strange drama in which Wil liam Roupell, the late M.P., performed so prominent a part, will be played out, if such a term can be rightly applied to a transaction of this description, at the ensuing assizes for the county of Essex. As all the facts have been so frequently alluded to, it will only be necessary to give a brief narrative of some of the principal circumstances of this most extraordinary case, in order that the public may know what is intended to be done when the matter comes before the Court. It will be remembered that, in the first instance, Mr. Richard Roupell, the heir -at-law of old Roupell, brought an action in that capacity at the Guildford Assizes in 1862, to recover possession of an estate worth about £15,000 at Kingston, in Surrey, on the ground that William Roupell, who claimed the property, with everything else that his father died possessed of under his will, and who had disposed of it, had no right to do so, as the will under which he claimed was forged by William Roupell. The cause was tried before Baron Martin, and it resulted in a compromise, the then defendant agreeing to give the heir-at -law £7,500, or half the value of the estate. This, of course, had no result so far as the bulk of the property, which was of the estimated value of nearly £300,000, w as concerned ; but, upon his own confession, William Roupell was convicted of forgery, and sentenced to penal servitude for life. Another action was then tried at the Summer Assizes at Chelmsford, in 1863, to recover an estate near Romford, the heir-at-law being again the plaintiff ; and he sought to recover the property on the ground that a deed of gift, under which the estate had been conveyed to William Roupell, during the lifetime of his father, was a forgery. The convict was brought down to Chelms- ford from the Model Prison, Pentonville, to give his evidence, and he again swore that he had forged the deed of gift in question. The cause was tried before Mr. Baron Channell, and lasted eight days ; and the jury, after being locked up till 10 o'clock at night, were discharged from giving a verdict. This, of course, left both parties in the same position they were before, but it was competent to the plaintiff to give notice of his intention to try the, cause a second time at any subsequent assize. It appears, however, that nothing has been done until recently, when Messrs. Linklater, the solicitors for the plaintiff, gave notice to the defendant that it was their in tention to set the cause again down for trial at the ensuing Spring Assizes. It is understood that, in the interval, every effort has been made on both sides to obtain additional evidence with regard to the material question in the cause, whether the sig nature to the deed of gift under which William Roupell disposed of the property is a genuine sig nature or not. In consequence of the elevation of Sergeant Shee to the judicial bench the plaintiff will not have his able assistance to conduct his case as he had on two former occasions. Every exertion, it is understood, will be made to obtain a decision on the present occasion, and the verdict of the jury, either one way or the other, will be attended with the most important results. If the plaintiff should obtain a verdict in his favour, the necessary :result will be that the will and the deed of gift will be established as forgeries, and the whole of the vast property that was made away with by Mr. Roupell will revert to his family, and those who have paid their money for it will be despoiled of it. On the other hand, if the defendant should succeed, the holders of the property will still remain in undis- turbed possession, and Mr. William Roupell will have to undergo the punishment to which he has been sentenced without obtaining any benefit to his family except the amount that was obtained by the Guildford trial. The culprit would long before this have been sent to one of the penal colonies, but by an order of the Secretary of State ho has been de- tained in this country to enable him to be examined as a witness, and to prove the forgeries under which the heir-at-law claims to obtain restitution of the property. The trial is expected to last a week, if not longer. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean in British Columbia. (From the British Colonist, Dec. 13.) I Last night the celebrated artistes Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean, made their first appearance before a Victoria audience, and were received with an enthusiasm befitting their world-renowned fame. The theatre was crowded by one of the most select and fashionable assemblages that ever graced its walls, the greater number of the ladies being in full dress, thus adding an unusual charm to the scene. The new drop curtain, a copy of one of the great artist Turner's paintings of Venice, was beau tifully executed by Mr. Bowes, Mr. Ward's scenic painter, and added greatly to the improved appearance of the stage. A marked improvement was also visible in the orchestra, for which indeed there has been room enough of late. Mr. Ward has evidently spared neither pains nor ex pense in fitting up the stage in the best possible manner for the comfort of his distinguished performers and the suc cess of the representations. Shakspere's Historical play of King Henry VIII. is rarely produced on the English boards —not that the characters of the Cardinal and Queen Cathe rine do not afford full scope for some of the finest acting, but because a superabundance of accessories and scenic effect is necessary to relieve the piece of a portion of its weight and carry it successfully through. It was, in a great measure, the magnificence of the mise en scene which made it so attractive when produced under the aus pices of Mr. Kean himself, in London, who brought the piece out on a scale of magnificence never before at tempted. Mr. Ward had, however, done his utmost to make the play as attractive as possible, and his efforts were successful. On Mr. Kean's first appearance last night as Wolsey he was greeted with a genuine burst of applause which detained the passing train for a long time on the stage. The same ovation awaited Mrs. Kean on her entree as Queen Catherine, and Miss Chapman as Anne Bullen. Space will not admit of our following the two distinguished actors through the play, and dwelling upon the numerous passage which, in their hands, form distinct subjects for study. The audience listened with the deepest attention while the mirror of nature was held up before them, and could not even restrain themselves during pathetic scenes from giving expression to their gratification. Mr. Kean's con ception of the ambitious, haughty, subtle Cardinal is ad mitted to be superb. There is intense meaning in every glance, every intonation, every movement. His exclama tion against the attachment of the king to the maid of honour, where he exclaims "Anne Bullen ! no ; no Anne Bullens for him," and again, immediately afterwards, " This candle burns not clef; I must snuff it ; then out it goes," were delivered with most impressive effect. The grand effort, however, is of course reserved for the downfall of the Cardinal, in the third act, commencing with the beautiful soliloquy : "So farewell to the little good you bear me." Mrs. Kean's Catherine is a noble embodiment of the high-souled and injured Queen of tho dissolute monarch. Plain, quiet, and unpretending, yet dignified, it is not until her spirit is aroused by the consciousness of being wronged by designing and corrupt enemies, that her real power is revealed. The alternative tone of her petitions to the stony-hearted King and the bitter rancour of her railings at Wolsey during the trial scene, are master-pieces of acting. The words, "Lord Cardinal, to you I speak," were uttered with a depth of feeling sufficient to make any clerical old gentleman quake. Mrs. Kean is also particularly effective in the interview between the two Cardinals ; nothing can be more beautiful than her reference to the Heavenly Tribunal "where sits a Judge that no king can corrupt." After the fall of the curtain Mr. and Mrs. Kean were vociferously called forward to receive another outburst of applause. Miss Chapman is a very pleasing and graceful actress, and the fair Anne could not have been entrusted to better hands. Mr. Cathcart, who has a fine deep mellow voice, enacted Cromwell with much care and judgment. The Earl of Surrey was personated by Mr. Everett, one of Mr. Coppin's company, who is evidently a good actor, though more at home, perhaps, in comedy than tragedy. Of our old acquaintances wo can only afford to mention Mr. Taylor, who in dress, appearance, and gait was a very "old Harry," and was as careful as he invariably is in rendering the text faithfully. The evening's entertainment concluded with Coleman's glorious comedy of the "Jealous Wife," which the immensely amused. as Mr. and Mrs. Oakley kept the house amused. They were, in fact, irresistible, and we only hope Mr s we shall have another opportunity of witnessingof the - Kean's most artistic representation _t of the most effects ably sup "green-eyed lobster" malady. They ported by Mr. Everett, Mr. Cathc art, and Mrs. Leslio. OMANO FELICE -.P . au thor of the libretti of , " Norma" and of " La Sonnambula," is recently deceased. APOTHECARIES' -HALL.—The following gentlemen Passe d their examination in the scie nce and practice of me di c i n e, and received certificates to p ract i se, on Thursday, F e b rua ry 9 :—Edmund Farrington Boult, Bath ; James Mason, Barrowden, Rutland; John Roberts, Festiniog, North Wales; Geo. Welland Mackenzie, Tiverton, Devon ; Arthur John Watts, Alfred-road, Harrow-road ; Francis Zuck, Oxford; and Charles Edward Heron Rogers, West meon, Hants. The following geatlemen also on the same day passed their first examination : Walter Owen Withers, King's College ; Frederick Barton, University College ; and Gilmore Winton Croft, St. Thomas's Hospital. RUSSIA. --- PER THE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ASSOCIATION. ST. PETERSBU RG, FEB. 11, 1.55 P.m. The following is the substance of a rescript just addressed by the E m p eror Alexander to his Illiniste of the Interior :—fi " The Senate does not recognise any legal force in the Acts of the Assembly at MO3COW, and I also am aware that the Assembly has touched upon questions which belong to the imperial initiative. The accomplished reforms respond to the requirements of the future, and su c h a deviation on the part of the assembly from the sphere of its legitimate powers impedes the realisa, tion of my projects. I hope to meet with no further obstacles arising from the action of the nobility, whose services I fully appreciate, and for whom I entertain an unshaken confidence." HIE SAFFRON-HILL MURDER. CLERKENWELL POLICE COURT. RE - EXAMINATION OF GREGORIO. A pi Mon of the fol:owing appeared in our impression of Saturday. Mangi Gregorio, who stands charged on his own confes sion, of having stabbed Michael Harrington, for *whos e murder an Italian named Poligioni is now in Newgat o under sentence of death, was this afternoon again plac e d at the bar. Mr. Lewis said he proposed on the present occasion to show that the prisoner, on the night of the murder, left his master, and on that night had permission from another to stop at his place, and he made admission that he ha 'a stabbed two or three persons. The witness, of course, would give the statement much longer than I need do, and you will find that it will substantiate all that I stated the other day. John Manzzoni said—l reside at 1, Francis-court, Clerker, well. I know the prisoner. On the 26th December he was in the service of Mr. Angelenette. I recollect early in the evening of the 26th he came to my house About a quarter to ten. He asked me to let him sleep on some shavings. I consented, but I asked him if he had left his master, but he said " No, worse than that." I asked him what he had done, and he said, I've been to the Anchor, and I have had a row and a fight. He said he had a fight with some English who had used sticks. He further said "When 1 saw myself beaten almost to death I took out a knife and defended myself, otherwise I should never have come out of the room alive." Prisoner further told me ho had wounded three or four. I told him he would be punished for what he had done, and that he would have to suffer severely, to which he replied, " Well, never mitml, I could not help it." The prisoner at first appeared as if he was excited from drink, but during the conversation I found it was not so. I asked him if the wounds were mortal or severe. He said, " I do not know, but I hear that one has been taken to the hospital." Prisoner nothing more to me. He told me the stabbing or wound ing took place in the bagatelle-room. I am not mixing up what I have heard with what I recollect, but all that I am saying now I perfectly recollect the prisoner told Tue. I am sure he said it was in the bagatelle-room that he defended himself with the knife. He said he struck the landlord in a row, but did not hear anything of it for some time, and then followed the row. By Mr. D'Eyncourt—He told me the English were in the bagatelle-room, the Italians in the tap-room. The door of the bagatelle-room was pushed open by the Engli s h . Some one said, " Come on," and the prisoner received a knock on his head. He stooped down and went back into the bagatelle room. He did not say any of the others went in with with him, or that he mentioned it to his brother, but that he (the brother) was with him, so that he might know all about it. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Did you ask him what became of tho knife? Witness—He said he gave it away the same night. By Mr. M. Williams—Prisoner did not tell me why he had struck the landlord. He said he had had a row, and that he had struck the landlord. The evidence having been read over in Italian to the prisoner, he replied it was all true. Pietro Marazzi—l reside at Fleur-de-lis-court, Gray's inn-lane. I was at the Anchor on the night of the row. I saw Gregorio there. I saw him seize the landlord. I heard him (prisoner) ask the landlord whether it was he who wanted six Italians The prisoner then gave the landlord a slap in the face. The landlord then went round to wit into the bagatelle room, and tried to get into the bagatelle room by another door. Gregorio tried to get in the room by the tap-room door. Mr. D'Eyncourt—My impression of the evidence I read of the former trial was that the landlord never was in the bagatelle-room. Inspector Potter—He never was. He was pulled into the bar parlour, and never left it or went into the bagatelle, room. - By the Magistrate—l never saw the landlord in the bagatelle-room. I saw the prisoner's brother John. His face was covered with blood. At this time I should think there were about 20 people in the room. Gregorio and John Mangi were the only two Italians there. When Gregorio went into the room he had no knife in his hand, but a little while after, when they were beating Gre gorio, he saw he had one in his hand. I said, "For God's sake, Gregorio, put away the knife." He replied, "Never mind, let me do what I choose, or we shall not get out alive." Some person then took me by the collar, and put me out of the bagatelle-room into the tap-room. I then went into the street, but in a little while after I met Gre gorio in Cross-street, about half-an-hour or three-quarters after. Gregorio threw his arms round my neck. He 1 1 said, "Dear Manzzoni, what have I done." I said, "You've used the knife." He said, "Yes, I did, and I've wounded three or four.' Gregorio afterwards said good-bye, and went away. I did not see, or was anything further said about the knife. The knife I saw was a, straight pointed one, like a stilleto. Two knives were here produced, the one found where Gregorio's companion said he threw the ono he used, and the one picked up outside the house covered with blood on the night of the murder. The witness said, to the best of his belief, the longest one was that which he saw in Gregorio's hand. [This was the first mentioned ono, the latter being the one produced at the trial of Poligioni.] The witness continued—l cannot swear positively that the longest knife is the one I saw in Gregorio's hand, be cause the handle was held from his view. The shorter knife he was certain was not the one. By Mr. M. Williams—When I got into the bagatelle.. room I saw the men beating Gregorio's brother. I saw Gregorio throw a woman down almost immediately he went in. I should not know her if I were to see her. Giacoma Mantova—l recollect meeting Gregorio on the night of the 26th of December at a public-house in Cross street, a short way from the Golden Anchor. He put up three fingers, and said three, if not four, I've wounded. I knew what he meant by that, as I had been to the Golden Anchor and heard :what had happened. I saw Poligioni taken away from the Anchor in custody. John Cowland—l gave the large knife produced to In specter Potter. I found it in a urinal between 9 and 10 the morning after the murder. I opened it and it looked rusty, and I put it into my pocket. I did not see Gregorio come into the house the night before. Roco Anglenetta--Prisoner had been in my service from Jan. to Dec., 1864. He was in my service on the 26th Dec. He left suddenly without giving notice, I paid the money I was owing Gregorio to his brother, whom I afterwards discharged from my employment, but not for anything arising out of this affair. The magistrate asked Inspector Potter, who was *sitting at the table, if he would note down anything that might throw a light on this very peculiar case. There appeared to him to be opposing interests which he could not under-. stand. Inspector Potter said many of the witnesses had given that was and i d diff• the T e h n e ds po o li f ce jus h ti ad ce. he had 26th. He asked me to take care of his knife,wit as he had been in a row. He gave it to me and then went away. Dominici Fetter—l met Gregorio on the night of the been in a row. He gave it to me and but one object, me to keep the knife nfhtoardann' itd f 01 e 5 w in th on e th kn s if i el a then thought it would be wrong hoe lane. The knife now Joseph Caprani—l 1 . w in h m er y e p it os w s a es s s f i o o u n nd an b d y I th t e h po e . n n tni s "'- shown me belongs to Oregon°. Imy possession, and I exchanged it with hi m nine months death, that, s ir, is all the evidence I intend to produce. I will produce the medical evidenc e respecting Michael Har .Lewis—With aoran o thL lirformal evidence o f H arrington ' a r i ng ton's death. Mr. Inyncourt—You see, Mr. Lewis, this is quite a new case, and in the evidence he had heard it had not yet been shown that Michael Harrington was in the bagatelle room. The witness Xanzzoni - was here recalled, and said he saw the deceased Harrington in the bagatelle room. Mr. Shaw, the landlord of the Golden Anchor,• said he saw the wounded man in his house on that night. He be lieved he was taken away, severely injured, to Bartholo mew's Hospital. Mr. D'Eyncourt said he must have evidence to prove the actual killing, as tho case was very incomplete. Mr. Lewis said he should be quite content to rest his case with a jury on the prisonei's own admission. Mr. D'Eyncourt—lt is indispensably necessary that the evidence I have alluded to should be produced. Mr. Lewis—Then I will have it ready by Tuesday, if you take the case that day. Mr. D'Eyncourt—Very well. Perhaps Superintendent Gernon will have the witnesses who were examined at the late trial in attendance, or such of them as Mr. Lewis or Mr. Williams required. The prisoner was remanded till Tuesday next. ROYAL GENERAL THEATRICAL FUND.—It is stated that the Prince of Wales has announced his intention to be present at Drury-lane Theatre on Monday morning next at the performance in aid of the Royal General Theatrics.' Fund. s~